A/N: Hey, you're probably wondering 'When is he going to get to the Christmas part he was talking about?' and 'What's the date in the story again?' Well, the simple answer is this; this chapter is mostly Huyu and his group, then Naruto has a surprise… upgrade. Anyway, the next chapter, I think, will be the Christmas day.

Chapter 25: Jiraiya's Prosecution, Huyu's Darkened Past: The following took place on December 22 around 6pm.

They could do absolutely nothing as Huyu started having spasms and thrashed around on the forest floor. He kept talking in what seemed like a demonic tongue, considering they've never heard the language in their life before.

Anyway, they had made the three day trip into a five hour bee-line for Ame. It wasn't helping them that Huyu had started getting visions in the middle of their run.

"What should we do about this?" Sasuke asked the four men. Kisame and Itachi shook their heads as they didn't have a clue, but Deidara spoke.

"He explained to me that something similar to this might happen when he had visions. All we have to do is be prepared for the possibility of one of his personalities taking control and attacking us. If his vision is over and he's not breathing… well, he gave me something to fix that problem, un." They continued to watch as Huyu had his vision.

Huyu's mindscape/vision (I'll just use normal font for their visions, but when they have flashbacks of the vision, it will be in italics.)

"The fact that all five of you showed up to stop us has proven my theory." An unknown man said to the group.

"Madera." Itachi and Sasuke said his name with such venom laced to it. They saw said elder Uchiha land next to the six bodies of Pein, orange mask and all. The only difference was that they could see his sharingan.

Huyu tried to use his plan to convince Pein to let him be the jinchuriki warrior for Akatsuki, but he wasn't going to fall for it because of the fact that all five of them had showed up so conveniently and even stated 'If it was just Huyu, he would have believed him.' Now it was too late.

So they prepared themselves for battle. But Madera and Pein left no room to escape, and Jiraiya was dead already. Huyu was still off from the Rasenhakai and wasn't performing forbidden jutsu anytime soon.

They were… as Tayuya would put it… 'Super fucked'

"Looks like Pein will be taking over as he originally thought." Madera chuckled. With that said, Huyu and his friends had put up a hell of a fight, but ended up dieing anyway.

When Huyu was right at deaths door, he looked to see the death god standing right there in front of him. Then he turned to the other side and saw Madera. He smiled.

"I have a question for you."

"Shoot." The least he could do was answer a question for a dieing shinobi.

"Can you see whats standing right next to you?" As the words left his mouth Madera turned and raised an eyebrow.

Huyu quickly went through the hand seals as best he could. 'I'll see you soon dad, Jiji.' When he was finished he grabbed on to Madera who just looked at him.

"Look behind me." He did, and he didn't like what he saw.

The death god was right their, and smiling wickedly. This scared the Uchiha to no end.

"NO!" He was going to try and teleport out of there, but Huyu yelled.

"It's no use! I've got you and the shinigami has already begun the ritual, I'll see you in his belly for all of eternity you fucking teme!" With that said, the shinigami ripped through Huyu and Madara, pulling both their souls out. The last thing Huyu said was…

"I love you Kaida-hime. I'm sorry, but my promise will have to be broken." Then he died.

End vision

"AAAAHHHH!!" The yell was one of pure hatred and frustration, and he was pretty sure it would have been one of agony if the vision was of Kaida dieing.

Since he was breathing Deidara sighed of relief and looked at him. Itachi looked dead in his eyes and saw that it was really Huyu in control.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked, kneeling next to Huyu.

The wielder of a shinigami's eyes thought back to the fight they had in the vision. 'We can't afford a run in with him right now.' Huyu looked at them.

"Nothing important." He could see they were about to protest when he continued. "Listen, once we get near the fight, you guys will only act as a security measure. No one gets into that battle field when I go in and nobody gets out unless I give the signal. The other thing is when we're about to leave, and you know when that will be, you'll take Jiraiya's body and use the seals I gave you to get back to the base. I will hang back a while longer to make sure everything goes according to plan." Once he finished talking he took off, making the rest of his group follow with out question.

