az: Just musing with this plot and hope that it will produce a good one. Hmm... Ne, does ALL Ninja stories have to end in sadness? Haii...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto manga or anything of it. If I OWNED it... will I be wasting my time here? Characters and original excerpts from the fic are copyrights of Masashi Kishimoto-sama.
WARNING: Probably spoilers come due. And I like the idea of Yondaime is Naruto's father and that his name as Arashi. It was so.... befitting that light-spirited jounin turned kage. Not sure of the surname though... And another theory involving Yondaime is 'also' interesting... so...?
Infinite spiral (Title due to change)
Second Invasion
Written by Azzie/Az aka Izumi Ishtar
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'Hey... let me out of here!! You can't do this on me! I had willingly came back, hadn't I? Why did you all treating me like this--?', cried the lad as the Fifth Hokage glared at him. She frowned as a piece of memory from a long-time past returned to mind. The same thing that she had once saw. The same darkness. Even though she had strong faith in Naruto's special gift which could pull almost anyone out of their darkness of hearts, she still couldn't trust the lad to not betray them again.
'Didn't you hear me? I had left his side! What more do you want? Proof? Just let me out of this-- thing!' , cried the lad again as he tried to free himself from the straightjacket. The Lady Godaime eyed him with amusement as Shizune rushed towards the room.
'Tsunade-sama!! Taihen desu!', the girl cried as Tsunade turned her attention towards her. 'What is it, Shizune--?', she asked as Shizune explained. 'Orochimaru! Danzou and his roots team had already joined forces with him and he's bringing his Sound-nins to try invade us again--!'
Tsunade's eyes flared at the revelation. 'No-! How could this-- Had he learnt that Sai had turned back on his mission?', she asked as Shizune shook her head. 'I've checked... he's still in his room. Nobody had found out about him. The ANBU had already been dispatched to handle the situation. The Jounins and Chuunins have also gone out to defend the village... while some had joined in the battle with the enemy--'
Shizune chanced a guess as she spoke again. 'Tsunade-sama... perhaps since he had not seen Sai returning with the others that Danzou--' Tsunade frowned at this aspect as she stopped Shizune from finishing her sentence. Danzou perhaps had another backup plan but certainly she had not expected him sending another contact to Orochimaru this soon!
'Had they entered the village--?', she asked worriedly as to her relief, Shizune shook her head. 'The ANBU squad had drove them out into the forest not long ago. They still in battle with the intruders as we speak..', Tsunade nodded as she stormed into the balcony. 'Have several teams guard the village. We can't let the same thing happen to Konohagakure again!--', she barked as Sasuke cut in. 'Wait--! You guys just said about most of the chuunins and jounins going out to battle. What about Naruto--?', he cried as Tsunade-hime glanced towards Shizune in alarm.
Shizune glanced sideways guiltily as she let it out. 'Err... Naruto... The moment he heard that Orochimaru had come to attack, he'd just... But Kakashi-sensei and the others were catching up with him the last time I left them--'
Not waiting for her to finish, Tsunade turned to head towards the exit as Sasuke fell towards the floor, screaming. 'Let me go! That baka can't possibly fight him alone! Let me go!!', cried the young Uchiha as he struggled to get up again. Tsunade sneered at him as she bowed over him. 'And what--? You'd expect me to just release you and let you fight with us? You won't betray us again and run away?', taunted Tsunade as Sasuke cried in panick.
'No way--?-! After having pulled out from that nightmare and almost killing Naruto again to regain my sanity, how could you think I want to go back to him?', cried Sasuke again as Tsunade and Shizune eyed him suspisciously. 'You don't want to seek revenge anymore? No more thirst for power?', snapped Tsunade again as Sasuke was on the verge of tears. No way... he had vowed that no matter what, he'll try to find a way to achieve Mangenkyo ability without having to kill the person that was precious to him as Itachi had goad him to do. Even as he almost... no, he doesn't want to think about the darkness that he had fallen into...
If he had, for another time lose the people that he had started to accept as being precious to him--? Even killing Itachi won't soothe his heart. And the Uchiba line would finally perish, since he wouldn't want to continue living after that...
He was so deep in remorse that he hadn't realized that the restraints on him had been removed. When he did, he looked up tear-stricken towards the fifth Hokage and her assistant.
