Alright guys, I seem to have achieved a spark of inspiration cause I
am already writing y'all another chapter for Naruto boido no akuma no
seji. Jeremy, man, thank you for the pump up. It is nice you know.

Also guys, all of my fics intersect at some point. While it's not
necessary, if you want to understand all of the lore I will use then
just look into them.

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October 10th, 1370 N.E. Six years after the Kyuubi attack.

Over the past two weeks, many things have happened in the village of the hidden leaves. Gai added two wins and 1 loss to his count, Anko learned a new torture method involving nipple clamps and feathers, Hatake Kakashi actually showed up on time for a mission briefing, and most importantly… Nikouls made his decision on the offer of Naruto and Friend.

After Nikouls left the clearing, he snuck into the building that Fugaku used as his office/council room. Hiding in the rafters, he saw a large assortment of people listening to his uncle's plan. The one dominant feature in them all, though, was their spinning Sharingan. It was as if they wanted to never forget this night, the night that they started for war.

He heard the plan; each Uchiha would do anything possible to get stronger. They even decided to stop relying on their Sharingan alone in combat and actually train their bodies. 'I have to hand it to him, he may be an idiot for planning this coup, but even so, he is still as great leader as he had been in the third war.' Nikouls thought back to the war stories about the leader of their clan. The Crimson Ash, The Red Thief, The Charred Sword, all were nicknames given to him by Iwa and Kumo for his prowess in battle as well as his Sharingan's special ability. After the war though, he had let himself slip to the point of being only slightly stronger than the Hokage's son, Asuma.

Nikouls understood just what was going to happen because of his decision. He was going to have to break his promise. Outside it started raining, as he walked toward his house a single drop fell from his eye as he thought one last thing before he entered his house. 'I am sorry, Hani; I won't be able to visit you for a while.' A small white blossom fell from a small tree, twisting through the wind before landing in front of a small stone sticking up from the ground. Inscribed upon its surface were the words

Hani Uchiha

May 7th, 1357 – October 10th, 1364

Loving sister and young prodigy, goodbye.

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Naruto also had some action over the last two weeks. He attempted to pull off a prank on the Hyuuga, but it kinda left him in a predicament. Thinking back on it though, he was rather happy on how it played out.

'Flashback no jutsu!'

Are you sure you want to do this Naruto? I understand that you never succeeded in your last life, but we do have things to do. Ya'know?

Looking at the building that Friend was leaning against Naruto laughed, drawing the attention of a few of the villagers and a handful of curses directed at the 'demon' child. 'Friend, I don't think you understand… not completely. The Hyuuga have eyes that are practically x-ray vision superpowers. I need to test my stealth before we leave. It's a win win situation.'

Implying you can even do it? Haah! Alright then, if you pull it off then I will let you open the scroll of your ancestors. But if you don't, then you will have to eat your kills from now on. Agreed?

Naruto blanched a little at the idea, but the temptation of his family's techniques was too tempting to deny… 'I want one little change though, if I complete my prank without Hiashi realizing, then you have to let me see Sasuke before we leave. I have to see what I am doing this for once again, I need to.' He finished his thought with such determination, the tiles beneath him cracked and he almost fell if not for his tail appearing and balancing him out a little bit before retracting back into his body.

If I didn't see all of your thoughts then I would swear that your gay. Thank First that you aren't, that idea you had of using bone clone with Ino and Sakura, yeah it proves your manliness. But fine, if Hiashi doesn't find out then you can see Sasuke, but be careful; I have a feeling something is going to happen.

Naruto shuddered for a second. The last time Friend had a 'feeling' about something, he had ended up being missing for 2 ½ weeks. Apparently, when a three-year old ends up in the Forest of Death on 'ACCIDENT' he gets torn apart by fucking dinosaurs! They never found the orphanage head mistress' body because Naruto agreed to… dispose of it. There were suspicions, but Jiji shut them down fast.

'I will activate level 2 protection then.' Naruto's body grew a little heavier as his chakra compressed itself into matter which was then arranged into a crystalline structure of calcium and iron with copper alloy and slithered under his skin as it covered his major muscle groups and vital spots like his organs, major arteries, and joints. (1)

Although the process happened within the time it took him to redirect his downward momentum into an upward thrust (jump) it felt like it took minutes to Naruto.

