Konoha, The Village Hidden in the Leaves

"Ha ha ha! You fools have no idea how big a favor you have done for me.�

Izon smiled and noiselessly got up and made his way to Zonaracku.
He grabbed Zonaracku’s throat and lifted him off the ground. The shadows dug into his skin and destroyed the voice box. Izon then slammed Zonaracku into a tree. The tree broke along with some of Zonaracku’s bones.

“Now I don't have to listen to that voice of your for a while.�

Izon dropped Zonaracku to the ground and kicked him over to his father.

((For the count, you don't k now which Zonaracku is real.))

Zonaracku began to laugh a bit, "Come on, you can't tell my clones from me?"

Zonaracku did feel some pain from his clone being destroyed, but still kept emitting sound. "Father, do it now!"

Orochimaru stopped his technique and a zone of complete light formed. Zonaracku was now in control of the terrain as Orochimaru took off after Izon, "So you think you can beat my son? But can you beat me?" Orochimaru would get maybe an inch from the face of Izon and then dissapear. Zonaracku's form then dissapeared in a matter of milliseconds. They soon appeared back into the office of their home village.(Go to Sound Village for rest of post.))

Korenzu straightend up, his ears ringing from the noise. "Dispel!" He murmered. Forming two hand seals. He turned to Izon, "I'll go to the Sound." He bit his finger and formed rapid hand seals in a matter of seconds, "Kuchiyose No Jutsu!" (Summoning Technique) A gleaming silver lesser dragon gave a low growl.

Korenzu leapt on the summoned animal and kicked it's side of the head, it burst off in the speed of light.

OOC: Got it Zonaracku was a clone

Zonaracku's body disapeared before his eyes. He had not fought Zonarcku just a clone. Izon stood and realsed the shadows that covered his arms. Izon's arms were covered in blood and small wounds. He turned towards Korenzu and the dragon.

"Send it home Korenzu, they' re gone."

OOC: Ok this has been a long time coming but I finally got around to finishing it. And with this post I'd also like to say that I'm back from my little AWOL trip.




Kakashi was standing in front of the memorial stone with his eyes closed and his head tilted down. He was more then aware of the presence behind him, but since the person was taking no steps to hid him approach, Kakashi didn’t need to worry.

“Hey, Sensei! I’ve got some time to spare, got anything else you can teach me?�

Naruto was walking towards him with his hands folded behind his head. Kakashi let out a soft sigh and turned around, opening his eyes.

“There isn’t much left that I can teach you Naruto. You’ve already learned much. All that I could teach you would be things that would require more than just a few hours of training. And right now, neither of us have the time………Naruto, get down!�

Naruto dropped to the ground as a pair of Kunai came hurling towards him. Kakashi threw a pair of his own and deflected the others away from Naruto. Quickly getting up, Naruto performed the Shadow Clone Jutsu, creating four clones.

“Find him guys!�

“I’ll save you the time. I’m right here.�

Kanzaki jumped down from the tree he had been sitting in and looked over to Naruto and Kakashi.

“So you’re the Kyubi child Naruto Uzumaki? I was expecting someone a little more serious and less childish. Did you really beat Haku and stand up to The Demon of the Hidden Mist?�

“I’ll show you just how tough I am, believe it!�

At that the four Shadow Clone Narutos darted directly at Kanzaki. Kakashi stood there and watched. Kanzaki tilted his head a little and smiled behind his mask. Kanzaki stood there and grinned as the four clones surrounded him.

“We’re going to show you just how powerful we really are! Naruto Barrage!�

The four clones moved in all at once and Kanzaki vanished. He appeared in the air above Naruto, making three hand signs, Horse, Rabbit and Dog. Kakashi opened his eye wide as he saw Kanzaki make those hand signs.

“Lightening Edge!�

Kanzaki’s right hand erupted in a blue ball of sparking Chakra so strong that his right arm was shaking from the power. Kanzaki brought his right arm back as he fell back towards the four Shadow Clones of Naruto. He brought his right arm out in front of him as he landed, connecting his fist with the ground, shattering the four clones. Kanzaki stood there until the dust cleared. Once it did, he smiled behind his mask at the confused look on Naruto’s face and the concerned look on Kakashi’s face.

“Hey Sensei, isn’t that your Jutsu? How dose he know it?�

“That’s a good question Naruto. How do you know that Jutsu Kanzaki?�

“Wait, you know this guy Sensei? Is he from this village?�

“Allow me to answer everything at once for you two. My name is Kanzaki Onihe, the Beast Ninja of the Village Hidden in the Shadows. And Kakashi, you used your precious Jutsu on me the last time we fight. Or did you forget? Or maybe you forgot that my Sharingan is different from that of yours and the Uchiha brothers.�

“Wait a second here. You’ve got the Sharingan? That must mean………..�
Naruto paused for a few seconds and looked back and forth between Kakashi and Kanzaki. “Then you must have had it implanted as well! Just like Kakashi-Sensei!�

Kanzaki and Kakashi locked eyes for a few seconds, then Kanzaki dashed towards Naruto, followed shortly by Kakashi. Kanzaki reached Naruto first and brought his knee into Naruto’s gut, knocking the wind out of him as well as knocking him out cold. Kakashi brought his right fist towards Kanzaki’s face, but Kanzaki ducked and lifted his left leg and brought it around towards Kakashi, who easily blocked the attack with his left arm.

