Chapter Three

Before I start this chapter, I would like to thank painfuldante for his/her input, I had noticed the Anbu thing, and know I misspell words, I'm horrible at English, never been good at it, and haven't made the time to really read through and check everything.

Secondly, I would like to apologize for the length of time it took to get this out, my phone broke, which is my source of internet, after I got it fixed, my computer updated, and deleated all the work I had done, then I threw a hissy fit for a weak or so (Playing Assassin's Creed) and when I finally pulled my head out of my ass, I rushed to get this out. Sorry for the delay, and shortness of the chapter, I will try to get them out quicker, however, I can make no promises, between my job and everything else that has been going on in my life, it may not be possible.

Also, expect slightly darker chapters, my, eh, biological father, who I only claim because his name is on the certificate, and I'm pretty sure is molesting my sisters, but I have no real proof so I can't exactly turn him in for it, anyway, it's safe to say I loath him, and he's come down, probably be around for a week or so, so I'll most likely be pissed for the next three weeks or so, and most likely wright darker chapters to take my anger out.

Anyway, enough ranting, you're here to read my little chapter, so, with great pleasure, I say, read on, and hope you enjoy it, leave a review and tell me what you think.

Naruto sat behind his desk, a simple wooden slab supported by four legs, reading through the reports ad stocks. Writing his approval on most thongs, while rejecting few, such as a request to the boys and girls to bath together. He sighed, as more and more of the population began hitting puberty, they began making many ridiculous requests of a sexual nature, he was trying to fin a way to curb this problem.

His thoughts were interrupted with a knock on the door. The door being a circular service shaft entrance made of thick steal. His office, before they converted it to his office was simply a tool closet, which they dug out so it would fit everything he needed. All of the other heads had similar offices spread throughout the House of Shadows. "Enter." He spoke, and watched the door slide open with a slight squeak, being as they had oiled the hinges... A lot. Before, one could barely open the door, and it didn't just squeak, it screeched, the loud shrill sound had echoed through the halls, and promptly terrified several f the younger children. His face twisted in rage at the thought of children, as youg as three, being abandoned on the streets... They'd already had to do away with the bodies of no less than seven young children who'd starved to death before they could get to them.

He heard someone swallow fearfully, and pulled himself out of his musings. "Ah, Toge." Naruto spoke. "Just the one I wanted to see."

Toge shifted nervously. "S-So you know?"

"Know what?" Naruto asked.

Toge paled a bit. "I-I ordered a small raid on a few food stalls..." He said, looking down in shame. "A-A ninja spotted the two and attacked."

"I see..." Naruto said and closed his eyes. "On died didn't they?"

Toge nodded. "Y-Yes... They both made it back... But Basuto, one of the newer ones... He sucumed to his wounds a few hours after they returned... Chokoreto is in shock, she has a broken arm, three broken ribs, four fractured, several bones in her left foot are broken and her left shin has been fractured..."

Naruto looked at Suzuya, who was standing beside the brown haired boy. "Will she..."

"She will survive, yes. However, her being able to stay as a warrior... That is not certain." Suzuya looked down. "We don't have the skill to be certain, and to bring her to the hospital would be suspicious, no doubt the civilian council could try and track us through that."

"They're being more troublesome are they?" Naruto muttered with a sinister grin, he then turned to Toge and frowned. "Toge." He spoke. "You are going to have men begin monitoring the village. We need to find which shinobi are more likely to simply attack, and other who will just run us off. Get their names, and their faces. I want a record of every shinobi in the village, I want to know their most common places to go, and their homes. I want it by the end of the month. You will also instruct our people not to engage shinobi unless absolutely unavoidable. We cannot be having this happen again. Our raids will be more watchful, with no less than four teams of two, three to keep guard, and one to collect. This will NOT happen again. We cannot be so careless in the future. We created this place, to keep them safe, not lead them into slaughter, and while I do not believe that you intended this to happen, the fact still stands, both you and I have been far to careless in this matter. We may not be shinobi, however, we will operate like a true shinobi. Working in the shadows, and plotting carefully, and thoroughly."

Toge nodded. His jaw clenched and his eyes burning in determination. "Yes Kitsunekage." He said with a bow. "And you said you wanted to see me?"

"Ah, yes. Redouble our efforts in bringing in the lost and abandoned. Finding bodies of young children is no longer something we should have to deal with. I want a squad set aside purely for that."

"Do we need more men?" The brown haired boy asked.

"No." The Kitsunekage replied. "We do not. However, protecting them is why I've done all this, If I do not continue trying, then all this is hollow, and empty. We are the House of Shadows my friend, we take those in, who have been abandoned by the light."

Toge nodded. "It will be done."

"Good. That is all, you may go, Suzuya? Is there something you needed?"

"No Naruto-kun." She replied, with a smirk as Toge left the room. "I just came with him, though... I guess I was wondering about you and Buraia?"

Naruto winced. That had been the reason he had began his paperwork so early... Without clones. He'd been trying to get his thoughts off the girl, as well as the strange possessiveness he'd acquired. "What about me and Buraia?" He asked, forcing the emotions off his face.

