1: You will never guess!! My English teacher runs the Anime club in our school!! I just might be able to pull it off as an English Assignment. I also absolutely LOVE my science teacher! :3

Episode 72 of Naruto Shippuden really made me mad!! Naruto is in the hospital, then you see Sakura cutting apples. Much to my disgust now, I was overjoyed! I thought she was cutting them for him (like for Sasuke). SHE WAS CUTTING THEM FOR SAI!! now I feel sick, just thinking about how HAPPY I was when I though she was over Sasuke!! I think I need help... Know any good mental hospitals?

FAVE QUOTE!! "Madness is like gravity... all you need is one little push." Joker From Dark Night. I also liked the Pencil trick. That was funny!!1

HEY! A FanFICTION. Can not be unrealistic... besides when has Naruto ever been realistic? People can walk up trees... In my opinion that is not realistic. But hey that is just me.

If I owned Naruto, Hinata would not faint every time she sees Naruto, she would ask him out. I also do not own Kyapuraikoon (Capricorn) or his pet, Kumori (Shadow, because Kage is already taken... -.-). I just think they would make the perfect main villains in our story. Also all of the swords moves have been taken from my favourite series -The Wheel of Time- by Robert Jordan,

"May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home."

WARNING: will contain Attempts at Torture scenes, extreme Sakura/Sasuke bashing. We will see about lemons. I got tired of waiting for some real flames and used a stove to cook my Kraft Dinner... I know it is cheap. But it still tasted great! But now I have a bag of marshmallows... :3

VOTE FOR THE POLL, DECIDE WHO ELSE IS IN THE HAREM.

Harem NarutoxItachi/Hinata/Kyuubi/??

Characters Talking.

Characters Thinking.

Demons/Summons Talking.

Demons/Summons Thinking.

Authors Note, important information.

The rest of the week seemed to go by painlessly, and Naruto had no more troubles with Inari. Kakashi had also tried to teach them how to tree climb.

-Flashback-

The four genin and Kakashi were in a clearing surrounded by the forest by Tazuna's house. The clearing was small, but free of bushes, and other things that would get in the way of their training. The trees around them were fairly tall, but defiantly not the tallest in the forest. They were large oak trees with smooth bark, for the most part. There were also no signs of any animal life, except for a few birds flying through the tops of the trees. Over all it was a calm, quiet and secluded place. This place was one of the many places in the forest that was ideal for training, and it was perfect for the training that Kakashi had in mind. "All right, training starts now. We will begin with a review of chakra the ninja's basic source of power. Understanding chakra is essential." said Kakashi.

"We already know that" said sasuke in a monotone voice. "Iruka-sensie already taught us about Chakra."

"I know that, ok Sakura take it away..." said Kakashi.

"Ok, Naruto and Ichiha, I'll explain it simply so you two can understand it." she said attempting to insult their intellect. She pulled a scroll out of seemingly nowhere, "Chakra is the elemental life energy a ninja uses in Jutsu. It is the source of all his power. Now this energy has two forms, physical energy. Which exists in all cells in the entire body working together and Spiritual energy the primal source of power. Which is intensified though training and experience. As you see these two types of chakra must be drawn out and brought together in order to preform Jutsu. Notice interplay the between physical and spiritual power. That is the Key. Finally hand signs focus and release the Chakra." Said Sakura.

"Right on all points. Iruka-sensie really did have some excellent students." Kakashi said as Sakura beamed proudly.

"What is the point. It doesn't really matter as long as we can preform the Jutsu. We can already use Chakra." said Sasuke. Naruto sniffed at him, he was such an baka!

"No, you are wrong. You haven't mastered this yet, you have not even scratched the surface. It is just like Sakura said, you have to draw on physical and spiritual energies and then combine them within your self, but how do you do that? Each Jutsu requires different kinds of Chakra in different proportions. You must select and combine them in exactly the right way. Up to now you have just guessed at the proportions, hoping they would come out right. Even if you produce a lot of Chakra, If you cannot balance and control it, it is all worthless. The jutsu won't work at all or it will just be a joke. You waste so much energy that way. Then you are out of Chakra and you can't fight at all. You are just a target. To fixe this you must train so hard that controlling your chakra becomes second nature. To achieve this goal you must be ready to put you life on the line!" Kakashi said voice filled with suspense.

"What do we have to do?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi laughed. "Climb a tree" he said, Sasuke and Sakura repeated him confused as to how this would help. Ichiha and Naruto just sighed, they had already done this, it was easy now, to easy. Kakashi laughed again. "There is one catch. No hands" he said.

"What, your kidding." Sakura asked.

"Am I? Lets see" he said walking up the tree like it was nothing at all. Sakura and Sasuke stared in awe and Naruto and Ichiha rolled their eyes. "Well, you get the Idea. Focus the chakra towards the soles of your feet, and use it to connect to the tree. This is one way to apply the power of chakra." Kakashi finished.

"Ok, that is I nice trick but does improve our Jutsu." asked Sakura.

"It is the only way, that is the entire goal of this training. First you will learn how to draw a precise amount of chakra to a precise point in you body. This is difficult even for elite ninja. This activity requires a subtle mix of spiritual and physical chakra, and the bottoms of the feet are the most difficult points to focus chakra. Are you getting the picture, if you can master this you can master any Jutsu, well theoretically. The second point is to maintain your chakra levels. When a ninja is focussed in battle, it is harder to control and maintain his chakra levels, a deadly mistake. To avoid this, maintaining chakra must become second nature. Effortless. Well, I can talk about this all day but that won't advance your skills. will it? You need to apply the power of chakra though training." he said getting out four Kunai and tossing them down by four genins feet. "Use the Kunai to mark the tree at the highest you can climb. Without using you hands, then try to get past that mark the next time, and the next. At first you will need to run at the tree, so your momentum will take you as high as possible, until you get used to it. Ready?" Kakashi asked.

