A/N: hey guys whats up?! So I got a review asking who Taki was from Soul Calibur. If you look it up on google, she is the woman who uses the two shorter blades and has the skin tight costume on with a little bit of armor on it. You cant miss it. Just go to google, type in something like 'soul caliber, Taki', and you're good. Same thing with any other character that you may have questions about.

I realized that I had actually forgotten to include Sheeva in the story, and I cant figure out how to add her in. Anyone have any tips? I've thought of so many things but they just don't add up with the story.

Anyways, here you are, enjoy the chapter!

A Lost Soul

Chapter 10

Victims of the Root

Tsunade Senju was on the roof of the Hokage Tower. She was dressed in her Hokage robes, wearing them for the large announcement she was about to make for the entire village. She looked over the railing to the entire village that had gathered around the base of the Hokage Tower, just as she had ordered.

She knew that the people of the Leaf loved their home and the other people in the village. She knew that they all cared for one another, she had seen it in action several times. When some people would be in rough times either financially or in some other way, literally almost a quarter of the village would help them out. That's what the people of the Leaf village did…they helped each other out.

So then why did they all shun and attack a ten year old boy his entire life, resulting directly in his untimely and unfair death?

She knew that the people of the Leaf were capable of understanding extreme circumstances, she had seen it before. Some ninja of the Leaf were scarred for life, or some civilian people had been harmed in the past because they were caught in the crossfire of some battle, or many other types of unpredictable situations that had unfortunately caused someone to suffer or be limited for the rest of their lives. Even so, those people were never turned away, they were never shunned, they were never beaten, they were never tortured or killed.

So why didn't they help out a ten year old boy, directly resulting in his untimely and unfair death?

The more that she thought about it, the more that it just drove her crazy. She had been thinking about all of the crimes committed against him and all of the things that could have been done that would have been prevented all of the unfortunate things that had happened to her godson.

First and foremost, if the people had actually respected the Yondaime's wish, it would have been different.

Second, if she had been contacted about him being her godson, she would have been able to protect him.

And Lastly, if the Civilian Council had actually not had been biased and gave a damn, Naruto would not have been subjected to all of the evil horrors that he had experienced at such an early age.

Seeing the last few people arrive at the base of the Hokage Tower, she decided to begin with her message to the entire Village Hidden in the Leaves.

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen," Tsunade began. "I bring you all here to give you an important announcement that could affect us all. But, before I begin, I would like to reflect on the fact of what the people of the Leaf village actually represent."

She looked over the entire crowd and said to them, "My Grandfather, the Shodaime of the Leaf, built this village with his own power with the help of Madara Uchiha. Their co-operation and friendship is what caused the homes that we live in today is what made it all possible. Their devotion to one another helped make our life what it is today. True, they had a falling out later on, but the point is that their bond in the beginning is what made our lives what it is today. And I see, in every single one of you, that very same devotion to the village and to one another as my grandfather had."

The people clapped a little bit, applauding her uplifting speech about them and their beloved home.

"Their have been plenty of times," Tsunade continued, "in which we have all faced terrible tragedies, but every single time they happened to us, we were all there for each other. We helped one another. We played with the children to ease their pain, and helped the adults rebuild their homes and their lives. People assisted one another in the harder times, financially, with food, with clothing, with housing…everything, no matter what it was, the people of the Leaf…every one of you…from the past, present, and the future, had helped each other, and we will continue to do so, so that our home will flourish!"

The Leaf citizens once again clapped, but this time more vigorously. A few whistles were heard and a few shouts of encouragement echoed through the area. The Fifth Hokage continued saying,

"So when the Nine Tailed fox, the Lord of all Demons attacked our village, our beloved Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, sacrificed himself to protect us all and our home."

The people of the village then erupted into shouts and cheers of,

"YON-DAI-ME! YON-DAI-ME! YON-DAI-ME! YON-DAI-ME!"

