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"Welcome to Albert Chamomile's explanation on the creation of Pactios!"

Featuring me, ONION KING!

"Ga… A fourth wall break… Not cool author not cool."

Sorry sorry, but I wasn't sure how to work in an explanation like this into the story. I can't exactly mention canon now can I? And I didn't think it really suited an Authors Note.

"Aaah… makes sense. Anyway back to Pactios! The creation of a Temporary Pactio involves a 'chuu chuu' inside a magic circle."

This is not the only method however, in canon none other is used, however Chamo did mention there were other ways. In the official English translation of the Negima manga, it said a transfer of blood was also a method of creating a Temporary Pactio, however the Japanese version never got specific.

"As for creating a permanent Pactio with your permanent parter…"

Wait a second Chamo. No need for that. That's actually was never mentioned, and it was never confirmed if we saw one. I don't think there are any fanfiction writers (including myself) who use it either since it is something that can only be made with one person.

"And once you make it, all Temporary Patios are removed, and no more can be created."

That is just an assumption, but a pretty fair one since there is a big fuss about partners very early on.

"Exactly. Aniki's slowly building up his harem of partners. Although, whiskers managed to snag two partners in one night. Aniki's got an interesting rival."

Anyway, back to the important matters. The main reason for this intro part is because of what exactly is created when a Pactio is made.

"There are only a specific number of Pactio's possible to create."

We know this because Chamo said at certain times that certain cards were rare. However there were also some he had never seen before, like Nodoka's.

"Negi makes some rare Pactio's in the future? AS EXPECTED OF ANIKI!"

So the pactio a partner receives is based off of a number of unknown factors.

"We can only guess that it has to do with both individuals, the relationship between them, current mood, strength of the mage."

But it could even take into account the stars alignment since the Pactio's show star signs.

"So there is no way of working out exactly which Pactio a person will get without actually puckering up and smooching."

Family may also be taken into account. We see this as Zazie was able to interfear with her sister Poyos artifact. So the way I've interpreted it is that a certain partner may get a specific Pactio independent of the mage. This could be a very deep conversation about the mechanics of magic and their Pactio's as well as Ken Akamatsu-sensei's intentions at certain points in the series. We have yet to see two of the same Pactio in the series.

"Did we miss anything?"

I don't think we did, at least not something that we can't talk about during the actual story part… probably. ANYWAYS, back to the story. This was Onion King…

"And Chamo's explanation of Pactios."

XxX

"the hell was that?"

"You alright Chamo?" Negi asked the ermine on his shoulder. He currently was being dragged away by Asuna to be told off, Setsuna walked behind them shaking her head. Kazumi was standing in a room by herself and wasn't surprised to see the group approach.

Negi was about to be chewed out.

XxX

Sasuke had a reasonably good sleep, although he felt something heavy appear beside him sometime during the night. There was no ill intent, and he couldn't be bothered dealing with it then so he let it go. Karin had done the same thing multiple times in the past, so for him it was just another night.

When he finally woke up properly, he could feel the weight moving around uncomfortably.

"What'd you want?" He asked all groggy.

"I'm sorry." The very distinctive apologetic voice rang out.

"Don't apologise. You're nervous right?" Sasuke had surprisingly grown fond of the girl. The same way he grew fond of his team's back home. Although, he may not have been in this world for long, but damn he was growing softer and he knew it. This world was way too peaceful.

"Yes… sorry." Meifen once again apologised. When she felt a dark aura behind her she clammed up. She shouldn't have apologised again. "This will be my first real fight."

"You get used to it." Sasuke wrapped his arms around to girl trying to make her more comfortable. "Besides, you said it yourself. I'm strong."

"Yeah, I know… It's just…"

"Forget about it." Sasuke started trying to distract the girl. It wouldn't be good if his partner froze up when the fight came. "I don't know much about you."

"Umm… I've been a slave for 5 years, working with Chief and everyone so there really isn't much to tell." Meifen was reluctant. Her story wasn't exactly a pretty one, and she wasn't sure how the man currently hugging her would react.

"Okay, I guess I should start." Sasuke frowned. He knew he couldn't tell the girl everything, not just yet. So instead he told an incredibly abridged version. He started with his family, then his first few missions with his team, then the fact that he left his team for power from an enemy, he then spoke about his fight with his brother, and the truth about his brother. Meifen gasped, sighed, and had tears well up all throughout the story. Sasuke finished up mentioning him working beside Naruto to take down Madara. When he finished Meifen remained silent for a while, until she realised something.

"Your story doesn't add up properly…"

"Probably not." Sasuke replied. This girl was smarter then he thought. "But the rest isn't something you need to know about yet. Maybe later." The two continued to lie in silence. It was almost time to get up, so Sasuke started to push the girl away and sit up.

"The Chao family is known for their great intelligence." The sitting up Sasuke grumbled a bit as he found a comfortable position to sit in so he could properly listen to the story. "They use to specialise in using magic and science together. Back in ancient times, the Chao's were revered as the leaders of development. It would have been about 20 years ago, when technology's advancements were too quick for a family that merged magic and science to keep up. My parents continued to try and continued to fail. Even when they had me they had no luck. They continually thought they had the next big idea. So the first 5 years of my life wasn't good, not that I remember most of it. What I do remember is them selling me to repay their debts which were accumulated through failed experiments. I hated that. I hated them! So as an irrational 5 year old, I asked Novak-san to do me a favour. He laughed at the thought of a slave asking a favour of her master, but when he heard what I wanted done, he agreed. He too hated the idea of parent that would sell their own child, so when I asked that they be killed, he was happy to comply. Novak-san, Chief and everyone showed me what it was like to have a family. A monster like me who asked for the death of her parents was welcomed with open arms. So I need to pay him back, I need to pay back the money I owe him." The little girl started crying as she crawled onto Sasuke's leg.

"You think you're a monster?" Sasuke asked half amused. "Trust me, I've met real monsters, you're not even close. We may have different motivations, but we're going to pay Zorik-sama back."

XxX

While Negi was preparing to be chewed out. The majority of the class gathered around four girls with cards in their hands.

"Hehe. The wonderful prize is!" Yuna built up the tension as she hid the card from everyone's sight. "THIS!" The four girls held their cards out for everyone to see.

"Aaaah it has Honya's picture on it."

"Wow Yuna you look good."

"I want one."

