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"Speech"

'Mental Speech'

Thought

Shinigami/Ghost Speech

Jutsu

Naruto and the Tornado of Konoha

By: Sealed-Dragon

"I'll kill you. I'll make it quick. And when I'm done, I'll rejoin the rest of my soul, as the complete Kyuubi."

Naruto whirled around, looking for the source of the whispering. It was coming from everywhere, and carried a large amount of venom.

He turned again as it was spoken again. For what seemed like an eternity, this weird, disembodied voice, was telling him that he'd kill him.

The main reason it made him feel weird, was that it was his own voice.

Turning again, he began to notice that it was particularly strong in one area. He ran towards it, trying to find the source. As he got there, he saw his body, looking like he was asleep. He sighed. Nothing was wrong.

"Really?"


He tried to turn around, but found that he couldn't. When he looked down, he found that there was a black hand, sticking through him. He turned his head behind him.

The…creature, behind him smiled. "You see the resemblance?" Naruto easily saw what he meant. He looked like a completely black version of himself. The creature smiled again, showing really long fangs. "Now, I will tell you what my intensions are. I plan, on destroying your soul so that I can take over your body without competition."

He felt the hand slowly carve down, nearly cleaving him in half. The creature walked over to his body and walked inside of it. Naruto could only watch as the creature lifted his body off the ground.

He could feel himself flinch, as he watched his actions. The weird creature was going out of his way to kill, everyone ever associated with himself. He seemed to take great pleasure in killing his friends, and finally, he couldn't take it.

He began to move his 'body', towards his newest enemy. When the creature saw him, his grinned and walked to him.

"You don't like what you see?" He asked. He didn't wait for an answer. "Well of course you don't you love everyone around you. You couldn't bare to see one of your 'precious people' hurt."

His grin widened. "I'll make you a deal, I won't kill you, yet. And you will talk to your little friend, and tell him to take our souls out to have a little, rumble between us. Winner gets your body. Deal?"

Naruto nodded. He really didn't care what the cost was, so long as he could keep his precious people safe.

The creature slipped out of his body. "I'll see you then. Your deadline is…in three months. Be ready by then."

l – l – l

Naruto lay comfortably on his futon. His dream was odd to say the least, seeing even a small portion of the Kyuubi's fragmented soul acting on its own was pretty…weird. He never thought there would be a day when he didn't feel any sort of fear for anyone who threatened him.

He slowly rolled over. He was still getting used to how light he was feeling, but it wasn't to bad. There was some other things that seemed better, if only by a little bit.

Is ears began to twitch. Someone was running up the stairs. He slowly turned towards the door.

"Good Morning!" Kurogane said, flying through the door and slamming into Naruto. "Eh? Naruto, are you getting weak from to much sleep?" AN evil glint filled his eyes. "Maybe I should - "

"Work on your aim?" Naruto said, pushing his teacher away from him. He was probably more surprised than Kurogane that he was able to stop him. "You really need to wash yourself better, you reek."

Kurogane turned away and pouted. "Just because I try to do things for you, doesn't mean that you can turn your back and insult me." He slowly turned towards Naruto, grinning evilly. "I guess that the sudden lack of training has made you go soft. I guess I'll just double your training for today…"

Naruto was on the ground, doing a short, quick set of warm-ups. Kurogane's pout grew harder. He's no fun. Maybe if I hang around Ryuu for long enough, I'll catch him in the act with Hinata! This change in thought made him grin and skip down the stairs.

Naruto watched him run out of the room. "I have one really weird teacher." He shook his head and continued in his starting warm-up.

"You're telling me." Zabuza said walking into the room. Naruto glanced up, giving a short nod before going on. Zabuza scratched his head. "What is your work out program?"

"I do 200 laps around the village, 500 push-ups, 500 pull-ups, 500 sit-ups, 450 squats and a couple more exercises for warm-ups." At this, Zabuza sweat dropped. Apparently his sensei was as insane as he knew he was. "Then, I do different body building exercises, mostly stamina stuff. Then I do several chakra control exercises. I do this in a lot of different times, practice a couple jutsu's, do something random, and move on."

