Chapter 56

Last Time:

One with three large heads headed to the civilian sector while a larger snake with one head made its way to the T&I building.

Now:

~ With Naruto ~

Naruto smirked as he saw a wounded Gaara carried out of the arena by Kankuro and followed by the Uchiha. He turned to his team and his little brother. "Guys, you stay here and try to keep the civilian population from getting caught in the crossfire. I'm going after Gaara." Naruto stated in a firm tone, informing them there was no time to argue. "Wait!" Hiruzen yelled behind him. "Are you or are you not Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze?!" He demanded, his desperation getting the better of him. "I haven't been him for a while, little brother." Naruto replied silently and turned to chase after the Sand Team. Hiruzen cursed and followed after him.

~ Konoha's Main Road – Evacuation ~

Iruka watched as enemy forces broke through the small barricades and began attacking civilians. 'This is not good!' He thought as he went to join in the fray. He quickly stabbed an enemy in the heart and kicked one away, but his forces were being quickly overpowered by the sheer number of enemy forces swarming around them. "AAH!" A squeaky voice yelled. Iruka turned to see Konohamaru on the floor and Moegi and Udon standing behind him. A large enemy ninja loomed over them brandishing a large war hammer. "My first kill of the day!" The man said in a sick voice and raised his hammer over his head.

Before Iruka could move, a flying disk slammed into his neck, snapping it and knocking him down. The disk continued moving forward until it slammed into a wall and ricocheted back to Konohamaru and his friends. A large figure wearing a form fitting uniform in red, white, and blue caught the shield and looked at Iruka. "Get the kids and civilians out of here! There are still a few people trapped in this building!" Captain said as he pointed to the top of a building. "I need as many Chunnin as possible covering the rooftops and the alleyways! We need to stretch the perimeter back two miles to retrieve any civilians left behind! Anyone gets near and they're not friendly, attack! Suna is in on this invasion, so we can't trust them!" Captain finished.

"Why the hell should we listen to you?!" A random Chunnin from Konoha demanded. Cap was about to respond until a team of shinobi from Oto jumped down from a nearby rooftop and surrounded him. One tried to slam a large club down on his head, only for Cap to block it with his shield and kick said ninja away. He then uppercutted another ninja who was trying to start a technique with the fist holding his shield, slamming the man away and breaking his jaw. The last two tried to stab him with their respective tantos, only for him to grab one's arm and cut it off by slamming his shield down on it. He then turned and stabbed the arm still holding the sword into the remaining ninja's chest, killing him.

Iruka stared, but regained his senses and addressed the remaining ninja. "You heard the man, get civilians and children out of here! I want men in that building searching for stragglers!" He yelled and pointed to the building. "Available Chunnin need to cover the rooftops and alleyways. We're expanding the perimeter two miles back to retrieve any stragglers. Anyone from Sound or Sand tries to get through that perimeter, kill them!" Iruka yelled as all of the ninja moved out. Captain sighed and helped Konohamaru up. "Who are you, mister?" Konohamaru asked in awe. "The name's Captain America, kid. Now go get to safety." Cap said and ran towards the fighting. Iruka quickly took a walkie talkie and called in the incident and description of Cap.

~ With Asuma and Kurenai ~

Asuma punched an incoming enemy nin in the face with his chakra blades, making the man scream in agony as a large chunk of flesh was cut off. He quickly turned to block another enemy's strike while Kurenai put the man under a genjutsu. She quickly wrapped the man up in a tree and then stabbed him through the heart, killing him instantly. "Told you this would be fun." Asuma said in a childish voice as he wiped his chakra blades on the dead Oto shinobi. "Well, I hope you're ready for round two." Kurenai muttered, making Asuma look at her with curiosity in his eyes.

She motioned towards approximately 19 enemy shinobi charging towards them. "Shit." Asuma muttered as he took a defensive stance. "In case we don't make it Kurenai, I want you to know that.." Asuma began, but was cut off by a loud series of bangs. They both watched as several of the incoming shinobis dropped with small sprays of blood. Before they could even react, a sultry redhead with a leather uniform jumped down and engaged the remaining hostiles. They watched as the woman ducked under a slash and slammed the small cylindrical object into a shinobi's head, knocking him out.

She then kicked another one behind the knee, making him buckle to the floor. In a fluid motion, she stomped her foot and kicked a man in the head. He yelled out in pain and fell to the floor, revealing a hidden blade on the tip of her shoe. The last Shinobi tried to get the jump on her, only for one last bang to resound through the battlefield. He fell to the floor with a bullet lodged in his head. Natalya then approached the ninja on the floor, grabbed his neck, and snapped it. She then got up and walked towards Asuma and Kurenai with a slight sway in her hips. "You guys should be more vigilant. That many ninjas could have easily overpowered the both of you." Natalya spoke, then turned.

"Wait, who are you?" Asuma asked, curious about the woman who just took down a large number of enemy shinobis without breaking a sweat. "The name's Black Widow." She responded and walked away. "Wait. Who are you allied with?" He asked, seeing no headband. "Kumo. Any more questions?" Natalya asked, slightly annoyed. "Yea. Want to go out to dinner with me?" Asuma asked in a cocky voice, making Natalya laugh loudly. "Sorry, but I'm a good girl." Natalya said, then looked at Kurenai and licked her lips. "I only play well with other good girls." She finished with a wink. Kurenai was beet red from the innuendo and Asuma was suppressing a nose bleed.

