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Chapter 10 – Battle of the Akatsuki
Hinata leaned on a tree looking at the sky, lost in thought. She visited Kurenai's apartment earlier and she found out that Anko's curse seal was lifted off of her because of Naruto. The Hyuuga heiress smiled at the thought.
During her visit, the Byakugan princess soon realized that she had competition for the golden-haired jinchuuriki's affections, if the look on Kurenai and Anko's faces were an indication when they talked about the former village pariah. "If that is true, then I wonder how Kurenai-sensei will break it to Asuma-san." The pearl-eyed woman wondered, shaking her head from the thought.
A frown marred the Hyuuga princess' beautiful features. She did not want to fight her sensei or the snake user for Naruto. Wrecking friendships in that manner was a foolish way to lose a friend...
Then a thought crossed her mind.
"I don't know if his clan had any special abilities or not. But if they did, then he would be the last of his clan, making him fall under Clan Restoration Act…meaning he can have more than one wife…" She thought while blushing heavily. Would she be able to live with that?
The pearl-eyed woman pondered the thought for a while before finally reaching a conclusion. "Naruto-kun wouldn't favor one woman over another. He would love us equally." The Hyuuga woman thought with a smile. Hinata settled it within herself. It would take some time getting used to the idea, but she would be alright with sharing the Kyuubi host.
Just as long as she was with him.
"Hey Hinata!" Hearing her name, the princess turned to see Mika walking towards her. "Wanna get some lunch?" The heiress smiled and nodded as she stood up and began to walk towards the green-eyed woman.
Hinata felt a foreboding feeling wash over her. "You felt that too, huh?" The green-eyed jounin asked, already knowing the answer. The Hyuuga princess turned to Mika in surprise and said, "Yeah. It's like something bad is happening."
Mika sighed and replied, "I thought it was just me. I've been feeling that all day. I hope it isn't Naruto." She whispered with a visage of worry. Hinata looked at the sky once more, her eyes shining in worry.
Unfortunately for them, their perception was on point.
Naruto looked at his three opponents with a blazing fury. "I've had enough! Madara wrecked so many people's lives along with Pein! And Sasuke is still the selfish child I knew...I'll kill them!" The ninja-swordsman raged in his mind.
Sasuke looked at his former teammate with slight intimidation. He had never in all of his life thought the golden-haired man would be more of a threat to him than now.
"Where is he getting all of this power from? NO! I refuse to acknowledge this…monster as my equal! I wasn't afraid you then and I am not afraid of you now!" The avenging Uchiha thought darkly as his Susanoo reached completion.
The Deva Path looked at the Yuurei angrily. He wanted to achieve peace and this was the only way! Mankind can't achieve it on its own! This boy was too naïve to see that. "Such childish thinking needs to be eliminated…" The Rinnegan user thought seriously as he began to bring more chakra into his hands and encircle his chakra around himself.
Madara could feel the anger rolling off of the Kyuubi host in waves. This reminded him of the first battle they had. He was ill prepared last time, he could admit that. "But that won't be happening again. I'll fight seriously from the start." The ancient Uchiha thought as his chakra started to surround him, his Sharingan spinning rapidly.
Naruto gazed at them fiercely before charging at the trio, large katanas in hand. Sasuke's Susanoo shot Amaterasu-covered arrows at his enraged ex-teammate, finding it hard to keep up with his speed.
Naruto dodged the hail of black fire arrows as he approached the young Uchiha with great speed. Electricity began to pick up around the Kyuubi host's blades as he reached the body of Susanoo.
"Seiton: Fantomu no Inabikari Senko!"(Spirit Style: Phantom of Lightning Flash) The ghost-nin called as lightning generated around his being before a flash of bright lightning clashed with Susanoo with Naruto holding his large katanas outstretched in each hand behind Sasuke.
Sasuke's eyes widened from seeing the electrified masked jinchuuriki behind him before closing his eyes from the light. The avenging Uchiha moved himself to left to dodge before feeling the electric currents flow throughout his left arm and side, causing him to yell in pain. The Sharingan user looked up, silently stunned to see his Susanoo having a slash through its left side. Doing the wise thing for once, the youngest Uchiha powered down his Susanoo and waited until he recovered the feeling of his arm.
Pein rushed to the Yuurei with a rod-like blade in hand and engaged him in a kenjustu battle. Naruto parried Pain's horizontal swing with a diagonal strike and spun for a roundhouse kick. The Rinnegan user blocked with his forearm and saw Naruto continuing his flip while swinging at his back. The Deva Path moved his weapon vertically to his back and collided with the Nine-tails hosts' katana and spun around with his hand out.
"Shinra Tensei!" Pain yelled as the gravitational blast flew towards the ghost-like swordsman. Naruto became intangible and let the blast go through him when Madara phased into the battle, took Pain's attack into his realm, and shot it back at Naruto full speed.
Caught off-guard by the shinobi legend's move, Naruto took the hit and was sent flying towards Sasuke's Kusanagi. Naruto used the momentum of his flight and flipped and twisted himself over Sasuke and went to drop-kick him from behind. The revenge-crazed Uchiha turned around, ducked, and grabbed the jinchuuriki's ankles.
Madara appeared again and axe-kicked Naruto in his stomach, making the masked human sacrifice cough up blood behind his mask as he was slammed into the ground. The last two Uchiha moved as Pain did a set of seals before calling out, "Suiton: Suiryuudan!" The water dragon flew at the ghost-nin at swiftly before being sliced in half by the wolf-masked ninja.
Already recovering from the kick, Naruto gazed at his three and saw one of his opponents using the hand signs for summoning. Sasuke stood on the black Hawk Boss, his eyes narrowed as he kept his eyes on Naruto. Madara activated his Susanoo which held the Uchiha fan and stood in front of the Deva Path and Sasuke.
The phantom ninja looked at the situation at hand. "I guess I'll be needing help at this point." Naruto said quietly to himself as he did half seals after drawing blood. He slammed his hand on the ground and said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Three beings appeared in a plume of smoke.
The being closest to Naruto had purple robes on with a red cloak over it. He had a muscular build and the air around was that of a quiet warrior. A sword was on his left hip, with the sheath appearing as though made from wood. The summon had wild black and red hair with a blue wolf mask over his face.
The one in the middle was a tall and burly man that wore a dark blue cloak over his light blue robes. On his shoulder and chest region were feathers that matched his wardrobe. His hair was purple with black ends. The blue mask was an owl with leaves standing at the top of his head shaped as a crown, symbolizing wisdom and authority.
The individual furthest from Naruto was a female that wore a brown and green cloak over her green robes. Her hair was fashioned in a top-not with two ponytails reaching the middle of her back. Her mask was in likeness of a deer, matching her regal and commanding aura.
"Ah Naruto-kun, good seeing you again!" The summon in the middle spoke. Naruto smiled and replied, "Hey Samickle-jisan, Oki, and Kai-chan. I apologize, but as you have probably figured, I would greatly appreciate your assistance here." The summon named Oki chuckled.
"You're worse than Amaterasu-dono over there, but at least we get some excitement with you." Oki said quietly, watching the opposing enemies before them. Kai gave a soft laugh as she said, "You should summon us more often. We get bored too. Besides, I still haven't gotten to thank you properly for helping me with Lika during training." The katana user sighed, "I told you, there's no need for that." A small smile graced his features as he finished, "But if it means that much to you, we can work something out."
