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(this chapter is shorter than normal, as it is the set up for the next arch in the story, which will be the war arch)
"Lord Danzo, what are we to do until Orochimaru kills the Kyuubi vessel?" questioned a nameless root operative.
Thinking for a moment, Danzo said "All but the top ten, train. I want you all high jonin by the time of our attack. I want the top ten to go to all the smaller villages and take any strong children you can find. I will need an army at least three times the size of what we have now."
"Yes my lord" answered the Root who then flickered out of existence.
"Soon, very soon the brat will be dead, and I will be hokage. Then I will take over the whole of the elemental nations."
-Training ground zero-
"Naruto... What do you know of the Jutsu Edo Tensai?" asked Sarutobi, his face a myriad of emotion.
"Hmm, it can bring back people from the dead, but only if there soul resides in the pure world, so if a soul is sealed, it doesn't work... You can use a dead body or alive body, but it's much stronger with a living sacrifices, and the Nidaime hokage invented it." answered Naruto
"Good, now, when I was fighting Tobirama sensei, he told me to bring back him and his brother, the first Hokage, to speak with you. The reason there are four body's here, is because I know of one other man who I'm sure would love to meet you, and I believe one that can help you a great deal." stated Sarutobi as he handed Naruto a small scroll. "These are the hand seals for the Jutsu, the reason I had you bring the scrolls from the vaults is because they hold two of the people you are going to summon."
"...ok old man, but I don't feel right about this." answered Naruto as he he flew through hand seals "Impure world resurrection!"
-Uchiha compound-
"I won't do it! I'll kill myself before I harm her!" shouted Sasuke once again in defiance.
"It's useless, foolish little brother. You've made eye contact, now your will is mine, thanks to a very old Uchiha technique, one that no longer has a name. You're my puppet now, and you will kill Haku, Naruto and then when you have eyes like mine, I will kill you and take them as my spares." droned out Itachi, all while eating his sandwich. This wasn't the man who killed his clan. This was a monster of even greater stature that the Kyuubi.
Sasuke was about to retort, only to find him moving on his own towards Haku, he was horrified to feel himself pull a kunai out of the holster on his leg and bring it up as his body was forcefully pushed towards the girl he had come to love. "No.. No! Haku! Please move!"
"She can't move, she can't speak, but she can see, and she can feel." answered Itachi, now standing beside Sasuke "Her last sight as she leaves this earth will be the man that loves her, slicing into her throat."
"Haku! Please move! Run, run and get help!" shouted Sasuke, his face covered in the salty water pouring from his eyes. His hand rose, no matter how hard he fought to disobey, it was useless.
Sasuke positioned the tip off the kunai at Hakus jugular. His hand shaking as he locked eyes with Haku, only to see pure fear and disbelief looking back into his eyes. "Haku... I'm so sorry. I love you, see you in the next life."
'Sletch'
He had done it... He just killed the woman he loved... "Haku!" he cried out "Why her?" he demanded of Itachi.
Itachi though, was awestruck by Sasukes new eyes...
-Training Ground zero-
Two coffins slowly rose side by side at Naruto's feet, followed by one on their left and one on their right. As all four coffins slowly came to the apex of their travel skyward, the lids began to fall, one by one.
"Hmm... Good to see you again Saru. And where is that kid that used the wind attack to reverse Edo tensai?" questioned Hashirama
"Yes, quite the feat to wipe out an earth Jutsu with a wind Jutsu. Nobody but my great grandson could have done it." smiled Tobirama
"Oh, toot your own horn some more Tobirama! He's my great grandson as well as yours." said a short man in a red long sleeve shirt and combat pants combo with black armor.
"Tumaki? Good lord your old!" stated Hashirama, Tumaki was actually a cousin of his late wife Mito, and was the village leader during the same time he was hokage.
"Could still kick both your asses! Need I remind you just who it was that won that little battle between us Hashi?" retorted Tumaki "Besides, It's not like I was THAT old when I died"
"You old crone. You were one of the oldest living Uzumaki. Besides, you know full well that I could take you on in your old age, maybe not your prime, but definitely now. And why the hell am I here? As far as I can tell, this is a Senju/Uzumaki reunion?" came the last man, long black hair, his left eye being covered, red plate armor, and most notable of all, red eyes that seemed to radiate power. The man, was Madara Uchiha.
"Madara Uchiha? Why would your DNA be in the hokage vaults?" questioned Naruto, still baffled by the array of dead shinobi.
