Hello world! The Hellking is BACK!

Well I know you all hate me right now and I fully understand. However, I recently had some deaths in the family, which got me kinda depressed for a while. Which means bad writing. Which I will not accept. So I waited until I felt fully emotionally healed before picking up the pen once more.

But anyway the important thing is that I'm back!

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Enough talking... Time for lots of Squealing!

Story Time...!


Chapter 7: A Queen's Tragedy, A Serpent's Ambition

"Hokage-jiji, we're going to break down that door!" shouted Naruto.

Nodding, Hiruzen turned to face his men and ordered, "Remember, if this hive is allowed to survive this day, all of Konohagakure and perhaps even the Elemental Nations will suffer! We must slay the queen!"

All the ninjas under Hiruzen's command responded in grim understanding as Hoyuki summoned three Shadow-Xenomorphs, the largest types they had seen yet. Each one was a hulking monster with thick powerful muscles visible even beneath its chitin, a degenerate tail and barely any neck due to both its muscles and the fused state of its elongated head onto its upper back. Recognizing them as Xenomorph brutes, Hiruzen knew that they are the muscle they needed to breach through the sealed door.

As expected, the three brutes all charged as one and broke through the thick resin which sealed the door. As soon as they broke through, all hell broke loose as they were quickly "killed" by a pair of hybrids. Unlike the hybrid drones they had faced earlier, they possessed ridged carapaces on the top of their heads and are notably larger thus making it clear that they are the hybrid warriors of the hive. Possessing thumbs which have somehow grown into alien organic blades, the two warriors quickly charged towards the four children only to be intercepted by a certain pair of rivals.

Grinning despite the grim circumstances as he held back the monster's "armed" hands, Guy said, "Kakashi, my rival, I shall vanquish more of these un-youthful monsters than you or I shall run a thousand laps around Konohagakure on my tiptoes!"

Almost sighing at the spandex-clad ninja, the masked silver-haired man known as Hatake Kakashi said, "Did you just say something?"

Normally Guy would call out on Kakashi for being so hip a rival but the situation was certainly not normal as he kicked away the hybrid warrior's tail which almost speared his heart. While powerful, the blunt nature of the blow ensured that the hybrid's tougher skin would only crack at most.

While the two men intercepted the two warriors, the other ninjas were kept busy by the literal wave of arachnoids and facehuggers swarming out of the hole. Had it not been for Hoyuki who somehow gained the ability to summon and command a small army of Shadow-Xenomorphs including drones, arachnoids and bursters, the two men would have been overwhelmed. Not to be outdone, Naruto used his elongated claws and bladed tip of his tail to tear his way through the enemy swarm in berserker frenzy. Fighting alongside him was Midori who was simply smashing and literally stomping her way through while her thicker skin gave her the protection she needed to weather the damage inflicted upon her.

Shiroko surprised everyone when she suddenly grew her own thumb-blades which she called, "Xenojutsu: Xeno-Swords".

Wielding the weapons with unnervingly precise grace, the albino warrior quickly stepped into the fray as she slashed and weaved her way through her enemies. As the children fought and created a path through the swarm, the rest of the adult ninjas charged into the room to either aid them kill the swarm of arachnoids and facehuggers or intercept the hybrid warriors and praetorians.

Leading the charge was Hiruzen as he breathed flames upon the swarming enemies, being careful not to cause any friendly fire. Following their leader, the other ninjas quickly dispersed into smaller teams after entering the room so that the hybrids would not be able to take them all out at once due to being a concentrated target.

Anko fought alongside with her friend, a certain young woman with untamed black hair and distinctive red eyes named Yuuhi Kurenai, against another pair of hybrid warriors. The one which faced Anko changed its hands into large katara-like blades while the other which faced Kurenai changed its hands into hammer-like spiked fists. Barely avoiding getting crushed, Kurenai knew that she was a severe disadvantage from the moment she realized that her genjutsu had little effect on them or even the lesser drones, facehuggers and arachnoids. Although Anko wanted to help her friend, she knew that she could not with the other Xenomorph warrior persistently attempting to pierce its hand into her and then "open" its scissor-like bladed fingers to mutilate her insides further. The fact that Xenomorph acid techniques will nullify fire-based ninjutsus certainly did not help the situation as Anko could do little against an enemy which can put out her fire-based jutsus and slaughter her shadow snakes with little effort. It was therefore not surprising that Anko was relieved when Kurenai was aided by a certain smoking bearded ninja named Sarutobi Asuma who also happens to be currently in a relationship with the genjutsu mistress. However Anko's relief was short-lived, as another warrior joined the fray.

Fighting off a warrior, with the aid of a sunglasses-wearing tokubetsu jounin named Ebisu, Iruka gazed at Hiruzen worriedly as he was currently fighting off six hybrids which could only be the praetorians. Possessing crested domes and digitigrade feet, the hybrid praetorians were easily as dangerous an elite jounins. Hiruzen was immediately forced to summon Enma, Monkey King of the monkey summons.

