He had to admit, the Chunin were a bigger problem than he anticipated; as rash as they seem, the quick defeat of one of his teammates by his hand made them cautious of him, more careful. And they were defending themselves rather well.
That said, Naruto hadn't gone all out yet.
"The copy ninja isn't here to protect you asshole! Give up now and we might give you a quick and painless death."
Why people underestimate him so much Naruto would never know, is it something about the way he dresses? A perfectly normal day suddenly got weirder and weirder by the second, there's no telling what's going on in the village with the explosions he heard earlier and these people - whoever they are - were only holding him in place.
They were correct though, Kakashi had been sent out on an important mission outside the village alongside Asuma and Gai - rather overkill if he were honest - but the silver haired ninja trained the hell out of him to make sure he didn't need protection.
He was admittedly still very far from reaching his level, but for these guys? It'd be enough. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage and student of the Copy ninja and Gama Sennin of Konoha! Don't underestimate me!"
5 against one? Very unfair in his opinion, he'd have to do something about that. During his training Naruto had come across a very important detail. The Kage Bunshin is a very interesting jutsu, you can in theory put a lot of Chakra into the jutsu and spawn a lot of clones, he had proved the theory himself.
But what if one were to try and put a lot of Chakra into a few clones? Applying a lot of extra chakra in a clone when it was already created can be… disastrous explosive even, blowing yourself up was not something he was hoping to do again anytime soon.
He had figured a use for it though, and he was pretty excited about it, too bad Kakashi had burst his bubble telling him that "Jutsu" had already been discovered or invented, he still wasn't sure. It even has a name. Bunshin Daibakuha. So he tried again, this time willing as much chakra as he could while trying his best to not spawn too many clones. The result? 4 clones, very buffed clones.
It had been a very successful experiment at the time, clones that, while still fragile, could very well take a beating before going down, just what he needed. Naruto put both hands in the now familiar cross hand seal and spawned 4 very angry looking clones, each of them with their own set of electrified staffs. "There, that seems more fair."
A battle waits for no one. In the blink of an eye the clones sprung into action, each one of them kicking away one of his attackers and following right after them, leaving the original Naruto with the still unmoving leader of the Oto shinobi.
"I have to say I'm surprised Naruto-san, I'm a person that can respect another man's strength. This battle should prove to be…
enlightening." The man had only spoken to him once before this, and it wasn't anywhere near this respectful; something about his appearance screamed danger.
"The name's Gen'yumaru, be sure to remember that when I spill your blood in the name of Orochimaru-sama!" He has tousled neck-length white hair, a strong chin, and dark purple eyes - as well as some sort of mental disorder - Naruto couldn't help but ask himself why he always is the one to face the weirdos.
He realized then and there that this man was not to be underestimated, not that he wouldn't be demonstrating any time soon. Without speaking a single word, the sickly smile that had taken over his features receded, giving way to the calm facade that was addressing just a moment earlier, and then without even looking the least bothered he started going through a very fast set of hand seals as he breathed in massive amounts of air and chanted in his mind Ototon: Jigoku Himei no Jutsu!
Gen'yumaru released the air he had accumulated in the form of a chakra laced scream, sending powerful waves of sound that leveled everything in his path. With the Sharingan active Naruto quickly jumped away from the range of the attack but found himself surprised when the sonic scream started going after him.
Realizing he wouldn't be able to outrun the attack forever Naruto jumped away as far as he could and tossed his unified staff in the air, with his wind chakra flowing the staff started spinning very fast in front of Naruto who started going through a quick set of hand seals to complete his defense.
Futon: Bouseki Tate no Kaze!
The wind picked up around Naruto and started spinning rapidly in a circular motion, merging with his staff right in front of him and forming a shield around him. When the attack reached Naruto he managed to stop it from hitting him and even deflected it, making Gen'yumaru stop screaming and jump away so he wouldn't be caught by his own attack.
All this while smirking. "Well Naruto-san I didn't think you'd be able to defend against one of my best moves…it seems I'm going to have a lot fun ripping you to pieces!"
The Uzumaki decided not to wait a second longer and rushed his opponent the fastest he could, appearing right in front of him in a matter of seconds with a sphere of chakra already prepared in his hand; with as much strength as he could, Naruto placed the Rasengan right in his opponent's chest and sent him flying away towards the forest, that weird sonic attack had dealt enough damage to the cemetery already, he wouldn't allow any more disrespect to those who rest here.
'This will be a long night'
A squad of Jonin led by Shiranui Genma landed right in front of Hiashi, who felt a little relief as he watched the reinforcements arrive to the aid of the Hyuuga Compound by the dozens. "Genma correct? It is good to see you."
"What is the situation?" Asked Genma
Before answering Hiashi let out a tired sigh. "We're holding back as much as we can, the attackers don't have particularly good skills to speak of but what they lack in talent they make up with weapons, they're using explosives relentlessly against us, I have the main branch protecting us in the front lines but they're starting to get tired."
"Have all civilian Hyuga been evacuated yet?" Asked the Jounin.
"Yes, I tasked my eldest with evacuating the non-combatants and children of the clan, with the elderly following behind them. They used the underground passageways." Thankfully Hinata had been more than apt for the task and should be about to reach the bunkers built by the Hyuuga of the past, the locations of which are known only to them.
The only real issue they were still being faced with is the constant bombardment they're being subject to, he can't think of where they could be getting this much explosives; still, their Hakkesho Kaiten truly is a magnificent technique more than able to repel the constant blasts there is a reason why it is considered the ultimate defense of the clan, the downside is that its continuous use would take a toll on anyone, the head of the Hyuuga had placed his best soldiers with the knowledge of this technique at the front, defending against the onslaught of explosions to shield the compound and its inhabitants but they were starting to give.
Nodding his head in understanding Genma replied "I have a way to deal with them I just need to slip past them, from what I can see the bombers are gathered in a single place, anything else I should know?"
"Enemies have already infiltrated the compound, many of my shinobi are fighting hordes of enemies on the inside, that is the reason we haven't been able to properly deal with them, if this are truly Orochimaru's forces, then I fear the reason for the attack is my nephew." Using his Byakugan he could see that there is indeed fighting going on near Neji's resting place, currently the most secured part of the compound, he could very well recognize Neji's own family fighting to protect him. "Send a squad of your best men to aid in his protection, he's the reason behind this invasion, we must not let them win."
Genma immediately followed orders and sent a squad of Jonin to aid in the protection of Neji, after they left he nodded to Hiashi and disappeared in a Shunshin, positioning himself in a hidden spot just outside the compound but close enough to the bombers to take them down in a single move.
There's a reason why he's considered one of the best ninja in the village, stealth.
With his hands placed in a ram seal, Genma started gathering chakra around his face, letting it travel through his wind pipes with the utmost control posible, after he felt he was ready, Gemma spit his ever present senbon. Surprisingly enough though, it didn't fall to the ground.
The senbon powered by Genma's chakra floated right in front of his face, having made sure everything was set the Jounin took a deep breath and with a smirk on his face started whistling.
At the command of his tune, the Senbon started flying straight at the Oto Shinobi at an incredible high speed, the invaders were able to feel danger coming but didn't realize in what way the danger would get them, preparing themselves for the oncoming onslaught they all formed one big circle, eliminating the possibility of anyone getting pass them.
