AN: Hello again, after almost a year. I'm terribly sorry it took me THAT long. I feel ashamed of myself. I wonder if anyone will remember this story... Now seriously: I finished this chapter at my 6th attempt. Three Goddamned times I've had to rewrite it because of crash of Word. Three other times it was because of some new ideas, that wouldn't fit with already written text. Meanwhile I lost possibility to write at my work, and didn't have much time to write at home. I started working on this chapter on April 2014, but couldn't really finish it until now. So after finding time to rethink the whole concept for this chapter and overcoming major writers block, I finally finished chapter 5 of my story. I'm still not fully satisfied with it, but if I waited longer to publish it, I'd probably never post it. Some ideas have changed from the first time I tried to write this chapter, to make it somewhat compatible with original Manga ending. But the concept of this story is pretty much the same as it was in the first chapter. Anyway, enough with my boring and too long sob story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way.

"Normal writing": people talking

"Italics": People thinking

"Bold": Tailed beasts or summons talking, jutsu names

"Bold italics": Tailed beasts or summons thinking

Chapter 5 - The whole story

Naruto opened his eyes, and looked around. He was lying on a futon in a room of somekind. It was pretty dark, the small lamp on a ceiling wasn't giving much light. There was a fireplace nearby, but there was no fire. He could hear the steady sound of rain coming from the outside. The air was pretty damp and cold. He groaned and rubbed his aching head, before sitting up. For a while he tried to recall things, that occurred in last few hours.

"Oh man, what hit me? It feels like one of Sakura-chan's or Baa-chan's punches. And that strange dream… It was so real. But it's just a dream, Obito killed her. He told me that himself during our fight. But then again, my dreams are usually really weird, so no need to worry." - He thought to himself, before getting up.

"It's strange, I don't remember how did I get in here. The last thing I can recall is that I saw this shack in the woods. And next thing I remember is that dream. My memory is pulling a prank on me...I wonder for how long I was asleep." - He thought, and decided to check the place. It took a while before his eyes got used to the small amount of light, but eventually he managed to find his backpack. When he confirmed that nothing was missing and that he is alone in the shack, he decided to start a fire, once again cursing his inability to use Katon techniques.

"You know that with those eyes of yours you can use every elemental release, with a bit of training of course. Just search in those scrolls you have in your backpack, you should have packed some jutsu scrolls." - Kurama voiced his thoughts.

"Yea, I'll look for something easy to learn a bit later. Still, it's a shame I can't use it right now, starting the fire can be real pain in the ass sometimes..." - Naruto replied to his ancient friend.

"Well, it's your problem, not mine so stop whining."

"Okay, no need to be salty... Geez, why do you have to be so grumpy, Kurama?" - Blonde shinobi asked the fox.

"Because I'm like few thousand years old. Usually old people are grumpy and nobody complains about it. I'm older than any human, so it's my right to be like that sometimes." - Kurama said, and started to laugh.

"I didn't know you're the one for joking Kurama."

"Well, you can't know everything from the start, can you?"

"I suppose you're right..." - Naruto replied to the fox, and went back to trying to ignite the wood. It took him 10 more minutes and few curses, before the fire was finally burning.

After finding a kettle he boiled some water and poured it into a cup with instant ramen. Just as he sat down and was about to start eating, the door to the shack opened and a cloaked figure with a hood covering their head stepped inside. On a pure instinct Naruto grabbed his kunai and got ready to defend himself (and his meal).

"Who are you and what do you want? If you even think of stealing my ramen you can forget it! It's one of my last cups and I won't give it away without a fight -ttebayo!"- He exclaimed with passion. Kurama inside the seal facepawed himself, and the figure simply sweatdropped. When it came to ramen, naruto could be really possesive. After few seconds of silence the figure finally decided to say something.

"It's good to see you awake, Uzumaki Naruto. Just like my friend said, you really are a curious fellow. But I'm not here to take your ramen, so you can relax." - The figure spoke in calm, but somewhat amused tone. The voice definitely sounded like a female, that much Naruto could guess. What's really gotten on his nerves was the fact that the voice sonded strangely familiar, but he couldn't pinpoint it.

"If you're not after my food, then tell me who the hell are you, how do you know my name and why does your voice sound familiar?!" He asked, clearly getting frustrated.

"That's because it's not our first meeting." - The figure said, before removing the hood that covered her head. Naruto watched with wide eyes, when he saw light blue hair and amber eyes that unmistakably belonged to...

