PinkiePieParty122894: He does this chapter and will do so more in the future as well.
DxGRAYxMAN: I think he tries to teach a lesson but the twins are too thick skulled to get it.
1995hzq: They definitely get a little bit of karma.
zero fullbuster: I'm glad that you're liking it and hope that you enjoy this chapter as well.
Animaman: Unfortunately there isn't any ally that pops in for Naruto's battle with the twins but I'll let you see who pops in later this chapter. Orochimaru will redeem himself just not yet. It'll probably be through service to the village, teaching, and a bunch of other things. Naruto does awaken his full power or at least his full power for the moment as it'll grow as the story progresses. Another thing for Jiraiya, people are going to start to see that he's acting irrational to say the least.
raw666: Not sure if you meant the Iwa Kage will be the target of Iliel or Konan. Iliel is definitely trying to kill all the kage but he tends to play with his food sort of. Konan is there to find her sister Sera who she doesn't know is dead but she's helping out the Leaf.
Jasmine: Well you're half right and you'll find out which half this chapter.
slacott3: I wouldn't say that Naruto's parents are tricking him. His parents genuinely regret their neglectful actions towards Naruto and want to make amends.
Gammagyro: I'm looking at scythe designs finding one for Yakumo and I'm not sure what type of ability it will have. I really like the idea of the spear for Sasuke, it's definitely unique and an interesting choice for him. The organization that Iliel is in is called the Shinigami's Blade and I'll be going more in depth about their members and goals next chapter.
Naruto didn't have to be a genius to know what was happening. His brother and sister had stayed at a distance so that neither he nor Sasuke could sense them and waited until he used most of his chakra. Cursing to himself, Naruto gripped his sword tighter. "Menma, Narumi, it doesn't have to be like this. Just go home and we'll forget this happened okay?" Naruto said calmly, hoping that his distant siblings would take his advice. Narumi laughed and Menma smirked. After Narumi's laughter died down, Menma spoke. "Naruto there's no going back home for us and especially for you. We're done with the Leaf Village. It's time for us to move on to bigger and better things, then we will be recognized as the gods that we are" Menma said passionately while Narumi smiled at her brother's words. Naruto shook his head. "This is your final warning. You either go home or I break your bones and bring you back later. You know that you can't win this" he said glaring at the two. Narumi smirked. "You underestimate us Naruto. We are the jinchuriki of the nine tailed fox, no one has the amount of power that we are able to wield and it's time the world realized that. Goodbye Naruto" she said.
Menma rushed at Naruto while Narumi stayed behind preparing the jutsu given to them by their godfather that would end Naruto once and for all. As Menma came closer, Naruto shook his head in disappointment. Stabbing his sword into the ground he vanished and reappeared behind Menma grabbing his head. Quickly slamming him face first into the ground, he picked him up and threw him into the air. After throwing his brother, Naruto jumped up into the air as well and slammed his fist into the defenseless Menma's stomach forcing blood to fly out of the boy's mouth. Before the two began to fall, Naruto grabbed Menma's right arm and threw the boy down hard into the ground again. Landing softly near his brother, he turned around to see Narumi who had a charged Rasenshuriken ready to throw. Naruto didn't try to dodge the attack. Instead, he reached out his arm and summoned his sword before holding it in front of himself in a defensive position. The attack hit his sword and began to push Naruto back, but he held his ground. Before long, it became apparent that the attack wasn't going to slice through his sword so it detonated in an explosion of chakra. The result being Menma and Narumi blown backwards yet Naruto once again held his ground.
