Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 65

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Chapter 65

[Jiraiya]

Nobody expected the Raikage's actions, nor those of his brother. Their ally in the whole chaos, Orochimaru, looked wide-eyed as A and B rushed at him. Well, not at him, exactly, but at his resurrected warriors. The Raikage ran towards Tobirama Senju while Killer B charged at Rasa.

The assortment of ninja, Jounin, Anbu and Kage alike, didn't just stand by, of course. Strange as the Kumo ninja's actions were, they could still take advantage of that. Once the Snake Sannin was dealt with, they could see what was up with the Raikage and his brother.

Fortunately, Jiraiya, even with the commotion and the subsequent change of behavior of one of the major figures in the Shinobi World, the Toad Sage had continued with his technique. Hiruzen and him had worked on a counter to the Impure World Reincarnation ever since they'd heard that Orochimaru would be using the technique.

Even more fortunate was the fact that they had access to Tobirama's notes on the technique to try and look for a way to counteract it. The Jutsu was designed without any way to dispel it, yes, but that didn't mean that they couldn't find one regardless. It had taken both of them working together for a whole month and the technique needed a lot of hand seals and chakra, yes, but the results...

When Jiraiya finally finished the long series of hand signs, he rushed towards Hashirama Senju, who was being contained between a combination of his sensei, his sensei's son, Hatake and Gai. The previous God of Shinobi's eyes widened when the Toad Sage's palm pressed against his forehead.

The body of the legend started disappearing into dust and, surprisingly, a smile formed on his face.

"You did a good job, Hiruzen," Hashirama said to Jiraiya's sensei. "I am relieved that Konoha has you," Jiraiya looked at his teacher as he all but teared up at those words, looking years younger for a moment. The Toad Sage gulped, already feeling the strain of his previous fighting and now this technique. He turned towards Tobirama, his next target, and he wondered if he had enough energy in him to dispel Rasa too.

"Don't worry, Jiraiya," The current Hokage told him and he looked at him from the corner of his eyes. "I know we didn't expect to have to dispel more than two. I've already sent word to the Aburame to come and transfer chakra to you through their bugs."

The Toad Sage grimaced slightly at that. Bug chakra transferring wasn't a favorite of his but it was what it was. He'd take that over fighting against a Kage forever any day.

His hands started running through seals once more, preparing the technique once more.

"No! My plans!" Jiraiya heard Orochimaru cry out, clearly realizing that he was losing and losing fast. "You, traitors!" It said something about the Snake's mental state that he didn't realize he didn't have any ground to stand on with that statement. Even if he was right and Kumo seemed to have betrayed him. "I'll kill all of you, I swear!"

Jiraiya rather doubted that would come to pass. With how the fight was going, the Snake had little chance of living, let alone escaping Konoha. If anyone asked him, it was about time that his former teammate was finally caught and justice was delivered. He'd been given his chance, and he'd thrown it away without a care. It had taken some time for the Toad Sage to understand, but there was nothing that would bring back one of his best friends. He was just... lost, and there was nothing he could do to change that.

That didn't mean he wasn't grateful that someone else would be the one to deal with him though.

"Saru," Tobirama said once he was in the same position as his brother had been not so long ago, disintegrating as the Jutsu was dispelled. "I'm so proud of you, Saru. I made the right choice that day."