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Warning: There will be violence, some languages, and implied questionable activities. NO YAOI

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Corpse littered everywhere in the barren streets of the once Great Shinobi Village of Konoha. Somewhere in middle of the village lay a blonde-haired man, cuts and bruises covered his battered body, breathing heavily. Not far from this man, lay three corpses in different states. The furthest one is a silver-haired man with a hole in his chest and an expression of fascination and shock still on his face, probably wondering how the hole was created. The second furthest one is a black-haired girl around 17 of age with a stab wound on her stomach; blood spread over her white kimono and a beautiful serene smile covered her equally beautiful face. The nearest corpse could only be perceived as cut and shredded into pieces. Blood sprayed all over him, and the only describable feature is a pair of crimson eyes with three black tomoes each staring into nothingness.

Not long after, the blonde sit up and stared at the shredded corpse in front him. Not far from him the sound of battles can be heard. Sensing some footsteps getting closer he braced himself, stand up and look to where the sound was coming. Sure enough came three shinobis wearing sound hitai-ate on their foreheads. After seeing their shocked faces at the sight of their fearsome leader turned into a bloodied mess of a corpse, he smirked and said airily, "Nice weather isn't it? I just got a free snake meat and I must say they are quite difficult to chop, slippery skin I guess."

"H-he defeated Orochimaru-sama!" One of the sound shinobi exclaimed fearfully. The others just stood there frozen.

"Defeated? I cut him into pieces and that is what will happen to you in a moment." The blonde said coldly while curling his hands into a strange hand seal and whispered, "Hijutsu: Kyuukouken!" (Secret Technique: Nine crimson blades).

Nine thick, five-feet long tails made of chakra erupt from his back and before any of the sound shinobis could react, he disappeared before their eyes with an explosion of chakra from his feet and proceeded by spinning around with his tails sharpening and spread out, killing them instantly.

"That's an overkill don't you think?" he heard from a feminine voice as he stumbled in his landing and fall to his rear. He looks up to see a beautiful woman with a shoulder length blonde hair in a purple battle gi and black tight pants looking at him with concern. Her face and clothes was covered in blood though it was clear that most of them are not hers.

He huffed and struggled to stand up while the chakra tails vanished. After taking a deep breath, "No" he said blandly. "They are jounins and I barely had any chakra left."

The woman gave an un-ladylike snort and smacked him on the back of his head. "Barely any chakra for you is plenty enough for the rest of us. And if you barely had any chakra why in the world did you use Kouken no Mai(Dance of the Crimson Blade)!" She exclaimed. "You could just slice them easily after Kyuukouken is activated." She continued and at the same time checking his injuries.

While he has deep gashes and three broken ribs, it is not life-threatening so she just works on the gashes. She knows his regeneration powers must have healed the critical ones which caused him chakra depletion. She silently thanked the Kyuubi for the powers for she was sure the wounds were critical enough to warrant such amount of chakra if it made him, the stamina freak, tired. Then again his opponents were the leaders of Otogakure no Sato. Even though the fact that he won did not surprise her in the slightest, they are tough opponents. While she could take on Kabuto and Asuka, she knows that she couldn't face Orochimaru with the Mangekyou Sharingan eyes.

"If you wanted to grope me that bad you should have said so ANBU-san, I'd be willing to oblige." He said in a light tone, though you could hear the underlying dark beneath it.

"Oh, you know I always imagine the two of us lying in the middle of Konoha street making passionate love, Hokage-sama!" she growled in what she hoped to be a seductive tone, though the effect is dissuaded by the fact that her face is red with anger and embarrassment. Add to that, the scowl marred on her beautiful face made her look like a prim princess forced to do crude things and the man couldn't help but chuckle, watching her crossing her arms with a pout on her face.

"So…..you killed him." She stated softly after a pause.

"Yes." He replied.

After a while the sound of battles ended. Those Oto and Iwa shinobis must have felt his death and retreat. The man thought. Or none of them are alive at the moment.

"How are the others?" the man asked. "Well, let's go check them." He said when he sees the turmoil in her eyes and heard no answers. It is most definitely bad news if she hesitated to inform him. He dashed to the safe tunnel which leads to a safe location beneath the Hokage Mountain where most of the civilians were evacuated with the blonde woman following him.

"I see. This…..is trouble." The 24-years old blonde Hokage muttered quietly.

