AN* And I am back. Sorry for the wait, the chapter for Kitsune Storm took a long time and I have been having laptop problems again. The laptop is back though and all the chapters finished. Now let's get on to your reviews.
dragonball256: Well glad to know that you enjoyed the death of the banshee, and as for the sannin battle keep in mind that Tsunade's aren't meant for battle and the toads are staying out of this fight.
firetemplar415: If you think that's brutal wait until you see the end of this chapter.
USAVet: Thanks for the correction. What I am typing on doesn't have spellcheck and I have to do that on my own.
Guest: Man, all of you seem to love the death of Sakura.
ZyiareHellsing: Happy to know that you enjoy the story, and as for the rescued shinobi, well you will see that this chapter.
EroSlackerMicha: The end is approaching, but you still have another half a dozen chapters at least.
Animaman: I didn't have anybody tell them because the challenge dictated that I have Konaha destroyed, and that might have stopped it. Also would they really have believed them?
dbtiger63: Glad to hear you appreciate it. And trust me there is more to come.
NeroYagyuu: I know what you mean. I hhave only read one where she actually dies. And I understand you having trouble remembering all the different fics and what is going on in them. Happens to me all the time.
Dez Gaurdius: Too true about the Leaf, and as for the fic, I'll take a look at it when I have the time.
Tbaals: Well thanks for the praise, I consider myself mediocre at best in all honesty. Also you should try to write anyway, even if you aren't good you should always try because you might be better than you think. And as for the cookie... I can't have it then since I am a troll at times too :'-(
agnar: Is it? Thought I copied the spelling correctly from the Naruto Wikia page correctly. If I didn't than I am sorry and I will fix it next chapter.
Ren Tap: Well the end of the Leaf is nigh, and as for our masked friend well he has his part to play as well, just you wait.
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Jormungandr1994: Thank you for the praise, I know I spell things wrong, as I am only human and have no actual spellcheck on the writing program I use for my fanfictions.
bunnyguest: Well here is the new chapter and I hope it meets your expectations, also let me say this, part of your review was a little too close to what I have happening... GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
zigmas: I know, but I wanted something memorable for her death and that fit the bill. Personally I have nothing against her but I do like to throw in some bashing here and there for comedic effect.
Psychochicken: Sasuke's death will happen eventually, but the story isn't done yet and neither is his part to play. As for Konahamaru, well just wait and see.
banjo: Um... Kakashi isn't getting bashed in this story, unless you want Kakashi to be kicking some ass, and in that case be patient for a few more chapters.
Ok now that is finished let me say this. Good god people, you all loved Sakura's death a little too much. Anyways enjoy the chapter.
Burning Leaf Pt. 2
Naruto walked away from the market district, heading deeper into the war torn village, pausing to check in on the rest of the invasion.
"This is Anko, Iruka and I are out along with out targets. Hinata also brough us Kiba, Akamaru and Shino." Anko reported.
"Good. Where is she now?"
"Heading back to finish up her second objective." Anko replied.
"Good. Who else has been recovered?" he asked.
"Kakashi has been taken, along with Neji. Lee and Gai are still giving fierce resistance, as is Tenten. Shikamaru managed to meet up with Choji and Ino and they are using one of their combinations to decimate anyone that gets too close. Asuma and Kurenai haven't been spotted yet, though Guren has already gotten to their apartment and gotten Haru to the airship." the operator on the Arashi reported.
"Alright. And our other objectives?"
"Itachi has returned with the tablet from the Uchiha compound, and our forces are already finishing up with the hospital records and supplies. The doctors and medical nin that were on the list have been acquired. Our forces are waiting for Hao to finish dealing with Tsunade and Jiraiya before moving in to get the documents from the tower. Hinata is en route to meet up with our other operatives to deal with the Hyuga clan, and the rescue for the families of the Akamichi, Yamanaka, Nara, Aburame, Inazuka, and the Sarutobi clans is moving apace, though several family members of each clan have died. Konahamaru and his unit are at the extraction point, along with the Forbidden Scroll."
