Author's Note: I don't own Naruto. Also, I forgot to mention one thing. A Kiro is a Talogan Imperial warship. It makes up the majority of the Talogan Imperial Fleet. It's quick and agile. The reason they are called that is after their designer.
Chapter III
Akatsuki Dealt With
The fleet arrived in Taloga without much incident. In fact, the biggest incident was when Hiashi realized that Hinata wasn't with the fleet. He began to become frantic with finding the whereabouts of his daughter until Falcon informed him that Hinata was in Taloga at the moment after being teleported there by Falcon.
Hiashi didn't exactly like the answer but as he arrived and met with the Emperor, he saw his daughter was present and she seemed to be glowing.
All of that was last week, and Falcon now had the unruly job of planning for the war ahead. Fortunately, the Nara Clan and Hiro were a big help.
Now Naruto, Falcon, Neji, Shikamaru, Konohamaru, and the clan heads that left Konoha stood before a massive table with an equally massive map.
"It might be best to deal with Akatsuki first. Since they would be the biggest concern in my book." Shikamaru said as he looked at the map. The rest nodded. "Given how the last alliance that attacked us was lead by their most powerful force and disbanded once we took them out, might be a good strategy. However, it does have a major drawback." "What would that be?" Shikamaru asked, annoyed that Falcon wasn't going to like the plan. "If we were to take out Akatsuki first, we don't know if they will disband or not. From what I've observed of the Axis, they are not going to disband so easily. From the alliances we fought here, they were easy to disband because they lost their real chance by taking out their strongest member first. The Axis Alliance is not working in that way. It seems their pride is enormous." Falcon stated.
"I suspect Danzo to be behind much of the Alliance." Hiashi said as he pondered the options. Hiashi was granted the status as Lord and Clan head of the Hyūga in Taloga. Though there wasn't any Hyūga left in Konoha.
Falcon nodded slightly. "So I've heard from my spy. Danzo will definitely have to be dealt with. He will most likely keep the Aliiance together after Akatsuki is dealt with."
Shikaku raised an eyebrow. "You think Akatsuki has to be dealt with first?" Falcon nodded. "As much as the major drawback being the Axis Alliance will still be together, the benefit would be huge for us. With Akatsuki out of the picture, the Axis Alliance will have a harder time achieving anything." Falcon said as he stepped back. "I thought you were against the idea." Shikamaru said as he looked at Falcon. "I never said I wasn't, all I did was point out a problem that would come from after the Akatsuki were removed." Falcon said as he walked away.
"Where are you going?" Naruto asked as he saw Falcon walk to the door. "To deal with Akatsuki, what else?" Falcon said as he opened the door. "Are you nuts!? You can't just take out all of the Akatsuki by yourself!" Hiashi barked as he saw Falcon walk through the door.
Falcon turned to face the Hyūga. "Oh trust me Hiashi, I can and there's nothing they can do to stop me." Falcon said as he vanished from view.
Naruto looked around the council that was debating over their best strategies. "Well, this meeting is adjourned until Falcon comes back. He is the Commander and Chief of the Imperial Army and Navy. His orders are over all of us except for me." And with that the council left the room.
Hinata never felt so good in her entire life. She was within three hundred feet of Naruto and he was showing signs of affection for her.
The new Hyūga Compound, was located in a clearing next to the Imperial Palace. Woods were just to the north of compound. The style was similar to the one back in Konoba but there were differences. This new compound was much larger and grander than the one back in Konoha.
Hinata was in the courtyard practicing her Gentle Fist when Naruto appeared out of nowhere. He was just leaning there against the tree looking directly at Hinata. Hinata felt her heart beat quicken and her cheeks flush. "N-Naruto-kun?" "How are you today Hinata?" "W-well I was j-just practicing my G-Gentle Fist when y-you popped in." 'Damnit nice going trying not to stutter in his presence! Now he might be less attracted to you!' She cursed herself.
Naruto chuckled. It was cute to watch Hinata stutter and blush around him and just become a nervous wreck. Hinata stared at him wide-eyed. 'He's not leaving? Why is he chuckling?' "Oh Hinata, you're such a nervous wreck that it's making you look cuter than usual." This complement nearly fried all of Hinata's circuits. Somehow she managed not to faint but recover even though now she blushed even brighter and fidgeted like crazy. "Why don't you come over to the Palace with me for a while? It might do you some good." "I-I'd l-love th-that N-Naruto-k-kun." Hinata stuttered so hard it surprised Naruto that her pretty white teeth, didn't rattle loose and fall to the ground. Naruto flashed one of his big foxy grins and grabbed her hand. The next thing Hinata knew, she was in the palace enjoying the peaceful quiet time with Naruto as they just walked around the palace.
Obito was lying on the floor of the Akatsuki hideout. None of this went well. Somehow the Black Knight had discovered their hideout and attacked. All six paths of Pain were dead on the floor. Konan was dangling from the wall; her blood dripping from her lifeless body as she remained suspended from the chakra rod that the Black Knight threw at her. Itachi was nothing more than a pool of blood. Kisame was decapitated. Hidan was nothing more than a pile of ash. Kakazu was tore to bits. Nagato was lying there with a massive slash in his gut. Deidera was nothing more than a pile of dirt. All that was left was Obito badly injured. "How d-did you find us?"
