Chapter Nine: Konoha Invasion

A/N-Y: GM NASAI DOES NOT OWN NARUTO!

A/N-S: Geez turn down the volume I'm standing right beside you.

A/N-Y: Sorry! Hey where's Kana? and GM NASAI?

A/N-S: They're still sleeping. It's too damn early for this.

A/N-Y: So why are you awake?

A/N-S: Because you shoved me out of bed and put a cup of coffee in my hands before I could go back to sleep.

A/N-Y: Oh yeah... Well read on people while I wake up Kana and GM NASAI!

The day of the Invasion loomed suddenly and with a very much expectant nervousness. Unfortunately the only expectancy I was looking forward to was sleeping a few more minutes.

"It's time." Kana's voice drifted over to me from wherever she was sitting.

"I know… I'll get up in a minute." I yawned. I heard Kana sigh as I snuggled into my blankets further. I made the mistake of opening my eyes to see Yuuki, who was in a very uncomfortable position. At least to me it was uncomfortable. I wasn't even sure how she got her spine to twist that way.

I did the natural thing. I kicked her off the bed.

"Hmm? What?" She groaned uncoiling from her position. I followed to see how she got untangled from that.

"I've never asked this but, how the hell do you sleep like you're a master in Yoga and Taichi?" I asked incredulously.

"What are you talking about?" Yuuki asked yawning.

"Never mind. Its time we got up and make last minute changes." I hopped out of bed and into the shower before Yuuki could get her mind together.

"HEY-"

"Too slow imouto!" I yelled turning on the shower.

When we got to the arena it was almost time to begin.

"I told you we shouldn't have listened to that little girl." Kana said looking slightly ruffled with our run in with Tora. (THAT EVIL CAT JUST WOUULDN'T STAY DEAD!)

"But that kitty was so cute!" Yuuki cried. "It was fluffy."

"Enough about that damn cat. It was Satan's spawn, let's leave it at that." I snapped.

"We sure we're ready for this?" Kana wondered.

"Too late to back out now." Yuuki muttered.

"Remember if we fail we'll probably die for disobeying orders." Kami didn't like failures, she liked progress. As witnessed by all the times she'd kicked our ass.

"Team 7?" Yuuki asked looking to Kana for reassurance.

"They're fine. Sasuke isn't as homicidal as he was. I took great liberty in beating that out of him."

"You should be ashamed of yourself Kana. You belong with Kakashi." I said seriously. Kana whapped me over the head. "Ow!"

"Will you shut up about that?!" She hissed.

"Go on please." Thank you Yuuki. Kana hit hard!

"Sakura isn't a fangirl like I've already said."

"Bragged is more like it." Yuuki said lightly.

"I have a good reason to brag. I reduced the fangirl numbers. Anyway, Naruto is the most improved. Jiraiya actually taught him this time."

"You mean after we beat him up?" I asked dryly. Kana nodded, smirking evilly.

"Oh yes. I have much more faith in them to actually be a competent team. They all passed my last teamwork test. Even Kakashi."

"You had Kakashi test with his team?" I asked. Kana shrugged.

"Why not? They were fighting me. They almost lost but once again Naruto managed to do something unpredictable."

"Like what?" Yuuki asked.

"I'm not saying…" Kana stated firmly. I snickered knowing whatever Naruto had done had embarrassed Kana.

"If we're done making sure it wasn't a mistake to pass on the life insurance for Team 7, we should hurry and get to the Hokage's box."

"Right!" Yuuki yelled looking like Gai. "Let's go! The flames of-" Kana and I slapped a hand over her mouth.

"If you dare to say that phrase I will kill you here and now." Kana snarled.

"I'll gladly disown you as my sister." I said seriously. Yuuki nodded, hesitantly. Kana and I made sure to keep an eye on Yuuki as we entered the stadium.

"Hey, why didn't you teleport us here Shina?" Kana asked. I froze before looking anywhere else.

"I forgot…" I mumbled. Yuuki and Kana snickered. "Shut up, it's been known to happen." I snapped whirling around. "Let's go find Jiraiya." And so began our very poorly executed search that ended up lasting only ten minutes. That's right, we gave up on finding the pervert once we ended up in the Competitor's Box.

"Hey guys." Yuuki greeted waving at everyone minus Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke.

"Yuuki!" Temari grinned. I half waved to Shikamaru and Shino. The very enraged aura behind me halted me from going to stand between them.

