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First things first… Dragon Man 180: You've got your answer… just read… muhahahaha…

A virtual cookie for who can guess what Reddoryuu means…

Sorry for the long wait. Well on to the story…

Chapter 7 – Revenge…

Hyuuga Hideki was a main branch Hyuuga that had participated in the attack on the elves and killed a couple of the spectators in his zeal to perform the mission set out by Hiashi. He figured that he had gotten away with not being punished and felt free to walk the village now. He failed to notice a goblin with a wolf walking behind him, since goblins were beneath notice in the Hyuuga way of thinking. He did keep an eye out for elves though. It had been six months since the incident and other than the 'fine', nothing had happened to any main branch member since the peace had been restored between the clans.

He walked into the market and bought an apple and began to eat it. His head began to swim and he moved to a close wall to try to regain his balance. The goblin that had followed him smiled and then moved to his side. "Are you alright Hyuuga-san? Here let me take you to a place you can sit down," Gritnak said in a helpful tone.

The Hyuuga attempted to push the goblin away, but his strength was quickly fading. He finally allowed the goblin to lead him into a building and sit him in a chair. His head was spinning to the point that he could hardly see straight. Then a voice spoke to him that made his blood run cold. "You have killed an ally and several civilians. For that crime you will be tried and if convicted you will be shown the true depths of the nine hells," Ai whispered into his ear. He then passed out.

"Gitnak do good? He track bad white eye and bring him to you," Gritnak said happily.

Ai smiled and replied happily, "Yes Gritnack. You have done both our clans a great service. I will tell both your elders and leader what you have done. You also may call upon the elves for help if you ever need it. Also we will have a reward for you. Come by in a week and pick it up."

Gritnak nodded happily while his wolf yipped happily and both left the building. Ai's smile then turned into a smirk that would scare most people. She then said to no one in particular, "Take him to Kigiko and have him get the truth from him. We will then give him to Ibiki and his men. Afterwards I know someone would like to have a Hyuuga over for dinner."

A gasp escaped an elf's lips and they asked, "You don't mean… Reddoryuu?"

Ai nodded, as the others began to chuckle.

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The elder Naruto continued in frustration. He had been trying to summon other toads, but could only summon the key toad. Two weeks of trying and he even used enough charka to summon Gamabunta twice over and still had no results. Jiraiya had summoned Gama, with the scroll and also Gamabunta, but and all were pondering why Naruto couldn't summon toads from his dimension, until the key toad brought up that he was attached to Naruto. After some discussions with Fukasaku it was determined that until Naruto was able to be able to use the full Kyuubi he couldn't sign the contract with toads in this dimension, but that didn't preclude him from doing Sage training, since he already had a contract with toads he was eligible to do the training.

Selene agreed to sage training, but also wanted Hinata to sign the toad contract and work with Naruto re-attaining sage abilities. She also wanted the younger Naruto sign the toad contract, but at a later date. She also had all the children check their elemental affinities. They expected Haku to be an Ice, Water, Wind affinity, but when the elder Naruto and Hinata both appeared to have the same affinities, along with Earth, so possibly Wood element too. Selene began to wonder, when the younger Naruto came up as a Wind and Earth, while the younger Hinata came up with a Water affinity. This also bothered both the elder partial jinchuuriki, because it seemed that their affinities had merged with each other.

Selene and Ai had ordered them to the hospital for a couple tests on them both. They also ordered tests on Akemi and Haku for other reasons.

Village life had returned to somewhat normal after the Hyuuga/Elf flare up. The Hyuuga had on several occasions tried to attack. The other clans just took it as a phase for the village and just steered clear of the Hyuuga until after the troubles passed them over. The elves and the goblin made several secret pacts that only the Hokage knew about.

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The group from the elves and goblins, along with Ami entered the academy surrounding Uchiha Sasuke. Much to his annoyance, but he felt it was better than having all the other girls in class fawning over him. This had become a morning ritual. Of course Naruto and the others would abandon him to the girls for lunch and see how he would handle it. The younger Naruto would occasionally cause the Uchiha boy to smile with his antics, but most of the time Sasuke would just sulk or brood. While the most of the girls in class found this appealing, he just wanted to be left alone to mourn.

Selene and Ai had left an open invitation to the boy to either visit or come live with the elves if he ever wanted too. He had never taken them up on it and also refused the Yamanaka's invitation to help him with his grief. This finally came to a head when the elder Naruto bested Sasuke in a taijutsu match. Naruto had thus far been going easy on the boy, wanting to give him some time to heal, but he felt that enough time had passed and now went all out and took him down in a matter of seconds. The rest of the class wondered what happened. Iruka and Mizuki both looked on in awe at the speed and technique that he used. The only ones that could follow it were the elder Hinata, Haku and the chuunin.

