Chapter 13: the long awaited return
A/N: okay so this title…refers to both the fact that I disappeared for 3 weeks because I got writers block, laziness, and well then busyness. BUT ALAS I AM BACK. For a chapter or two, before I get lazy again. (so probably 5 or 6 chapters I hope.) But the other is well, no that's spoilers. Sooo see ya later ;)

"We don't wanna fight you. Where are Naruto and his accomplice?" Tsunade said addressing me it becoming apparent that I was the leader of the two man squad.

"Oh, them?" I growl back. "They left days ago, not that you'd know. Or be able to track them. You're kind of stuck." I said a smirk appearing on my face from behind my mask.

"Yes, what kind of barrier is it" Tsunade said looking at Onoki who nodded and walking behind then and I felt charge begin to charge up. I pushed my foot outward a signal to watch him. Fu ran behind to watch him. I heard a flurry of movement and took that as my cue to throw off my mask. And not a moment too soon, as soon as mine went up hers followed.

"Like I'd tell you the secrets of my family" I growled at Tsunade my smirk fading. Her gaze changed from anger and confidence to wavering fear and astonishment. Ay's face remained stone cold, Mei's face remained calm. No one but Tsunade knew that I was, well me. "Fu, report." I growled, my response was short and it made me angry.

"Dust style. I barely managed to stop it. Onoki appears to be more powerful than the reports stated." She replied quickly and flipped over them to land next to me her hood still up, same as mine.

"Tsunade who are these two brats, blue eyes and orange." Ay says in his loud gruff voice.

"Th-th-He's-" Was all Tsunade could get out before they all looked at her Onoki having come back after Fu left, they all saw the astonishment, fear and pain in her eyes and then looked back at Fu and I.

"Thank you for the introduction Tsunade." I said coldly walking up Fu keeping a close walk to me.

"Who are you, brat" Ay shouted at me as I approached.

"Why I'm the one you've been looking for. Uzumaki Naruto" I said plainly flipping my hood down and my cold smiles deepening. "This is my fiancée, Fu." I said waving my arm back at her as she took her hood off. "Now let's have a proper battle." I said smiling less coldly throwing off my cloak as Fu does the same. We fell into our usual sparring stances but together this time not against each other. The Kage just stared. I suppose the other shinobi did as well but I wasn't paying attention. I was focused on taking out these 5 first. I watched them not making any hasty movements. Tsunade was standing there, no movement from her. She didn't seem to be a problem. Onoki was flying above again. Ay in front of Tsunade, Mei on one side, Gaara on the other. This was going to be hard. And I had to rely on more than just my senses this time. I saw Gaara's sand slithering slowly around the side of the wall. He was a Jinchuuriki, like Fu and I, I needed to be weary of his strength which had no doubt increased 10 fold since our last encounter. I looked back at Fu. "Together" I whispered and ran towards the group of 5 with Fu on my heels… As soon as we began running Gaara's sand started moving faster than a snail's pace it started to wrap around us quickly I shook my head. We jumped not a moment too soon. I flick my gaze downward and see Gaara now actively moving the sand. I see that Mei is the only other one to have moved she created a lava pit for us to land on. My face returned to a neutral expression and I closed my eyes for a split second and let my body get taken over by Kyuubi chakra, in its evil incarnation. It would allow me some protection from the lava I lashed out a tail for Fu to use as a stepping stone and she flung herself over the Kage landing behind them, my view of her obscured and I had a mini panic attack. I lost control for a second and when I came back all the Kage's were smashed on the ground bleeding from severe wounds except Gaara who was panting but was pushed aside. The chakra receded and I pelted to Fu. She was staring awe struck.

"I…I've never seen so much destructive force….from you or otherwise." She whispered as I ran up. I felt sand wrap around my foot and fling my headfirst into the lava and I could feel it and I groaned in pain.
I felt and icy wind began to cover me and I saw myself freezing over. And saw Fu staring on with horror before she was quickly encased in sand. I couldn't fathom this. HOW HAD WE LOST! I growled just before I completely froze….time passed could have been seconds minutes or hours. But I burst out of the ice the Kage's were still trying to figure a way out of the seal and they whipped around.

"SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT BATTLE FIELD FOR ME TO STOP MESSING AROUND IN NOW THAT I HAVE NOTHING LEFT!" I yelled at them looking out at the sand that had encased Fu. A sealing mark on it. They all follow my gaze and sorrow fills Gaara and Tsunade's gaze. Ay's gaze softens and Mei looks away. I feel myself shaking. "I…" I start to begin to give up hope of saving her and just losing myself. My partner of many years… I…I had grown to love her, and she'd grown up so much since I'd first met her. I had been standing there so long I felt my body pent up with anger, feeling the nature chakra swarming to me. The anger, the rage, pain, anguish, all the death, I felt it all rushing into me supplying my sage mode. I felt a tear begin to leave my face. Something reached me, Fu's chakra, she was still alive! I felt my pulse quicken and my body shiver relishing the knowledge she still lived.

