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Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys I'm back again and this time with Chapter 39. The teams are going to be getting out of the Forest of Death now and moving on to the preliminary matches. Their troubles are far from over but how will they handle the things to come? In the meantime both dark and light forces are busy converging on their chosen prey but what exactly are their intentions?

(Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it. I hope everyone has a wonderful day and stays safe. This is my present to you!)


Chapter 39

Central Tower 46

After leaving the clearing where the altercation between the Sound and Leaf Genin occurred Team's 7 and 10 were busy tracking down Team 8 who had not come back yet. During that time, Chaos finally rejoined with Naruto which was a good thing since with the amount of negative energy Sasuke was giving off earlier, it was more than enough for her to go into another psychotic black out. It took them awhile but since the disturbance that was keeping Naruto from being able to sense where Iris and Chaos were in the forest was lifted he could now sense out where Iris was. That in turn helped the group track down Team 10. However, it took them quite some time to actually meet up. They didn't run across Hinata and her team until the very next day due to some unforeseen complications.

It turns out that Team 10 was in an altercation with the Genin team from the Hidden Cloud. The team that Naruto scouted out right before the Exam started. It was the Genin team that had all three members carrying swords. The two girls and one boy. They managed to intercept Team 10 while they were out looking for a weak team to ambush. Hinata and her team had no choice but to defend themselves from their assailants but they were not expecting the skill level of the team to be so high. They were practically Chūnin Level already with their perfect teamwork and polished skills. They almost didn't make it but Hinata and her team managed to get away from their attackers while still maintaining their scroll.

It would take them until the next morning while constantly running and eluding their pursuers that Team 8 would reunite with the group. Naruto was ecstatic to see the team again especially Hinata and the cheery on top was having Iris back safe and sound with him. He couldn't ask for anything better but Naruto was put off by that fact that there was this unknown invisible tension between him and Hinata. In fact, he could feel a little bit of that tension from his other friends as well and he couldn't figure out why. He only noticed it in Hinata because of how close they are.

The group of nine traveled throughout the day and settled down in their ambush point they had already planned on before the exam. Together they managed to collect an Earth Scroll for Team 10 who played the role of support in the group and managed to subdue the unsuspecting team with Shikamaru's signature Shadow Possession Jutsu. The task itself wasn't too difficult since it was 9 on 3 and while the team who was from the Stone put up a fight it didn't end well for them.

The only difficultly for the group came in the fact that none of them were at 100%. They were all suffering from injuries and fatigue of various degrees and all together the group didn't have enough medicine to go around. Because of how expensive Chakra and Plasma pills are the group only carried a little on them. Sakura lost a lot of blood and had quite a few injuries on her as well as depleted chakra reserves so; she got a lot of attention when it came to getting patched up with the medical supplies. Naruto only allowed himself to take one chakra pill and with how large his chakra reserves are compared to his classmates the pill only restored a portion of his chakra which was taking a long time to replenish itself.

Seeing how everyone else needed the supplies more Naruto made that decision to not hog any of the medicine. Naruto also made a startling discovery that he was having immense difficulty in molding his chakra. It was nearly impossible for him. It took him a moment but he came to realize that it was his Yōki he couldn't access. Nor could he access Iris and Chaos's Holy aura either. He was completely cut off from them in that regard and seeing as how his chakra is mixed heavily with their energies it was causing the problem of his chakra reserves not replenishing itself at the abnormally high rate it usually does. He also discovered that Iris and Chaos couldn't use their powers either. Since he is their host and a conduit for their powers it would make sense that their powers would be affected by his current predicament.

With the Earth Scroll now in the possession of Shikamaru and his team the group of nine waited patiently while recuperating in their very concealed location for another unfortunate team to wonder through the passage. They didn't have to wait long as late that night into the early morning when it was still pitch dark out another team from the Hidden Leaf wondered through the area. They were an older team with the members being in their late teens but they were worn out and tired so they decided to make camp unknowingly near the group. After confirmation from Hinata and her Byakugan that the team did in fact have an Earth Scroll the group debated what to do. They were fellow allies and colleagues so ambushing members of their own village didn't exactly sit right with them.

