The Village of Chakra Chapter 10: Coming Together and Moving Forward, a naruto fanfic

Here it is, the long awaited chapter 10.

I know that the wait was a long one but I do have a reason! the reason it took me almost up to year to update this story was believe it or not Year 12 final exams, in which I passed and have since then taken up tertiary study so its a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire meaning that this may be the last chapter in a long long time but I promise you this, I will never abandon this story, though a little suspense here and there isn't bad either. I will adhere to update sooner and for the waiting period to be short but one just doesn't come up with ideas for a progressing story off the fly. Another one of my excuses is that although it looks easy, typing up 22 thousand words and making them flow relatively well with few mistakes and errors isn't easy, which to that point I've been looking for a few beta readers for the past few months that would be willing to lend me a hand here and there in the bits and pieces in my work that I am not great in. To that end I want to again apologize for the up to a year wait and let you get on with the story.

Enjoy!

It had taken them a while to get there but they finally made it, Nagi Island in the Land of Sea. Naruto, with his daughter at his side, walked down a dirt path, the ship port behind them in the darkness that the heavy night pressed onto the land. In the distance a ship sat out on the sea, unmoving and silent, water smashing into the giant hulk of metal. Casting a lone eye behind him Naruto closed his eyes behind his now half masked face.

'I warned them, they chose not to listen.' With less than an instant later the ground shuddered as the floating hulk vanished in a dance of dark blue flames, sinking to the bottom of the sea. Sighing Naruto held his daughter's hand tighter as they continued, Hanabi walking with him in a comfortable silence glancing at the mark on her left under wrist. It was a hollow black circle with dancing ink in it, moving hypnotically in the moonlight that shined on it. Her free hand idly went to the back of her neck where the other pattern was located; it was a small three center meter big pentagram seal that had jagged patterns inside it unlike the beauty of the one on her wrist. When her dad had applied the seals Hanabi noted the words that he had spoken and committed them to memory.

Flashback

'Hanabi the seal on your neck works with this one on your wrist. Until I tell you otherwise you are not to under any circumstances think about the one on either your wrist or on your neck. Look at them but you are to never until my say so attempt to release them.'

End Flashback

When she asked why he had just said that he wanted what was best for her and the best thing for her to do was to believe and trust in him. She was shaken out of her thoughts as her dad stopped suddenly, red strings erupting from her dads back, swatting a fast flying something out of the air.

"I don't have time to be playing silly games; I have somewhere I need to be so if you'd be so kind as to get out of my way there won't be any need for any unpleasantness." Naruto said his voice eerily calm. The form of a red head man seemingly sprouting from the ground was all the response Naruto got. Eying him, Naruto saw a few things, one of them being from Earth Country, Hidden Rock to be exact. He had red hair tied in a rough high pony tail with a topless hat for his forehead protector which had a strip of material over the middle of his face. Naruto mused at his state of dress and appearance, his beard and mustache were matted with moisture and his pink and brown color clothes were dripping slightly suggesting that he had just been taking a swim.

"I got to say you really aren't very easy to find, I went half way across the elemental nations following breadcrumbs that you left behind and still it took me months to finally catch up to you. I have to say though, I'm not very impressed, I was expecting something more than this, and you don't look like much to me." His rough voice said cynically. Naruto didn't say anything, he just eyed this newcomer wearily, he could sense a familiar presence about this man, he just couldn't put his finger on it. The red haired man turned his eyes to Hanabi.

"To say that I was surprised that you had taken a Hyuuga child of all things with you when you broke out of the Leaf Village is an understatement. What are planning on doing, holding her for ransom or something?" he paused briefly watching Naruto. "Eh, what are you doing?" the older male jerked backwards as he felt a great weight settle in on his stomach.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Naruto voice cut through the air like a steel blade.

"Chill out kid no need for violence; I'm a demon container, just like you. Could you release me please, I mean you and the girl no harm." The pressure increased a small fraction, the red head gulped audibly.

'Naruto this man holds Yonbi, the four tailed lizard. Due to his age he may hold a strong connection to his village and he looks like a man on a mission so be on your guard.' Hitomi advised her jailer. Giving a mental nod of acknowledgment Naruto released his hold on the man's chakra letting him breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm Rōshi, a jounin from the Hidden Rock Village from Earth country." Naruto made no move to say that he had acknowledged the Rock ninja. Noticing this Rōshi continued quickly. "Remember that massive chakra wave you sent all over the Elemental nations all that time ago? It has the Yonbi on a crazed streak and he won't calm down, so much so that I can't maintain complete control. The Tsuchikage has sent me to find you so that I may continue my duties. We have also lost something very valuable to our village, another demon container who holds Gobi." A tense silence fixed itself around the immediate area. Naruto shook his head.

"Sorry to say but I can't accommodate you on either of those requests." Naruto paused a moment before continuing.

"You may find this hard to believe but each of the tailed beasts are actually living sentient beings that feel just as humans do. The Yonbi is being a handful because he's trying to find the nine tails, which has led you to me, the container of the nine tailed fox. It is a shame that you will have to leave here empty handed as I cannot in good conscience hand Gobi over to you or your village." Rōshi moved to argue but Naruto cut him off.

"Gobi has since been freed from his host and has aligned himself with me. The tailed beast are being sort after by an organization called Akatsuki, it is my duty as the container of the nine tailed fox and as her host, her representative on the human plane, to ensure that no tailed beast falls prey to the clutches of that organization. To properly combat this I have devised a gathering of all of the tailed beasts and or their containers to unite under one banner, though it seems that this may be a little difficult with you being from the Hidden Rock village. Because of this Gobi will stay with me as will the rest of the tailed beasts that I come across." Naruto paused again to let his words simmer in Rōshi;s head.

"I will not force you to join me but know this, at the end of the day you can only rely on those similar to you, you may be a jounin of the Hidden Rock Village but they will turn on you the minute you are no longer able to be of use to them, when you are no longer able to work effectively with the beast and use its power as they want you to, you will find yourself in a position of scorn for you're village and begin to fear you, especially since they are still licking their wounds from the last great war. Give my regards to the Tsuchikage." Naruto said as he began walking again going right passed Rōshi whose face and eyes were twitching, changing colors and his chakra fluctuating rather violently, from human to demonic.

"This was an interesting first meeting Rōshi , Yonbi. I hope to be seeing you both again soon in the future, hopefully under better circumstances." Naruto said idly as he and Hanabi increased the distance between them and Rōshi . With nothing less than a whisper Naruto and Hanabi seemingly vanished into the night.

Hanabi and Naruto were resting peacefully, Hanabi lying comfortably on her father's stomach as he lay in a hammock that he had crafted within a small grove of trees. Naruto's eyes popped open, adjusting them to the dim light. They had found a cave to settle in soon after their encounter with Rōshi.

Due to his daughter's frequent and audible yawns he cleared out an occupied cave and settled into it for Hanabi to get some rest. While Hanabi rested her fatigued body Naruto traveled to Hitomi's domain within his mind to continue their one on one instruction on his controlling of external chakra. There was a small piece of information that she had let slip but when he asked her about it she refused to elaborate.

Afterwards they got to work with the creating of more internal chakra battery seals so that his body had a backup source to draw on when he needed to completely focus on the battle and not maintaining human form. She had also told him another reason for stockpiling the chakra that he was receiving from her; simply put, the more he had of her chakra the harder it would be for him to maintain complete concentration. With him sealing her chakra away for further use, his own chakra had the chance to grow to maintain the balance between the two types.

She had told him that he needed balance or else he'd grow either too aggressive with his behavior towards everyone, the demon chakra in him would change his body into the one that Konoha was introduced to when she had attacked there years ago, essentially the more raw demon chakra he had freely running though his body the more visible changes would show. She hypothesized that he would forgo a human form and unconsciously take on a form that the power was comfortable with.

Naruto grunted as his head separated from the big cushion that Hanabi had taken as her temporary bed. Naruto's eyes were closed with concentration as chakra tentacles grew from his neck down, essentially growing the rest of his body from the neck down. His body completely sprouted and completely formed he checked his reserves. The separating of the two parts of his body was not as hard as he thought it to be, the hard part was growing his body back while maintaining focus for the mass of chakra he separated from.

This was the first step he had to master, Hitomi had decided, in order for him to in the future clone himself like she had seen done multiple times by many people in her long life.

The cave that they had huddled in wasn't all that great, just a simple hole in the rock, outside there was a semi massive plane of grass and weeds with a dust path some ways in the distance, where the two of them had come from last night.

'Hey Hitomi-Sensei how long do you think it'd take for Gobi to locate us with his nose?'

'Not very long if my guess is correct, he would have picked up your scent from the beach. He should be here soon.' Naruto smiled at this news, there was quite a few things he had to discuss with the others. Minutes later Hanabi jostled awake by a slight tremor.

"Hanabi get up, Gobi's here to lead us to Grandma Kazumi and the rest of our family." Naruto said quietly as he picked her up into hid arms, the massive pillow she was sleeping on assimilating to the rest of his body. At the mention of her grandma Hanabi was wide awake.

"Really? We get to see paint boy and pony tail girl again?" Naruto laughed.

"Yes really but I don't think that you should call them that, it's rude and it will hurt their feelings, its Kankuro and Temari remember?" Naruto admonished, noticing a small dust cloud in the distance slowly growing bigger. Moments later Gobi was in front of them, his face impassive, all business.

'Oh crap…something happened... what could it be?' Naruto thought as he pulled Hanabi away from Gobi as she was patting and stroking him like a pet.

"It seems as though I missed out on something, big, come on Hanabi lets get going." Shape shifting to fox form Naruto hefted her onto his back via one of his many tails.

"Hold on tight sweetie, we'll be going fast. Take a deep breathe." After making sure that she followed his instruction he launched off, following Gobi as he shot off like a rocket to the town where the others were staying.

Kazumi stood at the border of the town, waiting for Gobi to come back from wherever he had ran off to. That had been 5 minutes ago and she was starting to get a bad feeling. Her ill feeling ebbed away slightly as she saw the tell tale sign that was Gobi running in the distance. The feeling came back as she saw another dust storm behind the dog demon; could the Akatsuki have found them? The idea was not too far fetched, Naruto had described their resources to be vast and spread through the entire continent. She relaxed completely however when she heard a happy shriek coming from the second dust storm.

He was finally here, Naruto had arrived.

"About bloody time you showed up." She said out loud to herself as a small smile sprouted on her face. Hopefully his small adventure had him bring some good news, for she had some good news of her own to share.

The stomping of Gobi's approach drew the attention of the other people in the village, curios on what the approaching dust storm was. An elderly lady with faded brown hair looked on in anticipation at the approaching figures, she had lived in this small village her entire life and in all her years the sudden arrival of a small packed group had the town buzzing with activity she hadn't seen since before she was born. She glanced around seeing that the spectacle had drawn quite a crowd.

As the two figures' speeds slowed, everyone could begin to make out who it was. The first being the brown fur coat of Gobi, the one responsible for saving their town from being swallowed up by sand; the other draw some interesting responses from the assembled crowd. The other was a red furred fox with a small girl riding on its back.

When the dust behind both animals settled the spectators caught the sight of the 9 flying tails behind the fox taking some of them for a spin. A nine tailed fox? It wasn't the nine tailed beast of legend was it? That creature was dusted a long time ago. They were floored when the fox seemed to rear back on its hind legs righting itself, the fur seemingly sinking into itself replacing it with a heavy black cloak, the head of the fox being pulled into itself reforming into a human face, the whiskers however, remained behind.

The words that came from Miss Shioha sent them for a whirl.

"It has been a while Naruto, how has my little firecracker been?" a loud cry of "Grandma!" echoed around the village at the comment making Kazumi laugh heartily. Naruto gave a small laugh at his daughter who bopped him on the head with her small hands. Whilst doing this Hanabi's long sleeves moved up slightly, revealing to the world her wrist seal gaining the attention of Kazumi whom shot a stern look at her pupil.

Naruto however gave her a placating look putting his hands up in defense of what he knew was coming.

"Hello sensei, how has everyone been during my absence?" he asked cheerily. Kazumi's expression changed almost instantly making Naruto straighten up slightly, something was up.

"What's happened?" Naruto asked, now a little bit scared for his traveling party.

"It's Gaara and Shukaku. Shortly after arriving on the island Gaara went crazy, Shukaku possessed Gaara's body and started a rampage. For the safety of everyone I placed a seal on him after he was beaten, to keep the spirit that possessed Shukaku away from direct influence. I'll tell you everything after you've had a bit of rest and found Hanabi something to eat, I'm guessing she's quite hungry and hasn't had much in the way of breakfast yet." She said while turning inward to the place that they were staying, drawing stares and whispers from the onlookers, making Naruto a little bit uncomfortable.

