Demon Hearts
*don't own Naruto*
*this is the sequel to Demon Eyes*
Previously on Demon Eyes
"KONOHA IS OURS, NOW OFF TO SUNA AND SOON TO BE THE TWO GREATEST DEMON NATIONS THIS REALM HAS EVER SEEN!" Naruto yelled as the demon cheered before going to claim their homes and engaging in battles when the people didn't want to give it up. After 3 days, Konoha was completely taken over and 3 days after that they were off to Suna who was easier to control since many gave in willingly after learning that Gaara was alive. By the end of the week both Konoha and Suna was controlled by and the start of 2 powerful demon nations began with new leaders, new power, and a new look through demon eyes.
*2 years later*
"Akumakages, Deidara reporting in on the condition of Konoha and Suna. The two nations are now the most powerful nations of the major 5, have an alliance with Kiri and other smaller nations including hot spring and waterfall for getting rid of their two missing nin. We're working on rain country but they're still deciding and that's about it, oh and Konohamaru wanted to me to inform you Naruto that they're still trying to take back the village by getting outside help" Deidara said as he gave his monthly report on the two villages to Naruto and Gaara who nodded and thanked him, saying he could take a break.
"You thought they were suffering with the many attempts at taking back Konoha, even Suna just decided their life is better now" Naruto grumbled rubbing his temple with his tails as Gaara said things would get better. "I hope so" Naruto sighed as he stood up and looked out at the village before, happy that he brought whirlpool country and made it their headquarters and new home, before he turned when he heard the doorknob turning, knowing who it was.
"Hello Naruto-kun, I see the report came and let me guess, they're still at it" Hinata asked as Naruto nodded, making his wife sigh as she went over and massaged his back, earning a purr like sound as she rubbed away the tension that came with running two villages.
"This would be so much easier if they just accepted their new life already" Naruto grumbled when he heard another voice behind him.
"They will eventually, I mean they didn't fully accept Gaara-kun or me when we became Kazekage but they warmed up to the idea" he heard Matsuri say, visiting from Suna which she was now the Kazekage of. Going over, she gave Gaara a kiss, smiling as she sat in his lap, playing with his ears which earned her another kiss as the redhead tanuki demon enjoyed the touch.
"So how are my siblings doing?" Gaara asked and sighed when he saw the look on Matsuri's face as she didn't answer. "Still blaming themselves for what we done?" he asked as Matsuri nodded and said yes, getting up from his lap.
"Don't feel so bad Gaara, at least you don't have most of your closest friends hating you and the new changes you made like the teams, sensei, and Sennin do to me" Naruto sighed as he thought all the teams in Konoha who hated his guts right now.
"Don't feel bad Naruto-kun, we still like you I mean you did manage to change our lives around" Konan said with Itachi at her side, Neji and Tenten right behind them as they looked at their blonde leader who smiled and said thanks.
"What a bunch of idiots in Konoha, everybody could be happy yet they're still dwelling on the past. It's the same as before except there are more demons running the businesses around the village, I mean Suna, who absolutely hated me, are getting along better than Konoha, what's the deal?" they heard Shukaku say as he and Kurama came in both wearing the Anbu uniform of Konoha and Suna, reporting in on Kiri who asked for help in strengthening their military.
"Kiri's military is now stronger and have got the other six swordsmen of the demon world to join them. Lightning better watch out if they think about attacking them now" Kurama said with a grin as he looked at Naruto who nodded, a small smile on his face as he patted his pockets which held two new knuckle knives that the sword he got from Kurama changed into.
"That's good, at least one major nation believes what we're doing is good and not trying to take over the others" Naruto sighed as he looked at his friends who he now lived with on the whirling tides country, the home of his mother.
"Who is the outside help this time?" Gaara asked as he turned to the new poofs of Kyuto and Shuku who were the spies of the village.
"Earth country is now angry with Suna because Stone decided to make an alliance with us" Shuku said to Matsuri and Gaara who sighed and said they figured before they looked at Kyuto.
