The next day Naruto and Hinata set out for Konoha. He asked Yoko to cast a demonic genjutsu over them, and it changed them into ANBU that was returning from a mission. Naruto even had a scroll transformed into orders from the Hokage.

Slipping in was easy enough, now to find the people that don't deserve to die.

"Onijutsu: Shinri Suitougakari," Naruto whispered. Suddenly, a mark that only Naruto could see appeared on the foreheads of the innocent. Stealthily tagging all of the people marked, Naruto was about to make his way out of Konoha when an explosion occurred. Naruto pressed himself against a wall in the shadows and concealed his chakra.

What was that? Naruto thought.

Kit! Kit! Pein tracked you here; he's going to tear Konoha apart looking for you! You need to get the entire group of innocents out of Konoha before they die!

Naruto immediately began seeking out the people he had marked. Among the people selected were Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi.

"Hey guys, you need to get out of here. Come back with me to Uzugakure, alright?" Naruto said.

"Sure, Naruot-niichan!" replied Konohamaru enthusiasctically.

Now, you're going to need to draw a seal, so get some ink and a brush.

Naruto painted the seal, and then pushed chakra into it to send the people to Uzugakure. Once he had done that, He turned to Hinata.

"Hinata-chan, I need to fight Pein. Even if Konoha is not worth saving, I need to kill him in order to keep Uzugakure safe. Just...don't get hurt, alright? Stay here, I don't want you getting hurt."

"But-"

"No buts! You will do as I say! I want to protect you, Hinata, I don't know how I would live with myself if you died today…"

"Alright, I won't stay here but I will stay out of your battle."

A very loud explosion was heard overhead. Naruto shushined out to check it out.

What the hell was that?

That would be Deva Pein's technique, Shinra Tensei. You need to challenge Pein now; Deva Pein will be weak from casting it.

Naruto followed the shadows to where Pein was, and summoned three giant foxes.

"Greetings, Naruto-sama. What would you like help with?" asked the oldest.

"Jikoku, Riki, Hannya, I need you to take on the Animal path and its summons. I'll fight the Preta, Human, Deva, and Naraka Paths for now."

"Hai."

Naruto summoned four extra durable shadow clones, and disappeared. He reappeared behind the Preta path, and struck it with a chakra-enhanced punch. The clones went to work distracting the other four bodies.

Tsunade-baachan, thanks for teaching me that, Naruto thought. The Preta path flew back, before landing harshly in the dirt. It quickly stood, seemingly unfazed.

Damn, he absorbed the chakra! Guess I have to use only taijutsu, Naruto thought angrily. He slid into his primary form of taijutsu, the Oniken, or Demon style. He charged forward, using his speed and strength to gain an advantage. Naruto rained blow after blow on the Preta path in order to tire him out. It worked, but not to the extent that Naruto was hoping for. He lept back after several more blows.

Well, since taijutsu didn't work, let's see how kenjutsu does.

Naruto drew his sword, and rushed forward to meet the Preta path in battle. He slashed several times, before his sword met flesh and drew blood. Smirking, Naruto swung again, catching the Preta path a making a large cut on its abdomen. Blood leaked out, and the Preta path tried to restrain Naruto.

Naruto dodged, but then the Preta path followed up with a punch to Naruto's stomach. It sent him flying, and his blade flew from his hand. Landing several feet away, Naruto tried to get it, but was blocked by the Preta path.

Guess it's back to taijutsu.

Naruto furiously rained blows on the Preta path, not letting up lest it get the advantage. The Preta path blocked most of the blows, but then Naruto changed strategies. He sent several kicks to the path, and then roundhouse kicked him away. Darting toward his blade, Naruto grabbed it. Just as the Preta path was about to engage Naruto again, a blade pierced its heart, killing it.

Damn, that was hard. Maybe I should become more of an all-rounder. Anyway, I need to get rid of the Naraka path, or it will restore the bodies. How to do that...Ah ha! I know...

Naruto Kaiwarmied the clone that was fighting with the Naraka path. He then summoned up a large amount of fire chakra, and spun it into a Rasengan.

"Katon: Rasengan!" Naruto shouted, driving the rasengan into the ground. It tore away at the ground, and flames shot out away from Naruto. Other than a few moderate burns, the Naraka path escaped unharmed.

