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Chapter 35 - Tale of the Predecessor Part 3 - The Villain
- Decades Ago / Hidden Village of Konohagakure -
Their arrival caused a blur of panic, Naruto walking with the entire Akatsuki Organization by his side as they approached the gates of Konohagakure. A Jonin at the gate had ran to alert everyone of their arrival, but he didn't care about such things and walked through the village without worry. They had a relatively easy walk too considering the very sight of their cloaks scared people away.
Naruto was walking towards the arena where the final test of the Chunin exams were held when he was younger, the place where he had beaten Neji. It held a lot of memories...ones that he discarded the moment he walked into the village.
However, no sooner did he step into the village square, an army of ANBU surrounded them along with some of the Rookie 11, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji, standing among them with expressions on their face meaning they didn't want to fight but had to if it would come to it.
"So...I see you guys are siding with the village against me, the evil Demon Lord?" asked Naruto, Shikamaru's gaze lowering at the voice from the Akatsuki leader.
"Not all of us Naruto. I find this really troublesome just standing here since most of us don't want to fight you. We're all here on orders from Tsunade to stop you from destroying the very village her Grandfather founded years ago." said Shikamaru, for he really didn't want to fight his friend, and from the looks of Ino and Choji...the feelings in this matter were mutual.
"I hate to say this but, Naruto, we can't let you pass." said Choji as the ANBU drew their swords on the Akatsuki, Kakashi looking at the odds.
"Sorry, but we have an important date to get to with a certain Uchiha." said Yahiko with a smirk, the three rookies shivering at his resemblance to Kakuzu, the original member that had almost killed them.
They still had nightmares.
"If you'll excuse us, I have to kill an Uchiha." said Naruto as he wrapped the Akatsuki in a column of fire and vanished from the square in the blink of an eye..
"Leave it to Naruto to have something like that up his sleeve." sighed Ino before she turned and started to walk towards the arena with everyone else.
"He's here." said Iruka when he felt an ominous presence, Tsunade gulping a little out of nervousness.
Both of them stood in the press box of the arena while the population of the village and it's shinobi sat in the stands to watch the upcoming fight. Sasuke stood in the center of the arena, his arms crossed and eyes closed, deep in thought about the strategies and backup plans that would be needed to fight his former friend.
"I can't believe I'm fighting for the sake of the village. God this is stressful...I don't want to fight Naruto…" thought Sasuke before a raging column of red fire exploded from the ground behind him, ten figures appearing in the inferno.
Naruto swept his hand through the fire and parted it before stepping out into the arena, the rest of the Akatsuki following suit. Once they appeared the audience quieted down almost instantly, their very presence enough to shut everyone up.
"Now will you look at that...everyone in the entire village has gathered to watch me kill Sasuke Uchiha...how quaint." said Naruto with a devilish smirk as his mask dissipated, his cold hard gaze chilling the crowd.
Sakura watched with a worried expression painted all over face along with the rest of the rookies, Genma, Kurenai, Gai, Shibi, Choza, Murakumo, Shikaku and Inoichi in the crowd of villagers. They had been grieving the fight for a while now, and now that's finally happened...all they could do was watch in silence.
"I'm not going to let you win again Naruto. This is where it stops, this useless fight." said Sasuke as he gripped his Gunbai and swung it around to point it at Akuma.
"Kehehehe...You never learn Sasuke. I'll make short work of this so I can kill everyone here quickly." snickered Naruto as he reformed his shakujo and held it near the ring at the top, pointing its sharpened end at Sasuke as a threat.
"Here we go…" said Tsunade as Sasuke went through a flurry of hand signs and sucked in some air.
"Katon - Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" said Sasuke as he fired a giant fireball at Naruto, who just smirked as he molded his chakra into nine flowing tails.
He crouched down on all fours and the tails slammed into the fireball and began to drill into it, splitting it apart until it exploded in a flurry of fire and smoke. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and peered into the smoke, looking for Naruto's chakra. Suddenly his eyes jerked to the right and he held his Gunbai up to protect himself from a kick by Naruto, though he was thrown back from the force put behind it.
"That Gunbai is pretty tough, though like every bone in your body, it will break!" yelled Naruto as he threw his arm back and formed a crimson Rasengan that continued to grow size and power.
"Ōdama Rasengan!" he yelled as he threw himself forward and stuck his arm out, the sphere's crimson glow illuminating Sasuke's surprised face before he held up the Gunbai to protect him.
