In Naruto's mind him and Kyubi are having a conversation about the fight and the techniques they used. Since Naruto and Kyubi's compromise Kyubi had been able to exit his cage freely with the promise to only take over Naruto if he was in a life or death situation.
" You did very good with the demon jutsu's Kit. I'm surprised your body held out for so long with me on the outside." Kyubi said smiling at his vessel
" Of course I'm the great Uzumaki Naruto, son of the Yondaime. I've had you in me since my birth and we'll always be there for each other." Naruto said smiling
At this the Kyubi frowned.
" Listen Kit there is something I forgot to mention about the Kyubi no Gappei. Even though I'm here in you mind with you know the merger is still happening." Kyubi explained
"WHAT!" Naruto yelled, " So we just need to stop the jutsu."
" It can't be stopped once it started it can't be undone. I'll explain everything I can to you now about the demon lords and the power you'll soon have. After that I'll tell you about the effects the jutsu might have on you because even I don't know what all is going to happened." Kyubi explained
" The demon lords, you mentioned that earlier to Orochimaru and said he held the eight-headed demon, but I thought it was the tail that made the numbers." Naruto said
" That's were the monks translated it wrong. The Demon Lords could have a certain number of heads or tail, but a lot of them have tails. Listen well Kit cause I'm only going to tell you once." Kyubi said
Naruto decided to sit down because he figured this was going to be a long story.
On the outside the group was still moving trough the forest. Sakura hadn't left Sasuke's side and Gaara and Jiraiya were watching Naruto like a hawk. A day after departing Jiraiya notice Naruto sweating even though it was cool outside.
" This is bad." Jiraiya said
" What's wrong Jiraiya?" Kakashi asked
" He's got a fever. We need to get back to Konoha and fast." Jiraiya said
"Ok Kit you know about me and the Shukaku, so I'll go through the list of lords. Keep in mind the higher the number the more powerful they are. Ok, you've got Shukaku the one-tailed tanuki, Dairouchimimaru the two-tailed wolf, Genbu the three-headed Turtle: though one of his heads is on his tail, Jishi the four-tailed lion, Byakko the five-tailed tiger, Suzuka the six-tailed phoenix, Seiryuu the seven-headed dragon, Orochi the eight-headed snake, and myself the nine-tailed fox. Of these lords Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryuu rule the heavenly directions and are never seen. The others I have no knowledge of there location, but normally the lords try not to meddle in human affairs we just make sure our kind doesn't get out of line."
" But if your normally not seen then how did Akatsuki get a hold of all the other except for me?" Naruto asked
" Well even though the Heavenly Guardians are never seen their children are sent to earth to live part of their lives among humans to understand who they protect. I can only guess that's who the Akatsuki capture. As for the other they might have been either contained as Shukaku once was or have been put in a vessel like you. Of course, this is all guessing work mind you." Kyubi answered, "Ok now with me merging with you that will mean that you will become the Nine-tailed Demon Lord and the most powerful of all the lords. I know this is a lot to take in right now, but the job isn't tough. Just make sure the demons that your in charge of don't cause and trouble and if they do it's your job to send them back to the demon world. This will be one the new jutsu's you'll learn after the merger. Got it?" Kyubi asked
Naruto nodded. Kyubi noticed he didn't look too good and figured the merger must be starting to affect his body.
" Ok Naruto I can tell your not feeling too good so I'll try to finish this up so you can rest." Kyubi started again
" No I'm alright Kyubi I'm just a little tired." Naruto said and then yawned
" Yeah that's the effect of the merger. Listen your going to get a fever and be sick for about a week. Once that's done the merger will be complete." Kyubi had to stop because Naruto started to collapse on the floor.
Kyubi caught him with one of his tails and curled up into a ball and fell asleep with his now sleeping vessel.
Ever since they had left to go after Sasuke, after practice Hinata would go to the main gate and wait till dark to see if they would come back that day. It had now been two weeks and so far they hadn't returned. Of course she wasn't the only one worried about those who had gone out after Sasuke. The remainder or the Rookie 9, who were all now Chuunin, along with Tsunade-sama, Shizune-sama, and Iruka-sensei were also, worried sick about them. Tsunade-sama hadn't heard anything from them in over a week, which caused her to be in a bad mood and her personal guards were normally the ones she took her frustration out on. Hinata had now lost count of how many times she had to heal those two for wound inflicted by her sensei. Lost in thought Hinata failed to notice the group coming rather fast towards Konoha. It wasn't until they passed she recognized who it was and the conversations that was going on.
