Chap-38 Field Of Fire

Tsunade alongwith her clansmen and allies alike had never in their wildest dreams imagined a day would come when they would be fighting side by side alongside Uchiha's and their allies.

But that day had come and tonight their 3000 strong combined force was currently charging towards the defenders of the strongest city of the world.

Whatever she may think of the Uchiha, she couldn't deny the fact that their roars were as powerful as the dragons they claimed to descend from. It was enough to make the royal defenders flinch as they formed a great defensive line.

Her sharp eyes didn't miss the dozen ninjas at the front, followed by heavy infantry in the middle and skilled archers at the back.

Since the streets were narrow, many of the ninjas had decided to take up to the roofs, but their enemy had also positioned their own ninjas on the opposite side. It was as if the Daimyo had trained his forces for fighting against ninja clans. Whatever the case, her eyes were now fixed on the one leading the charge.

Riding atop his giant fox and dressed in his golden armor with Dawn in his hand, Naruto Uchiha did strike as an intimidating warrior. He was quite far ahead of his army leading the charge with his Kinsguard members right beside him mounted on their own horses.

The enemy either considered the group foolish or suicidal as a hail of burning fire arrows were launched by the royal archers. Tsunade didn't miss the seals carefully written on those arrows and she had a feeling they were meant to make the arrows pierce shinobi armor.

Yet Naruto and his group charged forward despite the hail of arrows descending down upon them...

It was at that moment when the bloody fox that roared while looking up at the army of arrows and not a second later that entire volley was shattered into metallic dust. The fox again gave a mighty roar this time aimed right at the frontline of the ninja defenders who were going through a set of hand seals.

Tsunade's eyes nearly popped out from her sockets when she saw nearly two dozen men and women go flying away from the force of that roar. The front line had cracked...

In the meantime, Naruto and his squad had finished their hand seals...

"Fire Style: Fire Flame Missile!"

All six Uchiha launched wild and searing flames from their mouth that took the shape of fire missile that tore clean through the enemy ranks burning unfortunate royal soldiers that were caught in its grasp. What was more important was the attack was solely focused and spared any nearby buildings from catching fire.

With their frontline ninja defenders sent flying away because of the fox, the royal army was left open and faced the brutal charge of the Kinsguard.

The fox unleashed nine long tails from its body shattering the nearest poor souls before sending them flying away as if they were annoying flies. The remaining Kinsguard members charged after the beast cutting down any royal defenders of the broken frontline lucky enough to survive the beast's wrath.

By now the allied forces had reached the battlefield and clashed head on with the six dozen ninjas of the Daimyo who valiantly fought on. Their courage might have worked if they had more numbers and if they were not facing two of the strongest clans in the world and their allies.

Tsunade herself launched a mighty punch on a ninja cocky enough to attack her. In his defense, the man raised his sword and was surprised when the weapon shattered against her punch allowing her chakra coated hand to tear his chest apart. His eyes widened in horror just before he was sent halfway across the city where he splattered against the walls and splashed into hundreds of tiny pieces.

A nasty grin arrived on her face as she watched every mercenary ninja of the Daimyo shiver on the fate of their comrade. Even the Uchihas and their allies gulped at the sheer power of her fist.

Instead of basking in the looks of awe and fear, Tsunade's sharp eyes narrowed when she saw three large armies made up of thousands of soldiers descending towards their position from three sides of the capital.

They are trying to box us in.

"ITAMA!" she yelled,

Her brother had just finished burying his sword in one of the enemy kunoichi's neck when he turned at her voice. On seeing what Tsunade was pointing, he grimaced. Tsunade watched her shy and reserved brother actually steel himself before glancing at his widely distributed troops. While it was true that she was the second in command of this army, Tsunade badly wanted her brother to regain his lost confidence. After his defeat against Naruto, his reputation had taken a severe beating in the clan and this was his chance to regain his lost honor back.

She was happy to give him this chance but would step forward if he couldn't do it.

Fortunately, seeing Naruto's valiant charge had ignited some of the lost fire in the Senju boy's heart as he raised his sword.

"Senjus, with me!" he yelled,

Despite his past defeats, Tsunade's clansmen followed her brother's command and joined him as he personally lead the charge against the army coming from the town's square.