Before they could make a unanimous decision on what to do with their unsuspecting neighbors the team was thrown for a loop when they saw the other Genin team out of desperation open the Earth Scroll in their possession. What happened next was something no one was expecting. An Ogre Demon was summoned from the scroll on top of the unsuspecting team. Because they were not expecting such a sight and the fact that they were all completely exhausted from what looked like previous encounters and battles the poor Genin Team could do nothing when the Ogre killed all three of them in a matter of moments. Do to their shock the team offered no resistance or counter attack so they were killed before they could even get the chance to run away or scream.

The group were shell shocked by this development and with the Ogre setting its sights on them they had no choice but to fight it in order to defend themselves. When the sun rose a few hours later on the third day of the Second Exam it was to see a dead Ogre in the middle of a man-made clearing of broken and cut down trees with nine severely worn out and injured Genin who barely managed to pull off a victory. Do to the fact Naruto didn't have access to his potent Yōki or his daughter's energies he was unable to fight the Ogre on equal footing. It was a powerful Ogre and much more powerful than Toiret who he faced many years ago, but if he had access to all his abilities than he knew he could have defeated the Demon with ease.

It took the 9 of them more than 3 hours to defeat the Ogre which was outrageous in their minds. To be fair none of them had any experience whatsoever with facing a supernatural creature except Naruto and Sasuke but the Tengu Demons were extremely weak in comparison and it was only one encounter for Sasuke. The Ogre was of a different breed compared to Toiret and its skin was much tougher than the blue skinned demon of Naruto's pass. This demon was of a slimmer body shape compared to Toiret's breed which afforded this demon far superior flexibility, stamina, mobility, and speed which was the deciding factors that made it so difficult for the group to bring it down. It was only thanks to Naruto's expertise and experience dealing with demons that allowed him to successfully lead and coordinate the rest of his classmates and keep them safe and ultimately alive. Dealing with a supernatural creature is far different than dealing with a fellow human and shinobi.

In the aftermath, Naruto and his classmates where alive by the skin of their teeth but they made it. The demon was dead at their feet and they were alive. A hard-fought victory but a victory none the less. After spending a few minutes recuperating the group collected the Earth Scroll that they rolled back up. Naruto took notice that there were two summoning seals on the scroll. One was geared towards summoning a supernatural creature which explained the Ogre Demon and another was a Reverse Summoning Array which would summon someone to them.

Naruto prayed that the scroll was still viable to use in order to pass despite the fact it was open. He never noticed the fact he felt a little bit better and rejuvenated after silently praying for that or that Iris's Teddy bear shaped pendant that was around his neck glowed a bit.

With all three teams having a compatible Scroll they decided to just head straight to the Tower without stopping. After their latest encounter, none of them were in any condition to engage in a full out fight with any competent team and they were all mentally and physically exhausted. After packing up their campsite and erasing all evidence that they were there the group was about to head off to the tower when an unexpected guess showed up. It was Kabuto Yakushi who they met in the classroom for the First Exam. He was with his two teammates and they all looked just a little ragged but they were in far superior shape compared to the rookie 9. Kabuto quickly expressed his need for a Heaven Scroll and seeing how good of a shape the opposing team was in the rookies quickly concluded that they were in absolutely no position to fight another team especially since Kabuto's team was far older than they were and they didn't know any of their abilities.

Quickly remembering that Chaos had acquired a Heaven Scroll from Team Oboro on the first day of the exam Naruto pulled out the spare scroll in a show of peace. Kabuto expressed his thanks and gratitude and in return offered to show the rookies to the tower. After a lot of debating with Naruto opposing the idea he was outvoted especially since everyone was tired and really wanted to go to the Tower. Only Naruto, Shikamaru, and Shino expressed a dislike to the decision when it was put to a group vote. In the end the rookies had nothing to fear as Kabuto kept his word and lead the group directly to the tower in under three hours. They all managed to reach the tower right before 12 in the afternoon so that reassured the group that they would have the rest of the day to rest.

'We made it, the tower is right there.' Naruto thought to himself as he looked up at the impressive tower which was extremely tall. It towered over the surrounding tree line by a decent amount and it was red and cylindrical very much so like the Hokage Administrative Building in the village. They noted a few weak teams stalking around the area of the tower hoping to ambush a team with a set of scrolls but seeing the large group of 12 come into the vicinity of the tower had all of those teams back down. It wasn't worth the risk.

'Hopefully this is all over now. But why do I feel like things are just getting started?' Naruto questioned himself as he and the rest of the group proceeded to go into the tower.