Falcon smiled behind his visor. "Simple, I knew of all of your hideouts. It doesn't take much to find out where when your spy network is so efficient."
"You can't stop the Axis Alliance from destroying the Talogan Empire and bringing peace to the world and us ruling it!" Obito said as he smiled even though blood dripped down his mouth. It was then Falcon removed his helmet. Obito didn't know whether to be surprised or scared at what he saw. Falcon's keen eyes were dark with war. His smile displayed viciousness. "Oh the Axis Alliance will remain together, Obito, but your organization's last day was decided long before the world began. I am Falcon, Commander and Chief of the Imperial Talogan Army and Navy. Your alliance will not stand for much longer." With that, Falcon's sword went up and descended upon the injured Uchiha. The last thing Obito saw was the sword and the look war frenzy that was in Falcon's eyes.
Falcon stood up from where the Uchiha's lifeless body was and closed his eyes again. Though Falcon experienced war frenzies, it didn't stop him from the terrible visions that would plague him after.
Falcon crouched on the ledge that he was hiding on. The Akatsuki was all gathered and discussing their plans of attack. "We don't know how well fortified Taloga is or where it's weak points are." Itachi said as he made an argument to wait until they arrived in Taloga.
"I don't think there will be much in the terms of defense. They most likely believe that they are too far away to be attacked by us." Obito said as he stood there. "Even if they did have defenses, I bet my clay birds can destroy them easily." Deidera said as he formed one in his hand.
"I don't know, the Black Knignt is rumored to be part of the Imperial Talogan Army. And I heard that the Commander and Chief is someone that not even the Emperor wants to deal with." Konan said as she studied what notes she had. "If the Commander and Chief is someone that the Emperor doesn't want to deal with, then why isn't he the emperor?" Kakazu asked growing irritated. "It's said that he has equal power to the emperor but the emperor has the final say in things by his title. Not only that, but the Commander and Chief is extremely loyal to the Emperor."
"We will have to kill the Commander and Chief first then. By taking him out, the Emperor will lose most of his support no doubt." Obito said as he stood up.
"You're wrong about that, if the Commander and Chief was killed first, the Emperor still has plenty of support. Unlike your alliance once I'm done killing you all." Falcon said as stood up to his full height.
The Akatsuki was stunned. "INTRUDER!" Nagato yelled as Falcon leapt down. As Falcon landed on his feet, Hidan took a swing. Falcon dodged the deadly scythe and countered the next attack with one of his Katana. "You will be a very fine sacrifice to Jashin!" Hidan said as he brought around his scythe again. Falcon's sword caught Hidan's scythe and broke the weapon. "You will be nothing more than a pile of ash." Falcon said as his sword caught fire. Falcon swung the blade then, striking Hidan squarely in the chest. Hidan caught on fire at once. He fell down screaming in pain as he died. "I CAN'T DIE FOOL!" were his last words.
Itachi attacked next. Falcon merely snapped his finger and Itachi turned into blood. All the paths of Pain attacked at once only for all of them to be destroyed in a single swiping ark. Konan attacked with her paper and Deidera attacked with his clay birds. 'I will have to take out the one throwing that clay first.' Falcon thought as he charged forward. Only to have Kisame attack him with his massive sword. "You think you can win this?" He asked as smiled his snarky smile. Falcon swung his sword and cut Kisame's head off cleanly. "I know I will win this." Falcon said as the body fell to the floor.
Falcon charged at Deidera then, dodging clay birds and other objects flying at him. Deidera formed one last clay bird and sent it towards Falcon. The bird knocked Falcon's sword out of his hand and sent it flying across the ground. "Hah, you can't win now!" Deidera said as he prepared another clay bird. Falcon opened his hand. The sword that Falcon had been using caught fire again and flew across the room and hit Deidera in the back. "AACK!" Deidera yelled as the sword flew back into Falcon's hand. "Be nothing more than dirt." He said as Deidera fell to the floor lifeless.
Konan and Nagato charged. Falcon charged Nagato first. His sword slicing through the sickly man with ease. "NAGATO!" Konan screamed as her last connection with her love was removed from her life. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!" She screamed enraged at Nagato's death. Falcon saw the explosive paper coming and he dodged. He flipped backwards avoiding the explosion after explosion before he grabbed a chakra rod left over from Pain. Falcon took aim and threw the rod at Konan. She dodged the first one. But as she prepared to dodge the second, the third hit her in the heart and pushed into the wall, dead instantly.
All that was left was Obito. He charged and tried to take over Falcon with his sharingan. Falcon sliced his arm off and kicked Obito back. All the rest was history.
Falcon opened his eyes then. And gathered all the information the base had and left. On his way back to a Kiro, he stopped and removed the spear he planted there. He instead chose to write something into the walk plank. "You will only be able to send messengers to Taloga. Those who are out for bloodshed will die instantly upon traveling past this message." Falcon smiled as he boarded the Kiro for home. Akatsuki was dealt with and now he had the Axis Alliance's plans. He can prepare and counter them. 'The road will be long, but it will not be real long now.' He though as he took a breath of the salty air. To him it smelled like victory at the end of a long road.