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he turned back to his enemies. "I just need help destroying the summons and find a way to stop Madara and his Susanoo." The three summons nodded and changed into wolves in a flash of light. Oki smirked and asked, "So how do we start this?" Naruto grinned. "Leave that to me…" He replied as he began a set of seals.
Black clouds swarmed around the Akatsuki eye users, hearing the ninja-swordsman call out, "Raiton: Daibakuha no Kaminari!" (Lightning Style: Great Explosion of Thunder) An explosion with a deafening, thundering effect crackled loudly which shook their being violently before electricity lashed out at the three enemy shinobi. The Akatsuki trio was disoriented from the loud thunder and was not quick enough to defend themselves from the lightning fully, thus making them take some damage.
Naruto and his summons ran towards the Sharingan and Rinnegan users. "Oki! Kai! Attack the man on the hawk boss! Samickle! Attack the man with the ringed eyes! I'll take Madara!" Naruto ordered. The trio of wolves nodded and gave a fierce bark before going in the black cloud to their targets.
During that face off, everyone else fought off their opponents. Amaterasu blocked Crimson Helm's strike with her massive sword before flipping quickly to its head and slashing at his face. It dodged but its shoulder armor was broken as it took the blow.
The Eighth Wonder's wielder took advantage of the exposed shoulder as she used Shinrakaze (Divine Wind) to blow away the fire on the shoulder and sliced its vulnerable shoulder, causing a deep wound. The beast roared in pain and swung at the celestial woman, but missed his target. The white-haired woman back flipped away to a safe distance.
"The Oina were summoned…" The sun celestial being thought with a small grin. "You will pay!" Crimson Helm snarled as he charged. Faster than what was expected from something it size, it lit its katanas on fire and slashed with precisions of a master swordsman.
The blows from the giant demon's swings were hard for the sun goddess to block because of the power behind each strike. The celestial woman growled and rose to the challenge as she began to put more power into her swings. The fire that lit Crimson Helm's blades grew even wilder as the beast fought harder for its revenge.
Amaterasu, having her Winter Tundra rosary beads around her right forearm, dodged her enemy's last two swipes and shot the ice-powered beads out like bullets towards the enflamed swords before parrying Crimson Helm's assault.
The helmet wearing demon roared flames towards the wolf goddess with a tremendous force following it. Amaterasu spun Eighth Wonder around while channeling the tundra beads power into the spinning zanbatou, protecting herself from the attack before rushing to the demon and stabbing its side. Feeling the icy sting, the dragon-headed demon growled before grabbing and viciously slamming her into the ground and throwing her away.
Rasu bounced off the ground a couple of times before graceful flipping herself to regain her bearings, charging at the fire demon fiercely. Crimson Helm swung at her, but was caught off-guard when she ducked and spun inside his guard, stabbing the zanbatou to the hilt this time in his wounded side. Blood splashed on her arm as the demon cried out in agony. The celestial woman ferociously ripped her blade out of the evil creature's abdomen and blasted Shinrakaze into the injury, causing the beast more pain.
Crimson Helm yelled angrily in anguish while Amaterasu shot the tundra beads into the wound, which pushed it back and made it fall, writhing in suffering. Kyuubi, seeing her celestial best friend's last attack yelled, "Good Kami, Ammy! That was a sexy combo!" Rasu looked at the semi-bloody guardian and sweatdropped from the comment.
"And why are you so cheerful?" The sun goddess asked. The nine-tailed woman chuckled and replied, "That was just the adrenaline talking. A good battle does that to me I guess." Amaterasu nodded in understanding as that happened to her too.
Both Crimson Helm and Blight decided to team up and charged at the two higher beings in unison. Both women smirked. "Do they think they have a better chance in a team battle?" The white-haired warrior asked rhetorically. Kyuubi's grin became more vulpine under her mask. "Well let's show them that they have no chance in hell!" She yelled as they both charged at the demons.
Konan and Yugito worked together against Team Taka. The paper user formed a ninja-to with her paper abilities and took on Suigetsu in a kenjutsu mêlée. Using Zabuza's zanbatou, the water user smiled in a predator-like manner.
"Paper? Really? This is like bringing a metal rod to a lightning storm!" The crazed swordsman spoke. Konan blocked his vertical swing with a horizontal strike before calmly replying, "Then you must be the metal rod." His eyes widened as Yugito charged behind him. "Raiton: Dai Raiken!" (Lightning Style: Grand Lightning Fist) The dual-tailed container called out and punched Suigetsu's back, sending him to the ground as lightning danced around his body erratically.
Juugo shot spikes towards the cloud kunoichi to protect his teammate and rushed at the two to buy Karin some time as she healed Suigetsu. The downed water user nodded to his red-haired teammate gratefully before methodically attacking the paper-using woman and the female jinchuuriki.
Konan analyzed the team and couldn't figure something out. "It seems like they are getting stronger by the minute. How?" The blue-haired kunoichi asked to herself as she ducked under Juugo's attack. Yugito inwardly growled in irritation, coming to the same conclusion as the former Akatsuki member. "I don't understand... They are attacking and getting more powerful as this fight continues..." The blond woman thought as she barely moved in time from Suigetsu's sword. "Yugito! Stay focused!" The Nibi warned, trying to figure the enemy out.
The team stopped with their assault and began a set of hand signs, giving both female ninja a foreboding feeling. The trio was giving a dark purple glow before a small explosion ensued. When the smoke cleared, Konan and Yugito were shocked to see Team Hawk and their individual chakra surrounding them.
Karin's green chakra went back to her and surrounded her hands, taking the form large scalpels. Juugo's curse seal was activated as his reddish-brown chakra subsided. The large man opened his right hand as he created a large spiked fist that looked like that could discharge chakra with each hit. Suigetsu had a thin blue layer of chakra to surround him, his right arm growing muscular while his lower half formed into water.
"How could they have gained more power like this?" Yugito asked, not sure what to make of their situation. Konan spoke with narrowed eyes, "They may have had some type of seal over them and they have decided to unleash it."
Suigetsu laughed before saying, "The pretty paper girl there is right. We did have a seal on us. But there's more…" The nekomata container gritted her teeth while the former Ame-nin listened, inwardly grimacing. "It doubles our strength and feeds off of chakra anywhere near us!" The water user finished with a toothy grin.
Yugito began to channel some of her tenant's chakra while Konan was formulating a plan in her mind. "Any ideas Origami-chan?" Konan couldn't help but smile from the nickname. "Maybe this seal can last for a certain amount of time...stalling them out is the only thing I can come up with." The blue-haired ninja said as she took a stance. Team Hawk charged at the duo. Yugito shook her head, a feline smile gracing her features as she prepared herself. "Any plan is better than nothing. Let's kick these punks' asses!" Konan smirked as she and Yugito charged to clash with Team Hawk.
Onoki dodged another swipe from the Preta Path and kicked the Rinnegan user away. In this battle, A was keeping the Human Path body at bay while Killer Bee fought Kisame in his four-tailed state.
