Chapter 7: Opposing forces

"You don't mean." Naruto said and watched in horror as his father disappeared in a flash of blue.

When the light faded Minato stood there with his head bowed. When he looked up Naruto gasped. His father eyes had changed, they were a deeper blue. His eye lids were now blue and stretching from his bottom eye lids was a line of blue that traveled half way down his cheek. His clothes had changed to; they were now a blue pair of loose pants and a black t-shirt. Wrapped around his body was a chain and they links were blue and black. Over this he wore a blue cloak and the sleeves were black and the bottom was laced with blue swells that looked like waves. Naruto gasped when he felt an enormous amount of chakra emitting from his dad.

Sage Mode Activated

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Naruto braced himself as the wave of incredible chakra washed over shielded his eyes as rocks sprayed in all directions and a small crater formed around Minato. He stood in the middle of it holding his sword to his side lazily. The swords had also changed shape like Naruto's, it was still curved but the color was blue with black spots, like the back of a frog. The inside of the blades curve was now jagged and Naruto knew that if he got cut it would tear his skin badly. The hilt still had a chain wrapped around it but it now had little hoops over his dad's knuckles, making the hilt into some sort of brass knuckle hilt. On the top of each hoop was a spike so Minato could punch Naruto and inflict damage still.

Naruto watched as the chakra surging around Minato gradually died but a faint pulse still remained. Minato looked up and Naruto and his look was blank. "This is true power; this is the pure Sage mode of the toads." His dad said this and disappeared in a blue flash. Naruto brought his sword up and blocked his dad's sword and when they collided gusts of wind blew over the battlefield. Gaara's hair blew wildly and Temari had to shield her eyes. 'Shit, this isn't a battle between Shinobi anymore.' She thought as she watched the father and son stand completely still, blades pressed against each other.

Minato disappeared in another flash of blue and reappeared in the sky and Naruto crouched and jumped at him. The spot that he just stood was crushed and it turned into a crater as he jumped. Naruto slammed into his dad and they began a vicious sword fight in the sky. They were blurs of blue and green and Temari gasped, she didn't know of any ninja that could hold such a strong swordfight in the sky for so long. Every time Naruto and Minato collided the wind would stir and begin to whip around them wildly. Minato appeared on the ground suddenly and Naruto appeared about 30 feet away. Minato slashed down with his sword and Naruto opened his eyes in shock.

The blade extended and was flying at him. Naruto brought his sword up and caught the tip of Minato's sword on the thin blade of his sword. He was pushed back from the force of the collision but he stood his ground. He pushed down to his right and Minato's sword slammed into the ground and Naruto began to run at Minato. He was a green blur and when he appeared in front of Minato he slashed at his hips, trying to halve the man. Minato caught Naruto's blade on his hilt, and the blade pushed between his middle and ring finger. Minato looked at Naruto and smirked. "Your good, but are you good enough?" Minato said and Naruto smirked.

He jumped away from his dad and began making hand seals. When he was done he brought his hand down to the ground and slammed it down hard and the results were instant.

"Futon: Kazeshiteiru!"

A blade of wind ripped across the earth towards Minato and behind it, it left a fissure. Naruto watched as his dad jumped out of the way of the jutsu and then retracted his sword. Naruto shrugged his shoulders at his failed attempt to finish the fight. He ran at Minato as he landed and swung his sword again. Minato brought his sword around and blocked the swing. Naruto frowned and swung at his dad's legs but Minato turned his sword Horizontal and stopped the blade. Naruto threw a wicked left-hook and Minato but the man brought his hand up and caught the fist and held it. Naruto gritted his teeth as he pushed closer to Minato with the fist. He finally gave up and jerked away but not before Minato brought his fist back and punched Naruto in his gut. Naruto was sent flying backwards at such insane speeds, Temari couldn't see him even.

Naruto slammed his sword into the ground slowing his flight and when he stopped the ground had been ripped open for more than 50 feet. Naruto pulled his blade from the earth and glared at Minato.

"So this is sage mode?" he asked and coughed up some blood.

Minato chuckled lightly and nodded. "Yes, I have to say your Fusion technique is very strong, right up there with Sage mode, but this is just pure sage mode, only me and one other have mastered it."

