Naruto Nine Tails Resurrection Demigod Wars

by supersaiyen2

Kurama still in human form has finally realized his revenge and destroyed the Leaf. Now he is on the hunt for the Akatsuki and the other Tailed beasts so that he will one day become a God. At the same time the Survivors of Konaha travel to a secret base to start a new Village Hidden in Leafs Shadow and plan their revenge on the Fox using forbidden jutsu. The wars have begun

2. Chapter 2

Naruto Nine Tails Resurrection: Demigod Wars

Chapter 2 Dark Tactics

In the former Village Hidden in the Leaf none of the old buildings survived the Planetary Devastation attack Nine Tails Naruto used to destroy his old home. Huge chunks of jagged earth had broken upwards into the sky dragging civilians and whole buildings using incredible gravitational energy to crush them all into a massive floating orb. Then it fell sending huge stones and debris flying outwards knocking over sections of the great wall and covering most of the Hokage stone faces leaving only the Fourth Hokage's intact. The visage of Minato had the opportunity to witness the continued destruction of his home caused by his legacy.

Now stone ninja were using their special earth jutsu taking full advantage of the broken rocky landscape. The broken bits of earth that would have been near impossible for anyone else to move quickly was easy work for them. They were able to make hidden tunnels and even an underground command center using one of their captains Dome Rock Jutsu to keep their forces hidden from the Cloud Ninja.

While Earth Jutsu had a natural defense against lightning and could even be used to redirect electrical currents if powerful enough, the ninja from Lightning country were known for their speed. Like their Raikage each and every Cloud ninja went through vigorous training in their academy days making most of them as lightning fast as the jutsu they are famous for. Entire Stone Ninja squads were taken out by the swifter ninja and forced them to retreat back and use devastating attacks from a distance. Because of this neither side seemed to be able to defeat the other completely and both had taken hidden bases somewhere in the ruins.

The invading ninja had heard of the destruction of the Leaf and both wanted to settle old scores still fresh from the last ninja war. After attacking the remaining Leaf shinobi they turned on each other into full waged warfare where Stone ninja sent massive stone fists flying like mortars at squads of Cloud ninja while lightning bolts would crack down from the sky randomly frying unlucky ninja. The fighting had stopped now and then after both sides took too many losses and regrouped to wait for reinforcements. But both the Cloud and Stone ninja were ready to stick in this fight for the long haul.

If one of them took the ruins and created a new base for their countries military interests their ninja could easily take the Fire Capital and absorb the Land of Fire. Not only that but the secrets and jutsu locked away for generations in Konoha could still be uncovered from the ruble and increase their power over the other Hidden villages. So while they fought some searched around mapping out the territory while looking for any relics and pieces of clan houses. And both of their scouts discovered a spot in the forest out side of the broken west wall that was covered in self replicating jutsu traps.

This got their interests and many unconscious or dead ninja lay scattered around that forest from the many attempts to penetrate the mine field but a pattern showing a trial was beginning to emerge. Their attempts had to stop due to losses and fights breaking out against the other ninja scouts and now both sides remaining forces had to band together to stay rooted in Konoha. But after their reinforcements arrive they planned on going right back to that forest and keep pushing forwards. After all, the best kept secrets of a Village are usually the hardest to get to.

In the Village Hidden in Leafs Shadow Hinata stood in the study's doorway being stared at by Jiraiya and Tsunade while Itachi after getting a good look at the resurrected Hyuga girl turned back to look at the all too proud Sakura as she sat in her cushioned throne. Jiryaiya took two steps forwards and looked into the girls lifeless eyes.

"Hinata! Can you hear me?!" When he asked her name he didn't get a single response even after he reached out with his hand putting it on her cold shoulder. After another shake she still stands there like a lifeless doll.

Itachi hums to himself for a moment while appearing to be deep in thought. "So she has lost the will to live, and your controlling her just as Orochimaru did with the tagged kunai suppressing her mind to turn her into a lifeless doll. With her like this you can tell her what to do and she cant say no can she?"

All eyes turn to Sakura and she opens her mouth just wide enough to bite the tip of her finger while she chuckles then says, "As always your very keen Itachi! Yes when I summoned her here I needed to place that kunai in her head because her spirit was barely able to maintain a body. With out it she would just evaporate if I dropped my will and let her go. She appears to have no need for life or revenge."

Tsunade stepped forwards and looked at the girl with a worried expression in her eyes and for a moment she seemed like she was going to say something to her and stopped herself to turn halfway around looking at Sakura with hard eyes. "If she doesn't have the will to live then you should let her rest in peace. This technique of yours must be torture for the ones you have resurrected. Especially the ones who have died by your hands."

Jiraiya turns to face Sakura as well and says to the pale girl, "Yes, I also demand you let her go! She has gone through enough pain so we shouldn't make her be somewhere she doesn't want to be."

Sakura sat up and leaned forward with and annoyed posture to glare at the two sannin. "I just told you both that she is our trump card and most powerful asset for our goals. With her eyes and unlimited chakra she can use the Rinnegan's resurrection power to bring back your people to real life not like this immortal shell she is caste into now. And, with the prisoners downstairs we can resurrect all the ninja that died in the village with the Edo Tensei making them into angry spirits ready to kill the invading ninja and not have to worry about dying again. Even if they get sealed away and the implanted soul is removed they can always be brought back to life again later in the same way. Now listen carefully to this next part because its the most important. The Nine Tails has the Rinnegan and has the power to rip out souls from their bodies with just a touch so an Edo Tensai army would be useless against him. Now with Hinata here I can begin examining the Rinnegan and its jutsu so that we can duplicate and counter their effects. If we know how they are able to reach into a soul we can create a defense against it making our attacks against him more affective. Itachi!" Sakura looks over at the Uchiha who looks back while the Sannin looked at him out the corner of their eyes. "You know that the Nine tails had the sharingan after he stole it from Sasuke. But then all of a sudden he had the Rinnegan...tell us Hinata, what Naruto did!"

The rooms attention shifted over to Hinata after Sakura did a hand sign making the small dark blue haired girl seem to jump a little as she looked up to answer as commanded. "When I took the attack from Gaara's sand during the chunin exam my heart had been pierced and I was dieing...He must have still loved me then because he took me to his home and used the Bloodline stealer jutsu. When I awoke next to him our eyes were the same. Purple with black rings spreading out from the pupil which was as shocking as the demon chakra I discovered sealed behind my navel. I later learned from Kushina that the jutsu Kurama used was the same as what he used on Sasuke so that our DNA would mix giving me his healing ability but also it mixed our Kekkei Genkai. The Sharingan and the Byakugan are the answer to..."

"Hold on a second Hinata!" Jiraiya took a step towards the girl with his hands up stopping her. "Did you just say that you spoke to someone named Kushina? And who is Kurama?"

Hinata looked like she had no intention of answering but a single hand sign from Sakura got her talking again. "Kurama is the true name of the Nine Tailed Fox demon. I learned everything he knew when I put my hand into his soul when he was still in the hospital after being burned by the Amaterasu. And Kushina was a spirit of Naruto's mother trapped inside of him attached to the sealed away chakra of the Fox along with the remaining spirit of the fourth Hokage. The sealing jutsu used to trap the Nine Tails sealed his spirit and chakra into Naruto but the fox somehow changed the seal so that he would have control of Naruto's body. But what the spirit didn't know was that he had accelerated the process which bound the Fox's soul to Naruto's human soul trapping him in human form. What the fox also didn't know was that the fourth Hokage had created shadow clone like spirits of Kushina and himself that were to remain dormant inside Naruto until he was old enough or coming close enough to lose control of the Demon within. Instead of connecting to his subconscious mind and chakra the spirits found no room to attach themselves since another spirit had filled the child's mind, so they found another chakra to attach themselves to. The Nine Tails chakra. For a time they were the spirits safe guarding the Demons power behind the seal, until the demon found a way to pull them out and destroy them. He was going to use the King of hell to drag away Kushina's soul but she jumped into me and connected to the Ichibi chakra I had sealed inside. She told me everything and I saw the truth as if through her eyes and even saw Naruto summon a shinigami to drag the fourth's remanent soul into its mouth consuming him. I tried one last time pleading with him to stop thinking that he still loved me and our home, and for a moment it seemed like he was going to stop. But then he destroyed Konoha to break my heart and separate from our home for good. And after fighting with Kurama I lost the Ichibi's chakra which still had Kushina's spirit attached, so she must be gone. I have told you everything I know, can you please let me go now?!"

Sakura just shook her head back and forth slightly while tsking at the girl. "No Hinata, your staying! So now it makes sense how Minato appeared out of nowhere to attack Orochimaru while he fought Sarutobi. He must have made some kind of summoning contract with this Kurama and used him to thwart the invasion. And Itachi, did you get what I was implying before our conversation got derailed again?... Itachi, are you listening?"

The Uchiha was staring at a book shelf but not at its surface since he was so deep in thought that he was looking past the wall as his fast mind worked over the information he just listened to. After what felt like a minute Sakura almost asks again but he turns to face the group first. "Yes I understand that your plan is to somehow evolve our Sharingan into Rinnegan so that we can overcome Kurama's jutsu, and there is no way that the Fifth Hokage is going to agree to letting you experiment on the remaining Hyuga clan members."

Tsunade's eyes widened and she turned a furious expression on Sakura as did everyone in the room, even Hinata but only Itachi noticed. "Now you listen to me Sakura! I know about the torture and experimentation labs in this place and you ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TO MY PEOPLE! I'LL KILL YOU IF YOUR PLANNING ON HURTING THEM!"