Looking at the hideous creatures, the white-furred monkey barely dodged a spray of acidic hive webbing as he swore, "Damn, what kind of mess did you just get yourself into this time?"

"One which my traitorous former student created which could very well put the entire world at risk," was Hiruzen's grim reply.

Hearing the old man speak about Orochimaru made Enma growl, "Somehow I'm not surprised. This is exactly the kind of thing that damnable traitor would do."

"We can talk about my failure to kill my former student at a later date. Right now we need to kill these hybrid praetorians." Nodding in agreement, Enma created a solid wall of adamantite which the monster's acid could still melt through albeit at a slower rate than normal.

"Hate to say this but I'm definitely not going to be able to do much in my staff form."

Hiruzen could only nod in understanding as he threw a barrage of shadow-shurikens at the monsters which responded by spitting hive webbing to create a protective barrier against the thrown weapons. The monsters then spat projectiles of acid at Hiruzen who quickly blocked them with a wall of earth. Spitting more acid onto the wall, the monsters almost melted it into a steaming pile of acidic goo when Hiruzen breathed a dragon of flame around the melting wall and almost incinerated the monsters. Forced to retreat, the monsters quickly proceeded to attack with even more aggression than before.

"Damn, I really wish that Shikaku was with us!" swore a large man with red hair and markings on his cheeks known as Akamichi Chouza.

Fighting off a single hybrid warrior, the overweight man was at a disadvantage as his clan's size-altering techniques mostly involved melee combat against an enemy. As the hybrids bleed acidic blood and they were currently in an enclosed location, Chouza was unsurprisingly having difficulty in dealing with the hybrid warrior which morphed its hands into mantis-like scythes. Fighting alongside with Chouza was a man with long blond hair, blue-green eyes and strong facial features known as Yamanaka Inoichi. Like his friend, Chouza, the man was at a disadvantage as his clan specializes in possessing an opponent as well as reading their memories. Unsure that he could do anything against the hybrid warrior he is fighting against due to its alien nature in both body and mind, Inoichi was forced to fight without using his clan's unique techniques.

"Yeah, makes me wish that he and Shibi hadn't taken that mission. We could really use his shadow-binding techniques and Shibi's kikaichuu!"

Meanwhile, Naruto, Shiroko and Midori were busy fighting off a hybrid warrior. Having taken out the majority of the arachnoids and facehuggers with the aid of the adult ninjas, the three children decided to fight a warrior which morphed its knuckles into long curved claws. Swinging its clawed knuckles, the monster knocked Midori down and almost killed her when Naruto held back the blow with his clawed hands. Shiroko meanwhile appeared behind the warrior and swung her blade, cutting off the bladed tip of its tail. Screeching in pain and rage, the monster swung its tail at Shiroko who barely dodged the attack due to its shortened length. Unconcerned by the acidic blood covering her body as it had no effect on her, Shiroko crouched low to strike again. Hissing, the monster opened its maw wide and changed its tongue into typical Xenomorph pharyngeal jaws and launched it towards Shiroko like a striking snake. The girl cried out in pain as she barely avoided the strike at her heart which tore into her left shoulder.

Seeing his new sister getting hurt, Naruto roared in rage as his claws started to cut into the warrior's armoured knuckles. Quickly disengaging itself from the boy by slamming its blunted tail into his stomach, the hybrid warrior leapt back to avoid a heavy clawing strike from Midori while Shiroko sliced its pharyngeal jaw into two with the blade on her right hand before changing her hand back to normal and tearing the tip off her injured shoulder. Clutching onto the wound, Shiroko said, "Give me twenty seconds!"

Nodding, both Naruto and Midori continued to attack the monster while Shiroko spat hive webbing over the hole in her shoulder to stop the bleeding. As Naruto continued to strike aggressively at the warrior, Midori's chitin grew even ticker and heavier while her dorsal vents receded into her back.

Midori then shouted through the cacophany, "Naru-niichan, I'm coming in!"

Hearing Midori's call, Naruto shouted as he continued to prevent the monster from executing any jutsu by attacking it with everything he had, "Go for it!"

Rolling into a ball, Midori rolled with surprising speed past the boy and his opponent before regaining her footing and shouted, "Chew on this!"

The girl then elbowed the warrior's back with all of her might, causing its chitin to almost shatter while its bones broke from the blow. Shrieking in pain, the monster was unable to defend itself from Naruto as he plunged his clawed hands into its chest. However, the monster was considered jounin-ranked for a reason as it disappeared in a puff of black smoke instead of dying before suddenly reappearing beside Naruto, catching the boy by surprise as it brought its clawed knuckles down upon him, intent to tear him into pieces. Naruto would have been killed had Shiroko not suddenly appeared between him and the warrior in a puff of black smoke, her right hand morphed into a massive crested dome similar to that of a Xenomorph smasher's head which blocked the blow as she spoke, "Xenojutsu, Smasher-Fist!"