“So, why do you care what happens to the Kyubi child Kakashi?�

“Naruto is a member of Team Seven, the squad I lead. It’s my responsibility to make sure he’s safe.�

“Very well then. I only wished to shut him up anyways. But you on the other hand, we have unfinished business. As you know I have nothing against you personally. But I cannot find Itachi and Saskue would provide no challenge for me. So you’re the only one I can fight, you understand.�

Kakashi smiled behind his mask and pushed back from Kanzaki.

“Indeed And I’m sure that you’re also here to do some follow up work on why we were at your Village.�

“That’s correct, but I’ve got the other two working on that. I came here for you.�

Kakashi bent down and picked up Naruto.

“I have to tend to him first, but I’ll meet you in the area and we’ll have our rematch. You remember where that is correct?�

Kanzaki nodded and waved Kakashi off. He watched as Kakashi walked off with the unconscious Naruto over his shoulder.

“Might as well go exploring in the mean time.�

Kanzaki stretched quickly and then headed towards the village.

About an hour later everyone was gathered in the arena. Kakashi and Kanzaki stood down in the arena facing each other, Tsunade and Shizune sat in the Hokage and Guest seats while some of the more prominent members of Konoha sat in the bleaches. A few ANBU were there just to ensure Tsunade’s safety along with wealthy Feudal Lords that happened to be in the area. They were all gathered around a copy of the Bingo Book, placing their bets on who thy believed would win. Might Gai was also there, sitting in the front row of the bleachers. He was desperate to see if this other Sharingan user could match or beat his rival Kakashi

The match had technically already started, but neither Kakashi or Kanzaki had moved other than breathing and blinking. To the other ninja it was clear that they were judging each other and that neither wished to make the first move. IF was ten solid minuets before the Feudal Lords got impatient.

“One of you make a move! I’ve got a lot of money riding on this match!�

As if the two ninja were waiting on the Feudal Lords, they both made their first move. Neither had bothered to use their Sharingan yet. Both ninja moved to their left and forward slightly throwing two Kunai which collided with each other. After that, both ninja stopped again.

“Well Kakashi, this is going nowhere fast. Why don’t we kick this up a notch, what do you say my friend?� Kanzaki smiled behind his mask, but Kakashi new exactly what he was thinking.

“Very well Kanzaki.� Kakashi lifted his left hand and grabbed his head band lifting it up as Kanzaki closed his eyes. In unison the two ninja spoke a single word.

“Sharingan.�

Kanzaki made three hand seals, Ox, Rabbit, Monkey. Kanzaki slightly lowered his body slightly and grabbed his right wrist with his left hand and looked up to Kakashi as his chakra suddenly became visible in the form of sparking blue energy. Gai was the first one to recognize it as Kakashi’s own Jutsu. The other ninja and Tsunade were only seconds behind Gai.

“What’s this all about? Kakashi’s jutsu? So that guy does have the Sharingan! I thought that was just a rumor. But if he has the Sharingan, that means he’s from the Uchiha Clan. He’s from here? But, this doesn’t make any sense at all. I need to talk with Tsunade about this.� With those words Gai bounded from his seat in the first row up to where Tsunade and Shizune were sitting.

“I know what you’re going to say Gai. Yes, that man was born as an Uchiha. And yes, all the rumors of a secret village built by all the countries is true as well.�

Gai nodded and then looked back to the two ninja standing in the arena and narrowed his eyes. Kakashi was a fierce competitor, but from what Gai had heard and seen of this Shadow Ninja, it looked like Kakashi was completely laid back compared to him.

