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  Tsunade and Shizune were fully alert of the enemies present in their viity. The blonde Sanni her former teammate and the nue ninja.

  Orochimaru smiled as he looked at the fury on his teammates face. "Ah, Tsu's been soo long. When I heard that you were somewhere nearby, I just couldn't resist the opportunity to reuh my dear friend."

  Tsunade smirked, hearing that. "You must have gotten hit on the head or something." Her mog expression turo one of seriousness again. "We are not friends. We haven't been for a long time. Don't think for a sed that I've fotterocities you've itted, Orochimaru."

  The snake Sannin's lips curled into a wicked grin as he extended his palm, fingers arg like serpents ready to strike. "Hahaha…. I've missed your vibrant spirit." He hissed, a hint of mockery present in his voice.

  Despite being outnumbered, Tsunade's gaze was resolute. her distinctive haori, her green neckce shimmering in the moonlight, she fixed her deep brown eyes on Orochimaru with a mixture of anger aermination. "You won't find me as easy a prey as those you've taken before."

  The grin on Orochimaru's face dimmed as he looked at his oppo. "Oh I'm ting on it." The atmosphere crackled with chakra as the two Sanni each other, their enmity radiating like a stathering strength.

  Shizuook a couple steps back from her teacher. 'This is bad. Orochimaru looks serious. But why now? What does he want with Lady Tsunade?'

  The Sound Five were vigint as they looked at the two powerful ninjas. Uhe other times when they faced ehey didn't dare insult or belittle Tsunade. Just from the chakra and presence beied from Tsunade was enough to put them on edge.

  Shizune's eyes theo the others present. 'Orochimaru wouldn't bring people who aren't capable. So that means I 't take any of them lightly.'

  Tonton whined in fear iween Shizune's arms. "It's going to be okay, Tonton." She forted the small pig in a low to the younger medic was nervous as she had no idea how the situation was going to develop.

  It was Orochimaru who made the first move. In the fra of a sed he moved and was in front of Tsuh his right arm extended.

  'Hidden Shadow Snake Hand'

  Multiple snakes flew out from the sleeve of his right arm headed for Tsunade's body. Their jaws widened and each of them had a sword protruding from their mouths. The sruck Tsunade's body and dug into several pces but the moment they were covered in smoke.

  Orochimaru let go of the jutsu and turned his head to the tree nearby. He chuckled as he saw his former teammate standing with crossed arms atop a branch, unharmed. "Fwless Substitution jutsu. Good. You haven't lost your touch. I'd be disappoiherwise."

  "I'm not here to impress you, Orochimaru." Tsunade jumped down and Shizune quickly rushed to her side and stood by.

  Aside from Kimimaro, none of the other sound ninjas could track Tsunade. Kidomaru and Jirobo had slight sweat as they looked at the Slug Sannin. 'I couldn't even folloeed. I thought for sure Orochimaru would have gotten her… No. I shouldn't have made that assumption. She is in the same league as him. Subduing her won't be easy.'

  Kimimaro gazed at Tsunade a his calm expression. 'Based on Lord Orochimaru's intel, her fighting strength should be slightly diminished during these st several years. But still, it's best not to waste time. With that pn i shouldn't be long before we're able to knock her out.'

  The ninja from the Kaguya arrowed his eyes as he looked at the blonde medic. He hat Shizune had also made her way to her master's side.

  Orochimaru pressed his belly and opened his mouth wide looking up. A sed ter the handle of his Kusanagi appeared and the snake Sannin quickly grabbed and pulled it out of his body. "Kimimaro. It's time. Let's finish this quickly."

  Tsuensed up as she saw the long sword. 'I o be careful with my attacks.'

  The leader of the sound five quickly removed the upper garments and was ready for battle. "Kidomaru, Jirobo. You know what to do. The rest of you, stick to the strategy put in pce."

  The moment the order was given, various markings began to appear on their bodies and began to spread.

  "What is that?" Shizune couldn't help but ask as she saw what was happening.

  "It's a curse seal Orochimaru developed. It increases the strength of whoever wields it. So be careful." Tsunade ordered and her apprentiodded. Tonton jumped from Shizune's grasp ao hide under a tree nearby away from the a.

  "Attack!" Orochimaru rushed towards Tsunade and alongside him were Kimimaro, Sakon and Ukon. Tayuya was ag as back up and her role was to distract the blonde medic.

