章節 57: Chapter 57
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"Now you die!" Shukaku yelled!
Now:
Naruto watched as Gamabunta jumped over the large sphere of compressed wind chakra and charged towards Shukaku. Naruto sighed and bit his thumb, then went through the hand signs for the Summoning Jutsu. "Xiomy!" Naruto muttered as he saw the young bat captain looking at him. "What is it, Naruto-kun?" Xiomy asked as she tried to gain her senses of where she was. "Xiomy-chan, I sent a note to Kumo a few months ago with a list of items I would need. The Raikage should have delivered said items. Are they ready?" He asked quietly as he watched Gamabunta slash one of Shukaku's arms off.
"Yea, but it was dangerous storing that stuff in the Bat realm. One wrong move and we would have all been screwed." Xiomy said as she saw the two large animals fighting in the outskirts. "How long will it take Orfeo to get the large crates and get ready to be summoned?" Naruto asked. "About..Five minutes." Xiomy replied as she watched the large toad get sent flying back by a wind bullet. "Go back and get him ready. In five minutes, I'm going to summon him in mid-air" Naruto said to Xiomy. She nodded and disappeared in a poof of smoke. Naruto sighed and looked around. 'I need some way to get directly over them.' Naruto thought.
He then walked to the highest point in the tallest tree and looked around. 'Perfect spot..' Naruto mused as he summoned various shadow clones, each one gripping the last one's feet. Their combined weight held the tree back and Naruto climbed on. "Ready?!" Naruto asked the clones who nodded. "FIRE!" He yelled and all of the clones let go, sling shooting him high into the air. He then looked down and went through a series of hand seals. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" He yelled and pumped large amounts of chakra into the technique. A large gust of wind roared through the forest and propelled him higher into the air.
As soon as he got to the highest point, he quickly swiped blood onto his summoning tattoo and began channeling large amounts of chakra into it. He slammed his hands into the middle of the air, making a large poof of smoke appear under him.
~ With Hiruzen vs. Gaara ~
Hiruzen watched as Gamabunta deflected several of the Air bullets with his own water gunshots. "Hey boss, how are we going to finish this?" Hiruzen asked the giant toad. "That boy is a jinchuuriki. He has to meet certain requirements in order to be able to summon his Biju." Gamabunta said to Hiruzen. "Think, what did he do before he summoned the Ichibi?" Gamabunta asked. "Nothing, he just fell asleep! Wait, that's it! Bunta, we have to wake up Gaara!" Hiruzen said as he looked at the redhead sleeping on Shukaku's forehead. "We're going to need something that can fight in close quarters for that. Something with sharp teeth.. And claws!" Gamabunta said to Hiruzen.
'Sharp teeth and claws, sharp teeth and claws..' Hiruzen thought as a light bulb turned on in his head. "I got it! Bunta, charge towards Shukaku and be ready to hold him still." Hiruzen exclaimed. Gamabunta nodded and jumped towards the Ichibi, who gripped his stomach as soon as he saw the incoming toad boss. "TRANSFORM!" Hiruzen yelled as smoke covered him and Gamabunta. A large orange fox with nine tails emerged from the smoke and tackled Shukaku. Before Gamabunta could grab onto the Ichibi, a large wind bullet escaped from Shukaku's mouth and hit him in the face, sending him flying away.
Gamabunta looked up to see a large black figure poof into the air holding a huge crate that seemed to be dripping white powder. "Orfeo?" He asked as the large bat summon hurled the crate towards Shukaku. The demonic summon laughed as he absorbed the crate into his body, the sand digesting the white powder and trying to assimilate it to use with his sand. "Did you honestly think such a weak move would work against me?!" Shukaku demanded. Naruto smirked as he walked to the edge of Orfeo's back, seeing the large drop. "Didn't have to. That's sulfur!" Naruto yelled, and then jumped.
