Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto vs. Sasuke The Aftermath ❯ Naruto Must Be Stopped! ( Chapter 29 )

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Naruto has returned to the Leaf village and learns of what has happened to Hinata. His reaction to it is quite severe, and if Jiraiya and the remnants of the Konoha 12 don't stop him. The consequences for themselves and the rest of the elemental nations if not the world could prove most devastating.

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Chapter 29 Summary: Naruto has returned to the Leaf village and learns of what has happened to Hinata. His reaction to it is quite severe, and if Jiraiya and the remnants of the Konoha 12 don't stop him. The consequences for themselves and the rest of the elemental nations if not the world could prove most devastating.

Naruto vs. Sasuke: The Aftermath

Chapter 29: "Naruto Must Be Stopped!"

Naruto jumped down from Gamabunta followed closely behind by Jiraiya and they rushed into the hospital at breakneck speed while the King of Toads disappeared in a plume of smoke. It had been a few hours since he and his Sensei had received word via a messenger falcon that some of his friends had been hurt in an attack. However, Naruto didn't know who had been injured, as according to Jiraiya the message didn't say. As the blonde Jinchuuriki raced towards the ICU wing of the hospital he silently prayed that all of his precious people would be safe. Upon reaching the waiting room he skidded to a stop, as he saw several of his friends in there along with Tsunade and Shizune.

"Guys, what happened, is everybody alright?"

Everyone turned to look at Naruto with saddened faces before their heads bowed once again in sorrow. Their silence and the depressed mood that seemed to permeate the room were starting to unnerve Naruto who asked again in a more frantic tone.

"Guys, what happened, is everyone alright? Somebody say something?"

"You didn't tell him." Tsunade angrily questioned, as she glared at Jiraiya.

"Didn't tell me what baa-chan? H-hey, where's Hinata?" Naruto asked, as he realized she wasn't in the room.

"Naruto, you and Jiraiya come with me." Tsunade ordered, as Shizune pushed the Hokage out of the room and down the hall followed closely behind by Naruto and Jiraiya.

Tsunade didn't want to break the news about Hinata and the others in front of Naruto's friends, as there was no reason for them to hear the news twice. Finding an unused room, the blonde Hokage and the others entered. Before Tsunade could even turn around, she heard a desperate plea from behind her ask.

"Please baa-chan; tell me what's going on? Where's Hinata-hime?"

It was breaking Tsunade's heart to have to be the one to give the news to her grandson about the girl he loved. Screwing up as much courage as she could muster, Tsunade asked Naruto to sit down and then said in a calm voice.

"Naruto, yesterday Hinata and Kurenai were attacked by a force of Otogakure Shinobi outside the village."

"WHAT!" Naruto yelled, as he leapt out of his chair and began firing off questions at warp speed, before Tsunade raised her hand to quiet and calm the boy down before saying.

"Yes Naruto they were attacked, but Kakashi along with Shikamaru, Neji, Shino, and Kiba were able to rescue them before they were captured. In fact, they along with Kurenai and Hinata were able to kill all of the Otogakure forces sent to capture them. However, both Kakashi and Kurenai were severely wounded during the rescue mission."

"Ka, Kakashi-Sensei was hurt, is he going to be alright?"

"Yes Naruto, he's going to be fine and so is Kurenai. Thanks to Shizune and Hinata they both are going to recover."

Naruto's face lit up upon hearing Hinata's name, as he said with relief in his voice.

"So that means Hinata is ok!"

Tsunade looked down a moment before taking Naruto's hand in her own and squeezed it slightly before saying.

"Naruto I need you to be strong right now. Hinata is alive, but she too was injured in the attack and she used her remaining chakra to save the lives of both Kakashi and Kurenai. However, by doing that she's now fallen into a coma because of it."

Naruto stiffened slightly and pulled his hand away from Tsunade, as a myriad of thoughts and feelings were racing through his mind. Staring at the ground in silence for a minute, Naruto finally looked up, as a tear rolled down his face and in a monotone voice quietly asked.

"Can I see her?"

"Of course Naruto, Shizune please take him to Hinata's room, I need to have a word in private with Jiraiya."

"Hai Hokage-sama."

The two Sannin's watched with sorrow their grandson walk out of the room and as the door closed behind him, Tsunade snapped at Jiraiya with fury.

"Damn you Jiraiya! How could you not tell him about Hinata? I sent you word about her and everyone else in that message!"

"Word, what word? Oh yes I remember, Kurenai and Hinata were rescued, but Kakashi, Kurenai and Hinata were gravely injured in the process, the end. You didn't give a whole lot of details to the message Tsunade, like if any of them would even be alive by the time we got back."

"You have a point Jiraiya, but in my defense I was kind of busy at the time." Tsunade begrudgingly admitted before she heard him say.

"I didn't tell Naruto for two reasons Tsunade. One, I'm no good at breaking news like that, and I apologize for making you be the one to give the news to Naruto. But being a doctor, you're much better at giving that kind of news than I am. The second reason is I didn't want the little gaki screaming in Bunta's ears for the last five hours for the King of Toads to hurry up and go faster. Bunta is already a little annoyed right now with mortals, and I didn't want to piss off one of the most powerful summons in all creation any further by Naruto screaming at him like a jockey on a horse when I knew Bunta was going as fast as he could."

"What happened?"

"Well, it's a little bit my fault I guess, but I was just trying to do something nice for the kid."

