Third Month

Thoughts

Tailed Beasts

Jutsu

"There's one to the northeast, right in that tree." Naruto quickly turned and threw a kunai in the direction told by Kyuubi. There was a sound of it making contact with flesh and a man fell out of the tree and hit the ground.

"15 down, 107 to go." Naruto said.

"Bored yet?" Kyuubi asked.

"Jail breaks usually are this boring." Naruto responded. "But it pays well so that's the reason I'm doing it." A kunai came flying at the back of Naruto's head but it turned into tiny metal crumbs when it got close to him.

"Well you got the hang of using the chakra around you to your advantage." said Kyuubi. Naruto warped into the tree behind him, grabbed a jail breaker and threw him into another tree, hitting another man in the process.

"Two more down." Naruto said to himself. He then jumped to the ground. "Hey you hiding sissies! I bet you all couldn't beat me even if you attacked together!" Naruto taunted. In an instant, many men surrounded Naruto, all of them scowling.

"What did you say you damn lightweight?" asked a tall burly bald guy.

"You cannot beat me." Naruto said slowly.

"You're dead boy! Get him!" another man yelled. As the men rushed at Naruto, he jumped high into the air.

"This will be over in the blink of an eye! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he shouted as four more Narutos appeared in the air with him. The Narutos then threw a frenzy of special kunai everywhere, taking out two or three guys in the process.

"With that aimin' you're lucky to have lived this long as a ninja!" yelled a skinny man with a mohawk.

"You can't stay in the air forever! When you land, we're gonna give you some hell!" shouted another man. Naruto smirked.

"Shadow Clone Flash!" Naruto yelled as he and his clones disappeared in a quick flicker of light. Within 15 seconds, all of the men were unconscious.

"Good job, kit! I'm impressed!" said Kyuubi.

"Thanks!" responded Naruto. He proceeded to make more shadow clones to return the crooks to jail. But after taking count, the jail guard found a problem.

"There's supposed to be 122 but there's only 121." he said.

"You sure? I would've sensed his chakra if he was trying to escape…I don't feel anything. You sure you didn't miscount?" Naruto asked.

"Well maybe I did. Thank you again for you're help Naruto." he said.

"No problem!" said Naruto as he dashed back to the village. Little did he know, a shady figure was trailing him back to the Leaf.

------Naruto's House------

Sakura laid on the couch watching TV as she ate through her third container of ice cream. Her appetite had picked up quite a bit, and she hated to think about it but she was slowly starting to gain weight too. When she thought about herself getting as big as Karin is in the coming months, she wanted to scream! Therefore she tried her best to not think about it much and focus on her delicious ice cream. As she finished her container of ice cream, she threw it in a nearby trashcan.

"You think you can go get me some more?" Sakura asked Nanabi, who was lying on the floor, eating out of her own ice cream container.

"Sure, why not." Nanabi replied. She had also noticeably gained a considerable amount of weight. It was quite obvious to Naruto and Sakura that she was expecting a pup, but Kyuubi had not figured it out. She wanted it to be a surprise for him anyway.

"Here you go." said Nanabi as she handed Sakura another container.

"Thanks!" replied Sakura as she wasted no time in opening the container to eat.

"When are we gonna get some real food?" Nanabi asked.

"Naruto-kun is gonna bring ramen home when he's finished with his mission." said Sakura. She then stared dreamily at the wedding ring on her finger. "He should be close to done…I hope he hurries home. I miss him already." Sakura thought.

------Streets of Konoha------

After being paid, Naruto walked down a busy street of Konoha, where Ichiraku Ramen was located. While he walked, he happened to look into a store, and saw Tenten with a small baby in her arms. This was also the first time Naruto had ever seen her with her hair down. As she exited the store, she noticed Naruto staring at her in the street.

"Hey Naruto!" she said as she approached him.

"Hey Tenten…" he replied.

"What's wrong? You look like you're in deep thought." she said.

"Oh I was just wondering…if you're a Jonin, then why are you doing such a low rank mission?" Naruto asked.

"Mission? I'm not on any mission…" Tenten replied confusedly.

"Huh? Well if you're not babysitting, then why do you have that baby? Wait a minute, you didn't kidnap it did you!?" he exclaimed. Tenten sighed.

"Naruto."

"Huh?"

"You're an idiot."

"Well you're a thief!"

"THIS IS MY BABY YOU DUMMY!!!" she yelled.

"Your baby?" Naruto said. The baby then awoke and turned to look at Naruto with big blue curious eyes. Naruto gasped. "You and Neji had a baby!" he exclaimed.

"Took you long enough to get that. This is Reina." said Tenten.

"Oh, hi Reina!" Naruto said. Reina stared at him a little while longer before going back to sleep. "Yeah, that's definitely Neji's daughter! Is she gonna be able to use the Byakugan?" he asked. Tenten didn't answer as she was glaring at something in the air behind Naruto. "Tenten, what is it?" Naruto asked. Tenten then threw a kunai into the sky.

