Bang Bang Bang
The three figures of Fujin, Hashirama, and Tobirama shuttled from one place to another as they were engaged in a high-speed close combat battle.
"It's much easier than this one expected." – Fujin muttered with a relieved look, at the same time he berated himself for panicking just because the two people in front of him are Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime Hokage.
'After all, there is no way Orochimaru would dare to revive the two Hokage close to their full combat power, right?' thought Fujin as he dodged another one of Hashirama's Chakra-enhanced punch.
And after a short exchange of blows, Fujin soon realized that he was right. Whether in terms of power or in terms of speed, neither of the two Hokage is close to their top form. In fact, they both are quite inferior to Fujin in terms of strength and speed.
Although, their coordination is very good, which is the only thing that is allowing them to keep up with Fujin.
"In that case, let's take this up a notch." – muttered Fujin after understanding the limits of the two Edo Tensei Hokage.
Immediately afterward, his moves became fiercer, and the strength in each of his blows increased sharply.
A jab in the stomach of Hashirama, a quick dodge of Tobirama's kick by leaning backward, then a sharp reverse kick to Tobirama which was dodged by Tobirama, a backward flip to dodge a three-combo blow from Hashirama, and finally a full-powered uppercut under Hashirama's chin causing him to fly backward and the very next second a combo of sweeping kick and roundhouse kick to Tobirama sending him flying all the way.
Boom Boom crack crack
Amidst the sound of cracking of the wood and breaking the walls; Hashirama and Tobirama that were blown away by Fujin crashed into the walls of the shrine after passing through several rooms, and there were some obvious depressions in the bodies of the two Hokage, which clearly showed how much power Fujin had in each of his strikes.
On the other side, Orochimaru who was standing on the head of the large green snake muttered in a surprised tone, "Damn, can't afford to be hit by him, the power in each of his strikes is even higher than Tsunade's."
As the controller of the two Edo Tensei Hokage, Orochimaru is naturally aware that these two Reanimations cannot be compared to the real thing in their peak state.
There are multiple factors responsible for this, but the strength of the sacrifices used and the limitations Orochimaru personally imposed are the main reasons.
Because the development and research of Edo Tensei are still not completed, and since, various aspects have to be considered, so Orochimaru has only used sacrifices that are at most at the level of low-tier Jonin to revive the two Hokage.
And coupled with the fear that the two Hokage might undo the binding, Orochimaru specifically added a lot of many seals in order to keep the two under his control. Although all these measures allow Orochimaru to perfectly control the two Hokage, their strength is also weakened quite a lot.
So, the current strength of the two Hokage is not only much inferior to their peak state but also weaker compared to the time they were revived using the White Zetsu clones.
But even with all these constraints, they are still much stronger than the state when the two fought against Sandaime Hokage, on an analogical basis, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Tobirama is at the level of Elite Jonin, while Hashirama is at the level of a Kage, and with both of brothers working together they are capable of suppressing even the likes of Raikage.
Orochimaru himself isn't confident enough to be able to defeat the two. So, the fact that Fujin was able to dominate the battle fairly easily, greatly surprised Orochimaru and also made him vigilant of that tyrannic strength.
"Now then." After sending the two Hokage flying away, Fujin waved both of his hands fiercely. Immediately, Iron Sand appeared out of the ground and wrapped around Hashirama and Tobirama firmly, restricting their movements by binding them inside Cocoons made of Iron Sand.
After having dealt with the two Hokage, Fujin's gaze turned towards Orochimaru and Kurenai who stood on the head of the giant green snake.
Feeling the killing intent from Fujin, even Orochimaru, who has never been afraid of anything, was a little dazed. His heart trembled, and his joking expression changed.
And on the side of Orochimaru, Kurenai who also observed the short battle was surprised and can't help but mutter in admiration, "So strong!"
Whoosh
Fujin's figure flashed, he leaped high into the sky, and instantly, a pair of Blac Iron Sand Wings spread behind his back, allowing Fujin to float high into the sky.
On the back of the green snake, Orochimaru and Kurenai involuntarily raised their heads and looked at Fujin high above in the sky.
The pair of Huge Black Wings behind him, combined with the Black Cloak with Gold threading, and a mask of Wind pattern covering the face gave an elusive look to Fujin in the night. Kurenai was a little dazed when she looked at the other party, and for a moment she even had an illusion that the other party might be a fallen angel of the dark night.
