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"Kakashi sensei, what's going on " asks Ash as he and Pheonix rushed to him

"What's with your bag and these two things" asks Kakashi

"No time for that" says Ash

"It seems our village is in danger" says Kakashi

"I can sense unwanted evil aura here. Do you need our help or should we sit on sidelines" says Ash

"We need all help to save this village" says Kakashi

"Alright, we will take down side villian and you all take main villians down" says Ash and Pheonix as giant snakes came out of no where near the walls

"Hey, we will take that thing down" says Ash and Pheonix as they flew in the air.

In the forest surrounding the village thousand of ninja arrived.

"Let's rock and roll baby" says ninja as they rises the scroll in the air and then charged towards the village.

Ash and Pheonix arrived near the giant snake.

"Hey do you need any help" asks Ash and Pheonix

"This thing is too dangerous. " says the ninja using fire jutsu

"Leave that to us, hold us tight " says Ash and Pheonix as they disappeared and landed a powerful punch on snake head to send him crashed back. Ash and Pheonix then uses solarflare to blind the snake and then uses destructo disc to separate head of the snake from its body. The destructo disc then once again sliced all snake.

Ninja's are shocked. They couldn't believe on their eyes. "Let's disintegrate the body" says Ash as they motion their hand and slices of the snake levitates in the air and fires the full power kamehameha that disintegrate the snakes body. Every ninja is shocked at this.

"Who are you" asks the ninja

"A friend you can say, but no time for chitchat, need to take down other ninja " says Ash as both disappeared


Back on battlefield, Gara is immobile. Unable to speak or react.

"What's happening with him, why he is like this" asks Sasuke as his team mate arrived.

"Gara you have to do it" says Temari

"Our plan is already started and Gara can't use his chakra reserve anymore. We need to take him away, he is only last hope" says Baki

"What plan you are talking about. Tell me" says Sasuke

"Dear Sasuke, your questiones will be answered soon." says Baki as his siblings took away Gara.

"No you can't take him away" says Sasuke as he disappeared and followed them.


Somewhere the ninja from enemy clan surrounded the ninja from Kohona.

"You will die," says the ninja as they uses speed and agility while attacking them. As they are about to hit one ninja, Ash came and landed a powerful punch on the back that made them immobilise.

Other enemy ninja stooped as they saw their clan member on the ground.

"You know, it's not a good thing to take down good people. " says Pheonix as he disappeared and landed a powerful punch on the face that literally broke the jaw. Then another kick caused the ninja to slammed into the wall and another ninja got defeated quickly.

"Are you okay" asks Ash as they nodded but hundreds of more ninja surrounded Ash and Pheonix

"Hey chill little guys, we don't want to hurt you. Why don" says Ash as a kunai came straight towards him. Ash caught it and says " Forget about the treaty I wanted to sign with you guys. But it seems you want to face our wrath. "

"Hey ninja buddies, wanna show something great" asks Ash

"We don't have time for that," says ninja

"Don't worry, we will take care of them. Just have a seat, enjoy the show" says Pheonix as he and Ash cracks their nuckles before they disappeared from the view

"So all you not so good ninja, how you all want to die. You want a cutting disc, a death beam, energy cannon or ki weapons. Name it we have all in the menu" says Pheonix as the ninja leapt at them with kunai

"Alright let's go for starters" says Ash and Pheonix as they stopped the kunai and formed the ki blast before blasting their opponent with a point blank ki blast that thre them away outside walls of Konoha

" Weeeeeee ! That's a home run baby" says Pheonix. Other ninja are then used fireball jutsu to burn Ash. Ash and Pheonix are engulfed in flames but from within the flames came out multiple energy spheres that hit their target.Each and every evil ninja are now binded by energy coils. When flame died, Ash and Pheonix were intact

"Flame jutsu won't work on us" says Ash

"Impossible, they are really amazing" asks a ninja

"We just wanted to confirm if we can kill them" asks Ash

"Please no, they have families and we can't kill them unnecessarily. There must be some mind manipulation behind them and they are just low level hunchmen. We will take care of them you go and save others. Thanks for the quick work" says the ninja

"However, you can injure them or make them immobile" says the ninja

"Well, that will be done" says Ash and Pheonix as they uses the instant transmission and within twenty minutes, they hit on weak points that immobilized them.

