Orochimaru's End (?)

After observation, she can ascertain Tsunade is able to fight Orochimaru. Her body was seemingly unable to get injured. The cuts completely heal in a second.

So this is the legendary Tsunade….! Tsuyu was in awe seeing her in action. She turned to look at Naruto again. She overlooked the fact that he seems injured.

But looking at him up and down, the blood on his jacket already dried up and he looks fine enough to utter nonsense. He had 9 tails after all, and Naruto's healing factor is twice or thrice as much as hers.

Turning her focus on Tsunade, she observed the way Tsunade fights. Each of her punches break and crack those bones. She often punches and kicks the ground, creating massive craters. The forest of bones makes it a little cramped and difficult to maneuver.

Her help isn't necessary at the moment so she observes. She doesn't think the sannin needs help against a disabled sannin. But really, Orochimaru, even with his supposedly unusable hands, is still terrifying. His ability to move inside and outside of the forest of bones make it more difficult for Tsunade.

"Where's Jiraiya-sama?".

"Ah… ero-sennin?". Naruto almost forgot. Gamabunta and Manda already disappeared from trading blows. Naruto point at a direction, where Tsuyu quickly left and found Jiraiya in a crater.

"He's injured…!". Tsuyu picked him up and brought him to Shizune. 

"Jiraiya-sama…!", Shizune mustered the little chakra she had left to administer treatment.

***

Orochimaru noticed the arrival of his most wanted person. A crazed expression crazed his eyes.

Dodging another fist, Orochimaru suddenly coughed a mouthful of blood.

Damn it… this body can only last few more minutes… I need her body… now!

Orochimaru made the final decision. With another dodge, Orochimaru hides inside the forest of bones and uses the remaining chakra he had.

"No one can stop me!". Bones spread like cancer from around Tsunade. It pierces through all of her limbs and muscles, squeezing her entire body immobilizing her entirely. Orochimaru knew it wouldn't last long and he needed to get away fast.

"Kabuto…!".

Kabuto had been recuperating silently after he's defeated. He barely had any strength left, but he still able to move and flickered to Orochimaru.

"Tsuyu… I will be waiting for you…!".

Orochimaru manage to shout before he and Kabuto run away like cockroach.

Tsuyu is about to chase. But all of a sudden two hands grabbed her. Naruto grabbed her arm tight, while Jiraiya grabbed one of her legs even tighter.

"Tsuyu… you have your brother with you… don't…". Jiraiya said weakly.

"Tsu-chan! Don't go with him! I will stop you if I have to!".

"...? What nonsense are you guys talking about!". Tsuyu was baffled and speechless.

"...", both Jiraiya and Naruto were stunned. 

"He's running away! I am going to finish him off. Jiraiya-sama, pardon my rudeness". Tsuyu shook both of their hands off her body and went to chase Orochimaru.

"Tsu-chan…!". Naruto screamed out.

"Maybe we overthink too much…", Jiraiya murmured. The look in her eyes is definitely serious about killing Orochimaru.

***

"Nnh… cough…". Orochimaru and Kabuto escape into one of their nearby secret hideouts through a secret entrance that they left open.

"Orochimaru-sama…". Kabuto looks worried.

"I am going to take her body… now… this is my only chance…!".

Kabuto helped Orochimaru towards a room, and both of them made preparations.

Tsuyu chases after them into the forest, and eventually arrives in front of a big tree, where those two disappeared. The entrance leading to the underground is the only place left for those two.

Tsuyu lightly raises a flare from her ninja tool bag and comes down the stairs.

She saw there's a door at the end of the hallway.

As she pushed the door open, what lies on the stone bed is Orochimaru.

"Cough…- hnhnhn… Tsuyu… you came…". He smiled, as if almost happy. He coughed another mouthful of blood.

"Tsuyu… I can give you a meaning to your existence…! Become my vessel…!".

"What…?". Tsuyu was dumbfounded. 

"Hnhnhn… Come…!". Orochimaru haven't figured out Tsuyu come to him for the kill.

Something come out of Orochimaru's body, revealing his original true form. A large white snake with a human head. Multiple white snakes making up his entire body.

