Finally, the last chapter of the Wave Arc!

Now first before I go into the chapter, I like to say a few things to some authors:

****************YamiAmarillo ******************

Yes, I plan on having something to signify their bond, and that comes in a chapter later, thank you for the suggestion you made.

*******************Fayneir*** ****************

I thank you for the review you gave me on battle between Haku and Naruto and the aftermath on the chapter teaser.

That being said, I thank everyone else who has read the story and being patient on the updates, but now, without further Adieu, on with the chapter!

(A/N) – I'll explain at the end of the chapter whenever I post this in the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Undertaker or Naruto

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Last in "Legend of the Deadman":

As Haku rear both hands back he focused his bloodline into the weapons, turning the kunais into long ice spears, causing Naruto to spring into action, with the intention of stopping Haku from possibly killing Ino, the ice user predicted this and shot one of the ice spears right at Naruto, catching off guard as his left leg was pierced, making Naruto to grab his leg and gritted his teeth hard in pain, causing Ino to stop on her tracks in shock.

"Naruto!" yelled Ino in concern, getting Haku's attention again as he launched the second ice spear at Ino with blinding speed, penetrating her right through the stomach.

"INO!" yelled Naruto

Now, on with the chapter;

Chapter 6:

Journey to Wave;

The Power of the Undertaker, Pt. 3

Ino had a look of pure shock as she was impaled, but then Ino turned into a puff of smoke.

"Damn it!" muttered Asuma darkly as he saw his student being impaled by the ice spear, only to puff in smoke. Relieved that it was Kage Bunshin that got hit, he turned back to his enemy, "I'm sorry for ending this instantly," with Kakashi putting his hand on his headband.

"Ah, the Sharingan again," muttered the Demon of the Mist.

And just as Kakashi was about to lift up his headband, Zabuza sprung into action as he kicked Asuma out of the way and ran towards the Copy Nin with his cleaver high in the air, with the intention of cutting the copy nin in two, but Asuma recovered quickly from the kick and intercepted the oncoming assault using his trench knifes to block the oncoming cleaver, having his feet dig into the ground by the sheer physical power of the ninja in front of him.

"Heh heh heh," chuckled the Demon of the Mist darkly, "I'll defeat you both and that accursed Sharingan," stated the Zabuza as he made a hand sign and made the mist around the bridge to thicken.

"So you thicken the mist to nullify the Sharingan," said Kakashi

"But you forget, I'm a master of silent killing, being able to take down my target just by their sound alone," replied Zabuza darkly, making both Konoha jonins to tense up

"Must stay calm, think, where could he strike?" thought Kakashi until his eyes widened in realization, turning back to where the rest of the genins and Tazuna were as Zabuza appeared behind them with his weapon high in the air ready to kill the bridge builder, but Kakashi rushed in to stop Zabuza with Asuma trying to attack, but was too late as the Demon of the Mist brought his sword down.

"Too late," yelled Zabuza as he swung his cleaver downward

*SQUELCH*

Spilling blood in the process, causing Sakura to scream.

( . )

Back at the dome, Sasuke was slowly getting on his feet, frustration showing on his face.

"I will not lose!" thought the Uchiha angrily intensely as he tried to get up as he focused his eyes to predict Haku's moves.

"I see that you won't go down," stated the Ice user as he lifted his hand holding a senbon and shot it straight into the Uchiha, intending to end his life.

"Calm down! Concentrate!" chanted Sasuke in his mind as his vision started to make everything move in slow motion, giving the raven haired genin a chance to dodge the incoming projectile at the last second.

"He saw it! Impossible!" thought Haku, while Sasuke raised his head up giving Haku a view of his eyes.

"Sharingan . . ." muttered the ice user in surprise as the Uchiha showed his arrogant smirk.

