Hi guys, this is my second FanFiction. Unlike my other story, The End of Dawn, this one will mostly deal with the canon universe. The events of the story are set after the events of Chapter 660 of the manga. The first chapter will deal with the events immediately after the chapter into the conclusion of the war. From the next chapter, I'll take a look at a major timeskip of 17 years. I hope you like this story as well. And as before, read and review.

Anyways, here's wishing you all a very happy new year. Lets look forwards to more of some of the awesome FanFiction (hope mine are included in them) in 2014.

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"Jutsu"

Cerulean eyes were glazing over as they stared distantly at the night sky. 'Kaasan, Tousan. I'm sorry. I couldn't see it to the end. I couldn't save Konoha. I couldn't save my friends.' Tears welled up in his eyes. His eyes moved to his side. He could see his pink haired teammate trying desperately to save him, tears in her eyes, pumping in Chakra into his body. By her side, was the blond Godaime Hokage Tsunade Senju, trying her best to help him recover.

"Sakura, Tsunade-baachan. I think this is it for me." he tried chuckling out.

Sakura screamed out, "No! Naruto don't you dare die out on me. Look out there everyone is fighting. They depend on you to provide strength and support. Without you, your friends will die. Do you want that to happen, Naruto?"

Naruto looked at her, and soon smiled, determination creeping into his face. "Alright Sakura. Heal me up as soon as you can. I've got some ass to kick." Tsunade smiled at seeing the determination return to her favorite blond knuckleheaded Ninja. She chuckled for the first time in the evening. She had one hell of an emotional roller-coaster ride. The Fourth Shinobi World War brought a new meaning to death, devastation and desolation. Although most of Konoha civilians had been evacuated, what was left of Konoha was nothing more than a smoking crater. This was the third time Konoha had been left in such a condition - Orochimaru's invasion to a lesser extent and Pein's attack on Konoha. Konoha would still survive. But the loss of the fine Shinobi in the attack was devastating. Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Chouza Akimichi and almost all of the Hyuuga clan. And all of this was caused by Madara Uchiha. Madara had been able to use Obito's Rinnegan to rip out the Bijuus from both Killer B and Naruto. Killer B had died right on the spot. But Naruto due to his naturally large Chakra reserves had managed to survive, although it had left him at death's door with a near-lethal Chakra exhaustion. Obito, under Zetsu's control was facing Kakashi Hatake, his old teammate and Minato Namikaze, while Madara faced off against Sasuke Uchiha, ex-traitor of Konoha, and the Nidaime Hokage, Tobirama Senju and Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. Madara having absorbed the Shodai Hokage, Tobirama Senju, Madara was in the process of assimilation of the Bijuus.

Kakashi and Minato was in a fast-paced Taijutsu battle with Zetsu-Obito. After a few moments, both jumped back. Kakashi looked towards the Edo Tensei Minato, "Minato-Sensei. We have to save Obito. He has changed his allegiance; I saw it in his eyes. He has let go of his hate. We just need to pry that Zetsu off of him" Minato sighed, "That may be true, but this is a battle. And as of right now, Obito is the enemy." They were suddenly alerted to a presence jumping behind them. They turned slightly to see Naruto, now in Sage Mode, charging forward with a Fuuton: RasenShuriken in his hand. Having lost his Bijuu, this was the best that Naruto could afford. Kakashi looked at Naruto, "Naruto, No. We can still save Obito. You don't have to kill him." To Naruto's saving grace, Minato replied, "Kakashi! Get a hold of yourself. This is a war. Obito may have had a change of heart, but he is under Zetsu's control. If we don't stop him, he'll kill many innocent ninjas. I know you believe that those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. But by not stopping Obito you are condemning your comrades to their death. You're in effect abandoning them." Kakashi looked down, crestfallen, before raising his lone forlorn eye towards Naruto. "Hai, I understand". Naruto gave a curt nod, before jumping up and chucking the Fuuton: RasenShuriken at Obito. All this while, Zetus was struggling with Obito to get his Rinnegan and was finally able to do so. Just as Zetsu ripped out the Rinnegan from Obito's socket, he saw the RasenShuriken hurtling towards him. 'Well, Obito has outlived his purpose. Best to let him be obliterated by the jutsu.' thought Zetsu as he separated from Obito. He smirked seeing the jutsu inching towards Obito, the latter being unable to move out of the way of the destructive power of the RasenShuriken. Kakashi and Minato looked at the events that transpired with wide-eyed shock. 'Oh Kami! Zetsu separated from Obito. Obito has changed for good. Kami! Please save Obito!". Naruto simply smirked.

