Hey guys, here is another chapter for you all and thank you for the support, it means a lot. I can say that this chapter will clear up a bunch of the things that complicate the story so far. I have new challenges on my profile if you are curious at trying your hand (even one based on Guardians of the Galaxy). Anyway, let the show begin.

Story Start.

The group watched with interest as Kushina and Minato were in the assigned hospital room. The doctor left the room after he examined the ultrasound feed (Minato and Kushina wanted to keep it a surprise on which gender their child(s) was) and went into his office as Hiruzen was sitting in the chair behind a desk.

"Anything of interest?" the Third asked. The doctor nodded and replied.

"Yes, the wench is carrying twins, a boy and a girl." He said as he handed Hiruzen several photographs that were copied from the feed. Hiruzen examined them in detail before he tossed them in the trash and burned them with a small fire jutsu.

"This will not do, I have need of the Demon Fox, and the presence of a sibling will complicate my plans for the boy. Concoct a toxin that will kill off the girl and leave the boy. Since Mito and Kushina will not recognize their place to be my personal weapon, her son will." Hiruzen said with a small smirk. The doctor nodded as he went off to do that. The scene switched over to inside the seal that held Ahri, in her beast form. Ahri watched through her little vision mirror over the two babies developing inside Kushina's womb. What was interesting was that even though they were 6 months in development, they were holding hands. That's when Ahri sensed the contents of the chemical that the doctor had injected into the womb and acted as she figured out what would happen.

"I will not let this happen! They are innocent!" she growled out as she ripped her right arm free from the stake holding her to the large sphere and sent her chakra out in an attempt to save the children.

(On the 'outside')

"What is happening!" a nurse freaked out as Kushina's form was immediately cloaked in the fox cloak.

"Quickly Minato, the beast is trying to break free!" the doctor instigated as Minato acted and began to surpress the fox's chakra. No one noticed the doctor smirk as Sarutobi's plan was coming along. It was a quick, but challenging battle of control as Minato was trying to suppress Ahri and Ahri was trying to save the kids. Minato won out when Hiruzen came in and 'helped' as another spike appeared and impaled Ahri's arm back on the sphere and chains wrapped over it.

"No!" she yelled in desperation as she could only watch in horror as Erza's form slowly broke down into nothing and her life force was absorbed into Naruto, who curled up at the sudden loss of his sister. The group had different reactions as Minato clenched his fist and vowed to make sure Hiruzen suffered. Ahri then manipulated the basin to the night she was torn out from Kushina shortly after Naruto's birth and mind-controlled. The masked stranger then set her upon the Leaf village as Minato and Kushina eventually stopped her. Still under the influence of the Sharingan, she dealt a fatal blow to the two as they activated the seal and gave their final words to Naruto.

'No…' Ahri thought as she regained her mind right after she was sealed away inside the newborn Naruto and was guilty for taking away his parents. Hiruzen walked up to the infant Naruto, who was crying, and smirked as he picked him up.

"I have plans for you, little brat." The Third sneered as he walked back into the village. Ahri spoke up as she controlled the basin again.

"Naruto, Samus and I made a vow not to show his childhood to viewers, only if he wanted you to see them, would you be allowed to see what he suffered at Hiruzen and the villagers' hands, Sarutobi made it public knowledge that Naruto was to be seen as me and to act accordingly. However I can only show you a couple brief glimpses." Ahri said as she played a scene of Naruto being held down by several Leaf shinobi in a hidden training complex. Hiruzen was also their along with Danzo. Naruto was five years old at this point and the group saw a seal on the back of his neck. Sarutobi snapped his fingers as a couple other shinobi entered the room with a family in tow, a mother a father and a young daughter.

"Naruto! Don't look away, this is your future…" Hiruzen said as a shinobi forced Naruto to look at the scared family. Hiruzen turned up the music on the jukebox and picked up a knife from the table next to him.