"Ufufu, so Yue got a kiss from Negi-sensei too." Haruna cheekily laughed from behind the shorter girl.

"I did not!" She instantly rejected.

"Well, you didn't get it from Naruto-sensei. No one else went to his room." Yuna said matter-of-factly. She then had a large grin as she leant in closer. "You can tell use Yuechi, Honya wouldn't mind"

"It was…" The girl muttered the rest under her breath, so no one heard.

"Who was it?" Haruna asked as all the girls leant in.

"Okay, okay, everyone. The third day of our trip is free activity day. Go back to your room and get ready okay?" Shizuna arrived at the perfect time as everyone started to separate. Yue just looked down gloomy. She didn't want the prize, the kiss was an accident. This was going to bring a whole lot of unnecessary trouble into her life wasn't it?

She looked down at her card and what she saw greatly concerned her. It looked like she was posing for a photo that wasn't supposed to be taken. She never took this photo. She wore a short black one piece dress that stopped mid-way down her thighs. Over that was a black hooded coat that reached her feet, tied around her chest with a red ribbon. She wore black mid length socks and wore the typical brown school shoes. The most concerning part was what she held in her hand. She held onto a short spear with the blade almost as long as the handle end. There were also glass orbs floating around her.

"The hell is this?" This was a reminder of her kiss with Kotarou, something she didn't want, so of course she wasn't enjoying it as much as Nodoka was. Yue looked at Nodoka's card while she was challenged by Ayake and Makie. It just looked like Nodoka had an extra coat, and had a bunch of books floating around her. WHY WAS HERS SO DRAMATIC?! She then noticed Nodoka was walking off and followed. The two of them saw Asuna had sat Negi, Kotarou Naruto and Kazumi down and was talking to them. Naruto also seemed to be stepping on an ermine.

"What are we going to do about these Negi, ero-sensei, wolf brat?" Asuna asked seemingly annoyed. In her hands she held four cards, just like the ones that were given away. "How do you intend to take responsibility for making these cards?"

"Responsibility?" Kotarou asked. "It was her fault."

"I…" Naruto stomped his foot. "Was…" he did it again. "Drugged…" and again. "By…" and again "MAGIC!" one more time. "How could I have stopped it?"

Negi was just panicking.

"I'm sorry whiskers-sama." Chamo was dramatically crying. "I thought you wouldn't mind."

"Common Asuna! What's wrong with making a little profit on the side?"

"Asakura you stay out of this!" Asuna yelled.

"You think I'm finished Bert?" Naruto asked with an evil grin. "You will be punished further."

"Honya-chan, Yue-chan, Akashi and Okouchi-san are all normal girls. We can't get them involved with something as complicated as this. We can't do anything about those gift cards that were handed out but you mustn't ever use the master cards."

"It would also help to conceal your identity as a mage." Setsuna interjected for the first time during this discussion.

"But Asuna-san, you're just a normal girl too…" Negi tried to interject, but Asuna poked him in the head.

"How can you say that after all that's happened, Negi?"

"I… I guess you're right. We should keep all this a secret from them." Negi brightly smiled.

"No shit." Naruto commented as he stepped on the ermine one more time before letting him free. Kotarou didn't really care.

"What a waste. They were interesting cards." Chamo sighed, before he pulled a card seemingly out of nowhere. "Well, never mind. I'll give you a copy care too ane-san."

"Eh? I don't want this!" Asuna complained as the ermine waved it in front of her. "Anyway, all you can do with it is communicate right?"

"Oh? You can talk through it?" Naruto commented.

"WRONG! You can also use your artifact even when Aniki isn't around! It will definitely come in handy!" Chamo handed her the card and walked back to the table. Yue and Nodoka were watching on with interest. Something was weird. The animal was speaking, and somehow the card stores things. "To bring it out, hold it like this and say 'ADEAT'!"

"Eeh? But that's so…" Asuna grumbled a little bit before reluctantly trying. "Adeat." Suddenly her paper fan appeared in her hand. "AWESOME! IT'S LIKE MAGIC!" Asuna started waving it around excited.

"To get rid of it say 'ABEAT'" Chamo finished his explanation.

"Uwaaaah! This is so cool! It's almost like I'm a mage too!" Asuna was really excited by this. Naruto looked on with interest, but soon realised they were being watched. Rather than making a scene, he casually stood up.

"Good for you Asuna-chan." Naruto grinned as he pat the excited girl on her head.

"Thanks Naruto-sensei." She grinned happily not realising she called him by his first name and started practise swinging her weapon.

"You should all go get ready for today." Naruto smiled as he walked off first. Kotarou quickly followed.

"Could you hear what they were saying properly?" Nodoka asked her friend as the two of them started walking back to their rooms.

"Not all of it." Yue looked at her card. "Adeat." Suddenly a glass ball appeared in her hand replacing the card she held. "Eh?" She was very confused, but looked into the orb with great wonder.

"Adeat." Nodoka followed suit and a book appeared in her hand. Nodoka marvelled at how pretty the book was, and opened it up to realise it was empty, until the fact that she was thinking about Negi's kiss appeared on the page.

"Nodoka, this is pretty amazing." Yue was looking into the orb, waiting to see if something would happen. Unfortunately nothing did.

"Hmm…" Nodoka agreed, as she started to read the guidelines on the inside of the cover. She learnt that this book could read minds, and so she had to test it. "Yue."

"Yeah?" The girl looked up from her orb confused. Nodoka was merely looking down at the book and when a new page appeared. She blushed slightly.

"You kissed Kotarou-kun?" Nodoka asked surprised. At that moment, Yue blushed and leapt over to see what Nodoka was looking at. When the page changed to question what the book did, Yue's eyes widened.

"This book can read minds?" Yue asked surprised.

"Magic is amazing no?" Naruto asked as he suddenly appeared between the girls.

"Weren't you keeping it a secret?" Kotarou slowly walked down the hall. Yue's face heated up when Kotarou started walking towards them.

"They were listening before. They shouldn't have spoken about such a secret topic in such an open area."

"Sorry Naruto-sensei." Nodoka apologised to her teacher. She didn't realise what she did, until the book started to change.

Naruto shook his head. "Don't worry about it. It's not your fault. It's just that this world is dangerous, and it would have been better if you weren't involved."

"A world of fantasy, I want to be a part of that world." Yue commented.

