Chương 20: 38 (3)
After extinguishing the forest flames and landing back on the ground, Gamabunta fired another shot at Mai and her summons, but before the attacks could hit. The Ame Kunoichi and her summonses dived back into the Water and swam away.
Unwilling to give Mai and her summonses any more chances to attack, Gamabunta fired another volley of Water balls all across the lake, causing huge amounts of Water to fly up into the air before falling back down, flooding the fort and the surrounding shore in Water.
But despite the collateral damage done from the attacks, Gamabunta achieved his goal, where the now disorientated Mai and her summonses were pushed back up into the surface of the lake.
Seeing this as a chance to finally end the battle, Gamabunta once more jumped up high into the air and attempted to squash the Salamander as fell back down into the lake.
Realizing the danger Mai, (who had fallen off Squall duringGamabunta's attacks), grabbed onto Kaen and held onto him as he moved out of the way of the falling Toad.
Squall, (who was still distorted from the earlier attack), was not as lucky, where the Water Salamander could not move out of the way in time and was forced to return home. Barely avoiding being squashed, leaving Kaen and Mai alone to face the Toad Boss and Naruto.
-End Naruto Shippuuden OST My Name-
"Damnit all…!" cursed Mai, looking at the giant Toad directly opposite her, knowing that without Squall to back her and Kaen up; their chances of defeating Gamabunta were greatly reduced. "So this is the strength of the famed Boss Toad, it's incredible, if only I could summon Ibuse, I could stand a better chance. But I don't have enough Chakra to do that."
Seeing that things had finally calmed down a bit, Gamabunta decided that now was the time to get some answers. "Okay Brat, now it's time for you to tell me what is going on here. Who is that girl and why can she summon the Salamanders?"
"Here name is Hattori Mai, and she is the granddaughter of Sanshōuo no Hanzō."
"Hanzo's granddaughter?!" exclaimed the Toad Boss in surprise, having no idea that the infamous leader of Ame had any offspring, let alone a grandchild. "Yes I see, that would explain things, but why are you fighting her?"
"Well you see that's kind of a long story" Narueo replied nervously, since he wasn't sure how to explain the situation to Gamabunta without it being misunderstood. But before he could think of an appropriate explanation, Mai decided to answer for Naruto.
"I'm his fiancé that's why!"
"His fiancé!" yelled Gamabunta in surprise, before looking up at Naruto, who was silently cursing Mai for opening her big mouth. "Naruto, is she serious?!"
"Well yea, but its more complicated than she makes out to be…" Naruto replied quickly, trying to calm the giant Toad down.
But before he could explain any further, an annoyed Gamabunta interrupted him. "So you're telling me that you summoned me here, and had me fight those annoying Salamanders, simply because you two are having a lover's spat?!" But at the same time as he said this, the Boss Toad also thought, "A Fiancé already! Damn this kid moves fast…that perverted idiot Jiraiya must be loving this."
"Wait please, it's not what you think!" yelled Naruto, who was now blushing after Gamabunta called him and Mai lovers.
At the same time, those watching the battle all had large sweat drops on the back of their head as they continued to watch Naruto argue with his summon.
Tsunade and the other Konoha members had the decency to look embarrassed, while Hanzo had his party shook their in disbelief. This proved what they had already suspected…the Shinobi of Konoha were all idiots.
After a few more minutes of arguing, Naruto was finally able to convince Gamabunta to stay on and help him finish the fight.
"Tsk, alright fine, I'll help you out this time, but I expect some compensation in return, and you better not summon me for something like things again. I've no interest in being caught up in another lovers' quarrel between you and your girlfriend."
"Fine" groaned Naruto, not wanting get into another argument with the Boss Toad, which was why he didn't bother correcting him about Mai being his girlfriend. "I knew I should have summoned Katsuyu, at least then I wouldn't have to deal with all this crap."
But as soon as Naruto had thought this, he fell onto his rear after Gamabunta was suddenly hit by a powerful Wind enhance Fire blast from Mai and her summons.
"OW! That hurt!" yelled the Toad Boss, as he moved back.
Seeing that their attack hit, Mai had Kaen use his superior speed to circle around the massive Toad, and attack him from multiple different directions.
Gamabunta of course tried force them back, but due to Kaen's superior speed and smaller size, the large Toad couldn't land a solid hit, and received several scorch marks across his body for his trouble.
Having enough of this, Gamabunta redrew his dosu sword and dipped it into the lake, he then spun around, creating and large circular wave around him, which sent Mai and Kaen crashing back on the beach of the fort, near where the fight first begun.
"Time to end this you stupid flunky!" yelled Gamabunta as he swung his sword down on top of the red Salamander.
Knowing that her summons would not be able to avoid it in time, Mai quickly order the Salamander to return home, where he disappeared in a puff of smoke, right before the large sword could cut him in two.
Mai on the other hand was not as lucky as she was blown back by the force of Gamabunta's sword hitting the ground, sending her crashing into the fort wall, and then hitting the ground in a small crumple heap.
"Looks like this is the end" Gamabunta commented as he re-sheathed his sword.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that?" Naruto replied looking down at Mai as she slowly picked herself up.
Seeing this, the Toad Boss shook in his in annoyance, "Tsk, That girl is tough; I'll give her that…" after which he then glanced up at Naruto and smirked. "You two really are made for each other, your both stubborn as mules and don't know when to give up."
Embarrassed and annoyed by Gambunta's comment, a blushing Naruto simply replied "Shaddup!" which just made the massive Toad smirk more.
Eventually Gamabunta dropped all humour and adopted a more serious persona when he glanced down at Mai. "Want me to finish this?"
"No" Naruto replied, shaking his head, "I'll finish this myself."
"You sure?" asked the Toad Boss, raising his left eyebrow.
"Yea, this fight is between her and me, I want to end this fairly, without any doubt as to which of us is stronger."
"Huh, alright then, I'll leave the rest to you brat, just make you don't lose and tell me how things turned out."
After telling Gamabunta that he would, Naruto quickly jumped of the large Toad and landed back on the beach. At the same time the Toad Boss returned to Mount Myōboku, disappearing in a large cloud of smoke.
Once Gumabunat had returned to Mount Myōboku, Mai stared at the blonde boy for a moment. "Why did you have your summons leave, you could've finished this fight with one attack from him?"
"This fight is between us, no one else, using Gamabunta to win this wouldn't feel right with me."
When Naruto finished speaking, Mai couldn't help but smile, "You know when you say stuff like that; you make me want to fall for you all over again."
Naruto of course did not respond to this, although if one were to look closely they would've seen a faint redness on his cheeks.
"Huh, the boy may be strong, but his actions shows his age, not to mention his naivety" Hanzo remarked after seeing Naruto send Gamabunta away.
"Your son just gave up a huge advantage" Amaya added, glancing at Tsunade and the others. "He could've finished this fight with one move, but instead he decided send his summons back and fight Mai himself."
Annoyed by their remarks, Tsunade retorted "My son has a strong moral code; he doesn't like having an unfair advantage over an opponent he respects, but even then unlike your daughter, he doesn't need to win by cheap tricks."
"An admirable quality" Hanzo replied, "But still foolish, you should know better anyone Tsunade that the strongest and most skilled Shinobi does not always win, and such actions can easily lead to your son's death."
Tsunade of course did not respond she knew that Hanzo had a point; Naruto's moral code was always something that worried her. On the surface such actions would be seen respectable and honourable, but not everyone would see it like that, where people like Hanzo would see it as a weakness and take advantage of it.
Looking back at Naruto, Amaya was beginning to see why her daughter was so fascinated by the Senju heir. Not only was he powerful and talented, but at the same time he was kind, humble and had a strong moral code, qualities that she herself could not help but like. But even so the elder Kunoichi knew Naruto's actions could easily lead to his undoing, especially if he acted like this in a real fight, where either he or those close to him would pay the price should he be wrong.
Back with Naruto and Mai, the two young Shinobi were preparing to restart their fight, although both of them had been greatly weakened, neither was willing to call it quits yet.
Looking at Mai, Naruto could see she was in rough shape, she had several bruises and cuts all over her body, her clothes were in tatters, and thanks Gamabunta she no doubt had more than a few internal injuries and possible fractures. Also given the way she was breathing, and how long they had been fighting, Naruto figured that she was probably nearing the end of her stamina.
