Chapter 3

Deep beneath the hidden village of Ame in Rain country, The Akatsuki were gathered together to discuss their plans on capturing the remaining jinchuriki and the current news of the Elemental Nations. Pein, the Rinnegan wielding cloaked man began the meeting.

"Three years have passed since we all met together. Much has changed, and we have been growing in strength to bring about the future peace we desire. Zetsu, what do you have to report?"

The plantlike creature, Zetsu, stepped forward as his white side face spoke up followed by his darker half completing his sentence. "The Ichibi container is now the Kage of Suna, he may be surrounded by walls, but he is the weakest of the jinchuriki. The female container of Nibi has been seen patrolling the borders of Lightning and Wind so it should be easy to corner that flaming cat. The Mizukage was killed in his own civil war and the Three-Tails should now be reformed but we have no idea where it is hidden. The Four and Five-Tails are somewhere in Rock country, but they have been cast out of Iwa to keep them from going berserk on them. We already have the Six-Tails extracted and placed in the Gedo Statue. However, Taki and Kumo have taken great lengths to hide the Seven and Eight-Tails."

"And what of the Kyuubi? Has it reformed after our last report? To think that the Thousand Technique Kakashi would slay his own student in order to avenge his fallen Sensei." Said Pein as the rest of the Akatsuki members murmured to themselves.

One of the cloaked members, the infamous Uchiha Slayer Itachi, stood in silence next to his shark themed partner Kisame having a blank look on his face. But inside, a torrent of feelings was spinning within the former Anbu of Konoha since he usually stopped and protected the young Uzumaki from mob attacks in memory of the boy's secret mother who was friends with Itachi's mother, Mikoto.

Another Akatsuki member, Madara, real name Obito Uchiha, continued using his Tobi persona while inside he was seething. His former teammate Kakashi had ruined his life not only once from killing his crush Rin, but also killing the Kyuubi container and maybe destroying his one chance in completing his Moon Eye Plan and becoming a god to all. He didn't even care that the brat was his surrogate mother's son. All love for Kushina and his former sensei died when he watched the love of his life die in front of him. He didn't even care when he threatened the newly born child's life and extracted the Kyuubi from Kushina's weakened body. But Minato stopped Obito from destroying Konoha and having his vengeance. Now Tobi could only sulk and plan accordingly.

"The Kyuubi has not been reformed. We believe that the sealing method that the Fourth Hokage used made it so that when the Nine-Tails died with its container it would stay dead and never return." Zetsu replied. Pein narrowed his purple ringed eyes at hearing this. But Zetsu was not done.

"However, we have been getting rumors of a boy hidden with the monks of the Fire Temple. That this Sora was implanted with the Kyuubi's chakra when he was a baby after the Kyuubi's resealing 16 years ago. We also think that the remains of the Lightning Silver and Gold Brothers carry leftover chakra from the Nine-Tails because of their previous encounter with it. Unfortunately, we need them alive in order to extract the chakra from them and we don't want Orochimaru getting involved in our business again."

Ame's Angel spoke up. "We should leave the Lightning brothers for later if retrieving the boy monk becomes impossible. If we do come to that, we can kill Orochimaru for his betrayal and one of us could learn the forbidden jutsu that the Snake used in his failed attack on Konoha."

"Agreed. Is there anything else Zetsu?" Pein inquired.

"Only that Danzo is still secretly building his Root forces behind the current Hokage's back. We also have heard of the celebration in Wave Country that used devices like Deidara's explosion jutsu called fireworks. It was incredible seeing the colorful booms that lit the night sky." The white Zetsu complimented which irked yet intrigued the pony tailed blonde Deidara.

"Hmph, it seems that I should go to Wave Country and find out about these fireworks. For my Art to truly become the superior one to Sasori's puppets, hm." Said Deidara. The hunchbacked Akatsuki with the flaying metal tail merely scoffed at his partner's proclamation.

