Namikaze Naruto: True Heir of the Rikudō Sennin

New Chapter as promised, hope this is as good as the last though.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything affiliated with any other video game, anime, manga, or comic.

Chapter 5: Invasion Pt.2

Konoha

Inuzuka Clan Compound

"Gatsūga!" Came the cry of the Inuzuka matriarch, Tsume Inuzuka as she and her partner Kuromaru repelled the invasion forces from getting any further.

"Damn, these guys just keep on coming." She growled angrily.

Hana who was by her mother also growled as more Oto-nin appeared. "They don't know when to give up do they?" she asked rhetorically.

"There loyal to the end." Tsume said with another growl. "And it's pissing me off."

"I wonder if Kiba's having it any better." Hana said with a smirk while her mother also smirked.

"If anything he's finished and gone to help Naruto." Tsume said with a sigh.

"Why?" Hana asked confused.

"Naruto is meant to be fighting Sasuke, and if we're lucky, this village may still be standing tomorrow." Tsume said with another sigh. "Now let's take these bastards out."

"Gatsūga!"

Aburame Clan Compound

"Hijutsu: Mushidama!"

Bugs surrounded the Oto-nin that were attacking the compound, it was a shame they didn't realise how competent the Aburame actually were when it comes to fighting and protecting their home from invaders.

Shibi Aburame sighed soon after the bugs devoured the Oto-nin." They should have learned what happened the last they invaded." He said shaking his head.

"Shibi-Sama!" A clan member shouted. "There are some more Oto-nin to the west of the compound, we don't have many clan members at that point."

"Very well, I will take care of it at once." Shibi said before his body dissolved into bugs before leaving the area.

Hyuuga Clan Compound

"Hakkeshō Kaiten!" Oto-nin was thrown harshly from the impact off the Hyuuga's ultimate defence.

"You have indeed improved Hanabi-Chan." Hiashi said to his daughter as he was very proud of what she had accomplished at such a young age.

Hanabi turned to her father and smiled proudly. "Thank you father."

"Well come on, there are plenty more that need to be dealt with." Her father said before turning to more shinobi.

"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!"

Yamanaka Clan Compound

"Shinranshin no Jutsu!" Inoichi called out as he used his clan's jutsu to take control of an Oto0nin and force him to kill his comrades confusing them greatly.

It ended though when one of them decided to put an end to it and stabbed him in the throat with a kunai and ripped it out causing the man to gurgle on his own blood before dropping dead.

"You guys don't care about your own comrades huh?" Inoichi asked while shaking his head.

An Oto-nin looked at him and sneered. "The weak die and the strong survive!"

Inoichi chuckled and grabbed a kunai. "Then I guess this is your end!" he exclaimed as he ran forward.

Akimichi Clan Compound

"Chō Baika no Jutsu!" Choza shouted as he grew into a 30 ft. giant towering over all of his enemies, holding his hands out he slammed them down. "Chō Harite!" And just like that the Oto-nin were no more.

"Is this all Orochimaru's forces has to offer? What a joke!" Feeling something prick his large leg he looked down to see a kunai imbedded in it only making him more ticked off.

"Oh you're a dead piece of shit!" he said as he looked at the now frightened Oto-nin, the last thing he saw was a foot.

Nara clan compound

"Kagemane no Jutsu!"

Shikaku's shadow spread out from underneath shooting too some unsuspecting Oto-nin stopping them in their tracks. "These guys really should have looked up on this village to see what we can do, but instead they attack blind."

"Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu!"

The shadow started to grow up the shinobi's body forming a hand as it reached their necks before simply snapping them leaving the body to drop dead to the ground.

"And here I thought these guys would actually be a challenge." He said with a sigh before turning to more opponents. "You guys should really give up and go home.

"Kage Nui no Jutsu!"

North Gate

Naruto vs. Sasuke

Previously

'Shit what was that jutsu?' Sasuke thought to himself as he hefted a tree off of him. Stumbling back into the area black marks started to gather over his skin. "Let's take this up a notch." Sasuke pulled his arms out of the sleeves of his white shirt letting it drop around his waist as his skin turned dark grey with a black four pointed shuriken mark grew between his eyes, his sclera turned black while his eyes still kept the Sharingan, His hair lengthened without losing its style, blue venom lipstick seemed to appear on his lips, and gave him hand-shaped wings on his back

Naruto looked at Sasuke disgusted at what he'd driven himself too. "So this is the new you huh? Using Orochimaru's cursed seal to get the job done?"

Sasuke snarled at Naruto with full blown anger. "I'd do whatever it take to get revenge on Itachi, even it means giving up my soul!" He shouted angrily.

"Very well." Naruto spoke in a whisper as they shot towards each other.

And Now

Naruto and Sasuke both ran at each other full speed, Naruto using his abnormal speed that he had built up over time with the help of his Zanpakuto in all those training sessions he had in his inner world. Never mind his hollow side bringing out the potential within him.

Sasuke was running at equal speed thanks to the help of his wings that let him practically fly along the ground at Naruto. Glancing at his sword strapped on to his side he smirked. 'Maybe I'll finally be able to use you after all this time…in a real battle.'

Naruto came in at Sasuke with a kick to the face only for the raven haired young man to use his wing to block it while kicking out himself. Naruto grabbed the offending foot to which Sasuke flipped around kicking Naruto with his other foot sending him stumbling which Sasuke followed up with an upper-cut sending up higher off the ground.

Sasuke then used his wings to fly up to Naruto where he kicked him down to the ground, but instead of crashing like Sasuke wanted, Naruto flipped in mid-air and landed on his feet while sliding back slightly. "If that's all you got, then this should be a breeze." Naruto said with a smirk.

Sasuke snarled staring down at the Rinnegan user. "I've got more than you realise…Kyuubi brat." He said using one of the names that the villagers use to call him which made Naruto's gaze turn cold.

"I guess, I should take this serious then." Naruto said before he vanished from sight only appear in front of Sasuke. "No more playing around." And with hat he punched Sasuke in the stomach causing him to cough up blood, next he grabbed his arm and swung him around before letting him go making him fly into the air.

Just as Sasuke was about to gain his bearings Naruto appeared above of him and lifted his foot up before bringing it down on Sasuke's head sending him crashing to the ground making a small mushroom cloud from the impact.

"Is this the 'Great Sasuke Uchiha'? What a joke." Naruto taunted only for his widen as he watched a long pole of lightning shoot up at him, acting as quick as he could he tilted his head to the side only allowing the attack to graze his cheek, looking down he saw Sasuke stood there, not a scratch on him which made him narrow his eyes but then he saw Sasuke had his hand held up with Raiton chakra pouring from it in a stream shooting up.

"Chidori Eisō!" Sasuke said with a blank face on, the look he had gained from all of his training with Orochimaru. "You're right; it's time to stop playing games anymore."

"First time we agreed on anything." Naruto said with a smirk as he lifted his arm up to the jutsu and trailed his hand long it like it was nothing. "Hmm, an interesting jutsu, you've come a long way there Sasuke."

Sasuke smirked and swung his hand at Naruto, sideswiping him with the jutsu only for the blond to move his head back and pushing his hand out at Sasuke. "Shinra Tensei!" Sasuke and the area around him suddenly blew up in a shower of rocks and dust making him smile. 'No matter how many times I use that jutsu, I can't get enough of it.'

'Don't get cocky Naruto; I sense something different about that boy.' Ryūjin Jakka said to him through the mental link with a warning tone in his voice.