"Your body… is mine…!".

Tsuyu frowned, casually dodging the direct attack.

She blasted a fist towards him, smacking him onto the walls. Rotten stench emanated from Orochimaru's body.

"W-why… why are you betraying me…!".

"What nonsense are you talking about… Orochimaru. Even if there was a trade between Danzo and you, and I benefited, it's not enough to sway me. I am not that cheap".

"You…! Damn you…!".

Tsuyu suddenly felt dizzy. And her entire body felt numb.

Poison? Since when…? She looks at Orochimaru's bleeding body. His purple blood is poisonous…!

Just then, Orochimaru's body move in front of her, it's mouth opened wide.

"MINE…!".

***

Tsuyu opened her eyes, feeling herself unable to move. Weird flesh things surrounded her entire body, locking her in place 

"Hnhnhn… it's finally mine… my new vessel…!". Orochimaru is like a flesh monster, slowly crawling towards Tsuyu.

Tsuyu felt shocked at this situation, her brain buzzing and realising what's going on. Her body is being taken over!? There's no way!

Tsuyu struggled to move. But she couldn't, she wasn't Sasuke that could undo a jutsu through his eyes.

"Kurama…!". Tsuyu shouted, she didn't think he would just watch…

"Huh…?", Orochimaru doesn't know who or what Kurama is. 

But looking towards Tsuyu's back, a big red gate stood tall. Two red eyes hanging inside roared towards them. Red chakra flooded the scene. The fleshly body around Tsuyu starts to corrode.

"Impossible…! How come you have the 9 tails!".

You didn't know? Tsuyu snickered inwardly. It seems that Orochimaru is so outdated. It's his bad luck that he never witnessed it. And he didn't even question where the Sound 4 went as if his predicament made him stupid.

"Orochimaru. It's unfortunate I will have to end such a genius like you…". Tsuyu said this genuinely. This guy is the Einstein of Shinobi world.

 It's such a waste to kill him. 

Tsuyu takes a step closer, step by step.

"No… don't…! Go away!". Orochimaru's fleshly body turned around, trying to run. But he couldn't escape once he committed to the jutsu.

"No…!".

But all of a sudden, a purple snake-like thing slither from behind Tsuyu.

"Reibi…!?". Tsuyu almost forgot this guy is here lazing around with Kurama all day.

Tsuyu looks at the now ugly fat wrinkly Reibi in confusion. This guy had always been sleeping comfortably in Kurama's fur, probably leeching off his chakra while getting fat each day.

"Hungry…". It muttered a word. Tsuyu is stunned.

Reibi didn't say more and opened its mouth wide, swallowing up Orochimaru like a noodle. Orochimaru's scream eventually went silent.

"...".

"Mm…!". Reibi seems satisfied. It went to rub its head on Tsuyu for a while. Reibi sees Kurama as his food source. While Tsuyu is his house. Of course he's good to them.

As Reibi slither away to Kurama like a lazy fat caterpillar, a face appeared behind its back. 

Orochimaru is somehow alive in Reibi. His eyes were bloodshot, looking at Tsuyu.

"You…!", he wanted to curse. Reibi felt a little uncomfortable and his body wiggled, burying Orochimaru back into himself.

He went to squeeze in between the red gates, and found himself a comfortable spot beneath Kurama's fur and continued to sleep like a fat lazy worm.

"...". Tsuyu herself didn't know what to think about the whole situation.

***

Kabuto looks at Tsuyu carefully.

"You… which one are you…".

Tsuyu turned around, looking at Kabuto up and down. He must be Orochimaru's henchman. 

Seeing her gaze, he knew this wasn't Orochimaru at all!

Kabuto quickly throws a smoke bomb on the ground to flee quickly.

Tsuyu wanted to chase, but she realised her body was poisoned and paralysed still.

"Damn…". She activated the seal planted on her back. Mad Puppet Seal, release!

Lines spread to all of her body, covering her muscles, tendons and tissues inside of her. With pure chakra she mobilises herself and chases after.

She found another secret tunnel, but as she's about to step in…

Szzz- exploding tag!

Tsuyu quickly retreated. She can only watch the tunnel collapse.

