Chapter 13 Payback Part Two

New Kumo, but how?" thought Orochimaru in surprise, as he knew that he was in his own territory now and couldn't understand, what the New Kumo Shinobi's where doing here.

"Orochimaru-sama!" cried Kabuto, as he disabled a New Kumo Chunin and raced towards his master. "Orochimaru-sama, we must escape while we still can, we cannot win here".

Orochimaru of course knew Kabuto was right, but it didn't mean he liked it, "What the blazes happened here!" cried Orochimaru in frustration.

"I would believe that would already be obvious" spoke Ryūken, as he appeared with several BOLT-nins who surrounded Orochimaru and Kabuto.

"Who the Devil are you?" asked Orochimaru angrily.

"The person who helped conquer your country" spoke Ryūken as he then extended his bow glove and charged a Chakra arrow into his bow and aimed it at Orochimaru's head.

"What!" cried the Snake Sannin in disbelief, as he did not believe what he just heard.

Ryūken of course ignored Orochimaru's question, as he knew the Snake Sannin heard him, where he just aimed his Chakra arrow at Orochimaru's head, and prepared to fire it.

"You will surrender now Orochimaru, or you will die where you stand now" spoke Ryūken, with a clam cool deadly tone of voice. While at the same time the BOLTS-nins took out their Katana's and channelled their Lightning Chakra through them, and prepared to attack.

"KuKuKuKu…I think not" said Orochimaru with a sinister looking smirk, where he and Kabuto charged straight a Ryūken, who quickly fired several Chakra arrows and hit them, both between the eyes. But instead of falling dead, both turned into mud, revealing that they were Tsuchi Bunshin (Earth Clones), where the real Kabuto and Orochimaru used Hiru Banshō: Bōka no Jutsu (Leech All Creation: Attack Prevention Technique to merged with the ground and sank into it to escape.

Although as he did, he silently swore to himself, that he would never lose to Naruto or the Heavenly Alliance again and that he would make Naruto pay severely for defeating him again.

Seeing that Orochimaru and Kabuto escaped, Ryūken narrowed his eyes with annoyance, but quickly got over it, where a New Kumo Jonin then appeared next to him.

"Sir I like to report that we have eliminated over half the enemy remaining force and captured the other remaining half" spoke the Jonin.

"Very good, send word to The Raikage in Konoha and Lady Kicho in New Kumo, that we have succeeded in all our objectives", spoke Ryūken as he pushed his glasses back up, where the Jonin nodded and quickly left. After which Ryūken ordered the New Kumo forces to burn the dead bodies of the dead Oto-nins, and to then head back to Orochimaru's main base and bring the prisoners with them.

-Konoha, Two Weeks Later-

Two weeks after the great battle, the village was now busy with activating, where the people and the Shinobi's there were helping in clearing out the rubble from destroyed buildings. As well as cleaning out the leftover weapons that had been dropped of broken from the battle and making repairs to buildings that could be salvage. But even with all of this, Konoha was in pretty bad shape, worse even from the Suna and Oto invasion ten years ago.

Four days after the battle, the civilians, along with the other population of Konoha were informed that the enemy had been defeated and that they could return to the village. Naturally many of families and loved ones were overjoyed, when they were reunited with their loved ones. While others cried at hearing how their loved had been killed in battle by the enemy.

Among these happy reunions was Lee and Yakumo being reunited with their daughter Fuku, although even happy moments like that, they were joined by sadness, as Yakumo Uncle Unkai, had been killed during the battle. Even though Yakumo was not very close to her Uncle, especially given the fact that he was one of those who supported in having her killed when she didn't have control of her power, it didn't mean that she didn't at least care about him, as he was her Uncle after all.

Other happy reunions were of Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, being reunited with their own wives, as well as Anko, Iruka and Kurenai being reunited with their children, Hiruzen and Aiko. But like with Yakumo, this was marked with sadness as Neji Fiancé, a young Hyuga branch girl was badly wounded in the battle, but thanks to Tsunade she was no threat of dying, but was in a coma for the time being.

Naturally, when the populace saw the New Kumo Shinobi's, along with the New Kumo airships (which had landed in the crater, that Naruto created outside the village when he used his Inazuma (Lightning Flash)). As well as heard how New Kumo had arrived and helped the Konoha defenders defeat the enemy forces, many people cheered the New Kumo forces and even sang The Raikage's praises for saving them.

But the people's opinion of The Raikage quickly turned when they learned that Naruto was The Raikage. When the civilian population heard this they couldn't believe that the "demon brat" was still alive and was The Raikage of New Kumo of all people. As expected people turned against Naruto, for his part in the destruction of their village, as because of the overall battle over three quarters of Konoha was in ruins now, where most people were force to live in tents now outside the village.

Also when word spread that Naruto was the Yondaime son, it caused even greater turmoil as many of those who hated Naruto, refused to believe that the demon brat was the son of their hero and greatest Hokage.

When people heard about Naruto, several large and angry mobs gathered at the hospital, wanting to kill the "demon" while it was still weak and unable to defend himself. Naturally the STORM, SHOCK, BOLT Shinobi's, as well as several other New Kumo Shinobi's blocked their path from entering the hospital grounds.

Luckily though before things could get out of hand, two large groups made up of members of the Hyuga Clan, and the Sarutobi Clan, and led by their respected Clan heads, arrived at the scene. After which Hinata and Konohamaru, quickly took charge of the situation and ordered the mob to disperse and leave.

Naturally most people in the mob refused, but they quickly changed their minds, after one man stepped forwards saying he was going kill the "demon" once and for all.

But before any of the New Kumo Shinobi's could stop him, Hinata appeared in front of the man and delivered her Dageki Sendo (Death Strike) right into the man's chest. Breaking his Breast bone and all twenty-four of his ribs and sending him flying, into a large wall directly behind him and making a large dent in it, when he hit it.

