(A/N: Sorry that it takes me so long to write these chapters, but it's a combination of my job reaching its busy season as well as other stories on my mind that I work on. I work slowly on these stories a bit at a time while my mind is clear with good ideas. So I hope you enjoy this chapter, and sorry in advance if it takes long for the next one.)

Naruto sat high up on a hill that overlooked the forest area that made up the edge of Kiri. Naruto sat there with Hinata, who was absolutely glowing at the moment with a content smile on her face as she hummed to herself. When she had mentioned to Kurenai that she had three years of sexual frustration she needed to go through, she was not exaggerating in the slightest since she had Naruto in his bed for days on end. Inhuman stamina made it so he didn't have to stop at all and he made sure by the time he was done with her that she was cross-eyed with her tongue sticking out of her mouth. It had been three months since his appearance at Konoha that left the village in such disarray since one third of the village had been destroyed.

And while Hinata was stuck in bed passed out in a sexual coma, Naruto had been busy wandering the rest of the vast area that made up the Land of the Dead. This place acted as the planes of limbo in the past and so he wanted it to be so once more once the full order of the Universe was restored. And now that he thought about it he needed a new Lord of Bones to run this place when this was all done. The place was vast, nearly infinite with the possibility of expanding over time. He had taken the time to literally sever a huge continent sized chunk of land by punching the ground hard at intervals that broke it away from the mainland to build his future home for the Nephilim. And as he was breaking apart the land to make it so, he found some things that had helped to restore order. The first thing he found was the skeletal remains of the giant serpent like creatures that had once carried the Lord of Bones castle back when he had been around. It took some time, but with their remains he was able to find their wandering souls. With them in hand he was able to resurrect the both of them, but made sure to make them far larger than before since while they were able to carry a castle, they were now tasked to pull a continent far off into the air so that the lost souls who were meant to wander this place could not reach their home.

He also found a seed within the sea of barren wasteland, which as he held it in his hand he felt a great power within it. Going off the memories of Death from the past, he knew that this seed was from the Tree of Life itself, and as such was the gateway to other realms that he was incapable of getting to already. He planted the tree on another piece of land, one that was separated from the rest of the mainland that was connected by a bridge. He knew that there would have to be someone to guard this place in the future from any souls that may try to head through it, but for the time being there was no need since there was no one here other than Hinata and himself. Hinata took care of the seed of the Tree, which helped make it grow, and as she did he put the finishing touches on this plane.

The last thing he had found had surprised him immensely since according to Death's memories all of them should have been dead, yet here in a magically sealed stasis capsule was a large female Maker. He opened the capsule up through his own power, and freed her from its confines. It took a bit, but she awoke from her slumber in due time.

The Maker's name was Alya, and she had been put to sleep and in the capsule by her brother Valus since he feared for her safety during the apocalypse. And to make sure that no one found her he had called in his only favor with the demon Vulgrim to hide it in the Land of the Dead. No one would think to look for her there since Maker's did not end up there in death. Naruto went on to explain to her how the world was now, and that her services were needed to once more Forge the Seals that would place the Barriers up to keep Heaven and Hell contained and separated from the other realms. She agreed to this, but she said that she would need the forges in the Forge Lands to do so, which he just smiled and said that she would be able to get there soon enough, but for the time being he asked her if she could help build homes for his people to live in. She just laughed and told him that it was an easy task and began to do so.

As she began to build what would become the home of his people, Naruto had taken the time to channel the souls he had collected from the Uchiha clan as well as the Konoha citizens into spiritual energy with that of a Nephilim. As he destroyed their souls to make the energy, he heard their screams of rage at being denied their self-entitled place in Heaven for their treatment of the demon in his youth. It took some time to complete the process so but in the end he was able to fully resurrect his clan into the newest generation of Nephilim themselves. While they were stronger than they were when they were still alive, but since they did not have the power gifted to them by the Chard Council that was passed down from their weapons into the newest Horsemen. The Soul Amulet shattered once the process was done since its purpose had been fulfilled. They were all happy to be alive again in, even as they were. And out of the crowd came his mother Kushina, who hugged him with all the love she could give while the tears flowed from her eyes in streams.

Naruto had simply hugged her back with tears in his eyes as well. Once all the pleasantries were over with, they helped Alya with the designing of their homes. While they did this, Naruto took Hinata, only after another bout of hardcore sex, back to the realm of Man to await the end of the battle that was set to happen shortly. He had Dust keep a close eye on things, and even discretely left vital information and even a complex seal to prevent their leader from taping into the power of the Biju he held for the rebels to aid them in ending this civil war once and for all. And here he sat on the hill awaiting the end. The rebels had the advantage from the aid he had given them, and while he would have liked to aid them himself in honor of his old friend Haku, he still had rules that he must abide by to maintain balance.

