Days passed since Naruto and his team had left for Tenchi bridge, his comrades found themselves much leisure time, Tsunade could only bring her advisors in when the discussed the treaty. So far the most important details had been signed. It stated that three of the Five Great Nations, The Sand, The Leaf, and The Cloud were in an alliance to fight and eliminate the Akatsuki threat. Teams of shinobi were allowed in the lands as long as they had the permission of that Kage whose land they were in, some elite shinobi would join together with shinobi of other villages and were to be used to fight any Akatsuki they came across and to help rescue any Jinchuuriki that had been kidnapped, even if the Jinchuuriki didn't live in any of the three nations they were still to try and rescue them without hesitation. They were to also hand over any information of any known Akatsuki members and their skills.
"Man…" Shikamaru said as he laid on the roof of the hotel with his fellow 'Rookies' around him, "such pretty clouds." He said as he stared at the different sizes and shapes of the clouds floating above them, "Now I get their name, they really are hidden among them.
Ino glared at the spiky-haired teen but couldn't find it in herself to berate him, she instead turned to Choji, "when do you think Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and that Tenzo guy return from their mission?" she asked, "they should have finished by now." She looked at her friend with worry, "do you think they are okay?"
Choji ate the final chip in the bag, "I don't know Ino," he then grabbed another bag from his pack before snacking on them, "I think they are fine, it's Naruto, nothing can keep him down."
Ino nodded her head, "yeah I suppose so. Still it's starting to get boring, if those guys keep this up we'll be back home when they come back."
"I don't know about that Ino," Shikamaru said, "we have only gone through the major details in the treaty, now we have to do the smaller but still important details, we'll be here for awhile longer…. Troublesome but at least there are the clouds to watch." He then turned his attention back to the sky with the air of a lazy man.
A little farther away Kiba, Shino, and Hinata were talking amongst themselves, "I wonder if they will run into Sasuke." Kiba said.
"It's possible, why?" Shino said, "they are meet up with a spy who possibly holds information about where Sasuke is, they will immediately rush to the place if it within their range."
"I wasn't asking for an entire logical report Shino," Kiba said scratching his head.
"S-Shino-kun is right," Hinata stuttered, "N-Naruto-kun and Sakura will try whatever they can do t-to find him. That's how Naruto-kun is."
"Eh yeah I know, hey have any of you guys seen Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama, Shikaku, and that creepy Danzo guy? Weren't they supposed to be back by now?" Kiba asked.
Team Guy minus Guy walked up to them, "perhaps the two parties disagreed on something or they had to review a certain aspect of the treaty," Tenten offered.
"Maybe," Kiba said as he glanced toward their escorts who were talking amongst themselves, "you think they know anything?" he questioned.
The others followed his gaze, "perhaps," Shino said, "why? Because it is obvious that they are skilled shinobi and kunoichi and are trusted enough by the Lord Raikage to escort Lady Hokage and her bodyguards around the Village, along with the fact that they are the students of the Raikage's brother, Killer Bee, the Hachibi Jinchuuriki who is very respected for his control over his Bjuu and being the Raikage's younger brother."
"Do you guys really believe what they say?" Kiba asked, "I mean it seems like a load of bull, Bjuu are supposed to be extremely powerful beasts who cannot be tamed, the Kyuubi nearly destroyed our village before the Fourth managed to seal it away and it cost him his life, how can someone tame the Hachibi?" he said skeptically, "there is no way its true, I bet they are just saying it so people won't attack them and think they are the strongest because of that."
"While I know that it is extremely hard to control such beasts we shouldn't rule out the option," Neji said cryptically, "surely when the rumors first started no one believed it, but even after a good decade later people still believe while few people outside of Kumo have seen him transform, there must be some evidence suggesting that it may be true."
"Yosh!" Lee said energetically, "how youthful you are Neji to see both sides of the story, your flames of youth are burning ever bright! I only hope that my flames of youth match yours, for if they do not I will-!" Tenten placed her hand firmly on Lee's mouth, stopping whatever he was going to shout happily. "Lee…" Tenten sighed in exasperation for her youthful teammate.
Neji sighed, thank you Tenten he thought as he would rather not deal with his 'youthful' teammate and comrade, his sensei was just as bad but thankfully Gai-sensei had stayed home along with the other Rookie sensei's to make up for the lose of powerful shinobi with their Hokage and Jiraiya of the Sanin being gone to Kumo which is farther away to Konoha than Suna, not to mention Shikamaru's dad, Shikaku and the councilman Danzō, and us I suppose Neji thought idly as he looked at his friend and fellow Rookies, as they had been dubbed during the Chunin Exams, save, of course, Sasuke.
Neji, as did all the other Rookie Eleven, wondered what the next few days would bring. The treaty was almost done and soon it would be signed before they were to depart back to their home, with a new ally that few would have believed could be found due to Kumo's… less than pleasant covert activities, but here they were, smack dab in the middle of the Village Hidden in the Clouds in the Land of Lightning, signing a treaty to give each other aid and to help eliminate the Akatsuki threat that threatened the Raikage's brother and his son's best friend/lover, and of course for Konoha a certain orange loving knucklehead.
