DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know that by now...

(A/N): AAAAAWWWWWW YEEEAAAHHHHH! Chapter 70! *raises glass* to another ten chapter! *chugs from glass* Paahh~~

TO THE CHAPTER!

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Chapter 70: Battlefield Tanzaku Gai

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"You really don't know much about what we can do, do you?" Naruto said as he summoned up a Hiraishin Kunai and unsheathed Kitsune no Kiba. "Why don't we show you?"

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"Orochimaru..." Jiraiya growled. "I thought we wiped out your forces back in Konoha. Don't tell me you were holding out on Suna?" he sneered at him while making the verbal jab. The Snake Sannin chuckled at his old teammate and crossed his arms. "Jiraiy~, I thought you knew me well enough to know that I never show all my cards at once." he said in his sinister whisper like voice. Tsunade pounded her fist into her palm and glared at him. "Naruto-kun, get Shizune out of here, there's just too many here for us to fight while protecting you." she said while she was gritting her teeth. She just got her family back, she was NOT going to lose them again. Jiraiya scoffed at Tsunade and shook his head.

"Alright brat, looks like you need to show Hime here that she doesn't need to coddle you. You take care of the cannon fodder while we work out our team problems, okay?" he said over his shoulder with a smirk. Naruto grinned and walked forward with a certain swagger that came with confidence. Shizune and Tsunade were looking at Jiraiya like he was crazy but he just chuckled. "Show em' kid, why you're called..." he started as Naruto placed his hand to his stomach. With a quick flick of his wrist a flickering golden aura enveloped his entire form and torrential winds were shot from his body, causing Tsunade and Shizune to have to brace themselves as Jiraiya smirked at his Godson.

"The light of Konoha!" he finished with a roar as Naruto flickered out of sight leaving a golden trial in his wake.

Orochimaru was awestruck by the display of power as Naruto passed him, slowing down enough to just look the Snake in the eye as he passed him and slammed into the Oto forces.

Jiraiya smiled at Orochimaru's fear struck face and looked back to see a the shocked faces of Tsunade and Shizune. "So Orochimaru," he said as he turned back to the snake. Orochimaru snapped out of his stupor to look at Jiraiya with a scowl. "Lets get started!" Jiraiya roared as he ran though hand signs before he bit his thumb and slammed his palm onto the ground. Tsunade followed his example as well as Orochimaru. Once the resulting clouds of smoke cleared three massive summons stood staring each other down.

"Jiraiya...So, we get another shot at making a snake skin wallet huh?" Gamabunta said as he let out a breath of smoke and slowly drew his sword.

"Tsunade-sama, it has been too long." Katsuyu said in a cheery tone as she greeted her summoner.

"Orochimaru! You bastard! You dare to summon me here! There best be 100 sacrifices!" Manda roared in anger at Orochimaru. "Don't worry Manda-sama, you will have your sacrifices. But first, there is an old enemy that has crossed me for the last time." Orochimaru growled as he looked towards Jiraiya. "Hmmm. Damn toads. Just this one time I won't expect any sacrifices. That toads blood scattered across the field will be enough for me." Manda hissed when he saw Gamabunta. The toad in question laughed darkly. "Just try it you overgrown garden snake. I'll have a new wallet by the end of today!" Gamabunta roared as he leaped towards the snake with his sword readied for a over head slash. Manda curled up ready to pounce at the toad as soon as he was close enough.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya jumped at each other and clashed in mid air. "You die here Orochimaru!" Jiraiya roared planted a fist into the Snake Sannins face. Orochimaru retaliated by using the momentum to kick Jiraiya in the chin in mid back flip. After the exchange of blows the two Sannin spiraled through the air and land on the ground. They both preformed hand signs as fast as they could. "Doton: Doryu Taiga! (Earth Release: Earth Flow River)" Orochimaru exclaimed as a large river of mud formed and rushed towards Jiraiya. The Toad Sage finished his hand signs. "Katon: Karyu Endan! (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet)" he roared as he shot a dragon made of flame towards the river of mud. The fire traveled up the stream and engulfed Orochimaru.

Jiraiya scowled when he saw a charred earth clone where Orochimaru once stood. Jiraiya readied himself and sent his senses on overdrive to find him. After a quick second he jumped into the air to dodge a swipe from Kusanagi. Orochimaru came out of the ground and followed up by extending his neck so he could try and rip out Jiraiya's jugular. The Toad Sannin did a few quick hand signs and when he finished his hair extended to make a quick and spiky shield to block Orochimaru's attack. Before Orochimaru could retract his neck Tsunade appeared next to him and punched his head sending him flying across the battlefield. "Nice one Hime!" Jiraiya said as his hair tuned back to normal. Jiraiya looked away from Orochimaru's recovering form to see how Gamabunta was fairing. He frowned at the fight that was going on. Even with Katsuyu's help Manda was just too fast and Gamabunta was having a hard time dodging. "Alright, Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" he said as he summoned another toad. "Gamaken, go help out Bunta." Jiraiya ordered his summons.

"Alright Jiraiya, but I'm not very graceful..." the giant toad said as he brandished his club and shield and charged into battle. "Hime, hold that Snake at bay for a minute. I gotta channel some chakra real quick." he said to Tsunade as she cracked her knuckles. "Gladly!" she yelled as she dashed towards Orochimaru. Jiraiya smiled at his old teammate and clasped his hands together. "It's been too long...Hime..." he mumbled to himself as he watched her charge into battle.

