Chapter 7: Only Warning

The next day

Back in Konoha, things have been escalating among the people. Panic was starting to spread from an impending attack and Kakashi was really starting to dread any and all signs of it all. The people of Konoha were in a state of misery as they simply counted the days until the attack from Orochimaru and his forces. Their allies abandoning them because of their own decision to banish a tremendous example of hope in their village for a traitor who sided with their enemy. Cupped with the fact that word had spread of Naruto Uzumaki being found and refusing to come back didn't help either. If he would have come back, then their alliances would have been brought back and they could defend or even attack the Oto, Kumo and now unfortunately for them Ame ninja's.

Kakashi looked to the village as people were desperately trying to pack their things to leave for any safe haven, only to be stopped by various Root Anbu. It pained Kakashi when he had no choice but to reinstate Danzo's Root Anbu to quell the people's anger. The regular Anbu were spread far too thin with S-Class missions such as information gathering and attempted assassinations on high value targets. Regular Jounin and Chunin were also off the table since they were also preparing as best as they could with the upcoming war at their doorstep. Genin were too inexperienced with this situation, so unfortunately the only choice he had at this point was Danzo. After over an hour of convincing, Kakashi caved and reinstated them.

Kakashi looked to the monument of the previous Hokage's on display for the whole village to see. He looked to the forth, his old sensei, and a lone tear fell from his eye.

"Sensei." Kakashi started in a low tone as he held his head down. "I failed you. I failed your village. I failed your people. But most of all, I failed your son." He looked to the monument. "Please forgive me."

That was when he heard knocking on the door. Composing himself, he quickly wiped away the tear and held his arms behind his back. "Enter."

As the door opened, Kakashi heard the voice of an old friend of his. "Wow. I leave for a few years and this is what happens." Kakashi turned around faster than he has nowadays to see the legendary Sannin himself, Jiraiya. He stood there with his arms crossed and sporting a grin at the shocked Hokage.

"Jiraiya?" Kakashi started in a baffled tone.

After he heard of Naruto's banishment all those years ago, Jiraiya went in search of his blond student with no luck whatsoever. He had even sent his spy network out to find the boy, but the same results kept happening. It was almost like Naruto just vanished. After a while, he got word that Tsunade had stepped down from being Hokage and left Konoha. That was when Jiraiya went and searched for her. It took him months to find a trail and even longer to catch up to her, but when he did, he found that she had been drowning her guilt in alcohol and gambling yet again. It pained Jiraiya to see his friend revert back to her old ways after she had finally gotten over her brother and lovers deaths. He talked to her and tried to convince her to come back to Konoha to help fight for her home only to receive a punch to the face and her telling him off. All her pain, all her grief, all her anger, let out upon Jiraiya about the council, the elders, the people and the village itself. All for a traitorous little brat who never gave a shit about anyone but himself. And Naruto had to suffer from it. Jiraiya wasn't there that day. He didn't see the look of betrayal and pain in his eyes that day as his world came crashing down. After her rant and passing out, Shizune told the Toad Sannin that Tsunade doesn't want to come back to that awful village again unless Naruto willingly came back as well. That was when Jiraiya had heard of Ame joining Oto and Kusa to destroy Konoha. So here he was.

"Been a while huh, Kakashi?" Jiraiya started as he dropped his smirk and put on a serious look. "How are you holding up?"

Kakashi sighed as he went over and sat in his chair. He rubbed his temples as he leaned on the desk and explained the situation. "The people of Konoha have lost hope. The Anbu are stretched so thin that if we somehow survive this war we'll have more losses than ever. The Jounin and Chunin are preparing but have lost their morale. The council is up my ass trying desperately to negotiate a full on assault with the impending forces. And I had no choice but to reinstate Danzo's Root Anbu." Kakashi leaned in his chair now. "And to make things worse, Asuma and Kurenai's team found Naruto in Earth country."

Jiraiya went wide eyed and dropped his arms. "Where is he? Is he back in the village?"

Kakashi quickly stopped him to answer. "Naruto is fine Jiraiya. As a matter of fact he has a wife and two children, and no interest in coming back here." Kakashi saw the conflicted look in Jiraiya's eyes and explained another point that even shocked him when he first heard it. "Naruto is also the White Fox."

"W-What?" Jiraiya stuttered out.

