Uchiha Heiress Remix

by JGResidentEvil

They say that you can't expect everything, so what would happen when a crazy secret is revealed? You just have to wait and see! Pairings: Naruto x Hinata x FemSasuke, Neji x Tenten, Lee x Kin, more pairings coming along. Sakura and Civilian Council Bashing. Don't like, don't read.

63. Chapter 63

Chapter 63: The Escapees

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Within the Konoha Maximum Security Prison. . .

"Kurenai-Sensei! Asuma-Sensei!" Naruto exclaimed out in shock as he stopped right next to the two senseis. "W-What the hell happened!?" He couldn't help but ask them.

Then the rest of two groups quickly rushed towards the two down jonin senseis, all of them were beyond shocked to see two of the strongest jonin of the village in such a state.

The purple haired jonin meanwhile kneeled down to look at her friend. "Oi, Nai-chan, get a hold of yourself!" Anko called out while being careful not to move her.

However the kunoichi couldn't respond as she long had lost consciousness and it was Asuma that managed to raise his head, albeit only slightly. "Y-You guys. . ." He could only weakly called out towards the group, whether out of concern or relief wasn't clear.

Then the younger generation began to look around them, that's when they saw not only many injured and unconscious Konoha shinobis all around the prison, but also many of the cell bars completely bent sideways or burst open.

"What in the world. . .? Those are reinforced metal bars, those can't be opened so easily?" Yami questioned, shocked and confused to the sight of them.

Suddenly the group heard the sound of multiple people rushing towards their way, they instantly went on guard and turned towards the sound while taking out their weapons. However the moment they saw the group they calmed down a little.

"The medical corp?" Anko questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"If they just got here. . ." Kurama began to say as he turned to look at both the jonin and around them. "That means whatever happened here, it must have just happened." He soon deducted in a serious tone.

After passing the two groups, the medical team immediately began checking the two jonins. "There's no time to lose! As soon as they have received emergency treatment. . .transport them immediately!" One of the medical shinobi's stated while his hands glowed green with medical chakra.

Then not even a few moments passed when the medical team put the two jonin on stretchers and began moving them.

The purple haired kunoichi involuntarily took a step forward. "I'm going with them." Anko stated more so out of concern for her friend and rushed forward.

The transformed Bijū frowned as he turned towards the younger shinobis. "I'm also going Kit, you guys go back to the house." He all but ordered them as he quickly went off with his mate.

After the two older members of the group left, the younger generations were left in a state of bafflement and stupified state as they could only think of one thing. "What in the world. . .happened?" They all thought in unison as they all decided to head back as well.

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Elsewhere, in a nearby forest. . .

A familiar pig with a pearl collar and dark red jacket was leading a group of jonins.

"Don't worry about the other prisoners for now," Shizune ordered, wearing the standard Konoha shinobi attire, though her sleeves covering her arms. "Our primary objective right now is Mizuki, got it?" She then informed and questioned the group behind her.

"Right!" The other jonins responded in unison as they kept running, just as dawn started to break.

Then after running for a few miles, the small pig suddenly stopped and began sniffing the area more intensely.

"Tonton, were' close, right!?" Shizune asked her animal companion with an urgent tone. To which the animal nodded, causing not only herself but her teammates to pull out their kunais and get into their battle stances. "There they are!" She then called out.

WHOSH! WHOOSH!

Suddenly, two massive objects came down from the trees at a rapid velocity. "Thank you for the meal!" Two slightly goofy voices declared in unison.

The Hokage's assistant became wide eyed to who it was. "Oh no! Not them!" Shizune exclaimed as she and her teammates jumped back.

BOOM!

A powerful crash was then heard as the area the Konoha shinobis were moments ago, leaving a massive crater. Then after the smoke cleared in the crater there were two massive men that looked very similar to the other, having arms the size of tree trunks with two large metal bracelets on their wrists, large bellies that look to have more muscle than fat and were wearing the same loose baggy outfits that were clearly made for prisoners.

One of them had cheek length black hair that is very close to his face and it is held in a pony-tail with a tannish-coloured wrap. He also has a thin unibrow, black eyes and a short spiky beard.

However the other one was about a head taller than the other one and a slightly darker skin tone, while he also had the same pony-tail style, but the sides of his hair were spiky. Finally in contrast to the other, he had thinner eyebrows and no beard.

The Hokage's assistant soon gained a panicked expression. "Fūjin and Raijin!" Shizune soon identified with a shocking and fearful tone.

All of the members of the kunoichi's team mimic her expression as they too were shocked at seeing the two massive brothers.

"That's Fūjin and Raijin!?" One of the jonins soon questioned in disbelief.

"Don't lower your guards or we're done for!" Shizune however ordered as she took a defensive stance.

"Hey big bro. . .which do you prefer, pork cutlet or ginger pork?" Fūjin soon asked his older brother.

"I want both." Raijin replied while licking his lips in anticipation of eating said meals.

Upon hearing that, the small pig shivered in horror. "Alright you two, where is Mizuki?" Shizune soon questioned while gripping her kunai to prepare herself, however. . .

"Seems I'm rather popular lately huh?" A very familiar cocky voice got out. . .from behind the Konoha jonins.

"When did he sneak in?" Shizune thought in shock. "This isn't good!" She then added in her head.

Mizuki leaned on the nearby tree as he smirked at the kunoichi.

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At the Hokage tower. . .

Morning soon came after as the blond Hokage was checking the information of her former teammate Orochimaru. "Damn. . .just when I thought things had quieted down, this happens." Tsunade mentaly complained.

Even after hearing that Team Seven had met with the fallen Sannin, the traitor had once again, even if indirectly, had caused problems for the village and the people.

"That guy is a tough one to handle. Orochimaru. . ." Tsunade muttered in annoyance.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Then the sound of the door knocking was heard, interrupting the blond Hokage's thoughts. When she turned to look, she saw it was one of the medical shinobi's squad leaders.

"I wish to report that we have managed to take both Kurenai and Asuma under our protection. . ." The Medical Shinobi informed me.

"I see. . .Good work." Tsunade replied as she stood up and left her office.

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At the hospital's medical wing. . .

It didn't took even a few minutes later for the female Hokage reached the hospital and was about to reach the two jonin's room when she saw two people just outside.

"Anko, Kurama." Tsunade greeted as she narrowed her eyes. "Should I ask why exactly you two were at the prison?" She then stated more than questioned while crossing her arms over her chest.

"The kits, what else?" Kurama bluntly responded as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

". . ." Tsunade could only rub the bridge of her nose as she somehow knew that would have been the answer. "I figured as much. . ." She then stated with an irritated tone.

"It was my idea to lead my team and Team Seven to the prison after the three told us what they learned." Anko soon stated almost immediately.

The female Hokage didn't say anything at first because it was probably her fault for not checking for the silent seals. "I see. . ." Tsunade finally responded as she then looked at the transformed Bijū. "And you?" She then asked as she was honestly curious as to why him of all people would be involved in this situation.

Kurama in turn narrowed his eyes in response before looking away. "I have my reasons to go after the bastard." He vaguely responded in a dead serious tone.

"Really now." Tsunade replied in a more curious manner, but decided not to press the subject anymore. "Anyways, I'm here to check on those two right now." She then informed them as she entered the room with the two quickly following afterwards.

Inside the room, the three saw the jonins laying on the bed. However the moment the smoker jonin saw his leader, he immediately sat up right as in to greet her.

"Hey Nai-chan, you feeling better?" Anko asked with a short wave, however her best friend could only open her eyes and give her a weak smile.

Tsunade then walked until she was in between the two jonin's beds. "Looks like I underestimate them a little. My apologies." She soon got out.

Asuma couldn't help but place a hand behind his head and looked embarrassed. "No. . .this is really embarrassing, I let my guard down." He then admitted in shame. "I didn't think that all the inmates would break out of prison." He soon stated.

"And moreover, the guards were taken as hostages." Kurenai then added. "What happened afterwards?" She soon asked.

Tsunade could only close her eyes and shook her head as a sign of not knowing either.

"I believe that this last prison break incident was not an unexpected occurrence. . ." Kurenai soon admitted.

"While that large number of inmates was escaping from prison, he utilized that unguarded moment to slip away. That bastard Mizuki. . .!" Asuma got out with a frustrated tone as he wasn't able to capture the traitor.

BAM!

Suddenly the door of the room slid open as three familiar shinobis tried to get inside, emphasis on trying as many medical shinobi were trying to hold them at bay. Well more so the two hotheaded shinobis as the bluenette was bowing towards a female medical kunoichi for her teammates behavior.

"Oi! Tsunade-baachan!" Naruto called out while being restrained.

"We need to talk dattebakon!" Satsuki continued

"S-Stop!" One of the medical shinobi shouted as he and his teammates continued to hold on the two at bay.

"I apologize for all the disturbance. . ." Hinata apologized with an embarrassed tone as the medical shinobi could only sigh in response.

While the ever cool swordswoman was behind them calmly watching while her younger looking teammate was jumping up and down, trying to look past the large hurdle of people.

At the sight of this, Yami let out a sigh at the situation. "Please calm down Nina-chan." She meanwhile requested as she kept a hold on her teammate by the hood of her jacket.

"Moh! Yami-neechii, let me go go! I wanna go go!" Nina however whined out while flailing her arms in an antsy manner.

"ARF!/MEOW!/CHIRP!" The Os trio barked, meowed and chirped out while the medical shinobis were holding them down.

Tsunade however sighed as she watched the display while glancing at the trio. "Of course you would be here. . ." She grumbled out.

"Come on! You gotta let us be on this mission Baa-chan!" Naruto shouted while continuing to struggle. "We already know it is related to Mizuki and Orochimaru along with the fact that you sent Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei to find him!" He then added.

Tsunade's eyes widened immediately as she realized what this meant. "So they were eavesdropping." She thought to herself as she then glared at the blond to show her seriousness. "No, I will not allow it. Not this time Naruto." She declared with authority in her tone.

This caused both of the hot headed shinobis to stop struggling as they and the rest of the younger generation's eyes widened at that.

"Wah!? You gotta be kidding me!" Naruto shouted in disbelief.

"How come!?" Satsuki exclaimed in shock.

Despite their clear undisciplined and whining, Tsunade remained calm and serious. "While I will entrusted you and your age group with dangerous missions. That's only so if my judgement deems it so." She stated with a dead serious tone. "For that I do not see why I would let you in this endeavor when clearly Jonins ended up here." She concluded while slightly narrowing eyes a bit more.

The blond could only grinded his teeth upon hearing that and lowered his gaze. "Fine. . ." Naruto got out as he finally stopped struggling.

When the female Hokage saw that her godson finally calmed town she turned her gaze towards the medical shinobis. "Let them go." Tsunade soon ordered.

Once he was freed, the blond shinobi quickly turned to leave the hospital in frustration, while the rest of the girls and the small animals also followed suit.

Soon after the younger generation had left, there was a long pause of silence for the older generation, each felt bad for the blond, however they knew that their leader's decision was for the best and decided not to say anything.

However there was only one of them that didn't feel that way, in fact he let out a silent scoff. "Like that will stop that idiot when his mind is set." Kurama however thought to himself in amusement and a smirk on his face.

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Outside the Hospital. . .

It only took a few moments before the blond shinobi had exited, however he never stopped fast walking once outside as he continued walking with a serious expression on his face.

