Sum of our Parts

Uzumaki vs. Uchiha

Big thanks to all my beautiful readers

***If I owned Naruto then he would have learned a hell of a lot more during his training. ***

"Le gasp!" normal talking

'das fuken?' normal thinking

set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu: Jutsu and other techniques

"I will murder you!" Tailed beast/demonic voice

***SooP***

Sasuke Uchiha, the proclaimed prodigy of the current generation of Ninjas was currently at a loss of how to proceed.

Never before in his life had he felt such fear towards a rather short blonde haired girl.

Of course never before in his life had he heard of someone creating a literal army by themselves… of themselves.

Yet here he was, gaping wide eyed at the over one hundred Kage Bunshin that completely surrounded him.

There was only one small saving grace for him in this situation. The small miracle being that the clones were not under the protection of that damned seal, meaning that the Sharingan could be used to predict their movements.

The Uchiha smirked and fell back into his interceptor stance.

He would show this bitch exactly who she was picking a fight with. He had defeated a Inuzuka in close combat with ease and he would do the same to a no talent brat like her.

The prodigy made a slight 'come hither' motion with his fingers.

The army charged towards him.

***SooP***

For once Sasuke was starting to wish he had the Byakugan rather than his current Dojutsu. Sure it allowed him to predict his enemies next moves, copy Jutsu, and cast amazing Genjutsu.

But what it did not give him was eyes in the back of his head, which would have been rather useful while trying to fight through a horde of opponents.

Now though he was trying desperately to figure out a strategy to take out the clones without using up all of his Chakra in wide area of effect Jutsu.

Focusing on his Taijutsu the Uchiha was easily skilled enough to fight off any small group, the problems came when he was completely overwhelmed.

He would strike and disperse one or two, only to find them clinging to his arms while another landed a blow across his face.

Shaking off the ones holding him down he could easily put distance between them, only to run into an attack from behind.

Destroying another handful would prove pointless as another would tackle him to the ground, allowing for a series of punches and kicks to rain down upon him.

Slowly he was being worn out.

He was being injured by the no talent useless Kunoichi.

Uchiha did not fall to anyone, did not lose to anyone.

Only an Uchiha can defeat another Uchiha.

Pushing Chakra into his feet the Shinobi shot into the air, and quickly flowed through hand signs before spewing forth a massive wave of fire, decimating the ground below him.

As the smoke subsided, and the boy landed, his eyes widened once more in horror as he beheld a massive earthen dome formed around the army.

Seconds later it crumbled, giving way to another surge of blonde fury, and another wave of pain.

***SooP***

"How disappointing" The original blonde mused, watching as her opponent took gasps of breath, trying to recover from his ordeal of fighting through over a hundred Kage Bunshin.

"I thought you would do better than that. How you ever managed to beat Kiba is beyond me."

"Sh-shut up."

"What was that? Is Sasuke-kun going to cry now? Whatever would your personal army of fangirls do if they saw you in such a state? I mean besides fixating on your brother instead. Though I am shocked that you have as much attention as he does, he is faster, stronger, more talented, and just a better person than you."

"I said shut up!"

"I don't even know why we bothered coming out here to bring you back, it's not like the Uchiha need another member. Itachi-kun is probably skilled enough to be completing missions while rebuilding the clan at the same time. Whereas you just got your ass kicked by one of the 'dead lasts' of your class, a girl nonetheless."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" The boy roared out, his cursed mark taking over and imbuing him with its dark power once more.

"Relying on the pale freak again I see, oh well." With that Natsuko leapt backwards, dodging the hail of Shuriken, only to find herself tied against a nearby boulder by Ninja wire.

"Dodge this!" Sasuke shouted, before going through another series of hand signs and sending waves of fire cascading down the wires towards his intended victim.

Instead of frying the girl he found a fist being lodged in his face from the side.

Somehow the girl had escaped and completely outflanked him.

"B-but how?!"

"I left a few Kage Bunshin around just in case I needed an easy escape plan."

Once more the boy growled just as the blonde formed her favorite hand signs and formed another group of clones.

***SooP***

As the prodigy battled through another wave of blonde pests he heard a strangely familiar sound coming from behind him.

Turning he noticed a blonde running towards him, a sphere of swirling Chakra in her hand.

However the boy quickly realized the trick, he had been able to see her with his Sharingan, meaning that she was just a clone and not the original, thus it was a harmless trick.