"It's a beauty isn't it? There is honor in a blade, Naruto. You see anyone can pull a trigger." The old man said as a leaf shinobi brought out his kunai launcher pistol and shot the father in the knee. Hiruzen made a motion as the family was silenced with rope.

"Point, shoot, he's dead. But a blade… Pressing that cold metal against another man's throat, feeling his pulse, it's personal. It's intimate. There's honor in killing with a blade!" Hiruzen said as he cut the throat of the shinobi next to him. The shinobi collapsed as Hiruzen smiled darkly to Naruto.

"This is your future Naruto." Hiruzen said as he placed the blade in Naruto's hand as the blond boy was let go. Naruto gained a dead look in his eyes as Hiruzen silently activated the seal on Naruto's neck as Naruto stalked over to the terrified family. Everyone watched as Naruto slaughtered the family without a second thought. Kushina turned to Ahri with a horrified look on her face.

"How could they do this to Naruto?" she asked, distraught that her son was molded into a cold-blooded killer at a young age.

"Hiruzen sought to remain the most powerful nation and also wanted to control my sisters as well. Naruto was considered his perfect tool in his plans. He made Naruto perform countless acts of atrocity to condition him. The end result was Naruto forming a separate persona as he would lock his conscious away when Hiruzen assigned him private missions. That persona is known as Jack the Ripper, this was the reason Naruto preferred to not use a blade. Sarutobi never got around to having Naruto use my powers as the old man was killed by his renegade student by then." Ahri explained as she then manipulated the scene to show Naruto meeting the girls, each separately with their parents.

(Moka)

Naruto was sitting in his favorite swing in the evening. He was depressed since today was October 10th, his birthday. He already managed to avoid the annual 'fox hunts'. His thoughts were broken when he felt someone push him lightly on the swing. Naruto looked back to see a young girl with silver hair in a black dress helping him out, her most defining feature were her red-eyes with cat-like pupils.

"Who are you, why are you helping me?" he asked.

"You looked like you needed a friend, and I wanted to help you out." She said as she continued pushing him. Naruto just decided to enjoy the help for the time being and was confused when she stopped.

"What is it?" he asked as she smiled and replied, in a bashful manner.

"My name is Moka Shuzen, what's yours?" she asked, Naruto saw her eye's flicker to emerald green for a split second before replying.

"Naruto Uzumaki." He said as he closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable, he didn't hear any screams of fear and opened one eye to see Moka giving him a confused look.

"What are you doing?" she asked as Naruto was now confused.

"You're not going to run away?" he asked in confusion. Moka shook her head and replied.

"Why would I?" she said as Naruto relaxed.

"Well, that's what everyone's kids do when I tell them who I am, and then the grown-ups start chasing me with things." Naruto explained. Moka just ignored that and grabbed his hand as she dragged him off.

"Wait, where are you taking me?" Naruto asked.

"C'mon, I want to introduce you to my family." Moka said. Naruto then asked another question.

"How come your eyes turned green for a moment?"

"That's the other me, I'm bi-polar." Moka said, Naruto tripped over a rock and got a small cut on his head as Moka looked to him.

"Are you ok?" Moka asked as she looked to the small cut on his temple.

"I'm good, I heal fast. Wait, what are you-" Naruto began as Moka closed in and licked the blood that leaked from his cut. He was stunned for a moment as Moka thought his blood tasted like the greatest food ever.

"Um, what was that about?" Naruto asked as he looked to her, Moka snapped out of her thoughts and blushed lightly.

"Sorry about that. Your blood smelled really good and I couldn't help but sample some." She explained as Naruto was confused and then a lightbulb went off above his head.

"Moka, are you a vampire?" he asked as Moka shied away from his gaze.

"You don't hate vampires do you?" she asked quietly, Naruto was shaping up to be her first friend and now he figured out her secret.

