As always I'll say that this isn't mine, the fanfic is the creation of Dragon6 and Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

Return of a Hero: Chapter 7

Tsunade hit the ground with a thud. She was a bit tired and dirty. The fight with Berugu was not going to well. She knew that she could not beat him with strength alone but he was very good at earth jutsus. He walked up behind her. He gave her a good leer and a perverted chuckle. He grabbed her by the neck and held her arm in a painful lock.

"You even smell lovely. I'm quite surprised that this is permanent henge. A lovely one at that. So what do you say, madame kage? You could die here or you could be a queen at my side. What's your choice?"

"A very tempting choice but there's just one problem." She said

"Oh, and what's..." he was cut off as he felt an amazing pain as Tsunade's free hand was crushing his lower parts.

"I hate perverts." she said and her punch sent the Tsuchikage flying into an opposing building. Oboro gave a silent chuckle and prepared to launch more needles at the Godaime.

Jiraiya punch connected with Ikazuchi and added a kick that sent the kage a few feet. He turned his attention to Orochimaru who was preparing an attack.

"Sen'eijashu" he shouted and a snake was spat out of his mouth. Jiraiya did some seals of his own.

"Hari Jizo." Jiraiya's hair grew and wrapped around him. His hair was in the form of spikes. The snake hit the protective shield and was impaled but that was all the time that Ikazuchi needed.

"Raiton: Yaiba Sousha no Jutsu." Lightning crackled around Ikazuchi. He thrust his hands forward and a streak of lightning blazed toward Jiraiya. The attack connect and sent the Gama sennin into the air. He hit the ground with a thud. The two smirked at their achievement but it was short lived as the ground around them changed into the insides of something big. Orochimaru saw Jiraiya turn into mud and cursed at his old teammate.

"Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari" Jiraiya shouted from behind. The two kage began to sink into the floor.

"Very clever Jiraiya. You always knew how to get out of sticky situations." Orochimaru said

"Thank you and now you two die." Jiraiya began to close in the walls of the great toad's stomach. Ikazuchi struggled to release himself. Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with nothing more than annoyance in his eye.

"Do you actually think that you can kill me?" Orochimaru sneered

"Won't know until I try." Jiraiya smirked

"Well then... GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT!" he roared. Jiraiya noticed a spike in Orochimaru's chakra and braced himself. There was a huge explosion.

Anko gutted another Oto shinobi and used her Sen'eijashu to inject poison into a Kumo Shinobi. She turned her attention away from the fight to the east gate. Her man was there and she had heard reports of the east gate losing ground. She turned to the sound of a Oto ninja charging at her. She spun and stuck two kunais into the back of his neck. Suddenly she was back to back with Hana.

"You should keep your mind on the battle and not on your pants." she joked

"Only you would make such a joke at a time like this. Damn it, I just wish I knew what was going on over there." Anko growled

"Don't worry, Iruka-kun will be find. He is a jounin after all." Hana reassured her.

"Thanks. Oh, by the way, if you ever use kun with my Iruka again, I'll castrate your dogs and feed you to my snakes." Anko threaten. She gave a shout and charged into the fray. Hana just looked at her like she was crazy.

'If this is how she is when she's in love, I'd hate to see how she is when she's not in love.' Hana thought. She went in the other direction.

Asuma dodged another barrage of needles from the attacking Ame nins. Chouji took out another Ooburi ninja with his Zanpakuto. He guarded against a rain of needles and stood in front of his former sensei. Lee was protecting his wife Tenten after she was struck by several needles. Temari and Kankuro were defending their positions from the combined attack of Kumo's special forces and the Ame ninjas distance attack. Asuma was breathing very hard. The old injury between the two Akatsuki members was starting to take its toll. Chouji saw this and called to Lee. Lee snatched his wife and appeared next to them.

"Damn it, we're outmatched here." Asuma said out of breath.

"We need to get you out of here." Chouji said

"We must also get you out of here too, my blossoming flower." Lee said

"That's sweet but I won't leave you here." Each was so out of breath that did not realize the attack on each of them. Neither of them had the time to counter and were in danger. Chouji protected Asuma while Lee protected his wife. The attack never came as a back staff with a gold tip knocked all of them away. Jumping in front of them, he defeated several Ooburi ninjas with skillful bo strikes. He thrust the staff into one of the ninjas and sent hit flying as the staff extended into the tree line. With a mighty roar, he swung the staff straight across, hitting the hidden Ame ninja and disengaged the long range attack. He turned to face the group. He wore something similar to what the Sandaime wore in his battle against Orochimaru. He gave them all a grin.