Not to mention Team Kakashi, with two new members, an unknown ANBU captain and another unknown pale boy with a creepy smile that didn't even seem capable of even the barest hint any type of emotion, something that set everyone even Neji, who was very emotionless mind you, off. At least Neji can claim he had emotions, if anyone had seen the Chunin Exams you would certainty know that he could get very angry if he wanted too. Something about the boy wasn't right, but he doubted Naruto would be able to notice it, but then again it was Naruto and he had an uncanny ability to change the people around him for the better.
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Four figures slowly made their way towards the massive and impressive gates that guarded Kumogakure no Sato, Shishen was asleep snoring lightly as he leaned backwards in his chair, Nokugiri was doodling on a small sketchbook before some sixth sense told him someone was nearing, he glanced up and saw Team Kakashi approaching him. Nokugiri warily put away his sketchbook, he knew about the Konoha ninja's mission, him being a gate guard to the main gate he had to know that he had to let them in. Seems it failed he mused as he saw the defeated expressions on Naruto and Sakura's faces, whilst the other two kept their emotions hidden. Nokugiri allowed them into his village already knowing that a team of STORM would be following their movements.
Tsunade and the others had returned and the entire group was talking around a large table about the treaty, the door opened and everyone saw Team Kakashi entering the room.
Tsunade instantly noticed the bandages wrapped around Sakura's arm, as well as the guilty and ashamed look in Naruto's eyes when he saw her look at Sakura's wound.
The four gave a brief report on what happened, on how Kabuto was the spy and Orochimaru appearing, Tsunade frowned, as they did not explain how he was defeated, and finally Sasuke.
That boy is nothing by trouble, he's going down a dark path, he won't be able to see any speck of light if he continues, but will Naruto and Sakura be ready to know that their teammate is gone? Tsunade wondered.
"Very well," she said as she finished her pondering before glancing at her subjects seated around her, "please leave I would like to speak to Team Kakashi alone," she said as she looked at Danzō specifically who's single eye narrowed at the silent challenge.
Everyone left, with Danzo scowling but smirked inwardly knowing that Sai would inform him of the mission to the last detail.
"What happened?" she questioned while Jiraiya looked at the team with hardened eyes.
Naruto shuffled his feet and lowered his head ashamed, "I-I…" he chocked out before resuming to glare at the floorboards, "I lost control."
Tsunade and Jiraiya froze at the boy's words; they didn't have to ask what he was talking about.
"… How many tails?" Jiraiya asked calmly but a hint of alarm was in his eye.
"Four," Yamato stated, "I managed to get rid of the Kyuubi's chakra but it was difficult."
Yamato and Sakura then went through the details of Naruto's fight, or beat down, against Orochimaru, and how Sakura got her wound.
Tsunade looked at the boy with sympathy, "Naruto," she spoke softly while Naruto flinched and quickly ran out of the building, she rose to chase after the blonde but Jiraiya stopped her, "let him go, he needs some space."
Naruto ran, he just ran and ran. His thoughts moving as fast as the legs that carried him, he just had to get away, to get away from the sympathy, from people saying 'it's not your fault'.
It was his fault! If he had held his temper and controlled his emotions he would never have lost control, he never would have nearly destroyed everything in a five-mile radius, he wouldn't have attack the girl he loved.
Tears streaked down his cheeks as he suddenly reached an empty training area, he saw a punching post and ran at it, he punched it with all the frustration and anger that was coursing through him. He continued to punch the block of wood until his anger cooled down and saw with shock that the strong piece of woods had been completely destroyed.
Gasping he looked at his hands and for one wild second he swore he saw them red and coursing with evil and tainted chakra.
"Finished having your little temper tantrum?" Jiraiya's voice rang from above him. He was leaning against a tree as he looked at his pupil.
"Pervy Sage what are you doing here?" Naruto muttered as he collapsed on the ground and looked at the ground.
"I came to get you, its-"
"Will people stop telling me that it's not my fault!" Naruto screamed as his eyes flashed crimson for a second before returning to its normal blue hue. "It is my fault!"
"No it wasn't, no more was it during our training trip when I tried to tweak the seal, it's the fox. Not you."
Naruto began to cry again, "but a part of it was me." He muttered, "I wanted to fight Orochimaru, I wanted to hurt him, to kill him!"
Jiraiya was silent for a moment, "many people want my old teammate to die gaki, and even I have to admit that his death would be for the greater good. It's not a bad thing, but don't lose yourself in hate, it'll just consume you like it did to Sasuke. Look kid I know your stuck on the idea of bringing him home but he isn't coming back."
Naruto suddenly had a flashback when he was talking to Yugito and she asked why he was so dedicated to bringing the Uchiha back home even though he made it clear he had no wanting of his birthplace.
"He isn't consumed by the hate," Naruto spoke softly, "he's just been introduced to it, we still have time."
Jiraiya placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder, "come on brat, let's head back. The others are worried about you."
Naruto couldn't help but let out a soft smile as he realized people were actually concerned for him.
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Hmm so the mission was quite interesting, Tsunade when will you realize how foolish it is to let the Jinchuuriki prance around with no leash on? Danzo thought as he looked at the kneeling form of Sai.
"You did well," he spoke coldly while Sai bowed his head further at his master, "I have a request," Sai said emotionlessly but there was a small hint of some emotion Danzo could not tell.
