AN: I received a review that disturbed me greatly… would people actually stop reading because Hinata died? Yes, I said you could hate me, but not stop reading because of it. I never leave a bad after taste and this is the second to last chapter so maybe something will happen. Now, remember, I like to stick to the reality of the manga. So if people can't be brought back to life in that then there won't be any of that is THIS story… understand?

Chapter 10: The End of All Things Part III

Tsunade was stunned to see Hinata stabbed through the heart, as was the entire group. When Naruto changed… she feared the worst. Naruto had stepped away from Hinata's body and was now walking calmly towards the last Uchiha.

"Lee."

"Right." Lee was gone in a flash, and back seconds later with the body of the young woman. Lee was only gone for moments, but her had tears in his eyes when he laid the body at the feet of the Hokage. Sakura ran up.

"Is she…"

"Don't look, Sakura." Lee held her away from the body. "There isn't anything we can do…"

"N…no…" Sakura dropped to her knees and let Lee hold her as she wept for her friend. Neji drew a kunai and made as if to join Naruto. Ten-ten was able to hold him back before Jiriya knocked him out. Shikamaru, quiet up until now, muttered a curse as Temari broke into sobs on his shoulder. Shizune was kneeling next to the body with the Hokage as Jiriya watched the combatants close on each other.

"Tsunade." Jiriya didn't turn to face her. "It would be unwise to use that jutsu right now."

"What?"

"I know that you were considering it. Don't use it unless Naruto wins."

"… ok."

"Shizune, in order to protect the Hokage you are going to do exactly as she tells you when the time comes. If you fail, she will die."

"What are you talking about?"

"A jutsu that I learned… after he died… It was meant to prevent anymore people I loved from dying… it can bring recently killed people back from the dead…"

"What?" Sakura's voice betrayed her sense of confusion. "If you can do it, then why…"

"Because unless it is done very carefully by more then one person, the user will die in exchange."
Everyone was silent at that.

"If Naruto wins then we will attempt to use it, but if he doesn't… there won't be much point. Shizune, listen carefully as I explain what to do…"

"Before you do that, Tsunade, you might want to retreat into the tunnels. Things look like they are about to heat up beyond our abilities."

Naruto was now directly in front of the cursed Uchiha, who stood in between the hands of the statue. Naruto was thinking clearly for the first time in days. He was dedicating his entire mind to the thoughts of revenge. He played the death of his adversary through is mind thousands of times in an instant. He smiled as he bit his thumb.

"You know… I once thought that you Uchiha's were all so powerful. Stuck up snobs who just happened to have one of the most powerful Kekkei Genkai in the world. I realized after getting to know two of your kind that you are not the powerful snobs I once thought. No, you are just snobs."

"Snob? Me? Why I never thought that term would be used on me. Maybe "murder" or "psychopath", but "snob"? Come on, you are an imaginative young man! Think of something a little more hurtful to say."

"Why, when I can just hurt you for real?"

"Hahaha. Good one, kid. Despite me having lived longer then ten regular humans I still have a sense of humor."

"Good, it will make me feel better when I remove it along with the rest of your internal organs!"

"You… really don't know what a sense of humor is, do you? Or was that a joke? Hahaha, I get it! Funny! I'll remember that one as I rule the people of the earth like the slaves they deserve to be."

"Really, do you think they all deserve death or slavery? Well, maybe you can rethink that to your heart's content in hell."

"You… are… so serious. Here I am, ten times you own strength, and you keep cracking jokes about how you are going to kill me! For your little wife! You should lighten up before I kill you."

"Summoning Jutsu!" Naruto slammed his hand into the ground, creating a large plume of smoke. Madara just laughed.

"Heh. You think a low level jutsu like that will have any chance of hurting me. What did you summon? A big scary frog? Or maybe a big scary fox."
The smoke cleared, leaving nothing but Naruto there. Madara glanced around the area, knowing that nothing in this chamber could evade his senses, especially with his mangkyo sharingan active like it was. Nothing. Madara didn't smile now. It was almost like a whole other personality had taken over his body.

