Disclaimer: I do not own any wrights to Naruto or Shadow Skill. I merely use their characters and themes for entertainment purposes.

After the rather eventful meeting the four shinobi and pig left the gambling house. They made their way to a bar close by to discuss why Naruto and Hinata were there. After they were seated Tsunade began to drink sake. She figured with two Konoha shinobi she would need a drink. Her first question was, "So where is your third member? Konoha shinobi usually travel in groups of three or four."

"We're not sure where our third member is," Naruto said. "But that old pervert is probably at some bath house trying to get a glimpse of some girls."

"Old pervert?" Tsunade questioned, "Don't tell me he sent Jiraiya with you kids."

"Hokage-sama did, Tsunade-sama," Hinata answered.

Tsunade sighed, "So I'm assuming that you are here to try and convince me to head back, right?" She received a nod from the two young shinobi, "Well you can forget it. I'm not going back!"

Naruto was about to retort when a loud smack was heard from across the room. He turned to see a very angry looking young woman walking away from a white haired man with a large red welt on his face. "Doesn't that geezer have any self control?"

Tsunade looked in the same direction as Naruto and said, "Not for as long as I've known him."

At this point Jiraiya was rubbing his face when he saw his companions as well as his former teammate sitting at the same table. Making his way over to them he could not help but comment, "Naruto I knew you had in you to get with more than one lady but I never thought Tsunade would go for someone your age." The response he got was total black out.

After a few minutes Jiraiya woke back up only to find Tsunade and Shizune there with him. "What happened to Naruto and Hinata?"

"Hinata started to look rather tired," Shizune answered. "And Naruto took her back to the hotel they checked into. Naruto said that it's at the other end of town and that yours and his room are on the left just up the stairs."

"He also said his threat still stands," Tsunade added. She saw a slight shiver run down Jiraiya's spine and smiled. She had to admit that except for the fact that Naruto was from Konoha and was here to bring her back she kind of liked him. Especially since she seemed to win at gambling when he was around. Her time with Naruto just a short while ago was first time she won at all in a long time. "So Sensei wants me back," Tsunade said getting back to the reason Jiraiya was there.

"Yeah," he answered. "There's trouble coming and he wants you there to help."

"I have to give the old man credit," Tsunade smirked, "I always said that the Hyuuga with their blood limit would make good medics and so he sends one to find me to make me feel all nostalgic. Well it won't work I'm still not coming back."

"That was one of his reasons for sending her, yes," Jiraiya commented. "But his real reason was to make sure Naruto comes back."

Intrigued Tsunade asked, "What's so special about him?"

Jiraiya faced her with a serious expression, "He's the Forth's legacy."

"You mean he's…" Tsunade asked surprised. Jiraiya nodded in confirmation, "I thought he died two years ago."

"That's what everyone thought," Jiraiya replied.

"Bringing out all the stops eh," Tsunade whispered. Sending a reminder of what it means to sacrifice for the village brought back a lot of old memories, both good and bad. Her face contorted to a scowl and she said, "Well he isn't going to change my mind, I'm not going back." She stood up, "Let's go Shizune." Tsunade then left with Shizune following behind.

"Almost got to her there," Jiraiya mused. "Not a bad plan Sensei, but you may have had the opposite effect of what you were trying to do."

Just after Jiraiya left a woman from the other side of the room got up from her table and left. She had been silently observing the exchange between the group of shinobi but she went unnoticed because of the continuous distractions the shinobi were subjected to. As the woman made her way out of the village she went to a small forest and fell to the ground. In her place was what appeared to a demon with white hair and a bone-plated arm. The demon began to transform into a human with black marks on his body. As he transformed he called out, "Brother I have the information."

Four figures appeared next to the now human. One person stepped forward and he began to absorb the first human. After a few moments the person turned to his companions now spotting two heads, one right behind the other; one facing the his companions and one away. "So Sakon what is the news your brother has?" the only woman of the group asked.

