-Chapter 11 Mission Impossible-

Everyone in the room could feel that whatever was about to be said was not good news. All four members of Naruto's Anbu team were present for this latest briefing by the Godaime Hokage, and none of them, not even Naruto, had even the slightest hint of nerve to even think about cracking a joke right now. It was one of those times where you felt that if you even flinched wrong, Tsunade would reach over her desk and snap your neck in two. The silence was absolutely deafening, almost to the point of being uncomfortable, so Naruto was extremely glad when Tsunade finally decided to speak up.

"As you all know, at approximately 3:35pm yesterday, during the final match of the Chuunin exam, foreign ninjas invaded Konoha. Their numbers are still being determined but it is safe to assume that there were upwards of 200. After being caught off guard by their initial strike, we were able to fight them off, eventually forcing them to retreat. Thankfully, the rest of them were ambushed by Gaara before they were able to get too far away.

"Just as thankfully, Yamanaka Ino was able to capture one of them before he could escape, and took him to the Anbu Torture and Interrogation HQ. Immediately after the session, Ino reported to me her findings, and I am afraid that they are far worse than I could have imagined. The first of which is that those were ninja of the Hidden Sound Village."

Naturally, this struck a very sensitive cord with Naruto, who had spent most of his ninja career fighting the Sound. "That can't be right. Orochimaru is dead, Kabuto is dead, and Sasuke is back here. There shouldn't be anyone left to lead them." He could sense that Ino was slightly irked by his lack of faith in her abilities, but pushed it aside for a second.

"I couldn't believe it either, but that is the case. Ino, I will ask that you explain what you have found."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Ino stepped in front of Tsunade's desk as turn to face her team. "The Sound is back, but from what I saw, it is not the same sound that we were fighting. This is an entire army of sound ninja's, brought together as a backup plan in case Orochimaru's initial plans weren't met for some reason, like his death. Once word of his death got out, they were on the move, training in secret for a complete invasion of the Five Countries.

"When Orochimaru last spoke to them, he was preparing for his invasion on Konoha. The Sound Army, after catching wind of his death, automatically assumed that Konoha was the reason for his demise, so they prepared to face us down. The force that we just fought was just a quick strike force, sent to simply gauge our strength, and if possible, lower it as much as they believed they could. Obviously they failed."

Tsunade chose this moment to speak up. "That is where you four come in. The main army doesn't know that the attack failed because we were able to kill all of the attackers before they were able to return with their report. This gives us a prime opportunity to strike back before they can mobilize their forces. Inuzuka Kiba, Tenten, Yamanaka Ino, Uzumaki Naruto. Your mission is as follows. Infiltrate the Sound Army's main base. Assassinate as many high ranking officials as you safely can. This should put them into a state of disarray while Gaara and I attempt to get as many other hidden villages to ally themselves with us to stop a possible invasion. Use whatever means necessary to accomplish this. Are there any questions?"

Tenten was starting to sweat a little bit, and various extremities were twitching involuntarily. As the newest member of the Anbu, period, she was still not quite as experienced as any of the other three. She had only done a handful of missions with Kiba, so she was still getting used to how things worked for the Anbu. Now here she was about to participate in an assassination mission that would lead her straight into the heart of literally an army of ninjas, at the personal request of her teammates. She was far too nervous to think straight, let alone ask a question.

Kiba, on the other hand, was genuinely excited about this mission. Ever since he had gotten Tenten into the Anbu, he had been taking far less dangerous missions for the sake of getting her used to her new job. Not to say that he blamed the girl for it, but he was starting to miss the really dangerous mission that he used to go on. This was the breath of fresh air that he needed. He immediately took notice of the agitated state that Tenten was in. He saw this coming a mile away, but still put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "It's ok. I know that you are going to kick some major ass on this mission. And besides, we have been working hard on our team unity thing, and last I heard, you and Naruto came up with a couple of decent combinations. I'm sure you will be fine."

Tenten seemed to calm down a little bit after that, though she still seemed a little tense.

