So hey there guys…..again extremely sorry for the late update T_T. Though now exams have finally ended ^_^ And now I should get back to normal updating speed my friends. Also, I've updated my profile with two of my future fics (summaries basically….on the detailed side thought) at the moment. So thanks for all the reviews and ideas. Hope you enjoy this chapter-

Chapter-26-Spiralling Twists!

"H-Hey Kyuu-chan", said the one tailed beast involuntarily as he backed away a bit while Gaara continued to sleep peacefully.

WHAM!

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CRASH!

Shukaku miraculously crashed into a wall after being lifted into air, courtesy of an extremely fast punch of youki coming out of Ayumi's(Naruto) stomach, it's impact thunderous leaving someone watching only to imagine just how powerful was that one punch made of chakra was to knock a bijuu off its feet.

"And I…hate that name", she declared with a serious expression(Naruto's face) after landing on the soft sand while Naruto and almost everyone present there had their eyes bugged out anime style.

'Damn! That…..was something….', thought Naruto with a gulp as he saw the wall-slammed form of Shukaku laying there with sand dust revolving around the ichibi.

"Bee…..what's….happening here?", asked Yugao in between her fighting as she continued to duel with the almost unending amount of Iwa and Oto shinobi with Bee and his team too busy in dealing with the enemies.

"I….don't know...but the gaki is giving quite a show", said Bee as he kicked an Iwa shinobi in the gut making the guy fly back into the wall whereas Omoi and Karui had their swords out as they fought together in almost perfect synch while Samui was herself busy in tackling the jounins which were proving to be quite the tough opponents.

'These are not any ordinary shinobi…..they are well trained in teamwork and they perfecty support each other', thought the ice queen of Kumo as she went through a few handseals after seeing an Iwa shinobi cover his hand with chunks of cement using earth chakra.

"Raiton:Seidenka Suraisusuru (Lightning Release: Slicing Static Charge)", she exclaimed as her hands started to crack with electricity before dashing towards the ninja. Both of their hands clashed causing a mini-explosion in the stands which were still filled with unconscious people there.

'NO!',thought the clone Naruto with wide eyes as he saw a few civilians getting injured due to small blast making him ball his fists in anger and frustration.

'This is not helping…..we're not getting anywhere! They are getting caught up in these fights….gotta get them out of here', he thought as he turned towards the standing Ayumified Naruto, youki flaring around him as he waited for the dust to clear up around Shukaku.

"S-Shit….", exclaimed the Iwa nin who had his hand electrocuted because of Samui's lightning hand piercing his earth coated hand before the guy slipped into unconsciousness.

"SAMUI…STOP BEING SO RECKLESS! YOU'RE HURTING THESE PEOPLE!", yelled Yugito over several rows making Samui's eyes widen as she turned her head to survey the area which had taken most of the damage to find heavily injured civilians lying, some buried under the rubble making her grit her teeth in anger….her frustration beginning to break her cool exterior.

"Fuck these guys!", she muttered before taking out a katana from a sealing scroll.

"Bee! Can we use youki here?", said Yugito as she kicked an Oto nin in the jaw with the flexibility and agility like that of a cat.

"No….there are people here….and you know that we are not completely in control on our bijuu yet….the bloodlust is too much for us. We would be taking huge risk here and endangering our ally's lives too. Naruto there possesses the Rinnegan…..so let us leave him to use the Kyuubi's chakra and if HE loses control, then we'll have to use it to help him", said the hachibi jinchuriki, for once not rapping in his life making Yugito look towards the blonde jinchuriki while Bee took out five katanas from his back.

'This is as far as I can go…..five is maximum I've mastered yet. But it should be enough for these mothafucka's', thought the Hachibi jinchuriki as he got into his stance confusing the enemies that someone could fight using five swords at once.

'It's upto you I guess…..Naruto-san…..but I'll give my everything here. Even if we have met only once or twice…..I consider you my friend and would help you in protecting your village', thought the Nibi jinchuriki while Nibi, much to her surprise was uncharacteristically quiet inside her mindscape. However, her eyes did widen….along with others when hordes of Suna shinobi with Iwa in the mix started to climp over the roofs and the walls to enter the stadium.

"There's more of them?", exclaimed Hana in surprise while Kushina had a grim expression on her face as she narrowed her eyes.

"ALRIGHT GUYS…..KILL EVERYONE HERE! CIVILIANS, KONOHA, KIRI OR KUMO SHINOBI….IT DOESN'T MATTER! DON'T SHOW THESE BASTARDS ANY MERCY!"

"YEAH! LET'S GET THEM! LET THAT YONDAIME UP THERE SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS BELOVED VILLAGE!"

"DOTON: DORYOU DANGO (Earth Release: Mausoleum Earth Dumpling)"

"FUTON: GUFUUKA (Wind Release: Typhoon Vortex Technique)", yelled some of the shinobi in midair as they mercilessly started to unleash their attacks….destroying anything, anyone that they saw making Kushina grit her teeth in anger as she clenched her fists, drawing blood due to the pressure.

"It's time….", she muttered after taking a deep breath, mentally commanding her shadow clones who had just taken out the previous enemies to carry the civilians out of the arena while Kakashi, the fire queens and Gai too started to take on them, all the while trying to preserve their chakra for later if needed by only resorting to taijutsu.

