The Mages Of The Leaf

AN: Hey everyone, Grim is back here with another chapter to one of my longest stories. Hopefully you all like it.

So sorry in advance if any of my stories are short. Enough of this though since I know you all want to get to the story.

So here's chapter 26

DISCLAIMER: I OWN SHIT!


-Akatsuchi Campsite-

As morning broke Wendy and her team awoke to a bustling campsite like every other one they had been in.

"Come let's go get food before they run out and then we have to find sensei." Sarah said while putting her sandals on while grabbing her pouch on the way out followed by Trevor and Wendy.

As they made their way to the makeshift cafeteria tent they saw shinobi after shinobi either laying on the ground sleeping or running around getting supplies. Wendy couldn't help but frown when they passed by the medical tent and saw multiple covered bodies around the tent.

"Wendy we can't save them all." Trevor told her while looking in the same direction with a frown of his own.

"I know it just never gets any easier seeing all of this and knowing that I could have helped if we had just made it in time."

"You're an amazing medic-ninja Wendy but we are still only genins so if the higher ups couldn't save them then there was nothing anyone could have done for them… let's just worry about those we can reach like those two from yesterday." Sarah

Wendy smiled at them both before shaking her head and turning around towards the cafeteria.

"Right then I'll just have to try twice as hard to save twice as many more people." Wendy said with vigor, making her friends nod.

"Then we'll have to try three times harder to protect you so you can achieve that dream." Trevor announced making Wendy smile in silent comfort.

"So we eat first and then find sensei to go see the general right?" Sarah asked while they all headed toward the only huge tent where they could smell food.

"That is what sensei said yesterday." Wendy reminded them.

With that they all headed to eat some breakfast even though Wendy wished for it to be ramen she knew it was most likely something fast and gross.


-Erza's location-

Erza couldn't believe how horrible a real war was as she looked around her and saw nothing but bodies thrown about. What made it worse was that after a certain time the Zetsu clones would simply merge with the ground, disappearing without a trace leaving only her fellow comrades and shinobi alike behind.

"I dont think I'll ever get the stench of blood and death out of my nose now." Erza said while watching one of her remaining teammates behead the last Zetsu.

"My lady, the last clone has been dealt with, what are your orders!?" a uzu-clad ninja asked while kneeling in front of her out of respect for her prowess in battle but also for being the Uzukage's wife.

"We stay put and defend this location until the main forces arrive in three days. This is a key location for our supply line without which we would starve." Erza commanded in a voice filled with power making all her teammates salute her.

"Yes Ma'am!" with that said they went into full alert and left to take up positions in strategic places.

"Looks like it will be a long three days… damn Temari where are you?"

Erza's thoughts went to her fellow sister wife and how she had sent her to go and come back with reinforcement as well as supplies ten days ago and still no word had she gotten from her. Now she was worrying more and more with each day that passed by without a notice of Temari's safety.


-With Temari-

Things had only gotten worse since she had left Erza's side to go gather more manpower and supplies all those days ago. Now she and her men were surrounded by what the shinobi alliance had started calling the blood ghost of none other than Sasuke Uchiha.

"Damn, is it just me or did these damn clones become stronger yet again!?" Temari half yelled and asked no one in particular.

She could see her men hiding behind trees and boulders trying to attack when they had the chance but fighting 20 Sasuke clones all with the damn Mangekyou Sharingan was annoying her to no end.

"TEMARI-SAMA!" She heard one of her comrades yell before everything around her exploded, sending her flying and crashing through multiple trees before her men were able to catch her.

Temari was losing consciousness fast and in her last moment of sound mind she made a signal of retreat.

Her men picked her up and nodded at each other before five stepped up in front of the Sasuke clone and attacked. These five knew they were the sacrifice but they didn't care.

"FOR THE SHINOBI ALLIANCE!" they screamed in unison as they attacked with random jutsus' and weapons they had on them.

The others could only run as they heard their friends die behind them the farther they got away.

They made it about a good two hours before they met the clone once more and this time they all knew they were dead as they no longer had much chakra in them.

"Those who follow that dead last Naruto will only end up like him… Dead Las-" The clone that was making a speech suddenly froze making the other clones jump back and look at the new-comer.

"You really are a stubborn man aren't you not learning your lesson even in death." the voice of none other than Ur Milkovich was heard through the cold mist surrounding the area making the clones shiver.

"You again last-" that clone got his throat slit along with two others around him.

The clones saw that even with the added boost they were still no match for Urs' Ice God Slayer techniques so they grouped up and decided to retreat for now.

