I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. I own Hinata being a Jinchuriki. I own Naruto's Kekkei Genkai and everything else I owned in the last two chapters. I own Naruto and Hinata's children and Rin, and Konohamaru and Hanabi's children.
Downfall
"GET BACK HERE YOU PERVERTED SON OF A BITCH!" Hiashi shouted.
He was sprinting after a ninja that was well known through the entire village for being immature and for being the object of a mountain sized crush by a Hyuga heiress. Therefor it came as no surprise when he ran past them on the streets with a very pissed off Hiashi hot on his heels.
"I'M SORRY ALREADY! CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE UP AND TAKE A CHILL PILL!?" Konohamaru shouted as they ran.
Naruto looked out his office window and saw the chase and sighed. Konohamaru no doubt earned it but he still couldn't lose his son. Naruto leapt out the window and landed in front of Hiashi stopping him and making Konohamaru turn toward Hiashi and stick his tongue out.
"Konohamaru," Naruto said sternly without turning around. "What did you do this time?"
"That son of a bitch tried to-" Hiashi began but was cut off by Naruto.
"Watch your mouth!" Naruto snapped. "I wasn't talking to you anyway. What did you do Konohamaru?"
"I was visiting Rin and she fainted again so I decided to let her get some sleep," Konohamaru said. "I was laying her in her bed when that old geezer walked in and jumped to the conclusion that I was raping her."
"She barely had any clothes on!" Hiashi shouted.
"She was wearing a bathing suit!" Konohamaru said. "What was she supposed to do, swim in a sundress?"
"You watch your tone with me, boy," Hiashi said.
"No you watch your tone with my family," Naruto said. "You may have been able to threaten and screw your way to fifty years as head of your clan but that doesn't mean that you could take an Uzumaki in a straight fight. You and most of your clan lost every ounce of respect you had when you tried to take over. Unless you want you entire clan to be hunted, I suggest you go home and stay there before you forget to turn on your oxygen tank."
Hiashi stormed off and Naruto glared at his back as he went. Then Naruto turned on Konohamaru and Konohamaru's smile faded instantly.
"I thought I told you to stay home to take care of your mother and aunt," Naruto said.
"Well," Konohamaru said. "I...needed some fresh air."
Naruto sighed and told Konohamaru to go home then went back inside.
"He's as much a handful as you Naruto," Neji said.
"You have no idea," Naruto said. "At least it's obvious where he gets it."
"No kidding," Neji said. "How's Hinata?"
"Bedridden," Naruto said. "I swear, I don't think she can take another pregnancy."
"Well good lord she's had twelve already," Neji said.
"Don't remind me," Naruto said. "We barely get to do anything anymore."
"And yet you still succeed in getting her pregnant repeatedly," Neji said.
"No worse than Konohamaru and Hanabi," Naruto said.
"No kidding," Neji said grinning. "Twelve pregnancies with twins every time. No wonder Hanabi doesn't get out much anymore."
Both laughed for a couple minutes then Naruto sighed and continued his work. He and Hinata had gotten married about a month after stopping Shukaku. They had twelve children but only five survived past their first week due to most being months premature. Konohamaru was their only boy unless their newest child lived. Naruto's daughters were named Kushina, Mei, Hanami, Hiromi, and Isami. Kushina was named after Naruto's mother, and Hinata picked the rest of their names. Konohamaru Jr. had been named that because Naruto had made a bet with his friend of the same name and had lost.
Hanabi and Konohamaru had gotten married after about three years of dating and had quickly gotten started on their family. Unfortunately, they had even less luck than Naruto and Hinata. They had exactly two living children as the rest were all still births. One was a boy named Keiji, and the other was a girl named Ayako.
Naruto finished the first half of his paperwork as Hokage and then it occurred to him that he couldn't remember how long Hinata had been pregnant this time around.
"Hey Neji," Naruto said. "What's it been, seven months?"
"A new record," Neji said nodding.
Just then Konohamaru Jr. burst into the room panting and tried to speak but didn't even have enough air to form a sentence. Naruto told him to calm down then speak.
"Mom told me to tell you that she broke her...what was it...water bottle?" Konohamaru said trying to remember the exact wording.
Naruto slammed his head onto his desk loudly then picked it up and gave Neji a look Neji was accustomed to after twelve times.
"Go ahead I'll finish the paperwork," Neji said.
"Thanks Bro," Naruto said.
Neji had taken the position of Naruto's secretary and back up Hokage when Naruto had to leave. He sighed as he looked at the piles of papers and then his second worst fear happened. All of the piles began to sway. Then his absolute worst fear happened; they all fell and scattered all over the room.
"Ugh," Neji groaned as he began to clean and reorganize the paperwork then filled it out.
Naruto arrived at the hospital at the same time as Hinata. The medics took her inside so he did what he always did, and walked to the room that Sakura, now the head doctor in charge of kunoichi delivery and surgeries, jokingly said they should reserve for Hinata and Hanabi.
When the doctors and Hinata arrived, they placed Hinata on the bed and Naruto did what he always did and held his arm out for her to break when she needed too.
"You know," Hinata said, "After twelve births, you would think I'd be able to get them out a little easier."
"If you could do that, Hanabi wouldn't need to go to the hospital for her deliveries anymore," Naruto said.
Hinata laughed then groaned as Sakura walked in.
"Well you almost made it to the normal pregnancy length," Sakura said.
"Yeah yeah,"Hinata said. "Can we get this over with? Hanabi will be going into labor soon."
"Yeah I'd give it a good three minutes," Sakura said. "Unfortunately we can't rush without killing you."
"Sakura," Ino said sticking her head in the door. "Hanabi just went into labor."
"Looks like my timing was a little off," Sakura said. "Alright send the medics."
Ino nodded and ran off. Naruto sighed and gave Sakura an exasperated look.
"Don't give me that look," Sakura said. "This is your fault. If you had taken my advice and gotten yourself neutered after the first one she wouldn't be going through this right now."
"You're just lucky I healed your Chakra Network and got rid of the restraining order," Naruto said.
Sakura shrugged and a moment later Ino came in and told her that Hanabi was ready.
"Here we go," Sakura said.
"Want your earplugs?" Naruto asked.
"Nah," Sakura said going to Hanabi's room.
A moment later there was a deafening crack followed by Konohamaru's scream of agony.
"Feel the need to do it again?" Sakura asked.
"No I'm good," Hanabi said proving that she was both bipolar and having mood swings from labor.
"Thank God you're not bipolar," Naruto said.
"No kidding," Hinata said.
A couple minutes later they heard a baby crying then Sakura walked in and told Hinata that it was time. Naruto held out his arm and Hinata squeezed it so hard he felt the bones bending. After fifteen excruciating minutes of Hinata nearly reducing his arm bones to dust for the thirteenth time, they were rewarded with a stillbirth. Naruto rested his head against the wall behind him and Hinata buried her face in his shoulder as she sobbed.
