Ch 23

Hokage office

"Make sure you come back in one shape, This will most likely turn into some kind of fight." Tsunade said to team 7 plus Naruto and Guren. Guren would be the extra team member they needed.

It didn't take much convincing from Naruto's part, a little alcohol from his thunderbird's and she was set and stone.

"I bet that shithead will pop up." Naruto said with crossed arms, making his blue armor clank. He had decided to wear it since he was sure a huge battle was coming and he wanted to be prepared. When he put on the armor head's were going to roll.

"If so you have permission to kill him." Tsunade responded

"I was going to do that anyways." Tsunade's eyebrow twitched from her son's antics.

"Just make sure you all get what information you can before shit goes south. Now dismissed." The makeshift team left to the front gates.

Gate

The teams appeared and were ready to leave until Kakashi stopped them all.

"Naruto, can't you just fly us all to the location so we won't waste time."

"Yes I could."

"Great is everyone ready?" Kakashi asked and everyone did a quick pat down to make sure they had everything.

Naruto looked to Guren who was wearing her green dress that had one long sleeve and another missing sleeve. Under her dress she had a red turtleneck which is a one piece suit that has a white fluffy collar and black gloves. On the bottom of the dress there is a big Uzumaki swirl the color white. Guren is wearing calf-length black sandals.

She looked damn sexy if he was being honest and had to resist the temptation to take her back home and dominate her. He would settle for what he could get now though.

"EEP!" Guren let out a girlish squeal that was not like the normal Guren, Who was sadistic and well mannered. The light blue haired woman turned to glare at Naruto who was not looking ashamed at all, Only grinning.

"Must you do that in public?" Her face had a pink tint to it from the embarrassment of getting her ass slapped in public.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself."

"You are a pervert." Sakura said in deadpan.

"Sakura-chan!"

The group turns to see a white haired teen who had a slim figure walking up to the group but mainly Sakura.

Naruto remembered the guy right away when he saw the two red dots on his forehead.

"Kimimaro-kun!"

Naruto saw his little pink haired sister run and jump in the man's arms and give him a big kiss. His eyes almost fell from his sockets. Naruto looked to see if anyone else was shocked like him but they were all smiling as if this happened often.

"So you are about to leave I see." Kimimaro said while holding Sakura by the waist.

"Yes, we are about to track down some spy."

"Well be safe, I will be waiting for your return." He gave her another kiss and left in a body flicker. Sakura put her hands to her red cheeks and started to fantasize about the things they have done and will do.

The pink haired girl then snaps out of her thoughts and goes back to the group and is under the gaze of Naruto which makes her shrink.

"So anything you want to tell me?" Naruto asks looking down at Sakura.

"Uhh, S-surprise." She said weakly.

Naruto looked at her for some more making his gaze even more penetrating. He then bonked Sakura on her head, giving the girl a lump. Sakura whined a little before she healed herself and glared at Naruto but she hid behind Kakashi when he raised his fist again, except this time his 3 elements wind, water, and lighting spun around it.

"Aaannnnyways let's go, Naruto summon one of those thunderbird's please." Kakashi clapped his hands.

Naruto then bit his thumb and went through hand signs and in a puff of smoke two 6 winged birds were there and ready. One bird was all black and the other was all white.

The white bird was called Blanco and the black bird was called Negro.

"Well look at you two all grown up." Naruto rubbed their heads and the two birds leaned into it.

"Yes Naruto-sama, We are big and strong now." The white bird named Blanco said in a childish male voice.

"We were always strong, Hmmp." The black bird names negro said in a arogant male voice. He was quickly smacked upside his head by his twin brother.

"Yea, that's why Naruto-sama beat you up last time right." Blanco laughed at his brother.

"You can't beat me though!" Negro got ready for a fight.

"Oh yea!" Blanco also got ready but before they could fight they were both hit over the head by Naruto.

"You still argue over the smallest things." Naruto sighed while the bird's rub the bump on their head. "Just take us to Tenchi bridge." Naruto climbed on Blanco, Guren followed behind him and wrapped her arms around Naruto's waist and smiled. Sakura and Kakashi climbed on the Negro and they all took to the sky.