"Relax Naruto, this village owes their lives to us, they won't harm us in any way. In fact they view us as saviors and as you are the leader of this small band of demons and humans they will show the uttermost respect for you, you have no reason to be anxious." Kazumi said, seeing the way that Naruto was acting to the attention that they were receiving.

Yugito and Kai, stood on either side of an unconscious Gaara, a large sealing paper placed over his head. Once Kazumi had applied the seal, she had insisted that the two of them stand guard in case anything should happen to Gaara or should Gaara wake up suddenly. Temari and Kankuro sat off to the side of the small room consisting of a double bed and a bedside table with a chest of draws by the wall.

The brother sister duo starred at their youngest brother with a hybrid feeling of panic and worry as they had never been this close to a comatose Gaara without something disastrous happening. The room had an uneasy atmosphere to it as Kai and Yugito respectfully were on full alert in case the unthinkable should happen.

The sound of the door to the room opening drew the attention of everyone conscious, looking to see three figures walk through the door frame.

"...Then Dad did this thing with his hands then BANG!" Hanabi exclaimed spreading her arms wide indicating an explosion. Being given a look Naruto shrugged it off before turning to the restrained red head.

"Hello Kai, Yugito, Temari, Kankuro…how is Gaara doing, has he moved at all since this happened?" Naruto asked, getting straight to business. They shook their heads, negative.

"Good." He turned his head to the sand duo. "How are you two holding up, are you both ok?" Naruto asked, concerned for his friend's brother and sister. Neither sibling said anything for a second before Temari suddenly flung herself at Naruto, latching onto Naruto and crying on his shoulder, letting loose her emotions she'd bottled up since this had happened.

"Please Naruto…help Gaara, there's so many things I need to make up for. Please if you can do anything…" Temari begged. Naruto patted Temari on the back, but did not saying anything; he didn't want to say he could do something, anything, for the slight chance that he couldn't. Naruto turned to address everyone present.

"Ok here's what's going to happen…Kai and Yugito take Temari and Kankuro with Hanabi to get something to eat, it looks like you need it, you haven't eaten for a while have you?" he nodded understanding when they nodded their heads.

"I will do what I can for Gaara." Naruto handed Hanabi to Yugito as everyone filed out. When the door closed Naruto turned to Kazumi.

"Hitomi and I will enter the domain of Shukaku in Gaara's mind and combat the internal portion of the seal, I need you to reseal Shukaku when I've broken and exorcised the monk. Before I do however I need you to tell me where the eight inner Chakra gates are located on the body." This caused Kazumi to look at him in astonishment.

"How do you know about them?" she asked alermed before calming down a moment later before shaking her head. "You know what, never mind. The first, the Gate of Opening in the brain, the second, the Gate of Rest is next to the first in the head, third to the seventh, gate of Life, Pain, Limit, View and Wonder all along the spinal cord. The eighth the Gate of Death is located at the heart." She recited watching as s tail of red chakra lodged themselves into the areas that she had listed after fist flipping Gaara into his side.

"When I'm completely inside him remove the seal on his head and break open the seal holding Shukaku, I'll do the rest." Without another word Naruto's body slowly lost all its features as he injected himself into Gaara's system. Once all traces of Naruto had vanished she removed the seal she placed on his forehead and began the process of breaking the containment seal.

The first thing Naruto noticed when he collected his bearings was that he was in a sewer tunnel like the one in his mind and if not for a great deal more water filling up the tunnel and the walls being darker and dirtier he would have passed it off as his own.

"You never know, your mind could have been like this had you never met me." Hitomi said from behind him making him jump 10 feet in the air.

"Jeez! Don't do that Hitomi; you almost gave me a heart attack." He said taking a calming breath for a second before his mind caught up with him.

"How the hell are you here sensei?" Naruto demanded pointing his index figure at the smirking vixen.

"You entered Gaara's system as a form of energy, so naturally mine went along with it; as long as we are in here I'm my own person…except for this thing." She pointed at a small cuff on her right hand then pointed to his left to show the exact same cuff.

"Well it looks to me as if we're truly inseparable. Anyway this isn't the time to be dawdling we're here for a purpose, lets do what we have to do and get out of here." She ordered irritably.

The two of them started treading through the high sewer water, neither saying anything though Naruto was starting to feel a little anxious. After a few minutes of silence Naruto noticed something, though the pathway were very similar to each other Naruto knew that they had been gong in circles.

"Hold it! Do we even know where we're going because I'm pretty certain we've turned this corner before…wait a second what the hell is that?" Naruto called as the duo saw something rushing towards them at high speed from within the oppressing darkness of the sewer like labyrinth. They didn't have time to contemplate on it however as it smashed into Naruto knocking him backwards and flip backwards head first into the high water. A second later Naruto's body shifted, his head forming out of his ass and legs where his head was.

"Well that was interesting. I can tell you what that was now; remember how I entered Gaara's body? I entered through the eight gates and that was part of my power that was split from me when we entered. There are still six more of those racing around in here; the good news is that they will find us over time so we don't have to go looking for them. As an added effect wherever they've been I now have knowledge of so where we need to go isn't in that direction." Any reply that Hitomi had was cut off when the entire foundation for the maze like mindscape started to shake violently.

"What the hell is that?" Naruto shouted to be heard over the deafening noise that the shaking was causing. Naruto eyed Hitomi for an explanation.

"It must be the possessed Shukaku, the outward seal must have been removed meaning that the bastard has full rein. If this continues there won't be anything left of Gaara to save. I can stop it but I'll have to leave you for until you confront, defeat and kill the monk. You'll have to extract the flesh-bag from Shukaku before you can kill it though, use this on him when you see him, it should do the trick." She speedily grabbed Naruto into a hug. "Good luck." After which she faded away. Naruto stalled, having to see if Hitomi was successful, the almost immediate ceasing of the earthquake like shakes almost made him fell face fist in the water again.

"Well, I better get going, there's no telling how long it'll take to find that bloody monk spirit."

Kazumi was badly startled when the red head started to thrash around violently for a few seconds after she had removed the monk's seal. She was calmed slightly when a red aura surrounded the comatose boy and calmed down completely when the thrashing ceased only just noticing a trail of sand behind her that was advancing towards the unconscious red head.

For what seemed ages to the blonde, Naruto was running on the top of the sewer trying to locate his soon to be opponent. Expectedly another high speed body charge chakra sphere smashed into Naruto's head blowing him of his feet and throwing him back several dozen feet. Dizzily Naruto shook his head as he regained focus and the portion of his being re-assimilated itself.

'That was the 6th Gates portion of chakra and it looks like I'm going in the right direction. I probably shouldn't go so fast along this corridor if the other portions are so close together." Naruto decided afterwards that he'd wait in the same place and wait for those parts to come to him to save him being smacked around by them.

As he sat on the water and waited for the other parts to realign themselves with him he was concocting a strategy to combat the fanatical spirit.

'A front on assault is literal suicide as he would have the complete advantage in such a conflict, I don't have any effective long range based offensive attacks either…which means that'll have to go about manipulating his attacks back at him. Maybe if I can get Gaara to help me if he's able, it is his mind after all…but he'll most likely be trapped within the spirit' he groaned in frustration.

'Not only do I have to beat the damn monk but I have to make sure that Gaara is alright while I fight him, this is really troublesome.' Peering down the hallway Naruto caught the glimpse of part of his essence. Bracing himself he stuck himself to the water he was sitting on. When the force hit him he slid a little bit from his position with a grunt.

From the 5th gate Naruto concluded that the monk had control of the gates from the 4th to the 1st meaning that he would have to go collect them himself as they were in the monk's domain within Gaara's body. Naruto's body shimmered into a standing position.

"Ok then, time to get going. The sooner Hitomi and I get out of here the better." With only the echo of his words on the tunnels as parting words Naruto shot off down the tunnel.

Kankuro and Temari ate at a subdued pace across from Yugito, Kai and Hanabi, the latter two were listening to Hanabi who was talking about the things that she and Naruto did while they were away.

"...Then just before Gobi came and found us Dad gave me this," Hanabi showing the seal under her wrist. Kai and Yugito starred in astonishment.

"Is that a…" Kai started.

"Storage and release seal for my chakra, Dad said that when I'm old enough and the seal turns bright blue instead of black he'll teach me how to use it. Dad said that this would be the secret weapon of our village's strength and power." Hanabi said joyfully. Hanabi having brandished the seal prompted glances from the two siblings on the other side of the table.

"Is he going to put that on us?" Temari asked with nervousness evident in her voice.

"It would seem that the seal is for the storage and use of chakra in the physical sense for those without a demon inside them. If I may say so, the seal is incomplete without a command seal for the seal and release commands." Kai said sagely. Without a word Hanabi showed them the seal on the base of the neck making all the onlookers go wide eyed.

"Is that safe?" Kankuro asked, trying to get a closer look at the neck seal. Hanabi shot him an indignant stare, making Kankuro recoil.

"My dad would never do anything to harm me; he put a lot of time and effort into these two seals to make them safe. He planted these on me now so that the chakra has enough time to build up to a good level, when it turns light blue there is enough power in it. Dad had to make me promise and I know he'll do the same for everyone else he gives them to, that until he thinks their ready to learn he won't teach them anything or he'll make the seals useless." She gave a massive heave for having spoken for so long.

She tilted her head to the side, closed her eyes and smiled at everyone at the table.

"So what is there to do for fun around here, anything exciting?" Hanabi asked with anticipation.

"Well we don't exactly know much about this town or its people, the only reason we're here is because the town thinks of us as heroes for stopping Gaara. We've not had the time to look around because of what's happened." Yugito answered glumly, putting a damper on the lavender eyed girl. Seconds later a bright light seemed to shine in her pale purple orbs.

"I have a great idea! While Grandma, mum and dad deal with the Gaara problem we can look around the town, Dad wants to set up the village on these islands so we'll be doing him a favor." She said excitedly. The two sibling at the table adorned similar gleams in their eyes at this opportunity whilst Yugito and Kai were looking at her weirdly.

'Did she just say MUM and dad?' Yugito and Kai thought silently as the three younger children started to talk amongst themselves.

"Lady Hanabi-" Kai began.

"DON'T call me that. I hate titles; just call me Hanabi please Kai." Kai took an involuntary step back at the sight he was witnessing, Hanabi's eyes were narrowed, her brows knitted and eyebrows slanted. The most defined feature however was that the area around her eyes had multiple veins pulsing at her temples. Yugito put her hand on the small girls shoulder to placate the tempered girl.

"It's ok Hanabi, calm down; you wouldn't want to frighten one of your dad's good friends would you?" Yugito asked soothingly, rubbing the girls shoulder. Hanabi let out calm breathe, the veins ebbing away and her face losing its annoyed appearance.

"Sorry Kai that title just brings back memories I wish I could forget." Looks or understanding came across the two demon containers at her apology.

"It's ok Hanabi, I was going to say that we really should get the approval from either your dad or Lady Kazumi but seeing as Yugito and myself are going with your three I don't foresee any problems. If you can be ready in a few minutes we will depart." Kai said as he stood up from the booth they were in and went to pay for their food. They were all unaware however of a pair of eyes in the corner of the establishment that was trained on the group especially the arm that her seal was placed. As soon as Hanabi and Co. left the dining establishment everyone in it turned their gaze to the exit which they just vacated.

"We must inform the Master that they are heading out of town. They will prove to be good subjects." A matron muttered as he got off the stool he was sitting at and headed to the mayors office.

Naruto grunted as he pulled a part of his trapped essence from its sandy confines, the black sand falling into the high water of the sewer as it was released.

'Ok I've got most of it back all that's left is the part that came in the first Inner Gate. I'll bet that the monk has no idea what it is. Better go get it and beat him, there's no telling what's going to happen.' Naruto gazed around the tunnel; it was caked in black sand from the walls to the roof. From the fourth Gate onwards Naruto had deduced that there was more black sand the closer he drew towards the first Gate and the area that Shukaku, Gaara and the monk were being housed. Naruto's eyes shifted to the back of his head, turning it around.

'There also seems to be black sand following me from the previous Gates that I've been past. Maybe it's following me?' he thought eyeing the enormous mound of black sand that was looming behind him.

"The second Gate is just up ahead…hold on Gaara I'm coming for you, don't worry." Naruto sprinted away down the corridor, the clumps of sand slowly following him making squelching noises with the water. Naruto threw himself close to the wall of the sewer wall as sharpened clumps of sand fell from the roof almost impaling him.

'The closer I get the more frequent these strange things happen. I'm thinking that the closer I get the more in control of the sand the spirit is. He's trying to prevent my advancement.' Naruto quickly jumped away from the section of water he was standing on seconds ago as a sand spike shot out from underneath.

