Chapter 13: Madness Lifted

SURPRISE! Double chapter's today!

Yatsu managed to send me two chapters! Everybody send him your thanks for all of his hard work!

Now then, since there's nothing actually to say, let's start the chapter.

Let the party begin!

(Back with Naruto)

"Everybody split into squads A, B, C and D!" One of the four Jonin level shinobi yelled as he desperately tried to organize his comrades. He winced as Bumblebee pounded another of the men into the ground.

"Fourteen into each squad! Squad leaders are Daichi for squad B, Kairi for Squad C, Kage for squad D while I am for squad A! Now fall back and switch to long range tactics!" The Jonin ordered further as him and his remaining men leapt into formation and away from the two raging behemoths.

"Orders Hiro." Daichi asked forcefully as all four Jonin grouped together.

"Squad A and B, primary objective is close to medium range assault! Keep the target's attention on your groups and use diversionary tactics! Squads C and D long range support and crippling jutsu permitted but non-fatal! Squad C and Squad A will deal with the black one, Squad D and B deal with the yellow. Bring those two down!" Orders rang out from Hiro once again as the men all voiced out their acknowledgement of the orders.

"Squads A, on me!" Hiro yelled as he bravely charged towards the large black robot dubbed as Barricade.

The large robot however did not seem happy that its opponents were rallying and went through a few hand seals at a blazing speed. "Doton: Oukina Shougeki!" (Earth Release: Great Impact) A massive boulder came out of nowhere and hurtled towards the group of shinobi at great speed.

"Squad C cover fire!" Kairi ordered as she and her squad ran through their own hand seals.

"Raiton: Gian Yari!" (Lightning Release: False Darkness Spear) Fourteen voices rang out in unison. It took less than a second for the simultaneous blasts of lightning to converge into one large bolt strong enough to blow apart the incoming rock.

Hiro and his squad did not have enough time to thank their comrades as they continued their advance towards the massive robot that was also charging towards them.

To Hiro's right Hiro made a signal and a trio of shinobi from his squad dashed forward ahead of the rest to try and obtain Barricade's attention. Their ploy worked as the transformed Naruto swung his mace towards the group in a one handed group.

One of the shinobi ducked under the mace while the other two leapt over it and carried on running up Barricade's arms.

The massive construct of steel violently swung his right arm, flinging of the shinobi attached to it before violently stomping on the one that had gone under his mace. The third shinobi however had been unhindered and made it next to Barricade's face. Summoning chakra to his arms, the third shinobi's hand filled with lightning. "Raiton: Kanden Hirateuchi!" (Electrocuted Slap) he yelled as he brought his hand down onto Barricade's face.

There was a flash of light as the jutsu made contact before the shinobi screamed in pain.

Hiro looked up in horror at his subordinate as the man screamed in pain with his entire right arm missing, clutching where the arm should have been while Barricade's face was unscathed. The third shinobi didn't scream for very long before Barricade snatched him of his shoulder and threw him onto the ground with a sickening crunch. Any hope of survival was then lost on the shinobi as Barricade brought his mace down onto the screaming man as the shinobi tried futilely to get up, ending his life.

Hiro suddenly made the connection. "Alert! No contact Jutsu! I repeat no contact Jutsu! Target has some sort of reflective properties on armour!" The commander of squad A yelled out as he and his men pulled back.

Hiro turned to the rest of his squad as Barricade once again fixed his obsidian black orbs onto his group. "Lethal attacks enabled! Delay that beast and bombard it with every Jutsu you know!"

"But sir, we're not supposed to fatally injure…"

"If you don't want to die then I suggest you follow your orders!" Hiro snapped as he ran through hand seals. "And even then I don't think either one of these things will go down easily. Squad C, support!"

Both squads began running through hand seals as Barricade readied his mace for another streak of killing.

"Raiton: Kaminari Numa!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Swamp) Five voices called out as the others continued their hand seals.

Lightning arced out from the ground towards the steel titan and everyone expected it to jolt to a stop from the power of the technique. Just one person could usually paralyze ten shinobi within the swamp of lightning. That was why when five of them contributed the technique they were expecting the robot to suffer. That however was not the case and their eyes widened when the robot carried on its charge unhindered. What was this beast?

"Raiton: Raikyu Danmaku!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Ball Barrage)

"Raiton: Gian Yari!" (Lightning Release: False Darkness Spear)

"Raiton: Jibashi!" (Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder)

"Raiton: Zekkyou Washi!" (Lightning Release: Screaming Eagle)

The multitude of powerful techniques were all shot towards Barricade in the space of a few seconds, each one filled with as much chakra as each of the contributors could offer. There was enough attack power present to cripple a mountain as the whole clearing shook with the power of the resulting explosion as they waited with bated breaths the result of their trouble.

Once again their eyes widened in fear when Barricade burst out of all the smoke unharmed as he rushed towards them running through hand seals. "Fuuton: Hari Arashi!" Barricade's voice boomed menacingly as thousands of invisible needles of wind formed in front of him. On some unseen signal the multitude of needles burst forward at great rate towards Squad A.

"Raiton: Kaminari Shouheki!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Barrier) Hiro cried out in time as he slammed his hands onto the ground. A large vertical wall of lightning shot up in front of him and three others, effectively shielding them from the onslaught of needles.

Unfortunately Hiro could not make the barrier any bigger and was forced to watch as eight of the men on his squad were struck with an untold amount of invisible needles that went straight through their defenseless bodies. The commander of squad A frowned in frustration. They were getting slaughtered here against what was supposed to have been a single Uzumaki boy. Was this the power of that cursed clan?