How incredibly wrong they were.
Genma was pleasantly surprised, it's not everyday that the enemy get themselves in the perfect position for him. With a final whistle that everyone could hear, the Senbon flew straight at the shinobi closest to him, positioning itself at his left ear… then it went in.
Time slowed down for the one next to him, he watched in slow motion as his comrade went still and his face went stale, then, just as quickly as it happened his eyes rolled back into his brain and he fell to the ground.
Dead.
It had been painfully slow in his eyes, and he knew it, he knew not one of them would survive this and it scared the shit out of him. Why were they even here? Why had they been sent to do this? Their leader, the person that was there to protect them did this, but why? Surely Orochimaru-sama would know things like this existed in the village, right? He must've known they wouldn't get out of here, but they were still here.
Looking down at his lifeless friend he started getting angry, who would take care of his son? His wife? His mother? Who would tell them what had happened here? Would they want revenge against Konoha? Time started flowing normal again which meant, it was his turn now. But it had been so… Bloodless.
Is that a good thing?
His thoughts were interrupted, all of their thoughts were. Genma landed inside their circle with Kunai held in a reverse grip in both hands, just in case, but they were not needed. Each and everyone of the people bombarding the compound fell to the ground, dead in a matter of seconds.
"Excellent work Genma." One of the Hyuga defending the state said, joining Genma alongside a few of his clansmen outside the compound, they had met before. Tokuma, a friend from the infiltration unit. "Now that we don't have to worry about stopping the bombs, we're able to eliminate the ones that managed to infiltrate us."
"That is excellent, we'll be leaving you to it then, the hospital has also been attacked, the ANBU and available Chunin forces are there fighting but they could probably use the reinforcements." Said Genma.
"Very well then," Answered Tokuma with a nod. "We'll finish up here and join you over there, these bastards will pay for what they're doing, I'll go inform Hiashi-sama right awa-"
"DIIEEEE!"
"What the f-"
"HIASHI-SAMA!"
Followed by the piercing war cry that interrupted their conversation Genma and Tomuma watched how Hiashi came flying through the still standing walls outside of the compound only to be stopped by a tree, one he hit with his back very hard.
Was that sickening crunch sound the tree or his spine?
"JUUGO WILL KILL YOU!"
His spine, definitely his spine.
"This is going to be your last chance to surrender you old bitch!" Yelled Ukon with a voice filled with disgust. Tsunade was proving to be hard to deal with, they haven't been able to put her down yet and even though they weren't going all out yet, they were perfectly aware that she wasn't either.
"Surrender? Why would I do that? All I see after all is a bunch of snot nosed brats with very little skills to speak of." She knew that was probably not the case considering who exactly they worked for, she knew Orochimaru wouldn't send some push overs after her, especially not after what she put him through.
Still, Tsunade had been working on getting back into shape or as good of a shape as possible ever since she was instated as Hokage, she hadn't had that much time to do it but it had been enough for Jiraiya to help her out some. If only she hadn't sent Jiraiya and Kakashi out on those assignments.
Either way, her skills were coming back slowly and even some knew tricks on her sleeves.
Jirobo and Kidomaru attacked her, the bigger of the two jumped towards her faster than someone of his size should be able to and fell towards her with an extended fist, it was bound to hurt. She skidded back and avoided the impact, watching as he made a crater on the floor.
Kidomaru went right after, making sure not to leave her any time to adjust herself or counter their attacks, he shot an arrow made out of a golden substance that he secreted from the pores in his skin and shot at her with a bow made of that same liquid.
She knelt down to the ground to avoid the arrow and watched as it tore through the wall of her office. 'A kekkei genkai, where does Orochimaru even find these people? I cannot fight them here, we'll end up destroying the tower.'
She smirked at them from her position and burst in a cloud of smoke, leaving in her place a bench she had used to substitute herself. From the window of her office the sound 4 watched as Tsunade stood in a little park right outside the tower and motioned for them to follow her.
The Godaime Hokage started running away from the tower; she knew she could beat them but had to be smart about it, if they fought in any of the forests just outside the village they would have a terrain advantage, but there were a lot of training grounds in Konoha, and most of them were open fields.
She ran to the first one she could think of and smirked as she reached a little bridge with a sign hanging from a pole.
Training ground 7 aka Kakashi's torture spot.
"You can't run away from us!"
Tsunade was starting to get annoyed by the girl's foul mouth, someone needed to teach her some manners and she would be the one. "Whoever said I'm running away from you? I just didn't want to destroy my office, I have a fancy bottle of sake there and I don't plan on breaking it."
Sakon, the leader of the group had been awfully quiet ever since they began chase and it was only then he realized she had decided to leave them to this place, they were standing in an open field in the middle of a forest, with a river running right beside, it presented no significant field advantage for either of them, at least that's what he thought.
"People think that just because I'm a medic I don't really know any offensive jutsu and I'll admit, I rarely used jutsu that wasn't meant for healing back in the day but ever since I got back I've been studying a bit, after all…" She started going through a very quick set of 6 hand seals that ended in the bird seal, surprising the sound shinobi. "The Godaime Hokage can't go around without a few Jutsu to her name!"
Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!
The river behind her started going wild and released a powerful roar. Smirking, Tsunade stood with her hands still holding a bird seal which she used to command the giant water dragon that emerged behind her.
When coming to the village to enact this little invasion the Sound Four knew they arguably had the hardest job out there. Despite their bravado they knew fighting a Kage couldn't be easy and then they managed to impale her in multiple spots fairly quickly, they thought themselves better; for a moment they allowed themselves to think it was easy.
It had been shut off so quickly, and now here they stand, watching as that enormous dragon moved deceptively fast in their direction. They knew they'd be surviving the attack, hell, even in their seemingly shared thoughts they had already started to dodge the attack in their respective ways, it'll still hurt though.
All 4 of them were considered the elite in Orochimaru's forces, the only one above them being Kabuto, the man's right hand. That's if you didn't consider Kimimaro of course, but he could barely even move nowadays. With that thought in mind, it killed them to see Tsunade in such a state of mind.
With not the slightest hint of doubt in her visage, it's like she already knows the outcome of their encounter, like she has absolutely no doubt that she's more than able to kill all 4 of them. Did Orochimaru-sama know of this fact before sending them all here?
The dragon hit its objectives, partially. The bigger of them had created a dome of rock he used to protect himself and his foul-mouthed teammate, it couldn't withstand the full force of the blast and broke down, sending them both crashing into a tree trunk but mostly unharmed.
The two headed shinobi jumped away as fast as he could, trying to make his way into the top a tree, While fast his attempt at evading lacked speed to outrun the water beast, he was caught by the force of the impact and had a very rough landing in one of the tree's branches.
'That's going to fucking hurt' Kidomaru, the one with 6 arms thought, he had a rather curious ability, he was able to produce a web-like fluid that hardened at will and was highly infused with chakra. It's a remarkably strong material and was actually able to withstand the impact, protecting him from any significant damage. He was still sent flying away of course but it wasn't that bad.
Tsunade never lost the smirk adorning her face, something that didn't go unnoticed by her wannabe assassins. "I'm giving you your one and only chance to get the hell out of my village and never come back here."