Whoosh
While Orochimaru and Kurenai looked at Fujin floating high into the sky, his figure suddenly disappeared and appeared on top of the head of the Giant Green Snake, and without wasting even an instant, Fujin condensed an Iron Sand Spear in his hand and stabbed into the heart of Orochimaru without care whether Orochimaru would die or not.
"You…!" Before Orochimaru even realized it, Fujin was already standing in front of him, and an Iron Sand Spear was piercing through his heart, and by the time he realized it, his expression changed into horror as he slowly lost consciousness.
Kurenai was also taken aback, 'He… He killed Orochimaru so easily?'
Fujin said lightly, "Put away the act, you aren't fooling anyone with that crappy performance of yours."
Listening to Fujin's words, Orochimaru's expression changed back, and the corner of his mouth twitched in annoyance, "I used to think that you are just the most inconspicuous guy in Amatsukami and the rumors about you being stronger than Homusubi and Suijin were false and deliberately spread, but it appears that I was mistaken and I underestimated you."
After finishing his words, Orochimaru's body turned into mud and collapsed.
Fujin hovered above and rushed in the direction of the two Hokage, he could see that Orochimaru was rushing in that direction in order to free the two Hokage from the Iron Sand binding.
Orochimaru also noticed that Fujin has noticed his intention, and muttered, "Let me see what will you choose."
Immediately afterward, he weaved the hand sign, and the huge green snake under Kurenai's feet disappeared in a poof of white smoke.
"Huh…? Aaahhh!" Kurenai exclaimed as the sudden disappearance of the Giant Green Snake caused Kurenai's body to suddenly lose her footing, and because both her hands were tightly tied behind her back, and her Chakra was sealed so Kurenai started to fall to the ground.
The length of the Giant Green Snake was at least 100 meters long, and before disappearing about half of its body was erected above ground, so the moment it disappeared Kurenai fell to the ground from a height of at least 50m.
Because hands are tied behind her back and Chakra is sealed, if Kurenai were to fall on the ground from such height, it would mean instant death.
Fujin of course understood this, and with a sigh, he turned back and flew in Kurenai's direction.
As Kurenai saw the ground approaching closer and closer, she also understood that it wasn't the ground, but rather death, and she closed her eyes in fear, 'There is no way I would survive this fall.'
But suddenly, her body which was only half a meter above the ground was stopped.
Just as Kurenai's body was about to land on the ground, Fujin leaped towards the ground and caught her in his arms.
"What…?" Feeling the sudden jerk and realizing that she hasn't yet died, Kurenai opened her eyes only to find that Fujin held her in his arms, and the rope that had bound her hands was also cut open by him at some point.
After saving Kurenai, Fujin asked, "Are you okay?"
Kurenai froze for a moment, although she doesn't think that she knows the other party, for some reason, it seemed as if this member of Amatsukami really cared about her.
Seeing Kurenai frozen and not responding, Fujin thought that Orochimaru might have used some mind-controlling Jutsu on her, a little worried, Fujin observed her body with his Byakugan and asked again while lightly slapping her cheek, "Hey, are you all right?" he asked this because although he could see that her chakra was sealed, there was nothing else wrong with her body.
The stunned Kurenai immediately recovered, pushed Fujin's hand to the side, and tried to get away from him, only to realize that they are still in midair and if she makes any extra movement, she would definitely fall to the ground.
"Wait a second." – Fujin realized that perhaps Kurenai felt uncomfortable, he landed on the ground and allowed her to stand on her own two feet.
As soon as Kurenai landed on the ground, she asked Fujin, "I am fine, but who are you and why bother saving me? I don't even know you!"
Just as Fujin was about to make up something in order to divert the conversation, suddenly an earthquake came and the ground trembled.
Because of the sudden earthquake, Kurenai lost her balance and fell on top of Fujin.
"I… I am sorry." Kurenai apologized with an embarrassed expression given that she even dragged Fujin as she fell.
Fujin did not care, he moved Kurenai aside, got up from the ground and looked in the direction from where the earthquake came, and muttered, "It appears that we are in trouble."
With Fujin's support, Kurenai also got up, and asked, "Wh… what's the trouble?"