Hokage office

"You can enter now." Tsunade spoke out to nobody until the wind from the breeze blew her hair. When the breeze went away it only showed the serious face of Jiraiya. Tsunade, seeing the serious face of Jiraiya, also put on a serious face. "What's going on?"

"Iwa, They are sending a fleet of 500 ninja to the hidden grass to take it over and grab a foot hole."

Tsunade's eyes widen in shock. "That's not good. This will spark a war no doubt." The hokage then started to bite her thumb in nervousness. "Why would Onoki do this? We have more allies than he does."

"That is true but they outnumber our ninja." Jiraiya put in his two cent.

"That still wouldn't make him do something as outrageous as this!" Tsunade yelled quickly, losing her temper.

"I know, The old man must have something up his sleeve." Jiraiya went into deep thought about what could have made him so sure of his actions. Especially with the fact that Naruto was back and an active ninja.

The answer soon came to both Tsunade and Jiraiya at the same time.

"Akatsuki."

Tsuchikage's office

The third Tsuchikage was currently shaking the hand of one pain. The leader of the criminal organization. They both had a common enemy in this situation.

The leaf village.

It also helped that they had done business once in the past. One wanted peace while the other would only take what was left. Like a vulture. Onoki claimed it would help Iwa become the strongest and surpass all the others.

"I will be in contact with you." Pain didn't give Onoki anytime to argue and just left the room.

The old man grumbled about young whippersnappers and showing no respect these days. That was until his granddaughter spoke up.

"Gramps I don't like this, We should find some other way to deal with this. The leaf has us outnumbered with allies. Some guy with fancy eyes isn't going to help."

"Will you calm yourself down. I know what I am doing."

"Really, We have been having skirmishes with the leaf for 3 years now, You also waited for 'Him' to come back." Kurotsuchi, the fiery woman had a hint of anger in her voice.

"What?! Are you scared?" Onoki snapped on her.

The black haired woman gasped in shock at this. How the hell could he say that when she was the only one out there fighting that crazy blonde and holding her own. She wasn't stronger than him but she damn sure did a better job than anyone else who has come into contact with him. The female jounin knew Naruto was holding back on her because he never used his biju's chakra only his stupid storm release.

"How the hell can you say that! You are not even out there fighting! All you do is push papers and complain about your back problems. You haven't seen his power, You don't know how overwhelming it is."

Onoki scoffed at his granddaughter. "He is just a brat with a head too big for his shoulders. I have seen his kind before." The big nosed kage thought of the late Madara Uchiha he had fought long ago.

Kurotsuchi started to shake with controlled rage and the ground under her started to melt. "I am telling you not to make such a brash move against the leaf like this. Stop thinking about the old way of things, It won't solve anything."

"Get out." Onoki said not even looking at his granddaughter who had a sad look on her face.

She knew what he was planning would only hurt them more in the end. The words of Naruto then rang back into her head.

"It's time for a change in the world, Out with the old farts and in with the new. I look forward to our next dance bumblebee. You will become even more beautiful in the future."

Kurotsuchi left the room and punched the wall outside causing lava to explode from her hand and melt the whole wall. There was a blush on her face that went to her ears. "That bird brain, Flirting with me when he already had a harem of girls." She let out a hmmp. No way in hell would she become part of his little harem. She'd rather run a lava covered hand through his heart. Naruto was a rival for her and nothing more. Last time she saw him was a year ago in one of the skirmishes in waterfall. "He had changed, The bird brain wasn't just throwing jutsu around like he was before." Her face got red again. "He was also more handsome."

She then left in a body flicker to her house before anyone could see her. Appearing in her front room she took off her flap jacket and was only in her red shirt that had a sleeve missing. The black haired girl fell back on her couch. "We don't see each other that way and he knows it. He is simply a flirt and can't help himself. She shook her head. Why was she thinking about that bird brain like this? A flirt he may be, but a cheater Naruto wasn't. She knew him well enough to know his loyalty ran deep just like her's.