"Silence!"

The crowds instantly were quiet.

"I too am grateful for his noble sacrifice," Tsunade said. "However, there is more information to his sacrifice than we care to realize. We already know the information, but all of you had chosen to ignore it completely."

The people were then a little confused as to what she was talking about, so she elaborated for them.

"Naruto Uzumaki. Minato Namikaze had sealed the Lord of the Demons into the newborn child on October Tenth of 1990. Now tell me, in order to seal a great Biju, it must be sealed into a newborn child, in order to give it time for the potent chakra to be absorbed into the chakra coils of the human body so that they may grow as one. However, how did the Yondaime suddenly have a newborn baby seemingly from out of nowhere?"

There was some murmuring among the crowd, and then it slowly dawned on them what she was trying to convey to them.

"It cant be!" one villager shouted above the crowd. "He was a demon! There's no way that its true!"

Tsunade pointed an accusatory finger at the man in the crowd.

"It IS true, coward!" Tsunade yelled. "For those of you who have not yet figured it out, Naruto Uzumaki is Minato Namikaze's son! His real name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze! His mother was the Red Hot Habanero, Kushina Uzumaki!"

There was a large amount of murmuring throughout the crowd of the village and a few people shouted out things like,

"That's not true!"

"Its impossible!"

"The Yondaime wasn't even married!"

"It's a fake! Its not really his son!"

"The demon is dead!"

Every single one of the phrases that were uttered out drove her further and further to the edge. Tsunade suddenly yelled out, "ENOUGH!"

Silence reclaimed its grip among the crowd below as she continued, saying "Yes, the boy is dead. The Yondaime was married secretly to Kushina Uzumaki in order to prevent any potential spies from other enemy villages. Remember, the yondaime had many, many, many different enemies that would absolutely love to take advantage of his family in order to get their revenge! So think about why he kept it secret! HOWEVER! He did NOT keep one thing secret…his dying wish for the very village that he sacrificed himself for!"

The people began to talk but Tsunade overrode their speeches by saying out loud, "Minato Namikaze gave his LIFE…his WIFE…and his SON, all for you! He sacrificed his entire family for your sakes! If not for what he did, we all would be dead, and the Leaf village would no longer exist! And, in return for his sacrifice, the ONLY thing he asked for in return, was that you all treat his son, NARUTO UZUMAKI, like the hero he really was!"

"He was the demon reincarnate!" one man yelled out. "He deserved to die!"

"ELIMINATE THAT FOOL!" Tsunade shouted.

A second later, the man's head was missing. The headless body fell to the ground like a heap of garbage. The people surrounding the man suddenly tried to back away from the dead man.

"Yes, Naruto Uzumaki had a demon inside of him!" Tsunade shouted in anger. "Notice what I just said! He had a demon inside of him, I did not say that he was the demon! He was a jinchurriki! He was protecting us all! He was a child! Everything that you all did to that child as he was growing up completely destroyed idea of the Leaf! When you people killed him, you killed the Leaf! You directly and deliberately spat on the wishes of your hero! If there is anyone who is the demon in the village, it is all of you!"

The people suddenly became incredibly crestfallen. They had never realized the fact of their misdeeds against the child, they had all thought about the 'demon brat' in a negative light at some point in time. Most of the children however had no idea what was being discussed, but the adults sure did. Most of them had directly hurt him or berated him for something so small it was ridiculous. But the point remained the same: that the child of their hero was the only target for their unbridled hatred, and he paid the price with his life at the end.

"However," Tsunade continued, "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze…has returned!"

"What do you mean?!" a few citizens yelled out.

"He's already dead!"

"The dead can't come back!"

"He's come back to get his revenge!"

"He's a ghost!"

"He's here for retribution!"