Konoha won, or survived the battle would be correct phrase. More than half of its buildings were decimated and the shinobi ranks were cut to a mere 32 ninjas. The Hokage, ANBU Commander, 4 ANBUs, 6 jounins, 7 chuunins who works as academy teachers, and 13 genins were the only ones left of what used to be one of if not the strongest shinobi country in the Elemental Continent. The rest are civilians and academy students. He sighed to himself and proceeds to observe the remaining high-ranked shinobis in the make-shift office (The Hokage Tower was destroyed in the battle).

To his right is his trusted ANBU Commander who surprisingly is the blonde woman who followed him earlier. Cleaned up, she looked stunning in a black kimono and purple tights on her 5"9 tall and slender body. Her hitai-ate covering her neck, purple fingerless gloves, two black wakizashis strapped on both sides of her hips and a pouch on her right thigh completed the ninja look. Although she could not be called the strongest, she is a calm, intelligent, and deadly kunoichi. 24-years old Yamanaka Ino ascended to her current rank through her versatility and capability as a kunoichi that is proven by her record of no failure in missions since her ANBU year. To add to that, she unlocked a telepathic trait as a kekkei genkai she called Kiokuei (Memory Swim) which allows her to skim her opponent's memories with all the emotions in the memories involved as long as she made skin contact. This new kekkei genkai also altered her mind and brain structure which allowed her to absorb and memorize all the added memories without resulting her in a mental ward for madness and mental breakdown. She could not read minds whatsoever, but the memories coupled with the Kage Henge no Jutsu (Shadow Transformation technique which is basically a tempered Sexy no Jutsu that is surprisingly not a Genjutsu but a real body transformation) made her earned the nickname Konoha no Ikiryou Ninja (Konoha's Doppelganger Ninja).

To his left sat the infamous 20-years old ANBU Captain of Special ANBU Unit Sarutobi Konohamaru. Covered from head to toe in black, red oni mask, and the symbolic grey haori with seven point star on the back special to the unit over the ensemble, he looks mysterious and imposing with his 5"10 lithe and muscular body. He leads the special unit Kuroboshi (Black Star) which operates directly under the Hokage and answers to no one else but the Hokage. His stealth is unmatched and he somehow created a fighting style very similar to Momochi Zabuza's Silent Killing style, although with a less power but much more speed and precise blows. He developed a camouflage jutsu more effective than Jiraiya's hiding technique that made him famous as the Chameleon which is the name of his jutsu and also his ANBU codename. Discarding the standard kunai and shuriken, he opted for senbons and a weapon of his own design. A fingerless gauntlet with a retractable five-inch long black blade in the middle to hack his opponents.

Behind him stood his remaining unit members. Nearest to him is a 20-years old Utahana Moegi. While she also used black, she, unlike her captain who was covered all over, was barely covered. She honed the arts of seduction to such perfection it became her preferred weapon. She wears a black leather tank top which barely covered her bosoms and showing her flat stomach, black forearm guard with black fingerless gloves, black high heeled stiletto and a black mini skirt on her curvaceous hips which cut up on the sides showing her long slender legs. She wears her hitai-ate covering her neck, black wires tied her orange hair into a high ponytail, a chain whip on her right hip and a pouch for ninja tools on her left hip. All in all, her skimpy outfit shows her voluptuous figure which she uses to her advantage with the codename Usagi (Bunny/Rabbit). Her Kuroboshi haori was modified into a cloak she usually wears concealing her body unless she needs to reveal it. Her bunny mask made people wonder if she had chosen it to overcompensate for her body and ninja arts, the rest of her team wonder how she is still a virgin.

Standing right beside her is the last remaining Kuroboshi, 17-years old Chizuru Asura. He is of average height, pale skin, high cheekbones, and sleek and shiny black hair. Dressed in a simple long-sleeved shirt and black pants under the Kuroboshi haori, his regal features made enemies underestimate him, thinking he was some rich snobbish brat playing ninja. His skills however placed him as the most powerful in the unit. The only reason he didn't become the captain is his emotions and lacking in the ability to lead. If not restrained by an order, he was quick to let his emotions get in way and hinder his judgments. He is slightly more powerful in raw power than Konohamaru, but Konohamaru always outsmarted him. He was one of Orochimaru's runaway experiments. He was saved by the blonde Hokage who later on became his idol. He and his, now deceased, twin sister Asuka were the lucky ones, acquiring ability without any changes in their physical features. They were the children of one of the lords in Rice Field Country who went against Orochimaru and the Otogakure no Sato. Their genetics were scrambled; creating a new kekkei genkai they called Shinorigami (God's weaving hair). They use chakra manipulating their hair, changing the colors, increases the density, lengthen or shorten, their hair is a weapon under their command. Asura's codename is Kurogami.

