Sum of our Parts

Duel for Peace

***I do not make any $$$ on Naruto. ***

"Le gasp!" normal talking

'das fuken?' normal thinking

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

"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking

***SooP***

Six figures strolled through the open field on their way towards Konoha.

Six orange haired individuals in matching cloaks, with various odd piercings

Six Paths of Pein

The objectives were simple. Defeat the two Jinchuriki, finish off Jiraiya, and lay waste to the village that had forsaken them in their time of need, just another stepping stone for a living God.

He was sure that the two brats would be in the village, after all Zetsu had confirmed that they hadn't left the area after returning and keeping the Sanin alive.

Why was it that the villages always kept their Jinchuriki in such obvious places? If they truly believed the Akatsuki to be a threat they should have just hidden them in some underground bunker somewhere until actions could be taken.

If they did not see the Akatsuki as a threat… then they were fools.

Just as the six creations reached the half way point in the clearing they halted, having caught sight of a red and yellow haired pair of individuals walking towards them from the direction of Konoha.

Apparently the village was even more foolish than originally believed, Pein had taken down a Sanin with hardly an injury, and his target is sent out to meet him in open combat?

Pathetic

The two sisters came to a halt around thirty feet from the assembled warriors.

Two stood against six.

Children stood against a God.

"Not a very wise choice Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails. There are no allied forces within miles of us." The Deva Path called out.

"That's the point orange haired-kun."

All six of the bodies had an eye twitch at the nickname.

"My name is Pein. I am the leader of the Akatsuki and the one who will bring true peace to this world."

"Considering that you are going to die here, I highly doubt it." The redhead replied, her tone deadly serious.

"Oh? You wish to challenge a God? Then by all means…"

The six immediately leapt into their 'tactical formation' while the two girls settled into stances of their own.

The battle for the fate of Konoha had begun.

***SooP***

Natsuko began a fury of hand signs before slamming her palm onto the ground.

"Earth Release: Dust Storm"

A second later the ground was thrown up into the surrounding air, cloaking and concealing everything not within a few feet of the individuals.

Pein noted, with a bit of annoyance, that the dust seemed to be laced with Chakra and thus prevented his enhanced eyes from being of any use.

Regardless these children would fall before him, just like all the others who dared to defy his will.

A whirling sound emanated from where the blonde had been standing as a glow pierced through the darkened air.

As the object sped into sight the Human Path immediately grabbed ahold of the, far more valuable, Naraka Path and threw it out of harm's way before attempting to dodge itself.

Unfortunately the whirling shuriken-like object expanded, catching the creature and exploding violently along with the corpse.

'So they are going to use the dust to prevent us from dodging at range… clever' Pein mused, before the Asura path was sliced into pieces from behind, revealing Akane who quickly ducked back into the smoke screen to avoid retaliation by the remaining four.

"Enough of this trickery!" the Animal Path cried out before summoning a massive ox and rhino and sending them charging forwards.

What he had overlooked was the fact that they were large enough to be seen from outside of the concealed area, thus bringing down the blades of three large summoned toads, one of which was Gamabunta himself.

Another Rasenshuriken tore through the darkness, this time heading towards the summoning Path.

The Preta Path was ready and, leaping in front of the attack, absorbed the spinning sphere of destruction.

"You dare to try and make a mockery of a God!?" Deva shouted out, before extending its hands.

'Shinra Tensei'

Immediately the Chakra filled dust was repelled violently away from the battlefield, revealing the three toads and two Uzumaki sisters.

***SooP***

"Well that wasn't very nice… I really liked our plan of using our super awesome hearing to locate them while they wandered around aimlessly" Natsuko pouted as her sister returned to her side.

"I don't think 'nice' is what he is aiming for but it was a very good plan Natsuko. At least we got rid of…."

Akane's reply was interrupted as the Naraka Path resurrected both of the fallen orange haired creations.

"Well that is certainly an annoying technique." The redhead muttered, her mind already spinning on how to get rid of the man able to return those they destroyed.

The two sisters gave each other a slight nod before charging in towards their opponents, intending on forcing them to the defensive before any further complications could arise.