After doing this Hinata then stated that if anyone tried to hurt Naruto, then they would have to deal with the Hyuga Clan and that she would breaking every bone in their bodies if anyone tried to hurt Naruto. Konohamaru also backed up her, where he stated that not only would they have to deal with Hinata and her Clan, but also him and his Clan.

When the mob saw that they were up against, not only the New Kumo Shinobi's, but also the Hyuga Clan and the Sarutobi Clan. Along with their Clan heads, who were among the strongest Shinobi's in Konoha, the mob quickly realised that they could not win, and so left.

Another big event was after Tsunade had informed the Council members about Naruto, (The ones who had not taken part in the battle, and who had went with the civilians when they left the village). When the Council members heard that Naruto was alive and was The Raikage, they were both shocked and furious at the same time.

The Shinobi elders were especially surprised when they heard this, where Homura was shocked, that Naruto was The Raikage of all people, yet slightly relieved and happy that Naruto was alive.

Koharu and Danzo on the other hand, where not only shocked, but angry and worried, as Naruto was now not only alive, but was the leader of another foreign Shinobi village. This was of course the worst fear of any Shinobi village, to have their jinchūriki join another Shinobi village. This now made Naruto probably the greatest threat to Konoha and them to ever exist, as combine the power of the Kyubi, along with Naruto's two bloodlines, his Sage mode. As well as the amount of power he showed when face Orochimaru and the other coalition leaders, as well as the Sword of Tengu. It made Naruto more dangerous than Madara or even the Kyubi itself. As the Kyubi was at least a wild beast, that didn't know how to use its power properly. Unlike Naruto, who did, and unlike Madara, when he revolted against the Shodaime, Naruto didn't stand alone, as he had the backing of a powerful nation, since when Madara revolted he had no-one not even his own Clan to back him up.

Later on, about fourteen young naive Konoha Chunins, who heads were still full with words like duty and honour, stormed the Hospital and the room that the unconscious Naruto was staying in after his battle. The Chunins in question had orders to arrest Naruto on trumped up charges, such as the destruction of a third of Konoha and breaking his banishment.

Normally the STORM-nins that were guarding Naruto along with Naruto's commanding officers would have stopped the Chunins. But they did not and allowed the Chunins to enter Naruto's room, as ever since Naruto's battle with Orochimaru, the other leaders of the anti-Konoha Coalition and the four Hokages. Naruto wives (the ones who came with him) who were in the room with Naruto, had been in a bad mood. The reason for this was because Naruto wives were furious at how he had ordered them not to help him in his battle, and just sit back and watch him nearly get himself killed. Their moods got even worse over time, as they waited for Naruto to wake up, as none of them could give out to him or yell at him for being such as baka. The guards and the others of course knew all this and so decided let the Chunins by, hence when the fourteen Chunins burst into Naruto's room stating that they were arresting Naruto. The girls defended their husband and at the same time, were able to release their pent-up angry on the foolish Chunins.

Needless to say when Naruto's wives were finished with them, the fourteen Chunins were in a worse state than any of the wounded, currently in the hospital.

After the Chunins were dealt with, Zhuge Liang had Tsunade call a Council meeting, where he then informed them, that there would be severe repercussions for what they did, and if Konoha did something like that again. It would be seen as a declaration of war on New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance; where considering that New Kumo Shinobi's were guarding most of Konoha. Not to mention, that most of Konoha's Shinobi's were in no shape or condition to fight, a battle with New Kumo, let alone the Heavenly Alliance, wasn't in the best interest of Konoha right now.

Tsunade of course assured Zhuge Liang that the Chunins acted without her orders or her approval, where she then immediately ran and investigation what happened. Later on she learned that the Chunins had been acting on the orders of Civilian Council member Hojo Akira. Who convinced the naive young Chunins, that having Naruto arrested was in the best interest of Konoha, as Akira believed that with Naruto under their custody, New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance wouldn't dare do anything against them.

Sadly though for Akira, when Tsunade found out the truth, she had him arrested, for usurping the Hokages's authority, as only the Hokage could order the Konoha Shinobi's. She also had Akira removed from his position on the Council and sized all his assets, and had him placed in prison for what he did.

Both Danzo and Koharu surprisingly supported Tsunade decision, as even though it would weaken them on the council. Both agreed, that what Akira did was foolish, as they knew, that arresting a ruling Kage from another village. Especially one as powerful as New Kumo, would earn the wrath of the New Kumo Shinobi's, along with Naruto's commanders, where they would attack Konoha in an attempted to rescue Naruto and destroy Konoha in the process.

But even after that incident, things in Konoha did not calm down, as there was still a great deal of unrest in the village, where several fights broke out between the New Kumo Ninja's and some Konoha Ninja's, when some Konoha Ninja's insulted Naruto. Also there were several disputes between the New Kumo Shinobi's and some civilians, where the Civilians would antagonise the New Kumo Shinobi's, by insulting Naruto or throwing this at them, along with other things. This would then normally result in the New Kumo Shinobi's beating said Civilians up.

Seeing what was happing, both Zhuge Liang and Tsunade decided to regain control of their forces and people, before more pointless fights broke out between both sides.

Tsunade was able to regain order, by declaring martial law, although due to most of her forces being in no condition to be on duty, as most Konoha's remaining Shinobi's where hospitalize due to injuries that they suffered from battle. Tsunade had to rely on Suna and New Kumo's Shinobi's to help maintain and enforce martial law, she also ordered her remaining on-duty Shinobi's to not antagonise the New Kumo Shinobi. Since if they did, they would find themselves demoted and spending some time in the dentation cells, along with the other prisoners.

Zhuge Liang in turn ordered that all New Kumo Shinobi's to refrain from fighting with the Konoha Shinobi's, unless they physically attacked them. He also ordered them not to respond to the civilian's remarks or their antagonising tactics, and ordered them to restrain the civilians if they were found breaking curfew or attack them and do nothing more than that.

