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Exiled Whirlpool

Chapter29: Birth of the Alliance

Wave Country: Daimyo Residence (Tazuna's House)

The trip from Wind Country to Wave Country was rather uneventful for the Team Temari as they crossed Fire Country and Grass Country without incident. Once they got there however they were surprised to find that the bridge connecting the country to the mainland was named after guy that changed their brother and leader so much.

They had just cleared the bridge when they were met by samurai of all things; they weren't expecting it to say the least. Samurai were rare outside of the Daimyo palaces of the Five Great Shinobi Nations and the distant Iron Country which was considered neutral ground. What's more was the fact that these samurai appeared to be the country's conventional military force.

The commander of the group led the Suna team to a beautiful lakeside house about three miles inland and passed the metropolis that was Nami Town. Temari had known that the town was the trade center of the Elemental Countries but she had never dreamed it would be so large. She estimated that in a few more years it would be large enough to be qualified as a city.

Upon entering the house she and her team were greeted to the large living room and the connecting kitchen. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise when she saw that sitting at the kitchen table was Senju Tsunade and the remnants Team Gai of Konoha.

"What is this? A party?" Kankuro asked when he saw them.

"We could say the same for you," Tsunade commented.

"We heard that Naruto ran this place so Gaara sent us," Temari stated clearly. "What the hell are you doing here though? Last I heard him and Konoha weren't on the best of terms; in fact I heard you tried to have him killed," she continued.

"That was Danzo's doing, not ours," Tenten defended.

"Oh stop that; Naruto's out at the moment since Yugito is supposed to be returning today so you'll have to wait until then," came a calm voice and the team turned to see a dark-haired woman coming down the stairs. "My name is Tsunami; will you be staying long?" she asked.

Temari nodded, "just a little while. We have some business with your Daimyo".

The woman smiled softly, "he should be back shortly so please be patient".


"Are we there yet?"

"No".

"How about now?"

"No".

"...Now?"

"NO! Shut up already!" Karui yelled at the dark-skinned youth beside her.

"Don't be such a grouch Karui; I'm just a little bored here. Once we get to Nami Town the ladies will be all over me so I probably won't have the time to hang out with you," Omoi said with an almost lost look.

Karui snorted at that, "is that all you think about?"

"Yes," he answered immediately.

"You're an idiot," she said simply and kept walking.

"Oh please he doesn't hold a candle to Naruto's kind of idiocy and everyone knows it," Shi stated causing most of the group to chuckle.

"Hey now that's my fiancé you're talking about you know?" Yugito spoke with annoyance dripping into her words. "If you're going to make fun of him at least say it to his face," he continued as they walked.

"...With all due respect Yugito-sama if I had said it to his face he would have flattened me like a pancake," Shi said with a sweat drop. He suddenly noticed that she was look behind him instead of at him, "...he's behind me isn't he?" She nodded and he turned slowly, seeing Naruto walking alongside him, "err...hello Daimyo-sama...nice weather we're having?"

"...Rasenken," there was a resounding smack as Naruto 'lightly' tapped Shi on the back. He was blown forward and crashed into a tree upside down but unharmed, "now what have you learned?"

"To pay attention to my surroundings," the Kumo-nin replied as his eyes seemed to spin. "Why is the world spinning?" he asked.

"...I didn't hit you that hard," Naruto sighed and shook his head as Darui and Yue helped him up.

"It's one of those days," Samui sighed as she watched the scene.

Just then Yugito pulled her fiancé into one of 'their' kisses and he melted into it almost instantly.

After they pulled away Naruto heaved slightly, "well it's good to see you too".

"So you did miss me?" he grinned. "Sorry but Grandfather is intent on making me Raikage when he steps down so he wants me ready by then," she explained.

"I know but still...I wanted to spend a bit more time with you without the others around...if you know what I mean," he grinned suggestively.

"Pervert," she grunted.

"Ah but you love me," he shot back.

"As heart-warming as this is can we please go now? I want to get there before nightfall," Samui coughed to get their attention.

"Ah right...I'm certainly meeting a lot of people today," Naruto sighed as he remembered he had 'guests'.

"What do you mean?" Yugito asked confused.

"A team from Suna and another from Konoha arrived about an hour ago. Their waiting at the house," he answered.


