Several miles outside of Konoha several dozen Oto and Suna Shinobi sat around three summoning seal arrays.
Always having been a meticulous planner, Orochimaru had made sure to set several decoy summoning arrays so that in case the invasion was found out and the Konoha Shinobi somehow managed to find his summoning arrays, he would still have several left in the wing.
The one dozen ninja began going through a set of hand signs before slamming them into the array.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!!!!"
Three large puffs of smoke surrounded the area and when it cleared there were three large snakes. The two on the left were fairly average looking, albeit nearly the size of the Hokage tower, one had green scales, while the others was black.
However, it was the one in the middle that caught everyone's attention, of course seeing how the middle one had three heads that was very understandable.
The snakes surged forward, the one in the middle in the lead. They crashed through one of the towering walls around Konoha and began to wreak havoc on the village.
Jiraiya and his team of Anbu looked up and they saw the giant snakes smashing into Konoha on the opposite side of where they were located.
"Shit, that damn snake set us up with decoys! I want you all to start with the operation. I'll take care of the summons!" Jiraiya ordered the Anbu.
" On it, Lord Jiraiya!" Eagle saluted and took off with the other Anbu following him. The Toad Sage looked over at the stadium where his sensei snd his student were probably fighting at right now.
"I hope those two are safe."
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Within a sector of Konoha that looked near abandoned, a cage opened and Gaara stepped out. He had a crazed homicidal expression on his face. He was also in his Partial Transformation form. It was disgusting because drool was seeping down his mouth.
His head swished around as if looking for prey, the drool flying everywhere as he glared at not seeing anything here. With nothing here to kill he started running off.
"UZUMAKI!!! WHERE ARE YOU UZUMAKI!! COME AND LET ME PROVE MY EXISTENCE TO YOU!!!!! "
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The battle between Hiruzen, A, Bee, Kakashi against Orochimaru had intensified to the extreme as both sides showed why they're worthy of being called an S-rank Shinobi.
Since Hiruzen had his Shadow Clones do his paperwork, he was finally able to train so he was able to mostly keep up with Orochimaru.
"I did not expect the Yondaime Raikage to actually come to your aid sensei. Still, this changes nothing! Konoha will burn by the end of this battle!" Orochimaru declared. It was the truth, Kumo was under no obligation to assist Konoha and they had been at each other's throats for a long time. That had been part of the reason he had continued with his plan to attack regardless.
"You're overestimating your chances, Orochimaru! Pride is the start of one's downfall!" Hiruzen shouted back and bit his thumb, smearing the blood along his other hand and beginning a sequence of hand seals. Orochimaru widened his eyes a little, knowing what Hiruzen was about to do.
" The old monkey is right yo! This battle is no longer in your favor since me and big bro have come onto this show!! "
" Bee is right, this battle will no longer be as easy as you think." A agreed with Bee's words, even though he was resisting the urge to palm his face at his brother's rap.
"Kukuku, perhaps... Though I am curious...you are not allies with Konoha, so why side with them in this fight? You would greatly benefit from its destruction. " Orochimaru's question made A shook his head.
" That's only a possibility, their destruction does not guarantee my village more missions. And when I heard I would get to get rid of you, you who has caused quite an uproar in my village when you had your right hand man kidnap several children with Kekkei Genkai from Kumo, I was more than happy to help him in this battle!! "
"Ah, I suppose you would still be upset by that. Well, it doesn't matter in the end. Since you all will die from this anyway. " Orochimaru went through a set of hand seals in a blur.
"Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!!!"
Hiruzen widened his eyes as he just finished his set of hand seals. "Orochimaru you bastard!! How dare you use that Jutsu! It was a mistake to let you live all those years ago. However today, I will rectify that mistake!! This is the day I end your ambitions, my foolish former student. Summoning Jutsu!!"
Hiruzen declared and slammed his hand into the ground, an array of seals appearing under it. There was a puff of smoke to signify the Hokage summoning something.
" Monkey King: Enma!!!" The smoke cleared, revealing Enma, Hiruzen's personal summon. Enma's body and tail is covered by white fur which protrude from his sleeves and pants. He has long unkempt white hair that reached his back and long sideburns and a goatee.
He wears a black suit with mesh armour underneath, over which he wears a sleeveless kimono-shirt with white fur trimmings, and markings reminiscent of tiger stripes on it, which is held closed by a red sash. Enma also wears a Konoha forehead protector.
