Reading, Titania and The Hunter

by itzgatt

This is a reading version (rewrite) of Titania and The Hunter. This was done by the permission of Master Attlon. Be sure to check out the original story.

2. Chapter 2

Alright guys welcome back to chapter 2 of Reading, Titania and The Hunter. This will be a really long chapter seeing as it basically deals with the all the stuff in the elemental nations. I'm also planning on bringing more Naruto characters into the reading but I've been wondering if I should bring characters from the story itself in later chapters (around canon time)?

Anyways enjoy this chapter and don't forget to check out the original story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto/Fairy Tail. They are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Hiro Mashima.

The Fairy Tail guild along with Tsunade and Naruto watched as the light died and they were pleasantly surprised by the sight.

Kakashi Hatake looked on lazily at everyone watching him with a surprised expression. Lifting his hand to give a two fingered salute he called out "Yo."

They all face faulted at his attitude. Naruto laughed loudly while Tsunade shook her head in mild amusement. She decided to take matters into her hands and told Kakashi of what was happening.

Kakashi just listened on during Tsunade explanation and after a bit Tsunade finally stopped her explanation. He stood there digesting all information before he looked towards his student and deadpanned "Only you Naruto" he chuckled "Only you."

Naruto pouted as he crossed his all the while grumbling about "stupid sensei's betraying him" while the guild laughed at his expense.

"Maa maa, Naruto it's not a bad thing" the silver haired jonin reassured Naruto waving his arms art him "So who's reading" he asked looking at the pseudo family in front of him.

"Me" said a voice making them turn towards Lucy who was eager to read more about the book because of being an avid reader herself and a novice writer. She was excited to read further about this even if it was really sad right but she knew it will turn better if they just read on.

Levy smiled at her friend and handed the book over towards her while Lucy cleared her throat and started reading. Kakashi went to sit next to Tsunade. He wanted to read his Icha Icha books but he was interested in what his blonde student had gotten himself into so he decided to put it off for later and he wasn't exactly in the mood for being beaten by the blonde woman next to him for reading smut.

Chapter 2: The End of an Era

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The cave gave off an eerie atmosphere to those that saw it. Darkness covered the interior, stalactites and spires appearing all over the floor and ceiling.

Several men all walked into the center of the clearing. Usually, they only sent clones, informants, or holograms in their place. But due to the circumstances, they thought it better to meet in person.

A man with several piercings all over his face and orange hair walked up. He was dressed in a long, black cloak with a red interior. And spread around the cloak was the figures of red clouds. And atop this man's head was a forehead protector with the figures of four parallel lines falling down. And intersecting the lines was a long scratch. He opened his eyes, revealing eyes with light purple irises and sclera and a ripple pattern appearing from the center.

This man was Pain. He was the leader of the Akatsuki.

"To be able to control 10 S-ranks, he must be very powerful" Makarov said knowing how difficult it would be to be able to control all the strong people.

Naruto, Tsunade and Kakashi nodded their heads in agreement as their thoughts drifted back to when Nagato invaded the Leaf village with his paths and destroyed it completely along with killing most of the shinobi before Naruto came in and defeated him and convinced Nagato to believe in him.

Naruto took notice of the leader part and said "Actually he's not the leader, he's being manipulated by someone."

Their eyes widened in shock hearing that someone so strong was being manipulated "How can someone so strong be used like that?" Mira asked incredulously.

"Yeah I thought that too but he was being used" Naruto had a sad smile on his face along with his tone being the same "He really wanted peace but he didn't know that what he was doing was wrong. He was just someone who had been wronged."

The guild was confused and surprised by Naruto's behavior. They though he would hate them because they would hunt him and his fellow jinchurikis but he was sympathizing with the people who were his enemies.

Or so it is believed.

A woman with blue hair, lavender eye shadow, and a piercing under her lip walked out. She wore a headband similar to the man to her left. And atop her head was an origami flower with a more faded shade of blue. She had the look of a woman who was willing to take any life for their cause.

She was Konan. Angel of the Land of Rain

"She certainly does look like an angel" Macao said with a perverted look on his face eyeing the picture of Konan that popped up on the screen. He was knocked out by a thrown sword courtesy of Erza who had a tick mark on her head after she heard what he said.

Tsunade along with the girls from the guild sent her an approving look while Wakaba helped up his friend. The others laughed at his expense while Makarov wisely kept his mouth shut lest he also gets the same treatment.

"I never knew why she was called that?" Naruto as he tilted his head showing a confused expression.

"It's because she used her paper ninjutsu to make wings for herself Naruto" Kakashi answered his student who made an "oh" expression upon hearing that.

"Paper ninjutsu?"

"Oh yeah she could control paper it was pretty cool" Naruto answered remembering when she made those flowers that he left at Jiraiya's grave.

"So, are we all in assembly?" The pierced man announced in a powerful, emotionless voice. From the shadows, several men walked into the light.

"Neh, Leader-San," a large man said to his boss. This man had a blue-tint to his skin, and long blue hair like a shark fin. Gill-like marks, making bags under his eyes and sharp, pointed teeth. On his head was a metal band with four waving lines, a scratch through the middle. And on his back was a massive sword wrapped in bandages. "Is it almost time for the big party we've set up for? You know I can get impatient if I have to wait too long for the fun."

"They're making a move much earlier than they did in our dimension" stated Tsunade looking towards Kakashi and Naruto who nodded their heads in agreement.

"When did that happen with you guys?" asked Gajeel asked in interest.

Naruto put his hands behind his head completely relaxed "When I was twelve" he answered nonchalantly while the mages gawked at him seeing him reply so casually while the shinobi sighed completely used to it.

"You fought against them when you were twelve?" Natsu shouted in awe.

"Not really" said Naruto while Natsu cheerfulness receded hearing that. Kakashi decided to elaborate in place of his student.

"He was protected by the village and different people before he was strong enough to fight against themselves."

This man was Kisame Hoshigaki. Monster of the Hidden Mist.

"There is no need for worry Kisame. It will almost be time for our greatest gathering." The leader of the group assured the crazy shark.

"Are you sure it is time for that yet?" The leader turned to the one who had addressed him. The man in question was a tall man with dark skin, with a white hood and black mask. His eyes were his only visible characteristics, green irises and red sclera with no pupils. He wore the metal of the crashing waterfall, with a slash through the middle. "We haven't collected the right funds and don't have enough support to sustain our conquest over the other nations. I don't want to lose all my money because you were premature and impatient."

"And there is the problem with having so many powerful people working together" Makarov said sighing tiredly "Their personalities and their views will clash with each other creating conflict."

"Yeah although some of the members haven't joined yet so it's less than ten members at moment" Kakashi pointed out not seeing Hidan, Deidara, Itachi thanks to prevention of Uchiha massacre.

"So, the group in that dimension is weaker than yours?" Gray asked the masked ninja who lazily nodded his head.

This man was Kakuzu. The Zombie Broker of the Underworld.

"Wait what zombie?" Natsu asked "What's with your world first there was a mummy now a zombie."

The others fortunately just ignored the pink haired mage making him growl and scowl at him for being ignored. They looked at the shinobi for explanation.

"He's very difficult to kill because of having five hearts" Kakashi explained while Naruto scowled remembering his first encounter with the pseudo immortal before he grinned widely remembering his first using his rasenshuriken to completely immobilize him and for Kakashi to finish him off.

"How the hell can he have five hearts?" Elfman asked incredulously.

"He steals them from people who he kills and thus you have to kill him five times for him to really die" Kakashi said. He chuckled confusing them for a bit before they all grinned as they heard what he said next "Actually Naruto was the one who completely defeated him using a very S-rank jutsu" the mentioned blonde grinned proudly hearing his sensei say that.

"Kakuzu," Konan stepped between Pain and the masked member. "...watch your tone."

"I am worried though." A new member had made himself known by the others. This was a young man, short in his stature. He appeared to only look about in his teens, with shaggy red hair. He was uncomfortable, wishing to be in his Hiruko covering. But he was asked to appear in his Scorpion form instead. "We seem to be rushing ahead of schedule. Is there a reason for that?"

This boy-like man was Sasori. Sasori of the Red Sand.

"Yes Sasori-San. But there must be a very logical reason for our rush." A thin man walked next to Sasori. He was a pale-skinned man with long black hair. He had thin cheeks and a low nose. His pupils were slit and eyes covered by purple markings. Giving him the appearance of a snake. "We have used our connections to fool the members of the village nations into instigating a war with each other. We asked old acquaintances of Kakuzu-San to pose as members of Iwagakure to infiltrate Konohagakure. Sasori-San used his spies in the upper tier of the council in Sunagakure to stir up the idea of infiltration. And I used my mind control techniques and Impure World Resurrection to have men pose as Kumogakure-nin and attack. It was unfortunate that I lost so many specimens, but it was necessary for our cause."

The shinobi scowled at Orochimaru. Even though he has changed doesn't change the fact that he has done horrible things that caused so many problems for the Elemental Nations.

"Judging by your expression you don't seem to be really fond of him that much" was Makarov sarcastic remark.

Naruto glared at Orochimaru's image "Yeah that bastard caused a lot of problems for everyone" he answered thinking about Sasuke, the third hokage and a lot more.

Tsunade sighed tiredly "He was my teammate before he deserted and left the village" she answered "And before you ask about the impure world resurrection. It's a technique that can revive the dead and the user controls the one who is revived" she said getting them to widen their widen before they glanced at him in disgust. The shinobi joining them.

This man was Orochimaru. Orochimaru of the Sannin.

"Although, I do wonder for some of our plans. Did you send out Kirigakure-nin to instigate a rivalry between the villages, Kisame-kun?" The reptilian like man asked the shark. Anything he could do to further his info library and expand his horizons.

Natsu shivered hearing that "This man gives me the creeps."

"Aye Natsu me too" his companion joined him with wholeheartedly while the guild agreed with him that he was unsettling.

"I know right" Naruto said "First time I met him the bastard made one of his snakes swallow me" he said with grimace remembering getting devoured by that snake.

"You were eaten by a snake?!"

"Yeah but I came out ok" he answered while some looked at him with pity for that and others looked at him in awe.

"No, I have no comrades left from the village. Did you persuade them, Leader-San?" The shark said with a toothy grin.

"It was not I, but I do know who it was." The pierced man declared to his followers. As he was about to continue, the tanned-masked man walked forward to address Pain.

"Do you mind telling us what we are doing exactly? Is there someone behind the scenes, or a you just vain in everything you say?" Kakuzu cracked his hands as black wires started to wave from his forearms. "If there is, please tell us. I don't like to be kept in the dark."

Konan flared intent at the ancient man, paper peeling off her hands and face. Sasori smirked as his ninja puppets hovered behind him, lifted by illuminated wire. Kisame smiled and lifted his sword off his back, crashing it into the ground before him. Orochimaru kept a small smile on his face as his long tongue danced out of his mouth. Pain was stoic during this whole confrontation.

"Finally, a fight" Natsu said with a big grin

"Yeah" Gray and Gajeel agreed with him as they were a bit tired by all the plotting and talking.

"Shut up you fools so we can read further" Erza said with a glare instantly making them shut up and sit down like obedient children. Naruto snickered seeing this happen while Tsunade gave her an appraising look seeing her handle them so easily. Kakashi shivered remembering another redhaired monster who would scare everyone including his sensei when they all did something stupid.

The guild wisely kept their mouths shut lest they incur her wrath.

"Mah, mah everyone. Please calm down. It ain't nice to have to a disagreement between friends." "You idiot, they aren't friends, they are working together for the goal. If you would stop eating every shit covered corpse we find, you may have known that." "Okay that was a low blow. And we both eat the poopy corpses, you know that." Every member looked toward the new arrival. A man that had a Venus fly-trap appearance, one half white, one half black. The white half had a carefree look on his face with yellow pupils and a mouth. The black half with a serious aura to him, yellow eyes the only thing that stood out in his face.

The creature was Zetsu. Personal spy to the Akatsuki.

"This is the person the behind the scenes who is manipulating everyone there" Naruto said gathering their attention. He scowled at Zetsu "He's working as a spy for them while he's waiting so he can put his plans into motion.

"Why is there like two sides of him" Lucy asked looking at the "creature" in her opinion in disgust.

"The white Zetsu is just a clone while the black Zetsu is the real villain. He's been patiently waiting for more than a millennium to revive his mother" Naruto said.

"Mother?" Levy asked intrigued.

"Story for another time" Kakashi stopped Naruto from rambling on as he urged the blonde-haired girl to read on. His student pouted for being stopped from telling them more.

"Zetsu, have you brought him, they are growing impatient." Pain said to the half-breed. They needed the core player to bring this all together.

"Yes he is here." "He said he wanted to get ready and make sure everything was set as we have this meeting." The two halves finished their explanation before turning to show a man with long black hair and a mask with a flame pattern.

The members stared at the new player. Who was this man? And how had he gained the attention of the leader and spy?

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen," the masked man said in a rather deep voice. "You all have helped prepare the new plans for our goal. You all seem impatient with the idea of changes. So I think you should hear our plans for the future."

Kakashi frowned seeing the masked man who they had discovered was Obito. Seems like in that other dimension the same thing happened and Obito was driven into darkness once again.

"That's him" Naruto pointed out towards the masked man "He's the leader but he's also being manipulated at the same time by Black Zetsu."

"How can they even manipulate such strong individuals?" Makarov asked with a perpetual frown on his face.

"By using his pain and sadness to his advantage" Naruto answered with a sad tone "He had a lot of bad stuff happen to him which made him vulnerable and that was used to persuade him" he said clenching his fist at the thought.

They frowned hearing that someone who had suffered was just being used and not getting any help to cope with his problems.

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Naruto sat up against the wall of his cell. His breathing steady and mind calm. Over the last two years, he had grown more accustomed to living in this damp cell. He no longer watched the world pass by his bars, but moved around and sat up after coming from assassinations. This new living had caused him to gain more life in his face. No longer did he appear dead at first sight.

But even with these changes, his eyes were still empty. Some of the Anbu, he finally knew their name, noticed the changes and tried to break him again. But he only ignored their words and actions. And after a while, they just stopped showing up to hurt him.

He was taller after turning five. But he was still short for his age. And he no longer seemed malnourished. Grabbing his food before it was ruined and eating what he could. He even noticed that there was more food than usual over the past year.

Tsunade sighed heavily for the umpteenth time reading this story "Atleast it's getting a bit better" she said while others nodded their heads reluctantly.

What had caused all these changes were the meetings with the creature in his stomach. Over the last two years, Kyūbi still did not like him but had warmed up. He gave him teachings on ways to live and how people act. He was even helping him learn to speak correctly.

"Aww" Mira gushed once again "I think other Kurama likes your counterpart but is too prideful to admit it" she said while giggling at the cute friendship of Kurama and Naruto.

Naruto laughed along with her "I know right he's always like that" Kurama just grumbled about 'brats and vixens not knowing anything and spouting nonsense making Naruto laugh even louder.

As he walked through his sewer, he saw the customary bars that held the fox. He tried to take the seal off the bars to open the cage, but every time he came close he would stop. Like something horrible would happen if he did.

He walked up to the sleeping fox and yelled the greeting he taught him. "Fuck off, Kyūbi!" He said with a slight smile. The fox opened his eyes and looked at the boy with contempt.

Naruto guffawed after that with others being a bit startled by his behavior but he paid them no mind as he was rolling on the floor laughing at the situation.

'I told you it wouldn't last long Kurama' he mentally said towards his partner who growled from all of the disrespect.

"All you stupid brats are the same" he said while Naruto just kept laughing at him. Seeing everyone look at him weirdly except for the ninja's he decided to explain.

"It's just that Kurama was saying that my counterpart at least respects me while I don't and seeing my counterpart say that was just too much" he said before going back go laughing while the guild understood and smiled at the boy. Makarov shook his head in amusement seeing him antagonize someone who can easily destroy mountains.

But not all were amused at the situation as a redhaired knight frowned. She stood up from her seat and made her way towards the laughing blonde who had no idea what was coming towards him. She took a hold of his cheeks and pinched them with Naruto letting out ow's "Naruto that is not how you treat someone who is helping you so much" she said in a stern voice.

"But…" he said trying argue before his mouth automatically shut seeing the menacing glare, he received from her making him shiver and stop his argument.

She glared at him "Did you understand me Naruto?" she asked with a sweet tone while Naruto gulped and meekly nodded his head muttering a "yes ma'am". Her glare instantly vanished as she sat him down at and patted his head. She nodded to herself proud of getting the blonde under control.