"Doton: Iwa Yado Kuzushi!" (Earth Style: Stone Lodging Destruction) yelled the Tsuchikage as rocks began to attack the mind reading path in an avalanche formation. The Pain body dodged all of the rocks as he moved closer with an evil smile on his face and attacked the old kage. Onoki's eyes narrowed before stomping on the ground, causing rocks to bounce out of the ground and kicked them towards his enemy before using Kawarimi with one of the earth clones he discreetly made. He summoned the huge stone cube and missed the evasive Pain path, causing an explosion upon impact with the ground. Both ninjas flipped to regain their bearings and attacked each other once more.
A looked over to his fellow kage while dodging the Rinnegan user's body. "Tsuchikage, Bee! I'm heading your way!" The lightning kage yelled as he did a set of seals. "Raiton: Gian!" (Lightning Release: False Darkness) The stocky kage light up causing both of the paths and Tsuchikage to shield their eyes. Three lightning bolts that came from A's mouth struck the Pain personas and Kisame.
Deciding to follow up on the attack, Onoki did some hand signs and called out, "Doton: Doryuudan no Jutsu!" (Earth Ralease: Earth Dragon Technique) Three earth dragons formed and charged to the down trio of Akatsuki and slammed into them. Four-tailed Killer Bee jumped into the air and targeted the three enemies. Chakra formed in his arms, crashing into them as he called, "LARIAT!" They smashed into the ground, shaking the environment around them.
Killer Bee landed on all-fours, catching his breath. The earth kage and the Kumo brothers went over to the three bodies and were surprised when the three exploded into water.
The water from the bushins spread across as it gathered more water from an unknown source until it formed an underwater dome. "If we didn't avoid the Hachibi's attack, we would have died for certain!" The kages and jinchuuriki looked for the source of the voice and was shocked to see Kisame fusing with his blade, Samehada.
The ex-Mist swordsman gestured to their surroundings. "You may have had us out there but in here…" The shark-like ninja grinned predatorily. "This in my domain!" Trying to get out, The Tsuchikage swam quickly to the edge of the dome only to be surprised when the Preta Pain persona kicked him back inside. Kisame chuckled darkly. "Rest assured, none of you will escape…"
The Raikage swam down and helped his fellow kage to return to the top of the dome where they were. The two kages put chakra into their lungs to help them last longer under the water. The Hachibi container growled. "Any ideas Eight-O?" The Hachibi snarled, "Quit calling me that, dammit! From the looks of things Bee, any ideas you all may come up with may end in failure. The shark man eliminated your brother's electricity, the old man might be the primary target for the two Rinnegan users outside, and they may expect you to get exhausted and lose your air. Basically this plan is full-proof…well, for any normal ninja." The eight-tailed guardian smirked, happy that his container finally has a challenging situation to overcome.
The three allies looked at each other and nodded. Until they could figure out a plan, they will have to fight together. Killer Bee added two more tails, making him have a total of six tails. With a sense of camaraderie, the three charged at the grinning menace known as Kisame.
Tsunade ax-kicked one Asura Path to Mei, since was preparing a yoton jutsu to melt the machine-like Pain. Both female kage decided to switch their enemies at random to throw off their opponent's concentration.
Just before the Mist kage could use her Kekkei Genkai, the Animal Pain interrupted her by summoning a bull with Rinnegan eyes to run her over. "I'm hating these interruptions!" Mei growled out as the bull charged to her. The lava user was forced to dodge but jumped towards the Asura Pain the Hokage sent to her. The red-haired kunoichi had boiling mist around her hand when she threw a punch to the falling path. The Asura persona spun around and kneed the Mizukage in her ribcage before kicking her to the Naraka Path counterpart.
Mei, still using the boiling mist around her hand, grabbed the machine-using body that kicked her, before throwing him to Tsunade before engaging in a ninjutsu battle with the awaiting Naraka Pain body. The last Senju ran up to the Asura path that the Mizukage threw and gave an uppercut to his chin before grabbing his ankle and did a couple front flips before trying to slam him on the ground.
The Pain persona put his hands up and used chakra cover his hands to stick to the ground and stop the blond kage's attack before performing a kick upwards to Tsunade's chin. Tsunade dodged the kick and back flipped away to safety before charging the the mechanic path body again.
"This is getting annoying really fast..." Tsunade said as she ducked under a blast the Asura Path attacked with.
Gaara blocked the white Zetsu's punch with his forearm and did a spinning back fist, which the light plant ninja ducked under and performed a sweep kick. Instead of jumping, the sand-using kage planted his feet and slid his foot into the attack, stopping the offending foot. Gaara then used an uppercut and the pale plant man dodged it, but wasn't expecting sand to follow his fist and was hit.
The white Zetsu rolled with the flow and grabbed the jinchuuriki's fist and swung his leg to hit his ribs, but Gaara blocked it with his arm and the S-class plant-man criminal quickly jabbed Gaara's face and connected, sending the wind kage away from him. The sand jinchuuriki flipped and landed softly on the ground before getting back into stance.
"Seems like you have some taijutsu after all." The pale-nin said. Gaara shrugged. "I've always had it. I never had a reason to use it. Honestly, I wanted to surprise Uzumaki with it in the next battle we would have." The kage replied, clearly irritated from the former Kusa-nin. The white plant-like man shook his head. "You are a strange one." Gaara shot back in monotone, "And you're one to talk?" The missing-nin chuckled. "Touché." And with that their battle was renewed.
Shukaku kicked the Dark Zetsu in the face and tried to behead him with her wakizashi in her left hand. Dark Zetsu used the momentum that made him spin at the moment and grabbed the guardian's wrist and flipped her over his shoulder. The tanuki woman countered the attack by landing on her feet and then with extreme flexibility, performed a vertical split with her legs as she kicked the black plant man in the shin. He lost his balance before she rolled to the falling ninja and kicked him in the stomach. The dark plant-nin recovered gracefully and landed safely on the other side.
"Damn, didn't expect that!" Dark Zetsu said, happy that for once, someone could last against him in a fight. Information gathering, he was a pro at, but getting own his hands dirty wasn't seen that often. Shukaku looked at him carefully before shaking her head. Dark Zetsu's eyes narrowed. Shukaku exploded in sand and she reappeared behind him and hit him before exploding in sand again. The black plant-like man dodged the best he could before his anger grew, disappearing and reappearing before the sand guardian as her slugged the tanuki guardian in the cheek. The dark Zetsu rushed to give an uppercut before Shukaku swiftly dodged the attack, ferociously landing a crushing blow to the missing-nin's face as he tumbled away from her.
"Argh, she sure has a mean left hook." Dark Zetsu said as he spat the blood in his mouth away. Gaara looked at the dark side of Zetsu incredulously. "You don't realize what you have done, do you?" The black side of the missing-nin looked at Gaara curiously.
"What, now you're pissed because I hit her in the face?" Gaara shook his head and replied, "Normally I would be, but now you will be paying the consequences of your actions. Like so…" Before Dark Zetsu realized it, he was coughing up blood from a vicious kick to the stomach before his head was grabbed and dragged along the ground before slamming him to a stone boulder.
The black plant-nin kicked Shukaku away hard in her stomach before undergoing a transformation of sorts, with his jagged teeth getting sharper and his eyes giving an eerie yellow glow. The light Zetsu joined his counterpart and fused with him, making him gray. The ninja before Shukaku and Gaara held no mercy in his eyes as he looked upon them. At this point, sand swirled around the jinchuuriki and the guardian as they took a stance.
