Chapter Thirty-Three: Sannin-Hokage Level Battle

(Meanwhile In Konoha)

Kakashi and Anko had rallied all of the available Jounins and ANBU together. They were up and ready to go and help bring back Tsunade and Naruto.

"Alright," Kakashi said, "What we need now is a tracker."

The other ninjas nodded before the cyclops shinoibi went through a series of hand signs after making a small cut on his finger.

"Kuchiyose No Jutsu," Kakashi said as he slammed his hand to the ground. After the smoke cleared, a small petite pug was in a blue vest and Konoha headband around his head was seen.

"It's been a while Kakashi," the dog greeted, "How has things been since we last spoke?"

"Pakkun," Kakashi retorted, "We don't have to reminisce on the past. We're in need of your service."

"And that would be," Pakkun asked.

"We need you to trace and track down Naruto and Tsunade as we follow along with you," Kakashi explained.

Pakkun nodded before he took a couple of sniffs of the air. Taking a couple of steps the dog stopped.

"This scent," Pakkun said, causing the ninjas around him to tense in attention as he sniffed the air again, "I don't believe it. I should have noticed this when I arrived here."

"What is it," Kakashi inquired as he and everyone waited for what Pakkun was about to say next.

"You…," the summoned dog said as he turned to Sakura and continued, "…Use the same shampoo as me."

Sakura completely lost the color in her face as her mouth dropped open from the shear shock of what she just learned.

"…The scent is floral green," Pakkun elaborated as he sniffed the air for the third time with a smile, "I'm sure of it."

Chouji, Shikamaru and Kiba especially fell to their knees holding their sides while laughing their asses off. Lee, Hinata, Tenten, and Ino had stupefied expressions on their faces while wondering if whether or not Sakura was aware of the kind of shampoo she's been using for God knows how long. Shino had raised eyebrows from hearing what he heard while keeping his thoughts to himself. Sandaime, Jiraiya, the Jounins and ANBU present looked as though their faces were about to fall off as they sweat-dropped heavily at scene in front of them, aside what Pakkun said.

"Pakkun," Kakashi said in annoyance.

"However my hair is much glossier than hers," Pakkun added, causing the three boys to laugh harder as Sakura turned and looked away with a dead look on her seemingly colorless complexion with her head facing the ground with a feeling that a black aura was over and around her head.

"Pakkun," Kakashi said with a bit more stern approach, "This isn't the time to bring up something as irrelevant as that in such a serious situation."

"Heh heh, I'm sorry," Pakkun apologized.

"I use the same thing as a dog," Sakura mumbled lowly, "Same thing as a dog… Same thing as a dog… Same thing as a dog… Same thing as a dog… Same thing as a dog… Same thing as a dog…"

"Sakura-san," Lee asked very worriedly, "Are you OK?"

Sakura kept mumbling that same statement as she mindlessly walked off from the scene with the same feeling that a black aura was over and around her head.

"I always told her to wear that bag over her head and face while in public," Sai remarked coldly, "Perhaps now she'll accept my advice."

Kiba again cracked up on hearing that remark, as did Akamaru.

"That's enough Kiba," Shino rebuked, "We have to focus on the tasks at hand."

"Pakkun," Kakashi said, "Naruto headed east the last time we saw him. Try to pick up on his scent so we can follow along."

"Got it," Pakkun retorted as he ran off to where Naruto headed off to. Kakashi and the other Jounins, ANBU, along with Jiraiya, Sandaime and Enma followed along with the dog towards the forest.

The other Genins stayed behind to complete the assignments given to them by Sandaime. Sakura returned seven minutes after being dragged back by Sai, who was following Kakashi's order in bringing her back and get her to perform her share of the tasks given to them by Sandaime. It wasn't until another fifteen minutes later when…

"I'm going," Sasuke stated as he turned and started on his way towards the direction Sandaime and the others went.

"Sasuke," Lee interjected, "What are you doing? We were given direct orders from Sandaime-sama to-"

"You guys can stay if you like," Sasuke retorted, "But I'm not one to simply believe one's word that Naruto is on par with the Hokage and Sannins. I'll have to see that for myself to believe it."

