Welcome all to another chapter. Sorry for the long wait but I had this chapter done for a while now but since I'm a trucker now I can rarely get internet access on the road which sux. Anyways, onto the next chapter.
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Root HQ
Inside the massive coliseum, where bodies were littered all over the place, two individuals were clashing with each other at blazing speed. Both using highly sharp weapons as well as advanced forms or taijutsu.
Naruto quickly ducked under a thrust thrown at him by Danzo's sword only to get kneed in the fast and kicked back. Although Naruto was younger, the old man seemed to keep up with such voracity it did not matter.
After being kicked back, Naruto rights himself and calms down before going through several hand signs. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!"
Danzo jumped back before doing his own hand signs and said, " Fuuton: Shinko Gyoku! (Vacuum Sphere)"
Several orbs or air broke through Naruto's own tech and forced him to duck before getting hit. "Heh, seems like you are not the only one that can use strong wind attacks boy." Danzo said trying to get a rise out of Naruto though failed to do so.
Naruto only stood up and charged back at Danzo with his Bo staff at the ready. He thrust the tip of his staff turned spear with wind chakra at Danzo's stomach though missed as he danced around the staff. Naruto quickly tried to capitalize on his movement with a quick kick to the ribs. However, it was predicted and blocked. Naruto tried to bring his staff back around for a upward slash but was forced to retreat at Danzo's wind blade quickly struck forward at his chest.
Naruto made his retreat only to get back into the fray for another round of taijutsu with the old man. Kick for kick and blow for blow was countered due to the effectivness of so many sharingans working at the same time. Naruto finally decided to try a different approach and jumped back and quickly grabbed a scroll out of his back pocket. Quickly unfurling it as Danzo sent another wave of spheres at him, he yelled release and several hundreds of gallons started to spill out of the scroll as it hit the ground.
Naruto then ran through some hand signs and yelled out, "Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu!".
Danzo seemed to be a bit perturbed at the fact that the fog was laced with Chakra as it was completely his eyesight of his opponent. Before he can react however, a blade was finally found coming out of his back and through his chest.
"It seems its game over old man."
"Such rash actions cause ones downfall brat. Don't presume you won yet."
Surely enough, Danzo had faded from Naruto's sight and appeared right next to him with a slash of his blade inches away from Naruto's throat. He jumped back just in time to only receive a light slash on his neck that quickly healed up. But before anything else can be done, the fog started to be pushed away into the hallway as Danzo had used another wind jutsu to clear the coliseum.
"What the hell! I know I got him, I felt my blade run him through. Something isn't right here!" Naruto though as he took in Danzo's appearance and it seemed he was undamaged.
Quickly Naruto jumped back and went through several hand seals and yelled " Hyoton: Ice Missile!" Several missiles shot out of the water and started to work their way towards Danzo. He tried to dodge as many as he can but sooner rather than later, he was hit with three of them. Each ice missile was fatal and Naruto could be seen with a slight pant going since he used a lot of chakra to maintain and control their direction as well as produce them in a confined environment without a natural source of ice or water.
Before Naruto could say anything, his sense of danger quickly kicked in and he rolled out of the way which showed Danzo's wind blade occupying the same position he was just in. Once again, Danzo was completely unharmed however, Naruto did notice that two of his eyes were closed on his arm. He figured that had something to do with it but he would have to figure it out later.
He took notice of how his summon was doing however it seemed that he would be sent back soon enough. He had what looked like several wounds coating his body yet there was only 2 more ROOT members left. He then looked at Kyuubi to see he was still struggling to get out of his cage. Seems as though he would be on his own for a while.
Naruto stood up and prepared himself for another round before he noticed something else. Danzo's chakra seemed to be lower than what it was before. It was odd but maybe this was a good thing. He also saw Sasuke trying to break free of the seal that was constricting him but was having no luck. Finally he just decided to wing as always and attack for now.
