Naruto: What the hell was that, Gogeta?
Gogeta: What was what?
Neji: For one thing, I'm not the main character, and for another, there wasn't any action at all. That's unlike you.
Sakura: Are you feeling ok?
Gogeta: Like I said before, I've just been watching a bunch of those Naruto chat rooms and wanted to try my hand at one.
Ino: So this is going to be nothing but a drama fest?
Hinata: I…I don't know…I kind of like those videos.
Ino: That's 'cuz they always set you up with Naruto in them.
Hinata: Well that's not the only reason…
Naruto: Either way you have to get back to your roots and put some action in this fanfic. You're no good at this peaceful life stuff.
Gogeta: Did none of you read what I wrote after last chapter? There will be action.
Shino: Am I involved?
Gogeta: Now shut up everybody, there's actually a lot of people that seem to like this one and I want to update as much as possible.
Shino: Ignored again…
Lee: How is Army life treating you, Gogeta-san?
Gogeta: Not too bad…it makes it difficult to find time to write these and it's especially hard to find time to upload, but I'm going to do my best for my fans. NOW SHUT UP AND LET ME WRITE!
"We won!" Ki'iro shrieked as she and Naruto alighted in the park.
"Second!" Iwa cried as Lee landed next to Naruto.
"We lost, Hokage-sama." Hizashi moaned.
"Sorry…still can't beat you, boss." Konohamaru panted.
"Hate to tell you, Lee, but you came in THIRD!" he said, he and Ki'iro holding up three fingers.
"What?" Lee said, thunderstruck, "Not again."
"Well what shall we do?" Konohamaru asked. "It'll be a while before the others show up."
"Hmm…I'm not sure." Naruto said.
"Oi! Naruto, is that you?" a voice called.
"Huh? Oh, Kiba!" Naruto called.
"How have you been, Naruto? And this can't be Ki'iro! Look how big you've gotten!" Kiba said, running up with Akamaru.
"Hello Inuzuka-san, Akamaru-san." Ki'iro said, blushing. Naruto put her down and Akamaru's tail started wagging when he recognized his favorite playmate.
"We're doing fine." Naruto said, "We just raced here so we're waiting for Ka-san to get here."
"Waiting on a woman I see." Kiba laughed, "Nothing beats the freedom of a bachelor."
"Is that what you call being devoted to Kurenai-sensei?" Naruto laughed back. "Speaking of which, how has she been?"
"I'm not devoted to her! Shino and I just help her with errands every now and then…" Kiba said, his voice trailing off and a slight blush on his cheeks. He watched Ki'iro climb on Akamaru's back for a ride and then looked back at Naruto, "Anyway, she's doing fine, but her son broke his leg on a recent mission so she's stuck at home tending to him."
"Good to hear my cousin is being well cared for." Konohamaru said, taking Hizashi off his shoulders. "I don't get to see them as often as I'd like."
"Why are you here then, Kiba-san?" Lee asked.
"Oh, I was just picking up some medicine for Kurenai-sensei's kid and I happened to see you on my way back." Kiba said.
"Well we don't want to keep you." Konohamaru said. "Please make sure my cousin is well looked after."
"You can count on me, Hokage-sama! Keep your eyes open, Naruto. You may see some of the others. Let's go, Akamaru!" he yelled and raced off. Both Akamaru and Ki'iro looked disappointed, but Akamaru laid down to let Ki'iro off and after licking her face, he ran after Kiba.
"Who else do you think is here?" Naruto wondered, laughing at Ki'iro's disgusted face.
"Let us wander around and see who we find." Lee suggested.
The six of them moved through the park and stopped at a few of the stalls selling candy and toys, played a few of the carnival games and rode some rides. Everywhere they went though; people would stop and stare or whisper behind their hands as they passed.
"Why do you think they keep staring at us?" Ki'iro asked.
"Because I'm Rokudaime-" Naruto began.
"And I'm Nandaime Hokage." Konohamaru finished.
"So?"
"Well we're kinda famous." Naruto explained.
"I think you're more famous than I am," Konohamaru admitted. "People still consider you the hero of the village."
"You think?" Naruto said chuckling.
"Well I don't like it." Ki'iro said folding her arms.
"It is pretty annoying isn't it?" Naruto agreed. "But you can't just be rude to people."
"How can you not like it?" Hizashi said. "I wish people would stop me for autographs."
"You say that now." Naruto laughed.
"To-san! People are still staring!" Ki'iro complained.
"You could transform." Iwa suggested.
Naruto and Konohamaru looked at each other and smiled, "How long has it been since we had an Orioke no Jutsu contest?" Naruto asked, a nostalgic look in his eye.
"Too long, boss."
They both formed hand seals and shouted, "G-rated Orioke no Jutsu!" disappearing behind puffs of smoke. When they were visible again, they had assumed the forms of their wives. They looked down at themselves and an uneasy look spread across both their faces.
"This feels a little weird." Naruto admitted.
"I'm not sure how Moegi would feel about this." Konohamaru agreed.
"Wow, To-san!"Ki'iro said. "You look just like Ka-san!"
"You think so?" Naruto said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"And Hokage-sama! Even with my Byakugan I can't tell that you're transformed."
"Really?"