As the battles waged on, something huge shook the ground. "What the hell was that?" Tenzou questioned with narrowed eyes. Kurozuchi looked at the ANBU. "I don't know but whatever it is, its size is huge!" She replied, applying chakra to her feet for stability. Mifune's eyes narrowed. "Something isn't right…" The captain whispered, the foreboding feeling in his heart.
Suddenly, a gigantic snake burst its way through the battle field. Its color was purple with black marking around it over it body. Tenzou's eyes widened in shock. "It can't be…"
The battle between kage and jinchuuriki against the Akatsuki stopped as they saw the violet snake. "That's Manda! Orochimaru's summon!" The Raikage exclaimed in shock. "I thought you killed Orochimaru!" The Deva Path snarled to Sasuke. "I did! He turned into a giant white snake and tried to overtake my soul before he died!" The young Uchiha explained as he too was stunned at the sight.
Naruto gave a deep animalistic growl, shocking the summons next to him. "Kabuto…" The ghost-nin glowered. Kabuto reveled in the ninja's astonished faces and took extreme pleasure of Naruto's angry eyes through his mask. "Ah Naruto-kun, so nice to see you again." The med-nin spoke, feeling rather haughty. "How are you still alive? And furthermore, why the hell do you look…Orochimarufied? " The golden-haired jinchuuriki asked. Kabuto laughed at the question.
Indeed, he did look more like his former master. He was now pale and had the same purple markings on his face like the snake sannin. Kabuto still wore his glasses and he still had that sinister smile that he had on when he had a full-proof plan on his side.
"Orochimarufied, huh? Well, I do suppose that I do resemble my former master. As to how I am alive, well…that's none of your business." The revived ninja turned to look at Madara. "I came to offer my services to you, Madara-san."
Everyone was shocked. One Orochimaru was terrible, but a revived version that is teamed up with the biggest threat known in the elemental countries?
This situation was turning for the worst.
"How can I trust you?" Madara asked. Kabuto chuckled. "Well, maybe I can convince you with this…" The snake-like med-nin did a set of seals before calling out, "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!" (Summoning Technique: Impure World Resurrection) Five wooden coffins rose from the ground and four of the coffin's lids fell off. Everyone was rooted on where they stood.
Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, and Itachi stood there pale and dead as can be. As Kabuto put the kunai with the slip of paper in them to do his will, he began to speak, "I can bring them back to help you." Madara was surprised, but he was still skeptic of the white snake.
But what was in that last box?
"Why isn't that coffin open? Who's in it?" The elder Uchiha demanded. Kabuto gave a serpentine smirk. "I'm sure you can guess who's in it…" Madara was stunned before he growled lowly, taking a fighting stance with his Sharingan spinning fast.
Kabuto waved a finger to the ancient Uchiha. "I'll say it again. I came here to join forces. To prove this, allow me to aid you in your battle with Naruto-kun..." Madara turned to the Kyuubi container. "Fine. We will negotiate the terms later." A sinister smile made way onto the glasses-wearing med-nin. "Manda!" The purple summon looked at him. "Have fun…" Manda smiled evilly as it looked at the ninjas that surrounded him before he attacked.
"Alright then, let's put this ghost to rest." Kabuto said as he turned his attention to the Yuurei."Samickle, Oki, Kai! Stop Manda!" The masked jinchuuriki commanded, swiftly preparing for the upcoming battle. The three wolves growled and vanished to carry out their order, pushing away their worry for him.
Itachi sprang into action as he brought out a ninja-to and attacked the ghost-nin vertically. Naruto horizontally blocked Itachi's weapon and spun to push him off, only to meet a flying Sasuke coming in with his chokuto over his head and clashed down on his large katana. Naruto became a ghost and moved away when Kakuzu stretched to grab him.
Becoming tangible again, he looked up to see Deidara dropping clay bombs above him and he moved to evade them, only to be slammed back in the bombing zone by Kabuto. Hands and arms that had thread in them held Naruto down as the bombs came falling from above. Naruto became intangible just before the bombs could reach him.
Staggering out of his ghost form, the ghost-nin could find no break as he was slashed on the junction of his shoulder and neck by Sasori's tail before the Deva Path stabbed him with a sharp rod through his chest. Naruto growled in agony before kicking away the Rinnegan user and was hit by a fire ball from Kakuzu and Itachi.
Sasuke ran in and slashed at the same wound Sasori opened before he was blown away by Naruto's Kamikaze jutsu. The lightning that was dancing around the young Uchiha's blade moved to the open wound on the ghost user's shoulder, making Naruto yelled out in pain. Madara took the opening and appeared in front of the jinchuuriki, kicking him square in the nose part of his mask as he was sent to Kabuto. Naruto regained his bearings in mid-flight and viciously elbowed the resurrected ninja's chin. Sasuke appeared behind the jinchuuriki and used his Shishi Rendan (Lion Barrage), but was surprised when he vanished in a plume of smoke.
The young Sharingan user looked to see Naruto coming at him full speed. He moved to meet his charge when he felt hands grip his ankles and sink him in with his head as the only thing above the ground. Naruto baseball slid towards his head with intense speed, intending to break the Uchiha's neck. Trying to save his head, Sasuke used electricity to help him get out of the hole, flipping over his ex-teammate just in time.
Naruto covered his hand in chakra before his fingers dug into the ground. The kenjutsu user then applied chakra into his feet and began to run hard to redirect himself from the cliff he was coming on to.
Finally locked on Sasuke, Naruto shot at him, gaining tunnel vision. The avenging Uchiha slashed at the ghost swordsman and the masked-nin flipped over the attack, using the avenging shinobi as a spring board to jump towards his ancestor. Both Sharingan users were shocked by the maneuver. Naruto created a blue energy ball filled with wind chakra inside and shouted, "Fuuton: Rasengan!"
Madara used his teleportation technique to avoid it, but was hit on his shoulder. The Uchiha ancestor cried out in pain before finally disappearing. Itachi blew fire balls at the airbone human sacrifice with great speed. Thinking fast, he used Kawarimi to replace himself with a log.
Appearing behind Itachi, Naruto went to cleave him in half when Kabuto blocked the blow with Orochimaru's old Kusanagi. Sasori lashed out with his mechanical tail at the Kyuubi host's blindside when Naruto separated his blade and blocked it without looking. Kakuzu came in the battle with a powerful punch which was buried in Naruto's stomach, making him cough up some blood. Kabuto capitalized on the attack by grabbing the ghost-nin's head and smashing his knee into his masked face. Itachi flipped and twisted in the air as he landed on the golden-haired ninja's back, slamming him into the ground before Deidara came from the air with two clay spider bombs. The blond bomber threw it at the ghost-nin, the first bomb failing but the second bomb successful.
While trying to ignore the pain that shot up his left shoulder, he felt his right side get impaled by Sasori. Streams of blood slid past his mask and on his neck slowly as Naruto bit back a yell. Chirping of birds was heard as lightning was brought to life by Sasuke. Seeking to kill Naruto, he ran towards the blue-eyed container and shoved the Chidori Nagashi though the man's right pectoral with his chokuto.
"…So…you're telling me that…you hate…me?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked at him and replied, "There is no redemption for me. My eyes are already closed. All I see now…is darkness, Naruto." The ninja-swordsman shook his head. "It is only because you choose to see darkness, you selfish bastard." Sasuke grew mad before Naruto exploded in a blaze of fire and wind. The young Uchiha's forearms were singed and had first degree burns and Sasori's tail was blown off.
