Author's note – Kishimoto Masashi owns Naruto while Guyver is written by Yoshiki Takaya.
I make no claim to either, I am merely playing in their sandboxes.

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Chapter Fifty-Seven

A Village Defeated

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"There it is." Naruto pointed as the village of Sunagakure seemed to ripple into view through the distortions of the heat rising from the sea of sand surrounding it. Fu spread her wings and jumped off from Naruto's back.

"Fu thanks you for the lift." She shouted. "Fu would have had trouble flying all this way!"

"Not a problem, sis." Naruto called back. "Hmmm, that's interesting. There should be more living things there… Hinata?"

"My senses are only picking up one person and some animals." Hinata replied after a long moment. "I don't like this."

"Fu thinks it's a trap."

Naruto nodded slowly. "I agree. Hinata, Ino, Fu, you three stay up here, out of range of whatever that person has planned. I'll head down and confront him in order to find out what happened. If things go to hell, you can get me out, or at least get my head out and help me grow another new body."

"I'd protest," Ino commented, "But I don't have a better plan. Be careful, Naruto-kun."

"I will be." Naruto said reassuringly as he started his descent.

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Rasa adjusted his hat and robes as he stepped out onto the roof of the Kazekage's tower. Raising his head, he watched as one of the four (and where had the fourth armour appeared from?) figures slowly descended.

Rasa's hand twitched as he fought against his impatience. Part of him wanted to detonate the security seals immediately as a Fuck You aimed at Konoha, but if he played the situation right, he might be able tempt all of the Armour wearers down low enough that he could take them all out, thus depriving Konoha of its most powerful weapons and opening it up for the other villages to destroy.

The armoured figure came to a halt in mid-air at exactly the right height to allow Rasa to walk to the edge of the roof and look it straight in the eye.

"Uzumaki Naruto, I presume." Rasa stated and the armoured being nodded.

"Kazekage Rasa."

"You are too late, you know." Rasa said, waving the rolled-up message in his hand. "Suna has already fallen. The Daimyo has abandoned us and started a new village."

"And your people have joined it." Naruto aid, causing Rasa to laugh harshly.

"Hah! Join the ranks of those loyal to that bastard? No, my people have left the country and are joining those who are still willing to stand against Konoha. By now, I would be amazed if even one was still inside the borders of Hi no Kuni. Konoha has destroyed us."

"It didn't have to be like this. We were allies."

"Suna was the smallest of the Five!" Rasa snapped. "When Uzushiogakure was first around, the only reason that Suna wasn't the smallest of the Great Six was that Uzu had no Kage because it didn't care about things like that! We were always the weakest and by taking out Konoha, we would have been able to absorb the remains in order to become the strongest!"

Rasa closed his eyes and re-centered himself before continuing in a calmer voice.

"Instead, we were destroyed. Your people ripped the Biju from my son and gave it to Uzu, leaving us virtually defenceless."

"You could have asked for help." Naruto pointed out, earning another harsh laugh.

"A ninja who needs help is weak, nothing more than a victim." Rasa growled. "If my plan had worked, Suna would have led the way with two Biju and that armour of yours. We would have been unstoppable… wait…"

Rasa stared at one of the orbiting figured, then he inhaled sharply.

"That armour is different and those wings… the nanabi! But how…?"

"Reports of her death have been greatly exaggerated." Naruto smirked.

"…and now Konoha has two Biju and the Armour." Rasa realized. "With Uzushiogakure rebuilt…"

"Kiri has allied itself with us as well."

Rasa sagged for a moment. "Kiri? But… why?"

"They had their reasons."

"I've lost." Rasa whispered, then his eyes narrowed. "But I'm taking you with me! Kai!"

The pulse of chakra activated the seals and the ground underneath Suna collapsed, the resulting suction pulling Naruto down along with the manically laughing Rasa, then the explosive seals in the walls triggered, catapulting countless tons of rock and sand into the newly-created sinkhole.

"Fuuuuuuuuuuck!" Naruto shouted as his vision was occluded by the falling rock.

