Once in the hospital Hinata and Naruto were placed in a room together since they were not in real danger, but just sleeping. Sasuke on the other hand was still considered a threat, so he was placed in Konoha Hospital's secure ward used for Prisoner-nin's.

" Is someone going to tell us what happened and why the loud-mouth didn't protect Hinata?" Kiba asked angrily

This resulted in him getting smacked up side the head by and angry Sakura. Tsunade sighed at the sight.

" Kiba, Naruto was dealing with Sasuke, while the rest of us went after Orochimaru and Kabuto." Kakashi said casually

" So then why is Naruto almost out of chakra?" Choji asked

" Orochimaru put us in a Koori Jutsu and froze us all. Naruto came and freed us, but drained most of his chakra trying to revive us." Jiraiya explained

" But what about Kyubi's chakra?" Shino asked

" He used that too." Tsunade said

All the teens jaws-dropped. Were they in that bad of shape that Naruto was willing to die to save them?

" Now they need to rest and Shizune and I need to go check on Sasuke." Tsunade said

Everyone nodded and left the room except for Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Shizune, who was carrying Tonton, a minute later Iruka came running into the room short of breath.

" H-How is he?" Iruka asked breathing hard

" Sleeping, along with Hinata." Tsunade said smiling at the notion of the two in the same room

Hinata is going to kill me when she wakes up. But maybe this will allow her to finally tell the baka how she feels about him. Tsunade thought

" What happened to him?" Iruka asked

" That we're still a little in the dark on, but for now all I can tell you is he is depleted himself of all of his chakra along with most of his tenants too." Tsunade explained to the Chuunin

Iruka looked shocked at this statement.

" Feel free to stay with him. I need to go check on Sasuke." Tsunade said and left the room with Shizune following her

Iruka took as seat beside Naruto's bed and watched him sleep. Kakashi left a couple minutes after that. Jiraiya remained looking out the window at the Hokage Monument that could be seen from the window of the room.

Arashi, he's so much like you. Jiraiya thought

As Tsunade and Shizune entered the secure ward they went to the last room at the end of the hallway, their Uchiha Sasuke was in a room restrained to a bed. He was still asleep.

" Tsunade-sama are they really necessary?" Shizune asked

" I still don't know if he's got the cursed seal or not, so for now yes. At least until he wakes up." Tsunade said

Shizune nodded and started to heal his wounds and look at the rest of his chakra system. Tsunade looked at the monitors and gave the clipboard and update. Shizune then noticed something on his neck.

" Tsunade-sama, the seal! It's gone!" Shizune exclaimed

Tsunade moved over to look where the seal should be, but now there was a burn mark in the skin in the shape of the former seal.

" It might have been removed when Orochimaru died. I'll go check Anko later to see if hers is like this too." Tsunade said

Shizune nodded, the two finished up and left to check the ninja in the next room, who happened to be a Kumo-nin.

" How long had he been like this?" Tsunade asked Shizune

" It says a month." Shizune read from his clipboard

" He should be waking up soon then. We need to watch him carefully with all that muscle and him weighting over 300 pounds he could cause trouble if he wasn't restrained." Tsunade said checking the chakra restraints

" Hai." Shizune responded and they left the room

As soon as they were gone the Kumo-nin opened his eyes.

That's what they get from having a woman as a Hokage, a weak useless leader that doesn't know that a spy is unconscious or asleep. This is such a weak, pathetic village. the Kumo-nin thought

He tried to get out of the chakra restraints, but they were still too tight.

Chikusyou, they're still too powerful. I'm still low on chakra and brute force isn't going to break these at all. Well a couple more weeks and I'll be as good as new. Until then I'll just relax. The Kumo-nin thought and went back to sleep.


Back in Naruto and Hinata's room Naruto was still asleep. In his mindscape world he went to talk to Kyubi. He needed answers as to what was going to happen now and Kyubi was the only one with them. As Naruto walked he noticed the normally wet hallways were now dry and well lit with blue flames. As he headed towards Kyubi's cage he saw it was gone. Even though he had absorbed all of Kyubi's chakra this frightened Naruto.