Shukaku's eyes widened and he tried to expel the flammable substance from his body, even going as far as ejecting it into the air. "Fire style: Flame Bullet!" Naruto yelled as he expelled a large ball of flames from his mouth to Shukaku's body. "Bunta, some oil!" Orfeo yelled to the toad boss who was just getting up. Gamabunta nodded and expelled a large amount of oil from his mouth to Shukaku. It quickly connected with the flame bullet and ignited, creating a large bullet of toad oil. "NOO!" Shukaku yelled as the fire bullet got near him. As soon as it got near the cloud of sulfur Shukaku's attempts of getting rid of the sulfur had made, it detonated.
The outer detonation triggered a series of larger detonations in Shukaku's body, making the demonic Ichibi explode and Gaara propel to the sky. Gaara was caught by Orfeo and Naruto was caught by Gamabunta. Orfeo dropped Gaara into Bunta's back and dispelled.
~ With Naruto, Hiruzen, and Gaara ~
Naruto sighed as he crawled onto Gamabunta's back and grabbed Gaara. "Hey, where are you going!? I'm not done with you yet, Naruto!" Hiruzen demanded as he saw Naruto jump to the nearest tree, then to the forest floor. Hiruzen fumed and turned to Gamabunta. "Thanks for the help boss!" He said. "Yea, yea brat. Just make sure you introduce me to the Bat summoner when you get the chance. We can all share a drink of sake then." Gamabunta replied. "Sure thing boss!" Hiruzen replied with a smile and jumped towards the forest floor. "I need a vacation.." Gamabunta muttered and dispelled.
~ Forest Floor ~
Naruto threw Gaara to the floor and aimed a gun to his head. "Give me one damn reason why I shouldn't end you right now!" Naruto demanded. "No! You will not..end my existence!" Gaara said as he tried to manipulate some sand to kill him, but failed. Naruto cocked the gun and pointed it at Gaara's skull. "Last chance!" Naruto yelled, but was pushed away by an irritated Hiruzen. "What are you doing!" Hiruzen demanded. "Ridding the world of one more sociopath." Naruto muttered and aimed his gun at Gaara. "Stop it! He wasn't in the right state of mind!" Hiruzen said.
Naruto groaned, but relented and holstered his gun. "Fine.." Naruto muttered. "We'll finish this later!" Hiruzen hissed, only to be stopped as a voice resounded through the air. "How? How are you two so strong?!" Gaara demanded through tears, the thought of being killed finally hitting him hard. "What?" Naruto asked the downed Gaara. "Why are you so strong?!" The boy demanded. Naruto laughed at this question. "Fine, I'll humor you. It's because people took a chance and trained me. They taught me their beliefs, and I took them as my own. One of them was that anyone who killed for fun had to be killed!" Naruto said with a glare. Gaara gulped.
"People like you shouldn't be left free. You kill people for the hell of it, and it's my job to defend them! All of the people I care about.. And even the ones that don't care about me or want me dead! I am the first of the new Avengers, and I will live by their code until I die!" Naruto said. Hiruzen listened silently, trying to get some semblance of what his brother went through. Hiruzen then turned to Gaara and spoke. "I'm strong because I have people who help me. I don't just throw them away. And I have precious people I want to protect. My friends, my senseis, Hinata-chan, my brother. And I'll keep getting stronger until I achieve my dream to keep my precious people safe!" Hiruzen declared.
"So you're strong because.. You care for others?" Gaara asked Hiruzen, who nodded. "You help them even if they don't care for you?" Gaara asked Naruto, who hesitantly nodded. 'Is that what..True strength is?' He wondered as he saw Kankuro drag himself into the clearing, barely standing after his fight with shino. "Gaara, we have to go!" He muttered as he fell to the floor. Hiruzen quickly headed to his side and checked his breathing. "Shallow breathing, slowed heart. He's got the major signs of chakra exhaustion. The small bites in his arms point to an Aburame opponent." Hiruzen quickly inspected the downed boy.