"Now you won't be able to defeat me," said the raven haired boy arrogantly, only for Haku to not waste time and sent a barrage of senbons at the Uchiha, piercing him all over his body as his eyes had a disbelief look in his eyes, also containing a look of shocking surprise as darkness consumed him and fell on his back.

"Fucking shit!" raged Naruto in his mind as he saw the Uchiha be turned into a cushion pin and he wasn't fairing well either as his leg was shot to shit, since his leg was pierced by an ice spear, making him a sitting duck as he could no longer move to dodge any incoming attacks.

"Stop daydreaming and let's get you out of here," someone whispered next to him as he turned his head, seeing that it was Ino that was next to him as she put his arms over her shoulders.

"What are you doing here? Get out of here now!" whispered Naruto harshly at Ino, worried for her safety.

"You ungrateful bastard! This is the thanks I get for risking myself in order to save your ass?" whispered Ino back as she glared at the injured blond.

"Leave now!" whispered Naruto, hoping Haku hasn't noticed her yet.

"I'm afraid I can't let her do that," a voice interrupted their argument as the two blonds turned their heads at the ice user, as he stared intensely at the two, Naruto stepping/limping in front of Ino, making her tense up a bit, but also getting ready for anything the ice user might do.

Haku slowly lifted his arm in the air, causing both blonds to tense up as they saw some of the water in the bridge beginning to float from the ground and slowly ascend on top of the ice user's hand. Haku concentrated a little harder, making the water to take form in the shape of an ice javelin, freezing it into solid ice. Suddenly, he shot his arm forward, shooting the ice javelin straight at the two, making Naruto spread his arms apart in front of Ino, intending to use his body as a shield.

As the javelin kept coming close, Ino didn't know what to do, she didn't want Naruto to get hurt because of her anymore, so she made a choice in the last second as she jumped in front of her blond teamamte, as he stared back at her with his wide eyes, and gave him a small soft smile as she took the hit for him as it shot through from behind her to her chest, making her gasp in pain as she slowly went to her knees, feeling weak as her life kept fading fast.

"INO!" shouted Naruto as he went on his knees and caught Ino as she fell down, staring into his eyes as she coughed blood and feeling cold.

"You stupid woman, why?" whispered Naruto as he held his injured teammate in his arms, giving him a weak smile

*Cough cough* "people do stupid things for the ones they care for" *cough cough* said Ino as she coughed more blood as she reached with her hand to his cheek, cupping it gently with her hand, softly caressing it as Naruto had tears going down his cheeks.

"Hang on Ino, please! You'll make it through," desperately said Naruto as held her closer to his chest, refusing this to be real.

Feeling the warmth that his body was producing, she cuddled against his chest, her eyes feeling heavier and heavier, "so warm . . . "

"Stay with me Ino," whispered the blond into her ear

"Promise me, Naruto . . . that you'll survive and find happiness . . ." said Ino with her last breath as her body went limp in his arms as Naruto went into a comatose state as reality finally sank in.

Ino was dead.

"She was someone precious to you, wasn't she?" the ice user asked the injured blond, but got no response.

He ignored everything that was going on around him, feeling something inside him die along with her, but a strange power deep within him began to stir with each passing memory he had made with Ino.

*THUMP THUMP*

Ino helping him walk with Shikamaru's help after they passed their genin test, giving him a smile as they walked.

*THUMP THUMP*

Ino and him taking a break after training, spending time together as they laughed and playfully wrestled only for Naruto to win by pining Ino underneath him under a tree. Then Ino suddenly kissed him on the cheek, surprising Naruto as he looked at his blushing counterpart in the eyes. *(A/N)

*THUMP THUMP*

Ino accepting him after he told her that the Kyuubi was sealed inside of him as she threw her arms around him in a hug and cried for him.

*THUMP THUMP*

"I'll always be there for you . . ."

Ino's promise kept repeating in a mantra in his mind and whatever was stirring inside of him, it finally broke free.

