New enemies and new allies

Disclaimer: I don't Naruto, Bleach or anything else.

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Uzumaki Mansion

Kisuke and Yoruichi were on their way to the outskirt of Karakura Town, to be more specific, towards Naruto's Mansion. It had been one month since the team's return from the Soul Society. Ichigo, Uryu, Chad and Orihime had pretty much gotten used to their routine lives once again, taking down a few audacious Hollows here and there.

Naruto and Tsunade had created a large Mansion in the forest encircling Karakura Town, away from the noises of the town but still close enough to reach it quickly. They had practically disappeared for two weeks into their mansion, not even coming out to accept visitors, though Karakura Town had experienced some unexpected and strange tremors during those two weeks.

Kisuke had pretty good idea of what they were up to during those two weeks. Yoruichi had been particularly upset about that rule since she had been expecting to get some answers.

Yoruichi had told him all about Naruto's mind-boggling victory against the Head Captain. He had to confess, he was a person who was not easily surprised by many things, yet that information had left him speechless for a whole day. Just what kind of power did the blond possessed to be able to nearly kill the Head Captain without even the use of any Technique?

While he had seen many strong individuals during his Captaincy such Captain Unohana and Kenpachi Zaraki, yet even those two didn't have nearly enough power to actually fight the Head Captain and hope to survive the confrontation.

The fact that he had been unaffected by a level 90 Kido while being restrained was mind-numbing. He had already been suspicious since the day he had met the two blonds in the park, but that report had proven him right. To be fair, the creation of the Mansion right in front of him from nothingness was pretty convincing.

The two former Captains walked out of the border of the town and into the forest with comfortable silence. Despite being individuals of such power and in possession of strange and quite destructive quirks, both of the blonds seemed to enjoy living in a wild and natural landscape instead of a technologically advanced town or city.

The Uzumaki Mansion was what you would call a true piece of art. As indicated from the name, the mansion was quite large and tall with four red crystal pillars standing at the four corners of the mansion. Black and red stones, beautifully interlinked with each other decorated the entirety of the building.

The gate of the mansion was a shining gold, with a large letter of U and insignia of a Whirlpool proudly engraved upon its shinning surface. A large and heartwarmingly magnificent waterfall was situated behind the mansion thus surrounding it by clear blue water from all sides with a beautiful wooden path connecting it to the main land.

The sides or edges of the lake surrounding the mansion were decorated with large Peach trees, painting the whole lake and the surrounding area with a peaceful and serene light pink.

"Man, some people just gets all the good luck" Kisuke commented lazily and gazed at the peaceful environment surrounding the mansion. Why couldn't he get to live here? I mean he was a genius who created the Hogyoku! Where was all the fairness!?

"Not the time to get all emotional on me Kisuke, we're here for a reason" Yoruichi retorted and walked through the wooden path towards the large mansion.

She may have scolded Kisuke for being emotional, but she had to admit Naruto and Tsunade had pretty good tastes. The soft breeze sweeping over the crystal clear water of the lake and the light pink leaves floating around made up for a very heart-warming and serene environment.

Kisuke shook his head to clear his head from the depressing thoughts and followed after Yoruichi to the front gate. The large golden gate opened with a hiss as soon as they reached it. The inside of the mansion was quite large. A large hall-like living room with comfortable looking sofas and chairs situated here and there.

Two set of red carpeted stairs were starting from the two sides of the living room up to the second floor of the mansion where the master Bedroom was located. Near the one side of the stairs, a corridor could be seen leading to the Kitchen and Dining room. The other side of the stair was leading to the Guest rooms, not that they needed it much.

Kisuke and Yoruichi entered the Living Room and saw Tsunade sitting on a comfy sofa, reading a book. The powerhouse known as Naruto was nowhere to be seen. The beautiful blonde haired woman looked up from her reading and saw the two ex-Shinigamis enter the room, not really surprised by their arrival since she and Naruto had sensed the approaching threat.

"Hello Tsunade, it's great to see you again" Yoruichi started lightly and sat down in a chair in front of the blonde followed by Kisuke.

"Yo" the former Captain greeted, only to receive a bonk on the head from the feline loving women.

"Be respectful!"

She was referring to their abilities. Should the blonde get even a little angry, Kisuke's ass was as good as gone.

"Sorry"

"It's ok, I didn't expect anything good from him anyway" Tsunade stated with a smirk while Kisuke's head dropped in resignation. No respect at all! "Anyway, what would you like for refreshment?"

"No its ok, we're here for something important actually. That reminds me, where is Naruto?" Yoruichi asked curiously.

"He is outside meditating" She answered simply and reopened her book.

Kisuke and Yoruichi gave each other confused looks "Umm… we didn't sense him outside"

"Have anyone of you ever been able to sense him before?" she asked pointedly, prompting the two to smile sheepishly, knowing what she said was true.

"Ok, you have a point there, but can you call him? This is important"

"Naruto, I know you can hear me, so stop being a drama queen and get inside" Tsunade announced without even bothering to look up from her book, knowing Naruto was listening to their conversation outside.

Naruto slowly floated to the living room in his usual grinning glory with his Shakujo floating beside him, and sat down beside Tsunade "Hello there kitty and Bucket'

Yoruichi and Kisuke sweatdropped at their nicknames.

His grin suddenly vanished, his eyes lost all its warmth and mirth, replaced by a serious and calm look that sent shivers down the two Ex-Captain's spines "I assume you here in regards to the new threat? The Bounts"

Kisuke and Yoruichi looked shocked that he knew before they even had time to explain. Just how did he come by that information?

"How did you know that?" Kisuke asked, surprised that he knew about the Bounts already.

