Chapter 6: Perverted Fox and Smooth Klausians.

Maria half hissed and half growled as she stalked the paper work up onto her desk, It was a fact that the only real way to perform transactions with an extreme high success rate was face to face-And signed on paper. Mechanics couldn't be trusted at the current day. Picking them up again and re-stacking them to fit the corner of the Diplo's commands controls, she yawned and un-rooted herself from her perch. A sudden alert caught her attention as the main projection screen fizzled before showing the face of Cliff, Albel stalking behind him-eagerly.

"Well, Our little Hero's in trouble, Maria" Cliff pitched, straight to the point. "Me-Albel decided to teleport down to the planet and stretch our legs a bit. Its pretty kooked up in here.-"

"Quit babblin' fool-" Snarled the man behind; Albel, Maria wasn't listening though. Clicking a blue button as she quickly commanded:

"Prepare south exit for transportation to the following coordinates" After typing in a set of coordinates which were quickly transferred to one of the lower computers, She glanced up towards the main screen, guessing that the two males were already on their way, she followed.

"Southern exit preparations are complete. Please enter warp portal for teleportaion to Hollow Bastion"

Naruto rolled under the black figure as his keyblades caressed either side of the corrupt earth, He was panting loudly in an effort to absorb as much air into his lungs while he carried on with his relentless attack to reach the pillars that held the standing balcony above the two gigantic doors that lead into the castle. As an eerie feeling pricked at his neck, sending warning signals through goosebumps and sweat, which poured down his temple before coming to a slimy stop on his chin, his mouth parted slightly, he raised his hands to brush of the beads of sweat, carefully noticing the retreat of the heartless monsters. He didn't budge.

Glancing sideways towards Cloud and Yuffie, who were still locked in fierce combat, despite the multitude of shadows appearing none of them seemed to dare attack him. Naruto allowed his eyes to close for a second as he began to place his right palm against the chipped ground, It was a sign of trying to regain his peace at mind. Still, he pulsed power. As a shift in the wind caused him to lift his left arm up, slanting the Wishmake and knocking off a bandaged blade, he quickly flipped backwards. Landing on a single knee, he glared forward. His heart froze.

Tightly wounded in white bandages was a single blade even more fierce looking then Cloud's. It was raised from the extra crack on the ground from whence the weapon had made an attempt to pierce Naruto. It was a weapon that he greatly feared. But worse was the demon that possessed it and sure enough he stood there with a grin gracing his lips, flashing rows of glinting white teeth. His gills opening and closing lightly as his eyes formed a leer.

"Guess who" It wasn't a question. Sure enough Kisame stood in front of him.

Most of his anger was forgotten, mostly because a sense of rationality swept him and doubts began to occur his mind. 'This..This is a real Shinobi. He's a dangerous S-class Criminal that even Kakashi had trouble wi-'

A voice in the back of the crouched teens mind spoke, It was the Demon Fox 'So, you're giving up...? If i remember that scar i allowed on your right hand from a certain "promise" you made with yourself, wont let you, punk" There was a low grown in his tone before he erupted into a fit of evil cackle, bemused. 'You are weak.'

Naruto shook his head, glaring at the scar he had shoved himself to extract the poison, it was also the signal of his true start and path as a ninja. He wouldn't back down, Kisame was just a obstacle, and if it was in the way of saving Sasuke and getting back home; He would slice it down.

"Huh, Stupid Shark is actually walking around without his weasel" He attempted. Kisame growled, slipping the blade onto the ground and slid his feet apart; taking a defensive/offensive posture. "Why are you here! And why the fuck are you helping out Organization Thirteen!"

Kisame yawned, and opened a single eye. It held a secret! "Well, here's a clue. Just how many members are in Akatsuki, and how many members are in this 'Organization'.."

Before giving the blond time to think Kisame had launched himself forward, Multitudes of questions that bothered the young Keyblade master were wiped as he raised both blade into an 'X' form, capturing the Samahada in between, quickly pushing himself down the length of the blade, he caught the sly smirk playing the sharks lips.