"Naruto is the one who is listed in the bingo book as the now SS-rank ninja, the White Fox." Kakashi answered him. "He is the sole reason Kusa is still standing and why Ame fears anything associated with him. They would cower and run away at the mere mention of his name. And that is all Naruto."

Jiraiya was jaw-dropped at hearing all of this. Not only has his former students son been banished and lived with his own family, but he was also known as the infamous White Fox. How did all of this come to be? How?

Front gate

As everyone was being dispersed from the gate by the Root Anbu, the two guards were back to watching any and all movements outside of the village. While they were there, they did notice the Root Anbu earlier and were sicked to think that those bastards were able to be brought back. It made their blood boil but they knew that times were tougher than ever before. They looked to each other and sighed in frustration before noticing a rustling sound not too far from them. They immediately went on high alert only to see a few rabbits scurrying out. They relaxed for a moment, but that was short lived when two figures just appeared out of a red flamed shunshin in front of them.

"What the hell?!" One of the guards said as he took out a kunai. The other did as well, but their caution turned to fear when they saw who was in front of them.

Standing there in a blood red coat reaching past his knees, black ninja cargo pants with a dark red under shirt, black ninja shoes and his signature white mask stood the infamously known White Fox. A woman was standing next to him. She wore a similar outfit to the White Fox, only her coat was a dark crimson color, the same as her eyes. Her long red hair was tied up in a ponytail. They both wielded swords on their backs. The White Fox with his signature Akai Akuma that was said to be the soul of an actual demon that only someone with an evil soul could wield. The woman carried a short sword in a black sheath. The handle was a dark crimson color with a bright red guard.

The two guards tensed at the sight of the White Fox and could only stand there and pray that he wasn't here for a fight. The White Fox looked to the two and shook his head slightly before turning to the woman.

"Let's go." He said to her which earned him a nod.

The two went for the entrance but was stopped when both men stood in front of them, ready to defend their home even if it meant their lives. Both the White Fox and the woman stopped in front of the two. They would have just tossed these two aside like trash, but they wanted to bide their time when it came to the village. They wanted to make the villagers feel some type of security before ripping it away completely. Instead of doing anything to them, both the White Fox and the woman simply moved so fast behind the two and knocked them out with a quick chop to the back of the neck.

"We could just kill them all for their crimes against you." Kurama started. "You know that, don't you?"

Naruto smirked under his mask, a gesture Kurama could simply feel and smirked back.

"I know." Naruto started to her before they continued inside. "But I won't. Not yet at least."

They didn't get far as they were now surrounded by five Root Anbu. The five tensed at who they were seeing and readied themselves for a harsh battle. Naruto on the other hand simply looked to the five and went to the inside of his coat. He pulled out a bag and held it to the Root Anbu. By now, the crowd from before were seeing the White Fox standing there in front of the Root Anbu. They watched in both wonder, fear, and intrigue as to why someone as well known as the White Fox was doing here. That was when he spoke.

"I wish to speak with the leader of this man here." The White Fox dropped the bag and it rolled over to one of the Roots.

The leader of this small group picked up the bag and opened it up. He immediately dropped it and everyone saw the head of a pale white Root Anbu roll out of it. The Anbu and civilians looked to the White Fox with terror in their eyes and in their body language.

"I'll only say this one time and one time only." The White Fox said in a tone that bordered no argument. "Where is Danzo?"

The Root Anbu stood stiff and were about to possibly cave under the killing intent that was radiating from him. That was when a certain, pink haired teen ran out of the crowd and stood there behind the Root. She was panting heavily and looked visibly shocked at who she was seeing. Naruto looked to her before turning his attention back to the Root Anbu.

"Tell Danzo to get his one eyed ass out here before I get very impatient." The White Fox said to them in a dark tone.

One of the Root decided to head out and quickly find Danzo-sama. While that Root left, the crowd started to fill with all too familiar faces to Naruto. His old friends stood in the crowd away from him. Most likely they knew that he was White Fox by now, so their hesitant was to be expected. He watched them as they stood there taking all of this in. Why was Naruto here? Who was the guy that he brought the head back to? Why did he want to speak to one of the elder council members? So many questions with no answers in sight. Before they could even approach him to answer, the Hokage along with Danzo and the other elder council members appeared in a leaf shunshin. Naruto looked to his former sensei and saw him in the Hokage robes. He remembered at one point in his life he wanted to be the one wearing that, but that was no longer the case now.

