Chapter 25: Time to Get Started
Shinobi House, Nighttime
As the darkness engulfed the skies of Iwagakure, everyone was now home as they all got ready for their most important assignment for today.
Naruto was in his room along with Tsunade, and Hina as they began to pack their stuff.
"Everything is going to change after this huh?" Naruto said to them. Both women quietly nodded as they looked at him.
"Having second thoughts Foxy?" Hina asked him. Naruto smiled, but shook his head.
"No Hina-chan. I do feel weird that we are going to be infiltrating our past village for war, but we are Iwa shinobi now. I know this must be done," Naruto said to her. Hina nodded her head as she sat on the bed.
Tsunade soon walked up to her fiance and gave Naruto a quick hug.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun. We will just do what we have always done, nothing more nothing less," Tsunade replied. Naruto nodded with a smile as he gave Tsunade a quick kiss that she gratefully accepted. Hina smiled at the act and licked her lips as she walked over to them and pouted.
"What about me Foxy-sama?" Hina said to him. Naruto smiled and hungrily kissed Hina as she trembled from his kiss. Tsunade smiled as she soon sealed most of her scrolls and weapons. Tsunade had finished packing and took into account all of the items.
"Well I will be right back, I need to go check something," She said to them. Naruto and Hina nodded as she helped Naruto sort through his clothes.
With Tsunade
Tsunade walked through the house with a smile as she looked to see the others packing also. Tsunade could see that Sasuke's muted yelling in the seal as she turned to see everyone else. Tsunade soon smiled as she rubbed her stomach softly.
"To think I have this to worry about now," Tsunade said with a chuckle as she roamed the house.
With everyone else
"Tenten can you had me that thunder scroll?" Neji asked her. Tenten nodded as she gave him the scroll. Neji had bee training under an Iwa shinobi who ironically had a lightning affinity. Neji decided to spend his time with the person to learn more techniques for himself. Neji even managed to make an adaptation of the Jyuuken form of his family. He was quite adept in the lighting affinity now.
"So Neji are you ready for this?" She asked him. Neji nodded.
"I really wouldn't want to do this, but it seems that Konoha is getting out of control, so this must be done," Neji said to her. Tenten nodded in agreement as Lee came into the room.
"Neji-san, Tenten-san we need to go over our formation one last time," Lee said to them. Both nodded as they finished their sealing and went with Lee.
Hinata looked up to see Neji, Lee, and Tenten leave as they left the room. Hinata sighed as she finished her sealing for the infiltration.
"My family please don't fight. I don't want to hurt you, just come with me and Neji to Iwa," Hinata said in her thoughts. Shino and Kiba could see her distress in the situation as they finished all of their preparations.
"You think she can go through with this Shino?" Kiba asked the bug user. Shino sighed as he looked at Hinata then back to Kiba.
"it is her choice Kiba. She must be ready for this. I don't really approve, but I know that this must be done," Shino said to him. Kiba soon formed a fist and hit the ground.
"What the hell is Konoha doing? Dammit I don't like this at all," Kiba said.
"I know Kiba, but we must do this. Be happy that Tsuchikage-sama said that we could save who we felt were worth saving," Shino said to him. Kiba nodded in agreement as a slight smile graced his face.
"That is true thank you Shino," Kiba said to him. Shino nodded as he adjusted his glasses.
"What friends are for Kiba," Shino said to him. Soon Shino, Kiba, and Hinata left also. Soon the only one in the room was a muted Sasuke yelling out his pain.
With the Others
"Alright so if we are intercepting target A, then we will go with our standard formation until we can assess their abilities," Shikamaru said to his friends. Ino and Choji nodded as they went over their plan.
"Got it Shika," They both said to him. Shikamaru nodded as he leaned back from the table.
"Man this is troublesome. What is Konoha doing over there?" Shikamaru said with rubbing his temples. Both shook their heads.
