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"Hmm…" Tailed Beasts, Summonings, and Black Zetsu

"Hmm…"
- Naruto's sword


Chapter 52:
Taker of Life

"Uzumaki Naruto….I've been expecting you."

Naruto simply grinned in response as he continued to float in the lifeless, empty, and dark space.

"Expecting me, huh?" he repeated with amusement. "That's funny. I'm pretty sure that we had already gotten pretty acquainted."

"Well, you were wrong. It seems that you don't know everything about me just yet, do you?"

"I'm pretty sure that you already know the answer to that, so there really is no point in you asking it. For that matter, don't beat around the bush either. Just what is it that you want to tell me?"

"An impatient one you are I see."

Naruto hmph'ed slightly at that. "It has nothing to do with impatience…..okay, maybe a little. But you should also know what's currently taking place right now and why I want to be out there to enjoy it."

All around him, Naruto heard laughter. But it wasn't so dark as before. It was more of an amused laughter belonging to a person that was currently enjoying what he or she was watching at the moment.

"Yes, I know. You're trying to destroy the place that you once called home…..ironic, isn't it? You betrayed them in the same way that they betrayed your clan."

"I'm not going to deny that," stated Naruto, crossing his arms in front of armored chest. "I knew from the beginning that going down this path wouldn't make me any better than them. In fact, you could say that in some ways I'm worst than they are…."

"Hmm…in what ways exactly?"

Naruto chuckled. "Once again, you probably already know the answer to that already, but I'll humor you." Naruto paused for a moment before continuing, "You could say that I'm simply using my clan's betrayal as a justification to destroy this village."

Not hearing a response, Naruto continued, "Even if that weren't the case, even I have to admit that some of the people in the village aren't exactly guilty of what occurred to my clan."

"And yet, you continue to push forward down your dark path…."

Naruto chuckled for a second time. "You didn't hear me. I said if I didn't have another motive for doing what I'm doing. But that's not the case here. I find the whole village guilty for what they did to me."

"Are you certain about that? From what I've gathered, everything that was put in place was for your own protection, not your harm. As well as to the fact that it is more of the older generation's fault for your past."

Naruto grinned at that. "You….you've been looking through my memories, haven't you?" Once more, there wasn't a response. Seeing this, Naruto carried on. "Maybe you're right. I don't deny the fact that what the Yondaime did was for what he thought as 'honorable' intentions, if you will. He was the Hokage, after all. But….that doesn't justify what he did as a parent. He left me alone in the hornets' nest, if you will. And for that, I will never forgive him."

"But you forgave your mother," interrupted the voice that came from all directions. "I know for a fact that while she was inside your mind for that period of time, your minds overlapped together in some instances. You saw what happened that night….and yet, you still forgave her but not your father. I can't help myself but ask why. Why did you forgive her?"

Naruto closed his eyes at hearing the question. He was silent for a few moments before answering, "Honestly, I really don't know why. It just happened. Before long, I found myself trusting her completely as well as not feeling anything negative of her. I guess it has to do with the fact that I know that she felt sorry for how things went that night and that she wants to atone in any way possible. Her joining me is the proof of that, I suppose."

"I see…."

"And you're also right about what you said about the older generation being at fault," continued Naruto, his eyes still closed. "But their children carried their sins. I don't have a single doubt in my mind of what they would have done if they had known just what exactly I was from the beginning. They would have judged me just like their parents. That's how we humans are, after all. We fear the unknown, those things that we cannot comprehend or understand fully. That is why I have no remorse for them when they die."

Naruto then shrugged as he opened his eyes, rinnegan activated and glowing as it was surrounded by the darkness all around the empty and bare space. "But you could also say that I just simply don't give a fuck about them at all, period. And why should I? If there is one thing that I have learned all these years is that things such as trust and companionship are hard to come by, especially in this current rotting shinobi world. They were never my comrades in the first place. I was just simply a tool for this village. And at what end? If that was how I would have lived my life, then I happily choose the life that I'm currently living. At least here, I'm not a tool for anyone."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto merely stared at the darkness all around in silence, simply awaiting for the voice to explain itself.

"Everyone is a tool at the hands of destiny. No one can escape its grasps, not even you. No matter how strong you become. It was the same in your past life or should I say as the Rikudo Sennin. He too was simply a tool as well. Although this time around, it seems that things will go the opposite of how they did in the past."

"And what do you mean by that?"