"Sasuke," Shino spoke, "You along with everyone here saw what Naruto did to those Suna and Oto nins back at the stadium. He used a B-rank Jounin-level kinjutsu, an A and S-rank Kage-level ninjutsu simultaneously. And I saw how he took out Neji with basic planning and B-rank Jounin-level jutsus, turning Neji's prized familial jutsu against him. To top it off, he not once actually touched Neji throughout the fight."

"He beat Neji the same way he beat me," Tenten added, "Like how did to Neji, he came up with a plan to turn my jutsu and weapons against me."

"If anything," Shikamaru jumped in, "Naruto might have plans with each of our names on them to turn our jutsus against us. And after seeing that he can perform Yondaime's powerful jutsus, I'm not one who's willing or crazy enough to challenge that. So get off the idea of figuring whether or not what Jiraiya-sama said is true. It'll just be very troublesome anyway."

"You guys can do what you will," Sasuke shot back as he continued on his way, "I'm going to see for myself whether Naruto is what they say he is, or something less than their proclamation."

Before the other Genins could say anything to stop him, Sasuke speedily ran off and started making his way to where Sandaime and the others left to help and retrieve Naruto and Tsunade.

"What a stubborn ass," Kiba remarked.

"His pride won't allow him to accept the fact that there's someone of our age group in this village who's stronger than him," Shino explained.

"Should we follow him," Ino asked questionably.

"What choice we have," Shikamaru replied, "He'll probably run into some kind of problem on his own anyway. This is so troublesome."

Making up their minds the Genins left their assigned posts and followed after Sasuke into the forest. Little did they know what they were going to see and hear with their own eyes and ears…

(Back In The Forest)

Naruto, still immobilized by the tree branches he was encased in for the most part, was struggling to reach the branch in front of him with his bleeding right thumb. Just as he was about to make contact with the branch, Orochimaru appeared in front of him.

"Son of Yondaime," Orochimaru remarked, "Jinchuuriki of the great Kyuubi. The Akatsuki have been most interested with what's inside you."

"Shut up," Naruto spat, "I don't give a horse's ass what they want!"

"The feeling's mutual," Orochimaru retorted, "Which is why I'll personally kill you in front of your so loving mother."

Orochimaru pressed his hands into his stomach and opened his mouth wide before a dark green snake rose from out of his throat and mouth. The snake opened its mouth and released the sword from out of its mouth before Orochimaru grabbed the sword and swallowed the snake back into his body. The Snake Sannin was now holding the sword of Kusanagi.

"The sword of Kusanagi," Naruto spoke.

"So you've heard about this sword," Orochimaru remarked.

"I learned some things from jiisan," Naruto retorted.

"Not that it matters," Orochimaru shot back as he prepared to use his sword. Tsunade, seeing what was about to transpire in front of her while encased in strong tree branches herself, felt her eyes narrow. Orochimaru had already insulted and perverted the memories of her fallen loved ones when he used his kinjutsu to summon them to life for the sole purpose of fighting both her and Naruto. And now Orochimaru was about to kill her son in front of her.

Before Orochimau could say or do anything else, he sensed a mighty bloodlust aimed directly at him. That was when he heard the sounds of breaking branches. He turned to see Tsunade fists glowing with chakra coming flying right into his face, sending the unsuspecting Sannin flying through several branches before falling to the ground. She turned in time to see her grandfather and granduncle climbing and jumping from branch to branch with Nawaki and Dan following close by.

Grandfather, granduncle, Nawaki-otouto, Dan…Please forgive me, Tsunade said in her heart before punching her granduncle fiercely down through the branches before her grandfather jumped into the air and attempted to land a flying kick to her head. Tsunade however blocked it before grabbing his leg and pulling him over to her before she collided her left fist with his face, sending him flying backwards through the branches before smashing into the mud wall.

Dan and Nawaki tried to double team her, but she somersaulted and brought her feet into their faces, causing them to soar upwards into the air and plunging through tree branches and getting tangled in a few of them.