"Well Tayuya," Sakon answered, "The Hyuuga and the one called Shadow Claw have left the group. And although they made contact with Tsunade they could not convince her to join them. Now's the perfect time to attack them and take the Hyuuga's eyes."

"Orochimaru-sama said we should watch them," the largest one said.

"Shut up you fat idiot!" Tayuya said, "Orochimaru-sama also said he wanted the Byakugan."

"You ugly wench…" the large one began.

"Shut up Jiroubou!" the one with six arms said. "Tayuya and Sakon are right. We should take this chance while they are separated to finish the weaker ones."

"Then lets get going," Sakon ordered.

"We should still be cautious however," the six armed one warned. "From what Kabuto said this Shadow Claw is at Jounin level and could compete on the same level of Uchiha Sasuke. The body Orochimaru-sama still wants."

"Kidomaru is right," Tayuya agreed, "We should think of a plan first."

"Very well," Sakon said, "My brother said that they were both tired from the trip here and should be resting. But that still does not give us much time."

In his hotel room Naruto woke from his slumber due to a ringing in his ear. He looked around the room and noticed that he was still alone, "Wonder how long I've been asleep?" After looking at the clock next to his bed he cursed, "Damn! I didn't mean to sleep for four hours!" He stood up and moved to the door, "Better go see in Hinata-chan is alright." After they returned to the hotel he took Hinata into her room. The fatigue finally caught up to her and she was only half awake by the time the reached their rooms. He had to help her to the bed and as soon as she hit it she fell asleep.

Leaving the room he noticed that the door to Hinata's room was slightly open. Naruto's first thought was, "If Ero-Sannin tried to peek at her I swear I'll kill him!" When he moved closer to shut the door he noticed there was no sound of breathing coming from the room. Cautiously he opened the door and noticed the bed was empty. "She wouldn't have left the hotel with out trying to wake me, and I would have heard her." A creek from the stares caught his attention, moving to investigate the noise Naruto saw Hinata just reach the bottom of the stairs, "Hinata-chan!" he called but got no answer.

Naruto rushed down the stairs to follow her after he got no response from his call. When he reached Hinata he stopped her with his hand and turned her around. When he met her face he realized she was in a trance and then noticed that the ringing in his ears had not left, "Someone put us under a Genjutsu that attacks our hearing, but because I can detect sub-sonic noises I can hear the sound." He then thought for a minute, "Now how do you undo a Genjutsu placed on someone else?" After a few minutes he remembered and placed his hands on Hinata's forehead and said, "Release!" Hinata blinked a few times and saw Naruto standing right in front of her.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata questioned "What happened?"

"You were under a powerful Genjutsu that attacks using sound," Naruto answered. "The source is coming from outside the village. And I'm not sure where Ero-Sannin or Tsunade is."

"We should find out who is after us," Hinata said.

"That's what I was thinking, Hinata-chan," Naruto smiled. "Since the Genjutsu was focused on us we can assume they are expecting us soon. The Genjutsu doesn't affect me because I can hear the sound, and now that you know about it, it will no longer affect you. We can use that to our advantage and follow the source, they won't be expecting us not to be under the Genjutsu and we can surprise them."

"But we don't know how many there are," Hinata objected, "We can't just walk into a situation without knowing the numbers of enemies or their strengths."

Naruto nodded, Hinata was right. "We need to find out who they are and what they want without us being at risk," Naruto thought out loud. "I know. I haven't used these in a long time," Naruto performed some hand seals calling, "Kage Bushin no Jutsu." Two Narutos appeared and then one immediately called, "Henge," and transformed into Hinata. The original Naruto turned to Hinata, "This probably won't fool them for long…"

"But it should give us enough time to see their numbers at least," Hinata finished.

Back at the forest the Sound Four were impatiently waiting for the pair of shinobi to arrive. "Your Genjutsu probably failed," Jiroubou said.

Tayuya paused from her flute, "Shut up you fatass!" and went back to her flute.