"I see you seem a little defensive there-" Kakashi started but was interrupted by Danzo.

"Root Anbu, seize them both!"

Before anyone could stop them, the Root Anbu rushed the two. Naruto and Kurama stood still as the small group reacted to Danzo's orders. The rookie nine plus Sakura watched as the Root prepared to take their friend and that woman down and they were ready to step in to help. That wasn't necessary as the White Fox simply moved so fast and now stood in front of Danzo with his sword drawn and covered in blood. The Root Anbu fell the ground, piece by piece, causing more than a few civilians loose their lunch at seeing the brutality it all. Danzo stood in shock at seeing this and stood his ground, ready to use any method to get out of this cleanly.

"You know where he is." Naruto started in the same dark tone.

"Who?" Danzo asked as he sweatdropped.

Suddenly and without warning, the White Fox grabbed Danzo by the throat and lifted him into the air with ease. Danzo started chocking and grabbed at Naruto's arm. Kakashi stepped in and placed a stern hand onto his former students shoulder. Naruto looked to his former sensei.

"I don't know why you're here, or what you're talking about." He clenched his hand tighter. "But not out here. Not now, Naruto." He whispered that last part.

Naruto looked to him before turning back to Danzo again. The old man was still gasping for air and Naruto was in no mood to be subtle.

"Then I'll only ask this nicely one last time." He started as he brought Danzo closer to his masked face. "Where the fuck did Orochimaru take my children?"

Kakashi heard this and looked to the old man with shock and anger in his visible eye. If this meant what he thought it meant, then Danzo must be in communication with Orochimaru in some way.

"I don't know what you're talkin-" Danzo managed to gasp out before being chocked again.

"Lie to me again, and you'll see firsthand why my blade is called the Red Demon." Naruto said to him. "Now where is Orochimaru?!" He said a little louder this time for everyone to hear.

The crowd and the ninja all around heard this and already there were murmurs going on. Murmurs led to questions and questions led to people voicing those questions. Some a little more vocal than others. All Naruto did was shoot them all a look and some killing intent to shut the crowd up.

"If you don't tell me where his base is, I'm going to have to reintroduce this village to my wife." He looked back to Kurama who was still standing among the dead Root Anbu with her arms crossed. "And you do not want her to do that."

"Heh." Danzo squeaked out. "And what exactly could she do to one of the most powerful villages in all of the elemental nations?"

Naruto dropped Danzo and turned back to her. He nodded and she nodded back. Suddenly, nine large red tails came out of her lower back swirled around her. The crowd of people all gasped in shock and fear as the large tails started to grow in size. The woman couldn't be seen anymore, but instead, a silhouette of a fox could be seen past the tails. Everyone with the exception of Naruto of course, quaked in fear as the tails finished growing and separated from the body. There stood the nine tailed fox itself. There were screams of terror and people scattering away in fear to get away from the monster that nearly destroyed their home almost two decades ago.

Kakashi stood there absolutely flabbergasted at what he was seeing. He remembered the night of the Kyuubi attack that night and prayed that he would never bear witness to that kind of brutality ever again. Now unfortunately, he would be known as the Hokage that let the Kyuubi destroy Konohagakure.

Danzo was still on the ground, but his eye was completely glued to the tailed beast in front of him. All his planning, all his scheming, all the dirty tricks and secret agendas, and all of that now gone in just one moment. His plans for a stronger Konohagakure, vanished as the Kyuubi no Kitsune would destroy his precious village. That was when he had one last ditch effort to ensure his village's safety.

"WAIT!" He shouted, getting the Naruto's attention. "Orochimaru's hideout is in Oto in a secret cave to the west near a desert! That's where he is! That's where they are!"

Danzo pleaded at that point. Kakashi wanted to be angry at Danzo, but right now he was too terrified to say anything to the man.

The White Fox turned around to the Kyuubi and nodded his head to it. The Kyuubi did the same and looked ready to attack, but that was when Kakashi made his voice Known once more.