"That's the kaa-chan I know and love," Naruto cheered as Tsunade punched through the branches and freed her son from his capture. Both Naruto and Tsunade landed down on one of the nearby branches together while Orochimaru pulled himself together. In the meantime, Tsunade took the opportunity to heal both herself and Naruto of their injuries.

"Are you alright Naru-chan," Tsunade asked worriedly.

"Never better kaa-chan," Naruto assured seeing that all of the injuries he sustained were all healed up, as were Tsunade's as well.

"I'm sorry," Tsunade apologized sincerely.

"It's not your fault kaa-chan," Naruto consoled, "We'll make that bastard pay for what's he's done to our family's name and image. Now let's raise the stakes, shall we?"

Being one to never refuse a gamble, Tsunade nodded as she bit down on her thumb before both her and Naruto jumped away, forming some distance from each other. Seeing what they were doing, Orochimaru bit down on his thumb as well and…

"Drop the barrier," Orochimaru ordered to the Sound Four. They complied and deactivated their jutsu. Tsunade, Naruto and Orochimaru started doing hand seals in pace with each other and…

"Kuchiyose No Jutsu," the three of them said simultaneously after slamming their bleeding thumbs to the ground. In a second the area exploded with white smoke covering a large section of the fields. The Sound Four and the three ANBU got out of the way as Naruto, Tsunade and Orochimaru rose high into the air, each on top of their respective summoned beasts.

When the smoke cleared everyone on the surface came to see what was before them: Tsunade was on top of the head of a giant white Slug, Katsuya; Orochimaru, along with Nawaki, Dan, Shodai and Nidaime, were on the head of a giant purple Snake, Manda; and Naruto on the head of a giant brownish red Toad, Gamabunta.

All three Kage-level shinobi warriors stood where they were as they were waiting for one of them to start the fight as a gust of wind started blowing passed them. When the ANBU saw Naruto on top of Gamabunta's head in the clothes and white trench coat he was wearing, they couldn't help but look at him as though he was the Yondaime Hokage himself in all his glory.

"Amazing," said the ANBU is the pale white cloak as he and his two fellow ANBU looked on at the sight before them, "What a high level fight! Is this what a Sannin-Hokage level battle is like?"

"Gaki," Gamabunta said as he took a puff from his pipe, "I'm amazed that you managed to summon me on your first try. Why have you summoned me here? You know you still owe me that drink."

"And you'll get it," Naruto retorted as he pulled out the small bottle from inside his pants pocket, "I kept a small bottle of sake in my pocket in the event I summoned you."

"I thought you said you were too young to drink," Gamabunta replied.

"Forget what I said earlier," Naruto scoffed, "Old enough to kill, old enough to drink."

Naruto opened the bottle and took a sip of sake before pouring the rest of it onto Gamabunta's lip before the giant toad licked it with its tongue.

"…I like you gaki," Gamabunta laughed, "…You truly have spunk!"

"Orochimaru," Manda spoke with an annoyed toned, "Why did you summon me here for one of your ridiculous fights?"

"Those two have proven to be more of a problem for me than I anticipated," Orochimaru answered, "I want them in pieces!"

"And in piece they'll be in," Manda retorted with a smirk. Gamabunta grinned as he pulled out his tanto, "I've been meaning to get a snake wallet for some time now…"

Manda sneered, "Orochimaru…I'm going to require a hundred of sacrifices for this…"

"This is the end of you, Orochimaru," Tsunade yelled, "We aren't fighting as teammates and I won't hold back against you for what you have done!"

Orochimaru grinned, "I wouldn't expect anything less!"

There was a stand off among the three of them as the wind continued blowing through the region. After what felt like an eternity, Katsuyu took the initiative to begin the battle as she dash over to the snake and released a huge stream of acid from her mouth towards the snake. However Manda managed to evade the attack as the acid splashed upon some of the trees and grass, dissolving them on contact. The large snake rushed over to the slug with hard-hitting speed. Manda constricted itself around the slug tightly trying to crush the life out of her.