"Thanks for the quick work" says the ninja

"See ya, going to save others" says Ash and Pheonix as they disappeared


After Sakura awakened Naruto and discovered that Shikamaru had dispelled the genjutsu as well but was just faking sleep to avoid any conflict, Kakashi instructs them to track down Sasuke and stop him. Then after they have done that, they should wait and hide in a safe place and wait for further orders. Meanwhile, Orochimaru begins his battle with his former sensei, The Third Hokage. They both display powerful techniques in what the observing Anbu describes as a "Kage-level battle". Early in the battle, Orochimaru summons the First Hokage and Second Hokage from the dead to fight the Third. The risen Hokage apologise to their former student as Orochimaru prepares them for combat. The Second Hokage says that it is the forbidden technique Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation.

Pakkun, Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru are in the forest, attempting to catch up to Sasuke as per Kakashi's orders. Pakkun notices that there are nine Oto-nin following them. To distract the opponent, Pakkun tells them to step on their footprints and jump into the trees (so that it looks like that their prints had stopped) to buy them some time. Knowing an ambush is necessary, Shikamaru volunteers to be the decoy, since his Shadow Imitation Technique is designed to restrain people, while Naruto, Sakura and Pakkun continue their mission. Shikamaru's technique succeeds in stopping eight Oto-nin following them, but Shikamaru quickly remembers Pakkun telling him that there were nine. Realising that the ninth one purposely stayed behind the others in order to prevent a complete ambush, and that his chakra is still limited from his fight with Temari, Shikamaru contemplates on his life and seems to accept his upcoming death. However, Asuma arrives to defeat all the enemies without even breaking a sweat, saving Shikamaru. Temari, Kankurō, and Gaara are in the forest as well, with Temari noticing that there are more people pursuing them. Meanwhile, the fight between the Third Hokage and the reincarnated First and Second Hokage, controlled by Orochimaru, is about to begin.

"Orochimaru, you think you will destroy the village. How delusional you are " says Third hokage.

The Hokage battle continued, and all three Hokage exchange varying elemental attacks.

As reincarnated first and second hokage about to land another attack, two ki blast hit them.

"Sorry oldies but forming a gang is not a good idea. I like the team work but you see that's unacceptable " says Ash

"Stay out of our matter kids" says Orochimaru

"So Mr. skin disorder guy, are you asking us" asks Ash

"Yeah, you two. Now get out of our way " says Orochimaru

"Sir, if you don't mind can we both take him down. We didn't battled any strong foe. Can you help us in taking care of these bags and these four little fellas" says Ash and Pheonix

"I, I don't know who these are but I will" says third Hokage

"Thanks , " says Ash and Pheonix as they let Third Hokage keep the pokemon and bag safe.

"So mr. Pale skin and dead guys. Why are you ganging up and how in this world you allow that pale skin to control you" asks Ash

"Umm we didn't got a chance to think about that" says the reincarnated First Hokage.

"Attack them" says Orochimaru as both hokage charged at Ash and Pheonix. Ash decided to take down First Hokage and Second Hokage.

Pheonix charged at Orochimaru with aura sword.

"Nice, you can make weapon out of chakra. But you can't defeat me with that" says Orochimaru as he extends his neck like a snake and then other body parts to swiftly dodge the sword.

"Oh, so you can rubber flex your muscles. " says Pheonix as Orochimaru tried to wrap him.

"Sorry shape shifter pale skin guy, " says Pheonix as he got wrapped by the Orochimaru.

"Now what you will do huh" asks Orochimaru

"You fell right in my trap. Kaioken" says Pheonix as he glowed blue before grabbing Orochimaru and flew in the air.

"I hope you are not scared of adventure ride pale skin guy" says Pheonix as he uses brutal swing and swings him hard. This caused the Orochimaru to turn back into normal form but Pheonix is still holding him by neck.

"Let's give you another shot Orochimaru. " says Pheonix as he formed a small ki sphere closed to his chest.

"Bye bye you " says Pheonix as massive blast of ki energy engulfed Orochimaru causing him to send flying higher in the air. Pheonix disappeared and then landed a critical punch on Orochimaru's back sending him crashed like a missile into forest.

Ash on other side is battling the reincarnated hokage.

"You are a great ninja kid, who are you" asks the two hokage who are using their jutsu which Ash is countering with his combat, aura and ki skills.

"I am Ash, an aura user or chakra user in your language. I am trained under great martial artists and aura users to train to become what I am now" says Ash as he is dodging every attack thrown at him. Ash floats in the air and then extends arm before rapid firing ki blasts which are more lethat to jutsu. Ki blasts dod good damage but the opposite reincarnated hokage are still fine as they sends more powerful attacks at Ash. Ash blocked and sends a condensed version of kamehameha and destroyed the limbs.

