DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): My god...I just noticed I have 200000 words...I officially have no life! :D 10/10 GG!

But enough about the lack of social life I have,

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 109: A Somber Return

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Naruto caught his fathers words and decided in investigate. "What? Who did what?" Naruto asked with his eyes narrowed. Cole flicked his eyes to his son, still unable to move. "Well...Sasuke somehow has the Rinnegan..." he said to the blond from his immobile position. Naruto's face paled as he bolted up to look at him. "WHHHHAAAATTTTT!?"

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Naruto stared at his father with eyes twice the size they normally were. "What do you mean he has the Rinnegan!?" he roared out. It was then that the others of their group made themselves known. Sakura coughed into her hand to get the two males attention. "Uh...I was able to get Sarutobi-sama stabilized, how are you Uzumaki-sama?" she asked the downed Rinnegan barer.

Cole chuckled slightly and winced in pain. "Well to put it bluntly, out of chakra and fucked up." he said with a weak smile, not able to fully turn his head towards the pinkette. Sakura nodded seriously and crouched next to him to check his condition. A frown set on her face as she checked him over. She sighed and shook her head. "Well I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first?" she asked in a critical tone.

"Well, the bad news would be nice. I would like to know just how fucked up my body is at the moment." he said with a shaky chuckle, before he winced again. Sakura sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Well first off, you'll need to stop laughing like that and keep speaking to a minimum. You have three ribs that are cracked and two that are broken. Oh, and another two that are just shattered. You left thigh is split down the middle and your collar bone is snapped. You also have a fracture in your third lumbar. And to top it all off, your chakra system is fried and from the strain your arms were put through, they will most likely be paralyzed for a while do to nerve damages and chakra burns. So, several weeks in the hospital and reconstructive surgery is guaranteed." she explained to the Rinnegan barer.

Cole huffed, and winced again. He was going to have to learn to control his emotional breathing. "So, royally fucked up would be a good description?" he asked the pink haired field medic. She nodded. "Royally fucked up indeed." she agreed with the white haired man. Cole nodded slightly and asked his next question. "The good news?" he asked the girl.

"Well," she started. "None of your vital organs have been injured...and that everyone else is perfectly fine...save Gai-sensei..." she said before the realization finally struck her. "Oh...oh Kami-sama...what are we going to tell Lee?" she murmured to herself and gripped her elbows. A silent sob passed over her causing both Naruto and Cole to look away, afraid they would start to cry to.

They stayed like that for a moment before Cole broke in again. "Has Jiraiya woken up yet? I know my clone finished healing him before I destroyed the meteor." he said to the girl. Sakura wiped away her tears and shook her head. "No, he's still unconscious. I don't know much about your healing method, but it doesn't seem to replenish chakra exhaustion." she clarified.

Cole nodded, to the best of his ability while Naruto let loose a relieved sigh. At least Ero-sennin made it out alright. And then a thought struck him. "Dad, what about Gaara!? And the rest of Suna!?" Naruto asked his father when the realization that the Jinchuuriki of Sunagakure was still nowhere to be found. A sad look came to Cole's eyes as he looked to his son.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but...I think it's too late. If Sasuke was here, that means Tobi was here as well. Even if we beat all of the Akatsuki, Tobi would have already made off with Gaara...And Nagato's body now that I think about it. And as for Suna...well...use you sage mode to find survivors. I don't think there would be that many after all that's happened. We are in the middle of where the village once stood." Cole said in a defeated tone. "This mission was a failure...even though we took down four of the Akatsuki...it wasn't worth the loss of a comrade and entire village..." he mumbled to himself. "We need to report to the village...Naruto, make a clone and have it flash us back. I want you to stay here and look for survivors." Cole said with an authority he didn't really feel at the moment. The first time he takes a full team of people out on a mission...this just go wrong in the worst of ways.

Sakura put her hands over Cole's torso and a green glow formed around them as she started treating Cole's wounds. "I'm going to get started on mending the bones and closing your open wounds. I don't have the resources or the chakra to fully start to heal you, but I can get you started for Tsunade-sama." she said as she concentrated on his injuries.

"Thanks Haruno-san." he said to her, letting his head rest onto the ground.

