Grace
Standard Disclaimers and note still apply.
Jennjennr – throughout all the other chapters, team 7 has referred to themselves as siblings, so 'pink haired sister' is in fact a reference to that family type closeness with them. I dunno about Deidara though... the picture I saw of him/her/it had breasts on it... so… meh, he's she for now. I do try and catch the typos, I was also wrote it at 11 at night, I'll go through it again and fix what I can find.
Lord Vicious of the Azure S... – their not. Remember chapter 11? When they were spotted before at the trading town in river country? Ergo, they were spotted before then reaching Iwa and thus not as weak as they seem. And if they seem weaker in other chapters, its just cause of the situation surrounding team 7.
Mrs. Nozomu Sohma –I had to go over everything and try and catch my mistakes. I don't think we'll be seeing Deidara again, so yeah it's not really that important, but you can imagine that Kakashi got a nose bleed –laugh-
Thanks to everyone else that's reviewed! They really do help me continue writing. So I hope the next story gets just as many. (I can't wait to start the next story! )
Also; any jutsu's I create in this chapter, will have meanings at the end.
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Sandaime frowned, listening to Tsume report. They had been gone no less than a week and already things were looking bad. Even if he had the confidence of the 3 children from the future, he couldn't help but feel slightly mortified.
"Sou ka…" he muttered softly to himself. The next moon was in fact... 2 days from now. Too soon. Hadn't they said it would be 2 weeks of patrol attacks before the big battle hit? Sandaime frowned and smoked his pipe, thinking about things that were perhaps out of his hands. Sandaime dismissed Kakashi and Tsume while standing to stare out the window.
Had they been duped? Was there a code within the code? Did they lie? No. Sandaime didn't think they lied. True they had told many white lies to mislead, but not about something this important. He frowned. Something was off about everything, about this entire situation.
Looking down, his eyes caught some peculiar behavior coming from two of the three he had been thinking about. He smiled down at them. It seemed every moment they had to themselves they relaxed as much as possible. Well, at least some of them did.
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"No! Lemie go! Please I won't do any training I promise!" Naruto struggled in Tsunade's terrible grip. Yue and Hana hand their hands on their hips. Naruto gulped. Yue and Hana had warmed up significantly to Naruto, and often treated him like he was a little kid that needed to be taken care of, all the time. So when Sakura 'accidentally' let it slip that Naruto had nearly burned to death, followed by nearly being frozen to death… well the over protective mothers still wouldn't let him out of the hospital.
"Iie! Where do you think you're going!" Hana shot at him furiously. Naruto gulped. Yue cracked her knuckles as Tsunade finished wrapping him shoulder to toes in rope.
"Wait! WAIT! No fair!" Naruto shouted trying to free himself as the girls dragged him towards the hospital.
Sakura was on her way to visit Naruto when she had run into Itachi in the market. The elder Uchiha told her his mother was at the hospital when Sakura mentioned where she was going, so they walked together in some what of an awkward silence. Sakura, who was holding her mothers groceries that needed to be bought, nearly dropped them when she rounded the corner.
She opted to laugh herself silly instead. She remembered the time when Shizune had dragged Naruto to the hospital as well. It was damn hilarious. Itachi was blinking rapidly and his mouth twitched up into a smile.
"Is that-"
"Ah huh."
"Wow….. I've only seen my mother this stern on a few occasions."
"Oh, like what?" Sakura asked, looking up at the older Uchiha, or was it Younger Uchiha now? She smiled.
"Well, there was this time when my brother chipped his tooth, there was blood everywhere and mom wouldn't let him out of the house without bracers over his face to protect him." Sakura's eyes widened, mentally she cackled evilly at the prospect and sudden information.
"Really? Tell me more about Sasuke when he was younger." Itachi eyed her evilness and decided, why not. Neither one ended up visiting Naruto or their mothers, and instead spent the day telling stories of how stupid Sasuke and Naruto were…
Elsewhere, Sasuke experienced a day filled with sneezes and at the hospital Naruto was diagnosed with Sneezerititce.
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"Naruto-san?" Someone knocked gently on the apartment door. It was 4:30 in the morning, and Naruto was fresh from his 'nap'. Yawning he opened the door and stared into Hyuuga Hiashi's face.
"Hyuuga-san? What's up?" Naruto asked as he grabbed a coat. Hiashi motioned him to follow him.