"You won't be able to stop us." Pein was currently standing with all six of his bodies surrounding him. "We will make the world feel ultimate pain."

Jiraiya was in his toad sage mode, missing his left arm, and bleeding. He didn't know how he would be getting out of this one alive, much less with anymore of his limbs. He thought it was going to be the end for him, and decided he would try to write something onto the back of the old toad in front of him before Pein finished him off.

'Naruto, Huyu, you two are the destined children. Please don't take my death to harshly, and don't blame Tsunade.'

Just when he was about to write the message down, a ice cold, familiar, tone, had rung through Jiraiya's ears. 'Don't Huyu!'

"Pein is the Jury, Death is the judge. Don't move any closer to him Pein." Huyu jumped down from his perch on a pipe and in front of Jiraiya.

"What is the meaning of this Ryuuzaki?" He deadpanned. He really wasn't in the mood to deal with this pest.

"Jiraiya is none of your concern, only mine." Pein raised an eyebrow.

"How so?"

"Well, he was my sensei, but before I get into that, I have an offer for you." He smirked under his mask.

Pein raised his other eyebrow. "I'm listening."

"Well, you know how effective I am for Akatsuki, and you also want an ultimate Jinchuriki warrior." That got the self proclaimed God's attention. "Well, I'm offering you my services and my jinchuriki status." He ripped his mask off his shirt and face, revealing his true identity for the first time to his enemy. 'God I hope this works.'

Pein was now ready for anything. "Whats the catch, and why should I trust you?"

Huyu smirked. "Well, as you know, I hate my village for what they have done to me since I was a kid. In fact, I've hated everyone that treated jinchuriki like shit, so taking over the world could put an end to that in a fucking hurry."

Pein nodded. "You do realize that we need the Hachibi to be sealed in order to seal the Kyuubi, right?"

Huyu sighed. "Yes, and we are a long way from actually getting the Kyuubi. Besides, my brother is really hard to kill, so it would be easier for me to work on talking him into joining us. That way I don't have to die and you have an ultimate tag team of Jinchuriki warriors."

Pein smirked, something he didn't really do, and seemed to approved. "Deal. Now, explain to me about Jiraiya."

"Well, besides the fact he was my sensei, he was supposed to be my Godfather, as well as Naruto's. What did he do when Minato died and sealed the demons into us? He left us in that corrupted village to endure the life of a jinchuriki." As he was saying this, Huyu seemed to get angrier and angrier, and turned towards Jiraiya.

Now Jiraiya, along with the four friends of Huyu were starting to understand. Huyu wanted to kill Jiraiya himself, for betraying him and his brother.

'Huyu, I never thought it would come to this, not even with you. Where you deceiving us all from the beginning.' Itachi couldn't believe what he was seeing when he was thinking this. He didn't want to believe it, but it was true.

"I'm going to tell you a story about my life in the foster home that nobody knew I was in. The only one who knew was the Third and do you want to know why?" Jiraiya nodded his head. He needed to know, to understand, to justify Huyu's actions.

"Well… it's because I killed every single soul in that house, except for one little girl."

Flashback

October 10th Huyu's third birthday, second year at the house:

He had just been beaten by the kids and foster father of the children. All because of this day. He was crying outside, bloody and beaten while thinking about what was inside him.

The father let it slip out of his mouth before he left.

'You're the Hachibi no Ookami!' After that, the Hachibi had spoke to him, and told him that he was only a prison, and the demon itself was the prisoner.

But it made no difference. It still hurt, and it wasn't even his fault.

3 hours later…

A little girl, Huyu's age, had walked up to him. He had long since stopped the bleeding, but he hadn't moved from his spot.

"Are you alright?" She said as she knelt down next to him. She heard the others in the house talking about it. How they beat the 'demon' up pretty bad. There were about 5 boys and 5 girls, not including the two sitting next to each other.

Apparently the foster father only wanted the money that came with every kid, his business was going poorly lately and the money was good. He treated all of the kids equally except Huyu. He would be extremely nasty to him no matter what.