The New Kumo Shinobi's of course did what they were told, but whenever they did restrain civilians, that threw things at them or resisted them, when the New Kumo Shinobi's found them breaking curfew. They restrained the civilians a lot more forcefully than was needed, where they would get a few bruises here or there, from being restrained by the New Kumo Shinobi's.

But even with all these measures taken, there were still a few fights that broke out, between the New Kumo Shinobi's and the Konoha people and some Shinobi's over how they felt towards Naruto.

-With the Konoha Council-

"…as of now the clearing out of the village debris is the main focus, the repairs to the remaining buildings are continuing slowly. Although thankfully food and water supplies have not been affective and there is no shortage", spoke Tsunade, as she finished going over the status of the village.

"That is all well and good Hokage-sama, but I believe there is a more important matter at hand" spoke Amako Taichi.

"And what would this matter be Council member Taichi?" asked Tsunade, although she already knew what he meant, as it was obvious.

"You know who I'm referring to Hokage-sama, we need to do something about that thing at the hospital" said Taichi.

"That thing that you're referring to is The Raikage of New Kumo and is the one who helped save this village" spoke the annoyed Female Hokage. As she could not help but be disgusted at how ungrateful people like Taichi were towards Naruto and New Kumo.

"But look at what he did to our village! Almost a third of the damage that was done to the village was because of him" spoke Taichi.

"Not only that, but with Orochimaru and his allies defeated, who to say that the demon and its followers won't turn on us once it have been healed with" spoke Asai Heita.

"If he wanted to do that, he and his forces would've attacked us at the same time that they attacked Orochimaru and his allies, or even waited till Orochimaru and his allies had killed us all" spoke Hana, as like Tsunade, she was getting tired of these pointless arguments.

"Maybe he wanted to use us to help him defeat Orochimaru and his allies, where after we defeated them and he recovered and we let our guard, he will turn on us" spoke Ashikaga Shin.

"Tch, you should think before you speak Council member, because if you did you wouldn't say such stupid and troublesome things like that. Especially if it makes no sense, as why would they even bother doing something like that? When they don't need to, as we're already weak as it is from the battle, and it would be pointless to be doing something like that, as they could easily destroy us now if they wanted to. It would've been a lot easier to simply attack and kill us all, when they attacked Orochimaru and his allies, instead of doing all of this" spoke Shikaku.

"But even still, we should capture him, now, while he's weakened and we've the chance" spoke Hetia.

"And look how well that turned out for Akira, when he sent those idiot Chunins to arrest The Raikage on those bogus charges" said Konohamaru with a sneer.

"He destroyed a third of our village and he broke his banishment, we're in our right" responded Shin.

"HE'S A FREAKING KAGE NOW YOU IDIOT!" roared Tsunade, "which gives him automatic diplomatic immunity to all charges. As for the village, it was a result of his battle with the four revived Hokages, Orochimaru and his allies and I would rather have most of the village destroyed, than have it destroyed entirely".

"Although I agree that arresting the Raikage is foolish, Council member Shin's and the other members fears are not unfounded, as the Raikage would most likely have ill will towards us" spoke Danzo.

"And who's fault would that be Danzo-san" spoke Hinata as glared coldly, at Danzo and the other members of the council who were each somehow involved in Naruto's banishment.

"That does not matter now, what matters is how we deal with the situation now!" spoke Koharu.

"Simple we should kill him" spoke Hetia

"LIKE HELL, YOU WILL!" roared Konohamaru with anger, as he was furious at what he was hearing and was tempted beat the living hell out of Hetia for saying it.

"I agree as well, as killing The Raikage would be foolish and only bring down the wrath of New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance down on our village" spoke Aburame Shibi.

At hearing this even Danzo and Koharu had to agree, although Danzo himself had thought about having Naruto killed, by having one of his operatives disguise as a nurse or doctor and kill Naruto and make it look like his body gave out from exhaustion. Unfortunately for Danzo that idea wouldn't work, as the New Kumo Shinobi's wouldn't allow any non-New Kumo medic to go near Naruto, even Tsunade herself was refused access to enter, to see or check in on Naruto. Not to mention Naruto was under constant guard twenty-four seven, where his wives and body-guards were in his room at all times and STORM-nins were guarding all entrance points. This made it impossible to come even close to Naruto in any way, without New Kumo Shinobi's watching them closely.

"But we need to do something!" cried Taichi.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" roared Tsunade, as she slammed her fist onto the new Council table, cracking it. "I won't hear any more of this! When my Grandfather and Great Uncle were brought back by Orochimaru, they spoke how ashamed they were at us. The Yondaime himself was even disgusted at how we treated his son, and you all wanted to shame ourselves even further by having him killed or imprisoned, because you're all afraid at what he might do!" cried Tsunade.

"We're only thinking of what's best for Konoha, Tsunade" responded Koharu.

"Tsk, if that was the case then you would've never banished Naruto in the first place and followed the Yondaime wish and regarded Naruto as the Hero that he was, instead of beating him and treating him as an outcast. As if we had, it would most likely be Konoha instead of Kumo that would be flourishing", spoke Tsunade.

"That is conjecture at the very best Hokage-san" spoke Sasuke.

"Maybe, but we would've been in a hell of a lot better situation than we are in now", replied Tsunade as she narrowed her eyes. "Hence there will be no more arguments about this and if I find out that there are any more attempts on Naruto life or attempts to hold him against his will by anyone. I will personally skin them alive and have their hide pinned on my wall, is that clear!"

"Well now, I'm glad to see that there are at least still some people with here some brains and common sense" spoke Jiraiya, who was sitting on the windowsill, watching Tsunade and the Council argue amongst themselves.

"Jiraiya!" spoke Tsunade in surprise at seeing her former Team-mate, who disappeared from the village, two days after the battle of Konoha. "Where the hell have you been?"

"Ahhhh, Hime you missed me, I'm touched" spoke Jiraiya, with a cheesy grin.

