11 - Requiem for A Dream
Warning Obito Uchiha is moving time-space displacement moving rapidly towards Hidden Leaf village, mate in danger. The SS ring reported Sakura looked up noting Naruto's deep frown.
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The young couple had barely returned to the village, given their groups mission briefing, once the briefing was over Nagato and Konan were put under house arrest for three years. This meant Naruto's uncle and the paper user would be under guard for those three years and watched until the Hokage deemed them trustworthy. Tsunade then dropped a major bombshell.
"Naruto, with your mission completed I grant you the rank of Jonin Elite," the blonde hokage stated. "Also I'm officially naming you my successor, in five years you'll be finally taking this hat," the woman smiled lightly.
Naruto face broke into a massive grin but he kept himself restrained, "thank you, granny."
Tsunade blew out a breath shaking her head, "And lastly in regards to your growing clan, I'm setting them up in the old Senju clan compound."
Naruto's eyes widen before looking very hesitant, "A-Are you sure, Granny-Tsunade? You really want to take the place you grew up in?"
"Naruto the compound is as much an Uzumaki compound as a Senju compound remember who my grandmother was," the blonde woman smile before hitting him on the head, "now quit calling me granny, you little brat!"
The whisker marked blonde chuckled rubbing the sore spot on his head, "keep forgetting, auntie."
The blonde hokage grumbled for a few seconds before letting out another sigh, "At least that's better than granny, not by much."
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With a quiet nod to his girlfriend Naruto turned to Tsunade, "It's time, Auntie."
The older blonde nodded, she summoned a small slug, "Inform team Kurenai and Team Gai to move in, tell Kiba to back track using Obito's scent and locate Rin, if they can she must be made to end the jutsu either willingly or by her death." The slug reverse summoned and vanished in a puff of smoke.
Naruto closed his eyes and started thinking, is this about revenge against the man that killed my parents, he paused before shaking his head mentally. No, this is about justice and pity; he was brought into this world against his will he slipped into madness for whatever reason. But is this another's mad plot or his own, if it is Rin's plot then he is just a pawn but I don't believe it for a second. If he's like his brother at all he holds a deep seeded lust for power, he's trapped Rin to prevent her from cancelling the jutsu then began this dark spiral. Naruto glances over at his girlfriend then with a mental shrug, "Sakura-chan?"
"Yes, Naruto?" Sakura turned looking at him a bit confused.
"Once this whole crap is done wanna get married?" Naruto asked.
The rosette haired girl's eye twitched slightly in annoyance not at the question mind you, her heart was soaring at that, no it was how he went about it. Leave it to the baka to make something so special come off as if it's the most normal thing in the world. She huffed shaking her head before grabbing by the collar of his shirt, "That was the most unromantic way you could have asked that question!" she growled.
Naruto rubbed the back of his nervously glancing at Tsunade who was shaking her head mirth dancing in the older blondes eyes, well getting no help there, come to think about it that was pretty craptacular for the Sixth Hokage. With a heavy sigh Naruto leaned forward and captured Sakura's lips in a deep kiss before taking at step back pulling out a simple gold banned and dropped to both knees, looking up at her. "Um, how's this?" he asked again holding up the ring to her and lowering his head.
Sakura's eyes widen as her heart hammered in her chest, this was the dream proposal granted back when she first thought of that dream it had been Sasuke in Naruto's place, but with the SS ring's cleansing she began dreaming of this true moment nightly, now that dream came a reality. "Yes, a millions times yes," Naruto looked up in time to see Sakura lunge at him then smothering him with kisses. Naruto quietly slipped the ring onto the same finger the SS ring resided which enlarged long enough for it to encase itself around the gold band.
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Team Gai and Team Kurenai found themselves on a small rocky island not far from the Hidden Rain village; Hinata and Neji had both spotted Rin held captive in an underground bunker a good mile out. "This is too easy, logically speaking one would have some form a sentry to guard such a precious commodity," Shino explained.
"Maybe he's too arrogant to believe anyone would find this place," Tenten replied.
"Yeah guy's probably got a bigger ego than Sasuke did and that guy could light up all five hidden villages with his," Kiba snarked jumping down using his nose to check for possible traps or guards, so far he could only smell sea water, fish, and algae.
"Regardless we must be cautious until we reach our objective," Neji states still scanning the area alongside his younger cousin who was strangely one of the two quiet ones, the other being Lee but that was only because Lee was focused on something in the water. "Lee?"
"Neji I believe I've seen that before but I can't place it?" Lee stated pointing to a strange stick poking out of the water.
Neji however recognized it instantly, "SCATTER!" His warning came just in time as a huge column of water exploded out and slammed into the area they had just occupied.