"Finally" says Ash but he is shocked when reincarnated hokage regenerated their limbs.

"Ash, it seems we have no choice to seal them away" says Third Hokage.

"Seal him, but where" asks Ash

"Inside me, " says third Hokage

"I will just buy some time" says Ash


Orochimaru sends the snakes from his arm and then snakes opened their mouth to reveal swords. Pheonix is fling and then vanished. Few moments later Orochimaru saw a glow behind him only to find Pheonix formed the ki blast and extends his arm on close range. The energy blast engulfed Orochimaru and then the blast ended. When smoke and dust cleared Orochimaru is still intact. All the forest area behind him has turned into dust.

"What " asks Pheonix in surprise

"You can't kill me. However, you had a great potential kid. " says Orochimaru as he regenerated

"No ...No No... not again that buu thing" says Pheonix

"Now you are giving me Cell, Buu and Ozotto vibes Orochimaru " says Pheonix

"What are you saying" asks Orochimaru

"Well, I can't get better feeling than battling you. Finally a worthy opponent " says Pheonix

"I had a great fun battling you, but I need to go somewhere else " says Orochimaru as he vanished away.

But unknown to Pheonix who is looking confused.

"I was so ignorance about the evil forces here. That pale skin dead guy is so powerful. More like Cell and Buu. We defeated Cell and Buu but this Orochimaru, nothing can help in defeating him. But I will find a way to defeat him" says Pheonix

However, Orochimaru's head appeared out of

no where. Pheonix sensed it and just before he could do anything Orochimaru already bite on his neck.

"Agghhhh ! That hurts" says Pheonix before he is completely

"What was that" asks Pheonix as he turned and saw Orochimaru behind him

"What you thought, you will defeat me. All the time you were kicking me, punching me. It was my plan to understand your powers and abilities. I am impressed, but now you have my curse mark as well. If you survive, you live else have a nice death" says Orochimaru as Pheonix glowed purple and then Orochimaru left him there to die.


As Ash is fending himself against First and Second Hokage, Orochimaru came out of nowhere and then stopped him.

"Are you surprise that I am still alive, too bad new sprouts, I will be the powerful and I will crush you" says Orochimaru as he melted like a butter and disappeared before wrapping itself around Ash.

"Leave me" says Ash as he is struggling but this time they are not dealing with Sasuke or Gara. This is Orochimaru, who once again bites Ash as well giving him his curse mark.

"Orochimaru, you will die" says Third Hokage who is getting beating from the reincarnated hokage.

In the uneven fight, the Third Hokage summons Monkey King: Enma and has him transform into a staff. In response, Orochimaru brings out his Kusanagi sword.

"These two weaklings wasted my time. However, they are freaking strong. If I plan accordingly, I can use them to annihilate the world." says Orochimaru

As battle continued, third Hokage found a way to seal them. Orochimaru then peels his face off and reveals the face of a girl, shocking the Third Hokage, who expresses surprise that Orochimaru had mastered another forbidden technique. Meanwhile Sasuke finally manages to catch up to the Three Sand Siblings.


Sasuke finally manages to catch up to Gaara, but Temari stalls him so that Kankurō and Gaara can escape. He easily deals with her and resumes his chase. At the Hokage battle, Orochimaru shows the Third Hokage the fruits of his quest to gain immortality. Peeling away his face, Orochimaru reveals the face of a girl whose body he has taken; Orochimaru's key to living forever is to take the bodies of others to extend his lifespan.

"And that's why my lord Hokage," says Orochimaru

"Where are my manners, my gonna be die hokage, I will steal bodies of Sasuke and these two to use as my new body." says Orochimaru

"I regret not killing you years before when I had the chance." says Third Hokage. Finally ready to take down Orochimaru, the Third Hokage musters up his chakra and summons shadow clones and uses the remaining chakra to perform the Fourth Hokage's forbidden jutsu - the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Despite the Second Hokage using a genjutsu that causes complete darkness, the Third Hokage manages to hold on. Orochimaru claims that he will destroy Konoha just as he will destroy the Third Hokage. The Third states that the Hokage that succeed him will continue to be the pillar of Konoha and protect the village; he then remembers the past and current inhabitants of Konoha that he fights to protect. With that, the Third rushes forwards to begin his attack.