Soon after, a man fell to the ground a few feet away from them. Naruto's eyes widened in shock. The man had white hair and a jail uniform on. Naruto knew exactly who he was.

"Mizuki…" Naruto said. The man chuckled as he pulled Tenten's kunai out of his shoulder.

"Long time, no see demon." Mizuki said. Upon lifting his head he revealed the Sharingan in his eyes.

"The Sharingan? There's no way!" Tenten said.

"Surprised, are we?" Mizuki taunted.

"You're working for Madara!" Naruto said.

"Correct." Mizuki replied. "He gave me this Sharingan and told me to follow you to your house to get the 7 tail! But it looks like I'll be taking the Kyuubi first!"

"If Madara wanted Kyuubi and Nanabi so badly, why didn't he come himself?" Naruto asked.

"Lord Madara is busy sealing the 8 tails. It's gonna take a while for him to finish so he got me to do his dirty work! I can't lose with these amazing powers! Prepare to be captured!" Mizuki said proudly.

"Good luck!" Naruto said. Mizuki then dashed at Naruto and punched at him, but Naruto successfully blocked it. When people saw this they started to run and panic out of the area. "That was no weak punch…he means bussiness." Naruto thought.

"Let's show him that we do too!" Kyuubi replied.

"Alright, give me four tails!" said Naruto.

"Got it." responded Kyuubi. As the red chakra began to form a cloak around Naruto, Mizuki backed away. As Tenten watched in amazement, Reina started to cry.

"Tenten, get Reina out of here!" Naruto commanded.

"Right!" replied Tenten as she ran off. Naruto quickly lunged at Mizuki, but was kicked back. Naruto then disappeared in smoke.

"Shadow Clone, huh?" Mizuki thought. He spotted another Naruto charging at him. As he prepared to face this Naruto, he was grabbed from behind by a giant red chakra paw, and tossed into the air. The real Naruto then jumped into the air and hammered Mizuki with a powerful kick, sending him crashing down.

"I should give that attack a name…like the Quadruple Tail Crater Kick!" Naruto laughed. Mizuki stood back up with barely a scratch. He proceeded to do a set of quick hand signs.

"Great Poison Bomb Jutsu!" Mizuki said as he shot large compact spheres of poison gas at Naruto, who was still in the air. Naruto got ready to defend from the attack but they all missed. A confused Naruto looked around and he cursed under his breath as he realized what had happened. The poison balls surrounded him everywhere.

"Uh oh." Naruto thought. Mizuki smirked.

"Take this! Poison Hell Attack!" he shouted as all of the poison balls closed in on Naruto at one time, causing a huge explosion and lighting up the sky.

------Naruto's House------

"What was that!?" exclaimed Sakura.

"I'm not quite sure but I could definitely feel Kyuubi's chakra out there…it has gotten fainter now…" Nanabi replied.

"That means Naruto-kun is out there! We have to go see what's going on!" said Sakura.

------Konoha Street------

Naruto landed on the ground hard and panted heavily.

"That damn poison…it sucked up all my chakra…" Naruto said in between breaths.

"Well that attack managed to get rid of that demon cloak." Mizuki said as he approached Naruto. "I told you. It's pointless to try to beat me! Will you surrender or do I need to beat you into unconsciousness?" he asked.

------Naruto's Mind------

"Hey kit! He said Madara gave him the mission of capturing Nanabi!" Kyuubi said.

"What about it?" Naruto asked in response.

"That means he only has enough power to combat Nanabi at maximum strength!" Kyuubi explained. Naruto's eyes widened.

"Which means seven of your tails should be more than enough!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Right!" Kyuubi agreed.

"Give me seven tails then!" Naruto said.

"Version?" Kyuubi asked.

"Version 1 should be enough." replied Naruto.

"Got it. Don't tear him up too bad kit." Kyuubi joked.

------Back outside------

Naruto slowly got back to his feet.

"I'm surprised you can stand up demon." Mizuki said.

"It was only one jutsu! Stop acting like you gave me a freakin death blow or something!" Naruto said.

"What did you say!?" Mizuki growled. "I'll show you a death blow!" Mizuki charged at Naruto and punched at his gut, but his fist was caught. "Damn you…" Mizuki said. Before he could counter attack, Naruto's body erupted with red chakra and his fist caught fire. Mizuki screamed as the flames burned through his hand.

"Oops. Sorry." said Naruto, who now wore a red seven-tailed cloak. Mizuki's eyes widened as he saw Naruto's cloak after the fire on his hand went out.

"Where did you get all those tails!?" Mizuki yelled.

"Are you stupid?" Naruto asked. "You call me demon and you just asked that question!" Mizuki growled as cold sweat ran down his face. Mizuki slowly backed away while slyly sneaking his hand into his pocket.