"Bring it on, fox boy. I want to get this over with."

Naruto smirked at the ninja. He did a few more hand signs. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The huge room was now filled completely by nine tailed ninjas. The only part not covered, including the walls and ceiling, was the statue in the middle of the room. Madara just looked on at the clones with a sort of pity and boredom. He attacked.

"Fast" wasn't the word that would have been used to describe Madara Uchiha. Fast would have been saying that the rules of physics seemed to apply to him. Madara simply disappeared for a second before reappearing on the top of the statue. A moment later every clone that had been on the ground dispersed in a cloud of smoke. Naruto was not among them. Madara simply looked at the clones on the ceiling before unleashing black fire from his cloak's arms that seemed to expand to cover the entire ceiling and walls. The fire did not burn out, though the screams of Narutos disappearing filled the cavern. Naruto was not among them, either. Suddenly, Naruto appeared in an equal show of speed.

"You are pretty fast, but I bet you that you aren't as fast as me."

"You shouldn't make foolish bets, kid." Madara disappeared, intent on finishing Naruto in a single blow. He was behind Naruto before his shadow faded. Naruto appeared to not even be able to move. He slowly turned to see the Uchiha behind him with a katana raised behind his neck. Madara brought the blade down with one thought. You lose that bet. It sounded strange to Madara when, instead of the delightfully sickening crunch of bones and flesh, he heard the clanging of steel on steel. It was then that he noticed the tri-pronged kunai that was holding his blade off. What? His arms… were at his sides moments ago. Naruto twisted the kunai and snapped the blade of Madara's katana in half. Madara was suddenly less cocky as Naruto spun around faster then even he could see with his eyes and shoved the kunai into his stomach. Fast… Naruto used the kunai and Madara's neck to throw him back into the statue. Madara was stunned by the turn of events, but quickly pulled the kunai out, spraying a small amount of blood onto the ground. He was better prepared now.

"I win the bet. I always do."

"Maybe you should have bet me that I wouldn't kill you wife? Then she might be alive still."

Naruto sneered at the shinobi. "Are you trying to get me angry? Well, that won't work. You see, there is just this point I have where I can't get any angrier. And when I reach that point, I snap. I snapped a while ago, so you have nothing to worry about. I won't leave you paralyzed or in a lot of pain. I just intend to slaughter you." Naruto was now standing on the other side of the statue then when he was with Hinata. He bit his thumb again before doing hand signs and touching his palm to the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" The smoke cleared to reveal, once again, nothing. Naruto was suddenly dashing all over the room, summoning nothing, but casting the jutsu hundreds of times. When he was done he was once again in front of the ninja.

"I don't really care what you were trying to do."

"Good, I have no intention of telling you until it would be too late for you."
Naruto charged this time. His body glowing even more then in his fight with Pein.

Neji was awake again and watching from the entry way as Naruto fought with the evil chakra source he saw. Using Byakugan had helped him follow the fight, but not even he could see the ninja when they used all of there speed. He had been slightly confused by Naruto summoning nothing, but knew that the blond ninja had a plan. If I have learned anything from that shinobi over these past years, it is that he isn't dumb. He might not act intelligent, but the guy has battle instincts that any shinobi would envy. Neji was inspecting Naruto's chakra system due to the weird irregularities in it. How could I have missed the tails? Whatever he was doing to hide them must have been an incredibly powerful genjutsu. The chakra coils are different in mores ways then that, though. They are almost three times as wide in diameter as mine or any regular humans. And it is almost like an infinite amount is being supplied to it constantly. So this is what a demon looks like… what? Neji turned off his Byakugan just in time to not be blinded by a chakra surge from Naruto. I wish that I could see what was going on better.