Shaking his head, Naruto made his way towards Narumi who was panting heavily. Picking the girl up by her hair, he kneed her in the gut hard enough to send blood out of her mouth. He finished her with a powerful punch to the face that sent her flying into an adjacent tree. Both Narumi and Menma were dealt with and whimpering in pain. Naruto was actually surprised that the two were still conscious. Just as he was about to summon two shadow clones to take his siblings back which would deplete his chakra even further, he felt an ominous presence behind him. Without hesitation, the blonde turned around quickly and shouted "Hammer Slash" launching his attack. To his complete surprise, the attack hit but was ineffective. When the slashes ended, the newcomer was revealed. A large muscular man with black hair and a scar on his face wielding a large purely black sword walked forward chuckling. "Yes you definitely are Sera's student. Just her type. Impulsive and ignorant" he said in amusement causing Naruto to growl and raise his sword. Before the blonde could respond, the black haired swordsman was already behind him with both of his siblings in each arm.
Naruto turned with his eyes widened at the speed the man held. "Grow strong young Naruto. For when you reach your peak, that's when I will take everything from you" the unknown man said with a smile before disappearing into what seemed to be pure darkness. Once the man and the twins vanished into darkness, any trace of them disappeared as well. As hard as he tried, Naruto couldn't sense his siblings' chakra signatures anymore. Gritting his teeth, he knew that he had to put this to the side as there was one opponent that he still had to fight. Sensing his target, he rushed towards Konoha.
(Kushina)
Kushina had just finished killing three sound ninja with the help of Shizune at the hospital when she saw Sasuke Uchiha making his way with Suna's jinchuriki on his back. Running up to the boys, she kept her kunai on hand in case the red headed Suna ninja tried anything.
"Sasuke, are you okay? Where's Naruto? Is he okay?" Kushina asked in rapid succession. Sasuke nodded and handed Gaara off to Shizune before responding. "Yeah I'm good, just a little tired. You have to find Naruto. He was really tired and almost out of chakra the last time I saw him. He ran off saying that he had one last battle to fight. You have to find him because it won't be long until he drops" Sasuke said causing Kushina's eyes to widen. Without a word, she took off throughout the village as fast as she could before focusing her hardest to find her oldest son's chakra signature. When she found it, she used her chakra to go as fast as possible completely ignoring the other signatures that her son was approaching.
(Just outside of Konoha)
Minato was panting and barely standing, A had lost his left eye and was on the ground not moving, and Onoki was unconscious on the ground. Iliel however, had no scratches, marks, or signs of battle anywhere. Laughing loudly, the swordsman approached the Fourth Hokage as the sun started to set. "I'm a little disappointed with the effort. I knew that I was better than you, but I expected at least a little bit of a challenge. Oh well" Iliel said with a smile that made Minato grit his teeth.
Standing up and disregarding the pain that he was in, Minato held onto his last three pronged kunai tightly. "Why are you doing this? Why do you want to destroy the Leaf?" he shouted angrily. Raising his sword in preparation of the strike that would end the Fourth's life, his smile grew wider. "Believe it or not I had nothing to do with the invasion. No, all I had to do was kill the three kage. Tsuranabi was the one who got the pathetic snake to do the invasion. As for why this is happening, why we are doing this? Peace by submission. You see, you and your companions are the reason that war, poverty, and death still exist in this world. When the kages are gone, the ninja world will fall into panic. That's when we will show the people of the world who their true saviors are. Not the kages, but the Shinigami's Blade. One voice, one opinion, no conflict, and eternal peace. Find solace Minato Namikaze in the fact that your death will be one that ushers in true peace" Iliel said. Just as he was about to bring his sword down on the blonde kage, his battle instincts alerted him and he jumped back quickly. When he landed, his eyes narrowed on a slightly familiar sword that now lay where he previously was.
"You talk a lot" said a voice from the forest nearby. Walking out of the trees, Naruto kept his gaze fixed on Iliel, the man who destroyed him in their duel. Making his way to his opponent he held out his arm after which his sword appeared in his hand. Turning to his father he spoke calmly but seriously. "Dad, take the Raikage and Tsuchikage back to the village. I'll take it from here" he said which made Minato's eyes go wide and Iliel smile. "No, absolutely not! You need to go back to Konoha and help out there son. This is my fight. As hokage I-" "ENOUGH" shouted Naruto interrupting his father. "Dad, I need you to trust me. I can't fight him while protecting you three at the same time so I need you to take them away. Trust me" Naruto said.
