Those moments where you thought something was hard to do, so difficult at the time, then something comes along later and makes that 'hard' task seem like a cakewalk. Those moments in life could come often or at a seldom pace, but they usually turn up one way or another. That was pretty much what Naruto was going through at the current moment.

"You know how I said Rubik's cubes were hard to solve?" questioned Naruto as he turned his head to Yugito, who stood right next to him battered and bruised just like he was. "This makes them look pretty damn easy."

"I don't know. Rubik's cubes are still ridiculously hard." said Yugito as the third member of their team chipped in his own two cents.

"Not really. There's this algorithm to em. Can solve any Rubik's Cube in the world." said Ay as Naruto and Yugito both turned to him with shocked faces. Naruto's head then jolted up when he felt the three's adversary build up chakra.

"Senpo: Suiton: Kyodai Tsunami (Sage Mode: Water Style: Giant Tsunami)" said Naruto turning and spewing a massive amount of water from his mouth. The water splashed out into a huge wave that not only blocked the fire jutsu fired at him, Ay, and Yugito, but continued on to crash into the man who sent out the fire. The water continued to pile off the mountain they were on before the blue silhouette of Madara's Susanno came back into view.

"That was pretty impressive. Managed to even knock my Susanno back a few steps." said Madara, still with his arms crossed and completely unharmed inside his Susanno. "That Sage Mode is rather daunting. Just like Hashirama's. Even though I harm you, your wounds regenerate almost immediately. Faster than Hashirama's did, most likely due to that pet inside of you."

Naruto didn't answer, instead choosing to turn and look at Yugito and Ay, who were both running low on stamina and not able to heal their injuries like he could. Ay was more worst off than Yugito though as his lightning cloak, while powerful and boosts his speed, doesn't offer much protection compared to Yugito's Jinchuriki Cloak. And Madara knew it.

"They can't keep up with the likes of us Senju. We are both breed from the original user of chakra, you can't expect them to be able to stay in this fight. The girl maybe with her Bijuu but that beast inside her isn't close in comparison to yours." said Madara as Naruto turned his eyes back to him. "You can't possibly keep fighting me when you also have to protect them both. They are nothing but a hindrance to you at this point."

"He's kind of right Naruto-kun." came the voice of Yugito as she strained to stand 30 minutes into their fight with Madara. She still had her Jinchuriki cloak flowing around her but it wasn't as bright as it used to be and she was running low on chakra. "Maybe me and Ay should leave and let you continue fighting."

"Yugito's right, sort of." said Ay, with bruises aligning his body. His hair was in disarray and his lightning cloak had long since fizzled out. "But you should keep Yugito in your sight. She can't leave but I can. It'll make it easier on you to just have to protect one of us. Still kind of mad I let him absorb my chakra and ensnare me in that pesky Genjutsu. Whip his ass for me will you?"

Naruto just nodded his head as Ay then stood and began a retreat from the battlefield.

"Wait.." said Naruto as Ay stopped and turned to the young Jinchuriki. Naruto held a fist out to Ay, who looked at it quizzically before fist bumping with the boy all but confirmed as Minato's child. A second passed and Ay nearly jolted when his body got covered in a bubbly red Jinchuriki cloak. "I may not be able to transfer as much to you as I'd like..but I can at least do that. Keep B safe."

Ay nodded his head before he charged up another lightning cloak from the chakra and vanished from the battlefield, leaving Naruto and Yugito there alone to fend against Madara.

"I have to hand it to you Senju. You are smarter than Hashirama was." said Madara with a smile coming to his face. Naruto must have realized that Tobi had stopped watching the fight less than a minute ago and figured he was heading to B's location to capture the Hachibi. "A little late I would say though. He'll never make it in time to stop my protege. You should have just let him stay here and help you with that chakra boost you can give."

Yugito's anger spiked immediately at the thought of B being taken away as she stared at Madara. Her green eye and yellow eye glowing as she stared hatefully at the legendary Uchiha in front of her without fear.

"Why?! What is this all for?! Why are you collecting all of the Bijuu?" questioned Yugito. "None of this makes any sense. You were one of the ones who passed out the Bijuu in the Shinobi Wars Era, why take them back now when you could have just kept them all?"