"SILENCE!" Tsunade roared. "I don't give a damn what you all think! You all are DIRECTLY responsible for Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze's early death! The only ones not guilty of this are the children of today and a very few of his classmates at the time! Everyone else, your village hero's sons death is on YOU! If you would have respected your hero's wish like you were supposed to, none of this would have ever had happened! Yes, he has returned, but not as you might think…"

Tsunade turned around to leave but instead stopped and turned back around and said once more, "I'm sure you all have heard of the few brutal murders that have happened inside the village lately. I'm sure you all have heard rumors about the so called 'monster' that has been running around in the shadows…"

The people of the Leaf village witnessed their leader smile wickedly.

"You are absolutely right!"

Gasps were heard among the crowds below.

"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze has returned, but has returned as a demon, a demon looking for revenge for the horrid crimes committed against him and his family! He is back, granted new life by the Shinigami himself! He has returned to claim the souls of those guilty of his untimely death…and HE…WILL…HAVE IT! Those of you who are innocent…you have absolutely nothing to fear, for you are protected. However…those of you who are guilty…well…let's just say that your days are numbered. Dismissed!"

Tsunade turned around and walked back into her office. The crowds below slowly dispersed, full of both guilt for what they have done and didn't do, and fear of what was to come.

A major storm hit the entire village later on that night. It was an absolutely huge thunderstorm with rains that fell to the ground with a vengeance and lightning struck the night black skies furiously. Naruto, still in his hellspawn form, was standing on top of a telephone pole in the village. He just stood there, gazing into the streets of the place that was once his home so long ago, his red shroud flowing in the rainy winds as if it were alive.

No matter what he thought, he could not banish the thoughts of hatred from his mind, or the feelings of unbridled fury from his chest. He could vividly remember everything that had happened to him as a child, and also the way that the entire village, save for a very select few, had completely disregarded his parents' last wish and spat on their good name. No matter what good he did try to find in the people of the Leaf, it was always greatly outnumbered by the overwhelmingly amount of evil committed by the people of the Leaf.

He had witnessed the message that Tsunade Senju had delivered to the village from the shadows. Of course, he was in another form completely, that of any other average civilian. He wanted so badly to just go out there and start a slaughter that would have put the Kyuubi Attack to shame. However, he put his self control to good use and waited patiently to formulate a plan. After all, he didn't successfully kill the Third Hokage by just walking on in and ending it right then and there. He needed a plan for his next target. A simple plan, for they always the best, but a plan nonetheless.

Tsunade was inside her office finishing up her last bit of paperwork. After a few minutes, she finally set the last bit aside and sighed in relief.

"This damn paperwork is going to be the end of me," she said to no one in particular.

She reached down into her secret stash of her more exquisite sake and retrieved a full bottle. She would normally just get a standard bottle of sake, but she hardly ever finished her paperwork, if ever. Plus, she felt damn good telling off the Leaf citizens.

It was time for a damn good drink.

She poured herself some of the precious liquid, then walked to the window and gazed out into the rainy darkness. She peered out of the windows of her office and witnessed the hellspawn on the top of a telephone pole as the lightning struck the sky once more. She was a little frightened at the scene, it looked so eerie. And yet, she was glad, for she knew that the hellspawn was on her side. She was glad for that fact, and yet…it saddened her to no end to know about how that even came to be in the first place.

The lightning struck again, and in the reflection of her windows, she saw the people that she had requested behind her. She smiled and turned around to face the newcomers and said, "Friends!...It has been far too long. May I offer you a drink?"

Harley Quinn walked up and practically screamed out, "Its been too long, 'Nade Darlin'!"

Harley grabbed her big breasted friend into a hug and whined playfully as she squeezed gently. Harley held her friend out at arms length and said, "Whatcha got ta drink?"

Tsunade chuckled at her friend's antics and went to her desk and grabbed the bottle she had gotten out earlier and held it up for them to see.