  Kidomaru and Jirobo went straight to Shizune.

  The battle between two of the Sannin's has begun.

  —-

  he Leaf Vilge.

  Somewhere in the mountain range he Leaf vilge, a lone shinobi was going through several seals. The winds blew and his silver hair and red eyes could be seen under his bck cloak.

  Tobirama made the final seal and the grouh him began to move. 'Finding this location was more difficult than I thought. I wao make sure Madara's grave was fotten so there were ns when I created it. But then again I suppose that was the point. It's been so many years. The ndscape aation have ged.'

  A passageened up that led to an underground tomb and the reanimated Sed Hokage slowly began to make his way down. 'It's taken all day to break through the seal without alerting anyone. But still, that's a good sign. That means the seal was intad no one had found and opehe tomb.'

  Soon Tobirama reached the room where a rge square coffin was resting in the middle. 'This is it.' The torches hanging on the walls automatically lit as Tobirama ehe tomb.

  The kage slowly made his way and stood he crete box. He let out a deep breath of air and then pushed the lid to the side. Tobirama looked inside and stood still as he saw nothing.

  There were no bones, no clothes or anything. The coffin was empty. The Sed Hokage's fists ched until his knuckles dug into his palms. 'His body is goher someone found it and took it or… He is alive.'

  Tobirama quickly began to examine every inch of the pce he built. He soon found some anomalies in a certain portion of the tomb. He examihe stones and his eyes narrowed upon closer iion. 'This portion, it was broken from the inside and then put back together from the outside. That's why the prote seals didn't trigger. The attack came from within… That means… Madara… He came back to life somehow… And he escaped.'

  "Damn it!" The Sed Hokage couldn't help but punch the wall in frustration. 'I should have destroyed his body. But if only…'

  He remembered his argument with his older brother shortly after the battle at the Final Valley.

  Fshback.

  "I want to take Madara's body and perform an autopsy." Tobirama spoke as he looked at the dead Uchiha's corpse.

  "No." The simple yet stern answer from Hashirama made Tobirama frowried to reason with the man.

  "Brother, just imagine what we learn from his corpse. The secrets of the Sharingan, how they work, how to teract the Mangekyo abilities… We create termeasures by studying Madara's body. In the event the Uchiha ever bees a threat, this knowledge will definitely be of use to the vilge."

  Despite the points being made, Hashirama shook his head. "I forbid it, Tobirama. You will do no such thing."

  "Why?" The younger Senju brother crossed his arms and gazed at the older one who was sitting besides Madara's body.

  The first Hokage was silent for several moments before he spoke. "We just formed an alliah the Uchiha and created the vilge. They know that Madara was a threat and they won't hold it against me right now for killing him. But that won't be the case if we desecrate his body. Even if the Uchiha didn't follow Madara, they respected his power. He was oheir leader after all. If we take his body and start experimenting on it, they will see it as a disrespect against their whole d will resent us. It won't help the vilge."

  "But brother-"

  "Tobirama. I respect your dedication to the vilge. And I reize the value of knowledge. But there must be a baween seeking knowledge and preserving our values. We will tio study the Sharingan but I will not done desecrating Madara's body."

  The younger Senju looked at his brother and his eyes slightly softened. "That's not the whole reason is it?"

  Hashirama gazed at Madara's fad recalled the memories of his childhood. "He wanted nothing more than to protect his brother and safeguard the . The truth is… Without him, I doubt I could have ged this era… He may have walked a different path at the end, but he was my friend and he should be buried with dignity. It's the least he deserves."

  Tobirama looked at the steely gaze of his brother aed. "Fine. I'll do as you say brother. You have my word."

  Hashirama nodded and the younger brother sealed Madara's body into a sealing scroll and soohe destroyed battlefield.

  Fshbad.

  Tobirama took a deep breath of air and began to think things through. 'Madara was definitely dead. The seals I pced haven't been activated. So that means whatever happened, happened ihis coffin. Madara must have e back to life somehow. But what sort of jutsu does that?... It must have been some kind of a deyed teique… I o look into this… Still, it's clear now, the ails attack is ected to Madara.'

  Tobirama began making his way back to the outside but his mind was distracted. 'Is Madara still alive? Did he make tact with the ehow? I o know more about the ails attad the Uchiha … If he's alive, I o be even more careful.'