Sasuke picked himself up and waited for Naruto to turn around before he then went through several hand seals and exclaimed, "Fire style: Fireball technique!" A large ball of fire formed in front of Sasuke as he exhaled and then moved towards Naruto and the audience behind him.

Naruto quickly turned, but couldn't jump away, so he went through several seals of his own and exclaimed, "Earthstyle: Mud wall!" He opened his mouth and spit out mud that quickly solidified and became a hard wall. Naruto then turned and spread his arms out. This confused everyone, since they figured that he had stopped the fireball, but then he yelled, "Scatter!"

Hinata and Haku both ran through hand seals and both yelled, "Water encampment!" and water formed from the air and then formed a wall in front of both of them and those behind them. The fireball hit the wall and seemed to stall for a second before it crashed through the wall and slammed into Naruto's back. It caused a great explosion and Naruto was carried along with the fire ball into the water technique, before it was extinguished.

Sasuke smirked, but then his eyes went wide at the realization of what he had done. He had possibly killed one of those that would protect him. He looked at the burned and nearly nude body of Naruto. He then began to back up and say, "I'm sorry… I… I didn't mean too."

The elder Hinata touched Naruto's back and saw him wince in pain and said, "He's injured, but we should be able to move him." She and Haku proceeded to grab his arms and set them over their shoulders while his clothes fell off his front. He was now only clad in his singed boxers. They then jumped off out of the courtyard and headed towards the hospital.

Ami and Akemi both glared at Sasuke, while the younger pair looked at the boy in both awe and fear, from what he had done to their friend. Also that he had used such a devastating technique while they were behind the elf.

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The elven female pair continued to jump and run through the streets in an attempt to make it to the hospital to make sure that Naruto received medical attention. Naruto groaned and began to stir. Hinata said, "Naru-kun, don't move. We're on the way to the hospital."

Naruto threw his head back and said, "Awe, why do we have to go there? I hate the hospital…" His rant was cut short by him falling back into unconsciousness.

Hinata and Haku quickly entered the hospital and found a gurney and laid him face down on it. Haku then turned to a nurse and said, "An Erufu clan member needs help. He's been hit by a fire technique and needs to be treated."

The nurse turned out to be an elf that she didn't recognize, but the woman quickly yelled, "We have a burn victim. I need help here stat. This wouldn't happen to be Naru-chan would it?"

Haku nodded and the woman quickly gave Naruto a once over. She then did a couple of hand seals and her hands became covered in green chakra. She then ran them just above the blackened and blistered skin. Haku became worried when the woman scowled and then increased the chakra in her hands.

Suddenly a couple of more people showed up, both carrying other a bucket and the other a blanket.

"No… not barbeque!" Naruto suddenly exclaimed, much to the confusion of the girls.

"How did this happen? I'm Kiko," the nurse explained.

"He was sparring with Uchiha Sasuke and the boy got angry for Naru-kun beating him quickly, so Naru-kun put up an earth wall when Sasuke fired off a fireball," Haku answered.

"Spars are getting a little rough at the academy aren't they?" Kiko asked, jokingly.

"I think it was the pent up pain that Sasuke was feeling and it came out all at once. I don't think that Naru-kun will blame him," Hinata said sadly. She then whispered, "He can be too forgiving…"

"He's my friend! I can't abandon him! Don't you understand Baa-chan!" Naruto yelled in his sleep.

The male nurse had covered his hands in the liquid from the bucket and chakra. He then moved the liquid over Naruto's back. Slowly the areas that were black became red and the swelling went down.

"Haku-chan, you should go get Selene-kaasan," Hinata said to her friend. Haku nodded and ran out of the hospital. While Hinata watched the medics continue to work on Naruto. She bit her lip and clenched her fists, not noticing that she was drawing blood from her finger nails digging into her hands.

Another nurse gently grabbed Hinata's arm and nodded down towards the growing pool of blood on floor. "Dear, you need to relax or we are going to have both of you in the hospital. I understand that you care for him, but you need to relax and let me tend to your hands," the nurse explained kindly.

Hinata nodded and opened her hands. The woman then wrapped Hinata's hands in gauss after rinsing them off. Hinata watched from where she was being treated, the group working on Naruto and an orderly that was cleaning up her blood from the floor and then the mess that was being made around where Naruto was being treated. The nurse guided Hinata to the head of the gurney that Naruto was being treated on and nodded to her.

