DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or S-Cry-Ed

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Now to check on the polls. Now if the Harem wins guyz, I will only use the top 2 girls to hookup with him, don't want Naruto hooking up with every girl and leave all the guyz high and dry, hehehehe. (Okay, maybe that's not so funny)

Tenten: 3

Temari: 9

Hinata: 16

Sakura: 6

Ino: 3

Scheris: 0

Kanami: 5

Harem: 19

Looks like the harem votes are conquering the polls here as far I can see; the Harem will most likely consist of Hinata and Temari. I also see that people don't seem to have any love for Scheris, man that sucks for her. Well now that's done, let's get on with the story.

THE INVASION AND SECOND STAGE UNLEASHED

After the unexpected explosion happened in the seats of the Hokage and his guest, Naruto now just landed on the stadium seats to see what's happening with his sensei. He sees that Gai is there as well and that the two jounins were about to go to see what happened to the Hokage themselves, which he too was going to see for himself. A bunch of Anbu black ops stopped them before they could anything and told them not to worry and that they'll take care of it, but the new Alter user was doubtful, but right now he needed to protect his friends from enemy ninjas attacking them.

"Kakashi-sensei, what the hells going on here?" the new brunette asks as punches a sound ninja in the face, hard,' I can't power up to my Alter or I'd be using the people here as material for it.'

"It seems we're under attack," the one-eyed jounin says as if it's just the obvious which it is, as he deflects shurikens coming from a sand ninja with his kunai," its seems the sound and sand have formed an alliance and are trying to overtake Konoha."

"What about the old man? Shouldn't we see what's happening to him?" the boy asks while he dodges a punch and throws a sand ninja on top of his head, and finishes him off by punching hard in the chest,' why did this have to happen, I thought we had an alliance with the sand. Well the only thing I can do now is fight.'

"Don't worry about him, he's not the Hokage for nothing," the lazy jounin said as he dodges attack from behind and grabs the sound ninja around the neck and snapping, killing him," anyways that's not important, what's important is that you, Sakura and Shikamaru go after Sasuke, who is on pursuit of the sand team."

"Huh?" Naruto looks down to see where Sasuke was, but doesn't see him on the stadium floor," alright, I'll be back with Shikamaru," he then jumps on a sand ninja chest and kicks him in the face, and then jumps off to where Shikamaru was, in the balcony waiting area.

When he gets there, he sees the boy on the floor, asleep. But when he gets closer, he notices the boy doesn't really seem to be asleep,' is he? That ass, how can he try to fake at a time like?' Naruto decides to give swift kick to the boy in the head," hey, get your ass up, we have new mission to accomplish and our home to save."

"Ow, damn Naruto, that hurt. I don't want to get involved in this, is just too troublesome," the lazy boy tries to comfort the bump on his head that he received from the former blond.

"Yea, yea, let's just get going to see my sensei," but before the boy jumped off, he took one last look to the rooftop that seemed to have barrier and notices a new occupant, one that he remember from one his eyes,' is that freak from the forest of death?! What was his name? I think it was Orichimaru. Damn, how could we have let this happen,' he then jumps off to his sensei, worried if the old man would be alright against the snake.

When he gets back to the stand with the lazy boy right behind him, he noticed Kakashi is defending Sakura against incoming," Kakashi-sensei, we're here, so what do you want us to do," he asks as he land in front of the two.

"Well, you guys will be receiving a mission, so you should be at least a little delighted Naruto. This mission will be your first A rank mission since the land of the waves, so you guys will have to be careful," they boy knew it was going to be dangerous mission, so he wasn't that surprised at it's rank.

"But sensei, what are you doing? With this battle going on, why send us off on some mission?" the pink haired kunoichi asked.

"Sasuke is chasing Gaara and the sand ninjas that were with him, so go with Naruto and Shikamaru here, and you'll be getting another team member to come with you," the copy ninja said as he cut his thumb with the kunai his hand.

"Huh? Who else is going with us? Ino, or is it Chouji," the girl was wondering who else would be going with them, but the sensei just shook his head and slammed his palm with the cut thumb on a knocked out persons back, and a puff of smoke appears on the mans back. It then revealed to be a little dog with leaf headband and a little blue cape that has some sort of drawing on it.

"Pakkun here will track Sasuke by scent," said the lazy jounin as the dog licked his paw.

"Wait, are you serious? Our fourth member is puppy?" the girl was skeptical that this dog could help them. Naruto on the other hand, wanted the girl to shut up for once; she was asking too many questions that were stalling them.

The 'puppy' then went up to the girl face and spoke, which freaked her out," alright, listen her little girl. Don't you dare go around saying I'm just some cut puppy."

