Chapter 6: Heads Will Roll

Orochimaru's Base

Deep within the tunnels underneath Sound, a snake slithers as quickly as it can back to its master. As the snake slithered, it passed a certain room and froze out of fear. It turned its head and saw a dark figure walking slowly towards it. Before the figure could get any closer, a new voice made its presents known.

"Aww, my spy has returned earlier than expected." The voice caught both the snake and the figures attention. They turned to see the snake Sannin slowly walking towards them with that ever present grin plastered on his face. "And what exactly was so important that you directly disobeyed my orders to return within a months time? It has only been a week." Despite his calm demeanor, Orochimaru was actually not pleased with this.

The snake answered quickly with a few hisses and the figure noticed that Orochimaru was getting one of his very interested glares. The figure kept listening and continued to watch as the Sannin began to chuckle under his breath for a few seconds before going on a full on cackle.

"So, what did it say?" The figure asked, slightly irritated.

Orochimaru stopped his cackle for a few moments to address him with a sinister smile. "Why, he was just telling me of your old teammate having been found. Sasuke."

Sasuke stepped out of the shadows and gave a slight furrow of his brow. The mere mention of that dobes name made his blood boil. It wasn't enough that that move Naruto used all those years ago at the Valley of the End nearly trumped his Chidori, but the fact that he nearly beat Sasuke with said move. Sasuke snickered when he had heard of his old rivals banishment and assumed that he would simply crawl under a bridge and die a slow and painful life with no one. At the time though, after Naruto's banishment, the blond simply vanished from the ninja world. This is the first bit of information on the blond since that day.

"Hmm." Sasuke started with an arrogant smirk. "So? Why exactly did this make you laugh like a lunatic?" The last Uchiha crossed his arms and leaned onto the door frame.

Orochimaru kept his smirk even with the pseudo insult and answered him. "It seems that Danzo has forgotten his place, and knows the whereabouts of the Uzumaki. He's sending his Root Anbu to get the boys attention, and the only way to do that, is to apparently snag his children."

At that point, Sasuke's eyes went wide before he clenched his teeth in anger. How? How could that dobe have children? How could he find some form of happiness after his banishment? The very thought of it all made Sasuke's Sharingan flare up with rage.

"And what exactly do you plan on doing about this?" Sasuke said through gritted teeth.

Orochimaru's grin grew as he said his next words. "Well, it would be very useful to my own plans if the boy were to be, dealt with. And I think those little children of his would make excellent leverage as well."

Sasuke gained a bit of a devious and evil grin as he easily put together what the Sannin was asking him to do.

A few days later

Naruto was walking with Akira to a clearing not too far away from his home. She had been pestering him about how her eyes keep changing to red ever since those Konoha nin came by. Instead of asking her mother to explain it all, she kept pestering her father to spend even more time with him. In the back of his mind, Naruto figured out why his daughter was staying close to him so much. In her mind, she wanted her father to stay with her and her brother and mother forever like he promised. Naruto didn't mind though. He thought seeing her act like this was absolutely cute in a way.

They made their way to a clearing and Naruto sat down next to a tree and motioned for Akira to sit next to him. She did a little pout before sitting on his lap with her arms crossed. She was still pouting as they both sat under the tree to watch the gentle breeze brush through the grass. Naruto had a smile on his face as he watched, but the smile went away slightly as he saw the look on his daughter's face. She was looking down with a slightly worried look to her face. Naruto saw that and could feel that she was getting teary eyed.

With a sigh, Naruto spoke to her in a gentle tone while stroking her beautiful hair. "This wasn't about asking me about you eyes, was it Akira?"

Akira stayed quiet as she curled herself closer to her father. Naruto could tell that she was feeling some kind of sorrow ever since that day.

"Akira." Naruto started as he held her soothingly. "Do you see that out there?"

Akira, at first, didn't look up to see whatever it was her father wanted her to see. After a few seconds and sniffling a bit, she looked up to her father's smiling face and she gave a tiny smile. Naruto pointed out to the open field and Akira looked out only to go wide eyed at the sight. In front of her was an amazingly beautiful sight of the land. Peaceful valley of lush greens that stretched as far as the eye could see towards the forest. A spectacle that made Akira nearly forget just what she was on the verge of tears for. She looked out to the still gentle wind moving the grass and the leaves falling to the earth around them. It was a truly magnificent sight to behold.