To Zetsu's astonishment, the RasenShuriken disappeared in a poof and was replaced by a Naruto Kage Bunshin. The clone chucked a Kunai at the Zetsu, who ducked the Kunai. But the Kunai was not meant to hit. Minato's eyes widened even further at the course of events. As soon as he saw the Kunai that 'Naruto' threw, he understood the plan as he began charging up a Rasengan in his hand. As the kunai passed Zetsu, Minato appeared behind Zetsu in a flash and hit him full force with the Rasengan. The clone had caught Obito and leaped back to where Kakashi and Naruto were standing. The clone poofed out of existence as Naruto weakly chuckled, "Heh! Kakashi-Sensei. I told you I'll never leave any of my friends behind. Believe it" Kakashi looked at Naruto with wide-eyed admiration. 'Naruto … you've far surpassed me or any other Ninja in all of the elemental nations. You truly are Minato-Sensei's son'. Naruto stood up straight as he controlled his panting. He took out a soldier pill from his jacket pocket and popped it into his mouth and crushed it. Sakura had just reached their location. "YOU BAKA! You had a soldier pill already. More than one is harmful for your health." Naruto grit his teeth, from the obvious pain that the pill was causing as Chakra flowed into his body, "It's alright. I'll manage." Obito held out a hand in front of Naruto, "Give me one as well". Sakura was shocked and angry, "You traitor. How dare you think that we can trust you with a soldier pill" Naruto sighed, "But Sakura, you gave a soldier pill to Sasuke as well." Sakura was caught off-guard, "Bu-But that's different. He's no longer a traitor. He changed." Kakashi smiled "So has he". She hung her head. Naruto took out another soldier pill and handed it to Obito.

Meanwhile, Sasuke had launched a tirade of Susanoo assaults on Madara, while Tobirama used the Hiraishin to engage in a high-speed Taijutsu battle with Madara. Hiruzen assisted using his adamantine staff, Enma. All this was causing the assimilation process to slow down, and the beasts were yet to be completely assimilated by Madara. Sasuke was panting heavily. As was Hiruzen. They were out of Chakra and energy. Madara barely looked winded. After all, he had the backing of all the 9 Bijuus. And once they would be assimilated completely, the total Chakra would be far greater than the sum total of the 9 Bijuus. Madara was cackling maniacally at them, while holding up Tobirama in his hands. "You pathetic bastards. I have defeated your Shodai Hokage. The God of Shinobi. And now I hold his power in my hands. Do you really think that I can be defeated by the lot of you? Pathetic" he spat with disdain. He looked at the unconscious form of Tobirama in his hand. He sneered and threw it towards Sasuke and Hiruzen. Hiruzen caught the Nidaime Hokage while Sasuke charged at him.

Sasuke's Susanoo flared into existence as the ethereal skeletal warrior swung his sword at Madara. Madara used his own version of Susanoo to parry Sasuke's Susanoo. This quickly descended into a blur of quick Kenjutsu moves between the Susanoo warriors. However, Sasuke didn't have the enormous Chakra reserves of Madara. Pretty soon, the Susanoo warrior faded out of existence as Sasuke fell down to the ground unceremoniously panting heavily. He picked himself up with shaky hands. As he levelled a hate filled glare towards Madara. Madara was laughing like a deranged maniac. When his laughter died down, he looked at Sasuke disappointedly, "So this is what my mighty clan has been reduced to. Pathetic! To think that Izuna and me had laid down our lives for the likes of you." He spat in disgust. Sasuke was more than angered, he was furious. With a loud yell, he charged at Madara with his Kusanagi sword drawn. Madara smirked as he dodged the swing and punched him hard in the gut. Sasuke went flying backwards, only to be stopped mid-flight by a strong pair of arms.

