Prologue: Outside Forces
Konohagakure no Sato. Located in Hi no Kuni, it is one of five Great Ninja Villages, alongside Suna, Kiri, Iwa, and Kumo. Home to many clans, like the Hyuuga and the Uchiha, who are known for their powerful eyes, the Inuzuka and the Aburame, who are aided by dogs and bugs respectively, or the Yamanaka, the Akamichi and the Nara, whose abilities compliment each other. Today was another beautiful, peaceful and, for Tsunade, Godaime Hokage, boring day.
Ever since she got the job, it was just the boring routine of filling out paperwork, giving out missions for the shinobi, hearing the council bitch about something, and recently, Sasuke whining about Naruto getting stronger than him.
Today was just going to be another boring day when a Jonin came in.
"Tsunade, there's an emissary from a land called Zeltennia who wants to make an alliance with us." He said.
That was new.
"Call the council." She ordered. "I'll meet the emissary and escort him to the council chamber."
"Yes Hokage-sama." Said the Jonin before leaving.
Minutes later, the council was talking amongst themselves while they were waiting for Tsunade to arrive with the emissary. While it was known that there were lands beyond the ninja world, for someone from those lands to come right to Konoha and propose an alliance with them was something new and rather alien. While most of the council, shinobi and civilians included, were discussing what the alliance might bring, only Yamanaka Inochi stayed silent. The mention of a foreign power brought back memories of Minato. He remembered that when he was younger, Minato had always talked about wanting to explore the whole world. Some, like Fugaku, Shikaku, Hiashi and Hizashi thought it was weird, but others did not care. One thing for sure was that, after he rescued Kushina, Minato left, taking the redhead along and disappeared for a few years until the Third Great Shinobi War arrived, and both of them returned with an ally. He was a strange, large, savage warrior, clad in heavy armor and wielded a large hammer. But when Minato and Kushina died, he left.
The doors opened, and Tsunade entered, followed by the emissary and his guard. The emissary wore a large pink coat and a black hat. His guard of six was wearing leather armor and wielded longbows, with swords at their sides for close combat.
"Hello Tsunade," Said the emissary. "I am here on behalf of Zeltennia and its Lord, Demi. I have come to see that Konohagakure no Sato joins."
"What are the terms of this alliance?" Tsunade asked.
"You will be obligated to supply Zeltennia with shinobi for our war effort along with any knowledge of ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, bloodline samples and techniques, clan techniques, and your jinchuuriki. In return you will receive shipments and support against your enemies."
Tsunade glanced at the looks of disproval on the shinobi's faces.
"I will have to decline." She said.
"Very well." Said the emissary. He bowed and left.
Hours later, at an unknown location, the emissary met up with another man.
"Did they accept?" The man asked.
"No sir, I don't think any ninja village would accept it." Said the emissary.
"Perhaps we can come to a better deal."
The emissary, the man, and their guards turned to see a one-armed, one-eyed old man, flanked by two shinobi.
Days Later. . .
Tsunade sighed. First, the Uchiha met up with some Sound ninja and left for Orochimaru, second, some of the civilian council had got it into their heads that Naruto was responsible for Sasuke's defection, and that he must be executed for it, and finally, there was a group of three people that had entered the village, one of them demanding to see her.
She heard the secretary say something to whoever was outside, but her attempts were apparently in vain as the door burst open, and a man larger than Jiraiya and Chouza entered, wearing black plate armor, on his back was a maul and two greatswords, and a helmet with skull-like 'face' and wings near the ears.
"Hiruzen!" He shouted. "You-" He stopped, noticing the Hokage sitting there wasn't the one he wanted. "Tsunade, you're Hokage?"
She nodded.
"What about Hiruzen?" The man asked.
"He's dead." Tsunade answered.
"What happened?"
"He fought Orochimaru, but Orochimaru used Edo Tensei to bring back the Shodai and Nidaime Hokages, so Hiruzen used Shiki Fuuin to stop them."
"I see." The man replied in an irrationally calm voice. He then moved to one of the chairs in the office, and in one swift motion, hurled it at the picture of Hiruzen, smashing the chair to pieces and causing the picture to collapse to the ground.
"Damn it!" He cursed. "First, that bastard lies to my face, and now he drags his predecessors to hell with him!"
"What did he lie to you about?" Tsunade asked.
"About Minato's boy dieing." The man answered. He then planted his hands on the desk and looked right at her. "Where is he?"