Jiroubou was about to retort when their targets entered the area. Because of the group's impatience they jumped down out of the trees without pause. When they approached they notice something strange, "Wait!" Tayuya said, "Their eyes should not be that alert!"

"Finally figured it out that your Genjutsu has no effect on us?" the blond taunted.

"No matter," Sakon said, "Kidomaru!"

Kidomaru quickly performed several hand seals calling, "Ninpou; Kumoshi Bari," a web shot out of his mouth and captured the two Leaf Shinobi before they could act.

"The girl doesn't have the Hyuuga Curse Seal," Sakon noticed, "That means we can kill her and take her eyes. It'll be much less hassle than trying to take her alive."

"Then let me finish them," Jiroubou said, "I'm feeling rather hungry."

"Fine!" Tayuya frowned, "Just do it already, the longer we stay here the more likely the two Sannin will find us!"

Jiroubou stepped forward doing some hand seals, but before he could finish Kidomaru whispered, "Stop, there are more people out there!" the others looked at him and he continued, "At least two more are coming this way, it must be the Sannins, we don't have time for you to feed!"

Sakon pulled out two kunai, "Then we need to kill them quickly." He threw the kunai and when the hit their targets to all four's surprise the two shinobi in the web disappeared in a burst of smoke. "Damn, Kage Bushins, their better than I thought."

Just as Sakon finished speaking a person yelled, "Sword!" a body then dashed into the clearing striking him in the chest sending him into a nearby tree. The other three had been able to jump out of the way but Tayuya had jumped the wrong way, as another person came from behind her and stuck at her neck. The second ninja then joined her partner soon after Tayuya hit the ground unable to move.

"Two down, two to go," Naruto said as Hinata joined him. They both took their preferred stances preparing to attack again. They scanned the area but were only able to find the two they injured and the big one, "Hinata-chan where did the one with six arms go?"

Hinata activated her blood limit but before she could scan the entire area an arrow shot through the dark just narrowly missing the pair. The two then jumped away from each other in order to spread out the archer's targets. Unfortunately the two jumped right into the enemy's hands, literally. Sakon caught Naruto and Hinata was caught by Jiroubou, both were able to move fast enough to catch Naruto and Hinata because the activated the Curse Seals. When Naruto saw who had him he said, "You should be knocked out, I got a clean hit."

"Not as clean as you think," Sakon smirked, "My brother blocked your kick just before it hit my chest. I don't know what kind of jutsu that was but it is no match for me."

Naruto narrowed his eyes saying, "Don't underestimate Shadow Skill." Sakon was about to say something but Naruto yelled, "Tomahawk!" he thrust his feet out hitting Sakon directly in the chin causing Naruto to drop. As soon as Naruto hit the ground he jumped and called "Sword!" knocking Sakon away.

Meanwhile Jiroubou held onto Hinata firmly saying, "Your chakra must be delicious since you're a Hyuuga." He then began to absorb Hinata's chakra.

Hinata tried to pull out but she lacked the strength to break free. As she felt her chakra being drained from her body she began to panic. "I haven't learned the Hakke Shou Kaiten yet! If I did then I could easily break free of his arms." Then she remembered, "Wait the nerves in the forearms control the hands!" Quickly channeling chakra into her legs she flung both legs up and hit Jiroubou's right arm forcing him to loosen his grip. Taking the opportunity she had, Hinata rotated her body out of his left and dropped to the ground then began striking chakra holes. Jiroubou jumped back and just as Hinata was about to pursue him an arrow stopped her advanced. Jumping away she decided it would be best to rejoin Naruto.

As Hinata rejoined with Naruto under the cover of some trees so the archer could not spot them, Sakon and Jiroubou gathered with Tayuya. "Can you stand?" Sakon asked.

"Yeah," Tayuya stood though barely, "That little bitch must be a medic she hit my neck messing up my muscle control."

"Yes their better than we thought," Jiroubou commented.