"Konan? But how, you're dead, Obito murdered you!? You can't be her, you must be an impostor or something!" He said, but then something clicked in his head and he instantly got so pale, that his skin tone would make Orochimaru proud.

"Y-you're a- a- a g-ghost! The words you said were exactly the same words that Nagato said after our fight! Nobody should know them! So you must be some kind of phantom! Don't come any closer, I hate ghosts! Leave me alone! You can even have my ramen dattebayo!" - He screamed and tried to find some way out .

Konan looked at him with raised eyebrow, before taking her own kunai. Then she simply nicked her thumb with the blade, enough to draw a bit of blood. After that, she spoke again:

"I can assure you that I'm real. After all, a ghost shouldn't bleed, right Naruto?" - She said and showed him her bloody finger. This seemed to calm Naruto down a little, but he still was cautious. After all, you don't meet everyday people that are presumed dead.

"Yeah, that proves you're not a ghost or other phantom, but I still don't believe you. Konan died fighting fake Madara, or more precisely Obito Uchiha. He told me during our fight, how exactly she died. I don't think you can explain that. " He replied. Meanwhile the "impostor" seemed to think about something.

"So Nagato and I were right, that masked man was fake. I knew it. Anyway, you still made some progress. You took it better than yesterday. When you saw me yesterday, you simply passed out after saying my name." She said with small smirk, almost unnoticeable.

Before Naruto could say anything else, she raised her arm and immediately small pieces of paper started to circle around her hand, before it formed a bouquet of paper roses. The woman in front of Naruto spoke again.

"After Nagato sacrificed himself, I gave you exactly the same flowers as a sign of hope and trust. You placed them on Jiraya-sensei's grave." She said and Naruto's eyes started to grow wide, almost as big as dinner plates.

"H-how do you know that -ttebayo?! And how can you use paper ninjutsu? There was nobody else besides me and Konan when that happened!" - Naruto yelled and pointed an accusing finger at the woman, who only sighed at his antics.

"Maybe because I'm Konan? What do I have to do to make you believe me? Tell you about my fight with the fake Uchiha? You said that you know the details." She said, with the same monotone voice. Even if Naruto irritated her, she hid it well. After all, crappy life can teach you how to control your emotions.

Meanwhile the yellow haired teen pondered on what he heard. He knew there was no way in hell, that the women in front of him was simply trying to make up some story, that was impossible. She knew too many details to simply bluff, besides he couldn't detect any lies and negative emotions from her, save for small spike of killing intent when she referred to Obito. But even then, it lasted only for millisecond. Deep inside, Naruto wanted to believe her. If what she said was true, then she was the last living person (aside from Tsunade, who Naruto was still a bit angry at) that linked him to his deceased sensei, Jiraya.

After he was done thinking, Naruto decided to let her at least finish her story, and pass his judgment later. After all, who knows? Maybe Obito just presumed that she died, and left her barely alive? While highly unlikely that Obito didn't finish her off, it still wasn't completely impossible. He'll find out the truth soon.

"Yeah, I know how Konan died. Obito said everything about the fight, when I asked him about the Rinnegan in his left eye. So tell me your version of the story, and I might consider believing you." - Naruto replied.

The woman proceeded to tell about her battle, and to Naruto's amazement everything was correct. As if the woman was reading his mind. He didn't know what to think about it anymore. All he could do was simply ask:

"How? How are you alive? You said yourself that Obito skewered you with a piece of metal pipe, how did you survive that, not to mention the genjutsu he placed on you. You should be dead from blood loss, if not drown yourself in the ocean after passing out." – He deduced, clearly amazed with his thinking.

Just as Konan was about to reply, another person walked into the shack, and spoke:

"I think it'll be better if I'll try to explain that. After all, it was me and my grandmother who found her." – Said a young woman, who looked around Naruto's age, maybe a year or 2 older. She was about 160 cm tall, had pale blonde hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a rainproof cloak, the same as Konan. (AN: As I said somewhere earlier, I'm from Europe and I'm familiar with metric system, so deal with it.)

"Kumiko, I didn't expect you to be so early here. Did you find what you were looking for?" – Konan asked the girl, now known as Kumiko. She nodded her head, and Konan spoke again.

