Night of the Vulpine Moon

*Naruto doesn't belong to me because if it did Naruto would be married to Hinata already*

(A/N: These are the main members of the clan: Naruto, Hinata, Neji, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Anko, Konohamaru, Konan, Matsuri, Sasori, Nagato, Yahiko, and Deidara)

(They still have to find: Itachi and Kisame; more will be joining soon)

Chapter 10-"Hero"

"Ow, Naruto nii-san, can't you take a joke?" Konohamaru asked as he rubbed the spot where Naruto had hit him in the head after he and Neji caught him and Matsuri. They were now flying on the back of Deidara's clay bird over unknown land on their trip to the hot spring country to find Kakuzu's third safe. The group was catching Deidara up on all that had happened before they asked him to explain his story and how he wound up with the earth Kage trying to take him back. Deidara sighed, took a deep breathe, and started to explain his horrible turn of events.

"Well I woke up to find myself in a field of stone which I found familiar but didn't make the connection until I started walking towards a town and realized I was heading back to Iwa. Nearly had a heart attack when I realized where I was and tried to leave but realized my clay pouches went missing along the journey so I didn't have a quick escape route, un. After weighting my chances and risk, I snuck back into Iwa, found my house, grabbed my money and extra clay pouches which were thankfully still useful and then hightailed it back out of Iwa and down toward stone country, un. I managed to stay hidden until I reached the stone country but I was really exhausted from the lack of food and having to avoid earth ninja who were returning to the village. After a few days, I finally came across a town in stone country and decided to see where I was and what information I could find on what had been happening."

Deidara took a breath then grabbed a water bottle from his newly bought bag before he chugged half the bottle down in one gulp. "Ah, that's good water, man I never knew how thirsty I was, hm" Deidara said as he placed the water bottle in his lap and looked around at the group who were waiting for him to finish his story on his adventures. Deidara let out a sigh before he looked up and continued his story as the group flew over earth country and eastward toward Yugakure no Sato.

"When I entered the town I decided to stay there and figure out what to do next, un. While I was there I realized I was in the town Hidan always complained about so I had a distinct knowledge of where I was so I was a little more comfortable being there. While there I got information on your grand escape from Konoha and visit to Suna so I knew you would make your way around stone country so I decided to wait there for you guys. I was running low on money and I remembered a conversation between Hidan and Kakuzu about how he was hiding his money near a town in stone country and I made the connection that this had to be the place. So through some card playing, I won the information about Kakuzu's actions around here and decided to go find his safe. Well I found it but my problem was trying to figure out how to break the stupid thing open and I knew using my clay would alert the others so I had to think of another plan."

Deidara finished his other half of water before he finished up his story. Naruto noticed that the earth country had changed from mountains and stones to cliffs and trees signifying they had passed earth country. He tuned in back to Deidara's discussion before he grabbed a map to see where they were at now.

"While I was thinking of how to get his safe open I didn't know that an Iwa ninja had recognized me from the town and word quickly got back to the Tsuchikage. A few hours later, he and his ANBU guards found and battled me, trying to take me back to the village for my crimes. I told him how I felt, changed into my biju form, and that is when you guys found me, un. I want to thank you for coming to my rescue, now where are we, un?" Deidara asked as he finished talking and looked down at the ground and noticed a large circle of leaves in which everybody realized was the top of a giant tree.

"Wait I recognize that tree, that's the tree that protects the hidden waterfall village from aerial attacks and the only way to get to the village is behind the waterfall."

"Really Naruto nii-san, wow that is so cool? I really wish we could go visit …hey what is that coming towards us?" Konohamaru asked as he noticed a speck moving toward the bird, in which made everybody else look down. Neji and Hinata activated their byakugan while Naruto frowned, an uneasy feeling had settled in his stomach as he looked down at the steadily moving closer speck.

"Why am I getting a bad feeling?" Naruto muttered as he and the rest of the group watch Neji and Hinata pale a bit before they deactivated their byakugan.