Kushina though jumped back from the battle to a secluded area in the stands which were littered with dead bodies of Konoha, Iwa and Oto nins, before tapping her chakra laced index and middle finger on the Ushio curse seal making it glow.

"Naruto-kun….listen here!", she called mentally with a bit of panic in her voice after opening the telepathic link with her eyes widening though when she heard Ayumi's demonic voice over the link.

"It's me Kushina-chan…..I've temporarily taken over Naruto-kun's body. He's right now in control of the shadow clone behind me", Kushina just nodded without any further thoughts, she would've yelled at her if the situation was not that urgent for she knew how damage Naruto's body took because of overflow of youki through the blonde's chakra coils even if Ayumi took over for a few minutes.

"Just listen…..release that seal, it's the perfect time now. I'm doing it from my side here too", she spoke before cutting the link abruptly while taking out a small sealing scroll from her utility belt.

"Hmph…always being bossy! Naruto-kun…..I'm releasing that seal….your Kaa-san's orders", said Ayumi in a mocking voice over her shoulders making the blonde roll his eyes at her before he nodded at her as he turned around to get ready…..the groups of Iwa and Suna shinobi approaching not only him…but the Kushina's and Bee's group too in the stands along with other Konoha jounins who were there fighting too.

Meanwhile shukaku slowly got up….the sand around him falling apart as it again stood on all fours, it's chakra still rising while Ayumi just ignored him.

"Ahh….finally up eh sandball. Just wait a sec here….", said Ayumi with a smirk making the racoon narrow his eyes at being called a sandball, it's chakra rising rapidly while the enemy nin had malicious smirks on their faces as they saw the one tailed beast power up.

Just like Kushina, Ayumi took out a small sealing scroll from Naruto's utility belt before unsealing another large sealing scroll, almost the size of Naruto which she easily picked up before slamming it onto the sandy surface. Quickly going through handseals, she bit Naruto's thumb before opening the large scroll which contained several complex seals in a circular structure with a large kanji for clone in the middle. Swiping Naruto's blood on the kanji, she spiked her youki before yelling.

"KAI"

"KAI", both Ayumi and Kushina yelled at the same time as everyone present there felt the two huge chakra spikes in the stadium.

PUFF!

The stadium and the stands were filled with large amounts of smoke which had almost filled the huge stadium making the Iwa and the Oto nin's eyes widen as they could feel the sudden increase in chakra…..it was HUGE!

"W-What the fuck's happening here? T-This c-chakra…..it's humongous!", said one jounin who was sweating bullets under the amount of chakra and killer intent they were feeling.

"Naruto-san….and Kushina-sama….both of their charka levels have sky rocketed suddenly. What's happening here?", mumbled one Konoha jounin in shock as other chunins and jounins too were awed by the sudden increase in chakra.

"Kushina-nee…..what's happening?", said Anko with widened eyes, who along with almost everybody there couldn't see anything due to the overwhelming amount of smoke that had filled the arena out of thin air.

"Don't worry Anko-chan….everything's under control. It's just something I created with Naruto….it's gonna take care of these constant incomings", the fire queens heard Kushina's calm voice through the smoke as they just stood where they were, not being able to see anything while the Suna nins had started using one after another wind techniques to clear the smoke which had filled the arena….but it sure was taking time considering the amount of it.

"Impossible!",exclaimed Kakashi with his sharingan eye widened as he gazed at the huge amount of chakra networks which had suddenly popped out of nowhere.

"Kakashi….what's wrong?", came Yugao's voice from nearby as Kakashi just turned his head to look down at the battle arena, his eyes widening further.

"Clones….shadow clones…..about hundred of them in total I think…", he trailed before he heard the confused voice of Kurenai from another direction as the smoke now slowly started to dissipate.

"What's so surprising about it then…..Kushina-nee and Naruto-kun can create thousands of shadow clones….what's a hundred of them?", he shook his head out of his trance like state upon hearing her question.

'I never knew….these guys are truly something, to be able to achieve something like this….it's amazing!', he thought when just as he was about to reply to Kurenai's question, all of them heard Kushina's voice as now slowly they could see through the earlier impenetrable fog.

"Those clones are not ordinary Kurenai…..the amount of chakra they possess is way above than any normal shadow clone ever created", making their eyes widen before Kakashi spoke.

"The amount is what a typical elite jounin possesses…..and considering that they are of Naruto and Kushina….you can imagine how deadly they are", said the copy ninja with traces of shock still in his voice while the ones who heard him had their jaws on the ground. They knew the result of such feat…..DISASTROUS!

"Damn! I should've done that too! Hey Kakashi….why didn't you ever try sealing shadow clones in a sealing scroll?", questioned Anko making the elite jounin shake his head in exasperation.

"Anko….what you're talking about is not so easy. You see….when you seal shadow clones in a normal sealing scroll, they'll just be dispelled after some time…..hence the only thing you'll unseal the next time is only chakra and not solid clones. But Kushina-nee and Naruto-kun here….have not only successfully sealed and unsealed a shadow clone, but they've also slowly increased the amount of chakra given to a shadow clone slowly over a period of time. To do this and to maintain this technique for such a long period of time…..like for one month, you need a special seal…..a real special and an extremely complex one", said Kakashi when he heard Kushina.