"This sake here," Tsunade said to Harley and the others. "I normally don't share the good stuff, but you all are an exception. Selena Kyle, Poison Ivy, Ivy Valentine, Taki, Rogue, Mystique, Logan…it really is good to see you all again. Give me a moment while I get you all some chairs."

Tsunade snapped her fingers and four ANBU appeared and she said, "ANBU, please get our esteemed guests some comfortable chairs…I'm sure they've had a long trip."

"Hai, Lady Hokage," they all said in unison. They all disappeared and reappeared in a matter of seconds, each with a couple of chairs in hand. They set it up in a semi-circle in front of the Hokage's desk, then left via shunshin.

"Just in case you were wondering," Tsunade said, "Those were my ANBU, members of my elite ninja force of our Village Hidden in the Leaves. I trust that your trip wasn't too difficult?"

"Pretty damn sudden," Logan said, wearing his original costume, "But, its always nice to come back to Japan."

"Its so good to see ya sugah," Rogue said in her accented voice as she sat down. She smoothed out her hair a little and said, "My Lord, its really rainin' out there huh?"

"That it is," Tsunade chuckled.

"My Darling Tsunade," Ivy said to her, "How long has it been? Why have you never stopped by in London?"

"As you can see," Tsunade said, waving her hand in her office, "I haven't been able to. For the past decade or so, I've been a little preoccupied running this village. Its not easy, you know."

Tsunade proceeded to go to a cupboard on the wall and bring out some sake cups and brought them to the table. She poured everyone a cup of her delicious sake and they all began to drink.

"To friends!" Tsunade cheered.

"To friends!" Everyone cheered back, and they all tipped their cups and felt the warm liquid going down their throats.

"Aahhh…that's the stuff," Logan commented. "The ol' Firebrew sake…the best I've ever had."

"I figured you might know it Logan," Tsunade said to her friend. "You always did ask for it before back in New York."

"Hahaha…can you blame me darlin'?" Logan asked. "I know some good shit when I see it."

"Its been far too long since I have seen you last, Tsunade," Taki said to the Fifth Hokage. "How have you been?"

"I have been very well, except for extremely busy of course," Tsunade answered. "How about yourself?"

"I have been well," Taki answered. "I do not mean to be the famed 'party pooper'…but why have you summoned us after all of this time? We haven't seen you in years, and suddenly you call for all of us. Why is that?"

Tsunade set her cup down and said to the Fu-Ma ninja, "You always were one who went straight to business, Taki. I was hoping to spend some time with some old friends before we got down to it, but it seems that you all are eager for the same thing."

Tsunade stood up and turned around then walked to the windows of her office. Her friends that she had called could see her reflection in the windows. The rain and darkness outside made it easier for them to see a small tear escape her eye as it travelled down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away and spoke.

"Ten years ago, I received both the best news I had ever heard…and the worst."

Tsunade paused for a moment as she tried to collect herself. This topic was extremely emotional for her.

"Whats the matter sugah?" Rogue asked, concerned.

Tsunade held up a hand, signifying to give her a moment. She took a deep breath and said to them, "At the time, I was in Tanzuku Town with Shizune, enjoying my really, really long vacation. She and I had travelled the world, as you all know, that's how we all met after all, at least over time. Anyways, Jiraiya was searching for me for apparently some time, and he had finally found me there in a bar."

"Of course you'd be there, Tsunade," Poison Ivy commented playfully.

Tsunade smirked, knowing she meant no offense. After all, it was true.

"Yes. Jiraiya then told me the news. He had been searching for me the whole time in order to let me know. He told me something that made me so happy…"

"Which was?..." Mystique asked.

Tsunade smiled a bit as a water collected I her eyes, threatening to fall. "That I was a Godmother!"

Ivy, Taki, Rogue, Mystique, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Wolverine smiled.

"That's really good t' hear," Logan said, truly happy for his long time friend.

"My, my, sugah, that's wonderful!" Rogue commented.