Sakura's eyes looked just as deadly as Tsunade's while they stared each other down but the pink and black haired girl moved into a posture that said she was hurt by the Hokage's words. "Oh goodness me oh my Tsunade, what a temper. Have you forgotten your academy training on the dignity of a woman. No, I am not talking about dissecting their eyes I am talking about using the Kekkei Genkai Kiatou no Jutsu to mix our sharingan with their byakugan. Willing participants of course since that is the only way the jutsu seems to work! And with Hinata and Jiraiya we can train to prepare this team of Rinnegan users to hunt down and kill Naruto while the remaining forces wipe out the Cloud and Stone ninja forces. We could reverse all the damage done to Konoha in a matter of months, or maybe a year depending on how much time we have left."

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at Sakura and asked, "You mean because of the Akatsuki right? They will want retribution against Kurama and will be trying to take him out."

Itachi stepped forwards to be part of the circle again and said, "And allowing the Akatsuki to get their hands on Kurama will not be in our best interests in the long run either. Their plans will bring war to us eventually, and with Kurama stealing the Gedo Statue his goals must mirror the Akatuski's. Attacking and killing the Jinchuriki until he is the only one left to wield their collective power becoming the Ten Tails Jinchuriki."

When Itachi stopped talking he moved around everyone to stand in front of Hinata looking into her still angry eyes that were staring at Sakura. "Hinata?" The girl looks up at Itachi with a blank face again as if waiting for him to speak with no interest in what he had to say. "You have heard all of what we have discussed and will be moving ahead with our plans to attack and destroy the Nine Tails, and still you don't seem to have the will to live or to help us. But I know of two things that could change your spirit, and I will leave the choice to you to stay and help us after I have told them to you."

Itachi's hand moves fast as lightning and he drives his knife hand striking into the side of Hinata's head and turns in a blur to stare down Sakura as Jiraiya and Tsunade tense for a fight.

Sakura slowly stands up while spiking her chakra at Hinata but not getting the response she was expecting. Her eyes stay dangerous but a faint smile tugs at her lips as she says, " Itachi, you have learned how to disrupt my jutsu! So it was a mistake letting you wander around this place, you probably went looking through Orochimaru's notes didn't you. You learned how to pour your chakra into the tagged kunai implanted in her head so that she is your puppet now! So whats your end game here? If you free her then there wont be anyone to bring back Sasuke!"

Itachi's eyes glanced over Tsunade and Jiraiya but turned into his mengekyo sharingan when he looked at Sakura. "I am going to pull out the kunai so that her soul can return to the pure world and rest in peace. But I am going to give her two reasons to stay and help us which will make her into a more affective ally than just an unwilling slave." Itachi then turned to look Hinata in the eye again and said very seriously, "Hinata from what you have told me of your experience in the Uzumaki clan house hidden in that mine field forest you witnessed Kurama summon a Shinigami and was able to order the creature without giving up his own soul and forced the spirit to eat Minato which tells me two things. We can control Shinigami in multiple ways, one to release the spirits of the Third and Fourth Hokage's so that they can be used in the Impure world Resurrection so we may use the Fourths knowledge of the Shinigami to our benifit. That knowledge was something that was able to stop the Nine Tails before and can be used again. That means we need you to come with us when we storm into Konoha again since only you can get inside the Clan house. Without you we may not be able to defeat Kurama by pulling out his soul from Naruto's body. And Hinata, I have a theory you may be interested in if some part of your soul still aches from the pain of the love you felt for this being. If we use the shinigami to undo the sealing done to merge a Demon soul to a Human one, we may very well be left with the real Naruto standing in his place ready to live his life for the first time."

The silence in the room from the shock was so profound that the four living people could hear their own heartbeats. Then Hinata broke the silence saying, "That sounds impossible, besides why should I care?!"

"It may very well be impossible and when we pull Kurama's soul from his human body we may just be left with a corpse, but something tells me im not wrong. While you all thought of him as a regular jinchuriki he was almost savage and demon like then, but there were moments when the soul of a human seemed to over come that predatory nature. The Nine Tails would have used the people around him for his benefit in order to escape and become a demon again, but with you Hinata he began to show feelings and caring. He showed emotions that are not characteristic for Demon spirits, it was the human side reaching out. And according to your story it sounds like you almost got through to him before he destroyed Konoha as if there was a pain inside his spirit telling him not to do those horrible things to the ones he cared about. But the dominant spirit won over and here we are. So what do you say Hinata, do you still want to leave?"

She took a moment to answer and when she looked up Itachi could see her eyes didn't have any life returning to them. "I took a chance at love with Naruto and I am dead for that choice and my people have payed with their lives as well for that mistake. And you do not need me since Jiraiya can also enter the Uzumaki clan house." Hinata lifted her left foot and took long step backwards letting Itachi's hand slide out of her head pulling out the Kunai he held onto.

Light shone around Hinata's body and everyone could see her glowing soul begin to rise out of the beginning to crack and crumble body. Her last movement was a flutter the lips and they could all hear a faint word of, "Farewell," before Itachi stepped forwards again.

"No, now its time to give you a real reason to live for. And I know your going to stay since hearing about your clan members being experimented on brought the fire of your soul to the surface. Go ahead Tsunade, and tell her what you stopped yourself from saying in order to spare her more pain."

Tsunade's eyes widen then she looks down at the ground with sadness. Hinata's glowing soul seemed to slow rising up and fading away to linger long enough to hear Tsunade say, "When the village was attacked by invading ninja we did our best to defend ourselves but our forces were spread out too thin. We began losing civilians and as well as a large portion of our genin forces while our more powerful ninja were sent to the front lines to attack. Which meant we had very little help to defend our people from surprise attacks. The ninja from the Hidden Cloud village arrived after the Stone ninja and they already had a particular mission from the start. To kidnap a high ranking member of the Hyuga main household. They took your sister!"

A sudden flash of light from Hinata's soul illuminated the room and she stopped rising and disappearing all together as fear could be seen on her spirits face.

Itachi chose that moment to offer her a second reason to live. "Help us Hinata and we will send you and our ninja to save your sister from a life of experimentation and rape so that the Cloud ninja can inherit the Byakugan. Help us save her from the life you almost had to endure."

The nerve endings on every living member of the rooms skins stood up from the sudden surge of angry chakra that filled the room. Hinata's spirit had a look of pure fury on its face and her Edo Tensai body that was crumbling to dust stopped falling apart and mirrored her fury. They all saw as her soul that was evaporating away solidify again and drop back down fast into her immortal shell and her teeth clenched as she spoke past her anger.

"No! Th-they took my SISTER! NO NO NO! You want me to live, you want me to stay? THEN FINE MY PURPOSE NOW IS CLEAR! I WILL GET MY SISTER BACK AND KILL THOSE THAT TOOK HER! THOSE SICK MONSTERS CAME FOR ME WHEN I WAS A GIRL AND NOW THEY HAVE HANABI, NO! NO I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO HURT MY FAMILY! THOSE BASTARDS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR CROSSING THE LEAF!"

Jiraiaya and Tsunade couldn't help but smile at the determined face of Hinata Hyuga and for a moment they both remembered and believed in the girl who at one point declared she would become Hokage someday.

Rain country was named by a very lazy person. But it was a perfectly fitting name since it rarely ever stopped raining in this country. The sky was always grey and rumbled with the sound of thunder as it constantly wept down on this depressive and war torn country. At its center in a city that had reached the pinnacle of its strength and size during the reign of Hanzo the Salamander was the Hidden Village of the Rain. Huge towers covered in lightning rods stretched high into the sky and the tallest which was adorned in traditional sculptures of war gods was the current meeting place for the remaining Akatsuki members.

Nagato and Konan had met days before and had repaired the remains of their long dead friend Yahiko, Pains Tendou path, and sent him out to command the Akatsuki again. The plans they were all working towards had been changed drastically so it was important every member meet in person to discuss the new course they would be taking. And it seemed as though three new members would be joining their organization since they recently lost a few including a powerful member; Itachi.

The Tendou Pain and Konan walked out from under the last arch into a chamber lit with torches and surrounded with windows showing a one hundred eighty degree view of Ame city. Standing off to the side leaning against a wall was Kakuzu who was arguing again with Hidan who was one of the newest members drawn in by Kakuzu's promise that working for the Akastuki was beneficial. Of course now they were locked in an argument about the meaning of beneficial as Hidan thinks only of converting new members to his religion and Kakuzu was only thinking of wealth.

Back by the long flat couch sat the other new member Deidara arguing with Sasori who had left behind the puppet he liked to hide inside of and was standing cross armed saying something about art. And in the center of the room was Kisame standing next to Zetsu who appeared to be growing out of the ground while they watched and listened to Tobi tell strange jokes. Kisame seemed to be the only person who thought the mystery man in the orange mask was funny since many annoyed looks were being sent his way.

Nagato's mind was focused seeing through Yahiko's Rinnegan eyes watching the one he knew as Madara Uchiha make a fool of himself as his new persona Tobi. "Madara always seemed content to just control the Akatsuki's interests from the shadows. I had felt up until this intrusion into the organization that I had control of the Akatsuki but that could change at any moment. Its obvious by the way he is acting that he has no intention of hinting at his identity or power so I will have to watch him closely to figure out his agenda. Now to get things started. Silence, now assemble!"

The rooms conversations ended and the older members moved to the center of the room that had a lower circle big enough for all nine of them to stand. The only sounds of protest came from Hidan as he tsked and mumbled under his breath something about his god Jashin.

"Now that we are all here we will introduce our newest members and assign the teams. Diedara of the Stone village you will be joining Sasori. Hidan of the Hidden Springs will join Kakuzu and Tobi you will be joining with Kisame."

Hidan interupts with another tsking sound and says with an annoyed tone of voice, "What we don't get to hear what village pumpkin face is from!?"