'Come on... we'll lose enough time if we still stayed here...', she said as immediately she and Shizune disappeared from view. Wiping his face, he immediately grabbed his weapons and ran towards the scene of battle...
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'No... I can't believe this!', cried Kiba as Akimichi Chouza glanced towards the lad. 'The Sound Four... no, Five! And to think that we had a hard time fighting them before!', cried Shikamaru also as Asuma-sensei tapped his shoulder. 'Don't be surprised. Orochimaru can use Edo Tensei--'
Kakashi frowned as he glanced towards Uzuki, one of the ANBU members. 'How about the rest of the enemies? Can you guys manage them off without us?', he whispered as Uzuki nodded from behind her mask. 'Don't worry about us. The keimu butai and some of the other Konoha-nins were assisting us with guarding the village and handling the enemies. Shizune-sama had left earlier to inform the Godaime-sama--'
Kakashi nodded as Uzuki and some of the ANBU members left the scene. The remaining ones had scattered themselves as they prepared for battle. 'Now... we need to divide ourselves evenly. Shikamaru! Chouji! Neji! Lee! Kiba! You guys had faced the Five before... so you guys assist the five teams. Divide yourself evenly... try to consider the abilities needed to fight them. The rest of you, stay with us to fight Kabuto and Orochimaru-- Where's Jiraiya-sama?'
Yamato answered as the one ANBU member had remained unmasked. 'Jiraiya-sama is currently assisting the others to fight off the Ne squad... he'll be coming after that--'
'I see... we have no choice then...', he said as immediately all of them spread out when Orochimaru launched his sudden attack towards them. The Sound Five took the cue and spread out as five teams chased after them. Orochimaru cackled aloud as Naruto jumped towards him. 'Teme---! Tajuu Kage Bunshin No Jutsu! Shuriken no Jutsu!', cried the jinchuuriki as he launched the attacks towards Orochimaru. Kabuto tried to stop him as Sakura cried aloud.
'Oh no you DONT'!! SHAN----NAROO----!', cried the girl as she landed a strong power punch towards him. Kabuto was thrown a kilometre away. 'Arigato.. Sakura-chan!', said Naruto as he landed on the ground. Meanwhile his Kage Bunshin kept attacking Orochimaru as Kakashi assisted in the attack. Orochimaru countered, taking out multiple Kage Bunshins along with it as he prepared his attack. Yamato immediately made a few hand seals as he was about to launched his own assault.
'Mokuton Hijutsu! Jukai Kotan--!', exclaimed Yamato as giant saplings came out from the ground and attacked Orochimaru, driving him further from the village. Kabuto got up and was about to assist him as Sakura and some of the ANBU cornered him. 'Kabuto-san... you're not going anywhere. Kakashi-sensei... Yamato-Taicho! We'll handle Kabuto!', she cried as Orochimaru took this distraction to flee. Naruto snarled as he chased after Orochimaru rashly.
'Naruto! Wait--!', cried Kakashi as he and Yamato chased after the two. Immediately, some more Sound-nins blocked their way. 'Kakashi-senpai! I'll handle this. Go on... I'll join you later!', said Yamato as Kakashi flickered away.
Turning towards the new assailants, Yamato formed several hand seals again. 'Kokuangyo no Jutsu!', he cried as he pulled out his sword as darkness covered the place...
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Orochimaru turned around as he found Naruto still following him 'Foolish child... how do you think coming against me again like this will work for your profit? Last time it was just luck that you could escape!', sneered Orochimaru as Naruto glared at him. 'This time... I'll take Sasuke back and make him mine...', he sneered again as his snake-like tongue tasted the air. Naruto glared at him as he tried to control his temper. Even though knowing that there was no one around other than the two of them, he still bear in mind on what Yamato had once told him.
'I'll defeat you with my own power!'
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'Kuchiyose no Jutsu--!', cried Kakashi as his Ninkens emerged before him. 'Find Naruto!', he barked the order as Kakashi immediately Body Flicker away, replacing himself with a Kawarimi as he sensed an attacker from behind him. The shurikens hit the log as the attacker let out a curse. 'Damn.. that was close!', hissed the Sound nin as Kakashi voice boomed from below him.