"That was before. This is now. I need the Bijuu. For my Eye of the Moon Plan. I'm going to entrap everyone in a Dream World. No more wars, no more bickering or feuding. Just a dream." said Madara. Yugito looked ready to shoot off another line but the grabbing of her hand by Naruto stopped all her hostility.

"No need to worry about all of that Yugi-chan." said Naruto still holding Yugito's hand before turning back to look at Madara with his slit, golden eyes. "Let's just worry about kicking his ass. No need to worry about what he's planning when he's six feet under. Again. And I'll make sure he doesn't come back."

Yugito just smiled at Naruto before the white necklace around her neck began to glow a shimmering white and pulsate, almost like a heartbeat. Yugito's chakra cloak began to pulse with the necklace before growing stronger and stronger with each pulse, easily growing ten feet into the air around her.

"So that's what the Kyubi's chakra feels like. Goodness." said Yugito feeling the influx of Kurama's chakra enter her body, the necklace helping her control it.

"Thank you. But I already know how awesome I am." said Kurama with a grin on his face at Yugito's words.

"Kurama's chakra is nice kitten but..." said the Nibi as she noticed Naruto's chakra also entering Yugito. "Naruto-kun's chakra just makes you feel good."

"You know it." said Naruto before he and Yugito looked at Madara. "Let's go wild."

Yugito merely responded by placing her hands in the tiger seal and letting loose a violent torrent of blue fire that smacked right into Madara's Susanno with force. The battle was on and renewed.

(Hokage Tower - Same Time)

"Nothing yet on Naruto-Oi?" questioned Tsunade looking at her student in Sakura, who merely shook her head.

"Not a peep. We sent a messenger hawk to Kumogakure, the Anbu have been signalling him through his tattoo, and even the toad we sent out hasn't returned." said Sakura as Tsunade placed a nail to her mouth to nervously chew on.

"He's not dead if his Anbu tattoo still resonates. The hawk may have been impeded in its trip." said Tsunade. "So we know he's alive and if the hawk hasn't returned, something's going on in Kumo. And for him to not answer neither the tattoo or the toad, he must be in a battle."

"He is." came the smooth voice of Itachi, appearing in the room in a flock of crows. Tsunade turned to the stoic Uchiha who continued. "And if it's who I think it is. He may need assistance."

Tsunade then turned her head to the right as Sasuke made his own presence known, arriving in a fiery shunshin.

"Root Anbu in Kumogakure have confirmed it. Itachi was right." said Sasuke. "Madara Uchiha is alive."

Tsunade and Sakura's eyes widened at that bit of information before Tsunade just took a seat, not sure if her legs would support her at that knowledge being dropped. Madara Uchiha was alive?

"That's not..how is that possible?" questioned Tsunade as Itachi spoke up again.

"The leader of Akatsuki is a user of the Rinnegan, an eye with power over life and death. It is plausible that that is the cause of Madara's reincarnation." said Itachi as Tsunade just shook her head in disbelief.

"How fast could we get to Kumogakure?" questioned Tsunade even though she knew the answer.

"We won't make it in time to help him if he's already in that battle. We just have to trust that he can handle himself." said Sasuke before a smirk crossed his face. "I'm just mad I won't be there to see him go all out. Or that I can't take on that relic myself, dead people should just stay dead."

"Sasuke-kun's right Tsunade-sama. Naruto is powerful." said Sakura trying to somewhat keep it together about the knowledge of Madara being alive and facing Naruto. "He did create a one thousand tailed fox in Amegakure that reports say could wipe out a village with ease."

The optimism of Sasuke and Sakura was necessary but also ignorant on a few things. They didn't know the full might of Madara Uchiha like Tsunade did and how Itachi believed. The two of them wouldn't say anything though, and would just hope that all went well.

(Naruto and Yugito vs Madara)

"It's futile. If you can't even break through this version of Susanno. You can't hope to win." said Madara after taking the powerful fire blast to the face from Yugito, which left his Susanno still relatively unfazed besides the scorch mark present on its face.

"We weren't trying to break it. Just needed to block your view for a second." said Yugito with a smirk on her face as a branch latched around Madara's arm.

"Coming from underneath Susanno. Smart." thought Madara before being yanked and slung out of his Susanno and toward Naruto, who stood waiting for him. "He must have faced a Mangekyo Sharingan user before."

Naruto threw a jab at Madara, who managed to flip in midair and land a few feet in front of Naruto. Madara blocked the jab thrown by Naruto before moving his arm down to block the knee sent to his side.

