Chapter 307: Attack on Konoha

A/N:- These past few days, I was traveling to meet my sister on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan which is an auspicious Indian festival where a brother pledges to protect his sister from all sort of evils and the sister prays for the well being of the brother to help him through all sorts of rough situations.

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Swoosh…

A shadow creeps behind Izuna. Izuna turns towards the shadow.

"Huh?!"

A small wolf jumps out from the shadow.

"Master! There is an emergency."

The wolf has a grim expression on its face.

"So cute!"

The eyes of the three girls lit up. They immediately surround the wolf and stroke its fur.

"So soft!"

Ayaka wraps her arms around the pelt of the wolf.

"So beautiful!"

Hanabi wraps the tail of the wolf around her neck and cuddles it.

"Roen! I missed you a lot. You should come and play with me more often!"

Ayaka gently strokes Roen's neck.

Tickle… tickle…

She continues to tickle him.

Growl… ahhh… ahhh… Awoo…

Roen's ears twitch slightly and he growls in bliss.

"What an embarrassing sight to show to you, master?!" Roen apologizes to Izuna.

"Go on! Enjoy yourself!" Izuna takes another bite of meat and ignores Roen's plight.

Yakumo watches Ayaka and Hanabi play with Roen. She notices the soft and fluffy fur of Roen.

'I want to play too!'

She hesitates for a bit, but the charm of fluff is irresistible to her.

Yakumo also grabs the soft pelt of Roen and rubs her face against it.

"So fluffy!"

She turns to Ayaka and asks her.

"Who is this wolf?"

"He is Onii-san's summon. His actual size is enormous."

Ayaka expands her arms.

"He is almost as tall as the Hokage Monument. But Roen can shrink himself to this size. When I was small, I used to play with him a lot. Then, brother sent him away on a mission."

Ayaka snorts at Izuna.

Izuna ignores their banter and throws a piece of meat at Roen.

"Let's talk while you have some food. I will cook for you."

He turns towards the server and orders.

"Please send eight pounds of meat to our table."

Soon,

The server arrives with the meat.

Swoosh…

Izuna casts a silencing barrier around the group and turns to Roen.

"It has been four years since we met and three years since you left for your journey. So, how was your experience in these past few years? But first, tell me what is this emergency you speak of?"

Izuna curiously asks Roen as he grills the piece of meat for him.

Chomp… chomp…

Roen bites on the meat and answers.

"Master! As per your orders, I departed for the Land of Sky to search for the traces of the Zero-tails. After three years, I have finally found a lead when I abruptly sensed a large amount of dark chakra.

However, the chakra was immediately suppressed, and I wasn't able to pinpoint the exact location of the Zero-tails.

I tried to search for the trails of the chakra but lost the lead. So, I used our contract to reverse summon myself by your side."

Roen reports the incident.

"I see!"

Hm?!

He raises his head and gazes at the sky.

"Looks like the enemy is quite quick to act."

Whoosh….

Izuna flickers out of Yakiniku-Q restaurant.

He arrives at the center of the village and makes some hand signs.

"Barrier Gate Five Seals Technique: Castle Closing Eight Gates"

Izuna slams his palm on the ground.

Fwoosh…

A gigantic seal forms at the center of the village. The seal quickly spreads through the entire village and covers it.

A giant transparent barrier encloses the entire village.

"What?!"

"What's going on?"

The villager panics at the sudden appearance of the barrier.

At the Hokage Office,

Whoosh…

Tsunade and Shizune flicker to the top of the Hokage office. Both of them notice the giant barrier slowly enclosing the village.

"Tsunade-sama! This is… Is this an enemy attack?"

Shizune has a grim expression.

Hmm…

Tsunade focuses her attention on the barrier.

"No, it's not!" She shakes her head after a while.

"I can sense Izuna's chakra in this barrier."

Whoosh…

Izuna flickers towards the Hokage Office and approaches them.

"Tsunade! This is an emergency! An attack is coming Konoha's way!"

Izuna replies to her.

"An attack?!"

Tsunade's expression turns grim.

"Is it another of those otherworldly invaders?" She warily asks him.

"No! It's from the Land of Sky."

Izuna shakes his head.

"Land of Sky… land of sky…"

Tsunade ponders for a while as she tries to figure out the identity of the familiar name.

"Don't tell me it's the Land of Sky from the Second Great Shinobi War!" Tsunade has an anxious expression.