"That just proves it, I've got to be more careful and watch my surroundings more closely. The sand mound that's following me is giving me a bad feeling but if I rush forward I may not be at my peak to fight the spirit when I reach it.' Naruto groaned the sound echoing through the sewer tunnel.

"This is so troublesome." Naruto said continuing his advance towards the first Gate.

Kai observed the small group of wannabe explorers; Hanabi was jumping around like a ping pong ball, her excitement at an almost impossible level. Kai turned from Naruto's daughter to the older two children of the traveling party. They were a little reserved, probably from worrying about their little brother, that was to be expected but they knew that Gaara was in good hands with Naruto.

Aside from that little negative they were in pretty high spirits about going exploring, Temari trying to get a few words in with Hanabi as she talked about stuff; the words were coming out of her mouth so fast that Kai wasn't able to make sense of anything that the small girl was saying. Kai caught sight of a head of long blonde hair coming towards them, Yugito carrying a few items in her hands that at the current distance he wasn't able to identify.

Kai turned to the three children before him and clapped rather loudly to get their attention.

"You three listen up, We will say this only once and once only; as We do not want your father to get angry with Us about what you asked us to do. This means that we go as a group and we stay as a group, no one goes anywhere by themselves. For everyone's safety we will go so far as long as we can still have the village in view," He paused for a moment as he heard groans of disappointment. "When Naruto finishes up helping Gaara we'll all go have another look around. We don't want to have any adventures till we are able to fend for ourselves." Kai instructed. Yugito spoke when he was finished.

"That said I believe that we should look around for general areas to look into further when Naruto is finished so that we can have a better look later. I bought some food for our little venture. We should however make a promise to be back before the sun sets, we don't want to worry anyone by staying out to late. I asked a few locals for any interesting locations, there were a few interesting finds. To the southern most point of the island where the bridge connects Nagi Island to O'zou Island there's a lot of ice which gives it a very cold feeling. To the east of this island is a small port town that seems to be deserted. To the west towards the Elemental counties is a large forest." She said giving the children their choice.

Her face was happy and she smiled at the children's enthusiasm, on the inside however she was mulling over the possible dangers of going towards the bridge and that ice; cutting a short glance at Kai she saw that he was thinking the same thing as she was.

Blurs tore through underbrush as they raced across the landscape towards the coast that connected Fire Country to the ocean. Black cloaked individuals with hoods covering their faces obscuring their identities. They were swift silent and precise with their movements, leaping and clearing a pebbled beach as they began their dash over the water and into the depths of the wide ocean.

It was now known amongst the members of the Konoha Elder Council that the Chakra Demon was in possession of a pair of Byakugan eyes from one Hanabi Hyuuga. Sarutobi had heeded the Council that any and all attempts at retrieval were all but useless given the myths surrounding the demons abilities. Hiashi was very insistent on using whatever resources that they had at their disposal in rescuing his youngest daughter, the Third Hokage however put his foot down and was unwavering in his decision; moving against such a powerful and wild character could very well spell disaster for the Hidden Leaf and given the reputation of the Demon in question the Village had not yet recovered from the previous wars with Cloud and Stone to make such an aggressive move.

Hiashi however was not deterred and wanting to make sure that his Clan's bloodlines secrets were not compromised he approached Danzou offering some of the youngest Branch Members of the Hyuuga clan for his Root training program as payment for the covert retrieval mission.

Danzou seemed to consider it but decided against Hiashi's offer, when word of this skirmish got to Sarutobi, and it would eventually, Danzou would be trialed for treason for going against the direct orders of the Hokage. Hiashi though was still not deterred and set up a team of his own, a squad of Hyuuga branch members, the best the branch house had at their disposal at the moment.

The Hyuuga branch house team composing of 5 ninja said nothing as they bolted across the ocean towards the most recent accounts of demon sightings and attacks, Hiashi hypnotized that wherever the most recent demon sighting was, was where the Chakra demon would most likely be, along with the stolen Byakugan. Whispers of a demon attack on a village on Nagi Island made Hiashi order the team there to start their investigation. At their rate of travel their ETA was put at 3 hours and as added insurance Hiashi had told them the price of failure was death by the Caged Bird seal, if they were to return at all.

"This place has certainly seen better days." Naruto gazed around the massive room easily 5 times as big as the chamber in his mind. It was very dark, probably from the mini desert of black sand that decorated the interior of the room. There were twisters of sand in the farthest parts of the chamber that blew in various directions which generated winds in various directions causing a sandstorm that made seeing anything passed 10 feet in front of you impossible. Stepping passed the threshold and into the chambered area Naruto sensed as he saw the archway of the room close up with sand, the giant sand mound that had been following him clogging the archway completely, sealing Naruto in the giant dune.

'Well this is ominous isn't it?' Naruto thought sarcastically as he started inwards to what was most likely a trap. After the first few steps a hole split in his torso as several spikes from the sand bad shot out at him. In quick succession more spikes lashed out creating a humanoid pin cushion version of Naruto. Naruto stood still, spikes of sand sticking out his eye, cheek and nose with a twitch in the eye that wasn't punctured.

"This is really uncomfortable." With a gentle pulse of power Naruto drained the spikes of the energy used to control the sand, his body returning to its normal state whilst the sand fell to the desert bed like confetti.

'Ok I need to find where Gaara is in this place if I'm going to have a shot at fighting the spirit. Since the spirit has possessed Shukaku and Shukaku is the incarnation of sand that would imply that every grain of sand here is the spirit. Since I can't ask Shukaku to lend a hand that just leaves Gaara, where the hell could he be?' Naruto thought has he began to sense around for other occupants residing in the desert domain. Feeling a second entity Naruto's eyes widened when he realized where it was located, though it made sense for it to be there. The spirit form of Gaara was being held captive at the very bottom of the chamber, some 100 feet downward.

"How the hell am I going to get down there? I could dig my way down but then I'd be crushed as the sand swallows me. And I'm pretty sure that the closer I get to Gaara the more powerful the spirit will be. Talk about being stuck between a rock and hard place." Naruto stood still for a moment weighing the chances for success.

'Well I could get down there at a great cost of chakra so I can have Gaara help me fight him. I don't think I can do much unless Gaara helps me fight it. This is his mind so it would make sense that he'd have control of what happens here. Then I can slap the exorcism seal that was prepared and split Shukaku from the monk. I just hope that I have enough power to pull this off or shit will hit the fan and Hanabi will die.' That thought struck him hard. 'I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN!' strengthened with this thought Naruto gathered a shit load of chakra and released it downward blowing a gigantic crater where he was standing.

"Hold on Gaara I'm on my way!" he shouted as sand rose up at the circumference of the crater and descended inward swallowing Naruto whole with a massive thump.

The experience was completely new to Naruto; it was as if he was suspended in mid air in a black void.

'I didn't think this to be so thick. Oh well, the faster I get down there to Gaara the better off I'll be.' Willing his body to change shape his cloaked form lost its features as it changed into a purplish sphere.

'Next stop, bottom floor.' Naruto then charged a massive bulk towards the top of the sphere, the bottom generating a long point. Letting the gathered energy out skywards Naruto was rocketed downwards deeper into the black abyss, the explosion of power causing the sea of sand to make a massive lunge upwards.

'Hold on Gaara I'm coming!' were Naruto's prime thoughts as he was propelled further and further down.

A pair of stale grey eyes watched the group of wannabe explorers as they went down the dirt path, the smallest one speaking with the next two smallest at a rather fast pace.

'That's the one with the seal. The other two don't seem to have any bit of power about them so I can forget about them; the larger two will be a problem and that's not even counting that dog with them.' The onlooker thought as he continued his observation.

'If I want to get their leader out in the open to talk then getting his daughter would be the quickest way…on the other hand if I do that he'll be more inclined to kill me for taking her rather than talking, option 1 is out. Option two, I can set up an ambush and rush in to save the day to get into their good graces but somehow I don't think that would work out. My last option is to just keep trailing them so I can meet their leader, that option will take the longest and I'm in need of some serious help quickly.' The balding man thought as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

With Hanabi's exploration team, as she had insisted they call it, Gobi whined toward Kai drawing the teenagers attention.

"What's up Gobi?" Kai asked the 6 feet high canine twitched his tails towards a section of underbrush that they were coming towards and barked a few times. Getting the message Kai nudged Yugito who was beside him.

"Someone has been watching us, has been watching us for quite some time. He might be after one of us so be on guard, we don't know who this is or what they are capable of." Kai whispered in her ear. Nodding her acknowledgement and walked to the front of the smaller children, covering the front of their travel party, Kai took to the back and Gobi trotted to the middle hoisting the three small forms onto his growing form which was now the size of a large horse. Kai shifted his eyes over everyone in front of him.

'Now we play the waiting game, it's your move.' He thought.

'It would be logical for the possessed Shukaku to be the closest to Gaara's spiritual medium, which means that he's but only a few feet more underneath me. Too bad I can't move, I lost all my momentum on the way down here and this sand is so densely packed I doubt I could blast out of here…but on principal since Shukaku's form is that of sand he'll have some sort of chakra connection with the sand for him to control it, on either the mental plane or the physical one and if I can tap into that then I should be able to…'Naruto thought as he calmed his mind and extended his sensors for any form of chakra he might be able to use to help him. Delving deeper in concentration Naruto was able to feel a tiny current of chakra passing through the black mass surrounding him.

'Ok now that I've got it I have to part it around me so I can get out of here.' Naruto thought while trying to split the sand under him to let him slip through. Naruto felt is working for a moment before he felt tremendous resistance being pressed against him lessening his control and weakening the chakra he was using to manipulate the chakra laced sand. Not being one to quit however Naruto through a massive bulk of chakra against the opposing force blowing a small hole below him. Jumping at the opportunity Naruto dove downwards.

With a great deal of effort he pulled his body free of the sand that was trying to suck him back into the darkness. Quickly Naruto rotated his eyes around the basement of the chamber, seeing a mass of red hair being suspended in mid air by black binds holding his arms and legs outwards, presenting his body in a star shape.

"GAARA!" He screamed loudly as he fought the pull of sand trying to suck him back skywards.

"GAARA WAKE UP DAMM IT!" Naruto yelled, a loud echo bouncing off the dungeon like basement. Immediately afterwards Naruto heard an insane laugh that seemed to come from everywhere, Naruto's mind only had one thing running through his mind after that.

"This is going to be really hard."

Kazumi watched the comatose redhead with increased interest as she watched his face twitch every few seconds. Since Naruto had dissolved into the other boy several minutes ago this was the first sign of movement from Gaara.

'I hope that everything's going ok in that head of yours Gaara.'

Naruto eyes twitched, exerting chakra to take possession of all the black sand that lay around him, essentially overloading Shukaku's influence of the dark substance and making it his own. His brow twitching again he locked a part of his mind in maintaining the level of concentration that would keep the sand under his control for the time being, if he was to fight the possessed demon then he couldn't afford to stay in one place; by mentally sealing a part of his mind away for a specific task he could go on about his business without worrying about the duty beforehand. His eyes closed, Naruto's body shifted inside the inky blackness, starting to twist round and round till his body became blurred with movement, repelling the sand around him. If he was going to get in close enough with the seal Hitomi gave him to separate the monk from Shukaku he needed to have woken up Gaara.

The twister inside the square of sand pulsed with power, drawing more and more chakra around it into its eye, creating a bigger force, if he was gong to have even a remote chance of beating this guy he needed to level the playing field, if only slightly. Though it would work for a short time Naruto hypothesized that he could drain and use Shukaku's powers if for but a brief moment so as to get in close to slap the seal on him. Feeling for the chakra he was leeching he cursed when he realized he had only gained the tiniest bit, naught but one grain of sand in an hour glass.

"It's nothing I can use in a fight, so the best I can do is throw his strikes back at him, or drain the chakra of his strikes to turn them into sand again. Now the question is how do I get him to take single form so I can attack him?" Staring downwards towards where he had seen Gaara before the sand swallowed him up again Naruto frowned thoughtfully.

'Since he's holding Gaara's mental avatar captive in that manner I reckon that he'd do anything to keep me from him, which is what this sand dune was for, perhaps trying to free him would set him off enough to try fight me one on one?' with this thought Naruto forced his way down again, with him having drained the sand around him of chakra it gave no resistance to his movements. Splitting the dark roof of the dungeon like the head of a pimple Naruto floated in a gas like state towards the bound Gaara.

As he had anticipated long spikes of sand shot fro the roof trying to impale him, impeding his progress towards his friend; the sand however passed through the gas and fell to the floor, it being drained of the chakra used to make it sharp in the first place. Naruto was puzzled at this development; he hadn't meant to suck the chakra out of that attack. Naruto's eyes widened in realization, the part of his mind that he had set to manipulate the sand he had control of was using his body to absorb any that passed through his gas like state.

