Chapter 29
After the revelation of Sasuke's secret; everyone decided to spend the night in the Uchiha District because they were too mentally exhausted to head home.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru didn't hear Sasuke's confession, but they also stayed because they were tired from traveling full speed towards the village while they were low on Chakra.
The next morning, Sasuke woke up with a satisfied smile on this face. He revealed his secret to his most important people and it went better than he could've ever dreamed.
Not only did everyone accept him for his past indiscretions, but some of them even thanked him for changing certain events in history.
'I even managed to keep Hinata by my side. I would've never imagined that when I came back I'd have someone that would manage to make me feel so strongly for them... Is this what love feels like?' Sasuke thought but his thought process was interrupted by a movement next to him.
Sasuke smirked when he felt Hinata cuddle into his side, still sleeping. He couldn't help but look at the Hyuuga Heiress with warmth in his obsidian orbs. She affected his life in many ways that she wasn't even aware of and he was beyond grateful for that.
'This love is vastly different from the love that I have for Itachi and Naruto. This type of love makes me feel warm inside. Well, I already feel warm inside because I'm an Uchiha, but its a different type of warmth!' Sasuke thought trying to rationalize his feelings.
However he didn't have much time to think as Hinata slowly opened her eyes next to him and let out a soft yawn. Seeing this, Sasuke felt the irresistible urge to display his affection for the blue haired woman laying next to him.
He smiled before he gave her a quick, but loving kiss to her forehead. Hinata blushed slightly at the gesture as she blinked up at Sasuke fully waking up.
'He's uncharacteristically affectionate this morning. I wonder what he's thinking about' Hinata thought remembering the overly affectionate Sasuke from the Tsukuyomi. The memory made her frown a little.
Sasuke noticed her frown and spoke up.
"Is there something wrong Hinata? Did I upset you?" Sasuke asked trying to keep the annoyance out of his voice as he looked at Hinata's surprised face.
The one time that he decided to be the sweet boyfriend to Hinata, she had a frown on her face. Sasuke didn't like that at all and was already planning on never doing it again, but Hinata's response made Sasuke dismiss those thoughts.
"Oh no Sasuke you did nothing wrong. I was just remembering that the Sasuke from the Tsukuyomi would do things like that in the morning too. He also got me flowers often and always made sure that I knew how beautiful he thought I was everyday. He was always so sweet" Hinata said laughing lightly trying to reassure Sasuke.
'If that's her perfect version of me then I guess that could stand to be a little more loving towards her. Especially now that I've realized that I actually do love her' Sasuke thought.
"I can do that" Sasuke said with a straight face, surprising Hinata. She frantically shook her head no which confused Sasuke.
"No you're perfect the way you are. You don't have to do anything like that, because your actions show me that you care for me" Hinata said with a bright smile.
"So you can tell that I love you from the way that I act?" Sasuke asked confused.
Hinata's smile faded and her mouth opened in surprise. She couldn't believe that Sasuke said something like that out loud.
"W-What did you just say?" Hinata stuttered hoping that she wasn't crazy and that she heard what she thought she did. The look of confusion that Sasuke was giving her wasn't helping her hopes.
'There's no way that she didn't hear what I just said; we're far to close to each for that to be a possibly. She must just be surprised that I verbally expressed my love for her. Maybe I can use this to my advantage' Sasuke thought as a smirk slowly began form on his face.
Hinata squeaked as Sasuke rolled over on top of her and put his lips right next to her ear.
"I said that I love you Hime, and I always will" Sasuke whispered.
Hinata's face blushed darker than Sauske's seen it in a long time, but he wasn't done yet. He moved his lips away from her ear to give her a soft kiss on her lips, teasing her.
Hinata could tell that Sasuke's kiss was teasing, but his words were so sincere. Tears of joy began to stream down her face. Sasuke was about to pull back when he felt the tears but Hinata grabbed the back of his neck and kept him where he was as she kissed him back.
