Returning of the Whirling Tides

by Havoc-Teir

A clan long thought extinct has finally found its heir, rescued by his thought deceased mother whom returned to their ancestral home to assume their duties. Moving in the shadows, under masks of light, the shinobi of Uzushigakure move to combat a the threat their greatest ancestor sealed away, maybe taking several pounds of flesh along the way. NaruxKarinxHakuxKoyukixShion

9. Chapter 9

Chapter Nine; Third Reel Surprise;Final Part

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Colosseum

Kartel steps into the Hidden Leaf stadium alongside Fenra and Kal, at his side "Whoa, this is quite extravagant, isn't it?" Kartel comments to which his teammates nodded in agreement "Well this is all about the money. What else do you expect?" Kal states as they reach the middle with the other groups. Kartel spotted Garaa glaring at him "…ah, walking mental case is glaring at me." The other two in his group snicker at that causing Gaara's sand to twirl threateningly around him "Silence!" Genma orders and the finalists all follow suit, some more reluctant than others "Now then, the final round of the Chunin exams are about to commence!" roars and cheers echo from all sides as the sight of three kage's in their box quietens the masses.

"I, Mei Terumi, as Fifth Mizukage, am thankful to be allowed to come here and present our newest group of Genin." She waves out at many blushing faces of both sexes "I, Rasa of the Desert, as fourth Kazekage, am glad to be invited to our allies to show our solidarity among comrades." He steps back as many hidden operatives roll eyes, grit teeth, and glare at the man who was clearly hiding beneath those robes unsure as to why the Hokage has decided to play this game of his. "I, Hiruzen Saratobe, as the third Hokage, welcome you all to our wonderful village and hope you all have a wonderful time among the leaves." The cheers erupt anew causing a smirk to form upon the hidden snake Sannin's face beneath the cloths he wore, his sinister thoughts clearly misguided and filled with a foolish belief that his plan was working as intended. Glancing down at his hand to see the special seal he had created to mask his chakra signature, he could feel a few eyes flow over him as nothing was a miss.

"Ah, Lady Kazahana…" a middle-aged man, dark hair but overflowing with a regal aura that made it impossible to disrespect the man "Lord Daimyo." Koyuki bowing to the fire daimyo who was flanked by three of his ninja guardians. Koyuki herself was flanked by Red, Arctic, and Raven, though Miyuki was nearby just grabbing refreshments much to her dismay. "…are these your guards? Must have cost you a tidy sum to higher three Uzu-Captains." The man comments as the two continue on to the Daimyo lounge above the arena. Koyuki chuckles lightly "Security is of great importance afterall. As my land has yet to be able to produce fine shinobi such as your guardians…" she gestures to his guards "…asking for help from allies helps foster trust, no?" with a guarded but deliberate smile, a small jab at the fact that the Uzu forces are only here due to both her request and his wallet. His fan clinks open as they arrive at their seats "Indeed. I hope to count you among them going forward."
"Only time will tell of that…" as the two continued Miyuki joins her captain at the edge of the land of snows part of the box "Things are going as planned."
"Indeed. Your former associates are here. Are you sure you can stand against them?" Red asks with a complete lack of warmth or comfort, his deminor was all business that she and Koyuki dubbed his shinobi mode "Yes sir." She found herself answering before her mind had decided to speak "Be ready. I'll be counting on you to keep their Genjutsu users at bay."
"What of the back-up?" Spoke Raven stepping towards the two "I was promised they would arrive during the second round." Red states glancing at the black masked shinobi, his eyes then flowing to the white mask behind her who simply nodded "We stick to the plan and protect the VIPs."
"What about the one-tail?" Asks the miniature Red "If the kids can't contain it, Raven, Crow, or I will step in." Red states before glancing to the Kage box "Though, I suspect the toad sage will probably be deployed upon the outer wall, he'll clean up quick to make it back here in time."
"Isn't that abit…"
"Conceited? No doubt." Raven interjects between the two Reds "I even heard a few Jonin state that they didn't need us."
"The Fire Daimyo clearly thinks otherwise." Artic states with his arms folded across his chest "How many units are being deployed?" looking between his fellow captains "Red Company, Raven Brigade, and possibly the Dandies." A snort from Artic "You still call 'em that?"
"…but if Amber Company is being deployed, surely…?"
"They probably already set up communications near or around the mountain." Red states head gesturing to the Hokage monument "As commanders, we should have been told." Raven spoke clearly not liking being left out the loop "Simple conjecture." Red defends "I haven't had any connection requests."
"Neither have…" Arctic began before all four Uzu-shinobi got a blinking signal on their arm guards "Speak of the devils." He continued as they all nod before Red turned to Miyuki "Listen, this is a connection for communication and tracking of our condition to a central hub." Red began to outlay how the suits other functions worked in regard to large scale conflicts.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Command Centre within the Hokage Mountain

