"So... he's arrived.." Pein said to himself as he lowered himself down from the sky.
Naruto eyed the man in the eyes as Pein had finally touched the ground and stood a good distance from him.
Pein could tell that the boy is beyond pissed and ready to kill. "What do you think you'll gain from this?" He asked. "Your actions will only lead to more consequences."
"You're one to talk..." Naruto told him.
Kit... let me out...
No.... I'll take care of this...
Let me kill him, I'll end it right here...
In a little bit...
Naruto took a step closer and stared deeply into Pein's eyes. The blonde also took a good look around at the damage Pein had left. He was a bit intimidated, he couldn't lie about that, but this didn't stop him from coming here to do what needs to be done.
"So... what do you come here for? Revenge?"
"Justice." Naruto responded. "You're going to pay dearly, for what you did to Ero-sennin.." Naruto narrowed his eyes behind him mask.
"If you are to blame anyone for that fool's death... blame him, for doing such a foolish thing, and dying a foolish death-"
"Shut the hell up!" Naruto yelled. "I already made a promise to myself.... and that is to promise kill you right here." Naruto responded.
Hinata's POV
Hinata and Sakura watched from above from what was going on with their masked enemy and Pein.
"Sakura-san.... that's-"
"I know.." Sakura responded.
Is he here to help us?? What is he doing?
Hinata was questioning everything. Just a few days ago, they were all fighting this masked man but, now it feels like he's here to help.
They both heard footsteps and turned quickly to see Karin limping towards them. The right part of glasses were broken so she could barely see anything.
"Karin..." Sakura said as the red head fell to her knees. She crawled over to them. "Are you okay?" Sakura asked.
Karin nodded before her eyes went big when she noticed Sasuke on the floor completely unconscious. "Sasuke-kun.." She trailed off.
"He's alive... just in very bad condition.." Sakura responded.
Suddenly Karin focused her attention on something else. She sensed more chakra.
She looked down at the crater and used her left glasses lenses to see Pein and the masked man. "T- This chakra..." She trailed off as Hinata and Sakura both turned to her. "His chakra is cold.... filled with killing intent and... hatred..." She described the masked man.
"Anything else?" Hinata asked and on cue, Karin's eyes grew wide as she gasped.
"T- There's another chakra within him!" She said in a warning tone. "S- So dark and evil! It's such a strong chakra!" She said. "T- This man.... something tells me that he's far more dangerous than we know!"
Hinata's stomach almost turned, her heart sank as she questioned who they're dealing with here.
Hinata looked down at the crater in confusion and also worried. Dangerous...? Just what is going on anymore?!
Naruto's POV
Just then, 5 others showed up and stood next to Pein. They all had the same appearance as him but were slightly different, but Naruto wasn't fazed by this at all.
When he was about to attack, someone stood in front of him, breathing heavily. The woman looked in the same direction towards Pein.
"I... am the Fifth Hokage!" She raised her voice as an ANBU member came and stood by her. "I will not simply let you walk away from after trampling the dreams of the previous generation! As Hokage, I'll end this here!" She declared.
Naruto looked at Tsunade in disappointment.
How could she still think like this?
"Get out of here you old hag... you couldn't stop him from destroying this village, what makes you think you can stop him now..?" He said.
Tsunade ignored his words. Even if he's here to help, she doesn't want anything to do with him, she wants to take down Pein alone.
Pein looked over her and over at Naruto. "It seems like our battle will have to wait.." He told her as one of the Pein's began to rush in and kill Tsunade.
"The person who I'll fight-"
Suddenly the wind blew harder and almost sent everyone back a bit. They looked to see that Naruto had completely stabbed the other Pein in the head, the blade entering deep into his skull and body.
"You'll fight me!! And only me!!" He yelled before splitting the body in two as it fell to the floor.
Tsunade looked at him in shock because of how quick he moved. Every shinobi here had struggled to take down at least one body, but Naruto had taken one down in a mere second.
The blonde had his back turned to Tsunade as he eyed Pein deeply. "I already told you to stay out of this Hokage. Sit back and enjoy some tea, clearly you're in no position to fight him.." He told her.