"Ummm... sensie? I have already completed this chakra control exercise so has Ichiha." Naruto said.

"Ok Naruto how far have you gone with these exercises? Show me, You too Ichiha." Naruto climbed up the tree, then turned around and did a cartwheel. He then climbed to the top of the tree and placed the tip of the Kunai on the tree, so it did not cut into the tree but stood up using chakra. Naruto then grabbed the Kunai's handle and held himself out so he was parallel with the ground. Kakashi was impressed by this, but not as impressed as when he started jumping from tree to tree using chakra to blast him off the tree and add to the distance of the Jump. 'Very creative' Kakashi noted. Ichiha repeated Naruto's performance, then used some chakra strings to 'levitate' the Kunai over to Kakashi. Naruto and Ichiha looked at each other then at Sasuke and Sakura, they laughed at the ridiculous look on both of their faces. While Sakura's face looked like she was choking on air, Sasuke's mouth was hanging open, not by much, but still it was Hilarious! After Naruto and Ichiha had finished showing off, they climbed down, looking at their sensie, waiting for pointers or new exercises, but all he said was "Good job.". Naruto and Ichiha were a bit put back, surely this Jonin knew some more exercises to improve their chakra control.

Meanwhile Kakashi was fuming. These two genin probably had more control over their chakra than he did.

-End of Flashback-

After that he and Ichiha had practice their Kenjutsu and Ninjutsu together. This activity did not entertain them for long, but they soon found a way to appease their boredom.

It soon became dark and Tsunami came out to fetch the Ninja for dinner. She wandered around the forest for a bit looking for her fathers ninja protectors. She soon found Sakura and Sasuke, Sakura was sitting at the top of the tree, cheering on Sasuke. Who had only made it half way up the tree. Tsunami told them it was time to come back to the house for dinner. Sakura ran down the tree, happy for something to put in her empty stomach after a long day of training. Even if most of the day she had been sitting in the tree yelling words of encouragement down to her crush. Sasuke forced himself up to his feet, walking after the giddy, skipping Barbie.

(Small makeout session.)

Tsunami now went looking for Kakashi, Naruto, and Ichiha. She walked deeper into the forest and soon heard a noise. As she got closer to the noise she realized it was a perverted giggle. She came even closer to the perverted giggler when she noticed it was Kakashi. Kakashi seemed to be ducking behind a small bush, one of the many that surrounded the otherwise empty clearing. "Wha..." Kakashi interrupted her signalling for her to be quiet. She then continued in a whisper, "What are you doing?" to Kakashi. Kakashi answered by smiling and pointing into the small clearing, where she saw Naruto and Ichiha making out. There they were, out in the meadow, Naruto and Ichiha were shirtless, their tanktops thrown over onto a tree. Ichiha still had her bra on, but the bra was so skimpy she might as well have been naked. She and Naruto lay there on the ground kissing each other with all of their might. The passion was so intense you could feel it in the air. They could not tell which of the two was in control though the tossing and turning on the grass. Kakashi had his sharingan uncovered, so he could see every detail of the intertwined couple, and he was enjoying every second of it. Naruto had his arms around Ichiha's waist, mouth pressed to hers. His tongue was swirling around in Ichiha's mouth just as violently as Ichiha's was exploring his own. Ichiha had her breasts pressed up against his chest. As they rolled around, her breast also rolled around, giving Kakashi and Tsunami quiet a show. Tsunami was unable to pry her eyes from the Kissing couple. Kakashi giggled again, and Tsunami felt the blood rising to her face, this was the first time she had ever seen anything like this, and she had to admit, she was enjoying it. This time when Kakashi giggled he was not alone.

The couple, seemingly unaware of their presence kept on kissing. It was so sudden when Ichiha pulled her face away from Naruto that she thought they had been discovered. Only when Ichiha spread her legs and sat on Naruto, resuming her game of tensile hockey, did her heart stop fluttering. It did not stop for long, soon Ichiha began grinding her crotch against Naruto's. Her hips moving in a circular motion, this only caused more moaning pleasure for the couple. Also making, to Kakashi's amazement, Tsunami's face glow an even deeper red. This was it, she knew that if she did not turn back now, there would be no turning back. She was headed down the path to perversion. One that many Men and a couple women, openly travelled. Like Jiraiya of the Sannin, and obviously Kakashi Hatake. Even knowing this she could not turn her eyes from the couple, not even for a second.

(End of small makeout session)

It was soon over, and Naruto stood up wiped the drool from his chin and grabbed his shirt. Pulling it over his head, "Enjoy the show?" he asked to the two hiding in the bushes. Kakashi unable to hold back, let out another perverted giggle. Tsunami thankfully was able to control herself, though she was smiling, a BIG perverted smile.

"I'll take that as a Yes." Ichiha teased, pulling her own shirt over her head, they both grabbed their weapons and getting together their belongings, which had been scattered all around the clearing. As soon as they were done, Tsunami walked into the clearing.