As the battles across Konoha rage on, the Third Hokage's shadow clones use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal away the souls of the First Hokage and Second Hokage.

"What, no way. That's why they were disappeared. " says Third Hokage as he

is outraged as he realises that the bodies sacrifices to reanimate the First and Second were none other than Orochimaru's students, Zaku Abumi and Kin Tsuchi.

"How you killed your own students. You have no remorse" asks Third Hokage

"You think I will. Don't be so grumpy old man. I am the only immortal here" says Orochimaru

The Third then rushes at Orochimaru, ready to seal away his soul as well, though he is stopped as Orochimaru's Kusanagi stabs him in the back, which Enma fails to prevent. As Orochimaru wonders why the Third did not move out of the way, the Third reveals that the Dead Demon Consuming Seal is a self-sacrificial technique and that he would have died anyway. Meanwhile, Sasuke again catches up with Gaara, and Kankurō prepares to hold Sasuke off while Gaara escapes with Temari. Before they can begin, Shino Aburame arrives to fight Kankurō, telling Sasuke that he has unfinished business with Kankurō since their match never happened, thus allowing Sasuke to proceed pursuing Gaara.


Pheonix and Ash are unconcious. Meanwhile with the bag, the system detected low pulse rate of Ash and Pheonix

"Attention, trainer is in danger. I initiating rescue protocol. Sending everyone out and initiating hybernation mode" says the system

As Orochimaru is battling the third hokage, a multicolor beam sent in the air. This gained attention of everyone. All ninja , evil or good one.

"What's that" asks Orochimaru


Sasuke and Naruto who are battling the evil team saw that.

"What's that" asks Sasuke as Gara hit him

"Focus here Sasuke " says Gara


The multicolor beam transformed into the mysterious creatures.

"My my my, what a surprising surprise. Who summoned you. You all are different " says Orochimaru

Mewtwo and high class legendaries levitates in the air and then Mewtwo spoke "What you did to our friend. "

"A telepathic jutsu, I assume you are not from this world" says Orochimaru

"Tell us what you did. Gardevoir, Gallade take Ash and Pheonix back" says Mewtwo

Gardevoir and Gallade teleported away before coming back with Ash and Pheonix on their back. They put them down and extends their arms before they starts forming dark spheres.

"You are amazing, creatures who can use jutsu. But can you save him." says Orochimaru as Third hokage is about to die.

"You see, I want to drop a truth bomb, you can't kill me as I gave them my curse mark. If you wish to kill me, you have to kill all of those people who got my curse seal. " says Orochimaru as this shocked everyone

"Make it quick , they don't have much time. They will die slowly, this curse seal of hell and grudge will eat their chakra slowly and if they resist it they will live but if they failed, they will die. I immortal Orochimaru will rule this world" says Orochimaru who is still under the grip.


Leaving Shino to deal with Kankurō, Sasuke continues his pursuit of Gaara. Kankurō attacks Shino with his puppet, using its many hidden weapons to catch Shino by surprise. Shino is able to dodge the attacks through the use of his bugs, though he eventually makes the mistake of inhaling poison by the puppet's poison gas bomb. As the battle goes on, Shino directs his bugs to Kankurō's location. They consume his chakra once they get there, causing Kankurō to collapse. The battle won, Shino also collapses due to the poison in his system. Gaara claims that while he and Sasuke are alike, he must kill Sasuke in order to prove his own existence, adding that Sasuke is his prey. Gaara then enters his initial jinchūriki form to overwhelm Sasuke, terrifying Temari.

Gaara, who has partially transformed into Shukaku, has dramatically increased his strength and speed, as well as the level of difficulty.

"What's that" asks Naruto

"We don't know, but he is stronger than before" says Sasuke

"So we don't have any chance" asks Naruto's

"No, " says Sasuke

"You mean to say that we will die" asks Naruto "Bot in this timeline " says Sasuke

Sasuke uses his Chidori to slice the Shukaku arm off; however, the sand reassembles his arm. Wounded once more and in pain, Gaara only becomes more determined to kill Sasuke. Unable to use the Chidori on his own anymore, as he can only use it twice per day, Sasuke resorts to using Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique along with a Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, but the attacks do no damage to Gaara. Realising that his Chidori is the only technique in his arsenal capable of taking down Gaara, Sasuke is forced to use his cursed seal.

"You are kidding me. You sre going to use that. You know how life threatening it is" asks Naruto as he sends Rasengan but it didn't worked as well.