"You've never been in danger because of it though. Did you know Konoka-chan was almost kidnapped two nights ago?" Naruto's words caused Kotarou to look away.

"Wha…" Nodoka and Yue were both surprised by this. How could they not know that was happening?

"Look I'm not going to tell you what to do, but if you're going to get involved, you two will have to talk with Negi and Kotarou."

"Eeeh why me? The wolf boy complained.

"She's your partner. I'll deal with the other two if they ever find out, which I hope will be never." Naruto grabbed the boy and threw her at Yue's feet. "You're going to look out for her today nye?" Naruto grinned as he ran away from the enraged wolf boy. Nodoka looked down at the book to see what Naruto was thinking of at that moment. For some reason, an image of Kotarou stood side by side with a larger wolf like boy. Nodoka wasn't sure who this was, but it was clear Naruto was drawing similarities between the two. It was the words that made Nodoka feel a little sad.

Kotarou was just as easy to annoy as Kiba. They are way similar. Maybe Kotarou was a decedent of Kiba, but that's assuming someone actually got with Kiba. Hahaha. I wish I could see them just one more time.

"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING JUST STANDING THERE?!" At that moment Haruna flew in and kicked her two friends.

Naruto stopped running and whispered to the boy. "Stay with them and Negi today. He's going to try and drop off the letter, and it'll be better for you if you're seen on Negi's side rather than against him." Kotarou nodded. He couldn't argue that would be the smartest course of action.

"What about Chizu-neesan and…"

Naruto interrupted before he finished. "The most dangerous place for them now is beside you, Negi and Konoka-chan, so if the three of you are together, they won't go for the others in the class. Please trust me Kotarou." The wolf boy agreed and the two of them went their separate ways for the day.

XxX

Sasuke and Meifen were excited for what today is going to be for them. Novak had entered them in a rookie competition, and today was the preliminaries. They currently wore their outfit and were walking down the coliseum halls. Every time they walked passed another competitor; they were given death stares as they had a young girl on their team. Sasuke ignored all of them. He was use to all sorts of glares. Meifen however, couldn't stop shivering.

"Ignore them. They're not important." Sasuke commented loud enough for everyone around to hear, which caused Meifen to shiver even more. They finally arrived at the medical bay, where apparently they had a check-up waiting for them. Novak wanted to make sure they were ready for today.

"Hello, we're here to see Jessica." Sasuke spoke as he walked in. Meifen was hiding behind the door outside for some reason. That gave Sasuke a bad feeling.

"OHOHOH A NEW CUSTOMER!" Sasuke felt someone try to slam into him from his side, but before she could he grabbed her head. "Ah…" Sasuke lifted her up to look into her eyes. "PUT ME DOWN!"

"No…" Sasuke replied. This girl had grey shoulder length hair, with two grey rabbit ears sticking out of her head. Her well-endowed bust was hidden underneath a white shirt, yellow vest and short red jacket over that. She wore baggy grey shorts with a small grey rabbit tail sticking out the back, and white stockings. Her deep blue eyes were staring into Sasuke's own.

"Eeeeh! WHY?!" Jessica pouted which may have melted most men's hearts, but not Sasuke.

"You attacked me. Why would I let you go?"

"That's how Jessica-san greets people." Meifen finally stepped into the room. Now that the rampaging rabbit was under control, it was safe. Or so she thought.

"MEIFEN-TAN" The girl in Sasuke's hand started breathing heavily, this made Sasuke want to retract his hand as fast as humanly possible. Jessica then proceeded to tackle the small girl and start rubbing her face against hers.

"Sasuke-san… help… please…" The smaller girl managed to squeeze out. Sasuke rolled his eyes and once again lifted the rabbit girl.

"Aaaah… where are my manners." Jessica quickly pulled herself from Sasuke's grip and faced him properly. "My name is Jessica the rabbit." She bowed slightly. "Hahaha get it?"

"No."Sasuke's blank face was staring a hole through the girl.

"Not a fan of the movie, or just never seen it?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"No one usually does." Meifen commented, as Sasuke still wasn't looking impressed.

"I am Sasuke Uchiha. I'm here for a check-up."

"Hai hai. Will you please take all of your clothes off?" The girl tilted her head slightly. Sasuke narrowed his eyes a little bit, before he started to comply. He was left in only his underwear. Both girls looked at his body with a little bit of wonder. He had quite a few scars all over his body. "Time for the inspection." An evil glint appeared in Jessica's eye as she drooled slightly. This gave Sasuke a very very bad feeling.

XxX

Naruto once again sat in the lobby, his bag rested beside him. Negi, and Kotarou had already left with the rest of Group 5. The other groups were getting ready to each do their own thing.

"Hey Naruto-sensei. It's a free day so why are you wearing a suit?" Fuka casually asked the blond.

Naruto thought for a moment. It was either this or his orange and black outfit he use to wear, and from what he has seen of the clothes of this time period, that was not the outfit he should be wearing.

"Well… I told you guys I'm new here… I don't have anything else." What Naruto didn't expect was the outburst that took place after.

"""WHAAAAAAAA""" The three cheerleaders yelled almost directly into Naruto's ear.

"What do you mean nothing else?" Sakurako was legitimately confused by Naruto's statement. She currently wore a blue skirt with a black shirt and white jacket.

"Really Naruto-sensei?"Madoka wore a white and black baseball tee with her blue jeans.

"We must fix this!" Misa pumped her fist into the air. She was wearing a black jacket, red skirt and black stocking.

Naruto was a little concerned when the girls literally grabbed his hands and started dragging him out the door. He was barely given enough time to grab his bag.

"How much money do we have to work with?" Sakurako asked when Naruto stopped resisting.

"Uuum… The principal said not to worry about that, and that I can pay him back later." Naruto instantly regret his words. An evil glint appeared in the three girls' eyes as they drooled slightly. This gave Naruto a very very bad feeling.

XxX

Sasuke shivered. He really did not want to explain what he just went through to anyone, ever again. Meifen looked up at him with pity in her eyes. The two currently stood in the centre of the coliseum, which was divided into 4 sections. Apparently, only the two winning teams of each section would make it to a knockout style tournament, which apparently wasn't just straight out fights. Sasuke listened to the explanation and didn't really care. This was obvious to the others in his section, as they were all glaring at him annoyed.

"Can you stop?" Meifen asked her partner. She was seriously afraid to be surrounded by 5 pairs of enemies all targeting them while one pair didn't really care.

