Hey guys and gurls.

Sorry for the massive wait! Just started college so everything is like wild ya know.

Anyway on we go! Enjoy

Shikaku stared at the people in front of him. Loki stood with Cinna and Michu flanking him, with Kisame bringing up the rear. They were currently standing at the northern Konoha fortress about a day's travel from Konoha itself.

"You want to what?" He said.

"We want to lead an all out offensive on the Iwa stronghold 50 miles north of us." Loki said.

"That's not happening. It's too troublesome to do it." Shikaku said shaking his head.

"Shikaku we need to-" Loki started.

BOOM

"What the hell was that?" Shikaku cried. "Inoichi what's happened!"

"Massive explosion 20 miles away, beyond the mountain range towards Konoha!" The blonde haired member of the InoShikaCho called.

As he said that as massive wave of air slammed into them, knocking everyone off their feet. This was followed by a huge wave of chakra. Loki stared towards where the explosion had come from and his mouth dropped. A huge pillar of red energy was slamming into where a mountain had been.

"Naruto..." He mumbled.

"Cinna, Kisame, Michu we gotta move now!" Loki roared, getting up and sprinting off towards the explosion.

The three other Hunters nodded before leaping off after their leader. Shikaku got back to his feet staring at where the mountain range had been.

"Konoha ninja follow me!" He roared before leaping off.

As the four Hunters got closer they could see the sheer extent of the damage done to the land. Where a once great mountain range which had protected northern Konoha stood, was now a barren rocky wasteland. Trees had been uprooted and were lying scattered across the land.

"He's done it hasn't he." Michu murmured.

Loki turned, studying her for a second before nodding.

"Yeah..he has." He said.

They travelled in silence at breakneck speed before they reached the main battlefield. The stood in shock at the destruction before them. The land had been ripped upwards, making a plateau of slabs which formed a broken plain. There were massive fissures in the group which dropped several hundred feet.

"I see him!" Michu cried, leaping off towards where she saw a broken body.

The other Hunters followed quickly. What they saw when they arrived appalled them to their core. Even hardened killers like Loki and Kisame were shocked. The body of what had been the Deva Pein lay, in pieces in front of them. However what made it worse was that most of the inner muscles and veins had been ruptured and had burst, leaving a bloody mess. Next to the body lay another. Naruto lay in a pool of his own blood. His trench coat had massive rips in it, revealing huge gaping wounds. His face mask was hanging in tatters, barely concealing his whisker marks. His bandana was lying in bits along with his hood. His other clothing was heavily ripped, but what made them worry the most was the seal currently forming around his heart.

"He did it..." Michu whispered. "He actually pulled it off..."

"Cinna go and get the Hokage and that pink haired girl asap!" Loki ordered, watching as the young Hunter leapt off.

Loki watched Michu kneel by Naruto, pulling his head into her lap.

"Michu, they are going to find out who he is. We need to cover him up." Loki said.

"Haw-" Naruto murmured.

Michu stared at him, before leaning in to listen. Tears were running down her face.

"Hawke.." Naruto whispered before he passed out.

Michu stared to where Naruto had been pointing, before a scream emitted from her. Hawke lay in a pool of his own blood, covered from head to toe in it.

"Loki..." She screamed. "Look!"

Loki spun, seeing the body of Hawke. He turned to Kisame.

"Get Hawke and bring him over here asap!" He said.

Kisame nodded, leaping off to where Hawke lay. He gently picked up Hawke, moving back over to where Naruto lay. Gently with care he laid Hawke next to Naruto. The older man tried to speak but coughed up massive amounts of blood.

"Kid.." He said after his coughing fit had finished. "Kid we did it."

Hawke slowly moved his hand up, brushing aside Naruto's blonde hair which over the ears had grown longer. His thumb traced the scar on Naruto's face, following the bumpy line up his cheek.

"You make me so proud kid, you're like a son to me. " Hawke said, coughing up more blood as the finished. "I'm proud to have called you my student..."
With that, Hawke shut his eyes and the Hunters watched the life flow out of him. A single lone tear ran down Hawke's face before he died peacefully. He and his student together at the last. Michu cried then. Loki and Kisame stared in silence, thinking back to the energetic man who had been Hawke. He had been the toughest of them all. Never backing down from a fight, taking anyone on no matter the odds. He and Naruto had formed a bond which made even brothers seem like strangers in comparison.

Loki looked up after a while, turning his head to see the Konoha ninja who had been there already arrive. He saw shortly behind them another group of Konoha shinobi who had been at the fortress following closely. He quickly began to form some hand signs before a hand caught him. He looked down at Naruto's hand, stopping him from finishing the external henge on the blonde.

"Don't...bother..." He said before he coughed. Blood trickled down his chin from his mouth.

"Lady Hokage, he is over here!" Cinna cried before silencing as he saw the scene.

Shock over took him then as he saw Hawke and Naruto lying on the floor. Master and Pupil. Dead and dying. Sobs racked her then, finally the emotions she had been bottling up were let lose. She looked up as Tsunade approached. She saw the Hokage stop and stare. She saw the tears on her face as well. She heard the whisper.

"Naruto..." Tsunade whispered.

Sakura who hadn't yet got a good look at the man next to Hawke leaned forwards to see. What she saw scarred her for life.

"NARUTO!" She screamed.

The Konoha ninja behind Sakura froze. They exchanged shocked glances before moving in to view for themselves. However Cinna blocked their path.

"No one gets to see Kitsune without my permission, got it?" He growled.

Tsunade and Sakura exchanged confused glances and look over to see that Kitsune looked nothing like Naruto. Tsunade nodded then, until an official verdict could be done, keeping his identity hidden was smart. If the villagers found out the demon had returned, along with the fact he was beyond powerful, riots would emerge and the village would either A: Fall into chaos, or B: He would end up destroying the village.