'Something strange?' Naruto questioned.

'Like you Naruto, a Zanpakuto spirit, and some sort of taint within him making him darker.'

'I see, I won't underestimate him then.'

Naruto looked down as he sensed Sasuke gathering chakra around him causing all of the smoke surrounding him was blown away, he then watched as Sasuke pulled out a white sakabato with a cross-guard looking like three lightning bolts converging at the point where they meet the blade and hilt.

Sasuke looked up at Naruto with that blank look on his face. "Tell me, how were you able to move so fast like that?"

Naruto chuckled. "It's a skill I learnt from one of my…mentors called Shunpo, it allows a person to move around at incredible speed. It takes a lot of training to build up the speed to move around fast with each step. It is this skill that allowed my father to create the Hiraishin, and what enabled me to learn it also." He said with a smirk on his face.

Sasuke still remained with the blank look on his face but inside he was nervous. 'So he does know the Hiraishin, I wasn't sure if that Bingo Book page was correct, but to know he can move as a blur, hell faster than a blur. I'll have to stop holding back and use what I learnt.'

"I see, and then I should stop holding back!" He exclaimed as he vanished with an after sound that sounded like a 'boom' with a ripple in the air. Sasuke then appeared behind Naruto kicking him in the back, because he wasn't expecting such a thing Naruto was sent across the sky before he made it look like the air had a solid ground on it by placing his hand on it and flipping up.

Sasuke smirked at seeing Naruto being sent flying until he reset himself up to his full height while looking at him. "That was my very own speed technique, Sonido, the exact same as yours in a way except when I move it leaves a booming sound. My very own Zanpakuto taught it to me." He said as he slid one hand across the blade of his sword.

Naruto stared at Sasuke in slight shock for a moment at hearing he had something similar to his speed technique. "So you do have a Zanpakuto. This makes everything all the more interested then doesn't it?" Naruto said as he unsheathed Ryūjin Jakka causing sparks of fire to flicker off of the blade as it was pulled out.

'I'll use Tensa Zangetsu if I end up in a pinch, although, if Sasuke has something akin to a hollow in him wouldn't that make him like me, or has that cursed seal infected it more?' He thought to himself with a frown.

Sasuke smirked over at Naruto as he pulled his Zanpakuto up to his face. "It's time I introduced you…say hello to Chidori."

Naruto chuckled at the name. "Chidori hmm? How ironic don't you think?" Naruto asked rhetorically before pulling his own Zanpakuto along his face showing the glint off of the edge to show the sharpness of it and Sasuke had to admit that it looked deadly considering the blade was a bit longer than his own…for now. "Say hello to Ryūjin Jakka."

Sasuke, just from hearing the name could feel the rush off of the power behind just the name. "It's time we took this up a notch then wouldn't you say?" Sasuke smirked as he cut off his cursed seal power so that he returned to normal while powering himself up causing lightning to flicker all around him. The skies above Sasuke and Naruto started to get darker as clouds formed above them with lightning streaking along growing more powerful with each second, the clouds turned midnight black before all of the lightning streaks started to shoot down around Sasuke before converging on him as he called out. "Nake, Chidori!" The lightning struck him with a powerful explosion until all smoke vanished from him revealing his Zanpakuto completely covered in lightning reminding Naruto of his own Shikai.

Naruto chuckled while powering himself up as well causing a large blast of fire to explode from out of him before moving around him as if shielding him from any outward damage. "Your right…we should take this to the next level! Banshō Issai Kaijin to Nase, Ryūjin Jakka!" Fire engulfed the Zanpakuto with such unnatural heat that the air around him started to catch fire just from the intensity while all of the trees close by were blown away while setting alight, the fire from around the katana grew and enveloped Naruto himself who seemed unfazed from the heat. The power of the release shot up into the sky parting the clouds above him revealing a blue sky which started turning red. The fire around Naruto let up as it now just travelled up his Zanpakuto wielding arm.

However because of the heat of his release, it had burnt all of the clothes off of his upper body leaving him wearing just his shoes, pants, although his trench coat had stayed on as he had placed seals on it protect it from the flames…what can he say…he liked the coat, Tensa Zangetsu was still strapped to the side of his hip as well.

Sasuke looked at display of power in awe and a bit of fear. 'Such power…is this really what actual fear feels like? Then again I've never fought someone else with a Zanpakuto. Who knows what he's actually capable of?'

"Not bad…I'm impressed." Sasuke said with a smirk as he moved in to a stance.

Naruto chuckled. "Enough talk; show me the Great Sasuke Uchiha is capable of." Naruto said as he vanished from view appearing in front of Sasuke with a downward swing only for it to be blocked by Sasuke's Zanpakuto which caused the flames to wash over Sasuke, but instead of getting burnt he was feeling the pressure of the power, acting quickly he parried the Zanpakuto.

Sasuke then stabbed forward at Naruto only for the young man to twist around the blade and backhanding the Uchiha with his free hand causing him to stumble. Naruto then aimed a strike of Ryūjin Jakka at his neck.

Thanks to his Sharingan however he could the attack giving him enough time to bend his neck back and watched as the flaming blade swiped along where his neck was before back flipping away to a safe distance. 'That was a close one; if it wasn't for my Sharingan I would have a serious neck problem.'

'Damn it!' Naruto thought in frustration. 'I guess I shouldn't have expected it to be that easy huh?'

Sasuke growled and brought his Zanpakuto back while charging it with lightning to the point that it was practically glowing with the lightning and changing the atmosphere around him. Swinging his arm forward he brought Chidori in a wide arc while shouting. "Tenjin Raiga!" A large blue electrical wave burst from Chidori and roared across the sky towards Naruto at extreme speed.

Naruto pulled back Ryūjin Jakka and focused his chakra in to it causing fire to wrap around it creating a vortex wrapped around it. "Enkō Wangetsu!" He shouted as he brought his sword around letting the crescent shaped blade of fire burst free heading straight for Sasuke's technique.

The two large attacks met halfway between the two warriors causing a large explosion that rocked the area while causing such a shockwave that it blew the two away, which was a good thing as fire and lightning were shooting off everywhere.

Getting his footing Naruto looked up to see Sasuke doing the same, holding his Zanpakuto out so that the front of the blade faced Sasuke he concentrated his fire at the front. "Raiendan!" Multiple fireballs burst from the tip of the Zanpakuto directly at Sasuke.

Sasuke barely had time to do anything as the fireballs soared towards him just after he gained his bearings, holding his Zanpakuto in front of him he called out. "Hirameku no Tate!" An oval shield of lightning appeared in front of the Zanpakuto covering both that and Sasuke as the fireballs impacted with the shield, throwing Sasuke back from the force of the explosion.

Sasuke slid along the air by using his Shinigami powers to defy gravity, he was unable to do anything however as Naruto appeared at his side kicking him in the ribs sending him crashing to the ground creating a crater.

Sasuke stood up from the crater with his clothes tattered and a couple cuts and bruises, looking at Naruto he noticed how he was barely even hurt at all. Flying back up in the sky to the same level as Naruto, he vanished in a burst of Sonido and appeared behind Naruto with a slash at his mid-section.

Naruto ducked low avoiding the sword as it passed over his hair cutting bits off, swing his legs around he aimed for Sasuke's own legs only for him to jump over them. Grasping his Zanpakuto tightly, he enveloped it in more flames making it more powerful; he stabbed up at Sasuke aiming for his chest only for the Uchiha to bend backwards avoiding the stab as it grazed his nose slightly.