"Cut the act, Jiraiya, now tell me where they hell have you been?" asked the annoyed Hokage.

"Okay, Okay, hime yesh! You really need to lighten up a bit, or else you've even more wrinkles on you than you already have now" said Jiraiya with a smirk, when he saw Tsunade glare at him angrily.

But after which, he then quickly became serious "Ok, for the past few days I have traveling around, gathering Intel on the other villages in case some of the smaller villages decided to make a move on us, in our weaken condition. As well as gathering Intel on what's going on with Oto, Kiri Iwa and the others", answered Jiraiya.

"So has anything happened that we should be concern about?" asked Inoichi.

"A lot actually" replied Jiraiya, gaining everyone's attention, where he then continued.

"Both Kiri and Oto, along with their home countries Ta no Kuni and Mizu no Kuni have been conquered".

At hearing this, the entire room gasped in shock, "Conquered? By who?" asked a surprised Homura.

"By the Heavenly Alliance, it seems that when Naruto and his forces were helping us deal with Orochimaru and his coalition. He had his other forces, launched a coordinated invasion on both villages and their host countries" replied Jiraiya.

At hearing this Tsunade and the Council were stunned at hearing that two of their enemies along with their home country had just been conquered by Naruto's alliance.

"When exactly did they fall Jiraiya?" asked Tsunade.

"Both invasions began at the same time as our battle with Orochimaru's coalition, where Oto and Ta no Kuni fell within two days along with Kiri. While Mizu no Kuni fell on the third" answered Jiraiya, shocking everyone again.

"But how could the Heavenly Alliance conquer, two Shinobi villages and their host countries, within just a few days. Even if they had surprise on their side, they shouldn't have conquered both countries so easily and quickly", spoke the ANBU Commander.

"Well it seems that Naruto has been planning these invasions for several months or more, because you see he had help from the rebel factions in Mizu no Kuni and Ta No Kuni. In Mizu no Kuni he launched a two prong invasion of Mizu no Kuni, from the north and the south. In the north, an Armada of seven hundred ships from New Kumogakure, Yukigakure, Shimo no Kuni, Shimogakure, Yuki/Haru no Kuni, Yu no Kuni and Kaminari no Kuni. Led by four fortress ships belong to Yuki/Haru no Kuni and Yukigakure and Naruto's command ship, the same one that he picked up Kureani and her team in, a while back. There they destroyed Kiri's remaining fleet stationed there and it fortress in the north in one single go. At the same time as that, the second invasion, an Armada numbering about five hundred ships from New Kumo, Kaminari no Kuni and Cha no Kuni, Tsuki no Kuni, Umi no Kuni and Getsugakure. There they encountered one of Mizu no Kuni's fleets patrolling their southern shores, where all one hundred ships were destroyed by the four Fortress ships from Kaminari no Kuni, which were leading the Armada, in just a few minutes. Once both Armadas' landed with their invasion forces, they quickly move through the country, not giving the Mizu no Kuni forces or the remaining Kiri forces a chance to defend themselves. At the same time as the invasions, the rebel factions worked together to disrupt communication, between the Kiri and Mizu no Kuni forces, as well as attack several of their bases, fortresses and castles at once. Also a revolt by the civilian population erupted in Kiri, supported by the Shinobi rebel factions, where by the second day with the help of the Shinobi's of the Heavenly Alliance, Kiri fell and was quickly followed up by Mizu no Kuni itself. As it seems on the third day after the invasion, the Uesugi Samurai Clan of Mizu no Kuni, secretly joined with the rebel factions and took over the capital, with no bloodshed and handed it over to the Heavenly Alliance army when they arrived. The Mizu Daimyo himself, was killed the Uesugi Clan head Kenshin, the fame Sensō no Kami, where they then replaced Mizu Daimyo with his younger cousin" spoke Jiraiya, where he continued on before anyone could interrupt him.

"Also at the same time Ta no Kuni was invaded by two separate armies belonging to New Kumo, Yugakure, Kaminari no Kuni from Yu no Kuni, where with the help of the Fuuma Clan, along with the other rebel Clans native to Ta no Kuni. Naruto forces knew the locations of all of Orochimaru's bases in Ta no Kuni and took them over without much trouble. Along with that, his forces easily took over Ta no Kuni itself with the help of the Ta Daimyo's nephew Prince Mochi and his allies, where as of now Prince Mochi is the new ruler of Ta no Kuni and will be crowed the new Daimyo of Ta no Kuni next week" said Jiraiya.

After hearing all this, there was much worried muttering among the Council members, as they didn't known what this exactly met for Konoha, as some feared that Naruto was planning to conquer Konoha next.

"Is there anything else that happened involving the Heavenly Alliance?" asked Tsunade.

"Plenty, as there was another attack, where New Kumo launched three separate, simultaneous amphibious-assaults on Tsuchi no Kuni and Iwa's three major military docks, where they destroyed them and their fleets in one go. Also as well Takigakure (Hidden Waterfall) and Hoshigakure (Hidden Star) launched a large scale raid on Kusagakure (Hidden Grass), where they attacked the village and did considerable amount of damage to it. The most notable being, that Kusa research lab for all their poisons and toxins was completely destroyed, before the Hoshi and Taki Shinobi's left the village", spoke Jiraiya.

"But why didn't they invade them, as if they invaded both Mizu no Kuni and Ta no Kuni along with their Shinobi villages. Surely they could've taken over Tsuchi no Kuni and Kusa no Kuni along with their Shinobi's villages" spoke Shin.

