Saga of Tanya the Kunoichi

Hiruzen saw the figure on top of the building. The evil chakra emanating from it makes Hiruzen feel like he's being pressed from both sides. The 5 dark-red appendages formed from Tsuyu's hair sways in the air, with the red moon as back light.

No! If only Jiraiya is here!

Hiruzen is wracking his brain on what to do. His only chance is to use a shadow clone and use the Reaper Death Seal on both of them at the same time. Minato and Kushina will not forgive him for sure. But he has to do it for the sake of the village.

Naruto at this moment has stopped attacking. Instead he just looked towards the figure far away.

HAHAHA! MY OTHER HALF! Together, we will destroy everything!

Kyuubi inside of Naruto felt elated, feeling his half's chakra.

Tanya is her demonic form gathers chakra on all her four limbs. Akin to a beast she flickered to where Naruto is, crumbling the ground she stood on.

Whoosh! Like a dark-red comet she crashed onto the ground meters away from Naruto, causing shockwaves to blast dust and debris. Hiruzen covered his face - but his gaze watched with fear. Afraid of the upcoming battle against two jinchuriki that had lost it.

She stood, her dark-red claws brandished as she locked eyes with the transformed Naruto.

Huh?! No… it can't be! She is in control!

Kyuubi realised it as he felt Tanya's angry gaze and clarity in her red iris. He doesn't want to believe a 7 years old child can control his other half's power so perfectly!

"WAKE UP, NII-SAN!". Tanya shouted almost with anger, like scolding a child who had done something so wrong.

ROOARRR!!! 

Naruto roared angrily at Tanya. He charged forward as his claws expanded and stretched out, wanting to tear her apart!

Tanya gnashed her teeth as use the same limb to clash with Naruto! Shockwaves from their powerful move cause more debris to flush towards Hiruzen.

"Tsuyu!". Hiruzen is in shock, bewildered even. 

She is in control!

Hiruzen's brain almost went blank from seeing the situation in front of him. He can't fathom how a 7 years old child can control such power.

Naruto tails each rush towards Tanya, with each of them forming claws wanting to grab and slam her.

Tanya's own 5 strips of hair representing her tails each mirrored Naruto's attack stopping them!

Another blast of shockwave impacted the surrounding area as the two clashed with each other. Craters formed from sheer pressure between the two. The ground beneath the two cracked inch by inch.

"WAKE. UP!". Tanya roared again.

She sends chakra to her feet and uses body flicker directly to Naruto, causing the ground beneath to explode. Naruto's multiple attacks each missed her, altering the terrain at the same time. Tanya already arrived in front of him.

Tanya raises both his arms, it expands and extends into two large fists as it slammed down hard!

BOOM!!!

Naruto's entire body is slammed into the ground causing a web-like crater around him. As Naruto raised his body on all four shakily, all his tails went to attack Tanya, but she used her own 'tails' to grab onto and hold them in place.

Tanya comes close, face to face with Naruto.

"NII-SAN!", Tanya shook his shoulders, as if wanting him to come back to his senses.

Naruto let out a deafening roar. He's struggling against Tanya. He tried to claw at her. Tanya grabs his wrist tight.

"Nii-san… please come back to your senses!".

Rooarr…. Roaar… Naruto's low roar akin to a weeping cry. His eyes look at Tanya, as if letting out his sadness and pain deep inside.

Nii-san…

She saw tears flowing from the transformed Naruto's eyes for a second, before it vaporised instantly. And she finally understands, to a certain extent Naruto hides a deep pain and sadness inside, causing all this.

And a part of this is her fault for not realising it. She should have given more attention to him.

"I am here now… nii-san. Wake up…". 

Rooar… roooarr… 

Tanya felt Naruto's struggle weakening… he's just roaring softly now. 

Tanya feels like she's close to having Naruto back. She had to do something to comfort him more, she never has done this before but she felt like it's what Naruto needed right now.

She stepped closer and pulled him close, wrapping him in her arms. Naruto roared more… but it sounded more like a cry.