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Kurama stared at the vision relayed from Naruto's eyes, then his gaze snapped to the large armour attached to his cage.

"I hope this works!" He growled before he leapt for the armour, his hands clasping onto the back of the representation of Naruto's armour while his tails slotted into the recesses on the backplate of the giant suit.

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"Naruto!" Hinata screamed as Naruto was sucked down into the suddenly-opening maw, then the sides of the village slammed inwards. Seconds later, only a large dust cloud marked the location of the now-destroyed village.

"…naruto-niisan!" Fu whispered, then the sand exploded upwards and a figure rose into the sky.

"THAT WAS CLOSE."

All three Kunoichi stared in shock at the armoured shape as it rose to their level. Standing almost four meters tall, the plating was the same color as that of Naruto's Guyver, but the differences were more than mere size.

The helmet boasted two extra sensor spheres while the head-blade was now flanked by two beam-gems rather than having an inset one near the base. Each arm had two blades, one rising upwards, the other descending down past the hand while the enlarged shoulder pauldrons were topped by metallic spheres that pulsed with barely-constrained power.

"WE ALMOST DIDN'T ESCAPE." Naruto continued.

"We?" Hinata asked and Naruto nodded.

"KURAMA NOTED THAT THE ARMOUR WAS COMPLETE, BUT IT HAD SOME… SLOTS IN THE BACK. WHEN WE WERE IN DANGER OF BEING CRUSHED, HE PLACED HIS TAILS IN THE SLOTS, ACTIVATING THE ARMOUR AND LINKING US. WE ARE NARUTO AND WE ARE KURAMA.

"…AND WE ARE GETTING A HEADACHE..."

The giant armour split and vanished, leaving Naruto in his normal armour before that too vanished.

"…oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!"

Hinata dived and scooped the plummeting ninja into her arms, gracefully decelerating as she cradled him against her chest.

"Naruto! Are you alright?"

"Yeah." Naruto slurred. "Just… tired…"

Hinata sighed as she looked at her sleeping fiancee, then she accelerated upwards.

"Ino, Fu… I think we're done here."

"Fu agrees. Ino-neesan, will you give Fu a lift back?"

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Sakura gaped at the sheer energy displayed by the clones as they worked on multiple buildings. Flanking her, Choji and Shikamaru had similar expressions.

"I've never seen houses built that fast before." Kurenai noted from behind them. "Four of them."

"That one's for Sakura." One of the clones piped up, pointing at one of the nearly-completed smaller houses which was having the roof tiles placed. A parade of clones trooped past, carrying the furniture from Sakura's previous room.

"I have more furniture in storage…" Sakura started, then she paused as a scroll was held up in front of her.

"We got it." The clone said. "Where do you want it put?"

"I'll show you." Sakura decided and strode into her new home, the clone following.

"…troublesome." Shikamaru finally decided. "Come on, we may as well go and help or she'll shout at us."

Kurenai choked down a giggle as the two boys trudged forwards with expressions of those facing near-certain death.

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Despite his prosthetic leg, Hiruzen almost flew out of the door onto the rooftop of the Hokage tower even as Hinata touched down.

"What happened?"

"Suna is no more." Hinata said as she cradled Naruto in her arms. "Quite literally, the Kazekage was the only one there and he triggered the self-destruct seals. He almost managed to get Naruto-kun with it."

Hiruzen looked up from his examination of the sleeping ninja with a sigh of relief.

"How long has he been out?"

"He's been out cold since he escaped the blast." Ino said as she shed her armour. "He used an incredible power-up, a super-Guyver which he activated with Kurama's help."

Hiruzen blinked. "What?"

"Almost four meters tall and with more weapons." Ino stated, Fu nodding in confirmation. "I could feel the power radiating off him, but he couldn't hold it long."

"My word…" Hiruzen breathed in shock. "And I thought that the armour was overpowered in its normal state…"

"So." Jiraiya said from behind them, causing all the Kunoichi to jolt in shock, "Naru-kun's got himself something like my Sage mode, huh? Hopefully he won't need it, but it's good to have a few weapons in reserve."

