Disclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters, only the Oc's and any seals besides the hirashin and curse seal's.

(Ten minutes earlier)

The match between the Uchiha, and Gaara had been going on for a couple of minutes, and it seemed everyone was anxious. While Shiba had all but lost any prior knowledge to the invasion during the chunin exams, she couldn't help but feel on edge. Something just didn't seem right with the situation, and the fact that the Kazekage, was staring at Gaara intently like he was waiting for something, was just disturbing. She didn't know what was going on in that sense, but she knew for sure that she wouldn't let anything happen to the Hokage. Then again, it did help that she had a Hirashin Kunai in her pocket for emergency's. Mina had given it to her so that if she ever needed back-up, she would be there as soon as she could help. Of course, Ko would come with her, but that wasn't what was important right now, because of the lightning that was coming from the Uchiha's hand.

The second that the Uchiha's hand went through the dome of sand, Gaara had made, Shiba knew something was up. With a glare towards the Kazekage, everything went to hell. The first problem being that that a genjutsu was making everyone fall asleep, with the Kazekage, grabbing him. Following the Kazekage with equal speed, Shiba saw that she wasn't going to make it in time to help Hiruzen, so she threw the Kunai at the two of them, signaling for Mina that help was needed where the Kunai was sent. It was a good thing to, as the red headed Matriarch slammed into the barrier seal just as Mina and Ko appeared inside of the barrier. With a hiss of anger, Shiba said "Mina! Ko! Hiruzen needs help, I'm going to go around the village!"

The blonde and redhead, both nodded as they ran towards Hiruzen and Shiba ran towards the village to see if there was anything she could help with when it came to this invasion. Almost right away she saw some Oto-nin harassing some civilians, so with a quick movement of her hands, the two blades she had in her, sent a wave of red and blue at the Oto-nin, sending them flying into a building, most likely killing them instantly. When she landed in front of the group of civilians, she turned towards them and quickly said "You should get out of here."

She didn't say anything else towards them, as she back flipped away from an Oto-nin that tried to stab her from above. With a growl, she charged at the Oto-nin once again, causing them to disappear from the quickly running civilians. Shiba, was pissed though at the fact that there were so many Oto-nin, and she was almost positive that some of them were using Jutsu from Iwa, and Kiri! If that was the case then that mean that most of Oto's forces consisted of Missing Nin. Maybe not powerful ones, but they were still such. Some of these guys may not even be worth the conscious effort to fight them. When Shiba heard the sound of a summoning though, she turned just in time to move out of the way of a giant toad. The toad was blue in color, and it had a mace, but it was currently busy fighting three giant snakes. With a frown Shiba bit her thumb while going through the hand seals needed.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!(1)" When the Jutsu was called out a large amount of smoke appeared as a humongous salamander of a blue, yellow, and red color appeared.

"Oi, Oi, Oi, what the hell Shiba-ki! I was taking a nice nap!" The salamander yelled in what was almost a whining tone, that caused Shiba to held her forehead in her palm.

"Sanshu. I've told you multiple times, I call you when I need help, and only urgent help! You think I can fight a Giant snake summon by myself?" Shiba stated to the giant lizard, whose head she was on top of.

"Fine... But you owe me for this." Sanshu stated, before he lazily walked over buildings, not stepping on them though, and he swatted at one of the snakes in a way that someone would bat away a fly.

To say the toad, and whoever was in the toad, was surprised, would be an understatement. In reality, they expected the salamander to be hostile considering that it was put into a similar animal class as a snake. It seemed that the salamander knew what they were thinking, as the normally lazy reptile let out a growl as it yelled "I'm an amphibian damn it! Reptiles and amphibians are different!"

Jiraiya, who was on the toads head, just laughed loudly as he said "Salamanders huh? Suits you I guess."

Shiba just gave a small sigh at that, before she looked back a bit wondering what was happening with her daughter. Shaking her head she looked back towards the problem at hand. They needed to get rid of these snakes or more deaths than needed would happen. Buildings could be replaced, especially with all the shadow clones that the Uzumaki could make. One Uzumaki could account for close to twenty people when it came to shadow clones. With that in mind, Shiba rubbed the top of Sanshu's head as a snake came at them with the intent to rip them limb from limb.

With Kira, things were not going much better. While she wasn't going to go after Naruto and them, she was trying her hardest not to get killed due to the amount of Oto, and Suna-nin that were attacking her. With a loud growl, she sent a slash at them with her sword style, which cut a bunch of them in half. This was by no means her first kill, but it still made her queasy when she thought about the fact that she was the one who caused their deaths. Shaking herself out of her thoughts, Kira had to quickly move away as she heard a calm voice say "Tsubaki no Mai(2)."