Zabuza's sweat drop doubled in size. While it was good for any sort of beginner, this boy might be much more than that. He was able to kill all the men on the bridge with one jutsu. Now, if he could refine himself, he could become a powerful tool for him.

But then, he knew that Kurogane, while weird, had a purpose to everything. He might not be making him learn high level jutsu's, so that he could perfect the basics. For the other two, it might just be a different version of it, but the same concept. After all, if you have perfect basics, the more advanced stuff will branch from them.

He was so caught up in his thoughts, that he missed Naruto leaving for his run. When he did, he vowed to go, find him, and offer him a, proposition.

l – l – l

Ryuu was reviewing what he'd been told about the battle on the bridge. He could hardly believe that Naruto managed to kill all those men, with one jutsu. It just couldn't be possible.

You know better than that. Naruto is one of the few, the chosen. He is simply different from yourself.

'Oh shut it Grandpa.' Ryuu thought to his Grandfather. For as far as he could remember, his Grandfather was hovering over him, correcting him and training him. He couldn't really help with the physical aspects, hence why he was a little bit weaker than Naruto, and Hinata.

Well, you're just cranky that someone else is among the chosen. And you know good and well what his destiny is.

'I know! It's just, I wish he didn't have such a burden upon himself.'

Or such a great power.

'Oh shut it.'

He looked up, glancing at all of the individuals at the table. Kurogane seemed in his usual, mischievous self. Hinata was shooting Haku harsh, nearly painful glares. He guessed that he could understand, after all, it wasn't any good to see someone you care about 'die'. Tsunami seemed to be a little more cheerful, if a little cautious. After hearing what the men planned on doing, he couldn't blame her. Tazuna also seemed cautious, although it was mostly channeled towards Haku. The Demon Brothers seemed pretty nice, without their painful weapons. But they seemed to have a sixth sense about the glares, and would send a few back every now and then. The only reason for that, was because Haku wasn't doing anything like that.

Haku didn't seem to be herself. She seemed understanding towards the others feelings, and looked a little bit ashamed towards them. But there was more to it, just what that was, he didn't know.

Maybe she's attracted to Naruto?

'Why do you act so perverted?'

I'm just stating a thought. Although, she seems a little hesitant to hold any implement. Notice how she's glancing at the knife from time to time?

'Yea, so what? Does she have an aversion to knives?' he could tell without turning around that he was shaking his head. He puzzled over it for a couple of seconds, before it finally hit him. 'She doesn't like the tool?'

Close. I overheard Zabuza talking about her being a flawed tool. How if she didn't have the guts to kill you, she wouldn't make it anywhere.

'That's terrible!' Ryuu was starting to get very ticked off at Zabuza. Could he sink any lower?

The answer; was yes. Well, that's nothing. I heard how he was thinking of making Naruto his weapon. He said he had more potential than her, and that she wasn't worth teaching any more.

"Excuse me, I'll be off." Ryuu got up and walked away from several confused glances. There was at least half his food on his plate, and he had a look that seemed, angry? But that couldn't be right, Ryuu didn't seem like the sort of person who would get mad over nothing.

Outside, Ryuu was cursing under his breath. So Zabuza wanted Naruto to be a weapon, eh? He knew that feeling all to well. He also knew the feeling of being tossed aside as well. It wasn't the sort of feeling that he would wish upon anyone, not even an enemy.

He found himself running faster and faster. He didn't have any sort of destination in mind, he just wanted to run as fast as he could to get away from that scene.

His mind began to slip from him, as his speed began to pound out his conscience. He didn't want to think, he just felt the need to run.

Suddenly, there was a blur next to him, running faster and faster, until it was simply a speck. Ryuu slowed down. What the heck was that?

He didn't have a chance to answer himself, as the same blur came sprinting from behind him. Ryuu sweat dropped. Only one person would be up at this hour, running that fast.

Apparently, Naruto was getting a sense of tunnel vision, because he ran right past him, without slowing down, or looking his way.