Before the hybrid warrior could react, Shiroko extended her morphed fist, literally, with a force which would have caused Guy to weep in admiration to the youthful blow. Thrown back by her elongated punch which shattered its ribs, the screeching warrior unceremoniously crashed onto another warrior that was engaging Asuma and Kurenai. Taking his chance, Asuma grabbed onto Kurenai by the waist with one hand while his other hand, which is holding a special trench knife that allows him to create invisible blades of wind, swung at the pair while backing away, effectively killing them in the process as they broke into pieces.

Looking at the bearded man, Kurenai said, "Thanks."

Grinning, Asuma said, "Thank that pale girl. Had she not sent that warrior in our direction, we'd still be fighting its buddy."

Looking at the steaming pools of acidic blood seeping from the two slain monsters, Kurenai said, "We better help the others." Further conversation between the two was not needed as the pair proceeded to help Chouza and Inoichi who obviously were in a bit of a bind.

While Kurenai and Asuma rushed to help Chouza and Inoichi, Hoyuki was busy fighting off a warrior. Barely able to fight off both the warrior and the thankfully dwindling swarms of arachnoids and facehuggers, Hoyuki gritted her teeth to resist her growing chakra exhaustion when Naruto appeared behind the warrior and did a technique which made Kakashi smile as he overheard its name, "Uzumaki special, One Million Memories of Pain!"

Unable to defend itself or dodge due to having all of its limbs occupied with killing Hoyuki's Shadow-Drones, the creature was helpless as Naruto lived up to his name as Konohagakure's number one unpredictable ninja.

The resulting agonized shriek caused almost every hybrid in the room to shudder as one as the poor warrior had Naruto's elongated tail-blade shoved up its behind. Wincing from witnessing the terrible blow, Hoyuki had to ask herself, "Did brother honestly have to do that…?"

Deciding to put the pitiful warrior out of its misery, Hoyuki had her Shadow-Drones rip off its head while it was "distracted".

Hiruzen meanwhile was breathing heavily as he faced the three remaining praetorians which suddenly paused due to Naruto's unexpected attack on one of their own. Thanks to Enma's help, the old man had been able to kill three of the praetorians without suffering any serious injury, although the same cannot be said about his armour covering over his black jumpsuit including his helmet. However, fighting against six ANBU-ranked enemies which can harm you with their very blood and can work together as a single unit with terrifying efficiency is difficult even for the old man who was once known as the God of Shinobi.

Glaring at the monsters which were thankfully getting a little predictable in their attack patterns, Hiruzen turned his attention to Enma and asked, "Can you still fight?"

Nursing bald patch on his head due to being almost decapitated by a hybrid praetorian's tail, Enma growled, "Of course, I'll crush every single one of those damned monsters for daring to mar my prized fur!"

Almost chuckling at the monkey king's apparently wounded pride Hiruzen noted the rest of his ninja forces and was relieved that their growing casualties are still minimal, if even more beaten, ragged and exhausted than before.

"Naruto and his sisters have much more chakra than normal children, obvious side effects from being Uzumaki children as well as the influence of the Kyuubi's chakra, not to mention that they are apparently immune to Xenomorph acid and have enough fighting instincts to make them passable combatants." Smiling despite the grim circumstances, Hiruzen noted, "If we survive this, I'll definitely consider give these children an immediate promotion to genin."

"Here they come!" warned Enma.

Facing the charging praetorians, Hiruzen created a clone which made a dragon of earth that proceeded to shoot concentrated bullets of mud at them while the original breathed out a dragon of flames. Well aware of the attack pattern which killed one of their fellow praetorians, the creatures spat sprays of acid which put out the flames and melted the bullets of mud. Smiling, Hiruzen's clone did a handseal and caused the ground beneath them to change into slippery mud.

Not expecting the attack, the praetorians almost lost their footing while Enma appeared above them with a massive adamantite staff in his hand as he shouted, "Eat this!" Pulverizing one of the praetorians, Enma cursed at the copy of his staff-form which melted like the rest.

Not letting the two remaining monsters recover, Hiruzen and his shadow-clone quickly attacked with a barrage of shadow-shuriken. However, the monsters suddenly disappeared in puffs of black smoke to avoid the attack and reappeared behind the opposing pair. Striking down the two old men, the two monsters realized that even the "original" Hiruzen was only an earth-clone with an explosive note on its back. The resulting explosion killed the praetorian which attacked the earth-clone while the remaining one was killed by the real Hiruzen who created a wall of earth to slam it against the ceiling, effectively crushing its midsection while the upper and lower halves parted.

Grinning at the old man, Enma said, "Leave it to the God of Shinobi to turn even a defensive jutsu into an offensive one."

Smiling back, Hiruzen said, "Well, it looks like the fight is almost over."

