Review Responses:

Not Eiseah: Well that was...enlightening. Made me laugh pretty hard though! As for the next book, hopefully the start won't be rushed like this one haha.

meee: Okay I may kill of some important people but Naruto? I would ne...okay I would most likely never kill him off. Also thanks for the 'nice chapter'. Hope you keep on reading and enjoy! Also I hope to see you as a reviewer for the next book too!

For the second time in one day, Ohnoki was forced to use his Particle Style to cut through the Reaper's ranks. The forces of Iwa had been engaged for the past 4 hours now and things were already looking bad. Ohnoki's forces had suffered 10,000 casualties while taking on the first was of enemy soldiers consisting of the 30,000 mercenaries and about 40,000 samurai. Even though there was no shinobi in the forces the first wave was made up of, the sheer numbers alone had allowed them to make such a dent in Ohnoki's army. During the whole battle Ohnoki refused to be anywhere but the front lines. It had motivated and now they were finishing off the remnants of the attack. With the Rock's forces down by 10,000, Ohnoki couldn't help but grudgingly admire the samurai's impressive use of chakra enhanced swords. Now he watched as the Reaper's entire army emerged over the hill just out of range for jutsu. He saw a flurry of activity before 20,000 samurai emerged at he front of his lines and, to Ohnoki's horror, released a shower of arrows. He heard several calls of jutsus behind him when a massive dome encased the army. Ohnoki's smirk was quickly wiped off his face when he felt a spray of blood on the side of his face. He slowly turned his head and his fears were confirmed by the sight of Akatsuchi grabbing at the arrow protruding from his throat. He heard Kurotsuchi gasp and pulled Ohnoki down...all the way underground. When she finally let him surface he felt infuriated. He seen 5,000 more bodies with several arrows in each.

"How...how did the arrows get through?" He looked at the arrow he had picked up and his gaze settled on the arrowhead. It was made out of chakra conducting metal. Ohnoki turned to see the samurai preparing another volley of arrows. He realized that he had only a few seconds before he lost several thousand more men. He had two impossibly bad choices: stay here and get cut down in a matter of minutes or charge head on into the enemy forces with everything they had. It would be the one and only fight to decide the fate of the Rock. He made the hardest decision of his life with all of one word: "Charge!"

The Reaper chuckled to himself as the ninja of Iwa charged forward, fully prepared to make this the first and last major fight for the Hidden Rock Village.

"So naive." He turned to the two figures behind him. He looked over the one to the right of him and motioned for him to step forward.

"I want you to take the rest of the sword-wielding samurai and charge their advancing forces. Just buy me some time to complete the full summon then you can retreat. I have a feeling that they haven't forgotten about you." The man bowed and turned to disappear into the ranks. The Reaper was thoroughly impressed by the jutsu he developed. Like the Reanimation jutsu the affected person is able to regenerate, has unlimited chakra, and retains their memories. Unlike the Reanimation jutsu, those memories don't matter. The only thing that matters is that the orders they're given are carried through, even if they hurt the ones they love. At this point the man had re-emerged from the army with the samurai in tow. He waved two fingers forward and the samurai silently carried out the order to charge. As the two forces closed in on each other the shinobi began to go through hand signs and prepared their jutsu as fhe samurai ran chakra through their swords. The archers released another volley but Ohnoki refused to look back, to stop moving. When the two forces were in range of ninja tools, the shinobi quickly capitalized on the fact and a wall of blades met the approaching samurai head on. The man leading the samurai sent his own kunai at Ohnoki, only to have Kurotsuchi leap in the way, taking the kunai to the shoulder where it was deeply embedded. The man suddenly appeared in front of Kurotsuchi and slammed a rasengan into her chest hard enough to nearly rip through her.

"Well Ohnoki, long time no see." The man's blue eyes locked onto Ohnoki's. He shook his head in disbelief, a bad move due to thefact that a samurai was just about to cut him in half only to be stopped by the man's outstretched hand. "No. The Fence Sitter is mine. Ever since we met on thd battlefield, i lookex forward to this day. This fight IS destined. Only now the outcome is to be decided." A loud roar erupted from the throats of the shinobi who attempted to attack the blue eyed man, only to be stopped by the samurai forces forming a massive circle around the duo. The two combatants gazed at each other until Ohnoki finally spoke.