Danzo met him halfway and another bout of taijutsu was matched again though this time Naruto managed to get in a few knee shots to his chest and ribs. After another five minutes of straight brawling, Danzo jumped back and ran through another string of hand signs, "Fuuton: Shinkuuha! (Vacuum Wave)"
Naruto dodged the first wave but saw the second one coming and decided to use his ace to get an edge of Danzo. He threw three kunai at him only for them to be deflected. But unknowingly one of the kunai was henged into a normal one but was indeed a Hiraishin kunai. Before the next wave met Naruto, he used his teleportation jutsu to get right behind Danzo to strike again at the old man.
And once again it hit. And once again it failed as Danzo was standing to the side unharmed once more. Danzo quickly unleashed a hail of kunai at our blonde hero before shouting out, "Kage Kunai no jutsu!"
Naruto tried to dodge each one but found out that even he was not that flexible. Four kunai struck him but luckily they were not in any fatal areas. As soon as they struck, he pulled each out painfully before getting into his taijutsu stance. Bleeding from the wounds still as they were slowly, Naruto was on the verge of figuring out Danzo's technique. He figured that each eye is part of the tech but he still had several eyes. He also figured that when each eye closes, his chakra drops a lot. All he had to do was outlast Danzo although that was more difficult than said.
As Naruto's healing wounds finished, he looked over only to see his bear summons finally finish off the last two members and disappear out of sight due to his own wounds and chakra exhaustion. He now knew he was out of help as Kyuu was still locked and bound in that cage draining his own demonic chakra.
"Hn. Seems like you are all out of options there boy. No more help and you cannot even kill me. No matter how much you struggle, you are still going to die."
"Fat chance old fart. I'm still just warming up!" As Naruto said this, he started to form a red chakra cloak behind him. Soon four tails sprouted out behind him and Naruto was seen taking on more feral features. Danzo was mildly surprised that Naruto could draw out that much power of the Kyuubi even without him inside the boys stomach.
Before Naruto can even advance and begin his attack, Danzo's shoulder began to stretch and form a large tree. Soon enough, red chakra was begin drained quickly away from Naruto. Soon, a large tree formed that had a red aura about it out of Danzo's arm before it disconnected and landed on the ground. Naruto was shocked beyond belief that his cloak was now gone and was slightly panting. However, it was a double edge sword also as Danzo was seen panting slightly as well.
Naruto saw this and decided to press his attack a little bit harder as he believed that it took more out of Danzo than anything else.
Danzo dodged a lunging attack from the blade of wind at the end of the Bo Staff. Naruto brought his staff back and tried a wide arcing attack before Danzo jumped back, barely avoinding it. Danzo grabbed a kunai and formed his own windblade on it and began parrying each strike Naruto could offer him. Soon both jumped back sporting bruises and cuts on each other. They stared back at each other's eyes both never willing to stand down.
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With the Hokage
Jiraiya was sweating profusely. He knew that Minato would send some people to get Naruto back after this incident but he never expected him to give the order to attack Konoha if they did not get him by nightfall. And the sun was setting quickly. Behind him, his elite squad of ninjas were also tensing for the possible oncoming fight.
However, for the Gunryu no Arashi, they were just relaxed and calm all sitting in meditative poses waiting for their leader of their group to be returned. As they were waiting, they all perked up as they heard a commotion coming in from the east. They each stood and looked in the direction the fast paced movement was coming from as did the group with the Hokage.
Soon, through the brush, came Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kiba with his dog. But what surprised them was a clone of Naruto running with them. As soon as they reached the group, they all stopped panting and sweating heavily with the exception of Naruto.
Jiraiya quickly approached the group and spoke. "Naruto! What happened to you kid?
Naruto quickly came up and spoke. "Well, first of all I'm not Naruto. I'm his clone. Second, I was taken at the behest of Danzo's ROOT members when they followed a certain traveling pair to our location." Naruto explained very carefully leaving out the location of their village. "And finally, I'm as of now facing off against the old teme in his unground facility."