A few minutes later, the rest of Team Konoha arrived next to Cole along with a Naruto clone. After Sakura confirmed Cole was ready for the trip, the clone Hiraishined them back to Konoha while the real Naruto began to gather Natural Chakra and search for any survivors.

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Kotetsu and Izumo were doing what they normally did. Laze around on gate duty. Kotetsu was enjoying a nice little nap while Izumo was blankly staring out into space. The two forever Chunin's were not expecting for their day to get a lot more exciting and troublesome.

Team Konoha flashed into existence right in front of the check-in desk and thoroughly scared the shit out of Izumo as he screamed like a little girl. Causing Kotetsu to wake up and jump up too fast, smashing his head on the roof of the Check-in station. An exhausted Hiruzen looked at the two before sighing in annoyance. "Chunin Izumo!" he called.

Izumo jumped to attention. "Yes Sandaime-sama!" he saluted to the elderly man. "Call the hospital and have an emergency team here right now. We have injured with us. And inform Tsunade of our arrival while your at it." he grumbled as he sat on the ground, waiting for the Chunin to do what he ordered. Izumo looked at the group and noticed that the legendary Jiraiya of the Sannin was unconscious, Kakashi of the Sharingan looked like he was run over by a cart and suffered a emotional thrashing, and the fersome Uzumaki Clan head, who had somehow domesticated Konoha's Snake mistress, looked like he was going to keel over any minute.

"YES SANDAIME-SAMA!" he shouted before Shunshining to the hospital.

Sakura sighed as she finished Cole's first aid. What happened to Kotetsu? She walked over to the Check-in station and looked inside. The member of the forever Chunin duo was unconscious on the floor, a massive bump on the top of his head.

Man, the security in Konoha is just top notch huh?

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Naruto sat in a meditative position as he let his senses reach out to the outskirts of Sunagakure...or at least, what was left of it.

It was sickening, all of the death that was in those destroyed buildings and debris. He couldn't feel a single life for a long time. It was...horrid. The fact someone could just kill off an entire hidden village like that made Naruto green and his stomach want to through itself out of his throat.

He fought down his sickly feeling to focus on trying to find any survivors. He let his senses roam for a few minutes before he finally found someone. And to his horror...it was the only person he could find.

The life force was incredibly small, most likely a child. And in was also very weak. He needed to act fast. He looked off into the persons direction before cloaking himself with Kurama's charka so he could get there as fast as he could.

He quickly dashed out of the crater that the battle took place in and rushed into the ring of debris and fallen buildings that circled it. He continued to run until he came across a fallen house that the person was in. furrowing his eyebrows he formed three chakra arms and began to gently remove the fallen rubble. After a few minutes he finally found her.

Yes, her. It was a small girl, no older than five. She had shoulder length brown hair and was bleeding from her forehead were a good sized gash cut her open. He deactivated his cloak and went over to the girl and brought her out of the ruined building. He looked her over and did his best to help her. He wasn't a field medic by a long shot, but he knew enough about first aid to at least bandage a wound and make sure she would be okay.

He ripped off part of his cloak and used it as a makeshift bandage to bind the girls cut. It wasn't until he tightened it in her head did she wake up. Her eyelids slowly opened up, revealing pale blue eyes. She gave Naruto a half awake look before saying anything. "D-Daddy?" she asked in a incredibly weak voice.

Naruto stiffened at her voice. He hadn't noticed she was awake until she spoke. He looked to her eyes with concern. "Hi there..." he said in a soft tone. "Can you tell me your name little one?" he asked the girl with a smile.

"I-Izumi..." she said weakly to the blond before grabbing onto his arm. "W-Where's my Daddy?" she asked him tears filling her eyes. Naruto closed his eyes and looked away before reaching down and picking up the girl. He held her tightly as she began to cry into his shoulder. No child should have to go through this. No one deserved this pain.

He may have had someone take him in once he lost his family. But he didn't want anyone to feel that loneliness. His battle with Kurama showed his the dangers of hate, and especially of loneliness.

So he held onto her before taking a deep breath. "Don't worry Izumi-chan. I'll take care of you...and that's a promise."

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(A/N): To be continued...

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