Naruto and Kyuubi watched them go. A few days had passed since they had captured Gai and his team, and Naruto had learned a lot since then. He now had a basic mastery of all elements, with wind still clearly being his strongest. He possessed basic skills with every type of ninja tool, and his previously purely instinct driven Taijutsu now showed clear traces of the Hidden Leaf's Lotus. Gai had been a good teacher, even the Kyuubi had to admit that.

Naruto had grown fond of the man in the few days that he had received training, and had even began to feel some sort of regret for holding his team hostage. Even Naruto, with his limited amount of social experience could tell that the stress of having his team under the 'delicate care' of the most powerful demon that had ever existed was taking a severe toll on him.

When the man arrived, he ahd constantly been talking about the strength of Naruto's youth, but over time, that had slowed down. When they finally came around to Taijutsu training on the last day, he had looked like a robot, going through the movements of his self-developed style and waiting for Naruto to mimic them.

It had worried Naruto, he was no stranger to death or suffering, having seen plenty of it in both the Kyuubi's memories and his own, but it felt different when one was such a close witness to it.

He didn't like it.

It didn't matter though, he would become the strongest. If the only way to do that was to make others suffer then so be it. He would not give up.

"What do we do now?" Naruto asked, turning towards the Fox.

"Now, we go and kill a few members of my family." The fox smiled menacingly. "We go to Kumo."

"What's in Kumo?"

The Kyuubi sighed. "You know that I'm the nine tailed one, right?" When Naruto nodded, he continued. "The two and eight tails reside in Kumo. We are going to test our abilities against them, I am personally stronger than the eight tails, but with you limiting my power we should have a good challenge against the Bijuu, there's no way that with him sealed inside of a Jinchuuriki they'll be stronger."

Naruto nodded. "That makes sense, shall we go?"

"Let's go."

It didn't take very long for them to arrive in Kumo. Naruto accepted the Fox back in his body, and walked right into the gates, flashing the guards a quick smile.

'That was easy…' Kyuubi said, his voice rumbling through Naruto's head.

'It was. That's good, right?'

'I don't know.'

'Do you have any idea where the eight tails is?' Naruto said, weaving through the surprising amount of people out on the streets and looking towards the large tower in the middle of the city.

'I can sense him, he's 2 miles to the east. Hurry there. We can kill this entire village so don't worry about drawing attention.'

'Are you sure?'

'Positive.'

Naruto shrugged and channelled chakra to his feet. Soon enough, he was running across rooftops, speeding in the direction of the Eight Tails. An excited smile playing on his face as he anticipated the fight that was to come. It'd be a good one.

It didn't take long for him to travel 2 miles, and 5 minutes later he landed in a clearing. He was in the middle of a mountain crater with a puddle of water at the very bottom. On it sat a man dressed in incredibly strange clothing. As soon as Naruto laid eyes on him, he stood up and faced him.

"Yo! You are the nine tailed fox, I'm about to put you in a box!"

That was unexpected. "What the fuck?"

The man stopped smiling. "I'm going to kill you, is what I'm saying."

And with that, the Eight Tailed Jinchuuriki, Kirabi, leaped at Naruto, tails sprouting from him.

"Shi-"

And then the impact came, Naruto was hit hard, slamming into the side of the crater.

He climbed out, growling at his opponent as he sunk down on all fours, he had instantly recognized that his freshly gained power would not be enough to defeat his opponent, and that he'd need the Kyuubi. 6 tails instantly sprouted from him as his entire demeanour changed. The Kyuubi was now in control.

Kyuubi looked up, scanning the crater for his opponent. Suddenly, realization flooded through him as he looked up, there he was, the eight tails in his full glory.

"How is that possible? You shouldn't be able to form fully, not inside of a Jinchuuriki!"

"Yo! I'm not the Eight Tails, I'm the one your mom nails! Kirabi!"

As soon as the man finished his rap, he began charging energy. "I'll finish this in one blow, you're gonna melt like snow!"

Then the ball fired, and the Kyuubi realized that he had severly underestimated his brother. If this Jinchuuriki could achieve the complete bijuu form, then this was about to get incredibly dangerous, he could nto currently access more than 6 tails of power without risking Naruto's body, and he found that risking Naruto's body was not something that he was willing to do.

This was a surprising realization. He had gotten attached to the kid. He did not want Naruto to die.

He had to save them both.

Kyuubi ran. For the first time in his life, Kyuubi turned his back to a challenge and sprinted away. He couldn't die, not now. He couldn't let the kid die. He refused to let the kid die.

And then the ball impacted.

Kyuubi growled in pain as he felt the chakra hit him straight in the back, he was lifted up by the force but immediately sucked back into the ball. He felt his body, Naruto's body slowly being torn apart, and he realised that he had failed.

And that realisation hurt.

As Naruto's body slowly faded away, and along with it his conscience, Kyuubi sent one final thought to the boy.

'I'm so sorry, Naruto.'

And with that, the boy was gone.

Forever.

The end.

A/N:

Hey guys, Hilam here.

Thank you so much for reading my first story, I hoped you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. This ending may seem rushed, but I felt that it had to be written right now. If I did not write this now, it'd be sitting here until the end of November. I am planning a rewrite eventually, but I am incredibly busy with both NaNoWriMo and my education right now, and those things are more important than a rewrite of this fic.

For anyone who felt that the ending is unplanned, it was not. I have had this entire fic planned out since I started, and the only reason that this version is rushed is because I feel that I need to get something out to you guys. You guys deserve to know how it ends, and even though it is perhaps not what you expected I hope that it was enjoyable anyway.

I am currently writing a Naruto fic for NaNoWriMo as well, a summary of it is on my profile and it should be finished by January. I'll start uploading it as soon as it's finished to avoid another long period of not updating, and to improve the quality significantly.

Again, if you did not enjoy the ending, let me know. I plan to do a rewrite of this story and I want to make both the writing and the continuity a little bit better.

Thanks for reading!

Hilam.