'But she didn't even say he was cute,' Naruto thought as a big sweatdrop goes over his head," alright, it's time we get going. You three ready," the boy only got nods from the three.

But before they could get anywhere, a sound ninja was coming up from behind them without them noticing; before they knew it, he was right behind them when they noticed. But a streak of green, revealing it to be Gai, stopped the attack right then," s-so fast," they heard the pinned ninja say.

"Not just fast, but also powerful," said the green clad jounin as he pushed a little further, which served to make the pinned ninja fly right through the wall and make a hole for the newly assembled team.

At that moment, Kakashi landed beside them with two kunai in his hands, the kunais bloody from his recent attack," Now I'll explain the mission, once I do, you guys head through that hole Gai made."

"I know, we track down Sasuke and stop him from going further. You then want us to get to a safe location and await further orders," the new Alter user was really getting impatient and wanted to get this show on the road, though he did have different plans, but he wouldn't tell his sensei that though.

"Very good, Naruto, now go," they do as their sensei says and jump through the hole with Shikamaru falling back a bit because he was complaining, but he soon caught up to the group and were on there way with Pakkun leading them to Sasuke.

"Why did I even get sent along with this mission? This so troublesome," the lazy boy complained to his temporary team.

"It couldn't be helped. These are the order we have received from Kakashi-sensei," the kunoichi of the group said to the no good lazy boy.

"'Sniff', 'sniff', this way," the little dog said to the group, redirecting them in the direction he smelled he Sasuke.

"How long will it take for us to catch up to him? Well Pakkun?" the new brunette asked to the so-called 'puppy'.

"I don't know, he's moving pretty fast," the little dog spoke, informing the former blond.

"Damn it," Naruto was thinking, in sort of a Shikamaru mode, how troublesome Sasuke is being.

Moments later after a jumping for a few minutes, Pakkun then picks up on some new scents," Hey you guys, increase your speed now."

"Huh? What's wrong? Did you find Sasuke," the pink hair girl asked, getting a little excited that they might finally be closing in on the said avenger.

"No," that made the girl deflate at what the dog said before he continued," two platoons, a total of eight people are closing in on us… no, I sense another. So we have nine guys after us."

"What? You mean that we have enemy ninjas on us already? You've got to be kidding me," the lazy ninja said in his complaints as usual.

They needed to come up with a plan soon, so they quickly went to the ground and started to run, but then the dog stopped all of a sudden and had his head looking downwards," hey, why'd you stop? In case you haven't noticed, we've got enemy ninjas on our asses."

"Shut up and follow me," the little dog said simply," step backwards onto your footsteps, so that we may get them off our trail for a bit, it will then look like our footsteps have suddenly disappeared," the dog stepping back on it's tracks to better demonstrate what he meant and flipped back to a branch far in the back, which they follow by doing it also.

"I guess it can't be helped, but you know this trick won't throw them off for long, right?" the new Alter user said to the tiny mutt.

"It'll at least buy us some time, and that'll be enough for us for now," the blue caped dog said to the former blond," also, the pursers will become impatient and that will created a weakness in their pursuit. If they don't see the clues that lead to us, that'll be even better."

"Yea, yea, alright, I'm done," he then flipped to the branch the dog is on along with his two friends," now that's done, let's get back to tracking down Sasuke," and with that, they went off.

For only few moments, the dog picked up on the same scent that were tracking them," okay, this is bad. They're gaining on us even though they're being careful and looking out for any ambushes."

"Damn it, they all must be above chunnin level to keep up on us like this. If they catch up to us, we'll be annihilated," the lazy ninja of the group said to his two teammates.

"Heh, like that's scares, maybe you haven't been seeing me kicking those ninjas asses at the stadium," the former blond said to his lazy friend.

"Nonetheless, we should probably set up an ambush for them," the female part of the team said, but then continued," If we ambush them, we'll have the advantage. Even if they have two times the amount of people than us, it might work if we catch them off guard."

"We can't do that," this made the group turn their heads to the dog, wanting to know what he meant," they're the men of the renegade and former leaf ninja, Orichimaru. The bad thing his, I think they're all jounins."

"I thought something like that might've worked…but it won't," Shikamaru saying his two cents in the conversation while they keep jumping from tree branch to tree branch.

"Wait, why not?" the girl was sure something like an unexpected ambush would work, but was wondering what the lazy ninja meant," the enemy's level of skill doesn't matter when you're ambushing them."