Now it was Sasuke's turn to reminded of the Hinata from the Tsukuyomi as Hinata took complete control of the 'innocent' kiss that he had initiated.
What began as teasing from Sasuke had quickly turned into a makeout session that was getting more heated by the moment. Sasuke's hands had began to caress Hinata's bare skin underneath her shirt and Hinata's hands had lost themselves in Sasuke's hair. Hinata could feel something poking her near her belly button, but she was too lost in the kiss to think about what that could be.
Rationally, Sasuke and Hinata knew that they should probably stop, but they were both too absorbed by the raw emotions that they were feeling to stop. Luckily, or unluckily depending on how you look at it, Naruto chose that moment to barge into the room.
"Hinata, Bastard are you guys up yet? We're going to take... SORRY!" Naruto said as he saw the scene that he walked in on.
Naruto was about to turn to leave, but Sasuke had him pinned to wall faster than he could blink with his sword pressed against his throat and his Mangekyou activated. Naruto gulped nervously at the murderous look in his best friend's eyes.
"You fucking idiot! Have you ever heard of knocking before or is the concept just too complex for you?" Sasuke growled at Naruto.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt anything; I just wanted to let you know that Pervy Sage, Orochimaru and I were about to go to Granny Tsuande's office before she leaves to let her know that Pervy Sage and Orochimaru are alive and back in the Village. I just thought that it would make sense for you and Hinata to go too since you were Orochimaru's students and you could plead his innocence" Naruto said quickly trying not to anger Sasuke anymore.
Sasuke didn't care what Naruto's reasons were behind barging in; He was furious and he intended on teaching his friend some manners. Luckily for Naruto, Hinata chose that moment to intervene.
"Oh that makes a lot of sense actually. We'll be going with you just give me a moment to put on something other this" Hinata said referring to her shorts and tank top.
"Of course Hina-chan but uhh can you tell the Bastard to let me go please? This sword feels really uncomfortable on my neck" Naruto pleaded.
"Now why would I do that?" Hinata asked in a overly sweet voice while she took some of Sasuke's clothes out of the drawer.
"Because I'm your best friend and you love me" Naruto said with a nervous laugh.
Hinata seemed to think about his words for a moment before she smiled brightly at Naruto. Naruto thought that he was saved, but what Hinata said next made his eyes widen in fear.
"You're right. You are my best friend and I do love you as such... but you should learn to knock. This is the only way to ensure that you learn from this mistake" Hinata said as she took the clothes and went into Sasuke's bathroom, pretending not to notice look of betrayal on Naruto's face and the sadistic smirk on Sasuke's when she closed the door.
As soon as the door closed, Naruto's screams could be heard throughout the entire District.
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Sasuke, Hinata, Naruto, Orochimaru and Jiraiya were all walking towards the Hokage Tower. Naruto had a collection of bumps and bruises on his body courtesy of Sasuke, as well as a pout on his face.
"Fix your face brat. You should've known not to interrupt the Uchiha while he was in the process of mating" Kurama said with the amusement obvious in his voice.
"The Bastard overreacted, but I expected that from him. What I can't believe is that Hinata just let him attack me like that. There's no loyalty" Naruto said back internally while sending a mini glare towards her.
Kurama laughed at Naruto.
"That's her mate. She's supposed to act that way, and besides, wouldn't you be upset if the Uchiha barged in while you and Haku were in the process of mating? And based off what I've seen from your mate, she'd do much worse than what Hinata did" Kurama said trying to reason with his vessel.
Naruto blushed at the memory of him and Haku having sex before he paled at the thought of someone barging in on them. Haku was sure to be murderous and he couldn't deny that he'd be pissed off as well. Kurama had a valid point, but then another disturbing thought popped into his head.
"Yeah you're right. By the way Kurama, are you aware of when I'm having sex?" Naruto asked bluntly not knowing any other way to phrase the question.
Naruto flinched slightly when Kurama's growled.
