Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. I simply own the story itself. Naruto belongs to Sasuk…. I mean Kishimoto.

Just in case: Due to Naruko being the name created by fans, therefore being a fandom name, it is not required by me to use 'Naruko' as the name for female Naruto. Kishimoto was not the one who created this name for that version of Naruto. I will however, place any and all female Naruto stories I have within the 'Naruko' category due to the story being about the FEMALE Naruto. {Since previously I was complained to for placing my stories in the Naruto Character category; since the story was about a Female Naruto.}

I do realize that I am not the characters however I write my stories in first person perspective. If you do not like first person stories, then feel free to leave if you are not willing to give it a shot. I can understand people's preferences towards stories. Third person is more centered on description, whereas First person is more centered on feelings/emotions.

No Criticism, Flamers or any of that. Don't like, don't read. That is why they invented the "X" at the top of your browser and the back key in the address bar. Do not leave the story via the review section, seeing as that keeps you within the story that you possibly didn't give a chance.

Warning: I speak more Japanese than I do English; therefore you will find some translation errors or possibly a few grammar or spelling errors floating around. I don't have a beta reader and, honestly, I do not want one. The last time I tried to have a Beta Reader; they tried to change everything that would happen in my story. It takes me a while, but I do go back to older chapters and rewrite them or check them for errors.

There was a winner for the poll. Hikari o Mite will be placed up after this. The abbreviation for this story will be HoM, so everyone can understand when I say 'HoM.'

Hey guys; I am sorry about not updating for a while. The reason for the lack of updates is because of these several reasons. I will list them in order from the highest reason to the lowest.
1. I had two teeth extracted on October 11
th. I was all fine and dandy until I started to take the meds that were prescribed to me. Being underweight, I am high susceptible to drugs that I was never introduced to. This drug happened to be 'Lortab.' Lortab was causing me problems from day one. I would pass out, get dizzy, get very nauseous and my blood pressure and heart beat would drop drastically. I dug around, after getting confused on why I was suddenly feeling like that, and found that I was prescribed 500mg of Lortab to take 4-6 times a day along with 400mg of Ibuprophen, which I had to take 6 times a day, 2 per taking. With that alone, I was taking 16-18 pills for pain and fever. I was also prescribed 500mg of Amoxicillin, which I was to take 3 times every day; leaving me with taking 21-23 pills a day for my teeth that were extracted. For those that are wondering, I had a wisdom tooth taken out plus the tooth that it broke and infected. I have more teeth to be extracted after November 20th.
2. I am currently in South Jersey and was here the whole time during Hurricane Sandy. (For those who are wondering, I love South Jersey.) While I ignored my medication (yes, bad Daemon) I had to help get things ready to take a hit from the storm.
3. Internet is unstable and due to being in South Jersey with this storm, the connection here is even weaker. Electricity flickers every now and then.

I won't be updating my stories after today due to everything going on. I will try to get things caught up by Saturday or Sunday and then get back on track by next Monday.

Another note: Due to my reaction towards the medication, I won't update stories on November 20th-November 23rd. It is possible that I might update the new story release during that time, but otherwise there won't be an update.

It's dark… dark and cold. Where was this place? Was it heaven? Was it hell? There was nothing… nothing for miles to come, just pitch black. Maybe it was night, but then again, where is the moon?

Was this what happened when you died?

"Naruto you runt! Dodge that kunai!" I shook my head mentally as Akuma dove straight for me. I had no clue why I wouldn't dodge, but I did know what that kunai was. It was my gift to her; what better way to be taken down, then by the kunai you presented to your only sibling?

"You fool! That has a seal on it! It will take us BOTH down if we get hit by it!" I guess that was something I was willing to take. The more I thought about it, the better it sounded. If I died, then the revival for the Kyuubi would be longer…

I didn't want to live in a world… a world where I lost my only sibling once again. So if it meant she would stay alive, I would die… I would die for her life.

I heard a soft growl through all the darkness. There was only one other that the growl could be from; Kyuubi. He had his body wrapped around me as a seal was imprinted into his fur. This told me one thing.

Kyuubi protected me from the seal.