Hinata reached out and gently touched his face. He seemed to giggle when she stroked where his whisker marks were hidden by makeup. She smiled sadly and felt a tear slide down her face. "I love Naru-kun," she said sadly.

Naruto smiled at this in his sleep. She continued to stoke his face while the medics continued to work on him.

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Sasuke was sitting in a nearly empty classroom. Akemi and Ami were both there, but both hadn't said anything to him since they were the only ones in the room. Iruka came into the room. An elder, Homaru, entered with him and both were talking quietly. They finally walked to the teacher's podium and Iruka began. "I would like to say that I know that you're going through a tough time, but what you did today was inexcusable," he said in a sad tone.

Sasuke looked up and Iruka could see the pool of tears that were on the desk between Sasuke's arms. He didn't notice since Sasuke had his hands interlaced together, thus hiding the pool. "I know… I'm as bad as my brother. I hurt one of the people who chose to help me because they wanted too, not because it would help their status. I hurt my friend," Sasuke explained.

Iruka looked at Sasuke and then tilted his head. He then said, "Sasuke, tell me does your vision feel any different?"

Sasuke shook his head, but then noticed he could see something odd about Iruka and Homaru. He then explained, "I see blue moving inside of you, Iruka-sensei and Homuru-sama."

Homura moved closer and then said, "Sasuke-chan, you've unlocked the beginning stages of your Sharingan. Akemi-chan can you come down and confirm for me?"

Akemi came down and looked at her cousin and said, "Yes that is one of the early stages, a single tome in each eye. The next will either be two in one or both eyes and the final will be three in each eye."

Sasuke shook his head and said, "I don't deserve to get it! I hurt Naru."

Akemi put a hand on his shoulder and said, "He more than likely will not be angry at you for hurting him…" she let this sink in, but then her face became hard and she said, "He more than likely will be pissed at you for endangering others during a spar. I would apologize to those you put in harm's way and then apologize to Naru-kun for what you did. I would also try to pull chakra away from your eyes, it will help."

Sasuke nodded, but didn't get up.

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Naruto slowly woke up and knew he was in the hospital. Having his head buried in a pillow that was his was his first clue. The smell of the linens was the second. He moved his arm, but felt searing pain run through his back. 'I must still be healing from that fireball,' he thought to himself.

Hinata and Selene both noticed the movement and the wince of pain. Hinata had by this time become accustomed to Naruto being in the hospital. Selene on the other hand was frantic. Her boy, from another world, was in the hospital and injured. While her real son had been there on several occasions and she would visit him and talk to him. This was different for her. She now had an emotional attachment to him and thought of him as her second son, but older. She didn't put too much thought into how she thought just what she thought.

Her mind trailed back to the conversation they had before Jiraiya had left to find out what was going on and to see if what happened to the elder Naruto's world might happen to theirs.

(Flashback)…

Naruto and Hinata looked frustrated, but Naruto took a deep breath and said, "Look Mikoto-san, your son, Sasuke, was headed down the dark path. I did everything I could to save him. He was like a brother to me. Sometimes a mean brother, but what I would think a brother would be like."

"But he pushed a Chidori through your chest… that isn't how brothers treat each other," Mikoto explained.

"Look, I don't know much about those things. You can blame the village for how they treated me and I saw brothers fighting all the time. Look at what Sasuke and Itachi did in my world and here too. Itachi killed off all the Uchiha, but Sasuke in my world and nearly did the same thing here. I do wonder who the masked guy was. Kakashi-sensei said he had the Sharigan… Also Pain said he was a fellow student of yours Ero-sennin," Naruto said in confusion.

Jiraiya scowled at the boy, but also looked at him in confusion. "You say that he said he was a student of mine?" he asked and Naruto nodded. He then asked, "Were there any distinguishing characteristics?"

"Yes, Jiraiya-sama. His eyes were gray and had three concentric rings in the irises. He also had several piercings. He was able to manipulate either gravity or an attraction and repulsion force. I wasn't strong enough to free Naruto-kun," Hinata admitted sadly.

Naruto rubbed her back, but then said, "There were six of them, but I also think that they were puppets for the real one behind it. He also told me that he was going to use the Bijuu to enforce a temporary peace upon the world. From what I could make out it would be a cycle of destruction, fear and then destruction again."

"I only had one student that had eyes like that, Nagato. He possessed the Riningan. It was said to be the eyes that the Sage of the Six paths possessed. So describe their powers," Jiraiya asked.