"I have no interest in watching the mating rituals of you humans... But I am aware of it" Kurama replied and Naruto could feel a blush starting to burn his cheeks, but before Naruto could say anything, Kurama spoke again.
"Not that its any of my business but I suggest that you slow down while your with your mate. This will be an inopportune time to get her pregnant considering that the 4th Great Ninja War is possibly around the corner. We don't know if that part of history has been altered yet" Kurama said.
Naruto eyes widened and he waved his arms frantically in front of him, alerting the rest the of the people that were walking with him.
"Talking to the Kyuubi again?" Jiraiya asked with an raised eyebrow.
"He's just being a pervert. Nothing serious" Naruto said trying to keep his composure now that everyone's attention was on him.
"I wasn't aware that the Tailed Beasts were capable of such things. That's interesting information" Orochimaru said thoughtfully.
Naruto looked around to see that they were already in front of the Hokage Tower. Orochimaru was using a transformation jutsu to shield his appearance and fool the leaf villagers roaming the streets, but Naruto knew that it wouldn't be enough to fool the Jonin guarding the door.
"What are we going to do about them?" Naruto asked preparing himself to knock them out, but it wasn't needed.
"I'll handle them loser, no need in drawing any unnecessary attention to ourselves, which I'm sure you'd manage to do if you knocked them out" Sasuke said.
With a quick flash of his Sharingan, Sasuke trapped the Jonin in a Genjutsu that made them think that Orochimaru was just an ordinary Jonin.
When their eyes widened in shock, everyone had thought that they had broken out of Sasuke's Genjutsu, but they were simply surprised to see Jiraiya alive and well.
"Jiraiya-sama! You're back! We've received word from The 5th Hokage that you had passed away in battle with the Akatsuki leader. How did you survive?" The Jonin asked excitedly.
"Pretty easily. It's takes more than the leader of a gang of thugs to end the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya" Jiraiya said smiling brightly and gave them a thumbs up before posing. Orochimaru and Sasuke rolled their eyes at the man's actions as they walked past the guards and into the Tower.
Hinata laughed softly as she followed Sasuke and Orochimaru into the Tower. Naruto stayed behind to support his sensei.
"Yeah no one can defeat Pervy Sage and his legendary disciple, the next Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki! BELIEVE IT" Naruto said matching his Godfather's pose.
"Look at the master and student...They're both such losers" Orochimaru said as he looked back to see them still posing.
"For once, I can agree with you" Sasuke said not bothering to look back at the idiocy behind him.
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In Amekagure, the Akatsuki were assembled in their conference room waiting on Zetsu to come with the man that he wanted them to meet.
"Why the Fuck are we waiting for that weak piece of shit to bring us some other bitch" Hidan complained itching for some action. Ever since they destroyed Kumogakure, he'd been wanting some action, but Pein insisted that they wait for Zetsu.
"How many times does someone have to explain the same thing to you Hidan?" Kakazu asked glaring at his teammate.
"I don't care about none of that shit Kakazu. I just want to fight" Hidan said cleaning wax out of his ears.
"If you keep annoying me then I'll rip out your heart and feed it to my sharks" Kismae warned with a sharp toothed smirk.
Hidan's eyes gleamed in excitement as he picked up his scythe and pointed it at Kisame.
"Is that a challenge fish face? I've always wanted to kick your ass" Hidan said standing.
Kisame stood as well clutching the handle of Samehada. He had almost lost the sword while fighting with the Eight Tail Jinchuuriki, but luckily for him, Samehada still viewed him as worthy after the Jinchuuriki's death.
"What if it is? Do you really think that you'd be strong enough to fight against me?" Kismae taunted.
"Enough. You two are acting like children. Sit back down and stay quiet" Konan said.
Hidan and Kisame both looked at Konan for moment before sitting back down. Neither of them were really scared of Konan, but they knew that Pein would back up her words, and that was a problem that they didn't want even though there were only 5 Paths left.