"We are just rivals and I will come out on top." She had to admit though. The thought of fighting Naruto when he was holding nothing back was a little unsettling. They already reshaped the earth with their fights. What could he do at full power. The pink eyed woman knew that Naruto cared for her somewhat and she hated to admit it but she did as well but if a war broke out would he just kill her. She didn't want to die, There was her dream of leading the village and she was sure Naruto would become hokage. She pictured the two of them both with the kage hats along with Gaara. That was when it hit her.

"Out with the old and in with the new. So that is what he meant, the bird brain wants to make a new era for the shinobi." A smile then came to her face. "I'm down, but you still won't beat me."

Tenchi bridge

The group were hiding in the bushes overlooking the bridge. They had jumped off the birds so they wouldn't get noticed right away.

"I'll transform and make my way over there." Naruto in a puff of smoke was now an exact copy of Sasori.

"Don't forget to change your voice." Kakashi told the disguised blonde.

"Already on it." Naruto said in a voice sounding as if he had just smoked 100 cigarettes in 5 minutes. His voice was scratchy to the group's ears. "I'll be off now." Naruto left out the bushes and walked over to the meeting point.

"Should we really have let Naruto go?" Sakura said with a worried face.

Kakashi only waved her off. "He's the best at the clone jutsu so it only makes sense that he goes."

"But he is not known for patience." Sakura tried to reason. Until Guren cut in.

"Master will be just fine." Guren sent them a smile which made the two calm down a little. That is until her smile turned wicked. "But if it doesn't it gives us a chance to kill that fucker. Slowly." Guren began to laugh evilly to herself. Sakura and Kakashi moved away from the blue haired woman.

On the bridge Naruto was now looking at the approaching form of Kabuto.

"I knew he was a spy. Should have just killed him in the forest. Doesn't matter, He will most likely die today." Naruto stopped thinking that way when he felt someone else off in the distance. A grin came on his face but nobody could see that.

"Hello again, Sasori-sama."

"What do you have for me?"

"Right to the point as always I see." Kabuto did a slight chuckle.

"You know I don't like to be kept waiting. So just get on with it."

"Right, Well Lo-Orochimaru has been training the Uchiha so he can take over his body soon. It is almost time for him to switch bodies."

"So you are saying he is weak right now?"

"Yes and no. While he is not at his strongest, he is still a S-rank ninja so he will still be able to put up a good fight." The smile then returned to Naruto's face.

"Okay anything else?" Naruto asked with his raspy voice.

"It seems that the hidden stone is making a move on the hidden grass." Kabuto said with a smirk and pushing up his glasses.

Sasori/Naruto's eyes widen in surprise. "Are they trying to start war?"

"It would seem so, If they manage to get a foothold in the hidden grass. They could cut off the supply line and possibly move to the outer villages and possibly boast their ninja forces."

"That's not good for the leaf village."

"It's not but do you have what I asked you for?" Kabuto held his hand out and had a expecting look on his face.

"Well shit."

"Make it quick I don't have all day."

"I got it right here." Naruto reached behind him to grab a Kunai and shove it right in Kabuto''s head.

"My oh my, What do we have here?" The voice of Orochimaru came out of nowhere.

"Orochimaru!" Kabuto and Naruto/Sasori jumped back.

"Damnit, I checked my tracks! How did you find out?" Kabuto asked with chakra scalpels activated.

Orochimaru chuckled and gave a slight signal to Kabuto which he caught. Before Naruto could say anything he was struck which dispelled the transformation around him.

Naruto was now standing on the bridge with a grin on his face. The attack did nothing to him and he simply dispelled the transformation.

When Kabuto and Orochimaru saw who it was they took a step back in fear.

"Why is he here! I can't beat him with my body in this condition if only I had Sasuke's body-."

"Stop whatever it is you are thinking. Even if you had that Uchiha's body, You still wouldn't be able to defeat me." Naruto crossed his arms and had a confident look on his face.

Orochimaru scowled at Naruto. This brat was really a problem, If only he had tried harder to kill him in the forest of death.

"Are you going to tell the rat's to come out?" Orochimaru looked to where the others were hiding.

Naruto turned his back to them. "Hey you guys! Come on out!"

Kabuto was about to rush in and strike Naruto in the back until Orochimaru stopped him. "Don't he is simply baiting you." Orochimaru hissed to his loyal subordinate.