"That… is… AWESOME!" Naruto exclaimed in awe as Moka was taken aback by his response. Naruto then began to shoot off many questions from a book he read about fairy tales as Moka smiled and took her new friend to introduce him to her family. Akasha and Gyokuro smiled as the girls and Naruto became fast friends and Akua gave him a flower seed as a sign of friendship, he received other small trinkets as friendship gifts from the other three (Kaluha gave him a small pocketwatch, Moka gave him a red cravat and Kokoa gave him a poaket knife that had the handle etched into the design of roses and skulls). Ahri ended the memory as Issa took his family away and beat Naruto. She then showed the second one.

(Kurumu)

"How come you're hiding, the festival is fun!" a younger Kurumu asked as she found Naruto hiding away under a small bridge.

"People don't like it when I'm at a festival. They throw things at me and try to hurt me." Naruto said as Kurumu thought of an answer and smiled as she came up with one. She quickly pulled him out and with her as Naruto was confused.

"What are you doing?" Naruto asked with a hint of fear, she smiled and replied.

"I'm helping you out, if people want to be mean to you, then they will have to go through mommy. Mommy is a scary person when she wants to be and she can make people listen to her. Let's be friends, my name is Kurumu Korono, what's yours?" she asked as they stopped by a bush.

"Naruto Uzumaki." He replied as Kurumu hugged him. He was introduced to Agetha and the two actually made Naruto's time at the festival a happy one. Kurumu gave him a cookbook of deserts that was signed by Agetha and they parted ways later on, Naruto didn't realize Kurumu's eyes flash purple as she smiled happily. Ahri then showed how Naruto met Mizore.

(Mizore)

"Do you want help with that?" Mizore asked as she watched Naruto trying to build a snowman. Mizore found Naruto all alone in a park trying to build something.

"I got this." Naruto replied, only for the head of the snowman to collapse onto the ground. Mizore giggled a bit and helped out as they built two snowmen.

"Thanks. Um… who are you?" Naruto asked sheepishly Mizore just smiled and bowed.

"Mizore Shirayuki, please to meet you…"

"Naruto Uzumaki." He said in response.

"Do you like snow-cones?" Mizore asked as Naruto was confused.

"What's a snow-cone?" Naruto asked as Mizore took his hand.

"I'll show you, mom knows how to make the best." She said as she and Naruto met up with Tsurara. Mizore's gift to Naruto was a small beanie with a snowflake design embodied into it. The following scene shifted to when Naruto met Yukari.

(Yukari)

"Your hair is pretty." Toddler Yukari commented as she played with Naruto's hair. Yukari's parents watched Yukari playing with Naruto with humor.

"How is it that you can speak clearly, I thought toddlers had trouble speaking at your age." Naruto asked. Yukari smiled and replied.

"I'm a genius, that's how." She said, Yukari's gift to Naruto was a small plush doll of him. The final scene was how Naruto met Ruby and Lulu.

(Ruby)

"Why are you hiding from people?" a younger Ruby asked as Naruto was in a tree.

"People get antsy around this time of night, which means they'll come for me and call me a demon." Naruto replied. Ruby huffed and climbed up the tree to sit next to him.

"You don't look like a demon, and you don't have any powerful energy." Ruby said in response.

"I don't know either, but the grown-ups say I am." Naruto said as he watched the moon. Unknown to him, Ruby wrapped an arm over his shoulders and scooted closer. That's when Lulu showed up looking for her daughter after buying a couple things from the market. Ruby and Naruto dropped down as Ruby introduced Naruto as a friend (which he had no objection to). Ruby's friendship gift to Naruto was her favorite teddy bear. Ahri ended the scene as she spoke up.

"Unfortunately, Naruto was dragged into Hiruzen's office each time after your separate meetings and mind-wiped of those memories. Sarutobi didn't want any interference with his conditioning and even took away the gifts that you all gave him. I don't know what he did with them." Ahri said as she manipulated the basin to show Naruto's first meeting with Sasuke.

(Sasuke)

It was a rainy day in the Leaf village as most were avoiding the rain, Naruto was in an alley hiding in a carboard box as he tried to keep warm. A short distance away was the Uchiha family eating their meal inside the restaurant (Itachi was out training with the ANBU). Sasuke noticed Naruto and ordered an extra meal-to-go. Before Mikoto or the others could react, Sasuke went out and placed the food in front of Naruto's box.