Shukaku Nara and Inochi Yamanaka were being led by a Dull yellow masked Anbu through the maze of the Hokage tower. It was clear to them both that this shinobi was not one of theirs yet was tasked with leading them to a command station that was supposedly set up by the Uzu forces to direct the defensive efforts. Lord Third had ordered them to follow him and help direct the battle from this centre. Entering the bunker, the two Veterans where genuinely surprised to see well over fifty shinobi, both Uzu and Leaf, strolling around discussing the current plans and situation calmly before noticing the two in the doorway "Ah, Shukaku, Inoichi – glad you could make it." Spoke another masked Anbu, his dark cloak clashed with his dull yellow mask, streeks of lightning across his visage "What should we call you?" Shukaku stepping forward to shake the man's hand "Flash works."
"So, Mr Flash." Inochi staring at the table that held a map of the Hidden Leaf and the surrounding area "What am we looking at here exactly?" noticing that different coloured blips cover the table "Well, as you know, the hidden leaf has the barrier system set up right?" Flash states gaining two nods "Well, we've simply used that information and cross refenced it with ours to supply all current leaf shinobi with a green marker." He states pointing at the line of greens posted near the external walls "I see." Shukaku now getting the gist of the situation "This is happening as we speak?" glancing at the masked figure who simply nodded "Then…" the Nara head leaning forward on the desk "…the blue marks are Uzu-shinobi, correct?"
"Correct." Flash states tapping on the group huddled in the stadium "Due to that…" a small note appeared showing current status "…we can receive basic information on them such as chakra level, injuries, and…" he pauses for a moment noticing an extra blue signature "…callsign." Speaking softly as he reads the new callsign and chuckles softly "Someone get me Red company file, Miyuki."
"Right here sir." Another Yellow masked Anbu, his dark desert camo cloak masking him surprisingly well in the dark recesses of the command centre. Flash gives a quick glance over the file and nods "I see. I didn't think he thought I would reject this and not tell me."
"He's telling you now." The same Anbu states causing flash to sigh with a nod "Thanks Dandi. Back to your post."
"Yes sir."
"Now then…" Flash looking to his hidden leaf counterparts "…ready for a live shoji game?"