"In any case, I've got to find a lead to find Mizuki. I can't let that guy run free." Naruto started as the group walked down the streets as he then felt the girls coming by. "You girl's think so too, right?" He then asked.

"Yeah. No way we're letting this go." Satsuki meanwhile got out in agreement.

The Hyuga Heiress then took the blond;s hand. "Hai." Hinata also got out in agreement.

"Let's go go! I wanna go go now!" Nina meanwhile cheered in excitement as her ears atop her head began wagging.

However it was the female swordswoman that didn't look like she agreed. "Naruto-sensei, are you sure about this?" Yami meanwhile questioned with a clearly deeper meaning to her words.

Naruto was slightly taken aback by this, but before the blond could ask what she meant by that. "Where exactly do you intend to go?" A familiar voice then asked from behind the group.

That immediately caused the group to cease any further discussion as they quickly turned around to see the blonde Hokage looking down at them in an authority filled manner with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Oh no. . ." The Team Seven members thought in unison, each with different expressions, from annoyance, irritation and concern, about what the female Hokage would say.

"You were going to go and pursue Mizuki even if I ordered you not to, weren't you?" Tsunade bluntly accused.

". . ." The blond didn't respond as he looked at his Godmother.

"At a time when we don't have adequate troops. . ." Tsunade began as she began to walk towards the group. "And at a time when everyone else is doing their best to do their job and help the village, you want to do whatever you want and even get others involved too. . ." as she stopped right in front of her godson. "Selfish and self centered doesn't even begin to describe it." She then started.

". . ." Naruto in response was rendered into silence while having a displeasing expression.

However this display didn't suit well with the female Hokage. "Not to mention that if you continue, you would be ignoring me not as your godmother, but as your Hokage. Do I even need to say that's the definition of treason? The same as the likes of Mizuki and Haruno." Tsuande pointed out and questioned in an even more serious tone.

"!?" Naruto's eyes widened in shock, before he looked slightly down and had a resentful expression. The blond shinobi now realized he was being too self centered and was about to do something that could be considered to be interpreted as treason.

Meanwhile the others also looked at him with concerned expressions, more so the swordswoman as this was what she was worried about her sensei's actions.

Upon seeing her godson finally realized his mistake, the blond Hokage also calmed down. "Yes, I agree that it's most likely that Orochimaru has been involved in this recent incident." Tsunade soon admitted with a calmed tone.

This caused both Naruto's and the other gazes returned towards the Hokage, though the blond's gaze was calmer it was still a bit more intense upon the mention of the rogue Sannin.

"However given everything we have learned of his experiments, we can't just carelessly pursue him as it's now gone to the point of being dealt with on an individual level." Tsunade soon explained. "This isn't the kind of thing that you all can handle by yourselves anymore. So if you understand, then focus on helping the village." She then added to the reasoning.

". . ." Naruto couldn't first reply as he lowered his gaze until his bangs covered his eyes.

The others couldn't say anything either as even the ever supported swordswoman could see that this wasn't a good idea from the start. And even the blond's teammates/future wives were starting to feel the same.

After all, this situation didn't really need them to do anything or it involved someone in need of helping. It was only the possibility of the traitor being a lead to the rogue Sannin and their desire to help the blond. However now they were feeling concerned for how he would react to this. But before the girl's could say anything. . .

"Trust me Baa-chan, this isn't just about that pedo or Haruno." Naruto began to say as he raised his head while narrowing his eyes. "It's just that I got some unfinished business with Mizuki." He stated with a serious expression.

Tsunade in response raised an eyebrow at that, but before the blond could explain himself. . .

The group heard the cries of a very familiar animal as well as approaching footsteps, then when they turned towards the source they saw the Hokage's pet pig.

"Oink! Oink! Oink!" Tonton got out while panting basically as he then jumped towards the blond Hokage's arms.

This however concerned the blonde Hokage?" Hm? What's wrong?" Tsunade soon guessed.

The younger generation could only look on at the small pig with confused expressions as they had no idea why he looked so frantic.

"Oink! Oink! Oink!" Tonton then rapidly spoke in a frantic manner.

"What!? Shizune is-?" Tsunade started

Yami then looked towards the smallest member, who had stars of excitement in her eyes. "Nina-chan, no." She simply ordered.

That immediately caused the smallest member to deflate in disappointment. "But it's a cute cute piggy!" Nina got out while pouting adorably.

"Anyways, what did Tonton just say Nina?" Naruto asked as he felt something was wrong.

The sudden question snapped the animal lover. "Oh! She says Shizune's in trouble and that she's fighting two big and fat monsters!" Nina then revealed.

The three members of Team Seven's eyes widened in shock at hearing that as they could only think of one possible thing, Mutated shinobis.

"What!? Tonton is that true!?" Naruto soon asked in shock as he looked at the small pig.

"Oink!" Tonton responded with a nod.

"Alright then, now I know what my job right now is!" Naruto suddenly stated while tightening his fist. "I-, no we'll go and rescue Shinuze-neechan!" He then declared the girls all nodded in agreement as he and all the girls nodded and began to run.

"Hold on, I just said-" Tsunade began shouting at the retreating group, however. . .

The blond quickly stopped, forcing the others to stop as well. "Tsunade-baachan. . .I know I can be a pain to you and cause you nothing but headaches. " Naruto started in a slightly joking manner, but it was ruined by how serious his tone was. "But disobeying you as the Hokage when I know your right or not doing my duty as a Konoha shinobi is definitely something I don't ever want to do. But. . ." He then started before trailing off.

". . ." Tsunade meanwhile remained silent as she waited for the addition to the blond's explanation.

"He was a selfish prick that wanted to blame me for his crimes, which would have resulted in Iruka-sensei being killed too. But even still, Mizuki is part of my past. . ." Naruto soon explained in a more serious tone. "And because of that, I feel that I need to do something so that he stays in prison and at the same time, get some sort of closure and move on from that part of my past." He then concluded.

This in turn caused Tsunade to narrow her eyes. "So not for revenge, but closure. . ." She thought to herself.

"Show me the way Tonton!" Naruto then quickly requested the small pig.

"Oink!" Tonton instantly replied.

Then whether it was because of the urgency or the trust the small animal had on the blond, the pig jumped out of her master's arms and quickly ran in the direction towards where the Hokage's assistant was last located.

"You girls coming or what?" Naruto asked the girls with a grin before quickly chasing after the pig.

To which the Hyuga and Uchiha Heiresses nodded in unison before they started running as well.

It was at that moment that the white/silvered haired swordswoman took a step forward and bowed towards the female Hokage. "I'm sorry Tsunade-sama, but I must assist Naruto-sensei in this." Yami apologized and explained with loyalty in her voice. "He helped me find my own closure, so I wish to assist him in getting his." She then requested while tightly gripping her blade.

At hearing her teammates' words, the animal lover's face widened brightly. "Yeah! I wanna help help Naruto-niichii too!" Nina cheered while pumping a fist into the air as her smaller companions cried out in agreement.

And with that, the two Viper Squad members along with the Os trio ran after the Team Seven members.

"Hey!" Tsuande shouted but it was already too late, causing her to sigh after the five shinobis and three animals followed her pet. "These kids. . .they aren't gonna back down. . ." She thought to herself.

Despite this, the female Hokage couldn't help but smile as she knew that this would have happened and that she was at least glad that her godson wasn't doing this out of revenge. However at the same time it was the words of the smallest member that caused her to feel great concern.

"Two big and fat monsters. . .could there really be more mutations out there. . ." Tsuande muttered in concern before recalling two people that fit those exact descriptions. ". . .Oh hell!" She thought in realization with widened eyes, now knowing things were possibly going to get rougher for the group that left with her pet.

"What's the matter?" A familiar older yet lazy voice asked.

"You seem to be feeling great distress." A younger and cooler voice then asked.

When the blonde Hokage turned around she saw the gravity defying silvered haired man and his adopted son walking towards her while carrying some unconscious men. "Kakashi, Haku." Tsunade got out, surprised to see the two.

"Well, we picked these guys up on our way back from our mission." Kakashi started as his son nodded in agreement.

THUD!

At that moment, the two mentioned dropped some men in prisoner's clothes.

The Ice user then sensed his leader's intense aura and felt concern. "It's something about Hokage-sama?" Haku soon asked while tilting his head.

Also sensing the atmosphere, the elite shinobi's eye slightly narrows his visible eye. "I'm guessing that it has something to do with the village's current restless state?" Kakashi stated more than asked.

"That's putting it mildly." Tsuande sighed out with a very irritated tone.

Being one of the most elite shinobis of the village, Kakashi didn't need to hear more than that as his eye turned towards the direction the younger generation had run off to. "And. . .has my team done something yet again?" He soon asked.

Tsunade however just groaned in response. "No, he and the others didn't do anything in particular this time, but. . ." She began before trailing off.

Kakashi couldn't help but let out a sigh at that. "They will get involved somehow. . ." He figured as he knew his students enough to know what they would do.

Haku could only chuckle silently as he couldn't even imagine the trio not getting involved when it was the right thing to do.

Tsuande then rubbed her head in a stressed manner. "As the Nara men would say, this is troublesome. . ." She groaned out as she looked at the younger Ice User. "Haku Momochi Hatake, I have a new mission for you." She soon started in a dead serious tone.

This merely caused the boy in mention to blink a couple of times.

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A few streets away from the Hokage Tower. . .

The younger generation were quickly dashing through the street while following the small pig. They all were focused and had determined expressions to not let another traitor escape and reached the rogue Sannin yet again. Well with the exception of the younger looking kunoichi as she was smiling and laughing all the way.

At the sight of that, the female swordswoman let out a sigh. "I have a feeling that Tsunade-sama is going to be very. . .displeased after we return. . ." Yami soon admitted.

"Yes. . .Tsunade-sama will most likely be furious at all of us and will assign us hundreds of mundane tasks for a month. . ." Hinata replied in agreement.

"Yeah no joking. . ." Satsuki mumbled. "She can be a really slave driver. . ." She then added in a joking manner. "Thank Kami for Shadow Clones though." She soon remembered.

". . ." Surprisingly it was the ever talkative blond shinobi that was the most silent as his gaze and his mind focus on the task in hand.

However the girls of Team Seven weren't surprised by this, already knowing the reason why the one they love was like this. "Mizuki. . ." Both Heiresses thought at the same time as they decided to also focus.

Meanwhile just on the other side of the street, the scared nosed academy sensei who was carrying escape inmates saw the group running. "Naruto. . ." Iruka thought with a confused tone. "Where are they going in such a hurry?" He soon wondered in concern.

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In the deepest part of the forest of Konoha. . .

After a few hours of intense battling, many of the retrieval shinobis were laying on the ground, all completely unconscious. Meanwhile the two giant brothers were busy taking anything of value from the couscous shinobis bags, all the while laughing in a goofy manner.

"Fujin and Raijin. . ." Mizuki called out after he saw that the two brothers had pillaged enough food. "It's about time to head out!" He then ordered before he kicked another unconscious shinobi away.

"Ok!" The two brothers replied in unison as they followed behind the traitor while carrying many bags.

Then just as the three escapees were almost out of sight, Shizune weakly began to move. "M-Mizuki. . ." She weakly called out however, because of all of the injuries she had received, she couldn't move let alone stand.