"Zoric-sama, organised these match ups no?" Sasuke asked the girl who nodded. "That means all the strong opponents are in other sections, so they can make the rounds where there will be an audience in order for it to be more entertaining. This fight should be simple." If his opponents weren't angry with him before, they were now.

"Umm… Sorry…" Meifen started apologising to everyone around them which causes Sasuke to shake his head.

"By the way, you're going to fight them alone." Sasuke sat down cross legged and very relaxed.

"EEEEEEHHH!" Meifen was seriously shocked by this. She started trying to pull him up. "Sasuke-san. Please." Sasuke ignored the girl, and while they were doing that their round started. Most of their contenders charged towards the smug Sasuke. They would let the little girl go, but the older one needed to pay. However none of their attacks got close. Sasuke had activated his Susanoo.

"What the hell is this?"

"I can't get through!"

"Raaaaaagh!" One opponent continued to smash against it, trying to break the rib cage. This opponent was two metres tall, and wore a penguin suit.

"This area around me will be a safe zone." Sasuke ignored the competitors especially the weirdo in the penguin suit, and spoke to his partner. Quite a few of the fighters were still watching Sasuke trying to figure out a way in. When they tried to poke through the rib cage, muscle covered the opening. They were quickly giving up on trying to breach his barrier, and instead started to fight amongst themselves while waiting for him to come out. They thought it was only a defence since they had no idea the thing could grow arms and fight. "None of the enemies will be able to get through. So fight, and if you're in trouble, I will protect you."

At that moment Meifen realises what Sasuke was doing. This was the perfect time for her to get some real battle experience without the risk of serious damage. Meifen looked up to where Novak's office was, and realised he was watching these fights. Their eyes met and she saw Novak smile. She went wide eyed and smiled. This was her chance. This was her chance to prove to Novak and Sasuke that she can and will fight.

"Yi Shan Yi Shan Liang Jing Jing. Vermillion Bird of the south. I request the use of the Mansion of Wings." When Meifen finished her chant, two wings of her intense yet pure magic burst from her back. The aura also coated her entire body, making her ready for a melee. She wanted to use Sasuke's barrier only when she was desperate, so she used her wings to fly straight into the air above Sasuke. As the majority of her opponents were currently fighting each other, none of them saw her. "Yi Shan Yi Shan Liang Jing Jing. Azure Dragon of the East. I request the use of the Mansion of Room. Yi Shan Yi Shan Liang Jing Jing. Surge your energy to burn my enemies. Solar Flare."

In quick succession, Meifen chanted out two spells before anyone could even acknowledge her above them chanting. The first created four solid walls around their battlefield. A couple of the fighters noticed this and touched it or tried to attack it to receive a backlash of heat. When Meifen finished the second chant, an eruption of energy was shot out of her, directed towards the ground beneath her. Everyone in between was a target. As the energy got further away from her, it expanded more reaching the four walls and burnt everything in between, including Sasuke who sat in the middle.

"That girl…" Sasuke annoyingly spoke as he watched the attack with his sharingan. He wasn't going to burn, but he could feel the rise in temperature and it was annoying. When the flames finally cleared, Sasuke noted that most of the enemies were either down, or barely hanging on. Though there were still three who were completely unharmed, just like he was.

"She's strong." A wolf man in a white karate uniform commented. His fur was a dark grey with many white highlights and covered the majority of his body. Most of his features were wolf like, except his proportions were closer to a humans, just with differently shaped joints. His white highlights gave Sasuke the impression that he was old.

"I didn't expect that." A dark skinned woman wearing the same karate uniform nodded in agreement. Underneath her uniform, her black tights hugged her curves. Her blonde hair was shorter than Sasuke's and was also spiked up. The sides of her head were shaved, highlighting her pointed ears. Sasuke knew her that she was a Hellas and she looked to be around 17 however you can never truly tell with a Hellas.

"GGGRRRRRRRRR!" The man in a penguin suit was the third person to remain unharmed. He used Sasuke's ribs to leap into the air aiming for Meifen.

"Watch out." Sasuke warned the flying girl who was distracted by her exhaustion from the series of spells. She realised what was fast approaching, and dived towards the ground as quickly as possible, this caused the penguin man to overshoot his target. However when he reached the apex of his flight, he created an ice foothold and rocketed after the girl who had just pulled up to not hit the ground. The girl felt the man's charge again so she changed directions. He wasn't giving her any time to chant. But the man merely created another ice foothold and changed his own direction to follow. Meifen continued to swerve and avoid his attacks, but the man wouldn't let up.

"Oh no..." Eventually, Meifen got too close to the ground and clipped her fire wing, causing her to crash and tumble on the ground.

"FINALLY!" The penguin man shouted as he was upon Meifen, who covered her eyes.

"DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES!" Meifen opened her eyes to see Sasuke's Susanoo's hand had blocked the attack for her. "Never close your eyes in battle."

"DAMMIT!" The penguin screamed as he started beating on the hand.

"Chao. Take a breath, and try again." Sasuke spoke as he let Meifen jump backwards. Sasuke gently swatted the penguin guy away, which sent him dragging along the ground straight into Meifen's wall. He quickly got up and shook off the attack.

"That was good advice." The wolf man somehow got inside Sasuke's Susanoo without him realising and sat beside him. When Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the man he merely laughed. "Don't worry. Two teams get through, we are not enemies."

"Yi Shan Yi Shan Liang Jing Jing. Vermillion Bird of the South. I request the use of the Mansion of Chariot." Sasuke watched as Meifen's chant attracted the attention of the penguin guy who was running full force towards the girl. The second she finished, a flaming chariot appeared around the girl, seemingly pulled by nothing, it charged towards the penguin.

"That's not good." The wolf commented to Sasuke as the two were about the crash into each other. Sasuke was about to send out his Susanoo when the Hellas from before leapt above Meifen and pulled her out of the way, letting the man run into the empty chariot.

"What is wrong with you?" The Hellas asked the younger girl.

"Sorry…" She instantly apologised, but then realised she was in the hands of her opponent and started to struggle.

"You never take on something like that head on." The girl pointed at the penguin guy who bounced off of an ice barrier he made and was charging towards the two girls.

"Should we step in?" Sasuke asked the elder wolf, who simply laughed and shook his head.

