Naruto and Hinata arrived in Uzugakure the next day. People they had rescued from Konoha gave them their thanks, and Uzu villagers greeted their Kage. Making their way to Naruto's office, several things were on their mind. Once Naruto and Hinata got to Naruto's office, their was a summon waiting for them. A weasel sat on Naruto's desk, blinking its eyes at him.
"Naruto-sama, Itachi-sama has a letter for you, he told me to guard it with my life, so it must be important. Oh, forgive me, I am Koinu," the weasel spoke.
"Arigato, Koinu. Return to your master and tell him I have received the letter."
Sitting in his chair, Naruto opened the message.
Naruto-kun,
Madara is very upset that you killed Pein. He is building up his strength, seeing as he has all eight of the Bijuu. I suggest you evacuate you people he will surely attack soon.
ItachiNaruto gave the letter to Hinata to read, and summoned a SPIRAL member.
"Wolf-san, give the order to all available ninja that they are to prepare for an attack. Genin and Chunin are to guard the villagers, while the Jonin and SPIRAL members are to get all of the supplies they need," Naruto commanded.
"Hai."
"Naruto-kun, what are you going to do?" Hinata asked.
"I will have to wait until he comes to me. I am not going to seek him out if I am the one he wants. Oh, there is one thing…I want you to stay away from the battle."
"Why?"
"Hinata-chan, you may not know, but my eyes are more sensitive then a humans. I don't want our child getting hurt…"
"What?"
"You heard me right. If you are in too much stress, you may miscarry the baby. Please…for my sake…stay away from the battle…"
"Very well…"
One Week Later
At five o' clock in the morning, one of the scouts on Uzugakure's walls spotted a large animal outside the city. The air was thick with killing intent, and whatever the animal was it was very evil. He shushined into Naruto's office.
"Uzukage-sama! Uzukage-sama! There is…something big and evil outside the gates! Come quickly!" The scout shushined back, and showed Naruto the beast.
"Youkai, alright. Sound the alarm!"
A signal sounded throughout the village, and all of the ninja that were fighting in the battle assembled. Some dashed out to the walls, and others come with Naruto to battle the beast. Naruto charged, covering himself in a cloak of Demonic chakra. Inside his head, Yoko's voice sounded.
Kit! Release the beasts from their chains, and they will reappear in my realm. You have to do the Onijutsu: Kagi Dzuki Sono Omoi in order to gain access to its mind. Start with Ichibi, he should be easiest.
The seals flashed trough Naruto's head, and he performed the jutsu. Once inside Shukaku's mind, Naruto looked for the actual beast. Rounding a corner, Naruto spotted Shukaku in chains. The chains had the symbol of Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan on them.
"Go away…No! Naruto-sama help…Shut up you imbecile…help me!" said Shukaku in two different voices.
Yoko, what do I do now?
Paint this seal over each of the Mangekyo symbols and then insert youkai into each one…it should break his control.
A symbol passed through Naruto's mind, and he quickly painted over each symbol. He inserted youkai, and they glowed crimson red before disappearing. The control over Shukaku faded with an anguished howl.
"Arigato, Naruto-sama, you are truly worthy of Yoko's throne. Be warned, though, not all of the Bijuu will be this easy. The severity of Madara's control depends on the Bijuu's mind. If their mind is weaker, you will be able to free them easily, but the stronger the mind, the more power Madara put into containing them. I know that in order to unseal Neko-chan, you will have to fight a guardian. Good luck!"
Naruto was thrust back into the real world, and looked around. Shukaku disappeared, but this time, Nekomata and Kyodaigame both appeared.
"Aw, damn, really! I guess I'll start with Neko."
Naruto climbed up into a tree, and then created a casing of youkai to protect him, along with a Demon genjutsu to hide him. The world disappeared, and Naruto plunged headfirst into Nekomata's mind. Once there, he looked around until he came upon Nekomata's struggling form. Before he could reach her, a person appeared out of the shadows.
"Ah, Uzumaki Naruto, how nice of you to come…" The man said. A katana blade glinted in the light.
'If it's a kenjutsu battle he wants, it's a kenjutsu battle he'll get,' Naruto thought. He drew his own katana, and moved into position. Their swords clashed when both fighters dashed forward.
"Naruto-sama! Be careful! This man is a lightning type!"
"Urusai, Nibi!" The man said. He and Naruto exchanged blows, until the man jumped back. Gathering chakra around his body, the man charged at Naruto. He struck, and a wound appeared in Naruto's stomach. Demonic chakra quickly closed the wound, and Naruto smiled a bloodthirsty grin.
"Sorry, you'll have to do better than that to get me," Naruto said.
The man smirked, before a katana blade impaled him from behind. Dropping him to the ground, Naruto dismissed his blood clone and cleaned his sword. Walking over to Nekomata, Naruto released her.
"Arigato, you are a great warrior Naruto-kun. Take this, it is a gift for freeing me from Madara Uchiha."
Nibi held out a seal.