"Deidara-san, you might want to maneuver the bird to dodge its attacks because it's CHARGING RIGHT AT US!" Hinata said worriedly as the blonde cursed, nodded, and had the clay bird make a sharp turn.

"Uh oh, everybody hangs on then, un" Deidara said as he made the clay bird do a barrel roll just in time to avoid the thing that was attacking them. When they righted they noticed 6 wings and a long tail before it started to chase them.

"Guys I think that's a biju" Kankuro stated before he was smacked upside the head by Temari who said, "ya think" before they got into a glaring contest which Gaara interrupted saying it wasn't time for that. They continued to avoid the horned beetle biju in aerial tricks until Naruto ordered Deidara to land the bird as the group pulled out their weapons. Matsuri used her Jōhyō to keep the beetle at bay until it charged once more and the weapon wrapped around its horn making it buck to knock it off. She was soon pulled off the bird and down toward the biju as it flew down, trying to get rid of her.

"Matsuri!" Gaara cried as he watched the genin free falling before she made a loop with the other end and lasso it around the horn of the beetle before she landed on its back.

"Woohoo this is fun" Matsuri said out of character as she rode on the back of the biju that was bucking around trying to knock her off as a large drop of sweat appeared on the back of everybody's head as they watched the young sand nin enjoy herself. "Ye haw, ride 'em cowgirl" she yelled happily as the group watched with amazement and confused.

"What's a cowgirl?"

"Think it's some western thing"

"Well it seems like she isn't in any harm" Konohamaru said smirking while Gaara ordered his sand to trap the biju in which he almost did but it escaped, dislodging Matsuri's weapon in the process. Gaara caught the genin on his sand before he placed her back on the bird that was going down for a landing.

"Aw, and I was having fun too" Matsuri whined before she pouted but thanked Gaara was capturing her while Deidara landed the bird in front of the waterfall. "But what is that thing and why is it attacking us?" she asked looking up at Gaara who was frowning and told her it was a biju but not sure which until he and the rest heard Yahiko curse. They looked at the orange haired rain nin who was looking up and they watched the horned beetle biju descend towards them at a fast pace.

"Hey we landed so stop trying to attack us, we sorry if we flew through your territory or whatever is making you mad but we've just trying to get Yu-" Konan stopped talking when she realized it was futile to talk to the creature that was steadily drawing closer and at the same speed.

"This is getting us nowhere. Naruto let's just stop it with our tails and see why it's attacking us" Anko begged, itching for a good battle, and got her reward when Naruto nodded and said fine but don't kill it. "Alright here I go" Anko cried as she jumped off the clay bird and quickly changed into a large snake with 8 tails in which she used to grab hold of the biju. Using 6 for the wings, one for the tail like thing (cerci), and one around its horn as not attack she stopped the biju in its tracks and was smirking as it struggled to get free without luck. "Stop struggling, you're outnumbered and we just want to ta-"

Everybody grew quiet when they heard roaring and the ground shaking behind them, making them turn quickly to see what was happening behind them. They turned in time to avoid a large white horse-looking biju charging at the bird in which they jumped off only to have to dodge cannon-fire balls of lava from a giant monkey/gorilla creature while the clay bird was destroyed.

"Katsu" Deidara cried as activated the remains of the clay bird and blew the white horse creature back toward the waterfall where it landed and grew smaller, showing that it was in fact a biju as they noticed a person getting out of the water.

"2 down one to go, 1 to go" Yahiko said as he and the others watched the monkey/gorilla roar at them before sending more balls of lava at them in which Hinata and Naruto deflected with their tails.

"Hey Neji, cool him down will you?" Naruto cried out as he destroyed another ball of lava but quickly dipped his tail in the water for the lava was hot and burned the tip of his tail.