"You should be breaking his arms with the force of your sage mode and my chakra." said Kurama in Naruto's hand as Naruto threw out a pair of kicks that were also blocked. "But he absorbed the Nibi's chakra and uses it to reinforce his defense."

"Are you admiring him?" thought Naruto before speeding up his strikes and thrusting a palm at Madara's stomach. Naruto's palm strike turned into a Rasengan immediately as it crashed right into Madara's stomach.

"Tch. Just letting you know its useless the way you're fighting, he can actually handle the influx of Sage chakra from those jutsu you're using." said Kurama as Naruto's Rasengan was absorbed by Madara before it could get to truly hitting him. "I do know one way that you can fight him though."

"Let me hear it." thought Naruto before dodging the kick launched at him by Madara, who was now on the offensive after absorbing Naruto's Rasengan with his Rinnegan's ability.

"You fight well. Your Taijutsu is impressive and your timing is sharp." said Madara continuing to strike at Naruto, who was dodging the precise strikes with the speed boost he received from Kurama's Charka. "But I can absorb your chakra. And use it against you."

Madara backed that fact up by charging up his own Bijuu cloak and booting Naruto with the heel of his foot. Naruto blocked the kick but it still sent him skidding several feet back before stopping. Yugito landed next to Naruto as the couple looked at Madara stand and look at them, his Susanno walking back over to its owner.

"You got the plan?" questioned Kurama as Naruto merely nodded his head. Naruto looked at Yugito, who nodded her own head having heard everything through the link they still shared. Naruto let loose a breath before placing his hands together.

"Senpo: Mokuton: Saigo no Jukai Kotan (Sage Mode: Wood Style: Final Nativity of a World of Trees)" said Naruto as Madara's own eyes widened at that. The ground rumbled for a split second before the entire mountain was swallowed whole by a slew of gargantuan trees. Trees bloomed everywhere on the mountain and within five seconds, an area of a square kilometer was covered in nothing but trees.

"You just have techniques like this still?" questioned Yugito as she and Naruto both stood out of harm's way on top of the chakra siphoning trees. Naruto just gave Yugito a nod as the fire cat Jinchuriki just huffed out indignantly. "So our spars literally mean nothing."

"No. You beat me fair and square Yugi-chan. Don't get down on yourself." said Naruto before peering his eyes out into his forest.

"Yes it does. How strong are you? This is getting out of hand." said Yugito as Naruto let a smile grace his face. Naruto's smile quickly disappeared though as he noticed a whole section of his forest get leveled all at the same time before an absolutely massive Susanno took its place.

"Kurama...so that's the..." started Naruto as Kurama finished for him.

"Final version of his Susanno. The True Susanno." said Kurama as Naruto just nodded his head at that.

"So that's what that feels like." thought Naruto commenting on the fact that he was usually the one to show super powered techniques, not witness them.

"That's exactly what that feels like. This was one of the first techniques that I actually considered almost close to my power." said Kurama before adding. "And of course the one you created. You may want to use it now."

"You really are something else. Something this generation should be proud of." said Madara who had bruises across his bodies from the quick spawning of the trees that battered him around while they were growing. "Hashirama would be proud of what you became. And to make me use this jutsu. Only Hashirama has ever seen it. The True Susanno."

"Naruto-kun. You need to make that Senbi and you need to make it fast. We can't hope to continue with that without it." thought Yugito through their link as she stared at the powerful Susanno in front of her, that Madara caused to stabilize.

"I need a little bit of time. Can't send Sage Jutsu after Sage Jutsu like that, I could run out of Senjutsu and I won't be able to enter it again if I exhaust it by spamming them." thought Naruto in reply as he bit his thumb. "Just got to hold him off for a bit."

"Show me something or this fight is over." said Madara as his Susanno let a slash go that cut through the taller mountains behind Naruto and Yugito, slicing through them with ease. Madara then watched as the orange fox tattooed to Naruto's shoulder glowed before a large scroll popped out of it. "The Scroll of Seals. Interesting."

The scroll bounced to the floor before landing in front of Naruto, who kicked it open revealing some of the paper. Jutting pass a few jutsu, the scroll stopped at a particularly large seal that Naruto slammed his hand on.