"Sorry I'm late but it took a while to mobilize." he said. He looked at Asuma and chuckled. "Tired all ready, old man?"

"Shut up brat and get back at the task at hand." Asuma shouted

"Man, you're still crabby. How auntie Kurenai puts up with you is a miracle."

"Just shut it Konohamaru." Konohamaru, now a jounin, just smiled at his uncle. He turned his attention to his men.

"Secure the west gate and help the Suna sennins." he ordered. They all complied and went on to their duties. He help Chouji with his uncle and Lee picked up Tenten. "You guys should take these two to the hospital and then join Shikamaru and Gaara at the center."

"They breached the village?" asked Asuma

"Yeah but they are holding."

"All right Chouji, let's go."

"After we drop you two off then Lee and I shall go." Chouji ordered

"But..." Tenten began but was silenced by Lee.

"You must heal my flower. I will not be able to think while you are injured." Tenten pouted but complied. The two jounins grabbed the injured and left. Konohamaru turned toward the fight.

"Let's get going, Enma." he said

"Yes, let's go." said Enma, who was in his transformed state, Kongonyoi, that Konohamaru held. Konohamaru jumped into the fray.

"Attack the tree line and destroy those Ame nins." The woman ordered. Her troops charged the tree line. She heard some scream and turned to see five Ooburi ninja attacking. She glared and activated the Byakugan. They surrounding her and looked at her.

"She's a Hyuuga. Grab her." said one of them

"Do you know who you're attacking?" she sneered and got into the Juken stance. They attacked her and were quickly killed by the young woman. He strikes were deadly and quick. She hit points that brought instance death to anyone. As they dropped, more ninja attacked her. She released chakra throughout her body and began to spin.

"Hakkesho: Dai Kaiten." she roared. A large sphere of chakra batted away all of the would be attackers and sent them all flying. She stopped spinning and slipped back into the Juken stance. She gave a smirk to the fallen but it quickly changed as she saw an attacker from behind. She turned to defend herself but was beaten to the punch when the attacker was ent flying by a black staff. Konohamaru appeared behind her. The two stood back to back.

"Nice work!" he said

"I am a Hyuuga and no one can beat us."

"Still the ever stoic Hanabi." he joked. Hyuuga Hanabi was a jounin and member of Konoha's hunter-nins. Though not the clan head since losing to her sister, she was not giving the caged bird seal. Her sister made her a retainer incase that Hinata should fall in battle. Konohamaru stood near her when he smelled a scent off her. He got a perverted grin and rubbed up behind her. "Is that a vanilla scent I smell?" Hanabi had a blush on her face when she felt his breath. She slapped away his groping hand.

"Damn it Sarutobi, this isn't the time to get one of those perverted thoughts in your head." Hanabi growled

"But you know what this does to me? Why would you wear it if you knew?" he asked. Hanabi just sighed at him. The two were rivals during their academy. It was during the chuunin exams that it began to change. Konohamaru had shown great skill earning him his grandfather's nickname the professor. It was only due to a miss calculation that cause him to lose to her.

Even though he lost the match, he was a good sport about and didn't whine like back in the academy. After that, the two were seen together along with Mogei and Udon. When they reached the level jounin, the two were placed on the same squad in the Niju Shotai. The two worked together well and their squad had a high success rate. It was after a mission when Konohamaru, in a drunken stupor, kissed Hanabi when he walked her home. She was embarrassed while Konohamaru gave her a stupid grin.

The next day, she confronted him about it and was angry that he forgot. She chased him for about half the day until she cornered him. Konohamaru was preparing for a beating but was surprised by her lips against him. Going with the flow, he kissed her back. From that point on the two were an item, a very secret item. To keep that secret, Hanabi transferred to the hunter-nin division. The two were very discrete when they met and avoided public affection. It was a secret she planned to keep now that they went further in their relationship. If her father ever found out, he would kill him and then her. She felt his hand against her again and slapped it away.

"Would you please concentrate? If you do, I'll make you dinner." she said

"What about dessert?" Konohamaru asked with perverted tones.

"If you're good and if you can knock down more nins than me." Hanabi said with a smile. Konohamaru twirled his staff.

"Can we please get back to the task at hand?" said Enma, still in his weapon form.

"All right then. You've got a deal. Let's get this on." Konohamaru shouted. The two charged in different directions.

Sakura sent another Iwa ninja into the sky. She ducked the slash of a sword and snapped a quick kick to the man ribs, breaking them. Another ninja managed to grab her but was quickly fended off when she kicked him in his privates, hard. She turned to the sound of clapping. She turned to see, standing on one of the boulders, Orochimaru's right hand man, Kabuto.