Naruto smiled slightly "I know everything recorded in the Dairiesho Archives"

"Well … that makes our visit here pretty much pointless" the blond Shinigami muttered as a sweat drop slide across his head, his fan hiding the lower half of his face. What they had come for had turned out pretty much useless since Naruto already knew about it.

The blond had taken all the fun out of it!

"Kisuke, I know you plan on testing Ichigo and the others by using those new Mod Souls that you have created in order to prepare him for the Bount threat. Don't"

Kisuke was once again surprised to hear that Naruto knew about the Mod Souls as well his plan to test Ichigo and his friends. However, his rejection of the method he had in mind was confusing "Why not?"

"Because I'll take care of them when the time comes. I suggest you take Ichigo and his friends to your underground training area and train them for the eventual fight against Aizen, In fact don't even tell him about the Bounts until he finds out himself" Naruto explained calmly, prompting Kisuke to think over the suggestion.

He had to admit, it was appealing. If Naruto was willing to take care of them, then they were as good as gone, regardless of their numbers or strength.

"Well, I guess I'll get back to my work. Man, if you knew about the Bounts already, why didn't you say anything before? I came all the way here for nothing!" he whined and walked out of the room with a visible aura of depression surrounding his body.

Yoruichi remained seated in her sofa and looked at the two blonds expectantly.

"Well, Hime, Kitty here obviously wants some answers. I have some business to take care of. Would you be a dear and tell her about us?" Naruto smiled, taking a hold of his black staff and floated upstairs to his room, leaving behind a triumphant Yoruichi and a scowling Tsunade.

Why was she always left with the explaining part!?

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Karakura Town, Alleys

Naruto walked through the main streets of the busy and lively town in a casual black skin tight t-shirt, his usual black metals bands wrapped around his wrists, black leather pants with black cowboy-style boots. He had disintegrated his staff, knowing it would attract a lot of unwanted attention, not that he wasn't getting any attention even now.

His tall height, intimidatingly muscular body and Adonis-like visage were the cause of many stares, particularly from the opposite gender. His objective was to get some info on the Bounts, knowing his physical body would attract them in hopes of his soul being as strong and rich as his body.

Just as he turned around a street, a soft hypnotic humming or more like singing caught his attention. He turned towards the alley and walked forward hypnotically, knowing any other action would alert his would be attacker and cause him or her to flee. Now he wouldn't want that, would he?

The singing and humming increased more and more in volume the closer he got to the attacker. Though the humming sound was no doubt used to hypnotize men and women and eventually cause their doom, it was still peaceful and alluring. From the shadows of the alley, a brown haired woman came into the light, causing Naruto to smile an imperceptible smile.

The woman was wearing a large-collared shirt with a vest over it that fanned out at the bottom, giving it the appearance of tails and a red tie. She was also wearing a bracelet on one hand while a clawed finger on the other hand.

Naruto was sure of the fact that the bracelet and the clawed finger was her Doll sealed form, if the somewhat similar Spiritual Energy coming from it was any indication.

So this was a Bount or the so called Soul Hunters or Vampires.

Apparently, she thought he was hypnotized, thus unable to resist, the exact reason why she walked towards him without any sort of caution on her part. Naruto had half the mind to prevent her from sinking her teeth into his neck, but decided to let her feed first.

"Sorry for this, but I need power to accomplish my goals. You'll become a stepping stone for me to get to that goal" she said apologetically.

Naruto didn't say anything and let her do her thing, apparently too busy thinking over her apologetic tone to notice that she had already started feeding on his artificially created soul. He had created a soul or rather something akin to a human soul with average Spiritual Energy to provide the Bounts with a bait. However that was beside the point, it was the fact that she seemed sincere in her apology, desperate even, before consuming his soul.

Her eyes widened when she absorbed the soul yet the body was still as strong and as perfect as ever whereas it should have turned to dust the moment the soul was absorbed. She backed away when Naruto suddenly grinned, frightening her beyond belief.

"Who are you? What are you?" she asked in shock, causing Naruto to let out a soft smile.

"Relax, I mean you no harm. I'm merely here to talk" he said softly, releasing his original appearance which caused the brown haired woman to be even more on-guard.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe that?" She raised her two hands, bringing her bracelet and the clawed finger together to cause a spark of fire before circling her flaming finger in an arc in front of her "Zeige Dich! Goethe!"

Naruto watched in amusement when the sparks increased in volume, creating a humanoid fire creature without any legs or eyes as his staff materialized beside him. He griped the staff and waited for her to attack, knowing she wouldn't calm down until and unless he calmed her down or she realized her attacks were useless.

Either way he was content to let her release her pent up frustration and anger "I don't expect you to believe me, I expected you to think over it before you attacked"

She apparently mistook his soft smile as an insult and ordered her Doll to attack him, causing Naruto to sweatdrop. Was there something wrong with his smile? She should be a pile of melted flesh from seeing the sheer cuteness of his smile!

The creature let out a primal roar and stretched his two hands, huge balls of blazing fire appeared in his hands as he launched at the amused and still Naruto.

The blond man lazily raised his black staff and twirled it around just as the fireballs reached him, blocking the destructive spheres from ever even touching him. It was not that the fire could hurt him; he just wanted to at least not humiliate her by blocking her attacks easily.

Her eye widened in surprise when the fireball disintegrated the moment it touched the black staff.

"Look, don't make this any more difficult than it already is. I told you I'm here to talk" Naruto explained calmly.

"Why should I trust you?" She asked suspiciously, causing Naruto to smile a soft smile.

"If I wanted to cause you any harm, I assure you I would have already done it. So truce?"

"What proof do I have that you won't attack me?"