Sasuke back-flipped but in the process he kicked Ryūjin Jakka which knocked it from Naruto's hands sending it crashing to the ground but still aflame. Back flipping some more he held Chidori up while gathering lightning around him causing thunderstorms all across the area. Behind Sasuke the shape of a giant eagle was being formed from the electricity being summoned. "Kaminake!" Pointing his Zanpakuto forward he order the giant eagle to attack, which it did, at speeds that would make Shunpo look slow.

Naruto who was now helpless looked up at the giant lightning eagle heading for him, and despite the situation he was in had to admit that was pretty badass technique. Thinking of a way to save him, realization hit him as he patted the left side of him where Tensa Zangetsu was nestled safely. "Looks like it's your debut today." He whispered to it with a chuckle.

Unsheathing Tensa Zangetsu a rush of power filled his being as he was granted its power. 'Amazing, and this isn't even with the hollow mask. If I would ever use Ryūjin Jakka, Tensa Zangetsu and the hollow mask…I don't want to know the possibilities…now I just have to gain Bankai…'

Already granted the knowledge of the Zanpakuto he lifted it up in a vertical angle as black energy with a red outline burst around the entire Zanpakuto like it was fire itself, swinging downward he called out. "Kuroi Getsuga!" The black energy exploded free and roared towards the eagle in a vertical blast.

As the eagle and black energy made contact they batted against each other, the Getsuga trying to break through and split the eagle in half, and the eagle trying to penetrate through the Getsuga.

Naruto seeing that the two techniques were still fighting each other dropped down to the ground without a noise and grasped Ryūjin Jakka securely and he now held his two Zanpakuto, power flowing through him like a tsunami.

Once more another explosion rocked the area, only this time the black energy covered the sky while the lightning flown around it. The explosion was so large that it actually struck the ground that Naruto was stood ripping large chunks of rock from the ground while Sasuke blown back through the ait towards the ground creating one more crater.

Sasuke stood from the crater smoking around the edges slightly, but he a smirk on his face which was annoying Naruto. "Not bad dobe, I didn't think it was possible to have two Zanpakuto's, once more you've proven me wrong." He said, although the smirk remained there.

"Where are you going with this?" Naruto asked while grasping both Zanpakuto tightly, Ryūjin Jakka alit brighter than ever, while Tensa Zangetsu had black energy flicking from it.

Sasuke chuckled while his body exploded in lightning. "It's just you have all this power and it actually amazed me you were this strong, even though we haven't truly tested our shinobi abilities. But…I have one more level I can go." He said with a more serious face.

Naruto looked in shock as Sasuke's body and Zanpakuto started to glow brighter. 'Could he have gained…Bankai? If he does, I don't know if I'll last long enough…damn it, I've been lacking too much.'

Sasuke brought his Zanpakuto up horizontally in front of his chest while he placed two fingers from his other hand on top of the blade and scratched it. "BANKAI!" A second later and the entire area was caught in an explosion of raw power shaking the village.

And Naruto was rewarded, to his horror…Sasuke with a full blown Bankai.

Part of the forest by Naruto & Sasuke

Two figures were stood in the trees watching the battle below and could not help but be impressed by how it was going considering how young they were in their Shinigami powers what was frightening however was the fact that they weren't going all out, they could sense much more power in both boys, but it was like a unlimited supply of power and potential in the Namikaze boy.

These two people had come in search of Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze because they were well aware of who he was, and what he held and wanted to strengthen him for the future ahead of him. Such as the Akatsuki which had gained much more powerful members as of late, although they didn't realise just who he was at the time.

One of the figures was a dark-skinned woman with golden-collared eyes and long purple hair, which she keeps up in a ponytail. Her standard attire consists of a backless, black sleeveless undershirt, an orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder, a large beige sash around her waist, black stretch pants and long beige wrist warmers, secured by bands, and long beige leg warmers with brown light shoes, this was Yoruichi Shihōin, amongst her comrades she had earned the name Shunshin.

She had gained her Shinigami powers at the age of 10 when her family home had been attacked by bandits killing her mother and then her father, seeing all of that had driven her into a blind rage where she killed them all effortlessly.

Since that day she had trained hard by working with her Zanpakuto almost non-stop wanting to do well in the world so other families wouldn't have to go through what she did. She had earned her Shikai and Bankai and further developed herself to the point that she could fight without the need of a Zanpakuto simply by using her extraordinary speed to kill effectively and other unique techniques she had created.

6 years ago however she had ended up in a village called Uzushiogakure and had become a part of the special ops, but she also had another job, recruiting those with Shinigami powers for the village. The Kage of the village was a kind, gentle woman but when she was in a fight, she was a cold trained shinobi with the use of her own Zanpakuto.

The reason that the Kage wanted those with Zanpakuto's to be a part of their village was because she wanted them to be trained correctly and be made sure they were on the right path with their power. Also it would bring the village back to the top ever since the Uzukage had rebuilt the country 18 years ago. She had also told her it was a way of honouring a memory of someone close to her by helping those who are different from others.

However, the Kage had gained information about a Zanpakuto user in Konoha, a village that the Kage never wanted to go back to for the pain it caused her for just being there.

Now though, she had found the long lost son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, her Uzukage. At first she was going to go straight back to Kushina to tell her the news but if word got out so easily that the two were related at this time, then all hell would break lose, the kid already had Akatsuki breathing down his neck, and now Orochimaru and Sasuke Uchiha were after him too.

While looking up information on the heir of the Namikaze and Uzumaki she had found out that four years ago the young man had been banished from the village for not bringing the last Uchiha back. Ever since then he travelled the countries, meeting and training with the Raikage, becoming friends with the two Jinchuriki there. Getting the affection of the Mizukage, never mind the fact he was best friends with the Kazekage.

And all the while on this journey he had ended up becoming an S-Rank shinobi by simply training to his heart's content. As she had watched him fight though she had noticed him having two Zanpakuto's and couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by their power, he truly was his father's and mother's son.

She also noticed something off about his chakra that it was tainted slightly, and she knew just what it was, his inner hollow. They already had some people with an inner hollow at Uzushiogakure and unlike some countries, they treated them with respect for their power and the fact they can actually tame the beast. Hell, they had a special group for them called The Vizards, they were similar to Kirigakure's Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu, only they were hoping for more than just seven members.

But unlike the others she had met and worked with, Naruto's inner hollow seemed more at peace, as if it was one with Naruto, which she thought could be possible if they worked together but what reason would one do that? Unless it knew about Naruto's troubles and then it may do it to survive, either way she would find out eventually.

What she had planned to do though is to train the young man, teach him everything she knew so that he would be safer in the world, with being her Kages' son; she saw it as some way to repay her for giving her a life, a place to feel at peace and a place to call home. She could teach him what she knew so that when he faced Akatsuki he would be ready, especially with its additional forces.

She just had to wait for this battle to finish, and then she can approach him when she thinks he's ready.

The other person beside her would pass off as a Nara any day; he has wavy, shoulder-length dark brown hair that he keeps unkempt and parted down the middle. He also has a faded goatee.. He wears a white jacket outlined in black, though altered with the collar upturned. A black sash is worn in a manner similar to a matador around his waist. He wears white gloves. He has the number '1' as tattoo on the back of his left hand, which he conceals with his glove. This was Coyote Stark.

He was different from an person who used a Zanpakuto, well now he was. He was what was called an Arrancar, much like a Vizard only in the way that they each had an inner hollow.