'Doton, Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu!', he cried as his hand grabbed the nin's leg into the ground and launched several taijutsu moves as the nin was defeated. Kakashi came out of his hiding place as he looked back to find several of the nins, allies and enemies had dispersed from the main battlefield. But knowing that this time the chuunins had combined forces with the jounins and ANBU; even if the Sound Five had been resurrected, Konoha still had the advantage. The chuunins and jounins who once fought them; Nara, Neji, Chouji, Kiba and Lee, had already observed their fighting techniques.
Though, this time, Orochimaru had brought more Sound-nin along with Danzou's Ne squad aiding them. He never realized that Danzou had accumulated so many followers! They will have tougher battles this time for sure--
Kakashi turned his attention away as Pakkun hopped towards them. 'Boss... found the tracks!', said the Ninken as Kakashi nodded and followed the dog...
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'Sawarabi no Mai!', cried Kimimaro as Lee cried aloud! 'Oh no! This jutsu... minna! Spread out!', he said as jounins and chuunins jumped away off the ground. Giant spikes emerged around them from the ground as everyone tried their best to evade. One of the spikes tripped Tenten as she lost her balance and almost fell towards one of the spikes.
'Tenten!', cried Lee as suddenly torrents of sand came up from nowhere and saved the kunoichi from near-impale. Mitarashi Anko looked up from her Snake Summon as she noticed Gaara coming to help. 'That boy...', thought the tokubetsu Jounin as Gaara spoke aloud. 'We've heard about the invasion attempt. I've called several of my Kazenins to help--', he said as his sands formed a shield from behind him where Kimimaro had sent another spike towards him. Gaara turned as Kimimaro sneered.
'Ohisashiburi... Wonder if this time you get lucky again? Teshi Sendan!', cried Kimimaro as he sent numerous projectiles towards them.
'Suna no Tate!', cried Gaara as he summoned the sands to shield them from the attacks. Tenten proceeds to pull out one of her scrolls to summon a large shuriken. She threw it towards Kimimaro as Anko readied her stance. 'Katon, Ryuuka no Jutsu--!', she cried as fire torrents rammed themselves towards Kimimaro and Tenten's shuriken managed to slice pass his shoulder. Kimimaro cursed under his breath as he breathed the words...
'Tessenka no Mai, Tsuru--!', he growled angrily as he pulled out his spine as a weapon. Lee and Gaara frowned as they recognized this move. Anko and Tenten arrived beside them as the jounin thanked Gaara. 'Appreciated the help... Combination attack-- Lee! Gaara-san! Tenten!'
The three teens nodded as they spread out. 'Gokusamaisou--', said Gaara he used the sand to render Kimimaro's movement immobile as Tenten, Lee and Anko launched their assault--
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'haa... haa...', panted Sasuke as he restlessly followed behind Tsunade and Shizune. Along their way, they encountered several more nins as they tackled them. Some of them had been about his age... among the Ne members, he was latter told. People like Sai who had been trained since little to become tools for the village...
His own people. How can he have imagined such situation before where he had to fight his own people? Sasuke shivered at the thought that he could have had done it had he stayed longer beside Orochimaru's side. That cursed seal had been at some point controlled him through his mind that at that time, he never actually could differentiate his own will and Orochi's will of wanting to take over his body.
How could he have been so stupid...? If his urge for revenge almost cost him this much, he'd rather abandon that want. Even killing Itachi would not bring back the whole of Uchiha clan from the dead...
'Sasuke-- behind you!', cried Tsunade as Sasuke blinked, frozen as one of the legendary three ninja tackled the approaching Ne member, killing him. Tsunade glared at him. 'Unless you want to die freely, you better not come here!', she scolded as Sasuke stuttered his apologies. Tsunade immediately left with Shizune as they went out to treat the casualties. Gathering back his nerves, he immediately turned towards the northern forest as he followed his instincts as to where his comrades could have gone.
Not long after that, he caught sight of several ANBU members in battle as Yakushi Kabuto was about to tackle Sakura with one of his favourite moves--
'Katon! Housenka no Jutsu--!', he cried, finishing the set of hand seals as he ambushed Kabuto. The man backed away as Sasuke landed before Sakura. 'S-Sasuke-kun!', exclaimed Sakura as Sasuke helped her up. Kabuto sneered as he tried healing his injuries caused by the fire jutsu attack he received on his sides.
