The next chapter of the Perfect Ninja

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"Hmph. For being the ANBU Commander, you really aren't that strong," said Naruto, as he broke away from Ataka Martatsu at yet another kunai-to-kunai stalemate.

"Shut up, brat. You think I'm using all of my strength. Raiton: Raiyuudan!" countered Ataka, unleashing the devastating jutsu.

Naruto's eyes widened as he barely dodged the projectile, but then it came in for another round, and Naruto dodged it yet again.

He and Ataka kept up the pattern of attack-and-dodge, until Ataka spoke

"Enough of this foolishness. It's time I introduce you to this!" said Ataka as he started handsigns for a jutsu.

"Hijutsu: Inazuma Hashira!" cried Ataka.

Naruto was left astonished as five pillars of lightning jutted up from the ground. He had never seen such a technique in all his life. And during his journey with Jiraiya, he had seen a lot of techniques.

"Surprised, huh," said the ANBU Captain with air of smugness,"This is my famous jutsu, the reason I was made ANBU captain. These pillars are made for attack, and defense. The pillars can spread out, and make a lightning wall around me," he said, explaining his jutsu as two of the pillars surrounded him, making a cylindrical wall around him," While I have this perfect defense," he said as he opened up a hole so he could see," I also have the perfect offense. Now watch, as you will find out why they called me..."

"Inazuma Roddo." he said in a menacing voice, as a pillar of lightning shot out from the ground, right in front of Naruto.

'Shit, he's got me cornered. I might have to... no, this is a battle of endurance, I can only use it when I need it. There's a weakness to this, he sent out a detectable wave of chakra when he made that come out, so I can dodge. I have to find a way inside his barrier, but how...'

Naruto dodged pillar after pillar of lightning, each one narrowly missing. Naruto then finally sees his chance.

Naruto races as fast as he can toward the pillar, and throws a punch at the eye hole, strong enough that it would send the man into his own wall, and electrocute himself.

When Naruto's fist got nearer, Ataka widened his eyes...

But then he smirked as he closed the eye hole, before Naruto's fist could reach, electrocuting Naruto.

"RAAAAAAGHHHHH!" cried Naruto as he agonizingly pulled his fist away from the Wall.

"You fool, you think I would let you hit me? I can control my wall at will. You could have never gotten me with that trick."

Naruto jumped back, holding his smoking hand.

'Good thing that my had took most of the damage, I was barely able to pull away. A few more seconds, and my entire body would have frozen up, and I would have died,' he sighed,' I need to wait until he opens it again, and then rush him even fast-' a lightning column shot out of the ground, breaking him out of his thoughts, as he barely dodged.

"What the hell, how can you see!" exclaimed Naruto

"That eye hole... was nothing more than a ruse, to get you to believe I can't see out of this wall. I'll give you a little hint. From my side, this wall is see-through!"

'Shit. So how do I beat him...'

He saw his answer when he back flipped away from a lightning strike.

'That's it! I've won for sure now!' Naruto thought.

"Hey Ataka. I've figured you out. You can't win no-"

Ataka smirked...

Because Naruto had just gotten swallowed up by a lightning strike.

"You see, Naruto, there was no way you could have beaten me. I am simply superior to all of you Konoha nin." Ataka said triumphantly

"Yeah maybe you are. But maybe your not," said Naruto, just a little backwards of the spot where the strike had came.

"How..."

"What? All I did was dodge. But I've found your weakness," Naruto said.

Ataka turned around and saw a Naruto bunshin pop up from the ground.

"You have no electrical floor..."

Ataka threw a fist at the clone, and it made no effort to dodge, and was dispelled easily.

"Nor ceiling."

Ataka looked up just in time for Naruto's kunai to touch his neck.

"You lose, Ataka."

"When did you plant the bunshin?"

"When that lightning strike came up that looked like it killed me, I just stepped backwards, and used the cover to plant the bunshin, who then dug him self over to you. After that strike, you had no chance of winning. As you noticed, that bunshin was nothing more than a distraction."

"Excellent strategy, Uzumaki Naruto,"

"Thanks," Naruto said as he raised his kunai, and formed wind chakra around it, making it a sword.

"Don't mention it," he said, smiling.

He swung the kunai down.