In another section of the forest. . .

Team Seven and Viper Squad were dashing through the trees while still following the small pig. It had taken a few hours of non-stop running, but the two groups were now deep in the forest of the Land of Fire.

The small pig suddenly stopped, forcing the two groups to also halt, then it took a quick sniff around the forest. "Oink! Oink oink!" Tonton then shouted urgently.

The four shinobis that didn't understand the small pig, quickly turned towards the animal lover for translation. "She said we're almost there there!" Nina translated with an equally urgent tone.

Then the blond shinobi narrowed his eyes upon hearing that. "Alright! Everyone get ready for anything!" Naruto soon advised as he took out his scroll and summoned his blade, before putting it on his back. "I get the feeling that we're in for one hell of a fight!" He added.

As one the kunoichis and the small animals nodded. "Right!" The four girls replied in unison.

"Arf! Meow! Chirp!" The Os Trio then responded with the respective calls as they all continued moving.

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Elsewhere. . .

Just a few miles outside of the Konoha up in the nearby mountains, there was a small wooden cottage, small that two people would live comfortably in. Just outside of the cottage was a young woman around her mid twenties, there she was tending her small garden of flowers.

However that young woman stopped as three shadows blocked the sun from behind her. Then when she turned towards the source, there were none other than a familiar short white haired man along with two massive men.

"Long time no see. . .Tsubaki." Mizuki greeted the woman with a gentle tone.

Moments later inside Tsubaki's cottage. . .

The two large brothers were sitting down near the entrance of the house, while they looked through the small bags that they stole from the Konoha Shonibi's belongings.

"That woman captain was pretty tenacious, wasn't she?" Fūjin admitted with an amusing tone.

"Thanks to her, I'm starving, big brother." Raijin then got out in a complaining manner.

Then the two brothers began to laugh loudly as if what they just said was the most funny thing in the world. Meanwhile Mizuki was changing his clothing, instead of the shinobi clothes he used to wear, now he was wearing an opened black vest, tight black pants, and a dark brown belt which had a silver rectangular belt buckle.

"I can't stop laughing!" Raijin then said while briefly bursting in laughter. "Oh, it stopped." He soon realized.

After finishing changing, Mizuki took a few moments to look outside the window and stared at the village. "Konohagakure. . ." He started as he turned to look at the woman. " Haven't seen this sight for quite a while." He then added with a kind tone.

"Y-Yes. . ." Tsubaki hesitantly responded with nervousness clear in her voice.

Back with the idiot brothers, they were throwing all of their stolen bags contents onto their mouths and eating it. However the younger brother looked quite displeased as he finished his.

"Big Brother, this rice is hard!" Raijin then commented with a troubled expression on his face.

"Idiot! It's one and the same once it's inside your stomach!" Fūjin replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"I see. . . you're so smart, big brother." Raijin then praised his older brother for his wise words.

After finishing changing, Mizuki walked towards the pantry, then after opening the small doors, his eyes widened and a sinister grin appeared on his lips. There all the way in the back, there was a small bottle that was too small for holding anything of large quantity.

Then after he grabbed it and put it away, his expression returned to being a calm and smiling one. "What's this? It's gotten all raggedy." Mizuki started as he pulled out one of the worn out cups. "You need to buy a new one." He then advised.

"Hm. . ." Tsubaki simply hummed out.

Mizuki then put back the cup and closed the pantry. "What's the matter, Tsubaki?" He soon asked.

"I noticed some ANBU Black Ops in the mountains earlier." Tsubaki answered. "In a secluded place in the mountains like this!" She then added.

This sudden statement caused Mizuki to be left stunned, then after he looked away, he realized that she had figured out what had happened. "I see."He responded as he looked towards the window.

"You won't tell me anything, will you?" Tsubaki stated more than asked in an accusing manner, however the man said nothing in response. "To you, Konoha looks just like it did before, doesn't it, Mizuki?" She then questioned.

". . ." Mizuki in response simply remained silent as he looked out the window.

"However. . .A lot of people died while you were away, Mizuki." Tsubaki then revealed while feeling a lot of heartache.

Meanwhile the two idiot brothers were busy eating the food the woman had made that they didn't so much as pay the two lovers any attention. "This rice soup is great, huh, big brother?" Raijin then praised.

"Yeah. . .Very different from prison." Fūjin got out in agreement.

". . .Are you leaving again?" Tsubaki soon asked after her lover hadn't responded earlier.

"Yeah. . ." Mizuki responded with a nod with an indifferent tone.

"Stop!" Tsubaki soon exclaimed as she extended her arm towards him. "Please, Mizuki! Please end your involvement with Orochimaru!" She then begged.

". . ." Mizuki however remained silent as his face showed not even a single emotion to show what he was thinking.

"Because of Orochimaru and Danzō, many people died!"Tsubaki shouted with disgust at mentioning those two. "Because of them, Konoha was in shambles!" She soon stated as tears fell from her eyes. "Only if you haven't gotten involved with Orochimaru, Mizuki, you and I would now. . ." She then added before trailing off.

After hearing his girlfriend's thoughts, Mizuki leaned down and held her left hand. "Everything will be fine, Tsubaki." He stated with an eerily calmed tone, but then thought of something. "Though, what did that prune Danzō do?" He soon questioned in a curious manner as he didn't know why his lover would talk about him as if he was on the same level as his master.

The young woman was left shocked at hearing just how indifferent her lover was, but still answered his question. ". . .He. . .he went and forced all the villagers into a cultist-like mindset that worshiped him. . .everyone was affected." Tsubaki revealed in a more traumatized manner. "If it wasn't for the fact that I was here during the take over. . ." She then added as her body shivered in fear.

The only response from the man was an unimpressed mutter. "So that's what happened." Mizuki simply commented without any real emotion. "Well I'm just glad that you're alright." He then replied with the same eerie calm smile.

This caused the woman to turn to look at her lover and saw the incredibly passive, if not alright bored, expression on his face. Almost as if he didn't really care at all for what had happened to both the village and its people, which caused her to feel inmeanse shock and horror.

Then Mizuki gently held the woman's hand a bit tighter. "This time, I won't make the mistake of having that Kyūbi brat get in my way." He soon promised his lover. "And then. . ." He then started with an angered look in his eyes.

The woman however narrowed her eyes to that declaration. "That boy fought for Konoha when Orochimaru attacked!" Tsubaki however declared as she slapped his hand away. "And helped retake the village from Danzō!" She then added.

"That Kyūbi brat did. . .?" Mizuki got out as memories of the blond shinobi entered his mind, causing him to grind his teeth in anger. "That brat did. . .!?" He growled in his mind with a spiteful tone while tightening his hand so much that his blood vessels became visible.

"That's right. He's not some scary kid like you said he was! He's a young hero for our village!" Tsubaki shouted with new found respect for the blond. "So please stop with your foolish ideas! It's already over! So. . ." She then implored him so that he wouldn't make any more mistakes.

Mizuki's eyes slowly began to twitch uncontrollably as he just couldn't believe that the same pathetic and talentless brat he knew most of his life could be anything even remotely close to what his lover had said. Suddenly he began to recall his last encounter with the blond, which resulted in both him failing to steal the Scroll of Seal and being beaten to a bloody pulp by said blond.

However those were replaced by the image of Orochimaru as he can still recall that overwhelming fear and the power that the fallen Sannin displayed at him. As well as the creatures of nightmares that could only appear in such nightmares and the power that they could have would make even elite shinobi look like academy students.

This caused Mizuki's eyes to tremble as insanity began to fill them. "No. . .It's not over yet!" He got out as he stood up. "So that Kyūbi brat is acting the hero, huh? Don't make me laugh!" He soon questioned and stated in denial. "Half wits as always, huh! Those Konoha guys!" He then declared.

"Mizuki. . ." Tsubaki could only mutter with a broken heart as her pleas weren't reaching the man at all.

"Come!" Mizuki suddenly shouted in a gleeful yet demented manner. "You haven't seen Orochimaru's power like I have." He stated as he took out the bottle he had retrieved earlier. "He saw my potential and gave me ultimate power! And with it, I will teach this village a lesson!" He declared while looking at the contents of the vial, inside of it it had an eerie glowing pill.

However this only caused the tears to run even more from the woman.

Then Mizuki looked at the vile with a deranged gaze, before he opened it and swallowed the black glowing pill. "Power. . .Orochimaru's ultimate power!" He declared while laughing like an insane person. "Now you and I will have everything our way!" He added as he continued laughing demently.

It was at that moment that the young woman couldn't take it anymore and forced the man to let go of her hand. "Mizuki!" Tsubaki got out as she then hugged him from behind. "Please. . .Become the kind and gentle Mizuki again just like before. If you really love me. . .don't do anything insane!" She gave one last plea, hoping that his love for her let her words reach him.

However because the woman was behind him, she never saw that the skin around Mizuki was slowly convulsing as all of his veins around his body began to be visible. His face began to slowly extend, making his teeth look like fangs as his eyes changed into slits while glowing in an eerie light.

Then just as quickly as it began, all of the changes stopped as Mizuki's body returned to normal. However a sinister smile appeared on his face as his eyes briefly shone eerie, showing that those changes weren't gone. . .

Mizuki then went and grabbed the hands of his lover and gently made her let go of him. "Tsubaki. . ." He got out as he placed his hands on her shoulders.

There was a long pause between the two lovers as the woman began to believe that her words had reached him, however that hope was crushed when a sinister and twisted smile appeared on the rogue shinobi's face. And then. . .her consciousness left her.

It wasn't long before the three escapees exited the small house, however it was enough time for the two idiot brothers to also change their clothing as well.

Like Mizuki, they were also wearing an open vest, though the older brother had a longer dark purple one and the younger had a shorter pale green one. The older one had loose light grey shorts while the younger had darker grey shorts. Finally both of them had white rope belts holding their pants up and the same large metal bracelets around their wrists.

"Let's go. We've taken more time than anticipated." Mizuki ordered the two brothers as they began to move.

Back inside the cottage, the fallen Tsubaki layed on the floor in a state of unconsciousness. "Mizuki. . ." She mumbled out in a sorrowful manner.

---

Back with Team Seven and Viper Squad. . .

After the group kept running towards the forest, they all did an abrupt halt when they finally reached their first real trail of the escapees. Right in front of the group laid a very large prison shirt, then the small pig got closer to the shirt and began sniffing it.

"The hell? Who could even wear a shirt this big?" Satsuki got out in a confused and surprised tone.

"Apparently, somebody quite big. . ." Yami responded in a serious tone as she placed her hand on her chin. "Could this be about those two big, fat monsters?" She then deducted.

"Yeah yeah!" Nina responded with a nod before looking towards the black wolf cub. "Okki-chii! Sniff sniff!" She soon requested.

"ARF!" Okki barked out. "Leave it to me Nee-san!" Was what she said as she began sniffing the area.

"How is it Tonton?" Naruto then asked the small pig.

Tonton got near the shirt and began to smell it to try and pick up a trail. However just as he was about to find something, hers and the rest of the young shinobi's eyes widened when they all detected something. While the two Doujutsu users activated their eyes in unison, ready to fight.

"Who's there!?" Naruto shouted as he grabbed the handle of his blade and then made a quick dash towards where he and the rest of the group had detected the presence.