"Where are you coward!" Sasuke yelled, angry that he had been fooled and humiliated by the former dead last. Naruto hid behind a tree trying to catch his breath and formulate a plan. "Okay, calm down Naruto! Don't panic! Think! What can I do here!" The jinchuuriki thought hard and only came with one solution. "Dammit, I didn't want to use that because of the aftermath of using it for too long!"
Fireballs were shot to the hidden jinchuuriki's location so Naruto was forced to stop his thoughts and dodge the attack. Madara appeared with the Deva Path as he used Shinra Tensei, successfully hit the target. Naruto landed on the ground hard and tried to get up as fast as he could, only to see himself , Madara, Pain, and the rest who were fighting against Naruto, blasted a jutsu of their choosing with Naruto in the center. Naruto's screams were heard briefly before being drowned by the explosion caused by all of the jutsus colliding at once.
"Naruto!" Kyuubi yelled in fear while blocking Blight's attacks. "We need to help him!" Amaterasu called out desperately while fighting Crimson Helm. The urgency in her voice motivated everyone to try and go to Naruto's aid before being stopped by their current opponents. "You say you need to help him, but how can you when you can't even help yourself. It's useless…your friend is doomed to die!" Blight exclaimed.
Hearing those words, something within Gaara snapped.
"I'll kill you…" The wind kage whispered, making everyone turn to him as they felt his chakra levels spike tremendously. "I'll kill you all…YOU WILL DIE!" Gaara raged with tears in his eyes as he tripled his efforts to kill the transformed Zetsu. Shukaku fought with equal effort to take down their opponent.
That was the first time the Hokage ever heard Naruto in such anguish. Tsunade fought harder than she ever did in most of her life as she wanted to help Naruto. He gave her a reason to take this mantle of leadership. He helped her get over her fear of blood as well as getting over the deaths of Nawaki and Dan. He helped her get her life back in order...
This is a debt she couldn't leave unpaid for.
Mei became ruthless as she fought against the Naraka Path. Hearing his screams but her back to the Bloodline Purges, losing her loved ones. She had found a kindred spirit with the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. She saw that he was different from the people that she encountered... Her fury grew as she performed hand seals. "I won't lose anyone I care about again!" The Mizukage shouted in rage as she unleashed h her Yoton jutsus.
Killer Bee hadn't been this pissed in a long time. His friend…his comrade, a fellow jinchuuriki, was getting jumped by some S-classed bitches! He wasn't even using Kyuubi's power! Thinking along those lines, Killer Bee unleashed the beast and used his full eight-tailed form, roaring out. With the Hachibi and Killer Bee in unison, they violently fought Kisame, enraged.
The Raikage felt the rage of the brother and himself. Naruto's fight reminded him of Killer Bee taking the beating that his village gave while he went to meet the daimyo. When he got the report, he killed all those involved in the fight himself. "You dirty bastards!" A roared as lightning encased the Raikage before shooting at the Pein persona.
When the Tsuchikage saw the jutsu attack Naruto and heard his screams overtaken by the explosion, it nearly broke the old man. His brother died the same way and he was unable to stop it. Onoki growled as the rocks surrounding him crumbled. "I'll die before seeing that happen ever again!" The old kage thought as he hardened his body and unsealed his war hammer and began to fly to kill his Rinnegan-using opponent.
Yugito couldn't stop the anger that built up inside her and she wouldn't stop it. Not this time. "Unleash me! I'll kill those fools for their insolence!" Yugito complied and unleashed the Nekomata in their battle against Team Hawk.
Konan was so furious at what Pain had done to Naruto and what he had become that the cold and calculating side of her gave way to the raw and talented side of her, which was last seen when Yahiko was alive. Two long wings made from paper were formed before she charged back into the battle, only the thought of her enemies' deaths on her mind.
The smoke faded from the explosion of jutsus to reveal heat sizzling from Naruto's body. Sasuke looked at his ex-teammate had a sense of déjà vu. "This seems…so unreal." The young Uchiha whispered. It seemed that the blond jinchuuriki wasn't going to recover this time.
A grunt was heard as the seemingly burned body of the ghost user began to move. Killer intent pulsed at the Akatsuki that surrounded Naruto. The Kyuubi host slowly pulled himself up with his head hung low. His nails became sharper and his hair was a little wilder than normal.
At the top of his head, two wolf ears stood out of his golden hair. Naruto took his mask off and lifted his head to show his whisker marks had become even more pronounced and his eyes that were yellow with slits in his eyes. Red markings were seen at his top eye lids and under his bottom eye lids that curved at the end.
Naruto snarled at his enemies and showed his sharpened canines. "What is this?" Madara demanded. Naruto spoke quietly, "Sage Mode." The Deva Path replied, "Only those with the Toad contracts can become a sage. " The golden-haired man only moved his eyes to the Rinnegan user. Pain felt as if he was being hunted by a predator as his fabled eyes glared into the ghost-nin's golden ones.
Naruto glared at him as he said, "You are wrong. I was taught by the Wolf summons. I only had to use this technique one other time." Pain, Madara, and Sasuke turned to see the former snake apprentice tremble in anger and intimidation.
"Well?" Pain asked, wanting to know the dangers of this form of the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. The serpent ninja growled out, "This was the form he used when Orochimaru tried to recruit him. He wanted Naruto's abilities to help track the Blade of Totsuka, since it was the only sure way that would kill him. He found it, but not the way he expected." The glasses-wearing ninja chuckled while looking at Itachi.
"His abilities in this form are more far more dangerous. His attacks and their range far exceed than the normal limitations." Pein narrowed his eyes. Naruto spoke, "You never knew my limitations to begin with." He paused to put his mask on his face. "And I'll make sure you don't." He finished and summoned a huge amount chakra.
Naruto held his right hand in the air and a Rasengan was formed before it was upgraded with lightning inside of the chakra ball, transforming the attack into a Senpuukiri with blades of wind spinning around it in the form of a shuriken. Then, the wolf summoner held out his left hand to his side and created a Goraikou before it became white and the flames spun around the little sun.
Kabuto summoned the Sanju Rashomon (Triple Rashomon Gates), Kakuzu combined a blast with all of his elemental entities, Sasori combined his deadliest puppets to fire an incurable poison blast, Deidara formed the most dangerous detonating bomb he could and fired it away with a wind and fire jutsu, and Pain performed Shinra Tensei with his hands together. Madara, Itachi, and Sasuke formed their Susanoo quickly and performed a joint attack.
Naruto wanted to finish this battle a fast as he could, charging full speed to the attacks as he left after images. He used the jutsu in his right hand first to counter Kabuto and his summons' attacks. "Senpuuton: Arashi no Rasenshuriken!" (Whirlwind Style: Storm of Spiraling Shuriken) The chakra shuriken stopped the entire first wave of attacks before heavily injuring Kabuto and his forbidden summons.
Next, the ninja-swordsman gave his last attack a mighty thrust yelling out, "Enton: Ho'nou no Amaterasu!" (Inferno Style: Blaze of Shining Heaven) The large wave of white fire clashed with the Uchiha's joint attack before cancelling each other out and causing a large explosion.
