Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. I simply own the story itself. Naruto belongs to Sasuk…. I mean Kishimoto.

Just in case: Due to Naruko being the name created by fans, therefore being a fandom name, it is not required by me to use 'Naruko' as the name for female Naruto. Kishimoto was not the one who created this name for that version of Naruto. I will however, place any and all female Naruto stories I have within the 'Naruko' category due to the story being about the FEMALE Naruto. {Since previously I was complained to for placing my stories in the Naruto Character category; since the story was about a Female Naruto.}

I do realize that I am not the characters however I write my stories in first person perspective. If you do not like first person stories, then feel free to leave if you are not willing to give it a shot. I can understand people's preferences towards stories. Third person is more centered on description, whereas First person is more centered on feelings/emotions.

No Criticism, Flamers or any of that. Don't like, don't read. That is why they invented the "X" at the top of your browser and the back key in the address bar. Do not leave the story via the review section, seeing as that keeps you within the story that you possibly didn't give a chance.

Warning: I speak more Japanese than I do English; therefore you will find some translation errors or possibly a few grammar or spelling errors floating around. I don't have a beta reader and, honestly, I do not want one. The last time I tried to have a Beta Reader; they tried to change everything that would happen in my story. It takes me a while, but I do go back to older chapters and rewrite them or check them for errors.

Starting from now on all my chapters will be having the above information. Anything that is said by me that is new will be above the '†'

The bottom author note will also state a repeat of the same thing, so anything said by me again will be directly under my '-AN-'

The reason I am starting to do this is because of the people that failed to read the disclaimer, warnings or anything like that.

I have come to realize that my chapters always appear as '1 line sentences' though I know it is mainly because my monitor is very wide, but it causes problems coz it makes the story seem to be of less quality. I don't want to make my stories too big per chapter, but it does appear that practically nothing is going on. For now I am uncertain on what to do to fix this issue, since my minimal word limit per chapter is 1.2k while my maximum for certain stories is 1.5k (Uzumaki Twins minimal is 2k)

If I put too much into a paragraph, it appears to be 'BS'd and I don't want that at all. I will, in the end, have to rewrite this story so there is a possibility of different events or more information that would be added.

What do you guys think? Should I rewrite my stories and add more information into it to make it longer or should I rewrite it and keep it close to what I already have? If I rewrite it and add more to the story than what it already has, it might mean you would have to re-read the story.

For now I will continue to upload chapters until a decision of what to do has been made.

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I knew what she was doing, but I couldn't stop her. Her resolve was to do this, and only this. I actually understood her resolution. She wasn't the first to risk her life; to give it to another for them to breathe once more.

I knew what she was doing yet I couldn't actually admit the reality that will come after all is done.

I didn't want to lose anyone again.

Then again, I didn't have anything to begin with.

So why was I still afraid?

"Akuma…" Kyuubi called out. His voice was stern but there was also this soft touch of concern. To Kyuubi, I was like family because we had been together for 15 years. He has watched me since the day I was born. He was the one thing I didn't lose, but he was the one thing I could lose that would kill me mentally and physically.

I was sitting on the head of the Yondaime. I would always sit on his head when I was lost in thought or bothered by something. This is what caused the concern in Kyuubi's voice.

"Don't get me wrong on this situation Kyuubi; I am happy that Gaara is alive but did we really have to lose Chiyo? I could have done more than what I did… no… no I should have done more." The growl that Kyuubi let out shocked me.

"Stop being so hard on yourself! If anyone is to blame for what has happened… it is me." My eyes went wide in shock. Kyuubi would never admit that anything was his fault. But then again, Kyuubi would always blame himself on the inside for the pain that was caused in my youth. Whenever someone would beat me up, he would go silent for over a month; he was concerned about me, but he would be biting himself for being sealed within me.

"Kyuubi, it isn't entirely your fault… if anything…" I lifted my hand as it slowly was engulfed with blue flames. "It would be these flames… I shouldn't have these flames, Itachi was right about that. Only someone who has strongly succeeded within the Uchiha clan has such colored flames."

I heard a sigh from Kyuubi. "Kit, what you were taught from the Samurai was incorrect." I raised my brow as I brought my knees up to my chest.

"These flames do belong to you. Your mother was an Uzumaki and your father was a Namikaze. I am a fox spirit with a hot touch." I rolled my eyes at his last comment before he continued.

"Uzumaki clan… well, they had a strong touch with the water element while Namikaze had a strong touch with wind. Your father's wind with my fire makes it stronger while your mother's water could put out my fire, instead…" he trailed off. I sat in silence before I thought of what Kyuubi was attempting to suggest.

"No, my mother's water wouldn't do anything if my father's wind had part of it… but… I think…"

"The blue is your spirit." I fell silent as Kyuubi finished what I was going to say. I was of perfect blood for Blue flames only because of the combination of my parents and Kyuubi. But yet, I didn't understand a few things about myself still.

Yet the only people I could ask either drifted away or are after me for unknown purposes.

"Kyuubi." I said, gaining the fox's attention. He merely grunted, but I knew he was listening to me. "I need to make another blood clone but in my form." I could tell by the noise that he had made, that he wanted to know what I was talking about.

