A Warrior's Path 75 Chapter 75. Death

Ryu smirked " You been well? Snaky. "

Orochimaru was frightened but seeing two kages beside him, he regained his composure " Thanks to you, I spend nearly a month on bed."

Ryu simply laughed " Hahaha, enough of the chit chat. Shall we start this party? "

Orochimaru retreated while shouting " Kill him!! "

Tobirama acted first " Water style : Water wave "

Huge amounts of water shot from his mouth covering everything inside the barrier. Has.h.i.+rama got close to Ryu.

The attack didn't faze Ryu, he calmly parried Has.h.i.+rama's moves while Tobirama supported Has.h.i.+rama.

" Water style: Water dragon "

A huge water dragon rose from water surrounding them. It attacked Ryu, trying to bind him.

Ryu glanced at the incoming attack and muttered " Ice style : Absolute Zero "

Ripples formed throughout the whole water turning it to ice. Orochimaru's pupils shrunk as he saw this. He remembered his battle with Ryu.

He didn't use any hand signs to invoke any Jutsu, moreover he was able to use many Kekkei Genkai's.

' What's his secret. He is able to use more than one kekkei Genkai, and they seem stronger than the original.

Well doesn't matter. Once first and second catch him, I can slowly find out. '

Orochimaru licked his lips in antic.i.p.ation.

Ryu froze Tobirama's technique, he caught Has.h.i.+rama's hand and swung him away. Tobirama capitalized on this as he appeared behind Ryu, he was about to stab Ryu.

Ryu " Hirais.h.i.+n eh? You fight similar to Minato but... still not enough. "

Ryu dodged Tobirama in an inhuman way. He gracefully rotated in air, delivering a kick to Tobirama's head.

The kick nearly separated his body and head but still the damage was fatal. As Tobirama was a reanimation his body would just rea.s.semble. Using this chance Ryu moved towards Has.h.i.+rama.

Has.h.i.+rama " Wood style : Wood prison "

Wood surrounding them crazily tried to bind Ryu. But no matter how hard they tried they couldn't bind him, it's like he is able to foresee where the next attack would come from.

Not only Orochimaru, even Anbu's watching the battle outside the Barrier were frozen due to shock. They knew of Ryu's strength but never have they imagined him to be this strong. He was going head on against two of the greatest s.h.i.+n.o.bis in the history of leaf village.

Ryu spoke " These trees are starting to annoy me. "

He spread his arms " Dust style : Atomic Dismantle "

With Ryu as center, a wave spread across the whole barrier. Everything this wave touched turned to dust. Ryu seemed to forget about Sarutobi being inside the barrier. Poor old man, he barely managed to keep himself safe.

Sarutobi yelled " F**k brat!! I am also here!! "

Only now did Ryu remember Sarutobi " Oh! Sorry old man. Anyway try not to get killed. "

Ryu resumed his fight, Sarutobi cursed Ryu for not respecting his elders but still he was grateful. If not for Ryu, who knows what would happen. He focused his attention onto the fight.

Has.h.i.+rama placed his palms together " Wood style : Deep forest emergence "

Ryu spoke " This again. Let me show you the true power of wood style. "

He didn't do any hand signs, he simply placed his hand on the ground as he muttered

" Wood style : Tree of beginning

YGGDRASIL !!!! "

Earth trembled, Has.h.i.+rama's technique was broken. Tobirama tried to kill Ryu but he dodged Tobirama, piercing his body using a rod with inscriptions on it. The seal spread out from the rod covering Tobirama's entire body, sealing his movements.

Entire stadium crumbled, sound four lost their balance thus removing the barrier but no Anbu had the time to arrest them as they were busy trying to land safely.

Ninjas all around the stadium panicked, they retreated very fast. When they looked towards the stadium, their eyes almost jumped out.

A humongous tree towered over them. It's trunk sparkled with vitality, it's leaves were beautiful and mesmerising, light green tender vines spread throughout its network of leaves.

Ryu stood on a branch as he looked downwards. Orochimaru cut a sorry figure as he laid on the ground. Has.h.i.+rama's body was crumbled all over but slowly regenerating.

Tobirama had his movements sealed so his entire body was destroyed. As for Sarutobi, he was cursing Ryu every second but he was fine.

Ryu walked towards Has.h.i.+rama, he placed his palm on his body. Strange symbols flicked to existence over Has.h.i.+rama. Moments later, a transparent blue chakra figure floated out. This was his soul.

Has.h.i.+rama's smiled gently " Thank you."

Ryu nodded " It's the right thing to do. Now be at peace. "

Has.h.i.+rama's soul vanished as it returned to the dead. Ryu did the same with Tobirama. Finally his gaze focused onto Orochimaru.

Ryu spoke in a taunting manner " Bet you are thinking how things turned out like this, aren't you? "

Orochimaru was hateful when he looked at Ryu, everything was perfect except for this boy. He ruined years of his plan, he was just inches away from killing Sarutobi buu this boy interfered.

Ryu smirked " Do you know why you failed? ". He pointed his fingers.

" Three things, First you aren't strong enough to shake Konoha.

Second, Your Re-animation wasn't perfect. Both Re-animations only had 60 percent strength. If they were anywhere near 90 percent, you wouldn't be able to bind their souls.

Third, you still came knowing about me.

How confident were you to be that stupid? Anyway..... all of this stops now."

Ryu pointed his palm towards Orochimaru, eight seals shot out forming a seal diagram. Orochimaru was trapped inside, his chakra sealed.

Ryu spoke calmly, an eerie coldness spread from his voice " Fire style : Eternal d.a.m.nation."

Black fire sparked to life within the seal diagram. Orochimaru's entire body was covered by this fire. Eternal d.a.m.nation is a technique Ryu developed early on his training days. This technique uses a black fire that burns away chakra, then bit by bit starts burning physical body. Speed of burning is determined by the user.

For Orochimaru, Ryu slowed down speed of burning. He wanted Orochimaru to feel pain, who knows how many innocent lives this man has killed or experimented on to achieve his goal.

Sarutobi had complex emotions as he looked at Orochimaru. He was once his student, someone he prided in but... alas he took the wrong path.

Ryu ignored Orochimaru's screams, he focused his attention towards Sasuke and Naruto. Both went after Gaara after Sand's attack.

Ryu looked at Sarutobi, he sighed " Old man, don't be sad. Each moment he lives is a life lost. So don't tear over trashes like him.

Situation inside the village is dire. The village need its Hokage. "

His words clearly had an impact on Sarutobi. He cleared his mind of distractions, nodding firmly he ordered

" Check on civilian casualties, Gather every Chunin and above s.h.i.+n.o.bi and eliminate our enemies!! "

" Yes!! Hokage sama!! "

Sarutobi showed his prestige as a Hokage. He looked at Ryu " What's your plan? "

Ryu " I am gonna check on Naruto and Sasuke. "

Sarutobi nodded. Ryu went towards Gaara's direction ' Looks like they are starting. '