Gaara stood next to Neji, viewing the massive amount of chakra flying around the arena. He knew the power. He had once thought himself the most powerful ninja alive. That was until he met Naruto and was beaten by not even one hundredth of his total power. And Naruto had gotten stronger. Gaara wished that he could help, but knew that this was a fight between people out of his league. A nine tailed demon and a man able to preserve his body for hundreds of years. I feel so useless. His sand came up to block a rock fragment from an explosion caused by jutsus too fast to see. I can only have faith in him.

Oddly, Shikamaru was the only other person watching the fight. He was not admiring the power of the opponents, though. He was amazed at Naruto's strategies. What he is doing with those summonings… if I am right, then he might be as genius as me. He has all of the ability to turn some of my best strategies into reality. If he ever reaches Hokage then I don't know if I would find it too troublesome to hold some office under him… better then running back and forth to Suna. Naruto dodged a series of attacks that Shikamaru had trouble seeing an escape to. This is better then shogi.

Sakura, Tsunade, and Shizune all waited around the body of Hinata. Tsunade had shown them the way to use the jutsu. It was amazingly simple for such a lifesaving device. But, much like the chakra gates, couldn't be used to the full extent of the users power without severe repercussions. Sakura watched her hands change from a green glow to blue and back. She would be ready if… no… when Naruto won.

Jiriya walked up behind Neji and looked out on the battle. He had no idea who was winning at all. Then he saw it. Shit! He didn't speak as he grabbed Shikamaru and Neji before sprinting towards the rest of the group. Gaara followed behind He was doing hand signs as he went. "Earth Style: Ore Shield!" A two meter thick metal wall rose up, covering the only entrance into the cavern. Gaara looked back, wondering what it was for.

"Everyone, follow me as fast as you can! Earth Style: Mud Tunnel!" Jiriya slammed a fist into the rock wall, causing it to turn into mud for a long distance. Jiriya ran down the tunnel before turning away from the cavern and creating another tunnel. He looked back at the startled faces of his comrades.

"Sakura, get their asses in here! He is using the same attack that he used before! The one that…"

"No way! Everyone, go!" Sakura grabbed Lee by the back of his jumpsuit and dragged him as far down the tunnel as she could. Tsunade took Hinata's body and everyone else ran down the tunnels. Jiriya had Gaara continue digging further away from the cavern as he began sealing them into the tunnels with multiple steal walls.

Naruto had been attacking for what seemed like hours, but if he only took into account the time that had actually passed and not the time he had consumed in his time alteration jutsu it was only a few minutes. He threw another rasengan at near light speed into his enemy, only to have it dodged again. DAMN IT! The rock under his feet exploded again. Naruto threw another rasengan, this one off of another tail, into the jumping ninja, only to have it disappear in smoke. DAMN IT! Naruto began charging up the only attack he knew would be able to at least wound the ninja. I used it once before with… serious drawbacks… but now I have nothing to lose, so I can put even more energy into it. All of his tails began swirling around his middle tail, bringing their chakra into the forming fire and wind attack. Madara took one look at the attack before beginning signs for an attack. "Water Style: Dragon Waterfall!" Water came out from behind Madara forming a massive lake. He motioned with his hands and a huge wave of dragon heads came out of the water before flowing over Madara and heading towards Naruto. Madara was surrounded by a bubble in the wave of water dragons. Naruto smiled. That won't help you. Naruto jumped onto the statue's hand, still charging the ball of death. The wave of dragons was coming closer, but Naruto knew that they wouldn't have time to hit him. His smile became a shout of victory. "Fire and Wind Style: HELL!" He poured as much chakra as he could into the ball, destabilizing it. It burned like a sun for a moment before going critical. The water dragons were only inches from Naruto's face when he uttered the same word he had fighting against Gaara.

"Boom…"

Gaara had created a small chamber in the bed rock using his sand. Jiriya was working on putting up another wall.

"Master Jiriya… I do not think this is necessary. Whatever his attack is, I would be able to block it with my sand." Jiriya sighed.

"No, Gaara, you wouldn't be able to. This attack is the same one he used to wipe out every living thing in a five mile radius. We only survived by being under a hundred feet of rock. The attack he is using right now is about twice as powerful as that one." Gaara went wide eyed at that.

