Well that almost went bad... I almost put chapter 22 up before 21... The reason for this was because I rushed to type up chapter 22 since I had only typed up to this chapter, which this chapter was actually supposed to be published next week, while Chapter 20 was supposed to be this week. So I will actually just put my Author notes from Chapter 22 that I had written right in here hehe.

I didn't have any chapters for the month of July done for this story. Why? Well... I believe that Uzumaki Twins will be done come sometime in July. I know... this story wasn't as long as you had probably hoped, but technically... with how my normal chapters are for my stories... Uzumaki Twins is "42" chapters long. Uzumaki Twins always consisted of 2 chapters and naturally wasn't this long in the beginning.
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I grabbed onto Akuma's arm as she went to follow B out the back path. "I can't let you go." I said in a stern voice. She slowly turned to me, raising her brow. "And why the hell not?" She was obviously irritated.

"I don't want you to get hurt." I said, only to get a stare in response. "Naruto… I'm a ninja; I have to be ready to do stuff like this."

My eye twitched as I nearly grit my teeth. "You are just being overly protective. Why not just trust me and let me do my job as a ninja?"

"Naruto why don't you just go with her then if you are that worried." I glared over to Sasuke. "I don't want her to go out there at all! What if I can't help you in time?" I asked, staring at Akuma.

"Jeez Naruto… you never worried about me like this before. What the hell happened to you?" she asked, lifting her arm to feel my forehead.

"Because before that I didn't know you were a shadow clone!" her hand faltered, not even reaching my forehead.

"Wait what?" I heard Sasuke ask, as he walked over to us. "I-It's nothing Sasuke."

"It's not 'nothing' Akuma! Kyuubi won't always be able to reform you every time you get hurt!"

"Hold on. If this Akuma is a shadow clone, then where is the real one?" Sasuke asked, staring at Akuma. "There is no other Akuma." I said, keeping my gaze steady with Akuma's.

"Then how can she be a clone but be the only Akuma?"

"Can we forget about this already? There are animals out there that can't breathe under water!" Akuma pulled her arm from my grasp and bolted out the passage that B went out.

"Naruto… what the hell is going on?" I looked over to Sasuke. "My mother… she told me the truth about Akuma…"

Akuma's POV

I leaned against a wall, sliding down it, as tears continued to fall from my eyes. 'Naruto now knows that I'm a clone… he must hate me now too… pretending to be his sister for years… when all I really was, was a clone with his parents memories due to their combined chakra that created me…' I stared down at my hands.

'Because of pretending to be his sister through all these years… and actually enjoying it… I nearly forgot about who I was and what I was… If only I was released when Naruto was old enough… no one would have had to deal with me.' I stood up, following the passage out to its end.

I peered down to see B walking some animals into the room that connected to the passage I was in. "Hey B… did you see what caused the island to turn up-side-down?" he peered up at me. "A snake like a bowtie around the neck muthafucka." I nodded to him as I jumped over to the other doorway.

"Don't tell Naruto where I went please, not even Sasuke." He stayed silent as I took off. I stared at the water that was in hallway and knew that this passage was deep in the water. I made it to the doorway and noticed that the water was level with the door.

I took a deep breath then let it out before jumping into the water. I swam around, dodging the spikes on the turtles back along with fish that swap around. I swam a little away from the turtle and looked back towards it to see a huge snack trying to kill the turtle. I narrowed my gaze as I swam towards the snake. I pulled out a kunai then sliced its tail, causing it to shriek and slash around.

I could see the turtle relaxing, as it was now able to breathe just fine. I lifted my hand up to my mouth then blew out a stream of air, causing the turtle to be flipped back on its stomach. I glanced over and noticed the snake coming at me with an intent to kill.

'That snake… it is Orochimaru's… what is it doing here?' I formed a rasengan in my hand and waited for the Snake to get close enough before I slammed the rasengan into its head. It disappeared due to the damage, causing a sudden rush of currents to aim towards me, sending me into the side of the turtle.

"Are you sure you want to leave Naruto alone at the apartment while you do these missions?" I glanced down to Kyuubi and nodded. "Yeah I think it would be better that way. Since he is still a growing boy, he is too young to bring in the money on his own. With me having the ANBU scar on me from Minato's chakra… it allows me the chance to bring in money for Naruto with higher missions."

"Shouldn't you be worried though? You are only a clone… there isn't much you can do." I shook my head, making Kyuubi become confused. "I may be a clone but one hit isn't enough to make me disappear. Because of your chakra, I got a better form as a clone."

"You say this yet you are deathly afraid of disappearing." I laughed, picking Kyuubi up off the ground. "I'm only a clone… it is a natural fear that goes through us all. But I'm an advanced clone if you think about it."