D-don't ever g-give up.

I stood up even taller Fu's voice emanating in my ears. I began to glare and I nodded. I won't give up. Not now not ever. I closed my eyes and let the shivers continue when I opened my eyes the kage took a step back. My eyes were probably scaring them. I was channeling both Kurama and Sage chakra's. I let a golden red cloak envelope me and I shook my head briefly streaks of blue slowly lining the back and 3 tails coming from behind me. A mix of my chakra, Sage and Kurama's chakra, I had 1 tail for each. I stepped forward and felt a rumble in the earth. I smiled, I liked this feeling, I felt very menacing and powerful. I took more steps forward the Kage slowly stepping backward. I glared again and sped towards them almost flickering out of existence by simple movement. I threw a punch but it got redirected by sand. Gaara was used to this type of speed. Or speed similar to it I suppose. I punched the barrier and it collapsed. Crap! The Kage smiled and ran away Gaara not even bothering with the sealed pyramid. I immediately ran over and ripped of the seal and flipped away blasting a biju bomb into it making the top blow off and it started deforming until I could see Fu's body. I ran up towards her. I put my ear to her heart beat. It was still beating I felt my heart soar. It was faint but it was still working. I started crying and the whole shinobi alliance watched me tear up as I tried to bring her back from near death. Finally she started coughing out sound and I smiled and she looked at me weakly.

"You….you didn't give up…on me" she whispered and I shook my head.
"Never" I replied hoarsely tears streaking down my face. she smiled and raised her arm and whipped my tears away.
"Tears don't fit you…Naruto-kun" she whispers letting her arm drop a smile etching into her face.
"You can't…die Fu." I whine.
"….No…I can't…but if you don't protect me…I'll die." She says before looking over at the other. "GAARA STOP WITH THE ACT" Gaara's eyes widened and he sighed and came over and I stood up tears in my eyes ready to kill him.

"Stand down Naruto." He whispers as the other Kage and shinobi stare at Gaara and I and Fu.

"WHY YOU'RE WITH THEM NOT ME!" I shout in his face acting like a brat.

"No…I never was…..And neither is he" Gaara says pointing behind him and I look back to see Sasuke running towards me from a different angle.

"You look poor dobe…Sorry Naruto; I know this is hard on you. I wish I could come with more than just myself. But no one else is worthy… of being at your side when they've done nothing but criticize you for the last years. Since after you left even. He closes his eyes and opens them the eternal Mangekyo activated. "lets… fight them" He says turning his gaze filled with a few tears towards the shinobi.

"No…" I say

"What why?!" Sasuke and Gaara say together.
"But I thought the point of this was to resist caputure!" Sasuke shouted at me.

"It is. And I will do that myself. I want you to watch Fu, and make sure she lives, and then if she's capable of joining take her into battle but only if she stays at your side." I say quietly. They stop in their attempt to respond and just stare at me and watch me walk out my cloak intensifying. "I just want your luck"

"Good luck" they wish me quietly. I nod acknowledging that I've heard them. And I walk out into the middle of the alliance they all surround me in a circle but move aside when I walk past.

"I AM NARUTO UZUMAKI! YOU WANT ME TO RETURN TO MY VILLAGE AFTER THE YEARS OF BANISHMENT DESPITE THEM BEING UP AND I AM NOT CONSIDERED ROUGE DESPITE THE COUNTLESS SHINOBI DEATHS I HAVE CAUSED. FINE IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WISH. THEN LET'S GO!" I project my voice and the shinobi all look around trying to find permission. I here Ay's voice respond giving the attack order and they all rush at me. Well Kurama, old pal, it's time to play at that old game… I flashed my tails out in all directions doing and spiral and knocking out row after row of fodder chunnin. I kept this up running towards the position of the Jonin and Kage. I heard gasps of horror as two fists emerged from the front and I began to punch more out of the way leaving their insides not fatally injured but at the very least bruised. I needed to make this believable if I was going to pull this off. I ran towards tem defeating every shinobi in my path until I came to the 4 Kage and I was surrounded by 7 others that I couldn't for the life of me shake off no matter how many times I bashed them backward. I stopped and panted they watched me icily.