Turning his gaze elsewhere he knew he would be able to find the girl eventually. She could hide her physical self but not the results of her presence. Thus her shadow, breaks in the air, reflections in the water, or even indents in the ground could give her away, ironically these were all ways that Ninja looked for to reveal a normal Bunshin from the creator.

The Rasengan wielding clone got closer, earning a growl from the boy who dodged it and moved to disperse it with a punch to the face.

His punch connected, but she did not dissipate.

Instead pain flooded his stomach as the Jutsu slammed into him, tearing into his body and throwing him to the ground in pain.

"H-how?" was the response through the coughs of blood.

"Simple, I figured that since you can see my clones I could create a Rasengan in secret then disable the seal for a minute, you thought I was still just a clone huh?"

"Clever, but not clever enough." The boy spat, before feeling the Cursed Seal roar out in vengeance, shifting and molding his body to its creator's dark will.

Natsuko watched on in horror as Sasuke became something more than just human, he slowly morphed into some kind of monstrosity, with wings growing from his back and his skin darkening.

"You are one ugly mother…"

Sasuke roared back in anger.

***SooP***

Natsuko dodged another barrage of fireballs, before creating a defensive wall of water to absorb the considerably larger one that was fired at her.

The situation was starting to get a bit desperate now, Sasuke had figured out that by rapidly activating or deactivating his Dojutsu then he could keep the girl in his sights while giving him the increased speed and predictive powers that the eyes gave him.

Now it was the Kunoichi's turn to be forced onto the defensive.

With the Cursed Seal Sasuke was even faster than before, outpacing even her sister in strength and speed.

His supply of Chakra has skyrocketed along with its power, causing quite a few burns to the girl's body from some close calls.

Luckily she wielded enough water Jutsu to counter the abundance of fire, but it was still rough.

The only other lucky part had been the boy's unwillingness to fight her in close combat. He had learned that at such proximities it was drastically harder to dodge her retaliations in time, hence the bruises from a few water or wind blasts and the slight bleeding from when an earth spike and pierced his arm.

Regardless the traitor was slowly making up for his earlier performance, and the Kunoichi was starting to get worn out, even with her massive Chakra reserves.

The Uzumaki had been hoping to avoid using her trump card, instead wanting to focus on her other three elements for combat.

But to be fair her opponent was technically cheating with his own use of 'outside interference' anyway.

'A bit of extra power couldn't hurt' The girl smirked, flowing through a series of hand signs before launching her next attack.

Wood Release: Root Spikes

Wooden spikes tore up through the ground, forcing a wide eyed Uchiha to dodge at the last second to avoid being skewered.

Before he could retaliate another tree root had shot out of the ground, grabbing him by the leg and slamming him into back into the rocks below.

"Damn bitch!" Sasuke growled out, before burning the offending branch, only to look up and see a massive pillar of wood smashing him into the opposing wall of the valley.

The Uchiha shot out from the impact point, using his wings to try and gain some distance from the Kunoichi's attacks.

Unfortunately he did not have enough time to get used to his newfound wings and thus was unable to dodge the wooden projectiles that shot through his new appendages.

The Shinobi screamed out in pain, not yet prepared for the new sensation and crashed down, barely having enough time to dampen the impact with his Chakra.

Natsuko gazed on from a good distance as her opponent slowly rose to his feet, watching as the Shinobi growled in rage as he righted himself and began going through the hand signs for his new favorite technique.

"ENOUGH OF THESE GAMES!" The boy shouted, forming a massive Chidori and charging forward towards his intended target.

Luckily Natsuko was prepared, and formed a Jutsu of her own.

'Wind Style: Cycle Tunnel'

The Kunoichi began moving her hand steadily in a circle before her, as if cleaning a window. The result was a massive horizontal twister striking the boy and blowing him backwards before he managed to cement himself to the ground with Chakra, the Chidori still active in his hand as he began making his way towards the blonde through the wind itself.

***SooP***

'I cannot lose to her! I will not back down, not with this power! This power makes me invincible. I need no longer fear her or anyone else! I will surpass Itachi, no, I already have surpassed him! Now I will tear through this pathetic attack and her as well! ALL SHALL WITNESS MY POWER!' The boy insanely thought as the Cursed Mark continued to tamper with his mind and fill him with hatred and rage.

Unfortunately in his rush to 'master' the technique taught to him by his Sensei Sasuke had never learned one of the flaws of the ability.

The Chidori continuously pumped lightning Chakra into the palm of one's hand.

Therefore when faced with a powerful wind Jutsu the technique begins to weaken as the energy is dissipated and ripped away by the naturally stronger element.