The rest of the kunoichi's also got ready and charged as well, each ready their prefered fighting stance and were ready to back up the blond. However it was the bluenette's eyes widened as thanks to her doujutsu she instantly saw who the enemy was. "Wait! Naruto-kun!" Hinata called out in an attempt to stop him.

While the urgent call did manage to stop the kunoichi's and the O-Trio, it was already too late for the blond shinobi as he was already mid jump. Then the unknown person also jumped towards him, which forced him to swing his blade at the apparent enemy.

"W-Wait! Naruto!" A familiar voice got out in a panic while they took out two kunais and placed them in a reverse grip cross shape in front of them.

Clang!

Thankfully, being more experienced and physically stronger, the older chunin managed to use his kunais to block. However, what he didn't expect was that it caused both of his hands to tremble from both the force and weight of the mighty blade.

"Iruka-sensei!?" Naruto exclaimed in confusion and shock.

Then after the clash the two shinobi landed on the ground as they lowered their stances and weapons. Well granted the older one did so with shaking hands. "You'd really gotten stronger Naruto. . ." Iruka thought to himself as he was left impressed by just how strong his favorite student had gotten.

Meanwhile, Kakashi's summoned pug walked between the two and heated toward the escapee's shirt. "Move pup, leave this to a pro." Pakkun stated as he walked past the wolf cub.

"ARF!? ARF ARF!? Okki barked angrily at the pug. " "PUP!? WHO ARE YOU CALLED A PUP!?" Was what she said.

However the small pug completely ignored the wolf cub and was surprised to see the familiar face. "Tonton?" Pakkun got out with an honest tone.

"Oink!" Tonton responded with a nod as he pointed at the shirt with her snort.

"So that's why I smelled." Pakkun then realized.

"ARF! ARF!"Okki barked out. "Hey! I smelled that too!" Was what she said.

However like before the cub was ignored. "Thanks for your hard work, I'll take it from here. You go back to the village and report to Hokage-sama." Pakkun thanked the little pig

"ARF! ARF ARF ARF!" Okki barked out in a more demanding tone while growling at the same time. "Hey! Quit ignoring my old man!" Was what she said.

Meanwhile the small pig accepted the suggestion with a nod and returned back towards the village. Then the moment she was gone, Nina's eyes completely focused on the small dog. "Cute puppy!" Nina shouted with glee at seeing the pug.

Okki's eyes widened in pure shock upon hearing that. "ARF!?" She barked out in shock. "Big sis!?" Was what was said.

The small dog in question merely looked at the younger looking girl and raised his paw. "I'll let you touch my pads later." Pakkun soon offered with a small smirk on his face.

"Really!?" Nina asked with an excited smile and stars in her eyes to show her excitement.

However this conversation caused the rest of the group to sweatdrop while the O-Trio growled with annoyance at the smug looking pug.

"Mrow. . ." Ora meowed out. "Big sister. . ." Was what she said with a sigh.

"Grrrrr! ARF ARF!" Okki meanwhile growled out. "Hey! Old man! Stay away from Big Sis!" Was what she said.

"Chirp! Chirp!" Ori chirped cheerfully. "Soft pad! Soft pad!" Was what she said.

"Mrow! Bark!" Both tiger and wolf cutely roared in unison at the small bird. "Not the point!" Was what Okki and Ora exclaimed in unison.

Sufficient to say, that any and all tension that they felt instantly vanished.

---

At a nearby mountain. . .

Mizuki's group was looking down at the forest and saw both Iruka and the younger generation conversing with each other as they were heading towards them. While the idiot brothers didn't look worried or concerned about the persuaders, it was their leader that looked somewhat interested in who the said persuaders were.

Mizuki's eyes looked at each member of the group. "Iruka, the demon brat, the Hyuga Heiress and three unrecognizables. . ." Mizuki muttered to himself while narrowing his eyes.

While the rogue shinobi was somewhat surprised by seeing just how much his former students had physically grown, more so seeing just how much the female Hyuga looked compared to her time at the academy. However that feeling was quickly replaced by the raging hatred he felt towards the blond shinobi.

It was at that moment that the rogue shinobi's eyes changed into slits and his teeth slightly sharp. Then a nearly overwhelming desire to tear and maul the blond shinobi began to surge from within him.

However quickly Mizuki closed his eyes and took a deep breath, this allowed him regain his composure and his changes returned to normal. "No use trying to set up a trap with the Hyuga girl with them." He commented with a calm tone. "Then I guess we'll just wait for them to arrive at a more. . .fitting place." He declared with a sinister grin appeared on his face

---

After taking a step back everything calmed down and regained their barings, the group were chatting between themselves as they followed the small dog in front of them.

"Ah, you two must be the girls in Anko's squad." Iruka got out in realization, having heard that Jonin in mention had started the creation of her own squad and already got two members.

"So your. . .Naruto-sensei's sensei." Yami breathed out in amazement as she then bowed to the man. "It is nice to meet you sir, my name is Yami Tsuki." She then formally introduced herself while giving a small and quick bow.

"And Nina's Nina!" Nina introduced herself with an excited tone. "And this is Okki-chii, Ora-chii and Ori-chii!" She then introduced her little friends while holding the wolf cub in her arms.

"Meow! Arf! Chirp!" The Os Trio replied in unison.

Iruka however almost tripped at what the female swordswoman had said. "N-Naruto-sensei?" He asked/repeated as he couldn't believe what he just heard or the level of respect she had for the blond.

"It's a long story Iruka-sensei." Satsuki sheepishly got out. "Though I think we should explain it another time." She then added.

"Right. . ." Iruka responded with a nod of agreement. "Well anyways, it's a pleasure to meet you both, Yami-san, Nina-san." He then formally greeted the newer members of the village.

"Of course Iruka-san." Yami replied in agreement

"Yeah yeah!" Nina responded while nodding in an excited tone while releasing the wolf cub.

"So. . .Iruka-sensei. . ." Naruto soon started getting his former academy sensei's attention. "You didn't come here just to drag us back, right?" He then asked in a nervous manner.

Instead of looking angry or annoyed, the older chunin merely continued looking ahead. "Well, you guys aren't the type who would go back calmly, especially you Naruto." Iruka commented with a deadpan tone.

The blond in response chuckled while rubbing the back of his head. "You're right, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto admitted in amused agreement. "You totally get me!" He then added as the girls giggled as well.

"Don't get carried away! We're getting closer to the enemy's last location, so don't let your guard down!" Iruka lectured with a serious tone. "And it wasn't a compliment!" He briefly added while he gained a small tick mark.

The blond could only awkwardly chuckle at hearing that while the girl silently giggled.

The kunoichis couldn't help but compare the two as if the man was the grumpy but caring big brother and boy was the annoying but lovable younger brother.

However all lighthearted conversations ended when the small pug stopped along with the black wolf pup.

"Did you find something?" Iruka then asked with a slight urgent tone.

"Yeah. . ." Pakkun replied with a serious tone. "It's a bad inmate smell. We're getting close now." He confirmed with a serious tone

"Arf! Arf!" Okki barked in agreement while growling softly. "Yeah! I can smell the bad guys not that far away!" Was what she said.

"Okki-chii says they close close!" Nina informed the group causing the group to go fully alert for any possible ambushes from the enemy.

No sooner the two animals reported that the group came around the wall of the mountain, the bluenette's eyes widened when her sight caught the sign of three shinobis ahead. "I can see three people just a few feet away!" Hinata soon informed the group.

"They must be setting a trap." Yami soon deducted in a serious tone.

The bluenette shocked her head at that. "No, it looks like they are just standing there and waiting." Hinata however revealed.

The older chunin quickly figured out the reason for this. "So they know we're after them and that a Hyuga, you Hinata, is with us, so there's no use trying to set up a trap." Iruka soon stated. "Everyone! Get ready for battle!" He soon ordered as he and the group got their equipment and got ready for anything.

"Grrrrrr!" Okki growled out as she prepared to pounce.

"Hiss!" Ora hissed while she extended her claws.

"Ori-chii! Shiny Shiny!' Nina requested while taking off her gloves and pocketing them.

"Chirp chirp!" Ori chirped out cheerfully. "Yeah yeah!" Was what she said.

Shine!

Suddenly the area briefly engulfed in a pale red light, being used to this event, the trio and Yami manage to cover their eyes to shield their eyes. However because the Chunin wasn't aware of the side effect of the animal lover's transformation, he was forced to close his eyes. Then the moment the light vanished, his eyes widened at what he just saw.

The younger looking kunoichi was slightly hovering above the ground while having slightly changed as she had small bird-like features along with red skin that was the same color as the feathers of Ori.

The older chunin nearly jumped out of startlement at seeing that. "What the!? What in the world just happened to Nina-san!?" Iruka soon asked in confusion.

"Whoa! Is that one of Nina-chan's transformations you mentioned!?" Satsuki meanwhile exclaimed while both her and the Hyuga Heiress looked at the floating girl in amazement.

Even though the trio had been told about the younger looking kunoichi's strange abilities, this was the first time seeing said abilities in action. Which is sufficient to say, they were very just as mesmerizing as they were interesting to look at.

"Ah, that's right, none of you have seen this yet. . ." Yami awkwardly realized as she looked at her floating teammate. "Honestly I'm also still getting used to that too. . ." She then confessed.

However unlike the others, the blond shinobi wasn't startled at all, he was in fact looking at Nina with excitement. "That's so awesome! She looks so cool!" Naruto excitedly declared with stars in his eyes.

The gloating Nina's eyes also shine like stars upon hearing that as well. "I'm cool! I'm cool!" She repeated with glee as she hovered around the blond.

"Anyway!" Yami however interrupted as she clenched her beloved blade. "The Viper Squad and Team Seven are now ready to engage in combat, Iruka-san!" She soon declared.

Soon regaining his composure, the academy teacher nodded with a serious expression on his face. "Right! Everyone, move out!" He replied and ordered.

---

Just a few feet away from the mountain. . .

The three escapees were leisurely resting in nearby rocks and boulders, the two brothers were talking among themselves about something irrelevant. Then they all felt the incoming pursuers, causing the blue haired man to grin sinersterly.

"So they're finally here." Mizuki remarked in amusement, causing the stupid brothers to stop their talk and turned towards the direction he was looking.

WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH!

Then the next instant, both the older and younger chunin landed at a safe distance away from the escapees, each one of them ready to battle. However this wasn't more true for the surrogate brothers as they glare at the traitor.

"Well, well, well. . ." Mizuki began as he smirked at the familiar faces. "If it isn't my old friend and the failure of a student. How'd you been Iruka, Naruto?" He then remarked and questioned in a cocky and sarcastic manner.

". . ." The two male chunin remained quiet and glared at Mizuki, knowing that the rogue shinobi just wanted to rile them up.

"So this is the man that tried to kill Naruto-sensei. . ." Yami thought as she readied her katana, tightening her grip on it as she glanced at the two other, larger men. "And those must be the big fat monsters Tonton was referring to her." She then added in her head with a serious tone and despite their somewhat goofy appearances, she didn't lower her guard as she felt very uneasy about them.

However the ones that were more surprised were the two heiresses. "Wait a minute. . .you're Mizuki!?" Satsuki however exclaimed in shock and confusion while looking at him. "But. . .But you aren't scrawny!" She then declared as she thought back to the academy days.

