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  Daichi looked at the situation and he position of everyone. 'Shikamaru and his team led one of them deeper into the forest. But since my e is with them I don't have to worry. Kiba and his team are fighting in the clearing nearby in the opposite dire. None of them are hurt. That's a good sign. Iruka's lost quite a bit of blood but he'll be fine in a minute or two. Now all that's left is Mizuki… But that might be a problem.'

  The boy go his side and inwardly shook his head. Daichi was standing near his friend and could clearly feel the rise of the ails' malicious chakra emanating from him. 'With everything that happeoday there's no doubt that everyone would be on edge. If they sehe presence of the ails chakra then even if Mizuki is caught it might not end well for Naruto. I o quickly calm him down.'

  The Genin pced a hand on Naruto getting his attention. Naruto saw the seriousness in Daichi's eyes and gave him a questioning look.

  "You o calm down Naruto."

  "Are you really tellio calm down? After everything that happened. After Sasuke almost -"

  "Yes. Sasuke will be fine. Right now fighting Mizuki angry won't help."

  Naruto stood still and struggled with himself for a few seds but then slowly let out a deep breath of air. The hidden chakra of the tailed beast slowly receded and Daichi internally let out a sigh of relief.

  But at that time Mizuki spoke. "I told you all. He's the ails. That chakra just now. It was the ails. If he isn't killed the whole vilge would be destroyed."

  Daichi could see that along with anger and hate there was also fear in Mizuki's eyes. The rogue instructor, seeing that his words weren't getting ao turn on Naruto, looked at Daichi. "Daichi. I know your parents died in the ails attad it's why you became an orphan."

  The Genin was silent for a few moments before he nodded his head. "You are right. The ails did kill my parents."

  Naruto held his head down and ched his fist but he was silent. He didn't have the strength to look at his friend.

  "But I don't see a giant mountain sized fox anywhere. So you must be mistaken." The gamer ninja had a smirk as he looked at the in.

  Naruto was shocked hearing that and turned his head. He saw Daichi giving him a big smile and he had small tears in the er of his eyes.

  "He's not your friend." Mizuki tried one more time to turn the Genin against his friend but it was useless.

  Daiarrowed his eyes as he gred at the grey haired ninja. "Who exactly are you to decide who my friends are?" He then looked at his friend and took note of his dition.

  'Naruto's trying to hide it but he's exhausted. If I had to guess I'd say he's been using the shadow e jutsu multiple times already. There are also multiple wounds on his body. The nature of those injuries suggests it came from someone who was much faster.'

  Daichi's eyes then g Mizuki. 'Of course it's him. His speed in this transformed state is much greater than a normal in ninja.'

  Daichi took a closer look at Mizuki's body and noted something. 'I see… It won't be long now.'

  "I'm sick of hearing him talk. Daichi. Let's kick his ass." Naruto was about t his hands to make the shadow e seal but his friend stopped him.

  "Naruto, if you don't mind, I'd like to fight him alohere are a few things I want to find out from him."

  Naruto looked at his friend and was fused. "I'm not gon him just get away with everything he did."

  "her am I. But right now you're exhausted. You're in no shape to fight him."

  "But-"

  "And someone o protect Sakura and Sasuke. Right now my real self is focused on healing Sasuke's injuries and if we're both fighting here and someoacks them, it'll be trouble."

  Hearing that Naruto became silent and looked at Mizuki with anger.

  "I promise. I'll make him pay. He will face the sequences of his as. He's not getting away."

  Naruto looked at Daichi and finally relented. He turned bad went near Sakura, Sasuke and the real Daichi while the e faced Mizuki.

  "You really think one Shadow e is strong enough to beat me? Hant." Mizuki s the boy.

  The gamer ninja chuckled as he looked at his enemy. "I could say the same about you. Down an arm, your pns failed and you still have the audacity to make threats…. The truth is Mizuki… You're insanely stupid."

  The transformed in gritted his teeth as he looked at the Genin. "You. This is all your fault. If you hadn't helped that demon-"

  BANG!

  An instant ter a punch struck Mizuki's gut sending rocketing backwards. His back crashed through a couple of trees before tumbling and rolling on ground and ing to a stop. Mizuki felt pain all over his body and was struggling to get up.

  'Wh…What the… I couldn't even see him move.'

  As he tried to get up he heard footsteps getting closer. The rogue ninja looked up from the ground and saw Daichi standing a few meters away, most of his body hidden in darkness. The rogue ninja had fear as he looked at the boy.

  Daichi got closer and looked at the man with aionless face. "Call my friend that wain and I'll break ys . This is your only warning."

