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Shinobi knew life couldn't always be peaceful. Even though peace casted over Konoha for about 2 months, Naruto knew something was bound to happen soon, but he didn't think it was going to be this soon. Naruto was laying in bed with a weight on his chest. It was Sakura, tired after the amazing night they had after their anniversary dinner.

Naruto was just laying, stroking Sakura's hair when it happened. Explosions everywhere, rocking the village and Sakura's apartment.

Sakura shot up from her slumber, noticing the explosions and Naruto's non-existent presence, but she saw him getting dressed. "Naruto-kun, what's going on?" Sakura was worried.

"The Akatsuki. They've come looking for Naruko, the kyuubi jinchuriki." Naruto said, eyes spinning with the sharingan. He tossed Sakura her mission clothes. "Put these on we have to get out there and fight. It's our duty as chuunin of Konoha."

Sakura caught the clothes and put them on.

Naruto noticed a chakra signature and ran over to Sakura. "SAKURA GET DOWN!" He wrapped his arms around her, trying to protect her from any harm. The apartment building suddenly came crashing down. Luckily Sakura and Naruto were unharmed.

"Are…you alright…Sakura-chan?" Naruto said in between coughs due to the dust from the debris. Sakura nodded.

"We have to get to Tsunade-sama, she'll tell us what to do." Naruto nodded and they both headed toward the Hokage tower.

Xxxxx

As they approached the tower, they saw that every possible shinobi over the rank of genin was gathered on the roof. Naruto and Sakura decided to join them.

"The Akatsuki has come looking for the kyuubi jinchuriki. Luckily, she is undergoing training away from the village, so that gives us time to get them out of the village." Tsunade said.

"Everyone do what you can to get them out of the village. Naruto, Sakura, stay back because I need to talk to you. If anyone doesn't have any questions, you all are dismissed. Scatter!" Tsunade said as everyone except for Naruto and Sakura left.

"I want you to confront Pain head on. Naruto, you'll be with Sasuke and Itachi. Sakura, you'll be with Kakashi and some other shinobi to give them backup from a range." Naruto and Sakura nodded.

"Stay safe you two." Tsunade said as they both left.

Xxxxx

Naruto met up with Sasuke and Itachi, while Sakura met up with Kakashi.

"You're late loser." Sasuke said as he flipped a kunai.

"Shut up, Sasuke." Naruto then turned to Itachi. "Itachi, what's the plan."

Itachi turned to him and put his hand on both Naruto's and Sasuke's head. "There is no plan. Act on instinct, I trust your intuition." Naruto and Sasuke nodded.

"Well what are we waiting for." Naruto said as he activated his sharingan. "Let's save the village." Itachi and Sasuke nodded as they activated their sharingan.

Xxxxx

The Uchiha brothers walked all around Konoha, but they couldn't find Pain.

"What does this Pain guy look like?" Naruto said.

"He has orange hair, piercings all over his face, and the rinnegan in both eyes." Itachi said, leaving Naruto wide eyed.

"Did you say a rinnegan. He isn't an Uchiha, is he?" Naruto asked.

"Nope he isn't. Damn non-Uchiha getting the same perks as Uchiha. First it's Kakashi-sensei and now it's this Pain bastard." Naruto scoffed. "Fucking posers."

Naruto chuckled. He then felt a chakra on his right. He turned and did some hand seals.

"Wind style: Breakthrough!" A gust of wind came from Naruto's mouth.

"Almighty Push!" Pain said as the wind was pushed away. "Three Uchiha, that means six eyes. Kakuzu would love to have those to sell."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "We don't care because you're not going to kill us." Naruto said.

Suddenly, 5 other Pains appeared behind the original. "Just try and stop me, I dare you."

Naruto then charged in, making 4 shadow clones. The shadow clones were trying to keep him occupied by getting in close quarters, but he predicted every move. Every kick and punch was predicted.

"Wind style: Breakthrough!" Naruto yelled as a wind gust went straight towards Pain.