"Sharp as ever Kakashi-kun…though they are still some things you left, but let's leave that for another day ne?", said Kushina with a smile before her expression turned serious. The smoke now almost completely gone…..everyone could see about fifty clones of Naruto on the sandy arena while Kushina's clones were amongst the stands up there.

"Huh…..just for some clones you wasted so much chakra? You're an even bigger idiot than I thought!", said one Iwa nin with a smirk when he heard one of his comrades.

"Hey…..look closely…those clones, they look….like yondaime? No….they look exactly like yondaime!", making the other's eyes widen as they could now see the standing clones of Naruto, all of them having serious expressions on their faces as they just stood still.

"My god….he's alive! But how….he was killed thirteen years ago, this isn't possible!", said another Iwa one as they stared with wide eyes at the small army of their seemingly scorned enemy.

"This is great…just fucking GREAT! The bastard's alive!", yelled another as they were now several meters away from the standing clones who were now spread over the sandy battlefield.

"Why isn't he using that cursed technique of his then…..where's the yellow flash we've been hearing so much about since the shinobi war?", came the voice of another one when suddenly one of them dashed at blinding speeds towards the clones, his eyes full of hatred as he took out a kunai.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME! HE'S ALIVE AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE HE DIES TODAY! THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER YOU KILLED YOU BASTARD!", the others too immediately dashed behind him, their eyes containing anger and hatred while the Suna nins decided to stand their ground under the order of their jounin commander.

'Idiots….letting their hatred control them….who knows how much stronger those clones are. To create such large amount of smoke, in addition to using huge amounts of chakra and creating only fifty shadow clones? They must be ridiculously strong', thought the jounin leader as he signaled the troops behind him to stand their ground.

"DIE YOU SON OF A BITCH!", said the same one who was in the front as he slashed the clone with the kunai at high jounin speeds…..or attempted to.

WHOOSH!

His eyes along with the ones behind him widened when they saw the clone in the front easily grab his arm, the tip of the kunai just centimeters away from the clone's cold blue eyes.

'Impossible! He grabbed his hand! How can a clone be that fast?', thought one Iwa shinobi who had immediately stopped in his mid-dash along with other hundred or so Iwa shinobi, their eyes as wide as possible.

"Son of a bitch huh? I don't like hurting people…but for that comment, you'll die painfully…very painfully…", said the clone as the jounin tried to free his arm from the seemingly iron grip, his voice sending chills down the Iwa nin's spine.

Using his other hand to form a half ram seal, another shadow clone popped behind the jounin making other's expression turn into that of shock, specially the Iwa ones.

'A shadow clone created another shadow clone…..no wait! He didn't waste any chakra earlier, he put all of it in these clones…but such large amount should have made them unstable leading to them just puffing back, how can he maintain the technique at such high chakra levels with such low number of clones?', thought one of the Iwa jounins who was in front of their group which had stopped while the Suna ones were behind them as they waited for the right moment to strike.

The clone holding the hand of the struggling jounin put his other palm on the jounin vest of nin where his heart was located while the just created clone too put his palm at the same place from behind.

"W-What are you doing te-teme!", stuttered the jounin who was sweating bullets as he continuously tried to get his arm free before he heard both the clones speak simultaneously.

"Shinra Tensei", the jounin's eyes immediately widened in immense pain as his body was pushed from both sides, the pressure being too much even for his trained body to handle.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH"

SPLURCH!

"H-He…..you b-bastard, you're gonna pay for this!", yelled one trembling jounin as he watched the gruesome display of his comrade's body getting squished by some unknown force, his blood splattering all over the clones as his crushed body now laid limp on the sand.

"Ooh…now that's something!", squealed Ayumi in glee as she watched Naruto kill off an enemy in a pretty bloody way…..she was a bijuu and it was a pretty sight of her enemy's blood spraying in the air.

"N-Naruto…..", stuttered Kurenai in shock as she had watched the thirteen year old genin brutally take down an Iwa jounin, the now standing blood soaked clone visible to everyone.

"Concentrate Kurenai-chan!", the genjutsu mistress snapped her head on hearing Kushina's voice to see the other troops of Suna and Iwa coming towards them while Bee's side were already engaging the new arrivals. Meanwhile Anko, Yugao and Hana too had surprised expressions that Naruto could get this bloody…but considering his childhood, they should have known that he could get this way. Kakashi though had a hardened expression as he continued to fight through the enemies with his Sharingan activated while Gai too wasn't left behind, both having expressions of veteran shinobi who had been through war.

"So the rumours were true…..Uzumaki Kushina is alive after all", said one Iwa jounin who was standing on the wall along with the others as they just observed the crazy battle going on in the stadium….whether it be the roofs, stands or the battle grounds.