Ino had gone into a much more reserved state of agitation, mainly because she was already used to dealing with missions that seemed somewhat one-sided. 'Ok, the actual infiltration shouldn't be that hard. We Henge into four of the ninjas that invaded, plus a few injuries just to make it look real. No, that isn't going to work because they'll want to heal us, and that just might blow our cover if they see that our injuries won't go away.' This was how Ino was. Anything that she could think of before a mission, she thought about it. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. It did, however, keep her mind busy enough that she didn't have the time to think about just how high the deck was stacked against her.

Naruto was giddy.

Ok, Naruto was more than just giddy. Naruto was absolutely ecstatic about this mission. True, he felt an extreme joy whenever he was told he would be going out on an assassination mission. If he was lucky, he would get to face someone that could truly test his abilities. Unfortunately, he ended up leaving every mission supremely disappointed at the lack of competition that he was met with. This could be his big moment. He had already surmised that they weren't going to be able to assassinate someone as high up on the ladder as they were without someone else noticing right off the bat, and that was perfectly alright with him. If it came to a battle of armies, he couldn't wait to see just how his army stacked up against theirs.

When Tsunade saw that there were no questions, she nodded her head. "You have half an hour to prepare. Good luck to you all."

-Front Gate-

Ino walked slowly to the gate carrying her mask loosely with her fingers. She wasn't surprised to see that Kiba and Tenten were already there waiting on her. They were the early birds of their group most of the time. Kiba also appeared to be attempting to calm down a very tense looking Tenten, and his attempts were working slightly. Ino decided to let them be for a while. Tenten had spent most of her time breaking in to the Anbu with Kiba, so he would know what to say to her better than anyone else.

She was, however, somewhat shocked to see Naruto there, seemingly warming up for the trip, though she already knew that he was just a bit over excited about this particular mission. If there was one thing about him that made him an irreplaceable piece to their puzzle, it was his complete lack of fear whenever they went out on missions, no matter what that mission was. 'Wish I could be that carefree before a mission as seemingly hopeless as this.' "Alright everyone, bring it in." Naruto, still almost spewing energy out of his ears, shuffled in place next to Ino, while Kiba lead Tenten over to complete the group. Tenten took one look at Naruto and seemed to calm down considerably. Ino simply figured that Naruto's confidence was rubbing off a little bit on her.

"Ok, I did a little bit of memory searching on myself, trying to pull up as much miniscule information as I could. The enemy main camp lies about 3000 kilometers east of where the Hidden Sound Village used to be. Obviously, Orochimaru didn't want us to find it if we decided to completely raid the Hidden Sound Village. There are ninja patrols around the outside wall of the base. They change out every few hours. If we leave now and keep a brisk pace, we should get there in about two days. Kiba you will be out front with Akamaru. You two can sniff out any traps that we might come along during this trip." Kiba nodded, remembering the last time he had been chosen as the point man for a single file formation, and promising to do a much better job this time around. "Naruto, you are behind him, and Tenten behind Naruto. With Naruto's Kage Bunshin and Tenten's weapons, you two can attack in all directions at once, and are much better suited for the center of the formation." Tenten nodded a little stiffly, but when Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder and sent her that infamous smile of his, she took a deep breath and nodded again, this time far smoother than her previous one. "I shall bring up the rear, simply because there isn't another spot for me in the formation where my abilities will be helpful. I shall mind tag all of you however, that way we can communicate without having to speak or use hand signals. Any questions?"

Tenten, surprisingly, was the only hand to go up. "We're all coming back alive, right?" The fear in her voice was almost too obvious to Ino.

Before Ino could even think about how she would explain that their chance of survival on this mission was far lower than usual, Naruto spoke up. "Of course we are. We are Konoha's best team ever. There isn't another village out there than has anything on us. Trust me. We are all coming back, even if I have to carry all of you on my back, we are all coming back alive." Akamaru let out a high pitched bark, and Naruto turned to him and laughed. "Yes, even you Akamaru."

