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Revival

Konohamaru slowed to a stop in front of Sunagakure and looked around. None of them were taking Naruto's death very well but they still needed to destroy the demon.

"Without Naruto, Killer B is our best chance to destroy the demon," Konohamaru stated.

"He's right," Fu agreed. "B is our best fighter."

"First we need to rest," Sakura stated looking at Hinata who had been sobbing so hard that Killer B had to carry her and who was still sobbing.

"Welcome," Gaara welcomed stepping out of the gate with his siblings. 'the survivors of your village are already here. I'm sure that...where is Naruto?"

They all exchanged pained looks then looked back at Gaara and Sakura spoke first.

"Naruto...didn't make it," Sakura reported. "The demon found us and Naruto tried to fight him but...the demon...corrupted him."

Kurama, who had caught up and shrunk down to about the size of Akamaru, sat down beside Konohamaru and looked at Kushina, who was taking her son's death nearly as hard as Hinata was.

"I see," Gaara replied. "Come. We'll figure something out later."

They all followed him into the village and saw that the Konoha 11 and their respective team captains along with a quarter of the civilians and a handful of shinobi had escaped but everyone else had died.

"Is this really everyone?" Shikamaru questioned.

"The demon and his army were nearly indestructible," Temari stated sadly. "Your captain managed to find a way to wound them but even that wasn't enough."

"Asuma?" Shikamaru questioned looking around before seeing him standing a little ways away.

"Good to see you," Asuma smiled. "Sorry about your parents."

"How did you fight them?" Yugito questioned.

"Flying Swallow Technique," Asuma stated.

Gaara then led them all to his office where they reported to him the details of Naruto's death. Then on everything they believed about the legend and the legend itself.

"We definitely will need to retrieve Orochmaru's sword," Gaara stated. "Aside from that, we'll have to throw everything we've got at the demon and hope his army falls with him."

"Is there any way that you can think of that might be capable of saving the people who are corrupted?" Hinata spoke up after nearly an hour of being silent while the others spoke.

"I know of none," Gaara replied. "It is very likely that anyone and everyone that attacks the demon will die. It is also likely that Naruto is gone."

"What do we do?" B questioned.

"You and Asuma must teach the shinobi how to use the Flying Swallow Technque," Kankuro replied. "Then, we'll have to go to war."

"Lord Kazekage!" Matsuri shouted running in. "Corrupted are approaching the Main Gate!"

"On our way," B stated as he, the Jinchuriki, Hinata, and Konohamaru all ran out, reaching the main gate in seconds and finding a group of Corrupted with enough for each of them to have one and one of them to have two."

"I'll take two," B volunteered before throwing his seven blades into the air and catching them to channel lightning chakra through each.

Konohamaru handed Hinata a kunai just as the Corrupted charged. Hinata began to stream her chakra through the kunai and she and the others met the Corrupted in the charge. B instantly began spinning, jumping, and juggling his blades, instantly streaming his chakra through them when he caught them and continuing. Fu and Yugito both used katanas streaming their chakra through the blades while most of the others used kunai. Konohamaru used Evil's Bane without bothering with chakra streaming and was able to keep his Corrupted from killing or stabbing him and quite a few of the others did the same but after fifteen minutes, the Corrupted Hinata was fighting suddenly grew a sword blade and red eyes and cut the tip of her kunai off then swung the sword through the air, launching her backward with just the tailwind.

"The fucking demon's here!?" Konohamaru shouted blocking a jab from his and removing its head, killing it just as the demon shot at Hinata.

"NARUTO!" Hinata screamed out of impulse.

Less than a second before the demon's sword found its mark, one of the two Corrupted B had been fighting dropped in front of her with Konohamaru under its arm and using Konohamaru's arm to deflect the demon's blade with Evil's Bane. Then, the flames over its body went out and left Naruto standing in their place. Naruto set Konohamaru on his feet, taking the sword and suddenly seventy clones appeared at his side, all of them holding the sword and glaring at the demon.

"You broke my control," the demon snarled. "Impossible. How did you free yourself?"

"I got bored," Naruto shrugged. "Now, either beat it, or your legend ends here."

The demon growled then turned and fled with the two remaining Corrupted. Naruto sighed and let his clones fade just as Kurama and his mother arrived. His mother tried to hug him but passed right through him which left Kurama the opportunity to do the single most out of character thing Naruto ever had or would see. Kurama tackled him and began licking his face like a dog.

"You do care," Naruto grinned when Kurama finally stopped and let him up.

"Shut up," Kurama growled but smiled a bit.

"You okay Hinata?" Naruto asked pushing himself up just in time for Hinata to practically tackle him with a hug.

"Don't you ever do that again!" Hinata sobbed into his chest.

"Really though Naruto," Kushina replied. "Please don't die again. The last thing I need to do is watch my son's funeral."

Naruto wrapped his arms around Hinata and smiled at his mother.

"Don't worry Mom," Naruto assured her. "I'm not dying until I'm old."

Kushina smiled and nodded and Naruto turned toward Sunagakure just as Gaara and Temari stepped out.

"You're back?" Gaara questioned. "Good. We need to talk about Orochimaru."

They all walked into the village and to Gaara's office. When they got there, Gaara rolled out a map with three locations marked off.

"These are the locations of known hideouts Orochimaru uses," Gaara informed them. "Are there any that you have found that aren't here?"

"There's one here," Naruto stated marking another spot. "Aside from that, there's no way to know where they might be."

"Actually," the ANBU interrupted removing her mask so that she could see the map better. "There should be one somewhere here."

She circled an island south of Sunagakure and Naruto nodded staring at it. Then, he thought of something else and looked up at Gaara.

"You've got shinobi reporting on the Corrupted's movements right?" Naruto questioned.

"Yes," Gaara answered understanding.

He began marking the locations of groups of Corrupted and Naruto saw the pattern.

"They're massing around this," Naruto stated circling a forest. "My bet is this is where Orochimaru is."

"We'll have to fight our way in," Gaara stated. "Everyone will need to have either Asuma or Killer B train them to use the Flying Swallow Technique Those that learn the fastest will be the first team in."

They all left and found Asuma quickly and he taught them as best he could. Naruto, remembering what he had already learned, summoned a couple clones and they all practiced what they had already been taught and was capable of doing it within minutes. The ANBU, now identifying as Yugao, already seemed to know how, as did Shikamaru. Hinata and Konohamaru both mastered it quickly and Hanabi got it a couple minutes later.

"That's enough for the first team," Naruto decided. "Asuma, you come with us. B, you teach the others some more. All of you will stay here to defend against attacks."

They all nodded and left.

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