Years ago, he and a bunch of other Zanpakuto wielding people were captured by the Snake Sannin, Orochimaru. He had found out that all those people are special as they contained an inner hollow, which to him sounded like his curse seal. So after some experimentation with them, the curse seal and god only knows what, all the Shinigami hybrids had eventually had the inner hollow become so merged with hem that became a completely different kind with strange abilities.

Eventually they had all broken out but some of them had become so tainted with the power that they had become evil and gone to work for Akatsuki believing they would gain more power.

Unlike normal Zanpakuto wielders, they did not have Shikai or Bankai, but rather something called Resurrección that allowed them to become more like their inner hollow and much more powerful.

However there were some like him who still retained most of his humanity and, believe it or not ended up in Uzushiogakure, where he would partner up with a Vizard, seeing as they work best together as they are more alike than anyone else.

But right now at the present…

He too had been surprised to see his Kages' long lost son who she thought had died, right here, fit and healthy and looking more like his father every day. He too like Yoruichi felt the need to teach the boy all the information needed about the hollow side as he could feel it clear as day within the boy, and that it had merged with him, working with him in sync making him the perfect Vizard/Arrancar hybrid ever.

"What should we do?" Yoruichi asked her partner.

Stark sighed and leaned back against a tree. "For now…we wait, we can't exactly take him out of the village. We need to approach him carefully and explain everything to him."

Yoruichi gave a nod in agreement before looking back at him. "Should we tell him about his mother?" She asked in concern.

"No." Stark said with a shake of his head. "Not straight away anyway, we will approach him in about two weeks, that should give him enough time to get what he needs doing after this battle, I can tell he hasn't achieved Bankai yet, but he isn't far off it."

"What if we can't approach him by then?" She asked knowing that a life like Naruto's anything could happen.

"We inform the Uzukage about what we have learned. No doubt when she finds out she will want to see him, but at the same time be scared. For all we know he believes his mother abandoned him, he knows of his father being dead, but there was no body to prove Uzumaki-Sama was dead, just that she had disappeared. That's why he needs to be told of everything, he may get angry, but then he may be happy."

Yoruichi sighed; sometimes this job was too much of a hassle. "Two weeks?"

"Two weeks." Stark confirmed.

Kagura vs. Raiga Kurosuki

Previously

"Don't tell me that's all you got?" Kagura asked/exclaimed with a feral grin at seeing her handiwork.

All of a sudden the building exploded outwards blowing everything off of it as Raiga stepped out with chakra and lightning shooting out of him. He then placed the hilts of his swords together and started spinning them at high velocity speed before he shouted. "Raigeki no Yoroi!" What happened next shocked her as every single bit of him was cased in blue lightning, not leaving an opening.

"Well shit, that wasn't supposed to happen." She muttered before the lightning cove red man charged at her. "It's time I kicked your ass for good you overgrown light bulb!" She exclaimed as she ran at him full on.

And Now

Swinging her Zanpakuto at the lightning encased man, nothing happened as her scythe was bounced off of the shell which made her wide-eyed as nothing had been able to block her Zanpakuto before. Raiga swung his swords at Kagura which flung her back as she tried to block leading up to being thrown across the battle field.

Flipping up Kagura stabbed her Zanpakuto in to the ground while flying through hand seals and called out. "Fūton: Kyo Tatsumaki Kaimetsu no Jutsu!" A tornado of gigantic proportions formed out of thin air which started to rip buildings apart from around her and was sent soaring toward Raiga while destroying everything in its path.

Raiga seeing the attack simply smirked before he sunk into the ground vanishing from view which put Kagura on edge slightly not know where he went. A couple seconds later Raiga burst up from the ground in front of Kagura causing her to jump back just missing being cut down by both swords.

"You're quick…for a girl." Raiga said tauntingly.

"Yup, you should ask my boyfriend." She said with a smirk on her face while thoughts ran wild within her mind.

"I will after I kill you!" he shouted as he charged forward bring his two swords down on her while she brought she scythe up to block while create black lightning around it to counter his lightning.

Kagura knocked Raiga away and brought her Zanpakuto down on him as hard as she could while gathering black lightning around the blade which only caused it to spark against his defence. Gathering more lightning she called out at point blank range. "Kuroi Kaminari Kuresento-Ha!" Black lightning exploded from the blade which was in direct contact with Raiga and blew them both away while a mushroom cloud formed from the intense explosion.

Picking herself off of the ground, or rather the small crater she was blown into, she looked up to see that Raiga was still in the same place but she could easily tell he was injured as the lightning armour was fluctuating slightly while his breathing was haggard.

Going through hand seals Kagura called out. "Kurisutaru Getsuei no Genkaku!" All of a sudden the area turned into a sky-lit area which confused Raiga as he started to look around while the lights were blinding him slightly.

'What the hell? Genjutsu!' Placing his hands in a sign he called out. "Kai!" Nothing. 'What the…?'

Kagura seeing Raiga looking confused pout his hand in a seal and whispered. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Five clones poofed into existence around her before going towards Raiga but making sure he couldn't see them all.

One of the clones ran at Raiga and aimed at his neck with the Zanpakuto only for him to block at the last second with one of his swords. Brining his foot around he kicked the clones in the ribs causing her to tumble. "Ha! Not so tough now are ya bitch!"

"Who are you talking to?" Another clone asked from behind Raiga who looked around in shock to see Kagura stood there, looking back he saw nothing. 'What the hell is going on?'

The clone of Kagura went through hand seals before calling out. "Fūton: Hanachiri Mai!" Petals suddenly formed out of thin air before forming a cyclone which she sent at Raiga who tried to block it only for the petals to break through the lightning armour and cut him thank to the wind.

Stopping the attack she poofed away before Raiga could see when another Kagura clone appeared on the other side of Raiga. "Fūton: Kazekiri!" An invisible blade of wind cut at Raiga's back which caused him to stumble forward before spinning around just after she poofed out of existence.

The fourth clone appeared to his side and struck with her Zanpakuto repeatedly causing him to falter in his guard each time as the lights from all around him before she shot a wave of lightning from her Zanpakuto at him that allowed her to disappear.

"What the hell is going on here?" 'It can't be Genjutsu, I'm actually getting hurt…but then what the hell is with that butch appearing everywhere and these lights?'

"Shinku Getsuei no Orori!" The remaining Kagura clone spun her Zanpakuto to create five tornado's and fired them at Raiga as they started to cut him even through the lightning armour before it started to flicker even more.

The real Kagura ran at Raiga with her hand held out and chakra gathering within it. "Here a little trick Naruto-Kun taught me for pricks like you!" Getting closer she slammed the attack into his chest. "Rasengan!" The chakra ball screeched as it grinded against the lightning armour as the armour started to banish until it was no more allowing Kagura to push the jutsu into his stomach which ripped it apart from the rotation power of the ball before sending him flying into a house and out of the other side.

"ARGGHHHHH!"

Jumping from building to building to get higher she jumped off of the last one and swung her Zanpakuto down at the body. "Kuroi Kaminari Kuresento-Ha!" Kagura sent down a crescent wave of black lightning causing an explosion on impact.

As the after math vanished, it shown Raiga's body had been destroyed and his swords had been broken up as well. "Well good riddance, he was starting to piss me the hell off." Before she could say anything else an explosion of power rocked the village to his core, looking at the epicentre she noticed it was the direction of Naruto and Sasuke.

"That bastard better still be alive or I'll go to the afterlife just to kick his ass." She said as she rushed in that direction.