Tenten didn't even have the will to look depressed, or even nervous. Ino made a slight mental note to thank Naruto for being as supportive as he was. "Ok then. Let's get going." They all placed their masks on their faces and bounded off.

-Outside of Sound Army Border-

Tenten, Kiba, and Naruto crouched down low in a thick set of bushes with an unconscious Ino behind them. As soon as they reached the border, she immediately jumped into an eagle and flew high overhead to see just how they were to approach this.

Unfortunately, this wait had served to resurface some of the nervousness and doubts that Tenten had begun to push back down during the trip there. Kiba, noticing how she was starting to fidget with her scrolls a little too excessively, immediately pulled Naruto over to the side. "I've been with her for most of her time as an Anbu, and I have never, ever seen her this nervous before. You really think it was a good idea to bring her along for this?"

Naruto looked back at Tenten and sighed. "Yeah. She is a part of this team. Her being here will only help her, as well as us. Trust me on this; just wait until everything gets started. Once she gets her first kill in, everything will fall into place."

Kiba looked directly at Naruto as he said this. They may have been old rivals, but Kiba knew that he could trust Naruto whenever he spoke like this. So if he thought Tenten would be ok, the Tenten would be ok. "Ok. If you say so."

Ino's body began to move slightly, and a little bit later, she was fully up and giving them her notes. "We're in luck. A group of four is patrolling not far from where we are now. One of them uses a gigantic sword, which will help us with getting Akamaru in. We jump them and then put their clothes on, that way we don't waste chakra doing a full henge. Naruto, you think you can get them all without damaging the clothes?"

"No problem."

"Ok, let's go." They bounded off, staying as low as possible in the tall grass.

Once the group of Sound ninjas was in sight, Naruto performed Kage Bunshin, creating four clones and making them henge into various little rodents. Each of his clones picked a target and snuck up behind them, then transformed back to normal and knocking each one out with a hard hit to the neck. A short mind jump and a quick change later, with Akamaru changing into a large sword for Kiba, the continued on the patrol route until their relief arrived. They followed the path back to the main base and entered the gate.

Obviously, Ino had not seen much from what she found inside the memories of the sound ninja she captured, because even she was amazed at what she had seen. The entire base was literally crawling with ninjas, all of them easily Jonin level. Ino's stomach suddenly plummeted into her feet, though she was able to hold her composure and not completely blow their cover, though a small thought did enter her mind. If she was feeling this nervous, how was Tenten feeling?

Taking a small glance at her teammate, she wasn't surprised to see that the girl looked like she was struggling to keep her composure as well. Ino had to think fast or else their cover would be blown. "Ok, according to this guys memories, we don't have to be anywhere for a while. Naruto, you take Tenten and walk around for a while, try to help her calm down a little. You seem to be doing that quite well. Me and Kiba will go around and attempt to locate any of the high ranking officials. We will try to eliminate them if we can, but if not I'll contact you and tell you where to meet up. Got it?"

Naruto nodded his head, grabbing Tenten's arm and pulling her off with him. "Come on, Tenten. Let's see if they have any good ramen stands here."

'We are in the heart of enemy territory and yet all he can think of is ramen. How can he be so carefree at a moment like this?" Shaking her head she turned in the opposite direction and started walking, Kiba close behind.

Kiba's tracker training with his sister was being put to the test today. While made slightly harder by the fact that he didn't have a base smell to go off of, His nose was still the best locator that they had. Combined with Ino divulging the location of some pretty important locations from the memories of the ninjas that she had done a little mind digging into, and Kiba had just enough to excavate a few smells that were decidedly different from the overwhelming majority. "Alright, I've got quite a few smells coming from this building that are different from the rest. I think you can take a couple of them out to confuse them, and give me enough of an opening to get in and clean up before anyone notices. Sound good Ino? ……….. Ino?"

Unfortunately, Ino had been left alone to her thoughts which had begun to dig a little deeper into the minds of the ninjas that they had captured and replaced. And to say that what she found was a little bit unnerving would have been an understatement. "Naruto, where are you and Tenten at?"