The battle was long and bloody, with many casualties on both sides of it. And as Naruto sat there the souls of the dead flowed to him to judge as well as Hinata. Those who were worthy of heaven ascended, and those who weren't, were cast down into the fiery depths. But those with enough light in their souls for a chance of redemption were sent to the land of the Dead to begin their journey of atonement. The wait was long, but finally the civil war ended and the Soul that Naruto was hoping for came into his grasp.

"So we meet at last," said Naruto as the soul solidified into its human form.

"Where am I?" asked the soul as it rubbed its head to try and make sense of all of this.

"You are dead Yagura," said Naruto, "and you are nothing more than a spirit now. Your actions have caused many lives to suffer and as it stands your soul is darkened by your deeds. As you are now your soul would be sent to the depths of hell."

"But what I did was not my fault," said Yagura with a worried look on his face since he did not want to suffer for an eternity for an action that was not of his own volition, "I was brainwashed into doing what I did. That person made me into a monster that so many people hated over my life!"

"I believe you," said Naruto calmly as he stood there, "but even though that may be true your soul is still tainted. Yet I am here to offer you another choice."

"And what choice is that?"

"Since you are incapable of entering Heaven because of all this, my offer is to simply join me in helping to restore balance the Universe. Become one of the four Horsemen alongside myself and my wife to save yourself from a fate you do not deserve."

"What are the Horsemen," aske Yagura with a raised eyebrow since he had never heard of such a thing in his lifetime.

"There is much history to tell you," said Naruto with a bit of a sigh since it would take a while to explain it to him, "but for the moment all you really need to know is that long ago there were four Horsemen that helped to maintain balance. One was the embodiment of Death, and that is what I became when I died. There was Fury, who my wife has taken the title when she passed on. There was War as well as Strife. You were forced to start a war against those with bloodlines. As such I believe you are perfect for the role as War."

"You would offer me such power?"

"I would," said Naruto as he unsealed the gauntlet that War himself wore when he lived and held it out towards Yagura. "Will you join us brother?"

Yagura grabbed the gauntlet that had been offered him and held it in both his hands since it was fairly large. As he held it, he felt the power that was hidden within it. The memories of War and his struggles to try and prove his innocence to a corrupt Chard Council. Yagura thought hard on whether or not he was worthy of such power, but it was either that burn in hell for an eternity. So with his mind made up he placed the gauntlet on his hand, and as he did he screamed out in pain as his very soul solidified. The process took several minutes, but in the end he was alive once more with an outfit similar to War's in the past, but tailored to his short height. He even held out his hand and as he did the sword Chaoseater appeared in his hands. He twirled it once to get a feel for it before he sheathed it on his back. Yagura whistled, and as he did his horse Ruin appeared from the ground in red flames. Yagura jumped on and spurred his horse through a portal to his new home, but not before nodding at Naruto in gratitude for offering him another choice like this…

(Konoha)

For the past three months after the Kyuubi's second attack on the village, the village had been in a complete state of despair. It had taken the full three months to fully repair what had been damaged when the Kyūbi was unleashed. It wouldn't have taken so long in the past, but the fact that they had no allies to aid them for supplies only made the process far slower than it should haves been. But now that the village was repaired back to what it was before the attack, the heads of the village were now in the meeting room to discuss exactly what to do now.

The Fire Daimyo had helped them to repair the damage done to the village since he had supported their cruel and unethical actions over the years. He had been assured that the former Jinchuriki would be brought to heel and that by doing so would be able to take everything of value that belonged to Naruto when the time came for him to legally acquire it. Unlike the Fire Daimyo's predecessor, this one did not believe any Jinchuriki were deserving of being labeled humans, and it was the same for any other variation of them. This included what Naruto had become since his execution that the Daimyo had signed off on since he had been told that the plan was not working as it should have and he was becoming too strong to control as he was. And so he wished to squash any kind of rights he may have had to claim on the family holdings. Sure his shinobi village lost its weapon against the others, but since Naruto was now dead and there were no other Uzumaki to claim their clan's belongings, he simply had to wait three years for him to be able to legally take their former country and riches that had gained interest over the years in the Fire Countries Bank in the capital.