"You don't get do you, Sakura. It's true that ambushing is a really advantageous basic tactic, but to pull it off, there are two conditions you must meet," he saw they had question looks on their faces as to what conditions he meant and continued," first, the runner must move while making a bunch of noise and must discover the enemy first. Second, we must secure a location to catch the pursuers of guard and inflict critical damage on them and quickly conceal ourselves in that location. Once we are able to fulfill these conditions, an ambush becomes a valid tactic."

They were both wondering where he was going with this, but he still continued," If we have the ninja dogs nose, we can find their location pretty easily. As for the second condition, it seem that we're at an advantage since this is our village and we know the terrain better, but Orichimaru has been in Konoha before. If we're dealing with his men, that method won't work."

"So what exactly are you trying to get at man?" if he wanted to say something, he should just say it, because the whole explanation was getting to be too much for Naruto.

"The pursuers have been taught about the terrain and have most likely gone through training for this battle. On top of that, they are most likely ninja who have mastered the art of pursuing," Shikamaru said in his usual lazy voice.

"So they'll know how we'll act," the pink haired kunoichi said in more of a statement than a question.

"Ambushing is still advantageous, but there are too many uncertain factors. Furthermore, the enemy is a squadron specifically for this plan. As for us, we have an idiot with freakish strength and power," the former blond narrowed his eyes at him," a female ninja who has no special traits," the girl does the same as her teammate," and a dog," the little 'puppy' then had a vein popping out and did the same as the other two," and the number one coward, me."

They all shook off his little insult as he continued," a strategy is devised by understanding the situation. So, there's only one thing we can do right now," the lazy ninja finished a part of his explanations.

"One thing?" Sakura was wondering if he didn't mean what she thinks he meant.

"A feint operation that looks like an ambush. One person will stay behind, set up things to make it look like an ambush and stop them," Shikamaru said, answering the girl's simple question.

"So, someone plays the decoy?" now she knew where exactly he was going with this.

"Yes, if the person can stop them, they won't be able to get the location of the other three. Then we can lose the pursuers, but the decoy will most likely…die," they all then stop on individual tree branches at hearing the lazy ninjas last word. They all took a moment and had hard looks on their faces, just who would be the decoy and die in the process of stopping the enemy.

"So, who want to take the job?" the only thing Shikamaru got from them was silence," We need the dog to look for Sasuke, which means…"

They all had tensed at the choice, but the former blond spoke up," Alright, I'll take the…" but he was cut off by the lazy ninja.

"The only choice left is me," the boy said with a sigh, they all were surprised at his answer and were about to protest, but he continued," it's better than being annihilated. Also, the only guy who can pull of this decoy perfectly and have a high chance of surviving in this group…" he then flips over the two to another branch, facing towards the pursuing ninja," is me. Heh, the 'Shadow Possession' jutsu was originally made to stop the enemy anyway. I'll catch up with you guys later. So, what are guys waiting for? Hurry up and go."

The new Alter user gives nod to his lazy, no scratch that, brave friend," gotcha man, we're counting on you," he only got a wave from the boy," Sakura, let's go," and with that, they left the boy to his plans.

Moments later, the new brunette saw the girls worried look on her face," hey, don't worry, Shikamaru is going to be fine."

"You don't think he'd run away do you? He did say that he was the number coward," though that was only one part of her worries, the other was for the boy's safety and well being.

"Like I said, he'll be fine. You know, he may be a foul-mouthed and lazy, but he'll never betray another person, including his friends," the girl got a hurt look on her face for thinking such a thing," he rarely does things like that on his own, but when he does, he'll do it all the way. I can guarantee that."

"Alright you two, it's time we increased our speed," the dog commanding the two to which they only comply by doing so.

Little later, Pakkun spoke up," hm? The pursuers have stopped."

"See, like I said, he'd stick with it all way," Naruto said in a cheerful voice with a smirk on his face,' good job man, I hope you make it out of there alright. Now that's done, we can catch up to you Sasuke.'

Later on in their pursuit of the avengers, they hear something off in the distance, Sakura voiced the thoughts of both her and Naruto," what was that sound just now?"

"Explosions, those explosions were most likely traps for Sasuke," the dog said.

"Sasuke, please be safe," the girl said, worried about her teammate and all time crush.

This was starting to get on the former blonds nerves, did she not think of anyone besides 'her Sasuke'," 'sigh' don't worry about him so much, he can take care of himself and he won't die so easily," with that said they continued on their way to the avenger.

While they were still jumping from branch to branch, Pakkun sensed something," Sasuke has stopped, we have quiet the distance to get to him, though."

'So, you've finally caught up to them have you, Sasuke? I only hope we get there in time in order to stop you both, I do have a promise to keep,' Naruto remembered back to the promise he made to the sexy sand kunoichi and like he said to so many others, he never goes back on his word because that is his nindo, his ninja way.