"Then feel free to tell Naruto rest of the story, while I make some food for us. After all, you remember more details." With that, Konan unsealed three rabbits from a scroll and went to skin and cook them. Meanwhile Kumiko took off her coat and sat down, motioning to Naruto to do the same.

After both of them were sitting, Kumiko started to speak.

"As you heard, my name is Kumiko. I used to live in Rain Country with my grandmother, who was

a retired kunoichi from Sunagakure. We used to travel from village to village and heal people, because baa-chan knew medical ninjutsu from her time in shinobi corps. She was once in Chiyo-sama's group and was adept in the art of puppets. But she lost her right eye, and got her right leg damaged in the second war." - Kumiko said.

Naruto was listening, and gears in his mind started to turn faster when he heard Chiyo's name. Now he knew that whatever technique was used to save Konan, must be somehow related to person who helped to rescue Gaara. But he decided to listen for now, and ask questions later.

"My father died in a third shinobi world war, and I was born few months after his death. When my mother passed away and I was 3, Emiko-baa-chan looked after me, and when I was 5, she decided to leave Sunagakure and take me with her." She continued her story. Naruto pondered on what he heard. It seems that shinobi world was cruel to everyone, not just him.

"Emiko-baa-chan decided to go to the Rain Country, and live as a civilian. When I grew up, we started to travel and heal people in order to make some money. Which brings us to how we found Konan."

Flashback

Two figures could be seen, walking along the coast. One was an old woman in her 80's, with an eye patch over her right eye and was using a walking stick. The other was much younger girl, teenager perhaps.

"You shouldn't strain yourself so much, baa-chan. You're not getting younger, you know it." Kumiko said to her grandmother.

"I know Kumiko-chan, that's why I want to help as many people as possible, before my life ends." The old woman said. Younger girl only frowned, and they continued their journey in silence. It was 10 minutes later, when they spotted something, or perhaps someone lying in the water nearby.

"Look baa-chan! There is someone in the water!" Kumiko shouted and both women decided to look closer. After they got to the person in the water, they saw blue haired female dressed in bloodstained and torn black cloak, with red clouds. Said female had a small piercing in her bottom lip, but the most important thing was that the female wasn't breathing.

"It's her…" Emiko, the older of the duo whispered. "This woman is the leader of Amegakure no sato… I wonder what happened…" She continued to say. Her granddaughter frowned, and said bluntly:

"It doesn't matter right now, does it? She's dead. Let's go back to our place." She suggested and started to walk away, but her grandmother didn't move.

"You don't understand Kumiko-chan, do you? This is bad, if Amegakure will be left without leader, then surely some scum will try to take advantage of the situation. And with the way elemental nations are right now towards Ame no Kuni, nobody will come and help us when that happens." - The woman replied sagely, and started to remove what was left of the cloak from Konan's body.

"Maybe this is bad, but there is nothing you can do to help her, baa-chan. Let's get out of here, before we get in some trouble." Kumiko urged her last living relative. However the older woman smiled in response, before saying:

"I told you sweetheart, there isn't much time left for me in this world. I'm over 80 years old and I know that my life is ending. But there is one thing I can do for her," – she gestured to Konan's unmoving form - "and not only her. For people in this country, and also for you." She continued, while removing piercings from blunette's body.

"I taught you almost every bit of my knowledge. There is only one technique that I haven't shown you. Technique known only to Chiyo, and me. She only showed me the concept of it and didn't even know that I managed to finish this jutsu on my own, without her help. It's a kinjutsu after all." - Emiko said with a small smile, clearly proud of herself. Her granddaughter looked at her with confusion written all over her face.

"What are you going to do baa-chan? How can you help a dead person?" – She asked.

"She died recently, only few hours ago if I have to guess. Her body is overall in good shape, not counting that nasty wound in her chest. But whoever did this to her, missed her vital organs. With the jutsu I'm gonna use, I can bring her back. However it'll cost me my life in return."

"What are you saying Emiko-baa-chan?! You can't be serious! You cannot leave me alone in this world, I still need you!" – Younger girl immediately shouted with tears in her brown eyes.

"Don't cry Kumiko-chan, this is my decision. I'm doing this also for you. I have maybe 3 months of life in this world, maybe a bit longer. But trust me, if I don't help her, then someone who will take the lead of Ame will surely start to torment people in this country, you included. Doing this, I can at least guarantee peaceful future for you. Besides, I'm tired of this life already. I want to meet my husband and daughter in the afterlife. So don't cry Kumiko-chan and let the old woman find her rest." She said, before doing handsigns and activating the jutsu. After a while Konan's chest started to move again, signifying that she started to breathe, while life started to leave Emiko's body.

