Naruto, having gotten away from the Mizukage mansion, was finally able to tell his team about that the mission was over and that they could go home and relax. He wasn't sure why, but he simply felt like grinning right now...evilly. Everything was coming together for his plan. The plan to bring Konoha to its knees. It hear the shrieks of terror and horror as his family tore through the village leaving no person, civilian or shinobi, alive. It made his blood tingle at the thought of Konoha's streets shrouded in the blood of the Konoha population. He still had a few loose ends to tie up, but it was all coming together. Naruto figured that he could destroy Konoha in either 2 or 3 more years. He could destroy them now, but he wanted it to be special. A grand destruction that he could enjoy. Then there was Sasuke and Sakura. Oh yes, it would be so much fun to watch the two squirm and cry out in anguish of his power. The feeling of dread in their eyes.
"Jiraiya will be taking me on that two year training period. I doubt he could teach me anything, but maybe I'll round up some more allies in those two years. Who knows, maybe even Iwa to help me out. It makes my fingers tingle," Naruto said unconsciously cracking his knuckles and heading back to the hotel to talk with his team.
It was a relatively short walk to the hotel, but Naruto still felt like it could've been longer. He walked up the flight of stairs and came up to the exact floor then headed to his room. Naruto suddenly heard somebody whispering behind the door and it piqued his interest slightly. He knew for a fact that Shizune, Kiba, Kurenai, and Yuugao were in there, but there was a fifth person he didn't know about.
"Oh well let's see who it is," Naruto said to himself. And so, the blond hanyou grabbed the door knob and gave it a twist and the face he was greeted to surprised him quite a bit when he heard the fifth person react when in reality it was a sixth person who responded to.
"Oh...my...,"
"KAMI!" Nibi yelled finishing Yugito's stated meant. The bijuu and her container stared at the blond god who was in front of their face. He was so damn hot and handsome it took all of Yugito's strength and willpower to keep Nibi from taking control and raping the blond right in front of her eyes.
"Kitten take him! You won't get a better guy than that! He can't be human, he's too damn sexy. I can feel the power roll of his body. Forget Raikage and his orders. I feel so horny just looking at him," Nibi spoke practically drooling in her cage while assaulting Yugito's mind with certain images involving her and Naruto. Yugito gave an intense blush across her face, but tried to force it down so she could attempt to talk to Naruto.
Unknown to her, Naruto decided to start the conversation while a small smirk graced his face upon seeing Yugito, the Nibi jinchuuriki, in his room.
"Hello Yugito Nii," Naruto said bringing the woman and her bijuu out of their thoughts. Yugito quickly stood to her feet and tried the firm composure act though it just wasn't believable.
"Hello, may I ask who you are?" Yugito responded. Naruto raised an eyebrow on her before grinning at her solid form of 'composure', but he could see she was slightly embarrassed.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. Nice to meet you," Naruto spoke revealing his jinchuuriki status although he didn't really have such a thing anymore, not that many people knew anyway. Yugito and Nibi widened their eyes at him before Nibi brought Yugito's attention back to her.
"Wow Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. Not only is he that annoying fox's container, but he also the son of one of the strongest shinobi in history. Kitten I now know fo a fact that you won't find anyone better. That Shizune lady looks like the sharing type. I certainly wouldn't mind him coming in here and-,"
"FOCUS DAMMIT!" Yugito yelled out mentally. Nibi chuckled and receded back into her cage while Yugito turned her attention to Naruto who continued to stare at her with his foxy grin. Yugito heart started to beat when she suddenly realized she and Naruto were the only ones left in the room.
"Where did everyone go?" Yugito asked while Naruto turned his head to the door. Yugito gave a confused expression before the blond hanyou explained it to her.
"They kinda left while you were talking to yourself or Nibi. I don't know which. Though hopefully it's the later since you might be deemed crazy for talking to yourself," Naruto replied while trying to cover up a laugh that would escape his lips. Yugito narrowed her eyes at Naruto and grew a small tick mark on her forehead which only seemed to get bigger when she heard Nibi laughing also.
"Hey! I'm not insane. I'm perfectly fine," Yugito retorted making Naruto stop laughing and put up a thinking pose. Yugito raised an eyebrow wondering what the blond was going to say next before Naruto walked up and patted her on the shoulder which only seemed to further confuse the blonde woman until she heard Naruto speak.
"Whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better Yugito-chan," Naruto countered before heading out the door leaving a shaking Yugito who suddenly took out a kunai. Nibi cracked up even more saying that she definitely liked Naruto already. Yugito gritted her teeth and charged out the door only to see Naruto running away along the Kiri rooftops.
"GET BACK HERE NAMIKAZE!" Yugito yelled as she ran after him with all intents of making him apologize to her for that unnecessary comment.
Meanwhile, Konoha was in chaos. The entire village was under attack from an enemy force. However, it wasn't a foreign village nor one of the Great Nations. It was an internal affair and that only added to fuel the rage of the Konoha shinobi and who they were fighting. It was just one thing after another. Sarutobi was currently in his Hokage armor, on top of the Hokage Mansion, facing off against a threat that he somehow knew was coming.
"Danzo what have you done? Your a part of Konoha. How could you raise your hand against it?" Sarutobi asked trying to figure out his old civilian advisor. Currently it was all of Konoha vs Danzo's Anbu Root. Sarutobi cursed that such a thing had to happen now right after the civilian council members where killed. Then on top of that Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno fled from the village and went who knows where. Orochimaru was dead along with his assistant Kabuto so he wasn't sure where they would be going. However, the old Hokage brushed the thought off since he had something more important to deal with.
"Sarutobi you have grown old. It's time for Konoha to be reborn as the strong nation that it should be. You have the Nanabi and the Kyuubi walking around freely and it's a waste of talent for both. The Kyuubi brat already shows promise. I'll rebuild Konoha into the strongest Nation that the other nations have every seen," Danzo proclaimed to Sarutobi. The old Hokage summoned his Bo staff to his aid and did a graceful trick which involved twirling it around his back before dropping into a small stance. Danzo in turn revealed his arm full of sharingan effectively making Sarutobi seethe in anger.
"Danzo, you would dare steal the sharingan of the Uchiha clan. Are you that power hungry?" Sarutobi asked not sure if he really wanted to know the answer, but nonetheless he was going to get it.
"It's all for the sake of Konoha Sarutobi. And for the sake of Konoha...I will end your life right here and now," Danzo said as the two old men clashed with their beliefs of the appropriate Konoha on the line.
In a place close to the Hokage Mansion, other people were dealing with the rampant ROOT anbu and could tell that the young shinobi were quite skilled. Much more than the average jonin. However, Tsume and Hana were anything but average.
"Don't resist. Danzo-sama will lead Konoha to the right future. Surrender and tell the others in the compound to exit immediately," a ROOT operative told Tsume. Tsume smirked and cracked her knuckles. She didn't need to go hanyou over a little kid who was way in over his head. Besides the only right future that Konoha needs is it's destruction.
"Sorry Gaki, but I don't take orders from those lower than me in rank, skill, and overall power. Be a good little pup and run home with your tail between your legs," Tsume retorted angering the ROOT anbu slightly.
"You had your chance now you will die," he said and began to run at the Inuzuka head only to come within inches of her face and end up dead on the ground while Tsume appeared to be holding his head like it was a ball.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. Your 50 years to early to challenge me. Shame though that you never will," Tsume said tossing his dismembered head into the woods somewhere. She then heard the screams of another anbu only to see Hana with about half her face bloodied and her eyes slitted.
"Really Hana? You had to go hanyou for these kids?" Tsume asked. Hana shrugged her shoulders before wiping her face of the blood on her face and giving a small smile.
"It's not like they were gonna live anyway Kaa-san. Might as well see the terror in their faces before they meet the Shinigami," Hana responded. Tsume chuckled, but it then transformed into a full blown laugh.
"You really are my daughter ya know that?" Tsume asked wrapping one arm around Hana's shoulder while the dog princess sighed and simply nodded.
"I know that Kaa-san. Now then where is everyone else?" Hana decided to ask her mother. Tsume adopted a thinking pose while walking out of the woods with Hana following her.