"It has the power to revive one person from the dead, be it child or adult, villager or ninja. I believe Shinigami-sama owes me at least this favor to return someone to life after all of the lives that I gave him."
"This will be of good use, Neko. Arigato."
Naruto jumped immediately into Kyodaigame's mind. His and Saru's, the four-tailed monkey, minds had no guardian, so Naruto passed through without problem. Kyodaigame gave Naruto information on Irukauma's guardian, that she was an earth-type, and preferred to use taijutsu. Saru gave Naruto the ability to use his lava release.
"But be warned," Saru said. "This will only last long enough for your next battle with a guardian."
Entering Irukauma's mind, Naruto felt a punch to his gut that sent him flying. He swore, and got up to face his opponent.
"You may have freed the first four Bijuu, but the next ones will be much harder," the guardian said.
The guardian and Naruto exchanged punches and kicks before Naruto got a hit in. It was powered with youkai, so the guardian went flying. Unfortunately, the guardian got up quickly, and returned to attack. They battled with taijutsu for several minutes, before Naruto found an opening. Forming several seals, Naruto spat out lava, which consumed the guardian. He released Irukauma, and the Gobi gave him a piece of advice.
"Rokubi and Hachibi both have guardians, while Shichibi has none. But be warned, the cost of chakra is high for Shichibi, so be careful."
Leaping into Namekuji's mind, Naruto looked around for the guardian. Seeing none, he walked up to Rokubi when he felt a kunai in his side. Looking around for his attacker, Naruto found none. He pulsed demonic chakra, and the image around him faded.
The guardian and Naruto engaged in a genjutsu fight. Naruto constantly pulsed his chakra in order to dodge them. Unfortunately, this did not allow Naruto to use jutsu, so he had to rely on taijutsu and kenjutsu. The guardian was decidedly less skilled at the physical aspects, so Naruto had the upper hand.
Finally, Naruto managed to place a deadly genjutsu on the guardian. The guardian's mind shut down, effectively killing it. Namekuji held out a whip that was a neon green color.
"This whip will burn anything you wish it to with acid. It can only be used by a jinchuriki, alright?"
Naruto nodded. He then disappeared and reappeared in Kabutomushi's mind. Gobi had been right, the youkai cost of each of the eight seals was a quarter of a tail. After Naruto unlocked the seal, Kabutomushi gave Naruto one last piece of advice.
"When you get to Kyogyu's mind, be cautious. The guardian there relies heavily on ninjutsu, and if you can disable its arms, you will be able to win."
One last time, Naruto activated the jutsu. He blinked, and found himself inside Kyogyu's mind. Suddenly, a pillar of fire raced towards him. The fire engulfed him, but Yoko's affinity to fire made fire unable to hurt Naruto. He lept back, and formed several handsigns.
A field of lightning spread out, and the guardian lept to the ceiling to avoid it. Naruto held the jutsu, and threw several kunai at it. The projectiles forced it to let go of the ceiling, and the guardian fell into the electric field. Many volts of lightning passed through it, but that did not distract the guardian for long. It retaliated with a string of earth jutsus.
Just as Naruto dodged on jutsu, a water dragon attacked him from the other side. Naruto dodged, and pulled out the whip Namekuji had given him. He blocked a few ninjutsus with his own, before her managed to land a strike on the guardian's arm.
Inwardly, Naruto celebrated, until a wall of water crackling with lightning covered him. Yoko worked quickly to heal Naruto, who turned to look at the guardian. Holding its hand in a one-handed sign, the guardian raced over the Naruto, and tried to strike him with its glowing hand. Naruto covered his hand in chakra, before grasping the guardians. Youkai entered its body, killing it slowly.
"Arigato, Naruto-sama. Before you face Madara, I have a piece of information and a gift for you to use. Madara uses a space-time jutsu, allowing him to transport all or parts of his body to different places. However, if you manage to damage his Tsukiyomi technique, you will trap him in there."
Naruto opened his eye to the real world. The land surrounding the village, and parts of the wall had been broken, but mostly the village was still intact. Before Naruto went to challenge Madara, he spread his chakra in a field over Uzugakure to detect people. He searched for one person in particular.
In the west side of Uzugakure, Hinata hid behind a partially collapsed building. Several Akatsuki underlings were still fighting, and Uzu's ninja challenged them.
I know Naruto said to stay in the shelter, but I can't just sit there and do nothing! As long as I stay hidden, I should be okay, Hinata thought.
She formed hand signs before placing a genjutsu on one of the underlings. Suddenly, a fairly large chakra source dropped behind her. Turning, Hinata came face to face with Zetsu, the Akatsuki's spy.
"Ah, who do we have here? Seems that our little escapee wants to fight. But we can't let that happen, can we?" Zetsu said. He punched Hinata, who flew into the air and out into the street.
"Lady Hinata!"
"Hinata-sama!"
Many of the shinobi who were not fighting immediately tried to aid Hinata. Zetsu merely commanded vines to hold them back.
