-]Konoha's Bijumon Master

*don't own Naruto or Pokémon*

Chapter 4: The Real Challenge Begins

*Akatsuki base*

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA" everybody was laughing as Deidara explained the same thing he had said to Sasori about what he overheard.

"I'm serious, un. The nine tailed jinchūriki believes he's a pokemon master and has the ability to remove the biju without killing the host, he's collecting them as we speak"

"Deidara, I think you need to lay off the games and grow up. You're starting to mix fictional characters with reality" Kisame chuckled while Deidara just gave him a look, thinking that was ironic since Kisame secretly watched cartoons every Saturday.

"Like you're one to talk, but I telling the truth…Danna you believe me right?" Deidara asked, turning to the redhead who was remaining quiet throughout the whole discussion. When Deidara received a lack of an answer, he frowned, making a mental note to blow up one his puppets before he turned to Pain.

"The only way I will believe that is if you can show me proof" Pain stated as he looked down at Deidara, whose eye was twitching. As Deidara opened his mouth to plead his case, everybody in the base heard slamming and talking as Hidan and Kakuzu returned with confused and shock looks on their faces.

"You assholes won't fucking believe what kind of shit we just saw" Hidan said in his usual manner as they explained about how they saw Naruto, with their own eyes, seal the seven tails into the scroll then summon the Gobi.

"How did he summon it?" Deidara said smugly as he glanced at the other shock faces, before turning back to Hidan.

"He summoned it like that damn cartoon Kisame sometimes watches on Saturday-"

"What I don't watch cartoon on Saturdays" the sharkman said, face turning red from embarrassment while Hidan said that he wasn't fooling anybody which angered the blue-skinned shinobi. As they got into a heated argument, Deidara looked at the other with a grin on his face.

"I told you so, un" Deidara said smugly as he noticed the shock looks before they turned to Pain and asked him what they were going to do. Pain seemed to think about it before he smiled and said to let him continue.

"Huh, why do that leader-sama?" Tobi asked, looking at the leader who seemed to have a faraway look in his eyes.

"It will make our job easier, all we have to do is follow the 9 tails until he's collected the biju then take them from him" Pain stated before he dismissed the Akatsuki members who started to question Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan on what they saw while Tobi went to his room, a hidden grin on his face. Pain left for his office with Konan behind him, a worried look on her face.

'Please, you have to break free. If Madara gets his hands on the biju then it will be the end of us all' Konan thought as she hoped for some kind of miracle to save them from the dangers in the future.

*switch views*

"So this is what it's like to fly, this is awesome" Naruto yelled as he hung on to the Schibi's green tail, having clung on when he nearly fell, while Gaara stayed close to avoid a repeat of the Naruto's clumsiness. "Wow, we really made some distance, look I see hot springs so must be near Hot spring Valley, hey let's land and give our pokemon a break, besides I'm starving" Naruto yelled, one hand on his hat as the wind threatened to blow it off. Hinata and Gaara exchanged a look before they said sure and landed the biju some distance away from the village before figuring out what to do next.

"Naruto-kun, we're going into town for some food but we will be right back. Please try in and stay right here until we return" Hinata asked, looking at the blonde who nodded and said okay before he looked at the 2 and 7 tails.

"Hey, can I borrow your pokemon for a minute?"

"Um, I don't think that's a good idea right now with the Akatsuki trying to collect them all" Gaara said hesitantly while Naruto smiled and said he knew.

"That's why I want to train them, so they can become stronger to be able to defend themselves against Team Akatsuki"

"Is he serious?" Moshi whispered to Nekomata.

"Very serious, but it's kind of fun to do, more fun to watch especially the boys" Nekomata whispered back which had them snickering at the thought.

Gaara and Hinata glanced at the snickering biju then at Naruto's happy face before they sighed and handed over the biju, telling him to train them one at a time and to not do anything that will draw unwanted attention.

"Gotcha, alright everybody, come on out" Naruto said as he drew the scrolls in the air before creating 5 clones who told the biju they were going to have a battle with each other to get stronger. Kurama and Shukaku groaned while Son Goku and Kajira-ba looked confused as they asked what he meant.

"You're about to see" Kurama sighed while Shukaku turned to look at Gaara and asked him to bring lots of sake back as payment which had the redhead frowning, saying he would think about it before he walked off toward the village with Hinata before they stopped as they thought of something.