With a quick draw, and slice to her left, Kira managed to block the attack that was sent at her, if only barely. When she saw the person in front of her, however, she cursed loudly, as she recognized the characteristics for one of the Kaguya clan. Straightening herself,Mitch her sword back in her sheath, Kira asked "What does a Kaguya want with me?"

The boy didn't make any indication that he heard her, before he made another bone sword appear in his hand, and he said "I have been given orders to eliminate you. You are a hindrance to Orochimaru-sama's plans."

Kira's eyes narrowed at that, but then she noticed something in his posture that didn't add up to what her mother said Kaguya's were like. Being a friend with an extreme medical expert, she knew what it was. With a soft look in her eyes, Kira said "Your sick. I'm not going to ask you to come with me so I can have someone look at you, but I will not kill a sick person."

The Kaguya, looked at her with a neutral expression, as he said "You will not kill me, then what would you do instead? I am the enemy, after you defeat me, would you hand me over to your interrogation forces? I would die from the stress as well."

Kira gave a small so at what he said, but she didn't move her hand from her sword. It was the right decision, as well, as he appeared in front of Kira, just as she drew her blade to block the attack. With a small sigh, she pushed the Kaguya back once again, before she released her gravity seals. With the seals gone, she was able to keep up with the pail boy with ease, but it was still fairly difficult for her to continuously block the attacks that were sent her way. In essence she was getting annoyed due to the fact that her attacks were becoming null and void, while she had to block other attacks as well, which caused her Iaidō fighting style to be unusable in this case. It was needless to say that while Kira was getting angry, she couldn't really due anything due to the fact that both of them were on even grounds when it came to Kenjutsu. With a growl, Kira sped up as fast as she could, which would tear muscles for a none Uzumaki, and she sent three quick slashes, that managed to his the Kaguya. The white haired boy's eyes widened at that, before he slowly looked towards the girl, and frowned as well.

The Kaguya, didn't want to release his curse seal, but he could tell he would need to if she decided to use whatever power she was holding back on when it came to this fight. It was fairly obvious that she was holding back, due to the fact that she had yet to use any Ninjutsu or genjutsu. While Taijutsu wasn't used either, it would be stupid to use Taijutsu against a Kenjutsu user, but what was it that she was hiding? Orochimaru had little to no data on the girl, except for what she has shown, which was sealing prowess, as well as Kenjutsu prowess. The fact that she had nothing know about her other abilities, was something that the Kaguya didn't want to worry about, but he had to. Going in blind was not something he liked to do, even if he figured that he would be able to win the fight without much of a problem, though that wasn't the case anymore.

Kira on the other hand, could easily see the cursed seal that the Kaguya had on him, but it was obvious she wouldn't be able to do anything to the seal unless the Kaguya in front of him let her get close. That was going to be impossible as well, not to mention that if she tried to put a seal directly on him, it wouldn't work either, was another thing that was added to the list of her being unable to do. Right now the two were at a standstill due to the fact that Kira didn't want to use Isobu's chakra unless she had to, or the Kaguya used whatever that cursed seal he had did. Something told her that if he did use the cursed seal that she would be hard pressed to win unless she used everything in her arsenal.

With a sigh on Kira's part, she blocked another attack, and sent wind chakra through the blade, until a thin white blade extended from the actual metal. The Kaguya noticed this, as he saw the chakra blade added onto it, and he tried his best to stay just inside of the reach of the blade, so the wind chakra couldn't affect him. Both of them had to admit that other was skilled in combat, but neither voiced it due to the fact that if they did, then the other would have a chance to attack. Neither of them said anything, as they continued to trade attacks, and try their best to best the other, the only problem now, was figuring out how they were going to win this fight.

When the Kaguya tilted his head to the side a bit however, they both stopped. With a look towards Kira, he said "Our battle is at an end for now. So you may remember me, I am Kimimaro."

Kira gave a nod in respect towards the other Kenjutsu user, as she said "I am Kira Uzumaki. I hope we will get the chance to cross blades once more."

Both of them gave a small nod in respect towards the other, before they left, causing them both to disappear. When Kira managed to get back to the arena, she saw that the damage was on the better side, considering they were the ones invaded, but that wasn't the problem. A lot of Uzumaki were running around the village, most likely shadow clones, as they helped clean everything up. With a deep frown on her face, she noticed a couple of the younger Uzumaki, ones that were still in the academy, helping place cleaning seals around for getting rid of the dead bodies of the enemy. Any Konoha villager, or Shinobi, would be given a proper burial, but when it came to the enemies, they got no such thing. It wasn't known, what had happened during the invasion, but about halfway through, the Suna nin started to attack the Oto-nin, causing the battle to turn from Oto and Suna vs Konoha, to Konoha and Suna, Vs Oto. Suna nin, were helping at as well, trying to help strengthen the bond that Konoha and Suna had at the moment, but it seemed the only ones really fine with Suna's help were the Uzumaki, who all gave a wave towards the Suna-nin.

