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Everyone in Konoha gathered in the streets surrounding the hokage tower. They had been informed that the Godaime was about to make a speech, thought about what, the civilians did not know, but most of them had been guessing, some thought that naruto was honoring the ninja that made chunin, while others believed that he was naming a successor. The ninja had heard rumors that the third had died in the Kumo chunin exam invasion, but no one had seen Asuma or anyone that was actually there, so they could not confirm this. Everyone was ripped from their thoughts and conversations when Narutos booming voice erupted over the city.

"People of Konoha! I have called this assembly to honor a great man. During the invasion of the chunin exams in Kumo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the God of Shinobi and Sandaime hokage, died as a result of wounds received in combat during a confrontation that left himself, Danzo Shimura and Onoki of both scales dead." stated Naruto from the top of the hokage tower, using a voice transmission Jutsu to amplify his voice.

A loud gasp echoed through the crowd, many cried, some were in shock, but all were saddened.

"As most of you know, I thought of him as a grandfather, having never known my own, or my mother and father. It saddens me that he is gone, but It also fills me with pride, for i know that he is not and will never be forgotten! As the Godaime Hokage, I Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze-Senju, hereby name July twenty fourth, Hiruzen Sarutobi Day, in honor of the greatest hokage to ever hold the position!" Roaring applause shook the city at Narutos deceleration, only once had a day be named after a man, and that was when Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju formed Konoha. "In honor of the late Sandaime, all missions are off for the day and no stores are required to be open. Take today to celebrate the life of our greatest hokage. Also, anyone that wishes to help out with his funeral, visit the Sarutobi clan compound. Asuma is making the arrangements."

-In Iwa-

"Do you accept the title of Fourth Tsuchikage?" questioned a nameless councilor.

Before him stood Kitsuchi, Son in law of Onoki, known to be the best earth user in the village, and not counting the kazekages use of sand, in the world, and to have the larges chakra reserves in iwa, even more than the two Jinchuuriki, he was the best pick to be the newest earth shadow. Though he was an immensely powerful fighter, he was an even greater leader, he had never lead a squad that had failed their mission, and most importantly, he hated the Namikaze line more than any other man or woman in Iwa. And he was capable of using the dust element "I accept the position of Yondaime Tsuchikage."

-In Konoha, one week later-

Naruto once again sat behind his desk, reading through different scrolls and signing documents, though he was not actually sitting behind his desk, that was a shadow clone. The real Naruto was sitting on the old, worn out couch in his office, lost in thought. 'Iwa should be sending their demands for me killing their Kage soon. No doubt they will want my head. And I can't counterclaim, as Old Man died from exhaustion. Hopefully they won't declare war.'

"Naruto-Kun, a scroll from Iwa has arrived..." stated Mai, the aging secretary from the doorway. A very troubled look on her face. Most likely because her and Hiruzen had been very good friends.

"Send for the branches, Sasuke, Sakura, Tsunade and the Nara's. Then you may take the rest of the day off. You never took time to help get over his loss." stated naruto as he got up and took the scroll from her.

"You haven't either Naruto-kun..." Stated the elderly woman. "You were closer to him than any of us, maybe even more than Asuma-kun and Jiraiya."

-Ten minutes later.-

"Troublesome... What did they request?" questioned shikaku, who had just walked through the door with Shikamaru, taking a spot on the couch in front of Naruto's desk, beside him sat Kakashi, along with Itachi, Sasuke and Zabuza, in the chairs on either side sat Sakura, Tsunade, Shizune and Asuma.

"Were still waiting for Gai." stated Zabuza, he and Kakashi holding matching books, flipping pages at the same times in a fascinating mirror image of each other.

"Fear not my friends, I am here!" shouted Gai, who had just jumped through the window and landed in the last chair.

The group collectively held up cards with the number ten, however Kakashi and Zabuza simply looked towards Gai and faked being surprised to see Gai, before asking in unison. "Hey Gai, when did you get here?"

"Unyouthful masked men!"

"Now that Gai is here, what did they demand?" questioned Shikaku, nodding off, even as naruto splashed water at him. "troublesome..."

"...They want me, Azumi, Shisui, Remi and anyone I've ever been in a romantic relationship with delivered to them so they can execute us." stated Naruto without emotions, though everyone there could see his rage.

"What! That's outrageous! I can see them demanding you, but Why would they want to kill the brats and your girlfriends?" questioned Tsunade, her motherly instincts kicking into overdrive at the very thought of losing her metaphorical son and grandsons.

"Didn't they demand the same when the fourth ended the third great shinobi war?" questioned Sakura, her outrageous booksmarts shining through.

"They want the Namikaze line to end with me. That includes the three I've taught and the ones I loved." stated Naruto with a sigh. "Shikaku. Are we capable of handling war right now?"

