Itachi grit his teeth. Some ten odd ANBU level shinobi were hard to defeat especially when he had his 3 children to consider. The ANBU didn't give him any time to think. They started to attack- spearheaded by a Hatake Kakashi. The chidori was rippling and crackling in the air as the silver haired man ran towards him. Itachi dodged it narrowly, only to be caught in Shikamaru's shadow bind. Again, he expelled the shadow-bind by releasing an extra-large amount of chakra. The game of cat and mouse continued for quite some time as Itachi gradually began to tire. All of the present Rookie 9 were greatly improved, plus they had a former ANBU captain and a Legendary Sannin in their midst. Sasuke especially had improved a lot. Things came to a standstill-when brother and brother stared at each other in the imaginary world of the Mangyekou, interlocked in a battle of wills.

It felt like it was over. Itachi had narrowly won the Mangyekou battle but now lay tired and suffering from chakra exhaustion when Ten-ten stepped up. She glanced at Kakashi, Jiraiya and Sasuke.

"You can finish him off" said Sasuke in disgust."Aniki is not worth the honor of dying in my hands. Having children must have made him soft." As Kakashi and Jiraiya nodded in affirmation, Ten ten raised her katana, to deliver the killing blow. Though all of them were a little unnerved by Itachi's smirk, they eagerly awaited the traitor's death.

As Ten ten bought her katana down, there was a sudden flash of light that blinded every single shinobi in the arena. When the light cleared, Ten ten's head was found rolling on the ground and her body slumped lifelessly. The leaf shinobi tore their eyes away from the gory scene to see another equally shocking sight.

In front of them was another man. He wasn't dressed like a shinobi –rather he was wearing a blue shirt. This shirt just bought out the blue in his eyes – which were as vivid and sparkling as the waters of the Mediterranean. His waist length golden hair shimmered in the wind as it fluffed in soft tresses. The hair outlined a beautiful face – with clear well-defined angular, yet feminine features and soft pink lips. The hands of this figure had a golden katana gripped in them; the blade of which was now red with blood. His figure was slender and effeminate; some may go as far as to call it feminine. However, the entire figure now radated an aura of anger and ubnadulterated killing intent. All in all, Uzumaki Naruto made an extremely beautiful yet deadly picture.

There was a shocked silence as glazed minds tried to analyze the situation. "Naruto" gasped Neji uncertainly " You…you disappeared so many years ago…and now…you're here???"

"You're with Itachi??" gasped Sakura

Naruto's azure eyes shone with anger "First of all" he growled

"What the hell are you guys doing here…. and why are you assassinating my husband? As I recall, Akatsuki was disbanded 5 years ago and we have neither harmed not provoked you in any way since then."

"Well, Uchiha Itachi is a missing nin and a dangerous one at that….It was the Godaime's orders' finished Shikamaru. He gasped. "But wait, did you say Itachi is your husband??? What the hell, Naruto???"

There was a pregnant pause. Suddenly, the body everyone assumed to be Itachi vanished with a poof and he reappeared, with Shouhei on his shoulders and the twins in his arms. Itachi was looking distinctly amused. "Saiai, you killed her over my kage bunshin" he said

"Tachirin!" cried Naruto and embraced him with a smile on is face. "I was worried you might be hurt."

"Naruto" said Jiraiya seriously. "What is the meaning of this all?"

Naruto sighed. "I'll explain. You have to promise though, that there will be no attacks on any of the 5 of us. If there are, " he continued coldly..."I will kill all of you without a single thought."

Sasuke scoffed. "Like you can, dobe. Don't annoy me more."

He got a sweet smile in return. Naruto hands flashed through seals at an incredibly fast speed. At the end of it, he whispered in a low voice: Fuuinjutsu: Chakra seal.

"What did you do?" cried Ino

"He just sealed away all your charkas." Replied the elder Uchiha's smooth voice.

"Gomen"said Naruto, not sounding like it at all." We have three defenseless children around. Can't have you attacking them. Also, your umbers are greater than ours and I don't trust you enough not to attack in the middle of my explanations."

"You sealed our chakras…I don't believe it…that's a very high level sealing jutsu..and you did it to all 12 of us at the same time? Asked an incredulous Hatake Kakashi.

Naruto shrugged. "You can try accessing your individual chakras if you don't believe me. Don't worry Tachirin, I didn't seal yours" he finished with a warm smile directed at Itachi.

The disbelieving Leaf shinobi were only proved too long. Helpless, Jiraiya ordered the rest of them to just listen to the Uchiha couple for the time being.

"All right" started Naruto. 'I am, as expected furious with all of you right now…. for trying to jeopardize my family. But, as people I considered friends and mentors, you deserve to know…. how my life has been for the past 5 years. Just listen and see… and ask questions at the end"