Chapter 32b:

Naruto harshly breathed in, staring darkly at Zetsu. Zetsu calmly breathed in, grinning, then, looked at Naruto, clenching a fist.

"Tell me."

Naruto gasped; Zetsu was right next to him.

Zetsu slowly unclenched his fingers, and they streched out until they became talons (a green version of Crowned Clown from -man). "What right do you have to try and stop me?"

Before Naruto could even blink, he screamed, as a deep laceration appeared on his chest.

"Or, rather, what right do you have to believe you can stop me?" Zetsu whispered from behind him. Naruto gagged, collapsing as his Kami Fuuun faded. Zetsu dully looked at his hands.

"For a human, you certainly have a remarkable amount of blood." he said idly. "It should be in a medical journal, almost."

Naruto panted, then angrily threw a kunai at Zetsu. Zetsu chuckled as the kunai bounced off of him. "So pitiful."

Naruto choked, coughing up blood as another talon went through his ribs, barely missing his heart. Zetsu chuckled. "Now then, to dispose of you, Naruto."

Naruto wheezed painfully. "Why..." he muttered, trying his best to avoid falling on the scalpel-like blade. Zetsu smiled cruelly. "Why? Simply because I am disgusted with this world."

Naruto coldly looked up at him, then coughed up blood again. 'Damn it...I don't remember ever feeling this bad...' He looked around wearily. 'Lights are flashing...everythings so freaking blurry...'

He spewed up more blood. 'Shit...'

Zetsu smiled. "Vermin crawling upon this earth disgustingly, like insects. The world's strongest shinobi, at this point, would cause no more trouble to me than the world's strongest hummingbird." He laughed dementedly. "I shall spread through this world my offspring, and make things truly survival of the fittest."

He turned to Naruto, extending another wicked blade. "And now...time to die."

Then, he stumbled forwards as a fist hit him in the back. Naruto spat up blood. "Granny Tsunade!"

Zetsu snarled. "Idiot." he said coldly, swinging at Tsunade, who barely dodged, then sliced at his tendons.

"Chakra Scalpel!" she said angrily.

Zetsu flinched, then grinned as his body instantly regenerated. He slammed Tsunade out of the way, then turned to Naruto.

Naruto exploded in a flock of crows. Zetsu snarled. "Damn!"

"Now that your chakra is lowered..."

Itachi and Tsunade leapt out at Zetsu, neither of them sporting an injury.

"We can fight!" Tsunade roared, swinging at Zetsu.

"...I concur." Itachi said more quietly.

Naruto deeply breathed in, and then, sat down, taking a soldier pill and a blood replenishing pill, along with a swig of water, from his apparently indestructible canteen.

Zetsu calmly sparred with the two S-ranked ninjas. 'Damn...I had to turn all of my chakra into an armor to survive that damned attack...and now it's taking longer to replenish. If that boy uses the nine-tailed fox demon, I might just die...'

He scowled, then slashed at Tsunade and Itachi, slicing into Tsunade, just as Itachi shoved his fist through Zetsu's body. Zetsu grinned, and vile vines began shooting up Itachi's arm. Itachi scowled, then, wires on his arm set on fire after a one handed seal, lighting the vines on fire, and charring Zetsu. Zetsu viciously tore himself away, then vomited up a scroll, unraveling it to summon a dizzying array of explosive tags, which instantly detonated.

Tsunade and Itachi had managed to get away, until metal wire wrapped around both of their torsos. They gasped, until they were pulled back to the Mizukage.

"Are you trying to die!" she hissed.

Naruto breathed in again, then looked around. His eyes widened at a patch of rippling earth. Suddenly, a doppleganger of Zetsu dragged itself from it, followed by a second, and a third. Naruto scowled, then created some shadow clones. Zetsu grinned maniacally, then made a seal, and the clones turned into shuriken-like leaves, which shot at Naruto.

"Wood Release-Chimera Breeze." he screamed. Naruto made a seal, and his four shadow clones turned into large shuriken, which he threw at the leaves.

The foliage sliced through the shuriken, making them explode in a cloud of smoke, and Naruto hissed as the blades sliced into his shoulders. Naruto made five more clones, which he threw directly at Zetsu, after turning them into shuriken. Zetsu raised his hand to block them, but then, Zetsu screamed in pain as one of the shuriken, instead of turning into a clone, turned into a kunai with a tag, and Naruto slashed Zetsu across the torso with Shippuken.

Zetsu furiously grabbed Naruto, who grinned, making a seal.

Then, all of the shuriken turned back into clones, which exploded.

Itachi shook his head in amazement. "His chakra is astounding...it is almost like he is a tailed beast."

