Chapter 27: Invasion Pt 2
Outside Konoha
While Tenten and Neji dealt with their problem, everyone else was outside as they waited for the signal to start. Everyone was quite anxious as the signal took longer to happen than expected.
"What is taking them so long?" Kiba asked. Everyone shrugged as the waited patiently.
"Do you think that they ran into some trouble?" Ino asked the group.
"That might be it, but I wonder who could cause them trouble," Tsunade decided to say.
"We will just have to wait and trust that they send the signal for us to begin," Naruto said to everyone. Everyone nodded as they sat in their respective positions and awaited for the signal from Tenten and Neji.
With Neji and Tenten
Neji cursed as he got out of some rubble from the shack. Neji soon cracked his neck as he looked at his former teacher.
"Always taking things too far, you haven't changed Gai-sensei," Neji said to him. Gai sighed as he looked at Neji.
"Sorry Neji, but you will have to surrender. You can't beat me," Gai said like it was the biggest fact in the world. Neji smirked as he got up.
"I remember saying the same thing to Lee. It is so stupid now that I think about it," Neji said to him.
Flashback
"Konoha Senpuu," Lee shouted as he managed to hit Neji into a block of stone. Neji cursed as he slipped into unconsciousness.
"I can't believe I lost. You have shown me your power Lee. You are just like Naruto," Neji managed to say before he was out cold.
Flashback End
Neji smiled as he got up and resumed his family's taijutsu stance.
"Sorry Gai-sensei, but this is my mission and I will see it through," Neji said as he charged Gai. Gai was soon caught off guard as Neji sidestepped a punch he sent out. Neji brought his palm forward as he managed to hit Gai in his chest. Neji soon followed with a sidekick as he sent Gai into some crates.
"Not done yet Gai-sensei," Neji said as he did some handsigns.
"Raiton: Sandā Kumo no Kami( Lighting Style: Deity of the Thunder Clouds)," Neji yelled as the thunder clouds in the sky swirled as lightning struck through the skies. Gai looked up to to see the lighting form a giant man-like creature with a spear. Neji smirked as he looked at Gai's expression.
"Feel the wrath of the thunder god," Neji said as the deity brought the spear back and threw it at Gai. Gai's eyes narrowed as the light enveloped him and struck the shack.
With Naruto and the others
"That must be Neji throwing a fit," Shino said to them. Everyone nodded still wondering who Neji and Tenten were fighting.
Back with Neji and Tenten
Neji smiled as he fell to one knee. Neji looked at the destruction on his side as he smiled.
"Damn, I guess I didn't get him," Neji said as he looked to see Gai appeared.
"Very good Neji. If my weights weren't off, that would have killed me," Gai said to him. Neji nodded, but got up.
"Gai-sensei as your former pupil, will you please listen to me for a few minutes?" Neji asked for the last time. Neji really wanted to save the people he could, he really didn't want to kill Gai, but he would if he had to.
Gai pondered Neji's request as he looked at the Hyuuga child. Gai smiled as he still felt sympathy for his old team.
"Go ahead Neji, say what you want," Gai said to him. Neji nodded with a smile as he got up.
"Gai-sensei, we are here to destroy Konoha, but there is something that you don't know," Neji said to him. Gai quirked up and eyebrow that made Neji shiver at the way it moved.
"And what is it that I don't know Neji?" Gai asked him, curious to know. Neji smiled as he looked at Gai.
"Tsuchikage-sama has allowed us to save those we deem fit for saving," Neji said to him. Gai suddenly perked up as he looked at Neji for any sign of a lie, but couldn't find any.
"And why didn't you tell me this before?" Gai asked him. Neji narrowed his eyes as he looked at Gai.
"Cause you didn't give me the time to explain," Neji said to him. Gai chuckled with a nod at Neji's attempts to get him to listen.
"Well I feel like a fool. Truth be told, this village is most unyouthful now, I would like to go to your village," Gai said to him. Neji nodded with a smile.
"Thank you Gai-sensei. Now let's go and get Tenten and Asuma," Neji said to him. Gai nodded as he ran with Neji to find Tenten and Asuma.
With Tenten and Asuma
Tenten and Asuma were at a stalemate as they looked at the countless weapons scattered across the ground. Both were huffing as they looked at each other.