Kabuto scowled at his own weakness. He then watched as Sakura, Kakashi, and the most surprising of all Guren landed on the bridge.

"Wow, so many strong ninja just for us. I feel proud."

"You won't be feeling anything soon." Guren cracked her knuckles and got ready to kill her former master.

"If you couldn't kill me years ago, How will you kill me now?" Orochimaru asked in a mocking tone. He would have said more if it weren't for the blue flash that appeared in his face.

It was Naruto fucking Uzumaki.

"Don't worry about her, worry about ME!" Naruto punched Orochimaru in the chest so hard that he heard bones break and was sure his rib cage was now cracked to all hell. Orochimaru was sent flying through trees for miles causing a path of destruction including fallen trees, Trenches, and spilled blood.

"I'll take care of this guy, Guren. You handle him." Naruto then left in a lightning bolt.

"You heard him, I'll take care of this guy." Guren summoned swords made from crystals and charged Kabuto who used chakra scalpels.

"Damn, I need to go and back up lord Orochimaru." Kabuto spared a glance to where his master was and got a slash across his chest from Guren.

"Pay attention." Guren then sliced her blades again but Kabuto who was now paying attention, was able to dodge them. Guren increased her speed to land a solid hit which sent the glasses-wearing teen into the trees.

Guren jumped over there and slammed one of her blades into his chest causing him to spit up blood. Guren smirked sadistically and turned the blade in order to cause more pain.

"N-n-not b-bad." Kabuto spit up some blood. "I-if only I was r-real." Kabuto than turned into mud and Guren scowled in anger. She looked around to see him running towards Naruto.

"No you don't!" Guren slammed her hands onto the ground and crystal's shot up and were ready to skewer Kabuto. "Crystal landfill!"

Kabuto had to use athleticism he didn't know he had in order to dodge. He was still cut and got some scratches from some spikes. Kabuto had to use some medical chakra to heal the wound on his chest and other scratches he just received. He tossed down a smoke bomb in order to come up with a plan out of this.

"Damn she seems to have gotten stronger, I don't think I will be able to beat her head on." Kabuto pulled out a kunai and got ready to move. That was until he saw Guren come out of the crystal shard he was leaning behind.

Guren stabbed him in the shoulder. She was going for the head but the medic was able to dodge it at the last minute.

Kabuto backed up in the smoke and cursed silently. He had to duck crystal shards that were shot at him again. He had to duck and roll again from all the crystal's coming his way again. "It's like she knows where I am." Kabuto once again had to dive out the way of a crystal dragon that came his way. He noticed that the dragon cracked a crystal shard behind him. Guren had trapped him in some kind of crystal circle. An idea already formed in his head.

"Is that the best you could do weakling. I see why Orochimaru-sama never wanted your body if you were this weak." Kabuto blocked more crystal shards.

"As if I give a damn!" Guren launched a volley of crystal shards that gleamed in the light towards Kabuto. The attacks missed but ended up hitting the place where the crack was which had got bigger from the last attack.

"I don't even see why you even came? You can't even hit me."

Kabuto felt Guren's chakra spike and knew he had this in the bag.

"YOUR DEAD!" Guren flashed through more hand signs and he massive crystal dragon formed behind her with gleaming red eyes. She sent her hands towards Kabuto who actually freaked out a bit from the size of the attack.

"I have to time this perfectly or it's over for me." Kabuto sent chakra into his legs and his heart pumped at an intense speed sending more blood to his legs. He jumped out of the way at the last second and watched with a smirk as the dragon smashed right through the crystal shards that were around them.

Kabuto quickly dashed out the opening taking advantage of the dust cloud that was blocking him. "Now all I have to do is go and help my lord." Kabuto began to run in the direction where he heard explosions and could feel Orochimaru's chakra depleting fast.

"Alright, Let's move." Kakashi said to Sakura who jumped off. The silver haired man summoned a lighting blade to his hand and dashed towards Kabuto with his sharingan exposed. Kakashi tried to pierce Kabuto's heart but the glasses-wearing teen moved last minute.

"Gotta be quicker than that." Kabuto smirked at Kakashi who only smiled back. Kabuto's danger senses went off last minute. He looked up with fear in his eyes.