4 Months Ago, (Boarder between Land of Earth and Land of Wind)

"Scanning complete. This sector also shows no signs of our target." Gamma 1 stated while looking around the rocky valley she found herself in from her vantage point on top of a stone cliff. Her twin sister was besides her also peering out at the scenery around them with her sensors active. Gamma 1's sensors deactivated as she relaxed her disposition. Not far off the rocky terrain shifts into an endless sea of sand that marks the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind.

She had short shoulder length blond hair with white exhausted fans on side of her head that also acted as her long-range sensors. Down below she had a black collar around her neck with a loose chain attached to it that looked identical to the one around Chaos's neck. For clothes the older twin Angeloid had on a skin-tight leotard that was pure white with black strips going down it. On her right arm, she had on a slim metal armor casting that extended all the way down to her hand where it was covered in heavy armor that formed their close combat weapon, Nemea. On her left arm were the long cannon that are her signature weapon, the Prometheus Cannon. Around her legs, she was wearing black stockings for footwear and over that was a thick metal armor casting that acted as support for her strong legs as well as an extra weapon for blunt force trauma via kicking.

The Angeloid's wings were medium sized with the top quarter portion of their wings being pure white and the bottom portion being pitch black. The harpies stood at around 5'5 so they weren't the tallest around but they did look imposing with their stature, physique, and the uniqueness of their biology. Their body size actually works to their favor since they are interceptor units. They were built with speed and maneuverability in mind.

"This is already taking too long. We found no trace of her energy signature anywhere in this country. Are you sure she is in this dimension?" Gamma 2 questioned in annoyance as she looked around at the desert ahead of them. "Check your scanners sister. Something with this dimension is very strange. The signature of that brat is prevalent here if a bit strange. The signature that is on our radar is something we've never seeing before. We have to investigate this." Gamma 1 insisted as she twitched her wings a bit.

"Well we know we won't find her by the ocean since we Angeloids can't swim. She must be more inland." G2 mused with a snarky attitude as she took off into the air. Her blond-haired twin rolled her eyes as she took off after her sister. "I suggest we make our way through the small chain of countries that separate the land of Earth and Fire. As we found out our long-range scanners don't work on this planet. We have to search manually." G1 stated as she kept pace with her twin.

"I agree. I'm just glad to be gone from that land. That woman we met, she was a strange human… she was unlike anything we've ever encountered." G2 complained while sending glances back at the Land of Earth which was quickly disappearing over the horizon do to their speed. "Yes, she was extremely dangerous for a human. The power she was hiding inside of her was staggering. Definitely something not too many common dimensions have, especially for one so young." Gamma 1 agreed with a frown on her face as she also looked back at the Land of Earth. "I should have added more scars to that collection she calls a body." G2 snarled as she flexed her incredibly sharp claws for emphasis.

Ignoring her sister's visible agitation Gamma 1 shifted through the digital data she's complied over the last 2 months they've been scanning the Land of Earth. It is a huge country with a lot of land to cover so it took them quite some time. But do to all that information gathering they discovered a lot about the planets history. Furthermore, it's given them insight and helped them narrow down how they would like to go about searching the world for their target.

"I suggest that we give the Land of Rice some extra attention. Based on the information we have it recently formed a Hidden Village. The country has gone through a period of rapid change and reinvention. It would be the perfect place for someone like her to hide. It would be the ideal place for her to spread her influence." Gamma 1 announced as she and her sister changed their course a bit. They were going to travel through the Land of Rivers and up into the chain of countries that house the Hidden Grass, Hidden Waterfall, Hidden Rain, and the Hidden Sound. It was a lot of ground to cover but they didn't have much choice.

"Don't forget the Hidden Rain. That would be an ideal place as well." G2 tacked on. "Yes, that land is also of interest but we will circle back to them after we check out the Sound. I have a feeling it will be interesting." G1 mused as her sister conceded with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Whatever. I just can't wait until I get my hands on her. We'll show her what love is." Gamma 2 said vindictively with a cruel smile. "Just remember not to kill her. Master said he wants us to bring Chaos back alive." Gamma 1 informed.

"Alive but he never said in what condition." G2 quickly countered with her cruel smile not leaving her face. Her sister had nothing to say to this as she just focused on the flight ahead of her.