Zetsu raggedly breathed in, then slowly started healing, making seals rapidly. He then put his hand to the wall of the cave. Suddenly, a weird circle appeared on it, as it violently exploded, and sent mud flying like a dragon at Naruto.

Naruto grimaced, then threw a kunai into the jutsu.

Instantly, the dragon disappeared as huge lacerations appeared in it. Zetsu snarled, then made a ripping motion in the air. "Water Release-Vicious Pulse!"

Instantly, a concussive blast of water appeared from midair, slamming into Naruto.

Naruto yelled, flying into a wall, as Zetsu appeared in front of him, then stabbed him.

Zetsu scowled, Itachi having deflected the blow, as Naruto harshly gasped. "I meant to stab him through the heart." Zetsu said dryly. Then, Zetsu leapt back, throwing some vines towards Naruto and Itachi. Naruto hurriedly jumped, slicing the vines, and landing next to Zetsu.

"Got you."

Naruto choked, as a Zetsu mud clone grabbed him. Zetsu smiled, then leapt at Naruto again, swinging a talon. Naruto then disappeared in a puff of smoke, being replaced by an explosive tag, which detonated, ripping apart the clone and burning Zetsu.

Zetsu snarled, then turned to see Naruto grinning, with Kami Fuuun+Kyuubi eyes, Great Wind Armor, and Sage Mode. Zetsu blinked, then scowled. "Don't tell me..."

He turned to see Itachi, who's Mangekyou Sharingan was blazing. Zetsu sighed, then turned to Naruto. "Thats just great, just great-

Then Itachi choked as a thin blade sliced through his throat, spraying crimson, and he collapsed. Tsunade screamed, only for her to be dragged underground along with the Mizukage by Mud Clones.

Naruto screamed, then turned to Zetsu. "You little Fucker!" he screamed.

Zetsu chuckled, then flew at Naruto, swinging his claws.

Naruto angrily blocked them with Shippuken. "I'll kill you!" he screamed!

Zetsu grinned, then, his skin bubbled, and started to peel away. "Oh reaIIY I 'dlike to see YOU TrY!!" he shrieked maniacally, as his flesh peeled away to reveal a decrepid, corpse-like exoskeleton. Zetsu screamed, making a seal, and placing both of his hands on the ground.

Naruto stumbled back. 'What the...I feel some insane chakra!'

Then, the whole world seemed to die.

The cave turned to dust, and then, the earth and plants outside turned to ashes, and an eerie green glow flew from them to Zetsu. Zetsu grinned.

"Unholy Sealing Jutsu: Mirror Genesis!"

Then, the earth shattered, and lava poured out, before being sapped by Zetsu. Naruto stumbled back more, falling on his back. Then, Zetsu grinned, as white shadows flew towards him from beyond the horizon.

"Help!"

Naruto blinked. Then gasped. Then screamed.

"Those are SOULS!" he screamed.

Zetsu, who now was towering over Naruto at forty feet, laughed maniacally, then, the whole world seemed to turn black from smoke. Zetsu then turned black, and more bestial. His skeleton ripped through his flesh, as his eyes turned to a dull, glassy black. Desolate black wings erupted from his back, as Zetsu wailed, and his bones splintered into large blades.

Naruto gasped, falling to his knees. 'This chakra is more than I can ever have imagined! I haven't been this powerful with my eight-tailed transformation!'

Then, Zetsu's jaw disconnected, as he released a scream like a demon legion being tortured.

Naruto screamed also, as the ground shattered from the sheer force, and his clothes tore.

Zetsu then smiled. "Pitiful being..." he said, his sonorous voice echoing. "As if you could ever stop me! You realize, Naruto, that you are the strongest ninja in the world, currently. When you die, the world has absolutely no chance!"

Zetsu laughed.

"And I will eradicate all you, you filth! I will kill everyone! I will murder you all!" he histarically giggled. Naruto raggedly breathed in, then braced himself, and shot at Zetsu viciously. He swung his arm back.

"Rasenshuriken!" he yelled, throwing a Rasenshuriken furiously. The attack hit Zetsu, than vanished. Naruto stared in horror, then screamed as a gargantuan fist slammed him into the ground, spraying his blood over the black earth. Zetsu grinned, then, a mass of chakra appeared in his mouth, which shot unbelievably fast at Naruto.

One tail appeared behind Naruto.

Naruto screamed, then disappeared in a flash, as the attack hit the ground, and made a kilometer-radius crater. Naruto panted in mid-air, then shot at Zetsu again.

The chakra radiating off of Naruto violently repelled him back, as he screamed. Zetsu laughed, then, Naruto grew a second tail.

'The pressure's off, but I still feel an immense wave...if anyone else faced this, they probably would be dead!"

He deeply breathed in, then flew at Zetsu.

"Pressure Damage!"

