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Kabuto smiled as the rasengan formed in his opponent's hand. Naruto had played a large part in his defeat during the war and he was looking forward to finally taking his revenge. He had originally planned to simply kill his wife and steal his daughter away, but to defeat him...and than steal away his daughter would surely hurt Naruto much more. How would he feel, knowing that he wasn't strong enough to protect his family? That he simply wasn't as strong as Kabuto? Oh...he was going to enjoy this.
The rasengan continued spinning in his hand as he glared at Kabuto with barely controlled hatred. "Kabuto...there are a lot of things that I would have forgiven...but you nearly killed my wife and you tried to steal away my daughter. I can't forgive you for that. But if you give yourself up I promise you won't be put to death. You'll sit in a prison cell for the rest of your life."
A barely audible chuckle could be heard as Kabuto laughed softly. "So...I didn't manage to kill your wife eh? I'll have to fix that before I leave the village. But rest assured, I'll make sure that she dies. Slowly and painfully." Kabuto continued smiling. "I have ways of making her suffer so much that she'll beg for death."
"Take Natsuko and bring her to the hospital." Naruto told TenTen quietly. "Tell the ANBU black ops to be on guard at all entrances and exits of the village just in case he tries to run once I beat him. And make sure that the medical-nin check Hinata for poisons just in case."
TenTen took a quick look at Kabuto and than looked back at the Hokage with a worried expression on her face. "Neji tried to buy me time to get away with Natsuko. If what I suspect is true than I think that he may be badly injured."
Naruto paused for a moment and nodded his head. "Once you arrive at the hospital tell the ANBU to send a few squads out to find him. None of my friends are going to die tonight if I have anything to say about it."
Kabuto couldn't help but laugh at Naruto's words. "You assume much if you think you can beat me. It's been years since you and I fought. I'm going to assume that you have a few new tricks but I have a few new ones as well."
A very dark smile appeared on Naruto's face as Kabuto spoke. "Your right...I have learned a few new tricks since the war Kabuto. But I want to know one thing: How did you survive the war? I was there when you died and I remember watching your body being disposed of. You can either tell me now or I can beat the answers out of you."
Kabuto laughed and a very small smile appeared on his face. "Once again, your assuming quite a bit by thinking you can beat me. But I suppose I can tell you how I managed to survive the war...after all, it's a fascinating story."
Flashback
Kabuto knew that the war was as good as over. Somehow Uchiha Itachi, one of his own Edo-tensei bodies had managed to break free of his control and had somehow managed to disrupt his control over the rest of his army of Edo-tensei bodies, many of them were returning to their natural forms as he lost his control over them. He winced as he watched as the final black Zetsu clone was destroyed by Naruto.
That only left Madara. And he was slowly but surely being weakened by the unrelenting assaults by the combined forces of the five kages. He could feel his anger rising to the surface as he watched as Naruto and Killer B joined in the battle against Madara
Madara was being forced back as he used up more and more chakra as the five kages along with Naruto continued to press their attack against him. He was barely able to keep them at bay and with Zetsu now gone there was no one able to assist him. Kabuto knew that if he even came close to the battle zone he would become a target and with the way the kages were fighting against Madara he wouldn't stand a chance once they were finished with him.
He took a last look around the battlefield and saw that Sasuke was nowhere to be seen. The last time he had seen the Uchiha he had been battling alongside his brother against a group of the Edo-tensei bodies. But they were both gone now.
He had no time to try and locate them as he heard a loud, agonizing shout come from the battlefield. Kabuto watched as Killer B and the Fourth Raikage began to perform their signature move: The Double Lariat as the kages finally managed to knock him hit him hard enough to daze him for a quick second.
That second was all that Killer B and the Fourth Raikage needed.
"No!" Madara shouted as the two of them were just about to complete their attack. "I am Madara! I cannot be defeated by the likes of y-." Madara's voice cut out as the Raikage and Killer B managed to complete the attack. Madara's body hit the floor thud.
Time to make my escape before they regroup. Kabuto thought as he turned around only to see a furious pair of eyes staring at him.
"Kabuto..." Naruto said quietly as his body glowed with the power of his nine-tailed mode. "I'm going to give you one chance to surrender. If you don't, I'll turn you over to the kages."
