The next day after the Delivery of Deera Saratobi the leaf got the news they were fearing. Ankos ABNU team returned with 2 casualties and the Anko and the other member severly hurt. They ran into an advance scouting party of Iwa nins comming in from Wave. The mission was a success though. They were able to determine Iwa had 1000 nins stationed in Wave currently. That 1000 was going to devide into 4 teams. 1 to attack the leaf. 1 to stop support from Suna. 1 to hold wave and the last one would be in the middle of the other three so if anyone needed reinforcements they could move.

Tsunade acted quickly on this data and Already sent 20 teams of ABNU to Strategic points to slow or stop the advancements that was on its way. Currently she had all available junnin and chunnin in her office that were not already sent out.

Tsunade sighed and said "Ok this what I want teams Kakashi, Gai I want you both to take two teams with you each. Kakashi, you take your team and team 10. Gai I want you to take your team and team11. Team 8 under Asuma will be message teams between you since they are the best at speed/stealth. You have two objectives. The pass at Kyuubi cradle and the Kakure bridge. If you cant hold those positions try and destroy them. I have others blocking the main routes the troops will be coming from but these have to be gaurded at all cost. Dismissed."

Kakashi looked at his team and said "1 hour east gate, take what you need. you cant stop for supplies in battle so come prepared. dismissed."

Gai said "You heard the man. Go"

Naruto quickly went home and started getting everything he needed. He feared this would happen so he had been most ready. He quickly left for the hospital and said goodbye to Anko, and Yukie who was staying with her and Shizune. When he made it to the main gates he quickly gave each of his wifes a kiss incase none of them made it back. Everyone quickly left. After 30 minutes the 5 teams stopped.

Kakashi said "Asuma. Use this as a relay point. We should be 15 minutes top speed from each other. Ok my teams follow me."

Gai nodded to Asuma who was setting up a defense peramitor.

Gai took of toward Kakure bridge. It is a bridge like the golden gate bridge but it is over a giant chasm. An earthquake created it a long time ago and the bridge is the only way over it or you have to go 20 miles around.

Kakashi teams took off toward Kyuubi cradle. It was said that durring the fight with Kyuubi he stopped and took a nap while the Konaha nin still attacked him. The valley was scorched from his chakra but where he rolled around he made two mountains. When he got up he accidently cut a pass between the mountains with one of his tails and that is how Kyuubi cradle came to be.

Teams Gai

They made it quickly to the bridge and Gai said "Tenten start setting traps pass the half way mark of the bridge. Temari, can you tree climb."

Temari nodded and he said "I want you to take these explosives and go under the bridge and sat these on the supports. I have a detinator for them so If we have to we can blow the bridge."

Temari nodded and grabbed the explosives.

Gai turned to Gaara and said "I need you and Neji to scout the other side of the bridge. Do not leave site of the bridge but you both have abilities to check the area quickly. If you detect anything return to the actual bridge immediately."

They both nodded and took off across the bridge.

Gai sighed and said "Kankuro. You will be responsible for the detinator for the bridge. Do not blow it unless I tell you to. Lee. I will need you as a middle runner. Gaara and Neji will be first strikes. If one of them go down or need help advance If someone gets by them then...shit there already here."

And he took off getting ready for a fight.

Team Kakashi

As they were running across the dead valley Kakashi said "Sakura, you stay back with team 10. You are the best medic we got. Naruto, Yugito and I are all mass combat fighter. We will be the main fighters. Haku, you are to watch the right side for side attacks. Ino. I want you to get anyone who goes down to Sakura fast. Choji you cover the left side. Shikamaru you cover Sakura. She is the key for this. If we lose her were fucked."

As they moved closer to the pass they sensed several chakra signatures coming through it. Kakashi sighed as he started to raise his headband and Naruto said "Not yet Kakashi. The fights not started yet and that thing eats your chakra."

He stopped raising it and they prepared for a fight.

Gais

Gaara was curently using his sand as a cover defense. Neji would charge at an apponent and go for a kill hit. Garra had his sand cover Neji from thrown weapon and jutsu for the moment. He was currently blocking a rain of needles. This group of Ninja were rain nins.

Gaara sighed and created a huge wave of sand and said "Get behind me Neji." as the wave raises higher into the air.