"Farewell, my child. Take care of her and yourself." - With those words Emiko died, leaving her granddaughter with breathing, but unconscious Konan. Kumiko cried for a few minutes, before sealing her grandmother's body in a scroll. Then she created a water clone to help her to carry unconscious Konan.

End of Flashback

"And that's how Konan is alive." Kumiko said, on her face few tears were visible. Naruto looked at her with a sad face, he was touched by her story.

"I didn't think there was anyone other than Chiyo-baa-chan who could use Kishō Tensei." Naruto said.

"You know of that jutsu?" Kumiko asked, clearly surprised.

"Yeah, I saw Chiyo-baa-chan using it on Gaara – the 5th Kazekage, after Shukaku was taken from him. I even gave her my chakra to help power the jutsu." - Naruto replied. It was then, that Konan came with cooked rabbits. While they were eating, the bluenette decided to ask Naruto few questions of her own.

"Tell me Naruto, what are you doing in Ame no Kuni? I thought that you would become the Hokage after the war." Konan asked, and Naruto's face immediately darkened.

"Well, as you can see I'm not the Hokage. The title went to my former teammate, Haruno Sakura. Tsunade-baa-chan nominated Sakura-chan as her successor, and everyone agreed. She tried to explain to me why she did this, but something's not right. It was almost as if someone controlled her to choose Sakura-chan. But anyway, afterwards she wanted to give me a gennin team to teach, but I refused. Soon after that, I decided to follow Ero-sennin's footsteps and left Konoha to travel. I wanted to visit Ame no Kuni, because it's place where Ero-sennin found Nagato, along with Yahiko and you. I decided to come and see the place where everything started all those years ago. That's the short version." Naruto said, not wanting to talk about how he felt when Tsunade betrayed his trust.

"At least I can do something for people living outside Konoha. There are still places, that need help even after the war." He continued, before taking a bite of the rabbit.

Konan seemed satisfied with his answer, but Kumiko decided to ask about something different.

"So tell us Naruto, how did you beat Madara? Everyone knows that you did it, but nobody knows how. Care to share some details?" - She asked. Konan seemed curious as well. Naruto didn't want to talk about it, but Kurama decided to voice his thoughts.

"I think you should tell her, Naruto. You'll have to tell the truth to someone eventually, so you might as well do it now, and be done with that. Not to mention, that woman was close to Nagato, so she might be able to help you with your eyes if you play it right."

"Perhaps you're right. Besides I have a feeling that if I don't do this, then you won't stop pestering me until I tell them anyway." – Naruto replied to his tenant with a sigh of annoyance.

"So true…" – the mighty Bijū chuckled, then closed mental link with his host and went back to sleep.

"Hmm, I think I can tell you what happened." – Naruto said, and started his story.

Flashback

Only 2 people left on the battlefield. One of them was Uchiha Madara, the one responsible for this whole mess. Before him stood Uzumaki Naruto. Both fighters were panting heavily, after trading many attacks.

"It was a good dance while it lasted, Naruto. Certainly I haven't that much fun since my fight with Hashirama. You almost killed me with your last attack. However it's time to end this. I have to launch the Infinite Tsukuyomi and bring the peace to this world! And for that to happen, I have to take the Kyūbi from you." - Madara said, and using his Rinnegan he linked himself to Kyūbi's chakra within Naruto.

"Too bad you're not in your Bijū Mode and I can't use Gedō Mazō to extract the chakra from you with it's chains. It leaves the only other option then, besides using that pesky Genryū Kyūfūjin…"

Meanwhile Naruto felt Kurama being forcefully pulled from him, but for some reason he wasn't doing anything to prevent it, as if he was in some kind of trance. Inside his mind, Kurama started yelling at his host.

"Naruto! Snap out of it, or it'll be the end for everyone!" – he bellowed, but Naruto didn't react at all. The fox tried to think what's going on, and then it hit him like thousand tons of bricks.

"What's going on? Why isn't that knucklehead doing anything? Of course, genjutsu! Madara's wretched eyes are capable of catching Naruto in genjutsu, even if he's in perfect sync with me! This is bad, I have to do something, or else everyone is doomed." – The Kyūbi thought to himself, and tried to reach Naruto with his chakra. It was hard, because Madara was doing quick job with absorbing Kurama's power, but after few tries the fox managed to reach Naruto.