"I suppose you don't. Name is Naruto by the way"

That seemed to relax her a little bit as she ordered her Doll to stop. The surprising part was that every time he would those words, the offender would relax! "Yoshino. What do you want to know?"

"Why did you apologize before eating my soul?" Naruto asked calmly, crossing his feet below himself and hovering in the air in front of the surprised woman as his staff hovered in front of his crossed hands.

"I don't normally eat the souls of the living, but now I need it to get stronger to kill a certain someone" she replied mysteriously, prompting Naruto to gain a confused look on his face.

"Who?"

"Jin Kariya, the leader of the Bounts"

Naruto realized she was hiding something, if her uncomfortable stance was any indication "You have some history with this Kariya character beside him being your leader"

"W-what?" She asked in surprise, wondering how he figured that out.

"Don't look so surprised, your uncomfortable look hints at more than what you said. If I'm correct, I would say he was your husband" She snapped her head towards him so fast he feared she might have broken her neck, her eyes wide in surprise and amazement.

"Yes, he was my husband but now he is just a stranger to me" she admitted with a tired sigh. The proverbial cat was out of the bag.

"Why?" he asked curiously, though he was more aware of the presence lurking around their location. Judging from the life force, the similar energy signature and the pungent sensation of his presence, the figure was a Bount and a rather vile one at that. Guess, he would have to dirty his hands tonight!

The amusing part was the man _ from what he could sense and smell _ probably thought that he was hidden masterfully. How naïve!

"I can't say"

"My my, isn't this a wonderful sight! I don't think Master Kariya would approve of you wondering off on your own again and talking with your food no less"

A voice filled with smugness and full of vile intentions announced from above them, causing Yoshino and Naruto to look up with different expressions on their faces. Yoshino was wide eyed, knowing that this man's appearance could mean only one thing; Kariya knew about her escape and wanted an audience with her.

Naruto on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hey there, whatcha doing here?" he asked excitedly, causing the man to give him a look full of disgust and contempt.

"Shut up, you fool! Yoshino, come with me. Master Kariya wants to see you" the man declared, sheer contempt and smugness in his voice was clearly evident "But this time, I don't think he'll let your disobedience unpunished"

"Utagawa! I'm not coming back!" she retorted and backed away with a heavy frown.

"You there, mean looking guy. Are ya trying to pick a fight with me?" Naruto asked in indignation, trying to appear insulted while he was ready to tear the guy from limb to limb. He had the guts and audacity to intrude upon his conversation.

"I was pretty sated when I arrived here, but now my hunger has reappeared due to your stupidity" The now named Utagawa announced in anger and leaped towards the seemingly confused Naruto.

Just as he reached him and was ready to consume his soul, a large hand shot up and wrapped around his neck, prompting him to widen his eyes in shock and absolute fear, since the grinning blond man was now eyeing him with calm and cold eyes. Those gleaming red demonic eyes sent shivers down his spine, as if he was looking deep into his twisted soul. He wondered why hadn't he noticed the eyes before now.

"Exterminating someone deprived of any principle is cruelty, however slaughtering with purpose is justice. Say your goodbyes" Naruto announced in his originally demonic tone "Lightening Stream"

Utagawa let out an agonizing scream when Naruto's hand suddenly lit up in dark red lightening. His body felt as though it was being destroyed from the inside out. He didn't even have time to release his Doll, thinking the blond was just an ordinary human trash, waiting for him to devour his soul.

All the while Naruto looked into his eyes with those demonic eyes of his without a hint of remorse. At first, he was of the mind to let this one live with a few injuries, but his arrogant tone changed his mind. Thinking of his own kind as nothing but food just because he had a few special abilities was unforgivable.

Yoshino shivered in fright and tried to ignore the high volume screams of her fellow Bount as he was reduced to mere ash in Naruto's hand and scattered to the wind. Such power! Such cruelty! Well she couldn't exactly call it cruelty since Utagawa had attacked him first.

"Sorry you had to see that, but sometimes a lessen can only be learned with real consequences. Now then shall we proceed with our conversation" Naruto turned around and gave her a soft easy-going smile that at least relaxed her a little "Why don't you come with me? I assure you nothing will be able to cause you any harm should you come with me, not even Kariya"

Yoshino looked at the extended hand in thought. His strength and power was already proven to be strong if his ruthless killing of Utagawa and blocking her Doll's fireballs were any indication. Maybe … just maybe … she would have a chance to kill Kariya if she joined forces with this strange but powerful man.

Without any hesitation, she took his hand, causing Naruto to let out a small smile and disappear along with her to his Mansion.

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Unknown Location, Night time

Naruto and Tsunade were walking in a moderately dense forest area towards the mansion where Yoshino had said the Bounts were holding a meeting. He had taken Yoshino to his mansion and as promised had given her anything she had desired. She had related her entire story of how she had been alone for most of her life, shunned because of her special abilities and named as a witch.

Naruto could certainly sympathize with her regarding loneliness and being ostracized, since he had endured the same for most of his life.

He hadn't told her anything of his past life since he had no time to relate his long tale. Yoruichi was still giving him looks of adoration, amazement and disbelief, no doubt the result of being told of his and Tsunade's past.

"Well, this certainly is a large place" Naruto commented lightly, his Shakujo jingling with every single step as they walked towards the front door of the mansion.

"Perfect for their burials" Tsunade agreed nonchalantly.

"I don't get to see that sadistic side of you much these days" Naruto teased while Tsunade grinned in response "Anyway, should we do this the normal way or my way?"

'I think your way would be much more amusing than the normal" she replied with a mischievous grin.

"Agreed!"