"This is what you do." The Hellas slowly walked towards the charging madman. When he approached her he flung a fist trying to barrel past the girl. She tilted her body to appear to let the blow fly past her, however she spun her hand pushing his attack away from her and downwards, causing the penguin to go off balance and trip.

"Impressive, but not enough." Sasuke commented, but as the guy lay flat on the ground, she grabbed his arm, locked it behind him and put her knee down on his head pinning him to the ground. The more he struggled the more she pulled on his arm. "I take back what I said."

"Hahahaha. She's stronger then she looks?" The wolf pat Sasuke on his back much to the Uchiha's discomfort.

"When you are fighting an enemy bigger or more powerful than you, you never face them head on and try to use their own power against them." The Hellas gave the lesson as she reared back her hand and used it to smack the guy in the side of his head, where she thought his temple was. It was hard to tell with the suit on, but she was close enough to knock the guy out.

"Uum… Sorry." Meifen apologised.

"Stop apologising dammit!" Sasuke complained as he deactivated his Susanoo and stood up.

"Aah… sorry." Meifen started bowing apologetically the Sasuke who couldn't hold back his facepalm.

"Hahaha. You are an interesting duo indeed."

XxX

Naruto had a ridiculous number of bags lying down beside him. Maybe saying there was no limit was a bad idea. At least he wouldn't need to go searching for casual clothes anymore. The group of them were currently having a late lunch. Yes they were shopping for that long.

"Haahh…" Naruto let out a breath of relief. He was relaxed, well fed, and wouldn't have to do another one of these trips, ever again hopefully. "Thanks heaps. Today's been great."

"Hehe… We may have gotten a little carried away." Sakurako guiltily laughed.

"You tried to help his get dressed! Of course you got carried away!" Misa pointed dramatically at her friend. Naruto shook his head remembering how hard it was to get the girl to back away.

Sakurako cheekily stuck her tongue out. "I was curious to see Naruto-sensei without a shirt."

"Patience young one." Misa pretended to rub a fu manchu she didn't have. "You must remember that we have already seen Negi-sensei naked. It is only a matter of time before we see Naruto-sensei."

"Not a chance." Naruto deadpanned at the girls who laughed.

"Oh by the way Naruto-sensei. Would we be able to get your number?" Misa casually asked the blond.

"My what?" Naruto looked genuinely confused by this question.

"Your mobile number?" Madoka asked confused by Naruto's confusion.

"Oooh right." Naruto nodded his head remembering the thing from last night. "Yeah I don't have one. I never have."

"""WHAT!?""" The three girls yelled in unison. This was an emergency.

"We are getting you one. NOW!" Madoka stood up rather violently. Sakurako and Misa quickly followed suit and started walking off expecting Naruto to catch up. The blond sighed before getting up for round 2. He made sure he put his backpack on properly before jogging to catch up.

XxX

"Pleasure to meet you. My name is Kentas. This is my student Shira." The karate duo bowed politely as the wolf man spoke.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha."

"I'm Chao Meifen."

"Oho? A Chao is it? That is most interesting." Kentas grin made Chao feel uncomfortable. Shira smashed her master's foot making his whinge.

"How long have you two been Prize Fighters for?" Sasuke asked curiously. It would be good to have an experienced prize fighter friend.

"This is my first." Shira commented.

"I've been one for more years then I would like to count. I enter with different students all the time. It's good training." Kentas rubbed his chin while he spoke.

"THAT IT IS!" Jessica fell from the ceiling and landed in front of the wolf man. "Yet you still end up getting injured."

"Ara, Jessica-chan. My tail is a little singed, but this time I'm fine." The wolf grinned at the rabbit girl.

"That you are. All four of you are cleared to go. Although I expect to see you all back here very soon." The rabbit bounced away to the her next patients. Sasuke looked at the girl with a blank face, did she just say she wanted to see them back in an infirmary soon?

"I would definitely like me some rabbit." Kentas once again rubbed his chin. This time Shira punched Kentas through the nearby wall.

"My apologise." She bowed before quickly running after her master.

"That was… interesting."

"You'll notice the stronger the Prize Fighter to weirder they are."

"Hello Zoric-sama."

"Novak-san." Meifen jumped up excitedly. "How'd I do?"

"You did good kid." Novak pet the girl on the head as he smiled.

"Should you be favouring one contestant over others in such a public place?" Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

"I'm here to visit my two slaves, people won't find that odd." Novak went to pat Sasuke's head, but the icy cold glare he was getting made him stop. "You know the competition gets harder from now on. Those two you just met are top contenders."

Sasuke merely looked at Novak and smiled slightly. He knew they were strong, and he was looking forward to fighting them. When was the last time he felt like he could genuinely enjoy a fight? He couldn't remember. It might have been those Chuunin exams all those years ago. This world was far too relaxing. Once again Sasuke felt like protecting this peace, protecting these people. He wondered why he was opening up to this world so quickly. He hadn't been here for more than a week yet Novak had gotten Sasuke to open up so quickly…

Something was weird. He wasn't Naruto. He doesn't open up so quickly. And it took him this long to notice. He definitely needed to figure if something was going on…

XxX

After shopping for a few more hours, for both Naruto's phone and various other things the cheerleading trio wanted, they finally returned to where they were staying. At some point Negi and quite a few members of the class came in, but Naruto could tell they were fakes. When he asked the Negi one what going on, he was informed that they had successfully delivered the letter and was now safe. Although not without trouble. Apparently, Nodoka and Yue confronted him there about magic and Negi got trapped in a space loop, whatever that was. Fortunately Kotarou was with them and knew the spell they used so it was easy to get out. Konoka was also targeted in a place called Cinema Town. This made it easy to attack her in daylight, as it could have been passed off as a show. Setsuna apparently managed to fend off the attackers with a little luck. Konoka woke up to her magic in the middle of that, which actually saved Setsuna's life.

Anyway, now they were safely inside the barrier of the Kyoto headquarters so there was no need for Naruto to worry. So he ate a hearty dinner with who was there from the class. People were still arriving from their day so that was no surprise. Naruto currently sat in the lobby with the cheerleaders, Kaede and Ku who were wearing Chinese dresses for some reason, and a few others.

"So I can… 'call' anyone… whose number I have and hear their voice no matter the distance?" Naruto asked Madoka as she taught him how to use it. Apparently Naruto had never used a landline phone before either much to the girls' confusion. Naruto had spoken long distances in his mind with chakra and the help of a sensory ninja, but this was new to him.