"Is this all you've got? You defeated every ninja in the 5 nations except the rookie 9 of the hidden leaf, the Jinchuuriki, and the 4 Kages." [A/N: excluding Naruto and Sasuke because they're technically both rouge right now] Ay asks me. I nod and look backward noticing 9 other shinobi emerging from the rubble unscathed and now I watch them approach.

"It is not wise to take your eyes off your opponent" Onoki began and I looked behind me feeling the dust began to seep to him. I flipped myself in the air as he continued. "But I supposed it's hard to when you have enemies on all sides" he says blasting his dust particle technique right where I was a split second before. I landed not surrounded and I jumped back again to ensure the rookie 9 couldn't surround me. I stared at my adversaries. 9 Chunnin or above nin, who were at a Jonin level at their basic techniques at the very least. Then I had 6 I had no knowledge of. Considering that Ay said Jinchuuriki I supposed these were them. [A/N: Remember that Isobu is in a lake] and then the 4 remaining Kage. They wouldn't be a challenge in the slightest to figure out how to dodge. I was worried about the Jinchuuriki more than the rookies. I watched them for their first movements restoring my nature chakra. All at once I saw the Rookie 9 and Tsunade fly and me at blinding speeds. I side stepped Tsunade punching her but all that happened was she skidded back 10 feet. The other Nine had taken a hold and I was in a shadow possession and felt Ino's mind transfer trying to penetrate me I closed my eyes and breathed and Kurama pushed her spirit away leaving her body uninhabited I pulled away and let Kurama's will override Shikamaru's to the point where I was running while in possession without him moving trying to hold me. He tried to use stitching but I was moving too quickly at this point and reach him and slashed him with extended claws. He screamed in pain as he flew backward his jutsu releasing not harming me at all. I looked over at Ino and Saw Choji step protectively over her and more out of instinct and nature chakra then sight I dodged backwards as I felt two fists coming at me. One Tsunade's, the other Sakura's they collided and pained screeches filled the air. Their hands broke together, completely shattering their bones all the way up to their shoulder. I shrugged and looked at them.

"Don't try to take me on with strength; it'll take skills to do that." I said before jumping to dodge Neji's 64 palm technique Landing behind him and tripping him. He started a rotation as he fell and I made a Giant rasengan quietly while pushing it down into it until his rotation collapsed and the rasengan smashed into Neji. I quickly subsided it because my goal wasn't death. I jumped away and looked at Tsunade. Her arm was fine and she was healing up Sakura. Their medics of course, Ino too, I would need to take them out so I need to make it look believable I raced at them forcing them apart slashing Sakura's face and cutting deeply into her wrists leaving them severely cut and making her useless. I whipped around smacking her into Onoki who screamed as his back got cracked and he fell with Sakura. I sighed; I'd have to apologize later. I followed Tsunade's flight path and slashed into her back and split her skull enough so her brain is showing completely knocking her out. I whipped around and looked at my final Opponents. Hinata, Choji, Ino, Shino, Kiba, Lee, and Tenten, I would aim for Tenten, then Ino then Choji. I nodded happy with this plan and bum rushed Tenten, she smiled clearly glad to fight and released dozens of shuriken and other weapons. I swatted them aside with my tail and seeing that the other shinobi had to dodge them made me smile. The 3 remaining Kage (including Onoki who'd gotten up finally) were watching in awe as I whipped the floor with these team mates with ease. I got up to Tenten and choked her till she passed and throw then threw her into the side of a building for safe keeping. "Now, whose next?" I said and Choji, of course charged me, despite Lee's shouts and protests to wait. I side stepped his human expansion bolder and walked up to Ino as she came too. She started whimpering now that I was over her.

"N-N-Naruto…T-This isn't you" She said quietly begging to my reason

"You haven't know me ever Ino, don't try and talk sense." I said snapping at her smacking her sideways with my tail.

"INO!" Choji shouted out running toward her but I quickly choked him and threw him through several tress and he landed in the water. He would resurface before he drowned. Now that he's out of the way I walked towards Ino.

"N-Naruto…Please!" I heard a scream and I flipped around to see Hinata on her knees crying. I sighed looked down my guard falling and I got kicked hard by Ino.

"Nice distraction Hinata!" Kiba said admiringly. That made me angry, it wasn't a distraction it was out of heart felt feeling. I felt a shiver go down my body as I got back up I stared Ino down and she looked physically afraid I could also see into her soul. She wanted to turn away but my gaze paralyzed her. I ran up to her and threw her toward the Kage making a huge dent she probably passed out from not being able to deal with the pain. I turned to Kiba and watched him icily for a moment.