"But…" Tsunade continued, "…Jiraiya also told me the worst news I've ever received. That same child I was the godmother of…had been brutally murdered."

That was when Tsunade began crying. She sat down in her chair and cried in her hands.

"Are you fuckin' kiddin' me?!" Logan shouted. He might have been a beast when it came to battle, but he was still someone who had a sense of loyalty, honor, and compassion. Especially when it came to children. He believed that they should be protected, not attacked. The fact that a kid was killed angered him greatly.

"Where's the mother fucker?!" Logan demanded. He stood up and his claws slowly extended from his hands, as if they were searching for their next victim.

"Who was responsible for the murder?" Mystique asked calmly. She had killed before, sure, but each one of her targets had deserved to be killed. A child most certainly did not.

"The pain is still fresh…" Tsunade said in her hands. She was still crying, but not as hard as she was just a moment ago.

"I understand sugah," Rogue said, rubbing her friend's shoulder, trying to comfort her. "But, if we are going to find the responsible, we need the information you have darlin'."

Tsunade sat up and wiped her eyes. She looked up at her side towards Rogue and smiled her appreciation. She then became serious once more and said to them all, "For eight years…I had absolutely refused that my one chance at true happiness had been taken from me. I researched everything…the crime scene itself, the blood samples…absolutely everything that I could get my hands on and try to find the culprits, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find anything. It was as if it never happened. It wasn't until later that I found out that it was covered up."

"By who?..." Logan growled.

"By the elders of the village," Tsunade responded.

"Where the hell are they!?" Logan grit his teeth, just aching to tear the criminals apart with his bare hands. He was ready to do so, too, Tsunade could clearly tell.

"Don't worry, Logan," Tsunade told her hot-headed friend, "They have already been killed. Quite brutally, too, I saw it firsthand."

That seemed to calm Wolverine down a little as he sat back down and said, "Good, but by who? Who killed the bastards?"

"That's where it gets a little…supernatural," Tsunade said to them all.

"What do you mean, 'Nade?" Harley Quinn asked.

"Well…" Tsunade began, "first off, the child who was killed was the jinchurriki of the Nine Tailed Fox. The Fox had nearly destroyed our entire village. Our leader at the time, the Fourth Hokage, had defeated it and sealed it away into his son. He sacrificed both himself and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki. Their son, Naruto, was the one they had to use to seal the great beast into. Their son then became the scapegoat that the village vented their hatred for the beast that had killed their leader. I am still not aware of all of the details yet, but that is what ultimately led to his death."

"Now wait a damn minute," Logan interrupted, "Are you tellin' me that the people of this damn village…are the ones who killed the kid?!"

"Not all of them," Tsunade corrected, "But most of the adults were, yes. They made Narutos life literally a living hell."

Logan clenched his fists tightly and he shook with barely controlled fury. Rogue walked over to him and placed a hand on his back and began rubbing him gently saying, "Calm down sugah. I know this is upsetting-"

"Upsettin'?!" Logan practically shouted as he stood up. He pointed outside towards the village that was being assaulted by the rainstorm and yelled out, "THOSE FUCKERS KILLED A KID! A CHILD, ROGUE! HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CALM DOWN!"

"Logan!" Tsunade said firmly. "Please…sit down. You still do not yet know the full story."

"Holy shit, there's more?" Wolverine said, not looking forward to hearing more about a murdered child.

"Unfortunately, yes," Tsunade answered. "You see…just very recently, there have been a few murders. Very, very brutal murders. We have investigated…and have successfully concluded that those who were recently killed were connected somehow to the murder of Naruto Uzumaki."

"Ah…some goddamn retribution," Logan said in satisfaction. "Its about damn time somebody took up some vengeance."

"I know who the killer was. Is," Tsunade corrected herself. "I know who the killer is."

"Well, who is it?" Harley Quin asked. "Who is it, huh, huh, huh?"

Tsunade smirked as she said, "Naruto Uzumaki."