But despite this, Naruto knew that the match was far from over, he himself was not in great shape thanks to Mai's poison. Although the medicine he had taken was finally taking effect, allowing him to move better and use his Chakra more. He was still far from cured, and it would only be a matter of time before the poison started affecting him again, possibly even worse than before. There was also the fact that he had used the Kyuubi's Chakra, which was always a double edge sword for him and was already starting to affect him, where he felt like he had just run a marathon. Even if he took another soldier pill, he knew that it would do little for him, since it wouldn't negate the effects of the poison. The only way to win was either to beat Mai or outlast her since it wasn't a matter of "if" their bodies gave out; it was a matter of when.
-Enter Bleach OST: Power to Strive-
Knowing that he needed to finish this fight quickly Naruto made the first move and used his Mokuton powers to create another wooden sword for himself and fell into a standard sword stance, allowing for both defensive or offensive action to be taken.
At the same time Mai took out a Kunai she had picked up off the ground, since her one remaining fan had been lost when she crashed into the fort wall.
After a moment of tense waiting, Mai and Naruto raced forward with impressive speed. Within seconds the two young Shinobi clashed weapons with one another and restarted their battle.
Naruto struck first where he tried a diagonal slash, which Mai blocked with her Kunai and then pushed him back and tried a horizontal slash across his chest. Only to cut empty space as Naruto leapt back.
Not willing give Mai the advantage, Naruto moved forward and then used the Nagareru Mizu (Following Water) technique and switch his wooden sword from his right hand to his left at high speed behind his back. Hoping to catch Mai off guard again and hit her in the side. But to his surprise Mai was able to avoid this by ducking under it.
"I told you before at the preliminaries, I won't fall for the same trick twice!" the girl said before kicking Naruto hard in the left stomach, causing him to spit up slightly and skid several feet away into the lake again.
With Naruto now disorientated, Mai raced towards the Senju heir, hoping of finish the fight with a single move. But just as she was about to stab Naruto in the right shoulder, the blonde boy side-stepped to the left, avoiding the Kunai trust and then brought his wooden sword down on right wrist, causing her to drop her Kunai.
Naruto then followed through with a sharp knee to her stomach; taking the breath right out of the female Hattori member. He then hit her in the side of the head with his bokken (Wooden Sword), almost knocking her out and then finished with a kick to the stomach, sending her skidding across the Water's surface.
Surprised by the fact that Mai was still concussion, Naruto raced to finish the elder girl off. But before he could, Mai was able to somehow recover and flipped backwards and preformed a series of backwards summersaults, increasing the distance between the two.
Once she was back on her feet Mai immediately spun around and preformed several quick hand-seals and thought "Katon: Ryū no Hōkō!" spiting and even larger stream of Fire from her mouth than before, forcing Naruto to move to avoid them.
"Shit!" Naruto thought when he saw the massive stream of Fire closing in on him and was forced to halt his advance on Mai. Knowing he couldn't evade the Fire attack in time, Naruto dipped his sword into the Water and thought "Senkai no Mizu (Swirling Water)!" He started to spin around at high speed, drawing in the surrounding Lake Water and using it to create a massive waterspout around himself, protecting him from Mai's Fire attack. At the same time a large cloud of steam, (created from when the Fire attack and the waterspout made contact), began to form around him, blocking everyone's sight of the blonde boy.
-End Bleach OST: Power to Strive-
Realizing that her attack was pointless, Mai cancelled her Fire attack and waited for the steam cloud to die down. But before it could, several high speed crescent shape blades of Water suddenly appeared out of the cloud and raced towards her.
"Bunkatsu Mizu (Splitting Water), Shit!" Mai cursed before dropping under the Water to avoid the deadly Water blades. But as soon as she resurfaced, she came under attack again, where Naruto nearly hit her in the side of the head again with a high speed horizontal slash.
Avoiding the attack, Mai struck back by kneeing the young boy in the side, but as soon as the attack made contact, "Naruto" reverted into Water revealing he was a fake.
Realizing that the fake Naruto was just a distraction, Mai looked around and saw Naruto racing towards her at high speed with his sword pointing forward.
Recognising the Tachioyogi (Treading Water) technique, Mai quickly avoiding the lethal sword stab by back flipping over Naruto and kicking him in the back of the head as he hung over him. But like before, as soon as she hit him, "Naruto" reverted into Water again, revealing that he was another Water clone.
After destroying the second Water clone, Mai turned around to see any sign of the "real" Naruto and soon found him, (or at least who she thought might be him), and ran towards him. But before she could reach him, Naruto used his bokken to create a wall of Water in front of him.
Unwilling to let a simple wall of Water stop her, Mai continued to move forward him and punched through the Water wall…and Naruto. But as soon as she did, the Water wall collapsed, causing "Naruto" to disappear, revealing that he was an illusion created by Water wall. (3)
Moments after the Water wall collapsed, Mai instincts warned her of danger again. Listening to them, Mai quickly jumped back and barely avoided a downward slash from Naruto, who appeared above her.
After avoiding the downward slash, Mai then struck back by kicking Naruto hard in the face, sending him flying back several meters. But Naruto recovered and channelled his Wind Chakra into his bokken, (increasing its reach and cutting power), and attempted a horizontal slash across Mai's chest, which she avoided my leaping back. She then took out several shuriken and threw them at Naruto, forcing the blonde boy to fall into the Water to avoid them.
Shortly after falling into the Water, Naruto reappeared behind Mai and attempted to slash her from behind. But Mai expected this and jumped forward to avoid the slash; she then spun around and threw the last of her remaining shruiken at him, where he received several slashes across his arms, face and shoulders when he tried to evade them.
Taking advantage of the situation, Mai leapt forward and punched Naruto hard in the stomach, causing him to drop his wooden sword into the Water. But before she could finish him off, Naruto brought up right fist and tried to punch her in her injured side, forcing her to jump back.
Picking up his bokken, (which was floating on the Water surface after he dropped it), Naruto then raced towards the Ame Kunochi and used his Mizu no Atsuen (Rolling Water) technique, in an attempt to catch Mai off guard.
Unfortunately Mai saw through his deception and ignored the faint slash and blocked the real slash with her armguard hidden beneath her tekkou. "How many times do I have to tell you, I won't fall for the same trick twice."
"Then how about this?" Naruto replied, where he then pulled his wooden sword back and passed his sword from left hand to his right at high speed behind his back, catching the elder girl completely off guard and nearly breaking her left arm when he swung it.
Watching the two teens fight from the outer fort wall, Amaya was both surprised and impressed with how skilful Naruto had become in using Kushina'sArasuijin no Mai (Dance of the Raging Water Goddess) Sword Style.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Tomato-chan did a pretty impressive job in training that kid. To think he could use so many of her techniques after only a few months of training, he was even able to successfully combine Mizu no Atsuen and Nagareru Mizu to catch Mai-chan off-guard."
While the battle continued, it became more and more apparent to Mai that she was going to lose, thanks to her now injured arm; she could barely hold Naruto off as he continued to push her back further and further.
Taking out some smoke bombs from her pouch Mai threw them at Naruto, causing them to explode in his face, creating a small cloud of smoke around him.
With Naruto now blinded, Mai leapt back several meters, all the while performing hand seals, ignoring the pain she was feel from her injured arm. "Damnit, because of my arm its taking longer than it should for me to perform hand seals, but still, this should do it… Katon: Ryū no Hōkō!"
Once she finished her hand seals, Mai spat out a large stream of Fire from her mouth, but before the attack could make contact. A large waterspout suddenly sprung out of the smoke, blocking the red hot flames and creating another large cloud of steam.
"Tsk, he recovered quicker than I expected" Mai thought angrily as she cancelled her attack.
Keeping her senses on high alert, Mai waited for the steam cloud to dissipate, knowing that if she were to enter the steam cloud, she would be at a serious disadvantage. Her best option was the wait for the steam to disappear, while watching for any possible sneak attacks.
Shortly after the steam cloud appeared, several Naruto's jumped out from the steam cloud and raced towards her.
Seeing this, Mai waited until the four clones were right on top of her, she then flipped over the first one, avoiding a lethal sword stab that would have impaled her. After which she then preformed a perfect reverse spin kick right into the second Naruto's face, causing it to revert into Water, revealing it to be a Water clone.
"Mizu Bunshin (Water Clone) huh?" thought Mai after seeing what happen to the Naruto she had hit. "Good that makes things easier."