"I'm sorry but there must be something wrong with my ears; could you repeat that please?" Naruto asked the Suna team, his tone not believing.

"Kazekage-sama would like to request a formal alliance between Wind Country and Wave Country," Temari said again.

Naruto thought it over for a second, 'an alliance with Wind Country would decrease the chance of someone attacking Wave while I'm gone. No one in their right mind would want to face two of the major villages not to mention Konan pledged Ame's support as well...' After a few more seconds of thinking Naruto nodded, "very well. On behalf of the people of Wave I accept your offer of an alliance".

Temari nodded, "thank you Daimyo-sama. I'm sure Kazekage-sama will be pleased to hear of this".

Naruto grinned, "Oh if I know Gaara he probably had this planned from the moment I entered the Tournament of Thunder".

The two siblings looked sheepish at that, "probably," Kankuro shrugged.

"You do realise that this makes Wave Country the most important nation in the Elemental Countries right?" Yugito asked. "I mean with two of the major villages and one minor village providing support then this country is essentially the center of international power. Not to mention the fact that Wave is the center of trade in the Elemental Countries".

"Exactly," Naruto said and leaned back in his chair. "No country would dare attack us because if they did it would hurt their economy and I know no one wants to lose their money".

Tsunade and the rest of the Konoha nins watched all of this in silence.

Just then Tsunade spoke up, "I cannot offer an alliance at this time...Daimyo-dono. I'm afraid that falls under the jurisdiction of the Hokage alone".

Naruto shot her an amused look, "really? Not the council? I thought they were the true rulers of Konoha".

That little dig hit every one of the Konoha nins, "no Daimyo-dono. Not anymore; the council no longer has any say in how things are run both inside the village and without," Tsunade stated.

"...Right," Naruto nodded though part of him didn't believe it.

"Naruto there's something else we need to tell you; you have a right to know after all," Tsunade said almost sadly.

"You mean other than the fact I had the Kyuubi in my gut, my father was the man who sealed it and that I am the son of the Yondaime Hokage?" Naruto deadpanned. "What is it? It's not like I'm not used to people not telling me anything," he said impatiently surprising the Konoha nins.

"Kakashi is dead," Tsunade replied.

Naruto just stared, "what?"

"Kakashi was killed fighting off Root agents during the civil war," she continued.

"...I see," Naruto finally said as his fists clenched.

"I would like to bring up one other bit of news which I'm not sure you've heard," Temari stated.

"What is it?" asked the Kitsune-Sennin as he turned his attention back to the Suna team.

"Iwagakure no Sato was destroyed three days ago," Temari said shocking the group.

"Iwa is...are you sure?" Yugito asked knowing how powerful and dangerous that country had always been.

Kankuro was the one who answered, "Yeah; we heard about it from Gaara himself. The entire village is gone; we found a few survivors...mostly civilians".

Matsuri continued from there, "When we asked about it Gaara-sama said 'the snake has returned' and that you would understand what he meant".

"Snake? What does that mean?" Yugito asked and noticed that both Naruto and Tsunade had their fists clenched.

"It means," Naruto started. "That Orochimaru or someone close to him attacked Iwa and destroyed it. Whoever it is probably has control over Otokagure too; it would explain what an Oto nin was doing in the Tournament of Thunder back during the preliminaries".

"The guy is like a cockroach; he just won't die," Tsunade growled out angrily.

"Well then we'll just have to-" Naruto stopped midsentence and turned to the window.

"What is it?" Temari asked as he stood up from the table.

"My seals just detected a group of sixty Kiri nins entering the country from the mainland," he answered as the others stood as well.

"Kiri nins?" Neji asked.

"Nukenins more like it; they've been popping up trying to kill Naruto since the tournament," Yugito replied as she threw on her cloak. "This shouldn't take long," she stated as Naruto and the assembled Kumo nins took off away towards the town.

"Should we go with them?" Kankuro asked his team-mates.

Temari nodded, "they did accept the alliance". A moment later they had gone after the group.

"Godaime-sama; your orders?" Neji asked in a business tone.

"We can't interfere but we can watch," the former Hokage spoke and took off into the trees followed by the other Konoha nins.