  The in struggled and was breathing harder and harder. He struggled and slowly got to his feet. 'Shit. I o escape. It's too te. I 't get the scroll now. I have to get out of this vilge.'

  Mizuki turned around and was about to jump when he saw Daichi standing there. "How did you-"

  That was all the in got to say before he was bsted back to the clearing near Naruto and the others. Mizuki skidded on the ground and rolled several times before hitting a boulder.

  He didn't even have strength to get up after getting hit with Daichi's two powerful blows. He saw the boy walking up to him and just staring at him with a cold expression.

  "What e do you have with Orochimaru?"

  Mizuki turned his head and looked at the boy standing near him. 'This isn't possible. I was supposed to be invincible.'

  He could only look up at the night sky in helplessness as a painful realization came to him. 'My pns failed. It's all over.'

  —-

  At that moment the future team 10 and team 8 appeared a near Naruto's group.

  "Ha. Looks like we beat the bad guy first." Kiba had a smirk as he looked at Shikamaru and Choji.

  "It was never a petition." Ino answered while Shikamaru just sighed. He looked at his former teacher lying several meters ahead of them with Daichi interrogating him. The young Nara just shook his head as he thought about everything. "Looks like Mizuki is done for. He 't even move."

  "Serves him right." Ino said as she gred at the man. She then turo Sasuke.

  "His chakra is fading fast. His strength is waning." Shino spoke and Hinata also nodded in affirmation as they gazed at their former teacher.

  Kiba looked at the unscious Uchiha and he was ed. "Daichi, is he going to be alright?"

  The medija gave everyone a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I've healed most of his injuries. He should wake up in a couple of minutes."

  Sakura had a big teary smile. "Thank you Daichi. If it weren't for you…"

  "Don't mention it, Sakura. It's my job as a medic after all."

  Just then, Iruka walked up to them and looked at everyone. His eyes went down to Sasuke a out a sigh of relief as he sehe Uchiha's chakra signature getting stronger and stronger.

  He looked at his students with a big smile. "All of you did well. Yoing to be great ninjas of this vilge one day."

  Everyone had smiles on their faces except Naruto. He looked down and was silent. Iruka looked at his favorite student and frowned.

  "What's wrong, Naruto?"

  "Sensei… I couldn't even protect my headband. Mizuki took it from me aroyed it… I…"

  Iruka had a gentle smile and walked up to the boy. He pced a hand on Naruto's shoulder and spoke. "Sometimes we meet powerful oppos when we least expect it. oal should be to survive that enter and bee stronger for the battle. Your life for that headband… I would take that trade any day."

  "Sensei…"

  Before Naruto could say more Iruka took off his headband and tied it around the boy's head. "You are my student and a Genin of the Leaf vilge. Mizuki 't take that away from you."

  Naruto had a big grin and nodded his head.

  Suddenly Daichi looked up and turned his head in the west dire. "We have pany. Don't worry. They're friendly."

  A few seds ter several ninjas appeared in the area and looked around. Promi among them were Kurenai, Genma, Kakashi, his summon Pakkun, Asuma and Anko.

  They saw Mizuki on the ground with Daichi talking to him while another Daichi healing Sasuke with the students and Iruka near him. Anko took a closer look and saw the Forbidden scroll on Sakura's bad inwardly let out a breath of relief. "Looks like you kids had quite the party."

  "More like a nightmare we wished we could have escaped from sooner…" Ino said under her breath.

  "There were three other prisoners here. Where are they?" Asuma asked.

  "We took care of them. That guy called Haroshi is unscious about 100 meters west of here." Kiba replied with a grin.

  "We mao trap his partner Seijo about 160 meters north east." Shikamaru answered for his team.

  Anko o the ins behind her and they disappeared to said locations.

  Genma saw Sasuke's unscious state and frowned. "How is he?" He looked at Daichi and asked.

  "He suffered several internal injuries and an artery was ear the heart but I got here just in time. I've healed most of the damage. He'll wake up soon."

  The Joni out a breath of relief and then turo the culprit ying on the ground a few meters ahead of them. As they looked at the man responsible he suddenly started screaming. Steam started ing from his body and before everyone's eyes his skin turned dark brown and body shrank.

  —-

  A few Minutes ago.

  As Daichi looked at the defeated Mizuki he gained memories from the shadow es assigo Kiba and Shikamaru's team. He inwardly smiled as he went through the memories.

  'Looks like they learned how to work as a team to take down a stronger enemy before they were even assigo a Jonin.'

  He focused his attention ba the enemy in front of him and spoke. "What e do you have with Orochimaru?"