Up on the roof were Hiruzen, and Orochimaru fought, Mina and Ko were helping each other, but it seemed that the blonde woman was crying, while the redhead, tried to comfort her. Kira new right away why that was, because of the fact that Hiruzen sarutobi, was on the ground, not moving at all. A soft look was all Kira gave, as Shiba appeared on top of the building with a sad look towards the blonde and redhead. Kira turned away from them, as she noticed Hinata talking with her mother and father, a slightly sad look on her face, with a soft smile on both of the Hyuga parents faces. With another look, she noticed a bit farther away was Neji talking to his father about something. With a small sad look, Kira walked over towards Neji and Hizashi.

When Neji spotted the girl, he stopped in mid sentence and looked at Kira with a questioning look. She just gave a sad look, as she shook her head and continued to walk towards him, until she finally reached him and forcefully hugged him. Neji was surprised about that, but when he heard the quiet sobs from the red head in his arms, he just slowly rubbed her back in a comforting way. It honestly didn't surprise him that she needed comfort. He was the closest person she was comfortable with, and someone important to her died.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, was like a grandfather to Kira, just like he was to Naruto, and despite her not knowing him as well as Naruto did, she knew that he was an incredible person. During the time that the Uzumaki had been in Konoha, both Hiruzen, and Kira had caused all sorts of problems for the civilian side of the council due to her sharp tongue, and her clever mind. Hiruzen had been the go between when it came to the problems, but when Kira explained exactly why she wanted to do something, she was able to get the full support of the Shinobi council members. It irritated Danzo, and the other council members to no end.

Neji, gave a small look towards his father, who gave a small smile towards his son, and walked away from the duo, so that they could be alone at the moment. It was a nice thing to see, his son and a girl getting along, but it was something that needed privacy, that much was sure. When he was finally gone though, and it was obvious no one could hear them, Neji put his head on top of the red headed girls, causing her quiet sobs to turn into a soft crying. It took awhile for Kira to be able to talk, but despite this, she was still crying.

"Everything's going to be alright Kira. I promise." Neji stated while he continued to comfort the girl that was holding onto him like a lifeline.

Kira gave a soft sob as she said "W-why... Why did I-it have to be him?!"

Neji looked up slightly as he said "It was his time. He protected this village with a smile on his face, and he died with a smile as well. He died protecting everyone he loved."

Kira gave another soft sob, as she continued to cry into the Hyuga boys chest. Eventually she fell asleep from the crying, so he picked her up in a fire and carry, and took her towards the Uzumaki compound. When he reached the gate, he noticed two of the guards, who Kira had told him were Shinji and Hiro for when he came to the compound, were leaning against the wall of the compound. When Neji raised an eyebrow at them, Shinji said "We're shadow clones. The real us are out helping."

Hiro gave a nod as well as he said "Didn't want to leave this place unattended, even if there are a few fighters inside. Now, what happened to Kira?"

Neji straightened himself at this point, as he said "She cried herself to sleep. She was crying for the sandaime Hokage, as she was close to him."

Shinji, gave a soft sigh, as he said "Bring her in. You should probably wait until Shiba comes back though, the council is meeting at the moment."

Neji gave one last nod as he brought the Uzumaki into the compound to wait for Shiba.

With Shiba herself, she was extremely upset. While all of the council had went to the meeting, due to the Sandaime's orders there was no civilian council, that was the plus at the moment. The problem right now, was the fact that everyone was talking, and arguing at the same time about who should become the next Hokage. Finally getting irritated enough, she yelled "Shut the hell up!"

The killing intent she sent into the room formed into a familiar scared wolf behind her. When everyone quieted down, Shiba said "Ok, now that I have your attention, can we please talk through with this? We just finished a fight not even an hour ago, so we need to calm ourselves down. Now, any suggestions for the next Hokage?"

Surprisingly enough, it was Jiraiya who spoke first "The civilian side wants me to be Hokage, but I'm not the right type for it. I'm almost certain I can bring back a better person for the spot. I'm suggesting Tsunade Senju."

Some snorts of disbelief were head from Tsume Inuzuka, but she didn't comment on it, as Shikaku Nara said "That's, actually not a bad idea. The only problem now would be figuring out how to get her back here."

Shiba gave a wicked grin at that, as she looked towards Mina "I've got an idea of who we can send to convince her. Naruto Uzumaki."

Mina raised an eyebrow at that as she asked "Why would you send Naruto? How would he be able to convince her?"