Kami knows they wished they could take her offer, but it'd be way worse for them if they returned to Orochimaru with their tails between their legs, this woman though, she's playing with them, toying with her minds. "This is the day you die, Senju!" Offered Sakon, trying to motivate his teammates, not that he himself believed it.
"I was hoping you'd say that…" The air around them became heavy and they knew they were done for. It's very common practice for Shinobi to constantly suppress their chakra signature, especially as they grow older and their chakra pool grows more and more, for someone with the expertise and control Tsunade has, hiding her presence was extremely easy, so much so that she could pass as a civilian with little to no effort on her part.
For her it's second nature, something she's been doing for so long now that she doesn't even have to do it anymore, it just happens, that however limits her abilities, making access to her chakra trickier and harder. On a normal day it wouldn't be an issue, but this was far from a normal day and she knows it.
She's truly worthy of her title as a legendary shinobi if the sheer potency of her chakra is to be believed. The thing that stuck out for them the most is how different it felt from Orochimaru's, her chakra doesn't feel vile, it doesn't have that corrosive feel to it that makes you wanna vomit and kill yourself whenever you feel it only to get away as soon as possible. It's warm, it speaks of protection, but it isn't dangerous and they know it, that's what gives them such a feeling.
Fear.
Only one man before this encounter had managed to make them experience true fear, they hate it. Knowing there's an incredibly high chance that you won't come out of a fight victorious really takes a toll on your mind, these 4 shinobi being a prime example of it.
Tsunade hates waiting around, ever since she came back she's been having this urge to do better, to improve, to advance and if it meant fighting with all her might, she would. These 4 shinobi, as young as they are, currently stand against what her ancestors fought so hard to build and she won't neglect it anymore.
It's a pity really, to have been brainwashed and enslaved to this extent by one of if not the biggest psychopath in the world is truly sad to see, she hates blood; she's no longer afraid of it and especially not afraid of spilling it but hates having to do it.
It doesn't matter, she will do what must be done.
"You won't leave this place alive!" She yelled from the top of her lungs and didn't stay still any longer, she had a very clear strategy in mind already after all.
The girl hadn't done much against her so far in the exchange of blows she already had with the invaders and lacks the appearance of a close range fighter, so Tsunade had a good idea of what she could do. 'Either a medic or Genjutsu'
She started running at them with no clear target in her face, it wouldn't be wise of her to telegraph her moves. As soon as she reached half of the way she used a seal-less shunshin and disappeared in a swirl of leaves, re emerging mid-air behind Tayuya, an axe kick already in progress.
"ARGH!"
The girl of the team was hit on the back of the neck and was forced into the ground by the sheer strength of the Hokage, her body digging itself a few meters into the ground. But she wasn't done, not wanting to lose her momentum the woman used the ground she landed into right after the kick to spring herself into another jump, her fist already directed at her next target.
Jirobo realized rather quickly he was the next objective of the deceptively fast woman as soon as he saw her jump again, it was too bad he isn't as fast as her; he managed to bring up his arms but it did little to protect him. On impact he could feel the bones in his arms shattering into pieces as he was sent flying away from her and through a vast amount of trees.
Sakon and Kidomaru instantly activated their curse seals and went into level 2, they knew they would be needing it simply by watching Tsunade handle two of their teams with very little effort, they better be standing up again soon, it would be needed.
"So Orochimaru gave you one of those too huh? I guess it was to be expected." She said putting her focus back on them, earlier the spider looking guy had displayed some of his abilities and while not near enough, she can at least more or less figure out what he can do.
It's they're apparent leader that still remains a mystery, the only thing she knows so far is that he has two heads, could they be siamese twins? "You are the leader of this little team are you not?" She asked, looking at Sakon. "If you tell me who's feeding Orochimaru with information about the village's operations I might let you walk out alive."
A futile attempt at negotiating of course, she knew the outcome before even asking but it can't hurt to try, right? The Hokage watched attentively as their denial came along with the changes one experiences as they activate a curse mark; however disgusting they may be, they're also quite enlightening, giving useful information to those whose goal is to kill them.
Kidomaru quickly made a rough looking bow out of his body's secretion and shot a round of arrows formed of that same substance at her. The curse ran through his veins, strengthening his chakra, forcing her to evade the faster and deadlier attacks produced by his arrows.
As she jumped around to avoid the onslaught of attacks she realized Kidomaru had gone into hiding, leaving only the 'two headed freak' still standing on the same spot. The raining arrows didn't stop and came from many different directions, a very good maneuver when the objective is to throw off your opponent.
Following the trajectory of the projectiles she realized the enemy wanted to lead her deeper into the forest surrounding the training ground where they stood, a little closer to the place she had sent the bigger of the four with that devastating punch.
Do people get a kick out of making her days harder?
"It seems we keep on working together, Shino."
"Indeed Sakura-san, I do not think it's a bad thing however; you've proven yourself to be a capable shinobi." Said Shino as he sidestepped to avoid a kunai flying in his directions. "I would still prefer it if our working together didn't involve being attacked in our own village."
Sakura had been sound asleep when the sound of explosions started being heard all around the village. Without so much as a second thought she stood up and dressed into her clothes with her chunin vest unzipped on top.
She left her room and grabbed both of her parents, upon leaving their house she met with a squad of Genin escorting civilians and sent her parents away with them as she readied to defend her home. Jumping to the rooftops she saw a hawk that the shinobi in the village recognized as a summon, she followed its directions and found herself being debriefed by an Anbu.
Not much was said in the short briefing other than Otogakure using the cover of the night to launch a second invasion. She was tasked with defending the hospital alongside some of her comrades and that's exactly what she set on doing, meeting with Shino upon arrival.
"Is this a good time to compare notes, Shino?" She asked right after finishing off one of the invaders and watching all current attackers in the hospital being dealt with.
"I was sent here by captain Tora to aid in defending the hospital, it would seem Orochimaru decided to send his forces once again, the only targets I'm aware of are the hospital, the Hyuuga estate and Hokage-sama herself." Explained Shino logically, the information mostly matching what Sakura had received from the Anbu that briefed her.
"I didn't know the Hokage had also been attacked, but I guess it would make sense, have you seen Shikamaru and Naruto?" In the hospital were many of the Chunin and Jounin still present in the village and she knew that the others were most likely aiding in defending the target clan, but she still hadn't even heard of them.
"Shikamaru-san and some other Chunin are leading the Genin squads tasked with evacuating civilians, he actually took Kiba with him to help in tracking possible victims. I haven't seen Naruto-san." It made her a little worried, he had most likely been sent to fight alongside the Hyuuga so there was no real reason for her to worry.
She watched as a few ANBU squads led by captain Tora landed in front of the hospital right before the street exploded in giant clouds of smoke that carried with them three giant snakes. The Chunin and few Jonin present all exchanged decided looks as they prepared and watched wood erupting from the ground and getting tied around one of the giant creatures giving them all space to continue on their counter attack.
Sakura jumped into action and joined her comrades knowing she couldn't leave to search for her dearest friend just yet.
'Be careful Naruto-kun'
"AGH"
Naruto crashed into a tree with a very loud crack of his back, he was really thankful for his Uzumaki endurance at the moment, even more so his healing factor, it's definitely coming in handy with how much damage his ears are taking.