"Aaand done. The entire class has your number." Misa and Saskuro grinned as they had spent the last thirty minutes making sure everyone received the message.

"Yeah. This is your contact list, if they call you their name will appear here. If you want to call them just click on their name." The group during dinner had given Naruto every number of people in the class, including Negi.

"So what is this texting?" Naruto's question caused most of the class' face to drop. Kaede just chuckled, while Zazie just smiled at his antics. Suddenly, the phone in Naruto's hand started to buzz. "Oh? Is this a call? From Yue-chan?"

"Yeah. So press that."

"The green one?"

"Yes."

Naruto nodded in response and pressed the button. "Hello. Yue-chan." Madoka face palmed as she lifted his hand with the phone up from where he was holding it to beside his ear. "Ah… sorry. Hello Yue-chan."

"HELP! NODOKA, PARU, KOTAROU-KUN… EVERYONE'S TURNED TO STONE! YOU SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS BUT THIS IS MESSED UP!" Yue's panicked voice resounded through the earpiece. Madoka noticed the sudden change in Naruto's attitude.

"Where?" Naruto looked at Kaede with his serious look and she instantly understood something was wrong. Mana who had just walked in and Ku who was beside Kaede both realised something was up. Zazie considered what she should do.

"A TEMPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS…" It definitely sounded like she was running.

"Where Negi had to deliver the letter, got it. You did good Yue-chan. Hide somewhere until we get there."

"I can't do that Naruto-sensei…"

"You're not ready to fight this alone." Naruto motioned to have the girls follow. Kaede, Ku, Mana and Zazie followed.

"…"

"You can do that?" Naruto asked as Zazie pulled them all into the nearby room. She grabbed onto Naruto's phone. It looked as though Zazie opened a hole of darkness on the floor.

XxX

"But Naruto-sensei. I have to help!" Yue had stopped running and took a deep breath as she pulled out her pactio. But before she could do anything, the floor beneath her went dark and a black blob came out of it. "Eeep…"

"I said you're not ready to go alone. But let's go together." Naruto offered her hand, as the five of them walked out of the darkness. What Yue found interesting was that the darkness blob seemed to have eyes. Zazie turned and pet the darkness, seemingly thanking it for what it did.

"This will cost you Naruto-sensei." Mana spoke as she dropped her guitar case she had on her back and pulled out her weapons, hiding them inside her weirdly shaped one piece dress that had a slit straight down the centre. Actually Naruto wasn't sure what she was wearing, but she was able to hide her two pistols in it while having a sniper slung over her shoulder.

"Charge the principle. We're here to protect his granddaughter." Naruto closed his eyes and tried to sense what was going on. "Okay it feels like Negi, Asuna-chan and Setsuna-chan are facing a large number of demons. Konoka-chan has been taken by the monkey lady and a surprisingly strong enemy. Oh looks like Negi went off after Konoka alone. The demons are on the way to where Konoka is, so let's all stop by there." Everyone except Zazie nodded as a response. It felt natural for him to take charge.

"… can't." The silver haired girl quietly replied. She wanted to go with them, but she couldn't fight against the demons.

"I understand." Naruto pet the silver haired girl as he smiled. Naruto knew they were demons, because he could compare their energy to that of Zazie's. His student just so happened to be a demon. "Thank you for getting us here so quickly."

"You can't fight them. They won't fight you." Zazie spoke to the blond. Everyone there looked at her confused. "Trust me Uzumaki-sama. They will not fight you personally."

"I trust you. Let's hope you're right. Let's go!" Naruto picked Yue up and started to jog. The other three girls were able to keep up with ease. Zazie sadly watched as they ran off. She would have gone with them if she was able, but now was not the time for demons to fight amongst themselves. The giant blob rubbed itself against the girls back trying to comfort her earning itself a soft pat.

XxX

"You're not bad, little girl!" The birdman Asuna was currently in mid fight complimented her. "But I'm not like the others you've faced so far!" The birdman used the hilt of his blade to knock away Asuna's fan before dealing a quick barrage of blows to the girl. Asuna crashed to the ground and grinned slightly to hide the pain as she picked herself up.

"ASUNA-SAN!" Setsuna yelled out worried about her friend.

"I…I'm okay. It's just a light wound." Asuna hurt. She knew she should be a lot more injured then she was, but it still hurt being beat on like that. "Negi's magic protected me… But this guy is strong."

"It seems that Ki-users and Magic users have become tougher since the days of Heian. But I wonder just how long you can hold out for?" The birdman seemed to be enjoying this. He hadn't been summoned in a while, so you couldn't really blame him.

"I'M COMING NOW ASUNA-SA…!" Before Setsuna could finish she was forced to block a heavy blow from a new opponent.

"Girl from Shinmeiryuu! We will be your opponent!" A big demon with a smaller fox like demon on its shoulder, faced off with Setsuna. It was clear these demons were at a much higher level. It didn't help that a giant pillar of light appeared in the distance. "THAT PILLAR OF LIGHT!" Setsune realising what it meant was shocked by this turn of events. It appears Negi didn't make it in time. He must be fighting someone himself.

Negi was currently flying on a broom straight to a certain silver haired boy who sent a charm after him. Activating his contract on himself for a second he was able to punch through the charm with ease.

"Looks like out client Chigusa-han's plans are going well… Did that cute little mage-kun fail to make it in time? Well that's got nothing to do with me, right Setsuna-senpai?"

"TSUKUYOMI!" Setsuna was never more annoyed to see the slightly blushing girl then now. There were just too many opponents to deal with. Asuna was currently lifted up by the birdman she was fighting, who quickly realised her fan was the only thing making her special.

"I suggest you put her down… NOW!" A sudden booming voice resounded in the clearing.

"ERO-SENSEI!" Asuna was quite happy to see her blond teacher right about now.

"Naruto-sensei. Thank god." Setsuna let out a sigh of relief. With Naruto and his party of 4 here, they might actually have a fighting chance. The birdman almost instantly let go of Asuna and backed away slightly.

Naruto quickly put down the girl in his arms. "Activate your pactio."

Yue nodded as she grabbed her card and said "Adeat." The glass orb that appeared before was gone, instead was the spear she held in the picture. "How the…" Yue would think on this later, for now she must fight.

