(This is my first Naruto fic, but I have been a fan for many years)

The three Sannin stare at each other in the sky and wait for someone to make the first move. Suddenly, Usuigi leaps forward at his son, forming seals. Something glows in his hand and he tries to slam it into his son's forehead. Takeda grabs his father's hand and stops it inches from his head. Usuigi strains to get it onto Takeda's head but Takeda seemed to not even notice that he was stopping the attack. He kept looking at Gaara. Takeda takes his father's hand and breaks it in one swift movement. Usuigi screams and starts to fall down the hundreds of feet towards the earth. Gaara tries to make a platform for Usuigi to safely land on but Takeda charges forward on his own platform of sand and sand missiles form from the sand and launch at Gaara. Gaara leaps out of the way and lands on Takeda's platform. Takeda throws punches with connect with Gaara's body but Gaara refuses to move. He puts his hands up to dull the impact and he counters with a palm strike to the chest. Takeda flies back but the sand forms a platform to wherever the two ninja walk, so he remains in the air. Takeda looks up at Gaara with his silver eyes and leaps at him, forming seals. Sand forms into large rocks and one collides into Gaara. Gaara falls onto a platform and forms seals of his own. Takeda does as well. Sand forms into spears for both men and both men are soon wielding Shukaku's Spear. The weapons ring through the night as they clash together.

Below, Sakura and Tsunade had gotten to the fallen Usuigi and started healing him. He was filled with injuries, both outer and inner. His organs were badly damaged, some bones were broken, he had gashes all over his body, and he had lost all feeling in his legs. They see that he had broken his spine on the initial impact. It was all healable but would take time. Usuigi was spitting up blood and it was spraying all over Sakura and Tsunade. Uesigi leaps up to where the final battle raged but suddenly Sasori appeared and his puppet tail connected with Uesigi's stomach. Both men fall back to the ground but one lands a lot safer than the other. Uesigi lands on his neck and fades into the wind as ash. Sasori lands hard on the ground and looks at everyone around him. He sees Sakura and Tsunade healing Usuigi. He launches his tail at them but it suddenly is blocked by something. Or someone. It was Usuigi. He was back on his feet once they healed his wrist and spine. He grabbed the tail and started to swing Sasori around and around and he eventually flings him into a tree. Sasori removes his cloak and charges on all four feet. The skull puppet fires needles at Usuigi but Usuigi forms seals and wind blows the needles away. Sasori leaps at Usuigi but he sees Usuigi lift up one of his sleeves and a strange contraption was on his arm. Thousands of needles fly out and engulf Sasori. Sasori looks up and sees Usuigi form chakra into his hand and connects a punch to Sasori's masked face. Sasori flies back but suddenly puppets come out of the large skull puppet on his back. Usuigi decides to end it for good and starts to form the all too familiar seals. Sasori watches black fire rocket towards him. He simply leaps out of the way. He laughs and is about to send his puppets at Usuigi when suddenly he feels no more.

Naruto watches the fire figure simply punch the back of Sasori's head, which explodes. Sakura runs over and checks the real Sasori that was under the giant puppet that he used as a total offense. The real Sasori had been killed as well. The puppets fall to the ground, lifeless. Usuigi looks wavy but he looks up to the battle in the sky. He sees his son in the sky, fighting Gaara with only partial effort. Sakura and his daughter try to stop him but Usuigi bends his legs and launches himself up to the battle in the sky with a single jump. He forms seals and some sand forms into a katana. He grabs it and strikes at Takeda. Takeda blocks both of his opponents' attacks at once and kicks both in the stomach. Gaara flies into a tree and is knocked unconscious. Takeda and Usuigi stare at each other. Usuigi looked like he was about to faint right then and there but he managed to stay conscious.

"Son," Takeda looks at his father, "I gotta finish this now." Usuigi suddenly starts to forms many many seals. Hundreds of seals, all a blur. When Usuigi stops, his hands glow with black chakra. He leaps forward and reaches for Takeda's face. Takeda grabs his father's hand and his own hands glow of chakra. Chakra starts to bellow out of both men's Tenketsu. The burst of chakra creates a whirlwind that whips the clothing around every person's body. Some of the smaller ninja skid on the ground as the force of the wind picks up. Many struggle to keep their eyes open to see what happens. The glow in the hands of the father and son becomes so bright it's like trying to stare directly into the sun. Takeda's black cloak is ripped right off his body from the force of the chakra leaving his father's and his bodies. Takeda struggles to keep ground but his father starts to slowly overpower him. Usuigi opens his mouth and a purple gas flies out of his mouth and Takeda holds his breath as long as he can until the gas finally dissipates.

"You just won't die, old man." Yells Takeda.