(Flashback)

"Hey Bunta, we're already coming up to the Great Naruto bridge linking the Fire Country to the Wave Country you made really good time."

"Hmph, as if you should expect anything less from me Jiraiya!" Gamabunta snorted in derision before adding.

"I'll have you reunited with my number one henchman in a few minutes!"

"Speaking of which Bunta, I was wondering if you might like to help your number one henchman out when we get to the Wave Country."

"Help him out how Jiraiya?" Bunta asked, while cocking an eye as he approached the bridge.

"Well the people of the Wave Country really like your henchman and I thought if you were to let him be the, the . . . . "

"The what Jiraiya?"

"Would-you-please-pretend-to-be-the-henchman-and-Naruto-be -the-boss?" Jiraiya asked in rapid-fire succession while covering his ears in preparation for the King of Toads response.

"WHAT!" Gamabunta exclaimed, both in anger and amusement before adding.

"Why should I be so inclined to grant such an honor to my henchman for?"

"Come on Bunta, it would only be for a few minutes, just long enough to grab the kid and say goodbye. You know how the kid was treated growing up in Konoha. Well they love the little gaki in the Wave Country and if you acted subservient to him being such a powerful being and all. It would just raise the stature of Naruto in the eyes of the Wave Country immeasurably. It would make the kid feel good Bunta if only for a little bit. I'll be acting the same way Bunta if that helps any?"

"IT DOESN'T!" Gamabunta fired back in response. After a couple of minutes of contemplation, The King of Toads grumbled and said.

"Fine, I'll do it. But I won't prostrate myself to any great lengths!"

(End of Flashback)

"Well then what happened?" Tsunade asked again.

"It was going well at first. All the people in the Wave country were in awe of Bunta and me and. . . . . ."

"Wait a minute; they were in awe of you?" Tsunade interrupted.

"Yes Tsunade they were! My legendary status is known far and wide in this world. Now stop interrupting me and let me finish." Jiraiya declared with pride and annoyance.

"My apologies o'great and mighty Toad Sage, please continue."

"Anyway, as I was saying, the people were in awe of us and when we addressed Naruto with the honorific Sama and introduced ourselves as the personal Sensei and Summons of Naruto-sama, the people thought the little gaki was akin to a God."

"It sounds like it was all going fine Jiraiya until?"

"Until the people started referring to Bunta as a creature or monster, but that they weren't afraid or concerned about him because he was under the control of Naruto-sama."

"Ha, ha, ha! I'm sure Gamabunta didn't like that at all. Leave it to you Jiraiya to tick off one of the most powerful summons in the whole world, ha, ha, ha." Tsunade commented while laughing.

"It's not funny Tsunade; Bunta is really pissed at me right now. He wouldn't say a word to me the entire trip back, only to Naruto."

"I'm sorry Jiraiya, but I needed a good laugh after the last 24 hours I've had."

"Glad I could help Tsunade. Speaking of good laughs, care to explain why you're dressed like roadside bandit and in a wheelchair for?"

Tsunade's mood turned somber, as she exhaled a mournful sigh and said.

"When we found Hinata and the others, Hinata had used up all of her chakra to keep alive Kurenai and Kakashi. She died Jiraiya, right before my and everyone else's eyes. I refused to let happen, Naruto needs that girl as much as she needs him. So I did the only thing I could think of to bring her back. I initiated the Souzou Saisei technique within myself and channeled my chakra into Hinata in one massive charge to effectively jump-start her chakra network. It worked thank Kami, but between that technique and all the chakra I had to use on Hinata and everyone else, my chakra has been severely depleted. So I don't have enough right now to renew my cellular manipulation jutsu to restore my youthful appearance."

"And Kami forbid anyone having to see you at your true age" Jiraiya snorted sarcastically.

Tsunade just leveled a deadly glare at the Toad Sannin before Jiraiya raised his hands in front of him defensively, palms forward and said.

"Ok, ok, I didn't come here to renew an old argument between us about your vanity. Tell me, what are the conditions of Hinata and everyone else?"

"Well Kakashi made it through surgery and will live. Kurenai is currently stable, but also paralyzed and will need surgery to restore movement to her legs. As for Hinata, she's stabilized, but in a coma and we don't know when she may wake up if ever? I feel so badly for her and Naruto-kun, I hope he is able to keep it together" Tsunade stated, the sadness etched in her voice.

"It won't be easy for him, but I'm confident he'll have the strength to weather this. It will help him knowing that all the ones responsible for this are dead." Jiraiya commented solemnly.

"That's incorrect Master Jiraiya!" Morino Ibiki stated, as he appeared in a swirl of leaves inside the room.

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked, as she stared at the Jounin Commander of the Leaf villages Interrogation unit of her Anbu forces.

"I'm sorry to inform you Hokage-sama, but after reviewing the Anbu reports of the battle sites and having a conversation with our Oto prisoner. It appears the Commander of the Otogakure forces that attacked our Shinobi was the Leaf village traitor Yakushi Kabuto. Regrettably, he has managed to escape death or capture by our forces, as we have found only 31 bodies out in the field none of which were he. But our prisoner confirmed that Orochimaru had assigned a total force of 33 Oto Shinobi Kabuto included to capture Yuuhi Kurenai and more importantly the young Hyuga girl."

"Damn, I should have guessed that the apprentice of that snake bastard of an ex-teammate would figure out a way to slither back to Otogakure!" Jiraiya angrily spat with disgust.

"You said more importantly the young Hyuga girl Ibiki. Are you saying that Hinata was the main focus of the attack?" Tsunade questioned.