After destroying the Water clone and landing back on the lake's surface, Mai spun around and kicked the third Naruto clone off his feet with a high speed leg sweep. She then flipped herself back into the air to avoid another lethal sword stab from the fourth Naruto clone, who had tried to sneak up behind her. She then kicked him in the back of the head, (as she hung in mid-air over him), causing him to revert into Water again.
"Heh, luckily for me Mizu Bunshin only have one-tenth of their user's true power, meaning it shouldn't be too hard for me to take care of the remaining two" Mai said to herself, before glancing at the steam cloud and then at the Water below. "But still, I need to be on my guard, more than likely Naruto-kun is probably using these clones to distract me. I need to finish this quickly."
But as soon as Mai had thought this, two more Naruto's appeared out of the Water behind her and attempted to restrain her.
Unfortunately though for the clones, Mai was ready for a sneak attack like this, and used Shunshin no Jutsu (Body-Flicker Technique) to evade them and reappear behind him.
"Heh, Nice try Naruto-kun, but not good enough" Mai remarked, as she prepared to face off against the four Water clones.
It didn't take long for Mai to quickly deal with the remaining clones, where in less than a minutes, the clones had all but been the destroyed. After defeating the last Water clone, Mai turned around to the cloud of steam, and saw three massive vortexes explode of the steam cloud and into the air, where they formed into three large serpent-like Dragons.
At the same time, Mai saw the real Naruto standing in between two Shadow clones, who had just finished performing the same set of hand seals he had been doing.
"Shit!" Mai cursed, realizing what had happened. "I was right, the Mizu Bunshin were just a distraction. But he wasn't using them so he could sneak up on me; he was using them to keep me busy until he was ready to use his Justu."
Hearing her mother screams telling her to move, Mai attempted to Shunshin away. But before she could perform the necessary hand seals, a seventh Water clone appeared out of the Water behind her and held her in a grapple hold from behind her back; preventing her from forming any hand seals or moving.
"Fuck I was careless!" Mai mentally screamed, as she struggled to free herself from the clone's hold. But by then, it was already too late, where she heard Naruto and his clones shout "Suiton: Sanjū Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Triple Water Dragon Technique)!" (D)
Seeing the three massive Dragons speeding towards from three separate directions, Mai knew she could not avoid them in time and so closed her eyes and braced herself for what was to happen.
Within seconds the three Water Dragons converged on Mai and the Water clones and erupted in a tremendous explosion of Water, destroying the Water clone instantly and sending Water flying everywhere.
After the explosion died down, Naruto clones disappeared in a puff of smoke, while he fell to his knees, sweat pouring covering his face, while panting heavily.
"Crap…pant, pant…that was tough…I'm nearly out of Chakra…pant, pant…I just hope that ends it, otherwise I'm finished" Naruto said to himself. His body was already aching in pain and was struggling to keep himself afloat on the Water.
Scanning the Water for any sign of Mai, Naruto soon located the older girl fifty meters away from her original location, floating face up in the Water.
Making his way over to her, Naruto was surprised to see that the Ame Kunoichi was still conscious, although just barely, "Damn, just how tough is Mai-chan."
Without thinking Naruto immediately started healing the injured Kunoichi, using his Shōsen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique).
Looking up, Mai started having a strange sense of Déjà vu, after losing to Naruto for the second time; she now found herself unable to move, and being healed once again by the blonde boy.
"You must really love humiliating me?" Mai remarked with a painful smirk. "Even after beating me, you immediately start healing me, instead of yourself."
Staying focus on his task, Naruto simply replied "I'm a medic, it's what I do," before smiling and saying "Besides isn't that one of things that you like about me?" remember what Mai had told him once.
Smiling, Mai simply nodded, since Naruto's kind heart and nature was indeed one of the things that attracted her to him, it was something she was not use to seeing. In her village it was always the survival of the fittest, especially in her Clan, she had never met anyone who cared so much for others, and so little of himself. It was so foreign to her, which was also another thing that fascinated her about Naruto.
When Naruto finished healing her, the Senju heir slowly helped the elder girl up, although he had treated her internal injuries, she was still far from healed and her body ached terribly from Naruto's last attack, and would need further medical care later on, before she could be cleared for duty again.
But as soon as Mai was back on her feet, Naruto suddenly fell to his knees holding his chest in pain, "Crap, the poison!"
Seeing that Naruto was in pain, Mai quickly took out her small vile of pills from her pouch and gave him one of the pills. "Here take this, it's an antidote to the poison, it'll ease the pain and eliminate the poisons effects in a few hours' time."
Deciding to trust Mai, Naruto took the pill and swallowed it, after which the elder girl helped him back up. But as soon as he was back on his feet, Naruto and Mai began to hear a tearing sound, before either could even ask what the noise was. The upper portion of Mai's tunic suddenly fell apart, (due to the weight of the Water and Mai's chest, and after all wear and tear it went through during the battle), giving the blonde boy a front row view of Mai's now naked chest.
For a moment or two, neither teen spoke or so much as moved and simply stared down at Mai exposed upper body, too stunned to do or say anything.
Naruto of course was the first to react, turning a completely new shade of red, which had never been seen before.
Despite dressing in a rather revealing manner, and regardless common belief shared by many Kunoichi, Mai was not a harlot or some sort of exhibitionist. She did in fact have standards when it came to how much of herself she showed to others, and how far she would use her sexuality against her opponents.
The fact that she was now basically topless right in front of a member of the opposite sex, who in turn was staring directly at her bare chest, crossed one of those lines.
Before Naruto could say, let alone even do anything, a now crimson Mai covered her naked chest with her left arm, (failing to cover very much), and used her right to punch Naruto right in the face yelling "NARUTO, YOU LETCH!" Sending the blonde boy flying back with a bleeding nose, although whether the nose bleed was from the punch or from seeing Mai's bare chest remained in mystery.
At the same time watching from the outer wall, a now groaning Tsunade raised her right hand to cover her face. Despite being delighted that Naruto had won the fight, the way it ended left things to be desired.
"How the hell does he keep getting himself into situation like this?" the female Hokage asked herself, "Especially with her!"
"Heh! That Brat has the devil's luck" Jiraiya said to himself as he and Kushina were fighting hard not to laugh at Naruto's misfortune, or fortune, (whichever way you look at it). But as soon as Tsunade turned to them and gave them one of her famed evil stares, their laughter came to an abrupt halt and they suddenly came down with a severe coughing fit.
Turning away from the two, Tsunade then glanced over at Hanzo and his party. The Ame leader was of course expressionless as usual, making it difficult for Tsunade to known what he was thinking.
Kandachi was of course was easier to read, where she could tell by the large frown on his face that the right hand man of Hanzo was greatly displeased by how the battle turned out, but not surprised at the same time.
Amaya on the other hand did not seem annoyed or angry, instead she looked relieved. Tsunade suspected that this was due to the fact that her daughter had survived being hit by "three" Water Dragons without serious harm, which was remarkable in itself. It showed just how resilient the young girl was, and made Tsunade wonder if the girl somehow had some Uzumaki blood in her.
Just as Tsunade was about to comment on how the match ended, the blonde Hokage caught a gleam out of the corner of her eye and shouted "DOWN!"
Acting on Tsunade's warning the three Ame Shinobi and two Konoha Shinobi quickly fell to ground, narrowly escaping death from a hail of Shuriken from behind.
Moments after the attack, a dozen Shinobi landed on the wall and started attacking, acting on pure instinct and allowing no time for the attacking Shinobi to do anything. Tsunade jumped forward and kicked one of the Shinobi hard in the chest, sending him flying back into the fort, crushing his chest at the same time.
Once she had dealt the Shinobi, Tsunade immediately sidestepped a Kunai stab from another one of the attacking and grabbed his arm, allowing her to get a better look at him and his headband, indicating that he was from Ame.
Upon seeing the headband, Tsunade at first thought that the attack was a trap set up by Hanzo. But such thoughts quickly evaporated when she saw the large scratch across the Shinobi headband, indicating that he was a missing-nin, and not a follower of Hanzo.
This became even more apparent when Tsunade glanced over at Hanzo's party and saw that they were also busy fighting the same group of Shinobi.
After grabbing hold of the attacking Shinobi's arm, Tsunade then used her enhance strength to flip said Shinobi high up into the air and into the lake. She then quickly turned to the direction that the enemy Shinobi had come from and saw a large group of Shinobi, numbering about thirty, moving towards them.