  Tobirama returo the surfad began to close the passageway. He sealed everything back to the way it was and made sure to make it seem like the area was undisturbed. Soon with his work dohe Sed Hokage of the vilge left the spot and headed back to the vilge.

  —-

  Leaf Vilge.

  Sasuke finished his report of the Forbidden scroll i and stretched his arms.

  Daichi took the papers ahrough everything quickly and nodded in satisfa. "Good. I'll make sure to submit this at the tet some sleep. You've had a long day."

  Just as the Genin was about to leave, Sasuke called out. "Hey."

  Daichi stopped and turned around to look at the Uchiha.

  "Thank you… for saving my life." Sasuke spoke after shoving his pride down.

  "You're wele."

  Daichi was about to leave but the Uchiha's words stopped him.

  " we spar? Now that I've awakened my Sharingan, it's not going to be so easy to defeat me."

  Daichi's lips slightly curled up as he looked at the boy. "Just because you've awakened your eyes doesn't mean you're suddenly all powerful. The Sharingan may seem strht now but there is a fw… You should figure out the strength and weakness of your abilities before challenging a stronger oppo."

  Sasuke stood silently and watched Daichi disappear into a whirl of leaves. 'Weakness of my Jutsu huh? That's not bad advice. Looks like I'll have to review the old scrolls if I want to know more about my eyes.'

  As the young Uchiha made his way to the library in his family a thought suddenly stopped him. 'How does Daichi know about suformation on the Sharingan?'

  —-

  With Orochimaru & Tsunade.

  The ndscape around the two Sannin had ged siderably. There were multiple craters aroyed trees scattered about.

  Tsunade dodged a bone spear tht shoulder and quickly grabbed it, holding it in pce. She swiftly brought her other palm in a chopping motion and broke the spear in two and jumped back dodging Sakon's kick.

  Tsunade's oppos were in their Level 2 curse seal state.

  "I must say, I'm impressed, Tsunade. You haven't even used your seal and you're still keeping up with us. And here I thought you'd be rusty." Orochimaru chuckled as he looked at the woman. Even as he kept a smiling face, inside he was analyzirength. 'She seems to be on the verge of overing her hemophobia. I thought her skills would have dulled after all these years of inactivity but it seems I'm wrong. Could it be that after taking Daichi under her, she has resumed her training?'

  Just as Orochimaru was keeping an eye on Tsunade she was making notes of her enemies. 'They work perfectly as a team. One of them has the Kaguya bloodline and the other has impressive reflexes almost simir to Jonin. And whenever I'm about to nd a killing blow, that bastard steps in and protects them. And on top of that, I have to deal with the sousu attacks from that red head. This is all so annoying.'

  The blonde Sannin's eyes briefly went to her student and saw that Shizune was suddenly trapped in ah dome. 'She handle herself.'

  "You don't have time to be worried about her, Tsunade." Orochimaru appeared and swung his sword. Tsunade khe cutting power of the Kusanagi bde and so she spread her chakra to the bone spear she was holding and deflected the sword swing.

  Orochimaru's subordinates also joined itle and were slowly wearing the Sannin down.

  Nearby, Shizune rawled on the ground with spider webs coatiorso and legs, trapping her. Ah dome surrounded her and she could feel her chakra being draionton was ihe dome and tried to go near Shizu she stopped it.

  'I 't believe they caught me like that. I o get out of here quickly before I lose all my chakra.'

  Shizune calmly recalled everything she learned during her battle with Kidomaru and Jirobo. 'His spider silks are strong and trying to cut it with Kunai won't help. When I analyzed the silk thread they have chakra running through them… Wait… If they have chakra running through them…'

  Shizune quickly brought her hands and made several seals. A moment ter green chakra began to glow around her palms. The chakra was moving in the shape of a bde. The Jonin medic closed her eyes and trated.

  Outside Jirobo smirked and looked at his teammate. "She's done for. It won't be long before she loses her sciousness."

  Kidomaru nodded his head. "Yes. But remember what Lord Orochimaru said. We need her alive aively unharmed. So don't go actally killing her, alright"

  Jirobo nodded. "Yeah. I know. I'm keeping an eye on her."

  Suddenly Kidomaru coughed up some blood.

