Sanin Battle
The next day Jiriaya was found passed out at the bar from the drug as Tsunade didn't take him.
I got up that morning ready to win the bet.
I came into her room to find Shizune knock out.
"Shizune are you alright? I asked shaking her.
"Naruto," Shizune responded getting up, "Where's Lady Tsunade?"
"I was going to ask you just that, I came here to show Tsunade the jutsu I been working on and find you passed out," I responded.
Shizune was shocked hearing that.
"Last thing I remember was trying to stop Tsunade from healing Orochimaru's arms," Shizune said, "She must of knock me out."
"Wait I can track her," I said.
"What?" Shizune responded.
"With my super sense of smell, I can track someone down better than a ninja hound, better than even my friend Kiba Inuzuka," I responded pointing at my nose.
"Then let's go," Shizune said opening the window.
"Wait hold on purvey sage," I said but stopped when Shizune saw him barely standing out of the window.
He told us about how he was drugged.
"Well that's interesting," I responded.
"We got to get to her quickly," Jiriaya said, "Naruto it up to you to find her," Jiriaya said.
"Yeah I know," I responded and sniff the air.
"We're being watched," I said.
Surely enough Kabuto was watching over us.
At the ruins where the castle was Tsunade waited as Orochimaru walked up to her.
The rest of us were heading to the castle as Tonton was keeping track of Orochimaru's scent.
"I will heal your arms in exchange you don't touch the village or the people in it," Tsunade said.
"Alright," Orochimaru responded with a laugh.
Tsunade remembered Dan and Nawaki but knew they wouldn't want the leaf village be in any danger.
Tsunade summoned a ball of chakra to use on Orochimaru.
Just then as Kabuto arrived he threw a kunai separating them.
"So you decided to not take my offer Tsunade," Orochimaru said, "I promised to revive your love ones and not touch the leaf."
"I knew what you said about not touching the leaf was a lie, as for reviving Dan and Nawaki," Tsunade started crying a little and remember Jiriaya's words that he said was part of Minato's speech, "I loved them and wanted to see touch them again, but what's the point when the one thing they died wanting to protect is destroyed."
"Then we have no other choice but to force you," Orochimaru responded.
Tsunade went for a kick, and although Orochimaru and Kabuto dodge it, she caused the whole ground to crack.
"Come Orochimaru," Tsunade said running at them taking off her jacket..
Orochimaru and Kabuto headed off as Tsunade fallowed.
I track Tsunade's scent to the castle to see they were gone and only her jacket remains. Tonton was with us considering his sense of smell could help.
"This explains why her smell seem to split," I responded.
"Tsunade must of decline after all," Jiriaya said.
"Come on the her scent is moving," I said as Tonton agreed.
Tsunade and Kabuto were dealing with each other.
Kabuto ate a soldier pill for boost. Kabuto made hand signs and his hands started glowing with chakra.
He disappeared and tried to attack from underground but Tsunade jumped out of the way. She send a punch but Kabuto dodge it. They started fighting with mostly Taijutsu as Kabuto moved around her.
Kabuto manage to hit Tsunade in the leg and shoulder. Tsunade found the muscles he hit were ripped.
"The jutsu I performed allowed me to use my hands like a scaple and cut muscles without cutting the skin," Kabuto explained.
He went to attack and Tsunade tried to block it but was hit in the chest and cut through the muscles around the repertory system. Tsunade manage to hit Kabuto in the neck causing his nervous system to go crazy and him unable to move properly.
Although suffering breathing problems Tsunade send attacks at Kabuto as he tried to move his arm but only his leg move.
"I change my chakra into electricity to redirect your nervous system," Tsunade said. She started healing the muscles back together making it easier to breath.
Kabuto use the moment to figure out how his nervous system now works. Kabuto figured out 80% of his chakra network and got up. He took out a kunai since he now knows about Tsunade's weakness.
However Jiriaya Shizune Tonton and I stopped him in his tracks.
"Kabuto, I thought that was you I smell a while back," I said, "So you're working for Orochimaru, that just makes things interesting."
Tsunade went to attack and push Jiriaya away. Kabuto cut his arm and send blood splattered on Tsunade.