Kurenai vs. Tayuya

Previously

Opening her yes everything started to come into focus when she felt the katana in her hand, all the information seemed to flood her mind as she grasped the Zanpakuto it tightly before bringing it up to her face and whispered. "Kudakero, Kyōka Suigetsu!" (Shatter, Mirror Flower, Water Moon)

Time resumed as normal as the blades of wind flew at Kurenai at ripped through her causing her limbs to be blown off, organs to be ripped to shreds and blood to be poured all over the place.

Sighing Tayuya shut her eyes. "I'm sorry." She whispered to herself until she heard footsteps behind her, turning around she saw Kurenai stood there with her Zanpakuto, completely unharmed.

"Sorry about what?"

Now

"How? I just fucking ripped you to shreds." Tayuya said in shock at seeing a perfectly unharmed Kurenai in front of her with a smirk on her face.

"You can say I owe it all to my own Zanpakuto." She said lifting her Zanpakuto up while it faced downwards. "Kudakero, Kyōka Suigetsu!" The next thing Tayuya saw was the dead body of Kurenai shatter like glass making her realise it never happened, it only made it seem like it did.

"How the fuck did that work?" Tayuya exclaimed n shock.

"It controls the five senses to the point that it can make the target misinterpret another person's form, shape, mass, feel and smell to be that of the enemy. The initiation condition for the hypnosis is to show the enemy the release of Kyōka Suigetsu. After seeing it just once, that person will completely succumb to the hypnosis. Just like a Genjutsu that can't be broken, or seen through."

"Whoa." Tayuya said in shock at such an ability.

"Now. Why did you say you're sorry? Weren't you ordered to kill by Orochimaru just like everyone else?" Kurenai asked.

"It's got nothing to do with you." The red head said as she raised her Tachikaze still in its Shikai form, swinging it at Kurenai with some slashes, some more long blades of wind flew along the ground ripping it all apart as it was sent to Kurenai.

Kurenai however just lifted her Zanpakuto up blocking all the blades from even touching her and watched in satisfaction as they vanished while Tayuya stood dumbstruck.

"I told you…" Kurenai paused for a second as she reappeared behind Tayuya. "…I can control all of your senses no matter what." A second later multiple cuts formed all over Tayuya causing her to gasp in shock even as they started healing themselves because of her Shinigami powers.

"Damn…bitch!" She exclaimed as she swung her fist around aiming it at Kurenai, a glowing chakra ball grew at the end of her fist that was holding her Zanpakuto sized dagger. Powering up some more she let it go and watched as it flew at Kurenai blowing the area up forming a crater.

"You need to work on your anger issues." Kurenai said from a good distance away from Tayuya. "Now tell me why did you say sorry after you thought you killed me?"

Tayuya sighed and lowered her head. "Because I don't want to kill people for no reason, hell the only reason I'm with Orochimaru right now is because I have no-where to go whatsoever. I thought that when I gained my Zanpakuto I would have the power to kill him, to get free once and for all, I was delusional. Ever since I left for dead four years ago because of that lazy bastard and the Suna bitch I knew the place I could ever go was Oto." Tayuya explained with a downcast expression ready to be killed.

"I see." Kurenai said while thinking that Tayuya may be willing to join Konoha, or rather join Naruto., as that is where she belonged.

"Kill me." Tayuya mumbled.

"What?" Kurenai asked in shock.

"I said kill me!" Tayuya shouted in hopelessness.

"No." Kurenai told her.

"What?" Tayuya asked with a confused look.

"I won't kill you. Not when you could do so much in the world still." The rave haired woman answered.

"What the hell're you talking about?" Tayuya asked confused.

"How would you like to join Naruto?" Kurenai asked the red head.

Tayuya arched an eyebrow at that, of course she knew who he was, hell he could most likely kill Orochimaru on his own, and being offered something like that sounded too good to be true. She also knew that Naruto was one of the good guys out there that would do his best to help his friends in need no matter what and always be there for them.

"Why?" Tayuya asked confused.

"Naruto won't always be in this village, he will eventually leave to go make his own village or start a group. He needs people with him for that and I know you need someone you like to depend on, knowing that someone would always watch your back." Kurenai explained.

Tayuya thought about it and had to admit it was a good offer. "What if he doesn't want me?" She asked trying to ease her fears of being abandoned.

Kurenai chuckled and sheathed her Zanpakuto. "Naruto would never abandon anyone who needs help." She said reassuringly.

Tayuya sighed and returned her Zanpakuto to its sealed state and sheathed it. "Fine, I'll join."

Kurenai smiled gently and gave a nod. "God then le…" She was unable to say anything when they heard a large explosion and the village rocked like there was an earthquake, looking at where it was coming from Kurenai's eyes widened. "Oh no, that's where Naruto-Kun is! Come on!" She shouted as she and Tayuya ran towards Naruto's location.

East Gate

Tsunade & Jiraiya vs. Orochimaru

Manda slithered along the ground towards Gamabunta while Orochimaru was stood on top of his head acting like some sort of god. As Manda got close he opened his mouth revealing fangs with venom dripping off of them, as he was about to bite down on Gamabunta he was intercepted by the chief toads dagger while It held its ground.

Jiraiya ran along Gamabunta's head and dove off heading for Manda's head where Orochimaru was stood looking over everything. As Jiraiya landed he rushed at Orochimaru and sent a kick at him only for the man to backflip out of the way.

"Come on Jiraiya, surely you can do better than that." The snake Sannin taunted.

"Zesshi Nensan!"

Both Sannin had to apply more chakra to their feet to stay on Manda as it move at high speed to dodge the acid attack that Katsuyu had shot at Manda which only impacted the ground melting it completely.

Jiraiya barely had time to move as a kunai whizzed past his face almost cutting his cheek, spinning around he reached his hand out and caught Orochimaru's wrist as he was about to stab Jiraiya with another kunai.

Jiraiya then pulled down on Orochimaru yanking him down where face met knee in a brutal attack that left Orochimaru dazed for a second before a fist made contact with his face sending him rolling down the large snake.

Jiraiya flipped off of the snake back to Gamabunta as Tsunade landed on Manda in his place with a heel drop. "Tsūtenkyaku!" As soon as Tsunade's heel made contact with Manda's head, it was sent to the ground in a large explosion where the back of his tail flipped up flinging Orochimaru away towards Jiraiya who started to go throw hand seals. "Katon: Endan!" Jiraiya blew a large amount of fire making it look like a flamethrower as it made contact with Orochimaru; however to the toad Sannin's annoyance Orochimaru turned to mud.

"Damn snake." Jiraiya growled annoyance shown on his face.

Gamabunta seeing the situation Manda was in lifted his dagger up and brought it down its head pinning it to the ground. "Now stay there while I skin you alive." Gamabunta said with what looked like a grin.

"'Bunta! Give me some oil to finish the snake off!" Jiraiya told the boss toad who have a nod before doing a hand seal.

"Gamayudan!" Gamabunta's cheeks bulged out before shooting a large quantity of oil at snakes while Jiraiya called out his own jutsu.

"Katon: Endan!" He shouted as he shot stream of fire from his mouth down onto the oil.

Both jutsu's merge and shot towards the snake with a wide span of fire that would most likely kill it instantly, if another voice didn't shout out… "Kuchiyose: Rashōmon!" A large demonic gate shot up from the ground blocking the fire/oil combination jutsu from reaching Manda, much to the giant snakes' relief.

