57 The End of the Invasion! (1/2)

Broly has arrived back into the final exam's arena and saw many dead shinobi. He ignored this as he and Jabie continued on their way to find Esumi. Jabie could track Esumi due to the mini water clone he has inside her to heal her if she ever got injured and he wasn't around. He injected all three of them with the mini water clones as a safety precaution. They were about to hop over the arena's walls until they were stopped by Kakashi.

”I'm issuing you two an immediately A-rank mission. I need you two to chase after the sand genin that your teammate went after. Break Shikamaru and Shino from their genjutsu and take them along with you” Kakashi said before body flickering away and continuing to fight more enemy shinobi.

”Should we do it Suna?” Jabie asked.

”No. Leave the weaklings behind and come on.” Broly said as he ignored Kakashi's direct order and almost hopped over the arena's walls.

”I don't think you should disobey a direct order from a jonin Aomatsuna.” A sudden lazy voice sounded out.

”Orders are orders and as shinobi we follow them. Even if we really don't want to.” Shikamaru said before awaking Shino from the genjutsu.

”What happened?” Shino asked.

”You were caught under an enemies' genjutsu attack. We have a mission right now to go save Esumi.”

”I see. Okay let's go.”

”Keep up or we'll leave you behind.” Broly said as he and Jabie jumped away.

They traveled throughout the forest at high-speeds before being ambushed by group of nine sound shinobi. They appeared from the trees and bushes. Broly grabbed one sound enemy by the throat and swiftly crushed it before slinging him towards another enemy. Jabie did a straight thrust towards an enemy with his hand and knocked one of the sound shinobi into another one, knocking them away. Shikamaru hopped in a tree to avoid an incoming kunai attack before being ambushed from behind by another enemy.

”Guh!” Shikamaru managed to get out before Shino appeared behind his ambusher and punched him away. The enemy shinobi was knocked down before he started to scream in agony as bugs started to cover his entire body.

”Shadow Possession Jutsu!” Shikamaru yelled as he captured the remaining four sound shinobi.

”I can't hold them for long take them out.”

Broly laughed devilishly before dashing towards the four immobile enemies who were scared out of their minds. Broly appeared in front of them as they started to beg and plead before ending them painfully and brutally. Shikamaru held his stomach as if he wanted to control himself from puking. Shino turned his head from the horrifying sight. His bugs started to buzz in fright from the killing intent released from Broly.

”Are you two sure you want to become ninjas? Things like this is a standard in the career.” Jabie said.

”Did you really have to kill them though? We could have easily captured them without trouble.” Shikamaru said looking slightly green.

Broly just looked in his direction with his body all bloodied with a grin.

”Don't tell me a little bit of blood is all it takes to scare you?” Broly said before laughing and heading off.

Jabie immediately followed behind him. Shikamaru and Shino stayed behind for a little bit.

”How could he just kill them… Without hesitation…?” Shikamaru asked to no one in particular.

”Monsters like Aomatsuna and Gaara live in a different world from us.. What they consider normal is very different from our standards. We're just lucky he's on our side..” Shino said.

Shikamaru nodded before he and Shino went to catch up to Aomatsuna and Jabie. When they caught up they noticed Aomatsuna and Jabie stopped up ahead. As they arrived next to them they saw the two sand genin from the chunin exams. A bruised, tired, and beaten Temari and a bandaged Kankuro laying down on her lap. Broly had a terrifying grin on his face as he stared at the weak and injured enemy shinobi.

”These two are worth keeping as prisoners of war. They're the children of the Kazekage.” Jabie said to Suna.

”Unfortunate. Capture them and let's go find Esumi.” Broly said.

Broly watched as Temari lowered her head as she and her brother was captured in Jabie's diamond prison jutsu and had their chakra drained. Although this time it seemed it wasn't drowning them. Broly guessed Jabie could choose whether to drown his victims in his jutsu or not. Broly took off once more. Jabie who held Temari and her brother, Shikamaru, and Shino followed behind him. The last two are becoming more and more uneasy with Jabie and Aomatsuna's way of dealing with things.

They arrived in a large and massive destroyed clearing of the forest. Broly looked in the sky and noticed a gigantic creature was facing off against Esumi, who had a few injuries on her person. Apparently she hasn't noticed them yet as the creature she was facing continued to blast out massive wind blasts and swiped at her with one hand. Esumi must have managed to cut off its arm and tail from how it looked.

”His forehead. Attack Gaara to wake him up and dispel the jutsu..” Temari said.

”Huh? That's a jutsu?! I thought she was just fighting some random beast for kicks.” Jabie said slightly surprised.

”Esumi! Aim for the boy but don't end him.” Broly shouted.

Broly saw Esumi take a look in his direction before disappearing and appearing in front of the limp and unconscious Gaara. The giant creature who also heard Broly's words immediately defended in front of it's forehead.

”Nice try ya squrt! But I'm only getting stronger as time passes! I'm not getting sealed away when I just got free.” The beast said before watching a hole tear through his monster claw and Esumi kicking Gaara across the face.