"Hey, you should keep warm. You'll catch a cold." Sasuke said as Naruto looked to him. The rest of the family came over as Naruto asked.

"Why are you helping me, I know the police don't like me and hurt me when I'm trying to stay away." Naruto said, Fugaku frowned at that, looks like he would have to talk with the rest of the force about abuse of power.

"Hey kid, where are your parents? A kid like you shouldn't be out her in the rain." Taki asked as she crouched down.

"I don't have any parents. I tried to find out, but everyone just yells at me and throws stuff at me." Naruto replied as Mikoto's motherly instincts kicked-in.

"This will not do, how would you like for a place to stay?" Mikoto offered as Naruto was a bit surprised.

"Really, you won't kick me out like the orphanage?" Naruto asked with hope in his eyes. He was tired of living in the slums and having to constantly hide from people. Mikoto nodded as she extended a hand. Naruto go out of the box and went over as Mikoto ruffled his hair.

"First things first, mister, you need a bath." Mikoto said as Naruto smiled weakly. The group watched as Naruto and Sasuke became friends and how he found out about his parents (Mikoto and Fugaku personally didn't agree with Hiruzen's actions of not letting Naruto know about his parents). One special scene that stood out was Naruto's promise to Taki and Momiji.

(The Promise)

Naruto was sitting on the porch next to Taki and Momiji, the latter two were taking a break from their training/spars.

"I am curious about something Naruto." Taki said as she got Naruto's attention.

"What's that?" He asked. Naruto had developed a crush on both women, but was too shy to admit it.

"As you already know, most of us are busy with our own things, which leaves Sasuke with no one to play with. Would you be there and help Sasuke as his friend?" Taki asked as she looked to Naruto.

"Yes, Sasuke is my first friend. Of course I would be there to help him." Naruto replied.

"Say an accident was to happen and Sasuke is left alone, would you be there to keep him from being emotionally distressed?" Taki asked as Naruto nodded and replied.

"Yep, I promise to keep Sasuke safe if anything were to happen to you all. Naruto Uzumaki never goes back on his word!" Naruto exclaimed in determination as Taki and Momiji smiled at his enthusiasm.

"A promise you say? Are you making a promise to us, Naruto?" Taki asked with humor as she winked at Naruto, who blushed heavily and replied.

"Well, you're both really pretty, and I also care for Sasuke. Your parents are also nice to me. I guess you could say this is to you all." Naruto said as Taki and Momiji got up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew, but thank you for the answer Naruto." Momiji said as they both went inside. The basin shifted to show that Naruto met Cornell sometime after he met Carmilla in the Forest of Death. Apparently the Lycan king was hunting big game and Naruto pointed out several large serpents and cats. Cornell thanked Naruto and offhandedly compared him to his lost son, Gin. They watched how Naruto came across a small kit, trapped and hurt by a hunter's trap, and freed it as he nursed it back to health. He named the small fox Shippo, the group found it heartwarming that Naruto and Shippo were close friends. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, as the following memory showed Shippo being beaten to death by a younger Sakura as her dad held Naruto down. They watched Naruto tearfully buried Shippo next to his small house in the forest. Just before he could walk into his home, Naruto was hit in the back of the neck by a dart as he collapsed into sleep as a Leaf Shinobi took Naruto back to Hiruzen for another mind-wipe.

The memories then changed to skim over the missions Naruto did under in Team 7 (and the private missions Sarutobi had him do), how his and Sasuke's friendship splintered apart after the massacre and the death of his sisters. The following memory was shown after the invasion of the Leaf as Hiruzen died and Tsunade (who became a mother-figure to Naruto) took the mantle of Hokage.

Rangiku had revealed the necklace she had under her scarf as the memories of Naruto meeting Gaara came up. Unknown to the others, Rangiku had a special gam that held the souls of Gaara's parents, who watched with interest as Naruto changed Gaara. Then the Retrieval Mission showed up and Tayuya took control.

