Naruto chapter 10

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! Jeez, it's good to be back, and I know it's been a while since my last update, but I'll hopefully be able to update a few more times this year.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, ON WITH THE SHOW!

I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto-Sama and Rick Riordan respectively.

The ROOT of all problems ends!

Nathan stood outside of the newly discovered ROOT headquarters. By his side was Kakashi and Shikaku, head of the Nara clan. Nathan lit himself a cigar. "How do you propose we go about with it?" he asked Shikaku. Shikaku thought for a moment. "I propose we send in bait to lure the ROOT soldiers out. Question remains, what are we going to use for bait?" Nathan smirked and fished up a small green ball from his pocket. "How's this for a bait?" Shikaku looked skeptical. "What exactly is that?" he asked. "100 percent explosives. Enough to make the entrance 5 times bigger. All I have to do is throw this into the entrance and make a hand sign and it will say boom! It has power equal to between 15 and 20 explosive tags. This one is the only one I have for now, but I am sure it will draw them out" Nathan said. Shikaku was wide-eyed, but nodded. "Alright. You throw it in there and we'll ambush them once they're out of the cave." Nathan and Kakashi nodded. Kakashi went to tell the others of the plan, while Nathan got ready to throw the grenade. Once everybody was out of sight and range, Nathan threw the grenade towards the ROOT entrance. It landed neatly right in the front of the entrance. Nathan smirked and put his hands in the tiger sign. "KATSU!" he yelled, and in the blink of an eye, the entire entrance blew up. Shikaku signaled the troops to get ready, while Nathan walked up to the entrance, kicked over a few rocks and waited. Suddenly he heard the sound of several people running. He signaled Shikaku to get closer while he drew his sword, the Doragon Tatsujin. Within seconds, thirty ROOT soldiers came out of the cave. "You have one chance to surrender. Old one-eye's time is over, but you can still be saved. It is your choice if you choose to go down with him or not. If you surrender, you will be examined by the Yamanaka mind readers and Jiraya-sama to be sure you'll be able to be instated as proper shinobi of Konoha." Shikaku said. "We owe Lord Danzo our lives, we will never abandon him!" one soldier said, before he was crushed by a toad.

"Am I late?" Jiraya asked with a smirk. Nathan smirked back. "Not at all. Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" he yelled. Beside him appeared a grey- haired man at the same height as Nathan himself. "Yo, Nathan. Long time since you summoned me." Nathan smirked "Long time, Grey. Now, you wanna join in this bloodbath?" Grey looked at the ROOT soldiers with hunger in his eyes. "Sure. Can I eat some of them?" he asked. "Only those who do not surrender" Nathan replied. Grey nodded and changed into his wolf form. One of the ROOT soldiers became inpatient. "Defend Lord Danzo! Kill them all!" he yelled, and with that, all hell broke loose. Nathan cut through 5 soldiers in one swipe; he was wielding his sword in one hand and a kunai in the other. Kakashi was back to back with Aburame Shibi, who was sending out bug bombs towards all who came near. Tsume was already at the scene and was dealing out damage with Kuromaru. Hyuuga Hiashi was standing in his Jyuuken stance, knocking away every opponent in his way. The leaders of the Yamanaka, Nara and Akimichi clans were also there. Inoichi destroyed his opponents with his family's mind destruction jutsu; Shikaku knocked his opponents out with his shadow jutsu and Choza used his Body Expansion jutsu on his opponents. Within minutes, all of the ROOT ninja were either knocked out or killed. Nathan turned to Inoichi. "Study their minds. Find out how they ended up with Danzo. I will take care of Danzo" he said and walked into the cave.

With Naruto:

The boys had shunshin'd directly into the Namikaze main house to get Kiba some new clothes. "Remember Keebs, this is our secret, alright? No one else is allowed in here unless they have gained our trust." Naruto said, gaining a nod from Kiba and a bark from Akamaru. "Now, let's get you some new clothes, alright?" Naruto said before he led the others towards the basement.