"Right" Neji said as he changed into his five tail wolf form and activating his blue tail which was visible in his eyes as only the blue ring glowed before he said "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu" (Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique) and sent a ball of water toward the primate. It dodged the first attack but jump away in time but was soon cornered when Sasori used his tails to shot yellow paralyzing acid directly in his path, drenching him. Then Naruto and Hinata quickly grabbed the 4 tail monkey with their own tails while Neji used another great waterfall jutsu, successfully in capturing him.

"Who are you and why are you attacking us?" Naruto asked the 4 tails while they heard struggling and turned to see a large sphere of sand and something inside knocking around as if to escape. Gaara brought the insect and sealed it to the ground with his sand while the person from the water, breathing heavily, ran towards them with steam pouring from the machine on his back. 'Kuso' Naruto thought as he was defenseless since he and Hinata were still holding the 4 tails, who was struggling now, down and the armored man was rushing towards them with some speed very much like the biju he hosted.

"No you don't" Neji cried as he, now back in his hanyo form, rushed towards the man and summoned his staff which he used and his wind element to blow back Han without a powerful wind attack which recoiled on Neji a bit by making him skid back from the force. (A/N: I dare someone to try and read this next sentence with a clean mind) Neji felt the staff in his hand grow warm and pulse before it died down as the dragon on the weapon glowed, moved a bit, and opened its mouth as if roaring before it grew stiff once more. 'I'm almost done unlocking the dragon' Neji thought as he saw Han get up and add more steam as to cut through the wind so Neji added water to the wind attack and spun the staff, creating a blizzard like wind that effectively slowed Han. The group watched in surprise as Han was literally frozen from the chest down, the furnace the only thing keeping him from being frozen complete. With the 5 tails jinchūriki now pinned the rest of the group crowded around the three biju who were trying to escape their prisons but with no such luck.

"You two might as well turn back into your jinchūriki form since you still outnumbered and just wasting energy since we're not here to harm you or anything. We just want some answers and till will go easier if you cooperate…now who are you three?" Temari asked as she watched the trio stare at them for a minute before a red chakra coat cloaked them before they all changed back into their human forms, their imprisonments shrinking with them.

"These two I know because they used to live in Iwa, un. The one incased in the water sphere is Roushi the holder of the 4 tailed demon ape Yonbi and next to him incased in ice is Han the holder of the 5 tailed demon whale-horse Gobi." Deidara said as he looked down at the 2 ex-Iwa jinchuriki before he turned toward the green haired girl who was frowning. "I don't know who she is, un."

"I know who she is….the female next to him held down by the sand is Fuu the holder of the 7 tailed demon horned beetle Shichibi." Nagato said as the girl frowned and looked away from them, clearly having an attitude at being caught. Roushi and Han tensed when the group above them knew who or more importantly what they were and waiting for the end as they thought.

"Now that's over can you tell me why you three are attacking us? We didn't do anything to you yet you attacked us for real reason" Naruto asked surprising the three who then looked at him in suspicion before Fuu spoke up.

"We're trying to capture you 14 because you wanted all across the nations for crimes unmentioned in fire, wind, and now earth country."

Naruto ran a head through his hair in agitation as the rest of the clan frowned or sighed in irritation before they looked back at the trio. "Look we haven't done anything to any of the nations in fact we haven't brought harm to anybody, not even to you three and you attacked us first." The three biju vessel just gave Naruto a pointed stare before sweat formed Konohamaru corrected him.

"Hey we were defending ourselves and as you see none of you are harmed except for a few bruises but you're not on the brink of death or anything. Give us a break and at least let us explain ourselves…jeez you three acted just like fire, wind, stone countries who didn't even give us time to breath let alone talk. Thank goodness for the 3 rain nin who listened to us before judging us, kore."

"He's right…you know how it is to be mistreated by those around you just because you're different or a rumor started about you being dangerous because you had a demon sealed inside you. Did you enjoy it when the town yelled and chased you before they even knew the truth about the biju sealed inside?" Gaara asked, realizing his point was getting across as they watched Roushi, Han, and Fuu look down in shame as they thought about their village that turned on them without understanding them.