"We'll have to use level 2," Sakon said. "We can't afford for them to team up with the Sannin." He then shouted, "Kiromaru keep us covered!" The three of the Four Sounds began to change once again, become artificial demons in their level 2 form.

Hearing the shout and seeing the change Naruto cursed, "Damn, with the archer it will be harder for us to attack." He then looked at Hinata, "Hinata-chan I need you to go and take out that six armed freak."

"But Naruto-kun you can't…"

"Yes I can," Naruto said never taking his eyes of the enemy, "But only if that archer in preoccupied."

"Ok Naruto-kun you can count on me," Hinata said determined and dashed off to find the fourth enemy.

The three saw Hinata leave and were about to go after her when Naruto's voice stopped them, "You aren't going anywhere. You're going to fighting me."

"Hahahaha," Sakon laughed, "At Curse Seal Level 2 we are each ten times stronger than we were before. And if you think your girlfriend will be safe by running away then you should know my brother is already after her."

"You think that little bit of power is enough to stop me!" Naruto taunted. "Let me show you what real power is!" Naruto then used the quick release on his weights and they fell with a crash to the ground. "I Am Invincible." As Naruto began to speak his muscles began to flex and his chakra output increased. "No One Can Defeat My Shadow Skill." As Naruto continued to speak his muscles increased, the chakra output further exploded and the ground under him began to crack. "And No One Can Survive One of My Blows!" By the time Naruto finished he was hunched over the chakra output from his body had increased to beyond what the Four Sound thought possible. When Naruto looked at his enemies he could see the amazed looks on their deformed faces, "It's not over yet. Kamui!" Further surprising the three Naruto's muscles, which were nearly ripping out of his skin a second ago began to relax, though still visible they did not look as large as before.

Right before their eyes Naruto vanished from sight. The next thing they heard was, "Chainsaw!" and then the transformed three each felt a devastating kick and were then be sent flying backwards.

Jiroubou being the largest and strongest was the first to stand. He scanned the area only finding his teammates. Soon after they stood up and he asked, "What did he do?"

"I used the Kamui Principle," Naruto answered from a tree not far away. "It relaxes my muscles making me six times faster than before. That combined with the Language of Martial Arts that increase my physical power and chakra output, you won't last five minutes against me. Even with those Curse Seals." Naruto then disappeared from sight again and again each of the three felt another kick that sent them flying.

Just after she left Hinata felt a familiar rise in chakra coming from Naruto, "That's like what happened when he fought Sasuke, only this time he feels even stronger!" Shaking herself out of her shock Hinata activated her Byakugan. It did not take her long to spot the forth member of the Sound Four in a tree more then two hundred meters away. "He must have impeccable aim to hit a target at that distance." Hinata thought for a moment before deciding the best way to take out the archer would be to attack from behind at close range. But because she did not know how long Naruto could fight at the level he was at, she could not afford to waist time. "As long as I keep him in sight his I should be able to dodge his arrows." With her decision made Hinata dashed off in a direct line to the archer. What she did not notice however was that a person was following her as she raced a head.

Kidomaru easily detected Hinata's approach as she came at him head on. He turned to face her and shot out his arrow. Hinata went dodged the attack and continued to move in but to her surprise she saw a string of webbing attached to the end guiding the arrow making it go where she dodged. Fortunately she was quick enough to keep the arrow from hitting anything vital. Hinata ducked behind a tree still using her blood limit to track her enemy. Hinata focused chakra into her hands and healed the damage the arrow inflicted.

Kidomaru thought, "I saw what she was able to do to the others. If she get in close range I'm done for. I have to finish her quickly, because from what I saw back at the others unless I give them cover that Shadow Claw guy will pick them apart. I still can't believe someone could produce that kind of power."