The ape observed his new surroundings briefly, before his eyes locked onto the gold slitted eyes of Orochimaru. "So it has come to this after all..." He whispered.
Orochimaru smirked at Hiruzen's enraged expression as three coffins appeared in front of him. The coffins opened, revealing three people that made A, Kakashi, Bee and the Anbu outside the barrier freeze in fear.
"Lord First.... Lord Second... Lady Mito..." Kakashi whispered to himself. Orochimaru had brought back three of Konoha's and the world's most powerful shinobi back to life.
The aging Hokage had never imagined that his former student would stoop so low as to use this Jutsu, a Jutsu that he had tried to hide from everyone after he had become Hokage due to how truly despicable it was.
But Hiruzen immediately stopped thinking like that. Of course Orochimaru would use this Jutsu, the snake is twisted, had developed a a god complex and highly values himself while delighting in striking terror in his first impressions.
He was only glad that the Fourth Hokage was strangely not able to surface or this battle would have been so far out of his favor it would have been considered ridiculous.
Hiruzen looked at Hashirama Senju who stepped out of his own coffin first. Hashirama was a tall man with tanned skin and dark eyes. He had waist-length black hair typically styled in a centre-parted fringe that framed his face.
He often wore the standard shinobi dress of his era, consisting of dark red armour worn over a simple black suit with sandals. This armour was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body. Each collar of his shoulder guards bore the Senju symbol and he wore he village's forehead protector on his forehead.
"Saru, is that you? You've gotten old." Hashirama greeted Hiruzen.
" It must have been a long time since we have been dead eh Saru? " Hiruzen looked at the one standing on Hashirama's left. It was the Second Hokage and Hashirama's little brother, Tobirama Senju.
Tobirama was a fair-skinned man with silver, shaggy hair and red colored eyes. He had three red markings on his face, one under each of his eyes and one on his chin. In combat, he wore blue armour with a distinctive white fur collar over a simple black suit.
This armour was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body. Beneath his shoulder armour he wore two extra shoulder guards on each arm. This clothing was accompanied by sandals and a happuri engraved with Konoha's emblem in place of the more traditional forehead protector.
Tobirama looked over his shoulder and saw Orochimaru. "Must be the person who summoned us. He smells like a snake." He grumbled.
"How is Biwako, Hiruzen? And how is Kushina? I don't sense both of their chakras at all." Hiruzen gulped as he looked at Mito Uzumaki, the Goddess of Fūinjutsu who asked the question.
Mito had long, bright-red hair and large, black pupilless eyes. She wore an elaborate, high-collared kimono with the Uzushiogakure symbol on the back of the obi which was tied around her waist.
Her hair was arranged in buns with hair pins in them and three clips in the front. She also wore a dark shade of red lipstick and had a rhombus marking reminiscent of the Strength of a Hundred Seal on her forehead. She also wore tags with kanji written on them in her hair decals.
"I.... I....." Hiruzen stuttered, not even knowing where to start. Mito held up her hand, noticing his expression.
"I think it's best to save the chitchat for later." Mito interrupted, making Hiruzen sigh im relief.
"I would have never thought we would meet again like this, Lord First, Lord Second, Lady Mito. I suggest you prepare yourselves." Hiruzen choked out, appalled at the way he had to see them.
Orochimaru grinned as he implanted a special talisman attached to the end of a kunai within the three reincarnations' brain.
The talisman's design determines how strong the control is. At its most basic, the reincarnated souls retain their personality, giving them the freedom to approach a given task however they like so long as it broadly carries out the summoner's bidding.
On the one hand, this makes them more useful in combat because they know how best to use their own abilities and, if deployed against somebody they knew when they were alive, there is a possibility for psychological warfare.
On the other hand, although they are compelled to do as their summoner wishes and act without reluctance, they can undermine their summoner to a degree, either by making poor decisions that opponents can take advantage of or by giving opponents advice about how to defeat them.
Orochimaru prefers this level of control. Hiruzen clenched his fists as the three reincarnations' became emotionless immediately.
He looked at Hashirama in the face while gritting his teeth.
'Come back quickly Naruto, you're the only one who knows the flaw to this Jutsu and the way to perform it!'
To be continued...