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Chapter 10: Bringing Down the Gates

Naruto looked upon the group assembled. He had ordered Shino and Shikamaru to get three of the remaining Konoha 12 each. Maia stood next to him. He understood that she felt Sasuke's betrayal could have been avoided if Minato and Kushina hadn't left. It showed her the extent of the damage that the villagers' favoritism and bias caused, hence her expression of betrayal back in the hospital. If Minato had stayed, not only would Naruto have had a family, but he could have kept the council in line.

Shino had found Tenten, Lee and Neji, while Shikamaru found Choji, Kiba, and Hinata. He nodded.

"Alright, I suppose you have all been informed of the situation?" he asked.

Everyone nodded.

"Good." he continued, "Here is what we will do. Kiba, Neji, Hinata, you three are in front. Watch for traps and follow Sasuke's scent and chakra trail respectively. Shikamaru will be in the center with me and Lee. We will join any of the others if something gets too close. Choji will be right behind us followed by Tenten. He'll cover Tenten while she uses her weapons to cover us. In the event of a fight, which there will no doubt be one, two members will split off and fight an opponent two on one."

He pulled out a scroll. Seeing the confused faces, he continued, "This scroll contains what little info we have on our opponents. First, is Jirobo of the South Gate. His specialty is hand to hand combat, which utilizes his high level of strength. Choji and Tenten will face him. Second is Kidomaru of the East Gate. He is from an old Hidden Grass Village clan that utilizes a threadlike substance made of chakra. Neji and Hinata will face him as their Gentle Fist can sever the threads. Third is Sakon of the West Gate. I don't know much about him, so Kiba and Shino will fight. Shikamaru and Lee will face Tayuya of the North Gate. She is a genjutsu user. Maia and myself will deal with Sasuke. There is an unknown fifth member, but according to the intel, he died a day ago from a genetic lung disease."

Everyone nodded. It was a good plan.

"Alright, let's go!"

With that, everyone took off.

(45 minutes later, with Sasuke)

Five shinobi were jumping through the trees, panting heavily. They had just come out of an unexpected fight with several jonin.

"Let's stop here." Sasuke said.

Sakon looked over at him, "Very well, we-" He was cut off suddenly by a large sword embedding itself in the ground, coming dangerously close to beheading him. They all paled when they recognized it, especially Sasuke. He still had nightmares about the pain the blade caused.

Kidomaru signaled to Sasuke to keep going. They would hold them off. He nodded and ran as fast as he could. The Sound Ninja Four looked at their opponents. Kiba and Akamaru threw a paper bomb in the center of their group, causing them to split up to avoid the explosion. Shino and Kiba followed Sakon over a nearby cliff, while Choji and Tenten chased after Jirobo. Kidomaru quickly found himself on the business end of Neji and Hinata's combined 8 Triagrams: Air Palm, sending him through several trees. Tayuya grit her teeth as Lee landed a solid punch to her chest when Shikamaru caught her with his shadow.

Seeing each of the Sound Four successfully occupied and separated, Naruto and Maia bolted after Sasuke.

(With Choji and Tenten)

Jirobo swore. Their team was exausted from fighting the group of jonin and now, they have to deal with a bunch of genin, two chunin, and one jonin. Special jonin, he idly noted while dodging a hail of kunai. If they had gotten time to rest, this wouldn't be a problem, but the surprise attack prevented it.

Choji took advantage of the distraction and gathered his chakra, "Expansion Jutsu!" His body swelled up like a balloon and began spinning like a wheel. Seeing this, Tenten, who had been keeping his attention on her using her weapons, jumped back. Jirobo was confused, but quickly paled at the house sized sphere speeding towards him. He had been so busy avoiding Tenten's attacks that there was no time to dodge!

"HUMAN BOULDER!" *BAM!*

Choji crashed into Jirobo, sending him flying. Tenten threw several paper bombs at the helpless form of Jirobo, not wanting him to rebound from Choji's attack. The tags exploded above him, causing the resulting shockwave to send Jirobo downwards, while Choji channeled all of his chakra into his right fist.