Danzo's eye narrowed slightly, "go on…."
"I was wondering if I could stay under the codename 'Sai' for a little longer," Sai then smiled, actually smiling with emotion though he looked out of practice.
Danzo thought of his options, he could of course refuse seeing as the Kyuubi brat had somehow managed to get rid of a small piece of Sai's ROOT training, enough for the boy who had been told that emotions were what brought war should be suppressed till it was dead and gone. But if he allowed Sai to stay on the team he could keep tabs on the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki as well as protecting the boy from Akatsuki.
Of course it wasn't for the boy himself, it was to protect the beast held within him. The Nine Tailed Demon Fox, a being capable of destroying a ninja village without difficulty, if not for the Fourth and his sealing abilities Konoha would merely be a crater. He would not allow some thugs gain the most powerful Bjuu; to do so would be disastrous.
Now say if it were a different Jinchuuriki, one from another Village then he would not even need to think, if there wasn't a chance of bringing the weapon to the village to extract the beast into one of their shinobi, the Akatsuki may as well have it instead of a rival village who would use it against them.
"Very well, I expect a report of every mission you do as well as any abilities the Jinchuuriki gains."
Sai nodded and left the room, leaving Danzo to his plotting, mark my words Senju Tsunade I will become Hokage and lead Konoha into a golden era where we shall conquer every nation before us till they all bow to us. He thought with an evil smirk.
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A few days passed and Naruto had begun to feel better, the treaty was almost done and everyone seemed to be relaxing in a training area that had been set-aside for them.
Even Tsunade and her advisors were there as they watched the next generation train, a little father away Team Samui were chilling in the trees.
"Gah I'm so bored," Karui complained as they rested in the tress, Omoi looked at the girl in disbelief.
"We're getting paid an S-Rank mission to pretty much do nothing, how is that bad?" he asked.
"A mission is only good if it had two things," she held up one finger, "one, it has to be fun and filled with enemies to fight," she held up another finger, "two, there have to be explosions."
Omoi sweat dropped at the girl's words, while Samui rolled her eyes. "I don't think that's a healthy life style, Karui," Omoi said while Karui glared at the boy, "urusai Omoi!"
Ever since Yugito and I told them they both like each other they've been snapping at each other even more, tch, they aren't even together yet but they already act like an old married couple, Samui thought.
All of a sudden someone joined their branch, they glanced up to see their sensei grinning at them.
"Yo you fools and tools!" he greeted with the peace sign.
"Sensei what are you doing here?" Omoi asked in surprise.
Bee grinned, "call it a mini vacation my dear pupil, I'm supposed to tell you the details and then I get to show off my power by the quadruple!"
…..
Bee's students stared at him with a dead pan, "what do you mean sensei?" Karui asked since she had no idea what he meant.
"Big brother ordered a special mission, where me and kitty cat fight. We get to show off our Jinchuuriki strength and our might, man this is so tight!"
Samui's eyes widened, "are you telling me," she started, "that Raikage-sama is going to have you and Yugito fight each other…. In your Bjuu forms?"
Karui and Omoi's eyes widened and their jaws fell to the tree branch, "Sensei!" Karui scream whispered, "you can't do that, you'd become a target!"
Bee shrugged, "I'm already a target little red, I need to show my skills so people know that I ain't one to mess around with, better they know than being dead."
"But where are you guys going to fight?" Omoi asked, "oh man what if they accidently did it in the middle of our Village and-" Karui bonked the boy on the head.
"Wait when are you guys doing this?" Omoi asked.
Bee looked at the sky to tell the time, "Hmm if I were to strive, then in about five."
"Minutes!" Karui yelled and the Konoha ninja turned a curious gaze at their escorts.
"Keep it down, there is a reason why I'm doing this." Bee said and the three looked at him with a serious gaze, "brother wants to show those fools and tools that they ain't the top dogs, we gotta show them that we're the alphas, the brass, the-"
"-Get on with it sensei," Karui said impatiently.
Bee looked at the three with a serious look, "you are a part of this too, you gotta get them to that valley, ya know the large one with that circular lake? That's the one. Me and Yugito are going to raise hell, we're going full out, we ain't holding back, especially kitty cat. Big brother wants Yugito to practice her Tailed Beast Ball, and why not do it in front of the Leaf? You need to make them see the showdown, we're counting of you." Bee disappeared in a lightning shushin.
"Honestly," Samui sighed, "Bee-sensei is the most unpredictable being alive. I can never tell what he's thinking."
"Do you guys think this is a good idea?" Omoi asked with a bit of apprehension. "Even when its just Yugito the entire area gets destroyed in a matter of minutes, her plus Bee-sensei…" he shuddered as he imagined the damage.
"But you still want to see it?" Karui asked where Omoi nodded frantically.
"Well we may as well follow through the plan," Samui said as she headed towards the Leaf ninja.
"Oi, who was that big guy with the shades?" Kiba asked curiously.
"Bee-sensei." was Samui's curt reply.
Naruto immediately stopped what he was doing, "wait you mean as in the Hachibi Jinchuuriki?" he asked in excitement at the prospect of meeting this famous Bee and Kumo's other Bjuu container.
"Do you know any other Bee-sensei's?" Karui asked sarcastically.
"Calm down Karui, he's never met him," Samui told her teammate.