"The explosion a few days ago…"

"Yep."

Gaara started reinforcing the last metal wall with own sand. Neji looked slightly worried.

"Has he used it yet?"

"Oh, you will know when he uses…" Suddenly the entire earth started shaking.

Iruka had not anticipated this. What the hell? An earthquake? Why now, when we need to keep all of these people in these stupid caverns… oh no… The seals on the walls began to distort in his vision. Something, somewhere, was using enough chakra to overpower the seals of the hiding place. What could be that strong? Nothing has been able to distort the seals like this since… the… Kyuubi… attack… a seal on the wall cracked.

Gaara had left an eye of sand on the outside of the wall to see what was going on. It proved to be a mistake when it turned to glass, causing some pain in his real eye.

"The fire…"

"When does it stop?" Ten-ten shouted over the rumbling of the jutsu.

"I don't know, it could be only a minute, but it could be five." Gaara looked with total seriousness at Jiriya.

"We don't have five minutes. I just felt the fourth of eight walls fall. I will reinforce the walls with my sand, but it isn't going to last much longer."

"Eight? I only made five."

"Oh." Gaara turned to see the metal wall begin to heat up. Then, as soon as it began, it stopped. The wall closest to the cavern was untouchably hot, but the jutsu as done.

Naruto didn't step off of the hand of the still cool statue. The entire cavern had become a pool of molten rock. It flowed over the floor many feet thick. His tails swished in happiness, knowing his opponent must be dead. Naruto sat down to wait for the ground to cool so that he could find his kunai and finish it all. Naruto wasn't even tired. This must be what they meant when they said the Kyuubi had ultimate power. I must have absolutely near limitless pools of chakra. Naruto just sat, trying not to think, as the lava began to cool. He was almost ready to jump down and dig through the just cooled rock for his kunai that he planned to kill himself with when chakra spiked behind him. And below him. And to his left. What the… The hand holding Naruto suddenly went from open palmed to clenched fist, with Naruto being crushed inside of it.

"YOU… LITTLE… FOOL! I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS FORM YET! I WANTED YOUR TAILS FIRST! BASTARD BRAT!"

Naruto was held up to the statue's face by the enormous fist. Four eyes were open, but instead of being merely stone, they appeared to be actual eyes. Each had a different color pupil and iris shape. The statue was staring at him. It was talking.

"It doesn't really matter though. Your attack was the perfect opportunity for me. I went underground before your attack began, as soon as my water covered me. I knew your attack would incinerate the field and me, but it would also destroy the seals that I placed on this statue. It was my only chance to use the statue for what I had made it for all those years ago. It was designed to hold the souls of nine demons and a controller soul. The seals prevented the controller soul from being absorbed, but the instant your fire encompassed the last seal I had been absorbed. Now I am the vessel. I am an immortal being without limit! I have ten tails of chakra at my disposal!" As if to prove his point, ten tails of different colors came out of the ground behind the statue. The arms lifted out of the ground, a leg came up to lift the rest of the stone body to the surface. The roof was still a fair distance away from the statue's head, but it's height was now greater then that of two Gamabuntas.

"And now… I will kill you. I have no reason to keep you alive, because after the host soul is in, no more demons can be placed inside. So… die." The statue threw Naruto into the wall. Strangely, though, Naruto was barely hurt. He smiled as he wiped blood from the corner of his mouth.

"It looks like your new body is slower then before." Naruto disappeared before appearing on the statue's head. "Too b…" Suddenly chakra erupted from the stone he was standing on and he was thrown into the air. He managed to flip around to attach his feet to the ceiling.

"And maybe a little more powerful."

Naruto knew what to do. He had been waiting for his chance to use his traps he had set up earlier. There has to be a weak point. The most likely one is his eyes, they are the only thing not made out of stone. But if I had a weak point, it would be well guarded. It doesn't even look like his arms can move that far in. Other three possibilities so far? Arm pits, groin, and knees. If only Hinata was here… she would know where the weak points are. Naruto was ready to fight the best fight of his life.