  'I o know if there is more to his ties with Orochimaru than what's shown iory.'

  Mizuki tilted his head and asked the boy. "How… How do you know I have something…. To do with him?"

  "Your transformation… You're not smart enough to create something with these effects. Only someoh a great deal of knowledge on the human body make the drug you took. I'm betting it's him."

  Mizuki chuckled as he looked at the Genin. "So what if I was w for him? I won't tell you anything."

  Daiarrowed his eyes and looked to the side. He saw the defeated prisoner Zefrek and asked about the prison break.

  "You were using the prisoners as a distra to escape with the scroll. Tell me. Was that really your idea or was it someone else's?"

  "You… do you really expect me… to just answer your questions brat…" Daichi saw the burning hate in Mizuki's eyes and sighed.

  As they were talking several Jonins arrived at the se and were surveying the situation. Daichi saw that his teacher was among the new arrivals and gave the man a nod. The Genin turned his attention baizuki. "This is the end of the road for you Mizuki."

  "Go to hell brat… Once I get my strength back… I'll kill you…"

  "I wouldn't be too sure of that." Daichi was keeping a close eye on the man's vitals and saw that his body was at the breaking point. A couple seds ter steam started to erupt from the man's body and he shrank in size. He lost all his strength and looked like a weak, old malnutritioned man.

  "Aaarhhh… Wh… what's happening… to me? Why am I like this?" He struggled to stand but didn't even have the strength to sit up.

  The rest of the Jonins came over and looked at Mizuki. They had no pity for what the man did. Anko whistled as she looked at the former academy teacher's pitiful state. "Damn. I didn't know you medis could do that. Brutal. I like it." She gave Daichi a wild grin and a thumbs up.

  "Please don't give him any ideas Anko." Kurenai said with a sigh.

  "Actually I didn't. He did it to himself." Daichi said with a small shake of his head.

  Pakkun who jumped atop Kakashi took a couple sniffs in the air grimaced. "Ergh. I smell all sorts of weird narcotiing from his body."

  "What exactly happeo him?" Kakashi asked his student.

  "As I'm sure you all saw earlier, he was in a transformed state. My guess would be that he took some sort to make it happen. A drug I'm pretty sure was Orochimaru's creation."

  "Wait what? You mean Orochimaru had a hand in this." Asuma asked with a ed tohe other Jonins were o as well. They khe threat the snake Sannin posed.

  Daichi shrugged his shoulders at that. "I don't know for sure or what his involvement in this is. That's something you guys ierrogatioment will have to figure out. What I tell you is that this drug was an inplete o temporarily gives the user an immense boost but it ultimately destroys the body."

  "No… You're…" Mizuki tried his best and with one hand and slowly stood. His attention was entirely on Daichi. The Jonin's were half curious to what he would do and say.

  "You're lying. This is supposed to be the…. ultimate power… Lord Orochimaru… He-"

  Daichi shook his head and cut Mizuki off. "He used you. Your cells are beiroyed from within. These are the side effects of the drug you took."

  "No… that 't be."

  "As I said, that drug was inplete. He used you as an experiment. Based on your vitals, my uanding is that the drug you took absorbs the power of the animal you want and bi with the human ge gives quite a boost to the user but that's temporary and then you'll feel the nasty side effects. While it's i puts an incredible strain on the cells. It's damage that 't be reversed."

  'Well. I probably heal you. But that's the st thing on my to do list.' Daichi looked at Mizuki and scoffed.

  The Rogue in was angry hearing that. "You." He was about to step forward but Anko stepped in and grabbed his arm. "Ok. No more of that. You'll have plenty of time to refle your as back at T&I."

  "I'd go easy on him. Physically at least. He's quite fragile." Daichi couldn't help but quip with a chuckle. Anko and a few ins disappeared with Mizuki and the unscious prisoners.

  At that moment they heard a groan and turned around to see Sasuke awake with Sakura giving him a tight hug. He felt his chest and saw that it was pletely healed. Sasuke turo Daichi and was about to speak but Daichi stopped him. "You're wele."

  He gave the Uchiha a smile and pulled him to his feet. The rest of the Genins smiled seeing their friend up on his feet. The Jonins quickly began esc the new Genins and Iruka to the Hokage tower.

  "I saw some small fires in the market ahe civilian district. Is everything alright?" Daichi asked Genma.

  "Don't worry. We got it under trol. Thankfully there was no serious injury to anyone or any major damages."

  "What? Fire? What are you talking about?" Iruka, who was hem asked.

  It was Kurenai who spoke. "Mizuki pnned a prison break and it happened while you were all in the forest. A few prisoners set explosions in multiple locations. But the patrol units and Anbu teams are on it now."