He was cut out of his musings when the unhindered Barricade suddenly appeared right in front of him and the other two surviving shinobi. They leapt back in surprise as the gigantic mace swung down and crushed the lightning barrier in s shower of sparks as if it had never existed. Barricade's dark eyes caught onto the three shinobi and before they knew it, the massive mace had already crushed another shinobi underneath its unbridled power, a crater forming due to the blow.

Hiro's last remaining shinobi of Squad A tried to leap away only to be caught in a giant hand that clenched shut tightly as the shinobi gave out one last, pained scream. Barricade then emotionlessly threw the crushed body to the side as if had never been there. Hiro once again saw red at the display of brutality. Yes he and his men had attacked this group, but was such brutality required? In his anger he leapt up at Barricade's face to try and deliver a deadly blow, only to be swatted to the side like a fly. All it had taken was a vicious backhand from the black robot to send him flying.

Hiro felt himself rolling across the ground until he came to a painful stop, every bone and muscle in his body hurting from just that one blow. His squad had just been decimated in such little time. He looked to the side only to grimace in pain as well as worry. Every muscle in his body protested that simple movement.

But what caused him to worry was that with Squad A disabled, there was nothing stopping from Barricade reaching Squad C. Furthermore Squad C was built for long range attacks and would be helpless against a close combat specialist, well even more helpless than usual since Squad A hadn't even formed a threat to Barricade.

From his position down on the ground Hiro could only watch as the entirety of Squad C began preparing lightning jutsu. He could tell it would probably be useless but it was better than nothing. The commander of Squad A's group then narrowed his eyes when he recognized the jutsu that Barricade was performing before his eyes widened when he realized Barricade's plan, the plan that could turn his comrade's jutsus against them.

"K-Kairi! Stop!" he yelled out hoarsely through his parched throat.

They did not hear him however and launched their lightning techniques towards the charging Barricade who had just finished his hand seals.

"Suiton: Daibakufu!" (Water Release: Great Water Vortex) Barricade yelled out as a massive swirling vortex appeared from behind him and launched directly towards Squad C.

Hiro's fears came true as the incredibly massive vortex of water merely absorbed each of the lightning jutsu headed his way that only added to its already enormous destructive potential as it surged with lighting through it. Squad C all got dragged into the spiraling vortex that Barricade had created and Hiro merely closed his eyes knowing that Squad C was lost. He had witnessed that same jutsu by one of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen of the Mist once before and the sheer size of the technique left no survivors. This time the jutsu had been twice as big and coursing with lightning. There was no hope left for Squad C.

Hiro felt helpless, even as he managed to stand up on shaky legs. They had lost more than twenty five of their men to this robot alone and Xaxa, their ace, had obviously perished against Kakashi. Even if the Copy Ninja was out of chakra and not participating in this slaughter, the Copy Ninja had done his part. There was also the other Yellow robot to account for.

Hiro turned his head to see how Squad B and D were faring. He was pleasantly surprised to see that they were almost all still accounted for, with twenty six men remaining out of twenty eight. He had to give it to Kage and Daichi as whatever strategy they had implemented seemed to be working. Squad B was running circles around an obviously frustrated robot while Squad D surrounded the battle and were firing unhindered. It wasn't having much effect but Hiro could tell that they were at least waiting for the robot to tire and they were on their way there. The commander of Squad A felt a pang of guilt as he watched. If he had implemented that same strategy, would his squad still be alive?

He shook his head. There was no use looking at the past. 'At least they are dealing with their robot steadily. After that they could move on to the black robot and then…' Hiro's thoughts froze to a stop. The black robot. He had completely disregarded that factor after Squad C had been destroyed. Looking back now he wanted to shout in frustration. The deadly black behemoth was charging towards Squads B and D. 'No! That's going to ruin their formation and that black robot is probably stronger than the yellow one. And they don't even see it coming!' Hiro tried shouting out a warning but it came out as more of a squeak and he sincerely doubted his comrades heard it above the noise of their own battle.

There was only one thing left to do then. It would successfully delay Barricade hopefully as well warn his comrades. He stood up on shaky legs as he eyed Barricade, gathering chakra to his right hand and going through a series of twenty lightning fast hand seals. The jutsu he was using right now was still incomplete; Hiro had been working on it for some time now but just couldn't get it right. It would either severely injure him or destabilize before he could get it to work.

The Jutsu was meant to gather a load of lightning chakra onto an open palm while compressing it to great levels that it would become volatile. The entire arm would heat up as he kept control of the compressed lightning chakra that was slowly building up. It would then start forming a white light around the user's arm due to its potency and the user could practically feel its weight dragging him down. Then the user would use a burst of speed to close in on his opponent or a Barricade and bring their hand down in a slap, that was hot enough to melt through almost anything and would release all the built up energy in a destructive explosion.

Hiro had never been fully successful in this technique before, hence the reason he hadn't used it earlier, but it never hurt to try one last time.

"Raiton: Shiroi Bakudan Yashi!" (Lightning Release: White Bomb Fist)

Hiro gave out a shout of determination as he blurred forward to intercept Barricade, running faster than he had ever done before, even boosting his muscles with chakra. He ran alongside the charging titan for a few seconds before leaping up towards Barricade's massive shoulders.

He gave a powerful shout as he slapped his chakra filled hand onto Barricade's shoulders.

Barricade's eyes widened in surprise before the explosion took place, filling the clearing with a bright, white light as both Hiro and the transformer were covered in smoke.

The ground shook once again as everyone paused to see what had just happened, and everyone was shocked when they noticed Barricade lying flat on the ground with scraps of burnt metal falling away from his shoulder. Barricade stood up once again and roared in pain, the majority of his shoulder had been taken out by that blow and he was in agony.