***SooP***

Dozens of 'Natsukos' rained down from the sky as the blonde formed the seal for her favorite Jutsu.

Immediately the Six Peins began their assault, with the Human and Naraka staying back with the Deva Path for support and defense.

The others were under no such stipulation though, which was evident as the Asura began launching dozens of bladed projectiles, dispelling groups of the blonde en masse.

Then there was the Animal Path, who brought forth another handful of massive creatures, some of which began to engage the Toad summonings in order to keep them out of the conflict.

Finally the Chakra absorber stayed with the other two offensive minded corpses, absorbing any stray ranged Jutsu that the blonde might throw at them.

Akane, in the meantime, moved to the flank, hoping to get the drop on at least one of their opponents before being spotted.

A few moments later the redhead spotted her opening and threw a handful of shuriken towards the Preta Path.

Before they could even cross half the distance her target had already leapt out of the way, seemingly without any type of warning.

'How was he able to spot that without even looking… Does he have a Dojutsu like Hinata?'

Akane was brought from her musings by an attack from Asura, forcing her to abandon any more chances of sneak attacking the six.

After that Akane began watching far closer, and began noticing the pattern. They were able to see through each other's eyes, or at least communicate telepathically to each other.

"Natsuko split them up."

The blonde quickly went through a series of hand signs before unleashing a massive barrage of Mokuton roots and trees, which turned the area from a clear and open field into a heavily foliaged forest.

The Jutsu also forced the six to leap into various directions, with trees and spikes firing up from random spots, thus separating them from each other.

All of the Paths narrowed their eyes in annoyance, finding themselves split up and being unable to utilize one of their greatest strengths.

***SooP***

The Naraka Path was targeted first, with its power of restoring the others easily identified.

A Rasenshuriken tore its way from the top of a nearby tree and descended down upon it, forcing the corpse to leap out of the way and avoid a majority of the damage.

Unfortunately it hadn't been fast enough, without the use of multiple perspectives, to dodge all of the damage.

With one of the arms badly damaged, the Path decided on fleeing to try and reunite with the others, hopefully to avoid any further damage and prevent the blonde's assault.

It almost worked too, with it catching sight of the Asura just before Natsuko fell from a nearby branch, smashing two powerful Rasengan into its back and tearing the torso into pieces.

The mechanized warrior quickly descended upon the girl, who was forced onto the defensive to avoid the traps and weapons that fired from it.

It was at that point that her Sage Mode ended, and she was thrown backwards by a powerful explosion that she was unable to dodge without her enhanced speed.

"A pity, without your enhanced abilities you are no match for us. You should have known that your technique would not last forever and now that…"

The ranting was interrupted by the bright grin of the blonde, who made a single hand sign, thus opening up the nearby trunk of a tree and revealing another blonde, who was sitting in a meditative position.

The clone dispelled, allowing the Uzumaki to return to her enhanced form instantly, thus allowing her to launch another Rasenshuriken towards her opponent.

***SooP***

The Preta Path was busy leaping through the trees, trying to get its bearings on the other Paths' locations.

Most worrisome was to reach the Naraka, and protect the one who could return their destroyed forms to normal.

If it was defeated in battle then the two Uzumaki sisters, though already showing signs of fatigue, could potentially cause enough damage that an assault on Konoha would be impossible.

There was no doubt of victory though, even with their tricks and Jutsu.

None could stand before a God.

A slight rustle of the grass from behind alerted the Chakra absorber of an enemy presence, allowing it to leap out of the way from a sword slash that would have certainly cut it in two.

The corpse landed on a nearby tree branch glaring in slight annoyance. Of course it would be the sister who it was least effective in combating.

No sooner had it taken stock of this fact when it was forced to dodge out of the path of another powerful Kenjutsu thrust, which split the tree in two from where it had stood moments prior.

As the two warriors came to a halt on the ground the Path charged forward, intending on engaging the girl in as close of combat as possible.

All it had to do was force her into a grapple hold and she would be sapped of her remaining strength.

Then the remaining Jinchuriki would fall to their fury.

What 'Preta' was not prepared for was its target dodging out of the way so easily, almost as if she knew where it would strike before the attack even came.