"Oh you're going to love this, the ones they got help from are known other than Aotenshi, Konan you think it's time for a little visit to your old friends?" Kyuto said with a grin as Konan smiled and said yes looking at Naruto.
"They must not know that we're back or that we're the ones under control, let's go give them a warm welcome. I haven't seen them in over 2 years" Konan said excitedly as Itachi nodded, saying whatever made her happy which made Naruto smile.
"Alright, Kyuto, Kurama go warn Konohamaru and the others that we're on our way. I know he'd be thrilled to see me" Naruto said as he stood and put on his Kage robes and hat along with Gaara before they went to address their village of their trip. "So Neji, how is the Hyuuga clan doing?" Naruto asked as the group walked to the warp devices they had installed to Konoha and Suna for quick access to the villages.
"It's doing well, the branch members are happy with the new management, Hiashi and the council been on their best behavior, and Hanabi loves the power she has when I'm gone. She said she and Konohamaru are dating and thinking about marriage when they get older.
"That's fast but I guess once Konohamaru became Hokage he became popular with the girls, something he got from me of course" Naruto said with a grin while Neji rolled his eyes, causing them all to laugh as they made it to the warping room. "Alright, off to Konoha" Naruto said as he grabbed hold of his followers and using his father's flying thunder god technique disappeared to their second home where things were getting tense.
*Konoha*
"Alright, Naruto niisan is coming" Konohamaru said excitedly, his Kage hat a bit big on his 16-year old body but not caring as he looked at Kyuto and Kurama.
"Aw, there goes my reign of power" Hanabi said in a pout like way before she giggled when Konohamaru kissed her, saying she could be control him anytime. They heard someone clear their throat and turned to see Moegi, his secretary and Udon, Matsuri's secretary, standing in the door, a grin on their face as they said they had visitors.
"Presenting the Kages of Uzu, Naruto-sama and Gaara-sama" they said, jokingly as they did every time the duo came to check up on them before they moved to show the demon pack who snorted and said they didn't have to do that. They watched as Konohamaru jumped over his desk and ran to give Naruto a hug, Hanabi doing the same with Hinata and Neji before the sat down and caught up with how things were doing.
"All is good, the town still fear or hate the demons, still getting outside help, and none of the outside help has been able to damage the villages because we're just too strong" Konohamaru said with a smirk as Naruto said excellent before he looked out at the village, seeing many of the demons out and about but few of the humans outside as they tended to stick to their houses.
"This village is just so stubborn" Naruto growled as he looked back at the group who nodded in agreement.
"They still remember when Kurama attacked so long ago is the reason they're so determined to take back their village, seeing that if they could survive that they can take back what's theirs" Itachi said, his Uzu Anbu uniform on as his second in command, Sai, stood beside him, saying it was sad cause.
"I mean they're not trapped, there's no restrictions, they're allowed to go whenever, wherever they want but they're so eager to take back what was a declining village anyway so why the big fuss?" Sai wondered as he looked out the window as Moegi sighed.
"It's because they don't like changes that effect like this, especially if demons are involved."
They all nodded before Naruto turned toward Konohamaru and asked how the teams were doing which made the scarf-wearing kid sigh and grumble that he had to get Deidara to assign missions just to avoid the evil glares from them.
"Strangely enough, I haven't heard about Sasuke coming to Konoha yet which I find strange, seeing as he killed Orochimaru. Don't know what's he doing but trying to keep tabs on him now, last heard of him he was trying to create a new team."
Itachi just sighed as he wondered about his little brother when he felt Konan squeeze his hand, looking at her as she gave him an encouraging smile, saying things would get better. Nodding, he asked Naruto what they were going to do in which he said he was going to go visit the sensei and others before they dealt with the newest threat.
"Good luck" he heard Konohamaru say as they exited the office to the Academy nearby where the missions were handed out. Along the way they greeted some of the demons who they met in the demon realm and made a quick visit to Ichiraku Ramen to see how they were doing in which he was happy to see expanded to take in the newcomers.