"That is a word for it… it is like you aren't a clone, since you have a bloodline set of eyes on you." I raised my brow at Kyuubi before nodding. "Yes you are right… because I am made up of Minato's chakra and Kushina's chakra… I am unable to access a chakra of my own. I am unable to do this because the ones who created me are long gone. The only supply of chakra I have, is the supply that you give me. The supply that you use to keep me alive."

Kyuubi stared up at me as I continued walking through the streets of Konoha. "I have a bloodline that requires no chakra… since I have no chakra of my own. But when I look through these eyes… I am not seeing what people see. I see everyone's chakra… I see the colors of it. And when I am being attacked… it is like everything suddenly is in slow motion. It is just like what Itachi described to me as being the Sharingan…"

I stopped walking then sighed. "Do you think Naruto is hungry?"

"Yeah… he has been whining for you this whole time. You going to stop off then to get him food?" I nodded "Yeah just him though… I need to go speak with Itachi again. I didn't see him today at the ANBU meeting, has me kind of worried."

"Akuma?" I turned around to see Itachi in his full ANBU gear. "Do you have a mission?" he fell silent before nodding. "You could say that."

"Don't tell me Danzo…"

"It's fine Akuma. I have this all planned out… I just came looking for you to seek a favor." I nodded to him as he pulled out a book from his pouch. "This is my diary… I think you know what I'm going to ask, so I won't bother saying it." I nodded to him as I took the book, placing it into a sealed scroll.

"Thank you Akuma… I have to be off… Madara is probably waiting for me." I nodded to Itachi as he took off. I stood there in silence, even long after Itachi had left.

'If he kills his clan… what would Sasuke d- Wait Madara?' my eyes went wide, as I turned towards where the Uchiha compound was, only to see someone behind me, holding a lumber block in their hands.

"A clone shouldn't live among the people like they are one of us… return to your grave, Yondaime." I watched in shock as a swirling eye stared into my eyes. I didn't have time to react as the block of lumber hit me right in my head, causing my body's functions to crash. I could feel my body jerk several more times, as the person hit me a few more times before tossing the wood onto my body, setting it aflame.

I gripped onto my arm as I stared up through the water. I watched as a man stared down at the turtle, standing on one of the spikes on its back. The familiar mask stared at the island, waiting.

Next to him was another man, also clothed in the same clouded cloak as the masked man. I knew instantly who the two were, but was in denial. Above me, waiting for me to emerge from the water, was Uchiha Madara… and Uchiha Itachi.

I knew if I emerged from the water, they would immediately try to control me through the sharingan. This was the only moment that I was happy to be a clone, seeing as I could be under the water for an extended period of time.

I just wanted to know how, how they knew where we were. That and where the hell did that snake come from if it isn't Orochimaru's? Though that could easily be dismissed if Madara decided to steal that from Orochimaru when he had the chance.

'Damn it… If I emerge from the water… they will capture me… but if I stay in the water, they will try to capture Naruto and B…' My mind immediately shut off. 'What am I doing…? I am a clone; there is nothing for me to worry about if I emerge.' I nodded to myself, but found my body not moving to emerge.

'Damn it Akuma, you can't be afraid anymore! You knew the day would come to this… I was created to protect Naruto; I will die happy if I am able to protect him from these men.' I emerged from the water, slamming my fist into the masked man's face. He spun until he slammed into another spike.

"To think you didn't die that night… it makes me question how sick that man named Yondaime was." The masked man pulled himself together as I took his perch on the spike.

"For a clone though… you sure are stubborn… not disappearing like you should have." I felt a gaze on me, making me peer over to Itachi. "A clone?" he asked.

"Yes… that child before us is only a clone. The real child that was of that form died before even being born." I turned my gaze to the masked man. "How do you know about me?"

"Because I'm the one who caused the Kyuubi's chakra to leak out in an attempt to kill that Uzumaki and to kill the Yondaime. Instead I found out that all the chakra was attracted to the female baby, who died within her mother due to the poison."

"So… it was you that killed me before I even had my time…" I felt the anger rising up in me. "Kushina and the Yondaime used the last of their chakra to make a clone to seal the darker half of the Kyuubi in… that would be you."

"You see… if you kill me though… you wouldn't be able to fall through with your plan for yet another what? 17 years maybe?" I reached into my ninja pouch, twirling out a kunai before I gripped it into my hand.

"But you know what… I wouldn't ever want you to see your plan through you see… because I will drag down the other half of Kyuubi with me. You can't just take one of the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki… you need them both." I held the kunai up to me.