"Sorry for attacking you before you had a chance to explain" Fuu said softly before Gaara removed the sand bounding her while Neji got rid of the water from around Roushi, and Konan used a low flame to melt the ice around Han.

"So where are all of you traveling too anyway?" Roushi asked as he watched Han shake some ice off his clothes before he joined his fellow Iwa jinchūriki before the group answered.

"We're just trying to find the rest of our clan and then a place call home."

While Roushi and Han exchanged a look, Fuu just frowned as she looked at Naruto with a skeptical look. "I been here for about a month and I haven't sensed anybody like you so I don't think you're going to find any of your clan members here." Fuu said chided as Matsuri gave her a dim look and muttered 'it's obvious under her breath' before Neji spoke up.

"We understand that, that is why we are heading for Hot Spring country for a break and then off toward lightning country then to lightning country." As soon as the words left Neji's mouth they watched the trio go into fighting positions which made the group raise a brow at their stance before they looked up into their faces.

"So you are trying to take over the nations then? First you were in fire, then caused trouble in wind, earth is upset, and last are lightning and water right?" Han asked before he noticed the group's shocked expressions as they defended themselves.

"That's not what we're trying to do at all? We just want to find our last 2 clan members and find a place we can be safe and call home. We're not trying to take over anything not the villages, not the countries, nothing!"

"So why are your faces in the black bingo books if you're as innocent as you claim?"

"Ugh, we were put there because we left our village to find a new home and escape the abuse we would have faced. Everybody is trying to capture us to use our powers since we are now stronger than the biju they knew and think we're easier to control."

Roushi, Han, and Fuu went quiet at this knowledge as their biju silently agreed with them saying they could sense it while the three vessels realized how hard the group was having it, maybe even more so than them. Fuu looked at them and asked what they were planning in which they quickly explained their planned for the umpteenth time and was slowly getting annoying. Then to add to the annoyance they asked the biju clan to show proof that was what they were planning which made Anko frown and very angry.

"And how, pray tell, do you expect us to do that? You want to make some hand signs, apply chakra, say something like "truth style: paper on plans", smack the ground, and expect something to appear to prove-"

"POOF"

"…" As Anko was being sarcastic and demonstrated all this, the second her hand lifted from the group a large cloud of smoke appeared and in front of her and the rest of the group were the animal's summonings that they had given to the Konoha ninja. Anko was still stunned as Naruto, Hinata, Neji, and Gaara went forward to greet the large group until Naruto saw a few that made his blood run cold. In front of him he saw two animals that didn't belong in the form of a frog and a slug…Gamakichi and Katsuya to be exact which he made his fear real clear.

"Oh Shit" was all Naruto said as he quickly backed away from the two odd out summonings before Katsuya the slug spoke up saying that there weren't there to harm or torment them.

"We have word from the rest of group, all the Konoha 11 and rest they want to wish you good luck on your mission and say to be careful." The group was surprised at the slug's words until they saw all the things they summonings were carrying gifts of all sorts from clothing like jackets, money, food, medicine, weapons, and so much more.

"What's all this for?" Naruto asked and Gamakichi spoke up this time as he looked up at the biju clan leader.

"It's to help you on your journey kid. All the teams thought they would pitch in after Shizune and the rest told them about being able to keep in touch in you. No all your friends in Konoha are rooting for you so don't disappoint them." The group was in shock, Roushi, Han, and Fuu the most, as they asked what were the rest of the teams doing now in which both Gamakichi and Katsuya replied while the rest of the clan took the supplies from the summonings.