"Damn, there moving again," the dog said to the two ninja.

'Well that was short lived, huh Sasuke?' the boy thought how his teammate could already lose track of the sand user, but then thought about the other two sand team member,' he must be fighting one of the sand nins, I hope it's not Temari. I know we may be enemies, but I can't help but feel that I need to help her.'

"Hmm, I smell something," the dog said moments later," it seems he has stopped once again, but there are some more scent near him, as well. We've caught up."

"Finally, I was getting sick and tired of not being able to catch up to that bastard," the former blond saying his relief," alright you two, let's pick up the pace so we can get there before anything bad happens to that ass," the two nod at the boy.

"Agreed, there also seems to be another scent, but I can't tell if it's…" the dog hesitated in his answer and Sakura having enough.

"What, an enemy? An ally?" the pause got girl on edge and worried.

Finally the dog spoke up," if it's even human."

That got shocked looks from the two ninja, and Naruto knew what the little dog meant by that,' so, Gaara's demon is getting loose from his seal, I only hope I get there in time to stop him from killing Sasuke.'

"Damn, again there moving, this is getting annoying. But we're hot on their trail, so no real worries," the dog said in frustration at first, but calmed himself with the last sentence," it also seems that two others were left behind, we'll have to take another route, but it will be a long one." (The fight between Kankuro and Shino)

"'Sigh' very well, as Shikamaru would say, this is just troublesome," the former blond said. Somewhere in the wood, being carried off by his sensei, the lazy boy sneezes.

After a long route taken to avoid the battle between the two mysterious ninjas (yea right), they finally get back on their original route to Sasuke. After awhile, they easily closed in on the avenger. When they arrive, they see Sasuke injured and unable to stand with strange flames marks on him (curse seal, level 1) and Gaara, looking like something out of a freakshow. He then sees crazed looking demon charge forward to finish off the avenger.

Deciding he's had enough, Naruto flies in and jump kicks the crazed demon in the air. He then land on a near by branch and other two land near Sasuke.

"Looks like we made it in time," he then looks to Sasuke, he then let's out a sigh, at least the bastard was alright. He then quickly looked back at the crazed sand user,' I see that the demon sealed inside has taken control, it'll be a lot harder now to keep my promise, now that he is in this state. Speaking about my promise where's Temari,' the former blond then searched for the sand kunoichi.

He then saw she was on a near by tree branch, watching the destruction happening in front of her. He saw that she had a look of fear, a mixed one, one being out of fear of the demon and the other being out for the safety of her brother. But then he noticed a near by tree had most of its wood cut off and was giving way to fall on top of the sand kunoichi.

"TEMARI, LOOK OUT," the girl was shook from her thought by the boy's yelling and wondered what he was yelling about. She then looked up to a tree coming down to her, but now she couldn't do anything now, it was too late for her.

He needed to do something, so he used his speed and jumped to where she was and went in to save her, not even thinking of the consequences of what might happen. He sees the young woman shielding her self from seeing the tree fall down on her, not wanting to see her demise coming. Thinking quickly, he powers up his Alter.

When a few moments passed, nothing happened. The only thing that happened was something booming, she thought for minute what it was, but the she remembered where she heard that sound before. Quickly putting down her arms and opening her eyes, she sees the one thing she didn't expect," N-Naruto, w-why?" Temari asked confusedly.

"Heh, how can I keep my promise if you're dead? Anyways, get to safe location, this fight is gonna get real ugly," the new Alter user said in cocky voice with a thumbs while his back was turned to her. He also had his first stage Alter out.

"Wait, I know you, you're that guy who I tried to kill in that hospital," the sand user than got a sadistic," after seeing your match, I wanted to kill you even more. If I kill you and the Uchiha, then I can prove my existence. But, first things first," as he said the last sentence, his sadistic smile grew bigger.

He knew right away what he meant," GUYS LOOK OUT," but it was too late, the psycho sand user jumped forward to take down his teammate, but Sakura then jumped in the way of the attack. He saw the sand user was confused by the action for a second, but he immediately redirected the attack to the pink haired kunoichi, pinning her to a tree with the sand holding her in place.

Quickly getting the avenger away from Gaara, he sets him from a distance from him," SAKURA ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" the former blond yells, only to get no answer in return, he then curses his luck in his head. The sand user was then clutching his head in pain, as if remembering something that pained him.

When he stopped clutching his head he looked straight at the new Alter user," what's wrong? I though you were going to run," then looked at the girl had pinned to the tree and his prey," these two…what are they to you?"

"That's simple…they're my friends and I won't let you hurt them anymore, not even Temari, she is also my friend," the former blond said in a determined voice, he then pointed his thumb to his chest," You'll have to go through me to get to them, now let's go."