30 minutes later: "This was much better" Kiba said as they walked up the stairs from the basement. "Yeah. Feel free to use my room as you change, just leave the rest down here" Naruto said. Kiba nodded, picked some clothes and walked upstairs, Akamaru following. Naruto turned to the entrance door with a serious expression. "Be ready to draw, Sasuke" he said. Sasuke's hand instantly went towards the hilt of his sword as Naruto called out "Kyuubi!" receiving a *POOF!* as the fox appeared. "You rang?" the fox' voice called. "Kyuubi, take care of our visitors, will you?" Naruto said. "With pleasure, kit. It seems they want to come in, shall I let them?" Kyuubi asked. Naruto smirked as Kiba came down the stairs. He wore a pair of brown pants, steel toed leather boots, a black t-shirt with a blood-red Valiant logo on the front and a brown fur-covered leather vest with the Inuzuka family crest on the front and back. His sword was hanging on his left hip, making it easier for him to draw with his right hand. Akamaru had a spiked necklace. Naruto said: "Let our guests in, Kyuubi. I won't let you have all the fun!" the fox bared its teeth in a grin before it used one of its tails to open the door. Suddenly, 20 ROOT soldiers stood in the entrance, not noticing the three blood-red tails that were hovering above them. "Search the house. The Kyuubi gaki dies tonight!" the leader exclaimed, before he and 5 others were suddenly picked up and led back to the face of a 6-tailed, huge fox. "Tell me, mortal. Do I look like a blond-haired, annoying, yet faithful servant of this village? Do you really think that he wouldn't truly become a demon with the way he was treated? Do you think he would kill you if you showed him some kindness? Speak before your life becomes more forfeit than it already is!" the fox growled at the man. "N-No!" the leader exclaimed in pure fear, knowing that he would die tonight. "Then tell me, why did your lord want my host dead? Did he really believe that he would have the power over me, The Lord of demons? Let me indulge you, mortal, that if you and your men won't surrender, me, my host and his friends will kill you. However, if you surrender, your lives will be spared and will simply be tested by Jiraya and some mind readers. If you pass, you can be instated as regular shinobi of the leaf, as long as you swear to obey only your Hokage." The fox said, making the man think. If he kept on struggling,he would have his entire squad's lives on his conscience. If he surrendered, he could have the chance of a normal life as a shinobi. "I-I surrender" the man said weakly. He looked at his men and said: "We have no chance of defeating a demon lord. This is our chance to finally have a normal life. I beg all of you to not forfeit your lives." The squad looked between themselves before one stood walked up to him and said: "I speak for all of us when I say that we all want a normal shinobi life. We stand by you." Naruto, Sasuke and Kiba stepped forward. "Take off your masks. You are no longer Danzo's soldiers" Kiba said. They all took off their masks without complaint. There were Aburame's, Hyuuga's, Akimichi's, Yamanaka's, Nara's and plenty more unknown people. Sasuke stepped forward. "Those of you who are of clans of Konoha will be judged by the head of your clans. The others will be judged by the Hokage and the shinobi council. The only thing you shall do is walk up to the entrance of the Hokage tower. We have reinforcements waiting for you there" he said. Naruto got up on Kyuubi's back, Sasuke and Kiba not far behind him and said: "Let's go." All the ex-ROOT soldiers walked in a group in front of Kyuubi up to the Hokage tower. When they got there, they found Iruka waiting for them with five ANBU. "Ohayo Iruka-sensei." Naruto said. Iruka smiled. "Good evening Naruto. Got some traitors here, did we?" Naruto smiled. "Yeah, but they've all surrendered. Some of them are to be judged by their clans, others are to be judged by Hokage-jiji" he said. Iruka nodded and looked at the ANBU. "You know what to do" he told them. In an instant, the ANBU surrounded the ex-ROOT. "This is just a precaution until Hokage-sama arrives. Until then, it would be wise to do as the ANBU says" Iruka said. "Ne, Iruka-sensei, what happened with the others?" Naruto asked. "The battle is still going on, but I expect Shikaku and the others to be back soon with the rest of the prisoners" Iruka said. Naruto nodded and turned to Sasuke and Kiba. "I'm hungry, you guys up for some barbeque?" he asked, receiving two nods and a bark of agreement. The three boys and one dog walked up to the Akimichi Barbeque restaurant to wait for the rest of the clear-up team.