Ur was able to take out another five clones as they made a hasty retreat leaving only eight clones who looked around for the other three only to find them shattered into pieces after being frozen.

"Run kid… Run" Ur said letting her voice become husky from the cold to inflict a little fear into them.

It worked, making the remaining clones throw down all their remaining smoke bombs to make a run for it only for it to be frozen as well with them in it.

"They never learn huh?" Ur sighs while shaking her head.

Before the other could say anything in appreciation for saving them, Ur made a come forward gesture and around one thousand shinobi came from the forest and immediately surrounded them in a protective formation.

"Gaarra had a feeling you guys might need a little more back up and sent us plus another thousand to Erza's location." Ur told the exhausted shinobi now celebrating their luck.

"Take Temari to the medical tent immediately!" Ur screamed, making the Medic-nin jump into action.

"YES COMMANDER!"

Ur started to give out orders to everyone present making sure everyone was safe and no one was in danger before looking into Erza's locations and hoping she was safe and that the reinforcement she sent made it to her.


-Erza's Location-

Erza was relieved when she saw the reinforcement come and relieve her exhausted men but when she didn't see Temari she grew confused.

"Chunin, who sent these men?" Erza asked and a chunni medic-nin who was treating one of her more injured men stood up and saluted her before answering.

"Commander Ur sent them on orders of lord Kazekage-sama as lady Temari never made it to the rendezvous point you set up through messenger summon ma'am." the chunni said while at attention in front of her.

Erza was a little worried when she heard Temari never made it but the chunni then added that Temari's location was sent reinforcement as well as that they should be at her location already.

"Thank you, you may go back to treating the injured sorry to take your time." Erza said while looking around and seeing her men resting while getting treated and finally being able to get some food and water into their tired bodies.

"You act way too serious Erza-sama." Erza heard the lazy voice of one Kakashi Hatake walking up to her.

"Kakashi, I'm so glad to see you still acting nonchalant." Erza said while having a small grin on her face from seeing a familiar face.

Kakashi for his part merely waved her off and took out his perverted book making Erza raise an eyebrow but said nothing else.

"You can go and take a well needed rest. I'll oversee everything until you are well rested."

"I appreciate the thought but i'm fine i took a small nap earlier so i'm good for another day." Erza said while turning her back to him and looking around with her sword in front of her stuck in the ground while she had both hands on it.

"We all need rest and I know Naruto worries for you if not for us then do it for him so i don't have to make the report that you're going days without sleep." Kakashi told her not wanting to write a long report, thinking it a hassle.

"Blackmailing me now Kakashi." Erza asked while looking him in his one good eye though she held no malice, only mirth.

"If it works then it works" he replied while shrugging.

Erza looks at him then at the battleground while thinking if she should take up his offer.

'I would be a liability if they have protected me while I'm not at my best.'

"Very well wake me up if anything comes up and wake me up when Temari arrives immediately." Erza told him while grabbing her sword and returning it to her requip space.

Kakashi saluted her lazily, making her smile while walking to her tent that was set up by the others while they made a campsite for everyone else.

'She really is a strong young woman taking command and being able to go through war at her age with the added bonus of being a young mother is really admirable.'

Kakashi thought while eye smiling before looking up and thinking back to the one and only girl who ever showed any sign of affection toward him in his youth.

'I wonder if she was still alive would I have opened my eyes and gotten married with her by now or would I have pushed her away like I did to everyone else before Minato-sensei set me straight.'

While he looked on at the sky slowly passing by images of little white haired children ran through his brain while the image of a brunette smiling at him popped up in his mind.

'Sorry for breaking my promise to the both of you…'

"Captain, we found a still living Zetsu." His thoughts were interrupted when a shinobi came up to him and gave him the news.

"Hmm… how interesting we've never been able to capture one."


As the young shinobi led him to the location of the living Zetsu, Kakashi looked around at the spectators, seeing them look at the living Zetsu who was hanging upside down with both arms and legs gone and what looked like a suppression seal on it.

"I see, one of these shinobi was a seal user huh?" Kakashi asked himself while looking at the bodies of his comrades.

"Yes Captain it seems that before they were killed one of them placed the suppression seal on it before taking its arms and legs to prevent it from leaving." the medic-nin on site said while covering the bodies of the fallen men.

"Seal the body and transport it to HQ and send all available men we can spare. Maybe by studying this Zetsu we might find some flaw or any valuable information." Kakashi told one of the stone ninja who nodded and left to do as told.