Everyone was washed over by the attacks' aftermath. Everybody suffered injuries ranging from major to minor. Kyuubi and Amaterasu stood up with fatigue hitting them, disposing the two demons. "He…can't stay in Sage mode for too long. And he's approaching his limit rather quickly." The nine-tailed woman spoke, throwing the remnants of her mask away. The celestial woman threw her broken mask to the side and replied, "Yeah. His body can't handle the strain much longer before it completely shuts down on him."
Gaara, Mei, and Tsunade heard the higher being's comments and recoiled in shock. "Like a permanent shut down? " Tsunade asked. Kyuubi replied, "In the state that he's in, it is a possibility." Amaterasu looked crestfallen after seeing the three kages looked down in sadness. "He's trying to end it as fast as he can. Hopefully, he will last." The wolf woman replied.
The debris from the powered attacks settled and everyone was shocked to see a huge crater with Naruto panting in the center. The Akatsuki fighting the Kyuubi container, rose up from the dirt and rocks. "Kabuto! Release your Edo Tensei and stay back!" Madara commanded. The revived med-nin complied and stopped his hold on the forbidden technique.
The youngest Uchiha stepped up and held his ancestor back. "Let me finish him." Sasuke said with a dark fire in his eyes. Madara weighed this request and figured that since he was here, Sasuke could push his Sharingan to the limit and switch his eyes with Itachi. "Very well, but do not waste time! As you can see, he seeks to finish this battle." Madara said, pointing out that Naruto was in a stance that was usually seen before releasing his Fuuton: Kamikaze.
Wind, fire, and lightning gathered around his whole being as it swirled around him in a blood-red blaze. Seeing this, Sasuke lauched two Katon: Gokakyuu no Jutsu into the sky, causing the clouds to blacken in the beginning stages of a thunderstorm. "This is the end, Naruto." Sasuke said as he summoned all of his chakra into the attack. Naruto continued to gather the three elements as anything near him would be incinerated by the heat alone.
Tsunade looked at everyone's reaction to the attack and was surprised when the sun goddess and fox guardian was just as astonished as everyone around. "You know anything about Naruto's attack?" The Hokage asked. Kyuubi shook her head. "No… Where did he find time to practice this?" The red-haired guardian asked, astonished as she felt him pull the nature chakra at a rapid rate.
Amaterasu asked herself the same question as she watched him. As much as she wanted to, she couldn't go in to help as she understood that this was his battle. "You better make this Naruto..." The sun goddess whispered as she took in the sun-like technique.
When Sasuke finally felt his jutsu reach its maximum state, he yelled viciously, "Now vanish with the thunderclap! "Raiton: Kirin!" A roar from a lightning dragon was sounded before the electric dragon sailed the black sky and descended down with Naruto as its prey.
The masked human sacrifice's gathering of the three elements was finalized as the bloody sun jutsu was finished. Naruto roared, "Enton: Fainaru Goraikou!" (Inferno Style: Final Rising Sun) The blood-red blaze he gathered was blasted outwards, getting bigger in size as it met the electric dragon.
The two jutsus caused an explosion of epic proportions. A crimson glow lingered in the sky as the sun would before it faded. The youngest Uchiha's eyes bled as he felt his vision leave his eyes. "Did I get him?" Sasuke asked in exhaustion falling to his knees. The smolder simmered from the heated jutsus. The last thing Sasuke saw before he went blind was Naruto's smoking form with his arms outstretched. Sasuke gasped in fear before going unconscious.
Madara grabbed his remaining family member and barked, "Akatsuki, retreat! We will fight another day!" With the order spoken, the ancient Uchiha began to disappear as the rest of the organization complied and retreated before vanishing.
Everyone ran to Naruto with Kyuubi and Amaterasu taking the lead, finding him standing up relaxed while looking at the sky as smoke still rose from his body. "Naruto!" Amaterasu called out to the ninja-swordsman in worry. Blood flowed from under his mask and spilled from his chin. Everyone's eyes widened in shock. The Kyuubi host's mask slid off of his face unbroken. Everyone was stunned to see his deep blue eyes dull and a grin on his countenance. He fell back unconscious and the Hokage ran to heal his major injuries.
When Tsunade touched him, her hand was singed from the man's hot skin, startling her. Mei came next to her fellow kage and used a water jutsu to cover his body in to take his body temperature down. Steam misted the area for a moment before it faded, signalling that his body was back to normal. Tsunade stared at him before she said, "We need to go back to meet Mifune-taisho to find out what happened on his end. If you are too injured to move, say something now."
Yugito fell to her knees, Onoki stumbled before falling on his butt, Killer Bee took a knee, and Gaara dropped flat on his face. Even though Tsunade knew everyone was worn out, she sweatdropped from the Ichibi container.
Shukaku giggled and said, "I got Gaara." The tanuki guardian grabbed her host tenderly and put him over her shoulder. The Raikage pulled Onoki up and put the small, old kage on his back. Yugito was helped up by Konan and held by the waist to keep the Nibi container stable. Killer Bee tried to stand, wobbling before Samikle came and helped him stand straight.
Everyone looked at the wolf summon that Naruto brought during his battle. "So how is he doing, Amaterasu-dono?" Samickle asked in his wizened voice. "He needs medical attention. Where are Oki and Kai-chan?" The celestial being asked, concerned for her friends. The wolf summon leader replied, "They went back to our realm to get treatment for their wounds."
Naruto coughed up blood before trying to stand. "Is everyone okay?" The Kyuubi host asked, his raspy voice. Everyone looked at the golden-haired man incredulously. "You shouldn't be moving right now!" Tsunade said, trying to lay him back down. "Not until I know everyone is fine!" Naruto shot back, fighting to stay awake.
"We're fine, Naruto." Konan said with an apologetic smile. Naruto looked at everyone to see for himself before more blood seeped from his corners of his mouth. "Naruto…" Kyuubi whispered sadly. "Sleep. You need to rest. Everyone is alright except for you." Amaterasu consoled. Naruto stared at the group around him before a wave of pain hit him, forcing him back into unconsciousness.
Amaterasu picked up Kyuubi's jailer and Kyuubi went back inside her seal to check on her host. The celestial being asked, "We need to hurry." Everyone agreed and took off towards building where they were before the Akatsuki came.
Four days passed since the Akatsuki battle. There were casualties, seeing that most of the Akatsuki army that attacked the Land of Iron consisted of jounin-level ninjas. The one who did the most damage was Manda. With the leadership of the aged samurai, the army of evil ninjas was decimated.
Mifune announced that the meeting would continue tomorrow since mostly everyone would have recovered by then. All of the kages agreed on this course of action and went to check on their ninjas.
"I'm glad you two are alright." Mei said while looking at her subordinates. Chojuro smiled shyly while Ao gave her a bored look, cradling his shoulder. "You can give us some credit, Mizukage-sama." Ao said. "We aren't weak."
The Mist leader smiled and replied, "I know you aren't." The red-haired woman stood up and walked out of the door. "Where are you going, Mizukage-sama?" Chojuro asked. Mei looked back at the teenager and replied, "I wanted to check someone else. I'll come back later." With that said, she closed the door and walked down the hall.