"We need to get him to a hospital ASAP." Tsunade said.

Loki and Michu looked at her before nodding. Cinna turned his head back, glancing over his shoulder.

"Should I use that method?" Cinna asked.

"Yeah, only way it will be fast enough." Loki said.

Cinna nodded before taking a battle stance. He quickly flew through several dozen hand signs before there was a poof of smoke. The Konoha ninja's eyes widened as the smoke vanished. Where the Hunters and Tsunade along with Sakura had been standing was an empty space.

"What the-" Kiba said.

Sakura felt herself being pulled sideways before being flipped around. She shut her eyes feeling sick from the motion. She felt the sensation end and finally opened her eyes to find herself within the hospital.

"What the hell was that." She demanded turning to face Cinna.

"Just a Jutsu Kitsune taught me." He muttered before he passed out.

"Whoa." Michu said, catching Cinna. "Chakra exhaustion much. Sakura, Lady Hokage you deal with Kitsune. I'll handle this kid."

Sakura and Tsunade nodded, quickly moving Kitsune into a ward. Tsunade raised an eyebrow at Loki when he followed.

"I'm sorry but you cannot follow us in here." She said.

"Tough I'm coming end of story." Loki said.

Suddenly ANBU surged forwards surrounding Loki. His hand was inside his coat pocket, clutching what looked like a scroll. He was crouched low, turning slowly so that each ANBU got a looked of pure killer intent.

"I would let me in if I were you." He growled.

"Lady Hokage?" One of the ANBU asked.

"Let him in, but I want you at the room corners. " Tsunade responded, moving into the room with Kitsune.

However before she entered she leaned in quickly and whispered into his ear.

"Activate the Henge removal Jutsu." She said. "I want to know who these people really are."

The ANBU nodded. Loki followed the medical team into the room, taking place on the far wall from the surgery desk. Inside Sakura had already begun medical work, trying to stabilise Kitsune, however due to his henge she was having trouble. The ANBU quickly went through hand signs, before deactivating every henge in the room. Tsunade's was removed to reveal an elderly woman. However when Loki's and Kitsune's were removed there was uproar. Kitsune's was removed to reveal a battered Naruto. Tsunade and Sakura's fears were confirmed. They stood there for a moment, staring down at Naruto. Tears beginning to show. However they were broken from the spell created when the ANBU leapt towards who had been Loki. After the henge had dropped they had attacked with killer intent. The henge had revealed a tall man, around 6'4ft. He was thin but every limb showed muscle. He was built similarly to Kakashi muscle wise, not heavily built but gleaming in muscular power. He wore a black tank top, along with black trousers that went to just below his knees. He wore leg warmers along with ninja sandals. His jaw and cheeks were covered in bandaging that extended loosely to his neck. His black spiky hair was held in place by a ninja protector which showed a Hidden Mist village symbol with a line through it.

"Zabuza..." Sakura whispered in shock.

Zabuza raised his eyebrow at her before slamming a fist into the first ANBU's stomach. He spun kicking back another. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll. Quickly summoning a massive broadsword. He spun it quickly and rested it on an ANBU's shoulder.

"I'd do your job and get on with healing him..." He growled.

Tsunade and Sakura nodded quickly setting to work to avoid the rage of The Demon of the Mist. They quickly ripped off Naruto's battered and torn shirt to reveal his heavily muscled chest. Sakura frowned when she saw that almost half of his scars had reopened and were heavily bleeding. What worried her the most however was the veins around his heart. They were pumping blood at ten times the rate they were meant to. This much pressure would kill him.

"Lady Hokage..." Sakura started

"I know, I saw." Tsunade said turning to Zabuza. "Any thoughts on this?"

Zabuza sighed, staring at Naruto. His old student had surpassed him years ago, he had taught him for a matter of months but they had bonded well. He knew exactly what Naruto had done but he couldn't admit it.

"No idea, just heal his scars up and he'll be fine. " Zabuza said bluntly.

Sakura gave him a suspicious look, deciding to investigate further. She turned back to Naruto and went to work.

1 Day Later

Naruto was sitting on the same tree where Sakura and Sasuke had found him. He looked out across the forest around Konoha. It hadn't really changed much which wasn't shocking. There were still the same villagers, the same ninja. It had only gotten stronger since he had left which was frustrating. What frustrated him more was that they felt a need to hold everything back from him. He knew that the Konoha 11 had held back against him in a fight. He was due to meet with the Hokage and Fire Daimyo today, something about reinstatement or some crap. Now that Pein had been beaten the Akatsuki had been destroyed. Orochimaru had gone into hiding, and peace was back. Yet Naruto still felt missing, like something was still missing. He looked around, he only had fifty years on his life span. Kurama had been silent since the fight. Not surprising, as his life force was tied to Naruto's now. Technically Kurama would be reborn but it would be years from now. He knew Kurama had used up all the chakra he could give using that Jutsu, but he still hadn't been able to prevent himself from harm.

Sighing Naruto dropped from the tree and looked around. He took one last long look at Konoha before slamming his left fist into his right palm.

"Summoning Jutsu!" He cried.

A small stone golem popped into existence beside Naruto. It was a tiny version of the giant metal titan he had summoned in his fight with Pein. It was around 3 feet tall and stood there looking up at Naruto.

"Tazuka, go to the meeting with the Hunters and Hokage, along with the Daimyo. Tell them I'm taking a short leave. Tell the Hokage that unless she allows the Hunters too leave I will wipe the village out." He said to the little golem.

"Gotcha Naruto, take care." Tazuka said, hopping off.

With that Naruto vanished.