Ivy Valentine stepped forward as she said to her friend, "Wait a minute…didn't you say he was the one who was killed?"

"I did," Tsunade nodded.

"Then it is impossible," Taki said. "The dead cannot return to life."

"Generally, no," Tsunade agreed. "However…he was apparently returned to life, although in a different form, by the Shinigami."

"Who the hell is this shini…whatever you just said?" Catwoman asked.

"Shinigami," Taki helped. "It is also known by many other names. You may know of it as the Grim Reaper."

"Ah, I know him!" Harley Quinn said out loud.

Everyone looked at her and she said, "What? I do!"

Poison Ivy shook her head a little and said to her ally, "You need to learn to control yourself, Quinn."

"Anyways," Tsunade continued, "He was brought back to the world of the living, but like I said, in a different form. And I've seen him as well. He's…pretty damn scary, if I do say so myself."

"If you've seen him," Mystique asked, "Then where is he?"

Tsunade stood up from her chair and walked back to the window, looking out at the telephone pole where she had last seen him. Another flash of lightning struck the sky, illuminating the area and confirmed that he was still there. Tsunade pointed out to the area and said, "He's right there."

Logan, Rogue, Mystique, Taki, Ivy, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy all got up and walked to the windows of Tsunade's office to look at where Tsunade was pointing at. Another flash of lightning flashed through the darkness, and everyone saw the hellspawn standing on top of the pole, his shroud flapping through the harsh winds. If they looked closely, they would have been able to see the pair of misty green eyes peering right back at them.

Just then, the doors to Tsunade's office burst open and ten Root ANBU appeared, swords drawn. One of the group stepped forward and said, "Tsunade Senju, we of Lord Danzo's Root are here to avenge our Lord! We know you were responsible for his death, and he shall be avenged. Prepare to die."

Tsunade cracked her knuckles and said, "Bring it on you sons of-"

She was interrupted when four of the Root ANBU were suddenly consumed in a bright green fire that burned incredibly hot. In a matter of seconds, they were reduced to nothingness, not even ash. They were completely erased from existence.

The six remaining Root turned around, prepared to face their threat that had just killed almost half of their numbers in an instant. Suddenly, the room went completely dark.

The only thing that anyone could see was a pair of narrowed green eyes in the doorway.

There was a bright flash of green, and the lights went back on. The six Root members and the stranger were nowhere to be seen.

"Where the hell did they go?!" Tsunade shouted.

Logan sniffed the air and said, "I've got their scent, but damn if hurts!"

"Why does a scent hurt your nose, Logan?" Mystique asked.

"It smells like fire and brimstone," Logan said. "It burns like hell! But I've got them, c'mon!"

…..

In the middle of a training ground, a bright flash of green illuminated the area and the six Root members and the hellspawn appeared.

The six Root members stumbled a little from the sudden transportation, but soon regained their footing and faced the new threat.

"What the hell are you?" The apparent leader of the small group asked Naruto.

"I am the one who killed your precious Danzo…come and join him in death. Sacrifice your soul!"

Having heard enough, the Root members split up to surround him. The two behind him charged first, their swords ready to pierce the new addition's body.

They weren't expecting the red shroud, which was surrounding the creature's body tightly, to suddenly come to life and wrap their heads up tightly. The tendrils of the cape suspended their bodies in the air by their heads and flung them away like they were pests, all the while not letting go of their heads.

The result was when the shroud, or also known as Leetha, flung the two root members, the force of the throw separated their heads from their bodies. Two headless bodies were flung into the surrounding forests. The tendrils of the shroud that were holding the heads suddenly let go, and the two heads fell to the ground in a bloody heap and bounced on the ground before they stopped rolling, lifeless eyes staring up into the dark and rainy sky.

The remaining four Root members threw shuriken constantly at the hellspawn. The shroud instantly formed a protective shell around him and hardened to where even the strongest weapon available would shatter against its hardness. No mere human metal weapon could hold a candle against the might of Hell.

