Double the Pleasure Double the Blond

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto, he belongs to Kishimoto.

This is a continuation of Blonds-verse, Blonds Have More Fun.

Chapter 13

Chunin Finals, Stadium

Gaara's gourd opened and sand swirled around him. The cork never made it to the ground as it was sent flying and pinned to the wall by a needle of ice.

Gaara's eyes narrowed. "Mother says you could prove my existence."

Haku took up his stance. "I am here for another reason."

Gaara's eyes narrowed and the sand swirled around him like a vortex before a pair of tendrils lashed out.

Haku was already in motion many people were surprised how fast he was.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed to himself. Naruto was right, Haku is Chunin material. His speed is incredible.

Haku's attacks were blindingly quick; some of the ice needles came very close to Gaara, barely being stopped by his sand.

The Suna Genin's eyes widened as Haku vanished into what looked like a puddle of ice on the arena floor.

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Observing

Naruto shook his head. "Haku is sending a message."

Ino was looking on. "If he would have attacked us like that back in Wave…" she began and looked at her husband.

"He would have turned us into pincushions." Naruto confirmed.

"Kids got skills, maybe we can add him to our team once he makes Chunin." Anko muttered.

"Eyes on the prize sensei." Naruto said as he saw one of the "Kazekage's" guards lean in and whisper to the veil covered man.

"Naruto?" Ino asked.

"Get to the Genin. Its about to start." The whisker marked teen said as he vanished in a shunshin.

In the distance an explosion signaled the start of the invasion.

Below in the Kage Booth, the Kazekage found a surprise he wasn't expecting.

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Gaara's sand and Haku's ice needles were knocked aside as Naruto appeared between them. "Knock it off, we've got more important things to do." The blond said.

At the same time in the Kage's booth a smoke bomb went off drawing the crowds attention even as in the distance explosions were going off signaling to Oto and Suna in the arena that the invasion had begun.

"Gaara?" Naruto asked.

Sand spikes shot at him and Naruto sighed. "We're going to do this the hard way I see."

Naruto concentrated his chakra into his hand and smashed the sand, sending a ripple back and knocking Gaara off his feet.

"You are worthy." Gaara said as he got to his feet, the sand beginning to swirl around him like a vortex.

"Aw crap." Naruto said as he saw the look in the Suna jinchuriki's eyes.

"Mother demands your blood."

"Gaara, I can fix your seal. You'll be able to sleep and Shukaku won't be able to…FUCK!"

Naruto sank into an ice mirror that had appeared under his feet. He reappeared with Haku atop the wall behind Gaara.

"Thanks." The blond said, his eyes on the arena.

"I thought you said he is a friend." Haku said pulling his mask off and looking on as more sand exploded from under the ground, Gaara obviously turning the soil beneath him into more sand.

"He will be. He's just not in control right this moment." Naruto said.

"So we can't kill him?" Haku asked with a hint of hope that the answer would be in favor of removing the insane jinchuriki.

"No. That is a last resort only and I will be the one to decide that." Naruto said and Haku nodded before looking around.

"Where is Sakura and Shikamaru?"

"Ino is gathering the Genin for a push while the Jonin are defending the crowd. The old man has it handled believe it or not." Naruto said as the ice user put his mask on. "I will help you." Haku said.

Naruto thought about arguing, but he knew that Haku's ice would make this go a hell of a lot faster so he nodded and they leapt.

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(Kage's Box)

Orochimaru thought everything was going to go his way. His spies had liberated the Uchiha during the first match and left a flesh golem in his place.

He had smirked behind the veil from the dead Kazekage as his guard reported that everyone was in position to begin the invasion.

Once the explosion went off in the distance, Orochimaru activated the smoke bombs he had his men place around the booth during the intermission.

"He grabbed the figure next to him assuming it was Sarutobi and leapt to the roof. The figure was wearing the hat and robes of the Hokage and Orochimaru didn't notice that the person he was holding a kunai to the neck to wasn't the person he thought.

He found out after he gave his little speech.

"You always did talk too much Orochi-sensei."