"HEY…..THAT"S UZUMAKI KUSHINA! THE RUMOURS WERE TRUE AFTER ALL, BE EXTREMELY CAREFULLY WHILE FIGHTING HER AND TRY NOT TO ENGAGE HER IN COMBAT SINGLE HANDEDLY", yelled another Iwa nin from one of the group of Iwa and Suna shinobi amongst the seven to eight groups who were dashing towards Kushina's group through the stands…..though judging from the amount of clones of Kushina, they had to take them down first.

"This guy…..I just fucking hate him! You don't know how much I hate you….I despise your existence….I WISH YOU'D ROT IN HELL!", spat an Iwa nin amongst the standing ones on the sandy ground before all of them ran full speed towards Naruto's clones, their forms only visible as blurs as sand trailed behind their dashing forms.

"ALRIGHT….MOVE FORWARD! WE GOTTA TAKE OUT THESE CLONES FIRST!", shouted the Suna jounin commander of the present standing troop before they too dashed forward…..several of them already going through handseals as they prepared for their techniques.

"I'm sorry for killing your comrade in such a way….but it was personal here", the now bloodied clone spoke as the ones behind him just stayed silent.

"MARCH FORWARD EVERYONE, AND DON'T HOLD BACK!", yelled the clone which had Naruto's original soul who was standing beside Ayumified Naruto. The unsealed clones immediately dashed at blazing speeds towards the approaching enemies, all of their Rinnegan activated as they took out their kunai with some of them going through handseals midway to tackle the 100-200 jounins in front of them.

"Ayumi-chan…..you better hurry up. My body wouldn't able to hold you much longer", said Naruto as he gazed sideways towards Ayumi who was facing Shukaku, the bijuu strangely just standing there as he watched the crazy onslaught going there with glee in his eyes.

'Something's wrong here! My clones, the summons and the clan members are successfully holding down the defenses at the four gates of the village…..then how are these guys coming in. It's inside the walls, someone is deliberately letting them enter the village…..it must be an underground passageway or something. Dammit! I cannot use the earth element upto full extent yet too!', thought Naruto with gritted teeth when he heard Ayumi's serious voice.

"Alright Naruto…..I'm gonna finish this with one blow and teach that raccoon a lesson once and for all. Though I advise you to keep your distance from me for this attack", nodding immediately, Naruto jumped back several metres away from Ayumi before he started running up the wall using chakra in his feet.

'If what I think she's going to do is correct….then it's best if I get some height here', said Naruto mentally to himself as he stood on the wall before jumping on the roofs of one of the balconies, his trenchcoat flowing with the wind as he gazed down upon the battle going in the stadium. It was like a carnage, broken kunais, paper bomb tags here and there, shuriken embedded into the walls and the ground, dead bodies lying everywhere while the atmosphere reeked of blood making Naruto clench his fists as he gritted his teeth.

'This is madness! This war….so many people are getting killed from both sides. What would anyone gain from this except possibly Orochimaru? Both parties are losing people….their relatives….this will only give birth to more hatred. What will happen next? Probably then Konoha will attack either Iwa, Suna or Oto…..will this ever end?', thought the blonde jinchuriki with his eyes clenched shut as he gritted his teeth. Opening his sapphire ones slowly, he gazed at all the dead Konoha shinobi….his eyes containing sadness and remorse for not being able to protect them. Most of these people he knew although hated him…but few amongst them had accepted him and started to see him as a hero…..and though he didn't ask for it, but still if felt good to be seen as someone important. And now that same hero was just standing there on the roof doing nothing….he could only watch as hundreds of shinobi fought for apparently no reason….many of his comrades getting killed out there. But he knew he couldn't protect all of them….and it frustrated him to no end!

"You shouldn't let your guard down…..Uzumaki Naruto", his eyes widened when he felt two soft arms wrap around his neck.

"Wh-What?", stuttered Naruto as he tried to move swiftly before the gentle grip suddenly turned into that of a steel one, making him just stay rooted to his spot when he felt the body of the one behind him on his back.

'She's a female', his perverted side immediately deduced upon feeling her curves and her mounds pressed against his back…..and boy was her body soft and it felt extremely good!

"Don't try to escape Uzumaki…..you can't….not from me atleast", he now took notice of her soft angelic voice, her mouth being only centimeters away from his ears, her hot breath tickling his skin.

"W-Who are you?", stated Naruto a bit weakly as he slowly turned his head to catch a glimpse of a grey-black hooded cloak, completely shadowing the stranger's face before he felt a soft hand on his whiskered cheek.

".Nah….not yet Uzumaki….though I gotta admit, you're cute", she said with a giggle making Naruto blush a bit while noticing that she still had an iron grip on him.

"So….", she started while putting her head on his shoulders as he stared sideways to see her cloak with only some bangs of white glowing hair visible to him.

'Wow….she smells….heavenly', the blonde thought subconsciously as he turned his head to get more of this…..alluring scent.

"How's defending your village going?", she asked out of nowhere making his eyes widened as he snapped his head back to see the battle with Ayumi having created a small, rasengan sized black ball of condensed chakra just above Naruto's mouth while Shukaku too was creating one although larger in size, his version less condensed.

"Ohh….so you've given control to your tenant eh? And what's more…..we're getting a bijuu showdown here. Both of them using tailed beast bombs…..don't you think that you're risking a lot of property damage here….hmm?", she asked having a bit of playfulness in her voice as she continued to rub his whiskered cheeks making Naruto feel good….she sure was skilled at it.

