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Chapter 9: Konohagakure no sato (6) - Invasion

A month and a week since arrival.

When Harry appeared together with Rias in the leaf village, what they saw was something quite horrible for two young people who had never been in a war. And while the level of death and destruction might be much less than a large-scale war, it was still happening in front of them.

Villagers ran in one direction while shouting, hurrying others to get to shelters; meanwhile, some allied shinobi defended them from the sudden attacks of Suna and Oto.

Attacks spat from the mouths of different elemental natures, rock shields, rays that exploded and killed men and women in powerful explosions and left only blood and remains behind.

Harry clenched his teeth tightly and the sound created by friction was audible to Rias. She was more prepared than Harry, but when she saw the green eyes flash with rage and power, she raised her hand and squeezed his shoulder.

"Harry… you need to calm down. Jumping up in anger will only make you more susceptible to the enemy's taunts. Cool your head and then you can help," Rias said seriously. She knew she wasn't the best at giving this kind of advice. But, unlike Harry, she had killed before. Even if they were lost devils, they were still lives she ended with her own hands.

Harry inhaled sharply, closed his eyes, and finally exhaled. His eyes opened and showed more calm, but the coldness in them could be clearly noticed. Then, using the chakra in his body, he jumped towards a rooftop, chasing after an Oto shinobi who was chasing two Konoha allies.

He formed hand seals and exhaled a fireball that took the enemy by surprise, causing them to be caught by the ninjutsu and begin to burn as he screamed. Harry turned a little pale as the smell of burning flesh entered his nose, but he clenched his fists and continued to run forward, leaving behind the two Konoha shinobi, surprised by the sudden help from someone who was not wearing an identification headband.

Rias did not want to show her wings, so she used chakra to jump up onto the rooftops and look around, looking for places where they could need her help the most. She could immediately notice how three huge snakes rose up destroying part of Konoha's infrastructure. They hissed as they moved around annihilating people and destroying more buildings.

Rias looked on coldly before her hands glowed crimson and three snakes created with her power of destruction rose from her, roaring at the enemy snakes. The animated constructs that Rias created were much smaller, this so as not to destroy more or harm the allies. But, the power in each one of them was enough for those summons to be destroyed.

Jiraiya who had arrived just in time, could see how Rias completely destroyed the summons and exhaled in relief.

"Rias!"

"Jiraiya?!", she asked with a bit of surprise.

"I will take care of this sector. I need you to go to the stadium and destroy the barrier that encloses Sarutobi-sensei. With your power of destruction it is possible to help there!"

Rias nodded seriously before starting to run towards the Konoha stadium. As she ran at full speed, she could see Harry using his wand to cast expelliarmus to disarm the enemies and use Katon Ninjutsu to eliminate others.

. . .

Harry felt like vomiting, his hands shaking slightly as he continued to help allies disarm enemies and allow the Konoha Shinobi and Kunoichi to land fatal blows. But, at the same time, he was also fighting with approaching enemies. Each death brought by his hands made him feel worse.

Inside his conscience, he knew that what he was doing was not entirely wrong. He was defending himself, helping the village and killing people who simply seemed to kill their targets for fun. But, a part of him also felt disgusted by doing such a thing.

"Now I really understand people who fear Voldemort so much...", he thought as he threw himself to the side, rolling on the ground, dodging five lightning balls aimed at him.

"If Voldemort is capable of enjoying this kind of thing... I truly understand his fears now. That bastard enjoys torturing and killing... causing suffering to other people without the slightest hesitation," Harry put his hands on the ground and, without any hand seals, lifted a piece of ground that made two Suna shinobi destabilize. Then, in a fluid movement of his wand, he killed them using diffindo, slicing their necks.

"However... sometimes this is necessary," Harry said in his mind. "If people like Voldemort or his followers... even those in front of me right now, are left free without the slightest punishment, then the world would be a dark hole filled with suffering."

Harry now had a more determined look and formed hand seals.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

*Boom!*

A huge cloud of smoke manifested along with a large rumbling sound. When the cloud vanished, the enemies could see a huge toad. The summoning toad was a light blue-green on its body and a dark blue-green on its back. It didn't have clothes, but rather a sort of flexible strap and also had large sabers behind its back.

"Gamahiro... let's work together."

"Of course, Harry," Gamahiro jumped with Harry on his head before spitting out a huge jet of water that swept away the enemies on the street in front of the toad-man team. When he landed, Harry began to use his chakra to the fullest, launching Suiton Ninjutsu one after another, knocking down the enemies while Gamahiro cut them with his katana.

The allies watched this in surprise before smiling and nodding, charging forward with renewed strength, ending the lives of more enemy shinobi. Jiraiya who was watching from afar, let out a small whistle at the impressive block that Harry had created. He was also amazed at the enormous progress Harry had made in his chakra and Ninjutsu levels in just three weeks.