Tsunade looked around the battlefield to gauge the situation.

She was surprised to see Naruto and his squad alongwith some help from 100 Uchihas and Shimura's had nearly annihilated half of the enemy to the front. The Kinsguard had formed a protective circle around their leader as they all advanced forward cutting down any and everyone with their swords.

Her gaze shifted towards the man she was supposed to marry and she realized the tales about his prowess were not false.

Naruto had dismounted from his fox's back allowing the beast to run forward and wreck havoc. In the meantime, the second son of Tajima was channeling wind chakra through his ancestral weapon. Dozens upon dozens of royal guards had their armors pierced, heads chopped off, necks slashed, or limbs gone as they tried to stop the force that was Dawn or its wielder.

Any who tried to attack Naruto from his blind spot got their heads chopped off through the blades of the Kinsguard, the most lethal of them being Shisui and Itachi Uchiha. That enemy flank was as good as massacred...

Looking elsewhere, she saw two armies were still charging towards her positions from the markets and merchant district.

She had roughly 1000 warriors left with her since the remaining were currently busy fighting for Itama and a few for Naruto's side.

"Kenji!"

One of her old bodyguards instantly stepped beside her. Currently in his thirties, this man had protected her when she was a babe and even now he was there for her when she needed him.

"Take 800 of our forces and stop the forces approaching from the merchant district. There could be ninjas among them!" ordered Tsunade,

"Yes, Princess. But what about the other force? Wouldn't you be outnumbered, I can easily see 2000 warriors among them and you'll barely have 200 ninjas on your side. And that too Namikaze fighters who are sworn to Uchihas..." warned Kenji worriedly,

"Like Naruto said. We need to work together, besides I have a plan. Now go!" commanded Tsunade, her voice leaving no room for any doubts or protests.

Kenji flinched but did give her a dutiful bow before rallying the troops she had ordered and running towards the enemy approaching from the merchant district.

"Rest of you, with me!" yelled Tsunade,

The Namikaze fighters looked at each other first before glancing at Naruto who was busy in his own battle. What probably made them follow a Senju was the presence of a dozen Senjus actually fighting beside Naruto...

Tsunade grinned when they joined her as she lead the charge, her hands already blurring through a set of hand seals.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

The enemy army stopped in their tracks when a massive slug appeared right before them. They all glanced up at the blonde Senju woman standing on top of the creature who stared back at them coldly.

"Shields up!" yelled the royal commander,

The Capital defenders joined together and raised their metal shields over their heads as a few soldiers broke from their ranks.

"Katsuyu, FIRE!" yelled Tsunade,

The giant slug took in a deep breath before shooting off a massive barrage of acid from her mouth. However, before the lethal attack could hit the enemy, the few of their soldiers that had broken rank actually turned out to be ninjas who quickly slammed their hands on the ground.

"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"

Tsunade snarled when multiple layers of earth walls rose from the ground covering the entire royal army contingent from the rain of acid fire. Katsuyu poured more of the lethal liquid, but as soon as she broke through one layer of wall another was there to replace the lost one.

They are trying to tire her out.

Tsunade glanced at her own smaller forces and watched many Namikaze maintain a safe distance from the acid rain. But instead of standing idly, they were all hammering multiple explosive kunai on the enemy walls but their attacks were having even less affect than Katsuyu's.

She ordered her battle partner to stop her attack and waited for the enemy to take the bait.

They didn't.

The layers of earth wall were still standing strong despite the best efforts of Tsunade's forces. Once her forces were tired, the 2000 warriors and ninjas would emerge from that shell and slaughter them with sheer numbers.

Tsunade charged forward with a murderous battlecry as she jumped off from Katsuyu's head going straight towards the earth walls. In the air, she backflipped herself making her chakra coated right leg slam at the center of the enemy defense formation.

CRACK

Several large cracks appeared all over the wall as Tsunade slammed into the structure with her entire force. Snarling furiously, she attacked the structure with her furious fists making more and more holes appear everywhere.

"Katsuyu, breach!"

Her summon didn't give any verbal reply but instead unleashed several smaller versions of slugs from her body that Tsunade quickly caught in her arms. Without hesitation, she placed the creatures across many of the new holes in the earth wall as they all started to pour acid from their bodies.