Naruto took a thinking pose, but then began and said, "One could summon, both animal summons and the other Pain bodies. One could revive the destroyed or killed bodies. The main one used his power to push and pull. One could absorb chakra based attacks. I'm not sure what the sixth one did, but there was another behind the scenes controlling the others. That's all I know."

"So any more information on those after you?" Jiraiya asked.

"There was Itachi, Kisame, Sasori of the Red sands, some Iwa guy who loved explosives and the masked guy. I'm sure that there were more, but… Oh yeah some guy from Taki that was like a hundred years old. I mean he said he fought against the First. The guy was weird, he had these black tendrils running throughout his body and he had like five hearts and his partner who according to what I was told was immortal. Heck Shikamaru only beat him by blowing his body apart and burying it," Naruto explained.

Jiraiya nodded and then asked, "Have you met any of the other jinchuuriki?"

Naruto nodded and replied, "Yeah, I met Gaara of the Sands and became good friends with him. Other than that I might have met one or two, but I just don't know. Can you try to get a hold of them? Maybe we can help them out. Heck I'm sure they could use friends."

Jiraiya smiled at the comment, but was saddened by the stories that this Naruto told him. The hardships and the pains, but was pleased with how he had progressed and turned out. He was a true candidate for Hokage. He then thought about the younger Naruto and though it might be a good idea to take him on later as a student. If what this Naruto had told him about their training mission was true, the boy would be like a sponge.

Armed with the information about a possible threat and wanting to go find the other jinchuuriki he bid the group a fond farewell and left the village.

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Back in the older Naruto's world, the elder toad began to explain how Naruto had changed their world and was now changing yet another. Fukashi and Shibi then traveled to Konoha and met with Tsunade.

Tsunade had finally recovered from her coma. It was soon after the body of Sasuke and his group was found. They were able to identify the body by a genetic test. They also found another Uchiha, not sure who it was, but the body was identified as an Uchiha. Danzo had taken the reigns of Hokage for a couple weeks, but when Tsunade recovered she quickly took back the reins. She also took the evidence that Sasuke had perished and also found evidence that Kirabi was still alive.

Kirabi had during that time visited his old sensei and ended up fighting Kisame. The fight nearly killed him, but in the end Kisame died, since he didn't have the backup of Zetzu that he had expected. Within a month the white Zetzus left their haven and began to cause problems. This caused the shinobi nations to agree to get along. Kabuto was captured while trying to figure out how to control the white Zetzus and his abilities sealed away. Tsunade was also given information from the toads that Naruto while alive was currently unable to contact them other than using the key toad.

She smirked at the picture of Hinata and Naruto. Also a note from them asked for information from Hiashi and described the problems that they were experiencing. Also Naruto asked for the best way to contact the Tsunade where they were. He also promised to try to return when they could. He also apologized that he had to marry several girls. This brought a smirk to Tsunade, not because she thought he was going to be a pervert, no, she thought that he would have his hands full. She also read up and looked at the genetic changes for Naruto when he was changed into an elf.

Gamabunta also said that he authorized Naruto to sign the contract in the other world, but also told him to explain what was going on to them and also about the elder's prophecy.

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Jiraiya found himself in the land of Waterfalls. Having helped them out on occasion they were quite helpful. The weird thing was that they wanted him to take a child into his care, actually a couple of them. One was a young girl with lime green hair and the second showed definite signs of demonic origins. He figured that the malnourished children were part of what he was looking for. The girl appeared to be a couple years older than Naruto, but also showed signs of a recent beating. His discussion with the leader also distressed him in that the girl had been raped by an Iwa shinobi and the council felt that she would no longer make a good weapon, since she couldn't manifest her Biiju to protect herself.

The other was also a girl, but only about six years old. She apparently was the daughter of a Taki shinobi and a demoness, a succubus to be exact. She had stayed long enough to raise the child till it was a year old and then moved on, but her father died recently in the same raid that Fu had been raped. Not wanting the girl to be discouraged he asked if Jiraiya would take them both and keep them safe for him, so that Konoha could help them with their Iwa problems. Jiraiya agreed and started with a meeting with both the girls.

Jiraiya entered the room and looked at the girls with a kind smile. Fu glared at him and asked, "So are you here to hurt me like THAT man did? Or are you going to gauk at us like demons that they say we are?"

Jiraiya shook his head and said kindly, "No, I'm here to take you to a safe place where you both can live without worry of retribution of what you are. You can grow up to be what you want to be."

Fu growled and said, "I want to be strong enough to kill that man."