"Akira." Naruto started to her as he held her in his arms. She looked up to see a calm grin on her fathers face as he continued. "Have you ever wondered why me and your kaa-san came here?"

Akira shook her head. "No."

"It was because we looked to this place and saw something that we had both been craving for for a long time." Naruto answered as he looked out to the valley with a smile.

"What exactly, tou-san?" Akira asked him.

"A chance to start over." Naruto answered as he continued to look out. "A chance to live without having to worry about our past or wallow in our failures. A chance to do something that we both wanted for so long. A family." He said that last part as he looked down to Akira, who started to have tears in her eyes. Naruto cupped her face with both hands and wiped away her tears as he continued. "You and Boruto are my world. Your kaa-san is the woman I love with all my heart. And I will never let anything stand between me and you three. I love all of you, I love this place, I love our home, and I wouldn't trade any of it for the world Akira. Okay?"

Akira got misty eyed but nodded to her father slowly before throwing herself on him. She hugged her father tightly while sobbing into his chest. Naruto simply hugged her back and stoked her hair while cooing into her ears. They stayed like this for a few minutes until Akira suddenly stopped crying at this point and raised her head up to meet his eyes. Naruto was taken aback a little when he could see the resolve and determination in those bright blue eyes. Sure they had tears in the sides of them that just made her look too cute, but determined nonetheless.

"Then can I get just as strong as you tou-san?" She asked him, surprising the blond father for a moment before he smiled at her.

"Of course you can Akira." He said to her as he rubbed her head playfully, earning a big tooth smile from her. "Me and your mom will even train you if you want. There are some things that we have to teach you any-"

Before Naruto could finish his sentence, Naruto grabbed Akira and dodged a few shuriken that came from the forest shadows. The shuriken kept coming and Naruto kept dodging with ease despite Akira squirming from fear.

"Akira." Naruto started in a stern tone that caught his daughter's attention. "It's okay. I've got you."

The mere smirk on her father's face was enough to reassure her as he landed and dodged another wave of shuriken. He continued to dodge until one almost came at his daughter. That was the wrong move. Naruto caught the shuriken mere inches from a strand of Akira's hair and threw it at its attacker almost too fast for said attacker to dodge. The attacker fell to the ground from a tree and Naruto saw that it was an Anbu from Konoha. More precisely, a Root Anbu. The shuriken had went cleanly through the Anbu's mask and through his skull cleanly. Before Naruto could say anything else, there were at least twenty or so Root Anbu surrounding him. They all bore white mask of different animals but all wore the same black cloaks.

"Naruto Uzumaki." One of the Root, a man in a falcon mask, spoke as he stepped forward. "Our mission is to ensure your cooperation to Konoha for the war between us and our enemies. Will you submit and come with us peacefully?"

Naruto set Akira down as he looked around for an opening. Akira was clinging to his pants leg out of fear for these men. She had never seen ninja before aside from the Konoha group that came by and a few passerby nin that were very friendly to the village. This was different though. Even with her father here to reassure her, it was still scary for her to be surrounded by all these masked ninja.

"I already gave the last bunch of Konoha ninja my answer." Naruto said to the falcon masked Root. "My answer remains the same even if you attempt to attack me. Now leave, or I'll ensure none of you do."

The Root Anbu got into a readied stance and prepared to attack. Unbeknownst to Naruto, their true objective is to distract him while Sai and a few others attempt to capture one of his other child.

With Sai

Sai could tell that his comrades were about to deal with Naruto directly. When Sai was assigned this task, he knew that Naruto being the infamous White Fox would prove an interesting match, but once Danzo told him to simply retrieve one of the children as leverage, well that idea to face off against Naruto went away.

Sai and a few others arrived at the house that was reported by Asuma a few days ago. One of the Root not wearing a mask used a wood style jutsu to break the doors hinge's quietly as to not draw in any attention. Once the door was open, they went inside in search of a child. They weren't concerned for the wife and had no orders in dealing with her whatsoever. So if and when they run into her, they'll most likely have to subdue or injure her to get Naruto's attention.

"Hey." A young voice came from the group of four's right. They turned to see a young boy in a pair of orange shorts and a white shirt standing there looking at them with a bit of anger to his face. "Who the heck are you guys, and what are you doing in our house?!" Boruto yelled out to them.

