Well here is the newest chapter! hope you all enjoy it!

Now for my reviewers :)

Sintar07 - Thanks for the review, always nice to see a new reviewer :) Sasuke at the moment is not really being an ass, but he is not exactly nice either, he is in between right now, but is starting to realize what an ass he has been ;)

naru-ca-titan - it is not stated, but Sakura did NOT kill him, she wanted to make sure he wouldn't be killed, that's why she did it herself, so i hope that makes you feel better :) and lol, i love your reviewers, they are always fun to read, it brightens my day to read them :D and i am also happy to know you are enjoying my story as well, thank you

Ymere - I am glad to see that i was able to regain your trust ;) everything i do has a purpose, everything is planned out, and i do all of this in my head ;) "i has a wild imagination :D" so next time you think you know what i have planned, just wait it out lol ;) thanks for the review

alright, that's everyone now for the main event, CHAPTER 25!

This chapter was revised on May 30th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged

Saving old bonds

Chapter 25 (Revised)

The black wolf and the Kyuubi were locked in battle. All around them the buildings had been destroyed, reduced to rubble and dust as fires raged. But no one cared about that right now, all they cared about was surviving this. They were still outnumbered and the night ninjas were gaining the advantage with their powers being amplified by the moon. However, everyone knew, including the night ninjas that the winner of the battle between the Kage's would determine who would ultimately win this war

The Wolf was clawing at the Kyuubi as he was biting at the wolf's neck, Naruto himself had jumped over onto the wolf and had continued his own battle with the Kurokage. Their blades clashed as the metal of each Katana collided with each other and both warriors were reaching their limit. Ichigo tried to use his flash step, which was moving at extreme speeds. But Naruto was able to fallow him every step of the way. Naruto tried to create shadow clones to help him but every time they were unable to replicate the Katana and his Kyuubi powers, and they were dispelled within seconds

They were locked together; Naruto was using both his hands on his Katana to try and give him a better leverage but Ichigo was able to push back. Ichigo suddenly let one of his hands off his Katana for a split second and recited a spell "Way of destruction, yellow fireball level fifteen!" a yellow fireball suddenly came out of his hand. Naruto didn't have the time to back off and block it as it hit him directly in the chest sending him flying off the wolf. The Kyuubi used one of its tails to catch Naruto before he fell to what would have been his death had he kept free falling head first into rubble that would have pierced his head upon impact. He set Naruto back on the top of his head "Are you alright my lord?" he asked him with genuine concern for his master

"Yeah, I guess it was a low level jutsu, it had more bark than bite, but it still hurt like hell" he said as he looked at the burnt marks on his clothing

Ichigo also returned to the top of his wolfs head; he smiled as he brought his Katana up "This ends now!" He said as he gathered his energy "Getsuga Tensho!" He said as he swung his weapon towards Naruto and the Kyuubi, a large energy force like nothing they had ever seen before was coming straight towards them.

There was no time to dodge, it looked like they would both die. Naruto was running on pure adrenaline, he had no idea what he was doing. It was like his body was acting on its own. He raised his own Katana in the air and shouted out "Hurricane force Rasengan!" his Katana glowed a bright blue as he swung it in the direction of the incoming energy force. The largest rasengan ball he had ever seen came out from the tip of his Katana and suddenly became wrapped in a cocoon of wind. It almost looked like a hurricane in the form of a ball. Ichigo was amazed, how could that Katana have any powers "Unless he is… but that's impossible, yet would explain everything. His speed, his power and even his ability to use his sword" Ichigo thought to himself

The ball of power collided with Ichigo's energy attack, the resulting explosion was the biggest anyone had ever seen in their entire lives. It was even seen by the approaching wind re-enforcement and they were still over 3 hours away

Everyone within a quarter mile radius were sent flying from the force of the explosion. Ichigo got up from the ground, his black wolf looked like it was wounded as it took the brunt of the damage trying to protect its master "It's alright, you did good, rest now" Ichigo told his wolf, it bowed its head to him and disappeared. He was confident that his attack was more powerful than Naruto's and that he had won the battle

Everyone watching the fight were waiting for the dust to settle. What was the result of the attack? The dust began to clear; it was clear that the blast was huge as everything beyond that point had been reduced to rubble. The dust had finally faded and Naruto was nowhere in sight. All the villagers could see was the Kyuubi who had been knocked down and looked heavily wounded. Some of the villagers even felt sorry for it, once feared by the village as the nine-tail demon fox was now their protector. But it seemed that even his power wasn't enough and it appeared that Naruto had been killed in the explosion as he was nowhere to be found

"People of Konoha, your leader fought bravely, but he has fallen. Unless you wish to all be wiped out throw down your weapons, this battle is over. The Leaf village now belongs to the night country!"

