Chapter 46 The Fall Part 2
Tsunade looked out over the battlefield the Leaf ninjas had fallen back to a single makeshift defense line, they had already gave up half of the village but most of the army was still intact. Retreating ANBU had destroyed buildings which had taken months to build after Pain's attack was now being blown up to slow down the advance of a new much stronger army. She had to give credit to the ANBU demolish teams, they were dropping buildings right in the middle of the road in front of the advancing demon army.
"Why don't they use the rooftops?" asked Choji "I mean I can understand why snakes and ants can't but what about the others?"
"According to Naruto, they can but they like to so they don't focus their training on that." explained Tsunade "At the moment that is saving us by slowing them down."
"Lady Hokage. All the bunkers are full but we still have civilian's outside." stated a ninja
"Order them to move into the basement of the Hokage building and anywhere these they can find, use ANBU bases if you must." ordered Tsunade as another building fell as the Leaf ninjas finished making a makeshift wall of destroyed buildings.
Down in the ANBU base the Namikaze pack sat in the cell, Naruto had been surprised when Sakura had returned so early but judging from the fact the number of guards standing on the other side of the reinforced glass had dropped from eight guards to only three they didn't have enough guards to assign some to both Sakura and them. They had no idea what was going on but the sounds of explosions could be heard even without the use of the better hearing of demon ears.
"What do you think is happening up there?" asked Adria
"Depends on which side you are on, either something very bad or something very good." explained Naruto
"I just hope our friends are safe." said Sakura as she rested her head on Naruto's shoulder as the two of them sat with their backs to the wall just watching the clock and noting that each explosion was closer then the last meaning the demon army was coming closer.
Outside the Hospital Ino had been drafted into the medical core she had left years ago. The number of wounded where rising, most from bits or claw marks. They were treating people outside of the hospital since it was already full. Ino had already healed dozens of wounds when Akamaru appeared with a wounded Shino on his back.
"We need a doctor here!" yelled Kiba
"Kiba over here." yelled Ino as her friend moved toward her.
"What happened to you?" asked Ino as she and Kiba helped Shino off the dog and onto a makeshift bed.
"He was pinned under a piece of roof, Hinata and I got it off him." said Kiba as he turned and looked back "She should have been here by now."
"Why wasn't she with you?" asked Ino as she started to treat Shino's wound.
"A demon appeared and Hinata stayed behind to buy time." said Kiba "I shouldn't have let her stay."
"I am sure Hinata is fine." said Ino
"Hinata Hyuuga?" asked a nearby Chunin
"Ya." said Kiba "Have you seen her?"
"Ya I saw one of the tigers was carrying her away." said the chunin as Kiba's eyes widened before he started cursing.
"I am sorry Kiba." said Ino
"They took her…it had to be that fucking demon Gamba." growled Kiba
"Maybe it is for the best." said Shino weakly as he joined the conversation.
"How could you say that?" snapped Kiba at one of his closest friends.
"You could see it in her eyes, she likes Gamba maybe even loves him." said Shino
"How, they just meet?" asked Kiba
"Love at first sight, possible." said Shino
"He is a fucking demon, she is a human." snapped Kiba
"I don't think that will be a problem for much longer." said Shino as Kiba showed his sharpened canine teeth.
"As much as I would love to talk I need you to stop moving and get those freaky bugs away from me." said Ino as she tried to heal the wound even as Shino's bugs crawled up and down his leg.
"Sorry, they are stopping the blood from flowing out." explained Shino as he ordered the bugs to pull back so Ino could heal the wound.
Miles away Sai was ordering his unites around trying to hold the line; they had only four things going for them. First the demons wanted them taken alive, second the humans had more range weapons such as kunai and throwing stars. Third the Leaf ninjas knew the location and lastly most of them still held on hope, these where the ninjas who had fought Pain, defeated the Akatsuki and helped win the greatest war in history. The younger members felt as if they couldn't lose, something their commanders knew was the likely outcome.
"Sir we lost another team to the right!" yelled Konohamaru
"Alright move three squads from the reserve to fill that spot." ordered Sai as he looked toward the map, who would have thought that a bakery would be key to their defense, if the demons took that building then they could move in and cut off though their defenses and they would have almost a clean shot to the Hokage building "If we
"Sir we only have two teams in reserve." stated Konohamaru
"I'll take the team." offered Neji "We have to hold."