Knowing that they were too exposed on the wall to be fighting like this, Tsunade gathered her Chakra into her fist and shouted "JUMP!" as she slammed her fist onto the wall, causing it to explode into pieces as it collapsed, covering the nearby area in smoke and dust.
Heeding Tsunade's words, Jiraiya, Hanzo and the others leapt high into the air, right before she destroyed the wall, burying several of the assassins under the rumble.
After landing on the lake, the two parties wasted no time in racing over to Naruto and Mai to make sure that they were safe. When they reached the two teens, they saw that Naruto had already recovered from his little incident with Mai and had been chivalrous enough to give the girl his coat so that she could cover herself with it.
"Kaa-chan what's going on?"
"Assassins…" Tsunade replied before turning to Hanzo, "From Ame."
"They are not from Ame, they're missing-nins, and in case you haven't notice, they attacked us as well" Amaya retorted coolly, not liking the tone Tsunade had used when addressing her father.
"Yea we saw that" Jiraiya added, where he then turned to the Ame leader "I guess they're not fans of yours are they?"
At first Hanzo did not reply, since he didn't like talking about his villages internal matters with outsiders. But given the situation the elder Shinobi leader knew there was no point in hiding it, since any lie he came up with would be easily seen through. "They are rebels, trying to eliminate me so that they can take over the village for themselves."
"It seems that Ame isn't quite as stable as you wanted us to believe" Tsunade remarked, causing Hanzo and his group to glare coldly at her.
"It was an internal matter for my village and was of no concern to you or Konoha" Hanzo retorted coldly, angered by how things turned out. He had underestimated the Rebel forces, and did not believe they had capability, let alone the audacity to attack him like this, something that he would deal with once he returned to Ame.
"Well your internal problem has just become our problem!" voiced Kushina pointing at the Rebel Shinobi who had now cleared the wall and was racing towards them.
Glancing at Naruto and Mai, the red headed Jonin knew that if they fought here, the two teens would get caught up in the fight and given how exhausted they were, it was likely they would get killed, or seriously hurt. There was also the fact that Tsunade could also get seriously hurt in the fight, and Konoha could not afford to lose her right now.
Knowing what needed to be done, Kushina raced forward to intercept the advancing Shinobi group, before they could reach the Hokage and the others.
Seeing this, Tsunade quickly tried to call the younger woman back, "Kushina, what do you think you're doing?! Get back here!"
Ignoring the elder woman's orders, Kushina continued towards the group and made a Shadow clone of herself. "Take Naruto and the girl and fall back to forest, I hold them off."
"Kushina get back, you can't take them all on by yourself!" yelled Jiraiya.
"Trust me I know what I am doing!" the former ANBU Captain replied, before telling her clone what she wanted it to do.
-Enter Magi OST Enfin Apparu-
After nodding its head, Kushina's clone halted and then conjured several dozen long chains from its back, where it erected a massive dome shape barrier around the lake and the fort.
Once the Chain Barrier was erected, Kushina was certain that the group was now contained and could no longer harm the Hokage and the others. But just as she was about to move towards the Rebel group, she was suddenly joined by Amaya, who had somehow entered the barrier before it was full erected.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Kushina demanded, surprised by Amaya's sudden appearance.
"This is an internal problem for my village, and I intend to deal with it" Amaya replied without even looking at Kushina.
"You're going to help me?" Kushina asked with no small amount of surprise.
"Believe me, I don't like it any more than you do, but for this "one" time, we share a common enemy and should work together" Amaya answered before turning to look at her rival and smirked. "Besides there's no way I going to stand by and let you hog all the glory from this."
Smirking back, Kushina nodded, "Fine, but don't blame me if you get hurt, or expect me to watch your back."
Smirking again, Amaya nodded back, stating that she wouldn't expect her to, after which the two of them sped across the Water at remarkable speed.
Once they were close enough the two Kunoichi suddenly jumped up high into the air, avoiding a hail of Kunai thrown at them by the Rebel Shinobi and landed in the middle of the group.
Instantly Kushina and Amaya drew their swords and dispatched four of the Rebel Shinobi with frightening ease. After which they then separate from one another and began engaging the enemy Shinobi in close combat at opposite ends.
After killing two more Shinobi with her Katana, Kushina found herself surrounded by a dozen or so Shinobi who all unleashed a hail of Shuriken on her.
Acting fast, Kushina turn her Katana around and dipped it into the Water and began spinning around at high speed creating a giant Waterspout, which protected her from the projectiles. At the same time several dozen high speed Water blades suddenly erupted out of the spinning Waterspout, flying in every direction. The surrounding Shinobi did their best to avoid the deadly Water blades, but some weren't as fast as others and were almost instantly sliced to pieces by the crescent shape Water blades.
At the same time on the opposite end of the battlefield Amaya was busy dealing with the other half of the Rebel group.
After avoiding a lethal sword slash from one of the Rebel Shinobi, Amaya started performing a series of high speed one handed hand seals and spat out a massive stream of fire.
Quick to act, three of the Rebel nins combined their Water skills to create large wall of Water to block the Fire attack, creating a blanket of steam in front of them. But as soon as the Fire attack had ended and they had cancelled their Water wall, Amaya appeared out of the steam and separated all three of their heads from their bodies with one single powerful swing from her giant sword.
Seeing their comrades being killed so mercilessly by the daughter of Hanzo, two other Rebels ran forward and attempted stab her in the back with their Kunai.
Noticing what the two Shinobi were trying to do after seeing them out of the corner of her eye. Amaya formed a single one handed hand sign and blew out a small stream of Fire from her mouth, imbuing her blade with the flames. She then quickly spun around and shouted "Ryūjin Jakka (Flowing Flame Blade)!" as she severed both Shinobi from their lower halves with her flaming sword, cauterizing their wounds at the same time, preventing any blood from spilling.
With the two missing-nins dealt with, Amaya notice another three attempting the same tactic, after seeing their reflection on the flat side of her sword.
"Fools!" thought the dark haired Kunoichi as she spun her sword around and unleashed a powerful flaming arc from her sword, which quickly enveloped all three missing-nins. But to her surprise instead of seeing their bodies' burn, the three Shinobi reverted into Water, revealing them to be Water clones.
By the time Amaya realized she had been tricked, the three Shinobi appeared out of the Water, surrounding her, where they attempted to stab her with their short swords from all sides. But instead they stabbed each other, due to Amaya using Shunshin no Jutsu (Body-Flicker Technique) to evade their attacks.
After escaping the sneak attack, Amaya reappeared several meters away from where she Shunshin'd, and again found herself surrounded by several Rebels. This time though she was ready and brought up her flaming sword and spun it around, creating a large circular wall of flame around herself, incinerating two of the missing-nins, while the rest were forced to jump away. But they quickly struck back by firing several powerful Water attacks at the Ame Kunoichi.
Acting on instinct, Amaya channelled her Chakra into her sword, increasing the flames around it and began spinning around at high speed, creating a large swirling vortex of Fire around herself.
When the Water attacks crashed Mai's flaming twister, the cold Water quickly began to cool down the hot flames, creating a dense cloud of steam that covered much of the surrounding arena.
"Shit! I can't see a thing!" thought one of the Rebel nins, right before the daughter of Hanzo appeared out of the Water behind him and sliced his head off, without him ever knowing what had happened.
On the opposite end of the battlefield, Kushina had just finished with another one of the Rebels Shinobi when she turned to the direction Amaya was fighting in, after seeing the large flaming twister.
"Sheez, she sure holding nothing back, she's already using Ryūjin Jakka and Hisen (Fire Whirl)." (F)
Seeing that Kushina was momentarily distracted, one of the Ame missing-nins attempted to run her through the back with his sword. But before he could get close enough to do this, several Chakra chains shot out of the red haired woman's back and impaled him. After which Kushina then conjured several more Chakra chains from her body and fired them in multiple different directions, impaling four other nearby Shinobi.
Angered by the death of four more of her comrades, one Rebel Kunoichi threw several Kunai with exploding notes tied to them at Kushina, detonating them once they hit her.
But when the smoke from the explosion died down, the only thing the Kunoichi could see were the fragments of a destroyed wooden log, revealing that Kushina had replaced herself at the last moment.
"Fuck!" thought the Rebel Kunoichi, before her felt a sudden sense of danger from behind and jumped forward, barely avoiding at lethal slash from behind from Kushina. The Ame Kunoichi then quickly spun around and took out another set of Kunai, throwing the first two, while holding onto the third.
