I don't own Naruto in an way shape or form.
talking: Ya' know
thinking: Ya' know
jutsu: Flying Raijin Jutsu
Summoning talking: You little runt
Summoning thinking: You little runt
Tailed Beast talking/slight possession: Damn you 4th Hokage
Tailed Beast thinking: Damn you 4th Hokage
*I will fix the small mistake I made with Danzo's last name. Thank you, .3950.*
Chapter 19: Naruto v.s. Kabuto/Sannin Showdown
It was the night before Tsunade's deadline. Tsunade was at the little bar where she and Jiraiya had been earlier that week when he first showed up. And just like then, Jiraiya was by her side. "I asume you're meeting Orochimaru tomorrow, right?" Asked Jiraiya.
"And why do you think that?" Tsunade countered.
"Frist, you mentioned that you met with Orochimaru before we managed to find you earlier that same day. Second, considering that you've shown to care for Naruto, despite distancing yourself from him, you decided to stay for another week instead of going back to the Leaf Village with us. Third, tomorrow is the end of the week. So, why are you going to meet him? What did he offer you in return for restoring his arms?" Jiraiya answered.
"That's non of your business. But I'm not going to restore his arms. I'm going to kill that bastard, once and for all!" Tsunade replied, with a fierce look on her face. A look Jiraiya hasn't seen on her in a long time.
"I see. And how do you plan on doing that? You haven't been in a fight this intense in a long time. You'll need my help." Jiraiya said, taking a sip of his sake.
"I just need you to give me a little head start. Not long, just an hour." Tsunade answered, taking a sip of her own sake.
"Why do you need that long?"
"Chances are Orochimaru might have his companion attack Shizune, in order to prevent her from interferring. I need you to wait until you notice his presence before you move. I'll leave half an hour before we are to meet. Knowing Orochimaru, he won't show up until 5 minutes before the set time of the meeting. If we move from the meeting place, then just use Tonton to track me down."
"Hmm, I see. Alright, but you better be alive when we get there."
"Don't underestimate me Jiraiya. That'll be Orochimaru's mistake." Said Tsunade, chuckling as she took another sip of her sake.
"Heh heh. Alright, 'princess'." Said Jiraiya, taking a sip of his sake as well.
"Oh, make it look convincing that I slipped you a 'micky' tomorrow morning. At least until you start heading to the battle field."
"Trying to catch the enemy off-guard, huh? I like it."
-Outside of Tanzaku Town-
Naruto, Jiraiya and Shizune(along with Tonton) had arrived, just in time to save Tsunade from getting killed by Kabuto. "Damn it. I almost had her." Thought Kabuto, as he saw Jiraiya and co.
Naruto had seen Kabuto attacking Tsunade. Confused and angry, Naruto asked him what he was doing. "What are you doing, Kabuto?! Why are you with Orochimaru?!"
"Pay attention to his headband, Naruto. He's a spy for the Hidden Sound." Said Jiraiya.
"I see you're still a little kid, Naruto. Why don't you stay out of this, and let the adults play." Said Kabuto, taunting Naruto.
"Grrr." Naruto growled.
"Calm down, Naruto. You keep watch over Tsunade. Shizune, you take on 4-eyes. I'll handle Orochimaru." Jiraiya ordered.
"NO! I'll take on that traitor! I'll have him beat to a pulp within 5 minutes!" Naruto claimed. Without wait on a response, Naruto made a certain hand sign. He lifted on arm up with a half 'Ram', while the other showed the same hand sign at his chest. 'Ninja-Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!'
The area then began to fill up with a very dense mist. A large circle with a 100ft radius, covered the plains in mist. "Impossible, this jutsu wasn't in my data! How does he know this jutsu?!" Kabut thought, frantically. Kabuto began to rack his brains for a time when he might have missed this, only to come up with nothing. "I see. He's been keeping some of his jutsu secret. *Sigh* This isn't looking good, I can't even see the tip of my nose in this mist. I'll have to keep my ears wide open for any attacks."
"When did he learn that jutsu? This kid just has more and more surprises up his sleeves. Oh well, he has the advantage in this fight." "Shizune, change of plans. You watch over Tsunade. Now let's get out of this mist, I can't see a thing." Jiraiya thought/ordered, respectively.
"Yes, Lord Jiraiya." Shizune replied, grabbing hold of Tsunade in order to leave the mist covered area. "Be careful, Naruto."