“Very well. You wish to use my own Jutsu against me? You should realize that I’m better at using it then you are.� Kakashi made the same hand signs that Kanzaki had just made and entered the same stance. “This was your wish, so we’ll go on your count.�

Kanzaki nodded and gave a quick glance around the stadium. There’s wasn’t a single person in their seat. Everyone was gathered around the railing and looking intently down at the two Jounin. “Three…..two…..one…..go.� As soon as Kanzaki had finished both the ninja vanished. Only Tsunade, the ANBU and the Jounin that were watching could actually follow their movements. Neither ninja headed towards the other one, instead Kakashi went to his right and Kanzaki moved to his left. The two ninja were mirroring each others movements, but no one watching knew which one was leading and which was following. After about a minuet of darting around the arena, both ninja came to a stop with their backs against opposite ends of the arena wall. There was a five second pause before the two raced towards each other, both kicking up a massive dust could behind them. They collided within a second of moving, but neither hit with the Jutsu. Kanzaki had caught Kakashi’s right arm with his left, and Kakashi had caught Kanzaki’s right hand with his left. Pain was visible on the face of both the ninja as the extra chakra from the Chidori burned their hands. After a few seconds of lock up, the two ninja pushed back from each other and their chakra vanished. Kanzaki grabbed the giant shuriken that was strapped to his right arm, un folded it and launched it at Kakashi the quickly launched three kunai after it. Kakashi quickly shifted his attention from Kanzaki to the incoming shuriken and kunai. Kakashi quickly pulled out a kunai of his own and lifted it up at the exact moment, to catch the shuriken in the center hole. Kakashi then quickly spun around and used the giant shuriken as a shield to block the three incoming kunai.

“A very nice try, but you of all people should know that it’ll take more that some small trick like that to beat me.� Kakashi tossed the shuriken to the ground and looked back to Kanzaki who hand the middle and pointer fingers of his hands crossed.

“Yeah, I figuered that much, that’s why I had this planed as well.�

Two Shadow Clone appears with a pop behind Kakashi.

“Shadow Clone X Strike.� The two Shadow Clones behind Kakashi dove towards him, with claws extended on each of their right hands. Just before connecting the claws began glowing a brilliant red. Once the two clones connected and landed they vanished in a puff of smoke. Kanzaki smiled behind his mask as he watched Kakashi fall to his knees. When Kakashi’s knees hit, his body transformed into a long that was split into four piece and Kanzaki frowned slightly.

“That would have been too easy anyways. But I expected something more elaborate that a simple replacement jutsu.� Kanzaki glanced around the arena. “Where are you Kakashi?� Kanzaki turned and looked over the rest of the arena. Behind his back, the four piece of the long transformed into four Kakashi’s.

“Why Kanzaki, we’re right behind you.� The three Kakashi clones moved into a circle around Kanzaki. Each one of the Kakashi’s made hand seals Snake, Tiger, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger. “Grand Fireball Jutsu.� All at once the four Kakashi’s took a deep breath and pulled the mask down from over their mouths and blew out a massive wave of fire towards the circled Kanzaki. The flames engulfed Kanzaki and stayed there for a full minuet. Once the flames finally died down there was a massive smoking crater where Kanzaki once stood and the three Kakashi clones vanished.

“Well, that was interesting Kakashi. I see that you actually removed your mask for a split second. Too bad I didn’t get a look at your face. I would have loved to see what you’re hiding under there. Oh well, maybe next time Kakashi.�

Kanzaki dropped from the tree on the far side of the arena. He grinned from behind his mask and made a few hand seals, Rat, Dragon, Boar, Rabbit, Dog, Horse, Bird, Dragon, Tiger, Monkey Snake, Tiger then placed his palms flat on the ground in front of him. “Earth Release: Split Earth Turn around Palm.� The ground under Kakashi began to shake and quickly began spin and quickly pulled Kakashi down into the ground and there was a sickening crunch that made the entire watching audience wince and cringe. After a few seconds of silence Gai dropped down into the arena.

“You bastard. This wasn’t supposed to be a match to the death, it was a simple spar.� Gai got into his fighting stance.

“Relax Gai. Do you really have that little faith in Kakashi of the Sharingan Eye? Your lack of faith in your fellow Shinobi sickens me. Maybe I should take you on once I win this little match of ours.� Kanzaki nodded as Kakashi appeard behind Gai and placed a hand on his shoulder.

“You take some things to seriously Gai. No go back and get something to eat while we finish this match. I’m done playing around. It’s time to finish this fight, I’ve got other work to do, and I believe that you also need to speak with the Hokage if I’m not mistaken.�

Kanzaki nodded and wave Gai off. “So you wish to end this now do you? Very well, then I won’t hold back any more either.� Kanzaki backed off and closed his eyes for a second and then reopened them, the Sharingan gone from his eyes. He began making a series of hand signs, Horse, Tiger, Rat, Ram, Ox, Rabbit, Monkey, Boar, Dragon, Snake, Bird, Dog. “Transformation Style, Khan transformation.� Kanzaki was suddenly enveloped in a huge flame of blue chakra and when it vanished he had undergone a drastic transformation. Kanzaki’s body was no longer that of a human. He stood about nine feet tall and resembled that of a tiger other than the fact that he stood on two legs. Kanzaki vanished only to reappear directly in front of Kakashi with his right elbow already driven into Kakashi’s gut. This time Kakashi didn’t have time to react so when Kanzaki hit, he hit the real Kakashi.