The others were just looking at the scene with blinking eyes not wanting to get in the path of Erza. Natsu and Gray were snickering while Naruto glared at them for laughing at him. Kakashi gulped and cursed profusely inside his mind seeing the satisfied smiling redhead next to his student and this just gave him another reason to not take out his book in fear of what she would do to him. He shivered seeing an image of Kushina behind her. Tsunade looked on in amusement being reminded of another blonde and redhead duo with the redhead disciplining the blonde.

"What the hell did I tell you boy? That is not how you address me."

"Sorry Kyūbi, but every time I talked to you, you yelled that at me. I thought that was how we greet." The boy said with no change in his facial expression. He had caused the titanic fox to sweat-drop.

"Yes, well I am the great Kyūbi, you are just a foolish shit that bothers me every day." The fox raised to its feet and begun to shrink. He was smaller than his usual frame, but still larger than most of the Anbu. The Kyūbi had discovered that it was easier to just change its size then it was to keep pressing its face to the ground. Plus, it would make it easier to teach the child if it didn't have to try and find him in his shadow.

"WHAT" shouted Naruto completely shocked along with the ninja's while the others were confused at the outburst.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Erza asked a bit miffed that the story was interrupted again.

"He just shrunk" Naruto said completely shocked 'What the hell Kurama' he shouted towards his partner who scoffed at him. Naruto's face morphed into a shit eating grin as he was about to ask Kurama to shrink but before he could say that Kurama decided to say something.

"Don't think I'll shrink now stupid brat" Kurama answered while inwardly cursing his counterpart for giving Naruto teasing material. Naruto pouted hearing the denial.

"He doesn't want to shrink" Naruto answered Erza once he saw her looking at him expectantly. Naruto slumped down in his seat while everyone sweat dropped seeing his sour mood after the denial.

"What are we doing today? Are we continuing with the paper that goes boom and stuff?" The boy said with a tilted head. The fox was teaching him to create paper that exploded. Saying that it would be useful for their escape.

"Time for a prison break" Gajeel said with a grin on his face. Natsu and Naruto grinned along with him and voiced out together.

"Hell yeah"

All three of them were sporting similar grins and eyes that shone with excitement. The others looked on in amusement at the sight before going back to reading.

"Yes, it is time for you to make one as a test." The Kyūbi smirked at the idea of freedom from another cell. Once this boy had escaped, he would force him to unlock the seal. Every time the boy would try, the control seal placed by the insolent old human would warn him not to. So once they were in the clear, he would scare the child into it and be freed.

Maybe when he was out, he would eat the boy. Ah, that would be a treat.

'What the hell Kurama' Naruto shouted towards Kurama who chuckled before answering.

"I don't know Naruto I think my counterpart has the right idea" his amusement was increased when Naruto looked absolutely aghast.

On the outside, Naruto opened his eyes and took a piece of his rag off. Then he bit his thumb and blood dripped out. He followed the fox's direction and made runes on the cloth. He had made many attempts at making the right symbols correctly, but had difficulties getting kanji right. And taking so many attempts, he lost a lot of blood and passed out. When he awoke, the fox had just said 'moron', that was a fun day. Making the precise kanji and lines on the rag. If he could add the chakra right, then it would be a bomb at his wish.

"So that's how fuinjutsu works" Levy mused in awe watching how Naruto managed to create a bomb.

"It does seem similar to your magic" Lucy remarked looking at her friend who nodded her head. Levy then looked at the ninjas with a pleading look.

"Can you guys show me more please?" she asked, the pleading look still on her face making it difficult for them to refuse the girl. Tsunade shook her head and looked at her with a small smile.

"When everything is done, we might show you some more" she said and chuckled when the girl just pouted at her?

When he was finished, he held the rag in front of him. The cloth drenched in dark red, all it needed was the chakra. Kyūbi had taught him how to bring out chakra over the sessions they had. He also said that in all his lifetime, he had never seen someone so bad at working chakra.

Naruto did not know what he meant when he said that, so he thought it was a compliment. Poor kid.

Gray smirked as he looked at his rival who was laughing at Naruto while the blonde scowled at him "It looks like there is a bigger idiot than you out there flame brain" he taunted him.

"Hey!" two shouts of anger rang out from Naruto and Natsu while Gray's smirk widened and the blue haired girl swooned seeing her crush's cool behavior.

Natsu and Naruto were both about to go and give him a piece of their mind before they stopped and sat down quickly when they saw the glare from the redhaired girl. Gray snickered before he stopped and looked away seeing Erza turn to glare at him.

Naruto brought his hands together and tried to charge the note. If he could place some chakra into it, then it could be used as a bomb later on. Naruto concentrated for what seemed like hours to him with no results. "No, it's not enough to power the note, let alone set it off. You have to bring out more. Keep the flow steady and strong."

Naruto gritted his teeth and pulled out as much power as he could. It seemed hopeless until he felt a warm sensation move through his body and to his hands. He opened his eyes and saw the rag move.

Naruto was so excited; he kept pouring as much chakra as he could. The Kyūbi smirked from inside his cage. 'Heh, almost there. If he can keep enough of these hidden, then it will be time for us to break free'. The fox then thought of what he would do. He would bite off the heads of the council first. Then he would set off a Bijudama at the center of the village.

Naruto sweat dropped at that as while Tsunade and Kakashi gawked at the idea of their village getting hit by a bijudama.

"I'm guessing that a bijudama is not a good thing at all isn't it?" Mira half questioned half stated.

Kakashi chuckled nervously "No" he said shaking his head "A bijudama is not something good at all."

As Kyūbi was too distracted with the thought of carnage and destruction that he did not realize it before it was too late. "No you idiot! That's too much, stop!"

Naruto stopped his charge and noticed that the note was lighted. All the chakra had built up and over flowed, causing it to start burning.

Naruto's eyes widened and tried to throw the note. But as it left his hands, it was too late.

Tsunade looked at Naruto and deadpanned "Always an idiot even in other dimensions" she said with a shake of her head in mock disappointment.

Naruto in return scowled at her "I'm only five years old there baa-chan so cut me some slack" he grumbled while Tsunade just smiled at him in return along with his former teacher.

"And such a cute five-year-old you were" Cana teased him as Mira giggle with her. Naruto pouted at their teasing but didn't say anything back. Macao and Wakaba once again grumbled about pretty boys taking away attention from every girl. The others rolled their eyes at their jealousy.

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Each member looked at the masked man with expectation. Thinking that anyone dressed like that was going to spout out nonsense of conquest and end of days. But at first sight, this man seemed calm and in control. Like he wasn't standing in a room with several of the most wanted men and women in all the Elemental Nations.

He seemed in control, even though they had never seen this man before. Like he had everything in the palm of his hand.

Oh, if they only knew.

"Yeah doesn't seem like he has everything under control" was Natsu's sarcastic remark.

"True but he doesn't know that" Elfman countered his friend who shrugged his shoulders not disagreeing.

"Now, since you all have been so kind enough, I have decided that I will answer any questions you have before we continue. I know this may seem difficult to understand, but I may have the answers you seek." The man said with no changes in tone or body. Showing no fear to talking to S-class criminals like children.

"Yes..." Kakuzu said as he raised his hand toward the masked man. "Does this hurt?" As he finished talking, several black threads tore through his arm and towards the man. Just as everyone was prepared to see it rain blood, the thread passed through his body, untouched.

"What the hell" Gray voiced out everyone's thoughts seeing the attack go through the masked man's body like he wasn't even there.

'Maybe it's just a hologram. It reminds me a thought projection' Erza and Makarov thought not knowing they were thinking the same thing.

"Yeah that was a pain in the ass to counter when we were fighting him" Naruto groaned remembering his fight against Obito along with Kakashi and Gai.

"He has that power because of his sharingan" Kakashi started gaining their attention "His eyes grant him intangibility. When someone tries to touch his body it travels into a pocket dimension thus making him 'untouchable' and stuff goes through him" he explained as they were all listening.

"Why the hell can an eye give you so much power" Natsu complained while the others nodded their heads in agreement even the shinobi knowing how much stronger the Sharingan is.

Everyone's eyes but Pain's and Konan's widen in surprise. This man was not a hologram sent from a disclosed site. Nor was it a bunshin, because it didn't implode on contact. Whatever this man was, attacks didn't work.

The masked man wiped a speck of imaginary dust off his clothes. "Okay, now that we have passed formalities, I can start. We won't have any more problems, will we?" The fully masked man asked the semi-masked man.

Kakuzu nodded his head in agreement. He was ready to kill this strange man who seemed like he was superior. But Kakuzu was truly surprised by the man's actions. Even Hashirama Senju did not have a technique like that. This man was interesting; maybe he had finally found someone who wouldn't die at their first meeting.

"He fought against the old man first?" Naruto questioned his teacher and Tsunade who nodded their heads in confirmation.

"Who?" Natsu asked confused.

Lucy sighed in exasperation before addressing the pink haired mage "Natsu Hashirama-san was the one who travelled to Fiore with his daughter" she answered as the Natsu remembered that bit.

"Oh yeah" he said nodding his head as the others sweat dropped at him.

"Now, my name is Tobi. If you wish to call me something else go ahead, names mean nothing to me anymore. Over the past four years, this organization has sent off members of each major power to attack each other. We are instigating a war between the Five Great Villages. Originally, we were just biding time. Waiting for the perfect chance to present itself and make our move." The masked man shifted his gaze down, "But that is no longer the case."

Sasori lifted his head on interest. "What exactly would that be? There must be a reason for us creating a war." He turned his sight onto the leader of their group. "Didn't you have a thing against starting wars?"

The pierced man kept his look forward but still answered, "War has taken everything, and will bring new to reason. With the end of this next war, will be the beginning of a world of peace."

"No" Naruto said shaking his head "That will just bring more conflict and further the cycle of hate making way for revenge" he finished in a tired tone.

Makarov nodded his head in agreement with the blonde "That is true and very wise of you" he said towards Naruto who grinned at him.

Tsunade scoffed playfully and shook her head "Don't say that to him his ego is already big enough."

Naruto's grin died down as his shoulders slumped and a cloud of depression appeared on his head. Everyone chuckled at that.

"What have changed are the circumstances," the masked man pulled out two pictures from his sleeve and held them for all to see. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, as he knew who one of these people was. One was a picture of a bandaged man with an x-scar, guarded by Anbu. The other was of a blond boy being carried by another masked assassin. "This is a picture of a village elder of Konoha and leader of Root. His name is Danzō, and he has only one goal; the complete control and prosperity of Konoha."

He placed one picture in front of the other, showing the boy. "And this is his ticket to doing so. This boy is his secret weapon. The one he has been using over 4 years to bring absolute fear into the eyes of those who wish the village harm."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes at that "I don't understand how Jiraiya-sama or Tsunade-sama don't know anything about Naruto" he said with Tsunade frowning at that. She clenched her fist in anger thinking about how she or Jiraiya didn't know what was happening.

"I'm sure it will be explained in the story" Mira pointed out making her sigh in defeat and unclench her fist. She felt someone put a hand on her shoulder and looked over to see Naruto smiling at her. She smiled back at him and they continued the story.

"And how does this boy do so, exactly?" Kisame questioned, as his interest in where this was all going continued to rise.

"Simple, he is the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Kitsune." The members who did not know this man were shocked at what he had said. "He is using this boy as a weapon to strike fear into people."

"He is used assassination attempts, group destruction plans. He is even being used to bring control to his village. I had planned on adding myself into a little argument between the Uchiha and council, but this boy had stopped all plans of a revolution." Despite how he was acting, he was truly disappointed; he wanted that Itachi boy on his side in the future. Oh well.

"Wait he wanted Itachi at his side?" Tsunade questioned with narrowed eyes while Naruto and Kakashi nervously fidgeted in their seats knowing why Itachi had to do what he did.

"Is he someone strong?" Natsu questioned as the battle-maniac he was.

Naruto grinned forgetting about Tsunade for a second "Yep he was an amazing shinobi and even a better person" he blurted out without realizing what he said while Kakashi gaped at his student forgetfulness. Kurama sighed inside Naruto.

Tsunade hearing that immediately looked towards Naruto "Why are you speaking of him in such a respectful tone Naruto?" she questioned him while Naruto gulped realizing he made a huge mistake.

The guild was surprised by the current seriousness and potential argument that took place and listened closely. Naruto took a deep breath and remembered his promise to Itachi "Baa-chan it's not my place to tell you but all I will say is that Itachi was not evil at all" he said in a final tone while Tsunade reluctantly let it go.

"So what does this mean exactly?" Kakuzu asked.

"Yes, so he has a personal toy, so what." Sasori scoffed.

"Each village has some control of a Biju, so why do we need to be involved?" Orochimaru wondered.

"I know that the 'Mizukage' and Raikage's brother have control of their Biju just fine." Kisame told the masked man. "So is this truly a need for our talents?"

"The problem is exactly that." The masked man assured. "Now that the villages were in knowledge of how Konoha was using their Jinchūriki, they had to begin planning on how to use their Biju efficiently as well. This would mean that the containers life expectance was running short and our window was closing. The more danger they are in, the more the beasts will rage and kill the host. If even one Biju were to run off, our real plan would be ruined."

Every member took interest in what he had just said. Orochimaru stepped forth and asked what most of them were thinking. "What is this 'real' plan?"

The masked man brought his hand to his face and grabbed the cover. He brought the mask down and exposed his face. One side of his face was badly scarred, old injuries due to how much they had faded. The other half completely fine, like he had been sewn together with a perfectly good replica. But his most defining point was the Sharigan eyes he had staring at the members. "It is the completion of the Moon-Eye Plan."

"What happened to his face" Gray grimaced looking at the scarred face of Obito.

Kakashi lowered his head while Naruto smiled sadly "He was crushed by a boulder when he was young" Naruto answered as he remembered seeing Obito's memories when he was fighting against him.

"Crushed?!"

They gaped at that wondering how the hell he had survived something like that.

"So those eyes are the sharingan" Erza asked looking at the menacing red eyes that stared down at them like it was looking at their soul. Some shivered from the looks. The shinobi nodded their heads in confirmation.

Most of them were in wonder at what he had said. Most except Kisame, who was laughing at the inside joke. "Kahahahaha, it was you. That explains how the Kirigakure ninja got involved. You've been using that Mizukage to send puppets out to further the war plans."

The others were looking between themselves to understand what was happening. But then the Uchiha made himself heard, and continued the explanation. "We will cause a war between the five great nations. During which, to gain the upper hand, each village that joins will bring their Biju to the front lines to win the war. When they do, we will have eight of the nine beasts in one location, exhausted and beaten." He knew that none of the villages would pass up the chance to use their ultimate weapons to gain control of the state of war.

The other members continued to listen, the pieces of the plan coming together in their heads.

"With all five nations crumbled, we will have no one standing in our way. We will gather the Jinchūriki and their nine beasts and use their power to give us infinite strength. Then I will pass a genjutsu on the moon that all the people will see. And they will be under our control. No fighting, no war, only peace in this god forsaken world."

"How is that supposed to be peace" Mira asked

"It's not" Naruto agreed with the girl "It's just an illusion."

"But how will the tailed beasts help achieve this?" Erza asked in intrigue wondering how the monstrously strong beast would be able to help them do that.

"They would be assembled and would become the ten tails and they would be able to plant the god tree and cast the illusion" Naruto answered as they all looked shocked at that.

Makarov gawked at Naruto "There is a stronger one than Kurama?" he asked in complete shock. He could feel the power of Kurama that was inside Naruto and it was absolutely insane in his opinion and to think there was something stronger than that was absolutely crazy.

"Yeah" Naruto grimaced "We fought against it for a while before we managed to defeat it."

They were even further shocked by that but before they could ask more questions the shinobi decided to continue reading.

Everyone was amazed that someone would come up with a plan to kill off hundreds of thousands of people to gain control. It was sick to even think that someone imagined that outcome. And they already knew their answer when the scarred man asked, "Well, will you join me?"

Every member looked to each other. And then looked towards the three standing before them. The pierced, orange haired man was ready for any task. The blue haired woman was reluctant with the idea, but ready to follow through. And the scarred Uchiha only stood there, waiting for an answer.

Every other member had a smile on their face. With ideas and plans of their own brewing in their head. This would leave them open to do what they always wanted. Money to waste and gather. Bodies to make eternal art of. Blood-line to keep immortal and strong. And battles to their hearts content.

"Ugh these people are disgusting" Cana voiced out as everyone could not deny that after hearing what they would do.

"Yeah" Lucy said agreeing with her drinking addicted friend.

"When does this all happen?" Kisame asked for the group.

"We used our influence and spies to have set up a single date and location for our final battle. The Valley of the End, on the Tenth of October. That will be our judgment day."

"Tenth of October" Kakashi muttered in shock.