"Will you surrender Tenten?" Asuma asked her. Tenten smirked as she sighed.
"No Asuma-sensei. I am an Iwa-shinobi and I will complete my mission," Tenten said to him. Asuma sighed as he nodded.
"Then you leave me no more options,"Asuma said as one of his knives glowed. Tenten smiled as she unsealed a sword from her scroll. Tenten soon channeled her chakra through the blade as fire suddenly engulfed it. Asuma narrowed his eyes as Tenten looked at him.
"Looks like I have the advantage Asuma-sensei," Tenten said to him. Asuma smirked with a nod.
"Yes you do, but that doesn't guarantee that you will win, especially against me," Asuma said to her as he charged. Tenten smirked as she charged also. As both neared each other, they were suddenly stopped by a hand on each of their arms.
"Okay let's stop fighting and talk this out," Gai said to Asuma. Neji nodded to Tenten as the fire in her blade settled down and vanished. Asuma's knife stopped glowing as they looked at each other.
"Asuma, Neji told me that the Tsuchikage of Iwa is allowing them to save those who they want to save from destroying Konoha," Gai said to him. Asuma looked at Gai, then Neji and Tenten. Both nodded to him that this was the truth. Asuma sighed as he blew a breath from his cigarette.
"Well I wasn't serious about protecting this place. My father would frown upon this village. I can't see a reason for it to stand. Alright, I will go to Iwa with you guys," Asuma said to them. Both nodded with smiles as they looked at them.
"Thank you very much for accepting. We are saving other people also. We don't want to kill you if you aren't for Konoha," Neji said to them. Gai and Asuma nodded with a few smiles on their faces.
"So is everyone else here also?" Asuma asked. Neji and Tenten smiled.
"Yeah they are, we are all here," Tenten said to him.
"Just one question," Gai said to them.
"Yes Gai-sensei" They said to him.
"Why are you both so tall? It hasn't even been a year since you left, but you already look like 5 years have passed," Gai said to them. Both looked at each other and chuckled.
"Oh well that is quite the story, lets see. It probably started with...," they began to tell the two jonin the story as both had their jaws to the ground.
"Tsunade got younger?" Asuma asked wide-eyed. Tenten nodded.
"Kyuubi is female?" Gai asked them. Neji nodded.
"NARUTO IS ENGAGED TO TSUNADE?" They asked them. Both nodded with a slight smile. Asuma and Gai looked at each other.
"Well I'll be damned, how do you like that," Asuma said with a smile. Gai looked at the sky and gave Naruto a thumbs up.
"A most youthful act Naruto," Gai said to the sky. Neji and Tenten smiled, but soon got serious as they realized that they didn't do the signal.
"Oh Gai-sensei, Asuma-sensei. Please gather all people who are willing to leave Konoha, we need to start the signal of the invasion," Neji said to them. Gai and Asuma nodded as they shunshined out of sight to find the people. Neji and Tenten smirked as they headed to the shack.
"We are going to get an earful from Naruto and Tsunade," Tenten said to him. Neji rubbed his temples.
"Don't remind me," Neji said as Tenten placed the bomb at the center of the shack. Both soon shunshined to a nearby house as Tenten form a signal handsign.
"Let the invasion begin," Tenten said with a smirk. Neji nodded as they sent the signal.
"KAI," Tenten yelled as the bombs in all four corner of the Konoha shacks exploded. The village soon could be seen with for massive explosions in four different places like a square. Soon the village was on high alert as Neji and Tenten shunshined back to the group.
With Naruto and the others
Everyone smiled as they finally saw the signal for the invasion. They almost laughed as they saw the village in a state of panic.
"Finally the signal," Kiba said as he cracked his neck. Soon Neji and Tenten appeared near Naruto.
"Where were you guys?" Naruto said to them. Both sheepishly smiled as they sweatdropped.
"We were busy fighting Asuma-sensei and Gai-sensei, but we managed to convince them to come to Iwa," Tenten said to him. Naruto looked at them, then nodded with a smirk.
"Alright fine, at least the signal is here. Alright everyone scatter and destroy, but save who you want to save," Naruto said to them. Everyone nodded with smiles as they all ran towards the village. Everyone broke off in pairs as the invasion of Konoha began.
