Chapter Nine:

"Hey, look, it's Naruto-nii-san!" Konohamaru called with a grin, "Hey, nii-san!"

Naruto smiled at three chuunin, though it seemed stiff and forced.

"Hi guys. You three here for the—"

"We're here to see you kick some Uchiha ass!" Konohamaru replied immediately.

Naruto sighed, "Yeah, could you take these kunai and distribute them amongst you guys and my team?"

"Ok." Konohamaru stared at the kunai Naruto handed him, puzzled, "What are these tags for?"

"You'll see. I want them to planted six feet apart around the village border."

"Right. Let's go, Moegi, Udon!"

Naruto went down to the village gate, where Temari and Kankuro stood along with a dozen or more shinobi. The more time passed, the tenser and more on edge everyone got.

"You all right, Naruto-sama?" A young Jonin asked.

Naruto nodded.

A few minutes later, Konohamaru rushed up to him.

"Done, boss!" He handed him the last kunai, "This is the last one."

Naruto stuck the kunai in the ground, between his legs. The circle was now complete.

"Stand aside a little." Naruto took a deep breath, and changed into Nine-Tails mode.

All the shinobi, including Naruto stepped away from the kunai. Naruto faced the village.

He started a long series of hand signs. As he made the signs, the onlookers noticed the chakra gathering into his feet, and connecting with chakra erupting from where the kunai were planted. The chakra was golden, in the form of a thick coil, forming a circle around Konoha. Finally Naruto clapped both his hands together, gathering chakra in them, and slammed them down on either sides of the kunai.

"Naruto style: Ultimate Barrier!" He called out steadily.

The shinobi watched, awed, as the golden chakra formed a dome around the village, them and Naruto outside it, clearly visible to the eye.

Naruto waited for the dome to form, and then went out of Nine-Tails mode and almost collapsed. He smiled shakily at the shinobi.

"Give it your best shot."

They did. Nothing, absolutely nothing, worked.

"What the hell did you do, Naruto!?" Kakashi asked, awed.

Naruto grinned widely, "It's chakra using my will power to protect the village."

"Will power?" Kankuro repeated.

"Somewhat like what Gaara's mom did to his sand." Naruto explained shortly.

"Nii-san, you're a genius!" Konohamaru shouted.

"Yatta! The barrier's never gonna run out!"

"Naruto-san, you rock!"

Naruto grinned widely at the praise he was receiving.

"Somebody take a picture."

At the spiteful voice, everyone froze.

"Because it's gonna be the last you'll ever take!"

In a burst of darkness, Sasuke appeared, along with more than two dozen ninja.

Naruto stared at the many shinobi behind Sasuke.

"Where did you get so many people, teme?" He snarled.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan can influence people a lot." Sasuke laughed cruelly.

"You bastard! Guys, just take these people. Don't, I repeat, don't kill them."

Naruto started forward, his eyes blank and emotionless, going straight into the nine-tails chakra mode.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan." He closed his eyes for a few minutes, then started forming hand seals.

"Summoning Jutsu!" Sasuke and Naruto cried together.

Kurama appeared at the same time as a huge snake.

"I want to end this quick, Kurama." Naruto told his tenant.

"Right, kit."

With a roar and a huge tailed beast ball, the battle began.

The shinobi had long since incapacitated the opposing forces, and now watched, awed.

"It's a Sannin-level battle!" Someone whispered.

"It's a Hokage Level battle." Konohamaru corrected, "It's the most epic battle I've ever seen."

Meanwhile, Sasuke activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Shit." Instantly, Kurama vanished in a poof.

"Amaterasu." Sasuke growled, his eyes in the direction of the village.

The black flames appeared on the golden barrier, and very slowly burned through it like acid.

"No way." Naruto formed hand seals, "Double Protection Layer!"

A red layer formed underneath the golden one, and the Amaterasu was dissolved in it.

"There's no way you can stop Amaterasu."

"I just did." Naruto snarled back, "Shows you how much stronger I am than you, right?"

"Urusai!"

"Go on, Sasuke." Naruto gestured to the village, "Give it your best shot, teme."

Sasuke growled, "Susanoo!"

The skeleton-like figure formed around him, and readied an arrow. The arrow headed towards the village.

The barrier absorbed the arrow, and Naruto winced softly. His chakra was reduced every time something hit the barrier.

"I don't think you have anything better than Susanoo and Amaterasu." Naruto smiled grimly, "So let's take it back to old times, huh? You and me, one on one."

"Fine. I'll start by killing you."

Naruto didn't answer Sasuke. Well, not with words. He just made shadow clones instead.

With fierce glares on both sides, the battle raged on.

Finally, he collapsed. After a long, long time, he stared into those red emotionless eyes with fear. This was the end, and he knew it.

"You don't get a choice this time." Naruto gasped in pain, "You're going to Konoha, and you're going to see proof of what your brother wanted."

And with that he formed hand seals again.

"Chakra Bindings."

Red chakra coils wrapped around Sasuke tightly. They let off flames, like Naruto's nine-tailed chakra mode.

"This is impossible!" Sasuke growled out, "You can't be stronger than me!"

"Someone would have said that's because my pain is stronger than yours. You would say my hate is stronger than yours. It is neither. Actually, it's my love, my determination, that's stronger than yours." Naruto smiled weakly, "You'll either be forgiven or executed, Sasuke. It depends on your attitude."

With that Naruto collapsed on his knees. Konohamaru rushed up to him.

"Nii-san!" He supported Naruto up, "We're taking you to the Hospital."

Extremely disappointing chapter… I know, and I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo sorry. I suck at action! I SUCK AT ACTION! I SUCK AT ACTION!

But, on the brighter side, the wedding's cumin' up!