"It is time for Dinner," she said looking down, trying to hide the blood that had gathered to her face in a furious blush. Naruto laughed and started walking towards the house, happy to have something to eat, but sad that their makeout session was done. By the time they had made it back to the house their food was cold, and the only proof that the others had been and gone, were the dirty dishes on the table, waiting for someone to pick them up. That someone was Tsunami, after they had eaten their cold meal, Tsunami quickly cleaned up the kitchen. As she did she thought about what she had seen in the meadow earlier.

Kakashi snuck up behind her and whispered in her ear "Good wasn't it" she was suddenly shocked back to the present. The scare was enough for her to drop the plate she was drying on to the floor, where it shattered into a million pieces. "Here" he said handing her a small package about the size of a shoe box. She lifted the lid to find a box filled with colourful books. "I always keep some spares." he said then shunshined away. And so another pervert was born. One of the first GIRLS to proudly read 'Icha Icha Paradise' out in public much like Kakashi read his. Kakashi was never more proud.

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-Back in Konoha-

The Hokage was sitting at the desk in his office, which was covered in paper work, and the one of Jiraiya's books. For some reason, he could not even pick it up, never mind read it. This was unusual for the closet pervert. Most of the time he could not keep his nose out of the books, and cursed the few moments his secretary came in to tell him, or warn him about something. But now he was wishing his secretary would come in with something, anything, as long as it delayed the Meeting he had promised to hold. Sarutobi Sasuke knew he had put this off as long as he could, but Naruto could come back any day now, and he had made a promise. He would tell the Village about Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki. Sarutobi just hoped that this would not make things worse for the poor kid. Not that he was really a kid anymore, and Sarutobi was very confident that he could take care of himself, but he had still had a rough past. The fourth's last wish was that his son was to be viewed as the hero of the village, not the demon spawn or demon container that everyone thought he was.

This was going to be a big blow to the city of Konoha. They thought he was the enemy not the son of their greatest hero. Sarutobi was praying their wouldn't be any riot's or -Kami forbid- murder. As he called in his secretary, telling her to call a town meeting, he preformed some of the meditation exercises he had learned in a yoga class. One of his older friends said it lowered you blood pressure, it had also been a good excuse to get away from paperwork. 'Maybe I should join it again' he thought staring at the mounds of paperwork sitting in front of him.

A while later his secretary woke him from his daydreams with a quiet "The town is gathered Hokage-sama" Sarutobi sighed. This was going to be interesting. He just hoped it would go over smoothly.

He was soon on the balcony of the hokage tower. At his feet stood all of the townsfolk and Ninja of Konoha, even the Anbu. For a moment he looked over at Hokage monuments, specifically at Jiraiya's student, the Fourth. This news was important for everyone to know, and he knew it would get out sooner or later, but he was still unsure about the idea of the town knowing Naruto's hearitage. The Hokage didn't worry about any of the Ninja and Anbu on missions not getting the information. With the way the town gossiped, they would find out soon enough. "I called this meeting to discuss Naruto Uzumaki, the Jinjuriki..." The hokage began.

"Are we finally going to Execute him?" A brave man in the crowed shouted. His loud voice echoing off of the Hokage tower. "The demon deserves to die!" The man shouted. Many people in the crowed shouted their agreement, while some stayed quiet seeing the sombre look on the Hokage's face.

"As you know, Naruto has been treated with less respect then he deserves. He is saving the village right now by keeping the Kyuubi sealed inside him. The forth's last words were to treat the kid like the hero he is." the Hokage sighed, he might as well get it over with. "Naruto is the Forth's son. His real name is Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki, frankly I don't know how you didn't figure it out. He looks just like his father, the only difference is he has whiskers! He also acts just like his mother, the Forth's wife! Kushina Uzumaki! I mean how much more obvious can you get!" at this point he was yelling at the crowed below. Sasuke Sarutobi did not loose his temper often but when he did, watch out. He had often been called the 'The raging panda' he hated that name, his old friend had given it to him. He said that Sarutobi was as patient as a panda, and his fits of anger were mighty, even though they were few. The crowed below was stunned, weather it was because of the announcement about Naruto, or him yelling or a combination of both. He did not know. Sarutobi soon regained his composer and left the balcony before the crowed could pull themselves together. 'That went well...' he thought to himself sarcastically, shortly after shouts started coming from outside the Hokage's tower.

Outside there were four points of view, 'I knew that' coming from the elders, 'Who cares he is still a demon' from some of the men in the village, 'I am sorry I treated him that way' coming from the rest of the men and a couple of the women, and lastly from the majority of the women 'Namikaze huh?'.

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Somewhere outside, hidden in the mist on the other side of the island, Gato had hired a new man to replace Zabuza. His name was Kyapuraikoon of the smoke, or it soon would be. Kyapuraikoon, was a dangerous man with an uncanny ability to control fire, but that was not the reason he was soon to become one of the most feared men on the planet. The real reason was Kumori, he appeared only when Kyapuraikoon called him. Sometimes he was red as fire, sometimes gray as the ashes that into which the fire turns all it devours. He leaped from the ground like flame flickering up from wood. His touch, and even his breath brought death. He rose up by his master's feet, soundless and faceless, scenting the air like a dog on a trail, waiting to be shown his next victim.

They say that Kyapuraikoon had Kumori made with the ashes of his victims, but no one would ever know who had made Kumori, for it is said that whoever had bought the Kumori to life Kyapuraikoon shortly killed afterwards. But one thing that everyone was soon to know: Kumori was immortal and invulnerable and as pity less as his master.

"Now," Gato said. "I want you to kill the bridge builder."