"I heard about what happened. I just got here two hours ago. I finally got the courage to come out here and see if you were alright." Huyu didn't respond, his face was expressionless and his eyes were dull, he seemed dead.

Just when she was about to make sure he had a pulse, his hand moved with such speed that she didn't even notice her hand wasn't moving anymore until he looked at her.

"Don't touch me." Ice cold tone of voice. It sent chills up and down her spine. She could only imagine what it felt like to be ridiculed like that.

Huyu took the time to take in her features. She had semi-long jet black hair, blue eyes that had a certain kindness to them, and she seemed in shape for a three year old.

"My name is Ai; I don't know what my last name is though, so it's just Ai." She half smiled, unsure if Huyu was going to accept her kindness.

He sized her up and decided that she was going to have a chance. Something about her made him feel accepted.

"My name's Uzumaki Huyu. I don't have parents, and this guy can't be considered parental material. Be careful around here Ai. They might hurt you just because you're talking to me." When he was about to tell her to just leave him alone to stay safe, she giggled.

"I can keep secrets, so don't worry." She grabbed his hand. Warmth shot through Huyu, something he never felt before.

October 10th the next year…

Huyu had long since told Ai about the Hachibi and she didn't care about it. She accepted him and he grew to love her like a sister, as she grew to love him like a brother.

He was happy he had a friend and was willing to do anything to protect her.

He was walking home before the villagers decided to beat him and was just outside his front door when he saw red on the window. He sniffed once and the Hachibi was yelling at him to check it out.

'Why fuzz ball?'

"Because it's blood!" Huyu didn't have to be told twice. He tried opening the door and noticed it was locked. Hachibi focused some of his chakra to Huyu's feet and he kicked the door in.

The rancid sent of blood filled his nostrils. As he walked through the door, he saw the kids and foster father hitting something.

When he focused his sight, he saw Ai.

Flashback break…

"No… i-it isn't right… it… it's not right… not that age… no." Jiraiya was shedding tears and almost seemed to have lost it. Huyu continued.

Flashback continues…

Nothing… absolutely nothing was left. His emotion of love was being beaten in front of him, hate wasn't enough for vengeance and every other emotion wouldn't help. He pushed it all aside, and where his heart should have been, a patch of ice was present.

"Step back right now. Get away from her." Colder then he's ever sounded, never to feel emotions again. His tears were betraying his emotionless ness. He didn't care.

When they didn't listen and actually tried to turn on him, he asked a question.

"Why her?"

"You mean the demon whore."

"I mean Ai."

The foster father laughed. "Satisfaction demon. Satisfaction."

"Is that all?"

They all nodded.

"Well then, it looks like you'll have a reason for calling me demon then." Just as that was said, Huyu could hear the Hachibi's voice in the back round as he was forcing chakra into Huyu.

"No mercy for any of them… death to all of them… death to those who harm you and your precious people… devour their souls and leave nothing left for them to identify the bodies… because you will leave no bodies."

"Yes." The moment Huyu spoke, the people in front of him knew they were screwed.

He looked at them and smiled a sadistic, sickening smile.

"Why so serious?" With that he ripped them apart, slowly but surely, making sure they suffered as much as he could make them suffer. None of them had a chance, and none of them knew that for all of eternity, Hachibi would have possession of their souls and do to them as he saw fit.

After he was done, the chakra receded, and he was about to let it all go when he suddenly heard Ai's voice.

"Huyu-kun." He raced over to her and cradled her body.

"I'm so sorry." He started crying, regaining his emotions, only because of her.

"It wasn't your fault, just remember, that you are human, no matter what you did today. I love you Nii-san." With her last breath, she pulled a locket out of her pocket and gave it to him.

"Happy birthday." And then she was gone.

Huyu just sat there for Kami knows how long. Finally, he opened the locket to see a picture of him and of Ai. When he closed it, he noticed an engraving.

After reading it he put it in his pocket and picked Ai up bridal style. By the time he exited the house, Sarutobi and Anbu were outside. He didn't even look at them.

