Mid-Childa Naruto
aka: Mischief Fragment - Mjolnir

a possibility raised by Greylle
Archived by Solitare and reposted by TheBeardedOne.

The plan was to drop this. Time restrictions and there are a few magic-Naruto stories already out there. i haven't run into one quite like this though, and plot details just keep fitting themselves into place. Which is why it's been seperated out from the Omake and put here.

Various characters from various series. Mainly Nanoha and Naruto.

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Chapter 16: Chunin Exams, Invasion

Chrono stood at the top of the stairs, trying to spot the other Mid-Childans. After all, if he used magic to locate them - the various guards and such might misinterpret even such simple spellcasting.

"There's something seriously off about this," said Lindy Harlaown, following her son. "Something's definitely wrong."

"Advancing through ranks by killing other candidates seems wrong enough," confessed Chrono. Just in case, his hand strayed towards where he kept his Device. "Durandal?"

[Warning!]

Which really was all Chrono needed before the white drifting feathers started appearing, as he was already activating Durandal and putting a barrier up.

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flashback:

Kabuto slid his glasses up his nose, trying to keep disgust from entering his voice. It was difficult, because of all of Lord Orochimaru's experiments, all of the thugs and lowlifes, these two were the worst. They weren't the bottom of the barrel, these two were the scum that formed under the barrel itself.

"So, heh heh, what's our part in this invasion thing, heh heh?"

"And we get a powerup, right. Heh heh."

"Yes, and in keeping with the sound related experiments, I'm going to enhance your vocal chords," said Kabuto, a little disgusted he'd have to actually touch these two. If a corpse had been mouldering a week in a grave with rot and worms, it would still be preferable to these two. "What you are going to do is something you already excel at. You need to find targets during the invasion, then be as insulting as possible."

The two short misshapen smelly ninja looked at each other. Finally one of the two spoke. "That's heh heh right up our alley."

"Yes, Beevitsu and Butahedomaru, you shall infuriate high level ninja to the point where they are concentrating entirely upon you, and can then be crushed by other members of the strike force," said Kabuto, completely not mentioning that it was his extreme hope that even if nothing else happened - these two would meet a suitably painful end.

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present:

Naruto became an orange streak as he accelerated his flight, having apparently spotted a problem. In less than a heartbeat he'd left the TSAB group and was throwing himself literally into the battle.

"We should not interfere here," said Yuuno, "beyond protecting the civilians and ourselves."

"Hmph," hmphed Vita, standing up to get a better view of the battlefield. "It's not like WE are the ones attacking, you know."

"Heh heh WE GET TO KILL CRIPPLES AND WHORES!" declared some ninja, leaping up and throwing kunai.

"Heh heh, you said 'whores' in a war, heh heh," declared some other ninja, also throwing kunai.

Most kunai were blocked by Yuuno's barrier. The one that swept Vita's hat off her head, bounced off Edward's metallic arm, and then slammed into a support pillar which it almost managed to get through.

Then the kunai's explosive tag went off, destroying a chunk of that pillar.

Vita turned and stared at the smoke cloud, twitching when little pieces of fabric came drifting down.

Vita slowly turned as the ninja continued to attack, one sending green-stained shuriken in a wave towards Hayate.

Hayate didn't flinch as Signum stopped each and every shuriken. She just decided to point something out. "He's wearing a Sound Village headband."

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Naruto wasn't sure WHAT was involved in the sudden feeling of Extreme Doom that passed over him. He simply felt that it was not (rarely and thankfully) pointed at HIM.

"Mjolnir! Flash Move!"

He had other things to worry about after all.

From his new vantage point above the stadium, he brought Mjolnir up above his head. "Cartridge Load."

KA-CHUNK! went a cartridge into Mjolnir's recently added Belkan system.

"Target Sand and Sound ninja in the stands in front of me," said Naruto.

[Targets Acquired.]

"Chain Lightning!" said Naruto, throwing his hammer.

A white glow formed around Mjolnir, rockets folded out on the underside of the hammer head, and it was off - slamming into the first target and then ricocheting to the second.

The first target was still flying backwards from the impact and crackling with electrical discharges when the third and fourth targets were hit. The fifth was able to put up a barrier and further deflect it, but the sixth was not so skilled.

Then the hammer reappeared in Naruto's hands and he was diving into the melee itself.