"That voice…" he began before an elbow hit him in the chest and the figure wearing the Hokage leapt away and did a flip in the air before landing across the roof from Orochimaru.

"You were always so self assured that no one could outthink you that you never paid attention to your mistakes." The voice was female and Orochimaru narrowed his eyes before ripping off the veil and the mask of the Kazekage's face he'd made from the dead mans own skin. "And you were always so quick to anger Anko, it will be the death of you." He hissed and reached out looking for the curse seal willing it to bring her pain.

Anko calmly removed the robes and the Hokage's hat and cocked her head to the side. "You looking for the curse seal you gave me all those years ago? It's gone." She said as another figure landed next to her revealing the Third Hokage in his battle armor.

"Looks like your informant was right sir." She said.

Sarutobi nodded. "Orochimaru, surrender now and I'll see that you are given a fair trial."

Orochimaru who had been shocked when Anko told him her seal was gone covered up his growing unease with a bitter laugh. "You old fossil, you think I will surrender to you? Today Konoha will be destroyed and you will be dead."

Sarutobi nodded his head a bit. "It's a possibility that I may die this day. But Konoha will never fall as long as there is one person left."

Orochimaru sneered, but he was wondering why the Hokage and Anko seemed so calm in the face of the invasion. Orochimaru gave the Oto Four their signal to put up the barrier. It doesn't matter if Anko is here. And I'm certain that her seal is there, most likely covered by several other seals. I will find a way around them and bring her to heel. The Snake Sannin thought, believing that no one could undo his seals.

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Crowd

"Sakura, get the others." Ino ordered as she threw a kunai killing a Oto nin as he was about to get the drop on the pink haired Genin.

"Wha…" Sakura began.

"GO!" Ino ordered as she went on the attack putting herself between her pink haired friend and two more Oto nin.

"Gather the Genin and get them back here." Ino ordered as she ducked and weaved, the pair of kunai in her hands performing a deadly dance that the Oto nin weren't prepared for.

Sakura was going to argue, but then she remembered her friend was a Chunin now. "Be careful." She said before rushing into the slumbering crowd looking for her classmates.

Meanwhile the center of the arena had become a contained sandstorm. Ino paused and looked on. "Be careful my love." She whispered before she was once more attacking, joined by the other Chunin and Jonin who had been there.

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Chapter 14

Chunin Finals, Stadium

Naruto shook his head. "Gaara, don't do this." He said as he smacked the tendrils of sand away with barely any effort.

"YOU WILL GIVE MOTHER YOUR BLOOD! PROVE MY EXISTENCE!"

Naruto leapt into the air avoiding the spike of sand that would have made sitting down rather difficult for the rest of his life.

"I don't want to do this." Naruto continued.

Gaara followed as Naruto led him out of the stadium. Less of a body count. he prayed that Haku was ready as Naruto led Gaara away from the stadium.

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Stadium

Ino snarled as she ducked another Oto nin and rammed a kunai in its neck, the body fell, wrenching away her last kunai away with it.

She bent backwards avoiding another attack and her feet came up connecting with a Suna nin's jaw and sending him over the rail to the arena floor below.

"COME ON YOU BASTARDS!" Ino raged and formed a Rasengan in each hand. She slammed it into a nin's chest and stomach and sent him flying across the stadium.

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

The Oto ninja sneaking up on Ino was kicked away by the arrival of Rock Lee. Ino looked at the usually chipper Lee, but since Neji's death in the forest he had grown sullen and angry as his fight earlier showed.

"Lee, behind…"

Lee's thrust kick sent the Suna nin flying.

"You." Ino shook her head as the two of them formed a barrier of pain and death keeping the invaders away from the civilians.

It was here where Sakura and the other Genin arrived and stopped seeing the ferocity displayed by their friends.

Kiba growled. "We're not going to let them have all the fun. Let's go Akamaru."

The dog barked. "MAN BEAST CLONE!" Kiba called and then there were two of him. "LET'S KICK ASS…FANG OVER FANG!" and the drill like attack tore thru the ninja on the wall.

Shino stood atop the stadium looking down. He like his teammate felt anger over what had happened. He was also upset because like Kiba it had caused Hinata pain.