A rapid-fire barrage of the jutsu flew at Zetsu, who laughed.

"What, do you think that breeze will hurt me!"

Naruto screamed.

"Rasenshuriken!"

Naruto furiously threw Rasenshuriken's at Zetsu, which all only scratched him, and were instantly healed.

Third Tail.

Zetsu laughed. "All of the chakra you could muster would do nothing against me!"

Naruto scowled, then screamed violently, shooting towards Zetsu, carving a hole in his body.

Zetsu screamed, then violently grabbed Naruto, slamming him into the ground. Naruto screamed, coughing up blood, then it all faded to black.

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Naruto looked around at the seizure of colors flashing around him.

He screamed. "Make it stop!"

"Make it FUCKING stop!"

He screamed, then stared.

Madara was facing him, then he flashed to Zetsu, Kisame, Itachi, Orochimaru, everyone he remembered ever fighting.

Naruto stumbled back, as the figure laughed.

"Come on, Naruto!"

The voice constantly shifted every infinitesemal second, from Madara's baritone to Kisame's sadistic call to Zetsu's nightmarish giggle.

Then, they all started crowding him, laughing at him.

"We will all kill you Naruto!"

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Zetsu charged up another demonic chakra ball

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"Then, we will destroy all of Konoha!' Madara screamed, tearing Naruto's arm off.

Naruto screamed, as the arm regenerated.

"And everyone in it!" Kisame laughed.

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Zetsu then focused the ball, shooting it at Naruto.

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"Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, your friends-everyone!" Orochimaru laughed, ripping Naruto's torso apart, which turned to dust, then repaired itself.

Naruto screamed in agony.

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The wave of chakra hit Naruto, tearing him apart, his body limp.

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"Everyone you love will die!!!!" Zetsu maniacally screamed.

Naruto screamed as a million blades pierced his heart. He fell back, falling for seemingly an eternity.

'I Lost.'

He breathed in, falling, feeling a light below him.

'I failed.'

He closed his eyes, to let the darkness overtake him.

"Naruto!"

Naruto's heart raced.

'What?'

Naruto gasped, in the hands of Minato, Kushina, the Third, Tsunade, Itachi, everyone. They all were glowing with a brilliant yellow-gold light.

"Naruto, you can't give up!" Sakura said, her voice sounding like an angels.

"Naruto, its now or never." Kakashi said, his voice sounding majestic.

"You can do it, Dobe." Sasuke said calmly and richly darkly.

Naruto turned, to see Hinata's heavenly smile.

Hinata kissed him.

"You can do it, Naruto-kun." she whispered. Then, they all faded away, but Naruto still grinned, as the golden aura wrapped around him.

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Itachi panted, harshly breathing in as he carried the Mizukage's and Tsunade's unconscious, scarcely breathing bodies.

Zetsu screamed victoriously.

Itachi turned pale. 'No...that's impossible. Naruto...you couldn't have lost...'

He screamed, slamming his fist into the ground. "DAMN IT!" he screamed, scraping his fist.

Then, suddenly, the earth started rippling.

Itachi looked up.

Suddenly, there was a giant golden light in the air, and, the chakra radiating from it was restoring all of the foliage, and repairing the earth.

Itachi felt a warmth go through him. "Naruto?' He breathed.

Then, Tsunade and the Mizukage stirred.

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Hinata gasped, as instantly, Konohagakure started glowing from chakra, then, began repairing itself. 'What's going on!'

Then, she softly smiled. 'Naruto...'

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The three S-ranked stared in amazement.

Zetsu turned to the glowing entity.

Naruto grinned, looking at Zetsu.

Zetsu screamed.

Naruto just grinned harder, and chakra radiated out.

Zetsu froze. 'This chakra! What is it!'

He screamed. "I'll tear it, I'll rip it apart, I'll kill it!"

'I'm scared.'

Naruto looked at Zetsu, his eyes clear blue, golden chakra radiating off of him like a rejuvinating hurricane. Then, he held up his palm, and chakra started swirling around it.

Zetsu screamed, paralyzed in fascination.

Then, the chakra started forming a sphere, which slowly spun faster as it grew, then compressed, and increased, and compressed, until it was like a golden tornado.

Naruto yelled, shooting towards Zetsu, swinging his arm.

"This is it!"

Zetsu howled, shooting huge waves of chakra towards Naruto, which blew off of him like puffs of smoke. Naruto slammed into Zetsu.

"Rasengan Souseiki(Genesis) !"

Zetsu screamed, as the chakra washed through him.

It purified him, destroying him.

'What is this power...' he wondered. He started disintegrating, washing away, and fading to dust. He smiled.

'This boy...really is something.'

Naruto fell, his chakra fading, until he hit the ground gently.