There was chuckling once more. "You should know the answer to that already, Uzumaki. In the past, you fought for peace. Now, you fight for destruction. In the past, you were a creator. Now, you are a destroyer. In the past, you created this flawed shinobi world. Now, you will destroy it."

Naruto was silent at this, knowing for it to be true.

"It's the prank from fate itself, I suppose. That this is how things turned out to be."

"And what about you?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow. "Where exactly do you fit in all of this?"

"That is another interesting question and one which I do not have an answer to. I'm just simply another tool, quite literally of course. I've just simply been around long enough to see some of the strings is all."

"But not your own," said Naruto with a small grin.

Another chuckle. "That's correct. But that is where our conversation leads us to. The whole reason that you even created me as well as for giving me the name of 'Seikatsugakari' all those years ago."

Realization struck Naruto as fast as lightning hits the ground. "So you were the one that was giving me the knowledge of how to use you…"

"Correct. The Rikudo Sennin gave you the knowledge of where to find me as well as to how unlock the seal that was placed around me, but I was the one that gave you the knowledge of how to use me as well as to how my power works. But not entirely so. There's a few things that I left out on purpose…."

"And those are?" asked Naruto.

"It ties with the whole reason that you even sealed me into that tablet in the first place."

Naruto could tell that the sword, or 'Seikatsugakari,' was somewhat bitter about that fact. But Naruto simply stayed quite, allowing for the sword to continue in order to know what exactly happened to have forced the Rikudo Sennin to seal this sword in such a strategic manner. After all, none of the other tools that he created had been sealed. So there had to be a reason.

"I'm the first of the the many weapons that he created that became known as 'The Treasured Tools.' I'm also the most important one for one very important reason."

"And that reason would be…..?"

"It was through me that the Rikudo Sennin managed to defeat the Juubi in order to seal it within himself."


"Shikamaru, Ino!"

"Don't worry, Sakura!" exclaimed Ino from Shikamaru's side to the downed Sakura. "We'll stop her!" It seemed that she had already gotten over her father's death as well as Choji's. Or well, she didn't really have a choice at the moment. She couldn't sulk in the middle of the battlefield, after all. That would just be plain stupid.

"More of you show up, eh?" muttered Fu with a sigh as Shikamaru's jutsu still controlled her for the moment.

"I should have suspected that you would be a traitor in the end, Fu," said Shikamaru with narrowed eyes. "You were the only person that Naruto ever hung out with when he was here, after all."

Fu chuckled at that while glancing at them seeing as she still didn't have control of her body yet. "What? Are you jealous? Cause if you are, that would just be creepy you know…."

Shikamaru simply ignored the joke. "Seeing that you currently can't go anywhere right now, why don't you tell me where Naruto is at the moment?"

Fu's eyes widened in a comical fashion as she heard this before she started to giggle. In a few seconds, she fell into a laughing fit. "Hahaha! Oh my, don't tell me that you're actually thinking of fighting against Naruto!?"

Shikamaru's silence was the response that the mint haired jinchuriki received from the Nara.

"Woah, you're serious?" asked Fu with a surprised look, obviously having believed that Shikamaru had only been joking.

Seeing this, Shikamaru frowned. "What exactly is the problem with that?"

A second later, Fu fell into another laughing fit which annoyed Shikamaru. "Oh Kami! And here I thought that you were the smart one!" exclaimed Fu in obvious amusement. And why shouldn't she? Here was a single chunnin saying that he was planning on defeating Naruto of all people! Granted, said Chunnin was well above the skill of said rank but nowhere near Naruto's level at all either. Fu knew that she herself didn't stand a chance against the said rinnegan wielder. She also knew that she could defeat the Nara in front of her. The math did itself right there. If he couldn't defeat her who could not defeat Naruto, then there was no chance in hell that he would be able to defeat him.

"Let me tell you something that you have obviously still not fully comprehended just yet," began Fu with a small smirk.

"And what is that?" asked Shikamaru.

Fu looked straight at him with clear amusement present in her orange eyes. "You still think of him as the person that he once was, just like monkey next to me does," she finished while glancing at the down Sakura.

Hearing this, Sakura growled. "You don't know anything about us!"

If she could, Fu would have shrugged. "You're right, I don't. But I do know of the present Naruto. And let me tell you that he doesn't care about any of you in the slightest just like he didn't with the sleeping beauty over there," retorted Fu, referring to the now dead Hinata.