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Neji Hyuga wasn't able to fight effectively at the moment. However he DID have his Byakugan going and was with the other Hyuga.

After seeing Naruto Uzumaki use his hammer to strike six chunin-level assailants in a single move, with only one of those struck able to fight thereafter - he knew a moment of gratitude that he had not been struck in such a manner.

Hanabi yowled as a jonin-level attacker charged into their group, somehow managing to swarm up the attacker in that picosecond, get a scissor lock around his neck and then slamming clawed fingers into his temples.

"That was not the Gentle Fist style," rumbled Hiashi disapprovingly as the attacker crumpled.

"Effective though," said Hanabi with a shrug, having leapt free and now idly licking blood off her fingers. She didn't make a particular face at the taste though, just noted that some fresh cream to rinse her mouth out would be acquired after the battle.

"True," admitted Hiashi. "Observe, and I shall show you how a Hyuga should properly deal with such vermin."

BOOOM!

"Hmph," said Hiashi as something extremely violent was occurring in another part of the stands. "Too showy."

"But effective," noted Hanabi.

Neji merely twitched, not missing a thing.

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Vita frowned at the two ninja who had just became a glimmer of light heading off into the distance.

"I really hate to say this," said Yuuno. "The TSAB really shouldn't get involved beyond protecting innocents in our immediate area since this is apparently what the locals consider 'ninja-politics' and normal."

"This is normal?" asked Fate. "They're trying to kill each other!"

"Well, yes, my research did indicate that was fairly normal," said Yuuno. "It's been done repeatedly in the recent past to change leadership in this manner. So, unless someone whom we've interacted with requests help specifically..."

"Someone HELP!" yelled Hinata from where she was facing three attackers.

"Konoha calls for aid," said Vita, looking positively gleeful at the prospect.

Having seen the movie, Hayate spoke. "And we will answer! We ride... for war."

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Hiashi smashed one of the nin down. "Why did you call for help? Such behavior is not worthy of a Hyuga."

"It wasn't for me, father," said Hinata, catching her breath. "I was able to lip-read some of our allies. They wanted to get involved but there was a legal requirement in the way. I... I was merely trying to be a good host to our guests, by allowing them an excuse."

Hiashi frowned and watched as one of those guests caused her sword to shift into a razor-edged whip which carved through three enemy jonin. "I see. Well, if you were just showing courtesy to a guest." Hiashi disappeared abruptly, returning to his own section.

Hinata held out one hand now that she wasn't being overmatched in melee, her bracelet shifting to bow-form. Time for a few precision strikes.

That too was a Hyuga specialty.

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Temari floated above the general melee on her fan, her eyes searching for her target.

Finally she spotted him, apparently writing out a quick letter and sticking it into a mailbox. She had no idea WHY someone would take time out to do that in the middle of an invasion. She wasn't going to complain though as it left her target wide open for Death From Above.

Unfortunately, at that point a ridiculously large hammer swatted her into a wall.

When the stars had cleared from her eyes, she had a bare moment to notice that her target had a paper seal and was sticking it onto her forehead.

At which point everything went black.

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Vita was in her element. Which, if anyone were to doubt, was what was often referred to as a 'target-rich environment' and she had a lot of frustration and anger to work through.

[Gigant Form] announced her Intelligent Device Graf Eisen as it shifted to something more suited to swatting ninja.

Which she did, smacking one girl who was floating on a fan sufficiently hard that the blonde hit a wall and just stuck there.

[Panzerschild] announced Graf Eisen, forming a barrier as one of the Sand ninja attacked with spheres of fire.

"Gajuu Souha!" announced Zafira, engaging the enemy jonin.

Leaving Zafira to use his Strike Arts against the other's 'taijutsu' meant that Vita could go after other targets.

Fortunately, it was a target-rich environment.

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"Kakashi-sensei!" said Sakura as she landed on the stairs, then turned her back on the two Leaf jonin so that she could morph her weapon arm into another configuration.

[Sniper Mode] announced a voice from within Sakura.

"I guess genjutsu isn't effective against you," noted Kakashi.

"Naruto threw out a Wide Area Search," said Sakura, taking a shooting stance before sending a couple of shots out. "Then used silent communication to relay to me. The entire village is being invaded. Marking roughly three hundred enemy shinobi, six summoned beasts - mostly snakes. They're assaulting both civilian and shinobi targets."