Realizing that the old man was right with the dwindling swarm, Enma said, "Well, I'll stick around for a bit until we get to the root of this mess. Besides, you folks look like you could use all the help you can get." Quirking an eyebrow, he asked, "Where are your other ninjas anyway? I may not have been to Konohagakure for a long while but even I know that your ninja forces are larger than this."

"Insurance, you can never tell what kind of nasty surprises those hybrids or Orochimaru may have in store for us."

Nodding in understanding, Enma helped Hiruzen gather the remaining ninjas, including Naruto and his sisters who are presently sure that the hybrid queen could no longer fight, before entering the "royal chamber".

(Scene Change)

"Is… that the queen?" asked Iruka who was nursing a deep gash in his right arm which was almost sliced off by a warrior's attack. While bandaged and given emergency treatment, the man would be unable to fight properly for at least a week.

Wearing a sorrowful expression, Hoyuki who had returned back to her normal form nodded as she explained, "She is dying. Not much time left."

Equally sorrowful were a sniffling Midori who had tears in her eyes, Shiroko who frowned slightly and Naruto who wore the same sorrowful expression as Hoyuki.

Lying before the ninjas was the largest Xenomorph hybrid they had ever seen. An elongated head with a crown-like crest, two pairs of arms with the second pair protruding from its sternum, digitigrade feet and three pairs of dorsal spikes on its lower back in place of dorsal vents, the hybrid queen would have made a nightmarishly majestic sight had it not been reduced to a shrivelled mockery of its former self.

Breathing heavily, the slavering and shivering creature begged as it struggled to rise back onto its feet, "Please… kill me…" The pained feminine voice reminded the ninjas of a victim of torture or worse.

Looking at one another, the four children nodded and approached the queen. Concerned, Iruka was about to stop them when Hiruzen gently retrained him and said, "No, let them do what they must. It is not our place to interfere."

Nodding in reluctant understanding, Iruka stepped down.

Tenderly stroking the dying hybrid queen's crested head, Hoyuki apologized, "I'm sorry, for not realizing this sooner, my sister." Turning her attention to Naruto, she pleaded, "Brother, please."

Nodding, Naruto changed his hands into elongated claws which he called, "Xenojutsu, Ravager-Claw". He then appeared before the monster's throat, paused to for a moment of silent prayer, and used his claws to quickly tear out its vulnerable throat.

With its dying breaths, the creature thanked the children, "Thank you… my sisters… my brother…"

As the creature died, all four children roared and shrieked as one, united in their tearful grief at the passing of the queen which had suffered greatly from both its own pain and the loss of its progeny, the same queen which could have been a member of their family had its fate been kinder…

(Scene Change)

While the children cried out in grief, Danzo, who had somehow survived getting "permanently" killed by Hiruzen through the use of a special jutsu which had been implanted into his body, was facing his remaining Root as he spoke, "As it is apparent that we can no longer remain here in Konohagakure, we need to relocate to our backup base immediately while the present chaos is still on our favour."

As his Root ninjas quickly acted to move everything they could, Danzo almost sighed as he thought, 'With the situation as it is, I will never be able to become the Hokage this village deserves. No matter, even if I have to live for the rest of my life as a missing-nin, I will continue to protect Konohagakure from the shadows as all ninjas should be.' His single visible eye then hardened as he swore out loud for the world to hear, "As for Orochimaru, that man will pay for this…!"

(Scene Change)

As the ninjas returned to the surface, Hiruzen realized that Danzo's dead body had disappeared. Not liking it, Hiruzen nevertheless could not risk sending any his ninjas to find Danzo's body as they are still on high alert for any hybrids which could have gotten out of the soon-to-be destroyed underground facility without their knowing. Sighing, Hiruzen just knew that he would not be surprised if Danzo somehow survived the attack even if the means of survival is unknown to him. Glancing at the four children, Hiruzen had to repress another sigh as he recalled what they all saw in a chamber specified for failed hybrids. The horrific sight of the various failures would not doubt haunt many of the less experienced ninjas for many nights to come. Hiruzen shuddered slightly as he recalled one particular failure whose face resembled so much like a certain red-haired Uzumaki of Konohagakure if not for her the expression of pain and horror permanently etched upon as well as the deformed bloated state of her body, a body filled to the point of bursting with deformed young which had died with their mother.

"The days ahead will no doubt be hectic, and I don't even want to consider the…" Thinking about the one universal nemesis for all Kage's, the old man's shoulders slumped in despair as he just knew that the paperwork will grow to a degree worthy of an epic tale of heroics. Between having an immediate rematch with the praetorians and facing paperwork, the old man would have chosen the praetorians in a heartbeat if he could.

(Scene Change)

On the following day, after the ninjas have more or less verified that the Xenomorph hybrid threat is over, at least for the moment. Especially given that Orochimaru who now knows about the Xenomorphs is still at large, Hiruzen immediately called for a council meeting. As the meeting involves Naruto and his siblings as well, the boy who still has his spiky blond hair, whiskers and blue eyes despite the black sclera and his other recently-acquired alien traits attended the meeting along with Hoyuki, Midori and Shiroko. Sadly, none of them were surprised when the civilian portion of the council glared hatefully at them.