Hiruzen watches from afar, overlooking the siblings. His shock is already over, and he's not sure if he should be impressed, scared, relieved or bewildered. But as he watched Tsuyu's back, wrapping her arms around her twin brother, Hiruzen felt a tugging in his heart.

He almost saw both Kushina and Minato's shadow behind her.

Minato… your daughter will surpass you. Hiruzen thought inwardly.

Naruto's chakra slowly recedes… His form gradually returned to more human appearance. The tails slowly shrink and disappear.

"Naruto…", Tanya's own chakra cloak form recedes as she lets go of her emotions and feels relieved. 

Tanya looks at the now collapsed Naruto in her arms. He is still unconscious. Both of them had their skins burned off, though Naruto had it worse.

Tanya checked his pulse and other life signs quickly.

Tanya is not sure if Naruto is truly okay or not, seeing his weak state. She turned over to Hiruzen. She's sure the Hokage will probably talk to her later but it's not like she did anything wrong and even provided her service.

"Sandaime-sama… Naruto needed medical attention". Tanya said respectfully.

Hiruzen is trying to form words as he looks with a complicated expression towards her and Naruto.

Hiruzen turned to the side, calling the beaten and battered ANBU nearby.

"Make sure what happened just now never leaks out. Give the message to all". He nods and disappears with a body flicker.

Hiruzen called the other ANBU to bring the siblings to medic. Naruto's rampage is stopped, but now he needs to get onto the Uchiha side. 

The ANBU went to the siblings, "Come you two, we will get you both checked".

Tanya and the unconscious Naruto are treated by ANBU medic corp; though the sealing squad and Yamato are on standby ready to intervene in case anything happens.

Fortunately both of them are fine. Tanya's body is bandaged all over due the burns on her skin. She felt really exhausted, and her body felt pain all over. But it must have been worse for his brother.

She looks at Naruto wrapped up like a mummy on the bed. She sat on the chair next to him, waiting for him to wake up.

Sigh… 

I am not fit to raise someone after all.

Tanya thought inwardly, blaming her inadequacy.

***

Hiruzen arrived at the Uchiha compound, finding them littered with corpses with eyes gouged out. He sees masked ANBU - or rather, ROOT members in the perimeter.

Danzo appears from the darkness.

'Danzo… it's you… isn't it', Hiruzen doesn't need to turn around to know who it is.

Danzo looked blandly at Hiruzen.

"Itachi Uchiha has massacred his own clan… He is now classified as S -class missing nin".

'I see. You and your schemes…'.

"Hmph. The Uchiha deserves this. I am proven right, Hiruzen. The 9 tails is controlled by them".

Hiruzen couldn't reply, because he had to agree on the matter. But he cannot openly say it and put the blame all towards Danzo.

'From now, your Root division is dissolved. You have taken your own initiative without my order, undermining my position as the Hokage…'.

"...Tch. What I have done is for the good of Konoha. Remember that, Hiruzen…".

***

Uchiha Compound 

Itachi, Fugaku, along with ANBU members with them, relatively easily subdue the rebels. The sudden appearance of 9 tails jinchuriki losing control outside does not stop the fight among the Uchihas.

As Itachi subdued the last member of the Uchiha rebel, he felt his mind exhausted and out of ideas. Fugaku as well, had to accept their fate.

The rebels had claimed their involvement with the 9 tails outbreak, and the ANBU are listening. They cannot escape the blame.

Danzo suddenly appears from the dark. His eyes locked with Itachi's. The two had already talked before behind Hiruzen's back. And Itachi knew what had to be done… and that, at least Sasuke will be safe.

Fugaku looked at Danzo, then at Itachi. The ROOT members had all surrounded them. The Uchiha members supporting Fugaku look bewildered, as if they felt betrayed by the village.

"Fugaku-sama! The village- they-", one of the Uchiha spoke.

Fugaku raised one hand, stopping him.

"It's useless to speak. It's over for us. We cannot escape the blame this time…", Fugaku said solemnly.