Not only did it do the exact opposite, it snapped in half as a result of the more powerful Rasengan, but Sasuke was thrown back by the miniature explosion produced by the technique until he slammed into one of the walls of the arena in a plume of dust.
Naruto smirked as his chakra started to snake over his body, his rage slowly unhinging itself from the shackles he normally kept it in check with.
His grin vanished as he watched Sasuke pick himself up from the ground, half of his Susano'o's ribcage manifesting itself around the right side of his body while his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan blazed from his eyes, eager to exact justice. He rushed at Naruto, who smiled evilly as he drew back his shakujo and swung it at Sasuke, a wave of his chakra flying at Sasuke like a blade.
He sidestepped the attack and formed the rest of his incomplete Susano'o before leaping into the air.
"Amaterasu!" he shouted, blood dripping from his right eye as a cloud of black fire flew at Naruto.
He leaped back from the attack only for a shadow to fall over him, Sasuke's Susano'o slamming its fists down onto him and creating a large crater and a plume of smoke as a result of the attack.
Silence controlled the stadium until Naruto's voice pierced their eardrums.
"Six Tails!"
An explosion of Naruto's chakra lanced out from underneath Susano'o's fists as he transformed into his Version 2 state and created the same chakra bones he had when he fought Pain a year ago. He pushed back against the ethereal being using nothing but brute strength until he picked it up and tossed it and Sasuke back, taking the opportunity to open his jaws as wide as they could go and start to create a Tailed Beast Ball.
"Oh shit, if he launched that in here, the explosion would kill villagers!" thought Sasuke frantically as he yelled, his Susano'o morphing into its armored form with its yellow eyes peering out from its crow-like armor.
"Bijuu-Dama!" roared Naruto as he slung the ball at Sasuke, who drew his Susano'o's arms up as the ball connected with them and exploded, the crowd screaming as a huge wind blasted them from the explosion while the entire arena shook from the shockwave.
Naruto snarled as Sasuke's Susano'o lowered its half broken arms and healed itself from the injuries, Sasuke still unharmed inside its almost impenetrable armor.
"Naruto, I'm tired of this fighting! You can still stop what you're doing and attain peace without destroying Konoha!" yelled Sasuke as his Susano'o formed a sword and a ball of Amaterasu in the two right arms it had.
"Sasuke...You think you can change my mind?! Try saying that again and see if I'll listen, because as far as I'm concerned, I DON'T CARE!" roared Naruto as he transformed and got bigger, his chakra bones phasing through the chakra and forming a skeleton, Naruto standing inside the head.
"Oh shit, this is getting out of hand!" yelled Gai as Naruto swatted at Sasuke, his Susano'o blocking the strike with its sword and leaping back to allow him to form its lower half and legs for better mobility.
"Bring it on, Uchiha!" roared Naruto as he propelled himself forward with his tails and slammed his fist into Sasuke's Susano'o, cracking the armor and sending him sliding back.
"Yasaka Magatama!" yelled Sasuke, his Susano'o forming a ring of magatama made out of the black flames of Amaterasu and throwing them at Naruto.
"Nice try!" laughed Naruto as three of his tails swatted the magatama to the side and then disconnected the chakra that caught some of the black flames from his avatar. In a flash of red Naruto got behind Sasuke and grasped his Susano'o by its arms and legs, restraining it from moving with his tails.
Tsunade watched in fear as Naruto roared and sunk his teeth into Susano'o's neck, his chakra seeping into it and starting to take over the ethereal warrior and put it under his control. Naruto slipped into Susano'o and smiled evilly as he approached Sasuke, his shakujo still in hand while a cloud of his chakra protected him from Sasuke's malevolent chakra.
"Amaterasu - Entenka!" said Sasuke, black fire surrounding him like a chain link fence in an attempt to protect him from Naruto.
"You think you can stop me with that little fire? Ha! Try this on for size. Kaijoton - Pointo buranku zetsumetsu!" said Naruto, a bright light shining out from Susano'o before it exploded in a ball of fire, Sasuke yelling as he was thrown back and tumbled on the ground before coming to a stop, clutching his scorched left arm.
"Fuck, I can't feel my left arm anymore…" he thought painfully as he got up, Naruto walking towards him as his Seven Tailed Version 2 form phased back into his body.