"I see you're doing well ojiyasan" Naruto said in his usual way as he greeted Teuchi who gave him a smile and said he was.
"It's thanks to all your new friends, business has skyrocketed to the point I needed to hire extra help" he said as he motioned to two fox demons by the name of Yipsu and Konona who was taking and delivering orders. Ayame came from the back, issuing a greeting to them, her round stomach showing how long her pregnancy to her new demon husband, as she asked how long they would stay in Konoha this time.
"Long enough to come and try some more of your delicious ramen" Naruto said with a grin which made them laugh as he said later, waving as he and the rest made their way to the Academy. Once there, they sensed which room the others were in and sighed, mentally preparing for what was about to happen as they warped inside. They watched as everybody grew quiet, trying to ignore the heated looks from the teams as he asked how everybody was doing as he went over to hug Iruka, who was helping assigning missions alongside Tsunade.
"Miserable thanks to you" he heard Sakura shout out and quickly grabbed Hinata with his tails as he heard the growl she let out, saying now wasn't the time for a fight.
"What do you want Naruto?" he heard Tsunade sigh, making him feel hurt that he was the cause of her depression as he said to check up on them in which some snorted, saying that was load of shit.
"The only reason I haven't killed all of you right now is because Naruto would be devastated if I did but keep it up and I'll torture you so bad that you will wish for death" Kurama said angrily as he watched the teams flinch and go quiet, knowing the fox was right.
"Kurama, there is no need to threaten them, they have the right to their opinion. I wish they would see the good I done but if they want to deal on the past then so be it, I can't force them to change, they just got either accept it or live miserably" Naruto said as he said later to them before leaving, sensing anger, confusion, and sadness from the teams.
"Maybe we've been a little too harsh on him, I mean he does have a point" Lee said before he flinched at the look Sakura shot him, looking down as he said never mind. However, Lee wasn't the only one having similar thoughts as they thought about their life and what made it miserable as Tsunade sighed and continued with the mission reports, thinking about Naruto's words.
"You okay Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she saw the way Naruto's ears and tails drooped before he perked up, saying he was fine as he watched as Deidara flew toward them on one of his clay birds, landing in front of them.
"Sir, the Aotenshi are nearly among us with large army of about 5000 strong of demons and humans. Do you think we should intervene before they reach Konoha?" Deidara asked on one knee before he felt a tail lift him up, Naruto telling him that they were friends and no need for the bowing.
"Sorry, sort of became a habit, un" he said sheepishly as Naruto chuckled, saying they would meet them ahead as they hopped on top of Deidara's clay bird and flew over the gate to meet the new forces that was making its way to Konoha.
"Wow, looks like your old team has been doing well" Naruto said as they flew towards the large army, all wearing blue, with the two in front clearly the leaders of the army and the five beside them generals as they guessed. "Let's go down and greet them" Naruto said before he felt the clay bird jerk to the left suddenly and looked down to see that they been spotted and some were now shooting water attacks at them. "Whoa, looks like they don't recognize us. Okay, Deidara take us down, the rest of you I want you to disarm but do not kill, is that good with you Gaara?" Naruto asked the redhead who nodded and jumped off the clay bird, using his sand to take him down and his sword, know in the shape of a shield, protecting him from the water attacks as he descended. Deidara landed the bird and watched as Konan took off toward the duo in front, telling them to cease fire.
"Look out" Itachi yelled as he tackled Konan to the ground when one of the generals besides the leaders, sent out rockets at her, missing her before they were destroyed by a flame jutsu from Itachi.
"That was Nagato's Flaming Arrow Missiles, he must still be controlling the other paths" Konan said as Itachi helped her up before they jumped back to dodge another round of missiles. "Why are they attacking me?" Konan asked confused and a bit hurt before Itachi reminded her that they haven't seen or heard from her in over two years.