"A meeting has been called." Hiashi told him. He walked swiftly and calmly as possible. However, Naruto could see the man was nervous. How old was Hinata and Neji now? 6 and 7? Hiashi had every right to be nervous.
"Hyuuga-san, worry about your family, and not your duties as a Shinobi." Hiashi stopped cold, and looked down at the spiky blond in surprise.
"Why would you say something like that? A Shinobi-"
"Must protect what is important to them. Your brother… he is dead now right? So it's your job to take care of his legacy. Don't worry so much about others. And focus on who needs your help. Mainly, your family. We have evacuation cycles so the civilians don't matter so much so long as they go where their told." Naruto grinned at him, and Hiashi's shock melted away into a small smile; his worry fading, but not disappearing.
"Arigato." Naruto supposed that in better light, his words might have been clearly questionable. But what was the point of protecting the citizens, who would already be in hiding, and have the future generation of Shinobi in danger or worse, dead? It was better to protect the future Generation of Shinobi in a great battle, so that they can help others along the way. Or at least, that was what Naruto figured.
The ANBU stationed at the doors of Sandaime's room let them through without as much as a nod. He saw that Sakura was there, with her father Saburo, and Sasuke with his father and brother. Kakashi and Tsume were there (whom he winked at) Jiraiya and the other 2 Sanin were there (whom he glared at.) The Ino-Shika-Cho trio was there, as well as Aburame Shibi.
Naruto frowned and took a seat beside Hiashi's, as it was the only empty one. Sandaime was also frowning. Something was up.
"Tomorrow is the full moon. Are you sure, absolutely sure that they will attack tomorrow." Sakura nodded at the Hokage's inquisition.
"Hai. At dawn." That startled some people.
"At dawn? That's not even an hour away!" Jiraiay exclaimed. However, Sakura was spared from having to explain by Shibi, who spoke up in his melodic deep tones.
"Did anyone bother to ask her for the exact time?" This was met with silence. Sandaime signaled to the ANBU guards.
"Shikamaru. We need a plan." Normally, the Hokage would call upon his advisors, but they weren't suited to warfare as well as Shikamaru was. The ANBU came closer to listen to the instructions that were about to be given.
"Stone will attack from the northwest, and Cloud from the Northeast. At best they will force us down south."
"In my opinion, the worst case scenario would be if Cloud managed to alley with any of the 3 water based countries; Sea Country, Water Country or Wave Country. Water Country and Sea Country have ninjas of their own, so wave isn't a problem. The probability of an alliance with Water Country is about 5 percent and the probability of an alliance with Sea Country is about 3 percent." Naruto imputed, looking over the map with the elder Shikamaru. People looked at him in surprise.
"Heh, I spent a month with the Nara clan learning Tactics." Shika smiled at him and nodded.
"It may be a small probability, but we shouldn't ignore it. I say send two squads to the east and south to keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Preferably at least one animal summon so a message can be brought swiftly if they must engage." Naruto and Sandaime agreed with Shikamaru's insight.
"If we gather our forces towards the northwest and northeast-"
"They'll notice and change tactics on us." Shika interrupted Sandaime's train of thought.
"It would be better to evenly spread the guards around the walls." Saburo now entered the conversation.
"Aa, we'll still be prepared for an attack coming from those directions anyways." Hokage nodded with Naruto's words.
"We need a secure place to put the injured."
"We also need medic squads in certain positions so they can be of better access to the battles without intruding and becoming a burden." Both Tsunade and Sakura piped up from their seats.
"Very well." Hokage started making dots on the map; certain dots were certain colors and handed it to the ANBU.
"Move swiftly, we haven't much time."
"We should start the evacuation immediately." Inoishi stood from his spot. Hokage nodded to him and several of the gathered Jounins left. Soon it was just Shika and Team 7 with the Hokage.
"Old-geezer? There's a possibility that the Tsuchikage and the Raikage will come and fight." Naruto was standing before him, one hand on his hip, the other hanging limply at his side; he looked like a very powerful person in that position (which Sarutobi knew to be true). But he also looked like a leader should in that position. Naruto would make a good Hokage one day.
Shaking his thoughts out of his head, Sarutobi sighed. "You're probably right-"
"You're not fighting." Naruto told him coldly. The elder Shikamaru looked at him, frowning. Sandaime glared.