1 Month Ago, (Land of Waves)

"Thank you for your hospitality and assistance Ms. Tsunami. You have been very kind to us." A tall woman wearing traditional Japanese clothing said with a respectful bow. She had an otherworldly beauty to her visage that simply couldn't be human. She has black, long hair that she almost always keeps tied up in a traditional Japanese way with a decorative clip while wearing her kimono. The color of her eyes is light brown. She also wears red colored lipstick. Her attire is a blue kimono with a dark blue border lining the opening at the top. She wears the kimono over a white colored nagajuban. The obi that keeps her kimono tied is red in color, and it is tied in the front, unlike the normal practice to tie it in the back. For her footwear, she wears a pair of white jika-tabi. She also wears some accessories on her hair consisting of a brown decorative clip that keeps her hair tied, a white decorative piece of cloth, and a hairpin with a red decorative ball at the end of it.

"You're very welcome Ms. Hone. I've enjoyed you and your companions company these last few days. You're very talented performers. You've brightened up everyone's day around here." Tsunami complimented with a smile on her face. She was in her living room inside the house and before her were three prominent individuals. Hone, Ren, and Wanyuudou. "Of course, like I've been telling you. We're traveling performers. It wouldn't do if we weren't at least competent in entertaining people." Hone bantered back with a regal laugh that suited her.

"Of course, but it's time to say goodbye now isn't it." Tsunami said with a sad frown on her face. Hone nodded back in conformation to this. "But I must say Ms. Tsunami the tale you told us of your land and how it was subsequently saved was truly something to pass down to your children. It's quite remarkable." Wanyuudou added in with a shake of his head and a smile on his wrinkled face.

"I agree. I'm glad we had those remarkable shinobi of the Hidden Leaf here to protect us. Their selfless actions will be remembered in our country for years to come and I'm confident it will become a part of our history." Tsunami reassured with a grateful smile as she looked at the three individuals who she quickly befriended after they stopped by her village and started performing for the local townspeople. Many of the orphans would show up to the performances to seek laughter and entertainment which the team of three were all too happy in delivering.

"I agree wholeheartedly. But I must say you have quite the lovely home Ms. Tsunami. It's got quite the warm and inviting feeling to it. This is our first time here yet I feel like I've lived in this house for years." Wanyuudou graciously commented with his grandfatherly like smile. His old eyes were busy roaming around the room they were in taking in every last detail without missing a beat and while he was content to do so a particular photo sitting on a piece of furniture caught his eye. "Why thank you Mr. Wanyuudou I take that compliment with pride. I love my home and I make sure to take excellent care of it." Tsunami replied humbled by the elderly man's words. She had a bashful smile adoring her face and it looked like she didn't know what to say afterwards but the old man did.

"Is this them?" Wanyuudou asked while pointing to a photo of Tsunami and her family standing next to a large group of hidden leaf shinobi. But one person in the picture caught his eye the most. It was a little six-year-old girl that captivated his entire attention. "A little girl?" Ren commented offhandedly with a sideways glance. His black hair was covering half his face but that didn't stop the one eye that was exposed to zoom in on the picture. "Oh, yes she came along with the group. She and her twin sister are so precious. My son has a little crush on her. I think its adorable." Tsunami said with a giggle as she thought back to how Inari acted around Iris and how oblivious the princess was to the boys poorly concealed affection.

Hone sent a discreet look at her companions as she made a comment. "How sweet. She sure is a beautiful young girl. Your son certainly has good taste." Hone teased with a small smile. Tsunami laughed good-naturedly with a hand over her mouth. "He certainly gets it from his father and grandfather." Tsunami explained with a smile as she thought of her late husband and Inari's stepfather. "She has such an otherworldly beauty to her. It's almost as if she isn't even human." Hone commented with a laugh as Ren and Wanyuudou looked to Tsunami for a response but the woman just giggled some more. "I guess you're right. I find myself thinking the same thing." Tsunami commented as she led the trio towards the door.

They managed to take a look at Chaos who had her arm around Iris's waist and was hugging the princess in a tight hug with her face smashed up against Iris's. All three of them noticed that something was off about her and that the two of them were somehow connected to Naruto.

With that said and done the trio of 'performers' said their goodbyes to Tsunami and the rest of the citizens of Wave as they headed out of the country by taking the Great Naruto Bridge. At the same time on the other side of the bridge another individual was coming up to the bridge. He was a bear of a man standing at about 6'2 with a hulking figure.