"They look a little different to me." Iwa said, "I just can't put my finger on it."
Lee's eyes suddenly went even wider and he did his best to cover all three sets of young ears, "He is right, Naruto-kun, Hokage-sama…Hinata-chan and Moegi-chan's chests are not that big."
The two blinked twice and then looked at each other's chests. They did their best to stifle their laughter, but failed to hide it completely.
"Sorry, Bushy Brows. Old habits." Naruto said between laughs.
The pair fixed their transformations and they began to move again with much more speed and ease. They still received some recognition as the Hokages wives, but for the most part, they were ignored. Once they were even approached by a group of drunken men and were forced to drop their transformations for a moment to scare the drunks off. Twenty minutes later, they were walking down the main street of the festival with cotton candy when they ran into the rest of the group. There was silence for a moment until Naruto broke it.
"Hey, Hinata-chan."
"Lee, what's going on?" Sakura demanded, giving voice to everyone else's confusion.
"Oh, Naruto-kun and Hokage-sama transformed so we could move through the festival more easily." Lee explained.
"Hope you weren't doing anything perverted in my form." Moegi said, a dangerous look in her eye.
"Nope, not yet." Konohamaru said, striking a pose and winking at her.
"Geez, that's weird." Moegi said, "It's like my mirror is hitting on me."
"They did a good job though didn't they, Ka-san, Moegi-san?" Ki'iro said.
"I suppose, but I think they made our hips to wide. What do you think, Hinata?" Moegi said.
"Um…if that is how Naruto sees me, then I'm happy." She said quietly.
Naruto and Konohamaru undid their justu just as a loud voice called out, "Ino-chan! Shikamaru!"
"Choji!" Ino and Shikamaru said together.
"Choji-niisan!" Shikage and Kurotsubaki squealed and ran to him. He scooped the two girls up in his arms and put them on either shoulder as he walked back to the group.
"How have you been, Shikamaru? We don't get to see you around these parts very often." He said slapping his friend's shoulder.
"Been good, Choji. How about yourself?" Shikamaru said, a genuine smile on his face.
"Teaching at the Academy. Hokage-sama hasn't needed my protection lately so I've been enjoying a care free life. How about you, Ino-chan?"
"Still selling flowers." Ino said, hugging Choji. "I hear you just became the head of the Akimichi Clan too."
Choji rubbed the back of his head and looked a little embarrassed. "Yeah, To-san decided he was too old to continue as head of the Clan so he passed the title on to me."
"That's awesome, Choji!" Naruto said from behind them.
"Oh, it looks like everybody else is here as well." Choji smiled at everyone as they greeted him. "So what are our plans for today?"
Everybody exchanged a look and shrugged at Choji, "We're still checking out what the festival has to offer." Shikamaru said.
"Well there's a booth not too far from here that makes the best Bar-B-Q I've ever had." Choji said pointing down the road. "If you get hungry, you should stop by."
"Thanks Choji, we'll be sure to stop by later today." Shikamaru said.
"You'd better." Choji said happily. "Can't wait to hear all your stories about Suna." He said and started walking away.
"Wait, Choji!" Temari said, "You still have our kids?"
"No I don't, I have my nieces." Choji said with a smile making the kids laugh.
"They'll be fine." Ino promised Temari. "Have fun you two."
"We will!" Shikage called back.
"Now, let me teach you both about bar-b-q…" Choji began as he walked away with them.
"I guess that gives you four some free time." Naruto said, winking at Sai and Shikamaru.
The four of them shared a look and the couples moved closer together, "I suppose it does." Ino sighed.
"We'll catch up with you in a bit." Sakura said and lead the group away from the other four.
"That was really nice of Choji." Moegi said as they continued walking through the festival.
"Makes me wonder if he could have been the same…" Sakura mumbled.
"It's been a while since you brought him up." Naruto said, "If things had turned out differently, he may have."
Sakura looked sad for a moment, but then they passed a pie eating contest and Iwa challenged Lee who gladly accepted. She gave them a look that clearly said, 'Really?' but the smile returned to her face and she declared she'd beat them both.
"You want to try too, Hizashi?" Tenten tentatively asked.
"I'd rather not." Hizashi said, although his eyes never left Iwa.
"What about you, Neji?"
"Absolutely not." Neji said with a scowl.
"You worried about gaining weight?" Tenten laughed.
"Wha-no." Neji said, trying to think of another excuse, "I…just don't want to get my clothes dirty."
"Sure…"Tenten said sarcastically.
"Same old Neji." Naruto said, laughing.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing, nothing." Naruto said, the smile growing wider on his face.
"He just means…um…that you're still serious and logical, Neji-niisan." Hinata said quickly.
"And that you're no fun!" Ki'iro said.
"Ki'iro!" Hinata cried, covering her mouth.
"I'm not fun?" Neji wondered, "Well how about this?" Neji walked over to the table loaded with pies for the contest and came back.
"Well?" Tenten asked.
"Would you like some pie, Naruto?"
"Umm…sure." Naruto said, sensing danger.
"Sorry, but this one is for Tenten."
"Wha-" Tenten began, but was cut off as Neji shoved the pie in her face.