"N-No…..what matters is the lives of villagers….these buildings can be built again….shukaku needs to be taken down, and besides Ayumi-chan wanted to come out for a bit", said the blonde before his eyes suddenly widened when he saw four to five Suna and Iwa jounins coming their way through the rooftops. Naruto tried to get free of her grip, but she still held onto him tightly before he heard her whisper.

"Calm down….just watch", he turned his head sideways before his breathing hitched in his throat when he saw several spikes made of ice sprout from the tiled roof to brutally impale the jounins, their blood splattering on the tiles as they died instantly.

"Wasn't that fun?", she spoke while Naruto could practically feel her smiling as his expression turned serious.

'Ice….and she didn't even do any handseals! Whoever she is….she's strong, very strong….her chakra is of special type I can tell', he thought before deciding to take matters further….they were in a middle of war-like situation here, so he couldn't play around.

"You still haven't told me who are you? Are you an ally…or an enemy?", the blonde said with a cold voice as she continued to rub his cheek softly.

"Hmm….I'm definitely not your enemy Uzumaki….though I cannot say anything about the ally part too. But….look down below…..all the carnage….all the destruction….all your comrades dying down there. Does it hurts?", she said making Naruto watch down as he saw the battle, the stadium full of explosions in random locations and screams of pain & anger.

"Look forward….you're jiji, the Mizukage and the Raikage…they seem to be struggling too", Naruto's eyes widened as he immediately activated his Rinnegan to see, indeed Orochimaru was having the upper hand there. Mei and Raikage just weren't being able to counter the shodaime and nidaime's teamwork. Whatever damage they were doing…the revived kages were just regenerating instantly.

'I completely forgot about them! But…..what's going on there? Who are the other three guys? That…..oh c'mon, this isn't possible! They're dead!', he thought in frustration as he clenched his fist, still not being able to escape the strangers grip.

".go!", the blonde said through gritted teeth as he tried to get out of her grip when he for the first time heard the serious tone in her voice.

"Uzumaki…..stay calm, you're losing it", she said when Naruto immediately yelled.

"How can I stay calm when so many people are dying out there huh! This is my village and I'M GONNA PROTECT IT!", he said as he tried to raise his chakra levels.

'Dammit! Ayumi's still in control of my real body….this clone's just not strong enough', thought the struggling blonde jinchuriki when he again heard her speak.

"I already told you…..I'm not your enemy Naruto. So tell me…..who do fight for? What do you fight for? Why are you trying so hard for the village that has scorned you since you were born?"

'How does she know about me so much?'

"I've already said this before….I fight to protect my precious people, and to stop this useless fighting, this bloodshed and endless hatred", said Naruto with a fierce voice, his eyes shining with fired up determination while the woman's hand started to cup his chin.

"Hmm…admirable indeed. I knew that….but I needed to hear that from you. But let me tell you….you're close Uzumaki….you just need a little more push, and then you'll be able to stop this invasion I think. And remember, that push….only the people who are closest to you can provide…so keep your loved ones close….we'll meet again…Naruto", his eyes widened when her hands slowly turned into snowy flakes. Turning back with a whip, all he saw were white snowy flakes revolving around him before they settled down on the ground.

'Nice exit though', the blonde mused subconsciously.

BOOM!

Naruto jerked his head back when he heard a HUGE explosion take place behind him, all he saw was huge amount of dust arising from where Ayumi and Shukaku were standing….probably the aftermath of a devastating attack. Immediately activating his Rinnegan, he saw one bright source of youki while the other one was slowly diminishing.

'Guess….her work is done', he thought with a smirk before the clone puffed into smoke abruptly from the roof. The next thing the original Naruto saw was…..dust, lots of it making him cough as he did a minor wind technique to get rid of it.

'Hmm….Naruto and Ayumi seem to have control of their situation while mine and sochi's clones would keep these incomings at bay. Guess it's time for me to help jiji up there', thought Kushina as she watched her clones and her group continue to fight with the invaders.

"Anko-chan…I'm going up there to help jiji with Orochimaru…..I know you guys can handle things here", yelled Kushina with Anko being the nearest to her.

"But…..how would you penetrate that barrier…the Anbu have been like….trying forever to get inside it!", yelled the snake mistress back in between her taijutsu duel with the jounins while Kushina just smirked back as she gathered water natured chakra beneath her feet.

"Hmm…..you think I can't penetrate a sealing barrier Anko-chan?", said Kushina making Anko smirk back…..oh well, may Kami have mercy on Orochimaru then.

THWOOSH!

SPLASH!

The sound of Kushina rocketing upwards due to a laser-type jet stream of water emitting from her foot and the water splashing on the floor almost reverberated through the arena, the Uzumaki kunoichi going at rocketing speeds towards where the kage royale was taking place on the opposite side. Some of the shinobi there noticed a stream of water with a red haired kunoichi travel at blinding speeds mid-air across the stadium making them slack jawed.

"Damn…..wish I could do that", muttered Naruto when he heard his tenant's cheerful voice.