"No, You and Sasori are to capture the Kazekage. While Hidan and Kakazu go to corner the Nibi vessel, Itachi and Kisame will take the Jinchuriki of Iwa. Zetsu, you are to continue searching for the reformed Biju in Water Country." Pein instructed the members as one by one the members Body Flickered leaving Pain, Konan, and Tobi alone with the Gedo Statue.

"Soon, all will know pain." Said the former Nagato Uzumaki before the shadows engulfed him.

Scene Change (3 days Later)

Konoha was no longer the peaceful village proclaimed to hold the 'Will of Fire'. Now Civilians hold most of the power while the current Hokage, Tsunade Senju, was merely a figurehead. All the Fifth Hokage could do was sign paperwork, argue with the Council, and drown in her sake since her last ray of sunshine, Naruto Uzumaki, wasn't there to brighten her mood. It sickened her to know that Sasuke supposedly dealt the blow that killed the villagers' pariah. Tsunade wanted to do nothing more than seal the Uchiha elite and lock him up and throw away the key, however Team 7's sensei Kakashi, along with the Konoha Elders and Civilian Council, opted to congratulate Sasuke for achieving this and only gave him a slap on the wrist. After the rest of the retrieval teamed returned, along with their Suna allies, Tsunade ordered ANBU to find Naruto's body which Kakashi said had washed away after the battle. Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara left with a sour taste in their mouths at seeing most of Konoha revel at the news of the fallen Uzumaki. Suna now considered Konoha a neutral ally, while Wave, Snow/Spring, and the Moon Kingdom cut all ties to them because they considered the Kyuubi jinchuriki a hero and friend.

Tsunade never got answers from Gaara, the now appointed Kazekage, on why whenever he did business with her would stare with hidden rage in his eyes at the lazy one-eyed Kakashi while keeping a neutral frown around the Village Elders Homura, Koharu, and Danzo. For three years, Tsunade put up to try and keep Naruto's memory alive, but with the continual complaints of the civilians, the nagging ego of the Uchiha, and the prompts to attack other villages from Danzo and his lackies, she could only find solace in working with her assistant Shizune in the Hospital. Even her own teammate, the gallant perverted Toad Sage, Jiraiya, barely showed his face in Konoha, unless it was reports from his spy network or have short talks with Tsunade.

No matter how much sake she drank, the Senju and Uzumaki blood boiled at working in this fallen cesspool of a Village that her grandparents created. After finalizing the last of the bane of Kages, she would finally be free from this place while taking Shizune and the rest of their things to never return to Konoha. Suddenly, the window to the Hokage office opened as Jiraiya himself popped in. "Hey Hime, there has been Akatsuki movement. Although they went quiet for a few years, they are now moving again to capture the jinchuriki." Said Jiraiya.

It was at that moment, Danzo and the two Elders walked through the door without receiving permission to enter. "Tsunade, we have just received word that the Kazekage has been abducted and they require our assistance. We should use this opportunity to get back into Suna's graces to return their leader." Said Danzo in a manner that made him sound like he's in charge.

Tsunade growled at the rudeness of the Elders. "That's Hokage-sama to you, Danzo. And who would you suggest I should send to retrieve Gaara."

"We believe Kakashi and the reformed Team 7 should go, to show the power Sasuke has to defeat whoever did this and give Suna another reason to send us a generous charity to improve Konoha's livelihood." Said the wrinkled old hag Koharu.

"I decline under protest, because Gaara and his siblings abhor Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi for failing at being Naruto's team." Tsunade pointed out to them.

"The Kyuubi jinchuriki was never meant to become a strong shinobi to upstage the Uchiha and his team. Plus, it's for the good of the village to demonstrate that we are not weak without our failed weapon." Said Danzo before he was grabbed by his collar and thrown into the wall by the Slug Sage.