"Is it safe to come out yet?"

"Yeah, let's see what happened."

Tsunade broke down the last obstacle in their way till the main tunnel. It appeared as if it had been made of butter and had been set out on a warm day. The inside of the tunnel was small then normal and the walls were still hot to the touch. Luckily, Gaara spread sand out on the floor to let them be able to walk. They reached the cavern to find the doorway almost half closed off by cooled molten rock. Jiriya was first through the opening he made in the entryway, only to stare at the strangest sight he had ever seen. The statue had come alive and had ten chakra tails coming out of its back. It was fighting with a very tiny appearing Naruto, who was fast, but looked like a fly to a man. Shikamaru smiled as he saw Naruto using the previous summons for what he though he would do.

"I knew it. That is one smart guy…"

"Knew what, Shikamaru?"

"When he was running around at the beginning and summoning nothing. He wasn't actually summoning nothing. He was summoning himself."

"What?"

"If Naruto is the Kyuubi, as it appears, then that would make him boss fox. So, if he summons himself, then he just appears where he was before. But everyone must remember that a summon can unsummon themselves at any time and go back to the point they were at before they were summoned."

"Which means…"

"Whenever Naruto is about to be smashed by that statue he just unsummons himself and appears back at where he summoned himself for that round. Then it goes back and back. He must have summoned hundreds of times, so he could dodge like that forever. It really is genius."

Naruto was panting slightly. He had been nicked once by a kick that had broken ribs and probably part of his leg, but the pain was easily overcome and he was already healing. It actually hadn't been intentional. He had dodged a punch with his summoning strategy and was right in the way of the foot. In short, he had almost been killed by being stepped on. He had attempted to hit the armpits first, but they proved completely immune to any attack. The knees and groin were the same. The eyes were tricky. Every time he got close to the head, a huge outburst of chakra would throw him backwards. What to do? I can't even get close. Wait… if I can't get close to his head now… maybe… yeah, that might work. He is even in the perfect spot. He began to charge up all nine tails with rasengans. "I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!" Naruto jumped towards the head of the statue demon. This time he was ready for the chakra outburst. He unsummoned himself, and found himself almost underneath the large foot of the statue. "Rasengan Barrage!" Naruto shoved each ball of energy into, not the foot, but the ground around the foot. It immediately destabilized the earth the massive statue was on. Naruto unsummoned himself again as the statue fell sideways towards the crumbling footing. If I can't get to the head, I will bring the head to me. Naruto was immediately where he knew the head would land. Most of the statue's chakra was being poured into lessening the impact. A smaller burst of chakra came from the head as it neared him, but Naruto held his ground. He had four rasengan on his tails, each as large as one of the eyes. The head crashed into the earth, nearly throwing Naruto into the air, but he used all the chakra he could channel into his feet to stay ready. He had already performed the time alteration jutsu as the eyes saw where Naruto was. Right in front of them. "Rasengan!" Naruto shoved the four balls of light into the four open eyes of the statue. The next thing he saw was a blinding white light.

Everyone else in the cavern also saw the light. It came exactly as the energy from Naruto collided with the eyes. It temporarily blinded them. When they opened their eyes they saw Naruto imbedded in the far wall. The statue, though, was done. Each eye was destroyed. Black blood spewed from the empty sockets and each of the ten tails on the back of the statue dissipated. The joints in the statue also leaked the black blood. It smelled of death. The statue began to crumble, beginning at its head and going down its body. It turned to dust and black blood. Each member of the rescue team looked up to where Naruto had last been seen. He was not there. Neji spotted him first with the Byakugan.

"Naruto!" He ran off in the direction of the center of the area. Naruto was kneeling as they had seen before, he was holding the kunai he had used to stab Madara to his heart. This time though, there was no Hinata. He looked up at Neji as he came into view.

"Neji… leave."

"Naruto, stop!"

"Shut up or I will kill you."

"Naruto! Stop it! There is still a chance…" Naruto was now in front of him with the kunai to his throat.