Naruto raised his index finger, a dark red ball of condensed energy appeared at the tip and launched at the door, reducing it and the front wall of the mansion to nothing but dust and rubble.

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A Few Minutes Ago

The door to the living room inside the mansion opened and walked in two males garbed in different clothes. The first one was a silver haired man dressed in brown pants, red and brown shirt with a yellow tie. His most striking feature was his red eyes and pointed eyebrows. The second man was garbed in the Shinigami uniform, Shihakusho with a sword strapped to his hip.

The other occupants of the room looked up as soon as the first man entered. Sitting near the fire place was a redhead and bulky man dressed in a green shirt and black pants, his name was Go Koga. A man of high moral and conduct despite his loyalty to his boss.

A blond haired man with his feet on the table and a slightly insane look on his face was dressed in white sleeveless shirt and black shorts, his name, Mabashi. A man loyal to his tribe and its tradition.

A woman wearing a purple traditional Manchurian style qipao with beige pants was standing or rather leaning on the sofa Mabashi was sitting on, a bloodthirsty look on her face. Her name was Yoshi. A woman thriving in the midst of battle and conflict.

A nerdy looking man wearing a white shirt and black pants with large circular glasses was sitting on the sofa opposite to Mabashi. His name was Ugaki. A man of science and research, or simply a scientist at heart.

An elderly man wearing a three piece suit with a cane was sitting near Ugaki with his eyes closed. His name was Sawatari. A power hungry fool far too arrogant for his own sake

"It seems everyone is here beside Utagawa, Ichinose" the red eyed man commented lightly and walked forward to sit in a large chair while the black haired Shinigami stood next to his side.

"Yes sir, his Spiritual Pressure vanished a few minutes after his departure to retrieve Yoshino. The only conclusion we came upon is that he has been killed" Maki replied submissively.

"I see … it doesn't matter" he said matter of factly, not the least bit sadden or grieved by the loss of his comrade "it's been a long time; a nearly unimaginable time has passed since the Bounts have been removed from the pages of history and forgotten. But now, we're once again free to operate without the fear of being judged or persecuted by the Shinigamis"

The others nodded in agreement.

Koga stood up from his place and walked forward "Alright Master Kariya, we're all wondering why you have called us here?"

"I called you here to inform you that our primary objective has been completed" he replied with a smirk

Mabashi stood with a grin 'So a Quincy has been found?"

Kariya returned the grin and nodded. Just as he was about to open his mouth to explain the full depth of his plan, an unexpected explosion rocked the whole mansion to its very core. The gathered Bounts held the chairs and sofas tightly to maintain their position lest they fall on their butts.

"What the hell was that?!" Yoshi exclaimed in shock, trying to stand up since she was the only one who fell down due to her leaning posture.

"Ichinose, go and check it out at once!" Kariya ordered, wondering what or who had caused the explosion. If it was a person, then he or she would pay for this insolence!

A few moments later, Ichinose walked in and gestured for two sheepish looking blonds, one man and one woman, to enter the room. Kariya eyed the strangely garbed man and woman with curiosity. If he were to judge the blond man by his appearance alone, he would say he was a mindless brute.

The woman on the hand was silent and emotionless, bored even.

"Master Kariya, these two were near the vicinity of the blast, so it's safe to assume that they were responsible"

"Hey hey, wait a minute guys! We were walking on our way when suddenly I had this brilliant idea to invade your mansion, you know to see if I would get caught. But then this guy appeared and blasted the front door for us, so that we would get caught" Naruto explained 'honestly', mentally giving himself a manly pat on the back for coming up with such a brilliant excuse, not even seeing the massive sweatdrops on the back of the Bounts' heads.

"Master Kariya, I don't think I need to clarify myself since that lame excuse was pretty self-explanatory" he deadpanned while Kariya nodded "What should I do with them?"

"Kill them" he replied coldly causing Naruto to wave his hands around frantically.

"H-hey now, let's not get violent. I was only trying to robe a few jewels and stones, nothing serious" Naruto explained, frantically moving his hands from side to side.

Ichinose Flash stepped towards the blond man with his Zanpakuto drawn, intent on making his death as painless as possible. Imagine his surprise when the blond dodged his perfectly precise sword attack in a comical way!

"Phew, that was a close one! If I didn't know any better I would say you were trying to kill" Naruto grinned when a tic mark appeared on the former Shinigami's forehead.

"I AM TRYING TO KILL YOU, YOU MORON" he shouted in anger, surprising the other Bounts by his sudden change in behavior. He was a pretty much cool and calm guy, but this guy was just rubbing him the wrong way.

"What did I ever do to you, you big meany!" Naruto said with anime tears streaming down his face followed by a few sobs to solidify his mask.

The tic mark on Maki's forehead was joined by another pulsing one.

"THAT'S IT, YOU'RE DEAD!" the former Shinigami shouted and attacked the blond once more, causing Naruto to widened his eyes in mock surprise and ran across the room with Ichinose hot on his tail "GET BACK HERE!"

"AND GET KILLED BY THAT LONG ASS SWORD? NO THANKS!" Naruto shouted back and ran across the room like a lunatic, with Maki screaming curses and profanities at him.

Tsunade was standing to the side, watching the whole scene with her emotionless mask all the while trying to keep herself from laughing out loud. She was glad they had chosen this course of action instead of the more violent one. These Bounts were as good as dead as soon as they were written on Naruto's shit list, but who said they couldn't have some fun along the way?

The gathered Bounts were trying hard to pick up their dropped jaws from the ground, watching the unbelievable scene of the blond evading all the precise sword strikes from the former Shinigami with his usual comical way. What was even more mind-boggling was the fact that even when Maki would use Flash Step, the blond would somehow evade the strikes and let out a high pitch scream.