"My guess would be unlike them, there are no rebel factions fighting against the ruling government, where the Heavenly Alliance would have to garrison a large army there to keep control of the countries and village. Upon which they would've to fight constant rebellions, as the people would resent them, especially Iwa. As once they learned Naruto's full heritage, you can beat, they won't be happy at being conquered by the Heavenly Alliance, which is led by the Yondaime Hokages son. Where unlike Ta no Kuni and Mizu no Kuni, or their Shinobi villages he helped remove the corrupt tyrannical rules of Orochimaru, the Mizu Daimyo and the Godaime Mizukage. Hence Naruto and the Heavenly Alliance are seen as liberators, where the majority of the people will favour them, and the new ruling parties will be pro-Heavenly Alliance and owe it and Naruto a big favour. Meaning the Heavenly Alliance influence will grow, as both countries and villages, will relay a lot on the Heavenly Alliance to recover economically, finically and militarily. By which point it be highly likely that they will join or ally themselves with the Heavenly Alliance, increasing its strength even further", spoke Jiraiya. As he had to admit Naruto had got a lot smarter in the last ten years, as he had basically defeated two of major enemies and turned them into his new allies by helping to put in new friendlier ruling groups.

"They expanded their boarders and control, while we were fighting for our lives" stated Danzo angrily, as like most people on the council he knew that this would put Konoha at a greater disadvantage, while putting New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance at an even greater advantage.

"But won't the Heavenly Alliance have trouble keeping control the countries and villages from the returning Kiri and Oto forces, as I don't think Orochimaru, would simply allow the Heavenly Alliance to take control of his own country. Also there would most likely be many high ranking Kiri Shinobi's in the retreating army, who would take control of the Kiri army and use it to try and take control of Kiri and Mizu no Kuni", spoke Yakumo.

"Not going to happen, as after taking control of Oto and Ta no Kuni, the Shinobi's of the Heavenly Alliance, ambushed Orochimaru and his forces when the crossed the border. Unfortunately Orochimaru and Kabuto escaped again, but all their remaining forces that survived the battle, were captured or wiped out by the Alliance Shinobi's. The Kiri forces that retreated were all captured as well, along with the Kiri armada off the coast of Hi no Kuni,. As it seems that Naruto took back his Clan's former homeland Uzu no Kuni (Whirlpool Country) and built and secret naval base there, where he then had a fleet of ships belonging to Kaminari no Kuni and New Kumo, along with three more Fortress ships belong to New Kumo stationed and hidden there. So that when the Kiri armada landed with the Kiri invasion force, the New Kumo and Kaminari no Kuni fleet launched and surrounded the Kiri armada, with their backs against the beachhead. Giving them no choice but to surrender, where when the retreating Kiri forces arrived at the beachhead, they were also surrounded by the forces Naruto had stationed in Nami no Kuni (Wave Country), who cam up from behind them and surrounded them, where with their armada captured and being surrounded and with their Kage dead, they surrendered without a fight" spoke Jiraiya.

"So the Heavenly Alliance really does have more of those fortress ships and those underwater ships", spoke Inoichi.

"Twelve Fortress ships and thirty of those submarines to be precise and that is what we know of, for all we know they could have more those Fortress ships and submarines" spoke Jiraiya, which didn't settle the council concerns about the Heavenly Alliance. As the idea of the Heavenly Alliance having even more of those underwater ships and Fortress ships than they had now was nerve racking to say the least.

"Regardless it seems, that The Raikage has gotten rid of most our enemies for us" spoke the ANBU Commander.

"Some of them yea, but if you think Orochimaru finished then you be wrong, even though Ta no Kuni has fallen along with all the Oto bases there. Orochimaru's organisation still exists, as he has other bases in other countries. The Hannya Clan and Kusa won't bother us for a long while, as the Hannya Clan took heavy losses in the battle. While Kusa forces along with the village itself, took equally heavy losses, where the village suffered heavy damage and lost their poison research lab. Kiri is gone with it being conquered by the Heavenly Alliance, although Iwa is still a threat, as even though they took heavy loses their military strength is still strong, as they didn't commit their full military strength to the battle. Hence they're still a threat, although they will most likely consolidate their defences and position for a while after they elect a new Tsuchikage", spoke Jiraiya.

"So for now were safe" spoke Konohamaru.

"For now at least" replied Jiraiya.

"But what about the demon?" spoke Taichi

At hearing this Jiraiya narrowed his eyes as he was getting pretty sick of dealing with these bigots on the Council. "If you got any sense what's so ever, you do exactly what she said and leave the kid alone, especially if don't want to have all hell coming down on us, and I don't mean that just because he is the leader of New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance".

"Then what do mean that Jiraiya-sama" asked Shibi.

"What I mean is that Naruto is almost worshiped in New Kumo and in Kaminari no Kuni, as he is the hero of both the country and the village, as he led the Rebels to victory over the Godaime Raikage. He rebuilt their village and restored the country and reunited the two sides after the Civil War and formed the Heavenly Alliance. He defended them, when he destroyed the Kiri and Mizu no Kuni armada, when it arrived near the end of the Civil War, and made New Kumo and Kaminari no Kuni, stronger than they ever have been in their history. Hell they're even calling his rule the age of the Rokudaime Raikage the Golden age of New Kumo and Kaminari no Kuni. Hence if anything were to happen to Naruto, they would instantly blame us and every single Shinobi, Samurai and soldier in New Kumo and Kaminari no Kuni, would come down like a tidal wave of fury on us and would burn the village to the ground. Where if they don't get us, then you can beat your ass, that the other countries and Shinobi villages, that regard Naruto as a hero will, and I need not tell you that all those countries and villages are all with the Heaven Alliance or are allied with it", spoke Jiraiya.

At hearing this, the Civilian member grumbled and growled, as they knew that what Jiraiya said was true, as given their current state the Heavenly Alliance would easily destroy Konoha.

"Jiraiya, have you contacted the Toads yet and asked them, why they lied to you about Naruto being alive?" asked Tsunade.

"No I haven't, as I haven't had time to make contact with any of them" replied Jiraiya, as he decided that he might as well get answer now, where he then got off the windowsill and bit his finger and summoned a large amount of his Chakra and cried "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)"

After which there was a small puff of smoke, where once it dissipated a small elder like Toad carrying a small wooden cane and wear a small grey cloak appeared, "So Jiraiya-chan you finally decided to summon me, I'm surprised you didn't summon me sooner".