"And our endgame?" Naruto asked.
"Roshi and Yukimaru are already in position. Killer Bee is still en route as is Yugito and Han. Gaara is reporting heavy opposition on his end and is doing what he can to deal with them. Fu is almost in position, as is Utakata." the operator finished.
"Any sign of Danzo or Sasuke?"
"None yet. We have our operatives watching out for both of them but there has been no sign."
"Very well. Inform our operatives that I will go handle Team 10." Naruto stated.
"Understood."
Naruto took off in a blur and soon found the three teammates holding off several dozen Yugure shinobi, with several bodies laying on the ground. Naruto frowned at the combination that they were using and soon realized that this would be tricky to deal with, at least without hurting his friends too much. Sighing he leapt down and gave a hand signal and the Yugure forces backed off as he approached.
"Naruto." Shikamaru nodded when he saw the blonde walking towards them.
"Shikamaru." Naruto nodded in turn "Choji, Ino. I've come to ask you to surrendur, I don't want to hurt you guys."
"Sorry Naruto, but this is our home." Choji replied as he smiled at his friend "You wouldn't surrendur in our position."
"True." Naruto chuckled as he looked at them "But at least let me say this. I am here to get you three and as many of your family members that I can out. You guys are my friends and I don't want you to die."
"You'd kill us?" Ino asked.
"Not if I can help it. But our endgame is almost ready and I don't intend to delay it. I have a lot to finish up and not a lot of time to do it in. So please just surrendur so I can get you guys aboard the Arashi and out of harms way." Naruto pleaded. The three friends traded looks, knowing that Naruto was sincere but they couldn't bring themselves to abandon the village.
"Sorry Naruto. But we can't." Shikamaru stated as he nodded to Choji and Ino and they prepared to fight against the blond. Naruto saw the look in their eyes and nodded to them as he slipped into a fighting stance. Just as they started Naruto flickered from sight, appearing in between them as he kicked Ino away and delivered a back handed strike to Choji, sending him skidding away as he targetted Shikamaru and attacked, pushing the genius back for a few minutes before he backflipped away and avoided Ino's mind jutsu that hit Shikamaru full in the face as Naruto landed and blocked a punch from Choji who had enlarged his fist and tried to smash the blond. Naruto twisted and weaved around the three, never focusing on one for too long that the other two could take his back.
Shikamaru quickly realized that this fight wasn't going well for them as Naruto was capable of moving around so much that he couldn't get a solid read on him, and he kept them separated so that they couldn't use any of their team jutsu. Naruto skidded to a stop after a few minutes and smirked when he suddenly disappeared in a flash of orange and reappeared behind Choji before kicking the teen into the air before appearing in front of Ino and punching her in the stomach and sending her skidding back as reappared again behind her and kicked her into Shikamaru and then reappared over Choji and flip kicked him straight into the pair, dazing them and ending their fight. Naruto landed and placed the three seals on them to stop them from fighting any more and began to walk away when he heard Shikamaru.
"How?" he asked.
"Hiraishin." Naruto replied "I had placed seals onto all of you, I just needed to wear you all down to use them to best extent. You'll be picked up in a few minutes."
With that Naruto was on his way and was soon back in the thick of the fray. Across the village Bee was leaping from roof to roof, heading for his point in the endgame when he was cut off by Asuma Sarutobi.
"You're from Yugure." Asuma stated as he exhaled a cloud of smoke.
"That I am, but I can't stay. So you should be smart and get outta my way!" Bee laughed.
"Killer Bee. You're a jinchuruki from Kumogakure." Asuma noted as he took out his trench knives "This is going to be tricky."
"There's no need to be so mad, just surrendur and Naruto won't be sad." Bee stated.
"Naruto... He want's me out of the village?" Asuma asked with a frown as Bee nodded "Wish I could, but my dad died to defend this place and I can't back down easily."