(Family).

Naruto was making his way through the forests in pursuit of Sasuke, that's when his attention was snagged by the mass of cut down trees and a speck of red hair. He raced over and saw that Tayuya had her lower body crushed underneath several large trees. He quickly moved the trees away with his enhance strength and checked for a pulse. He found one, but it was weak. Naruto placed a hand over her chest and called out to Ahri.

'Hey, furball. A little help here. I got a family member here.' Naruto said to his tenant. Ahri combined a small portion of her light chakra with Naruto's as he began healing Tayuya of her injuries. She coughed heavily and regained consciousness.

"Why are you helping me? I'm your enemy." she muttered as she gazed weakly to him.

"No you're not, family shouldn't fight one another." Naruto replied as Tayuya was confused at his answer.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, my mother was a survivor of the Uzumaki clan." He said as Tayuya felt her lower body healing.

"Tayuya Uzumaki." She replied, Naruto healed her completely as she was still on the verge of passing out. He created a clone and gave it instructions.

"There is a small town to the east not far from here. Make sure she gets help, I'm going after Sasuke." Naruto said as the clone nodded. Tayuya grabbed Naruto's hand weakly.

"Thank you…" She said as the clone took off with Tayuya in his arms. Naruto just turned and resumed his pursuit of the Uchiha.

(Valley of the End)

"Sasuke, stop!" Naruto yelled as the Uchiha stopped on the statue of Madara. Naruto stood on Hashirama's head.

"Why'd you come after me?" Sasuke asked as he turned to face Naruto.

"You know why, I can't let you join Orochimaru." Naruto replied, Sasuke just sighed.

"And you know exactly why I'm doing this. Itachi must pay for what he did." Sasuke responded.

"Did Sakura set you up for this?" Sasuke asked as he knew Naruto had a 'crush' on her. Naruto gave him a 'what the fuck' look and replied.

"I'm not doing this for Sakura. I'm doing this for Taki and Momiji." Naruto said as this startled Sasuke.

"What does this have to do with them?" Sasuke demanded, Naruto let out a dry chuckle and reached to the back of his neck, he tore out the seal that was placed on him by Hiruzen all those years ago and his form shimmered before it shattered like glass. In place of the short blond with a penchant for orange was a young man, an older teenage Naruto dressed in a black sweater/jacket with orange trimming and a hoodie and a red shirt underneath, a pair of black military pants and a pair of boots. Naruto was also taller and looked older, his hair was still the same length, but he didn't have his headband. His face lost much of its baby fat as well. Naruto tossed the chunk of skin/flesh into the waterfall as he felt his wound healing over.

"What the hell?" Sasuke questioned as he looked at Naruto's form.

"Surprised, let's just say that Hiruzen injected a shit-ton of harmful chemical weaponry to test out the effects. But thanks to my tenant, those injections were converted into 'growth stimulants' which nourished my body since it's a hassle to get decent meals back in the Leaf. The end result is that I look and sound older, but I'm still 13 years old. Back to the main point, the reason that I mentioned your sisters is because I made a promise to them to keep you from doing something like this." Naruto said as he sounded different as well (a bit more like his old man with a slight accent). Sasuke raised an eyebrow and responded.

"Ignoring the fact that you revealed this 'change'. Why exactly did you make this promise with my sisters?" Sasuke asked.

"Simple really, they don't want you to go down this path. You're siding with one of the worst criminals in the history of the Elemental Nations. Do you really think that Orochimaru would willingly let you go out and kill Itachi with his help? The guy want's both of you for his experiments. I personally don't give a shit about Itachi, but I can't let you do this. You're throwing your life away just for the chance to fight someone who is just manipulating you for his schemes." Naruto called out as Sasuke looked down in shame for a bit, he was right, his parents and sisters wouldn't want him to do this. But Itachi had to pay for the innocents he had killed off during his massacre. He knew that most of the Police force was planning a coup, one that his father was against. Sasuke clenched his fists and decided on his answer.