  "It seems her poison jutsus weren't pletely useless." Jirobo ented looking at the blood ing from Kidomaru's mouth. He himself had a bloody was difficult for him to breathe due to Shizune's poison attacks.

  Kidomaru frowned aed back to his Level 1 seal state. He took several deep breaths of air and grinded his teeth in anger. 'She almost had us. If it wasn't for Lord Orochimaru's poisoaraining, we'd be dead right now.'

  Ihe earth dome Shizune focused on her chakra scalpel and made it as sharp as possible. Once she was ready she carefully began cutting through the silk thread that had her trapped. 'I k. This is the best way to fight his teiques.'

  In a few seds she was free and stood from her spot.

  "Oink." Tonton immediately ran into her arms and squeaked. "Oink. Oink."

  "I know Tonton. We need help." Shizuhought about the battle till now and frowned. 'They aren't aiming for any killing blows oing for the vitals. They're trying to subdue me. And they're doing the same to Lady Tsuhey're here to capture us. Not kill us. But for what?'

  Shizuried to think of an answer but nothing came to mind. 'It doesn't matter. I need a pn now. What do I do?'

  As she thought that, she immediately looked to Tonton and an idea came to mind. Shizuook a paper and bit her index finger. She immediately began writing something on it and soon closed the paper and secured it into Tonton's vest.

  She spoke in a very low too the pet pig. "I need you to listen carefully. Take this letter back to the Leaf vilge. Fiher Daichi or the Hokage. It's important. I'm going to get us out of this dome, but you o run and escape as fast as you . Uand?"

  "Oink oink oink…" Tonton knew what Shizune was asking but was hesitant to leave its master's side.

  "No. You 't stay. And I don't think we escape from them. You're our only hope. Get us help from the vilge. you do that, Tonton."

  The pig finally s head.

  Shizune smiled and began to think of a way to get out of the earth prison that was sug her chakra. She threw several kunai in multiple dires and saw that the damage the kunai made was immediately beiored. 'Damn it. The walls are being rebuilt almost immediately.'

  As she looked around she suddenly noticed something. The damage done in one spot was healed almost immediately but the damage done in the opposite side was taking much longer.

  The medija immediately threw her remaining two kunai to the two sides opposite each other. Two small cracks formed on the wall and she noted one of them regeing much faster thaher. Shizune was a smart ninja and immediately figured out the weakness of Jirobo's jutsu.

  'This is it. He must be trating chakra only on one side of the dome. I o attack the oint.'

  The medija immediately took ter bombs and struck them to the side that was repairing slowest. She set the timer and immediately jumped back to the other side while making seals.

  'Earth Style - Defense wall.'

  Tonton and Shizuook cover under a stone wall that rose up. Seds ter an explosi out destroying the art of Jirobo's earth dome. Shizune used chakra to protect herself and Tonton against the bst.

  "What the hell?"

  "What just happened, Jirobo?"

  Uhe cover of the smoke and the fusion of the two sound ninjas, Shizune made her move. Several figures rushed out of the smoke and stood in front of the two bodyguards of Orochimaru.

  Kidomaru looked at the 7 copies of Shizune and gritted his teeth. 'Shadow es. I just o find the right one. She won't escape without her master so I'm sure the real one is among them.'

  What Kidomaru and Jirobo failed to notice was that there was one more Shizune who was holding Tonton quickly moving away from the battlefield. It was a shadow e and its job was to quickly get Tonton as far away from the battle and as close to the vilge as possible.

  "Tonton. Remember. I might disappear at any moment but you have to keep going. Reach the vilge a help no matter what."

  "Oink."

  Back at the battlefield the real Shizune and one e rushed at Jirobo while the others headed for Kidomaru.

  'My poison hadn't killed him. But it should have at least slowed them down.'

  The medija rushed at Jirobo and just as he swung his fist the two mediimbly dodged. The shadow e Shizune had thin near invisible wires around her hands and immediately tied it around Jirobo's hands a.

  'Now's my ce.'

  Seeing the opportunity the real Shizune rushed towards Jirobo's heart with chakra scalpels in her hands. 'Heart, Liver and lunges. I just need one shot to end him.'