Shikamaru gazed at the ground momentarily in respect to Hinata. He still didn't know that Hinata had been a traitor either.

"You're just simply a fangirl," stated Fu at Sakura with no remorse. "I may not know much about any of you, but I at least know that much about you. All you've ever cared about was Uchiha Sasuke which begs the question as to why you're even trying so hard to 'rescue' Naruto in the first place. For what I have heard, you didn't even care about him in the slightest in the past."

Sakura simply growled again. Damn, how bad she wanted for her upper body to be healed so that she could be able to beat the girl in front of her to the ground. "That has nothing to do with you," she said through gritted teeth.

"Fair enough, I guess," was Fu's response before she turned her attention back to Shikamaru and Ino. "Now, I guess that you two will not let me go quietly, am I right? Because I really need to be somewhere right now…."

Shikamaru frowned. "I already asked you once….where is Naruto?"

Fu sighed. "It was funny the first time. Now, it's just plain stupid and annoying. But if you really want to know…."

Both Shikamaru's and Ino's eyes widened in surprise as the red chakra began appear all around Fu's armor covered body.

"If you really want to know, you'll just have to beat it out of me!" exclaimed Fu as she broke out of the control of Shikamaru's jutsu.

"She's free!" he shouted.

Ino was about to perform her jutsu but wasn't prepared for Fu to be already in front of her in the next moment.

"How did you-"

She didn't get to finish as Fu sent a powerful kick to her gut, sending her tumbling back.

"Kage Senbon Rendan!"

Fu simply stood there as the shadow needles attempted to pierce her armor. Key word is attempted.

"What!" said Shikamaru in shock at the fact that his attack was repelled by Fu's armor.

"That's not going to work on me while I have this on!" stated Fu as she rushed at the now worried Nara.

Shikamaru jumped back from his spot as he quickly dug through his kunai pouch that was located on his back. Finding what he was looking for, he threw multiple kunai with paper bombs attached to them.

The wings on Fu's back started to flap before she took to the skies just in the right moment before the paper bombs reached the spot where she had been running to.

'It's those wings,' realized Shikamaru as he looked up at the now flying Fu. 'Those are what give her her speed. If I could only take them out somehow….'

"You…." said Ino through gritted teeth as she held her gut in pain while looking up to where Fu was currently flying. Well, technically she was more like just hovering over the ground.

"Oh, I'm sorry," said Fu in obvious sarcasm, "did I leave a mark on your body anywhere? Because we all know that that would be a shame. After all, you have to look your absolute best when Sasuke arrives, right?"

Ino frowned at this. "Just how do you-"

"Know so much?" finished Fu with a smirk. "Because Naruto told me, that's how. We did have a few days all to ourselves in his apartment, after all."

Despite the situation, Sakura felt her face heat up at the insinuation. "What! Y-you mean t-that you a-and Naruto had-"

"Sex?" finished Fu once again with a smirk as she glanced at the blushing and now angry Sakura. "Yes, we did. Quite a few times actually." 'And then he did it with Mikoto-san too, but they don't have to know that,' finished Fu in her mind.

Chomei simply hmph'ed at the memory within Fu's mind but didn't comment.

"You talk too much!" said Shikamaru as he threw more kunai with paper bombs attached to them at the unsuspecting Fu. Or she seemed unsuspecting at least. Fu didn't even move an inch as the paper bombs exploded all around her, shrouding her in a cloud of smoke.

'Did I get her?' thought Shikamaru with a calculating gaze.

"Is that all you got?" said Fu with a now bored tone as the cloud of smoke cleared to reveal an unharmed Fu. "You know, I fought an anbu woman before this by herself, and I gotta say that she gave me more of a challenge than the two of you combine!"

"We're not through yet!" retorted Ino as she stood up.

"But I'm through with you," replied Fu before she started to inhale deeply.

'Not good!' thought Shikamaru as he made to jump out of the way. But before doing so, he turned to look at the angry looking Ino, "Ino, move!"

But it was too late.

"Hiden: Rinpungakure!"

Fu exhaled more of the shiny powder-like substance from her mouth with the quantity being enough to immediately cover the whole area, completely blinding both Shikamaru and Ino for the moment.

Ino could only frown as she looked around the cloud of the shiny substance that was all around her, blinding her for the moment. She could only see about a fee in front of her! Maybe even less.