"So what was he-" whatever Kiba was going to ask faltered as the ground shook, "what the?"
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"A great roar that sounded almost demonic echoed through the mountains, it was a roar that raised the hairs on everyone's necks.
"W-What is that!" TenTen asked as she wobbled due to the moving earth.
"Bee-sensei and Yugito are fight, Bjuu versus Bjuu," Omoi said as he tried to keep his balance.
"WHAT!" Naruto yelled, "I want to see this!" he yelled as he desperately wanted to see the true power of a Jinchuuriki working alongside their Bjuu.
"Well let's go see it, you're in for a real show!" Karui said as she and the others ran towards the noise.
This is no coincidence; Shikaku thought warily, they're trying to prove a point, that they aren't the weaklings. What a drag.
The group ran for several minutes until they had left the Village Hidden in the Clouds, they were standing on the top of a tall mountain that overlooked an enormous ravine.
"Oh my God," Sakura whispered in disbelief and a large amount of fear.
Inside the ravine were two beings that seemed to belong in a nightmare. Gigantic beasts of raw power and unimaginable size.
A cat with two tails the size of the Raikage Tower, unlike the other Bjuu she seemed to be made entirely of dark blue flames. Large amber eyes gleamed as did her huge razor sharp claws as she pounced on the other Bjuu in the clearing.
The Eight Tails seemed to be bigger than the Two Tails, though not by much, and was much more intimidating, though the Nibi was defiantly a fearsome being. Unlike its sister the Hachibi seemed to be a mix of two animals, one that was from ancient mythology. With its lower part being the bottom of an octopus, its eight tails were wriggling below it as it fought. The top part was the part of a bull, its white eyes seemed to glow as it punched the Nibi with a very muscular arm. Its horns seemed to pierce the heavens, one of the horns seemed to have broken off but did nothing to hide the power of the second strongest Bjuu.
Naruto gapped as he and the others tried not to fall to their knees, not only of shock but also due to the sheer pressure of chakra that was coming from the Bjuu. It was as though the sky was coming down on them.
"It seems you were wrong Kiba," Shino stated as he gazed at the godlike figures with respect and perhaps a hint of fear, and who wouldn't.
"I can't believe it," Ino gasped as she saw one of the Nibi's tails swing towards Hachibi knocking back the octo-ox a little, making the ground shake.
Naruto could only stare, sure he knew that Yugito and this Bee guy could transform into their respective Bjuu.
But this?
This was like watching two gods fight each other, he was bitterly reminded that he couldn't even go into a single one-tail cloak without trying to kill everyone around them, including his loved ones.
Danzo's single eye narrowed as he watched the Jinchuuriki controlled Bjuu fighting each other, he tried to find any weakness, any weakness at all.
He found none.
This is more of a problem than I realized, he thought, something must be done.
A chuckle startled them, they all turned to see a grinning Raido who was observing the battle below, "amazing isn't it? Man wish I could be down there fighting, me and Yugito together could probably take down uncle Bee."
"No way, sensei can still wipe your asses across the field!" Karui defended her sensei.
Neji activated his Byakugan but quickly deactivated it, "I can't see, the chakra is too bright."
"Bring it on kitty cat, come at me as I rap!" a man's voices spoke through the Hachibi's mouth, even despite being slightly terrified they got confused on Bee's special way of speaking.
"Shut up Bee!" everyone recognized Yugito voice, though it was slightly deeper and much louder.
Nibi crouched down, like a cat about to pounce on its prey, and launched itself at the Hachibi. Despite the difference in chakra capacity the Nibi was still around the same size as the Hachibi and when Nibi pounced on the Eight Tailed Bjuu it crashed down to the ground, making it feel as though there was a level eight earthquake on the Richter Scale going on.
Hachibi managed to lift Nibi into the air using its massive arms, he chucked the Two Tails into the large lake that was near them.
Steam instantly covered the scene briefly as Nibi's flames touched the freezing water, when the steam cleared it was shown that the entire lake had evaporated due to Nibi.
Nibi raised one of its paws and potent navy chakra gathered at her claws, when she swung her paw at Hachibi an arc of powerful chakra came from her.
It struck the Hachibi in the chest, there was a large explosion but the Hachibi didn't seem to have been harmed. If anything it looked fine, despite the devastating blow it had received.
Naruto suddenly felt his gut twist, as though the Kyuubi itself was surprised to see its Bjuu brethren, who were sealed in humans, out and about. He then suddenly felt his stomach begin to burn up slightly as he could feel the pure rage coming from his unfriendly tenant.
Guess the fox doesn't like to see its fellow Bjuu out and about, he mused.
The Nibi opened its giant mouth and a ball of flames the size of a small building came and headed towards the hulking Hachibi.
Hachibi used one of its eight tentacles to whack away the fire, the ball of flame crashed into a mountain causing a large explosion. The few flames that spread on the tentacle was put out as it went into a small pond.
The Hachibi opened its mouth in return, black oily liquid shot out in torrents. Everyone recognized it to be ink, Sai was the most interested in this, though he obviously didn't show it.
The large torrent of ink swept the valley floor, covering it in ink, the Nibi struggled to not fall but even when trying to use its very long and sharp claws to dig into the iron hard stone it still slipped.