"Can you dispel the genjutsu over a wide area?" asked Kakashi.

"Actually, I think Yuuno is doing that," said Sakura, who then twisted and pointed. "Who's that with the Hokage?"

"That's the Kazeka... Orochimaru," said Kakashi as he realized what he was seeing.

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Baki stared as he'd been positioning himself to come to the Kazekage's aid. Which meant that when the odd pulse went through the stadium, dispelling various genjutsu, he had a fairly clear view of the Kazekage turning into Orochimaru.

Baki had not achieved jonin by being stupid or unable to piece things together.

He toggled the transceiver he had in his concealed headset, but hesitated. Yes, they were being played as dupes by the Sound Village. Yes, it would be perfectly normal by ninja community standards to start a fight and then switch sides. The problem was that the fight was rapidly going in a direction he didn't like and a full scale retreat was probably a better idea.

Or they could try to finish off the weakened Leaf anyway, THEN switch sides and turn on the Sound.

BOOM!

There was a stadium-shaking explosion, and Baki made his decision while trying to avoid debris.

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The smoke bomb had not gone off. Fortunately he had spares.

The grenades leveled the box area, which caused the Hokage to move. Once atop the roof of a nearby building, his four minions set up the barrier. That part of the plan fell into place. Which was good as otherwise things weren't running smoothly according to plan, but this day would end the Leaf Village. Nothing could change that.

"So, Orochimaru. It's you after all."

Orochimaru blinked. That chakra surge had managed to dispel his disguise? Well, it had passed its usefulness anyway.

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"First thing I need to do is reduce the number of attackers," reasoned Naruto aloud. He began to whirl his hammer around by the ring at its base. "Target Sand and Sound Ninja in the stadium."

[Targetting Acquired.]

"Ready." Naruto sped up the twirling, checking his altitude and maintaining slightly twice the height of the stadium. This time he'd build up a bit more.

[Ready. Load Cartridge.]

KA-CHUNK! KA-CHUNK!

Lightning erupted around the head of the hammer, leaving a trail that formed a white ring.

"Strike through! Chain Lightning!" Naruto released Mjolnir as he used the technique a second time, this time simply adding even more power to the technique.

Mjolnir flew, surrounded by a crackling white aura. It hit one ninja, rebounded to a second, on to a third and so on.

The twelfth target was jonin level, in curse-seal second stage mode, and able to block. Mjolnir discharged the remaining lightning chakra through him - which actually caused that jonin to curl up and fry.

Mjolnir slapped into Naruto's hand before the last ninja had fallen. He idly noted three others morphing into monsters, and relayed information silently to the TSAB members.

A second or two later, he noted that Signum had sliced one in half and Chrono had frozen another solid.

Naruto! They're after Sasuke!

"Sakura?" asked Naruto.

Kakashi-sensei says stop the summons and giant beasts if you can. If you take them down, the chunin will be better able to handle the human invaders.

"Right, Sakura," said Naruto aloud as he also sent that along the same manner to Sakura and the TSAB personnel. "Though you're forgetting I can be in more than one place at the same time."

Idiot! Don't try to do it all yourself.

"I think there's enough for everyone. Lightning Shadow Clones!" said Naruto, forming two dozen copies. "You guys go protect the civilians. You guys go after the perimeter. THAT guy... is that snake wearing bibs?"

The various clones looked, considered, and then nodded.

"Okay," said Naruto. "When the going gets tough, hey - that's the way I like it!"

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Not terribly long ago, on a planet called Earth, a girl named Hayate Yagami had developed a tradition called Movie Night. It was simply a time where she and her friends gathered and watched various movies. As several of her friends were not familiar with her world's culture, the idea of familiarizing them through such a medium had been part of that.

One of those movies that the Wolkenritter had enthusiastically enjoyed had been the Peter Jackson trilogy of "Lord Of The Rings." Signum had especially liked it, though there were technical aspects of various fights that she had written out and sent to the director.

Nobody involved had expected said director to write back, thanking her for the feedback and that she had immersed herself in the story to that extent.

After that, Signum had become even more fond of those movies. She stopped muttering lines that Theoden had given his troops prior to the charge on an orc army in order to properly announce her attack.

"The sword-knight, Signum. I bear the fiery demon-blade Levantine! Put sword and scabbard together and their other form is shown!"