  "I 't believe he would go that far." Iruka couldn't help but ponder when and where it all went wrong.

  As they jumped through the trees Asuma eyes the Ino, Shikamaru and Choji. He knew his father wanted him to be their sensei. "How exactly did you capture your enemy?"

  Ino grinned. "Well…"

  —-

  Fshback.

  Daichi's e came to assist the three and the e quickly healed their minor injuries and eveored most of their chakra and stamina.

  "Thanks Daichi. You're the best… Um, is Sasuke going to be alright?" Ino asked her friend.

  "Don't worry. He'll be fine. I'll make sure of it." The shadow e Daichi replied with a calming smile and was about to battle Seijo but Shikamaru stopped him.

  "Daichi. If it's possible, you leave him to us? This is ht."

  The Genin he expression on the faces of the three and immediately khey were serious. 'They must be angry about what happened with Sasuke. I would be too.'

  Daiodded and stepped back. "He's yours. But if things turn for the worse. I'll be stepping in."

  Shikamaru nodded and he, along with his teammates, turheir attention to Seijo. Ino was the first to attack the prisoner with her shurikens.

  Seijo easily evaded the ons but the sed, had to jump from his spot to escape a fast moving shadow and nded on a tree branch. "It won't be that easy to capture me brats. I'm a in."

  "Yeah. The weakest in in the vilge. You 't eve us. And we aren't even on a Genin team yet." Ino said with a mog grin provoking the man.

  Seijo was angry as he looked at the grin on the girl's fad at that sed a giant body quickly came at him from the shadows.

  "Human boulder jutsu!" A rge round spinning body quickly came straight at Seijo but he easily avoided Choji's attad nded several meters away. As he dodged Choji's attack he was also keeping an eye on Ino's position and saw that she was trying to use the Yamanaka jutsu on him.

  "I won't fall for that trick. I've seen your battle style. So I'll take you out first girl." Seijo turned his attention and sprinted after Ino.

  Ino eyes widened in slight fear and immediately sprihrough the forest with the prisht behind. Shikamaru and Choji immediately followed after them.

  The prisoook note of the route his prey was running and inwardly smirked. 'Several meters ahead is a rge open clearing. That Nara's hidden attacks and Shadow possession jutsu won't work so easily there. I know the speed of his shadow possession jutsu so I'll be able to escape as long as I keep in mind his position at all times. That Akimichi kid also 't trol his movements that well. In that setting, taking them out will be a piece of cake.'

  Seijo was catg up to the girl in front of him quickly and just as Ino was near his grasp ahe edge of the open space, she increased her speed and threw two kunai to the side triggering the hidden traps they set up nearby.

  Several shuriken were unched from the bushes and aimed to where Seijo was going to nd. He took his kunai and immediately deflected several ons. Just as he nded, Choji's giant spinning figure flew over his head and made him look up for a split sed. His eyes turo Ino who was looking at him with great caution.

  Seijo smirked seeing the young Akimichi's attack miss. 'That Nara is closing in. Based on the speed with which his shadow moves, I still have a couple of seds.'

  But at that moment, against his calcutions Seijo suddenly found himself being paralyzed. 'No. This jutsu.'

  "Shadow possession jutsu successful." The smug tone in Shikamaru's voice was clear to everyone.

  As Seijo was struggling, Ino stood with a grin and cut a very thin ninja wire that was tied near a tree. The seultiple ninja wires sprung up from the ground and ed all around Seijo, pletely trapping him.

  "Now Choji!"

  At Shikamaru's signal the Akimichi rushed at the in with everythi and smmed into him, knog him out. Just before Choji struck, Shikamaru let go of his jutsu and stood safely everything.

  The three Genins and the hidden Daichi looked at the in and they made sure he was unscious. The Genin was impressed with what he saw. 'When Shikamaru used the shadow possession jutsu multiple times he made sure to showcase its speed to the enemy. Shikamaru made the jutsu speed sistent and made Seijo miscalcute the speed of his teique. He was keeping an eye on Shikamaru's position and became overfident thinking he could escape the jutsu when Shikamaru used it.'

  Daichi remembered how Ino was leading the man to this location without making it obvious. 'Ino lured him here and then Choji not only distracted Seijo by flying above him, but Shikamaru used Choji's shadow that was cast over Seijo as aension to his jutsu and instantly immobilized him. Then Inered the traps and Choji e with a finishing blow…. Not bad you guys. Not bad at all.'

  "Well done you guys. You three make a great team." Daichi said with a smile.