"Well Kushina and Mikoto are dealing with those near the other compounds. Minato is on his way to meet up with the Hokage and Anko is helping Ibiki near the civilian stores and shinobi departments. Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Fu are at the training grounds. And that leaves us. I think Zabuza, Kin, and Haku are returning in a few hours. We should be done by then," Tsume said while watching some of the small fires roam around the village. They weren't anything big so it didn't really matter much. However she and Hana did hear the constant sound of metal clashing and clanging around.
"It's weird. We're saving Konoha from being destroyed only for it to be destroyed later," Hana spoke causing Tsume to smile.
"That's true, but come on. We have work to do and people to kill," Tsume said and disappeared in a shunshin with Hana not far behind her.
Currently, having left Oto and it's details to Yagura and Tayuya, Zabuza, Haku, and Kin were headed back to Konoha at a relatively fast pace since something made Zabuza's blood boil.
"Zabuza-sama, are you alright?" Haku asked him. Zabuza quickly nodded that everything was alright, but it still unnerved him slightly.
"What is this unsettling feeling? I feel like something's happening to Konoha right now. Maybe we should hurry," Zabuza thought and turned to face Haku and Kin.
"Haku, Kin we should hurry back to the village. We need to unhenge and get there fast," Zabuza told them. Both girls obeyed and unhenged all their fox-like traits along with Zabuza and suddenly disappeared in a blur of speed from a regular person perception.
Just like Tsume said, everyone was at there positions around the village trying to end the second invasion attempt on the village. It's one thing to be invaded by a foreign country, but it's another to be invaded by your OWN shinobi. This was just sad to some of them.
Currently, Kushina and Mikoto were working together to take down those near the compounds. Some people were incredibly shocked to see Mikoto alive and assisting them, but they didn't have the time to think about it as there where still more ROOT operatives to take care of. Kushina and Mikoto however, were in a league of their own as they killed the young operatives like they were flies to a lamp.
"Reminds you of all the missions we did during the warring times right?" Kushina said with her back to Mikoto. Mikoto chuckled and did various handsigns before shooting a giant stream of fire at an unlucky anbu, burning him to death.
"It sure does. Though it wasn't so bad I suppose," Mikoto responded as the two women dealt with their side.
Meanwhile, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Fu were all making quick work of the training field. For ROOT to challenge the Sannin was insane. Add Fu, a jinchuuriki to that equation and all you get is the unlucky result of being their target.
"Suiton: Kirigakure no Yaiba(Water Release: Hidden Mist Blade)," Fu yelled as her body was completely covered in a think mist only for her to slash right and left through the bodies of three ROOT operatives. Fu breathed heavily, but she didn't back down as another squad came. It seemed to her that each squad was about five people. She already took down three other squads and it made her wonder how many people Danzo had working for him. Her thoughts didn't last long before she found herself surrounded again.
"Give up and give your loyalty to Danzo-sama right now," One of them said while Fu smiled.
"Sorry only Tsunade-sama has my complete loyalty. Someone else is working on it and is winning apparently," Fu playfully grinned while confusing the young anbu of her words. Fu soon snapped out of her stupor and decided to have a talk with someone.
"Ya know, your free to help at anytime now," Fu said while talking to her bijuu. Said bijuu appeared behind it's cage and slightly yawned.
"Girl, I told you not to wake me up so damn early. What going on anyway that warrants my attention?" The Nanabi asked while viewing the world through Fu's eyes. Fu chuckled and looked around for Nanabi to see that she was surrounded.
"You really need my help with this Girl? Come on. Their puny insects . Why should I help you right now?" Nanabi asked her container. Fu's eyebrow twitched slightly before she gave a slightly innocent smile while her fisting strained to keep from unleashing all hell. The anbu unconsciously backed up slightly while Fu continued to talk to her bijuu.
"Because if you don't help me out of the goodness of your heart, well then I'll simply do the one thing you hate the most," Fu stated effectively making Nanabi wince and sweat.
"You wouldn't dare!" Nanabi yelled while Fu decided to come up with an active imagination. Nanabi widened her eyes when the mindscape was changed from a cage to a wide open area however, Nanabi currently running through the trees while trying to avoid...male insects with raging hormones.
"Dammit girl, call them off!" Nanabi yelled while Fu hummed and made a water blade before turning back to her enemies.
"It's your choice Nanabi-chan. Take your time in deciding," Fu said as she continued to fight and laugh while hearing Nanabi's screams until the bijuu submitted to her.