After staring at his son for a long moment, Minato recognized the look in his son's eyes. Nodding, he went over and grabbed the two kages struggling to hold them. Turning to his son one last time he said, "I believe in you son" before returning to the village with A and Onoki in hand.
Iliel looked at the boy that he had faced not so long ago. Deep down he admired the boy's courage. The boy knew that he could die but decided to fight on anyway. An admirable but fatal mistake. Raising his sword, he prepared for battle. "Well this is an unexpected surprise. I suppose that you are still upset at the result of our last spar" the swordsman said. Naruto held his large blade on his shoulder. The blonde boy smirked at his opponent. "I guarantee that the result will be incredibly different. Prepare yourself and try to give me a good challenge" Naruto said. Iliel frowned at the confidence that Naruto was exhibiting. "I don't see how. You're obviously exhausted and your chakra is almost completely depleted. The only outcome is your death" Iliel stated. Naruto chuckled. "Normally, you would be correct. Normally, I wouldn't be able to even swing my sword at this point. There is one key difference though if you'll look up at the sky for me" Naruto said.
Iliel did as the boy requested and tilted his head in confusion. All he saw was the moon. That's when the largest pulse of chakra he had ever felt exploded right in front of him. The Lunar Soldier had returned.
(Kushina)
Kushina was on her way to Naruto. She had picked up Jiraiya and Tsunade along the way who were going off to help out the kages. As they neared the gates, Kushina saw her husband quickly making his way with both the Raikage and Tsuchikage on his shoulders. Nearby Iwa and Kumo nin took their respective kages from Minato as the blonde fought to stay up. Running to her husband, Kushina threw herself at the man nearly toppling him over. After a quick embrace, Kushina addressed the main question in her mind. "Minato, where's Naruto?" she asked with teary eyes. At the question, Minato quickly righted himself and motioned for her and the two sannin to follow him through the gates. "We have to hurry, he's fighting the swordsman who took us down" Minato said making the other members of the group's eyes widen. Kushina responded first in a motherly fashion. "THE FUCK DID YOU SAY?! SO HELP ME KAMI THIS BETTER BE A JOKE MINATO!" she screamed as her hair went wild. Minato simply shook his head without responding. The group of four started to increase their pace after digesting Minato's information. Kushina who was next to her husband said quietly "If anything happens to him, I'll never forgive you Minato" as they continued running.
The four were on their way when a blur intercepted them. Before the group could attack, the blur landed in front of them revealing himself to be Sasuke. Kushina stepped forward angrily. "Sasuke what are you doing?" she asked. Sasuke gulped at the anger radiating off of the woman. "I can't let you join Naruto's fight. You'll only get in the way" he said looking at the ground. Jiraiya snorted. "Kid, we are the four strongest ninjas in Konoha. I think we can take him. Now go back home so that we can save the kid" Jiraiya responded. Sasuke shook his head. "I can't let you join in. He needs to be completely focused on his opponent, not on you four" he said raising his head and glaring at the toad sannin for suggesting that Naruto needed saving. Kushina was about to send Sasuke flying when she felt an explosion of chakra from Naruto's direction.
(Itachi)
Itachi was still in the chunin exams arena with his parents helping out any injured Konoha, Iwa, and Kumo nin as well as restraining the downed Suna and Sound nin despite most of them being dead. "Father, the last of the live enemies are restrained" Itachi said causing Fugaku to frown. "Honestly you should have just killed them instead" he said but was interrupted by his wife. "You did well Itachi" Mikoto said sweetly. Itachi nodded and prepared to take off into the village to help out and find his students when he felt the chakra explosion. Turning in the direction of the giant pulse, he crossed his arms. As everyone in the arena began to freak out, Itachi merely smiled a small smile. 'So you finally reveal yourself Naruto' he thought before heading off into the village.