"Uh, Naruto-kun, you believe you're a bijumon trainer right?"

"Yep"

"And don't remember any of your training about being a shinobi correct?"

"Shin-what?"

"Never mind, my point is…if you're a bijumon trainer then how can you make clones of yourself?" Hinata asked, hoping that the impossibility of that ability will snap Naruto back to normal. The blonde grew quiet as he looked at his clones before he stood there and started to think, before a smile came on his face.

"That's easy Hinata-chan…because I can" Naruto explained happily while everybody, except Gaara, anime-style before they got up and looked at the blonde. "You see, in the pokemon world, there is no real danger to the trainer and therefore I can do things like this. For example, Kurama I want you to use flamethrower on me" Naruto asked while everybody turned to the fox who sweat dropped and said that wasn't a good idea.

"Oh irony, how you love to torment me"

"I'll say seeing as you said earlier in our adventure how you wanted to use flamethrower on him but now you don't want to" Nekomata said with a feline giggle while Kurama snorted and said no to Naruto.

"Aw, come on Kurama, I can handle a little heat, I might come out looking burned but I will be fine in a minute" Naruto said as he asked again while the fox looked at Hinata and Gaara for help.

"Uh, don't worry about Naruto-kun, we believe you. I was just curious but you're right, that does make sense" Hinata said desperately, hoping Naruto would give up trying to prove that he wouldn't be hurt while Gaara sighed at the weirdness of it all.

"I don't know if I want to know more about this pokemon stuff" Gaara muttered as he asked the biju to keep Naruto out of trouble in which they snickered, thinking it was ironic seeing as they were the ones who were usually causing the trouble. After getting their word, the duo quickly headed to the village, not wanting to leave Naruto alone for so long as he and his clones got down to business, training and contest business.

"Infernape use Mach punch on Ninetales"

"Intercept it with your tails then use bite"

"Nekomata show that Rapidash your beautiful flaming swift"

"Oh yea, Rapidash show that Espeon what beauty is all about, steam dance"

"Alright Zigzagoon, hit the targets with an air bullet…nice shot"

"This is insane, but fun"

"Yea right Son Goku, trying hanging out with the brat in his mind"

"Aw, it can't be that bad Kurama, I mean at least you're not used just for your power like I was when sealed in Yugito"

"Yea lighten up, I haven't had this much fun in ages, you know…I just might tell him the truth"

"You mean your na-you seriously like him that much Gobi"

"Oh come on Shukaku, we all know you're having just as much fun as we are"

"…I'm only doing this for the sake"

"Uh huh whatever helps you sleep at night"

"I'm nocturnal so I don't sleep at night but whatever…did you see that shot, man I'm awesome"

'We rest our case'the biju thought as they winded down on the training as Hinata and Gaara returned, carrying tons of food for them, smiling at the scene in front.

"I see the training is going well" Hinata and Gaara stated as they set the food out for the biju who at happily while Naruto nodded and took the onigirl handed to him by Hinata.

"Thanks Hinata-chan…hey Hinata-chan, when this journey is all over, want to come on another one with me as my girlfriend?" Naruto asked, grinning while Hinata blushed and stuttered out a yes while the biju snickered and giggled at her reaction. After everybody had eaten, they noticed the sun was going down and a lot of the biju were yawning before curling up for some sleep.

"If you don't promise to do anything dangerous and stay in your small forms we will let you sleep outside the scrolls" Gaara said which made the biju happy as they curled up together, something they hadn't done in a long time, and went to sleep, a similar dream of a place where they were free and an old man's last words.

"Let's go to town and take a bath, Naruto leave a couple of clones here" Gaara ordered as the blonde did just that before they headed back, this time for a much needed bath in one of the natural hot springs. While at the hot springs, the trio relaxed in the mix bath as they looked back at the adventure they had which made them laugh as they pointed out some of their favorite parts, Naruto being the battling, Hinata the contest, and Gaara anything that had tormented Shukaku up to giving him sake then seeing the tanuki sing and dance.

"I never thought I would have this much fun with you" Gaara said, a small smile on his face while Hinata sighed, thinking about the how much was left.