The information that Zetsu had retrieved mentioned that the girl was skilled in Taijutsu… but nothing to this extent.

Luckily it was able to dodge one of her punches and seize her extended arm.

Just as it did so the Chakra drain began, showing some visible effect until it was forced to dodge a kunai thrust that would have tore into its throat.

Still, it showed that as skilled as the Kunoichi was she could be defeated, especially in a prolonged fight. This also had the advantage of allowing the others to team up on the blonde and remove the far more dangerous of the two combatants from the field.

Akane glared in annoyance before launching a flurry of kunai towards the creature, all of which were dodged until the last was caught by the corpse with ease.

"Pitiful, one should not use up their weapons unless there is a plan of action behind it. Such actions show that you are too young and naïve to be a…"

The girl vanished in a flash of red light, only to appear directly to the warrior's side, her blade already thrusting forward as she teleported to the marked kunai that had been caught.

A split second later her katana completely bisected the Path at its hip, leaving the upper torso to fall to the ground.

***SooP***

Natsuko dodged out of the path of, yet another, explosive projectile launched by her robotic opponent.

The young Uzumaki was infinitely glad that she had been able to catch up with this adversary while her sister went after the Chakra absorbing one. She was not sure that she could have easily defeated an enemy who could stop all of her ranged attacks, and could not bear the thought of her sister being injured by this monster.

Another round of projectiles was fired towards her, earning an earthen wall being raised to prevent the explosions, and provide a barrier against any continued assault.

The Asura Path just chuckled slightly, before opening its head to reveal a strange mechanical device, which gathered a large amount of energy and easily blasted through the barricade.

What it had not been expecting was the fact that the other side did not contain the young blonde, in fact she was nowhere to be found.

Where had the brat gone? Surely she was not fast enough to…

The corpse received its answer a moment later when it was forced to leap backwards to avoid a series of ground spikes… and ran directly into a Rasengan that the blonde had formed a split second earlier. The whirling mass of Chakra tore into its back, causing severe damage and throwing it forward to the ground.

The ball of sunshine always did enjoy the Jutsu that allowed her to move through the ground like she was swimming.

What the Kunoichi hadn't expected was how resilient this Path was, allowing a compartment on its leg to open up and fire a series of senbon into her arm, which had been instantly raised to block the retaliatory assault.

Natsuko swore silently, before being informed by the Kyuubi that they were not poisoned.

That slight hesitation cost the girl as her opponent was able to leap to his feet and launch a projectile, which impacted directly in front of her, causing another explosion and throwing the poor girl backwards.

"Foolish… to drop one's guard during battle is…."

What the mechanical man hadn't seen was the hand signs that the girl had made while being thrown backwards, allowing for roots to tear their way up through its feet and into the torso of the corpse itself.

Moments later the Mokuton attack ripped outwards, breaking the girl's target into hundreds of smaller pieces and rendering any further attack impossible.

***SooP***

As the redheaded sister leapt through the tree tops she cursed silently as the Animal and Human path reunited with each other.

This was something she had been hoping to avoid, especially without any knowledge of what the first was capable of. If it wielded any sort of combat ability then her task of quickly dealing with the summoner would be that much more difficult.

After quickly forming a plan in her mind the girl launched a silent flurry of kunai, hoping to catch the more dangerous of the two off guard and remove, or at least hinder, its combat ability.

Even the slight sound of the metal passing through the air alerted the two, however, and allowed them time to dodge out of the path.

A large centipede-like creature immediately burst into creation, and was sent roaring towards where the attack had emanated from. This attack forced Akane out of hiding and onto another tree limb where she was ambushed by a massive dog, which sent her flying to the ground from the impact.

Despite being able to recover midair the Uzumaki was unprepared for the multi-directional assault once she landed.

Summoned creatures attacked from every angle imaginable, including from below, as the redhead desperately continued dodging backwards.

Even with her incredible speed she was unable to completely stay out of danger, and received more than a few bruises and cuts for her trouble.