"If they are gong to war with us then they must be up to no good," Choji said to him. Shikamaru nodded along with Ino in agreement.
"Well we don't have a choice, so let's get this over with before a full-scale war comes into play," Ino said to them. Both guys nodded as it would be more troublesome to fight Konoha and it's allies instead of just Konoha by itself.
"Alright is everything taken care of?" He asked them. Both nodded.
"Alright Ino-Shika-Cho trio, let's go," Shikamaru said as they all smiled and left. Gaara and his team smiled as they looked at them.
"Well I can say that I won't be bored here. At least I have more freedom here than Suna," Gaara said with a smile. Kankuro and Temari nodded.
"This place is more fun. I even got some new puppets, though now I feel the irony of using them on Konoha this time," Kankuro said to them. Temari nodded.
"Yeah it seems that in the end, Konoha is getting destroyed the only difference is that it is by some of their own shinobi," Temari said with a smile.
"Well we know our purpose, and we are going to help them, so let's go," He said to them. Both nodded as they finished cleaning their weapons and left.
Elsewhere
"Are you sure you won't fight Shizune?" Jiraiya asked her. Shizune nodded.
"Yeah Jiraiya, I will go with you guys, but I will just be the medic for everyone. I can't fight against Konoha for some reason. Maybe it's my uncle or something else, but I will fight Konoha in my own way," Shizune said to him with a determined smile. Jiraiya simply nodded as he turned to leave.
"Oh and Jiraiya, do you know the recent news regarding Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked him with a smile. Jiraiya turned to Shizune with a look of confusion.
"Umm no, what is the problem?" He asked her. Shizune smiled with a blush as she looked at him.
"Tsunade-sama is...,"
Back in the House
Sasuke soon stopped screaming as the privacy seal around him left. Sasuke gasped as he felt his neck. Sasuke smiled as he felt the mark on his neck no more.
"Alright, that pedophile's mark is gone, now I can go pack," Sasuke said as he soon turned to a mirror.
WHAT THE HELL!" Sasuke yelled as Tsunade, Naruto, and Hina came into the room.
"What is the matter Sa...su...ke?" Naruto said as he saw Sasuke almost the same age as him.
"What happened to me?" Sasuke asked them. Hina smiled as she stepped forward.
"In addition to removing your seal, I allowed your body to keep the CS 2 form by using your own chakra. I figured you would miss flying so I let you keep that part. Your body had to get taller to adapt to the new power," Hina said to him.
Sasuke grumbled, but he seemed to accept her answer.
"Alright fine, I guess this is good. Well I am going to go pack," Sasuke said as he left. Before he left Sasuke turned to Naruto.
"Oh and dobe, if it isn't too much trouble...let me fight Sakura," Sasuke said to him. Naruto narrowed his eyes at Sasuke.
"Why Sasuke?" Naruto asked him. Sasuke sighed.
"I have to show her that I don't love her. She has to either kill me or die by me. I will never see her the way she wants me to and I feel like I should deal with it," Sasuke said to him. Naruto looked at Sasuke for a bit and sighed.
"Deal with it Sasuke. She has to come out of her fantasy I guess," Naruto said to him. Sasuke nodded as he left. Soon the three were left in the room.
"So is everyone ready to go?" Naruto asked them. Both women nodded as they kissed his cheek.
"Let's go get it done Naruto-kun," Hina said to him. Naruto nodded as the three shunshined out of sight.
Tsuchikage Mansion, 2 hours later
Soon everyone filled the office as Onoki sat behind his desk. Everyone smiled as Onoki rubbed his head.
"Alright, this is an S-rank mission for everyone. You will have to destroy Konoha before it's forces reach our border which is in a week. I want everyone back here alive, trust each other an you won't lose to your past village. That is all dismissed," Onoki said to them. Everyone nodded as they left.
Gates of Iwa
Everyone arrived at the gates as they looked back at Iwa. They could see some of the people smile at them and wish them all luck. Everyone smiled as they walked out of the gates.