Neji wiped the whipped cream off his hands and there was silence as the pie fell away in pieces from Tenten's face. She wiped away some of the pie so she could see and revealed an evil glare. Neji folded his arms, "How's it taste, Tenten?" he asked, chuckling.
"Why don't you tell me?" Tenten said throwing the pie she'd wiped off her face at Neji.
He ducked and the pie went right into Naruto's face. "Oh it's on now!"
"N-Naruto!" Hinata said as Naruto ran to the table coming back with more pies.
"Pie Rasengan!" Naruto yelled and chucked the pies in his arms.
Neji and Tenten both dodged and Ki'iro and Hizashi both got a pie to the face. Both children screamed, but then looked at each other and howled with laughter.
"Naruto! How dare you attack my child!" Tenten said, a wide grin on her face. She wiped more pie off her and Hizashi's faces and smeared it on Hinata's clothes.
"Tenten!" Hinata cried.
Soon more pies became involved and the air was full of fruit, whipped cream and crust. Only when the contest referee came over and started yelling about all his pies did the pie fight stop. Naruto apologized and paid for all the pies lost in the battle. He turned to his family and friends and couldn't keep from laughing. Everyone was covered in pie, especially the kids.
"Wait, where's Konohamaru?" Naruto asked.
"He probably knew it wasn't proper for the Hokage to be seen participating in a pie fight and they disappeared in the midst of it." Neji said, wiping his face off.
"Yeah I guess that makes sense. Everyone already knows I'm a knuckle head so I don't have to worry about my image." Naruto laughed.
"Um…how about a swim?" Hinata suggested, looking down at her dirty clothes.
"Yes! Let's go to the lake!" Ki'iro said, hopping on the spot.
Both families spent the rest of the day at the lake. The adults had cleaned the clothes as best they could in the water and had left them to dry on some nearby rocks while the kids had spent most of the time splashing each other.
"It's a great day to be at the lake, it's completely deserted." Naruto said, shading his eyes from the sun.
"Everybody else is probably at the festival." Tenten agreed.
"Time to mess with the kids some more." Neji said with a sly grin. He assumed a Jyuuken stance and thrust his palm at the water. His Air Palm slammed into the water and a huge wave began to spread across the surface of the lake. The kids looked up just in time to see the wave wash over them and when they resurfaced, they were laughing. Neji laughed too and then raced out across the water to where the kids were. They squealed and tried to run, but Neji caught them and they were soon caught in a whirlpool made by Neji's Rotation.
"Neji, that's not fair." Tenten laughed and rushed out to give the kids a helping hand.
"Are you ok, Hinata?" Naruto asked, because Hinata had been really quiet and her whole face was red.
"It's…it's just that…"
"What?"
Hinata looked away from Naruto, "It's just embarrassing…this isn't a bathing suit…it's just my underwear."
"Oh is that all?" Naruto laughed. "Don't worry, we're all family here and we're all in our undies too. Plus the rest of the lake is completely deserted."
"I…I suppose." Hinata said, relaxing a little bit, "I wish I hadn't worn such a lacy bra, though."
Naruto just smiled and put his arms around Hinata, "Don't worry about it, besides, you should be more worried about your hair."
"Huh? What's wrong with my ha-"
The words got caught in her throat as Naruto squatted and suddenly they were both in the air. They fell into the lake right next to the others, splashing them all.
"It's wet." Naruto said after he and Hinata had resurfaced.
"Dammit, Naruto!" Hinata shrieked.
"Whoa! That's a first." Naruto laughed. "Never heard you swear be-"
But he was cut off by a Hinata splashing him in the face. She assumed her own Jyuuken stance and smiled at Naruto, a dangerous look in her eye. "Water Style: 8 Trigrams 64 Palms Splash Assault."
Hinata's hands moved so fast they were just a blur as she slapped at the water. Naruto laughed and tried to run, but Hinata would just move in front of him and unleash more liquid Hell on him. Eventually he was forced to hide under water, but Hinata just followed him down. Naruto was ready for her though; he'd made clones and each clone had a Rasengan. The water began to swirl around them, forming a current which sucked Hinata in and then sent her upwards. She shot out of the water, flipped in mid-air and landed on the surface, waiting for the next move.
"I see London, I see France," a voice said beneath her. She looked down and Naruto's face was just breaking the surface between her feet, a large grin on his face.
"Who's the one with Byakugan here?" Hinata laughed, grabbing Naruto's shoulders and pulling him out of the water. She drew back her arm for her next attack but Naruto reached out and grabbed the front of her bra, making Hinata freeze.
"What now?" Naruto asked.
"Hold it!" Tenten yelled and pulled out her scroll. There was a puff of smoke and next thing they knew, there was an inner tube wrapped tightly around Naruto and Hinata. "I call foul play on Naruto."
"What now?" Naruto asked Hinata again. She just smiled and kissed Naruto. This time he blushed and bowed his head. "You win."
"Good." Hinata said and used her chakra to pop the tube.
Everybody laughed as they headed back to the shore to check their clothes. They found that they were dry and to the kids' disappointment, they adults decided it was time to head back to the festival.
"But we're having so much fun here." Ki'iro said.
"And I want to see more of To-san and Hinata-neesan's Jyuuken." Hizashi said.