"NARUTO!" At the sound of his real name, Naruto stopped Kurama and turned back to Kakashi. He removed his fox mask to properly look to the man who was his sensei at a time long ago. "Don't do this! This place, no matter what happened in the past, is still your home! Is still your parent's home! Don't destroy your fathers legacy Naruto!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at hearing those words. "And who in the hell was he then? Where was he when I was being hunted down by the people of his village? Where was he when I was kicked out an orphanage when I was three and had to live on the street? Where was he when I was beaten to death, tortured, burned, stabbed, drowned, poisoned, cut, and even tossed off a few buildings? Where the fuck was he then Kakashi, and why the fuck should I care about him?"

"Because he was Minato Namikaze, last member of the Namikaze name, husband of the last Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki, and the forth Hokage!" Kakashi yelled out, hoping that this would change Naruto's mind about destroying the village and hopefully come to his senses to help in the war.

Naruto went wide eyed at hearing this information. He looked to the Hokage mountain and saw the forth there looking towards the village. His village. That was when he clenched his fist and gritted his teeth in anger. Now that he knows who his father was and that he was in fact the one Naruto hated the most growing up, his anger was amplified even more. When he was a kid, it didn't take him long to figure out that something was wrong when people said he was the reason the forth died. For a while, Naruto didn't know what they meant until he slipped into a library and read on the forth's sacrifice to stop the Kyuubi. It was said that he sealed the Kyuubi inside of a baby at the time, but didn't specify which one. It didn't take long for Naruto to figure out that it must have been him. He was born the same day as the Kyuubi's defeat, so it only made sense. He hated the forth for burdening him with this, and causing the people of the village to see him the way they did. Now, to find out that the forth was his father, that was the last straw. Naruto reigned in on his anger and looked to Kakashi.

Kakashi thought that his tactic worked and Naruto would want to preserve and save his legacy. Even Jiraiya, who was up on top of a large building watching everything at this moment, was hopeful of his student now. He would make up for the hardships Naruto went through this time around and earn his former student Minato's forgiveness.

Naruto took a deep breath then turned to Kurama. She looked down to him with a visible worry to her crimson eyes. She knew of Naruto's hatred and anger towards the forth, and now towards his own father. She hoped that her husband wouldn't fall like this and willingly go back to the very village he vowed to her never to return to. That worry turned to surprise, then a vicious glare when Naruto motioned to the mountain of the Hokage's. Kurama wasted no time looking to the mountain and charged up her own attack.

"NARUTO NO!" Kakashi and now Jiraiya shouted but were too late as the Kyuubi fired a beam of condensed energy directly at the forth's head.

The beam went through and kept going, destroying the forth Hokage's head and anything in its path. It finally stopped and a large explosion was visible to the entire village. Everyone screamed as they saw what happened to the mountain. People were beyond terrified at this point.

DAMMIT NO!" Jiraiya shouted out as he summoned Gamabunta. The large toad summons drew its blade the second he saw the Kyuubi standing in front of him. Jiraiya stood on top of the toad's head and readied himself for a hard battle. "NARUTO! DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS!"

Naruto looked to another former teacher of his and smirked before nodding to Kurama. She nodded back and reverted back to her human-like self. Kakashi and Jiraiya, along with Danzo who was in absolute shock at seeing the Kyuubi's power firsthand, has looked to the blond with confused reactions. The rookie nine plus Sakura all came back the moment the Kyuubi disappeared and saw Naruto standing there with that same woman as before. Naruto saw them and gave no reaction as he turned back to Kakashi.

"This is your only warning." He started in a dark tone that caused even Gamabunta to visibly sweatdrop. "After I tear apart Orochimaru, Sasuke, and anyone else who gets in my way, I'm coming back here." He put his mask back on and released an ungodly amount of killer intent on everyone within the village. "And I'm gonna burn this village to the ground."

And with that, Naruto and Kurama left via that red flamed shunshin. The KI stopped and caused Gamabunta to puff in smoke. Kakashi, Jiraiya, the rookie nine and Sakura all felt it. That wasn't the same Naruto from long ago. This Naruto wasn't going to be their savior, or their hero that would save the village. No.

He wasn't that anymore. He was their end.

Hope ya'll enjoyed that chapter. I'm officially on Thanksgiving break for now until next Monday and will be trying to update more stories until then.

I also hope you guys enjoyed how I made Naruto's reaction to his family and all that.

Ya'll know what to do by now.

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