That got the sand user a little mad, he has the audacity to act like that in front of him. He then tightened the grip that held the girl he had pinned to the tree, which made her scream in pain at the sudden grip.

"SAKURA, damn you," that started to piss him off," alright, if that's how you want it, here I come," he then held his Alter arm forward and closed his hand into a fist, one finger at a time. He clenched it further and brought the fist to his face, he then charged in by slamming his fist on the branch to give him a boost of speed.

Gaara then used the tail to stop the attack, but the boy barely dodged it and punched him right in the face, sending him to another branch and splitting his arm and the sand claw that held Sakura, but the girl was still held by that very claw.

'What the? I thought that would have broken his hold on Sakura, looks like I'll have to incapacitate him,' he then turned his gaze back to the sand user,' but that's easier said than done, in the state he's in right now…I may have to go to the second stage.'

Sasuke, watching what was happening in front him, couldn't believe what Naruto held,' that loser wasn't lying; he does have a Kekkei Genkai. What power does it hold? Dammit, how can he have gained so much more power than me,' the avenger then gritted his teeth in anger.

The body on the branch that was the sand user, started to laugh. He then spoke to the new Alter user, not even looking like the attack fazed him," You fight for another? That is why you guys are so weak. You don't need a reason to fight; only the winner can feel the value of his existence. Now, forget about your stupid friends and fight only for yourself. People who bring unnecessary emotions into battle should just die."

Sadden a bit by the logic Gaara has, the boy replied back," That's not true Gaara, a persons emotions can be there most powerful weapon, you just don't see it. So, I'll have to beat it into you for you understand at all," the new Alter user then got into his battle stance," now, let's get going."

"Hehehe, just so you know Uzumaki, the sand around that girl will slowly squeezed the life out of her, until she is completely crushed. So, if you want to save your precious friend then your better kill me quickly, hahahaha," the partially formed demon said with a sadistic laugh.

Naruto immediately went into action," HERE GOES, SHOCKING FIRST BULLET," he then bursts forward toward the psycho, the psycho himself launches forward to the speeding opponent. They meet in the middle of the air and impact, the two attacks struggle to overpower each other, but the shell bullet prevails and goes right the sand like claw. When the land on opposite branches, the claw falls off, but it quickly gets replaced with more sand and is reformed. But he didn't stop there, the gourd on his back then turned to sand and went over the rest of his body, except the legs, leaving him to look more like the demon sealed in him.

'Shit, come on Naruto, you can think of something, I can't use the next 'bullets' without a good plan and I don't want to use the second stage until absolutely necessary. Looks like I'll have to fall back on my shadow clones,' but before the boy could do anything, the almost perfectly formed demon crossed his arms for an attack.

"SAND SHURIKEN," the spike on his newly formed arms then shot out like missiles toward the boy, he then quickly jumps away to avoid the attack. But he didn't evade fast enough and was hit by the attack partially, sending flying towards another tree.

Once he gets the star out of his eyes from the attack, he then see the psycho with a demonic grin on his face, with a look in his eyes that only Naruto understood,' such sad eye, such sad lonely eyes. Like me he has a demon sealed within him, but I doubt that demon was human once. I bet everyone hated him and that must have been hard for him, he's had only his sister to care for him and probably his brother. But, from I can see, he doesn't let them into his heart because of the beliefs he goes by. The reason I have been able to get through the fact that I had Kazuma in me, until I found out who he was, and the villager's cold stares were because of the people who came to be my friends and with them, I'm not alone anymore. I felt I existed, and relieved of my worries because of them,' he then looked back to the sand user once he got out of his thoughts.

'Gaara is still in that hell of being alone and I understand how he feels, and that's why…' he then hardened his eyes at the psycho and got back to his feet, with determination in the way he is standing," that's why I'm going to beat you and save from yourself, Gaara."

'Naruto, no you have to get out of there. In that form, my little brother has lost half his control to Shukaku. Please, just run with your friends and get out of here,' the sand kunoichi thought worriedly about the new Alter users well being," NARUTO, JUST RUN AND GET OUT OF HERE WITH YOUR FRIENDS," she yelled out her thoughts to the boy.

'Uh, Temari,' he was shocked by the girls outburst,' hmph, I guess we can be friends after this, but no, I won't run now. Not that I can anyway, seeing as how he has Sakura hostage in that sand,' he thought with a smirk on his face," heh, thanks Temari for caring, but, I can't."

She blushed bit at what he said, but she wanted to ask something," why? Why do you want to fight him? He's unbeatable in that form. You can't win against him, so why?"

