Author: well people, it's here at least, the 40 chapter...and it's been over a year since this story begun...the results so far.

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It's been so long since I began this story, and how little it was in the beginning. To tell the truth, when I first began this story, I had no clue what was going to happen after chapter 8. Now, I have the entire story planned and memorized in my head, so much to do, so little time in which to do it.

To reach this mark, wow, I'm so close to reaching an authors idea story, well more then others ( sweat drops). The idea story is one that has over 1000 reviews. Maybe I'll reach it, at some point...then again, it may not be that hard. Why you ask? Well I'll tell you when the time is right...Until then, lets move on to the reviews.

Ded bob: Sorry, but that's another one of those 'in itself is like 10 spoilers' kind of thing. You'll learn how he became rock kage, just through the story. Or until the story has progressed enough to were there's little to no spoilers when I give the info out.

prismdragon: meh, don't expect anything too big. Sure, there's all six kages, but besides that you won't really see the battle...but, you will get to see the final part of the battle, which in itself will rip the sky in two ( literally)

whitetigerrose: All in a day's work ( strikes a pose)...you never saw that...

Thanks for reviewing

dragonize: Speaking of Kiba, you're going to love his new transformation technique...inspired from Egypt and how fucked up it is.

Moonlight of Thunderclan: ( stands up and points in a random direction) OBJECTION! I plead the fifth on the account that I'm a dumbass...

Saves me every time... (winks)

helljump: meh, I do my best. About it being confusing, just don't think about it. It's one of those things that just come to you...

hope master: Too lazy to type it again, go read ded bob's reply...also, I forgot to add that I just like making the readers wait, why, because I'm cruel...( maniacal laughter)

00asianwriter00:...meh...when your forced to rush, that happens...

Thanks for reviewing.

Rperodin:...nice name...though I have no clue on what it says...

Servant of the almighty kyuubi: Too late now, and I don't really care...XD

Thanks for reviewing.

Midnight-angel-of-darkness:...do you mind if I just shorten your name to MaD...?.. since the longer version is so annoying to wright...no offense...plus, the fact that you name's main words spells MaD is just funny XD.

Thanks for reviewing...

disclaimer: I do not own naruto

enjoy the fic

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There is more then just one hero, after all.

" So that's what Commander meant." Sla stated, as he watched several explosions go off in Konoha. Sla quickly turned around and headed towards the Uzumaki residence, jumping from the edges of cliffs to make it back to the valley. When he arrived, he looked at the assembled troops in the valley, all of them ready to leave at a moments notice. Sla stood tall in front of all of them, everyone of them giving him they're undivided attention.

" You are the 27 squads of Arashi, as you are out there fighting for the lives of the people of Konoha, remember, Arashi is apart of you and you are apart of Arashi. " Sla turned around, his hand extending quickly outwards and to the side.

" Move out!" Sla yelled, as him and all the troops vanished without a trace, moving towards they're objective as fastest as possible.

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"...Target locked." Shino stated, as he aimed his right hand at a group of enemies. All but his index and his thumb were down, his index finger pointing straight forward and his thumb bent slightly. Shino waited for a few seconds, before shooting a single bug out from his index fingertip, his hand shooting back a bit. The bug headed towards the group of nin at high speeds, it glowing all the way to them. When it was close enough, the bug started to glow bright yellow, a second later exploding right in front of the nin. Shino aimed at another group of nin

"...Target locked." Shino shot another bug at a group of nins, a few dodging this time, having already seen the technique used in front of them. Shino lifted his left hand, something slowly pushing out of it. The head of a centipede slowly pushed through the hands skin, clicking a bit as it moved through. Shino brought his hand back, stalling for a moment.

"...Get over here." Shino said, as he trusted his hand forward, shooting the centipede towards the nin. Said nin gasp, they're hearts being pierced by the centipedes. Shino pulled them back to him, them now in a row close together and hovering off the ground (the centipede retracted itself, going backwards through the people). Shino then threw his arm backwards, flinging the bodies of the now dead nin at a group of nin that was approaching him from behind.

"...Target locked." Shino said, once again taking aim at the enemy nin that was rushing towards him...

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The mist-nin looked over the enemy before him. She looked around 16 years old, standing at 5'5. She had emerald colored eyes and long pink hair that came down to her shoulders. She was wearing lose black cargo pants and a leather black strap shirt, it too clinging to her body. She was also wearing a green crystal like neckless, which was slightly going into the girls cleavage ( a good amount was showing, but not enough to be considered indecent) she was also wearing a pink jacket (over sized so that the jacket came down a little past the knees). On the back of the jacket were the letters 'blossom sennin' in the center of a large black circle. She was also wearing black boots and gloves. The woman smirked at them, signaling for them to make the first move. The mist-nin grinned, as he started to form hand seals to a familiar jutsu.

