Natsuko was scared.

She could hear the sounds of combat outside the house. She could also hear the occasional sound of a shadow clone being taken out. There were only three left in the home and she was holding on to the leg of the one that was behind the other two. All three of them were holding kunai knives and were waiting for the enemy ninja to inevitably take out the few remaining clones outside and then attempt to take Natsuko.

"I'm scared." She whimpered. The clone whose leg she was holding onto looked down at her and gently patted her head. "It's going to be alright." the clone said quietly as it gathered the other information from the clones that were being taken out. The home was surrounded by unknown forces that were taking out the clones from a distance with powerful techniques. The clones couldn't run or hide so they would do what Naruto wanted them to do. They would fight to protect his...no...their daughter. Since Naruto was the father of Natsuko and the clones were in essence a part of Naruto, they felt the same degree of concern for Natsuko and the same feeling of fatherly love for her.

The clone that Natsuko was holding on to frowned. The last of the clones outside had been taken out, leaving only the three in the home to protect Natsuko. The three remaining clones dropped into a battle formation that would allow them to best protect Natsuko. Before they could even move, two of them were hit by kunai knives that flew in through the broken windows at incredible speeds leaving only the third clone with Natsuko holding onto him.

The remaining clone looked at down at her and gently picked her up and set her down on one of the counters and moved a few things on the counter so that she would be shielded when the battle inevitably would begin.

The clone ran to the window and watched as a dark shadowy figure jumped up and landed on the outside ledge of the window. The clone began to form a small rasengan as the figure brought his fist up against the clone and sent him flying backwards. Before the clone hit the wall the clone threw a handful of kunai knives at the figure who easily dodged them. The clone vanished in a puff of smoke as it hit the wall and the figure walked into the room. "I know your in here little girl. You might as well make this easy on yourself and just show yourself," the figure called out in a mocking voice.

No answer.

The figure laughed. "You can't escape. And I know your in here. The clones who were protecting you are gone and I doubt that anyone else is going to show up in time."

"You would be wrong."

The figure quickly turned around just in time to barely dodge a strike that was aimed at his head. He was forced to jump back as two handfuls of kunai knives cut through the air where he had been a moment ago. The figure silently cursed himself. He had been overconfident and hadn't anticipated help arriving so quickly.

TenTen stepped into the light. She had two handfuls of kunai knives and was smiling darkly. Neji stepped into the light right next to her and had his byakugan activated.

"You made a big mistake when you decided to mess with the daughter of the hokage." TenTen said quietly as she threw the kunai knives at the figure who was easily able to dodge them. Although he had managed to dodge the kunai knives, in the split second that it took for him to dodge them Neji was able to got close enough to him to try and hit him using his gentle fist technique which the figure was easily able to dodge.

"Is that honestly the best you can do?" the figure taunted as the two of them regrouped in front of him. TenTen was smiling and for the life of him the figure couldn't figure out why. "What seems to be so funny?"

Neji looked behind the figure and smiled as well. "While you were dodging my attack...TenTen was able to get behind you and was able to modify the kunai knives slightly."

The figure slowly turned around and in that moment Neji was able to locate Natsuko and grab her and began to run just as the figure noticed something.

The kunai knives which had been standard issue kunai knives now had exploding tags attached to each and everyone one of them. The figure looked back quickly as TenTen and Neji who was holding Natsuko jumped out of the open window and began running.

Damnit!

The figure quickly turned towards the window and began running just as the kunai knives detonated and sent him flying through the open window and he hit the ground with a thud. Neji handed Natsuko to TenTen and then looked back at the figure who was getting back up.

"Take Natsuko to the hospital and wait for the hokage there." He said quietly as he reactivated his byakugan and watched the figure who was having a bit of trouble regaining his balance but seemed to be otherwise unharmed.

TenTen nodded and quickly took off towards the direction of the hospital and managed to disappear from sight after only a few moments. The figure turned to look in the direction that TenTen had taken before looking back at Neji.

"You two...you seem to enjoy making my life difficult." The figure said as he and Neji began to circle one another looking for possible weaknesses to exploit. "I remember how much trouble you and the other caused me during the last Shinobi war."

"You were in the last great Shinobi war?" Neji asked skeptically as he continued to study his opponent for weaknesses. There was something wrong with his opponent's chakra pathways. They seemed to be shielded somehow...he could barely what areas he could strike. "I find that hard to believe, all of Madara's followers were killed in the last war and I'm quite sure if you were on our side you wouldn't have tried to kidnap the daughter of the hokage."

"A common misconception. I wasn't one of Madara's followers. I used the war as an advantage. I formed an alliance with Madara and supplied him with troops. And in return I was promised the last of the Uchiha clan. But things didn't go as planned. Madara was defeated and Sasuke disappeared. I searched for him for years but never even found a trace of him. As a result...I sought the next best thing."

The figure threw back his hood and laughed as Neji's eyes widened. "Y-You were killed In the war! I was there when you were killed!"

The smiling face of Kabuto Yakushi looked wrong, like somehow it had been merged with something. His eyes were yellow and his skin was pale.

"As I said." Kabuto said as he made a series of handsigns, "A common misconception.

((Sorry for the long wait, Computer problems and real life have kept me from finishing earlier. I hope you enjoy the story.))