A/N Ok I know it's been a while since I've done anything but while the story ideas have been running around in my head I just haven been feeling up to it. Now however since I have literally nothing to do for the next month or so I figured what the hay may as well.

Caleb: Yeah finally it's about time… This isn't Harry Potter.

Me: Nope. Sorry Caleb I do have tons of ideas for your story it's just that I want to try something and well I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not so I'm doing this in the meantime. Just so we are clear I will do my best to avoid Japanese terms however if I think a jutsu or name sounds better in Japanese I will use it. So without further ado onto the chapter.

"Italics"=thoughts

Bold= Bjuu talking

Bold Italics= Bjuu thinking

"Italic underlined"= telepathy

"Underlined"=jutsu

Chapter 1: Tamotsu and the journey back

This can't be possible. No man could be this strong not even the legendary Madara Uchiha. But looking around at the devastation there is no denying it. Even with all 5 kages plus the first four hokages Orochimaru brought back and the snake sannin himself we should have enough power to beat any opponent. Throw in the fact we have pretty much every ninja in the elemental nations here this guy should be a breeze. I look around again at all the dead bodies from my position on the boulder I had been smashed into and my eyes pause on one in particular. One with blonde hair wearing orange that is being tended to by a girl with pink hair wearing a red outfit. Naruto and Sakura. One the jinchuriki of the kyubi the other one of the greater, if not the greatest medic nin since Tsunade. Naruto was our heavy hitter. He was our trump card until the hokages showed up but even they can't do anything against Madara. As strange as it may seem I believed that Naruto was the only one capable of ending this war but it seems like it may be the end of him.

I move off of the rock wincing and resisting the urge to scream in pain as agony shoots through my body.

"Easy there Tamotsu. You took a beating from that attack." A female voice sounds from inside my head.

"Oh hey Sakuya you've been quiet" I reply as I ease myself to the ground. My name is Tamotsu Tsume. I am a shinobi of the leaf except I didn't exactly become one the normal way. I too am a jinchuriki like Naruto but as far as everyone is concerned I'm one to a demon that does not exist. Her name is Sakuya. I'm certain that's not her real name but she won't tell me it or where she came from. She came up with the name to honour the leaf village or at least that's what she says.

"Well excuse me for trying to keep you alive." She responds quite annoyed. "I'm not as good at this as Kurama is I actually need to focus on what I'm healing rather than just having my chakra run through you." The pain starts to lessen but only slightly. I won't be getting back into the fight any time soon. At least not without some extra healing.

I slowly make my way over to Naruto and Sakura. Madara tried to take the kyubi, otherwise known as Kurama, from Naruto. Had he succeeded the process would have killed him just like it does to every other jinchuriki. Thankfully I managed to break the chain but doing so resulted in me getting blasted. By what I'm not entirely sure but I think it was a wind jutsu because they are the only type of techniques that can crush someone without leaving any signs unlike the other elements which either burn you, smash you with a rock or make you wet. I am really starting to hate the sharingan. It was bad enough when Sasuke had it let alone the others. Itachi, Tobi, Madara. Each one with a sharingan and each stronger than the last.

It's not until I end up next to them that I speak. "How is he?" I ask looking over him. He is still breathing thankfully but it seems those chains managed to do something even if I did break them. Sakura doesn't even look up at me as she responds focusing completely on Naruto. I don't blame her she probably has the same feeling I do. If Naruto dies we lose.

"I don't really know" she says. "Best I can tell his entire chakra system is out of alignment. Both his chakra and Kyubi's are fluctuating wildly and it doesn't look like it will stop anytime soon." While she is talking I manage to get a good look at her. She is incredibly tired. I'm not surprised. She has expended more chakra than anyone else outside the kages and Naruto. "Tamotsu?" she calls out to me breaking my train of thought.

"Yes Sakura?" I reply as she look up at me, the green glow surrounding her hands never fading.

"Do you think we can win?" Her question shocks me. This didn't sound like Sakura. My thoughts must have shown on my face because she continued "If the 5 kage couldn't beat Madara and Naruto is down what hope do we have?"

Before I can answer her she gasps looking behind me. I turn and see a fire dragon heading right for us. This thing must be three times as big as a normal flame dragon and a lot faster. I react as quickly as possible flashing through hand seals as I step in front of Naruto and Sakura before slapping my hands on the ground. "Shadow style: Black Barrier" I pour as much chakra into the technique as I dare as shadows from all around me darken and leap in front of me forming a shield. It barely holds and as I let it drop I look around seeing hundreds of these dragons attacking other people. Some manage to form barriers or counter it with water jutsu but others aren't so lucky. How can one man have this much chakra without carrying a tailed beast? It makes me thankful for my own because if I didn't have Sakuya then I would not have been able to stop that attack. The unique jutsu I am able to use helps too. Being able to bend shadows and darkness to my will in a way that makes Naras jealous is definitely an upside even if it took years to master it to a level where it was usable.