"Who... the hell do you think you are..?" She asked him.
"Someone who gave you another chance in life. Either die here like a dumbass or get out of my way.."
"Oi! You have no right to talk to the Godaime like that! You're a criminal-"
"That's enough..." Tsunade interrupted the ANBU squad member. "We let him handle it.." She ordered as she slowly walked away.
"Tell the others to not interfere. It'll only make this harder." Naruto told her.
The ANBU member followed Tsunade as well, once they were far from the battle, Naruto shifts his attention back to Pein.
Sakura's POV
"A- Amazing..." Sakura whispered. She knows that the man is an enemy still, but to see him deal with one of the Pein bodies in less than 5 minutes blew her mind a bit.
Suddenly they all heard a loud gasp and instantly shift their attention downward to see Sasuke had finally woken up.
He was breathing hard as he eyed the three that stood over him. "S- Sasuke-kun!" Hinata said in surprise.
"A- Are you okay... Hinata-" Sasuke tried to talk, but a very sharp and aggravating pain shot up to his scalp as it felt like it was being split open.
"Sasuke-kun... take it easy.." Hinata told him.
The pain in his head took almost a full minute to finally go away before he sat up and looked around him and was hit with shock as well when he noticed the village was completely gone.
"Pein did it..." Sakura told him.
Sasuke took a really good long look before noticing the huge crater below. He saw a few people standing there as well. One of them being Pein and the rest, and the other being the masked man.
"W- What's going on...?" He whispered in pain.
"That man... I- I think he's on our side... he came to fight Pein, he just now took down one in an instant." Sakura responded.
Sasuke shook his head in disbelief.
No way he took one down alone....
"K- Karin..." Sasuke said as he sat up tall. "Is everyone okay?" He asked her.
"I sense many chakra close by, they gotta be.." She responded and Sasuke nodded. She sat next to him and held out her arm. "Here... bite into me.." She told him.
He looked up at her like she was crazy, this isn't the time to play games.
"You need chakra.... so hurry.." She told him and Sasuke didn't care at this point.
He bit into her a bit roughly and Karin moaned in pain as Sakura and Hinata cringed a bit. But suddenly, the Uchiha felt his chakra coming back.
He backed off her arm and stood up tall. "Sakura.... heal the rest of my injuries.." He ordered.
"I- I'm almost out of chakra Sasuke...." She responded.
"Then take Karin's..." He told her.
Hinata stood up and looked up at Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun.... what're you doing?" She asked him.
"I'm going down there."
Naruto's POV
"Naruto Uzumaki... you've certainly gotten stronger.." Pein said. "In that case..."
All the 4 other Pein's spread out, three of them stand in front of Pein and the other one behind him.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" One of them yelled as they slammed their palm against the dirt ground.
A rhino appears and begins to charge straight towards Naruto.
Lets go Kurama..
Yeah..
The Nine-Tails chakra forms around Naruto and he jumped into the air with his sword in both hands as he drives it into the rhinoceros. Blood leaked out as Naruto hung onto it before quickly appearing behind one of the 4 Pein bodies.
He tried to punch it but it dodged it without even looking at him. The Pein body turned around to go for a punch which Naruto dodged.
He jumped back and grabbed onto his sword that was still in the rhinoceros before making a Rasen-Shuriken and driving it right through the huge animal.
Blood splattered as the impact left a huge hole in the rhino before it came crashing down against the floor.
Naruto stood tall on the dead animal and eyed all the Pein's. He still found it weird how when he tried to go for a punch the body still dodged it without even looking.
Kit, look...
Naruto looked at them all but he wasn't too sure what he was looking at. When he asked Kurama, the fox responded...
They're all facing you. When you went for the punch from behind, the Pein body easily dodged it. Their eyes are connected, the two behind were the reason he was able to dodge it.
Think we can get the jump on them at least?
Possibly...
A second tail began to form on Naruto as he made two shadow clones appear as one of the Pein body's began rushing towards him.
The two shadow clones both made Rasengan's and began rushing towards their enemy. They connected their attack but something wasn't right, suddenly their ninjutsu was being absorbed.