"How dare you! Because of that spoiled brat, we have lost the legacy of our Fourth Hokage and the Uzumaki bloodline is considered extinct." Said Tsunade. After not finding his body, Naruto's parentage was released to the public. Some of the village were rocked with shame, while most full on denied the evidence of the Kyuubi brat's lineage. Some Naruto supporters, like the Ichiraku family, abandoned ship and moved to the now named Spring Country to escape Konoha prejudice.

"Regardless Tsunade, the Council has already voted on it and the majority approve of Team 7's mission." Said Homura in his old uptight stature.

Tsunade was mad with rage that the Council once again going behind her back. With her super Senju strength, she threw the Hokage chair into the bookshelf, which shattered the chair while the bookshelf fell over. A hidden Anbu lay under the shelf unconscious at Tsunade's outburst. "Alright you idiots. THAT'S IT! You want to run this village, then you do it. I QUIT!" (A:N Like in Emperor's New Groove when Kronk replaces the chef.)

Jiraiya and the Elders were stunned at Tsunade's proclamation that they tried to coerce her to reconsider while she took things from the Hokage Vault, even the Scroll of Sealing without them seeing, and sealed them away into another scroll as she went to get her belongings from the Senju compound with her apprentice following behind her without any complaints.

"Tsunade, please! You are the last of the Senju. Without you, Konoha will be weaker in the eyes of the other hidden villages." Said Jiraiya while begging on his knees under his dream crush while she frowned at what he said.

"If you do this Tsunade. We will be forced to label you as a Missing Nin and will place you in the Bingo Book. But perhaps we can allow you to join Team 7's retrieval team as a chaperone and medical ninja." Said Danzo as his dark mind turned to remove Tsunade while she accompanied Kakashi and one of his ROOT agents. "Your relationship with Suna will have the mission go more smoothly as you go to rescue the Kazekage."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes because she knew the old War Hawk was up to something. Thinking it over, she realized this would be the opportune moment after saving Gaara to slip away with Shizune so they could escape and settle down in one of the countries that remembered and honored her Godson's memory. Turning to face the Elders, she nodded her head. "Fine. I will accompany Kakashi and the rest of Team 7 to rescue the Kazekage. But once this is over, I never want to see your baka faces again." She said as she headed to the Senju compound. Jiraiya went to return to his spy network and learn more on the Akatsuki's objective. The Elders simply stood there, ignoring the pictures of the former Hokage that seemed to be frowning at the state Konoha has become under Danzo's underhanded tactics.

Scene Change

Tsunade and Shizune, along with Team 7, are now hauling themselves with Gaara's sister Temari, to reach Gaara's abductors after healing and hearing the reports from Kankuro. The Slug Sage was fuming as the last loyal Uchiha tried to flirt with fan wielding kunoichi to become one of his child bearers and restore the Uchiha Clan. Temari answered with her closed fan bonking Sasuke on the duck-butt head. Sakura, still the Uchiha loving fangirl, was screeching with her banshee voice that Temari should feel honored in restoring the Uchiha Clan. Tsunade thanked her stars that she full on denied teaching the pink banshee her jutsu against Kakashi and Honura's pestering. She only wished she had her lost crystal necklace that washed away along with Naruto's body. The replacement ninja, Sai, was a pale faced painter that rarely showed emotion because of his secret training with ROOT but had quite a potty mouth that didn't know how to properly communicate with others. Including his teammates whenever he said their nicknames, he gave to them. However, Sai secretly had a separate mission along with Kakashi in the termination of Tsunade when the mission would come to an end so no Konoha secrets could be leaked out.

As they followed the Suna Elder Chiyo, who volunteered to tag along and make up for her past mistakes, the trail to Gaara was stopped by the cloaked figures of Itachi and Kisame who had already completed their jinchuriki retrieval. Sasuke was the first to act by flaring a Chidori in hand to strike his older brother to finally avenge the Uchiha. Kisame decided to have fun with Kakashi and Tsunade's super strength. Sai and Sakura decided to be Sasuke's backup and cheerleading squad while Temari, Shizune, and Chiyo watched from the side lines to analyze these Akatsuki.