"Alright fine! I'll support you girl! Just call them off NOW!" Nanabi ordered. Fu nodded and thanked her bijuu for being so cooperative and helpful. Nanabi merely grumbled and complained about damning humans to the eternal stomach of the Shinigami or something like that, but did give Fu some chakra and the girl suddenly sprouted wings shocking all the current anbu in front of her.
"Alright then. I'll deal with you quickly then I'll head back to Tsunade-sama," Fu declared before charging at the ROOT anbu.
While Fu did her fight, Tsunade and Jiraiya were already done with theirs while Tsunade sighed.
"I'm going to be made kage after this right?" Tsunade asked and Jiraiya chuckled, but ultimately nodded causing the slug princess to slump.
"Damn invasion. Now I have to help out this place. I wonder what Naruto-kun would want me to do," Tsunade wondered before she and Jiraiya ran off to deal with some other things for the time being.
While Fu took care of the rest of the training field, Anko and Ibiki were dealing with more of Danzo's underlings. It was obvious that the brats were skilled. More than they should have been for kids their age, but that was one of the cruel realities of life.
"Katon: Karyu no Funka(Fire Release: Fire Dragon Eruption)," one of the young anbu yelled at Anko and Ibiki. Ibiki cursed and moved to dodge the intense fire, but he still saw Anko standing there.
"Anko what are you doing? Move!" Ibiki yelled making Anko smile. Anko did her own handsigns perfectly mimicking the young anbu's previous ones and yelled.
"Katon: Karyu no Funka," Anko yelled sending out an even harsher fire towards the other making both collide. Ibiki had to back up from the intense heat, but it didn't last long before Anko's overpowered the anbu's making the boy dodge the attack only for Anko to appear behind him with her kunai and give her trademark grin.
"You still got a long ways to go, but this is the end of the line for you Gaki," Anko said plunging a kunai straight through his chest. Ibiki walked over to her and narrowed his eyes at her.
"Anko you could've been killed. Are you willing to throw your life away?" Ibiki asked. Anko turned to him and gave a small smile while twirling her kunai.
"Come on Ibiki. I just taught the kid to know his place. It's the last lesson he will ever receive," Anko said with her smile, but it didn't last long before Ibiki grabbed her collar and held her high bringing her eyes locked to his.
"You looked like you enjoyed it Anko. Killing someone is never enjoyable. You aren't human anymore when you find the joy in killing," Ibiki warned her. Anko scoffed and rolled her eyes. She didn't really care anymore. As far as she knew, she wasn't a human anymore and might as well be considered a demon. It all didn't matter to her anymore.
"Maybe I'm not human anymore then," Anko told him with her grin gone and a serious voice coming over her. Ibiki flinched at her tone and nearly widened his eyes at what she meant before Anko gripped his hand off her collar and walked past him.
"Sorry Ibiki, but I'm not the Anko you know. Don't try to scold me," Anko said before vanishing leaving Ibiki in the open streets of Konoha to contemplate her words. There was an unusual chill in the air. It unnerved him about the KI that was in the air. It felt so toxic and sickening. Even he couldn't take it and he was should've been used to such things, but that just...wasn't human. Not human at all.
"Anko, have you really-," Ibiki didn't finish and just took off without saying anything else.
The fight between Sarutobi and Danzo remained at a standstill. Neither could get an edge over the other and it was driving both insane. Danzo would launch various wind techniques at Sarutobi only for them to be deflected by his staff and Sarutobi would counter with katon and doton attacks, but Danzo managed to evade them all. However Sarutobi saw that each lethal strike he dealt Danzo, Danzo would take the hit, but he'd be perfectly fine even though a sharingan on his arm would disappear each time. Three were already gone and Sarutobi was getting exhausted.
"There's just no beating him. I must admit that Danzo's right. I'm too old for the damn job now. I'd ask Minato to do it again since he's alive, but I can only wonder what Iwa would do to us if they found out that he was alive. Maybe I should ask Tsunade. She did come back after thanks to Naruto-kun and Anko. Assuming I survive this," Sarutobi thought while he huffed and saw Danzo smile.
"Well Sarutobi, I win and you will die along with the old morals of this village!" Danzo yelled and suddenly rushed at Sarutobi with a wind endowed sword looking to end Sarutobi's life. Sarutobi still breathed heavily and closed his eyes waiting for the impending doom.