Wasting no time Kushina skilfully deflected the two Kunai with her Katana, but was forced to jump back when the Rebel Kunoichi appeared underneath her and tried to stab her in the stomach with her Kunai.
Unwilling to let Kushina escape, the Rebel Kunoichi went after the red head, who had landed at the edge of the steam cloud that had been created when Amaya's Fire twister was extinguished.
Using her Katana, Kushina began spinning her Katana around over her head, gathering a thin layer of steam from the cloud around herself. She then brought the flat end of her blade forward and disappeared right before the Kunoichi eyes.
"What the…?" But before the Kunoichi could finish her train of thought, a long sharp blade burst out of her chest from behind, causing her to spit out large amounts of blood.
Confused by what was happening, the female Shinobi turned her head around slightly and was surprised to find Kushina standing behind her.
"Genjutsu?" muttered the dying Kunoichi.
"No..." Kushina replied, "Kirisui (Misty Water)," where she then pulled her Katana out of the woman's back, causing her fall forward into the Water. (G)
Moments after killing the Kunoichi, Kushina immediately jumped into the air to avoid several high speed balls of Fire from a group of Ame Rebels.
Reacting quickly, Kushina took out several exploded notes and threw them at the Water below and detonated them, creating a brief screen of smoke and Water to distract the Rebel Shinobi. But before the smoke could even dissipate, several dozen Chakra Chains, (with exploding notes tied to them), appeared out from the smoke and flew straight for Rebel group, impaling six of the missing-nins, who then exploded when the notes on the chains activated. The remaining four though escaped, thanks to replacing themselves with Water Clones.
-End Magi OST Enfin Apparu-
Calling her Chakra chains back, Kushina was about to renew her battle with the remaining Ame Shinobi. But was stopped when she heard a familiar voice shout "Katon: Ryū no Hōkō!" from within the cloud of steam behind her.
Acting fast, Kushina jumped up into the air, and just managed to evade a massive stream of Fire that had suddenly blasted out of the steam cloud.
When she landed back on the Water, Kushina immediately sensed someone standing directly behind her, turning, Kushina brought up her sword and swung it around, intending to remove the person's head with it. But suddenly stop short at the person's neck after seeing the person's face, realizing that the person was Amaya, who had also brought up her sword and had just stopped sort of doing the exact same thing to Kuhsina.
"Damn Amaya, I nearly killed you!"
"Me? I nearly killed you!" retorted the buxom Kunoichi as she and Kushina slowly lowered their swords. But no sooner had they lowered their blades, they quickly brought them up again and slashed at two Rebel nin, who appeared out of Water on opposing sides behind the two Kunoichi.
After killing the two Shinobi, the two Kunoichi, quickly turned their backs to one another when they saw that they were now surrounded on all sides by the remaining enemy Shinobi.
"Heh," laughed Amaya, "I thought you said that you wouldn't be watching my back?"
Not taking her eyes off her Rebel Shinobi surrounding them, Kushina retorted, "I simply reacted to an approaching enemy, so don't think for one second that means I like you."
Smirking, Amaya glanced briefly backed at her sworn rival, "Glad to hear it, for a second there I thought you were getting soft on me there."
"Hardly" Kushina scoffed.
"So we'll we finish this?" Amaya asked with a half smirk.
"Fine" the red head replied, before the two of them jumped up into the air, and used their feet to propel each other forward with remarkable speed.
Catching the Ame-nin off guard by how fast she was travel, Kushina was able to cut one Rebel in two, with frightening ease.
Taking advantage of their confusion, Kushina then swung her Katana in a wide arc, slashing two more Shinobi across their stomachs and opening them up.
Recovering from their surprise, the remaining other Rebel Shinobi fired a hail of Shuriken, Kunai and Jutsu, but before they could reach their target. The female Uzumaki, canceled the Chakra to her feet, causing her to fall into the Water and allowing her to avoid attacks.
"Stupid Bitch, She's on our turf now!" thought one of the Rebel nins before shouting, "After her!" where he a the rest of his comrades went into the Water after her.
At the same time, Amaya was busy killing her third enemy before one Shinobi jumped into the air and fired a football size Fireball.
Unafraid by the Fire attack, the Ame Kunochi formed a single one handed hand seal and thought "Katon:Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique)!" before firing a massive ball of flame.
Within seconds, the Fire attack was enveloped the smaller Fireball and hit the Rebel Shinobi, who could only watch as the flaming ball flew towards him and burnt him alive.
Taking advantage of Amaya's distraction two Shinobi came up behind her, hoping to finally put an end to the daughter of Hanzo. But before they could reach her, a large whirlpool suddenly appeared in the Water, blocking their path.
Before either Shinobi could even wonder what was happening, a massive waterspout burst out whirlpool.
"What the…?" said one of the Ame Rebels, before he saw a dozen of his comrades being thrown out of the waterspout, and sent crashing back onto the Water.
Turning around, Amaya smirked when she saw the waterspout dying down, revealing Kushina standing in the middle off it, "Show-off."
"What the hell just happened?" asked one of the Rebels as he helped his comrade back up onto their feet.
"That damn bitch, she's what happened!" shouted the Shinobi. "When she went underwater, we followed after her, but as soon as we had her surrounded, she used some sort of Jutsu to spin around and create a whirlpool that shucked us up and flung us up into the air."
When the waterspout died down, Kushina sheathed her Katana and took out a scroll from her pouch before opening it up, unleashing a hail of Shuriken and Kunai, which flew out of the scroll, impaling several of Ame Rebels.
Angered by what Kushina's had done, one of the Ame Shinobi fired a powerful blast of Fire at her, which the red head immediately blocked by taking out and opening another scroll and sucked the Fire blast within the scrolls.
After the Fire attack had absorbed within the scroll, Kushina closed the scroll and reopened it, releasing the Fire blast at attacking Shinobi, who dodged the attack and charged straight at her.
Side-stepping the Shinobi Kunai stab, Kushina redrew her blade and rammed her Katana into the man's chest. But to her surprise, the Shinobi smiled and grabbed hold of her arms with his right hand and shouted "Now!"
Upon hearing their comrade's order, one Ame Shinobi used the surrounding Water to create a large sphere of Water that enveloped both Kushina and his comrade.
At the same time and second Ame Shinobi started performing hand seals for a Lightning technique that would kill both people inside the Water sphere. But before the Shinobi could finish the required hand seals, he and his other comrade were force to move when they saw two Kunai flying towards them, causing the Water Sphere to collapse.
With the Water sphere now gone, Kushina wasted no time in freeing herself, where she punched the dying Shinobi holding her in the face, causing him to let go of her. Allowing her to pull her Katana out of him and finish him off with single swing of her sword, severing his head.
"Looks, like you owe me one Tomato-chan" a smirking Amaya remarked, appearing next to red head. But no sooner had she appeared, without warning Kushina kicked her away.
Angered by what by what had happened, Amaya was about to yell, but stopped when she saw Kushina stabbing a Rebel Kunoichi, who had seemly snuck up behind her, and had been about to stab her in the back of the head with a Kunai.
Pulling her Katana out of then now dead Kunochi's chest, Kushina turned to her rival and smirked, "Now we're even it," before jumping off to re-engage the remaining Rebels.
Not about to be outdone by Kushina, Amaya quickly took off after the Red headed Kunoichi.
From their position on the shoreline of the lake, Naruto and the others watched as his sensei and Mai's mother battled the Rebel assassins, as the battle continued, Naruto couldn't help but awe at their skill, and now understood just how strong his sensei was. Despite being vastly outnumbered twenty to one, the two Kunoichi seemed to be winning and had just killed almost half of the enemy Shinobi.
This was also the first time for Naruto to really watch his sensei in actually battle, although he had watched her fight briefly when she fought against Kisame. He had been unable to stay conscious long enough to watch the entirety of the fight.
"How are they able to do that?" Naruto asked, after watching Amaya block a sword strike from one of the Rebel Shinobi with her own large sword when he tried to attack his sensei. Kushina then flipped over Amaya and stabbed the Rebel in the head with her Katana. When she landed back on the Water, Amaya flipped over her, kicking away and Rebel Kunoichi, who tried to stab her in the side with a Kunai. Kushina in turn elbowed another Shinobi, (who attacked her), hard in the throat and then kicked him away. She then tossed her Katana into the air and kicked the base of the hilt with her foot, sending the sword speeding towards an a Shinobi, who appeared out of the Water behind Amaya, stabbing him in the neck, killing him instantly. (4) "I thought they were enemies, but the way they are fighting now, it's like they're comrades who trained with each other for years. They're fighting in perfect sync of each other and at the same time covering for one another, it's almost like they can read each others minds."