Ryuu scratched his chin. 'Something isn't right. Do you think it's the Kyuubi fragment?'

Well, while it is possible, it shouldn't have taken such a short time.

'What do you mean?'

Well any soul that is severed from a body, will wind up in the afterlife. But if a fragment is still on the earth, it won't really move on. Demon's, on the other hand, regenerate portions of their souls.

'Huh?'

What that means is that, over time, the tail would become a miniature Kyuubi. Once that happens, he'll challenge Naruto to a fight, in which the winner gets the body.

'How long does this normally take?'

Well it normally takes about four months to a year with tail fragments. There shouldn't be any special cases.

'Well, I'm pretty sure that this is a special case, it's the Kyuubi after all!'

Yes, but we're also talking about an Uzumaki, fused with a Namikaze.

Ryuu cocked his head. He quickly thought over why that would matter. After drawing a blank, he turned back to his Grandfather. 'How does that affect things?'

I'll tell you later. For now, go and find him before Zabuza does.

'Fine.' He thought as he took off. He couldn't be sure, but there was some amount of respect when he said, Namikaze. But then, his Grandfather hadn't ever respected anyone, right?

l – l – l

Naruto was getting more and more pissed off. His dream kept on coming back to him as he worked. It told him that he wasn't worthy of protecting anyone. It made him realize just how weak he was. He needed to get stronger, and fast.

Currently, he was beating on several wooden dummies. He'd set up sixteen or so, and was somewhat surprised when he'd finished through fourteen already.

He looked at the fifteenth, and stared. He took a deep breath, forcing his heart to slow down. He stared at the dummy for another couple of seconds, before rage consumed him again.

This time though, it was whispering, telling him to let himself go, that they weren't worth it. He could tell just who it was, and really wasn't happy about it.

"Shut up…I said, shut up!" He whispered under his breath. The whisperings only got louder, and louder, till he finally couldn't take it any more. "Just shut up!"

He swung his right fist through the dummy, punching a clear hole through it. While he was somewhat surprised, he was more surprised when he felt a little pain. When he tried to pull his arm out, to see what had happened to him, he found his arm was stuck.

He fumed again. Why was all this happening to him? He got maybe three lucky breaks on this entire mission. One against Zabuza, one against Gato, and one against the Kyuubi. But now, the Kyuubi was back, and was worse than ever. He wasn't sure how long it would take before he became completely insane.

His ears twitched for a moment. Was that a bush? He thought, as he continued to struggle to get out. His ear twitched again. Someone's spying on me? Well, I better give them a show.

Zabuza and Haku had landed in the bushes, just outside the clearing where Naruto was. Although he didn't like to admit it, Haku might be useful in this situation.

Haku was just hoping she could find whatever it was she was missing, and change it. She just hoped that it wasn't that she wasn't a boy.

On the other side of the clearing, Ryuu also touched down to watch Naruto.

With a low growl, Naruto yanked his arm to the side. He smashed though the side of the wood, finally freeing his arm. He glanced at it. Oh, it's just a scratch.

He walked towards the final dummy, before he froze again. Someone was definitely following him, and he really didn't have time for this. "Alright, everyone in the bushes, come out now. I really don't have time for this!"

Three blurs jumped out of the bushes. Naruto glanced at them. Ryuu, Haku, and one giant blade? The blade continued to fly at him. When it was nearing him, he fell on his back, barely avoiding the large blade. It finally ended up in his last dummy, with Zabuza standing on the handle again.

"Hello, what brings you to this neck of the woods?" Naruto said, glancing at each of them in turn. He was finding that he was becoming more perceptive. Haku was glancing at the ground from time to time, obviously not wanting to be here. Zabuza had curiosity written all over his face, although there was a small dash of hardness. Ryuu, was totally serious about something. A small, impish, grin overcame his features. "Well, who wants to go first?"

There was absolute silence for several, long seconds. Zabuza finally got up enough nerve to say, something. "Well, we both have something important to say. Rock, paper, scissors?" Naruto and Haku face-vaulted. They hadn't exactly seen that coming.