"Then you know why I summon you here Pa?" asked Jiriaya.

"Of course you summoned me here, because you want to know why we lied to you about Naruto-chan being alive" replied Fuksaku.

"How do you know?" asked the surprise Jiraiya.

"Gambunta and Gamakichi told me about the battle and how Naruto-chan finally revealed himself to all of you" spoke Fuksaku.

"So why did you lie to me, about not being able to reverse summon Naruto and telling me later on that he was dead?" asked Jiraiya.

"Because he asked us to?" answered Fuksaku.

"He asked you to!" repeated Tsunade in disbelief.

"Yes, after he was discovered by Mitsuhide and Saiyuri and got rid of the Chakra suppressing seal and the curse seal that prevented him from talking about Konoha. He summoned me and asked me not to reverse summon him, when you asked me. He also ask me later to tell you, that he was dead after his little run in with the Akatsuki", spoke Fuksaku.

"But why did you agree Pa, I'm his godfather; I had a right to know where he was and if he was alive or dead…OW!" spoke Jiraiya, before he cried out in pain, when Fuksaku smacked him on the head with his cane.

"What the hell was that for?…OW!" cried Jiraiya, before he was hit on the head again by Fukasaku with his cane.

"You know full well what was that for, you call yourself his godfather, when you don't even know the meaning of the word. After you left Naruto-chan to fend for himself for twelve years…I thought I taught you better than that" spoke Fuksaku angrily at his former pupil.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya flinched, at hearing his former teacher scold him like he did when he was pupil, "Pa, you know that I not the settle down type and I was never exactly the parental role model, I wouldn't have made a good parent for the kid".

"You could've at least tried to raise him, or at the very least have gone to visit him and check on him every once in a while, instead of just leaving him and never once going to see him. You often told me that Minato was like a son to you, meaning that Naruto was like a Grandson, and yet you never even once went to see him" rounded Fuksaku, furiously.

At this Jiraiya lowered his head in shame, as he knew that Fuksaku was right.

"Quite frankly when we heard from Naruto-chan everything that happened to him over the years, many of the Toads along with Ma and myself were tempted to come to this village and flatten it or at the very least sever all ties, along with you Jiraiya" spoke Fuksaku. As he was indeed ashamed at how Jiraiya toss aside his reasonability as Naruto's Godfather and surrogate Grandson.

Naturally when Jiraiya heard this, he was shocked, "You're annulling my contract?" spoke Jiraiya, with surprise.

"I said we were tempted, but if it wasn't for the many years of you as our summoner and our past friendships, we would" said Fuksaku, after which turned to face Tsunade and the Council.

"Also as of this moment, the Toad's alliance with Konoha is annulled, although Jiraiya can still summon us and we will fight by him, but as far as we're concerned, Konoha stands alone, even if Jiraiya summons us to defend Konoha. We'll never defend it ever again nor will we be used to fight against Naruto-chan or New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance, as we will not be used to fight against one of our own summoners" spoke Fuksaku.

"Your abandoning us?" said Shin in shock, as the toads, were among Konoha's greatest defenders and allies.

"That is what I basically said, as we toads do not take well, to our summoners or the children of a former summoners being wrongfully persecuted and beaten and it no more different than when this village abandoned Naruto-chan" spoke the Elder toad sage, after which he then said his goodbye s to Jiraiya and then left.

Soon after getting over the shock of the Toad's turning their backs on them, Tsunade called the council meeting to an end, where all the Council members soon left, where within the next few hours, everyone in Konoha would know what Naruto and the Heavenly Alliance had done.

-With Naruto-

Currently Naruto was on his bed unconscious in a private room, with his wives sitting in the room in various places, with STORM Shinobi's standing guard outside his room and on the windows, which were all covered so that no-one could see in.

Naruto was currently in a drug induced sleep, so that his body could rest properly and regain his strength, as physically he was fine, thanks to his healing bloodline. But Chakra wise he just about out of it when arrived in the hospital.

After examining him, Retsu, quickly placed Naruto in a drug induced sleep, as she knew that once Naruto woke up, he wouldn't sit still and wait till he had fully recovered.

The Guards outside Naruto's room, of course where given strict order not to let anyone in, unless, they were Naruto's Commanders or Retsu and even then they had to give certain passwords to be allowed in, so to confirm their identity. Not even Hinata, Konohamaru, Tsunade, Iruka, Jiraiya, Gaara or any of the Konoha eleven were allowed enter into Naruto's room.

After about two weeks of sleeping Retsu decided that Naruto's body had rested enough, although if he had been a normal person, after using the amount of Chakra that he used in his battle. Naruto would've been out of action for two months instead of two weeks.

After Retsu had stopped giving Naruto drugs to keep him asleep, he soon woke up with a groan. When the girls in the room heard Naruto groan, they quickly went up to him surrounded his bed.

When Naruto slowly opened his eyes, he saw all his wives (the ones that came with him) surrounding him with concern looks on their faces, where he smiled and groaned a bit before he spoke, "Ugh…I must have died and gone to heaven, as I'm seeing eight beautiful angles, before me".

"Can the sweet talk lover boy, you not going to get out of this one" spoke Soifon with a frown. Although if one looked fairly carefully they would've seen a small twitch of a smile for a spilt second, showing that she was happy that Naruto was alive and safe.

After Soifon said this, Yugito then bonked Naruto hard on his head, making Naruto cry out in pain, "Ow! …What was that for?" cried Naruto has he held his head in pain from when Yugito hit him.

"For being such a baka, and ordering us to stay back and watch you fight and not help you" spoke Yugito angrily as she had been worried sick at what would happen to Naruto.

"But I told you why I did it, it was personal from me, as it was something I needed to do by myself", replied Naruto.