Orochimaru then appeared in front of Jiraiya with the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, Jiraiya was just in time to duck under the stab from Orochimaru and was then saved as Tsunade appeared behind the snake charmer kicking him off of Gamabunta down to the ground.

"Phew, that was close." Jiraiya said standing up with Tsunade's help.

"You can pay me back later." Tsunade said with a smirk.

A second later Manda was dispelled because of the dagger still in its head as it was stopping him from doing anything. Jiraiya looked down at Gamabunta and said. "You can go now 'Bunta."

Gamabunta looked up at him and grunted. "Fine, just take care of the snake bastard this time." He said before vanishing leaving the two Sannin to drop the ground.

Tsunade looked over at Katsuyu. "You can go as well, thanks." She said with a nod.

Katsuyu seemed to bow before. "Very well Tsunade-Sama." A second later she was gone.

Jiraiya looked over at Tsunade and shook his head. "Why the hell cant Gamabunta treat me with respect?" He asked himself which Tsunade smirked at.

"I hear he's nice with Naruto." She said with a chuckle at seeing Jiraiya with a tick mark.

Both Sannin then looked over to Orochimaru when a large explosion shook the village, all three looked at the point of origin when they realised where it was coming from.

Orochimaru looked at his two ex-teammates when he suddenly got a stabbing pain through his chest. "Well, Tsunade, Jiraiya, looks like we'll end this for now." He said before running off in the direction of the explosion.

"Oh no you don't you bastard." Jiraiya said as both Sannin chased after him.

'Naruto you had better be all right.' Tsunade thought with worry.

Team 8, Temari and Sakura

All of them were running towards Naruto and Sasuke location when a bright light blinded them until the explosion came that almost knocked them off of their feet.

"What the hell was that?" Kiba exclaimed.

"It's Sasuke; chakra is exploding out of him." Hinata said as she used her Byakugan.

"We gotta hurry, Naruto may be in danger." Temari said with some worry.

"Right lets go, that's some crazy power." Sakura said as they all sped up.

West Gate

Kakashi, Team Gai, Team 10, Kankurō and Guren

As the large group was running towards where Naruto and Sasuke were fighting they could see explosions every now again and from the distance they were it wasn't hard to realise that they weren't playing around.

But they all came to a stop when the entire village shook from what felt like raw power.

"What the hell was that?" Ino asked while looking around.

"I have no idea but look." Shikamaru said pointing in the distance of them where Naruto and Sasuke were.

The sky was pretty much lit up with lightning while smoke covered the entire place and some sort of blue glowing was lighting up the forest.

"What the hell has happened over there?" Kankurō asked not expecting an answer.

"Is that the place you said is the person like me?" Guren asked Team 10.

"Yeah, and if you're lucky you may see how much he's like you, jutsu wise the lot." Ino said with a smirk.

"It seems like Naruto-San is having a bit of trouble dealing with Sasuke." Neji said with a frown.

"Wouldn't we get in the way if we meet up with him?" Chouji asked.

"I don't know…but we gotta move quick if we want Naruto to come back safe." Tenten said with a grim expression, everyone else shared the same look as well.

"Right! Everyone lets go, full speed!" Gai shouted as they all shot off.

Forest Outside of Konoha

Naruto vs. Sasuke

"You have got to be shitting me!" Naruto exclaimed over the explosion that practically blinded him, as the light from the power outage started to diminish he lowered his arm which had covered his eyes only see what looked like a sphere of black chakra and lightning.

Konoha & Sand Trio nin

It was at this point that everyone had finally arrived only to stare in shock at the site of the battle ground as it looked like a war had taken place, and to think it was only two people that had caused such damage.

"My god, can you imagine what would have happened if they fought in the village?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya in shock.

"I don't even want to know." He said with a grim expression at the image.

"Naruto's still holding back…a lot." Kagura said with a frown while everyone stared in shock.

"What? why? How?" Kurenai exclaimed in shock.

"I think Naruto has been testing him this whole time to see what he was capable of, and by his expression on his face, I take he didn't expect things to got his far, or for Sasuke to have such power." Kagura said with the frown still in place. 'That's Bankai without a doubt, but I didn't realise Sasuke had a Zanpakuto. This may be harder than we first thought.

"Man, Naruto's still the troublesome blond he always was." Shikamaru said with a sigh.

"Shouldn't we help him?" Tayuya asked who was stood by Kurenai.

"Aren't you the enemy?" Sakura asked confused.

"That doesn't matter right now but no she isn't." Kurenai said speaking up for Tayuya much to her shock

"Either way if we do help we'll get in the way. The best teamwork we can offer right now is to stay away." Kakashi said while watching intensely.

"Naruto must do this alone." Gaara spoke as he appeared by the group startling them. "This is Naruto's test for himself, to see how much he has improved against Sasuke." He spoke as if from experience.

With Orochimaru & Kabuto

"What should we do Orochimaru-Sama?" Kabuto asked while he held Orochimaru's arm around his neck keeping him up.

Orochimaru frowned at seeing such power coming from Sasuke never knowing he had such a thing. "For now we wait, it may get interesting."

With Naruto and Sasuke

The sphere of black chakra and lightning started to crack a clawed hand punched through it, and then another and the legs came through one at a time before Sasuke stood there in his new appearance he now had lightning claws on his hands and feet, a tail and a purple energy wolf-like form over his body with black lightning flickering around him. In his right hand was his Zanpakuto still enveloped lightning.

"Juu Chidori!" Sasuke said with a smirk at feeling his new power. "How does it feel Naruto, to be in the presence of someone with more power than you?" He asked rhetorically.

Naruto however answered anyway. "I'll tell you when it happens."

Sasuke growled and shot forward at Naruto at speeds Naruto didn't know existed, he barely had enough time to block a claw at his face by putting Tensa Zangetsu there to block it which still pushed him across the ground.

Sasuke then swung his Zanpakuto at Naruto free spot but thanks to Naruto's own speed he managed to block it with Ryūjin Jakka which now left Naruto frontal area free which Sasuke smirked at, bringing his right foot up he kicked Naruto full force sending him flying through trees before chasing after him.

Sasuke chased into the trees after Naruto as he was still lifted off of the ground he slide underneath him and kicked him upwards into the sky where he pushed off of the ground to chase after him. Upon reaching him he kicked him back down to the ground causing a tremor in the earth. "Is this what the great Namikaze can do? You're pathetic Naruto, a disgrace to your father and mother! You're father and mother would roll over in their grave if they saw how pathetic and weak you are now!" He shouted down at Naruto.

Konoha nin

"Oh crap!" Kagura said while backing up.

"What?" Tsunade asked confused.

"There are a lot of things you can say to Naruto and not get him pissed…but the last guy who insulted his parents…well, I couldn't find a speck of ash left after Naruto was done." She said a grimace, she was bloodthirsty but what Naruto had done had made her look tame.

"This is gonna get more dangerous huh?" Kiba asked with a small smirk.

With Naruto and Sasuke

Where Naruto stood a blast of black chakra was blown to sky pushing away all dust surrounding him showing him stood there looking down with energy pouring out of him in waves. Grasping Ryūjin Jakka, he returned it to its sealed stated before re-sheathing it. Taking off his trench coat he threw it over to where the Konoha nins were situated. Stabbing Tensa Zangetsu into the ground he crossed his arms in a cross formation while bent slightly, glyphs started to glow all over his body as he yelled out.

"Gravity Seal: Release!" The glyphs on his body flashed a moment as everyone felt a gush of wind flow in to past them before more intricate glyphs appeared over Naruto once more.