"Oh they're heading for water country to talk to the Mizukage and convince her in releasing Kisame under your care since they finally seen the light or the truth of your actions. After the council placed you in the bingo books without the Hokage's consent she went berserk and almost killed Danzo but decided to make up for it where none of the Konoha nin can stop you and the search has been called off. All of you are in the clear for Konoha ninja just be careful still and try and keep in touch, especially with Tsunade when you get close to water country. She and the rest of the teams really miss you, heck even Sasuke is missing you although he is too emo to admit it."

The group said they would, smiling as they watched the summonings leave before their held back emotions came forth and they cried tears of happiness at what they just learned. "It looks like you got some true friends in Konoha Naruto" Yahiko said smiling as he put his arms around Nagato and Konan's shoulders as the blonde nodded, wiping away tears before he looked at the biju clan. (A/N: I'm start calling them hanyo clan as not confuse myself) They heard a sniff behind them and remembered the three jinchūriki behind which they turned and saw Fuu crying while Han and Roshi looked stunned as they stared at the group.

"When you group settles on a location…do you think it's possible that we can live there?" Fuu asked quietly as Roshi and Han looked at Deidara who had a look of understanding on his face for he knew from experience the hell that was Iwa. "We've all been abandoned by our countries and I can't stand people but you 14 have proven to me that not all humans are bad and I would like to join y'all because you understand how we feel."

Naruto looked at Hinata, then at Deidara who nodded, a smile on his face, as Naruto turned around and said they could which made the three biju happy as Naruto told them to head toward rain country while they finished their adventure. Since it was getting late, they decided to take a break and have dinner with the group and while they were celebrating and eating, Deidara decided to speak up about a very important substance.

"None of you would by any chance know how to make clay, un?" Deidara asked and frowned when he noticed all of them shake their heads before asking why. "But I used majority of it when battling the Tsuchikage and the last of it to create the bird…that is now destroyed." Naruto paled and whimpered a bit while the hanyo clan giggled/chuckled at this whereas the 3 biju looked confused.

"Before we found Deidara Naruto-kun, me, and Konan used to carry the clan on our backs which tired Naruto-kun out since he took the most people and doesn't want to relive it just yet" Hinata said smiling as the blonde nodded slowly, as if thinking about it made him feel the pain and heaviness on his back. The biju chuckled and said they could get some more clay in the village but they would have to wait until nightfall because they technically weren't welcomed in the village because of what they were. So to pass the time many took a nap (Naruto and Neji talked to Konohamaru and Matsuri before they did), some sparred against each other where Hinata found out she was close to unlocking the phoenixes in her sais, or others talked about their new life. As soon as night had fallen the 14 hanyo clan and the 3 biju vessel met up at the waterfall as they decided if they wanted to dive or fly to the village in which they decided to fly since no one would expect them to come by waterfall. After flying up behind the raging water they reached the village which they quickly and quietly snuck into.

Deidara snuck into a shop to stock up on clay while the rest of the group snuck into the bath house for a long needed hot bath which Deidara joined after he stocked up. After their pamper moment they turned toward Fuu to thank her but stopped when they noticed her headband that they missed.

"Wait I recognize that symbol on your forehead protector…it's the same as Kaku-this is Kakuzu's village, un" Deidara said surprised while Sasori snorted and called him a dumb brat in which he retaliated by saying, "shut up Danna". Fuu glared at the two arguing artist nin and asked if they were friends of Kakuzu in which they quickly shook their heads no, a distaste look on their faces.

"We know him, used to work in the same organization but never on friendly terms with him truthfully despised him and his ways." Fuu nodded before she and the Iwa duo noticed the smirks on their faces and knew something big they were about to ask. "Did Kakuzu have a safe around here, un?"

Fuu had a look of surprise then suspicion as she nodded and said, "Yes he was real money hungry so he locked the town's money in a giant safe in the tree but it's impossible to open." Naruto, Gaara, and Neji exchanged looks before all the hanyo clan smirked and said not for them and asked them to go to the safe. Curious as to what they were going to do, Fuu snuck them to the center of the tree where they saw an opening at the base where large vines were covering a stone door.