"Yes, it is." Izuna nods his head.

"I… I see!"

She turns to Izuna and asks him.

"You can easily handle the enemies if you want, so why inform me?" She curiously questions him.

"I won't help this time." Izuna shakes his head.

"I am a ninja not a nanny of the village who will tend to every problem."

"But…"

"Tsunade! The villagers must learn to fend for themselves. I won't always be here protecting them."

Izuna refuses to budge from his decision.

"Also, this barrier will only last for half an hour against enemie's relentless attacks." He informs them.

"Tsunade-sama! What's that?"

Shizune points towards multiple shinobis flying towards Konoha.

Tch…

"They are already here!"

Tsunade clicks her tongue.

"Send out the Level 3 security alert!"

She immediately summons the anbu.

"Immediately evacuate the civilians and alert the clan leaders to prepare for a battle!"

Tsunade hastily instructs them.

"It's not enough!"

She takes out a scroll and infuses some chakra into it. A Taiko drum appears in front of the group.

Bang… Bang…

Tsunade infuses chakra in her palm and slams the drum.

"That's an emergency signal!"

Nearby chunnins and Jounins immediately recognize the sound of the drum.

Whoosh… whoosh…

They quickly spread through the entire village.

Meanwhile, up in the air,

On top of a sky ship,

An elderly man with long grey hair, thick grey eyebrows, and yellow eyes with bags around them stares at Konoha with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Konoha! You will pay for your sins. Thirty years… it has been thirty years since I waited for this moment.

Back then, you crushed our Land of Sky through cruel and sinister means. It's time to pay back that cruelty. We have amassed our strength for the past thirty years. Now, it's the time to settle our grudge."

He tightly clenches his fist.

"We aren't like Sunagakure who trapped themselves in a quagmire. Our technology gives us an advantage in aerial combat."

"Men! Lay waste to every single structure of Konoha."

He points his hands towards Konoha and instructs his battalion.

Swoosh… swoosh…

Multiple sky shinobis equipped with Winged Mechanical devices fly atop Konoha.

"Release"

One by one all of them drop bombs on Konoha in an attempt to destroy everything.

BOOM… BOOM… BOOM…

Multiple explosion rings on top of Konoha as a faint barrier shields the structures.

Tch…

"There is a barrier protecting the village."

The elderly man clicks his tongue in dismay.

"Deploy the Barrier demolition squad. With their Flying Destruction Machine, they can easily get through this barrier."

He issues another order.

Swoosh…

Six giant flying machines operated by four people each fly on top of the barrier. Three of the people are operating the wings of the machine while the fourth person is sitting in an extendable compartment.

Bzzt…

The group of four focuses their chakra on a cylindrical structure.

Lightning flickers through the cylinder as massive amounts of energy gather in front of the cylindrical barrel.

SHOOM…

The machine fires a wide destructive beam of chakra.

BOOM…

The beam of chakra explodes on top of the barrier. The barrier successfully blocks the attack, but its glow dims down a little.

Back in Konoha,

Multiple Konoha shinobis are assembled on top of the roofs of the houses.

"Who are these enemies? How can they fly?"

One of the Akimichi clan members questions his partners.

"They are using chakra to pilot these things."

A Hyuga member points out.

"That mist around them is creating an air pressure difference between the tops and bottoms of wings causing them to stay in the air and fly." A member of the Uchiha Police Force inspects the sky shinobi with his Sharingan.

"Get ready for the counterattack. The barrier won't last long enough!"

An Aburame clan member warns them.

Whoosh… whoosh…

The members of Konoha 12 gather on top of the houses and stare at the group of flying shinobis.

"What's that, Dattebyo?!"

Naruto curiously stares at the flying shinobis.

"That headband! I have never seen such a symbol before." Sasuke inspects the shinobis.

"Also, these strange flying devices they are using… it feels familiar to the chakra armor we faced in Land of Snow."

"No matter who they are… Me and Akamaru will crush them? Right Akamaru?!" Kiba pumps his fist.

Woof…

"I appreciate your enthusiasm, but how do you plan to get up that high?"

Shikamaru asks him.

"I… I…"

Kiba turns silent at his remark.

"We will figure out a way!"

Woof…

"Looks like you have fed your intelligence to your dog. Even I can come up with better ideas!" Naruto smugly smiles at Kiba.