"Huyu-kun, what happened?" Sarutobi was the only one to voice the question after everyone saw the blood covered Huyu. They could also see the windows covered in blood, leaving no more room for vision. He turned back to Huyu. "What happened in that house Huyu?"

Said boy stopped as he looked at Sarutobi with cold eyes for a brief moment.

"Every human in that house died today. The only thing that walked away alive… if you can call it that, was a demon." He turned back around and continued his trek.

Sarutobi didn't like the sound of that.

He just kept walking as he headed towards the gates. Sarutobi followed him as he ordered Anbu to inspect the house. He could tell that the dead girl in his arms was a victim. 'But who was the murderer?'

Huyu had gotten about ten feet out of the village before he hung a right and continued on for 10 minutes. He came to this little pond that Ai and he would hang out at all the time.

He gently placed her down and started digging. When he was satisfied, he picked up Ai's body, kissed her forehead and placed her body in the hole. He then buried her and made a tombstone out of a rock. It read…

UZUMAKI AI

A precious person and excellent friend to an undeserving demon.

Sarutobi was heartbroken when he read that. He hoped that one day, Huyu would be able to forgive himself and change the caption.

"I want to be alone." Sarutobi was going to leave anyway, but he wanted to know who killed her.

"They no longer exist. I took care of that." He slightly turned his head towards Sarutobi. "Don't try to contact me for awhile. I don't think I'm up for dealing with 'humans' anytime soon. Now leave." Sarutobi sighed as he left. There was nothing he could do at this moment.

A good twenty minutes later, Sarutobi was pretty sure that the entire Ninja world could hear the terrorized scream of Agony.

End flashback

"Five days later I cut my wrists, stabbed myself in the gut, and took a flying leap off the Hokage monument. I was almost dead, but Sarutobi and some medical ninja brought me back to this hell. So, I have to thank you Jiraiya, the only person I hold responsible for this now is you. Why? Because you didn't take responsibility for us like the Godfather should." He started applauding and leaned in next to Jiraiya.

"Congrats, the blood of an innocent four year old girl is on your hands." Jiraiya screamed. A scream of pure sadness, a cry of agony. Why did this have to happen to Huyu? He thought he went through the same thing Naruto did, but he obviously experienced something no one should. Especially at that age.

"Itachi! Shut this fool up and bring him to my torture room." All four of his friends had jumped down to the scene below, Itachi grabbing Jiraiya.

He didn't want to do it though. But, he hoped Huyu wasn't too far into the darkness, because if he was, then they were all doomed. The only one that would be able to save them would take the blow of Huyu's betrayal the hardest.

They left and Huyu turned to Pein and smirked. "Come on out Zetsu, Madara." Said men let themselves be known. "So, am I still in, or am I going to destroy everything about this world, including the Akatsuki."

Madara answered. "You're in, but did you know that you were crying?" Huyu wiped his hand over his face. His face stayed emotionless, but his tears wouldn't stop.

"No, but I guess it needs to leave my system. Anyway, I'm going to kill Jiraiya, then continue figuring out a way to make Naruto join us." After that he puffed out of existence.

Fukasaku, Jiraiya's toad, heard everything and had sent off to tell Tsunade about everything.

Back in their hideout, Huyu had just stared at Jiraiya, his Shi no Me blazing. He then started berating him.

"You're a failure Jiraiya. You couldn't save Orochimaru, you couldn't help the Third, you got shot down by Tsunade all the time, and you failed at being our Godfather. You disgust me." Jiraiya just looked down. What shocked him was that images of each event had flooded his mind before Huyu listed them. He would have wondered if it was a jutsu used with the Shi no Me if it wasn't for his sudden depression, and quick road to madness.

"Enough Huyu!" Itachi ordered. Huyu just glared than looked back at Jiraiya.

"Do you see the error in your ways Jiraiya?" Said man looked back on his life then nodded. "Yeah, well then start remembering the success." Everybody gasped.