Equally unsurprised, Hiruzen said, "As you all know, just yesterday we have discovered that my former student, Orochimaru, with the aid of my former teammate, Shimura Danzo, had created hybrid copies of Uzumaki Hoyuki…"

"Why is that demon brat and his freaks not punished?" demanded an overweight civilian councilman.

Glaring at the councilman, Hiruzen said, "While it is true that Naruto had discovered his burden, as had his sisters, the law I made to keep it secret still applies. Therefore, any further accusations of Naruto being a demon will be met with extreme prejudice."

Feeling the old man's killing intent, the overweight council man withered in fear while a pink-haired councilwoman asked, "Regardless of that law, we still wish to know why that brat and those "things" have yet to be punished."

Noting the woman who is also Haruno Sakura's mother, Haruno Yutani, Hiruzen said, "And just why should I have them punished? As I have stated before, the people responsible for the mess were Orochimaru and Danzo. Also, had it not been for the Uzumaki siblings, our losses from the conflict yesterday would have been much, much greater."

Huffing haughtily, the pink-haired woman who looked almost just like her daughter except for her narrow eyes and more prominent cheekbones argued, "Well, had the brat not summoned that "thing" to this world, this mess would have never happened in the first place!"

Many of her fellow civilian council agreed with her as they all demanded Naruto and his siblings to be punished.

Before Hiruzen could argue back, Hoyuki verbally growled, "Shut… up!"

Stunned for a moment, the insulted civilians were about to berate Hoyuki when she silenced them with her own killing intent, causing them to feel as though they are freezing. "Brother, not innocent, but neither is the village!"

Outraged at Hoyuki's verbal attack, Yutani growled in return, "Don't you dare tell me who is innocent or not, you damned monster!"

Angered at the insult aimed at Hoyuki, Naruto released his own killing intent which felt like a burning inferno as he yelled, "Don't you dare call Hoyuki-chan or any of my sisters' monsters!"

"So says the brat who brought them to this world in the first place!"

As the other councilmen and councilwomen voiced their own opinions, demands, threats and arguments, Hiruzen grew tired from it and shouted, "Silence!" As everyone in the room fell silent, Hiruzen turned his attention to Hoyuki and asked, "You mentioned that Naruto is not innocent but neither is the village, care to explain."

Nodding, Hoyuki spoke, "Brother did call me to this world. Had brother not, Snake-Traitor, Pale-Chimera and Root-Traitor not use my flesh and blood to create weapons based on original kin."

Before the civilian council could say anything, Hoyuki quickly added, "However, brother hated and abandoned by almost all in village. He wanted to become a great ninja, to prove he is better than village thinks. He summoned me to become that great ninja, and to gain a friend, a family. I became his sister not only because I have his blood but also because I knew he was not a bad human."

Nodding in appreciative understanding, Hiruzen said, "So in other words, this village is to be blamed as well considering that many of us drove Naruto to commit his foolishly desperate act to summon you by accident."

"Correct."

"How is it our fault? The brat is the damned Kyuubi…!" the foolish councilman was quickly silenced when ANBU appeared behind him and took him away in a puff of smoke.

Glaring at the remaining civilian council, Hiruzen asked with a cold smile, "Anyone else would like to mention about the topic?"

"While I cannot say that my recently departed fellow councilman had not broken that rule, I still fail to see why we are as much to blame for this as that brat or his sisters."

Glaring at Yutani, Naruto was glad that he did not have to put up with her as a mother-in-law now that he was in a relationship with Hinata instead.

Closing his eyes to focus into his mindscape, Naruto asked, 'Yo, want to voice your opinion, Kurama-teme?'

'Nah, I'll let you take care of that while I enjoy the show. Besides, you already know what really happened on that day when I attacked your village, though I'm still surprised that you accepted it so readily.'

'Heh, I still find it hard to believe that he's my old man. Just remind me to give him a piece of my mind when I see him though.'

Grinning, Kurama chuckled, 'Gladly, brat.'

Opening his eyes, Naruto glared at Yutani and and suddenly said, "Do you respect the Fourth Hokage?"

Blinking, everyone in the council chamber looked at one another before an unnamed councilman asked, "What does that have to do anything with you, you worthless brat?"

Instead of answering the question, Naruto repeated his, "Do you respect him, or not?"

It was Hiashi who answered as he spoke, "The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, is well-liked by almost everyone in the village."

Nodding in thanks to the Hyuuga man, Naruto then turned his attention to Hiruzen and asked, "What was the Fourth's dying wish for me?"

Now realizing what Naruto was getting at, Hiruzen smiled as he answered, "That you would be accepted as both a hero for your burden and as a fellow citizen of Konohagakure."

Not liking where the conversation was headed, Yutani asked, "And what does it have to do with this meeting or your current situation?"