Sitting to Konohamaru's left is the sole survivor of the legendary Hyuuga Clan as well as the only surviving member of Konoha's ANBU Corps. 19-years old Hyuuga Hanabi is the captain of ANBU Team 3 from Hunter-nin division. Wearing traditional white Hyuuga garb and her hair up in bun, she looked a little out of place in a crowd of dark wearing shinobis.

The Hokage sighed and looked at the six remaining jounins. The only jounins older than thirty are Maito Gai (38), Shiranui Genma (41), and Shizune (34) respectively. The other three are around his age. Rock Lee and Ami are both the remaining jounins who went to help the evacuation with the genins. They are also jounin-senseis for genin Team 5 and genin Team 6. Then the hokage looked at the last one.

There sitting calmly is the Hokage's best friend and right-hand man also advisor, 25-years old Sai. He wears black kimono and grey hakama, looking more like a diplomat since his status is no more an active ninja. He wears his hitai-ate around his left arm along with a glove with an intricate seals, and a big kanji of '封(seal)' in the middle. Of all people, the hokage never thought that Sai would be his best friend. After the defection of Haruno Sakura to Oto, Team 7 crumbled with Kakashi asking to rejoin the ANBU Black Ops. Then Danzou with his ANBU 'Ne' members along with Orochimaru's force came to overthrow the Godaime Hokage Tsunade. Their attack was thwarted, but it cost a lot of good shinobis life, one was Hatake Kakashi in the arms of his former students Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura. He died with a sword through the heart after he was immobilized by Sakura breaking his leg with her freakish strength, although he managed to cut off Sakura's left arm with his Raikiri.

After the battle, all surviving members of 'Ne' were sentenced to death along with Danzou. Seeing as Sai fight alongside him in the battle, he remembered how he walked to Tsunade's office and demand her not to execute Sai. After hours of yelling and punching (On Tsunade's part) she finally relented and decided to use her position as Hokage to enforce it to the Councils. Sai wasn't being executed but must be watched and monitored at all times so of course he demanded, again, to be the watcher. After that they became friends and when he was elected as the Rokudaime Hokage, he appointed Sai as his aide as well as an advisor and negotiator for Konoha.

After a long silence, Hanabi raised her hand and said "Hokage-sama if I may…"

The blonde Hokage nodded his head towards her urging her to continue. She straightened and spoke clearly, "I have done the Clan survey, and Konoha is inhabited no more of the Akimichi Clan while the Aburame Clan only survived with one member, an eight-years old academy student who goes by the name of Aburame Akira. And as you can see Ino-san and I are the only ones left of the Yamanaka Clan and Hyuuga Clan although we still have three children from the Nara Clan and two from the Inuzuka Clan. Genma-san and Mai-sama of the Shiranui Clan are the only surviving elders of all Konoha clans."

"Of course there is also this idiot here from the Sarutobi Clan." She concluded receiving a glare from said ANBU Captain.

"Hey, don't put me in the same standings as my mother, I'm not that old." Genma grumbled.

"Why does the Sarutobi Clan being included among the prominent clans? If I am not mistaken there were only nine prominent clans in Konoha. All seven mentioned plus the Uchiha Clan and Koike Clan of Shodaime, Nidaime, and Godaime Hokage." Moegi asked confusedly.

"At first yes there were eight prominent clans in Konoha. But it is also decided by all Clan Heads in the reign of Nidaime-sama that anyone who became a Hokage automatically has a seat in the Council of Clan Heads thus allowing their clan to become a member of Konoha's prominent clans. It was actually the first law passed by the agreement of all Clan Heads in the Council and the Hokage." Sai answered smartly.

"Now there are 11 prominent clans in record. The nine starting number plus the Sarutobi Clan of Sandaime Hokage and the forgotten Kazama Clan of both Yondaime and…..Rokudaime Hokage-sama." He continued after receiving a nod from the blonde Hokage sitting across from him.

Besides Sai, Ino, and Shizune, the shinobis gathered in the room swiveled around their heads to their Hokage, each one gazing inquiringly.