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Naruto and the others trained while they were waiting for the bridge builder to finish up with the bridge. He had promised it would not take much more time. Naruto was getting impatient, it was not that he didn't like 'training' with Ichiha, he did VERY much. Naruto was tired of staying in the same place, during the last year of his banishment, he roamed the countries. Never staying in one place for very long. This was getting on his nerves, he had travellers itch, and it was getting worse. He was dreading heading back to Konoha where he would have to stay in the same place for weeks, even months!

During one of the few times that Naruto and Ichiha's 'training sessions' was actually training, Naruto was going through the stances of the sword, performing each movement with grace, speed and precision. As Naruto went through the moves, Heron Wading Through The Rushes moved into The Moon on the Water. As he kept moving through the stances he started to feel a little light headed, at the same time Ichiha noticed that his movements were becoming a little shaky. She would have dismissed this as an argument with Kyuubi, which happened quite a bit, if he had not started coughing. Naruto never coughed, he never choked -she thought that had something to do with how he had trained himself to eat ramen.- He never got sick, so this was unusual "Are you ok" she asked as Naruto lowered his sword.

Naruto could not remember who she was, who he was. What was she saying? She sure was pretty. Where was he? He looked around bewildered. Everything was swirling and the colours were colliding making very interesting patterers.

Itachi realized something was very wrong. She rushed over to him and reached him just in time to stop him from collapsing and slicing himself in half with his sword. She looked at his sword, the gem on the hilt was flashing in every colour know to man, and some that she was sure had never been seen by human eyes before. Normally she would have stayed there and watch it change from colour to colour, but now was not the time. Her suspicions were confirmed, this was no normal sickness, she sighed. 'Why is nothing ever normal with Naruto' she thought gathering him in her arms bridal style. She rushed him to the house.

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Tsunami saw her rush up stairs, that was strange. She usually stoped to say hello. Tsunami walked up stairs to say hello and see what was going on. She reached the room in which Naruto and Ichiha shared just in time to see Ichiha gently lowering Naruto down on his bed, which was opposite to hers. She looked at Naruto and realized that the sickly pale yellowish skin was not normal. She yelled out for someone to get some towels and water heaters. Haku was soon in the room with an armful of each.

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Everyone was gathered in the small room that had been given to Naruto and Ichiha. The room was an off-white colour. The floor was beautiful, the wood had been cut perfectly so the grain decorated the floor underneath the shine. The two beds were also made of this beautiful wood. They had white sheets and a brown comforter. A windows were located so light shone down on the pillow of Ichiha's bed and on Naruto's deathly pale face. However nobody was even conscious of the small yet beautiful room. They were all focussed on the young ninja with the fiery red, orange and yellow hair. Naruto was laying down sleeping surrounded by bloody cloths. Every once and a while he would begin to cough again, spitting up more blood. Nobody knew what to do, nobody had ever seen Naruto sick, never mind spitting up blood. It did not help that the only one who knew first aid was Haku, and she had only taken basic training. Even Sasuke was worried, not to mention the fact that if there had been any doubt he was telling the truth about the Kyuubi, it was gone now. The kyuubi was flooding chakra though out Naruto's body. Though not even Kakashi could say weather it was helping or hurting him.

Everyone was tired, it had been two days since Ichiha had brought him into the house. Kakashi didn't think that Ichiha had left his side for more than a minute and he certainly didn't think she had gotten a wink of sleep, even though her bed was just across the room. He was worried for the both of them, but no matter how he argued or tried to persuade her, she would not leave his side for long enough to even take a nap. He didn't know what to do, he just hoped Naruto would get better soon.

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Kyuubi was sending her chakra surging through the boy's veins. She knew it was not going to help him get any better, but at least she could keep him from dying. She did not know what could save him now. "Naruto, Don't give up!" She shouted to the figure lying on the damp floor of the mindscape. He lay there, tossing and turning, panting like he had been training for days. She did not know if he could here her shouts, never mind weather or not it was helping. For all she knew she was making it worse, but she had to do something. She thought about making him a Youkai (Demon) but this was not possible, in his current condition, the transformation would be equal to suicide. "Naruto you Can't give up!" She whispered, "You can't give up because, because, I LOVE YOU!" She shouted the last three words. As if those words had some magic properties, Naruto instantly stopped tossing and turning. His breathing also slowed down to a light pant. Kyuubi noticed the change immediately and kept repeating it, in the futile hope that those three words would heal the broken boy. She stopped a while later, throat unable to handle another scream.

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Some where deep in Naruto's subconscious, which was almost like a mindscape within his mindscape, Naruto was standing, or floating in the middle of blackness, he could not see the nose on his face. The darkness was like none he had ever seen, a suffocating Black abyss. He could not hear anything, not even the sound of his own breathing. Yet even through the darkness, and the silence something echoed through the darkness, 'I LOVE YOU' . These words were spoken by not one but two familiar voices. At first he could not recognize them, but then images started to fly by. Even in the darkness he could make out the images, the first time he had met Kyuubi, the first time he had kissed Ichiha, crying on Kyuubi's shoulder, proposing to Ichiha. Every one of his precious memories with the two, he shared a connection with the two that could not compare to the feelings he had for anybody else. The two connections were also different from each other, but there was one constant factor in the way he felt for the two, it was love, he realized. Before he had thought of Kyuubi as a mother figure. The first he had ever had, a shoulder to cry on, and a giver of good advice, even if he hardly ever followed it. He suddenly understood, that feeling he got around Kyuubi was the same as the one he felt around Ichiha, she was not his mother, she was his lover. This realization also followed a discovery, looking off into the distance he saw a light, a light so bright that it pierced through the darkness like a hot knife through butter. He walked or floated toward the glow, as two figures materialised in the light. They were Ichiha and Kyuubi, he rushed toward their open arms.

