Naruto Steps in

Naruto shook his head at the fallen body of the Hyuga Clan head before he turned back to look at Neji and Tenten. The Hyuga Genius had a smirk on his face as he stared at the dead body of the man that had been oppressing him his whole life, and his girlfriend just stood beside him with her arms around his. Tenten was a loyal Konoha Kunoichi, but it was weird was romantic feelings could do to a person.

"Neji..." said the Uzumaki leader.

The Hyuga immediately straightened up. "Hai Uzumaki-taicho!" saluted the man.

"What is the situation on the battlefield?" asked Naruto as he took off his long Haori to reveal just a muscle shirt and long white pants.

Neji bowed his head a little. "Our forces are overwhelming the Konoha Ninja forces, but from what I saw, Konoha had not deployed most of its ANBU yet."

Naruto nodded and started to walk to the edge of the training field. "They must be still evacuating most of the civilians, we should use this to our advantage." said the man as he held his sheathed katana in his hands. "Take your forces and attack the densely populated area of the village, slow down the process of the evacuation."

The Hyuga instantly nodded. "Hai Uzumaki-taicho, it shall be done." said the man as he and his girlfriend used Shunshin to leave the area as quickly as possible. Neji had settled his army at an empty training field located near the Hyuga compound, and all of them were armed and ready.

Naruto flicked his Haori in the air to clean the dust on it before he put it on again, with a sigh, he used shunpo go travel to the battlefield.

The Sandaime Hokage was gradually losing his strength, as one of the most revered Shinobi to ever exist, he was still no match for the legendary power of the Shodaime Hokage. The Senju was the person that lead his forces and conquered countless lands and nations, it was him that initially founded Konoha, he defeated Uchiha Madara alone, he was the man that had control over five of the Nine Bijuu at once...There was no way that the Sandaime could defeat such a man.

Kabuto was smirking the whole time the battle was happening, he himself was safe from any of the Sandaime's attacks as he was bunkered in a safety wooden cage created by the Shodaime. The legendary powers of the Mokuton user were really not legends, the man was really the most powerful man since the Rikudo Sennin, and with highly regenerative powers and unlimited chakra, Konoha was as good as dead.

"You disappoint me Sandaime Hokage-sama..." said Kabuto with his arms crossed. "I really thought that you would at least put up a decent fight against the Shodai, but you've hardly even landed a punch."

Sarutobi glared at the grey-haired man but maintained his focus on the Shodaime. "I will not let Konoha perish...It was something that I wore to protect in front of both the Shodaime and Nidaime...no matter what, I will die fighting!" cried the old man to his enemy.

The Shodaime was standing on top one of his many gigantic trees of chakra, his eyes had no emotions in them, he was just a body with no conscious, but enormous power. Naruto had ordered Kabuto to keep the personalities of the reanimated Shinobi locked up, he did not want to risk any sort of sentimental threat. It was possible for the revived people to help the people fighting they were fighting by speaking about the secrets of their attacks.

Kabuto sighed and looked down condescendingly to Sarutobi. "That is indeed admirable, but I'm afraid that you don't have a choice in the matter, you will die today, no matter what...I am under strict orders you know."

Sarutobi coughed painfully as he spits up some blood. "I-I will ask once again...who is your leader!?" cried the man as he fell to his knees.

Kabuto sighed. "Does that really matter Hokage-sama?" asked the man exasperated. "Look around you...there is nothing you can do to save Konoha. Our forces are completely dominating the battlefield, your Ninja can not even react fast enough to defend their positions."

Sarutobi strained himself to look outside the barrier, he could see that Kabuto was not wrong. The majority of Konoha was on fire, the evacuation of civilians was painfully slow, most of the Ninja couldn't defend themselves from the much larger numbers of the enemy, and they were rapidly losing. Kabuto had summoned many giant snakes onto the battlefield before his fight with the Hokage, and they were barely damaged at all...

"Don't you see Sandaime-sama, your efforts are futile, you are only prolonging your own demise." sneered the medical Ninja.

Sarutobi just smirked at his words, which made Kabuto a little confused. The elderly Hokage strained his feet and painstakingly stood up straight. "Someone like you will never understand...all of the Ninja in this village had sworn on their lives to protect their home, and you should never underestimate that fact!" cried the old man as he gripped his bo-staff tightly.