Gamabunta thrust forward with his weapon attempting to stab the snake only to have his tanto grabbed by the giant with its mouth. Gamabunta flipped away several times before the snake threw the weapon back at him, narrowly missing the toad by so much as the massive blade plunged into the ground in front of the toad.

Meanwhile, Katsuyu suddenly burst and separated into hundreds of other, smaller slugs and reformed herself out of Manda's death grip. As Katsuya reformed herself, Orochimaru realized…

Tsunade wasn't on her head.

The Snake Sannin barely turned around in time to see Tsunade's form as she hurried up Manda's back, heading straight towards him with her fists glowing with chakra. Shodai and the three resurrected ninjas saw this and raced at her.

Tsunade punched her grandfather and granduncle fiercely out of the way as she continued on her way. Dan and Nawaki tried to subdue the Slug Princess but she punched them aside as well before reaching her target. Orochimaru dipped under her fists that came with a fury; then he used his hidden snake technique to wrap her fist with his snakes. He flipped her over his shoulder, sending her clear off Manda's head.

He did not however, expect her to grab his collar and pull him down with her, sending both spiraling down to the forest floor. Once on the ground, Tsunade and Orochimaru engaged in heated combat as they exchanged fists and kicks in mid air, each block and impact hurt both of them. He evaded some of her punches that either destroyed or uprooted trees or made large craters in the ground around him.

Summoning his sword, Orochimaru used it to slash Tsunade across her chest, causing a ray of blood to splash out of her. He then charged and stabbed Tsunade deep in her stomach and right through her, forcing her cry out from the pain as she backed away from him while holding onto her bleeding wounds. Standing behind her, he then spat out his long lavender tongue, wrapping the appendage around her neck tightly, trying to choke the life out of her while she was unable to heal her deep wounds since she was too busy trying to pry his tongue from off her neck.

"You are supposed to be invincible in a battle Godaime…but what would happen if squashed your throat," Orochimaru asked in slightly slurred words. Tsunade coughed blood from out of her mouth before being stabbed again, this time through her back which went through her chest as blood splattered from out her back again. The Slug Princess screamed in pain again and coughed out more blood before she managed to finally pull his tongue off his neck. Grabbing his tongue, Tsunade pulled Orochimaru over to her and sent a bone crushing punch to his face. While still holding his tongue, she pulled him back towards her as she yelled and delivered a brute kick to his face, sending him bouncing and skidding several times off the ground away from her before coming to a dead stop after crashing into a large tree.

A few moments later, Orochimaru got up off the ground before snapping his jaw and several other bones back in place. Orochimaru hissed as he retracted his tongue as he then turned his gaze back to the female Sannin, but his eyes widened as Tsunade closed her eyes and formed a seal and said, "Infūin: Kai (Shadow Seal: Release)…Sōzō Saisei (Creation Rebirth)."

As she was glow with a red aura after the diamond seal on her head activated and grew around her forehead and face, Tsunade pulled the Kusanagi sword out from behind her back as she gave a death glare at Orochimaru, her wounds healing almost instantly. There was one drawback to this S-rank medic kinjutsu however; using it speeds up cell division, and shortens the user's life span, which is why she doesn't use it unless she was in grave danger.

(All The While)

The ANBU were doing what they could in dealing with the Sound Four. The fact that they were Orochimaru's elite body guards gave the three ANBU a most difficult time dealing with them as a group.

While this went on, the three summoned beasts also did combat, Gamabunta and Katsuya against Manda. The giant purple snake managed to land several bites and wounds on the other summons though himself sustained injures from Gamabunta's attacks and several acid burns from Katsuya.

Naruto was presently taking on the two Hokage brothers, the Jounin and Genin at the same time. Many forms of jutsus were exchanged between the five of them as they warred for supremacy. The battle was intense and fierce, and not one of them looked ready or willing to surrender to the other.

"Moku Bushin No Jutsu (Wood Clone Technique)," Shodai said before he created six wood clones of himself that grew from out of his body as wood at first before breaking off from him and forming into separate fighters next to him.

"Mizu Bushin No Jutsu (Water Clone Technique)," Nidaime said before he spat water out of his mouth and created six water clones of himself.