His battle with the bipolar loud ninja had been evenly matched up until this point, the reinforced clones Naruto had sent to take care of the rest of the squad sent to kill him had finished their job rather easily and even had time to dispose of the bodies.
One of them had even decided to join him in his fight, a gesture he appreciated - as much as one can appreciate something made for you by a literal clone of you, then again that might just be self-care - though it didn't really work for long, for as strong as it was it didn't stop being a clone, being sent crashing into a few trees was all it took.
Then again, with the use of the sharingan, Futon jutsu and his staffs he had been able to fight a fair battle, so far. He tried to use Raiton to win an edge in battle but whatever weird ability this man had to be able to scream like that was definitely wind based, disabling his Raiton jutsu quite easily.
Still, he managed to get close more than once and exchanged blows with Gen'yumaru, the man is no pushover when it comes to fighting however, the immense training he went through with Gai proved to be the key to besting him in battle; at this point being well versed in combining the use of his staffs with the Uzumaki taijutsu.
But the man had tricks of his own too, one he was now rather familiar with. Kami knows he really hates Orochimaru for ever creating the atrocity that is the Curse Mark and for apparently giving it to every single person he met, Naruto knew the moment he saw the mark that should he tap into it there was little chance he would manage to overcome him, so he had to stop him from using it.
The young Uzumaki once again ran towards his opponent at incredible speeds for one so young, the weights given to him by Maito Gai had been released long ago by now. He jumped incredibly high in the air and came crashing down at his opponent. His attack had been countered but he wouldn't be relenting anytime soon, displaying incredible skill with the now joint staff given to him by his late grandfather his onslaught continued.
The weapon had been electrified, Naruto started a dance of attacks that was incredibly fast yet calculated making great use of the Sharingan he was able to avoid all attempts at counter attacking, his face became incredibly stoic as he concentrated on attacking his opponent.
Gen'yumaru for his credit is an incredibly skilled fighter, he could block most of the blows and pokes Naruto made with the staff and actually started fighting back, but the red eye with two tomoe of his opponent proved to be an incredibly difficult tool to overcome.
The sound shinobi dropped to the ground and attempted to swipe Naruto off his feet only for him to do a slight jump and use his right foot to stomp on the still extended leg of the attacker and then kicking him hard in the stomach with enough force to send him flying through a few trees.
"I'M TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR STUPID STICK YOU IMBECILE!" Vile chakra started swirling around him violently picking up grass and dirt from the ground. The Uzumaki tried to stop him from fully tapping into its power but he greatly underestimated how fast he could get when using its power.
He ran towards him as he split the Staff back into its former divided state and tried to use fast and what he thought were unpredictable strikes. Gen'yumaru reacted way too fast and grabbed both from him, using them both to counterattack and hit Naruto in the head repeatedly.
As much as he tried, only some of the attacks were being parried or blocked as he became increasingly more violent and unhinged. He had thought the curse mark entailed black markings growing and expanding through the recipient's body and he was right of course, what he hadn't anticipated is the way Gen'yumaru's body now is growing, gaining horns and other weird bumps around him.
It even changed colors, he definitely wouldn't be that much into orange after this.
Each blow he received from his favorite weapon now turned against him became faster and stronger forcing him to backtrack and take massive blows, his face now looking more and more beaten and bloody. But that isn't near enough, as the enraged maniac incorporated different tactics into his attacks, mixing kicks and headbutss in between his attacks.
His form and discipline now virtually non-existent, if he wasn't so damn fast Naruto would've pummeled him to the ground already.
Funnily enough though, Naruto started feeling as if his attacks weren't as fast all the time, some looking slower and more telegraphed in a way that's easily dodged but judging by his enemy's appearance it didn't look at all like he started slowing down…
"Say Nii-san… How did you get the third tomoe in your sharingan eye?" He asked with a pensive look, catching Kakashi a bit off-guard. It's not like Naruto never asks questions on his training sessions but he tends to only speak of the Sharingan when that's what they're actually training.
"Why do you ask that?"
"I was going through Sasuke's things with Sakura-chan a few days ago and I found some scrolls on the Sharingan and its techniques… It says that it only is fully realized when the third tomoe appears but it doesn't say how to do it, is it supposed to only reach three tomoe for some or does it like already show up with as many tomoe as it'll ever get?"
He was eventually going to explain that to Naruto of course but he was curious enough already so why not take the time to explain now. "Very impressive Naruto, you're not as dumb as you look-
"HEY!"
"But to answer your question," He said switching into a serious tone, signaling to Naruto that the joking was over. "Like yours my sharingan only had two tomoe when it was given to me so it is possible to make it reach the third eventually."
"How did you do it?"
"I was forced to get it in a moment of great stress and danger. I believe it should be possible to reach this state through training alone but I was never actually able to do it, hopefully you will."
"JUST DIE ALREADY!"
Laughing maniacally Gen'yumaru used both of Naruto's weapons and hit him in the stomach with enough force to make him skid on the ground all while he remained looking down. In his maniacal state the sound shinobi tried to put both parts back together but failed miserably - clearly unable to understand the seals engraved on them and how they worked - which caused him to throw them away as he grew blades from his arms.
The staffs were thrown so hard that one of them actually pierced through a big rock that laid there and the other went completely out of view but the loss of them did not deter Naruto in the slightest. Naruto faced up again only this time with his eyes closed, he brought his arm up and removed most of the blood much to the amusement of the bipolar shinobi.
"You're one persistent young man, it's a pity I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU!" He said taking in a deep breath that filled his expanding lungs and then released it in the form of a ear-piercing scream that made waves of sound destroy everything in its wake, with the power given to him by Orochimaru's curse mark he was able to obliterate the general direction where Naruto stood, only to leave behind a crater dozens of meters long.
Instead of finding a gory scene like he expected as soon as the dust settled, he found that his desired target was nowhere to be found, he looked around for a few seconds until on top of one the nearby trees he could hear someone taking in a deep breath. Looking up he found Naruto, eyes still closed releasing the air he took in and then passing his thumb through one of his open wounds and smearing it on the palm of his hand.
He then went through a quick set of hand seals and knelt down placing his hand on the tree branch. "Kuchiyose: Eiji!"
A cloud of white chakra smoke exploded on the tree branch making Gen'yumaru annoyed which caused him to destroy the whole tree with another one of his powerful screams but found that his target was once again nowhere to be found; this time however an unfamiliar and young sounding voice - more than Naruto's - caught his attention from behind.
"Is it poker night already?... Oh dude! you look like shit, what happened to you?" The young monkey was finally able to focus and realized that Naruto's battered appearance was accompanied by a disgusting looking monster and destruction all around; a normal being would've been weary of the sight but he… he got excited to finally be able to bust out those moves he practiced with his summoner.
"Man Gamakichi is going to be so jealous when he hears of this." Said Eiji smirking and jumping to his shoulders.
Naruto normally loves to joke around with his friend summons, but this bastard had managed to make him angry. Only then did he open his eyes and reveal a spinning sharingan with three tomoe and a blue eye taking in a slightly purple hue. "Eiji transform!"
The little monkey nodded and jumped up, transforming into a black staff with golden ends and a visibly sturdier appearance. He catched Eiji as he fell with one arm and looked at his opponent.
"We're going to kick your ass!"
