Chapter Nine
Konan slowly opened her eyes. What had happened? She remember she was researching a jutsu to repair skin and body cells so she could reverse aging just enough to be closer to Naruto's age.
"You're pretty lucky, Konan..." Saod a calm voice. She looked over to see Tobirama.
"How?"
"Naruto was able to save you"
"He did...where is he? Is he okay?" She asked.
"..." Silence.
"Is he okay?...what room is he in?" She asked again.
"..." No response.
"Tobirama...please...is he ok?"
"...Konan...sometimes...we have to accept that death can take even the ones we love..." Konan screamed.
"NO! YOU'RE LYING!" Tobirama sighed she didn't even let him finish.
"Let me finish Konan..." She quickly shut up.
"Thank you...I was going to say, that was a leson you should learn...luckily for you...that lesson won't come till another day...Naruto's alive, he's in the other room...Minato managed to use his Flying Thunder God technique (I can't remember the actual japanese name, I think its haraishi or something like that) before the rafters collpased on him, but her is suffering from carbon poisoning and dehydration...may I ask what you were doing in his lab in the first place?" He asked. Konan looked down...he hadn't noticed...maybe the jutsu hadn't worked...it did say she had to place an even and precise amount of pure refined chakra to her cells.
"Now tell me why you have a genjutsu placed on yourself" he stated. She widened her eyes as she realized what he meant. He thought she had a genjutsu placed upon herself! No wonder he hadn't commented on it!
"...its...not a genjutsu...I was researching a method to make myself around fifteen to seventeen years of age..." She replied in a hushed voice, he nodded.
"You know...most of the work Naruto had accomplished in his life was destroyed in a matter of minutes..." He said quietly. He needed to test her, to see how far she was able to go. She may have lost roughly a decade to her age...but twenty years old is still four ahead of Naruto...
"Who says that matters?" Asked a voice. Konan turned to see Naruto, and tears welled up in her eyes. His face now held a scar as a testiment to her stupidity. It crosses his nose onto both cheeks (like Iruka!). He slowly wabbled inside on his crutches. Tobirama smiled. The boy just didn't stop loving her.
"Naruto...I'm sorry...I should have paid attention to you...I was just so convinced it was better for us...I burned down your lab...your life's work...I'm sorry." Shock overcame her as she felt him put a finger over mouth.
"If you burned down my life's work how is it that you're here?" He smiled softly. He kissed her.
"And I know what you were looking up...I told you that no matter your age...I still love you..." Konan blushed. He always knew what to say to her. He was all she needed...now all she had to complete was Hanzo's death...wait...the villagers could move to Amegakure!
"Naruto! Tobirama! I have a better solution to our village!" She nearly shouted. Tobirama's ears perked up.
"And what did you have in mind for it?" He asked.
"Amegakure!...I have to avenge Yahiko! Me and. Naruto will travel there and kill him! If the people see us kill him they won't challenge us and we can simply integrate our people!" She exclaimed. His face brightned.
"Sasame!" He called. The orange haired girl ran over to him.
"Yes, Shodaime-sama!" She asked. He looked at her seriously.
"Go fetch Haku, Zabuza, Minato, Kushina, and Tsunade! Tell them to prepare for war! Kazegakure is taking Amegakure!" He ordered. Sasame nodded and ran out. He looked at Naruto who put aside his crutches. He shook his head.
"No, you're to rest until we get there. You and Konan will fight Hanzo. Me, Minato and the others will hold off his army" Naruto and Konan nodded. Now Kazegakure was about to show the world how powerful it was (or at least its eight leaders, Konan and Naruto and his six revived legendary shinobi).
Danzo was never a man who thanked others. But he was going to hold an exception to the Kyuubi brat, if not for his abduction of Tsunade, he would never have risen to Hokage. He would make sure his death and all his personal friends' was quick and painless...maybe he would even show Konoha how he was the Yondaime's son and how they had mistreated him and make a martyr out of him...yes that would make him more powerful.
"Danzo-sama! We just picked up word of Kazegakure activities!" Exclaimed an Anbu operative. He turned around slowly. Were they going to attack Konoha?...no...even with Tsunade and Tobirama-sama, they were no match for Konoha...no...wait...he had revived the Nidaime...but he had also stolen...MINATO AND SARUOTOBI'S CORPSES! If he revived them they were dead! Minato saw through him from the first day! If he was alive he'd have no chance at staying Hokage!...no wait...Nidaime had showed no interest in Konoha...if the same occured for Minato...that only made Kazegakure a powerful potential ally...damn it! Why did he attack them!...no...the Suna's Kage was friends with the Naruto brat...damn it...now if he allied with Kazegakure and they turned to enemies...Konoha was finished...damn it...he had sealed his own doom...maybe he could convince them to sign a treaty...he needed a political ambassador...the Uchiha boy...yes and the Haruno girl and Kakashi Hatake...they were all close to him...they could convince him...