Mei finally reached her destination to find Naruto sitting on the side of the bed, looking out the window. Naruto was reviewing his battle and remembering the mistakes he made when he fought the group of Akatsuki. "My taijustsu needs more work. Taking on four at a time is my limit at the moment." The jinchuuriki had another thought. "And I have to master that level of senjutsu. Had they stayed longer, they would have killed me…and then everyone else…"
"Naruto-kun?" The golden-haired man turned at the voice calling his name. "Hey Mei-chan." The woman looked at him in worry. "Are you alright?" she asked. Naruto looked at her and smiled, "I will be."
Mei walked and sat next to him. She looked at the ghost-nin before embracing him. "I'm glad you're alive." Mei whispered. Naruto's eyes softened, touched at the woman's words. He hugged her back, pulling her form closer to him.
Mei smiled softly before taking in his warmth. She was rather relieved that he recovered so well. "Mei?" Naurto asked. "Hm?" The Mizukage responded. "Well…" The whiskered man looked at her nervously. The lava-using woman looked into his eyes. "What is it?" The blond human sacrifice flushed from the Mizukage's beauty. "Well, do you wanna have breakfast with me? I'm not sure if we will have time like this again and I would like to get to know you better."
Mei smiled warmly from the ninja-swordsman's offer. "You mean like a date?" The Mizukage asked quietly. Naruto blushed. "Y-yeah, sure. But it doesn't have to be if you don't want it to-" Naruto was silenced by an index finger of the Mizukage. She pulled her finger back with a light blush on her face and said, "I don't mind."
Mei stood up and said, "I know of a place that makes great breakfast so I'll go and pick it up. Anything you want?" Naruto's stomach growled and the golden-haired man scratched his head sheepishly. "Whatever you get." Naruto said. Mei laughed melodiously and smiled at him. "Alright. Since you aren't discharged yet, I'll go and get it. I'll be back." The lava user said and walked out of his room.
Naruto continued to look out of the door before smiling. "I wonder how this is gonna go…" The Kyuubi host looked around his room before looking back out of the window. "I haven't seen Rasu-chan or Kyuu-chan yet." He said, concerned of their absence. He closed his eyes and focused. "Into the seal I go…" He thought before retracting himself into the seal.
Mindscape
Naruto reached his destination to see the sun giving off its warm glow. He walked around looking for the two higher beings. Worry started to show on his face and so he picked up his pace. He went into the temple ruins and saw Amaterasu and Kyuubi sleeping inside the center. Naruto smiled at what he saw.
Naruto went inside the crater and found the scene…adorable. Soft snores were heard from the two as they slept. Kyuubi was sleeping on her side with her ears twitching at random with a trail of saliva that went down her chin. Amaterasu was sprawled out with a snot bubble expanding and deflating in rhythm of her soft snores.
Kyuubi's ear twitched at her host and Kyuubi woke up. Amaterasu's snot bubble popped, thus waking her up. Both higher beings sat up, with Kyuubi leaning on her arm and looked at her container and blinked sleepily while Amaterasu pulling her legs to the side and yawned, showing her sharp canines and looked at the golden-haired man.
"Naru-kun? What's wrong?" The red haired guardian asked, now fully awake and stretching. Amaterasu tilted her head in confusion, which Naruto saw and looked her way. Naruto gave them a smile that caught their attention. This smile reached his eyes.
Naruto bent down and gave them a warm embrace, making heat rise to their cheeks. "I was worried about you two. I'm happy to see you two are fine." He pulled back and his smile was wider, causing the guardian and the goddess to return his smile with one of their own. Both of the women were rather touched at his concern for the both of them.
"You were the one that almost died and you were worried about us?" The celestial woman asked, giggling at the man's concern. Naruto said, "Well yeah, I don't know what I would have done if you two were hurt or…" Naruto stopped his sentence with an empty gaze.
Kyuubi caressed her jailer's cheek and gazed at kissed his cheek, causing Naruto to blush lightly. He looked at Amaterasu and saw her soft gaze before she kissed his other cheek. The heat in his cheeks rose as Kyuubi replied, "You have done more than enough for us Naruto, so stop worrying. I hate seeing you so down." Amaterasu smiled and spoke, "Besides, Kyuubi is the strongest guardian and I'm a goddess. It'll take much more than that to take us down." Naruto grinned sheepishly and said, "Yeah, I forgot about that little fact."
Both higher beings looked at the man incredulously. Naruto explained, "Well, you two had been with me for so long, I started to see you both as something more to me, ya know? I never saw you for what you were, but for who you are." The celestial woman and foxy woman felt heat rising to their cheeks slowly. Naruto grinned, blushing before he faded away suddenly.
"Something more to him?" Amaterasu asked, blushing rosily with a smile on her visage. Kyuubi had a soft smile on her face before lying down again. "He's finally opening up to us." The fox woman said. Amaterasu looked at the morning sky. "Yeah. He is…" She finished with her gaze soft.
Naruto was back from the seal, smiling from seeing his tenants. Though he was relieved that they were able to talk, he wasn't sure if he would be able to handle where that conversation would have led to. His thoughts also reminded him that Mei considered this breakfast a date, causing him to put his face in his hands out of nervousness. He sighed.
"Hello Yuurei-kun."Mei said, holding a pair of bentos with their morning meal. Naruto smiled at the Mizukage and replied, "Hey Mei-chan." She handed him one of the boxes in her hand. Naruto smelled the food inside and his stomach growled loud. Mei giggled at the jinchuuriki who smiled in apology.
The two ate, talking about various missions, their careers, and their personal lives before Mei had to leave. "Well, thanks for the breakfast Mei. It was nice." Naruto said smiling. Mei giggled and said, "Anytime." The ninja-swordsman cleaned up and threw away the boxes before noticing the Mizukage looking at him.
"What's wrong?" He asked. The Mizukage smiled in amusement, pointing at him. "You have something on your face." Naruto asked, "I do? Is it on my nose again? That always happens…" Naruto put a hand to his face, trying to get his face clear. Mei giggled and said, "It's still there. I'll get it." The red-haired kage walked to him and wiped his face off. The two were close, staring into each others eyes quietly before the lava user embraced him. "I really enjoyed myself. Thank you, Naruto-kun." Mei said softly.
The pair moved closer, Naruto sliding his hand tenderly to her cheek. A light blush appeared on the green-eyed woman's visage as her anticipation rose. Their lips met, giving an electrifying sensation throughout their respective bodies as they deepened the kiss. On instinct, Naruto moved his tongue to hers, gently yet firmly gliding on it, increasing the blush on her beautiful face. She returned the gesture to him, the two separating slowly. The kiss did not last long, but it took there breaths away.
Naruto felt heat rise to his cheeks as he genuinely smiled to her. "Thank you, Mei-chan." The Mizukage smiled softly as she released him, her heart fluttering lightly. "Don't worry about it. I enjoy your company." She replied softly before waved her goodbyes, leaving his room.
The rest of Naruto's morning and afternoon consisted of reviewing his battle, walking around, and hospital visits. He remembered something he wanted to tell Yugito and Killer Bee so he put on a tee-shirt and pants and walked to their rooms.
First he stopped at Killer Bee's room and knocked. "Who might that be? Walk through the door, so I can see!" The Hachibi host said. Naruto sweatdropped and walked through the door. "Yo! What's good Naruto!" Killer Bee greeted. Naruto waved to the rapping jinchuuriki. "Hey Kirabi. I wanted to help you and Hachibi with something. Killer Bee gestured for his fellow container to continue. "You know how I summoned Kyuubi out of her seal? Well, I wanted to see if you wanna know how to do that."