With this knowledge Naruto advanced towards the prone Gaara, not paying heed to the spikes that shot out at him. Having reached his friend Naruto gave him a once over, even in the near pick blackness of the dungeon Gaara looked untouched if not just a little bit roughed up.

He proceeded to unbind Gaara's limbs, starting with the legs, dissolving the binds which simply vanished into nothingness. Whilst he was doing this the sand in the chamber started to shift, collecting in on itself in the center of the room in the middle of the air, then the laughter started again, this time it was much more angrier, more insane.

Idly wondering how the world Gaara could stay unconscious through this din Naruto melted the arms free from their restraints. Gaara's body free from its binds Gaara fell like a stone towards the ground only to fall on the cloud form of Naruto.

"Easy there Gaara, I've got you."

"Not for too long you haven't." Naruto formed his head at the edge of the cloud, looking at the first time at the full sized form of the possessed Shukaku. He looked almost exactly the same except for one difference; he had a midnight black color instead of the dull yellow, light brown color, that and he stood at 150 meters high.

"Shukaku's true from, finally we can begin the actual fighting." His statement was met with insane high pitched giggling.

"Blood, precious blood, give me blood, I need blood, I want blood, give me blood!" after this rant he began to cackle again while bringing his tail down to swat at Naruto. Naruto enveloped Gaara within the gas, even though he would pass straight through the tail anything that wasn't inside him or part of him would be blown away with the sand and he did not need Gaara swiped away after just getting him back, in a matter of speaking.

Kai was to the back of everyone else, cataloging what he was seeing so he could give an appropriate assessment to Naruto when they got back to the village.

'The island from what I can see is mostly barren and empty, except for the small village it would be a chore to expand on that foundation, and this small town seems completely abandoned, I wonder why that is?' pulsing his chakra in a wave over the town he frowned when he felt another power intercept the wave, cancelling the recon skill that Kai had taken up using. He whistled to the rest of his traveling gang.

"There is something here that may be dangerous, keep a sharp eye; we don't know what we're dealing with yet." Inwardly Kai swore.

'This could be very bad, we have no knowledge of the layout or the history here, we are at a disadvantage here and whoever it is watching us I don't think they'll just let us go. This is problematic.'

"Hanabi, Kankuro, Temari all of you in front of me, Gobi and Yugito guard the left and right flank…expect unfriendly company very soon." He ordered to which everyone complied.

"Well shit, I knew that it was a bad idea but I just couldn't help myself could I?" currently Naruto was confined along with Gaara in a sphere of sand in the belly of the beast. Now the giant raccoon dog was impacting them both, trying to crush Naruto into nothingness, the only thing that was keeping them alive currently was the small shell that Naruto's tails had created to protect him but the power within them was starting to wane, pretty soon Naruto's chakra would reduce to 0 and he would literally fade away. Feeling his chakra levels drop to just above critical levels Naruto prepared self serving eulogy.

"He was not always liked among others, especially among those people of his home village but his spirit was strong and his will stubborn. He grew to be a feared power across many countries laying waste to countless ninja that opposed him. He will be missed by all, his friends Kai, Yugito, Gaara, Kazumi sensei, Rei but most of all Hanabi, his darling daughter which he loves dearly and will miss the most."

"I'd like to offer my thanks to those that have helped me throughout my short life, The Third Hokage for keeping me alive in the village, Kazumi sensei for teaching me about the Sealing arts, Yugito for her catty nature that drove me insane but loved all the same, Kai for his book smarts and looking out for my mismatched family in my stead, Gaara for his unnecessary ramblings, my daughter for giving me another rock solid reason to help people. Most of all however I'll miss Hitomi sensei who is my dearest friend in this existence." He was taken for a loop when someone spoke to him in response to his speech.

"And you say I ramble too much." Gaara's graveling voice almost broke Naruto's concentration in reinforcing the cloak of chakra covering both of them.

"Sorry Gaara can't talk right now." Naruto said, his voice strained with effort. Gaara's eyes scanned the area seeing a dimming red light in front of an insidious black.

"Shukaku! Naruto, Shukaku's in trouble!"

"Yeah I know, he got possessed and tried to kill everyone, I came in here to free you from his confines and defeat him, looks like I failed in that respect." Naruto said somberly.

"What?"

"I'm extending my tails outward to give us adequate protection from the crushing force of this black sand, I'm running out of chakra though, when my body eventually runs out of chakra I'll cease to exist." Naruto explained.

"WHAT? There has to be something that I can do, I don't want you to die, you saved me from my hell, you saved me, Yugito and Kai from our respective hells, you have a dream. YOU CAN'T DIE!" Gaara yelled. Naruto chuckled.

"Gaara, this is your mind, in here you can make anything possible, anything you want into reality. I need chakra to survive and I can't drain any from him anymore the strain on my mind is too great."

"If you need chakra to live then I'll get some from him."

"Gaara that's-" Naruto was cut off as he felt a power serge, then a torrent of chakra slamming into his body. Naruto felt his body reenergize itself with the foreign energy giving strength to the tails holding back the crushing force of the sand all around them.

Whilst this was happening Naruto heard several metallic thuds from all around him. Looking at Gaara he noticed that Gaara was in a crouched position, channeling a lot of will and effort into something, then it hit him; Gaara was using the room's walls as a weapon against Shukaku's massive form and it seemed that whatever he was attacking him with was sapping energy from him from which Gaara was diverting towards himself.

An epiphany struck him at the conclusion of those thoughts, Shukaku in this form was nigh invulnerable to attack given the size and amount of chakra he had to fight with; Gaara was essentially leeching the monk's hold on Shukaku via the power he had, the less power he had to command the easier it would be to land a decisive hit and extract the monk's crazed soul from the demon.

Naruto could feel it working as he could feel the pressure around his cocoon of chakra tails lesson and divert to holding onto as much power as possible which was dwindling steadily. Taking this chance Naruto expanded his tails slightly increasing the diameter of the cocoon hoping to grow it large enough that he could break out to the surface of the body of sand and pop out like a pimple head on the skin.

After a long stint of time Naruto was able to break the layer of sand that held them captive and rushed to get free turning his body into energy and flying towards the breach he had made taking Gaara along for the ride as he was inside Naruto's chakra stream. Naruto descended towards the floor of the dark chamber at a casual pace taking great care to make sure that Gaara wouldn't hit the ground hard as such an act would disrupt the red heads concentration cancelling what he was trying to accomplish.

Reaching bottom floor Naruto set his friend down gently on the floor and retook human form, casting his eyes on their once prison. Large metallic chains had been spit from the walls and sunk themselves into Shukaku's sand body which he noted after feeling for and sending out a chakra sonar pulse, was the reason for the crazed raccoon dog's dramatic loss in power.

The blonde tuned out the crazed rants about needing blood and chants of 'Kill kill kill' and noted with satisfaction that the once large form of the possessed Shukaku was shrinking in size, the sand making up his massive form disappearing, it not having the chakra necessary to keep it corporeal. Naruto's head fazed, his face appearing in the back of his head to look at Gaara whose eyes were now open and starring at his handiwork. Not a sound was made between the two friends as the shrinking Shukaku's screams became less and less booming, eventually ending up high pitched as though he had inhaled a tank of helium.

The form Shukaku was reduced to was a horse size version of the real thing except he was now on all four arms and legs and his tail was swinging back lazily that and his yellow star irises were staring at them murderously. It was mumbling under its breath as it starred at both boys then his pupils shrank suddenly as he charged at them.

"I've got a way to stop him but I need a few minutes to prep it, do you think you can keep him occupied while I get it ready?" Naruto shouted over the shrieking of the charging demon. They dived to opposite sides of the chamber avoiding the charge.

"How much time do you need?" Gaara called as Shukaku's arms whipped out to the sides to strike at them.

"One minute at the most, cover me while I get it ready, I only have one of these so I can't afford to mess it up." Naruto said interlocking his fingers and clenching the hands together, his thumbs resting under his chin to focus and delve into his seal chamber. Hitomi had transferred a seal design to the chamber when she hugged him before leaving Gaara's mindscape, all Naruto had to do was to transfer the markings to his skin so that he could collect it to his palms to strike the target, in this case Shukaku; it just took a bit of time for the markings to appear and for him to collect it to strike.

Seconds after he engaged his focus to his seal chamber his body shimmered slightly as red markings faded into existence around his body. The markings grew bright red with power drawing Shukaku's attention from Gaara who he had gone after in an attempt to reestablish dominance within the realm he resided. The marks flashed again becoming slightly darker as they started traveling down his arms into his palms, the eerie red glow of the markings enhancing as more and more of the runes were collected all the while the black form of Shukaku was charging at him.

"More time, need more time Gaara I'm not ready yet!" Naruto shouted over the shrieking of the deranged demon approaching. Metallic clanks and falling stone was heard from all around them as chains snaked their way all around the black sand demon, yanking him into a standstill right in front of Naruto. Naruto's eyes snapped open seconds after, bringing his palms to rest centimeters of the demons crown.

"When I get out of here I'll see that I bathe in you're blood insect." The demon spat. Naruto didn't say anything though as the marks on his palms glowed white and he slammed them to the demon's head resulting in an ear spitting scream from the recipient.

"Sealing Art: Soul Separation!" Naruto yelled as the bright light receded. The sight that greeted them was a strange one; the black colored sand seemed to melt away like running blood out of a fresh gaping wound exposing brilliant yellow brown sand/skin of the Shukaku that both boys knew. The black substance bubbled in a puddle in front of Shukaku and Naruto like boiled water before simmering, smoke streaming from it. Gaara came over to the two to see the black puddle.

"Is it over?" the red head asked, slightly winded.

"Almost." Naruto said gathering a bit of chakra into his palm creating a blazing blue flame to which he touched to the puddle, which ignited and then vanished.

"Now it's over." Shukaku declared. He turned to Naruto and tilted his head.

"I owe you my life, my Lord." He said. Naruto shook his head.

"The one you should be thanking is Gaara; I wouldn't have been able to separate you from the monk without his help. Now if I'm right I've got to go before my presence here causes more harm then good, I'll see you in the real world, I reckon you two have some things to work out."

"Like what?" both Gaara and Shukaku asked simultaneously asked looking at each other then back at Naruto.

"Well Kazumi sensei removed the seal binding Shukaku to you Gaara. I told Kazumi to plant a proper seal on Gaara so that you both can live with each other without the discomfort, I know he won't say it Gaara but I think that Shukaku kind of enjoys living inside you, or will, now since the monk is done away with; you'll be just like the rest of us. I got to go, see you two later. Oh and Shukaku…don't fight the sealing ok?" And in a blink of an eye he vanished leaving the chamber with two speechless occupants.

Kazumi almost had a heart attack when she saw a stream of chakra fly out of Gaara's body accompanied by the red hue immediately after. The chakra gathered and expanded into human form, Naruto was back.

"Everything's all right Sensei, you can seal him now. But can you tell me what the time is first?" he asked.

"Almost 4PM, none of the others have come back here though, something might have happened to them…go look for them, I'm sure they haven't gone too far so it should be rather easy for you to find them." Kazumi offered. Naruto nodded in agreement and headed out as Kazumi pulled out a blank scroll and a brush with an ink well and prepared to reseal Shukaku.

Madara Uchiha was seething at his predicament since his encounter with that pest that called himself the chakra demon. He was nigh impossible for him to be touched but due to his chakra points being more or less poisoned and made useless he was in agony every time he moved his arm. He had fled Mist and journeyed to Rain where the Akatsuki had a base of operations, currently only Pein, Zetsu Konan and himself were present.

"Pein." Madara growled out. The Orange haired man turned to face the ancient Uchiha.

"Yes sir?"

"Send out someone to find and eliminate this so called Chakra demon, that pest hurt me."

"I already have Itachi following him to gather information; so far it seems that he has gone from country to country rounding up as many of the tailed beasts as possible. He's collecting the demons and the containers along with them for a purpose we have yet to determine."

"All of our targets in one place…recall Sasori; he's had a run in with this chakra demon before. I want to know all he knows by the end of the day."

"Yes sir."

"Oh and Pein?"

"Yes sir?"

"Find me a medic ninja and fast or I'm likely to kill someone." He growled.

"Sir!"

'I will get my revenge, Chakra demon you can count on seeing me again.' He told himself.

Naruto stood motionless on the edge of the town, stretching out with his power to locate his daughter. He wasn't necessarily worried about her as she had Kai, Yugito and Gobi with her but all the same it put him on edge to see that she was out and about without him.