*THUMP THUMP!*

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The Sky began to get cloudy, darkened with each passing second, purple lightning cackling silently through the clouds, wind picking up fast, breezing across the bridge as if a thunderstorm had appeared out of nowhere, suddenly, a essence of death hovered on the bridge, causing everyone, even the jonins, to shake in fear.

"Has the seal broken?" thought Asuma, while the copy nin tried to stop the bleeding from the wound he received across the chest from the Demon of the Mist.

"The seal seems to be holding, but barely, we must end this now before it completely breaks," thought Kakashi as he took out a scroll from his pouch and opened it, scooping some of his blood with his fingers and smearing into the scroll as he made some hand signs.

( . )

"What's happening?" muttered Haku as he saw the sudden appearance of the thunderstorm, feeling a rising chakra spike, he looked towards Naruto's direction and saw in disbelief at what he saw.

On Naruto's back, a capital T with two spikes going through it in an X formation was glowing brightly as it shone through the shirt, his finger nails had grown into sharp claws, his canine teeth had grown into sharp fangs, his eyes that portrayed a once deep blue color were now glowing violet, glaring at him with hate as the wounds he had received began to heal at a fast rate, the ice spear that was on his leg was being melted by the sheer power that the blond kept radiating, the hole in his leg was closing right before his very eyes till it was finally completely healed.

Fully healed, Naruto gently laid Ino down and slowly began to rise to his feet as glared at the hunter nin with pure, utter raging hate, making Haku beginning to shake in fear from the sheer intimidation and power that was rolling off of him.

"What are you" whispered Haku as he unconsciously took a step back

"I'm . . . your executioner," replied Naruto with a voice that send shivers up his spine, causing the fake hunter nin to start sweating profusely and shaking uncontrobably in fear, a voice void of any emotion, cold and deadly, as his eyes kept glowing their violet hue.

Without wasting any time, Haku dashed at Naruto again with blinding speed, cutting and stabbing the blond as he just stood there without groaning or screaming in pain, as if it were having no effect as he just kept standing on the same spot. Haku grew desperate as he couldn't bring down the possessed boy, and decided to go for a one-hit kill as he jumped from his mirror towards the one on top of the dome and dashed towards Naruto, but as soon as he left his mirror, the angered blond suddenly disappeared without a trace, shocking Haku.

"WHAT?" thought Haku in shock, only to feel a hand, strongly gripping his neck, crushing his bones from the sheer strength of his grip, chocking in shocking disbelief as he saw Naruto in front of him in mid air, glaring at him in the eyes.

"Die" was all that Naruto said before he chockslammed Zabuza's accomplice as they were still in mid air, sending him crashing down into the ground at high speeds, debris flying everywhere as Haku made impact, creating a large crater. Coughing blood, feeling some of his ribs breaking on impact, but Naruto didn't let up his attack as he came down with a powerful leg drop right into his neck, crushing the bones on his neck even further, giving Haku difficulty to breath as blood was now pouring out of his mouth.

Naruto got up on his feet and reached down to grab Haku by the shirt, using his strength to lift the injured nin to his feet, just to throw him into the mirror and began his assault as he sent a blurry of punches, hitting everywhere the enraged blond could land a hit to as he saw an opening, such as the bruised/broken ribs, the stomach, and the face. With each thunderous punch that Naruto landed, Haku spat more and more blood as the mirror slowly began to crack from the strength of the blows that the blond kept throwing as he continued to punish Haku, and with one final punch, Naruto mustered all of his might in it and launched it, nailing Haku right in the face as he send him through the mirror as it shattered, causing the dome of ice to disintegrate into water, but Naruto was again on pursuit as he dashed straight to the skidding Haku and passed him to wait ahead for once in range, Naruto delivered a powerful uppercut , sending Haku airborne with the possessed blond going after him again. Once Naruto caught up to the battered form of the fake nin, he wrapped his arms around Haku's arms and waist, giving no chance of escape, and finally placed the head between his knees, then Naruto came crashing down at high speeds towards the ground.

