The last chapter was kind of short, but oh well.

Anyways, when I had that guy say: "But enough of the fun and games. Let the fun and games begin." it was not a typo. It is supposed to be very odd and confusing. And some people are already asking when and how Konan and Yahiko are going to fall in love.

They will not magically "fall in love". That doesn't happen, as I really don't believe in love at first sight. Sure, there's a crush, which some mistake for love, but most of the time a crush is purely physical. Say you "love" someone and then they get in a car accident and it destroys their face. Most likely you would be disgusted, right?

Real love is unconditional, because you love them for who they are, not what they could be, what they look like. You say, "I love you because you're funny". You should say, "I love you even though you are kinda stupid."

That's real love.

I'm a Canon NaruxHina fan myself, but I'm realistic. Naruto would do anything for Sakura, even though she's loud and violent. That's love. I also believe that Hinata loves Naruto, because even when he was a failure, she still admired him and loved him, with all of his faults. Not "I love you because of your determination," it was, "I love you even though you do all those stupid things."

Those are not quotes, as I don't feel like researching anything at the moment.

Also, usually, lovers are friends before they become lovers. Sure, there might be that attraction, but that's really only physical at first, and his/her outer emotions.

And yes, his memories coming back will fuck shit up. But none of that, "I'm sorry for lying to you for five years, will you forgive me?"

"Yes, because I love you."

… SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding, I'm not going to tell you anything.

Dislaimer: If I owned Naruto, those feds wouldn't be knocking on my door for plagiarism, would they?

Shit.

Havoc was a pretty good word to describe the situation. So was, "chaos," and, "disaster."

In short, things just got really shitty.

When Tenma Shouten yelled his odd and extremely confusing line, about 50% of his ninjas started attacking, while the rest simply went into the shadows.

And, as stated before, the result was chaos.

Shouten himself too seemed to disappear from view. Either he had run away from the battle, or he was just really good at stealth.

One way or the other, he was not fighting and the rest of the ninja's were, except for Genma, who also stayed back from the fighting. After all, if the leader is lost, so is the battle and Genma was most likely not strong enough to fight and not get hurt, if not killed.

The good thing was that Konoha was winning but still, Yahiko suspected something would happen.

Fairly obvious observations, as only 50% of the other troops were fighting but it's better to state the obvious than to have someone miss it.

However nothing happened. Twenty-seven minutes of fighting, the missing nins were all dead or running to the hills, and there were twenty Konoha ninjas left, fifteen chuunin, four genin and one jounin. And of course, Yahiko, but he's not a Konoha ninja. Sort of.

After a minute of rest, Shouten appeared before the rest of the ninjas and said, "Ah, now that was a good warm up, wasn't it?" He giggled mockingly, and put his hands up in a tora seal.

The others braced themselves, but nothing happened.

Shouten merely said, "Kai."

It was done.

It had taken years, but it finally had come to pass.

In five days, he would become the Rokudaime Hokage, granted if the jounin body voted in favour of his election.

It was not as if they had a choice, as he now was the strongest shinobi in Konoha, with Tsunade incapacitated, and the Namikaze dead. There was a small speed bump he had to defeat though.

Hatake Kakashi had survived the invasion, thanks to the now deceased demon container. Somehow the Yondaime's legacy had managed to find a way to revive all of Konoha before he had died. Maybe that was what had killed him in the first place.

He chuckled quietly. The powerful child's emotions had served him well. When growing up, he made sure everyone understood that Naruto was the demon container, and not the demon itself. He also made sure that he was ostracized, giving that slight impression that he could lose control of the demon. It was a gamble, but being the heir of the Yondaime definitely helped. Danzo made sure that the child would have an undying devotion for the village.

The gamble had worked splendidly.

However he could not revel in his victory. There was the growing problem of Uchiha Sasuke to worry about.

When Danzo had heard he killed Itachi, he knew that he could not beat the heir to the Uchiha clan, especially with Uchiha Madara following him. It was almost too obvious that Madara was orchestrating these events. The Kyuubi's appearance, Itachi's ability to defeat the Uchiha clan without a poison or some other precaution, and Pain's sudden attack upon Konoha, only the work of an extremely powerful man could be behind this and Hashirama's rival would be the only Uchiha powerful enough to summon the Kyuubi.

Thankfully, he had a perfect backup plan.

The Uchiha served no purpose to him dead, no matter how much the whining of Kumogakure annoyed him. Danzo also knew that Sasuke wished to kill him, Koharu and Homura. So, he would make a deal. He would let him kill Koharu and Homura, as they were now useless to him, and then make him a final promise. Once he had accomplished his goals, Danzo would let him kill him, as slowly or as quickly as the Uchiha liked.

Once Konoha was supreme, Danzo had no more purpose. He would hold no deceit, no lies. In order to keep the most powerful of the Konoha twelve in his grasp, it needed to be done. If Naruto was alive, however....

Sasuke would be no more than a bloodstain under the Sage's foot.

It was impossible.

There was no way one man could wreak so much damage, cause so much carnage. Maybe those words "Kai", was a way to fool them to make them think that he had unveiled a genjutsu when he had really cast one over on all the remaining ninja.

Yahiko however felt nothing. No disturbance in his mind. Biting his lip, trying to release a genjutsu, nothing worked.

The slaughter in front of him was REAL.

Approximately fifty or so ninjas, all dead, all of bodies were missing a body part usually the head. There were no signs of ninjutsu used near any of the bodies, or any kind of struggle. Most likely meaning Shouten killed them extremely quickly. He had killed them quicker than all twenty-one of them had killed their half of the enemies.

There was no chance. He would slaughter them.

Shouten stepped forward. Only two didn't step back. Only Genma and the chuunin that came to get him and the others stood their ground.

Yahiko looked at Genma's face, and saw his determination. He saw his complete and utter determination to stop this madman from killing him, or his comrades. His eyes were hard, and there was a nearly visible gathering of chakra that surrounded him. This man would not run.

Yahiko then became angry at himself, his own cowardice. He promised to help Genma, and he would stick to it.

So he stepped forward three paces, coming closer to that utter monster than even Genma was. Genma looked at Yahiko with a slight smirk, but Yahiko couldn't see that. He payed attention to one thing, and only one thing.

Shouten chuckled, and said, "Well since all of you are still alive, I guess I'll tell you the truth. My name is not Shouten."

They all looked at not-Shouten expectantly, until Genma asked, "Well what is your name then?"

He first smirked, then smiled, then laughed a terrible, terrible laugh, one that seemed to tear into the Konoha ninja's very souls.

He disappeared while saying, " Now that..."

A fist neared Genma's face

"Is a secret!"

Alright, this is very short, but I like this cliffie, and I'll probably whip one out a lot faster than I have these other ones.

Also I have a beta, CloudBloodbane. Now all of those nasty grammatical errors and spelling mishaps will be all fixy.

Hoorah!

That'll be all.