"Well, let's just say that the Xenomorphs, which can be even scarier than the Kyuubi, are a lot of bad things. However, not even the queens are the sort to betray their own hives."

Smirking slightly at the confused expressions worn by the majority of the civilian council, Hiruzen explained, "What I believe Naruto is implying is that you, alongside with your allies within the ninja population, are treasonous to the Fourth's final wish thereby making you as bad if not worse than the Xenomorphs."

Outraged, a councilwoman shrieked, "How dare that demon accuse us of being traitors to the Fourth?"

Normally, Hiruzen would have silenced the woman but allowed it to slide this time as he knew she was one of Minato's former fangirls until Kushina showed them their place, with comical results.

"Well, for starters, who actually bothered to really accept me as a member of this village, as the late Fourth Hokage had wished?" Naruto's rhetorical question immediately silenced them as they realized that he was right.

While they obeyed the laws made by the Third Hokage, they only did it out of begrudging obligation while refusing the follow the last wishes of the Fourth Hokage. As such, they had gone out their way to make Naruto's life as lonely and miserable as possible. A few even tried to kill the boy until it was clear that Hiruzen was serious about having the offenders tortured to death.

Nodding, Hoyuki said, "You betrayed the wish of the Fourth Hokage, the same human many of you had liked, the same human who died to protect you and your home village. Therefore, you all betrayed him."

Unwilling to accept the ultimately logical argument, the overweight councilman raged, "Don't you dare claim that you are any better than us, monster! Guilty or not, we were not the ones who summoned your kind to our world!"

Glaring at the man, Hoyuki said, "No, you drove brother to do it, which makes you guilty as well. Also, I never claimed that I or my original kin are any better. We are not, unless you count honesty of intent and loyalty to hive, to family."

Pleased by the turn of events, Hiruzen silenced everyone before another raging argument could take place and said, "As it is apparent that Naruto and his sisters have made some very good points, I will not punish them, harshly." Shocked, everyone turned their attention to the old man as he happily drawled, "I actually wanted to give them an immediate promotion to genin, maybe even chuunin, for their brave acts against the terrible threat we faced yesterday. However, if it will make almost everyone feel better, and considering that Naruto was responsible for the mess however unintentionally, I will simply forgo the idea and let them graduate normally."

"What? Oh, man…" Naruto comically whined.

Naruto sisters, as well as many of the ninjas in the council expressed their amusement at his whining.

Laughing, Hiruzen turned his attention to the obviously unhappy civilian council and said, "With that, the matter of their punishment is adjourned, any questions?" It was apparent that the old man was not asking as everyone replied in negative…

(Scene Change)

After the council meeting, Naruto and his siblings left the room to meet up with their friends. Due to the circumstances from the day before, they could not meet them before the council meeting was over. It was therefore not surprising that everyone gaped at Naruto's new appearance which now resembles that of his sisters when they caught sight of the four siblings.

The first to recover was Hinata as she asked, "W-what happened to you, Naruto-kun?"

Grinning, Naruto said, "Well, long story short, I had to become more like my sisters to fight off the hybrids yesterday." His tone of voice became notably worried as he asked, "You're… not put off by it, are you?"

"You do certainly look different, but as long as your heart is still the same I have no reason to reject you," replied Hinata as she smiled reassuringly. The rest of Naruto's friends all nodded in agreement.

Relieved, Naruto grinned widely as he introduced his new sisters to his friends, "Guys, these two are my new sisters, Midori-chan and Shiroko-chan."

Smiling, Midori bowed to them before introducing herself, "Hello, my name is Uzumaki Midori. I like hugging, cuddling, snuggling, napping, having fun and eating, especially sweet food! I don't like mean people or being scared and alone. My dream is to be with my family!"

With her happy bubbly personality, it would not be surprising that she would get many friends if they were willing to look past her physical appearance, accept her despite her origins and put up with her family members.

Shiroko on the other hand stoically introduced herself, "Name, Uzumaki Shiroko. Likes, peace and quiet, learning and spending time with precious people. Dislikes, being helpless and people who foolishly judge others. Dream, to become strong and earn my happiness." It was apparent to everyone that she is the most stoic of the Uzumaki siblings.

After the introductions were made, Shikamaru asked, "So, will they be attending school as well?"

Nodding, Naruto gave Shikamaru the Nice Guy Pose, a pose which he had learnt from Guy and Lee, and said, "They are!"

"Wait, are they going to graduate with us?" asked Kiba.

Midori nodded as she happily said, "Yup, and we're going to have so much fun hunting bad guys and making them squeal while they wet themselves!"

Everyone, except for the rest of the Uzumaki siblings, felt a little nervous after hearing Midori's happy proclamation. Being an innocent child is one thing but being obliviously malicious due to that same innocence is another matter altogether.

"So, what do you guys plan to do anyway?" asked Chouji.