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Colosseum

Kartel Uzumaki is definitely not a patient teen, many would call him brash and borderline arrogant yet even he can say, hand on heart, his skills need a lot of work yet as he stands opposite Neji Hyuga, he feels something he hasn't felt in a while. Anger. This stuck-up asshat was straight up telling him that the Uzumaki clans' downfall was all fated to happen, yadda yadda "Fuck this…" Katel growled out as flashes of his clans' crumbling ruins of a hidden village came to mind "…we didn't ask for war, quite the opposite in fact." This caused everyone to fall silent to hear the young red heads words "We always pushed for peace, acting as third-party negotiators for disputes. War was not on our minds, yet…" his amethyst eyes lock on to the pale eyes of the Hyuga who dared speak against his clan "…the enemies of our allies saw us a threat. Thus, war came rolling through our lands, casting the rolling grass planes to shards of glass, the rivers and oceans ran red with blood." A single tear ran down the old Hokages wrinkled face at the clear sombreness that had settled over the whole arena "…our enemies thought it'll be easy after they broke through our barriers and defences." A sinister smirk appeared upon the boys visage "We Uzumaki are stubborn and we made them pay for every square metre they took from us. They came with close to a hundred thousand shinobi…" he pulls out his sword slowly, deliberately, elegantly "…they left with only a few hundred. You think that three nations, at the height of their power, could not wipe us out that you have a stones throw of a chance against me…?" his sword raised up to his eye level, parallel with the ground "…Take that fate of yours and feel free to shove it up your ass you pale eyed fuck as the Uzumaki bow to no-one, not even fate." He growls charging forward, Neji gritting his teeth as he slips into his gentle fist.

The Mizukage turns to the Hokage "Is that true, Lord Hokage? That they held off that alone?"
"It is true from what my forces told me all those years ago." Hiruzen sighed "Why didn't the leaf assist them then? If you did, then…"
"We didn't hear of the attack until well after it was over." The hokage cutting her off "From what we've gathered from our investigations, spies within our falconry had intercepted the distress calls for aid." He says to divert the attention that it was one of his own, Danzo, who had intercepted them and killed off the birds after the battle according to his own files. "Such tragic loss." Mei with a frown "Were it not for their assistance, no doubt our own civil war would have dragged on far longer."
"I had heard that you defeated the previous Mizukage, Lady Terumi." Hiruzen stated to which she smiled at his attempt to gain information, and with a giggle "Oh, Lord Hokage, how forward of you. Surely that can wait until the ink dries, no?"

The two Genin meet in the centre of the arena with Neji ducking beneath the horizontal slash, throwing out a palm strike towards a leg that was deflected by a shin strike that was followed by a slash that forced the hyuga to continue to roll away, his hair however took a improv cut. Both sliding to a stop as the sword is stabbed forward, knocked aside and a finger jab is swirled around as the red katana glimmers as it comes down across the teens outstretched arm. It would have cut straight through were it not for the quick twist from Kartel, the back of his katana the one smacking the mans arm hard, hair line fracture. "Rotation!" Neji calls as he spins rapidly, the blade flung clean of Kartels grip forcing the Uzumaki to leap back.

A distant ping from his sword hitting the far wall is heard as the Hyuga comes to a steady stop, glaring at the red head "…you are within range of my…"
"You know, at first I was just going to beat you like any other opponent." Kartel says slowly falling into his clans infamous tijutsu stance, many within the Hyuga elders and higher ups all gulped at it "However all your fate speal and how you almost killed your clan's heiress, a member of your own family no less, is making me want to tear you apart." He finished with a growl "So, come, little Hyuga… allow me to beat you to fate's door and kick you through it." The two charge once more, palms and fingers were launched yet Kartel effortlessly twirled and swirled around like a river flowing around outcroppings of stone and rock before a vicious back hand breaks through Neji's defence and laid him out after bouncing twice before righting himself. No break for the Hyuga though as Kartel had already appeared on his left with another back hand to which Neji leaned back, the closed fist narrowly missing his nose, but he was unprepared for the following leg sweep that led directly into an overhead drop kick that shattered the ground, cracks spider-webbing out across half the arena. Kartel glances to the right as he pulls his foot from the wood chip filled crater.

"Seems that the Uzumaki is pissed." Spoke Mei as she watched the two gennin go at it "The Uzumaki Whirling fist." Hiruzen confirms with a nod "Probably the only style that the stern Hyuga Gentle fist is almost powerless against to defend with their flowing moves and powerful strikes."