" How's he doing Jiraiya?" Kakashi asked
" Not good. I think his fever had gone up again. We need to get them to the hospital and get them treated immediately." Jiraiya answered
" Right, Sakura." Kakashi said and Sakura was up beside him
" Jiraiya and I are going on ahead and take them to the hospital with the Kazekage and his siblings. I need you to go to the Hokage's office and tell her we have Sasuke, but Naruto is sick with a fever." Kakashi told her
" Right." Sakura said and headed off toward the Hokage tower are incredible speed
" Ok, now that's done lets get moving." Kakashi said
Once in the hospital the two boys were moved for the sand stretchers and put into beds. They were then given IV's for the lack of food and dehydration. Sasuke had yet to wake up, but everyone figured the battle and removal of the cursed seal had taken a lot out of him and he'd be asleep for some time. Five minutes after arriving Tsunade, Shizune and Iruka burst through the room to check on everyone. When the Hokage arrived the Suna siblings found it as their cue to leave. But Gaara had reservations even with Temari's coaxing. Before Tsunade got to the patients she had to deal with something else.
" Itai!" Jiraiya said, " What was that for?"
" For not sending a letter in a week. I didn't know what had happened to you or my little brother. Your lucky you got off lightly today because of those two being hurt." Tsunade answered
She then went to work checking on Sasuke, since he didn't seem too bad off. But he might have internal damage the others couldn't see.
" Sasuke will be alright. Next to the burn mark on his shoulder he's just lost too much chakra and need to sleep. I'd say he'd be out for a week. I hate to tell Sakura this she's already worried sick as it is. Also, someone is going to tell me about the burn mark and were the cursed seal is once I've fixed up my little brother." Tsunade said now moving to Naruto's bed and looking at his sensei's on the other side of the room.
Tsunade started her jutsu to check Naruto over and see why he had such a high fever.
" I don't get it. Everything is alright he shouldn't even have a fever I don't understand what's going on." Tsunade said
" Maybe I can explain." Naruto said as he sat up
" Naruto? Your eyes and your temperature had dropped back to normal." Tsunade was now confused
" Sorry Hokage-sama, but Naruto is too sick right now to talk to you." The red-eyed Naruto replied
" Kyubi?" Tsunade asked
" Bingo." Kyubi answered
" Iruka lock the door." Tsunade said frantically
The Jounin quickly went over and locked the door
" I don't know what you want, but if you have done anything to my little brother…" Tsunade started to threaten the demon
" Don't worry I wouldn't hurt the Kit he's been too kind to me I wouldn't have the heart to hurt him. Though, what is happening now is sort of my fault." Kyubi said sadly
" Please tell us what's going on with Naruto." Iruka asked Kyubi
" Oh you're the teacher that first recognized the Kit as a person and not me. Iruka, right?" Kyubi asked
Iruka just nodded.
" The Kit and I are merging." Kyubi said
" WHAT!" came from everyone in the room
" Please calm down. I'll try to explain this as best I can and if you can please tell the Kit when he wakes up. I'm sure the merger is going to have some side-effect, though I'm not sure what." Kyubi said
" Sorry please continue." Tsunade replied
" Most of the detail you can get from Kit's sensei's when they give you the report. Once the Kit was able to remove the seal from Sasuke. We started to battle Orochimaru and Kabuto…" Kyubi said
" Naruto did what?" Tsunade asked
" Oh removing Sasuke's cursed seal. You see I taught Kit how to remove it so the burn mark is actually his hand print from were we burned out the snakes seal and removed all the poison chakra that was flowing thought him. You are correct it will be a week until he wakes up. When he does he'll be back to normal. Well as normal as Uchiha Sasuke goes anyways." Kyubi smiled, " The seal was messing with his chakra and mind, so please don't blame him for what he did."