"Kurama, what's going on? Why are you getting smaller? And why am I in the seal?" – young Uzumaki asked his partner.

"Madara caught you in genjutsu, and is ripping me from you as we speak, while your body is paralyzed! I can't stop him, so unless you want to die, you have to regain control of your body and take our stolen chakra back! We don't have much time left, so hurry up!" – Kurama finished.

Naruto nodded his head, and vanished from his mindscape. When he regained his senses in the outside world, he found out that he couldn't move a muscle. But he could see and hear everything. He heard Madara mocking him, and saw a steady stream of golden chakra, that linked him to the Uchiha.

"So Naruto, how does it feel to know that you failed? That your effort was wasted and the death of your friends was meaningless? You don't have to answer, after all you'll meet your stupid Hyūga friend soon, and the Kyūbi will be mine." – Madara mocked Naruto with a smirk on his face. He was almost done with absorbing Kurama. But just as he finished his speech, his face expression changed, when Naruto by sheer willpower regained control over his body and started to pull the stolen chakra back.

"What? Impossible! How did you break out of that genjutsu? And how are you able to take Kyūbi's chakra back from me?" – Madara asked, clearly surprised.

"You… You underestimated me, thinking that some stupid genjutsu will finish me off." – Naruto said in a low voice.

"And what's even more stupid, you've badmouthed Neji and tried to enslave Kurama again! And I'll make you pay for that!" Naruto finished with a shout and pulled his chakra with all his might. Madara tried to stop him, but he didn't stand a chance with Naruto's willpower. All he could do was to watch as the blond Uzumaki absorbed back the rest of Bijū's power.

But to ancient Uchiha's horror, Naruto didn't stop pulling, and the stream of chakra soon changed colour from golden, to silvery – bluish. Madara started to feel weaker and weaker as his enemy absorbed his chakra. Soon, he was on his knees panting heavily, being almost out of chakra. The Rinnegan disappeared from his eyes, replaced by his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Naruto finally let go of Madara's chakra, and simply stood in place, while looking at the fallen Uchiha. With much effort Madara looked up to meet Naruto's gaze, and almost fainted. Young Uzumaki's eyes started to morph, and soon cerulean blue was replaced by metallic purple, with unmistakable pattern of the Rinnegan. At the same moment Madara felt burning pain in his chest, in place where his wound from battle with Hashirama was. He looked down and saw that Hashirama's cells which he implanted after the battle started to rot. He couldn't believe he was defeated by this boy, and now was going to die.

"I can't believe I failed… I was supposed to bring the peace to the world with the Infinite Tsukuyomi… How could this happen?" – Madara asked himself, while his body started to decompose at surprising rate, without chakra to sustain it. Soon he collapsed on the ground, and stopped breathing, his body turning to dust.

"It's over, Kurama… This nightmare is finally over…" – Naruto said, while looking at his fallen enemy. The fox was just as happy as his host. After all, without Madara there will be no one to try and use him as a weapon of mass destruction.

It was then, that Naruto felt this weird itch in his eyes. He didn't know what was going on, and decided to take a look. So he untied his headband and used it as a mirror. After he saw his eyes, he dropped his hitai-ate on the ground.

"How? How did I get the Rinnegan?" – he asked himself. He grabbed his headband again, and examined his eyes. He cut the flow of chakra to them, and watched in amazement as his eyes returned to their natural sky blue color.

"Ugh, at least I'm able to turn them off. It'll be bad if I couldn't mask them. But still, I wonder how did I awaken them…" He mused to himself.

"I think I know what happened." – Kurama spoke to his host. – "It seems that chakra you absorbed from Madara was caused you to awaken the Rinnegan. It felt almost like my father's chakra."

Naruto simply accepted that answer and didn't say anything for a while, seemingly thinking about something. After few minutes he broke the silence.

"Ne, Kurama? Do you think those eyes are fully operational right now?" – He asked his tenant.

"I don't see the reason why shouldn't they be ready to use. But what do you want to do with them? The battle is over, so there is no need to use them, other then… Naruto! You aren't possibly thinking about IT, are you?! If you try to use THAT jutsu you're going to hurt, or even kill yourself!" - Kurama shouted, having a decent idea what Naruto probably wanted to do.