"I'll be sad when this is over but at least we can say we had fun" Hinata sighed before a grin appeared on her face and they discussed about their favorite pokemon type, Gaara mostly listening while he and Hinata had something similar on their minds.

'Once we collect all the biju, if we collect all the biju, what will Naruto do with them then?' they wondered before they decided to put the thought away and just relaxed in the soothing water before heading back to the forest with the biju. They got comfortable on the backs of the biju, who didn't even stir, looking up at the night sky before they fell into a deep slumber, a dream where the biju were happily living together. The group woke up the next morning and after another quick trip to town for breakfast decided it was time to get moving as they woke the biju, who grumbling got up before they were resealed into the scrolls.

"Alright Nekomata, Moshi, it's time to take it to the skies" Naruto said, hopping onto the 7 tails but frowned when the biju didn't instantly fly away. "Is something wrong? Am I too heavy or are you girls tired" Naruto asked, actually concerned which only sealed the biju's decision.

"…those aren't our real names. We were deciding if we would trust you three with our real names, for names have power and your actions over the past couple of weeks made us realize we can trust you. Some of the biju need more convincing but we don't" they said together before they straightened up and looked down at the trio.

"I am the two tailed cat, Matatabi"

"I am the seven tailed beetle, Choumei"

"Let us not regret this decision" they said together before they took off through the sky, Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara stunned at what they learned.

"We won't let you down, Matatabi and Choumei" they said with a smile as the biju raced toward lightning country, unaware that they were being followed by a person riding on a bird, smiling at the scene.

'So it was effective, now to make sure the rest of the plan goes smoothly and the Akatsuki will be no more' the mysterious figure thought as he flew below, as not to be caught by the biju, waiting to see his plan succeed.

*time skip*

"Br, it's cold around here" Choumei shivered as she continued to beat her wings as to stay airborne, the cold making it more difficult by the minute.

"Hop onto my back Naruto" Matatabi yelled as the blonde nodded and carefully switched rides as Gaara soon joined and recalled the rhino beetle, thanking her as she returned to the scroll.

"How you doing against the cold weather Matatabi?" Hinata asked while the cat said fine before she continued through the freezing air, fur keeping her and her riders warm before the temperature started to warm up the further northeast they went.

"Ah, much better" Naruto sighed as the air grew warmer and they passed by the valley of clouds and lightning. As they neared land again, Matatabi suddenly stopped and landed, a frown upon her face which they asked about.

"I sense that if I went any further then we would have some serious trouble on our hands. The Raikage is super cautious, especially around leaf nin so it would be best not to bring any of us out while in lightning country"

"What about the biju leader?"

"The 'biju leader' is named Killer Bee and is the Raikage's adopted brother so getting Hachibi from him won't be easy but I know you will succeed…I foreseen it" Matatabi said with a feline laugh as Hinata smiled and resealed the cat before looking at Naruto with a serious look.

"That means no showing off the bijumon unless we're only with Killer Bee-san" Hinata said seriously as Naruto nodded and said he understood before looking around at the nearby area before scouting forward saying they were on journey to the be the greatest. Hinata and Gaara's lips twitched as they followed the blonde bijumon trainer to Kumo, curious about their theory which they decided to put to the test.

"Naruto, can you come here" Gaara asked before he said sure and made his way over to Gaara. "Turn around" he said simply and watched as Naruto, wearing a confused look, turned around to show him his back. Gaara removed the forehead protector from Naruto's head and asked how he felt before he was met with silence.

"I feel fine" Naruto answered while Gaara noticed Hinata shake her head before he replaced the protector on Naruto's forehead.

"How about now"

"…still the same, what's the point of removing my headband for?"

'No luck' they thought sighing as they said to forget about it and continued their journey, Naruto happily walking ahead, Hinata and Gaara slightly behind trying to figure out the mystery of Naruto's hypnosis problem. 'It must have something to do with the biju' they thought before they came out of their thoughts and decided to try a quick test. Calling Naruto once more they all summoned their biju while Matatabi looked around in confusion.

"Where's-"

"We're trying a little experiment" Hinata answered while Gaara quickly removed the protector and put it back on to see Naruto eyes dilate and returned, looking around at all the biju.