Kakashi dropped to his knees with his left hand on his gut and his right hand on the ground to keep from falling over. He coughed a few times then sat up and gently fell back into a sitting position on the ground and looked up to Kanzaki who had reverted back to his normal human form.

“Well, it looks like you win this round Shadow Ninja, but we will meet again. And next time, I’ll keep an eye out for whatever the hell you just did.�

“And when that days come Kakashi, hopefully it will be another mach such as this. I would really hate to have to kill one with your skills.� Kanzaki chuckled and extended his hand down towards Kakashi, who took the hand and rose to his feet. When Kakashi was finally back on his feet, the two ninja were met with applause from the audience and a wide smile from Tsunade.

“So, that’s the reason why they call you the Beast Ninja. I had heard that it was because you were raised by animals. But come to think of it, if that were the case, you wouldn’t be a ninja would you Kanzaki?�

“Well truthfully, it’s both my friend. But that’s a story for another time and another place. As for now, I think we should both be on our way to do whatever work has been assigned to us.

“ Basically, all that Kakashi has reported is to be true. The four Rock jonin went there to apparently try to have us help them with something. They could’ve done approached us like everyone else does, instead of lying to me and my comrade. They claimed to be run away ninja from the Rock village. Yet they didn’t have any signs that they had been chased by trackers, or any actual sign of struggle. My comrade took out two of them, as a matter of fact, I did find something interesting. I wasn’t near the fight, but from what I say from where I was, it seemed that the Rock jonin used a water dragon jutsus, which was countered my another jutsu. The second was Kanzaki, my comrade. What I have been wondering is how does a Rock jonin know something associated to Mist ninjas. Kanzaki knows that jutsu the same way Kakashi knows it, and that is the Sharingan. I think that there’s something going on. But back to the topic at hand, the two ninja the Kanzaki was fighting died in battle. One of the two that I was fighting died from a blow that completely disrupted his chakra network. The other one got of easy, I paralyzed him and brought him in for questioning. Not too much later, I cant remember how long it was, but he died after my other comrade interrogated him. Not sure on the details on that one. Then you sent you ninja to see what happened to them, if I recall, per request of the leader of the Rock village. Although Kakashi already found out what happened to those ninja, we figured that it would be best that we personally came here to give our side of the incident. Our village isn’t too particular on who makes requests for mission, as long as they pay and follow the proper channels. We don’t take too kindly to their kind of tactics.� Sanjuro let out a calm sigh and watched as Izon left the room. ’ I hope that he doesn’t get into too much trouble’ Sanjuro thought to himself as Izon closed the door behind him. A couple of seconds later, the man that was sitting on the window decided to leave. He knew what was going to happen, and he knew that Izon could take care of himself.

Not too long after, Shizune came in and informed Tsunade that Kakashi was going to participate in a sparring match with Kanzaki at the main arena in no more then an hour.

“ Interesting, we have been here no more then two hours and he already has things set up.� Sanjuro stated in an unsurprised manor. “ Well, I am going to watch it, I will be sitting above the area where you sit. That is if you don’t mind.�

“ I guess that would be ok. There shouldn’t be to much trouble with that.� Tsunade replied.

Twenty minutes later they made their way to the arena, along with a rather huge gathering of spectators, ninjas and feudal lords that had been in the village on business. Tsunade had taken her seat and Sanjuro laid down on the roof behind Tsunade’s chair. He had started to get bored so he decided to take a slight nap before the match. The bright, warm sun made him feel nice. What seemed to be seconds had actually been about thirty minutes. The two jonin had already started their fight. Sanjuro noticed that everyone in the arenas seats had been standing. They continued their fight, a few minutes later the match ended with Kanzaki elbowing Kakashi in what was one of Kanzaki’s transformations, Khan to be exact.

Sanjuro dropped down from his spot and faced Tsunade, “ Well, I have some things that I want to look into. I will be around the village, mainly the Hyuuga compound, there are some things that I want to take up with my cousin. So if you need anything else, just contact me or Kanzaki there.� and with that, Sanjuro disappeared into the shadow that was given produced by the part of the roof that was sticking out. He came out of another shadow in one off the alleys on the street and headed towards the Hyuuga compound.

Izon staggered through the village’s gate. Once in side he asked an old man where the Hyuuga compound could be located. The old man smiled and replied. Izon thanked the old man and went on his way. Twenty minutes passed as he walked down busy streets until he came before a closed wooden gate. Izon raised his head and place a bloody hand on the door.

They’re going to kill me when I tell them what took place in forest.

He took to deep breaths and pushed it opened. He unwillingly entered the compound.

