Chapter 41
Beta'd by Black Sparrow
Kakashi landed tiredly beside the body of the old war veteran, surprisingly Danzo was still alive but if he didn't do anything the old war hawk would bleed out in the next minute. With a tired sigh the silver haired Jounin wiped out one of his sealing scrolls and sealed Danzo alongside his ripped off arm, this would hopefully keep him alive long enough for the T&I to make suitable arrangements.
He then turned his attention to Anko who was curled into a ball, writhing on the floor. Kakashi vaguely acknowledged the shinobi dropping down beside him, Gai helped him uncurl the kunoichi and pin her down to the floor while on the other side of the clearing the just arrived ANBU team's designated medic poured her chakra into Asuma's still form before unsealing a stretcher. Kurenai and a just arrived Raido moved to carry their comrade to the hospital so that the ANBU medic could continue to monitor Asuma's condition and keep him stable.
The other three ANBU operatives positioned themselves around Gai and Kakashi.
"Wolf-taicho, what is going on?" Lizard-taicho asked while he grabbed the moaning Anko's head and shoulders and helped to pin her down more securely.
Kakashi only grunted, "Classified mission, orders from the Hokage."
The silver haired Jounin carefully traced the black and white pattern with his eyes; it had started to move from the Ten no Fuin down Anko's body. Seeing no other way to get a better idea of what was happening to his comrade Kakashi reactivated his Sharingan once more and what he saw was even worse than he had thought. Beside him ANBU Mouse harshly sucked in air, Kakashi knew what the Hyuuga operative was seeing and could only agree. The two dojutsu user could practically see how the corrupted chakra spread through Anko's body and corrupted her chakra network on the way. From the increased cries and keens it was also becoming more and more painful with the minute. The situation became even worse when the seal started to suck the purple haired kunoichi's chakra into itself and the snake summoner could barely produce enough to stay ahead of it.
They had to do something soon or Anko would die.
Behind them the front door flew open and a wide eyed Sasuke and Naruto came through it only to come to an instant halt at the scene in front of them, vaguely Kakashi noticed a splash of pink peeking through between the two males. The sight of his Genins triggered a dangerous idea in Kakashi.
"NARUTO come here!" he shouted urgently.
Kakashi then ripped open Anko's mesh shirt with a cleverly placed kunai and some chakra control before he bit into his finger and started to draw the bleeding digit over Anko's body in a quick sequence of seals. While working Kakashi vaguely registered that his Genin only hesitated for a second before he started to jog over. When Naruto had reached the shinobi group Kakashi was just putting the final touches to the seal he had drawn over Anko's skin. Gai, ANBU Jackal and ANBU Mouse were doing an excellent job at holding the kunoichi's body as still as possible while Lizard-taicho held her head in a vice grip.
"This could kill her," ANBU Mouse grunted out before Kakashi could open his mouth once more.
"Yes but there is no chance of her surviving if we do nothing, so I'm going to take the risk," came the instant reply from the Hatake clan head before he turned back to his student, "Naruto I need you to put your hands at this and this seal and then push as much chakra into it as you can, none of us have enough to overpower this seal but you may have it."
The blonde boy looked wide eyed at Kakashi before he swallowed and put his shaking hands over the sign above Anko's heart and the one on her lower stomach.
"Okay on three Naruto. One, two, three!" Kakashi counted down.
The Uzumaki in front of them activated the seal and started pushing massive amounts of chakra into Anko. The snake summoner's screaming kicked up another notch and the only thing that stopped Naruto from drawing back and cutting off his chakra flow was the reassuring hand on his back. Kakashi left hand was a steady pressure between Naruto's shoulder plates while his right was manipulating Naruto's chakra inside the seal. As the seal caster it was his job to help the energy to flow where it was needed and to be honest he barely could keep control of the giant amount, Naruto was truly a chakra monster.
At first nothing changed other that the seal was now also eating away on Naruto's chakra but a few moments into the activation of the seal Kakashi felt a distinct change in the seal pattern, it was as if something inside of the corrupted energy was filling up too quickly. It felt like a water balloon that had been put on an open tap and was becoming fuller and fuller until it finally burst. Kakashi felt the proverbial bang going off inside of the seal and ripped his hands away from it before throwing Naruto at his teammates who had come slightly closer. Lighting fast he and the other adult shinobi around him jumped back, they still were caught in a massive chakra wave originating from Anko. With a final keen the purple haired kunoichi finally passed out and the corrupted chakra drew back into the seal. Around him Kakashi could feel his comrades tense when instead of the script settling it started to unravel and to the horror of all present something started to wriggle out of the seal.
It was a white somewhat translucent snake, about as thick as Kakashi's thigh.