"Target acquired." Sai said as he disappeared behind the boy to deliver a chop to his neck. Only when he reached, a hand grabbed his wrist and squeezed tightly, causing a loud snap sound. Sai gasped in pain but held off on other emotions as he gritted his teeth.

"I don't know who you are, nor do I care." A feminine voice came out, only it sent chills down the Root's spines. "But you signed your own death warrants when you decided to even lay your eyes on my son." She was dressed in a long black dress with red trims on the ends and sleeves.

Kurama's eyes burned with anger as she flung the pale Root right at his comrades with incredible force. Sai crashed into the three and they were sent flying out of the house.

"Alright kaa-san!" Boruto excitedly yelled out as he raised his fist in the air.

Kurama simply grinned and shook her head to her son's antics. "Stay inside Boruto. I'm gonna take care of these Konoha fools."

Boruto nodded to shook his head excitedly as he would see the rare occurrences of seeing his mother in action. He would catch glimpses of her and his father sparring but never seriously enough to really be called a serious fight. So this would be very cool to watch for the young blond.

Kurama stepped out and smirked at the four as they stood up to take defensive positions. Sai, despite only having the use of one arm, pulled out a scroll and a brush. He started to write in the scroll with his teeth and a few animals made of ink came rushing towards Kurama. She didn't even flinch as all she did was flare a very small portion of her KI to cause the ink to melt from the heat. The four were beyond surprised to see this, but before they could say or do anymore, Kurama was already next to them in a burst of speed they couldn't even see. She delivered a powerful kick to Sai's already broken hand and shattered the rest of his arm, sending him flying away from them. The man without a mask went wide eyed and leapt back as he saw the woman reach for a short sword just under her dress. The man without a mask watched through his brown hair as his two other comrades were beheaded with such veracity.

"Damn." He said as he went through a few hand seals and was about to say his jutsu, but that was until the woman turned to him with those burning red eyes. He froze as he started to see his death play out in front of him in brutal and inhumane ways. He froze as he continued to be ensnared in this genjutsu that was far too advance to be done by any ordinary person. Who was this woman? Just who in the hell did Naruto Uzumaki marry?

Before he could think any more, Kurama walked over to him slowly. She knew she could've ended this 'battle' in many different ways, but she also knew that if she revealed too much, then that would possibly endanger her family. Instead of just killing these Konoha scumbags with one of her own techniques, she just went for kenjutsu instead of her flashy ways of fighting her husband.

Kurama approached the man as he was shaking rather violently at this point. She stopped right in front of him and smirked down at his pathetic state before drawing her sword arm back to deliver the killing blow. That was when she felt something she hadn't felt in a long time that stopped her in her tracks. She turned around to her home only to go wide eyed as she saw a long snake wrapped around her son's entire body. The snake looked right at her and hissed before disappearing with an unconscious Boruto in tow.

"BORUTO!" Kurama shouted out loudly as she flared her KI to titanic proportions.

With Naruto

Naruto was just finishing off the rest of the Root Anbu at this point. Along with protecting his daughter and having no weapon at first, it was a little bit difficult. He couldn't use any of his major jutsu's aside from Kage Bushin in fear that he might unintentionally hurt Akira in the process. It took him a little bit of time, but he was able to deal with them quickly. Just as he finished the last of the Root, he and his daughter heard the loudest shout that sent shockwaves through the valley they were in. The KI made all the clones poof away and caused Akira to nearly pass out. Naruto held onto her and released his own KI to keep her safe. If Kurama was doing this then something must've happened to Boruto. Without wasting any time, Naruto picked up Akira and raced over to the house only to see that she had a pale Root member by the throat and shouting at him in anger.

"WHERE DID YOU TAKE MY SON?!" She kept shouting, unknowingly killing the guy with her very presence. "WHERE IS HE?!"

Naruto had seen her this angry before so it wasn't anything too new, but Akira on the other hand was terrified now. She had never seen her mother like this before. The very sight of her anger as tails started to come out of her lower back made the little girl cower behind her father. Naruto noticed this and quickly went to his angered wife to calm her down.

"WHERE IS HE!?"

"Kurama!" Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn around with the rage still boiling in her eyes. "That's enough!"

"NOT UNTIL I KNOW WHERE THESE WORTHLESS SACKS OF FLESH TOOK OUR BOY!" She shouted out to him, her tails swirling out of rage.

"And do you really want to show this side of you to your daughter?" Naruto said to her softly as he moved for his wife to see Akira shaking out of fear.