"Goodbye Konoha. Carry the Will of Fire. I have faith in you," Sarutobi thought and gave a smile at the end. However that end didn't come as he opened his eyes to see a kunai between him and Danzo. Danzo widened his eyes as he saw an anbu with said kunai until he was kicked away.
"Hokage-sama are you alright?" the anbu asked while Sarutobi chuckled before passing out.
"That's another time I owe you for saving my life, Minato Namikaze," Sarutobi said mentally as he hit the ground. Minato narrowed his eyes behind his mask and checked Sarutobi's pulse. Sure enough, the beat was still there and it made him softly smile before turning back to Danzo.
"You really are a lowlife Danzo Shimura. I knew I should have taken care of you all those years back," Minato said still wearing his mask while Danzo raised an eyebrow at the newcomer with blond hair. It seemed so familiar.
"Should I know you? Though seeing as how you managed to deflect my kunai, I must say you are skilled. Help me and we can turn this village into the strongest Nation in the world," Danzo said smirking. Minato narrowed his eyes and turned his gaze to the flames around Konoha that were slowly dying down thanks to efforts by Konoha. The Yellow Flash turned his gaze back to Danzo and smiled.
"As tempting an offer that is Danzo. I have no need to. I have my family to think about. Oh well with this, the last of the council members will be killed," Minato said making Danzo narrow his eyes at the blond anbu.
"So you had a hand in it. You know Koharu and Homura were good people. They were always shortsighted fools, but good people. I had a lot of say with them both. I remember when they organized that mob against the Kyuubi brat and attacked him. If not for the Kyuubi, the brat might have died that day," Danzo said causing Minato to grit his teeth.
"I'm still surprised that he's stayed alive so long. Poisons, traps, mob attacks, kidnappings, and plenty of others. It makes me wonder how he's survived it all," Danzo chuckled until he saw the anbu reach for his mask.
"Gonna grace me with your presence?" Danzo asked. However, he suddenly flinched when he met the coldest blue eyes he had ever seen. The mask wasn't even completely off yet, but he could nearly feel the fear from the man.
"I'm going to grace myself, my son, and Kushina with your death Danzo. Right now!" Minato declared as the mask dropped from his face and hit the ground. The wind picked up between the two as Danzo widened his eyes.
"M-Minato?" Danzo wondered as Minato took out one of his signature kunai.
"It's all my fault. I should've known better and thought more clearly. Well if I can make my son happy with something then I'll start with this," Minato said as he threw the kunai at Danzo. Danzo dodged the kunai at the right time and smirked, but it didn't last long when he saw Minato was gone and turned his gaze to see said man with a blue spiraling sphere in his hand. Minato's eyes were still cold and unrelenting as he slammed it into Danzo's back. He immediately observed that one of Danzo's sharingan eyes closed on his arm and grinned.
"So that's it. Alright then, I'll make good use of this," Minato thought before turning his head to see Danzo across the rooftop platform.
"I must say that this is quite the surprise. Tell me how did you manage to come back? The Shinigami is supposed to be inescapable," Danzo implored. Minato narrowed his eyes at the elder before giving a smile, but that smile combined with his ice, cold eyes only made Minato that much more terrifying.
"My son is a fantastic shinobi. He actually did what wasn't possible by human means. I'm really not sure whether to be happy or scared that my son can do such a thing. He's far surpassed me," Minato reminisced, but brought his composure back.
"I'm not at an obligation to tell you Danzo. It doesn't really matter anyway since you won't live to remember it anyway," Minato retorted before disappearing again. Danzo quickly moved from his spot only to see Minato behind him and punched Danzo in the face, but not before using his adjacent hand to place his seal on Danzo's body.
"Alright this makes it easier," Minato thought before encountering a kick from Danzo. Minato maneuvered through the around the kick and gave up the close combat to gain some distance from Danzo before noticing the handsigns
"Fuuton: Shinkuha( Wind Release: Vacuum Wave)," Danzo yelled sending the blades of wind at Minato. Minato smirked and made four kage bunshins while each took a spot around Danzo. The blades were still flying at Minato, but he quickly jumped high in the air while the clones fought with Danzo. Danzo gritted his teeth since he had to sacrifice another sharingan to stay alive, but gasped when he saw the real Minato in the air with two rasengans in his hand.