After a few minutes of silence Zetsu emerged from the ground. Noticing him, the Deva Path spoke up.
"We have retrieved the DNA samples from the shinobi we slaughtered in Kumogakure and from other parts of the Shinobi World like you asked us too. Can you explain what we did this for?" He asked.
"I would explain, but I think it'd be better if he did instead" Zetsu said.
Before anyone could ask who the 'he' was, the door opened revealing a man that resembled a snake with long white hair. Kisame's eyes widened at the familiar face and Pein was instantly on guard as he recognized the face as well.
"That's the boy Kabuto. He was the spy for Sasori, but fought alongside Orochimaru when I destroyed the Sound Village. I don't trust him, and how are you alive?" Pein asked standing in preparation for a fight.
"Relax, we've fought before and I have no intention of fighting again. I am aware of the gap in strength. Anyway your attack on Otogakure critically injured Orochimaru-sama and I assume that he's dead now. Now I'm left to fulfill his goals and it so happens that our goals align at the moment so I'll be happy to help" Kabuto said.
Everyone looked between Kabuto and their leader for a moment, before Pein sat back down.
"Very well. Explain why you needed the DNA samples of powerful deceased shinobi. How does that help our goals?" Pein asked.
"The DNA samples are to revive the souls using my Edo Tensei technique, and you're planning on collecting the remaining Jinchuuriki correct? According to my sources, you still need 2 more Jinchuuriki, and after you demolished the Cloud Village, it's very likely that the other Villages will band together to prevent it" Kabuto explained.
Zetsu nodded in agreement as he watched the expressions of every Akatsuki member. He had faith that they would agree with Kabuto, but he was concerned about Kisame. He still remembered how the man went to the Sound Village with Itachi a little over a year ago, and now that the Uchiha were back in Konoha, he didn't think that he could be trusted.
"You make a fair point boy, but how do you suppose we handle the Kage Summit? It's far too dangerous for any of us to invade considering we're all wanted and 5 Kage Level shinobi will be in one place" Kakazu said.
"Speak for yourself Kakazu. I'd whoop all of their asses" Hidan said
Nobody acknowledged him and continued on with the conversation.
"I already have somebody perfect in mind to invade the Kage Summit and declare war. After I get the DNA samples from you then I'll get to work on reviving him. He'll ready by the meeting time next week" Kabuto said.
Everyone nodded seemingly agreeing with this. Kabuto saw this as his opportunity to honor his end of the deal with Zetsu.
"By the way Pein, I want to get to meet you. The real you" Kabuto said making the other Akatsuki members turn towards their leader. Konan and the Deva Path both raised their eyebrows in shock for a moment, but their expressions were stoic again by the time the others looked at them.
"I don't trust your motives, but very well. Everyone leave us" Pein ordered.
Hidan, Kakazu and Kisame all got up and left with no hesitation, but Zetsu and Konan stayed in the room, both already knowing Pein's true face.
When Pein was sure that the three Akatsuki members had left, he led Kabuto to a back room where his actual body was. Kabuto was watched fiercely by Konan and the other 4 Paths of Pein as if daring him to try something.
"You don't have to watch me like that. I told you that I'm aware of the difference in power, so I won't try to stab him in the back or anything" Kabuto said smirking at Konan.
"Be that as it may, I personally don't believe you and will continue to be cautious of you. I was taught never to trust a snake" Konan replied with a blank expression.
Soon they entered the room and Kabuto came face to face with a scrawny red haired man who's body was pierced by several rods that were sticking out of his back. Kabuto would've thought that the man was weak and defenseless if he didn't feel the overwhelming amount of chakra radiating from him. The man look at Kabuto revealing his vibrant purple Rinnegan.
"I am Nagato Uzumaki, otherwise known as Pein. Tell me your purpose for wanting to meet me" Nagato said getting right to the point.