'I'm just trying to look out for her, not protective in the least, no not me.' He told himself earning a snort of amusement from Hitomi which he promptly ignored. After about a minute he caught a break.

"There you are…and it looks like there is some interesting things happening around this island, what's say we go say hi?' he asked his tenant and he dissolved his body and seamlessly vanished.

The Hyuuga team touched down on the shores of Nagi Island and headed towards the closest, strongest chakra signal they could find and started to zero in on it, they would not leave empty handed.

Kai analyzed the data he had on the situation. Currently his little band of explorers were in unknown territory with a possible hostiles inbound turning his mission from exploration to protection. He sent out a few chakra pulses to gather more Intel, pushing more power in it then the previous times. He was rewarded with several more pieces of information; there was one with gennin chakra reserves and about three dozen more sources at civilian levels. He tenses again as he counted more sources seemed to be coming from the coast towards the town and lastly…Naruto was finished with Gaara and Shukaku and now was coming towards them…oh boy were they ever going to get it when he got here. In the meantime however he had several children to look after.

"Your fathers on his way little Hanabi, it seems that he is finished helping out Gaara and Shukaku. He will be here momentarily." He was interrupted by the three children's shouts of joy.

"Quiet! We are still in danger!" Kai scolded them, making them shut up rather abruptly. Yugito motioned towards their rear where a group of people were gathering making an attempt to surround them and block of any escape route.

"Gobi, Yugito at the ready if we have to fight let there be no life lost on either side." Kai said quietly as they took stations around the children.

"Who dares trespass on the land of the great master of serpents?" a voice from afar asked.

'Master of serpents…that would mean someone who summons and fights with them which would mean the Snake Sannin from Konoha. This town must be a base of operations of some kind for him but what? Whatever the case it's a good thing there isn't any tell tale sign of that snake wielder.

"We're sorry for trespassing; we had no idea that this town was claimed land. If you'll excuse us we'll be leaving." Kai called out. He was halted when he tilted his head sideways to avoid a high speed projectile, it was probably a kunai but Kai couldn't tell as it moved too fast.

"Your lives became forfeit the moment you walked into our land; you are now slaves to the master." Was the reply Kai received.

"We cannot guarantee you'll live if you don't let us leave. We suggest you let us go before my leader arrives, when that happens you will all be assured to die, don't be stupid." Kai spoke seriously, wanting this situation result in bloodshed.

"We cannot…our master has ordered us to capture all that trespass on this land." Kai sighed at this answer.

"Very well then, We am sorry." Kai stopped his foot into the ground sending chakra throughout the town's soil. Multiple screams of horror were heard all around the town as tendrils of earth shot out from the ground to snag and drag all the hostiles surrounding them 6 feet under, burying them alive. The person that Kai had been 'negotiating' with though had not been pulled under and had most likely felt the chakra surge just before the tendril grabbed at them.

"No, nononono! I'm going to die when he finds out and never fix me like he said he would" they started screaming. This string of words caught Kai attention as he signaled for Gobi and Yugito to stand guard and watch out for any other potential hostiles that he might have missed. As Kai ran off in the direction of the cries he thought briefly what they had meant by the 'Fix' comment. The moment he caught sight of the one he was looking for he understood perfectly what SHE meant. She was wearing clothes that completely covered her body, though her head was exposed and there seemed to be several rolls of bandages covering but not quite all of it, blue scale like features.

"That Monster." Kai whispered but the girl seemed to hear it and cringed. Kai moved forward to the cringing girl as she whimpered and cried.

The sigh that Naruto happened upon was a weird one, the town had residual chakra within the soil making Naruto believe that were was a fight of sort that took place and by hoe fresh the residue felt to him it was very recent, maybe a few minutes. That wasn't what was occupying his thoughts however as he was watching Kai trying to give comfort to a young girl whom had been experimented on; her appearance was a dead giveaway.

"What are you doing Kai?" he asked curiously snapping the teen out of his trance and making the girl cry out in surprise at being startled.

"We were simply mapping out the areas around the town them we were halted by unknown hostiles in this small town. Most of the deceased were but peasants but this girl here seems to hold some special significance. With this I have concluded that this is a research town for Orochimaru's many twisted experiments and this girl is a failed result of one of them." Kai reported to his superior. Naruto 'hm'ed.

"Go back to the others and head back to the town; I'd like to have a few words with this mystery girl." Naruto saw her cringe at this. Getting an idea Naruto collapsed his face mask and hood, showing his bright eyes and spiky blonde hair to the bandage covered girl. Naruto gave a short glance at Kai giving him the silent message that he could go. Without a sound Kai vanished leaving the girl with Naruto.

"Don't be frightened, neither me nor any of my friends will hurt you. Why don't you tell me your name? My name is Naruto." Naruto said to the girl trying to find out more about her. The girl froze up for a moment in deliberation before finally speaking.

"Isaribi, my mother called me Isaribi before HE came and took me away and turned me into this." She said disdainfully. Naruto slowly approached her, sitting down next to her curled up form on a few crates.

"Were you born here Isaribi?" she nodded yes.

"HE came and turned my home into a lab driving everyone out so that he could work without problems. HE said that if I was a good girl and did as he said, bringing him new prisoners and test subjects then he'd undo what he did to me, HE's never been back since." She said, literally spitting ever time she spoke about Orochimaru.

"Isaribi…I think you know by now that he was never gong to fulfill that, that's why he's never come back, he has no use for you anymore, just like the others before you." At the mention of others Isaribi's eyes widened.

"O-others? What others?" she stuttered. Naruto shook his head.

"You weren't the first child to be used in experiments, where Orochimaru came from he did countless experiments on people like you, both civilian and ninja alike. Out of the possible hundreds he used in his experiments I can only account for two that survived any of them, one was his own student. When he saw that she was of no use he left her to rot just like you. Now that's she's grown up her life long dream is to end his life for putting through her all that torture." Naruto told her, reciting some of the events that he found out in his time within Konoha's walls. Isaribi's eyes changed from widened horror to absolute loathing to finally settle on confusion.

"Why did he say that then? Why did he say that he'd help me?"

"Some people just can't see beyond themselves, he told you this to give you false hope so that you would continue to do his bidding willingly in his absence. It is one of the cruelest things for a man to taunt people with their hearts desire only to have them find out that whomever promised them such a thing could never come through with it; people like Orochimaru take a sick sense of satisfaction in crushing others in one form or another. It had happened to me at one stage a long time ago, so you see what your going through may be unique but there are others that are feeling just as you do right now." Naruto said getting up off the ground, his bottom sprouting legs which Isaribi had noted were missing just a few seconds ago. Naruto began to move to the exit of the ally.

"It was…nice to meet you Isaribi, good evening to you." He said reaching the end of the ally and about to turn the corner when Isaribi called out to him stopping him. He turned to the rather short girl and watched as she fiddled with her bandages.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Back to my family." He said noting that she looked sad, probably because he was leaving and besides Kai and himself very few others would have talked to her like he had. Looking into her eyes Naruto saw the longing of wanting to belong to something important, not that he has stripped away the illusion of Orochimaru coming back to help her she looked lost.

"I've been alone for so long…I don't want to be alone anymore…could I come with you, there is nothing left for me here…I don't wish to be alone anymore." She pleaded. Naruto walked back to her perch on the crates. Naruto extended his hand out to her.

"Take my hand and I'll show you a life you never thought to see, feel things you never thought to feel, do things you never thought possible; you come with me I can give you a life, that I promise you and my promises are the law, I do not break them." With that said Isaribi took hold of Naruto's hand and slid off the crate. As they turned out of the ally and back towards Naruto's group Naruto stopped suddenly making Isaribi look at him strangely.

"There is one thing that I forgot to mention. How do you feel about demons?" Naruto asked the small brown haired girl.

"I've never met a demon, people say that they're supposed to be scary and powerful and because of that are treated as evil. The only one I think of as a demon is Orochimaru." She said with conviction. Naruto smiled briefly, the black mask and hood metalizing over his head blocking out her view of his face.

"My friends and I are closely linked to the nine tailed demon beasts of legend; four of us including myself contain some of these powerful beings as a curse or blessing. Does this change your opinion of me small one?"

"Demons are looked at as evil; if you have within you a demon then I'll gladly be called a demon again. And don't call me small!" She said, dead serious. Naruto gave off a hearty laugh hearing that before continuing to walk. As they walked and Isaribi caught first sight of Naruto's family she began to fidget with her bandages.

"Don't worry Isaribi, with a family like mine your quite normal. If you're still uncomfortable however I can see what I can do to help you feel more at ease with them." Naruto said trying to alleviate the girls growing anxiety.

"Could you make me normal?" she asked. Sadly Naruto shook his head.

"I can't…though someone else might be able; all we have to do is look for them and in this world there has to be someone. In the meantime if you want you can wear this." He said placing his hand onto her head. A dim light emanated from his palm as clothing materialized around Isaribi's body, covering up the pants and long sleeve top that she was wearing to cover up the scales. It was a dark blue over cloak with a hood that was now donned on her head concealing her face from view.

"If you wish your face not to be seen till we can find someone to help you, wear that. Now come, I have some people for you to meet." He said ushering her forwards. The two made it back to the others that were waiting for them and coughed lightly getting all of there attentions from the chatting Hanabi and Gaara's siblings were making. The instant Hanabi saw her father she launched herself at him, tackling his midsection though Naruto remained standing.

"Hi there…did you have fun while daddy was away?" he asked her curiously. Hanabi nodded her head rapidly.

"We came here looking for things because there was nothing in the town and I was bored when we got surrounded and Kai did this thing where he pulled everyone into the ground then ran off then came back and who's that?" Hanabi said all in one breath taking a large gulp of air afterwards. Naruto gave a look towards Kai which he nodded to, an in depth report of this trips events would be done when they returned to the town. Naruto turned to his daughter and picked her up into his arms.

"Hanabi can I get you to do something for me, you see this girl here in the large blue coat?" he said turning his head to Isaribi, Hanabi nodded. "I want you to make her feel happy around us, will you show Isaribi a happy time back in the village?" Hanabi nodded enthusiastically before jumping out of her dad's arms and stood in front of Isaribi.

"Your name is Isaribi? My name's Hanabi Namikaze, come on meet my other friends, Makeup boy, Temari, Rei we have a new friend!" Hanabi called to the three other children. Hanabi dragged Isaribi by her cloak's sleeve over to the other children for introductions. Naruto gave a quiet command to Kai and Yugito for them to clear the children out, he could sense they had incoming company, closing in fast.

"Alright kids lets go back to town, I think we've had enough excitement for one day." Kai called to the talking children after a few moments. Hanabi looked to her father who just waved at her.

"I'll only be a few minutes; there is something I have to take care of here first. Go on without me I'll see you again in a moment." After saying this Kai had the children and Isaribi ride on Gobi's back all the way back to town it was coming close to sun down and not one of the children wanted to be out in the middle of nowhere when the sun came down.

Once Naruto was sure that they had traveled a significant distance Naruto's face mask and hood grew back on his head in a haze of smoke.

"You are most likely here for Hanabi, I advise you to rethink your actions or I'll be forced to take your life…she is my daughter, I love her as my own and you will not take her from me back to that place. She knows nothing of you or your family so leave." Naruto growled out into the streets. The whizzing sound of projectile weapons alerted Naruto to an incoming attack but let it pass as they were deflected by his tails springing from his body.

"Weapons will not work on me; I say again stop or I'll be forced to kill you." Naruto said his words deathly calm. Naruto was surrounded by a pentagon of smoke indicating a Body flicker. Before the smoke from the technique could settle the ninja went straight to attack him with vicious jabs to what would be Naruto's vital points.

"By decree of the Hyuuga Clan leader Hiashi we are tasked with bringing Hanabi Hyuuga, his second daughter back to Konoha." One said in a monotone. When the smoke vanished the Hyuuga strike team could only stand in astonishment as Naruto stood there, blinking at them.

"She is no longer his daughter, she is mine. He cannot take her away from me." Naruto said as he began to suck all of the chakra he could out of the Hyuuga ninja's bodies. Feeling the rush of chakra down their harm to their hands the Hyuuga ripped their hands away from Naruto, experiencing a burst of pain in the process.

"I think I'll send your eyes back to Hiashi as a message not to try this again." Naruto said as five of his tails shot out from his body lodging themselves into the stomachs of the five Hyuuga. They started to scream as an influx of demonic energy started to surge through them, liquefying their organs and melting away there skin. With an audible squelch Naruto retracted the tails, the bodies of the five Hyuuga dropping into the dirt with a dead thud. Red tendrils shot off of his body and smacked into the now five dead ninja. With a small pop the tendrils retreated back to their master, disposing ten eyes into his upturned palm. With his free hand he placed it several feet from the ground and concentrated.