*CRUNCH*

A loud shattering crack was heard all over the bridge as the two landed on the ground, cracking the skull to pieces as it landed head first into the ground, shattering the spine in the process, killing him instantly.

Releasing Haku from his grip after delivering a Tombstone piledriver, the boy just fell lifeless with a loud thud as thunder clashed in the clouds, the look on Haku's face forever etched in one of horror and shock as it bled from the gash on its head, received as he landed head first into the ground, making a small pool of blood as Naruto just stayed on his knees, glaring at Ino's killer intensely as he slowly rose to his feet, and noted that the mist around the bridge began to disperse as he looked around, seeing from a afar that the Demon of the Mist had fallen via decapacitation as his head rolled away from his body as it was standing, held by a pack of dogs with forehead protectors, biting into the flesh with a strong grip, with Asuma standing behind the dead body covered in blood as it sprayed all over.

Paying no heed, the blond began to walk towards Ino's cadaver and kneeled in front of her body, as she laid there with a small smile on her face.

After staring at Ino's smiling face, the blond silently gathered some of his blood from his wounds with his fingers and once covering his hand with enough of his blood, Naruto placed his hand on top of Ino's chest, right where the ice javelin had shot through, and began to chant in a language that was foreign, causing his hands to glow purple/violet with electricity dancing around his hand, and coursing towards Ino, as she too began to glow, the electric current circulating around her body as she was levitated a few inches from the ground. *(A/N)

"Ana Nakra Dotera Te Na Enra El Akra"

Once the chant was done, the body began to glow a little brighter till a small, but hearable heartbeat was heard as her eyes shot open while taking a big gasp of air, the wound on her chest slowly healing as life was breathed back into her again, and her body slowly descended back to the ground, with her eyes closed again as the body still looked pale from the lost of blood, but having enough to maintain a pulse.

Done with his deed, the possessed blond took his hand back and slowly scooped Ino into his arms, and slowly stood up. Getting a good hold of her, Naruto began to walk towards Tazuna's location.

( . )

Seeing that the mist had cleared once he saw his sensei behead Zabuza, Shikamaru turned to the bridge builder, "Tazuna, I apologize for leaving you, but I have to and check on my teammates."

The bridge builder just nodded his head in understanding, "go ahead, I'll be fine," and the lazy genius left running into the blonds' direction

"Please, both of you be alright," thought Shikamaru as he ran, but stopped in a sudden halt as he saw a person walking in his direction, carrying someone in his arms and began to slowly recognize that it was Naruto, carrying Ino as he walked closer and closer.

"Oh no," muttered Shika with dread as Naruto reached him and stopped a couple of feet away from him, not noticing the change of features of his blonde teammate since his attention was on what was in his arms, Ino's limp form. Shakingly, Shikamaru walked slowly towards Naruto, as said blond stared passively at the Nara.

"I-Ino," stuttered Shika, noticing that her skin was slightly pale, reaching for her cheek, feeling the almost completely coldness that her skin radiated, "Oh, Kami! Please no!" thought Shikamaru as he fell on his knees, believing that his teammate was dead.

Naruto just stared quietly as he kneeled down on one knee in front of Shikamaru, and gently handed Ino's still form into his arms, holding her close to his chest, the lazy genius began to silently sob on her chest.

"She'll live," ominously said the blond as he stood up, Shikamaru lifted his head from Ino's chest to look at his blond teamamte with an incredulous look, but Naruto just simply ignored him as he continued to speak, "but first . . . there's a wretched soul that needs to be collected," finished the possessed blond as he turned his attention to the opposite side of the bridge, the sounds of clapping could be heard as a small man in a business suit, wearing small sunglasses kept walking in their direction with a small army of thugs, holding Tsunami and Inari captive with their hands tied behind their back.