"Whoa, we've really collected a lot of biju…now only to find a safe place" Naruto thought out loud which drew the biju's attention as they asked what he meant. "Well Yugito told me to collect the biju and find a safe place for them but I don't want to keep them sealed so I'm trying to find a home for them where they won't be bothered" he explained which made the biju shock as they sensed the truth in his words before going quiet.

"You're serious…about helping us?" they asked and watched as Naruto nodded his head, saying he always kept his word because that was his ninja way. All the biju turned to look at Kurama who was quiet before he nodded, saying that Naruto always kept his word.

"I didn't like the brat at first but I will admit, he has changed me and I know you can sense it too. He will make a difference in the shinobi world"

The biju turned to look at the three shinobi before looking at each other and nodding, saying they were going to tell them.

"Tell us what?" the trio asked, sensing they were about to learn something big as the big stood up more, looking at them with serious looks.

"Our real names" they said before they grew quiet and said they trusted them before starting.

"I'm the one tailed tanuki, Shukaku, which you already know"

"I'm the two tailed cat, Matatabi, as I told you earlier"

"I'm the four tailed monkey, Son Goku, as you learned from Roshi but I don't mind"

"I'm the five tailed whale-horse, real name is Kokuou, please to meet all of you"

"I'm the seven tailed rhino beetle, Choumei, like I said"

"I'm the nine tailed kitsune, Kurama, at your service…not really but you know what I mean"

Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara smiled as they named the biju and thanked them for trusting in them in which they smiled before Matatabi told them that they should return before something bad happened. They trio nodded, resealed the biju, and returned to their journey to Kumo which took another couple of hours by foot before they saw the low clouds around the top of the mountainous village.

"Alright, we're almost to Kumo, I can't wait to see Bee again, I wonder if he knows about Yugito living in Konoha…hey where's my forehead protector" Naruto asked, feeling his head while Hinata and Gaara exchanged a look. Sighing, they handed Naruto his protector, watched him put it on, and change right back to the bijumon trainer who was thinking of the bijumon leader.

"Maybe this way is better, that way we have a believable excuse for why we're in Kumo" Hinata muttered as they watched the blonde suddenly take off toward the village where they knew he would cause trouble. "Here we go again" Hinata sighed before she and Gaara took off after the blonde, asking him to wait up before they finally caught up with him when the Raikage suddenly appeared. "Ready Gaara-kun" Hinata asked while the redhead nodded and went to save Naruto from being attacked by the lightning leader who was frowning at the nonsense, at least to him, Naruto was sprouting.

"Kage 4 Rai, I challenge you to a battle to test my strengthen in a b-"

"Ignore him" Gaara said as Hinata slapped a hand over Naruto's mouth and sigh.

"Naruto-kun, we did we say?"

"But you said in front of-"

"Let the Kazekage talk to him first" Hinata said before she gave an apologetic look to the Raikage who was staring at them like they were nuts before he turned toward Gaara and asked why they were so far away from home. Gaara just looked at him before turning to look at Naruto, who was now humming the original Pokémon theme song behind Hinata's hand, before looking back at the lightning Kage before he sighed.

"Long story short, hypnosis gone wrong, he thinks he's a Pokémon trainer, ran away from Konoha, found way to Suna, travel with us to keep him safe and out of trouble, at least try too" Gaara mumbled that last part but knew the Raikage heard anyway. Hinata looked around and noticed the strange looks they were getting, mostly because of their outfits and Naruto's loud outburst of challenging the Raikage before she sighed and asked they could continue this in his office. The Raikage nodded and followed by his two bodyguards, staring at Naruto the whole way, made their way to the Kage's office where they asked for a full explanation which he got, leaving out minor details like Naruto's ability to reseal the biju and their quest to find a home for them.

"So he's traveling around the countries trying to collect badges and ribbons you say?" the Raikage asked to make sure he heard right while the duo nodded and looked at the blonde before Gaara sighed and called his sand to drag Naruto back from C and Darui who he was asking what kind of Pokémon they had.

"He's a handful isn't he…does Konoha know he's with you too?" Darui asked while the duo said they were pretty sure seeing as they had gone to Suna to pick him up before he decided to make another great escape.

"So why the hell is he here in Kumo then? Ship his behind back to the leaf" C said with a frown on his face and before either of them could answer, the door opened and they all turned to see-

"Biju leader Bee, I challenge you to a-"

"ENOUGH!"