Tobi started to laugh and giggle while holding his fingers on his mask where his mouth would be in a very girly kind of way. "Oh so much attention, am I blushing?"

Hidan had a twitching vein and a sweat drop on his left temple as he looked at Tobi with annoyed expression. "Your wearing a mask idiot, how could I tell if your blushing?!"

Tobi straightened up and put one hand on his hip with other giving Hidan a thumbs up. "OOOHH, heheha I guess I forgot. Well to answer your question, I am from the Village Hidden in the Obvious!" Tobi had put his thumbs up hand behind his head scratching it in a sheepish way while he spoke and finished his second sentence moving like a Kabuki actor and ended up in a wide stance with his arms bent up over his head in an awkwardly funny way.

Six members of the Akatsuki sweat drop at this and mumble things like fool or idiot under their breaths while Kisame openly laughed out loud. "Well now, its seems as though I finally get a partner thats not all doom and gloom like the rest of you guys. At least with him around I wont have to rely on myself to crack me up. Hehehe!"

"THATS ENOUGH!" Pains voice didn't really sound like he yelled, but the intensity in his voice and chakra got everyones attention. "Tobi, you are new here and I will allow your ignorance to be overlooked this time. We are in a meeting and I expect you to control yourselves while I am speaking! Back to matters at hand. Kakuzu, your efforts collecting money must be doubled even if it means breaking into our secret contacts vaults or betraying a few allies for their bounties. Zetzu, continue on your search for the Chakra patterns of Itachi Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki. Itachi betrayed the Akatsuki organization and is more than likely giving away all of our secrets as we speak. Let it be known now that once you betray the Akatsuki you will die! And as for Naruto Uzumaki. He has disrupted our plans after interrogating Itachi and has stolen the Gedo Statue that was crucial to our plans. Both of these men must be destroyed. That is the standing order of every Akatsuki member. The rest of you will search out Uzumaki then contact us his whereabouts through the non corporal communication method you have all trained to use and we will assemble as one unstoppable force to crush our most dangerous enemy. All that the Akatsuki was created for is in jeopardy and it is these two ninja's faults. If we are to inflict our wills and our beliefs onto this world then the power of the tailed beasts must belong to us. Each of you is charged with helping to find and defeat these two but I expect Kisame and Tobi to find them first. Kisame with your large amount of chakra your best suited to facing against a tailed beast blow for blow and your sword gives you the chance to take your enemies chakra away. And Tobi, use that jutsu against him. Once he is trapped in there we can keep him locked away until we are ready to extract the nine tails into the Gedo."

Diedara crossed his arms and made his characteristic humming noise as he stared at Pain letting the man know with out interrupting that he had a question. When Pain nodded his multi pierced head Diedara asked, "Why not just kill him and sap out the Kyubi chakra right now instead of waiting to seal him last. If he is so Dangerous then why risk him messing up our plans, hmnn?!"

"The Gedo Statue was once a living thing that had a huge amount of chakra siphoned from it. Giving it too much power all at once could prematurely awaken the creature and make it hard to control it. And since the Nine tails is the most powerful of the Tailed Beasts he would supply almost enough chakra to awaken the Gedo. And it seems as though he has already sealed away a Tailed Beast inside so we will have to be very careful with controlling it from now on. From here on there are no other priorities to take care of, these are our only missions to carry out until they are completed. Kakuzu as alway can be depended on to run the networks and accounts of the Akatsuki so there is no other business to discuss. Go and destroy our enemies!"

They all dispersed and Zetsu sank into the ground leaving Pain and Konan behind watching Tobi crack jokes at Kisame as they went down a flight of stairs leading to and underground harbor and boats for the Akatsuki to use. Pain turns around walking back to the chamber containing his other paths and the hidden chamber containing his real body connected to the life support and chakra rack he designed from his Creation of All Things Jutsu.

The Tendou Pain turns around to look at Konan. "Before we can move around I need you to take the high frequency chakra receivers and spread them out in the pattern we practiced." The tendou Pain notices the sadness in Konan's eyes and asks, "What is the problem?"

"Using your chakra over such vast distances will take too much strength to maintain. You will push yourself too hard again and more of your body will waste away Nagato."

"Your concern is already noted. The Animal Path will be used primarily in order to summon the others but any fighting will have to be done at a minimum which is why I need you here with me Konan. As soon as the Nine Tails is found you will need to bring me closer to the fighting in order for my jutsu to work properly. And then I will tame him!"

Kisame walks slightly behind Tobi as he marches down the hallway singing an old Mist Village drinking song. Being an ex Mist ninja Kisame sang along too and laughed loudly walking past Tobi who was laughing so hard he bent over to hold his stomach.

"Hehehe, your a fun one Tobi. Your definitely an improvement over Itachi, he was as dreary as the weather here in Ame. Now how did you learn one of the Mist ninja's favorite drinking songs, spent some time in the Land of Water have you?"

"Oh not for some time now Kisame." Tobi's voice started out sounding like his but it got deeper and more menacing sounding with each word until the voice sounded like someone Kisame knew from his past.

Turning around Kisame has enough time to see Tobi grab the bottom of his mask and lift it to reveal his face for a few seconds before dropping the mask back in its place.

"It-its you! Lord Mizukage! Heh, or should I call you Mad.."

"Its still not a good time to say that name my old friend. I am the one who originally put this organization together and they are my plans that are being messed with. So I wanted to partner up with you Kisame because your abilities will not only make tracking down Uzumaki easy but taking him down without killing him easier too."

Kisame laughed again at this and gripped his sword saying, "Sure, it will be like old times when you asked me to bring back somebody for interrogation and you wouldn't mind they were missing a limb or three! Heehehehehehehe!"

"Lets begin the hunt then!" As he walked forwards his very serious and straight stride suddenly changed back onto the awkward comical movement of Tobi and he continued walking down the stair well to the boats telling Kisame a joke. "Say, what do you call a Grass ninja with a bad haircut?" He waited he hear Kisame say he didn't know then answered, "Normal!"

It took Kisame a moment and then he chuckled until he laughed hard enough to bounce the sound all the way back up the long stairwell.

Shikamaru was laying back staring at a flickering candle on the cold floor of one of the many long corridors in this underground place. He didn't like it at all compared to laying back and staring at clouds but there was nothing he could do since no one was allowed topside to just hang out. And thinking, "what a drag," he got up off the ground and decided to go for a walk down the maze of halls and doors to try and find his way back to Chouji's room.

Since after the destruction of the Leaf Shikamaru had been made into a chunin and was wearing his new green vest. He walked with his head slightly forward and his hands in his pockets looking detected and bored. All he could do was think about losing his family. He had been on mission with Asuma and Chouji outside of the village when it was destroyed. And his parents as well as most of the Nara clan had been in their homes when the ground was lifted into the sky crushing people to death. "I lost my teamate, I lost my family, and I lost my home. And to top it all off I lost the clouds too. Cant go to the surface and even then I would have to climb all the way up a tree to get to see any clouds while were stuck in the middle of a dark forest. Guh, what a drag!"

Shikamaru had always been an apathetic person who barely got excited about anything which made him seem dull and boring. But something's over the years startled him enough to make him yell out and have more than one expression on his face. And today was one of those days.

"Hey Shikamaru!"

He froze with eyes wide and mouth slightly open at hearing the hauntingly familiar voice of his dead teammate behind him. "Ugghh, what a drag! Now im starting to hear things. Being underground and not having clouds to look at has finally made me snap and I..."

"AAARRRGGH, SHIKAMARU! YOU TURN AROUND RIGHT NOW!"

A fist belts him in the back of the head in the exact same spot Ino used to hit him so Shikamaru grabs his throbbing skull and turns around to look at someone he never thought he would see again. Ino was standing there just as she would back in the village waiting impatiently for him and Chouji to arrive for team practice. She was wearing her normal purple outfit with white bandages wrapped around her stomach and thighs and standing with her weight on one hip with both hands in fist on her waist. When he finally looked up into her eyes is when he noticed what was different about this Ino. Her blue eyes were no longer surrounded by white but were now black and small cracks could be seen across her body like she was an antique porcelain doll.

Shikamaru stands up straight rubbing the back of his head and muttering loud enough to hear, "Well I guess I don't have to ask if your really Ino with you hitting me like that!"

Ino huffs at him shifting her body weight to her other hip in an annoyed way as she responds. "Typical Shikamaru! Here I have come back from beyond the grave to sneak up behind you and you cant even bother looking excited or getting even a little bit surprised. Your such a lazy bum and a jerk and im sorry your the first friend I came to see out of everyone else in the entire leaf village. Its starting to make me wonder if you were ever really even my friend to begin with if this is your reaction to seeing me for..the...first..time..."

Ino lost her steam and started talking really slowly when Shikamaru heard her question if they were friends he moved forwards closing the distance between them and put his arms around her pulling them both into a warm hug. She tried completing her sentence but gave up when the warm feeling of care and comfort began flushing through her spirit making her have her first truly happy moment since her resurrection.

"Ino?" He spoke into her ear and neither one of them moved. "What are you doing here, how is this possible?"

She moved her chin down until her head was resting on his shoulder as she answered. "Sakura! She has all the jutsu of Orochimaru and he knew how to resurrect the dead. Im not really alive though, that for-er..."Ino sounded like she just forgot how to speak for a moment then tried again, "I mean, for-er, aaaaaaaaaarrrrgggggghh!"

Ino pushes herself away from Shikamaru and crosses her arms after stamping her foot in frustration. "That damned evil witch! I cant believe she has this much control over me!"

Shikamaru had his hands up trying to calm her down. "Hey come on, im missing allot of information here. Mind filling me in on whats got you so bothered?"