"This is it, now what do you have plan for opening it?" Fuu asked but raised a brow when she noticed the smirks on Neji's face as he turned on his byakugan, walked forward, moved the vines, and showed his 5 tails.

"Like this" and Neji began to fuel his chakra through his tails and touched the door in 5 spots he saw with his eyes before everybody heard a low clunk sound as the door opened to show them the contents inside. Fuu's eyes went wide as she noticed the large amount of money that ranged somewhere in the billions as it was the money from the day Kakuzu left and he had sealed the village's entire funds in the tree.

"Oh wow, that's enough money to buy, to buy a small island or something!" Fuu said stunned as Roshi and Han stood in amazement at how one simple kid "broke into" one of the hardest safe that even a biju couldn't get into. Neji looked proud as he joined the rest of the clan who said they were heading back and were walking towards one of the bridges before they were stopped by Fuu who had a surprised look on her face. "You don't want the money, I mean you were the ones who opened it and this place certainly doesn't deserve it based on how they treated several of its people (including me) so it belongs to you." The group shook their heads no as they looked at the three biju who were curious as to why they didn't take the money.

"We can't take from a village that brought us no harm or we would become just like the people they see us as in the black bingo books…besides we got people to see, Kakuzu's safes to rob" Naruto said with foxlike grin as Fuu seemed surprised at their words before she smiled and thanked the group while Roshi and Han started to seal all the money into scrolls, leaving nothing. When they were done, they snuck their way back to the waterfall which they slid down like a waterslide (because a) they're hanyo ninja and b) can you imagine them sliding down a waterfall…I can) before they made their way over onto dry land. As soon as they gathered once more they three biju vessels asked them what they were to do now in which Gaara answer while Deidara brought out a spare clay pouch.

"First we are to head to hot springs country to find Kakuzu's 3rd hidden safe, then to the lightning country to find Itachi, and lastly to water country to find Kisame before we find our home that is supposed to be nearby." Fuu nodded and said they should rest so they found slept in a nearby cave that was big enough to fit all of them and was kept warm by the fox's natural body heat. The next day the group awoke early to set off on their adventure as Roushi, Han, and Fuu watched them leave before heading toward the rain village. The biju clan said their thanks to the group for all their help as Deidara created 2 large birds that carried 5 non-flyers each while Naruto, Hinata, Konan, and Gaara decided to follow beside them.

"So did you notify all the other surrounding nations that the biju clan was in fact no danger and should be treated with respect and that the bingo books are a lie...it's good to have connections throughout the nations although I wonder why they never asked why you two were with me. I guess they never thought about it, oh well, now what to do with all this money?" Fuu thought as Han spoke up about something the group had said.

"Didn't they say there were looking for a home and that after they visit water that it would be nearby?" Fuu thought about the 5 tailed beast vessel said before her orange glowed and a smile shined on her face.

"Yes they did and I know the perfect place" and with those words she quickly set off for rain country which she made to quickly (with the help of her biju) where she wrote several letters and many people in rain could see hawks flying from the rainy village, one headed straight for the hot spring country. A day later the group had reached the hot spring country and landed not too far from the village where they casually strolled in only to be surprised at their entrance. The group was quickly surrounded and greeted by people, shinobi, and secretly demons alike as they all wished them good luck on their journey and feed them breakfast and lunch in which the group enjoyed.

"Wow, I guess there are some people in the countries that still like us Naruto-san" Matsuri said happily as she walked with the town as they asked about their adventures but noticed that they seemed to grow quiet when they passed a house that seemed to give off a bad aura. The group took one look at it and noticed the triangle inside of a circle drawn in dark red paint (hopefully) and instantly knew who the house belonged to. Anko asked about Hidan's house and noticed that a lot of them had scared looks on their faces as they said that something evil lived in the house and nobody dared venture towards it in fear of be sacrificed. The group watched as a little girl of about 4 go up to them and asked if they could take care of the 'monster' in the house in which they said they would try. This made the little girl happy as she thanked them before she ran back towards her mother. The group decided that only a certain few of them would go in so Gaara, Konan, Sasori, Neji, Deidara, Anko, Hinata and Naruto were the chosen ones while the rest waited outside.