"A few more people won't help you now. You're almost too late." Tsukuyomi smiled as she prepared to charge at the blond for interrupting. What she didn't expect was a couple of demons getting in her way. "Do you want me to cut through you?"

"Please wait." The demon asked the white girl.

"Are you perhaps, Naruto Uzumaki." The birdman stepped forward and asked the blond.

"I am." At Naruto's words, every single demon around them fell onto one knee.

"UZUMAKI-SAMA/DONO!" They all cried out at once. This surprised every human in the clearing, especially Naruto. He now sort of understood why Zazie told him not to fight.

"Most of us thought you were but a legend, but when the Dome faded away, we realised that the legends may be true. We humbly apologise for attacking your harem." The birdman's loyal attitude shocked Tsukuyomi even more. Why were they bowing to the enemy? But if they were all on his side, she could not fight them all.

"Whatd ya mean harem?" Asuna kicked Naruto in the shin, to which Naruto didn't even flinch. He had more important things to worry about then playing along.

"I didn't say anything." Naruto protested as walked away from the angry orange haired girl. "Anyway, I assume you have been told to not let anyone passed." The birdman was the one who spoke the most, so he was the one who was asked.

"That is correct Uzumaki-dono."

"Will you stop me from passing?" Naruto still wasn't sure what was going on with the demons, however he had an opportunity and would use what he had to save his friend in trouble first, then worry about other stuff later.

"Of course not. However we cannot let the others through. It would be against orders."

"What is the light over there for?"

"Our summoner attempts to unseal two strong demons known by the names Berith and Sukuna whom were sealed here many years ago. She attempts to use the little girl's power to control them."

"Would it be bad if they get unsealed?"

"For everyone, yes. These particular demons are runaways who did not believe in legend and did not obey any of our laws. All 9 of the houses combined their powers to help the humans seal him away. If we were not summoned to help, we would be stopping her."

"I will go stop them. You continue your duty of fighting my students…" Naruto started to walk through the demons who got off their knee and parted. "but if I find you have done permanent injury to ONE of them, you will regret it." Naruto had left all of their sights quite confidently.

"What on earth was that?" Asuna asked her classmates. "AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Asuna pointed dramatically as Ku, Kaede and Mana having no idea they knew about magic.

"We can talk later de gozarou." Kaede quickly leapt forward and engaged the closest demon. The others quickly followed suit, although they couldn't quite get out what just happened from the back of their minds.

XxX

"What on earth was that?" Naruto asked no one in particular. He still wasn't quite sure what had just happened, but apparently he's some kind of demon leader? Oh wait that would explain the bed time stories Zazie was on about. He was some sort of legend. He would definitely have to ask Zazie about that. But for now he ran. To catch up to Negi and whoever this strong energy he felt was. The second Naruto appeared he was surprised be what he saw. Negi had just trapped a silver haired guy with some sort of magic bindings.

"Oho~ I'm impressed Negi. That guy is waaaay stronger then you are." Naruto smiled as he stood beside Negi.

"Naruto-sensei." Negi was confused by the sudden assistance. Naruto grinned as he jumped into the air appearing beside the Chiguse the monkey lady.

"Miss me?" He punched the girl down to the ground and grabbed Konoka before she could fall. From there Naruto slowly floated to the ground. He may not have enough chakra to fly, but right now floating was easy.

"Konoka-san!" Negi ran up concerned for the girl who as apparently unconscious.

"That's it?" Chamo warily asked. "That was a little anticlimactic."

"It's not over Bert. The unsealing wasn't cancelled." Naruto spoke half disappointed. He didn't make it in time, although he did save his student. Suddenly a giant demon with two faces and four arms appeared before the group. "And he is about to get free… which one do you want to fight?" Naruto pointed to the silver haired boy from before.

"Uuuum…" Negi was breathing heavily. He wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight for either.

"Use your pactios! Summon both Ane-san and Setsuna-neesan!" Chamo went into Negi's pocket and started talking telepathically to the two pactio holders.

"When did you get Setsuna-chan's pactio?" Naruto nudged him suggestively causing the red head to blush, before turning to the giant demon.

"You are Uzumaki-dono are you not?" On the head of the giant demon sat a much smaller demon. This one looked mostly human except for a mask it wore. It was very similar to the Konoha ANBU masks Naruto remembered, but this was shaped like an owl.

"I am." Naruto replied as the silver haired mage broke free. Naruto had no choice but to leave him to Negi. He hoped the boy could hold on while he dealt with this.

"Oho? Not quite what I expected." The masked demon was staring at Naruto. The giant demon had yet to make a move, apparently he was a subordinate to the one on its head. "No matter. I assume that girl was the one who unsealed us." Naruto narrowed his eyes as the unconscious girl behind him was targeted.

"ANIKI DO IT NOW!"

"She must be strong. We will be taking her."

"SUMMON…"

"No. You will not." Naruto's icy glare made the giant demon flinch slightly, while Negi summoned his two partners to help with the fight. "Setsuna-chan, I need you to stop holding back and protect Konoka-chan NOW!"

"Wha…?" Setsuna was slightly confused until she saw the giant arm reach for Konoka. Naruto jumped up and dealt a punch of his own. The clash of equal force created a large shockwave. The smaller demon pushed off the bigger demon to attack the mid-air Naruto. Unable to do anything about the attack, Naruto raised his arms to block the attack. What he didn't expect was a massive explosion of smoke behind him. As Naruto was sent rocketing into it, he realised this was a spell, and not a good on from the fact his fingers and toes started to turn into stone.

"Well this sucks." The smoke cleared and Naruto was mostly fine much to the silver haired boys shock.

"You're strong if you're able to resist my spell that much." He took a step forward, but Naruto threw a kunai so he would stay away. This gave Naruto enough time to block the next punch from the giant demon.

"I'd love to chat whatever your name is, but I'm a little busy with these guys. Your opponent is Negi." Naruto leapt into the air and tried to make a clone. He quickly realised that since his fingers were stone, he could not make the hand seal. "Shit!"

The silver haired boy watched the blond with great interest. The demons were unsealed, but was it possible this man could stop them? No matter. He was currently more interested in Negi.

"Hahahaha. You really aren't all that the legends say are ya, Uzumaki-dono?" The owl masked demon chuckled as it ran down the giants arm, and attacked Naruto from the side. This was easily blocked, but Naruto was still sent flying. Unfortunately for Naruto, he could feel his body turn more and more into stone.