To the Fire Daimyo, all Jinchuriki were considered abominations, tools to be used in war, and only to be used as a last resort when the war escalated. Until then, a Shinobi village could do whatever they wanted to the Jinchuriki, provided it wasn't betraying him in some way, or usurping his rule over the entire country that he ruled. The only reason Kushina or Uzumaki Mito weren't treated like that was due to the previous Fire Daimyos and the family of both Jinchuriki being there for them while keeping their status as Jinchuriki a secret. The current Fire Daimyo had no intention of being like them and so he had allowed the brat to suffer to stamp out his will to fight back, so that when he came later in life to meet him in person, he would tell Naruto a lie to get him to foolishly sign away his inheritance in return for personal security so the villagers couldn't hurt him anymore. It was a lie, since he wasn't going to embrace the Jinchuriki in friendship like his Father and his Father before him would have done in his place. No, he would now simply wait to get what he wanted…

But that plan was destroyed simply a week ago…

The rebuilding of Konoha had nearly bankrupted their country since after Naruto's death none of the other countries had wanted to do business with a place that killed off a hero such as him. So the timing of the sudden increase of wealth was perfect to not only refill their treasury, but to obtain even more funds then they had in the first place. He had counted the days with glee with only a week and a half left to claim his prize. Yet out of the blue an armed escort from Suna led by Gaara and his sister had arrived in their capital to meet with him. The Fire Daimyo had at first thought that they had come to discuss the means of a new alliance, but that was not the case.

They had come and showed him the signed deed to all that had belonged to the Uzumaki clan. The Fire Daimyo had been absolutely livid about what he presumed was a theft of what was rightfully his to claim. But they had a signed deed which had been signed by Naruto himself, so there wasn't a damn thing that he could do about it. So he was forced to watch as they cleaned out the vault that held all their money within it. The Fire Daimyo was so very tempted to attack them and claim it for himself, but a couple of major reasons stopped him from doing that. The first being that Gaara would simply kill him and as a Jinchuriki he would be unstoppable, and the second was that even though his country was not at war at the moment if he attacked the Suna escort it would become an international crisis and everyone would join together to fight them.

And as they left with what they came for, The Fire Daimyo could only look on in pure rage since there was nothing else he could do…

While there had been a meeting immediately following the attack on Konoha by Naruto, it had been mostly about how to repair the village as quickly as possible so as to not be caught unprepared if another village decided to attack them out of the blue. From what Jiraiya's spy network was able to learn, both Iwa as well as Kumo wanted to do that, but by the time they came up with a plan of attack Konoha was back to what it once was so they lost the advantage and aborted the plan for now. Now that the village wasn't being threatened due to massive damage they were able to discuss far more pressing matters.

"How is the brat even still alive," growled Tsume as they discussed said pressing matter by the name of Naruto. She had always hated the brat while he was alive. She had been in love with the Yondaime Hokage, even before he became the Hokage, and was jealous of Kushina for having his attention like many other women in the village. She had grown very upset with the way her life had gone following marrying her inferior husband that was via an arranged marriage set up by her mother and was always furious as she saw how Minato was with Kushina the whole time instead of her. In her mind she could have given him a child, if not wishing her two children were his, and he was living with them while raising them as a family. After the Kyuubi did attack, she instantly knew that Naruto was their child so she planned to get the entire clan to hate and abuse him. She would exact revenge on the Kyuubi for killing the Yondaime and against Kushina for loving him and marrying him in secret. Not to mention Naruto being their child was an insult in her eyes, and that said insult had to be...fixed. "We killed him in front of everyone! He should be burning in hell right now!" Tsume had been on a mission during the wedding so she had not seen the images that Naruto had shown them. Plus she heard that her son was killed by the brat she hated with all her heart, which made this whole situation worse for her already enraged emotions.

"He somehow acquired the power of the Shinigami in death," said Tsunade as she rubbed her head in frustration since she had tried to figure out how the brat was alive for three months with the help of Jiraiya, and while she got an answer from Naruto himself when he had crashed the wedding, she still didn't fully understand it. "So he has somehow overthrown the older Shinigami and taken his position."

"So if we were to prepare a proper means to," started Shikaku in deep thought, "we could summon the kid here and seal him away with the proper seals and turn him into a weapon for our village once more. And also gain the Kyuubi as well since he controls it somehow with his gauntlet if what I have heard was right."

"That does actually sound like a good plan," said Jiraiya as he thought about it, "but I think that we will need the aid of a being on the same level as Naruto is now."

"So what are you suggesting exactly," asked Inoichi.

"Simple," said Jiraiya, "we summon the Shinigami, the former one to be exact to aid us."

The people in the room looked at him in shock once he said that since in their minds this idea was truly and utterly insane.

"Jiraiya," said Tsunade, "must I have you sent to a mental ward? Because out of all the things I have heard come out of your mouth that has got to be the most insane thing I have ever heard you say in your life."

"I'm not as crazy as you think I am," said Jiraiya as he shook his head, "but think about it fully. If Naruto somehow took the mantle as Shinigami then that means the former one will more than likely be pissed that his power was taken from him and would appreciate the assist to knock Naruto down a peg or two. So I say we summon him and offer our assistance on the issue."

