TEN
Konoha: Part IV
"The latest Akatsuki report came it, Tsunade," Jiraiya said as he walked into the Hokage's office.
"Oh? What is it this time?" Tsunade whined.
"They have sealed the Ichibi, and the Yonbi. But each village has said their Jinchuuriki have come back alive after they were captured. Even the Jinchuurikis can't explain why," Jiraiya said as he re-laid the information he gathered to Tsunade.
"I can explain it," a voice called from the door of the office.
Tsunade and Jiraiya in the direction of the door and saw Kakashi and Shikamaru standing there.
"Kakashi? You know how the Jinchuurikis are surviving the extraction?" Tsunade said.
"They're not," Shikamaru said.
"What…" Tsunade said with an 'are you kidding me' face.
"They're not surviving the extraction but are being revived afterwards," Kakashi explained.
"Revived?" Jiraiya eyed Kakashi curiously.
"Yes, by Naruto," Shikamaru finished explained.
"Naruto?" Tsunade repeated.
"Yes, that's how Gaara was able to come back after the Akatsuki took the Ichibi," Kakashi continued.
"Since they are being revived, it would explain how they don't have any memories of the extraction or how they survived," Jiraiya thought out loud.
"Exactly," Kakashi agreed.
"But why would Naruto revive the Jinchuuriki after they sealed the tailed beast?" Jiraiya asked to no one in particular.
"Gaara asked him the same question after he revived Gaara. Naruto said 'I wasn't going to let those who are precious to me die for someone else's dream'" Kakashi explained.
"So Naruto doesn't want people a to die unnecessarily," Tsunade clarified.
"Most likely," Kakashi confirmed.
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune ran into the office with a panicked looked on her face.
"What?"
"There are two Akatsuki members at the south gate asking for you," Shizune asked.
Tsunade nodded at Shizune and before anyone knew it Tsunade was out the door followed by Shikamaru, Jiraiya, Kakashi and Shizune.
A few moments later, Tsunade walked up to the gate that was now surrounded by a large amount of ninja.
"Move!" Tsunade yelled as she and the four pushed their way to the front.
Naruto was leaning up against the gate while Itachi stood a few feet away from Naruto facing the group of ninja.
"Why are you here Naruto?" Tsunade almost yelled.
"What? No welcome? I even brought you a present, baa-chan!" Naruto smiled as he pushed him self away from the wall he was leaning on. Naruto then noticed that Kakashi and Jiraiya were standing on one side of Tsunade and Shikamaru and Sakura on the other.
He and Itachi walked up to the gate so they were closer to the ninja, who looked like they would attack at any moment but the two men didn't seem fazed. Naruto reached behind him in his pack and pulled out three scrolls, one red and two green. He handed the two green ones to Itachi and laid the other on ground. Naruto crouched down and unrolled the scroll. The group of ninja, eyed him carefully and curiously. Naruto then made a series of hand signs then placed both hands one on top of the other on top of the seal written on the scroll. With a puff of smoke, a body appeared. Orochimaru. Several gasps came from the large group of ninja. Naruto stood up and looked at the shocked faces. Jiraiya and Tsunade eyed the body with anger, hurt, confusion and many more emotions.
"Uh, Naruto…" Itachi started as he starred down at the body.
"I know, that's not what I sealed…" Naruto said as he eyed the body and scratching his head.
"How did…" Itachi couldn't gather the words which was strange for Itachi.
"What do you mean that's not what you sealed?" a voice called from the group.
Naruto looked up and found that Kakashi had asked him the question. Naruto scratched the back of his head, unable to come up with an answer for Kakashi.
"Did you not know you sealed Orochimaru's body?" this time it was Jiraiya asking the questions.
"Um, yes, well no," Naruto stuttered still trying to figure out how to explain why Itachi and Naruto were so confused.
"Well, which is it?" Kakashi prompted.
"We seal Orochimaru, but that's no what he looked like when we sealed him," Itachi was finally able to explain.
"What did he look like?" Kakashi asked.
"A giant white snake," Naruto said.
Every looked at Naruto like they weren't sure about what he said.
Naruto shook his head, indicating that he didn't want to explain. Naruto held out his hand to Itachi, who then placed another scroll in his hand. Naruto placed the scroll on the ground and repeated the process. With a puff of smoke another body appeared, this time it was Kabuto's. The group was not as shocked at this body.
Naruto stood up and looked at Tsunade's face, "He's alive. He isn't able move since his nervous system is shot. Plus his chakra connections throughout his body have been disconnected, so even if he was able to move, he can't use his chakra."
"What did you do to him to cause that much damage?" Sakura asked blinking wide eyed at Naruto.
Naruto laughed at the question then realized she was serious, "Well, if you do a full medical exam on his body you will find out any ways, so I don't see the harm in telling you. It's a new jutsu I created based on the Rasengan Ero-Sennin taught me called the Rasenshuriken. It's a wind technique. It creates countless microscopic wind-blades that severely damage the body on a cellular level. The wind-blades sever all nerve channels in the body, leaving the target unable to move after being struck. They also attack the entire chakra circulatory system, which cannot be repaired by any form of medical ninjutsu whatsoever."
