Chapter 91: Orochimaru vs. Hiruzen

"You've become pitifully weak, sensei!" Orochimaru shouted out as he traded blows with Hiruzen.

The two had been fighting for all but 5 minutes but it was visible that Hiruzen was quickly losing stamina, he had already been fighting him and Onoki before Naruto arrived which put a dent in his chakra reserves and energy.

"Hmph, as if I would lose to someone like you, Orochimaru, I had truly believed you to be the greatest of my students but how could I have been so wrong?" Hiruzen said sadly.

Orochimaru scowled and slashed at Hiruzen, his Kusanagi clashing with Enma, the transformed summon of Hiruzen.

"Come on Hiruzen, we need to take him out quickly, I doubt the brat can take on 4 Kage-level opponents by himself." Enma said to Hiruzen.

Naruto was still busy fighting his opponents, not managing to get in any hits as fighting even a single Kage-level opponent was tricky not to mention four of them at the same time, especially if those opponents were people of their status, all four having been called the strongest to ever live in their respective village, with the exception of Tobirama, but he held the title of the greatest genius having created the jutsu that was currently being used on him.

Hiruzen cursed in his mind, he didn't have much left in him and at this point he would lose against Orochimaru.

Hiruzen rapidly made hand signs and put his hands up to his mouth, "Fire style: Dragon Flame Bomb!" A giant stream of fire blew toward Orochimaru melting the ground he was standing on.

Orochimaru dodged to the left but before he could do anything a shadow clone of Hiruzen engaged him in battle, Hiruzen himself charging up more jutsus to throw at Orochimaru.

Eventually, Hiruzen managed to get a few hits in critically wounding Orochimaru, with blood pouring from his wounds Orochimaru's mouth widened to inhumane levels.

Hiruzen watched in horror as an entirely new Orochimaru emerged from his previous body with saliva and other bodily fluids dripping from his body.

"Damn you sensei, to think I have to resort to this fighting someone as weak as you, how disgusting." Orochimaru glared at Hiruzen.

But this was where he committed a fatal mistake, Hiruzen didn't simply stand around doing nothing, no, he instead prepared the strongest and most destructive jutsu that he knew.

Hiruzen quickly created 4 clones and surrounded Orochimaru, each clone charging a different jutsu.

"Five Style: Massive Combo Jutsu!" Hiruzen shouted out and the strongest jutsus he knew of each style immediately bombarded Orochimaru.

Giant arcs of lighting, Entire boulders, a flame even stronger than the previous one, a giant dragon of water, and massive blades of wind all impacted Orochimaru at the same time.

Orochimaru was far too late to notice and in his desperation raised a dome of earth around him in a last-ditch effort, but alas a small dome of earth was nothing compared to Sarutobi Hiruzens greatest jutsu.

A giant explosion sounded out and an enormous crater immediately formed, Orochimaru was nowhere to be found.

"Hiruzen watch out!" that was all Hiruzen heard before he felt a blade slice through his stomach.

"Kekeke, did you really think that was enough to take me out sensei?" Orochimaru chuckled once more "How foolish of you."

Hiruzen smirked, "I could say the same to you."

Orochimaru's eyes widened, a feeling of dread creeping up his spine.

"Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal!" Hiruzen shouted out and the entire battlefield seemed to stop.

An aura of death permeated the air a giant demonic-looking being appeared behind Hiruzen a manic grin on its face, a knife in one of its long-nailed hands.

"I have committed countless mistakes during my time as Hokage one of them was letting you get away that night many years ago, today I will make up for my mistake." Hiruzen declared holding on to Orochimaru tightly.

Hiruzen had never been as good at sealing as Minato was who could use the reaper death seal even from a small distance, Hiruzen had to get close to his opponent to use it.

A look of horror appeared on Orochimaru's face, he knew very well what jutsu Hiruzen was using and he was shocked that the teacher that loved him so much would resort to such extreme means, people truly changed with time.

"Hashirama! I command you to kill sensei!" Orochimaru shouted out and almost immediately an entire forest was thrown their way coupled with countless sharp spikes of wood threatening to impale Hiruzen.

Enma quickly transformed back to his monkey form and destroyed as much of the wood as possible, luckily for them, Naruto managed to stop Hashirama from creating any more attacks even managing to destroy his entire body which would stop him for a few minutes.

But one thing that Hiruzen hadn't accounted for was Kusanagi, Orochimaru's mouth opened and the sword extended from within his mouth, Hiruzen barely managed to position his body so that it wouldn't pierce through his heart, instead it pierced just next to it going straight through one of his lungs.

Hiruzen spit out a mouthful of blood a look of determination present on his face.

The ginormous demonic being then moved, its left hand going through Orochimaru's body and pulling out his entire soul, then its right hand moved the knife cutting through Orochimaru's very soul.

Sadly Hiruzen was already running out of chakra paired with his injuries he didn't manage to last too long, his body giving up before the process could be completed.

The demonic being seemed irritated at being interrupted by its summoner's weakness but it decided to simply cut off the arms of the vile soul that he was consuming, it then turned around and pulled out Hiruzens soul, a few shades brighter but nonetheless corrupted.

Orochimaru's reaction was immediate, he screamed in pain as his hands rotted away a searing pain running through his hands as if he had submerged them in molten magma.

"DAMN YOU YOU OLD FOSSIL YOU DARE DO THIS TO ME!" Orochimaru shouted out in anger kicking Hiruzen's soulless body.

A few seconds later 5 ninjas appeared around Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru-sama, I think it's a wise choice to retreat, we won't be able to accomplish much like this." Kabuto, Orochimaru's right-hand man said.

Orochimaru merely growled and Shunshined away, his servants following him.

Because of losing too much chakra, Orochimaru wasn't able to keep up the reanimation jutsu anymore and the reanimated ninjas turned to ash each leaving a few words behind.

Hashirama who had just reformed sighed sadly seeing what had happened "At the very least we are leaving Konoha in capable hands." He said while looking at Naruto.

Tobirama similarly sighed in sadness, "I entrust the village to you kid, I hope you manage to recuperate from this loss."

Hanzo merely looked at Onoki coldly "Good luck surviving this you old fart." He said while glaring at Onoki.

Hanzo still remembered the reason why his country was ridden with war Konoha and Iwa waged their wars in the Land of Rain which caused a lot of damage to Hanzo's village and the economy of his country.

Onoki cursed Orochimaru, he doubted whether he could defeat Naruto from what the boy had shown him until now.

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