The Konoha ninjas couldn't believe it, had Naruto really lost? And should they throw down their weapons and bow down to this tyrant?

"You may have defeated our Hokage, but you have not defeated our will of fire!" One of the ninja's shouted, everyone else from the leaf began to shout as well indicating that they would not bow down to him, they would fight until the very end

Sakura and the rest of her team couldn't believe it; tears were streaming down her cheeks "how could he lose? How could he be gone…"

"Naruto Nii-San" Konohamaru cried

"Those bastards, they are going to pay for this, let's avenge him. Team Naruto will NOT stand for this!" Yuki said with anger, but she couldn't keep up the tough act. Even she was breaking up inside "Naruto Sensei…" she said finally breaking into tears of her own, Konohamaru held her as they cried together

Hanabi was having a moment of silence. She had a great deal of respect for her fallen Sensei. Even if he was only their Sensei for the past week she felt no one would ever be able to replace him

Sasuke had a smirk on his face as he stared at the Kyuubi who had not moved yet. This brought anger to Sakura "How can you be smiling at a time like this! Oh, I get it, you don't care right?" She said gritting her teeth almost ready to attack him

"Idiot" he simply said as a response

"What? Did you just call him an idiot?!" Sakura replied, she had had enough. She grabbed Sasuke by the collar and was about to punch him

"Not him, you, all of you" he simply said, Sakura looked at him puzzled

"What?!" She asked

"Who the hell is this guy?" Yuki asked, ready to join Sakura in beating him up

"You have already given up on him? You should have more faith in the Hokage of the leaf village, you should have more faith in Naruto…" he said simply Sakura didn't know what he was talking about "Just watch" he said as she let go of his collar and turned back to the battle

Ichigo was about to continue his attack against the resisting leaf ninjas, but before he could get far "Where are you going Kurokage? The stories about my death were greatly exaggerated" a voice came from behind him. Ichigo turned around but nothing had changed. The Kyuubi had not moved and Naruto was still nowhere to be found

"Where the hell is that voice coming from, he couldn't have possibly survived…"

Suddenly the Kyuubi's tails began to move, Naruto walked out from behind them, the Kyuubi had used his tails to surround Naruto, protecting him from the brunt of the explosion at the cost of his own health "I am sorry my lord, this is the best I could do" the Kyuubi said as he remained motionless

"You have done a remarkable job, now go back home and rest" Naruto said as he petted the large furry eyebrow of the Kyuubi

"My lord, be safe" he said before he disappeared in a poof of smoke

"Yeah don't worry, I will make sure that you didn't suffer in vein" He told himself as he turned his attention back to Ichigo. Although the fox tails had protected him from the brunt of the explosion, he had still sustained damage. Blood was dripping from his mouth; he knew he had internal injuries and that if this fight would keep going he would lose for real

Sakura's face lit up as she saw Naruto still standing. She wanted to run towards him but Sasuke stopped her "No, remember, if you get too close there is a chance that you could be used against him. Stay here and trust in him" Sasuke said

"Sasuke…" she simply said "You really believe in him?"

"This is Naruto; of course, I do" he simply said

"But why? Only a week ago, you were ready to kill him"

"He… Along with a lot of people, helped open my eyes to the truth around me" he said

Ichigo could not believe his eyes, how could this brat still be standing! "I guess it's to be expected from a fellow night country shinobi" he suddenly said

"What the?" Naruto said confused

"about sixty years ago the night country launched an exploration team. It was only a few ships with about 100 ninjas per ship. Back then we were just starting to become a power in the world. During the expedition, a huge storm destroyed most of the ships and only 5 ninjas returned alive out of the 300 we sent. When we calculated where the ships had encountered the storm, it was near the shores of the fire country. Obviously, your ancestor joined with some ninjas of this side, generations latter you were born"

"How the hell did you come up with a stupid story like that?"