Ka-Chunk! Ka-Chunk! went two cartridges as the sword and scabbard morphed to bow form.

[Bow Form!]

She took careful aim with an arrow that formed as she drew the bow back. "Soar forth, my falcon!"

[Storm Falcon!]

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Jiraiya knew it was a bad habit, but he cracked his knuckles anyway.

He had just spent a month in which his days had frequently involved checking on or training Naruto Uzumaki, his godchild. A fair number of nights had been spent with a woman who was pleasantly perverted and quite enthusiastic.

Said woman had also specialized in healing jutsu. Spells. Whatever. He felt better than he had at forty, which might not sound like much - it only being ten years ago. From his perspective though, feeling like he was late-30s as opposed to passing-50 and serious mileage, it was a big difference.

His hands sped through quick signs and then he slapped them together on the final seal. The "Swamp Of The Underworld" formed underneath a large snake-summon. Which led him to his next trick. "Gama?"

"Right," said the orange toad before vomiting balls of oil at high speed towards the snake.

At which point a hammer trailing lightning went through one of the snake's heads, smashed through three chunin who'd thought they were hidden, and circled back towards a flying mage.

"Show off," grumbled Jiraiya.

"Pot. Kettle," said Gama.

"Takes after me," agreed Jiraiya. "Let's finish this one off and then go towards the school. They might decide to strike there."

At which point he ignited the oil still soaking the rest of the snake.

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Five spheres rose from the ground, fading into visibility as they did, streaking skyward less than a heartbeat later.

Clouds began gathering at the horizon as the spheres settled to a new altitude, crackling with electrical chakra.

Naruto let Mjolnir handle the fiddly bits, the math required to perform this and the slow building up of energy.

After all, the Chunin Exams third portion was about showing off and being flashy.

He could do flashy.

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"Approach from the beyond,
mistletoe branches,
and become spears of the silver moon!
Pierce it!
Stone spears! Mistletein!"

A group of mixed Sand and Sound ninja charging down the street were abruptly stopped by spears of light transfixing them. At which point they stopped moving altogether as their bodies and clothing seemed to turn a dull gray.

"I am the guardian beast, Zafira! You. Shall. Not. Pass!"

Hayate smirked a little. Signum wasn't the only one of the Wolkenritter who'd loved those movies.

The smirk left her as she noticed what was fighting Zafira. It looked like a human woman, but her form was distorted and she had claws and fangs showing.

Zafira was apparently able to handle her, but Hayate thought something looked seriously wrong about the attacker that wasn't immediately apparent.

The two went back and forth for a time before Zafira finally reached in past the berserker's claws and backhanded her into unconsciousness.

"Right," said Hayate, returning her full attention to the fight. "That area next."

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"Permafrost,
construct a frozen coffin,
and deliver eternal slumber,
unto these enemies."

Runners of frost appeared on the streets below, leading to the breech in the wall.

[Eternal Coffin] said Durandal as the wall itself was rebuilt by solid ice, with a few Sound ninja trapped within it.

"Regrettable," said Chrono. After all, they shouldn't be involved in this. Unfortunately they were and he really didn't think he'd be able to get Vita or Nanoha to stop blowing things up once they got started.

Wait. What was Naruto doing?

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[Kaiju detected.]

"That's not a kaiju, it's the Shukaku," said Kakashi as the big beast formed with the redhaired boy sticking out of it's forehead.

Ka-thunk ka-thunk ka-thunk! went Sakura's arm as she loaded three cartridges of magical energy. Her weapon-arm had morphed to some hollow-rod configuration, and she was bracing as if she expected some massive blow.

"Get behind me," said Sakura as the energy built up in front of her arm and she steadied it to point at the tailed beast.

"What is she doing?" asked Guy.

"Something extremely destructive, I suspect," said Kakashi.

"It's not ME you've got to worry about," said Sakura distinctly. "Chain Bind!"

Power discharged in the form of chains worthy of anchoring large ships or lifting them entirely from their oceans. They wrapped around the shukaku.

The gathering darkness caused Kakashi to look skyward at the thick roiling clouds overhead. "Oh."

Naruto saw the big monster appear, and shifted targets away from the box holding the Hokage and that snake-guy. No, big monster attacking the home team was first.

[Accumulation at saturation point. Safeties unlocked.]