"Kage Bushin No Jutsu," Dan and Nawaki said at the same time before they each created three solid clones of themselves. Naruto saw that he was up against eight clones and four originals, making an even of twenty-two ninjas he had to fight. All of them took out kunais and held them in their hands.

"If it's a clone war you guys want," Naruto stated, "Then I'll give you a clone war! Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"

And with that, twenty-one solid clones of Naruto puffed into existence, holding kunais in their hands like the real Naruto was.

"GO!," the real Naruto ordered as he and his twenty-one clones gave loud battle cries while charging at the opposing clones and their makers who likewise gave loud battle cries and charged at Naruto and his clones with their clones, thus engaging in another heated battle, be it on the ground or in the nearby trees. Clashing of kunais went unceasingly as they all warred. The Naruto clones had no problems holding their grounds against the Dan and Nawaki clones; but against the Shodai and Nidaime clones, that was another story. Many parts of the landscape and trees were casualties of their battle.

When the Nidaime clones burst into water, some of the water splashed upon some of the Naruto clones and other parts of the ground. Using this to his advantage, the real Dan performed a series of hand seals before his hands charged with high voltage of electricity.

"Raiton: Rai Kan Pou Shageki No Jutsu," Dan called on at he stretched out his hands and send voltage of highly changed electricity through the wet ground and over to seven Naruto clones that were drenched with water. This in effect electrocuted and puffed them out of existence.

"That was unexpected," the real Naruto retorted after seeing seven of his clones destroyed. He was surprised to see that Dan had the affinity for lightning, like Kakashi.

'Expect anything at this point,' Yondaime advised as he watched Naruto continue his battle.

During his battle with them, Naruto used Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu and Katon: Karyū Endan to burn the wood clones and Rasengan to destroy the few remaining water and shadow clones. When that was over and done, the blonde had his kage bushins puff out before he resorted to using stronger and higher level exploding clones, hoping that would stop Shodai and the other three once and for all. The clones, true to their nature, battled with the four summoned ninjas and blew up violently on them, blowing them to many pieces. Naruto however received a shock however when he saw all four of them reforming their blown off limbs and restoring themselves.

What the hell, Naruto thought while catching his breath after jumping back on Gamabunta's head, They don't know when to stop! They just keep on coming!

'This fight will continue if something isn't done Naruto,' Yondaime acknowledged.

Can't I use Jutsu Sho to neutralize and cancel out the Edo Tensei, Naruto thought.

'I'm afraid that's not possible,' Yondaime replied, 'As we heard earlier, Edo Tensei is an S-rank kinjutsu kuchiyose. However, Jutsu Sho might have been possible if we were aware of the jutsu Orochimaru was using, preventing him from using that jutsu before the caskets had any chance of fully rising to the surface. Because this S-rank kinjutsu was activated, it'll require another jutsu of equal if not greater power to defeat it.'

Often times, Naruto thought, The stronger the jutsu, the greater the price paid.

'You don't get something for nothing Naruto,' Yondaime retorted, 'It's the sad reality of this life.'

Naruto broke out of his thoughts when he saw a figure being sent flying into the air and then landing and skidding off the ground into Manda's direction after receiving a mighty punch. The blonde saw that the figure was Orochimaru. Naruto then saw Orochimaru jump back on top of Manda's head with his sword still in his hand.

Before Naruto could wonder what happened earlier, an angry Tsunade came charging into the opening while looking for the sadistic renegade Sannin. Seeing Gamabunta's tanto, she ran and hurriedly climbed her way on top of it as Katsuya made her way to Tsunade. Naruto took note of the seal that Tsunade activated on her head after seeing the amount of blood she was covered in; most likely her own he realized seeing that Orochimaru wasn't bleeding from any stab wounds.

Yondaime gave Naruto a suggestion and the young shinobi decided to follow along with it.

"Gamabunta," Naruto called out, "How about some oil, heh?

"I got it covered," Gamabunta assured as he took a deep breath while holding his stomach as though he was pressing into it.