"Your right. This fight is destined. Whoever wins here will see your son anyways, Minato." Minato just smiled and drew a kunai.

"I look forward to it." The two opponents charged. Kage versus former Kage.

Naruto was livid. The Reaper had the audacity to attack now?! He was going to teach that bastard a lesson! He began to pace and finally kicked the chair out of the window in his rage. He threw open the door and marched past several concerned shinobi. Naruto knew he looked both pissed and determined. He also knew that he never wanted it to come to this. Peace was a fleeting goal, only achievable by those willing to persue it in what would likely be a never-ending chase. He, however, was one of those people. He marched out onto the roof and activated a voice projection jutsu.

"People of Konoha, i have never been very good at planned speeches so I'm going to make this short. I have always promised you peace and yet an enemy has arose that threatens the very foundation of the ninja way. He has swept two countries away and has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Now he threatens our allies in Iwa. Well I say no more! So I ask of you, ninja of Konoha and Suna, to join forces and march to meet this enemy on the field of battle. I will not force anyone to go but if need be, I will help Iwa myself. Anyone who wishes to join me will meet at the front gate in one hour." He deactivated the jutsu and turned to get ready.

One way or another, Naruto Uzumaki was going to war. Now it was up to the rest of the Leaf and Sand to either join him or stay out of his way.

The Reaper was extremely concentrated on the seal inching it's way across the ground. Due to the extreme difficulty of this summon, he had to slowly guide the formation of the sealing kanji. This was a more perfect form of his summon and it needed all of his concentration to perform. The red sealing scripture spread and the tip of the 5 meter long kanji began to extend, slowly, into a circle.

It was almost complete.

Ohnoki struggled to breathe as the hand tightened around his throat. He saw the blue sky before he felt an incredible pain shoot through his back. The ground cratered as Minato slammed Ohnoki into the ground. Minato twisted around and attempted to slam a rasengan into Ohnoki's body only to be meet by a stone fist to the face. The Stone Golem Ohnoki created put itself between the former Fourth Hokage and the current Tsuchikage. Minato wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth and threw a kunai between the Golem's legs before he ran forward. He slid under one fist before jumping to do a front flip onto the next one. He ran up the arm and slammed a rasengan threw it's face. Ohnoki took advantage of Minato's fight to use his Particle Style.

"Good bye Minato Namikaze." He fired the beam at the golem causing it to disintegrate.

"Yes good bye is right." Ohnoki looked down, eyes wide, to see the swirling blue orb rising to meet him.

'Damn...'

The circle of kanji was finally complete. The Reaper looked up to see a massive explosion. He casually noticdd that only Minato was left fighting out of the 20'000 that he had sent and shrugged. They served as a means to an end and that end was this jutsu. He sunk his five fingers into the ground before he slowly pulled a pillar of black stone with red lines etched into it.

"Reaper Summoning Style: Halls of the Shinigami!"

The pillars intricate lines began to pull outwards to reveal that the black stone was a locking mechanism. With that removed the ground began to swirl in a whirlpool of rock and dirt. Thousands of hands began to crawl over the edge to recieve their commands.

The dead were now his to command.

"Finish this fight. Now!" He summoned his massive sword and held it forward in the universal 'charge' sign. He summoned his Chakra armor and rushed forward. This was going to be a slaughter that he refused to miss. That is until an army of Rykugas crashed into the rear of the charge.

'Shit!'

"GIVE ME THE REAPER!"

Naruto gazed over his forces in awe. Over 120,000 shinobi of the Sand and Leaf stood before him. Even the samurai army of the Fire Daimyo was there bring his army count to an unbelievable 300,000 soldiers! His friends were all around him with Sakura's right arm looped through his left and Gaara standing to his right. He grudgingly let go of his wife's arm and turned to look at the three children behind him. Team 7 refused to be left behind and now they would see the horrors of war. He gave his son a sad grin but he vowed to keep them safe. He turned back to the army before saying 4 simple words. 4 words that would make or break the shinobi world.

"Let's go to war!"

AN: The first book is rapidly approaching it's finish. Iwa now must face an army of the resurrected and Rykuga has joined the fray. Please leave a review of your favorite part and/or any suggestions. Enjoy!