"I must say that you have improved from the weak little girl that I remembered." he said

"What the hell do you want?" she sneered

"Such a tone. Did you pick that up from Tsunade as well?"

"No, I picked it up myself. Now, I'm going to plow you into the earth." Sakura said. With quick hand seals, Sakura's hands glowed and she charged at Kabuto. She jumped in the air and brought her fist down, destroying the boulder that Kabuto was on. Kabuto landed but had dodge Sakura's glowing hand. Kabuto gave her a smirk which made Sakura growl.

"If you want it that way." Kabuto did the seals and his hands also began to glow. "My original mission was to grab Hyuuga Hinata but I am curious about your skill. This time you won't have Naruto-kun to save you." Sakura just charged at Kabuto with an angry shout.

At the front gate, things were not looking great. The Konoha nins were being beaten back. Kiba and Akamaru, in their untied form, Jinju Konbi Henge: Sotoro, plowed through the advancing ranks with the Garoga. They stopped and separated because of fatigue. An Ame-nin saw a chance to eliminate him. He charged at him. Akamaru stepped in front of him, ready to take the blow but it never came as Shino intercepted the ninja and slashed his throat. He turned to Kiba. The two just looked at each other for a while before Shino held out his hand. Kiba just grinned and took it. Shino placed him on his shoulder and moved him toward the back. Sasuke took out ninja right and left with little difficulty but was starting to get tired. Sai kept him covered with his Ink jutsus but he was quickly running out. Kakashi stabbed another Iwa nin but was kicked by an Oto nin. He recovered in time to cut the nin legs clear off and finish him by stomping on his throat. The Kumo-nins attacked Neji constantly and were met with a swift death but he was fading. The constant use of his Kaiten was beginning to take its toll. The Konoha nins were falling and being driven back. Kakashi stood with his former teammates, Yamato and Yugao.

"We're losing." Yugao said

"What are we going to do Kakashi?" Yamato asked

"I don't know. They just keep coming. There will be no reinforcements coming because of the fighting in the village. What we need is a miracle." Kakashi said. Suddenly, a great wind blew pass all of the fighters. Kakashi only caught a glimpse of what pass by him but he could have swore that it had on a hat. The speedy shadow was followed by five other shadows into the village. He was so confused that he did not see the mist roll in until he was in it. Then he began to hear screaming and the sound of metal tearing into flesh. The three comrades fell back when a dead body came flying at them. It was a Iwa ninja and he had a huge slash across his back. The three turned to the approaching shadow and Kakashi was wondering if his eyes were playing tricks on him.

"I-I-It can't be. Z-Z-Zabuza?" he whispered. The figure came into view. It looked at Kakashi, Yamato and Yugao. He pulled out his sword which was the blade of Zabuza and swung it behind him. A Oto nin, who was confused by the mist, was slashed in half.

"Get up Kopi Ninja no Kakashi. Your village is in danger." he said. He turned his back to them.

"Wait!" exclaimed Yagao. He stopped but didn't turned to her. "Who are you?"

"I am Momochi Shin, member of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu. We, the shinobi of Kiri, under the will of the Yondaime Mizukage, are here to help." he said and disappeared back into the mist. Kakashi was shocked at that.

'That would mean that he came.' was his thought.

Shino, Kiba and Akamaru was trying to get their bearings.

"Where in the fuck did this mist come from?" Kiba cursed

"I don't know but only one type of ninjas can do this jutsu." Shino explained. Suddenly they heard the sound of someone charging. They turned to see a Oto nin with his sword rasied. Too bad he never got the chance to use it as a figure grabbed him from behind. With a quick movement, he took the nin's head off. He landed in front of the three nins.

"We meet again." he said

"Hey, you're..." Kiba began

"Hibachi Jubei, at your service."

The battle of the east gate was not going well. Iruka slashed a Iwa nin and got into a defensive stance. He stood back to back with Gai.

"This is nuts. We're going to lose our position at this rate." Iruka said

"Do not let the flames of youth burn out just yet. I can feel a turning of the tide. It burns with the power of youth." Gai cried. Iruka was shook his head and began to wonder about Gai's sanity. He saw a group of nins charging at them and they prepared for battle. Suddenly, there was a loud battle cry. Iruka looked up to see several shadows descending on them. He watched as a middle age man stabbed one of the charging nins. The others stabbed their swords through the advancing group. They laid dead at their feet.