"Hai Hokage-sama, the Hyuga girl was the primary target of the Oto forces, and Ms. Yuuhi was the secondary."

"But why?"

"According to our Oto guest, it seems that another Leaf village traitor Uchiha Sasuke wanted the Hyuga girl captured so he could breed with her in an attempt to create a new Kekkei Genkai by crossing the Sharingan with the Byakugan Hokage-sama."

Everyone in the room heard an audible gasp, as they turned around to see the source and found Shizune standing just inside the room with a fearful look on her face. Tsunade looked at her apprentice with confusion before she and everyone else felt an oppressive killing intent begin to fill the room. Shizune then stepped to the side to reveal a wide-eyed Naruto standing in the doorway and starting to shake with unbridled rage. Jiraiya and Tsunade's breath hitched in their throats when they saw Naruto's whiskers looking more feral and his eyes turn red, while his pupils became vertical slits. Naruto's hair became bushy, while his incisors and fingernails grew longer and sharper, as a red chakra began to envelope him. Then in a deep, resonating, and growling voice Naruto exclaimed with fury his words echoing as he spoke.

"Sasuke is the reason Hinata is in that condition!"

"Nar, Naruto pl, please try to calm down." Tsunade stammered in fear.

"Calm down baa-chan, you ask me to calm down when my hime looks like that! Just tell me one thing, are you going after him?"

"Please try to understand Naruto there's nothing we can do right now, but I promise you that in the future we . . . . . ."

"NO, SASUKE WILL DIE TODAY!" Naruto roared, as the entire hospital began to vibrate from the sheer power Naruto began exuding. While the red chakra surrounding Naruto began to boil and bubble and take on the shape of a fox with long ears and a tail.

The chakra coalescing chaotically around Naruto created a vortex of wind, which blew the hospital door shut separating him from the Tsunade and the others in the room.

"Damn, this is bad! Hearing that Sasuke is the one responsible for all of this has just triggered a Kyuubi Event. Ibiki, I need you to take command of the all the Anbu in this sector of the village and evacuate and cordoned off a six block radius around the hospital. I've got to stop Naruto from escaping; even with the Kyuubi's chakra he's still not strong enough to face both the Uchiha brat and Orochimaru by himself. They will kill him if he does!" Jiraiya stated with certainty before he shunshin'd away.

Ibiki looked to Tsunade for confirmation, as she ordered without hesitation.

"Go, do as he says!"

Ibiki nodded briefly before he too shunshin'd away and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Lady Tsunade, what is a Kyuubi Event?"

"There's no time to explain Shizune, let's just say the Nine-Tails is currently making an attempt to break loose. I need you quickly prepare the most powerful sedative we have in a 3cc syringe with a 25g x 1 needle at once!" Tsunade commanded to her apprentice.

"Hai Hokage-sama!"

"Shikamaru what's going on?" Ino asked her teammate in a panic, as they felt the hospital shake around them.

"How should I know Ino?" Shikamaru replied while he and Temari held onto one another for support.

"It's Naruto, and his chakra is skyrocketing!" Neji exclaimed, while his Byakugan flared upon his face.

At that moment Jiraiya appeared in the waiting room and looked around quickly before yelling.

"Nara, Hyuga, Aburame, Inuzuka, Akimichi! I need all of you out in the courtyard right now to help me subdue Naruto! He's about to go after Sasuke for revenge of what happened to Hinata, but we have to stop him!"

"Screw that, let's go with him and help Naruto kill that bastard!" Kiba declared with fervor.

"Baka!" Jiraiya groused, as he smacked the back of the Inuzuka heirs' head before adding.

"That pressure you're all feeling is Naruto tapping into the Kyuubi's chakra. But even harnessing that power, it still won't be enough chakra for Naruto to fight both Sasuke and Orochimaru and live. And he isn't trained far enough yet to access even more power, because if he does Naruto runs the risk of losing himself to the Kyuubi, which will mean the end of everything, if the Nine-Tails breaks loose!"

"I understand Master Jiraiya, what can we do to help?" Shikamaru asked.

"Just get down to the courtyard to back me up! Mr. Nara, I also need you to come up with a strategy for all of you to help me stop Naruto in case I can't do it alone?"

"Hai Master Jiraiya!" The five young shinobi shouted in unison before leaping out the window and into the courtyard. Leaving behind three irritated kunoichi's one of whom shouted at Jiraiya just as he was about to leave.

"What about us, we can help too you know!"

The Toad sage turned around to look at the fuming kunoichi's before him and sighed before somberly saying.

"I'm sorry Ino but you, Tenten, and Temari can't help in this situation."

"Why is that Sannin? Is it because you consider us weak unskilled kunoichi?" Temari snapped with indignant anger.

"No that's not what I think. I know you all have amazing skills and abilities, but in this situation there are reasons why none of you can help us in subduing Naruto."

"What reasons?"

"Sabaku no Temari, you are appointed ambassador of Sunagakure to our village, and as such your safety is our responsibility. If you were to get injured or killed while under our protection during an affair that was strictly a Konoha matter. It would cause a political incident between our two villages that could lead to war between the Wind and Fire Country."

"But Gaara wouldn't care, as long as he knew I was trying to help out Naruto Jiaiya-sama."

"That may be Temari, but your Daimyo and the Suna Council would care. I'm sorry, as much as I would like you to help us out with this. I'm afraid I must order you not to interfere in a Konoha matter." Jiraiya stated with authority.