"Shizune, close the door." When she did, Tsunade activated the Silencing Seals in the room to prevent anyone from overhearing. "He's on a mission, trying to bring back a traitor."
"I see." Said the man.
"Now King, how did you find out that Naruto was alive?" Tsunade asked.
"Some of my friends went to see the Chunin Exams and saw an Uzumaki Naruto who looked very much like Minato Namikaze, yet he shares the last name of Kushina." The man known as King, or rather, the Immortal King, stated. He then crossed his arms. "It wasn't the only thing they found. He lives in a shoddy apartment, and there wasn't any sort of guardian there. The implications of what his life was like are not pleasing, nor does the fact that the Uzumaki clan seems to have been wiped out of Konoha's history."
There was a knock on the door. Tsunade deactivated the seals and said, "Enter."
A Chunin entered.
"Tsunade-sama, Genin Akamichi Chouji has just been brought back and he's in critical condition!" He said, and noticed the Immortal King standing to the side of the office.
"Thank you for informing me." Said Tsunade, standing up. "You may go."
King smirked as the Chunin left quickly.
"I have to go." Said Tsunade.
King nodded. "Let me know when Naruto returns."
Naruto looked at Sasuke, who had activated the second stage of his Curse Seal. Naruto was about to form the Rasengan when someone leapt out of the forest, and landed nearby, causing the ground to shake.
Seeing Naruto stumble, Sasuke decided to attack.
"Chidori!" He shouted, but the newcomer ripped a boulder out of the ground and hurled it at Sasuke. It hit him, sending the traitorous Uchiha to the ground.
Naruto looked at the newcomer. He was very big, encased in white armor with silver edges, a white cape, and a helmet with a mirrored slit visor.
The newcomer charged at Naruto, who barely managed to leap out of the way. He formed a Kage Bunshin and started creating the Rasengan, but the man charged again and this time, he rammed Naruto and his Kage Bunshin. Naruto skidded across the ground, seeing the Kage Bunshin pop. He got up and dodged a punch, and made two hundred Kage Bunshin, who all leapt at the armored man, while he ran for Sasuke's unconscious body. But the man wasn't phased by the move, and charged through the Kage Bunshins like they weren't there and delivered a punch to the original, sending the boy onto his back again. The man strode over, ignoring the remaining Kage Bunshin's attempts to stop him, save one Bunshin who went over to the original.
"Don't worry boss," He said, "I'll get you out of-"
But the armored man had reached the Kage Bunshin, grabbed him and tossed him aside, before grabbing the real Naruto, holding him up, and delivering one final punch to knock him out.
After Chouji was brought in, Tsunade sent a message to Suna to send the Sand Siblings for aid, and it was a good call, as Neji was the next one back, also in critical condition. Kiba and Akamaru came back with Kankuro, with Akamaru being worse off than Kiba. Shikamru came back with Temari, suffering only a broken finger, and then, Rock Lee came back with Gaara. Tsunade sighed. It was all up to Naruto now, and if someone could bring back Sasuke, it was him.
"Hokage-sama, I have someone who is in need of medical attention." Someone said to Tsunade.
The Hokage turned to see Kakashi, who was holding Sasuke.
'He did it.' Tsunade thought to herself. 'Naruto actually did it!' But when she looked around for the little Genin in orange, she noticed that he wasn't present.
"Kakashi, where's Naruto?" Tsunade asked.
She paled at Kakashi's answer:
"I don't know. He wasn't there when I found Sasuke."
A/N: The idea for this fic came to me all the way back when Mass Effect 2 came out. At first, it was gonna be a Naruto/Mass Effect crossover where Naruto dies and he's brought back by Cerberus in order to fight the Collectors. But the idea changed, leaving the part that made me want to write the fic (Naruto is captured by unknown enemy, Kyuubi is extracted, Naruto is killed, then brought back).
The pairing is Naruharem, with the members being Sakura, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, Temari, Karin, Hanabi, Tsunade, Shizune, Kurenai, Anko, Konan, and Kurotsuchi. Potential members are Ayame, Fuu, Karui, Samui, and Mei. One thing I want to do is to try to give all members the spotlight, rather than just dumping all focus on one or two members while the rest just become walking scenery.
The Immortal King is based on an armor set of the same name from Diablo II. The armor will look like it while his abilities will be based on the Barbarian's abilities.
About the council, I know it's overused, but I can't find any fics where they appear after the time skip (Then again, maybe I haven't looked hard enough), and for now, their power is limited.