"Katon: Gamayu Endan (Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet)," Naruto said before using Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu to ignite the huge amount of oil Gamabunta spats out from his mouth and straight into Manda himself. The attack burned the beast, or so it seemed as what they saw remaining was crumbling melted skin.

"He shed his skin," Naruto acknowledged.

"Where did he go," Gamabunta asked before an earthquake of some sort occurred.

"He went underground," Naruto yelled.

"What?!," Gamabunta replied right before a tail burst from the ground and into his face trying to strike him. The toad grabbed the tail and struggled against it. However Manda himself burst forth from the ground from behind and made an attempt bite both Naruto and the giant toad with his large venomous fangs.

Tsunade however hurled down from high in the air with Gamabunta's tanto's in her hands, slamming the massive blade of the weapon on top and through of Manda's mouth, deeply nailing him firmly into the ground.

"Keep your mouth shut," Tsunade yelled as she landed down on top of the tanto.

"Smooth moves kaa-chan," Naruto cheered with a thumb's up to her. Tsunade grinned and nodded in return.

(From A Distance)

Pakkun, Sandaime, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Anko, Shizune, Ibiki and the other Jounins and ANBU Black Opts with them saw smoke ascending way ahead of them hearing tracking the loud sounds of explosions, tremors and other noises coming from the direction they were heading towards.

"We're definitely on the right track," Pakkun noted audibly.

"An intense fight must be taking place down there," Kakashi noted.

"Tsunade and Naruto will definitely need back up," Sandaime said, "Let's go!"

Sandaime and the other ninjas with him hurried over to where the battle was taking place.

(In Another Part Of The Forest)

Sasuke stopped momentarily after hearing a low tremor.

"That must be where Naruto and the others are," Sasuke acknowledged.

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura called out as she and the other Genins hurried over to him. Sasuke turned to see his fellow Genins making their way over to him.

So they decided to follow after me, Sasuke thought, I don't have time to wait for them. They better keep up.

Turning forward, Sasuke jumped to the next branch and to another and another and so forth.

"Damn," Kiba swore, "What's his freaking hurry?!"

"Nevermind that," Sakura shot back, "We have to get to him before trouble happens!"

"When you said 'him' Sakura," Chouji asked, "Do you mean Naruto or Sasuke?"

"What's it matter at this point," Shikamura retorted, "We're all going to be facing trouble when we get there anyway. So let's just hurry."

Ino and Hinata didn't say anything as they focused on getting to Naruto on time with the others following along.

(Meanwhile Back On The Battlefield)

Tsunade jumped off the tanto and landed down on the ground gracefully on her feet.

"I grow tired of this," Manda said with the blade still plunged deeply down onto his mouth and into the ground, "I'd like to devour all of you bothersome ninjas, but this damn weapon has my mouth shut tightly. I'm out of here."

And with that Manda vanished in a large puff of white smoke, leaving Orochimaru, his summon ninjas and Sound Four on their own.

"Katsuya and I would like to stay and help both you and Tsunade see this fight through gaki," Gamabunta said, "But we've reached our limits as well. So we'll be taking our leave now. Good-luck to the both of you!"

"Thanks for your help Gamabunta," Naruto replied as he jumped off the toad's head and headed over to Tsunade before standing next to her.

"Please take care of yourself Tsunade-sama, Naruto-sama," Katsuya said, "I hope everything works out in both your favors."

Tsunade and Naruto nodded before both summoned beasts left the scene as well in large puffs of smoke. A moment later, Naruto heard his mother wheezing while feeling a lot of pain all over her body as she was having trouble standing upright. He saw that the side effect of her Sōzō Saisei was taking effect as she was now weakening. The diamond shape seal returned back to normal after its deactivation.

"I enjoyed the time we spent together," Orochimaru said to Tsunade and Naruto, "But I'm afraid I'll have to end this now."

Naruto sensed other ninjas from Konoha coming their way. But he also knew that more bloodshed would unquestionably occur with them battling the two resurrected Hokages and Orochimaru at the same time, and his mother didn't have enough strength to fight anymore. Though he didn't want to come out and say it, but he knew she'd be a liability to him and he couldn't chance that. And to add to Naruto's problems was that he used up most of his chakra and only had a portion left.