"I didn't make the legends after all." Naruto quickly landed and once again ran forward. He didn't need clones to win. When he saw the giant was trying to punch him with two simultaneous punches, Naruto took a deep breath before raising his hand in front of him. "ODAMA RASENGAN" The giant blue orb was big enough to blow both of those punches away with ease.

"The legends said you could demolish mountains with a single attack." The owl demon had once again charged forward while Naruto was reeling from another attack. However this time, Naruto was barely able to roll to the side. "They said you with your kind heartedness could win the hearts of any man or woman you met, and being the massive pervert you are, you used them as you saw fit."

"What'd you mean pervert? What on earth did they say about me?" Naruto started to run up the giants arm, with the owl closely behind him. The giant tried to swat Naruto off, but it was easy for Naruto to jump over the attacks. The owl had caught up to him and threw a barrage of punches at the blond, who blocked each attack with ease. Naruto had finally made it to the shoulder of the demon. From there he leapt up and kicked the giant in the face, causing him to lean backwards. This sent the owl off balance, giving Naruto enough time to drop an axe kick on it, making it fall off the giant. Naruto leapt afterwards, and used the owl as a landing pad softening his landing. Naruto jumped off and waited to see if that was enough to defeat the owl. He knew the giant would be fine, but he could deal with him later.

"They said your mere presence could make your allies feel warm and your enemies fall to their knees. I don't feel that at all." The owl walked out of the small crater. He had seen better days, but he was still alright.

"Let's see then." Naruto grinned as he prepared to run forward. However he could not. His knees had finally petrified. "Well that's not good."

"I am honestly disappointed." The owl sighed. "I expected more."

"I'm not done." Naruto shook his head. "This isn't something I wanted to use without them, but you leave me no choice. You want to feel my presence?"

XxX

Negi, Asuna and Setsuna were currently holding off a really powerful enemy. Setsuna had sprout her wings like Naruto had told her, since holding back was no longer optional. Asuna and Negi's reaction had made her feel good about herself. But right now as Negi slowly petrified from his hand, they had bigger issues to deal with. They were also told Evangeline would be there soon to assist, so they had to hold off for about 30 more seconds.

"The ability to completely nullify magic, huh?" The boy looked at the orange hair who covered for Negi with the latest attack. Setsuna was forced to take Konoka and fly away since that attack was so powerful. "I'll take care of your first, Asuna Kagurazaka!" What he didn't expect was a sudden surge of power from behind him. This caused him to slow just enough for Negi to grab him.

"Is that Naruto-sensei?" Setsuna asked as she tried to land gently as to not harm the now awake Konoka.

XxX

Kaede, Mana, Fu and Yue were pretty battered up. There were a lot of demons to deal with, not to mention an annoying swordsman. However there was no ferocity in anyone's attacks, except the swordswoman. The demons were enjoying themselves, their duty was technically fulfilled, and they didn't want to seriously harm these ladies, so they were taking it easy.

Somehow the demons realised this was Yue's first fight, so a couple of them started to train her in how to use a spear, much to her confusion. Mana, Kaede and Fu were fighting the strongest demons and Tsukuyomi, until a sudden surge of energy washed over all of them. When the demons felt the power, all of them stopped.

"Is this?"

"The Holy Power of the Nine. It is!" Some demons fell to their knees in awe. Others began crying. A few of them smiled brightly.

"It's really time of prophecy. The two saviours will rise and we must choose a side." The birdman bowed his head. None of the demons felt like fighting anymore. This was too huge of a moment for them to waste time fighting.

XxX

Zazie sat in the forest surrounded by many small black creatures. Until she felt a warmth encompass her very being.

"Uzumaki-sama." A single tear rolled down her cheek.

XxX

"Is this powerful enough for you?" Naruto asked as he was covered in his Six Paths Sage Mode. "This is something I used with my friends as they lent me their chakra. Being able to use this form without them makes me feel a little empty." Naruto looked down with sadness in his eyes. He was using the tailed beast chakra mode without using their chakra.

"Impossible." The owl demon took a step back. "That's not supposed to exist. We left the demon world because we didn't believe. THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST!"

"Sorry. It's real." Naruto grinned as a large number of fists were created around him out of his cloak. "Goodbye." Was the last thing Naruto said before using all the fists to pummel the owl demon until it was no longer moving. The giant demon tried to punch Naruto with all four fists again, but Naruto combined all of his chakra fists into four giant ones, and caught the attack, then used the momentum to throw the giant onto its back.

"Hey! I was about to show off my ultimate evil power!" A floating blonde appeared behind Naruto.

"Oh hello Evangeline-chan. Weren't you sealed or something?" Naruto asked the girl in a black dress and coat.

"I'm here so I can help, but you're doing everything already dammit!" Evangeline yelled while Naruto just laughed.

"You can deal the final blow if you wish." The small girl grumbled as she flew away from Naruto. She was going to finish off the demon, but it's a lot less overwhelming now that it was weakened. Naruto looked down to see that he was no longer stone at all. Apparently the large amount of chakra was easily able to flush out the petrification. "Looks like I can save them." Naruto watched as Evangeline froze the demon and made it break into pieces. Evangeline and Chachamaru who had also appeared flew down to Negi. Naruto looked around to see the group who fought the demons had finally caught up to them. Zazie felt that the other demons had left so it was okay for her to come out and join them.

"Yo." Naruto raised his hand to the girls as he deactivated his cloak. "How'd it go?"

"They seemed like nice people aru." Ku excitedly smiled at Naruto.

"Why did they all bow to you?" Yue couldn't help but ask.

"No idea. I'll find out eventually." Naruto suddenly felt the presence of an enemy still here. Naruto stared straight where he felt the enemy. A puddle that lay in the middle of the walkway. One that Evangeline stood beside. Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, until the puddle disappeared without trying anything. It appears the enemy was no fool. Fighting them all now would not end well for them. "Hey Yue-chan. Take me to everyone who was turned to stone."

When the entire group met back up, Naruto pumped his sage chakra into Negi, stopping his petrification process. Everyone was happy that this was finally over. They quickly returned to the others who were still petrified, and Naruto had them all moved into a single room. Naruto once again activated his Six Paths Sage Mode and flooded the room with chakra, he watched as everyone unpetrified. Naruto ran out of chakra at that moment and collapsed. That form takes a lot out of him. He had depleted his chakra.