Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NARUTO

Judgement

"Do you really have to go?" Naruto asked.

"Unfortunately." Gaara replied.

"Why can't you stay?" Naruto said.

"Remember the first night on our journey here three years ago?" Gaara asked, trying to change the subject.

Fortunately for Gaara, it worked.

"How could I forget?" Naruto said with a small smile.

(Flashback)

It's been four hours straight since ACE, Gaara, and Naruto left Suna. Right now, the three were located at an oasis that ACE claimed to have found several years ago. After cleaning up and eating dinner, both Naruto and ACE started to get ready to go to sleep.

"Hey squirt, make sure nothing happens to us as we sleep." ACE said before summoning a sleeping bag through a scroll he carried.

Gaara nodded more to himself then to ACE and climbed up a nearby tree. At a branch near the top of the tree, Gaara noticed that at ground level, Naruto was already asleep. Gaara sighed and looked out at the crescent moon that's present at the starry sky.

A couple hours later, Gaara noticed that something was off with Naruto. First thing that Gaara noticed was that Naruto's clothing had patches of torn orange and his hair started to show a little bit of blonde.

"Looks like he can't control the transformation technique during unconsciousness very well." a voice said from behind Gaara.

Gaara instinctively summoned his sand to ward of the intruder but saw that his sand was easily dodged by ACE.

"What are you doing up?" Gaara asked to the intruder.

"I had a little trouble sleeping." ACE replied.

Gaara looked at Naruto.

"Naru, who is he?" Gaara asked.

"You can ask him tomorrow." ACE replied. "What I can tell you though is that he is an Uzuki. Throughout known history, the Uzuki clan was known as the 'transformation clan'. They're a clan that has very high chakra reserves and stamina. By using the high stamina that they have, they use their signature technique, which is the basic transformation technique, and made vast improvements with the basic technique. Because of the improvements, bloodlines like the Sharingan and the Byakugan wouldn't be able to tell whether or not if a ninja they encounter is an Uzuki or not because the transformation is that perfect. The Uzukis even got to the point where they can actually change their body structure permanently at the cost of losing over 90 percent of their chakra reserves forever. They can rebuild the chakra reserves over time, but it was pointless to do so since it would require a process which goes through all of the specialized training which would normally take years. From what you've seen before I startled you, the youngster has unconsciously started to tap into his bloodline from the way part's of his hair could be seen and the orange patches of his jacket. Normally, the transformation technique would vanish when a person is asleep and all that would appear is the original form of the user."

ACE decided to stop speaking for half a minute before he continued speaking, glancing at Naruto as he started to speak.

"The youngster over there is different. Even though he has the Uzuki blood in him, if he were to sacrifice most of chakra reserves to permanently change his body, the demon which resides within him would repair the lost reserves or just give the youngster his own demonic chakra to replace what was lost. If he were to ever discover how to do this, he would practically become a shape shifter, one who can change forms, and create a new bloodline limit. If he were to practice with the shifting, it's possible to change almost instantly and never be caught.

"From what I've seen, the youngster has some real potential. He's the type that'll never give up and is also the type who will fight to the death for his precious people. You should consider yourself lucky squirt. He's considered you one of his precious people because you're just like him. Feared by most, wanted to be gotten rid of, hated, the list could go on and on."

ACE could've continued talking with Gaara, but decided to stop when he sensed something.

"Yo squirt, since you can't sleep, gather up enough water for the next three days. There's something I have to do really fast." ACE replied in a serious tone. "Also, if the youngster wakes up or something, don't mention anything that I just told to you.

Gaara nodded his head once to show that he understood and went down to the ground to gather water.

(With ACE)

ACE went out of the oasis to see if what he sensed was true. He saw that the Kazekage sent out 3 ninjas which appeared to be Chuunin level at the very least to bring back or kill Gaara. ACE decided to get straight to the point and used a teleportation technique to get in front of the three Sand nins.