But… why? Why would a beast who hated everyone, suddenly want to protect me like this? The seal… the seal was causing him pain; so why? It was meant for me!

No…

This seal was for Akuma… to stop the dark chakra that Madara implanted into her. Kyuubi took that hit…

If… if the tailed beast died, would that mean the Jinchuuriki would die? I mean… if the Jinchuuriki died then the tailed beast would too so does it work the other way around?

I peered up to see Kyuubi's eye opened slightly as he stared down at me. "Why?" I asked. Kyuubi simply gave a grin before closing his eyes fully.

Why?

Why Kyuubi….?

Tsunade's POV

The heat was returning to his body. It came as a shock to us all; but we were on the edge. The Kyuubi's seal had disappeared… we weren't sure if it was because of no chakra flow or if it was something else completely.

"Lady Tsunade…" I glanced over to the only other medic Nin in the room. She was holding the clipboard close to her body; telling me that she was scared and uncertain.

"Don't worry." I said, possibly calming myself more than her. "Even if the Kyuubi were to break free… he wouldn't go on a rampage." I could see her loosen up as she sighed with relief.

"B-but how do you know?" She asked. I glanced down at Naruto and smiled. "The Kyuubi was exposed to a lot of light over the past 16 years. Nothing so evil could last that long when being with a pure light."

If Jiraiya was here… he would know what to do. Minato was his student… and he was like a son to him. They were like a family; so why… why did they have to take Jiraiya?

We needed him… just like we needed both Naruto and Akuma.

Break†

"Lady Tsunade…" Peering up from the reports, I glanced over to the person who called me. "We have reports that there is some kind of battle going on in the ocean…" Wait… the ocean? I stood up then walked over to one of the sensors. "Can you view what is happening in the ocean?" I more so demanded than asked.

"N-no can do… it's too far out for us to figure out what is going on over there…" I narrowed my eyes. "Where is this battle going on at?" I asked as I viewed a mental image of the countries map. "Right off the Land of Fire…" Off the Land of Fire? But the only island off the Land of Fire is…

"If there were any troupes that were sent out to investigate, inform them to return." I stated as I turned away from the sensor. "Ma`am?" I turned around. "It's an order. If any of the Shinobi forces try to enter that battle, it might lead to them being seal or… death." I watched the fear cross into their faces.

"How are you certain of this?" I turned to Shikaku. "Because… right off the bay of the Land of Fire is a country that was long lost. Do you recall the Land of Whirlpools?" Shikaku narrowed his eyes before nodding. "Uzushiogakure is right there. Currently, there is a battle between an Uzumaki and an Uchiha going on, on that island."

"How do you know this?" I shook my head as I took my seat. "Because, Nara, Sasuke went to retrieve the one that put a seal on Naruto." I could tell I had his attention. "But… the only other known Uzumaki that is alive was…" I nodded.

"Uzumaki Akuma."

Sasuke's POV

Damn how I hated the Uzumaki twins. To make it worse, I was starting to hate their clan completely! I mean, the whole island was rigged with traps! Why weren't they disabled after Uzushiogakure was brought to ruin? Like seriously… it was one trap after another. I was hoping to get through silently to find Akuma without her finding that I was on the island, but that was practically impossible with a trap setting off every 5 seconds.

All of this was pissing me off more than it should have been… I mean common, who needs so many traps on a deserted island! What part of DESERTED didn't they understand!

I stopped dodging the traps when I noticed something shine within the light that broke through the trees. I jumped down from the tree to get a closer look. I probably should have continued on, seeing as this entire place was a mine field of stupidity.

I quickly covered my eyes as the light that bounced off the object, hit me straight in the eyes. It was a headband. What was so special about this headband? It wasn't a headband from Uzushiogakure like you would think it would be but instead from Konohagakure. This led me to a couple of possibilities to why the headband was here.

Choice one was that Konohagakure had partially betrayed Uzushiogakure during the war even though they were an allied force due to their extended linage that connects at some point to the Senju clan. The other choice was that this headband belonged to Akuma in some way shape or form. Yet, the second choice didn't seem to settle with me seeing as we had Akuma's headband.