"It is inevitable, you cannot continue this pattern forever and soon you will fall." The Animal Path called out, while the other corpse remained on the defensive, ready to intervene and defend against any attack that the girl might be able to launch.

Their mutual enemy responded by launching a large group of smoke bombs, coating the area she was in and obstructing their view of her long enough for the Kunoichi to sprint out from underneath the dog summon, heading straight for the summoner with impressive speed.

Luckily the Human Path was able to intervene, placing itself in front of her sword slash.

What it hadn't been able to see, until it was far too late, was the slight glow of a seal being activated on her chest… and her eyes becoming vertical slits like a toad.

Her blade cut through the first opponent easily, but the obstruction had allowed for the Animal Path to avoid that attack.

At least it appeared to until it to fell to the ground, nearly cut in two in the exact same way.

"B-but how?"

Instead of answering the girl brought down her sword, decapitating her opponent before the summoned creatures could retaliate.

Akane would have to remember to thank her sister for suggesting the idea of focusing the Natural Energy through her mother's blade, thus extending its reach much like it did for their Taijutsu.

***SooP***

The remaining Path growled in anger.

The others had been defeated far too easily by these two children.

This meant that it was up to this remaining body to defeat them and bring down the vengeance of a God upon the village.

Luckily this was child's play to the most powerful of those who called themselves 'Pein'.

First the two Jinchuriki would have to be defeated, and their Biju removed.

The slightest of footsteps allowed the remaining corpse to dodge out of the path of an attack by the redhead, and deliver a powerful kick to her side in retaliation.

Before any further attack could be launched it was once again forced to dodge, this time out of the path of a series of Air Bullets from the girl's sister.

This conveniently bought the first Kunoichi enough time to escape back among the trees and prepare for another attack.

The Deva Path would no longer be abiding by their rules.

Since the others were defeated it no longer was forced to hold back its true power, and thus it unleashed the wrath of Pein upon the area.

***SooP***

"Onee-chan are you alright?" The blonde asked in a concerned tone to her sister, who was still flinching slightly.

"Yeah I will be fine, but I am all for ending this battle as soon as possible. I am running low on energy and I have already used up my Natural Energy that was stored in the seal."

"Well maybe we should take a short break and let you gather some more, plus I can make a few more clones to start with their gathering again and…"

Suddenly the blonde's eyes widened as the Kyuubi shouted out in concern for her to take cover.

Less than a second later the forest created by the Jinchuriki was torn asunder by waves of intense gravitational force.

Trees were upended

Roots were torn from the ground

The toad summonings were forced to return back to their holy mountain to recover.

Both sisters were thrown through the air by the raw power exuded by the Rinnegan wielder.

***SooP***

The orange haired man gazed out at the raw destruction he had wrought.

The forest that the blonde brat had created was no longer in existence, and he could now spot the two sisters lying on the ground several hundred feet away.

With a slight smirk the Path waited patiently for its power to recharge, confident that even if the two recovered before that they would be considerably weakened.

***SooP***

Natsuko managed to push herself up off the ground with a groan before glancing around, and found her sister in a similarly injured state.

The worst part was that the shockwave of… whatever the hell had happened turned the entire forest into a mass of shrapnel and projectiles.

Both girls had been pierced by dozens of splinters and pieces of wood.

The blonde would quickly recover, after removing the offending obstacles, due to the Biju's assistance.

Her sister was not as lucky.

Akane had never been protected by her portion of the Kyuubi, and thus even if she hadn't sealed the creature off she would not have been healed by it.

The redhead coughed up blood as she managed to lift herself off the ground, and looked over to ensure her sister's safety.

"Are you…. okay?" the more mature Uzumaki managed to ask between gasps.

Natsuko nodded slowly, tears stinging at her eyes at the concern that her sister continued to show for her.

"We need to get out of here onee-chan, if he continues doing stuff like that…"

"He will… attack Konoha… next."

The blonde froze, as images of Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kurenai, Anko, Hinata, and their other friends passed through her mind.

They could not allow this madman to reach their village.

He had to be stopped, no matter the cost.

***SooP***

While her sister took some time to recover Natsuko went on the offensive, launching a massive wave of water towards her opponent, who merely extended his hand and fired a concentrated blast of gravity through the attack and towards its creator.