"Sasuke still isn't here?" I asked looking at Kana. She looked down right murderous.

"I told those two idiots what I'd do to them if they were late! They probably didn't believe me."

"What'd you expect from Kakashi? Hey look it's Naruto!" Yuuki cried looking down into the arena.

"Shouldn't you guys be in the Kage Box?" Shikamaru asked as I proceeded to lounge beside him.

"Who wants to spend their time listening to boring insults, bets, and political talks?" I asked.

"Shina hates politics." Kana informed anyone who was listening, which was everyone.

"That's surprising." Shino said. "I would have pegged her as the political one, why? Because she seems like the clear-headed one."

"I usually like insulting people but I like to do it to their face." I said bluntly. "What's the point of veiling it when you can say it out loud? I'd rather cut to the chase, Yuuki says Gaara doesn't bother with that either." I shrugged. "He's smart too."

"You talk about me?" Gaara asked Yuuki. Yuuki nodded happily,

"I was taking about your bright future!" She grinned. "Look, Naruto won!"

"What?" Everyone asked.

"Called it." Kana and I said in unison.

"Don't you see into the future?" Kankuro asked.

"Yes." We all looked down into the arena to see Naruto running and hopping like the idiot he is.

"He may be weird and loud but you can't deny my otouto is strong and lovable." I grinned broadly. I gladly ignored the looks I got for that statement.

Throughout all the fights we kept an eye on the Kage box and the Suna team.

"Things are going according to plan..." Kana murmured in English. Once again Kakashi and Sasuke were late. "I'm going to kill Sasuke and Kakashi."

"If you kill them we're going to have to adjust the plan." I said seriously. Kana smacked my head.

"Don't worry about them. They'll be here at the last minute like last time." Yuuki hummed.

"In that case we should get into our places." We didn't have to force the seriousness now. We nodded before splitting up. This was not a time to mess around. Hopefully Orochimaru and Sound ended in the next few minutes or hours. I was not looking forward to chasing after Sasuke. (Say what you will but I was a little suspicious about things going so good.)

(GM NASAI: You can't accept a good thing can you?)

(A/N-S: You created me; you should know the answer to that.)

(GM NASAI: Good point. Maybe I should darken things up.)

(A/N-Y: NOO! I hate brooding and fuming in silence! We keep the things the way they are.)

(A/N-S: But it's so-)

(A/N-Y: So help me if you or GM NASAI makes this a 'Twilight' variant or goes anywhere near that genre, I will use Kana's cattle prod on the both of you!)

(A/N-K: I was wondering where that went.)

(GM NASAI: Okay fine… continue the story!)

I went to the Kage box while Kana went to the spectator's box. Yuuki stayed in the Competitors box watching the leaves swirl down.

"Hello Shina." Sarutobi greeted.

"Sarutobi. Just thought I'd let you know they're here." I said to the Hokage. The Kazekage did a double-take. I didn't look at him as I looked over the balcony.

"An Unmei? I thought they stayed in the smaller villages." Had to admit Orochimaru had good acting.

"You should know better Kazekage. I did visit your village two months ago to have a lengthy chat about your people skills." Sasuke and Kakashi appeared.

"Ah, only Kakashi would make such a flashy entrance." Sarutobi shook his head.

"Only Kakashi would be late with Kana's threat hanging over his head." I snorted. He nodded.

We watched as Gaara materialized into the arena looking slightly off balance. (Yuuki probably hugged him and told him to be a good boy. I blamed that little f***** Tobi for giving her a reason to be an idiot.)

"I wonder who would win. My son or the Last Uchiha." The fake Kazekage said.

"Gaara seems to be in control of his jutsu's. Sasuke has been training with Kakashi Hatake for the past month."

"Then this should be interesting."

"I vote they both lose." I said. "No offense intended to both of you." The Kage nodded.

"And who do you see winning Unmei?" I grinned.

"Love." His eyes narrowed in confusion. "Love is power, it makes you do anything to protect or fight. It might be irrational but I've seen it do wonders."

"I must say I like your philosophy." Sarutobi nodded approvingly. Our attention returned to the fighting teenagers.

When Sasuke managed to hit Gaara and cause him pain I looked up at the falling white feathers.

It's time." I murmured. I jumped out of the way as the Kage box exploded. Sarutobi would need my help in order to get rid of Orochimaru. He needed to be sealed but first…

A large purple barrier came up covering the Hokage and Orochimaru.