"You should be glad we're in the village Mizuki. If we were away from all of these people I would kill you right now with an attack that wouldn't have left any trace of you." Naruto said. Mizuki gulped. "You can surrender or die." Naruto warned.

"I think neither, you damned monster!!!" Mizuki yelled as he threw a handful of smoke bombs on the ground. "Time for a sneak attack…" Mizuki thought. As he attempted to retreat through the smoke, he hit something with his arm and it caught fire. Mizuki gave out a pained scream as he dropped to his knees trying to get the fire out. As the smoke cleared, Naruto stood there staring him down.

"If you didn't already figure this out, it's not wise to touch this chakra cloak. It's pretty hot you know." Naruto said.

"THAT'S IT!!! I WON'T LET YOU MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME!!!" shouted an irate Mizuki as he jumped into the air. Naruto frowned.

"What is he about to try?" he thought.

"You're probably fast enough to dodge this Demon Fox! But I can't say the same about Konoha and her people!" he yelled with a twisted smile. Naruto's eyes widened. "Fire Style: Omega Fireball Jutsu!" Mizuki shouted as he shot a humongous ball of fire toward Naruto. Mizuki didn't bluff. The fireball was truly big enough to kill everybody in this area of the village. Naruto growled.

"I won't let you hurt anyone!" Naruto yelled.

"Too late to say that! In a few seconds it'll be close enough to the village to kill people! All I have to do is set it off! Either all these people die or you take the hit to save them!" Mizuki said.

"How about you collide with it at dangerously high speed before it gets in the vicinity of the village?" Naruto asked as he appeared behind Mizuki. Mizuki quickly turned around in fright.

"How did you get here!? It's impossible for anyone to be that fast!" Mizuki said.

"I'm a demon, remember?" Naruto said before giving Mizuki a full force punch to the back, and sending him crashing into the gigantic fireball. The resulting explosion was so great it could be seen all the way in the Village Hidden in the Sand. Naruto landed safely and stared into the sky before returning to normal. The people of the village slowly began to come out of hiding and began to cheer for Naruto, as he had saved the village again.

"Naruto, that was amazing!" Tenten said as she walked towards him.

"It was nothing." Naruto replied.

"Naruto-kun!" came a familiar voice. Naruto turned around to see Sakura approaching him. "What happened out here? I saw-" Before Sakura could finish, a bloody, beaten Mizuki appeared and grabbed her, holding a kunai to her stomach at the same time. Naruto's eyes widened.

"I-I refuse to be killed by you! It won't fuckin happen!" Mizuki yelled as a river of blood cascaded out of his mouth. "Come with me to Lord Madara, or this girl and her baby dies!" he threatened. Naruto's eyes became red and his pupils slit, as his teeth grew into fangs and red chakra dangerously swirled around him, willing to attack anything. "NOW!" Mizuki commanded.

"Watch this Sakura. I'm so about to eat this asshole. I'm gonna go for his neck first…" Nanabi said inside of Sakura. Suddenly a black hole appeared and sucked Mizuki in before quickly disappearing.

"Did you do that?" Sakura asked.

"I wish! I'm still hungry dammit!" Nanabi responded. Kakashi walked up as he retuned half of his headband over his Sharingan eye.

"Well he's dead now." said Kakashi. Naruto smiled.

"Kakashi-sensei, you're awesome!" he exclaimed happily.

"Thanks." he replied as he pulled his book out and walked away.

"Naruto-kun!" said Sakura.

"Sakura-chan!" said Naruto as he ran up to Sakura and hugged her. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"No, I'm not okay! You were supposed to bring ramen home and now I'm starving to death!" she shouted. Naruto chuckled nervously.

"Well I was on my mission and-"

"No excuses! We're going to eat! Now!" said Sakura as she dragged Naruto down the street.

------Sasuke's House------

As Sasuke sat down on his couch to take a break from training, Karin walked in after finishing her third lunch.

"Sasuke-kun, I feel like we missed something important today." she said as she sat on Sasuke's lap. Sasuke said nothing. "I sensed really strong chakras clashing too! If I wasn't in the middle of a snack I would've gone to check it out because I think one of those chakras were Naruto's!" she continued. Sasuke remained silent. "What's wrong with you? How come you won't talk to me?" she asked.

"Because I think your ass just broke my leg…" Sasuke replied. Karin growled.

"I AM NOT FAT!!!" she yelled.

"I'll take you out to eat if you get off of my leg."

"Okay!" Karin said as she jumped up. "All Karin can eat buffet, here I come! Karin said as she put on a jacket. Sasuke sighed.

"I hope I can get some kind of discount…" he thought.

I know it's been a while but I had a hard time thinking up something for this chapter. But the next few shouldn't be as much of a hassle. Happy late Holidays and Happy New Years! Oh yea, and review too please!