"But summoning the Shinigami requires the soul of a living person," said Choza, finally getting into this discussion, "so who would be willing to sacrifice themselves to summon the deity?"

"That is easy. We will use Sasuke for the sacrifice." Said Jiraiya with a serious look on his face as he said it.

"To hell you will!" shouted Sasuke as he stood up in defiance of what was being said. When Naruto had returned him years ago, the village had done all in its power to appease him so that he would not think about trying to defect again since they needed the Sharingan in the village now more than ever since their jinchuriki was dead and gone. They had given him a seat as the clan head of the Uchiha clan, even though he was the only one within the village, along with the arranged marriage to Hinata. They all knew that Sasuke was not marrying her out of love but as a way to stick it to Naruto in some way but they didn't care about her feelings on the matter and just wanted her to be forced into submission.

Sasuke would have most likely done something brash at this moment, but two ANBU suddenly appeared behind him and restrained him. They cuffed him with chakra suppression cuffs so he wouldn't struggle too much, and they did their job fairly well since he wasn't even able to change his eyes and activate his Sharingan.

"I agree with this idea," said Shibi calmly as his clan was known to do.

"You fucking traitor!" Shouted Sasuke in rage that someone who for years had supported him had just suddenly stopped doing so.

"Well then," said Tsunade as she got the attention of all of the people in the meeting, "all in favor of using Sasuke as a sacrifice for the Shinigami to get help to take out Naruto?"

Sasuke's anger only grew massively when he saw everyone in the room raise their hands. The Haruno council women had been hesitant in doing so since she had tried to get her daughter to seduce him for years to gain the political power from such a union as well as access to his fortune left from the mostly dead Uchiha Clan, but she realized that Sasuke was not worth all the death and destruction that had befallen them from his actions and finally raised her hand as well along with the others.

"How dare you all betray me?!" seethed Sasuke through gritted teeth. He was beyond livid at this point, especially after seeing Sakura's mother of all people turn on him like this. He could only mentally curse the fact that Danzo as well as his lackeys had been killed off by Naruto because if they were here then they would have rallied the councils towards his side. But without them her to help him he was alone and not in control of the situation right now.

"Betray you," said Jiraiya with a scowl on his face, "Odd choice of words coming from you Sasuke, since you have literally betrayed this village once already. It is because of your past actions that we are in such a state of depression like we are now! When you tried to defect from our village, Naruto had to bring you back and by doing so showed us he was stronger than we wanted him to be, so he had to be eliminated before he was too strong to control. Because we killed him all the alliances and trading routes he acquired for us ended! You hurt our village's economy beyond recovery. But to make it all worse was the fact that we forgave you because of those eyes of yours which were meant to strengthen our village but in the end did nothing. We gave you what you wanted to keep you here, and when Naruto returned to save Hinata from our forced marriage to you he offered us a chance to avoid bloodshed if we just gave her up. Yet in your infinite wisdom you killed her in front of him! You killed the woman he loved right before his very eyes and in retaliation he summoned the Kyuubi and caused massive destruction that killed so many!"

"And they should all be grateful to die for an Uchiha elite such as me!"

"No they shouldn't," said Tsunade as she got up and punched him in the gut before she knocked him out with a quick chop to the back of the head. "Jiraiya, make the preparations immediately. It's finally time for this little shit to die."

"Will do," said Jiraiya as he lifted Sasuke up and slung him over his shoulder. While the meeting dispersed to tell the masses what was being planned in the near future, not a single one of them noticed the raven that was outside perched on the a tree as it flew off to report back to his master…

(Land of the Dead)

Naruto had just finished making his home the way he wanted it, with soundproof walls since his clan were complaining about Hinata's screams from the constant sex she all but demanded from him. Sure they were happy that their clan member was with a woman he loved but when their late night bouts kept them up at night they started to grow pissed. So he obliged them since he wasn't an asshole.

He was at this moment hanging up a Vulgrim totem in the garden area behind his home. It had surprised Naruto to no end that even in death that Hinata had a way with nature that was only amplified with her transformation into a Horseman. It was because of her that the Tree of Life had taken root and began to grow faster than it would normally. She was also the reason that even though their continent was taken from the Land of the Dead it now flourished with green and looked more alive.

Naruto had found one of these totems while he searched the Land of the Dead for anything else that might be of use to him, and he had stumbled upon this. While Naruto was basically the Shinigami of this world being the Horseman of Death, but Vulgrim was still a merchant of souls and there was no shortage of foolish mortals who bargained them to obtain their selfish desires. And so it was always a good idea to have access to Vulgrim for whatever reason that might pop up in the future. Naruto had just finished setting things up when he saw what Dust had seen in the realm of Eden. He began to laugh to himself as Hinata walked up behind him.

