(Sasuke just sat there and watched as the ANBU captain jerked forward his sword to finish Sasuke off. Then Itachi appeared between the two in a puff of smoke, and caught the tip of the blade between his fingers.)

Itachi: If you want to kill my brother, you will have to kill me, first.

(After a momentary pause, the ANBU captain sheathed his sword. Itachi then turned around and picked up his bleeding brother with only a gasp of pain in retaliation, and walked down the hall with the ANBU captain following behind. They walked under the hole that Sasuke had earlier fell threw and could hear a battle that a frantic Tobi was losing. Soon they were walking out the gate. In front of them was a collapsed, exhausted, Tobi. Itachi could see the endless sea of dead bodies, and in the middle of it all, he saw Orochimaru; with that smug little smile on his face…)

Orochimaru: So, Itachi. It's just you and me…

(Then Kabuto came through the gate with the army that he promised Orochimaru, just as the army Lady Hokage had apparently sent appeared through the trees. Itachi walked right pass Orochimaru, and handed Sasuke over to Kakashi.)

Itachi: I believe this is yours.

(Itachi turned around and walked toward Orochimaru)

Kakashi and Kabuto together (to their armies)Attack!!!

Koto (from hiding)Kakashi, over here!

Kakashi (giving Sasuke to Koto): Take him! Keep him alive!

(Kakashi goes back out to battle)

(Koto removed her ruff and wrapped it Sasuke's wound with it)

Sasuke (stubbornly): Don't waste your sympathy... ugh!

Koto (tightening the wrap): You're just lucky I promised Kakashi I'd keep you alive. Otherwise you'd be mince-meat!

(All the soldiers in the battle started running away from the center of the field. Kakashi went there to see why and found 4-tailed Naruto standing atop a pile of corpses, one of which was Orochimaru's. He went to go calm him down, but then…)

(Tobi was waking up to a little girl's voice over the sounds of a battle. Tobi woke up, and found a girl, about 14, standing over him. He was surprised that she was smiling so cheerfully when such a battle was happening around her. Then he saw her clothes. It was pretty clear that she was one of Orochimaru's prisoners that he did experiments on. The girl was probably just happy to breathe fresh air for the first time in a long time.)

Tobi: Hello…who are you?

Girl: I'm Kinko…

Tobi (seeing 4-tailed Naruto coming closer): Aaaaaaahhhh!

Kinko: Oh, I can take care of that. Chakra seal!

(Then Kakashi noticed that 4-tailed Naruto started to turn back into normal Naruto. When Naruto was back to normal, Kakashi went to go get him, but then Loser snatched him. She ran back to the other Akatsuki members. They were all grouped together, but they had Kabuto, a girl Kakashi didn't know, and the unconscious Naruto and Yugito with them.)

Leader: I believe these two belong to us!

Tobi (meaning it): Sorry, Kakashi…

(Then Akatsuki and their guests disappeared in a puff of smoke)

Kakashi: No!!

(And so Kakashi was stuck in the battle. Over the next half a week he began to plan a rescue party for Naruto and Yugito. On the morning of the fourth day, his party set out. This party included himself, Lady Hokage, the ANBU captain, and numerous ANBU operatives and other ninjas. Two days later, they walked through the door of Akatsuki's hideout. They weren't noticed, so they decided to hide, wait, and attack at the opportune moment. It was made obvious that Kabuto and the girl (her name was revealed to be Kinko from a conversation that she had with Tobi) were the two new members, Kabuto took Hidan's place and ring while Kinko took Orochimaru's place and newly retrieved ring. They learned the purpose of the rings; in the hideout was a huge statue. It had giant hands with separated fingers that each member would stand atop, their position on the Hands Statues was determined by the finger they were told to wear their ring on. They watched as the ten members perched atop their assigned fingers. They were arranged as so (ring thumb to left thumb); Leader, Deidara, Loser, Itachi, Zetsu, Kinko, Kisame, Kakuzu, Kabuto, and Tobi. Then they noticed that Yugito and Naruto were tied up and gagged and placed in front of the hands.)

Tobi (to Naruto): I'm sorry, Naruto… really…

Naruto (gagged): Hmmm! Hmmm!!

(All of a sudden, before they could begin the biju extraction the left hand statue blew up, sending the now dead bodies of Kisame, Kakuzu, and Kabuto flying. The blast also made Yugito roll across the room. Kinko and Tobi were left trying to just stay balanced on top of their fingers, and were ultimately unable to do any harm. That's when Kakashi's army came out of hiding, but they were too late…)

Leader: Nine gluttonous dragons' seals!

(Then nine celestial dragons poured out of the mouth of the statue and entered Naruto's body via his mouth, nostrils, and eye sockets. When they emerged they were dragging the celestial form of Naruto's biju out of him, Kakashi never expected the process to go so quickly; the leader performed something that could only be done in three, consecutive days in a matter of seconds!)

Kakashi: Noooo!