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Ichiha was starting to doze off again, she thought Kakashi had thrown some gravel into her food. She watched as Naruto breathed, his breathing was still faster than normal, but no longer dangerously so. Folding her arms she rested her head on his chest, she soon fell asleep lying on his chest.

She was abruptly awoken by Naruto gasped, bolting up into an upright sitting position, throwing her head down into his lap, uncomfortably close to his crotch. She quickly lifted her head turning away to hide her blush. It took her a while to get her emotions under control, but once she had she turned her head back towards him, and realized that Naruto now looked perfectly healthy. As if he had not been in a coma for over three days, in fact he looked like he had just been having a small nap. Ichiha looked him over to make sure he was as healthy as he first appeared, then she punched him. Hard. Naruto let out a little yelp, which brought the a gathering of people, coming to see if Naruto's condition had once again turned for the worst.

Once they entered the room, Haku and Zabuza sweatdropped, seeing Naruto sitting their rubbing his arm like a child would hold an injury he received while going through normal training exercises, or in this case getting punched by a girl. Normally this would be a normal sight, especially with these two, but this was immediately after coming out of a coma. That and Ichiha was shouting at him, saying something to the effect of 'If you ever do that to me again, I will castrate you!' Shortly after they arrived, Kakashi and the two genin entered, Kakashi lightly started chuckling. As the others arrived their were mixed reactions to Naruto's sudden recovery, Anger, and Frustration were commonly mixed with relief and joy. In total Naruto had been out for four days.

"Ok, Spill it, why were you like that! You never get sick!" Itachi ordered. She was curious as to why he had been sick. She was also secretly wondering if it had anything to do with her.

Naruto fazed out for a second, obviously talking to Kyuubi, then replied "When I took Kimimaro's bloodline, it seems that the disease he had was also transferred to me. It seems that the disease Kimimaro had was fatal, but luckily the Kyuubi's chakra saved me. Apparently our chakra's worked together to search and destroy the virus. She also said, that chances are we killed of the virus, that our Chakra didn't stop with me, but wiped it off the face of the earth. Not that, that really changes anything." He finished.

A day later Naruto was on his feet, training as if nothing had happened, in fact he looked healthier than normal. The only evidence that he had been sick was a couple red stained rags.

"Now, it is time I showed you how to use Soma No Ko." said Kyuubi.

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-Somewhere in one of Orochimaru's Hideouts-

Kimimaro woke up, he was still connected to Orochimaru's machinery, he was down in one of the lower levels of Orochimaru's underground palace. Kabuto was coming down for his check up. Nothing was abnormal their, but something was different. He was not in pain, the constant pain that he had to endure because of his illness was gone. 'Orochimaru must have created a stronger pain medication.' thought Kimimaro. Watching Kabuto start drawing blood from his leg, and run it through the scanner. He could not make heads or tails of the readings on the machine, all he knew is that the readings looked different from the way they did normally, and Kabuto looked shocked. "Tell me the truth," Kimimaro asked "How much longer do I have to serve Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto turned around and stared at Kimimaro like he had grown a horn, well actually that was normal. So it was more like his skin had changed colour, to something like jumpsuit orange. After a minute Kabuto drew a second sample, ignoring Kimimaro's pleas to tell him how much longer he had. The second result seemed to have the same result as the first, Kabuto quickly rushed out of the room.

A few minutes later Kabuto, but it was not Kabuto that caught his attention. There Orochimaru stood looking at Kimimaro like a child would look at an unexpected birthday present. Ignoring the way Orochimaru stared at him, he thought Orochimaru was here to pay his last respects. To say good bye to a loyal servant. "I am sorry, I could not serve you more, Orochimaru-sama" the smile disappeared from Orochimaru's face.

"Kabuto" he turned around to the four eyed man. "Did you even think to tell the man the good news?" he said in a dangerous tone.

Kabuto cleared his throat, "No Orochimaru-sama," he said pushing up his glasses. "Kimimaro, you have had a miraculous recovery, the disease has disappeared from you body entirely. It is as if the disease itself never existed." he smiled one of his nerdy little smiles.

"Does that mean I can be Orochimaru's next body?" Kimimaro asked hopefully looking at Orochimaru, Kabuto nodded and Orochimaru's paedophile-ish smile once again returned.

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"What exactly does this new bloodline do?" asked Naruto phasing into his dreamscape. Once he was inside he made a chair, and sat down for another seemingly long explanation. For a moment he looked around. The dark, damp sewer seemed somehow homeier than the last time he had been their, almost more pleasant. There was still big dark tunnels heading in many different directions, the floor was still covered in a layer of water, and the cage was as ominous as ever, but still, it seemed a brighter place for some reason.