(Konan)
Konan was with the chunin Iruka Umino, Yakumo, and the academy students. All of them were in the evacuation shelter and were starting to calm down. Konan had relayed to everyone that it seemed that almost all of the invaders had been dealt with which helped everyone greatly. The blue haired ninja was standing against a wall of the shelter when the chunin teacher approached her.
Iruka was nervous. He had no idea who the woman was but he had to thank her so quelling his nervousness, he approached her. "Thank you for the help. I don't think that we could have made it here without you" he said bowing slightly. Konan looked the chunin over. "It's not me you should thank but that girl over there. She is a brave fighter. Thank her when she wakes" she said to which Iruka nodded. That's when she felt it. A chakra explosion far greater than anything her sister could produce, but of the same essence as her sister's. Iruka blinked in shock and looked around before asking, "What is that?". Konan didn't reply, just simply left, quickly exiting the shelter and going off towards what she had been tracking all the way from Ame.
(Naruto and Iliel)
Naruto stood tall with chakra swirling around him. His sword had a mass of chakra surrounding it making it noticeably larger. His muscles seemed more defined and larger. But the biggest change came from his confidence. With a large grin, Naruto rolled his neck. "You shouldn't have shown me mercy back at Wave. Know that I won't make the same mistake' the blonde said before walking towards Iliel.
Iliel was shocked and a little scared. This wasn't the boy that he had fought in Wave. This wasn't the boy from a moment ago. This was something completely different. As Naruto approached him, he couldn't help but notice that the blonde exuded power he had never felt before, not even from his leader. Getting a grip on his newfound fear, he tightened his grip on his sword and rushed Naruto intending to end the fight before it could begin. Naruto smirked at the action and brought his sword down to block the attack. As the swords collided, Iliel struggled to gain any type of leverage as he pushed his sword with both hands as hard as possible. Naruto chuckled as he held back the man with one hand on his sword. Deciding that he had had enough, Naruto began to push back slightly causing Iliel's arms to shake. The power from both swords caused the ground below them to indent and continued to do so each time that Naruto pressed on. As Naruto held his sword in place with his right hand, he raised his left hand and landed a heavy punch to Iliel's shoulder knocking him to the ground.
As Iliel recovered from the blow that left his arm throbbing painfully, he looked at his opponent. Naruto stood with his sword on his shoulder and a smirk on his face. The blonde was allowing Iliel to recover instead of ending the fight then and there. Furious at the arrogance and cockiness of the boy he took advantage of Naruto letting his guard down by thrusting his sword quickly at the young swordsman. Naruto moved his head to the left to avoid Iliel's attack but did suffer a small cut on his right cheek. Putting a hand to the wound and seeing a small amount of blood when he removed it, Naruto chuckled. Faster than Iliel could react, Naruto slammed the flat of his blade onto the man's head knocking him on his back. Placing a chakra surrounded foot heavily on Iliel's chest, Naruto stood over the man sword in hand. "What did that accomplish?" Naruto asked. Iliel despite the pain of ribs cracking from Naruto's chakra enhanced weight smiled at the question. "Everything" the man whispered before reaching his hand and grabbing the blonde's foot. To Naruto's surprise, Iliel began to actually lift his foot off of him before letting out a chakra pulse that sent Naruto back a few feet.
