Chapter 18

Last Chapter guys, it's been fun writing this but I will begin writing the sequel almost immediately.

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The Next Morning. 7:00am

Naruto was standing by the gate with a small backpack and a bingo book in his pocket. He stood in civilian clothing except for the fact that he carried his Raijin Sword hilt on his belt and he kept his jacket. He still had his father's kunai in his pocket but all his other ninja gear had been taken away from him. He had a small fortune in the Konoha bank but the council refused to let him have it because it officially belonged to Arashi Kazama and not Naruto. His homeroom, Tsunade, Yamato and Jiraiya had turned up to see him off but Naruto was standing quietly except for a few coughs until Tsunade spoke.

"You are a great ninja Naruto, I feel ashamed to let you go but I cannot go against the council's wishes. This is the end of your ninja life. You are no longer a ninja so you cannot be a missing-nin, that way we will send no hunter-nin after you. You must go now and make a name for yourself, do as you please and feel no regret, I must take the pain for failing as a Hokage" said Tsunade getting teary-eyed along with the rest of the girls in Naruto's homeroom

"Don't cry, I cant feel bad for you and you feel bad for me, or our lives will be full of pain and misery. I will miss one of you most of all" said Naruto "Hinata, I'm sorry I cant be with you, because I would gladly of given my life for you if you could be happy"

Naruto then started walking until he felt a weight attach itself to him. He looked around and saw that Hinata had clamped herself to his waist and wasn't getting prepared to let go anytime soon.

"I'm sorry Hinata, I have to go" said Naruto quietly trying to hold back tears as he placed two fingers on a pressure point in her neck. She collapsed into his arms and Naruto handed her to Tsunade who nodded as Naruto turned around and walked out of gate.

The gates slammed close as all the people in his homeroom yelled a simultaneous "NARUTO!" which could of woken up all of Konoha.

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Later that day 4:00pm

Tsunade was sitting at her desk, half-asleep on a pile of paperwork, when Shizune burst in.

"Tsunade-Sama! There's trouble!" yelled the frantic apprentice

"Bui-bui" added Ton-Ton

Tsunade shot up with a start and still had a slight bit of drool hanging from her lip.

"Eh, what is it Shizune?" asked Tsunade

"It's the Hidden Rock Village, we just received a message from them that they want the body of the Kazama Heir as payment for what their father did to the village during the Third Shinobi War. They say that if it isn't sent to them by the end of the week then they will attack Konoha with all their forces" said Shizune panicking

"Oh shit," said Tsunade "How many Ninja do we have on active duty in the village?"

"About 2,000"

"Fuck, what about Suna?"

"They refuse to send ninja to help anyone just to maintain neutrality," said Shizune

"So we're on our own this time. We have no magic trick to make it all disappear. Put every non-essential ninja on guard duty and make sure that NO-ONE enters Konoha from now until the attack" said Tsunade

"Yes Tsunade-Sama" said Shizune running out of the door again and sounding the alarm that all ninja report to the meeting hall immediately.

"I'm sorry Konohagakure, this is the end." Said Tsunade to the empty office as she ran out to the meeting hall

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Over the following week, ninja of all ranks were running around on guard duty and to make sure there were no intruders. Everyone was panicking from the inevitable assault. They knew Konoha could survive fairly long from all the ninja it possessed but it would crumble if they didn't get help. They all hoped the day would never come……but it did.

The ninja on guard duty were having a game of shogi whilst they waited until one of them spoke up.

"Itachi-Sama, I hear something," said one Ninja

"Ok, I know who it will be. It's the Rock-Nin." Said Itachi activating his Sharingan "Go tell Tsunade to assemble the Niju Shotai, they're here"

"Yes Uchiha-Senpai," said the ninja as he jumped out and ran to the Hokage tower

"It's begun, damn you Naruto. If you were here then we wouldn't be in this mess," said Itachi as he jumped over the wall onto the outside and ran towards the Rock-Nin

Soon all of the Ninjas of Konoha were assembled and where moving out against the forces of the rock village. Tsunade had changed into her battle gear and Jiraiya had summoned Gamabunta and all of the other toads that he could. The new Jounin were each molding chakra for their Jutsu and the chuunin were listening to a strategy from Shikamaru.

"Now we make a stand for what our previous generations made! We will not lose Konoha to the Rock Village!" yelled Tsunade

"YEAH!" cried the assortment of Genin, Chuunin, Jounin and ANBU

"Now lets fight for what will always be ours!" yelled Tsunade as she ran to join the few guards already slowing down the attack but not stopping the onslaught. On the way to the battle she noticed that one of her strongest Jounin, Sasuke, had stopped and was staring ahead of them. She followed his gaze and saw something that made her fall to her knees. The mangled bodies of the Uchiha clan was lying in their own blood on the floor, she saw Sasuke's mother and father as well as all of the other members except for one.

"I'm sorry Sasuke," said Tsunade trying to comfort him but he just shook her hand away and carried on running

"A Ninja can show no emotion, no matter what the cause," said Sasuke as he ran faster than anyone, trying to get away from the body of his family.

The Ninja sped forward until they got to the Blood Plains, which they had been called due to the massacre that happened there a week or so ago. They entered the Blood Plains and saw that the entire army of Rock-Nin were standing there waiting for them.

"IT'S A BOX MANOEUVRE! RETREAT!" yelled Tsunade with a lot of chakra infused into her voice box, but it was too late. Behind them, a greater number of Ninja had appeared than in front of them. The Rock-Nin formed into a watertight box, which looked around 400m wide on each side, and the box was 5 ninjas deep making it almost impenetrable.

"Kami save our souls" said Tsunade as the Rock-Nin that made the box started closing in and throwing weapons of all descriptions into them. "This is the end"

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A/N: Hey guys, sorry this is a short chapter but I will make it up to you in the next story. I haven't thought of a name yet so please give all suggestions so I can post ASAP. This is the final chapter as I'm sure your aware. The next story will be A LOT longer than this story, possibly going up to 30-40 chapters because of the possibilities available. Anyway, goodbye for now guys. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you all enjoy the story and it's sequel.

Zephyr-Tai-Ji