He hit Tsunade sending her flying as she was frozen in fear. Shizune saved Tsunade from the hit.
"What in the world just happened, and why did Tsunade froze like that?" I asked.
"Tsunade has a severe case of fear of blood," Jiriaya responded.
"Huh?" I responded.
"Jiriaya told you about what happened to Dan right?" Shizune explained, "Well cause she was trying to heal him and he was bleeding a lot, she came to being afraid of blood."
I clench my fist and turned to Kabuto.
"I see you've been promoted to Chuunin Naruto," Kabuto said, "From what I gathered you were a talent-less kit who only got through things through pure luck. But the moment you started making friends and became a ninja you started getting serious and cause of it your power grew. However your skills still lacks compared to me."
"Shizune take care of Lady Tsunade," I said.
Shizune was shocked as that was the first time I referred Tsunade by Lady Tsunade.
"Can I trust you to do that?" I asked.
"Yeah," Shizune responded, "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to teach this guy not to underestimate me," I responded.
I went to attack Kabuto on the right.
Kabuto tried to splatter blood on my face but I made the handsign disappearing in a swirl of leaves dodging it as I appeared behind him and hit him.
"I see you learn how to teleport, that's something new," Kabuto said jumping back to Orochimaru.
I cleaned the blood off my eyes to look. Kabuto ate a blood pill and use his blood to mark Orochimaru's arms. He made some hand signs and summoned giant snakes.
"Naruto against that kid in the glasses your best chance is to have Shizune help you," Jiriaya said biting his thumb and wipe it on his hand.
Jiriaya made handsigns and slam his hand on the ground shouting, "Summoning Jutsu!"
A small frog appeared in front of him name Gamakichi.
"What where's your father?" Jiriaya responded.
"Don't worry, against this thing, Kurama can handle this," I said biting my thumb.
I made some hand signs and slam my hand on the ground shouting, "Summoning Jutsu!"
Kurama appeared in a huge puff of smoke.
"A 4 tail fox!" Shizune responded as it was her first time seeing it.
"The Nine-tails runt can summon," Orochimaru said as neither him or Kabuto knew about the summoning.
"First teleporting now summoning, that kit sure is surprising," Kabuto responded.
"Kurama can you handle those snakes?" I asked.
"Leave it to me," Kurama responded.
The snakes went to attack but Kurama dodge them with his speed.
"Jiriaya did you know about Naruto summoning?" Shizune asked.
"Well of course I did, I seen him master it," Jiriaya said, "Although this is my first time seeing one in action."
Kurama tackled the snake into the ground as Kabuto use the moment to attack me and Shizune as Jiriaya dealt with Orochimaru.
Shizune fired needles at Kabuto who blocked the attack. Kabuto attack Shizune in the chest.
"Poison mist Jutsu!" Shizune though as she fired a mist from her mouth. Kabuto grab Shizune by the legs doing damage from underground.
Orochimaru went to attack with a long neck to bite Jiriaya who made some hand signs.
"Hair needle Jutsu!" Jiriaya shouted. His hair grew around him but not enough as Orochimaru was still able to bite him.
Kabuto was knock Shizune out to the ground and was about to hit Tsunade. I summoned one of my tails, withdrew chakra from the weight seal on it, and hit the ground with it causing the earth to crack toward Kabuto. He dodge the attack but it saved Tsunade.
"That boy has talent, I can see why you choose him," Orochimaru said.
"Naruto is talented but not because of his ninjutsu, but because he has heart," Jiriaya said, "The heart to make anyone trust him, and to not let a friend down."
I got up as I smirked.
"Kurama protect Lady Tsunade and Shizune, don't let anything happened to them," I shouted, "Can I trust you to do that?"
"You know you can Naruto," Kurama responded.
I jump at Kabuto to attack once more.
Kabuto dodge it and was about to hit my leg. I teleported out of Kabuto's range to avoid the attack. I reappeared behind him knowing I can't get close to him. I could use my Rasengan, but I'll be in his attack range and who knows what will happen. I could use my new technique, but I have to transform into my true form to do it, plus chances that I'll hit Tsunade and Kurama, and there's still the side effect.