"What has gotten you in such a good mood," asked Hinata as she leaned against a wall near him.

"It's just that the village has done exactly what I expected them to do after all the crap they have gone through." Said Naruto with a smirk.

"And what exactly was it that you were expecting," asked Yagura who had appeared as well to talk with his newly acquired siblings.

"It's just that after losing so much for supporting Sasuke all these years that the village has finally had enough and decided to use him as a sacrifice to try and seal me in a way that would control me."

"And they honestly believed that that would work," asked Hinata in surprise since it was a foolish idea in every way.

"They are desperate at this point," said Naruto with a shrug of his shoulders, "and they would try anything to protect themselves."

"So what are we going to do about it?" asked Yagura.

"Simple," said Naruto as he channeled power into his hand and blasted it at the Totem he had just set up which caused it to light up with power. "I'm gonna call on the help of an old friend."

Before the totem, a ring of blue fire appeared and out of the center of it came Vulgrim with his sinister grin on his face.

"Ah," said Vulgrim as he clicked his fingers together, "I was wondering when we would meet face to face once more spirit. Or should I say Horseman now?"

"I'm not here to speak on such matters," said Naruto with a wave of his hand, "I'm simply here to ask you a favor."

"You know that my price is a soul."

"While I would usually agree to these terms, the situation kind of negates the need for the deal."

"Oh," said Vulgrim with a hint of curiosity, "and how is that?"

"The village of Konoha is going to summon you in a vain attempt to try and control me. They have even selected someone to sacrifice to get your help."

"Truly?" asked Vulgrim with a bit of a chuckle, "they honestly believe that I have the power to gift them so they could control you? Oh the minds of such mortals, they never truly understand how things work here."

"They're idiots, you know this better than I do. You have been around for so long and dealt with numerous amounts of them throughout history."

"So what is it that you want from me exactly?" asked Vulgrim since he was genuinely curios as to what Naruto had to say here.

"Simply to give them these," said Naruto as he tossed two scrolls towards him.

"What are these?" asked Vulgrim in curiosity.

"Those are two seals I made since I knew they would try this route at one point or another," said Naruto with a grin. "The first one will lightly bind me so they will believe I am under their power when it appears that I can't move of my own volition. The second seal is essential the means to summon me since the usual way of summoning the Shinigami calls you and not me. Offer them these and get another soul out of it since you are giving them two things."

"Hmmm," said Vulgrim in thought, and he had to admit that Naruto did present a perfect opportunity here, "you make a good point, so I will do as you asked. Is that all that you require of me?"

"Yes it is," said Naruto as he began to walk away.

"Then I bid you goodbye until we meet again," said Vulgrim as he vanished in the same manner as he appeared in the first place. The flames died out immediately as he vanished.

"So what are we going to do now," asked Yagura as they followed along behind him.

"Simple," said Naruto as he opened up a portal to the realm of Eden, "we are going to recruit the last Horseman to join us."

"So who will be the person to take up the mantle of Strife?" asked Hinata as she made her way towards the portal to follow Naruto.

"All in good time," said Naruto with a smile as they all stepped through and the portal closed behind them…

(Ame)

As all this was happening, the remaining members of the Akatsuki were meeting up to discuss what they were going to do in the future. They were suffering from a major issue of the fact that all nine Biju were needed to fulfill their plan and Naruto who was alive when all reports said he was dead, they still tried to fully understand as well as grasp that bit of information, had come and stolen two of them. And now the Mizukage was killed sooner than they wanted since now with the rebels victorious they would be able to recover within a year or two.

The members that remained were arguing on what exactly to do to remedy the situation, with most of them stating that they should find Naruto and take the Biju he had by force. Others were in agreement but thought that they should capture the others first before they tried to attack Naruto as a group. Yet before they could come to any sort of consensus a portal opened up before them, and out of it came three figures with one of them being the very person that they were talking about.

"So here is where you have all hidden yourselves away from the world," said Naruto as he stood there with his arms crossed across his chest while Hinata and Yagura were more battle ready with their weapons at the ready. These were all S ranked shinobi after all so it was good to be wary of them. Naruto was more accustomed to being a Nephilim since he had been one for three years, but they were still going off of instinct here and were not fully grasping the fact that only Demonic weapons forged in Hell or angelic weapons forged in Heaven could hurt them.

"So you have come to fight us," said Pein as the other members of the Akatsuki got their weapons ready for a fight, "well you will find that we are not so easily killed."

"Hinata, Yagura," said Naruto with a sigh, "kill the others. Their souls are too dark for any form of redemption. I'll deal with these three," he said that last bit which they understood that he meant Pein, Konan, and Itachi as well.