"…Thunk"

"Sorry Naruto-kun, I love you but that has got to stop" Hinata sighed as Gaara used his sand to move the unconscious blonde out of the way of the path, a brow raised as he looked at Hinata's hands.

"What are those?" he asked, motioning to the gloves on Hinata's hand, the fingertips glowing a light shade of purple, as Hinata sighed and stopped fueling chakra to her fingers, causing the purple glow to stop.

"Chakra gloves I got as a birthday present some time ago. When I fuel chakra to them I can send whatever the gloves are coated in straight into the chakra network. I created a weak knock out medicine I learned from one of the books when we were in hot spring just for something like this" Hinata sighed as she looked down at the swirly eyed blonde while Kurama was laughing his fur off in his cage. All the boys in the room sweat dropped at the scene before they turned back to Bee who asked why they were there in which they explained while Naruto was out.

"We're sorry to bother you and come unannounced but we was hoping that Bee-sama could help with his memory, seeing as he and Naruto-kun easily link with each other and the best choice (and also because Bee-sama is the only one with enough patience to deal with him)"

"Come on bro, what do you say, it will keep them at least out of your way, yeah" Bee rapped while Hinata and Gaara stared at the cloud nin, thinking that maybe that the two being together was a bad idea but knew they needed to help the rapping cloud nin. The Raikage just stared at Bee before he sighed and said fine as he turned back to Hinata and Gaara with a glare on his face.

"Just keep him busy and out of trouble and I'll overlook your sudden reason for coming here" the Raikage sighed, waving them away.

"Really" a voice said from the corner making some of them jump as Naruto suddenly woke up and looked at Bee before he cheered saying he couldn't wait for the battle. Before Hinata could stop him, he had already left the office yelling about catching an Octillery which had Hinata face palming, muttering about how she was going to have to make the next batch stronger.

"Uh, Hinata…Naruto's gone" Gaara calmly said which had the kunoichi remember what she was doing before she thank and apologized to the group before taking off after Naruto, telling him to slow down and stop causing a scene.

"He's been like this for how long?"

"…too long, even my brother isn't this annoying at times. I will be happy when the hypnosis is over" Gaara said truthfully as he got up to go find the duo and Bee.

"If you knew he was going to be a pain, then why did you join in the first place?" the Raikage asked, brow raised as Gaara stopped and smiled.

"Because although he's annoying at times (most of the time), I knew this adventure of his would be special and fun and it was" Gaara stated before he left the Hokage's office where the Raikage raised a suspicious brow before he nodded to C who disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"I know they're hiding something and whatever they're hiding my brother is involved, I want them stopped" Raikage growled as he pounded his fist on the desk while Darui sighed and muttered an apology under his breath as he went to find Bee's students to tell them to keep an eye on Bee and his guest.

*Bee's private training grounds in the valley of cloud and lightning*

"Man that sand is bad as hell, it got us here faster you can yell, YEAH" Bee rapped while Gaara was starting to sprout a headache and Hinata was busy mixing plants together for a stronger batch of her body numbing poison for future use.

"Alright, now I can challenge you-" Naruto quickly shut up when he saw the look Hinata shot him which had Bee chuckling before he turned to Gaara when he cleared his throat.

"We actually came to talk to you about-"

"The Hachibi, don't have to worry I already know. I got word from Yugito some time ago about your ability and the journey you are taking to change the biju and their holders. Me and Hachibi already talked about our decision but I'm curious as to how your adventure been like" Bee said with a grin as Naruto gave him a fist bump where he and the Hachibi learned of all they had accomplished. "Man you three been on a roll, 6 tailed beast already for sho'. I've seen you heart, it feels me with glee, just for that, I'll give up the Hachibi" Bee said after he lifted his fist from Naruto's and look at the other two who seemed surprise.

"Are you sure? You and your Octillery seem to be really close" Naruto said while everybody looked at him.

'…Octillery, seriously, I think he'd be a better Tauros or that afro bull but an Octillery' Bee thought while Kurama snorted in his cave, saying that Naruto naïve like that but it was funny to watch and listen to. Bee said he was sure and said get ready for a spar which changed Naruto back to his old self as he said he was ready. After a few minutes to change back into his ninja clothes, Naruto and Bee had an all-out spar that left Hinata stunned in awe while Gaara watched, amazed at the power between the two, all of them unaware of the pairs of eyes watching them from a nearby valley.