"What?" Levy asked "What's wrong with that date?"

Kakashi shook his head "That date is…"

"My birthdate" Naruto finished with a frown. It looks his birthday was once again during a war. The same as his during the fourth ninja war. Nothing was said after that as they realized how awful it would feel for him.

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"In one week's time, that will be the day the nations will meet to fight. The Fourth Great Ninja War will begin at the valley on that day." Danzō said at the front of war meeting council. Every able bodied ninja, Anbu, police corps, and mercenary of the Land of Fire was meeting together to strategize. Even the two remaining Sannin had arrived. Tsunade and Jaraiya had been asked by their old Sensei to join in the fray once more.

Tsunade narrowed her eyes dangerously at the image of Hiruzen as she just realized something 'Why hasn't sensei informed me or Jiraiya about Naruto's situation. We could easily break him out.'

She sighed deciding to let it go. No use in worrying about it seeing as she could do nothing now and they had a lot more of the book left to read.

He had taken charge of the situation due to Hiruzen's inability to adapt to the consequences of war. The villages had declared war on each other after several years of infighting and accusations. Usually this would not be enough to start a war, but members of each village were being killed and sent back in pieces. It was their own way of insulting each other for their failed attempts.

But that was not all. Each village had sent their Jinchūriki to kill and fight, copying their tactic and solution to even the odds. Hiruzen was swamped with guilt that his village may have just started a war because they wanted power from a single child. And even now, they had planned on using Naruto to solve this war for them.

Danzō addressed the people in front of him. "We will emerge victorious from the fight. We will gain the recognition and control we have sought for so long. We will prove what it means to be ninjas of the leaf."

The whole clearing cheered. Most had not known what war was like, expecting it to be one long battle. But the veterans of the third war were prepared, ready to experience a second helping of hell.

"Dismissed!" Danzō order and all ninja vanished, leaving only him and a crestfallen Hiruzen.

The old ninja looked to his friend with a blank look. He had stood there for some time before choosing to break the silence.

"You aren't usually this upset. Even in the times when we were ready for war." The hawk addressed his oldest friend. "What is wrong Hiruzen?"

"What is wrong? What is wrong Danzō is that we are purposefully starting a massive scale war with the other villages. That we are willing to send off our men to die just so that we can continue to prosper. This is not what we should be aiming for!" The wrinkled man yelled with his head in his hands.

"We have always been prepared for these circumstances. That is what it means to be a ninja. That we give our lives and beings to the village and our people."

"But we our using our people to fight our battles. We are using women and children. We have a child on the front lines leading this fight god damnit!"

"And that child is a proud member of this village. His parents and ancestors fought for what is right. I just tried to continue the path early."

"You used him for your own gains Danzō." Hiruzen looked into his friend's eyes. "Don't bring Minato-kun's and Kushina-kun's heritage into the argument. They are not a reason to send a boy to die on the battlefield as he turns 6."

"Were your parents important people?" Juvia asked the blonde-haired ninja politely.

"Yeah my dad was the fourth hokage" he said softly shocking them with that info "My mother was a powerful kunoichi and the former jinchuriki of Kurama."

"So your mom was the former jinchuriki and your dad was the leader of the village" Levy asked. Upon Naruto's nod she shook her head in disdain "I can't believe anyone in the village allowed this to happen. You're basically royalty!"

Naruto blinked at that before grinning "I never thought about that" he said before looking at Tsunade and Kakashi "I'm basically a prince! Hah! Take that Sasuke" he said triumphantly making them sweat drop.

"If this meant so much to you Hiruzen, you would have stopped me when I took him 4 years ago. You didn't because you knew my cause was right, even if the execution was wrong. We both want the same thing; we are just willing to take different paths to reach the goal."

Hiruzen sat down and breathed in. He looked into the emptiness, just thinking of what to do. "My grandson has started to try and walk on his own feet." Hiruzen changed the subject of the argument. "He keeps falling down but tries again as soon as he can."

Danzō walked by him, "Konohamaru-kun seems like he will make a strong ninja someday." The old man tried to reassure his friend.

Hiruzen had a sad smile on his face. "I can't help but think that maybe I can help this child better than I did for Naruto-kun. So I have decided that after this war, I will resign as the current Hokage in power." Danzō looked at his friend in mild surprise; he had loved the Hokage job more than anything else he had ever done.

Makarov sighed "It seems like all the stress of the job got to him and he realized that he is too old for everything" he explained towards everyone who was saying he shouldn't.

Tsunade grumbled crossing her arms accentuating her bust and attracting Makarov's, Wakaba's and Macao's gaze "That old man will probably choose me again" she complained.

"Come on baa-chan it's not that bad" Naruto said with a smile.

Tsunade merely huffed and looked away. She disagreed because of all the paperwork she got. She only wanted the position so she could pass it onto Naruto.

"I can't help but think I will never lead that boy guiding him as an authority. Because every time I see myself, I see a shell of my former self. And I can't look at that anymore."

Danzō nodded his head, understanding that this was a choice already made, not a decision that could change.

Then a Root Anbu appeared before Danzō kneeling. "Danzō-sama!" The armored man said in a rushed tone. "You need to come quickly; we believe that the demon child tried to escape."

Danzō stared at the kneeling man, and then turned his head to his old friend. The Sandaime could not do anything, knowing he had no power at this point to change anything. Danzō turned back and nodded his head, vanishing along with the Anbu. Leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to pray for the child's safety.

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When Danzō entered the narrow hallway, he saw that many of his men had gathered around a single blown cell way. Danzō made his presence known, causing every Anbu member to stand at attention and let their leader through.

When he arrived at the front, he found Naruto lying on the ground, simmering. He placed his foot under the boy's chest and flipped him over. His chest was badly burnt and his fingertips missing. His arms were close to charcoal black. The boy had passed out from shock and pain, so he placed his hand up and worked the seal.

"Your healing ability is really remarkable kid" Macao complimented "Even after that explosion you didn't get that injured and it looks like you're still healing."

"Yeah I'm really thankful for it" he grinned at the older man "Kurama is amazing!"

Naruto's body then jerked in pain as he woke up. He stopped and breathed in heavy breathes. He re-adjusted himself so he had his back on the wall facing Danzō.

"Naruto-kun, what are you doing, causing an explosion like this?" He asked the boy in a low tone, already guessing the answer.

For the first time, the men around him heard the boy say something other than screams if pain. "I was making a bomb to get out." He lifted his head to look at the bandaged elder. "It was an escap-escop..."

"Escape attempt?"

"Yeah that." Naruto answered for the bandaged man who helped him finish his sentence. Even with Kyūbi's help, he had a hard time learning some words. Speaking of Kyūbi, he was making a glare at the man that could not see him. This human was talking down to him, even if not directly

Kurama was currently doing the same thing as his counterpart while Naruto glared at the people who were laughing at his mistake.

"You guys are against me" he grumbled with a pout on his face.

Erza chuckled "You have to admit Naruto that was a bit funny" she said with a smile. It reminded her of the days she taught Natsu how to read.

"Hmph" Naruto huffed but couldn't stop the smile forming on his face making Erza smile wider seeing that. Kurama inside Naruto stopped his glaring at Danzo when he saw the interaction between and smirked already figuring out that Naruto seemed like the redhaired vixen but didn't realize it. Dense idiot he mused.

He chuckled darkly startling Naruto but didn't respond to him as he was to busy thinking about the teasing material.

"Naruto-kun, when you escape from here, where will you go?" He asked the little charred blond boy. He tilted his head as his answer. Neither he nor Kyūbi had thought that far. Well he didn't, he didn't know for certain about Kyūbi.

"You have nowhere to go if you left. You would be wanted by this village and every other village. You have become an international criminal, hunted by each nation. And you have no family, friends, or precious people to call your home."

He lowered himself to the boy's eye level. "Face it, if it was not for me, you would not even have a reason to live. You would just be a lifeless child, with a demon inside of you. Shunned and hated by all that see you, no one to go to. That is a far worse experience then death, let alone this."

Erza gritted her teeth in anger as the pain in her heart resurfaced once again "That bastard took everything from you and has the audacity to say that he is your reason to live" she snarled out barely restraining herself from destroy the book from anger.

They were surprised by her outburst except for the ones who knew about the tower and how her freedom was taken and they were used as nothing but slaves. Naruto furrowed his brows in confusion but slowly put a hand on her shoulder stopping her from trembling.

"Hey don't worry it'll get better" he said soothingly towards her.

Erza looked at him for a second before averting her gaze and apologized for her outburst but they waved it away as nothing. She smiled a fake smile at them reassuring them except for the ones who were at the tower, Makarov and Naruto.

He narrowed his eyes at that. He perfectly knew what that smile was. Hell, he had donned that smile for years so it was easy to recognize one when he saw it. Deciding to put it off for later he motioned for Lucy to continue reading.

He stood back and walked a few feet away. "So don't try to run again, because even if we treat you like this, we are the only ones who will acknowledge you." He then continued his walk and ordered the gathered men to disperse.

Natsu scoffed at that "As if" he said "Fairy Tail will be his home and he will have all of us acknowledge him as family" he crossed his arms while Happy voiced out his agreement along with the entire guild.

Makarov nodded his head in pride because of what Natsu said.

Naruto grinned at them "My counterpart is lucky to meet you guys" he said "Just like me when I met all my precious people" an image of all his precious people came into his head.

Kakashi and Tsunade smiled at him hearing that.

"I leave the cleanup to you, and the water works if they come." He addressed one Anbu in the crowd to stay, and then faded away in the darkness.

The Anbu looked toward the wall to see the child with his eyes covered by his ragged hair. He walked up to the child and bent down before him, absently noticing that the burn marks and fingertips were fading back thanks to the fox.

"Hey, are you all right?" He asked the child. The boy lifted his head to show sad eyes. The first real expression the boy had ever shown, and it was one of pain and sorrow. But, no tears came from his eyes.

"No. He is right. I have nothing but this cell and life. I didn't like everything he said. I feel mad an-and something else I don't know." The boy said in an upset voice. "Who are you mister? You don't hit me when you walked up."

The Anbu unhooked his mask and showed Naruto his face. One tired eye, and the other scarred and red with figures in it. "My name is Kakashi, Naruto. Kakashi Hatake. And I have been waiting to find a way out of this for you."

"Wait what you have a Sharingan" Elfman cried out in shock.

Kakashi sighed but nodded his head nonetheless "I used to" he answered confusing them.

"Used to?"

"Yeah I lost it not long ago."

He didn't say anything after that and no one else pried either.

The boy tilted his head in curiosity. "Me? Why Kakashi-khan?" He still couldn't get the hang of what keigo was or how to use it. Getting it mixed up with his honorifics. Kyūbi sighed.

Tsunade looked at her favorite blonde "See that brat" she said pointing towards the image "At least your other tries to treat people with respect."

Naruto just waved off her comment "Whatever you say baa-chan" Tsunade growled at his disrespect as the others just laughed at the back and forth between them.

"Because I can't sit here anymore watching what is happening." Over the past two years, Kakashi was making his life easier to stand in the hell hole. He had stopped any Root that thought of beating him up. And added extra helpings to his food so he didn't starve. The only reason he didn't escape with Naruto the first chance he got was because he was so heavily guarded there was no openings.

That is, until the war started. If he could find a way to counter the control seal Danzō had on him, then he could free Naruto. He could let him live in a different country, not affected by the war. He owed his sensei that his son would at least live happily.

"Why do you care Kakashi-donoma?"

Kakashi sweat dropped "Naruto, I think your counterpart should stop trying to find a good suffix because it really doesn't suit you."

Mira giggled "But he looks so cute when trying so hard to find a good suffix" she gushed towards the toddler Naruto who had tilted his head a bit and had a confused expression.

Naruto huffed and crossed his arms. He was not cute but handsome dammit!

"Uh, Kakashi is just fine Naruto. Don't hurt yourself with trying to find a good suffix." Kakashi said with a sweat drop down the back of his head.

"Well, why would you help me Kakashi?"

"Because I know you deserve more than this." The man said with a hint of empathy for the child. "And I would do anything to help you live a better life than this."

"Thank you, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said in gratitude in place of his counterpart.

"You don't need to say that Naruto" Kakashi said waving his hands in front of him "I'm just glad that I was able to at least help you a bit and hopefully get you out."

"You did" Naruto grinned making him blink "Otherwise my counterpart wouldn't have met the guild" Naruto said pointing towards the guild.

Kakashi nodded and sighed in relief but also berated himself for missing something so simple.

Naruto looked at the man in wonder. No one had every shown worry or tried to help him. He felt a warm feeling in his chest, something he had never experienced before. Kyūbi stared at the man through Naruto's eyes. 'My emotion field says that he isn't lying. He truly wants to help the boy. I feel like I have seen this man before.'

"B-but you don't know me."

"That may be true, but I know that you can have a better life. And I will make sure the people I see precious to me love happily."

"Pre-precious? What does that mean?"

"It means that it is something you can't go on without. That you will do everything you can to make sure that it is safe. That is what precious people are."

Naruto's eyes widened. He had never heard anyone say something like that to him. Naruto lowered his eyes so they could not be seen. "So if you want to protect something, they are precious?"

Naruto slowly started grinning as he realized what his counterpart was going to say. He was proud of his counterpart for what he was going to do. He himself would have done the same.

"Yes. That is what it means." Kakashi lifted his face to look at Naruto, and was shocked at what he saw. The boy was smiling, for the first time in his whole life, that boy looked happy. His mouth in a wide grin and his eyes full of warmth.

"So, if I wanted to protect you, you would be precious to me? Then I'm not alone after all. Because there is someone else I want to help."

Kakashi looked puzzled. "Who?"

The boy brought his hand to his seal. "I want to protect Kyūbi as well." Both Kyūbi's and Kakshi's eyes widened. "He has helped me so much. I want to make sure he is happy as well."

Kurama looked a bit shocked but not that much by what Naruto had said. The kid was someone very good in his opinion.

"You are a really good person even after all that has happened to you" Makarov commented with a smile.

"Yeah even if Kurama wasn't that nice you still want to help him" Erza commented, her opinion of Naruto only getting higher.

"Of course, he's my friend so I would do it any day of the week" Naruto answered in a firm tone. Everyone smiled at that. Even Kurama inside Naruto grinned.

Kakashi looked at Naruto surprised, and then softened his eyes. This boy should be free. He took out a blanket and placed it on Naruto and patted his head, earning a smile from the young boy. He told him to get some sleep after a bad day.

Kakashi rounded a corner and looked ahead of him. His eyes were blazing with determination. 'I will save Naruto from this life. So he can have a better chance. I promise on my Ninja way.'

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Naruto settled in the ground and closed his eyes. When he woke up he was in front of Kyūbi in his smaller form. Naruto walked up to Kyūbi and asked, " What's wrong Kyūbi? You seem sad." The boy asked in innocence.

'Kurama' Naruto thought sadly thinking about how his friend was imprisoned and wronged for so long.

The fox lifted his head to look at the boy. His eyes appeared sorrowful, a far cry from his usual anger. "Why would you say that?"

"Huh?" Naruto looked at him in curiosity. "Wha?"

"What you said to the mask. Why would want to help me?" His teeth flared and his eyes were full of anger. "You have nothing to gain from helping me. So why are you lying?"

"I don't think he is lying" Mira said softly "Naruto genuinely wanted to help and protect Kurama."

"Seeing those two reminds me of me and Igneel" Natsu said softly as some looked at him in sadness while the shinobi looked confused.

"We'll find him Natsu" Happy reassured him as Natsu nodded at his friend.

"I'm not." The boy looked up at the large fox. "You have helped me so much, so I want you to be happy as well." He then gave the fox a happy smile. "You are someone I hold precious. And I want you to be happy as well."

The fox looked down at the child. No one had given him a chance since the old man years ago. He thought that he was just going to have to let this cycle of moving from empty container to empty container go on forever. But maybe that wasn't the case.

The fox turned around, no longer faxing the young boy. "Leave. Now"

"Okay." The boy agreed and walked off. "See you later Kyūbi."

"Wait." The fox's voice broke the silence. Causing the young child to stop and turn around. "It's not Kyūbi. That was just something that I have come to agree to."

"Oh. Well what is your name?"

"Kurama."

The little boy smiled and continued walking out. "I like that. Okay, I will see you later Kurama."

"Aww" The girls in the room gushed at the warm scene in front them. The guys merely rolled their eyes but did smile.

"I knew it" Mira said with a soft smile referring to Kurama liking Naruto.

Kurama chuckled inside Naruto "It looks like you wooed another version of mine eh Naruto" he said towards Naruto who grinned in pride for himself.