"Hmm, seems we've underestimated the boy. I'd kill him now, but even I can't tell where he is. Oh well, I'll just leave it to Kabuto. Kukukukuku." Thought Orochimaru, as he left the mist himself.
"It's a good thing Haku snuck that scroll into my weapon's pouch." Naruto thought, as he remembered finding the scroll containing the jutsu.
-Flashback-
"Ugh, finally home." Said Naruto, as he closed the door to his apartment.
Naruto began to get ready for bed. Shower, teeth, etc. Before going to sleep though, Naruto decided to look through his weapons pouch to check how many weapons he had left. Having lost about half his stock, Naruto also noticed that there was a scroll that hadn't been there when he last checked it. Naruto decided to open the scroll, and the first thing he saw was a note from Haku.
Dear Naruto,
I noticed that you tend to hide whatever jutsu you've been using. So, I decided to help you hide it better than with those smoke bombs. It may cost some chakra, but it should help immensely. After this message, there is all the information you need about the 'Hidden Mist Jutsu!'. Just use a little extra chakra the right way, and you'll end up with a very dense fog. No one will be able to see your jutsu, whatever it may be. Thanks for everything.
Your friend,
Haku Yuki.
"Thanks, Haku." Said Naruto, closing the scroll before going to sleep. The next day, Naruto would begin training himself with the jutsu within his apartment.
-Flashback End-
"Actually, on second thought. I'm gonna kick you ass in less than a minute, Kabuto." Naruto called, pulling a kunai from his pouch. Because of the mist being loaded with his chakra, Naruto could sense the whereabouts of Kabuto. He had already sensed Jiraiya, Shizune with Tsunade and Tonton, and Orochimaru's departure from the mist. Outside the mist Naruto was completely blind at the moment, but inside he might as well have the Byakugan. Sorta.
"You honestly think you can, Naruto? Why dont' you try it then?" Kabuto asked, confident that Naruto couldn't do as he claimed.
"You damn right, I can!" Said Naruto, making a cross hand sign. 'Shadow-Clone Jutsu!' Naruto yelled, each clone pulling out a kunai.
"Heh, Shadow-Clones won't help if you can't see. You really are just a kid, thinking things are so easy. Your dream of becoming Hokage, for example. That will never happen. I know this because you'll die today. I'll make sure of that." Kabuto claimed, as he readied his kunai for action.
-Meanwhile-
Orochimaru was having a difficult time fighting with Jiraiya. Not having any proper use of his arms made it nearly impossible to use any jutsu. So he had to resort to Taijutsu, unfortunately his arm just swung around with his movements. Getting frustrated, Orochimaru extended his neck in an attempt to bite Jiraiya in the jugular.
'Ninja-Art: Needle Jizo!' Jiraiya called. His hair extended slightly and wrapped itself around his body.
Orochimaru just bearly avoided having his head scewered. He retracted his neck, and went to kick Jiraiya's exposed face. However, Jiraiya countered by extending his 'needle-haired' shield infront of his face. Resulting in Orochimaru's foot to recieve a painful session of acupuncture. "Aaah!" Yelled Orochimaru in pain.
Jiraiya took advantage of this and undid most of his jutsu, leaving Orochimaru's foot stuck in his hair. Bringing up his own foot, Jiraiya delivered a powerful kick to Orochimaru's face sending him flying as a result.
Landing on the ground Orochimaru rolled to his feet, readying himself for a follow up attack. "Damn that old man, for taking my arms! I'd have this battle done by now!" Thought Orochimaru, staring at Jiraiya with a murderous look in his eyes.
"Heh. What's wrong, Orochimaru? Can't keep up without your precious jutsu? Maybe next time you'll think twice before attacking the Leaf Village." Taunted Jiraiya.
Before Orochimaru could retalite, he saw Kabuto shooting out from the mist towards the sky at an angle to the South. It was hard to tell, but it looked like Kabuto had some heavy injuries.
-A moment earlier-
Kabuto could hear the sound of 5 kunai flying towards him. "Not good enough!" Kabuto called, as he blocked the kunai. The kunai were now pread out in a parabolic line, in front of him.