"Pure sage mode?" Naruto said as he brought his sword straight out in front of him.

"It is one step higher than regular Sage mode, it is a mixture of elemental chakra and your own chakra, so I guess it isn't really pure but rather Hybrid Sage mode." Minato said as he disappeared in a blue flash and reappeared in front of Naruto who blocked his sword slash easily.

"Hmmm, sounds boring. Fusion technique is stronger than you give it credit for also." Naruto said and a in his left hand a ball of green chakra began to spin and then it took on a new shape. The ball of chakra condensed into a smaller ball and then expanded and then shrunk only four rings spun around it now. One went vertical, one horizontal, and two went vertical only they were opposite of each other. It looked like an atom almost only it was green.

"What is that?" Minato asked as he jumped away from Naruto.

Naruto chuckled and held the jutsu in front of him. "It is a new version of Rasengan; only thing is…I can only use it while I am in Fusion Mode. Same goes for my Wind chakra, I can only use it while in this mode and even then I cannot use any other elements. So this mode has it's down sides." Naruto said as he strapped his sword on his back and held the jutsu out in front of him.

Naruto ran at Minato with speeds that were faster then before. He brought the jutsu back and slammed it down on the place that Minato stood.

"Gamarasengan!"

A green light appeared in front of Naruto and spread out so that it looked like a triangle, with Naruto being the top point. When the light faded away Gaara and Temari gasped at the results. The spot in front of Naruto was gone, now there was a hundred foot deep hole that stretched for about 150 feet. Naruto stood from his crouching position and sighed.

"If only I had hit you with that jutsu." He said as he turned and ducked under Minato's sword stroke.

"If only, Hell I think you might have made me die for at least a week with that…you have taken my Jutsu to the next level."Minato said as he jumped away from Naruto.

Naruto unstrapped his sword and pointed it at Minato. "Well I am almost out of chakra now, and so it Gamakaze, he wasn't fully rested when I summoned him and I used to much of my chakra before I summoned him, and that little jutsu we used uses a lot of our chakra up." Naruto said this and then brought his left hand up and grabbed on to his swords hilt. He held it straight out in front of him with both hands and closed his eyes.

Minato watched as a green transparent frog began to take form around Naruto. It was about twenty feet tall and it crouched and it held a long green sword identical to Naruto's in front of it. Naruto opened his eyes and looked at his father. "What do you say we finish this?" he asked and the frog opened it's eyes and they glowed red.

"That looks vaguely like Susanoo…"Minato muttered and Naruto chuckled.

"Only the being around me is real and has a physical form while Susanoo is a pure chakra being and also a spirit. I know all about the Sharigan thanks to Itachi." Naruto chuckled and Minato nodded.

"Then you know that Susanoo is also a demon and there isn't just one, every Mangekyo Sharigan user has their own." Minato muttered and Naruto stiffened.

"What do you mean and how do you know." He asked and Minato sighed.

"When I was still alive I battled many people, one of those people was…Uchiha Madra."Minato said and sighed. "He is the reason I sealed the fox in you, minus the fact that I needed a vessel for it. Madra was controlling the fox when it attacked our village, since he was really trying to destroy me."

"Wait Uchiha Madra, he died a long time ago!" Naruto exclaimed.

"No, he didn't, I don't know any more than that." Minato said as he held his sword out in front of him with one hand and suddenly blues flames roared around him. "Let us finish this battle, my son."

Naruto chuckled and looked at his father and then they both disappeared in flashes of blue and green. They met in the middle of the battle field and Naruto swung at his dad's chest and Minato mimicked the action. His sword was engulfed in blue flames and Naruto's Sword and body were engulfed with the green frog. When he swung his sword so did the frog and when the Blades met it was colossal. The ground beneath them blew apart creating a crater 300 feet wide and 500 feet deep. Gaara grabbed Temari and jumped away and landed safely on the cliff high above, he had completed what he had been working on. He watched as the dust settled and in the center of the crater was Naruto and his frog.

Naruto was kneeling and panting and his frog was breathing heavy also and Naruto looked at it. Naruto patted Gamakaze's head and the frog looked at him and grinned.

