a/n – I was thinking about a NejiSakura pairing but then I read manga ch 252.

Naruto walked under the brightly shining sun. Then he heard Neji call out his name. He looked up. Neji came down from the trees. "Hey Neji. What are you doing here?"

"I'm scouting. So you're going to help us. Good. We'll need your help."

"I could have asked Gaara to come but I need him to keep Temari and Ichigo safe."

"I see. Well the village pretty close so we'll be there in a little bit."

Shikamaru was planning the defense of Konoha. He went down to the gates to strengthen the defense. When he got there, he saw Neji and Naruto. Shikamaru ran over to them. "Hey Naruto!"

"Hey Shikamaru. Long time no see."

"I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that you're here. None of the plans I've come up with have you in it. I didn't know that you were gonna be here. Looks like I'll have to redo my plans. This is so troublesome."

"You lazy bum."

The three ninjas went into town and got some ramen. They were soon joined by Chouji, Kiba, and Akamaru. They talked about the old days and asked Naruto about the last four years. Naruto asked his friends about their last four years. Then a chuunin came and told Naruto to go see Tsunade.

Naruto walked to the Hokage tower, and his friends went to prepare for the war. He opened the door and entered. "Thank you for helping us Naruto." Tsunade said to Naruto as he entered and sat across Tsunade.

"Well, I didn't want my friends to die."

"What did your family have to say about you joining us?"

"Well, Gaara's at home with Temari and Ichigo and Temari…"

"She's going to kill you when you get back after the war, right?"

"Yeah..."

Tsunade laughed. "I never thought you'd be afraid of your wife Naruto."

"Shut up. So how big is Orochimaru's army?"

"Konoha has a higher chance of victory now that you're here. It'll be higher if Jiraiya and Kakashi can come back in time."

"I was wondering where Kakashi was. Well, I'm going to train a little. I haven't fought a real battle since...well a long time."

Naruto walked to the place where the names of the heros of Konoha were. He looked at the long list. Sarutobi, Obito, Hayate, and the list continued. He stood there for a while, thinking about whatever came to mind. Then he saw an image of his family. It brought a smile to his face. "I won't have my name carved on that list." Then he went to train.

Kiba was out on a walk with Akamaru, and his girlfriend, Hinata. Both of them grew in height. Kiba no longer wore his Jacket. It was replaced with a jounin vest. Hinata's hair had become longer. Hinata wasn't a jounin. She had decided to use her Byakugan in the medical field. She was known as the chakra doctor because she knew a lot about the chakra circulatory system. (A/N – There. I just bsed 68 words into the fic cause I was bored and procrastinating). They were talking about what they'd do after the war. They went to get something to eat, but then they heard an explosion at the gate. They knew what it meant. Sound had finally attacked. Kiba gave Hinata a kiss and then ran to the gate with Akamaru.

Naruto heard the explosion. "Looks like finally started." Then he went to Hokage tower to be given instructions.

Tsunade stood on top of the hokage tower. She looked down on the village and saw the citizens retreating to their designated areas. "This is it."

"Tsunade!" called Naruto. He jumped up to the tower and stood next to her.

"What do you need me to do?"

"You and I need to fight Orochimaru. So wait. If Orochimaru summons, we'll both need to summon."

"I hope Jiraiya and Kakashi get here quick."

An army of sound ninjas rushed in through the broken gates. They didn't find anyone around. The squad leader what about to spread the squad out, but was interrupted.

"Hey!" The sound ninjas looked up. They saw five ninjas standing on the roof of a building. One had long hair, and white eyes, the other stood next to a dog, another had big eyebrows, one had a head shaped like a pineapple, and the last one was a female. She had two scrolls in her hands. The ninja with the big eyebrows jumped down in the middle of the sound ninjas and was now surrounded by fifty sound ninjas. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a bottle of sake.

"This'll be easy." He then drank the bottle and fell onto the ground. The sound ninjas laughed. The squad leader grabbed his sword and walked over to Rock Lee.

"I'll make this quick." He raised his sword, ready to strike. Then Rock Lee quickly stood up and kicked the sword out of the squad leader's hand. "You fell for it!" Then Lee began to kick the crap out of the squad leader. The other sound ninjas were both angered and scared. The rest of the sound ninjas charged at Rock Lee, and Lee repelled them all.

Kiba laughed. "This is the funniest strategy you've come up with Shikamaru."

"Well, this is both funny and efficient." Shikamaru said. "Your turn Tenten."

Tenten opened her scrolls. She formed some seals. "Soushouryu!"