'You really are someone special Naruto' Kurama thought 'Not only did you befriend every tailed beast here but you also managed to befriend me in another dimension' he smirked 'It looks like the old man chose really well.'

The fox just stared off into the darkness of his cell. Maybe it was time to try and make up for some sins. He would never be truly cleared, but he could try. He looked at his hands and started to practice seals. His upper body was closely similar to human bodies, and that allowed him to make seals. He had only seen it once, but he had already committed it to memory.

"Okay I did not know he could that" Naruto said but wasn't that surprised anymore as the last time.

"Yes, me too but I wonder which Jutsu he was practicing" Kakashi wondered narrowing his eyes.

"You guys don't know?" Cana asked looking at the three shinobi who shook their heads. But Tsunade had a feeling that she should have seen those hand signs somewhere. Kurama was silent already knowing what Jutsu his counterpart was going to use.

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"Is it supposed to be this terrifying? I knew it was scary just being in the village during the last war. I thought that it would be easier with everyone together." A young man in a newly made Anbu uniform said to the older ninja next to him. He was experienced and strong, but still had the feeling of war wash over him.

"It is alright Itachi-kun. Our youth will allow us to whether any storm or fear, as long as we head into the blazing sunlight. Hahahaha." This man had a bowl-shaped haircut and huge eyebrows. Beneath his flak jacket was a green spandex jumpsuit.

"Oh God" Erza cried out absolutely horrified "Why is he even wearing something like that" she shivered. This man reminded her way too much of Ichiya.

"What do you mean" Eflman countered in favor of Guy "He looks very manly!"

They were even more horrified with what came out of the mouth of Elfman. Mira deciding to save everyone in the guild quickly sprang into action.

"You will never ever wear something like that do you understand me!"

"What but-"

"Did you understand me" she repeated with her hands on her hips looking at him sternly like a mother. He nodded his head and slumped down on his seat.

A new man walked up to them in the massive march of soldiers to the battle field. He was rough looking, with a shaggy beard and cigarette in his mouth. "Guy, stop freaking out the new meat. I don't think youth will be able to help out in this situation." He said as he brought a light to his cigarette. As he set the drag, a delicate hand grabbed the stick and threw it away.

"Asuma, if you are so worried about the war, stop smoking and buck up. All that time at the capital with the Daimyo must have made you soft." The woman in question was a beautiful, black haired woman. With blood red eyes with an additional ring in them. She wore make-up and wore the standard flak jacket. She didn't usually wear this outfit, but due to the war march, she had to wear this as the battle started.

Erza crossed her arms and nodded her head in agreement "She knows what she's doing."

"Indeed" Tsunade said agreeing.

"Ah, come on Kurenai. That's just mean."

"Um, Kurenai-San, is this the time for us to be fooling around?" Itachi asked the experienced ninja about what to do.

"No, but this might be the only time we have to stay calm. So enjoy it while you can." A new man made himself heard by the younger group.

They all turned to see two people walking by them. One was a tall, aged man with long, spiky white hair. Down his face were two red lines from his eyes, and a wart on his nose. He wore the forehead protector of the leaf, but in a green kimono and red haori.

"Ero-sennin" Naruto muttered with a sad voice seeing his godfather again.

"Huh why are you calling him that?" Natsu asked.

Naruto snorted "It's because he is in his own words a super pervert and also the one who trained me for years" he said with a proud voice.

Erza narrowed her eyes hearing that "He did not corrupt you did he" she asked with a dangerous tone making Naruto gulp.

He decided to choose words carefully "Nope not at all he didn't" he said waving his arms. The redhead was satisfied with the answer. Tsunade chuckled seeing the look on Naruto's face while Kakashi just looked amused seeing a similar scene between Minato and Kushina.

Alongside him was a shorter woman with straight, blond hair. She had a purple-rhombus shape on forehead, her protector hanging around her neck. She wore the standard uniform with flak jacket, her well-endowed chest pushing the jacket up.

"Ah looks like you finally arrived Tsunade-san" Lucy said smiling a bit at the busty woman while most guy's gaze went to her chest on the image before quickly looking away seeing the lingering eyes of Tsunade and Erza.

"Yes, seems like me and Jiraiya will finally be meeting Naruto" Tsunade said as they quickly asked Lucy to read on.

Next to her was a young woman with long black hair and black eyes. She as well was dressed in the standard uniform, although her sleeves appeared several sizes too big.

"If we wanted to relax, we should camp and gamble. I feel like I could win a few rounds of poker as we speak."

They all sweat dropped hearing her unusual answer while Naruto snickered "Yeah and even then, you'll just lose baa-chan."

"Shut up not everyone has your insane luck!"

"You're just jealous that I'm better at gambling than you" they continued bickering between each other as the rest just watched on.

"Does this happen often?" Makarov whispered to Kakashi who hung his head in shame.

"Unfortunately, it does."

Once they didn't have any arguments anymore, they both crossed their arms and huffed before sitting down like children. Lucy decided to just ignore it and continue reading.

"Nah, Tsunade. If we played right now, all we could take from you would be your rations and weapons." The tall, white haired man said. Until he turned to look at her, taking many heavy breathes. "Unless you want to play strip poker, which in case I'm all in."

"Oh no" said Macao with a pitying look on his face "I feel bad for him because of the beating he will get now."

His fellow friend Wakaba agreed with him "Yes he should have not said that even if it would have been worth it."

They decided to just ignore the two idiots and go back to the story.

The blond women grabbed the man and proceeded to pummel him into a fine paste. Causing several ninjas in the vicinity to step back for safety.

The males winced and looked at Jiraiya in sympathy while the females had a satisfied look on their faces.

"And that's what happens when you say dumb stuff like that" Tsunade said proud of her counterpart.

Erza hummed for a second before speaking "It's a good way to get the point across" she said as if contemplating on doing the same thing.

The guild paled at that and gulped in fear of their future.

"Please Tsunade-sama stop! You will kill Jiraiya-sama If you continued." The black-haired women asked her master.

Tsunade let the limp body hit the ground and walked off. She looked to her charge, "Shizune, you have to stop being so lenient. Otherwise his kind will never learn."

The young ninja group blanked at the carefree attitude the Sannin had while they marched to war. Before any of them could question the motive, Guy made a dramatic pose. "Ah, up ahead I see my eternal rival coasting through the crowd. I am sorry my friends but I am off. I will return so that we may enjoy more merry times of youth!" And the spandex man ran through the crowd toward a grey-haired young man.

The guild shivered a bit at the eccentric man while the shinobi only looked amused.

'He's worse than Ichiya' Erza thought shaking her head. The only one who was liking the man's behavior was Elfman but couldn't voice it because his of sisters' stern look. Kakashi was beyond amused seeing the reactions they had towards Guy.

The group left behind could only sweat drop at the man's eccentric behavior. Asuma looked toward the older ninja, ready to ask a question plaguing his mind. "Hey, does this seem right? I mean we are going to war and we aren't even trying to have negotiations. This isn't like the old man." He referenced to the aged Hokage that was at the front of the march. Dressed in his black war gear, he appeared as he did when he was ready to fight a strong opponent. Alongside him, Danzō walking at a steady pace with cane in hand.

"That's because it isn't the old man's decision" Natsu said.

Gray snickered "You do know you're talking to a book right idiot?" he asked mockingly and got a growl in return from the pink-haired mage.

Following the leaders of the Konoha army were several Anbu carrying a sealed crate. Making sure that it was safe until their arrival.

"A crate?"

Kakashi frowned "Naruto is probably trapped in that crate before they open it when the fighting starts" he said in sad tone. He was a bit disappointed with himself for not being able to sneak out Naruto before the fighting started.

"They're really going to use a 6-year-old Naruto to fight in the frontlines" Mira asked horrified for the young blonde.

"It looks like it" was Makarov's sad reply. He just hoped the kid could get to the guild real soon. He knew that Naruto would end up in Fairy Tail otherwise they wouldn't have been transported here but he didn't know when his torture would be over.

"Yeah actually, your right." Jiraiya agreed with the young Sarutobi. "Jiji is usually so upbeat, but when he asked us to come, he sounded angry and regretful. Like he was forced into this decision."

"You don't think Danzō had something to do with sensei acting like this do you?" Tsunade questioned her old friend.

"Guessed that right!" Cana said with a smirk.

"Unfortunately, I think my counterpart will just dismiss it" Tsunade answered in return with a frown.

"Well, they never have been on good terms. Only someone like him could cause Hokage-sama to act like that." Shizune added her two cents to the conversation.

"But how does he plan for us to fight in this war? We may have a great military power, but it is foolish to fight against villages that bring their Biju into the fray." Kurenai said with a hint of worry laced in her voice.

"Over the years, father has told me that many of Konoha's enemies are taken care of before they start." All the older ninja looked at the newly promoted Uchiha. "That he has been using some kind of weapon to place himself as a figure of power." Itachi looked between all the Uchiha, Hyūga, and normal ninja in the march. "A weapon that even our village has come to fear."

"Wait so no one knows anything about Naruto and his situation?" Gray half asked and half stated.

Lucy nodded her head as he she read ahead a bit "Yes it also explains why Tsunade-san and Jiraiya-san don't know about Naruto's situation."

Tsunade frowned "To think sensei would keep this from us" she said in a disappointed tone.

"Sensei?"

"The third hokage" she answered with them making an "oh" expression understanding that he was their teacher.

"Do you think that crate they have with them is that weapon?"

"I don't know Jiraiya-sama, but whatever is in that crate, has given them confidence to take on every power in the world."

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Guy ran through the crowd, weaving through the soldiers preparing for war, toward his target. He jumped on the air and landed next to a young grey-haired individual. "Ah Kakashi, it is so good to see my rival after so long. With your status now in the Anbu, I have searched for a new rival to challenge as the sun rises. But none I meet can compare to your grace and tenacity." He finished his speech with a cheesy grin and a thumb up.

Kakashi continued forward, causing Guy to wonder what had happened to his rival. When Kakashi lifted his head to address to lively man. "Guy, this war will not be pretty. We will be using our best moves and skills from the get go. And I am sure that it will not end well for me in the long run."

"What do you mean, Kakashi?" Guy questioned the strange look his old friend had.

"I mean that there is something I have to do in the middle of the battle. And when I am done, I will probably be seen as a traitor and criminal." Guy's eyes widened at the lax tone Kakashi used to describe the situation.

"That's true" Tsunade said frowning once again "You will be labeled a traitor and would be executed if you're found or captured."

"Damn that's brutal" Natsu said with a grimace.

Makarov shook his head in disdain "It's always the same with every council" he said with a bit of venom in his voice when saying the word council "No matter where, they are always corrupt."

Tsunade wholeheartedly agreed with that statement. She did not like the council any bit. She was glad that she was no longer the Hokage and didn't have to deal with those fools anymore.

"Then don't do it. Whatever it is, there must be another solution." Guy tried to reason.

"There are a lot of ideas I ran through my head to keep me safe." Kakashi replied with a low tone to his voice. He then looked ahead as the valley came into view. "But this isn't about me, this about saving someone else."

"You know" Levy started out "We never got to know why you want to go so far for Naruto" she asked curiously.

Kakashi hummed for a second "As the book had mentioned his father was my sensei but not only that he was also a father figure for me because my father died when I was young. That makes Naruto someone very precious to me" he finished with an eye smile.

Naruto grinned at his teacher while the rest looked between the two and smiled before going back to reading.

"What do you mean 'someone else'?"

"When the battle starts, you will understand what I have to do." Kakashi replied to his old rival. Kakashi kept the determined look as he thought of the results. He would be free after his sixth birthday. And he kept that thought as he came to a halt.

The entire army stopped as they had come to Hashirama's head. They had arrived at the battle field. And so had the other armies.

"This reminds me a bit of our war against Phantom Lord" Elfman said.

"You guys have been in a war?" Naruto questioned curiously.

Makarov shook his head "It was just a fight against another guild. It's not comparable to what we're seeing here" he answered.

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Directly across from the Konoha army was the Kumo army.

A massive dark-skinned man stood in front of his soldiers. He had white hair combed back with a small beard and detached mustache. He wore an open, white haori that showed off an extremely muscular body, made for harsh fighting. Around his neck was was a curved, four-point hat with the kanji for lightning. On both his forearms were gold brackets that went to the joints.

Elfman looked at him appraisingly "He looks very manly!"

Mira sighed at her brother's obsession with manliness. Lucy observed the image before looking at the shinobi "Doesn't the gold brackets slow him down or bother him at all?"

Naruto shook his head "No he's actually as fast as lightning" he said as they looked at him in surprise.

"As fast as lightning?".

"Yup" Naruto said before he smirked a bit cockily "But I'm faster."

Jet perked up at that looked a bit excited "How fast exactly?" he asked.

Naruto grinned widely and crossed his arms "Don't blink" was all he said before he vanished in a yellow flash. Tsunade gasped in complete shock seeing the Hiraishin being utilized by Naruto. Looking around she found him next to a relaxed Kakashi. The guild didn't even see him move and just saw a yellow flash before they couldn't see him anymore.

"Naruto" Tsunade stated still in shock "When did you learn the hiraishin?" she asked.

"Kakashi-sensei helped me along with Genma" Naruto said grinning before he flashed back to his seat next to Erza. The guild looked at him in complete awe seeing such an amazing move.

"Yosh!" The giant man yelled in a grand voice. He turned around to address his forces, men and women dressed in black shirts and white flak jackets over the left shoulder. "Alright men, these fools have underestimated. They have sent us bits and pieces of our men back to us. They have killed our comrades and insulted our people. Tried to break our village and take our secrets. But no more!" He raised his arm in a closed fist. "Now we show them who is the strongest!"

"HAI!" The army cheered with fist raised.

One man in the crowd did not raise to the air but scratched his head. He was dark skinned, with a bulbous nose and blonde hair that covered his left eye. With a short sword on his back, and the characters for Water and Lightning on his shoulders. He yawned and addressed the group around him.

"He looks like a lazy guy" Mira commented not knowing how right she was. Naruto shrugged as he did not know Darui that well so he couldn't confirm it.

"Man, I don't know how he does it. Our special ops troops, Yugito-San, and Bee-San go on a boat to avoid detection. He leads us through the tress hundreds of miles to the designation. And he still has so much energy." He complained to his blond partner beside him.

They sweat dropped at his lazy attitude "You were right" said Erza looking at her friend who giggled a bit.

Naruto inwardly scoffed 'If that's what they call lazy then I don't even know what they would think of Shikamaru' he thought with a snicker thinking about the lazy Nara. Probably watching clouds right now he mused.

Somewhere in the Naruto world Shikamaru suddenly sneezed "Troublesome" he muttered before going back to watching clouds.

"Well this war is something we have been preparing for weeks." C explained to Darui. "He had to make sure that he can motivate all of us. This war depends on him." C then quirked an eyebrow. "Well, him and those two"

Beside the massive Raikage were a man and woman on each side.

On his right, a woman with long blond hair. A forehead protector partially hidden by her hair. Wearing a short-sleeved black and purple blouse and black pants. "I have to say, this is very nerve-racking. But I plan to show these other villages how Kumo-Jinchūriki do it. Right Bee?" She said to the man opposite the Raikage.

Said man was tall, muscular, and dark-skinned, like many of the other soldiers. He had the 'iron' kanji tattooed on his right shoulder. A pair of bullhorns underneath his left eye, which was covered by sunglasses. Adorning his back were seven-sheathed blades.

The man placed his hands in front of him in a lazy fashion. "~Yo bitches, stand by, I'm about to make ya flea. I'm a punch ya pussy ass from the valley to the sea. If ya think you can play me, you got a shitty ability. I'm the one, the only, Motha-Fuckin Killer B~" the man ended his bad rap striking a pose.

"…"

"Eh" Gray said completely confused along with some other members.

"I like it" Natsu said grinning while Naruto agreed with him as they delved into a conversation about rapping along with Happy.

"You know we should never let those four get together" Levy said towards everyone who instantly nodded their heads.

"Agreed!"

Which led to the Raikage bitch slapping him across the forces. All the soldiers only sighed at the brothers' attitude.

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Between these two armies, was the Kiri army.

After traveling by the sea and through the neighboring countries, they had finally arrived at the sacred fighting land. When they arrived, they had seen that the land was smaller then they first thought. It then became evident that this was the starting point, but the adjacent lands were all in the crossfire.

At the front of the army was Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage. On his back was a large staff with uneven flower petals and a hook at the end. Behind him were his forces wearing black pant and shirts, in grey flak jackets.

"He looks so young and he is the leader" Makarov said looking intrigued while Natsu jumped up from his seat.

"If he is a leader at such a young age why can't I become the master Jiji" Natsu questioned as if it was it the most obvious thing in the world.