Kanzaki wandered the streets for a little, getting awkward glances from just about everyone the streets. He didn't want to admit it, but he was looking for the area of town then used to be the Uchiha compound. He had heard of the destruction of the Uchiha clan, and it wasn't that he cared, but he would like to see what had been done with the area. It only took him a few minuets to remember where it was located from his weeks spent here during his training. He remembered it being a large grouping of large houses around a small lake, as for now the entire compound lay in ruins. From he looks of it, there had been some construction going on, but Lord Orochimaru's assault on the village had taken whatever have been built and tore the structures down to rubble.

"So, this is what has become of the greatest clan in all the land. Sad, that the Sharingan has been lost to people. But that just means that the few of us that have the Sharingan are that much more powerful."

With a laugh he turned and headed back towards the center of town. His guess was that Sanjuro would be heading to the Hyuga Compound, so that would be the best place to go.

"Besides. I've always wished to see how the rest of the Hyuga Clan match up against Sanjuro. Each members of the Hyuga Clan possess the Byakugan. So overall, the ability of the users will be less of the Uchiha Clan. Well, better get over there before I miss anything."

Kanzaki crouched and then leapt up into the air, transforming himself into a hawk and flew off towards the Hyuga Compound.

Horus treaded the streets of the Sound Village looking around at everyone. The citizens were going about their days normally in peace and the Chounins and Jounins and such were out training, readying for battle. A smug look covored his face as his body turned into a puff a smoke, and a eagle arose from it, taking off towards Kanoha. This eagle was not of normal colours, it was black and silver, with red eye's.

Eventually, within hours he had reached Kanoha, preching on the window of Tsuande's office. Quickly, he reverted to normal, garmented in a white cloak that covored his from head toe, and a black face mask that would only show his eye's. A laugh escaped his lips as the sign of the sound village appeared on the front of his mask. He stood there, dusting the dirt off his white leather gloves.

"I am Xero of the Sound Village, I have come to appologize for Orochimaru and Zonaracku's attack, they are no longer associated with our village." He pulled out a paper that would havy a serious of words on it that would all lead up to be a peace treaty between the two Villages. "I have brought a peace treaty for our nations. If Zonaracku or Orochimaru show their faces around here, let me know."

Xero began to walk away towards the window again and turned around, "When are the next exams?"

Sanjuro had arrived at the Hyuga compound. He hadn’t actually seen the compound before. When he was selected to go to the Hyuga compound he wasn’t even a year old. He knew the location of the compound from intel gathered from previous missions. Sanjuro didn’t have the pleasure of being selected to take part of these missions. Around the time that these missions took place he was working on his Black Ops mission, which was investigating the water village completely. He was doing an undercover mission, the purpose of the mission was to gauge the teaching techniques, population size, general habits, lay-out of the village and surrounding landscape and lastly, the strength of the water village. Luckily he didn’t have to stay there for too long, thanks to the aide of his Byakugan he was able to see all the things he needed to see in a relative short amount of time.

He had already arrived at the Hyuga compound. Somehow it didn’t look like he imagined it. He opened the main doors and walked in to find a couple of Hyuga members looking after Izon, he apparently had arrived a couple of minutes earlier and appeared to be injured.

“ Okay, what happened to you, and start from the beginning?� Sanjuro asked as he walked towards him. “ You there, can you please go get in contact with the medical ninjas. He is going to need some medical attention.�

Izon turned to face Sanjuro.

"I left the office and went outside to wait for the person in white to follow. After a few minutes he lept from the office window then went straight for the village gate. Shortly after I sensed Korenzu's chakra. I chased after him, but when I reached them he had killed two ANBU. At the sight I threw a kuni at him as a warning. He then exchanged a few words then he told me he was a sound ninja named Zonaracku. He said that he came to Konaho to ask for help to kill Orochimaru. He then hit me with a sound jutsu, grabbed Korenzu and ran into the forest. When I got up I chased after them. What I found when I caught up to them was not a good thing."

The medical ninja arrived, walked over to Izon and began to heal his injuries.

“I found Zonaracku doubled over clutching a stomach wound. He told me that Orochimaru was after him. I the created eight shadow clones and ordered them and Korenzu to take Zonaracku to the village for treatment and to inform you that Orochimaru is in the area. It seems that he did follow the orders. I fought Orochimaru to stall him long enough for reinforcements. Korenzu returned to the forest quickly followed by Zonaracku. I soon discovered that Zonaracku was Orochimaru’s son. After a short battle, they retreated to their village. Korenzu summoned a dragon and went after them before I could stop him then I came here looking for you and Kanzaki. That’s every thing.�

Zonaracku would come leaping through the forest, a huge smile on his face as he was followed by about seventy sound ninja. These ninja were experts in their field, which would give Konoha a great challenge.

"I need to reach the Hyuga compound. The rest of you, proceed into the city. But first, when you reach, use your shadow clone technique."

The men nodded as they took off ahead of Zonaracku, leaving no trail or anything behind.

Zonaracku then smirked as his form stopped on a tree branch. Soon within a second, he dissapeared, leaving a spiraling circle of leaves on the floor as he dissapeared into the wind.