Ino kept her stance with arms crossed and looked over her shoulder at him. "Remember my old nickname for Sakura?" Shikamaru looked up almost as if looking at an invisible tv screen replaying back the many memories of Ino yelling forehead girl at Sakura over and over again so he nodded yes. "Well I called her that when she resurrected me and she stabbed me in the head with a kunai that sank inside my skull like I was made of sand and she left it there. I can feel it Shikamaru, I can feel the cold blade inside my head controlling my mind. And she said I was never allowed to call her for-er, well you know, anymore."

Shikamaru's eyebrows were furrowed in concentration and anger as he thought about this information. "So she can control you whenever and keep you from saying certain things. Its sounds almost simular to what your clan does."

Ino laughs mockingly at this and says, "Thats why its so frustrating. Yamanaka's control other peoples minds, only the weak in our clan let theirs be controlled. Anyway, like I was saying before Sakura made me into an un-living doll that can't be destroyed. To prove it to me this other undead girl here stuck her fist up to the elbow through my gut out the other end to prove I don't feel pain and can put my body back together again no problem. In a way I'm immortal."

Shikamaru was nodding his head at this but ends looking at the ground in front of his feet with a look on his face that told Ino he wanted to say something. And before she can tell him to spill it he looks up with watery eyes and says, "Ino! Im so sorry I couldn't do anything to help you. When Chouji and me were watching you in the Chunin exams we both felt something was wrong but that strange red flash from Sakura's eyes happened so fast that there was nothing we could do to..."

Her hand was up palm out and she was shaking her head with a smile. "Shika, I was a ninja, and I knew the risks of what I was getting into. After all, they did tell us that we were going to fight to knock out or death. I'm just sad now that I didn't throw any attacks aimed to kill that pink haired devil girl and ..."

Ino stopped mid sentence like she was suddenly frozen making Shikamaru take a step forwards reaching out with his hand. Then her body straightened out and she looked Shikamaru in the eyes and said, "There is a meeting in the main hall with all ninja chunin level and higher. Please follow me." Ino then walked away like she was a robot with Shikamaru looking at her like she just grew another head. He followed her down the hall trying to talk to her but she could only get a few words out as she followed the commands given to her to find all chunin and higher ninja. He stayed with her the whole way as they lapped the huge underground installation and entered the packed main hall.

Candles in a few large lanterns were brought in recently to add more light and most of all the Leafs remaining ninja filled the room. When Ino crossed over the threshold of the doorway she relaxed her whole body and turned to Shikamaru who was just behind her.

"And just like that the strings controlling me are dropped when I have accomplished my task. Just like the good little slave that I am." Ino then smiled big making her eyes close from how high she was raising her cheeks but it didn't fool Shikamaru. He could feel the sadness radiating off of her and was desperately trying to think of a way to make her feel better.

"INO!"

Shikamaru got a glimpse of how shocked he must have looked when he heard a voice a few minutes earlier that he never thought he would hear again. Ino had a look of both shock and hope on her face as she turns around to see the equally shocked face of her father pushing his way past ninja to get to her.

"Papa!"

There were no more words between the two as Inoichi crossed the last few feet pulling his daughter into his arms and crushing her to his chest in a hug as he cried into her hair.

Other ninja in the room knew Inoichi well and knew the pain the man had gone through after his daughter died in the chunin exams and watching the two of them reunite was bringing tears to a few of their eyes. The room watched as they continued to hug each other and cry speaking into each others ears until the Hokage walked around the corner catching the rooms attention.

Tsunade patted Inoichi on the shoulder and pointed the a few cushions telling the two of them to take a seat together. They did as most of the ninja in the room sat on the floor or stood around the edges of the room. Then a few murmurs went around when Jiraiya and Sakura walked in carrying a box under each arm.

At the front of the room was another of Orochimaru's throne sized chairs and Tsunade took a seat with Jiraiya and Sakura leaning on the wall to her side.

"Thank you all for responding to the summons. I know each of you is putting up with allot as we get used to our new surroundings and I am going to need each of you to remain just as vigilant. Now, to begin this meeting let me first inform you the reason why your all here, and that is to dicuss the path we as ninja take from now on. As your Hokage I have decided several missions to be our primary focus. The number one mission that each of us must commit to is the reclaiming of Konoha. We will be discussing certain proposals on how we can accomplish these goals but I want to hear what you have in mind as well. And the Second mission that is I believe of the utmost importance but may not be the one your thinking of since revenge can wait for now, and that is the rescue of Hanabi Hyuga."

"YES!" The rooms attention turned to Hiashi Hyuga amongst the surviving members of the Hyuga family on the left side of the room where the man jumped to his feet with fists clenched. He strode forwards to the front of the room and dropped to his knees bowing very low before Tsunade. "Lord Hokage, you have finally agreed to my request. Please let me lead this mission to bring back my daughter. If any Leaf ninja life must be lost in saving the heir to the Hyuga then let it be lost by the Hyuga." Hiashi then turns around to bow to the other ninja and begins to speak even faster. "Please, some of you volunteer to help us save my little girl so that we may leave immediately..."

"Hiashi!" Tsunade's voice makes him stop talking and turn fear filled eyes back to his leader. "I said we were going to discuss this, give me a little more time to explain. And yes I agree with you that a Hyuga must be sent, and one has been chosen already."

This got a few more murmurs of questions around the room since most ninja including Hiashi could tell that all the remaining Hyuga left at ninja level were in the room already.

Tsunade then looked up over everyones head and called out to the open door, "Come in, Hinata!"

This got a few gasps then the huge wide eyes of her father Hiashi and everyone else's turned around to see the girl they had heard died trying to kill Naruto. She stood there in the door way with a neutral face as if she was devoid of any emotion, but her purple Rinnegan eyes were pure anger making some of the ninja in the room not want to continue looking her in the eye.

"Hinata!" It was the voice of her father calling out to her with a strong measure of happiness being heard in his voice. But Hinata acted like she didn't hear him as she walked towards the front of the room standing before everyone so they could take in her new appearance. She wore a Hyuga style grey white Kimono top that was under anbu style armor and shin guards over dark grey pants and everyone could see the cracks in her skin making her look like a doll.

"HINATA!" Hiashi practically screamed her name trying to get her to look at him as he stepped forwards reaching out to her. Then he suddenly felt a strange force around his body and he lifted up into the air then moves like he was thrown back at the remaining Hyuga members. Neji caught the man then placed him down and stepped forwards pointing at Hinata.

"NO! Its not really her. My Byakugan can see that she is the same un dead thing that white haired bone user we encountered in the halls is. What is the meaning of this affront to the Hyuga name?!"

Hinata finally looked over at Neji with the same fierce eyes and said, "The Hyuga name isn't much these days especially considering you cant even protect your own people from being kidnaped. And listen to you Neji, making bold statements of how offended you are, it seems losing your seal and being in the Head family suits you."

"Grrr, why you...!"

"ENOUGH!" Tsunade's voice boomed out in her angry tone that most already knew meant business which cut off Neji from finishing his threat. "At this point all your doing is interrupting me. Now as I was saying a Hyuga has already been chosen to go on the rescue mission and as for the other volunteers. There are several of you I already have in mind for this rescue mission but you can decline it if you want. After all this mission takes your squad deep into lightning country and into the Cloud village itself. The probability for success is marginal, but none the less as Leaf Shinobi we have always tried to not leave a comrade behind or allow one of our own to live out the rest of their days to the tortures analyzing her jutsu will inflict. So that being said, I would like Kakashi, Kuranai, and Asuma to join Hinata to go on the mission. And I would like Neji, Shikamaru, Izumo and Raido to be their backup squad. If you ninja accept this mission please stand u..."

She didn't have to finish her last sentence as all the names she called out stood up at the same time to confirm their acceptance. Well, not all at the same time, Shikamaru still took his time getting up rubbing the back of his head saying what a drag this mission was going to be.

Tsunade looked at each of the ninja's faces and saw that they were all determined and prepared to get underway. "Excellent, before you leave I do need each of you to stay and listen to the end of this meeting since each of you need to understand and agree to the measures we are considering taking to reclaim what was taken from us. Now back to Konoha, it is obvious that we no longer have the man power to beat back two ninja villages and send a clear message not to return to our home. So a strategy has been offered to me by our new and old acquaintance, Sakura."

Un trusting eyes turned to the girl who put her box down and walked forwards shooing Hinata away to stand next to the Hokage. Once Sakura was in front of everyone and she could see all their eyes were on her the corners of her lips pulled into a smile. "It is really good to see you all again, and it is sad to me to see the looks of distrust in your eyes but I hope after these two little experiments your opinions will change a little."

Sakura reached into her back pouch and pulled out a locket that had the Akamichi emblem on it and held it out for the room to see. Once Chouji saw it he jumped to his feet yelling as he searched his pockets frantically then points and yells at Sakura, "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT. GIVE IT BACK, THAT WAS MY FATHERS AND THE LAST BIT OF HAIR I HAVE LEFT OF HIM!"

Sakura unclasps the locket and pulls out the hair between her sharp finger nails and then walks back six steps pressing her foot on a hidden switch on the ground. A heavy mechanical sound reaches everyones ears and the concrete floor starts to shake a little as a panel slides open. More rumbling and moving stone sounds fill the room and then snarls. Out of the hole in the ground a concrete slab was raising up for all that could see a man or what could have once been a man turned into half a grass hopper. The poor creature seemed to be in pain as it tried to attack those closest to it and fight against the chains pinning it to the ground.