"Wish I could say it won't be worse, but you are going to be saying this is a curse!" Bee exclaimed as he drew his blades and faced Asuma who frowned at the Kumo nin and then charged forward, swinging his trench knives as Bee attacked with his multiple blade style, pushing the Konaha jonin back.
Across the village Yugito muttered a curse as Kurenai cut her off, the young woman's face in a determined frown.
"Kurenai Sarutobi." Yugito nodded.
"You know me?" Kurenai asked.
"You are a very well known kunoichi, and Hinata speaks highly of you." Yugito replied.
"So Hinata did join Yugure. I can't really blame her." Kurenai nodded "No chance you would just stop this invasion and leave?"
"Any chance you would just surrendur quietly? Naruto gave orders to get you, Asuma and your daughter out of the village before the endgame." Yugito countered.
"Haru?!" Kurenai exclaimed.
"Relax, she is safe." Yugito promised "I give you my word on that."
"And how can I trust you?!"
"I have always been an honorable shinobi. My name is Yugito Nii, a Kumogakure shinobi." she stated as Kurenai blinked "You've heard of me?"
"You are very well known too. One of the strongest kunoichi's in the world." Kurenai replied.
"Then will you come quietly?" Yugito offered.
"I can't. This is my home." Kurenai replied as she flashed through handsigns and finished her genjutsu.
"Very well then." Yugito replied as she prepared to fight the jonin.
In the center of the village Hao was still battling Jiraiya and Tsunade, who were barely holding back the legendary shinobi. Hao had yet to use any of his famous Shin Katon techniques, but he had used plenty of others as they had fought, keeping the two older shinobi on their toes as the fight went back and forth. Jiraiya skidded back as Hao had kicked him away as he blocked a punch from Tsunade.
"This is crazy." Jiraiya panted as he saw Tsunade get thrown over to him.
"I know." Tsunade agreed.
"Please, just surrendur. This is futile." Hao remarked.
"We're not giving up!" Jiraiya exclaimed as he flashed through handsigns "Doton: Yomi Numa(Swamp of the Underworld)!"
Hao blinked as a swamp appeared under him but smirked as he jumped into the air to avoid it, and right into the path of the chunk of building that Tsunade had thrown at him. Jiraiya moved back with Tsunade as he started another set of handsigns.
"Katon: Endan(Flame Bullet)!" Jiraiya shouted as he shot the oil enhanced fire at the dust cloud that had Hao inside of it. As the fire hit Jiraiya and Tsunade both kept their eyes on the cloud, both knowing that a legendary shinobi like Hao wouldn't be defeated that easily. As the cloud disappated Hao floated there, but he now looked serious. Hao floated there in an armor type nintaijutsu, that covered his upper body and had two larger clawed arms that would enhance his own fighting abilities greatly. Mounted on the back were two large cylindrical objects that the two older nin were sure were very dangerous.
"Impressive. It has been a long time since someone forced me to don the Shin Katon: Hi no Seishin: Kurobina(Spirit of Fire: Black Fowl)." Hao nodded "But this is the end."
Before either of the two Sannin coul react Hao was already in front of them, the two extra arms swinging and smashing them into the ground. Before they could move Hao had picked them up, smashed them into each other and then thrown them to into a line of buildings where they were soon dazed and barely able to stand.
"It appears that I have over done it." Hao sighed as the jutsu ended and he approached the two who couldn't even move "Arashi, I need a pickup for Jiraiya and Tsunade. Send word to the rest of our forces, we are clear to enter the Hokage Tower."
"Of course." the operator replied as Hao looked at the two defeated shinobi before heading into the tower to search for any secrets that Hashirama Senju might have hidden.
Near the clan district Hinata came to a stop and a grin started to form as she saw her father and a group of Hyuga holding the line.
"Hiashi." Hinata stated as she faced him.