The question made everyones eyes widen, though it seemed that Shikaku had anticipated it. "Yes. As long as its only Iwa and smaller nations we are up against, we will be fine. Though if Akatsuki joins them, we will need the help of either Suna and Kiri or Kumo."

"Fuck Iwa, they should be wiped out." stated Zabuza, him and Kakashi, turning a page. "Iwa has started every widespread war the elemental countries have ever had. I think the world would be better off without them."

"Perhaps we should send a preemptive strike?" stated Sasuke with a raised eyebrow.

"Kumo used one to prevent a fourth world war when Kiri threatened to unleash Utatanka after they saw what the kyuubi did to this place." stated Zabuza.

"No, Iwa wouldn't back down if we through the first punch, and we don't have the manpower to wipe out the whole village without Konoha being left unguarded." stated Itachi.

"You're right. Even with all of my abilities I would need everyone in this room as well as Jiraiya. That would leave only the ANBU to guard the village." stated Naruto.

"Then we should send a demand back for the death of my dad. Seeing as he also died as a result of that battle." stated Asuma. "After all, you killed everyone from Iwa that was in that stadium besides the genin, so we could say it was cause by onoki."

"What should we demand?"

-In Iwa, three days later-

"They did what!" shouted Kitsuchi, his huge frame lumbering over his desk.

"Konoha sent back a demand of their own, claiming Lord Onoki is the reason that their Sandaime is dead." Stated Kurotsuchi, reading off of the scroll they had received that morning. "They want yours and my head, as well as any other living member of our family..."

"That is outrageous! That son of a bitch killed five hundred of our men and my father in law, then they demand that we hand over even more?" Questioned Kitsuchi to himself, not expecting an answer.

"I can kill him, for a price." stated a voice from the corner of the room, Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi both falling into a battle ready stance. "Now now, no need to be hostile, after all, I plan on killing a pest you want dead, if the price is right..."

A man with countless piercing and orange hair walked out of the shadows, his eyes closed.

"I'm glossing over the fact that you somehow got past my guards. just how do you plan to do that? He's one of if not the strongest men in the world, if he can defeat my father in law, Danzo Shimura, countless Kiri ninja and a fucking Bijuu, how do you plan on beating him?" questioned Kitsuchi

"Simple..." stated the man as he opened his eyes. "I can beat anyone, I am the god of Ame."

-Konoha, three days later-

Naruto was looking over the latest message from the Tsuchikage, and to say the least, he was not amused.

'Hokage-sama.

I am sending this as a warning. You have one more chance to give yourself, Shisui Uzumaki-Uchiha, Azumi Namikaze, Remi Shiranui and anyone you have been romantically involved with over to us, or Iwa will declare open war on Konoha.

Kitsuchi, Yondaime Tsuchikage'

Naruto considered his next move when a sinister plan formed in his mind. "Itachi! Bring me those Iwa spies that Jiraiya captured!"

-One week later, Iwa-

Kitsuchi looked over his village, contemplating his next move. Konoha had yet to send back anything, and he was rapidly losing patients. 'That coward Namikaze must be scared. No matter. With the help of Akatsuki, he will be dead and Konoha will fall.'

He was taken from his musings when a chunin busted into the room, panting heavily and pale white. "Sir!... Hokage... At the gate!"

Kitsuchis eyes widened, he took off as fast as he could, blowing through the wall to his right, his mind racing as he speed through the village. ' He's here? Is he going to attack? Is he planning on giving himself up?'

He stopped dead in his tracks when he came into view of the gate. His eyes locked onto the form of the Godaime hokage, his three students behind him and a group of Iwa ninjas behind them, all chained at the wrist with chakra reinforcing seals.

"Kitsuchi. I've come to end this nonsense once and for all. Behind me are six spies my shinobi have captured inside my walls. You have two options. You call this whole thing off, and I release these men to you, or you are stupid enough to continue these charades, and I kill them all in front of you." stated Naruto

"I won't stop until you are dead Namikaze!" shouted Kitsuchi, rushing the blonde, only for the cries of 'Stop' to reach his ears, he looked to see the men he knew to be his spies looking at him I'm horror before their foreheads began to glow with blue kanji.

"I warned you. I placed explosive seals on their heads, and now... Boom..." Kitsuchi watched in horror and rage as his shinobi heads exploded, one by one. Blood and bits of brain rocketing in all directions He felt his blood boil as each head exploded, Until he finally lost it and rushed the grinning blonde, a punch aims at his head. "I had the last laugh..."

Suddenly, The blonde in front of him turned into one of the shinobi he had seen killed, his face pale, his body covered in about one hundred explosive notes. "...Sir"

BOOM!

The shinobi in front of him detonated, causing a blast to take out a huge portion of the area around them. Kitsuchi was replaced by the explosion, taking the full blast of it to his exposed midsection. His body lost all rigidity as the bloody blob skid and skipped down the main road, his villagers staring in horror at the thought of losing another Kage.