Ryuu nodded. They both held out their hands. "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Ryuu was holding paper, while Zabuza had scissors. Zabuza pumped his fist into the air.

"O….k, I really don't want to know." Naruto said, watching as Ryuu sat down and pouted. He knew what might be said, but he wasn't sure, and he didn't want to be outside the loop.

Zabuza pulled out a scroll. "All right kid, I have a proposition for you."

Naruto cocked his head. "I'll listen, so go on."

Zabuza nodded, and then unsealed something from his scroll. The object was not what Ryuu, or Haku, had expected. At most, they'd expected to see some sort of extra scrolls to teach him. The actual object, was a sword.

It held great resemblance to Zabuza's sword. The only differences were it's size, and the holes. The length of the sword, might've been close to three and a half feet, with a width of about, four inches. This made it about, half of what Zabuza's sword was. Naruto held it out at arms length, and found that the balance of the sword was near perfect for him. He took a few test swings, before glancing around.

Haku was devastated. That was the sword Zabuza had left for her to wield. Now he was just going to give it to a once time enemy? As much as she saw him as a father, she could feel several twists in her stomach. She wasn't strong enough for anything, for anyone. She had, finally, lost her existence.

Ryuu was more impressed. He hadn't thought that he would give him such an elaborate gift. But then, it couldn't be for free. After all, he had disposed of Haku, and was going to make Naruto into a weapon, right?

Naruto swung the sword around for a little bit longer, before turning back to Zabuza. His face darkened as he looked at him. "What's the catch?"

Zabuza chuckled inwardly. He's not that stupid, but then, he shouldn't underestimate my logic. "There isn't one."

Naruto barked out a short laugh. "I see, so you're letting me walk away with this, fine piece of art? Or do you think I'll come back to you for help in wielding it?"

Zabuza felt the air go cold around him. He hadn't seen that coming, in fact, no one did.

Feeling the silence was going on for to long, Naruto jerked his finger towards Haku. "And what about her? Why is she here?"

Haku glanced towards Zabuza. He had told her why, but she still felt the need to confirm that he wanted him to know. After another short pause, he nodded to her. Try as she might, she wasn't able to stop a smile from crossing her face.

"My bloodline ability, is not to make ice." Naruto looked momentarily shocked, but then nodded for her to continue. "My ability is to, 'jump' from one reflection to another. It also gives us greater control over water than most people."

Naruto rubbed his chin for a moment, then sighed. "So the whole, Demonic Mirrors, is an ultimate attack of sorts. Allowing you to go from mirror to mirror, tearing up your opponents."

Haku tried not to let her mouth drop. She'd told him one thing, and he'd figured out the purpose of her technique. She slowly nodded. "Yes, that is exactly what happens."

Ryuu scratched his head. "So, your technique isn't to make ice?" Haku shook her head, making Ryuu sigh. "Well, that makes me feel better. I thought it was something more complicated than that. I guess it's no wonder I lost."

Haku smiled. "Don't worry, many Jonin thought the same thing. It was why others with my bloodline used it to become mercenaries, and became feared. That is the reason the Third Mizukage attempted to eradicate that very bloodline."

Naruto quickly got where she was really going with the conversation. "So Zabuza wants me to learn how to make ice. And since you're experienced in that area, he decided you were best for the job. Right Zabuza?

Zabuza had to repeatedly tell himself not to let his jaw drop as he nodded. He hadn't thought that this kid would be so…smart. He didn't know just how strong he was, but he could see that he was still hiding more. As much as he was curious to see this, he also felt a certain amount of fear of that hidden ability. It surprised him that anything could make him as scared as he currently was.

Ryuu scratched his head again. "So, you plan on teaching him, sword techniques, water techniques, and ice techniques?" Zabuza sent him a furious glare that had him sweating bullets. He had no desire to piss off Zabuza right now.

Naruto folded his arms. "So, you'd really teach me stuff like that?"

Zabuza nodded. "Of course, we'll have to talk to your sensei to get his permission to train you. And of course, it is your own choice." He mentally slapped himself in the head. He'd forgotten that Kurogane was a swordsman as well.