"You three, what do you want?" ACE asked.

"Are you the one who took the Kazekage's son?" one of the thee asked.

"I never took anyone." ACE replied.

"I see. It was reported that a man used a Genjutsu to change the boy's form and left the village. We didn't get good visuals of the man, but if you encounter the man, do you think you can give him or her a message for us?" the same nin asked.

"What are you doing?" a second ninja replied quietly.

"You think that he's the one who took the kid right?" the third nin asked.

"Yeah," the one who spoke to ACE replied.

Unknown to them, ACE heard everything they said but really didn't care one bit.

"Sure, I'll give the message to whoever you're looking." ACE replied.

"The Kazekage said that it was alright for Gaara to leave the village until he reaches the age of ten. When Gaara reaches that age, he is to return to the village." the first nin replied.

"I see. I'll give the message if I encounter the fellows you're looking for." ACE said as he teleported away.

"He really didn't try to hide the fact that he was the one who took the kid did he?" the first nin replied to the other two.

"Yeah, but I think that he's a man of his word. But I never even finished what I was supposed to say. The kazekage knew who took the kid and stated that if he didn't return the kid by the time he's ten, he would launch an all out attack against the man and kill the man we just saw, his allies, and the shukaku kid."

"That proves how valuable that Shukaku brat is as a weapon of Suna." the second ninja replied.

(With Gaara)

Gaara was busy with what ACE told him to do. He finished setting up the water supply for the next few days. As he placed the last of the water in a container that ACE had hidden in the oasis, Gaara saw that Naruto was up.

"What are you doing up, shouldn't you go to sleep?" Naruto asked.

"I can't sleep. If I do the demon that I have will come out and eat me away from the inside of my mind." Gaara replied.

"That sucks." Naruto said, right after he yawned.

The two of them remained in silence for a couple minutes when Gaara started to speak again.

"Gaara of the Desert."

"Huh?" Naruto replied a little sleepily.

"I'm known as Gaara of the Desert. Tell me your real name." Gaara asked.

'Oh man, what should I tell him. He knows that I'm not really Uzuki Naru, but how did he know' Naruto thought. Naruto then looked at himself and saw that his transformation technique was slowly fading away. 'So that's how he knew. I might as well tell him, though I don't know how ACE'll react.'

"Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto replied.

From there on, the two started to chat (even though it was Naruto who did most of the chatting) and slowly started to become close friends. (Although it really didn't happen until a few weeks later.)

ACE returned not long after and saw that Naruto was back into his original form and was chatting with Gaara.

'Might as well tell them later.' ACE thought.

(End Flashback)

"Those were some great times. Times before the tourtu- I mean training." Naruto replied, rushing the last portion of his speech.

"I'll be heading back to Suna now. Though I never told you, my father discovered the location of this place a long time ago and threatened to summon all the ninjas of Suna to bring back his weapon." Gaara replied.

"I see. Well are you going to pass Judgement on the village soon after you arrive?" Naruto asked.

"I might, depends on if the village deserves to exist." Gaara answered.

"Hey youngster, squirt." A familiar voice called out from behind.

"Hey ACE." Naruto replied. Gaara just nodded his head once to acknowledge ACE.

"Well squirt, we have to get going now. I'll be your escort to Suna." ACE said.

Again, Gaara just nodded his head.

"Hey youngster, you have the day off. JACK and TEN are having another argument over poker and KING is out visiting an old acquaintance of his." ACE said to Naruto.

"Yahoo." Naruto yelled out.

"That just means that your training regimen will be doubled tomorrow." ACE said as he started to head out, crossing the water that was surrounding the ROFLOR hideout.

"WHAT!" Naruto yelled out in shock.

Naruto wanted to say more, but saw that ACE and Gaara were almost out of hearing distance.

"Hey Gaara, let's meet up soon." Naruto yelled.

Gaara turned around and looked at Naruto.