"Creation Art: Wings of Flight." A blend of red and blue chakra exited Naruto's palm taking the form of a falcon with purple feathers. Naruto held out his hand holding the eyes out to the bird.

"Take these eyes to the home of Hiashi Hyuuga of Konoha; be sure to see his reaction." Naruto commanded the bird/chakra construct as it swallowed the eyes one at a time before flying away.

"Now to get back to my family, I hope that by now Gaara's awake, his brother and sister are most likely still very worried." Naruto said before vanishing into smoke.

'For now though I need a rest.'

That night saw Naruto standing outside with Gobi, Kazumi, Kai, Yugito and a newly awoken Gaara.

"That's my plan." Naruto said finishing up telling him what he wanted to do to set up his village.

"Let me get this straight, you want to create an extra dimension that overlaps this village?" Gaara asked astounded.

"In simplistic terms yes, I want to create a space that is both within and is also free of all civilian contact, like a pocket dimension. I want to establish a gateway that will enable passage to this extra dimension through the use of a seal." Naruto explained. Kazumi 'hmm'ed in thought.

"This idea is an ingenious one Naruto, am I to assume the seals that you have placed upon your daughter are to act as the key to this doorway?" Kazumi asked.

"Those seals have a multitude of purposes, one of which is to act as the key for the doorway for insurance reasons, the other functions are to do with transforming a persons' chakra pathways so that chakra can be used and released freely for use not unlike mine. The beginning stage, phase one builds up chakra till it can hold no more, when this happens the stored chakra will then spread the bearers pathways widening their chakra points till the bearer contains only one active chakra coil and one chakra point that stretches to cover the entire body enabling freedom of chakra flow with near minimal effort of the bearer.

After this phase another seal will be placed at the base of the brain stem enabling the bearer complete and total control of releasing and sealing the storage seal, also enabling them a measure of telekinetic or mental command of their chakra when the seal is broken and the flow of chakra is unrestricted. The last function of the seal is two pronged, first it prevents the release of any chakra without the bearers consent and two it grows in capacity depending on the amount of chakra the bearer builds up over time." Naruto elaborated.

"There is one thing that troubles me about this, for this extra dimension factor to take place it must have an independent power source and I know of no power source that can provide such monstrous quantities of power." The elder spoke though Naruto seemed unhindered.

"A self sustaining power source of massive proportions? What about that scroll in that sealing scroll in your robe? By my calculations that will produce at least 300 percent more power then necessary." Everyone watched as Kazumi got out the scroll in question and displayed it out for everyone to see.

"As you can see the question of a power source had been answered, the next step is a lot harder. We need to create a lining for this extra dimension to take effect in, I was thinking around this entire island with the gate at the entrance of said village. For this though I need something I currently don't have." They all eyed Naruto curiously.

"I need the combined powers of a few more tailed beasts to blast enough power to generate the extra dimension over such a large area. For this reason and a few others we will again be splitting up. I will go in search of the others while you four complete the required steps around the whole island, if all goes as I predict we should be ready to unleash Project phantom by the time I come back, with a few new students preferably as I will need several dozen ninja of varying ranks to sustain the village within the extra dimension, that and a few spies couldn't hurt. I will leave in a few days and return in 1 year to complete the array. All instructions for setting the boundaries will be in a scroll I will prepare tonight. Are there any questions?" Naruto asked.

"Will Hanabi will be going with you?" Yugito asked curiously.

"Do you really expect her to leave my side? After all she's very clingy and refuses to leave my side for anything bar a toilet break... but she will stay here with you guys, I have a plan so don't worry. I know I just got back but this has to be done if things are to go according to schedule." Yugito gave Naruto a nonplussed look towards Hanabi's behavior but didn't say anything as she was sure she didn't want to know.

"What of my brother and sister, what will they be doing?" Gaara asked suddenly. Naruto gave off a thoughtful humming sound for a brief moment before saying anything.

"I'll give them the same seal like Hanabi, I'm sure they won't mind; besides the longer the seal is present on the bearer and the primary function is undergoing its process it will ultimately be easier for them as they will have more chakra available to throw around then most others as they have had the seal applied before the other acolytes." Naruto explained his plan for a moment more before Kazumi cut in.

"Though I agree that this is a necessary step it is also a bad one." She spoke evenly.

"How so?" Naruto asked curiously interested in hearing her reason.

"You wish to create an alternate dimension and overlap it with this town, while it will be good for you, you will need to consider the peoples whose lives you are endangering in the process as they will become a target for your enemies the Akatski amongst others in the future. You need to build up relations with the town and explain to them in detail what you're doing to have their cooperation. For that reason you cannot leave but you cannot stay; do you not see the dilemma?" she asked. Naruto nodded his head as did the others.

"I see your reasoning and I agree with your assessment however this will require me to be in two places at once and my solution to that isn't fully developed though it is in its trial stages. I and Hitomi sensei have worked on it in my sleep for the past few nights at the bridge between my soul and the seal." Naruto told them making everyone present look on in curious wonder at this possible solution.

"What might this solution be exactly?" Kazumi asked curious as the rest.

"It is essentially a multiform technique that divides my body in half enabling for me to be in two separate places at once, though there is one problem Hitomi sensei and I are having…"

"This separation of your self splits her up as well…that is a predicament isn't it? I think I speak for everyone when I say we have quite a lot to think about. We should retire for tonight and reconvene in the morning." Gaara and Yugito looked at her questioningly.

"She means regroup tomorrow morning to talk more about this when you have had more time to think about what I told you. I myself need to talk to Hitomi sensei about this development as she will be affected whatever the outcome is. Lastly to answer your earlier question Yugito this is how Hanabi will stay here, I'll be two people at the same time, I just need to pull the technique off." Naruto elaborated for his friends. Finally understanding what Kazumi and he had said they nodded and they departed to get some sleep. Naruto blew into smoke appearing on the roof of the building his friends and family were staying in. once there Naruto closed his eyes and focused, taking him into his mind and to the bridge that joined Hitomi and him together.

Naruto faded into view in the domain that Hitomi had claimed as her own personal haven and waited for to show, she would know of his avatars presence in her domain almost immediately.

"Sensei…there has been a development." He started to be halted by his demonic sensei that shot out of somewhere and wrapped him in a tight hug, his face pressed against her chest. She had done this several times before in the past when he had first come to learn from her so he didn't feel too awkward though strangely Naruto felt that this was slightly different somehow he just couldn't place it. Before he was able to contemplate these thoughts however he was removed from her chest and thrust back to meet the serious gaze of his first sensei.

"What is it?" she snapped suddenly making Naruto raise an eyebrow at her behavior as he had not done anything to stir her ire for this kind of reaction. Filing these thoughts away for later musings he became serious immediately.

"It has come to the time where the need for me to be in two places has arisen; the multi form technique must be completed." He barely finished before Hitomi growled out in annoyance.

"Its always something you want, what about what I want or what I need, I have needs too you know but you probably don't care!" she yelled, her perfectly styled hair coming out of its tight binds framing her face giving her a rather feral look. Naruto involuntarily took a step back from her, she had been this mad only during training back when they found Yugito all that time ago. Hitomi seeing him back up suddenly started to tear up surprising Naruto again.

"Why are you backing away? What is it? Aren't I a good enough teacher, haven't I taught you well enough, proven to you that I want you to be happy? Why are you leaving me…leaving US! I can't do this by myself." She snarled before breaking down into sobs at the end of her rant. Hesitantly Naruto took a few steps forward to show that he appreciated what she had done for him. The moment he touched her however she lashed out at him again, Naruto's arm didn't even hit the floor before it vanished in blue smoke and reforming back in its rightful place.

"Don't touch me!" she screeched grabbing him by the neck and flinging him over her back. Naruto dissolved and reformed in the standing position as he was before.

"Why are you here?" she retorted. Thinking that the outburst of strange behaviors was over Naruto straightened slightly before saying anything.

"As I said before…the multiform technique needs to be completed as I need to be here and locate the other tailed beasts at the same time."

"Is that all I am to you ever need me for? 'Sensei I need help with this, Hitomi can I please have some help with this seal array'; you're never here just to see me, you don't care about me or what's happening to me!" she seethed narrowing her eyes dangerously. Knowing what she had said the last time he took a step back he remained motionless. Going back to the last comments of her last rant he hesitantly spoke up.

"Hitomi, what's wrong? What's happening to you?" he asked concerned for both her and himself at the fire he was playing with. Hitomi sniffed a few times before facing him but not looking him in the eyes.

"I don't know how this is possible, it's not possible for this to happen but it did and I have no idea what to do or how to deal with it." She rambled.

"What's the problem?" Naruto asked again, a bit more force behind his words this time.

"I'm not human, I only take the shape of this human I don't have anything else in common with humans. I don't have human organs or any internal parts but this still happened."

"Please don't avoid the question, please tell me what's wrong." He was pleading how. Hitomi however narrowed her eyes on him again.

"Don't take that tone with me. But fine if you really want to know what's wrong I'll be more than happy to tell you. I'M. PREGNANT." She all but screamed in his face.

"WHAT!" Naruto yelled…right into her face.

"I'm the one pregnant here, you don't have any grounds to be freaking out, and I'm the one with another life growing inside me which shouldn't even exist!"

"Excuse me if I'm wrong about this but you live inside me, I have a pregnant chick in my gut and your telling me I'm not allowed to freak out a bit?" Naruto asked with a steel voice. Hitomi didn't say anything to that and kept quiet. There was a few seconds of silence before Naruto broke it.

"You're sure you're pregnant?" Hitomi leveled him with a murderous glare.

"And you're saying that this is impossible? Impossible how, don't demons mate and have kits of their own?" Naruto inquired.

"I'm a tailed beast demon; I and the other eight tailed beasts are completely different to other demons as we don't have an actual physical form as I am a sentient chakra with a mind of my own. Other demons unlike the nine tailed beasts aren't like us and have a physical form and are able to procreate. The nine of us tailed beasts are eternal, forever to roam existence till the end of time. That's why this is impossible or supposed to be impossible because I have no reproductive organs and no way to reproduce." Hitomi said letting out a massive sigh, it was large enough that it generated small gust blowing right through Naruto.

"Is this the reason for the mood swings you've been having lately?" Naruto asked getting a nod from the vixen in front of him.

"I may not have human organs but the general basis for child bearing should stay the same, which means the mood swings, cravings, a swelling stomach... the whole package." She said, relief showing on her face having lifted the weight she had been carrying with keeping something like that to herself.

"I'll be here for you Hitomi, you aren't just my sensei…you are my closest friend and confident. I don't know what I can do but whatever happens I promise that I'll stay with you through this pregnancy." He said wrapping his arms around her, his tails extending and doing the same mixing into hers that were now drifting all over the place.

"Thank you Naruto, I've been getting very scared and keeping this to myself and the mood swings is driving me crazy. Now what is this I hear about needing this multiform technique?" she asked getting down to the reason Naruto had originally came to her for.

"I need to be in this village to explain to the occupants what I want to do and I need to trot around the countries to find the rest of the tailed beasts." Hitomi nodded.

"This is doable but you will have to work tirelessly in here to finish mastering the technique when it is finished." She paused before continuing. "Also due to recent developments you have to take extra care not to split any of my power as were in completely new territory what with my pregnancy."

"I understand." Her demeanor changed instantly after saying this.

"Well get to it, its not going to do it by itself!" she ordered sending Naruto into a frenzy of movement to finish his training.

The next morning Hanabi rose from the first actual bed she'd slept in for at least a week. She had opted to sleep in the same room as Kankuro Temari and Isaribi. With fairly little resistance Hanabi was able to get Gaara's brother and sister to interact with the heavily covered girl to find out that her treatment wasn't that far off from what Gaara's was like back in the Hidden sand village. She quickly dressed herself and headed to where her dad was with Kazumi, Yugito, Kai and Gaara who was nodding off very slowly.

"Is it done Naruto, is the technique complete?" Kazumi asked, her aged voice conveying a fair deal of curiosity. Naruto nodded his head.

"All it needs now it to be performed. When this happens I'll need about an hour for my mind to get used to it as Hitomi said that the experience would be similar to looking left and right at the same time. I'll also need to be in a secluded area so as not to scare the townspeople with the power burst that will accompany the separation." Naruto turned to Hanabi.

"Get cleaned up, get something to eat, brush your teeth and say your goodnights, when I get back I want you cleaned up and ready for bed… and just to make sure that you do this I'm having Yugito watch you as you do them." Hanabi after hearing this began to give a kicked puppy look but Naruto was unwavering.

"Don't even bother giving me that big eye look, you know you have to brush your teeth or they'll fall out now get going." Naruto told Hanabi before leaving out the front door followed by Kai and Kazumi. Hanabi huffed at the door her dad vacated just seconds ago and blew a raspberry.