"Well, I'm thinking about showing my new sisters all the nice places and people we showed them in our memories," said Naruto.

"I'm presuming that Ichiraku Ramen will be the first place to visit?" asked Shino as it is almost lunchtime.

Naruto's grin was all they needed to know his answer.

(Scene Change)

While Naruto and his friends made their way to Ichiraku Ramen, Hiruzen looked at the assembled ninjas, including the leaders of most of the ninja clans of Konohagakure, and asked, "Is there anything in particular that you wish to ask of me?"

Nodding, a wild-looking woman with spiky brown hair, red fang markings on her cheeks, slits for pupils and purple lipstick known as Inuzuka Tsume stepped forward and asked, "That boy, he really is Kushina's son, isn't he?"

Among the first to be injured due to executing her clan's unique taijutsu technique, Passing Fang, upon a hybrid drone, the young woman almost lost her hands due to the caustic acidic blood and had to immediately retreat. A wild and impatient woman, she was unsurprisingly furious at how she had to retreat because of the enemy's acidic blood.

Realizing that the ninjas now know or at least suspect the boy's parentage, Hiruzen sighed and said, "Yes, he is."

"So that means that the boy's father really is…"

Nodding at Inoichi's incomplete query, Hiruzen said, "Yes, he is the son of the Fourth. Just for the sake of asking, how did you manage to find out?"

Scratching his hair, Chouza said, "Well, some of us had our suspicions since that kid does look like a mini-me version of that man. Besides, after what we saw in that chamber for the failures…"

Everyone nodded in understanding as Chouza shivered at the mere memory of that hybrid clone person who looked just like Uzumaki Kushina if not for her deformed bloated state. That is not counting a few which looked like perverse mockeries of the Fourth including one which had the upper face of the Fouth Hokage and the lower face of a Xenomorph.

"Makes me wonder why those fools who mistreated him completely failed to notice the similarities at all," growled Tsume.

Unlike the civilians or their allies within the ninja population, some of the ninjas were at least impartial towards the boy, those from the Yamanaka, Nara, Akamichi, Aburama and Inuzuka clans being the most prominent examples.

Sighing, Hiruzen said, "People believe what they want to believe, even when it is a lie and the truth is right in front of them." His expression turned grim as he added, "I trust that you all will keep the boy's parentage as an S-ranked secret. His father has far too many enemies, especially from Iwagakure, and his mother was once kidnapped by Kumogakure for her clan's unique traits and abilities."

Nodding in mutual agreement, all of the ninjas departed from the council room. After they left, Hiruzen wore a thoughtful expression as he mused, "Speaking of the boy's parentage, I still find it hard to believe that he actually befriended Kurama. That is not even considering what really happened on the day the Kyuubi no Youko attacked Konohagakure, assuming that what Kurama had told the boy is the truth." Frowning grimly at the memory of that fateful day, Hiruzen thought, "Regardless if it is true or not, I must have Jiraiya investigate that "Masked Uchiha"…"

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Later that same day, when it was already nightfall, Haruno Yutani was writing down the minutes of the day's council meeting, scowling furiously at how the damned demon-brat and his freaks managed to elude any significant punishment. Like many of the civilian council, she hated Naruto as the Kyuubi was responsible for destroying her privately-owned assets thereby almost crippling her secret business plans. However, unlike many of council members, she does not favor having the boy killed or banished, at least not as long as he can be controlled and used as a powerful weapon of war. As for the brat's sisters, the fact that they are not even originally human made them even less appealing to her. At least Naruto was born a human before that demon fox was sealed into his body. Regardless, like the boy, she favors the idea of using them as weapons of war over immediate extermination if possible. After all, why waste potential living weapons when they can be used to your advantage in business or war, even more so when they don't even qualify as human beings and thus have no human rights unlike ninjas?

Yutani snapped out of her musings when a familiar voice suddenly said, "Hello, Haruno-san."

Frowning, Yutani turned her attention to Danzo as she spoke, "So, you really did survive getting stabbed in the back by the Third." Turning around to face the bandaged man, she smirked as she quipped, "Personally, I imagined that it would have gone the other way around."

Smirking ever so slightly at her wit, Danzo replied, "My former teammate may be a fool when it comes to his beliefs but he's still a ninja in the end."

"I don't suppose you dropped by for a friendly chat with some hot tea, did you?"

Turning serious like Yutani, Danzo nodded and said, "I need your resources to help me establish my new base of operations as well as continue with the Xenomorph project."

Now aware of Danzo's intentions, Yutani said, "While I will agree to your first request, I cannot help but doubt the second. It is your failure to contain them that caused yesterday's mess in the first place, as well as your current predicament."

"True, but it was you who supported my idea to create the hybrids to serve Konohagakure as expendable "non-human" soldiers," replied Danzo.

"Touché, but I agreed to it under the assumption that you would do whatever it takes to contain any escape. Do not think that you are the only one who suffered losses from that debacle. I'm still finding excuses for the losses of my privately-owned research team, especially to their families."