"This poor man was a victim of Orochimaru. After learning of the experiments done to these people I tried to help, but everything I did just hurt them more and killing them humanly seems to be the only option. But then again, there is this jutsu. A jutsu learned and modified by Orochimaru in an attempt to destroy Konoha, now im suggesting we use it to save Konoha instead. As you have all seen Hinata is here with us today because of this jutsu and it can be used on anyone who has passed on."

Sakura stepped over to the creature and rolled out a scroll and placed the red hair down in the center of the circle in the jutsu script. Going through a few hand signs Sakura slams her palms down on a couple of circles and light erupts around the snarling beast. What looked to be sand and dirt was rising out of the ground and collecting around the beasts body and started to flex and bulge when it completely covered it. Then the chains fell to the ground and the outline of a big man started condensing until Chouzu Akimichi who died in the Planetary Devastation attack was resurrected before them.

"DAD!" Chouji ran forwards into the arms of a very surprised looking man who was looking around the room saying things like, "where am I, where was I, there was food everywhere."

"This technique was derived from the jutsu of the Second Hokage. It is forbidden jutsu because the only way to use it is to sacrifice a life in order to call on the spirit of the one you want. Now here's the interesting part of this dark information, I can do this for every ninja that died in Konoha giving us and army of ninja who cannot be killed. And in a matter of hours Konoha can be yours again if you are all willing to sacrifice more lives like the one you just saw."

Murmurs once again broke out in the room as people shared their thoughts on the subject but it was Kakashi that asked a question first. "Soooo... Sakura? What your saying is that you have enough of these creatures locked up and ready to be used to bring back our dead. Sounds hideously evil to me, but if the Hokage is willing to discuss this with us then there really must be nothing we can do for these creatures lives. In normal situations when we find dangerous beings and ninja who have lost their minds they are either put down or imprisoned for life. That being said, we aren't in the practice of using people in this way." Kakashi takes a couple steps forwards to stand in front of Sakura and look her deep in the eye. "But what about you Sakura, does it bother you essentially killing all these poor beings? Is there even a young girls heart still inside this white snakes skin?"

Kakashi stared and used his long life experience at reading people to watch every nuance her emotional response could tell him of her true intentions.

Sakura's reaction to his question was to look down at the lower corner of her eye with a far away look and then back up to look Kakashi in the eye with at first a glint that made her gold slitted eyes seem as evil as Orochimaru's then as soft as Sakura's. "My mind is full of the deaths of thousands. I can remember them so well it feels as though my hands are still heavy and wet with their blood. But at the same time the most powerful memories I have are of my life as a girl in Konoha and of being on Team Sharingan with you and Sasuke. Despite all the evil that my demon inside me has done my love for Sasuke is stronger and I will bring him back so that we can live out are lives like we planned. So yes Sensei, I am still here despite my change of appearance, the only real change done to me has been the decades of ninja life that has been downloaded into my brain as if I lived it. And I now have the steely resolve of a ninja far more experienced than you, Sensei! The poor mutants will still be alive inside the jutsu, and they wont be in any more pain as they live out as the people we have summoned back. So really I am offering a kindness. I can control my emotions and look past this darkness towards my ultimate goal, and that is to be with Sasuke again. And to do that I need to separate myself from Orochimaru, and your old Sensei will be the key to that."

"SAKURA!" Tsunade's tone was that of anger and a warning, but Sakura's reaction was to shrug her shoulders while holding her hands out.

"Since you have over ruled my recommendation to have Kakashi lead the incursion into the Leaf and are instead sending him to the Hidden Cloud I feel like he needs to know what plans we have for his dead teacher."

Tsunade was about to say something but Jiraiya stepped forwards first. "Everyone listen up! Both Tsunade and I are seriously considering using this resurrection jutsu to help us reclaim our home and that will require ninja to infiltrate Konoha and steal DNA samples from our dead. But there is another mission that will be separate from that one, and that would be the reclaiming of the Third and Fourth Hokage's souls!" Jiriaya paused just long enough to take in the looks of shock he was getting from the room before continuing. "Orochimaru has research and documents on the Leaf village here that were beyond top secret and he did extensive research into the Fourths jutsu. After reviewing them there is a chance that we can do all of these impossible things, but there's still something missing. There is a house located in the center of a jutsu minefield and is heavily guarded by seals created by the fourth, and inside is the answers to his techniques. It was the jutsu of the Fourth Hokage which made both Naruto and Sakura into what they are today; humans transformed after merging with demons. With the Fourth we can unravel that jutsu and use the power of the shinigami to send them back to the underworld."

Sakura stepped forwards and reached a hand out towards Chouzu and said, "And after we have collected the DNA to resurrect your people we can bring them back to full life using one of two possible jutsu. So now on to the second experiment. Hinata! If you would please try to bring Ino back to life?"

This got Ino and her father to their feet as both of them yelled, "WHAT!"

Sakura just turned and smiled big making her gold eyes close with her cheeks pulled up wide as Hinata walked around her to stare her now glowing purple eyes at Ino.

To Hinata's eyes the world had gone see through in black and white just like with the byakugan but more colors and energies could be seen composed of even the faintest traces of chakra. Staring at Ino and focusing her chakra Hinata could see past the resurrection jutsu's affects and see the real living woman inside supplying chakra and life force to create the bubble of chakra surrounding Ino's soul. That little bubble was all that kept Ino anchored down in this world and Hinata tried sending her chakra forwards touching it lightly. Feeling a connection she increased her chakra and poured her influence into it and concentrated her will into not just a healing energy but into life force itself. She felt her energy respond and she felt the urge to summon the King of Hell from behind her. Those people in the room with Dojutsu active could see the monstrous head rise out of the ground behind the small dark blue haired girl and watched with wide eyes as a long tongue with fleshy fingers was reaching out to grab at Ino. The hand touched her and Ino's body went rigid and she froze with fear in her eyes as Hinata pulsed even more chakra behind her jutsu making a strange vibration spread through out her body.

Then Hinata dropped her arms and dismissed the large amount of chakra she was using sending the King of Hell back down again as she smiled looking at the floor shaking her head. "Im sorry Ino, it cant be done in this way."

Disappointment can be seen on Ino's face as she runs her hands over her still Edo Tensai body feeling the cracks running across her skin with Sakura sending an angry glare at Hintata as she continued to talk.

"If it was your soul in your original body then it feels like it could be done, but it would take allot of chakra and something else. Life force, life is needed to bring the dead back it seems." Hinata continues looking down at the floor but past it as if deep in thought.

"Then it is just as I said, a jutsu like the one researched by the Sand Village long ago!" The voice was not recognized by most of the group so they turned around fast to the doorway behind them. But the ninja in the room that turned around slowly, cautiously, are the ones who recognized the voice.

"Itachi...Uchiha! Murmurs broke out again and a few ninja jumped to their feet assuming ready stances as they stared at the man who every ninja knew betrayed the Leaf after killing his whole clan. They stared at him standing there wearing standard Anbu gear that was slightly modified. The armor wasn't silver it was black as was his head band that had the symbol of the leaf scarred down its center signifying an abandonment of his home villlage.

It was Kakashi again that broke the silence when he turned to look at the relaxed Tsunade. "Hokage sama?! Is there some reason why this man is here today and it seems like your ok with that?"

Tsunade stood up then and took two steps forward and to the right then turned to look at the two older and uncharacteristically quiet ex council members. "Hotaru and Koharu! I am going to share some top secret information that you are involved in. And that is the mission you two and Danzo forced the Third Hokage to give to Itachi! And I want you two to tell our forces what your great wisdom had once decreed."

Tsunade clenched her fists making her knuckles crack menacingly which made the older council members flinch slightly as they remember the last time they got on the Fifth Hokage's nerves. And after both of them share a look Hotaru's shoulders slump down and he closes his eyes with his head bowed from the shame.

"After the sudden attack of the Nine Tailed Fox on our village those thirteen years ago we had an extensive investigation behind every aspect of it. According to our histories there was only one time when the fox appeared suddenly instead of being seen migrating across a country, and that was when an Uchiha summoned it!"

Koharu lifted her old squinted eyes up to look at the ninja assembled and continued speaking for her old partner. "Madara Uchiha was known to control the beast using his sharingan which was the only known way of taming the beast. So we came to the conclusion that it was a member of a secret faction of the Uchiha using Madara's name as its symbol to rally around. They had carried out secret missions which aided the Uchiha clan politically and had been noticed then investigated by our Anbu in the past."

Hotaru crosses his arms and speaks when she pauses. "This renegade faction of just a few Uchiha members eventually grew and grew as more complaints came from the Uchiha clan of their treatment. It was a building up to the entire Uchiha clan attempting a coup de tat over control of the Leaf village. And we knew all of this because we had a double agent who was an Uchiha in the inner circles of the rebel faction. Itachi was that ninja. He stayed true to his duty as a Leaf shinobi and told us of his families plans. Since the old saying that a Sharingan is best at defeating another Sharingan seems to be the truth, the mission to wipe out the Uchiha was given to Itachi. After all, the boy was at the time our most powerful ninja and the only one who could take on such a task and survive. And he accepted this mission then agreed to keep it a secret by accepting banishment so that the Leaf's reputation wouldn't be tarnished. A mission that I guess in the end he failed if he is here and you Tsunade have been informed of what transpired in the past before your short tenure as Hokage!?"

Tsunade's eyes flashed in anger and she took a strong step forward that made her heal make a sharp sound echo in the room as she said, "Actually as the Leafs Hokage he has betrayed no one by revealing to me the details of his mission. It was your own failures that lead to me learning of our villages dark history from him and not you, it is your job to advise the Kage after all and not keep secrets on the villages security from ME!"