"You're not going to make this easy for me are you?" Naruto asked a smile on his face while Bee laughed, saying of course not and that was the only way to see if he could handle the Hachibi in which Naruto nodded and said he would win this battle. They continued to spar for several more minutes when Naruto finally saw a chance as he used the Kyuubi's chakra to grab Bee, who used the Hachibi's chakra to fight back but was surprised when Naruto sprouted eight extra tails with just chakra that grabbed the other eight chakra tails before the ninth one hit Bee in the arm, right above the seal containing the eight tails.

"Oh no the seal has been hit, we need to get the Raikage" C growled as he took off back to Kumo while Bee's apprentices watched on, shock at what had happened next. They watched as black ink start spouting form the damaged seal but everybody looked calm as Hinata briskly walked over to Naruto, tugged off his protector, and stood back with a grin on her face.

"What are they doing?" Karui hysterically cried as they watched Naruto pull out a large scroll and touch the ink before he touched the scroll where a flash was seen as the Hachibi formed from the ink before rushing into the giant scroll, Naruto's seal appearing on it. The trio was shocked at what they saw while Bee looked impressed as Naruto created a summoning scroll for the Hachibi which he tried to hand to Bee.

"A deal's a deal, you struck the seal, the Hachibi is yours, now time to make some noise, Yeah" Bee rapped while everybody laughed at his happiness before Naruto gave the Hachibi to Hinata who took it and said thanks. "So now that you sealed it, how do you summon them?" Bee asked before he watched Hinata throw the scroll in the air, made the 12 hand seals, and summon the Hachibi who looked around in surprise while Bee's three apprentices were quickly making their way toward the group while trying to stay hidden.

"You've now had your first taste of not being stuck inside a vessel, savor it because hanging with the brat, you might just wish to be back in Bee…maybe" Kurama said as he laid down on his paws, looking out at the eight tails who was talking with him in Naruto's mind.

"It seems you and the rest of the biju had quite an adventure alright"

"Yea an adventure it has been if you count that the brat here still think we're imaginary animals from that TV show" Kurama muttered in his cage which made the Hachibi chuckle before he asked Kurama what Naruto's plans were for the biju. "Oh the usual, eat with us, sleep next to us, train us with strange new moves, find a safe home for us to be set free" Kurama said, shrugging his shoulder as if that was an everyday thing, which in his mind was.

"Are you serious on that last one?" the Hachibi asked while Kurama sighed and told the eight tails to relay a message over from him which Bee relayed to the group.

"Yo, the 9 tails want someone to scout the area to make sure their no one spying then to send out all the biju so we can hear their word for it" Bee told to Hinata and Gaara, who seemed surprise at the telepathic ability, before they realized that stranger things had happen and did as Kurama instructed.

"…uh oh, we got company, three of them" Hinata said as she described the three beings she saw while Bee smiled and said they were his apprentices before he waved to them, telling them to come join which made them fall as they thought they were well-hidden.

"So much for our sneak attack" Karui muttered as the three jumped down to join Bee and ask all that had happened in which he explained about his decision to give up the Hachibi.

"WHY!" they yelled while Bee told them to calm down and said he was sick of the life he was having, saying he wasn't allowed to do anything but he watched over and used like a weapon.

"That's the same reason Yugito left and is now living in Konoha" Bee informed his students since they all thought the former two tailed vessel had died. "Naruto here is going to be the one to change the world someday, it's about time the nation's pay, the biju are going to be free, so the nations need to let them be" Bee said while Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara summoned the other 6 biju so that they could see he was telling the truth while the Hachibi talked with the others and their decision to give out their names.

"Seeing as this might be the last time I see you Bee, I think it's time I gave out my real name… Gyuuki the eight tailed ox-cephalopod" the Hachibi said as Bee smiled and gave the Hachibi a fist-bump while Naruto cheered, saying he now had 7 of the 9 biju.

"Alright two more than long stretch to Victory road, beating Team Akatsuki, challenging the Kage 4, and then off to the champion" Naruto said with a raised fist while all of them except Hinata, wondered what the heck he was talking about.