Everyone in the group was shocked to hear this. Especially some of the council members that soon showed up after hearing the rumors that a group at the gate caused a loud commotion to get the Hokage brought out as well as several of his elite ANBU and Jounin.
"Leader-sama, we are here to help you with whatever endeavors you are in need with." Blossom said to her clone.
"No, it won't be needed. This is my fight and I will end him myse-" Before he can even finish his sentence, a loud explosion was heard off inside the village but in a clearing area.
Soon, smoke was seen rising quickly and each group jumped off to its direction and hoping to find the cause of it.
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Remains of ROOT HQ
Danzo was panting severely now. He only had one eye left on his arm and Shisui's eye in his head. He was sporting a large gash on his leg as well as severely depleted chakra reserves. On the other side, Naruto was on one knee panting and sweating profusely. He had just launched a rasenshuriken at Danzo and it struck true…only for him to escape using his Izanagi technique. Naruto was also sporting a large gash in his right shoulder that was healing as fast as it can and another one of his back that was nearly healed.
Both were tired. Both were in pain. And both would not back down. With the recent damage to the facility and now a large hole in the roof of the complex, Danzo had to finish this fight now.
"This is where it ends boy. You shall die!" Danzo yelled as he charged forward at Naruto as he was resting.
Naruto caught flatfooted by the surprise assault got to his feet staggering and held his ground. Just before Danzo got there, Naruto threw his hiraishin kunai and teleported to him and struck Danzo right in the stomach with his staff blade…before Danzo faded away in existence. He was caught in a genjutsu and Danzo finally had his opportunity and struck Naruto through the chest with his wind blade from behind.
Naruto slowly turned around and stared at the smug grin that Danzo had before it turned into a frown as Naruto struck hard and fast with a kunai and slashed Danzo's throat…..only for him to disappear again and reappear at his side. The only eye left now was the one in his head as all the other sharingans were now closed.
"As I said in the beginning boy *pant* you are no match for me." Danzo said with a smug.
"I will not falter teme! You will die by my hands!" Naruto tried to yell but was quickly realized it was nothing more than speaking low. HE then fell to his knees and to his side holding the wound to his chest. Oh, it will heal, but not as fast as he needed it to.
Danzo was slowly walking towards him with his kunai formed windblade. Naruto was surprised this was the end. He saw Kyuubi trying to get free but still couldn't. Naruto was in too much pain to try and concentrate to summon any frog or bear allies as well as being low on chakra. Soon, Danzo stopped right in front of him with a smirk on his face.
"Well boy, it seems your time is done boy. Well played however your inexperience only led to your death here and now. Any last words before before you meet the shinigami boy?"
"Screw you old man." Naruto spoke and spat at his chest. Danzo only mildly smirked before he brought his hand down in a cutting motion onto Naruto's head.
Just before the blade was there….blood spurted everywhere.
Danzo stood wide eyed and Naruto only looked on with shock and surprise. There with his katana in Danzo's heart through and through, stood Sasuke with a smirk on his own face.
"Danzo-teme, your chakra seemed to weakened enough for me to break the seal you placed on me. You ordered the death of my clan by pushing the old man enough that you broke his will. You then sent away the only one I had in my clan that was strong enough to defend it and left me alone with only civilians and few babys that can actually become warriors. For this, your death is mine and mine alone. I've seen you technique work and you need a 90 second interval between the technique that you need to get it to work. Luckily for me, you still needed 10 seconds for the tech to work. Now die!" Sasuke said as he withdrew his sword and quickly beheaded Danzo.
The shocked look on the now deceased face of the former ROOT leader will forever be etched on his dead head that went rolling on the ground before him. Sasuke looked on till he dropped to his knee's panting with extreme exhaustion. It seemed that it took all of Sasuke's strength to break that seal he had on him and now it was finally taking a toll on him after all adrenaline left his body.