"It is because they are enemies that they are able to work so well with one another" Hanzo answered, speaking for the first time with Naruto.
Turning to the aged Shinobi, Naruto's only response was a "Huh?" not understanding what Hanzo was trying to tell him
"Your Sensei and my daughter have fought each other many times over the years, and because of this, they know how each other fight. Rivals can often know each other better than comrades can, because they have fought each other so many times and have trained themselves to look out for subtle moves or signs that they each make when they fight. Allowing them to predict what the other will do next."
Once he had finish, Hanzo went back to watching the fight, where Kushina used her Mizu no Josho (Rising Water) technique to block a Fire attack from one of the Rebels. This allowed Amaya strike back by throwing several Kunai, (with exploding notes time to them) at the Rebels, forcing the enemy Shinobi back, when they exploded. "So that is the Uzumaki girl that Amaya is always talking? The one capable of restraining Biju, she is indeed impressive, not to mention powerful. The fact she able to create a barrier to envelope the entire lake and fort, and still be strong enough to keep all those Shinobi within it is no small feat for anyone."
Mai was of course of similar mind as her grandfather, and was beginning to understand why her mother held the female Uzumaki in such high regard and how she was able to stand up to her mother in battle.
-With Kushina and Amaya-
Using Namiutsu Mizu (Rippling Water) technique, Kushina synchronize her breathing and locked her eyes with a Rebel Shinobi she had been fighting with, allowing her to dodge the Shinobi rabid high speed sword strikes, with relative ease.
Frustrated that all his attacks were failing, the Shinobi lunged forward at the female Uzumaki, giving Kushina exactly the opening she needed. Allowing her to sidestep the stab and move behind him, allowing her to backhand him in the back of the head, knocking him out and causing him to fall face first into the Water, where he drowned.
Moments after dealing with the sword wielding Shinobi, Kushina was forced to jump away when she saw a hail of Shruiken fall down on top of her from above.
When she landed several meters away she saw four more Rebel Shinobi standing where she had been. But before any of them could attack, they heard a familiar female voice shout Katon: Hibashiri (Fire Style: Running Fire)!" where several streams of Fire suddenly appeared and flew through the air and form a large circle of Fire around the four Shinobi, trapping them inside it.
Before any of the Shinobi could act, Amaya suddenly appeared directly above him, and after finishing another set of one handed Hand seals thought "Katon: Rekka(Fire Style: Ardent Flame)!" when she spat out a massive blast of Fire. (H)
After spitting out the large Fire blast, Amaya brought up her giant sword and swung it, creating a shockwave that enhanced the Fire blasts flames.
With nowhere to run the four Shinobi could only watch on in horror as the giant inferno fell down on top of them burning them alive, leaving only ashes in its wake. But as soon as Amaya landed back on the Water's surface, Kushina chains suddenly surrounded her, forming a protective barrier around her, saving her from a barrage of exploding notes and Kunai.
At that moment Kushina formed a single hand seal and thought "Suiton: Mizu Kamikiri (Water Style: Rising Water Slicer)!" before spitting out a fast jet of Water from her mouth, forcing the attacking Shinobi to jump away.
Recovering quickly, one of the Rebel Shinobi struck back by firing his own Water attack at Kushina.
Seeing this, Amaya shouted at Kushina to lower her barrier.
Doing what she was told; Kushina lowered her Chain barrier, allowing Amaya to appear in between the red head and the approaching Water attack, thanks to Shunshin no Jutsu (Body FlickerTechnique).
After forming three quick hand seals and gathering a large amount of Chakra to her month, (converting it into Fire), the Ame Kunoichi finished forming her hand seals and thought "Katon: Kouen (Fire Style: Crimson Flames)!" firing a large blast of Fire at the Water attack, causing it to evaporate, creating a small screen of hot steam. (I)
Shortly after Amaya blocked the Water attack, four Ame Rebels appeared out of the steam cloud, catching the daughter Hanzo off-guard. But before she could even try to defend herself, four large spinning drills of Water appeared around her and flew at the four attacking Shinobi, impaling them.
Turning around, Amaya saw Kushina smirking at her, and realised that the female Uzumaki had just saved her using Suigadan (Water Fang Bullet).
Nodding her thanks to the red head, Amaya turned back around when she noticed a flash of light coming out of the corner of her eye.
Wasting no time, Amaya jumped away when she saw several large Fireballs speeding towards her out of the steam cloud.
With only a few second before the Fireballs hit her, Amaya formed three quick hand seals and thought "Katon: Hiheki no Jutsu (Fire Style: Firewall Technique)!" She then spat out a large stream of Fire from her mouth, creating a massive wall of Fire in front of her which absorb the Fireballs. (J)
But as soon as the Fire wall had appeared, two Ame Rebels appeared out of the Water and jumped up high into the air and threw down a hail of pellets, which exploded, releasing a cloud poison which covered much of the area, and enveloped both Kushina and Amaya.
At the same time, Amaya's Fire wall was extinguished by several Rebels when they spat out several powerful streams of Water in collaboration.
"It's finally over" said the Rebel leader, as he and his remaining men waited for the poison cloud to dissipate.
Looking around, the Rebel leader couldn't help but growl when he saw the bodies of his subordinates floating in the Water. What should have been a quick and decisive victory and had turned into an absolute disaster. The two Kunoichi had proven more difficult than he ever expected them to be, and thanks to Kushina's barrier they were unable to manoeuvre around them to attack their real target Hanzo. Out of the forty Shinobi that he had gathered, now only twelve remained.
"Sir..." spoke one of his few remaining Kunoichi, "Once we've finished off Hanzo's daughter and the Konoha Kunoichi, I believe it would be wise to retreat."
"No!" yelled Rebel leader furiously, "We've come too far and sacrificed too much to fail now!"
"But sir..." said the Kunoichi, "We've lost the element of surprise and even if we take down the Konoha Kunoichi's barrier, our chances of actually killing Hanzo are slim to none, especially if the Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama get involved."
"And if we retreat now, Hanzo will come down on the rebellion harder than before, and will not rest until we're are all dead, especially now that we've killed his daughter...If the rebellion is to have any chance of succeeding, Hanzo needs to die today, no matter the cost."
Realizing that she could not be able to change her superior's mind, the Kunochi simply nodded her head in acceptance.
After a few minutes, the poison cloud began to dissipate, revealing the two Kunoichi. But to the surprise of the remaining Ame Rebels, Kushina remained alive, having surrounded herself with her Chain barrier, keeping the poison cloud out.
Amaya sadly was not so fortunate and had breathed in the poison and was now floating face up in the Water.
"Damn that Konoha bitch simply won't die" the Rebel leader said to himself. "But at least we've killed Hanzo's whore of a daughter."
Turning to two of his subordinates, the Rebel leader said, "You to, go make sure that Hanzo's daughter is dead, the rest come with me to finish off the Konoha Kunoichi."
With a chorus "Hai!" the remaining Rebel Shinobi spilt up.
Once they had surrounded Kushina, the leader of the Rebels walked up to her, "Surrender, if you lower your barrier and have your clone do the same, you will not be harmed; our target is Hanzo, not you."
"Somehow I doubt that" Kushina replied, knowing full well she had killed too many of their comrades for them to simply let her go. Plus she had a feeling that these people had no intention of leaving any witnesses.
"Then we'll force you out!" the leader snarled angrily. But before he or his subordinates could attack, Kushina formed five quick hand seals and slammed her hand onto the Water and yelled "Kekkai Ninjutsu:Tojikome no Jutsu (Barrier Ninja Technique: Confinement Technique)!" At the same time, several seals began to form around the surface of the Water and surround Kushina and the Ame Rebels, preventing any of them from moving. (5)
"Shit! It's a trap!" yelled one of the Rebels, but before any of them could call for help from their comrades, Kushina shouted "Now Amaya!"
At that moment after hearing Kushina's voice, Amaya's eyes suddenly opened, much to the surprise of the two Ame Shinobi kneeling over her.