"Who do we have here? You seem quite young, but the power rolling off you and the look you hold tells me that you know the true horrors of the ninja world. Who might you be?" questioned Madara.
"Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. The Godaime Hokage and the only man to truly defeat a bijuu." answered Naruto, staring Madara in the eyes the whole time. "Now, tell me who you are."
"Foolish boy! No man can defeat a bijuu. Not even I or Hashirama could do such a thing. And you already know who I am. Why ask again?" questioned Madara. The four other shinobi were watching the confrontation with one hundred percent focus.
"Ask Tobirama Sama. He saw me do it, also, Madara Sama, why do you hide what you gained after your battle with Hashirama sama? Do you feel that it was I'll gotten, just like the eyes you stole from your brother?" questioned Naruto.
"How did you know of this? Even Tobirama isn't that good of a sensor, and I'm sure it wasn't written down..." stated Madara.
"Because Madara sama, I can tell you're feeling no strain from your Eternal Mangekyou, and I can feel that your suppressing your eyes. There are only two doujutsu stronger than the ems, and I know you don't have one of them, which only leaves the rinnegan." stated Naruto
"So you've unlocked the Uzumaki royal kekkei genkai? I'm proud of you my boy. What level have you obtained?" questioned Tumaki.
"4, I don't think I will ever unlock 5, but for now, it's more than enough. Now can we skip the rest of these petty comments? And get to the real reason you're all here. Jiji?" asked Naruto
"I asked monkey to bring me here so I could met you. As I said before, your my great grandson, Tumaki is here, because he is also your great grandfather. I wanted Hashi here to rub his nose in it that I had two descendants make it to hokage and he has ZERO" cheered Tobirama, Naruto no longer finding not that hard to believe they were related.
"Cool, but why is Madara sama here?" asked Naruto
"Why do you insist on calling me that? You hold higher stature than I ever did, truthfully I find it annoying." questioned Madara
"Because I respect you as a powerful shinobi. And even though most don't believe it, I know that your brother gave you his eyes after you lost yours. I don't even care you went missing Nin." stated Naruto
"Nice to know, now why am I here? Surely it's not to just to meet you, I know you're more intelligent than that, seeing as I can tell you have the power to beat any one of us. Also, your the direct descendants of two of the most powerful and intelligent shinobi of my time, so it's obvious to me there's some ulterior motive here." stated Madara
"There is" stated Sarutobi "There's something big coming, and I want naruto to be as prepared as possible. You are four of the strongest shinobi to ever walk the earth. I was wondering if you all could train Naruto here?" questioned Sarutobi.
"I'd love too! It should be fun, and anyways, I've got nothing better to do." answered Tobirama with a grin.
"Can't let Tobirama have all the fun with our descendent, so it's a yes for me" answered Tumaki
"Well.. I guess I could, no harm in it, Right?" stated Hashirama
"I refuse to train a Senju or Uzumaki. But I will spar with one" stated Madara with a smirk.
-Two days later-
"Naruto... Naruto? Wake up!" yelled Sarutobi. After the day of training with shadow clones and saying his goodbyes, he released Edo tensai. Ever since then he was either sleeping or working, usually at the same time.
"What is it jiji?" asked Naruto head on his desk, clones around him doing the paperwork.
'SMACK!'
"AHH!" screamed Naruto after Sarutobi laid a chakra enhanced 5 star on his back. Naruto finally looked up after the pain receded and saw an older man with blue hair and an eyepatch. Beside said man was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on.
"Sandaime Sama? Why Is a child in your seat?" questioned Ao
Before Naruto could give a response, Sarutobi supplied one himself. "Because this 'child' as you called him could kick my old ass any day of the week and he is my successor."
"Nice to meet you both. Judging from your attire, I would guess that you're from kiri, and not the anti bloodline side. Please, take a seat." stated Naruto in a tone that, while very inviting, told both ninja 'You fuck with me, you die.'
"Thank you" stated the redhead kindly, after all, it was obvious that this boy was the hero of wave, which would mean that he was the one that defeated a bijuu, which would mean that Mei wanted him as a husband. "I am Mei terrarium, leader of the rebels of kiri, and this is Ao, my second in command."
"Thee Ao? Kiris number one hunter Nin?" questioned Naruto "I've heard a lot about you, and I must say I'm impressed."
"Thank you Hokage Sama, I must say it is refreshing to see one as young as you respect their elders, not many do." smiled Ao, he liked this kid.