"Send for Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno...NOW" he barked. The Anbu nodded and disappeared. He turned back to look at the Hokage mountain. Power...was a fucking pain in the ass.
"Yo, Yugi dawg...wut da hell is dat over thur?" Asked Killer Bee pointing a massive hand at a small group of villagers being led by...by...the fucking KONOHA NIDAIME! WHAT the fuck going on!...SWEET BLACK BUDDHA (my apologies to any and all buddhists if I misspelled the name wrong, I don't mean to stereotype at all, I just figure that would be the dominant religion in this situation since I doubt they have christianity in the naruto universe) WAS THAT THE YONDAIME AND RGODAIME! WHO THE FUCK WOULD SIUMMON THEM!
"Its Naruto-chan..." Said Yugito calmly, walking past him as if taking a stroll through a playground. Did she not see the three figures ahead of them!
"Naruto-chan!" She cried over the distance, waving her arms. A boy with piercings all over his face spotted her and waved to her. The three Kages stopped as he did and halted the villagers.
Yo dude! Did this kid just stop three kages as if they were a bunch of genin kids!
Do no underestimate this child bee...I sense something evil contained in him...the Kyuubi...this is the final Jinchuuriki...and from his scent...the most powerful...
Hold on a mutha fuckin second homie...so dat brat can kill our asses?
While you were busy flirting with those girl at that spa hotel, I was listening in to some kunoichis gossiping...a boy by the name of Naruto Uzumaki personally led a four man assault on Konoha and kidnapped Tsunade Senju and forced her to turn against Konoha
Daayyyyuuuummm...I might think about stickin wit da kid...wut do ya say dawg?
I say that as much as you butcher our language and sense of music...you have a point...we'll have incredible security around us from the Akastuki...
"Bee hurry up!" Shouted Yugito from the other side of the forest. He ran towards them. This was going to be one kick ass village.
"Fuckin hell mayne! My damn blades I gettin soaked fucka! Why the hell do we gotta pick this village!" He shouted through the rain and thunderstorms. He suddenly felt a shinobvi sandal hit his head.
"Shut up Bee!" Yelled Yugito. She didn't care if she got sick, if it shut his ass up, it was worth it...so she threw the other one...it hit him in the nuts...now she felt MUCH better.
"Alright Minato and Kushina take Yugito and cut through the eastern defense, Minato use your Thinder God jutsu and take out the guards on the patrol towers. Me, Killer Bee, Haku, and Zabuza will take out the northern and western gates...Naruto and Konan...you two know well what to do...we should have a sixty two percent chance of survival and a fifty one percent chance of killing Hanzo..." Said Tobirama as he pointed at the ground. Everyone nodded and quickly dispersed. As he put on his helmet he closed his eyes.
"Zabuza..." He muttered. The Mist Demon looked up.
"What is it?"
"...go nuts" and with those word he walked off. War was war...and he hated every bit of it.
"So they're attacking Amegakure and Salamander Hanzo?" Asked Danzo. For the first time in his life...he was shocked...the blasted idiots thought they could take HANZO AND HIS ARMY down?...there went the most powerful alliance he could have had...
"I want a spy following them...if they win...send a message to me instantly" he ordered. Team Kakashi had already left...Kami don't let them die...they were his best assault squad...if they died their went most of his frontline offence.
"Sir...we received another report...Kazegakure has anexed the Hachibi and Nichibi jinchuuriki..." Danzo scowled...there was no way Konoha would be able to take Kazegakure without siffering mass damage...
"Tell them to keep distance and under no condition take hositility against Kaze...unless they have a death wish" the Anbu nodded from the shadows. This was going to be a tough problem.
The village was raining red. Not literally but as far as the body count went...it may as well have. Zabuza was in his familiar blood lust state and Haku was keeping distance between the villagers and the Demon of the Mist.
Tobirama and Minato, although far in distance, had the shinobi majority in fear. When two Kages, one which held a Flee-on-sight order to his name and both were supposed to be dead, show up and start a slaughter in your village...you pretty much shit yourself...or at least genin do...war veterans do what either a smart person would do , which is to keep their damn head down, or whatever a brave yet dumb person would do, which is to vharge into a fight against two men who single handedly could take down a small army. Most chose A, what would a smart shinobi do?