Iliel got to his feet as Naruto stood wondering where the man's newfound strength came from. Iliel seeing Naruto's confusion explained with a smile. "I know what you're thinking. How did I get stronger just now? Well I didn't get stronger, you got weaker" Iliel said to an even more confused Naruto. "You see, that little cut I gave you was the only move I needed to turn the battle in my favor. Each member of the Shinigami's Blade has a special quality that makes them more unique than other run of the mill swordsman. Mine is that with one cut, I can cut your power in half" Iliel explained causing Naruto's eyes to grow wide. Clenching his teeth and gripping his blade tightly, Naruto returned to his battle stance. "Unfortunately for you, that still isn't enough to beat me Iliel" Naruto said before rushing towards Iliel as the man did the same. When the two blades met, sparks flew. Immediately after first contact, both Naruto and Iliel began to attack one another as quickly as possible. The first landed hit of their renewed battle came from Naruto as he slammed his sword heavily onto Iliel's causing him to lose his balance and then following up with a punch to the gut that sent Iliel back five feet. Raising his sword, Naruto shouted "Hammer Slash" before swinging the sword down and launching the hundreds of sword slashes at his opponent.
Iliel recovered from the punch he received quickly and brought his sword up to protect him from the multitude of slashes courtesy of Naruto. It took amazing effort to hold his sword strong against the boy's attack. When the attack ended, Iliel roughly stuck his sword into the ground. Looking at the boy that had gotten the better of him so far, he nearly screamed, "Whirlwind Barrage".
Naruto had just enough time to raise his blade before an actual whirlwind of sword slashes rose from the ground itself. Despite being protected from most of the sword strikes, Naruto still suffered five cuts, each of which cut his power in half. By the time Iliel's attack was over, Naruto couldn't even stand and was barely able to kneel. Panting and gasping for air, he never even noticed Iliel until the man was standing right in front of him. Iliel shook his head at the pathetic sight. An opponent who just moments ago made him fear for his life was now begging for air unable to even stand. "You fought well but this is where your story ends. I was told by my master not to kill you, but you're too much of a threat to our goal so I'm sure he'll understand. Find peace in the afterlife" Iliel said before raising his sword in preparation for the final blow.
Naruto couldn't believe it. How could he have let it come to this? Victory had been in his hands but he got arrogant and let what seemed to be his executioner get a small but critical blow on him. 'I'm sorry mom, dad, Itachi, Sasuke, and Yakumo. I just couldn't beat him' he thought trying to come to peace with his imminent death. His final contemplation was interrupted when the voice of an old friend rang throughout his head. 'Now is that any way to think? Get your ass up and beat this idiot' shouted the voice of his master. Sera. Her voice renewed his determination and belief in victory. Summoning everything he had and more the boy launched a heavy punch at Iliel's injured chest knocking the surprised man back about twenty feet until he hit a tree. Slowly standing up while his opponent was still trying to regain his bearings, Naruto held his sword in both hands. Closing his eyes, Naruto looked inside to find the strength to defeat Iliel. "Those who have held the burden of this great power I hold now, hear my prayer. Give me the power to defeat this man" Naruto begged quietly.
After Naruto's short plea, a warm presence was felt on his right shoulder. Opening his eyes and looking up, his jaw nearly dropped as standing there was none other than his blue haired master Sera. The woman smiled at him gently before motioning with her eyes for Naruto to look at his left side. When he turned his head, he was astounded to see nine others each wielding a different sword smiling back at him. Naruto immediately understood. They had answered his prayer. Feeling their strength, Naruto raised his sword and the ten other swordsmen followed. Chakra covered Naruto's sword greater than before as he focused on his opponent who was just now getting up. Naruto and the ten swordsmen raised the swords up before Naruto yelled "LEGACY SLASH" sending the attack of not only him but all of his predecessors as well towards Iliel.
Iliel had finally stood up. The punch from Naruto took him completely by surprise because his Whirlwind Barrage should have left Naruto completely devoid of all strength. Somehow though, the boy was able to channel enough power to send him flying. Now standing, he noticed that something was wrong. Naruto no longer stood alone. Instead of one opponent, he now faced eleven. As he went down the line of swordsmen standing with Naruto, he was shocked to his core to see Sera the "Aqua Knight" standing beside the blonde. That's when each of the swordsman raised their swords and swung. Knowing what was coming, Iliel raised his sword confident that he could still keep the attacks at bay. When the attacks ended, that's when he would put an end to the kid once and for all. Holding his sword, in front of him, the different attacks hit his sword hard and started to actually push him back. Feeling the power of Naruto's attack beginning to overwhelm him he pushed back which proved to be costly. After the push back, Naruto's multitude of attacks seemed to increase in power. Continually trying to hold back the attacks, Iliel never noticed separate cracks beginning to form along his sword. Eventually, Iliel's sword could take no more as the blade shattered and Naruto's attack kept coming.