"I'm under the impression that your goal is to forcefully create peace for the shinobi world. What would you do if I told you that I know a man powerful enough to do that by himself?" Kabuto said.
Nagato and Konan's eyes both widened. They had to admit that that would make their goals a lot easier if someone had that amount of power.
"Who is this person that you're speaking of? There's no way that that kind of power exists in this world. If it did then surely they would've done something by now" Nagato said not really believing him.
"You're right. The man that I'm speaking off is currently dead, but his prime he was capable of defeating all of the Tailed Beasts and he was capable of going 1 on 1 with the 1st Hokage Hashirama Senju. The man whose been dubbed the 'God of Shinobi'" Kabuto said smirking at the look of interest that Nagato had on his face.
"This man truly sounds impressive. Who is he?" Nagato asked.
"I'm sure that you're familiar with the name... Madara Uchiha" Kabuto said and room went silent.
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Tsunade was shocked to say the least.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata had all barged into her office claiming that they had a surprise for her.
It was random and she wasn't expecting anything extravagant, but judging by the bright smiles that Hinata and Naruto had, and the smug smirk on Sasuke's face; she was sure that she was in for quite the treat.
It was just her in the office as Shizune had nurse duties to attend too, so Tsunade was all alone to deal with whatever the teenagers had planned for her. They had built up the suspense and now she was really curious to see what they had for her.
"Are you ready for your surprise Granny Tsuande?" Naruto asked.
'As ready as I'll ever be brat' Tsunade thought to herself, but she nodded to let Naruto know that she was ready. She hadn't been more wrong in her life.
Suddenly a big puff of smoke erupted in the middle of her office. Tsunade was prepared for something like that, because Naruto was involved and Naruto was always over the top with his antics, but nothing could've prepared her for the two forms that were visible once the smoke cleared.
Standing there in the middle of the room were two people that she thought were dead. The two people that she had spent most of her life with, and the two people that Tsunade expected to see the least.
The smoke cleared to reveal the smiling face of Jiraiya whose body had been bruised and bandaged, but what was even more surprising was that his arm was on the shoulder of a smirking Orochimaru.
So many emotions flowed through Tsunade's body and one time and the unthinkable happened. The 5th Hokage had fainted.
About a minute later, she was awoken by voices surrounding her.
"I told you we shouldn't have went for the flashy entrance. We're both supposed to be dead so how did you think she'd react?"
"I don't know! But I didn't expect her to faint. I didn't even know she could do that!"
"That plan was idiotic. I can't believe I went along with it"
"Shut up Bastard. That plan was awesome and you know it. Granny just wasn't ready for it, you know she's getting old"
"Stop arguing you guys, she's waking up"
Tsunade twitched and got up quickly no longer caring that Jiraiya and Orochimaru being around.
"Which one of you said something about my age?" Tsunade asked with a deadly low voice.
All hands pointed to Naruto. Even Sasuke and Orochimaru wanted nothing to do with the Blonde's rage so they were quick to point fingers. Naruto looked around and noticed that everyone had ratted him out.
He blinked and instantly activated his chakra mode just in time as Tsunade's fist connected with his face. Naruto smirked satisfied when he felt nothing but an itch from her punch.
"Brat don't use my chakra to protect yourself from hits that you deserve to take" Kurama complained.
Tsunade was not satisfied with Naruto's smug expression. She figured out that her hit didn't hurt him so she charged Chakra into her fist and punch Naruto dead in the stomach right over his seal.
Even Kurama felt the impact of that punch and Naruto was knocked out of his Chakra mode as he was sent flying into the wall to recover from the hit.
Satisfied, Tsunade then turned to her former teammates with a smile on her face and tears in the corner of her eyes, but then she remembered that Orochimaru was a rouge nin and responsible for killing their sensei, so Tsunade quickly concealed her emotions to address him.
"You have some nerve coming here after all the crimes you've committed Orochimaru. Not only are you a rogue nin, but you have many crimes that are punishable by death" Tsunade said glaring at him.