Then to the ambush party's dismay, the red chakra enveloped the wound and metal quickly began twisting and reforming before their very eyes. It wasn't long before a relatively unharmed but raging Barricade was left looking for the source of its injury. Barricade's eyes zoned onto the prone form of Hiro as the commander of Squad A tried feebly to get up. He had managed to hurt Barricade and was now the main threat.

The steel titan walked up to the man with rumbling steps before picking up Hiro into one hand. The gigantic hand then brought the weakened leader up to its owner's face where Barricade peered into his eyes.

To his credit Hiro stared back unflinchingly before Barricade roared into his face, deafening him, before tossing Hiro high up into the air.

The remaining shinobi of the ambush party could only watch helplessly as another man was treated like a baseball, the massive mace slamming straight into Hiro's chest and caving it in as he soared away from the clearing.

'What a nice view.' Hiro thought appreciatively from up in the air. It was his last thought as darkness encroached his vision.

Bumblebee had been watching the event intently, momentarily forgetting that he had been in his own fight. The distraction cost him as he had unknowingly given Squad B enough time to prepare and catch him off guard.

"Raiton: Kuro Ikazuchi Netto!" (Lightning Release: Black Lightning Netto) Four voices rang out as four gigantic black nets of lightning nets shot out from around Bumblebee. They successfully entangled Bumblebee in their powerful grasp as the mighty robot began struggling in the middle unable to form hand seals.

This gave the other members of Squad B to finish their hand seals, all for the same jutsu. "Raiton: Shichuu Shibari!" (Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind)

Multiple pillars of earth shot up all around Bumblebee, lightning arcing in between all four pillars. As they surged through each other all the multiple pillars of four began to interact with each other forming a complex maze of over thirty pillars with Bumblebee still stuck under the black lightning nets.

Daichi gave a whoop in triumph. "All right Squad B, way to go! Now as long as we can sustain this Jutsu and that thing will remain trapped there! Now everyone divert your attention to the other one and use the same strategy! Then we will…" They were interrupted by a scream and all the members of Squad B whirled around.

They were just in time to see Barricade brutally crushing a Kunoichi underneath his deadly mace.

"Shit, Squad B give cover fire for Squad D." Daichi ordered desperately. They had almost completely forgotten about this robot in their rush to detain the other. And by the looks of it this one was far more deadly than the yellow robot they had just detained. It had to be, it had single handedly decimated Squads A and C after all. "Remember, blunt force hits work much better than piercing! We can't pierce his armour but we can smash it!" Daichi reminded his squad.

They all took this in mind as they began preparing their water techniques. Although their water affinities were weaker than that of their lightning, in this situation they would prove to be more effective and essential.

"Suiton: Teppodama!" (Water Release: Liquid Water Bullets)

"Suiton: Akuma Kushi Kasai!" (Water Release: Demon Spit Fire)

"Suiton: Mizurappa!" (Water Release: Raging Waves)

"Suiton: Daibakufu!" (Water Release: Great Water Vortex)

"Suiton: Suiryuudan!" (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet)

The multitude of weak water techniques crashed head on into Barricade toppling him over backwards. The water techniques may have been considerably weaker than his, but there were a lot of them and water was heavy. The knockback effect was also enough to throw him down and partially cave in the armour on his chest.

Meanwhile Kage and his squad made distance from Barricade as Squad D regrouped with Squad B.

Kage landed right next to Daichi as the remaining two jonin warily watched Barricade getting back to his feet, seemingly angrier than before – if that was even possible. "What's the plan Daichi?" Kage asked. It had been Daichi who had come up with the strategy against Bumblebee earlier.

"Same as a while ago." The commander of Squad B answered quickly. Everyone tensed as they saw Barricade preparing to charge once again, the dented breastplate already fully repaired. Daichi continued his command while he had time, "Keep your distance and utilize water techniques that have high impact power. Piercing and cutting jutsus are useless. Try and buy time to set up similar barriers used to restrain such as first target."

All the men nodded in affirmative as they all cautiously surrounded the volatile robot. Everybody tensed as Barricade's obsidian black orbs slowly scanned its targets. Then it did something they did not expect. Barricade made a dash towards the trapped Bumblebee, something which no body was keeping watch of.

"What's that thing doing?" Kage asked confused. "Those electric currents can keep anything out just as well as they can keep something in. There's no way it can rescue its partner."

His theory seemed to be proven correct when Barricade tried passing through only to be instantly repelled and pushed back.

"Fuuton: Idaina Fujin no Iki!" (Wind Release: Great Wind god's Breath)

The massive wave of wind erupted from Barricade's mouth and was large enough to cover the entirety of Bumblebee's electric prison. The powerful gale disrupted all the lightning coursing between the massive pillars rendering them useless before the black lightning nets around Bumblebee dispersed due to the wind.

Now free, Bumblebee cracked its neck and shoulders before moving to stand next to Barricade. The duo was once again combined as they gazed menacingly at the smaller shinobi.

"What now Daichi?" Kage asked. "This was not part of the plan."

Daichi's jaw clenched as his features settled in a grim line. "We follow the old plan. Even if there are two of them together it can't be that different." He said boldly, trying to increase morale in their troops.

They couldn't have been more wrong.

(Inside the mindscape)

"Yes Naruto! Kill them! Show them what happens when they mess with you, show them what happens when they mess with your friends and comrades! They deserve to die! You are the judge and you have the power. Therefore they should die! Show them no mercy, just as they have shown none! Take your revenge!" The deep unknown voice echoed throughout the mindscape as its other occupants grimaced.

