Sasuke had fallen, Gaara had fallen, even Tsunade had collapsed from exhaustion. He was the last of their fighters able to stand up to the power before them. And if not for their faint heartbeats he would have too. As he looked over he could see Gaara's sand still protecting the one he loved from unconsciousness, it wrapping Sasuke and himself in a cocoon before being carried away by their soldiers.

He was Commander now. The Kage had fallen, only kept alive by Sakura and Kurama's chakra, and no one else was willing to step up.

"Naruto, what do we do now? Sasuke has collapsed, and nobody else is strong enough to face him I mean we cou—" Naruto just held his hand up and smiled, the kind smile that he rarely showed. The smile that he had learned from his Jiji. Sakura had done all she could, hell, they all had. But he would be damned to hell before he let another life be taken.

"Order a full retreat, take the army as far away from this place as possible. I'll cover your retreat and hopefully take the bastard with me." His statement was met with shocked silence, all of them floored except for Shikamaru. Hn, damn Nara was always smarter than he could help. He received a nod from the brunette, already spreading his shadows to grab the others.

"Naruto you can't! Everyone needs you, we need someone to lead us! We—" but she couldn't even finish her words as shadows restrained them all. Naruto gave Shikamaru a thankful smile as he walked towards Madara. He stared into the eyes of his previous lover as he tried to rip off the chains that bound him. This man was not the one he cared for, fell for. He pivoted on his foot and turned towards his people. Those of the World.

He took a deep breath in the silence, flaring his chakra and in turn waking up all who had passed out. "Shinobi of the World. I am ordering you to a full retreat. Take your loved ones and go! As far away from here as possible, and don't worry, I'll be covering your retreat!" Cries of outrage filled the air, but were abruptly cut off when a malevolent chakra burst into the air.

"Naruto don't you dare!" But before the last Uchiha could do anything Naruto had already slapped his hand onto the ground, a seal spreading out before a silvery white barrier in the shape of a sphere with many sides sprung into existence around him and his enemy. Sasuke had moved just as soon as he had, but had been to slow. Next to him was Sakura, and Kakashi, both holding terrified looks on their faces.

"Naruto, as your Sensei I'm demanding you tell me what this is." Kakashi voice was panicked, he damn well knew what it was, his own Sensei had theorized of this technique, but had burned the notes due to the danger. But apparently not all of them.

Naruto smiled. "Like Father like Son huh Kakashi-sensei? This is the last Sealing Art of the Uzumaki, and the only one they could never complete, not even my father. It is called the One Thousand Reflections of Life, and uses the users Life Energy to create an unbreakable barrier, but once the technique is released the Essence tries to return to its owner which is impossible, thus creating an explosion greater than any Tailed Beast Bomb. In fact, it would destroy the world. But I have perfected it, devising a way to contain the explosion." His face turned grim from behind the barrier. "The only downside is that the user has to stay inside the barrier, thus making it impossible to survive."

They had nothing to say to that, there was nothing to say. Sakura just placed her hand on the barrier, Sasuke's on top of hers and Kakashi doing the same. Naruto smiled as tears fell from their eyes, he placed his hand upon the barrier, feeling their life through it as he brought his cloak into being. His eyes closed as tears filled them. "Now go and finish what I started, unite the world as I never could." They gave him a nod as they were dragged away from the barrier, his friends each placing their hand upon the barrier in a final show of recognition. And as they ran off into the distance he turned to face his love.

"I guess this is it Madara, our final time together after all of this hate." The Uchiha just looked at him, his emotions long since left though something still flickered there.

"Yes, I guess it is Naru."