"We kicked his ass." The frog said and Naruto sighed and looked up.

Standing about 50 feet away was Naruto's dad, almost completely unharmed. He was no longer wherein the sage clothes and was back in his regular clothes. He only had a few scrapes on him but he still held on to his sword. Naruto sighed and looked down. His clothes were almost gone; all he had left were his black shorts. On his back was his sword, and on his head was his Hitai. Gamakaze looked at Naruto and shrugged.

"Now what do we do, neither of us have mush chakra left, and this prick just keeps coming." the frog said and winced in pain. "Yup and I think a messed my leg up."

Naruto bowed his head and made two quick hand seals. "Your dismissed for now, I will summon you later."

Gamakaze chuckled and disappeared in a cloud of green smoke. Naruto looked at his dad who was staring at him. Minato began to walk towards Naruto but then suddenly Gaara made his move.

"Well, I think that's enough fighting for now." He said and suddenly sand began to pour into the crater. Naruto felt a sand whip wrap around him and yank him out and he crashed onto the ground next to Temari and Gaara. He looked and saw his father being buried in sand and he sighed. Gaara had been turning almost the whole battle field into sand and now he was going to use his ultimate technique. Soon Minato was completely submerged in sand and the crater was filled. Gaara brought his hand out and clenched his fist.

"Sabakukyu!"

The crater of sand harden suddenly and Naruto knew his father was crushed. Gaara turned towards Naruto and rolled his eyes.

"I just killed him in a matter of seconds while it has taken you about a week." Gaara said and Naruto shook his head.

"He'll be back, don't worry."Naruto said and then looked at Temari who was bruised and injured. "Are you alright? You look horrible; my dad did get you rather good."

Temari nodded weakly and then closed her eyes. "I need to get back to Suna I can feel that a lot of my ribs are cracked, if not all of them."

Gaara swore and looked at Naruto then at Temari and then back at Naruto. "You're lucky I have to get her back to Suna but Naruto, the next time we meet, you will be mine."

Naruto shook his head and looked at Gaara. "Gaara, there won't be a next time. If we cross paths again and you try to harm me, I will kill you…again." Naruto said and Gaara felt the darkness in his voice and eyed Naruto carefully.

The two teens watched each other until Temari groaned slightly and Gaara quickly pick her up in his arms. "We will see." He said and began to run north the direction of his village.

Naruto watched him disappear into the tree line and then he turned back to the sand crater. In it he knew that his dad sat probably healing and getting ready to dig his way out.

"Well before he escapes I am getting the hell out of dodge."Naruto said and began walking towards the base that Akatsuki was now occupying. They should have finished extracting the Rokubi and Deidra and Tobi were to go after the Sanbi when they finished, so when he arrived he would have a few days of rest before they had to start the sealing process again. Thankfully the Biju wasn't sealed in anyone and it could be sealed much quicker.

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It took him three days to get back to the base due to the fact that he was in his regular body and had almost no chakra left, he had used to much of the fox's chakra in the last week and the demon had to rest now. As Naruto trudge up in front of the tree he sighed and made a hand seal and touched the rock wall. The two rocks pulled apart and opened up to a giant cavern, and all of the members were gathered already sealing the Sanbi. Naruto sighed and dragged his feet over to a rock and watched the process, it was too late to jump in and start helping. A few people glanced his way briefly and Pain was the first to speak.

"Your late, we had to start the process without you!" he said angrily.

"I ran into another problem sorry." Naruto said sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"Another one?!" Pain demanded and Naruto flinched form the venom in his voice.

"Yeah, my dad won't give up." Naruto said and bowed his to Pain. "I am sorry it is my mistake, I shouldn't have gone to meet the Suna girl." Naruto looked up and saw Pain's eyes boring into him and he returned the stare evenly.

"Since you did this you get a whole new mission now, only this time you bringing back-up because I don't believe that this man keeps beating the shit out of you like this." Pain said and Hidan snorted.

"You don't believe it Pain? Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage and the strongest Hokage, also he is said to be one of the most powerful Shinobi in history." Hidan shook his head. "I can believe that Naruto is getting his ass whooped, that man could destroy a whole town and barely use any chakra."