Hiruzen nodded in agreement.

"Anyway, I popped in to say that something's happening in Amegakure." Jiraiya continued. "Something big's gone wrong for them and they're struggling to cope."

"Couldn't happen to more deserving people." Ino snarked, causing Hiruzen to quickly muffle his laughter. "Hokage-sama, Fu and I'll give the report while Hinata gets our sleeping husband-to-be back to bed… Stop sniggering, ero-sennin!"

Ino punched the white-haired pervert, only for him to vanish in a cloud of smoke.

"Damn." She grumped. "Blasted Kage Bunshin."

"You weren't complaining about them when Naruto-kun was giving you that massage yesterday." Hinata teased, earning a glare from Ino while Fu giggled behind her. Hiruzen shook his head with an amused smirk.

"Get him to his bed so he can recover." He commanded. "Ino, Fu, you're with me."

"Hai, Hokage-sama!"

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"Nagato?"

Nagato looked up, his eyes quickly finding the speaker.

"Yes, Konan?"

"The last Path is almost finished." Konan said.

"Does it really matter?" Nagato sighed. "With Tobi and Zetsu both gone and three of the rings now no more, the Moon's Eye will now never open to bring peace to the world."

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Sakura knocked on the door. A moment later, it opened, but there was no-one there.

"Down here." A voice growled.

Sakura blinked, then lowered her gaze. A waist-high golden-orange fox with far more tails than normal looked up at her, his eyes filled with amusement at her poleaxed expression.

"You after the brat and his vixens?"

Sakura nodded speechlessly and the metallic orb embedded in the fox's forehead glowed briefly.

"They're showing my sibling's host her new home. It's the one round the back."

One of the tails slammed the door in Sakura's face and she stared at it for another long moment.

"Was that… the Kyuubi?"

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"Fu loves this house!" Fu almost sang as she danced along the balcony and down the central staircase. "Three floors, no full walls inside, windows in the walls and floors and a tunnel to visit my brother whenever I want!"

All three of her friends smiled at her excitement.

"Fu needs to buy more books for Fu's library!" Fu caroled as she spun in small circles.

"Nice house, lots of glass." Sakura said in admiration from the door, then her gaze sharpened. "I was sent here from your front door and I have to know, why did you let the Kyuubi out?"

"It seemed wrong to keep him imprisoned." Naruto shrugged. "Although technically, it's a remote-controlled puppet-clone… sort-of thing… Kurama's still in the seal, but the Biju-Bunshin lets him interact with the world.

"Chomei has learned it as well." An arm-long insect buzzed as it flew past in a series of spirals and loops. Sakura stared in shock.

"I helped." Ino added. "Hey, you alright? Hello?"

"Wow, I think you broke her." Hinata laughed.

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Uzumaki Honoka sat in the middle of a hall-sized sand-filled room, waves of sand circling her. Occasionally, streamers of sand would rise and form into seals that flashed brightly, exploded or caused other things to happen.

"A fuuinjutsu-adept Jinchuuriki." Danzo marvelled as he looked down from the raised balcony. "She no longer needs ink and paper to perform her art."

The sand rippled inwards, vanishing into a marble-sized sphere that Honoka pocketed.

"Storage seals to store the sand." Danzo breathed in awe. "There is almost no limit to how much sand she can carry and use…"

"I move we give her a team of her own." Fuu said from his position by Danzo's shoulder.

"Agreed." Danzo nodded. "And with all of Terai's team proving themselves well enough to be promoted, we can add him to the roster for the next generation of whirlpool genin as well."

Fuu smirked in satisfaction.

Soon, Uzu would stand as one of the Great Villages.

And Konoha would lead the Alliance.

All was as it should be.

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Authors Afternote – The Uzumaki Compound can be found on my DeviantArt page, showing the four new houses. Fu's is the one set into the cliff while Sakura (as a trusted ally) has the one closest to Naruto's mansion.