"Secure the gate. Drive off the invaders." the man ordered. They nodded and left to secure the gate. He turned to face the two jounins. Gai got a crazy look in his eyes and ran toward the man. He embraced him in a big hug.

"Sanzouba, my friend." he cried.

"It's great to see you too my friend but can you please let go?" Genji asked. Gai put his friend down. Iruka looked at the man more carefully. He was shocked to know who he was.

"You're Sanzouba Genji." he said.

"Yes. I am a member of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu. We have come to help you so don't worry." He assured him.

'Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu? Then that would mean that...'

Sakura hit the ground after a Kabuto strike. She cursed herself for being so sloppy. He had made her strength unless and he was far more advanced than her. Kabuto walked over to her with a mocking grin.

"Well that was fun but I must finish my mission. Time to say good bye." He pulled out a kunai and advanced toward her. He stopped suddenly and dodged a projectile that was aimed for him. He looked up to see a man in grabs that were like that of the Akatsuki. He stood between him and Sakura. He noticed the headband that was his neck.

"Kiri? What are the Kiri doing here?" he asked. Sentaro said nothing and held out his hand. He focused his chakra and a blue bladed sword appeared. He glared at Kabuto.

"Prepare yourself." he said and charged at him.

Konohamaru and Hanabi fought back the attack without much difficulty but they kept on coming. Hanabi stuck one down while Konohamaru took out several nins with Enma. The two stood side by side and watched as more ninjas charged the gate.

"We're holding but how long can we keep this up?" Hanabi asked

"Well that's a new tone out of you. We're the future generation of the two most strongest clans. We can beat back this sissies." Konohamaru said. Hanabi smiled at her lover and she gained back some of her confidence. Suddenly the two heard clapping behind them. They turned to see two mist nins. The woman was clapping while the man just stood there. Hanabi got into a fighting stance but she was held back by Konohamaru.

"Interesting speech there. You've held up much better than the other gates as well." she said

"Are you friend or foe?" Konohamaru asked. He knew that Naruto was the Mizukage. He was pissed that he reached kage level before him but he was happy for his friend. The man walked up to him.

"You may relax Sarutobi Konohamaru. We are here to help you. My name is Sansei, head of Kirigakure no Sato's royal guard."

"I am Sayuri, head of Kiri's hunter-nins. Nice to meet you." she said. Konohamaru just smirked at the two.

"Well, we're glad to have the help of the two members of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu." he said, surprising Hanabi. A kunai broke the conversation. The four turned to see a group of nins charging.

"Well it seems that they are impatient. We shouldn't keep them waiting." Sayuri said as she pulled out her short blade.

"I agree sister. It is time that we show these fools what we Kiri ninjas can do. With the help of the two most strongest of their clans, of course." Sansei said, pulling out his long blade.

"Of course. Shall we go, Hanabi?" Konohamaru asked

"Yes, let's go." Hanabi said. All four shinobi got into their fighting stance and prepared for combat.

"Sabaku Kyuu!" Gaara shouted and crushed the Oto nin. He was breathing hard as was Shikamaru. Without the Ichibi no Shukaku, he was much weaker than before. He could still fight in high stakes battles but he was easily winded. Shikamaru always didn't have the chakra for long battles. Though his chakra had increased, he had low chakra reserves. The Oto nins saw this and advanced on the two. They prepared to defend themselves when they heard a voice.

"Hijutsu: Kuroi Getsuei no Hitokoe." Was the scream they all heard before all hell broke loose. Streaks of black lightning hit the ground, destroying everything. The Oto nins were burned to a crisp. Gaara and Shikamaru were safe inside Gaara's Suna no Tate but the lightning bolts never came close to them. Those who survived looked at the damage. There were two foot craters, some with blood and bodies in them. The smoke cleared to reveal a stunning woman in black and crimson scythe. Some wondered who this lady was but there was one who did recognize her and he began to wet his pants.

"I-I-Its her. It's the Shoujouhi Kijo." he said with fright. She just smirked at them.

"To know that someone knows me, makes me blush. Too bad you're all going to die." Kagura said and began to twirl her scythe and she summoned five tornados. They last thing they saw was a psychotic grin.

Jiraiya skid across the ground and landed near to a tried Tsunade. He struggled to pull himself up but could only manage to pop himself to his elbows. Both sennins were tried and beaten. The four leaders looked at the beaten two with sinister smiles.

"How the mighty have fallen. You've failed and Konoha is doomed." Orochimaru jeered.