"Heh, no ones unbeatable Temari and as for why, one reason is my own selfish reason, but the main reason is," he then turned his head to her with a genuine smile at where she had gone to safety," to keep my word to you, and I don't go back on my word, that is my nindo, my ninja way."

"Are you two done flirting?" the psychotic demon asked, breaking their conversation from each other.

"Hehehe, what's the matter Gaara? You mad because I'm trying to hook up with your sister?" the new Alter user asked sarcastically with a smirk, which made the sand kunoichi blush beet red. While he was speaking, he pulled out a kunai and wrapped a tag around the hilt of it,' I hope this works at least in some way.'

The sand user was getting mad; he still had enough sense to be sane and be a little protective of his big sister. How dare this ass try to pick up his sister he thought. But he was brought out of his thought as the former blond did a cross seal.

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU," Naruto then forms four more shadow clones," well, here goes," he and the clones he made, jumped off toward the sand user with the clones in front. Gaara shoots out his left claw towards three of the clones and catches them, the remaining clone throw the original over them. Quickly making another clone to take the next incoming claw, he goes over the sand users and goes behind him. Not wanting to waste anymore chakra, he uses his next bullet," alright, ANNIHILATING SECOND BULLET," he then rams the kunai into his intended target as he speeds toward it," 'Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: 1000 years of death," he then rams the kunai into his butt.

Everyone who saw this sweatdropped at the scene and Gaara had enough of the boy's antics. He then used his tail to whip the boy, making him fly, but the boy had a smirk on his face as he fell and said," boom."

Right when he said that, the kunai he used exploded with the tag he put on it. When the smoke clears, the sand that was protecting Gaara was barely hanging off his right side. Before the former blond could hit the tree he was going to hit, Sasuke came in and took the force of the flying boy and blocked his impact.

"Sasuke?" the former blond was surprised what his rival did.

"You did that, but still only managed one hit?" the brooding boy said while still in pain.

"Shut it," he got pissed how he can still judge his skill like that.

"Hey Naruto," the former blond then turned his gaze from Gaara to Sasuke," you better save Sakura no mater what and once you do, take her and run. You can do it," the boy was slightly surprised by what the avenger said, he then continued," I can buy you some time. If it ends here, it means that I was only capable of getting this far," he painfully got up and stood," I have already lost everything once, I never want to see an important friend die in front of me again."

"Sasuke, you," he never really thought about it, but now he knew, Sasuke was his best friend and he would sacrifice his life for him, just like in the land of the waves," heh, well said man, but you stand down. This is my fight and I want to deal with it my way. Like you, I don't want to see another important friend die either," the avenger got a slight shocked look," now, where were we."

Naruto then powered up his Chakra to do his next move, the chakra he was emitting was mix of blue and gold, yellow chakra. Everyone who saw this was stunned, how could he emit so much chakra and the only one who knew him that was conscious, had one thought,' is this really Naruto? How did he get so strong?' thought Sasuke.

"Let get his show on the road," he then performs his Shadow clone jutsu, but not his normal amount, no; he summoned at least a thousand clones within the area, all of them having their Alters and last bullet. This shocked everyone once again," now that we have all the players in this act, you better be ready for the Naruto 'Shell Bullet' ninja chronicles."

'Amazing, he made this many Shadow clones. Naruto, how can you be this strong?' the sand kunoichi thought as she looked at the boy, no scratch that, man that was trying to save her brother in his way in awe.

"Sasuke, you rest and get back your energy. Just leave the rest to me pal," the new Alter user said to his rival," Now, LET'S GO!"

They all then do as the original say and jump forward towards the sand user, and they all yell out," NARUTO NINJA CHRONICLE: THE NO-ESCAPE SHURIKEN CHAPTER," they all throw out their individual kunai. Quickly thinking of something, Gaara uses the claw he had left and blocked all the shurikens he could.

The rest of the clones then went in close and personal, and kick him up," Na-ru-to, THOUSAND EXTERMINATING LAST BULLET COMBO CHAPTER," the clones that had used the shurikens then used their last bullets to finish off their combo and hit the sand user with their powered up punches. Once the combo was done, the sand that was protecting him was beginning to wear off; so two more clones went in and gave him their last hooks.

The crazed sand user then hit the ground, hard, leaving a crater where he hit the ground,' this guy, just who is he?' thought Gaara.

"Just simply amazing, he's really beating Gaara in that form and that's a feat that no one has reached," the sand kunoichi said to no one in particular, sill amazed by this man.

"There is just no way… no way I can…LOSE TO THIS GUY," all of a sudden, the sand he used grew exponentially and formed a giant puff of smoke in the area. In the cloud of smoke, two glowing yellow eyes shined through.