Kabuto's eyes suddenly widened in surprise when saw from the corner of his eyes, a gigantic toad use landed on one of his snakes. The very foundation of the landmass they were on shook from the severe shockwave, and the snake was dead the moment it was struck.

"That Jutsu...its Jiraiya of the Sannin..." mumbled Kabuto as he gritted his teeth.

Sarutobi smirked and chuckled. "Yes...the most powerful of the Sannin!"

Anko, Hana, and Kurenai were the ones that used the snakes to bombard the many buildings around the village, but they were knocked away by an extremely powerful shock wave and crashed into the ground. Kurenai had a few cuts around her body but was not hurt severely, but Hana and Anko were a bit worse for wear, as they both suffered a broken arm and dislocated shoulder.

The Genjutsu mistress ran to her two friends and quickly applied a headling seal on the wounds. "Are you two alright?" asked the woman as she pulled the other two to the side.

Hana coughed and nodded. "Yeah...I can still run, so we don't have to remain immobile."

Kurenai nodded but turned to her other best friend. "What about you Anko-chan?"

The purple-haired beauty nodded and painfully stood up to her feet. "Yeah I'm fine...but what the hell was that back there?" asked the woman as he turned back to the impact area.

Sasuke suddenly landed next to the three women along with Temari. "That is Jiraiya of the Sannin, apparently he has returned to Konoha..." said the Uchiha with a low voice. "He summoned a giant toad to land on one of the snakes, and I assume the shockwave of impact knock away the three of you."

Kurenai nodded and stood up. "How much of your troops do you still have with you Sasuke?" asked the woman as she faced the direction of the Sannin.

Sasuke sighed. "I split my forces into three, two groups are quite the distance from here, so I have about a third of my forces..."

Anko nodded. "That would have to do...we have to stop the Sannnin from doing too much damage to our forces," she said as she jumped to a higher rooftop to get a better view.

Sasuke nodded and jumped into the air. "The Uchiha forces listen up, channel all your attacks to Jiraiya of the Sannin, we have to stop him from bombarding the other team's mission!" cried the Uchiha as the rest of his people sounded a unified response. Sasuke ran ahead to the battle area with a hundred and fifty people following behind him, they were all a fast-moving unit so they covered the short amount of ground very quickly. The fire users of the army were the first to attack, followed by the wind users to boost the initial attack with more power...

Sasuke covered his eyes with his arms to block the debris of his forces' combined attack, but with his Sharingan, he could see that the giant toad was still in the same position. The Uchiha sneered as he ordered the wind users to clear the dust in the area, and he looked directly at the most powerful Sannin in Konoha.

"Jiraiya...the Gama Sennin," muttered Sasuke as he unsheathed his blade and pointed it at the man.

Jiraiya was a tall man with waist-length, spiky white hair, tied back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 'Oil'. He also had a noticeable wart on the right side of his nose. Jiraiya wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armor that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with handguards, a simple black belt, traditional Japanese geta, a red haori with two simple yellow circles on each side, and a scroll on his back.

Jiraiya looked down at the young Uchiha with no emotions on his face. "So...the young Uchiha is revolting against Konoha." said the man as he looked behind the Uchiha and saw the hundred of Shinobi. "And he's gotten himself an army too..."

Gamabunta took a large breath through his pipe and closed his eyes. "It seems that war is never far from Konoha..." muttered the giant toad with a deep voice as he exhaled large amounts of smoke.

Some shadows began to emerge from behind the Sannin and it was revealed to be re-enforcements of Konoha, they included many ANBU teams and some clan heads, which included the Inuzuka clan head, as well as the Ino-Shiki-Cho trio. The Yamanaka and Nara were standing beside their gigantic teammate who was at least standing at a hundred feet tall.

Inuzuka Tsume stared at her own daughter with widened eyes. "Why would you do this Hana-chan..." muttered the woman with a softy tone.

Hana adverted her gaze from her mother. "I'm sorry Kaa-san...but I have made my choice..." whispered the girl quietly as Anko beside her placed a hand on her shoulder. Kurenai and Anko knew that choosing Naruto's side was the hardest for Hana, she was the only one of them that had to choose between her family and the man she loves. They knew that it broke Hana's heart to betray her home and mother, but she was in love with Naruto, and that was all that mattered to her.

Tsume shook her head sadly at her daughter as her Ninken looked on with sympathy. "Hana-chan..."