In a rock formation overlooking the village gates, Sasuke and Itachi watched as medics rushed to stabilize their leader, each Uchiha having their EMS activated. "He fell for it."

"Of course he did. You had him in a genjutsu to think the front four were naruto, Shisui, Azumi and Remi, while I used a genjutsu to make him think that naruto killed more of his shinobi." stated Sasuke "Let's head back, naruto is going to be happy it went so well."

-Next day, Iwa hospital-

Kitsuchi awoke, his body searing in pain as his eyes widened and his body tensed.

"Lord Tsuchikage! You must relax! You have suffered near fatal injuries and we have only barely patched you back together!" shouted a doctor next to him, injecting a paralyzing agent into his I.V. "This will keep you from moving, it's a paralyzing agent used to help perform amputations. Luckily only your ribs were badly damaged, and we managed to heal any crippling injuries..."

Kitsuchi relaxed as the paralyzer took effect, pain leaving his body as the doctor injected morphine as well . "Where is Namikaze?"

"I would think in Konoha sir?" stated a jonin that had been guarding his room.

"He escaped? He was standing at our front gate and you let him escape!" shouted the infuriated earth shadow, surprising the doctor when his body started moving again.

"What are you talking about sir? Namikaze was never here? You we're talking with our spies from Konoha at the gate when you got angry and moved to hit him. Next thing we knew, he exploded, taking out most of the gate, the other spies and yourself..." stated the jonin, his voice showing the confusion.

"What? Namikaze was here! He activated the seals that blew their heads off!" stated Kitsuchi

"Sir, we've watched the tapes from the gate, he was never there..."

-Konoha-

Naruto sat behind his desk, in front of him sat Sasuke and Itachi, both had smirks on their faces, naruto had a matching one on his own face. "Very good you two. Though I would have liked to crippled more of their forces. It's too bad we had to resort to killing those spies though."

"Yes, it is a shame that they didn't want to desert to us. Though it is very honorable of them to send themselves to their deaths instead of living as traitors to their countries." stated Itachi with a nod.

"Any news out of Iwa?" questioned Sasuke.

"No, only what we already know. Kitsuchi was injured in the explosion, but he is already recovering. Iwa's public relations has put out a report stating that he is already stabilized and resuming his duties as Kage." stated Itachi. "Though it is possible that he could be bed ridden, the explosion happened about three feet from his rib cage. Unless he was charging his ribs with chakra, his ribs should have been shattered."

"Iwa has hired Akatsuki." stated A deep voice behind naruto, the group turned to the window to see Jiraiya sitting on the window sill.

"Hey Pervy sage, decide to take a gander at the hot springs?" joked naruto, though the seriousness on Jiraiya's face forced Naruto sit up straight. "Any news on what they hired them for?"

"To kill you. Their leader is rumored to be handling the contract personally." stated Jiraiya

"Pain..." gasped out Itachi, causing them to all stare at him questioningly. "He, he calls himself a god, and in many ways he is. From what I could gather, he defeated Hanzo the salamander by himself. But what's more, he has the Rinnegan..."

"Unbelievable... To think I lived to see three different people have the Rinnegan. Two of them my own students..." stated Jiraiya to himself.

"Jiraiya... What do you mean three people, and only old man Ichiraku, Mikoto Uchiha, myself and my father were your students, and unless that ramen making old man has the Rinnegan, you better speak up." stated Naruto, his tone official and his own eyes boring into the toad sannin.

Jiraiya stared at his youngest student. He felt a strange mixture of pride and fear from the look on the young blondes face. "... It was during the second great shinobi war..."

-Unknown-

"Well... Seems you taught him well..." stated a figure, face blocked by shadows.

"How do you figure? Naruto has been taught by me, Itachi, Gai, Kakashi, Asuma, Jiraiya-sama and Hiruzen-Sama, not to mention Zabuza Momochi and the Raikage..." stated another figure in the room, a beam of light hitting the back of his head, showing dark, short, spiky hair.

"Don't fool yourself. That boy is a Senju, inside and out. His great grandfather killed my brother in combat. And no Senju could or would use a leaders own soldiers against him. Either you or that friend of yours taught him that."

-Ame-

"Sure you don't want help sir? He is outrageously strong." stated Kakazu. "He very well may have killed more people than I have."

"No. The nine tails is of no concern to me. He may be strong by Jinchuuriki standards, but I am a God. Nothing will stop me from my dream." stated Nagato, his red hair shifting smoothly as he walked around the top floor of the tower. "I will be going alone."

"Thats fucking stupid! I'm literally Immortal and I don't want to fight that blonde prick with every member at my back, let alone by myself." stated Hidan with a snort.