'I'm surrounded here and I've long since lost track of the other two… when did I get this rusty? I shouldn't have ignored Shizune all those times she pestered me about honing my skills'
The arrows following her every move suddenly stopped and so did the Hokage, standing in the middle of a small clearing in the forests around Konoha, she couldn't help but wonder if her grandfather was the one who decided such perfect ambush spots to be placed in it or if it was just nature being cruel.
Either way, she wasn't really worried.
"I have to give it to you, it's been a while since I've been last put in a situation such as this…" Not really true considering how much of a beating she took fighting Orochimaru and Kabuto not so long ago but still. "But it's time to end this."
"Your overconfidence is your weakness!"
Sakon yelled as he emerged from the forest and engaged the Hokage in a one to one fist fight… It seemed like a terrible choice and she knew it very well, so there must be a reason he decided to be so straightforward. The curse mark definitely did wonders for the recipient's strength and speed and although not nearly enough to hurt someone of her caliber it did take a bit of concentration out of her, almost enough not to notice.
'Where is his other head?!'
One of her powered up fists was just about to make contact with Sakon's face and completely demolish it but was stopped along with a maniacal laugh. "You're doomed old hag, I've taken control of your body!" Ukon's head started growing out her right arm as he spoke and laughed, which was met with a face full of shock and disgust from the Hokage.
"Don't waste any time Kidomaru!" Yelled Sakon, watching as the powerful woman struggled to take back control. "Kill her now!"
Not needing to be told twice, the traps he set up all around the clearing activated instantly, shooting off a barrage of arrows from multiple directions all directed at the still struggling Hokage. Their Kekkei Genkai allowed the sibling duo to jump from host to host and not take any of the damage done to its body so there wasn't a slight hint of worry in Kidomaru that he would hurt him with his attack.
So why did Ukon look so worried all of a sudden?
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH!"
A powerful chakra burst exploded out of Tsunade and with it Ukon's body was also expelled. The Hokage quickly grabbed him by the throat before his body flew away from the sheer force of her chakra and maneuvered herself outside the trajectory of most arrows coming her way without letting go of him.
They had really gone all out with their attempt to kill her and it showed. Hundreds and hundreds of gold arrows continued flying at her and she was forced to jump, duck and sidestep all of them, a few managed to cut her open and pierce her leg but she avoided all but the last of the projectiles.
She used a human shield for that one.
Time slowed down as he neared his end, it was disturbing, he kept on looking around and everything stood still; like a curse, being able to watch a million ways you could get out of trouble but finding yourself incapable of acting on them. The Sannin's grip proved to be as strong as legends say.
During the whole attack she had managed to sneak in a few punches and stomps his way, making sure he was always just hurt enough to not be able to resist, now he knew her purpose as he felt his body slowly turn to face at the last and bigger looking arrow.
'Fuck'
"BROTHER!"
Blood… So much blood, she hates it and hates even more the fact that she was the one to spill it 'I do what must be done, I do what must be done, I do what must be done' Yes of course, to protect her home and make sure Konoha would live through another day she will always do what must be done.
The body dropped unceremoniously on the ground, Sakon watched in horror. His dear brother just layed there, blood gushing out of a hole in the middle of his face. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS! DO YOU HEAR ME? I WILL END YOU, I'LL MAKE SURE YOUR PRECIOUS VILLAGE BURNS TO THE G-"
"You won't do anything" She said, turning around to look at him paralyzing him, a jutsu they had only seen their master use with such mastery before.
Tsunade grew tired of this turn of events so much so that she made sure to end it now, there would be no information gained from fighting these bastards, that much is clear. Her hand grabbed his throat with immense strength, a lot more than she had shown so far.
Her thumb let go of her grasp and quickly made its way to Sakon's chin. He was forced to look directly into her eyes as it all happened, it truly baffled him how such beautiful hazelnut colored eyes could give such a cold and emotionless stare.
"Be gone"
*CRACK*
Yet another body was dropped to the ground, both siblings laying next to each other in their now eternal slumber. Tsunade never realized how deeply ingrained their predecessors' ideals of peace were in her mind up until this moment, despising what she had been forced to do and would keep on doing.
Perhaps she knew it before.
This isn't the first time she's killed someone in cold blood, but it's been so long since then… the war all those years ago. She almost wanted to stop, to offer the remaining members of her squad of assassins the chance to run away, she could even see her grandfather's gentle smile and hear Hiruzen's kind words in her head.
She really wanted to listen to them, do what they did, be the kind leader they were; but she isn't anywhere near as naive as them, she's seen the horrors of this world, experienced losses no one should have to go through, and all for what? So her village would stand strong but forgiving? For her village to be completely disrespected time and time again and yet offer no retaliation?
The same village that produced the greatest traitor and one of the most dangerous men alive, that village that had a hidden division of shinobi created with the sole purpose of undermining its Kage's authority while those who know did absolutely nothing about it.
"It's been a while since I had to fight to the death," She said, turning around and staring at the spider like shinobi who stood motionless in the tree. "I didn't think my comeback to active duty would be like this."
"STOP PATRONIZING US YOU STUPID BITCH!" Out of the bushes, battered and broken with blood covering her hair came out Tayuya, recovered from what should have been a fatal blow to the head and now already on the second phase of her curse mark transformation.
Not waiting for Tsunade to answer, she put her flute in her mouth and started playing a weird melody, definitely not something she would call ugly but definitely unconventional, the Hokage found herself confused, she's never been one to underestimate an opponent - sort of - but didn't see how playing the flute would cause any sort of dam-
CRASH
The ground shook violently as the Hokage lept away purely on instinct, looking back at where she stood she found two giant golem-like creatures that seemingly materialized out of thin air. 'Genjutsu?' But it couldn't be could it? Dispelling it wasn't working and the damage it caused to the ground seemed to be very much real 'It has to be some sort of summoning, where do you find these guys Orochimaru?!'l.
The tune of the flute changed into a more aggressive melody, prompting the two golems to start running in her direction, behind them the corrupted form of the one called Jirobo with rage plastered in what became of his face also reemerged to make his move. 'Oh fuck me!'
The situation kept on getting more and more arduous with each second that passed, reminding her of the great mistake she had made by not finishing them off one by one when she had the chance. 'I really am rusty aren't I? Jiraiya wouldn't ever stop mocking me if he found out I had to resort to this against this punks, good thing no one will be able to tell him'.
Jirobo - angry as he was - reached Tsunade first. "YOU DIE NOW!"
The sheer force of the fist he threw at her was enough to kick the wind off all around him, raising clouds of dust all around the two as it impacted with her, no one would be able to take a hit from a curse seal powered Jirobo, the strongest of the sound four.
"You all have pushed me very far tonight-"
'W-What? How can this be?' He thought, as the voice of the woman who should be laying dead broke through the silence that engulfed the forest after the impact of his attack.
"It's embarrassing that I had to resort to this against the likes of you," the dust around them cleared and it revealed a sight that had Jirobo trembling in place, his fist impacted the open palm of the Hokage who's diamond exploded in pink from her forehead and created markings that slowly but surely extended all over his body. "I've had enough of this!".
She closed her hand, breaking the much bigger fist in a million pieces causing Jirobo to scream in agony. He slumped towards her as he felt a strong pull and was caught by the throat, being forced to stare at ice cold hazelnut eyes. Without uttering a single word, she snapped his neck using only her thumb, turning his head a full 180 degrees before dropping to the ground.