"They must believe you're dead or can't see you very well" Itachi said before he created a large fireball to counter Yahiko's Water Style: Raging Waves before they dodged Nagato's Wind Style: Gale Palm which he used to strengthen Yahiko's water jutsu and catch them off guard as they sent some of the demon soldiers to attack them. Itachi grabbed his double-edged sword, Suraisu, which changed into a staff that Itachi used to fight off the soldier so that Konan could get closer.
"Itachi behind you" they heard Naruto shout and turned to see one of the soldiers managed to sneak behind and was about to stab him when a wall of paper blocked the attack before wrapping around the soldier and tossing him back toward the others, knocking some down.
"Itachi, are you okay?" Konan asked, as he checked out Itachi who looked up and cursed, bringing his staff up in time to avoid Konan from being hit by one of Nagato's paths when they all heard the leaders yell to cease fire. They watched as the pain body removed his weapon and jump back to return to the leader's sides before Itachi helped Konan up.
"Konan…is that you?" they heard the leaders say before the duo ran forward and stopped in front of the blue haired kunoichi who smiled and said it was her. Itachi watched as the three team-mates hugged, happy to see Konan again before they asked what they were doing there.
"Stopping you from storming Konoha for starters and coming to see how you've been doing. Sorry I haven't visit but I've been busy with the others rebuilding Suna and Konoha."
"Wait, you mean you and the rest are the controllers of Konoha and Suna?" Nagato asked surprised as he watched as the rest joined Konan and Itachi.
"Controllers is a bit strong, I mean we're more like the guardians of the village. We're not controlling anything" Naruto said with a grin.
"Then why are we getting reports that they're being held captive by vicious controllers who are taking everything?" Yahiko asked before he noticed the dull looks on their faces as they sighed and muttered about making up any kind of excuse to get help.
"Nobody is being held captive, controller, or taking anything. In fact the village is basically the same except stronger thanks to new management" Konan said as she asked them if they wanted to see for themselves in which they nodded. Nagato and Yahiko, after telling them their army to stand at ease and follow, joined Konan as they caught up with what's been happening, happy to hear that Konan was doing great and married to Itachi.
"I'm happy you found someone Konan" Yahiko said with a smile as he told Konan about his new wife back in rain when they reached the village, who they noticed seemed to be in shock as their "rescuers" were with the "enemy" in their eyes and grew even more restless when they saw the demons and human army coming along and working together.
"As you can see, nobody is being tortured or mishandled in any way, if you go to Suna you will find the same thing there but they're a lot happier as they grew to accept the changes" Gaara and Matsuri informed as they looked around at the village to see the truth, even their soldiers were being treated kindly as they followed. They followed Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen where they found the rest of the teams eating ramen before they all tensed when they saw who was behind them.
"Hey ojiyasan, get ready for a real large group" Naruto said as he ushered his group in and said that Nagato's army could go enjoy themselves in which they split to enjoy one of the few places that accepted demons too while the group caught up, ignoring the shock looks from the others. After eating their fill of ramen, and nearly cleaning out Teuchi's ingredients, they finished their tour by going to the Kage office where they sat and discussed an alliance between Ame, Suna, and Konoha which they did happily.
"So why did you guys take over anyway?" Nagato asked Gaara as Naruto was happily slurping down the hot noodles, too busy to answer any more questions.
"Because it needed a new reign, they were, well, are narrow-minded to see that changes needed to be made" Kurama said, enjoying the way the teams tensed and suddenly left which Nagato and Yahiko nodded, seeing the truth with their own eyes. After they ate and toured some more they made it to Konohamaru's office, the 4 Kage eager to sign for a new alliance.
"I'll come and visit you guys soon, I'm either in Konoha or Uzu if you're looking for me. Nagato, you should come and see how much Naruto brought back your old village to life" Konan said as Nagato agreed, saying he would as they discussed an alliance which took a couple of days in which they stayed in Uzu before they went back to rain, hearts lighter at knowing Konan was alive. After they left, Naruto sighed as he noticed the evil looks he was getting from the village before he left back for Uzu, some of the demon members staying in Konoha to deal with their clan as Itachi started to rebuild his with some demon followers.