"Oh yeah?! Then take this!" Naruto yelled. Naruto and his clones then each formed a 'Rasengan!' and used the 'Flying Raijin Jutsu!' (without calling it out) to appear by each of the kunai. With a simultaneous yell of "'Rasengan!'", the four clones rammed their jutsu into Kabuto. One went into his left shoulder, another in his right forearm, while another went into the ribs on his right side and the 4th into his left thigh. The real Naruto waited slightly, before finally ramming his jutsu into Kabuto's gut. Angling his leverage in order to send Kabuto South, via 'Air Rasengan'. After Kabuto was sent flying, Naruto dispersed his clones.
-Present-
Kabuto hit the ground with a devistating *THUD*, leaving him in a small 2ft crater. Orochimaru quickly headed towards Kabuto to see if he was still alive. Upon arrival Orochimaru saw the injuries Kabuto possessed when he flew from the mist. Kabuto had his right forearm broken, a broken left thigh, a dislocated left shoulder and judging by the tears in Kabuto's shirt, it could be safely assume he had broken ribs and some internal bleeding.
"That boy is quite intriging, to injure you so badly so quickly." Said Orochimaru, to the somehow still consious Kabuto.
"I..nng...I'll be fine, L..ugh...Lord Orochimaru. Just ugh give me a minute." Said Kabuto, grunting in pain.
Orochimaru didn't reply, instead he looked into the clearing mist. Soon the mist had completely vanished, revealing a smirking Naruto. Angry at how smug the boy looked, Orochimaru charged at him at full speed. Jiraiya, who was already running towards Orochimaru, saw this and changed course to intercept his former teammate's attack. Jiraiya lept towards Orochimaru, intending to knock him off course.
Orochimaru lept straight into the air, having seen this coming, and concentrated chakra in his tongue. Firing his extended tongue at Jiraiya's ankle, having caught him off guard, Orochimaru twisted around. Jiraiya had no choice but to follow the wet appendage in large circles, before finally being slammed in the ground.
Naruto who had been watching, suddenly felt a shooting pain in his ankles. "AAAAHH!" Naruto yelled, as he hit the ground. Naruto rolled over to see what caused the intense pain, only to see Kabuto's head with a kunai in his mouth. Looking at his ankles, he saw that his achelles tendon's cut clean through. Kabuto came out of the ground with his, slightly healed, serious injuries.
"Now now, Naruto. You didn't think I was down for the count, did you? Big mistake. I don't know how you did this, but it doesn't matter. You'll still die today." Said Kabuto, letting the kunai fall from his mouth. Kabuto made an attempted jump backwards, as Shizune tried to sever his Jugular with her 'Chakra-Scalpel!'.
"You're the only one who's going to die! You along with Orochimaru!" Yelled Shizune, as she mad another attempt to kill Kabuto.
Kabuto was pushing his injury in his left leg. But with a strong and steady flow of 'Healing' chakra into his thigh, Kabuto managed to continue dodging Shizune's attacks. "Apparently you forgot about Lord Orochimaru. Naruto's a goner. Hahaha!"
*Gasp* Shizune turned around. Kabuto was right, she had forgotten about Orochimaru. Orochimaru was now above Naruto with his 'Grass Longsword' coming out his mouth. Before Shizune could act, she was blind sided with a kick from Kabuto. Effectively knocking her to the ground. Shizune was shocked at what she saw when she looked up. She saw Tsunade standing between Orochimaru and Naruto, with the sword coming out her lower back just missing the spine. Judging by the angle, Shizune knew that the sword had entered just below her left ribs.
-A moment earlier-
Tsunade was still shivering. Having long had the blood whipped of her face, she continued to tremble from the blood on her clothing. The scenes of seeing Nawaki's and Dan's corpses, replaying over and over in her mind. She finally broke out of her trance when she heard Naruto yell out in pain. She saw Naruto on the ground with Kabuto standing above him. She also saw Shizune begin her assault on Kabuto, to prevent him from killing Naruto. Unfortunately, Orochimaru took advantage of the situation. He now stood above Naruto, now extending his 'Grass Longsword' from his mouth.
Scenes of Nawaki's and Dan's corpses appeared before her again, but this time accompanied by Naruto's. Something then snapped inside her. She got up and ran, the next thing she knew was that she had pain from the sword piercing right through her. Tsunade *Gak* caughed up blood as a result.
"Tsunade. You're the last person I wanted to kill. So why are you putting yourself between me and that worthless brat? He must die before the Akatsuki get a hold of him."