The Konoha shinobi and Kumogakure shinobi quickly ducked as they avoided the ink that sailed above their heads.
The Nibi crouched down, it raised its head high and small spheres of black and white substances started to appear above its mouth, the Hachibi saw this and reared back its head, the same thing happening to the bulky Bjuu.
"So they're ending it now," Omoi commented as more spheres started to form, he and Karui immediately turned to Samui who had gotten out a large scroll from a storage seal.
"What are those orbs?" Ino questioned as the orbs got bigger and bigger.
"It's chakra!" Neji declared, his Byakugan activated, Hinata nodded as well as she was using the famed doujustu as well.
"Chakra?" Jiraiya questioned, "are they about to do some sort of jutsu?"
"You could say that," Samui said curtly as she unrolled the gigantic scroll showing an intricate array of seals that made everyone save Jiraiya's head spin just due to the sheer detail of it. And only because Jiraiya was a fuinjutsu master.
"That's an S-Rank defensive shield seal," Jiraiya commented as he gave it a brief overview in the matter of two seconds, "should I ask why you are setting it up?"
"Its protection," Karui answered the man as she looked at the two Bjuu, the orbs had gotten bigger but had yet to reach the final form, "we're going to need it, no need to get incinerated."
"Incinerated!" Sakura shrieked, "what kind of jutsu are they using!?"
"It's not a jutsu, to say it could be used by a human is foolish," Samui said, "only a Jinchuuriki could hope to make it, not even Raido's jutsu can compare to it if it was a serious one, though you could compare it to the attack if he used all of his chakra."
"Hey it's still an awesome jutsu!" Raido defended himself.
"What is it then? And why can only we use it?" Naruto asked the four curiously as he and the others felt the rise of chakra and had to struggle to not fall to their knees because of the sheer weight of power that was coming from whatever was about to happen.
"You can't use it Naruto," Raido said, "only a perfect Jinchuuriki can hope to do this without the threat of dying. It's the ultimate attack."
The two Bjuu's attack then form and condensed into one solid ball. The ball was the size of a large building, as dark as Amaterasu, and as deadly as the beasts that wielded it.
"The only way to prove that you are a complete Jinchuuriki, to be able to create one shows that you and your Bjuu have become one, both of mind and body. That shows the complete trust you show in one another, that both sides will protect one another without hesitation." Omoi said as he stared at the attack with awe.
Then the words were spoken through the Bjuu's mouths, immediately the balls shot at one another, they hit and the entire valley turned white due to the sheer brightness the jutsu created when they collided.
"TAILED BEAST BALL!"
The aftermath was amazing… and terrifying.
The entire valley, the surrounding mountains (save the one they were on thanks to the protective seal surrounding them), the forests, everything within a mile radius was destroyed. (1)
Nothing was spared, not a tree, rock, or even a small blade of grass. Everything was gone, as though there had been nothing there to begin with. It was as though this valley had been barren since the beginning of time.
The Hachibi and Nibi were calmly sitting in the middle of the mile wide and very deep crater that had been created when the two monstrous attacks had collided.
"Nice job little kitty, you managed to hold your own against the Mighty Killer Bee and the Great Hachibi, now lets go see your little boyfriend and my adorable students and be the welcoming committee." The Hachibi said as he moved his hands in certain ways as his gigantic tentacles wiggled underneath him, doing some sort of dance.
"Whatever you baka," Yugito's voice rang through the now destroyed valley, the two great Bjuu then turned their head and bodies towards the general direction of the others and without warning leapt at the mountain.
Sakura was screaming so loudly the others were sure it had broken the sound barrier, before the people on the mountain found their end by being squashed by two Bjuu there was a bright flash and the Nibi and Hachibi disappeared.
Yugito then dropped down next to them, Killer Bee soon following. "Yo!" Killer Bee greeted the shocked Konoha 12 and the emotionless adults (who had enough sense to not show their emotions).
"Killer Bee," Danzo said as he inspected the man who had started to do some sort of stupid dance yet again.
"No," Killer Bee scolded, "It's Lord Killer Bee, or Lord Jinchuuriki, or you can even call me Lord Hachibi!" he rhymed as he continued to do his dance.
Yugito bonked the older man on the head, "honestly," she sighed wearily, "why I haven't attempted to murder you for your stupid rhymes I still have no clue."
"Ah I bet you've tried Yugito-chan," Raido said with a grin as he walked up to the two, "but admit it, dad tries to kill Uncle Bee at least twice a day, and yet he's still here."
"I'm just that great, now if we can hurry this up I gotta go, I got a date." Bee said with a wide grin.
"Honestly when are you going to marry Mabui? I wanna call her Auntie everyday, it'll annoy her so much," Raido said with a happy smile as he thought of all the ways he could annoy the emotion-controlled woman.
Bee blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, before he could reply he remembered that all the Konoha ninja, mostly the younger ones, were staring at him and Yugito with awe and fear.
He leaned around Raido and scanned the group and instantly found the one he was looking for. Wearing a hell of a lot of orange? Check. Bright blonde hair? Check. Whisker marks? Check.
"So you're the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki? Allow me to introduce myself," he then crouched down before doing a pose that Jiraiya instantly loved and respected, "I float like a butterfly…. And sting like a bee… I'm the Hachibi Jinchuuriki, the Mighty Killer Bee!" Bee finished his pose by giving the rock sign.