"Mokuton Fuinshieki (Sealing Ceremony of Wood Style)" said Naruto as the seal spread glowed a bright blue before expanding rapidly. Madara and Yugito both watched with amazement as the seal spread perfectly over the trees Naruto created, in perfect alignment with them. A heavenly glow began to steadily rise up before a flash went off, blinding everyone for several seconds.

When the light died back down, Madara, Naruto, and Yugito were all standing on a barren field, void of anything that was within the seal radius. Naruto's chakra siphoning trees were gone, as was Madara's Susanno. Everything was gone.

"A Fuinjutsu that absorbed chakra techniques and also alters the battle field. A flatter ground helps Mokuton Users more than a mountain would." said Madara. "And you actually managed to remove my True Susanno without facing its wrath."

Naruto and Yugito just sat silent before seeing Madara raise an eyebrow in confusion.

"That seal doesn't just make your technique disappear. It seals it, you can't use Susanno as long as this seal remains active." said Naruto with a smirk forming on his face. "I of course can't use any form of Jukai Kotan but it's a small price to pay to get rid of that monster technique."

Madara let a small smile shine on his face as he just shook his head. "You truly live up to your surname." said Madara as Naruto and Yugito both sprinted at him, ready to tear him apart. "But play time is over, Rinbo: Hengoku (Wheel Grave: Border Jail)"

Naruto was inches away from his fist attempting to dislocate Madara's jaw when what felt like the force of an elephant, an elephant that was 100x stronger than a normal elephant, sent him flying away from Madara. The same happened with Yugito as the two of them were both sent back with the same seemingly invisible force. The dust from the barren field rose from Naruto and Yugito's flight backwards, obscuring the view for a second until it dissipated.

"What the hell was that...It's nothing like Nagato's version. I felt like I got punched...hard." said Naruto before feeling himself trapped, almost in a full nelson like position.

Naruto then watched as Madara bit his thumb before placing it on the ground.

"Kuchiyose (Summoning)" said Madara as from the ground behind him, an enormous humanoid statue rose from the ground. The statue let out a thundering roar as Naruto's eyes widened.

"That's it...That's what Sasuke was talking about back then." thought Naruto. "Isn't it Kurama? The Ten-tails.."

"That is just the shell of the Juubi. It needs our chakra to fully form. We have to get out of here." said Kurama as Naruto began to struggle against the force that was holding him still.

"Whatever it is, it's strong. I can barely move." thought Yugito in their link as Naruto felt the same way.

"I'll be taking your Bijuu." said Madara as the mouth of the statue glowed before two large chains came flying out at the two Jinchuriki, wrapping tightly around their necks. "There's no use struggling. Once I latch on, I never let go."

"Senpo: Myojinmon (Sage Art: Gate of the Great God)" said Naruto, standing behind Madara. Madara's eyes widened at Naruto being behind him before he was crushed and held firm by 3 overlapping and large torii. The torii didn't stop at Madara as they also landed around the neck of the statue and on its ankles, wrists, and midsection.

"All of you Senjus are the same." said Madara, standing behind Naruto with his arms crossed. "Too bad you didn't get her out of there as well."

Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the demonic chain still latched around Yugito's neck and holding firm.

"That's a Fuinjutsu. How is it still..." said Naruto, voice trembling a bit as he saw the Chakra silhouette of the Nibi forming out of Yugito and getting dragged to the statue.

"Like I said. Once I latch on. I never let go." said Madara as the Nibi was getting more and more pulled away from Yugito. Madara's eyebrow rose as he saw Naruto vanish in a high-speed shunshin that looked more like teleporting from his perspective.

"Naruto-kun..." said Yugito in a weak voice as she felt the Nibi getting slowly ripped from her.

"Yugi-chan." said Naruto, arriving from his shunshin just as the chakra Nibi left Yugito completely. Naruto caught the falling girl, dropping to his knees, and held her in his arms as he saw her eyes beginning to close. "I won't lose you again.."

Madara looked on at Naruto holding the dying girl before his Sharingan picked up on something troubling. Looking over at the statue, Madara saw vines wrapped around it that were connected to Naruto.

"He's stealing the Gedo's chakra and funneling it through himself to the girl." thought Madara before he channeled his chakra. "Rinbo: Hengoku (Wheel Grave: Border Jail)"

Naruto's head jolted for a second before his eyes widened. Just before Madara's jutsu could get to him, Naruto vanished with Yugito into thin air. Madara saw them disappear and realized that it wasn't a shunshin, it was something more troubling.