"We need to break that connection that voice has with the kit!" Kurama declared angrily. "Its influence is the worst possible type and we cannot get through to Naruto as long as whatever that thing is still there!" Kurama bellowed out.

Barricade frowned. "We know that you overgrown fox! Just shut up and continue making a disturbance!" The black robot yelled back out as he leapt up and socked Kurama in the jaw.

"I'm trying! But simply fighting amongst ourselves like this is getting us nowhere!" The Bijuu snapped back as it used one of its massive tails to slap Barricade out of the air.

The Kyubi was then pushed back from successive energy blasts to the face and he backed down in pain. "I share your sentiments Kurama, but what else do you suggest we do?" Optimus added his own input. "Apparently the power level we are using is insufficient."

Kurama suddenly sported an evil grin and as Bumblebee and Frenzy whined in protest. "Insufficient. Nice word Prime. Nice and accurate." The massive fox grinned as all nine of his tails bent forward and red and blue chakra started condensing in front of the bijuu's mouth. "Then take this! Bijuudama!" Kurama yelled as he fired the enormous attack at the smaller transformers.

Barricade dropped his mace as he stared at the oncoming attack. "What the hell Kurama!" he yelled just as the massive ball exploded, rocking the entire mindscape violently.

"This isn't over Prime, I'll be back." The deep unknown voice warned just as it faded away along with the sound of the explosion.

"This is good. I can feel the link between us and Naruto." Optimus declared, pleased at the outcome. "Now we just need to get him to calm down."

Kurama scoffed. "Let me handle this."

At the nod of approval from the autobot leader Kurama began speaking. "Oi! Kit! What the hell do you think you're doing!"

"I'm disposing of these monsters." Naruto shot back angrily.

"This is not the way Naruto." The massive fox used Naruto's real name due to the importance of the situation. "Why do you need to treat them all so harshly? What have they done to deserve this?"

"They killed my sensei, my teammates, my friends and my brother. And if I don't deal with them now then a lot more of my family will get hurt! Don't compare me with you! You've never had family let alone friends so I don't expect you to know what I feel!" Naruto snapped back.

That struck a chord. And it took almost all of Kurama's self control not to lash back at the boy. Nobody needed an angrier Naruto at the moment.

"Listen brat. Everyone goes through loss like this but think about them! They were just following orders, you can't just blame them for…"

"So what should I do? Just let them walk away?" Naruto said disbelievingly. "Oh, you just killed a lot of important people close to me, you are free to go and come back to try again!" The blonde Uzumaki added sarcastically.

"I'm not saying that what they did is right Naruto!" Kurama yelled back, frustrated with the situation. "But you could possibly forgive them…"

"No, they will all die. If only I had killed them all earlier then my team would be alive right now. It's kill or be killed in this harsh world of ours. And I have the power to kill, so I will do so to protect. But now I must have my revenge!" Naruto declared.

"Revenge is not the way! Meaningless violence won't get anyone nowhere and revenge won't make you feel better!"

"Coming from the Bijuu that attacked Konoha!" Naruto shot back.

"Don't listen to that voice Naruto! It was deceiving you for its own ends. This path of hatred does not suit you! Was this what your friend's would have wanted? Does it make you feel better?" Kurama knew this was a bad conversation that was worsening every minute.

"Big righteous talk coming from you don't you think?" Naruto commented sarcastically. "You have no right to tell me what to do or bring up my friends. And yes, it does make me feel better. Added to that how do I know that voice wasn't you, you definitely sound alike and he also spoke words that you are likely to say. How do I know that that voice wasn't you?"

Kurama's eyes widened at both the revelations and the insults that his container had just thrown at him. Was that how he was really viewed? It hurt a lot.

"Listen brat! If you do not calm down now then I shall stop you from forcefully taking my chakra!" Kurama threatened.

"Take it!" Naruto challenged back.

"Fine!" Kurama bellowed back as he cut off the chakra to Naruto.

"Wait Kurama don't…" Optimus shouted but was too late as Kurama had already cut off the chakra.

"What? He was using a lot of my chakra so I took it away. Maybe now he can think clearly." Kurama explained in a bitter tone.

"That's the problem!" Optimus uncharacteristically hissed. "He's got a clear head now! Your chakra was so filled with malice and negativity that it helped cloud his mind and made him act like a wild beast. Whereas before those shinobi could outsmart his bestial behavior, they don't stand a chance against a Naruto that can plan ahead! Naruto tricked you!"

"You sly piece of shit!" The Kyubi yelled as he thrashed against the bars of his cage. "Naruto!"

Outside the mindscape Squads B and D watched in confusion as the red chakra surrounding the two steel behemoths disappeared entirely and the oppressive aura that they were omitting decreased slightly.

If they looked closer they would have noticed the small smirks on both Barricade's and Bumblebee's faces as their eyes shifted back to red and blue respectively.

(With Kakashi)

The masked Jonin's eyes were wide as he sat down uselessly in the clearing that he had dropped down into earlier. He was witnessing almost absolute slaughter at the hands of his student and he was watching all the punishment that the steel juggernauts could receive and all the destruction that they could unleash.

Batting away shinobi like flies and shrugging off powerful techniques as if they were nothing, this boy was truly a force to be reckoned with. And to think that his power could still be boosted by both the Kyubi and the Celestial Gates… his student was a terrible monster that he very much preferred on Konoha's side in the future.

He would have tried to step in at this point but he still barely had any chakra left and Xaxa had unknowingly destroyed his stash of soldier pills. He just hoped that Naruto calmed down after his destructive streak since Kakashi sincerely doubted he could safely restrain Naruto at this point.

Up in the trees at the edge of the forest, three genin were also watching the scene with horrified looks.