This brought fear to Hotaru's eyes and he sat there shaking slightly waiting to see if the Hokage punched him again. He relaxed when she turned away walking towards Jiraiya and signaling him to pass her something. Jiraiya bends down to pick up the box's Sakura and brought in and tossed one of them to Tsunade and then to Sakura before standing and holding one himself.

Tsunade took a step to the right to stand in front of the group with the torch light shimmering behind her. Putting the box down at her feet she easily tears away the tape holding the top together and reaches in to grab what sounded like metal and cloth. "Itachi Uchiha! Come!"

More murmers and whispers could be heard as Itachi marched past the others and took a knee looking up at the Fifth Hokage.

"Remove your old head band." He did as he was told dropping the old head band to the floor. "Take this new head band as a symbol of my trust in you Itachi and work on being a fine example of a ninja for the Village Hidden in Leafs Shadow!"

Itachi did not speak but he closed his eyes and bowed to her then allowed Tsunade to place the new headband on him as he took the fabric passed to him and finished tieing the black fabric with a fast motion making the friction of the cloth heard by everyone. Itachi stood up and turned around for every Leaf ninja to see the new head band they designed. The fabric was black and so was the metal making the whole piece look like it belonged in the darkness. But what stood out the most was the Leaf symbol was cut through the other side of the metal showing that the headband had a stripe of red in it which made the leaf symbol seem to glow red.

Tsunade stood besides Itachi and tied one of the new head bands on her head and called out to the ninja. "Our third and final mission that I am charging to all of you is this, that we do not take off these new head bands until we have found Naruto Uzumaki or the Nine Tailed fox and DESTROY HIM FOR GOOD! Until that time we are the ninja of the Village Hidden in Leafs Shadow. So I am ordering two missions to begin at once. The rescue of Hanabi Hyuga and the infiltration of the ruins of Konoha to obtain as many samples of dead ninja that we can as well as storm the Uzumaki compound. Then we will invade Konoha and establish our power and our home once again. But to do that I will be using the jutsu and these poor souls to defeat the Stone and Cloud ninja, and I need you all to accomplish these goals. If you agree to take on these missions then I need all of you to take off your head bands for now and store them someplace safe and come here and take one of these. As the ninja of Hidden Leafs Shadow we will be something to be feared. If any people see us they will see our anger and our fierceness so that they will recognize the symbol of the leaf and the world will know that we have not disappeared. The world will know that we are still out there hiding in the shadows and ready to get revenge on those who have crossed us. We will survive and we will succeed, now are you with me?!"

It was quiet for a moment and that moment seemed to last forever as everyones minds worked over what they just heard. But the thought of losing their home and everything they had worked and sacrificed for brought the fire back into many of them but again it was Kakashi to set the example.

He untied his head band and deposited it into his back pouch then took the new head band passed to him by Jiraiya and tied it on like he usually did covering his scared left eye. Soon every ninja in the room walked up to Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sakura to get a new head band and tie it or hang it where ever they usually preferred to wear the symbol of their village. Sakura even put one on her head like she used too and stood besides Jiraiya shaking her head looking un impressed at him for not wearing one.

Tsunade looked at her ninja who all stood with their leaf symbols flashing red bast the black metal head bands and squared off her stance to address the room. "Very good, now for the Ninja on the rescue team, any remaining Hyuga that wants to go with you may go so your mission has begun. And be safe out there. The success of your mission will be a clear message to the world we are not to be messed with. The rest of you stay and we will be separating you into teams of three. One team will be going with Itachi and attacking the Rock and Cloud ninja to not only thin out their numbers but distract them from the team following Sakura on DNA retrieval. And the last team will be going with Jiraiya to allow him to get inside the Uzumaki Clan house."

Tsunade continued to talk to the rest of the ninja while the Rescue team assembled to talk amongst themselves. Kakashi took point and as the highest ranking ninja assumed the captains position. "Now we will need to brief each other on our abilities and tactics on our way there so that we can prepare for the invasion into the Cloud Village. Having you five Hyuga will make getting into the village and finding Hanabi that much easier and during the trip you five will form a standard Sensory Star formation around us. Now I recommend all of you grab any more gear you need and lets meet at the main entrance. Move!"

The continent the Five great ninja villages territories covered was vast area and each section divided into distinct lands were named for the abundance of what they had. Grass country had grass, Wind country definitely had enough wind to kick sand in your eye, and Lightning Country definitely had a lightning problem.

The further North East you go the land begins to change and becomes more mountainous and soon you come across a land that had high mountains like towers rising into the sky and into the clouds. It was very beautiful and every once and awhile you would see lightning cracking out sending a flash of light between the tall mountains. If you were on the path leading you to the Village Hidden in the clouds then you would pass over many suspended bridges and walk around paths carved into the sides of mountains so high that if you tripped and fell it would be a long way down.

Looking over the edge down at the very bottom Kurama Naruto was keeping his own eyes as well as his six other pairs on the look out for any ninja patrols. After finding none he sends powerful bursts of chakra into his and his Paths of Destructions legs making them go flying through the air and jumping from cliff face to cliff face until their last jump puts them all at the edge of a comparatively short mountain top overlooking the Village Hidden in the Clouds.

The village was built high above the ground in a cluster of mountains close enough together to connect buildings to each other. And some of these buildings were even built into the sides of the mountain making it seem like no one in this village suffered from a fear of height's. Kurama planned on attacking the Cloud village for two reasons. When he tore out the Nibi's chakra the jinchuriki woman was just barely alive enough for him to use his Rinnegan's Human path ability to learn everything she knew.

So now he knew that the Cloud village had the Eight tails, and after attacking and killing all the members of the clouds reinforcements to Konoha he also knew that the Cloud was guarded by less than half its forces. Using his eyes he opened the six new Sharingan Tomeo in the second and third rings of his purple Rinnegan eyes and stared at the village searching.

All the buildings and mountains became see through and glowed in green light while outlines of people in blue walked about. If he concentrated on one person he could see them clearly as if he was hovering five feet above them. Sweeping his head back and forth the tomoe comma marks spun as he scanned for all the different chakra signatures and watched many humans go about their daily lives.

Then he found him.

Out at the edge of town there was a gathering of over fifty ninja that was formed in a semi circle around a large man that was hopping up and down while swinging his arms in strange poses. His ears couldn't pick up what he was saying from that far away but his eyes could see that the large man was saying or maybe singing something that was making the crowd uncomfortable.

The big man would have been unremarkable compared to the other ninja assembled but Kurama could see his chakra. He had two working harmoniously making his chakra network glow with blue and red orange chakra. The Eight Tails Chakra seemed to be in resonance with this humans which meant that they had come to some kind of understanding where the demon wasn't trying to take control of his jinchuriki's body or escape anymore.

"That is pathetic. To think that one of my brothers is actually working for his jailers, it burns my pride to think of how low you have become. Even as I am now I am more a demon than you are!" Kurama got an evil glint in his eye as an idea came into his head of how to attack this village.

He turns and holds his hands in a sign to focus his chakra and makes six black obsidian coffins rise up behind his six paths and Sasuke, Ino, Sarutobi, Gaara, Tayuya, and Kankuro's bodies fell backwards into them. When the lids closed the coffins sank just under the surface of the rock and stone at Kurama's feet. He then turns back around and opens his clawed hands out wide as if presenting his armored self with long spiky blond hair waving in the wind to the whole village. "Lest start this off with a bang!"

Kurama slaps his hands together and focuses on the well of chakra held deep down at the core of his human chakra center. His Nine Tails demon chakra was still being held in the cradle of his old seal that used to keep his power away from him and would have been the cage that held his entire being locked away.

He felt his demon chakra as if it was a blazing inferno spreading out through his body and becoming more powerful by the second. Soon a red bubbling aura of power surrounded his body and grew until it had the outline of a fox with one tail. Then he started to roar and flex his power forcing even more chakra to build up and burst out of him making four more tails burst out of his back.

The chakra bubbling red around his body was moving like fire in hundred mile an hour winds and turning darker red until it was almost black. Bones burst out of the glowing chakra and snapping together with bone popping sounds building the skeleton of a giant fox. Seven tails burst out and by the eighth muscles and skin began growing and covering the rest of the bones. And when all nine waved in the air behind him Kurama was reborn as the Nine Tailed Fox and thundered out a roar that was so loud a few clouds disappeared.

In the village the people began feeling a slight rumbling then they saw ninja running who had been alerted to a huge chakra signature appearing out of nowhere at the edge of their village. Then the villagers all heard a roar louder than any clap of thunder drawing their eyes up. It was a roar that sounded like a giant demon and when the villagers looked up in the direction of the sound they saw a demon they were not expecting. Normally they would think demon and look for an eight tailed half Octopus half Bull, but they looked up and saw the Nine Tailed Fox glowing red like it was made of fire.

People were screaming and running in the opposite direction fueled by the terror the legends. They knew the legends and the rumors about the fox being the most powerful and that no village except the Leaf had survived an attack from this demon. And according to recent rumors the Fox had escaped and wiped out that village which lead to their ninja invading the remains of Konoha. And now the demon was here and people were running for their lives.

The responding Cloud Ninja even stopped running to stare wide eyed at the roaring demon and began sending ninja back to request further assistance from the Raikage. But it was too late.

The whole village heard the Nine Tails roar once again but the sound of his roar was being muted by the sound of energy building up around its body and condensing into a black and red orb in front of its massive jaws. The Kyubi eats the condensed chakra then looks down at the Village Hidden in the Clouds taking aim then fires his Biju Dama at the largest and obviously most populated part of the village.

When the shot hits a huge fire ball explodes outwards sending giant stones flying out in every direction breaking into other buildings and sending more raining down on houses built onto the mountain side. Kurama smiled big showing his teeth and laughing in his deep fox voice then watched as the fires spread and more buildings were destroyed as aftershocks sent cracks running through the cliff face as people screamed out making a symphony of sorrow echo out.