"We found a halfway decent ramen shop here, but it's not anywhere near as good as Ichiraku's. I'm starting to wonder how these guys haven't gone insane considering how horrible the ramen is here."

Ino wasn't in the mood for Naruto's expert analysis on another country's ramen. "Forget about that. Head back to where we broke up. We might be in a bit of trouble here."

"Aw, but I just ordered-"

"NARUTO, DON'T ARGUE WITH ME RIGHT NOW! JUST GET BACK TO WHERE WE CAME FROM!"

The utter silence in her head told her that Naruto had gotten the point. "Kiba, we're going." She turned back and started walking. Kiba looked somewhat confused for about 2 seconds, but quickly recognizing that look as one he had seen on his sister many, many times, he quickly fell in line and followed her.

Naruto was, to say the least, slightly irked by the sudden interruption of his meal, though Tenten was looking far better at the moment. "Ok, Ino. I just gave up a good amount of ramen for this, and I paid for all of it. You had better have a good reason."

Ino clenched her fists slightly, but kept a cool head and spoke. "This mission is pointless."

Kiba, Tenten, and Naruto all looked at her confused. Ino sighed heavily and began. "I didn't see it before because it wasn't as obvious in the first guy's mind. But after we got into the base and I had a few moments to myself to review, I began to dig a little deeper into the minds of the guys we are currently replacing. They already know that the strike team was wiped out."

"What? But how? Like you said, we completely wiped out all of the ninjas that invaded Konoha. There's no way they could have known." Surprisingly, Tenten was the first one to speak up about this.

"They were given seven days. 3 days to get there, 1 for the attack, and three days to get back. By the time we had finished them off, four days had already passed, and it took us three days to get here. If the strike team didn't report back within the week, then the entire army will invade Konoha in 3 days."

"All the more reason for us to finish this mission. We take out the leaders and then they will have no choice but to delay their invasion. It's as simple as that." Kiba spoke up this time.

"Not going to work out that well. They are determined. Almost frighteningly so. We take out their leaders, and all that will do is give them 5 or 6 less people to participate in the invasion. And if we get caught, that leaves Konoha without us to help defend it."

Kiba was starting to get agitated at how defeated Ino was starting to sound. "So that's it?! We just turn tail, run home, and wait until they come with their entire freaking army?!"

Before Ino had time to even think of the word, Naruto beat her to an answer. "No." All eyes were now trained on Naruto, though Ino was a bit surprised at how strongly he spoke then. "In situations like this, the simplest answer is the best one. The best thing for us to do is to take them out here."

Ino shook her head. "Were you not listening to what I just said? They are going to attack us whether they have their leaders or not. We need a new strategy."

Naruto laughed. Ino cringed a little, as it sounded a little bit like Gaara's insane laugh. "Who said anything about the leaders? I say we take on their entire army here and now."

Now Ino thought that her partner had truly gone insane. "Are you stupid?? It's only the five of us here, and they have an entire army of ninjas. Do you really think we can survive this? And even if we do, can we make a decent enough dent to even matter in the long run?"

"Yes and yes. We already have the advantage, since they don't even know we are this deep inside their territory. If we hit them hard enough from the get go, we have a great chance at not only surviving this, but taking out their entire army while we are at it."

"I calculated our chances for survival before we left Konoha, and though I won't divulge any numbers, our chances did not look as good as you claim they are."

"Were you basing that on the fact that we were trying not to be seen? 'Cause if you were, then you might want to throw those numbers out of the window. I say we screw all of this sneaking around and hiding in plain sight. Let's just get out there and kick some ass. Kiba I know you are with me on this one."

Kiba began to crack his knuckles. "Now you're talking. I'm ready to rip some organs out."

Naruto then turned his attention to their newest member, who unsurprisingly was starting to withdraw again. "I promised you that we were all going to make it out of this alive. To do that, we are all going to have to give it our all. When we get out there, don't even think about what you are up against. Just focus on fighting your fight. Trust me; it will all come easier after the first step."