I stumble back to Sakura my body burning from forcing the chakra through my already strained pathways as my muscles scream in protest at the speed I just forced out of them. "To tell you the truth Sakura" I say as I collapse to the ground next to her waving her of before she can attempt to heal me. "I'm not entirely sure. Had we still had Naruto and been at full power I'd say of course." I stop, wincing, as something inside me shifts as Sakuya continues healing me. I'm glad she hasn't decided to chew me out after stopping that. "As we are now though" I continue "with Naruto down and having already fought Tobi and the Jubii? I don't like our odds" Sakura looks at me depressed when I finish so I try my best to give her a grin worthy of the man lying unconscious next to us. "But hey when has that ever stopped us huh?" I ask still holding that smile "We are ninja of the leaf and our will of fire will never die." I manage to get a small smile and a nod of determination from her before she turns her attention back to Naruto lifting his shirt to look at his seal which is pulsating with a red glow. "That must be Kurama trying to help stabilise Naruto." I say looking at his seal. "It doesn't seem to be damaged so that's good. I don't know if anything has changed since I haven't gotten the chance to look at it after he mastered that chakra mode but it looks normal" I stop talking and start looking around keeping an eye out for any more attacks. I don't want to risk something happening if Sakura has to stop her medical jutsu which means, as much as I hate it, I have to stay here and protect them. Everyone else has their hands full and probably wouldn't be strong enough to do it anyway. Thankfully we seem to near the edge of the battlefield so anything getting us here is unlikely.

I'm once again drawn out of my thoughts by Sakura asking me a question. "Tamotsu how do you know so much about seals?"

I turn to look at her. "You're asking me now? In the middle off a battle? While you are healing Naruto?"

She shrugs and looks at me sheepishly before muttering "Please? I can do both and I'd like a bit of normalcy."

I sigh and turn back towards the battle before replying. "I'm not your average jinchuriki. In most cases the sealing of a demon needs a sacrifice even if it is just the previous host." I pause gathering my thoughts before continuing. "Sakuya on the other hand needed me. According to her she had been in a fight with Kurama at one point before the founding of the Leaf village. She won't tell me what it was about but suffice to say she got her butt kicked and Kurama ripped her tails off." I pause once again waiting for Sakuya to interject but she seems to be busy fixing me up. Once I'm sure she isn't going to speak I continue my story. "Sakuya slept to try and conserve chakra while her tails regrew but it didn't fully work."

This time I'm interrupted by Sakura who is apparently paying closer attention than I expected her to. "How come?"

I sigh and answer her "She said it had something to do with Kurama's chakra messing with hers"

"But you don't believe that?" Say what you want about her she is smart.

I look at her over my shoulder. "Not really, they are both demons so I don't understand how it could affect her as bad as it did. Sure there are differences between each demons chakra but is still recognisable as demonic" I shrug and look back towards the battlefield seeing more jutsu being thrown around and my mood darkens. "Anyway she woke up shortly after Kurama attacked Konoha feeling extremely weak and her chakra fading. That's how my mom found her. Sakuya has no idea how she did it and my mom won't tell me but she did with me in her arms not even a month old."

"Where were you coming from?"

"Again I don't know. Sakuya can't remember where she was hiding and neither of my parents will tell me. So my mom told Sakuya she could save her if she agreed to be sealed into me"

"Your own mother volunteered you for that?" Sakura cries outraged knowing all too well how jinchuriki are treated.

"She didn't have much of a choice. My chakra was attacking my body and it was slowly killing me. I wouldn't have made it to my first birthday.

"Oh" That got rid of any anger she may of had.

"Sakuya agreed and my mom began the sealing process." I pause and chuckle slightly.

"What?"

"Seals can do a lot of things if you know how to use them. Isn't it ironic that the only seals that can work on a baby are ones that doom it to being a monster in the eyes of the public? Only a baby can adapt to a demons chakra which is what powers the seal. A baby's chakra coils aren't developed enough to power any seals on its own so my mom couldn't use her knowledge to save me."

"I can't imagine how she must have felt"

"Course you can. I'm feeling it right now. The sheer hopelessness of only being able to watch while those you care about struggle to stay alive." I try to keep the anger and bitterness out of my voice but it seeps in anyway. It's taking energy to simply remain standing.

"Tamotsu I'm sorry…" She trails off not knowing what to say.