Now Kariya was a very cold, calculative and self-controlled Bount, able to analyze and manipulate an individual without the person even realizing it. A man, who had seen much, endured much, suffered much and lost much throughout his long, long life.

These two didn't look the least bit similar to thieves or robbers. Okay, the blond looked like a thieve but the woman looked like a queen, if the elegance and grace with which she carried herself was any indication. Still nothing had ever infuriated him more than this man who was somehow dodging the Shinigami strikes.

His eyebrow twitched when the noise increased in volume, giving him a nasty headache "ENOUGH!"

Naruto and Maki suddenly came to a screeching halt, Naruto in the middle of a jump and Maki with his sword raised for a strike when the loud scream of anger was heard.

Naruto took that moment to give the former Shinigami a triumphant look and flipped him the bird, causing the black haired man to growl in anger "Yeah you heard the man, enough! Get ready cause you're about to get your ass kicked by your boss!"

"Ichinose, I have never been more disappointed in you than right now. You can't even kill a single human with no abilities or training while you're a former Shinigami!" Kariya declared with a scowl, ignoring the insult the blond threw at his subordinate.

"My apologies Master Kariya! I'll deal with him right now" Maki bowed in haste, not wanting to anger his Master any more than he already was. He turned towards a freaked out Naruto with a dark glint in his eyes, causing the blond to back up from him with a nervous chuckle.

"Hey there pal, you wouldn't want to hurt me, right Maki buddy old pal" he said nervously, scratching the back of his head and sweating bullets.

"SORRY BUT THE CHASE IS OVER, YOUR ASS IS MINE!" he roared and attempted to slice the freaked out blond in half only to blink in shock when he dodged yet again, however this time the blond somehow used his own momentum against him causing him to fall on his hands and knees.

His eyes widened in shock and anger _ a little bit of humiliation as well _ when a particularly hard kick connected with his backside and sent him flying face first to a wall.

"Hahaha, take that! A kick from Naruto-sama, the Ass-Kicker! Who is the man? Say it! I am!" Naruto shouted and gave a little victory dance, causing the other Bounts except Kariya to burst out laughing at the blond's antics. Even though they had been pretty frustrated over the fact that they were summoned here away from their busy lives to a boring meeting, but now with the help of this guy, everything had turned out to be as funny as hell.

Ichinose struggled to get up from the sheer force of that kick, wondering how the hell did a robber get passed his defense and kicked him in the ass no less. His rational mind was shadowed by his bruised ego, cursing and promising to send the blond to the deepest pits of hell.

He got up with a pained grunt and raised his sword, inwardly wincing when his backside let out a nasty snap as he watched his opponent still dancing around the room with his hands raised as if he was basking in the cheers of his invisible audiences.

Damn that blond hit hard!

"I see you are back for more ass-kicking huh? Don't worry cause Naruto-sama is feeling pretty generous today, I'll kick your ass so hard, even your grandchildren will feel the pain" Naruto commented sagely, as if he was talking about the weather.

He suddenly screamed and dodged a rather ferocious strike from the angered and humiliated Maki and ran again across the room. Maki Ichinose was ready to tear out his hair in frustration, frantically and desperately striking the running blond to at least regain a little bit of his lost dignity.

Kariya palmed his face in frustration and anger; why the hell did this blond robber chose today of all days to rob them? Why couldn't he just deliver his centuries old written and memorized speech of passion in peace without a blond interfering in the middle?

He was supposed to deliver his speech dramatically while the other listened, not standing to the side while his subordinate was humiliated and his comrades laughed at his humiliation. Well as they say, if you want a job done right, do it yourself!

He walked forward towards the running due, causing them to stop their chase and watch the man walked up to them with an expression of anger and vile intentions. Ichinose dropped to his knees at once and bowed his head, knowing he was going to get punished for failing to get rid of a single human.

Naruto on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear, obviously enjoying the turmoil and humiliation he had caused.

Tsunade was having a very hard time keeping herself from bursting out laughing when Naruto kicked the former Shinigami in the ass and sent him flying to a wall. It seems her fun was about to come to an end if the slight change in Naruto's eyes and body language was any indication.

"You've caused enough humiliation and disturbance for a life time human, time to die!" Kariya said coldly, forming his hand into a wind spear and pierced the now calm Naruto. His eyes widened in shock when the wind spear didn't even pierce his black coat let alone his skin.

He raised his eyes to look at the blond's face, only to back away in alarm when his normally cheerful visage was replaced by a cold and dark look, his wide and cheerful red eyes full of mischief replaced by a gleaming demonic red. The other Bounts suddenly leaped from their seats and surrounded the blond man with their Crests at the ready.

Tsunade walked nonchalantly to her blond companion between the Bounts, not bothering to give them a single glance and stood beside her beloved with a bored look on her face.

"I assure you killing me will prove extremely difficult" The Bounts slowly backed away from the sheer deepness of his demonic voice.

'What the hell is this? He was barely dodging Ichinose's strikes and now he suddenly becomes untouchable' Kariya thought in shock, not quite believing the fact that someone who couldn't even dodge a few strikes of sword was now capable of standing up to his Wind Spear without any wound or scratch.

"I'll take care of the green haired woman" Tsunade announced with a smirk and raised a delicate hand towards the green haired woman, blasting her away through the front door and out to the open yard of the house before flying out after her.

"Who are you?" Kariya asked in anger, cursing the blond for playing them as the fools. He should've known something was wrong when the two appeared as soon as the blast took place and said they were robbers. You don't just blast a building's door and then get yourself captured without any resistance.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, but for now, I'm your executioner" The blond said calmly, causing the Bounts to scowl and glare at him "All of you, come at me at once"

"We shall see about that!" Kariya glared at the bold blond and turned towards Mabashi "Take care of him!"