"Uhmm… I'm Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto greeted the giant of a man hesitantly.
Bee held out his fist, Naruto stared at it in confusion before remembering how many of the Kumo ninja used that as a greeting, he fist bumped the Hachibi Jinchuuriki.
But right as his skin connected with Bee's fist Naruto's world turned black.
What the… Where am I? Naruto wondered before he glanced down at his feet and saw they were submerged in water, he suddenly remembered where he was, though he had no clue on how he had gotten there.
He was in the seal.
A great and loud bang echoed throughout the seal's mindscape, Naruto jumped back as he realized he had almost been crushed by Kyuuib's huge claw. The Kyuubi had always been irritated when Naruto met with him, but now he looked down right furious.
He was pacing in the cramped cage, growling menacingly, and his nine great tails were waving around in agitation and rage. Naruto had to channel chakra to his feet as the Kyuubi's pacing was causing large waves to spring up.
"Weaklings, the lot of them. Why? Why do they get to be free while I, the Nine Tails, the strongest of them all, am stuck in this decrepit cesspool of a host's mind?" Kyuubi was growling to itself, not paying any remote attention to his host.
Naruto was about to yell at the Nine-Tails on why he was brought here before both he and Kyuubi froze when they both heard a voice they had never heard in the mindscape before.
"Still a bastard as always, eh brother?"
The two looked at the end of the hall where the cage was located and there standing there in their full glory were the Nibi and Hachibi, Bee and Yugito were sitting on their Bjuu's noses, not looking afraid at all by the direct contact of their host.
"Nibi, Hachibi…. Why I should rip you two apart for dare coming here…." Kyuubi growled at the two.
"Oh stop bitching Kyuubi," Nibi continued on whilst Hachibi remained silent, "you can't touch us, you're stuck behind those bars. While we…" she used her twin tails to gesture herself and Hachibi, "are completely free to do whatever we want…. Whose the weakling now?"
"You ignorant fools!" Kyuubi roared at them, "you only dare say that due to this annoying seal, if I was free with my full power I could defeat you easily!"
"Alone, perhaps." Hachibi spoke for the first time, his deep voice vibrating through out the hall, "but together, no. You have always stuck to your idea that you are the strongest of us due to you having the most tails. Even after many centuries you still won't get it through that fuzzy head of yours that you aren't the strongest. You may have the most chakra but you can't beat us and our Jinchuuriki if we are together."
"I think that you're the weakest, Kyuubi," Yugito stated as she sat calmly on Nibi's nose.
Kyuubi's hackles were raised all the way, Naruto was stuck between the two forces, unsure on what to do.
"And pray tell little mortal, why you think that I am the weakest?" Kyuubi asked with a snarl, "I can create Tsunami's with a swipe of one tail, I can crush and create mountains on a whim, I can kill thousand of you puny humans with a single attack…. I AM THE STRONGEST. I AM THE KYUUBI!"
"And yet here you are, stuck in a dingy sewer in a small cage, inside Naruto's gut," Yugito pointed at Naruto, "you were defeated by a 'puny human'," she quoted the fox, "you were sealed just like Hachibi and Nibi, even Shukaku was caught and according to your ideals, he's the weakest. So what's the difference on how you were sealed? None. The reason you are the weakest is because all the other Bjuu, to put it simply and bluntly, hate you."
"Like I care what they think of me!"
"Sheesh, someone likes the sound of their own voice, and I agree with my student, not the best choice." Killer Bee put in.
"Shut up you annoying bag of meat, I will eat you the second I break out of my host!" Kyuubi roared at them.
Naruto was still in shock with the other Bjuu and the Jinchuuriki appear, he tried to speak but his voice was blocked by the much louder voices, he decided to just watch and listen.
"All the Bjuu hate you, they hate that you act that you are the greatest and strongest, you bullied them when you were all young. They on the other hand," Yugito pointed at Nibi and Hachibi who were silently agreeing with every word Yugito was saying, "have an extremely good relationship, they may bicker and argue at some points, but all siblings do that. They would defend the other with everything they had, would do anything to keep the other safe, as would us, their Jinchuuriki."
"We love our Bjuu," Kirabi spoke, "they're our friends, our companions till the very end, we want them to be happy, to be safe, we're not cruel."
"You may be able to defeat me," Nibi said with narrowed eyes, "but you can't beat me and Hachibi, you'd lose because you have no one that cares about you."
Kyuubi didn't say anything, the silence rang through the crowded hallway, "It's not too late," Yugito said, "you can still regain the affections of your brothers and sister."
"I don't need their affections," Kyuubi said harshly, "I don't need love, I'm hatred itself!"
"Stop hiding behind that stupid mask, you aren't hatred incarnated, you have the same feelings as us." Hachibi said before he turned somber and sad, "brother, you need to let it go…. Dad wouldn't have wanted-"
"DON'T YOU DARE BRING HIM INTO THIS! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WOULD OF WANTED!"
Dad!? Naruto thought in shock and confusion, what the hell was going on!?
"He wouldn't have wanted this," Nibi shot back, "what happened to the little fox that would never have hurt a fly? Who always followed the old man like a moth to flame, wanting to be just like him? Where did he go? Why did he become so cold and bitter?"
