Note: I'm continuing this by popular demand, it wouldn't seem fair to not do it especially since so many of you took the time to write me about it. Hopefully it won't disappoint.

Chapter 2: Echoes

Naruto had placed Konan on the ground to check her wound. Fortunately no vital organs were hit, but it would be life threatening if he waited too long. The rain was not letting up, in fact it had become a complete downpour. A shadowy figure approached from the north, it was humanoid and stood at about five and a half feet tall. The visibility was too poor to distinguish any figures. It knelt down and picked up the remnants of Madara's mask. A female voice could barely be heard saying: "What a waste."

Naruto watched the strange woman with great interest. "Who are you?" he called out.

She stood up and merely stared at him, saying nothing.

"I said, who are you?" he said with authority, perhaps she did not hear him?

The mask fell to the ground and shattered completely, she pointed at Naruto and bended her finger back. Naruto was violently pulled through the storm to her feet. "Did you defeat this man?" she asked with a smile. She was beautiful, she had long white hair with vibrant blue eyes. She was wearing armor similar to what the Samurai wore.

Naruto gulped, she was scary and her power was strangely familiar. "I did." Without making any gestures, he stood up against his will.

"I want to thank you for saving me, he sought to abuse my power as so many have tried..."

She was cut off my Naruto speaking: "Alright, just who are you exactly?"

For a moment he thought he saw the Sharingan in her eyes. "My name is unimportant, what matters is if you will help me."

"With what exactly? My friend here needs help and I don't have much time." He gestured at Konan who was lying unconscious.

Her attitude had completely changed, all of a sudden she was glaring at him. "You have something that belongs to me. I will seek it soon." She lifted him above her as he noticed her shadow was a number of tails waving. Her eyes displayed a Rinnegan pattern as she tossed him back. "My power is not to be mistreated, this world will burn by my own hands." Her form disintegrated and dispersed with the wind.

Naruto landed on his back and was breathing heavy. "That was Shinra Tensei."

Naruto took Konan to Amegakure to find a hospital. He marveled at the massive spires and signs of industrialization, it was radically different than his home. Walking through the streets he received strange looks from the villagers, they were afraid and kept out of his way. A number of ninja surrounded him from all sides. One moved forwarded and identified himself as their leader. "Release God's Angel and you may survive."

The Jinchuriki carefully observed his surroundings, there were six around him and ten more on the rooftops. "She is my friend and she needs medical attention. We don't have much time."

After Naruto left her in capable hands, he departed to go find his friends that he left behind. Along the way, he entered his inner world to interrogate the Kyuubi. The area was no longer a sewer, the water was gone but the architecture remained the same. The fox was completely restrained, it had a small range of motion available but not enough to escape. "I know you were watching, tell me what you know of this."

The fox merely growled at Naruto, he had not forgiven him for this new seal. "My power seeks to go home." It said nothing else and would answer no more questions.

Konan awoke the following day in a hospital bed, she remembered losing her battle and nothing more. "How did I get here?" she thought to herself. She stood up and began checking herself out, she had bandages wrapped over her chest but there was no wound underneath. "Wasn't I stabbed?" The door to the room opened and a man walked in.

Right away the Shinobi dropped to the floor and bowed to her. "I'm sorry to disturb you, but I wanted to check on your condition."

Konan still felt exhausted from her fight and was a little stiff. "Who brought me here?"

He raised his head to address her. "Some blonde kid, he said you two were friends."

She walked up to him and gestured to stand up. "Where is he now?"

"He left the village yesterday, said he had business to take care of." He carefully eyed her body up and down. "Are you alright?"

"Fine actually, I am leaving you in charge of the village." She was not in any condition to leave, but her stubbornness got the better of her.

As she walked out the room, he yelled to her. "Wait, Madara Uchiha was defeated."

She froze in place and looked back to him. "What, by who?"

He merely shrugged. "We don't know, his remains were found on the outskirts of the village. There wasn't much left."

Her eyes were wide and in shock. "Burn the remains, I am leaving now."

He called to her one last time. "Please, where are you going?"

She thought of what Naruto had told him already. "Taking care of business."

Madara's death had not reached the corners of the world yet and for all intents and purposes, the war was still on. A number of Zetsu clones had already made their move and attacked Alliance strong points. Neji was scanning the area for hostiles and detected a target moving slowly through the forest. "Only ten in front of us, there is one coming from the right. It may be trying to flank us." The clones and the Alliance Shinobi were now face to face ready to do battle. The white haired woman entered the clearing. "Wait miss, please stay away!" Neji called out to her.

She didn't stop at his command, instead she walked right in between the group. Within the blink of an eye, the trees around them ignited and the clones were thrown into the fire. "Where are the two remaining hosts hiding?"

Neji activated his Byakugan and looked at her Chakra structure. She didn't have a system like humans do, instead her body was molded entirely from Chakra. "Your master will never have them, we will defeat you!"

"You assume too much. Your eyes are impressive, but let me show you what mine are capable of."

Note: That should do for now :o Can anyone guess who this mystery villain is? Should be obvious to those who read the manga.