"Now listen here-"
"Iie. You listen. You can use a jutsu to make yourself appear younger, but you cannot return to your Prime. Those Kages are in their prime, you're not. You are old and your power is waning. Face it old man, you're washed up." Narutos words were cold and hash, they came out like whiplash that left the two adults stunned. Even Sasuke and Sakura looked surprised by Naruto's outburst. The Hokage looked sad.
"Hai.." He sighed.
"You can fight the higher Jounins if you want, but leave the Kages to either the Sanin or me." Sarutobi raised an eyebrow. He knew Naruto was powerful. But certainly not powerful enough to take on two kages!
"You?" he said disbelieving. Naruto smirked in a feral manor.
"Show off…" Sasuke muttered under his breath, even Sakura glared at Naruto.
"I defeated a one tailed sand demon at full power when I was 12. Don't under estimate me. I haven't even begun to channel the power of Kyuubi." Sandaime stared for a moment before chuckling, completely forgetting about Naruto's rude remarks before hand. Sakura and Sasuke sighed; there was no deterring Naruto from his choices.
"Fine. Just don't go overboard."
"I don't plan to." A large explosion sounded from not that far away, and shook the Hokage tower. Shikamaru frowned and opened his mouth.
"It's begun."
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Things had gone relatively as they had thought it had. Sakura and Tsunade had gone to the hospital, Sasuke left to the East while Hokage went to the west side. A quick decision had been made for the Hokage to go disguised as Naruto, and for Naruto to wait by the Hokage monument disguised as the Hokage.
They would come for him. He was sure of it. The battle raged on, homes were destroyed as Boss summons rampaged the city while dead enemy ninja's blood froze only minutes after being exposed. The Elite Konoha Ninja's were now extremely thankful for Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura's training on icy battlefields.
Though they had the advantage in Skill, they were still outnumbered by the forces of both Great shinobi Countries. Naruto planned on crippling them by taking down their leaders.
He didn't have to wait long for them to arrive. Two individuals faced him, both wearing Kage robes, like himself. Naruto smirked.
"Sarutobi… It's been a long time." Naruto didn't answer the Raikage that had spoken. Instead he sent a mental signal to his hidden bunshin clones, and much like what happened in River Country, a large pale blue barrier erected itself around them; plenty of room to fight in.
The Tsuchikage cursed, and both threw away their robes. The Raikage was a man with blue hair to his shoulders with a vertical slash down the center of his face. The Tsuchikage was a dark skinned man wearing white face paint, habitual with most puppet users; both wore traditional stylized armor over them bodies.
"He's not Sandaime Hokage, Yurai." Tsuchikage whispered, but with Naruto's superior hearing, he caught it. At least now he knew one of their names.
"Heh, you're right, I'm not." He grabbed the front of the robes and whipped them off, revealing the pale faced, blond haired boy. His clothing had changed during his stay halfway into the past. Instead of his navy blue suit, he now wore pitch black. Even his kunai holster was black. He also wore a Jounin vest, curtsey of a worried Shikamaru.
"I will be your opponent." He spoke, cockily at that. His words were greeted with lightning, but his body puffed out.
"Kage bunshin!" They both separated instead of staying together, going to opposite ends of the chakra cage.
"Che. Jishin no Jutsu!" the Tsuchikage called out, thinking that their opponent had gone into the ground. He caused a severe earthquake to rattle the ground around him. He smirked as the Blond was forced out of hiding, near enough for Yurai to attack.
"Raikyuu!" Yurai shouted, sending a powerful ball of lightning to Naruto, only to have him puff out of existence.
"Another clone?" whoever this guy was, he was good.
"Mirai! Behind you!" Too late, a Kunai pressed against the Tsuchikage's throat.
"You let your guard down…" Naruto stated, and cleanly cut across the man's throat. Mirai puffed into a stone and Naruto allowed himself a smile. Kawarimi no jutsu, eh? It was time to play with some of Naruto's original jutsus.
"Oto Denpa no jutsu!" he cupped his hands near his mouth and let out a bellowing shriek at the Raikage. This attack utilized sound and created visible waves at his opponent, causing some rather devastating destruction. The Raikage avoided it by slipping underground.
