Kyuubi sat up shakily. He was inside an enormous cave with many tunnels splitting off from it. Floating balls of fire gave light to –

"Wait, I've already been here before."

"Did you really have to come back so soon? I was actually thinking of redecorating this place."

"Did you really have to be here? I was actually stating to trick myself into believing that I was still fully sane."

"Whatever."

"So what happened?"

"All that chakra found every way it could to come out, which means it came out of almost every one of your chakra points."

"Did it do any damage to my physical body?"

"Not too much, but if I were you… I wouldn't sit down."

"For…?"

"A year."

"Very funny."

"Well, that's what would have been the case if Naruto's chakra hadn't copied yours."

"What?"

"I think that after all the times both your chakra, that being your demonic chakra, and Naruto's own regular blue human but slightly demonic chakra have mixed within Naruto's chakra coils, it seems to have assimilated–"

"IN SIMPLE ENGLISH PLEASE?"

"Oh. Sorry. Uh…Naruto's chakra has started copying your powers."

"WHAT!"

"Well…just part of your healing, nothing else."

"When did this start?"

"Not too long ago…remember when Naruto called up your chakra when he was chasing Kimimaro and fighting him and Sasuke?"

"Yes."

"He still had his own chakra that hadn't been used up. And after all those Kage bunshin and that one attempt at the Rasengan, there was chakra that was already left in his coils."

"Oh this day just keeps better and better…"

" By the way, you flew through the air, landed in one of the empty bathhouses…and seem to be currently spending your time drowning."

"WHAT?"

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Ino (1) had already spent most of her morning training and had gotten herself ready to take well- deserved bath. While she walking toward the bathhouse (2) she was almost sure she heard a huge splash come from inside, but she paid no attention to it.

She was crossing the path to the changing rooms when she noticed a dark mass floating deep in the water.

"What is that?" She thought, "I should be the only one here! This place just opened… what if it's a pervert waiting for someone to come take a bath? How dare he!"

She dived into the water, disregarding the fact that she had yet to take off her clothes, and grabbed the floating mass. It was heavy, so it took her a while to get it out.

"Ha! I knew it," Ino thought, "It's a guy…but he isn't even struggling…"

She pulled him on to the border of the pool and looked closely at him for the first time.

"Oh my gosh…" She gasped, "He looks like Sasuke- Kun! And he's barely breathing…Well that's what he gets for impersonating Sasuke-kun…I'm sure that Sasuke-kun knew how to swim… "

"But even though he's a Sasuke impersonator, I guess I should still try to save his life…but It doesn't look like he's in any danger of dying immediately, he's not blue, he's breathings getting better, but he's still helpless and unconscious…It would be interesting to find out why he looks like Sasuke…which means…"

Ino grinned mischievously.

"Time for a peek into his mind!"

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A few minutes before…

"I'M DROWNING?"

"Well, strangely enough, it doesn't seem all that life threatening right now… hey it looks like someone's found you. "

"Why can you see this and I can't?"

"Fine. Fine, I'll let you see what's going on outside too."

A large screen popped out of one of the walls of the cave. It soon glowed bright and showed what was going on around Kyuubi's body.

"Should I even ask how it's possible to see this even though my eyes are closed?"

"No. So do you know who that blond haired girl is?"

"Let's see…according to Naruto's memories…she's Ino Yamanaka. Part of Team 10.She doesn't seem to have that many special abilities…except for her families mind jutsu–"

"WHAT?"

"Wow. This is the first time I've seen you so flustered."

"Didn't you hear what you just said? MIND JUTSU!"

"Yeah, so what?"

"IF SHE USES THEM, SHE'LL END UP IN HERE WITH US!"

"WHAT!"

"Exactly."

"Well, what are the odds of her using a mind jutsu on a total stranger?"

Just then their attention was drawn to the newly formed T.V., which was currently allowing then hearing what Kyuubi's body heard.

"Time for a peek into his mind!"

"RUN!"

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Ino opened her eyes and was surprised. Instead of automatic control and being able to sift through memories at will like usual, she was simply standing in a room. It was dark, but it seemed to become slightly brighter every few seconds. Not being in control, simply floating through someone's mind…the thought of it kind of scared her. But she was going to explore anyway.

"Light," She said.

Nothing happened. She definitely had no control here. But it wasn't like she hadn't encountered any resistant minds before. There were other tricks to use. She formed a handseal.

"Mind Jutsu Forced command: Illumination! (3)" Ino grinned in satisfaction.

The grin faded as nothing happened. She forced more chakra into the technique.

"Illumination!" She shouted.

Nothing.

Now she was scared. It wasn't even like there was anything resistant to her jutsu. It was like…there was nothing to manipulate. This part of the mind had nothing in it... like it was underdeveloped, brand new, but that couldn't be possible! Only a young baby or toddler would have this part of their brain empty, no way would it be like that in a teenage boy!

"I-I just probably landed myself in the wrong part of his brain that's all…I just need to find the right part of his mind…"

She formed a different sequence of seals.

"Mind Jutsu: Homing Beacon!"

A thin rod of light formed in her open palm. Even that small amount of controllable light made her less scared.

Point me to… the memory." She held her breath and waited.

After a few seconds the rod spun and pointed in a direction.

"Phew!" She let out her breath, "I almost thought it wasn't going to work! And was I holding my breath here, where I don't even have to breathe? I must be losing it!"

She slowly started walking to ward the direction the rod pointed, hoping to get to the memory soon.

She was concentrating so hard on keeping up the jutsu and walking, that she didn't notice the figure who stepped out of the dark around 9 feet behind her.

"This isn't good." Kyuubi's conscience said.

A split second later he had melted back into the shadows.

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(1) Forgive me if Ino's out of character. I haven't written a story with her before. Any tips?

(2) I have no idea what a bathhouse is supposed to look like, so I'm going with something like a pool. Does anyone know what it's supposed to look like?

(3) If anyone gets really angry when people do jutsu not in Japanese, I'm making up Ino's jutsu. I also have no idea how it would be spelled in Japanese, or where to find the translation.

And hey, if you're still here, why not review? Or at least go read my other story (a one shot) Tiamat. Its not about Naruto though, it's based on one the 4 main bosses of the very first Final Fantasy. If you've beaten the game, or are never going to play it, you should try reading it.