"Amaterasu!" Black flames engulfed the wind, making the flames even bigger.

"Almighty Push!" Pain pushed the flames away. He then chuckled as Itachi held his eye. "Just give it up. If not even the mighty flames of the Amaterasu can defeat me, nothing can."

Itachi then noticed something. "Naruto, make a shadow clone, but this time, make him attack on of the other Pains." Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Why do they matter?"

"Just do it! That's an order!" Itachi yelled.

Naruto made a shadow clone and he attacked another Pain. The remaining 4 Pains then turned to look at the fight. As they were watching, the Pain that was fighting was predicting the shadow clones movement.

"Naruto dispel your shadow clone. I know his secret." He whispered in their ears. "The all the Pains are connected by their eyes. If the other Pains watch one Pain fighting, they'll be able to tell the fighting Pain whether you're kicking, punching, and the direction of the kick or punch."

Naruto's eyes widened. "So, all we need is to keep the other Pains occupied."

Itachi nodded and Naruto made 10 shadow clones, two for each remaining Pain.

"Itachi, Sasuke, lets attack this Pain, he's obviously the best." They nodded and charged at the man.

With Naruko on Mount Myōboku

Naruko's training to be a sage was progressing rapidly. She could now enter sage mode without the use of oil. But something felt off. Not with the training, but something outside of Myōboku.

"Fuka, I think something's wrong, like majorly wrong." Naruko said.

"Well, Naruko-girl, sad news I bring to you." Naruko listened in. "Konohagakure no Sato is under attack. The Akatsuki has come looking for you." Naruko's eyes widened as a few tears fell from her eyes.

"Well, what the hell am I doing here then. I have to go back and fight." Naruko said as she made shadow clones to enter sage mode.

"Naruko-girl don't be hasty. If you die, the kyuubi is set free and it will go on another rampage and…" Fukasaku was cut off.

"I don't give a damn. My village is under attack and I'm just sitting here letting it be attacked? To hell with that, I'm going to fight for my village, whether you're with me or not." Naruko said as the tears started to fall freely.

"Well, if you feel that way, I guess you can go fight. But, be careful, Pain is a worthy for." Fukasaku said. L

"Trust me, he's not going to get off easy." Naruko said and cracked her knuckles.

With the Uchiha Brothers and Pain

Naruto and the crew were giving Pain a run for his money. They weren't necessarily winning, but they were definitely getting a few good hits on him. They didn't fight together all the time, but they still had that brother connection. Pain then jumped back.

"This fight has gone on too long." He then floated in the air. "Now, this world shall know Pain." He raised his hands. "Almighty Push!" A great force came over the whole village, destroying every building until Konoha was nothing but a crater in the ground filled with dust.

Naruto was stunned. If it weren't for Itachi's Susanoo, the three Uchiha would've been dead. Naruto ran over to where Sakura was hoping she was alright.

"Sakura-chan. Sakura-chan!" Naruto was yelling and taking bandages out of his pouch to patch up her wound on her leg.

"Naruto-kun, I'm alright. It's just my leg." Sakura said while wincing at the pain. She squeezed Naruto's sleeve.

"Just lay back and let me wrap it." She watched Naruto tend to her wound and smiled.

"Your technique is horrible by the way." Naruto chuckled at the remark. "You're lucky I love you though, I would've told you to stop and I could do it myself by now."

"Well, I guess I'm unlucky if you love me." Sakura chuckled.

"You're double unlucky now." Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Why is that?"

"Because after this invasion, I was planning on giving you something special for my gratitude in you saving the village." Naruto started waving his hands in the air.

"I'm sorry about all I said, I-I wasn't thinking. I might have a fever." Sakura chuckled at him and put a hand on his cheek.

Suddenly Pain appeared and threw a black rod at Naruto. "Don't let your guard down."

Naruto looked at the black rod coming for him. He wouldn't be able to dodge it in time, so he just stared and held Sakura's hand. He closed his eyes, but then he felt something splash on his cheek. Rain? It wasn't raining, was it. He put his finger on it and then opened his eyes to look at it.