"Don't let any of them escape." He intoned and his jacket sleeves disgorged his kikai bugs by the hundreds of thousands, when it was done all he was left with was the queen. Below the invaders soon were being devoured.

Sakura using her impressive strength pummeled enemy ninja while protecting her teammate Shikamaru.

"SHADOW POSSESSION JUTSU…SUCCESS." Shikamaru said as six of the ninja froze. "What a drag." Shikamaru said as he used them to execute several of their allies before they were cut down. Shikamaru stepped behind Sakura and used shuriken to cover her while she was the physical powerhouse of their team. "Where's Haku?" he asked.

"He's…(huff) with…(huff) Naruto." Sakura said as she ducked a punch, grabbed the Oto nin in a headlock and with a violent twist broke the man's neck.

"They led that Gaara out of the stadium." Ino said as she and Lee joined them. The Jonin and Anbu had arrived in force and were picking up the slack.

"Where were they?" Sakura said as she took a breather.

"Clearing the evacuation routes for the civilians." Ino said. She accepted the kunai pouch from an Anbu who was rushing around rearming those that needed it.

"Okay listen up." Ino said. "Lee, TenTen will go with Team 8 and guard the civilians once they are woken up." Ino as ranking Chunin with them took command. "Sakura, you and Shikamaru will come with me. we're going to back up Naruto. Suna and Oto do not want him taking Gaara out of the equation."

Ino waited until the others were nearly ready and Lee spoke up. "Ino, it would be better to divide the teams equally. I request to go with you."

Ino wanted to argue, but she thought about what they could face and nodded. "Fine. Lee, you're with us. Good luck and don't die." She said and when Anbu began waking the civilians, she led her hastily constructed team out of the stadium.

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Above the Kage's Booth

Orochimaru was getting concerned. Anko was showing no reaction to his trying to activate the curse seal he put on her all those years ago.

Between the two of them I can't… he thought before a strike from the Hokage spun him when it hit his shoulder.

I miscalculated. Orochimaru thought as Anko leapt past him, slicing across his chest with a kunai.

He snarled and leapt back, he tried to shunshin, only to remember that the barrier prevented it.

Orochimaru had outsmarted himself and with the Oto four facing outward he had no way to order them to drop the barrier and help him.

Orochimaru used a mud clone to escape the shuriken barrage from the Hokage as he used the shadow shuriken jutsu.

I can't keep this up and I don't have time to use the jutsu's I wanted to. Orochimaru hoped that his back up plan kicked in as he knew now his plan A had failed miserably.

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Outside of the Stadium

"ANYTIME HAKU!" Naruto yelled as he was dodging sand left right and center. I don't want to kill you Gaara. I already lost one friend.

Gaara sent a wave of destruction towards Naruto, the sand coming at him like a tidal wave.

A large crystal ice mirror appeared and the sand crashed into it and vanished.

Another mirror appeared behind Gaara assaulting him with his own sand.

That won't do. Naruto thought as he sank into an ice mirror. He reappeared above Gaara and drove him down as he landed on him feet first with a flying foot stomp.

Naruto rolled away and came up in a defensive crouch. He watched the sand as it already began to swirl and shift.

"Now Haku." He said.

The sand exploded upwards.

"Come on Haku, now would be ideal."

Gaara stood, the look of utter rage on his face about being curb stomped.

"I will feed your blood to mother and destroy all you hold dear." Gaara snarled and the sand flowed around him faster than before, some of it adhering to his skin and Naruto cursed at what this could only mean.

"HAKU! NOW!"

"YOU WILL SUFFER LIKE NO ONE HAS SUFFERED BEFORE YOU!" Gaara partially transformed now snarled and lashed out.

"HAKU!"

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Chapter 15

Outside the Stadium

Ino looked at TenTen. "Okay, I need to ask." She began as they were leaping rooftop to rooftop. "According to the reports you were paralyzed."

TenTen looked aside for a moment, and when they landed she sighed and opened the top of her shirt. "It's a stabilizer brace. Think of it as an exo-skeleton. Well that's how it was explained to me after the medics finished putting me together."