When Naruto's Legacy Slash ended, the many swordsman on his side disappeared having fulfilled their purpose. The only ones on the battlefield now were an exhausted Naruto and an Iliel who was amazingly not shredded into nothing more than a pile of flesh. Iliel stood still with gashes littering his body. The silence between the two was broken when Iliel looked to the sky and screamed as black vein marks began to cover what was still visible of his body before erupting in an explosion of chakra and blood.
The explosion from Iliel's body was so great that it sent Naruto flying through the air. As Naruto flew, his eyes began to slowly close as he prepared for what was undoubtedly going to be a very painful landing. The painful landing never came as instead a three pronged kunai flew near the blonde genin. Not a second later, the kunai was replaced with the form of Naruto's father who caught his son and landed softly on the ground. Looking down at his son in pride, Minato simply said, "I'm proud of you son" to the now unconscious blonde. It wasn't long before a certain red headed Uzumaki arrived to see the state of her son with two of the sannin and Sasuke Uchiha in tow. All five examined Naruto before taking him back to Konoha to be treated at the hospital now that the invasion had been stopped. While they took off, Minato couldn't help but come to one conclusion of all of the events that had happened today.
The battle for the Leaf had been won, but the battle for the elemental nations had just begun.
(Konoha Hospital 4 Days Later)
Naruto had just woken up. He knew that he had won his fights but he was in an immense amount of pain. As he started to try to move, a quiet voice said "I wouldn't do that if I were you". Looking in the direction of the voice, he was met by his teacher Itachi. Slowly nodding but grimacing in pain, Naruto pressed the nurse's button that rested by his leg on the bed. Looking around, he noticed his mother and girlfriend sleeping in the two visitor chairs while Sasuke was asleep on the floor with drool trailing from his mouth. Turning to Itachi to ask what happened, he started to cough as he tried to speak. His coughs immediately woke up his mother, Yakumo, and Sasuke.
(Tsunade)
Tsunade had been taking a look at Naruto's injuries when she received the alert from his room. When she entered with Shizune behind her, she was met with the sight of Kushina and Yakumo sobbing and crying their eyes out while holding onto him for dear life while the Uchiha brothers stood off to the side watching the event take place. Turning to her assistant, she whispered "Shizune go and get Minato and be quick about it" to which Shizune nodded before performing the shunshin. Clearing her throat to make her presence known, she smiled at her now awake godson. "Well Naruto, you gave us quite a scare" she said before grabbing his chart. "I'll be brief since I know that you have some things to catch up on" she said to which Naruto nodded and the room quieted down for her analysis. "Naruto, your injuries when we got you here were pretty severe. You had fractures throughout both of your arms and legs, four broken ribs, a concussion, and a few cuts. Lucky for you, your godmother is the world's best medic" she said with a smirk trying to get a smile out of her estranged godson. It didn't work. "Anyway, I was able to heal the bones and cuts even though you will be sore for a couple of weeks at least from those injuries. Now onto the most serious injury. You nearly depleted the entirety of your chakra Naruto. Now normally, this would be a serious injury due to the potential of death, but for you it's much more severe" she said bringing frowns to everyone in the room's faces.
"Naruto, lately you have gone overboard in terms of using up chakra frequently. As a result, it is starting to overload your chakra system. I hate to say this but if you continue to overuse your chakra like you have been, not only will you lose your ability to form chakra, you could also die. It'll take some time for your chakra system to recover, no more than a couple of weeks. But Naruto, be careful from now on" she said sincerely before leaving.