Kurama went wide eyed as she saw that fear in Akira's eyes. All directed towards her. She dropped the near lifeless body and reigned in her anger. Her tails retracted in her body, and her KI faded away. The rage in her own eyes replaced with grief and sadness herself. She wanted to say something to her own flesh and chakra, but no words would form as she broke down.

Naruto held onto her as he knew this was a side of her that she never wanted any of her children to see, ever. Akira slowly made her way over to her parents and was about to say something, but that was when another presence made itself known and knocked her out with a chop to the back of her head.

Naruto and Kurama quickly turned around and saw, to their shock and rising anger, Sasuke Uchiha standing there with their daughter in tow. He smirked at them before summoning his Sharingan eyes. Before the two could look away, they were now trapped in a genjutsu meant for the Kyuubi itself. A special genjutsu Sasuke had made specifically to incapacitate the beast within Naruto. As the woman fell to ground seizing up slightly, Naruto was struggling to stand to his feet. No matter what, he was going to save his children no matter the cost to himself.

"S-S-SASUKE!" Naruto shouted out as he tried again to stand. "What are you doing here?" He struggled to say.

"Hmm." Sasuke smirked to his former rival as he held Akira up. "If you want your children to stay safe, then why don't you come and get them." He lowered Akira and turned to walk away. Before he did, he looked back at Naruto with the same smirk. "Oh, and if you really want to know where I am with these two brats of yours, ask their leader." He pointed to the man still trapped in the genjutsu and the pale Root member gasping for air before disappearing in a shunshin.

Naruto went wide eyed as he finally was able to break the genjutsu. Just as he did, he went over to Kurama, who was still seizing from the powerful Sharingan genjutsu, and released her from it. She stopped seizing and was unconscious now. Despite her status as the most powerful demon in the world, in her human form genjutsu's that are powerful enough to confuse her fox form can incapacitate her in her human form.

Naruto let her rest as he heard the Root with no mask groan from the released genjutsu on himself. Naruto narrowed his eyes in anger as he turned around to see the man attempt to stand. Naruto walked over towards the man as he stood to his feet on shaky legs. As he looked up to the rather pissed off blond, he attempted to use his wood style jutsu, but was still under the after effects of Kurama's genjutsu. Naruto wasted no time grabbing the man by the throat and lifting him off the ground. The man tried again to summon a jutsu, but this time, a Naruto clone cut both the mans hands with Akai Akuma. The man shrieked in pain as he started to bleed out. The clone handed Naruto his blade before it poofed away. Naruto held the man in a tightening grip as he stared a piercing glare into his eyes. a glare that could make even the mightiest of men tremble in fear.

"Who the fuck sent you?" Naruto said in a tone that promised death itself if he didn't get an answer.

The man, since he could no longer defend himself with jutsu's, answered with a pained tone. "Danzo-sama sent us to ensure your loyalty in the war."

Naruto's eyes glowed with even more rage. He remembered Danzo when he was a child and how much the man would talk to his own Anbu about plans for him. A little after his banishment, Naruto figured out that Danzo wanted to use him as some kind of a weapon of sorts for Konoha. Thanks to Kurama, he managed to escape those Root Anbu back then. If Danzo knew where Orochimaru was, then that meant that it was time for Naruto to get answers himself.

"If he wanted my attention," Naruto started as he lowered his head, "then he's got it." Naruto looked up. "I'm going to get what I need from Danzo. Then I'm going to find Orochimaru and Sasuke. And after I'm done skinning the very flesh from their bones and letting maggots feast on their carcasses as their buried alive, I'M GONNA BURN KONOHA TO THE GROUND!"

Before the man could attempt to protest, Naruto flick his wrist and snapped his neck in two with ease. He dropped the man and continued to seethe in anger until he heard muffled groans behind him. He turned to see Kurama slowly stir herself awake while also seeing off in the distance that last Root Anbu groaning as well. Naruto went to his wife and lifter her up slowly.

"Naruto?" Kurama slowly said, her eyes showing her pain.

"Kurama." Naruto started in a soft tone before looking at her sternly. The look in his eyes held intense resolve as he said his next words to her. "We're going to Konoha."

Done. Yes, I know ya'll wanted to see a fight between Sasuke and Naruto, but I'm gonna do that at a later chapter. Hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter. The next one will have Naruto and Kurama heading for Konoha. Wonder what everyone will think when the White Fox shows up at their doorstep?

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