Naruto himself was still in shock and barely able to speak let alone breathe although the wound in his chest was slowly healing. Before he can speak, Sasuke cut him off. "Dobe, I think I owe you a lot more than I think. I still dislike you, but, I think I can atleast say thank you for revealing the truth about what happened to my family. I know there are still members around of the clan but they are mostly elder civilians and barely fresh genins. It will be a difficult time for me to live here in a village that condemned my clan to death although it was planning a coup. I guess what I'm trying to say is….well hell I already said it. Don't think I will say it again."
Naruto was shocked that he was actually getting thanked by the teme. He smirked back at Sasuke as both of them sat down back to back. The cage that held the Kyuubi soon fell apart as the seals and the chakra holding it together withered away.
Naruto saw his sensei walk over and thought now would be a good time to tell Sasuke. "Hey, teme, don't speak about the Kyuubi to anyways dude. Please, it will cause more problems than its worth man."
"Hn. Don't worry. I know not to speak of such a thing. Besides, it wouldn't look good to have the Uchiha clan associated with being friendly with the Kyuubi. Not with what happened all those years ago."
"Heh good. So, what do you plan on doing with your brother now that you know the truth?"
"I have no clue. I still hold some sort of hatred for him for killing the clan as much as he did even if he was ordered. But the revenge, the justice, the way he was guiding my life by just giving me the thought of killing him is mostly gone. I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens. It wouldn't hurt so much if he had just killed our father and not both him and mom."
Naruto looked at Kyuubi and he nodded back seeming to give him permission to speak about something. "Hey, Sasuke, you didn't completely lose all your warriors of the clan."
Sasuke looked up in confusion before he spoke. "What do you mean dobe? I'm the last sharingan wielder at the moment aside from my brother. Who else can be left?"
"Well, I will speak about it once our guests arrive."
Sasuke was about to speak and ask what guests before a large contingent of ninjas stormed the coliseum and landed. The Gunryu quickly approached their leader whilst the Hokage and his group approached Sasuke and the now dead Danzo.
"Naruto-san! You're alive! But what the hell happened! You could have been killed! As our leader you must make better decisions than to go off on your own!" Blossom said as she hit him on his head before starting to heal all his wounds.
"Hai Leader-sama. Do not do this again. We are your followers in this group and we will help out on any problem. You remember our directive." Ice said before turning back to the Konoha group. "It seems you have met our deadline. We thank you for returning our leader so to speak and hope for future relations with your village."
"Well, even though we did not return him as you said, we are glad to have found him for you safe and sound. Kinda. Anyways, kid, care to give me the detail battle of what the hell happened here?" Jiraiya said.
Naruto then explained what had happened throughout the entire time he was kidnapped to the battle to the end. Jiraiya was surprised by all that had happened as well as all the ninja council members and the entourage of the Hokage. Jiraiya was glad that his godson was safe and even happier that his thorn in the side elder was now dead. Before he could thank Naruto, he was cut off.
"Jiraiya, before you speak, hear me. The sun that set in the west was sorrowful yet loyal which must remain set. However, the sun must now rise in the east with its blood red eyes to bring happiness and protection."
Jiraiya could not believe his eyes. Only the Sandaime knew of that code word and the meaning behind it. To actually give it in public only meant one thing.
"Naruto, are you sure?"
"Hai, Sarutobi-jiji told me to tell you that when the time is right and now is the right time."
Jiraiya nodded and quickly made ten hand seals and yelled. "Gyaku Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
Soon, four people in Anbu uniform appeared in front of the entire group each with a specially designed mask. The first person looked up at the Hokage and spoke. "You have need of use Hokage-sama?" The one said with an Oni mask on.
"Hai. Oni, Kami, Yami, and Tenshi, you four have been the Hokage's most loyal guard through you years of service. Your loyalty is unmatched by any other and you have performed admirably. However, it is time for your final mission. The code has been spoken, and it is time to return to the light and let the sun rise once more."
Each members nodded their heads before standing. Each took off each mask slowly and let their hair down as a genjutsu was masking their hair to show nothing. After each one took their mask off, The entire group aside from Naruto and Jiraiya were shocked beyond belief. There standing in front of them stood four Uchihas. And the leader that spoke was none other, than Mikoto Uchiha, Sasuke's mother.