"I heard that young lady; don't make me come back in there." Naruto's voice called out making Hanabi stiffen in fright before running off to do what her dad had told her to do.

Naruto stood with Kazumi and Kai a few minutes from the town. He stood to face the two older members of his troop.

"When I split myself a lot of raw power will probably gush out far too fast for me to manage so I need your help to construct a containment field so I don't die when I do the technique. This will probably take half an hour to complete as I cannot afford to have any of Hitomi's sensei's presence split along with mine otherwise this would take but a few moments."

"Why can't you split her essence along with yours?" Kai asked curiously. Naruto took a moment to consider his choices weather or not to tell the two of them Hitomi's predicament. He mentally shook his head no.

"She's sick, some function of the seal containing her is making her ill and I wish not to agitate her condition by splitting up her essence." Kai and Kazumi both seemed complacent with this answer and Kazumi began preparing a containment field seal array, Naruto assisting wherever possible. Five minutes later saw Naruto standing in an ink drawn circle that was glowing with a dim blue aura. Naruto who was standing in the center took both hid hands and placed them on the two hemispheres of his skull and dug his fingers deep into the top of his head till they were half submerged.

"Here we go." Naruto said with trepidation before pulling his hands in their opposite directions making a fissure and splitting in farther and farther apart. By this time Naruto was grunting heavily and was beginning to spew raw chakra from the crack in his head like a waterfall, the surrounding area quaking at the power output. Kai and Kazumi were watching this in fascination as the massive crack sank lower and lower on Naruto's body, seeing bright blue and wisps of red smoke rise out of the crack and into the air before hitting the transparent containment field. 20 minutes later saw Naruto just about completely split down the middle to his nether regions and was screaming his lung out at the power he was using to push the two sides apart.

When finally Naruto was completely separated from his left and right sides they fell unceremoniously to the ground. Kai and Kazumi were alarmed with this display as what they were seeing wasn't within the realm of reality. Their eyes bugged out as they saw the chakra that was flying around in the air sink back to the ground flying to the missing sides of the two halves. Kai almost lost his stomach contents when he saw the two halves sprout their missing limbs with a gush of power and smoke. The two Naruto's rose from their position on the ground taking hold of each other to help the other stand up. Kazumi eyed the display in front of her wearily.

"Naruto are you alight?" she asked raiding her voice for him to hear.

"Yea I'm fine Sensei I'm just feeling a little weird being in two places at the same time and seeing with an extra set of eyes," he shook his heads. "I have no idea how a Hyuuga can deal with this."

"You have awareness in both bodies? That would be quite troubling at the beginning but I'm sure that you will grow used to this situation for however long it is needed. Collect your bearings and prepare an explanation for your daughter, seeing two of you might freak her out a little bit."

"She's a smart girl and my daughter, don't sorry about her she's stronger then you realize." Naruto one and two said in unison as they both walked to the edge of the sealing circle they had split inside of. They paced both their hands on the ink line and sent a small charge of chakra through their hands into the ink.

"Chakra Element: fire." The ink on the ground spontaneously ignited in a flash of flame then vanished. The task done the Naruto's joined the onlookers whom had curious expressions painted on their faces.

"Chakra has 5 defined elements that a person can be attuned to correct?" one Naruto asked.

"What I just did was change my chakra to a fire type when I pushed it out. I haven't actually tried the other chakra types yet but I will soon as the seals for my initiates will outline the bearer's affinity, unlike me they will only have one affinity as apposed to my five." Leaving it at that the Naruto duo began the walk back to the village; Kai and Kazumi following behind them shortly thereafter.

Hanabi sat on the bed of the room that she had slept in the night previously with a major scowl on her face; she had just been forced to endure an oral probing from that dreaded device that her dad and everyone else called a tooth brush. Shortly after her dad left Yugito and her got into a struggle about brushing her teeth and since she wouldn't willingly comply with having something jammed into her mouth with foul tasting foaming paste Yugito had to pin Hanabi in place on the bathroom counter forcefully holding her jaw open so that the older girl could brush her teeth.

In her current mood she had warded off everyone that had been in the room before she came back from the bathroom. Temari Kankuro and Gaara who were having a rather intense discussion about something with Isaribi speaking up every now and them. The second Hanabi came into the room they all shut their mouths before mere minutes later running from the look on her face, Kankuro got so freaked out he wet himself.

"Stupid toothbrush, stupid paste." She ranted while spitting every few seconds.

"Hanabi Namikaze what exactly are you doing?" Naruto said coming into the room. Hanabi who had froze mid-spit and now had a string of saliva sliding down her chin as she stared at the doorframe where her dad stood.

"It looks to me like she's spitting, a very disgusting habit. Wipe your chin this second missy!" a second Naruto said coming right through the one at the door. Hanabi was so shocked at seeing two of her dad she hadn't heard his command.

"Hanabi!" they called at the same time snapping her out of her shock.

"D-daddy!" she squeaked shrinking backwards.

"Wipe the drool from your face, we need to have a little talk." they said with hard voices. Hanabi bolted from the room into the bathroom to wash the drool away, her face as white as a sheet.

'That was quite harsh of you Naruto.' Hitomi admonished. Naruto shook his head mentally.

'It is necessary, I know what the Hyuuga are like in Konoha, and they have no humility within them. I cannot sugar coat a scolding to save Hanabi from feeling bad…in the world we live in innocence is a luxury that is impossible to live with for very long; its for this reason almost all children born will have those command seals placed on them and become trainees, those who don't live by the sword can still die by them. This is why I want my village to be within reach of the civilians, so that the recruitment of trainees is unhindered…I can foresee a lot of concerned and angry parents arguing with me about this. Back to Hanabi though if I don't show hard discipline now then she will grow arrogant and prideful and those two characteristics are what comes before a fall.'

"Hanabi's hiding in the bathroom." Naruto 2 said walking into the bathroom. Finished with his internal monologue the other Naruto followed the other into the bathroom, phasing right through the door that Hanabi had slammed shut in her haste to get into the bathroom.

Hanabi splashed water onto her face, taking with it the drool and other fluids with it down the drain of the sink. She eyed her dad phase through the wood of the bathroom door and quickly wiped her face dry with a towel. While staring at her father she noted that her fathers double had come as well, both standing side by side looking at her intently. For the longest time nothing was said and Hanabi was wilting under her fathers' gaze.

"What had I asked you to do when I left?" one of them asked, his voce without feeling.

"Have something to eat, clean up, brush my teeth and say goodnight to everyone." Hanabi said, her gaze falling from her father to the floor.

"Are you talking to me or the floor? Look at me when you're speaking to me young lady." Naruto admonished. Hanabi slowly raised her head, her eyes meeting the crystal blue orbs of her father.

"Hanabi I know you don't like brushing your teeth and that the taste is horrible but you have to do it, I've told you this too many times to keep count. You're my daughter…you have to set an example for the others and you throwing temper tantrums about someone brushing your teeth because you didn't want to is not the way to go about doing that. I don't enjoy having to tell one of my friends to do these things to you; it saddens me a great deal that you're fighting against me when all I'm trying to do is help you. What do you think you need to do now?" he asked her.

"Apologize?" she asked.

"I'm not the one you hit in here earlier Hanabi, I can tell that you hitting Yugito, who was only looking to help you like I am, was hurt a lot that you wanted to hurt her. Before the day is done you have to have apologized to your aunt. If not well…" Naruto said with a sad sigh. Hanabi's eyes widened and her nonexistent pupils dilated in fear, she loved her dad so much she didn't want to part from him, her dad kept the nightmares of a big scary white eyed man away and made her happy and she didn't want to lose any of those things.

"No! I'll apologize I promise!" she shouted desperately. Naruto eyed her appraisingly.

"You know what you have to do... you made a promise, now go do it…we'll talk about your spitting punishment later on." Naruto said, the second Naruto opening the door so that she could get out and make good on her promise. Naruto looked at his other half moments after.

"Prepare the sealing matrix from the chamber; I'll collect the initiates so that they can be marked. We'll use Hanabi's room for it." Naruto said before one of him vanished in a dense haze of smoke.

'Alright let's get this show on the road.' Naruto thought as he focused his mind to the sealing chamber in his mindscape.

"…So that's basically what we've planned out, Naruto will country hop to find the remaining tailed beast demons while we stay here and set up the sealing matrix for Naruto's great plan all around the north island. He will be back with the rest of our kind." Yugito explained to Temari and Kankuro when they had asked what their next plan of action would be.

"We'll be living here?" Kankuro asked incredulously drawing some stares from a few townspeople to which the kabuki paint wearing boy blushed in embarrassment. Temari shook her head sadly at Kankuro's behavior, it seemed as though he couldn't ever say the right thing, or not say anything as the case may be. Idly Temari caught the telltale sign of Hanabi's small form heading towards the three of them and debated weather running away from the scary girl was a good idea.

That thought seemed to cross Kankuro and Isaribi whom had taken to standing a little ways of from where Kankuro and she had taken up standing with Yugito outside their temporary accommodation. Yugito eyed the approaching girl with a keen eye, noting that the young girl was lacking the dark aura she had been engulfed in earlier on in the morning. The blonde demon host spared a glance to the brother sister combo standing with her and seeing them rather tense about the approaching Hanabi decided to give them a break.

"You two can relax, she's not on a rampage anymore, I believe Naruto sorted her out." She said trying to ease the two's fear of the incoming Hanabi. Temari and Kankuro set out a sigh and their shoulders slumped after hearing this making Yugito redirect her attention to the brown haired girl that was now standing by her side with her head bowed low.

"Yes Hanabi, is there something you need?" Yugito asked, curious as to what Hanabi was here for.

"Auntie Yugito…I…I'm very sorry for how I acted this morning in the bathroom. I know you want what's best for me like daddy does but I hate the toothbrush, it makes me not feel good." Hanabi said with an audible wobble in her voice. Yugito squatted to be with Hanabi at equal height and placed her hands on Hanabi's shoulders.

"I won't lie to you Hanabi, you hitting me in the bathroom hurt me and I know that it wasn't fair for you to be forced into doing something you don't like in the slightest but like you said your dad and I want what's best for you. I am partly to blame for what happened, I pushed you rather harshly and I and your dad are sorry that it went that far." The demon hostess said wrapping her arms around the small girl to whom returned the hug in earnest.

Their small moment however was shattered as something became aware to Yugito; Naruto was standing a little ways off with Temari, Kankuro, Isaribi, Kai, Kazumi, Rai and Gobi looking in on them. She watched as Naruto's face mask blurred out of existence on his face showing his fox-like smile.

"Yugito while it is nice that you have made peace with Hanabi there are other things that need to be done today, if you would join us then we can proceed with planning our next steps." Naruto called to them. Sighing in disappointment at the fact that she couldn't enjoy more private time with her adopted niece Yugito stood up taking Hanabi into her arms and processed to carry the little girl with her over to where Naruto and the others were gathered. It was only when she reached the gathering did she see another Naruto and blinked.

"I can see you ripped yourself in half. Congratulations." She said with a slight mocking tone of voice. Naruto shot her an amused look as he, or at least of him took Hanabi from her. Both him and his twin walked to the front of the assembled group and turned to face them all.

"Alright listen up, here's what's going to be happening from today onwards. I'm sure that you've all been told a little bit about what will be happening around here, I'm going to explain it to you so that none of you are confused. Rai, Isaribi, Kankuro and Temari step forward please." Naruto asked with a slight hand wave. The asked stepped forwards from those gathered.

"I'll be leaving for about a year and a half to two years, during this time the four of you with Hanabi are to train in my secret arts of Chakra Manipulation or Telekinetic Chakra control as it had been called by Hitomi sensei in the past. The seals that are on Hanabi's body will be placed on you for this training to take place, after which you will receive tuition from either me or any of the older members of our little band. You will learn various methods to eventually use your chakra in ways not unlike how I use my own chakra. While this is happening I will also be coordinating the construction of the multidimensional field that will be created over this island for our village to reside in with the help of both those assembled here and hopefully the townspeople."He paused.

"In three years the Village Hidden in Shadow will rise, a sanctuary to all those in need of a new start, people not unlike myself or Isaribi who have been casted aside due to what we may look like or what we represent in the eyes of others. Will those selected for the rank of Initiate for the Hidden Shadow Village follow my other self into the provided building for the sealing, Isaribi remain for a moment." Naruto let Hanabi down on the ground and those selected to be initiates minus Isaribi left for their temporary housing. When they disappeared inside Naruto turned to the covered girl.