Naruto gasped at this. "Wait you mean that he can use high level Jutsu's and not use that much chakra?"

Itachi looked at him and frowned. "You didn't know this? Isn't he your father?" Naruto nodded and Pain sighed.

"If this continues we are going to have a major problem, we can't let you be killed." he said and that's when the worst thing possible happened.

"Tobi will assist Naruto on his mission!" The man in the orange mask said raising a hand.

Panic spread across Naruto's face and he raised his hands up. "It isn't a problem I can handle the mission by myself."

Pain shook his head and Naruto mouthed the word "No". "You will take Tobi with you on this mission, and also Deidra you go also, just in case."

Deidra dropped his head in anger; the man hated both Tobi and Naruto with a passion. Naruto sighed and tucked his knees up against him and closed his eyes. "When will the process end?"

"It is almost over we started sealing the beast yesterday." Pain said and turned his attention back to the task at hand.

Four hours later the Sanbi was gone and Pain dismissed the giant rock statue that now held three Biju, since they had also sealed away the Rokubi while Naruto was gone. Naruto watched as Tobi jumped up and down with excitement and Deidra almost started crying. Naruto turned to the holograph of Pain and waited for the details of their mission.

"You're going to go and capture Nibi, do whatever is nesaccary to get the girl and bring her back here. Try to avoid direct conflict with her and Damn it Deidra do NOT provoke her into using her Demon!" Pain said angrily as he pointed at Deidra who raised his hands in defeat.

"Hey I didn't mean to let the Sanbi destroy the village, it just kind of happened." Deidra said and Naruto gasped.

"You destroyed a village, your retarded." Naruto said and jumped to his feet. "So back to Kumo so I can truly fight my Demon sister." He said this and walked to the door just as it opened.

Deidra walked passed him and outside and Tobi followed, he was marching and Naruto sighed. He got the worst partners in the entire Akatsuki. He followed behind them and the door slammed shut behind him.

They traveled all day and into the night and well into the morning of the next day. Soon they were half way to Kumo and Naruto finally stopped walking and Deidra and Tobi turned and looked at him.

"Why the hell are you stopping?" Deidra demanded and Naruto shrugged.

"Let's take a little reprieve; we have to be at full strength to even try to get that girl out of there." Naruto said and Tobi shook his head.

"Naruto sir, what about your dad, what if he comes after us?" the man with the orange mask asked and Naruto sighed.

"Your right, but when we get within a mile of the city we have to rest." Naruto said and Deidra nodded.

"I agree, we do not know how strong the people really are."

Naruto sighed and stood to his feet and began walking and smacked his forehead. "Ahh, crap." he said and the two men looked at him.

"Now what?" Deidra hissed.

"I forgot to give Pain the reward money again…and you know what that means." Naruto said.

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"Well Hidan we need some money, lets hit the Casino!" Kakuza said walking out of the cave.

"Damn you Naruto…" Pain muttered and watched as Hidan got to his feet and followed.

"I swear to God if that kid forgets the money again." Hidan said as the door slammed shut.

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Deidra chuckled and Naruto shrugged and the trio kept walking. Naruto got bored and began to count trees as they walked by them. '1, 2, 3, 4, 5…898, 899, 900…32,233, 32,234' he finally stopped when Deidra held up a hand and pointed.

"There the city is right there, we will rest for a couple days since me and Tobi used much chakra in the back to back sealing's." Deidra said and glared at Naruto who chuckled.

"Whoops, my bad I guess." He said and Tobi shook his head and sat down.

Naruto flash stepped high up into a tree where he would be safe. Deidra thought for a bit and then reached into his pocket and pulled out some clay. His hand began to chew the clay and when it was done Deidra threw the clay into the air and it went up in a cloud of smoke. A giant bird landed next to Deidra and he climbed on and the bird took to the sky and it was soon flying high above the trees and high enough that it was a black speck in the sky. Everyone had their own methods of sleeping safely; well everyone but Hidan, the man would sleep where ever since he could not die.