"Well, you two were acting very friendly yesterday. Something going on?"

Naruto shook his head. "I'm not sure exactly what you're implying Suzuya." Naruto stated. "Though I will admit that I have been having some random thoughts and... Feelings perhaps, that I don't understand."

"Like what?" Suzuya asked.

Naruto sighed and made a clone, which locked the door and activated a silencing seal. "I've been feeling... Possessive..." He muttered. "Like I want to own something... Someone. But that goes against my entire nature. Humans are meant to be free... So... Why am I feeling this way?" He looked up at Suzuya with a look in his eyes that she never thought that she'd see. Fear. "A-Am I becoming a monster?"

Suzuya shook her head. "I don't think it would be possible for you to become a monster. It's probably just an effect of the Kitsune, I would be surprised if it didn't effect you, I'd bet that's why you have your whisker marks."

Naruto sighed and looked down. "So... It's his fault..." He sighed. "I guess I need to have a talk with him. Hope he's not still pissed... Last time he was ranting and raving about how pathetic humans were, and I reminded him that he was defeated by one."

Suzuya chuckled. "I suppose that's true. I suppose I need to go and get everyone started on lunch."

Naruto smiled. "I'll see you there."

"Kitsunekage-sama."

Naruto glanced at the boy who was kneeling before him. "Report."

"Hai! He lives in the southern district of Konaha, near the Inuzaka compound."

Narut nodded, knowing the aria. "And his file?"

The boy pulled a small book from his pocket and handed it over.

"Thank you." Naruto spoke. "Report to Toge, then take a few days off."

"Hai Kitsunekage!" He said, and leaped back, vanishing from sight.

"What are you going to do kit?"

Naruto smirked. "Nice of you to wake Kitsune. As for what I'm going to be doing... He killed one of mine, I understand that stealing is against the law, so I can fault no one for simply keeping order, but killing a child is taking it to far. I cannot let that slide, and the fact that he was under MY protection simply makes it worse. He will suffer for this."

"And how will you make him suffer?"

"I am rather proficient in the more powerful genjutsu. I think I'll torture him with nightmares."

The nine tailed fox demon let out a roaring laughter. "You're becoming more bloodthirsty! Soon enough you wont even care about these useless insects!"

Naruto laughed softly. "You don't understand..." Naruto muttered, as he made his way towards the exit while reading the file. "I'm not bloodthirsty. I'm violent because I care. If you had someone to protect, you would be too."

The fox grunted and receded back into his mind, going silent once again.

Naruto slipped out of the sewer, silently scanning the old run down building. Seeing nothing, he checked the seals around the building, seeing that they were all in good condition, he took off, shooting through night silently, the blond Kitsunekage sped across the rooftops, his destination set in his mind. He slipped past the ANBU unnoticed, then noticed Root agents sulking about, his grin grew as he dove off the roof and buried a kunai into the neck of one agent and dashed away before anyone noticed. Heh, I guess I am a bit bloodthirsty... He thought, looking around. Then again, putting those mindless drones out of their misery is a service to them. They can't really be classified as human anymore. Only empty husks. He darted across a street, and with his excellent hearing, heard the cursing of an ANBU, who had stumbled upon the Root agent. Naruto's grin stretched wider still as he ghosted around shinobi left and right. What will you do now Donzo? The Hokage will not be happy with this.

Narut arrived at the house of his target, his eyes scanned the area around, he made the ram sign and whispered. "Black Lotus stage three." Using his improved sight he scanned everything again, not seeing any real defense or alarm seals he smirked, and slipped inside, silently moving through the house, he performed a seal-less Henge, and slipped into the man's bedroom, closing the door just loud enough for the man to wake.

The man sat up with a start, his eyes widened when they fell on Naruto, who looked like Itachi Uchiha. Naruto opened is eyes, showing his Henge's sharingon.

The man began to panic, scrambling back as he slipped into a genjutsu. Once the Jutsu was set, Naruto vanished from the house, leaving the man to live in a constant nightmare, where he was lost in a forest, filled with shadow demons trying to kill him.

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as he slipped back into the House of Shadows, having had set the Genjutsu to start over every time he 'died' and continue for one thousand times. (*)

Naruto slipped into his room, where he found something he wasn't expecting, something he'd been trying to avoid thinking about. Mine. Naruto swallowed. "B-Buraia... What are you doing here?" He asked nervously.

Said girl looked up at him, her eyes filled with emotions foreign to him. "I-

I heard what happened... I wanted to be sure that you were... Okay..." She looked down. "I know you care for us, and I-I was afraid that you'd be tore up over it."

Naruto gave a gentle smile. "I see." He said, and ruffled her hair carefully. Mine. Only mine. "While I am hurting about it, I can't let it bring me down, to many people depend on me, if I fall, I may drag them with me. I can't let that happen. I've already had everyone start to be more careful about how we do things. I don't want anymore deaths." Take her.

Buraia stood from his bed and wrapped her arms around him. "I know... Toge is my brother you know?" She asked as his arms fell around her.