"If I focus on the chakra I saw him use to guide the arrows with the web," Hinata thought. "I may be able to cut them before the arrow can hit me as I dodge. The problem is that switching from sensing chakra to three-hundred sixty degree sight continuously will use up a lot of my chakra, but that appears to be the best solution." After she fully healed her wound Hinata charged her enemy once again. And again the enemy shot his arrow. Hinata leapt left and through a shuriken at the chakra traveling behind the arrow and suddenly the chakra stopped flowing. She quickly switched back to three-hundred sixty sight and dodged the erratic arrow and continued forward.

"Damn!" Kiromaru though, "She cut the web! I have to move before she gets here!" He jumped from his sniper position and ran through the tree braches in hopes of loosing his pursuer. Every now and again he would glance back to see if Hinata was still following and every time he did he saw she was right in a direct path to him. After he shot a couple of arrows to try and throw her off coarse Kiromaru looked back one last time and suddenly found his pursuer gone, "Where did she go?"

Kiromaru was looking around frantically when he heard, "You are in my range of deviation!" Panicked Kiromaru shot his arrow in the direction of the voice. To bad for him he only was able to graze Hinata as she charged in, "Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou!" Hinata, with Gentle Fist and charka scalpels, struck so fast her hands were a mere blur as she struck her enemy completely devastating him. As Kiromaru stumbled back and collapsed and Hinata dropped to her knees in exhaustion. "I've done it Naruto-kun you can finish them now."

"You may have finished him off, but you haven't dealt with me."

Hinata turned to the voice and was shocked, "But I thought you were fighting Naruto-kun!"

"That is my brother Sakon, I am Ukon," the new arrival said. "And with you being so weak you won't be any match for me." He rushed forward and punched at Hinata shouting, "Ta Ren Ken!" to Hinata it felt like a hundred punches struck her at once. The sheer force of the punches sent her flying back about three meters, "Now you won't have and defense against this." Ukon approached Hinata and slowly began to merge his body with hers.

"What are you doing?" Hinata asked as Ukon pulled his last limb into her.

"You should know that chakra flows throw the body like blood," Ukon answered, "I can merge my body with yours and use my chakra to attack your vital organs, like this."

"AHHH!" Hinata screamed at the amount of pain. She could feel Ukon attacking everyone of her vital organs. It felt like hands were squeezing the very life out of her body. "I don't have the chakra to fight back, other wise I would do the same to him. That means there's only one option." Struggling to maneuver her hand Hinata brought it to her next saying, "If we are joined then what kills me will kill you!" With that said she struck her neck and her body started to go limp.

Ukon yelled, "Agg! You bitch!" He could feel his body begin to go limp as well as Hinata's and quickly extracted himself from her. As he did he saw Hinata struggling to stay awake he said "Clever striking your own body to hurt me, but to reverse the effect all I have to do is extract myself from you body. So now only you will die." As he turned to walk away his curse seal began to fade. "Damn I've been out of Sakon too long! I have to hurry back!"

Ukon started to run when he felt something pierce his back, "You aren't going anywhere," Hinata said breathing heavily. She had chakra scalpels activated and extended into Ukon's lung.

"How? You were dead?" Ukon asked.

Just before he dropped he heard, "I used a pressure point to simulate death for a few seconds to get you to leave my body so I could get a clean shot." Extracting her hands Hinata dropped from complete exhaustion.

Running through the forest were the two Sannin and the apprentice and traveling partner of Tsunade. They had been in town when the felt four very powerful chakra signatures spike into existence, then to their amazement they felt another that seemed to dwarf the four previous erupt from the same area.

Before they met to find the chakra sources…

Just after Naruto left with Hinata and Jiraiya woke up Tsunade left the bar to think. "You damn old man making me think about them." She began to think of the two most important people she ever had in her life, "He has my brother's smile and when he looked at Hinata it was the look Dan gave looking at…" her thoughts were interrupted by Shizune.

"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked, "What will you do?" Shizune had not seen her longtime friend like this in quite a while. She knew Tsunade better than anyone and knew by the look on her face she was thinking about the people she loved the most. "I know it's not my place but I think you should go…" she stopped when Tsunade's look begin to get angry.