"He ain't dead yet," Kurama said.
Sure enough the baby coughed something up then began to scream so loud a nearby window literally exploded.
"Yep," Naruto said grinning. "He's definitely got his mother's lungs."
Sakura checked the baby for injuries and healed a couple scratches from the thing it had swallowed. Naruto looked at it and saw that it was a slug.
"Nasty," Naruto said flicking it.
"What was it?" Hinata asked.
"A slug," Naruto said.
Hinata instantly began to gag.
"Now then," Sakura said handing Naruto the child, "Konohamaru is going to need extensive surgery on his arm so you will have to take you Hinata and Hanabi while I take care of Konohamaru."
"Oh I bet you're going to take care of Konohamaru," Naruto said.
"I will hit you," Sakura said. "Hokage or not."
"I'm good," Naruto said.
Sakura healed Naruto's arm then left and a couple Medical Ninja came to help Hinata into a wheelchair. Then Naruto went into a hall and created a shadow clone to go get Hanabi.
"They'll need to get plenty of rest," one nurse said.
"I know," Naruto said. "I've been through this more times than I care to count."
It was true. He had had to fill in for Konohamaru several times because Konohamaru had been away on missions.
Naruto and his clone took the Hyuga sisters back to Naruto and Hinata's mansion and then up to the master bedroom. Naruto carefully put Hinata on the Bed then put Hanabi next to her.
"You know," Hinata said. "After nine straight years of pregnancy fat, you and your balls had better pray I can lose the weight, otherwise you won't need to worry about Sakura neutering you."
Naruto gulped and nodded and Hanabi made the same promise to herself about Konohamaru. Over the next few hours Naruto did everything he could to help Hinata and Hanabi get comfortable. Then he sat down in the living room just as Neji arrived.
"Two problems," Neji said. "First is that I can't seem to reach Gaara."
"And the other?" Naruto asked.
"All of you and Hinata and Hanabi and Konohamaru's children have disappeared with the exceptions of the newborns," Neji said.
"Go see if you can find out why Gaara isn't answering and be back as soon as possible," Naruto said.
Then he used his Uzumaki Dojutsu to search the village and surrounding ten miles for the children. None were there. Neji left and Naruto waited until he was gone to begin to lose his nerve. He knew that Hinata couldn't find out yet but it seemed she was a step ahead of him. Both Hinata and Hanabi walked over as best they could and gave him a stony look.
"Where are our children?" Hinata asked.
Naruto gulped then sighed and said, "I don't know. But I swear I will find them."
"I know you will," Hinata said just before she and Hanabi blacked out.
Naruto caught both and took them back to the bed. Then he went to Hokage Tower and found Lee waiting.
"What's up Lee?" Naruto asked.
"Guy's gone," Lee said.
"Gone as in he left or gone as in he died?" Naruto asked.
"Gone as in he's missing," Lee said.
A moment later several other ninja arrived and reported too many disappearances for him to keep track of. Naruto told them to write the names down in a list and they did. Naruto added his family and then looked the list over.
Kakashi and Tenshi had both disappeared, Shizune was gone, Jiraiya had died fighting Pain when he had attacked Konoha, Shikaku had died in the fourth great shinobi war with Inoichi, Iruka was gone, Kurenai was gone along with her child, Shino and his entire clan were missing, Kiba and Akamaru were missing, Ino and Sai were missing, and around fifty to a hundred citizens were gone.
"Well this just gets better and better," Naruto said.
"It gets even better than that," Neji said returning from the Leaf Village.
All of the Konoha Nine had been trained by Lee so that they could travel to their missions faster.
"What's wrong now?" Naruto asked.
"Gaara and his siblings are all gone," Neji said.
"Anything else?" Naruto asked.
"The Sand village itself is gone," Neji said.
"Destroyed?" Naruto asked.
"Vanished," Neji said.
"How the hell..." Naruto trailed off and banged his head on the desk. "Thank you."
"Naruto," Yamato said appearing behind him.
"Yes?" Naruto asked.
"There's someone you should see," Yamato said.
"Bring them in," Naruto said.
A moment later Yamato brought in a boy about Naruto's size with purple goo in the shape of Naruto's hair. He had three crescent moons under each eye that were turned to that it looked like they were trying to catch his eyes. His eyes were just lines that looked like stereo typical Japanese mask eyes. They curved up from the sides of his nose then leveled out and curled up on the ends. He was very pale in the face but the rest of his skin seemed a lighter shade of purple than his hair but purple all the same.
"Why does every demon I meet look like me when their male?" Naruto asked.
"Because they fear you," the demon said. "Do you recognize me?"
"I could recognize your Dark Chakra anywhere, zero-tails," Naruto said.
"I prefer Reibi," the zero-tails said.
"Fair enough," Naruto said. "What are you doing here? Who's anger are you feeding off of?"
"Yours," Reibi said. "And I'm here because I wanted to tell you that, while I am truly evil, I'm going to help you stop the ones who took your family."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"I was human once," Reibi said. "I had a family. They meant the world to me. Then the same people that have yours took mine and did terrible things to them. They lost the will to live and their deaths turned me into this."
"Who is it?" Naruto asked.
"Kabuto, Hidan, Kakuzu, Sasori, and Zetsu," Reibi said.
"Their all dead," Naruto said.
"No their not," Reibi said. "I thought so too after They took my world to war. They didn't though. They used an incredibly powerful ninja to take the fall but they were the masterminds. They lived even after I removed their heads. The only way to end them in to kill their true leader. Their puppet master."
"And who's that?" Naruto asked.
"You'll have to figure that out for yourself," Reibi said.
Naruto sighed and nodded but then requested one thing on Reibi.
"If you can," Naruto said. "Please help my wife and sister in law to recover faster without them changing at all."
"Very well," Reibi said.
Reibi flew out the window with Naruto on his back and it took him to Naruto's mansion where it healed a sleeping Hinata and Hanabi. When it was done they were fully recovered and had the bodies they had had before the nine years of pregnancy.
"Shall we?" Reibi asked.
Naruto nodded but before he could leave Hinata screamed.
"Naruto why are you talking to the zero-tails?" Hinata shouted waking up Hanabi.
"Two reasons," Naruto said. "First, he's going to help us find our children. Second, look down."
Both of the women did and were shocked to see that they were restored to the way they had been. Their bodies were even as young as they had been. Before Naruto could react Reibi made him younger as well and Konohamaru burst in sensing an evil presence. Reibi was able to sense who Konohamaru was and made him younger as well.
"What just happened?" Konohamaru asked. "How did your house grow?"
"We shrunk," Naruto said. "He made our bodies nine years younger."
"Does that mean we're virgins again?" Hinata asked.
"Yes," Matatabi said. "Don't worry about feeding your children. I'll help with that."
"Um...thanks...I think," Hinata said.