"Sure." Gaara replied before turning around again and leaving.

Naruto saw the duo pick up the pace quickly and were soon out of sight.

"Now what shall I do? TEN and JACK are probably gone now to hit a casino to settle which on is better which means that I'm all alone in this place." Naruto muttered to himself as he started to head to the library.

When Naruto entered the hideout, he felt something coming from the door to the right. Naruto turned to his right and saw that the door that always remained sealed seemed to have opened. He was always curious as to what was behind that door and tried to open it whenever he had the spare time. Naruto decided to enter and discover what was so important that the room had to be sealed off by all. Even JACK admitted that the seal that was placed on the door was created by a true master and a powerful ninja.

When Naruto entered, he was surprised at what he saw. The room was completely violet with a bed present at the other side of the room covered with violet sheets and blankets. At the end of the bed, there was a giant, violet chest which appeared to have contained some valuable items. The room also had purple lighting and the light appeared to be more focused on the left portion of the room.

Naruto looked to his left and saw that there was a desk with an envelope with someone's name written on the top of it. Naruto decided that even though the letter was none of his business, he was curious as to whose room this is. Naruto read what was on top of the envelope and was again shocked at what he saw.

To Uzumaki Naruto

"A letter... to me?" Naruto muttered to himself quietly.

Naruto opened the envelope and started to read the contents of the letter.

To my precious son Naruto,

'WHAT THE HECK!' Naruto thought frantically.

If you are reading this letter, it must mean that both your father and I are dead. I wish I could've been there to look after you as well as your father, but with rumors spreading that Kyuubi would soon attack, I decided to leave this letter here at the Royal Flush's hideout and seal up the room until the seal wears off which should be approximately nine to ten years from now. ACE and the others don't know about this and I would appreciate it if you would try to keep this room a secret. I don't want anyone to discover the secrets that this room contains for it can bring about chaos in the world. ACE and the others all think that this room was only my bedroom and when I sealed it, I told them that the seal on the door was the latest seal that I was working on although I'm very positive that KING might know something about this room. If he does know about anything that is in this room, he can be trusted.

In this room, the scrolls to the Uzuki special techniques can be found as well as your father's secret techniques known only to him and that perverted teacher of his. After you finish reading this letter, it would be wise to destroy it, but if you're anything like your father, you'll probably keep this letter as a link to your parents. Again, I wish to apologize to you and hope that you become a strong ninja who will protect those who are precious to you.

Your mother,

Uzumaki Naru

QUEEN

'You have got to be kidding me!' Naruto thought with shock. 'QUEEN, she's my... mother? I guess that's why ACE and the other never liked to talk about her in my presence.'

Naruto then looked at the letter again and saw that there were water marks streaming down the page and Naruto noticed something important.

'These tears, a few of these are mine from when I was reading, but theses tears on the right portion of the page, I guess my mother was crying also when she wrote this.'

Naruto just started at the letter for a little bit longer and then remember something.

'My father, she kept on saying that I was going go be something like my father. I now know who my mother is, but my father, who is he?' Naruto wondered.

Naruto decided to head over to the chest that was at the end of the bed and opened it. Inside the chest, were two sets of scrolls and three sets of books. The scrolls showed the title 'Uzuki Secret Techniques' while the book each had the title 'Uzumaki Fighting Styles and Special Techniques' followed by a volume number.

"Uzumaki, where the heck are you?" a voice suddenly called out from what appeared to be the entrance to Naruto's ears.

'Looks like TEN and JACK are back' Naruto thought hurriedly. Naruto grabbed the scrolls and the letter and placed it into a small bag nearby. After Naruto closed the door to his mother's bedroom, he saw that a seal appeared and disappeared almost instantly.

Naruto entered the men's quarters and placed the bag on his futon and left the room. Hopefully, no one would look at what was inside the bag until he was able to return and hide it in a more appropriate place. Outside the room, Naruto saw that JACK and TEN were carrying a bunch of supplies.