" But you said he battled Orochimaru and Kabuto? There is no way Naruto can handle those two on his own." Iruka said
" Ah, but he wasn't alone he had me. Since his training with Ero-sennin he had been able to talk with me freely and I've even been let out of my cage. He had only one condition I could only take over his body if it was a life or death situation. So I agreed and in return taught him some Demonic Jutsu's. He learned them quite fast, a very good student if I say so myself. Of course I think that might be because his father was so great a learning and creating jutsu too." Kyubi said
" You know who Naruto's father is?" Tsunade asked him
" Yes, and he does now to because Orochimaru told him that only one of the Yondaime's blood can do the Body Flicker and perform it perfectly. I suggest after he wakes up you tell him all about his father and let him live at the compound now. I think he'll like that. " Kyubi said
" The Yondaime was Naruto's father?" Iruka questioned
" You taught him the Body Flicker?" Tsunade turned to Jiraiya
" He wanted to learn a new jutsu, I didn't think he'd actually figure it out and be able to perform it. All I told him was the basic concept of the jutsu, what is did and how it looked when performed properly." Jiraiya told Tsunade
" Um... Maybe you can discuss this when they give their report. I don't really have a lot of time." Kyubi asked
" Sorry, go on." Tsunade said
"Anyways before fighting Orochimaru he knew he'd be too weak to take him and Kabuto on by himself, so we decided to use the Oni Kyuchiyose no Jutsu. Kit summoned me in chakra form to the real world and I merged with him. Though at that time the Kit didn't know the full extent of the Kyubi no Gappei. While fighting Orochimaru Kit got hit by what the snaked called a Hebi Chidori and knocked him out cold. I took over and incinerated the two so they could cause no more trouble. But with the Kyubi no Gappei started it couldn't be stopped. Now he'll become the next Nine-tailed Demon Lord." Kyubi finished
The entire room occupant's jaws were now on the floor. Which caused the Kyubi to chuckle at the sight. After regaining their composure Tsunade was now curious.
" You said Naruto would be the next Nine-tailed Demon Lord. What does that mean?" She asked
" For that answer you can ask Naruto he'll knows the answer to that one." Kyubi said
" The merge what will happen?" Kakashi, who had been listening the entire time now asked
" To be honest I don't know what will happen to the Kit. His appearance will change for sure, but he'll be able to hide the changes. That's why he's so good at Henge. I'm guessing he'll have fox ears and nine-tails. Normally I could go between a half human and full demon form. I pretty sure he won't have the full demon form, I believe his body won't be able to handle it. Other than that he'll be able to perform any of my Demonic Jutsu's. My time is almost up now. You need to tell him if he has and questions to just call my name. I'm going to leave a Bunshin of myself in his mindscape so if he need help to holler at me." Kyubi finished and Naruto went back to sleep and his temperature raise to be it was before Kyubi.
Kyubi watches Naruto as he sleeps in his tails.
" I'm sorry Kit. I know how much we get along and you will miss me, but I feel this is for the best. Maybe after this happens you will understand. Hopefully the villagers will see it as someone finally defeating me and you'll be seen as the hero your father always wanted them to see you as." Kyubi said and fell asleep with Naruto.
" Ok everyone we are each going to keep watch on Naruto until the merger is complete. I'll take first watch and after that we will switch every three hours. Shizune will be after me then Kakashi, Jiraiya, and last Iruka. If anything happens you are to come and get me immediately. Any questions?" Tsunade said
" What about Sasuke and Naruto's friends? I'm sure they'll want to come in and see them." Iruka questioned
" Since Sasuke is just sleeping I'll put him in another room and have Sakura look after him. I'm sure she'll like that." Tsunade said grinning, " As for Naruto, if anything weird should happen if there are visitors you are to make them leave immediately. I would probably be a good idea to keep the room locked and have the visitors knock so they can enter."
Everyone nodded at the Hokage's idea.
" Good then everyone can go Shizune be here in three hours. Kakashi, Jiraiya I expect you in my office then to give me the full report of what happened and why you dropped of the face of the earth for a week." Tsunade said sternly
They nodded and everyone headed out the door. Of course it wasn't ten minutes later that Tsunade heard a knock at the door and opened it to see her other apprentice Hinata.
" Oh Hello Hinata. Come to see the baka?" Tsunade questioned
Hinata just nodded and was let in. Tsunade knew how much the girl cared for her little brother and how much he had helped her become stronger. Right after Naruto had left Konoha, Hinata had come to her to see if she would train her to be a medical-nin. When asked why she replied, " To care for my precious people." With that answer how could the Hokage refuse.
" Hinata I'm going to step out for and minute and take Sasuke to his new room. Will you stay with Naruto and watch him for me?" Tsunade asked
Hinata nodded and Tsunade left with Sasuke. Once gone Hinata noticed Naruto was sweating and got a bowl full of cold water and a cloth and dabbed it on his head.
" Please get better Naruto-kun. I don't know what I'd do if you left again. I really need to tell you something, but now is not the proper time." Hinata said
Tsunade came back in to Hinata trying to take care of Naruto's fever with cold water.
" Thank you Hinata. I'm sure my little brother will appreciate it once he wakes up." Tsunade said
" I was just doing my job Hokage-sama." Hinata replied and handed the cloth to Tsunade.
Tsunade then took a seat were Hinata just was.
" You and I both know that not the entire truth." Tsunade said with a grin, Hinata just blushed.
Tanuki – Raccoon Dog (This is not an American Raccoon there is a difference!)
Bunshin - Clone