Chapter 13

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The walk back to Konoha was long and really uneventful until they reached the gates of the village. They walked in to find a single person standing in the middle of the street. The sun was bright and shining directly into their eyes but they could define the figure well. A lone figure in a large black cloak with red clouds and a large straw hat. The group could only see a long piece of black hair poking out from around the high collar of cloak and eyes that could strike fear into any man's heart.

Red Eyes.

"Don't come closer Naruto or there will be more than two deaths today. I left him behind last time but this time he will know what happened" said the figure as they ran at the large group with deadly speed but ran past them and out of the gates leaving a dust cloud behind him.

This blinded the group temporarily so they didn't see what was happening but heard a scream, which was an instant bad sign.

The dust soon calmed down as the group ran towards the scream and only saw a crowd that had gathered now that the person was gone.

"Kids, go home," said Naruto having a feeling what was coming

"Hey! You can't tell us what to do," yelled Kiro

Naruto didn't even dignify that with an answer but instead radiated so much killing intent, if you squinted there would have been 9 tails wrapping around him. This made the Genin change their minds instantly and they ran past the crowd and into the village.

"Come on Hinata, this has to be bad" said Naruto taking her hand and walking slowly towards the crowd. Kushin and Sei took off towards the Hokage tower to claim their reward, which the pair couldn't blame them for.

It was quite a struggle to get to the middle but the two eventually managed it with a combination of Byakugan and Ikazuchi screeching from within the arm. When they got there, Hinata immediately fell to her knees and started sobbing while Naruto just stood in shock.

The mangled bodies of Sakura and Chouji were piled in the middle of the road. Several large gashes ripped through their chests and each had a kunai plunged into their heart. Their faces were stuck in an expression of horror as they lay in a pool of their blood that was so fresh that it hadn't even stopped flowing yet.

"NO! GET TSUNADE!" yelled Naruto as he picked up Sakura while Shino, who had joined the crowd, picked up Chouji using his bugs. "Come on Shino, we need to get these two the hospital now! They may still have a chance, Fuck What That Guy Says!"

"Understood," said the stoic ninja as he and Naruto jumped onto the roof of a nearby house and started heading towards the hospital faster than any of them thought possible.

When they reached the hospital, there was huge commotion as Naruto got into an argument with a nurse who kept saying that they were dead.

"Naruto, I can hear you from the Tower, what is so imp…. HOLY SHIT, NURSE PREP THE O.R" said Tsunade as she came waltzing into the hospital with Shizune in tow.

"But they're dead Hokage-Sama" said the nurse

"You imbecile, they are very weak. I Need The O.R!" yelled Tsunade with enough chakra in her voice box to knock the wall (luckily not literally)

The nurse ran to the desk and looked through several piles of paperwork before pulling one out. While she did this, another nurse brought two gurneys after eavesdropping on the rather loud conversation. Naruto and Shino placed the two on the gurneys and relaxed after the weight was taken off them, which was a little less for Shino but he felt sympathy pains for the bugs.

"O.R 6 is open, it has enough space to accommodate the two patients but there's not enough doctors to supply the necessary chakra for the array." Said the nurse

Tsunade looked at her cautiously while Naruto sat down on the floor and seemed to drift off into space.

'He Isn't' thought Tsunade looking at the blank expression on his face "Alright people, make me a clear a route to O.R 6 and keep it clear. If you value your limbs I recommend you don't get in this man's way."

At that moment, Naruto had travelled deep into the recesses of his mind and was now in the chamber of the Kyuubi.

"Alright fuzzball, you know what I want. Your chakra is the only one in Konoha that has the equivalent precision and force of 6 trained medic-nins," said Naruto staring up at the gate that stopped him from being mauled by the beast

"You brat, you may have grown up but you still haven't learnt respect for your elders," said the Kyuubi in its deep voice

"HEY JEEVES GIVE HIM THE DAMN CHAKRA, WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET" came a screech from behind the Kyuubi in the cage

"Fine…. You're only getting 4 tails though," said the Kyuubi in a huff as he let a wave of what looked like red water out of the cage and let it engulf Naruto.

