Click.
With a sound, three coffins opened.
"Dammit! I'm too late!" - Jiraiya arrived at the same time with Gamabunta, and the first thing he did, was looking at who's in the coffins.
"Ah...welcome...I didn't expect for you to come here too, Jiraiya...but you arrived at a good time." - Orochimaru greeted his old companion with a smile.
Now that he successfully revived what he prepared, he wasn't worried about Jiraiya or Eiji messing his plan up but was instead looking forward to finally getting rid of Jiraiya.
"...to think I would be revived by a former enemy...but it looks like there was a fall-out between the two of you since the last time I saw you." - Hanzo of the Salamander stepped out of his coffin and his presence full of confidence despite being summoned as a minion showed why he was feared when he was still alive.
"Well well...my most bitter enemy delivered right to me..." - the Second Mizukage saw the Second Tsuchikage next to him and smiled, ready to fight his rival.
"...this isn't the time for that...it looks like we were called back from the underworld by the Second Hokage's wretched Jutsu." - Mu (Second Tsuchikage) calmy analyzed.
"Oh yeah...the other guy also said something about being revived...WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN DEAD?!" - Gengetsu (Second Mizukage)
"Don't you remember? I killed you myself." - Mu
"Oh yeah...WAIT WHAT?! BUT YOU DIED TOO, RIGHT? YEAH, I KILLED YOU!" - Gengetsu
"Yes you did...but let's forget that for now and move on..." - Mu looked at Kabuto who summed him.
But Kabuto looked pretty tired and was painting, while Orochimaru clapped happily his hands and started to order them - so he could see who was the mastermind behind his revival.
"He is right...let bygones be bygones...I didn't assemble you here just for fun...for the sake of all of us, let's not waste time and jump straight into what you are here for. Defeat the one on top of the Toad, the scythe-wielding maniac, and capture the one in the back alive!" - Orochimaru
"Hmph! Being ordered by some brat like this..." - Gengetsu was saying that quietly to himself with a sulky face.
"Let me see how much you've grown since last time!" - Hanzo to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya knew that the situation was really bad...he didn't expect Orchimaru to pull out such strong foes, but at least he knew that it wasn't completely doomed: a maniacally laughing Hidan was waving his scythe around and Sasuke was here as well!
Though he knew that calling them allies would be a stretch, so he didn't expect much...
Hidan looked a bit stupid, so he was sure he could manipulate Hidan who was his enemy, to fight his other enemies...the problem was Sasuke.
Jiraiya could see how Sasuke was still indecisive and bothered about the possibility of fighting his parents, so he might not even join the fight until it's too late.
If he didn't come up with a plan fast, Jiraiya might really get into trouble, since the three summoned were preparing to attack.
"Jo! Why are you standing there like your fart betrayed you?" - Eiji suddenly was standing next to Sasuke and touched Sasuke's shoulder with a fist.
When he saw that Jiraiya's heart calmed down...Eiji being there made the situation much more manageable if they decided to team up.
Furthermore, he was sure that if Eiji teamed up with him, Sasuke would too.
But could he be sure that Eiji would team up with him?
Jiraiya knew about Eiji's secret with Danzo and no matter what happened, Eiji was still a fellow Konoha shinobi at his heart, unlike Orochimaru, carrying the Will of Fire!
"Hehehe...so you came back...you don't know how much I've waited to finally tear you apart! There is no person I've ever truly hated except for you!" - Orochimaru didn't hide his hatred anymore and his face was distorted creepily with a grimace full of malice.
The summoned three stopped their preparation because they awaited the orders of what they should do with Eiji.
Eiji glanced at him in return for a second, before looking at Sasuke again.
"Get a hold of yourself...this is pretty embarrassing for a supposed Genius of the Uchiha clan." - since Sasuke didn't seem to respond and still was lost in thought, Eiji hit his head with a chop.
"The hell are you doing? Want me to kill you?" - in his usual arrogant voice, Sasuke looked at Eiji angrily.
"Yeah yeah, whatever you say...since you are now listening to me, let's get outta here. Ukon will sacrifice himself heroically so that we can escape!"
"..." - Jiraiya wasn't sure anymore if Eiji inherited the Will of Fire.
Eiji : Ukon Use Meat Shield
Its Very Effective
Naruto be jelly on Eiji and Sasuke interaction right there.....
And then Eiji and Sasuke fought side by side, back to back against overwhelming odds. But their friendship prevailed, destroying the wicked Pedomaru's plans to regain his standing as a significant villain like in the first animated series.
Meanwhile, Naruto watched and his heart bleed as he realised that his rival, his friend and his one true love... has choosen another
Honestly, right now Naruto is to Sasuke what Sakura is to Sasuke: A big invisible annoyance.
He pissed on that will of fire.
If Eiji had the will of fire... Naruto dowsed it...
Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
Head chop: a powerful hand chop movement that forcibly clear ones thoughts. Clear confusion status effect.
Note: if it was clear before... well, it's more clear now.
???? that last line
Really like it. Probaply one of the best on the site
I'm alive!
Thank you for the chapter!
Glad to see you are alive. How much coffee did you abuse?
@CrusadeAgainstFurries
...let's just say that I drank more coffee than water.
I would like to point out the fact that the curse mark Ukon probably still has is designed to draw in Sage chakra even while the individual is moving
When Sage mode was first introduced it was establish that the only real weakness it had was that you had to stand still and order to gather the chakra needed to enter it
If MC Fuses with a second stage curse mark Ukon doesn't that mean he has affectively unlimited access to Sage mode
I think, the curse mark isn't really doing a solid job at gathering chakra. Otherwise, Orochimaru would have been able to get into an artificial sage mode by himself.
Sage mode works by gathering nature chakra from the surroundings and adding it in equal parts to your physical and mental energies to produce sage chakra which is more potent then normal people chakra made from just physical and mental energies. Too little nature chakra, and you won't enter sage mode. Too much, and you'll die. That's why the process needs to be done manually(standing still) since everyone has different amounts of chakra. The curse just uses Jugo's cells to give you a flat increase in sage chakra which puts the body under stress since said chakra isn't regulated to suit your body. MC's snake sage mode is also different from Jogo's hekkei genkai sage mode meaning that the chakra might be different as well.
Thanks for the chapter!
I first thought that the third Raikage would be among the ninja zombies. Eiji could abuse his knowledge to redirect his raiton-three-finger-spear back into the Raikage's heart with Iaijutsu. That guy would also have been a serious threat to Hidan since he can't be just "scratched" by the large chuuni-scythe. But the Tsuchikage works even better 'cause he could permanently erase both Jidan and Eiji with a good shot of his dust cannon??? His cell clones could become useful for Eiji later done the line if Sasuke manages to copy the jutsu.
Love how no-one gives a f*ck about Ukon and co. At this point I just wish for them to come under Eiji's umbrella after Orochimaru's "death". They were conditioned to constantly hate and even their death is supposed to be some kind of kamikaze attack. Eiji might just give them the little bit of reprieve to change for the better. Or at least they would work for a less hateful employer.
Also shipping Rock Lee x Tayuya, Itachi x Karin, Uka(genderbender Ukon)x Neji.