"N-naruto?" Sakura asked weakly. She could not believe her eyes. The kind laughing boy that was her teammate was doing this? The contrast was too big. This couldn't be Naruto.

Tenten was going through similar thoughts. 'Was Naruto always like this?' she asked herself. 'No he wasn't, maybe he's doing this to protect us?'

Sasuke however was eyeing the entire battle grimly. He had seen Naruto act like this once before after all. "Naruto's angry. Really angry."

Both girls turned to Sasuke as he said that.

"He probably thinks we're dead or something, nothing else could get him this riled up." Sasuke explained before he caught sight of Kakashi. "Anyway let's go get Kakashi-sensei. He looks tired but he might know what's going on." The raven haired Uchiha suggested.

After a quick meow from Tora the trio leapt out of the trees and towards Kakashi.

(With Daichi and Kage)

The majority of both Squads B and D were curiously studying the two robots. Firstly both of them had gone still for a good minute and none seemed to be making a move. Then the red chakra cloak that had been bubbling around them disappeared, lessening the tension in the atmosphere. Both jonin had considered attacking while the two were immobile, but they were wary considering the fact that the two may have been planning something and it was a trap.

Then suddenly, they moved. Well, their hands did as they began blurring through hand seals.

"Katon: Goukakyou!" (Fire Release: Great Fireball) Bumblebee signed as a massive fireball burst from his mouth and headed straight towards the group.

"Doton: Oukina Shougeki!" (Earth Release: Great Impact) An enormous boulder the width and height of a three story building shot towards the group, joining with the fireball that lit the boulder on fire.

"Fuuton: Fujin no Iki!" (Wind Release: Wind god's Breath) Bumblebee finished his second set of hand seals and forced out a massive force of air that sent the flaming boulder roaring to life at it rocketed towards the mass of shinobi.

Generally surprised since they were never attacked by a combination jutsu such as this before, the two jonin quickly took command as they hurried through their own hand seals.

Daichi finished first. "Raiton: Zekkyou Washi!" (Lightning Release: Screaming Eagle) The eagle gave one deafening screech before it shot towards the incoming boulder at great speeds. The explosion managed to take out the boulder as it shattered into debris but the raging flames of the fireball carried on as if nothing happened.

But Kage had been expecting this. "Suiton: Suijinheki!" (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall) The commander of Squad D took a deep breath before spitting out immense amounts of water that quickly formed a wall around both squads.

The fireball hissed wildly as it came into contact with the water, both jutsu fighting for dominance. For a minute the fireball seemed to be getting the upper hand before Kage was joined by four others, strengthening the water wall until the fireball died down.

After the quick exchange, Squads B and D just managed to cast Bumblebee facing upwards. "Katon: Housenka!" (Fire Release: Phoenix Flower) A multitude of fireballs then shot upwards into the sky while the Kage and Daichi looked on suspiciously. What purpose would that serve?

They were answered a minute later by Barricade. "Doton: Iwa no Ame!" (Earth Release: Rock Rain) The sky above them then darkened considerably as it became filled with human sized boulders that rocketed downwards at great speeds. But not before coming into contact with the multiple fireballs in the air and catching fire.

"Kami damn it!" Kage shouted out. "Squad D, eyes to the sky!" he ordered as he began launching lightning jutsu up into the sky to ensure that none of the deadly projectiles hit the ground. He didn't want to think of the consequences of that happening. The commander of Squad D only grew more determined as he noticed one of his men getting flattened by one of the raining boulders.

Daichi was in a similar state. Whatever had happened with the two robots, it had just made them so much more dangerous. And he didn't like it. "Squad B bombard those two! Don't let them finish any more techniques!" He ordered harshly as he locked eyes with Barricade. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Taigun!" (Water Release: Water Dragon Horde) The commander of Squad B decided to set an example as he assaulted the two robots with a horde of water dragons. They weren't powerful by any means but he hoped they would serve their purpose to try and distract the two robots.

He was followed up by what was left of his squad, launching what water jutsu they had as they trusted Squad D to deal with the aerial threat.

Barricade eyed the incoming jutsu for a moment before slamming his gigantic hands onto the ground. "Doton: Doryuuheki!" (Earth Release: Mud Wall)

A gigantic wall shot up from the ground standing over thirty feet high while being almost a hundred feet wide. The water techniques uselessly impacted against the wall as it soaked up the moisture from the attacks.

Daichi wondered what the purpose of the over sized wall was. The robots didn't need to worry much about being harmed by the relatively weak water jutsu, so why the big wall? He then eyed Bumblebee suspiciously as the yellow robot leapt on top of the massive earth wall.

"Katon: Ryuuka!" (Fire Release: Dragon Fire) Bumblebee then proceeded to blow the massive amount of flames across the entirety of the wall, lighting it on fire.

"Is he, baking it?" Daichi asked incredibly. He knew that baked earth was harder than normal earth but then why was Bumblebee continuously breathing flames towards the wall.

"Doton: Youshanai Kabe Boukou!" (Earth Release: Unrelenting Wall Assault) Barricade declared from somewhere behind the wall.

To Daichi and his squad's dismay the entire wall began shooting out enormous human sized boulders at a frightening rate. Added to that the rocks lit up the second they began flying due to Bumblebee's constant stream of fire from on top of the wall.

"Don't panic!" Daichi shouted out bravely regardless of the fear he felt. He had to unite his men to stand a chance against this. "Follow my lead! Raiton: Kuro Ikazuchi Netto!" (Lightning Release: Black Lightning Net)

Squad B all nodded to each other as they took a place next to their commander. He had kept them alive this long after all. A few second later multiple thick nets of black lightning raced across the clearing as they came into contact with the flaming rock bullets. Both sides met dead centre and the two large scale jutsu met each other head on, reaching an inevitable stalemate as the net stopped and progress made by the boulders while the boulders constantly rammed into the net, much like fish trying to escape from fishing net.