”No!!! You!!! God damnit!!!!!!” He roared before the red-haired sand genin awoke and stared at Esumi who was standing across from him. He glared at her before using the sand on the beast he was attached to and grab her ankles.

”Haven't you learned by now sleepy head. You need something more than sand to defeat me. But it's time for you to go nighty night once again. Cause this fight is over.” Esumi said before flickering lightning over her body and appearing in front of Gaara before kneeing him in the forehead.

Gaara's forehead started to leak blood as the giant racoon creature made of sand started to crack and crumble apart. Esumi watched as a light brown colored cloud appeared under her and Gaara before slowly floating towards Aomatsuna and the other genin.

Broly saw Esumi holding a sword under Gaara's throat as they arrived in front of them.

”How…. How did you get so strong…? What makes you so powerful…?” Gaara asked exhaustedly. 'I will not cease to exist… I will not disappear…. I won't!'

Broly watched as Esumi's face took on a look of seriousness.

”I could only become this strong.. thanks to my family.. If it wasn't for them, I couldn't imagine how weak I would be currently. My family… allowed me to reach the strength I have now. Without them I would be nothing and have nothing but a single goal. A goal that I would be helpless to accomplish without them.” Esumi answered.

”How… How do you know that you wouldn't be able to do it by yourself..? That it was them…. That gave you strength…?” Gaara asked.

”Because I'm not stupid. I know my limits as a person. Before I had them in my life, my potential for the future was as some average kunoichi or above average kunoichi. An average or above average kunoichi isn't enough for my goal in life. But now I know for a fact I could become even stronger than a kage. The only possible way for me to not get strong enough to accomplish my life goal is if I die.”

'Family….. Love…. Friends…. Is that what makes her so strong….? Strong enough to defeat me..' 'Yada Esumi… Perhaps one day….' Gaara thought before he was also captured in Jabie's water diamond prison jutsu.

”Hey fat ass you mind carrying me. I'm kinda all out of chakra…” Esumi said before falling over.

”Hey wait!” Jabie shouted

As Esumi fell off Aomatsuna's cloud jutsu, she managed to keep her eyes open long enough to find that Suna appeared underneath her and caught her. He slung her over his shoulder.

”You did good Esumi. Take a rest. We'll handle it for now.” Aomatsuna said as she slowly drifted off to sleep.

”Thank god…” Esumi said as finally fell asleep.

Broly, Jabie, Shikamaru, and Shino all walked back to the village with the three sand genin in tow.

*TWO DAYS LATER*

Broly has just left the funeral for the third hokage with Jabie and Esumi. It seems he died in a battle protecting the leaf village from Orochimaru. Broly thought well of the third hokage. He treated him well. 'If I get the chance old man, I'll kill that snake for you if Esumi doesn't first.'

The children of the late Kazekage, who was impersonated by Orochimaru, were returned back to their village. It seems that Konoha decided not to pursue matters further because they were tricked by Orochimaru. Broly thought it was stupid overall. Just take over the Sand village and add its power to Konoha forcefully. That's what he would've done.

”Me and my clones have everything ready for the operation. We can do it tomorrow Suna if you aren't up for it.” Jabie said.

”No. Let's do it now. Let's go.” Broly said as Jabie led him and Esumi towards his secret bunker he's been creating under their apartment grounds. Broly and Esumi were brought in Jabie's room and in front of his closet. Broly watched as Jabie formed multiple drops of water and flicked them in very specific spots in his closet before the floor of Jabie's closet disappeared and a body of water appeared in its place.

”Follow me.” Jabie said as he jumped into the water and started to swim down. Broly and Esumi followed after.

Broly watched as multiple glass tanks had Jabie clones working on different things. One clone was watching another go through hand seals before turning into a puddle of water. The clone that was watching started to write some things down on a notebook before creating another clone. A different glass tank held a Jabie clone that was with all of his pets. It looked as if he was teaching them something. But Broly thought nothing more about it as they reached a shore. Jabie led them into a lab room with three beds. One in the north position, one east, and the last one west.

”After acquiring the fallen bodies of members of every clan except the Uchiha, I managed to extract their cells separately and the special abilities of those clans. Well some of those clans. Some techniques like the Nara clan's shadow possession jutsu isn't something they can do inherently. It's just an elemental ninjutsu that's passed down from oral traditions in the Nara clan. But anyway, I sent my clones to infiltrate and spy on the many clans in Konoha except for the Hyūga clan. With their eyes they would easily be able to see through my water clone's disguises. So soon we will have knowledge on those techniques as well.”

”This has been tested right? I don't wanna come out of this looking like a freaky monster.” Esumi said.

”Yes. Bring her out!” Jabie yelled.

Three clones of Jabie came out escorting a chained black-haired woman who stared at Jabie with a death glare. She had spotted cat ears on top of her head and a long thin black tail, similar to a mouse. Her hands had sharp nails that looked as if they were able to slice through solid rock.