"Lord Hokage!" ANBU yelled. They flung kunai at the barrier only to have it bounce off. I swiped my blood over a seal on my wrist.

'Kana? Yuuki? Report!' I ordered mentally.

'Kana. Kakashi and I are handling the Suna ninja in the stands.' She reported.

'Make sure you hurry up and help Jiraiya with the snakes.' I ordered.

'On it.'

'Yuuki here. I'm chasing after the Sand Siblings with Naruto.'

'Make sure everything there goes the same way it did in the anime and manga.'

'I know.'

'What about you?' Kana asked.

'I just realized that Sarutobi is very old and he can't defeat Orochimaru with a bad back. That was something I regrettably blocked from my mind. I'm going to help him get rid of Orochimaru.'

'Be careful.'

'Will do.' I cut off our communication. I refocused back on the ANBU and their attempting to get to the Hokage.

"It's no use, we can't get in."

"Uh guys-" I called.

"What do we do?"

"Hello-"

"We have to wait. This barrier is-"

"HEY!" I shouted. They all looked at me. "You know basic geometry don't you?"

"Yes, why?"

Well if you can't go through the damn purple walls why not attack the corners?"

"We can't, the ones holding this barrier up are shielded." I groaned. These guys were so pessimistic. That or they were lazy.

"Then why not destroy the ground they're sitting on? I doubt they can float in midair!"

Silence.

I sweat-dropped.

"Seriously? You guys didn't think of that?" And they're called the 'elite'?

Yuuki's POV~

Hop, hop, hop, just keep hopping, just keep hopping- no! I mentally slapped myself. Stay focused. Gaara was in trouble and so were his siblings if they stayed around him any longer. I could still feel their emotions so they weren't that far up ahead. We were catching up to Sasuke!

"Wait!" We stopped.

"What are we stopping for?" I asked impatiently looking around. So close to Panda-chan!

"We're being followed." Shikamaru said. I rolled my eyes. Seriously the boy was such a drag. (I can't believe I said that!) You'd think he'd use his smarts for something other than figuring out where he wouldn't be found during a nap.

"Shino?" I asked still horrified I'd thought… that word. He nodded. "You're a good friend. You'll make it." I said quickly. "Let's go."

"Are you crazy? We need to think this through."

"Not to hate on your genius Shika but the time for thinking has passed." I grabbed Shikamaru and pulled him along after us. "It was always supposed to be Shino who stopped first. Next up is you." I ground out. "Now get your skinny legs moving and run."

I felt his shock that I would ever be anything but my cheery self. Naruto and Sakura were also feeling like they didn't really know me if I hid my brains so well. Honestly I couldn't be a bit more responsible? Maybe I should try to act a bit smarter and not like such an idiot.

… Who the hell am I kidding? Acting like a child was fun!

Hop… hop… hippity hip hop! I giggled to myself ignoring the feelings of skepticism and nervousness from the others.

Kana's POV~

With a slight hand flick I had Suna ninja falling over without warning only to be confirmed as sleeping. I stopped the next wave to give Gai and Kakashi time to breathe. Not that it really mattered since they were kick-a** ninja.

A loud boom behind me made me whirl around. A giant purple snake was glaring down at me.

"I really hate snakes." I groaned.

Don't think about it. Just help us. Jiraiya-sama has them." Kakashi panted. Okay maybe he wasn't such a bad-a**. I sighed already moving away.

"Sorry Kakashi but Jiraiya won't be fast enough." I jumped up ignoring the call of my name.

I may not have Shina's ability to have things grow as they traveled but I did take great ability in moving through things. I phased through the roof of the building I was on.

I landed right in front of the three orphans who were huddled in fear.

"You know I love children but you three have the worse luck." I said gathering the smallest child. "Run that way!" I ordered. They did as told. And not a second too late, where we had stood was now caved in with a snake's nose in the rubble.

The purple snakes yellow eyes glared at us as he pulled back up.

'Foolish humans!' He thought. "I will eat you!" That got the kids running down the hall with me right behind them.

A loud boom sounded from somewhere close by. From what I gleaned from the snakes mind he was cutting off our escape routes so the hall was the dead end. (You've gotta admire snakes ambitions to get food.)

"Don't stop!" I yelled to the kids. "Keep running!" They slowed down, getting ready to turn. I grabbed their shoulders, pushing them ahead of me straight to the wall.