"While looking for others like Gobi and I, I'll also be searching for a well versed medic ninja to assist in curing you of your condition which Orochimaru had afflicted you with. With any luck I'll be able to find someone with the skills to reverse what has been done to you." Naruto wasn't able to say much else after this as Isaribi had tackled Naruto and was now hugging him very tightly, tears of happiness flowing freely down her face which was hood free from falling off her head by her speed burst.

"Thank you…so much." She said between sniffs. Naruto patted her back lightly for a moment before ushering her to where the other initiates were taken. With a light spring in her step Isaribi and Hanabi whom was sharing in her friend's joy disappeared inside leaving Naruto with the older half of his gang. After the two girls disappeared the atmosphere grew more serious.

"You do realize that what you've more or less promised the girl can probably only be done by Tsunade Senju of the Legendary three ninja, one of Konoha's Sannin." Kazumi pointed out sagely. Naruto nodded his head already knowing this.

"Yes I know that sensei, there's no need to worry though; I have a foolproof plan." Naruto said with a great deal of confidence.

"Oh, and what would that plan be?" she asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Well it's actually two, in case the first doesn't work. The first is challenging Tsunade to a bet, since she's nicknamed the Legendary Sucker for her abysmal luck when it comes to any form of gambling I feel that the odds are in my favor and any bet I strike is down pat, said bet is that if I can beat her in a fight then she'll help me and if I lose I pay off all her gambling debts." Naruto explained with a wide grin.

"What's the other plan?" she asked not even going to comment of the first one.

"Guilt trip!" he said cheerfully causing everyone to look at him blankly.

"My fathers will, if he has one most likely states that should anything happen to my mother to result in me becoming an orphan then I am to be shipped off to live with my closest family relative, which his Will most likely states is Tsunade Senju, My father's adoptive mother." Everyone gawked hearing this.

"How can you possibly know that?" Kazumi asked in astonishment, she hadn't given him the scroll she'd taken from Konoha.

"Years ago when I was still a citizen of Konoha I had to teach myself history as no one would teach or talk to me outside the usual profanities. I had to teach myself how to read and from there I read a great many history books from within the archives of the Hokage's library; had old Sarutobi not had a soft spot for me then none of us would be here right now. Anyway as I was saying, from when I could first form conscious thought and was told the edited version of he 4th Hokage's reign over Konoha I wanted to know as much about him as I possibly could, it became a fixation though I could not show it outright which lead me to create a metaphorical mask of a prankster to throw off suspicion."

"This gave me training, even though I didn't know it at the time, in the art of stealth which enabled me to get the information I did. I pieced together from near to hundreds of historic scrolls and records that my father was a nobleman from the land of fire who had been left for dead when his parents were targeted for assassination. He was around Hanabi's current age when Sarutobi's gennin cell came upon him while on a recon mission; Tsunade healed him and brought him back to Konoha from where they developed a familial bond."

"This is as far as I know the truth so I hazard the guess that if anything were to happen to both my parents then as I said, I'd be spirited away to live with my grandmother instead of the village and away from all that hatred. Is that not what my fathers will states Kazumi sensei?" Naruto asked the wizened old woman. Kazumi pulled a sealing scroll out of her deep robe pocket and unsealed from it another scroll which she handed to Naruto.

"When Gobi was causing chaos in the Hidden Leaf I snuck into the Hokage's office where Rai and I located and took this from a secure seal in the office that I had broken open. This is undoubtedly your father's Will that was probably never read judging by its condition and by the securities placed on it I'd assume that there were added precautions laid upon it thereafter your fathers passing. Someone... possibly the third Hokage never wanted you to see this as you were a security risk to the village because of the sealing that Minato performed on you. So simply put there's no way to tell what the contents of this scroll are without these securities being removed." Naruto's visage instantly darkened.

"The Third Hokage huh? Why the hell does everything end up tracing back to the hidden leaf village, I just want to move on but it seems that this is one skeleton in my closet that I can't just simply ignore. As the matter stands we will continue as planned and construct our hidden ninja village while at the same time recruit as many Initiates as possible before the time of a ninja exam in Konoha comes along in a few years." Kazumi looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"A ninja exam? You men one like-" Kazumi started before Naruto cut her off.

"A Chuunin exam is a formal event that draws all hidden villages together as a show of good faith and to promote peace as the exam in itself is a replacement for war, there won't be one held in Konoha for quite a few years yet but when that happens we will reveal ourselves to the world as Ninja from the Hidden Shadow Village and to eliminate that accursed bloodline once and for all." His last words catching everyone present completely off guard.

"Wh-what?" Yugito stammered. Naruto gave a long heave of air before speaking again.

"The Bloodline that started just about all the pain and suffering since the founding of the elemental nations is… the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan. It has the unholy power to control demons of any caliber to do whatever the wielder commands, such power should be wiped from the planet, as decreed by Hitomi Sensei. By her reckoning there are only three sets of Sharingan eyes left in this world which makes it much easier for us, Excluding Kakashi Hatake's Sharingan as he can never use it to its full potential."

"That's a little extreme don't you think?" Yugito exclaimed asked, her voice at a much higher pitch then usual giving away her shock at Naruto's statement, Gaara nodding his head in agreement to her statement.

"The Sharingan breeds greed and an insatiable lust for power, such things will destroy the world, its destruction is far from extreme, it is necessary." Naruto turned his head slightly upwards as if in a trance suddenly halting any further comments.

"On a lighter note the other me has successfully sealed Temari and Kankuro's chakra, their chakra natures are Wind and Earth respectfully which means that they will have an infinitely easier time manipulating that element above the other chakra elements. I will teach them to harness the power of their element when they build up enough chakra until then they will work on dexterity and awareness. I can count on you four to teach these?" Naruto asked with an arched eyebrow.

"I can teach them dexterity, it won't be a problem; that it of course if you don't mind learning humility as well." Kazumi spoke, a spark appearing in her eyes.

"Through what exactly?" Kai asked curious.

"Dancing of course, it will teach dexterity, the ability to dodge on instinct, humility by the very way one learns dancing and last of all gracefulness to make sure that all their movements are fluid and not stocky and rigid." All the demon containers present could now identify what that gleam in her eyes was, it was anticipation; she couldn't wait to start those lessons.

"As for awareness," she continued. "Everyone present can assist me in that endeavor, my corporeal illusions will teach them all they need to know about being aware of their surroundings and the need to adapt to any given situation." The elderly Shioha explained. Naruto, Kai, Yugito and Gaara nodded in agreement.

"Now that that is settled I best go off and find where the village chief is so that we may begin our negotiations for us to use his village and grant us an audience with this islands feudal lord… if they have one at all. You all better rest up as I can tell that the next few years are going to be one long bumpy ride. Sensei can I have a word with you briefly?" he asked the oldest member of the group. As the other three left the elderly woman quirked an eyebrow at Naruto in question.

"I know you're getting on in years and it's not very ethical for me to ask so many tasks from you however I need to complete my sealing training. As of right now I'm adept with many sealing arts as shown by the seals I placed on Hanabi, Temari, Kankuro and now Isaribi but those seals incorporate a few demonic sealing theories…I need to complete my training from you if I am to claim the status of a sealing master, will you complete my training with the other me while I'm gone?" Naruto asked humbly. Kazumi gave a light sigh.

"Three things Naruto, one being that you are already my pupil and never ceased to be since we separated, the other is this," Kazumi launched a chakra laced fist to Naruto's face blowing it clean off his shoulders.

"Don't make cracks at my age, I may look old and am getting on in my years but I still have a good 2 decades left in me, I'm only in my late fifties. And lastly it is my job as a sensei to teach my pupil what I know, if I thought that my teaching others in other aspects of living in a ninja world would hinder my tutoring you in the sealing arts I would not have put forward my name as a teacher for your future ninja, so don't worry about it. Now enough of this' tell me how it feels being in two separate places at the same time?"

"Its very complex to describe, I can operate both bodies with a single mind yet keep their thoughts separate from the other so as not to screw with their movements. We know what the other knows instantly in the back of our minds like a sixth sense but are able to act independently of the other. There is one difference between the two of us though, the other me doesn't hold any of Hitomi's power, and all of its strength is my own split in half. As for where Hitomi is concerned her power and consciousness isn't separated along with mine as we don't know what that could do to her in the condition she's in. so to sum up what I'm trying to say is that we, the two me's are two parts of a single consciousness which are mentally linked to the other which is capable of independent thought and action. That's the best way that I can begin to describe it. Now if you would excuse me I have a village chief to locate." As Naruto started down the street to the main road of the village to locate the chief Kazumi shook her head.

'After this is all said and done I just know that I'm going to feel 3 times older then i should…what a drag.'

Naruto did not like what he was seeing right now, he was in the office of the village chief and while he was outwardly displaying a welcoming attitude the room stank of fear. Right now he was sitting with the middle aged man as the chief conveyed his thanks for sending his group to their village, and Naruto had heard just about enough.

"Alright old man I don't know what it is that has you so wound up but I want some answers, and you better not lie to me and tell me you have no idea what I'm talking about because if those words come out of your mouth..." Naruto let the threat hang in the air while his eyes bled a dark red from the once calm blue.

"I can't, they'll kill me." He whispered. Naruto knitted his brow raising one eyebrow at the civilian leader.

"Old man not that I want to toot my own horn or anything but I'm the most powerful person on this entire island, if there's something I or my followers can help you with then by all means tell me so that I may help." Naruto offered. The older man crept towards Naruto.

"They've infiltrated the village and control more than half of it, everyone in this village is but a mere civilian not versed in the arts of the ninja world which is why we live on this secluded island; we had no way to repel them even if we wanted to."

"Who is 'they'?"

"The people in the neighboring town, those people work for that maniac Orochimaru. Most of the village is unaware of this and live as normal, but those like me in a position of authority can see past the shroud they produce. We couldn't even get a message out for help to clear these people out so you can understand when your disciples stumbled unto my town I knew you could help us. I'll give you anything you want if you can just get rid of them."

'This would explain the feint stench of serpents I can smell, he's telling the truth. I say we help this man out and take his village as a reward, you were going to do it anyway but this way the people of this town will be even more accepting of you and your disciples...by the way since you have your ears open to suggestions can you possibly bring something for me to devour, maybe some human life force?' Hitomi asked hopefully. Naruto shook his head at her request.

'I'll think about it, though if my guess is accurate there wont be enough power in the life force I'd extract to grant you even a fraction of satisfaction...but I'll do it.' Naruto said resigning to the fact that he'd most likely have to do similar tasks in the near future till Hitomi had her baby.

"Old man we have an accord, you'll be serpent free by the end of tomorrow and I'll have negotiated my terms with this islands feudal lord and be in charge of this town from then on so that something like this doesn't happen again. I'll see you soon." Naruto said with a finality tone before he seemed to disperse like smoke in an unseen breeze.

Several moments later Naruto reappeared in the lodging that they were provided where his group was now residing, he turned to face Gobi who was resting on his hind legs resting his head on his front paws at the front door, his tails lay flat on the ground under him.

"Gobi I have a job for you..."

AN: There it is ladies and gentlemen, Chapter 10 in all its technicolor glory. Now some may say that this chapter may seem a little rushed and there are holes and things that don't quite make sense in this chapter, I would very much appreciate it if and when you read this chapter and you find something that seems out of place that you tell me this in a review.

FWI: If you look at this chapter and think "WTF" about Isaribi's involvement in it I confess that I haven't actually SEEN those parts of Naruto cannon (My thinking that she resided in that area at that time and thought "Why the hell not?"), hence the no doubt big difference between the Isaribi in Cannon and the one I've no doubt made OOC in this chapter. (your opinions and thoughts on this are welcomed too.)

On that note I'd very much like to hear my readers views and thoughts on my work so far, what parts of my story you really enjoy and what bits you don't like so much (please give a reason though!)

Lastly I'd very much like to hear your thoughts about my (hopefully) unique approach to the Tailed Beasts. If you don't understand what I mean scroll up to Hitomi saying she's going to be a mother.

Before I go I'll point out that the next Chapter will most likely start after Naruto's little venture around the elemental counties (recruitment drive). You know what that means... a time skip! It'll be for the actual creating of the village as that will take too long and to be honest it'll bore me to death to write it.

Thats about it, you know what you have to do now so get to it.

AN2: I've Fixed as many of the Isaribi mistakes I could find, if there are still some left tell me. I've also corrected the name of the Container of the Yonbi(4 tailed Lizard) from Akira to Roushi and changed Pein's hair from blonde to orange.

AN3: For those who have gotten confused about the Madara and the Chakra poison and saying that only Orochimaru was poisoned, it is a type of chakra poison not like that of Orochimaru's; Orochimaru's poison attacks the entire chakra network, Madara's affliction only blocks off the chakra points in the infected area and as a result,the points are made useless to mold or hold chakra. I hope this clears up the confusion that some of you have.