"Shizune," Tsunade began. Tsunade knew what Shizune was about to say, and if it were any other night she would have told her to mind her own business, in less polite terms. But right now she just did not have the will to say anything. "Let's go to the hotel I'm kind of tired." Shizune nodded silently and followed.

Jiraiya was making his way back to the one place he could think, the bathhouse. The meeting between Tsunade had not gone as he expected. He had expected it to be much less painful, but maybe also more productive. He could see that they had struck a cord somewhere but in the end she refused to bend, "Damn woman is too stubborn for her or anyone's own good…" His thoughts on Tsunade ended as he saw three young women enter the women's side and he began to take notes.

About four hours after they left the bar the three ninja's felt five powerful chakra signatures. The three raced from their spots to the center of town. "What was that?" Shizune asked.

"Those first four felt like Orochimaru's Curse Seals," Tsunade answered, "Only more powerful. As for the fifth, I have no idea, I've never felt anything like it."

"That's exactly what the first four were," Jiraiya commented. "That snake has refined the process to make them more powerful. And the fifth, I think it was Naruto."

"Naruto?" Tsunade asked, "But that wasn't the Kyuubi's chakra!"

"According to Sensei," Jiraiya said, "The Kyuubi is no longer in Naruto." At the mention of Kyuubi no longer being imprisoned both Tsunade and Shizune became horrified. "It's not what you think, and I'll tell you later. But right now we need to help them." With that the three took off to help the younger shinobi.

As they traveled through the forest they felt some of the signatures fade from existence. When they got closer they spotted signs of a recent battle and stopped to investigate. The first thing they came across was the body of a six armed man with clear indications he was involved in a battle with a Hyuuga. The next was the Hyuuga herself, lying next to another body with signs of being attacked with chakra scalpels. Tsunade began to shake as she saw blood coming from the bodies' mouths. Shizune seeing this investigated the Hinata's form. "Looks like it's just chakra depletion. She should be fine," she said as she healed the wound from an arrow.

"Good, bring her!" Jiraiya ordered. "We have to find Naruto!" Shizune picked up Hinata and the three moved away from the bodies with Tsunade in the lead, it was as if she wanted more to get away from the blood than find Naruto.

Not far from where they found Hinata and the bodies they found Naruto standing facing one remaining shinobi. There were two others, but one, that looked like the one Hinata killed, was dead and the other, a large man, was severely beaten. The only one left was staring in shock at the teenager before her as her Curse Seal retracted and her summons began to disappear in a cloud of smoke utterly defeated. "If you value you life, leave," came Jiraiya's voice. The woman fearing for her life, from the monster of a human and prospect of fighting two of the Sannin departed from the seen.

After she left, Naruto stopped his techniques and fell to the ground. To a normal person he looked fine, but to a person with the ability to scan for injuries they could tell that he had massive internal damage from what ever he did to himself. This was what Hinata sensed as soon as she woke up in Shizune's arms, "Naruto-kun!" She broke free of her restraint and rushed to his side. "Don't worry I'll heal you!" She brought her hands over Naruto's chest and tried to heal him. But unfortunately she did not have the chakra to even activate the healing jutsu, "Naruto-kun! I'll heal you don't worry!" But as desperate as she was she just did not have the chakra to do it. "Naruto-kun! Naruto!"

Shizune was about to step in when a hand stopped her. She looked back and saw Jiraiya shaking his head. Shizune was about to smack his arm off when he gestured to Tsunade. Shizune turned to see Tsunade shaking from all the blood, but her gaze was fixed on Hinata trying desperately trying to save Naruto.

In Tsunade's eyes she did not see Hinata trying to save Naruto. She saw herself trying to save her fiancé, Dan. One side of her mind was screaming for her body to move to help save the young teenager. One side was frozen at the memory of her failing to save her love. And yet another frozen by her fear of blood. She remained immobile until she heard a whisper through all her conflicting thoughts ask, "Do you want her to go through what you did?" The whisper brought her out of her confusion, she pushed her fear of blood aside and sprinted toward the two young shinobi.