'This blade isn't for slicing or skewering, its for shredding'

Naruto screamed in pain as the Samahada's bandages came loose on his shoulders and ripped through the black net shirt he wore, tearing through muscle and skin, smearing the blonds blood on the ground. Instinctively wincing, but his ninja mentality forced him to continue with his attack only to run headlong into a foot. Kisame jerked his hand backwards, racking more skin and muscle off, and Naruto continued to scream. 'I can't feel my chakra...'

Yuffie forgot herself for a split second, glancing at the splatter of blood and gore which had been the cause of Naruto's agony, she visibly flinched. Dodging by a hairs length another attack by the relentless Heartless. Her tempo had slowed for a second and she had fell back in attacking. As she turned her neck in time to face the gigantic Heartless, she closed her eyes for the impact that never arrived. After a minute as she carelessly opened a single eye she caught site of a Blue haired female, She held a weapon that had rarely ever been displayed in public; A gun. Both her hands gripped the handle, firing pink lasers that tore through the shadows. Yuffie sighed silently, picking herself up and recollecting her composure. Yuffie began her assault, mentally blocking the agonizing scream coming from Naruto.

"This is fun, isn't it?" Kisame stalked the fallen prey; Naruto.

The boy couldn't hear him, he was switching from the agonizing tear in his arm and the Kyuubi's healing abilities, which were blocked thanks to the Samahada. His mouth was slightly agape as he rolled onto his stomach and punched his fists into the ground, launching him into the sky. The Samahada for a second had been moved from his shoulder, and the Kyuubi not missing a beat began to shove Chakra through the young mans body, the wound had begun to regenerate. Landing skillfully on both feet, sliding into the dust he had created himself. Glaring at Kisame who let out a cackle which resembled more a bark as Naruto slowly regained his second wind.

Kisame flexed his sword hand as he ran towards Naruto, loosening the grip on the handle and letting it slide to the tip of the handle before twisting his body around, again using momentum for an extra powerful strike. His foe had slapped the Oathkeeper against the side of the Samahada, sending it into a new course. The quick change in weight caused Kisame to turn aside, the sharks eyes widened to keep himself from falling he grasped the handle with his free hand, only to feel the ripping tear of the Wishmaker through his chest. Before he could respond, Naruto delivered a powerful kick to the mans temple and for a second everything went black. Naruto landed behind the Shark as he crumpled to the ground, missing the handseals Kisame performed.

As he raised his eyes only to be met by a rush of gushing water in the form of a shark, Kisame's lone figure following behind it. As the form of the wooden castle doors came to site, Naruto swung his body around and sliced them to bits, taking minor damage which was mostly sharp bits of splinters, causing the blond to hiss, He slammed his feet into the ground, tripped and before he could hit the floor an arm snaked its way around his waist, keeping the boy in place. The gush of water had stopped.

"Naruto, What did i tell you about attacking?" The voice was smirking, It didn't really want an answer-Just to taunt the boy.

The blond groaned in pain as he doubled over-off the the gauntlet and onto the ground, were bits of crushed cement caused his skin to bruise. Naruto coughed up bits of blood and throwing up on the side of his arm, the Keyblades still maintaining form but the glow and the cackling of red chakra was feint. Finally glancing up to meet the sleek form of Albel, wiping his mouth with his arm, he pushed himself onto his knees-then to his feet.

"What the hell are you doin' here?" Naruto snarled-Venom on his tongue. "Your doubting i can kill this fuck-"

"And my doubts are correct, fool" Albel had a distaste for non-appreciation, the toad that seemed stuck in his throat let a low growl. To Naruto's surprise he simply sat were he stood. "I'll kill him myself when you're dead, maggot"

Kisame watched in mild interest, giving the boy time to recover. Even he enjoyed a good fight and at the moment he was tossing the weak demon container around without much trouble at all. The wounds the boy had-Mainly the shoulder one had already healed, splinters from the door were forcefully pushed out and the bruises had healed but the shark knew that his attacks had an after affect on the Demon Container. Turning out from the castle as a pair of white bandages shot out and instantly wrapped itself around the Samahada, he stepped down the stairway and past the blue haired female.