Makarov deadpanned at him "Natsu I'm not even gonna try to answer that so just sit down."

Natsu scowled before huffing like a child and sat down. Tsunade and Kakashi looked at Makarov in understanding as they had to deal with Naruto.

Naruto for some reason felt like he should prank Kakashi and Tsunade. Shrugging he decided to file it away for later.

Out of the forces walked up a beautiful, auburn haired woman. Her face framed by two bangs. She went to the Mizukage to grab his attention. "Mizukage-sama, all of our forces are ready to fight."

This time Makarov and Wakaba kept their mouth shut as they could feel Tsunade and Erza's gaze on them watching them like a hawk for any comment.

"Good," the young-looking man said over his shoulder, "that will be all. Join the rest in the wait."

The slender woman nodded her head and began the trek next to a man with an eyepatch. She stopped and regarded the Mage once more, "Mizukage-sama, are you sure this is the correct course to take? Our military power isn't even close to adequate enough to fight this battle."

"They don't even know that he's being controlled by that masked man, do they?"

"Nope they don't have any clue"

"We will stand in this battle." Yagura said without any hesitation.

"But without the seven-swordmen, we don't have enough power to fight back. Even with two Biju, our forces will be slaught-"

"Terumi!" He said with a powerful tone, causing the women to stop her questioning. He turned around to look at her, "This is a fight we will stand in. We may not have the numbers, but our forces have more than enough strength to make up for it. You are dismissed."

The woman bowed her head before she heard one last command. "Send up the other would you. We need our main forces here."

Moments later, a young man joined Yagura on his perch. He wore the standard outfit of kiri, but had long brown hair that cover his left eye. He walked up to the Mizukage and asked, "Do you think we will survive this fight?"

"We will," Yagura assured. "We will show the world why our village is called the Bloody Mist."

"Yeah that doesn't sound good at all" Gray deadpanned with everyone agreeing. Even the shinobi as they thought that Kiri took it too far.

Unbeknownst to the rest of the army, as Yagura looked forward, the image of a sharingan shadowed over his eyes.

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On the opposite side of the valley, stood the Iwa-army.

The army stood in red suits and brown jackets. In front of the forces was a small man with a big red nose in a green and yellow jacket. He had his Kage hat wrapped around his neck. He was currently hunched over in pain, clutching his aching back.

"Owwwwww. I knew we shouldn't have passed through Takigukare. I should have just flown my way here."

Natsu snickered "It looks like you finally have a rival in height Jiji" Natsu said laughing while some joined him and other just looked between Makarov and Onoki in amusement.

A tick mark formed on Makarovs head as he slapped Natsu away" Disrespectful brats" he complained sitting down glaring at everyone who was laughing at him.

"Ah, come on old man." A large man with a beard told the short elder. "If you had flown, everyone else would get jealous. We had to stay together in the walk."

"Oh shut up Kitsuchi. Just help me with my back." The old man complained to his son. The man grabbed the old man by the head and legs and pulled. Earning a painful scream from the Tsuchikage and a pop from his spine.

Makarov winced at that. Elfman's eyes gained a wicked gleam as he stood up gaining everyone's attention. He went towards his Master who was looking at him confusingly.

"Let me do the same for you Master" he said with a grin while Makarov's eyes widened in terror hearing that. He jumped and ran way screaming as Elman chased him.

"NO GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"MASTER JUST LET MET HELP YOU WITH YOUR BACK PROBLEMS!"

I DON'T NEED YOUR CRAZY HELP WITH MY BACK PROBLEMS!"

Everyone else just sweat dropped seeing the comical chase happen between the two before Mira finally got her brother under control and Makarov as far away from Elman as possible glancing at him every now and then to see if he would try to do something.

"AW! Not like that!" He said as he felt his back in place again. He re-adjusted himself and started to float, to talk to the tall man better. "Is everyone prepared?"

"More or less. They're ready to show what they got." Ōnoki smirked at what his lieutenant had said. He remembered what his master always told him, 'the spoils of war went to the winners'. And if he was right, they were about to be loaded. Kitsuchi regained the old man's attention, "Gramps, they are ready by the way."

Ōnoki looked behind him at the new arrivals. One was an older looking man with red hair with a mustache and beard. He wore a large headpiece with a black armor piece that ran across his.

The other was a tower of a man. Dressed from head to toe in red armor with a straw hat. He had a strong but uninterested look on his face. As he stared out into the upcoming war zone.

"Rōshi, Han, I'm so glad that both of you could come. We will need you."

"Whatever old man," Rōshi said with slight disdain, "Just make sure you leave us alone when this is over." Beside him, Han only made an affirmative grunt.

"I honestly don't blame him at all for his behavior" Gajeel said with a shrug.

"Yeah they're just being used" Cana said agreeing with the new member "They probably don't even view them as humans" she shook her head in disappointment.

"I met one of them only once so I can't speak for them but I would still help the village I was born because it's my home" Naruto said in a rare serious tone.

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"Uh, uh, uh." The little boy whimpered. He was hunched over, clutching his head as the voice kept whispering to him. "Mother, please, make it stop." The little boy had red hair and black shadows around his eyes. On his head was the character for 'Love'.

"Gaara" muttered Naruto sadly seeing his friend being tortured by Shukaku.

"The poor child" Mira said with a frown as they all looked on in sadness seeing the child suffer.

In front of him stood a man who looked like and older version of the boy. He was dressed in a black ninja outfit under a white haori with green highlights and a hat.

Behind him, a man who had his head wrapped and half his face under a sheet, appeared. "Kazekage-sama, we have the gold dust ready if anything goes wrong." He said as he looked aside at the troubled boy. "Chiyo-sama also has the sealing process prepared if we decided to capture any others like him."

He nodded his head. This was the chance to reclaim Suna's former glory. He turned to his son, "Gaara." The boy lifted his head to show eyes that showed a tortured, crazy soul.

"Son?" Erza seethed glaring at the image along with Naruto and the rest.

"He doesn't deserve to be a father!" Elfman said harshly and no one argued against that.

"Those men are here to kill you." The boy then started to pull himself in, trying to make himself smaller. "All those men have come to kill you, and we won't stop them." He looked down at his son. "What will you do?"

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger glaring at Gaara's father "If it wasn't for this guy Gaara wouldn't have suffered" he seethed through gritted teeth.

"To encourage your child to do stuff like this instead of raising him as a normal human being" Makarov said frowning at the Fourth Kazekage "These fathers don't seem to care much for their children" his voice was full of disappointment.

Erza was glaring at the image. She hadn't met her father and to see someone else's father do something like this to her child was absolutely sickening for her. She hoped her father wasn't like this and hadn't just abandoned her in the Tower.

Gaara stopped shaking, letting his hands fall from his hair. He lifted his head to show eyes that were not human. They had turned black, with a four-point star and for dots around it.

He laughed as sand started to form claws around his arms. "Kaa-sama. Kaa-sama."

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The valley was covered with ninja on the edges, ready to fight at the call.

Danzō stepped forward. 'We started this, we may as well finish'. He motioned for the Anbu to bring the sealed casket.

"What is that thing?" Jiraiya asked no one in particular. Just stating a thought in his head.

"Jiraiya-sama will definitely not like what he will see" Kakashi said with a hint of nervousness in his voice. He was anxious to see what will happen to his counter with Naruto's situation.

Tsunade grimaced thinking about Jiraiya's reaction "Yeah he will not like seeing his godson like that" she revealed shocking the guild and even Naruto was shocked that.

"Ero-sennin was my godfather" Naruto muttered in shock completely caught off-guard.

"You didn't know?" Erza asked soflty.

He shook his head sadly "No…"

Everyone looked on in sadness hearing that while Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder in support. Naruto smiled at his teacher's support.

Hand signs went through fast as the covering fizzled away. The guards grabbed the sides of the package and pushed forward. From there, a tired and weak blond boy slid out.

The ninjas around them all had surprised looks on their faces. If they were suspecting something from the basket, it wasn't a boy that was having trouble standing up.

"What the hell!"

"Why is a kid here!"

"Hey, haven't we seen him before?"

"Kakashi, is this what you were talking about?"

Jiraiya looked in horror at the sight. "Mi-Minato?" At second glance, he saw him better. "N-N-Naruto?"

"Sensei, what the hell is this?" Tsunade asked her former teacher, who could only mash his teeth so hard he started to bleed. "Sensei!"

"Now," Danzō brought up his hands, "It begins."

The little boy's body jerked as red bubbles grew all over him. And as soon as he was covered, his skin started to peel off. 'Now, it will end.' Finally, in front of them was not the boy, but a black, 9-tailed feral monster.

Tsunade scowled "Now it's going to very difficult to get Naruto out of there" she voiced the problem.

Kakashi frowned at that as Naruto's transformation made it even more difficult for his counter to get him out of there.

"HHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The little Kyūbi sprinted forward, leaving a crater and dust in its place. It jumped into the valley and ran on all fours.

"CHARGE!" All five forces jumped into the clearing. The Nibi and Hachibi coming into existence, taking a large portion of the clearing for themselves. Jutsu and weapons were thrown from each direction.

Fires and blasts going off into echoes. The previous silence was dead.

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From a high point, several men watched the battle that had been raging on for twelve hours.

The valley was no more, just another destroyed patch of land.

They were silent but were wide eyed seeing the destruction that took place at the moment. All the techniques thrown around like it was nothing and all the dead bodies.

Naruto grimaced as flashes of the 4th great war came into his mind making him think about all the lives that were lost and…

Neji.

He sighed as he willed that thought away and focused back to the story.

Right from the start, the heavy hitters were throwing out their best moves. Ōnoki used his Dust release to fight against the freed tail beast. Damaging the hulking monster like they were nothing. But as he was distracted, he didn't see the bubble technique that hit him hard. He was still flying, but he had to keep taking breaks to catch his breath.

A was using his Lightning Release Armor to destroy any defense he came upon. He defeated every ninja in his way, until he hit a snag. A woman he identified as Tsunade of Konoha had stopped his charge. They had planned to just cross fists and move along. That was four hours ago, and they were still at it strong.

"Alright let's go baa-chan, kick his ass!" Naruto supported Tsunade along with Natsu both of them shouting loudly.

"They still don't understand that they're talking to a book" Gray deadpanned while the others chuckled at them.

Erza chuckled seeing the two hyperactive friends cheering loudly "I think it's a bit cute of them" Mira said with a smile. Gray just scoffed at that along with Gajeel.

But every side was experiencing casualties from the Jinchūriki and Biju. Almost instantly, the monsters and their containers had met to fight in the field. The Kyūbi rushing around the Hachibi, dodging its attacks due to its smaller frame.

So each of the Jinchūriki entered their second stage. The fight being determined by will and ability. Except for Gaara and the Ichibi, they had just kept their full released form and shot off Wind Bullets in every direction.

After sometime, every ninja was coming to their end. More than half of the fighting forces were dead now. The only ones who were still fighting were the best of the best. Everyone else either passed out, or died.

Everyone except the shinobi cringed seeing all the dead bodies lying around while the fighting continued.

"So many people have died already and Akatsuki still hasn't made their move" Erza reminded everyone that had forgotten about the organization.

"Yeah I hope it doesn't get worse" Naruto said. He didn't want to see a death of someone that is precious to him. Even if it would be in another dimension it would still hurt him a lot.

"It looks like it is time for us to make our move. To change the world for the greater, through this final war." A red-haired man in a mechanized contraption said.

"Speaking of the devils" Levy said.

"Heh heh, well this is interesting." Orochimaru said as he licked his lips. "So many old faces, so little time."

The women shivered in disgust seeing him lick his lips like that.

"Oh man" Natsu groaned "I didn't want to see that image" he desperately shook his head to get rid of it.

"For once we are on the same page Salamander" Gajeel grunted.

"I know what you mean. Neh, Tobi, have you been manipulating the 'Mizukage' through all this?" Kisame had been watching his old leader use his best moves to fight off those around him. He then had a smaller grin on his face. "Wish you could do better with the orders, most of the Kiri are gone."

"It looks like he somewhat cares about his people" Tsunade said.

"That's been the only "good" quality about him so far" Erza pointed out reluctantly.

"It doesn't matter." Tobi shrugged as he walked around with explosions in the distance. "When we are done, their deaths will have helped lead us to peace." He looked toward Nagato. "Can you send him out?"

"Yes." The pierced man walked next to the mechanized human. "Yahiko is ready to deliver us to heaven. He will help fight against the Biju."

"Then we will be here until the first hit." The walking corpse left the mountains and ran to the former valley. Tobi gathered all the Akatsuki around him then sucked them into his alternate dimension. Keeping them together until he appeared at the field again. He looked over at the remaining member. "Are you coming?" He questioned the blue haired woman.

"No." She said with no room for argument. "I will stay with Nagato as he uses his power to attack." Without the use of multiple bodies, he could use more chakra for Yahiko's attacks. But that didn't mean that the attacks didn't have as much strain on her friend's body.

The masked man nodded before swirling around his eye and disappearing from sight.

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"Raikiri!" Kakashi yelled as he thrust his lightning covered hand through his opponent's chest. The Suna-nin fell to the ground as he retracted his hand. After he did, he noticed that most of his vision had started to blur. He had been fighting for too long now.

"The sharingan must be quite taxing to use" Erza pointed out looking towards the silver-haired ninja for confirmation.

"Yes, that is one of the downsides for having a transplanted sharingan."

Since the fight started, he had kept close to the Kyūbi influenced boy. Making sure that the kid was still alive through the fight. In doing so, he had put his body through too much to keep close to the monster fights.

His body had been run ragged, blood dripping from his eyes and arms. His legs feeling like jelly under his weight. But he had to make sure that he could still fight, and get Naruto to safety when he had the chance.

Luckily for him, he had joined with some of the best in Konoha to watch each other's backs. These last few hours were a lot easier knowing you had an Uchiha, Sannin, and someone like Guy to help you along.

Along the way, he had to answer a lot of questions.

"Kakashi, I need some answers now." The old ninja said to the young man as he smashed a Kumo-nin with his lashing hair.

"Ok that was a cool technique" Natsu gushed watching Jiraiya do his move.

"Shut up idiot so we can read further" Gray barked at him in annoyance.

"Why you-"

"Stop it both of you" came the voice of Erza as they paled and instantly obeyed.

Kakashi slashed an upcoming charger with his blade, killing the man. "Danzō took the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi and made him into a weapon. He has kept Naruto in a cell for several years and used him for his needs."

Asuma held off an attacker with his chakra blades. "How the hell don't we all know about this?" He blew everyone back with his Dust Cloud Technique.

"Everyone was sworn to secrecy to not tell anyone this secret. Even Sandaime-sama could not do anything against it."

"So Jiji isn't to blame, thank god. Why hasn't he stopped this?"

"He has been over ruled by the council on this decision. He has fought for his freedom for years but can't do anything about it."

Kurenai put several ninja in a genjutsu that held them at bay. "But why do you know about this? Why did you willingly join the Root?"

"I was asked by the Sandaime to check on the condition of Naruto." Everyone listening beside Kakashi looked between the old man swatting people away with a giant staff and the demon boy crushing people in his way toward the Iwa-Jinchūriki in armor.

Re-positioning themselves into a tight group, they all started taking heavy, deep breathes. "So over the years, I have been watching over Naruto. Making sure he heals properly, eats his food, everything he neede to survive. But lately, I knew that it wouldn't be enough to watch him, so I have been waiting."

"Ah that explains how Naruto had gotten more food was taken care of a bit better" Levy said nodding her head.

Naruto looked at Kakashi and smiled at him in gratitude getting an eye smile in return from his teacher.

Itachi blew a Great Fireball Jutsu at those around, boiling off their skin and melting their eyes. "Waiting for what exactly?"

"This battle." The others looked at him like he was crazy. "I will use this battle to take Naruto away and to safety. I will be charged for treason in doing so, but that won't stop me. The only problem is Danzō." They all looked to the man who had been worn out after applying chakra for 10 hours straight.

"His seal will cause Naruto pain until it can be undone. So I know this maybe too much to ask, but can you guard us as we escape?" He turned around to acknowledge the group around him. Unknowingly leaving himself wide open to an attack from behind. But before the attack connected...

"Dynamic Entry!" Guy jumped up and made a beautiful side-kick that sent the ninja soaring into the edges of the valley. He landed and gave Kakashi a big grin." I had worried that you had lost your way my friend. But risking your life for the safety of a child, that is the rival I have strived to defeat. I will lend you my strength."

The others nodded, agreeing with Guy's over exuberant words. Now all they needed to do was survive.

As the last of the small fry fell, the others took in as many breathes as possible before the big fish. Now, they needed to fight off the Biju, Jōunin, and Kages that were left.