"I don't know anything of the Akatsuki. But I do know that I don't care! I won't let you harm this boy! He is destined to become Hokage someday! He will be MY successor! As of today, I AM THE 5TH HOKAGE! AND I WILL START BY PROTECTING THIS BOY!" Tsunade yelled, punching Orochimaru in the face. This resulted in Orochimaru flying backwards, along with his sword that was violently removed from Tsunade's body. "AAH!" Tsunade yelled out in pain, before she froze at the sight of her own blood.
Her trembling once again took over. She was begining to panic. Until she remembered how strong Naruto was, how he easily beat Kabuto. She also remembered how close he was to death just a moment ago. Resolving to protect Naruto, Tsunade's trembling ceased.
-A moment ago-
"Kuku. How sad? There's no one left to protect you Naruto. Hnhnhnhn. I'd normally be very interested to see how strong you become, but knowing that the Akatsuki is after you. I can't allow you to live." Said Orochimaru, bringing out the 'Grass Longsword' from his mouth.
"Shit! The only seal I can think of is the one in my apartment! I'll have to dodge this at the last second!" Naruto thought. Naruto saw the sword coming at him as if it were in slow motion. Just before he used his secret jutsu, a few drops of blood hit his face. "Huh? What the...?! Grandma Tsunade?!"
Naruto looked up and saw Tsunade standing between him and Orochimaru with the sword protruding from her back, just inches from his face. Naruto just lied there, listening to their conversation. Naruto was shocked to hear what Tsunade said. Naruto became worried when she started trembling, but was surprised when it stopped.
-Present-
As Orochimaru began to stand up, he smiled as he saw Tsunade had once again begin to tremble. Taking this opportunity he began to charge toward Tsunade, only to be cut-off by Jiraiya. (About time! lol)
"Jiraiya, why must you insist on interferring with my business?" Orochimaru asked, with quite the calm voice.
"Why must you be a cowardly snake in the grass? Also because, YOU TRIED TO KILL MY STUDENT!" Jiraiya countered. "AS WELL AS MY GODSON!"
Orochimaru hissed in annoyance as he charged Jiraiya, intent on killing him. The fighting went on for a few seconds, before out of the blue Orochimaru was sent flying. It didn't take long for Orochimaru to realize who had kicked him, as his eyes landed on Tsunade void of all her injuries. "Damn it! This isn't supposed to be how it happened!" Orochimaru thought, as Kabuto landed next to him.
"Lord Orochimaru, what should we do? The advantage is no longer in our favor." Said Kabuto, as he pointed towards Naruto's and Shizune's direction. While the fighting had been going on Shizune had bearly managed to push Kabuto back, but only because of his serious injuries. Shizune was currently tending to Naruto's injuries, by doing so would put Naruto back in fighting shape.
Orochimaru evaluated their current situation, and they didn't look good. First, Kabuto was seriously injured and was just bearly moving around and wouldn't be able to fight off Naruto and Shizune. Second, Naruto was the cause of his injuries in the first place. And lastly, his arms. They were little more than rotting limbs at this point, and his jutsu were out with the exception of the one's that don't require hand signs. But approximately 95% or more, required hand signs. Orochimaru didn't like it, but he had no choice. "You may have refused to heal my arms. But rest assured, there is more than one way to get back the jutsu stolen from me by Sarutobi sensei. Hnhnhnhnh." Said Orochimaru, before he disappeared with a shunshin. Kabuto immediately followed.
*Sigh* "It's over, for now." Said Jiraiya. "Are you ok, Naruto?" Jiraiya asked, turning to Naruto who had just walked up to them.
"A little pain from where that bastard Kabuto got me, but other than that I'm fine." Said Naruto, with a smile on his face.
"That's a relief. HEY! You smiled at me!"
"Hee hee. Yea, after all that happened I realized that maybe you guys should get a 2nd chance. You better not blow it."
"HAHA! No worries there, kid. Right, Tsunade?" Asked Jiraiya, grateful for a 2nd chance.
"Yea." Tsunade replied, with a smile on her face and a tear in her eye. She was gratefull for a 2nd chance with her Godson.
Shizune looked on with a smile on her face, glad that something good came out of this fierce battle. The scene was interupted with a growl. "Oops. I haven't eaten yet. Heh heh." Said Naruto, his stomach once again making itself known. The group broke out in laughter, and decided to grab something to eat before heading back to the Leaf Village.
Told you the next update would be sooner. Honestly, it was sooner than I expected. I thought it would take a few days to come up with something to write, but hey I'm not complaining. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you and please review.