As she staired up at him-In fright, but of Naruto's condition, she asked in a acid tone.

"What did you do with him...?"

Kisame smirked. "Tell the bitch I'll be back for him later-and that he better be stronger" Cliff who rushed forward and attempted to grab the shark mans trench-caught a rush of air through his hands. The man had faded into darkness; The heartless followed.

"tch-Pussy-"

"We dont need more trouble, Cliff-" Maria cut the man off, ascending into the castle.

"I could have taken him" Maria rolled her eyes.

Yuffie and Cloud were already inside, Yuffie seated next to Naruto breathing deeply. Cloud off towards the corner of the castle, a slight distance from the group; Thinking to himself. Albel had already. Maria felt she could finally breathe as she saw the idiot blond chattering away happily. A set of extra footsteps were heard. Yuffie shot up from her seat and yelled out pointedly.

"You're late, Squall-"

"It's Leon" He shot back-smoothly. Yuffie 'Hmphed' and watched as Squall-or 'Leon' as he was now known, made his towards Cloud.

Naruto yawned, Too tired to think and too beaten to get up on his own, he waved his right hand around a bit before grabbing something curve-ios. Rubbing it down a little before pulling on it-

"What the fuck are you doing!" There was a sharp smack and the sound of a whining blond. "You Pervert!" Yuffie growled-Heatedly stalking over to the center of the room, were the blond had been slapped towards. As she stomped him for an answer he warily commented.

"You're worse then, Saku-ow-will you quit kicking me, you flat chested bitch-"

"WHAT!" Yuffie's eyes bulged out, As she cocked her foot back to deliver a well placed kick to the boys "spot", Cliff quickly grasped her waist and pulled the child away.

"Now, now. A beautiful girl like yourself shouldn't have such a furious look on her face." The Klausian coo'd. Adding a sly wink. "Don't mind Naruto-He's just 'sexually' deprive-

"I'd hate to see what you call ugly..." The Keyblade master muttered to himself. Yuffie crossed her arms over her chest, smiling and nodding to herself as she cracked open a wise eye. "You're probably shorter down there than you are in person" She regretted it

"You call this-" The fox boy pulled down his pants."-SHORT" Collecting two gasps and groans from the surrounding males and females, Naruto huffed his chest out proudly as he pulled his boxers back up first-his pants following. Yuffie furiously blushed-half in anger and the rest was just teenage hormonal problems, Getting ready to unleash a world of pain on the idiot-but Maria beaten her to it.

By the time night had fully settled in the group had returned to the small cabin, suffering minor injuries mstly on Naruto and Yuffie. Though the blond seemed to have completly healed there-there was a sense of doubt that seemed to taken place into his eyes. This didn't go unnoticed by Albel or Cliff-The Klausian grabbed Naruto's shoulders and shook him lightly.

"Don't let it get to you, Naruto" The man whispered sympathically-just out of ear shot of the rest. "The foe was just stronger, Thats all."

Naruto shrugged and shifted his gaze towards the flicking firelight. "I doubt myself against him because he has this ability to suck my powers from me" Naruto had decided to not waist his time explaining what Chakra was-It was obvious that everyone had a different way of fighting and not everything revolved around chakra abilities. "That sword is complicated to fight against-as well. There isn't a doubt in my mind that I would have died if he continued on"

Cliff settled himself comfortably next to the blond, bouncing occasionally on the feather bed. "If you doubt yourself before the fight begins then you will lose."

"I didn't doubt myself-"

"Oh?" Cliff interupted. "You say one thing but your eyes say another-You can't fool me" Now where had he heard this before...?

Naruto visibly flinched. Cliff had always had an abnormal understanding of the way human emotions and their physical signs. "Tch, So what. It wont happen again" The blond declared confidently-flashing his trademark grin with a thumbs up. "Believe it"

'I'll get stronger, watch me'

Alright, I admit this is late and i know i promised to put the chapter out earlier. If you're still reading this, forgive me-My internet was cut off and i only just got around to writing it because i went to my grandfathers funeral. It wont happen again, i wont let it. Thank you for reading and please review.