Tsunade quickly looked around, spotting Sakura being safely carried away by Jiraiya. Turning to Naruto she saw Orochimaru's body laying on Naruto's enormous foot, broken. She quickly made her way over to him and grabbed his arm, dragging him upward. At least, that's what she intended to do. As soon as her fist closed over Orochimaru's wrist, the skin broke and the hand fell limply off. Tsunade looked down in shock and saw that Orochimaru had used his body swapping technique. She had simply destroyed an empty shell. She turned and searched for Orochimaru, wondering where he had escaped too. She turned to Kakashi and saw Orochimaru standing on Kakashi's shoulder, his hands blurring in his haste in making hand signs.

"Forbidden Jutsu! Mind Corruption: Control!"

He slammed both palms onto Kakashi's shoulder forcing control over the copy ninja. Kakashi lost the will to fight and prepared to follow Orochimaru's orders. Orochimaru, starting to sweat from the effort this was costing him, smiled at Tsunade and said, "You're as strong as ever Tsunade. But I'm afraid I can't stay and chat. It seems my plan hit a snag and I must correct it."

He laughed softly and made a few hand signs. Kakashi suddenly turned and sped away, disappearing into the distance before any one had time to react. Tsunade clenched her fist in frustration and said, "We almost had him! I should have known he'd try something like this."

Jiraiya set Sakura down next to Tsunade and said, "I think we have bigger issues to deal with."

He pointed up and Tsunade remembered she was standing on Naruto's foot. He was looked down at them with a pained expression on his face. It had obviously just gotten increasingly more difficult to subdue Orochimaru's influence over him. Sakura looked worried and said, "You can help him right Lady Hokage?"

Tsunade looked torn. She turned to Sakura and said, "Yes I could. I was planning on doing it after we captured Orochimaru. Now I'm not so sure."

"What do you mean?" Sakura said. "You have to do something!"

"Orochimaru is still on the loose! And worse, he still has Kakashi under his influence. We might need someone like Naruto to defend ourselves with. If I undo the jutsu Orochimaru has on him, he'll return to normal and we'll be helpless when Orochimaru returns!" Tsunade shouted, losing in patience in the desperation of the moment.

Sakura looked crestfallen and stayed quiet. She knew what she wanted. She wanted Naruto back to normal. She wanted everyone that had been changed to be changed back. But was that the right choice for the village? Would Naruto want to be changed back if it meant the destruction of the village? All these thoughts raced through her head. She didn't know what to think or do anymore. Jiraiya suddenly said, "Can't you just remove Orochimaru's chakra? That way, he'll still be the same size and Orochimaru won't be able to manipulate him."

Tsunade thought about that. "The jutsu works so that Orochimaru can increase the size of a chosen ninja and manipulate them with his chakra. That links both aspects of the jutsu together. I might be able to untangle them and just purify Orochimaru's chakra, freeing Naruto. But it's risky. There's no guarantee that the whole thing won't come undone. Trying to force one side of the jutsu might put too much strain on Naruto as well."

Jiraiya looked grim. "I still think it's the best course of action. For Naruto and the village."

Tsunade nodded and said, "I think so too. Alright then! I'm going to need all your help for this!"

Tsunade instructed Shizune, Sakura, and Jiraiya into a circle around Naruto who she instructed to lay down. He did so, his face still contorted with effort. Tsunade turned to Sakura and shouted, "All you have to do Sakura is channel your chakra with all of ours. We'll need you to support our efforts."

"You got it!" Sakura shouted, holding out her hands.

Tsunade turned to Shizune and said, "Perform this like a standard procedure Shizune! I'll handle the complicated part!"

"Right Lady Tsunade!" Shizune said, holding our her hands as well.

Tsunade then turned to Jiraiya and said, "Get ready with a scroll capable of sealing chakra! When I remove Orochimaru's chakra its of vital importance that it's sealed before it can do any damage!"

"You got it!" Jiraiya shouted, pulling out a scroll and drawing on it.

Tsunade turned to Naruto and said, "Alright! Let's begin!"