Naruto looked down the length of the blade for a moment. He'd seen the battle between Kurogane and Zabuza, and was feeling a little conflicted. He wanted his sensei to keep teaching him, but Zabuza did have a lot to offer. He thought of it for another couple of moments. "I'll think about it. I'll tell you when I'm ready."

Zabuza nodded and motioned to Haku. "Let's go, we should begin another of our training sessions." Haku looked a little confused by this, but quickly used the Body Flicker to follow him.

When they left, Naruto turned to Ryuu. For a moment they just stared at each other. Then, Naruto's trademark grin returned. "Ok, your turn."

Ryuu couldn't help but grin with him. He'd wondered where that grin had disappeared to. "Well, I've got some good news, some bad news, and some other news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Naruto scratched his head. "Um, I don't know, how about the bad news?"

Ryuu grimaced. He really didn't want to talk about it right now, but he really didn't have much of a choice.

Don't worry, you can do this. Ryuu tried not to hang his head. He knew he could do this, he just didn't know what Naruto's reaction would be.

Needless to say, what he did next had him with his mouth a foot lower than it used to be. "Hey, what's with the other guy?"

Ryuu looked behind him. Other than his Grandfather, no one else was there. He turned back. He couldn't see him before, so why…

He slapped his head. "Of course! You're part demon now, and have the ability to see him!"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"

Ryuu scratched his head again. "It might be better if my Grandfather told you."

Naruto turned toward the Shinigami. "Ryuu's Grandfather?" He waited for him to nod before he continued on. "Would you mind explaining?"

Well, I guess you'd better know now. When I pulled out the demon, I had to leave a part of it so that your soul wouldn't be taken out with it. That soul piece will eventually gain a conscious and attempt to destroy your soul in a matter of time.

Naruto cocked his head. "You took the Kyuubi's soul? And you sealed it in the first place?"

Well, yea. You didn't think that Ryuu could do all that by himself did you?

Naruto looked apologetically to Ryuu. "No, not really. You're smart, but not that smart. And your chakra capacity isn't large enough on its own."

Ryuu waved his hand. "I'll let it pass." He turned back to his Grandfather. "Well?"

Oh! Sorry, I got sidetracked while I was trying not to laugh. Ryuu scowled at his Grandfather, waving for him to continue. Well anyways, Ryuu is a part of a clan filled with potential Shinigami.

Since time began, the Shinigami have made sure that life coincided with each other. We've also made sure to take care of spirits, so that they pass over. We lead them to the judgment bar, to be judged for their actions, and the reasons for them.

Now, the Fuuin clan is a special clan. Potential Shinigami are usually born from this clan. So when they are born, a Shinigami watches over them until they are three. If they don't see the Shinigami by that age, they are written off as unable and the Shinigami leaves to their usual duties.

I asked to watch over Ryuu, because his future wasn't truly certain. He was able to see me, as you can tell. But, while his uncle couldn't see me, he wanted to use Ryuu for his own gains.

Naruto cocked his head. "What sort of gains would he have?"

The Shinigami sighed. Well, he planned to kill Orochimaru.

When he kidnapped his clan, and then killed his brother, it drove him over the deep edge. He wanted a foolproof way to beat him, so when he learned that Ryuu could become a Shinigami, he wanted that power.

His overall plan was insane. He wanted Ryuu to learn how to force a soul back into its body. It is an impossible task that can only be done by the most elite Shinigami, and even then, only one has ever done it.

"Ok, I didn't really need to know that…hey, how did he die?"

Ryuu looked a little sad despite himself. "He was killed by Itachi Uchiha during a recon mission. He'd planned on capturing him and interrogating him for the whereabouts of Orochimaru."

Naruto scratched his head again. "I'm sorry for your loss, but I really can't be that sad for that maniac."

Ryuu nodded. "It's alright. Now, back to business."

You never stop, do you?

Ryuu smiled. "Nope."

Alright, as I was saying before, you are now part demon. Or at least, your soul is. Sooner or later it'll regain its conscious and dual you to the death. If you don't agree to the fight, his soul will torment you forever. If you do agree, it usually won't bother you until the last day. It won't want you to be weak before you fight.