"If you try to extract the Kyuubi from the one Jinchuuriki, the Kyuubi would die with the Jinchuuriki and would be waiting for a rebirth. That would take an even longer time than the replenishing of the chakra from the one Jinchuuriki being dead. When the Kyuubi is being reborn… it would be at a slow pace, since he would already be missing half of his chakra… it would take maybe 100 years for him to get up to 100% on just his one chakra side… then he would need even more years for his other chakra side to replenish."

"Then I cannot allow you to die can I?" I heard a voice say from behind me, as the masked man grabbed the kunai out of my hands. "But I can absorb you before you do anything." I smirked, glancing up towards him "Actually… you cannot. The pressure of being absorbed, being a clone, would instantly make me disappear. But you know what… don't take my word for it." I quickly turned around, grabbing the masked man's arm.

"Because I won't be here for long." I slammed the kunai that he held, into my chest. I grit my teeth as I watched my body begin to fade.

"Damn you…" he growled out. "You started it… years ago, trying to kill me with that lumber…" I grinned as his sharingan eyes narrowed at me.

"Oh… I forgot to mention… there is a low chance to even the Kyuubi even getting his chakra back from my death… seeing as I was only a clone with half of him sealed within me… which means… look at that… the Kyuubi has become useless to you."

"Damn you… just like the Yondaime…" I smirked as I pushed the kunai into me deeper. "You see… I am made up of his chakra… and Kushina's… without a home to go to… the chakra just completely disappears… it disappears with the clone…"

I watched as my vision became blurry, but I could still see the look in his eyes. "And the best part… you lost the only bloodline eyes… that took no chakra… the Ultimate eyes…"

Naruto's POV

"Akuma should have been back here by now…" I said, as I stared at all the animals. "B… are you sure you didn't see my sister when you came back in?" he stayed silent as he turned to the animals and began wrestling with them.

"Things have been calm for a while now… the turtle seems to be on the right side now… and we both know that is Akuma's doing there… so where could she be?" I heard Sasuke say, just as worried as me.

"Akuma…" I looked over to Kyuubi and gasped when I noticed him glowing. I quickly ran over to him, sitting down to reach him. "Kyuubi what is wrong? Why do you look like you are fading away?" his gaze landed on me.

"I can't stay… summoned out under Akuma… this form is fading… fading…"

"Wha-what the hell is going on?" Sasuke growled out, as he joined me on the floor. "Neither of you… neither of you leave this place… Outside… danger…" my eyes went wide as Kyuubi started to fade away. He became more and more see through as he spoke.

"Kyuubi don't speak if it is causing you to disappear faster." I tried to say in a calm voice. His gaze landed on me before he softly smiled.

"Sorry Naruto… it is too late… for this form… please stay inside… without me… you cannot do anything… so please… please stay in here and wait… not for Akuma… for me to help you… to help you get Akuma…"

Before I could ask Kyuubi what he meant; his body completely faded. "K-Kyuubi!" I reached for the ground where he was, feeling its warmth slowly leaving the area.

"Akuma… Kyuubi… why?"

-AN-

You can sort of tell by this chapter that Uzumaki Twins is coming to it's end. Since this is a story of there being two children born from Yondaime and Kushina... that means it would be different from the original Naruto story line all together. So this story wouldn't even make it to where the Manga is currently at. It would be different, since Sasuke never went to kill Itachi. Kabuto was killed by Akuma back in the Chuunin exams, so that would defeat the purpose of Zombies.

The learning of Akuma being a clone was the mark of Uzumaki Twins being close to it's end... I just forgot to state that last week when I put chapter 20 up.

So me actually rushing to type up chapter 22 was pointless since even next week I might not be home to publish it haha... I need a table to throw...

So anyway... to anyone who actually just only reads this story, you could check out my other stories too.

Now before I get more crazy, since I am doing this AN the day before I post this... and am hearing my phone's song for `Tachi going off... though my phone is on vibrate and not even going off to begin with... yeah... I'll stop there... (And I know it isn't my music since right now -man music is playing... The opening, if you are wondering, Doubt and Trust.)

-Ja ne

P.S. I just had someone come up to me today after seeing my Naruto headband, and told me it was "Freaking awesome." Normally I get people who don't even know what Naruto is and just say "I like your headband"... and yes... I do wear a Konohagakure Bandana/headband. I got it from a gift bag when I was at a convention so... hehe. I still need to find my skullie of Konohagakure.

DON'T JUDGE ME! It just keeps my hair out of my eyes... Stupid hair... I have to wait after my birthday to get it cut back to Sasuke's length, since I am cosplaying as Hiccup at this convention... My hair is long enough and currently his hair color... yay?