"Well, well, well, I guess the Demon of the Mist was nothing more than just a baby demon after all," sneered Gatou, "now I won't have to worry about paying the bastard, but it's unfortunate though, I didn't get the chance to get even with the runt for breaking my arm," sated the business man as he kicked the bloodied head of Haku.

"Tsunami! Inari!" cried Tazuna as he saw his family at the clutches of Gatou, both jonins got shakily ready to go and save the two, but stopped their actions once they saw two of the captives holding their swords at their necks, ready to kill them.

"Now, now, I'm sure ya'll won't throw away the lives of the innocent," said the corrupted billionaire mockingly as he stepped close to Tsunami and molested her by grabbing and squeezing her breasts hard, making the grown woman groan in disgust and pain, thus angering Tazuna even further, "after all, a fine woman like her could be used for . . . certain entertainments."

Everyone got sick at this, wanting nothing more than to just end his wretched life.

"A proposal Tazuna, the lives of your daughter and grandson for yours," offered Gatou, "consider wisely, for should you refuse, I kill them both, then kill you and the ninja you hired, and take over Wave completely, or you die, and your family gets to live, but I'll still take control of Wave, so what say you?"

Tazuna couldn't risk the safety of his family, and relucently, he gave up, "I'll give you my life, but don't harm any of them."

Gatou sneered in satisfaction, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by a voice that sent fear through his being.

"Gatou . . . your wretched existence has live long enough, it's time for your soul to be sent into the deepest parts of hell, where you shall suffer for an eternity," said Naruto as his eyes began to glow their violet hue, the scar on his back glowing brighter than before, fueled by the anger the blond had within, his chakra dancing around him like fire, thunder clashing louder as the clouds got darker in the sky. Then suddenly, the blond stretched his arm forward with an open palm and slowly a scythe began to materialize out thin air, only for Naruto to grasp it firmly with his hand.

Seeing the demon in front of him, Gatou got nervous as he took a small step back in fear, his army cowering in fear as well, pulling out their weapons ready to defend themselves against this demon, but Gatou composed himself as he shook out his fear, remembering that he still two captives and the fact that the blond was severely outnumbered.

"Don't be foolish boy, you can't take on my army by yourself," confidently sneered Gatou at Naruto as said blond just stared passively at the group, biding his time for the right moment to attack.

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Inari was scared out of his wits, but his anger towards himself was stronger. Hating the fact that he was powerless to protect his mom, powerless to put up a fight against their captors, and most of all, his grandfather might have just paid the price for his weakness, shutting his eyes as tears slid down his cheeks, Inari continued to silently cry in anger.

"Sometimes it's hell trying to get to heaven."

His eyes shot open as he recalled Naruto's words, and the image of his step father appeared in his mind, smiling at him as he told to protect that what is precious to him.

Inari now understood why his father and grandfather fought, to protect the village they both love, even if it meant the risk of losing their lives just to save the village.

"Now it's my turn!" thought Inari with courage as he delivered a mule kick to his captor, nailing him right in the jewels. The thug dropped his sword as he went to the ground, relieving the hold he had on Inari as he held his balls in pain, giving the kid a chance to run towards his mom and try to save her.

"What the fu . . ." said the second thug as he saw his partner go down to the ground, but couldn't finish his sentence as Inari had head butted him right in the gut, allowing Tsunami to get away from her captor as the hold on her was released.

"Kill the fucking little bastard and catch that broad!" ordered/shouted the billionaire as 10 of his men charged to kill Inari and re-capture Tsunami.

"RUN INARI!" shouted Tsunami to her son as she kept running towards her father as fast as her legs could carry her, but Inari wasn't able to get up as quick for the thugs had already caught up to him with their weapons poised for the kill, but he wasn't feeling scared nor panic, he felt contempt that at least his mom and grandfather would survive and closed his eyes, awaiting for death's embrace to claim him.

"INARI!" shouted Tazuna in despair.