"That still doesn't give you the right to order us not to help us, we know full well that you had Zhuge Liang keeps us back, even when it looked like you were going to lose" replied Yugito, where Naruyto cringed knowing he was busted.

"What you did Naruto was inconsiderate and selfish, as what if you had been killed? While we were held back and watch you die, did you ever think how we would feel, if that happened. Did you ever consider our feelings when you ordered us to stay back and watch", berated Soifon, as it showed how angry she was with Naruto and what he did.

At hearing this Naruto cringed again, as he knew Soifon was right, as he had been inconsiderate towards the girl's feelings, and it was selfish of him to force the girls to sit back and watch him fight Orochimaru, Kabuto and the four Hokages.

"You right I'm sorry it was selfish of me" said Naruto sincerely, as he was sorry, although when he said this, Soifon bonked him on the head.

"Ow!... What was that for? I said I was sorry" cried Naruto has he held his head again in pain.

"Sorry not going to be good enough, for what you did" spoke Soifon angrily, after which Yugito then bonked Naruto on the head again.

"Ow!" cried Naruto again, "Come on, I'm hurt enough as it is, don't you think that I've been hit enough for one day.

"Nope!" replied Yugito simple as she folded her arms.

"Eh girl's maybe you should stop, as I do think Naruto-kun has learned his lesson and he said he was sorry, and we don't want to hurt him anymore than he already is", spoke Takara (4)

"Thank you Takara-chan, you're the only person that cares what happens to me, you won't let them hurt me anymore…Ow!" wined Naruto like a little kid, before he was then hit on the head by another of his wives.

"Your too soft on him Takara, you've always been too soft on him, he needs to learn that when he acts like this, there are consequences" spoke Tomoe (5) with an annoyed frown.

"AAAUUUHHHH…come on girls you all know he sorry, besides he wouldn't be our Naruto-kun, if he didn't act like this from time to time, and if you kill him. I don't think we could ever find another man like him that can handle and satisfy us as well as he can" said another one of Naruto's wives, Taira (6). Who stood behind Naruto's bed wrapped her arms around Naruto's head brought it up so that it would rest on her impressive D-cup bosom. "Besides I sure we can have him make it up to use later on, when we get home" continued Taira, with a seductive smile, as she held Naruto's head closer to her chest, which caused the girls to blush red at her meaning and for a drop of blood to bleed from Naruto's nose.

"Taira, must you always be so lewd in such matters", said Okatsu with some annoyance and disgust.

"Oh come on Okatsu, don't be such a prude", said Taira as she played around with Naruto's hairs with her fingers, as she pushed his head further into her bosom.

"Yea Okatsu, besides you of all people can't judge Taira, considering the things I heard come from your room last month", said Yuffie with a smirk, which caused Okatsu to blush bright red at the mention of that and Naruto to leak some more blood from his nose.

"Well now that your awake you should eat something, as I'm sure you're hungry after being asleep for so long, and before you ask…no you can't have Raman" spoke Fu with a slight smile, as she saw Naruto get depressed at not getting to eat any Raman.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door and Zhuge Liang , Mitsuhide, Saiyuri and Killer Bee entered the room, "Ah, I see that your awake at last Naruto-kun", spoke Zhuge Liang.

"Hey sensei…yea I'm fine thanks" replied Naruto.

"We glad to hear that" spoke Mitsuhide.

"Yea, although it not surprising considering all number of attentive nurses you've here" spoke Saiyuri with saucy smile, making the girls in the room blush a little at her meaning.

"Yoh boss you look as right as rain" rhymed Killer Bee.

"Well I don't know about that, but I'm not too bad" replied Naruto with a smile, before he turned to Zhuge Liang, "So how long have I been out?"

"About two weeks", replied Zhuge Liang.

"Two, weeks?" spoke Naruto in surprised.

"Correct, as Unohana-san, kept you under a drug induced sleep, so to allow your body to rest and fully recover from the amount of Chakra loss that you suffered, as when you arrived here you barely had any left" answered Mistuhide.

"Hence why you're a baka" muttered Soifon, which caused several smirks from the others.

But after all joking was put aside, everyone quickly became serious, "So how did the other operations go?" asked Naruto.

"Everything went just as we had hoped for, Operations Clean Sweep were a success, as Anisu and the invasion force, along with the rebel factions, were able to capture Mizu no Kuni and Kiri, without too much trouble. Along with that, Kenshin and his Clan captured the capital without any bloodshed and killed the Mizu Daimyo himself. As for Operation Encampment, our forces from Uzu no Kuni, and in Nami no Kuni, surrounded and captured the Kiri armada and the retreating Kiri forces", spoke Mitsuhide.

"What about Operation Judgement?" asked Naruto.

"Also a success, as we captured Ta no Kuni and all of Orochimaru's bases within two days and our forces were ready for the retreating Oto forces, when they crossed the broader, where we eliminated half of them and captured the rest" answered Zhuge Liang.

"And the other operations?" asked Naruto.

"Operation Tidal Wave was also a success, as Sun Li and the three Submarine fleets, caught all three docks by surprise and destroyed them and the fleets docked there. According to estimations we achieved ninety-seven percent of our targets", said Saiyuri, where Naruto nodded, pleased at hearing this, before he turned to Fu, to hear her report.

"Operation Cleanings was also a success, where Shibuki and Sumaru forces were able to destroy Kusa's poison researched lab and destroy it and deal severe damage to the village itself, although Kusa's defences were stronger than we expected. Hence they had more trouble than expect" spoke Fu.

Hearing all this, Naruto was pleased that everything went as planned, before he turned to Zhuge Liang again and spoke "And what our situation?"

