As Naruto woke up he saw that Hinata was wrapped around the covers as he look down he never seen her look so beautiful in his life. As he went to get the rest of the group ready, he woke up his squad first then Ichigo friends. As they all seemed tired but ready to go, Kisuke came with Yoruichi, Toshiro and Renji. As Naruto placed down the large scroll down he noticed that everyone had so many souvenirs to bring back home, Naruto just shook his head he knew that the things they were bringing back would be a big distraction. As Naruto got into his stance he asked was everyone ready, everyone agreed they were ready. Naruto made a series of hand signs and quickly slammed down his chakra filled hand down on the scroll. As the scroll lit up from Naruto's chakra they were transported through the seal back to the Konoha, as everyone felt the effects from the seal everyone was on one knee.
"Naruto you made it" as Tsunade and Shizune rushed and hugged Naruto tightly.
"We thought something seriously happened to you, if it wasn't for that summoning toad we would have put your name in the K.I.A file" said Shizune.
"K.I.A" asked Orihime?
"Killed in action" answered Hinata.
"We need to go over our plan of actions, is this the Soul Reaper and his son "asked Tsunade as she looked at Renji and Toshiro?
"I'm not his son, I'm his superior and my name is Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya" as he yelled at the top of his lungs!
"Really?" said Tsunade and Shizune together shocked.
As Renji and Ichigo tried to calm him down from being considered a child, they quickly asked to speak in private with Tsunade. Naruto told his squad that he would debrief Tsunade about everything and that he would fill them on everything that they talked about. As Sakura, Shikamaru and Kiba all agreed to catch up later, Sakura told Tatsuki and Orihime to follow her so she could go home and put up her souvenirs and show them the village. As Ichigo, Renji and Toshiro followed Hinata and Naruto; they all could not help but to be in awe of the village beauty that was displayed to them. As they made it to the Hokage hall and to Tsunade's office they all sat down to go over everything that had happened
"This is strange Neji, there are no ninjas or young men and women in the village, it's like they all disappeared and left. There are only old men, women and children. Do you think the village has been taken over by this powerful ninja" asked Shino?
"I seen something strange when I looked inside that house over there, someone circulatory system is different from anything I ever seen. It's like he has no chakra at all but spiritual energy of a high magnitude that no human could possibly have" said Neji.
"I'll contact Tenten to bring down reinforcement to get more information on this stranger" said Shino.
"Wait leave Choji and just bring the girls, Choji isn't known for his stealth" said Neji.
As Neji waited for his comrades to arrive they knew that secrecy was the only way to uncover the truth about what's happening in the village. As the reinforcements arrived, Tenten and Ino were ready to get started on their mission. As they all used a henge to disguise themselves, Neji told them only henge as old men and women. As they entered the village they noticed there was no security to stop them from entering.
"Shino that building over there it has a large number of people held in it, maybe this is where all of the young people and ninjas are being held at" said Neji.
"Don't worry I will send some of my insects to see if they are all right or if they are injured" said Shino.
As Shino sent out his insect to get a better view of the people trapped in the building he heard someone approach him and began to speak.
"Who are you and what are you doing? I can tell by your scent and heartbeat that you four are not elderly, speak now or I will kill you right here and now" said Arrancar 18!
"How the hell did he sneak up on all four of us without us knowing" thought Ino?
"Drop the disguise now, or she dies" as Arrancar moved so fast he caught Tenten by her throat and started to squeeze slowly.
Everyone quickly dropped their henge and looked at the ninja covered from head to toe in his disguise, as he looked at them his eyes stopped on Neji.
"You! You have the eyes of the girl I faced that can stop spirit energy! Are you and that pale eyed bitch related" as Arrancar 18 became furious looking at Neji?
"How does he know about Hinata? She's been gone for over three weeks, did he meet her through that time table when she was gone" thought Neji?
"When did you face her " asked Ino?
"Twice about three weeks ago and again a couple of days ago, she was with that blonde demon and his squad" said Arrancar 18!