Perfect....
The Pein body finished absorbing the Rasengan before taking out a metal rod and stabbing the two clones in the gut before they disappeared.
When they looked ahead, Naruto wasn't there. They could sense his chakra but couldn't find him anywhere.
Now, Kurama...
The ground beneath began to break and Naruto came out and uppercut's the Pein body painfully to the jaw before grabbing his throat and slamming him to the ground.
The blonde jumped and brought his fist down against his enemy's skull, burying him almost 6 feet into the ground thanks to the the Kyuubi's power.
For extra measures, Naruto took his sword and drove the blade into his neck before cutting the head right off.
After his mini plan, Naruto jumped out of the hole and stood perfectly still as he waited for his next enemy to rush him.
Pein glared at the boy. "You've gotten stronger Naruto.." He told him. "We should've been able to dodge that too, but no matter."
Hinata's POV
Sasuke, Hinata, and Sakura were all observing the man's moves and his appearance as Sakura was healing Sasuke. Hinata started to look at the man very suspiciously that Sakura noticed.
"Hinata...? Are you okay?"
Hinata just eyed the man and began to point out everything. "That man... n- not only is he starting to play it smart but his ninjutsu is.... w- weird.." She said. "And the chakra around him.... it looks.... familiar.."
Sakura finished up healing almost all of Sasuke's injuries, just two more parts of the body to heal then he's good. "He uses the Rasengan too, a ninjutsu created by the Yondaime. And the chakra.... it's the same as the Nine-Tails." Sakura responded.
Hinata thought of something she found stupid. She knows Naruto is dead, she seen his body in the casket but she can't help but grow more suspicious.
"Sasuke!" They all heard a voice call out.
They all turned to see Shikamaru walking alongside Shino, Ino, Kiba, and Tsunade. Tsunade had her arm around Ino's neck, due to having to protect the village from instant death and Shikamaru had his arm around Shino's.
She was starting to feel a bit lightheaded to the point she could barely walk.
"Tsunade-sama!" Sakura called out. Ino rested Tsunade against a broken cement wall, the Sannin tried to catch her breath.
"K- Kiba-kun! Shino-kun!" Hinata said.
"Hinata! Are you alright?!" Kiba asked concerned. Hinata nodded.
"A- are you guys okay?" Hinata asked.
"More or less.." Shino responded
"Ino, what's wrong with Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked.
"She pushed herself a bit too far is all.." Ino responded.
Shikamaru winced in pain, his right leg was broken. He fought off the pain but it's like it gets worse. "H- How troublesome.." He whispered. "Oi, what the hell is going on down there?" He asked.
"The masked guy... he's down there.." Sasuke responded.
Everyone gasped, Shino sets Shikamaru down carefully as Ino looked up worriedly. "As if things couldn't get anymore troublesome.." Shikamaru said.
"T- The hell is he showing his face here for?" Ino asked, irritated.
"Believe it or not, he's here to help.." Sasuke responded. "The guy took down of them in a instant from what Sakura told me.."
"Unbelievable.." Kiba said.
"I'm going down there, I'm gonna end this.." Sasuke told them.
"S- Sasuke... you can't... go down there..." Tsunade told him.
He shook his head. "I'm not letting Pein get away with this..." He told her.
Tsunade sighed as she held her head. "T- The man down there told us to not.... interfere..." She responded.
"Like I'd take orders from an enemy.." Sasuke responded.
Naruto's POV
The other two Pein bodies rushed Naruto. Having already taken down the Pein body that absorbs ninjutsu, he figured this should at least make things a bit easier.
Kurama get some rest, I'll take care of this...
Heh... showoff...
The Kyuubi's chakra went away as Naruto activated his Sharingan's. The two Pein's tried to land a hit on him but he could easily read their movements, but they could also read his too.
With every punch he tried to land on them, they would just dodge it. He had to increase his numbers.
Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
Multiple shadow clones appeared and they all rushed in against the two Pein bodies in the middle. He took the time to at least make a diversion for later.
Bunshin Bakuha!
A shadow clone appeared and went to join in the fight as well as Naruto stayed behind and began to make a Rasen-Shuriken.