"You can learn from your own mistakes, sometimes it just takes you awhile. I really am pissed about the Godfather thing, but I won't hold the death of… Ai, against you for so long. Anyway, what you should remember is that your life isn't a failure. You were like Naruto in the sense of teaching people to never give up and have faith in them. It helped Naruto out a lot when ever you showed an interest in him Jiraiya." He smiled.

"What are you saying?" Jiraiya wasn't sure, but suddenly, he had a pillar of hope left.

"I'm saying that we need to hurry up and heal you. For now, you're going to have to stay dead." Jiraiya knew what that meant. Now he was like his informants, a shadow in the corner of the world, but was able to see everything.

"Damn, you scared me like hell Huyu." Sasuke blurted out. Itachi nodded his agreement as Deidara and Kisame looked like they were about to faint of relief.

"I can't believe you did that, un!" Deidara was a little annoyed.

"And to think he fooled all of us." Kisame was amazed with this kid. He obviously took his cover seriously, and obviously cared a lot about the people he's trying to protect by doing this.

"Well, the best way to fool your enemies is by fooling even your allies. Itachi, you know Madara already knows you're really a spy for Konoha. On top of that, he saw your reaction to what I did to Jiraiya. No matter how subtle the reaction was." He sighed as he shook his head. "I wouldn't be surprised if he knew I wasn't really trying to destroy and rebuild the world, just to rule with an iron fist."

Itachi thought for awhile. "I don't think we have that much more time to spy on these guys. Zetsu had told me that he has found replacements for Hidan and Kakuzu. He just needs their rings." He stopped and thought about what Zetsu would do. "I think, because of his personality, he would be willing to fight you for your ring and then go after Naruto."

Huyu shook his head. "Yeah, and I think that Konan, Zetsu, Madara and Pein are the only four of this group that I wouldn't be able to take on myself. And… when I had that vision, we wouldn't have even stood a chance against just Pein and Madara."

Itachi scowled. "The bastard has the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan because he took it from his brother. I only know some of what he can do, but not everything. As for Konan and Zetsu, I know they would be annoying, to say the least, to chase around and find an opening long enough to kill them with."

"Yeah, and we have no idea what Pein is capable of, just that he has six bodies with different specialties, and they can all look through each others eyes to see what's happening. The only technique we can be sure of now is that he can summon creatures." Huyu pointed out.

"You guys forget…" All five Black Ops turned to the Toad Sage, who had stood from his spot. "…I've fought Pein." They all smiled.

"That will be useful." Kisame smirked.

"Yes, but I've only seen a certain extent of his powers. We can't make a move against them yet. Besides, they've found replacements, and most likely have already found replacements for you guys just in case." Once Jiraiya brought this to attention, four of the five men in front of him thought about it. Yes men, no boy goes undercover like this.

"I've already figured that out, I just don't know who." Huyu stated.

"How did you know that they would have had back up replacements?" Sasuke was kind of worried about how much his friend knows.

"Well, I have many ways of getting information. Jiraiya would understand, as well as you I hope, that I can't give you any of my informants' names. Like I told Naruto earlier, I will take their identities to the grave with me. They do enough dangerous stuff for me as is, I'm not about to risk their lives." Huyu left no room for argument, not that any one really wanted to argue with him.

Huyu suddenly snapped his fingers. "I wonder if Naruto got that shipment of weapons yet, I didn't see him caring any of it."

"You sent him a shipment of weapons? While undercover?" Deidara asked blandly.

Huyu shrugged. "What, I have suppliers that do it quietly, now stop asking about my methods, we need to plan out the next few days." He sat down at a mahogany table that looked like it would hold a meeting for the counselors and Hokage.

Suddenly he cursed. "Damn, I almost forgot I'm going to meet Kaida on Christmas. Before any of you berate me or argue with me, I already promised I'd show, so don't bother."

They just gawked at him. Like, why in the hell would you do something so stupid? 'Wait… he's an Uzumaki.' They all seemed to think the same thing.

"Okay, so now that we know what's happening that day, let's move on to what we're doing for the next two days and after Christmas." They all took a seat, Huyu at the head of the table, which was rectangular in shape. They all thought it was fitting for him.