"Ino!" shouted Shikamaru somewhere from her left.

She was about to shout back when she felt a presence behind her. Turning around as quickly as she could, she was surprised to see no one there.

"What is this?" she wondered to herself.

"It's a game."

Hearing the voice behind her, Ino never had the chance to turn around as she felt multiple objects impale in her back. She slowly turned her head around to see who it was only to find a grinning Fu standing right behind her with her right arm forward.

"This is it for you, blonde," said Fu as she retracted the arm from which she had used to shoot her scales from her armor from.

Blood started to ooze from Ino's mouth as well as from her back from where she had been hit. "Y-you…."

She never got to finish as she fell to the ground, face first. But she was still alive for the moment.

'Chomei's chakra will spread around her body, slowly poisoning it and killing it from the inside out. I could show her some pity and just simply ended it, but….I really don't feel like it.'

These were the people that all jinchuriki were fighting for. The ones that thought of themselves as better than people like jinchuriki were just because they had simply been born with the fate of carrying a great power within them. Not to mention the fact that they didn't even do this by choice either.

'Not to mention the fact that I really don't like her,' thought Fu before shaking her head. She still had another target to kill.

Fu then, for the second time, felt herself lose control of her body yet again.

Seeing this, she rolled her eyes. "I thought we already established the fact that your shadow-based jutsu don't work on me, Nara."

"Don't fuck with me!" came out the response from somewhere in the still present cloud of the sparkly substance. "Both you and Naruto have taken important parts of my life….I'll now return him the favor."

"Kage Kubi Shibari!"

Fu then glanced down to see a fast approaching shadow shaped that of a hand traveling up her body and towards her neck.

'So that's your game,' thought Fu with a smirk before Chomei's chakra began to surround her yet again. 'Unfortunately, you're gonna have to be faster than this, pineapple head!'

The shadow hand was completely blown back. Fu also felt the control of her body return to her.

"Much better," she said before the cloud of the sparkling substance surrounding the area began to disappear at her command.

Once it did, she heard a loud gasp. Turning her head to look at where Sakura was currently laying, she saw the said kunoichi looking at Ino's unmoving body with tears in her eyes.

Fu simply turned away from the sight to find Shikamaru.

'Now, where is he?' she thought to herself as she took several steps forward, surveying all of the abandoned buildings as well as the rooftops. 'Knowing him, he's probably thinking of a plan of how to defeat me,' she thought with a sigh. 'Now there's a bummer….I really hate strategists!'

"No surprise there….." muttered Chomei.

Having heard the bijuu, Fu was about to respond until she heard a loud thud behind her. Turning around, she saw a badly injured Shikamaru with one Nii Yugito standing over him with a smirk on her face.

"Looking for something?" she said with her smirk.

Fu merely scowled at this.

"Yo, Seven!"

Looking to a rooftop to her left, Fu saw a waving Bee just simply standing there.

"How did you guys find me?" asked Fu.

Yugito shook her head. "Have you forgotten that we're also jinchuriki? Both of our bijuu picked up the chakra from yours that you were using."

"Oh…." was Fu's smart response.

"We also brought some company," said Yugito while looking behind her just in time as Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Karin landed on the ground behind her.

From the side, Sakura's eyes widened. "S-sasuke-kun….?"

Sasuke merely cast her an uninterested glance.


Naruto placed both of his arms in the back of his head as if he were laying somewhere and about to take a nap as he continued to float aimlessly in the empty dark space.

"You know," he began, "for some reason, that doesn't shock me at all…."

"And why is that?"

"It explains as to why the Sennin even sealed you into that tablet in the first place."

"Oh? Please share your thoughts with me, if you will."

Naruto chuckled. "It all comes down to your power in the end. You weakened the Juubi by absorbing its soul energy."

"Yes, that about sums it up. Although, I'm not entirely sure how much of its energy I actually absorbed that day. The energy from the Juubi is limitless…"

"Even its soul?"

"Hmm….now that is something that I'm not entirely sure about. But the consequences of me absorbing the Juubi's energy is the key here."

Naruto raised an eyebrow but didn't comment.

"In the beginning, I was merely just a sword. Well, still not just simply a sword as the Rikudo Sennin, or you, created me with the power of consuming one's energy from that person's soul in part thanks to his Onmyoton and In'yoton powers granted him by his rinnegan. He also forged me using his own chakra placed into my blade itself. But I didn't have a conscious like I do now."