Hanzo looked out the window. He was the most powerful shinobi of his generation, he wasn't afraid to admit that...hell he could say he was the most powerful Kage in Amegakure history so far. But even he couldn't beat Death...he felt it in his own blood and bones...it was right around the next corner...the only question was...HOW far was the corner...was it miles away? Or was it just two steps from where he stood?...
"Hanzo!" Declared a female voice. He turned around to see a blue haired girl and blonde boy standing at his door...he swore that was Konan and a blonde version of that Yahiko boy...but she was too young.
"What is it?...I see...you're here to assasinate me...well bring it..." He replied. Konan charged at him suddenly and brought a kunai to his head, Hanzo simply twisted her hand and flipped her into a nearby wall.
"Still impatient and insolent as ever...now what about you boy?" He said. Naruto bowed mockingly.
"After you sir." Hanzo laughed coldly.
"A smart mouth, yet you take time to assess the situation?...if only we had more shinobis like you...shame I have to kill you" he grinned maniacally as he performed several complicated jutsus.
"Katon no jutsu: Ten no hi!" His chest puffed out as he sucked in air before letting out a small beam of fire. Naruto quickle stuck his hands out.
"Shinra Tensei!" Unfortunately for Hanzo and his spies, the sound of the fire beam exploding and incinerating nearly everything besides Konan, Naruto, and himself, drowned out Naruto words.
He grinned as the flames slowly cleared, but it soon faded into a scowl as he caught a glimpse of the blonde shinobi walking slowly towards him, not a scratch on him.
"Do you see the light, Salamander Hanzo?...do you know what that light is?..." He asked. Hanzo's scowl only deepened. This kid was stronger then he had given him credit for...perhaps those piercings weren't just for show.
"Just die brat!" Shouted Hanzo. His patience was already wearing thin.
"Katon no Jutsu: Sen ryusei no bureizu!" He bellowed, sticking his hands out as hundreds of small red spheres flew towards Naruto, who yet again simply stuck his hands out.
"Shinra Tensei!" And yet again Hanzo grinned. Nobody had ever dodged that attack except the three Sennin he himself had titled. That grin soon turned to shock. Not only had this mere BOY blocked his two of his most infamous jutsus, but he didn't even bear a hint of dust. Hanzo sweat dropped a bit. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi had not managed that, and he was the 'god of all ninja'...could this brat be...no that was impossible...he had to keep using jutsu after jutsu...even the brat had to wear down sometime...
Naruto grinned inwardly. Hanzo's attacks relied on himhaving to wait a whule between each jutsu...that suited Naruto fine. It gave him more then enough time to recover Shinra Tensei...now how to kill Hanzo...he could wait until he was tired...but that was still risky...Hanzo could only be pretending...he had to use that jutsu.
"Katon no jutsu: Kyukyoku no eiko fureimingu!" Bellowed Hanzo. If this jutsu failed, he was a goner. It was the ultimate fire jutsu he himself had developed. Naruto braced himself as he stuck out his hands, a feature that Hanzo had just now noticed too late.
Hanzo shout a tiny ball the size of a marble from his hands. It would have been funny to Naruto the size of his 'grand attack' had it not been tearing and burning up everything within ten feet of it.
"Shinra Tensei!" yelled Naruto at the top of his lungs. As the ball hit his invisible shield Naruto felt everything around him heat up, even the very air had lost all humidity. For the entire time he held on, he had one fear. Please don't let the shield break.
Minato had already taken down at least two hundred guards, when he felt a rumble shake the village. He looked up just in time to see a gigantic explosion destroy the Kage's tower. A fear overwhelmed him as a body flew out the window.
"Is that Naruto!" Asked Kushina worriedly. Minato shook his head no as he saw the body fall down closer to them. Salamander Hanzo was dead.
"So is it true?...do we really have a new leader?" Asked a young civilian girl. Her friend nodded quietly. They both knew to talk bad about the Kage was naming your own death sentence.
"Why are we all whispering?" Asked a blonde boy with piercings on his face. The girls jumped back.
"Naruto-sama! We're sorry we talked about your friend! Please forgive our ignorance!" They begged. Naruto jumped back.
"Whoa whoa whoa! Calm down!...jeez you'd think I was going to kill you...calm down" he reassured them. The girls sighed in deep relief. Naruto walked away. It was going to take a while for the people to get accustomed to actual freedom.
Sasuke, Ino, Sakura, and Kakashi had been traveling for nearly three days now. They had been sent to locate and convince Naruto into a treaty with Konoha but had to change complete diractions when they received a message saying to go to Amegakure. Kakashi had stated there was a civil war going on in Amegakure where some newly formed rebellion group had formed to fight Salamander Hanzo...if they went there they would most likely end up dead.
"Kakashi...how far away to Amegakure?" Asked Ino. Kakashi looked back at them.