When she got there Hinata was still trying to activate her healing jutsus and still not succeeding. "Move!" Tsunade ordered as she pushed Hinata aside. Tsunade placed her hands on Naruto's chest and began to heal his wounds. For several minutes it seemed like nothing was happening but Tsunade refused to quit. She kept pouring more of her own chakra into Naruto's body until they heard Naruto begin to cough. She paused and looked at the boy's face as he coughed some more until finally his breathing slowed and became regular. "I think he'll be fine," Tsunade said after Naruto started breathing normally.

Jiraiya let go of Shizune and suggested, "Let's head back to town so everyone can rest."

The next day Jiraiya began to explain everything about Naruto. To say Tsunade was shocked was an understatement. "That kid is a master of Shadow Skill?"

"That's what I'm told," Jiraiya answered. Then he became puzzled, "How do you know about it? I was just told by Sensei before I was sent to find you."

"You forget the First was my grandfather," Tsunade answered. "He told Sensei about Shadow Skill and he also told me when I was a girl before he died."

"Is Shadow Skill as powerful as everyone says it is?" Jiraiya asked.

"Well according to the legend the First told me," Tsunade said. "A master of Shadow Skill could destroy entire mountains but it was just a legend." She then went silent, "Still after what we felt last night…"

Hinata entering the room cutting off Tsunade's sentence, "Naruto-kun is awake!" not waiting for a reply she disappeared back into Naruto's room.

When the three joined Hinata in the room they saw her rap Naruto in a hug slightly crying onto his shoulder. After a few minutes Hinata pulled back and Naruto asked, "How long have I been out?"

Tsunade stepped forward, "You've been out for little over a day. I admit I pleasantly surprised you woke up so fast."

"Only a day?" Naruto asked. "I should have been out for at least two or three." His statement caught everyone's attention.

"What do you mean you should be out for two or three days," Tsunade asked.

"When I fight using a combination of the Language of Martial Arts with the Kamui principle I fight at an extremely high level. If it wasn't for my fast healing I would never be able to do them both at once. And considering the length of time I fought my body should have shut itself down for at least two days."

"Shut itself down?" Shizune asked.

"One of the safe guards of Shadow Skill," Naruto explained. "All of the techniques require vast amounts of chakra and if the user uses too much in any technique the body automatically shuts down. It happens when the user of Shadow Skill has just enough to keep from dyeing. You can't override it even by inducing the two techniques, of coarse after I disengage the techniques my body shuts down anyway in order to heal any damage that was done."

"Why didn't you tell us this before Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.

"I did, remember," Naruto replied. "I told you and Jiraiya as we traveled here. When you were feeling tired and I offered to carry you because we did not want to stop. I said, 'I'm fine really I haven't begun to push my self, and even if I did I would immediately fall unconscious so my body would recover, it's a safe guard in Shadow Skill.'"

"Now that you mention it, I do remember you saying that," Hinata said. "I guess just seeing you like that made me panic. And I guess Tsunade-sama did not need to heal you after all."

"But thank you for worrying and healing me," Naruto said. He turned to Tsunade and saw she was extremely pissed. But apparently not at him because she and Shizune were facing Jiraiya.

"That's why you held me back!" Shizune accused. "There was no danger of Naruto dying at all!"

"Jiraiya!" Tsunade said cracking her knuckles, "You put me through that on purpose!" She began to advance on Jiraiya.

"Now, now Tsunade, it did cure your hemophobia," Jiraiya said backing up turning paler by the second. "You should thank me." That was the wrong thing to say as Tsunade punched Jiraiya sending him through the several walls and out side the hotel.

Tsunade turned to a very confused Naruto and smiled saying, "As soon as you've rested a little more, we'll all head back to Konoha."

"Um ok," Naruto replied having no clue what they were talking about.