Sasuke turned his hair to see the all too familiar visage of his former Sensei, Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke slowly got down as he turned to look around the battlefield. Corpses of Shinobi littered the battlefields. Even now the medics were healing the wounded as best as they could. He saw Tsunade, some distance away, healing the wounds of the other 4 kages. His 'sensei' Orochimaru was standing in the distance, not interested in joining the fray of the battle. 'Bastard' he thought. He turned his head to look for his former teammates. He saw Sakura, trying to heal … Neji? 'Huh! I thought Neji was dead. Maybe I was wrong. In any case, I need to focus on this battle up ahead.' he thought. He turned his head to other side and smiled. Standing beside him was his rival, his friend, his family, Naruto. Naruto glanced at Sasuke, and smirked, seeing him smile. "Hey Teme! We'll finish this for good. Believe it.", Naruto turned towards Minato and proceeded, "Hey Dad, I have a plan." Minato nodded. Naruto looked around, "Sasuke, Obito, Kakashi-Sensei, Jii-san keep Madara busy. Dad, I need you and …" he trailed off looking at the prone unconscious body of Tobirama, "... well it seems just you. Anyways, guard me while I meditate. I need to gather some Senjutsu Chakra". He leaned into his father and whispered something; Minato's eyes widened slightly as he nodded. He created a shadow clone which jumped out of the battlefield.

Sasuke was using Susanoo and Amaterasu to the fullest to combat Madara. Obito and Kakashi were engaged in a high-speed Taijutsu-Ninjutsu battle with him, while Hiruzen was using his Adamantine Staff to try and land a hit on Madara. In spite of that, Madara had quite well matched all of the 4 warriors at the same time. While in the midst of the battle Kakashi's eyes widened. Almost immediately he stopped his Taijutsu attacks and leapt back raining a volley of Kunai and Shuriken on Madara. Sasuke looked at Kakashi, trying to contemplate his sudden change of tactics. 'What the hell just happened? It looks like Kakashi just realized something, or he just formulated a plan that can make us win against Madara. But how is Kunai and Shuriken going to help?' As if on cue, he heard a yell from behind, "Fuuton:Rasenshuriken" as he saw Naruto charge towards Madara with a Rasenshuriken in his hand. Behind him, Minato was standing alongside with Ino. Madara brought up a wall of wood to his front to block the attack. Naruto smirked at this. All Sasuke saw next was Minato appearing next to Naruto with a Yellow Flash and both of them disappearing from their sights. Sasuke jerked his head towards Madara to see a RasenShuriken hurtling towards him from behind, where Naruto was standing with Minato. Sasuke's eyes widened, 'Ingenious! So this was the plan. Naruto had Ino use her familial jutsu to convey his plan to Kakashi. The Kunai Kakashi threw towards Madara were Hiraishin Kunai. The objective was never to hit him. And Naruto knew that Madara would try to block the Rasenshuriken attack if he charged head-on. He was counting on the fact that he would raise and focus his defense on the front. And that's when Naruto's dad Hiraishin-ed Naruto to behind Madara. I must say Naruto, you're unpredictable as always.', he thought as he saw the Rasenshuriken bury itself into Madara's exposed back as Madara screamed out in pain. Naruto was standing, panting, his sage mode deactivated, his hands on his knees. The Nine Bijuus had not been assimilated completely, and as a result the process destabilized, almost releasing the Bijuus back. Obito took this opportunity to jump into the fray and he brought up his hands in a seal. Kakashi and Minato's eyes widened on seeing the hand seal. "No Obito. Don't do this!" shouted Kakashi.

Obito simply smiled, "Shiki Fujin". Obito grimaced and fell to his knees panting. He looked up at the Bijuus with a fierce determination in his eyes, and the Bijuus along with their Chakra seemed to be siphoning off into Obito's body. Minato and Kakashi looked forlorn and Obito looked like he was in unimaginable pain. The look on his face told of a pain worse than the Tsukuyomi. With what seemed insurmountable force of will, Obito yelled out "SEAL". With a flash, the Bijuus along with their Chakra disappeared and Obito fell to the ground, dead. Madara had gotten up, looking at Obito and cursing him. Kakashi had rushed to the side of his onetime friend and comrade, weeping over his lifeless body. Sasuke took the opportunity as he rushed towards Madara, "You're Mine, Madara!".