  Jirobo couldn't defend himself and just as Shizune's palm neared him, several golden kunai were unched from the trees aimed at Shizune. She had to ge her path and cut the muscles of Jirobht arm and escape the deadly ons rain. A few kunai struck Jirobo due to his rge size. He immediately waved his hand aroyed the shadow e holding him down.

  "Argh. Damn it that hurt. Couldn't you have aimed better." Jirobo asked his teammate.

  "Better a few flesh wounds than your life." Kidomaru retorted as he looked at Shizune. "Lord Orochimaru gave us a detailed review of your skills and teiques. You were going with a chakra scalpel to the heart with that move weren't you."

  Shizune frowned as he she looked at the two. She held a kunai and got ready.

  Meanwhile Tsunade was in a Taijutsu battle against 3 oppos while also defending against Genjutsu attacks. Kimimaro and Sakon/Ukon were in their Level 2 curse seal state.

  'I just need one opportunity for Ukon to enter her body. Then it'll be over. She hasn't released her Hundred seal or summoned Katsuya but that's because I haven't gotten serious yet. The moment I escate this battle she will also take things further. I o finish this before then.' Orochimaru knew she wouldn't resort to extreme measures unless needed but that she also wouldn't hesitate to use her trump cards if she felt her life was in danger.

  The st survivor of the Kaguya looked at his enemy without aion. 'She definitely deserves to be called a Sannin. Even with fighting against us in Level 2 state she is holding her own. More than that, if it wasn't for my defensive skills, Sakon and Ukons healing ability and Orochimaru distrag her, we'd be dead by now… This 't go on much longer. If any patrol ninjas e upon us, it'll be even more of a headache. I o create an opening for them.'

  Just then Kimimaro saunch headed for Sakon's chest and blocked it with his own body, blowing the Kaguya several meters back. Orochimaru rushed and attacked with his sword f Tsuo defend with her bone spear while Sakon kicked from behind with two legs. Tsuhen blocked the kick with her leg and was forced to block a puning at her face with her free hand.

  But this was the opportunity they were waiting for. Ukon swiftly exited Sakon's body aered Tsunade's. With her sight blocked by the fist, Tsunade quickly couldn't defend against the surprise invasion into her body.

  "What the hell? How are you…" Tsunade was unaware of their ability to ehers bodies so she was taken by surprise.

  Orochimaru grinned as he saw the se. "Yes. Perfect." He jumped bad quickly made a seal.

  "Paralysis jutsu - Absolute fi."

  Seals immediately began spreading from Ukon's body and covered Tsunade as well.

  The blonde Sannin couldn't even open her mouth and could only gre at the man. Orochimaru quickly took a gas mask from his sleeve and pced it on Tsunade's face. Once secured a green gas begaing from it.

  "Take a deep breath my dear Tsunade. I made this just for you."

  The medic held her breath in defiand Orochimaru only grinned. He turo Kimimaro who was making his way back to their location and just o him.

  He disappeared and several moments ter Tsunade saw him return with an unscious Shizune on his shoulder. Kimimaro dropped the sleeping medi the ground and had a bone spear at her throat.

  Orochimaru ughed and turned his gaze back to his former friend. "Kukuku... She's so devoted to you. All these years, staying by your side… Now you wouldn't want anything to happen to dear Shizune would you?"

  Tsunade's eyes went to her precious apprenti the ground and she relehe moment she took a breath of the gas and suddenly began to feel dizzy.

  Orochimaru released the paralysis jutsu and Ukon immediately exited his target's body as he too began to feel the effects. But Sakon gave him the antidote to the gas and Ukoered his brother's body to rest.

  Tsunade wale but with the threat against Shizuhere was nothing she could do. 'They want me and Shizune alive for some reasht now, I o buy some time.'

  Those were the st thoughts before the female Sanni unscious and drifted off into sleep.

  Author's note:

  The arc has begun. 'Tsunade abdu arc.'

  I inally wrote Dan Kato into this fight. Orochimaru and his team would fight Tsunade and in the heat of the battle he would use the reanimation jutsu t back Dan Kato and then Orochimaru would plunge his bde into dan. Tayuya would use Genjutsu and make it look like dan had his real body instead of a reanimated one. Blood spilling everywhere and making Tsunade relive that moment and take her down when she's distracted..

  That was what I wrote but then I rewrote the whole thing and we have today's chapter…

  Tell me your thoughts about that.