*one month later*
"More bad news Naruto, the villagers grew angry and decided to take matters into their own hands" Deidara reported, wishing he could deliver something good as he heard Naruto sigh and nod, saying he was wondering when they would start.
"Who they get in contact with this time?" he asked, the stress deep in his words which made Deidara wonder if he should tell Hinata instead and she tell Naruto. "Uh, I think you're under enough stress, I'll go tell Gaara or Hinata and they can tell you when you're less stressful" Deidara said as he quickly left the room, hearing Naruto sigh again, muttering that made it worse. After he reported his new findings to the duo, that were out training, as they thanked him for telling them first and decided how to break the news to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, you relax and we'll take care of the new threat" Hinata said encouraging while Naruto responded, asking who it was.
"Don't worry about it-"
"Who is it?"
"Naruto you really need to rel-"
"Who is it?"
"Naru-"
"Just tell me what we're going up against next" Naruto asked, the duo seeing his eyes glowing and black chakra starting to seep out.
"…lightning and earth have issued war on Suna and Konoha" they said together and watched as the blonde pounded his head on the desk, muttering about that's all they needed right now.
"Alright, get the teams ready and-"
"No, no, and no. You're going to stay here and relax, we're going to deal with this problem" Hinata said as she glared at her husband, daring him to try anything as he looked at her. Naruto just sighed and said he couldn't relax if they were on the brink of war.
"Don't worry about Konoha and Suna, they're fine. It's here you got to worry about" Kurama said as he and the other biju appeared beside him, a letter in their hand which they handed to Gaara to read.
"Taken hostage…we seek assistance…rebellion, don't the nations know how powerful we are now and they even sent some of their ninja in undercover to try and see how strong we were?" Gaara said as he handed the paper to Hinata who took it with a frown.
"Did you inform Konohamaru and Matsuri and what do you mean here?" Hinata asked as she summoned for Sai who came within seconds. "Take this to Konoha and tell Itachi, Neji, and Tenten about this then go to Ame and inform Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, after that head to Kiri and tell them to watch out for but lightning but not to engage."
"We think the two attacks on the nations are a diversion, we're guessing they're really aiming for whirlpool, seeing as you're a sitting duck to them" Shukaku said as Sai nodded and left to deliver her message.
"We're guessing that their hoping you focus all your attention on the two villages so that some lightning nin can sneak out to sea near wavy country and attack us there. That's kind of risky though if they try to take out our headquarters they will need some serious power to do it."
"…I know where they're going to get that power" Naruto said chuckling as he lifted his head, a smirk on his face as he stood up. "If that's what they believe, then we'll play their little game, think they got us then we switch the board on them" Naruto said with a grin as he said he told Sai to get his army ready to go to Konoha and Suna and his "special" army to stay in whirlpool.
"What's your plan Naruto?" Gaara asked as he noticed the way Naruto was grinning which spelled disaster for the warring nations.
"Operation recruit" he said before he explained to Gaara his plan which made the redhead look at Naruto.
"What if they don't want to leave?" Gaara asked before he saw the look on Naruto's face as he grinned.
"Oh they'll leave, especially when I pull out my secret weapon" Naruto said as he watched his troops off to the two villages, waiting for his plan to fall into place. Two weeks after the war been issued, there have been reports about a large army of lightning and earth nin making their way toward the two villages which made Naruto grin as he and Gaara had the two nations go on with their lives, making the villagers think that it would be an easy war. When the two reached the nations, they continued with their attack but soon found their attempts to be futile as they learned that each nation had special seals placed on the walls surrounding the villages that wouldn't let them pass.
"You didn't think I would make it that easy for you, did you?" Naruto said from on top of the gate as he looked down at the Raikage who tried to break through the seal but found even he couldn't. In Suna, the Tsuchikage was facing a similar problem with a smirking Gaara staring down at them. After three days of trying to break through the seal, the two Kage decided to unleash their secret that attacking the two nations was just a diversion to lure him out.