"Sir! Please let me finish him off" Maki started but was silenced when Kariya gave him a cold glare

"Finally! Some action. Get ready Blondie cause you're about to die!" Mabashi grinned and took out a small seed from his jacket "Zeige Dich! Ritz!"

The seed in his hand let out a white hue for a few seconds, bathing the room with a soft glow. The glow slowly subsided and revealed a grinning Mabashi with a unique flower creature. The creature had the head of a small fox with red high collar petals with its lower body comprised of a wide flower.

Naruto may have been tempted to call the creature cute, but its high pitch giggle was getting on his nerves. If he knew Tsunade well, then she would be finished with her battle in a few moments since she had the habit of being straight forward and aggressive in a fight. Not aggressively reckless but aggressively effective.

Not that holding back was any of her traits since her strength had been enhanced further by eating the Chakra Fruit he had produced for her. His manner of fighting was to at least reason with the enemy first before any violence, such as the comical behavior he had displayed a few minutes ago.

"It seems you misunderstood my words. I told you to come at me together not because I'm overconfident but to give you an advantage" Naruto explained calmly, slowly dispersing the Chakra that made up his black coat and shirt to reveal his imposingly muscular body underneath "Do not take my words as a sign of arrogance but merely a warning"

Kariya was slowly getting angrier with this human's _ or whatever he was _ behavior. As soon as he blocked his attack, the blond changed. His aura, his eyes, his body language, everything changed! So confident and arrogant that he would suggest fighting all of them together! He would show him what happens to fools who get over-confident!

"Mabashi! Kill him without any mercy!" he shouted, causing Mabashi to let out a cold and maniacal chuckle followed by the Doll's high pitch giggles.

"Alright Blondie. Time to die!" He grinned and leaped forward, intent on fighting him hand to hand. Imagine his surprise when the blond blocked all his punches and kicks with one finger, his other hand behind back as if he was playing with a child, all the while giving him that calm and calculative look.

He roared and retracted his hand for a Spiritual Energy enhanced punch and sent it forward, only for the blond to block it with index finger as if it was a mere fly.

The other Bounts looked on with shock and amazement, watching the hypnotic evasion of the blond from Mabashi's strikes as well as the blocking with one finger.

While they were no hand to hand combat experts, relaying mostly on their Dolls in combat, they were still stronger than normal humans and Mabashi was stronger than all of them. In fact a single fully powered punch from them would kill a normal human, yet this man was blocking them with ease.

"Stay still dammit!" Mabashi scowled when the blond ducked under a punch intended for his head.

"It appears you are under the false impression of ordering your opponent during a battle and expecting them to comply" Naruto said calmly, dodging and waving around the frantic attacks like water.

Mabashi realized that simply attacking him physically would do no good, what with him dodging and blocking them like it was nothing. He called for his Doll as it came and rested on the palm of his hand.

"Ritz has the unique ability of controlling her opponent the moment she touches him or her, so be warned before she catches you!" He let out a maniacal chuckle, prompting the blond to raise an eye brow at him.

"Wouldn't it have been beneficial to simply catch me off guard first rather than clarify the nature of your abilities and give me time to counter it?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Seriously what was with people and their desires to explain their abilities to their enemies before attacking? Was it to impress?

Or simply overconfidence? Judging from the wide grin on the man's face, he would have to say, overconfidence.

"Huh! There you go, talking all high and mighty! It doesn't matter if I explain her abilities to you or you have time to counter it, it will still be useless in the end" he retorted arrogantly, feeling oddly insulted that a mere human would question his battle tactics. He was giving him info because it would make his victory all the more satisfying and sweeter in the end "Get him Ritz!"

"Of course! Hehehe" the Doll giggled and flew towards the closed eyed Naruto.

Mabashi and the others looked on with shock and horror when the Doll disintegrated into dust as soon as it reached a few inches of the blond's body. Mabashi specifically couldn't believe it, because if his Doll died, he would die!

"Ritz! Ritz! Come on, talk to me!" he shouted, desperately trying to at least hear a whisper of the Doll he had for so many years. His body slowly lost its color and strength, enveloping in a green glow as he dropped to his knees in front of the cold blond.

Feeling a shadow over his body, he looked up with weakened eyes and saw the wide palm of a clawed hand, no doubt belonging to his blond opponent.

"It seems you're about to die. Allow me to put you out of misery!" Naruto said coldly and produced a dark crimson ball of condensed energy right in front his face, prompting Mabashi to widen his eyes in fright. Even though, he knew he was about to die regardless of the blond's interference, but still he didn't want to die by that menacingly powerful ball of death!

His thoughts and life ended as soon as the ball was released, enveloping the whole room in brilliant red light and blasting away debris and dust. The others ran outside as soon as the ball of energy was released, not in the mood to die in the cross fire.

After a few minutes, the smoke cleared to reveal a scorched crater where Mabashi and the Living room once stood. The whole room had been blasted to pieces, the mansion now nothing but ruins.

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With Tsunade

Tsunade flew outside and saw the green haired woman laying on the ground, groaning in pain as she attempted to stand up after being blasted by her technique. She would to finish this quick so that she could watch Naruto beat the crap out of the male Bounts.

While fighting her battle was fun and all, watching Naruto fight was something else. It just gave her that odd tingling sensation whenever he would use a strong technique with a cold and calm look on his face. Nothing… excited her more than Naruto's merciless battle prowess! Cold and demonic eyes flaring with power! Stone-like muscles rippling! Long blond hair fluttering in ferocious wind!