"That's how the show goes" Hinata explained as everybody said oh before Naruto blinked and turned to look at Bee with a frown.

"Hey, I never got my badge from you or Yugito nor did Hinata-chan get her ribbon" Naruto said, pouting a bit while the cloud nin looked at Hinata and Gaara.

"Is here-"

"Yes, he's very serious and will not stop asking until he gets his 'badges'" Gaara explained while apologized for not telling him earlier. Bee waved it away and had the group start looking for stuff while Gaara kept Naruto busy by asking him about Pokémon. They found a single earring and a pendent from a necklace which Hinata said would do before she handed Sarui a ribbon when Naruto wasn't looking. Bee saw this and lent her his pen while he distracted Naruto by giving up the two "badges" known as the pendent badge and the ring badge which Naruto took happily. Sarui then gave Hinata a badge with the cloud symbol on it saying the she earned it in how confident she was in the situation.

"So what are you three doing all the way out here anyway?" Bee asked which made the trio pause and look at each other with scared looks as Omoi sighed said that they were ordered to follow him before they heard the tale-tale sounds of pursuit and gulped. Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara quickly resealed the biju back into their scrolls and hid them deep into their backpacks while Bee looked at Karui, Omoi, and Sarui. "C was with you three, wasn't he?" Bee stated knowingly while they nodded and he sighed, telling the others to get ready as they noticed the Raikage and his guards running toward them.

"What's this about the seal being damaged?" A demanded while the group looked uneasy at the enraged look on his face. They tensed when his eyes landed on Bee's arm and he noticed some leftover ink from the seal which made him roar in anger before he turned toward Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara. "I just got a letter from the Hokage saying to hold you three but this is unacceptable" A growled as he got ready to attack them while Naruto looked confused, saying that they would just call home and tell them everything is okay.

"That's not going to work this time Naruto" Gaara said as watched A charge suddenly, aiming to get his hands on them when Bee intercepted him and told them to run in which they decided to take his advice and hightail it to the nearby valley, Hinata on Naruto's back. They heard struggling and turned around in time to see Bee right behind them, A and the rest on their tail.

"Now what do we do?" Naruto asked frantically while Bee chuckled and muttered about having the Gyuuki just a little bit longer which made Naruto blink and think of something. "That's it" Naruto cried as he asked Hinata to get his scroll out of his bag which Hinata did and threw in the air before she jumped off, all turning to see what Naruto was about to do. The cloud nin also stopped, some confused, some shock and quickly moving out the way as Naruto summoned Kyuubi who was in his travel size form before Naruto told him this was serious and he changed to a larger form that towered over the others.

"How, how is that possible?" A asked shock while C and Darui watched on, Bee's apprentices already out of the way as they watched Naruto tell Kurama to use flamethrower as a warning. The kitsune grinned as he bellowed out a large wave of flames that he shot over their heads, enjoying the look of fear and uneasiness on their faces.

"I will not miss if you follow us" Naruto said as he, Hinata, and Gaara hopped on the back of Kurama who was snarling at the cloud nin as if daring them to try and attack. They looked when Bee asked to join them which made the Raikage angry as he asked if he was abandoning his nation like Yugito did in which Bee gave his brother an angry look.

"No, you drove Yugito out and I'm not abandoning it, I just want to travel" he said with a smirk as Kurama lifted him up with his tail before the kitsune took off through the valley, letting out a roar while Naruto whooped at the ride on the fox's back. As soon as they left the cloud nin headed back to Kumo where the Raikage started writing an angry letter to Konoha and then to the other nations while Bee's apprentices tried to talk some sense into him without any success.

*back to the Naruto and the gang*

"I think we just caused Konoha and Suna some serious problems" Hinata sighed as they agreed, knowing they were in big trouble when they got back but knew it had to be done as they continued to ride until they reached the shoreline.

"Cheer up everybody, we only got two more biju to go then we're off to Victory road and the biggest challenge of our life."

They all smiled at how Naruto, even in the grimmest of moments managed to make them smile as they hopped off of Kurama who they thanked for the ride before Naruto asked Gaara and Hinata to summon Kokuou the Gobi and Shukaku. Confused they summoned the two biju, Kokuou looking happy while Shukaku was frowning and asking what they want which made Gaara tense as he noticed how irritated Shukaku was.