"Maybe later. Plus it's starting to get dark." Tenten said.
"Just one problem." Naruto said.
"What's that?" Neji asked.
"Wet underwear…dry clothes…"
"Looks like it's time for some free balling." Neji said.
"Who are you and what have you done with Neji?" Tenten said. "I understand you're trying to be more fun, but that's going a little too far."
"What choice do we have?" Naruto asked.
"I'll…I'll just wear the clothes over the wet underwear." Hinata said.
"I'm with Hinata on this one." Tenten said, "you kids will keep your underwear on as well." She added with a stern look.
The kids nodded and began to get dressed while Naruto and Neji moved into the trees to get dressed. When everybody was dressed, they moved back toward the festival; Naruto and Neji sporting sly smiles while Tenten and Hinata were looking rather annoyed. The festival came into view and with it were all the others at Choji's Bar-B-Q stand. Ino saw them first and waved.
"Where have you all been? We've been looking for you."
"Sorry, Ino-chan." Tenten said, waving back. "We were down at the lake."
"Well that explains why your clothes look a little wet." Ino laughed.
"But Naruto and Neji don't look as wet." Sai mentioned.
"That's because we're-" Naruto began.
"Ignore them!" Tenten said cutting him off.
"So what do we have planned?" Neji asked the group in general.
Everybody exchanged a look and shrugged, but a voice behind them spoke, "If I make a suggestion, there's a parade coming this way soon."
"Shino-kun!" Hinata gasped
"Glad somebody recognized me." Shino said.
"Jeez you can hold a grudge." Naruto muttered.
"Hello Aburame-san." Ki'iro said quietly.
"Hello, Ki'iro-chan." Shino said, "Found any insect recently?"
"I saw lots of water bugs at the lake and the cicadas have been really noisy."
"Have you noticed the Tickle Flies?" Shino asked.
"The what?" Shino reached out his hand and fluttered his thumb and pinky finger like they were wings and poked Ki'iro in her side, then her neck and her arm pits. Ki'iro squealed with laughter and retreated behind Hinata's legs. "Ka-san, we need some Tickly Fly bug spray."
Everyone laughed, and Tenten said, "What's gotten in to everybody today? Neji's having pie fights and making jokes, Sakura's been in an eating contest, and now Shino is being silly."
"It is Valentine's Day." Shino said. "Perhaps we're just enjoying a nice relaxing day."
"Perhaps…" Tenten said looking suspicious.
"Did you mention a parade, Shino?" Ino asked.
"I did. It should start over there." Shino said pointing to the East.
Everyone looked just in time to see an explosion blossom in the distance. The festival turned deathly silent and then havoc broke loose as everyone either ran to investigate or ran for their homes.
"Moegi, you and the mothers take the kids somewhere safe and help when you can." Konohamaru ordered.
"Right! This way everyone." She said and the women rushed away with the children protesting in their arms.
"Naruto, Sai, Choji, you're with me. The rest of you, look for casualties. Go!"
Everyone rushed off as several more explosions rocked the village. The four ninja leapt from roof top to roof top and everywhere they looked, everything was in chaos. As they raced by, Naruto and Konohamaru shouted orders to the people, but either they couldn't hear them over the screams of the masses or they were too scared to pay attention.
"Konohamaru, any idea what's going on?" Naruto asked.
"None." He replied.
"Why did this have to happen on Valentine's Day?" Choji asked, watching some of the decorations burn to ash.
"Don't worry Choji-san. Whoever is responsible for this will pay dearly." Konohamaru promised.
The four arrived at the site of the first explosion and found several fights already being waged. Justu clashed here and there as Konoha ninja fought to defend civilians or protect their own lives.
"Are they ninja?" Sai asked.
"Seems like it, but they don't wear headbands so I don't know where they're from." Konohamaru said.
"Then let's find out." Naruto said and formed a seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The clones surged forward and within minutes the fighting had stopped.
"That was way too easy." Sai said.
"Bring one of them here, Naruto." Konohamaru ordered.
Naruto motioned to a clone and it came running up, a defeated ninja in his arms. Choji expanded his own arms and held the enemy ninja in one hand. Choji expected resistance, but the enemy didn't even struggle.
"Speak! Who are you?" Konohamaru demanded.
"That's rather rude." The ninja said, "You should give your own name-"
"Don't mock the Hokage, worm." Choji cut him off and gave him a squeeze.
"Ho-Hokage?" he said between gasps of pain.
"That's right. Now speak."
"As a matter of fact, I have a message for you." He said and glared at Konohamaru, his left eye turning red and shifting into a Sharingan.
Konohamaru fell to his knees in pain and Choji closed his fist before chucking the corpse as far as he could. Naruto and Sai helped Konohamaru back to his feet who was breathing heavily.
"What happened?" Naruto asked.
"Families! Now!"
The women raced away as three more explosions shook the village. All the children were fighting their mothers, demanding they be allowed to fight, but they wouldn't hear of it.
"Where can we hide out?" Temari asked. "I don't know this place very well."
"We can go back to my place." Ino said.
"Your door swings open too easily, remember?" Sakura said, "Let's go to the hospital."
"The wounded will have filled that place up." Hinata said. "W-we could go to the Hyuuga mansion."