The melody didn't stop, only getting more intense and prompting the golems to become faster and even more aggressive; she took in a deep breath and started going through a quick set of handseals before releasing an incredibly fast water stream that sliced through the golems and kept going through trees and rocks until it reached the hand of the musician… and cut it off.
Suiton: Suidanha!
AAGH!
Tayuya's transformation dropped as she slumped to the ground desperately trying to stop the bleeding mess where her hand once stood, she looked up and found Tsunade walking towards her with a murderous look on her face; she picked up her flute and tried but failed to make a sound that even resembled a melody with a missing limb.
How could this be happening? How could someone be able to best the elite of Orochimaru's forces? Did Orochimaru know they wouldn't be able to beat her? Were they deliberately sent to die?
In an instant, the thoughts invading her mind settled, Tsunade didn't rejoice in the act of senseless killing, so she tried to end things as quick as possible, the reason why she snapped the neck of two of them and instantly stopped the heart of Tayuya with a perfectly placed kick to the chest, something only a doctor of her caliber would be able to accomplish.
"It seems it's only you again…"
How? Why?
"There's no saving you now, I think you know that…"
How could she end them all so fast? It happened in minutes but watching it felt like hours. What is she?
"Will you tell me what I asked? Will you tell me why Orochimaru sent you here?"
Her voice, where is she? Why can't he see her anymore? Where did she go?
"Will you tell me how Orochimaru knew we would be vulnerable tonight?"
'H-How did she get h-here?' He asked himself from the trunk of the tree in which he stood, terrified to turn around and face the voice that seemed eerily close to him. "I-I uh, i-it's the Hyuuga"
"You don't know, do you?" He was forced to turn around and face her directly in the eyes, the strange seal she had released going back into her forehead. "He sent you here, to cause all this destruction, all this death and you truly believe all he wanted was Hyuuga Neji… I can almost pity you, Orochimaru sees you as nothing but pawns."
She gave him no time for a reply, choosing instead to knock him out and keep him alive for interrogation if there even is anything to get out of him… She dropped to the ground and used some wire she found amidst their things to tie him around a tree trunk, she then used a small jutsu to let active Anbu members know a cleanup was needed at her location.
She walked back towards the village and saw flocks of her shinobi running towards the hospital, the sound of explosions and fighting no longer present; sighing in relief she started making her way to the hospital.
"I really need a drink."
Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
The clearing suddenly filled with countless copies of Naruto; not a single branch from a tree was spared of at least a couple of clones standing there. A bloodied blonde teenager hanging upside down from a tree looking at you with a fully matured sharingan carrying a staff with eyes is definitely considered a 'sight to see'.
"Just like we practiced Eiji!" On command the horde of Narutos' jumped down towards his enemy and began an onslaught of vicious attacks. Using the legendary form of the multiplied monkey summon to inflict heavy damage on the body of the cursed shinobi. "You took the 'punching stick' thing way too literally, Naruto!" Yelled one of the many monkeys, not sounding as annoyed as his comment would make it out to be.
The sounds of dispelling clones, chakra laced screams and metal rods hitting on flesh filled his ears but the real Naruto didn't engage. He stayed put, he waited for the perfect moment; he exercised patience.
—
"You are way too much like your mother Naruto-kun, always quick on anger, prone to frustration and highly impatient." The 'rather unbecoming of a shinobi' went unsaid, or at least he felt like it did.
"Talking down on both me and my mom doesn't feel helpful, old man!"
"Do you see what I mean? quick on anger," He said, chuckling and taking a seat besides the troubled young man. "Though sometimes uncalled for those things are not necessarily undesirable traits, as long as you are smart enough to not let them control you; Kushina stumbled and fell many times trying to learn the same things you are learning now she also got stuck and felt like a failure to the clan."
"Wasn't my mom one of the best seal masters the village has ever seen?"
"That she was," A longing smile adorned his face as he stared at the horizon, whenever he came this high up he felt closer to those that left way too early. "she was also human and much like you escaped from her lessons whenever she became frustrated and insecure, though Mito-sama was the one to deal with her outbursts." He said, chuckling.
"Always remember that things are not black and white, use your frustrations and your anger to better yourself, I know it's hard for someone with an endless supply of energy like you but you have to learn sooner or later that there will be times in which acting fast and careless will be good enough but more often than not only by being patient will you find the answers you're looking for. Your mother's frustrations led to the invention of seals still widely used around the village, I can't help but wonder… what will you come up with?
—
Naruto focused all of his attention on the fight going on in front of him, he knew when casting the jutsu that clones wouldn't be capable of defeating his opponent but they didn't have to. The jutsu's main purpose had always been gathering information, and that is exactly what they did. Without even intending to do so he had managed to create one of the best methods of studying opponents by combining the memory transfer from the Kage Bunshin, his innate sensor traits and the analytical capabilities of the Sharingan, especially those of a fully matured three tomoe one.
Each clone dispelled taught him something new, how long did he need before being able to use his devastating screaming jutsu, what was his body resistance with this new form of his, what kind of attacks work on him. Does he lose more chakra the more that he fights?
"It's time to make our move, Eiji."
"You filthy rats get AWAY FROM ME!" His scream dispelled the last of Naruto's batch of clones leaving Gen'yumaru alone in the center of the clearing, noticing the absence of the real deal. He stayed put for a moment and then tossed a kunai at a devastating speed to the top of one of the trees in the vicinity; seconds later Naruto landed in front of him with the kunai in between his fingers. "That thing of yours also gives you sensor abilities? Just what exactly did Orochimaru pump into y'all?"
Naruto threw the Kunai back at him and watched with both amazement and disgust at the way his face - if it can even still be called that - twisted and stretched itself with every gesture the transformed shinobi made; the worst part is he didn't even try to catch or deflect the kunai, he let it hit his forehead with a sick grin plastered in his face.
It didn't even scratch him.
"I must commend you Naruto-kun, you've lasted more than most shinobi I've faced before but at some point you have to recognize your attempts are futile, an insignificant worm such as yourself has no chance of ever defeating SOMEONE LIKE ME!" At some point - Naruto had noticed - the man had completely forgone the notion of even preparing for his jutsu, no seals were necessary anymore; his augmented state now allowed him to quick-start it without so much as taking a breath.
But there was an interval, when hundreds of Narutos' fought him he would never scream without at least waiting eight seconds between every cast of his jutsu, it could very well be hours in the world of shinobis.
Eight
The young Uzumaki kept completely still, not at all trying to evade the attack. Gen'yumaru didn't seem to notice it and if he did, he didn't seem to care. He found himself very confused when the sonic waves of his scream simply passed through him, all while he grinned at him, mockingy.
—
Hundreds of clones attacked Gen'yumaru joined by the hundreds of copies of the monkey turned staff all while the real two watched from afar. "There doesn't seem to be an end to his energy…" Commented Naruto. "He's somehow siphoning energy from all around."
"How is that even possible? I've never heard Enma-oji-san talk about anything like that, and he knows like… everything."
"I don't know, I've never felt this before either, whatever it is, but it's all unstable…" he said in wonder, with a serious and concentrated look his monkey friend had never before seen on him. "I can see the chakra flowing through his body, what's entering through the hickey on his neck looks and feels unstable."