As they paused, they saw something floating in the air. After some time everyone else stopped their battles. The Tsuchikage had stopped his Dust Style before hitting Hiruzen. Tsunade and A stopping mid-brawl to gaze up at the sky. Mei, Darui, and Kitsuchi stopped to measure the situation that could play forth.

"The Akatsuki members finally decided to make their move"

"After almost everyone was weakened" Naruto said with a scowl.

"Well it was their plan to wait till you guys tire each other out" Makarov pointed out as Naruto's scowl dropped and he smiled sheepishly scratching the back of his head.

As everyone was silent, Jiraiya's eyes widened as he recognized the flying figure. "Yahiko?"

"SHINRA TENSEI"

That was what everyone heard before the explosion went off over the Biju.

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As the dust settled, the scene could be better observed. A giant hole had been created from the mighty push sent down from Pain. At the center of the hole, the Jinchūriki had all passed out from the force of the attack.

"Holy crap" Natsu said in shock "That was just one attack."

"This guy…" Gajeel said in amazement eyeing the damage his attack had done.

"Yeah that attack is a pain in the ass" Naruto said with a pout.

Near ground zero, all the other soldiers had been pushed back. Buried by rubble and the dead bodies of their fallen comrades. The last of the Anbu, special ops, and Kages could only view as from the center, walked out two men.

One was the man that created the blast. Walking out like he had done nothing more than swat a fly.

The other was a man who had appeared out of thin air. His body coming out of a spiral in space, which had centered itself on his eye. He walked in front of the other man, and grabbed the attention of the ninja around him.

"Hello everyone, we are sorry to interrupt your little spat, but we have important matters to take care of. My colleagues and I are here to take your little bundles of joy behind me." The ninja around him widened their eyes at the crass way to say he was taking the Jinchūriki.

"I know this seems inconvenient, but we didn't start this war for nothing." From his eye, another hole in space appeared. This time, unleashing five men that joined alongside the already present two. Members of the fallen ninja all let out gasps at the sight of some of the most wanted men appearing out of nowhere.

Each member jumped off to a different location. They all landed in front of old friends they hadn't seen in quite some time.

With the masses happy, Tobi turned around to collect his prize. "Alright, time to cash up." As he went to grab the first one he could find, a kunai sailed right through his head. As if irked, he turned his head to see his old friend struggling to stand up.

"I-I won't let you take them!" Kakashi yelled as blood seeped out of his wounds. Behind him, his comrades all struggled but ultimately stood back up.

Tobi walked next to Pain, bringing no attention to the ninja glaring at him. "Zetsu, make sure they won't get up as we finish here." From the ground came a black and white creature that nodded its head and spilt. The white one left and attached to the Jinchūriki and siphoned their chakra, the black one took a stance and prepared to attack. "Shall we finish these fools off?" Pain nodded his head as he let his power seep out.

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"Hello Sensei." The snake like man said as he walked up to his former teacher and leader. "I haven't seen you in such a long time." He grew a smirk that would send fear into any great shinobi's heart. "You've grown old."

"Orochimaru?" The old Hokage had the look of pure fear on his face as his old pupil slowly walked forward. While the Hokage was covered in injuries, blood seeping from his wounds into a puddle under him, the snake man hadn't aged a single day. "Why are you here?"

"Well Sarutobi-sensei, I have found myself a nice little clique that piques my interest. You always told me that I should try and get out more, make new friends." Orochimaru said as snakes slithered out if his sleeve, regurgitating a magnificent sword the fell into his hand. "Although I had originally planned to join in a couple of years, they just couldn't do this without me."

The Hokage stood back up, his quarrel with the Tsuchikage all but forgotten. Now his attention was on his twisted student. "What are you trying to do here?" He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist until he reached blood, "Why are you here!" He screamed.

"We're going to save this world Sensei. No more pain, suffering, death. They will help me find the Immortality I have searched so long for." As he walked forward, he detected danger and jumped back. Where he stood, now was a vaporized crater. He looked up to see a midget floating with a clear cone in his hand.

"Heh, do all of your men have a strange tendency to defect?" The Tsuchikage said with a wry smirk. "After all this time and I still have to out your men in their place, old man."

"Heh, if I'm old, you must be dust at this point Ōnoki-San." He grabbed his staff and entered his battle stance. "You should sit down before you become a cripple. I'll have to show my old pupil his place."

"Do you think you can, Sensei?" Orochimaru brought up his blade a smashed it against his sensei's staff. "You should stop before you die."

"I won't stop Orochimaru." Hiruzen swiped his staff, forcing the man back, "I won't stop until I have fixed everything I've done wrong!" He said as he charged forward.

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"Well, well." Kisame stepped forward meeting the group in front if him. Sasori walking by his side. "It looks like I get to fight some strong people after all." In front of him were some of the best ninja from the other villages fighting in a cluster after the bomb.

"Kisame, what are you doing?" Mei asked as she struggled to rise up.

"Oh I don't know you, but you're from the village and still alive, so you must be good." He had a grin as he raised his blade and crushed the ground.

"Chiyo-baba, it is so good to see you again. How have you been?" Sasori asked his fallen grandmother.

"Th-that's impossible, how are you still like that?" The old woman said in shock at her grandson's eternal appearance.

"I found a way to become strong, which I can't say the same to you though." He grabbed his cloak and ripped it off, revealing a puppet like body. With a wire spinning out of his stomach and a strange core in his chest. The wire lifted and aimed toward his old granny. "Here, let me put you out of your misery."

The wire spiked forward, aiming for the old woman's head. But before contact was made, a large rock formation made a shield in front of her. From behind, Kitsuchi grabbed the woman and dived before the wire pierced through the rock. He stood back up with the elder woman under his arm.

"Hey granny, I know we've been fighting and everything, but do you mind if we beat this little bastard into the ground first." He waited for an answer from the elder ninja, but nothing happened. He looked down and shook the limp body. "Oh shit."

"No, it's a trap don't fall for it big stone guy" Naruto shouted towards Kitsuchi while the others sweat dropped at his nickname.

"What do mean you it's a trap?"

He then got headbutted in the chin, backing him fall and grap his chin in pain. The elderly woman landed on her feet and laughed. "Haha, I got you, did you think this old hand would die so easily kiddo." She turned and regarded her grandson, "Now I think is time you get a spanking for misbehaving so long, young man," summoning her Chikamatsu Collection.

"That" Naruto said referring towards Chiyo's actions.

They could only sweat drop at her antics.

Meanwhile, a giant shark of amorphous water was flying through and attacking anyone it saw. "Ha, this is what I've wanted for so long." Kisame stopped and had a sad look on his face, "To bad none of you can still fight." He redirected it to the first Kiri-nin he could see.

Mei lifted her head to see a hulking beast coming at her. She tried to move but could not summon the strength to stand. She resigned herself to her fate, until it did not come.

"Storm Release: Laser Circus!" Dozens of flying lights shot up and shredded the shark, turning it to water instantly. Mei lifted her head to see a shaggy Kumo-nin standing between her and Kisame. "Man, it isn't enough that we have fought for hours, now monsters are trying to snuff us out." He turned around and offered his hand to her, "Sorry about this, but could we work together to put this guy down? Or else we may not make it back."

"Heh I bet he's just too lazy to do it alone and that's why he asked her for help" Gray said snickering.

"Probably" Kakashi said knowing his fellow lazy comrade.

Mei smiled and took his outstretched hand. "Sure, but let me finish him off, okay. I feel like I have to put this man down for our village." She turned to the blue man, and went through a series of hand seals before leaning back and breathing in.

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition!" Mei spit out a wave of lava that spread over Kisame's head. The shark man dove out of the way to avoid the boiling rock. The lava dissolved into the ground and caused smoke to raise into the air. Mei smirked and wiped spit off her chin, "I hope you're ready. I'm going to show you how our village can survive without your help."

"I didn't think that there was still a bloodline in the village." He lifted his head and showed his shark teeth to the world, Samahada fusing to his arm. "Interesting."

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Tsunade looked to the left, her vision coming close to a tunnel. The Raikage she had been fighting was not in good shape. His haori long abandoned, and his arm braces had cracked and fallen off. Tsunade had broken several of his ribs and got many good shots on his head.

Of course, she was in no place to talk. He had grabbed her left arm and broken it completely. And when she was getting away, he had landed a powerful hook into her stomach. She had been coughing up blood for most of the fight after that.

"What the hell baa-chan I though you could easily heal from that" he said while Tsunade wacked him on the head.

"You idiot that's my trump card I only use it as a last resort" she said "Besides my counterpart will probably start using it now."

"How can you heal from those kinds of injuries?" Mira asked in confusion.

Tsunade just smirked "You'll see" was all she said.

But that didn't matter right now. They were both in bad shape, and this man in front of them did not look like he had any room for negotiations.

"Hmm, why did I come here?" The tall, dark man wondered out loud. "I felt like something familiar was here, but all I see are two broken bodies."

"Who the hell are you? Get out of my way, I have to check B and Yugito." A said as he raised to his feet, blood seeping from lacerations and open wound, but paying no mind to them.

"I don't know you, Kumo boy, so it must be this young girl I've come to meet." He walked closer, only for the Raikage to appear from behind and try to smash him into the ground. Kakuzu felt the precense come up behind and jumped back. As he turned, a fist almost made contact, but he ducked under. He jumped and kicked A in the face, only stunning the massive man for an instant before he grabbed the outstretched leg and swung him around.

Kakuzu shifted his arm forward, black threads shooting out of his arm and into the Raikage. The threads dug into the man's torso and arms, blood dripping down the string. Kakuzu lifted the massive man, then used his power to smash the human tank into the ground multiple times.

When he was finished, he retracted his threads and walked up to the downed man. When he came close, A lifted his head and made a wide swing at him. Kakuzu jumped back and gained his balance, "You can still stand after all that? Impressive," more threads released themselves, "I think I'll take your heart for spare keeping." As he walked forward, he felt a painful stab in his chest.

Looking behind him, he saw the former broken woman had punched right through his heart. Her visible wounds disappearing right in front of him. He ripped his body of her arm and stumbled.

"One heart down…"

"Four to go."

"How are you moving? Weren't you dy-"*Smash*. Before he could finish, A came up from behind and brought his connected hands down on the surprised man. A large crater had been created from the massive force, leaving a messy blood stain in the middle.

A looked up from his work and up at the Princess. "Finish this later?" Tsunade nodded her head and started to move toward her injured comrades. But as they both went their way, they were hit by an unexpected attack.

"Don't turn your back, or you may find yourself dead." When they both turned around, they were hit by two devastating attacks. A by a massive current of shredding wind, cutting through his Lightning Release Armor and sending the effect back at him.

While Tsunade was hit by a strong fire stream. Singing through her clothes and burning her skin. They both landed on their backs as Kakuzu came into sight.

He was no longer a tall man, but a freak of nature. Thousands of black threads pouring out of the stitches all over his body. Hundreds pouring out of his mouth, like an octopus. Among the threads, on his shoulders, were a red and blue mask. The masks mouth's still open, with smoke and gas coming out of the open holes.

Mira looked disgusted at Kakuzu "That is disgusting why is he even like that."

"It's just his technique" Kakashi answered lazily.

"Now I know what made me come here. That healing technique is the same as his. You're his relative right, Hashirama Senju's?" Tsunade raised her bruised body, her burn marks disappearing faster by the second. "Wow, this must be fate. He disappears and I couldn't get the rematch I've been waiting for. So I get the chance to fight his family."

Naruto scoffed at that "Old man first would have destroyed him" his weaker version of himself was able to defeat him so Hashirama would easily win against him.

"My grandfather died, so if I have to, I will destroy you." Tsunade reassured as she lifted herself up.

"And I don't even know that my grandfather travelled to another dimension" Tsunade said groaning "Great even more secrets" this was way too much. She needed some sake. Now!

"Oh no, that's not true." Tsunade's eyes widened as the freak continued his explanation . "After his death was made public, I wanted to come pay my thanks. Maybe loot the corpse and sell it off, the price of a Hokage's body fetches a high price." Tsunade mashed her teeth together in pure anger at the man in front of her. "But when I came to it, the coffin wasn't carrying his body."

"W-what?" Tsunade's eyes widened at him.

"Oh, the coffin was full, but with a different body. Those that didn't know the man personally probably wouldn't realize the difference. But I could tell that, just from our fight, that it was a fake." Kakuzu made a wide grin with the thread still in his mouth. "You've all been lied t-"

From behind, A tackled the monster and through him away. Kakuzu slid a looked at his opponents. Tsunade and A were standing side by side, ready to fight. "Whatever the reason may be, that will not stop me. I will take you down, you monster."

"Heh, and so it begins."

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Jiraiya jumped and tried to attack Pain, but once again, he used his strange gravity technique to push him back. When he landed, he dove forward with a Rasengan in hand, but Pain dodged and brought out another black stake.

He dodged the weapons thrust, and placed himself on only his hand. Using that to spin around, he kicked the man in his chest, sending him several meters away. But he only flipped and landed on his feet. No change in his expression. He looked over to see Kakashi and Guy still fighting the masked individual.

After thirty minutes of fighting and no results, it looked like this man was invincible. He could phase through any attack, and that meant he could always keep moving. They thought that there was no chance to win, until they made a discovery.

When he was about to attack, he made himself physical to make contact. But when they send an attack at him during this open chance, he was vulnerable to attack. So they had figured that if he came close to making contact, they would try to hit him and make him phase through. This little back and forth had been happening for a while now.

It still looked like they had a better chance of winning then he did. Around him, Itachi, Asuma, and Kurenai had passed out from exhaustion. And Jiraiya was not far off from joining in. Yahiko was overpowering him in the Ninjutsu department. When he came close, he would be blown away. If he gained distance, he was forced back in seconds.

"Yahiko, make this stop. What happened to you?" He tried to remember back to that little boy who had a huge grin on his face. That little shit that promised to take out all evil in the world. "Where's Konan? Where's Nagato?"

"Sensei I think you have it wrong." Jiraiya stopped his questioning to listen to what he said. "Konan is fine, but you see-" he raised his eyes to look at the man with his Rinnegan, "I'm Nagato. Yahiko's died long ago."

"What. W-what are you talking about?"

"I'm saying that Yahiko saved us long ago. He sacrificed himself so Konan and I could live." He just kept looking at his Sensei with disdain. "When you left, our world crumbled. We lost everything, so we decided to fight for what we can save. I will use Yahiko to usher in the world where no one dies. I will save this world."

"Nagato, not like this. There has to be a better way."

Pain raised his outstretched hand, "Sorry sensei, this is all we can do." With a push, came a Shinra Tensei that sent the Sannin back.

"Why are you doing this you bastard?" Kakashi yelled from his kneeled position. Next to him, Guy had been hit and was coughing up blood.

"Sorry, but I'm going to take these things with us." He referred to the weakening Jinchūriki behind him.

"Why do you want them?" Kakashi tried to ask.

"I need them to save the world. They are strong, but they have no purpose but to help me with my cause." He started to walk to the bodies, no longer giving the weakened ninja his attention.

"They don't deserve this. They don't have to become we- He doesn't need to be a weapon!" Kakashi tried to stand, but only stumbled over. He raised his head with said eyes. "Please leave them."

"No." Tobi stopped and turned his head. "I will use them to save everyone. Themselves, you, 'Rin'." He came to the closest body, a small blond boy with whiskers. "Sorry Kakashi, this world will end now."

'Dammit!' Kakashi berated himself for not being able to stop Obito from getting Naruto.

"This is not good" Mira said with a worried tone.

Erza frowned "Yeah Naruto is currently left unprotected and unconscious so he can't even fight back."

"I'm sure someone will do something" Makarov assured them although he himself was a bit anxious to see what was going to happen.

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In an empty space, the fallen ninja disappeared. The crumbled rock and dead bodies, all but vanished from sight. The assembled injured, the cowering Anbu, and the battling heroes were no longer there. But something else did appear.

In the open space, were eight massive, multi-tailed beasts. All assembled around in a rough circle. And all of them looking at each other; a Tanūki, Cat, Turtle, Ape, Horse, Slug, Ox, and Fox gathered together. They had been chatting for the whole fight.

"Woah!"

"They're all so big"

"So those are the tailed beasts" Levy hummed in interest with a glint in her eyes hearing all the new information.

"Bwhahahahaha. Then the fuck head blew himself up right in front of the kid. Then finally, I got to have some fun. Until that asshole father of his used the Gold Dust on me. Always ruining the fun." Shukaku told his siblings after such a long time.

"Ok so he seems to be a battle maniac" Makarov said smiling a bit.