"Sorry, Hinata." Tenten said, "Lord Hiashi would never allow you on the property or any of you to be honest."
"The Hokage mansion is the most secure place in the village. Let's go there!" Moegi said and lead the way. All the others agreed and followed her lead. As they traveled through the village, they encountered little resistance. Only once did they see the enemy, but they managed to hide and avoided detection. The mansion came into view and the women pushed themselves faster. They made it to the mansion and Moegi held the door for them as they all ran through.
"Moegi-chan." Hinata said, breathing heavily, "I think we're being followed."
"Then we must get to safety." Moegi said and slammed the door shut behind them.
They continued to follow Moegi through the many halls of the mansion until they came to a stop at a blank wall. Moegi began to move her hand along the wall as if she were searching for something.
"What are you doing, Moegi?" Ino demanded.
"There's a secret room back here. I just need to find-there it is!" she said and moved a section of the wall to reveal a large metal handle. She pulled on the handle and the wall opened like a door. The room beyond was small with no windows or lights.
"It looks like a safe." Tenten said as they all moved into the room.
"It pretty much is." Moegi said and then looked at the group defiantly, "I'm going back to help my husband. Who's staying?"
"Not me." The rest said.
"We're not staying either!" Ki'iro cried, Hizashi and Iwa echoeing her.
"Ki'iro!" Shikage said calmly, "leave this to the adults. There's nothing we can do right now."
"But…"
"Ki'iro, listen to Shikage. All of you listen to her." Hinata added.
"If anyone should stay behind, it should be Sakura." Ino said.
"What? You think I've gone soft, Ino?" Sakura said, anger clear in her face.
"No, I just-"
"Oh, Sakura participates in one pie eating contest and she can't fight anymore!" Sakura continued but Ino grabbed her shoulders and made her look into her eyes.
"I don't want anything to happen to my girl…but if something does and you're near her…you could save her." Ino said, tears forming in her eyes at the thought of Kurotsubaki in danger.
"Ino…"
"Plus you're the strongest out of all of us. You could defend the kids should the need arise."
"And that's precisely why she'll be needed in the battle." Tenten said. "I think Hinata is the best bet. She'll be able to see any threat coming a mile away."
"Speaking of which, close the door! Someone is coming!" Hinata said.
"Who is it?" Moegi asked.
"Uchiha?" Naruto gasped, "but how is that possible? I defeated Sasuke over a decade ago."
"I didn't say it was Sasuke." Konohamaru said ominously.
"Then how are they Uchiha?" Choji asked.
"I don't know, but from what I saw in that guy's eye, these ninja are dteremined to resurrect the Uchiha Clan and rebuild Konoha as they see fit."
"Seems like they've already resurrected the clan to me." Sai said, observing more fights breaking out.
"Ignore them," Konohamaru said, racing past several skirmishes, "they have capable ninja battling them. Besides, they're after something far more important."
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Remember I said they want to resurrect the Uchiha Clan?" Konohamaru said.
"Yeah."
"Well they are searching for anyone with a trace of Uchiha blood and anybody they find who doesn't, they kill. So I fear for Moegi, Asuma and the others."
"Why," Naruto asked, "they went and found a safe place to hide."
"They were followed." Konohamaru snapped. "Through that guy's eye…I saw our families fighting for their lives."
"Where!" Naruto demanded.
"Hokage mansion. Secret back room."
Naruto scowled and his Golden Fox Cloak blossomed around him. "I'll go ahead and do what I can. Meet you there." He said and rushed off too fast for the others to keep up.
"Hokage-sama?" Choji said.
"What, Choji-san?" Konohamaru said, obviously tense.
"I'm sorry about this, but Naruto needs all the help he can get."
"What do you-"
Konohamaru was cut off as Choji's enlarged hand wrapped around his entire body and launched him into the sky toward the Hokage mansion.
"We'll be there as soon as we can Hokage-sama!" Choji called as Konohamaru flew through the air.
"Thank you, Choji-san." Konohamaru said and aimed his body for the mansion. As he flew, he saw a yellow streak beneath him that he knew was Naruto. "I'll back you up, boss!"
Naruto glanced over his shoulder and nodded at Konohamaru before pushing himself even faster. Konohamaru began to descend and he formed a seal, creating a clone. They sailed toward the roof of the mansion and saw that it was covered in enemies.
Uncle Asuma, Grandpa Hiruzen, please, watch over me, Konohamaru thought as he pulled out Asuma's old chakra knives.
His clone formed some hand seals and shouted, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bomb Justu!"
Large globules of flame erupted from the clone's mouth and plummeted to the roof, setting it ablaze. Some of the enemy jumped to avoid the flames while others countered with Water Jutsu or protected themselves with Earth Justu. Konohamaru focused and his chakra formed onto the knife blades, elongating the knife edge until it was three feet long. He fell through the ninja who had jumped and swung the blades. Bodies fell around him and his clone as Konohamaru slammed into the ground. He continued to swing the blades, slicing through the protective rock domes of some or cutting right through water dragons. He hacked down the last enemy on the roof and regrouped with his clone to form a Rasengan. The clone vanished and Konohamaru raised his arm as he forced the Rasengan to spin faster and faster, sucking in the surrounding fire. The fire merged with the Rasengan, making it expand and turn a deep scarlet. Konohamaru looked up at the ninja he'd missed in the air and threw the Rasengan at them. It flew into the center of them and then exploded in a giant ball of fire, eliminating the remaining enemies. He admired his work for a moment and then Konohamaru raced into the mansion to save his family.