Unfortunately, there was a robot that did not seem too happy with the stalemate. Bumblebee inhaled once before letting out his jutsu. "Fuuton: Idaina Fujin no Iki!" (Wind Release: Great Wind god's Breath)

The lightning nets stood no chance as they dispersed against the face of such a powerful wind attack and the flaming boulders suddenly regained their momentum as they resumed their path straight towards the members of Squad B.

To their credit, the members stood firm, waiting for their commander's next orders. Out of nowhere Kage appeared next to Daichi with Squad D following close behind.

"Aerial threat has been taken care of." Kage informed Daichi as the two jonin stood side by side again.

"Good work, just in time to set up a defense." Daichi replied as he ran through hand seals. "Everyone time this jutsu with me to increase its power." He instructed as he ran through his hand seals.

"Raiton: Kaminari Shouheki!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Barrier) All the combined shinobi yelled in unison as a massive wall of coursing lightning crackled to life in front of them.

They all let out a sigh of relief as the boulders crumbled to dust upon contact with the lightning barrier. But that didn't last long.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan!" (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet) Bumblebee let loose a massive dragon that burst upwards with a frightening roar that shook the small valley. This beast of fire made Kakashi's look small by comparison and all the shinobi felt a chill as it turned to gaze at them. There was a second's pause before the dragon shot forward and closed the distance at a speed far greater than that of any rock.

"Pour your chakra into the lightning barrier! It will hold!" Daichi yelled above the roar of the dragon.

"Fuuton: Hankon Fuudou!" (Wind Release: Scarring Wind Tunnel) Barricade added as a much larger and faster tunnel of wind caught up with the already enormous dragon causing it's body to spin as it joined with the wind and almost doubled in size.

The impact of the dragon crashing into the lightning barrier was so intense that the ground beneath the impact cracked and split under the sheer force of the technique. Both Squads B and D almost buckled under the pressure and for second it looked like maybe they would make it.

Then the lightning barrier failed, taking with it around half of the remaining soldiers as they were mercilessly incinerated, no ashes even present to indicate they once existed.

Daichi grabbed Kage and the remaining members and barely managed to throw them all out of harm's way, all panting heavily. Looking around Daichi grimaced at what he saw, aside from the scorched clearing only twelve men remained. From what used to be a sixty, that was a very small fraction of remaining shinobi.

Before they could even move Barricade had already launched another jutsu and Daichi cursed loudly. One would think that a simple genin squad would have been easy to deal with.

Barricade was smirking victoriously. The remaining shinobi were close together now, and it was an opportunity he had been waiting for. "Doton: Asu Supaiku Meiro!" (Earth Release: Earth Spike Maze)

The ground rumbled and shook as thousands of earth spikes erupted with varying lengths, sizes and directions that they faced; forming an impossible maze to navigate that looked like a dense forest of earth spikes from the outside.

Daichi and Kage managed to leap out of the way from the majority of the spikes as they emerged from the ground, but three of their men weren't so lucky and they screamed in pain as they were viciously impaled on the spikes and silenced a moment later.

Those that survived soon found themselves in almost total darkness inside the labyrinth as they regrouped with each other. "Daichi, should we go back out or stay in here?" Kage asked nervously.

Daichi considered the question for a moment. "I think we should stay here instead of heading out. They can't find us in here and we can relax for a while and get our energy back as well as recover."

The remaining shinobi all nodded as they grouped together in the dark, before a voice they sincerely hated reached their ears.

"Katon: Gouryuuka!" (Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire)

"Fuuton: Idaina Fujin no Iki!" (Wind Release: Great Wind god's Breath)

"Shit they're going to cook us in here!" Kage shouted out in surprise. "So that was their plan."

"It doesn't matter." Daichi snapped. "They will fail. Kage and four others make a water barrier, the other three along with me will reinforce it with lightning."

The others gave a shout of their approval before they went through their hand seals.

"Suiton: Suijinheki!" (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)

"Raiton: Kaminari Shouheki!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Barrier)

The combination technique surrounded the entire group just as the blazing inferno came crashing down on top of them. Even though the water and lightning jutsu managed to repel the fire, the occupants inside still felt the blistering heat searing into their skin.

"Relax, we've got this." Daichi reassured them as they withstood the onslaught.

Due to the din, they could not hear what the two robots chanted out next. And nothing they could do would save them this time.

(With Kakashi)

Kakashi was currently watching the battle and if the situation had been different, he would be commending Naruto's thinking and efficiency. But to think a child would be doing it was alarming. He had hit jonin at Naruto's age, but even he had not been capable of this. The ANBU captain part of him could respect what Naruto was doing, ensuring his comrade's safety as well as eliminating future threats, but his elder brother side was begging him to change or stop what Naruto was doing.

However he knew that it was probably better to interfere later, when Naruto was finished with his extermination project. The first reason was that Naruto would probably be calmer and the second was that it was actually better if there was no one left to attack a vulnerable Naruto or the blonde boy's teammates.

To the white haired jonin's right, Sasuke stood attentively as he carefully watched the battle. He was torn between worrying for his brother and being amazed by the power display. It was fascinating and horrifying seeing the effects of Naruto's jutsu should they connect. They often used this in sparring but Sasuke always either knew how to counter or evade such techniques. These opponents did not, and they were paying the price.