Madara noticed the young Uchiha charging towards him, and cursing his luck, used Kamui to escape. Kakashi noticed this and was about to activate Kamui, when he felt to hands on his shoulders. He raised his head to see Naruto and Minato, Father and Son, Sensei and Student. Minato shook his head, "The war is over. If you try pursuing Madara now, there'll be no one to back you up." Kakashi glared at Minato, "He is the reason why Obito is dead; why so many people have died today!". "Kakashi, Obito gave his life to protect you and his other precious people" "Kakashi-Sensei, don't sully Obito's sacrifice by throwing your life away. He would've wanted you to stay and protect the people of Konoha." Kakashi hung his head in shame. He had let the anger get the better of him. He was about to forsake his life to avenge Obito; a life that was Obito's gift to him. He mumbled out an apology, "I'm … I'm sorry, Sensei. Naruto, I'm sorry" Sasuke strolled over to the father-son duo, "So Dobe! We've won" he sneered. Naruto smirked back, "Believe it, teme". In a rare moment of showing his affection, Sasuke pulled Naruto into a hug, "Thank you Naruto. Thank you for believing in me, for not giving up on me". Naruto smiled slightly, "Anytime Sasuke, … my brother". By this time others had started gathering as well. The war had been won. And it was all due to the efforts of the Hero of the Elemental Nations, Naruto Uzumaki.

The boy who had been scorned at childbirth, whom everyone had hated through and through. He had exceeded expectations, he fought his way to become the greatest Ninja of the Leaf Village. Everyone was ecstatic on seeing him. They wanted to hug him, cheer him, touch him, kiss him. They wanted to show their gratitude, their appreciation, their acceptance to him. Naruto had tears in his eyes. His dream was to be Hokage, so everyone in the leaf village would acknowledge him. But today as he stood at the remnants of the battlefield, he was acknowledged as the strongest ninja and a hero by every single Ninja in the world. For him, he had already achieved his dream. The plethora of Shinobi who had gathered to congratulate Naruto was pushed aside as Tsunade made her way towards Naruto. "Naruto. Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Naruto chuckled at Tsunade's worries. Soon a heavy fist hit him on the head pummeling him to the ground, "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? SAKURA TOLD ME YOU ATE 2 SOLDIER PILLS. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?" Tsunade started yelling as the Blond Hero tried to pick himself up. As soon as that was done, Tsunade encased him in a bear hug, "Don't give your Baa-chan such a shock, get it Gaki" Everyone started laughing at the scene in front of them. A teary eyed Tsunade looked at Naruto proudly and said, "So finally, you've got the acknowledgement of the entire Shinobi alliance. I'm proud of you my Otouto." Naruto stumbled back as he saw a blur of pink launch itself towards him. He cushioned the blow by pushing some Chakra into his chest, but that didn't work out too well. The thing crashed into his chest and almost blew the wind out of him. He looked towards his chest to see a squealing Sakura hugging his chest. "Naruto, we won. We won. We won." she kept repeating enthusiastically. Naruto laughed out loudly, and hugged her back, twirling her in the air, "Yes Sakura-chan, WE WON!" His laughter was joined by almost every other Ninja.

Some distance away, an Indigo-haired Shinobi looked at the scene with her pale lavender pupilless eyes. Tears threatened to pour out, but she bit her lips to prevent that from happening. Hinata was happy for Naruto, but something deep down inside of her was hurting badly. 'Naruto-kun! I'm so happy for you. I wish that I would've been the one you were laughing with, the one to be in your arms. I love you so much, that it hurts. It hurts to see you happy with someone else. But that is me being selfish. I love you too much to steal that happiness from you Naruto-kun. I know you love Sakura, and will be happy with her. I wish you all the best for your life with her.' By this time, a torrent of tears poured down her smooth fair cheeks onto the ground. She turned her head to wipe away the tears. For Naruto, she'd be happy seeing her heart shatter.

Hope you guys liked this story. A lot of events are going to unfold next. And before you ask, yes, Madara is still at large and is one of the primary antagonists. Who are the others you say? Let's wait and read. :)

And as always, R&R.