This grants Sasuke additional chakra, so that he can attack Gaara with another Chidori. However, the Chidori again only manages to destroy the Shukaku arm, which Gaara is able to regenerate using the sand. Sasuke collapses due to the use of the cursed seal, unable to move. As Gaara rushes forward, prepared to kill Sasuke, Naruto kicking Gaara in the face.

"Never ever hurt him. He is my " says Naruto as he looked at Sasuke

"He is my enemy and I will hurt him" says Naruto

"I thought he is trying to say that he is my friend. Nevermind, I never considered him my friend as well" says Sasuke to himself before he faints

Seeing Sakura's determination to protect Sasuke, Gaara remembers his childhood with his uncle Yashamaru. They talked about pain — with Yashamaru explaining to him that the pain dealt to the heart takes the longest to heal and the only cure to such wound is love. Gaara, in time, made a deep bond with his uncle, feeling the pain going away with Yashamaru's love. One night, after he accidentally killed a drunk who looked at Gaara as if he was a monster, Gaara was attacked from behind by an assassin. Gaara's sand protected him as always and he in turn attacked the assassin. After taking out the assassin, Gaara went to check on his attacker's identity, shocked to discover that it was none other than Yashamaru.

In the present, Naruto is now standing in front of Sakura and Sasuke.

"You don't look like you three are friends. You are like who stuck on a ride with each other running out of options. You Naruto, you are like a guy stuck in an alien world where no one likes you, not even them. So why are you protecting them" asks Gara

"Because I like them. I consider them as my family. Though I create trouble because I am like this, I am a guy who can sacrifice myself for them because they are my world.If you hurt them, I swear that I will pulverise you if you continues to hurt them" says Naruto

"So you will defeat me," says Gara as he punched Sakura and asks why Naruto hasn't pulverised him yet; Naruto clenches his fists and rushes towards Gaara.

"Why are you killing, you are not a killer. But why" asks Naruto

"Oh, you don't know how it feels when someone you love betrays you. You don't know when someone you love try to kill you. No, you won't because you are not like me, you never faced any discrimination and hatred" says Gara

"You think my life is not similar to you. You think I don't feel what it like to live alone. Then you are wrong Gara" says Naruto charhed at him

"Pathetic, in this world no one is yours. Just wait and you will see they will betray you. Now tell me how many people supported you, how manh people loved you Naruto. My own father tried to kill me and you know what who he hired. " says Gara as he closed his eyes.

He is right, no one loved him but no one betrayed him. All the sensei that taught him formed a bond of father and son.

As Gaara continues to reminisce about Yashamaru, he remembers Yashamaru's defeat and attempted suicide bombing. Yashamaru tells him that Gaara's father, The Fourth Kazekage, ordered him to kill Gaara. He also adds that while he could have refused the order, he wanted to kill Gaara because he hated Gaara for causing his sister's death. Yashamaru then opens his flak jacket and reveals explosive tags on his torso, which detonates. Although he was able to survive the blast, Gaara lost the only person who he thought ever cared for him, who revealed that he never did love him at all. From that point on, Gaara came to love and care about only himself, and starting living off of killing others, believing that to be the purpose of his existence.

Returning to the present day, Gaara quickly restrains Sakura with a claw made of sand and slowly squeezes her and says " That was my uncle, my relative. Both my father and uncle betrayed me because they looked at me as a threat. But now I will show this world that who is strong" says Gara

He detaches the arm holding Sakura and regenerates it, and continues to transform further into Shukaku. Now having no more humanoid features, Gaara resolves to kill Naruto as well, all the while telling Naruto that he must fight for himself and not for his friends.

"Never, I will never fight for me. I will defeat you Gara" says Naruto

"So, where is your new friends. Did they ditches you" asks Gara

"They must be saving the others." says Naruto

Determined to save Sasuke and Sakura at all costs, Naruto attempts to summon Gamabunta, but ends up summoning Gamakichi, a smaller toad who is unable to fight. Gaara then launches Sand Shuriken at them; Naruto manages to save Gamakichi as the shuriken pummels him. Naruto realises that Gaara is lonely, just like how he used to be before he met Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi and Iruka, and wonders if he would have ended up like Gaara had he not met them.

"I know Gara you were alone, you were like me. But if you give this world a chance, I will assure you that you will love the life you have." says Naruto thinking back on how meeting his friends gave him happiness and saved him from darkness, Naruto resolves to save them from Gaara, even at the cost of his own life.