"Hinata. What are you doing here?" Hiashi asked as he saw her. Before he realized what had happened Hinata had crossed the distance between them and had struck three times, two to his chest and one to his throat, knocking him down and dazing him as the other Hyuga members attacked. Before any of them could reach her though a blast of water hit them and sent them flying as Nami dropped down.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Just fine." Hinata noded as she stood over her father and Nami handed her her kodachi "Hiashi, let me ask you one thing. Do you regret banishing Naruto?"
"No..." Hiashi spat.
"Then it is on your head that the death of the village must be. If you hadn't banished him that day we wouldn't be here right now." Hinata replied coldly as she stabbed his eyes out "I won't kill you, just leave you here blind until the end comes."
Hiashi screamed in pain as the blade took his eyes, but Hinata was deaf to his cries as she and Nami moved through the clan district, taking out any Hyuga that they came across and incapacitating any of the other clans.
Yugito skidded to a stop and panted as she stared at Kurenai who wasn't doing much better.
"You are tough." Yugito nodded "But I can't play around much longer."
Before Kurenai could react Yugito threw two kunai and while Kurenai blocked them she didn't realize that there was a flashbomb coming right behind them, blinding her as Yugito struck, knocking the genjutsu mistress out with three blows. Across the village Bee had managed to inflict enough damage onto Asuma where he couldn't keep fighting much longer.
"Yo this is Killa Bee, Asuma has been beaten by me!" he said into the communicator.
"Bee, please stop rapping and move on to your target point. We are almost ready for the endgame." the operator sighed "I am sending the pick up teams for Asuma and Kurenai now."
Naruto stopped when he saw Lee, Tenten and Gai and sighed when he realized that in this fight he couldn't hold back. Leaping down he made eye contact with them and just slipped into a fighting stance.
"Sorry Bushy Brows, but I can't leave you guys behind." Naruto nodded.
"Leave us behind?" Tenten asked.
"We are about fifteen minutes from our endgame. I need to get you guys out before we end this." Naruto replied.
"What are you going to do?" Gai asked with a frown.
"That would be telling." Naruto chuckled as he flickered from sight and punched Lee in the face, sending him flying into Tenten. Naruto leaned back as Gai unleashed a spinning kick and the fight began in earnest. Naruto soon realized that against three shinobi that were combat specialists, and two of them taijutsu masters, he may have bitten off more than he could chew. Skidding back from a kick that Lee had made to his chest he stood shakily but stopped when a wall of sand cut him off.
"Enough Naruto. You have other matters to deal with." Gaara chided as he stared at the three "I can handle this."
"You sure?" Naruto asked "You still need to get to your station."
"I can defeat them in ten minutes and get there in time." Gaara promised "Now go. There are other things that need to be dealt with."
Naruto nodded as he took off at a run and Gaara sent a wave of sand to stop Tenten from pursuing.
"I am sorry, but I can't allow you to pass. I will only ask once, please surrendur now or I will be forced to use whatever means neccessary to stop you." Gaara warned. The three exchanged glances, all knowing that Gaara was the Kazekage and shouldn't be taken lightly, but neither could they just back down. Gaara soon realized that they were determined to fight and before Tenten could get away he had her trapped in sphere of sand. Lee and Gai blinked in shock as Gaara sent waves of sand at them that the two dodged or smashed through but soon Gaara had them restrained as well.
"Why are you doing this?" Lee asked.
"To protect you." Gaara replied as finished informing the Arashi to pick them up "This village is about to be destroyed and we are getting everyone out that we possibly can."
"How?" Gai asked.
"You will see. Now I have to go." Gaara replied as he left the sand to hold them as he created a platform of sand and was soon on his way.
Naruto stopped on a building near the Hokage tower and smiled when the report came in that he most needed to hear. Leaping down he walked into the decimated square where Danzo was now standing.
"Danzo." Naruto nodded as he faced the older shinobi.
"Naruto." Danzo nodded in turn "You have done what I have most feared. You have brought ruin to this village."
"Wouldn't have happened if you hadn't banished me all those years ago." Naruto noted.