"You mean just like Itachi-kun?" Orochimaru asked sarcastically.
"Keep my brother out of this" Sasuke warned with his Sharingan activating.
Orochimaru rolled his eyes, but didn't mention anything about Itachi anymore.
"Anyway we're all shinobi Tsunade, so in the grand scheme of things my crimes are pretty excusable don't you think?" Orochimaru said.
"You. Killed. Our. Sensei." Tsunade said through gritted teeth.
"Now, now Tsunade let's not get too hasty here. I'm sure we've all thought about killing our sensei before" Jiraiya said jokingly.
"I tried to kill Kakashi before if that means anything" Sasuke said recalling the fight with his sensei in his past life.
Everyone looked at him like he was crazy before Hinata and Naruto wisely decided to cover his mouth to prevent the Uchiha from commenting on the situation anymore.
Orochimaru turned back to Tsuande with a grin on his face.
"See? It happens to the best of us and lets be honest, the Village was falling apart with him in power anyway. Danzo was going behind people's backs with his schemes and Sensei just turned a blind eye because that was his friend. I have no regrets about my actions" Orochimaru said.
Tsunade didn't say anything instead she just slapped him, nearly making the man's neck snap.
"Don't talk to me as if we're still friends, like you didn't spend the last few years trying to destroy our village. Why should I trust you again after all this time?" Tsunade asked.
"Because he's returned to being the same Orochimaru that he was before he left" Jiraiya said.
At Tsunade's skeptical look, Jiraiya continued.
"He saved my life when we were in Amekagure and healed me to the best of his abilities. Orochimaru wouldn't do that unless he still cared about me and I also have reason to believe that he cares about the Village as well" Jiraiya said.
"What makes you think that?" Orochimaru and Tsunade said at the same time before Tsunade glared at him. Orochimaru just ignored the glare as he waited for his former teammate's reasoning for how he suddenly cared about the leaf.
"Because Sasuke wants to protect the leaf, and Orochimaru is always going to align himself with Sasuke" Jiraiya said with a smirk.
Orochimaru shrugged knowing that the man was right.
"I want to protect the leaf? You're making a lot of assumptions here. I don't give a damn about this Village, in fact if it wasn't for my friends I'd- MMMM" Sasuke said before Hinata and Naruto covered his mouth once again. This time they agreed that they wouldn't let go until the conversation was over.
Luckily for them, Tsunade decided to ignore them because she was thinking about whether or not she could trust Orochimaru.
"So as long as the Uchiha stays loyal then you'll stay loyal, but if he leaves then you leave?" Tsunade asked for clarification.
"Yeah that's pretty much the simplified version of it" Orochimaru said.
Tsunade nodded before allowing herself to smile at Orochimaru like she used to.
"Good. Then welcome back, but I still don't completely trust you yet. You and Jiraiya are going to accompany me to the Kage Summit as my guards, so that I can keep an eye on you. Now Jiraiya... why are you still hurt? Hinata is a capable of using medical ninjutsu so why didn't she heal you already?" Tsunade asked.
Jiraiya looked around nervously trying to think of an appropriate answer, but unluckily for him, Hinata spoke before he could.
"I offered to heal him last night, but he insisted on waiting for you to heal him. He said something about how much you liked touching his body while you were healing him"
Naruto covered Hinata's mouth but by that point it was far too late because the damage had already been done.
Tsunade had fire in her eyes as she punched both of her teammates hard in the face. Jiraiya for a being a Pervy jokester, and Orochimaru for being a traitorous bastard. Then grabbed both of their hands to heal them with a content smile on her face.
Seeing this, Naruto and Hinata decided that it was finally safe to remove their hands from Sasuke's mouth.
"Don't ever do that again" Sasuke said as he glared at both of them with his Sharingan activated.
Naruto looked like he was about to argue with him, but Hinata beat him to it.