"I know what you mean, my kids at home are still in the stage of not listening to me when they don't want to." smirked Naruto right back
"You have Kids!" all but shouted Mei, somehow forgetting the story of how Naruto adopted two boys from wave.
"Yep, Shisui and Azumi." stated Naruto, he turn a picture frame to show a half asses family portrait of 6 people. Two of them obviously not related, seeing as they were copy cat Kakashi and Zabuza. The other four were naruto, two boys that looked nothing alike and a woman about Naruto's age that was between the two boys.
"Zabuza? You got him to take a picture?" questioned Ao, the Hunter Nin had heard rumors that the only person to get him on film was his late wife.
Mei however, was almost in tears. In the picture, a little boy with dark red hair and a bright smile on his face caught her eye. It was Shisui, her dead nephew. "Shisui... But how..."
"Hey brat! The kids want something to do. Should we make them do... A... D... Rank..." trailed off Zabuza.
"Mister Zabuza? Are you alright? Mister Zabuza?" asked the 7 year old brunette, Azumi.
"He's fine. He's strong 'member?" said another little boy, this one with messy dark red hair and red eyes activated.
In a move that even Naruto barely saw, Mei had moved across the room and swept the young red head up into a huge hug. "Shisui! Your alive! Thank god your alive!" cried Mei happily
Naruto Turned to Ao, silently asking for an explanation. Ao responded "That's her nephew, we thought he died with his mother fighting off the bloodline haters."
-Two hours later-
"Well Mei, I understand your predicament, but I believe we should let Shisui decide. No matter his choice the other will be able to visit him whenever they wish." states naruto, Mei nodded.
"I want to Stay with you Naruto Nii! That way I can stay by my friends and be a really strong ninja just like you and Zabuza." stated Shisui from his spot in the couch.
"Well, now that that is settled..." Naruto thought for a minute, then a vicious smirk came across his face. He pushed the intercom button "Mai, clear my next two meetings please?"
"Right away sir"
"Hawk, boar!" called out Naruto, the two dropped on either side of Mei and Ao. "Bring me Tsunade, Shizune, Kakashi, Gai, Asuma, Itachi and Jiraiya." naruto glanced at Mei, who gave him a flirtatious wink. "Blindfold Jiraiya"
"Yes Sir!" the said in creepy unison.
"Why would you blindfold Jiraiya sama?" asked Mei
"To put it nicely, you're much too beautiful to be seen by my 'Super Pervert' of a Godfather" stated Naruto. Mei blushed slightly at the Beautiful part. Sarutobi gave a perverse giggle, thinking about Mei in Jiraiya's next book. "Old Man... I will hurt you if you continue that line of thinking..."
"Stupid SS level brats, two smart and strong for their own good" mumbled Sarutobi.
"Is every strong Ninja from Konoha messed up in some way?" Mei asked Ao quietly
"Wait till you meet Gai." laughed Naruto
-15 minutes later-
"Are... Are you sure?"
"Yea, we need to test out some things anyway, and you can never enough experience." answered Naruto
"But... This..." answered Ao as he motioned to the 7 shinobi assembled "These are 7 of your strongest ninjas, plus yourself. I'm not saying that we don't like the offer, Far from it actually. But I must say, you would be leaving yourselves completely vulnerable."
"Nah, Jiraiya and Sarutobi will still be here, plus if there's any danger here I can just Hirashin back here. Besides, Suna is always a day away, Kumo is no longer a threat, Orochimaru is a non factor right now and Iwa is still suffering from my father." stated Naruto.
"Well, as leader of the rebels, I humbly accept you support."
-hidden base-
"Bullshit! No fucking way some punk ass brat could capture Itachi!" yelled a silver haired man.
"Shut up Hidan, it's obvious the boy is strong, plus if the reports at correct, he's a high level Jinchuuricki, meaning that Genjutsu would have a difficult time working in him." stated a large tan skin man with a skull cap and mask on.
"Quiet! Kisame... Is it true that Itachi was Captured by the Kyuubi vessel?" questioned the leader.
"Yes Pain sama. He broke through one of Itachi's illusions like it was nothing and had him subdued in nanoseconds. He's every bit as fast as the rumors make him out to be, maybe even on par with the yellow flash." stated Kisame
"I see. Then we will have to step up our preparations. Itachi is lost to us, as even if he does escape he will be a liability. We will need a new member, as well as all of us getting stronger. Train and make money, meet back here in 2 and a half years."
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