Even Kiba was impressed at how much of a pep talker Naruto was, and in no time Tenten's face was set in a determined stare at Naruto. "Ok, I'm ready for this."

He looked back at his first partner, who in turned stared back at him. "It's not a democracy, I know. So as team leader, you have the final say on what we do. Your call, Ino"

Ino looked at the determined faces of her team and sighed heavily. She couldn't remember a time where everyone was so dead set on being against her. Somehow, Naruto had done it again. He had proved her wrong. "Fine, we shall go along with your plan. But I swear, if you break your promise and I end up dying, I'll make sure that I take you with me."

"Gotcha." He turned his back to see the hordes of ninjas just waiting to be killed. "Now then, where should I start?"

Ino had a thought. It was a thought that had been brewing in her mind for a while now, and she saw the perfect chance to bring it to fruition. "Hey Naruto, you think you could do something for me?" She walked up to him and whispered something in his ear. Naruto, immediately recognizing one of his old habits, was more than happy to oblige.

Picking the tallest thing in sight, a nearby building, he jumped on top of it and, shouting at the top of his lungs, addressed the base. "Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Sound Ninjas!"

Needless to say, every sound ninja within earshot turned their attention to Naruto. Naruto soaked in the moment for a while before ripping his borrowed clothes off. He was now standing in his normal Anbu clothes, sans mask. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, member of Konohagakure's Anbu," He raised a hand and pointed a finger directly into the middle of the crowd. "And I am going to kick each and every one of your asses."

The wind blew. Crickets chipped. Water slowly dripped from a leaf into a pond. Naruto could hear all of this as it had suddenly become deathly silent within the walls of the base. All of the sound ninjas stared blankly at Naruto, while Naruto maintained his pose, waiting for someone to react. The reaction he got couldn't have been any more perfect, as some random ninja suddenly shouted out, "You and what army?"

Naruto smiled widely at that. "I thought you'd never ask. Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

(Once again, bouncing between P.O.V.s)

It was peaceful for about 10 seconds after Naruto made his announcement. Then the sky filled with a countless number of Kage Bunshin. The sound ninjas, obviously unprepared for such a large scale attack from inside their own base, erupted into a chaos driven mass of humanity. It was kinda like watching an army of ants after someone steps into a big group of them. Half of the army began to panic, not sure exactly what to do, while the other half immediately began fighting back the newly formed Army of Naruto.

His other three partners had taken refuge within a nearby building, removing their disguises and waiting for the worst of it to pass over before they made their move. Ino, currently the only one either not excited or nervous enough to make irrational decisions, began to plan their back up attack out. "Tenten, you stay with either Naruto or Kiba unless you are 100 sure that you will be ok on your own. You two will back up Naruto out there. I'm gonna go ahead and start taking out the top guys. I wasn't exactly made for giant attacks like this." She sighed deeply, ridding herself of any more of her reservations about this insane mission.

"Either we all go back to Konoha alive," Kiba decided to speak up now, though it was obvious that he was itching to sink his claws into someone. "Or we all don't come back."

Ino would have slapped Kiba for saying that in front of Tenten, if it weren't for the fact that she said, "Either way, we have to make sure that none of them survive." Akamaru, obviously happy with Tenten's change of attitude, gave a loud bark of approval.

'……..Well, I suppose I don't have to worry about her anymore.' "Ok then, good luck you two." Ino bounded out of the window, heading straight for the building that she and Kiba found.

"You go ahead and stick with Naruto. Akamaru and I will be ok." Kiba smiled evilly at the hordes of sound ninjas that were getting trounced by the sea of Narutos, some with Kunai embedded in them, some with limbs missing, others with slightly more gruesome deaths. He popped a food pill and gave one to Akamaru as well. "Let's get started with an old favorite. Gijuu Ninpo: Jyuujin Bunshin!" Using one of their oldest moves, Akamaru transformed himself into an exact copy of Kiba. "Let's go, Akamaru. Gatsuga!"