"Any last words before I kill you?" asked Naruto as he twirled his shakujo around, Sasuke pulling a small scroll out from his flak jacket and unraveling it.
"Yeah...I do." said Sasuke as he stood up and pressed his hand against the scroll, a seal appearing before in a puff of smoke, he held his sword in his hand, lightning starting to lance out from his body and into the sword.
Naruto sneered at the sword as if it were a toothpick and continued to walk towards Sasuke, his evil smile unnerving to Sasuke.
"Naruto...Please, give up this worthless bout for revenge!" shouted Sasuke as he ran towards Naruto and swung at him with his lightning enhanced sword, Naruto blocking it with his shakujo.
"It's too late for that Uchiha, once I kill you, this village will burn for what its done to me." sneered Naruto as he threw back Sasuke and swiped his shakujo across his chest, cutting deep into his skin.
Sasuke stumbled back, blood seeping through his flak jacket and forming a trail as he stepped back from Naruto, keeping his sword close by his side and his injured arm up against his chest
"Damn it, I have no choice. I'm sorry Naruto…" thought Sasuke as he glared at Naruto, the latter's eyes widening as Sasuke's eyes started to slowly spin.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Naruto's body stiffened as the Genjutsu took over, his eyes becoming foggy and far away as if his mind had been sent somewhere else. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief as he walked up to the entrapped Naruto, happy that the Genjutsu was one thing that worked on him.
"He did it." said Tsunade with a sigh as she wiped the sweat from her brow, then spotted the Akatsuki members not even bothering to intercept him.
It was troubling.
"Why are they not even moving?" she wondered as Sasuke approached Naruto while wiping some blood from his lip, his grip on his sword tightening.
"Naruto...Your road of revenge ends here." said Sasuke as his blade became encased with lightning that flickered and zapped around off the metal as he brought his arm back then swung it at Naruto's neck.
The crowd went silent, Sasuke's eyes widening in shock as he saw the hand block the sword and shatter it into little bits and pieces, Naruto's smirk growing into a fanged smile as his hand grabbed Sasuke's wrist and twisted his arm up and around onto his back until he heard a loud snap echo out.
Sasuke screamed in agony as Naruto threw Sasuke forward with the force of a bullet, Sasuke smashing into another of the arena's walls. Naruto quickly threw his shakujo into the cloud of dust that covered him, a few seconds passing until another pain filled scream pierced the air. Naruto smirked and crossed his arms while waiting for the dust cloud to clear with the crowd, Tsunade waiting anxiously for it to disperse as well.
It finally dissipated and she gasped along with the crowd, seeing that Sasuke was pinned against the wall of the arena with the shakujo wedged into the wall through his left shoulder, blood pouring down his flak jacket and forming a large puddle on the ground.
Sasuke's body was shaking violently, the shakujo, being made of the same material as Nagato's Chakra Disruption Blades, were agitating his chakra something fierce, leaving him unable to pry the staff from his shoulder.
Naruto flicked his thumb and a super thin thread of chakra drew the shakujo out of his shoulder and back to him, Sasuke dropping to the ground onto his knees.
"I'm not done with you yet…" said Naruto as he planted his shakujo into the ground before walking towards the fallen Uchiha.
"Well, now isn't this ironic? At the Valley of the End you stood over me when I was defeated...and now, the roles have switched." said Naruto as he bent down to pick up Sasuke.
"It's not over yet…" said Sasuke, Naruto stopping and chuckling at his words.
"Oh really...Well we'll just have to see about that." said Naruto before Sasuke leaped up at him, his hand encased in blue, chirping lightning.
A smirk appeared on Naruto's face as blood dripped down his lip, Sasuke having shoved his Chidori straight through his chest and out his back, the explosion of blood that followed suite creating a sort of sadistic art image of blood on the ground behind him.
"It's got to be over now." said Kurenai, Gai letting out a sigh of relief.
"Naruto…" thought Sakura as the two stood there, once again for the third time.
"Kehehe…" started Naruto, the crowd, who had begun to leave now that Sasuke had supposedly killed the demon, stopped and looked back fearfully.
"Kehehahaha! You think some pitiful Chidori can kill me?! Sasuke, you've forgotten. I'm a Bijuu! I can't be killed!" laughed Naruto as his blood sizzled away, his wound starting to heal around Sasuke's arm.
"Please tell me you guys heard that too…" stuttered Kiba, the other rookies and Jonin nodding slowly.
