Flashback: on

"Kuchiyose no jutsu: Karuma!"

An explosion occurs with a great cloud of smoke. In the middle of the smoke, you could see the silhouette of something gigantic and two glowing red eyes.

Flashback: off

Meanwhile, in the village's center, several shinobi were trying to stop the enemy. The situation in the village was getting more and more critical, the enemy was extremely strong and would not die (because there was another one that revived them). Everyone was giving their best. The genin ninja and some chunins were evacuating the civilians to the shelter inside the Hokage hill, the jounins and Anbu's were fighting and retreating in an attempt to keep the pace, the enemies seemed endless, there were always more coming. And the problem was not their strength and quality, but their quantity, the organization should have recruited a lot of people before the invasion, because in the information they had they didn't have that many members. The Hokage, Tsunade was worried, 'Where was Naruto and his team? The invasion had already started a long time ago, did they not notice? No... It's impossible that they didn't notice, counting the amount of explosions! Then why were they late?' he wondered as he looked at the village from his living room window together with Minato and Kushina, who seemed relaxed and surprisingly calm about the situation.

"How can you stay calm in a situation like this?" asked the Hokage, it was the first time something like this had happened under her tutelage.

"We have to stay calm... Because otherwise, we won't be able to handle it." refutes Minato, full of logic and reason, he may have been Kage for only a few years but it was a lesson he learned during the war that the invasion of the masked man who stole Kyuubi reinforced.

"I believe you are right..." says thoughtfully. "We need to be calm to be able to use all our powers to protect the village and the residents... But, the team formed and trained to fight this invasion, Naruto's Team 7... Hasn't shown up yet... I think it's impossible that they haven't noticed... And..." she paused, thinking about everything she had said. "And I'm the one who's nervous, right? But it's just that it's going to be my first invasion as Hokage and I've been present during other invasions that have happened here in the village, I've seen how a Hokage's responsibility is during situations like this... A-and..." was interrupted by Kushina.

"Err... Tsunade-sensei you really are very nervous, too nervous to tell the truth..." said the red-haired woman a bit shakily, but soon recovered and returned to normal. "But you mustn't lose your head, tebanne! How do you think the villagers and the shinobi here in the village would feel seeing the Hokage acting like the fearful one she is not?" she exclaimed, causing the blonde to come back to reality and straighten her posture returning to the Tsunade they knew.

"Tsunade, regarding my son's team, you don't need to worry anymore... They have just arrived." comments the Fourth Hokage, returning to observe the village through the window, seeing the long-awaited ninja going into action. With this the situation changed a little to the Konoha side, showing that the training had really paid off.

In the fight, Team 7:

When they arrived at the center of the invasion the Team 7 shinobis were terrified by what they saw. There were residents, those who had not yet been evacuated, badly injured, hiding in stores and houses, and trying futilely to protect themselves as they were destroyed by the giant monsters summoned by the invaders. Many ninjas were already exhausted and with very little chakra who, even though tired, were trying to stop the monsters and the invaders, without much success.

"Kami-sama! It is just like Naruto's warning! Look at the destruction these guys have caused and are causing!" exclaims Tenten, shocked and frightened by the state of their village.

"These guys really are strong! But we have been training ourselves for it, and besides, we have the flame of youth!" says Rock Lee already very excited, somehow he could get excited about anything.

"But guys, speaking of him, where is he?" Ino asks, looking around and only now noticing that he had not followed them.

"I knew he was a coward! I bet he left us here to fight alone and ran away!" says Kiba mocking Naruto.

"K-Kiba-kun! N-naruto-kun would never do such a thing!" says Hinata defending her beloved to the teammate, she didn't understand the schism the other had created against the blonde (little did she know it was because of her). While everyone was distracted by the conversation they didn't notice an orange-haired man with the Akatsuki cape coming towards them. It was only when this one was in front of them that they noticed.

"Who are you and why are you invading our village?" Sakura asked, trying to keep her posture, as she was frightened to have one of those very powerful orange-haired men that Naruto had mentioned and warned them not to face.

"Where is the jinchuuriki of the nine tails, Uzumaki Naruto?" the man asked, ignoring the pink girl's question completely. But it was the man's question that took everyone by surprise. What did he want with Naruto? How did he know that Naruto was a jinchuuriki? Why did he want to know where Naruto was? They were left wondering in confusion. But Hinata had only one question: Was that the purpose of the invasion? To capture the Uzumaki? "Answer now! Or else I will eliminate you!" he threatened, making all the ninjas stiff and apprehensive, they had been warned that the orange ones were dangerous.

Then everything became cloudy. All you could see were things close by and shadows in the distance. But one shadow called the most attention, not only because it was huge, but because of the two big red eyes, which were so intense that they shone. Then a gale blew the smoke away, revealing a giant fox with nine tails and a fierce gaze. What impressed everyone the most was the fact that Naruto was standing on top of it.

"Were you looking for me?" the blond boy asks sarcastically to the orange-haired man. He then looks at his team. "How much longer are you going to stay there? Hurry up!" he calls rushing them. Who even with fear and apprehension climbed onto the beast, which quickly moved away from the enemy.

"Naruto-san this is really the..." began Neji, but was interrupted by the demon.

"Yes, I am the nine-tailed fox!" said Kyuubi. That made everyone nervous both because it spoke so much because of the tone of voice it had used, which made it laugh and say. "Relax, I won't attack you, after all, you are not my enemy yet. And also my jinchuuriki wouldn't let me, no matter how much I wanted to..."

"That's enough, Karuma! You've already managed to scare them!" Naruto scolds it coldly, which makes it look at him sulkily. "I'm gone for a few moments and when I come back I see you doing the opposite of what I told you? But don't get used to it, I might not come again to save you, even if I want to. So get ready, it's just beginning!" he says, finally looking at them. They were even tenser when they saw the fox's red eyes instead of the boy's blue ones.

To be continued...

Next chapter: Challenged?! Konoha VS Akatsuki!

Notes:

I posted later than the other weeks, but that's because my week was chaotic and I had to do most of the editing today, when I leave it ready earlier. Other than that, I think I will switch to always posting at this time.
Remembering: feedback is always good and welcome, I love to know what you think and your theories for what comes next. Questions are welcome too, although I won't answer them with spoilers, of course!
Hope to see you in the next chapters!
See you next week!