"Fuck! I'm too low on chakra to make it on time," thought Asuma as he tried to make his body to respond, but it was futile as he was exhausted from battling the Demon of the Mist, and Kakashi wasn't fairing well either, for he was still bleeding profusely from the wound he received from Zabuza's cleaver.

Everything started to move in slow motion as they saw the blades come down and Inari didn't seem to move as he stayed there with his eyes closed.

A breeze suddenly passed through, causing the thugs to stop descending their weapons on Inari just a few inches away from his face, standing there still without moving a muscle as Naruto just appeared out of nowhere on one knee behind the group, with his scythe poised up by his right hand, his left hand holding the end of the base, his eyes covered by his bangs as nothing happened for a few seconds.

"Why are you, standing there? Kill him!" shouted Gatou outraged, making Naruto chuckle darkly.

"They can't hear you . . . for they are already dead" Naruto said darkly as he held his scythe, blood dripping from the tip of the blade as it was covered in blood, and slowly some of the bodies began to come apart till they exploded into a gory rain of blood, body parts falling everywhere on the bridge, making everyone cringe in fear and disgust for those that had a weak stomach, at the sheer brutality that the blond had killed the men, but no one was feeling more afraid than Gatou, for the wrath of the blond was focused solely on him, his eyes glowing as they glared at him with the intent of ending his life as he walked towards him. With each step that Naruto took forward made Gatou take a step back, till he was in the back of his small army.

"Whoever kills him, I'll pay three times the amount I promised!" shouted the midget in fear

"Alright, I'll kill him!"

"I'm gonna be rich!"

"Prepare to die!"

The whole army charged at the blond with the intent of killing him as their greed kept pushing their drive despite of the horrors they just witness caused by the possessed blond, but with Gatou being his sole target in mind, he kept walking ignoring the insolent insects that kept charging at him, for they were going to be nothing but ashes once they cross paths.

"NARUTO! MOVE YOU STUPID BLOND, THEY'RE GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" shouted Shikamaru while kept his hold on Ino, watching as the army of thugs kept coming closer and closer towards his teammate and didn't seem to slow down either.

"Naruto . . . "softly whispered Ino in her unconscious state

( . )

Just as the thugs were a feet away from the blond, four small cracks were appearing behind the blond as he still kept walking, only for four Naruto clones to jump out of the concrete making hand signs at fast speeds, all four of them took deep breaths of air and as they landed on the ground, and they called out their technique.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan!"

The clones exhaled the fire from their mouths, but instead of the regular red/orange flame, a dark flame came out of their mouths as they took the form of four dragons coursing around the blond as if the flames themselves knew not to harm him.

The thugs saw the flaming dragons coming straight at them, but it was too late, for the ones that were ahead of the group were instantly killed by being burnt alive, their screams of pain echoing through the bridge. The thugs that were far behind saw what happened and turned tail, in hopes of escaping the same fate as the previous fools, but alas, it wasn't meant to be for the flames kept their ascending through the men, burning everything in their path, slowly killing every single one of them till the flames passed Gatou and formed a wall of fire behind him, preventing any chance of escape as he tried to run the way he came. Getting desperate, the billionaire tired looking for any other means of escape as he looked around. Little by little, he heard footsteps coming from the bridge, and slowly Gatou turned his head only to freeze on the spot by fear, the demon himself that annihilated his men was coming through the flames, the bloodied scythe was gone, but the dark fire kept dancing around him as his body was licked by the flames

"P-Ple-ease, sp-spare me," pleaded Gatou as he took steps back only to trip on a rock and fall flat on his ass, Naruto just stared impassively at the billionaire, glaring right into his eyes, as he stood right in front of Gatou.

Getting on his knees, Gatou kept on pleading for his life, "I'll give you anything you want! Money! Power! Women! Name it, I can give it to you!"