"Why do I feel like a ghost busters who is here to get rid of a ghost, un?" Deidara muttered under his breath and then wondered what he was talking about until he and rest of the clan stepped up to the door.

"Neji" Naruto stated calmly as the wolf hanyo nodded and activated his byakugan saying that all was clear but the room was slightly disturbing. They all mentally prepared themselves and entered the room to see…jashin symbols all over the place and a bad aura that seemed to seep through the walls.

"Um, I don't like this place Naruto-kun…it feels and smells evil. I think we might have to cleanse this house using that demon scroll we found some time ago" Hinata said as she stepped closer to Naruto, a slight shiver from the aura in the house. Agreeing completely with her, Naruto summoned the large scroll onto his back where he unraveled it and summoned a scroll under the "Other" category. Naruto asked Sasori to hold the scroll while he and Hinata started to make some ancient hand seals learned by their fox deity's spirits.

"Demon Style: Royal deity cleanse" they said together and watched as the whole house started to glow before the symbols on the wall disappeared, the air became easier to breath, and the demonic aura in the house disappeared…well almost all of it. As soon as they had resealed the scroll, they heard a sound like someone cursing before a creature jumped out at them.

"You ruined my home, now I will eat your souls" said the thing as it made to attack Naruto which made Hinata shriek in shock and fear before Naruto used his tails to capture it. They heard a loud commotion behind them and watched as the rest of the clan made their way into the house to see what was wrong.

"Hinata is everything oka-…what is that?" Temari started to ask but noticed the thing in Naruto's tails that made everybody look and stare in confusion and disbelief. Wondering about the strange looks, Naruto turned around and brought his tails in front of him to see a small demon no bigger than Konohamaru (before Shippuden) struggling and trying to escape.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked the demon that stopped struggling and gave them its most evil glare which didn't faze any of them as he said in his deepest and darkest voice, "I'm Jashin". (A/N: Now it this offends anybody then I'm sorry since I found out that there is really a religion around Jashin)

The room went quiet as they stared at the demon that was trying to look fearful but was failing miserably. "You're tiny" Sasori said emotionlessly while Deidara had a hand over his mouth to hide the snickers that wanted to escape. This comment seemed to have struck a nerve for the demon because he turned toward Sasori and bared his sharp teeth.

"Who you calling tiny, redhead, just for that I will defeat you all" he said as he tried to get free from Naruto's tails while Deidara stopped hiding his snickers and just went into full blown laughter at the sight of the demon trying to attack. "Wham" went Naruto's hand into the demon's head as he told him to calm down as the demon had shed tears from the pain of biting his tongue. Now that he had gotten the demon's attention, Naruto asked him where the safe was in which Jashin stuck his tongue out and asked why he should tell them.

At that Anko's eyes started to twitch and started to morph into a small version on her 8 tailed form which sent the smaller demon into a panic before he noticed that majority of the other group was doing the same. At this he decided he didn't want to die today and told them where the safe was. "It's near the hot spring behind the house" he bellowed out before the group returned to their human forms and thanked the demon.

"Now back you go" Naruto said as he and Hinata said some ancient words that made the demon eyes go wide before he disappeared in a cloud of red smoke. The rest of the clan watched in surprise before they asked what they did to the demon in which they smirk and said, "We sent it back to the demon world." "Now let's go find that safe" Naruto said in which everybody agreed before they headed for the back of the house, laughing as Matsuri and Konohamaru raced to see who could find it first.

"Found it" the clan heard the duo shout out before they chuckled and quickly made their way toward Konohamaru and Matsuri who were standing next to an extremely out of place rock about 20 feet from a hot spring in the backyard.