Thus the crazed Shinobi was now draining his Chakra by not only keeping the Cursed Seal active but also forcing himself through the wind step by step, and keeping his own 'ultimate technique' activate against overwhelming odds.

But with the transformation in full force Sasuke's reserves were being intermingled with that of the Fuinjutsu.

He never felt the drain until it was too late.

***SooP***

Natsuko shook her head as she watched the boy slowly pushing forward through her wind Jutsu, using more and more of his precious reserves as he inched ever closer, never realizing that the closer he reached the stronger the winds became.

Finally he was mere feet away from his intended victim, though by this point his transformation and Chidori had long since been canceled to due lack of energy and the traitor was now pushing forward and rage alone. It was at this point that the blonde canceled her Jutsu, allowing the Uchiha to stumble forward into an oncoming haymaker, knocking the boy onto his back and unconscious.

The girl gazed down at her defeated victim, before drawing a kunai, preparing to take the life of the monster that had not only betrayed the village but threatened her sister and friends, when the request of the boy's older brother whispered through her mind once more.

'Please bring him back to me. He is one of the only two family members I have left…'

Letting out a sigh the Kunoichi wrapped the boy with vines using another Mokuton Jutsu before proceeding to drag him slowly out of the valley, making sure that he hit every rock along the way.

***SooP***

Hinata and Choji entered the clearing where they had located Shikamaru, and apparently his Suna backup.

Immediately the Akimichi boy brightened at seeing his friend unharmed, save for a broken finger, and ran to greet him.

"It appears we have some additional allies now." Hinata noted, as she eyed Temari in a defensive manner.

"It would appear that way. Your Hokage requested our help in dealing with your 'traitor' problem and Gaara has been interested in meeting up with the two sisters who helped him during our little 'misunderstanding' a few months ago."

Hinata nodded slightly, staring towards the ground as memories of her teammates shot through her mind.

"We have company…" the genius noted, as Gaara and Lee approached through another side of the clearing, while Kankuro and Shino came from another.

The worst physically was Shino at this point, limping along slightly with some minor cuts and stab wounds.

"Shino are you alright?" The Hyuga Kunoichi called out, approaching him to check on his status.

"I am functional, I was forced into a two on one fight but my opponent's abilities did not account for my insects repelling his attempts to use me as a host. His end was rather painful once the Suna Ninja arrived."

"Well I am glad to see that everyone is okay so far. Has anyone seen Kiba or Neji-Sama?"

As if on cue a voice called out from the nearby trees.

"I am quite alright Hinata, and we bring a captive."

The voice was easily identified as the other Hyuga, but what stood out strange to those still nearby was the word 'we'.

As boy limped into the clearing, forsaking the 'piggy back ride' to avoid any further humiliation he found his comrades eyes all glued on the one who had come to his aid.

"Akane-chan…"

The redhead gazed back at her former teammate, as the other Ninja stood silent, not wanting to interfere with the reunion.

"I see everyone is alive and well so far." The Uzumaki noted, intentionally ignoring the girl's greeting.

Hinata's shoulders sagged and the girl was forced to blink back the tears she was holding in.

"It appears so, though I am surprised that you also came to aid us. Does that mean…" Shikamaru began, only to be interrupted with a call from behind.

"Could use some help over here, Kiba isn't doing so well."

Hinata froze as the blonde's voice flowed musically over the area, before snapping back to her medical training as three Kunoichi's emerged, two carrying the Inuzuka and one with Akamaru.

Rushing forward Hinata began her analysis with practiced ease.

"Severe burns over thirty percent of his body, Chakra exhaustion, at least three broken ribs, two fractured bones in the right arm, another broken bone in the left leg. No immediate life threatening injuries."

Instantly a calming green light emanated from her hands as the girl worked on reviving the boy, noting that his companion was in a considerably better state than him.

"Natsuko?"

"Fighting with the Uchiha teme, Valley of the End at the border."

The redhead nodded before dumping her captive on the ground and heading towards the general direction with impressive speed.

She almost made it into the forest before the original blonde burst through the trees, accidently catapulting Sasuke into the clearing with her gathered momentum.

"Oops…"

The boy landed on the ground, hard, before rolling several times and coming to a rest with even more cuts and scrapes along his body than before.

"My bad…"

"Glad to see you are okay Natsuko."

"Of course onee-chan! Everyone else okay?"

"Yes, which means we can head out."

The two sisters turned to leave before their journey was interrupted.

"Hey you are those two from the Chunin exam right? The ones that fixed Gaara?"