"Your powers are limited, mine are not." stated Nagato as he continued to move around, stretching his legs and back.

"Nagato-kun... Please let me come with you..." pleaded konan, her eyes pleading with the red haired man.

"No, you will protect the village while I am gone. I do not trust that Iwa won't try invading or getting spies into the village during my absence." Stated Nagato, staring at konan, his glowing purple eyes boring into the woman's face.

"Fine, but at least use your paths to began the fight and learn his abilities." stated Konan.

Nagato nodded "I plan to. By this time in one week, Konoha will lose another leader."

-Konoha-

Naruto was once again doing paperwork at his desk when he looked up at the picture on his desk, each one cracking at the same time, each crack going through someone in the picture. Shisui and Azumi from the team seven picture, Asuma and Shizune from the six branches picture, Tsunade and Himself from the elders picture and Yugito in her single picture.

Naruto sat and stared at the picture for what seemed like hours, his brain flashing through different thoughts, though one was the most prominent. 'Yugito and Baa-chan never leave the village... And unless Azumi and Shisui were with me then they wouldn't either... Is Iwa going to invade?'

Naruto looked out of his window, staring up at his fathers and great grandfathers faces. 'What do I do? If they invade the village then everyone is at risk...'

"Mai... Send me Neji, Hinata and Hiashi Hyuuga!"

-10 minutes later-

"Good, you're all here. I want more Hyuuga watching the walls, more specifically, I want them watching for an invasion." stated Naruto, not even waiting for the trio to take a seat.

"Iwa declared war?" questioned Hiashi.

Naruto shook his head, and turned the pictures around, showing cracks in the glass in front of the six people. "I do my best not to be superstitious, but they all happened at the same time, and I... Felt something when it happened."

Neji, Curious, activated his byakugan. "Naruto... There a glowing white residue in each of those cracks. It's like chakra, but it has no physical energy..."

Naruto turned his head back to the hokage monument, where it looked like the mouth of Tobirama wavered slightly in a smile for the briefest of seconds. Naruto nodded and turned back to his three Hyuuga. "One man for every cardinal direction and walking guards between them. Byakugan's activated at all times."

"What are we to be looking for?" Questioned Haishi.

"A small group or single person wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them." Stated Naruto

"Akatsuki? They would be bold enough to attack the entire village?" Questioned Neji.

"Either their leader is coming, or it's a diversion for them to get the other tailed beast. Gaara can handle himself, but Azumi and yugito cannot. I'm not worried about bee, he is the strongest jinchuuriki in the world." Stated Naruto. "Hinata, I want you to send word to Gaara, warn him about akatsuki possibly moving soon. I will contact bee."

-Iwa next day-

"You're looking well..."

Kitsuchi sat up straight. Looking at the corner of his hospital room. He watched as the orange haired figure appeared from the corner, his glowing purple eyes staring blankly at the injured leader. "How do you keep getting past my guards?"

"That is none of your concern. I will kill the hokage in three days. Where is my money?" questioned orange haired man. Pain didn't truly care about the money, he just wanted the Tsuchikage to know that he was under his thumb. After all, they had already captured both the Yonbi and gobi.

"I still refuse to believe that you can kill him. I won't pay you until I have his head." Retorted Kitsuchi, sounding much more confident and powerful than a bedridden man should.

"You are not in position to make such demands. I want the money now, bust as a show of good faith, I will accept half of it now, and half when I bring his head."

-Rice country-

In a dark room filled with countless scrolls, sat a pail figure on a throne. His eyes squinted, and his breathing labored. "Kabuto, why is this body failing me so fast? It's only been three years! It should last five!"

"I don't know myself sir. It could be that the fight you had with Namikaze weakened it, but I don't know how that would be possible." Stated Kabuto from his spot in front of the pale sannin. "What body would you like prepared?"

"...How much of danzo were you able to recover?" Questioned Orochimaru.

"Unfortunately, his arm was destroyed beyond recovery, and his eye was missing, he probably sealed if within himself to keep anyone else from getting it." Answered Kabuto.

"Very well then... Prepare Guren, she will be my next vessel."

-Ame-

"I told you he wouldn't fucking go alone!" Stated the foul mouthed Hidan to the man next to him, who was his partner kakazu.

"You are going with a separate mission. You two are to capture the two tail while kisame and Tobi capture the three tails. Sasori and deidara are going to suna to capture the one tail. If needed I will send a path for you." States Nagato as he continued reading each of the blondes battle reports. His frown continued to grow the farther into each report he read.

'Can use all elements, knows various s rank ninjutsu for water, fire, wind and water, master of taijutsu and kenjutsu, fastest man on the planet, strongest man on the planet, known to use genjutsu when against multiple opponents... He has no weaknesses!' Thought a disgruntled Pain as he leafed through battle reports. 'Wait! That's it! I have found your weakness naruto-kun...'

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