The blond just kept glaring till at his target till he reached out and grabbed Gatou by the throat and began to squeeze it, slowly lifted Gatou from his knees and off the ground as he brought the billionaire's face in front of his, and bored his eyes right into his, and Gatou saw death in the eyes of the empowered blond as he looked right into his eyes.

"I didn't come for a bargain . . . "started Naruto as he glared hatefully at the midget, causing him to squirm in his grip, "I came for your soul!" Finished the blond as he released his hold on Gatou's neck and reach under him to lift him up, putting the head between his knees and wrapped his arms around Gatou's waist and jumped a little into the air as Gatou struggled, trying to get out of his sealed fate but it was futile and the blond came down hard into the ground, destroying the skull and crushing the neck and spine in the process, killing him instantly and falling lifeless to the ground flat on his back as the blond released his hold.

On his knees, Naruto placed both of Gatous hands on top of his chest and pinned them with his own on top of Gatou's, and recited just three words.

"Rest . . . in . . . Peace . . ."

( . )

The smell of burnt flesh was coursing in the air along with the ashes of the deceased thugs; the group couldn't stand the stench, but could not leave for the fact that all of them were worried for their blond teammate, - well except a pink haired whore who kept wailing at the Uchiha's sore body for being puncture all over- , as the fires had not yet receded and could not pass through, and then, slowly the flames began to die down, revealing nothing but burnt skeletons left by the dark flames as they completely died and in a few feet away, Naruto was seen kneeled in front of what seem to be a dead Gatou.

( . )

The blond slowly got up from his knees, fatigue catching up with him as his muscles began to ache with every movement he made as the strength he had gained slowly left him, his appearance going back to normal, but he still walked/limped towards his team and the bridge builder along with his family.

"Is . . . Gatou dead?" asked Tazuna once the blond was near them, to which he only nodded his head in an affirmative response.

"Are you alright Naruto?" Asuma asked his student in concern for his being, as well as his psychological since he did kill, and didn't know what effect might've on him.

"Just . . . tired," Naruto barely replied as he tried to stay on his feet and awake, but his body was too beaten to stand.

Looking towards the lazy genius direction, but more importantly to what was in his arms, he noticed that Ino had gained a little more color, but was still looking a little less pale, but saw that her eyes were slightly opened and lazily looked at Naruto, giving him a small smile, and looked right back at Shikamaru.

"She made it through, huh" asked the blond to his lazy teammate

"Yea she did," replied Shikamaru back with a small smile in his face, glad that he didn't lose anybody in his team in this fight

"I'm glad . . ." was all that Naruto said as he finally closed his eyes and his body shut down, falling backwards with a loud thud onto the ground with a visible smile on his face.

"NARUTO-NI-SAN!" cried Inari as he saw his role model passed out, worried that something was wrong with him, but felt a hand on his shoulder and saw the copy nin standing next to him, being helped by Choji, as he used himself as crutch for Kakashi to walk.

"Don't worry, he's just exhausted," Kakashi said to Inarias he eye-smiled, putting the kid's worries to rest

Tazuna and Tsunami cried in happiness as they hugged each other in comfort, glad that finally they were free from the tyranny of Gatou, and now they could looked forward to a brighter future.

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TBC.

Finally, the wave arc is finished, and I apologize on taking long to update the story, but it's been a little hectic right now, but nothing that can't be solved. For those who saw the *A/N in the story, it's going to be explained in the quite following

The flashback – I know I never made a scene where Naruto and Ino interacted with other on the previous chapters, but I thought it would have made it more dramatic due to the fact that I'm pushing for the Nar/Ino pairing.

When Naruto chants to resurrect Ino – Now, I understand that the gimmick is that he is the taker of souls, and granted the power of death, but there's also got to be balance. Take the life of those who are tainted, but spare from death those who died unjust made by a selfless choice.

Now, onto further business, some of you have been waiting for the update for the 'Untamed Master' and its coming, just had been working on another story that came up to mind and writing it down as it comes to mind, till next time.