Inoichi growled at the group and stalked forwards with a glare on his face. "Who the hell is the leader here?!" shouted the man, he needed to know the one responsible of converting so many Konoha Ninja to revolt against the village.

Sasuke sneered at the man and crossed his arms. "Do you really expect us to answer you...my Kami you are just plain stupid."

The long blond-haired man growls at the Uchiha as he shot a look to Choza. The Yamanaka jumped to the left and disappeared behind the big Akimichi, Sasuke tried to follow the man's movements with his eyes, but his Sharingan was blocked by the giant. The Uchiha looked up at the enlarged giant and saw that the man had his fist raised.

"You traitors!" cried the Akimichi clan leader as he slammed his fist towards the ground.

The devastating punch slammed into the ground, but to the Akimichi's surprise, the crater he formed was at least twenty feet off of his target, he had missed completely. Looking back at the group, he saw Sasuke smirking at him with his Sharingan activated. Before the giant could react, Sasuke sped forward with full speed and jumped on top of the toes of the giant. Chouza reacted immediately and kicked his foot out, but the Uchiha was steady with his footing and was not shook off.

Sasuke sneered at Chouza. "You lose...Shinso!" cried the Uchiha as the wakizashi in his hands glowed a bright white as it extended forward at a fast rate. The blade stabbed itself into the Akimichi's leg and ripped it's way upwards to the man's thighs. The blade came out at the Akimichi's hip as a huge amount of blood spewed from the giant wound.

Chouza let out an earth-shaking cry on anguish as he shrunk down to normal and fell towards the ground. Sasuke smirked as he landed on a nearby roof, but it quickly changed when a giant blade came down upon his head. With his Sharingan, Sasuke saw through the pathways of the strike and managed to escape the attack completely unscathed. Jumping down back to his group, he saw that it was Jiraiya and Gamabunta that had attacked him.

The white-haired Sannin glared at the Uchiha. "Boy...where did you get that blade?" asked the man with a serious tone.

The Uchiha sighed and patted the dust off his clothes. "What is it with you people and questions...do you all seriously think that we will tell you anything?" answered Sasuke with another question.

Jiraiya flared his huge chakra reserves and blasted the group with his KI. "This is no time for jokes brat, tell me where you got that blade!?" cried the Sannin.

Sasuke and his legion of troops were all affected by the Sannin's power but not to a great degree, Naruto had much more power than the man. Sasuke glared at the man with his Sharingan as he discreetly sent a signal to Temari behind him with his fingers, then the girl immediately sent more signals behind her to the rest of the troops. One by one, the signal passed on, and after ten seconds, Sasuke jumped up into the air to land on top of a nearby rooftop.

"Scatter!" cried the Uchiha as all a hundred and fifty Shinobi under him scattered with blinding speeds to all directions.

The loyal Konoha forces were forced to crowd against one another as their enemies have surrounded them in a complete circle. The Ne members each stood on their own parts of a roof and stared down at the group of people. Sasuke raised his hand, gaining the attention of everybody in his army. "Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!" cried the Uchiha as half of his army followed his very actions and used the exact same Jutsu.

The few clan heads were shocked at the sudden large scale and organized attack, and couldn't formulate a fast enough response to defend themselves. But Jiraiya was quick enough to react, "Bunta!" cried the man as the giant toad gathered up chakra in his mouth and blasted a large water bullet against the incoming fire, though it was only enough to block one side of the army's attack, it saved all of their lives. Gamabunta had used his body to block the other side of the attack, so he was severely burned on his back.

Nara Shikaku immediately saw the opening and looked over to his uninjured teammate. "Follow my lead Inoichi!" said the man as he ran at full speed towards the side closest to Sasuke. The shadow user saw that several members of the army were on to him, so he weaved through some hand signs and gathered his chakra. "Kage Nui no Jutsu!" he cried as his own shadow broke off into many individual strands and connected with the shadows of the other men. The shadow strands emerged from the ground and stabbed through the bodies of the men.

Inoichi quickly came up afterward and knocked the few men out with his Taijutsu. "Skikaku!" said the man as his partner nodded.

The Nara clan head ran along with sides and headed towards Sasuke. "We have to take out the leader first!" said Shikaku as he threw several Kunai at Sasuke.