Neji jumps behind Garra and watches as the giant wave launches forward at super speed and picks up anything in its path weather it is a person, rock, tree, or anything else. When the wave travels about 1000 yards it settles downs and the sight of bodies and other objects mashed together is enough to make anyone sick.

Gia who landed beside them looks at the carnage and sighs before he hears a giant explosion coming from the direction of Kakashi team. Acting on impulse he said "Everyone across the bridge. We are going to blow it and aid Kakashi teams." and everyone runs to the other side just as Temari comes from under the bridge.

Gia said "Blow it." and Kankuro nods and everyone starts to leave when it explodes.

Gia turned to Temari and said "Go to Asuma team and tell them we blowed the bridge and are going to aid Kakashi."

Temari nodded and used her fan to fly toward Asuma team. The rest of Gai team took off Toward Kyuubi Cradle.

Kakashi a few minutes earlier

When Kakashi team made it to the pass they saw several groups of Iwa nin doing hanseals.

Kakashi pulls up his hiate showing his sharingan and started his own hanseals.

Naruto much like Kakashi had already started his own handseals as the Iwa nins said "Doton: Iwayado Kuzushi (Earth Release: Rock Lodging Destruction)" and hundreds of rocks started flying over the Iwa nins heads as they headed toward the aproaching Konaha nins.

Kakashi finishes his seals and said "Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)" and a huge wave of wind flew at the coming rocks either turning them or slowing them down.

Yugito finished her seals and screamed "Raiton: Multistrike" as several lightning bolts flew out of her hands at the hurling stones and blasting many of them apart.

Naruto screams out "Mokuton Hijutsu Futon: Kamatachi" as he throws out several seeds he carried with him and they sprout into trees and the wind cuts them into daggers and they fly at the last of the boulders and started raining toward the Iwa nins who had started to make handseals agian.

The Iwa nins see the storm of wood and wind coming at them and jump out of the way. Some of the slower ones were not as lucky. They became human pincushions.

Just then a giant wave of water came flying through the pass. Some Iwa nins were able to jump up on the rock cliffs to keep from getting swept away. The Konaha nins see the wave coming at them and most of them start backing up.

Naruto creates 900 kagebunshins and they each divide up into teams of three in a straight line. Kakashi said "Retreat." as he jumps back. Yugito also jumps back.

The group of 100 clones all started gathering chakra and a shape could be seen being made by the clones. The wave was getting closer and several Iwa nins who made it to the top of the cradle looked down and laughed at the ninja supposed stupidity.

Then 600 clones disappeared and as the wave reached them a mass scream of "Futon: Raseshurikan" echoed throughout the valley. The clones and original Naruto shoved it into the wave as it came to him. The wave collapsed ontop of him but was cut in have horizontally as the Raseshurikan traveled through the wave and toward the canyon walls.

The real Naruto was being carried by the undertow back toward the canyon walls because of the suction power of the jutsu. Just then there was a massive explosion as the jutsu hit the walls destroying it. The nins that were above it on the wall started falling as the walls themself started to fall toward them.

Naruto seeing this through the water acted on instincts and grabbes all of the seeds he had left and thought growth and several trees started forming around him luckily he was able to grab onto one with chakra as the water rushed passed him toward the now collapsed mound. He held onto the tree as it continued upward out of the water.

The rest of Kakashi team stared at awe and horror thinking Naruto was dead as his jutsu cut the wave in half and destroyed the cradle walls. They all looked on afraid of what they might see or miss. Just then 20 trees shot out of the water and one tree kept growing after the others stopped. They then saw Naruto holding onto the tree with chakra and watched as he smiled before falling toward the water.

They all started to move until they see him throw a kunia toward them and the next thing they know he was beside them panting. As he tried to stand up everyone started to gather around him until he smiles and falls backwards passed out.

Kakashi catches him and helps him to the ground. Just then Gais teams arrived and looked on at the new lake and then at the passed out Naruto. Gai said "What happened."

Kakashi said "I am not for sure. When we got here they were ready to ambush us. We were able to defend ourself when a giant wave came out of the canyon pass. I order a retreat but Naruto did something that looked like a rasengan but even more powerful with alot of clones and cut the wave in half before it destroyed the canyon walls and the pass. We thought he died in it but then he came out of the water on those trees over there. He then Hiraishined here before standing up and passing out. How is he Sakura."