Tenten had already started heading for the mass of human bodies, pulling out a couple of her scrolls while she was at it. "Naruto said we needed to start out big, so here goes." Stopping dead in her tracks and planting two of the scrolls on the ground, she quickly ran through the seals for one of her biggest attacks. "Soushouryu!"(Rising Twin Dragons)

Even as modest as she was about her own abilities, Tenten had to admit that this attack was definitely a sight for sore eyes, and not only because she had apparently gotten the attention of every sound ninja in the general area. Her Konoha teammates had described watching the two smoky dragons rise from the ground as one of the most impressive sights they had ever seen. Secretly, she had become extremely fond of this attack, not just because of how it looked, but how effective it was when it wasn't being completely nullified by someone who could control wind.

She had also made some slight improvements to her attack, now able to summon and fire off her weapons as she rose to the top of her scrolls. The sound ninjas, still a little off guard from Naruto's sudden attack, could only watch as hundreds of weapons rained down upon them, impaling a good number of them. The smart ones were able to jump out of the way of her attacks and prepared to counter attack. Unfortunately, they wouldn't get their chance, as her weapons would dislodge themselves from the corpses of their original targets and then pierce themselves through the vital organs of the surviving ninjas. Tenten smiled as she landed on the ground, twitching her fingers slightly, retracting the weapons by the strings that were connected to them. "He was right." She brought her hands back up to get ready for the second wave of ninjas that wished to rush to their deaths.

-Inside Village Tower-

"Can someone explain to me just why we are currently getting our asses handed to us??" The booming voice of the village military specialist thundered throughout the entire room. He definitely had the build to back up the voice, which was why no one ever questioned him when he was in this sort of mood. "Or better yet, how did they get so deep into our territory in the first place??"

"W-we are not sure, sir. None of the patrol groups or any of the wall guards ever reported seeing anything unusual. We know that they didn't henge into any of the patrol groups because all of them checked in when they were supposed to. There is no other possible way for them to have entered the base without us knowing."

"Well that helps me out a lot! I ask you how they got in and you tell me all the ways they couldn't have gotten in! Get me someone competent here!"

"Now, now Hanzo, calm down a little. We can worry about how they got in later, and focus on what we are going to do to kill the invaders right now." Mukitsuchi Kengu was the picture businessman, the only one that Orochimaru trusted to truly carry on his legacy when he was gone. Not the physical part of it of course, but he could advance his vision if he failed.

"Calm down! We are getting invaded and you want me to calm down! Maybe you should be getting a little bit more involved in this sudden crisis!"

Ino just had to giggle slightly from her concealed spot in the rafters of the building. Sure, she had bore witness to the arguments that were commonplace in the Hokage tower between Tsunade and Shizune, or even between Tsunade and the elders, but she had never seen two people as disagreeable as these two. Even though it didn't loom it, Kengu was definitely holding himself back, obviously and rightfully believing that someone needed to keep a cool head in there. "It's really too bad. I bet he would make an excellent shogi partner for Shika. Well, win some, lose some." She stood up and sighed. It did kinda bother her that she had learned this from Sakura before their more violent falling out, but given the circumstances she didn't really have too much choice but to bear it for the duration. Besides, it was a pretty sweet attack.

Reaching into her item pouch, she pulled out a few small pots and tossed them into the air in front of her, keeping them in a straight line. Then she pulled out and threw a kunai right at all three of them, then moved into a more concealed place,

Due to the argument, no one noticed the sound of the pots breaking above them, so no one knew what to expect when they saw what appeared to be a flower petal come fluttering down. Hanzo, obviously not in a good mood as it was, wasn't very amused when he noticed this, and only became even more irritated when even more of them floated down, littering his vision. "Now, what the hell is this?? Who is the nancy-assed prick that set this up?"