In around five minute's, he appeared at the front gates of the Hyuga compound. He looked around a bit and saw his ninja fighting the Konoha. These sound ninja were just as skilled at Konoha's ANBU and Special forces.

Zonaracku stepped inside the compound, to be greeted by seven of the Hyuga elders. He laughed at these men as they bared their Byukugans(however you spell it.) Zonaracku lowered his form and shot off at these men, being as fast as Rock-Lee at the sixth gate of the Hidden Lotus. Within seconds, Zonaracku appeared inside the building, leaving all of the seven elders on the ground, out cold, maybe even dead.

Zonaracku then looked at the medic as he quickly through a Kunai at the heart of the medic. The kunai pierced the medics heart, causing the man to fall dead.

"Izon, Sanuro, nice to find you. If you havn't heard, my men are assaulting Konoha, creating massive havoc, killing off your ANBU and Special Forces, along with innocent civilians. But I am here for you two."

Zonaracku began to form hand signs as a clone of him appeared. This clone was just as powerful as him.

"Two versus Two, sound fair?"

The two Zonaracku's sat there looked at Izon and Sanjuro with a grim smile on their face.

"As for you Huyga members, you had better go bury your dead elders."

Sanjuro stood there, watching as this sound ninja killed some of the other ninjas around him. It came down to two sound ninjas ( one was a shadow clone, the other real) and Izon. Sanjuro knew that he would be able to deal with this Zonaracku person, but he was a little worried about Izon, he didn’t believe that his injuries had been healed completely. “ Izon, just give support for now, I can take them for a while. You aren’t completely healed yet. Now lets see if your sound techniques work.�

“Byakugan� Sanjuro had activated his Byakugan and looked at both Zonaracku’s and noticed that one didn’t have as many Tenketsu (Chakra holes) as the other, the clone was good, really good. It’s just as strong as the original. But he had put too much effort into making the clone just as strong as the original.

“Interesting, you seem to be fast, and your clone there has a real good amount of chakra, and it seems that its got a good amount of strength too. So I guess that it would be in my best interest to end this quick.� Just as he finished speaking Neji, Hinata, and Hiashi had entered the room too see what the disturbance was.

“Izon, tell them what’s going on and take Hinata and hang back for a bit, in the unlikely event that I should fail, you would need some help to get ride of him.� Sanjuro quickly ordered Izon to do this before they even had a chance to speak.

The Zonaracku's laughed a bit as they lowered themselves, almost like squating as they threw their left hand behind their backs and placed their right hand infront of their face, lifting up their face covers to cover everything but their eye's.

"You have your Byakugans, we have our Citerans. Which you will soon find out what they are."

The two Zonaracku's simply chuckled as they placed their right fists on the floor, "Citeran"

That instance, their eye's turned a light purple, similar to the Byakugan, and had the markings of a Sharingan. But the pupil was that of Orochimaru's snake eye's.

"Shall we begin?"

The Zonaracku's didn't budge at all, but within a split second, the clone had dissapeared into the wind, leaving no trace of himself behind.

The Chakra in the real Zonaracku would begin to build up in the mind area, as he simply nodded at Sanjuro. But why would he be trying to break the first gate. Was it the Hidden Lotus or what?

"First Gate, Opening." He whispered.

"You may recognize this. I learned it from Rock Lee."

‘Interesting, he has build a good amount of Chakra. Even more interesting is that it seems that he opened the first gate. I guess he is going to use the Hidden Lotus. I have heard about this technique. I had the pleasure of witnessing this technique some time ago. It was during the second part of the Chuunin Exam, in the Forest of Death. Rock Lee had used it against some sound ninja. It would be easy enough to counter, what worries me is the clone, it went off. The clone hasn’t stopped moving yet, not even tried to make a move yet.’ Sanjuro thought quietly to himself as he analyzed the situation they had gotten in.

“ Alright lets make this a little bit more interesting. You are going to find that I am not like most of the Hyuga’s. I know things that they wouldn’t particularly use in battle. First let me make myself a little faster.� Sanjuro removed the weights on his arms and legs, he had now dropped 350 pounds. “ There, I feel a lot less constricted now. I can’t tell you how much those things had been holding me down, I was using all of my strength to keep up with everyone on the way here, but I managed. Time to use a new technique.� As soon as Sanjuro finished, he disappeared and reappeared immediately in front of Zonaracku.

“Eight Gates Bombardment� Sanjuro struck Zonaracku square in the chest, forcing some of his chakra into Zonaracku. This technique was designed specifically to close the opened gates that an opponent would activate during combat. It wouldn’t necessarily kill the opponent, but at least it would confuse the opponent and slightly distract. Once the technique was used, Sanjuro again disappeared and reappeared where he was again.