A full head of spiky white hair flowed down his back in a large ponytail and the sound of wood clacking against the ground was heard as the man ascended a hill and came face to face with a large open clearing with a massive bridge connecting the bay to a far-off island off the coast. Due to the time of day and the fact this region is notorious for its dense fog the man could not see the island from where he was standing but that didn't stop him from marveling at the sight before him. The bridge was massive being just over 200 feet wide and at least a hundred feet tall. As the man got into a line to get onto the recently made bridge he looked up at the sign and his black eyes widened.

"The Great Naruto Bridge huh?" The man said with a whisper. His voice had a deep baritone to it that would be music to a woman's ears if he had the correct charm to pull it off. Sadly, this particular man didn't have that charm. "Well I'll be damned. Never thought I'd see this. I guess it's time I make a return visit to the village after this." The man said with a chuckle full of mirth. His eyes showed a deep pit of pride and nostalgia as he looked at the name carved into the stone of the bridge.

The man towered over everyone else around him but he didn't mind. He passed through the security checkpoint at the booth and was soon on his way across the bridge. 'That was quite some security station. The amount of seals in the booth alone was impressive but that's nothing compared to the amount of seals I sense beneath the surface of the bridge. It's mind boggling. Is he really capable of all this?' The man mused in deep thought as he aimlessly walked down the stone pathway without noticing the trio of travelers coming the opposite direction.

The two parties passed by each other with the man finally noticing the female of the group and with barely any concealment or discretion on his part started to ogle the stunning woman in her regal clothing. The woman glanced at the man and gave him a wink before continuing on her way. 'Hot damn! She is definitely going into the next chapter that's for sure.' The man thought with a perverse grin stretching across his face. 'That man. His fate is intertwined with our mistress. His death is a noble one.' Hone thought as she continued to walk without looking back. The moment their eyes met she saw his entire life up until that point and then from their brief meeting all the way into the future up until his death.

"You sensed it?" Hone muttered to her companions who both nodded in confirmation as they took a discreet look at the man who passed them by. Unbeknownst to them far off in the Hidden Leaf village an interesting reaction took place. Chaos was quietly stalking the hallway of their apartment looking for her dear twin sister with a cut open lemon hidden in her sleeve. It didn't take the mistress of mischief long in finding the location of Iris who was playing with her precious teddy bear John Paul. Chaos was about to pounce when she suddenly froze in place. Her eyes dilated and started to shift in concentric patterns as her scanners came to life for a few seconds before coming to a stop. "Jiraiya." Chaos whispered with a small smile adoring her face. With a new pep in her step Chaos entered the room where her sister was with a demented smile on her face. "Hey sis I found some candy for us." Chaos chirped with fake excitement in her voice.

"Really!" Iris shouted in glee as she was always too gullible to her sister's mischievous pranks. As soon as Iris turned around in excitement Chaos pounced and stuffed the lemon in Iris's mouth before turning tail and running from the room. Chaos could barely close the door fast enough before an explosion knocked her off her feet as she saw red and yellow feathers floating in her vision. "Hehehehe!" Chaos giggled.


4 Months Ago, (Land of Rice)

The light was dim but prevalent enough for the person to see. The person stood around 5'8 in height which was an average and respectable height for a grown up as he tooled around with some medical tools. A person was on the table but they were clearly asleep due to being under an operation at the moment. Everything was quiet in the room when a red orange magic circle opened up on the floor behind the man catching him off guard. The light filled the room for a moment before a being emerged from the magic circle that has the design of a sunflower on it.

The being that entered the room was not what you would expect. The person was tiny to say the least. Barely even six inches in fact. But that did nothing to detract from their overwhelming presence that slammed into the four corners of the room. "To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure Lady Lilith?" The man asked with a glance at the tiny fairy who floated into his line of sight. "I've come to discuss a matter of great important with you Orochimaru." Lilith informed with a tone of superiority in her voice. The person Orochimaru was actually talking to was Daylily. Her mint green hair and eyes stood out greatly in the dull rustic color of the room she found herself in. Her purple see-through dress added to the contrast and made her that much more noticeable.

"Of great importance, you say… and what might that be Lilith?" Orochimaru noted with a raise of one of his eye brows. "Yes. It has come to my attention that you are planning an attack on your former village in the coming months. What exactly are you after in this plan of yours?" Lilith questioned as she cast her gaze briefly down to the person Orochimaru was operating on. He had silver hair and a thin but lean body along with a strange mark on the center of his chest that looked like a tattoo.