"I'm sorry Naruto, but that's not your decision." Came a quiet voice from behind him. Naruto quickly turned around and saw Tsunade and the Raikage standing behind him. The Raikage's body was surrounded by an aura of blue chakra. Naruto could almost feel the chakra that was emanating from the two of them. Despite the fact that they had been fighting Madara only a few moments ago he could tell that they still had plenty of chakra left.
"What do you mean "It's not my decision?" Naruto asked although he already had an idea of what was going to be done.
The Raikage stepped forward. "He took sides with Madara and raised an army against us. He's guilty of killing many brave shinobi and using their bodies against us. I'm not sorry to say that he has to die. He's been one of our targets since he was found to be involved in this war."
Naruto turned around and saw that the rest of the kages had arrived at some point during the conversation. And they were nodding in agreement with the Raikage. Tsunade sighed. "I'm sorry Naruto."
Naruto looked at Kabuto's face and saw that a small flicker of uncertainty had appeared on it. Naruto didn't blame him: The Five kages had made a decision and even if he wanted to intervene it most likely wouldn't have made a difference.
The Raikage raised his fist and a blue aura of lightning chakra appeared around his fist as the rest of the Kages each raised their fists and other colored auras appeared around their fists. Kabuto looked around desperately for an escape route but there was none. He made a series of hand signs and his body was surrounded by smoke for a split second before a hand grabbed him and pulled him back. Killer Bee shook his head as he let go of Kabuto just as the kages brought their fists down on Kabuto.
Naruto looked away as the kages brought their fists down on him. But for a moment...just for a split second...he thought he sensed Kabuto's chakra aura a few feet away. He quickly turned around and saw nothing.
"It's over Naruto..." Tsuande's voice was remarkably calm for having just helped commit an execution. Naruto turned and saw Kabuto's body on the ground. It was burnt and battered by the style of execution that had been used. "He tried to escape just before the end but it didn't work."
Naruto looked down at the body as two of the allied shinobi arrived. The Raikage turned away from the body. "Take his body and burn it."
"Yes Raikage." The two shinobi said as they lifted the body and carried it towards one of the small camps that were being set up on the battlefield.
Naruto turned to look at Tsunade and shook his head. "We shouldn't have killed him. There had to be some other option."
She shook her head. "I'm sorry, but there was no other choice. You know as well as I do that he was too dangerous to capture. He could have escaped and summoned another army against us."
Naruto watched as one of the shinobi made a series of hand signs and a stream of fire shot from his mouth and engulfed Kabuto's lifeless body. Naruto turned his gaze away and looked at Tsunade once again. "At least this war is over."
Tsunade turned and looked up at the sky. The sun was setting and cheering could be heard coming from the battleground as the Raikage's booming voice proclaimed that the war was over.
But unknown to the kages and Naruto and the other forces of the shinobi alliance...There was a survivor. A single survivor who was capable of great evil.
A cloaked figure watched as the shinobi forces celebrated their victory, never knowing that he had managed to escape.
Kabuto threw back his hood and watched as the battered and burned body of the body that he had substituted as his own burned. The kages were fools. The style of execution that they had used had left the body he had substituted burned and battered beyond recognition. The best part was was that the body had been disguised as his own using a special kinjutsu. He had had the body ready just in case the kages had caught up with him and it had proven to be invaluable tool in his escape. He was lucky it had been the fool Killer B who had intervened in his escape. If it had been one of the kages who had grabbed him they may have sensed something was wrong but Killer B had been more focused on keeping him from escaping then on monitoring his chakra aura.
He pulled his cloak back around his head and turned towards the forest. One day he would return to the hidden leaf village and take his revenge. But not now...not with his current level of strength. Even though he was thought dead he wouldn't take any chances.
Flashback ends
Naruto stared at Kabuto who had a very dark smile on his face. "So..." Naruto said quietly. "You used a substitution jutsu. I thought that it was odd you didn't try to take at least one of the kages out with you. I should have realized something was wrong."
Kabuto laughed. "I've spent years perfecting my fighting skills and now I'm more than a match for you. I've learned jutsu that most people believe are only legends. Right now, I am finally your better."
Naruto's body began to glow with inner power as he tapped into the the nine-tailed fox's power. Yellow chakra began to form around him and little flickering flames of chakra appeared on him.
"Today Kabuto...I'm going to make sure the world is finally safe from you. Today I'm going to make sure my wife, my daughter and village are finally safe. Get ready." Naruto said as a blue swirling ball appeared in his hand.
Kabuto simply smiled again.