"And now it's time you die, Uchiha!" snarled Naruto as he pushed Sasuke off his arm and formed a crimson Rasengan in his right hand.
Suddenly a fist rammed into his jaw and he flew into the opposite wall, Sasuke's eyes widening at the appearance of Sakura right in front of him. Her sudden appearance and the sight of Naruto stuck in a wall with a bruise the size of Konoha on his skin only made it worse.
"Sakura, what are you-"
"Shut up and follow me, I'm getting you out of here." said Sakura as she grabbed him by the wrist and leaped out of the stadium as the villagers fled in terror from the stands.
"Kill the demon!" ordered Hamura, ANBU flying into the stadium with their swords drawn.
"Attack the village! Destroy it! I want them all slaughtered like the animals they are!" roared Naruto as he spotted Sakura and Sasuke flee from the arena.
"Kakashi…" he said, the man glancing over to him and seeing the look in his eye.
"Let's get the team back together...hm?" asked Naruto with a fanged grin, Kakashi smirking behind his mask as his Sharingan's morphed to their Mangekyo Sharingan form.
"I'll find them and I'll alert you to their position?" he offered, Naruto nodding as he rushed one of the ANBU and clawed his throat out, Suzaku joining him while the other members leapt out of the arena and into the village.
Kakashi smirked as he activated his Kamui and spiraled away into the spacial distortion created by his eye technique.
Deciding to join in on the rampage, Ketsueki landed in the middle of Konoha square and was instantly surrounded by Chunin and Jonin armed to the teeth with anything they thought could harm the Akatsuki member. They were sorely mistaken for even thinking that they could do so.
"Ha, fools! You think you can kill me?" said Ketsueki, his voice unhinged as he rushed one of the men, wanting to taste blood once again.
"Heh, now will you look at that. I'd thought I'd never see the day when two Uzumaki clansmen would fight once again." said Suzaku as he decapitated an ANBU with a kick to the head, Naruto laughing at his statement and super strength.
"I know right? Let's get things done here so I can go meet Kakashi when he finds my prey." he replied.
"You're acting like Kurama more and more, you know that?"
"I'm the Kyuubi, what do you expect?"
Kakashi appeared atop the Fourth Hokage's head after teleporting back from Kamui's Dimension and he squatted down, gazing out over the village in search for his two former students. He narrowed his eyes as he spotted two figures running along the rooftops, avoiding the gigantic tentacles of blood that were sweeping through the fleeing villagers and shinobi, killing multiple people with each swipe.
"There you are…" he said as the vortex appeared again and he spiraled away, going after the two he saw.
"Come on, we need to leave the village quickly and hide until Naruto leaves and forgets about us." said Sakura before they stopped as a figure began to appear from a vortex in front of them.
When Sasuke saw the Akatsuki cloak he first thought it was Madara, considering he was the only Uchiha he knew that could perform that technique, but then he saw the silver hair and Icha Icha book in his hand and instantly scowled.
"Kakashi…" said Sasuke with animosity lacing his tongue, Kakashi glancing up at the two nonchalantly.
"You two have grown so much since I last saw you...it's a shame that you have to die." he said, Sasuke and Sakura scowling at him.
Sakura ran towards him and threw a punch at him, but was surprised when her fist didn't meet his jaw, but phased through it instead. Sasuke's eyes widened as Sakura passed through Kakashi's entire body, and as soon as she was separated from him he spun around and kicked her in the back, sending her crashing through the wall of a house.
Suddenly blood flew from his chest as Sasuke rammed his Chidori through his body, Kakashi glancing back at him without a single tinge of pain on his face.
"Not only did my ability to control my Sharingan increase when I gained the right eye from Obito, but now can use high level Genjutsu with it, and sorry but...you're already in my trap." said Kakashi as his body dispersed into lightning that reformed into seven of him that surrounded Sasuke, a kunai in each of their hands.
Sasuke blinked and he looked down, seeing a seal placed on his flak jacket with the kanji for "Track" in the center.
"Now it's only a matter of time until Naruto gets here to finish the job." said Kakashi as he twirled a kunai knife in his hand and stashed away his Icha Icha book, being sure to fold down the page he was on for later.
Meanwhile on the opposite side of the village at the Arena, Naruto had finally exited the large building, leaving it a bloody mess and was engaging Konoha forces around the stadium, cutting them down like paper with Kurama at his side.