"Well what about us? We're not ambassadors or anything; there are no political ramifications to us helping." Tenten exclaimed, while Ino nodded her head in agreement.

"Tenten, you're a weapons specialist, your abilities are meant to kill not to capture an opponent. Ino, your skills are completely based upon your clan's mind manipulation techniques. And Ino trust me when I say you don't want to be jumping into Naruto's head when he is in this state of mind. If you two want to help, just stay here and help out Tsunade." Jiraiya curtly replied, before he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

When Jiraiya reappeared in the hospital courtyard he found Shikamaru sitting on the ground with his eyes closed and his hands configured in a strange way in front of him. The Nara heir was clearly ignoring the bickering between the Hyuga and Inuzuka, while the Aburame and Akimichi heirs stood off to the side in silence save for the occasional crunch of a potato chip from Chouji. As Jiraiya approached the young Shinobi, Chouji nudged Shikamaru to gain his attention and the Nara heir stood up asked.

"What do you want us to do Master Jiraiya?"

"Hopefully, nothing at all. The five of you just hang back and if all goes well, I'll take down Naruto myself. But in case I don't, have you come up with a backup plan Mr. Nara?"

"It's troublesome, but I have a few strategies in mind if you can't handle him by yourself."

Jiraiya merely nodded and watched, as the Nara heir and the others took up positions behind him in the back of the courtyard, while he himself stood in the center and faced the heavy oaken doors of the entranceway of the hospital. After a minute, Jiraiya's eyes squinted in recognition of the immense chakra pressure that was quickly heading towards him. The Toad Sannin then began summoning a Rasengan into his hand and once it was finished he held it to the side of his body, ready to thrust it forward at a moment's notice. As Jiraiya stood his ground and waited for Naruto to arrive, a small tear leaked from his eye, as he realized he may have to hurt his only grandson in order to save him and silently asked.

'Minato my son, please forgive me for what I'm about to do.'

A moment Naruto crashed through the doors of the hospital as though they were made of paper and rushed directly towards the Toad Sage. Jiraiya's eyes grew wide in amazement and apprehension of Naruto, when he saw his pupil had not formed not one but two Rasengan, one in each hand. As Naruto swiftly approached him, only one thought was running through the Sannin's head.

'Oh shit!'

When Jiraiya and Naruto collided in the center of the courtyard, The Toad Sage thrust his Rasengan forward which was met by one of Naruto's Rasengan. The resulting tremendous explosion of the two Rasengan blew both combatants away in opposite directions. But not before Naruto had driven his second Rasengan into Jiraiya's chest propelling the Sannin even faster into the stone wall which surrounded the courtyard. Shikamaru and the others barely dodged the incoming Sannin missile before he crashed into the wall bringing the majority of it down on top of him. Naruto on the other hand had shot through the exterior wall of the hospital and into the ICU waiting room, where three kunoichi's were huddled in the corner after having narrowly avoided being struck by the incoming Naruto bullet. As Ino, Temari, and Tenten looked up, they saw Naruto slowly rise and they noticed a strange red chakra surrounding Naruto in the shape of a fox. Ino hesitantly called out to her friend.

"Nar, Naruto."

Naruto turned his head to face the kunoichi's and all of them gasped at the visage they saw. The feral look upon Naruto's face with blood red eyes and slitted vertical pupils along with the fearsome claws and teeth he now sported and the killing intent emanating from him filled them with a sense of terror. Naruto for his part merely growled in his deep resonating voice to the three-scared kunoichi's.

"Stay out of it!"

As they watched Naruto slowly stalk his way back outside, all three girls seemed to exhale at the same time the breath each one had been holding within themselves. Taking a moment to calm down, it was Temari who spoke up first and said.

"Kami, I haven't felt anything like that since Gaara in his Shukaku form, and that was when he was in his complete form. I can't even imagine what Naruto is like in the Kyuubi's complete form?"

"Well, all I know is the guy's are going to need our help in stopping Naruto no matter what Master Jiraiya says!" Ino exclaimed.

Temari and Tenten looked at one another before nodding their heads in agreement of the Yamanaka girl's statement, as all three of them slowly and with trepidation began to follow Naruto out of the hospital.

Meanwhile, Jiraiya was currently being unburied and tended to by the five young Shinobi he had enlisted for backup. As Shikamaru checked on the Toad Sannin's condition, he rose and said in a shaky voice to his comrades.

"Master Jiraiya's alive, but unconscious. He won't be able to help us stop Naruto."

"Stop Naruto, stop Naruto are you freaking nuts? How are we supposed to be able to stop Naruto when he just took out a Sannin in under 30 seconds?" Kiba yelled in a panic.

"If you want to run away with your tail tucked between legs, feel free to do so and let the real Shinobi handle things." Neji spat at Kiba with contempt.

Kiba snarled with fury and was about to attack the Hyuga prodigy when both he and Neji suddenly found they couldn't move before they heard Shikamaru shout with fury.

"Enough the both you! Quit acting like you're both still in preschool and grow up! We've got a fight on our hands to stop and save our friend or did you two forget about that?"

Both Kiba and Neji stood in silence, before Kiba finally spoke up and said.

"Sorry Shikamaru, but what are we going to do?"

"I apologize as well Nara; I assume you have one of those backup strategies in mind to deal with the situation." Neji commented.

"It's most troublesome, but I don't. Every strategy I had thought of had been under the premise of having an active Sannin available to help stop Naruto, not just the five of us. I need some time to formulate a new strategy."