"He died when dad died!"
"That doesn't give you the excuse to completely change," Yugito yelled at the great fox.
"How do you two even know…." His crimson eyes narrowed before widening in shock, "YOU TOLD THEM!" He accused his brother and sister, the water churning with his rage.
"Yes." Hachibi said truthfully, "we have hidden nothing from our hosts, we trust them with this knowledge."
"Okay, okay hold up!" Naruto screamed as he held his hand up in a time out sign, everyone turned their gaze to the blonde, having completely forgotten about him. Even Yugito and Bee had forgotten that the boy was still on the floor.
Naruto looked at his tenant, the reason for his hard life with a look of utter shock and confusion, "…. You have a father!?" He asked the Nine-Tails who bared his teeth at the blonde.
"Is there like another gigantic fox even bigger than you roaming around!?" Naruto yelled at the orange fox, who completely ignored him, "and you four!" he pointed at the Hachibi, Nibi, Bee, and Yugito. "What the hell are you doing in my mindscape! And what the hell is going on!" he screamed the last part to the heavens as he clutched his head trying to figure out what was going on.
"Simple, we had planned this before, when Bee touched you I sent my chakra through him into you, allowing us access to your mindscape, Nibi did the same thing but used my chakra as a conduit to get in, seeing as you weren't making physical contact with Yugito," Hachibi explained bluntly.
"W-What, hey you can't just do that!" Naruto yelled at the Eight-Tails.
"I think I just did, relax kid I didn't kill you."
"Don't feel bad," Nibi spoke to the blonde, "you got to see a very heartwarming family reunion."
Hachibi snorted, "heartwarming my ass, if this is heartwarming than Bee's stupid raps are works of art."
"Hey, they are masterpieces of music, nothing can compare to them!" Bee argued.
"Pft, shut up Bee, honestly why'd I get sealed into you out of everyone in the Cloud, why couldn't I have been sealed in Yugito! At least she's the most serious of us after me," Hachibi complained.
"Hey I can be serious if I want too…. I just chose not too." Nibi purred out while Yugito and Hachibi sighed while Kirabi laughed.
Kyuubi then spoke, the former hatred and anger gone, now he just sounded tired, "why'd you come here? To mock me?"
"Actually no, we wanted to make sure the seal was working good, we didn't want Naruto to die a grim and painful death so we wanted to make sure it was in tip top shape, don't look surprised, us Jinchuuriki stick together, otherwise we'll be defeated like a flame against a feather."
Naruto looked at the two in shock, "you guys are worried about me?" he had never had anyone besides Iruka and the Third who had worried about him truly, only when he got older and people started to tolerate him, for two people he had only known for a couple of weeks to come to the lair of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to make sure he would be okay…. It warmed his heart so much he couldn't find any words to describe it. He struggled to not tear up.
"Course we are, Nine-o. Just ask my Bjuu bro," Kirabi pointed at Hachibi who rolled his massive white eyes at his host and his antics.
"Despite us hating your guts, Kyuubi…. There is a very small part of me that cares about you, granted its microscopic but that side always remembers the cheerful little kit who was known for pranking people," Nibi said sadly as she remembered times long gone.
Naruto looked at the fox in front of him, he could never see the fox as cheerful none the less a prankster, granted he was a fox but he thought that he was more of the mess with the mortals with tricks and ruining their lives, he had never really looked past the fox that the villagers had painted out. He suddenly felt a small stab of guilt, but it was soon gone when he realized that the fox probably didn't even care.
"Just go," Kyuubi muttered as he turned his back to the five.
"Kyuubi…"
"GO!"
Naruto suddenly felt the world twist and felt himself come back to reality, it appeared time had not changed as his fist was still touching Bee's. He collapsed to the ground, Bee caught his arm so he didn't hit his head.
Tsunade and Hinata raced forward, "Naruto what's wrong?" Tsunade demanded as she had just seen the brat suddenly collapse, she glared at the dark-skinned rapper wondering if he had done anything.
Hinata was scanning Naruto by using the Mystical Palm Technique, she couldn't find any type of injury or anything dangerous inside his body, "Naruto-kun…" she whispered.
Killer Bee let go of Naruto's arm as he saw Naruto was being held by Hinata, the weakened boy's head moved back, right in Hinata's chest.
Hinata eeped and a crimson blush formed on her pale features as she tried to not faint but the fact that Naruto was touching her and his head was there the poor Hyuga fell backwards as she fainted.
Naruto opened his eyes blearily. He turned his gaze towards Bee and Yugito, "did that really just happen?" The two nodded and Naruto gazed at the sky, still not aware the Hinata was underneath him.
"I feel bad for Kyuubi," he muttered while warning bells were ringing in everyone's heads save the Kumogakure ninja who realized what had happened.
"Naruto, what happened?" Jiraiya asked the boy with a look of seriousness, he glanced at the two Kumo Jinchuuriki, what did they do?
"Nothing happened, just a talk between Bjuu and Jinchuuriki." And with that said and done Naruto fell asleep, his mind needing the rest due to the large amount of knowledge and questions that had filled up his brain.
"So was it interesting to meet the Kyuubi?" Raido asked as he ignored the looks of shocks on the other countries faces, he noted the hardened yet curious look Danzo was sending at Naruto.