Leader: Yes! You did delay me some when you blew up the left hand, but I only really need myself to do this; more subordinates are simply a luxury that makes it more stable! You can thank young Kinko for the upgrade!!

(That's when Kakashi's army attacked.)

Kakashi (in his mind): Okay. Only seven were left alive when we bombed the left hand, and the two on the thumb and pinky aren't in any position to harm anyone, so…that leaves five guys.

(Then Kakashi saw Deidara throw large clumps of his modeling clay onto the heads of three ANBU operatives. Deidara made a hand sign and the clay exploded along with the operatives' heads. His right hand was bandaged and didn't seem to want to work properly, but the effect was still just as lethal.)

Deidara (menacingly): Art is…a bang! Yeah!!

(While Deidara said his witty banter, ANBU operatives threw several paper bombs around and under Deidara, so there was no escaping them.)

Deidara (noticing the bombs and realizing it's hopeless): Yeahart is a bang…

(Then the bombs exploded, marking the end of Deidara

Then Zetsu lunged for an operative. Zetsu snapped his fly trap, but the operative dodged. The operative threw some senbon dipped in weed killer at Zetsu, and the weed killer quickly had its way with him, marking his own end. Then Loser charged an operative, but the operative got the best of her by cutting Loser's head off.)

(In the midst of the battle, no one was paying attention to what Lady Hokage was doing. She was sitting by the lifeless body of Naruto.)

Lady Hokage: Naruto…Dan…Nawaki…

(Flashback)

Dan (kneeling, with a ring in hand)Tsunade, will you do me the honor of letting me marry you?

(Different flashback, a bit farther back)

Tsunade (the future Lady Hokage) (jokingly)Now, Nawaki, you're my younger brother; which puts me in charge!

Nawaki: Aw, man!

Tsunade (laughing with him, not at him)Ha ha ha!

(Different flashback

In Lady Hokage's office)

Naruto: Okay, Old Lady Tsunade, I'll bet you that old card clock will turn 1:35 in 30 seconds!

Lady Hokage: All right! But, it's 1:30 now, so it'll turn 1:31. I put my money on that!

Naruto: Fine with me, but you never win at gambling!

Lady Hokage: We'll just see about that!

(Then, just as the card was about to flip, one of her advisers bursts into the room. The door hit the wall so hard that it caused three extra cards to flip, making the clock show 1:35)

Naruto: Hah!

Lady Hokage (appalled)Gahhhhh!

(Out of the flash backs)

Lady Hokage: I won't let another person I care about die!

(Lady Hokage then put her hands on Naruto's chest. Lady Hokage transferred her own life force into Naruto, saving him but sacrificing her. Naruto woke up to find the dead Lady Hokage on top of him.)

Naruto: Old Lady Tsunade? Tsunade! Who killed Old Lady Tsunade!?

Naruto (seeing Leader): You did it…

(Then Naruto charged for the Leader, and on his way chakra focused in his hand so densely it could be seen.)

Naruto: Rasengan!

(Then Naruto swung his fist at Leader, he being too distracted by an ANBU operative to notice Naruto, who gave a direct hit of his rasengan to Leader's gut, and the Leader was no more. Then Naruto passed out; he used too much chakra on his rasengan. Tobi was able to find his balance and climb of the remains of the left hand when he ran into Itachi.)

Itachi: Tobi, we need to perform "the technique".

Tobi: Agreed.

(Itachi and Tobi held out their hands and overlapped them. Then chakra gathered in their hands so densely, it could be seen. But this was no raikiri or rasengan, or even chidori, it something entirely new they had made up.)

Tobi and Itachi: Odama raikiri!

(Then they made a swift blow to the ANBU captain, and ultimately put an end to him. Then something odd happened; the cave started to cave in for no apparent reason! Everyone rushed to get out. Just then, Itachi saw something that made him stop; his brother. At the mouth of the cave, was Sasuke. Just standing there, and that was the last thing Itachi ever saw; as a huge portion of the ceiling come down on him, crushing, and killing, him instantly. The battle was over. The war was over.

After that, Kinko was adopted by Tobi, and the two became respected ninjas of the Konoha community. Kinko revealed that Orochimaru infused her with genetic traits of the First Hokage, who had a knack for controlling biju and wood jutsus (Kinko only got the Biju trait), and Kakashi introduced her to his friend Yamato; the first person who was infused with the First Hokage's DNA, and he become her godfather… and sensei. Kakashi became the sixth hokage, some people argued that Naruto should become hokage, but it was agreed that he was too mentally young. After the Battle of the Cave, as it would be known, Sasuke was never seen, but sightings of him are rather common, and he seems to wish for nothing more than to just live the rest of his days traveling the world alone. Hidden Sound was rebuilt (or rather, re-dug) and Hanzaki was placed in office as its new leader, the Second Otokage. And last but not least, Yugito lived to become the raikage (leader of Hidden Cloud), and signed a permanent peace treaty with Konoha. Then, months later, rumors surfaced that Orochimaru was alive…)