"Chakra Restriction Seal: Release!" This time a large concentration of chakra burst free of Naruto allowing everyone to feel the pressure it was outputting and the power it was emitting.

Standing back up fully he grasped Tensa Zangetsu as black energy started to wrap around it, strengthening the blade by adding his Kuroi Getsuga to it without release it. By doing this it maximises the power of the Zanpakuto by enforcing it with such dense chakra.

Naruto looked up to see Sasuke staring down at him with a smug smile on his face. "People can call me the dobe, the dropout, hell even a demon and I won't let it bother me. But when someone decides to insult my family or friends, that's where I deice that the line has been crossed. And considering your own families legacy…" Naruto simply vanished from the spot, no sound, not even movement from the grass or mud on the floor to even show he moved, but the next moment he was up in the sky in front of Sasuke. "…You have no right to disgrace my family's name!" He shouted as he swung his Zanpakuto down on Sasuke who tried to block it only to feel the added strength from it.

Naruto grinned behind the flickers of black chakra coming off of the blade and to Sasuke horror, he spoke. "Kuroi Getsuga!" Before Sasuke could even blink a large amount or black and red chakra burst free from the blade that had been stored up and slammed right into him forcing a cry of pain out of his throat as he was slammed back into the ground destroying a good portion of the forest in the one attack while the aftershock blew everyone away that had been watching while he simply floated up in the air looking down with a calmed anger.

Naruto held his right hand downwards, his left hand holding his wrist as a blue ball of fire swarmed around it, converging on the palm. "Hadō #33 Sōkatsui!" The ball of fire burst from his hand, shooting down to Sasuke like an arrow, eventually reaching its target it struck the ground blowing everything up.

On instinct he brought Tensa Zangetsu up behind him to block a strike from Sasuke who had appeared with his Chidori in a downward swing. "You're getting slow Sasuke-Chan." Naruto taunted as he flipped over a leg kick that came from his clawed foot.

Sasuke then used his tail to grab Naruto by the foot and swung him around before letting him fly across the sky. Gathering black lighting in his Zanpakuto he pulled back to build up a swing and swung forward with a roar. "Tenjin Raiga!" The black lightning roared from the Zanpakuto on a bee-line with Naruto.

Naruto flipped in mid-air to see the lightning crescent soaring towards him, swinging his Zanpakuto he fired off another Kuroi Getsuga to intercept Sasuke's technique. Both met eventually causing a large explosion blowing the both back a bit.

Naruto straightened himself up and looked at Sasuke and for the first time since he landed an attack he noticed a scar had formed along his chest from his attack before. "Is this all you're Bankai has to offer? What a joke, and here I was all hyped up I'll finally face someone with Bankai." Naruto said with a mock pout on his face.

Sasuke growled as his black wolf-cloak started to darken more with his anger while turning more feral. "Shut up Namikaze! You haven't seen anything yet!" Sasuke shouted in fury.

Sasuke started to increase the output of his Zanpakuto rapidly causing it to shoot off small shots of electricity, lifting it up he pointed the tip to the sky which shot a single lightning bolt that pierced the clouds and ripped the sky open. "Tenraidenkou!" A gigantic lightning bolt of which Naruto had never seen before broke through from the heaven sand shot down on his position, which was right above everyone down below.

"Shit! This isn't good, I can't move or everyone will die!" He exclaimed angrily.

Sasuke seeing his predicament laughed. "Ha! What will you do Naruto? Sacrifice yourself and save everyone? Or let them die like the worthless dogs they are?" He shouted down to him.

Naruto sighed and let go of his Zanpakuto letting it drop down to the ground sticking in with the hilt sticking towards the sky. Holding up his hands he shouted. "Shinra Tensei!" And the lightning bolt struck him, but thanks to the jutsu he was able to hold it for a few seconds until it put strain on him forcing him down to the ground.

Now on the ground with his hands still held up, sweat started to trickle down his forehead from the strain of the jutsu while his nose started to bleed. 'Damn…this is tougher than I first thought It would be…'

Looking behind him he noticed everyone staring at him in shock, awe and worry. "EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM HERE NOW!"

"What? Naruto we can help!" Kurenai shouted as she grasped her Zanpakuto in its sheathe.

Naruto shook his head. "YOU CAN'T, THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS! WHEN THIS EXPLODES ANY SECOND, YOU LOT WILL BE IN THE BLAST RADIUS NOW GO!" He shouted with desperation in his voice as more sweat trickled down his face.

"FINE! BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOU I'M BRINGING YOU BACK JUST TO KICK YOU ASS!" Kagura shouted which brought a smile to his face as he watched the entire group run off. "I hope you do love." He said with a chuckle.

The next second his whole world turned white as the technique blew up destroying everything.

With the Konoha nin

They had just stopped outside of the forest which was close to the North Gate which sin surprising since that was where they started off their fight. Now they were just waiting for any sign that Naruto would survive.

"Do you think he'll be alright?" Temari asked with worry.

Tsunade sighed as she looked at the forest with expectation. "The brat had better be, I'm not losing him just yet." She said with another sigh.

"You and me both." Kurenai said with a smirk more confident in herself since her meeting with her Zanpakuto.

"I don't know how that gaki has got you woman wrapped his finger." Jiraiya said with a shake of his head.

Kagura chuckled with a grin on her face. "The fact that he's a Viking in the sack helps." She said causing some of the woman there to drool and blush.

Guren and Tayuya felt like the odd ones out in the conversation, after seeing what Naruto was capable of doing and the lengths he would go for his people they had decided that they would stay with the leaf, or more specifically Naruto.

Just then the forest lit up in a black flash of light as the entire ground shook from its power, the only way they stood up is because of using chakra in their feet. Looking up they noticed how lightning seemed to be pouring over the explosion.

"Holy shit." Ino exclaimed.

"Nicely put." Kankurō said with a smirk.

"How the hell could Naruto withstand that?" Sakura asked in shock.

"He has tougher skin than normal people." Kagura said while looking on in worry.

"What do you mean?" Hinata asked.

"Ever since Naruto has gained his Zanpakuto he had become much stronger, and as he grew stronger, his skin also became tough to the point that a normal kunai would practically bounce off of him. He can take more damage than people realise, hell sometime I even forget." She said with a chuckle.

Just then the bushes started to rustle, all of them got on guard for whoever would come out only to see Naruto, in his clothes he had left on which left him shirtless, Ryūjin Jakka was strapped to his right while Tensa Zangetsu was in his left hand. His skin had scorch marks, his forehead was bleeding and he had numerous cuts on him with blood dribbling out of each.

"They got away." He said before his eyes rolled in the back of his head and fell forward.

"Naruto!" Kagura shouted as she ran at him to catch him.

Tsunade came over a second later and placed her hands over his body running a scan as her hands turned green. "He's ok, just unconscious. He's extremely worn out though; all of that fighting must have really taken it out of him. We need to get him to the hospital." Tsunade told everyone as they started back to the village.

With Yoruichi and Stark

"He's much stronger than I first thought." Stark said with respect.

They had just watched the entire fight since the Konoha nin had gotten there and were very impressed with the blonde with being able to keep up with a Bankai, even if Sasuke was holding back, most likely because Orochimaru was there.

"Did you see just before the lightning exploded?" Yoruichi asked him with a serious face.

And he had, he had watched the boy, no, young man pull on his hollow mask at the last second by relinquishing one of his hands which caused the explosion in the end.

"Yes, he has control over it, that's a good thing anyway." Stark mentioned as he watched Naruto being carried away with the girls worrying over him.

