"These kids are getting ridiculous. First they have Jonin-level speeds, the Uchiha can use Kakashi's Jutsu and that Lee kid can open the Gates! " Izumo shouted. Kotetsu nodded in agreement.
" Things are getting rather intense. I think Guy decided to make a clone of himself and hopped him up on steroids. And let's not even go into Uchiha's performance. She casted him in a Genjutsu as soon as he looked at her Sharingan. Who would've expected this from Genin?"
" What do you think?" Kotetsu asked his best friend after he answered Izumo's question.
"Well, Lee is definitely good, really good. He could easily be a Jonin even without ninjutsu or genjutsu However he didn't win, he used a last ditch trump card that would've killed him if he was in a real battle."
" So…a no go then?"
Izumo shrugged. "We'll put him on the maybe list."
Meanwhile with the Konoha Genin, Naruto and Shikamaru looked at each other. "Hey, don't you think we should tell them about it?" Naruto asked Shikamaru who nodded.
" We should. After all, we were assigned by Lord Third to come up with a task force to deal with the Suna and Oto Shinobi. It's better if we warn them so that they could make preparations. Before we go and spill the beans, what's the situation with your Clones? "
" Wait a moment." Naruto mumbled ad he took out the small book. He opened the first page and took out a bottle of ink and a brush. Shikamaru saw an array of complicated seals drawn in a square shaped, leaving a large empty square in the middle of the seals.
Naruto dipped the brush and stained it with ink before he started writing inside the empty square. After he was finished, the things he wrote on it disappeared. A few seconds later, words started appearing on the page by itself.
"They're all in position, ready to strike the Suna and Oto Shinobi disguising as civilians in the village." Naruto replied. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.
"What was that?" Shikamaru asked while pointing at the book. Naruto closed the book and began talking.
"It's a communication seal. I created it during the month before the finals. There's two books that allows you to send and receive messages." Naruto explained to him. Shikamaru widened his eyes.
" That's genius! With this seal, Shinobi in the front lines don't need to waste their lives trying to deliver messages to the guys back at camp. They also don't need to send men to relay messages." Shikamaru muttered. Naruto smirked and scratched the back of his head.
"I know. With this contribution to the village, I'll get recognized as a Fūinjutsu Master sooner than I thought. But let's not talk about that. Right now, we have a village to defend. " Naruto tilted his head towards the Konoha Genin. Hinata has returned back to spectate the rest of the matches while Sakura was back, her healing duty finished.
"What about Neji?" Shikamaru asked him as they walked towards them. Naruto looked at Guy who was walking towards Neji.
"Bushier Brows sensei's got it covered. C'mon let's go tell them."
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" And that's the gist of it. " Naruto mumbled.
" Holy shit... Why didn't you tell us that sooner?" Tenten whispered to herself. Shikamaru looked at them. They all had serious expressions on their faces, hearing that Shinobi will be invade their home scared them. But they are Shinobi and it is their job to defend their home.
"If you guys don't wanna be a part of it then you guys can join the Chunin in the civilian evacuation effort when the invasion starts. " Shikamaru advised them.
"No, we're staying. " Ino replied seriously while cracking her knuckles. Shikamaru nodded motioned them to follow him. They arrived and stood outside the toilet. Naruto created a silence barrier around them.
"Sakura, go with Kiba, Shino and Hinata to the hospital, protect the ninja and the Medic-nin there. Naruto will create clones to provide support. When he creates them, make a run for it. " Shikamaru explained, Sakura nodded at his order.
" The rest of us will go around the village to deal with the Suna and Oto Shinobi disguising as civilians of Konoha. Remember, with the Transformation Jutsu anyone could be your enemy, even your own friend." Naruto warned, sending shivers down their spines.
" I would be heading to the academy and then straight to where Gaara is. Me, the Kumo team's sensei who is the Hachibi Jinchuriki and the Raikage's bodyguard who is the Two Tailed Jinchuriki would probably be the only people in here that can match him." Naruto explained. No one argued with him, not even Shikamaru who is the brains of the group.
Shikamaru nodded. "Alright, let's go back. And lastly, please stick together and run away from fights you know you can't win. I'm not letting anyone dying on my watch. "
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When they got back to the arena, they realized that the break was almost over. Before Genma could start the second round ofethe finals, feathers began falling from the sky. And the same time a large explosion went up in the Hokage Booth, and two figures shot out.
The people in the stadium began to fall asleep, dropping from their chairs one by one. All except the disguised Oto and Suna ninja, who were now getting up from their seats to attack the Konoha ninja.
