No! Why is she here?! He's going to kill her and it's my fault!

This was one of the many thoughts that were going through Naruto Uzumaki's mind as he watched Hinata Hyuga advance on the demonic clone. The clone smiled at her and shook his head. "Nice try. But the kid isn't in here anymore. He disappeared a long time ago. In fact, I think he disappeared the day he destroyed his version of you and the leaf village."

Hinata smiled a very small smile for a brief moment that confused the clone. She didn't look scared, she didn't look like she was going to panic or try to run away from him. So what was she planning on doing? Was she just going to let him kill her?

"Your wrong." Hinata said quietly. "I know Naruto-kun is in there and I know I can bring him back...I know that you don't have total control over him because otherwise I would have died a long time ago." Hinata smiled again as small tears began to run down her face. "if Naruto-kun truly was dead...he would have killed me when he lost control back when he was fighting Pain."

The clone's smiled vanished almost immediately as he slowly stepped back. "No...No...You can't exist! You died when the kid lost control! I watched the village die in the inferno that my attack caused!"

Hinata shook her head and smiled again. "Your wrong." She said quietly as she continued stepping towards him. "Naruto-kun...I know your still in there! I know what you went through when you were a child! All you wanted to be was loved and respected by the village! And you need to know...despite what that monster inside you did to everyone...what happened wasn't your fault. And I still love you!"

The demonic clone stopped for just a moment and clutched at his head as though something inside him was screaming at him. He collapsed to his knees as red chakra began to emanate from his body

Hinata...She's still alive...I didn't kill her...and she...she still loves me! You...You monster! You tricked me into destroying the village! You said you would bring me peace if I gave into you but all you did was kill everyone!

"No..." The clone muttered as more and more chakra poured out of it's body. "NO! I WON'T GIVE UP THIS BODY! I WON'T LET GO OF THE POWER I'VE GAINED!" The clone began to scream in agony as more and more chakra shot out of it's body and into the air and the eyes began to turn from red to a more normal blue color.

"No..." The demonic clone whispered..."I...I can't let it end like this...So close to all the power I could ever desire..." The clone let out a soft whimper as the red chakra left the body entirely. Hinata shook her head in confusion at what happened next. Red chakra that was a lighter shade of red began to surround the clone for a moment and it proceeded to float around him for a moment before engulfing the clone in a flash of red light.

The outline of a woman appeared next to the clone's body and the outline knelt down next to the body. "My son..." the woman whispered. "You and your friend managed to finally drain the nine-tails of all of it's chakra. For the rest of your life...it will be powerless, unable to hurt anyone ever again. But I was once the Jinchuuriki of the nine-tails and that means that I can give you one final gift with whats left of my strength."

The outline of the woman smiled at the group of assembled Narutos and placed her hands on the clone and closed her eyes. The clone's body began to shake and shudder as the red chakra surrounded it and plunged into his body through the skin. The outline of the woman smiled for a moment down at the clone's body before her outline began to disappear.

"Naruto...never forget...I gave you another chance at life. It's what you choose to do with this second chance that will define you."

The outline of the woman vanished entirely and the red chakra around the clone slowly dissipated. Hinata's Byakugan activated as she tried to figure out what had been done to Naruto. Her eyes widened in shock but a massive smiled appeared on her face.

"I...I can't believe it." She whispered as she walked towards him and looked down at the clone who's chest was now moving up and down. "Whatever she did...he's not a clone anymore." She turned to look at the other Narutos. "He's like you now."

"You mean...He's human?"

The alternate Hinata smiled and nodded as a soft white light began to appear in the middle of the battlefield. The two figures who had brought the various Narutos together in the first place slowly stepped forward. Naruto couldn't help but notice that one of them was holding kunai knives in his hands. Both of them were still wearing hoods over their faces.

"You stopped him." The figure holding the kunai knives said quietly. "After all we've done to try and defeat him it was someone who couldn't possibly match his power that managed to defeat him. What happened to his chakra? What happened to all of the power he amassed?"

Naruto looked over at the alternate Hinata's face and noticed that something had changed on her face. What had once been cautious optimism was now rapidly turning into fear. "Hinata, what's wrong?" He asked carefully.

Hinata shook her head rapidly from side to side. "The voice...I recognize his voice." She whispered. "After the village was destroyed...he was there! He did something to the others who survived!" She turned to look at Naruto and the tears were running down her face freely now. "He killed the survivors and he took them away."

The assembled Narutos turned and first looked at the man standing next to the one holding the kunai knives. Before the other one could react, he brought his hand around and stabbed him directly in the back.

The one who had been stabbed hit the ground without a sound. He tried to look up at the other one and his voice came out as a whisper. "Why?"

The other one threw back his hood to reveal a face that everyone was very familiar with. Silver hair with pale yellow eyes.

Naruto slowly stepped forward.

"Kabuto..." He whispered.