Help me out a bit, Kurama.
Eh? But you just-
Just help me out!
Fine..
The Kyuubi's chakra began forming around Naruto again, he was definitely going to need Kurama's speed for this.
He also kept his eye on the diversion shadow clone for the perfect moment. The clone rushed into one of the Pein bodies with his fist out, only for it to get caught in their palms.
Naruto smirked.
Boom...
The shadow clone exploded right in one of the Pein bodies, destroying the body in an instant, the other body looked in shock.
Perfect.
The rest of the shadow clones disappeared and, in an instant, Naruto appeared in front of the Pein body. He grinned widely behind his mask.
"Die!" He yelled as he drove the Rasen-Shuriken down onto the body, the force of it was strong enough to split the body in half.
The ground shook as Naruto left another hole into the ground, killing off another body, thanks to the use of Kurama and him being able to use ninjutsu again.
He deactivated his Sharingan before jumping out the hole. But, before he could at least be aware of his surroundings, the other last Pein body had a rod in his hand as he drove it into Naruto's mask.
Shit!
The impact knocked Naruto back a few feet away from both Pein's. He barely landed on his feet as he got back in a fighting stance.
He reached up for his face only to find out that half of his mask was broken. His entire right eye and a bit of his cheek was on display for everyone.
"You've gotten stronger, Naruto. Even smarter." Pein told him.
Naruto began sweating, one more hit to his mask than it just might completely shatter, and reveal his identity. He looked up at Pein in more anger. He knew what he was trying to do now.
"You've never had a problem coming after us. You're even determined to kill me.." Pein told him. "Perhaps your old comrades would like to know what REALLY happened to Naruto Uzumaki, that day.." He said to him.
Naruto got back up and held his sword in one hand, ready to fight again. "S- Shut.. the hell up.." He told Pein, his eyes turned back to the Kyuubi's eyes. "I already told you, I'm going to kill you.."
Sasuke's POV
"Sasuke, I'm done!" Sakura responded. Sasuke felt good to move his body without feeling any pain.
"All of you, stay out of this." He told them before rushing towards Pein.
"Wait, Sasuke!" Tsunade tried to call out. She wanted to go out to get him, but the condition she's in right now, simply won't let her.
He ignored her as he made his way towards the enemy. He saw the last Pein body rushing towards the masked man and noticed that they haven't noticed him yet.
When close enough, he held his hand out towards the body. Chidori Eisō!
The spear almost went into the body but the they noticed him last second and jumped over the spear.
"Kuso!"
Pein held out both his hands in the direction where the masked man was standing and where Sasuke was standing.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The extremely strong force blew both Sasuke and Naruto back afar, both hitting the dirt ground painfully. Sasuke quickly recovered and activated his Sharingan.
He got back up and realized he couldn't just use normal attacks. He watched as the masked man got back up on his feet, he noticed his mask was broken.
He also noticed a single line on his cheek a bit, he found it strange and familiar but had to stay on task.
He made a few hand signs as he rushed both the Pein's and inhaled deeply.
Katon-
"Teme, I told you to stay out of this!!" He heard the man yell.
In an instant, Sasuke got kicked in the gut by the masked man. Red chakra was formed around him, which helped the kick be more painful.
Naruto's POV
Naruto kicked Sasuke back a few feet before landing on his feet. He was upset that Sasuke would interfere like that, it was slowing him down.
He heard footsteps getting closer and barely had time to act as he turned around, he noticed two fists coming towards his face.
His eyes widened behind his broken mask.
Damn it! No!!
The two fists connected with Naruto's mask as he got sent back the opposite direction from Sasuke.
His mask shattered into many pieces as he landed on his knees. Realization hit him quickly as he tried to cover his face with his right hand, breathing heavily.
This wasn't the plan, he only came to kill Pein, nothing more... but now... things were going to get harder from here on out. It got deathly quiet and it felt as if everything was in slow motion.
He heard a gasp from where Sasuke was standing and cursed under his breath.
"N- N- Naruto?"
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"People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith."
~ Itachi Uchiha