"Good luck." said Sai as Neji headed out along with a team of ninjas including Tenten to hold that position.
"Sai we have a problem." stated Karin as she ran up to the commander, on some level Sai wished he was doing more fighting but at the moment his experience was needed here.
"What now?" asked Sai
"There are some chakra signatures I know who are out there." explained Karin "Most are just ones I know from Earth country but most importantly I sense Sasuke's chakra."
"What are you sure?" asked Sai as he hoped Karin was mistaken.
"I know that chakra anywhere, even if his chakra is now demon I know he is there." stated Karin "He is coming right toward us."
"Crap." said Sai
Only half a mile away from the forward command center the lines where near their breaking point as Neji along with his team arrived. Demons where nearing a key part in the line. Neji could make out several members of the ninja core being taken behind enemy lines.
"Tenten can you take the left I'll take care of the right?" asked Neji
"I will stop them in their tracks." said Tenten as she pulled two scrolls holding them between her fingers.
Tenten moved to the left only to find a part of the wall which had been made by dropping buildings in the middle of the road had all but been moved. Her eyes widened as she saw these horrible creatures with multiple legs and arms moving giant pieces of wood like it was nothing.
"Sir we have to fall back!" yelled a nearby chunin to another commander only to be suddenly pulled into the earth by some unseen justu.
"What do we do, Tenten?" asked her squad mate
"Cover me." ordered Tenten as she bit her thumb and ran it across the scrolls before throwing them into the air. She jumped up as the scrolls open up around her; she instantly knew where to place her hands and which weapons would come out. She looked down range as time itself seamed to slow down as she picked her first target a bear pulling several bonded of her fellow ninjas She placed her hand on a seal as an throwing ax appeared in a small puff. She threw the ax with such force that it could go though lime stone rock four inches thick and so accurate that she could cut off the wings from a moving fly while leaving the body intact. The bear had no idea what was happening before the ax passed cleanly though her neck lobbing off her head. The nearby demon's eyes widened but it was too late as a kunai went though his eye and out the back of his skull. Tenten smiled as she threw weapons as fast as she could every weapon found its mark as she channeled chakra into her eyes, one of the tricks Neji had taught her, while it didn't give her Byakugan eyes it did help improve her sight just like chakra in the arms made each throw faster and stronger. She was killing or maiming with each blow after ten hits she turned to take down her first demon ant. She threw a kunai aiming for the neck only to have the kunai bounce off its hardened skin. Tenten's eyes widened as she threw another weapon this time at its eye, the kunai went in only the ant reacted as if nothing happened it just kept working with a kunai in its eye. Tenten moved on hitting a snake but like the ant the snake's natural scale armor protected it from harm. She landed on the ground breathing hard as the empty scrolls fell around her.
"Nicely done." said her teammate as he pumped his fist like a little kid who had just seen his team score the winning goal in a game of soccer.
"It isn't enough." said Tenten as she looked toward the bakery where the man she loves was fighting, like almost every other building near the fighting it was on fire.
Back near the command center Sai closed his eyes as he waited.
"How long?" asked Sai
"Thirty seconds." answered Karin as Sai pulled his tanto a second later part of the makeshift wall of downed buildings exploded, sending shards of broken glass and wood flying up. For a moment everything seemed to stop as a dark figure appeared in the smoke. Sai didn't need to be told who it was; the pure black scales matched his heart. A chidori danced in his right hand as he turned his gaze toward Sai, Karin and the other handful of ninjas gathered.
"Ah…I was hoping to run into Naruto by now but you will do." said Sasuke as he slithered forward.
"You will find that I will end you here and now." stated Sai as he formed a hand sign as several dozen small inc birds came flying out of the sky from all different angles. Sasuke didn't even try to dodge as the birds hit Sasuke and exploded in a giant fireball.
For a moment the other ninjas smiled before dozens of Chidori Senbon came flying out of the smoke, Sai was the only one who managed to get out of way as the needles pinned his fellow ninjas against either the wall or the ground. Sasuke aimed the needles so that they would cause massive amounts of pain while limiting the chances of death. Sai stood back up as he looked toward Sasuke.