Ten Ten sighed. "I've only got a couple of hours before I'm back to being paralyzed again. Its temporary and I can only wear it for a couple of hours a day otherwise I risk damaging my spine even more as well as my chakra network which is currently feeding it."

"Come on!" Lee yelled as he leapt ahead, obviously still upset with what was done to his teammates. Sakura and Shikamaru keeping their silence.

Ino knew that she and Naruto would have to get Tsunade here. How did my husband do it? Gah, I am not one for strategy. I'll need to keep TenTen in sight and if it looks wrong I'll use one of Naruto's hirashin tags to get her out of here.

Ino leapt after her squad hoping that no more of their friends died this day.

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"HAKU!"

The ice mirror appeared under Naruto's feet and he vanished just before the sand reached him.

He reappeared on a nearby roof next to the masked form of Haku.

"What kept you?" Naruto asked seeing Haku looked like he'd been through a blender.

"There was a complication." Haku said from behind his redesigned mask. "Nothing that I couldn't handle. I did see that there was a group trying to get into the Anbu command center, but they couldn't get past a couple of Jonin there."

Sasuke. Naruto swore. It's a mistake leaving that bastard alive. Naruto thought with a great deal of regret knowing the mercy was more than likely going to bite him in the ass later.

Shaking his head he looked down at the street that was awash with sand. "He's converting the dirt under his feet. We've got to stop him."

Haku looked a bit concerned. "I'm running low on chakra."

"Alright. Plan A is out the window. Here's what we'll do now."

XX

The Hokage shifted. Orochimaru had managed to stab him with that blasted sword of his and he could feel the poison burning into his body.

With his and Anko's efforts they'd managed to contain the Snake Sannin and from the look on his former students face foil whatever plan he'd been hatching.

"You will die and this village will be burned to the ground." Orochimaru hissed even as he was dodging Anko's attacks.

"Not in this lifetime." Anko said as she slashed and stabbed with her kunai. "And you'll be dead and buried long before that ever happens."

Orochimaru said nothing and once more sent mental commands to the cursed seal, but even now this close there was no reaction.

Anko grinned. "Having problems?" she inquired with a grin that told Orochimaru that she knew what he had been trying.

Instead of answering her Orochimaru performed a one-handed jutsu. At his growl Anko ducked under the sword swipe and laughed. "You're getting mad. That's a bad thing…sensei." She said the title with a sneer and leapt away as the Hokage who had been using the time to perform a long series of seals and unleashed his jutsu.

"FIRE STYLE: BINDING FLAME RINGS!"

Orochimaru managed to avoid the rings that would have held him as tight as a steel band as he used a mud clone substitution and watched as the clone not only was bound but went up in flames.

"Impressive jutsu old man. I don't recall you using that one before." He said even as Anko once more was on the attack forcing him to avoid her deadly kunai.

"I may have taught you all you know Orochimaru, but that never meant that I taught you all I know." Sarutobi said as he summoned Enma and had him transform into his battle staff.

He parried the sword strike as Orochimaru used Anko as a springboard and tried to get to him. Hiruzen Sarutobi swung the thick staff and grinned feeling younger than he had in years. Battle does wonders for one's spirit. He thought and winced as his back reminded him that he might feel young, but he was still an old man.

Anko was there to save the Hokage once more and he leaned on Enma who transformed back into his monkey form and held him up. "Battle is a young man's game Sarutobi." Enma chided.

Hiruzen groaned. "It would have to be my back." He hated the fact that he couldn't keep up.

"You support Anko and I'll protect you from that upstart." Enma said. "You should have killed him when you had the chance years ago."

"Something I hope to fix, with Anko's help." Hiruzen said as he watched the pair in a deadly dance.

"She's skilled, but not ready for him alone." Enma said. "Now get with your jutsu's." the monkey boss ordered.

Anko spun and kicked, her foot actually catching Orochimaru and launching him into the air.

Orochimaru rolled to keep Anko in his sight and it was a odd mistake for him to make as he had totally ignored Sarutobi.