Naruto took a deep breath then climbed onto Reibi.
"Don't trust him Naruto," Kurama said.
"I don't," Naruto said. "I'm going to take him out once we don't need him anymore."
Kurama sighed then agreed and Hinata and Hanabi both climbed on. Konohamaru was reluctant but also climbed on. Reibi took off and flew toward Kumogakure.
"Back there huh?" Naruto asked. "Fine. I guess I'll be able to at least recruit B for this."
"Not a wise idea," Kurama said.
"I don't care," Naruto said.
After a couple hours they landed for the night and Naruto slid to the ground then helped the others down. Naruto's clones set up camp and Naruto sat on a tree branch and watched. After a couple minutes the others joined him.
"So," Hanabi said. "Since me and Hinata are virgins again, we need to re-consummate our marriages."
"Technically me and Naruto are virgins again as well but that doesn't make much of a difference," Konohamaru said.
"Speak for yourself," Naruto said. "I didn't have much more to grow nine years ago. You had just started."
"Huh huh," Konohamaru said.
"Honestly, I'm not entirely adverse to the idea," Hinata said. "But can we avoid the pregnancies this time?"
"Since we're going to do it anyway-" Konohamaru began.
"No," Naruto said. "Nine years ago the answer was no and it hasn't changed just because it's the second time around."
"Why not?" Konohamaru asked.
"Konohamaru," Naruto said glaring at him. "We are not sharing wives."
"Oh come on," Konohamaru whined.
"You really feel the need to argue with me over this?" Naruto asked. "I may not be your team leader anymore but I am still Hokage. If I say someone has to go, who's going to argue?"
"Point taken," Konohamaru said shutting up.
Just then Naruto's clones got done and released their respective jutsus. Konohamaru and Hanabi both rushed to their tent and Naruto handed Hinata a set of earplugs. Then he and her walked away from the camp and to the river.
"You were awfully quiet about his idea," Naruto said.
"I'm not adverse to it but only if I can release my physical body along with Matatabi and then all three of us can share your wives," Kurama said.
"Then I guess it's a good thing we're not sharing isn't it?" Naruto asked.
"You okay?" Hinata asked. "You seem quiet."
"Just getting Kurama's take on Konohamaru's idea," Naruto said.
"What's he think?" Hinata asked.
"He's not against it so long as he can join without having to share Matatabi," Naruto said.
"That sounds like him," Hinata said.
"Agreed," Naruto said grinning. "I remember when you would've freaked out about how clean he made Jiraiya seem."
"I remember," Hinata said. "I put you in the hospital because I couldn't hurt him."
"Hinata," Naruto said. "If this turns into a huge fight, I want you and Hanabi to leave. The last thing I need is a double repeat of Pain's assault on Konoha."
"I'm not letting you fight that many dangerous enemies alone," Hinata said.
"I'll be fine," Naruto said. "Try to remember that I am a Jinchuriki and Toad Sage. I can take anything they can throw at me. Even Kabuto's Snake Sage mode can't bring me down. And with Konohamaru as a new Toad Sage as well, there's not much we would need you for in a fight."
"Okay," Hinata said.
"No," Naruto said. "I didn't mean that you couldn't fight. You're incredibly strong. It's just that they're out of your league and I don't want you being hurt."
"I know Naruto," Hinata said. "And you're right. I wouldn't be much help fighting them."
"Tell you what," Naruto said seeing that she was hurt. "If you promise to be careful and take the cure, you can fight Sasori."
"You really are overprotective of me aren't you?" Hinata asked.
"You haven't trained in nine years," Naruto said. "I'm a little iffy on whether or not you can beat him."
"Good point," Hinata said. "Good thing my body's as healthy as it was before."
"True," Naruto said then leaned in and whispered to her. "It's just as tight too."
"And you call Kurama perverted," Hinata said.
"Just stating facts," Naruto said still grinning.
"Sure you were," Hinata said kissing him.
Naruto kissed her back and his hands slid to her lower back. She grinned and slid her tongue into her mouth. A second later Kurama and Matatabi split from their bodies but instantly jumped to the main event. Naruto easily blocked them out but could tell Hinata was having trouble by how she kept rubbing her legs together. After a couple more minutes of just kissing she finally shoved him onto his back and grinned.
About an hour later Naruto and Hinata headed back to camp after Kurama and Matatabi went back to where they belonged and they found Konohamaru and Hanabi kissing by the fire.
"Man you just don't stop do you?" Naruto asked.
"No," Hanabi said pulling away for half a second.
Hinata blushed and Naruto grinned. Then they sat across the fire and just stared at Hanabi and Konohamaru until it became too awkward and they finally stopped.
"Do you mind?" Hanabi asked.
"Not at all," Naruto said resting his chin in his hand.
"Please," Hinata said. "Don't stop on our account."
"Jerks," Hanabi said.
She slid further away from Konohamaru and Naruto grinned.
"How was yours?" Konohamaru asked.
"Large," Naruto said. "Still is. Is yours finally bigger than a tic tack?"
"So not what I meant," Konohamaru said.
Naruto grinned and then looked at the fire and saw a dying snake.
"Where did that come from?" Naruto asked.
"It was in our tent," Konohamaru said.
"Were you bitten?" Naruto asked.
"No," Konohamaru said.
"No," Hanabi said. "Though he did suggest we...use it."
"That's just sick," Naruto said.
"Not my fault," Konohamaru said.
"Enough," Reibi said. "All of you need sleep."
"Yes sir your majesty," Naruto said saluting. "Asshole."
All of them went to their tents and were asleep within minutes. When they woke up, they all felt well rested, and more than happy to kill a few Akatsuki members.
Naruto left his tent and looked around. They weren't where they had been. In fact they weren't in the same dimension they had been in. The others also left their tents and looked around. Everything around them was dark purple and was swirling with dark chakra.
"That fucker ate us," Kurama said.
"Figures," Naruto said. "I'll handle it."
"I'll handle this," Konohamaru said before Naruto could say the exact same words.
"No I will," Naruto said creating a Rasengan the size of a Tailed Beast Ball.
"Fine," Konohamaru said.
Naruto leapt at the nearest border of the new dimension. Within seconds he reached it and slammed the Rasengan against it. It exploded and the light that shone through the dimension was blinding. When it cleared, Naruto and his friends were standing in front of tents with the zero-tails' mask in front of Naruto. Naruto crushed it under his foot then turned back to the others.
"Time to go," Naruto said. "We've still got a lot of ground to cover."
The others nodded and they all sprinted toward Kumogakure. Within a couple hours they arrived. Naruto went straight to A's office and asked where B was. A told him that he had gone missing along with hundreds of others. Naruto smashed his fist on the wall in frustration.
"We've lost contact with Sunagakure," A said.
"It's gone," Naruto said. "The entire village is missing. And I'm not just talking about the people."