I picked up the headband before dusting the dirt off of it then peered around, looking for any name. My eyes went wide in shock. "W-what?" I stared at the name I found etched on the plate of the headband, hidden by the cloth. Just what did this mean? Why was their name on this headband?

"Sasuke…" I turned around to see familiar dead eyes staring straight at me. "How…?" I stood up straight, stuffing the headband into my tool pouch. "For someone who can't remember their past, they go back to the place that they remember most. Other than Konohagakure, the only other home would have been Uzushiogakure for you and Naruto since this is where your mother's blood belongs."

Akuma stared down at me in silence. Her oddly obtained Akatsuki cloak was in complete ruin and stained with blood. "Are you hurt?" I asked; my normal caring feelings kicking in. "I…." She fell silent before looking away. "I fell." I narrowed my eyes as an emotion passed through her eyes. It was the first and only emotion I had seen. "Why are you here?" I heard her ask.

"That kunai Naruto gave you as a present… you put a seal on it. That seal was originally meant for you; to seal Dark Akuma… instead it landed on Naruto." She continued to stare onward as she only listened to me. "Akuma… I want you to hear me out; hear me out on everything that happened. Will you give me a chance?"

"Spar with me." I blinked at her statement but didn't have any time to question it as Akuma dived for me. I quickly dodged her attack only to have to dodge a kick from her. I was stuck in the defensive side as she continued to attack me head on. I had to find an opening, but she wasn't leaving me any chances to do that.

I quickly sent a Chidori charge down to my foot, giving me a chance to dive away from Akuma, into the trees. How do you fight someone who doesn't use chakra? I stopped in thought as I noticed something. She wasn't using any ninjutsu at all… she was just doing normal taijutsu. Did that mean… this Akuma was just like Rock Lee, who didn't have any ninjutsu capabilities?

In a swift motion, I pulled out my sword then blocked Akuma's attack with the blunt end of my blade. Before she could jump away, I sent my Chidori out through the blade, making sure it hit Akuma to drain her energy. I grabbed her by the collar of her cloak and held her up, preventing her from falling.

"You win." She simply stated through narrowed eyes. "We will talk." She gripped onto my hand, making me lose my grip as she took off. She wasn't running too fast, telling me that she wanted me to follow her. Mainly because I didn't want to fall into the stupid traps again, I followed every step she took all the way until we reached a minefield of building rubble. Akuma glanced over to me before bending down and entering a small opening within one of the piles of rubble.

I followed after; quickly closing my eyes as the inside of the building was filled with lights. Glancing around, I could tell that this building was originally a house or an apartment complex. The entry point of the rubble led us right into the kitchen, which was still in perfect condition. Some of the power was still working in the building, while some parts were filled with candles. Both told me that Akuma had some partial part in bringing the systems back up or there was a possibility that this was the only place that had any flow of electricity; which meant most foods that were left here might have been in good condition.

"In here." I looked over to see Akuma pointing in another direction right outside of the kitchen. I glanced back towards the darkened doorway that was on the other side of the kitchen but ignored it as I followed Akuma. She led me down the small hall into what could be some form of a den. She sat down, crossing her arms over her chest as she waited for me; a single candle lighting this room. I sighed, sitting down on the opposing side of the candle as I stared into Akuma's deadly eyes.

As I stared at Akuma; I could see the influence of Dark Akuma surrounding her. I didn't even need the sharingan active to see the obvious possession Dark Akuma had on Akuma. Hell, even where the seal for Kyuubi was located, you could see the seeping black chakra coming out from there. This confirmed that Kyuubi in fact, was being influenced by Madara's chakra.

Yet… how was I alone supposed to stop Akuma and this dark chakra?

-AN-

Yogen no Ko Chapter 22 will be put up possibly on Friday. NamikazeUzumaki Akuma Chapter 74 will be placed up possibly on Friday with Yogen no Ko.
Uzumaki Twins Chapter 30 will be put up on either Saturday or Sunday.
The publication towards my other stories is unknown for now.

December Calendar Choices:
Zouri
Dan
Kidoumaru
Oboro
Madam Shizimi
Uchiha Madara
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Inari
Hinata
Konohamaru
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