Then I came up with a way to get Kabuto and not hit Tsunade.
Just then Kabuto took out one of his cards.
"Naruto Uzumaki, someone who puts trust in people and never let them down," Kabuto said, "However its not trust that makes a shinobi talented, its what they do that gives them talent. I'm talented because I use my jutsus to attack when I have an opening. Cause of it your talent is mediocre compare to me."
Tsunade looked at me worried about my safety.
"Then let me tell you something four-eyes, it's because I trust others and they trust me, I worked hard in improving my skills so I won't let them down," I responded.
Tsunade remembered back when I was four. I would refuse to help a single human out. Then she compared to what I'm saying now to what her little brother once told her.
"That kind of talk will just get you killed, and all that hard work will be for nothing," Kabuto said.
I threw a smoke bomb into the ground bellow me sending smoke everywhere.
"I know this technique Naruto, you used it against Temari during the finals," Kabuto said.
The smoke cleared and I was gone with a hole where I was standing.
"Don't worry," Kurama told Tsunade causing her to turned to him, "From the moment I met Naruto, I could sense power in him that no tailed beast has ever had, not even his father, and that's what will win this fight."
I jump out from under ground and Kabuto hit me. However I disappeared revealing to be a shadow clone.
That's when I appeared forming the Rasengan in my hand. I came at Kabuto ready to attack.
He was about to hit me back but I blocked it and hit him with the Rasengan. Kabuto was send flying away into a rock but not before striking me in the chest where my heart was.
However Kabuto started healing quickly as he send chakra to his wound.
"You'll die here," Kabuto said.
I collapsed unconscious but then disappeared in a puff of smoke revealing to be another shadow clone.
"Demon Fox Transformation Jutsu!" I shouted. He turned to his right to see that I was already in my true form.
"I knew you would attack me if I attack directly so I fooled you with another Shadow Clone," I said, "Lady Tsunade when this is over you better start packing."
Tsunade remembered the bet and my training days ago.
"Naruto must have mastered it by now," Jiriaya's words ring in Tsunade's memory.
I summoned all my chakra and formed it into a dense ball and swallowed it. Kabuto tried to get up but the injury from the Rasengan kept him from running. I use the moment to fired a blast from the ball right at Kabuto. He manage to dodge the attack but was still hit indirectly.
"That kid, he mastered it," Jiriaya thought.
"That was one of the Nine-tail's Jutsu," Orochimaru thought.
"He really did master and handled that technique," Tsunade thought.
Then I transform back to human form and collapsed on my hands and feet, which was the side effect as I also had to focus chakra into my muscles to keep my ground, which like Lee's Primary Lotus, wears my body out causing me to transform back to human form. Luckily thanks to my healing rate, I will be able to recover in less than a minute.
That's when Orochimaru jumped at me full speed. I tried to move but my muscles haven't fully recover.
Jiriaya tried to stop him but Orochimaru use his tongue to wrap around his ankle and threw him down.
Then Orochimaru summoned a snake from his mouth that summoned a sword.
Tsunade jumped in front of me and took the hit. The sword went through her chest out the back.
"Tsunade why did you went to all ends to shield this demon," Orochimaru responded.
Tsunade punched him away for saying that but cause the sword to pull out as well. "Don't you dare call Naruto that," Tsunade responded, "You're more of a demon than he is."
"I think my work is done," Kurama said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
I look up at Tsunade and saw that she was trembling with fear, and yet she was protecting me.
"This boy, this Chuunin, is the Leaf's future, and even though I'm not Hokage, I will protect the leaf just as Dan and Nawaki wanted to, and just as my grandfather did, which I'm sure they would wanted me to do in their memory," Tsunade said.
Orochimaru was about to slash Tsunade at that moment.
I made the hand sign and teleported behind Orochimaru and summon my tail and hit a way.
Jiriaya and Shizune regained conscious to see what I did.
"That little runt caught me off guard," Orochimaru thought getting up.
Little did he know Tsunade stopped trembling and hit him sending him flying again.
Tsunade's seal on her forhead grew as her chest wound healed up.