The Kunoichi turned to spy the three Suna Ninja approaching, with Temari being the one to try and ease into the conversation.

"What of it?" Akane replied, her hand palming a kunai should they become hostile.

"I wish to thank you. You have silenced mother's voice and allowed me to sleep for the first time in years. No longer are my siblings afraid of me." Gaara called out, his face still as expressionless as ever.

The redhead nodded slight in acknowledgement before turning to once again depart.

"You aren't leaving again are you?"

This time it was the Akimichi who was interrupting their plans.

"Yes we are. Neither of us have any desire to return to that village and what most likely lies in store for us there."

"It won't be like that, the council has delayed its decision after additional points were revealed. You won't be forced into the CRA." Shikamaru responded, hoping to salvage whatever was left of his relationship with the two girls.

"What is the CRA?" Temari inquired curiously.

The Konoha Ninja winced, knowing how this might be taken by their new allies.

"It is the 'Clan Restoration Act' and is designed to resurrect a dying clan should its numbers be too low. Since my sister and I are both members it would force us to be impregnated until enough children are born to keep the three clans we are part of stable." Akane answered.

"THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!?"

Surprisingly it was Kankuro who shouted out, his protective side immediately coming full circle as his mind passed over what would have happened should Temari have been in that situation.

"Th-they can't do that right? Gaara we can't let them do that to…"

"We won't, as Kazekage I am decreeing that the two Uzumaki sisters are hereby granted permanent refuge and immediate citizenship in Suna should they ever require it. If Konoha ever attempts to force them back to their own village it will be seen as an attempt at kidnapping and a hostile action… and we will take whatever actions necessary to protect our citizens." The newly revealed Kage called out for all to hear.

He received nods of appreciation from the two girls in question.

The sounds of an explosion from the border echoed throughout the area, earning concerned glances from a few of the Ninja.

"Uhhh well we better be heading back… any chance that we could… you know… all head back as a group? For protection and stuff…" Choji nervously asked, hoping that there would be safety in numbers, especially seeing as how Natsuko had apparently defeated Sasuke without any serious injuries.

"Suna will accompany you back we have business in Konoha anyways. If you two wish to make the journey as well you will be considered part of our diplomatic delegation and thus immune from any laws that Konoha might try to force on you." Gaara declared, while gazing towards the two sisters.

"That will be fine, thank you Kazekage-Sama." Akane replied.

"Hey guys what did I miss? Oh hey Akane is here too, cool times. Uh did we win?" Kiba slurred out, finally having regained consciousness.

***SooP***

"Hyuga do not carry or drag prisoners, it is unbecoming of a clan with our status."

"Technically Neji, Sasuke is part of a clan with higher status than you…"

"Yes, and now he is tied up and is about to be dragged along the ground for the next few miles, so I would say that his status has been temporarily revoked, which means that politically I have the highest rank."

"Actually" Shikamaru pointed out lazily, "I believe the Kazekage would have the highest, followed by Akane and Natsuko who are part of three major clans, which trumps just about everyone I have ever heard of."

"It is fine, I will just carry…"

"Nonsense Hinata, you are part of the Hyuga clan also, which means you do not stoop to such a low level such as 'carrying traitors'."

"Well then Neji-Sama who do you think is going to carry the two of them?"

"That should be obvious. Lee will carry the traitor since he is the only one not of high rank or prestige, and the enemy Ninja can be carried by the mutt since he was the only one who actually lost his battle."

"Oh you can go all the way to hell you prick! I got set on freaking fire! Do you know how much that hurts?"

"No because I have never had an opponent damage me so severely, perhaps you should train a bit harder when you return?"

"YOU KNOW WHAT LET'S GO RIGHT NOW ASSHOLE! YOU AND ME!"

As the two boys began arguing, both trying to prove their 'dominance' Temari took a step towards the others, who watched on in exasperation.

"Are they always like this?"

Shikamaru muttered something about 'troublesome teammates' while Kankuro puffed out his chest in pride.

"Go figure, the crappy Konoha Ninja can't even figure out who is the best. Obviously we Suna are better than such meaningless…"

"YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY CLOWN FACE!?"

"OH IT'S ON DOG BREATH I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU SAY THAT A BIT CLOSER!"

Soon the confrontation escalated even further, to the three boys shouting various threats and obscenities towards each other.

"We should get going, if not then the group will be traveling at night which presents even further problems." Gaara noted.

With that Akane walked over and grabbed her former hostage, along with the vine that was currently entangled around the Uchiha.