"Will do," said Yagura as he unsheathed Chaoseater.

"I'm so gonna enjoy this very much," said Hinata as she pulled out the hilt of Scorn (thank you user Z.L.C. genesmith for reminding me of the name since I actually forgot it while writing the last chapter) and watched as the rest of it appeared as she whipped it around a few times. "I'll take the talking fish and the crazy priest. You take the weird looking one and the dumbass in the shadows who doesn't think we can sense him there."

"Oh," growled Kisame as he prepared to attack Hinata with his blade. He hated to be called a fish of any sort. "You are so fucking dead."

"Your death will please Jashin," said Hidan as he began to twirl his scythe on its chain. He spun it for a few more second before he threw it at Hinata, who simply tilted her head a bit to dodge it and then grabbed the chain and pulled Hidan towards her. She solidified Scorn into a full sword form and stabbed him through the chest and heart before he could do anything else. She then threw his body to the side and used Scorn to block Kisame's blade. She smirked as it extended and encircled around Samehada.

"What the hell is this!?" asked Kisame since he had never seen a blade like hers before in his life. It appeared to have a mind of its own like his blade did.

"A weapon that is quite beyond your understanding," said Hinata with a smirk as she pulsed magical power through it. Scorn began to tighten its hold on Samehada to the point where it was audibly cracking.

'What's going on? Samehada is in pain. Screaming literally in pain! What is that weapon?' thought Kisame, as he blocked another slash Hinata swiped at him and took a kick to the ribs that sent him flying back quite a bit. He got his footing back fairly quick and tried to slash at her once more, but Hinata had enough of that at this point and grabbed the blade with her bare hand. She yanked it hard enough to rip it out of Kisame's hand and threw it to the ground. Scorn then transformed into the Mallet form and she swung it down hard onto the blade. Kisame could do nothing more than cry out in protest as Samehada shattered into hundreds of pieces from the force of the blow. He would have done something else, but Hinata capitalized on his shock of losing his blade in such a fashion to shift her weapon's form once more into a Lance and speared him through the heart. If that alone wasn't enough to kill him the lightning that surged through it and electrocuted his internal organs did the trick. Kisame died with a very painful look on his face, before Hinata conjured up a fireball to burn the body to ash.

Hinata swiped her blade a few times to whip the fresh blood off of it, and was going to put it away when out of nowhere a three bladed scythe was thrown at her once again. This surprised her since she had thought that she had taken care of the priest already, but she saw him standing there with a pissed look on his face as he saw his weapon had done no physical damage to her whatsoever. Hinata just smirked as she made sure to kill him this time by wrapping Hidan up with Scorn and yanking back hard on the hilt so that it cut him to pieces. This should have been enough, but even in pieces Hidan was cursing at her with every foul word he could think up. To say that Hinata was shocked was a vast understatement since he should not be alive right now at all. But now she looked closer with her eyes to see how he was still breathing.

One of the major perks of becoming a Nephilim was the fact that she had all the abilities from her bloodline still, but her eyes now were more powerful and able to see things such as what she saw now. Hidan was tainted with demonic energy that was keeping him alive, and with her eyes she was able to see the little impish demon that was keeping him alive. It would appear that this was the so called god Jashin. Hinata had heard from Naruto that demons reveled in blood shed since they thrived on it and grew stronger when a contract was made like the one he made with Hidan. So with a simple burst of magical energy concentrated at him, Jashin exploded into goo from it. Hidan then finally succumbed to his wounds and died.

Yagura was having just as easy of a fight as Hinata was. He had slight trouble fighting against Zetsu, who had tried to remain hidden, but Yagura literally punched through the floor and grabbed the plant man by the head and pulled him up. The dark side of him quickly crawled up his arm and tried to cover him, but all this did was infuriate Yagura so he pulled out his Crossblade and threw it above him. The winds that shot out from it spinning blasted Zetsu off of him. It tried to run away to regroup with the other half, but Yagura threw out an Abyssal Chain that pierced it through the head, thus killing Kaguya's will. Yagura pulled the corpse towards him and sliced it in half before he quickly charged forward towards Kakuzu. The man ejected four of his hearts to hold Yagura down with their tendrils. Once again this only pissed off Yagura as he unleashed the power of his Abyssal form to incinerate all four hearts that held him.

He then summoned up his weapon Harvester, one of Death's first scythes, and threw it. It spun through the air towards Kakuzu while at an angle that would still hit the white side of Zetsu. Zetsu easily dodged the scythe, but was quickly killed afterwards via decapitation via Chaoseater. Kakuzu tried to dodge the weapon thrown at him, and initially succeeded since it missed him, but he was unaware of the Void Portal that Yagura opened up behind him as well as above him. His weapon went through one portal and came out the one above him, slicing him in half and destroying Kakazu's final heart, killing him.