Naruto closed his eyes and began thinking about how he was going to go about catching the Nibi. If he were by himself he could just flash step in and beat her senseless, but Kumo knew that Akatsuki were trying to get her so they would be watching her and when the trio walked in they would have to fight. Naruto was smart and didn't wear the traditional Akatsuki clothing anymore, the only things that marked him as one of them was his ring and Hitai with the slash through it. He had shed the cloak long ago, since first it was a dead giveaway who he was, and second because it was rather large and heavy.

Naruto continued to come up with battle strategies until he drifted asleep.

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He awoke sometime in the afternoon and found that Deidra and Tobi were sitting at the base of his tree. He jumped down and landed lightly next to them. Deidra didn't look up at him but he muttered. "It's about time you woke up; let's go I wanna get this done with." Deidra said this as he got to his feet. Tobi did the same and the three began walking towards Kumo.

"So how are we going to do this?" Naruto asked and Deidra shrugged.

"I don't know, just go in and grab the little bitch." He said and Naruto rolled his eyes.

About half an hour later they arrived at the gates and Naruto saw the guards become alert. One of them reached for a whistle but before he could grab it Naruto disappeared in a flash of red and reappeared in front of the guards. He slashed with his sword ripping open the chests of both guards and they slumped to the ground on the brink of death. Naruto wiped his sword on one of their shirts and sheathed it.

Deidra walked by and Tobi followed. "Let's go do this." Deidra said and Naruto disappeared in a flash of red just as Deidra formed a giant clay bird. The blonde man jumped on the bird and flew high above Kumo. Tobi waltzed through the streets looking high and low for the Jinchuriki and Naruto phased in and out of sight as he flash stepped all around. He looked up and saw Deidra soaring around and that was when he heard the alarms begin to toll. He heard shouts as ninja began to pour into the streets and they quickly set their sights on Deidra.

Naruto wasted no time flash stepping down and dispatching an entire squad of 12 ninja and then moving on to the next. After he was done dozens of injured and dead ninja lay behind him and he began to walk towards the place that the giant tower once stood. As he approached it he saw a smaller tower now there. It was the same size as Konoha's Hokage tower only it was blue. Naruto stopped in front of it and sighed he knew that the girl and her grandfather must be in there. As he started to take a step forwards he heard someone running up behind and he turned and ducked just as Yugito flew over his head and crashed into the ground.

"Nice fail, wanna try again?" he asked as the girl jumped to her feet and hissed at him.

"You monster, you have already killed so many!" she screamed and ran at him again and Naruto saw that her fingers were laced with electricity.

"Ah so that is the jutsu you got me with before, I have to watch out for that one." Naruto said as he ducked under another swipe at his head. He dropped to the ground and swung his leg around sweeping Yugito's feet from beneath her. She hit the ground and rolled away from Naruto and jumped to her feet.

"I am going to kill you; my grandfather is already working on the clay guy up in the sky." Yugito said and Naruto looked up and saw that Deidra's bird was no longer there.

He shrugged and drew out his Katana and held it up and pointed it at Yugito. Yugito snarled and ran at him and swiped at his face. He side stepped and slashed her whole arm open. He grimaced when an electrical shock ripped across his arm making it go numb. He looked and saw Yugito holding her now healing arm. He shook his own arm and the numbness went away.

"So you sent your electricity through your arm as a cut you so that my sword absorbed it and I also suffered damage from my attack." Naruto said and shrugged.

"Yeah but I take it, that it didn't work, since you heal just like I do." Yugito said as she showed him her now smooth, unharmed arm.

Naruto nodded and disappeared in a flash of red. He reappeared behind her and slashed down but she turned quickly and caught his sword on a kunai that was crackling with lightning. Naruto felt a sudden jolt and he jumped backwards away from the girl. Yugito smirked and threw the Kunai at him and Naruto gasped in surprise when he felt a sharp sting in his leg. He looked down and saw the kunai buried in his leg. He reached down and pulled it out and threw it to the side.

"How the hell?!" he demanded and looked at Yugito.

"Lightning travels faster than the eye can see and when I infuse lightning with my kunai and shuriken you won't be able to see them when I throw them." Yugito smiled at him and started making hand seals. She held her right arm above her head and grabbed her bicep with her left hand.

"Katon: Uzukaji!"