"It's quite fun that I am fighting the Kakashi of one thousand jutsu and slayer of Zabuza, the runt of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. But also, one of the Three Sages proclaimed by Hanzo, although you are better fighter than that White Snake who was a part of our group until he turned traitor. I wonder who will go down first, The Traitorous Snake, the Lecherous Toad, or the Slug Sucker." Said Kisame in order to antagonize his opponents. It worked for Tsunade as she went give the shark man a good right hook that could knock his head right off his shoulders. However, Kisame was quick to use the shredding blade Samehada, to block the Senju Fist of Fury. While blocking her attack, Kisame didn't have time to defend himself as Kakashi went through a set of hand signs. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu" Kakashi breathed out a swirl of fire that turned into a serpentine dragon that charged at the two combatants. Tsunade jumped back before the attack hit Kisame as she looked at Kakashi who gave a lazy shrug before jumping to his pupil's location.

Before Tsunade could jump after him, Kisame stood up raising Samehada, who ate the chakra from Kakashi's jutsu, to cut the Slug Sage to shreds. Temari and Shizune stood between Kisame's prey as they fired Wind and Earth Jutsu to push him back, but to no avail. The two kunoichi were pushed to either side with small to mid-level cuts covering their bodies. Seeing her friend and apprentice weary from the multiple bloody cuts caused her to freeze in terror as her forgotten phobia kicked in to paralyze her. Without Naruto to be there for her, her insecurities and phobia slowly rose to the surface during those three stressful years.

Suddenly, Kisame was impaled from behind as the two Kiba Blades sparked with electrifying precision. "Hey Fish Face, it's been a while. My Kiba Blades wanted have a Misty Sword Reunion with Samehada and the others, but you won't be here when that happens." Said Ameyuri as she used her chakra to boost her strength in lifting Kisame high into the hair before proclaiming, "Lightning Style: Lightning Rod Jutsu!" and blue lighting lit the sky before crashing down on the shark shinobi.

As the dust settles, the red-haired Ringo dropped the now fried body of the supposed Monster of the Hidden Mist to the ground. But it was not Kisame's body that was fried, but a poor Suna ninja pawn. Ameyuri clicked her shark-like teeth in frustration at being duped for zapping a doppelganger. Before the swordswoman could walk away, she was stopped by Tsunade.

"Hold on! Are you Ameyuri Ringo, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mists, and the wielder of the Kiba Blades? What are you doing here? I thought with your rumored disease you would have been bedridden or even kicking the bucket by now. The Senju blonde asked in suspicion.

Ameyuri shrugged it off and put her duo swords away, behind her back. "Yeah, well let's just say that I got a guardian devil that fixed me up and now I really want to get a piece of him. Not easy with a vixen and the other red-head vying for the guy." Her answer confused Tsunade.

"Not that he can handle all three of us at once, because he sure can, but he's got his mind focused on other things. Like right now, the Shadow Oni has his sights on destroying the Akatsuki. Which works for me because I got a bone to pick with ol' tuna head. But what about you? Aren't you the Hokage of Konoha? Since when does a tree hugger leave her land to go save a leader from another village?" Ringo asked with her shark teeth grinning in glee.

"I finally had enough of dealing with the Civilian Council and their hound leaders, so I quit. Now, I'm just here to help a friend of a person I considered to be my grandson. Although, now I want to turn a certain scarecrow into mulch. Want to help me to get back at the guy who skewered Zabuza?" Tsunade smiled as gleefully to match the swordswoman's at hearing that last bit on her old teammate. The two kicked off the ground as they hurried to catch up to the rescue crew.