"It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't learned your fathers technique so quickly." Danzo retorted and then continued when Naruto gave him a confused look "I knew that there was no way that Tsunade would let you join ROOT, so I planned to have you banished than after an attempted kidnapping by Itachi and Kisame I would have ROOT save you and take you back to the village where you would have been trained to be an unstoppable weapon."
"At the cost of my humanity." Naruto replied as he shook his head at the man "You and Hiashi Hyuga brought this doom upon the village. Both of you trying to do what you thought would further your own goals when you should have left well enough alone."
Danzo only frowned at this as he prepared to strike. Before he could he felt a blade stab him from behind and saw the Naruto in front of him disappear in a cloud of smoke.
"You should watch your back more Danzo." Naruto chided as he pulled Geiru free and then moved back a few steps as he saw Danzo was fine "So Itachi's report was correct. He told me that you had undergone some interesting modifications in hopes of controlling me, including getting ten Sharingan on your right arm."
"I'm surprised that Itachi told you all this." Danzo noted.
"When he realized that his brother was turned into a monster by you he decided to help me out." Naruto shrugged "And that technique you used, that was Izanagi, and it just cost you one of your Sharingans."
"You are well informed. But you realize that I will not fall for such a trick twice. Though I must admit that I am impressed that you managed to hide yourself from my Sharingan." Danzo said with a frown.
"I've been training to fight against Sharingan users for years now. I know how to hide my presence from them." Naruto nodded as he drew Reijingu-fū and the blade started to let out a high pitched scream "Sing Reijingu-fū!" Swinging the blade a crescent of wind flew from it, catching Danzo off guard as he was cut in two, then disappeared and reappeared a short distance away. The fight progressed like this for several minutes, with Naruto pressuring the older nin with his speed and control of the zone with his blades while counteracting any ninjutsu that Danzo could throw at him.
After nine minutes Danzo was on his last Sharingan, having not had a chance to stop using the Izanagi. He panted from the massive loss of chakra and realized that Naruto had stopped as well, frowning as he checked the sun.
"I'm almost out of time. Time to speed things up." Naruto stated as he removed his coat and rolled his sholders "Hao-sensei is a lot like Gai, lots of weights."
In a blur Naruto crossed the distance between them and Danzo realized that he was about to be killed again as he felt Geiru pierce his side as Reijingu-fū swung upward and cut him in two. Danzo flickered from sight again and reappeared, now on his last Sharingan.
"It is a shame that we banished you. I can only imagine what we might have accomplished if we had you fighting for us." Danzo stated.
"The past is blinding in it's clarity." Naruto nodded as he opened a scroll and unleashed dozens of Hiraishin kunai. Grinning Naruto disappeared in a flash and soon had a continuous orange blur around Danzo before it stopped and Danzo tried to find where the blonde had gone before he realized that there was a hissing sound. Looking down he saw hundreds of explosive tags on the ground and they went off, forcing Danzo to use his last Sharingan. When the smoke cleared Danzo stood there, panting and barely able to stand, just as Naruto reappeared in front of him.
"I admit Danzo, you were the biggest threat to our plan." Naruto stated as he touched his comm link "Start Endgame!"
From the edge of the village there was a primal roar as the eight Biju appeared around the village, all of them facing the center.
"No..." Danzo whispered in shock.
"Yeah. The Izanagi has the potential to cancel out what we had planned and we couldn't have that." Naruto explained as he looked down at Danzo "But now that you have lost all eleven of those borrowed eyes we can finish our invasion." Naruto paused to touch the comm link again "Is everyone out?"
"This is the Arashi. We have everyone aboard, and all objectives have been made."
"Good. Tell the others to begin Endgame." Naruto nodded as he looked at Danzo "I won't kill you, I will let you die alongside this village that you love so much." With those final words Naruto disappeared in a flash and was back aboard the Arashi, just as the eight Biju finished making their Bijudama's and in a blinding flash they fired, creating a massive explosion that tore up the trees around the village. When the smoke finally cleared the shinobi village that was once Konahagakure no Sato was gone, and only a crater remained in it's place.