29 The Brothers

"Hmm... in hindsight of this new... nuisance, I'll have to use my trump card faster than I would've wanted"

I looked as Orochimaru performed the handseals to the one Jutsu that would bring back to life an army of Ninja at some point. Tiger, Snake, Dog, Dragon and he clapped his hands. Then I heard the dreaded name.

"Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei"

Two coffins lifted from the ground and, once their lids were removed, Hashirama and Tobirama Senju came from inside them. The first one to speak was the younger brother.

"Hmm... to think someone perfected this Jutus of mine"

"Ohh, Hiruzen-kozo, you're Hokage now?"

It was surprising how calm and playful they were in the situation of being brought back to life. If this was in three years time, I would certainly die. The only thing that gave me a small room to breath was the fact that they were weaker than during their time, since the Edo Tensei wasn't really perfect.

"Shodai-sama, Nidaime-sama!"

"No need for the honorifics, kid. We're not supposed to be here"

I didn't quite like being ignored, so I did what I thought most logical in this situation. Picking everyone's atention back to me.

"*cough* It is a pleasure to meet you both, Shodai-sama, Nidaime-sama"

Instantly all four heads turned into my direction, which made me a bit uncomfortable. So much so, in fact, that I shifted in my place.

"Ehehe... Hi?"

"Who is this pup, Sandaime?"

I was kind of expecting the answer to that question, but I wasn't quite ready to hear. Being told you are valued is one thing. Hearing someone tell to others that you are valued is another, and it is worth so much more. Hiruzen just looked at me, then

"He is the future of Konoha"

Tobirama looked at me with interest, Hashirama smirked in confidence and Orochimaru scowled... again. I just grinned happily. I had been lying to everyone and they still trusted me and cared about me. Fuck, Hiruzen basically was entrusting the village to me. I... I had to live to the expectations.

"I don't think you two will just allow us to go through and get to Orochimaru, right?"

"We will... is what I would like to say, but he is controling our bodies currently"

"Well... I tried"

After hearing what I said, Hashirama clapped his hands and created a forest around us. I was fighting against the amazement I felt, trying to focus on not dying. In the end, not dying won the battle, with me barely dodging an attack from Tobirama. It was at that moment that things began getting rough.

"Suiton: Great Waterfall!"

"Suiton: Great Waterfall"

A batle of Water Jutsus went off between Tobirama and I, with him gaining the upper hand in spite of being weakened by the Edo Tensei. That was when I added my little trick to the Jutsu. Making the incredibly big projectile rotate I compressed it. This was how I had terraformed the Thousand Fissures Desert... partially.

The rotational force combined with the water being compressed made my Jutsu go through Tobirama's. From inside, I made the water explode ourwards, effectively canceling his jutsu. All this while Hiruzen held Hashirama in place, or else I would've been impaled by a wooden... stalagtite? It didn't matter, I'd probably be dead.

"Hm... you certainly are good for your age. Though not as good as I was"

"I'd certainly apprecite it if you didn't compare me to a monster such as yourself, Nidaime-sama"

"*chuckle* Let's see if you survive this... Suiton: Suishōha!

I thought of the multiple things I could do to survive the Jutsu. I guess it took a millisecond, since the water was approaching fast, that I decided to avoid facing fire with fire -or in this case, water with water- and used smarter approach.

"True Beast: Okami. Nagareru Tsume!"

Rotating like an idiot, I pierced through the wave Tobirama created. The one good thing about this jutsu was that now I could use more Jutsus without sending as much chakra. But sheesh was this harsh. I had been on the defensive for the entire skirmish.

"And a Jutsu created by yourself... a combination of... Inuzuka Beast Imitation and Suiton, right? Interesting and powerful, I must admit"

"Thank you... but it's not Beast Imitation..."

As I said that, I began changing from my usual form to a more animalistic one. As every time I did it, my legs grew anthropomorphic, as did my jaw and mouth. When the ears and tail grew, Tobirama looked genuinely surprised. As did Orochimaru, but he was more disturbing than anything else.

"True Beast Ninja Arts: Okami"

"Ryota Inuzuka... I really want to experiment on you..."

Once again shifting in my place from how disturbing the pedo was, I focused on the Nidaime. He was looking at me with a hint of pride and a hint of surprise, his mind probably moving fast while trying to process how I did it. Luckily, his chakra sensing capabilities were extremely good.

"That is a unique way of using your Chakra and it should be unique to you, because of how your Chakra is attuned"

"You certainly are one of the most outstanding researchers to exist, Nidaime-sama. It is an honor to be able to battle you, even in the worst of conditions"

Tobirama didn't have enough time to actually answer, as Orochimaru forced him to attack more fiercely than before. As such, I also didn't have enough time to converse if I wanted to survive. If it was this hard to keep up with one of them, I didn't want to imagine both. I felt a lot more respect for the old man all of a sudden.

"Suiton: Suidanha"

I could just avoid the Jutsu and be done with it... but that wouldn't have been fun at all. As such, I ran in different patterns while flickering when I was in danger, guiding Tobirama to where I wanted his Jutsu to hit slowly.

"Water Beast: Shuryōba"

Taking advantage of the Hunting Grounds, I teleported towards the puddle closer to my objective. Tobirama's Jutsu hadn't stopped following me when I finally got hold of whom I wanted.

"Suiton: Water Prison. Orochimaru, stop playing. There is no way you fell for this stupid trick"

He had canceled the Jutsu with his control of Tobirama and I barely dodged out of the way when I felt the Kusanagi sword piercing from below the tiles.

'This is going south really fast'

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A/N= My back is killing me and my neck hurts too, but I wanted to write at least this chapter now. I'm sleeping with my mattress over the floor (which I have done many times at friends houses and whatnot when I was younger [You're twenty youo big bitch, stop complaining], alas, not with my back hurting so much), because my room will be a mess until I finish painting. But I had this chapter mostly thought out, and I wanted to write it so you would have at least one little chapter to read today. Night!