The Chakra Sage walked towards the Leaf Village at a lazy pace, knowing fully well that the outcome would be the same. When the gates came into sight.

"Well" he sighed "lets get this over with."

He continued walking towards the gate when several ANBU units appeared in front of him. The Sage didn't even give them a chance to talk as he began to pull the chakra from their bodies and absorbing it. With their chakra completely gone the bodies fell in a crumpled mass on the ground. The gates slammed shut in response to his sudden attack which caused him to chuckle. When he reached the gates he extended one hand, laying it on the gate.

"Earth Style: City Siege Jutsu"

The walls began to disintegrate from his touch and the wooden gate rotted away.

"Ah the Leaf Village. Sadly im only here for one man's head." He suddenly found himself surrounded by several hundred members of ROOT.

"You won't continue any further!"

This statement was met with another chuckle and the Sage made a series of lightning fast hand signs.

"Chakra Style: Chakra Beam Jutsu"

An orb of pure chakra began to form in his hand. The ROOT agents took this time to attack before his jutsu was complete. A rain of chakra kunai shot out from his body, impaling dozens of the shinobi. By this time his hand was now an orb of chakra.

"RELEASE"

A massive beam of chakra shot from the orb. He carefully condensed the beam until it was the width of his arm. He began to make beams branch off impaling the rest of his foes. Through the beams he drained all of their chakra and life energy, learning everything about them and all of their jutsus through their chakra. Afterwards he swung the beam in a large arc through the village finally focusing on the Hokage Mansion, causing it to detonate in a massive ball of energy. The Sage felt Donzo's chakra fleeing and appeared in front of him, chakra sword in hand.

"Where do you think your going?" Not waiting for an answer he swung his sword in an arc. Donzo's body toppled over, an a small fountain of blood erupting from his now headless neck.

"Wow. I knew Donzo was a coward but this? This is pathetic. To abandon your village...You don't deserve the title of Hokage." The Sage was disgusted by Donzo's actions. He proceeded to remove the bandage from his head to reveal the Sharingan beneath. Without hesitation he plunged a thin knife made of chakra behind the eye and carefully pulled it out, making sure the nerve remained attached. After this he removed his hood to reveal a scar running from his right temple, beneath his green hair, all the way to the left side of his chin. But the most feature most would have noticed was the third eye. It too was green but its' pupil was in the shape of an "X" extending all the way across the eye. He lined up the nerve ending with the center of the pupil and touched the nerve too his eye. If anyone had been watching, they would've been shocked to see the third eye absorb the Sharingan. In the 4 triangles created by the pupil 4 tomoe appeared, one in each quadrant. The third eye immediately closed when this was done.

"Well, my Heavenly Eye is one more step closer to completion." The Sage was pleased at how easy this was. He was also pleased that Naruto had heeded his warning to stay away. With his task completed he disapeared in a ball of chakra.

With the attack over, Naruto lead the others out of the tree line to help the village. Everyone was shocked that one man was capable of doing such extreme amounts of damage with one jutsu.

"Naruto, thank god you warned us. If you hadn't our bodies would have been among the fallen." Tsunade was saddened by the death of so many but was glad to be alive.

"Yeah the Sage had visited our camp and told me some interesting things. But thats a story for another time. Right now we have to focus on stablizing the village and start repairs immediatly." Naruto began to take charge and directed everyone on what to do. Tsunade watched on as everyone listened without question. Sakura ended up with Tsunade to check for survivors.

"Well, well" Tsunade couldn't help but chuckle, "it seems Naruto picked the right dream to have. He's a natural born leader!" Sakura stopped for a second and, despite the circumstances, burst into laughter.

"If only you knew Lady Tsunade! He was like that after the first year on the road!" Tsunade joined Sakura in her laughter. Eventually the duo grew silent as they continued on with their grim task.

Several months passed as the village was rebuilt completely. Tsunade, despite her jutsu, sported several new grey hairs. Sakura sat deep in thought, only after Tsunade made a noise did she look at her mentor.

"Sakura is something bothering you?" Tsunade was concerned about her former pupil. She seemed alot more distracted as of late.

"Lady Tsunade, forgive me if I offened you, did you love Master Jiraiya?" Tsunade was taken back by the surge of emotions one question caused.

"Yes Skura. Yes I was. I just realized it too late" Tsunade felt overwhelmed by the feeling of loss inside herself but suddenly realized something. "So thats it huh?" Tsunade wanted to slap herself for not reallizing it sooner. "Sakura who is it?"

"That easy huh? Well I think I like him at least." Sakura was forced to sit down due to all of the emotions swirling inside her head.

"Is it Naruto?"

Sakura just stared, dumbfounded, at her former master. "How did you-"

"Sakura I'm not the only one. All of your friends have seen it too. Sakura take it from me. Don't let him slip away. Once he does, you'll never be able to catch him again." Tsunade needed a drink. She waved her hand, dismissing Sakura, and took out her bottle of sake.

Sakura arrived at Naruto's appartment and knocked on the door. Hearing a grumble inside she realized that he wouldn't be awake yet so she went in. As she picked her way through the minefield of trash she tried to think of what to say to him. The more she thought about it the more nervous the pink-haired kunoichi became. Suddenly she felt something stab her foot causing her to yelp in pain and jump back a little. Unfortunately she landed on something quite unstable and began to fall. Suddenly a pair of strong hands grabbed onto her arms and pulled her back up. Sakura's heart stopped as she came face to face with a bare-chested Naruto.

"Are you ok Sakura?"

All she could do was sit their stuttering as she felt her face heating up.

"Hey N-Naruto. You can let go now." She mentally slapped herself again. She didn't actually WANT him to let go but it was a reflex.

"Oh yeah sorry... Are you ok?" Sakura nodded as he released her. She decided to do what she came to do before her cheeks burst into flames.

"Hey Naruto... I was wondering if maybe you might want to go eat somewhere tonight?" She watched as a broad smile spread across his face.

"Oh hell ye- I...I mean yeah Sakura that would be awesome!" She couldn't help but smile at his excitement.

"Great. Just meet me outside the hospital at 6:00 and we'll go from there." Sakura gave him a hug and left. She smiled again as she heard Naruto give out a whoop of excitement.

The Sage watched the whole thing happen. Originally he had come to talk to Naruto but he arrived just as the pink-haired girl, Sakura, started falling. He seen Naruto rush from his bed to catch her so he stood on the roof across the street and watched.

"Good for you kid. Good for you." The Sage decided the conversation could wait for another time. Instead he started to make his way to the Hyuga complex.

"Time for the next piece."

AN: Well there you have it. Naruto got his date and I got to kill Donzo YAY. Anyways, you all know what to do. Enjoy!