Just as Jirobo hit the ground, Choji lashed out. An audible crunch was heard as Jirobo's skeletal structure was crushed, killing him instantly from the shards that tore up his vital organs. A sixteen-foot wide crater was created from the impact, a testament to the strength of the punch.

The two leaf shinobi nodded to each other before heading off in the direction Sasuke ran.

(With Neji and Hinata)

Kidomaru was furious. Normally he enjoyed a good fight, but he was exausted and losing ground quickly. The pair of Hyuuga were beating him like he was an academy student for Kami's sake!

(In Heaven)

Kami sneezed as her Shadow Clones were signing paperwork.

Hmm. Someone's talking about me. I hope it's Naruto. she mused.

She really needed to thank him for helping her deal with paperwork.

(Back with Neji and Hinata)

Kidomaru swung a sword made of his threads at Hinata. Neji used the Body Flicker to intercept him and started spinning.

"Rotation!" *CRACK!*

Kidomaru's weapon shattered on contact with the spinning dome of chakra. Neji stopped spinning and took a stance. Lashing out at his opponent, he struck several of Kidomaru's chakra points. Hinata took advantage of Kidomaru's plight and charged her right leg with chakra. Kidomaru let out a girly screech and started foaming as she gave him a first hand experience as to why Sasuke was unable to reproduce.

Neji cringed. Despite them being enemies, he couldn't help but pity Kidomaru. Naruto's sadistic side had clearly rubbed off on his cousin as she was still kicking him repeatedly. Deciding to grant him some form of mercy, he struck the back of Kidomaru's head, shutting down the Sound ninja's mind permanently.

Hinata pouted as they headed toward Sasuke. She had wanted the man to suffer more for making Naruto angry. Neji sweatdropped at his cousin's expression.

Yep. Naruto DEFINITELY rubbed off on her.

(With Shikamaru and Lee)

Tayuya cursed repeatedly. This was a nightmare! She had lost her flute in the ambush and the shadow user had her trapped. The weird green kid with the big eyebrows(She swore she saw them move on their own!) was beating her mercilessly.

Shikamaru decided to end it. Signaling for Lee to back off, he placed his hands in the bird hand seal and shouted, "Shadow Stitching Jutsu!"

The shadows rose up and impaled her. Knowing that she was dying, she mouthed something to them. Shikamaru's eyes widened.

(With Kiba and Shino)

Unlike the others, Kiba and Shino weren't doing so well. Sakon turned out to be two people in one. Sakon had somehow tried to merge with Kiba's body, and would have succeeded if Shino hadn't engulfed Ukon, Sakon's other half, in poisonous insects. This forced him to let Kiba go. The two then proceeded to activate their curse marks. This made them immune to Shino's insects as they dropped dead upon eating the vile chakra of the seals. Kiba attempted to separate them, but was blocked by their Rashomon.

"Damn! Got any ideas?" Kiba asked, still smarting from his collision with the demonic gate. That thing was definitely tough.

Shino shook his head. His bugs were useless against them, Kiba wasn't strong enough to hurt them and that massive wall was not falling any time soon. Wait, falling? Shino's eyes widened.

"Kiba. What happens when you bump into a fence that is no longer attached to the ground?" he asked.

Kiba caught on and got a viscous grin. Shino idly noted that it was too much like Naruto's for his comfort. Kiba and Akamaru gathered their chakra while Shino sent his bugs into the ground.

"Ninja Art: Man-Beast Transformation! Two-headed Wolf!" Kiba shouted as he and Akamaru merged into a two-story tall wolf with multiple heads.

Shino nodded to them as his bugs finished loosening the ground beneath the gate. The combined master and partner jumped forward while spinning.

"Wolf Fang Over Fang!"

The makeshift tornado crashed into the gate. No longer rooted to the ground, it began to fall backwards. Sakon and Ukon watched helplessly as their own defense was turned against them. The size of the gate meant that there was no escape. As the gate collapsed, ending the twins' lives, Sakon and Ukon muttered something.

Kiba and Shino gave a moment of silence. They both heard what the brothers had said. Even in the end, they stood by each others' side. Had they not been with Orochimaru, those two could have been great friends.

As they headed in Sasuke's direction, they vowed to end Orochimaru for tainting such pure souls.