Shiba leaned back in her chair as everyone looked towards her "Think about it this way. There are two things we know about Naruto Uzumaki. The first, being that he is extremely charismatic, in fact he managed to make Zabuza Momochi show emotions. The second, is that he is unpredictable. It wouldn't surprise me if he was able to learn the Rasengan in two weeks."

Mina's eyes grew a playfulness to that as she said "I see what your talking about. With the way Naruto is, I think that it is a good idea. I'll agree to send Naruto along with Jiraiya to recover Tsunade."

At the fact that the Yondaime, who had been reviled as such to the council as well as saying she wouldn't take the mantle again, saying that she wanted to send Naruto meant something. With that in mind, a lot more of the Shinobi council agreed, until it was unanimous when it came down to it. When everyone agreed to what was being said with the meeting, they all left with an agreement to wait until Tsunade became Hokage, before they chose who would be promoted to Chunin except for maybe Shikamaru, who had been promoted on the field.

Shiba, decided to create a hundred shadow clones to help around the village, while she herself went back to the compound to see if there was anything that she needed to do there. Fortunately for her, the compound wasn't affected whatsoever damage wise, but Hiro, and Shinji, gave a small salute towards the matriarch, as hiro said "Shiba, Neji Hyuga appeared here earlier carrying your daughter into the compound. We told him he should wait for you before leaving, and he agreed."

Shiba gave a small nod towards them at that, and she walked into the compound and straight to her house. When she did arrive, she wasn't surprised to see Neji, with Kira sleep beside him. He was sitting completely still as she slept, but he made no move to touch her except for running a hand through her hair. Neji made no indication that he noticed her enter the room, though when he looked up with a sort of soft sadness when it came to Kira. Shiba didn't say anything right away about the situation that the two of them were in, but Neji said "She cried herself asleep. She's in a fragile state considering the fact that the sandaime died."

Shiba gave a small nod, before she said "Thank you for being there for my daughter. I don't know what I would have done if she decided to bottle this up like she did when I had left. I didn't have much choice when it came to that though, and I know she forgave me, but this... This is different."

"I understand Shiba. I would never intentionally hurt your daughter, but things will not always be this way. Some day it may be me that died." Neji stated in a somber voice.

Shiba's eyes narrowed at that, before she said "No. I won't let that happen. I'll die before I let you leave her. She can get over my death faster than she would be able to get over yours."

Neji, and Shiba both stared off against each other at this point, before they gave a simple nod towards each other. No matter what would happen they would try to make sure the other was still alive for the future so that Kira always had someone close to her. It wasn't that complicated of a promise, but it would have a big impact if the promise ever needed to be taken through. It was definitely something that would affect Kira if it ever needed to be brought through, that much was for certain.

After a small silence, Shiba said "Naruto went with Jiraiya to get Tsunade, so she can be the Godaime."

Neji, looked slightly startled at this, but he said "If anyone can do it, it would be that fool. He is such a menace for everybody due to his unpredictableness that it wouldn't surprise me if he actually managed to do just what he set out to do."

Shiba gave a small smile to that "That he is. That he is."

So, you guys like this chapter?

Ok for for those of you who have voted on the poll the 'No (Time skip)' option means that I will have chapters for what happened during the time skip. I have some things planned up already, but I hope to head what you guys think of this chapter, so please review!

Character profile (3)

Name: Shiba Uzumaki

Nickname: Akai Kiri (Bingo book) Shi (Kuina)

Age: 34 (Birthday: september 2)

likes: misty area's, water, any Uzumaki, Kenjutsu, sweet dumplings, Zabuza Momochi, Z, Akua

dislikes: civilian council, sour food, fire, lightning, Iwa, sexism, womanizer's.

theme song: Kongos-Come with me now.

Notes: Shiba, at a young age, managed to become a Jõnin ranked kunoichi at the age of twelve, but due to her being the first daughter of the Uzukage at this point, it was considered normal for her t get to that rank. During the war between Uzushio and three of the other hidden villages, she had been given an S-rank rating in the bingo book due to her Kenjutsu sills, as well as her abilities with seals. Now a days, she is the clan head for the Uzumaki clan, with Kira as her heir. Her only goal in the future at this point is to have her daughter live a happy life.

Quotes: "You just gonna stand there and talk all day, or are you going to come at me?"

"Ok, if Kunoichi are weak then how am I S-ranked?"

"Everyone shut up! (silence) thank you. Now can we get back to the meeting are are you going to bicker like children some more?"

"What's so hard about swish swish stab? It's a freaking sword, not a Jutsu scroll."

(1)Kuchiyose no Jutsu: summoning Jutsu.

(2)Tsubaki no Mai: dance of the camilla.