Hokage Mansion
Danzo cursed his luck as he saw and heard the explosions across Konoha. Soon an ANBU officer came in and bowed.
"Danzo-sama, we are being invaded," the man said to him. Danzo cursed as he looked outside.
"By who?" he asked.
"We aren't sure, but we believe that it is Iwa sir," the man said to him. Danzo nodded.
"Alright, get all our shinobi on them right now. We have to eliminate this threat," Danzo said to him.
"Yes sir," the man said as he left. Danzo soon smirked.
"I think my apprentice might like this chance," Danzo said with a smile as he left his office.
With Shikamaru, Ino and Choji
The three members of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio roamed their part of the village as they threw kunai and shuriken at all the targets they saw, effectively eliminating them.
"That is another down," Ino said as she shoved a kunai into the back of someone's head.
"Good. Now let's go to our clan houses, we will go to Ino's first and if they don't comply with our request then we will have to fight them," Shikamaru said to them. All three felt slightly sad, but they did understand their mission.
"Alright let's go," Choji said as they ran to Ino's house.
With Neji and Hinata
Neji thoroughly eliminated shinobi and civilian alike as they raced through the village. Neji could see Hinata struggling to follow the demands of the mission. Soon Neji stopped Hinata and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Hinata, I know that you feel bad for doing this, but this is a mission. Trust me, I don't like it either, but we must do this. Killing doesn't make you a monster Hinata. Only when you feel nothing for the killing do you become a monster. Showing that you still care for these people make you very much human," Neji said to her. Hinata looked at Neji and slowly breathed as she took his words in. She knew in her heart that he was right. Hinata slowly nodded.
"Y-your right Neji nii-san. This is our job and we must do it. I understand," Hinata said to him. Neji nodded as they two ran off again. Neji looked to see Hinata strike some civilians also. Neji could see her hesitated slightly from the pain of killing her own villagers, but she seemed to be much better off than before.
"Let's head to the Hyuuga clan house Neji," Hinata said to him. Neji nodded as the two ran off.
Kiba with Shino
Both jumped through the houses as they looked to see they were surrounded by ANBU black ops.
"Looks like we have a slight problem," Kiba said with a smile. Shino nodded.
"A slight inconvenience Kiba," Shino replied. Akamaru barked in agreement. As the surrounding shinobi drew nearer to them.
"You are both under arrest for attempt at invasion of Konoha. You will bot be detained and question or will die," one anbu said to them. Kiba sighed as he got into his family's stance.
"This isn't attempt at invasion. This is an absolute invasion that will be the end of Konoha," Kiba said to them with a smile. One of the anbu sneered at Kiba though because of his mask.
"Then you will die at the hands of Konoha," One of them said as they charged Kiba. Kiba and Shino smiled as they nodded to each other.
As the anbu closed the distance between them, Kiba popped a food pill in his mouth and became more feral.
"Alright Shino, let's get it done," Kiba said to him. Shino nodded as Kiba and Akamaru charged. Kiba had been working on his speed in Iwa and managed to pass by an anbu with little difficulty. All anbu were surprised as Kiba began to spin as he turned towards them.
"Gatsuuga," Kiba yelled. Soon the anbu managed to dodge the incoming drill as they backflipped onto a building. Two of the anbu did their handsigns as Kiba smirked.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu," One of them yelled.
"Katon: Karyu Endan," the other yelled as the two fire jutus combined into a massive fire. Kiba narrowed his eyes until he suddenly smirked. Kiba was now in the air thanks to a push from Shino's bugs.
"Thanks for the assist Shino," Kiba said to him. Shino nodded and looked at the anbu.
"Time to end this. You were too focused on Kiba and now you will pay for you failure," Shino said to them. Kiba smiled as he landed behind Shino.
"Look up fools," Kiba said to them. All anbu looked up to see a massive ball of insects heading for them. Both Kiba and Shino smiled.
"Kikaichu: Hyo Tomonau Arashi no Mahi( Parasitic Insects: Paralyzing Hailstorm)," Shino yelled as the swarm of insects swallowed the anbu. The screams of the anbu could be heard as they were eaten alive by Shino's insects.
"This is because you underestimated us. Not very anbu-like," Shino said with caused Kiba to laugh.
"Alright let's head to the next place," Shino said to him. Kiba nodded as the two ran off.