"Mission accomplished Naruto-kun!", Ayumi's satisfiedvoice vibrated through his mindscape making him realize that he was back in his original body. The dust in front of him slowly revealed a disproportionate Shukaku who was embedded into a wall, a large…..LARGE hole in the middle of what seemed to be his stomach. Following the hole, Naruto noticed that the concrete was almost completely destroyed with the attack destroying many buildings and other properties as far as his eyes could see.

"Ayumi-chan…..I think you went too far", said Naruto with twitching eyebrows as he saw the trail of destruction her attack had left.

"Hehe….well, originally I didn't meant for my tailed beast bomb to be that strong. But that shukaku-baka fired his own weak one….so to completely overpower his attack, I had to…..you know, power up a bit", she said with an apologetic tone making Naruto sigh…..oh well, it's not like he could stay mad at her anyway.

"Fine fine….but…..", trailed Naruto as he immediately started coughing violently.

"Naruto! Hey….you alright?", hearing Ayumi's concerned voice, Naruto answered immediately.

"I….don't know….what did you do?", spoke Naruto inwardly as he now started coughing blood making Ayumi worry for him all the more.

"I-I…..but this never happened before!", she replied, her voice panicking as Naruto was now on his knees, drops of blood falling on the sandy surface.

"But you never used tailed beast bomb before too…moreover, you used extra youki to make it stronger…..of course my body's not ready yet to handle the stress of such a great attack", said the blonde inwardly as he struggled to stand up again.

"Naruto...I'm sorry! I…I really didn't know this….t-that this would happen", she spoke frantically, her voice dripping with concern making Naruto mentally chuckle as he increased the flow of his white chakra coils, making him feel much better.

"Calm down worryfart…..such emotions don't fit the queen of all bijuu", said the blonde as he now stopped coughing blood…but was now holding his stomach.

'What happened exactly here? I feel weak….what's happening to me? It's like all of my strength is slowly leaving me', thought Naruto as he now noticed the lying unconscious form of Gaara just near the destroyed wall, Shukaku's form now only remaining as sand.

"Naruto-kun please…..I'm worried here! You're mindscape has also started to waver here….what's happening to you?", he heard Ayumi's quivering voice as he now stood up a bit weakly. The blonde jinchuriki slowly started to walk towards the unconscious form of Suna jinchuriki as he slowly again increased the chakra through his coils putting a stop on the worsening conditions.

"Now? It should've stopped now….the mindscape, it should be alright now", said Naruto inwardly as he continued to slowly walk towards Gaara, his steps wavering a bit.

"You idiot! I'm not worried about any fucking mindscape….you're just using your chakra to hold yourself but it's clear that something's not right here. These effects…..these aren't because of my tailed beast bomb….I'm sure of it! Something or someone else is causing this", she said with frustration as Naruto just ignored her and kept walking forward, looking over his shoulder…..he noticed that the unsealed clones of him and Kushina were successfully holding the incoming attacks.

'I gotta continue…there's no time for me to stop. Everyone needs my help'

Konoha: Main Event Stadium: Four Corner Sealing Barrier

"Ah….so the great Uzumaki Kushina graces us with her presence", said Orochimaru with a smirk as he saw Kushina standing besides Hiruzen with a serious expression on her face while Mei and A too were standing beside them…both of them sporting a few bruises here and there. Besides Orochimaru, we find completely unharmed Hashirama and Tobirama standing there…..along with a standing still Roshi who was at one of the corners.

"Jiji….now care to explain me why are we fighting the supposed dead Shodaime and Nidaime here", said Kushina as she glanced sideways to see Mei and A panting a bit.

"He has developed another forbidden technique which helps him revive the dead people and control them to his will", muttered the old hokage with a grim expression as he continuously watched Orochimaru for any sneak attack.

"Also….physical attacks on those revived are useless…..any damage done to them, they will brush it off by regenerating instantaneously…..though having you by our side now would make things easier", said Mei as she smiled at Kushina who smiled back at her. Naruto had told Kushina that he considered Mei very precious to him….and anyone precious to her son was her friend atleast.

"Oh….and what do I see here, the great taijutsu master of the lightning country all wounded and bruised up here?", said Kushina with a smirk making A's eyebrows twitch, who still had his lightning armour on.

"Just shut up…..it's not my fault that all of my attacks are going in vain here, no matter how strong they are", said the yondaime raikage with a grunt while Mei smirked at him, inside laughing at the muscle guy.

"Well…someone did said that brains is more effective than brawn", the cheeky retort had Mei almost burst out laughing while a vein popped on the Raikage's forehead.

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF SOME BRAWNS HERE KUSHINA", yelled A comically while Kushina just looked at him innocently, her hands in front of her defensively.

"Hey….I was only joking here. Geez! Talk about a non-sense of humour", the Uzumaki prankster again said with even more innocent face than before. Mei though couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing while A was barely holding himself together…..his face red in anger whereas the professor just sighed while shaking his head.

'Youngsters these days….back in my days we….hey, why do I think I sound like someone idiotic?', the sandaime hokage mused while stroking his chin.

"Kukukukuku….I have to admit this Kushina….you sure are good at pulling other's leg…..painfully", said the snake sanin with a sadistic glee before Kushina retorted.