"Its just over the néxt hill...we'll finally be able to rest" he replied. They all breathed in happiness.
"So do you really think that rebellion is..." Whispered Sakura. Sasuke shrugged.
"I don't know...Hanzo was the man who defeated Orochimaru, Jiraiya-sama, and Tsunade-sama in their youth by himself...they may be dead" he answered for her. Sakura looked down.
"...something's not right..." said Kakashi. Sakura looked around.
"Like what?" She asked. He looked around...there was barely any puddles around...no rain...
"The weather..."
"It looks perfect to me, its sunny and warm..." She replied. He nodded.
"That's just it...Amegakure had been known for always being in a near constant downpour and flood watch..." Sakura suddenly remembered the history lessons Iruka had taught her. Amegakure had been in a never-ending rain country, but legend had it that their leader, Salamander Hanzo was so powerful that he himself was creating the storms.
"We should go check it out then...even if the rebellion was...beaten...we should try to negotiate with Hanzo...rumors were flying around that he was thinking of opening to other nations" said Sasuke cooly. Kakashi nodded.
"You there! Halt!" Shouted a young orange haired kunoichi as they neared Ame's gates. Sakura looked at her wierd. (Remember Sasuke never joined Orochimaru so they never met Sasame) were all the guards so young?
"What is your business here?" Asked an older woman in her twenties. Kakashi shook his head.
That can't be her...she's supposed to be dead with sensei...
"Wait...you're Kakashi Hatake..." She said suddenly. He smiled as he sctratched his head.
"Hehe yeah that's me...do I know you?" He asked. The woman scoffed.
"Yeah you know me...wait...oh that's right, the other villages still don't know! Amegakure is under new leadership as of today! Hanzo was killed by our leader single handedly!" She exclaimed. Sasuke and Kakashi jumped back.
"Hanzo! Who could have done that!" They shouted. The woman nodded and then smiled before she made lifted her arm and jokingly flexed it as she placed her other hand on the bicep.
That pose!...no no no no no no no! This has to be some freakishly timed coincidence!
"Her baby son took after his momma!" She grinned.
"Wait so you're the man's mother!" Cried Ino. The woman nodded.
"Yupp mother to the leader of Amegakure!" Ino's eyes suddenly gleamed in happiness. If this woman's son was the leader he had to be at least twenty and she had to be in her forties and if she looked this young she HAD to be a makeup pro!
"We're from Konoha, our Rokudaime sent us to see if you were willing to sign a treaty alliance" stated Kakashi. She nodded. And signaled to the gate guard who opened them.
"Alright go ahead but believe me, try anything against our leader and the shinobi will have your heads sent to your village with a ribbon" she replied. He sweat dropped, the new leader was apparently well beloved here.
"Roger that" he grinned as they walked past her.
"Naruto...are you ok?...you've been pretty distant..." Stated Konan. He simply shrugged.
"I've just been noticing how far I've come...I can't afford to mess around anymore Konan...people now depend on me..." He replied. She nodded.
"Does that mean you'll stop smiling and laughing?" She asked.
"What! No!...I have to show Amegakure I'm happy and confident otherwise they'll lose confidence too" he replied. She smiled.
"Then you're already on the way to being a good leader Naruto" said a voice behind them.
"Tobirama-sensei?" He asked. Tobirama shook his head.
"A leader knows humility and humbleness but is ready to put on a confident face...you just did both" he answered. Naruto looked out the window...the chunin exams were in a few months...he needed his teams ready for them.
"Naruto-sama, there's a group of ninja out in the lobby wishing an audience" said Sasame. Naruto nodded and started for the door as Konan took his arm in hers. Tobirama walked behind them.
Sasuke looked around the lobby, he could honestly say the leader in charge of Ame was a man of taste. His lobby had included a waiting room with magazines of the latest news (Tobirama's request) and some of the best health, dating, and fashion avice (surprisingly that was Konan's request and much of Sakura and Ino's enjoyment) and even the entire Icha Icha series (unknown to Konan that was Naruto's idea) which had Kakashi swooning over it. The thing that he liked was the training books the man had laid out on another table. From taijutsu techniques to manuals on genjutsu basics, although Sasuke had already nailed then down, he found it fun to read them.
"Sir, our leader and his council is ready to see you" said the girl called Sasame. They all stood up and walked to the council chamber.
"Long time no see Kakashi"
Well guys there's chapter Nine Revised for you. Comment and review and give me your opinions. Don't bother flaming I'll just ignore it or use it as motivation. Hate only comes from those afraid to show love or failure on their part, that's my own philosophy on it. Well I hoped you enjoyed it.