"Damn," A said. "We're still getting reports of mass disappearances in the other nations as well. Not just the Five Great Nations. That new country with the Gelel stones. Their ruler...um..."
"Temujin," Naruto said.
"Yeah him," A said. "He's gone. So isn't that priestess you helped stop Moryo. Her entire home Province was leveled by some huge black skinned demon."
Naruto collapsed into a chair with his head in his hands.
"The land of Snow reportedly tried to send their ruler away but her ship was destroyed," A said.
"Kurama was right," Naruto said. "The Forbidden's come back and is ending the world."
"You mean Shion became that thing again?" Hinata asked.
"Not quite," Shion said walking in. "Moryo came back just long enough to revive The Forbidden from hundreds of my guards. Then The Forbidden killed him."
"At least we don't need to deal with Moryo too," Naruto said.
"We've also had reports that the Crescent Moon Kingdom has been sunk by the same thing that leveled Shion's home," A said.
"Noticing a pattern yet?" Naruto asked.
"It's attacking the people you've helped," Kurama said.
"There's someone here that you may like to see," A said. "I almost forgot about her."
Naruto froze halfway standing and watched as A walked to a side door and opened it then motioned for him to follow. Naruto did along with Hinata and after about fifteen minutes they reached a prison door and A opened it.
"We keep her in here because she's delusional and to keep her safe," A said.
A opened the door and Naruto and Hinata stepped in to see Koyuki sitting against the opposite wall. She looked up and saw Naruto and instantly ran over and threw her arms around him while sobbing. A moment later Amaru and Temujin walked into view and Naruto smiled in relief.
"Oh thank God," Naruto said.
"Hey Naruto," Temujin said. "Good to see you too."
"Why are you in armor?" Naruto asked.
Temujin was wearing the same armor he had been wearing when Naruto and him had first met. It had been fixed and the symbol of the Gelel Stones was painted over his heart.
"Do you have a Gelel Stone in you?" Naruto asked pointing at the symbol.
"Yes," Temujin said. "This is a warning to any who can read it."
"I heard you went missing," Naruto said.
"I tried to fight a giant Demon," Temujin said. "Not the smartest move ever. I was on its shoulder but it brushed me off and I woke up here."
"Is anyone else in there?" Naruto asked.
"Just me," Tenshi said walking into view.
"Good to see you," Naruto said.
Naruto realized Koyuki was still hugging him and pulled her arms off his neck.
"We should get going," Naruto said.
"Right," Temujin said.
They all walked back to A's office and A looked horrified to see Koyuki.
"I assume she's the one that you said was delusional," Naruto said.
A nodded and Koyuki screamed and ran forward with a knife. Naruto caught her and took the knife.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked.
"He's the one who attacked my ship!" Koyuki said.
"Don't waste your time fighting him," Naruto said. "You can't."
Koyuki nodded and Naruto let her go. She glared at A but didn't attack him.
"So," Naruto said. "Why'd you attack Koyuki?"
"You believe her over me?" A asked.
"You have no idea," Naruto said. "Raikage or not, she's my friend."
A nodded then shot toward Naruto. While A was moving Naruto entered Sage mode then caught A's fists and then kicked him away. A landed on his feet and grinned at Naruto.
"Not bad," A said.
"Just tell me why you were trying to kill Koyuki," Naruto said.
"Because Kabuto told me too," A said. "And because I knew you would come and I'd finally be able to kill you."
A charged again and Naruto simply blasted him with a Pressure Damage then finished him with the Flying Swallow technique while the others all ran.
"Now that that's out of the way," Naruto said. "Need to find out where the others are."
"I can help" Kurama said.
"Do it," Naruto said.
Kurama separated from Naruto and then turned into his true form. Naruto and the others climbed on and Kurama took off at a full sprint. Within an hour they had gotten to Kirigakure. Naruto used his Dojutsu to search it but there were only three people in it.
"Empty," Naruto said. "The Kage's there though so we should stop."
Kurama laid down and Naruto ran inside and a few minutes later he came back out with Mei.
"Hello again Hinata," Mei said.
"Hello Mei," Hinata said.
Kurama began heading to Amegakure. When they arrived Naruto found it raining again and suspected someone was there but wasn't sure who.
"I wish Konan were alive," Hinata said.
"So do I," Naruto said. "Let's go meet the new boss."
They went inside and to the room usually filled by the leader. This time, however, there were three.
"NAGATO!" Naruto shouted grinning. "KONAN!"
They all turned and smirked. Nagato had removed the poles from his back and The other male had removed the piercings but it was obvious who it was.
"Hello Naruto," Nagato said. "It's good to see you again."
"Hello Naruto," Konan said.
"Hello Naruto," the third said waking forward. "It's good to see you under better circumstances."
"You're Yahiko," Naruto said.
"Yes," Yahiko said. "You knew me as Tendo Pein."
"Yes," Naruto said. "I like Yahiko better though. How are your piercings?"
"Gone," Yahiko said. "Nagato didn't think I needed the pain."
"Good call," Hinata said.
"Oh...um...hello Hinata," Yahiko and Nagato said together.
"Don't worry," Hinata said smiling. "I don't hold grudges. Otherwise you'd be gone by now."
"What brings you here?" Konan asked.
"All of the villages have been seeing disappearances," Naruto said.
"We've noticed," Konan said. "We'll help. First, show me what you can do."
Naruto smirked and both of them exploded into paper. They mixed thoroughly and Hinata didn't think they'd be able to get back together again. Then they became weapons and began trying to destroy each other's. After a couple minutes, they both reformed and Konan smiled.
"Not bad," Konan said. "You're almost as good as me."
"I can do this too," Naruto said growing bone spikes.
"That's just awesome," Konan said.
Naruto grinned and all five of them went back out to Kurama. They climbed on and Naruto physically restrained Konohamaru so he didn't attack Yahiko.
"BUT HE'S PAIN!" Konohamaru shouted.
"He's not pain anymore," Naruto said. "And Pain is on our side now."
Konohamaru eventually sighed and gave up trying to kill him. Instead he decided to simply sit a long ways away.
"I'm sorry," Yahiko said. "What I did was wrong."
Konohamaru just glared at him. Hanabi stood and challenged Nagato to a sparring match. Nagato smiled and stood then began avoiding Hanabi's attacks easily. She was using her Byakugan but Nagato still stayed out of her way. After a couple minutes he pinned her down then smiled when he felt her hand over his heart.
"Tie," Nagato said.
"You let me get that one," Hanabi said.
"Yep," Nagato said brightly while sitting up. "Little tip. With the Byakugan, it's more effective when you learn to simply expand your three hundred sixty view instead of zooming in to fight. Isn't it Naruto?"
"Very," Naruto said smiling.
He had learned to do that shortly after learning to use his eyes. He had spent most of his free time between Pregnancies to teach Hinata to do the same thing and she was actually very good at it and could see ten kilometers like that. She could see about ten miles by zooming in. Naruto could easily see three times that.