A stream of fire shot from her hand and began to twirl around her so that she was encased with spinning fire. She smiled at Naruto and then pointed her arm at him and the fire shot out from around her and flew at him in a straight line. Naruto ducked under the fire and rolled as it rounded on him. He flash stepped away as it struck the spot that he just stood.

Naruto looked at Yugito who was laughing as she directed the fire stream to chase him around. Naruto started to get frustrated and finally gave up and made a couple quick hand seals. He muttered under his breath. "Tag you're it!" and then slammed his hand down on the ground and proceeded to flip.

"Suiton: Suiryudan!"

A large water dragon roared up from the ground and the fire stream collided with it and it sizzled and turned into steam. The water dragon began to rise higher and higher until it stood at about 40 feet high. Naruto pointed at Yugito and the dragon rushed at her, spinning while it moved forward. Yugito yelped and jumped out of the ay releasing the fire jutsu. The water dragon rushed past her but turned and circled her again, trapping her in a wide circle of water. The dragon soon ran into its body and it began to swirl faster and faster around Yugito. Naruto smiled at her and shrugged. She stared at the jutsu and chuckled.

"This is weak." She said and then suddenly a dragon head shot out from the circle and she barely ducked under it.

Another head shot out and soon dragon heads kept shooting out from the water circle, trying to catch her. Naruto smiled at her and shrugged his shoulders again. Soon after he senses that she was worn out he let the water splash to the ground and spread. He watched as Yugito bent over panting. "It seems you do not know how to draw on the Nibi's chakra." He said and watched as the girl glared at him.

Naruto chuckled and watched with amusement as she started making several hand seals.

"Now what are you doing?" he sighed and put a hand on his hip.

Yugito looked at him and frowned. "I am about to kill you."

A Giant ball of fire started to spin in her hand and soon it grew to the size of a large house and Naruto watched with horror as she looked at him.

"Katon: Honoo Suisei!"

The large fire ball shot up into the sky and Naruto let his jaw drop in shock. "You're a stupid little girl you know that." He said and she smirked.

"Oh really?" she said and pointed at the sky.

Naruto looked up saw that the clouds above them had turned black and were churning. "What the hell?" he murmured and Yugito explained it for him.

"By using a high leveled fire jutsu and launching it into the sky I made a storm cloud, now all I have to do is control it and I can direct a lightning bolt that cannot be dodged. It is one of the most powerful Lightning attacks that can be used, now who is a stupid little girl?" Yugito said and Naruto cursed when she pointed at him.

"Raiton: Sokkyo!"

Naruto felt the air heat up and then a giant bolt of electricity flew down at him and took on the shape of a cat. When it struck the ground a large white flash covered all of Kumo and when it died Yugito stood at the edge of a large hole that led down to the sewer system. She smirked when she saw Naruto's crumpled body laying in the water that was rushing by, he was burnt up and he wasn't moving. Yugito spit down into the sewer and laughed again.

"Hmmm, not to strong." She muttered and turned around and gasped.

Naruto was standing behind her and raised an eyebrow. She took a step backwards and she gasped again as she fell into the hole she had just made. She fell down and crashed into the water and yelped when she felt her ribs crack and begin to heal. Naruto dropped down next to her and chuckled.

"Hmmm, you're a klutz." He said and Yugito hissed at him.

"I have you just where I want you now." She said and jumped to her feet and closed her eyes.

"What are you doing?" Naruto said taking a few steps back.

"You said I couldn't control the Nibi's chakra well your right, but I can also give myself over to it." Yugito said as she disappeared in a flash of blue flames. Naruto held his hand up in front of to shield his eyes from the heat. When he brought his hand down he sighed. Standing in front of him was a giant fire cat and it had two tails swishing behind it. Naruto jumped out of the way when the cat breathed out a stream of fire like a dragon. He landed to the side and started to think rapidly.

"Well if only I had some cat nip." He muttered as he dodged a large fire ball. The ball of fire hit the wall and exploded sending super heated rocks spraying in all directions. Naruto winced when a couple hit him in the face and he smelt burning flesh. He quickly splashed some water on face and glared at the Biju who had taken over Yugito.

"Well I guess I have no choice." He muttered.