"LIGHTENING STYLE: LIGHTENING JAVELIN JUTSU!"

Orochimaru's eyes widened as he turned his head and could only watch as Sarutobi created and hurled javelins of lightening right at him and in the air he was helpless as the first javelin reached him.

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Ino's Squad

Lee's blow sent the last Oto nin into the air where he was shredded by a barrage of kunai and shuriken from TenTen.

"Keep going." Ino yelled. She knew that if they didn't get through then things could go very bad.

She eyed TenTen with concern as the bun haired girl was showing a bit of strain. Ino remembered TenTen telling her that the brace used chakra and only had a limited time. And all this fighting is eating up the chakra even faster. The blond thought as she rammed a kunai into a Suna nin's neck as he landed on the roof in front of her to bar her path, but it didn't work as her team kept moving, that was until they hit the last roof and there were nearly thirty ninja in their path.

"Crap." Ino muttered. Naruto, I'm sorry. She thought even as she took up her stance.

"Show no mercy." Ino ordered.

"Didn't plan on it." Lee said, the rage he held on the surface and Ino missed the old Rock Lee who hadn't lost his friend and his other teammate crippled.

"TenTen, covering fire. Sakura cover her." Ino ordered.

Shikamaru sent out his shadow possession jutsu and took control of one of the enemy ninja and used him to attack his fellow war party before Ino even had to order him into combat.

Lee tore into the enemy ninja, his arms and legs a blur of motion, taking them by surprise at the ferocity of his attack.

Ino made a cross seal and there were three of her as she used one of her husband's favorite jutsu's.

The Oto-Suna ninja were taken aback.

"Fight you fools. They're only freakin' Genin!" one Oto ninja said seconds before Ino slit his throat.

An enemy ninja that was sneaking up behind didn't get close as he was turned into a pincushion by TenTen and a barrage of kunai. The two women shared a look and the fight continued.

XX

Naruto flipped into the air and cursed as javelins of sand sailed past him.

Come on Haku. Plan B anytime now. He thought.

While he was watching Gaara, he missed the sand pillar that rose up behind him and formed a giant claw. Naruto was swatted out of the air like a fly and impacted in the street below hard enough to crater the ground.

"Ow." He moaned. I don't remember him hitting this hard before. Naruto rolled and avoided getting smacked further into the ground and did a back flip to his feet.

"Gaara, I really don't want to hurt you, but I'm not going to be your bitch either." Naruto formed the cross seal. You'll be fine my friend. Haku you better finish getting ready! Naruto thought as he created a hundred shadow clones. "Take him down boys!"

The swarm of Naruto's attacked Gaara who was growling like a wild animal as sand swirled around him.

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Chapter 16

Haku sped through the hand seals from his location, watching as Naruto fought the Jinchuriki of the Sand. Plan A would have been so much better. If only… Haku shook his head as he continued with his task, the seals he'd only learned hours ago.

Zabuza… he thought of the man who was like his father, who had protected him, raised him from the street urchin into what he was now.

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Elsewhere

Zabuza Momochi formerly one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist was in heaven. Battle raged around him as he swung his huge sword mowing down Suna and Oto ninja, laughing.

The Konoha ninja with him gave him strange looks and more than once the name "Anko" was heard as a comparison.

He ignored them and instead focused on his task. Got to make this look good. he thought. The deal depends on it.

Flashback

"Zabuza-sama?"

The big man turned to see a figure emerge from the shadows. He was pale, with long hair. "Who the hell are you?"

The pale man laughed. "I'm certain Sarutobi has mentioned me."

"Orochimaru." Zabuza hissed as his hand went to his sword.

"I have a deal for you." The Snake Sannin hissed. "One that will save you and your adopted son from sharing the same fate as Konoha."

"I'm listening." Zabuza said his hand staying on the massive swords hilt.

End Flashback

He felt it. I hope this works. He thought as he vanished in an ice mirror, which confused both invaders and defenders.

XX

Haku went to his knees as he felt his jutsu work. It's up to you Zabuza-sama. He thought as he watched Naruto fighting Gaara. Taking a soldier pill he prepared the jutsu he was supposed to use to help the blond.