He blinked.

He breathed in.

"It's over..."

He grinned, smiling.

He pumped his fist in the air.

"Believe It!"

Epilouge:

10 Years Later...

"Hey dad, watch this!"

Naruto grinned, laughing as his son Akira summoned a tadpole.

"Hey, no fair, I could do it before!"

Naruto chuckled, ruffling his son's black hair, and smiling at the tadpole reflected in his son's determined blue eyes.

He looked out of the deck of his office, smiling.

Hinata walked up to him, hugging him, smiling.

Naruto casually pushed his hair back, then grinned, waving.

"Hey, Lee!"

A tall jonin wearing a trench coat and a Lelouch (Lamperouge) haircut turned, waving to Naruto as he walked down the street with his red-haired wife.

Naruto smiled, looking over at the Byakuya residence, which Neji had recently become head of, taking Tenten as his wife.

Naruto sweatdropped. 'More like Tenten took him as her husband...'

Hinata laughed softly, then handed Naruto a letter. "Its from Shikamaru." she said.

Naruto grinned, tearing it open.

Hokage Naruto,

I bring you greetings from Suna.

Anyways, Temari, Gaara, that one other brother, and Nanami

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"Uh, who's Nanami again?"

"Shikamaru's daughter, Naruto!"

"Oh, yeah."

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-are doing fine. Naruto, you really have to remember my daughter's name.

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"How did he do that?"

Hinata laughed.

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- Well, Matsuri's also good, I guess. Its bothersome, but Gaara wants me to be his personal guard. It seems like a drag, but, y'know. Anyways, hows Akira, and the village?

Because if you blew the place up again, I swear I will kill you. I will purposefully undo the seal limiting your chakra, and kill you.

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Hinata blinked. "What seal?"

Naruto chuckled, scratching his head. "Five villages, decided to divide my chakra to a fifth, yeah...its kind of weird."

Hinata rolled her eyes.

Naruto shrugged. "Konohamaru was against it, saying he wanted to fight me at full power, kick my ass..."

Hinata raised an eyebrow, hugging Naruto.

"Well, once he gets to jonin level, I'm sure he'll be a threat."

"Hey, Naruto!"

Naruto grinned, looking down at Kakashi and Anko. "Hey, what's up!" Naruto called.

Anko grinned. "Getting some Dango with Kurenai and her gaki. Wanna come!"

Naruto paled, shaking his head, as Anko shrugged, dragging Kakashi along. Naruto turned back to the letter.

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-Sasuke and Itachi are the co-captains of ANBU, correct? And neither were widely accepted, until the Mizukage threw her support behind them.

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Naruto sweatdropped. "Seriously, how does he know this stuff!"

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-Well, my time is up. I'm sure you'll find some other way to continue the plot.

Until Next time, Shikamaru.

Naruto sighed. "What the hell does he mean by continue the plot?"

Hinata smiled. "You'll learn when you're older." she said, patting his head from six inches above her.

Naruto shrugged, then walked out, staring into the village.

He grinned.

'Weird, what ten years can do. A five nation anti-war agreement, a leap in quality of ninjas and chakra levels..."

He sweatdropped. "...and an almost creepy amount of couples getting together. I mean, Ino and Kiba? Seriously?'

Naruto grinned.

'Life sure has changed for the better, huh?'

Naruto lightly kissed Hinata and embraced her as a light breeze swept by them, listening to the academy's kids laughing and the ANBU shunshining.

'And we are building a world truly without pain.'

I realize you probably don't appreciate the clique ending, or how fluid it was where I ended it. But, I really enjoyed writing this story this past year. I shall now continue working on Arashi, and

Possibly start a new story third/fourth quarter of this year. Expect faster chapters in the summer, cause of break, naturally. If I do make a new story, I would probably make one involving Code Geass, Beelzebub, or -man.

I would try Fullmetal Alchemist, but I have only been watching the anime, instead of reading through all of the manga like I did for Bleach, Naruto, -man, Beelzebub, One Piece (and that was too freaking long) , Rosario + Vampire, Shina Dark, Kimi No Iru Machi, and at least ten others. All of which I would recommend reading, by the way.

I really screwed up at some parts in the story. I think I should have specified some parts, like when that one guy asked how Hinata got pregnant (hinted at in Chapter 21, if you are reading this), or how Zetsu and Itachi were used as Pain's paths, but then both were alive. Yeah...

Well, anyways, I would like to thank all of you guys who read this story, who encouraged me, who read Arashi, who gave me suggestions, so on.

Same goes for the girls.

You might not have liked how the final fight scene was either, or the resolution. I'm sorry. But if you did like them, I'm glad I Stimulated you, cause I'm only here to entertain you.

-Fin.