She jumped into the air. Her two scrolls surrounded her in a double helix form. Then weapons appeared from the symbols in the scrolls. Tenten grabbed any weapon which appeared from the scroll and threw them at the sound ninjas who were farthest away from Rock Lee. Within five minutes, forty-nine chuunins and one jounin had been defeated.

Temari slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry at first, but soon became clear. "What happened?" she asked. Then she remembered what happened. She sat up. "Naruto went. Didn't he?" Temari asked in a sad tone.

"Yeah." Gaara answered. Tears began to form in her eyes. And then she began to sob.

"He'll be back. Don't worry."

Jiraiya, Kakashi, and three other jounins were on their way back to Konoha. It took the group two days to find Jiraiya.

"Kakashi, what's the status of Konoha?" Jiraiya asked.

"Tsunade-sama can't beat Orochimaru alone."

"Then we'll have to hurry." The Konoha ninjas increased their speed, hoping to get to Konoha in time."

The sound army was rushing into Konoha. Orochimaru was behind the sound army. He was accompanied by two male ninjas. Then Kabuto came.

"Orochimaru-sama. It seems that our first squadron has been defeated." Kabuto reported.

"Those weaklings. At least they were able to break through the gate. Now, send in all the troops. Destroy Konoha and kill everyone!" Orochimaru ordered. All the sound ninjas rushed in.

Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Tenten looked down and saw a drunken Lee kicking or punching anyone within range. Then they saw the sound army rush in.

"Well, it looks like its time to get serious." Said Shikamaru as he waved a flag.

"Hey guys. Let's have a little competition." Kiba suggested.

"Oh? I'm listening." Said Tenten.

"Let's see how many of them we can kill. Whoever kills the least has to buy us dinner after this battle." Kiba said with a grin.

"Alright then." Said Neji. Then he quickly jumped down to start fighting the sound ninjas as they came in, while keeping his distance from Lee.

"Hey! No fair! I didn't say start!" Kiba yelled at him. "Let's go Akamaru." Then he and Akamaru, followed by Tenten, jumped down to kill as many sound ninjas as they could.

"Damn. This was is so troublesome." Said Shikamaru as he looked up at the clouds. Then he jumped down and joined his friends. Soon after, many more Konoha ninjas came to aid the five jounins.

Naruto stood next to Tsunade. "It's weird. Orochimaru hasen't summoned yet."

"You're right. Something's wrong. I can feel it."

Then they heard another explosion far away from the main gate. The wall was destroyed by a big, purple snake.

"Crap. I was hoping he wouldn't summon that thing again." Said Naruto.

"Looks like it's our turn." The two ninjas quickly went to where the snake was. Then they saw Orochimaru on the snake's head.

"Naruto! Why are you here? You're supposed to be a criminal!"

"Shut up. You're really annoying you know. This time, you're going to die for sure."

Manda attacked. Naruto and Tsunade dodged the attack and summoned.

Shikamaru looked at where the explosion came from. He saw a big snake. But then he saw Tsunade and Naruto.

"It's best not to get in their way." Then he continued fighting.

Naruto, Tsunade, and Orochimaru stood on the heads of the creature they summoned. No one made a move. Then the Manda finally attacked Gamabunta(a/n – I can't remember the name and I don't have the naruto eps right now so I can't get the name). Gamabunta jumped over the snake and pulled out his knife.

"So, its you again." Said the giant frog. "Maybe I make sure I get my snake skinned wallet this time." The frog leaped into the air and held its knife up high, ready to strike. The snake moved to the side to avoid the knife. The slug spat acid and the snake moved again. Then the frog landed on Manda's tail and cut it off.

"Orochimaru! You kill of those two. I'll take care of the frog and slug."

Orochimaru jumped off Manda and headed for the Hokage face statues. Tsunade and Naruto followed.

The two ninjas followed Orochimaru to the top of the Hokage tower, where the third hokage's funeral was held years ago. Orochimaru turned and smiled. He clapped his hands together. "Kuchiyose. Edo Tensei." Then a small vortex appeared from the ground, and a casket rose from the vortex. Then a second one rose. And then a third one.

"You will die here." Said Orochimaru as he smiled.

"No! You will die here, Orochimaru!" said a voice from behind Naruto and Tsunade. They turned around and saw Jiraiya, the most perverted ninja of Konoha.

A/N – Okay, I broke this down. 2 more chapters. The end, and the bonus feature. It'll be a while though...so...just review. Ok? Good I'll try to update quickly. Up next, The three ppl in the caskets vs, some strong ninjas from Konoha, Kakshi vs. Kabuto. and then there's theend.