"My father asked me to take my rightful name on my 25th birthday. Strange as it is, I am to be given everything, his wealth, scrolls, and house, besides my clan name on my 18th birthday. He did not explain why in his will, and truthfully I don't want to know why so please, continue." He answered their questioning stares.

"Speaking of which, we should send a message to Shikamaru in Suna. He would want to have his cousins to move with him." Ino interrupted.

There were quiet murmurings until Sai hold his hand up. The Hokage motioned for him to speak.

"Although I have no qualms on the message part, I admit I am a little doubtful on the moving part. We already lost so many; we can not afford to lose another prominent clan even though Suna is our ally." Sai said calmly. "Shikamaru-san made the decision to leave Konoha and become a Suna shinobi after he married Temari-san, but he also agreed not to bring any scrolls of the Nara Clan and only teach to his descendants the Clan jutsus he currently had in his arsenal. If we let the children move to Suna, not only that made us look weaker than we already are, we also willingly gave away one of our prominent clan to another shinobi village which could be considered banishment. That is considered an embarrassment and offense of a high degree to the clan name and another village besides Suna may work to invite them to attack Konoha considering it is in their rights to do so as written in a law by the Shodaime Hokage." He explained.

"What kind of unyouthful law are you talking about my friend?" Gai exclaimed with tears building on his eyes, threatening to spill all over his face.

"It is a law only known to members of the prominent clans in Konoha, The Hokage, and his/her aide. I'm not surprised only few in this room know about it." Shizune answered.

"The law states that if a clan, not just a member, were banished from Konoha, they were allowed to issue a challenge for a duel between one member of their clan and the current Hokage once at any point of time within five years after the banishment with the winner taking the Hokage position along with the inclusion of their clan and the loser being banished along with his/her clan members without a second chance for said challenge to be issued." Ino elaborated when she saw Ami, Moegi, Asura, Lee, and Gai's confused faces.

"But they are still children aren't they? The eldest is Nara Yukiko who is only a 10-years old academy student. Do you really think in five years she could beat Rokudaime-sama? Forget five years; she could never hope to win!" Asura spoke vehemently.

"Yes, but you forgot that there are Clan inclusion techniques using blood seals, she could include anyone into the clan, and I mean anyone. You also forgot that she is now the Clan Head of the Nara Clan since Shikamaru-san was ousted from the clan for becoming a shinobi of another village besides Konoha." Sai responded calmly.

"If that's the case, then it is all up her. I heard from my dad that the Nara Clan is an alpha follower. They can try to influence by giving some suggestions but the decision always rest in the Clan Head's hands and once it is decided and being said, the members always followed without protest. Now that there are only three of them left…." She trailed off.

"I believe we are all getting ahead of ourselves. This meeting today is for your report on the battle two days ago, and the number of survivors as well as their conditions. We will have another meeting next week on the clan issue among other problems, after we tend to those injured and check on the buildings and other structures in the village." The blonde Hokage interjected calmly.

"Why do we need to check the buildings?" Rock Lee queried.

Ami who sat beside him smacked his head and answered, "Because, idiot, we need to check the bodies underneath those destroyed buildings. We still need to bury them and check the fatalities."

"Lee, Ami, please tell your genin team along with the rest of the genins who lost their jounin-senseis to gather here tomorrow at seven o'clock for your assignments. Gai and Shizune, give this scroll to Watanabe-san, Head of the Village Council, wait for his reply and bring them to me immediately. Genma, inform Mai-sama about this meeting and ask her to come for the next one. The four of you patrol around the village. Sai and Ino, stay, I have something to discuss with you two. Meeting's adjourned, you are dismissed."

Everybody goes out of the room, leaving the blonde Hokage, his aide, and the ANBU Commander. They studied the reports and checked who died and everything, with the blonde Hokage giving his own version of the battle. Then they watched the memories that Ino obtained from the people in the meetings as she transferred them to the wall for viewing with a jutsu of her own creation, Ninpou: Seishin Tousha (Ninja Arts: Spirit Projection). After asking Sai to take notes to be delivered alongside the reports to the archive room, he asked Sai to issue an invitation for the parties involved in the next meeting and be ready to supervise the genins for their mission tomorrow also act as the temporary leader for one week. When asked why, he only answered that he might have something to save Konoha and he is going to research it in the following week. Sai just nodded and leave the room.