"Let me guess-that occurred after you absorbed the Juubi's energy," said Naruto.

"Indeed. The Juubi's energy is not ordinary, after all. It gave birth to me."

'He was once a god, indeed,' thought Naruto. Something told him that the sentient sword already knew this.

"It was also at this time that my powers became what they are today. The more energy from souls that I collect, the more powerful that I myself become. That crimson aura….that is my power that is channeled through you. But as I gained my own thoughts, the Sennin must have decided that I was too dangerous to use any longer so he sealed me away into that tablet after the Juubi's defeat. Of course, that is what I had believed all this time…."

"Now you're thinking that he left you there for me to find you one day, right?" said Naruto as he closed his eyes again.

"Exactly. Which makes me ask the final question….what are you going to do now?"

Naruto shook his head at that as he opened his eyes. "Exactly what I had been doing before all of this happened. Nothing has changed in the slightest."

"Very well. Then, master, allow for me to share with you my real power…."

Naruto smirked when he heard that. "By all means, please do."


In the real world, all the others present were still shielding their eyes as the crimson energy continued to stay in its tornado-like form.

"We can't allow for this to go on any longer," stated Tsunade with a frown on her face.

"The allow me," was Guy's immediate response as he began to charge and ready his chakra, his skin turning red.

'Guy, you're going to….' thought Tsunade as Guy suddenly disappeared in an instant, only for him to reappear inside the of the wild spinning crimson energy.

"He actually got in there," muttered Tsume in shock.

"He's that fast," stated Ibiki with his hands in the pockets of the black trench coat that he wore.

Guy was immediately in front of the unmoving Naruto and ready to attack him, said silver haired shinobi having have had disabled his Susanoo subconsciously.

"Hirudora!"

Right before their eyes, the gathered Konoha shinobi saw Guy shoot out a massive punch in the shape of a gray tiger type animal.

"What is this!" said Tsume with wide eyes.

Jiraiya smirked. "The strongest taijutsu user in Konoha. No, maybe even the entire Elemental Nations."

Inside the crimson energy, Naruto's unmoving body raised both of his arms forward until they were in front of his body, his rinnegan eyes snapping wide open lest than a second after that.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Guy along with his technique, hell even Tsunade and the rest, were blown back from Naruto's attack and counter move.

The others landed on their backs on the ground with a loud and rough 'thud.'

"Jiraiya-chan, are you all right?" asked Fukasaku.

"I'll live," answered Jiraiya with a chuckle at the irony of that statement.

"BRAT!" screamed Tsume as she stood up and began to run towards Naruto now still body with her partner dog right next to her.

"Don't be stupid!" shouted Tsunade as she tried to stand up.

The others didn't notice, however, the fact that all around Naruto's body red marks or lines began to appear. The most noticeable being in his face. The lines formed the shape of an eye right in the middle of Naruto's forehead between his other two real eyes. Two lines also ran down on each side of his cheeks.

"Gatsuga!"

The crimson energy began to die down as Tsume's fast spinning attack moved closer to Naruto's form. Said silver hair individual simply brought his sword forward in order to intercept the attack.

Seeing this, Jiraiya's eyes widened. 'That's suicide!' he screamed in his mind. Even he would dodge that attack from the Inuzuka clan rather than trying to counter it.

At the last moment before Naruto's sword met with Tsume's attack, the Seikatsugakari glowed crimson again, spraying Tsume will all of its energy.

All others present watched in shock as a loud scream filled with pain ran throughout the whole area.

Looking at the aftermath, they could just make out Tsume's burnt form laying right in front of Naruto's feet, her partner dog laying right next to her. It was clear to everyone present that she was dead.

Before anyone could react, Naruto raised his left hand in front of him, said hand also not being the one that was currently holding the sword.

"Bansho Tenin!"

Guy, having used a lot of his energy in the last attack, was simply pulled forward once more towards Naruto.

"No!" said Jiraiya as he rushed at Naruto.

"Jiraiya!" screamed Tsunade from behind him.

Time slowed down as Guy continued to be pulled forward with Jiraiya rushing from behind him in order to save him.

Guy narrowed his eyes as his skin began to turn red once more. No way in hell was he going down without a fight.

"Goodbye," muttered Naruto as he brought his sword forward.

"Asakujaku!"

Naruto's Susanoo bursted into life at this, completely repelling the flame attacks from Guy's last ditched effort.