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"So... Naruto is the container of the Kyuubi? The Kyuubi that destroyed Konoha? … I don't get it. Why do people hate him for that?" questioned Kiba.

"I... don't know," Neji said," He's protecting all of Konoha, and they hate him. We weren't really... affected by that, so we can't understand what it's like. We weren't the ones who had our family members killed in front of us. All of us, except myself, Tenten, and Lee, were all taking naps, and having breast milk fed to them, unawares of the events that were taking place. Lee, Tenten, and I were to caught up in ourselves to be troubled. We don't know what they felt. As in such, we cannot relate to them," Neji explained.

'At least, that's what I would like to think,' he told himself.

"No... It is because all of these people are... idiots," said Lee, surprising everyone.

'What the hell? Lee never makes fun of, or belittles anyone. Why is he doing this now?' thought Tenten.

"Why do you say that, Lee?" asked Neji.

"Because Naruto is the strongest of us all, and they hate him. Why do they hate him? Because he is strong? No, they hate him because of the means they thought he has gotten the power. They think the Kyuubi has given him all the strength he has ever had, and this is foolish. You can see, even a villager could, the power simply emanating off of him. I have absolutely no skill in chakra based techniques, and can still sense his strength. It is also clear that this power is not malevolent, it warms you with it's purity. The foolish thing is, that they cannot see his power is not malevolent, because of what is sealed in him. That is why they are idiots," explained Lee, ending another mini-speech.

"Lee..." said Hinata.

"He's right," said Shino, finally speaking up," these villagers are moronic. They are afraid of things that they should not be afraid of. These villagers' ignorance and common upbringing make them unintelligent in their thinking. They hate what is not there. They hate a demon that doesn't exist," expanded Shino.

"But, the Kyuubi does exist. It's just that N-Naruto isn't the Kyuubi," said Hinata, stuttering only on Naruto's name.

"This is exactly why they fear something that doesn't exist. Making Naruto out to be demon would mean that he would have to be a certain one, and as he is not, and the Kyuubi is a different entity, they fear something that doesn't exist," explained Shino.

"..."

They all remained in silence for a few moments, contemplating on what Shino said, until a dog ANBU showed up.

"What is it, Inu-san?" asked Sakura.

"You are to immediately come to the grounds in front of the Hokage tower. Tsunade-sama has an announcement," said the ANBU.

They all jumped off towards the tower, all with a certain shinobi on their mind.

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There was much chatter around the tower, all wondering what this was all about, until Tsunade silenced them.

"Citizens of Konoha, please quiet down, I have an immensely important announcement to make," she yelled in her most professional (and intimidating) tone should could.

They all silenced themselves.

She smirked," Now this meeting is about a certain shinobi, and his importance to our current predicament. Our predicament with the organization, Akatsuki," they fell into silent whispers.

"Now," She continued, ever so slightly raising her voice," most of you know that Akatsuki is an organization, for which plans are unknown. There used to be ten members of Akatsuki. I will read off former members. Former member Kakuzu of the Waterfall, KIA, killed courtesy of Uzumaki Naruto, with slight help from the Copy Cat Kakashi" more small whispers picked up at this," Former member Hidan of the Steam, KIA, courtesy of Shikimaru Nara, with help from Copy Cat Kakashi, Akimichi

Chouji, and Yamanaka Ino. Former member Deidra of the Rock, KIA, courtesy of missing-nin, Uchiha Sasuke. Former member, Uchiha Itachi, KIA, courtesy of missing-nin, Uchiha Sasuke. Former Member, Sasori of the Red Sand, KIA, courtesy of Haruno Sakura," some were surprised that Uchiha Sasuke had finally gotten his revenge, others surprised that a chunnin, Sakura, could have killed an Akatsuki members, along with the same thoughts for Nara Shikimaru. Some of the more ignorant people in the population had scowled when they hear that the Kyuubi brat had done something good, but most smirked and smiled.