Sakura was coming down with a heel kick that would no doubt leave him 6 feet under. Kabuto channeled chakra into his back where it would hit him in order to try and soften the blow.

"CHAA!" Sakura landed heel first on Kabuto's back which sent him into the ground. The impact sent tremors throughout the earth. The ground cracked and Kabuto spit out blood from the impact of the kick hitting his spine. The ground exploded like a gaiser which sent another wave of destruction everywhere.

Sakura, Guren, and Kakashi landed outside the 10ft deep crater that had Kabuto laying in the ground face first. They slid down the side and stepped closer to Kabuto who wasn't moving.

Guren made another crystal sword and stabbed Kabuto right in the heart, She wiggled the blade around just to make sure he was dead. "He is dead for sure." Guren grinned down at the guy she had wanted to kill for a long time.

Kabuto melted revealing a hole under his body. The group was shocked once again at Kabuto getting away once again.

"Damn!" Sakura cruised at the glasses-wearing teen getting away again. Guren was no better, He had escaped from her once again.

"Calm down you two. We put him in an almost death like state, wherever he is, He will most likely die." Kakashi tried to calm them down before they blew a casket.

Naruto was currently staring down a glaring Orochimaru. Naruto had completely out classed Orochimaru that whole fight. He wasn't even wearing his normal grin or anything. Just bored. What a boring partner Orochimaru was.

"Is summoning snakes and jumping out of your body the only thing you know how to do?"

Orochimaru's glares intensified. The boy was already strong from a young age but now he was even stronger and holding back on him of all people. "You'll die boy, You can't keep up with me for too much longer."

"Fighting with someone like you is nothing more than child's play for me." Naruto said and then flexed his hands and got ready to attack.

"Cocky brat, I'll kill you!" Orochimaru dashed towards Naruto with great speed.

Naruto looked bordely towards the approaching snake sannin. Naruto only grabbed the hand that was aimed for his face with his left hand. Naruto then punched Orochimaru in the gut making the man go wide eyed from the power and pain he felt. Orochimaru was sent flying back.

"Your false imagination of power is really pathetic." Naruto then appeared above Orochimaru and dropped down with a hand coaked in chakra and punched him in the face causing an explosion to go off that could be felt all the way to where the rest of his group was.

When the smoke from the explosion cleared it showed Naruto standing alone in a crater that was 30 feet deep and 20 feet wide.

"So he somehow escaped. But he didn't escape in one piece." Naruto looked at the arm of Orochimaru he had managed to grab before he switched body's.

Naruto looked over and saw the rest of the group coming towards him. When they arrived he saw the disappointed look on Guren's face.

"What's the matter Guren-chan?" Naruto walked over and grabbed her hand tightly. Guren sent him a thankful smile.

"I failed to do what you asked of me and didn't kill Kabuto." Guren looked down when she said that, Only to have her chin lifted and to see the smiling face of Naruto.

"It's fine, I bet you kicked his ass though didn't you?"

The ecstatic look on Guren's face was all he needed to know. "I sure did."

"Don't even worry, We can track them down and finish them once and for all."

"How can we do that Naruto?" Kakashi asked.

He got a smirk from the armor-clad blonde. "I can still sense their chakra and it is not far off, But it only seems that Orchimaru managed to get away because I don't feel his butt buddy near him."

"So does that mean Kabuto is dead?" Guren asked a little to happy.

"Maybe or he just didn't get to Orochimaru." Naruto than put Guren over his shoulder making the women get out a surprised eep. "Anyways, Lets go before he gets away." Naruto dashed off leaving Sakura and Kakashi behind.

"You heard brother." Sakura threw kakashi over her shoulder and also dashed off behind Naruto. "LETS GOO!"

"Sometimes, I really hate these kids." Kakashi thought while drowning in despair and shame at being carried like a sack of potatoes.

Naruto and company appeared outside what looked like a fake tree that had an opening on the inside.

"Well this seems to be the place." Naruto put Guren down who wobbled for a bit at the fast speeds.

"Yea, but how do we get in? We obviously can't just go through the front door." Kakashi said.