Luckily the blonde had anticipated the reaction and leapt to the side, while going through more hand signs.

Large earthen spikes shot forth from the ground behind the corpse, who was forced to dodge out of the way at the last moment.

This action bought the Kage Bunshin that the blonde had created enough time to flank around him and launch a massive flurry of kunai, which were promptly repelled with a greenish barrier.

'Why does he only block some of the times…' Natsuko pondered as she fired a barrage of Air Bullets, which were promptly avoided as well.

The orange haired creature promptly brought forth a black rod and threw it towards the girl, hoping to disrupt the constant flow of attacks.

The blonde was able to dodge, albeit barely.

Before the Path could capitalize on the distraction a flurry of kunai assailed his position from where the girl's sister stood.

In response Pein had summoned another rod and used it to parry or deflect each of the weapons, before its eyes widened as the girl appeared in a red flash behind him, where one of the weapons had ended up after being dodged.

Her sword cut through the air towards his neck in an attempt to end the fight… but her injuries had grown too great for her to move at full speed.

Deva reversed its left hand, before firing a point blank blast of force into the Kunoichi's torso, launching her backwards and causing severe internal damage.

Upon spinning around the Path attempted to follow up by throwing the Chakra rod and impaling the Jinchuriki with it, only to be smashed aside by a massive Mokuton root.

After recovering a split second later the orange haired creation glanced up and felt a slight shiver of fear roll down its spine.

Natsuko stood atop a large series of roots and plant life, her Sage Mode obvious, glaring down at him with raw fury.

The stories about enraged Mokuton wielders were not to be taken lightly.

***SooP***

The tide of combat had once again turned in the favor of the Jinchuriki, with the Deva Path forced to dodge every few seconds out of the path of yet another attack.

His only attempts at offensive had been met with various wooden and earthen structures rising up to absorb the blow and allowing the girl to move from the destructive path.

Both were using Chakra at a massive rate, and both knew that the battle would not go on for much longer.

It was Pein who acted first, throwing a barrage of Chakra rods towards the girl and forcing her to raise up a shield in order to block the assault.

Just as it predicted she would

The rods seemed to disrupt the technique as a whole, and the various roots began to wither and crumble without the supporting energy inside.

Natsuko was forced to abandon the technique and leap to the ground, only to be engaged with her adversary in close combat.

Even with the extra combat training the blonde was no match for the experienced warrior at such close proximities, and was quickly overwhelmed with several well placed Taijutsu strikes.

Not for the first time did the normally happy girl curse her over reliance on ranged combat, as compared to her teachers and teammates.

Just as the orange haired corpse managed to impale her with a Chakra rod the girl managed to switch spots with one of her few remaining clones, thus avoiding the potentially fatal attack.

She only had time and Chakra for one more attack, and the slight movement in her peripheral vision told her exactly what she had to do.

Concentrating the last of her Natural Energy the girl formed one final Rasenshuriken and tossed it towards her opponent, who easily deflected the attack with its powers.

What it hadn't seen though, was the fact that Akane had managed to recover enough to be mobile once more, and was able to intercept the lethal weapon.

Reaching out with her right hand the girl caught the spinning blades, creating a static discharge as the seal on her hand repelled the wind enhanced Chakra.

With a spin the Kunoichi launched the attack back towards their opponent, who turned just in time to see the deadly ability approaching, and realizing that the recharge time was still in effect.

Still the Path dodged out of the way, avoiding the attack but not the complete blast radius.

The currents of wind tore into the corpse, rendering its entire right arm useless and severely limiting its mobility.

Enraged, Pein launched a powerful gravitational blast towards the redhead, causing even further damage and rendering her unconscious.

***SooP***

"AKANE-CHAN!"

The blonde ran towards where she witnessed her sister's fall before being pulled towards their opponent.

A hand wrapped around her neck as she was slammed into the ground.

The Path quickly produced a Chakra rod and swung it down, intending on impaling her hand into the ground with it.

Instead its arm was halted midway through the attack by the Kunoichi.

Her eyes became slitted, her Chakra red with fury.