"That was heart felt, she…feels strongly for me" I said looking down and Kiba opened his mouth to respond but Hinata replied faster.

"You're right Naruto-kun. I love you and that's heart felt. Why can't you just give up and come back to the village. PLEASE!" she shouted crying again. I sighed and looked down and Kiba took that as a sign to attack I slipped under him and Akamaru head-butting them.

"You wanna play with beasts you little fuck, then wait till I have to use mine." He lay there panting the wind knocked out of him his dog wheezing. I didn't want to even hurt Akamaru. I looked towards my remaining opponents. Lee, Shino, Hinata, Kiba, and…shit is that really all my god they need to improve. I walked away from Kiba but heard growling.

"Don't…walk away from a fight…right Naruto?!" He said getting up brushes off the dust and a huge smile on his face. I stared at him astonished and I felt a rush of confidence, my foe's had grown up. But had they grown up enough. I watched them briefly before I felt lee's presence.

"LEAF HURRICANE" He said as he came down on my cheek, but he missed I disappeared behind him.

"I learned much from training. Lee." I said pushing him down into the ground a wheeze leaving his body I spun around and hit his spine feeling it crack I stopped my attack spinning to look at Kiba.

"You want next or should I challenge bug boy!" I heard the bugs before I saw them. I felt them start to crawl on me and I let out a burst of chakra which killed all that were on or inside me. I sighed and looked at Shino. "Do better" I said rushing him he let his bugs attack me swarming towards me trying to get a clear shot but I cut the large amount of bugs away from me with a long samurai sword now displaying red chakra every time it got too close. When I reach Shino he stared at me calmly as I stabbed the guy in the guts. He dissipated a clone. I threw my blade behind me and heard it hit is mark. Blood spewed on the ground and he fell over, the attacker beaten and my sword all the way through his gut. I sighed and walked over to him whispering quietly. "I hope it doesn't end like this. You don't need to die Shino… but you got caught in the cross fire." I said walking away taking my blade from his stomach. I looked sideways and saw Gaara nod Sasuke smiling approvingly and Fu resting peacefully. I heard a loud yell and I ducked avoid Ay's punch by a hair.

"I'm DONE WAITING!"

"p-please wait sir" Hinata asked quietly. "i…I know why he's doing this"

"What why" Ay replied staring at her. Big mistake I punched him in the face making him land next to her.

"Because I want to be left ALONE" I growled

"No Naruto…that's not it. I can see the sadness in your movements…I watched you train when you were younger I…." she falters and blushes "You're body moves with sadness, there with Shino. You didn't wish to kill him, but you felt no other choice that to sedate him to avoid further battle. You want to come home. But you want to prove you can live on your own first." I stared at her and started shivering and there was silence. Gaara's eyes widened.

"…." I wouldn't respond I turned away from her whipping tears away I turned back to Kiba and felt rage flow. "I hate you. You better have treated this girl right" I shouted charging at him my body leaving the ground mid run and I bashed into him turning into a fox. [A/N: Like in manga/anime now not like the full thing. He's not that op not yet] he went flying out of view Akamaru yelping in the process taking a large chunk of the hit for Kiba. They both wouldn't be back before we got this over with. The fox faded and I turned around. The only person who was left was Hinata and she had fallen into a battle stance.

"If I must fight and die at your hands for you to come home. Then I will, but I will prove my love to you through this battle." I fell to my knees and started crying. The Kages and Jinchuuriki's took this opportunity to surround me. All of them at the ready. I stared up at the basking sun and waited. When it seems they could wait no long they closed in with their guard down and I pushed them all back making them go flying. I sighed and assumed the pose of a sage and used the thousand hands technique to push the Kage's and all but 1 on the Jinchuuriki back.

"Yo~" the 8 tails Jinchuuriki said

"If you're going to rap shut up. I don't have time for this" I growled leaping at him. He dodged and smiled. I growled and leap again.

"You will never beat me, the quite amazing Bee WEEEEEE while your heart is consumed by darkness and my shrouded by like you can't win." He said slowly getting serious before fighting me pushing me back and I felt a gentle fist come back and my heart slowed and I saw Gaara and Sasuke look at me surprised Fu got up and started running toward me and shot a biju dama at Hinata but only managed to get it deflected by the 8 tails I got up and started shaking I felt a power arise.