Seeing no other alternative, Jiraiya began to form a Rasengan in his left hand in complete desperation. But he knew it was too late. He could watch with wide eyes as Naruto's sword pierced Guy's stomach completely, the tip of its blade sticking out in the back.

Guy merely closed his eyes as his body began to turn into ash.

"RASENGAN!"

One of the swords from Naruto's sword simply sent Jiraiya flying back, his body cut in half.

Naruto simply watched as Guy's body completely turned into ash, his Susanoo having protected him from the droplets of blood that had poured out due to the stabbing.

Naruto then focused on the fast approaching Tsunade. The markings on his face began to glow as his Susanoo completely disappeared.

"Naruto!" screamed Tsunade as she was in front of him, fist brought back and bringing it forward with all the strength that she could muster.

But Naruto simply brought his left hand forward, palm opened, in order to intercept the punch which he did. The ground beneath them cracked as a result.

Tsunade's eyes widened as she saw her punch be blocked by a simple open palm.

"H-how did you…" Tsunade could not finish her question.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Tsunade grunted in pain as she flew backwards, coming into a stop into a small crater that she had just created with her body.

Naruto then turned to Ibiki who had his eyes narrowed in anger.

"Now, it's you," was all Naruto said.

"I won't go down easily brat," was Ibiki's response as the world around Naruto began to change.

'This again?' thought Naruto as he found himself trapped within what appeared to be a giant steel cage. Moments later, multiple chains began to wrap themselves around his body with Ibiki appearing in front of him the next.

"This is my strongest technique," he stated as he looked at Naruto with a cold look. Said silver haired rinnegan wielder was simply looking at him with a bored look. "Now, experience pain…."

"No," interrupted Naruto as his face turned into a twisted grin as well as the markings on his face glowing again, "you experience pain, Morino Ibiki!"

Ibiki soon found himself staring face to face with Kurama in a sewer like place, the chains from before now being wrapped around him.

"What is this!" he shouted as he struggled to get free from the chains before he tried biting his lip to draw blood in order to escape from the genjutsu.

But Kurama just simply grinned as he opened his mouth widely in order eat the human in front of him.

In the world, Ibiki let out a loud scream before he fell backwards on the ground on his back with his eyes rolled all the way to the back of his head.

"W-what…." muttered Tsunade as she tried to get up, having witnessed what had happened to Ibiki.

"Jiraiya-chan!"

"Hang in there, kid!"

Naruto shouldered his sword once more as he addressed the last remaining living individuals, "And now that all of our nuisances are gone, why don't we get started for real?" he said with a smirk.


Outside of Konoha, something else was currently taking place at the moment as well.

All around the main gates of the villages, shinobi numbering in the thousands began to enter the village of Konoha. These shinobi were dressed in the standard Suna uniform.

And up in the air, floating in his sand, stood the Godaime Kazekage, Gaara.

Gaara had both of his arms crossed in front of his chest as he watched the army that he had prepared for this moment enter the village through the East Gate.

'I never wanted for things to come to this,' he thought as he turned to look at the burning village in front of him. 'But you leave me no choice, Naruto…..'

Suna had just arrived in order to support Konoha.


Yo

Hmm…..well, I don't have much to say really. Except for maybe that, yes, Gaara had this prepared in case Naruto didn't listen to 'reason.' I just wanted for it to be a surprise which is why I never said anything about it. Gaara planned this out when he was thinking of what to do about Naruto in those three days before the meeting. That's all.

Also, hope you enjoyed the back story of the Seikatsugakari. Oh, and I've been getting asked a lot as to what exactly that means in english….well, just look at the title of this chapter and there it is! In case if you're also wondering as to why Jiraiya is working with Tsunade at the moment when he's in Kabuto's control...well, Kabuto is simply focusing on controlling Itachi for the moment as well as it helps him to capture Naruto, he will do anything.

Speaking of chapters, does Sakura really think that she's caught up with both Naruto and Sasuke for simply having brought down those little….whatever the fuck those things that the Juubi began to produce. I mean seriously! Naruto has got all of the chakra from every single bijuu except for the Shukaku if I remember correctly, and Sasuke has the freaking EMS. And what the hell does she have? A diamond? Not to mention the fact that both Naruto and Sasuke had to save her….again. That just irritates me.

But whatever. Once more, I'm just venting. And review if you would! I finally got one thousand after all this time….

Till next time.