"How do I do that?" Hanabi asked.
"Just train the same way you do to see farther when you zoom in but focus on seeing all around," Naruto said.
"How does your Dojutsu work anyway?" Nagato asked.
"Depends on the situation," Naruto said. "I can see through Kirigakure mist better than you."
"True," Nagato said. "I can use Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten'in."
"True," Naruto said. "And I'm jealous of those two."
"Yours can use them too," Kurama said.
"It can?" Naruto asked.
"Oh," Nagato said slapping his forehead. "Of course it can. Not to the extent of mine, but still."
"Don't you need the Deva Path for that?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," Nagato said. "Which is why I carry the new one with me."
Nagato set a body on Kurama's back and Naruto looked over his shoulder.
"That's funny," Naruto said. "It kind of looks like Kidomaru."
"It is," Nagato said. "He's fairly useful since he's actually all of the Pains in one."
"I bet that would be helpful," Naruto said. "Do I need the Tendo Pein for Shinra Tensei?"
"No," Kurama said. "You just need the knowledge of how it works."
Nagato made a hand seal and suddenly he and Naruto were both inside his head.
"It's empty in here," Naruto said looking around.
"I cleaned up," Nagato said.
"Cool," Naruto said. "I assume you're teaching me to use Shinra Tensei?"
"Right," Nagato said placing his hand on Naruto's forehead.
Naruto's eyes flashed with thousands of images. Wen it stopped Naruto rubbed his eyes then asked how Nagato knew how to do that.
"When one subconscious wants to show the other something, they merely need to make direct contact," Nagato said. "The forehead is simply the fastest and easiest."
"Cool," Naruto said.
"Now," Nagato said. "Let's see what you learned."
Naruto nodded then instantly blasted Nagato with Shinra Tensei. It had caught him off guard but it was also just as strong as Nagato's own.
"How are you as strong as me?" Nagato asked.
"How should I know?" Naruto asked.
"Show me what happens when you use a Genjutsu," Nagato said.
Naruto made Nagato think Naruto's arms were tiny and Nagato whistles when he saw Naruto's swirl designs spin.
"Impressive," Nagato said. "That doesn't help me at all. Let's just head back."
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. No one seemed to have noticed they went anywhere. Hinata sensed Naruto was different and smiled.
"How does it feel?" Hinata asked.
"Awesome," Naruto said. "Wanna see it?"
"Sure," Hinata said.
Naruto looked at Konohamaru and his spiral designs spun while Konohamaru flew off of Kurama then Kidomaru sat up and held his hands out. Konohamaru began to fly back toward Kurama but couldn't catch up. After five seconds, Naruto held out his hand and Konohamaru caught back up then landed next to Hanabi.
"Could you please stop using me for a punching back?" Konohamaru asked.
"Sure," Naruto said.
Just then Kurama stopped and Naruto could see Iwagakure.
"We're already here?" Nagato asked.
"Welcome to the Nine-tails Express," Naruto said. "Come on Mei."
Naruto and Mei went inside the city and after a few minutes they came back out with Onoki. They all climbed on then Kurama lay down.
"Didn't sense them?" Naruto asked.
"No," Kurama said.
"Where haven't we been?" Naruto asked.
"My home," Temujin said.
"The Land of Snow," Koyuki said.
"Atlantis," Kurama said.
"Not including myths," Naruto said.
"It's a real place," Konan said. "I've seen it even if I never went in due to the water problem."
"So where first?" Naruto asked.
"Land of Snow," Nagato said.
"Too late," Konan said as a bunch of paper airplanes got back. "The only place left that's able to sustain life is Atlantis."
"Isn't that underwater?" Naruto asked.
"Not quite," Kurama said. "There's a sphere of pure Oxygen around the city itself. There are miles of water down to that."
"Perfect," Naruto said. "What about the Gelel stones?"
The airplanes all flew past and dropped Gelel stones next to Naruto.
"Cool," Naruto said.
Naruto pulled out two gloves with open fingers and slots on the backs for something to be placed. He put the Gelel Stones in the slots and then sealed the rest inside a Fuinjutsu scroll.
"Why do you need those?" Temujin asked.
"They're not mine," Naruto said tossing one to Hinata and the other to Hanabi.
They were both for the right hand. They both put them on and Kurama stood and sprinted to Konoha.
"Naruto!" Sakura said landing on Kurama's back then froze looking at Tenshi.
"Sakura," Naruto said. "It's time for us to free everyone. Apparently their in Atlantis."
"Funny," Sakura said.
"Not a joke," Kurama said.
"Ready the remaining Shinobi," Naruto said. "We're leaving shortly."
"How shortly?" Sakura asked.
"Tomorrow morning," Naruto said.
Sakura smiled and nodded. Then she left and everyone slid off.
"Tenshi," Naruto said. "Where's your father?"
"He and I were separated," Tenshi said. "When we were taken, I didn't see who it was. He knocked me out and when I woke up, I was in Kumogakure."
"I see," Naruto said. "Okay."
They both went into the village and joined the others who were waiting for them.
"Now what?" Hinata asked.
"I'm going to go visit some of the others," Tenshi said.
"Tell Sakura I said hi," Naruto said. "I'm going to get some ramen."
Hinata joined him and the rest went to the hot spring. Once Naruto and Hinata were done, They went to the hot spring and joined the others. They relaxed until late then went home to sleep. Since most were new to the village, Naruto gave them rooms from his house. They all went to sleep and after fifteen minutes Naruto was keeping an eye out and Tenshi sneaked in. Naruto met her in the main hall before she even knew he was there.
"Howdy Tenshi," Naruto said. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh...um...I was just...um..." Tenshi tried to think of something to say.
"I warn you," Naruto said. "I'm not in the mood for lies."
"I came because I'm scared that I might get taken if I'm alone," Tenshi said blushing.
"Now, was that really so hard?" Naruto asked. "You can stay with Temujin. Last room on the right."
Tenshi thanked him then quietly went to the room and explained to Temujin why she was there. Temujin simply nodded and went back to his pullups. Naruto went back to bed and found Hinata waiting.
"Why's she here?" Hinata asked.
"Afraid of being taken," Naruto said climbing into bed.
They both went to bed and a few minutes later so did Temujin. The next morning they all woke up and went outside. Every shinobi in the village had amassed at the south gate. Naruto summoned every toad he could, Nagato summoned all of the summons he had with the exceptions of the centipedes and the multi-headed dog, Kurama split from Naruto and assumed his true form, and any other shinobi with mobile summons summoned them. All of the shinobi climbed on and Naruto looked around. He was on Kurama with Hinata, Hanabi, Konohamaru, Tsunade, Tenshi, Sakura, Temujin, Shion, Neji, and Tenten.
"Hey Naruto," Temujin said walking over. "Tsunade's fifty some right?"
"Yes," Naruto said.