"Itachi… compared to our pain, it is nothing compared to yours". Fugaku kneeled on the ground in surrender, submitting himself to be executed. He already knows the details of Itachi's initial given order.

'...'.

"Even if the outcome doesn't change, I am proud of you, Itachi".

Itachi had tears in his eyes as he shakily took his blade out. The ROOT members began their slaughter… 

Tobi sneakily joined the slaughter as well and harvested as much sharingan as he could.

Meanwhile, in Konoha's shelter the ANBU and shinobi dispersed. That the 9 tails rampage is over and everything is already under control. Everyone is let out.

Sasuke immediately ran off to the Uchiha compound… but what awaits him are corpses of his clans and even his parents. 

He met his brother Itachi, but instead of the kind brother he used to know, it's no longer him. 

"Otouto-yo…", Itachi let Sasuke with cold eyes as he stood in front of Fugaku and Mikoto's corpse. Sasuke suffered through everything just like in the original.

Itachi met Hiruzen before his departure, informing him about his plans after. 

"Itachi, your sacrifice will be remembered. I will not change the password to the barrier. You can always come in to check on Sasuke", Hiruzen said as he look out to the village.

Itachi will join Akatsuki and keep tabs on the 'Uchiha Madara', as he is the main culprit of the 9 tails outbreak. Tobi thought nothing of it, since Itachi still slayed his clan with his hands and had nowhere else to go. He can still use his power for his cause.

***

After letting Itachi leave, Hiruzen went to check up on Tsuyu and Naruto.

He went to Tsuyu's side, who's watching unconscious Naruto in bed. He's not sure what to say or where to begin the conversation.

Tanya stood and bowed respectfully to him as he approached.

"Sandaime-sama".

'No need for formality… Instead, I would like to thank you. If you had not interfered, more damage and loss would have happened'.

'Sandaime-sama, I am only doing my duty as Konoha's shinobi; and… as Naruto's sister'.

Hiruzen let out a smile. The new generation is in good hands, despite today's disaster, he sees hope in the future.

'You haven't graduated yet, so you are not a shinobi for now', Hiruzen said jokingly, trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere and his own heart.

'But your heart already is. With you around, I can feel at ease. You inherited the will of fire from your parents… you will be a great shinobi and I can entrust Konoha's future with you'.

Hiruzen also thought that the same will of fire and her love for Naruto is what enables her to control the power of Kyuubi inside of her.

"Sandaime-sama, I am unworthy of your praise". Tanya said respectfully.

'Though, you are too rigid. Hahaha. Perhaps, you can learn to be more unserious from your brother', Hiruzen said with an amused laugh.

Hiruzen sighed as he looked at the unconscious boy on the bed.

'You are mature, and I believe I should treat you like an adult. However, some things, even as adults, we can have hindsight.

'You are bright. And I have seen your performance in the academy and your hard work as well. However…'.

'Your brother, is different from you, as you are aware…'

'He is a lonely person…, and needs more attention and care from you'.

Tanya digested Hiruzen's words, understanding the fact.

'I hope you can always keep watch on your brother. He needs guidance, and he needs love and company more. I believe you can do it, Tsuyu-kun. I am sorry for asking this from you, but in my eyes, you are not just a 7 years old child. I believe you can bear this responsibility'.

"I understand. I will do my best and not disappoint you Sandaime-sama".

He nods seeing Tanya's acceptance of such heavy responsibility.

'I also believe you understand the importance of secrecy on what happened. So I wouldn't need to explain. I will talk to you more later, especially about the power you have used'.

Hiruzen turned around ready to leave.

'The academy will be suspended for a week meanwhile. Take this time to spend it with Naruto once he wakes up… he needs it'.

Tanya nodded and bowed respectfully.

'I have other important matters to attend to, I will leave him to you Tsuyu-kun'.

Hiruzen left the medical room… despite his own tiredness and weariness, he headed towards his office to deal with the aftermath of today's event…