Then out of the destruction and in the center of the inferno Kurama's glowing purple eyes could see the large tentacles of the Eight Tails wrapped tightly together into a large cone that was unwinding to reveal the large suction cup tails had grown out of the humans backside. Seeing that his attack didn't hurt the Eight tails made Kurama angry but seeing that he even saved the fifty ninja around him as well made him feel furious. He pulsed even more power around his body and collected it into another Biju Dama and aimed right for the octopus.

The black ball of chakra gets fired and the remaining villagers thought this was the end of their lives. But then Killer Bee yelled out like a bull and transformed quickly creating a smaller Biju Dama that was fired at the other bigger one. When they hit the smaller blast exploded but it wasn't powerful enough to destroy the other but instead redirected the orb to fly over the village and explode destroying another tall mountain.

Kurama stared out and smiled pulling his black lips over his fangs as he watched the Eight Tails melt back into the body of its Jinchuriki. "So, this human thinks he can take me on in his human form. Look at him telling his ninja to run away. Fine you want to fight as a biped and not an invertebrate. Well I can play this game, we'll go ninja against ninja."

The Kyubi flex's its legs and shoulders and jumps forwards moving very fast towards the center of the destruction and lands heavy sending fire and wind whipping around it. The foxes angry purple eyes turned on the Jinchuriki and he growled and hissed showing his teeth threateningly as he stalked forwards.

Killer Bee saw the Nine Tails coming for him so he told everyone to get back which most of the ninja did but a few refused to go until Killer Bee shoved them away. He looked back up and adjusted his sunglasses as he stared down the advancing Kyubi and watched as its body began to pulse and shrink. With every step the blazing red chakra seeped back into the foxes body until it leaned back on its hind legs as it continued to walk and turn back into a human shape.

When Kurama Naruto stopped walking he was standing less than five meters away from Killer Bee with his hands on his armored hips smiling wide. Then Bee snorted and bent his knees and moved his arms back and forth as he tried to rhyme.

"Yo, yo, check it fool, ya Nine Tails swinging left then right then straight out of sight but you made a mistake fool by messing with me and allowing me the chance to kick your ass cause in the land up in the clouds we don't shrug at some some big thug, ya fool. Now here's your pay for ruining the day its gonna be foot up your ass cause Im out of your class so what do ya say ya dead mother fucka!"

Kurama's purple eyes flashed for a moment before a very slow moving sweat drop slides down the side of his face. "What they hell is wrong with you?! Do you think that makes you sound tough, or maybe intelligent? Is there in anyway that you think that I am intimidated by you now?! No, I am not impressed, not at all so now I think I need to show you what a bad ass demon really looks like!"

Lifting up his arm palm out Kurama spreads his black lips wide and waits until Bee looks to see what he was aiming at. It was the fifty some ninja that he told to get away so that he could finish the Nine Tails alone. And a millisecond after Bee turned his head Kurama fired off an Almighty Push fueled by demon chakra at the crowd of ninja. Bee got to see his fellow cloud ninja chosen to storm into Konoha get flattened into the ground or knocked high into the air flying backwards and getting crushed against rocks or falling down one of the deep trenches between the high mountain sides. In just a second over fifty ninja died.

"IM GONNA GET YOU SUCKA!" Killer Bee spiked his chakra rapidly and slapped his hands together connecting his fingers making hand signs. On his last sign he pointed one hand straight at Kurama Naruto and pulled the other back into chamber and yelled out his techniques name. "LIGHTNING FLASH BOMB!"

From his elbow to his finger tips blue lightning chakra danced and condensed at his index and middle finger then fires a lightning bolt with an electric blue fist at the end at Kurama. Normally the attack would move at the speed of sound and be impossible to dodge, but Kurama's evolved eyes could easily see what kind of attack was coming for him.

Kurama lifted his hand palm out to intercept the bolt and it hits the center of his hand sending small bolts of lightning dancing around him cutting into the ground. Bee saw his attack connect and smiled but frowns right after when he see's the intense blast instead of blowing up the blond demon seem to get sucked into his hand. A strange buzzing sound reached his ears and the last of the crackling blue energy was drawn into Kurama's glowing hand until it was gone and the spiky haired blonde lifted his fingers to his mouth waving them back and forth like his hand was hot.

Bee growled out at the blatant insult then started rapping again. "Yo ya fool, jutsu don't work on you so you just standin there like a fool but now you will see that I sting like a bee with my blades I will make that smile fade when cut you, fo-ool!"

The side of Kurama'a mouth pulls up into a small smile and he twists his body to the right to open a scroll tied to his hip and slaps his hand over a specific seal which creates a plume of smoke exploding out. His right arm then extends and the huge sword Demon Cutter that used to belong to Zabuza gets pulled out of the smoke and is swung twice in front of his body then over his head before the tip was pointed directly at Bee. "Blades are fine by me sucka, but by the look of your swords it seems as if your skilled in Tooth Pick Jutsu!"

Angry eyes frown over the edges of his glasses as Bee twists his body and pulls out all seven blades at once by flinging them into the air and catching them in the joints and folds of his body. Bee stood on one leg while he had a sword held between his bent knew and between his elbows and one even pinned between his neck or any where else no one in the world would expect a sword to be held.

Kurama's eyes looked like a person who had just seen the most ridiculous thing they have ever seen as he stares at the strange stance. But then his eyes narrow as he examines that stance and ignores the next series of rhymes from Bee as his eyes take in the flow of chakra. To the Nine Tails his opponents stance seemed stupid but he could tell by the incredible balance in his bodies energies that this was a stance he was well practiced in. "What kind of Kinjutsu skills does this guy have? In order to move with those blades in their positions he must have a very random style that is hard to defend against!"

Kurama sent more chakra into his eyes making his six sharingan comma marks begin to spin right when he heard Bee say, "I FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY AND I STING LIKE A KILLER BEE!"

And it was a good thing Kurama did reinforce his eyes with chakra because the Cloud jinchuriki moved faster than anyone he had faced against yet. Bee rushed in moving in a blur that was almost too fast to follow as he ran, spun, and jump flipped at Kurama swinging three blades into a single attack. Kurama's eyes buzzed then darted back and forth making him aware of the three sharp thin blades coming to stab him in the neck, heart, and femoral artery so he twists his hips adding enough energy to go faster than his attacker.

The demon cutter sword arced upwards intercepting the three blades at once but Bee twists his hips into a spin that lands his body on the back of his neck where he continued to spin like a break dancer swinging multiple blades between the back of his knees as he spun. Kurama's eyes showed him the before images of the attacks aimed for him so he swung his sword seven times in such quick succession it happened in less than a second.

Bee continued his attacks moving almost too fast to see and Kurama was keeping up with the speed and even going faster which made Bee push himself even faster drawing blood on both of them from near fatal strikes. Bee jumped and spun horizontally in the air with Kurama copying his movement connecting their blades and making flashes appear with every connection of metal on metal.

Then something happened that made Kurama have an involuntary flash back to his sharingan training with Kakashi and he heard the cyclops say in his head. "The Sharingan will show you the attacks before they happen and allow you the time to defend, but when you run into an opponent that is faster than you then your eyes wont help your body move just as fast. You will know the terror of seeing what is about to happen to you with out being able to prevent it in time!"

Kurama saw Bee flip up to one leg with three of his blades spinning in the air around him, then moving faster than Kurama could react Bee's foot connected with the ground and he grabbed his three blades and stabbed forwards. Bee moved fast and two of his normally armor piercing blades stabbed into Kurama's obsidian armor and clanged bouncing off loudly. But the third blade which he grabbed with his teeth and stabbed forwards was aimed for Kurama's neck, and it connected.

To Kurama's eyes the blade's before image was going to stab him right through his trachea so he began to move his head like he was going to lay his ear on his shoulder. But just as Kakashi warned, Kurama moved too slow so the blade stabbed through the side of his neck cutting through the muscle.

Snarling from the pain Kurama lowered his angry purple eyes to stare into Bee's face seeing him smile in a telling way that sent warning alarms buzzing in the Nine Tails head. The blade in Bee's teeth started to buzz becoming warm and a millisecond later the blade felt as hot as lava and it began cutting deeper into his neck after being infused with lightning chakra and the before image showed Kurama that Bee intended to cut his head off.

"SHINRA TENSAI!"

Bee gets hit point blank range and goes flying backwards losing a couple of his swords as he flew but called upon his demon chakra to grow two giant tentacles to brace himself against the wall he was about to crash into. He barely had enough time to retract one tail by the time Kurama came flying out of the dust cloud he created and had his big sword held back ready to swipe. The demons cloak was bubbling around Kurama and quickly healing the three inch gash in his neck as he roared out like he was still a furious giant fox.

Flexing his remaining tentacle Bee sends it swiping downwards to smack Kurama like he was gnat but the Nine Tails bared his teeth yelling out, "THAT WAS A DANGEROUS JUTSU, NOW LET ME SHOW YOU MINE! KAITEN!"

Kurama uses his modified Hyuga jutsu and spins rapidly in the air and a spinning red disk of energy surrounded his body and sword making him look like a spinning top of red light. The red disk came flying at the tentacle like a shuriken and cuts through the transmuted demon flesh then arcs down at Bee's torso. Charging his blades with Lightning chakra and moving as fast as he could to match the speed Bee clashed against Kurama's Demon Cutter sword with loud metallic pangs that sounded a lot like thunder.

Bee had to move as fast as he normally would if he was fighting his older brother, the only other person who could ever match or over match his own speed. He retracted his remaining tentacle all the way inside himself after blocking six strikes and losing a piece of its tail at the tip from a cut of red chakra. Once the tentacle wasn't restricting his movements Bee used the cliff face he was falling towards to slide to a stop and attack Kurama once his feet connected to the rocks.