"What the hell? Naruto and Hinata have been M.I.A and the Hokage won't say anything only that they are returning today. If he's this powerful Naruto would never let him live, if he's a threat to every country or to the Konoha itself. Hey you I don't believe you, you would be dead fighting Naruto so tell me another lie" said Neji as he tried to get more information from him.
"That demon is powerful true but he is the reason I'm here. My master sent me here to find a way to kill this demon ryoka and you bastards won't stand in my way" as he began to choke Tenten slowly by her neck.
Neji quickly rushed his enemy to make him release Tenten; he threw Tenten at Neji knocking him down from the force of Tenten's body. Shino quickly tried to release a swarm of insects to stop Arrancar 18 from advancing on Neji and Tenten. As Shino's bug engulfed Arrancar 18, Shino was hoping to have his bugs drain his enemy chakra to his attack.
"What is going on? My bugs aren't able to do anything against him; he's not human at all he's not even a jinchūriki. Whatever he is we have to escape and get more information, this mission is a failure and there is no need to risk our lives unnecessarily" thought Shino.
"You four are friends of that demon and the paled eyed woman; I'll send your bodies back so they won't be recognized at all. Show me if you have the power like they have" yelled Arrancar 18!
As Tenten recovered from being thrown like a toy, she pulled out a couple of kunais and aimed it at his eyes hoping to incapacitate him from doing more harm to her squad. As the kunais reached his head they were all caught by his hands and tossed down effortlessly. Neji knew that he had to think of something to make sure he and his friends survive.
As Renji, Naruto, Hinata, Ichigo and captain Hitsugaya all listened to Tsunade and what they were going to do; they were visited by the elders of the village. Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane looked at the strangers and went to stand by the side of Tsunade, as the two soul reapers looked at the elders they got a bad feeling about what was going to happen since the two arrived. As they were told everything by Tsunade a couple of days ago, they were skeptical about what was really going on and if it was true. As Naruto started at the beginning to tell the elders about everything he encountered in the other world and Aizen, they listen tentatively for him to finish. They could not believe the power of the soul reaper who he had to face.
"We the people of the Konoha appreciate your help but we must ask you to leave our village and world" said Homura.
"Wait I told you about the prophecy and what would happen if I refuse to aide them, lives will be lost in the billions in both worlds. Do you really want that to happen? It could mean your death or your family members death, we have to for the sake of the world anything else would be criminal" shouted Naruto!
"That prophecy that they gave you could have been a lie, you have your own prophecy here and soon you will be Hokage. We can't get involved in their affairs, the people will look to you for guidance so you must show them that you were chosen because you are the best of the best" said Homura.
"I know that but we can't afford to be wrong here there are too many lives at stake, I implore you to reconsider" pleaded Hinata!
"You heard the prophecy and you want to send out your future husband? Let's say that there prophecy is false and he dies needlessly, we can't afford to lose someone of Naruto's caliber. His presence alone keeps our enemies at bay, with Naruto we are the world's most powerful ninja country of all time" said Koharu.
"I love Naruto with all my heart and if anyone can defeat that damn prophecy it's the man standing right in front of you! Without Naruto there is no future if it turns out to be true" said Hinata!
"Hinata's right, we must aide these men. They have aided us and we must repay them for honor sake" said Tsunade.
As the two elders talk among themselves in private, they could tell that Naruto was adamant about helping the outsiders. They said they would yield to the future Hokage demands for now but when the time comes they would make Naruto withdraw from his quest to help the outsiders.
"Man your elders are unyielding about helping others, I'm so glad that they agreed for you to help. By the way where will we be staying" asked Renji?
"All of you will be staying at the Namikaze estate because I have the most rooms available, Orihime will be safe with all of us staying under one roof" said Naruto.
As they were about to head out Tsunade told Hinata that she had a meeting with the clan elders immediately, Tsunade told her that it seemed very serious the way her father was acting. Hinata prepared for the worst case scenario, ever since she and Naruto made the announcement they were getting married three out of the eight elders made it clear that she shouldn't marry a beast like him. They only agreed because the truth came out he was the Fourth's son and that he was nominated by the daimyo and by the Tsunade to become the next Hokage. The Hyuuga clan figured they would have even more political power if she does marry Naruto, only Zaizun was the most verbal about the marriage being a travesty to the Hyuuga clan tradition. As all four left the Hokage building to go home, Naruto made a clone and told Renji,Ichigo and Toshiro to follow the clone to his home. Hinata knew that Naruto wouldn't let her face the elders alone and was glad that he decided to come along.