Scene Change

Chiyo and Team 7 reached to a large boulder with a sealing tag on it where Kakashi used his Sharingan to see the Kazekage being drained of the Ichibi in the dark cave. The head captain looked back to inform his and the sudden appearance of Team Guy on what the situation looked like. Sasuke only growled in frustration at failing to defeat Itachi's puppet and letting the focus of his vengeance slip away. Sakura was being her usual fangirl self while Sai stared blankly at the mission's current setting.

Tsunade and Ameyuri caught up to find the teams discussing on what to do. Kakashi's eyes looked lamely at Tsunade's arrival as well as seeing a foreign ninja right beside her. "Excuse me, miss. This is a Konoha and Suna Mission. Please be on your way."

"Shut up, Scarecrow! I am in charge until the Kazekage is rescued." Roared Tsunade, still mad at Kakashi's little burn and ditch fight. "This is Ameyuri Ringo. One of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mists, who was in the area when she helped me out in ending Kisame's puppet. She and her allies are here to help defeat the Akatsuki, so no complaints because we need all the help we can get. Now what's the situation?" she commanded while Kakashi started to sweat at seeing another Swordsman of the Mists. He didn't want to get in the way of the Lightning Hound of Kiri. Her infinity for lightning made her immune to Kakashi's Rakiri. Add to the fact of her rumored skill in full usage of the Silent Killing technique that made her on par if not a stronger and deadlier fighter than the former Demon of the Mist, Zabuza.

"Yosh, my youthful Lady Tsunade!", replied the eccentric Mighty Guy. "The Kazekage Gaara is right behind this boulder barrier. Unfortunately, the unyouthful Akatsuki have placed a 5-Layered Seal that prevents us from destroying the boulder and rescuing the Kazekage. We would have to find and destroy the 4 seals that are somewhere in this region before we can destroy the final seal."

"Yes, Sensei! With the Power of Youth, we will find and destroy the seals!" Guy grinned with pride at his Lee's words before both did a dramatic pose in front of everyone. Everyone blankly stared at the pair before the Misty Swordswoman burst into laughter at seeing the two clowns' theatrics.

"I like your enthusiasm you two. Fortunately, there's no need to go on this scavenger hunt. I know a guy that is very adept at creating and destroying seals. Right Shadow Oni?" she proclaimed with Tsunade and the others looking at her in confusion.

A deep breath was heard and felt near Kakashi's shoulder as the Jounin whirled around to face the new guy. Tsunade, Chiyo, and the two Konoha Teams stared in surprise at the appearance of the new addition in the Bingo Book, Shadow Oni. Wearing black Samurai armor, the Shadow Oni looked fierce and intimidating. Especially with his Black Oni mask worn over his face. The strange thing though was that the horns on the mask's head were curving down instead of upwards. The other distinguishing feature was his dark sword which looked like a strange straight katana with a longer guard hilt sheathed on his left hip. Very little was known written on the Shadow Oni, other than his appearance and the exploits of death performed on robbers, traffickers, and others. He was classified as a A-rank threat with his impressive Kenjutsu skills, his strange infinities for Fire and Shadow. Being capable of using shadows to mask his presence, made Shikamaru and his clan, the Nara Clan, shiver at the man's capabilities. Though he hasn't been known to have fought any shinobi, which was why he was marked as an A-rank threat, he was considered strong and dangerous with a Flee on Sight warning in the Bingo Book.

Stepping forward, Tsunade went to greet their mysterious contributor. "Shadow Oni, I am Tsunade Senju. Soon to be former Leaf Shinobi and Fifth Hokage of Konoha. Are you truly capable of destroying the 5-layered Seal?" getting a simple nod from the cloaked warrior.

"Then do it. For the Kazekage and the termination of several Akatsuki terrorists." Said Tsunade as the masked figure turned to face the giant boulder before placing his right gloved hand on the Seal as quiet whispers filled the air that irked the onlookers as well as making them feel a hint of fear in the back of their minds. Even the emotionless Sai could not help but quiver at the Shadow Oni's work.