Killer Bee was shocked to say the least. "Damn, for real? Is there anything I need to do for this deal?" The lightning swordsman asked, already thinking of the possibilities that they could benefit from this. "No. We are brothers after all." Naruto said, giving a foxy grin. Killer Bee grinned and put hist fist out. The Kyuubi container bumped his fist with his own, both grinning. Kirabi finally responded, "Alright, I'm in, let's get Eight-O out the pen."
Naruto grinned and said, "Okay then!" Naruto showed the hand signs and spoke, "It's the same as summoning when it requires blood." Killer Bee nodded and practiced before performing the technique.
"Kuchiyose: Hachibi no Kyogyu!" (Summoning Technique: Eight-Tailed Ox) Smoke engulf the room before they both saw the eight-tailed guardian. The man was 6'5 with long, light brown hair and a muscular body. He wore black shinobi style sandals with white pants taped at the end. His shirt was black and had a red haori over it. He had one tail out and moving slowly. His face was contorted in surprise.
"I was actually summoned... Finally!" The burly being said, grinning as he jumped and performed a few flips. He looked at his container. "I'm not going back into that seal for a while...I got some freedom to bask in now!" Bee grinned and said, "That's fine with me, that's the way it should be!" Both of them laughed, excitement in the air.
Hachibi looked at the Kyuubi container and said, "Thank you. You have my respect." Naruto smiled and said, "No problem." Naruto walked towards the door and said, "I have to go so I can show Yugito this, so don't be surprised if you see another person with her." With that, Naruto left for the lightning kunoichi's room.
Hachibi snickered and Bee looked at him. "What's funny?" Hachibi smirked and said, "That kid is rather lucky, having Kyuubi and Amaterasu harbor feelings for him." The tall guardian grinned and continued, "I have a feeling that Yugito and Nibi may like him too. And knowing Nibi, she will more than likely come on to him." Kirabi grinned and asked, "Wanna go see?" Both guardian and host smirked and trailed where Naruto left to.
Naruto walked to the opened door and knocked on the side, causing Yugito to look away from the window. "Hey Yugito-chan." Naruto said with a smile. The Nibi container smiled and replied, "Hello Naruto-kun. How are you doing?" The Kyuubi host came in and sat down saying, "Fine. I came here to ask you something." Yugito, curious by nature said, "Sure thing."
"You know how I summoned Kyuubi before that Akatsuki battle?" Naruto asked. The Nibi jailer nodded. "Well, if you would like, I can show you how to do that too." Yugito was stunned for a moment before she smiled, "I would love that! Thank you!" Yugito got out of her bed and embraced him from the joy that she had.
Naruto repeated the process and showed his fellow container the seals and explained the workings of the summoning technique. She practiced the seals until she felt ready to try the technique. She slammed her hand on the ground and called out, "Kuchiyose: Nibi no Nekomata!" (Summoning Technique: Two-Tailed Cat)
Smoke engulfed the area before it faded to reveal a beautiful and curvaceous woman that had dark purple hair with cat ears at the top of her head with golden eyes. She wore a purple and black kimono that showed some of her cleavage. She wore gladiator sandals on her feet, finalizing her image.
Nibi looked at her container before looking at Naruto with a feline smile. Naruto began to have a sinking feeling in his stomach. Something within him warned him, saying that she was likely as unpredictable as he was.
"Thank you for giving Yugito-chan here this summoning technique, Naruto." The nekomata said, purring his name at the end. She walked to him and embraced him, purring in content as she laid her head on his chest. Naruto chuckled, her actions amusing as he thought it was rather endearing. Still, it never wash away his unease. "You're welcome." Naruto replied, wondering if teaching this to Yugito was a bad idea.
Yugito flicked Nibi on her ear, causing the guardian to give a growl of annoyance to her container. "Stop teasing him Nibi! Sorry Naruto, I should have known she was going to do something like this." Yugito apologized with a light blush. Naruto smiled and said "It's alright Yugito."
Nibi, backing up to get another look at Naruto, bowed to him and spoke, "I wanted to thank you when you saved us and Hachibi and his host. I was sure we were done for." Yugito nodded in agreement. Nibi then put a hand on the man's chest and moved closer before kissing his cheek and nuzzling his neck.
Naruto blushed from the feline guardian's intimate contact, feeling her push her full breasts against his chest. Nibi then whispered in his ear, "Even if Yugito doesn't say it, she likes you. And so do I." She finished, nibbling on his ear. "You're a fine man and I would love to get to know you better." The cat guardian whispered once more before she felt her ear experience a familiar unpleasant sensation.
"Dammit Nibi, just because you want to be blatant about your feelings it doesn't mean I wanted to." Yugito said, blushing in embarrassment. Then, the Nibi host hugged Naruto and said quietly, "She is right though. We would like to get to know you better since you have our...attention. Thank you for showing me this jutsu." Naruto blushed and said, "You're welcome Yugito-chan."
Yugito pulled away and Naruto looked at the two women in front of him. "Well, I'm glad to see you are okay. And nice meeting you Nibi-chan." Yugito blushed and Nibi gave him a beautiful smile. "See you later, Naruto-kun." The Nekomata said, grateful for what the Kyuubi host had done for them. Yugito waved at him, prompting for him to wave back in response before walking to his room.
Night came around and Naruto couldn't sleep. His mind was recalling the events of what happened to him today. He had breakfast with Mei, he had an interesting conversation with Amaterasu and Kyuubi, he saw Bee's tenant, and Yugito and Nibi revealed that they have feelings for him.
At the moment, just thinking about it nearly put him in a daze.
Naruto walked up to the hospital's rooftop to get some air. What he didn't expect was Konan on the roof top with tears in her eyes. "Kona-chan, what's wrong?" Naruto said in concern. Konan was surprised by his appearance. She was so engulfed in her thoughts, she didn't sense him come up.
"It's nothing." She said wiping her tears. Naruto looked at her before sitting next to her and hugged her by her shoulder, surprising her. "Tears always start from something." Naruto started. "You don't have to tell me what is bothering you." Konan sighed from the warmth Naruto gave off and leaned on his chest.
"Thank you...Naruto-kun." Konan said, thankful that someone was just there to comfort her. Naruto held on to her tighter. "Anytime." The golden-haired ninja said. They remained that way for about an hour before Naruto looked down to see the woman asleep on his chest with her arms wrapped around his body. "When did that happen?" Naruto wondered to himself before picking her up and walking down stairs and dropped her off in her room once he found it.
Naruto went into his room and laid on his bed with sleep coming to claim him. "Today was a bit different, but it was welcoming. I can only hope this meeting tomorrow goes the same way." Naruto thought before finally getting the well-deserved sleep that was needed for tomorrow.
That was Chapter 10 readers! I really apologize about the wait. Life itself takes a lot out of you.
Harem is officially closed. Harem consists of the following:
Amaterasu, Kyuubi, Mei, Tsunade, Yuugao, Yugito, Nibi, Hinata, Kurenai, Anko, Ayame, and Konan.
Just before I finished this chap, some dude came and flamed my story. He even took the time to give me a personal message telling that this story was garbage. I just shook my head and chuckled.
Out of the 19 pages that tell me that my story was a hit, I only had two who said that they didn't like it. Stats say different, huh? Thanks to all who support my story!
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