"There you are, help us out with the rest of the stuff. The two of us managed to win a lot of money and bought some additional supplies to last us a while." JACK said as he moved his head towards the direction of the supplies.

"Sure thing." Naruto replied.

After that day, Naruto made sure to enter his mother's room whenever ACE and the others were occupied with other matters that they didn't need to train Naruto. But since, Naruto rarely had the chance to be alone, he never had the chance to properly practice the techniques that were listed in the scrolls and books. Naruto had read what a few of the techniques were, but really didn't understand them that well since he's more of a practical learner.

A few months later, Naruto was still working on the same training regimen that he was doing since before Gaara left. He worked twice as hard as before so that he could bear his family name with honor. ACE and the others thought that since Naruto's training partner had left, he wanted to work twice as hard to compensate for Gaara not being there.

A few days after Naruto's tenth birthday, Naruto noticed that TEN and JACK were out of the hideout again probably gathering up some supplies or hitting the casinos. ACE told Naruto that he wanted to check up on the squirt and left an hour or two ago. The only one who was left in the building was KING and since today was a day where Naruto gets the day off, Naruto decided to practice one of techniques that were in his mother's scrolls. He used the dojo to practice in since KING was busy checking out the condition of the weapons in the weapons storage.

"Let's see, this looks interesting." Naruto mutter to himself as he found a technique he wanted to practice.

Uzumaki Secret Technique: Permanent Transformation

This technique allows a person to permanently change their physical body. This is the ultimate transformation technique created by Uzuki Gin. This technique was developed in order to combat old age and extend the life of the user of the technique. After the transformation is applied, the user's body will continue to age as if the user really is the age of the form he/she took.

To use this technique, first you must use the transformation technique to transform into the form you want to have permanently. Before the transformation, strip off all pieces of clothing to prevent any constrictions if the user was wearing tight clothing or if the form the user is going to assume is larger than the clothes that he/she is wearing. After that, apply the seals that are stated below. It may sound simple, but this process will be incredibly painful and has been known to cause death. Practice the seal formation to perfection before using or the consequences will be dire. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN USING THIS TECHNIQUE FOR AS IT STATES, THE CHANGE IS PERMANENT. ALSO THIS TECHNIQUE WILL TAKE UP OVER 95 PERCENT OF THE USERS CHAKRA AND IT IS PREFERRED THAT THE USER OF THE TECHNIQUE HAS PERFECT CHAKRA CONTROL. Because of the sheer amount of control one needs to execute this technique, this technique has been classified as a Kinjutsu, a forbidden technique.

'So the consequences will be dire?' Naruto thought as he read that portion. Naruto didn't bother with the rest of the scroll which in actuality, is the most important portion because he thought that the portions that he had read contained enough information in learning the technique.

Naruto looked at the seal formation and frown. There were a total of 123 seals and about half of them needed to be done by using the one handed seals that he had just recently learned.

A couple hours later, Naruto felt confident enough to try out the technique. Naruto was about to begin when a familiar voice spoke to him.

"Hey kit, what are you doing?" Kyuubi asked.

'Can you be quiet for a short moment? I want to try out this new technique I just learned.' Naruto asked mentally. He then followed what was stated in the instructions and then applied the transformation technique.

"Transform" Naruto changed into a red headed 10 year old with the same body type but with a different face. Naruto's face now showed a little less baby fat and the whisker markings that were on his face are no longer present. Naruto also changed his eyes to the color of violet as a reminder of his mother.

After Naruto made sure that he was truly satisfied with the new form, he started out with the seals that were inscribed in the scrolls and when he was over three quarters finished, he heard Kyuubi trying to get in contact with him, but ignored it as he continued on with the scrolls.

"KIT STOP! This technique, at your level, you'll be killed and there's nothing that I can do to help.

'What was that?' Naruto replied to Kyuubi.