Powerful techniques being thrown around like nothing! What was there not to love!?

"D-damn you! What the hell was that?" Yoshi stuttered out in pain, wondering how she even got here in the first place. One second she was inside the mansion, and the next she was laying on the floor, bleeding from her fingers and forehead.

"That was something you would come to enjoy in our fight!" Tsunade grinned when the woman scowled at her curt and cheeky answer.

Honestly, Naruto was rubbing off on her in more ways than one!

"Keep it up lady, you won't be talking so high and mighty once I wrap my hand around your neck and squeeze the life out of you!" She growled in anger when Tsunade didn't even looked at her, too busy cleaning her long nails.

"Hmm, did you say something?"

"Why you…"

Her response was cut short when an inhumanly strong and devastating punch connected with her torso and sent her flying out of the mansion yard and into the surrounding forest. She collided with a tree in the middle of the forest, leaving behind a trail of destroyed trees as she slumped to the ground in pain, spitting out an alarming amount of blood out of her mouth.

She was sure her ribs were broken as well as her right arm, since she had collided with the tree on her right side.

What kind of punch was that!?

She struggled to stand, leaning on the tree for support as she stood up with wobbling feet, only to be embedded in the ground by another similarly monstrous punch. The ground around the green haired woman caved in, breaking and blasting away from the sheer force of the punch.

'Well, I guess this is it, never thought I would meet a woman so strong!' Yoshi mused tiredly, laying in the large crater as she eyed the calm busty woman approach her. She resigned to her fate, knowing that even if she wanted to, she couldn't fight since she couldn't even move her finger let alone her entire body.

Tsunade reached her bleeding opponent in a relaxed stride, observing the woman lay there helpless and hopeless. The entire reason why she had taken to fight woman was because Naruto couldn't bring himself to raise his hand against a woman. She would have been content to let him fight all of them, but she knew he would let the woman live despite knowing that she would cause a problem if let alive.

He may be a Primordial being now, but he still retained the kind heart and warm personality of his human self.

Seeing the dull eyes, hopeless expression on her face and the blood pooling underneath her lying form, Tsunade truly realized why Naruto always let woman live. The dull expression the green haired woman was sporting now would be hard to resist even by the most cold hearted person.

"I will follow my beloved's example and offer you a chance to redeem yourself should you surrender" She offered despite knowing her answer. The woman was too proud to accept anyone's help.

"Go to hell! I don't need your pity!" she spat out in disgust, prompting Tsunade to sigh in resignation.

Well, at least she tried.

"Say your goodbyes" she said and raised her hand, a bone protruded from her open palm and struck the wide eyed woman in the torso, instantly turning her into grey ash, just as the mansion exploded in a spectacular display of red light. Tsunade left the ash remains of the woman in the forest floor and walked away to witness her beloved's fight

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"D-damn him. He destroyed my mansion!" Kariya scowled, causing the others to look at him in shock and disgust. That's what he was worried about!?

The smoke cleared to reveal a heavily destroyed mansion still burning from the destructive power of the blast, with an intimidatingly tall Naruto standing in the middle of the flames. The red eyes were even more demonic than before, his tall and muscular height even more imposing and commanding as his long blond hair danced and waved in the wind.

If anything, he looked more like a mystical demon of destruction rather than a human.

"Ugaki! Sawatari! Ichinose! Koga! Kill this insolent man at all cost! Make it as painful as possible!" the silver haired Bount declared in anger, not even sad that a member of his clan had just died.

"Yes sir!"

The three Bounts and one Shinigami surrounded the approaching Naruto as he walked out of the flaming and destroyed mansion.

"Zeige Dich! Dalk!" Koga produced a tennis ball size black orb with a strange design on it and let it fall down to the humble earth below. The orb suddenly split into many smaller orbs, the smaller orbs slowly coming together and producing some sort of strange feminine spider like creature.

"Zeige Dich! Gessel" Ugaki produced a card with the same design engraved on Koga's orb, a vast number small one eyed creatures with a large mouths and some sort of strange protrusions coming from their heads, appeared.

"Zeige Dich! Baura" a strange wooden chair under the old man appeared as he sat on it like a king.

Naruto sighed in irritation. He had been trying to prove them wrong regarding their believes, but it seems they were not quite ready to accept defeat and change their ways.

Well, there was no other choice but to kill them.

"Let us end this pointless violence and surrender. I will ensure your safety from the Soul Society" Naruto offered kindly, not keen on causing more violence than necessary. The other seems to take his words as insults to their useless pride and honor, only the one named Koga seemed to be actually thinking it through.

"This will end as soon as we kill you and absorb your soul!" Sawatari declared in his old and gruff voice, prompting Naruto to let out a resigned sigh.

"Very well then, come"

"Get him Gessel!" Naruto raised an eyebrow when the strange creatures opened their single eyes and released a yellow light over a few still standing pillars of the mansion. Feeling a familiar distortion in the ground behind him, Naruto raised his hand to block a sword from a disembodied hand without even looking behind.

The blocked sword held by a disembodied hand vanished just as he sidestepped an attack from a large fish with its mouth open. The large whale-like fish with its master atop its head continued its flight path and disappeared into the concrete floor of the destroyed mansion without much hassle.

From the looks of it, the inside of the fish's mouth was a separate dimension.

Naruto turned around and blocked a barrage of black orbs being fired from the spider creature's hand, causing the Doll to scowl in anger and dash at him with her hands turning into swords. He expertly dodged and blocked her strikes, angering her even more as her attacks became more desperate.

Having enough of her desperate and frantic attacks, Naruto calmly flicked her in the forehead and sent her flying out of the mansion's yard and into the forest like a bug.