Lilith didn't give the young man a second thought as she turned her attention back to Orochimaru who glanced at her. "I'm planning this attack with two goals in mind. One to watch my former home burn to the ground for all that it has done to me; and two to get my hands on a young boy with the Kekkei Genkai that I have sought after for a long time." Orochimaru simply explained. He didn't seem to interested in elaborating further but he didn't have to.

"Still after the Sharingan uhmm." Lilith said in a patronizing tone. It held amusement and arrogance in every word she spoke but the little Fairy didn't care to hide this fact. "The ability to master every Jutsu in the world. To learn and master anything that I desire. It is a power that I must have." Orochimaru insisted to which Lilith only chuckled. "All of that will be useless without that vaunted immortality you seek." Lilith commented offhandedly while panning her gaze around the room that had stone slabs for walls. The entire building the two were in right now was far underground. The musky smell of the earth filled the air with every breath the individuals in the room took.

"Perhaps you would be so kind to grant me that wish?" Orochimaru tested with a glance at the powerful being in front of him. "Tsk. I do not hand out miracles mortal. Go pray to that god of yours for such a thing." Lilith responded with a condescending attitude and a snarky tone of voice. Orochimaru frowned at this but he decided not to press the issue further. "Why do you wish to know of my plans for the Hidden Leaf?" Orochimaru questioned as he decided to bring the conversation back on track.

"Like you, I want to see that village burn to the ground, but as of this moment I have a person of interest that resides there. I want them very much but if I were to step foot back in that hell hole I would be alerting my old enemies that I'm back. That is why I want you to retrieve this person for me or at the very least aid me in their capture." Lilith proposed as she slowly floated around the operating table. Her voice gave nothing away to her real intentions and that made Orochimaru frown.

"This person must be important for you to want captured instead of just killed." Orochimaru probed while continuing his operation. He wanted to know what he was getting himself into. It wasn't every day that Lilith graced him with her presence and it was an even rarer occasion that she would even ask let alone imply that she requested his help in anything. "I've kept tabs on your little dimension for the last decade… I thought all of my ties to this placed were finally cut only to come to learn that my greatest nemesis youngest child lives and has the treasure I want most." Lilith growled in distaste as the temperature in the room started to rise.

"Neo's child is in this dimension?" Orochimaru asked as his interest was piqued now. Especially since Lilith implied that Eva had the one thing Lilith wanted. "Precisely. She saved her daughter and passed on the Aqua Stone to her. But what's even better is that fate seems to be either spiting me or smiling down on me." Lilith mused in contemplation. "What do you mean by that?" Orochimaru inquired as he was becoming more and more invested into the conversation between him and the powerful little fairy and less in the operation he was conducting.

"It appears as if history has repeated itself…" Lilith said with a half-smile, half snarl adoring her face. Tiny little fangs could be seen coming out of her mouth as she talked. At Orochimaru's inquiring gaze the little demon continued. "She has bound herself to Kushina's son." Orochimaru dropped the scalpel he was holding with a shocked look on his face. "Kushina's son lives?" The Snake Sannin questioned in shock and bewilderment. "Yes, he is indeed alive. He did not perish as reports would have you believe. I suspect the fact that people such as us were not aware of this would be because of the interference of your sensei and his cohorts. They were always too sharp for mere mongrels. To keep his existence a secret deserves some credit and recognition but it has tested my patience." Lilith said while huffing at the end to demonstrate her agitation at the news she learned.

Orochimaru was now fulling engrossed into the conversation at hand since finding out Minato and Kushina's son lived was major news to the Snake loving shinobi. He suspected his teammate Jiraiya had a heavy hand in scrubbing Naruto's information from the world. Only someone of his talent and shrewdness can keep such a crucial and important piece of information like that from him and other entities who would find that information useful.

"I want Evangeline in my possession. If you wish to have the boy, then you may but after I've made sure that I have the Aqua Stone. Their bond will allow them to sense each other out even over long distances and I'm sure they've been practicing. Then again, I'd want to torture the offspring of those two monkeys to bring myself some joy. Decisions… decisions." Lilith contemplated in the end as she floated around the room slowly. Underneath her was her mirror and she was using it as a platform for her and was having it transport her around the room.