"No one can stand the power of the Kyuubi's might!" laughed Kurama as he killed an ANBU with a stab to the throat.
"Yeah...Wait a minute…" said Naruto as he felt a chakra beacon activate and pulled him towards it.
Kakashi had found his prey.
"Gotta go Kurama, I'm going hunting." said Naruto with an evil smile as he leaped up to the top of the Arena and looked in the direction of the beacon. He could see the explosions arising from that area and knew that Kakashi must be stalling Sasuke so he could get there
"This time, I'm going to finish what I started!" he roared as his chakra exploded around him, growing bigger and bigger in size until he towered over the village.
"Fear me puny humans!" roared Naruto as he transformed into his Tailed Beast form, smashing his way through city block after city block in pursuit of his prey..
Kakashi phased through another one of Sasuke's fireballs until he felt the tremors, stepping aside and letting the rest of the technique pass by him while he crossed his arms and waited. Sasuke was confused at first, but when he felt the second tremor fear overtook his body. Sakura emerged out of the house, clutching her side and healing it, hearing the constant booming as if it were a giant heading their way.
"Uchiha! I smell your fear, I want to taste your blood!" roared Naruto as he appeared over top of them, Sasuke being overtaken by his shadow as he glared down onto him while he licked his fangs.
Sasuke almost vomited at the sight of some corpses and limbs stuck between his teeth, having made a meal out of the foolish few that dared attack him.
"Sakura, run!" he yelled as he ran past Kakashi, grabbing onto her and running down the street.
"Shall we chase after them, Naruto?" asked Kakashi, Naruto roaring in response.
"I'll take that as a yes." said Kakashi as he formed a single seal, and instantly his body transformed into a Version 2 state with four tails, giving chase after Sasuke and Sakura beside the thunderous footsteps of Naruto.
Yahiko sensed the change in Kakashi's chakra and he smirked as he ripped the heart out of an ANBU and killed another with his Fire Mask.
"Seems Kakashi is having some fun over there, eh Akayuri?" he asked as Akayuri sliced a Jonin in half with her blade tail before blasting another apart with a missile.
"I think I want to go say hello to his old teammates. You think you can handle all these guys?" asked Akayuri with a smirk and a glance back at Yahiko, who answered her question in the form of a technique, the Fire Mask's mouth opening up with a loud crack.
"Katon - Gōka Mekkyaku!"
The mask spewed out a huge stream of brilliant flames that obliterated any who stood to close, reducing them to ash instantly.
"Go on, I got this. Suiton - Bakuhatsu suiatsu shotto!" yelled Yahiko as his Water Mask opened its mouth and sprayed a large cannon shot of water compressed into a thin line that sliced through seven ANBU and cut them clean in half, spraying their blood everywhere.
Akayuri left the battle and raced off after the gigantic form of Naruto, who had managed to corner Sasuke and Sakura against the wall of the mountain that bore the former Hokage Monument.
Kakashi slowly crept towards the two, snarling deeply as he let the demonic chakra take over and give him that savage side.
"Shit, I'd never thought I'd have to use this again after Itachi but this situation calls for it!" cursed Sasuke as he formed a string of hand signs, Sakura confused as to what he meant.
"What do you mean?" she asked as Sasuke looked up into the sky and inhaled a deep breathe.
"You'll see. Katon - Gōryūka no Jutsu!" he said before firing off multiple fireballs towards Naruto that shaped themselves into dragon heads.
Naruto stepped back and let the fireballs pass by harmlessly into the sky, smirking at Sasuke in pity.
"Such a pitiful attempt to hurt me." he ridiculed, Sasuke smirking at the fact that Naruto had no clue as to what he was planning.
"Amaterasu!" yelled Sasuke, launching multiple huge bursts of the unquenchable black fires up at Naruto, who yet again dodged the straight forward attack and let it fly into the darkening sky.
"Is there really a point behind these meaningless attacks?" asked Naruto with a sigh as he lowered his head down to them and bared his fangs.
"Yeah there is, look up!" yelled Sasuke, Naruto looking up at the dark clouds now covering the village.
"Yeah so, you made the weather change, big deal." said Naruto before a huge thunderclap boomed out from the clouds, echoing out across the village, while a lightning bolt lanced out from the cloud and danced around for a few seconds before disappearing.
Kakashi noticed Sasuke's smirk and he looked back up at the clouds, seeing them start to crackle with electricity.