"K-kaa-san?" Sasuke said very softly as if saying it any louder would cause him to lose her again.
"Hai, Sasuke-kun, its me. I'm so sorry for staying in the shadows all these years. Seeing you going through so much pain and strife in your life. Not being able to help you make the right decisions on your road through life. I wish I could have been there but I was needed to stay in the shadows with your cousins as we like Itachi are completely loyal to the village and always wish for peace. We did what we had to do to secure it. Please, Sasuke, I am completely sorry and hope you accept my forgiveness on this." Mikoto said as she bowed deeply to Sasuke as did his cousins.
Sasuke could only stand there completely shocked and in awe at this revelation. Before he knew it, his body was reacting and his hands, shaking as they were, were slowly reaching up to his mothers face. Slowly, his palms reach her cheeks and he gently holds her as if the most fragile thing in the world. Before anyone knew it, the years of hatred that he had built up, the resentment for his brother, the drive to kill him for justice against his clan, the constant wish to use the dark power that Orochimaru gave him that is amplified by his emotions, the insecurity of trying to be the best out of everyone, all washed away and the damn that held all his other emotions broke as he quickly grabbed his mother and brought her into a tight hug with the wetworks just a flowing.
Mikoto was surprised by the quick reaction but welcomed it none the less as her son finally has his mother and more clan members back into his clan. Everyone around were smiling at the touching scene until Jiraiya gave Mikoto a nod and she quietly led her son as well as the other clan members back to the compound so that they may catch up as much as possible.
Jiraiya then turned his attention back to the group at hand as they were slowly helping up Naruto. He also was paying attention to Kyuubi as to make sure that he did not reveal who he was at the time. Soon, Naruto was back on his own two feet under his own power.
"Naruto, we do hope that this…incident does not hinder any good feelings that may have any effects for the future." Jiraiya asked.
"Nah, its ok ero-sennin. I know you didn't order any of this and thus were in the dark. Since Danzo is dead, you should be able to have a smoother time running things hehe."
Both Naruto and Jiraiya laughed at this while the other members of each group fully calmed as they realized the situation is finalized.
"Well, it seems that we must leave. Jiraiya, I will see you and a select few members within the year. Peace Sensei!"
And with that the Gunryu quickly jumped out of the hole and bounded off back to their home. Jiraiya held a small chuckle before dismissing the group back to their own duties. He only held back a few others to reveal some things to them.
Shikaku, Inoichi, Chouza, Tsume, and their sons (except Inoichi) were all kept behind. Many of the councilors on the civilian side as well as some of the ninjas wished to stay but Jiraiya told them they were not privy to what he had to say.
The group all followed Jiraiya to his office and he set up some seals to offer some privacy. After he was done he asked everyone to sitdown where possible so he can explain.
"Ok, what you all are about to hear is still considered as a S-rank secret and will not be known till sometime later. First of all Chouji, Shikamaru, Kiba, you all were not told the reason as to why several members of Konoha left quite sometime ago including the Sarutobi clan and the Momochi clan as well as Naruto Uzumaki. Well, our esteemed council had decided that several years ago once Naruto left Konoha for his three year training that they banished him for holding the Nine-tailed fox in his stomach behind a seal. You should already know about the fox since you're all jounin. So, after that happened, several prominent ninjas came together and decided that if Naruto left, they would leave as well. After the three years of planning, everything was coming to fruition."
The three young jounin looked to their parents only to see them nod in agreement and all three were surprised that such a thing caused them to leave. They turned back to Jiraiya and waited for him to continue.
"Well, what the rest of you don't know aside from Inoichi, is that they founded a village after they left and is well, to put it bluntly, flourishing. I have been receiving reports from Minato since he's apparently the village leader at this point via frog summons. He has told me that within the year his village will be operational. He hasn't told me the specific numbers there however there are some very interesting clans there. Unfortunately I cannot divulge that information. Anyways, after the opening and reveal of the village, there will be a few marriages. Naruto is finally marrying, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and the Raikage's niece. The only reason behind this is due to him needing to repopulate his clan as he is the only member aside from his father."