Zonaracku felt the man's movement, as soon as he felt it, he activated his Citeran. Everything began to slow down, giving Zonaracku the time to avoid this attack by jumping to the left of Sanjuro, sending his left palm for the skull of Sanjuro, "Left Palm Strike."

The other clone stayed hidden, non-stop movement, keeping him concealed for the moment.

"You know no power untill you have a Citeran."

The trees in Konoha "moved" a little. Sound Ninja leapt everywhere. Suddenly... There was a snapping sound and then:
"Bakudan. Bakuryuu!!!"

The trees exploded as two sound ninja were killed and five knocked backwards by the blast radius. "Kageijin!" A blitz of lightning waves mixed with shadow patterns emerged everywhere. A beam shot towards a sound ninja, he jumped, laughing. Then was shocked as the beam came from behind and electrocuted him.

Three others were killed by this and one knocked out cold. Finally, the exhausted Korenzu landed on the ground. "Bastard... Take this!" Five Sound ninja surrounded him with shurikens, Korenzu's slender white dragon wrapped around him rapidly in a tornado wave and knocked all the weapons out of the way, killing one Sound.

Korenzu stood up. Glaring at the remaining four. "If there's anything different from me, and you, it's our skill difference." There was something different in his voice. One sound ninja smirked and whistled, ten others arrived at the scene. Korenzu looked at the Hyuuga compound and his at adversaries. He clenched his shoulder again... Something... Hurt.

"Get him!" The Sound roared. In a flash, Korenzu had two Sound clamped by the throat, he snapped their necks and moved in lightspeed towards another, he elbowed him, the sheer alacracity killed the ninja. A swing of his leg and a sky uppercut killed two others.

The sound backed away, "Are you... A taijutsu expert?" Korenzu turned to the remaning nine or so. The seal covered half his body. One of the sound's eyes widened. "Thats-"
Screams echoed through the air as blood splattered on the walls, Korenzu walked towards the Hyuuga compound, a look in his eyes fortelling darkness, leaving the remanining innards and bones of the
dreadfully destroyed bodies behind.

Zonaracku noticed Korenzu coming to the compound and smirked a bit, "Father must have let him go." Quickly,after he had avoided the attack recently declared on him, he would begin to form a few hand signs as he smirked. "Barrier Form."

Quickly, a black barrier surrounded Zonaracku and his foe. Keeping everyone out. Zonaracku looked through the barrier to see Korenzu standing there, his eye's looking into Korenzu's. As he did, the symbol on the childs body began to grow, staining his skin with markings.

Sanjuro was now engulfed in some sort of a barrier. ‘Interesting, he thinks that he can confine me into this bubble, he hasn’t fought that many Hyuga ninja yet. Lets try and see how strong this barrier is.’ Sanjuro thought to himself. He quickly got in the proper stance.

“Eight Trigrams Palms Great Heavenly Spin� Sanjuro quickly started to spin at an incredible rate, releasing chakra in all directions at the same time creating a rather large sphere of blue chakra. The sphere pushed out in all directions violently engulfing everything within the barrier. The chakra sphere started to crake the barrier.’ I guess that I was a little tougher then I thought .� Sanjuro again thought to himself, he had yet to realize that Zonaracku was at the other end of the barrier, Sanjuro’s technique had pushed him back and had damaged him a fair amount.

“ Time to use one of my other jutsu’s.� Sanjuro spoke softly under his breath. He needed to quickly mold his chakra, this wouldn’t be the problem. The problem was time, the jutsu that he was going to do had quiet a few hand signs. He wasn’t sure if he was going to have the time he needed to go through all the hand signs he needed to perform. That’s when he noticed that it was now darker then it was when the barrier was not up. All the ninja’s from the Shadow village are required to learn how to manipulate shadows, even disappear into them if they had to. He quickly performed the hand signs Boar, Dog, Monkey, Horse, Tiger. He quickly disappeared into the shadow. ‘ This would give me the security that I need to perform the hand signs that I need to perform. So let me begin’ Sanjuro quickly thought as he started to perform the hand signs: Tiger, Ox, Monkey, Rabbit, Sheep, Boar, Ox, Horse, Monkey, Tiger, Dog, Tiger, Serpent, Tiger, Ox, Monkey, Rabbit, Bird, Sheep, Serpent, Tiger, Rabbit, Serpent, Dragon, Rabbit, Bird.

“Wind Element; Wind Dome Jutsu�

Sanjuro had reappeared in the middle of the barrier and wind started to pick up at an extreme rate and velocity. The gale force wind took the form of a dome and quickly started to huge barrier‘s walls. The area within the barrier would prove to be too small, far too small to contain the extreme speed at which the turbulent winds had gotten to be. The winds had started to push out onto the walls of the barrier. The cracked barrier walls gave way to the winds and it broke under the stress of the powerful winds. A second later the strong winds busted out in all directions braking the windows and doors in the immediate area.