"Seeing as how he is alive and it's been around 12 years without a sighting of the Nine Tails reemerging then it's safe to assume they made him into the villages Jinchūriki." Orochimaru hypothesized while cracking a smirk. "Only an Uzumaki can safely hold the Nine Tails as its Jinchūriki." Orochimaru mused as the smile on his face continued to grow. "Precisely. That boy is the Jinchūriki of the Nine tails. He will become a problem for anyone who becomes his enemy in the future. He is already too powerful for his age." Lilith pushed with a frown on her face.

"Is there anything else I should be aware of?" Orochimaru asked as he wanted to know every variable possible. "Kushina's son has two small little girls with him. Twins. From an associate of mine I've already confirmed that one of them is an Angeloid… and a powerful one at that." Lilith informed as the frown on her face continued to grow steadily. "An Angeloid? My how rare indeed. Such beings never come to this dimension." Orochimaru salivated as he thought of getting his hands on one. "I know what your little mind is thinking human and no she is not for you. My associate specifically wants her and has already sent two of his own to this dimension to look for her. I don't particularly care for his plans so I've done nothing to interfere as of late, nor have I informed his subordinates of where their target is; but I might capture her when the time is right and deliver her to him… well if it suits me." Lilith said in a nonchalant attitude.

"And what of the other girl?" Orochimaru asked as he noticed Lilith didn't mention anything of the other twin. "The other one… she…" Lilith started but the snarl on her face had Orochimaru raising his eye brow in anticipation. "I don't know what exactly that other little girl is. I suspect she is some form of celestial being or perhaps an angelic one. Whatever she may be is not relevant. All I know is that she is dangerous and powerful. She isn't what she appears to be." Lilith growled in confusion and uncertainty as she thought back a few months prior when she has temporarily unleashed Evangeline's power. As the group was leaving Iris had inconspicuously turned her head to the exact spot Lilith was hiding in and her eyes were a powerful emerald green color. The amount of power she sensed in that one moment was more power than she's ever felt in her long existence. The whole clearing looked as if it had been set on fire and two large green eyes appeared over the girl's head.

It was an impactful moment for the powerful being and one Lilith hasn't forgotten. She's never in her long life sensed a presence like the one Iris gave off and she was ashamed to even feel that tingle of fear that crept up her spine when it happened. She couldn't even begin to fathom what on earth Iris could possibly be as she's never felt anything close to what she felt that day but she did know that she had to tread lightly around the apparent six year old because Lilith knew instinctively that Iris was not a small little girl. She was something much more… and that frightened her.

"Then what do you have in mind Lady Lilith?" Orochimaru inquired as his smart mind was already factoring in Lilith's involvement into the plans he's been brewing for the last few months. "Oh, nothing to elaborate…" Lilith trailed off as a cruel smirk crossed her face.

Whatever she had in mind Orochimaru knew that the violent little fairy in front of him would make sure to enjoy every last minute of it.


Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys so what do you think of that? What exactly caused that little underlining tone of tension between Naruto and the rest of the group? The Ogre showing up harkens back to Anko's warning at the beginning of the test about not opening the scrolls under any circumstances or else it would make not only your life more difficult but for everyone else as well. Kabuto has given the rookie nine safe passage to the Tower in exchange for a Heaven Scroll. Lucky thing the group had one extra thanks to Chaos's earlier actions.

We again see the Harpies after all this time and they are leaving the Land of Earth behind after scanning the entire country top to bottom for signs of Chaos who they are still looking for. They are unknowingly heading straight for the Hidden Sound and Rain? What will happen to them because of that or will they end up picking up the trail or Chaos before then? Time will tell but they've already encountered the last person on the planet they want to make an enemy out of? How will that meeting affect the outcome of their mission?

The three mysterious servants of the black phoenix are in an all too familiar country befriending Tsunami and the rest of the citizens. It's safe to assume they are on the right trail since they now know where Iris is. But more importantly who was that man that they crossed paths with on the bridge? Just how important is he to naruto and the rest of his family?

Finally Orochimaru had an interesting meeting with none other than Lilith herself? What could this powerful Fairy want with Orochimaru and just what exactly is her history with him? Lilith wants Evangeline alive but the connection she has to the entire Uzumaki family is still not clear.


That's the end of Chapter 39 I sincerely hoped you enjoyed it.

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Published: 12/25/16