"As you see," said Naruto as he was aware of the death around him, but then again none of their opponents had the means to kill them, "you are no threat to us, but I came here not to fight you, but simply to talk to you about the future."

Itachi wasn't one to really listen and quickly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. One activated he summoned up his Susanoo and tried to attack Naruto with his blade. Naruto simply sighed as he summoned up a spectral hand that grabbed the blade and held it in place. Pein used his Rinnegan to try and force Naruto to his knees, but that didn't work, nor did the few hundred explosive tags launched at him from Konan using her bloodline. Naruto was unfazed by all of this and simply sighed even harder when they continued to try to defeat him. As they used all in their power to try and kill him, his group finished killing their targets, and with a quick wave of his hand, they went to capture the last member of the Akatsuki who was at this moment fleeing the area since he knew that there was no hope of beating his current opponents at the moment. Naruto simply stood in place as his three opponents threw everything and anything that they could at him. Hell, Itachi even used his Amaterasu flames to try and burn him but that didn't work either.

"So are you done here," said Naruto finally as he saw the three of them heavily breathing from chakra exhaustion, "Because this is getting old. Sasuke did the same thing that Itachi just did with the end results being far more destructive. I told you I wanted to simply talk with you and it is for that reason alone that I don't strike back at you since I don't want to kill you."

"Fine," said Pein as all six of his bodies looked at him, "speak then."

"Not to one of your puppets Nagato," said Naruto as he pointed in the direction of where his real body was, "but only to the real you. So will you please come out here so we can have a civil conversation between former clan members?"

Konan left the room to go and get him while Naruto was left there alone with Itachi.

"I sense so much conflict in your mind," said Naruto as Itachi looked at him with a calculating look. "And I have to say that I understand why you are like this."

"What do you know about my problems," said Itachi with a bit of a growl which made Naruto smirk a bit since for as long as he has known him as well as heard about him being next to emotionless.

"That your entire life has been thrown out of proportion. You were loyal to a village that was corrupted beyond redemption. You were forced to pick to remain loyal to either your clan that was planning to cause a coup and enslave the people of the village in their vain views of clan superiority and a village that was has done so many horrible things to maintain their so called 'rightful' place as the strongest of the five shinobi villages. You picked what you assumed was the lesser of two evils, but in truth there was no right answer to your choice and you were cursed to pick it anyway. You spared your little brother from death in hopes that he would be your clans' redemption, but the village you protected saw fit to use him as they used you, me, and so many others over the years. They spoiled him rotten so that they could control him into becoming another you, but one they could control over time. The darkness in his heart is so black there is no possible way for him to be redeemed. His actions have doomed not just himself but have killed so many people before their time."

Itachi heard all that was being said to him, and with every detail Naruto spoke to him another tear fell from his eyes. He had wanted to redeem his clan so much and willingly became a villain just to set his plan in action. But all that he had done had crumbled due to both the corruptive nature of the village he once called home, as well as his own little brother's greed and arrogance.

"So much conflict," said Naruto as he walked around Itachi until he was behind him. He leaned in close to whisper the next words, "so much strife…"

Itachi grew angry as he heard that and attacked Naruto with a kunai, but Naruto stopped it by using two of his fingers alone.

"I am well within my rights to kill you Itachi," said Naruto with eyes that were even more emotionless than Itachi himself was ever able to show, "for those who attack Death only hasten their own. As you are now, your soul would be sent to Limbo to end wanderlessly for so long before you found your redemption, but I have an offer for you to help make this all right."

Itachi looked at him with a raised eyebrow as Naruto said that.

"A long time ago, there were four powerful beings known as the Horsemen who kept balance in the universe. But an event known as the Apocalypse occurred and the Horsemen died in the end. With their death, the balance of the universe unraveled and there was no form of order. But with my death, I became reborn as the first of the Horsemen known as Death. In time I have found two others to replace the others, but there is still one we need to fill in the position."

"And what position is that?"

"The Horseman of Strife," said Naruto as he pulled out Mercy and Redemption and held them out towards Itachi. "You always dreamed of helping maintain balance, and now I am offering you a chance to do just that. So will you join us, brother?"

Itachi looked at the weapons that Naruto was holding out, and honestly considered the offer that was given to him. It took a minute for him to decide, but in the end he took them from Naruto. Itachi felt power flow through his body as he transformed into the last of the Nephilim. His body became covered in gray metallic armor that once was worn by the former Strife. His new outfit was complete when the helmet formed in his hand and he donned it on his face, and as he did his eyes changed color from red to gold. Itachi then took his pistols and twirled them for a bit before he holstered them. He then walked through the portal that Naruto opened for him to walk through, and as the portal closed up Konan returned with Nagato.