"I know that this isn't what they want, but I'm not letting Itachi get away with what he did, there were good people, innocents that he slaughtered. I will not let you stop me from doing this, Naruto." Sasuke said as his sharingan flared to life and he took a stance. Naruto just gave him a look of acceptance and pity as he replied.

"Very well, it's come down to this." Naruto said as he cracked his neck, both lunged at the other with speed as their fight began. The group watched as the fight between friends got more chaotic as it dragged out. Sasuke had drawn upon power from the cursed seal that Orochimaru placed on him as Naruto borrowed some of Ahri's dark chakra. The valley was changed as their fight could be compared to twin forces of power colliding. Sasuke then impaled Naruto through the left lung with his lightning blade (he mastered the chidori) as Naruto was pressed against the ruins of Hashirama's statue. Sasuke pulled his hand free and sat Naruto up against the ruins.

"Don't move, your lung is essentially a bloody mess and suffering electrical burns." Sasuke said as Naruto grunted in pain.

"It's nothing to worry about, I'll heal up eventually. I guess this is where we part ways." Naruto muttered as Sasuke nodded.

"Yes, for what it's worth, I'm sorry it had to come to this. And thank you, for being my best friend." Sasuke said. As he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"It's alright, I'm sure we can meet up every now and then. Don't get to close to Orochimaru, he's already got plans for you." Naruto replied.

"I won't, I really don't trust him either, but he has his uses in helping me with my goal. I'll take care of him when the time is right. I will also be on the lookout for any sign on my sisters, as they disappeared sometime after the massacre, hopefully they are alright." Sasuke said as Naruto smirked before he began to chuckle.

"What's got you in the giggles?" Sasuke asked.

"It's funny, now that I think about it. The only reason I showed interest in Sakura was because her hair. I don't really know why, but for some reason, I find myself drawn to ladies with unique hair color. It sparks something deep within my mind, like a memory that I have, but I can't remember why. Besides, Sakura is WAY to bitchy and compulsive for me, she also finds it necessary to hit me for the smallest things, like breathing around her." Naruto said.

"Maybe it has something to do with your past that you can't remember? And I have to agree that Sakura is a bit of a selfish bitch, ok, she's a love-struck girl with delusions of me, ten bucks says she went to you sobbing to bring me back to her." Sasuke replied. Naruto just pulled out said money and handed it over as Sasuke actually laughed

"Yep, besides, I know about your little friend who lives with that old lady and her many cats. I also want to mention that I had a crush on your sisters." Naruto commented as Sasuke gave him a dead stare.

"Don't even think about it." He said as Naruto chuckled lightly.

"Relax, I'm sure that they have someone special for both of them, besides, I'm pretty sure that they would hate me since I'm letting you go." Naruto said. He managed to get up despite the pain his body was in and put a hand over the gaping wound in his chest before nodding to Sasuke.

"See you around Sasuke…" Naruto said as he began to walk away.

"Wait." Sasuke said as Naruto stopped and turned to him.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"I did some research on your old man sometime before I defected, apparently your dad came from a small town on the border of the Land of Fire, near the coastline. Perhaps there are some things you can find out about your parents as all records of them were burned under the Third's orders." Sasuke stated as Naruto looked away in thought before replying.

"I see, thank you for this information. Take care of yourself Sasuke." Naruto said as both went their separate ways.

(Scene end)

"Thank you Mikoto, for helping him." Kushina said as she hugged her BFF.

"It's fine, Kushina, in all honesty I was appalled at what Hiruzen was trying to do with him, but I couldn't speak out against this." The mother of Sasuke replied. That's when another display stand emerged from a floor compartment, on the stand were the gifts Naruto received from the girls (Moka and the others). The girls collected their gifts to Naruto and held them close.

"Strange, I wonder how Naruto managed to get those back. I though Hiruzen burned them." Ahri muttered. Meanwhile Minato was angry.