"I guess you could say that, Nibi was right about him, that's all I'll say right now due to the fact that we're surrounded by Konoha nin," Yugito said as she'd rather not share the details with the others, if Naruto wanted to tell them he could, though she had a feeling he'd keep most of the conversation and information to himself.
"Can you please tell us why Naruto is unconscious?" Shikaku asked.
"We, both us and our Bjuu, had a small chat with Naruto and the Kyuubi in Naruto's dreamscape, he found out about a whole lot of things but had more questions than answers," Yugito said, "don't worry he's fine, just too much information."
"Since Naruto isn't hurt, I guess we'll just head back to the hotel, maybe he will explain when he wakes up," Shikaku said where everyone agreed, everyone looking rather happy to go back to a normal surrounding seeing as the entire day been anything but normal.
The two groups headed back, with Jiraiya holding both Naruto and the still passed out Hinata, surprisingly some of the people were talking with Killer Bee.
Kiba found the guy highly amusing though he was a bit annoying with the rhymes but he was an Inuzuka, he respected power and this guy certainly had it.
Shino even had an idle conversation with the man, his aloofness and interesting personality making an odd pair, but Bee always got along with everyone and Shino gave a small mental chuckle at the exuberant Jinchuuriki, easily seeing that he and Naruto had the same personality and could have been the best of friends (maybe even brothers) had Naruto for some reason lived in Kumogakure.
Somewhere in a different reality a blonde haired teenager that looked exactly like Naruto sneezed, "yo lil nine you catching the flu? Don't come near me I don't want to be sick and blue." A much younger Killer Bee said to the teen.
"I'm fine big bro, just a small sneeze, you know me," the teen rhymed with a grin and the two high fived.
A younger Yugito was watching the two with an annoyed look, "N, Bee… honestly you two can be the most annoying people ever."
"Aww you love us!" Bee and N said at the same time.
Shino blinked, where did that come from? He wondered.
The two Village's split up, the Konoha ninja returning to their hotel while the Kumogakure wandered the streets. "Hah!" Karui said with a grin, "they were completely terrified! That'll show them that they shouldn't mess with the Cloud!"
"But what if they were so terrified they see sensei and Yugito as major threats and sends dozens of ANBU squadrons to assassinate them? And it'll cause a huge riot and it may turn into the Fourth Great Shinobi War and-"
Karui whacked the boy on the head, "shut up Omoi-baka, honestly you really get on my nerves."
"Oh just kiss already," Raido said with a grin while Omoi and Karui glared at the larger teen, "shut up Raido!" Karui yelled at the boy.
Raido held his hands up in surrender, "still it was pretty funny to see the looks on their faces, especially when you used the Tailed Beast Ball."
Yugito shrugged, "we wanted to make it quick, to not show off everything, but still show the Bjuudarma, I doubt that Danzo will underestimate us now though."
"That guy gives me the creeps, he was trying to find any weaknesses in your Tailed Beast Form, sadly for him there isn't any," Karui said to the blonde.
"The man is the type to do anything for power, I'll rest easier when he's gone and on the other side of the continent, but I don't doubt that he'll still cause us trouble," Omoi said as he frowned as he thought of all the problems the war hawk could cause.
"We shouldn't underestimate him, I agree with Karui and Omoi, there's something shifty about the man," Samui said.
"Nibi agrees with us, something about his chakra…. She's never seen anything like it, its so dark and evil but the other side is pure and just… no way is that natural, I think he may be like Orochimaru with experimenting on himself," Yugito said with a small frown.
"That'll cause problems," Raido muttered, "he can't do anything direct, it'll cause a war and break the treaty, he'll be more subtle. He'll use his own men, he won't involve Konohagakure in it, he'll be banished and I don't think he wants that."
"The guy is a major creep, we gotta be careful or the trouble will just get more deep," Kirabi offered.
"We'll talk about this later, we should all rest, especially you two," Samui said to the tow resident Jinchuuriki, "you did the Tailed Beast Form and did the Bjuudarma, not to mention other jutsu, it's best you sleep, I don't feel comfortable as long as that war hawk is here."
Killer Bee gave the girl a salute, "of course my dear student, man I'm so glad that you're prudent."
"We'll talk to you guys later," Yugito said as Team Samui nodded their heads and said goodbye before leaving to their own homes. Yugito, Bee, and Raido headed towards the Raikage compound.
"Sooooo," Raido said as they entered the compound, "what did happen when you met the big bad Kyuubi?"
"It's a long story…"
(1) The valley they were in was around a mile large, they were around one and a half miles away so they wouldn't get incinerated but could still see it.
So sorry for the long update wait, I was updating my other stories and this one got pushed back because of the Bjuu fight, there aren't many episodes that show a full Bjuu, usually only for a couple minutes so that was hard. Also for the conversation with the Kyuubi…. I always felt kind of bad for Kurama. He's been stuck in Jinchuuriki for over a hundred years, no wonder the guy is bitter. I think that Kurama really loved the Sage and saw him as a father, which caused such a reaction from him when Gyuki mentioned it. The Treaty Arc is done, so what's to happen? For a hint the timeline is currently around the Sora Arc, and no Sora won't be mentioned, just think of the time.