"What exactly would you do if I did" Hinata said with sass that Naruto didn't know she possessed.
'The Bastard really rubbed off on her' he thought as he smirked at Sasuke waiting for his reply.
"I'll trap you in a Tsukuyomi for an hour" Sasuke warned, his Sharingan glowing threateningly.
"Hm is that so? Keep talking like that and we'll never pick up where we left off before Naruto interrupted. It'll be all up to Itachi and Obito to rebuild the Uchiha and do you really want that?" Hinata asked raising an eyebrow.
When she saw Sasuke flinch, she smirked internally. She knew that she won.
"Fine you win Hime" Sasuke consented deactivating his Sharingan and looking away.
Naruto gave Hinata a fist bump behind Sasuke's back as the two laughed together at Sasuke's annoyance.
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"Madara Uchiha has informed me of the Jutsu he wanted me to use to revive him when he died, but I didn't it to be so soon. I guess that explains why he stirred the Pein's away from Konoha; he didn't want me to witness him die" Nagato said thinking over what Kabuto.
"I can revive his physical body, but I'll need you to revive his soul with your Rinnegan. Can you do that?" Kabuto asked.
"Yes I can, but the toll that it'll take on body will likely kill me" Nagato said as if he was thinking over that. Konan tensed but didn't say anything as she looked at Nagato.
"Well I guess everything depends on how far you're willing to go to complete your goal. I can tell you with 100% certainty that he is capable of single handedly restoring peace to the Shinobi World, but it is your decision of course" Kabuto said.
Nagato thought over Kabuto's words for only a second before nodding his head in agreement.
"I'm willing to sacrifice anything for my goal. That's the principal that Yahiko lived and died by, so I will do the same. If this man is truly the savior that you said he is then I have no problem giving my life for his" Nagato said his voice full of conviction.
Kabuto smirked inwardly knowing that his deal with Zetsu was now complete so he is free to do as he pleases from here on out with his Edo Tensei soldiers.
"You're selfless Nagato-kun. you're sacrifice will not be in vain. I'll bring his corpse here immediately after one of my soldiers invades the Kage Summit" Kabuto said.
Nagato nodded and Kabuto left out the room with a smug smirk on his face. A similar smirk was on the Black side of Zetsu's face as he faded into the ground.
'Things are beginning to fall into to place. It wont be long now... Mother'
TBC
Demarco Rhode- Eventually. He's already shown that he can activate his Kyuubi Chakra mode, but he hasn't fought seriously yet so he doesn't know his full capabilities
MorpheustheDream- I hope this chapter answered your question about Pein's involvement or lack off
Shikara Gizzel- Kabuto has all the powers that he had in canon before he absorbed more chakra from Anko's curse seal, he's just a little bit stronger because he spent 2 years training with Hinata. As for why Naruto didn't sense him... he was too focused on his anger and sadness towards Sasuke. He couldn't sense Orochimaru or Jiraiya either
Shinobi Saiyan- Thank you Shinobi!
Splaaash-attack- Yep and now that Sasuke's secret is out of the way, the war arc is being set into motion
Serus black antihumannature- Thank you and I hope this chapter answered your question
Jiang-sama- Thank you, I'm glad that I was able to write it well. I hope that you enjoy this one too.
Antex- The Legendary Zoroark- Obito is in no hurry to reveal his involvement in the attack on Konoha, but when Naruto finds out... Lets just say things will get explosive
Bella-Swan11- Orochimaru has been overwhelmed with recent events so he did forget, but he'll be reminded soon. And you were right. Kumogakure has been destroyed instead
The Jingo - The King in White-... I never expected you to even see my story nevermind read and review it. Thank so much for your feedback!
This was a kind of light hearted chapter before the War arc starts. Now that I'm on spring break from college, I have more time to write for ya'll. Thank you for everyone who constantly reviews and supports the story. Also thank you to those who give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism that helps me work on my skills as in writer. Please Read and Review - Dishon 3