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Back in reality

Naruto's eyes opened to reveal the red slits that the Kyuubi gave him as pupils instead of his normal blue ones. The chakra surrounded him, slowly creeping up his body until it formed fox ears and 4 tails appeared from his tailbone (Well duh).

A crowd had gathered around the man who was screaming and growling almost simultaneously due to his now feral instincts and the chakra burning and healing him at the same time. They also saw dark whisker marks appear on his face and his fingernails were now extended to beyond human proportions.

Naruto roared and leapt from his sitting position into a canine running stance while taking off with a previously unknown ferocity and speed towards the door that lead to the operating room.

Naruto charged into the room after negotiating the corridors and crashing into several walls that lead to the walls complete decimation. He looked into the room and saw that Tsunade had already set up the array and was sitting cross-legged on the floor, concentrating on letting her medical chakra into the array just enough to keep them from getting worse but couldn't heal them at all. The array composed of several different seals, which complemented each other by merging into different patterns in a circle around each of the casualties. The casualties in question were lying in the middle of an array each with Tsunade putting one of her hands onto each one.

"Baa-chan, I'm ready," growled Naruto as he sat beside her but in a slightly more animalistic way.

"Ok, place your hands onto the array and let your chakra flow into it into the array very carefully."

"Prepare for it," said Naruto huskily as he let it in very slowly but to Tsunade it felt like a tidal wave had just knocked her senseless.

"Slower!" yelled Tsunade "You'll overload the array otherwise"

'This is going to take a while' thought Naruto grumpily

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Meanwhile

Sasuke Uchiha was sitting on the bench outside the O.R with his head in his hands.

'How could I let this happen' thought Sasuke as his face dropped

As he was slowly slipping into his own despair, a blur appeared in front of him signalling that someone had arrived. He looked up stare into the cold eyes of an ANBU member.

"Sasuke Uchiha, you are hereby ordered by the Council to attend a meeting with a group of other shinobi for a special mission." Said the monotonous voice of the ANBU member

"Fine… I'm coming," said Sasuke with a sigh as he got up and body flickered to the council's office.

Inside the office were a variety of the ninjas from the village. As far as he could tell there were several ANBU present as well as an appearance from Neji Hyuuga.

Homura came to the podium as fast as his old legs could carry him and started to make his announcement, "This time is the only chance I get to say this so pay attention everyone. Anything said here does not leave this room or risk execution. We are sending you on a mission that will take place here in Konoha, your new mission and you will be excused from all other missions during this one. It is to assassinate the fifth!"

There were mixed reactions among the crowd, some cheered, some smiled and some just stayed like normal (CoughNejiCough).

Homura continued "This is because we feel that she is too risky to keep on as Hokage, she drinks, gambles and has made a complete mess of the Konoha accounts even after they were tidied by the Rock-nin. This is an order, either take her down or die trying. If this gets out somehow, I will assassinate everyone in this room personally. That is all"

Homura then walked out and went about his normal business as if he had not just wrecked the minds of some of the best ninjas in the village.

Sasuke looked cautiously over to Neji who just nodded, walked over to the window and jumped out of it.

"Tsunade….Here I come" muttered Sasuke to himself as he followed suit.

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A Few Hours Later

Sasuke had been searching for the Fifth Hokage and had only just seen her sitting on a bench in the park with Naruto next to her with his head down so low that his bangs covered his face.

Sasuke slowly approached the two when he saw Neji approaching too from the other side of them. They were so engrossed in their own thoughts that Tsunade and Naruto didn't even notice the two coming closer to them until they were both on opposite ends of the bench.

Then they heard it.

"Sakura…..Chouji…….Dead"

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A/N: Sorry to end this on a very grim note but I needed a plot twist and death is always appropriate for twists. I'm also sorry about the lateness and shortness of this chapter but I'm losing my inspiration very rapidly. I need some ideas from my reviews so please…… help me save the story or I will let it die unfinished.