"So, it would seem like that idea would be best now." The blonde Hokage stated to ANBU Commander beside him.

"It would seem so." She said. "But it would be better if you don't worry and blame yourself on this loss. You know if you don't concentrate on that traitor, it would be harder to push them away and we would have lost so much more because of that."

"Nobody realized that he was actually Sasuke, everyone thinks that he was Orochimaru."

"Let them think what they want. I only knew because I saw him killed Sakura in front of me just to acquire that Mangekyou Sharingan eyes."

"True." He muttered quietly. "Let's go search that seal, oh and by the way, thank you Ino." He said with a smile. She blushed a little at that and said with a smile, "You're welcome. Don't worry; you already are a great Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto."

Author's Note:

Hi there this is my story. The base concept is Time-Travel with different plot and twists. Although the time travelling concept is quite common as I have read quite a few of them, this story is different and hopefully interesting for you readers. Well then, Enjoy!

Foreverclear. Forever yours

Jutsu:

Hijutsu: Kyuukouken (Secret Technique: Nine Crimson Blades) (A-Rank: High Chakra Consumption) (Bloodline Jutsu)

A jutsu created by Uzumaki Naruto. After his merging with Kyuubi, he gained the ability to solidify his own chakra besides the regeneration power. So in honor of the one that has given him the power, he developed this jutsu. It concentrates his chakra with a unique handseal purposely created for this technique to the tenketsu point near his tail bone and burst them outwards, dividing them equally creating nine highly concentrated chakra blades, hence the name. He also created a fighting style to support the jutsu, the Kyuuken (Nine blades) style.

Kouken no Mai (Dance of the Crimson Blade) (A-Rank: High Chakra Consumption)

A move from the Kyuuken style used to scatter group enemies. It uses the concept of Hakkeshou: Kaiten of the Hyuuga Clan and Tsuuga of the Inuzuka Clan. The user gather their chakra to their feet and blast them, propelling them forward in high velocity all the while positioning the 'tails' and spinning around creating a tornado of deadly spin attacking and defending at the same time.

Mangekyou Sharingan (Kaleidoscope Copy-Wheel Eyes) (A-Rank: High Chakra Consumption) (Bloodline Jutsu)

The Final Stage of the infamous Sharingan doujutsu (Eye Technique). It can pierce through any Genjutsus, see the movement of chakra, copy anything it sees, predict enemy movements, and a prelude to a terrifyng genjutsu called Tsukiyomi and a powerful fire jutsu called Amaterasu.

Kiokuei (Memory Swim) (Bloodline Limit)

A kekkei genkai developed by combining the mind jutsu from the Yamanaka Clan, and Naruto's blood which contains volatile chakra. It was an accidental discovery. She was dying in the field on a mission and needed a blood transfusion with no one there beside her and Naruto. Deciding to take a risk he used a simple medical technique to transfer his blood to her. She was unconcsious for three days and when she woke up, she grabbed naruto's arm and accidentally read some of his memories. After that mission they became close and she started to gain attention as the Ikiryou-nin.

Kage Henge no Jutsu (B-Rank: High Chakra Consumption) (Kinjutsu: Forbidden Jutsu)

A higher level of the basic D-rank jutsu, Henge no Jutsu. While the basic one is a Genjutsu easily countered, this does not have a counter since it is an actual body transformation, not a simple illusion. Because of its high consumption of chakra and usefullness for subterfuge, it is declared a Kinjutsu, sealed within the Scroll of Seals.

Shinorigami (God's Weaving Hair) (Bloodline Limit)

A kekkei genkai developed by a genetic manipulation. It gave its user the ability to manipulate and control their hair. Strangely enough, it only affect the hair on their heads.

Raikiri (Lightning Edge) (B-Rank: High Chakra Consumption)

An assasination technique developed by the Copy-nin Hatake Kakashi. It used chakra to control the users lighning manipulation and concentrate it on their palm creating a visible buzzing chakra to quickly eliminate the users opponent.

Ninpou: Seishin Tousha (Ninja Arts: Spirit Projection) (C-Rank: Moderate Chakra Consumption)

A jutsu developed by Yamanaka Ino. It was based on her clans technique, Ninpou: Shintenshin no Jutsu (Ninja Arts: Mind Transfer Technique). Rather than transfering her consciusness, it projects memories. It works on people and flat inanimate object. After its completion, it was sanctioned as a standard ANBU jutsu.