-still kicking herself over the last chapter- Anyway, this needed to be updated soon. People really like another story, so I've been updating that one a lot. It looks like "How is should have been" will be on hiatus for awhile. Nothing has been coming up in my mind for that one. -pouts- For those who are reading that one, I'm sorry. But I can't help writers block. Oh, the poll is closed. One of the genin's is going bye bye. Also, I don't know how these two Akatsuki members really fight. I'm sorry if I got them wrong.

Chapter 25

"Hurry, don't worry about your possessions. For now just get to the shelters!" Similar cries were heard all over the place. Two foes had assailed the Land of Spring late into the night. "Please don't panic. Just stay calm." Many soldiers had spring into action, helping with the evacuations of the civilians. There was one main reason why they weren't fighting the enemies. One of them had created a ball of fire and had launched it at a building, setting it aflame. The loud cry of 'Ninja!' had gone up. And as the fireball went off, humanoid shapes were seen jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

"Pathetic." One of the attacking ninja said scornfully. This was a woman. She wore black robes with red clouds on them, her hair sporting a flower.

"That's not the point." Another said, wearing the same robes. Only this man had blue skin and what looked like gills on his cheeks. "We're just drawing them out. They won't let their precious home be damaged too much further."

"Get away from those people!" An angry voice yelled, charging in and placing himself between the enemies and the evacuating civilians. "Kushina, Hinata, escort the genins and help with the evacuations."

"Naruto, Kankuro will help with the evuacation as well." Temari said, taking a stand with Naruto. Naruto nodded, never taking his eyes off his enemies.

"We have no interest in those boring and weak people." The woman stated disdainfully. (Sorry, I don't know what Konan's personality is actually like. I'm sorry if I wrote it wrong!) "All we wanted was you. Give up your demons now."

Naruto fought to keep his temper under control. "And let you continue with your plotting and kill us in the process? No way." Naruto swore. "But we will fight you, just to prevent you from hurting these people and their home's further." Naruto cursed the fact that he was in town and had to be careful to not further damage the place. He had to get them away from the town. That way he could end this quickly and use his more powerful jutsu's. "And don't you think I forgot you, Kisame. I remember you."

"Aw, I'm touched." Kisame said mockingly. "I'm also sure you remember my sword. Samehada missed you as well." Kisame moved in for an attack. "Konan, go find the other two jinchuuriki and deal with them."

"Don't order me around!" Konan thundered. "Remember that Pain placed me in charge me during this little excursion." Konan took off in another direction as Naruto and Kisame had a short contest of strength. They ended up in a tie, both jumping away at the same time, Kisame holding his sword in front of him defensively.

"You've gotten stronger brat. You're no longer the weakling you were when we encountered you the first time. Let' see how much stronger." Kisame taunted. Naruto blocked the incoming sword attack with two kunai, them being crisscrossed.

"What did we do to you?" Naruto demanded as sparks flew as the two sources of metal clashed. "Why do you want what's inside us so badly? Isn't there a safer way to remove them?!"

"No, there ain't." Kisame grunted. "We need them to make the new ultimate kinkutsu. Also, Pain swears that all our dreams will come true when we make that kinjutsu. That's why we go after you guys. Only four remain that aren't with us. The nine tails, the six tails, the one tail, and the eight tails. Who's going to go next with us, huh?" Kisame grinned widely.

"We won't let you get away with this. Not only what you are doing to all us jinchuuriki, but also for taking a precious friend from us." Naruto promised, removing his hand from behind his back, revealing a fully formed rasengan, but had a reddish tint to it as well. Naruto grinned ferally as Kisame blocked it.

"That won't work kid! Samehada can't be beat with a simple rasengan." Kisame said proudly.

"Oh really?" Naruto asked smugly. "Take a closer look at your sword." Kisame humored Naruto and looked at Samehada. His expression went from triumpant to shocked. Samehada was cracking, a huge one going right down the center of the blade.

"Wha-what did you do to my sword?!" Kisame exclaimed angrily as the top half of the blade snapped off and hit the ground with a crash. "Samehada..." Samehada had always been with him, ever since he had become one of the Mist's Seven Swordsman. Samehada looked as if Kisame had not taken proper care of the blade for years, rusted and in terrible condition.

"The Kyuubi no Kitsune's chakra can be altered a bit to make it corrosive. It's really quite simple. In just a few moments your precious blade is broken beyond repair." Naruto explained. "And now for you." Naruto said threateningly, forming a rasengan in both hands and using his strongest taijutsu. He was suddenly in front of Kisame, slamming both rasengan's into the sharkman's chest.

"Wha?!" Kisame managed to get out before he couldn't speak any longer, coughing up a huge amount of blood as Kisame's heart and left lung gave under the pressure. Naruto's shirt was splayed with Kisame's blood as Kisame went down, a vacant look in his beady eyes.

"Naruto-sensei!" He heard someone call out frantically. Naruto spun around, recognizing Fiore's voice. "Help!" Naruto ran to the area where he heard the voice from and got in there in time to catch the wall from the nearby collapsing from hitting his team and the civilians.

"Hurry up and move." Naruto ordered. "This ain't exactly light!" Fiore, Takeru, and Tsuzuki ushered the civilians out of the way, scurrying out of the way. Naruto finally managed to heave the wall away from them, receiving a much needed power boost from the Kyuubi. "Get them to a shelter. It's getting bad out here." He gasped, slightly winded from holding up such a big wall, even if only for a short amount of time.

"Yes, sensei." Fiore responded. "We need to move faster. Please hurry to the nearest shelter." Everyone picked up the pace. "Please don't panic and stick together. Naruto sensed a flare of chakra nearby.

"Watch out!" Naruto yelled, pushing his student out of the way. A sword made of paper pierced his abdomen, making him spit up blood. "Get them out of here!" Fiore ushered the people away.

"Too bad they're associated with you." A disembodied voice said. "They'll be the ones to pay, not you." The sword fell apart into many pieces of paper, now forming a large number of shuriken and kunai.

"No! I'm the one you want!" Naruto begged desperately, knowing that his students stood no chance.

"Too bad." The woman said coldly, sending the paper weapons towards his students.

"NOOO!" Naruto yelled, unable to reach them in time. The kids had blocked the weapon's path, taking all the hits themselves so the civilians would be safe. Fiore had taken the worst of the hits. The other two had only been knocked unconscious, evident by their even breathing. But Fiore's eyes were blank, her body surrounded by a pool of her own blood, her chest still. "Fiore. You!" Naruto roared, turning towards Konan, his eyes going slitted and turning red. His incisor teeth grew into fangs, his fingernails becoming claws. His eyes becamed heavily outlined in black, a red chakra encasing his entire body, ending with a red chakra tail. "You'll pay for that!" He yelled, tears falling from his eyes.

Fiore only had time for two words before Naruto was in front of her and punching her so hard that she went flying, landing a good fifty feet away. "Oh crap!"