"You want me to pull your third leg you pedophile…painfully?", she deadpanned as immediately A, Mei and even Hiruzen started to laugh hysterically at the snake freak.

"AHAHAHAHA….take that you bastard", yelled the Raikage with laughing tears in his eyes while pointing his finger at the pissed off sanin.

"Hehehe….heheheheh"

"Heheheheheh"

Everyone turned their heads for their jaws to slam on the ground when they saw the Nidaime and the Shodaime chuckling while STILL keeping that straight empty expression on their faces.

"W-What…..hey stop laughing you idiots!", said Orochimaru while even the sound four blinked at the comical scene going on in there.

"Wow….I made dead men laugh…that's definitely some achievement", muttered the Uzumaki redhead to herself in amazement before she heard Orochimaru strangely chuckle to himself.

"I was waiting for this one…..let's see you guys laugh after this one", the sanin said, already midway of several set of handseals before he slammed both of his hands on the roof leading to creation of two puffs of smoke.

"A summoning jutsu?", said A with quirked eyebrow while Kushina just watched with a dead serious expression, her sharingan activated.

'But….I don't see any chakra', thought the female Uzumaki in confusion, when they suddenly heard the sound of wood falling on the roof making them confuse all the more. The smoke though slowly dissipated for Hiruzen's and Kushina's eyes to widen….as wide as possible as they stood frozen on their spots.

"THAT BASTARD!", yelled A with gritted teeth as he punched a hole in the roof.

"He made us think it was a summoning technique…but on the other hand it was his impure world resurrection technique. I can't believe it…..we got fooled by a couple of smoke bombs", mumbled Mei to herself with a shocked expression on her face.

"I should've known he would revive more people….if I had known I immediately would've destroyed those caskets before he could open them just like the last one", A muttered in frustration when Mei spoke back.

"Well….he was the most genius of the three sanins", she replied while watching, confused as to who these two entities were.

"No….how? Where…did you get their DNA's from?", whispered Hiruzen before his voice got loud while Kushina was frozen into a trance like state as she continued to watch the two figures with wide eyes, her mind now blank as she tried to come to terms with the situation which had presented itself.

"Y-You bastard….how dare you? HOW DARE YOU?", yelled Kushina after breaking out of her state, her eyes showing the immense amount of rage and anger with the three tomoes of her sharingan spinning wildly.

"Ahh….so the information of you possessing the sharingan was correct after all. No matter…..let's see how the legendary Uzumaki Kushina fares against these two. Roshi!", the snake sanin said with a smirk before yelling over his shoulder.

"Hai Orochimaru-sama", came the gruff voice of the gobi jinchuriki for the first time who was kneeling down besides the sanin.

"I think it's time for you to do your mission", spoke Orochimaru making the jinchuriki in front of him nod without any hesitation. Turning his head, the sanin signalled the sound four before slowly a human sized circular hole opened up in barrier behind the first newly formed Otokage.

The others watched as the Iwa jinchuriki blurred out to jump through the hole and outside into the sandy battle arena making them confused as to what Orochimaru was planning now.

'Where is he…Naru-koi! That bastard…..he's targeting Naruto!', thought Kushina with gritted teeth when her sharingan activated eyes widened as she saw the weak chakra signature of Naruto down there….his chakra now very low.

"What…..what's happening to him? His chakra was almost full just a few minutes ago…but now it seems he doesn't have any chakra left", she muttered with a shocked expression on her face as her heart started to race faster in worry for him…..her face slowly showing the amount of panic she was experiencing.

"Jiji…..I'm sorry but you gotta handle things here. But don't worry….I'll be back as soon I'm done helping Naru-kun", she spoke frantically before dashing towards the barrier wall.

"Not too fast Kushina….", said Orochimaru with a smirk when suddenly out of nowhere huge water walls appeared…..covering all the barrier walls and hence obstructing their view of the battle going outside there in the stadium.

Kushina skidded to a halt as she gritted her teeth, tightly clenching her fists before she turned around to glare at Orochimaru with pure hatred in her eyes who was just smirking back at her. Turning her eyes, she noticed that it was the work of Nidaime who had his hands in ram position.

"I see that you have so little faith in your son Kushina", spoke the sanin with a chuckle making her eyes widen in surprise.

"How did you know-"

"Oh c'mon…..I'm not that stupid. I have my sources Kushina…..he's your son alright"

"Fine then…..I guess I'll have to end this quickly!", she growled, her chakra levels already rising through the roofs making Orochimaru smirk.

Konoha: Main Event Stadium: Battefield (Outside the Barrier)

The battle was still raging on endlessly with the remains of kunai, katanas, shuriken, dead bodies increasing while you could see the same cloaked stranger standing on one of the roofs, her eyes glowing blue in colour with the hood still in place.

'Hm….this should be fun. A kage battle grand royale…..now if only Naruto was there too. The process has already begun…..the effects are showing now. You're ready now Naruto…..just a little more', she thought with a smile as she continued to watch the water wall'ed barrier structure…..as if her glowing eyes were able to penetrate the water cover which were acting as curtains.

"Naruto-kun…are you sure you're alright?", opening his eyes, his vision now blurry, the blonde just smiled back at Temari as he tried to sit up.