"What... what is there a chance for? Hinata died. SO BE QUIET AND LET ME DIE IN PEACE!" He walked back to where he had been kneeling.

"…The Naruto I knew wouldn't give up like that… Hinata can still be saved!" Naruto froze with his back to Neji.

"What…"

"Tsunade is willing to try a jutsu that can bring back to life recently dead people… but they are going to need you… they won't even try if you die or go crazy." As he spoke the tails facing him swished slightly less and lightened in color until it almost looked like he was back to normal. Naruto disappeared.

"What?"

Tsunade, Sakura, and Shizune were kneeling around the lifeless body of Hinata. They had closed her eyes for her, but hoped she would open them again. Everyone around was suddenly startled by the appearance of Naruto next to Tsunade. His eyes were still red, but his tails had started going back to their original color.

"Will it work?" Tsunade glanced up at him.

"Naruto… get a grip!" Tsunade slammed his face into the earth. "What? Did you think I would feel sympathetic for you? Sure, your wife died. So you go crazy? You have been living these past few days out of hate and rage, neither of which is a quality we search for in potential Hokages." She ground his face harder into the earth. "You and I are going to have a nice long talk about what we are going to do about your actions, whether or not this works." Tsunade released him and began some hand signs. Everyone was worried that Naruto would get up and kill the Hokage, but he didn't even move except for he began to sob.

"Let's begin." All three did the final hand sign at the same time. There hands glowed green, then blue. Each focused on a different part of the body. Tsunade repaired the heart, Shizune repaired her other internal organs, and Sakura repaired all of the cuts and dead skin cells. After a few minutes each began to sweat.

"L…lady Tsunade… I… am running out of chakra from healing Gaara."

"Me… too… Hokage…"

"I'm not doing to well with this either. I am only tapping into part of my life energy because I need to concentrate on the chakra…"

"H…here…" Naruto's muffled voice came from next to them. He wrapped a tail around each of them and began pouring his own chakra into the jutsu. With renewed vigor, the medics began the actual resurrection phase. They poured their life into Hinata's body, their very base of chakra. If they ran out of it in the process then they would die, and Hinata still might not be alive. They were like that for a minute.

"Something is wrong. We should have a heart beat by now. I feel like I am running low…"

"S…same…"

"Yes…"
Naruto got up from where he had been and moved to Hinata. To beautiful, even in death. You don't deserve it. Naruto placed his hand on her head. I am no healer, but if I pump enough chakra into your body it should reach your heart…

Hinata tackling him out of his swing, kissing him as she straddled his body.

Hinata passing out in his arms.

Hinata complimenting him.

Hinata fighting for her honor.

Hinata fighting for me.

"Do you still love me?"

"Yes!"

Hinata saying "I Do"

Hinata…

"I won't let you die! Otherwise… that whole… "till death do us part" thing… will be true…" Naruto put both of his hands on her shoulders. He began channeling chakra into her system. His hands glowed blue as he poured more chakra then the other three med-ninjas combined could possibly come up with. Tsunade stared at the weeping Naruto, his tears getting Hinata's clothes wet.

If he keeps this up… wait…

Thump…

Was that…

Thump…

"Naruto! Stop!" Naruto stepped back. He hadn't even known what he was doing, he was just acting on instinct. Tsunade leaned in towards Hinata's chest.

Thump…

Hinata's chest began to rise and fall. Naruto was once again at her side. Her eyes flickered.

"N…Naruto?"

"Hinata…" Naruto smiled again. He picked her up in his arms and gave her a soft embrace.

"Did… something… happen?" Hinata looked around at the faces of her friends, most of which were filled with tears. Jiriya, Shino, and Gaara had no trace of tears, though Jiriya had to turn around at one point, claiming he had something in his eye. Naruto just hugged her.

"Hinata… do you still love me? After all I did?"

"Naruto… how could I not love you?"

"…Thanks."

AN: See? Told ya. Epilogue next. Thanks for reading and reviewing…