"Well that was easy" Kankuro muttered before they watched Neji do his thing and opened up the safe to find 40 cases full of money this time which made the group raise a brow at loot in one place.

"Why are there so many cases here?"

"I guess that Hidan's house scared away the villagers so much that this was the best place to hide Kakuzu's money." Sasori said as Deidara agreed before they looked at Naruto who said they would be retrieving the suitcases this time.

"What we're not going to call on our animal friends?" Anko joked as Naruto smiled and shook his head no, saying that the hole was big enough to grab the suitcases with their tails in which he demonstrated as he took out nine suitcases. Hinata, Anko, Deidara, Sasori, Konan, and Gaara took out the last 31 and sealed them all away before they made their way back through the house. After they exited the house through the front, they were surprised to see the daimyo of hot spring country there as he thanked them for purifying the house in which they embarrassedly said you're welcome.

"If there is anything we can do to help than please don't hesitate to ask."

"Thanks for the offer, unless you know any good places that can support a large group like a village or so?" Naruto jokingly said but was surprised when the daimyo stood there thinking before a smile came on his face.

"The only place I can think of would be the whirling tides country between wave and water country. It's been abandoned since the attack and the whirlpools keep people away from its hidden treasures" the daimyo said then looked up when he heard Nagato suck in a breath as he looked at Naruto with a surprise, yet happy look on his face.

"It's also the very place where the Uzumaki clan used to live and was well known for their sealing techniques. It's the perfect place for an Uzumaki biju clan to go to don't you think Naruto?" Nagato said with a soft smile as Naruto blinked and smiled right back.

"Yea it's the perfect place alright thanks for the information, uh, do you know who the daimyo of the whirling tides country is by any chance?" Naruto asked hopefully but was shot down when the daimyo shook his head.

"Sorry but he died some time ago, but it is possible that you might find the deed still there on the island so I suggest checking their when you can."

Naruto and the rest of the group thanked the hot springs daimyo before they left the village to the clay birds nearby and hoped onto their backs. "Alright onward to lightning country" Naruto said excited his fist in the air which Konohamaru mocking him, making the group laugh as the village below waved them goodbye as the biju clan made their way to find Itachi and some more shocking, clan members. As soon as they had left a hawk came flying toward the daimyo, a message attached to its leg which he quickly took and read to himself. The daimyo smiled and nodded to the letter as the hawk moved to his shoulder.

"It seems the others want to help too" he muttered before he had his bodyguards follow him into the woods before they warped back to the daimyo's home where he started to write several message to the nearby daimyos. He attached one to the hawk who gave a squawk before it flew out the window as the daimyo smiled, showing pointed teeth, as he looked up at his body guards with red eyes. "I would like you two to go to the whirling tide country and find the deed, stating that Naruto Uzumaki is the heir to the island. It's only fair…I mean us demons got to stick together and it's only right to help our fellow demon clan."

The two bodyguards nodded, bowed a bit, before they disappeared to their destination as the hot springs daimyo sat back in his chair and looked out to the world, a smile on his face. "That boy and his clan will have hard times in lightning but with friendship and trust they will overcome even the strongest of enemies." Elsewhere in lightning, Itachi was sitting in a traditional café, drinking tea, watching his prey with a scowl on his face. 'You make have escaped from me once but rest assure, when we join together you will meet your doom' the weasel thought as he waited for his target to leave before he followed him, sensing the huge battle that would take place soon.

(BIG A/N: Okay I forgot to mention the different forms that the group can take since I'm always switching in the story but didn't make it clear what the difference were)

Human form: Look like their normal selves, can make their tails visible or not, animal characteristics like light whiskers, longer nails, and sharper canine

Hanyo form: like their human form except can't hide tails, more animalistic like fur, paws, real whiskers, ears, and such

Travel size biju form: forms they in when they carry the clan

Full size biju form: Full animal forms complete with tails and all (clothes attach to human and hanyo forms)