Naruto pointed Mjolnir at the monster. "Kirin!"

Dust generating static electricity over hundreds of square miles fed power into five spheres and directed at a single target, then dissipated as the energy discharged.

Gaara, protected by the chakra in his Sand Armor and by the chakra reinforcement of the Shukaku - was immediately injured enough that it would take him months to recover.

The Shukaku, the one-tailed beast, didn't fare so well as it tried to block with its tail and was struck with the full fury of the attack. The sand composing nearly half its body was abruptly raised to a temperature where sand turned to glass.

Then there was the thunder and blast wave, which proved devastating to the various ninja troops which had tried to rally in the shelter of their allied monster from the drubbing they had been getting.

When it was done, there was a multiton glass paperweight and some loose sand out of which a pair of legs were sticking.

Also a lot of temporarily deaf ninja.

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One moment he had been fighting that Gaara kid, the next everything had started going to crap.

He wasn't sure what it all meant, other than he had been jumped by three chunin. A little over a month prior, he would have put up a good fight but gone down under that assault.

After that one attacker had stolen his eyes, he had taken Naruto's gift and drank something called Elixir. Which cured diseases, poisons, injuries of all sorts, to bring the drinker to the fullness of health.

Which, in his case, meant not only was his Sharingan activated - he could go to Magenkyo Sharingan. Except it seemed a bit different from what he or Kakashi had expected.

The predictive ability had worked as advertised. He could see all the details of movement and where the attacker was going to be. The part that allowed him to visually take apart their jutsu, instantly memorizing it so that he could learn it himself - that worked too.

It would have to be enough, and in many ways - it was.

He found himself easily able to avoid the Twin Sword's attacks, as well as the Axeman's much-slower but heavier swing. The Caster who was attempting to snag him with some water-based capture field was a bit more tricky to avoid.

Not impossible though, and Sasuke had learned his Glue Vomit Jutsu (that probably wasn't its name though, and even if he could cast it Sasuke wasn't sure he ever would) while avoiding the various attacks.

Then there was an opening and the axeman found a kunai slammed through his temple. After that he could more easily fend off the Twin Swords and then ram a Chidori into his chin. Finally he could concentrate on the Water-user and take him down almost as an afterthought.

That had taken a little while though, because the capture team HAD worked as a team and not been too easily overcome. From there he could get to a higher point in the stadium and look around and try to figure out what the heck was going on.

He learned more jutsu in that time, most of which was pretty useless due to an affinity for an element he hadn't managed to develop or due to chakra limitations outside what he could currently manage.

He'd also checked into his own team. Sakura was with Kakashi and a jonin taijutsu expert. Naruto...

He could see but not understand the rapidly shifting threads and bits and bobs of chakra that came from that hammer of Naruto's. It shifted too fast, was too complex, and was definitely outside what he could field as far as chakra was concerned.

When the thunderbolt came, he literally saw it coming and ducked further under the overhang. Even with that measure of protection, the blast wave of heat and pressure was stunning.

The most interesting jutsu, that stuff that Naruto deemed 'spells' - just wasn't going to be possible for him to copy and learn. Which was a pity as they were some of the most impressive and destructive attacks he'd ever heard of. Not to mention the most selective, as it was obvious that those using them could choose targets to not affect as well as targets to simply batter into unconsciousness compared to killing outright.

That girl from Sound mutated into some sort of killing machine, and Sasuke could see the way her transformation was eating away at her life - but then she was defeated and she shifted back to normal but with a chakra level that was dangerously low.

At which point he realized his own chakra was rapidly running out, and he turned off his Sharingan rather than collapse there.

Chiding himself for such an obvious mistake, Sasuke decided to try heading for where Sakura stood with Kakashi. Especially as he still couldn't hear a damn thing.

He'd have to tease Naruto about that later. His attack had been impressive but impractical.

Though admittedly, it HAD stopped the giant rampaging tanuki.

At which point he saw a Sound ninja attempting to use a really impressive sword technique and he automatically turned on his Sharingan to copy it.

Which had him passing out from chakra exhaustion and missing everything else.

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Shamal walked around the barrier, studying it. Her abilities with Klarer Wind were mainly support-oriented, and information gathering was part of that.

"You can give up on that, stupid cow," said some girl inside a small barrier of her own. "There is no break for you weak Konoha nin to exploit. So just go off and #$% yourself!"