Naruto held her for a moment, his heart racing as he began feeling more and possessive, his arms gripped her tighter, pulling her flush against his body as he buried his face in the crook of her neck, and, unknown to him, who was lost in his own thoughts and trying to find a way out, growled, a low, husky growl. "You are mine."

Three words echoed from the growl into Buraia' ears, causing her to shiver in both excitement and fear. Never before had he been this... Animalistic. She felt his sharpened canines graze against her neck, before his tongue snaked out to taste the flesh, she gave a soft gasp, then a whimper as he began sucking at the soft skin, she began running her hands through his hair. A soft moan escaped her lips as his teeth, once again grazed against her skin, only this time, they didn't leave, instead, they softly bit down, slowly breaking the skin. She let our a quiet yelp, and the blond stiffened for only a second, before he leaped back, his eyes wide in fear, shooting around the room, panic clear on his face.

"I-I d-don't k-nkow what c-came o-over me." He stuttered out. "I-I'm sorry." He managed, before he darted out if the room, the door crashing open, slamming against the wall.

Buraia looked around, slightly dazed, though eve in her dazed state, she felt a bit of pain fluttering near her heart, wishing he had been the one in control. She lowered her head as she slowly made her way out of the room.

Naruto panted as he sank down onto the cliff looking over konaha. He dropped his head into his hands, wishing he could go back and keep himself from doing anything. He closed his eyes, wishing he could blame the Kyuubi, however, he could feel no influence form the giant fox demon. He growled and closed his eyes, entering his mind.

He landed in water, ankle deep, before a large cage, which he knew held the Kyuubi no Kitsune. "YO!" Naruto called, waking the fox.

"What do you want boy?" The fox growled.

"I want you to tel me what's happening to me." Naruto said. "Tell me why I am feeling so possessive of Buraia."

"And why should I tell you?" It asked.

The blond gave a growl. "Because I wa- No, I demand to know. I've been searching and studying for a way to release you, yet you do nothing but cause trouble and withhold information from me. If you want to get out, ever. Then you will stop being secretive. When I ask, you will give. Otherwise, you can forget bout being free. I know this seal will drag you to the Shinigami with me, and you know it will too."

The fox gave a growl. "You're trying to negotiate with me?"

"No. I am warning you. To negotiate would to be put out possibilities. If you keep withholding information, I swear I will make sure that you are bound for the rest of your immortal life."

The kyuubi lifted himself up, glaring down at the boy, and slowly, a crazed grin covered his face. "Finally." He growled. "I will tell you. What is happening, it's simple, your alpha instincts are kicking in, because of the seal that your fool of a father placed on you, may chakra is constantly flowing through you, unchanged, because of this, it is yokai, or demon energy. And it has slowly, been changing you, you will never be a full demon, unless you manage to open the seal and survive, in which case, my chakra would flood your body and complete the conversion, however, you will, and are becoming a half demon. Your, demon instincts will demand that you claim your mates, and you make them know, they are yours, and yours alone."

"And I have no choice in this matter?" Naruto growled.

The Kyuubi looked down at him and laughed. "No matter where you run, or where you hide, you will always be demon. Why is it that you thirst for conflict, that you love a battle? Because your blood calls for war. You, are a monster Naruto Uzumaki. You are meant to kill. Meant to slaughter, any and all that stand in your way! You are shair the blood of the Kyuubi no Kitsune! The greatest, and most powerful demon ever to walk this plane! You Naruto Uzumaki! Are The strongest half demon that has walked this planet. You, have the potential to be stronger than every tailed beast ever made, even me."

Naruto simply glared for a moment. "I see." He spoke in an even tone. "I will use this power to protect those I care about. And if I must fight, I will seek out my enemies, those who would harm my family. I will not become a mindless beast that slaughters and kills without cause or volition."

The fox's grin stretched wider. "We shall see."

Donzo paced back and forth in his office, his face schooled into an emotionless mask, though, if one looked into his eyes, they would see... He was angry. No, that wasn't it, he was furious. The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, a weapon of Konhohagakure no Sato, had threatened to turn the power, which should be rightfully his, against him. His muscles tensed, he was shaking. That insolent brat, had dared to undermine him, Donzo Shimura. He who had fought in the third shinobi war, and faught along side the second hokage. He was rightfully Hokage.

The bandaged man sank down into his chair, glaring at the wall. He had to make the boy his, or destroy him. He rubbed his face, he hoped he wouldn't have to destroy suck a valuable weapon...

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. "Enter." He spoke, and one of his Root agents stepped into the room.

"L-Lord Donzo." The agent said. "One of our own, has been killed and delivered to the Hokage."

"WHAT?!" Donzo snarled.

The agent swallowed. "I was observing the Hokage when the Anbu delivered the body, a kunai wound to the neck lord. There was no signs of struggle. He was killed from the shadows."

Donzo growled, there was only one person, one shinobi who had the skill to sneak around one of his own Root agents. Naruto Uzumaki. Are you mocking me Uzumaki? He growled. Or are you threatening me, again. Either way. This is war.

* (Used to have nightmares where I was going through a forest fighting demons made of shadows and each time I died I'd start over. Freaking sucked.)