"Alright everyone, we have a job to do and we will get it done. For Iwa, we must take out Konoha, now let's do our best and get things done," Naruto said to them. Everyone smiled as they pumped their hand into the air.
"YOSHA!" Everyone yelled as they shunshined to the trees. Onoki smiled as he saw them go.
"Never in my life would I miss them all. I hope they do return. This village is much better with them than without," Onoki said as he returned to his office.
With Everyone
Everyone ran through the trees at an amazing pace as they smiled. It was strange, though everyone was about to go to war with their own village, they couldn't help but laugh and smile. Soon people went to their own conversations as they ran towards their destined location. Jiraiya decided to go to Tsunade.
"So Tsunade is it true?" Jiraiya asked her. Tsunade smiled as she looked at him.
"Is what true?" She asked, trying to avoid the question, but to no avail.
"Don't 'is what true' me, are you really-,"
"Yes I am and I am very happy right now," Tsunade said to him. Jiraiya looked at her.
"How long?" he asked. Tsunade sighed.
"Around 2 months, maybe more," She said to him.
"So have you told Naruto?" He asked her. Tsunade smiled.
"Not yet. I was planning to, but I will tell him after the mission is over," Tsunade said to him. Jiraiya nodded and turned back to the group.
"So what is his name?" Jiraiya asked her. Tsunade chuckled.
"I don't know, but I am sure that Naruto-kun will be happy," Tsunade said to him. Jiraiya nodded as everyone kept up their fast pace. Everyone felt an upsurge in confidence as they ran for Konoha.
Back In Konoha
Danzo was in his office as he smiled over going to war with Iwa.
"Soon I will have their two bijuu and we will be the most powerful Nation in the world," Danzo said to himself. Soon Sakura came through the door, still in her dark clothes.
"Danzo-sama all plans for the invasion of Iwa are in place," Sakura said to him with a smile. Danzo nodded as he got up.
"Very good now lets-," Danzo soon felt a chill down his spine as if he felt something was coming for him and his village.
"By head says that this is nothing, but better safe than sorry. I must make sure that Iwa falls," Danzo said to himself. Danzo soon turned to Sakura who was staring at him.
"Sakura call our shinobi back. I have a feeling that something big is going to happen," Danzo said to her. Sakura nodded with a smile as she turned around.
"Yes Danzo-sama," Sakura said to him as she shunshined in a pillar of darkness. Danzo smiled as he leaned in his chair.
"Now let's see what happens," Danzo said to himself.
With Sakura
Sakura chuckled as she went through the Mansion.
"I am getting stronger and soon I will be able to find Sasuke-kun and bring him back. Then we will kill Naruto for all his troubles," Sakura thought as she walked through the place.
Sakura soon ordered all of the shinobi present of Danzo's orders as they all nodded and did their job. Sakura had been promoted to Chunin under Danzo's orders. Sakura now had access to most of the forbidden techniques of Konoha, though she still smiled at the though of learning her darkness art. She was still very sore about the lose against Naruto and Tsunade when they infiltrated the village.
"I will kill them and I will get Sasuke-kun back," Sakura said with a smile. Soon she exited the building and walked through the village. Sakura soon spotted Kurenai and Anko eating at a restaurant.
"Hello you two," Sakura said to them. Both felt that they should ignore her, but Kurenai in her own way couldn't really stand being rude.
"What do you want Gaki?" Anko asked her. Sakura smirked.
"Just wanted to see what you were doing," Sakura said to Anko. Anko narrowed her eyes and took a dango in her mouth.
"Like I need to be watched by a pink banshee," Anko said under her breath. Kurenai smirked, but nodded.
"Well I guess it was tolerable to see you Sakura. Come on Anko let's go," Kurenai said to her. Soon both shunshined out of sight leaving Sakura behind.
"Hmph, well it doesn't matter. I can deal with them in no time if I wanted," Sakura said as she soon left also.