Cracking of knuckles as Kartel steps towards the panting Hyuga who was clutching his side, trying to maintain distance "Oh, the great and noble Hyuga…" a menace of a grin that promised pain grew upon the redheads face "…we aren't done yet. Gotta really pound ya to dust to get that stick outta ya ass." The entire audience swallowed spit at those words, the Hygua genin finally backed up to the wall with a cold sweat running down his cheek "Cornered like a rat…" Kartel chuckles were devoid of any humor "…caged like a bird. Yet you do nothing to change it." Stopping a good two metres away from his opponent "People who cower and complain to all those who would pity them are what really pisses me off. I haven't known of you long, but you sicken me. From what I have learned that heiress of yours is trying to change your life, yet you purposely beat her down to stop her from untangling that noose you are tying around your own neck." A deep growl as the Uzumaki takes up his stance "They claim you to be a genius of a clan who's eyes see the truth, yet all I see are blind fools too stupid to see beyond the now." Launching forward at speeds most saw as a blur, a loud boom was followed by a silence of deafening proportion.

The smoke cleared and a fist sized hole through the concrete wall beside the head of one Neji Hyuga was seen as Kartel pulls his fist clear "Do not give in to fate. My clan, even now, continue to fight against it but we can only do it as a family. Don't late your hate blind you to those who seek your hand in friendship." Kartel's parting words as he steps clear "WINNER: Kartel Uzumaki!"

"Damn." Mei chuckled "That could have been bad."
"Indeed." Spoke the Kazekage "That one has much talent. Perhaps I could ask if they would join us."
"They? As in…?"
"The Uzumaki Clan of course. Surely, with numbers so low…"
"That won't be happening." Spoke Hiruzen staring firmly at his wind counterpart "The leaf and the Uzumaki clan are the oldest of allies. We will be welcoming them into our ranks post exam."
"Oh?" spoke Mei with a raised eyebrow, a growing but knowing smirk playing across her delicate lips "That isn't what I've heard."

"Red!" spoke out one Koyuki Kazahana, drawing said guards' attention "Is that boy…" Red nods cutting her off "However, I believe he has another assignment after this. We all do." She pouts "…but he's so adorable."
"If you say so, ma'am." Red standing tall before catching sight of a sly signal to him from the fire Daimyo. He sighs softly, unaware that his charge had heard "Where are you going?" the snow turned Spring Daimyo questioned with an elevated brow "Seems the Fire Daimyo has requested my presence."
"Very well." Offering her hand to which he takes dutifully "Lead on." And he does so, leading the Spring Daimyo towards her Fire counterpart.

As Red and Koyuki reach the Fire Daimyo's box feathers began falling from the sky and all hell broke loose. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" declared the fire daimyo as a pair of Sand shinobi lead a squad of Sound Chunin that swarm the box. Before they could get to close Red and the fire guardian shinobi leap to action with Red cutting down the two sand shinobi whilst the chunin were cut through by the guardian shinobi. "Seems, the information we received was accurate." Spoke Red blankly as he stands over the slain sand Jonin, his sword still dripping with their blood. Glancing back at his charge he nods to which she nods back. "What shall we do?" spoke Chiricku, a fire monk in service of the Guardian shinobi twelve. As they spoke Red's radio springs to life "Red Leader, confirmation on invading forces of Sand and Sound. Proceed with Plan B-1." The voice of the command staff of Yellow company "Understood." Red's response before turning back to his surroundings "If I may?" cutting into the discussion, silencing the room "Go ahead Whirlpool shinobi." Spoke the fire lord and Red nodded, approaching the table and placing his palm upon it to project a crude map of the village with a seal "I'll be blunt as time is of the essence. The invasion of the leaf is just kicking off. Defensive forces have secured all priority targets and are fending off the bulk of the surprise attackers. A large force however is approaching the walls." Pointing to where the walls are "My company, Red company, is moving towards the village from the east with White Brigade moving in from the North, working their way around the rear of the enemy march. By the time the enemy breach the walls…" he looks up dead into the Fire Lords eyes as he says "…we'll have them surrounded and will crush them without fail."
"What about that sand jinchuriki? Where does he fall into this?" another guardian questioned only for Red to raise his hand, the map fading away into black lines "There is a team dealing with it. For us, our objective is to secure the VIP's." Red informs and they all nod "Let's get moving."