"Give up ryokas you can't defeat me, I'm something that you can never hope to win against. Put down your weapons and prepare for a painless death if you don't I will make sure you suffer endlessly" said Arrancar 18.
"Shino we have to make a run for it, we have to get this information back to the Hokage. I'll hold them off" said Neji!
"Are you crazy? Were not leaving you here to die" yelled Tenten!
"The mission comes first everything else is secondary" as Neji got back into his fighting stance!
"Everyone I have an idea, infuse your chakra into your weapons. This way we can take him out. Ino when you get a chance dive into his psyche and see if you can crash his mind" as Shino pulled out two kunais.
"The first opening I get, I'll do it" as Ino felt fear for the first time in a long time in her career.
As Neji tried to seal his spiritual points in Arrancar 18 body, he found out that his enemy was moving almost as twice as fast as him. As Neji attack hard and fast he could not lay a hand on his opponent, Arrancar 18 grabbed Neji's wrist and tried to break it if not for Tenten's well placed kunai toward Arrancar 18 eye that made him release Neji. Shino rushed with a chakra fused kunai and cut him across the chest making him bleed out. Arrancar 18 became pissed off and grabbed Shino by his neck and choked slammed him to the ground. As he was about to deliver a stomp to his face, Shino lifted his kunai toward his head causing Arrancar 18 foot to be penetrated straight through. Arrancar 18 yelled in agony and backed off; Neji quickly hit some of Arrancar's 18 pressure point sealing part of his power.
"So you're like that pale eye bitch, I seen her do the same thing you done to a comrade of mine. No matter my power is still greater than some ryoka, all I have to do is pull out my sword" as he reached for his sword his right arm fell down with no strength in it at all.
Ino quickly entered the mind of Arrancar 18 to shut down his brain activity. As she looked inside his mind she was flooded with more than a thousand memories from Arrancar 18 making her mind nearly collapse from the strain. She began to holler louder and louder inside the body of Arrancar 18 until she was force to come out of his mind.
"Ino! Someone get her out of here now" yelled Neji!
Shino quickly rushed and picked up Ino to get her to safety, Tenten rushed to help Neji attack the monster in front of them. Shino noticed that Ino was not unconscious but was in some sort of coma, her breathing was shallow and her heartbeat was low and her face began to go pale.
"We have to get out here now or were all dead" yelled Shino.
"We have to kill him here and now, if he gets back to our village he can kill everyone. Everyone on my mark attack, now" as Neji and Tenten attacked Arrancar 18.
As Arrancar 18 recovered from Ino's mind jutsu, he quickly used his other arm to draw his Zanpakuto to kill his opponents. As he dodged every blow thrown at him, he countered by trying to cut his enemies to shreds. As Shino got behind Arrancar 18 to deliver a death blow, Arrancar 18 turned and pierced the left side of his stomach with his Zanpakuto making him fall down from the pain. As he was about to behead Shino, a large fist came flying knocking Arrancar 18 into a tree shattering it to pieces. Choji quickly grabbed Shino and looked at his comrades.
"We have to leave I seen part of the battle from far away, this is no ninja at all. He's something totally different from what we ever encountered. Grab Ino and let's get the hell out here" as Choji started running to get away from Arrancar 18.
As Tenten threw an exploding tag at Arrancar 18 so they could escape, Arrancar 18 was stunned by the blast and took a knee. As he looked around they had ran off and he was too tired to go after them. He decided when the ninjas from this village return he would send them after the Konoha ninjas since they were injured.
Neji knew that Choji was right, he gave the order to retreat and head back to the Konoha. As Tenten looked at both of her wounded friends she knew they could not make it back in two days time with the injuries the two sustained. With Shino who side was severely pierced and Ino who was unresponsive, it would take at least five days for them to return.
As Naruto and Hinata approached the Hyuuga compound hall, they held their breath and prepared for the worst.