"Again, true, but remember that you are as deep into it as I am."

Sighing, Yutani admitted, "There is that. However, I still fail to see how you can still continue with the project given the current circumstances."

"Contrary to what Orochimaru or my former teammate had assumed, I have saved some of the original samples for further research and have memorized the necessary research documents needed to continue with the project. It will take time but I believe we can take it from there."

Nodding in understanding, Yutani said, "Very well, I will provide you with the necessary resources. Gato will throw a fit over it but that pig still owes me for helping him get his cooperation started."

Danzo almost quirked an eyebrow as he spoke, "Funny, I would have thought that you two went along well."

Glaring at Danzo, a feat few people dared to accomplish, Yutani growled, "Please, like I would ever respect let alone like a man that happily captures women for his "entertainment sector". I may be an amoral businesswoman but I'm still a woman with a daughter who'll soon be a ninja."

Shaking his head slightly, Danzo said, "Even now I'm still surprised that that you, who views us ninjas as nothing more than as a means to earn business profits even during wartime, actually allowed your daughter to become one of us."

Groaning, Yutani said, "Trust me, I have tried to steer her away from that path but she is dead-set to become a ninja if only to prove her worth to that Uchiha boy and her former best friend."

"And you're not against her choice in men?"

"Well, the boy is talented, handsome and has a GENEROUS inheritance. My only complaint is that he is unlikely to care for anything else other than his revenge and will likely throw her away once she has his child, assuming that he even bothers to impregnate her. Then again, if my daughter does get pregnant with his child, I would be free to have her widowed without risking losing that inheritance." Looking at Danzo's displeased expression, Yutani almost giggled as she spoke, "Oh don't be such a worrywart! It's not like I won't let him be yours. I only need him out of my daughter's life, even more so if he'll be as uncaring to her as I'm assuming him to be."

Relaxing a little, not that he showed it, Danzo spoke in an almost rueful manner, "I have said this before and I will say this again, you would have made an excellent member of my Root, Haruno Yutani."

"I have made my life's choice, Danzo. Besides, business conflicts are not that different from armed conflicts between ninjas. While you deal with your rivals with weapons and fancy ninjutsu, we handle our rivals with money and resources. Regardless, the victor will gain both the spoils and the political influence needed to prosper further, no matter the cruel and underhanded tactics we use."

Nodding in understanding, Danzo said, "Then you would do well to remember that your daughter will be a member of this village's ninja population once she graduates. After all, it would be a shame if she realizes that she has to kill you for betraying the village for the sake of expanding your profits and political might through your secret private company."

"So says the man that willingly betrays the trust of the people of his own home village in order to safeguard it. Unless I'm mistaken, you still wish to defend Konohagakure even after being branded as its traitor and missing-nin, a trait which I still fail to understand considering what you usually do to people."

Huffing slightly, Danzo argued, "The interests of the village are more important than all else, even morality and ethics, and a ninja of the village must be prepared to sacrifice absolutely everything for the sake of the village." Turning around, the man said, "I will be expecting for the necessary resources, Haruno-san."

As the man disappeared from her room in a puff of smoke, Yutani smirked as she spoke out her mind, not caring if Danzo would hear it as he already knew about it, "As I've said before, personal profit is more important than all else, even morality and ethics, and absolutely anything can be turned into resources for profit. It is only imagination and sentimentality which limits the resources we can freely use." Thinking about her daughter, the only thing in the world she actually truly cares for due to being the only one who can make her feel happy like a normal person, Yutani silently thought, "And just as you would do anything for the village, woe upon any fool that dares to harm my daughter!"

(Scene Change)

Meanwhile, in an unknown location within the Land of Rice Fields, Orochimaru drawled, "So, who should we provide these wonderful "gifts" to?"

"Personally, I'd suggest the Sound Four but, considering that they are not readily replaceable, I'd suggest this year's graduating class. They are not nearly as irreplaceable and will make excellent test subjects for the prototype implants," said Kabuto. "If all goes well, we might even cure Kimimaro of his terminal illness as well as bring Juugo under our complete control."

Nodding in agreement, Hiruko added, "We will also need to create a pure copy of the original so that we can continue with the experiments without fear of running out of samples." The albino then silently added, "As well as for my personal use to perfect my chimera technique."

Nodding, Orochimaru said, "Proceed with your plans as you wish but be sure not to let any of the subjects escape. We can't have Konohagakure discover our location after all, or a repeat of Danzo's "security breach"."

As the two men responded in agreement and left, Orochimaru smirked as he thought, "Internecivus raptus, the Murderous Thieves." Chuckling evilly, Orochimaru continued to think, "Once I find a way to steal genetic information like the original Xenomorphs, my dream to becoming a perfect being, a master of all ninjutsus including the bloodline limits, will become a reality!" The man's chuckling grew into chilling mad laughter as he imagined the power he will wield, and the total destruction of Konohagakure…


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