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Command Centre within the Hokage Mountain

"Sir, it's begun." Spoke a Yellow company shinobi to which Flash nodded "Give out primary mission directives. Inform both Red and White Company's to begin operations." He glances over the table once before looking to his second in command "…oh and tell Raven and Badger to begin their hunts."
"Yes sir!" they all chorus bringing up their radio's and issuing out orders. "Efficient." Spoke Shikoku as the Anbu black ops members disperse to their posts. "We've rehearsed this, but we have never fielded this many of our forces in a single engagement." Flash states watching the updating map table that is feeding off his chakra "Sir! Red lead has confirmed his orders and reported that he has the daimyos in tow and moving towards secure point A."

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Streets

Strolling through the streets of the hidden village, explosions and jutsu's can be heard being fired off in the not to distant battle, Red leads the guardians and the numerous Daimyo's towards the estate of the lands lord. As Red, a small contingent of Shadow clones, his squad and the guardian shinobi twelve, make their way they also picking up several civilians along the way. Just as they approach the fortress, masquerading as an estate, six sand shinobi and nearly twenty sound Jonin appear and immediately Red takes up the lead, "Surrender now and we'll spare you." The Sand Jonin leader states yet Red simply raised his hand which halted the guardian's counterattack. Without warning twelve new arrivals, Red masks upon black robes appear and that's when Red signalled to attack and within moments the fight had ended. Red slashes his sword down, blood splattering against the brick road "Captain." Spoke one with a nod "Good, you're here. Where are the others?"
"Squad one, three, four, and five are in position." One red mask responds and Red nodded back "Umm, sir; is that the new guy?" pointing to the shorter Red mask at his side "Her codenames Miyuki." Red states causing the others to nod "She's my little sister." Which was a code they all knew but not the leaf or Fire guardians.

Boom.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Command Centre within the Hokage Mountain

"SIR! Report from the front, multiple summons have been sighted. Snakes, numbering ten."
"Multiple confirmed reverse summoning's! Enemy forces have increased twice over!"
"Calm down!" Ordered Flash with an immediate effect to the instruction "Inform Red to regroup with his forces and hold the line. We will deploy once they've secured the walls."
"SIR!" they all chorus. "You going out there?" Shikaku questioned without looking away from the map laid dead centre of the room "Well, our numbers are forcing our hands."
"Our Anbu should be able to…"
"True but we can't connect to them directly like…"
"Just let us weed out those within our village." The Jonin commander states finally glancing up at the pale-yellow masked shinobi before him "You sure?" which was met with a silent nod before glancing back at the command staff "Issue order five-alpha! We are moving from defence to offensive measures."
"SIR!" they all roar jumping up, vanishing in swirls of yellow lightning and or sparks. Flash turned back to the shadow user "We'll be back in a flash." Causing eyes to widen as he vanishes in a flash of yellow.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Outskirts

Red, Miyuki, who were joined by Artic, landed on the last line of buildings before the villages walls which surprises both sides of the fighting. As eyes land on the Red mask, many panicked as he was joined by over hundreds of likely dressed shinobi across rooftops and sides of buildings. Before any could squeak out in fear another set of white masked shinobi, similarly, dressed to the red ones, land atop the buildings to their right and Black masked shinobi to their left creating a very daunting visage "CAST THEM OUT!" roared the Red masked leader as swords were drawn, kunai raised and hand signs flowing. All hell broke loose.

With the arrival of the Uzu-squads, the leaf shinobi were left speechless as the sand and sound forces were pushed back with alarming ease. Red himself led the charge, Miyuki at his side with a pair of tanto's in hand, as he cut through the group of sound ninja who threw themselves forward. He darted left, around a gauntlet arm with a slice up at cutting off an arm of another whilst Miyuki effortlessly cut through the first man before backflipping over three more shinobi, the outer two gushing blood from their neck but before the kunoichi remaining could react a scarlet blade punched through her chest, killing her instantly. Thrown aside Red looks to Miyuki before nodding as the two move off.