However instead of feeling annoyed or angry being called scrawny, the rogue shinobi raised an eyebrow as the Uchiha. "Do I know you? Because you look strangely familiar." He asked with a curious tone and without any real concern about the incoming battle.

Satsuki just scoffed at that, but grabbed her hair and slightly pulled it back while giving a familiar gloomy glare. "Do you recognize me now?" She countered with a deeper tone before letting her hair down once more.

It took just a few seconds for Mizuki's eyes widened in response to hearing that. "Uchiha. . ." He muttered as he realized what the kunoichi was the Last Uchiha, but then quickly got over it. "What'd you know? The pompous ass was actually a bitch." He joked as his grin returned.

Satsuki however rolled her eyes to that. "Like your one to talk Mizuki-teme, your the real bitch around here dattebakon!" She countered while narrowing her eyes.

However instead of feeling insulted, Mizuki merely shrugged his shoulders at that. "I guess we can agree to disagree." He merely replied while he's grin never left his face before then noticing the Hyuga. "And lookie, the meek and shy little Hyuga Heiress. I never thought you would actually be one of the people coming after me." He then remarked, but at that moment. . .

WOOSH!

An arrow flew right past the rogue shinobi as it continued on before being embedded deeply into a tree.

Hinata soon placed her bow back into its scroll as she then got herself into her Juken stance while glaring at the man. "You better not underestimate me. I am not the same girl from the academy." She soon advised in a threatening tone.

Mizuki briefly looked at the arrow that passed next to his head while blinking a few times before letting out an amused whistle. "Oh~ Looks like someone finally got over their shell, huh?" He commented with a cocky tone, completely unimpressed by what just happened.

It was at this point that the blond shinobi had reached the limit of his patience as he slightly grinded his teeth. "Lets see if you're still cocky after I beat you up like last time. . ." Naruto growled out.

"Alright, alright. Enough playing around. . ." Mizuki however decided, completely ignoring the blond's probation before glancing towards his companions. "Fūjin, Raijin! Do it!" He soon ordered with an insane looking expression on his face.

"Ok!" The brothers meanwhile responded in unison.

Boom!

Suddenly Mizuki exploded with a burst of speed as he suddenly appeared in front of both surrogate brothers, grabbing them by their troughs and pushed them away from the others before they could even react.

The moment the three male shinobi left the group behind, the young kunoichi's eyes widened in shock as they turned around. "Naruto-kun! Iruka-sensei!" Hinata called out in concern.

However just as the kunoichis were about to rush in to help the two male shinobi, the silver-light blue haired swordswoman's senses sent a shiver through her body. "Look out!" Yami soon warned as she looked up.

Then two large shadows eclipsed the sun and quickly began to expand around them.

"Thanks for the meal!" The two Stupid Brothers shouted as they were falling down.

BOOOOOOOOM!

The kunoichis managed to dodge the two brothers just in time before they crashed where they just were. No soon after they created two large creators after they landed, then they came out of the smoke as they joyfully, if not amusingly, skipping towards the kunoichis.

The kunoichis quickly got into their battle stances, though they were somewhat surprised by the way the brothers were running towards them. "Oooook, this is different. . ." Satsuki got out with a raised eyebrow.

"We shouldn't underestimate them Satsuki-san." Yami meanwhile advised in a serious tone.

"Agreed." Hinata quickly replied with a nod of agreement before adjusting her stance. "Satsuki-chan, Yam-chan you'll take the lead while me and Nina-chan provide cover from the rear." She soon requested and instructed.

"Right!" Both swords users replied in unison as they quickly charged ahead with the close range fighters soon following behind them.

Because of both the size and weight difference, the kunoichis were the first to reach their opponents. Then they began their assault by attacking with swift sword slashes at the brother's chests.

Clang! Clang!

However each and every time the two began to attack, they were blocked by the brothers huge steel bracers. This caused the two sword users to try and use attacks from various angles to find a gap in their defence, but they still easily blocked them all.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Boom! Boom!

Meanwhile, the two kunoichis that fight hand to hand were also having a difficult time as well. The brothers didn't try to block, instead they focused more on dodging or deflecting by using the bracers. As each of the Hyuga's juken strikes or the avian girl's kicks weren't able land at the

Whether because they knew that they knew that they didn't want the Hyuga's Junken style and the avian girl's flame like attacks to touch them or they were being overly cautious.

"Hey big brother, some of these girls all have big chests. Aren't they heavy?" Raijin began and asked as he looked toward his brother while grinning amusingly at them while effortlessly blocking the sword slashes.

"It's because all of their fat goes to their chest, so that attacks won't hit their bodies." Fūjin replied with a know it all attitude, while also easily blocking the attacks.

"Wow! I didn't know that! You're so smart big brother!" Raijin replied with an amazed tone at how smart his older brother was.

Or they simply didn't know and did things without thinking. . .

Meanwhile both sword users couldn't help but frown as their blades were continuously and effortlessly being blocked, so they quickly backflipped away from them. Which was also quickly mimicked by the bluenette and avian girl.

Then after they got a bit of breathing room, they looked at each other and nodded in agreement. "We need a diversion." Is what the two thought in unison.

The Uchiha then sheathed her blade and did an all too familiar hand seal. "Nata-chan! Clones!" Satsuki mentally ordered.

The bluenette instantly realized what her teammate wanted to do and nodded. "Hai!" Hinata replied via their mental link as she also made the familiar hand sign.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The two heiresses declared at the same time.

POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF!

Suddenly each of the heiress's clones came to life and rushed towards the Stupid Brother from the sides. Then the two sword users charged head first, while the Hyuga and avian girl followed behind.

Then the clones proceeded to attack the two large brothers from multiple directions, this forced the two to stop attacking all together and take a more defensive stance to be able to adapt to the increased numbers of attacks.

While some attacks, such as the silver/white haired swordswoman thanks to her unique kenjutsu style, did land on the brothers, it wasn't dealing any large damage at all thanks to their large and very durable bodies.

But at the same time, their attention was more so on the bluenette's strikes, completely avoiding or blocking her, showing that they indeed knew that while not completely life threatening, they knew that she was the one that could be the more troublesome one.

The younger brother blink a few times while he looked at the clones. "Huh? Hey big bro, did more little girls just show up?" Raijn asked with a confused tone while blocking the clones attacks.

However the older brother's expression didn't change as in fact he looked more delighted by this. "It just means more food for us!" Fūjin soon declared with a hunger filled tone.

Upon hearing that, the younger brother's expression also turned into a delighted one. "Wow! Your right!" Raijin replied in excitement while licking lips.

However at the same time the brothers weren't smart enough to think of taking the Hyuga out first. . .

Whoosh! Clank! Whoosh! Clank!

While the brother continued being on the defensive for a few moments, it quickly returned back to the initial attack. The brothers were once again able to respond to the attacks with relative ease as they blocked or dodge all the attacks.

Which, sufficient to say, caused both the clones and kunoichis started to feel irritated and frustrated by this. "Ok. . .this is getting us nowhere!" Satsuki remarked in annoyance at how things were going.

"Agree, we must somehow turn the tide against them." Yami stated with a nod as she and the heiresses began to think of another strategy.

While the kunoichis were coming up with a plan. . .

Despite being an intense battle, the younger brother suddenly thought of something and took a pondering pose. "Hmmm. . .Hey big bro, why do people go fly fishing? Why bother fishing for flies? They're too small to eat and won't fill your belly." Raijin suddenly asked his older brother with a puzzled expression.

"It's because their too stupid to realized that!" Fūjin explained with a know it all attitude.

"Oooooh! I see!" Raijin got out with an amazed tone as the two brothers began laughing at the imaginary stupid people.

On the other hand, the kunoichis couldn't help but sweatdropped in unison at the nonsensical conversation between the brothers as they all thought the same thing.

Then the aving looking kunoichi, who was unconsciously releasing invisible waves of heat to keep herself hovering just above the ground, dramatically pointed her finger at the two brothers. "These two are big dumb dumbs!" Nina stated while saying what the group of kunoichis were thinking.

Then with an over exaggerated gasp, both brother's narrowed their eyes while baring their teeth. "We no dumb dumb! You dumb dumb!" Raijin responded while pointing at the little girl.

Then both Nina and the remaining O-Trio let out a similar gasp before also narrowing their eyes and grinding their teeth. "No you you are!" Nina however countered in the same dramatic if not childish manner.

"ARF! MEOW!" The two members of the Os Trio got out in agreement.

Then they began to contniuesly shouted that the other was the dumb one and didn't some much a to say any rational or for that matter, smart retort.

Which caused the young swordswoman to slightly blush in embarrassment for her teammates' attitude in such a dangerous situation as both brothers and her teammate continued going back and forth at insulting one another. "This is getting ridiculous. . ." Yami couldn't help but mutter to herself while sweat dropping.

It was then the younger looking preteen's patience had reached its limit, her eyes now looking exactly like the brothers and then made a hovering charge at them.

FWOOSH!

Flames began to ignite on Nina's body which had the red bird-like feathers, but it didn't seem to cause her to feel any pain as she looked fine and surprisingly her clothes were fine too. "WOOOOOAH! BURN BURN!" She roared as she glided towards the two brothers at a fast pace.

"Nina-chan! Wait!" Yami called out before rushing in with her katana once more.

When the two stupid brother saw the flaming girl heading their way, they couldn't help but smile with delight. "Oh! Fried chicken!" The two shouted in unison, their mouths drooling as they saw the girl as a flying roasting chicken and then they jumped at her with open arms ready to grab.

However just as they were about to grab her, Nina flew upwards, just barely managing to escape their grasp. Once she was high enough, she then swung her limbs forward. "BOOM BOOM FEATHERS!" Nina roared as she sent multiple flaming feathers at them.

SHHHHH! FWOOSH!

"Huh? Both brothers then got out in confusion as they looked at the feathers.

At first the fearthes didn't cause any real damage, in fact they didn't even pierced the skin of the brothers and merely bounced off their bodies. While the rest of the feathers got stuck on their clothing. However that quickly changed when all of the feathers burst into red flames and ignited their clothing.

"AAAAAAAAH Ow! Ow! Ow!" Raijin exclaimed.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" Fūjin got out.

Then the two brothers began to comedically run around while waving their arms as they tried to put out the fires.

At The sight of the two brothers running around, it caused each kunoichis to look on with different reactions. The aviary girl was laughing and cheering that her attack worked as she stuck her tongue out at the brothers, while the wolf and tiger cubs were also laughing at the sight and cheering for their big sis great success. "Hahaha! Boom Boom to Baka Bakas!" Nina happily cheered with a witty grin on her face.

Meanwhile, her teammate could only place a hand on her face and let out a sigh, while the two heiresses looked in amazement at the flying girl.

Though still somewhat stunned by the sight of Nina's fire abilities, the two heiresses quickly recover as they smile happily. "Ok, so fire jutsus work on them!" Satsuki mentally noted. "Ok guys, we gotta burn and smoke them out now!" She then declared her order.

Hinata in turn nodded in agreement to that as she looked at the kunoichi-samurai. "Yami-chan, you and I will provide support this time." She soon instructed.

"Hai, Hinata." Yami replied with her own nod of agreement as she readied herself.

But before a plan could actually be formed. . .

"Okki-chii! Ora-chan! Stall stall!" Nina meanwhile called out.