'Every fucking time!' Naruto thought as he neared the compound. 'I never get used to that feeling.' He paused as he neared the front gate. Hiding behind a building he sat down. He went through his list of abilities to find which would work best. 'No, too deadly, too bright, too flashy, too … wait a second that might just work.' His smile widened. His cloak fell into the shadows as an object rose up from it.

Grabbing the object, Naruto unraveled it revealing very dark clothes. So dark were they, that one could sometimes see through unless they knew the wearer's tricks too. He quickly allowed the clothes to attach themselves everywhere but his face, he laughed softly at their humming vibrations, and in answer he whispered a reply. "Sorry, but not this time little one." Its hum turned into a super low whine that quickly stopped. "Don't worry, I will let you have some of the clothes in the Hyuuga compound, will that do." It quickly hummed happily in response. (2)

Naruto finished his ensemble by allowing his whiskers to grow over his face in a soft white mask. (3)

He walked out from the building while letting loose a soft aura of nothingness that made people glance past him. Walking at a pace that looked like gliding, he walked right between the guards and gave each a small dot in the middle of the forehead with permanent ink. Moving on, he marked each Hyuuga he met. None noticed him except a few who saw a glimpse of his mask and ran towards a loved one's shrine to pray.

He walked into a small house and saw someone with a seal on their head putting a soft black powder into a tea cup. Getting serious, he followed the assassin. Following them through the main house, he entered the room of Hitomi Hyuuga right after him. Seeing the assassins face clearly, he saw emotions that shouldn't be there, regret was most prominent. "Thank you, Ko. I appreciate your help, I would have made my own, but the baby has been really restless today." A beautiful and greatly pregnant Hitomi stated.

"It was my," small pause. Strained, "pleasure to help you." He quickly left.

As Hitomi reached for the tea, Naruto grabbed her hand. She gasped and activated her Byakugan, gasping once more she saw what appeared to be a ghost staying her hand.

'Shit, Friend? Help?', no answer came.

Regaining her composure, Hitomi queried of the 'ghost', "Why have you stopped me? I do not understand why you are here ghost-san."

Naruto used his mind and came up with an idea," unh unh" he said while miming a drinking motion. He then fell to his knees while grasping his throat to symbolize death. He then stood back up and pointed at the cup. Reaching in his coat, Naruto brought out a single paper. He dipped it in the tea and showed her the black poison grains that were slightly different from the mahogany colored grains of her normal imported tea from the Land of Iron.

"Poison!" she yelled in surprise. The door behind them was flung open as a very out of character Hiashi rushed into the room.

"Did you take any!" he asked in worry.

"No, a ghost" she stopped as Naruto had already left in the confusion.

"A ghost?" Hiashi asked.

"Yes dear, a ghost. With a see through black body and a white non-face. It stopped my hand before showing me the poison with this paper." She finished while she started breathing heavy. "also honey, I think my water just broke."

"okay … OH!"

Back with Naruto.

Having marked almost every Hyuuga except one, Naruto looked high and low for her when he heard a muffled scream and a thump. He quickly leapt towards the sound, becoming slightly visible at the speed he was traveling. He saw a figure leap right through the guard patrols and he followed. He couldn't keep up with the figure's Jounin plus speed, so he deconverted his 2nd level armor and started catching up. After 18 minutes or so, the man stopped in a large park next to an apparently empty playground, Naruto didn't hesitate as he followed.

The figure turned and dropped a bag that twitched a little bit and whimpered. "Come out now, I heard you following me!"

Naruto jumped down and stood in front of the man while activating level three armor and moving his cloak to act as a cape of sorts. 'My pursuer is just a kid?' thought the Kumo nin. 'That shadow trick means Nara, but the hair is Yamanaka.' Continuing, he thought, 'maybe he is a special agent for their ANBU corps? He is wearing a mask. Although, he looks like a research and development experiment, with those armor plates coming out of his skin.' "A kid like you stands no chance against me, leave now or forfeit your life. "

'Hey Friend, can I scare him away? Or do I have to kill him?'

Do what you think is the best in this situation Naruto, I am not your babysitter. I am your teacher, but I do not answer the tests for you. If the man does not give up though, kill him.