"Come on, we better hurry. We have places to be." Yoruichi said with a frown as she wanted to see more the blonde.

"Right." Stark agreed before the both simply vanished.

The Next Day

Konoha was on its way to recovery from all of the damage is had sustained from the last invasion. Shinobi of all ranks had been working 24/7 doing what they could to help with the repairs that certain parts of the village had taken most damage due to the main fights that had taken place. Never mind the mostly destroyed forest which Yamato had to rebuild using his Mokuton jutsu.

Gaara and his siblings had taken their shinobi back the Suna as they needed to prepare their own village for any future invasions as they knew with Akatsuki still around that anything is possible.

Guren and Tayuya had been taken to the ANBU jail cells without the resisting as they knew this would happen, but they had wanted to speak to Naruto when he woke up which Tsunade had said she would make it happen.

Kurenai, Yugao and Anko had gone home to rest since they live in the same apartment as since they work together so much they found it easier to live together if something important came up. Kurenai had told them she now had her own Zanpakuto and it revolved around illusions which didn't surprise the two kunoichi, although Anko felt slightly jealous that her friends had Zanpakuto and she didn't.

Team 8, 10 and Gai had all gone back to their clan compounds to help with the repairs that would no doubt need doing; well Tenten and Lee had to go to their home as they didn't have a clan to go back to.

Sakura had gone with Tsunade back to the hospital to start with the healing that would need doing for the shinobi that got injured in the invasion. While Jiraiya also went to the hospital just to make sure Naruto had been alright and checking up on Tsunade knowing she was worried for Naruto despite him not being in danger.

Kagura though hadn't left Naruto's side for a moment; she had slept on his hospital bed while he remained unconscious as she didn't want to leave him yet after just thinking he may have died in the explosion from Sasuke's attack.

But Naruto hadn't woken up at all.

Until now…

Hospital

Naruto's Room

Ringed violet-grey eyes groggily opened ever so slowly as they were blinded by the light from outside. Opening them fully now adjusted he noticed one thing about the room he was in…white…every fucking thing was white.

"The hospital." Naruto spat out in hate.

What caught his attention next though was a yawn and some shifting on top of him, looking down he was greeted to the sight of red hair. "Kagura?" He asked himself not expecting an answer.

"Mhmm." She said as she stretched on top off of him unknowingly pressing her breasts into him making him groan. Looking up she saw the Rinnegan staring back at her. "Naruto-Kun!" She shouted as she hugged him tightly. "I thought that Sasuke was going to kill you when he launched that attack a you!"

Naruto chuckled as he hugged her back while stroking her hair. "You know I'm tougher than that." He said with a joke. "And you know I'll never leave you, there's too much for me to do here."

Kagura pulled back before laying one of the most passionate kisses on his lips that left him breathless, before she smacked his head. "Don't ever run off and fight such a dangerous battle ever again, you make me worry too damn much." She said with a smile.

Naruto chuckled as he pulled back also. "No promises I'm afraid." He said with a smirk.

Kagura looked up at Naruto with a confused look. "How did you actually survive that attack from Sasuke anyway?"

Naruto sighed and looked up at her. "I told you all about my inner hollow thing right?" He asked her and received a nod. "Well in the last moment as I saw it was going to explode, I brought out my hollow mask which makes me stronger so that it helped to defend me against the attack." He said making Kagura chuckle. "What?" He asked confused.

Kagura just shook her head. "Saved by a mask, what has this world come to?" She asked rhetorically while Naruto also chuckled. Kagura just chuckled and shook her head. "Well what's going to happen now?" She asked him.

"Well I got a letter from Mei the other she needed help training the new Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu." He said with a smile while she raised an eyebrow.

"So we're going to Kiri then? When?" She asked.

"We're not going anywhere." He said making her looked confused. "You're going to go." He said making her wide-eyed for a moment.

"What? Why me?" She asked looking puzzled.

"Because you'd be the best at teaching some people how to use Zanpakuto's" he said making her looked shocked again. "Yeah, apparently they all have Zanpakuto's and the only one who can do vigorous training is you, besides you cans care any guy, they will learn better from you." He said with a voice full of confidence, confidence in her, in her ability.

Kagura sighed and gave a nod of her head. "Fine, I'll get going soon but Tsunade wanted to see you about the two sound nin who want to speak with you." She told him causing the boy to raise an eyebrow.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "I'll see her later. For now I'm busy." He finished with a mischievous grin that actually turned Kagura on.

"Oh really? Doing what?" She asked innocently while trailing her finger nails across his chest.

Naruto chuckled and pulled her against him. "I think you know!" The next thing Kagura knew was that she was underneath him. "

"Now you're talking my language!" Laughed Kagura while hoping that the hospital staff doesn't hear them…

…then again getting caught is kinky.

Later

Tsunade' Office

Tsunade was sitting behind her desk waiting for Naruto, she had heard he had woken up a few hours ago and other than being low on his chakra he was perfectly healthy which if she was honest with herself, completely stunned her.

From what she saw of his and Sasuke's battle would have let any normal person in hospital for days, and if you're unlucky, you may never leave the hospital. When she thought about the blondes strength though she realised how much he had been holding back in the tests.

Despite everything though, she hadn't felt more proud of him before by becoming so strong…and yet in some way she knew he would face people stronger than him out there and it was worrying.

A second later the opened revealing a fresh Naruto who now in his battle clothes with his twin Zanpakuto's at his waists. "Kagura said you needed me?" He asked as he sat down in front of her.

"Yes I did something has come up…by the way where is Kagura." She asked, and it was a good question too as the blonde and red head or as she liked to dub them 'Chibi Minato' and 'Chibi Kushina', well they were always together.

"I had to send her to Kiri, the Mei Terumi, the Mizukage had asked for me or her to help train her new swordsmen and she's more suited for teaching, I can't scare men like the way she does." He said with a shiver at the end which brought a smile on her face.

"I see, that's fine. Anyway we have two people from sound, one called Guren and another called Tayuya, no surnames." She said reading them off a piece of paperwork that laid in front of her. "They wanted to speak with you, something about joining you." She said with a smirk.

"Joining me?" He asked confused.

"Yes. Tayuya has a Zanpakuto like yourself and knows the only one who can give her the proper training in them is you…and she says that being with you, fighting the good fight will give her a home." She paused as she saw Naruto thinking over it, possibly thinking over the possibilities of having someone else with him, of course he had thought of creating a group or possibly his own village. Giving a nod to Tsunade she carried on. "Guren, is basically in the same boat, she has a unique bloodline called the Shōton and she knows your capable of using this element, she also feels the same way as Tayuya."

Naruto thought about her for a moment if it was true and she could use that element she would be extremely helpful with working with him, while he could use the jutsu's for it, he never had the full capabilities of it, and partnering up with someone who does, well…the possibilities were endless.

Naruto gave a nod and said. "I'll see them tomorrow, for now I need some rest. What cells are they in?" Tsunade gave a nod and wrote the cell numbers down before handing it to him which he pocketed. "Thanks, but for now I need sleep." He said as he stood up.

Before he could get to the door though Tsunade stopped him. "Naruto." Naruto turned around to see the smiling face of Tsunade. "I'm proud of the man you have become, your parents would be proud."

Naruto smiled at her gratefully, that comment by Sasuke had cut deep where he honestly wondered if they would be ashamed of him or not. "Thank you Tsunade, that means a lot." He said with a smile before he left.

Just another busy for Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze

To Be Continued

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