Unfortunately for Naruto, that small piece of communication caused Naruto to slip and an explosion occurred.

In the dojo, the explosion took out everything present in it and made a ten-foot deep crater. When the smoke cleared up from the explosion, Naruto was lying unconscious on the ground.

"Kit! KIT!" Kyuubi tried calling out. 'Dang, it's no good. His chakra is running dangerously low and continues to grow even lower. The only thing that'll save him is if I use that technique. Arashi said that the seal will open up if I decided to use that technique, but the cost though, is the cost of my own life."

Kyuubi sighed.

"I hate to bring you a greater burden, but at the rate you're going, you leave me no choice." Kyuubi said to himself.

Kyuubi shifted into his half-demon form, a form he's shown Naruto on occasion, and started to form hand seals. A lot of the seals that Kyuubi were using have never been seen to the human eye and if one was watching at this very moment, one would notice that Kyuubi's nine tails were also moving around positioning themselves after every few seals that he creates.

"Secret Demonic Technique of the Kyuubi School: Merger"

A bright light filled the region at which Kyuubi was at and the seal that was keeping him in place started to vanish.

In the real world, KING came to the dojo to investigate the source of the explosion he heard earlier. He just entered the dojo when he saw that red chakra was leaking out of Naruto at a fast pace. King summoned his sword, which resembles a broadsword with the tip and edge laminated with chakra, and started to move into an offensive stance. A few seconds later, the seal that was on Naruto started to float above Naruto and cracked into destruction.

After the destruction of the seal, Kyuubi appeared in his human form and saw that KING was in an attacking stance.

"You have nothing to worry about, it's been a long time now since we've last encountered each other, but I've forgiven you for what has happened in the past." Kyuubi said to KING. "You no longer have to keep to your vow of silence."

"How is he?" KING replied slowly in a deep voice, getting accustomed to speaking again.

"He'll be fine. He tried to use the forbidden Uzuki technique and because of that, he's going to die soon." Kyuubi answered. "I've already used my secret technique Merger by sacrificing my life in order to save his. He'll be sad, but talk with him a little and tell him that I thought of him as if he really was one of my kits."

KING nodded his head and saw that Kyuubi started to vanish and transform into chakra. The red chakra that used to be Kyuubi entered Naruto through each of the chakra points and Naruto's body started to change. Naruto's skin started to turn a little darker and his hair shifted from blonde to crimson red. KING saw that Naruto was yelling out in pain and hoped that the pain would soon vanish. As Naruto yelled, ACE suddenly appeared and looked at KING.

"KING, what's happened?" ACE asked in a serious tone. 'Why am I even asking what's happening? He would normally write down what would happen via sign or scroll that he summons. It's not like he has the ability to speak.'

"He tried to use the forbidden technique of the Uzuki clan." KING answered.

ACE looked at KING with great shock, his jaw dropping as low as it can go and his eyes were the widest KING has ever seen.

"Y-y-y-y-y- you spoke." ACE replied, stuttering quite a bit. In all the years that ACE knew KING, KING has never uttered even the most basic of words.

A loud yell diverted both of their attentions back to Naruto and were surprised at what occurred next. Naruto was now on his belly with his back facing towards the ceiling. Naruto started to grow tails and fox ear and when Naruto yelled the loudest yell he's ever procured, nine fully grown fox tails came out and Naruto stopped yelling, passing out from the pain.

"What are we going to do now?" ACE asked KING.

KING looked at Naruto's unconscious body.

"I'll take him to my bed to rest more properly." KING replied.

A couple hours later, TEN and JACK returned from the casino carrying a lot of cash and were laughing at what happened.

"I can't believe that Tsunade is still the 'Legendary Sucker.'" TEN replied to JACK.

"Thanks to her, we have more than enough money to last us for quite a while. All we really need money for these days are for things like food and clothing." Jack replied back to TEN.