Naruto tilted his head to the side. The mask then cracked open around his mouth in a fashion that looked like fangs. "I do believe that you have stolen my charge, I don't like it when people steal from me." He then pulled a spike of bone from his wrist that changed into a small scythe. He then allowed his tail to fully exit his body 3 ½ feet as he progressed to level 4 armor. "Did you not know that I am a guardian of this village? I am a very special guardian indeed. And I enjoy taking care of the children most of all." 12 shadows started dancing behind him before entering his ribcage and pulling out a sword each. He slowly walked towards the genuinely freaked out Kumo Nin. "If you just surrender now, I won't drag your soul into the void to pay for your crimes." He said as his cloak returned, allowing the nin to see through him once more.

The Nin slammed his hands together while shouting "KAI!" nothing happened; Naruto still walked at his slow pace, his response was turning his head to the side, and allowing the Nin to see his red eyes. "I am sorry, but did you seriously believe that this is a genjutsu. Fool."

The Nin then drew a sword from his back as he rushed Naruto, who dropped the extra swords and blocked with his shielded arm while lashing out with his scythe. The Kumo Nin dodged the kunai and attacked once more with a left to right diagonal slash.

Naruto jumped back and blocked a follow-up attack before calling out in pain. "Hah! Even a ghost can bleed!" the man taunted before charging his blade with lightning again and cutting Naruto's mask in half and plunging his sword down his chest. Turning around, he felt a small drain on his chakra as a loud buzz filled his ears. Laughing abruptly, he channeled lightning chakra over his skin to protect himself and fry the Kikaichu. Hearing a cry of pain, he turned towards the sound and saw an averagely concealed boy, about the same size as his 'dead' opponent.

Walking towards the dumb child, he pulled out a shuriken and charged it with chakra. The boy tried to scramble away when suddenly the man let loose the shuriken.

A shadow popped up to stop the thing, put the light of the shuriken was too strong to touch and it found its home in the child's chest almost to a full 3 inches. His body smoked softly as the electricity zapped his hive to death and exploding them inside causing extra damage. "Damn bugs." Grunted the man, he turned toward his captive. But, she was gone! Looking around the ghost he killed helping her towards the fallen bug kid.

While shocked, he was not too surprised that the spirit/child/ANBU corps experiment was still alive. He started running towards them.

"Don't worry little girl, I will take care of the bad guy. Can you do anything to help him?" Naruto said when she started crying.

"m-m-My n-name is H-Hinata." She said.

"That is a nice name Hinata-chan. But can you use your Byakugan to see where he is hurt? I need to take care of the bad man now."Naruto said.

Hinata finally worked up the courage to look at her savior. He appeared to be almost the opposite of a night in shining armor. Half of his face covered in a mask with sharp teeth and a glowing, red eye, the other side had cute white whiskers and a tantalizing ruby eye. His body was shrouded on one side and almost invisible, while his left side showed a bare chest with white armor on his muscles and down his neck. His showing hair was a lightly burnt gold that appeared to be shining softly in the silver moonlight. All in all though, his body was tantalizingly too close to the border of non human that she nearly fainted. Whether from fear or excitement she could not discern at the moment. His steadying hand gave her the strength to continue though as she whispered "Hai. I can help him a little." She activated her Byakugan as Naruto stood and blocked an attack directly aimed at her with his arm. The blade cut it off as blood sprayed all over her and the boy.

Naruto and his opponent stopped for a moment as his arm fell and blood landed all over Hinata and the body of Shino. His opponent looked into his eyes as his pupils started expanding. The world slowed to a frame by frame speed. The pain started to overwhelm him as a dark side of him presented a way out.

When the arm came to a rest next to Hinata, Naruto's pupils covered his whole eye as a red cross appeared right in the middle of them. His mouth, opening for a scream of pain, twisted into a feral grin. The bone grew over the wound as full armor appeared. Red energy leaked from the cracks as the lost limb reformed from shadow and bone, revealing a twisted imitation of a sword. With a twist of the waist, the Kumo Nin lost the hand holding the sword as his shadow opened beneath him and he fell into the void.{4}

Naruto grabbed his arm, as the bones receded into him, and reattached it. A few shadow stitches later, he looked at Hinata and Shino… both were covered in shadows and blood. A wave of his hand removed the shadows, what he saw surprised him. Hinata and Shino both had changed a little, Hinata's eyes were now a reddish violet and she was 2-3 inches taller. Shino was awake and perched upon his hand was an insect never known to man.

Naruto looked at them both with one uncovered eye as Shino asked a question. "What has happened to us?"

Naruto, we are taking them with us. That is an order.