"That Katana you're holding, it's no ordinary sword, it is a Zanpakuto of the night country. How can I tell? That last attack was a mix of your powers and the powers of your Zanpakuto. Also, the way you fight with it, at the beginning you were sloppy, it was as if you had never used a Katana before. But as our fight progressed you became more adept as you made a connection with it, although you have yet to awaken its true powers and abilities. I have no doubt that your blood is that of the night country"

"Nice story, but I don't believe it, and even if it was my loyalty is to the leaf and the fire Nation"

"Pity, you would have made such a great captain, then again you are too powerful to be left alive" Ichigo said but he didn't know how he would take him out. He had thrown everything he had at him and he just kept getting back up "I only have one last trump card left" He thought to himself. He signaled one his captains to join him, a large man with an eye patch and the number eleven on his back joined him "Keep anyone from reaching me. I need to prepare for my next move"

"Yes Kurokage Sama" the captain simply said as Ichigo sat down and began to concentrate his energy

Naruto was joined by Itachi, Kakashi, Neji, and Shikamaru, everyone else was locked in combat and unable to aid their Hokage

"Are you alright Hokage Sama?" Itachi asked him

"Yeah, don't worry about me, these wounds appear worst then they are" Naruto lied to them; he didn't want to worry them and try to protect him rather than concentrate on fighting

"So what's the plan? It looks like he is waiting for us to make our move" Kakashi stated

"We outnumber him 5 to 1, whatever we do, we better be careful. I have a feeling he is stronger than we think if their leader is confident enough in his ability to protect him on his own" Neji said

"Yeah well I don't like whatever their Kage seems to be planning, I have a feeling it's going to be troublesome" Shikamaru stated

Suddenly the captain snapped "If they won't come to us, then I will go to them!" He shouted

The man with the number eleven on his back launched an attack, his target was Naruto. Naruto and his team were both surprised and shocked that he would attack them so carelessly, but he ran passed everyone and went straight for Naruto lifting his sword to try and strike him. Naruto lifted his blade to block the attack but to his surprise he was sent flying backwards

"Holy…This guy's power is just…" Kakashi said as they regrouped around Naruto who was slowly getting up. The eleventh division captain whose name was Kenpachi had a sadistic smile on his face

"I don't care about you small fries; I want the strong one" Kenpachi said with a grin

"If it's me you want, then it's me you're going to get!" Naruto shouted as he launched an attack of his own, Itachi screamed out

"Hokage Sama, it must be a trap, don't fall for his trick!"

But Naruto was already swinging his blade at the lone captain, to everyone's surprise, he didn't try to block it or dodge it, Naruto's blade hit dead on his shoulder, but nothing happened, it's like his blade had hit a rock. Naruto jumped back as Kenpachi smiled, Itachi quickly made some hand signs and shouted out "Katon Gokakyu no Jutsu" a huge ball of flame envelope the smiling captain who once again did no attempts at moving in the slightest. Itachi stopped his attack and they all waited for the smoke and dust to clear

They were all in shock as they saw the lone captain still standing without a mark on his body, other than his clothing had burnt slightly "Is that the best you got? What a disappointment"

"This guy is a freak! Will nothing hurt him?" Shikamaru blurted out

"We don't have any time to be wasting on this guy, we need to get to their Kurokage before he releases whatever he is planning on releasing" Naruto said as he pushed everyone aside and began concentrating enormous amounts of chakra, although he was still in his Kyuubi state, he had depleted most of his chakra and was now relying almost solely on the foxes chakra "Kyuubi, lend me your power, I know you're hurting greatly right now, but we must win this battle" Naruto called to the Kyuubi, suddenly energy began to gather in his hand. It began to glow blue then it went to red, and it finally changed to white. It was spinning wildly as it grew in size, Kenpachi was intrigued, he wanted to see the power that the Hokage had, Naruto raised his hand in the air as the white ball took the shape of a shuriken, Naruto got back along with the others "Futon Rasenshuriken!" He screamed out as he literally threw the glowing white ball as if it was a shuriken

Kenpachi realized how powerful it was but it was too late to avoid it. All he could do now was bring up his katana to try and take the brunt of the attack. The explosion sent him flying through the air as he slammed against some rubble. He was bloodied and not moving. Naruto grinned as he panted from how tired he was "Take that you freak!"

Ichigo grinned as he opened his eyes "Nice show Hokage, but it's too little too late. I will recognize your power, you are indeed stronger than I am, if only slightly. However, it's not always the strongest who win but sometimes the smartest. I am not going to kill you today, but someday" he said with a grin

Naruto was confused, what the hell was he planning? Naruto's escort jumped in front of him to protect their leader, they knew Naruto had used most of what he had left of his chakra in his last attack. It was their job now to finish what he had started

"We will not allow you to touch our Hokage" Itachi said

"But it's already too late" He said with a grin as they turned around and noticed something was forming around Naruto. Itachi tried to push him out of the way but it only fallowed him, soon a sphere of energy had formed around him and finally, it slowly faded away until it had totally disappeared along with Naruto

End Chapter 25

Well that was that, hope you enjoyed it, and what happened to Naruto? Find out in the next chapter ;) "though i left a very small hint, can you find it? :D"