"I'm afraid you don't have the time Shikamaru." Shino stated, as he looked towards the hospital.

Shikamaru and the others turned and followed the gaze of their sunglasses wearing comrade and saw the Kyubified Naruto emerging from the hole he had created into the hospital only minutes earlier. Shikamaru exhaled a heavy sigh and uttered with irritation, as he watched Naruto slowly walk towards them, his single chakra tail swaying behind him.

"Damn it, this is most troublesome!"

Snapping out of his malaise, the Nara heir gathered up as much strength, confidence, and authority as he could to his voice and proclaimed.

"All of you listen to me and do what I say when I say it and we have a chance to stop Naruto. But only if you all follow my orders to the letter, is that understood?"

"Hai!" All four Genin replied in unison to their Chunin commander.

"Ok. Shino, you take up a flanking position to the left of Naruto and get your Kikai insects ready to go when I give the word."

With a quick nod of the head to Shikamaru, the Aburame heir leapt away to take up his ordered position.

"You Kiba and Akamaru do the same to the right of Naruto. Kiba, I want you and Akamaru to use your Juujin Bushin no Jutsu in combination with your family's Gatsuuga Taijutsu Style and don't hold back."

"You got it Shikamaru!" Kiba stated with zeal, before jumping away with Akamaru to their designated position.

"Neji I want you to hang back here with Chouji and guard the courtyard gate. When I give the order, you hit Naruto with your clan technique the Hakke Rokujuyon Shou and close off his 64 tenketsu points."

"Shikamaru, I have recently mastered the Hakke Hyakunijuuhachi Shou and can now close off 128 tenketsu points on Naruto if necessary."

"Even better, because Naruto is only going to reopen them anyway, but that combined with my jutsu will buy us some time while he does that." Shikamaru stated with certainty, before turning to his lifelong friend and teammate and asking.

"Chouji, I'm going to need you to use your Chou Harite Taijutsu technique in combination with your clans Chou Baika no Jutsu when I tell you. Chouji, in terms of sheer power, you're the strongest one here and you are the anchor to my plan. Do you think you can pull it off?"

"I can do it, I won't let you down Shikamaru!" The Akimichi heir nervously exclaimed.

"You've never let me down Chouji. By the way do you have your Akimichi Food pills with you?"

"Hai Shikamaru." Chouji replied, as he pulled out a small box containing three different colored pills.

Shikamaru then took the box from his friend and pulled the red colored pill out before dropping on the ground and crushing it under his heel, much to the astonishment of Chouji who stammered.

"B-but, Shikamaru, wh-why?"

"Because you almost died the last time you took the red pill. You're just going to have to make do with the other two, and that's an order."

Chouji nodded his head and Shikamaru clasped his friend's shoulder to give him support before a deep ominous voice echoed throughout the courtyard.

"What are you guys doing here?"Naruto asked with irritation, as he watched his five comrades take up different positions surrounding him.

"We just want to talk to you about what you're planning to do Naruto." Shikamaru contritely stated, as he stepped forward holding his hands in the air.

"There's nothing to talk about, I'm just going to go kill the teme and that snake bastard he's following that's all! You guys can come watch if you want, just don't get in my way!" Naruto growled in a menacing tone.

"We can't let you do that Naruto. You're not strong enough to take on both Sasuke and Orochimaru at the same time. Not to mention all the Sound forces they have at their command." Shikamaru politely argued.

"Not strong enough, would you all like to see how strong I am right now?"

"No Naruto we don't. But we also don't want to see you throw your life away in some suicidal attempt for revenge. What do you think Hinata would say if she saw you acting like this?"

"HINATA, HINATA! YOU DARE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME WITH HINATA IN THE CONDITION SHE IS IN! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HINATA WOULD SAY SHIKAMARU, BECAUSE HINATA ISN'T SAYING OR DOING ANYTHING ANYMORE AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THAT UCHIHA BASTARD! SO EITHER YOU ALL HELP ME, OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY! I'M GOING TO KILL SASUKE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE, THIS I SWEAR, BELIEVE IT!"Naruto roared with vengeance, as he released even more killing intent.

"I'm sorry Naruto, like I said before we can't let you do that. If you don't stand down, we'll have to stop you!"

"Give it your best shot guys!"

"So be it! Shino, Kikai swarm, let's reduce some of that chakra of his down!" Shikamaru shouted to the insect specialist.

Instantly, a massive swarm of Kikai insects exploded from the Aburame heir and flew across the courtyard before engulfing Naruto from head to toe. Unfortunately, after a few minutes, Shino suddenly clutched his head and cried out in pain while dropping to his knees. A moment later all the bugs fell away from Naruto, engorged beyond their capacity on the demonic chakra coming from him and quite dead from its poisonous effects.

'Damn it Shikamaru, think! You should have seen that coming!' The Nara heir inwardly cursed to himself.

Shikamaru looked towards Shino and could see his comrade was still down on the ground and clutching his head in apparent great agony. Although he didn't know the specifics, the Nara heir knew that the Aburame clan had some sort of symbiotic relationship with their Kikai insects they hosted within their bodies. The mass destruction of so many of Shino's insects at once was probably like taking a sledgehammer shot to Shino's psyche. He was out of this fight now that much was for certain. Shikamaru looked quickly over to Naruto and saw his friend shaking his head and swaying slightly as he stood. Apparently, the Kikai bugs had managed to drain away some of Naruto's chakra, but paid the ultimate price in doing so. However, Shikamaru knew there was no time to dwell upon that now and quickly shouted out another order.