"I will now read off the remaining members of Akatsuki, and their supposed abilities. Zetsu of the Grass, with only known techniques is where he melds himself into the ground. Konan of the Rain, with the ability to turn in to near indestructible paper. Kisame Hoshigaki, with with an extreme affinity for water, and immense strength, former member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, carries a sword that shreds, instead of cutting. Second-in-command, Pein of the Mist, also known as Nagato, former student of Jiraiya, and has also recently killed Jiraiya, has the doujutsu Rinnengan, has seven different bodies, including himself, and is a self-proclaimed god. The leader of Akatsuki is former Konoha ninja, and founder, Madara Uchiha. His only known abilities are the Sharingan, and the strange ability to become intangible, though there seems to be a set time between these uses, though very short."

Many ninja were close to wetting themselves when they heard that someone had defeated Jiraiya, and he was only second-in-command!

"It has also come to my recent attention of a prophecy. A prophecy given to Jiraiya that he will train a ninja who will change the world, for better or for worse. Now in his lifetime, Jiraiya has had only three apprentices. One, former Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Second, Pein..."

Many were astounded. Was Pein to change the course of the world, destroying us all?

"And third, Uzumaki Naruto, the recently found Chosen Child, and heir to the Namikaze clan!"

Everyone was dumbstruck. They had just all found out that the fourth, their hero, had a child. The child that the had remained indifferent to, for almost their whole lives, until the Chunnin exam.

You could hear the distant breeze stop in amazement, and the rivers halt their endless flow in astonishment.

Tsunade smirked to herself as she continued," This is why, when Naruto Uzumaki, or should I say Namikaze, gets back from his most recent training trip we will- ugh!" she looked behind her to the one who had interrupted her

And sees Danzo, with his sword pulled out, and the ANBU, who were now obviously ROOT members, standing at attention, and Danzo's sword sticking out of Tsunade's stomach.

"GAAAHH," she screamed, as he pulled out his sword out of her, making her cough up blood, and kicked her over the edge of the tower.

"Tsunade-sama!" cried a ANBU with a hawk mask, as he ran towards Tsunade's falling body, but two other ANBU stood in his way, one with a hog mask, the other with a dragon mask, and were probably ROOT.

Before he could stop and tell them to move, both Kakashi and Gai appeared, Kakashi with a kunai through the dragon masked ROOT's hear, and Gai with a fatal kick to the other ROOT's temple. He rushed past them without missing a beat, and caught Tsunade, finding her with her diamond seal activated, it's power already going to work to heal the wound, saving her life.

"Danzo, what is the meaning of this, attempting to kill the Hokage, it's treason!" yelled the ANBU with a dog mask.

"It won't matter," he said casually," I am the new ruler of this village, and you can't execute your leader, can you?" he asked rhetorically, and snapped his fingers, and more than half of the supposed ANBU had jumped over to him.

All of the remaining ninja tensed as he started to speak again.

"And to continue what Tsunade was saying, when Uzumaki Naruto comes back, he will be... heh."

"KILLED!" he laughed.

"What you heard here is false. Uzumaki Naruto is not the heir to the Namikaze clan,"

"That's what you believe, Dazno. Naruto is the heir, you simply don't want to know the truth," yelled Sakura, as Danzo ordered a ROOT to take her out.

When the ROOT came near, Sakura suddenly lashed out with her fist, caving the man's skull in, killing him instantly.

Danzo suddenly became angered, told his newest order to his ROOT troops.

"Kill all ninja that are not ROOT, and all those behind me. Destroy them all!" he cried as the waves upon waves of ROOT jumped to action, and everyone noticed a little less than half of the ninja population behind Danzo, with a new, strange headband, one of a tree surrounded by fire, instead of a leaf, also jumped into battle.

They all prepared for their civil war.

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"So Konoha is in a state of civil war?" asked Pein, as one of his subordinates came before him, telling him the news.

"This is correct," said the courier of news.

"This is good news. You will be rewarded. Now, if you would leave..." Pein trailed off.

"Hai, Pein-sama" said the man gratefully, walking to the door and out.

"This will be a perfect moment to take the Konoha Jinchuuriki... Konan"

"Yes, Nagato?"

"I will be leaving. Stay here, but accompany me with a Kage Bunshin. I will be leaving for Konoha."

"... Hai, Nagato."

He walked over to the window, and smiled. For the first time in years he smiled.

"And I will finally become a true god."

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Oooh. Scary. And Danzo turning on Konoha?

Bet none of you expected it to happen right now. Soon, but not right now.

And I have a mild cliffie. If feel slightly mean.