DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO
THIS TAKES PLACE AFTER CHAPTER 428 OF THE SHIPPUDEN MANGA
This is my first fanfic please review and enjoy
"Looks like Naruto isn't here, Myobukuzan..." God Pein mused after recalling his interrogation of Shizune several seconds before. Tsunade just stared at him in utter shock, to think that Pein, the leader of the Akatsuki who defeated Jiraiya with ease now knew Naruto's secret location. Her four man ANBU guard tensed and prepared to attack God-Pein, however before they could make any sudden moves god- Pein shimmered and disappeared. Likewise his other counterparts also shunshined away from Konoha before the ninja confronting them could react, their destination unknown.
The look on Tsunade's face was one of utter horror as she reazlied the secret that they had fought so hard to protect had just been unveiled. "Recall all ninja currently on missions, and tell the hospital to be ready for the casualties that await them!" she ordered to the four ANBU guards stationed to protect her. Their captain an individual of medium height and a sprout of brown hair covered by a dog mask acknowledged her order with a nod of his head. Without a sound the four dispatched to their respective errands ordered by Hokage-sama herself. Relieved that the invasion was over Tsunade collapsed to the ground exhausted, her chakra all but spent from the mass healing jutsu she had been utilizing to keep most of the injured ninja in the village alive for so long.
Meanwhile around the village of Konoha ninja that had currently been on missions had begun to enter the village and direct and offer aid and support to the many killed or maimed by the terrible attack pein had unleashed on the village. Team Gai, who had been the furthest away at the time of the recall, stepped through the gate and looked around in horror at the destruction that their beautiful village had endured. A veritable wake of destruction accompanied where the six peins had made their way through the village in search of the Kyuubi vessel previously with shattered glass, dead bodies and tonnes of rubble visible for miles towards the heart of Konoha. Team Gai was temporarily silent as they came to terms with what had happened while they had been on their mission.
"Neji, use your byakugan to check our surroundings" ordered Gai, the tension in his voice evident distinguishing him from his usual hyperactive self.
Neji activated his Byakugan, the characteristic veins forming around his clan doujutsu and surveyed the pattern of destruction existent all throughout the village. Checking a few important places he noticed the Hyuuga mansion had been severely damaged, the Hokage tower cracked in many places and the ninja academy in ruins, many of the buildings that were used for instruction collapsed and unrecognizable.
"Report" Gai barked with a surprising amount of authority never used.
"Most of the village is in ruins, the Hokage tower shows signs of physical damage.. and", with a sharp hand motion Gai cut him off.
"We must do all we can to help, let us travel with all due haste to the Hokage tower",
Without a word between the team they all sped off rushing their destination with urgency.
In the hospital Sakura,the Godaime Hokage's apprentice was directing all operations inside the hospital. She looked in horror as the casualties just kept coming in. She recognized one of them in particular. With his spiky silver hair, facemask and Sharingan eye it was the famous copy ninja Kakashi, and her former sensei and he was on the verge of death.
With the advanced medical training she had received from experience in the hospital and Tsunade's tutelage over the years she could instantly tell his condition was critical. With authority belying her age she ordered the medical staff around her to prep Kakashi for emergency surgery in operation room 7. She briefly heard the words "Shock", "Trauma" and "Extreme Chakra depletion" from the medic nins accompanying her and Kakashi-sensei to the operation room with all due haste, her hands constantly glowing green to stabilize her former sensei and mentors condition until they could operate. Once they reached the operation room with Kakashi thankfully still stable thanks to Sakura's immense talent for medical ninjutsu they began the surgery almost right away. When Sakura had ordered the preparation of the surgery room she had also sent two of her best medical ninja not on duty to prepare the seals required of a surgery of this magnitude.
The surgery began without much deliberation. One complex 4 point seal to convert a special liquid they produced at the hospital into plasma and blood cells for the blood loss, another to convert their own chakra into chakra the patient could use to help fill up his frighteningly low reserves. The last component of the surgery was the most dangerous and risky, it required like Shizune executed successfully years ago on Hyuuga Neji on using the patient's own hair and DNA to regenerate the wounds created from the extreme trauma caused by the many projectiles God-Pein had fired into Kakashis body. The technique required extreme concentration not to mess up the cell regeneration ratio not to mention it required the constant channelling of chakra by at least two medical ninjas. After one hour of medical regeneration using the patient's hair as a medium Sakura let out a relieved sigh, Kakashi the copy ninja of Konoha was out of immediate danger.
Operation Room 6, Konoha Hospital
Chouza Akimichi, leader of the Akimichi clan lay fighting for his very life. God-Pein had used his gravitational ninjutsu to throw him at full force into a two story apartment block, thus causing a majority of the upper story to collapse onto his body.
"Begin the regeneration ninjutsu" a kind but authoritative voice bellowed
"H-Hai Shizune sama " The roomwide seal glowed as the four medical ninjas in the room began the jutsu.
Hokage Tower
Team Gai appeared in from of the Hokage tower leaves circling the four members indicating they had just used the shunshin no jutsu to transport themselves. To their surprise Tsunade was there flicking through a forest of papers flanked by her two bodyguards assigned to protect her. They were Hyuuga Hinata and Yuuhi Kurenai.
"Report" was all the Hokage said exhaustion evident in her voice
"Mission accomplished Hokage sama" Gai gasped struggling to regain his breath.
"Very well...Team Gai are to protect the Konoha hospital, I have already assigned Aoba and Anko to defend that position, tell them to report back to me"
"Hai Hokage-sama"
"Gomenasai Hokage-sama but what happened here?" the inquisitive voice of Hyuuga Neji enquired.
"The Akatsuki leader Pein and his six bodies came here looking for Naruto" she stated simply
"H-H-Hai, and did they.." Neji replied his voice breaking off at the end. With a cursory glance at his cousin Hinata he could see she too looked up with curiosity from her constant monitoring of the area with her Byakugan. Kurenai and she had not had sufficient time to be briefed on the current situation just having arrived back from a B-rank mission in the grass country before the Hokage assigned them to be her personal bodyguards.
She hesistated
"No, Naruto is in Myobokuzan completing his sage training with the elder toads, like.." her voice broke, it was still hard for her to mention the death of her comrade and lifetime friend Jiraiya. Sensing her anguish and despair Neji decided to keep his mouth shut and push the matter no further. Without a word the team shunshined out of sight heading for the fortress that was the konoha hospital.