Kakashi calmly stabbed two enemy in the neck with his kunai, killing them instantly. Asuma's trench knives were blazing with green wind chakra as he cut down any opponent that stood before him.
Guy became a literal hurricane as he launched devastating kicks and punches at his enemies, each attack shattering bones and breaking necks. Kurenai was using her talent with genjutsu to confuse and sneak up on opponents, slitting their throats before they knew what was happening.
Kakashi widened his eyes as he was stabbed through the chest by an enemy Shinobi. But it turns out that he was just a shadow clone infused with lightning. It reverted to it's natural lightning-state, at the same time electrocuting the enemy Shinobi to death.
"Where's the real Kakashi sensei!?" Naruto who had dispelled the Genjutsu put onto him with his Chakra Disruption technique, asked loudly as he was cutting through multiple Shinobi with a tri pronged kunai in each hand.
"There!!" Shikamaru shouted as he pointed at where the Hokage, Raikage and Kazekage were previously sitting.
Naruto look at where Shikamaru was pointing and widened his eyes at the scene. Hiruzen was currently being held hostage with a kunai to his neck by Orochimaru who had took off his disguise.
There was a large purple barrier surrounding them, preventing anyone from coming in to aid him, no one dared to come close to it because they were ordered by Hiruzen to not do so.
'The Four Violet Flames Formation. He sure planned this out greatly. The barrier relies on all four users to maintain, attacking any one of them can bring down the barrier. But those four extended secondary barriers around themselves, breaking out will be even more difficult.' Hiruzen thought before he started speaking.
"I see you went through quite the bit of careful planning to get me alone... Orochimaru." Hiruzen pushed the kunai away and spun around with a chakra enhanced roundhouse kick.
*BAAAM!!!*
Orochimaru raised his hands to block the kick and was sent flying away. He skidded across the rooftops before he quickly recovered and stood up.
" Kukuku, very good Sarutobi-sensei. I wonder, how did you know it was me?" Orochimaru asked him. Hiruzen narrowed his eyes.
"You don't know your own body odor? You reek of snakes. I have known about your plan for some time now, my foolish former student."
" I am curious however, you have never been the type to simply attack for just vengeance. So why try to destroy Konoha now? What do you hope to accomplish with this?"
" Kukuku, well I don't know if I have any grand goal that I wish to accomplish. I suppose you could say I enjoy watching things in motion, life gets dull when things are standing still, don't you agree, sensei? " Orochimaru asked with a smirk.
" A stopped windmill is so boring to watch you know... though sometimes it heightens the anticipation. Right now I just want to make that windmill spin again, and the crumbling of the leaf village will provide the wind. "
" Hmph!!" Hiruzen huffed energetically as he removed his robes and hat to reveal his battle attire.
It consisted of a black jumpsuit, mesh segments over the lower portions of his limbs, and a green gauntlet that covered much of his right arm. He also wore an armoured hood with a bandanna-like forehead protector over this, tied with two long straps. Across the back is written 'Third Hokage'.
"It seems you never change do you, Orochimaru?!" Hiruzen shouted as Orochimaru took a couple of steps towards him.
"Earth Style: Ripping Drill Fang!"
Orochimaru widened his eyes as Kakashi shot out from the ground under him. Kakashi gave Orochimaru a mean chakra enhanced uppercut, sending the snake flying up to the air.
Someone rushed past Kakashi. It was A who has activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode that wrapped his body in a layer of lightning chakra.
"Guillotine Drop!!!! "
*BAAANG!!!!*
Orochimaru was sent crashing onto the ground with a downwards kick sent by A who landed beside Hiruzen.
"Kakashi, is it ready?" Hiruzen asked Kakashi who nodded and took out a scroll from his pouch before he threw it up to the air.
Kakashi then went through a set of hand seals. The scroll fell back down and he caught them before setting them on the ground where he unrolled them. It was then that Orochimaru saw just what was on the scroll widened his eyes in shock.
"Summoning Jutsu!!!!"
A puff of smoke engulfed the area and when it cleared Orochimaru could not help but curse, as the tides once again turned and definitely not in his favor this time.
"Orochimaru. I don't believe you were properly introduced before. I would like you to meet A, the Raikage of Kumogakure and his brother, Killer Bee."
" Yo!! I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, that's cuz I'm the Eight Tails Jinchuriki!!! Wee!!!"
Hiruzen, A, the Anbu outside the barrier and even Orochimaru all sweat dropped at the man's rapping.
A coughed. "Well now that Bee has gotten that out of his system, why don't we start this battle?! "
Orochimaru smirked. "I couldn't agree more!"
To be continued...