"The rest of you set up a small security ring around this Zetsu. We can not let this opportunity slip our grasp." Kakashi gave out orders after orders making everyone nod and leave as they were told.

"YES SIR!"

"We finally have a chance to find a way to identify these things from anywhere so we can not fail here." Kakashi narrowed his eyes while looking at the squirming Zetsu who was glaring at him.


-Nagato's Location-

Nagato was for lack of better words in dip shit looking all around him to the shinobi he once called enemy to now comrades to the onslaught of Zetsu clones and Sasuke clones as well.

"Damn they really are going at it aren't they!" a random shinobi yelled while periodically looking over the cover and firing off jutsu when they could.

"They seem to want your eyes really badly, Nagato-san." another said while looking at Nagato who was in a mediating position.

Nagato for his part was busy controlling his six paths trying to reduce the casualties as much as he could.

"Y-yes it would seem that Madara had plans for my eyes and now that i betrayed him his anger is showing… he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Rinnegan so if anything happens i want one of you to cut my head off and burn it we can never allow his to get his hands on the Rinnegan." Nagato told them while looking them in the eyes

"Come now it won't come down to it…" before he could continue Nagato interrupted him.

"Then consider it an order" Nagato told them while forcing his Deva path to blow a large group of the enemy away while keeping all his other paths nearby to keep its shared sight on each other.

"So what do we do now we're running low on supplies and weapons. We won't last long once we run out of food and weapons… we can't send any messages since those damn Sasuke clones keep killing all our messengers." another shinobi spoke up while looking through a hole in the cover trying to see the battle on the other side.

'They're right we won't last much longer but what can we do… if i break concentration even for a second my paths will fall.'

"You really are hopeless without me huh Nagato?" the voice of his long time friend got his attention.

"Konan, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be with Naruto-sama?" Nagato said while trying hard to multitask.

"I am." Nagato raised an eyebrow.

'Sigh' "I see you forgot about your holograph jutsu huh?" Konan's irritated voice sounded out, making him stop for a second before face palming himself.

"I knew I was forgetting something important… Naruto established a connection huh?" Nagato told himself more than Konan.

"Yes and seeing as you're in very deep trouble I have already informed the Five Kages and they are sending reinforcement with supplies and medic-nins.

"Oh thank Kami!" all his men sighed in relief at hearing this, making Nagato take a deep breath before smiling in the direction of his friend.

"Tell the Uzukage thank you."

"Tell him yourself since we're currently on our way towards you since we got information that Madara might be coming your way so Naruto wants to be there to stop him." Nagato nodded

"We are currently taking a breather and then we'll be three days away from you." Konan continued making everyone smile while saluting her.


-Naruto's location-

Naruto was looking at Konan while the other Kages sat around a temporary main tent resting before they had to head out.

"Naruto, this jutsu of yours is very useful. How did you learn this." Garra asked while looking at Konan who had her eyes closed with the rat hand sign in front of her concentrating.

"I-i guess I'll let you all know my secret." Naruto said while going through some hand signs.

'Sealing arts: Silencing barrier'

"What I say here stays here please." Naruto told them making them sit a little straighter while nodding.

With that Naruto took a deep breath with his eyes closed and then opened them making them look shocked and let out a gasp at seeing his red ringed tomoe eyes making them look at him.

"N-naruto what is that?" The Mizukage asked while staring at his eyes.

"This is the Rinnegan… the real one." Naruto told them while looking them all in the eyes one by one.

"What do you mean the real one… then what does that young shinobi who was once the leader of the Akatsuki have?" Tsuchikage asked him, making the other kages nod along.

"Well where do i start…"

With that Naruto began his story of how he got the Rinnegan they were seeing and about his theories about Nagato's Rinnegan. The other kages merely listened to his tale and kept quite wanting to hear his entire story before asking questions.

Naruto finally revealed his eyes to his fellow kages and is on his way to back up his wayward cousin. Will the kages believe his theory or will they call him crazy? What would the outcome be?


AN: Hey guys its me Grimreaper113 here i know a lot of you think i abandon all my stories but truth is i did. Not on purpose i assure you i was merely in a big writer's block plus i decided to get off my ass and try my hand at learning a trade.

I can safely say I got into the electrician trade and have been busy with project after project that I unfortunately forgot about my stories and their plot lines. I have slowly been rewriting the plot lines and trying to remember the important ones.

But now I'm trying to slowly come back so please be patient. I'll try to update more when I can. So with that said please Read, Review, Follow and all that good stuff.

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