"Why don't I show you what the Akatsuki does with prisoners who escape," Zetsu said, smirking. Roses shot out of the ground, their vines attacking Hinata. Thorns cut her skin as Hinata tried to defend. She formed several signs before calling out,
"Katon: Hi Kusabana!" Flames erupted around the roses, burning them to ashes. Hinata unsheathed her katana and charged at Zetsu. She sliced, and he brought up vines to protect himself. This continued on for several minutes before Hinata changed tactics.
She put her katana back, and slid into her taijutsu form. Blue chakra covered her hands in a slight glow, and Hinata charged forward. She struck at Zetsu several times before one hit connected. Blood spurted from Zetsu's mouth, and Hinata quickly formed hand signs for another fire jutsu.
"Katon: Makai Hi!" A white-hot fire struck at Zetsu, scorching the ground in between them. A pained yell erupted from his lips, before Zetsu collapsed. At the same time, a vine struck through Hinata's abdomen, and she collapsed.
Uzu ninja came directly to her aid. A medic healed the wounds Hinata had, but she knew that her baby couldn't have possibly survived that. Tears slipped down Hinata's face as she cried out in pain.
Since there is no reason to stay behind now, I can at least see if Naruto is okay. Please, Kami, I can't live without him, Hinata thought as she rushed to the front gate. What she saw almost made her puke.
Dead bodies littered the ground, and at the middle of them, Madara Uchiha. Up in his tree, rage bubbled up inside Naruto, and he transformed into his hanyou form. Rushing towards Madara, Naruto roared. He looked up, and saw Naruto, but then simply transported to a different place. Naruto growled, and formed a Demonic Rasengan. Smashing it towards Madara, he simply transported again.
"Ah ah ah, Naruto-kun, wouldn't want to get hurt, would we?" Madara taunted.
Naruto drew his sword, and pulsed youkai through it. Their swords clashed, and sparks appeared. Naruto and Madara exchanged blows, until Madara got one in. He wounded Naruto deeply across his chest, which made Naruto stumble.
"Like it? I formed my sword specially to negate the effects of a jinchuriki's youkai cloak. It comes in very handy, like now."
"Damn you to hell."
Naruto pushed himself up, and charged. Madara swiped at him, but he disappeared in a rain of youkai. Behind him, Naruto wrapped his whip around the sword, jerking it to him. He overloaded it with chakra, and it burst into flames.
Madara and Naruto then exchanged jutsu, one right after another. Naruto managed to cut off Madara's leg in a stroke of luck. But then, the next moment Madara burned Naruto's back badly. Naruto fell to the ground, and Madara looked into his eyes.
Naruto appeared in a world of black and red. Her was tied to a cross, and Madara walked up to him.
"Now, the real torture begins."
For several hours, Naruto was tormented by the death of the people closest to him. Then, they came back from the dead and scorned him.
"Why didn't you save us?" asked Ten Ten.
"You abandoned us, just like your mother," said Hikari.
"Why, Naruto-kun, why? Why did you kill me and our child?" asked Hinata.
Tears streamed down Naruto's cheeks, and he gave a scream of anguish. Retreating to his mind, Naruto consulted Yoko.
Yoko, I can't take it anymore! How do I kill Madara?
Well, there is one theory. Use the Onijutsu: Heki Shikyo. It should fool him into thinking you are dead for about…fifteen seconds. In that time, he will check to make sure you are dead, and that is when you destroy his eye. Insert my chakra, and then do the Shiki Fuuin. Seal Madara into me, and I will give my life for the payment.
Onijutsu: Heki Shikyo.
Naruto's body collapsed, and his heart stopped beating. He no longer breathed, and Madara truly though he was dead. But, when he went over to check, Naruto sprung back up, and sliced his eye with a kunai. Forming the seals quickly, Naruto summoned Kyuubi to hold down Madara. He then summoned the Shinigami.
"Shinigami-sama, I, the Kyuubi, offer my soul to you on the condition that this man, Uchiha Madara, will never walk the Earth again."
"And I, Uzumaki Naruto, Jinchuriki to Kyuubi no Yoko, offer all of my chakra to help seal Uchiha Madara."
"A very good offer…I will accept it, since you are so self-sacrificing, and since Uchiha Madara has walked the mortal plane too long."
In a flash of bright light, Kyuubi and Uchiha Madara disappeared, leaving no trace. Hinata jumped off of the wall, and ran directly for her husband.
"NARUTO!"
Weakly, Naruto turned his head towards her voice. Hinata knelt next to him, stoking his bloodied hair away from his face.
"Hina…ta…I told…you…to stay-" Naruto started.
"I know," Hinata said, tears forming in her eyes a splashing onto Naruto's face. "I thought I would be okay…a ridiculous move on my part. Zetsu…Zetsu stabbed me, and I don't think that it could have survived that."
"It'll…be…alright…"
With the last of his strength, Naruto placed Nibi's seal on Hinata's stomach. Using his demonic chakra, Naruto activated it. The seal glowed red before disappearing into Hinata's skin. Several ninja rushed up to their leader, and Naruto heard Hinata call his name again before everything went black.