She had just started tapping into the Kyuubi's power.

A vicious kick launched the corpse into the air, where it promptly recovered and landed, albeit not as gracefully as intended.

Just as it touched the ground a fist slammed into its face, breaking the nose and knocking out several teeth of the Deva Path.

Stumbling backwards Pein attempted a retaliatory gravity blast, only for it to lose track of the blonde from sheer speed.

She kept to, the far more damaged, right side of her adversary and delivered another kick to her opponent's stomach.

Pein stumbled once more, this time opting to try for a Chakra rod attack instead of the more damaging blast.

The spear-like object was easily avoided as Natsuko gracefully weaved under it… and impaled her claw enhanced arm through the remaining Path's chest.

Thus the last of the six constructs was destroyed.

***SooP***

"Remind me again what the strategy is?"

"Seriously kibbles, this is like the third time we have had to tell you."

"Actually Sasuke-kun it is the fourth."

"The plan is that you, Lee, Choji, and I will charge forward and create a distraction. Meanwhile Sasuke, Shikamaru, Tenten-chan, and Shino will flank the enemies. At this point Ino and Sakura will aid with Genjutsu wherever needed and Hinata will go and check on the two Uzumaki sisters." Neji commanded as the group continued to leap through the forest towards where Ino had identified the Chakra signatures.

"Oh yeah… well it's not like we will need the help anyway. The men can handle any enemies just fine, right guys?" The Inuzuka boasted.

"Remind me again who was left standing during our last encounter with the Akatsuki Kiba? If I remember correctly it was Akane, Natsuko, Hinata, Sakura, and me." Tenten pointed out with a slight smirk.

"Okay that totally doesn't count, Sakura is a non combatant, you are a ranged specialist, and Hinata was focusing on healing everyone else."

"What the hell do you mean I am a 'non combatant'? Also you forgot the two sisters in your little analysis."

"No I didn't, they don't count. Besides what I meant is that you are like Ino… you kinda stay out of the real fighting while you just sort of lend support, right teme?"

Sasuke wisely chose to stay out of the conversation, knowing full well not to invoke his girlfriend's wrath.

The pinkette and blonde growled in response, but before they could comment further Choji interrupted.

"Wait, why don't Akane and Natsuko count?"

"I believe his logic is that since both sisters seem to be far beyond what any of us are capable of it would be like comparing us to experienced Jonin rather than other members of our class." Shino pointed out in a stoic tone.

"Yeah exactly"

Sakura attempted to make a scathing remark, before Hinata silenced them.

"Quiet! We are reaching the clearing that Ino pointed out, prepare for operation…"

***SooP***

The blonde Uzumaki was checking over her sister when a battle cry echoed through the clearing, "AWWWWWWWW YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!"

The Kunoichi immediately leapt to her feet, while the Kyuubi sent a rush of Chakra through her sister should they encounter any further members of the Akatsuki.

Instead Kiba, along with Akamaru, burst through the foliage coming to a skidding halt and assuming a 'battle pose'.

"I guess that does count as a 'distraction'." Neji muttered out in annoyance as he also leapt into the clearing.

Moments later the rest of the team joined from various directions as Neji gave the all clear.

"Oh shit, Akane needs help! Hold on I know some…"

Before the Inuzuka could come within twenty feet of the injured girl a massive spike of power tore through the air, forcing the various reinforcing Ninja to go wide eyed in shock.

"I will warn you only one time not to approach my sister."

The Shinobi took a step back in fear, as Natsuko stood next to her sibling, cloaked in what appeared to be fiery red Chakra and fury.

"N-Natsuko-chan please, I can help her… It's me Hinata." The pale eyed girl pleaded out, as she slowly advanced on her teammates.

This seemed to have the desired effect as the blonde collapsed from exhaustion, with Hinata rushing forward to help her.

***SooP***

"So what happened here?" Shino inquired as Hinata began treatment on Akane.

"We defeated the leader of the Akatsuki."

The assembled Ninja went wide eyed at the blonde's statement.