Kyuubi was also sitting, on a slightly bigger chair, one that was almost a couch. She was still in her human form and in a very stunning red Kimono that matched her hair and her eyes. She looked beautiful, he sat their admiring her as she settling into lecture mode, until her voice brought him out of his daydream. "Before I teach you how to use Soma No Ko, I should tell you what it does." she smirked "Soma No Ko was first invented sometime during the Demon wars, when the tailed beasts fought for power. For the most part then, we ignored humans, they seemed little pests that would die out in a few thousand years. The tailed beasts never saw the humans as a threat. But one day, our assumption came back to haunt us. Some time after humans discovered Chakra, jutsu's were created to protect themselves. Eventually they made some that could even hurt us. Never any serious damage though, small cuts and burns, like the kind you could get cooking in you kitchen. Anyway, eventually some genius found a way to seal us inside themselves. They experimented with these jutsu and soon found that the tailed beasts could only be sealed inside children under the age of three weeks old. It was assumed that once we were sealed inside a child we would either posses it or remain trapped forever. However, the tailed beasts soon found that if they gave their containers bloodlines, they could break the rules. They all started to give their containers Soma No Ko. It gave the tailed beast the ability break off from their container, if only for a little while. Eventually the tailed beasts stopped giving their containers this bloodline because it really did them no good, and started giving their containers more powerful bloodlines. So basically what it does is let me come out for a while. As we practice with this bloodline I will be able to come out faster and for longer amounts of time. Now it would probably take me a couple minutes to get out, and I would only survive for another couple of minutes. Not enough time to actually do anything. So lets get started, all you have to do right now is not resist. It might help if you meditated." Kyuubi finished.

Naruto nodded, he phased out of his mindscape. He was in a clearing that was very similar to the one Sasuke and Sakura used to tree climb. This one however was bigger, and the trees were much taller, he was in a much older part of the forest. There was a little light shining down though the branches of the trees, making the clearing bright and warm. Also the field was covered in little flowers, most of them were forget-me-nots. Taking Kyuubi's advise he sat down and took his meditation position. As he meditated, a strange feeling came over him. He felt a lump starting to grow on the back of his neck. It also felt like something was trying to break off from his mind. Kyuubi had said try not to resist like it should be easy, truthfully it was the hardest thing Naruto had ever done. He tried to keep all of his muscles loose and his mind open, but the longer it took, the more Naruto just wanted to tense everything up. He knew that this would make the feeling worse and make it much harder for Kyuubi to get out. Soon the lump on his neck started to take shape. A small furry fox muzzle was forming. It started letting out little yips which Naruto took for grunts, the little fox now had a neck. The both of them kept grunting and groaning as they tried to separate.

Ichiha was walking in the forest looking for Naruto, she suddenly heard him grunting and groaning. But that was not what was what caught her attention. She also heard another voice, this voice seemed more feminine, it was letting out short periodic yelps. Ichiha was furious! How could he! Sure she didn't care if he had other women in his life, it was inevitable. But she had at least expected him to tell her about them, that way they could have fun together. Also going by the yelps and groans, they were going farther than he had gone with her. She had believed the whole 'wait until we are married' thing, she had even thought it was cute. How could he do this to her. She started walking briskly toward the sound of the two voices. Her long strides and her anger calmed down as Naruto came into view. He sat their face rippled in effort, he was sitting in his meditation position. She still heard the female voice, but she could not see her anywhere. She stopped and looked at him, what was going on. . . suddenly a fox popped out from behind Naruto. The small fox looked like a new born, it was covered in sweat. It also had nine tails, it wobbled a few paces then collapsed. Naruto looked at the fox in a loving fashion before falling on his back and looking at the sky, trying to catch his breath. Ichiha stared.

At this time Naruto noticed her standing their and decided to make introductions, before kyuubi disappeared. "Ichiha, meet Kyuubi No Kitsune, the Nine Tailed Fox." Ichiha stood there in shock. This was nothing like what she had expected. Quiet the opposite really, the last thing she expected to do today was meet the Kyuubi who attacked Konoha so many years ago.

"H-hello" Ichiha managed to get out. Kyuubi's tails twitched in what she assumed to be an attempt at a wave. Ichiha did not know what she was supposed to do in a situation like this, so she decided she would just sit down and watch the pair. Shortly after the two had gathered their breath and were able to sit up again. Kyuubi disappeared in a puff of smoke. Naruto sighed and they once again repeated the process. They repeated this four or five times before Ichiha got bored. She left to go and do some training in another part of the forest.

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A week had past since they had reach Tazuna's house. Most of the time the teams had spent training, because they had nothing better to do. The days had been relatively quiet since Naruto had come out of his coma. Everything was quiet, but on the seventh day, a cool wind blew from the east. With this wind came an overall sense of unease and signs of a storm. Today it was Sasuke's turn to guard the bridge builder. Some time around noon, a bunch or mercenaries arrived at the Tazuna household, looking for hostages. At the time the only ones in the house were Naruto, Inari and Tsunami, Inari was playing upstairs in his room, tsunami was making lunch and Naruto was still sleeping after his long tiring day of practising his new bloodline. He soon woke up to a scream and a chakra flare. Rushing to the top of the stairs, he looked down. He saw five mercenaries dressed in black, the way they were dressed you would think they were trying to imitate crows. He took a good look at the men, it was obvious by their movements that they were used to strong arming people with numbers and size, not talent. He pinpointed the leader immediately, he was a tall bulky man, he was very muscular, but did not look very intelligent. He was very confident, he had not even thought that there might be some danger in the house, like a Ninja of the Seven Swordsmen. He shunshined to back to his room and grabbed Akumateiru, his sword and Ichiha's sword. He headed down stairs, "DON'T MOVE, OR WE WILL KILL HER!" came a shout from one of the mercenaries, his knife to Tsunami's throat. Naruto just kept walking, suddenly he disappeared from their vision. The man who had been threatening Tsunami fell on the floor. Followed by the other four, the leader the last to go. Naruto reappeared in Tsunami's vision, he waved, then once again disappeared and the bodies with him.