The group were mildly surprised but not really as they all knew how much Naruto care for each of the girl aside from Yugito as they had no knowledge of her. Inoichi was just smiling madly as finally knowing his princess is finally getting married. Shikaku and Chouza were equally proud that their god daughter were finally getting married.
"Now, I tell you all this since we shall be going to said ceremony as soon as the village becomes known. You are the only people I can trust this with. Tsume, I also called you hear to ask a favor. I know of your clans very wild cousins to the northeast with the wolf clan and I was wondering. How capable are they at tracking and why have they not joined or thought about joining our village?"
Tsume thought about her response before talking, "Well, they are not as good as our nin-dogs in tracking however they are more capable in combat and are a lot more fierce. The reason they did not join our village was that our clans founders and theirs just couldn't get along. We would always be rivals but sometimes it would just be too much and end up in trying to vie for top alpha."
"Ah, well, think we will be able to convince them to have a meeting with Uzugakure and Minato?"
"Well, it wont hurt to try. I will send a message to Roga. He should be top alpha of the Wolf Clan. Will get on that later this week."
"Good. Now for the rest of you. We will be heading there after I send you all a message. For now however, keep this to yourselves. Should I get any councilors coming into my office and asking or demanding to join our venture I will know who to get ahold of for…proper punishment."
Everyone nodded their heads and with that Jiraiya dismissed them all for the day so that he can go back to his research….errrr I believe he meant to go back to work.
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With the Gunryu
"Naruto-sama, are you sure you can keep up with the current pace?" Akuma asked. Even though he was an Uzumaki as well, he still treated Naruto with much respect as team leader and a high ranking member of his clan.
"Ya, don't worry about it Akuma. I'm pretty much recovered and I should be able to make it back home."
"Naruto-kun, if you need rest, let us know. We do not need to keep up this youthful speed should it not be necessary."
"Lee-kun is right there Naruto. There is no hurry to get back. Aside from your future wives of course since they were probably worried sick about you. You know once they find out that this was a plan of yours they will more than likely kill you." Sakura said with a smirk on her face.
Naruto's blood left his entire facial features before the realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Hehehe, think we can slow down the pace a bit? Or maybe we can just go back to Konoha and relax there for a little bit."
Everyone chuckled at the sight of their fearless leader being scared shitless of his wives and their fury once he gets back.
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Unknown Location.
"Itachi, Kisame report." A shadowy figure said.
"We are still unable to locate the Nine-tail, two-tail, and Seven-tail. It seems they are very well hidden." Kisame replied.
"Very well. Keep searching and take Zetsu with you. He shall help with anything that is needed. Understood Zetsu?"
"Hai Leader-sama."
"Good. Now that we have sealed the one, three, four, five, six tails, we now need the rest. Everyone search for them. All we know is that the Eight-Tails is in Kumo however his brother is the Raikage. It will not be easy to collect the rest of them. Continue your work. Dismissed."
Everyone disappeared from the pedestals of the Gedo Mazo. Pein was left there thinking about his plans coming to fruition as he stares at the body of the former jinchuuriki of the six tailed slug.
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Author's Note.
Well, as I said in the beginning I am a trucker now and that leaves me well pretty much no time to write as I pretty much drive 10-11 hours, sleep for my ten hour break then back to driving and its hard to type and plan out the story when sleepy as shit.
Anways, I hope this chapter is up to standards. I will not abandon the story no matter what! It will just take me a while to get the chapters up. So just a sneak peek, Akatsuki makes it moves soon, Orochi-teme will be making some scenes along with his lackeys, and the revealing of Uzugakure will be shown to the world.
Anyways, till next time my most loyal and faithful readers. Stay frosty this fall/winter.
CD