The projectiles were suddenly blown away by a heavy gust of wind, and the two clan heads looked back and saw the daughter of the Yondaime Kazekage standing calmly with her battle fan opened. "You two stop here!" said Temari as she channels her chakra to her fan. "Futon: Tatsumaki!" cried the girl as a tornado ripped from her fan and stormed towards the two men.

Sasuke smirked and signaled his men to attack the remaining group under them, he watched as Shikaku look back towards his other comrades and was distracted from Temari's attack. As the Nara and Yamanaka were caught within the swirling wind of destruction, Sasuke saw the other can heads and managed to escape his lethal attack, but they all had burns on their bodies. Jiraiya thought was left unscathed, Gamabunta had jumped away far enough to dodge the fire attack.

Sasuke eyes widened when he saw the toad channeling chakra...Gamabunta's mouth widened. "Suiton: Teppōdama!" cried the toad as he blasted a large ball of water towards the group.

The Uchiha looked back. "Scatter!" he cried quickly before the Jutsu struck, and like an organized machine, all of the members of the army scattered apart very quickly and most of them were unscathed by the water attack. Sasuke glared at the toad Sannin, he knew that he Jiraiya kept his attacks up, they will eventually lose, the Sannin was by far the strongest Shinobi present, and could kill everybody in his army alone. Sasuke gripped his blade tightly, he couldn't defeat Orochimaru, there was no way he could beat the most powerful of the Sannin.

Tsume suddenly appeared in front of the Uchiha along with her Ninken, Sasuke quickly jumped back and aimed his blade at their direction. "Shinso!" cried the Uchiha as his blade extended very quickly at the Inuzuka leader. The woman dodged the strike narrowly, but her Ninken was stabbed in his midsection and had a deep cut on his back. Blood spilled out of the battle dog as it laid on the ground, Tsume cried out for her partner and quickly used Shunshin to escape the area.

Sasuke was about to continue his assault but he felt a huge amount of air pressure coming down onto him, so he quickly jumped away, and as he looked back he could see the giant blade of Gamabunta again.

Jiraiya was not about to kill the last Uchiha, but he would not allow him to continue his attacks on the people of Konoha. "Give up kid, you can't beat me." said the man atop of his summon.

Some cherry blossoms suddenly started to surround the Sannin, and he instantly knew that it was a Genjutsu. Jiraiya channeled his chakra and let out a burst of dense chakra, dispelling the Genjutsu easily. But as soon as he was free, he found that his arms were wrapped tightly around his body by several snakes, and he looked over to see Kurenai and Anko standing in front of him. Kurenai sped forward with a Kunai in her hand and aimed a slash on Jiraiya's throat.

"Bunta!" commanded the man, and the giant toad suddenly jumped into the air. Kurenai and Anko were instantly forced to their knees by the sudden increase of air pressure. Jiraiya took this chance to break free from the snakes with a burst of chakra. Jiraiya glared at the two traitors and ran towards them with a Rasengan in each of his hands...

Manami and her troops had completely destroyed the protection of the Hokage tower and were currently raiding it of its contents. As her sealing troops were inside of the building Manami was standing guard around the large building with her combat troops. This was only the first of her target, and so far the resistance she had met with her pathetic and she believes that Konoha had been holding back their full power, and will unleash it's strength once they had fully evacuated their general population.

Manami looked back to Baki. "Tell them to speed up the sealing process, we will be meeting up with some resistance soon." said the girl.

Baki looked on to the distance grimly. "They are already here..." said the man as he gestured to the northern direction of the village.

Manami looked back and saw several Konoha ANBU teams coming their direction, she crossed her arms and smirked. "About time..." she mumbled as she raised her hand to gain the attention of the two hundred Suna Shinobi under her command. "Prepare for attack!"

All of the Suna Ninja gathered up their chakra and prepared for an incoming attack...

A cat masked ANBU landed on a nearby roof and weaved through some hand signs. "Raiton: Shichū Shibari!" Four giant rock pillars suddenly sprung up from the ground and surrounded Manami and her people, lightning wrapped themselves around the pillars. The Jutsu trapped all of Manami's forces in the area as well as secured the Hokage monument. A second ANBU landed next to the Cat masked member and also weaved through some hand signs.

"Doton: Nentsuchi Otoshi!" Large amounts of mud began to fall from the sky towards the trapped Suna forces.