" Kuchiyose no jutsu!" the man yelled, him slamming his hand onto the ground. In a large puff of smoke, a large dark brown ox appeared before the mist-nin. The nin jumped onto the ox, getting ready to fight the women. His eyes widened, seeing what the women had been doing.

The women had her hands pointed towards the ground, electricity gathering into her hands from all around her. Her chakra, now becoming visible, was focused into her right hand, forming a type of energy ball...even if it looked extremely unstable. The women smirked, disappearing in a flash, and leaving the mist-nin to try to prepare for her attack.

Try being the key word.

The women appeared right in front of him, her face inches from him. The women looked at him for a second, doing the 'kissing-good-bye' expression, before slamming the blue energy ball into him.

" Chidori!" the women yelled, using her superior strength to shove her fist down through the nin and towards the ox, causing it to puff out of existence instantly. Using the force of the chidori's blast, the women pushed herself back flipping and landing on the ground. The women rose up from the ground and looked around the battle field, a group of nin coming out from the trees, a large three story ox following them, pushing trees aside' down as it went along. The women sighed, looking up at the creature and noticing two more of it's kind behind it.

" This...is going to take awhile." Sakura stated, stalling for a moment, before charging towards the creatures.

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Around forty shinobi's surrounded both Shikamaru and Subura. Both said people had they're swords drawn, Shikamaru's katana and Subura broad sword. Both of them were back to back, scanning over the enemy and who they were about to fight.

" Think you can handle this many?" Shikamaru asked, as he starred coldly at the smirking nin.

" Well...might be tough if one more shows up." Subura replied, as he too scans over the nin with a icy glare.

" Then that'll be the one that I take care of." Shikamaru stated, lifting his sword up a bit, noticing that the enemy nin was also readying they're weapons. Subura moved his head back a bit and looks at Shikamaru over his shoulders.

" What, your fighting too?" Subura looked straight forward once more, the two quickly charge away from each other and towards a group of nin with the intention taking all of them down...regardless of wether or not it costed them they're lives.

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" Akumaru!"

A white dog could be seen weaving through the groups of enemy nin, said nin only glancing down at the dog, or it's blur, considering how fast he was going. Serving through the crowds, the dog jumped into the air a second later, landing in front of his master.

" Ready boy?" Kiba asked, looking down at his partner. Arkumaru only stayed focused on the nin, nodding slightly, causing Kiba to grin and begin to form seals.

" Urufu-jin no jutsu!" Kiba yelled, as he slammed his hand onto Arkumaru's back. They both glowed brightly, as the enemy nin stopped to cover they're eyes. After a few seconds, the light deemed and reveled what had Kiba and Arkumaru. Now standing before the cloud-nins were two jackal like creatures, both of them standing on they're hind legs. The creatures were wearing loin clothes ( much to the relief of the guy nins and, surprisingly, disappointment of the female nins.) Both of the jackal creatures grinned, as they slowly raised a curved-crescent shaped blade.

"We'll beat everyone of you down!" the creatures yelled in perfect harmony, them charging towards the nin at full speed a second later.

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" Mahou waza no jutsu" Neji stated calmly, as two HUGE ass armor wearing dogs appeared behind him. Sure, armor wearing dogs wasn't something new in the shinobi world. Hell, there was a giant frog that could beat the living hell out of most people. The fact that these dogs were made out of ink was what caught them off guard.

The nin looked over Neji one more time. Neji was wearing a pair of black baggy pants and a tight black shirt, he was also wearing saddles. Neji had two shinobi pouches on him, which from what the shinobi could tell, were full of brushes, paper, and paint. It was covered a bit with Neji's long hair, which stopped below his waist. Neji was also wearing a beret, for some strange reason, probably to go with the look. Neji pulled out another piece of paper and drew on it with an amazing speed that the mist-nin had never seen before. Neji then paused and presented it in front of him.

" Mahou waza no jutsu." Neji said, as the picture flashed for a moment, before neji threw it the ground below the nin and his squad. As soon as the paper hit the ground, the area around it was engulfed in large black flames that reached up about two stories. Neji started to make another one, ducking to move out of the way of one of his painted dogs while it attacked a nin that had gotten to close. Neji had only one thought as he continued to kick the nins ass in style.

" Honestly...these nin have no respect for artwork..."

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" Get the fuck away from me!" Tayuya yelled, delivering a side kick to a shinobi that was about to attack her. Tayuya used the force of the kick to push back and turn around, punching another nin in the face and sending him into a building. Ducking, Tayuya dodged an attack from a mist shinobi and drew a kunai, stabbing it into said nin and pulling it out. Tayuya looked around the area to see that there were another seven nin charging at her.