"Where did Itachi go," asked Nagato weakly as he saw that only Naruto remained in the room.

"He took up an offer I gave him," said Naruto as he smiled, "and with him doing so helped to set the balance in order. But that is not of your concern Nagato."

"Then what exactly is it that you have come to talk with me about?" asked Nagato who was genuinely curious about what he wanted from him. But before his question could be answered, Hinata and Yagura returned with their target wrapped up and bound with chains. The man they had bound was none other than Obito Uchiha.

"Unhand me this instant," he said as he struggled to break free from the chains that bound him.

"Obito Uchiha," scowled Naruto as he looked at the man who started his life of hell with his actions years ago. Obito's attack on his parents set in motion their deaths, thus robbing him of genuine caretakers and left him in the hands of people who ether hated his guts for what was sealed within or people who wanted nothing more than to make him a weapon. "You have caused me to live a life of hell that words lack the means of explaining."

"And I would do it all again," growled Obito as he glared at Naruto, "for I would do anything to have my Rin back!"

"You see, I hate you with every fiber of my being for the fact that your actions caused me to suffer for so long in life and I would like nothing more than to end your life right here and now. But I'm not going to since to be honest I should thank you."

When Naruto said that last bit, it caused Obito to look at him with a bit of confusion since that was not something he expected to hear in this situation.

"Because I suffered as I did and died when I did, I was reborn into what you see before you with the power to fix the balance of this world. And it is with this power that I am able to see your very soul, and from what I have seen we are more alike than you could imagine."

"And just how in the hell could we be similar in any way?"

"We both would do anything for the ones we love. You were willing to kill so many for yours, and I came back from death itself to save my own precious person. You have done so many terrible things in your life, but even so your soul is capable of redemption."

Obito's eyes opened wide in shock as he heard this. He had feared that after all done in his life he was doomed for an eternity in hell, but to hear that he still had a chance gave him hope for the future.

"So you wish to be with your loved one once more Obito, than seek your redemption. End this quest of yours to force everyone into an illusion just so you can be with her. Find a new path so that when you die you can ascend instead of fall. This is your one and only chance to see Rin once more, and she hopes you take it."

Obito looked down as the tears fell from his one good eye, but he looked up and nodded in understanding. The chains that bound him fell off and he got back to his feet. He politely bowed towards Naruto and then left to start a new life for himself, one free of all the hate he once possessed. Naruto would not see him again for years to come since he would die an old man…

"And then there were two," said Naruto as he looked at Nagato and Konan.

"If Obito did such horrible things as you claimed," Asked Konan, "then why did you let him go like that?"

"Because I am Death I am neither good nor evil. I take all who perish despite what they have done. When someone is worthy of redemption I give them the chance to achieve it since they deserve it. Only those whose souls are blackened do I kill personally. Fortunate for the two of you, you are not like that so I have come with an offer like I made with the Uchiha."

"And what offer is that?"

"Like Obito you both have done horrible things, but you did it in the name of peace so there is not much darkness to weigh down your souls. So I offer you the chance to change your ways to live a life worth living. Restart our clan and love them like we were known to do. If you promise me that you will abandon this pointless mission than I can offer you an item that will heal you so you no longer need the device you are stuck in."

"And what item could possibly heal me of this," asked Nagato in genuine curiosity.

"This," said Naruto as he held out a glowing green flask and tossed it towards them, to which Konan caught it, "this is a health potion, one that will heal you pack to pristine health."

"And why should we believe you," asked Konan, "Since you claim to be Death itself why would you offer something that heals us?"

"Because I didn't make the damn thing. Nagato's parents are the ones who brewed it with their son in mind as they did. They know what you have gone through as well as done and wanted to help you so your soul doesn't become blackened over time."

"My parents made this," whispered Nagato as he grabbed the flask for himself.

"Indeed they did," said Naruto as he opened a portal back to his home, "and whether or not you take it is your choice. Your life is your own to live, but I as well as the rest of our clan hopes you live on to carry our memory. You are the last Uzumaki to exist. There was another young woman, but Orochimaru got his hands on her and she died on his operating table in his vain attempt to use her genetics to obtain immortality. So do what you wish Nagato, but we hope you make the right choice."

Naruto walked through the portal followed by Yagura as well as Hinata after he said that, with it closing up behind him. All that was left was Konan and Nagato who looked at the flask given to them and wondered on what to do…

(A/N: There we go, another chapter finally done. It's probably not the best chapter, but more of a filler with some details of what is happening all over. Major events such as these take time and I like to describe them in detail to set the stage. Just a heads up but the next chapter is the last one so, just FYI. Until next time!)