"Sai…you should realize by now the original is always better then a knock off." stated Sasuke with a sick grin on his face.
Up on top of the Hokage building Tsunade was looking out over the battlefield, even from this position it was clear that the defense line was barely holding on. Everyone could know hear the sound of battle grow ever loader.
"Shikamaru what is the status of the operation?" asked Tsunade
"I just sent Choji down to take the seventh group out. Thank you for letting me get him out of here." Explained Shikamaru
"At least I was able to get out some of Naruto's friends and Choji knows how to live off the land, he may like his chips and sugar but he knows how to planet crops without it being found by the enemy." said Tsunade "Without food our forces will not last long. I just wish I could get everyone out."
"Lady Tsunade the west flank is collapsing." stated a chunin as Tsunade and Shikamaru looked to the west to see the line was bulging in toward the Hokage building. The northern front which was bending almost as bad as the west it wouldn't be long until they fell.
"If those lines break then the demons will be able to move in behind our lines and that will be the end here and now." stated Shikamaru
"Order everyone to do a fighting retreat to within a one mile radius of the Hokage building; we will flood the area with our forces." stated Tsunade
"It will take away all ability to move away from our forces." explained Shikamaru
"Do it." ordered Tsunade as the order went out. "Whoever is their battle planner is good."
"I know who their battle planning is." stated Shikamaru as Tsunade looked at him "Only one person I know can pull something like this off. She knows me and what moves I would pull."
"You think? It's her?" asked Tsunade as Shikamaru nodded his head.
"Yes, either it is her directing it or her plan." explained Shikamaru as he looked out toward the demon lines "I would bet that Temari is directing this battle."
"Then you know what moves she would pull against you and counter it." stated Tsunade as Shikamaru shock his head.
"Doesn't matter if I know how to counter it, resources matter and she has more of them." explained Shikamaru "I could counter her moves if we had the same resources but she has more unites who are on average stronger. I can't counter her moves; I can only slow her down."
"Does she know about the tunnels?" asked Tsunade
"Not the ones we are using but she knows what my general plans are and if that means we may have to sacrifice a group or two to keep her looking where we want her too." stated Shikamaru as Tsunade lowered her head.
"Get a group of civilians together and send them down one of the ANBU tunnels." said Tsunade
Outside the Leaf village the first group of ninjas lead by Yamanto reached the end of the old underground river as it reached the surface in the form of small waterfall less than three feet off the ground coming out of a side of small hill.
"I don't see anything." Said Yamanto
"Let me check." said a Hyuuga as he activated his Byakugan "We are less than a hundred yards behind their lines but the way ahead is clear."
"Then we have a way out." said Yamanto "Let's move out."
From different tunnels located all over the Leaf village groups of Ninjas and highly skilled civilians where escaping and leaving the Leaf village to its fate.
Almost a hundred miles away Kakashi and Shizune stood on top of a large cliff overlooking the ocean. Down below their feet was the resistance base they had set up in a cave behind a large waterfall. In the distance they could make out the lights of wave country only it wasn't lights from electrical lights but fires from the wave villagers trying to fight back against the demons.
"Is this what is happening to the Leaf?" asked Shizune
"It's probably worst." explained Kakashi "Which means our job is about to begin."
Meanwhile underground a group of civilians led by some chunin walked ran down an ANBU tunnel as they headed toward what they believed would be an exit and freedom. They had no idea that they were being sent down a tunnel that the Shikamaru knew that Temari and likely the demons themselves knew about.
"I can't believe they are evacuating the village." said a genin as he ran beside his family.
"Lady Tsunade is protecting the people first." said his mother as the chunin in front of opened the tunnel. What greeted them was the smiling face of a demon bear.
"Hello." stated the bear as he was flanked by two other demon bears. The chunin's didn't even time to pull their weapons before they were attacked. The villagers tried to run away only to find the tunnel blown up by their own forces they had been sacrificed to provide cover for others to retreat.
Elsewhere in one of the ANBU bases which had been top secret for years was now being used as bunkers as civilians crammed down the hallways, filling every room. The ANBU had all but left the base to join the fight or to leave the village in the groups that where still leaving the village. Halls which where once filled with ANBU now had a max of two per floor and most of the ninja force in the base was genin. The villagers passed by a room unaware that on the other side.