Naruto didn't have long to reflect on what he had been told before his father flashed into the room with Jiraiya.
"Naruto how are you feeling" asked Minato immediately after arriving. Naruto held a thumbs up while behind Naruto, Jiraiya frowned. Sitting up, Naruto turned serious. "Dad, Menma and Narumi are gone" he said which caused everyone to look at the ground and Jiraiya to clench his fists. "I know son, some Suna or Sound ninja must have taken them during the invasion. I've been sending tracking teams constantly, but they can't pick up a trace. I'll be meeting with a Suna diplomat later to discuss the events that took place and where we go from here" he said which caused Naruto to shake his head. "Dad, they weren't taken. They left on their own after trying to kill me" Naruto revealed causing everyone's mouths to drop. "After Sasuke and I beat Gaara, I sent him back with Gaara. When I took off to go fight Iliel, Menma and Narumi ambushed me and started going off about how they're done with the Leaf village and even called themselves gods. I told them to go back home but they didn't listen so I kicked their asses. That's when this man appeared out of nowhere, took the two, and left" Naruto said.
"AND YOU JUST LET HIM?" shouted Jiraiya who was now visibly angry. "Jiraiya!" shouted Minato in response. Jiraiya brushed off his student. "I seriously doubt that you could beat those two brat. As a matter of fact, I'm willing to bet that you had a hand in them getting taken. With them gone, you would finally get the attention you deserved, right kid? Do you have any idea what we lost? Because of you, the entire ninja world could end! Are you happy now?" Jiraiya shouted as everyone in the room looked at the man as if he had gone insane. Naruto simply shook his head. "I'm done with you Jiraiya. You can hate me all you want but I don't want your approval or attention. Get out" Naruto said quietly. Jiraiya stood still for a moment before snorting and leaving the hospital room.
Shaking his head once again Naruto turned back to his father. "So what happens now?" Naruto asked which took a while to get a response as Minato tried to get over the shock of Jiraiya's words and accusations. Resolving to deal with it later, he sighed. "Well, I've told your teammates already that all three of you have been promoted to chunin not just because of your performance in the exams but how you handled the invasion which I'll go into greater detail later on. As a matter of fact, your team will be honored in a ceremony after everything's rebuilt for your actions in protecting the village so be ready for that" Minato said with a smile which got a smile and nod in response.
As Naruto smiled, he looked at his mother. Her eyes were puffy and her hair was disheveled. He knew that Menma and Narumi's departure had definitely been a heavy blow to her so he did what he thought would help her the most. "Mom, dad, I was hoping that after I get out of the hospital that maybe I could move back into the compound". The amount of joy that appeared on his parents faces couldn't be overstated as Kushina quickly grabbed her son into a bear hug and Minato joined in. All three cried as Yakumo, Sasuke, and Itachi watched with smiles. Eventually, everyone had to go but Naruto asked Yakumo to stay for a little bit.
Once everyone was gone, Naruto took Yakumo's hand in his and looked at his girlfriend. Her eyes watered quickly and she grabbed him and refused to let go as she started to cry more. Naruto didn't say a word, he just put his arms around her comforting her as best he could. When she stopped crying and let go of him, Naruto spoke. "Yakumo, I'm sorry that I keep putting you in this position. I'm sorry that I keep making you worry so much and I know how much it hurts you but I want you to know that no matter what I will always come back to you. No matter what happens, Ill come back to you. I love you Yakumo" Naruto said holding on to Yakumo's hand tightly. Yakumo teared up again and said "I love you too Naruto" before engulfing her boyfriend in another hug.
Hope everyone liked the chapter. I will be going into why the Shinigami's Blade came after the twins next chapter and also I don't think I actually announced the futures of team 11. Sasuke will get two new mentors in Itachi and good Orochimaru, Yakumo will get two mentors in Kushina and Konan, and Naruto will get mentors in Minato and the serpents. Thank you everyone for all the support I appreciate it immensely.