With Nathan:

Nathan had found and killed five more ROOT soldiers after he went into the cave to search for Danzo. He was currently halfway down the long cave, his sword drawn. After a few more minutes of walking, he came to a road cross guarded by three more soldiers. "You shall not pass here, scum." The obvious leader of the group said before they attacked, making Nathan sigh. "Idiots" he muttered as he blocked all three at once. He quickly knocked two of them out with chops to their necks and grabbed the scruff off the third. "Which way is to Danzo?" he growled, making the soldier shake in fear. "To- to the left, please just- just spare me" the ANBU cried. Nathan let him go and continued his trek to Danzo's quarters. He continued down the cave until he reached a massive wooden door. He tried to open the door, though he expected it. 'I should've known that old warhawk would make things as difficult as possible. Oh well' he thought as he rummaged his pouch for an explosive tag. He went back a few feet and threw the tag towards the door. With a loud "BOOOM!" the door exploded into pieces no larger than toothpicks. Nathan walked casually towards the opening and into a large room. The room was dark, with only a few windows in the ceiling to reflect the moonlight. "I was expecting you, Namikaze" Danzo spat out the surname like it was poison. "You tried to murder my brother, by all rights I should put a kunai through your skull and be done with it" Nathan growled. "And what makes you think you have what it takes to finish me? I have more power than you by a long shot. You are nothing compared to me" Danzo said as he turned towards Nathan and removed the bandages around his head to reveal a Sharingan eye in his right socket. Nathan's lips tugged into a grim smile. "So, you actually profited from the Uchiha massacre, eh Danzo? Too bad you won't get to use it! Raiton: Ookami no jutsu!" Nathan yelled, as a lightning wolf suddenly appeared and headed straight for Danzo, who jumped away from the jutsu and went through handsigns of his own. "Katon: Gokakyuu no jutsu!" he yelled as he spat out a huge fireball towards Nathan who smirked. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu!" he said, creating a water dragon who engulfed the fireball, creating steam. Danzo narrowed his eyes, trying to see where Nathan was, only to barely dodge as Nathan flew towards him, sword drawn. Danzo then responded by gripping the handle of his cane, drawing a sword out of it. Nathan smirked. "So, kenjutsu next, eh? Prepare to die, old man" he said, as he charged at Danzo, Doragon Tatsujin drawn. The two blades clashed a couple of times, before Danzo managed to get enough distance between himself and Nathan. As he looked at his sword, he saw a magnitude of cracks along the blade, and realized that he could not win this. 'Kuso, he is too strong, I wonder where his strength comes from. No one should be this strong' he thought as he lowered his blade. "Tell me, Namikaze. Where does your strength come from? You have bested me in ninjutsu and kenjutsu, which very few have managed. I simply wish to know, what your strength is?" he said. "My strength comes from my will to protect those whom I love. I have trained for years to become who I am today, to protect my home from the likes of you, who only want power for themselves!" Nathan said as he looked at Danzo with a piercing glare. "Your soldiers have either surrendered or been killed, there is no one left but you. Surrender, and I may talk Sandaime-sama to lessen your punishment." He said before walking over and placed his sword at Danzo's neck. "Or I shall kill you where you stand right now." Danzo thought his options over. It was either die now, or be spared by Hiruzen, his greatest enemy and rival for the nomination of Sandaime Hokage. He closed his eyes and went down on his knees. "All I did was for the good of the village, but I always knew that there would be those against it. I guess I got too cocky at the end to realize that there were people with the strength greater than mine". Danzo looked at Nathan. "Kill me now, for I could not face the shame of being judged by Hiruzen. I just hope Konoha will survive." Nathan said: "Have faith in your village, Danzo, for it will prevail, and become stronger than ever before" before he closed his eyes in a quick prayer before chopping Danzo's head off. He then proceeded with chopping of the arm with the Sharingans in before burning the body. As he walked out of the cave, he thought about something. 'You had the right idea, Danzo, but a perfect soldier means an imperfect man'.

He then met up with Shikaku, and asked for a briefing on what had happened. "We have put most of those who surrendered in detaining cells, while the rest is being interrogated by Inoichi and Ibiki as we speak. How about Danzo?" he asked. Nathan responded by showing him a scroll. Shikaku nodded. "We better tell Hokage-sama about this straight away" he said, getting a nod from Nathan as the two made their way to the Hokage tower.