Shamal stopped and considered the woman on the other side of the barrier. "So this barrier doesn't stop light or sound."

"No #$^#," said the woman, not moving from her position. "Fugly skank like you has a real talent. Stating the #$^* obvious. You and those friends of yours are going to get your #%** #$%* when we're done here. Then we'll #$# your corpses. What do you think about that?"

"Klarer Wind, Mirror Of Travel," said Shamal, making a gesture. A ring formed in front of her, shimmering with energy.

"You #$#^ deaf? I said that wouldn't-"

Shamal reached inside the ring, her arm appearing inside the barrier where she could grab the cursing woman's neck and yank her head outside the barrier.

Shamal then proceeded to repeatedly bitch-slap the enemy-nin. Then she took the foul-mouthed girl's linker core.

The barrier immediately collapsed at that point.

Shamal straightened her clothing as she walked away from the twitching girl on the roof. "Don't be so crude in the future."

"Did you ever know the joy of killing the one you once called 'sensei'?" asked Orochimaru, stepping back from the two animated corpses. "I prepared this scenario so that you might know that joy."

The barrier flickered and collapsed.

"Was this part of your fiendish plot?" asked Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, now facing his two predecessors as well as his estranged pupil.

"Not so much," admitted Orochimaru. "Still, it doesn't matter."

"MISTLETEIN!"

Orochimaru and the resurrected First Hokage managed to dodge. The Second Hokage only managed to dodge the first three spears before a fourth one struck. His body shifted color to a dull gray.

"Okay, that was an interesting jutsu," admitted Orochimaru, looking up at the young girl standing in mid-air without an apparent surface to stand on. "A little slow though. Let's see how you deal with -"

KA-CHUNK!

Orochimaru's head slid off his body, bounced twice on the roof, and then made a face. "Oh, now this is just plain annoying. First Hokage, go busy yourself against the Third Hokage while I deal with this interference."

"Signum," said the woman with the sword who'd just decapitated the pale-skinned enemy.

"Zafira," said a male with odd ears as he made a gesture and formed chains to bind.

"I'll remember those names after I kill you," said Orochimaru with a sneer. "That way when I resurrect you as my slaves to get your secrets - you'll at least have that much."

His head and body turned to mud, then reformed whole again.

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"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

"Oh, this is bad," said Hiruzen Sarutobi. When it had just been him against the First in taijutsu, it had been tough. At least he didn't have to face the First and the Second as the Second Hokage was still a statue.

"HA!" said the Third Hokage making a one-handed hand-seal.

Half of the First Hokage exploded as the tag the Third put on him during the taijutsu fight went off.

Little pieces of scrap immediately began reassembling into the First Hokage.

The Third Hokage was already moving and slapped a hand down on the nearest branch. "Summoning Jutsu. Monkey King Enma."

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The plan was supposed to go off with one thing leading inevitably to another. There were bits and aspects ready to slide into place if one part of the plan failed, but those were mainly for earlier in the development.

Orochimaru didn't allow any of his doubts to show. Complete confidence was part of his modus operandi.

In fact, he had noticed that the "foreign delegates" were almost ALL throwing around some powerful jutsu. Kabuto had assigned minions to deal with them as part of the plan, but it looked as if the targets had overcome that part.

[Struggle Bind]

And now the First Hokage was being held down by chakra chains while that damn monkey and Sarutobi commenced a barrage.

Damn, all these interesting jutsu and he couldn't really study any of them.

He'd blame Kabuto. Really, what was the point of having all these spies in your enemy ranks if they didn't pass on any of the truly interesting stuff?

"Well," said one clone just before it was repeatedly stabbed by glowing blue blades of light.

"-this-" said another clone which only half-formed before it was cut in half by a sword-wielding woman.

"-has-" said another clone, pulling itself out of the mouth of the second clone and dying abruptly as a metal sphere shot through its head before it had gotten all the way out.

"-been-" began yet another clone, forming out of the roof tiles before it was beheaded by Enma.

"-fun-" said another clone, just before losing his head.

"Would you cut that OUT?" demanded Orochimaru before realizing he wasn't being attacked.

"Lock on!" said a boy who hadn't been attacking. "Highlighting current location."

"What?" said the Orochiclone before seeing a particularly torn up section of roof glow. "Oh dear."