"Seems he learned a new trick.." thought Madara as there was no trace of Naruto anywhere.

(Moments Earlier - Mount Myoboku)

"Okay guys. I think I got it this time. Check it." said Naruto, a clone of him as he stood in front of 6 other clones. The clone was looking directly at a piece of paper five feet from him that had a seal on it as he channeled his chakra. "Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God)"

The surrounding clones watched the clone vanish and land above the paper as their eyes widened. Not because the clone did the jutsu right, but because he appeared with no skin on his body. The clone screamed in agonizing pain before it dispelled in a poof of smoke.

"Ouch. That looked so bad." said one of the clones before another behind them stood up happily.

"I fixed it! He didn't do this curve right." said the clone, showing the others as they all nodded their heads in approval. A fist then dispelled that clone in a poof of smoke as another clone who threw the fist caught the paper in his hand.

"I'm telling boss that I did the jutsu correctly. Alright?!" questioned the clone in a hostile tone as the other clones looked at him like he was stupid.

"You realize you dispelled him right. His memories went to boss anyway. He already knows." said the clone. "Idiot."

The clones all jumped immediately as the original Naruto appeared with Yugito in his arms as he still sat kneeling with Yugito in his arms.

"My goodness Boss. You scared us. We didn't think you were coming so fas..." started the clone before noticing the wounds that were healing on Naruto and the unconscious, near dead Yugito in his hands. "Yugi-chan..."

"She's fine guys. Thank you. You guys really saved us." said Naruto before dispelling all the clones after they saluted him. "You're going to be fine Yugi-chan...You will be fine."

"You're right. Your improvisation worked a charm. The girl will live." came a voice behind Naruto that didn't even startle him even though he didn't know anyone was behind him. He was too focused on Yugito. "Kurama-kun. Can you please have him turn toward me. I have something to tell him."

"Naruto..Turn around." said Kurama in a voice that left it not to interpretation. "This is him. The Original Sage of Six Paths."

Naruto merely stood with Yugito in his arms as he turned to see a man floating in the air in a lotus position. The man was tall and skinny and had deep wrinkles on his face showing his elderly age. He had spiky, shoulder length, pale red hair with a chin-length braid hanging in front of his left ear. He had a long goatee that tapered all the way down to his waist and horn-like protrusions on his forehead. His eyes were the daunting Rinnegan and in the middle of his forehead was another Rinnegan, though red in color.

On his right palm was a light colored circle and on his left palm was a dark colored crescent moon. He wore a white, full-length kimono with a pattern of six black magatama around a high collar, beneath which he wore a necklace which was also made up of six black magatama. On the back of his kimono was a larger Rinnegan marking with a pattern of nine magatama arranged in three rows of three beneath it.

"The Sage of Six Paths.." said Naruto merely looking at the man before turning and walking away. "You seem like a patient man. I will tend to Yugi-chan first and come back. I'm sure you understand."

The Sage just smiled and nodded his head.

"I will be here waiting." said the Sage as Naruto continued to walk away. "You don't know what you've just done but you have to be the one to do this...You have to be."

(Konoha - Next Day)

"So how long has this been going?" questioned Sakura as she stood by Tsunade. Trembles were constant in Konoha as a large output of chakra was being exuded from Training Ground 44, the Forest of Death.

"Since he came back." said Tsunade as another tremble violently shook the area, causing Tsunade's Sake cup to fall off her desk. Tsunade caught the cup, bringing it to her lips as she sipped it down and put it back on the table.

Naruto arrived back in Konoha the next day after his run-in with Madara and ever since he arrived, he'd been in the Forest of Death. The Forest of Death was the site of his Chunin exams and held numerous dangerous insects and animals in it and Naruto was tearing through them all apparently as he prepped for Madara's imminent arrival. There was no way the Legendary Uchiha wasn't coming, especially considering Naruto was an absolute beacon currently with the chakra he was outputting.

"Can someone go stop him though. It may get out of hand Tsunade-sama." said Sakura slightly worried as another violent tremble shook Konoha.

"We've tried. The entirety of your class, the Rookie Nine, went in there. Well not Shikamaru and yourself and Naruto spit them all back out. Sasuke too." said Tsunade. "Itachi went in there and actually went longer than everyone else. Even coming back only tired but..Naruto trumped him because of his nigh infinite chakra supply. He was our best bet really."

