The Fall of Orochimaru, Sasuke as a Prisoner?!

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The dark corridors of Orochimaru's hideout were eerily silent as Team Hakashi, along with Sai and Yamato, tore through the underground base. Traps were disabled, scrolls and research stolen, and any resistance was crushed with ease. Naruto led the charge, his senses sharper than ever, while Harry casually looted the more valuable research—chakra-enhanced experiments, rare jutsu scrolls, and most importantly, DNA samples while nobody was watching.

As they stormed through the last reinforced doors, there he was.

Sasuke Uchiha.

He stood there, shirtless as always—because apparently, that was the uniform for "edge-lord of the year"—and gave them a bored look, his arms crossed.

"I told you before," Sasuke began, voice laced with condescension. "I have no need for bonds. Konoha means nothing to me. My only goal is—"

BAM!

Sasuke's head snapped back violently, his whole body whipping to the side as Naruto casually one-shot him with a single chakra-infused backhand slap to the face.

Silence.

The Uchiha collapsed to the floor, unconscious before he could even finish his sentence.

A long pause filled the room as everyone stared at Sasuke's motionless body.

Even Sai, who normally had no concept of emotions, blinked in faint surprise.

Yamato just sighed, his tone weary with the display of Power from Naruto. "Well… that was anticlimactic."

Harry, who had been waiting for Sasuke to start monologuing, suddenly looked deeply disappointed.

"Seriously, Naruto? That was it?" He rubbed his temples. "I was waiting for him to get to the good part, where he blames his entire life on his brother and acts like a tragic anime protagonist."

Naruto shrugged, cracking his knuckles. "I'm not in the mood for drama today, plus I am the Protagonist for sure." Naruto turns toward a certain direction with Harry following up with the stare to the same direction, Naruto speaks while looking at us, "Isn't that right guys?" Harry cheekily waved his hands in an X-shape pattern, telling us not to fuel his ego too much.

While everyone was distracted, Harry subtly moved over to Sasuke's fallen form and—swipe!—collected a few DNA samples, chakra included, for… research purposes.

No one noticed.

But before they could even think of leaving, an ominous presence surged from deeper within the base.

Orochimaru.

Except… something was off.

He looked… different.

His body had changed again—he had shed his old skin too quickly, forcing himself into a new vessel to try and recover in time. He lurched forward, barely stable, but the manic gleam in his golden snake-like eyes was sharper than ever.

"You won't take him from me!" Orochimaru hissed, his voice distorted, full of rage and desperation. "Sasuke is mine!"

Harry, unimpressed, yawned and turned to Naruto. "This is getting boring. Just go KCM1 and kill the damn snake already."

Naruto blinked at him before grinning. "Oh? That an order?"

Harry just tapped two fingers toward his own eyes, signaling "Use them."

Naruto got the hint.

His blue eyes sharpened, the chakra seal over them flickering slightly before resettling to its generic state, revealing the activation of Naruto's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as they swirled to life. At the same time, his entire body was engulfed in golden flames, Kyuubi Chakra Mode 1 activating with a burst of power that sent cracks through the stone beneath him.

Orochimaru took a single instinctive step back, for the first time realizing—

He was completely outclassed.

But desperation breeds recklessness.

With a screech, Orochimaru lunged forward, his body twisting grotesquely as he abandoned all pretense of humanity, revealing his true snake-like form.

A massive, pale serpent with multiple fanged heads, grotesque and horrifying, its sheer presence alone made Sakura wretch in disgust and even shiver slightly in fear.

But Naruto?

Naruto just grinned.

With KCM-enhanced Taijutsu, Shadow Clones, and his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he ripped through the snake-like body effortlessly. Every strike tore through Orochimaru's flesh, and he didn't even get a chance to react before Naruto finished it.

A single fireball, infused with negative chakra—the same red chakra used in a Bijūdama—roared to life in Naruto's palm.

Orochimaru's golden eyes widened in terror.

"Goodbye, snake-bastard."

FWOOOSH!

The moment the fireball collided, Orochimaru's entire body vaporized instantly, burned away into nothing but ash and smoke.

And with that, the Sannin of the Hidden Sound was dead.

With Orochimaru gone, Sasuke's unconscious body was restrained and sealed, prepared for transport back to Konoha.

For his crimes against the village, he was to stand trial, and considering he had indirectly nearly killed multiple Clan Heirs and committed high treason, the likelihood of execution was extremely high.

But that was a matter for Tsunade and the village council to decide.

For now, Sasuke Uchiha was a prisoner.

As they left the ruined base, Naruto glanced at Harry. "So… what'd you steal?"

Harry grinned, tossing a small, chakra-sealed vial into the air before catching it. "Oh, nothing much. Just… some interesting samples."

Naruto snorted, shaking his head. "Yeah, yeah. Just don't do anything weird with it."

Harry just smirked, eyes glinting mischievously.

"Who, me? I'd never."

And with that, Team Hakashi began their journey back home.

The era of Orochimaru had ended.

And the fate of Sasuke Uchiha was sealed.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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