New plan, decided the real Orochimaru as he used substitutions, smoke screens, instant regenerations, and some very rapid movement techniques. Get out of Konohagakure. Kill spies for failure. Get new spies before trying again. Find out why my lovely new Sharingan eyes aren't working on all the jutsu being thrown around.

At which point Orochimaru found himself nearly out of the village, and there was only some annoying blond genin in his way.

Oh. Hell. It was That One.

[Target acquired. Power level is 25% above next highest level among attacking forces. Analysis of current action indicates attempted escape.]

"Well, he's up against Hayate, the Wolkenritter, the Hokage, and Chrono. Can't blame him for wanting to get away."

[Affirmative.]

"That doesn't mean we're letting him get away," noted Naruto, tightening his grip on Mjolnir and raising it over his head.

Ka-chunk Ka-chunk went two cartridges into Mjolnir. [Ready Boss.]

Naruto began whirling Mjolnir around by the ring at the end of the handle. "Tempest!"

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Kiba and Akamaru landed after basically drilling their way through a group of enemy nin, turned and stared.

"Arf," summed up Akamaru.

"Okay, freaky snake guy fighting a lightning storm with an impossibly long sword," said Kiba. Shaking his head at the sight, he only paused long enough to backhand the enemy nin that had been trying to sneak up behind him into oblivion.

"Arruuf," said Akamaru.

Kiba made a thoughtful noise as he looked over the mostly deserted streets and a few piles of bodies here and there. Mostly enemy nin from what he could see. "Aw, c'mon. We gotta find someone around here to beat on."

"Raff," agreed Akamaru.

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She'd fired arrows when she could, picking her targets carefully and firing with the assisted accuracy of the bow itself. When using her Byakugan and the bow had begun draining her remaining chakra to a dangerous level, she'd fallen back on her training in the clan martial art.

When she'd worn herself out from that, she'd fallen back to her family's position.

There was a loud snap from not too far away, and she could see Sakura pulling some extra large needle out of her arm - a few sparks shooting out from the tear as she did so.

However, as bad a beating as their side had taken - one did not need the Byakugan to see that the other side was worse off.

"We've taken a beating," summed up Hiashi Hyuga from where he was standing nearby. "The other side though, they have been decimated."

"Uzumaki is fighting Orochimaru!" said one of the branch members.

Even those who were exhausted turned on their Byakugan.

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Orochimaru was powerful and one of the sannin. He was not, however, capable of drawing on infinite stores of power.

The kid facing him fell back before a set of strikes from Kusanagi, blocking twice with that odd hammer of his.

Whatever he was, whatever that hammer was, they were not very experienced. At any moment, the boy would make a mistake and Orochimaru knew he would kill the child and make his escape.

"Struggle Bind!" said the kid with the hammer.

"What?" asked Orochimaru as the chains resisted his attempts to simply slide out of them, then break them, then transform. Worse, they seemed to be grabbing ahold of his chakra itself!

[Restrict Lock] said a voice not nearly far enough away.

"Starlight Breaker! Shoot-oh!"

Orochimaru half-turned to regard the large blast heading his way. "You've got to be kidding me..."

He managed to survive that, but then the kid with the hammer was suddenly pointing it into his face and saying something while the hammer made a ka-chunk noise that somehow sounded like doom.

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The Sand was standing down. The Sound was pretty much silenced. Konoha had a lot more craters and rubble. It had survived though.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sat and looked out over the village. He had some decisions to make.

Well, no reason not to get started after all. Other than he was damn old and feeling it.

No, no reason to put this off.

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"Did you see?"

"Naruto Uzumaki defending the village and smiting down Orochimaru? Yeah."

"So..."

"Fine. He's a 'splendid ninja' and I owe you three dinners at the Korean place. Happy?"

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Naruto fingered the flak vest as he stood in the little grassy area not far from the Hokage Tower. "I still can't believe I made chunin."

"Maybe they're just trying to get you and your 'friends of massive destruction' out of the village?" mused Shikamaru.

Naruto snorted. "Yeah, right. So what next?"

Shikamaru stopped watching the clouds long enough to look over at Naruto and reply. "Who knows? Other than it will be troublesome, I'm sure."

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Okay, this is probably it for Mjolnir. i wanted to at least get thru the Chunin Exam arc to see how it would all go.

Yeah, probably what everyone expected.

Oh well, thanks for reading!