"Alright then. Rasenrengan( Rasengan Barrage)," Minato yelled instantly disappearing behind Danzo which made the elder gasp as the twin spheres were slammed into his back. Danzo widened his eyes as he got sent flying into the air, but not before another sharingan closed.
"Alright. That's all of them. Except for the one in his eye, but he won't use it. He doesn't want to go blind after all," Minato said as he threw a kunai quickly making it appear behind Danzo. Minato instantly disappeared and formed another rasengan in his right hand.
"Die Danzo," Minato simply said slamming the blast into the man's back. Danzo yelled out in pain before slamming through the various floors of the Hokage mansion and into the ground. Minato smirked and put his kunai away in his pocket.
"That should be the end of it all," Minato said, but he spoke too soon to see Danzo barely conscious and the top half of his body exposed.
"Looks like I lost this one. Well Yondaime, I can at least kill you and Sarutobi,' Danzo said before four black markings appeared across his body. Minato noticed the seals and gasped.
"That's a reverse tetragram seal. Danzo you're gonna-," Minato thought by the seals expanded and formed around his body.
"Ura Shisho Fuinjutsu( Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique)," Danzo said as some black stuff sprayed out. Minato acted fast and grabbed Sarutobi before locating the markers around the Namikaze house and instantly vanished while Danzo looked up at the Hokage faces or more specifically, the Second Hokage statue.
"You chose Sarutobi over me. Looks like to the end I still couldn't realize my dream. I couldn't even take that damned Namikaze or Sarutobi with me. This is the end," He said vaporizing a large portion of the Hokage mansion along with him. The majority of the mansion was gone and Danzo's body was gone. There was nothing left of the elder at all.
Minato breathed easily as he placed Sarutobi on the couch of the Namikaze compound and quickly took out another Anbu mask and placed it over his face.
"Well Sarutobi, I've got to go clean up the mess that Danzo started. I guess I'll be back later," Minato said before disappearing.
The little invasion attempt of the Anbu root on Konoha didn't last long after that. Once word was around that Danzo wasn't found, they mostly gave up or retreated. Either way, the village was back under control with a medium amount of damage.
This was the sight that Zabuza, Kin, and Haku saw. Parts of buildings were destroyed. Others were either burned or crumbled. The streets were littered with anbu bodies, but they weren't from the regular anbu corps.
"Aww a party and we weren't invited?" Kin wondered while Haku nudged her shoulder.
"In any case, let's find out what happened. We should go find the others now," Zabuza ordered. Kin and Haku nodded and disappeared with the jonin to get some information.
By this time, Naruto was chuckling at a semi-annoyed Yugito, but he patted her shoulder causing the woman to flinch.
"Alright Yugito-chan. I'm sorry for that comment. Still did you have to chase me everywhere? You almost had all of Kiri looking for us," Naruto said while Yugito huffed and avoided his gaze.
"It's your fault. Oh well at least you apologized. Now are you sure you want me to make you an audience with Raikage-sama? He can be quite...full of himself when he wants," Yugito stated. Naruto immediately nodded and Yugito rushed off with a wave and goodbye. Naruto waved back and sighed. He was out in the middle of the woods and it made him slightly exhausted having to avoid a pissed off Yugito. He had to admit though, the woman could run. She was really fast, but she still couldn't catch him. However that speed...was not to be underestimated. Naruto suddenly broke his thoughts and smiled.
"Well Itachi and Kisame. What did you want to see me about?" Naruto asked them. Both Akatsuki members appeared from the shadows as Kisame narrowed his eyes.
"Itachi what are we doing? We're going against Pein's orders," Kisame stated while Itachi walked past him.
"Quiet Kisame this will only take a second," Itachi countered. Kisame grumbled, but backed up and leaned on a tree while Itachi closed the distance between him and Naruto.
"Hello Naruto-kun,"
"Hello Itachi. May I ask what you and Fish-sticks what with me?" Naruto asked making Kisame grit his teeth at the boy. Itachi narrowed his eyes and nodded at Naruto's question.
"Yes Naruto-kun. I want to talk with you about something,"