Sure they all knew that the two sisters were skilled, hell everyone in Konoha knew that, but for them to take down a Ninja who was responsible for nearly killing a Sanin…

"That's… impressive." Neji wisely remarked.

"Impressive? That is damn freaking awesome! You two rock!" Tenten exclaimed in excitement.

Natsuko just giggled slightly before picking up a nearby Chakra rod that had been discarded.

With a slight amount of effort she located her target and stood up once more.

"Hinata-chan, take care of Akane-chan for me okay?"

"Of course Natsuko-chan but what about…"

"I am going to finish this once and for all…"

With that the blonde took off towards the forest.

***SooP***

"So we meet at last."

"It appears so."

"Are you here to kill me?"

At this response the silent member of the three stepped closer towards her teammate, wanting to be ready to act if need be.

"It is certainly within my power, Kyuu-chan said that if I unleash at least five tails I would be able to kill you both fairly quickly."

"I would imagine that is the case, in my present state I am certainly no threat to you and I doubt Konan would be able to do much at such close range."

The blonde was silent for a moment before speaking up in a slight whisper, "Why?"

"Peace"

Her head snapped up as she let loose a deep growl.

"Peace? PEACE!? You tried to kill two members of my family! You threatened my home and my friends! HOW CAN YOU DARE CLAIM THIS WAS FOR PEACE!?"

Konan winced at the girl's tone, when the facts were placed in front of her…

"You are far too young and naïve to understand. You have not seen…"

"What? I haven't seen suffering? I have lived with suffering. I was forced to watch my sister suffer for years because no one would help us. I had to watch as she chose my wellbeing over her own time and time again. She made sure that I ate before she did, made me take the blankets and warm clothing so that I wouldn't get sick, she was the only one who bought me a birthday present every single year despite the fact that I was too damn selfish and stupid to do the same for her. Instead I would spend my money on other stupid items… but every single year there it would be, a package wrapped up in some shiny paper with my name written on it. Every single year I would tear into it and giggle happily while she watched on, that same warm smile on her face, as if the only thing she truly wanted in this world was to see me happy."

The girl paused, forcing back the tears and the choked sob that threatened to escape from her.

"And you tried to take her from me…"

Pein nodded, knowing full well that his time on this earth was at an end.

Minutes ticked by, and instead of death the self-proclaimed God found himself staring down at the young girl.

Someone who reminded the man far too much of his friend…

"I am so tired of killing, and death. I am tired of watching my friends and family end up in hospital beds strapped to machines. I am tired of hearing about vengeance, and war, and pain, and death. I just want to live in peace with my family."

Konan nodded ever so slightly in understanding. She too had witnessed what those who "desired peace" were capable of. Seldom was it what they had claimed to be their ambition.

The girl turned to leave, shocking both of the older Ninjas for the first time.

"You… are leaving?"

"Yes, like I said I am tired of this. If you come after us again we will just beat you again."

With that the girl departed, heading back towards Konoha where she detected her sister had been taken.

***Omake***

"I have a question Natsuko."

"Yes baa-chan?"

"Quit calling me that you brat… anyways I have been meaning to ask how your 'Life Release' works."

"Oh that? It's simple really, through earth and water I can form and shape plants and basic life with Mokuton. Then I just add in 'the breath of life' and boom."

"… And boom?"

"And boom" the girl repeated with a sage nod.

"That's it?"

"Yep!"

The Hokage blinked in confusion for a few moments, before the full weight of what the girl had just said hit her.

This child had just done what it had taken an aged Kage nearly a lifetime to perfect. She had created a new element with three separate ones. She had forged what few knew as a 'Kekkei Tota' much like the 'Dust Release' of the Third Tsuchikage.

Yet here she was, giggling happily as if it was just a fun toy rather than an incredible feat of Ninjutsu.

It was in that moment that Tsunade could have sworn that she saw into the future, and witnessed a blonde sitting behind the Hokage's desk once more.

***A/N***

I hope that battle was acceptable for everyone. I initially considered having Jiraiya warn them and explain Pein's abilities but considering it was already a two on one I wanted it to be a bit more difficult for the two girls.

All in all I am fairly pleased with the way it turned out.

I hope everyone enjoyed!