Many of the Shinobi cried out in fright as a large amount of earth fell upon them...but Manami was channeling all of her chakra into the ground. She lifted her hands into the air, "Kūsa Bōheki!" cried out the girl as her chakra surged around her. Her forces and the Konoha ANBU all looked on in shock as the ground around the Hokage tower shot up into the air and blocked the mud. Unknown to them, Manami had used her own sand in her gorde to grind the ground under the Hokage tower into sand, and it was enough in quantity to hold up against the mud, especially because of the enclosed area.

Manami gritted her teeth together as she strained her body to support the heavy load. "AAHHHH!" cried the girl as she forced the mud and sand above the four rock pillars and threw the load the few ANBU teams. The Konoha elites were all shocked at the strength displayed by the girl but all managed to scatter the area in time to escape death, but the shockwave of the drop caused some of the ANU to crash into several buildings.

Manami fell to her knees and Baki was instantly by her side. "Are you alright Manami?" asked the girl's sensei.

Manami nodded and looked over at the ANBU teams. "Finish them now!" commanded the girl.

"HAI MANAMI-SAMA!" saluted the rest of her army as all of them channeled their chakra. "FUTON: KAZE NO YAIBA!" cried all two hundred of the Suna forces, as two hundred invisible deadly blades of wind flew towards the small group of Konoha Anbu. Despite the fact that the ANBU were more powerful than the Suna Shinobi individually, they were no match in raw power. The blades of wind slashed through the many buildings around the area as they killed off all of the ANBU members. The devastation maintained it's destruction along its path and shredded whatever it came upon, destroying it's way all the way to the edge of the village.

Manami smirked as she stood up and looked back to her troops. "Okay...continue the raid!" commanded the girl. "We have another five minutes before we have to retreat to the south of the village!"

"HAI MANAMI-SAMA!" replied the members in unison, they all wanted to follow the order of the one person that had saved them from death.

Manami suddenly felt a huge chakra signature from behind her, and she smiled when she figured out that it was Naruto who was coming into battle...

Kurenai and Anko looked on in shock as the Sannin ran towards them with a legendary Jutsu in each of his hands. They could feel the air around them contort as the spinning ball of chakra came towards them, they didn't know what to think, and they could think about was Naruto, they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with the man they love in a new home, but it seems that they were about to die by the Sannin's hands. The each breathed a second before the ball of chakra would hit them and closed their eyes...

Kurenai and Anko could feel that their hearts were beating very fast, but after a few seconds they still couldn't feel anything different, so they slowly opened their eyes...

They both saw Jiraiya standing in front of them with his hands extended, but the Rasengans were gone and the man had a looked of shock and surprise on his face. A moment before his attack would have killed the two traitors, he felt his Jutsu lose power and his chakra being pulled away from him until his Jutsu fell apart.

"W-What is this..." muttered the man as he pulled his hands back and looked around.

"Nobody hurts Kurenai or Anko..." said someone right next to Jiraiya's ear as his eyes widened. The Sannin didn't sense the man next to him until he said something, and the next thing he felt was an immense pain in his stomach...looking down he could see someone's fist lodged on his midsection. It was not a normal punch, the Sannin could feel his body being lifted off the back of Gamabunta and into the air. he could feel the wind blowing through his hair as he was sent flying into a nearby building...

Gamabunta was shocked at the sudden attack, so he quickly jumped over to his summoner...

Kurenai and Anko smiled at the love of their lives walked over to them and carried them away to a safe distance. Naruto landed on top of a random rooftop and placed his two girls on the ground, they were still shaken up from the Sannin's massive KI and Jutsu.

"Stay here for now...I'll take care of this." said the man as he stood up and turned back after he kissed both of them on the lips.

Naruto walked over to the edge of the roof and looked down at the situation, he saw that Hana and Sasuke were both unscathed. Most of Sasuke's troops were still in top condition and a few of them were injured, but almost all of Konoha's forces had been destroyed. Naruto smiled down at his closest subordinate and gave him a nod, "Good job Sasuke..." said the blond man.

The Uchiha smirked back at his leader. "Thanks, Uzumaki-taicho..." said Sasuke, he was glad that his leader had finally arrived, he was sure that they wouldn't be able to defeat Jiraiya,

Akimichi Choza looked up at the Uzumaki in shock...he didn't know if he heard right, but the Uchiha had called him "Uzumaki-taicho". The big man had seen Naruto many times before when his own son hung out with him during their academy days, never in his life would he have suspected the supposedly dead Junchuriki was the culprit behind the whole operation.

, Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi, who was lying on the ground injured both looked at Naruto with shock, even the great mind of the Nara hadn't suspected a thing with Naruto's death. Tsume, who was nursing her Ninken on top of a rooftop looked at Naruto then at her own daughter. She knew that Hana had a boyfriend for the last two years, and when she connected the dots, she knew that Naruto was the man that made her daughter betray the clan and Konoha.

Jiraiya forcefully dislodged himself from the rubble he was sent into, and when he looked over at the man that attacked him, he felt his blood run cold. He had never seen the man before, but his features were very familiar, he had the same blue eyes, same blond hair...and even a similar chakra signature to his late pupil. The white, high collared Haori the man was wearing made him look similar to the Yondaime, but his hair was very different. Instead of being spiky and untamed, the man's hair was very neat and combed...

The Sannin walked back onto Gamabunta's back and decreased the distance from his attacker. "Who are you...?" asked the white-haired man.

Naruto ran his hand through his hair and smirked at the Sannin. "I am the leader of this entire operation...it is a pleasure to finally meet to Jiraiya-san."

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the man. "Okay...but what is your name?"

"I am Uzumaki Naruto." said the man proudly as he crossed his arms. "The leader of this entire operation."

Jiraiya felt his whole body run cold, he tried to stay as still as possible, but even his fingers were shaking uncontrollably. The man couldn't believe his ears, a few weeks ago he had received news from his Sensei that his Godson was killed by a mysterious killer during the Chunin Exams, and he had returned to the village to investigate the situation, but he had never even thought of this...the son of the Yondaime Hokage and the Benihime of Konoha, had plotted a revolution against Konoha through extensive means.

Jiraiya stared at the smiling blond man that looked like a perfect mix between Kushina and Minato. "You...You were the one that organized this?" muttered the Sannin. "Uzumaki Naruto?"

Naruto chuckled and nodded. "What...is it really that hard to believe?"

Jiraiya felt sick...a million thoughts flashed before his mind, he felt suddenly guilty about leaving Naruto in Konoha, left him for so many years, didn't tell him about his parents, and let him develop hatred for his home. To think that the man would fake his own death, in order to catch the village off guard...he took control over a huge army by himself, took control of the last Uchiha in the village, gained access to the Suna forces, gained the power of some of the most powerful Jutsu, and even turned some of the most loyal Shinobi of the village against it.

"Why...?"

Naruto looked at the man amused. "Why not?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened in shock as he gripped his fists and anger. "Many people can betray Konoha...but not you!" cried the man as he sped towards Naruto at his full speed, making him a mere blur to most of the people around them. There was a shock was of air pressure and a surge of chakra as the Sannin charged at Naruto...

...The next second, a loud impact sounded throughout the area, there was a force back as an aftershock, and the dust and debris in the area were blown into the air. Sasuke used his Sharingan to looked into the impact area, and all he could see was Jiraiya standing in front of Naruto, and his leader didn't seem to have moved at all.

The dust cleared and many of the Konoha Shinobi was shocked to see that Naruto had actually caught Jiraiya's punch with his bare hands...

Naruto looked into the dark eyes of the Sannin and saw the anger and frustration in them. "You are so naive Jiraiya-san..." said Naruto as his body flashed to the right in a split second and lodged his fist in Jiraiya's stomach. Jiraiya's eyes widened as he found himself overtaken by pain, that one punch had cracked several of his ribs. With a swift turn to the left, Naruto kicked Jiraiya at the side and sent the man backward, the Sannin flew through the air and landed back on the back of Gamabunta.

Inoichi, Chouza, and Shikaku gritted their teeth as they struggled to stand on their feet. They couldn't believe that the young man was so fast and powerful, even as experienced Jonin, they couldn't see when or how Naruto moved, and how much strength he would have needed to send Jiraiya-sama flying through the air.

"How is this possible...?" muttered Inoichi as he glared at Naruto. "He is supposed to be a talentless Ninja, how is it possible that he managed to do this!?"

Shikaku helped his life long friend, Chouza up on his feet as he looked up at Naruto. "It is obvious that his time in the academy was just a ruse, he acted to be a talentless Shinobi to lull others into a false sense of security."