"ARF! ARF!" Okki barked out as she dashed forward.

"RWOR!" Ora meowed as she did the same.

Immediately, the two animals started running circles around the two brothers at a fast pace. This got the desired effect as they managed to get their attention.

"Huh? A doggy and a kitty?" Fūjin soon asked as he looked at the small animals instead of the kunoichis.

Upon seeing that, Yami saw an opportunity and took it, positioning herself at a good distance away, then she adjusted her stance and quickly began charging her blade with chakra. "Blade Beam!" She thought as she cast her sensei's original kenjutsu.

SLASH! WHOOSH!

A concentrated chakra slash soar towards the younger brother, the attack appeared so suddenly and unexpectedly that he was monetarily startled by it and he dumbly raised his arms to guard his head. Though very clumsily, he still managed to block the attack, this however left his rear exposed.

And it was this moment that the swordswoman wanted as the Hyuga finally got close enough and prepared to attack. "Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!" Hinata thought as she thrusted her hands at the exposed brother's back.

The bluenette knew that she wouldn't have enough time to cast her clan's signature jutsu in its full version, so she decided that the short version would be enough to at least block some of the enemies chakra points. However. . .

BAAAAM!

Before the Hyuga's palms could reach her target, the older brother's huge fist appeared above her. This caused her to immediately halt her attack and dashed away. Then the huge fist clashed on the ground and created a powerful impact that sent dust and debri flying everywhere.

While this resulted in failure for both kunoichi's attacks, it still succeeded in what they wanted in the first place, making the both of the brother's backs be left completely exposed.

"Now!" Hinata told the Uchiha Heiress via mental link.

"Nina-chan!" Satsuki called out while rapidly going through the hand signs ending in a tiger seal.

Meanwhile, the avian-like girl did a twirl while she hovered after being called. "Yeah yeah!" Nina chirped out in excitement with a fiery red glowing aura surrounding her.

"Fire Style! Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Satsuki mentally declared while sucking in some air.

"Boom Boom Feathers!" Nina on the other head openly declared as she unleashed more glowing red feathers from her arms.

Suddenly, a barrage of fire balls and flaming feathers littered the sky as they rapidly descended towards the distracted brothers. That quickly changed when said brothers felt the intense heat getting closer and forgot about the Hyuga and swordswoman as they turned to look up.

Not wanting to miss this opportunity, Yami quickly took an iaido stance and ready her blade to launch her kenjutsu. "Blade Beam!" She thought to herself and unleashed another power chakra slash.

The Hyuga Heiress also took this chance as she dashed to behind the brothers while making a handsign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" She mentally declared as two clones poofed into existence as the three then rushed in, ready to strike after everyone's attacks had landed.

However as all of the attacks quickly began to reach the brothers, they didn't show any sign of concern about the incoming attacks, in fact their usual stupid grins grew even wider than before.

"SPINNING TIME!" The brothers suddenly declared in unison as they then stretched their arms to the sides and began to spin in place.

"WHA-!?" All the girls got out in confused and shocked unison.

WHOOOOOSH! WHOOOOOSH! POOF! POOF!

The two brothers created two small twisters that were powerful enough to not only effortlessly block and repel all of the attacks from every side, but they also dispelled the freshly summoned clones and pushed back the female swordswoman as well.

"How the hell-!?" Satsuki got out in disbelief.

Both members of Viper Squad had a shocked expression as they were stunned by the ridiculous display of raw power the two brothers had.

"Regroup!" Hinata meanwhile ordered, getting nods from the other girls as they did as told.

Then a few moments later, both brothers slowed down until they stopped spinning and began stumbling from side to side. "Dizzy dizzy spinning spinning big bro!" Raijin got out in a goofy manner with swirls in his eyes.

"It's because we were spinning so much." Fūjin soon explained in the same goofy state.

It was at this point that the Uchiha's patience had reached its end when she heard that. "OK WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THESE MORONS DATTEBAKON!?" Satsuki exclaimed in disbelief and annoyce.

Hinata meanwhile looked at the hound summon who had long since been at a safe distance away from the battle. "Pakkun, do you know anything about these guys?" She soon asked.

The dog in turn nodded as he looked at the two dizzy men. "Fūjin and Raijin, better known as the Stupid Brothers." Pakkun briefly explained.

The kunoichis meanwhile blinked a couple of times after they heard the title. "Are you serious?" Hinata, Satsuki and Yami all questioned in unison.

"Yeah, but don't let the name or their actions fool you, their very dangerous shinobis." Pakkun quickly warned with a serious tone. "What they lack in brains they more than make it up with pure strength as most people say that it could rival even Tsunade's and even the Sannin." He then revealed.

It was at the last bit of information that a sense of dread and pure shock washed over the kunoichis. "What!?" Both Heiresses shouted in shock.

"They're as strong as Tsunade-sama!?" Yami also shouted as even she couldn't help but be horrified by that as that broke her out of her usual cool and collective tone.

And while not really understanding what they were talking about, even Nina was feeling anxious by how her teammate/older sister was behaving. Which said feelings were being passed towards the two small animals.

"Oh come on! You gotta be kidding me!" Satsuki exclaimed before turning to the two idiots.

As the two Stupid Brothers finally recover from their dizziness, they turn to face the kunoichis as their expressions slightly turn more sinister.

This caused the kunoichis readjusted their battle stances with an even more intensity and focus as they finally realized that this battle could easily turn into one of life and death one. "This is gonna be a tough one. . ." Hinata, Satsuki and Yami all thought.

For the youngest appearing member however. . .

"BRING IT ON ON!" Nina however declared loudly and childishly, her animal companions growling as well.

---

Just before the kunoichis began battling the Stupid Brothers. . .

The two surrogate brothers were sent flying backwards by the rogue shinobi's arm strength. However just before they crash on the ground they barely manage to readjust themselves in time to slide on the ground instead.

"Now then. . ." Mizuki started with a smirk. "How about we finish what we finished our little fight from that night?" He soon suggested in a grudge filled manner.

Naruto however narrowed his eyes to that. "My thoughts exactly teme!" He growled out before he resealed his sword in his scroll. "He's not even worth using the Executioner's Blade. . ." He thought to himself.

While the blond shinobi did mean that, he also knew that he didn't want to risk fighting someone faster than him again and have his kenjutsu style be useless again. Which he revoked his vow to get better at using his blade, so that he won't disrespect it and its previous owner.

Then once the seal was safely tucked away, Naruto made his signature hand seal. "And I'm going to end it just like last time too!" He then declared and gave a look to his surrogate older brother, to which he nodded in response. "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" He soon called out.

POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF!

Suddenly a good solid twenty clones appeared around the surrogate brothers, each clone had a kunai in each hand and were ready to charge at the rogue shinobi to beat him to an inch of his life like last time.

However unlike last time, Mizuki didn't look impressed or scared in the slightest as his grin turned sinister. "Oh~ I'm afraid it won't~" He remarked in a cocky and confident manner.

That cocky attitude from the former shinobi instructor only got on the blond's and his clones nerves. "Go!" Naruto ordered his clones to attack and they all shouted in response as they charged at the rogue shinobi.

Then the light blue haired shinobi's smirk turned sinister. "Let me show you just how strong I've gotten. . ." Mizuki merely remarked with a demented tone as his eyes briefly changed into slits.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

Then the next instant, three clones that were the first to reach the rogue shinobi were instantly dispelled by a strong thrust of his hand, which also caused the rest of the clones to stop their charge and backpedal.

"!?" Naruto's eyes widened to the sight.

"Is that all?" Mizuki taunted as he seemingly appeared in front of the nearest clone.

POOF!

"What the-!?" Was what all the clone could say before his chest was impaled by Mizuki's fist and then dispersed.

"Hell!?" The rest of the clones finished the now dispelled clone swear.

WHOOSH! POOF!

Then Mizuki gave a powerful roundhouse kick that it took out another clone's head, dispelling it in an instant, if it wasn't the fact it was a clone, blood would no doubt spew out like a fountain.

Which caused the original blond to shutter as he briefly saw the memories of his clone's seeing his own body. "Ok, that's going to give me nightmares for a week. . ." Naruto muttered in horror, before getting serious. "Wind!" He ordered the clones

The clones narrowed their eyes as they already knew what the order meant. Six clones quickly charged forward while the rest paired up in pairs of two and backpedaled. They then jumped towards the highest point they could find, such as trees or the nearby mountain all the while making hand seals in quick succession.

"Wind Style!" All of the clones thought in unison as they sucked in some air

"Air Bullet!" Some of the clones declared while spitting multiple condense air bullets.

"Great Breakthrough!" The other clones got out while exhaling a powerful gust of wind.

FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!

Dozens of condensed air bullets were shot downwards while a powerful gust of wind were right behind them. This combination caused the bullets to be pushed even faster than normal, which doubled their velocity and power.

"Air Gatling Barrage!" The group of clones thought in unison.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Then a scene that mimicked the one where the blond had faced the ice user in Wave, dozen upon dozen of condense air bullers rain down upon the rogue shinobi at incredible velocity. This type of attack had once easily overwhelmed the young shinobi in the past, but now the blond was using it against the former chunin instructor. However. . .

The rogue's face didn't have a shred of concern or fear at the approaching barrage, instead he continued grinning. "Oh please. . ." Mizuki remarked in a cocky manner before he thrusted his hands at the two remaining clones.

"What the-!?" The clones cursed as they were held by the neck and then. . .

WHOOSH! POOF! POOF!

Then the rogue shinobi began to spin in place and threw the clones at the section of the barrage of air bullets. And upon colliding with the bullets they not only were dispelled but also created a gap in the attack, which Mizuki used to escape the attack without a single injury.

"Son of a-" Naruto grumbled in frustration at the display.

However the scared chunin couldn't help but feel appalled by that. "I see that you're still using and sacrificing others. . ." Iruka meanwhile remarked.

"Why change something that works so well~" Mizuki countered in twisted amusement.

"How despicable. . ." Iruka then muttered in disgust after hearing that.

"Doing whatever it takes to win, isn't that what a shinobi is all about?" Mizuki countered in a confident manner.

". . ." Iruka couldn't' say anything about that as it was fundamentally true, however he simply didn't like that aspect, sentiments that were shared by his former student.

Both surrogate siblings looked at each other and nodded, then they each before charging forward at the same time. The older chunin brought out several shuriken and held them between his fingers, while the blond chunin once again did his signature hand seal.

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Naruto however roared as he made a dozen more clones.

POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF!

All of the clones didn't even wait for the chakra clouds to disappear as they rushed towards the rogue shinobi. Each had either a kunai on each hand or multiple shurikens ready to throw.

Meanwhile, Mizuki simply took out a single kunai and charged straight at the clones with a deranged glee in his eyes.

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! POOF! POOF! POOF!

Then an all out brawl between the rogue shinobi and the clones erupted. Mizuki easily blocked the shuriken and kunais that were launched at him while using precise and accurate punches and kicks to the clones that charged at him, instantly dispelling them.

WHOOSH!

However every so often, Mizuki was forced to dodge as he narrowly managed to avoid kunai and shurikens that were thrown with much more accuracy and precision than the blond clones. When he made a quick view around the battlefield, he instantly saw that these attacks came from Iruka after he found gaps in his defences when he was dealing with the clones.