Tenten was seated next to Kakashi's left watching the events silently. Unlike the two males who were observing the battle, her mind was working on how to calm down Naruto afterwards. She had already discarded a good amount of strategies and she could still find no sure way to calm him down based on what she knew of him.

Sakura on the other hand had her hands on Kakashi's back glowing green as she utilized what little medical techniques she knew to heal and patch up her sensei. Coming from a civilian family and never really being invested in the shinobi life until recently, she was not ready to watch her blond teammate go about his business. Taking a single life had taken its toll on her, so what was Naruto feeling? She knew he was powerful, but could his mind take it all in afterwards? She had, after all, been reduced to a wreck earlier on. The pink haired girl kept her thoughts to herself as she focused on healing Kakashi.

"Oh no." Kakashi murmured to himself, however his three genin caught it. Turning back to the battle they clearly understood their sensei's worry when Naruto summoned the Earth Spike Maze.

"What's wrong Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke asked. "It makes no sense for you to worry about the enemy shinobi like that. They should have known what they were walking into."

"It's not that." Kakashi replied as he watched Naruto's robots creating an oven inside the maze. "It's what follows afterwards. This isn't the first time I've seen this particular combination." The white haired jonin could still clearly recall that horrific experience he'd had on his genin test with the blonde.

Sasuke's eyes widened considerably. "That finishing move." The young Uchiha's eyes snapped back to the battlefield. "Aren't we a little too close then?"

Kakashi nodded grimly. "I was a mile away before and I still got sent flying. Right now we're less than half a mile away."

"Doton: Zen'nou Suramu!" (Earth Release: Almighty Slam)

"Fuuton: Kaze no Hogo!" (Wind Release: Protection of the Breeze)

"Katon: Goukakyou!" (Fire Release: Great Fireball)

Kakashi's eyes snapped up and widened when he noticed the giant rock in the sky. This one was even bigger than before and was almost the size of six story building. Then it caught fire and began burning dangerously, burning bright enough to almost completely blind them.

"Fuuton: Idaina Fujin no Iki!" (Wind Release: Great Wind god's Breath)

And then it plummeted downwards at a speed the eye could barely follow, right towards the earth spike maze.

"Kakashi shot to his feet running through hand seals. This close to the jutsu was bad and he had no time to try and shunshin everyone out of there. "Doton: San-Sou Hogo Doumo!" (Earth Release: Three Layered Protective Dome)

Three layers of the earth around team seven minus Naruto shot up and locked into place surrounding them in a protective cocoon of Earth. No less than a second after Kakashi had set up the defense did the impact arrive. The ground rumbled and shook violently as if there was an earth quake taking place.

Sasuke, Sakura and Tenten all jolted around as they were lifted off the shaking ground from the sheer force of the impact. Throughout this, Kakashi's eyes remained closed shut with his hands tightly locked in the 'snake' seal as he constantly pushed his chakra into the three domes protecting them.

After the original impact, the displaced air and debris came flying towards them at a rapid pace. The air was still bearing a burning heat and the debris and air shook the dome harshly, threatening to rip the protective dome right out of the ground.

'If this doesn't end soon it isn't going to be pretty.' Kakashi thought to himself as he felt the first layer of the dome break down. The white haired jonin poured even more chakra into his technique in an attempt to sustain it but it had little effect as he felt the second layer of the dome crumble down into dust.

The masked jonin cursed to himself just as the last layer of the dome began cracking violently, threatening to shatter completely.

Then, just as fast as it had come, the danger was gone.

Kakashi sighed in relief. The danger had disappeared just in time too since there was very little left of the last layer of his earth defense. "That was close." He said mostly to himself.

"Meow." Tora seemed to add in agreement.

Surveying the damage around them however, the genin team could only nod. The entirety of the battlefield that the clearing had become was now void of grass and filled with scorched, blackened earth. There was no question as to whether or not there had been any survivors.

There also seemed not to be a single sign of life in the area. Deathly silence, that was a sharp contrast to the noise that had been present earlier on, was all that remained. It was unsettling to say the least.

Then from the crash site there seemed to be movement. But team seven was not surprised when two giant robots emerged from the depths of the massive crater in the center of the field.

(With Naruto)

Barricade gave a satisfied scoff as he climbed out of the hole. Finally, they were done. The Decepticon then bent back over to give Bumblebee a hand as he pulled the yellow autobot out of the clearing.

That had been an interesting fight to say the least. But he still had to make sure that none of the shinobi got away. Barricade gathered chakra once again before letting it all out in a massive wave. "Chakura Parusu!" Barricade stated.

Both robots then waited intently as they scanned the surrounding area. There were four life signatures inside the clearing but he recognized them to they were clear. But then two unknown chakra sources were sensed near the tree line, watching from a high branch.

Both Bumblebee's and Barricade's heads snapped upwards as they received the information. Their heads turned in the direction of the forest and caught sight of the two shinobi in the trees. With two giant roars the two steel giants prepared to charge at the tree line and finish the job.

Due to their roars and focus on the last two shinobi that they detected, they did not pay any heed to the bun haired girl that was calling for their attention. In fact, they did not notice her until Bumblebee was hit by a massive explosion that sent him crashing painfully towards the ground with a large chunk of yellow armour missing from his back, even as the metal quickly reformed.

"Listen to me when I'm calling you!" Tenten yelled from the ground with her massive mace at the downed Bumblebee.

Barricade whirled around when he registered Bumblebee getting downed and the Decepticon roared once again with his mace held high, ready to crush whatever opponent there was. He did not even get to spot the opponent before there was another explosion and Barricade found himself on his back with a destroyed chest.

"Are you even listening to me you knucklehead?!" Tenten yelled at Barricade's face as she stood on the downed robot's neck.