Naruto chuckled "You have no idea how right you are Jiji" he said while Kurama scoffed inside Naruto seeing the tanuki.

"God Shukaku, control yourself." Matatabi said while she licked her paw. "We don't see each other for decades and the first thing you tell us is your adventures of slowly falling into madness."

"At least he is set free, not only am I sealed, but Yagura is under control too." Isobu said as he laid on his shell. "It feels like I had fallen so low."

"Not just you my brother, we all feel this grand dissatisfaction." Son Gokū said to his turtle brother, patting his shell. "These humans have insulted us for too long now. Locking us up, calling us these unfavorable names. This man has been using my power without consent." Gokū slammed his hand on the ground, "I never should have told him my name."

Mira chuckled fondly "They really seem like a dysfunctional little family" she said giggling towards the end.

"It doesn't get so bad." Kokuō said from his spot. "Every now and then, I get out to stretch my legs, but we get called out by that old fool. No free space I tell you."

"All I want is to soak in the fresh water." Saiken groaned to his family. "But Utakata can't let me out. Whoever has your guy Isobu, he is a dick."

"Well, we get on alright, but my guy is annoying." Gyūki reassured his brother. "Speaking of that control guy, I think he is coming in on our terf." He brought everyone's attention to the growing figure.

"What is he doing?" Gokū voiced his thought.

"I think he is trying to take us." The eight-tailed told them. "Hey Kurama, what do we do?" He looked to his brother, but got no answer. "Kurama?"

Every sibling looked to the fox, and saw that he was looking down, eyes shadowed. "You know, I hated these humans for so long. All of you must have to, right?" He lifted his head, eyes full of sadness. "I wanted to kill them all."

Naruto frowned seeing the look on Kurama's face "I don't like where this is going" he muttered in worry.

"Wanted?" Matatabi questioned her brother's wording.

Kurama looked to his family with nostalgia. "Over these decades, I've kept being pushed into a cage. I thought that I would never find something that could understand our loneliness." He grew a small smile, thinking of what Naruto went through.

"They were also lonely and imprisoned" Erza said sadly.

"Yeah no one ever thought of how they felt to be imprisoned and used as nothing else than a weapon" Naruto said with a sad tone "They're not just mindless beasts."

"But then I remembered what the old man told us all those years." Every Biju had a look of longing in their eyes. Remembering the old ninja that had given them their life. "We all came back, and he told us that we would never be alone. And I finally realized something."

"Old man?"

"Oh yeah the super sage gramps" Naruto said without missing a beat.

They sweat dropped hearing that name. They just knew that wasn't his real name. Kakashi shook his head before explaining "What Naruto is talking about the legend of the sage of six paths. His name was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the first shinobi."

"Oh, but what does he have to do with this?" Cana asked.

Naruto coughed to get everyone's attention. He cleared his throat "He said to the bijuu that someday they will be reunited again and will be guided down the right path and also learn true strength."

"So you mean…" Gray trailed off as Naruto nodded his head.

"I guess I showed them the right path and what true strength is" he said rubbing the back of his head laughing a bit.

He looked back at what Naruto said last week. "These people we are with, they can understand us. And I feel like I could even help them."

"What!?" Gokū questioned Kurama. "But you always hated these humans. What changed?"

"I do, I just realized that I can also hope to see a smile on someone just like the old man." He lowered his head with a big grin. "I can tell just who has the bad intentions out there. So I am breaking out."

'What are you doing Kurama?' Naruto questioned but didn't get any response from him. He narrowed his eyes dangerously as he racked his brain trying to find out Kurama's plan.

"Wasn't he sealed?" Levy asked as the shinobi except for Naruto nodded their heads "So how is he going to break out?" she questioned them while they frowned thinking of ways Kurama could break the seal but couldn't come up with something.

They shook their heads in negative indicating they don't know how he would break out. Levy pouted for a second before looking at Lucy expectantly who quickly got the message and started reading again.

"WHAT?" Every Biju screamed at the same time.

Kokuō came forward. "How can you do that? It's impossible?"

"It's impossible because we want to get our whole being out. If you leave behind the chakra and core, you can make an ethereal body."

"But that isn't enough." Shukaku told him.

"If you leave behind the core, that's your chakra and thoughts left behind. Plus you can't leave them, the ethereal body is still connected to the core and seal." Kurama nodded his head at Isobu.

"Yeah."

"Which means that you can only create a chakra body as long as you are near your host. If you go to far, it will dissolve and you will be pulled back."

"I know"

Gyūki went up to Kurama. "What are you planning?" He said with worry in his voice. Being with Bee so long was affecting him too much.

"Listen, when you see Chōmei, tell him I'll see you." The others were about to voice their thoughts,but he was already fading away, purposefully leaving their clearing.

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Kurama lifted his head and walked to the cages' bars. He took a step past the bar, feeling a spike go through his body as he pulled forward. Danzō control seal appeared all over his body, pushing him back.

But he continued forward, until finally he passed through. He looked down to see his body had become translucent. Then behind him to see a second body, this one without eyes or a mouth, with a thin line still connected from his tail to the empty slate.

Naruto clenched his fist seeing the alternate Kurama possibly dying because he wanted to protect him.

Dammit!

'Now, it ends.'

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Tobi came close to the small, unmoving body. Under his mask, he smirked. He reached down, but stopped when Naruto's body jerked up. As Tobi brought his hand back, Naruto became covered in a clearer version of the bubbles before, not changing his appearance.

The bubbles gathered over the child's body. They reached up until they came towering over where they originated. Everyone who could still move, looked to the center as a tower of bubble came into being.

The tower started to expand, forming claws and paws. They made four legs, nine tails, and a fox head. Everyone looked in surprise as before their eyes, the nine tails was formed.

"Alright now all that's left is for Kurama to defeat them and it'll all be over" Natsu said optimistically while Makarov and Tsunade frowned.

'There is no way it's ending like this. Something bad will happen' they both thought not knowing they had the same thoughts.

Atop the edge of the valley, unharmed except for fatigue, was Danzō. The old ninja stared and grew a smile, shaking from excitement that his weapon had finally arrived.

"KAAAAHHHH!" The Kyūbi brought it's claw in a swipe, smacking White Zetsu into the sky. And with the other hand, smashed down on Black Zetsu, burning it with the touch of pure chakra. He looked down at the masked man and grinned.

"Hey, haven't we met before? Oh right, you thought you were big shit and controlled me." It brought it's head down to look at the man. "Wanna give it another go?"

"What the hell? What is this?" Tobi stepped back. Even with his phasing, he was still intimidated by the massive creature.

The Kyūbi raised it hands and brought them in. "This is Judgement, Human." And in an instance he went through nine hand seals and stopped.

"WHAT" Tsunade shouted in shock finally remembering what those hand signs were for.

"What is baa-chan? What's wrong" Naruto asked in worry but Tsunade was still a bit shocked and didn't answer.

Naruto growled for a bit before speaking louder this time with a bit harsher tone "Dammit baa-chan what was that Jutsu?" he practically all but demanded from her as she looked towards him.

"Naruto that jutsu is the shiki fuin" she answered while Naruto stood there frozen in shock and surprise. Kakashi grimaced hearing that knowing what the sacrifice for such a strong jutsu is. Glancing at his student he frowned seeing the look on his face.

"What's wrong what does it do?" Gajeel asked but got no answer scowling he decided to just tell the blonde girl to read on so they can find out.

"Th-that Jutsu." Hiruzen gawked as he watched the demon finish his hand seals. Stopping his battle against Orochimaru with Ōnoki. "It can't be."

When Kurama finished, a feeling of dread was drawn all over the valley. Unbeknownst to them, behind the Kyūbi, manifested a deity.

"A DEITY!"

"He basically just summoned a god" Gray said in shock while the rest were all looking surprised as well not expecting a deity of all things to appear.

The Shinigami. The death god. The final vision had appeared behind the Kyūbi's back.

They shivered from seeing the Shinigami standing behind Kurama looking at them as if it was piercing their souls with his gaze alone.

'Aw, Kyūbi, what a pleasure. I haven't seen you for six years. What are you doing?'

"I'm making a contract."

'You? You understand you'll die if you do.'

"What!"

Naruto frowned clenching his fist "Yeah it's true" he said confirming the Shinigami's words "My dad used that jutsu to seal half of Kurama inside me" he didn't even try to look or listen to them as he appeared in his mindscape looking at his friend.

'Kurama what thell did you know this?' he asked the giant fox.

Kurama sighed "Yes I did."

'For fuck sakes Kurama why would you do something like that' he said through gritted teeth glaring at him.

Kurama was not fazed by his glare instead he lowered his to look him dead in the eyes before speaking in a serious tone "Because you were the only person after the old man to give a shit about me or any of the tailed beasts for that matter. No one gave us a chance except for you. You wanted to risk your life for us and showed us kindness when I was the one who killed your parents and ruined your childhood by being bound to you by a seal. I would do the same thing as my counterpart because you are the only person aside from the old man that I respect and count as a friend. I have lived for more than a thousand year but you were only an innocent child forced to bear a burden that you didn't even know about for most of your life and you deserved better than being hated by people!"

Naruto looked at him in shock as tears started to form in his eyes hearing Kurama's speech.

Kurama grunted seeing that "Now stop crying because all this sappy shit is annoying."

Naruto chuckled hearing as he wipes his eyes "You just had to say such an asshole line after that speech didn't you" he said grinning at his friend who scoffed at him. He shook his head before disappearing from his mindscape.

"Yeah. Listen, can I take more souls then one."

'Yes, you have enough power and soul to take dozens of men. Are you sure about this?'

Kurama smirked as multiple god hands came out of its chest. "Judgment Day!" The hands flew out, arcing in the sky before Fallon to their targets.

Dozens of root Anbu felt a cold chill as the hands landed on them. The Akatsuki members froze as their bodies didn't move. Tobi looked from his hand and looked up at the giant god, feeling fear for the first time in years. "D-D-Damn i-it."

Danzō tried to run, to escape. He made the seal in hopes that he would be freed. Around his body, Kurama experienced pain as the seals grew over his body. But he continued his search, grabbing all he could find.

"N-no, not like this. I tried to save this village, these people." Danzō screamed out in desperation, "I was a hero!"

Tsunade scoffed at that "If anything, you were a monster instead of a hero."

"I agree" Erza said agreeing with the busty blonde woman.

"He deserved what he got" Gajeel said as they all agreed with him.

And then silence, his body fell forward, careening into the floor of the valley.

Hundreds of people fell as they died, bodies becoming cold instantly. All the hands returned to Kurama, him screaming in pain as the souls invaded his body.

But finally, it stopped. A massive Shiki Fūjin appeared on Kurama's translucent body, as it was fading away. Kurama closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate. But opened his eyes when he heard a weak voice.

"Kurama?"

"No this will be too painful for chibi Naruto" Mira cried out with her lips trembling almost in tears seeing such a sad scene.

Though the others sweat dropped hearing her nickname for the other Naruto but did agree with her statement.

The fox looked down, seeing the damaged boy had partially regained consciousness. The fox saw that Danzō's seal over the original one had faded, a result of the man dying.

"Heh, didn't want you to see me like this kid. Thought you would sleep through this and just wake up happy. But we're never this lucky, huh." He looked down to see that the boy's attention was passing in and out, a result of the pain.

"I guess you probably won't hear everything I say." He smiled and looked down at the boy. "Listen close kid." Naruto opened his eyes weakly.

"The day will come that you be set free. You will probably go through a lot of trials, and pain. But hey, that is just the way things go." His body was fading, leaving only his upper body. "You will probably want to cry sometimes, but don't. That will show that you can't take it. Take the pain, carry it, and find what you can protect. And then..."

"When you are free, when you can see the world with you own two eyes, then you can cry." As it reached his head, he saw that Naruto had passed out. "Oh well, the message is still there."

'Thank you again Kurama' Naruto said to his friend who scoffed again.

"I told you stop that shappy shit and yet you still don't listen to me" he said with a smirk.

Naruto eyebrow twitched hearing that 'Ungrateful asshole' he thought huffing.

And as the last of his face disappeared, his last words floated with the wind.

"Thank You, Naruto."

Some women such as Mira, Levy and Lucy were in tears seeing the heartfelt goodbye while most guys held their tears back.

Naruto was not one of them as he let his tears flow seeing his counter parts Kurama die.

Silence, nothing but the patter of falling rain in the valley.

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After the host was gone, the Shinigami was still there, floating over the landscape. It looked down at the boy. And let out a sigh.

'Six years ago, your parents used that same Jutsu to save your life. Somehow, people can't help but want to help you. Such a strange child.' It looked around at the carnage that had taken place. 'But I don't think you can live in this world. Too much pain and destruction has centered itself around you.' It unsheathed the blade in its mouth and made a slash in the space before him.

Tsunade and Kakashi smiled hearing that. They knew that Naruto had something special that just attracted people to him and changed them for the better. They were examples of it. Tsunade getting over her loss and Kakashi over his loneliness and isolation.

"Did.. did he just open a portal to Fiore" Natsu asked incredulously and in awe.

His guildmates and even the ninja were surprised at that "Yeah I did not know that the Shinigami could do that" Tsunade said in surprise.

"Well he is a deity so it shouldn't be too surprising" was Kakashi lazy response annoying Tsunade with his nonchalant attitude.

A small hole appeared in the air, a different landscape could be seen through the hole. He lowered his hand and used his power to pick the boy up. 'You will still experience pain, even in this new world. But perhaps you can learn to be strong here. To make sure you don't lose anymore loved ones.'

The Shinigami tossed the boy into the hole, and closed the portal. Then fading from existence, until he was needed again.

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*Cough**Cough* "Na-Naruto!" Kakashi jumped down the crater to find the boy. "Naruto, where are you!" He screamed as he desperately tried to find the boy among the Jinchuriki.

"It looks like they didn't see the Shinigami transport Naruto to Fiore" Erza voiced out as her Master frowned already figuring out the negatives of them not knowing where Naruto is.

"Yes, but we didn't really see where Naruto ended up" Mira stated curiously while the others tried to figure out where Naruto would have ended up. Erza for some reason felt a colt pit forming in her stomach after hearing that and felt like something bad was going to happen very soon.

But found nothing. Around him, Jinchūriki stirred awake. Moments later, ninja from each village arrived, helping the people to their feet.

"Kakashi, where is he?" Hiruzen slid down the crater to arrive at the young man. He could only shake his head as he couldn't find the boy. Hiruzen gasped, and closed his eyes as tears flowed down them.

"I feared as much" Makarov said in a grave tone. He looked around the room "He will probably blame himself for not being able to help him" he sighed "Not only him but Kakashi will probably do the same along with anyone who was supposed to take care of him but did not know of Naruto."

Kakashi looked at his counterpart in understanding. He knew it was going to make him feel like he did when Obito, Rin and Minato died so he hoped his counterpart didn't do anything stupid.

Naruto frowned hearing that. He took a deep breath before speaking "I think I speak for my counterpart that no one should blame themselves for what happened to me" he started drawing their attention "Aside from Danzo and the root members, the others didn't know anything and Sandaime-jij and Kakashi-sensei really did try to help me and even if they think I'm dead they should move on" the others were surprised hearing him say that.

"Naruto you know it's not that easy" Tsunade said knowing how painful it is to lose someone very precious to you.

"I know but if they think I'm dead then they should learn from that and try to avoid something like this again" Naruto countered wisely surprising her for a second before instantly understanding "They should use my supposed death as an incentive to stop the pointless fighting and let children live their childhood to their fullest."

They could only look at the young blonde in surprise and awe at hearing such a mature answer from the goofball they came to know. Tsunade and Kakashi were beyond proud of him. Makarov chuckled and looked at him in respect. Erza could only look at the blonde in awe and admiration hearing him say that. After losing Simon and Jellal she felt really bad even if the tower was completely destroyed. She smiled at Naruto who couldn't see that because he was too busy with Eflman calling him the manliest man because of his speech.

Unluckily for the Titania, Mira and Cana certainly saw the way Erza was looking at the blonde and smirked looking between each other with a mischievous glint in their eyes.

The surviving ninja crowded around the crater. The original forces numbers reduced to a fraction. Those still in fighting condition helped those they found still breathing.

"Well, it looks like we have finished for this battle." Ōnoki stated as he floated to the center of the trench. Around him were the Kage, Mei, the two Sannin, and Guy.

"It looks like we have been made fools of in this war. Used like puppets." A said as he hefted Bee and Yugito on to his shoulders, ignoring his wounds. "I say we end this war for now, but this doesn't solve our problems. We will set up a Kage meeting to understand the situation."