"Heh kids these days, don't look up or down anymore, well most of you anyway," Kisami landed on a rock formation overlooking the group. "Let's see five Chunin and a single Jonin, I half expected more than this and judging by the fact there are two Hyuga's in your group, short range fighters to boot," the blue skinned missing-nin shook his head. "Well this is going to be fun."
Neji winced he should have suspected this Jiraiya's report stated Kisami wasn't with Itachi and he doubted the former Seven Swordsman would leave an organization that protected him from the current Mizukage's wrath. What's worse this was the one opponent the current group would have extreme trouble defeating him. His group was composed mostly of a close quarters assault group while Hinata's group were trackers, Kisami on his own had both the range and close quarters fighting experience, double that with his chakra sucking sword and they were at an even bigger disadvantage. One last thing to point out was Shino's chakra eating bugs were negated by the water jutsu this monster possessed and any drained would simply be replenished. Their only hope is to the challenge was to channel some of Naruto's luck and somehow manage to overcome this glaring mismatch. We have to do this for Naruto. "You can't beat us."
"Heh, you're the nine-tails little fan club," the blue skinned missing-nin's face broke into a feral shark like grin. "I'm going enjoy this fight."
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki, named Sixth Hokage, head of the Uzumaki clan of the Hidden Whirlpool village, friend of Zabuza Momochi and Haku Momochi," Hinata stated in a surprisingly cold voice slipping into her gentle fist stance.
Kisami smiled vanished slipping into his own battle stance, "then I'll give his fan club the same dedication he's shown you. I don't do this for personal reasons this is just business, know this I was saved by an Uzumaki back in the last war."
"The only Uzumaki alive in the last war was Naruto's mother you owe Naruto's mother a life debt then," Neji stated.
"Red hair, green eyes, a smile that even melted my ice cold heart," Kisami dropped his stance numbed at the thought.
"The same, her name was Kushina Uzumaki, we call on that life debt now let us pass," Neji states.
Kisami smirks, "I'll let one of you pass the rest stays and plays with me," drawing his sword. "The one you choose will die just shortly after the rest of you; if he or she gets the woman I could care less."
"Hinata you go," Neji states the girl nods running past the group and into the alcove behind the blue skinned man.
"My debt is now paid, so let's have some fun!" Kisami slammed his sword into the ground sending a huge tidal wave at the group who quickly scattered.
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Naruto and Sakura now stood at the top of the Senju statue at the Valley of the End, "time to suit up Sakura-chan."
Sakura simply nods raising her violet and gold Star Sapphire ring into the sky both she and Naruto knew they were being watched. "For Hearts long lost and full of Fright, for those alone in blackest night, Accept our ring and join our fight, Love Conquers all with Violet Light!" A shudder went through Zetsu this was not an oath of a love struck girl this was an oath of a person bound and determined to fight for everything she loved and defend it with great passion.
"In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night, No evil shall escape my sight, for those who worship evils might, beware my power, Green Lantern's Light!" Obito looked on quietly not sure how to take what he heard as he leapt onto the head of his own ancestor Madara Uchiha staring down the nine-tails jinchuuriki his former sensei's son and felt no connection to him. Naruto opened his eyes and focused on the murderer of his parents. "Traitor," he stated simply.
Obito scoffed at this, "I came for you demon, I care less for your words they mean little more than dust."
"But you don't deny it, you've betrayed your sensei, your village, you've killed your own clan and would be willing to throw this world into another war and for what," the Green Lantern asked.
"To create the perfect world, a world without war, without suffering, a place I can control," the Uchiha stated.
"Enslavement of the mind is still enslavement, your only a construct of a mortal who will eventually die," Naruto watched the masked figure. "When she dies your perfect little world does the same, only when you go back to the other-side your reception won't be as welcoming as it was the first time."
Obito's mind halted for a moment the sanity coming back for a brief moment at this, he wouldn't last forever the moment Rin died of old age the Impure world jutsu would go with her and he'll be sent back. Then the madness overcame him again, "Nothing will stop my plans."
"You are truly insane, nothing of the person my father knew is left in you," Naruto sighed sadly bringing up his ring. "Then as the named Sixth Hokage I'll defend myself and my village from you. May you find solace in the afterlife if death will allow it."
Author's note: So comes to the end of the rewrites the final battle will not have your standard clichés as I hate them with a passion. The clichés are as follows Sakura or Naruto near death by the end of the battle bringing out a predictable and drawn emotional romance seen that's not only been seen in countless movies but has been overdone in the fan fics. Cliché number two that won't be seen the sacrifice Rin will not die to save Naruto and Sakura, she just needs to cancel the jutsu. Other clichés may appear like someone arriving at the last minute to help could happen I won't explain or how wait and see.