"Well, that explained why old and fuzzy visited me in a dream last night."

What did he say to you?

"I have three months."

Hm, it seems like the Kyuubi is being very generous. Most of the time, a demon would only give you a month or so. But then, you are young, and not that much of a challenge to even a fraction of him.

Naruto scowled. "Don't rub it in. I may be short, but I'm not stupid. I know that, and I'm trying to get stronger."

Ryuu glared at him. "So you'd let yourself become, a weapon? Even one of Danzo's?"

Naruto chuckled. "Do you think that I would become a weapon? Like I said, I'm not stupid. I won't let myself become anyone's weapon. The only person who'll use me, will be me."

Ryuu nodded. "Ok, now that we've got that covered, it's time for the good news.

"Because of the new part of your soul, you've probably gained some different abilities. What they are, only you'll know. So for now, we'll leave you to figure that out. Your physical abilities are a little bit better, but not by much. Your chakra control might be better, but I honestly don't know."

"Hey, what was the other news?"

Ryuu scratched the back of his head. He'd sort of forgotten about that. "Well, Hinata had the Branch seal placed on her."

Naruto's reaction was exactly how he first felt. The only difference was that Naruto was wielding a sword, and there were numerous trees around. Although, when he was done, there was a surprising lack of trees in one area.

After several minutes, Naruto finally calmed down enough to stand still. "All right, go on."

"I'm making progress with breaking the Hyuuga's seal, but there is something that's missing. So Hinata asked for us to go to the Hyuuga compound. Maybe while we're there, we can convince someone to give us the information."

Naruto cocked an eyebrow. "Can you promise that they won't piss me off?"

Ryuu frowned. "Well, no. I can't really know if that's physically possible, even of the most sensible among them." He was surprised by the sudden smirk that crossed his face. "What?"

"Well, if you can't promise me that they won't say something to piss me off, I can't promise that I won't destroy the compound because of said action."

Ryuu grinned evilly. "I like the way you think."

Naruto's grin widened. "Should we plan ahead?"

Ryuu nodded. Within moments, they began to plan their, 'back up', for if the Hyuuga's weren't, reasonable.

l – l – l

When Zabuza was far enough away from Naruto, he finally slowed down. He didn't have to glance behind him to know that Haku was there.

"Haku, what's been bugging you?" He glanced at her. She dropped her head.

"You gave him the sword, the one that you said you'd give to me." Zabuza raised an eyebrow. This was interesting. "You told me, that if I could kill without hesitation, I would get it. So why did you break that promise and give it to him?"

Zabuza chuckled. "That's what's been bugging you? Haku, you really don't know me that well."

Haku glared up at him. "What do you mean?"

Zabuza sweat dropped. Her glare was very scary. "His purpose is different and stronger than us. He fights for his friends, and for those precious to him. I always fought for the top dog, usually myself.

"But now that I'm no longer a missing ninja, and we're with someone who understands us, I no longer have to hide from my emotions."

Haku cocked her head. "You mean like you always did from the Mizukage?"

Zabuza nodded. "Yes. I always wanted a kid, but with my ninja life, I never felt I could. And then I met you.

"You were different, stronger. I trained you, and made you a weapon to push you away. Instead, we grew closer, more like family. Now, maybe we can be that family." Zabuza was grinning behind the bandages, and Haku was trying not to cry. He then became serious. "Don't expect for your training to go slack. I still plan on working us to the bone."

Haku smiled. "Yes…father."

In the trees, the Demon Brothers shrugged. It was a start.

Author's Note:

Hello! I have finished my longest fan fiction yet!

For all my fans, I need to have your opinion on what sort of new, 'powers', Naruto will get from the Kyuubi.

Short List of Ones I Know/Made Up:

The Demons Cloak

Kyuubi's Chakra Blast

Kyuubi's Armor

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After this, I'm drawing a blank. If you have any ideas, please send them!

PS: I won't update this story for another two weeks or so, due to loss of note on this story.