Tsunade was sitting at her desk, reviewing a report before the meeting she had with the Konoha 12. When suddenly a small puff of smoke erupted on her desk. If she wasn't as used to the abrupt entrances Jiraiya's toads made, she would have either jumped ten feet in the air, or she would have smashed another table.

"Lady Tsunade! I have important information regarding Jiraiya and the Akatsuki." He quickly deflated mentioning, Jiraiya's name. Tsunade didn't like this and jumped straight into questions.

"What happened? Is he alright? Did he find anything out?" She almost stood from her desk.

"Let me tell you the whole story. Jiraiya, Ma, and I, thought that we were done for. We were fighting Pein, who is the leader of Akatsuki and was also one of Jiraiya's students from the Third Shinobi War. You know the three kids you guys found in Amegakure? Well…" He went on for awhile, telling Tsunade about how Huyu showed up at the last second with Sasuke, Itachi, Kisame and Deidara. And how things went down hill from there.

After a few minutes Fukasaku had gotten to the part where Huyu and Madara were making the deal. "…the only way for them to get all of the demons sealed is by sealing them in order. When they brought this up with Huyu, he said he would manipulate Naruto into working with them. That way the 'Unstoppable Uzumaki Demons' would be reunited and destroy everything in their path. After that, Huyu left and I came straight here."

Tsunade took this all in and she swore if she wasn't a ninja she would have died of a heart attack. Instead, her heart broke once again and she started crying.

That's when Fukasaku realized that there were other people in the room. He turned to see all of the Konoha 12 in the room. And he also understood that he made a fatal mistake by jumping into the story.

Kaida quickly turned on Naruto. "Did he really try to… kill himself?" She couldn't take this information. What was going to happen when he showed up in three days? Whether or not Huyu had actually betrayed them, he always kept his promises. Kaida didn't want to let go, but she didn't know if holding on to Huyu would be safe.

Naruto had gone back to that gloomy look. "Every Jinchuriki tries it once."

That got everyone to look at him. He didn't like it himself, but what was he to do. He then realized that they had either forgotten or didn't count the time he was attacked by Itachi.

"My one and only time was when Itachi used the Tsukyomi on us." They were all skeptical, but Naruto made it clear that he didn't try to kill himself. "Why would I waste the effort when I could have been killed by any of the people in this village? I came close almost every time."

Ino grabbed Naruto tightly. That wasn't the way she wanted her boyfriend to think. She didn't' want him to be suicidal.

"Ino-hime… that train of thought was a long time ago. I'm not like that anymore." He gave her a genuine, rare, smile that always eased her. He started thinking about Huyu's past and started wondering whatever happened to that locket.

His line of thought was ended abruptly when a Root Anbu member came in with Danzou, Homura and Koharu. The Anbu bowed to Tsunade as she looked up, already back to her leader expression.

"What is the meaning of this Danzou?!" The old war hawk simply nodded towards his Anbu member who was holding a black book.

"Lady Tsunade, we have gotten information that Uzumaki Huyu has learned forbidden jutsu as well as owns two bloodlines, one Doujutsu, and one affinity specialty. Also, since he is a traitor, and a spy of ours has reported that Huyu has threatened the village and is allegedly responsible for the death of Jiraiya. The last charge, we are unclear of since it didn't happen in front of our spy." Danzou finished his explanation, where Homura stepped in.

"We have changed his B-rank status to full on S-rank status. If it's any consolation, the last straw was when we found out he was apart of the Akatsuki." This was not sitting well with anyone in the room, but if they did anything, it would make it worse.

Even though Naruto knew this, he was leaking killer intent out over all of them.

Danzou, being used to this, nodded towards his Root member to hand the bingo book over to Tsunade.

"It's been updated. Now, maybe you'll listen to me when I say we need to take action." The Root leader had been pushing Tsunade to merge the Root with the Original Anbu and move to destroy Akatsuki right off the bat. He never understood why she told him she had people handling it.

She grabbed the book as she shook her head. She flipped through all the pages, noticing a name in the bingo book. Actually, it was a letter.