Ichinose watched the battle with calculative eyes, knowing that if all those Dolls attacks didn't work on the calm blond, then it was time to unleash something that will. He reached for his Zanpakuto and pulled it from its sheath "Ugaki, Mabashi, Koga, all of you stay back! I'll take care of this!"

They nodded and recalled their Dolls, knowing what was about to happen when the sword in the former Shinigami's hand suddenly lit up in multitude of color "Flash and Burst, Saigyoku Nijigasumi!"

A multitude of twinkling light appeared all around the calm blond, enveloping the whole area in a blinding white as it enclosed on Naruto, creating a massive sphere of light.

Naruto looked at the sphere of light with clear amusement written on his face. Did they actually think this would hold him? How naïve!

"Anyone caught within the light sphere will be crushed as soon as the sphere starts getting smaller. You may be strong but you can't escape this technique" he boasted, already assured of his victory. As soon he turned around to receive praise for taking care of the nuisance, the whole landscape as well as the surrounding forest lit up in a truly brilliant dark red energy.

The Bounts took cover just as the sphere of light exploded violently, blasting the ground and the forest to nothing but black ash. The smoke slowly subsided to reveal a massive crater where the ground of the mansion once stood, devoid of any life or color.

Naruto was floating in the middle of the crater with his eyes closed, causing the Bounts as well as the Shinigami to back away in fear when the blond opened his eyes to reveal some sort of strange red ripple pattern eyes with nine comas in each eye, swirling hypnotically.

The eyes pulsed with power; it reeked of death and despair, glowing in the darkness of the night as Naruto ascended to the sky in all his glory. The mere sight of those red and dark eyes slowly moving over had them paralyzed in fear, even Kariya who believe himself to be unstoppable.

"I do not have time to play games with you, be gone!" the Bounts plus the Shinigami prepared to defend themselves when the blond suddenly one finger "Inferno Style: Blazing Thunder Dragon"

If there ever was something as utter hopelessness and despair, then it was right in front of them. The clear night sky filled with twinkling stars slowly darkened by a shroud of dark clouds occasionally flashing with booming and fright-inducing lightening. What was even more terrifying was that the lightening was actually surrounded by dark red fire!

"W-what's happening?!" Ugaki stuttered in fright.

"T-this is not possible!" the old Bount exclaimed in shock, not believing his eyes. A mere human able to control the weather to his whim!? Was that even remotely possible!

"W-what the hell is this guy?!" Maki asked in a low whisper and dropped to his knees.

Kariya and Koga were too busy gaping at the sight to say anything.

"Come forth, Despair!"

The dark clouds unpredictably sparkled a dark red and crimson fire-like rain started pouring down like a flood, the lightening flashed even harder. That's when they witnessed it. A humongous dragon's head made of dark red lightning and fire emerged from the clouds and nudged the blond like a loyal pet.

A few seconds later, the whole dragon emerged from the safety of the dark clouds, scaring the Bounts to no end. The Dragon was humongous, its head alone was almost the size of the destroyed mansion, its red eyes devoid of any life and the way it roared was enough to make the Bounts fall down to their knees in hopelessness.

The sight of the tall blond floating in the sky in front of the dark clouds, his eyes pulsating with supremacy, his long blond hair swaying in the ferocious wind, his black staff jingling, a colossal dragon of fire and lightning encircling him as if a loyal pet, made the Bounts believe that they were truly in the presence of a being beyond their comprehension.

A being of devastation and dominance!

Kariya chuckled mirthlessly and eyed his soon to be executioner.

'So this is how it all ends? All my hard work, all my suffering, all my pain and all my schemes ended as soon as the first phase was complete?'

The last thing any of them ever saw was the slow flicker of the blond's finger and the loud roar of the dragon charging towards them to fulfill its master's command.

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Uzumaki Mansion

"So they are dead?" Yoruichi asked in shock, slowly recovering from the story of the blond completely destroying the whole forest along with the Bounts. It seems the blond had erected a barrier before their battle to ensure no one got hurt. That would explain why they hadn't seen the dragon Naruto had described, considering a dragon that large would have been seen even from outside the city.

"If you consider them turning into nothing but ash as dead, then I guess they are" Naruto replied sarcastically while Tsunade grinned.

They were sitting in the living room in the Uzumaki Mansion after their battle with the Bounts. They had just escorted Yoshino outside to her new life. As a request, he had taken her Bount powers from her, without turning her into dust. Now she was a normal human being, able to live her life peacefully and finally settle down with someone.

Another thing was that he had saved Koga from being destroyed just before the dragon struck the ground, seeing as he was the only one with the morals among the Bounts beside Yoshino. Koga had also requested to have his powers removed from him and to have him turn into a normal human so that he could live without the burden of his past weighing down on his shoulders.

If his senses were not wrong, then he had a feeling Yoshino and Koga would settle down together since they already had a history.

He had dismissed their constant 'thank you's since he had promised them he would do anything in his power to keep them safe. As a token of his trust, he had remade the destroyed mansion along with the forest back to what it was, so that they could live in it peacefully.

"I'll never get used to the idea of you two being unstoppable" she commented warily while they grinned.

"Anyway, Kitty, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Bucket's shop by now since it's almost 1 am?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Nah, why would I want to stay in that dingy place when I can live in this luxury mansion" she replied cheekily, causing Naruto to let out a soft chuckle.

"I guess. Well then, make yourself at home. You can take one of the guest rooms or the rooms upstairs"

With that said, the two blond walked upstairs to finally get some rest. But if the heated look on Tsunade face was any indication, Naruto knew there wouldn't be much rest involved!

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