"Well as planned, we caught the enemy completely off-guard, Kiri forces were the first to retreat, for as soon as they felt you powering up, they began to retreat. The Hannya Clan and the Kusa forces were the second to retreat, although when you used Futsunushi (Japanese Deity of Swords and Lightning) and cut the outer side of the Hokage monument. You cut off their escape route, where our forces, along with the Konoha and Suna forces quickly surrounded them and captured the majority of their forces. The Iwa forces were the next to retreat, where according to Shinobi's that were fighting them, some saw a group of Iwa Shinobi's carrying a wounded, but alive Tsuchikage", spoke Zhuge Liang.

"And you guys say, I'm too stubborn to die" muttered Naruto, where the others could not help but agree with him. After which Naruto then asked what they were doing with the captured enemy Shinobi's.

Zhuge Liang then went on to explain, that they had taken over the responsibilities of all the Oto and Kiri Shinobi's prisoners. Where they planned to bring the prisoners back to one of their concentration camps and interrogate them, to learn, who were true followers of Orochimaru and Shiro and who were simply force or tricked to follow them.

"What about, Oto forces, Orochimaru, Guren and Kabuto?" asked Naruto

"Well The Oto forces were completely wiped out, where we capture or killed about ninety percent of them, the remaining ten percent were able to somehow escape and made it back to Ta no Kuni boarders. Although as I said earlier they were then ambushed by forces at Ta no Kuni", answered Okatsu.

"I was then able to capture Guren, although she was severally wounded from out battle and is currently in a drugged induced coma", spoke Soifon.

"But what about Orochimaru and Kabuto?" asked Naruto.

"Regretfully Orochimaru escaped, with the help of Kabuto who somehow was able to free himself your paralysation seal, and as we were distracted from your battle the Yondaime, we believe Kabuto then took him away", answered Zhuge Liang.

At hearing this Naruto frowned, "Damn it, I should have killed that son of a bitch when I had the chance" muttered Naruto angrily.

"Well if you had let us help you instead of letting your ego getting the better of you they might not have escaped", spoke Soifon, as she was still angry at Naruto.

"Soifon!" scolded Okatsu.

"No, she right…I did let my ego and bitterness with the Yondaime and the Sandaime, get the better of me" said Naruto, as he knew he needed a cold dose of reality.

"And how do you feel towards the Yondaime now?" asked Zhuge Liang.

"I haven't forgiven him if that is what you're asking me, and as far as I'm concern he is my father in blood only, but I don't really hate him anymore, as he couldn't let me hate him in peace" spoke Naruto with a slight frown.

"What do you mean by that" asked Yuffie with a slightly confused look.

"Before he died again, he told me that he was proud of what I've become and that he loves no matter how I feel towards him" spoke Naruto with slight frown, although Zhuge Liang smiled a little, as he was glad that Naruto finally ride himself of his hatred towards his father. As he felt that Naruto would never unite the Elemental continent and people in a true united alliance, as long as he had hatred in his heart. That was why he agreed to allow Naruto fight his father by himself, as he felt once Naruto fought and defeated his father, like a forest fire that was corned in one place with no fuel, he would burn out his hatred and finally move pass it.

"But even if Orochimaru escaped, we still accomplished eighty-five percent out of objectives here, as we've won a major victory here, besides even the most laid out of plans, rarely ever goes exactly as planned. Not to mention our casualty rate was much lower than we had thought possible" spoke Zhuge Liang.

"What was the casualty rate for our forces?" asked Naruto.

"Five percent, three percent being dead and two precent being wounded" replied Zhuge Liang.

At this Naruto closed his eyes, considering that about twenty-five hundred New Kumo Shinobi's were in action in this battle, which meant that seventy-five of their Shinobi's were dead and fifty were wounded. Naruto knew he should be thankful that their loses were so low, he still didn't likely hearing that he led a seventy-five men and women to their deaths.

"Have their bodies been found?" asked Naruto.

"Hai, and we have already sent word to their families in New Kumo, so that when we return their families will know" answered Saiyuri.

"Very good, when you have time I like to see the list of their names and photo's" replied Naruto, as he felt that the least he could do was know who they were.

"I send you a list later on" replied Saiyuri, where Naruto just nodded, before he spoke again.

"So else anything happen, while I was out?" asked Naruto.

"Well there have be some disputes and fights between our Shinobi's and some Konoha Shinobi's and the Civilian population, once your identity was revealed" spoke Taira, where Naruto only scoffed as he wasn't the least bit surprised at that.

"Also as you expected someone on the council gather a group of naive Chunins and had them try and arrest you on things like destroying the village and breaking your banishment", spoke Takara.

At hearing this, Naruto only scoffed again, as he had indeed expected this as well, after which he then looked up to his wives and smile, "And may I ask what happened those individuals?"

"Oh we thought them a lesson, they won't soon forget, as we thought them the error of their ways" said Yuffie with a smile.

"After which the Hokage arrested the Council member, who ordered them, a Council member Akira and stripped him of his position and confiscated his holdings in the hopes of appeasing us" said Fu.

Naruto of course smiled, as he couldn't imagine, that to happen to a better person. After which he had the others continue, where they told him how, there was still a few fights between some Konoha Ninja's and Civilian and their Shinobi's. Along with that, they told him about how a mob gathered at the Hospital and tried to get him, but were stopped by some of their Shinobi's, with the assistance of the Hinata, Konohamaru and their Clan's. After hearing this Naruto planned to thank both of them when he saw them.

The others then went on to tell him how several people like Jiraiya, Sakura, Kakashi, Hinata, Konohamaru, Tsunade, Iruka and most of the Konoha eleven tried to visit him, when he slept, but were refused access, each time.

For the next two days nothing much happened, although after being in the Hospital for so long, Naruto was inching to get out of the hospital, as he was tired of being stuck in bed. Currently he was now listening to a report from Zhuge Liang, about the conditions of their Shinobi's, and how they were being transported to the airships.

At the same time, Unohana Retsu was doing a detail check up on Naruto, to see how his body had recovered from his battle, once Zhuge Liang had finished his report, Retsu had finished her examine.

"Well Unohana-san how am I?" asked Naruto, although he already knew the answer to it.