"We're not done yet. You haven't beaten Konoha because as long as there is a breath with in us, we will continue to fight." Tsunade said. Orochimaru just chuckled at the two. He turned to the others.

"Would you like the honors my comrades?"

"Thank you, Otokage. Now to end this. To the end of the leaf." Ikazuchi said. All three men began their seals and increased their chakra. Tsunade and Jiraiya cursed their luck. They didn't have enough chakra in them to escape. They turned to see that each man had unleashed their attacks

"Raiton: Bakuretsu Hekireki Happa!" shouted Ikazuchi. A roar of thunder and a huge ball of lightning was formed and shot toward them.

"Doton: Retsudotensho!" roared Berugu. The surrounding rumble during the battle start to gather and circle the two sennin. It then suddenly attacked

Oboro threw several umbrellas in the air. "Joro Senbon!" The needles shot out and came at them with amazing speed. The two watched as the attacks closed in on them.

'Is this really the end?' Tsunade thought. The attacks made a large boom as they hit the target. Everyone had a smile on their face but it vanished when the smoke cleared.

"What the hell? Where are they?" shouted Berugu. They searched for them. That's when Orochimaru caught the glimpse of a man in green kage robes. He was holding Tsunade under his arm and Jiraiya over his shoulder. He glared at the hat he wore as he knew it to be the hat of the Mizukage. Tsunade opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't dead. She knew that she didn't have the chakra to use the Kawarimi so how did she survive those attacks.

"Man, you've gotten heavy, Tsunade-obaasan." said a voice. She turned to see the person. Her eyes widen at the sight at the man. He had changed so much but those whisker marks and those blue eyes would forever be in her mind. There stood the Yondiame Mizukage, the container of the Kyubi no Yoko and the fable Shinku Senko. There stood the former Konoha-nin, Uzumaki Naruto.

Dragon6: Authors' Notes: This took me four days to do. Fifteen pages of writing done. Hope you guys like it. As for the color of the kage robes. I saw a pic with the kage colors. I know that the Hokage is red and the Kazekage is blue, so I made the Mizukage's color green. Since no one has seen the other kages I'll make that assumption. So here is the new chapter.

Move List

Sen'eijashu - Hidden Shadow Snake Hand - The user summons snakes and shoots them out from the arm. The attack can be used to bind the person.

Hari Jizo - Needle Guardian - This move makes the hair of the user wrap around him and protect him from attacks. It can also be used as an attack as Chouji demonstarted

Raiton: Yaiba Sousha no Jutsu - Lightning Release: Blade Runner Technique - The user gathers electricity around him and shoots it in the from of a spike wave toward the enemy. It can cause major burns to the enemy.

Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari - Summoning Technique: Toad Mouth Bind - Jiraiya summoning encloses his opponents in the esophagus of the great fire breathing toad from Mount Myoboku: Iwayado. Jiraiya can control the stomach to expand whenever he see fit. No one has escaped this technique with the exception of Itachi.

Hakkesho: Dai Kaiten - Eight Trigrams Palms: Great Heavenly Spin - This is a great version of the Heavenly Spin but at a much wider range and greater destruction.

Kongonyoi - Adamantine Staff - This is Enma's, the Sandaime's summon, transformed state. He turns into a staff that is as hard as diamonds and cut cut through onjects just as easily as a sword.

Jinju Konbi Henge: Sotoro - Man Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf - Kiba's and Akamaru's ultimate jutsu. The two combine to from a huge double headed wolf.

Garoga - Double Wolf Fang - This attack is used with the Man Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf. Just like the Gatsuga, the two spin at incredible speed but at a more destructive pace. So much that the air around them will cut anyone. Get hit with this move is an instant kill.

Sabaku Kyuu - Desert Coffin - Gaara uses sand to cover his opponents. By closing his fist he can crush the bones of his enemies.

Hijutsu: Kuroi Getsuei no Hitokoe - Hidden Technique: Cry of the Dark Moon - This technique can summon black streams oflightning and rain it down on opponents. Kagura can control who to hit with this technique. It's destructive nature is great.

Raiton: Bakuretsu Hekireki Happa - Lightning Release: Exploding Thunderclap Blast - This technique is like the Raikyu but of a larger scale. The attack can gather power as it streaks toward the opponent. It gives of a sound of thunder.

Doton: Retsudotensho - Earth Release: Split Earth Turn Around Palm - This takes any rocks close by to surroud and attack the enemy.

Joro Senbon - Sprinkling Needles - Taking an umbrella fulled with needles, the user throws it in the air and releases them. This attack is so deadly that it can pierce through five inch steel.