"I think you mean nancy-assed bitch." Ino spoke quietly from her hiding spot, though she still maintained a good sight line on the collected group of leaders and military heads and other important figures. "And don't take everything for what it seems. Remember: Even the prettiest rose has its thorns." She smiled slightly before tossing a kunai with an ignited explosive note on it. "A Thousand Floral Burial." She said this last piece as she disappeared from her spot, which was right before the explosive note she threw ignited, causing the flower petal shaped explosive notes, which had filled the entire room, to explode as well.

Ino stood on the steps of the building that she had just left, facing the mass of ninjas that rushed into the fray that Naruto, Kiba, and Tenten had made. "Wow, now that's impressive." She turned back to where the building had once stood. "They didn't even notice." She turned back and decided to join in the fun.

-One Hour Later-

The battle had shifted direction. For the better part of the first half hour, Naruto, Kiba, Ino, and Tenten had completely dominated the army, using a few decently thought out combinations. Naruto and Tenten had even revised one of Naruto's oldest combinations.

The sound ninjas had at their disposal a heavy set, heavily armored ninja. He had begun to push them back with his supposedly completely impenetrable armor. Although he only wore it on his front half, he still move impressively fast for his size, making attacks from behind impossible as well. Even when he compressed his chakra to its smallest, Naruto couldn't even penetrate it with his Rasenbomb. Because of the heavy ninja traffic, Ino wasn't able to concentrate long enough to completely one of her attacks, and Kiba was having as much luck as Naruto. Tenten, however, was the one that had come up with a plan, remembering one of the stories that Naruto had told her.

Kiba and Ino started to step up their attack on the other ninja's to give Naruto and Tenten enough time to finish the big guy. Naruto started off by charging in with a regular Rasengan, though when he contacted the guy's armor, he didn't not immediately stop, instead continuing to press it into the armor, causing it to glow a bright red. The big ninja started to laugh, almost as if he were having fun. "Please, you can attempt to go as long as you can, and you still won't break through my armor." He raised a gigantic fist above Naruto's head and brought it down hard. This would have crushed Naruto it was really Naruto, evident by the audible pop that signified the disappearance of a Kage Bunshin. "Hmm, just a fake, huh?"

Tenten had already begun her part, activating a simple Suiton jutsu that she had picked, firing it directly at his armor and causing it to quickly revert back to its original color. After that, she started to do what she did best; throwing weapons. Taking a handful of kunai, she threw them one at a time at him, completely unaffected by how easily they were bouncing off of his armor. Once she had fired off ten of them, she launched two in the sky. Then she launched another two, which flew right past him on either side of his head. He began to laugh once again, ready to belittle her for her useless weapons, when he caught her smile. "What do you find so funny?"

"Baka, you don't know me. I never miss without a reason." This was followed by two loud pops, with two voices yelling out "U…." Two Narutos came from behind him, executing a sliding kick that took his legs out from under him. While he was in mid air, the kunai that had fallen in to place under him transformed in to Naruto clones as well. "Zu, Ma, Ki……" Each syllable was followed by a kick from 3, 3, and 4 clones respectably, causing him to fly up into the air, where the last two remaining kunai , which also transformed into Naruto clones, were making their decent. One of the clones was gripping the other's arm, while the other was currently holding a bright blue swirling ball. The first clone reared back and hurled the other one straight down towards the armored ninja. "Naruto Rendan Mk 2!" As he was falling towards the ninja, he thrust the ball straight into the part on his armor that he had his before. "Rasengan!" The armor broke on contact, and Naruto pushed the ball as far in as he could, eventually breaking through the skin and into his chest. And once they hit the ground, Naruto found himself shoulder deep in the ninja.

Tenten, to say the least, was excited about her and Naruto's seemingly seamless teamwork. She had gotten the idea from hearing about Naruto's fight with Momochi Zabuza, and figured that if they could get past his armor then the rest would be cake. Thankfully, the friction that the Rasengan made from rubbing against his armor caused enough heat to crack the armor if it was quickly cooled.