A little bit away from the commotion Kakashi and Sasuke watched the events with a sweat drop while Sakura just looked confused. "When she said she would handle it I certainly wasn't expecting this." Kakashi said as he rubbed the back of his head.

Sasuke then shook his head. "Tenten's scary. She did in a few seconds what those men couldn't do until they died."

Tora gripped tighter onto Sakura's neck and meowed lightly.

Meanwhile Bumblebee had gotten up and was decently dazed before it noticed Tenten on top of a downed Barricade and instantly perceived her as a threat, not quite registering who she was yet. The yellow robot then leapt towards the bun haired girl with intent to harm.

Tenten had had enough, however. She released two of the seals on the mace which sent lightning and fire chakra coursing through it before doubling its density. The added weight wouldn't affect her, but it would definitely increase the power of the hit. "For crying out loud Naruto, will you stop it!"

Tenten easily evaded Bumblebee's arm as it came flying towards her and she grinned at the clear shot she had just been offered. Taking the chance, the bun haired girl swung her mace full force at the Autobot's face, unleashing a large amount of stored up energy.

The power of the blow and explosion coupled with the direct hit to the face had been enough to cause Bumblebee to dispel in a large puff of smoke.

Barricade's eyes widened in surprise and shock when Tenten jumped back up onto his face and held the mace out in front of him threateningly. "If you do not calm down right this instant then Kami help me I am going to blow you face off!" Tenten yelled fiercely at the Decepticon.

Barricade was not in any way afraid of the threat. He could deal with it quickly if the time came. But he was more concerned about the fact that he knew the girl that was on his face. And she wasn't dead like he had thought!

"Tenten, you're alive?" Barricade asked gently as it came back to its senses. Then it turned its massive head to the side and finally noticed the others. "Kakashi-sensei, Sakura and Sasuke too?" The Decepticon finally understood the friendly chakra it had sensed earlier on with the chakra pulse.

Tenten's features softened when she heard the relief evident in the robot's voice. "Yeah whiskers, we're fine."

"Yo!" Kakashi greeted with an eye smile, Sasuke grunted happily next to the white haired jonin while Sakura waved.

"I-I thought you were dead." Barricade admitted just as he dispelled in a massive plume of smoke and Naruto was left standing on the ground.

"Hn, as if we were going to die that easily." Sasuke smirked as he walked up to his brother.

Naruto gave a weary smile. "I'm glad." Those were Naruto's last words before he collapsed and fell forward as he drifted away into unconsciousness.

Luckily for him, Kakashi was there to catch him before he hit the ground. "He's exhausted, and I don't blame him. I think it's best if we made it back to Konoha, neh?" Kakashi suggested as he arranged Naruto on his back piggy back style.

The others gave tired nods as well before following their sensei back into the trees in the direction of Konoha.

"I hope this isn't what a C-rank mission is usually like." Sasuke muttered as they disappeared into the tree line.

Two eyes however were watching from their spot.

"Hmm, I think that girl just saved our lives." Karuiki muttered thankfully. Those robots had been terrifying.

"I agree. If she hadn't done that then those robots would have carried on to us with no one stopping them and then they would maybe give us horrible deaths. But it would be could if we died a quick death, what if they decided to torture us for information…"

Karuiki's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at his friends rant.

"… about why we came to kill them or maybe about who we are and who our families are so they can kill them later as revenge. The Raikage-sama will get angry and…"

"Shut it Omoitsu!" Karuiki hissed, shoving a lollipop into his partner's mouth to shut him up. "We avoided every fight today and that's why we are still alive! But if you keep blabbering then they are definitely going to hear us!"

"Sorry." Omoitsu said apologetically. "But what do we do now? We never liked fighting and if we go back with the entire squad dead then Raikage-sama will question why we are the only ones alive when the great fighters like Xaxa-taichou are all dead? Then Raikage-sama will call us cowards and he hates cowards then he will have us killed…"

He was shut up by Karuiki putting up his hand. "Stop being so negative. This is our chance!"

At Omoitsu's confused look Karuiki decided to elaborate. "We hate fighting right?" He waited for his partner to nod. "We're cowards right?" Omoitsu nodded again shamelessly. "And we can't go back right?" Omoitsu nodded once again, listening intently. "Then now is our chance to leave Kumo and never go back!"

Omoitsu's mouth hanged open in shock, his lollipop almost falling out. "Won't we become missing-nin if we do that?" he asked unsurely.

Karuiki beamed at him. "How will we become missing-nin if they thought we were dead?"

Omoitsu's eyes widened exponentially at that.

"And we can finally travel the world without problems because people don't like Kumo or because Kumo is forbidden! We can disguise ourselves as civilians and go anywhere!" Karuiki added with a glint in his eye.

"What about our kids? Omoi and Karui will be left alone without fathers." Omoitsu asked a little worriedly.

Karuiki scoffed. "Those brats of ours are old enough to take care of themselves. That and they have their mothers so we shouldn't care."

Omoitsu nodded thoughtfully as he tried to come up with an argument. He sighed heavily when he could think of none. "Man, Raikage-sama is gonna kill us when he finds out."

Karuiki grinned at his friend. "If. If he finds out."

Omoitsu grinned back. "If. If is good."

(Yatsu): Sorry again for the long update. But I have examinations coming up next month so I have to study. This might be the last chapter for the next two months. Enjoy!

P.S. Do not disregard Omoitsu and Karuiki. They might seem like a pair of idiots, well they are, but they will cause a lot of trouble later on.

(TDDE): Another great chapter by Yatsu! Everyone remember to send him your thanks for all of his hard work!

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