Naruto threw the bodies over the side of the bridge, and let out a flare of the Kyuubi's chakra. He then looked over at Sasuke, who was staring at him, it is not everyday you watch someone throw bodies into the ocean so calmly. Naruto sat down on the side of the bridge, he waited for the rest of the team to show up, he did not have to wait long. Naruto was surprised when Kakashi was the first person to arrive, but he was not so surprised that he was soon followed by Ichiha, then Sasuke, and least surprising of all, Sakura was last. Once they were all their Naruto went over the attack on Tsunami. "I think we had better keep an eye out. If Gato sent mercenaries then he knows that Zabuza is on our side or thinks he is dead. Either way, he will be sending more mercenaries and or more powerful ninja. I suggest we have someone stand guard over the house and Tazuna incase someone tries to grab some hostages." Naruto said. Kakashi and Ichiha nodded in agreement, while Sasuke let out a 'hn', seeing this Sakura stuck up her nose, but neither of them disagreed.

It was decided that Sakura would have the first watch of the house and Sasuke would remain guarding Tazuna at the bridge. So Naruto and Ichiha headed off to do some light training, so if there was an attack they would be ready.

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Sasuke was watching the bridge, this was a boring job. Nothing had even happened the whole time they were here. He was lost in thought, most of his thoughts were about how he was going to kill his 'brother'. He was so deep in thought that he did not notice a man walk up to him. A voice brought him back to reality. "Excuse me," said the man "Who is the bridge builder" The man had smooth features, almost child like. His smile was soothing and reassuring. His blue eyes were cool as ice, they were like cold hard stones, hard and merciless. The man was tall, he was wearing a White long sleeve shirt and white jeans. The jeans were a loose fit made for comfort. Over all the only thing odd about the man was his eyes and that he wore all white. But even Sasuke understood that looks were deceiving, he also believe that eyes were the windows to the soul, and if the mans eyes were any indication to his soul. Then Sasuke never wanted to meet this man in a dark ally.

"I am sorry" Sasuke said in his Emo tone, "That is classified information.".

"That is to bad, I'd hoped you would have told me of your own free will." the man sighed. He grabbed the Uchiha by the throat. "Now tell me, where can I find the bridge builder." He commanded.

"I'll never tell you" Sasuke spat. He started to make the hand signs for Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique "Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger" he said calling out the signs. The man just smiled. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique" He shouted inhaling and then spitting out a huge ball of flames.

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Naruto, Kakashi and Ichiha all turned their heads at the same time, in the same direction. They had felt the spike of Chakra coming from the direction of the bridge. They looked at each other, then shunshined towards the bridge. There were many dark clouds over head, they looked dark and angry, like they were threatening to release their fury any moment. The waves beat against the shore with amazing force, as if warning the Genin, and Jonin of the force of the storm to come. Telling them to head for shelter while they still had the chance.

They saw a man holding Sasuke by his neck, Sasuke had this ridiculous look of terror on his face. If the situation had been different Naruto would have laughed at him. But because this was not a friendly situation, Naruto got into a fighting stance. "Put him down" Naruto said confidently.

"Oh," the man said looking Naruto up and down, then repeated the process with Kakashi and Ichiha, not even bothering to look at Sakura. "Looks like two of you will be able to give me a good fight." Kakashi put on a confident grin underneath his mask, he also lifted up his headband to reveal his Sharingan. "Tell you what, I'll even let you die with honour," he said biting his left thumb and wiping the blood on a tattoo located on the palm of his right hand. There was a small puff of smoke, and a small collection of ashes appeared on his hand. The man quickly threw the ashes on the ground, and a slightly red-ish gray smoky figure appeared. The thing that popped up out of the ashes had no face, but two beady blood read eyes. "Meet Kumori" The man said as if introducing a pet.

"Ok, we know your little summons name, but what is yours?" Asked Sakura in an arrogant tone, not realizing the seriousness of the situation.

"Oh, How rude of me." the Man said dropping Sasuke and giving a deep bow, "My Name is Kyapuraikoon. How do you do?" He was surprisingly courteous, as if he was at a ball, not in the middle of a bridge in the middle of nowhere.

"He is trying to kill the bridge builder" Sasuke called.

"Ya, I'd figured that out." Naruto called out sarcastically.

"So, are you going to tell me where I can find the bridge builder? If you do I will spare the village any your little friends. Sound like a deal?" Kyapuraikoon asked.

"No, but here is a deal, You leave and I will not kill you." challenged Naruto. The man laughed.

"I guess this will not be resolved peacefully. Oh, well all the better, it has been a long time science my little pet has gotten any exercise." The man smiled and gave the signal for Kumori to attack.

Kumori rushed forward, it was as fast as any Ninja, as the wind whistling by the shadow sounded like moans coming up from the pits of hell. The noise made all of the Ninja wince, Kakashi took a good look at the Shadow, "I cannot see it with my sharingan! What is going on?" Kakashi Shouted.

Everyone looked at him, Sasuke and Ichiha activated their Sharingan, and confirmed Kakashi's report. "The sharingan cannot see this thing, It just disappears..." Sasuke said in shock. He had never seen or heard anything like this, people with the sharingan were at a disadvantage when fighting this thing. The sharingan had a weakness.