"Proud to disappoint you." Yells Usuigi. Usuigi gives out one final scream and the black chakra in his hands turns white and flashes to an unbelievable brightness. Takeda is sent right off his feet and slams through a tree. He falls onto another platform of sand but suddenly he sees clones of Usuigi leaping at him. Takeda gets up and takes a fighting stance. He punches one but it suddenly explodes. Takeda flies back and lands on another platform. Suddenly, there are even more clones leaping at him. Takeda forms seals and sand surrounds him as a shield. He hears explosions start to slowly wear down the sand shield and he can't stay in there for long.

Gaara woke up to see Usuigi and his son trying to overpower the other with hands surrounded with chakra. Usuigi prevails and Takeda eventually hides in a shield. Usuigi sends more explosive clones at the shield and Gaara sees it start to weaken. Gaara creates another Shukaku shield and with his hardest thrust, he completely penetrates the sand shield and impales Takeda. Takeda slowly grins at Gaara with blood spilling out of his mouth. Suddenly, a voice comes out of Takeda's mouth that wasn't his. It was Shukaku's.

"GAARA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! FOR ALL THOSE YEARS I PROTECTED AND SERVED YOU!" Gaara screams back,

"YOU MADE MY LIFE A LIVING FUCKING HELL!" With that, Gaara takes the spear and impales it right through Takeda/Shukaku's chest. There is a demonic yell as Shukaku screams.

"I'M NOT DONE YET, FOOL!" Suddenly, Takeda's body starts to transform into a man sized version of Shukaku. Shukaku rips the spear out of his chest and breaks it in half. Gaara forms seals and sand from the platform turns into sand shuriken and collide against Shukaku's arms. Shukaku laughs and smacks Gaara away with one hand. Shukaku leaps off of the sand platforms and lands down on earth. Everyone tries to run away but sand grabs them and starts to pull the unlucky ninja towards the cloud of dust that formed from the impact. Usuigi leaps down with something in his hand. It was a claw. He slices Shukaku's face with the claw and leaps back. He forms seals and black fire spurts from his mouth and engulfs Shukaku, who screams loudly. Shukaku swipes at him but Usuigi leaps out of the way. Shukaku stares at Usuigi and his eyes widen.

"YOU!? HOW CAN IT BE YOU?!"

"I seem to never go away, right Shukaku?" Usuigi forms seals and one of his hands is covered with the black fire. Usuigi grins and charges forward. Shukaku sends his tail at Usuigi, but Usuigi dodges. Usuigi ducks under Shukaku's arm and thrusts his hand into Shukaku's chest. Shukaku screams and falls to the ground. Usuigi quickly forms seals and there is the same symbol in his palm for when he freed Gaara of Shukaku. He slams his palm into Shukaku's forehead and he starts to scream in a voice that could make the blood of the Death God curdle. Everyone watches Shukaku turn into sand and some red chakra formed into Usuigi's palm. He slams his palm into one of the few remaining trees and a deep sign for 'Death' burns into the tree. Usuigi looks over and sees his son dissolve into ash and fly away in the wind. Usuigi's eyes go half closed and he falls onto his back. Everything goes black.

Usuigi awakes to see Kakashi sitting next to him. He was in a bed in the infirmary. Kakashi gives his usual smile and his one eye in the U shape.

"Morning sleepy head."

"Shut up, kid." Usuigi teases and coughs. He looks over and sees the closet was shaking, "What's in there?"

"Gifts from the village. There were too many to keep in the closet so we're moving them to a separate room. Tsunade wants to know if you will join the council." Usuigi shakes his head.

"I retired the moment I put Shukaku in that tree."

"By the way, sir. How do you know Shukaku?" Usuigi stares at Kakashi.

"I was the one who sealed him in Suna's first Jinchuuriki. That was my final act as a ninja I thought I was going to do in my lifetime."

"Turns out you would do a hell of a lot more."

"Hai, hai" whispers Usuigi.

(What Happens…)

Naruto and the rest of the 'gang' would become well respected by all and Naruto would later become the next Hokage, fulfilling his dream. Gaara and Kami get married and have 2 children, a boy and a girl. They name the boy Uesigi, after Usuigi's brother, and the girl is named after Sakura for saving not just her father's life but her other relatives as well, such as Kankuro and even Gaara a time or two. Kakashi would retire during Naruto's reign as Hokage and later pass away from heart failure. There was a great ceremony in his honor a few days later. Usuigi passed away a few years before Kakashi yet no one knows how it happened. He seemed healthy but his heart had stopped for no real reason. He would, however, play with his grandchildren for many afternoons in his lifetime. However, Usuigi would soon be lost to history as a nameless legend. This is where the OTHER story starts:

OUT OF RETIREMENT.

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