Tsunade jumped high into the air and delivered an ax kick to the ground. Orochimaru jumped away before he was caught in the shock wave from the attack. The ground split and boulders were shot into the air. Tsunade jumped into the air and hit the boulders at Orochimaru's fleeing form. The Snake Sannin used his abnormal flexibility and agility to bob and weave around the projectiles. As he dodged the last one he preformed a set of hand signs and took a deep breath. "Katon: Karyu Endan!" he exclaimed and shot a flame dragon towards Tsunade. She just grunted and punched the ground. A crater formed under her sending another large chuck of earth into the air to block the dragon. As the boulder exploded from the impact Orochimaru jumped through the smoke and flying rubble with Kusanagi protruding out of a snake in his mouth. The blade shot out at Tsunade who dodged and picks up a rock and hurls it at Orochimaru hitting in the head. He falls to the ground and rolls to his feet. He now holds his sword in his hand and glaring at Tsunade. "Come on Tsunade, I know you can hit harder than that. Have you been getting rusty~?" he taunted the Slug Sannin. She growled and focused more chakra into her limbs.

Orochimaru chuckled and pointed his sword at her in a lazy taunt. "Come now Tsunade, don't be angry. All things degrade with age~." he said to her in a evil chuckle. With those words said, Tsunade snapped. "OROCHIMARU!" she roared as she dashed at him. The Snake Sannin grinned from ear to ear as Tsunade punched him in the gut. His body turned to mud and sucked her fist in, effectively trapping her there. Orochimaru came up through the ground and brought up Kusanagi for an over head slash. But then a blur of red and green kicked him straight in the face sending him flying though the air and skidding across the ground.

"It's been a while Jiraiya-chan."

"Why do you always summon us in a middle of a war zone Jiraiya-chan"

Two small toads said on top of the shoulders of the Toad Sannin. Jiraiya chuckled lightly. "Sorry, Pa, Ma'am. But I need some help here. It's time to put Orochimaru down for good." he said to the toads. The small male toad looked over to Tsunade and smiled. "Hey there Tsunade-chan, been a while." he said in a warm greeting. "Oh, hey Tsunade-chan, I haven't seen you in years!" the femal frog said. Tsunade smiled at the two and ripped her arm free. "It has, Shima-sama. And it's good to see you too Fukasaku-sama." she greeted back to the elderly toads.

Fukasaku looked back to Orochimaru as the Snake Sannin slowly stood up. "Hm, he was able to get back up. That's impressive especially the amount of strength you get in this form." he mused as he stroked his small beard. Orochimaru glowered at the Toad Sage and coughed up some blood.

His right cheek looked like it was skinned and he was bleeding heavily. His eyes narrowed when he looked at Jiraiya. "Hn, I didn't think you could get any uglier Jiraiya..." he said through his quickly swelling jaw.

Jiraiya had gone through a physical change. His hair was slightly longer and more unruly. His tears of blood marks on his face expanded to cover the sides of his face. His nose grew larger and more bulbous. His teeth looked sharper and he had suddenly grown a beard. His eyes had turned from the normal human shape, to the horizontal slit of a toads. Orochimaru growled and sneered at him. "What is this..." he said when he felt the amount of power the Toad Sannin was exuding.

Jiraiya chuckled and widened his stance and spread his arms slightly. "This, Orochimaru, is Sage Mode!"

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As Naruto crashed into the army of Oto nin he started relaying information with Kurama. "How long to we have in this form!?" he asked quickly. Kurama paused to calculate for a moment before responding. "The last time you used this form you had five minutes. Now that you are slightly more acustomed to it so we have about fifteen minutes. That's just the time limit, you can use as much chakra you want as long as you are within the time limit." he reported. Naruto smiled as he flashed in front of a shinobi and sent him flying with a kick to the stomach. "ALRIGHT!" he roared as two large arms of chakra formed behind him. The two arms started making a large Rasengan and Naruto crouched once the orb of death formed into the size of a small house. "Rasengan Vortex!" he said and nine arms of chakra reached out and started grabbing shinobi and pressing them into the large Rasengan. Once the orb fadded he dashed to dodge a barrage of jutsu. He summoned a Hiraishin kunai and threw it high in the air. Once it reached its apex he flashed to it and threw it to the ground below. "Kunai Kagebunshin no jutsu!" he called and turned the single kunai into a thousand.

The rain of metal cut down about a dozen shinobi and missed the rest. But he was aiming to kill that many with it. He flashed to several of the kunai and cut the necks of dozens of shinobi with Kitsune no Kiba. After a few more sets of flashes only twenty shinobi in the army survived.

"Alright! Lets end this with a bang!" he roared as he flashed back into the air. He held his hands out to the ground and red and blue chakra started to gather in front of his palm. He smirked once his attack was ready. "BIJUU DAMA!" he roared as he shot the orb of pure chakra towards the last of the living enemies. The explosion rocked the earth and caused Naruto to stay in the air longer than gravity would normally allow.

Once he landed his cloak vanished and he fell to a single knee. "Ok, not to self...always save Bijuu Dama for the end of the fight." he said between deep breaths as he slowly stood back up.

"My oh my. I guess they weren't exaggerating when they called you, 'The Light of Konoha'." a voice said from seemingly everywhere. Naruto jerked his head around trying to find the fool he missed. He turned around to see Kabuto and a tall white haired man holding an unconscious Shizune. Naruto glared at the two of them. "Let...Shizune-neechan go!" he growled while breathing heavily. Kabuto chuckled darkly and tossed her aside. "You seem pretty weakened Naruto. Kimimaro, why don't you finish him." he said with a chuckle.

The now named Kimimaro raised his left arm and several bone like protrusions jutted out of his arm. "It will be done, Kabuto." he said as he charged Naruto. "Dance of the Camilla!"

Naruto brought up Kitsune no Kiba and blocked the attack from Kimimaro and engaged the new enemy with the handicap of being almost completely drained.

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(A/N): To be continued...

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