After that, it had started to wind down. The sound ninja's numbers had thinned considerably, but Kida, Ino, and Tenten were almost on their last legs and the last remaining ninjas were elites. Naruto realized that he was going to have to get a little desperate if he wanted to survive this. "Kiba, how many Gatsugas do you and Akamaru have left in you?"

"Not enough to last us the rest of this fight. Maybe 5 or 6 more."

"That's good enough. I want you to clear a path all the way out of the village. You do not stop spinning until you are out. Ino, Tenten, you two follow him out. I can take the rest of them myself."

Obviously, none of his teammates were happy with his newest plan, and Ino was the one that voiced this opinion. "Ok, I thought you were crazy when you said we should take on the entire army, but now I'm sure of it. You are psycho! There is no way we are leaving you here alone! Either we all go or none of us go!"

"That's why I'm telling you to go!" Ino mentally snapped back, completely unprepared for his anger to surge that way. "I can't protect all of you if you run out of energy while you are here! Besides, for what I am about to do, I'm gonna need you all to get as far away as you can."

Kiba and Tenten were obviously confused, but Ino was sure that she knew what he meant right off the bat. "Kiba, do it!" Kiba, obviously not willing to argue, got together with Akamaru and started their Gatsuga attack, tearing through any ninjas in his path. Just as Naruto told him, he didn't stop until he reached the giant wall, Ino and Tenten right behind him. Ino looked back for a second and sent a small mental message back to him. "Don't do anything stupid."

Once he was satisfied with their distance, he closed his eyes and began to concentrate. "Oi, Kyuubi."

"Nani? Is it time yet? I've been getting bored in here."

"You should consider yourself lucky that I am giving you this chance."

"Hmm, it doesn't matter to me. Now how many should we use this time?"

"I think three should do here."

"Very well, brat."

Naruto smiled slightly as he began to focus on bringing the Kyuubi's chakra up to the surface. Almost immediately the red chakra began to take a faintly physical form around Naruto, also forming fox ears on his head, paws on his hands and feet, and three tails. Naruto himself looked a lot more vicious than her had a few minutes ago. His eyes had taken a deep red color, and his canines had extended greatly. His voice sounded as if it were a combination of his and the Kyuubi's voices. "Who dies first?"

-Next Morning-

Kiba and Akamaru had already stopped concentrating their chakra to their noses so that the thick smell of blood wouldn't cause them to puke. Tenten and Ino were fighting the urge to do the exact same thing.

They had returned to the battle field at dawn, when the sounds of combat had disappeared from the air for a while, and once Kiba and Akamaru had recovered enough energy to walk. What they had found was enough to cause even the most stone cold killer's stomach to consider ridding itself of its last meal.

The ground was coated in a light shade of red, the blood already absorbed into the ground, which was littered with the body parts of the ninjas that had once inhabited this place. Both Kiba and Tenten were shocked at the scene before them. Not because of the scene itself, but because at the time the only thought that went through their mind was, 'Naruto did this?'

Ino, who had already bore witness to such scenes, was more concerned with the whereabouts of her partner, but didn't have to worry long when she spotted him sitting under a tree, sound asleep. Ino directed the other two towards him and together they walked over to him. Ino kneeled down and stared directly into his face. "He really did it. He kept his promise."

Tenten did the only thing that she could think to do at the time. She bowed deeply before him. "Thank you again Naruto."

Kiba's concerns were a bit more practical and personal. "You asshole. You were supposed to carry all of us back."

-End-

Ok first off, sorry for the long wait. This was a special project for me and I wanted to make sure that it was good enough to post. Of course, that will be decided by what you all so please, review. Good or bad, I don't care.

On another note, for those of you who read my One Piece story "Vivi Returns"(specifically you, Mr. Thumbsup), I am planning on redoing the whole story. Same basic story, just making the chapters longer, combining a few of them, and maybe adding some things that I feel needed to be in there. Keep a look out.

I will not be abandoning this story though, so keep an eye on Naruto as well.

As always R&R&have a nice day.