Jiraiya sighed and replied softly, "While I can't take back what he did to you. I can show you someone who will accept you and give you the kindness you deserve, both of you."

"You mean it?" Misa asked in a pleading tone.

Jiraiya nodded and saw the joy in Misa's face. He also saw the doubt in Fu's eyes. "Come on kids. We're going to meet with Naru no Erufu, the one who wanted me to find you," he explained cryptically.

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Uchiha Sasuke sat outside of Naru no Erufu's hospital room. He couldn't decide whether he should to enter or to leave. He knew that he had done the boy wrong, but he hoped that he would be forgiven for what he had done. The boy was a hero and he was nothing. He had let his bid for revenge get in his way and now he was willing to pay the price, whatever it would be. He stood up and walked to the door. He slowly opened the door. He then saw something that he thought he wouldn't. Naru was sitting up and smiling, Aki was on his lap chatting happily with the blonde elf, who looked like a mummy, since he was wrapped in bandages.

Naruto looked up and Aki with him. Aki asked, "What do you want?"

Sasuke looked down and said, "I… I want to apologize to you, Naru-san, for my behavior. I knew that it was only supposed to be taijutsu only, but I used a fire technique, because I was angry at you for beating me. I would also like to thank you for protecting those that were in the path of my fireball."

Naruto nodded and said, "I accept your apology, but only on the condition that you get rid of that chip on your shoulder."

Sasuke looked up, tears evident in his eyes and said, "But he killed them all! I have to kill him. To… return honor to my clan and get forgiveness from my parents for not being strong enough to protect them and be able to stop him…"

Naruto sighed and took a moment. He then said, "Look I fought against your brother. I was protecting Akemi, Aki, Aya, Ayaka and others. I protected those of your clan from a threat and got a scar for my troubles."

Sasuke looked at Naruto in awe and asked, "You fought against Itachi and lived?"

Naruto chuckled and replied, "Yeah, and I got my ass handed to me. He was an ANBU at our age. There is little to no way that you can beat him right now. The path of an Avenger is not one you want to go down, Sasuke."

Sasuke tilted his head and asked, "You sound like you know what it's like?"

Naruto shook his head and replied, "No, but someone I cared about went down that road. It is lonely and you've got so much to live for. I know you want to kill Itachi and then it doesn't matter. You know what lies beyond you killing Itachi?"

Sasuke nodded and said, "Then I can restart my clan."

Naruto shook his head. His discussion with this world's Jiraiya had helped him understand where revenge led. He then said, "No, you killing Itachi will leave a void in your heart, especially if it takes years to get your revenge and if you got there through hatred and malice… You will not be able to stop the killing. You will never be able to restart your clan. Your path will forever be painted in blood."

"But we're going to be shinobi," Sasuke tried to counter.

"No, there is a difference. You would become a cold blooded killer. You would kill without remorse or mercy, friends, allies, family, they would all be expendable and you will not be able to live with yourself let alone others. You would be consumed by your hatred and your clan will die out, only to become part of my clan as a sub-branch of the clan. If you give in to your hatred, your mother's line dies with you. Ayaka will be the only true Uchiha left and she can't do it without you. You need to be strong for her."

"What about Akemi and Aki? They are Uchiha. I can marry them both and recreate the clan," Sasuke tried to explain.

Akemi chuckled and then said, "Sorry Sasuke-sama, but I'm committed to Naru-kun and have accepted being initiated into the Erufu clan. Aki might, but right now she thinks boys are icky. You would also have to wait until you're able to have children, since Ayaka is about twenty-one right now and will be around thirty when you will be able to have children with her. Aki is still younger than you by three years, so she will have to wait about five after that, so that she will have become a woman. Also since there are only a few Uchiha left, you need to find a girl outside of the clan, so that they can marry the children of those who are in the clan. The Uchiha might survive, but it will be up to you to accomplish this."

Sasuke nodded and said, "Thanks, I'll think about it. You've given me a lot to think about."

Naruto then said, "Itachi put some sort of genjutsu on you, so when you actually break it… I have something for you that you thought that you lost." Sasuke looked at Naruto in confusion and he saw Naruto raise his hand. Naruto then said, "I won't tell you, but live for your family and not for hatred. It will only destroy you in the end."

Sasuke nodded and left the room.

Naruto hoped that his friend here had turned the corner and was not headed down the path that he had in his world before. The curtains pulled back and revealed Mikoto, she smiled warmly and said, "Thank you, Naru-chan."

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A/N: Well not much to say, other than how was it?