"...Fuck this." Tayuya stated, as she pulled out her flute. Bringing it up to her lips, Tayuya began to play a melody. The nins stopped in they're tracks and waited for what ever Tayuya was summoning to come out into the open. After a minute or so, the nin decided to resume they're attack on her and threw a wave of kunai at her. Shocked when they went straight through her. Multiple copies of Tayuya started to form around them, surrounding them in a sense. All of the Tayuya's around them stooped playing and grinned at the nin all at once.

" Meimu takai no jutsu" they all stated, as they charged rapidly towards the nin and before the nin could do anything, went straight through them. The shinobi's of the mist gasped, as they felt the Tayuya copies pass through them again and again. A minute later, all the nin's dropped to the ground at once, a puddle of they're own blood forming underneath them.

Tayuya grinned from a top a tree down at the nin, admiring her handy work. Putting her flute away and standing straight up, she thought about what she was going to do next. Only to sigh, when she heard some crying and looked over her shoulder to see her kid had woken up because of all the commotion ( she was being carried in a straw basket...why, because it's cooler then anything else I can think of at the moment). Tayuya tried to calm her child down, and, for the love of god, make him stop crying.

" Why me?...oh yeah, because I used to serve that snake bastard..."

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" Why are we here again?" Zabuza asked, as he took out another mist-nin with his board sword. He looked over at haku, who had taken out two nin using a katon jutsu.

" To help Naruto-kun..." Haku replied, her forming another set of seals. " Katon: Ryuuka no jutsu." Haku said, shooting a huge stream of fire at a cloud-nin that was about to bring her sword down on Haku. Haku looked back at Zabuza, who was currently using water clones to take on a group of nin.

" I still don't see the reason why were here..." Zabuza formed some seals, his clones looking at each other and nodding. A second later, they all bursted into water and spread out as much as possible. Zabuza slammed his hand on the ground, grinning a bit the entire time.

" Hekireki no jutsu" electricity shot out of Zabuza's hand and spread across the water rapidly. Any nin that was unlucky enough to be caught in it was fried to death, they're corpse's dropping to the floor a second later. Haku was standing on a nearby building, taking out whoever managed to dodge the attack with needles and fire jutsu.

Zabuza's grin widened at his handy work, noting to himself to thank Naruto later for bringing him to the village just before this began...

He was having the time of his life.

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A large explosion could be heard, a women jumping from roof top to roof top with a large device on her shoulder. It was cylinder shaped, almost her bodies length. It looked like it was made out of bamboo, though it would need to be stronger to go through what it mainly did. They're was a square box object coming near the front, one that had a scope that the women looked through. Speaking of which, the women was aiming at another nin. Pulling what looked like a 'trigger', a object shooting out of the front of the object.

The nin ( and the ones behind him) flew into the air...well piece's of them, a huge explosion being seen for a few seconds, before it dimmed down. A sound nin that was running towards the girl stopped all of a sudden, the girls 'object' pointed at his face. The last thing he remembered was seeing two buns on top of the girls head.

( honestly, you should be able to get this one.)

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A women could be seen running away from a group of nin. She looked around 16, possibly 17 and had long silver hair down to her lower thighs. She was wearing a white sleeve-less shirt and leather black pants, wearing combat boots on her feet. She had a forehead protector with the symbol for grass village on it and a scythe about as big as she was ( which is around 5' 7 in height) strapped to her back. The girl looked back at the nin's, glaring at them with tan colored eyes.

" You guys are really annoying the hell out of me." the women stated, reaching into one of her pouches and pulling something out, throwing a piece of paper towards the nin. The paper that the girl threw at them shifted and transformed into a swan looking shape, hitting one of the nins just after finishing. A second later, the entire group was incased by a large bubble. The women grinned, bringing her hand up.

" Tsk, tsk, didn't they ever teach you not to let your guard down?" the women asked, as she grinned slowly at them. Walking around the bubble, the women looked over the nin once more, thinking about something. After another minute, she grinned even more.

" Well, I've decided to tell you my name before I kill you...you know, the whole taking it to your graves thing." the girl smiled sweetly, bringing her hand up to touch the bubble.

"My name is.. Koubashii Zetsumei, Sumei if you wouldn't mind." Sumei stated, touching the bubble. The bubble then closed on itself, and for some reason crushing the people inside. The bubble crystalized into a small, bead sized object. Picking it up, she added it to the other ones on her bracelet. Sighing, the girl looked up at the sky and admired the clouds.

" Why did I let you bring me here, Naru-sama?"

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Author: Please read and review

Side note: if any of you are wondering, Sumei is the character that I promised ice princess. Like ALL the characters in my story, she will have a big role in it sooner or later.