"Naruto, look out!" he yelled, Naruto looking back up at the clouds and seeing the clouds part, a gigantic dragon made of pure, natural lightning appearing out of the hole.
"Kirin!" shouted Sasuke as the dragon bolt, in the time of 1/1000th of a second, Naruto roared in pain as it struck him straight in the back, his gigantic form collapsing down onto the village, a huge scorching hole through his entire body, smoldering from the lightning.
Sasuke coughed out blood and Sakura held him up, worried of his condition.
"You're wearing yourself thin, you can't keep fighting or you'll die from chakra exhaustion." said Sakura, Sasuke collapsing to the ground and coughing out more blood while his body writhed in pain.
Suddenly a missile hit the ground right before the two and it exploded, sending them opposite ways away from each other, Akayuri landing beside Kakashi with a smirk on her face.
"Lookin' good Kakashi." she said as she spotted Naruto start to stir and heal himself from the gigantic injury he sustained from the lightning bolt.
Kakashi walked over to Sakura and he made himself intangible as she swung right through him again before grabbing her wrist after her arm finally exited his body.
"Sakura, I'm sorry it has to end this way." said Kakashi before he swung her around and flipped the kunai sword in his hand, Sakura gasping as she felt cold metal pierce her skin.
Sasuke, dazed, hoisted himself off the ground and looked over at Sakura, his eyes widening in shock and horror at the unimaginable scene unfolding before him.
"K-Kakashi Sensei…" she uttered as she looked down at the blade sticking out of her gut, blood starting to stain her clothes and drip down onto the ground off the end of the tip.
"This kunai is poisoned by the best poison crafter from Kusagakure. It has no known cure and cannot be treated. It kills a victim almost instantly. I'm sorry." said Kakashi as he slid the blade out of her back and swept it to the right to fling off the excess blood.
Her eyes rolled up into her skull while Sasuke yelled as she fell to her knees, already dead before she even hit the ground with a sickening smack. A few seconds later it started to rain as a result of Sasuke's technique, just like it had after he'd killed his brother, Itachi, and all it did was add to the scene of disaster.
"Sakura! NO!" cried Sasuke as he tried to get up but collapsed to the ground with a grunt, too exhausted from overuse of his chakra.
By this time, Naruto had already healed and was towering over him yet again, his red eyes peering down onto him, filled with anger.
"Any last words?" he asked, Sasuke too broken to even respond at first.
"Just get it over with…" he muttered as tears fell down his face, Naruto smirking as he licked his fangs.
Suddenly the prophecy from Hagoromo flashed through his head once again, his ominous words reverberating around from every corner of his mind like the droning sound of a gong.
"I have made my decision." he thought before he fixated his gaze on Sasuke and Sasuke alone
"Very well. And Sasuke?" he asked, Sasuke looking up slowly at him, his body having lost the will to fight and live.
"Welcome to Hell!" roared Naruto as he opened his jaws and snapped his teeth down onto Sasuke, crushing his body and making it explode with blood.
Naruto drew his head back up and swallowed the dead Uchiha's corpse, relishing the taste of his blood.
"So, now what do we do?" asked Kakashi as Naruto began to return to normal.
"I know what to do. Gather everyone at the front gate. It's time Konoha truly did go to hell."
In a the few minutes after those words, the Akatsuki had once again gathered at the gate to Konoha, its streets painted red with the slaughter of all its forces and citizens, along with the Council, who had tried to flee.
Naruto closed his eyes and began to form multiple hand sings, stringing them rapidly together until he arrived at the final one, his eyes opening.
"Ichi Hyaku Shīru no Jutsu - Kaijoton - Andāwārudo no jōshō jigoku hashira!" said Naruto as he slammed his palms to the ground, the earth splitting from contact and starting to circle around the entire circumference of the village up until it met with the rock wall of the Hokage Monument.
Suddenly the earth shook as a gigantic column of molten magma shot out of the ground from the splitting earth around the village, more of the hot liquid shooting out of the earth as the village started to sink.
In the arena, Tsunade stood in the press box with Iruka and Yamato, who had come to the arena to say goodbye as the village was sinking into the earth, Naruto's jutsu having destroyed the rock underneath the village all the way from the crust down to the core itself.
They truly were going to hell.
The Jonin who were friends with Naruto and the Rookie 11 had also not left the stadium, not wanting to fight there friend.
"This is it guys, the end of Konoha." said Kiba as he pet his dog Akamaru on the head for the last time as they sunk deeper into the earth.