Naruto saw Konohamaru fly overhead and smiled, "Good, he'll cut off their escape from the roof. Now I just have to make it inside."
The mansion came into view and with it, a large number of enemy ninja. Naruto broke through the first rank of ninja with sheer speed and took out the second rank with six simultaneous Rasengans. More enemy ninja pounced at Naruto but he swatted them away with a chakra arm. He stood over the fallen ninja and Naruto scowled.
"Dammit, this is taking too long!" Naruto said, "I need to finish this now!"
As if in response, Konohamaru's fire lit up the night sky. Everyone stopped to stare as the Fire Rasengan exploded in mid-air, showering them in sparks.
"That'll work." Naruto smirked.
Two chakra arms came out of Naruto's back and he used them to form a Rasenshuriken. The enemy faltered for a moment, but then Naruto threw it skyward rather than at them. He forced his way to the mansion and ran up the wall before leaping into the path of his Jutsu. "Gotta time this just right." He said as he spun through the air. The Rasenshuriken streaked toward him and he intercepted it with his chakra arms and brought it through what was left of Konohamaru's attack. The Rasenshuriken's Wind chakra mixed with the fire and it adopted a ring of fire. He released the Rasenshuriken and it smashed into the ground, exploding into a giant, fiery tornado, wiping out the rest of the enemies. It subdued as Naruto landed and he burst through the front door of the mansion to meet up with Konohamaru.
"Shut the door!" Hinata cried and Sakura slammed the large metal door shut, ending their argument about who was going to stay. Hinata put her hand on the door and a reassuringly loud lock was heard fall into place.
"How did you know about that?" Moegi asked.
"I-I was shown how to do it when Naruto was Hokage." Hinata said.
"Duh, Moegi-chan." Ino said.
"Shut up, Ino! Now is not the time!" Temari snapped.
"Hinata, can you tell who's out there?" Tenten asked quietly, holding Hizashi close to her.
"It's nobody I recognize." Hinata said, aslo holding Ki'iro close to her. "they have some pretty sinister chakra though."
"It's almost black." Ki'iro added, Asuma struggling in her arms.
"We should fight them!" Iwa declared.
"I'll help." Hizashi cried and fought to free himself from Tenten's grip.
Sakura knelt in front of Iwa, "How like your To-sama you are."
"That's why I want to fight, Ka-sama! I want to help To-sama!"
Sakura pulled her son into a hug and held him close to her. "I'm sure he'd love to have you fighting next to him, but these guys are too strong."
"For us, or for you, Ka-san?" Shikage asked from Temari's lap.
Temari smiled and patted her daughter on the head, "Nobody is too strong for us Ka-san if we work together. Our priority right now is your protection though."
The women shared an uneasy look, but they quickly replaced it with a stubbornly confident one.
"How are you feeling, Kurotsubaki?" Ino asked, "are you scared?"
"No." she said despite her legs shaking.
Ino pulled her daughter onto her lap and hugged her. "Remember when you were scared of storms?"
"You were scared of storms?" Shikage asked.
"Ka-san…"Kurotsubaki whined.
"Ki'iro, I'll take Asuma back now." Moegi said, sitting next to Hinata. She handed him over and immediately Asuma stopped his fussing and was soon asleep.
"Now let's see, what other stories do I have about you?" Ino said, Can you all hear me? She thought. All the adults gave the slightest nod. They knew Ino was communicating with them telepathically so the kids couldn't hear. Hinata, how's it looking outside?
Not good. The entire mansion is full of enemy ninja. I'm afraid they may be searching for us. Hinata thought.
If they find us, can we stand against them? Sakura wondered.
It doesn't matter. I'll fight to my last breath to protect my child. Temari thought fiercly.
If it does come to that, I don't know how much help I'll be in his small room. Tenten admitted.
Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. Moegi thought.
Sorry, Moegi. I don't think you're getting your wish. Hinata thought.
"Ka-san…" Ki'iro said, fear rising in her voice.
A loud bang was heard on the other side of the metal door and the kids screamed.
"Have they found us?" Moegi whispered.
"They're still not sure." Hinata whispered back, "There's only two in the hall right now."
"Ka-san, I'm scared." Ki'iro said, her hands shaking as she held on to Hinata's arm.
Hinata put a finger to Ki'iro's lips and forced herself to look calm, "If we stay calm and quiet, they may not find us."
All the children nodded and covered their mouths as another loud bang shook through the tiny room.
"I'm telling you it's hollow right here and I heard a scream." A muffled voice said.
"You're hearing things. I didn't hear a scream." Another voice said.
"I just wish I could use this eye better, then I could just search for their chakra." The first voice said.
"Let's go, we still need to find the ones that ran in here."
"One more try." The voice said and a third bang shook the room.
"STOP!" Asuma wailed suddenly awake.
"Did you hear that?" the first voice said, "Told you they were back here."
"Keep pounding, I'll go get the others."