"Naruto-kun…what's happening? You're scaring me now! You can't even stand properly now! What's wrong with you! You're condition is getting worse by the second! You can't even activate the Rinnegan now!", Ayumi spoke frantically, her quivering voice indicating that she was already in tears while the blonde again started coughing, his trenchcoat now completely dirty because of the sand, beads of sweat dropping from his chin as Naruto continued to pant.

'What's happening to me?', the blonde thought in confusion….even his mind was slowing down. It was getting ridiculous….out of nowhere, in just five minutes, his strength had degraded from jounin level to even lower than a civilian level. He wasn't even able to stand up. Though slowly opening his eyes, he saw a concerned face of Temari looking down at him with his head resting on her lap. Diverting his gaze to sideways, he saw Kankurou standing there with a serious expression on his face, who was carrying Gaara on his back piggy back style.

"Temari! Let's just go…..we have to get outta here. You yourself said that you didn't want to be a part of this invasion right?", said the puppet user with a hardened expression. He didn't resent Naruto or anything….but they had to leave or else they too would be dragged into the battles and Gaara was already injured.

"G-Go Temari…I understand t-that you didn't w-wanted to b-be a part of this. J-Just go…..I'll h-handle myself", muttered Naruto with his eyes already now half closed, his voice weak as he continued to pant heavily.

"No…..I'm not going! I will NOT leave you like this…..you go Kankurou, I'll stay here", said Temari as she continued to hold Naruto, her eyes showing the steeled resolve that she had.

"But Temari-"

"LEAVE KANKUROU!", she yelled before glaring at him, her cold eyes showing that she wasn't going to change her decision. The puppet user though just nodded at her hesitantly.

"Alright…..just stay safe", he said with a sigh before taking off.

"T-Temari…..please, d-don't risk y-your life for me", said Naruto weakly as he again coughed, his forehead burning due to the immense fever, his skin sweaty while his hands were trembling…..it was as if Naruto's life force was sucked away from him in a matter of couple of minutes.

"Shutup Naruto! Look at you….", yelled Temari as she held him tighter to her, few tears streaming down her cheeks as she clenched her eyes shut.

"You're dying! What's happening to you! You were perfectly fine a few minutes ago! You can't die here….you hear me! You have so many promises to keep….you have dreams to be accomplished! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU?", she yelled while hugging him to her tightly, her salty tears falling on his face before she started whispering.

"Please don't die…..please Naruto-kun. You can't leave me….we need you…. Hinata-chan, Kin-chan…..I need you", she said while holding his head to her chest tightly, her tears falling off her chin.

'She's crying….for me. She needs me…..everyone needs me. I can't die…..I just can't, no matter what…..I just can't. There's so much to do', the blonde thought as his oceanic blue eyes, though unnoticeable to anyone started to glow….if VERY faintly.

"Ah…..it's happening! You're close Uzumaki…..very close…..just remember to keep your loved ones close, or you'll die today", the cloaked female muttered to herself as she keenly observed Naruto.

"Damn you bastard! I've gotta help him!", yelled Kurenai in frustration as the fire queens, Kakashi and Gai continued to fight this endless onslaught by the Iwa and Suna nins with no traces of Oto anymore. The moment Kakashi had noticed Naruto's diminishing chakra levels, he knew that something was wrong with the blonde…..his health was deteriorating extremely fast. And though this was unexplainable in terms of medical science…..it was happening right in front of their eyes.

"Are the defense troops at the gates sucking these guy's dicks! How in the hell so many of these are coming here?", said Anko in frustration as Yugao had taken out her katana and was slicing through the jounins at mind boggling speeds while Kakashi and Gai too were starting to go all out.

Meanwhile Bee and Yugito too were starting to go all out…..although they still weren't going into youki mode. Temari was busy thinking as to what she could do to help the blonde in her lap.

'What do I do? He's in no condition to fight anymore…..ofcourse! I'll just take him to the hospital…..', she thought, her panicking mind not being able to consider what would normally be something very obvious. Throwing her hitai-ate away to avoid any attacks due to her Suna forehead protector, she was just about to lift a panting, burning with fever Naruto when a red head man suddenly landed a few meters away from her making her eyes widen.

"Capture…Uzumaki Naruto…kill everyone else", muttered Roshi to himself as if he was a programmed puppet, his eyes blank as the Iwa jinchuriki slowly started walking towards the pair.

'This…..should be interesting', the cloaked white haired female thought with a serious expression as she continued to observe Naruto from the roofs….miraculously no one being able to spot her presence until now.

Annnnnd CUT! Pretty awkward place to end a chapter….but oh well, though I hope that you liked this chapter ^_^ If not…..then do let me know what you didn't like. Also, a week ago I updated my profile…..in which I've added some paras about my future story projects (have only revealed two of them right now). So I just wanted your ideas on them….your suggestions, anything.

In this chapter…..I'm sure things got even more confusing for you, right? Well…..I love to keep my readers in suspense, though I hope that doesn't frustrates you. So as usual, I request you guys to be patient as everything will be explained in the future chapters. So lastly…..I hope you most of you guys review this chapter ^_^

See you next chapter my friends and take care. Adieus fellas!

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