Grabbing the hand of one of the Rebels, Amaya turned the Kunai that he was about use on her and rammed it into his neck, killing him instantly. After which she then spun around and scratched the second Rebel on the right cheek with her sharp nails, just as he jumped away from her.
"How the hell are you still alive?!" snarled the Rebel, holding his right cheek in pain.
Smirking back at the traitor, Ayama replied, "Heh, you Rebel scum really need to do your homework better, like my father, I'm resistant to most type of poisons, and poison of that calibre won't even make me sneeze."
Glaring at the dark haired Kunoichi, the Rebel Shinobi took out a Kunai, "Your Dead, you Bitch!"
Still smirking Amaya retorted, "Oh, I don't think so, in fact "YOUR" the one that's dead, you just don't know it yet."
"What are you talk-guah!" said the Ame Rebel before he spat out a large amount of blood.
"Ah, looks like it's already working" Amaya mused to herself.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME YOU BITCH?!" screamed the man as she started spitting out more blood and held his chest in pain as his hearted started pounding like it was about to burst.
"I poisoned you, just like you tried to poison us" Amaya replied simply.
"W-Wh-When?!" asked the Shinobi before falling to his knees, while his breathing began to quicken.
"Wh-When...H-How?!"
"When I scratched your face..." Amaya answered, indicting the scratch on his right cheek, which had now turned bright green. "As to how, like my father I am able to produce poison from my body, although unlike him I cannot breathe it out. Instead it comes out of my sweat glands and should I scratch someone with my nails I infect them with the poison, which as you can see, takes effect very quickly."
"D-D-Damn you...Guah!" cursed the Rebel-nin before spitting out more blood and finally falling to the effects of the poison.
With the Rebel Ame-nin now, Amaya bit her right thumb and thought "Time to finish this," before forming hand seals and yelling "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)" creating a large cloud of smoke.
When the smoke dissipated, it revealed Amaya standing atop a massive Grey Salamander, which was easily three times the size of the ones that Mai had summoned when she had been battling Naruto.
After summoning her own personal summons, Amaya wasted no time in giving her summons orders. "Geki, Dokugiri (Poison Mist)!" (6)
Heading his master's command the massive summons inhaled deadly and exhaled a massive cloud of purple mist, which quickly enveloped the surrounding area.
Thanks to Kushina's barrier the remaining Rebels cloud not escape the deadly cloud, some of course tried to hold their breath, but this proved futile and before long they all collapsed and fell dead.
Once the poison cloud dissipated, Kushina lowered her barrier and made her way over to Amaya, who ordered her summons to return home.
"Looks like we have a lot of cleaning up to do" Kushina remarked grimly, glancing over at the numerous bodies floating in the Water, knowing they couldn't be left here.
"Not really" Amaya replied before performing several hand seals and then saying "Katon: Dairekka (Fire Style: Great Ardent Flame)!" and spewing out a gigantic stream of fire, which consumed the bodies within minutes, while causing steam to erupted as the Water evaporated from the super heated flames.
When Amaya finished, Kushina simply nodded, although she did not like such methods when it came to dealing with bodies. It was stranded practise for all Shinobi villages when dealing with the bodies of missing-nin or when the body of a fallen comrade could not be returned home for burial. Dying ANBU would sometimes even place a special note on themselves, which would ignite and burn their bodies, preventing enemies from recovering their bodies and learning any of their village's secrets.
Shortly afterwards, Kushina singled her clone to bring down the barrier around the lake and the fort, before disappearing. They then made their way over to Tsunade and the others, who waited for them at the lake shore.
Once they reached them, Tsunade immediately started to berate the former ANBU Captain for disobeying her orders. But after a few minutes of reprimanding, the female Hokage eased off the red head and started to treat her injuries. But not before she warned her that is she ever disobeyed her orders like that again she would have her demoted back to a Genin.
Amaya on the other hand, got no such reprimanding from her father, instead got a simple nod of approval, indicating that he pleased with her actions with dealing with the Rebels. Mai on the other hand showed a bit more concern for her mother, asking if her injuries were serious, which thankfully were not, where she soon received treatment from Tsunade, as gratitude for assisting Kushina.
While Tsunade was busy attending to the two Kunoichi injuries, Jiraiya summoned several small Toads to search the lake and the surrounding forestry for any other possible enemies that might have escaped or stayed hidden during the battle.
But when the Toads returned, they reported that there were no more enemies around, at the same time, one small red toad returned with the Raijin no Ken (Sword of Thunder), which Naruto had lost in the lake during the earlier part of his fight with Mai.
When Tsunade finished treating Amaya and Kushina, both she and Hanzo also decided, given what happened, that it would be best for both sides to return to respect villages.
Thankfully Hanzo agreed to uphold his end of the deal, agreeing to the original terms of the agreement, without requiring Naruto and Mai to marry.
Making her way over to the blonde Senju, while still wearing Naruto's coat, (given how it was the only thing that covered her torso). The granddaughter of Hanzo held out her hand, which Naruto took and shook.
"You won the match fair and square, and as my grandfather agreed, I will no longer push the matter on us getting married. But don't think I've given up, I have no intention of letting some other girl getting you, especially since you need to take responsibility for it" said Mai, emphasizing the word "it," causing everyone to now stare in shock at the two.
"Naruto! What is she talking about?!" demanded a now furious Tsunade, realizing the meaning behind those words.
"W-W-Wait, i-it's a misunderstanding Kaa-chan" Naruto said, waving his hands in denial, before turning to Mai. "Tell her Mai-chan, tell her nothing happened!"
Feigning hurt at Naruto's words, the young Ame Kunoichi pretended to wipe away imaginary tears from her eyes. "Oh Naruto-kun, how can you say that after everything that happen back in Konoha, you were after all my first," where she then smirked and winked at him, causing the blonde boy to turn even redder at the meaning of those words.
"OOhh, she's good!" Kushina thought with a mischievous smirk, realizing what Mai was doing.
Before Naruto could even respond to the elder Kunoichi claim, he suddenly felt someone slapping him on the back and a large arm warp over him in a one arm hug.
"WAY TO GO KKIIDD!" Jiraiya yelled in congratulations "You've popped your cherry, at twelve." Before long the Toad Sage began to cry tears of joy, "I'm so proud; my godson has finally become a ma-ACK!"
Hearing enough of Jiraiya, the now furious Hokage elbowed her former team-mate right in the face, breaking his nose and knocking him out with one hit. After which she then turned her attention to her son, who tried sneak away by was instantly caught by his mother. "Where do you think you're going young man? You and I need to have a chat!"
Taking this as their queue to leave, the Ame party took off into the tree, leaving a laughing Kushina, a furious Tsunade, a pleading Naruto and a bleeding Jiraiya.
Making their way through the treetops and back home to Ame, Kandachi turned to his leader.
"It seems that we've failed with our plans Hanzo-sama."
"True" replied the Ame leader, "But still, I was able to see some interesting things. I saw with my own eyes just what that boy is capable of and what he is like, I also got to see the Uzumaki girl that my daughter is always talking about. We also removed a large number of Rebels and we still have the pack with Konoha, so it was not a total loss."
"So you have not given up on your plan in acquiring Mokuton and killing the boy?" Kandachi asked.
"No" said Hanzo, "The plan will simply need to be modified that's all, besides thanks to the pack that we've just made with Konoha, we have a much better platform to work on. There is more than one way to get to the boy and acquire his Bloodline limit than having him marry Mai. We still have plenty of time, so before we concern ourselves with him again, we'll finish dealing with the Rebels."
"I understand" said Kandachi, before he glanced back at Amaya and Mai, who were only a few meters behind them and were busy talking to one another.
"Guess our little plan to snare you the Senju heir didn't work" Amaya remarked with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"I guess, but at least this time I got a little souvenir out our fight" Mai replied, hugging Naruto's coat around her more.
"He's surprising strong for someone his age..." Amaya commented suddenly. "I approve of him, so don't let any other get him before you."
Pleased that she had her mother's approval, Mai nodded, indicating that she had no intention of losing either.
Glancing at her daughter again, Amaya decided to ask his daughter something that had been on her mind, ever since they first left Goryōkaku fort. "Tell me Mai, is it true what you said, was the boy really your first?"
Smiling, Mai nodded, causing her mother right eyebrow to rise. But before she could comment, Mai said. "Yes mother, Naruto-kun was my first kiss."