"That reminds me," Tsunade said, "I been asked to be head of the leaf's new medical program."
Tsunade wipe the blood off her chin and wipe it on her hand.
"Orochimaru," Kabuto shouted.
Orochimaru jumped toward Kabuto. Kabuto use his blood and swipe it on his mark.
Jiriaya did the same thing getting ready to fight as well.
I decided I can help out as well and took out my scroll put it in my mouth.
All of us made the hand signs, although mine was slightly different. We slam our hands on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Kabuto Tsunade and Jiriaya shouted.
"Transformation-Summoning Jutsu!" I shouted.
Kabuto summoned a giant and yet dangerous purple snake. Jiriaya summoned a giant toad, Tsunade summoned a giant slug, each almost the same size.
I, on other hand, was in my ultimate form with my tails whipping around.
"He decided to help out," Jiriaya thought.
"Naruto?" Tsunade responded.
"Don't worry, this is my ultimate form created through fusing fox-demon transformation with summoning Jutsu," I responded.
"Manda (the snake) & Orochimaru, and Katsuya (the slug) & Tsunade, it sure been along time since all of us were together," The giant toad said, "What's with the Nine-tail fox?"
"That's Naruto, he's on our side," Jiriaya responded.
"Orochimaru why did you summon me here?" Manda ordered
"Lord Manda please we'll pay you generously," Kabuto responded.
"I wasn't talking you," Manda told Kabuto, "Orochimaru I expect 100 souls after this."
That made Kabuto worried because of Orochimaru's arms.
"Naruto only help with Manda, leave Orochimaru to us," Tsunade ordered.
"Leave it to me," I responded.
Manda was the first to attack by wrapping around Katsuya and squeezing her.
It was about to bite the slug but Gamabunta use his sword to block him. Katsuya divided into smaller clones of herself protecting herself from anymore contraction.
Manda was about to hit Tsunade at that moment with his tail but I blocked it with one of mine.
"Naruto get out of the way!" Jiriaya shouted, "Gamabunta give me some oil!"
I jumped back as Gamabunta spit out some oil at Manda. Jiriaya made hand signs and shouted in his head, "Fire style Toad Flame Jutsu!" Jiriaya blew fire into the oil making it worst as it hit Manda. Manda dodge it by molting its skin.
"Okay I know snakes do that, but seeing it while being burned is gross," I responded.
Manda threw it's tail from underground at Gamabunta who manage to dodge it.
Tsunade jumped on my head since Katsuya was still coming together into her huge form.
Manda jump from behind and was about to bite Gamabunta.
"Understand?" Tsunade asked.
"Yeah," I responded. I grabbed Gamabunta's sword with my tail and jump on Manda stopping him. I stabbed his mouth shut with the sword.
Orochimaru extended his tongue at Tsunade. She use it to pull Orochimaru up and punched him. Then, still holding onto his tongue, pulled him up for another punch.
Orochimaru was knock out ending the battle. Manda disappeared in a puff of smoke as he was injured.
Orochimaru and Kabuto left as Tsunade suffered the side effect of her jutsu.
I transform back to human form and collapsed.
"I'm worn out," I said.
"Well after using that technique of yours and then Transformation-summoning to help us out I can't blame you," Jiriaya responded.
"By the way catch," Tsunade said throwing her necklace to me.
I caught it and look at her smiling at me.
"After we rest up we can go home," Tsunade said, "And Naruto."
"Yeah," I responded.
"Remember this, no matter what how many people say about you, don't ever let Mt. Oinari or the leaf village down," Tsunade told me.
"Roger!" I responded.
"Nawaki Dan, he may not share your dream, but something tells me the future of the leaf village will be in good hands," Tsunade thought.
A/N: I change things up, but its good. I had Naruto get involved for the fun of it. I thought for the side effect since Naruto will need to manage to keep is ground that he has to increase his strength until he grows physically stronger to handle the Jutsu. And because of his abnormal healing rate it works out.
Next Time: Mission accomplish, now we're home and things settles down. Except for Tsunade who starts her duties as head of the medical program. Although news of what happened in the Sanin battle doesn't make things easier for me either. What is it like being back home? Read to Find out...