"Seriously?" asked Gray "After everything that happened, he just says that and thinks it will solve everything just like that" he shook his head in disgust "Pathetic!"

"No." Hiruzen replied to the Raikage's suggestion. He sent Enma back and grabbed his helmet. "I resign as the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf." He declared as he removed his helmet, earring several gasps from around him.

"What?" Naruto said with a surprised expression.

"He did say that he was retiring after the war" Tsunade reminded him about the conversation between Danzo and Hiruzen.

Next to him, Kakashi lifted his hand and removed the headband. "I resign as a Jōunin and Anbu of the Hidden Leaf." He dropped the metal to the floor, letting in clatter.

"Sensei" Naruto said in shock. Seeing his grandfather figure resign wasn't that much of a surprise because of his age but his sensei too and at such a young age.

Kakashi just eye smiled at Naruto. He would have done the same because if he hadn't known Naruto was in Fiore he would have thought that he died. He had promised on his ninja way to save Naruto and if he failed then he did not deserve to be one.

Hiruzen look to the man beside him. "Are you sure Kakashi-kun?"

"I promised that I would save him, promised on my ninja way." He clenched his hand in anger. "But I failed to do that. I failed to save my friends, my teacher, and now his son. How can we call ourselves ninja if we can't even save the life of a child?"

The Fourth Kazekage walked up to him. "That is our way, boy. We can't save everyone, but we try our best."

Natsu tsked crossing his arms "I really don't like this guy"

Naruto grunted "Yeah me too"

"How Is This The Best?" He gestured to the dead bodies surrounding the clearing. "We started a war from a misunderstanding. We sacrificed thousands of lives, because we were manipulated. These people almost died." He waved his arms to the Jinchūriki, who all had some form of consciousness by now.

"We call ourselves heroes and legends. Shadows that go undetected, even from the light. But we've been in the dark so long, we can't even help our own people." All the Kages looked toward the Jinchūriki and survivors. "Maybe if we stopped fighting for power, we could try to help more people." Hiruzen walked out of the crater before turning back around.

"Because if it takes this much pain and suffering to solve our problems. I'd rather try to stop those problems all together." As he turned back around, he saw every Konoha ninja still alive look at him. Jiraiya stepped forward from the bunch. And removed his headband, following in his sensei's example.

Soon enough, each of the ninja removed their band before they started the trek home. Leaving the other nations to think of what they said.

"They are all quitting" Naruto said in surprise.

"Yeah looks like it"

"They're fools you know. That is what it has meant to be a ninja since we started." Ōnoki stated

"He's a stubborn old fool to still not understand what his actions are doing to his people" Makarov said glaring at the image of Onoki.

"He was always stubborn like this even in our dimension" she said before sighing for the umpteenth time. She's been doing that a lot. 'I need a drink, this story is tiring me out' she thought.

, before he looked up at the cloudy sky, rain washing away the dirt and blood. He smirked, "But then again, we go through each day to hope we may make up for what we did yesterday." He said before floating away.

"Looks like you judged a bit too quick there Master" Lucy said with a teasing smile.

Makarov just hmphed at her.

"It appears that we have many mistakes to think of tomorrow, but maybe we will find a better answer to them then." Mei said before she assisted her Mizukage up, realizing that he had been freed from the hypnotism.

"Bee, Yugito, can you hear me?" The two bodies on he shoulders shook their heads in affirmation. "I'm sorry it took me so long to try and help you." He walked up the trench, "Maybe we can fix this somehow."

All that was left was the Kazekage, standing in the crater, by his slowly recovering son. The man looked to the sky and took a deep breath. He squatted down and picked his unconscious child, and left. "It will never be enough, to make up for what I have done. And someday, you may take your revenge on me. But you were never hated Gaara, just the child of unfortunate circumstance. You were never a mistake, and I wish I realized that sooner."

Naruto smiled "It's good to see that they realized their mistakes and used my supposed death as an incentive to stop the meaningless fighting and finally let the children have a good childhood" he said with a wide grin.

"Yes" said Erza smirking at him "Looks like what you said earlier really was the right thing."

"Yep!"

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On October 10, the Fourth Great Ninja War commenced in the Valley of the End. This was a battle between Konohagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure. Started from killed soldiers, and invaded nations.

But it was just a ploy from a shadow organization by the name of Akatsuki. To cause war between the nations, and destroy the strongest ninja forces in the land.

They had, in an attempt to control the world, manipulated the villages to their whim. To capture the Jinchūriki of each village, they sacrificed too many lives.

In the end, the battle had been stopped by the Kyūbi no Yōko. The supposed demon of the ninja world, saved the world by sacrificing its life.

The ninja nations separated from the battle. To recuperate and re-evaluate their losses.

In a battle between 75,184, only 9,573 survived. The ninja battle force was greatly reduced, becoming almost extinct. For the next year, chaos had grown over the nations.

Until the nation's leaders met again, not for battle, but for peace. They made a pact, to work together for the better state of their people.

They made teams of 5, one ninja from each village, spread over the areas of the world. Although originally the alliance was shaky, over time, they came to trust each other. Soon enough, the samurai from the Land of Iron joined in the effort.

"That is actually not a bad idea idea" Kakashi said rubbing his chin. Naruto nodded his head in agreement.

"Yeah we could try and do the same thing"

When the fights were over, they worked toward making their life's better. They used their skills to make new land, increase energy, save people in need.

They were no longer Shinobi, warriors of the night. But heroes, working together to keep peace sacred.

"Wow they really changed for the better" Levy said in amazement.

"They really did" Lucy said before frowning "Although it took quite a big loss" she said sadly.

But the losses toward this peace were never forgotten. The ninja who died in the war were remembered every year. The life lost in the effort toward the peace were carved into stone, never to be forgotten.

But what no one forgot, was the life of the boy who changed the ninjas' heart. At the discovery of what he was put through, the ninja worked toward making sure pain like that was never experienced again.

The peace they experience everyday. The life's that are kept happy and safe. The light that shines down on all that are afraid.

It was all thanks to that boy.

Naruto Uzumaki. The child who helped change the world.

"It looks like you changed the world once again brat" Tsunade said with a fond smile looking Naruto.

"Baa-chan…" Naruto said with a toothy smile while tears threatened to spill but he blinked them away. Tsunade smile widened seeing Naruto's reaction.

"You did well Naruto" Kakashi said patting him on the back.

"Yeah now it's time for the real adventure to begin" Natsu said before shouting "IN FAIRY TAIL!" the others joined in him cheering as Naruto smiled at them.

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In a desert, a row of caravans traveled toward the beach. In the back of the carts; men, women, and children all tied up. Two men complained of the heat.

"What" Naruto questioned caught off guard with this new situation.

"Why are they all tied up like that?"

No one answered although Erza was horrified seeing the clothing and the similar landscape. Her mouth was wide open but no words came out of her mouth.

"Uh, it's too much to ride in this unbearable heat. Why did we have to do this?" The man asked as the sounds of people crying were heard behind him.

"Because we had to bring as many people we could find back to the tower. That is what the master told us to do." They continued in silence, until he a saw something in the heat. "What is that?"

"Tower?" Tsunade asked narrowing her eyes a bit.

Makarov took a deep breath to calm himself a bit "I know what they are talking about but let's read further to see if I'm right.

Erza was meanwhile downright terrified on the verge of breaking down 'no no no NO' she thought as she gripped the couch tightly 'Please don't be the same tower.'

The front cart stopped, the men jumped off and walked to what they had seen. When they arrived at it, they were surprised.

On the ground was a small, blond boy with scars on his cheeks. He appeared injured, but no visible wounds could be seen. From the way he was sleeping, it appeared like he was unconscious. One of the men placed his fingers on his neck, feeling a faint pulse.

"Why do I have a feeling that my counterpart got stuck in a really bad situation?" Naruto asked unsurely scratching his head.

Erza finally broke and punched the couch startling Naruto and Mira who were sitting next to her. She paid them no mind as she gritted her teeth in anger 'After everything that happened to him' she thought as she blinked the tears away 'Why did he have to land there DAMMIT' her heart was on the verge of breaking because of the pain.

Makarov's suspicions were confirmed now as he looked towards the blonde with a sad gaze "Naruto you're…" he paused for a second before sighing deeply "Your counterpart was taken to a place called the tower of heaven" he looked towards Erza and tried to calm her down with a look and partially succeeded as Erza started taking deep breaths, his gaze returned to Naruto who was watching the redhead curiously "The tower of heaven is a place that is built by Zeref worshippers who kidnap children, women and men to build the tower" he lowered his head "What I'm saying is that your counterpart just became a slave."

He dropped the bomb on him as Naruto's eyes widened hearing that. He looked towards the redhead who was a bit calmer now and finally understood why she was reacting so strongly when she saw his counterpart.

Tsunade meanwhile frowned hearing that Naruto will have even more problems now along with Kakashi. Mira was on the verge of tears hearing he will suffer even more. The rest looked on sadly at the blonde who didn't pay them any attention as his gaze was fixated on the woman next to him.

'She must have been in that tower too' he thought. Naruto put a comforting hand on her shoulder making her look towards him "It'll be alright, we'll get out of there together dattebayo" he whispered just loud enough for her alone to hear.

She stared at him with teary eyes before blinking them away as a teasing smile appeared on her face "Dattebayo huh?" she said with a smirk.

Naruto pouted at her teasing as he huffed like a child. Erza shook her head in amusement turning back towards the image with her smile still there 'A cute verbal tick' she giggled inwardly.

The others decided to not say anything and went back to reading.

"He's alive, but I don't know if he will wake up. What should we do?" He asked his partner.

The man had an evil smirk. "What else? We put 'im with the rest." They both smiled as they grabbed the boy roughly and threw him in the cart, closing the bars.

They continued the trek towards the beach, arriving at the boats. When they did, they moved all the captured into the brig, even the unconscious child. And then, they sailed off to their destination.

To the skyscraper on the sea. The Tower of Heaven.

Tsunade sighed tiredly "From one prison to another" she said in a somber tone while the others frowned hearing that. They couldn't deny her claim. They just hoped this stuff was would be over soon because it was getting a bit too sad.

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"Come on Jii-San, don't stop." A little girl no older than 5 with red hair asked the old man. "Please tell me more stories. You promised." She said with an adorable pout that put puppies to shame.

"Hey look" Natsu said pointing at the image "It's chibi Erza" he said laughing as the others smiled at that.

Erza didn't even try to hit Natsu or scare. She just laughed along thanking Natsu for that comment and improving the mood a bit.

A tall, wrinkled old man with white hair laughed. "Okay, okay. Give me a sec. Hmm, oh." The man snapped his fingers. "Have I told you the one about the handsome hero who saved the princess from trolls with the help of his midget friend Dryer."

Erza smiled sadly seeing her former guardian. While Makarov had a tick mark on his head hearing that.

He huffed grumbling about "Friends always calling me a midget" the others laughed at his expense.

"Yeah. And the one about about the girl from another world. And the one about the hero and his friend Bobby going to party with the princesses. And all of them with that mad midget man Dryer." She tilted her head in wonder. "Why is he so angry anyway?"

"Haha, I don't know. I'm still trying to figure that one out." He scratched his chin. He snapped his fingers and had a smile. "Oh, I like this one. I'm going to tell you the story of when the Fairies helped and saved the visitors from a different dimension. Are you ready?"

"Oh" Mira said with a small smirk "It looks like Hashirama-san met the former members off Fairy Tail when they came to Fiore" she mused as everyone was eager to hear about their story.

The little girl jumped up and down in excitement before the bars opened up, revealing the jailers. The girl grabbed the leg of the tall elder. "Rob Jii-San, why are they here?"

"To bring in the next group. Don't be afraid." As he finished his sentence, a body hit the ground. A little boy with whisker marks that wasn't awake.

"Little bastard slept through the whole travel. Wonder if he is dead?" The jailer shrugged before he shut the door. The other slaves paid no attention, but Rob walked up to the young boy and picked him up.

He brought him over to the girl and examined him. After several minutes, he couldn't find any injuries, but the boy still wouldn't wake up. He was planning to use magic when the little girl asked him.

"Is he alright, Jii-San?"

"I don't know. There are no injuries, no pain, but he won't wake up. Like he doesn't want to."

"Well I know how to." The little girl said with a smile. She leaned over and placed her forehead on the boy's.

"Oho" Cana said with a teasing grin as she looked at the redhead who looked surprised by her counterpart's action's "You certainly move fast don't you Erza" she said while Mira giggled next to her.

Erza broke out of her stupor and a small blush formed on her face she sputtered and "I-I don't know what you're talking about" she tried to get rid of her blush but it was difficult as she kept getting teased.

Naruto coughed as his face was a bit flushed while Kakashi giggled perversely at him but that quickly stopped as Tsunade bonked on the head and motioned for Lucy to continue.

The old man only sweat-dropped at what the girl was doing. "Honey, what are you doing."

"I'm letting him know someone is here. Maybe he is lost and just needs to find a way back.

"Aww that is sweet and smart at the same time Erza" Mira gushed as Erza glared. Although the effect was ruined because of her pink cheeks.

Makarov and Tsunade chuckled seeing both Naruto and Erza get teased.

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'Where am I?'

'What is this? Hey Kurama, where are you?'

No answer.

Naruto frowned as he got rid of his blush because of the reminder that he had lost Kurama.

Kurama sensing Naruto's emotion sighed and decided to intervene "Don't worry Naruto I'm still here" Kurama tried to say with as much emotions as possible.

'Yeah' Naruto answered although his tone was still a bit sad.

'Kurama?'

'Hello, anyone?'

No answer.

'Please. I'm cold. So cold. Please.'

He then saw a light in the darkness. He tried to walk toward the warmth, but struggled to move. After many tries, he finally moved forward.

He reached toward the light, and was engulfed in it.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes. The light burning him as he opened too fast. But blocking out the light was something. Something red.

It was hair. Red hair.

Erza subconsciously took a strand of her hair and twirled it in her finger. Mira giggled at that getting Erza to stop and look away to hide her red face.

The person who owned said hair opened their eyes and saw something look back. Strong brown eyes looked into clear blue ones. They lifted their head and looked at the boy on their lap. "Hello." They said in a high-pitched voice.

"Hi." Naruto replied softly, still adjusting to where he was. "Where am I?" The girl gained a sad look.

"You're in the tower, I'm sorry." She then had a soft smile. "But you're with friends here. What's your name?"

"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hi Naruto. I'm Erza."

Sniff

They heard someone sniffing and they looked over to see Elfman crying "manly tears" while sniffing his nose "That was so beautiful and manly" he sobbed out as tears ran down his face.

The others sweat dropped seeing the reaction of the muscular man. Naruto shook his head laughing a bit before turning towards the redhaired girl next to him.

"Hey Erza" he called out getting her attention "Thank you" he said smiling at her while she looked at him confused.

"What for?"

"You helped me finding my way back" he scratched his head a bit embarrassed as his cheeks were a bit red "If it wasn't for you trying to reach out to me and me seeing your nice hair I don't think my counterpart would have woken up so soon" he said as Erza's eyes widened a bit.

She looked away to hide her blush from him and everyone. She was a bit confused and didn't understand her actions. She felt all warm and fuzzy when she heard Naruto speak to her like that and suddenly couldn't look him in the eyes.

The guild just smirked seeing the interaction between the 2 with Mira, Cana, Levy and Lucy giggling at them.

Happy flew up towards them and flew around them as he spoke "They liiiiiiiiike each other" he said rolling his tongue on purpose.

Erza growled at him and picked him by his tail and slammed him into the floor as she kept slamming him into the floor.

Naruto stood there with a bit scared by the vent in front of him. It reminded him way too much of his mother and Sakura. But suddenly the entire room darkened as the sky changed into a night sky with beautiful stars on it and the visible moon.

Once again they heard the voice that they heard at the start "I see you have finally managed to be done with the shinobi world and moved to the Fiore part. But I can see that you are all tired after the information so there are rooms prepared for everyone at the hall away" just then a hallway appeared as there were doors to rooms for them to sleep in "Don't worry about the outside world. Time is currently frozen but your internal clock is still working thus meaning you still have to sleep."

They all nodded in agreement with that as they all went to go and rest after the long chapter.

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Phew! There we go finally done with this chapter. It's honestly very long but I hope you guys enjoy it. There are some parts where I just didn't know what to add so I uhh left them open. Again sorry for that but I'll go back and review them later to see if I can add and change anything.

Yeah, I also had this Naruto learn Hiraishin because it'll come into play later.

I apologize for taking a long time to upload this chapter but I've been a bit occupied lately. Update's will take some time so bear with me. That being said, do point out my mistakes in the reviews and any suggestions you guys have to improve.

Anyways don't forget to review and see you next time.