"Tch. It seems I can only let him escape".

***

Tsuyu collected the remains of Orochimaru's true body and the now broken Kimimaro body, storing them inside a scroll. As an ANBU she had kept this habit of storing corpses, giving them to ANBU's or ROOT's research department. Also as a proof of merit.

Orochimaru's body too must contain secrets.

She returned to the team, seeing Tsunade is healing Jiraiya.

Seeing Tsuyu returning, Jiraiya didn't let his guard down. He already told Tsunade to be careful. Because there's a possibility Orochimaru would take her body.

Seeing the unkind gaze from all of them, except Naruto, she wonders what kind of nonsense they are thinking.

"Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama. I had dealt with him. But his henceman escaped through a secret passage and blew up the route. Forgive my incompetence".

"You… you killed Orochimaru…?". Jiraiya ask in disbelief. He always thought, Orochimaru was the hardest thing to kill.

"He… let his guard down. It seems he had some misunderstanding about me". Trying to steal her body when there's 9 tails inside of her is like sending himself to his death. It's quite funny when she thinks about it. Even if she stole her body, 9 tails would probably kill him and break out. It's so stupid.

"Tsuyu…". Jiraiya let out a sigh of relief. He had a lot to ask and talk about with Tsuyu, about her and Danzo and even what kind of gift Orochimaru gave her.

He can be sure Tsuyu won't betray Konoha, and she has her priorities. In a sense she is like Danzo. Even if it's dubious and questionable she wasn't against Konoha. 

"Tsu-chan! Tsu-chan! You won't believe this…! Hehe…".

"Hm? What is it nii-san". Naruto look too excited and jumping around.

"I mastered Rasengan! Hehe! I can do it before you do!".

Tsuyu's eyes widened in surprise.

"Really?".

"Watch this!".

Naruto summoned a shadow clone. Tsuyu frowned, but kept observing.

Naruto gathered chakra in his palm, gathering them into a sphere. The shadow clone helps to do the compressing part of the process. The Rasengan is completed!

"Nii-san…!". A smile carved on Tsuyu's lips subconsciously. She felt so damn proud of this brat. Maybe if she had seen Naruto standing still holding onto Orochimaru while receiving a blade through his chest, then blasting Orochimaru with it she would have made a small celebration for such a growth.

Naruto showcases his jutsu, destroying a big tree to pieces.

"You… are a genius, brother". Tsuyu feels genuinely impressed. To use a shadow clone to alleviate the control required to do two things at the same time…

This brat's brain is a wonder. Why does no one ever think of that?

"Genius…? I am… I am a genius! Yeah! I will become Hokage! Believe it!".

Everyone let out a light chuckle seeing Naruto so excited and happy receiving her praise.

Tsuyu wanted to try it out herself. Summoning a shadow clone. And just as easily, she completed the Rasengan. Naruto is dumbfounded. Everyone is also dumbfounded. Tonton the pig too is shocked.

"Tsu-chan! That's unfair! I used shadow clone first-ttebayo! You can't just copy me! This is so unfair!!!".

Naruto starts throwing tantrums. He felt like Tsuyu stole his jutsu or something. His achievement of mastering Rasengan first dimmed after Tsuyu did.

"Nii-san, it's not like you have the copyrights to it. I have to give it to you, it's ingenious". Tsuyu let out a soft chuckle.

Shadow clones are really my own chakra. Of course it could… then… doesn't it mean, I can use nature transformation using a third clone? Or using a fourth clone as the one stabilising the jutsu? Or I can separate different processes with more clones… and my real body only needs to focus on supplying chakra and rough rotation. Huh. Wait… My clones can hold my Rasengan then can't they?… And my shadow clone can use Flying Raijin… Hm?

Naruto didn't know he had just given her some ideas that are close to a bug or cheat in the Shinobi world.

"Nii-san, let's celebrate once we get back to Konoha. You deserved it".

"Yeah! Let's celebrate!", Naruto's sulking mode from having his jutsu stolen returned cheerful. Tsunade smiles lightly.

"Then, let's return!". Tsunade stood up, her body upright. She's already decided to take on the mantle of the Fifth Hokage.