"Kiba, you and Akamaru hit him now while he's still disoriented from Shino's attack!"

Kiba nodded to his Chunin commander before tossing a Soldier pill into Akamaru's mouth and ingesting one himself. The Inuzuka heir then performed a quick series of hand seals and shouted.

"Juujin Bushin no Jutsu!" (Beast-Man Clone Technique)

And in a flash of smoke, Akamaru had transformed into an exact copy Kiba. They then leapt at Naruto and simultaneously yelled.

"Gatsuuga Style!" (Dual Piercing Fang Taijutsu Technique)

Naruto was still trying to shake off the affects of Shino's chakra draining attack when he suddenly screamed out in agony, as a series deep lacerated claw slashes appeared on his back and torso. Turning around Naruto saw two rapidly spinning projectiles hit him once more and again he cried out in pain, as more multiple impact claw strikes impacted his body from various angles. As Kiba and his canine familiar turned in midair to deliver yet another series of strikes to the blonde Jinchuuriki, Naruto roared out in a rage.

"ENOUGH!"

A moment later a huge chakra flare erupted from Naruto's body. So powerful was the blast that it knocked everyone standing in the courtyard off their feet and shattered all the windows of the hospital that faced the courtyard. It also sent both Kiba and Akamaru spinning wildly out of control and heading rapidly towards the outer wall of the courtyard. However, before they hit, a mammoth gust of wind caught the two and buffered them enough to keep them from striking the wall at the tremendous speed they had been traveling at. As Kiba and Akamaru slid down the wall to the ground in obvious pain from the impact, Shikamaru looked over and saw Temari standing outside the hole in the hospital with her fan out. She obviously had been the one to save Kiba and Akamaru from any serious injury. Just as he was about to say something to his girlfriend, he spotted Ino and Tenten run past her towards Naruto and Ino shouted.

"Don't worry guys, we got this! Hey Naruto, over here!"

Naruto turned around, as Yamanaka heiress raised her hands up to perform the necessary hand signs and activate her trademark jutsu when Shikamaru cried out.

"No Ino, don't do it!"

But it was too late, as Shikamaru saw Ino's body collapse into the arms of Tenten. Ino had unleashed her clan's most treasured attack on Naruto, the Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Exchange Technique).

'Damn it Ino, you troublesome woman! Do you really think it's such a good idea to project your spirit and attempt to inhabit and control the mind and body of Naruto when he's in this state?' Shikamaru thought to himself while racing over to help Tenten with Ino's body.

Ino for her part suddenly found herself in a dark dank corridor and was standing in ankle deep rancid water in the recesses of Naruto's mind. Looking around, she shivered at the thought of what could have happened to Naruto in the past, to subconsciously create such a dreary and desolate mindscape. Ino then heard a loud clanging sound and could see a red colored hue in the distance coming from the far end of the corridor she was in. Ino took off in a sprint towards that light and as the water began to recede beneath her feet, she rounded the corner of the hallway and came to an abrupt halt.

The sight Ino beheld was amazing, as she gazed upon a set of massive cage doors with some type of intricate seal placed over its lock. Red chakra was flowing out in between the bars at the bottom of the cage, but the blonde kunoichi couldn't tell what was inside due to a pitch-black haze that dwelled within. Ino took a hesitant step forward before jumping back with a shriek, as gigantic monstrous flaming fox slammed into the cage doors from the inside. Ino realized this was the imprisoned Kyuubi no Youko (Nine-Tailed Demon Fox) within Naruto. She watched in absolute horror, as the Kyuubi threw itself again and again against the doors and Ino silently prayed to Kami for it to hold. After slamming itself once again into the cage doors, Kyuubi took notice of the spirit intruder within his host mind. Turning his head and gnashing his teeth at Ino who was now rigid with fear. Kyuubi's voice erupted, as he let loose a roar filled with malevolence and evil at the girl.

"GET OUT . . . . . . !"

Ino's spirit was then forcibly driven out of Naruto's mind. Moments later, she awoke back in the real world in her own body and let loose a bloodcurdling scream, before falling unconscious in Tenten's arms. At that moment Shikamaru arrived and checked on his teammate and friends condition. Turning quickly around to see Naruto shaking his head to clear his mind, the Nara heir angrily glared at his comrade and asked.

"What did you do to her Naruto?"

"I didn't do anything to her Shikamaru;I don't know what happened to Ino! I'm sorry if she was hurt, but I did warn her to stay out of it! Just like I'm warning you all right now, I don't want to hurt any of you! So all of you just leave me alone and let me go and kill the teme!"

Naruto turned back around and took a step towards the gate of the courtyard when he heard Shikamaru call out from behind him.

"Kage Mane no Jutsu!" (Shadow Imitation Technique)

Suddenly, Naruto found that he couldn't move and realized he had been captured by Shikamaru's shadow binding jutsu and snarled with annoyance to his friend.

"Release me Shikamaru, right now!"

"Sorry Naruto, no can do, Neji, hit him now!"

A second later Neji appeared directly in front of Naruto.

"I apologize for this Naruto, but you are now within my field of divination." Neji stated before crying out.

"Hakke Hyakunijuuhachi Shou!" (Gentle Fist Style Eight Trigrams 128 Palms)

"Two hands, four hands, eight hands, sixteen hands, thirty-two hands, sixty-four hands, one hundred-twenty eight hands!" Neji called out, as he delivered in a blur a series of Jyuuken strikes all over Naruto's body before leaping back and grimacing in pain."