"My other side has reformed, are you ready to assume. Full power." Kurama asked me

"Yes." I replied quickly before assuming the 9 tails form and making octopus meat out of the 8 tails. I grabbed his tentacle and flipped him over and bit into his neck causing bleeding he tried to get back up but I sealed him in place and bee reverted form the injury I caused by Kurama to be less severe but still life threatening. I shrunk and my heart stopped almost completely I feel to the ground. All but one enemy.. Had been defeated. Why couldn't I defeat Hinata? She used to be so…Gentle. I passed out not able to stay awake any longer. I woke up what felt like seconds later with Hinata leaning over me the area completely destroyed. Shakaku and Chomei had lost control and gone on a rampage killing thousands of before they could control themselves again and came back. I looked at Hinata blankly.

"why are you the one…enemy I can't beat" I spoke quietly

"because…In your heart…I'm not your enemy, only your mind." She responded softly I stared at her for a minute until it connected and I smiled looked over and seeing Sasuke walking towards me he tilted his head asking if he should kill Hinata. Everyone was still down but all were injured but awake.

"did…did we win" Lee said still in pain from his back being broken but I had injected his body with some of Kurama's charka to fix it. I stared blankly.

"Lee, You neither won nor lost. There was nothing to be gained from this. You would have gotten me back either…either way." I sighed and looked at Hinata.

"I'm not your enemy" she sobbed and leaned over me. I sighed and felt Jiraiya's spirit looking over me and shaking his head. I sighed and laid myself out.

"I'm a complete. Fucking. Failure." I said they all looked at me in shock. "take me and my fiancée..home"

"Naruto…she's heavy injuried…she might not make it." I immediately woke up and bolted to her side and laid my head on her chest feeling her faint heart beat I willed every ounce of healing chakra I had left into her. Sakura and Tsunade were both tending to her despite being wounded.

"I hear you're coming home"

"That's…the plan" I chuckled

"What changed your mind"

"Hinata…Partially"

"I see. And what of her" Tsunade responded her arm in front of Sakura who insured that she was safe but Sakura looked like she wanted to murder me. I sighed and looked down at her.

"We never had a relationship going on. The fiancée thing was a ploy. I may marry her…I may not." I said my eyesight fading before I fell next to her. Next thing I knew I woke up. In A hospital bed holding Fu's hand. She was sleeping in a chair next to me. When I looked at the date I realized 2 months had gone by.

"Oh Naruto You're awake!" Tsunade said just coming in. "It's been two months!"

"how long has she been out of treatment" I asked

"at least a month, but she hasn't let your side for a moment. She will not even leave for food or bathroom. She's been waiting on you to wake up." I smiled That's dedication…I supposed Shadow clones can always fix the problem though….

"I'll wait for her to get up" I said and like magic she woke up and groaned looking at Tsunade.

"How is he today doctor?" she asked Tsunade still a bit blurry eyed.

"He's awake." She replied bluntly. Fu quickly looked over at me watching her and she started grinning and sobbing and she jumped up and hugged me got on my bed and hugged me. "She wouldn't let you and her be separated even in the ER we had to do treatments together. Somehow I think your tailed beasts won't let you to be separated now. I nod and hug Fu back feeling happy to have her back then I think of Hinata and I feel a pang of sadness….I can't marry Hinata…I just can't I sighed and look at her. And push her slightly.

"Get off me ya great big lump!" I say loudly yet happily. She starts blushing and gets off me and I stand up and get on one knee and she opens her eyes wide and Tsunade's mouth drops. "Fu…Will you officially…Marry me?"

"Yes yes yes oh yesss yes I will!" she says bouncing up and down pulling me up and hugging me tightly I smile even if it's a bit painful I'm glad she's happy. Just then Hinata walks in and Fu turns around. "Hinataaa look what Naruto gave me!" she spoke happily showing off a ring that I had kept in a seal. I saw Hinata's mood go from perky to dead in 2 seconds flat. I wanted to tell Fu but she was too happy.

"Th-that's great!" Hinata said her voice sounding more happy than her eyes told me she was. I sighed.

"Can I go out to eat with my fiancée and my friends?" I asked Tsunade

"yes, you can but you're having a big party tonight, bbq pork Choji insisted, the rookie 11 and I are coming, yes Rookie 11 , you're back as well as Sasuke. And Yes Gaara is coming as well. Fu is more than welcome to join us." She replied happily walking off and I quickly got dressed and walked out with Fu happily skipping beside me and Hinata dragging her feet behind us.

A/N: Okay I hope that makes up for the lack of a chapter for a while… this took me several hours to write between drama with my now ex-girlfriend and her friend and so on and so forth. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, sorry for the long wait. I will be looking to give you another chapter by tomorrow (Monday) But we'll see. Considering how much shit goes on with me on a day to day basis. Welp R&R as usual and I'm out!