"Then she must be really good at Transformation Jutsu," Temujin said. "What do you know about Shion?"
"She's open game if you feel like risking a broken neck," Naruto said.
"Sakura?" Temujin said.
"You have more luck and less broken bones by teasing a rhinoceros," Naruto said.
"Got it," Temujin said.
He walked back to stand by Shion and a couple minutes later she slapped him but was clearly blushing and trying not to laugh.
"Looks like she likes him," Hinata said walking over to Naruto.
"Yeah," Naruto said. "Is this really as fast as they go?"
"I can go faster obviously but the others are moving at their top speed," Kurama said.
Just then Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko dropped from Nagato's summon bird and landed lightly behind Naruto.
"This is going to take forever," Konan said.
"Agreed," Naruto said. "Kurama could easily make it there in minutes."
"But I can't swim as fast as your toads," Kurama said.
"Good to know," Naruto said. "Where's your dog?"
"Saved him in case we meet any hostile summons," Nagato said. "The centipede is just too hard to ride."
"Good point," Naruto said. "Here comes the hostile summon."
Just then a giant purple snake shot out of the ground and landed in front of the others.
"Manda?" Kurama said. "I thought he was killed!"
"You scared?" Naruto asked.
"I'll handle him," Gamabunta said.
"Don't bother," Nagato said. "I got a better one."
Nagato used Kidomaru to summon the giant multi-headed dog. The dog instantly attacked Manda who made the mistake of trying to use his mouth and tail to rip the dog in half. The dog split into two and Manda tried to hit one with his tail and that one split into three. Then all of the dogs attacked each other until there were more then twenty. Then all of the dogs attacked Manda and within minutes they had removed the skin from the bone. Then Nagato released the jutsu and the dog disappeared.
"Effective," Naruto said. "Time to contin-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Sasuke landed in front of him and he tripped him and put his Chakra Blade up to his throat.
"Where there's a snake summon, a snake is never far," Naruto said.
"Funny," Sasuke said. "I heard about the disappearances. I'm here to help."
"Funny way of showing it," Naruto said nodding toward the dead snake.
"That was Kabuto," Sasuke said.
Naruto glared at him then helped him up and turned his back on him. Sasuke had left Naruto and Sakura to die when they had requested his help fighting Madara. As a result, Sakura had been injured and Naruto had been injured trying to protect her. Hinata had tried to save them but had been fatally wounded. Naruto had completely lost control and had jumped to nine tails. Madara had tried to fight him but had quickly been crushed then blown away by a Tailed Beast Ball. Once that was done Kurama had given up a nearly fatal amount of chakra to save Hinata. Then he had fallen into a coma for three years. Even Hinata held a grudge for it.
"I'm sorry," Sasuke said.
"Don't care," Naruto said.
Sasuke sighed and a moment later, the rest of Taka landed on Kurama's head and Naruto instantly beheaded Orochimaru.
"Feel better?" Suigetsu asked.
"Much," Naruto said. "Welcome aboard Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo. Jugo, please try to restrain your other half."
"I will," Jugo said.
"I'm going to keep watch," Sasuke said.
"Don't waste your time," Naruto said. "I can see for thirty miles around."
"Yeah sure," Sasuke said.
"He can," Hinata said. "And you really should stop talking before he loses what little self restraint he has left."
"He can't beat me any-" Sasuke began before Naruto used Bansho Ten'in to pull him to himself.
Naruto caught him by the neck and glared at Sasuke.
"If you open your mouth one more time I'll crush your wind pipe and feed you to Kurama," Naruto said.
Then he threw Sasuke with Shinra Tensei and Jugo caught Sasuke before he could fly off of Kurama. Then Naruto sat on Kurama's head and Began to gather Nature Chakra. Once he had enough he let it leave his body again. This served to calm his nerves and cool his temper. Then he made three clones and they were summoned away by Fukasaku. Then Naruto sat down and decided to simply meditate until they arrived. Hinata sat next to him and did the same.
"When this is over," Naruto said. "Remind me to have Fukasaku teach you Sage Jutsu."
"I will," Hinata said.
After a couple more hours all of the summons stopped and everyone got down to stretch and make camp.
"This is taking forever," Kurama said walking over in his human form.
"No kidding," Naruto said. "Looks like there may be a bit of a wait before we arrive."
"Two weeks by my count," Kurama said.
"Naruto Boy," Fukasaku said landing on his shoulder.
"Hey Geezer Sage," Naruto said. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here because I'm going to take you two to Mount Myoboku," Fukasaku said.
"Sure," Naruto said. "How do we get back?"
"Shima will take care of that," Fukasaku said.
Then he pulled out a scroll and told Hinata to sign a summoning contract with the toads. She did and then Fukasaku tapped the scroll and both of them disappeared. Then Fukasaku tossed a scroll to Konohamaru who also signed a contract with the toads.
"Use a summoning jutsu on that to bring Shima here," Fukasaku said. "Do not do it until you reach Atlantis or you have absolutely no way to win without them."
Konohamaru nodded and put the scroll in his pack. Hinata looked around and smiled. Mount Myoboku was enormous and seemed very strange to her. There were no real trees but there were gigantic leaves that could easily support her weight.
"This is amazing!" Hinata said.
"Weight until lunch," Naruto said.
"Why?" Hinata asked.
Naruto visibly paled and Hinata could tell that it wouldn't be pleasant. Fukasaku appeared a moment later and led Hinata to the Toad Oil waterfall.
"This is Toad Oil," Fukasaku said. "It basically works like a Nature Chakra Magnet."
"What's Nature Chakra?" Hinata asked.
"Nature Chakra, or Nature Energy, is the energy from the air, ground, plants, stones, basically everything around you except people," Naruto said.
"Let me give you a demonstration," Fukasaku said walking over to a stone frog.
He made the hand sign just as Gamatatsu landed next to them.
"Wow," Gamatatsu said. "He's cool. I wish I could use Nature Chakra."
Fukasaku then placed his hands on the stone frog and tried to lift it. After a couple minutes of him straining he finally lifted it over his head then put it back down. He began panting and Hinata looked at him in awe.
"Trust me," Naruto whispered. "It's not as great as it looks."
"I heard that!" Fukasaku said. "Let's see you do better."
Naruto created a clone who began to gather Nature Energy. Naruto walked over to the toad then released the clone and entered Sage Mode. Then he placed one hand on the frog and easily lifted it over his head. Then he set it down and leaned against it.
"Told you so," Naruto said.
"Shut up!" Fukasaku said angrily. "Either way, that's the power of Nature Chakra."
"Mine was the power of Sage Mode," Naruto said.
"Cool," Hinata said.
"What's important about Sage Mode is that it makes you stronger and more durable than normal," Naruto said. "It also only lasts about five minutes."
"You forgot the most important part," Fukasaku said.
"No," Naruto said. "I just figured you'd like to have something to say."