"Hey Fox, give me your chakra." He said inside his mind and he felt his body suddenly surge with chakra. He focused it and released it from his body and he felt another surge of power. He crouched and clawed at the ground as the demon cloak washed over him and three tails emerged. He looked at Yugito and chuckled. His teeth had grown sharp and he now had little fangs, his eyes were no longer blue but red and his finger nails grew out and sharpened.

"I'm going to beat your ass!" he snarled and the fire cat roared.

Naruto disappeared in a flash and reappeared behind the cat and slammed a Rasengan into its back. The cat jerked forwards but it turned and swatted Naruto t the side. He flew into a wall and it exploded and he fell from it and hit the water. He growled as he slowly got back up and crouched down and began to run at the demon cat. "Little Feline bitch!" he shouted and slammed into the Cat's gut. Both of them topple over and Naruto felt his skin singe and then begin to heal and burn again. He jumped off the cat and landed on all fours and skidded.

His right side was burned but it was already healing and e wasted no time beginning his assault again. He formed another Rasengan in his hand and it was red from his demonic chakra. He ran at Yugito and jumped up above her head.

"Rasengan!"

He slammed the jutsu down on her head and the demon cat roared as it was slammed back into a wall. The rock behind it began to turn white and then melted and oozed down the wall. Naruto hissed when the cat stood back up and formed a giant fire ball in its hands. Naruto swore when he realized what it was.

"Shit Oni-jutsu!" he said and the Demon cat threw the molten fire ball at him.

He didn't have enough time to dodge so he did the only thing he could.

"Suiton: Suijinheki!"

The giant fire ball slammed into a giant wall of water and both Jutsu's exploded in a cloud of extremely hot steam. Naruto screamed as the steam burned his whole body and he threw himself out of the cloud. He rolled away and got to his feet slowly, wincing at his agony. The wounds were already healing but it still hurt. He watched as the fire cat hissed at him and a thin stream of fire shot from its mouth and he jumped over it and landed on the wall. The cat looked at him and hissed and he snarled back.

"You little bitch, I am sick of you; if I kill you with this jutsu then oh well." He said and landed in the water with a splash. He held his hand out and started to yell as he poured all of the chakra he had into his final attack. The water around him began to churn and rise up and spin rapidly. He held the Water jutsu out to his side and kept pouring his chakra into it. It kept growing in size until finally Naruto had to hold it above his head.

He looked at the fire cat and snarled again and ran at her. The water jutsu spun faster and faster, little whips of water shot out of it and they smacked against Naruto's body, slashing him open. He ignored the pain and jumped at the Demon cat and slammed his hand and the jutsu into its chest.

"Suiton: RasenMizutemari!!!"

Naruto watched as the Jutsu exploded and blew him and the fire cat apart. He was slammed into a wall and he felt his demon cloak fade away. He looked and saw Yugito in a crater that was inside the wall. Her clothes were torn and burned; her pants that she had been wearing were burned and ripped so that they were now super short shorts. Her shirt had been torn so that it should her entire stomach. It barely covered her breasts now and the sleeves were almost burned up to her shoulders. Naruto didn't look much better, his shirt was completely gone and his Short were ripped in all kinds of different places. He felt his wounds slowly healing now and he looked down. His chest was torn apart and he could see a couple of his ribs. His arm had major burns on themand he winced when he tried to move. He sighed and sat and waited for about ten minutes until his wounds were healed enough so that he could now move. As he got to his feet his body protested, it had taken to many beatings in the last month now, he had to rest before he did another mission like this.

Naruto walked over to Yugito and pulled her off the wall and smirked. "You said I was weak." He slung the girl over his shoulder and sighed when he realized that he wasn't going to be flash stepping out of here at all. He began walking towards the end of the sewer tunnel where he saw light. He groaned as his body would jerk with little spasms of pain. He finally reached the end of the tunnel and he found that it ended high on a cliff. The water that was moving by his ankles rushed out in a water fall and roared into a large pond below. He sighed and set Yugito down and sat down beside her and started to think.