"In 8 days, meet me at The Forest of Death at noon and I will explain."

Shino nodded and stood up to walk to his house. Hinata fainted. Sighing, Naruto grabbed the head of the Kumo nin and severed it, allowing the rest to fall inside of the shadow. Quickly marking Hinata's head, he grabbed her and started for the Hyuuga once again.

His mask reformed itself as he ran, a small crack remained though in the shape of a lightning bolt. After 22 minutes of running he arrived at the house of Hiashi. Going through the entryway he saw a frantic Hiashi yelling at a man to "FIND HER!" assuming that he meant Hinata, he touched the man's shoulder. And received a Jyuuken to the chest for the trouble.

Hiashi though, after seeing who he was carrying, said, "Ghost-san! Where has my daughter been?"

Naruto mimed picking up something before he pulled out the head of the Kumo Jounin and showing it to Hiashi alongside the headband.

"THOSE BASTARDS!"

"Unhh. Unhh." Naruto said while shaking his head. He showed the man's head once more before dropping it in the shadows.

"How can I just let it go!" exclaimed Hiashi. "What if they try again?"

Naruto wrote on a paper with his pen. "I can make her stronger than them.

Will you let me?

No-Face."

"How long? Why?"

"For four years tops.

I will train her because of this."

Opening her eye, he showed Hiashi the change in her eyes. Hiashi reluctantly nodded his head before saying, "When will you leave?"

"8 days."

"Okay. She will come with all the knowledge of our Jyuuken with her, please have her learn it."

Naruto nodded and then sank into his shadow, taking the head with him as he marked Hiashi.

He reappeared from the shadow of Shino as he encountered his father.

"Son, why can we hear you so clearly? It feels like you are a hive."

"I interfered in a fight and it almost got me killed. The stuff the revived me though, it has changed me father." Shino replied as a weird bug came out of his skin. "It changed my hive even more; I can feel each one as if we were the same. I feel powerful, but different. In 8 days, I plan to train. I know not how long I will be gone. Is this acceptable?"

"Be my son when you return."

At that, Naruto had left once more and returned to his house, deep within the Forest of Death.

'END FLASHBACK NO JUTSU!'

Now he sat here, looking over the 4 people gathered here. Itachi Uchiha, Nikouls Uchiha, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuuga.

I like this, Naruto; you are looking at the beginning of your army that you are going to use to save the world.

'Through conquering it?'

There is a word I would choose instead… you're not conquering the world you are liberating it. You are the perfect descendant of the Sage. You have to bring peace to the world. If your opposers are murdered in the process, ehh.

' I can't believe it though.'

Are you talking about our bet? I know it was pretty hard to believe the outcome, but it happened. You were seen, but you completed your mission. Also, it was you who alerted Hiashi of your presence.

'I still want to see Sasuke.'

See him when we return.

'Fine, but do I still have to eat the bodies?' Naruto whined.

Do you want to reach adulthood?

'Fine.'

Hey, your guests are getting restless.

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"Naruto, I came to hear your plan. Itachi wanted to hear it as well. Also, why are these two twerps here?" Nikouls said while pointing towards a bristling Hinata and Shino.

"Nik I am going to save the Uchiha who are good and kill those who are evil. To do this, Itachi will have to act like he is completely with the traitors. He will get close to them, and eventually we will murder them. I have a bone technique that is capable of replicating flesh and blood clones. When we commit the murders we will also kill clones of the good Uchiha in the clan and I will move them to a safe spot. Sasuke will have to stay in the village, but before that, I will return with Hinata and Shino to offer friendship while Nik keeps him busy with training. And Itachi, when Sasuke confronts you say 'no action occurs without an equal reason.' This will make him focus on the truth instead of revenge. Any questions?"

Shino spoke up. "Where are we heading"

Naruto smirked as he answered, "Welllll, we want to get strong. Right?" nods all around. "then we will be going to the one place where a lot of death and strength will be overlooked. We are going to join the resistance of the HIDDEN MIST VILLAGE!"

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Really long man. Really long. This chapter was fun to write, so read and review please.

1 this is my explanation for how Kimmamaro could make a forest of fucking bone. It is made of his chakra.

2 all things in the void have some form of sentience, any void being can understand them.

3 Anyone who has seen Spirited Away should know who No-Face is.

4 this 'mode' will be revealed later so remember it.

This chapter was a doozy so, any questions = please ask.