The child in my arms screamed as we all phased through the wall and into another building. We thankfully landed softer on a stone slide. When we hit the bottom of the first floor the stone slide collapsed. I had no use for it anymore.

"We're okay!" The taller boy choked out.

"Yeah now go! Get to the shelters!" I ordered. The snake's tail came busting through the wall we'd gone through. The kids took off.

Behind me I heard a low hiss. I looked out the newly added skylight to see the purple snake glaring in at me.

"You know I really hate snakes." I groaned pulling out my katana. "But you just pushed my hate into disgust."

Shina's POV~

With the ANBU in position to attack I was ready to run in. Sarutobi had already destroyed the former Hokage's and sent them back to their graves. All that was needed was to place two seals on Orochimaru; two special seals.

"NOW!" I yelled as Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami. The ground rumbled and groaned as the ANBU destroyed the roof using a few well aimed Doton jutsu's. The purple barrier flickered as parts of the roof collapsed. I darted forward in time to get inside the barrier before the ANBU. They could take care of the Sound Four.

"No! You can't do this to me!" Orochimaru yelled. He was about to rip his arms away when I touched his back with my right hand, paralyzing him for a few minutes. I quickly touched his neck with my other hand causing Orochimaru to stiffen. I moved away into Orochimaru's line of sight just as the barrier fell and Sarutobi grinned.

"Good job Shina."

"Hai Hokage-sama." I ignored his surprised chuckle as Orochimaru screamed

"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Oh if looks could kill. Thankfully the only person who had that power was Kana.

(A/N-K: Damn right b****)

"I'm sorry Orochimaru, but your time is up. You cannot move to another body nor can you move. You will die here." I looked at the Shinigami. "He's all yours Daisuke." The Shinigami, or Daisuke, grinned and pulled on Orochimaru's soul.

"NOOOOO!" His face crumbled away to reveal the poor child he had inhabited. But even that face burned away into a withered husk. Daisuke pulled his arm back and prepared to swallow his meal, along with Sarutobi's soul when I suddenly had a thought.

"Hey Daisuke!" I called. He looked at me with his freaky black, red and grey eyes. "I'll trade you for the Sandaime's soul. How does the Sound Four sound?"

'Those fools? Why would I want them?'

"They're rich in calcium and high in chakra!" I sang. He snorted.

'No deal.'

"Oh come on! There has to be something you want!"

'Hmm... I have a better deal. Kill them and I'll release the Yondaime also.'

"Really?" I asked suspiciously. "What else?"

'When you die, you'll go directly to my kitchens and make me whatever I desire for eternity!' There's always a catch with this guy. I hummed. Cooking for Daisuke wasn't exactly a bad thing. I liked to cook and experiment. But for eternity?

"Will I get vacations?" I asked.

'Hah! If you can find a replacement who cooks as well as you do then why not?' I grinned.

"Deal!" Thank Kami Kana cooked too. "Now if you please? I'd like the Hokage's to all be in heaven with each other and their families." Daisuke rolled his eyes.

'Women, you're all so demanding.' While he grumbled on about women he separated Orochimaru's soul and the Sandaime's before swallowing Orochimaru. 'Sarutobi has still forfeited his life. He will go to Kami.'

"As long as he's not in your stomach. You should be eating a healthier meal than the souls of heroes." He chuckled before vanishing.

I caught the Hokage as he collapsed. He had a smile on his face while Orochimaru's body fell forward. Well at least I had done something right. Sarutobi would be able to be with his wife in heaven. And so would Minato.

"LORD HOKAGE!" The ANBU yelled. They landed around us. Ah, now to inform the rest of the village.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen is dead." I announced. "The Invasion is over."

A/N-K: Did you really just sell your soul?

A/N-S: It's Daisuke. I merely loaned it out. He'll probably change our deal once he learns of your cooking.

A/N-K: And what makes you think I'll agree to that?

A/N-Y: Because you love Shina and you'd do anything to get her some precious vacation time with Itachi and Naruto?

A/N-S: Exactly!

GM NASAI: Times like these I wonder how you'll react to the things I have planned for you three. But that's all for later. I do believe I have a few more chapters before I end this story. But I'm not going to be wrapping things up within the next two chapters so you're still safe. Since no one wanted to give me any feedback on how to do the Chuunin Exams I just winged it. Which turned out pretty good I think. Read, review and tell your friends. Aloha!