Before Fujin could reply, the sudden change in the surroundings answered her question, as one after another, trees started to rise from the ground. And the trees that were originally present in the surroundings also came to life and started to grow wildly.
"Sho… Shodaime Hokage-sama's Wood Release?!" muttered Kurenai.
The appearance of Wood Release means Orochimaru managed to remove the Iron Sand Covering the two Hokage, and Fujin understands that he must make haste, "Hold me tight."
Without giving Kurenai any time to react, Fujin held her and rushed out of the forest.
The Edo Tensei form allows them to continuously use Chakra without any worry of running out of it, and a forest is Hashirama's home ground, therefore, if Fujin were to remain in the forest he might be at a territorial disadvantage as even with his Iron Sand, it would be a bit difficult to resist an endless stream of Trees.
Whoosh
So, without any more wait, Fujin again unfolded a pair of Black Iron sand wings and immediately after that, he took off the ground in order to get out of the forest.
However, the trees that were growing out wildly started to weave a big net, trying to trap Fujin and Kurenai inside a cage.
As Fujin shuttled through the forest while carrying Kurenai, Hashirama, and Tobirama, also started to flexibly chase after him, and soon pounced at him from different directions.
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Orochimaru, who was following the three from a safe distance looked at the four with interest, "Is Fujin really here because he intends to protect Yuhi Kurenai?"
He knows better than anyone that the current Kurenai cannot put up a fight even a little bit of fight, so she is complete baggage in the middle of combat.
And Orochimaru has ordered the two Hokage to kill Kurenai. There is only one reason for doing this, Orochimaru wants to test Fujin's real intentions.
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Previously Orochimaru didn't believe in Fujin's rhetorical words; "Rescue Yuhi Kurenai? As if!" Orochimaru didn't think that the sudden appearance of Fujin at this shrine was just to rescue Yuhi Kurenai, after all, the girl is just a Tokubetsu Jonin and in terms of political status she is of civilian background; unlike the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, or Uzumaki that are noble Shinobi Clans, and Yuhi Kurenai neither has any special Kekkei Genkai nor any secret Jutsu that would be useful to Amatsukami, at least not that Orochimaru can think of.
Although, she is a member of an elite Anbu Squad… that still doesn't make her important enough for Amatsukami to care.
At the same time, the bounty on Yuhi Kurenai's head is not big enough to enter Amatsukami's field of vision. So then why would a member of the mysterious Amatsukami Organization bother about what happens to her?
Orochimaru initially suspected that Fujin is just trying to confuse him and that his real intentions are different. Maybe Fujin intends to capture Orochimaru, and this possibility is indeed reasonable, after all, Orochimaru has a big bounty on his head, along with many Kinjutsu that Orochimaru has in his hands, and he is also a former member of the Akatsuki Organization so knows quite a lot about it.
So, it wouldn't be wrong to assume that Fujin is here to capture or kill him, Yuhi Kurenai is being used as a decoy to distract Orochimaru.
The second possibility is that Amatsukami is also after the Sword of Totsuka and this guess is also reasonable considering the Sword of Totsuka's abilities and the location of this shrine.
But after observing Fujin's actions and him continuously protecting Yuhi Kurenai regardless of the consequences, Orochimaru was a little uncertain about his initial doubt, and started to analyze why would Fujin–a member of Amatsukami–rescue Yuhi Kurenai.
Suddenly, Orochimaru had a guess in his heart, 'Fujin probably knows Yuhi Kurenai on a personal level and there is an uncertain relationship between these two, and it is also possible that Yuhi Kurenai is Amatsukami's spy in Konoha.'
This guess of Orochimaru is also not unreasonable, because he can't think of any other possible reasons that would make Amatsukami care about Yuhi Kurenai's safety, so it is very likely that Yuhi Kurenai either has an uncertain relationship with Fujin or knows him on a personal level or she is a spy and probably knows some secret information about the Amatsukami Organization and Amatsukami doesn't want that information to get in other's hands, as it could be detrimental to their organization.
Thinking so, Orochimaru licked his lips, now he is also curious and eager to know what information Yuhi Kurenai hides, with these intentions of his, Orochimaru muttered, "Let's take this up a notch." and weaved hand seals.
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On Fujin and Kurenai's side.