Removing his hand from the Seal, the white paper turned black before burning to ash and scattered to the winds. Raising his right arm, it glowed with red and golden light as if it were aflame, before punching into the large rock that it shattered into pieces. Everyone was awestruck at the samurai's strength that it seemed to be almost equivalent to Tsunade's. Rushing forward, Ameyuri pulled out her Kiba Blades and ignited them with crackling blue electricity, as she followed her dark partner that already ran into the cave. Seeing the red haired kunoichi running in woke the others from their stupor as they charged in to help them out.

"Hm, sorry to burst your bubble, fools. But you are alrea—" was all that Deidara could say before Shadow Oni raised his arm again, only for a tendril of fire to form, creating a whip of flames that spun in the air before striking at the Gedo Statue's face. The cave quaked as the statue wailed in agony as it received another lash on its body before it summoned itself back to the Akatsuki's hideout. The Akatsuki holograms and the two artists were bewildered that the statue could be wounded by such fiery techniques.

Pein turned his Rinnegan gaze at this interloper and companions. "How dare you get in the way of our goal for peace to all of the Elemental Nations."

Shadow Oni gave a rumbling growl at Pein's remark. "What a load of crap! If you think waking up mummy tree is going to get all of us to play nice, nice, then you are completely nuts. Especially with so many dark rings coming from those eyes of yours, you must not have slept in months." Said Ameyuri.

Pein did not seem to be agitated by the swordswoman's words, but inside Pein and Tobi were startled that their plan was already known. Could they have a spy amongst them? No, Itachi and Jiraiya's spy network have not gotten wind of what will happen when the Moon Eye Plan begins.

"Sasori, Deidara, deal with them. We cannot allow their interference to continue." Said Pein as the holograms disappeared. The two Akatsuki members turned to face their foes and prepared to destroy Lady Tsunade and her entourage.

Thank you for reading my start in fanfiction writing. I don't know how to go on from this story so any help would be appreciated. Here I will list some other story ideas I wrote up and you can vote on which one you would like to read next...

Strunbagaar-Naruto/Warcraft/Skyrim...Characters: Naruto, Anko, Fem. Kyuubi, Sindragosa, Deathwing.

Rise of Uzushio-Naruto/Warcraft...Characters: Naruto, Queen Azshara

The Serpent's Fate-Harry Potter/Fate Stay Night...Characters:Harry Potter, Sakura Matou, Rider(Medusa), Caster(William Shakespeare)

Uzumaki Dragmire-Naruto/Legend of Zelda...Characters: Naruto, Tayuya, Ganondorf

Fate of the Ring-Lord of the Rings/Fate Stay Night...Characters: Sauron, Sakura Matou, Caster(Medea)

Massive Shinobi Explosion-Naruto/Dissidia: Final Fantasy...Characters: Naruto, Fem Kyuubi, Lightning

The Mummy-Naruto/The Mummy(1999)…Characters: Naruto, Hinata

Raven within the Maelstrom-Naruto/Fairy Tail...Characters: Naruto, Fem. Kyuubi, Ikaruga

King of Snakes-Naruto/Harry Potter...Characters: Naruto, Basilisk

Prime Beast-Naruto/Diablo...Characters: Naruto, Leah

Blue Flames of Salvation-Blue Exorcist/Fate Stay Night...Characters: Rin Okumura, Caster(Medea)

The Love of a Goddess-Final Fantasy 7/High School Dxd...Characters: OC, Genesis Rhapsodos, Raynare

Batman: Arkham Zero-Batman Arkham Series/Fate Stay Night...Characters: Batman, Assassin

Holy Heartless Angel-Fate Stay Night/Final Fantasy 7...Characters: Shiro E., Sephiroth

Princess and the Beast-Final Fantasy 7/Fate Stay Night...Characters: OC, Azul, Shelke, Caster(Medea)

… I will pick the top 5 that you all wish to read. Stay Healthy, and Stay Safe.