"What's wrong Neji?" Shikamaru shouted out while trying to keep Naruto still subdued under his jutsu. Which was proving difficult for the Nara boy to do considering the ever-increasing chakra pressure Naruto was exuding to break it.

"It's Naruto's tenketsu points; they feel like they're red hot and have burned all the fingertips on my hands." Neji answered in a choked voice while staring at his shaking hands, as red chakra vapors rose in the air from the tips of his fingers.

"Let me go Shikamaru, this is your last warning!" Naruto growled.

Shikamaru stiffened at Naruto's veiled threat, as sweat was beginning to drip off his chin from maintaining his Kage Mane no Jutsu on Naruto. The amount of chakra pressure Naruto was using to break through his jutsu and reopen his tenketsu points was staggering and the Nara boy knew he had to implement the last part of his strategy right now, his teammate Chouji.

"This is it Chouji, hit Naruto with everything you have and don't let up until I say so!" Shikamaru called out to his friend.

Chouji nodded and then ingested the blue Akimichi Food pill he had on him. Almost instantly, the Akimichi heirs' chakra began increasing to monumental levels. Chouji then performed the necessary hand seals and shouted out with vigor.

"Chou Baika no Jutsu!" (Super Multi-Size Technique)

Everyone watched in astonishment, as Chouji began to grow to gigantic proportions right before their eyes. Soon Chouji towered over fifty feet in the air and stood directly over Naruto. When the Akimichi heir began channeling visible chakra into the palms of his huge hands, the blonde Jinchuuriki released even more of his own chakra in a desperate attempt to escape from Shikamaru's jutsu and to reopen his tenketsu points. In truth, Naruto could have accomplished either task a few minutes ago, but the combination of the two had proved most difficult for him to overcome at the same time. Unfortunately, Naruto knew he was too late in escaping when he saw Chouji's gargantuan chakra filled palms descending upon him and heard Chouji's thunderous voice boom.

"Chou Harite" (Super Open Hand Slap Taijutsu)

Naruto let loose an agonizing scream, as Chouji drove the Jinchuuriki through the stone pavement of the courtyard. The Akimichi heir then rose up and slammed his palms into Naruto again with even greater force, as Naruto cried out once more in atrocious pain. Again and again Chouji brought his hands raining down one devastating blow after another onto Naruto, driving him further and further through the pavement and into the ground below. Shikamaru and Neji had managed to retrieve Jiraiya while Chouji was unleashing his brutal attack upon Naruto. While Shino who had semi recovered managed to help Temari with Kiba and Akamaru, and Tenten had taken care of Ino who had awakened again. They all retreated to inside the smashed entranceway of the hospital where Tsunade and Shizune now stood, as they all watched Chouji pound Naruto further and further down. Tears were falling from most of the people there, as the only sounds that came from the courtyard besides the crushing blows from Chouji were the terrifying screams of pain coming from Naruto as they hit him and the occasional loud pop or snap which Tsunade and Shizune recognized as his bones being broken.

However, they weren't the only ones who were watching this heartbreaking beat down of Naruto. Sakura was sobbing uncontrollably, as she had been standing and watching the entire fight from her shattered hospital room window since Jiraiya had gone down. She too could hear Naruto's screams of agony, as Chouji smashed him over and over again. Every scream he released felt like a kunai being plunged into her heart. All Sakura could think to herself, as she watched the horrific scene before her.

'This is my fault, all of it my fault! I'm sorry Naruto; all I've ever given you is pain. Please Kami, make this stop, make all of this stop!'

Sakura was brought out of her thoughts when Chouji administered another punishing blow to Naruto, which elicited another pain filled cry from Naruto and caused Sakura to wince and shriek.

"Stop it, for the love of Kami stop it!"

Sakura's shout caused Chouji to pause before he delivered another blow, as he looked over to see the crying Sakura standing in a window. Sakura opened her eyes and looked directly at Chouji and could see the anguish on his face with tears flowing freely, as the guilt of having to hurt his friend filled Chouji with a sense of shame and self-loathing. Unfortunately, Sakura's cry that had interrupted Chouji's attack would prove most costly to the Akimichi heir, as it was just the reprieve Naruto was looking for. In that moment, two bloody arms shot upward out of crater Naruto was lying in and the chakra surrounding them extended into arms, which grabbed Chouji around his neck. Before Chouji could even react, he suddenly found his colossal form being flipped and thrown in the air behind Naruto and being slammed back first onto the ground, which drove all the air out of the Akimichi boy.

"Chouji!" Both Shikamaru and Ino cried out with concern, as they attempted to rush to their teammate's aid only to be held back by Tsunade and Shizune.

"The two of you wait, Naruto's still not out of action yet!" Tsunade sternly ordered.

Everyone's gaze then fixated on the crater Naruto was in when they saw a red glow coming from it. They looked on in stark horror at the grisly and cadaverous condition Naruto appeared in, as he rose to his feet and staggered out of the crater. From head to toe Naruto was covered with blood with several compound fractures jutting out from various positions all over his body. The gruesome deathlike visage of Naruto so mutilated and broken was a testament to the truly shocking strength and power of Chouji's devastating attack.