Blood. It was blood. But it wasn't his blood because he would be feeling weak right about now. He then heard a thump thump in front of him. He looked to see who it was.

"Ka-ka-KAA-SAN!" Mikoto laid there, without any movement.

She looked at Naruto. "I jus…want to…tell you this…before I die." Naruto put his ear close to her mouth, tears running down his face and his hand squeezing her's. "I love you, Naruto. And I always will." She then died.

Something clicked in Naruto. His heart pounding faster, his skin feeling hotter, his eyes changing form.

"YOU BASTARD!" Naruto shouted. "I'LL KILL YOU!" Suddenly, a yellow figure with armor formed around him. It was Naruto's Susanoo.

"I see you've awakened your mangekyō sharingan. It will now be tougher to defeat you." Pain then came down from the sky. "Then again, I do like a good challenge." Pain chuckled.

Then, a big puff of smoke appeared. Six figures appeared, 1 human and 5 toads. Naruko was standing on top of a toad with a red and black cloak and a huge scroll on her back. He eyes also had an orange tint around them. She was in sage mode.

"Where is Konoha?" She asked, utterly confused on why Fukasaku would bring her to a dusty divot.

"I'm afraid this is Konoha, Naruko-girl." Fukasaku said and Naruko's eyes widened.

"Wha-what do you mean this is Konoha. Where are the Hokage faces, the tower, the apartments, my apartment?" Naruko asked.

"They've all been destroyed by Pain."

Naruko turned from sad to mad, but she turned that anger into fighting spirit. She then charged at Pain. They were in a heated taijutsu battle. Meanwhile, Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, and 7 of Naruto's clones were fighting the other Pains.

Naruko landed 2 kicks on Pain which knocked him back. She then tried to hit him with a rasengan barrage, but he dodged and used Almighty Push.

"Naruko-girl, it takes him 5 seconds for his Almighty Push to recharge." Naruko nodded and went back into battle. Punches and kicks were thrown. Naruko blocked a punch and counter attacked with 2 senjutsu enhanced punches. She then jumped back.

She made a shadow clone and made a rasenshuriken. She threw it at Pain. He chuckled.

"Almighty Push!" Before he said that, the jutsu turned into a clone of Naruko, which means he wasted a Push. Naruko then made another rasenshuriken and threw it. It hit Pain, digging into his skin until it made a ringing sound.

Naruko jumped in the air, thinking she had him beat. He then emerged from the ground, bruises and cuts everywhere.

"You're crafty, I'll give you that, but let's see if you can survive this." Pain then appeared behind Naruko. He kicked the back of her knees, making her fall to the ground. He then took rods and impaled her legs and hands.

He walked to the front of her. "This world doesn't know pain." He then took a black rod and threw it at Naruko, but it was stopped by Naruto's Susanoo. Naruto was breathing heavily, his chakra was so low, but he had to keep fighting.

"You just…can't…keep yourself…out of…trouble can you…best friend." Naruto chuckled weakly due to his heavy breaths. She looked at him and smiled.

Their little moment was cut short when they heard Pain say, "Almighty Push!" Naruto was then pushed all the way back to the other side of the village. He hit the wall hard, his Susanoo left him when he was flying towards the wall because his chakra was super low.

Naruto laid on the ground, his world going from black to vivid. 'Well, I guess this is it. I didn't even get to tell Sakura-chan I loved her one last time.' The last thing Naruto heard was a loud roar, then…the world faded to black.

Tormint: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! This chapter took a long time to write. I skipped Naruko meeting Minato and her talking with Nagato.

Next chapter will start the Five Kage Summit and the first part of the war. After that, it'll be Naruto and Sakura's life after the war.

So, we have about 2-3 more chapters left in the story.

Anyway, I think I've rambled on for long enough. I hope you enjoyed, and have an amazing day, afternoon, or evening. Tormint out!