"Well. You're the Hokage. Maybe you can get him to stop." said Sakura as Tsunade merely looked at her. "I know. But there are tons of complaints from the civilians. We have to do something."

Letting out a sigh, Tsunade stood up as she just nodded her head.

"Well. Let's go try and stop him." said Tsunade, walking out of her office to the Forest of Death.

(Forest of Death - Ten Minutes Later)

The tremors grew stronger the closer you got to the Forest of Death that by the time you got there, it felt like a full fledged Earthquake. Tsunade stood with a megaphone as she just shook her head. Looking behind her, there was dozens of shinobi from all over Konoha as they were ready to stop Naruto at all costs. They knew he wouldn't kill them but the earthquakes didn't actually make their faith in that aspect assured.

"Naruto. I have gotten numerous complaints about your activity and despite how far you are from the village, it's still causing a disturbance." said Tsunade through the megaphone. "I'm giving you to the count of 10 to stop or I'll have to use force to stop you."

Tsunade placed the megaphone down as the tremors continued despite her talking. Tsunade was counting to 10 in her head, going slower as she got closer to ten because she really didn't want to have a squadron of shinobi in the hospital for failing to stop a comrade who was more of a freight train at the moment.

"Tsunade-sama. Do we have to?" came the voice of one of the shinobi behind Tsunade as she just shook her head.

"It seems we must. Alright everyone.. ready?" questioned Tsunade as she looked behind her to see the ninjas all timid about having to stop Naruto.

"Wait." came the voice of an Inuzaka clan member as the other Inuzakas smelled the same thing. "We have a ringer."

"A ringer?" questioned Tsunade before her question was answered when another blonde landed next to her, quiet as a feather. "Glad you woke up."

"I am too. I assume that's my Naruto-kun over there." said Yugito, goosebumps forming on her skin as she felt Naruto's presence dominating the entire area and likely for a large radius with how strong his chakra was pulsating at the moment.

"Who else would it be?" questioned Tsunade as the pony-tailed blonde just nodded her head and pointed to the forest. "Go ahead. You're probably the best at stopping him since you're awake now."

Yugito just vanished in a blur into the forest as the group of Konoha shinobi all stood patiently waiting. A few more seconds passed by before the tremors ceased and Naruto's chakra output stopped being so potent and oppressive. Tsunade just smiled as the group of shinobi behind her cheered in happiness and relief.

"Thank you all for your help. You can go back to whatever you're doing and will be paid accordingly. Thank you." said Tsunade as the group all nodded and began getting back to their normal lives. All but the Inuzaka group, who left one member behind. "Yes?"

"Not to speculate but it's hard not to because of my clan's closeness to our dog partners." said the Inuzaka as he looked at the forest. "Naruto-san is a 'fox' if you will and Yugito is a 'cat'. Both of which release pheromones and Naruto-san was releasing a ton due to his power output. That's why Hana and the other female members didn't come, they were all riled up since we're so sensitive to them. Even you all probably feel that way, maybe just on a lesser scale."

"Hmm. Interesting. What does that have to do with anything?" questioned Tsunade, who had an idea but she just assumed her mind was in the gutter. Apparently not after hearing what the Inuzaka had to say.

"Yugito-san was the same as all of our Female Inuzakas. Drawn here because of Naruto's 'alpha' presence." said the ninja. "And when she arrived, her body began letting off her own pheromones in preparation if you will. That usually only happens when it's time to mate and well..."

Sakura put a hand to her mouth as Tsunade just nodded her head. The ninja then bid his Hokage farewell, leaving the master and apprentice alone.

"Well at least it stopped the tremors." said Tsunade, cursing herself as the tremors started back up. "Damn...gaki is good. You should of been pursuing him back in the day Sakura. He's probably giving it to her how she wants it and you know his stamina is-"

"Tsuande-sama!" said Sakura, cutting off her sensei as her face heated up. Sakura then felt the rest of her body heat up as she took a calming breath. "We need to get out of here. Clearly he was right about that pheromone thing, I need to leave."

"Naruto on the brain?" questioned Tsunade, seemingly immune to the effects. "And he's been a jinchuriki for so long. I bet he's an animal too. He'd probably wear you out and leave you out of commission for days, if not a week. Never walking the same way again. Not to mention what I saw when he was an Anbu in training. He was packing a monst-"

Tsunade just smiled as the flustered girl vanished in a swirl of cherry blossom petals. Tsunade then turned to a tree as she walked over to it.