As Naruto stumbled past Chouji who had reverted back to his normal size, he paid no mind to his friend, as his body lurched forward towards the courtyard gate. Chouji saw the ghastly condition Naruto was in and his heart sank with guilt knowing he was the cause. Tsunade and the others could already see some of the fractured bones beginning to recede back into Naruto's body and resetting thanks to the regenerative properties of the Kyuubi's chakra. Tsunade realized that within a few minutes Naruto would be completely healed and back to full one-tail strength if not more powerful. She needed to act quickly, as this would be their last chance to stop Naruto and turning to her apprentice, Tsunade asked.

"Shizune, is the sedative ready?"

"Hai Lady Tsunade it is, but I'm worried about the amount you told me to prepare. To administer that large a dosage will kill a person."

"You're correct Shizune, under normal circumstances it would, but Naruto isn't a normal circumstance. We need to make the dosage large enough that the Kyuubi won't be able to filter all of it and render the sedative useless before it takes effect. Now Shizune, give me the sedative, I need to give it Naruto right now before he recovers anymore."

"No Lady Tsunade, you still haven't recovered enough of your chakra yet. And if Naruto turns on you before the sedative kicks in, you could be injured. I will give Naruto the sedative."

"Shizune, we don't have time to argue about this, give me the syringe!"

"I'm sorry Lady Tsunade but I cannot do that." Shizune replied, before she shunshin'd away only to appear behind Naruto a moment later and drive the syringe into Naruto's neck and inject the sedative.

Naruto felt a stabbing pain from behind him and whirled around while bringing his claw like hand up ready to deliver a vicious strike to whoever was behind him. At the last instant he stopped his hand mere inches from impaling Shizune's frightened face. Naruto's eyes grew wide with shock, as he realized how close he had come from seriously injuring or possibly even killing one of his most precious people. He stood in front of Shizune unmoving other than the shaking hand he held in front of her face. Naruto finally lowered his hand and turned around to leave when he suddenly found himself getting dizzy and stumbled. Turning back to gaze harshly at Shizune, as the red chakra surrounding him began to fade away and his appearance reverted back to normal, he asked in a stammering and drowsy voice.

"Wh, why oneesan, why won't all of you just let me go?"

Before Shizune could respond, Naruto's eyes rolled to the back of his head, as he fell forward into Shizune's arms unconscious while she lowered the both of them to the ground. As Shizune cradled Naruto's head to her while tears streamed down her face, she softly answered Naruto's question.

"Because we all love you otoutosan, that's why."

Meanwhile, Sakura was slowly slipping into unconsciousness herself, as she had figured out a way to make all the pain, guilt, and shame she was feeling finally go away.

Tsunade exhaled a heavy sigh; as she watched Naruto and Jiraiya being wheeled on gurneys go by her and into the ICU ward of the hospital. Everyone else had relatively minor injuries which Shizune and the rest of her medical staff could take care of while she looked after Jiraiya and Naruto. All in all, it was actually quite surprising to the blonde haired Hokage that no one had been hurt worse than they were.

Shino had suffered some type of injury from the fight, but it was not medical as it involved the mysterious relationship the Aburame's have with their insects. The Aburame heir assured Tsunade that he would receive the proper care from his clan when he returned to his compound. Kiba had suffered a couple of fractures to his ribs while Akamaru had twisted a leg, but aside from that both were relatively unscathed. Neji had received some first to second-degree burns to the fingertips of his hands. Shikamaru was afflicted with a mild case of chakra exhaustion, but had no physical injuries from the battle. Lastly, Chouji was injured the worst, yet it wasn't a physical trauma he was suffering from but a psychological one, as the Akimichi boy was beside himself with guilt and shame for what he had done to Naruto. Ino and Shikamaru were doing their best to console their friend from his grief. As Tsunade looked at the scene with pity, she could only hope that they would be able to make Chouji understand that we he did had to be done to save Naruto. Just as Tsunade turned to go into the ICU ward and tend to Naruto and Jiraiya a panicked nurse came bursting through the doors yelling.

"Hokage-sama we need you at once, it's the Haruno girl!"

'Sakura, oh Kami, what has happened now?' Tsunade wondered, as she rushed through the doors and down the ICU hallway to Sakura's room.

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Author Notes: Well, just another typical calm and uneventful morning for Naruto and the gang huh. (lol) Anyway, I hope you all liked the mega-fight, because let me tell you it was a pain-in-the-ass to write. Here I thought writing a fight scene using Kurenai was difficult. I never even imagined writing one involving so many characters in the same fight would prove so challenging. And before anyone asks why I didn't use any death dealing jutsu's in the battle, bear in mind that everyone was just trying to stop and subdue Naruto not kill him. I do hope everyone enjoyed the chapter from the humorous reason as to why Gamabunta and Jiraiya acted the way they did in the Wave Country, to the ending of the angst ridden and action packed super-fight. It was a difficult chapter to write and there were plenty of times I just wanted to drive my head into the monitor while doing it. What's going to happen next chapter? Your guess is as good as mine. Well, actually my guess will be better since I'm writing it, so that sort of gives me a leg up over the rest of you. (lol) Oh yeah, sorry about the lame cliffhanger this chapter.

I would like to say thanks to everyone both old and new readers who took the time to review this chapter and or story. Reviews are the motivation that helps give a writer the will to continue on with their tale. Take it easy and be good!

Kingkakashi

School time:

Prostrate

Definition: To put one' self in a humble and submissive posture or state.

Etymology: Latin to Middle English 14th to 15th century

Part of Speech: Transitive verb

Translations:

"Oneesan" Honorific for Older Sister

"Otoutosan" Honorific for Younger Brother