"Absorbing too much Nature Chakra will turn you into one of those," Fukasaku said pointing at the stone statues.
"Great," Hinata said.
Fukasaku led Hinata to the oil and rubbed a bit on her arm. After a minute her arm and that side of her face began to mutate so Fukasaku summoned his baton and lightly tapped her on the shoulder.
"Wait," Naruto said. "You don't have to hit them as hard as you can yet when you were training me you still smashed me just as hard as you could?"
"I was having fun and you annoyed me," Fukasaku said.
"Great," Naruto said.
"How good is she at being still?" Fukasaku asked.
"She won't have much trouble with it," Naruto said.
Hinata sat in Lotus Position by the oil and Fukasaku put some on her hands and face. After a couple minutes she began to mutate so he tapped her with the baton. After about thirty failed attempts, she finally managed to get as far as she could with Toad Oil.
"Lift a statue," Fukasaku said.
Hinata did as she was told and had a bit of trouble. Then she put it back down and Fukasaku tapped her with the baton again. Then he told her to try to sense it without the Toad Oil. She did so and within minutes she was not only able to sense it but began to gather it. After a couple minutes she began to mutate and Fukasaku tapped her with the baton. After a few more attempts Fukasaku decided she needed to try the same thing as Naruto.
"Try to be as still as you can," Fukasaku said.
Hinata did and after a couple minutes, a bird landed on her shoulder and she jumped.
"She needs practice," Fukasaku said.
"Okay," Naruto said. "Come one Hinata."
The three of them went to the same stone towers Naruto and Jiraiya trained on and Naruto and Fukasaku took stone slabs up to the top. Hinata followed and balanced hers on top of a spike. She stayed as still as possible but after a couple seconds she twitched when her nose began to itch and her slab began to lean. She fell but Fukasaku caught her and she tried again. After three hours she was finally able to stay still. Fukasaku winked at Naruto then flicked a rock at the spike she was on. It hit and made a loud noise and Hinata didn't react in the slightest.
"Congratulations," Fukasaku said. "Now gather Nature Chakra."
Naruto held his hand out and Fukasaku tossed him the baton. Then Naruto went over to stand next to Hinata. She began to gather Nature Energy and after a couple seconds, violet pigmentations appeared around her eyes. She opened them and he saw that her eyes were yellow with horizontal bars for pupils.
"She's in Perfect Sage Mode," Naruto said.
"Good," Fukasaku said. "Now let's see if she can learn Frog Kumite."
"First let's see just how good you really are," Naruto said.
Fukasaku gathered Nature Energy and attacked Naruto. Before he could reach Naruto, Naruto pinned him in mid air with Shinra Tensei. Then he let Fukasaku go and attacked him. Fukasaku managed to recover in time to match Naruto's punch but still shot back and smashed into his spike.
"You win," Fukasaku said. "Now her."
Fukasaku began to teach Hinata to use Frog Kumite and within an hour she was as good as Naruto was when he fought Pain.
"Congratulations," Fukasaku said. "You're the best learner I've ever met."
"Now then," Hinata said. "Do you plan on letting me fight along side you?"
"We'll see," Naruto said. "Kabuto's mine either way."
"Deal," Hinata said.
They both continued to train and after two days, Hinata and Naruto both got the idea to use their Dojutsu while in Sage Mode. They both activated them and their eyes turned white but kept the pupils. Naruto also got the spiral designs.
"Let's see just how far I can see," Naruto said.
He looked as far as he could in all directions and whistled at the distance. Then he focused on one direction and grinned.
"What can you see?" Hinata asked.
Naruto whispered something to her and she smirked and lightly slapped him in the back of the head.
"Quit lying," Hinata said.
"Not lying," Naruto said. "I can see our backs."
"Prove it," Hinata said.
"How?" Naruto said. "I could just as easily see our backs while seeing all around."
"How close are the others?" Hinata asked.
"See for yourself," Naruto said.
Hinata tried despite the fact that they were easily a hundred miles away. Her jaw dropped when she zoomed in to the max and saw the others racing along.
"Awesome!" Hinata said.
"Now we might need to head back," Naruto said.
"Why?" Hinata asked.
"Thirty feet underground," Naruto said.
Hinata looked and saw that there were hundreds of giant snakes heading toward the others.
"KURAMA!" Naruto shouted through him and Kurama's link. "COMPANY BELOW!"
Kurama warned Nagato and Nagato summoned his dog and centipedes and the dog split into fifty. The snakes shot out of the ground and Kurama instantly felt Naruto telling him to summon him and Hinata without Naruto saying anything.
"Konohamaru!" Kurama said. "Do it now!"
Konohamaru summoned Shima who in turn summoned Naruto and Hinata. Naruto instantly smashed three snakes away and they crashed into six more.
"Nagato!" Naruto said. "We're going to need more dogs!"
"They can only go to fifty!" Nagato said.
"Great," Naruto said. "Only one thing for it then. Get everyone airborne."
Nagato did just that and Naruto and Hinata leapt to the ground. Instantly thousands upon thousands of snakes shot out of the ground and all of the summons began fighting. No one was doing very well but they were able to hold the snakes back. After a few more minutes it became apparent that they were going to lose.
"NAGATO!" Naruto shouted. "WE NEED THE GEDO MAZO!"
Nagato nodded and Naruto took over keeping the others in the air while Nagato used Kidomaru to summon the Demonic Statue. The statue opened its mouth and a dragon shot out. The dragon began flying around and every time it touched a snake, the snake would scream in pain but wouldn't die. After a couple minutes Nagato released the snakes and Naruto lowered everyone to the ground. All of the summons were out cold but the snakes were still moving around.
"Kurama!" Naruto said.
Kurama burst out of the ground with a Tailed Beast Ball. All of the shinobi released their summons and Kurama shot the Tailed Beast Ball at a snake. Before it could hit a gigantic white snake with smaller white snakes forming scale designs shot out of the ground and swallowed it.
"EVERYONE COVER YOUR MOUTHS AND NOSES!" Sasuke shouted.
They all did but when the snake exploded the toxins still paralyzed everyone except Naruto and Hinata. Naruto began to attack the snakes and Hinata did the same. Within minutes she realized that her gentle fist style was useless and began using her Chakra Blades instead. After about three minutes Naruto felt his Sage Mode expiring and decided to get the most out of it. He created five clones and all of the clones created two Rasenshuriken. They all threw them and when the dust cleared there were three snakes left. Unfortunately the moment Naruto released his Rasenshuriken, he exited Sage Mode and the toxins paralyzed him. Hinata killed two more snakes before her Sage Mode expired then the last attacked. Before it could Naruto managed to aim his hand at her and shot a Beast Wave Gale Palm to knock her out of the way. Then Matatabi separated from her and entered her true form. Since her true form was made out of fire she wasn't affected by the toxins from the white snake. She leapt onto the last snake's head and began shredding it then squeezed inside and the snake began to scream as smoke curled out of its wounds, nose, and mouth. Then it began to swell and finally exploded. Matatabi landed on her feet and shook some blood off before it could back on. Then she went around and got rid of the white snake's remains until the toxins were gone.