Suddenly, a large group of ANBU surrounded them and grabbed Gaara, Kankuro, and Naruto. "Hey, leave Naruto alone!" Hiruzen yelled at them, only to be completely ignored. "No can do! He's still in the bingo book." The ANBU said, obviously oblivious to the announcement the Hokage made in the finals. "Figures. You pull their asses out of the fire and they still hate you." Naruto said. He slowly reached into his pocket and dropped a small cylindrical object. Smoke filled the area, allowing Naruto to break free and make a quick getaway. "As the smoke cleared, Hiruzen looked around to see Naruto gone. "You idiots!" He yelled, then went to search for his brother.
~ Stadium ~
Naruto quickly arrived to the stadium to see Samui and Yugito fighting off a couple of sound Jounin. Karui and Omoi were defending a few downed civilians from a squad of sound Genins. He took a small walkie talkie out from his weapons pouch and turned it on. "Report!" He yelled. "Captain America here! Civilians are safe in the fallout bunkers!" Cap reported. "Black Widow here! Scattered fighting is ceasing enough for the Konoha shinobi to handle!" Black widow reported in. "Hawkeye here! Summons are down and no more teams are trying to get into the T&I building!" Hawkeye reported in.
"Good. Fighting is heavy in the Stadium. As soon as you're clear, make your way over here!" Naruto said and slipped the walkie back into his weapons pouch. He then unsheathed the Inuzuka twin fangs and charged in. He sliced a ninja in half and made his way to the girls in the middle of the stadium. He quickly sliced the knee off one of the incoming fighters and ducked under a valley of Kunais. He saw various opponents coming towards him and readied himself, until a large wave of blue fire toasted them to a crisp. "You're losing your edge, Naruto-kun." Samui said as she landed behind him, her back against his.
"Come on guys, you can flirt later!" Yugito said as she landed in front of Naruto, claws blazing with blue fire. "Just don't forget to include me." Yugito finished with a wink. A loud explosion resounded through the area. Everyone looked up to see the large trap the Hokage and Raikage were in go down and various figures jump out.
~ With Minato and A ~
Minato had managed Hiraishin behind the Shodaime and cut the man's head off with his special Kunai. After the Shodaime had been taken care of, he turned to see A slam Orochimaru into the ground, his lightning armor paralyzing him temporarily. "Get out of the way!" Minato yelled and went through the series of hand seals. "Get out of the way! Fire Style: Great Dragon fire!" Minato yelled to A, and then released large amounts of fire in the shape of a dragon head. A quickly jumped out of the way and Orochimaru tried. Since lightning was still coursing through his body, Orochimaru barely managed to jump back to avoid the flames.
Unfortunately for him, his hands didn't react and were caught in the fire, reducing them to ash. "AAAHH!" He yelled in pain. The shield quickly went down and the sound four got into a defensive formation around him. "Stop! We're leaving. The invasion has failed!" Orochimaru stated, teeth gritted to stop himself from screaming. He was quickly picked up by Jirobo and carried away. Minato tried to chase after him, but was stopped by A. "What are you doing!?" Minato demanded. "We can't let him get away!" Minato stated firmly. "Look around you! Your village just survived an all out invasion. They need you now more than ever!" A said. Minato looked around and saw various Shinobi from Suna and Oto still fighting on Konoha and relented.
"Fine!" He yelled. "STOP!" A loud yell resonated through the Arena. They turned to see dozens of Inuzuka ninja charging against Naruto. "SHIT!" Minato yelled and he jumped from the roof to try and stop the fighting. A followed suit. With all of the ninja attacking, it didn't seem like they would be able to make it in time.
~ Meanwhile – Above the Arena ~
A figure in a cloak with red cloud designs smirked behind his orange mask. 'Interesting… One has the strength, but not the speed. The other has the speed, but not the brawn.' The man mused through his vortex in the middle of the sky. "Tobi is going to have fun.." The figure muttered and closed the vortex.
A/N: Hahaha! I think I handled the situation with Gaara well. And another evil cliffhanger! Bwahahahahah!
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