By the time Sasuke had said this, Naruto was face to face with the Kumori, Naruto pulled out Akumateiru, and sliced at the shadow, when the sword whistled through the shadow without even slowing it down, He jumped back, he tried a Jutsu. "Tiger Ox Monkey Rabbit Sheep Boar Ox Horse Monkey Tiger Dog Tiger Serpent Tiger Ox Monkey Rabbit Bird. Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique" Naruto shouted as he completed the Jutsu. As the attack hit, Kumori faltered for almost half a second, Naruto sent a chakra enhanced punch into the 'little pet' He felt his Chakra being sucked up by the thing. The more chakra the shadow sucked up, the weaker it got. Unfortunately, the amount of chakra being sucked out of Naruto was hurting him more than it was hurting the Shadow. He shouted a heads up to the rest of the team "Raw Chakra seems to hurt it, but it takes a lot. Be careful you guys." the team nodded back. They understood that if Naruto said it took a lot of Chakra, it took a LOT of Chakra.

Kakashi analysed the situation. "Maybe if we attack Kyapuraikoon his summon will disappear. It works for most summons. Few stay around after their summoner is knocked unconscious." Kakashi said relying on his information about his dog summons to add some validity to his story.

"Thanks for the tip Kakashi, but I don't think this guy is going to let us get anywhere near his master. Look at his position, it is more of a defensive stance then an offensive stance." Ichiha pointed out.

"You have a point there," Kakashi mused.

"How do you see a stance! It is a ball of smoky ash stuff!" Naruto asked, Ichiha shrugged.

Naruto looked to Kyuubi for help. "Do you know a way that I could defeat it? Do you have and extra store of chakra or something?"

"Fox Sage Mode" Kyuubi simply stated.

Naruto's eyes got wide "Fox Sage Mode?"

"Come in Here" She said "And be quick, very quick" Naruto did as he was told. "I have been saving up my chakra for just such an emergency. As Kyuubi, Leader of all the tailed beasts. I can temporarily stop time outside of your mindscape. Or more accurately speed up the time in your mindscape so the time outside slows down to a crawl. I can only do this once or twice every 3 years so you better make the best use of the time you have. Now Sage mode is a mode which was discovered by the Toad Sages in the Toad Mountains. This originally allowed Ninja with the Toad Contract to learn how to use the Natural Energy, -the earths chakra- to mimic the toads. So as you have probably guessed, the Fox Sage Mode will allow you to use the Natural Energy around you to mimic the Fox. You could say it would give you a cloak of Chakra, it will take the form of a Fox, You will have complete control over this chakra and you will be in complete control of yourself. Just so you know this training will not age you physically or mentally, it will just allow you to use this one Jutsu. We should begin right away. I will release Chakra that will copy Natural Energy." Kyuubi said letting out small bursts of Chakra. Naruto made about 200 Kage Bushins. "Now, Sit perfectly still. Meditate, imagine an Invisible force circling all around us. You feel it flowing though You." Kyuubi said in a hypnotic tone. Naruto was soon drawn into a deep slumber. He was conscious but just barely, Kyuubi's voice had completely hypnotised him.

Naruto did not know how much time had passed. But He suddenly woke up from his trance, the only thing that hinted that anytime had passed was the fact that Kyuubi sounded like she had swallowed a frog, she was also panting slightly. He did not know how much talking it took to do that, but it must be a lot. He could tell that something besides his and the Kyuubi's chakra was flowing though him. If he was going to guess, he would say that it was that Natural Energy that Kyuubi had been talking about. "Now" Kyuubi said trying to hide how coarse her throat was, "We have to practice the Fox Sage Mode. All you need to do is concentrate the energy all over your body like you would for tree climbing, but instead of keeping it on your skin release it so it forms around you."

Naruto did as she told him. He watched as a Red film covered his eyes, upon closer inspection he realized that it was the chakra he was releasing, it was red because it was Kyuubi's Chakra. For a moment he considered what colour it would be if He used Natural Energy, he supposed it would be green. "There, you can use Natural Energy," Kyuubi sounded exhausted.

"That easy?" He asked.

Kyuubi Nodded and sat down leaning against the sides of the Cage, she could hold her lids open no longer. She fell asleep right there and then.

Naruto felt time start to move again, it felt kinda weird, but he knew it would not take long to get used to it. As he faded out of his mindscape he considered the facts. He knew that if he could not use the real Natural Energy they would all be dead. This training had completely depleted Kyuubi's Chakra store, and his friends were no match for this Monster.

Naruto fazed out of his mindscape. He noticed that everything was in the same position as it was in when he left. He watched tie move, it was still moving slowly. He tried to move, and found that his body was still moving at regular pace, no matter how fast his mind was moving. He found that the time was quickly catching up. He watched things start to move faster. He started to gather Natural Energy, he felt it surge within him. However it surprised him that the Natural Energy seemed to be a blackish colour other than the greenish colour that he had suspected.

By the time, time was moving at it's usual rapid place, Naruto had gathered just enough Natural Energy to cover himself with a cloak. Everyone stared as the cloak enveloped him, even Kumori seemed to hesitate at seeing this new power. In his Demon cloak made him almost look like a completely different person. He looked darker and more of a wild evil than he normally did. The cloak seemed to draw even more attention to his eyes, making them seem darker and more terrifying than usual.

Naruto started to feel numb, inside and out, much like when Ichiha had challenged him to a drinking contest. He didn't remember much after that, but he did know he woke up and he was a the top of a tree. Butt Naked. Luckily Ichiha was fully clothed, still in the hotel room. . .

He looked around, seeing everything more clearly than he ever had before, smelling smells that were completely new to him. Despite all the new feelings surrounding him, he managed to focus on his goal. Naruto looked at the shadow, and lunged. As he rushed forward to meet this new enemy only one thing was running through his mind. "I hope I have enough power to beat this monster."