Naruto grinned. Both were apparently underground. Naruto pondered this; Cloud ninjas usually didn't know much earth jutsu. And Yurai, Mirai sounded like names given to siblings. Thus, he deducted that these two were in fact brothers. It certainly explained the easy alliance. While he was thinking, Naruto felt a hand grab his ankle while someone came up behind him.
Shit!
"Ninpou: Yaraishin!" Naruto quickly channeled chakra into his feet and jumped, carrying the Raikage with him. A swift kick the head and he freed himself while in the air. However, not without injury as Mirai's attack managed to stab him at least 3 times, twice in the arms, and once in his side.
"Shunshin no jutsu" Naruto whispered, and disappeared from their sight. Hanging upside down on the ceiling of his barrier, he silently enforced it for what he was about to do. He watched as they discovered him after a few moments.
"Raikyuu!" Another lightning bolt was sent his way, which he dogged rather magnificently by side-stepping. The lightning was absorbed into the barrier, which only served to make it stronger. He smirked.
"Hyouton! Souryuu Boufuusetsu!" the blond shot out his palms towards his opponents as two twin black dragons emerged from it. The ice and snow around in the containment field quickly blew around, making visibility low as the black chakra dragons harassed their targets before entwining into one.
Soon enough a black tornado appeared, with Naruto directing it from the sidelines (having fallen back down to the earth). It appeared now as though there was only one kage dealing with the tornado. Naruto looked around for Mirai, but couldn't find him. Invisibility jutsu, eh? Two can play at that. Naruto unleashed his senses after forming the required tiger seal to make him invisible.
Seeing that the Blond had disappeared, as well as the tornado, Yurai too went invisible. Now it was a battle of the senses. Pity Naruto was superior to them, what with having Kyuubi inside of him.
'Its time to end this. Give me one tail worth!'
'You're lazy.' Came the response. But none the less, Yurai, Mirai found themselves rooted to the spot by a massive surge of Chakra. The Chakra was red, and took the form of a one tailed fox. Due to the fact that Naruto had kept his invisibility jutsu on, he looked like a Fox made purely from Chakra.
Naruto brought his hands back, and shot them forward towards the two chakra signatures, red fox hands grasping his enemies' frightened faces and repeatedly bashing them into the ground, forming crater after crater in the ice and snow before he finally stopped.
"It's over." Naruto powered down and stared down into the craters. Honestly, he thought that two Kages would be a challenge…
Naruto sighed and was about to give the mental signal to his clones to remove the barrier so he could stop supplying energy into it when the ground rumbled and shook. Naruto stumbled and quickly jumped off the ground dashing of to the other side when he landed and watched the ground start to bulge unnecessarily.
Finally the surface soil and rock cracked and crumbled off, revealing a giant scorpion made of stone. The cage was big enough for this creature to move freely, but Naruto still took several steps back in horror. It was then that he remembered he had forgotten to ask Sakura and Sasuke a very important question back when they started to teach.
Would their own summons recognize them or would they too be summons of the past? Damnit! Naruto cursed repeatedly in his head wondering what to do. He stared upwards, noticing the Tsuchikage was holding a body. So… he managed to kill off the Raikage, not that he was reportedly known to be strong. Cloud ninjas are notoriously weak.
But a pissed off Tsuchikage would be a menace. Naruto sighed.
"How dare you…" Naruto heard the man speak. Great, another revenge factor. Naruto winced, putting a hand to his neglected wounds. They were healing, but slowly. Kyuubi must be feeling particularly sadistic today.
"I'll kill you!" Naruto rolled his eyes at the over said expression.
"Ah-huh. Right, well it's your move." Still as cocky as ever. Mentally however, Naruto was wondering what killed stone, aside from really powerful fire.
"Houseki no Yoroi!" Naruto's eyes widened almost comically as he watched Mirai's frame be engulfed in some sort of see through rock. It was a second later when he realized how dangerous this new development could be.
"Oh Shit."
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hahaha! I love the ending of this chapter. Guess what! The end is near!
Jishin - Literally means 'earthquake'
Oto Denpa – Literally means 'sound' and 'radio waves.'
Houseki no Yoroi - Literally means 'jewel' and 'armor'
I made them up on the spot, but the Japanese is as correct as I could get it off a translator site.
Also: I apologise beforehand for the spelling and/or grammatical errors or misplaced words, this was slightly rushed because I couldn't update it yesterday night since the site was shut down and i felt bad about it :p