"I have half a mind to just throw you down." He said to her unconscious form. She shifted slightly and he rolled his eyes. He stared out at the clouds for awhile before he came to a decision. He stood and held his ring in front of him and closed his eyes. The Akatsuki rings were more than just little trinkets. They were the objects that let member's heliograph themselves to the bases. Naruto applied some chakra to the ring and he felt himself appear in the base that the Akatsuki were occupying now. As long as he had his eyes closed he could see in the base and when he opened them he would see his surroundings by his physical body.

"Naruto? What is it have you captured the Nibi?" Itachi demanded and Naruto sighed.

"Yeah I have the Nibi in my hands but I am trapped I cannot leave because I have severe wounds and I also am too exhausted to flash step any more. I am stuck in Kumo's sewer systems and I have found the end of it but it is in the middle of a cliff and it drops off into a pond about 500 feet down." Naruto said and Itachi cursed.

"What about Deidra?" he asked and Naruto sighed.

"I think that the Raikage killed him, and I have no idea where Tobi is." Naruto said and opened his eyes when he heard Yugito shift again. When he was satisfied that she wasn't awake he closed his eyes again. "Also we need to get this girl to the base fast, she can let her demon take over by will, I kind of had to fight it that is why I am late." Naruto finished and Itachi sighed.

"I will contact pain, but until then be careful and do not be caught." Itachi said and Naruto shook his head.

"When they find that hole they will begin to send ninja throughout the whole sewer to find us."Naruto said and sighed. "But hurry and get us out of here."

With that he opened his eyes and broke connection. He looked down at Yugito again and sighed heavily. He sat back down and thought about how much worse things could get.

"At least my dad hasn't found me…" Naruto muttered.

As he sat there he began to wonder if he would just be better off ditching the girl and hiking down the mountain side himself. He dismissed the thought and continued to stare at the clouds. As he sat there he looked at Yugito and saw that all of her wounds had now healed, and so had his. He stretched his arms and was relieved to see that he didn't have to wince in pain anymore. As he stretched he heard faint splashes. He jumped to his feet and grabbed Yugito and turned around. He saw four dark shapes detaching themselves from the tunnel.

He looked closer and saw one of the worst people coming for held Yugito close to his body and wrapped his arm around her. 'Only have a small bit of chakra left.' He thought as the four ninja came into view. It was the Raikage and he was followed by three other ninja, probably high ranking Jounin. The Raikage slid to a stop 20 feet away from Naruto and the other ninja followed his lead.

"Yugito!" The man shouted and glared at Naruto. "What have you done to her?!" he shouted and Naruto chuckled.

"I have not done anything…yet." as he said this he knew that Raikage was already getting ready to attack him.

"I am going to rip your limbs off!" The Raikage shouted and began running at Naruto.

Naruto held up a hand and wagged a finger and then held his hand out palm up. "Your too late, I have won." As he said this a ball of spinning chakra formed in his hand and he took a step backwards and fell from the cliff still holding on to Yugito.

The Raikage leaned over the edge and Naruto could hear his shout above the air rushing into his ears. "YUGITO!!!"

Naruto held his hand with the Rasengan above his head and as he neared the water he closed his eyes and tucked his head against his body. The Rasengan slammed into the surface of the water and Naruto followed it with Yugito in his arm.

Author's notes: Well this was a rather hard chapter to write. I and to figure out how I was going to have Naruto get off the cliff and how I was going to have him beat Yugito. But alas I came up with a solution! Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter because it is the one that will open up the doors for the story to start unfolding. Peace out.

P.S just an FYI Naruto cannot use the Wind element if he doesn't fuse with Gamakaze, and when he does he cannot use any other element, just thought I should throw that out there. Oh and the same goes for Gamarasengan, (and may I say I do like that technique!) he can't use it if he is not fused with Gamakaze.

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Suiton: RasenMizutemari =Water Release: Spiraling water plate

Suiton: Suijinheki = Water Release: Water wall

Katon: Honoo Suisei = Fire Release: Blazing comet

Raiton: Sokkyo = Lightning Release: Heavenly Lightning

Suiton: Suiryudan = Water Release: Water Dragon

Futon: Kazeshiteiru = Wind Release: Wind Cutter

Gamarasengan = Spiraling Toad Chakra sphere

Katon: Uzukaji = Fire Release: Whirling Fire

Sabakukyu = Coffin of Crushing Sand