When they arrived in resting quarters, they were very disturbed at what they saw. Naruto was lying down on KING's bed with torn clothing, a different look, and 9 fully grown fox tails.

"ACE, what the heck happened when we were gone?" JACK asked.

"Naruto found the Uzuki Forbidden Technique and tried to use said technique." a voice unfamiliar to either JACK or TEN replied from behind said duo.

JACK and TEN turned around to see where the voice came from and just like ACE, they were completely shock, but unlike ACE, they fainted from the shock.

"I'm not waking them up." ACE said, looking at the two unconscious men.

A few minutes later, JACK and TEN awoke and saw that ACE was looking at them from the ceiling. ACE walked to the sides of the walls and was soon down on floor level and was beside both JACK and TEN.

"ACE, I just had this weird dream that KING spoke." TEN replied wearily.

"You too huh?" JACK said in the same tone back to TEN.

The two then looked at ACE's smiling face.

"He did speak." ACE replied to the laying duo.

Before the two could reply, an unfamiliar sound started those present and the four in the room looked towards the direction of Naruto.

Naruto groaned and open his eyes. He saw that he was in the resting quarters and saw that everyone was there looking at him.

"What happened?" Naruto asked weakly.

"Naruto, you need to rest. After you wake up again, we'll tell you what's happened." JACK said to Naruto.

Naruto nodded his head once and went back to unconsciousness.

Naruto awoke sometime later and could somehow tell that it was dark outside. Naruto rose of from the comfortable bed and looked at a mirror that was nearby.

In front of the mirror, Naruto stood at his normal height, but several things were different. Naruto felt that his sense of balance was way off and now he discovered why. He just noticed that he had nine tails and started to freak out.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?" Naruto yelled out.

In the kitchen, ACE and the others heard Naruto yell.

"Looks like the youngster woke up." ACE replied as he grabbed a chicken leg from a nearby tray.

In the resting quarters, Naruto was now calm again after a few minutes and tried to get into contact with Kyuubi.

'Yo Kyuubi, you there?' Naruto asked. 'Kyuubi, are you there?'

Naruto was starting to get worried and took off a shirt that someone must've placed on him when he was asleep. He started to gather chakra just to make sure that the seal was fine. When the chakra began to gather, it was of the color red instead of the usual blue and Naruto noticed that the seal on his stomach was not appearing.

Several seconds later, ACE and JACK entered the room and saw what Naruto was trying to do.

"Naruto, Kyuubi's not there anymore." JACK replied in a sad tone.

Naruto didn't want to believe it, but he knew it had to be true if JACK had to call him by his name instead of Uzumaki. Naruto felt some tears slip down his face and looked at ACE.

"What happened?" Naruto asked almost inaudibly.

ACE started to explain what's happened.

"Before we begin, I want to know where you learned that Uzuki technique that you practiced on." ACE replied seriously.

Naruto decided to tell the truth since he wasn't in any condition to do anything else.

"If you look in my bag, you'll find that there are two scrolls of the Uzuki clan in it as well as three books on Uzumaki fighting styles." Naruto replied.

ACE knew that it was the one place where Naruto would be able to hide things from everyone else since it was Naruto's private property and that they would never intentionally look through someone's private belongings. ACE grabbed the scrolls and started to analyze them.

"These must be it. Looks like a seal was placed so that only one with Uzuki blood is able to read it. Where did you get these?" ACE asked.

"QUEEN's room," Naruto replied quietly.

"I knew there was something strange going on about that room." JACK said to himself.

"Youngster, from what I heard, you tried to use the forbidden technique that the Uzuki clan wielded. It was supposed to be used as a way for Uzuki's to quit being ninja and assume a new permanent identity. Tell me, did you even read through all of the instructions?"

Naruto looked away from ACE and that was all ACE needed to see.