There was no description, no picture and it only said he was capable of utilizing all kinds of jutsu to a great degree. Also, it stated that his Taijutsu and Genjutsu were excellent, Taijutsu being the better area.

The only thing that was left under 'name' was L. She shook her head as she decided to look into this later. She flipped through a couple more pages when she reached Huyu's profile.

It read…

Name: Uzumaki Huyu

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Mental State: Rumored to have Dissociative Identity Disorder. The patient with this disorder is similar to patients with Multiple Personality Disorder. The only difference is patients with D.I.D can either co-operate with all or some of the other personalities, and that depends on the situation. Sometimes, they have no control over any personality, but often agree with what they had done while in control.

Status: Currently S - Class Missing-nin of Konoha

Role: Currently an Akatsuki member and the Jinchuriki to the Hachibi no Ookami

Kekkei Genkai: Doujutsu - Shi no Me (Eyes of Death), Unknown abilities. Unknown - Able to manipulate any element known to the shinobi world

Huyu is 6 feet to 6'2, his weight is unknown. Crimson red and jet black hair, reaches the top of his shoulders in the back and reaches just above the end of his nose in the front. Green eyes, unless his Doujutsu is activated, if so, purple irises, surrounded by blackness. Has a mustache that stays close to his lips and connects to his beard. No hair on his cheeks and no sideburns. Two rings on his left hand, one on his left thumb and one on his left index finger. Usually wears the Akatsuki cloak with red clouds. Konoha Hiate-ite with a scratch through the middle. A silver crystal necklace. Has three whisker marks on each cheek, a side effect of having the Hachibi no Ookami sealed in him.

Specialties: Unknown; it is clear that he has taken a liking to mastering seals and has learned many forbidden jutsu. Also said to be proficient in stealth, able to get in and out of villages and enemy territories with little to no detection

Taijutsu: Has been considered excellent from what has been reported, considering high Chuunin to low Jounin

Ninjutsu: Mid Jounin to low Kage level

Genjutsu: Unknown

Fuinjutsu (Seal Mastery): Hokage has stated that his Senseis, Jiraiya and Hatake Kakashi, say that Huyu has a better understanding of seals then Kakashi. Also mentioned that his father was a seal master and Huyu has recently come into contact with every scroll his family left behind.

Kinjutsu (Swordsmanship): Anbu level - Both Haruno Sakura and Haku vouch for this

We don't have any suggestions on how to fight him right now, but if you are a Gennin or low Chuunin, do not face him.

It was not good to see this much was known about Huyu. Tsunade seriously started to doubt the loyalty of the three counsel members in front of her.

Tsunade smirked as she made a little announcement of her own.

"Well, seeing as how Naruto will ignore this and go after his brother anyway, I have no choice." She stood up as she pulled out a Konoha Chuunin vest, it was green. She walked up to Naruto and handed it to him.

"Seeing as how you have mastered impossible jutsu in short amounts of time and have modified the Rasengan twice, and not to mention taking on Orochimaru and Akatsuki, I have decided to rank you as a Chuunin. However, since this rank is being given to you for these purposes, I need you to take leadership on your next mission." Naruto jumped in the air after registering all of this. "You will be Iruka's assistant, and you will take over his class from time to time." That made him deflate.

"What is the meaning of this Tsunade?!" Homura wasn't pleased with Tsunade's act of favoritism.

"What it looks like you old fool. I make the last decision on all shinobi business, yet the council, the civilian council no less, feels the need to interfere and go behind my back. Now, I'll leave the bingo book, for now. Now if you'll excuse me, get the hell out." When she glared at the four people, they left right away.

Tsunade then turned to Naruto as she realized everyone was either gawking at her or smirking about how she had treated, and should have treated all a long, the three old farts that messed with her business.

"Since it's the holidays, you don't have to teach at the academy until January." Naruto just nodded as he sighed.

Naruto didn't know how to feel but he knew this was going to be a pain.

A/N: How do you like them apples? Naruto is a Chuunin, yeah!

R&R please!

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