Back with Ash, Pheonix they opened their eyes and groans due to immense pain.

"Mewtwo, Lucario. " says Ash as they looked at Ash

"Please ,save Naruto and third Hokage. " says Ash before he fainted once again.


Naruto attacks Gaara using his shadow clones and performs the One Thousand Years of Death with a kunai and explosive tag, damaging Gaara's form. Sasuke tells Naruto to save Sakura, and that he would hold Gaara off long enough for them to escape. Realising that Gaara is just like him and remembering his conversation with Haku, Naruto produces nine hundred and ninety-nine shadow clones, which all attack Gaara at once. Gaara responds by fully transforming and attempting to crush Naruto, but he escapes by summoning Gamabunta. The toad identifies Gaara's form as Shukaku of the Sand

"So he is like a beast inside me" asks Naruto

"Yes, one tail beast, out of all nine tailed beast. " says Gamabunta who agrees to fight alongside Naruto after learning that he protected his son, quickly severing Shukaku's right arm. Emerging from Shukaku's head, Gaara uses the Feigning Sleep Technique and falls asleep, handing over control to Shukaku and drastically increasing its power. Realising they stand no chance unless they wake Gaara up, Gamabunta tries to grab hold of Shukaku. After the initial attempt fails, Gamabunta tells Naruto to use the Combination Transformation to transform them into something that has fangs and claws. Charging toward Shukaku, Naruto manages to transform them just in time, becoming the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

"What, no way. What kind of thing is that" asks Sasuke

As they transform, and while Gamabunta holds Shukaku in place, Naruto wakes Gaara up by delivering a hard punch in order for Gaara to suppress Shukaku. Meanwhile, Konoha shinobi begin the counter-attack on the invading forces. At the site of the Third Hokage's battle with Orochimaru.

"Please save him" says Ash as he speak while unconcious

"Dialga, Palkia stop time for Orochimaru " says Mewtwo

"I don't have much strength, I have decided that I will sacrifice myself. Please save the village. If you stop time, the process will break" says the third hokage as he realises that he doesn't have enough strength left to fully seal Orochimaru's soul, and instead opted to seal his former pupil's arms. Ash's pokemon knew that they can't interfere.

"You can't do that" says Orochimaru as Orochimaru's eyes widened as Shinigami took part of the soul and ate it to make

Orochimaru unable to use any ninjutsu.

"No old man" says Orochimaru in shock

"Farewell my student, I failed as a teacher. And you, don't try to revive me if you can do that. " says Third Hokage wishing his student a fond farewell, the Third dies after reciting one last proverb. At this time Naruto and Gaara leap at each other, and Naruto succeeds in delivering the winning blow.

Critically damaged, Orochimaru calls off the invasion. Ash's pokemon made themselves disappeared. Orochimaru's henchmen came and he flees the village with his forces. In the forest, Naruto and Gaara both lay on the ground, devoid of chakra.

"Why, why I loose. " says Gaara

"You see, you failed because you think of yourself. I know Gaara how it feels to be alone." says Naruto as he sympathizes with Gaara for his childhood but threatens to kill Gaara if he should ever bring harm to his friends again. Sasuke comes to Naruto's side and informs him that Sakura was going to be all right. Realising that Naruto's strength came from the desire to protect others.

"Is this how his strength increased. He wanted to protect his loved ones. Should I" thought Gaara

Gaara begins to reshape his view of the world as his siblings take him home, and apologises to Temari and Kankurō, much to the two's surprise.

Ash and Pheonix were disappeared along with their pokemon before others could arrive.

The next day, the ninja of Konoha mourn the deaths of those who died during the invasion, especially the Third Hokage. Naruto wonders why people sacrifice themselves for others, and Iruka says that it leaves behind a legacy to others, and they are remembered forever. At the same moment, two shinobi are standing outside the village. One asks the other if he feels sorry for his old village. The other hesitates a little but eventually says "no", and moves his head up a little, revealing the eye of a Sharingan.

(A/N: Hello readers ! Hope you are doing well. This is my take on Kohona crush arc. I decided not to change much of the story as I didn't interfere in the battle of main naruto character. Plus, I wanted to make Ash annd Pheonix battle Orochimaru. So, as they battled the Orochimaru, they found it difficult for them to win and this will motivate them to get strong. To make things balance, I did this. Do let me know if you loved this chapter or not, and don't forget to leave reviews and suggestions. )