"C'mon out Jiraiya. I know you're there." said Tsunade walking and standing in front of the tree. As she arrived, Jiraiya materialized with a sour look on his face.

"You always know when I'm here." said Jiraiya as he stood up to look at Tsunade. "It's not like I was going to peek on the gaki or anything."

"Why not?" questioned Tsunade as Jiraya's eyes widened at that. Tsunade then pulled a camera from out of her Kimono as she smirked. "I plan to film it and make money off it. Let's go."

Jiraiya just smirked back before he held up a hand, stopping Tsunade.

"Two things." said Jiraiya. "1) How'd you pull that camera out from your chest like that and not have it visible through your shirt? and 2) Can I get a whiff of that thing? It was probably right next to your wonderful bre-"

Jiraiya went sailing away from the Forest of Death from a Tsunade super punch as the Busty Kage continued into the forest to film her nephew.

(The Next Day - Konoha Main Gate)

"That's got to be some kind of record. 7 hours? 7 hours. My goodness." came the voice of Anko as she stood at the gate, mind boggling about the activity that happened after Yugito's arrival in the Forest of Death to meet Naruto. Anko wasn't there to fight, only to ease the nerves of those who were and to send off her favorite Kyubi Jinchuriki. "Gaki is my hero. I need something like that in my life."

A laugh came from the group as Naruto just smiled at the violet haired kunoichi's remarks.

"Feel free to join next time." said Yugito as Anko's eyes widened at that. "If you think you can keep up."

Anko merely smirked at that before the entire group noticed Naruto shift his head up. The rest of the group consisting of Sasuke, Itachi, Sakura, Kakashi, Yugito, Tsunade, and Jiraiya all looked up with Naruto as well only for him to close his eyes. Anko wished the group a quick good luck before she got back out of range of anything that could potentially hit her.

Naruto stood in front of the group in his Anbu uniform sans his mask as he just wore his forehead protector. Though over the top he wore an orange cloak that had black flames at the bottom of it. And on the back of his waist sat the scroll of seals.

Yugito stood next to Naruto as she wore her normal attire though she added metal bracers to her forearms and a grey flak jacket like Naruto's Anbu one on as well. The two stood holding hands as the rest of the contingent was behind them.

"It's time." said Naruto, opening his now golden slit eyes just as a vortex opened up in front of them. Appearing from the vortex was Tobi, Zetsu, Kisame, and Madara. Tobi, Zetsu, and Kisame all looked the same while Madara added the the red plated armor from his days as a shinobi. The glow of Madara's Sharingan was daunting as it only pierced Naruto's Sage Jinchuriki eyes and disregarded everyone else.

"4 against 8. Seems we're outnumbered." said Zetsu before Tobi just nodded his head. "Let's even those up a bit."

From the horizon and the forest outlining Konoha, hundreds upon hundreds of clones of the white half of Zetsu began walking toward Konoha as they all had smirks on their faces.

"There's so many of them." said Sakura, gasping at the number of White Zetsus approaching them. Sakura then watched as a purple shroud of chakra formed around Sasuke into that of a humanoid being.

"I got them." said Sasuke as he jumped over the group along with Jiraiya to handle the Zetsu clones. Along with them were hundreds of Konoha's Root who followed after the Uchiha and Toad Sage.

"Itachi-san." said Kisame as Itachi merely just looked at the swordsman. The two mirrored each other as they sprinted to the west. Kakashi turned right as Tobi latched on to him and they both vanished in a vortex. Yugito squeezed Naruto's hand as he squeezed it back reassuringly. Yugito vanished as she landed in front of the halfway submerged Zetsu.

"Hi." said Yugito before she decked the plant man with a punch that knocked him out of the ground and dozens of feet backwards. Yugito just smiled as she followed the Akatsuki spy. Madara stood alone with his arms crossed as he just continued to look at Naruto, never breaking eye contact the entire time. Tsunade and Sakura stood behind Naruto as the stare of continued.

"The chakra...it's suffocating." said Sakura, feeling weak at the powerful chakras of Naruto and Madara. Even Tsunade was feeling out of place at the moment and that was a feeling she'd never felt before.