"That was a little too close," Naruto said.
"Agreed," Nagato said before coughing up blood.
Naruto healed him then walked over to Hinata who was still unconscious. He healed her and she woke up.
"What happened?" Hinata asked.
"I had to blast you with a jutsu so the snake wouldn't eat you," Naruto said.
"Oh," Hinata said. "Thank you."
He helped her up and all of the Shinobi re-summoned their respective creatures. Everyone got on and they continued toward Atlantis but decidedly slower than before. After a little while they stopped and released the summons so they could recover. Then the shinobi began to run toward it on their own. After three straight days of moving they stopped and Kurama told Naruto that they were halfway there.
"How big can you get?" Naruto asked as Kurama's human form sat across the fire from him.
"Big enough to carry everyone if some rode in my mouth," Kurama said.
"Good," Naruto said. "We need to speed this up."
"Wait until tomorrow," Hinata said.
"I planned on it," Naruto said. "I'm too tired to do much of anything right now."
Just then all of the summons appeared and formed a circle around the camp.
"What's going on?" Naruto asked Gamabunta.
"Someone's summoned a certain ten-tailed monster to fight along side a certain black skinned demon," Gamabunta said. "Both are headed this way."
"Oh that's just fucking perfect," Naruto said standing. "Hinata stay out of this fight."
"No way," Hinata said. "One Toad sage isn't enough to fight the ten-tailed beast and The Forbidden."
Naruto nodded and made three shadow clones. Hinata did the same and Naruto smirked at the simple fact that she could use clones. Then Fukasaku reverse summoned the clones and the clones began to store Nature Energy. Naruto and Hinata both entered Sage mode just as the Ten-tailed beast and The Forbidden came into view over a hill. The Forbidden was a lot smaller than he had been before. He had been twice the ten-tailed beat's height but now was the same height.
"He's weaker than he should be!" Kurama said. "We can end him!"
"Hinata," Naruto said. "We'll handle The Forbidden. You and Matatabi along with anyone with enough energy take the Ten-tails."
"Agreed," Hinata said.
Fifty shinobi including the Ame Orphans ran out and Nagato created a shield around himself out of pure chakra then sat down and Kidomaru stood.
"If it's all the same to you," Kidomaru said. "We'll help out with The Forbidden."
"Sure," Naruto said.
He, Kurama, and the Ame Orphans all sprinted out to meet The Forbidden. When they got there, Naruto took the time to use Sage Mode Shinra Tensei to knock the Ten-tailed Beast over. Then they all climbed to The Forbidden's head and into his ears until they reached its ear drums. Naruto was glad he and Kurama were mentally linked and were in different ears.
"Ready," Naruto said.
"Set," Kurama said.
"GO!" Both shouted.
They both shot a Pressure Damage at the ear drums. The blasts hit and destroyed the ear drums then they all ran inside until they reached the Brain Cavity. When they got there, all of them prepared their strongest attacks and shot them but the attacks had little effects.
"I have a better idea," Naruto said. "Kurama, Searing Migraine. Pain, give it a boost with Shinra Tensei. You two use anything you can. Ready. Go!"
They all fired their jutsus and Naruto used a Pressure Damage to mix with Kurama's Searing Migraine that made the power triple. When the blast hit, The Forbidden shrieked in pain and its brain literally melted. They all ran out of its head and leapt off as Kurama assumed his true form to catch them. The Forbidden exploded and Kurama was sent flying but Naruto absorbed him before he could be injured anymore. They all landed on the ground with minimal injuries and Naruto turned to see the Ten-tailed Beast roar in pain then spit Hinata out at the camp. Naruto entered Sage Mode and caught her then set her down and turned back to the Ten-tailed Beast.
"I'll finish up," Naruto said. He began to run around the Ten-tailed Beast shooting as many jutsus as he could manage at it but it was still facing Hinata. After a second he stopped in his tracks and realized why. Then he sprinted back as fast as he could as it pointed one finger at her. The finger suddenly sharpened to a point then shot at Hinata in a flash. Naruto shoved Hinata out of the way about a second before the attack hit him and half a second later Neji shoved him out of the way. Naruto landed on his side but barely felt it. Instead he felt the cut the claw had left on his chest and saw the claw sticking out of the back of Neji's chest. It had clearly passed through his heart. Naruto entered Sage mode one more time and sprinted to the Ten-tailed Beast. He placed both of his hands on its head and began channeling Nature Energy into it while taking more from his surroundings. After about three minutes, the Ten-tailed Beast began to swell and took on the characteristics of a toad then finally turned to stone and Naruto lost what little energy he had left and fell. Kurama separated from him and caught him then took him back to the camp.
"Hey Naruto," Neji said.
Naruto broke the Ten-tailed Beast's finger then carefully pulled it out and healed Neji as best he could.
"Don't bother," Neji said. "It's too late."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"Well I couldn't just let my Brother-In-Law die could I?" Neji asked before coughing up blood.
"There's got to be a way to save you," Naruto said. "Nagato!"
"I'm sorry," Nagato said. "That ability only works on my dead paths."
"There's got to be something," Naruto said.
"I'm sorry," Neji said. "You can't save me."
"But-" Naruto said.
"Don't try," Neji said. "You're more important than me. Only you stand a chance against them. You have to survive. Don't...don't waste energy trying to bring me back from the dead. You'll...never be...able to...save...everyone."
Neji's eyes glazed over and both Hinata and Hanabi buried their faces in their husbands' chests. Naruto closed his eyes and prayed for Neji to be forgiven of all his sins and to be allowed into Heaven. After about five minutes Naruto used a crystal style jutsu to encase Neji's body in an invincible crystal tomb.
"Rest in peace," Naruto said.
Kurama walked over and assumed his true form and the other summons got ready for travel.
"It's time to move," Kurama said. "I'm sorry."
Naruto and Kidomaru used a combined Shinra Tensei to destroy the Ten-tailed Beat's body. Then everyone got on Kurama's back but Naruto, Hinata, Temujin, Tenshi, Sakura, the Ame Orphans, Shion, Tenten, Tsunade, Hanabi, and Konohamaru all rode inside his mouth. After about five minutes they arrived and Kurama let them all out.
"Straight down," Kurama said.
Naruto summoned his three biggest toads and told the toads to eat all of the shinobi. They did and then dove in and swam straight down toward Atlantis.
"It wasn't your fault Naruto," Hinata said. "If I had done my job and finished the Ten-tailed Beast when you told me too, Neji would still be alive."
Naruto didn't answer but she could see that he was grateful to her for trying to cheer him up. Naruto stood and entered Sage mode so that he'd be ready to fight at a moment's notice if need be.
THE END
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