"I should...call this in." Asuma said as he took out a walkie talkie and called it in to the center of operations.

~ T&I Department ~

Inoichi and Ibiki were in the T&I department's war room, receiving calls with info on the invasion. Their job was to direct forces to where they were needed. "Sir, I'm getting various reports of a man in red, white, and blue with a shield taking down enemy Shinobi like they were nothing!" A man on a headset said. "I'm getting reports of a redheaded woman in a black uniform helping out our spread out forces. Asuma Sarutobi says he saw her take out nineteen enemies in five minutes!" Another man said. "Who the hell are these people?!" Ibiki demanded as he slammed his hand onto the desk.

"Apparently, our allies." Inoichi replied and sent a team to the west side of Konoha. "Sir. We're getting reports of another of these unknowns in the building next to our! It seems he's taking down large numbers of enemies with precision explosions." A Chunnin reported to Ibiki. Ibiki growled and quickly went towards the balcony. As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a large snake headed straight towards the building. "Damn it, what the hell is this!" He demanded as he went back inside and grabbed a suicide scroll of explosive tags. "What are you doing!" Inoichi demanded as he took the scroll from him.'

"There's a snake summon a few minutes from the building. If it gets here, Konoha loses its information source!" Ibiki yelled and took the scroll from him. "There's another way, trust me! Jiraiya was seen on the opposite side of the village taking care of another summon. I'm sure it won't be long until he comes back to take care of this one!" Inoichi pleaded. "We can't risk it!" He said and took the scroll. He then went back out to the balcony and was about to ignite the scroll until various arrows flew past him and attached themselves to the summon. Said snake cried in pain and looked to where the arrows were coming from.

One final arrow flew to its' face and detonated. The snake hissed in pain as the explosion triggered the other arrows, sending various large explosions through its body. It had no choice but to dispel and leave the fight as the explosions began tearing into its skin. Ibiki turned and saw a figure land behind him. He turned to see Hawkeye there, bow carefully aimed at him. "Who the hell are you!" Ibiki demanded in a gruff voice. "The name is Hawkeye, and last time I checked I'm the one who saved your ass!" Hawkeye replied, making Ibiki fume. "Now go back inside! I'll secure the perimeter around the building." Hawkeye said. "Why should we trust you?" Inoichi asked cautiously.

"Because I could have let your friend here kill himself to stop that one summon or killed him and let the summon destroy this building. Now go!" Hawkeye yelled. Both men left the balcony and went back inside to the center or operations.

~ With A and Minato ~

A smiled as he disappeared with a burst of speed and appeared behind the Nidaime Hokage. He then slammed his hand against the resurrected Kages body, making the Nidaime lose an arm. He turned to see Minato fighting the first Hokage, zipping with his Hiraishin around the roof to avoid the large wood based attacks. After Orochimaru had gotten them both to the ceiling, his bodyguards had set up the large shield keeping them in and their backup out. Orochimaru had tried to summon the First, Second, and Third Hokage, but the Third Hokage had been stopped by Minato.

"Minato, what are we going to do to stop these guys?" A asked as he ducked under a particularly powerful kick of the Nidaime. "We need to sever Orochimaru's link to the dead. If we can do that, they should go down fairly easily." Minato replied. "And how do we do that?" A asked as he punched the Nidaime with his lightning armor still intact. "We need to separate the Kunai from the body so the link can be stopped." Minato said as he ducked under a large tree root with spikes growing. A nodded and temporarily cut the flow of lightning chakra to his hand. He then punched through the Nidaime's head, grabbing the Kunai and pulling it out.

The Nidaime's body fell to the ground and disintegrated, leaving behind a gooey mess. He then turned to the Shodaime, only to duck under a large snake summoned by Orochimaru.

~ With Naruto ~

Naruto looked at the interchange between Gaara and the Uchiha. He had passed Kankuro fighting against Shino on the way here, but left the fight alone. He kept going until he arrived at the point where Gaara stopped and covered himself in sand completely. 'Probably trying to go into full Shukaku mode.' Naruto mused and kept watching. The Uchiha had the Chidori in his hand and was charging towards Gaara when a large hand of sand erupted from the dome and slammed him away. Sasuke was caught by Hiruzen, who then turned to the mini Shukaku. "Why are you doing this Gaara!" Hiruzen demanded and began molding chakra.

"You! Namikaze, you will prove my existence!" Gaara yelled in a maniacal tone as Gaara fell asleep. Suddenly, large amounts of sand began pouring out of his gourd and engulfed him. The amount of sand grew bigger and bigger until a huge raccoon-like dog came into existence. "Come on and fight!" The now-transformed Shukaku yelled at Hiruzen. Hiruzen bit his thumb and went through a series of hand seals, then slammed his hands on the forest floor. "Summoning Technique!" He yelled as the clearing was filled with smoke. From the smoke emerged the toad boss, Gamabunta, with his dagger in a defense position. Shukaku yelled and shot a large condensed ball of wind chakra. "Now you die!" Shukaku yelled!