"I'm going to make sure Hiruzen suffers for what he did." He said, only to be broken out of his thoughts when Erza placed a hand on his shoulder.

"That old monster is already suffering for his crimes, you don't have to do this for me." She said as Minato calmed down.

"I suppose your right, but I'm still going to ring his neck." Minato said as Kushina wrapped an arm over her daughter.

"I didn't know that you met my teacher's son, Cornell." Rin said with a smile. Cornel chuckled and replied.

"I had heard rumors at first that you were alive, and went to investigate. I came up dry on my search and decided to might as well do something useful since I was over in the eastern lands. I can say the kid has a natural instinct for a leader, much like Gin." Cornell said as he ruffled his son's head.

"Another thing I found odd shortly after our new life and his subsequent transformation into Dracula was two things, the first was his conviction in serving the Brotherhood of Light and his desire for revenge." Ahri said as she watched Naruto make his way back to the Leaf Village.

"What do you mean by that?" Sypha asked. Ahri tapped her chin in thought and replied.

"Well for starters, I know for a fact that he didn't care much for religion as he even thought of the 'holy bible' as a fairy tale when he first examined it. He even avoided all contact with those who were into religion as his views were that all sentient life should be free to make their own paths and not be guided by a higher power." Ahri said as this had Victor and Trevor thinking about their former service to the Brotherhood.

"The second thing was his desire for revenge, I remembered that when he found out about the fall of the Uzumaki, he didn't set out to end those who had a hand, but he managed to have them removed from power and publicly shamed and humiliated for their actions." Ahri commented as everyone had their thoughts and then watched as Naruto was recovering in the hospital as Jiraiya was speaking with him.

(Memory)

"Once your all healed up and ready, I'm taking you with me on a trip. We are going to start training you to use the Fox's power." Jiraiya said as he was sitting on the windowsill looking at the setting sun.

"What for?" Naruto asked as he began to dress, he already had a guess as to what Jiraiya wanted from him.

"You know why, it's time for you to start using the Fox's power to help out yourself and us." Jiraiya said as Naruto flexed his left hand.

"I refuse." Naruto answered, Jiraiya turned around to reprimand Naruto, but was caught off-guard when Naruto appeared before him and placed his left hand on the side of his face, and said hand was glowing with blue energy.

"Do not Resist!" Naruto commanded as his voice was double layered with a ghostly echo and his eyes were red with slits. He then placed a powerful illusion over Jiraiya, making him believe that he (Naruto) went along with him for this trip as Naruto pulled his hand away and Jiraiya left the room. Naruto sighed as he laid down on the hospital bed and closed his eyes. He appeared within his mindscape in front of the large cage doors holding Ahri. Naruto got up from his sitting position and spoke up.

"Hey fox! I've already set the illusion on the old perverted hermit." Naruto said as a large pair of red eyes opened up and Ahri replied (she's still in her beast mode and Naruto doesn't know about her true form).

"You took your time, I was wondering if you were going to take any longer since you so obviously love this place." Ahri replied with her usual sassy demeanor. Naruto just rolled his eyes as he was used to this by now, granted their 'relationship' was on mutual understanding and desires to be free of controlling powers, they still casually tossed around insults and snide remarks.

"Right, right. And you have a fetish of being controlled by the sharingan and used like a tool for other people." Naruto remarked. Ahri growled in anger as she didn't like the mention of her past as Madara's puppet.

"I would watch my tongue if I were you Naruto. You might just end up losing it to your comments." Ahri threatened, she was really not in the mood and it was unfortunately that time of the month for her, granted she had no effects that normal women had (the bleeding and discharges), she still had the hormonal spikes that came with periods, as well as the occasional cramps. Unfortunately for Naruto, he only responded with a blunt comment.

"Damn, fox. It's just a casual retort that we throw around. No need to be an antsy bitch with a PMS streak about it." Naruto said as he sighed. Ahri's power flared as she roared in fury.