"Move along." said the genin by the front door as people moved past the door.
"Young man?" said an older woman with a walker in hand. "I can't go any further."
"Ummm…." said the genin as he tried to think of a place to put this old woman.
"Why not in here?" asked her grandson as he opened the door to see three ANBU guards standing facing six demon foxes located behind glass. Instantly someone screamed causing everyone on the floor to look toward the door.
"Demons!" screamed the woman as Naruto and the Namikaze pack looked toward the door.
"Seal that door." ordered the ANBU but the villagers didn't listen as they stormed the room. They wanted demon blood and didn't care who got in their way.
"Kill the demons!" yelled the villagers as they overpowered the ANBU with pure numbers. Inside the room Kushina had pushed Seth and Adria behind her with her claws and teeth ready. Naruto had pushed Sakura behind him even though both where at the ready. Minato stood beside his eldest son ready to fight if needed. The villagers kept trying to get into the cell but Minato's seal prevented them from opening the door until the door leading out of the room was closed.
"Damn humans." growled Seth as the villagers finally figured out they had to close one door in order to open the other. They opened the door and for a moment a large man stood in the doorway holding a kunai he had taken off an ANBU.
"I would stand down if I were you. Don't make me do this." growled Naruto as the man charged across the room followed a second later by another man armed with what looked like a wooden table leg. Sakura's eyes widened as it happened almost too fast for even her to follow. In one quick move blood spilled over the wall as the villager fell to the ground with his throat cut open, blood dripped off Naruto's black claws, Minato claws where slightly less bloody but still had blood on them as the second villager lost his right arm to Minato's claws. The blood lost was too much as the second attacker fell down dead his blood joining the others on the floor. The villagers seamed surprise at how fast Naruto and Minato had moved, Sakura was more surprised that they had killed both of them. The 4th Hokage and Naruto had just killed two people who they had been sworn for so long to protect.
"Take one step near my pack and I will kill you." growled Naruto as a massive amount of red chakra danced around him. All his twelve tails where covered with red chakra and he looked downright scary. The same thing was happening to Minato, as both of them protected the rest of the pack. The Villagers turned and ran out of the room followed in short order by the ANBU leaving only a single black haired man standing there.
"I told you to run." growled Naruto as suddenly the man started clapping.
"Looks like your time away has helped you realize the truth." said the man as his black hair turned orange. "These aren't your people anymore, Naruto on some levels they never where."
"Kado?" asked Minato as the man turned into a nine tailed demon fox. "What are you doing here?"
"A rescue mission, if you want to call it that." laughed Kado "Are you ready to go where you belong?"
"How, the place is crawling with humans?" asked Seth
"I've already taken care of that." said Kado as he placed his hand on the ground as a small seal began to glow, forming a circle around Kado.
"A transportation seal." stated Minato
"So are you ready to go join the rest of the army?" asked Kado as the Namikaze pack looked at each other, as Seth all but ran to get on the seal.
"I am ready to get out of here." said Adria as she looked at her parents, older brother and Sakura. "I hate to say it but they don't want our help."
"I love the Leaf." said Kushina as looked at the ground for a second before looking at Minato "But I don't think this is the same place anymore, Minato. This isn't home anymore."
Minato simply nodded his head as everyone turned to Naruto and Sakura.
"Apart from our friends I have nothing here." Said Sakura she grabbed her things as all eyes turned on Naruto who was looking at his blood covered hand, for once it belonged not to himself or an enemy on the battlefield but to villager who had made his life hell at home. Sakura could tell this was possibly the hardest thing Naruto ever had to decide. His family, his pack and her on one side and the village he had worked so hard to gain respect in.
"Let's go." answered Naruto as he grabbed his own thing and stepping over the bodies of the two villagers all six of them joined Kado on the transportation seal only to disappear outside of the Leaf village.
Well I hope you liked this chapter, I know some may be upset about what I did to Naruto having him turn his back on the Leaf. I debated for a long time if I should have him do that but I settled on the fact that if Naruto is willing to die to protect his friends from harm he would do almost anything to protect his family. Now I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75.