"I'll just drag them both back, this is getting tiresome."

"Ha look at you losers! Your women have to do your work for you."

Suddenly an eerie silence filled the area at Kankuro's statement.

"What did you say brother?" Temari asked, in a sickeningly sweet tone.

"Uhhhh nothing, nothing at all! I just meant that Kunoichi are super awesome! YEAH THAT'S IT! I sure am glad to be in the presence of such amazing Ninja!"

"That's what I thought you said."

***SooP***

The journey back was taking considerably longer than before, considering that they now had two unconscious hostages to take along with them.

The two Hyuga lead the group, followed by, Choji, and Shikamaru, then came the Uzumaki sisters with the two captured Shinobi. Finally the Lee, Shino, and Kiba brought up the rear.

"Is something wrong Hinata?"

"I-I don't know what to do Neji-Sama, I want to talk to them but…"

"Then you should do so, we have no way of telling whether they will stay in the village or not after this mission is complete."

"But what do I say?" Hinata continued the whispered conversation.

"Perhaps you should practice your speech with me first?"

"Al-alright" the girl relented, before taking a moment to consider her words. "Akane-chan, Natsuko-chan, I am so sorry that I kept your parentage from you. I was told to… no that isn't fair. Akane and Natsuko please forgive me I never meant to hurt you I only wanted to… no, begging isn't fair either. Please just give me a chance to explain what I did I…"

Neji waited patiently, letting the pale eyed girl go through several potential conversations while trying to best convey her regrets.

***SooP***

"Akane-San Natsuko-San may I have a word with you please?" Shino called out, as he sped up enough to catch up with the two girls.

"Sure Shino-kun whatsup?"

"I wish to apologize for my father and clan's actions towards the two of you. I was not aware of the torments that were inflicted by them and for my father to…"

"It is quite alright Shino-San, we are aware that you had no part in your clan's actions. I appreciate the gesture though." The redhead interrupted, putting the boy at ease.

"Same goes for us…" Choji chimed in, as he and his best friend had stepped to the side to allow the two sisters to catch up to them.

"We do not blame any of the Genin for what their parents or clans might have done, none of you ever directly tried to hurt us so there is no reason for apologies."

"Seems like you have a secret admirer." The Inuzuka whispered, gesturing towards the rest of the party, and specifically at Gaara who was eyeing the two sisters curiously.

"Long as he keeps his distance from my sister and I then I could care less." Akane noted, before continuing the journey.

***SooP***

Just as nightfall began the group of Ninja reached the gate of Konoha with their packages in tow.

Shortly beforehand the Oto Ninja had woken up and was struggling to free himself, before Lee gave him a hard punch to the face and forced him back into a cooperative state.

Once the team had arrived a pair of ANBU appeared to retrieve the two captives, followed shortly by Ibiki and Anko, who was trying to discreetly make contact with her two 'sisters'.

"Well I had better go report to the Hokage, in the meantime those of you who need to do so report to the hospital." Shikamaru commanded.

"Actually you can just give me your report now I would rather get the formalities over with before meeting with the Kazekage and my two grandchildren." Tsunade called out as she walked into the clearing.

"Of course Hokage-Sama" the genius went on to explain everything that he knew, and let the other members of his team fill in their personal contributions.

Those from Suna gave much shorter reports, not really caring to do so but relented as Gaara ordered them to.

The two Uzumaki remained silent.

"Well that is quite the mission and an impressive first accomplishment for several of you as Chunin. Now then the next order of business is regarding the two Uzumaki-Namikaze-Senju…"

"With all due respect Hokage-Sama, Akane and Natsuko are currently part of my group. If you are attempting to enact any kind of clan act on them then we will be leaving immediately, and since I have already offered them citizenship in Suna…" Gaara began.

"While I appreciate the gesture this has nothing to do with the CRA. Their presence has been requested by Hiruzen Sarutobi in his personal estate." Tsunade warmly interrupted, happy that the girls had found yet another safe haven should they need it.

The two sisters nodded before walking toward the clan district.

***SooP***

"Akane-chan Natsuko-chan could you wait for a second please?" Hinata shyly called out, forcing the two Kunoichi to look back at their former team.

Kurenai had arrived shortly after the debriefing and was now standing by her best friend, avoiding eye contact with her students.

"What is it?" Akane remarked, a bit on guard due to being back in the village that hated them.

"I-I wanted to a-apologize f-for…"

"That's alright Hinata-chan we already heard you."

"Wh-what!?"