"Shit…what are we going to do now?" Tenten asked.
"We are kunoichi aren't we?" Sakura said rising to her feet, "We do what we were trained to do!"
"It's been a while since my last fight." Temari said, also rising to her feet and stretching, "I could use a good work out."
"Fine, but we need a plan." Tenten said.
"Um…I think I may have one." Shikage said.
The enemy ninja continued to hammer at the wall with his mace. The wall had fallen away to reveal the metal door, but he continued to swing. He swung again and realized he wasn't even putting a dent in the door. He took a step back and formed some hand seals, "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
The flames licked at the metal and burned away more of the wall, but did little to penetrate the door. At that moment, his partner came back with another ninja who was being dragged by his arms.
"Not again! Not again!" he kept screaming.
"Shut up! This is the reason the master created you! Now do your job!"
The third ninja was dropped to the floor and began to weep. The second ninja looked at the first and shrugged before running off to gather more allies.
"Dammit, dropping him off on me like this." He said walking over to the sobbing ninja. "So you don't like pain, do you?"
"No." the ninja said.
"Do this for us one last time and you'll never feel pain again."
"R-really?"
"I promise."
"Ok…"
The ninja got to his feet just as the second ninja returned with reinforcements. The third made a single hand seal, activating his Sharingan which shifted into a Mangekyo form. Blood began to flow from his left eye and black flames ignited on the metal door. The ninja covered his eye with his hands and fell to his knees in pain.
"Take the pain away!" he screamed.
"As you wish." the ninja said and smashed his mace into the right side of the sobbing ninja's face. Blood splattered onto the walls and the ninja lay very still, no longer crying.
"How are we going to extinguish the Amaterasu?" another ninja asked, ignoring the brains that had landed on his shoe.
"We don't."
The metal began to melt as the Amaterasu consumed it and the screams of the women and children could be heard inside.
"Are you descendants of the Uchiha?" the first ninja called.
"Liked one once, but that was long ago." Sakura yelled.
"Are you or are you not?" the ninja demanded.
"No, we're not. Jeez I thought all Uchiha were supposed to be geniuses." Tenten yelled.
"Enough. Attack as soon as you see an opening."
The metal continued to melt and was now more liquid than solid. The ninja began to pounce but then a loud boom was heard and the door buckled outward slightly, splashing some molten metal still burning with Amaterasu into the hall. Several more booms were heard and the door buckled outward more and more until finally it was thrown off its hinges and flew down the hall. The ninja retreated to avoid the door and it fell on the body of the sobbing ninja. The Amaterasu burned continued to burn, but then fizzled out of existence.
"Dammit, they destroyed the eye!" the first ninja said and turned back to the secret room. Sakura stood in the doorway, her arm full extended and her hand closed in a fist. "You punched the door?" the ninja said in disbelief.
Sakura just smirked and stepped aside as Tenten and Hizashi unleashed a flurry of ninja tools followed by Temari's Wind Scythe. The ninja blocked most of the tools, but some found their mark and even more ninja were blown away by Temari's Jutsu. The remaining enemy retaliated with their own tools, but Hinata entered the doorway and blocked the tools with her Rotation. She retreated and Ino threw several kunai with vines wrapped around them which exploded, shooting the vine's thorns in every direction. Several more ninja fell to the ground, the thorns of the Midnight Rose embedded in their skin.
"Do you give up?" Moegi called from the room.
"Our mission is to kill all those who have no Uchiha blood. We won't stop until you are dead."
"Your search is futile," Moegi yelled, "there are no more Uchiha in this village."
"Maybe no pure," the ninja said, "but there are those that are half or quarter Uchiha. Even those of the Hyuuga contain the blood we seek."
Moegi glanced at Hinata and Ki'iro, their light eyes wide with fear, "I am the wife the Nandaime Hokage, you'll have my life before you spill a drop of Konoha's blood."
"Then with those words forsake your life." The ninja jeered, "We've already taken several adequate specimens."
"How dare you!" Sakura cried, stepping back into the doorway, "Show some respect to-" but she fell to the ground, a thorn in her neck.
"Ka-sama!" Iwa cried.
"She's ok, Iwa-kun. She's just asleep." Ino said, holding Iwa away from the door.
"Now surrender and your deaths shall be quick."
"We'll never surrender!" Moegi said stepping back into view.
"Then die." The ninja said and the remaining enemy ninja all made hand seals.
Moegi dove for cover as a rain of fireballs shot into the safe room. They collided with the back wall and exploded in a shower of sparks, revealing small smoke bombs.
"They hid smoke bombs in the fireballs?" Temari said in amazement.
She pulled out her fan, but the bombs had already gone off and their smoke filled the small room. Temari waved the fan and the smog was blown away, but it was already taking its effect on them. The strength seemed to drain from her limbs and she fell to her knees. Her vision and hearing began to blur and she barely felt Shikage struggling next to her. Just before she passed out, she pulled Shikage into her arms and wrapped her body around her child. She sensed the others doing the same and then all was dark.
The enemy entered the room and glared down at the unconscious bodies. They examined each in turn by forcing open their eyes and selected three, deeming the others useless. Three ninja left with their captives and heard several large booms outside.