Then after a quick readjustment of his strategy, the rogue shinobi could only easily dodge and block both the clones and the scared nosed chunin's attacks. "What's wrong?" Mizuki started as he destroyed another clone. "Is this all the so-called Hero of Konoha got!?" He then taunted.

The blond however narrowed his eyes as he looked at the light blue haired traitor. "It's this really the same Mizuki-teme from before?" Naruto meanwhile got out with a frustrated tone.

After once again throwing and failing to land a hit, Iruka couldn't help but feel the same way as his former student. "There's no comparison with how Mizuki was before. . ." He admitted.

After destroying over 90 percent of the clones, Mizuki had the gall to loosen his stance and smirked at hearing that. "It's thanks to being confined in that sordid and boring prison cell I was able to concentrate on my ascetic training." He soon revealed in an obvious grudge filled manner. "So for that, I should thank you, Iruka, Naruto. . ." He tauntingly remarked, though the sarcasm was oozing with each worth he uttered.

The blond shinobi grinded his teeth, but he forced himself to calm down. Then when the last clone went to attack the rogue shinobi, he used this time to think for his next plan of attack. "Well clones no use now. It's like fighting Neji all over again. . .I'm going to apologize to him for comparing him to this asshole." Naruto thought to himself before he took a deep breath to calm down. "Guess we'll have to deal with him the old fashion way. . ." He then decided.

"Yeah, but be careful Naruto." Iruka replied and advised while gripping his kunai.

While the blond would normally reply instantly with his normal eagerness and confidence, this time he nodded with a more serious manner as his gut was telling him to take this seriously. "Right." Naruto replied with a nod.

There was a brief moment of pause between the three shinobis. The two konoha chunin were ready for the right moment to attack, while the rogue shinobi merely waited for the two with his cocky grin still plastered on his face. Then. . .

WHOOSH!

Naruto channeled chakra through his legs and rushed forward, he quickly reached the rogue shinobi and went to deliver a strong charing punch.

However Mizuki merely leaned to the side and dodge the attack and then gave a quick downward elbow hit on the blonds exposed back. While it wasn't anything life threatening, it still had enough force to send crashing to the ground.

With a groan of pain escaping his lips, Naruto quickly recovered and gave a jumping uppercut to the enemy, but just like last time his attack was easily dodged. However unlike last time, the rogue shinobi did twirl kick at the airboan blond, sending him flying backwards.

WHOOSH!

Not missing his opportunity, Iruka appeared behind the rogue shinobi and got ready to thrust his kunai at his opponent's exposed back. However just as he was about to reached him, the rogue shinobi quickly turned around, pulled a kunai out and use it to block the attack

Then the Konoha shinobi quickly responded by delivering well placed punches and kicks from his left side, while still forcing his opponent to focus on his kunai.

This in turn caused the rogue shinobi to use his freed arm to block or dodge those attacks before he then thrusted the arm that still held the kunai with enough force to push back the scared shinobi. Once having both limps free again, the traitor rushed forward and delivered a barrage of punches and kicks, forcing the instructor to go to the defense.

BAM!

It was at the moment that Naruto crashed on the ground, but quickly pushed himself back up and charged towards the fight to help his surrogate brother. He quickly reached the enemy and tried to punch him on his exposed back.

Suddenly Mizuki's eyes changed into slits and all of his veins became pulsating. This caused him to smirk with delight as he simply leaned to his right side just enough for the punch to miss him. Then with one fluid motion, he used his right arm to grab the extended arm to hold him at bay while using his left hand to elbow hit the blond on his chest.

WHAM!

"Guh!" Naruto gasps out in pain while spitting some saliva.

Mizuki then pulled the blond forward and sent him straight towards the older chunin. This forced the chunin to catch his former student, however this left him exposed which was what the blue haired rogue wanted.

The rogue shinobi rushed forward and delivered a vicious straight punch towards the older chunin's face, causing him to let go of the blond, leaving him skid a few feet away. However he didn't stop there as he then delivered a series of fast and brutal punches, ending with an around house kick sending him flying backwards.

Meanwhile, the blond shinobi managed to get back up just in time to see this. "Iruka-sensei!" Naruto called out in shock and concern for his surrogate older brother.

WHOOSH! BAM!

Suddenly in a burst of speed that could match a certain spandex wearing youth, the rogue shinobi vanished in place, leaving the blond stun as he couldn't see him anymore. Only to seemingly reappear right in front of him and delivered a vicious right hook, which was so strong that sent him flying upwards.

The blond shinobi could feel his consciousness briefly leave him as he seemingly floated in the air. "Damn it. . .his on the same level as Lee. . ." Naruto could only manage to think to himself and tried to quickly think of a plan.

However this brief moment of thought ended when the rogue shinobi suddenly grabbed his hair, pulled him forwards and delivered a vicious kick to his stomach. The kick was so strong that it nearly caused him to vomit his lunch while sending him flying upwards.

But at that moment, the traitor suddenly rushed forward and gripped the blond's head with his hand. "!?" Naruto got out with widened eyes at how fast this happened.

"You're moving so slow!" Mizuki remarked in a cocky manner before throwing the blond chunin away like a bag of trash and slamming them a few meters away from him.

WHAM!

Straight towards the down chunin instructor with enough force to send the two flying backwards.

---

Back with the kunoichis. . .

BAM! DAM!

The sudden sound causes the kunoichi's to turn and their eyes widen as just a few feet away from them the two male chunin's lay on the ground.

"Naru/Naruto-kun! Iruka-Sensei!" The two heiresses called out with shocked

"Are you alright sensei!" Yami meanwhile asked with great concern.

"Bad bad!" Nina exclaimed in a panic while flapping her arms around.

The kunoichis were in great shock and concern as they never expected that the blond shinobi of all people would be left in such a state. Especially after everything they had been through they couldn't believe that he would have lost.

CRASH!

However they were forced to look away as the two Stupid Brother smached the ground they were just standing as they reengaged their battle.

Meanwhile, the two male chunins couldn't respond at first and they could still feel a lot of pain. Then after a few moments they managed to quickly shake off the pain as they got back to their feet, though with a bit shaking legs from all the damage they had received.

Then the rogue shinobi land just behind the stupid brothers as he leer down the two chunin. "Is that all you got. Hero of Konoha!?" Mizuki soon taunted while laughing maniacally.

Though the two chunin were very irritated by the taunts, they didn't make a single move. As they were now very concerned about the unusual display of strength and speed the rogue shinobi just displayed.

"This is getting ridiculous!" Naruto thought to himself with a frustrated tone. "Doesn't matter how long he trained in prison, he shouldn't be as strong or as fast as Bushy Brows!" He then added in his head.

"Don't make me laugh!" Mizuki declared, unaware that his of his now distorting voice along with his slits eyes were dilating, and with his pulsing veins, it made him look monstrous.

At the sight of this, the blond shinobi suddenly had a flash of realisation struck him for the only possible reason he could think of. ". . .Dammit, don't tell me. . .him too!? He took one of those pills too!" Naruto thought with a more urgent tone.

Mizuki couldn't help but continue laughing maniacally as he could still feel the lingering effects of pills. "I believe it's time to end this now." He soon declared with a crazed expression as he charged forward once more.

The two Konoha chunins quickly got back into their battle stances and got ready to re-engage the traitor in combat. But before the man could get halfway towards them. . .

BUMP!

"!?" Then suddenly finally felt something on his arm, forcing the rogue shinobi to stop his charge and skid until he stopped, much to the confusion for the two chunin.

The rogue shinobi turned his gaze to look and finally saw the changes in his body. His skin was gaining a slightly darker color and his veins were so visible that he thought they were about to burst.

"!?" Mizuki was briefly shocked by this and nearly shouted in fear, but then he recalled something the former snake Sannin had told him, which caused him to calm down. "Actually, I think I had enough fun for now." He suddenly declared as his tone returned to normal before slightly turning away from the two. "I need to get going now." He then added with a small smirk on his face.

Not surprisingly, the two surrogate brothers were left in a stun state as they were prepared to fight again, only for the rogue shinobi changed his mind in mid battle.

However the blond shinobi quickly recovered as he gained an annoyed and irritated expression. "Running away!? You coward!" Naruto loudly declared before jumping out of the way of another attack.

"We're not done Mizuki!" Iruka called out the traitor.

However, Mizuki completely ignored the shouts from the two surrogate brothers as he looked towards his teammates. "Fūjin, Raijin!" He called out.

The sudden call from their boss caused both brother's to stop their battles with the kunoichi's as they turned towards the last place their leader had been.

"Take care of them while I get the things I need. And I promise to give you all the food you can eat." Mizuki soon ordered before leaving via Shushin, instantly vanishing without a trace.

At first the two brothers blink a few times as they processed what their boss said, then they looked at each other and gained an eerie grin on their faces. "Ok~!" The stupid brothers replied before they turned to look at the enemy shinobis.

DOON!

Suddenly the Konoha shinobis shivered in fright as they felt a change in the atmosphere. This made their senses warn them that the two brothers were now deadly serious and were now out for the kill.

WHOOSH! BOOM!

Then the next instant, the two brothers rushed towards the kunoichis, creating a large crater in their place. After that, the kunoichis only had a fraction of a second to see the two brothers right on top of them. However with the help of Uchiha's Sharingan and kunoichi-samurai's impressive reaction time, the two managed to grab and push their teammates out of the way just in time. Then. . .

SMAAAAAAAAASH!

Everything in a twenty feet diameter, trees, boulders and the ground itself was completely obliterated by the two brother's mighty strength. After the dust settled, there was nothing but a massive crater with the two simply standing in the center.

Both of the male shinobi's were thankfully far away enough to escape the attack unscathe, but they were instantly filled with terror at the sight of the massive crater. "Girls!" Naruto shouted in shock and fear.

Then a few feet away on the top of the still standing trees, the kunoichis, although shaken up from the shockwave more so Nina as her eyes turned into swirls, they didn't have any visible injury.

"We're fine!" Satsuki called out but then her eyes widened when she saw the two brothers rushing towards them. "For now. . ." She quietly added

"Move move!" Nina exclaimed.

CRASH! SMASH! BOOM!

The two brothers then began their charge of destruction as they began to punch and smach everything in their path, trees were instantly broken in half, boulders were shattered into pieces and even the land itself was being terraformed by their mighty arms.

Meanwhile the kunoichis were forced to run in the opposite direction all the while the Stupid Brothers were laughing stupidly yet menacingly.

"We got to help them!" Naruto declared in rising anger.

"Of course!" Iruka replied nervously, while he would give his life for his former students, he couldn't help but feel nervous and fearful at charging at the two idiotic behemoths.

"Hold! On! You! Guy!" Satsuki grunted out while bobbing and weaving out of the way.

Soon, the four girls were able to regroup with each other as they continued running away from the Two Stupid Brothers.

The Hyuga having the same thoughts quickly continued. "You need to go after Mizuki!" Hinata eventually breathed out while gracefully dodgin the falling debri.

"But-!" Naruto started as he blocked a small debri from hitting his face.

"Sensei, you can not let such a dangerous rogue shinobi escape!" Yami interrupted as she used her katana to cut through the large debri that was about to hit them.

"We can beat them them!" Nina soon declared with strained confidence as she used her hovering abilities to dodged the attacks while the two small cubs were desperately running away.