Tsunade's and Sakura's faces as well as any other medical ninja around were in shock that a jutsu could create that much damage to someone. Tsunade and Sakura were also shocked that Naruto knew that much about the body. Naruto laughed at the look on everyone's faces.
"Why did you leave him alive?" Tsunade asked, "if you could do that much damage, I am sure you could have killed him."
"Yeah, I could have. Actually, I was going to, but I knew we were bringing them back here. So I thought why not bring him back alive? That way Konoha could get some information from him?" Naruto replied.
"Why-" Tsunade started to ask but Naruto waved a hand cutting her off.
Naruto then turned to Itachi and asked for the last scroll.
Naruto laid the scroll on the ground and repeated the same process. A puff of smoke and the last body appeared. There were several gasps around the large group of ninja but the loudest one was form the pink haired girl in the front. Naruto stood up and looked at the faces in front of him. Most of the faces were focused on the three bodies that lay in front of him.
"He's also alive," Naruto motioned toward Sasuke's body, "He's not injured at all. He didn't know that I was bringing him here."
"We are also here to collect the bounty for each of these men," Itachi spoke up staring directly at Tsunade, "We will be on our way once we receive the bounty."
"Shizune, please retrieve the rewards for each of these men," Tsunade asked without looking away from Itachi. Everyone else's eyes were on Naruto. Shizune scrambled away to retrieve the bounties.
Naruto leaned down and pulled the scrolls out from under each of the bodies. He re-rolled them and placed them back in his pack. When Naruto looked back up, he saw everyone was staring at him like they were expecting something. Naruto just blinked unsure how to respond.
How strong has Naruto become?
He was able to take down Orochimaru and cause a severe amount of damage to Kabuto.
These were the kind of thoughts that ran through everyone's mind as they stared at the blonde hair boy. Naruto had been even more dangerous than any one expected. Something needed to be done.
"Naruto, what other variants of the Rasengan have you come up with?" Jiraiya asked breaking the silence.
"Now, Ero-Sennin, why would I tell you that? So you could come up with ways to defeat it?" Naruto laughed and placed his hands on his hip, "I'm not that gullible little kid you use to train."
Jiraiya just nodded in response. Naruto glanced over at Kakashi, who was staring at him intently.
"Kakashi-sensei, if you want to say something, say it. Don't just stare at me. Its kind of creepy," Naruto said in a serious voice narrowing his eyes at Kakashi and crossing his arms.
"Fine, I'll say it. What have you given up for power?" Kakashi's eyes narrowed even further.
Kakashi's question shocked Naruto. He truly didn't know how to answer that. He looked around at the other ninja, they were staring at him like they seem to be expecting an answer from him.
Naruto sighed and thought of only one thing to say, "Everything."
It seemed like it was the answer that everyone was expecting. Kakashi nodded. Tsunade shook her head in disbelief. Jiraiya looked disappointed. Shikamaru looked pissed and Sakura looked sad. Naruto smirked and was about to say something until he saw Shizune walk up with three scrolls and handed them to Naruto. Naruto took them then handed them to Itachi. Naruto turned around to leave.
"Naruto…" Sakura said from behind him.
Naruto turned to face her.
"You're injured," Sakura said. Her face was sad but determined.
Naruto looked down at the arm Sakura was referring to, it was bleeding badly. At this rate, Naruto wasn't sure if he would make it back to the base before passing out from blood loss and he would never hear the end of it from Itachi.
"Oh, I guess I am," Naruto shrugged, he didn't want to look weak in front of his old village, "without the Kyuubi, I forget I don't heal as fast any more."
Naruto turned to leave but something grabbed his arm (the none injured one), he turned around and saw that Sakura had grabbed him.
"Let me heal it for you, please," Sakura pleaded.
"Why?" Naruto eyed her carefully.
"It's the least I can do after you kept you promise and brought Sasuke back to the village."
Naruto looked over at Itachi who just shrugged like he didn't care and then he looked over at the other ninja, who gave him the cold stare he was used to. At least this time they had a reason. Naruto looked back down at Sakura who still looked at him with pleading eyes.
Naruto sighed, "Fine, but hurry. I have some business to take of."
Naruto pulled off his cloak and revealed just a plain black shirt over plain black pants. Tsunade noticed he was no longer wearing the necklace she gave him.
He truly is gone.
"Where's the necklace?" Tsunade asked bluntly.
Naruto looked up from where Sakura was healing him and looked a Tsunade (who looked pissed). Naruto smirked, "I don't have it any more, sorry."
Tsunade was about to lung at Naruto but Jiraiya stopped her shocking everyone. He leaned down and whispered something in the blonde's ear, then she appeared to settle down. Tsunade breathed out a sharp breath when Jiraiya released her and gave Naruto a death glare. Once Sakura was finished he pulled his cloak back on and tightened around his waist with his belt and turned to leave. He jumped up to he landed on the roof of the gate with Itachi following.
Naruto turned around once more and said "Sakura, thank you," Naruto then glanced over at Shikamaru and finished, "I always keep my promises."
Naruto place his hand on Itachi's shoulder and the two men disappeared.
"Yeah right," Tsunade huffed as she turned away and wave to Shizune, "Shizune take care of those three."
Tsunade walked away more mad than she had ever been in her life.