Numerous trees crazily grew and continuously tried to entangle Fujin and Kurenai, although Fujin wasn't struggling much and was able to continuously cut down these growing trees, the area he could move around was also getting limited as time passed.
As for why wasn't he flying away and getting away instantly?
There are two reasons.
The first reason is obviously that he wants to lead Orochimaru as far away from the Shrine as possible. After all, Itachi and Shisui are probably also around, Fujin doesn't want Orochimaru to meet either of those two here.
The second is that because he wants to use this clone for some fierce fighting, flying away would make Orochimaru helpless and unable to catch up to him, therefore he is shuttling through the forest.
But Kurenai who is being carried around by the Iron Sand doesn't know Fujin's thoughts, all she could see is Fujin constantly struggling in order to protect her. Kurenai wants to help, but can't because of the seals Orochimaru placed in her body that seals her Chakra, and the poison in her body makes it impossible for her to be able to do much so she is currently very weak, and a total burden.
'He doesn't have to protect me, so, why is he doing this?' this doubt has been plaguing Kurenai for a while now, and she can't think of a possible answer.
Suddenly, Fujin felt a wave of Chakra, and tree branches started to grow out of the ground near Kurenai, at the same time, the offensive he was facing also increased by three times.
Fujin was still able to keep up, but his attention on Kurenai's side decreased a little bit, and in that little time Kurenai was entangled by Branches and was dragged away.
Seeing Kurenai being entangled and being dragged away by tree branches, Fujin sighed, 'Damn it, I can't let her die or be captured, else Orochimaru would doubt.'
Immediately, Fujin clenched his fist. More Iron Sand appeared out of the ground and combined with the Iron Sand that was initially protecting Kurenai and turned into a Big Hand made of Iron Sand, the Iron Sand Hand then went forward and immediately grabbed Kurenai who was being dragged away by the tree branches, at the same time, all the branches around her were shredded.
At this moment, Hashirama flickered in front of Fujin and started another round of Taijutsu battle while also using 'Wood Release: Cutting Technique', and while Fujin countered Hashirama's offensive, Tobirama appeared on top of a tree not far away and started to weave hand signs.
Tiger – Rat – Horse – Snake – Dragon – Hands Clap
"That's…" Although Fujin was busy fighting Hashirama, he did pay attention to Tobirama, and when he noticed the hand signs, he suddenly panicked, 'Can't let him use that Jutsu on Kurenai!'
When Fujin was developing his Suijin Clone, he studied and mastered many Water Style Jutsu, therefore, the moment he noticed the hand signs, he immediately recognized the Jutsu Tobirama was preparing to use. It's the highly dangerous 'Water Style: Water Severing Wave!'
After kneading enough Chakra in his stomach, Tobirama spat out an extremely high pressured jet of water from his mouth.
Swiiiisssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The jet of water was like a sharp knife, it severed everything that came in its path and rushed towards Kurenai who was held by the hand of Iron Sand.
Seeing that Water Severing Wave was about to reach Kurenai, Fujin instantly disappeared from his position and without any hesitation appeared in front of Kurenai.
Fujin knows that if this Water Style Jutsu, which is capable of severing the roots of Shinju, were to even touch Kurenai, it would either kill her or take away some organ depending on where it hits. And with Kurenai's current condition it is impossible to dodge or defend against it, so Fujin can only choose to use his own body to block it by hardening his bones to an extreme degree.
But Kurenai doesn't know this, so when she saw Fujin's action, her heart was touched deeply. She stared at his back with a blank expression, and for a moment a strange and unknown emotion that she has never felt before was felt by her for the first time.
Fujin didn't notice Kurenai's change, he was busy controlling the Iron Sand to form a shield in front of him in order to reduce the momentum and pressure of the water jet.
Swiiiisssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
As the water came into contact with the Iron Sand Shield, it instantly cut through the Iron Sand Shield guarding Fujin's body and made an ear-piercing sound that shook the eardrums of all the three alive people, and at the same moment, the Water Jet that slashed past the Iron Sand Shield rushed towards Fujin without any decrease in pressure or momentum.
'The Iron Sand Shield was completely useless?' thought Fujin in amazement as he was also surprised by this.