Wave Country: Nami Town

The citizens of Wave had quickly become used to the many shinobi that threatened to kill anyone who stood in their way of attacking the Daimyo. Since the detection seals were placed all over the island-nation it was practically impossible to get within striking distance of any town before everyone had evacuated to the shelters by the samurai.

So when the seals detected the Kiri nukenin taskforce entering the country everyone from the towns were already in the shelters. Some shelters were below their shops and some were below their homes though the larger shelters were constructed inside a number of mountain complexes.

"Where is everybody?" one of the nukenins asked as the group of sixty made their way through the seemingly empty streets.

"Long gone from here," Naruto said simply as he appeared down the street.

The leader of the group sneered at him, "We have come for your head Namikaze".

Naruto sighed at that, "oh great. Not you losers again; can't you find something better to do than get your ass kicked by me?"

"Suiton: Ōuzu Matoi no Jutsu!"

"I guess not," the blond sighed again.

Hybrid Mode Activated

Yugito instantly appeared behind one of the nukenins and slammed him into the ground with unbelievable force. The advanced reflexes given to her by the Raiton no Yoroi allowed her to evade the strikes that were sent at her by the nearby nins that were quick to react to the new threat. With every hit she landed the nins were left as broken bodies in the street.

"Kaizuki," she whispered as her flame-covered arm sliced through a few more nukenins.

You know the pain of loss and you are working for your justice just the same as I do for mine.

People are driven to revenge in the name of justice and so it becomes a chain of hatred…

"Futon: Rasenken," Naruto whispered as chakra and wind encased his body from head to toe. "Futon: Kaze Shunpo," he disappeared in a flash of yellow light a moment later.

What followed was a...one-sided battle...

"My god..." Tsunade could only watch as the nukenins were practically engulfed in a torrent of yellow and blue lights.

"I told you; these two are as strong as Gaara. Probably even stronger now," Kankuro told his sister.

After the battle (slaughter) had settled down Naruto called out over his shoulder at them, "are you sure you still want that alliance?"

"Are you kidding? I don't have any doubts about it now," Temari said with a grin as she looked over and saw that neither of them even had a scratch on them.

"Tsunade-sama," Neji whispered to her.

"I know...he's changed since his battle with Pein," Tsunade nodded.

"Well aren't you having fun," everyone froze at the voice.

Naruto turned swiftly towards where it originated and said one single frightening word, "you".

"Would you like to have a chat Namikaze Naruto? After all Tobi is such a good boy," waved Uchiha Madara.

Author's Notes:

Ultimate Forbidden Technique: Grand Evil Cliff-Hanger no Jutsu!

(Insert: Evil Laugh)

I have good news! Apparently I don't have to redo all of my work from the previous years but I do have to catch up on this year's work. So instead of doing two years worth of work in six months I only have to catch up on six weeks of work before Christmas. Yay!

Anyway for starts the reviews I've received:

DASM = The only original jutsu I created is the Futon: Kamikaze no Jutsu. I got Futon: Kazeryudan no Jutsu from Georsama; I also got Futon: Rasenkamikaze and Raseniki from DarthValgaav. As for Kaizuki, I got that from battousai222. You'll have to get permission from them to use their Jutsus. The rest of the stuff I use is all from the Naruto Wiki so nobody has them.

Waterblade = Sorry but no I won't be using your wind styled gentle fist attacks. Futon: Rasenken was designed to literally tear people to shreds with one hit; even if it misses it would cleave a person's head right off.

P.S. FOR THE LAST TIME THIS IS NOT A NARUTO/HAREM!!!!!!

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Anyway as for the story, as you can see I've used this chapter to explain a few things but I bet none of you saw the end come up like that did you? I know I'm evil but one of my reviewers commented that most author's who create long stories eventually run dry so I try to keep things interesting and everyone guessing.

Translation

Kitsune = Fox
Neko = Cat
Sennin = Sage
Rasenken = Spiralling Fist
Suiton: Ōuzu Matoi no Jutsu = Water Release: Great Whirlpool Enfolding Technique
Raiton no Yoroi = Lightning Release Armour
Futon: Rasenken = Wind Release: Spiralling Fist
Futon: Kaze Shunpo = Wind Release: Wind Flash Step

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