Even if they enemy could reform more and more walls to protect themselves, the temperature within the structure would increase very rapidly. It wouldn't be long before they would be forced to break out or die from the insufferable heat.

Tsunade jumped off the wall and commanded her troops to take to the nearby roofs. When they were all clear, she performed a set of hand seals before slamming her hands on the ground.

"Earth Style: Star Crater!"

The entire ground started sinking lower and lower as thousands of royal soldiers screamed in panic. Tsunade saw her troops had taken up positions across the rooftops and were now staring at the sinking ground.

"Katsuyu, flood them now!" yelled Tsunade urgently,

The slug unleashed another massive river of acid from its mouth flooding the core of the sinking ground first before focusing on making the escaping borders full of acid. Tsunade forced her summon to stop as she saw the enemy walls cracking now that the heat was unbearable for the royalists. They were about to be cooked alive from the heat of the smaller Katsuyu's unleashing acid in their cracked walls...

The walls cracked open urgently as thousands of panicked soldiers rushed out to save themselves. To their horror, they were now standing in the middle of a large crater full of acid and the only way outside was crawling up towards the far street.

All around them Namikaze shinobi were waiting for them at the nearest rooftops.

Tsunade steeled herself when she looked at the Namikaze troops and then at the horrified royalists...

"FIRE!"

Hundreds of shuriken and kunai were launched at the royalists. Those soldiers were yet to split up properly and as such were badly hit by the volley of weapons launched by accurate Namikaze ninjas. If that was not enough, Katsuyu's attack was the death blow.

Tsunade closed her eyes when her summon unleashed massive quantities of acid on the trapped royalists. The trapped souls screamed in horror and agony as their skin started to melt before their very eyes. Those at the center of their formation were the first to burn alive, the few who managed to run towards the steep hill of the crater couldn't climb much farther as the Namikaze fighters massacred them all from their superior positions on rooftops with the help of kunai barrages.

Long and painful minutes passed as Tsunade watched the entire enemy army massacred before her very eyes. To their credit, the royalists fought to the last man and even in the face of annihilation they continued to struggle and try to get themselves out of the death trap.

Many would call their actions folly but Tsunade knew they were dying for someone they believed in.

A massive river of acid had now flooded across the entire crater and most of the royalists were floating lifelessly in the liquid with many of the bodied dissolving slowly. The stench was horrible with most of the dead having been killed by acid first before the kunai of the Namikaze warriors took their lives.

Her eyes widened when a last group of royal soldiers charged straight towards her under the leadership of their commander. The officer had third degree burns and his chest was marred with kunai, yet there was murder and determination in his eyes.

The Namikaze ninjas reacted quickly and unleashed another rain of arrows towards the enemy group. It was the royal soldiers who valiantly stepped in between taking the blows aimed for their commander and slumped lifelessly into the acid river.

Tsunade's eyes widened when the enemy commander reached the edge of the crater. He was almost dissolving into the acid with half his legs gone not to mention the continuous barrage of kunai hitting all over his body.

The roar unleashed by the dying man sent shivers down Tsunade's heart leaving her paralyzed as the man launched a mighty spear at her with full force. The Senju's eyes widened and she evaded the incoming weapon in the nick of time only to realize it was never meant for her.

The spear actually sailed high in the air before exploding right beside Katsuyu's left eye.

The creature screamed as the explosive laced on the spear unleashed a mighty shockwave alongwith flames that consumed the entire eye alongwith half of the creature's face. Screaming in agony, it vanished in a puff of smoke much to Tsunade's horror.

Her murderous eye turned towards the man who had hurt her friend and saw the dying man grinning at her defiantly.

He had now sunk to his knees into the acid river with his body a picture of stabbed kunai and shuriken.

"LONG LIVE THE DAIMYO!"

The man exploded himself with the help of hidden explosives inside his tattered uniform. While the explosion itself was small, the shockwave was wide sending brutal tremors across half of the Capital.

Tsunade yelled in horror when dozens of Namikaze fell from the rooftops after suddenly losing their balance due to horrific shockwave. Their screams tore at her heart as they were all consumed in the acid river while they tumbled inside the crater joining the dead royal soldiers.

Victory was hers but the enemy had not gone down without a fight.