"How so?"
"I don't know that either, but I should be able to use it, if he can't control his chakra then he won't be able to notice Genjutsu if it's convincing enough."
"Don't you suck ass at Genjutsu?"
"I do… but the Sharingan doesn't."
—
Seven
The image of the young Uzumaki that stood in front of him suddenly dispelled, suddenly he could hear the sound of a thousand birds chirping on his back, he turned around at the fastest speed he could muster and found Naruto about to impale him with a lightning blade. He met the attack head on. Geny'umaru pumped chakra through his arm and moved quickly trying to connect with the sped ninja before he could reach him.
"YOU DIE NOW!"
The enlarged fist of the cursed shinobi connected with Naruto's head just as the tip of the lightning blade nicked his skin but instead of flying away, his body burst in a small cloud of chakra smoke. 'A CLONE?!'
Six
The real Naruto launched himself from a tree with as much force as he could muster behind the impact with his staff turned friend in hand. "Grow Eiji!" Following the command the powerful weapon grew in size as Naruto swatted it down hitting his opponent in the head with incredible strength sending him face first to the ground creating a small crater with the sheer force of the impact.
Five
He landed shortly after and threw the staff up in the air, his friend reverted back into his monkey form and started going through a quick set of handseals while Naruto did the same on the ground.
"Katon; Endan!"
"Fuuton: Daitoppa!"
The flame bullet coming from the air came flying down and was made even bigger and stronger by the current of wind created from Naruto's jutsu; causing it to grow into a searing hot flame bullet that exploded on impact with the recovering Gen'yumaru.
Four
Naruto watched and waited for the explosion to dissipate while Eiji ran away to do what he was asked
Three
As soon as it cleared, he stood in front of the smoke coming from the ground with two other copies of himself emerging from the ground in a triangle formation, without uttering a word all three started going through a set of hand seals that ended with all three of them extending their palms towards the crater.
Two
Fuinjutsu: Sanhō Fūin!
From the ground light purple energy started forming and moving towards each of the clones creating a pyramid seal that could be use to contain and neutralize his opponent just in time before he could-
"ENOUGH!"
Gen'yumaru screamed again and turned his head around, destroying the clones and then hitting the shocked Naruto head on with his devastating attack. The force of the sonic waves sent Naruto flying and crashing through rocks and trees alike. When the screaming stopped his body hit one more tree and slumped to the ground.
A maniacal laughter filled the area, getting closer and closer to Naruto's bloodied form in the ground until it finally reached him and looked down on him, without losing its sickening grin for even a second. "One… ha ha ha HA HA HA HA, I gotta give it to you without Orochimaru-sama's power I wouldn't have made it out alive from that! I told you didn't I? Nothing you do will be enough to beat ME, do you really think I don't know when I'm being studied? I thought that eye of yours was supposed to see right through me!"
He tricked them, he deliberately waited more time in between each use of his jutsu so he would pick up on it, a single second more each time… it worked perfectly.
"Look at me when I talk to you trash!" He yelled, kicking his face up and forcing his body to sit up against the tree. "I will make you suffer for daring to hurt me!" He started kicking Naruto's body repeatedly with enough force so that each hit would cause damage but not enough that it would kill him, rupturing his ribs and making him puke blood.
The Uzumaki somehow had enough strength to try and do something, raising one of his arms slowly in a half ram seal; it only made Gen'yumaru angrier.
"Trash like you must learn when to give up!" He kicked again
"TRASH!" Another kick.
"TRASH!" Another kick.
"TRASH!"
"TRASH!"
"TRASH!"
"TRASH!"
"TRa-"
It suddenly stopped. One of Naruto's electrified staffs lodged itself in the tree where his owner sat bleeding. "Naruto!" Running behind him came Eiji, carrying the other half and incredibly concerned as he watched the state of his friend.
—
"After you finish shooting your jutsu I need you to run back into the forest and retrieve the staffs he took from me."
"What? Why would I do that? Shouldn't I stay to help?"
"You don't exactly know Fuinjutsu and by the time you hit your jutsu we would have won already…," He smiled at his friend and put a hand on his shoulder. "Just trust me, everything will be ok."
"Okay okay, I still don't see why we can't just go after."
–
"Aghrg." Gen'yumaru started making a gurgling sound slowly walking back, Eiji finally reached Naruto's side and watched as blood dropped on him, looking up he saw a gaping hole in his throat. The mark on him seemed to respond to the injury, he started receding into his base form. Making the focus of the mark to keep him alive.
Eiji jumped in front of Naruto to face him, something he would've laughed at if he were in his powered state but with the transformation gone the damage of the previous attacks he suffered weighed heavily on him, even more so the hole on his neck he clasped desperately with his hands. Knowing any sort of confrontation could now be fatal he simply walked away from the duo, trying to make it to his medic unit as fast as possible.
Watching him leave, the monkey released the air he had been holding and knelt beside Naruto once again. "Dude I-I was running back and then one of your things started s-shaking and flew away from my h-hand so I tried to run behind it," His voice started shaking as he watched without knowing what to do. " and I-I.. I'm a r-really fast runner you know? I-I c-can run faster than m-most other monkeys i-in the clan but the staff I couldn't r-reach the staff for some reason, it just lit up with your e-electricity thingy and f-flew away and I couldn't reach it! K-Kami I couldn't I couldn't reach the staff I-"
"E-Ei-ji," Interrupted Naruto, spitting blood with each syllable in his friend's name, all while fighting the urge to fall asleep. "Use it E-Eiji"
The sounds of fighting stopped all around the village while the monkey, catching up to his request, looked for something in the pockets hidden inside his attire, finally he found a tag with a seal he didn't really understand but did as his friend had taught him in the case an emergency such as this ever presented itself. Eiji took some of Naruto's blood and smeared it on the paper and threw it on the ground, stepping on it with a little chakra on his feet to trigger its effect.
A giant cloud of smoke burst into the clearing and after dissipating revealed a giant read toad with a shield on its back. "How may I assist you today Jiraiya-sam- Naruto-kun?!" Yelled Gamaken upon realizing the state of his newest friend.
"Gamaken! You need to take him to see Tsunade-sama instan-"
Naruto lost consciousness at precisely that moment, with it making the summoning of his friend he kept trying so hard to maintain falter as soon as his mind did, his chakra at this point all spent. Gamaken however knew exactly what to do, he gently picked the boy up and looked around, jumping in the direction of the village, thankfully he wasn't that far. Not that a giant toad considered distances in the same way everyone else does.
"Hold on for a second Uzumaki Naruto-kun, I'll take you to Tsunade-sama right away, no matter how clumsy I am."
"JUUGO WILL KILL YOU!"
"We heard!" Genma and Tokuma made their way to stand beside the recovering Hiashi, the foremost being the most annoyed with the seemingly mindless beast standing in front of them.
Helping his clan head to his feet, Tokuma asked. "What do we do now, Hiashi-sama?"
"We must dispose of this beast right away," He answered, somehow managing to keep the appearance of a composed and stoic shinobi despite the blow he just took. "But we can't do it here, his ability to destroy is impressive. We can't risk any more damage to the clan estate or this side of the village."
"What do you propose then, Hiashi-san?" Asked Genma.