"Enhanced hearing remember?"

The poor girl's jaw dropped. Apparently they had already overheard the numerous 'conversations' that she had been trying out with her cousin on the return trip.

"Although we are certainly not happy with any of your actions considering that we continued helping you with your goals while you deliberately kept secrets from us we will forgive you." The redhead continued, before walking towards the snake mistress, a look of purpose in her eyes.

Anko fidgeted under the girl's gaze, not sure what was going to happen to her considering she had been the closest to the two sisters for the longest.

With a flash the Uzumaki slapped a tag onto the woman's neck, creating a flash of electrical energy and forcing the woman onto the ground in pain.

A second later it was over though and the tag was removed.

"Interesting, it seems to have worked even better than I expected…"

"Wh-wha?"

"Anko… the seal… its gone!" Kurenai mumbled out in shock.

Sure enough the Cursed Seal that had been implanted onto her neck was no longer present.

"I can't remove the more advanced versions quite yet, such as the Uchiha's but yours was a prototype and thus it was of poorer construction." The girl mentioned, before turning back to join her sister.

She did not expect the purple haired woman to pick her up in a fierce hug from behind.

"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!"

"You are quite welco…"

"I am so sorry for what I did to you two! I should have told you! I am soooooooooo sorrrrrrrrry!" the woman practically sobbed into the girl's back.

It had always been one of Anko's biggest goals to have the cursed mark removed from her, and even after the truth about her deception had been revealed the two girls had not stopped trying to help her.

***SooP***

"Akane-San Natsuko-San." The Third Hokage greeted as the two entered his living room.

Also present were the two Jonin instructors of the girls, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hinata, Kakashi, Asuma, Gai, Yugao, and Hayate.

"I am glad to see you two are doing okay, I heard about the mission and the fact that you were able to bring back not only Sasuke Uchiha, but another prisoner along with suffering no serious injuries to our own forces is amazing. The Council will be banging their heads against the walls for days after they learn of your success, and their own refusal to promote you."

"Thanks Jiji!"

Akane nodded in recognition.

"I have called you here to do something that I should have done a long time ago. I wish to give you two the last items that your parents left you. I want to give you your heritage."

***Omake***

"Kakashi-Sensei, how was Akane able to beat the Sharingan, we were always taught it was perfect." Kiba asked, directing the other Genin's, along with several Jonin's, gaze to the lazy man.

"Would you believe me if I said 'Ninja Magic' and let me go with that?" the man asked with his patented eye smile.

The deadpanned looks gave him all the answer he needed.

"Fine fine, man how troublesome…" Shikamaru's eye twitched at the comment, "Well they used the Ninja Art known as Fuinjutsu."

"Sealing? I thought it was just used to make explosive tags and storage scrolls?" Sakura chimed in, earning a face palm from Kurenai, seriously who considered this girl the top of her class?

"Oh no, by some accounts Fuinjutsu might be the most powerful Ninja art in existence."

This gained a few more listeners to the cyclopean Jonin.

"No way, Ninjutsu is the most powerful… right?" the pinkette mumbled out the last part.

"How much do you know about the 'Third Shinobi War' Sakura?"

The Kunoichi immediately began citing facts. Who had been involved, what the stakes were, who the commanders were, the economic repercussions that the area would face afterwards.

"Yes yes all very true but the important thing was that The Fourth Hokage would become famous during this war, often given credit for single handedly winning it. This is a bit exaggerated. Of course he was a major part of the conflict but there were many other powerful Ninja who took part in the battles as well. One of them was a female ANBU who was given the title 'Of the Bloody Smile' due to the fact that after a battle she would often be soaked in blood. There was a joke among the ANBU for years afterwards that Kushina was given that title because of her skill with the katana, but when she used Fuinjutsu she had no title, because there were never any survivors." The silver haired man gave a chuckle before returning his eyes to his orange book, ignoring the horrified looks of many of the Genin.

"ANBU sure do have a weird sense of humor, huh Gai?" Asuma muttered out, only to see the Taijutsu master in tears.

"HOW INCREDIBLY YOUTHFUL!"

"Maybe it's just Konoha in general…"

***A/N***

So I meant to put the Omake in earlier but it just didn't seem to fit… and I forgot about it until now… whoops!

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the fight scene, I tried to make it as epic, and believable, as possible without making Natsuko just stomp the poor bastard into the ground.

I am planning on the next chapter finishing up the last part before the time skip, along with answering a few questions that several readers have been asking me to include.

As always read and enjoy!