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"Minato! Oh Kami what happened to you!?" Kushina screamed as she saw that Minato was now missing an arm and was covered from head to toe in blood.
Jiraiya and Obito were worried as well, but they did not outwardly show it as they were staring down Orochimaru and Rasa. How could they not be worried? Minato was Jiraiy'as student, he practically raised the boy since he was a genin. If anything, he was just as worried as the man's wife. Obito was Minato's student. Obito had never really fit in amongst the Uchiha clan, so Minato was the closest thing he had to family. Even if he had grown up a lot since he became a genin and the events during the Third Great Shinobi War, he still saw the man as family even when Obito had lost faith in everything else.
However, right now they needed to worry about Orochimaru and the Yondaime Kazekage. It was obvious that Suna had turned against Konoha due to the invasion that they had just cleaned up. Not to mention the fact that they saw Rasa leading the Hokage and Mizukage up o the roof as Orochimaru's henchmen stalled them.
"Orochimaru..." Jiraiya seethed as he glared at his wayward teammate.
"Ah, Jiraiya. How good to see you again. If only Tsunade were here then we could have a team reunion." Orochimaru commented offhandedly, but inside he was cursing his luck for how things were turning out.
All three of the shinobi that had just bypassed the barrier that his subordinates were holding up were Kage level. It would be too risky to continue with this plan any longer. They would need to retreat for now.
"It's over. Your little invasion has been silenced and most of your shinobi killed. The rest are being rounded up as we speak. The Ichibi along with the Suna jinchūriki looks to have been killed by Naruto. Your plans have failed Orochimaru." Obito stated as he reactivated his mangekyō sharingan.
Rasa's expression turned into one of utter shock. "He killed Gaara!? That's impossible, I've been trying to get rid of Gaara for years but he's far too strong to kill by ordinary means! There's no way some genin could be a match for him!"
"Ah Naruto-kun was it? The boy with fire? He must also have been the one to kill my favorite subordinate Kabuto...I'll make sure to pay him back someday." Orochimaru stated darkly.
"Kabuto? That boy was a Konoha shinobi! Are you telling me that he's been a spy for you all along?" Jiraiya yelled at his former teammate. Was that how Orochimaru had been getting all his information.
"You're quite right Jiraiya, but I assume that he died in the forest of death during the second stage of the chunin exams. Who else do you think could have caused such a tremendous fire within the forest besides Naruto-kun?"
Jiraiya froze after hearing that last statement. Was it really Naruto who had burned down the forest? What had happened there was quite a popular topic amongst the shinobi and even the ANBU of the village. Over a quarter of the forest was burned down and there were now several rivers of molten lave flowing through it. He remembered that Anko had been quite pissed at whoever had the nerve to do this to her playground.
He shivered upon remembering how angry she was. Women and anger should never mix, it is a deadly combination.
'A child born from great power but with memories of old shall pave the way toward a new era of peace. Whether they walk the path of light or is forced into the darkness shall determine what the future will hold. Their predecessor has already burned the path for them, but it shall be their will of fire that determines whether they will walk it or forge their own.'
The words from the prophecy the toad elder spoke of rang through his mind once more.
"We're falling back Rasa, the tide of this battle has turned against us and I have no more reanimations to even the playing field." Orochimaru spoke to the Kazekage, who eagerly agreed with him.
Orochimaru signaled to the sound four to drop the barrier and begin their retreat as they slowly began walking away.
"Do you really think that we'll just let you leave here after all the damage you've done!?" Kushina yelled while supporting her husband with her arms.
Rasa turned around to see Jiraiya charging at them. The Kazekage summoned a small tornado of wind and gold dust in the palm of his hand before throwing it at his target.
"Sables (Sandstorm)!"
The tornado of sand grew massively in size and was sent on a rampage around the rooftop, picking up water as it raged. All the shinobi on the rooftop stuck to the ground below using chakra, while they were forced to cover their eyes to prevent any of the stray gold dust from impairing their vision.
When the sandstorm finally died down, Orochimaru and Rasa were gone, not a trace of where they went left behind. All of the surviving Oto and Suna shinobi had also mysteriously disappeared from within the walls of Konoha.
All that remained was the destruction and death that they had caused.