"Yeah, it was a nice run. I'm glad I get to go with my friends though." said Lee, Tenten and Neji nodding.
"Dad, I love you." cried Ino as she embraced her father, Choji doing the same with his father.
"It'll be alright son, it will all be over soon." said Choza, comforting his son.
"Dad…" started Shikamaru before Shikaku stopped him there and drew him into a deep hug.
"I know Shikamaru...I know."
"Hinata, Neji, I am proud to have been your father and uncle." said Hiashi as he embraced the two Hyuugas in a hug, Hinata crying softly.
"This is it, Judgment day. Naruto kept his promise." said Yamato as magma poured down onto the village as the sunk deeper and deeper into the hole towards the core.
"Yeah...Well, its been nice knowing you guys." said Tsunade, Iruka nodding as he held his hands behind his back and smiled at how Naruto had changed since he was just that goofball prankster all those years ago.
"Even if I'm gone, I'll always stay by your side Naruto, no matter what path you take. Goodbye, old friend." he thought before he closed his eyes as the piece of the crust the village sat on began to break apart.
In a few short seconds, the village literally broke apart, the jumble of rock, buildings and bodies of the killed villagers free falled down towards the brightly glowing core of the earth, their deaths assured.
Naruto looked down at the core and felt the remaining chakra from the village disappear, never to be felt like again.
"So, what do we do now Naruto?" asked Yahiko, Naruto clenching his fist, one more person on his list still needing to be dealt with.
"We deal with one last person that interferes with peace. Yahiko, Kurama, let's go. The others will meet us there."
"Right"
"Gotcha."
Naruto turned to the rest of the Akatsuki and said, "We'll be back, we have to take care of some business only we can handle. You guys head back to Amegakure and I'll meet you there."
"Alright, be careful." said Akayuri with a smile, Naruto grinning.
"See you guys later. Kurama, Yahiko, let's get going." said Naruto as the three of them leaped away, their destination?
The Mountain's Graveyard.
- Pure Land / Present Day -
"That was...so long ago…"
A man sitting on a cliff overlooking a infinite ocean and a glorious sunset raised his head and opened his eyes, allowing the brilliant sun rays to wash over his face and fill him with light. He ran a hand through his blood red hair before standing up and dusting himself off.
"Perhaps...I over reacted?" he thought, his gaze never leaving the sunset. "I had so many friends...Iruka-sensei...Sakura...Hinata...Shikamaru...everyone...even Sasuke."
He turned his back and shoved his hands into his pockets, relishing the feel of the soft grass on his bare feet as he walked towards a small cottage out in the country, on one side being a extensive forest of oak trees and on the other a rolling plain that moved with the tide of the breeze. He had chosen the spot since it was the first place he had ended up in after crossing over from Limbo to the Pure Land.
And it seemed like he had a visitor when he spotted a figure leaning next to the door. He smiled when he recognized who he was.
"Hey there Kurama. What brings you here?" he asked, the former Kyuubi chuckling as he shook the man's hand.
"Well, I just got back from visiting with that father of yours. He and Kushina are expecting a visit from you in a couple of days, Naruto." he said, Naruto smiling cheesily before he beckoned his old friend inside.
He fixed up two cups of tea, something he had gotten accustomed to drinking, and handed a cup to Kurama as they took a seat at his dining room table.
"Tell me the real reason as to why you're here." he asked right off the bat, Kurama taking a sip from his cup and sighing as he set it back down.
"You've been watching your grandson, right?"
A/N Jutsu Translations
Katon - Gōkakyū no Jutsu / Fire Release - Great Fireball Technique
Ōdama Rasengan / Big Ball Rasengan
Bijuu-Dama / Tailed Beast Ball
Amaterasu - Entenka / Amaterasu - Flame Wrapping Fire
Kaijoton - Pointo buranku zetsumetsu / Demonic Release - Point Blank Extinction
Katon - Gōka Mekkyaku / Fire Release - Great Fire Annihilation
Suiton - Bakuhatsu suiatsu shotto / Water Release - Water Explosion Pressure Shot
Katon - Gōryūka no Jutsu / Fire Release - Great Dragon Fire Technique
Ichi Hyaku Shīru no Jutsu - Kaijoton - Andāwārudo no jōshō jigoku hashira / One Hundred Seal Technique - Demonic Release - Rising Hell Pillars of the Underworld