"That we make him leave," He said, giving Tokuma a pointed look he seemed to catch on to rather quickly, with a few signals he called four more of his clansmen to the scene. "Clear out of the way Genma, we'll take care of pushing him away."
The sounds of the rampage grew ever closer to where they stood so Genma fished a kunai with an explosive note attached and took a deep breath.
The moment it got close to them Genma threw the explosive at his feet to halt his movement and jumped away, landing right behind the Hyuga entourage who all got into position looking at one of the Villages wall's and the closest they were to the outside.
"YOU ALL WILL DIE!"
Standing in line all the gathered Hyuuga gathered as much Chakra as they could into their hands and released it in a devastating blow.
Hakke Kushō!
A massive vacuum air force released from the palms of Hiashi and his clansmen hit the man beast and sent him flying away, right throw the village's wall and hundreds of meters more, their reputation as the strongest clan in the village being well earned.
As soon as it left the fighting sounds inside the compound grew only stronger and as the clan head Hiashi felt it was his duty to defend his home. "Genma and Tokuma take this squad with you and pursue the monster. I will stay here and rid my home of the invaders."
Not bothering to hear a response he turned around and hastily made his way to the inside, running to the place he knew Neji to be resting at.
"Right… let's get going Tokuma, guys; we must make sure that thing doesn't come back to the village." He ran away right after and was followed by his fellow shinobi.
After separating from the group Hiashi was met with resistance as soon as he reentered his home, being attacked left and right by what remained of the invading forces and dealing with them quite easily, all without stopping his advance to the room of his nephew.
When he did he found many of the side branch of the Hyuga laying dead on the ground while others kept on fighting the last of the sound shinobi. As good as they were, it was clear to him how tired they were.
He instantly jumped in taking them out with well placed and gracious hits to their hearts and temples making them drop to the ground dead and slowly pushing them away from his nephews door. The remaining side branch members thanked his arrival and allowed themselves to be claimed by unconsciousness. The state of their bodies catching up to them only after they were convinced nothing would happen to Neji with Hiashi himself defending him.
Hakkeshō Kaiten!
Finding himself surrounded Hiashi started spinning around creating a dome of chakra around himself the moment the invaders got close, destroying their bones with the sheer force of the impact and sending them flying away. The moment he stopped spinning he turned his attention to the lone brave but fool shinobi that had tried sneaking away from the eyes of a Hyuga as he broke down the door to Neji's room.
He was about to make his move and finish him long before he even got close to the bed but as soon as the door fell he was sent flying away with incredible force, breaking through the walls and decorations of the compound and breaking his neck in the process.
Hiashi couldn't believe it, he was looking at it with his own eyes, his undeceivable Byakugan eyes and he still found it hard to believe, standing in front of him with an extended arm stood his very much awake nephew.
"Hiashi-sama, what is happening?"
He didn't get an answer, instead the man slowly walked up to him, afraid that if he moved too fast it would somehow make him fall unconscious again. "N-Neji… "
The beast as they had taken to calling it had somehow escaped, despite running after it rather fast the only thing they had found when they reached the place was the place it landed simply judging by the destruction of the place, even though they had a squad full of Hyuugas none could find it using their Byakugan, not even Tokuma a member of the infiltration unit famous for how far he could see using his eyes, even amongst the elite of his clan.
"He can't have gotten far," Chimed in Genma. "if we don't find it now it might come back later."
"There's not even a trail to follow Genma, it disappeared completely…" Was the beast they fought some sort of summon familiar to Orochimaru? A hawk flew above them right at that moment carrying with it a ribbon all too familiar to the shinobi forces of Konoha. Mission accomplished. "Let's go back to Hiashi-sama, if it does decide to come back it'll have to face the wrath of the Hokage herself."
AN: And that's a wrap!
For this chapter at least.
Before I say anything else I do want to apologize for how long it took for me to release this update, I didn't lie when I said I wouldn't be abandoning this story and it's very much true. I don't know if I've said it before but I am currently in university (not from the US so different system) and these last few terms have been very packed for me I'm getting my degree in software engineering and have different subjects that are loosely related to each other but different enough that all require different projects and I have professors not all interested in working together so at the very least I've had at least 4 active projects all the time.
This is all to say that I have been very busy as of late and whatever free time I do get I mostly spend sleeping or doing some other thing that needs to get done.
I would love to promise that I will get back into a more consistent post schedule but it would be a lie if what I've been told about next term is true, this winter break has been a Godsend and the reason that I didn't post this sooner is because I've been sleeping and resting like crazy (also spending time with family of course).
It warms my heart very much to see people liking and following this story, I know this is very much dead (my fault of course) but I appreciate those of you that stay and are waiting for updates, I will see this story through to the end even if just two people continue to read it.
Now on to the chapter itself.
I absolutely suck at writing fighting scenes and I don't know why I keep getting myself into situations where I need to keep writing them without stop for a single chapter. I hope at the very least I was able to convey the ideas in my head.
Now I did state earlier that Naruto didn't know how to use the chains properly to fight, had he not been interrupted he would've used them as part of the seal he was trying to trap Gen'yumaru in.
Someone pointed in a previous Chapter that Kushina was able to subdue Kurama using her chains and while I know that, Naruto isn't her and is nowhere near her level yet so of course he wouldn't be able to take down the Ichibi by himself or fight with them perfectly, and something you can't properly control might end up making things harder for you, hence why he didn't use them to fight.
While much better skill wise than he was in Cannon he does not have a tailed beast inside of him with a power enough to overcome level 2 cursed seals, especially not ones with extraordinary skills such as the one he had to fight. This is not to say that he is weak, just that he's growing and while getting more powerful each time it'll take time to develop, I also don't want to just turn him into a super intelligent fighting machine, that's just not who he is and while I've always believed him to be smart even canon him, he's just not going to come up with Kakashi level strategies on his own just yet.
Also I tried to write Eiji in shock, that's why he started spouting nonsense I just don't know if I was able to do it right.
I'd still say he did good all things considered, I did have him getting beaten up brutally but hey, that's part of the charm, it's a good setup for future plot points, some that will be explained next chapter.
Earlier on I also said I wanted to do more with Tsunade than what she was and I think this should be telling of how exactly her character will be moving forward, cause I love her and she's badass. I won't drastically change her character, just adding some more nuance to her as a whole (and have the woman be casting some jutsus).
Also, Gen'yumaru is not an OC he's actually the guy who's body Orochimaru ended up possesing because Sasuke didn't make it in time, we don't really know anything about his skills in Canon so I chose to make him into this bipolar dude cuz why not?
Once again thank you very much for continuing to read this and caring enough to check my story. Do leave a comment and tell me how you feel about it and as always criticism (constructive criticism) is much appreciated, hopefully the next chapter will reach you very soon (spoiler, it will be a bit of a flashback chapter with what exactly I had Kakashi, Asuma and Gai doing while all this happened).
Glossary:
(Short reminder that here I only add jutsu names that I haven't used before).
Ototon: Jigoku Himei no Jutsu
Sound Release: Hell Shriek
Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu
Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu
Suiton: Suidanha
Water Release: Water Severing Wave (Honestly one of the coolest things Tobirama does with water imo)
Hakkeshō Kaiten
Eight Trigram Palms Revolving Heaven
Until next time,
Be safe!