XX

Kage's Box

Orochimaru smirked as he felt another signature arrive and he was knocked out of the way of the lightening attack.

He landed on the roof after a flip, skidding several more feet.

A loud thump announced the arrival of Zabuza to the battle. "What kept you?" Orochimaru inquired.

The Hokage and Anko looked on as Zabuza drew his massive cleaver sword.

"What is the meaning of this?" The Hokage asked as Enma helped keep him upright.

Orochimaru laughed. "I made Zabuza an offer he can't refuse. His and his boy's life for Konoha's destruction."

Zabuza looked at the Hokage. "Sorry old man. But Haku means a lot to me. I'm sorry things have turned out this way."

"Enough gabbing, end them." Orochimaru ordered even as he used the time to begin the jutsu he wanted knowing how much it would hurt his former sensei.

XX

Outside Stadium

Naruto watched as the water dragon slammed into Gaara, soaking him and the sand completely and driving Shukaku's Jinchuriki into a building.

"Finally." Naruto said as he looked where Haku was and didn't find him. his attention was drawn to the creaking and he watched as the building that Gaara had slammed into began to fall.

"Oh no…" he sighed and rushed to get his future friend out of there before he was crushed by the falling building. I don't remember the fight with Gaara being this hard before. He thought as he entered the building.

XX

Ino's hands sped thru the seals and with a loud BAMF and a cloud of smoke eight human sized foxes appeared.

"Lady Ino?" the first of them spoke. They were identical.

"Taz, I need you and your sibs to help us."

The fox looked around. "You and Lord Naruto honor us." The eight foxes dove into battle. Ino looked at Sakura who was giving her an odd look. Don't have time to explain forehead. Ino thought even as she ducked a killing blow by doing the splits and retaliated by ramming a kunai in the Oto ninja's crotch.

She saw TenTen was breathing heavy and knew the girl was running low. Something's gotta give and quickly. She thought.

XX

Evacuation Route

Kiba leaned against the building and clutched his chest. "I don't feel so great."

"Come on." A civilian offered her shoulder. "You were hurt earlier, weren't you?"

Kiba nodded weakly. "I thought I was fit, guess I should of listened to the doctors."

"Kiba?" Choji asked as he saw him with the civilian.

"I'm fine. Keep them moving." Kiba hissed through his teeth.

The Akimichi heir looked at him then nodded in understanding. The civilians followed the path guarded by Chunin. I should have listened. Kiba mentally groaned as he allowed himself to be helped along. This is what I get for acting like a big shot.

XX

Outside Stadium

Naruto managed to drag Gaara out of the building before it fully came down. He looked around. "Haku?" he called getting no response. He sighed and looked down to see Gaara's eyes snap open.

"Aw shit!" he said as the ground beneath them collapsed.

XX

Kage's Booth

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Orochimaru's mad laughter filled the air as two coffins rose from the roof. "I've decided you need a reunion Sarutobi-sensei and I think your predecessors will be greatly disappointed in seeing you."

Anko and Zabuza were across the roof Anko sporting several nasty cuts from the huge sword.

"I knew we couldn't trust you." Anko hissed. "Naruto gave you and Haku a fresh start and this is how you repay him."

Zabuza avoided the shuriken she hurled and blocked the rest with his sword. His eyes showed pain at this decision.

"Do you think I want this?" he asked leaping over a series of kunai swipes from Anko. "I am doing the best I can for Haku."

"You mean Haku who is out there fighting to save this village?" Anko asked. "The Haku who is Naruto's friend? The Haku who has found a girl he likes in the Haruno girl who might die during this invasion?"

While her blows missed, her words were like kunai themselves. Zabuza sidestepped her lunge and walked right into the shadow snake hand jutsu.

"I wish I had time to play psychiatrist for you, but the Hokage needs me." Anko said as the snakes injected venom into him and let him go.

Zabuza went to his knees, only leaning on his sword kept him upright. He looked up as his vision became blurry and saw Anko rushing across the roof to where the Hokage had just prevented the third coffin from rising with a shadow shuriken jutsu.

Haku…