The young Rokudaime Hokage stood defiantly in front of the giant crater and watched the claws of the giant demon reach for the edge, as it feverishly struggled to climb out. Naruto knew it was time and brought his hands together in summoning every ounce of chakra he could muster within his body. As he did so, golden chakra exited and caused the winds to roar around him like a cyclone. Dust and dirt from the ground swirled around him in little eddies, trees as far away as the walls of Konoha began to sway gently back and forth.
Astonished at the power of Naruto's chakra, Sakura and the others came to a halt. They couldn't believe the feeling they were experiencing as the power radiated through the air. But Sakura felt this great force of chakra before and held her heart tightly in remembering that pain so long ago. She quietly muttered to herself as tears began flowing out, "No, it can't be." Sasuke overheard her and turned his head in concern.
With the thrill of the moment, Konohamaru blurted out loud, "Is that Naruto-niichan?"
The pink-haired kunoichi couldn't take it any longer and started racing into danger. Shikamaru shouted into the wind, "Sakura! It's too dangerous!"
Ignoring Shikamaru's plea, Sakura ran as fast as she could into the cyclonic winds and cried at the top of her lungs, "Naruto! Don't!"
In an instant, Sasuke shunshin'ed in front her and shook his head, "Sakura…."
She angrily pleaded to Sasuke, "Please! Don't stop me!"
Sasuke looked sternly into her eyes and calmly said, "This is what Naruto wants. This is something he has to do." Hearing that, the young kunoichi stopped struggling and collapsed on her knees in grief.
From afar, Naruto heard Sakura's plea and looked over his shoulders with a regretful smile upon his face. He broke apart his hand sign to pause the transformation and took off the Shodai's necklace. Placing it against his heart one last time as if he was filling the crystal with his love, he looked down to which a single tear landed upon it. With a whisper of farewell, he threw it towards the woman he always loved.
With tears still flowing out of her eyes, Sakura looked up to see the necklace being tossed at her. She caught it, knowing this was Naruto's goodbye. Shikamaru and Konohamaru looked at the young Kunoichi and they too began to feel remorse.
Naruto resumed the transformation into the very creature that once was feared throughout the world, the same creature that attacked Konoha so many years ago. Golden chakra continued to flow from his body and began soaring into the air, encircling him. When it reached a certain level, it began to thicken into a barrier in which enveloped the young Hokage. At that moment, everyone lost sight of their leader and immediately began fighting the winds as it intensified into a tempest.
Inside, the chakra began to take on the characteristics of the Kyuubi, but this time without the Demon Fox controlling him. The transformation caused him to crouch onto all fours and the shroud began to form the nine tails, the claws, and finally the ears. More and more chakra layered upon one another, the Fox grew in size until it was hundreds of feet tall. The transformation was complete.
Everyone watched in anxiety as the barrier stopped growing. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light and a powerful explosion that cleared the forest in all directions within a kilometer of where Naruto once stood.
Konohamaru asked as the powerful shockwave passed by, "What happened?"
Shikamaru replied, "Ah, I don't know. I – I don't see him."
Sasuke calmly corrected them as he stood unphased in the intense winds, "He's there."
When the two regained their composure, they saw Sakura standing ahead of them, staring into where the barrier was just a moment ago. Then something caught their eye as something moved in the smoke. Gradually the smoke dispersed and then their eyes widen in horror, for now they were staring at the infamous Kyuubi no Youko as it roared angrily into the sky.
Sakura gazed upon the giant fox with remorse, "Naruto…."
The Demon of Hell managed to climb out of the crater and now was staring face to face with the creature it sought, "Ku, so you decided to come out, eh?"
With a booming voice, Naruto angrily responded, "Time we ended this!"
It responded, "So be it, Fox!" A powerful beam shot forth from the demon's mouth, but Naruto instinctively dodged it to the side. When he landed, the earth shook violently as the two colossi began their battle. Something within him said time was short, and he had to end this quickly. So with his claw he grabbed some dirt off the ground and threw it into the eyes of the great demon. "Gah!"
With the demon temporarily blinded, he had to gather all his strength for the final blow to end this fight. Light balls of chakra appeared from his orange fur and accumulated above him, from there his tails guiding the balls into streams of chakra, focused at a single point. Then the chakra began to spin faster and faster, causing the winds once again to pick up into a powerful gale that caused trees for tens of kilometers to sway heavily. A loud high pitched whistling began to be heard as the chakra sphere took on a new characteristic as shuriken blades kilometers long flew over the heads of the anxious villagers of Konoha.
The demon finally cleared its sight, only to see the giant Fox charging right at him with the ultimate Jutsu, "Fuuton: RasenShuriken!" It giant chakra shuriken impacted the chest of the giant demon and the intense winds nearly knocked all but the strongest Shinobi off their feet. The demon shouted intense pain as the powerful Jutsu tore it apart, and then it disappeared into a brilliant flash of light. The Demon of Hell was no more, the world was now safe.