As the dust settled from Naruto's rasengan, he dashed forward, slipping a paper out of his puch and slapping it on the path. The paper had a distortion seal on it, which messed up the Naraka's chakra. It then resorted to taijutsu, which Naruto matched him at.

Using the clone from before, Naruto double-teamed the path, killing it with a chakra blow to the temple. Blood dripped from the Naraka's mouth as it slumped to the ground dead.

Naruto summoned up a demonic genjutsu that Kyuubi had taught him.

"Onijutsu: Seikei Takai!" A cloud of midnight black fog encompassed Naruto and the three paths left. Gathering up chakra in his hand quickly, a screeching sound was heard. Naruto closed his eyes, and threw the Rasenshuriken straight at the Human path. The path couldn't avoid it, but the Asura path pushed it out of the way and got shredded instead.

Well, that wasn't the path I was aiming for, but it'll work.

Working with the distraction that the cloud gave, Naruto several ninjutsu in an attempt to kill off the Human path. Naruto stunned it with a lightning jutsu, and then threw poisoned senbon at it, courtesy of Shizune. The Human path attempted to dodge, but was hit, and the fast-acting poison left it dead.

When Naruto could no longer hold the fog jutsu, he released it, leaving himself, two clones, and his summons.

Now, the most annoying one is left...Chakra Seal, Full Release!

"Hey guys, how're you doing with the Animal path?" Naruto yelled to his summons as he jumped back.

"We've finished, Naruto-sama. Now we shall help you with the last," replied Riki. Naruto charged up his second Rasenshuriken. Throwing it at the Deva path, Naruto couldn't help but smile.

'Gotcha...' Naruto thought.

'My power is back...and just in time...' thought Deva Pein. He concentrated on the Rasenshuriken, and it disappeared. Naruto was shocked. The three foxes leaped at Deva Pein, but were blown back by Pein's Shinra Tensei. Flying out of the battleground, they dispersed back to their summoning plane.

Naruto lay gasping on the ground. He had used up all of his chakra, and couldn't draw on Yoko's. Pein walked up to him, and stabbed him with metal rods. Without the help of Kyuubi's chakra, Naruto could do nothing.

Damn it! The only way to get out of these is to use hanyou form, but Madara is probably watching, and I can't let him know that I have become a hanyou. Yoko? Naruto asked.

Well kit, I believe your mate has your problem solved. Kyuubi replied.

Meanwhile, Hinata looked out to the battleground, searching for her husband. When she spotted him, she gasped.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata jumped up, and rushed out to the battleground. Landing next to Naruto, she stood in front of him protectively.

"Hinata-chan...get...out of...here. Pein...will kill...you..." Naruto said, coughing up blood.

"No."

"Nani! But..."

"No buts."

Hinata yanked a rod from Naruto's body, and broke another. When Pein realized what she was doing, he used a Shinra Tensei on her. Crashing to the ground, Hinata landed and spit out blood. She turned, and ran at Pein. But before she could get there, Hinata stopped and pulled out another rod. Pein used a second Shinra Tensei, and she shot into the air. She landed next to Pein on her stomach.

Dodging quickly, Hinata slid into her Kawaken stance. She rushed at Pein, but was blown back once more. Hinata quickly fired off many kunai and shuriken, but all of them were caught or blown away.

Damn, how do I kill this stupid path! Hinata thought angrily. She shushined to Naruto, pulling out the last of the rods, when Pein pulled her to him. He held a rod in front of him, which he stabbed Hinata on.

'Ashiteru, Naruto-kun...' was Hinata's last thought before her world went black. As soon as she was deemed unconscious, the Deva Pein cast her aside like an unwanted nuisance.

Seeing Hinata like that hurt Naruto deeply. Kyuubi chakra flooded Naruto's system, and his last thought to Kyuubi before the bloodlust was,

Don't let me use hanyou form…

Opening his blood red eyes, Naruto stood. Red chakra flared, and he soon gained six tails. Pein saw this, and retreated closer to his body, in order to control it better. Naruto gave chase, and shot red chakra at him.

Naruto fought with the Deva Pein, and furiously tried to kill him. His mind was fogged up with thoughts of revenge, and he couldn't think clearly. The only thing that registered was to kill Pein. As time progressed, Pein began to tire. His stamina and chakra did not even measure up to Yoko's.

Leaving an opening, Naruto stabbed Pein with one of the eight tails he had. The demonic chakra entered Pein, and began poisoning his body. Just as Naruto was about to mutilate the body and find Nagato's, Yoko pulled him into his mindscape.