"I am going to keep the blood clone here while I gather some information… something just doesn't seem right." I stopped talking when I realized someone was coming towards me. Turning around I saw Sakura coming up the trail. "Jiraiya-sama was right. I've been looking for you all night… Tsunade is sending us on another mission, without Kakashi-sensei." I nodded.

This must be the follow up mission from the information that Sakura had apparently gained from Sasori. He confirmed a meeting with a spy that was within Orochimaru's hideout. I knew all about this, I just didn't know which hideout Orochimaru was located at… that snake did like to move frequently.

But I wonder; did Sasuke want to see me after all that has happened? I'm not the Naruto that they knew, so I don't really expect much from him to begin with.

"I will go on this mission, I have to. But after that, we will leave a clone here." I could tell that Kyuubi was displeased but he knew that it wasn't for me to leave the village again like I did before.

"When do we leave?" I asked as I turned towards Sakura. "Well, Tsunade wanted us to leave as soon as possible so we can be there and have preparations set in motion…" I nodded as I stood up, dusting off my cloak. "Naruto." I turned towards Sakura as I saw a distant look in her eyes.

"I'm… I'm sorry about when we were younger… when you were Naruto I treated you like nobody but you always were growing right before my eyes… I thought it was Sasuke-kun who saved me from Gaara that day…" I looked away from Sakura as I stared out towards the moon.

"You… you died as Naruto to save me…" I could hear a regretful tone in her voice. "Sakura." She instantly looked up to me. "I shouldn't have left the village in the very beginning. But the truth is, if I hadn't of done that, then I wouldn't have met you or Sasuke or anyone else." I saw the confusion in her eyes, causing me to sigh.

I reached up to the lone button of my cloak. "You already know of the Nine-tails so it shouldn't come so much of a shock for you to see me." I unclasped the button, allowing the cloak to fall to the ground. Sakura's eyes instantly went wide with shock. She walked closer to me as she lifted her hands to my ears. "They are real." I said, as if Sakura though that they were fake.

"I… I can believe you are Naruto…" I raised my brow causing her to blush before she looked away. "Because you hid… I didn't know if you were an imposter… but the blonde hair… the whiskers… those are Naruto's…" She turned to face me.

"Hm… yes, but I feared the reaction towards the higher influence I had with Kyuubi's chakra… I appear more like a demon than a human…" Sakura held up her finger to my lips as she smiled. "I actually like you this way. You are what your personality is compared to everyone else… you are different and that is what makes you unique."

I stared at her, for once at a loss for words. No one had ever said something like this to me before, so how was I supposed to respond? I shook my head as I cleared my throat. "As I was saying before… I wouldn't have met you if I stayed." I lifted my arm as I tugged on a loose bandage wrapped around my arm.

Instantly the mark of ANBU was showing as clear as day. Instead of seeing shock on Sakura's face, I was met with a warm smile. "Now I get it…" I raised my brow before realization hit me.

Sakura was Tsunade's apprentice, which meant that Sakura had full access to any documents that Tsunade had. There was a huge file on me under Namikaze Akuma, which only was allowed for the Hokage's eyes. If you tried looking for me under Uzumaki Akuma, you would only find Uzumaki Naruto.

There was a reason for the different names. It wasn't just because of family relations, but it was also for the difference of appearance. If I was in Konoha, I would go by Uzumaki Naruto, the container of the nine-tails fox demon. If I was on missions, I would go by Namikaze Akuma, because then people wouldn't know that I was the nine-tails fox demon's container.

"Whenever I would ask why there was no files on you, Tsunade would just change the subject. But when I found a file with the name 'Akuma' on it… I couldn't help but read about that person. You never really did leave the village, did you?"

-AN-

I haven't actually quite said this yet on the other stories that I have updated… but I missed updating stories and hearing from my readers. I actually enjoyed those times the most when even though I never asked for reviews, people would still review and leave a comment that would make me smile or laugh. I must say a thank you for those people who have followed me through each and every story I have done, even those that only follow one story.

I originally was a Fanfic writer a while back on here, but I wrote Japanese stories… I never would get readers and I didn't understand why. I deleted all those stories in the end. I then found out that, the reason they didn't get any readers was because on this site the main languages people read is Spanish and English. So for a few years I focused hard on English and its grammar so that I could publish in English for people. I never got past chapter 2 in my original stories… now… now I have a story that is at chapter 69 and others that broke chapter 10! I've put up 16 stories and have over 35 stories on my PC waiting for their time to be placed up.

So again, I want to thank my readers… much love to you all!

On a side note; I have placed up a poll on my profile. The poll is to determine what story I should upload next so please vote. Since things are starting to run smoother now, I can get around to updating more. (Granted I still don't have a job, but that won't be an issue soon.)

P.S. I have been slowly replacing chapters in the stories while my internet was still up. Most of the short stories have been rewritten, though there are a few that still needs to be fixed up. If I remember correctly, I did replaced chapter 1 of NUA the other day… it is slightly longer and not as jumpy as it was previously.

I have created accounts on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook for you guys to follow me so that there isn't as much confusion on when chapters will be posted or information like that. You do not have to ask for permission to add me, as long as you aren't a troll or something like that.

My username for Tumblr and Twitter are also DaemonDeDevil but for ease, I have the links to my accounts for those sites in my profile at the top.

That is all.

-Ja ne