"Set up the barrier again," Orochimaru ordered to the Sound Four after they got the three ANBU off their backs. They did as instructed and hurriedly prepared to make the barrier, this time the barrier was going to be only forty-five yards in length. Seeing what was going to happen, Naruto came to a decision.

"Kaa-chan," Naruto said with his eyes closed while controlling his emotions, "I hope you'll someday find it in your heart to forgive me."

Tsunade turned to look at Naruto with a perplexed expression before he grabbed and threw her far from him and high into the air seconds before the barrier activated, locking her outside the dome and leaving Naruto to face and fight Orochimaru and the four resurrected ninjas alone.

(Some Distance Away)

"What the…," Jiraiya said when he saw Tsunade coming and falling towards them from the air. Before she was about land down onto the ground on her back, Jiraiya hurriedly jumped in and caught her bridal style. The Toad Sannin landed down on the ground as Sandaime and the other ninjas met up with them. From what they saw, Tsunade's clothes were torn in a few places and covered in blood though they found no injuries on her body. They figured that she must have healed herself.

"Where's Naruto," Jiraiya asked. That's when Tsunade's mind snapped back as she got out from Jiraiya's arms.

"Naruto," Tsunade yelled urgently as she tried to run back to where Naruto had thrown her from. But she was cut short when she fell to her knees and hand when holding her chest with her free hand. Jiraiya ran up to her and helped her up, seeing that she was clearly weakened.

"Damn it…," Tsunade said weakly, "…Naruto…He threw me away from him…and…"

"And what…," Sandaime asked worriedly.

"He's fighting Orochimaru and…," Tsunade coughed painfully, still feeling the side effects from her Sōzō Saisei taking effect.

"Tsunade-hime," Jiraiya addressed her, "You're in no condition to fight. Whatever the situation is, we'll take it from here and help Naruto."

With that Jiraiya helped Tsunade stay on her feet as they, Sandaime and the others made their way to where Naruto was. When they arrived at the scene, not only did the Konoha shinobis see a heavily devastated region, but they saw a shocking sight of Naruto getting ready to take on Orochimaru and his four summoned ninjas alone. Sandaime's eyes widened from shock and sheer horror when he saw Shodai and Nidaime with Orochimaru, along with Dan and Nawaki.

"He used that forbidden jutsu to summon them of all people," Sandaime remarked in disbelief. The three ANBU from earlier regrouped with them and from what the others saw, they had sustained a number of injuries though they were alright. The three ANBU warned the group not to touch the barrier so they don't burn to death as they turned their attention to what was going on inside the dome.

(Back Inside The Dome)

"Naruto," Orochimaru mocked, "You're either a brave soul or a fool to believe that you have a chance in surviving this fight on your own, especially since you're weakened and low on chakra. Now your mother and everyone here can eye witness your demise by the hands of your own ancestors. It'll be quite something to record in Konoha's history archive don't you think?"

"…," Naruto took a breath and spoke, "What you've done to my family today is a crime I can never and will never forgive! You brought back my dead ancestors for your sick and twisted intentions of seeing my mother suffer from psychological breakdown! You've brought great dishonor and shame upon my family's name! And you've insulted my ancestors' legacies and what they gave their lives for!"

"A touching speech," Orochimaru mocked in sarcasm, "But I'm not at all moved by it."

"I'll get back the honor and dignity you robbed from my family," Naruto declared, "And correct jiisan's mistake when he spared your life!"

"A lot of talk from someone who's outnumbered, outmatched and out-powered," Orochimaru taunted while aiming and posing his swords at the blonde, "You don't have a fighting chance at this point. I win…"

Tsunade is weaked from her Sōzō Saisei and Naruto, now low on chakra, is trapped inside the dome with Orochimaru and his four summoned ninjas. What will be the outcome? Will Sandaime and the other Konoha ninjas be able to do anything to help Naruto? And what about the Genins; will they be able to do anything to help once they arrive? Stick around to find out.

Raiton: Rai Kan Pou Shageki No Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning Bombardment Technique)

Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)

Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Missile)