CLANG! CLANG CLANG CLANG CRACK CLANG CLANG CRACK CLANG!"

Each connection of chakra infused blades sends thunderous clangs down on the remains of the village and the sound of stressed metal echoed out until two of Bee's blades shattered. Dropping the hilts of his broken blades he had to make his attacks more as defensive maneuver as Kurama seemed to get more furious and faster with each snarled roar. Then Bee lost two more blades when they shattered as he bent backwards to dodge the glowing red Kaiten coming for his neck.

Kurama saw and opening and the milliseconds before his spinning energy cut through the cliff face he deactivated his Kaiten allowing his Demon Cutter sword to embed in the stone. Using the hilt of his sword as a pommel horse he finished his spin bringing his right leg around in a wheel kick that hit Bee in the solar plexus making his head snap forwards and run into Kurama's follow up round house kick to his face.

Bee saw stars in most of his vision and then went black when he gets a fresh way of pain after his head goes back from the force of Kurama's kick and hits the cliff. When Kurama see's this he cant help but bark out a laugh that sounded half human as he taunted Bee right to his face. Which was a mistake letting the experienced ninja know by sound exactly where Kurama was.

Bee surges chakra into his left leg and snapped it forwards and up into a front kick that looked like he was trying to punt ninety yards, and stuck the ball of his foot into Kurama's ass connecting and popping every bone in his human tailbone.

Kurama's face immediately changed into a comical pinched small mouth with huge wide eyes and his body rose up into the air like he was a slow moving ball as he reached down to clutch his but. As he rose higher and higher from the force of the kick Kurama forced his mind to focus past the pain and a memory came to him of his first day as a ninja.

The pain he was feeling now coupled with the humiliation reminded him of the pain of being poked in the ass and sent flying by Kakashi using his a Thousand Years of Death jutsu on him. This memory burned fury into his veins and that made him forget the pain and shifts his weight in the air to lean forwards to look down at Killer bee as stood on the cliff holding a hand up to his bleeding nose.

Reaching out with an open clawed hand Kurama screams down, "YOUR GONNA PAY FOR THAT YOU STINKING HUMAN!" He clenches his fist and yanks backwards like he was pulling on a long cord and his Universal pull yanked Killer Bee's feet off of the cliff and his whole body rose fast into the air towards to Kurama.

Bee's vision had cleared enough to see and when he looked up at Kurama he had enough time to see him raise his right knee to his chest and hear him yell, "SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BALLS!"

Kurama flexed his leg hard and fast doing just what he warned and stomp kicked Bee right in the groin loud enough to sound like he broke something.

A loud "ooooohh" could be heard from Bee as he rocketed back down towards the ruins of the Cloud village with his hands clutching his beans and mash.

Spreading his black lips wide Kurama laughed and called down to Bee after he hits the ground, "THATS WHAT YOU GET SON OF A MANGY BITC..."

"LARIAT!"

Kurama heard the yell from behind him in the air so he turns his head fast and sends chakra to his eyes making time seem to slow down and turns his neck in time to see he was milliseconds away from taking an extremely powerful attack to his spine. And in a flash of red Kurama disappeared and missed being crushed to death by the Raikage.

Continuing his flight and receding the massive amount of chakra he uses to reinforce his arm the Raikage slams his legs into the cliff and looks around until he finds the Nine Tails. When he finds him he can see he was standing on the mountain top where the giant fox first appeared and sent a Bijuu dama destroying most of the village.

Tapping his sandal against the three pronged kunai he dropped when he first arrived overlooking the village Kurama complimented himself for his forward thinking since having that little teleportation escape saved him just now. Looking down at the Raikage who was glaring back up at him Kurama started thinking on his options and contemplated pulling out his Paths of destruction.

As the kage and Kurama stared each other down Bee had enough time to recover and had jumped then ran up the cliff to stand next to his older brother. Standing side by side the Cloud villages legendary Team A and B stared up with anger at Kurama while cheers from the surviving villagers reached up to them.

It was a tense moment as both sides started to plan their next attacks and as usual no one noticed the strange green venus flytrap rising out of the broken stones to open revealing a half black and white face watching the fights. Without saying a word Zetsu closed his spiked green outer shell and sank back into the ground to connect with the chakra's running through the earth and uses these living streams to transport himself.

Outside the Village Hidden in Leafs Shadow the Rescue team was gathering and preparing to leave with Kakashi referencing scrolls detailing the Cloud villages layout. Tsunade was walking out of the underground entrance and began giving advice for the departing ninja. "Alright everyone I have confidence in all of you but each of you are responsible not only to bring back Hanabi but yourselves as well. Good Hunting and see you all soo..."

"One minute Tsunade!"

Everyone turns to see Sakura walking out of the main entrance towards the Hokage and she doesn't stop until she stands right next to her leaning in to whisper into her ear. "Orochimaru's spy network is still in place feeding this compound with fresh news, and the Nine Tails is currently attacking the Cloud Village. So I demand my payment right now before you send Hinata to a place she wont be coming back from!"

Tsunade's eyes flashed wide for a fraction of a second but then narrows with her eye brows into a frown before she whispers back. "Are you saying you have no confidence in Hinata or this jutsu of yours to survive against the Kyubi. And by the time they get there it would be too late by then, the Nine Tails wouldn't stay for the three day journey its going to take them to get to the Cloud."

Sakura leaned back to stare angry gold eyes into Tsunade's brown ones and still speaks in a whisper. "If he is still there then I don't even think saving her sister will keep Hinata from attacking the one who killed her and since she was defeated before it could happen again. I still need that jutsu and if she is going to be in that much danger then she must do it now, I have given allot Tsunade and I wont be denied what was promised to me. I won't accept a betrayal on this."

Tsunade's eyes got steely and she didn't bother to whisper anymore. "As we all discussed earlier your payment will have to come later for our own assurances. Assurances that you won't be betraying us the second you have what you want. So that deal we shook on stands, so unless you have another suggestion then..."

"Fine!" Sakura interrupted Tsunade with a harsh tone but she also said it in a way that told Tsunade that this was the direction she wanted the conversation to go anyway. "I am joining the rescue team so that I may inform them of the changes to their mission and I will be leaving Kimimaru and the Sound Four to take my place on the Leaf mission. I even traded jutsu with Itachi so that he may use the Edo Tensai so even that option is available."

Thinking on the new information Tsunade was trying to find any negative outcome to changing the missions like this, but instead the idea of Sakura leading her ninja into battle made her feel worse than letting her tag along on a rescue mission. "Fine, look after your investment and help bring my people back alive. And no going anywhere alone with the Hyuga members, you know why and Kakashi knows why so don't even think about it!"

Sakura smiled and her sharingan spun open in her gold eyes and she said, "Actually there are powers to the Mangyekou that I never knew and the Rinnegan is no longer one of my desires." Sakura walked away from Tsunade turning her back on her and said under her breath, "for now!"

Once Sakura had found her place in the new formation she and everyone else looked to the Fifth Hokage and stood wearing their new head bands flashing their red leaf symbols. Tsunade had a look of pride on her face as she said, "This mission will be dangerous, but I have confidence in each of you and I know your mission will be a success. NOW GO!"

"SIR!" As one they all barked their respects and jumped to the tree's heading to the Cloud village.

After traveling through the earth's chakra channels for a awhile Zetsu found the chakra signatures of Tobi and Kisame then rises out of the ground in front of them.

"The Nine Tails is in the Cloud Village!"

As usual white Zetsu spoke after his black half trying to lighten the mood. "Hmn, you mean whats left of the Cloud Village."

"Shut up! Tobi,do you want us to assemble the rest of the Akatsuki in the Land of Lightning or not?"

Tobi crossed his arms and turned to look north east in the direction of the Cloud village and stayed quiet for a moment while he thought. "No, Kisame and I should be sufficient. The others were only to be used attack the Nine Tails in order to slow him down for us to get to him in time. But tell me what you have learned about Itachi, did he go back to the leaf?"

The white Zetsu spoke up first sounding apologetic, "Itachi's chakra has seemed to have vanished." Black Zetsu continued explaining in his harsh tone, "The same has happened to the large chakra signature I felt from the escaping Leaf villagers. After taking my attention off of them for the meeting in Ame their chakra couldn't be located again. So it is safe to assume that Itachi and the Leaf survivors are working together if both their chakra's can't be located for some reason."

Tobi turns his orange spiral mask until its single eye hole reflected his Mangyekou Sharingan spinning in the light. "Well it seems he's found an ally that was very good at evading the Akatsuki, but he wont stay hidden forever. Keep your senses looking for him and any Leaf ninja, all the surviving members will act like roque shinobi now as they try to reclaim honor or die. So we will see them soon. For now Kisame we have a little challenge ahead of us, time to go to the Cloud!"

Zetsu Shrank into the ground and Tobi's eye seemed to have a dark swirling vortex getting bigger and bigger until it sucked both Kisame and himself inside vanishing.

There is chapter 2, and I have to start by saying Tendo, thank you for the best review so far. You were very honest but most of all you explained your thoughts in a very concise way and you understand the plot very well. And no I don't have a beta reader, I check the grammar myself using abiword cause my computer sucks. Now on to the next chapter, Itachi leads an attack on the Leaf, the rescue team is heading to the Cloud with Kurama fighting both Killer Bee and the Raikage with Tobi and Kisame ready to jump in. And what jutsu did Sakura learn from Itachi that she traded for the Edo Tensai secrets. There is allot of fighting coming up so hang on while I try and make it epic. Later