"Oh really" Naruto said with a smirk as he looked down at the Raikage who was smiling, thinking he fooled Naruto as he told them they were really attacking their headquarters which made the village cheer before they all went quiet when they heard Naruto and the rest of the demon leaders laughing,.
"What's so funny?" the Tsuchikage, who came from Suna to aid the Raikage in Konoha, asked when they saw the smirks on all their faces.
"Do you really take us for some fools? We already figured out your true plan and had a counter one to deal with the group you sent"
"Impossible, we kept track of how big your army was, you can't possibly have enough to stop the force I sent" the Raikage roared before he grew tense when Naruto smirk widen.
"You only kept track of the army I have in this realm, you didn't account the army I have in the demon realm but that's not who you're going up against" Naruto said as he and Gaara summoned JT and Maru who then summoned Hyou who yawned before looking around.
"Let me guess, show them what's really happening in Uzu?" Hyou said as the duo nod before she stretched cat-like before jumping down in front of the gate and making hand seals. "Demonic style: Mirror of Kanna" Hyou cried before they watched as a giant mirror appeared before the gate of Konoha and watched the battle going on in the whirling tides country.
"What is this?" the Raikage roared upset as he watched as a lot of his men went down before disappearing, wondering what was happening.
"Why don't you ask them?" Naruto said with a smirk as he looked in the distance, making the Raikage turn to see his men appearing from thin air to land on other people of his army, all them hurt but not dead.
"What happened?" the Raikage asked as he went toward one of the nearer soldiers who coughed before looking up at the Raikage.
"Their forces are stronger than we realized, never seen attacks like these before" the shinobi said before he was taken away to have his wounds checked.
"What kind of attacks?" the Tsuchikage asked before they looked up when the demon leaders decided to answer.
"Oh let's see, Tayuya's demonic flute and her doki" Naruto said with a grin, hearing Shikamaru gasp and growl out impossible.
"Kimimaro's Dance of the Willow" Gaara said with a smirk, hearing Lee say that he was defeated.
"Haku's Secret Jutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death" Naruto continued, hearing Sakura call him a liar.
"Zabuza's Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu. You don't know how hard we had to convince him not to kill anybody" Gaara said casually while Kakashi frowned, saying all the people they mentioned were dead.
"You mean they were dead but they were brought back, they even brought my brother Shin back" Sai said as he gave them all a smile as he watched as more people appeared from the air. Seeing the disbelief looks on the groups face, Naruto asked Hyou to make another mirror in which she had JT and Maru create on the other side in which they watched, shock, as the people they believed to be dead, fighting the other nin. After thirty more minutes, the fighting ended and they watched as the group got together and made a peace sign as if looking at a camera before the mirrors disappeared along with the three demons.
"Now do you believe us?" Hinata asked looking down at the group who were frowning and asking how that was possible. "Just a little nifty ability that demons have that I don't feel like sharing with you" Hinata said casually, making the others laugh as they saw the frowns deepen on the group below. They all turned however when they heard the Raikage and Tsuchikage laughing, a brow raised as they waited to see what was up their sleeve.
"We figured you would have a back-up plan so get ready for our trump card, how will you village survive with four biju rampaging and destroying everything in sight?" the two Kage laugh, thinking they won until they noticed the cool looks on the demon leaders faces as they looked off in the distance.
"Really, those four biju wouldn't happen to be the 2 tailed cat, four tailed monkey, five tailed whale horse, and eight tailed ox-cephalopod would they? Like the ones that are riding on the back with the rest of the biju heading straight here after joining my village and coming to break if off with yours" Naruto said with an evil smile as they watched as the two Kage faces turn from smirks to looks of shock as they watched the bird land.
"Bee, Yugito, what are you doing?" the Raikage roared to his two biju while the fourth asked the same to Roshi and Han.
"Hey Fu, Utakata, Yagura, how you enjoying life again" Naruto greeted the other three casually as they waved back, jumping up onto the gate along with Kurama and Shukaku.