Al of the shuriken bounced of the dark gray shell of the shroud and fell to the ground, harmless. The leader of the Root used this time to prepare his greatest and most powerful jutsu.

"You three!" He announced to them. "Don't give up, keep attacking!"

"Hai!" they all answered as one.

The leader of the small band of Root knelt upon the ground and performed a great number of hand signs and then finally clapped his hands loudly and yelled out, "Earth Style: Rock Golem Forbidden Jutsu!"

The ground in a fifty foot radius around the Root member began to crack and come up. It all formed into larger rocks, some the size of small boulders with a five foot diameter, and others with a ten foot diameter.

The rocks then began to connect to his body and continuously began to build upon him.

In a matter of minutes, he had been encased in a fifty foot tall rock golem, with him at the center, controlling its every movement. (Think of Gundam Wing….only, instead of a giant machine, it's a giant rock golem and he's controlling it).

The shell that the shroud had turned into suddenly deformed and Naruto threw out his hands, chains coming out from each hand. The shroud continued to protect him from the shurikens being thrown at him from behind while the chains penetrated the skulls of the two Root members on either side of him.

Hellspawn Naruto then swung both of the dead Root members like weights at the end of his two chains around and hit the last root member, knocking him off of the ground and into a tree, knocking him unconscious.

Hellspawn Naruto dodged to his left as one of the giant fists from the rock golem tried to smash him. Hellspawn Naruto threw one of his own punches at the rock golem's fist and shattered it. The rock golem lost some of its balance as dust and small rocks filled the immediate area. The rock golem then tried to smash him with its other fist, but the hellspawn dodged that with just as much ease as the first, and shattered that fist as well.

"I would have thought that you would have put up more of a fight," Hellspawn Naruto thought. "Time to finish this!"

Hellspawn Naruto swung his arms like he did with the other two Root members, and chains came out from his hands and cut through the ankles of the rock golem like they were made of paper. The chains retracted into his hands once again, and Naruto narrowed his green eyes.

He then then threw his hands towards the ground, and his red shroud pierced the ground to form a protective bunker-like formation, and an incredibly large spike projected itself on the top of the formation, aimed directly at the center of the rock golem. (In the Spawn movie, imagine where he forms that giant spike thing to hit the truck that runs into him, you can look it up on youtube. Anyways, that's whats happening here, only with a much longer spike).

The blade penetrated and destroyed the foundation of the jutsu, causing all of the rock to shatter. The dust and little rocks fell to the ground with the rain. The shroud formation released, and Hellspawn Naruto caught the Root member by the throat before he hit the ground.

"Urk!"

"You are pathetic. I will claim your soul as my own...you filthy piece of garbage. All those who are allied with Danzo shall burn!"

It was then that a green light surrounded the Root member. He screamed in immense pain as his soul was literally ripped from his body. The green, foggy looking light was then absorbed by the hellspawn, and the Root member fell limp in his grip. Hellspawn Naruto then ripped the dead Root's head off and threw the two pieces of the corpse to the side.

He looked up and shouted to the sky in a fit of rage.

"VEENNGEEAANNCEE!"

A huge amount of the hellish green fire erupted in the area, destroying all of the evidence of the current battle. Hellspawn Naruto just sat there and basked in his victory over the pathetic little bugs that once served under Danzo. It was then that he heard his godmother call out to him.

"Naruto!" Tsunade yelled out.

He turned around and saw that the group that was with her in her office had also joined her out in the field, clearly to see what was going on. Or rather, to see who it was that had suddenly transported the threat out of sight.

Naruto slowly turned to face her, his shroud now surrounding him once more protectively.

Then, the shroud wrapped around him and he disappeared from sight, confusing Tsunade.

….

A/N: there you go guys, lemme know what you all think! Until next time, Roku out.