Sakura said as she checked him "He has chakra exhaustion and also has multiple slices on his right hand that are not healing like they normally should."

Ino sighed and said "He wont be able to use that arm agian for about a week. I seen him use that justu before and it cuts on the cellular level. Even with his demon chakra it will take time to heal it. Its the side effect of that SS-rank jutsu."

Gai said "SS-rank. I never heard of that rank before."

Ino said "You would not have either if it was not for the knuckledhead here. He has 6 jutsu I know of that the other Tsunade made a new rank for. That being one of them. If anyone else besides Naruto were to try it they would never use thier arm agian."

Yugito said "Wait. He used that jutsu on that Kabuto dude. Why was he not harmed then."

Ino said "That one was fire based. This one was wind based. Wind is deadlier and cuts, thats why he was not harmed."

Kakashi sighed and looked at the remains of the cradle and said "What happened with the bridge."

Gai said "When we heard the explosion from here, I order my team to blow the bridge. We had already fought some rain nins."

Kakashi nodded and picked Naruto up and put him over his sholder before saying "Lets report back. I am sure Asuma team are worried." and took off.

Everyone else followed after him.

When all of the teams made it back to Konaha with Naruto still being out cold, the site that greated them at the gates was a nightmare. The gates had been turned into a field hospital. Kakashi said "If you got medical skills help the others."

All the girls jumped away and started helping the others. Kakashi sighed and took Naruto toward his compound. Gia looked over and saw Shizune helping an ABNU with what looked like a kunia in the back. He wanted to help but new he could not. Deciding to keep her fro worring he went over and said "Shizune."

Shizune who had just finished healing the wound looked up and he said "We made it back with no casualties. Naruto is back at the house passed out from chakra exhaustion."

Shizune paused and said "What the hell did that son of mine do this time to pass out. He is like a chakra fountian."

Gai said "Hes fine and I will tell you later. You still have things to do here."

Tsunade screamed "Shizune get the lead out. You can talk to Gai later."

Shizune blushed and screamed "Hia" and went to the next patiant.

When Kakashi made it to the house he found Anko and Yukie both there and said "I thought you were still in the hospital Anko."

Anko looked up and saw Naruto and asked "What happened."

Yukie saw Naruto and started freaking out thinking the worse. Kakashi tried to calm her down but she would not listen. Anko sighed and walked over to her and slapped her across the face and said "Calm down. Its not healthy for you to get upset."

Yukie who had her hand on her face said "Is he going to be ok."

Kakashi sweatdropped and said "He will be fine. He is just exhausted right now so dont worry. I will put him to bed and you both can look after him since the others probably wont be back for several hours." and took Naruto to his room.

After that Kakashi sighed and went to the local bookstore where he buys his Icha Icha copies at. When he got there the man behind the counter said "Sorry Kakashi but I am all sold out."

Kakashi looked at him and said "But it was only released this morning."

The man said "All the ABNU came before heading out and got a copy for themselfs. Also I recieved a letter from the editor with the shipment that said all future copies will be on hold until the war ends."

Kakashi screamed "NNNNNOOOOOOOO." and charged out of the store heading toward the main gates.

When he arived he saw most of the ninja had been taken care of and all of the girls from his mission were resting with signs of chakra exhaustion. Shizune was with them. Tsunade was passing out orders to the rest of the medics. Kakashi walked over to Tsunade and said "What would it take to end this war today."

Tsunade said "I am not in the mood Kakashi."

Kakashi said through gritted teeth "does it look like I want to do the horizontal limbo with you."

Everyone stopped and looked at him. Sakura said "Did he just say..."

Hinata said "Yes he did."

Shizune said "Hes dead."

Tsunade said "Kakashi, what the hell is your problem."

Kakashi said "Listen you old bat..."

Anything else he might have said was interupted by a super punch to the face and him flying toward the other side of town."

Tenten, Temari, Ino, Yugito, and Shizune all heald up cards with a 10 on it except for Shizune who had 8.5.

Tsunade said "Why so low Shizune."

Shizune said "You missed the landing. Normally you would have sent a person into the monument. This time it was across town."

Tsunade sighed and said "damn perfectionist."

Everyone laughed.