Although, the Iron Sand Shield was hurriedly created and was in an incomplete state so Fujin knew that it wouldn't be much effective, and didn't have many expectations of it to be able to stop the 'Water Severing Wave', however, the fact that it didn't pose even a little bit of resistance still surprised Fujin, albeit slightly.
Swiiiisssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
With the sound of 'swish', the high-pressure water jet ran across Fujin's body from right leg to chest and all the way to the head.
Crack Crack
The Wind mask on Fujin's face cracked because of the Water Jet, the cracks soon spread all over the mask; it shattered into multiple small fragments and fell to the ground.
Not only the mask but even the Black Gold-hemmed Cloak that Fujin was wearing was also cut open and fell to the ground.
The metal mesh armor under his Kimono was not safe either, it was cut into two pieces and the same was the case with his skin and outer muscles that were cut and started to bleed.
The blood gushed out and stained his clothes.
Drip Drip
At the same time blood dripped on the ground from the corners of his mouth…
"Haah haah…" Fujin squatted on the ground and panted heavily, his long white hair was in a mess and covered his face.
Even the Iron Sand Hand that was protecting Kurenai collapsed causing her to fall on the Iron Sand powder, so she wasn't injured
Kurenai was at a loss at what was happening, she got up with some difficulty and walked closer to Fujin with the intention of helping him stand up.
Upon walking closer, she noticed the blood on the ground and also on his clothes, and unknowingly to her slight trickle of tears started to stream down her face.
Kurenai tried to help Fujin get up but was rejected by her.
Worried about his condition, Kurenai eagerly said to Fujin, "Please… just go… you don't… have to worry about me… you don't have to… put yourself at risk for my sake… I am only an orphan so whether I live or die would make no difference to anyone… Nobody would mour-…"
"Shut up!" Fujin said in a low tone.
"But you are seriously injured and he is after me… you don't ha-…" Kurenai tried to retort.
"I said shut up!" shouted Fujin in anger, and after taking a breath he continued in a deep tone "I won't let you die here. So, just shut up and stay behind me!"
Kurenai was silent as she stared at Fujin… she didn't know what to say, she doesn't know what to do, all she could feel was her heart that was beating faster as she looked at the man in front of her. The fear and loneliness in her heart were also being cleared up.
Truthfully speaking, Kurenai was scared, very scared… from the moment Orochimaru kidnapped her she knew that Orochimaru would kill her after he uses her, after all, what reason does he have to keep her alive after he achieves his purpose? And even if he doesn't achieve his purpose he would kill her regardless, after all, he wouldn't want to leak intelligence about his purpose, right?
So, once she is dead, it would be all over for her.
Her mother died in the Third Great Shinobi War, and her father died on the night of Kyuubi's attack, she is an orphan, therefore no one would know or deeply care about how she died and who killed her.
In a way, it's not that bad, after all, Kurenai has been suffering from fear and loneliness for years ever since she lost her father. So death could be a fitting end to it all, because even if she doesn't want to die, who would save her from Orochimaru?
True she has friends she can generally count on, but none of them is capable enough to rescue her from the hands of Orochimaru, heck they wouldn't even know who is the perpetrator. And even if they do know, they wouldn't be able to find her here in the middle of nowhere. Kurenai understands this full well because Orochimaru made sure to not leave any tracks behind.
As for the Village? Would Village really care if an Anbu went missing? After all, this isn't too strange, the death toll in Anbu is very high. And as a member of the elite, Team-Ro Kurenai has also personally experienced the village's darkness and knows full well that if she went missing for a long time, she would either be considered dead or a missing-nin, and rescue is unlikely… and both cases would ultimately mean death.
And nobody would really mourn her death. Her friends may feel sad for a few days but they would soon forget her and move on… although that's cold, this is how shinobi are, this is Shinobi's true nature, ruthless in their bones, and everyone has witnessed too many deaths to care about one more.
This is why, when she sees this man fighting against Orochimaru to rescue her; giving his all just to protect her from him, and going as far as to shield her with his own body without any care about his own life, Kurenai is deeply touched. She doesn't know if she knows who this man truly is, but she doesn't want him to die for her.
Yet… yet… when he says, 'I won't let you die here! So, just shut up and stay behind me!' all the fear in her heart vanished instantly, and strong emotions burst out of her heart… All the words she wanted to use to persuade Fujin were choked back and she could only nod obediently.
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