"No I am. You asked me how I know seals right?" I don't wait for an answer "Well it should be obvious I learnt from my mother. Due to the lack of a sacrifice my seal isn't as strong as Narutos but it is stronger than what Gaara's was. Instead of the standard single seal I have three. One on my stomach for the chakra. One over my heart for the body." I continue quickly before she asks what I mean. "And one on my forehead to protect my mind"

"I still don't…"

"I'm getting there. You see when she was sealed Sakuya's chakra was fluctuating wildly. The fluctuations ended up escaping my coils and flooding every cell in my body. It was like all off the 8 gates being blown open at once. For a baby that is a very painful thing so my mom created the seal on my chest. It essentially keeps Sakuya's chakra from killing me and instead it help keep me alive. The downside is until Sakuya fully recovered and adapted to my chakra system I could blow up the house attempting a bunshin. So for the first 10 years of my life my chakra slowly started to change until I could use those shadow jutsus. During that time in order to make sure I didn't get bored and try using my chakra anyway my mom taught me about sealing" I trail off my story finally over. It was nowhere near my life story but hopefully it distracted Sakura like she wanted

"Wow both you and her must be experts on sealing if you spent so long studying it" The awe in Sakura's voice is clear and I can't help but smile.

"You'd think so but while my mum is a genius when it comes to seals the same doesn't apply to me. Sakuya's chakra will always fluctuate and while it is small enough now to not make any difference when water walking or tree climbing it means I can't create seals. I can use them no problem and I understand a lot more than most jonin other than that?" I shrug. "I think it's worth it though. I get boosted chakra reserves, a healing ability and a chakra nature only I can use. It's like I have my own kekkei genkai." I turn and smile at Sakura. "So any change?" I nod towards Naruto.

"No" Sakura looks down and sighs the green glow around her hands fading. "His chakra is stabilizing but even if it does he won't be waking up anytime soon"

"I could probably do something that might help" I jump slightly as Sakuya speaks up.

"Really what?" I ask in my head curious as to what idea Sakuya has and why she only chose now to speak up.

"Well if you channel some chakra to your hand and place it on the seal I could use that to jump into Naruto's seal. If I was in there I could help Kurama speed up the stabilization process and possibly wake Naruto up while I'm at it."

"And how would pumping more chakra into him help?"

"Oh give me some credit. You won't be pumping it into him as you so eloquently put it. I'll just be using it as a way to transfer my mind into the seal. If anyone knows about fluctuating chakra it's me. You may want to tell your friend to move on the backlash could prove harmful to non-jinchuriki and she is needed elsewhere"

Bottom of Form

Guess I can't really argue with that. I quickly explain the idea to Sakura and while she is reluctant to leave Naruto he is pretty much in the clear at this point and she knows she could be of better use in the battle.

"So help me if something happens to him not even Sakuya will be able to save you" With that threat she leaves heading towards the out bursts of chakra.

Feeling incredibly nervous for a reason I cannot quite place I channel the little chakra I have left watching its black colour surround my hand like a corrupted healing technique. Slowly, having never touched someone else directly with my chakra before, I place my hand on Naruto's glowing red seal.

*Inside Naruto's seal*

Sakuya appears inside cavern that represents the seal looking like a giant black panther but instead of a single tail Sakuya has numerous tails fading in and out of existence going from zero all the way up to ten.

"You'd think the kid would clean up this place" she mutters slowly walking through the water towards the cage wall on the far side of the room. "Kuso the seal closed itself when the kid got knocked out. I was hoping this would be easy"

"What are you doing here Sakuya?" A red fox appears behind the bars 9 tails swaying behind him.

"Kurama. Oh I am glad you are awake I need your help."

"What could you possibly need my help for?"

"Oh zip it you stubborn fox unlike you I paid attention to the humans over the years."

"Yeah when you weren't taking a cat nap." Kurama chuckles behind the bars as Sakuya growls at him.

"Damn kitsune will you just give me your tails?" Sakuya snaps at Kurama who, at her request, stops laughing.

"You can't honestly be trying to…" He starts before being cut off.

"We can't win this war like this as soon as Madara got resurrected we were doomed to failure. I have studied how humans utilize their chakra. If I alter it and add your power we can take our hosts back and they can stop the loss of innocent lives over the years"

"I hope you know that had this not been Naruto I would never do this." His 9 red tails reach through the bars and grab on to Sakuya's much thinner ones.

"I know" Both demons focus their chakra causing ripples in the water.

*Outside*

Barely a second had passed before Tamotsu knew something was wrong. His body felt like it was on fire and he closed his eyes against the pain that combined with his lack of chakra the beating he took earlier and the pain when he blocked the dragon caused him to pass out not noticing the black and red chakra surrounding them.

When Tamotsu woke up it was with a splitting headache. Opening his eyes revealed it to be morning. Which was odd since the moon was in the sky a minute ago. Blinking Tamotsu tried looking around and what he saw almost sent his mind into shock. He was sitting atop the Hokage monument. One that did not have Tsunade's face on it. Looking over a Konoha which should have been completely destroyed by Jubii's bjuudama. But what shocked him the most was the sight next to him. Lying in his side in an orange jumpsuit was a 10 year old Naruto Uzumaki.

"SAKUYA! What in the name of Kami did you do?!"

A/N

And done. I started this at midnight and it is now 4 am. Not bad for four hours work. Especially since it is just the first chapter. So read and review tell me if you noticed anything wrong but please keep in mind the time I wrote this. See you next time.