"If there is even a small chance for success, then I'm going to try it! I don't want to die, but at the same time I want others to be happy. If I can return their loved ones to them, I'm willing to try. I saw Nagato using that jutsu. I should be able to replicate it." – He said, and focused his chakra. His eyes once again morphed. Kurama tried to reason with Naruto, but the blond was too stubborn to listen. So the fox started to gather chakra on his own, to help his host if needed.

At the same time Naruto put his hands in Ram handsign and inhaled deeply. Then he made Snake handseal and exclaimed the name of the technique. "Gedō: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu"

For a while nothing seemed to happen. Then suddenly Naruto felt the drain on his chakra, and his field of vision split. He wasn't used to that, so he closed his eyes and simply watched things through the eyes of King of Hell. Dozens of green lights erupted from King's mouth. The jutsu worked and fallen people started to come back to life. But Naruto started to feel weaker and weaker. His hair started to turn white, just like Nagato's and his body started to age faster than it should be possible. But luckily for Naruto, Kurama finished gathering chakra and could help him. With Kyūbi's chakra and life force he was not only able to finish the jutsu without dying, but also his body regained its natural state. But he was still exhausted.

"I… I did it… I did it Kurama…" He panted.

"Yes, you did it you moron… But if I couldn't give you chakra then you'd be dead right now! Next time try to think before pulling a stunt like this, because I'm not going to save your sorry ass again! Rinne Tensei isn't labeled as forbidden technique without a reason! You saw with your own eyes what happened to that Nagato after he revived all the villagers." – Kurama scolded him.

"Y-yeah, but i-it worked, didn't it?" – Naruto replied.

"It worked, and almost killed you in process… You're to stubborn for your own good, baka…"

Moments later, Kakashi found bruised and tired Naruto and helped him back, towards the rest of shinobi forces.

End of flashback

"And that's what happened. You are the first ones, to hear the whole story…" – Naruto finished his tale. Kumiko simply nodded her head, satisfied with what she heard. Meanwhile Konan was thinking about something. After a while she spoke:

"I knew there was no way Madara would revive people he killed. Now I know it was you who used the jutsu. Can you show me your eyes, Naruto?" He gave her a nod, and focused chakra to his eyes, causing them to morph. Konan simply looked into those eyes, the familiar pattern of the Rinnegan was once again before her. She found in those eyes something comforting. The warmth, that was once present in the eyes of her friend Nagato all those years ago, before it was replaced by pain and sorrow. The same warmth was now present in Naruto's eyes, which strangely made her feel safe. She smiled softly, and spoke again.

"You really are the child of prophecy. I'm glad Nagato decided to believe in you, Naruto. I can see his dreams living inside you."

Hearing this, made Naruto smile as well. He was finally accepted after all those years of trying to gain recognition. He decided to ask Konan if she could help him with mastering his eyes. After all, she spent nearly her whole life being a close friend of another Rinnegan user. Her answer was something, Naruto really hoped to hear.

"Of course I'll help you. When we parted ways after Nagato passed away, I decided to support you the best I can. And I know quite a bit about techniques used by Nagato. Besides, you can help me liberate Amegakure again. After my fight with Tobi, the village was left without a leader, and it seems some missing nins decided to take control over it and turn it into paradise for bandits, thugs and other lowlifes. Because of them the whole Land of Rain suffers." - She said to him. When Naruto heard that, he gained determined look in his eyes and said:

"Then it's decided. I'm gonna train as hard as I can, so we can help your people as fast as possible. I've had a run with some missing nins few days ago and I'm not going to let them harm other people!" - He finished with passion.

Meanwhile somewhere in Konoha

A pair of Sharingan eyes glowed in the dark room of an underground base. There was only a silhouette of the owner of those eyes, that was visible. Said person chuckled to themselves.

"Soon… Soon Konoha will be under my jurisdiction, without the Uzumaki brat to interfere with my plans…"

And CUT! As I said earlier, this chapter took me so long, so it may be a little messy. Still, I hope you liked it. If you did, then feel free to coment it in reviews. And if you didn't, then also leave a review and tell me what could be done better. As this storyline is based after the plot of the manga ended, this story is bound to have some OC's, but I'll try to avoid using them too much. Anyway, while I can't tell you when I'll publish another chapter, I CAN promise that I'll continue this story, even if only for few people. Or to simply see, what my imagination can come up with.

MechanicalCat is signing out! Till the next time!