Omake 1:
"This should prove to be an interesting battle" Hanzo remarked
"It should" Tsunade replied, "But I can assure you that my son won't lose."
"Oh I wouldn't be so sure of that Hokage-sama" Amaya answered with a knowing smile. "In fact I think that he has no chance of beating my daughter."
Annoyed by this, Tsunade turned to the younger woman and frowned, "What make you so sure of that?"
"Because I have just taught my daughter a secret technique that is known only to the Kunoichi of my Clan and can defeat even the strongest male Shinobi."
Scoffing, Tsunade just shook her head, "You're bluffing."
"Am I?" asked the Ame Kunoichi with the same knowing smile
-With Naruto and Mai-
Standing directly opposite one another, the two young Shinobi stared intensely at each other, each waiting to see who would make the first move.
The mood was so intense, that each and every moment felt like an eternity, there was hardly a sound, save for the gentle Wind blowing in the trees.
After a minute of silence Mai finally spoke "I suggest that you give you Naruto-kun and save yourself the embarrassment of losing to me, as I have come up with the perfect strategy that can defeat not only you but any man I face"
"Huh, Really?" asked Naruto smiling confidently, "Well go ahead and show me, I'm ready for anything!"
"Heh, you asked for it" Mai yelled, before ripping her top off, revealing her naked breasts "Hiden: Būbī no Jutsu (Secret Tradition: Booby Technique)!"
At that moment, upon seeing Mai bouncing Big Breasts, Naruto stared dumbfound at the jigging pair, unable to think or do anything. But upon seeing them, Naruto suddenly shot up into the air by a massive fountain of blood, which erupted from his nose, sending him flying high into the air before crashing into the lake Water.
Shortly afterwards, the unconscious Naruto floated to the surface face up above the Water, with a perverted smile on his face.
Back at the shore, Mai turned to look up at the now fuming Tsunade and held up her hand in the air as she performed the V for Victory sign. "Hah! Naruto-kun is mine now Old Hag!"
"SSSoooo" drawled Amaya, grinning like a Cheshire cat, "When shall we have the wedding, I'm rather partial to a spring wedding myself."
"Jiraiya what the hell do you have to say for yourself?!" yelled Tsunade as she turned to the man she held responsible for all this. But to her surprise she found the perverted Sage already lying in a pool of his own blood, with the exact same perverted smile as Naruto.
Later, upon a detailed and thorough examination of the body, the medical examiner declared the cause of death was due massive nasal haemorrhage.
After that day, the Hiden: Būbī no Jutsu was declared a forbidden S Class technique that had the potential to be lethal to all males.
Omake 2:
It was another clear sunny day in Konoha and everyone was taking advantage of the serene atmosphere...everyone "BUT" the Hokage.
In the Hokage's mansion, the newly elected Godaime Hokage Senju Tsunade was stuck inside doing paperwork, but no matter how much she did, more kept coming.
Glaring at the large tower of paperwork sitting on her desk, the female Sennin could almost feel the tower of paperwork staring right back at her, mocking her.
"That's it!" yelled the busty woman, as she stood up from her seat, almost causing her chest to come out.
After finally having enough of the endless paperwork, Tsunade decided to try out a little trick the Sandaime had told her about after she became Hokage.
Using the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique) to make a clone of herself, the blonde Hokage then told the clone to get to work, while she went out to enjoy the day
An hour later Tsunade went to her favourite local bar to have a drink, but when she went to her usual table she was surprised to find her clone sitting at it, drinking.
"Oh hheeyy" slurped the clone, waving, seemly half drink,
"What the hell are you doing here?!" demanded Tsunade.
"Drinking!" replied the tipsy clone with a drunken smile, "Come and join me in a drink, hiccup! The sake is ffiinnee."
"That's not what I'm asking" roared the angry woman, "You're supposed to be back at the office doing paperwork."
"Oh well, you see after a while I just got fed up with doing all that work" replied the clone calmly. But upon seeing the pissed off look on the real Tsunade's face the clone began to wave her off, in an attempt to calm her down. "Relax, Relax, Relax, before I left I created another clone to take my place, so she should be doing it right now."
Before Tsunade could respond to this, she and her clone's attention soon turned a loud explosion coming from the building opposite them.
Racing outside, Tsunade and her clone saw the second clone storming out of the building yelling "THIS GAME IS FUCKING RIGGED, THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU COULD GET A FULL HOUSE LIKE THAT. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN CHEAT ME OUT OF MY MONEY LIKE THAT, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING!"
When the new clone saw Tsunade and the first clone, it almost immediately asked, "What are you two doing here?"
"I'm the one who should be asking that not you" the original Tsunade retorted.
Having the decency to look embarrassed while scratching the back of her, (not unlike a certain other blonde we know), the clone replied. "Well, eheheheh, you see the thing is, after doing some of the work, I kind of got board and tired of it, and it was such a nice day. I decided to go outside and..." but before the clone could finish, the three Tsunade's heard a familiar voice calling out to them from behind them.
Turning they saw two more clones walking together, one eating dango and another eating some chicken breasts.
"What are you two doing here?" asked the three Tsunade's together.
"Eating" replied one clone, acting like nothing was wrong.
"Yea" joined the second, who seemed just as oblivious to the situation as her partner, eating another piece of chicken breasts. "But listen, you guys really need to go to this restaurant we've just found, the food there is to die for."
At that moment the five Tsunade's saw two "MORE" clones appear, who seemed to be even more drunk than the first clone was, and were holding one another up as they wobbled through the streets.
Before Tsunade knew what happened, the entire village was filled with several dozen clones of herself, eating, drinking, gambling, drinking, talking, fighting and drinking even more drinking.
"THAT'S IT, I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" the blonde yelled inside her head, before she cancelled all her clones, causing them all to disappear.
But as soon as she had cancelled the clones Tsunade felt someone tapping her shoulder from behind.
Turning to the person, she saw the bar owner holding out a piece of bill, "Your bill Hokage-sama."
Taking the piece of paper, the female Sennin eyes almost burst out of her sockets when she saw the amount that was due.
"I'm afraid I can only take cash Hokage-sama" the smiling bar owner said, rubbing his hands together as he waited her to hand over the money.
Still staring at the piece of paper, Tsunade attention was soon turned to another person tapping her shoulder, whom was also holding another piece of paper.
"Tsunade-sama, this is the bill for how much it will cost to repair the damage your clone caused to my building. Also" continued the man as he held up another piece of paper, "This is how much your clone still owes me from its bet."
"Godaime-sama" called out another person, "I have the bill for the food that your clones ate."
Before Tsunade even knew what happened, she was completely surrounded on all sides by dozens of people demanding money off her for all the food and sake her clones ate and drank. Not to mention for the damages that they caused to several buildings and for the amount of money they lost while gambling.
-Next the Day-
The next day a very irritable Tsunade arrived early at the Hokage's mansion and headed straight to her office. She had spent the entire day avoiding all the people who came after her demanding money off her. She had come in earlier today in the hope of trying to find a way to deal with all this new debt that she had collected, thanks to her clones.
But as soon as she had opened the double doors to her office, she was suddenly buried under a massive avalanche of paperwork, which exploded out of her office.
Poking her head out of massive pile of paper, Tsunade found her "ENTIRE" office was filled to the brim with paper.
Before Tsunade could even comment on what was going on she suddenly heard Shizune voice calling out to her from behind "Oh Tsunade-sama, your early, excellent."
"Shizune what the hell is all-aahh!" yelled Tsunade before she was buried under a wheelbarrow load of even more paperwork.
After digging herself out of the mound of paper Tsunade quickly turned to her assistant/apprentice. "Shizune what the hell is all this?!"
"Well while you and your clones were gallivanting around the village, your paperwork began to pile up."
"All this..."pointing at the mountain of paperwork, "Is all from just missing ONE day of work?!" asked the blonde woman in disbelief.
"Oh no..." replied the younger woman, where for a "brief" moment the Hokage saw a ray of hope, but that quickly disappeared as Shizune continued. "Some of them are bills from the various shops, bars, casino owners who all claim that you and your clones owe them money. Not to mention the incident reports from the damages that your clones caused when they got angry."
Shortly after, a now smirking Shizune left Tsunade alone with her work, finding it a fitting punishment for her teacher for skipping out on her work.
When Shizune left, Tsunade quickly broke down to tears and cried at all the work that she would need to do.
Needless to say, Tsunade never made another Shadow clone ever again.
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