'Ah crap, this just had to happen; that demon that was sealed inside of him has come out,' true to the boy's thoughts, the raccoon demon known as Shukaku stood there with all his glory. (At least I think he's a raccoon)

Then, without the raccoon moving his mouth, he spoke in Gaara's voice," I didn't expect to show this form to you guys, but for you I'll make an exception," he then threw his giant claw out, and then sand started to surround the new Alter user.

"NARUTO," Sasuke yelled out to his teammate, but was unable to do anything due to his injuries.

'Shit, I've used a lot of my chakra on him in that last attack. Look's there's only one way of beating him now,' he then powered up his Alter once again.

"This is it for you Uzumaki, DESERT COF…" but he was caught off as the surround area exploded out of existence, then out of the sand cocoon Naruto was in exploded from the new Alters user new power.

What everyone saw shocked them once again, (they just get shocked too much by him, don't they?) they saw he had some sort of gold propeller floating near his back, his face adorned with orange spikes, and his Alter arm looked more powerful with some sort of device in the middle of his hand.

"Surprised, this is my the second stage of Kekkei Genkai," he then did the signature Kazuma fist gripping and brought it to his face, the device in the middle of his fist activated and the outside of the arm shifted into separated segments while the device itself started to dematerialize the surrounding forest, powering the second stage further.

"SHELL BULLET BURST," he then glowed in gold and yellow chakra while slowly being propelled upward, then all of a sudden he charged forward at great speeds. Gaining speed with each second, he kicks up dirt while he travels real fast along the clearing he had made with his alter, he then flew right up to the raccoon demon's face and released the power in his fist. The raccoon demon fall right on his back and Gaara then decides to use his 'Forced Sleep' jutsu and give all of his control to the demon.

'Nice work kid, you really gave him a good hook,' an all to familiar voice said in the former blonds head.

'Kazuma, what's up?' Naruto said in a cheerful thought.

"Nothing much kid, but you're not finished yet," he then felt the boy had questionable look," that little psycho has given his whole consciousness to the demon sealed within him, you need to use another 'bullet' on him and give a good punch to him. He's up on the that demons head, and it looks like he's sleeping."

'Got ya, I'll wake that psychotic bastard up now, but I think I'll come up with my own technique,' Naruto gave a thoughtful smirk to the former Alter user.

'Give em' hell kid,' Kazuma then cut off the mental link between them, leaving the boy to do his stuff.

"HAHAHA, FINALLY, I HAVE SOMEONE TO KILL AND THAT'S GONNA BE YOU LITTLE HUMAN," the demon yelling out its freedom from it's vessel, it then sucked up air into its mouth. It's stomach then started to bulge out from all the sucked in air," WIND STYLE: COMPRESSED AIR BALL," the large demon then shot out a blast of hard air.

Quickly flying away from the blast of air, he charges up his Alter and sends a force his power toward the raccoon demon, but the demon counters by using the air blast again and that cancels out the two attacks. When the boy flies over to the other side of the demon, it sends out three more air bullets at the flying Alter user. Naruto weaves through the first two bullets but the third was way to close, so he charged up some Alter power and punched right through the air bullet, but not without receiving some damage.

"Alright, here we go one more time," he then sped forward toward Gaara, flying at incredible speeds once again. Once he got in view, he saw what Kazuma was talking about. There, in the middle of the demons head, was Gaara; he then acted on what he was going to do next.

"Here's my own original technique," the powered up Alter user then charged forward, toward the boy sleeping," WAKE THE FUCK UP, DRAGON'S FANG IMPACT," he yelled as he punched the boy right in the stomach. For a moment, nothing happened, but then the force of the punch came in like a shockwave and forces the boy to wake up from the pain in his gut. (If you read the manga called 'real bout high school' then you would know that a character by the name of Taihoo uses that sort of technique)

Then the next thing they both knew they were falling down to the forest area as sand that formed the demon fell, both of them land on the treetops, tired; Gaara from the battle with Naruto, and Naruto from the damage he received from Shukaku and using the second stage of his Alter, which he powered down from. They both looked each other panting and wheezing for air, but in their minds they knew they had enough energy left for one last attack.

"So, 'pant' what do you say 'pant' we finish this? 'pant'," Naruto asks with his smirk to the sand user to which he only got a nod from. They both waited for a few long moments; tensions were getting high as the moments went by, until a single leaf hit the forest ground. They then charged toward each other in the air with their right hands cocked back to punch each other, and when they met, Naruto was the only one who hit him square in the jaw. After that, they both fell to the forest ground.