The silver haired Jounin stared appalled at the thing that opened its mouth and as something blue tried to escape. ANBU Jackal behind him was the first one to react and erected a Fuinjutsu barrier so that the blue light, whatever it was couldn't escape. His actions spurred the others to respond and when the normal sealing technique didn't work Kakashi gathered the last of his chakra to create a Shishō Fūin, an evil spirit binding seal. When the seal settled the Hatake stumbled slightly and was caught by Lizard and Gai who held him up while he caught his breath. The white snake that had come out of Anko had turned into some kind of white sludge and the purple haired kunoichi's neck was amazingly enough seal free.
Now Kakashi became aware of the other ANBU team and the group of medic nins that had landed between the dojo and one of the empty clan houses and was watching them tensely, the moment the barrier went down said medic nins rushed over and started to check out everybody for injuries. Anko was moved on a stretcher and then in the direction of the hospital while a female medic was filling his chakra coils with an emergency chakra transplantation to head off complete chakra exhaustion. Across from him Gai's left arm was set, Kakashi hadn't even realized that his so called eternal rival had a broken hand but he would love to know who the hell had been able to break the Taijutsu expert's arm.
Exhausted Kakashi nearly missed when one of the team of medics asked if the owner of the house had already been interviewed. His body and mind screamed of exhaustion but Kakashi kept it together and sent a sharp look at Lizard-taicho and made an aborted sign to shut the Chunin up and get them all off the property. The ANBU captain barely hesitated before he gave the order to move to the present medics. Most of them nodded and repacked their things as quickly as possible knowing the drill concerning the black ops forces, only a few floundered but in the end weren't brave enough to contradict the order from the ANBU captain.
When everybody but the former and current ANBU operatives and Kakashi's Genin team had left, the silver haired Jounin relaxed a bit and waved his team over. The three white faced teens looked at him with worry and Sakura made a hand movement as if to touch him before shyly pulling her hands behind her back and looking to the side.
Naruto finally opened his mouth and said still shaken, "Sensei, are you alright?"
"I'm fine Naruto don't worry and Anko will hopefully be too. You guys can go back inside if you want or stay here but I would appreciate it if you can tell Shiori that it's fine for her and Hinako to come out."
"Hai, sensei," all three of them answered before turning around and running to the house.
"Right… I forgot that you have brats now," Lizard-taicho said amused while he watched the kids run.
Kakashi mirrored his amusement in a grin before he answered mysteriously, "I have a lot more than that."
He immensely enjoyed the double take both ANBU teams made when a panicked looking Shiori with a wide eyed Hinako on her hip walked through the front door. Kakashi had decided that it wouldn't achieve anything to hide his family from these two particular ANBU cells; he had worked with all of them but especially with the two current captains and trusted them to keep their mouths and those of their subordinates shut at least for a little while. This encounter with Danzo had shown him that the separation he had put his family into wasn't as safe as he had thought it was.
"Hatake?" came the somewhat faint exclamation from his fellow ANBU captain.
Kakashi somewhat regretted the fact that the stiff ANBU masks prevented anybody from seeing the expression of Konoha's finest, at least the body language was entertaining enough. The silver haired Jounin also noted with satisfaction that when his Genin noticed the attention Shiori was drawing to her person they tightened their formation around her. His wife on the other hand only had eyes for him and with some hasty steps she was suddenly in the middle of the ANBU operatives and stared concerned at his bloody vest and exhausted form but refrained from touching. She knew better than to touch a contaminated uniform without asking beforehand.
"Anata…" was the only thing she said before she bit her lip.
"It's fine, nothing lethal just some bruises, cuts and chakra exhaustion," Kakashi rumbled before he removed his arms from his comrades and tugged at one of her hair strands.
Shiori's body visibly relaxed and nodded before she shifted Hinako enough so that their daughter had a better view of him and the men in front of her. The young father absently noted that Hinako's eyes took nearly fifty percent of her face up, if this wasn't such a serious situation he would have cooed at her and encased her into a full body hug.
"Daddy," came the half loud and mumbled word from Hinako.
It seemed as if she reacted with shyness and uncertainty when confronted by so many strangers and him injured. Good girl, being wary in such a situation was only wise, was his only thought to that.
"I'm fine, Hina-chan. Shiori, I need to report to the Hokage and then check on my comrades so I can't tell you when I will be back…" the silver haired Jounin said in a calm but serious voice.
Shiori just nodded in acceptance and then turned with a curious gaze to the still somewhat frozen ANBU forces around them. Kakashi followed her gaze and then grinned.
"Right, these are Lizard-taicho's and Wombat-taicho's ANBU teams; they will be taking samples of the battlefield and remove all weapons. What happened here is classified, so no matter who asks you and the kids, you can't tell ANYONE unless you have the express permission of the Hokage," Kakashi explained with a quick nod sideways to the two men standing beside him.
"We will also put up a guard for tonight until Kakashi returns," Lizard-taicho interjected calmly, it seemed as if he had regained some of his equilibrium.
Shiori nodded thankfully and then kissed Kakashi on the masked cheek, keeping Hinako out of touching distance before she gently squeezed Gai's good hand and turned back to the anxious waiting Genin.