"What's wrong with you?" Naruto asked the sober tanuki while Kurama snorted and said he was irritated because he was out of sake which made them all sigh before Gaara promised to get him some more later which made Shukaku grumble but say okay.

"So why am I out seeing as we need to cross the water?" Shukaku asked as he noticed Naruto's smile before the blonde gave him a command that was the last straw for him.

"Can you and Kokuou use surf so we can go across the water"

"Why sure I can-"

"Brat, are you dumb? Do I look like a creature that can go over a freaking ocean of water? I'm a damn sand and wind tanuki which means I don't do…" Shukaku went quiet as his brain ached as strange new information implanted and he turned to look at the water, a shock look on his face. "No way" he muttered before he cautiously dipped a foot on the water and was shocked to see that the water didn't affect him at all. "…I love this kid" Shukaku screamed happily as he jumped around on the water, the others watching in shock amusement at the tanuki while Gaara shook his head, saying he would never have believed that Shukaku was happily walking around on water if he hadn't seen it.

"Alright, let's get going" Naruto said as he and Hinata was helped on the whale-horses' back before she helped Gaara and Bee onto Shukaku who was having too much fun to care to notice the duo on his back. "Off to Kiri Town and the final stretch of our adventure" Naruto said as the biju took off over the water toward the island of water country.

As our heroes' journey is nearing an end, what surprises wait for them as they glide over the surface of the water toward Kiri, the sun setting on yet another successful capture of a biju but with their secret found out, what troubles await our heroes as we spy some suspicious characters in a nearby country.

*wave country*

"Why are we here again, un?" Deidara asked, looking at Tobi who seemed to be very quiet lately while their leader said they were bidding their time to wait for the right moment.

"All we need to do is wait until he caught the last two then our job will be easy enough, a single person could do" Pain muttered evilly which put them all on edge and Konan tense as she wished she knew what she could do to save her friend.

"Hey, has anybody informed Itachi on all this?" Kisame asked, wondering where the raven was while Deidara and Sasori noticed the way Tobi tensed and Konan's little smile which made them think something was up and they were about to be caught in the crossfire.

*Konoha*

"Oh kami, this is bad…this is very bad" Tsunade whimpered as she handed the letter to Jiraiya before she asked for all teams to get prepared for they were going out.

"To where this time are we going out?" Sakura asked tired from the trip to Suna before they heard Jiraiya grumble and look at Temari and Kankuro before he explained that they had gotten a letter from the Raikage about Naruto stealing their biju which he told to the Tsuchikage who is holding Konoha responsible.

"Oh, all of this is my fault" they heard a voice say and looked up to see Yugito under a disguise, a sad look on her face.

"How is this your fault and who are you?" they asked while Yugito sighed and explained to those who didn't know her real name and her history of being the two tailed cat before she gave it to Naruto which made a lot of them ask why.

"Nibi said she had sensed a great power in Naruto when we met in the forest and that something told her to go with him for he would be the one to set the biju free. Seeing as my own village attacked me, I decided to get back at them and hand over the biju but I didn't think it would lead to this" Yugito sighed before she looked up and said she would find a way to fix this in which Tsunade told her to back and get ready.

"We need to hurry because they're going to try and capture Naruto" Tsunade cried which made some of them snort and say that even the Akatsuki couldn't catch Naruto when he was this determined which made the Hokage nod in agreement. "Maybe, but I'm not about to test that theory out" she said as she rounded up the team and they started to head for the gate but all noticed when Sasuke started muttering under his breath.

"Meet the Elite 4…battle bad guys and win…next challenge Elite 4…then champion, heh, won't be champion unless max out power"

"…"

Sasuke tensed when he noticed how quiet the group had gotten and knew he was in trouble when they all suddenly surrounded him and said they were not going until he explained just how he knew all this stuff? Sasuke tried to escape but was held down by Tsunade and growled as everybody stared at him, waiting for an answer.

"Fine, I know so much about Pokémon is because…"

With enemies from every side, will our heroes be able to overcome it all and claim the last two biju? And just exactly what is happening with the Akatsuki and their missing member? How does Sasuke know so much about Pokémon despite his attitude and appearance? All these questions will be answered so please tune in next week for the exciting conclusion and shocking surprises of Konoha's Bijumon Master.