Black Company was tearing through the enemy with complete and utter ruthlessness, their liberal use of blades and pyrotechnics set aside from the other Uzu-companies. Arctic left nothing but tundra and blood covered snow in their wake, frozen shinobi and a few pillars of ice spread out. Red company often surprised most with water jutsu, wind coated blades cutting through flesh, bone, and metal in a dance of crimson rain. A very loud hiss drew the attention of all three battle groups, three giant snakes bore down on them with narrowed eyes. Unbeknownst to the three leaders they all snorted at the same time despite being kilometres away from one another. Shards of Ice tear through the three near Artic company whilst a torrent of flames engulfs and consume those near black company. Water dragons snake around the three reptiles before biting down on their necks before erupting causing them all to explode in blood and gore. Puffs of smoke confirm they were summons.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Colosseum

A yellow flash interrupts the battle between Saratobe Hiruzen and Orochimaru, just as the coffins from the impure summoning of the latter. The third returned to the ground as the other two opened revealing the first and second Hokage's "My, my…" the yellow masked shinobi comments as he notices the purple barrier that surrounding the area "…a solid barrier." Nodding in approval before glancing at the two revived hokages with a sigh "Oh great, I owe him fifty ryo…"
"Umm… how did…?"
"…and you are?" Spoke Orochimaru eyeing the newcomer, fully aware of how he entered his barrier, yet this newcomer was not even looking concerned "Red, how is the situation over there?"
"Sir, the summons are being repelled and the enemy is being crushed."
"Good. Get over here and give me a hand."
"Right away." The line cuts when he glances to the third "Lord Third, I am the captain of Yellow Battalion, the command group of the Uzu forces. Call me Flash." Hiruzen's eyes widen at that as he watches this man, who he suspects is one he knows yet his attention is drawn backwards as the barrier around them warps and wobbles before two red masked shinobi land beside the Yellow "You ready for this?" Flash asks lowly receiving two nods from his two subordinates that flanked him "Then, deal with the two kages…"
"…sir?" both Red masked squeaked as Flash chuckles pulling out two long bladed kunai "…I'll handle the snake-tem." Flash blurring forward between the two reanimated corpses that move to intercept only for Hashirama to find himself bound by chakra chains whilst Tobirama blocks a knee strike aimed at his head. Hiruzen finds himself in awe as the Uzu forces that were aiding his village prove their worth more and more as they fight his fight.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Outskirts

A loud crash as another massive viper is dragged down by chains of chakra, wrapped around its form, as two swordsmen slice through its neck with elongated swords of wind on opposite sides. A torrant of flames blast another group of Sand nin's that forced their retreat, leaving their burning puppets behind to return to cinders. A black masked lands beside the lead Red mask "Crimson? Where's Red?"
"Flash called him a few minutes ago. Apparently needed a hand."
"I see."
"What do you need, Raven?" Crimson questioned snapping the kunochi from her running thoughts "Just wanted to know how far to chase them."
"To the border or until recall." Crimson responded cooly as one her chains punch through another sound chunin before wrapping around another and slamming her into the floor "Though they are routing, we should continue our…"
"ALL UNITS! RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED! REPEAT! RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED!" a wide-reaching communication was heard over their radios. "…never mind." Spoke Crimson as she retracted her chains whilst turning back to the village "Come on. Let's go see what that idiot of mine has been doing in my absence."
"…right." Spoke Raven moving after her fellow Uzu-kunochi who abruptly stopped, turning on her and gripping her arm which activated their privacy seal between the two "Listen, Mikoto…" Crimson's voice was low and threatening "…I know how fond you are of my beloved." Said woman stiffened "…and I won't call you out on it. Know this however, if you become a threat to either of us, I will put you down. Understood?"
"Clearly, Karin." Raven states quietly causing the other woman to nod "I am the mother of his two kids and though we may not have our happily ever after because of our duties, I will protect him with everything I have. Never forget that." Crimson states releasing her hold before leaping up into the tree's.

Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Colosseum

She knew this would be an impossible fight, she knew she was out classed and out gunned yet here she was, fighting the fucking second hokage. Miyuki dodged yet another water dragon, her recently discovered Uzumaki pride and battle prowess on full display as she lands a hard kick to the man's arm, that would have shattered a femur, yet this walking corpse simply walked it off. It was frustrating. Gritting her teeth, she pulled out her flute glancing at it for a moment before placing it back in its holder "Damn it!" one of her swords, that she had lost during the initial clash, stabbed into the slab of tiles in front of her causing her glance up to see her brother standing before her "We're not done here yet!" his words felt comforting, allowing her to push through the pain of the elongated fight "Got it but this bitch of a…" she paused before sighing "Fine." Grabbing her sword "We'll do a one two combo. I'll go for the head, you take his legs."
"Then what?!" Miyuki questioned taking up a ready stance, blade level with her eye parrel with the ground with her legs spread and bent "We kick ass." and Miyuki swore she could see the smirk beneath his mask. "Let's go."
"Right." The two burst forward at the nidime hokage, the two sliced through air with swords primed as the blue armoured man slide aside before snapping his kick at Red. The outstretched foot was pulled back narrowly avoiding the blade slice, as his fist connects with a pair of crossed arms from Red who protected Miyuki who leaps over and lands a drop kick. She was tugged away from the retaliatory haymaker, twirling it and joined Red who grabbed the thrusted appendage with a firm hold with Miyuki slicing the man's left leg off cleanly. The lack of leavage allowed Red to snap the arm clean off, using the momentum to smash the back of the senju's head into the dirt. Before he could react, a seal was placed "Fuin!" Red called and the contract seal took effect forcing control over the reanimation to break causing the fallen kage to blink several times before turning over with assistance of Reds foot "Senju-dono."
"Who are you?"
"Uzu-anbu, sir." Red responds causing the man to sigh in relief "So, the Uzumaki clan still lives…?"
"Indeed." A new voice drawing the crippled reanimated to look up at a man he had only seen as a teenager "Ashina. You've grown old." A chuckle from the elder Uzumaki was deep and throaty "Well, it has been close to seventy years." The nanidime smirks at that "Uzumaki longevity, huh?"
"Indeed." Ashina's sudden appearance caused Hiruzen to freeze in place, dumbstruck at his arrival "Red…" Ashina's voice to the anbu operative who stiffens "…remove your mask." Looking to his companion "You too."
"Yes, Ashina-sama." They both chorus equally hesitantly reaching for their masks, gently removed said objects to reveal their masked faces. An angry hiss from the snake saninn and the growls from those holding up the barrier at Tayuya's presence, her dirty pink hair replaced with a vibrant scarlet and her previously brown eyes notably lighter violet. A very Uzumaki smirk appeared upon her face as she stuck her tongue out but stopped when Naruto glared at her "YOU BETRAYED ME!" yelled an enraged Orochimaru who ducked a kunai swipe. "So? You lied to me first. I'm not the last of my clan." Before anyone could react, the traitorous snake lunges at Tayuya only for a three-pronged kunai flew past his eyes that widen upon recognising it. A yellow flash later and he narrowly avoiding the slash at his throat, blood leaking out, as the pale sanin glared at the pale-yellow masked shinobi who slightly chuckled as he too removed his mask to reveal none other than Minato Namikaze with a soft smile with a mischievous gleam in his eyes "Yo, snake-pedo."

A/N:

Sorry for the delay. I will explain how the fourths alive again and such in the next chapter, among other things that revolve around the current state of the Uzumaki clan itself.