'So finally... Tired of hiding from us--?.', said Kabuto as Sasuke leered at him. 'Aah...', came the only reply...
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'Gya---aaaahh!', cried Naruto as he was thrown aback. 'Naruto--! Suiton, Suiryuudan no Jutsu!', cried Kakashi as the water dragon smashed onto Orochimaru. He helped Naruto up as the jinchuuriki coughed out blood. 'No way... not even Oudama Rasengan worked aganst him!', spat Naruto as Kakashi grabbed his shoulder to hold him down. 'Don't be rash... you all right?', he asked as Naruto nodded. 'Good... keep your temper down. If you lose to the Kyuubi, you'll only hurt yourself--'
'So, until I could strengthen my own chakra... I shouldn't rely on that baka kitsune's power, isn't it?', said Naruto as Kakashi smirked. After all, Yamato-Taicho had told him that much...
'Good lad... jump!', he cried as several snakes hurled themselves towards their position. Naruto growled, 'Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki!', he cried as he summoned his Kage Bunshin to start the chain of shuriken attack. 'Kage Shuriken no Jutsu!', Kakashi retailates as Orochimaru summon a huge blast of wind to counter the barrage of shurikens from both ninjas. Orochi smirked as he muttered distractedly.
'I had no time to play with you two... Edo Tensei!', he cried as nothing happened. He cried out in disbelief as he summoned his Kusanagi Sword from his mouth. 'Die--!', cried Orochi as the sword extended towards Naruto, who had just landed on the ground in an alarming speed. Kakashi looked up in alarm as he tried to save Naruto.
'Shunshin no Jutsu!', cried Kakashi again as his form blurred from view...
The Kusanagi no Tsurugi continued its advance as it pierced flesh. Blood littered the land as Orochimaru grinned evilly. Naruto blinked as the blood from his heavily cut forehead almost blinded his view. 'Ka--Kakashi-sensei!', he gasped as he saw his sensei before him with the Kusanagi sword barely missed hitting his heart, but had punctured his lungs all the same. Naruto caught him as the sword retracted from his body.
'N-Naruto! You're not... badly hurt, is it?', Kakashi gasped as Naruto was on the verge of tears. Immediately he recollected how Iruka-sensei had also protected him from almost being killed by Mizuki's giant shuriken. He looked up as he glared angrily towards Orochimaru. Blood mixed with tears as Kyuubi's chakra started to seep out.
Noticing this, Kakashi quickly grasped Naruto's arm... gathering his remaining strength to stand upright. 'No... Naruto! Restrain yourself!', he cried. If you turned right now, I cannot stop you in my current condition!, thought Kakashi desperately as Naruto regained his focus. The red chakra disperced as Naruto turned towards his injured sensei. 'But--!', he gasped as suddenly he felt a jolt of pain from the earlier attack on his chest. Naruto collapsed on one knee as Kakashi got him.
Orochimaru laughed as he sensed victory on his hands. He immediately performed the hand seals to finish both of them. 'Futon, Dai--'
Oh no... I can't summon any more chakra to protect both of us--!, thought Kakashi in alarm as a flaxen-gold blur emerged in front of him. But before he could be glad to have someone come to their aid, he realized what... or who the person was! That cloak of ebony and crimson cloud. An Akatsuki member! Kakashi held the now-unconscious Naruto tightly as he sat frozen on the ground. But still, he couldn't believe what he saw---!
Orochimaru swore as he realized the true identity of the newcomer...
The leader of Akatsuki eyed him sternly as he smiled. 'What is it... Orochimaru? Surprised for the first time at seeing my true face--?', said the man as Orochimaru backed away...
Battle at the Standstill! The emergence of the Akatsuki leader-! What will become of Kakashi and Naruto?-!
(To be continued...)
az: lol...(laughed maniacally) it's been a while since I did a fic that had a lot of actions. Not sure how it turns out. Review? There's too much of a battle scenes and had to use a lot of jutsus! I'm trying to research as much as I can to make this as near as how the manga flows like. Any ideas on jutsus or theories are welcomed. If it hits on what I wanted to write, it could strengthen the blur image that I have about this fic. Haha... and I was having an exam at the moment... lol.. and why I did this instead? XDXD
I tried beta-ing my own here. Though, my english proficiency tend to mix with random common use... so unless someone could proof-read me, pardon my imperfectness...