"Simple, We just blow this bitch up." Naruto said and flew up to the sky and got ready for his jutsu.

"Should we really be letting him do this?" Sakura asked looking up at Naruto.

"Most likely not, But it will make things easier if we ignored all the traps and just bombed the place." Kakashi said.

"You guys should get back a safe distance, Shit is about to get really destructive!" Naruto shouted down to his team which was a little too close.

Seeing everyone was a good enough distance away from him he got ready. The clouds covered the bright blue sky which quickly became heavy storm clouds. "Thunderclap!" A huge lightning bolt shot down from the clouds and impacted the hidden base causing shockwaves to be sent all throughout the forest and trees to be uprooted.

When everything cleared it showed the base had been completely destroyed and was even on fire in some places. There was a huge hole showing the inside of the base which had odd patterns going up and down the wall. He was sure there were a couple of dead people somewhere.

"Allright, let's get all those who are hiding." water formed from thin air by Naruto and was sent down like a waterfall into the base of Orochimaru. This would tear down the weak walls and bring people to vision. "I'm not done just yet." Naruto sent down lightning blasts into the water to finish anyone off. He then felt Orochimaru's chakra and someone else's.

Naruto dropped down to where his team was. "Let's move in." Naruto left with everyone else to where he felt Orochimaru and the other person's chakra.

Arriving at the scene, Everyone could see a hole blasted in the ruff of the hideout. They all went to the hole which let them see none other than Sasuke Uchiha and Orochimaru.

"Well would you look at the little traitor. It seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Naruto crossed his arms and looked at the two with cold eyes.

Sasuke glared at Naruto and activated his 3 tomoe sharingan. "Don't ever compare me to him."

"You know I beat your brother 3 years ago, He was really strong and I can clearly see you are not on his level." Naruto said almost mockingly.

Sasuke scowled even deeper and glared harder, He then raised his hand to the sky.

Naruto looked shocked for a second before he wiped it away. "Are you challenging me?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke scoffed. "You are nothing to an Uchiha and that goes for your clan as well."

Naruto's look then turned deadly and his power poured out. He wasn't the only one. Guren, who was an adoptive member of the Uzumaki took great pride in being given the chance at a new life and she would not let such disrespect go unpunished.

Sakura, who was also very close to the clan, sent her former crush a glare. Any feeling of hope she had for her former teammate was crushed with those words he said.

Even Kakashi sent his former favorite student a glare. He wondered where he went wrong with the boy and felt a little pity for the boy because he knew what was about to happen.

"Final words of the Uchiha." Naruto said and disappeared from everyone's view. Naruto appeared behind Sasuke with his sword drawn. "Be grateful that you were slain by the moonlight blade."

Sasuke was about to say something until his view went upside down and then darkness overtook him. His head fell to the ground with a thud.

Orochimaru looked at what happened with wide eyes. He began to panic, all his hard work had been wiped away in an instant all because of Naruto Uzumaki. He looked at Naruto who didn't have a hint of remorse at what he had just done. An intense rage then took over Orochimaru.

"I'll kill you!" Orochimaru launched himself at the blonde who simply readied his longsword.

"No matter how tough you make yourself out to be. This is the end for you." Naruto said right before he slashed Orochimaru in various points on the body. "Moonlight sword style: Sleet Storm."

Orochimaru's body then fell into multiple pieces. Blood flew everywhere and his inner organs dropped to the floor. Naruto looked at the two ninja he had just slain. It was another body for his moonlight blade which seemed to hum. Naruto raised the blade up to his face.

"You are really insatiable, you know that." The blade hummend which sounded like laughter if Naruto was being serious.

"Naruto-kun, You should destroy the Uchiha's eyes." Kasumi's voice echoed in his head.

"Yea, Someone might come after his body for that." Naruto walked over to the head of Sasuke and covered his fingers in wind chakra and jammed his fingers in his eyes. Moving them around to be sure he got the job done.

"Naruto, Is that really necessary?" Sakura asked a little green in the face at what Naruto was doing.

"Yea, Don't want anyone to take his eyes and cause more trouble." Naruto then stood up and sealed the two in a scroll so he could show his mother and get the money for killing these two. "Alright let's get back to the village."