"Kit! This is no way to behave! You are starting to act like that Uchiha when his older brother is mentioned! Just kill him, dammit, don't mutilate his body!" Yoko yelled.

"Just shut up already!"

Naruto returned to the real world. He saw Deva Pein's body on the ground, slowly dying from the demonic chakra. Then he realized something about the piercings.

Hey Yoko, if I use your eyes, will I be able to trace Nagato's chakra signature to where he is?

Yes, you should be able to find him.

Naruto made sure that the body was dead before taking a piercing to follow Nagato's chakra. Whit help from Yoko, he found Nagato in a cave in a mountain near Konoha.

"Ah the...jinchuriki of Kyuubi...what a nice...surprise..." Nagato gasped out.

"Nagato! I'm here to kill you!"

"I...see...and why...is that?"

"You ******* killed my wife! That alone deserves judgement! Not to mention Jiraiya, and the people I swore to protect that you would kill if you stayed alive!" Naruto yelled.

"Ah..." Nagato fired a chakra disruption blade at Naruto. It stabbed him, and started messing with his chakra. Ripping the blade from his body, Naruto walked forward. Konan, who had been watching from the shadows, prepared to fight if anything happened.

"After I kill you, I'll be preparing to kill Madara. Then finally the major threats will be out of the way."

Nagato coughed up blood.

"How...do you...know about...Madara?" Nagato asked.

"Well...I do have a nine thousand year old demon residing within me."

Naruto walked up to Nagato. Before Konan could move, he shot a water jutsu at her. She became wet, unable to use her paper. Immeadiatly following that, Naruto trapped her with a web of demonic chakra. Placing his hands on Nagato's head, Naruto pumped in demonic chakra.

"Nagato!" Konan yelled, furiously stuggling. Each time she struggled, the chakra burnt her skin and clothes.

Nagato's eyes drifted shut, and his heart stopped. Looking at the scene with sad eyes, Konan spoke.

"I understand why you had to do what you did. Nagato, Yahiko, and myself were once in a similar position."

"Then why did you fight me, if you understood me?"

"When he was living, I was willing to do anything and everything to keep Nagato safe. I knew his health was deteriorating, and that he had not much longer to live."

"How do I know that you aren't lying?"

"Because if I was, I would have alerted all Akatsuki close enough to reach us."

"But...if you're not going to kill me, what about Akatsuki's goals?" Naruto asked.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm done with Akatsuki. Nagato and Yahiko were my whole life, and that is the only reason I stayed. You are always welcome in Amegakure, Naruto-san," Konan replied. She disappeared, along with the bodies of Nagato and Yahiko.

He failed to notice a pair of Sharingan eyes peering out from the darkness. With a dark laugh, a man disappeared.

Hinata-chan! Naruto thought. He rushed back to Konoha as soon as possible. Running over to where Hinata lay, Naruto saw her coughing up blood. He grabbed her in a hug, as tears streamed down his face. Hinata's hands glowed green as she healed her injuries.

"Ashiteru, Hinata-chan, Ashiteru, Ashiteru, Ashiteru..."

"Ashiteru, Naruto-kun..."

"But don't EVER do something like that again, you hear me? I thought I lost you..." Naruto scolded. Hinata giggled, but stopped when she heard people approaching.

"Ah, so the damned traitor is back in Konoha..." said a familiar girl with pink hair.

"Bakemono, I can't believe you are back here," said a man with a duck-butt hairstyle.

"You probably ******* lead Pein here to kill us, didn't you?" accused Sakura

"I can't believe you people! Naruto saves your ***, and this is how you repay him?" Hinata shouted at them.

"Well, you would take his side anyway, Namikaze-sama..." replied Sakura sarcastically.

"Would you like to say that again? Because if you do, I'll gladly disable your voice box...permanently this time," Hinata said.

"Hinata...it's not worth it," Naruto said. He slipped an arm around her waist to support her. As the turned their backs, Sakura flung a kunai at them. Hinata caught it, and turned to glare at them.

"That is an attempt at a fellow kage's life. Right now, Naruto and I have the power to convict you and sentence you to death. However, we have more pressing matters to tend to. I'm also glad Naruto and I escaped to Uzugakure. If this is the way Konoha treats its heroes, I wouldn't want to live here," Hinata said. The duo turned away, and sped off towards Uzugakure.