"I see. I guess you didn't read about the dangers of the technique. Anyways, when you tried to use the technique, something went wrong and an explosion occurred which took out the entire dojo. KING soon found you and was told that Kyuubi was going to sacrifice his own life in order to save yours. He used a variation of a demonic technique only known to the nine great beasts and merged his body with yours. You are now known as the Kyuubi, the nine tailed demon fox. But never forget this youngster, he cared for you a whole lot and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. He sacrificed his own life in order to protect that which was precious to him."

Naruto started to cry and ACE went over to Naruto and gave him a hug. Naruto continued to cry, but it soon subsided and he tears stopped.

"Uzumaki, I need you to take you over to the room of sealing. I need to seal off the power that Kyuubi gave you. If we don't seal the power soon, the power that Kyuubi had will literally make your body explode due to your body's limitations. You're fine currently with the small about that you summoned, but if you've summoned any more chakra, it would've been the end of you." JACK replied after Naruto's tears ended.

"Sure." Naruto replied.

Two years later, Naruto started to become a ninja of great skill. Even though his fighting level was only at Chuunin level, if he unleashed one of the nine seals that JACK placed on him, he would be able to fight at a low Jounin level and possibly be alright. During that time, the first year was dedicated to making sure that Naruto's new body didn't have any really serious side effects. Naruto and the others discovered that his half-demon form came with enhanced senses, and his healing abilities have increased tenfold. Naruto had to relearn all of his chakra control exercises as well as his cloning and transformation techniques.

During the second year, Naruto's eyes changed from his normal blue colored eyes to that of a cross between a red and a blue color. These eyes allowed Naruto to counter Genjutsu easily, but in exchange, Naruto sacrificed most of his Genjutsu techniques that he learned from ACE with exception of the transformation technique. Speaking about transformations, ever since that incident, Naruto vowed that the only transformation techniques that he'll use are the ones where either he or his clones change into weapons, and the basic transformation technique which is to temporarily change one's form. Naruto continued to learn more about the Uzuki techniques, but only read about the theory since he made that vow of his.

Today, Naruto was going to practice swordsmanship from KING. When Naruto first hear KING speak for the first time, he too was freak out that he spoke and soon discovered why he could speak. It turned out that when KING was a ninja of the Kiri, he was forced to annihilate a den of foxes. It was said that the foxes were producing a massive amount of chakra and were either to be captured or destroyed. At the end, KING destroyed the den and was soon face to face with Kyuubi in his human form. The two fought and KING lost. KING truly apologized for what he had done and wished that there was some way that he could make it up to Kyuubi. Kyuubi said that if he was truly serious about making it up, he told KING to enact a vow of silence. Since that day, KING hasn't spoken until Kyuubi said that he had forgiven him.

"Now Naruto, why don't we begin with the basic katas and work our way up." KING suggested.

Naruto nodded his head.

"Shadow Replication Technique."

Naruto created two clones and used the transformation technique to change the two into swords. He then used up a lot of his chakra so that the clones would remain even if they were hit several times over. This used up a lot of Naruto's chakra reserves, but those were constantly being replenished after 8 hours of rest.

The swords that the clones changed into were a set of kodachis which show a small image of the Uzuki and Uzumaki crests. One crest for each kodachi.

Right when Naruto was about to begin the first kata, JACK appeared in the room. He was quite beaten up and was leaking blood everywhere.

"Get Naruto out of here. They don't know that he's here, but all the same. Get Naruto out of here." JACK said as he fell down onto the floor.

KING checked JACK's vitals and saw that he was dead.

TEN soon appeared and was in a similar condition as JACK, just without the bleeding.

"KING, we need to get Naruto out of here. The enemy has breached all of our defenses and will soon breach the last of our defense. They are here to annihilate us in order to proceed with their plans. Use the hidden escape route and get Naruto out. We might perish, but as long as they don't get Naruto, the future will be safe."

"Who's attacking?" Naruto asked.

"Akatsuki." TEN replied.

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