  "I guess they're alright." Ino looked at Shikamaru and Choji with a smile. But the moment her smile got bigger as she looked at Daichi. "But they're not you. e on. What do you say I join your team huh?"

  She quickly rushed to Daichi and linked arms with him.

  "That's ly up to me, Ino. Besides what do you say we go to the others. They're probably waiting for us." Daichi ughed awkwardly and then vanished in a puff of smoke.

  "He's right. We should get back to the others." Choji spoke and the three made it back to the clearing and saw Mizuki defeated on the ground with Daichi standing over him. They saw Kiba, Hinata and Shino waiting for them.

  —-

  Fshbad.

  "We waited and that's when you all showed up."

  The Jonins were very impressed with the way they hahe battle. Asuma smiled as he looked at the three. 'These kids are something else. Not even on a team and already they took down a in with excellent teamwuess this is going to be a lot more fun than I thought.'

  Kurenai looked at the three Genins that the Hokage wanted her to take on as well. "Did you three have any trouble with your enemy?"

  "Nay. Shino drained his chakra while Hinata and I kept him busy with our Taijutsu. He didn't st that long."

  Kiba recalled his memories of that fight. He asked Daichi to only step in if they couldn't handle him.

  Daichi respected his wishes and the three attacked Haroshi with everything they had. Since Haroshi was ied in the Byakugan he fought with Hinata in hand to hand bat multiple times but with Shino and Kiba also attag him, the in didn't st for long.

  Hinata's Gentle Fist and Shino's chakra draining is made quick work of the enemy while Kiba sent the final attack that knocked Haroshi into sleep.

  Iruka had a proud look as he heard their battles. He looked at Daichi and he recalled the boy helping him finish his fight with Zefrek as well. 'His le healing skill is really impressive. It's quite effective otlefield.'

  Daichi restrained Zefrek's body with chakra strings and turhem into lightning strings, paralyzing the man's muscles. Iruka, who was healed, quickly nded several blows to critical areas that put Zefrek under.

  Soon the rge group of ninjas reached the Hokage tower. The Genins saw the Hokage giving out orders in front of the tower and coordinating the ninjas. Sihe Genin's were safe the Jonio trad subdue the escapees.

  "Sir, we've firmed that there are no more explosives or traps set in the vilge." An Anbu gave his report.

  "Good. Now with the Sacred scroll returned and the perpetrators behind this attader custody, your task is to recapture every escaped prisoner."

  "Yes sir." The Anbu vanished and the old kage turo the Genin's and Iruka. He had an unreadable expression as he looked at them and the kids were slightly nervous.

  Naruto took the scroll from Sakura and stepped forward. He held the scroll up to the kage. "Sorry for all the trouble old man."

  Hiruzen looked at Naruto silently for a few more seds and was inwardly amused as the boy squirmed. He then smiled and looked at everyone present. "Well done. All of you."

  He turned around and started making his way to his office. "e."

  At his order Daichi, Iruka and the new Genins followed the kage into his office.

  —-

  he Fire try border.

  "Lady Tsunade. Nothing's happened so far. Maybe this isn't some bad luck. Maybe you just got lucky and won." Shizune said as she followed her teacher.

  "There is no such thing as good luck when it es to my winnings. Something bad is going to happen. I just know it." Tsunade aranoid and was out of the small city they were previously gambling in.

  At that moment a voice came from the shadows that stopped the two Leaf ninjas iracks. "Hello Tsunade. You look like you're in a hurry."

  The blonde ninja looked at the man eared from the shadows. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at him. "Orochimaru. What the hell do you want?"

  "Ohhh… Tsunade… Why the hostility? Is that how you treat an old colleague? kukuku…."

  Shizune reized the snake Sanin and was instantly o. She trated and sensed several chakras nearby. 'He didn't e alone.'

  Multiple people appeared from the shadows and encircled the blonde Sannin and her apprentice.

  Shizune was slightly sweating. 'This isn't good. This isn't good at all.'

  Tsunade narrowed her eyes as g the surroundings and then to her former teammate. 'So you're the reason for my winnings. Of all people…. He's clearly here for a fight. I might have to go all out.'

  Author's note:

  Ok guys. Your thoughts. How was the chapter? Did you enjoy the Ino shika cho fight? And Daichi basically stomped Mizuki because that guy was just that weak despite his powerup.

  Now, I had a more detailed fight for Kiba's team too but then I scrapped it. I'll showcase their battle skills aime at another opportunity.

  As I mentioned before, the Tsunade meeting Orochimaru will be the sed ihat will take pce. Did you guys see this ing? Do you guess what my pn is?

  I'll give you one spoiler. Someone will die at the end of this i.