“You will now see the futility of your curse mark. By the time that I get through with you, you will beg me to end it.� Sanjuro spoke as Zonaracku laid there after the two attacks he had experienced.

Kanzaki circled overhead still in his hawk form, observing the fight between his squad mate and this self proclaimed all powerful ninja. So far he wasn't impressed, but it looked like he could have some fun with these Sound Shinobi that are supposedly as good as the Konoha ANBU. Kanzaki landed in a tree outside the compound and observed the Sound Ninja. None even bothered to give a second glance to the Hawk that was eyeballing them. 'Amateurs.' Kanzaki though, 'They may be strong, but they lack experience, and that will be their downfall.' Kanzaki silently shifted back to his human form when none of the Sound Ninja were looking his way. He rose to his feet and pressed his back against the trunk of the tree. "Chameleon style camouflage." He smiled as he softly spoke those words, but the next words he spoke aloud, making sure the Sound Ninja heard him, "I wonder if you're even experienced enough to find me while I'm simply playing around." This time the ninja heard him and a barrage of kunai and shuriken came flying towards him, which Kanzaki was easily able to dodge. He jumped from the tree into the air, still almost completely camouflaged and whispered, "Cat style for a silent landing." Kanzaki landed on all fours with a sound that only the best ears in the animal world could pick up. Meanwhile, the ten Sound Ninja that were present gathered together in a defensive circle. 'You guys are making it almost too easy for me.' Kanzaki stopped about half was there as he suddenly got an idea. He placed his middle and pointer fingers together on both hands and then crossed them in front of his face. Several Shadow Clones suddenly appears on the scene. On in the tree where he had originally be watching the Sound Ninja, two from where he was currently sitting, one running to the left, the other to the right, and one in the air above them. Nine of the ten ninja eyes began darting back and forth between Shadow Clone, trying to figure out what to do. Kanzaki was interested in the one ninja who remained calm, he was the leader. "Go!" As the leader spoke, three ninja went after each of the three Shadow Clones that were right there, leaving the leader looking around, trying to find the real Kanzaki. The leader spotted the Shadow Clone in the tree and smiled. "Got you." This was the moment Kanzaki had been waiting for. "No, I've got you. Tiger's Claw. Kanzaki made himself visible and lunged towards the remaining ninja. Kanzaki dug the tips of his fingers, which were now as sharp as claws into the ninja, his right hand above the heart with the fingers pointing towards the right and the left hand in the gut with the fingers point out to the left. "Tiger Claw palm rotation." Kanzaki quickly twisted his hands, with the claws still deep in the ninja's chest so that his hands were facing the opposite way from where they had originally been facing. Then in one final quick movement Kanzaki flung his arms open, ripping the Sound Ninja open in the chest, exposing the left side of the ninja's ribcage and in the gut spilling some of the intestates. Kanzaki stood to his full height and looked around. The nine other ninja had finished dealing with the three Shadow Clones Kanzaki had created and were now staring wide eyed at Kanzaki who's hands and front were covered in their leaders blood.

"Well now. Who's next?" Kanzaki was standing there with a murderous glint in his eye that caused four of the remaining nine ninja to turn tail and run.

"You're not going to get away from me." Kanzaki bit the thumb on his left hand and ran it down his right arm then made a few hand seals Boar, Dog, Monkey, Bird, Sheep hand placed his palms flat on the ground. In front of him four holes appeared in the ground as pillar of fires shot into the air. From each hole a tiger quickly emerged and each one made its way after one of the fleeing ninja.

"One on five. That hardly seams fair. If you want to go get some more ninja, then I'll gladly wait for your return, if you can even get away. Sharingan!" Kanzaki moved forward pulling Tokijin off his back. He bright the sword down to the ground and brought it up through one of the ninja, slicing through at the ninja's left hip and coming out by the right shoulder. Kanzaki landed on his knees and spun around, slicing another of the ninja through the knees. Kanzaki dropped Tokijin as one of the two remaining ninja came towards him with a kunai out. Kanzaki started making hand sings, Dog, Rat, Bird, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Tiger. A spike of Earth shot out form the ground up towards the ninja, impaling him through the bottom of the jaw. The final ninja dropped to his knees with wide eyes. "Please, please don't kill me. I was only following orders!"

Kanzaki stood and picked up Tokijin and placed the blade against the ninja's neck. "Leave now. And never return to either Konoha or the Sound." Kanzaki slowly pulled the blade off the guys neck, leaving a small cut on the guys neck and strapped Tokijin to his back. Kanzaki could smell the tigers. They had returned, each with blood on their breath. He smiled behind his mask and started walking off. After take several steps he snapped his fingers, signaling the tigers to attack. The last thing Kanzaki heard as he was headed towards the Hyuga compound was screaming and tearing sounds.