"Kill them quickly and be done with it." One said before racing off with the captives.
"That's no fun." One said that was left behind.
"There's one of us for each pair…I think we have time to play a little."
The five enemy ninja each extracted a syringe from their pouch and injected the adults. Each came to and immediately tried to attack, but their limbs were completely numb.
"Might as well relax." The one over Tenten said. "You have absolutely no motor control. Only your body's basic functions: heartbeat, breathing, mitosis." The ninja spoke as if he were discussing the weather.
Stay calm everyone. Ino's voice said in their heads. Can anybody move?
No, they all admitted.
"Now, what should I do?" the ninja over Tenten wondered as he licked his kunai, "I could sever your carotid," he said holding the knife to her throat, "or give you a grin from ear to ear," the blade moved across Tenten's face, "Oh, there's always the femoral." He said touching the blade to her thigh."
I don't care…just leave Hizashi alone. Tenten thought.
"Or perhaps we start here." The ninja said, his blade cutting into the fabric of Tenten's shirt. His eyes grew wide and his breathing shallow. Tenten's eyes watered as his horrible breath wafted across her face. The knife cut through her shirt and it fell away revealing the fish net shirt and bra underneath. In her mind, Tenten heard all the others shouting curses and insults and knew similar things were happening to them. The enemy ninja licked his lips and lowered his head as a huge explosion shook the whole mansion and Konohamaru and Naruto burst into the room. A chakra hand for each enemy shot out of Naruto's back and slammed them into a wall.
"Moegi!" Konohamaru cried and fell on his wife and child. He held her in his arms, but when she did not move, he began to weep, fearing the worst.
"What did you do?" Naruto demanded, putting more pressure on the ninjas.
"Nothing, you arrived before the good part." One said, but was silenced as Naruto pressed on him even harder.
"If you kill us, you'll never know." Another laughed, but cringed as his bones popped.
Naruto drew one of them close to him, his chakra hand still completely covering the enemy's body, "Speak."
"Rokudaime Hokage." The ninja said calmly, "We were told to avoid you at all costs."
"Speak now!" Naruto roared, squeezing the ninja and making more bones pop, "I have four others here to ask in your place so don't think I won't kill you."
The ninja gave an evil smile, "They were poisoned. We injected them to return them to a conscious state, but they can't move or speak. The poison is still active in their systems as well. They'll be dead in about ten minutes."
Naruto's eyes widened and then narrowed with a level of anger he hadn't felt in years. He formed a single hand sign and hundreds of Naruto clones raced out of the room. "Shino should be here soon. They'll be fine, Konohamaru. Can't say the same for you though."
Naruto! Ino's voice echoed through his mid.
"Huh? Ino?" he said looking down at her.
Naruto, I'm so sorry.
"Don't worry about it, Ino they were too-"
As Naruto watched, tears formed in Ino's eyes, No…they took Hinata, Ki'iro and Hizashi
WHAT! Tenten's screamed in their heads.
For the first time in over ten years, Naruto's pupils shifted to slits and the Fox's Golden Cloak was tinged with scarlet. "Where. Are. They?" Naruto said, squeezing with each word.
"No idea." The ninja said nonchalantly.
Naruto withdrew all his chakra arms, slamming the ninjas together and killing them. He struggled, but regained control of himself and gave a helpless look to Konohamaru. He just nodded and thrust his arm at the open door, "Just go! Bring them back!"
Naruto nodded, tears of anger and hatred pooling in his eyes. He forced himself to stand still for a moment and then entered Sage Mode. He concentrated and then his eyes snapped open. "Got them! I'll be back as soon as I can." He yelled as he ran into the hallway and out of the mansion.
"Good luck, boss."
All women: What the hell!
Gogeta: Sorry, I wanted those guys to be the lowest of the low…
Sakura: So you make them cut away our shirts?
Gogeta: Hey I could have made them do something to the kids.
All: Wow…
Hinata: Why are you making me the damsel in distress again.
Gogeta: It would spoil the next chapter to tell you anything about it.
Kakashi: NO SPOILERS!
Gogeta: When did you get here Kakashi?
Kakashi: Oh…well I've read my Icha Icha books so many times I've practically memorized them so I decided to look at something different for a while.
Gogeta: Well I'm honored, Kakashi-sensei.
Shino: I'm just glad I'm in this fanfic…even if it's a very small role.
Iwa: When do I get to fight again? I want to redeem myself!
Hizashi: What about me?
Gogeta: Um…soon…
Naruto: Yeah that could mean anywhere from a week to sixth months.
Gogeta: Shut up, Naruto. I already said I'm going to try to upload a new chapter at least once a week. It all depends on the schedule the Army has me on.
Neji: So when is Sasuke going to make an appearance?
Kakashi: NO SPOILERS!
Gogeta: Thank you, Kakashi-sensei.
Moegi: Why am I so weak?
Gogeta: Umm…what are your Jutsu again?
Moegi:…Cherry Chip Nipple Sexy Jutsu…
Gogeta: And what else?
Moegi:….
Gogeta: I rest my case. Well guys until next time. Hopefully I can get the next chapter up by next weekend. Thanks for reading and don't forget to check out my other stories if you have the time.
Sakura: What shameless self-promotion.