Chouza growled. "He was already so devious so many years ago?"

The Nara sighed and closed his eyes. "I am not sure about that, but it is certain that he knew about the fact that he is a Junchuriki..."

Inoichi turned to his friend surprised. "What...how did he find out?" asked the man as he turned his gaze make at the Uzumaki.

Shikaku shook his head. "I don't know, but that is the only reason that he needed to hide his strength from others...he needed to act harmless so his enemies would not kill him out of fear of his potential." explained the Nara, ignoring the pain in his head.

The Akimichi leader was curious. "Couldn't he have been doing that because he was an outcast...?"

The Nara shook his head again. "No, if he was trying to prove himself as an outcast, he would want to announce his power to gain the attention and approval of others...the fact that he chose to hide explains everything..."

Naruto looked down at Sasuke. "Sasuke...gather your people and regroup." commanded the Uzumaki.

The Uchiha nodded. "Hai Uzumaki-taicho!" cried the young man as he jumped up on a rooftop and signaled his people to retreat a hundred meters back and regroup formation. The hundred Shinobi instantly reacted and followed the order of their commander, within a minute all of them stood behind Sasuke and organized themselves into a perfect triangle formation. The group shook at the sudden movement of such a large group of Shinobi, and the instant they were done everything was silent.

Naruto jumped down to where Hana was standing and smiled at her. "Hey, Hana-chan..." whispered Naruto as he let the girl rush to hug him. The Uzumaki knew that it was hard for Hana to fight against her mother and Konoha forces, but he had solidified his belief in her. Naruto used Shunshin to transport Hana to where Kurenai and Anko were recovering. The two other girls looked over to see their man with Hana and smiled at them. Naruto ran his hand through Hana's hair and kissed her lightly. "Go with Kurenai and Anko, for now, babe..."

Hana nodded as tears ran loose in her eyes, she let go of her lover and walked over to her two surrogate sisters. Kurenai smiled at the Inuzuka heiress and hugged her, the three of them walked back to the edge of the roof before the three of them disappeared with Shunshin.

Naruto turned back towards the Konoha forces, he was the one that stood out front compared to his troops. He faced Jiraiya and the few Clan Heads in front of him and walked forward past the ledge of the roof, and to the shock of the people observing him, he didn't fall, he suspended in the air and was actually walking on the air. Ever since he had been training with the Hogyoku, Naruto's primary wind manipulation had developed new heights, and it enabled him to do what most humans consider to be impossible.

Naruto walked higher and higher in the air until he could see the stadium area, he smirked in that general direction as he gathered some chakra into his throat. "Kabuto...release the barrier!" said Naruto in an amplified voice that sounded throughout the entire village. Reacting quickly to his command, Naruto saw the purple-tinted barrier slowly descend into nothingness, revealing a condense forest with Kabuto standing on top of the trees.

Naruto looked over at the battle area and he saw the Sandaime Hokage staring at him with absolute shock in his eyes...there were even hints of guilt and devastation. The Uzumaki smiled and crossed his arms in amusement.

"Kabuto...now." said the blond man calmly.

The grey-haired man nodded and bowed to his leader before he flashes through some hand signs, he jumped down into the dense forest and planted his hand on the back of the Shodaime Hokage. The nest thing anybody heard throughout the village, was the loud voice of the Shodaime...

"Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kōtan!" the small condensed forest on top of the viewing tower suddenly expanded at an inconceivable rate. The giant trees expanded rapidly and violently, it destroyed the stadium with its roots, it raided the surrounding ten-mile radius as a giant forest, and within a few seconds, the whole village was covered the thick trees and dense canopies. Almost all of the houses and buildings were destroyed by the manifestation, everything in its path was crushed and smashed.

The only intact areas were the one where the Uzumaki forces were standing, which included all four sides of the village. Naruto along with Sasuke's forces was at the east side, Danzo and his army were in the west, Neji and his forces were in the north, and Manami and the Suna forces were at the south.

In the span of a minute, all of Konoha's forces were immobilized by the Shodaime Hokage, and there was nothing they could do about it. The fate of Konoha, and its people, was in the hands of the one man that they have detested and hated their whole lives, the Junchuriki of Konoha, Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto spread his arms as if he was done with a performance. "This...Konohagakure no Sato...is the beginning of the end!"