. . .

When Rias arrived at the roof where the Third Hokage was fighting a fight with two really powerful men, she caught the attention of the Anbu who were watching angrily for not being able to help.

"Who are you?!", one of them asked forcefully.

"Calm down...", Rias raised her hands. "I'm an ally... Jiraiya asked me to come to destroy the barrier."

When Rias finished speaking, she didn't wait for any response or comment. Her power of destruction erupted from her body, making the tiles on the roof shake while other loose ones rose. She stretched out her hands and a rectangle that surrounded the barrier manifested before it exploded, completely eliminating the barrier.

"What the hell?!!", a red-haired girl who maintained the barrier, shouted angrily and surprised to see how the barrier was eliminated.

"Charge now!" the Anbu captain immediately shouted, appearing in front of the red-haired girl, slashing with his sword.

Hiruzen jumped back, dodging a jet of high-pressure water as he looked at Rias and gave her a nod.

"Hiruzen, that girl is powerful. It seems like you will manage to survive another day," the staff Hiruzen was holding manifested an eye before he spoke seriously.

"It seems so, Enma."

However, the short talk caused Hashirama to appear in front of Hiruzen, extending his fist to strike the Third Hokage. But at the same time, the power of Rias' destruction erupted from the ground, as she stomped her foot. Crimson energy spread towards Hashirama, creating spikes from the ground and piercing through the First Hokage's Edo Tensei body.

"I will help you from afar, Lord Hokage," Rias slowly walked over, standing to the side of the Third Hokage, looking towards the two previous Hokages and Orochimaru, in the back.

"Who are you?", Orochimaru asked, hissing in anger that his plans were not going as expected.

"My name is Rias Gremory. Disciple of the two toad sages of Myobokuzan."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes in annoyance before raising his head and pulling out the Kusanagi sword from his mouth.

"I see... Kukuku... Then it will be more satisfying to kill you, child."

"We'll see...", Rias narrowed her eyes before moving to the side, dodging water needles that Tobirama had shot from his mouth. She immediately charged towards Tobirama to begin the battle.

Hiruzen just waited alertly from behind, as did Orochimaru. However, what they expected never came. Hashirama completely disappeared after he was attacked and scattered into what looked like pieces of paper.

"What... what did that girl do?" Hiruzen muttered in surprise.

"Old friend, that girl is able to use all things in nature. Her power unites all five elements along with Yin-Yang to create such attacks. She is able to even separate the consciousness and soul of living creatures. Most likely, she cut the soul connection of the First Hokage to separate him from the Edo Tensei."

Upon hearing Enma, Hiruzen was surprised and smiled slightly at Orochimaru, who apparently also heard what Enma said. The Sannin had a furious expression as he looked at his former sensei.

"There's no point in staying here…", Orochimaru muttered, realizing that his plan to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen had failed. He jumped back, dropping from the roof and disappearing from everyone's sight.

The Third Hokage let out a sigh of relief, especially as he watched Rias finish off Tobirama, forming a sword and slicing Edo Tensei's body diagonally in two.

"You're a scary girl... all my attacks were eliminated by you...", Tobirama commented before disappearing completely.

"It's a compliment I'll take with pride, especially coming from a leader like you," Rias muttered softly, making her sword of power of destruction disappear.

. . .

Harry ran at full speed towards the huge monster that had appeared out of nowhere. It looked like a raccoon formed out of sand. However, as he was getting there, he noticed a huge cloud of white smoke appear before revealing Gamabunta with Naruto on his head. Harry climbed to the top of a tree and watched as Naruto fought in a team with the tough toad.

When Gamabunta transformed into a huge nine-tailed fox, Harry whistled in amazement.

"That's a good way to use Henge. Naruto has really gotten stronger since I last saw him."

When the battle ended and he saw his friend crawling away, he descended towards him and listened to him. Harry sighed as he heard Naruto's deepest feelings before a blonde girl appeared.

"You better take him... Naruto just gave him a chance that no one else would give him."

Temari just nodded before carefully picking up Gaara.

Harry looked at Naruto who was shaking slightly from all the effort he had put in.

"Hey... old man... looks like you kicked his ass thoroughly."

"Harry..." Naruto opened one eye and grinned like a fox. "Yeah... I kicked his ass thoroughly."

"Ha... Hahaha..." the young wizard laughed before picking Naruto up and carrying him on his shoulder. "I'll take you to a safer place.

"Thank you-ttebayo... I'm completely exhausted."

Harry began walking out of the forest with Naruto hanging on one of his shoulders.

"By the way... Have you gotten bigger?"

"Training works wonders, Naruto."

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