Understandingly, the blond shinobi wasn't reassured by this in the slightest as a desperate need to rush out and helping them was overwhelming him. Then when he was about to do his signature hand seal. . .

"Naruto. . ." Iruka called out as he put a hand on his surrogate little brother, stopping him from casting his jutsu. "They're right. . .We can't let Mizuki escape. . ." He agreed with a remorseful tone.

". . ." Naruto grinded his teeth, he knew that he had to stop Mizuki at all cost, but he just couldn't let the girl fight two monsters comparable to the Fifth Hokage. Then before he could make his decision. . .

Suddenly, the two brothers stop theri rampage all of a sudden, much to the kunoichis great confusion and immense relief.

"Huh?" Raijin got out as he slightly crouched down and made a familiar hand seal. "Big brother, I can't move!' He soon exclaimed while grunting and struggling.

"Me neither!" Fūjin replied as he was in the exact same position as his younger brother.

"Eh?" Satsuki got out in confusion as she looked at the two before glancing down. "That-!?" She began with a grin before. . .

"How troublesome this is." A familiar laid back voice sighed out, interrupting the girl.

"Tell me about. . .You guys always seem to get into some kind of trouble." A kind hearted voice added.

"And this time it's really annoying. . ." The laid back voice then added while grunting out.

"Well they are father's students." A more mature male voice reminded. "Situations like these are a must in their case." He then added with an amused tone.

The baffled Konoha shinobis turned towards the source of the voices, there were three very familiar people feeling them with relief and happiness.

"Shikamaru! Chōji!" Satsuki exclaimed in unison.

"Haku-sensei!" Hinata meanwhile got out in shock and relief.

"Thank kami for reinforcements. . ." Naruto breathed out with immense relief.

"Naruto, lets go! They'll handle them." Iruka responded, however when he saw the concerned expression he frowned sadly. "I know you're worried, but you'll just have to trust them." He then added.

Then the small pug finally came out of where he was hiding and jumped on top of the blonds head. "They have a Nara and Haku. The lazy kid has the smarts and Kakashi has been seriously training Haku these past few months to where he's nearing Jonin level, so they'll be fine." He then revealed.

". . ." At first Naruto didn't reply, but they both knew that they had to chase the traitor and nodded. "Alright." He finally replied.

With that, the two chunin turned around and shushin towards the direction the rogue shinobi was last headed. Then when the kunoichi's saw the two finally heading out, they smiled that they did so and then frowned as they got ready for the restrained brothers.

"So, these are the Legendary Stupid Brothers. . ." Haku started as he examined the ensnared and trapped enemies. "Monstrous strength on par with the Sannin. . .however no form of intelligence in their heads. . ." He then stated as he recalled the info he read from the Bingo Book.

The kunoichis in turn frowned in unison as they wished they had known about that info, whether it would have made any difference or not, it would have been still nice to have beforehand.

"Yeah, but also they're sturdy as hell, almost nothing we did gave them even a scratch." Satsuki commented with an annoyed tone.

The Hyuga nodded at that evaluation. "And they have very sharp instincts as well, even if they didn't know the reason, they keep dodging anything that could potentially harm them." Hinata added with a more concerned tone.

"They also use those large aprison cuffs as makeshift shields to effortlessly block any attack that manages to reach them as well." Yami then concluded everything they had learned so far.

"Annoying annoying!" Nina however declared while flailing her arms in frustration, causing her to float in place. "Bakas bakas!" She then added while the two remaining members of the O-Trio let out annoying barking.

There was a brief moment of silence, as the reinforcement members, more so the two tacticians of the three, tried to quickly absorb and process the new information. Eventually, the Nara heir soon let out a breath, from both holding the brothers at bay and coming up with a plan as he then made a serious expression on his face.

"Alright, here's the plan. All of you girls go and support Naruto." Shikamaru soon struggled to make his decision as he kept his hold of the two brothers. "Meanwhile we'll hold these two as long as we can." He added.

"What!? Why!?" Satsuki exclaimed with a confused tone as she couldn't believe that they would try to deal with the two monstrous brothers.

"Don't you think you need as much help to deal with opponents with the strength comparable to Hokage-sama?" Yami then tried to reason.

While the swordswoman would like to go and support her sensei, she knew that even with all of them, it still wouldn't be enough to stop the two brothers. This without saying after the two nearly terraformed the entire area in a matter of seconds.

However the still struggling Nara could only let out a sigh. "Not to be rude, but your skills aren't really necessary or even useful against these guys." Shikamaru soon admitted.

The kunoichi's turn in unison and gain irritated and annoyed expressions. "Hey hey!" Nina exclaimed in an offended tone as she hovered in the air a bit.

Shikamaru let another sigh escape his lips, only this time because of typical troublesome woman tendencies. "Listen, even the three of us don't stand much of a chance against them either, but unlike you girls we have skills and abilities to hold them down or at the very least stop their movement." He soon explained with an aggravating tone. "That's why it would be better if you help Naruto's pursuit of Mizuki." He then added.

Though the kunoichi's were still slightly smittened and annoyed by that, they understood the Nara's train of thought and were forced to concede with his evaluation.

Finally it was the swordswoman who broke the silence as she could only let out a sigh. "Understood. . ." Yami replied as she resheated her beloved blade and turned towards her teammate. "Nina, we'll be providing assistance to sensei!" She then instructed.

The hovering kunoichi then landed back to the ground as she canceled her transformation, returning to normal. "Ok!" Nina declared while pumping a fist into the air while the tired bird chick landed on her head and weakly raised it to show it's support.

Hinata soon nodded as she looked at the reinforcement. "We'll leave this to you then." She replied as she then looked at the other girls. "Let's go!" She soon ordered as she shushin towards the traitor was last seen heading.

"Be careful you guys! Don't even try getting too close to them!" Satsuki called as she then disappeared as well

"Do try to do this properly. . ." Yami cooly remarked with narrow eyes before vanishing.

"Bye bye!" Nina childishly said while waving her hand as she and the O-Trio rushed towards the rest of the kunoichis via jumping from tree to tree.

The ice user sweatdropped while chuckling in an awkward manner. "She's never going to let that go, huh?" Haku couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"Umm. . .Did something happen between you and Yami?" Chōji asked with a confused tone.

Meanwhile, the Nara shinobi only had an annoyed expression. "Probably something troublesome." Shikamaru meanwhile remarked.

The ice user could only chuckle awkwardly before he took some senbon needles out. "Something like that. Now then. . ." Haku started with a serious tone while the Nara and Akimichi also quickly prepared themselves. "Shall we begin?" He questioned in a serious and icy tone with a cold mist starting to gather.

"ROAR!" The two Stupid Brothers shouted in unison as they finally broke free from their restraints and charged towards the three Konoha shinobis.

And thus, a new battle was about to begin. . .

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JG (JGResidentEvil)'s A/N: Heyo everyone! JGResientEvil here with fight2protect finally finished with the newest Uchiha Heiress Remix! FINALLY!

F2P (Fight2 Protect)'s A/N: Totally! Great to bring another chapter out after so long and just before Christmas too!

JG: As you can tell, it took us quite a while to finish this chapter. ^^"

F2P:Yeah. . .our bad. But man! It's been one long and annoying year! XD

JG: You can say that again. With everything going on in the world and how the two of us have been so busy, it has been hectic to say the least.

F2P: Well. . .us and everyone else in the world. . . ^^" But enough of that! We're here for escapism! XD

JG: So true and we'll try and go faster with chapter updates. Now then, let's start with Review Responses. Here's mine from RockLee123.

Well, it's what I think should happen to Orochimaru at the end since he will be abusing Edo Tensei and continue meddling with forces of nature so Shinigami himself should punish him for stealing souls from his realm and which should lead him to be tortured in the stomach of shinigami for eternity which will be a very fitting end. You can also say this was the cause of the death of Tobirama as he created this atrocious Jutsu and used it in his last battle which further causes his death, but since he was somewhat noble so he just lost his life.

In the end, this was just a passing thought which I thought would be a great idea but no matter what I already love this story and eagerly waiting for the next chapter.

Oooooh, what an interesting idea and would be a more appropriate punishment for the Snake Sannin then what happened to him in canon. We'll have to consider it. ;)

F2P: With our spin that is! But seriously, that sounds like a great idea! So hell yeah we'll definitely consider it! :D

JG: We encourage good and creative ideas like these from fans and we'll do what we can to credit the original source material if we do use them. So buck wild and come up with amazing ideas!

F2P:Now my turn! For my review is from, you know him, you love him and one of my favorite fanfic writers! Can I get a round of applause for Leaf Ranger! XD

So they are back, they recuperated, and now they're ready to take on missions and kick butt again...and we run into them dealing with Mizuki and the escaped prisoners. I wonder how things will be different this time around? Guess we'll see, won't we?

And Kiba has had his first real run in with the other side of tayuya. The side that either is a sadist...or just has a very unique way of showing her affection. Should definitely be interesting seeing what happens in the future in that front.

Meanwhile, we see a glimpse of where everyone else is at the moment, with Ino...well trying to recover, but seemingly not really if what her father thought was true. Hopefully someone will get through to her before she starts doing some...harmful stuff...

Anyways, good chapter, great work, can't wait for the next one!

F2P: Yup they all rest up and ready to go! But this time their in for a different opponent! Last time it was just plain strong but brainless monsters. Now the trio and co. are up against. . .well Stupid and insanly strong idiots! XD

JG: Oi, really now? ^^"

F2P: Ok, in all seriousness, this time, the trio are up against a strong and skillful opponent. Which completely contrasts the last arc and while we all hate the guy's guts, you all have to admit that in the filler he was WAY better than he used to be. So we decided to respect that development and use our flavor with villains that you all know and love!

JG: And to be clear, this is not going to go like the anime filler version of the arc. This like all the other arcs will show growth for characters in different ways. Some to be expected while others not expected at all. So be prepared for the unexpected!

F2P: Got that right! Now for the situation of Kiba. . .We enjoyed every moment of that part, sucks for him though! XD

JG: But this doesn't mean he's gonna be the butt of her jokes, it's basically just gonna be part of their dynamic between the two. What, you thought they would be a couple right away with how the two are? Ha! Yeah right!

F2P: Yes! Completely true it's like saying a cat and a dog will get along after the first meeting! (no pun intended) XD And their dynamic will only continue from what remains of the last arcs of the first season. . .probably. XD

JG: Even so, let's just say that when Tayuya goes blue eye mode. . .Kiba will be in for a bad time. XD (Megalovania greatly intensifies)

F2P: And finally for Ino's part. . .Yeah. . .That's going to be a thing. . .And we'll only say that like last time we said, EVERYTHING that happens in the fillers arc DO have a purpose. That's all you'll get from us. :I

JG: Well, we don't want to keep you here much longer, so it's gonna be time for us to go. Time waits for no man!

F2P: Hope you'll be doing alright in these uncertain times, staying safe with your family. And have a Merry Christmas/happy holidays! Hope you'll enjoy this present of a chapter and we'll see ya all faithful readers next year! :D

JG: Agreed! Here's to the end of 2020 and the oncoming 2021! Have a Happy Holidays and see you again next time!

F2P: And good riddance to 2020! Not one will miss you! XD

JG: Except for the good stuff you did bring. Later!

F2P: Peace out!