"Now this is a reunion" the biju chuckled as they watched the show below as the four biju broke it off with their nations.
"Why are you doing this? What kind of control are you under?" the Raikage shouted to his brother who just smiled and said he wasn't under any control.
"Gyuuki and I got to thinking, and we want to be free, they said they accepted us, and we all just agreed, yeah" Bee rapped, making everybody who wasn't used to Bee sweat-dropped as the Raikage turned to look at Yugito.
"I've seen this place and been around here too. They're no point to this war, I mean they're not being held hostage, don't need assistance, and compared to Kumo, they actually treat humans and demons equal, even the ones who hated them before. I believe them when they say they treat us like we're normal and Matatabi says she rather live here than in Kumo anymore" Yugito said as she jumped up on the wall along with Bee.
"Son Goku and Kokuou both decided they were tired of being hunted for their power. Han and I want to be part of a village again and this seems like the perfect chance, seeing as you abandoned us as soon as the biju were sealed away within us" Rōshi said as they joined the others who were looking down at them.
"Now, do you really want to continue this war or will you go peacefully and be grateful you didn't lose any men in this poor excuse of trying to take over Konoha and Suna?" Gaara asked as the two Kage growled before nodding, saying that they would go which they did, not before shooting a heated glare at their former biju.
"This will be the last time you get glares from your village" Naruto and Gaara said as the four newcomers said thank you before they jumped off the wall and into the village, who they know noticed was cowering away from them.
"You know these attempts of getting outside help even though you don't need it is starting to become quite stressful, so why don't you just come up with some kind of plan that involves us personally" Naruto sighed as he walked through the town toward the Dango Shop then Ichiraku Ramen, all the excitement making him hungry. "Oh and if you didn't believe me when I said I brought them back" Naruto said as he did the summoning jutsu and showed the revived group standing in front of them, grinning as they greeted some of the people they encountered.
"Let's go get some food" Deidara said as they watched as the town parted to give them room, seeing them plot their next course of action which made Naruto grin, wondering what they would do next.
*week later*
"Kages…I think you might actually like this news" Deidara said as he came in with the rest of the leaders who looked excited at what was about to be said.
"Really, do tell" Naruto said as he took his feet off the desk, looking at Gaara who seemed interested as Deidara told of the villages next attempt at retaking the village.
"They want a battle between us, the demon leaders, and their strongest ninja?" Naruto asked, eyes glowing with excitement as his tails twitched, thinking about the challenge while Gaara noticed everybody was eager too, ears and tail fluffing up from happiness.
"What the conditions they're demanding" Gaara asked, own tail twitching as Deidara explain how the challenge would be interesting as he explained the rules.
"They want to go against 5 of the leaders and only one of the Kage in an all or nothing match. If the humans when at least once match then they take back control and all the demons hit the road, but if all the demons win then they will accept the changes and any punishment we dish out."
"Now that's the kind of challenge I'm looking forward too, so do everybody accept?" Naruto asked as he looked up at the equal looking grins on everybody's faces.
"I'll take that as a yes. Alright, Deidara send word that we accept their challenge and that our fighters will be…"
Key Positions: (for those who are confused on who has what position)
Konohamaru: Kage of Konoha
Hanabi: soon-to-be wife of Konohamaru, 2nd in command of Hyuuga clan
Moegi/Udon: secretary of Konohamaru and Matsuri
Naruto: Kage of Uzu
Hinata: wife of Naruto
Neji: leader of Hyuuga clan
Tenten: wife of Neji
Sai: 2nd in command of ANBU in Uzu
Itachi: leader of Uchiha clan and ANBU in Uzu
Konan: wife of Itachi
Deidara: messenger between nations, assign missions
Gaara: second Kage of Uzu
Matsuri: Kage of Suna; wife of Gaara
Kurama: commander of ANBU in Konoha
Kyuto: 2nd in command of ANBU in Konoha
Shukaku: commander of ANBU in Suna
Shuku: 2nd in commander of ANBU in Suna