During the whole event, Temari went out in search of her other brother, Kankuro. A little while later, she found him laying on a tree branch, almost out of energy, so she gives him a soldier pill for him to regain his strength back.

Back with the two demon vessels, Naruto forces himself to his feet while clutching his right arm. With the energy he put out in the battle, he limped over the stunned sand user. While he was walking over to the red head, he started to remember all the pain, the torture, the insults he went through as a child, while Gaara was doing the same.

As the former blond got closer, the sand user, for once in his line of work, started to get scared," d-don't come near me."

Once the new Alter user was standing over the red head, he looked down on him with sad eyes," the pain of being of alone is completely out of this world, isn't it? It really hurts, doesn't it? I don't know why…but I understand your feelings so much, it hurts. But I…I have people important to me now," he then hardened his look," and I won't let you hurt any of my friends and those who I consider precious. If you do…I'll stop you, even if I have to kill you."

"Why?" that's the question that has been plaguing the sand users mind," why do you do this for strangers?!"

"My loneliness …that hell, they saved me from it and they acknowledged my existence. They're important to me, that's why," the former blond said, finishing up on his story. Now he has kept his promise to Temari, even though it almost killed him.

"Hey, Naruto you can stop," the tired ninja turned his head to see his rival standing a few feet from him," Sakura is safe, she's free from that sand."

"Hehehe, that's good," he then grasps his head,' uh, I am going to have one big ass head ache in the morning.'

Right at that moment, the last two sand team members jump in. Kankuro stands ready to fend off the two, but Temari stops him. He then gave a questioned look, to which she gave her own, a 'I'll tell you later' kind of look. He nods in understanding and goes to tend to his little brother.

"There Temari, I've kept my word to you," she gave him a happy, but teary look in her eyes," he should come out to be a better person. Now, get out of here, I don't want you to be captured and brought in for questioning."

The sand kunoichi wanted to go over to the former blond and give him a hug, but like he said, they needed to get out of there, now. She then turned to her brother's, but before she left with them, she turned back to the man that helped her little brother and gave a warm smile with tears in her eyes," thank you, thank you so much. If we ever meet again, I'll help you on that training you wanted," and with that, they left.

Sasuke was about to give pursuit, but the former blonds hand got in the way," No Sasuke, I know their enemies for now, but let them go," Naruto then locked his eyes on his rival," please."

Not understanding what was going on, he just complied with the new brunette,' 'sigh' things are just way to complicated, I'll let this slide for now Naruto, but you better be grateful,' the avenger thought," whatever, let's just get going."

"Yea, lets' get goi…" they boy then fainted, leaving the avenger to look back and see what happened. As a certain Nara would say, this just too troublesome and so the last Uchiha picked up the hyperactive ninja and went off to get Sakura.

About a day later, Naruto woke up in a hospital bed. When he got better, he went to see if the old man was okay. But when he ran into his sensei on the way, he told him that the Hokage had died in the battle against Orichimaru. For about three days, Naruto mourned the old mans death, though he didn't show it to others, he also had considered him a grandfather, someone who always looked out for and always looked forward to for wisdom. After those days were done, his funeral came up and so, he dressed up in all black for the occasion. When he got done dressing up, he left his apartment to get to the funeral, along the way he met up with Sasuke and Sakura.

When they got there, they saw everyone they knew, Konohamaru, Shino, Kiba, Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Asuma, Gai, Anko, Kurenai, Kakashi, and Iruka. They all had dressed up in black attires, in their own styles of course. He looked at the spots available and stood beside Hinata. He took one look at the picture and immediately wanted to cry, it was hard to even see his picture now.

Hinata, seeing the boy she loves, breaking down in front her, wanted to comfort and so she puts a hand on his shoulder. He flinches from the touch and looks at her with teary eyes," it's okay Naruto, let it out," she then gave him a hug, which stunned him, but he lowered his head onto her shoulders and let his heart out by crying," it's okay, I'm here, everything is going to be fine," for once she didn't feel embarrassed by his touch and was glad she could help heal his soul a little.

Once he was done, he took his head out of her shoulders," thank you Hinata, I needed that," he then took one last look at the picture,' old man, I hope you're living a good after life up there. Someday, I'll be up there myself, but not until I take the title of Hokage, believe it,' he thought to himself, not a second later he thought he heard the old man laugh, but quickly shrugged it off as just his emotions going out of whack.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: well that's the end of this chapter. Hope I didn't make the scenes to fast or too mushy, also for those who don't know about S-Cry-Ed (I've got some email asking what the anime show is) then check websites like Adult or just put a search up for it; I also hope that your guyz at least give Scheris some love, I mean come on, she hasn't received one vote yet. Well with that said, see ya guyz.

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