"This is exactly how jiji used to be." thought Tsunade before seeing Naruto appear in front of Madara in a shunshin. A shock wave sounded out from the clash of the two as the fight was on. The End was near.

Omake: Assimilating the Roots (part 2)

"How did you leave your wallet?" questioned Yugito, smiling giddily as she was holding the flowers Naruto just gave her. She was sitting next to Naruto as they'd just ate lunch at a dango restaurant and were trying to pay.

"I...I had it I thought. But..." said Naruto as Yugito just looked at her boyfriend. Naruto just smirked before biting his thumb and placing it on the table. A poof of smoke went off before Naruto's wallet appeared as he just smiled.

"Looks a little light Naruto-kun. Try to skate on Ino-chan again?" questioned Yugito as Naruto just smiled sheepishly. Naruto paid the tab, leaving a tip before he and Yugito exited the small Dango stand.

"So where are we headed now Naruto-kun?" questioned Yugito before being scooped up in Naruto's arms unexpectedly. Yugito was the recipient of a kiss that lingered for a little more than the usual before she opened her eyes to see Naruto just smiling at her.

"Well. It is our anniversary Yugi-chan. So let's take a special way to our next destination." said Naruto as Yugito looked around to notice they were on a boat. A boat that was shaped like a toad with a man at the helm of it for steering. "Care to take a ride?"

"My my, how quaint Naruto-kun." said Yugito as Naruto set the beautiful Jinchuriki down next to him as he motioned for their driver to move forward. The minutes passed as the Jinchuriki couple sat together side by side in blissful silence, Naruto with his arm around Yugito as they rode through Konoha.

That silence ended however when their driver suddenly picked up the large wooden pole he was using to steer and used it to cleanly knock out the guy walking toward them on the river bank. The man was knocked unconscious into the river as along with it were the chocolate covered strawberries he was holding.

"I apologize Naruto-sama. I thought he was trying to harm you and Lady Yugito." said the driver in a monotone and near emotionless voice that Yugito recognized. Especially considering she took out a large group of them when they were after Danzo.

"He's a...and those were.."

"Yeah Yugi-chan. Guess I should have paid for that real driver than getting this free labor from the Root Anbu." said Naruto, sad that he just loss the 2,000 Ryo he spent on those strawberries. "Aw well. It's just the ride and strawberries anyway. We still have our spa and dinner left. No big deal."

"And the guitarist." said Yugito just as another man dropped into the river bank holding a guitar from the Root Anbu knocking him into it.

"I truly don't mean this Naruto-sama. It's a reflex." said the Root Anbu as Naruto just shook his head and said it was fine. Eventually arriving at the closest spot near the spa, Naruto thanked the Root Anbu before continuing to carry his girlfriend to their next activity.

"Oh Naruto-kun and Yugito-chan. So good to see you all again." said the woman behind the corner as she watched the blondes walk to her. "Happy anniversary to you too as well and we're glad you chose us to spend it with. The couples massage like you requested correct?"

"Yes yes. Of course." said Naruto before hearing a scream come from the back. "Uhhh..."

"That's the new guy that was placed here. He's still a little rough around the edges and well.." said the woman as Naruto watched a man getting carried out on a stretcher. "That's his fifth one sent to the hospital."

Naruto heard another scream as the woman just continued smiling.

"All the masseurs are Root Anbu aren't they?" questioned Naruto as the woman just nodded her head.

"Free labor. Without employee expenses, our profit margin is booming." said the woman before motioning for Naruto and Yugito to follow her. More screams continued to go off around the spa as Yugito just looked up at Naruto.

"Isn't it your job to govern the Root Anbu and their placement. You can't allow this to keep happening." said Yugito as Naruto just shook his head.

"You're right. But it's our anniversary. Only reason I dropped Sai off personally was because I was headed to get you flowers." said Naruto as another scream sounded off. "It can wait anyway, we're doing the couples massage so we don't have to worry about them for a little while."

Naruto then felt a build up of chakra before a man went careening through a room that was for massaging and out the window adjacent to it. Naruto then watched as a female walked out of the room before turning to Naruto.

"I have no clue what a Happy Ending is Naruto-sama. But he tried to touch me and-"

"Reflex. I gotcha." said Naruto before letting out a sigh. "Let's go see ba-chan..." said Naruto as this day seemed it would only get worst.