"I'M A WOMAN, YOU FUCKING PRICK!" Ahri shrieked in anger as her power sent out a shockwave.

"Wait, what?" Naruto asked, dumbfounded as he was sent stumbling back by the burst of chakra and tackled by Ahri (now in her true form) as both were sent tumbling onto the ground. Ahri was nude and had a choker/leather collar on her neck that had a golden chakra chain that led back to within the cage, however this was not the main focus as she was straddling the stunned blond. She picked him up by his jacket and began slapping him with her left hand, on both sides of his face too. She eventually stopped as Naruto's face had bruises and she delivered a painful head-butt that broke his nose. Ahri dropped him and stalked back into the recesses of the cage as Naruto eventually got up and gave a confused look to the large cage as he was about to say something but decided against it as he vanished from the mindscape. Meanwhile, Ahri was in the shadows of the cage as she was leaning against the wall with folded arms under her breasts and a troubled/thoughtful look in her eyes.

(Reality)

Naruto's eyes snapped open as he sat up and wiped off the blood leaking from his nose, which was not broken. He noticed that the sun was barely visible over the horizon and put his plan into action. He tossed on the rest of his clothes (he only had his pants on when he put Jiraiya under the illusion and his ruined clothes were mended) and hopped over the rooftops as he went back to his apartment. He packed all his things, which wasn't much (a few spare sets of clothes and the necklace Tsunade gave him. As well as his many packets of ramen) and put it all away inside a duffel bag as he closed it and left the apartment. The final scene showed Naruto looking back at the village on top of the gates, it was midnight as everyone was sleeping and he knew the illusion he placed on Jiraiya would last for a good three to four years if he didn't dispel it by then.

"Well this is goodbye. Be seeing you around sometime in the future, not really." Naruto muttered to himself as he hopped off the large gates and landed on the dirt road without making a sound.

'This is the start of a new lea on life, no old assholes trying to control me, no obsessive teammates who believe everything is a fantasy for them. Just me and my special roommate. What do you say?' Naruto said mentally as he hadn't spoken to Ahri since she slapped his shit in the mindscape (this was 4-5 hours ago). Naruto waited for a response and shrugged his shoulders as he got none.

"Ahri." She replied.

'Hmm?' Naruto asked.

"Ahri, that is my name" she clarified as she decided to take a more peaceful route with Naruto.

'That's a beautiful name for a lady such as yourself.' Naruto commented.

"Don't push your luck." Ahri said as Naruto chuckled.

'Relax, I'm only stating what's true. Besides, I want to be your friend if I was to go any further with you.' Naruto replied as Ahri knew he made a good point, it wouldn't hurt to have Naruto as a friend since she's trapped inside him by a complex and nigh-unbreakable seal.

'I have a few ideas since were going to be living with a fresh start, maybe I can grant you your freedom, but it may not be complete freedom since the seal would kill me If I was to somehow break it.' Naruto said to Ahri as he began walking to where Sasuke said Minato hailed from.

"I suppose we'll find out some answers." Ahri replied. Naruto just smirked as he disappeared into the night.

Chapter completed, now I know that I said this chapter would be explaining how a lot of things fit into the story, which it will. However I decided to split the whole thing in two parts as it goes over Naruto's life through his memories as the group watches. This chapter went over how he met the R+V girls, how he met Sasuke as well as his promise to Taki and Momiji, a few things that Hiruzen did to mold him into the perfect weapon (Minato and Kushina would have to talk to Naruto to find out how Naruto's childhood went), and the fight between Uchiha and Uzumaki at the valley along with Naruto leaving the Leaf to live his life how he wants, and finding out a personal secret about his tenant.

The next chapter will explain more on how Naruto and Ahri's relationship grew into love, how Samus came into the picture (this has something to do with Naruto absorbing Erza's life force into his own), and the other things that happened in Naruto's life. Anyway, please let me know what you guys think by leaving a review and/or a PM if you have questions. Also I have several challenges up on my profile if you're interested in them (I can say that they're great.) Until the next chapter, stay frosty.

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