" K-Kyubi?" Naruto questioned

" Right here Kit." A voice said in front of him, but Naruto saw nothing but darkness

" Where Kyubi? I can't see you?" Naruto said

" That's because I have no physical body now. Though I never really had one to begin with after I become imprisoned in you." Kyubi said hearing humor in his voice

" So how is it that I can hear you?" Naruto said

" Because I'm not completely gone unless you wish me to be and you still wish for me to be here, so I am. You can have me appear to you if you want to." Kyubi explained

" Oh Ok." Naruto said and though of Kyubi and how he had seen him over the years

But what appeared before Naruto wasn't what he had seen over the year before him was a man six feet tall with shoulder length spiky red hair and red slitted eyes. He had five marks on each cheek like Naruto and wore a long black leather jacket that was spit in two in the back. Naruto saw fox ears emerging from the man's hair and numerous tails swaying behind the man. Naruto then realized it was Kyubi. Naruto looked up at the fox in awe.

" Kyubi?" Naruto questioned again

" Yeah, I think this form is better don't you?" Kyubi said smiling at the boy, " Now a change of scenery would be good. How about a field?"

" Ok." Naruto said and an endless field came into view

" Good this will do well when you come for training." Kyubi said

" Training? You mean you'll still teach me?" Naruto questioned happily

" Of course I'll teach you. You can use all my techniques now. Someone has to teach you how to control them and not use them stupidly like you always do." Kyubi said

" Oh and using them to destroy a village isn't stupid." Naruto said back

" That was a different time Kit and a different me." Kyubi said and lowered his head

Naruto could tell he hit a nerve, so he dropped it.

" So I've absorbed your chakra then?" Naruto said changing the subject

"Almost it'll take another month for it to be completed." Kyubi said

" Once it's completed will you leave?" Naruto questioned the man sadly

" Only if you want me to Kit, if you wish me to stay I'll stay until you don't require me anymore." Kyubi said

Naruto had grown attached to the fox over the months since they had talked and he seemed like family now instead of a curse. If that was how it worked Kyubi would stay with him until he died of old age. Of course he'd be an Oni now so when would that be.

" Kyubi I have a question?" Naruto said

" Shoot Kit." Kyubi responded

" With the chakra absorption will I live as long as an Oni too?" Naruto asked

" Kit we Oni have different life spans. I've live a thousand years that's why I'm a Kyubi, but if you wish you can have a human life span and not have to see all your friends die before you." Kyubi explained

" I like that and it's good to know. I don't think I'd like living longer than my friends." Naruto said

" I understand." Kyubi said, " For now I think it's time for you rest and let your bodies chakra regenerate. Once your chakra is completely restored and you have some explaining to do to your sensei and friends."

" Yeah I know." Naruto said lying down on the field and falling asleep

Soon after Kyubi turned back into his fox form and curled up beside the boy to keep him warm and also fell asleep.

It had now been a week and Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke were brought back and they had yet to wake up. Hinata and Sasuke, Tsunade could understand, but Naruto should have woken up be now. Even with all of his and Kyubi's chakra depleted. Little did Tsunade know that Naruto was actually able to wake up two days ago, but opted to train a little with Kyubi in his mindscape to get a couple of his new gifts' under control and learn some new Kitsune Jutsu's.

" Alright Kit, let us work on your hearing today." Kyubi said

Naruto nodded, the first day he started training with his new eyes. The pupils were now slits, but still the brilliant blue as always. Half of the first day he had to train with them along with a splitting headache they caused him to have. Once he got use to them he found he liked them a lot. He could now see farther than his normal eyes and also see in the dark, which he decided made up for the massive headache they had cause him. The next day Kyubi and Naruto worked in his new sense of smell, which was now as stronger than Kiba's. This had only taken Naruto half a day to get under control. The rest of the day Naruto and Kyubi had talked and Naruto finally found out why Kyubi had attacked Konoha, so today they were working on hearing.

" If you're able to control this one fast we'll work on your new chakra control with the help of that Shushin no Jutsu you were taught by Ero-sennin." Kyubi stated

Naruto's eyes lit up at the thought of finally learning some new things.

Yosh, I'll get this hearing down and then learn some new Kitsune Jutsu's. Naruto thought

Kyubi took Naruto hitaiate and tied it over his eyes.

" Alright Kit, like before only use your ears this time." Kyubi said

Naruto nodded understanding Kyubi's instructions. Kyubi then walked around the teen waiting for the right time. Getting in a position where it'd be hard for Naruto to tell where Kyubi was coming from he squatted down and grabbed a kunai; Naruto had given him when they had started training, from one of his pants pockets. He then sped forward and got ready to stab the teen in the back, but was stopped by a kunai Naruto was now holding. Kyubi smirked at the teen's reaction time and accuracy.

He'll have this down in 5 minutes. Kyubi thought

Since it was too quiet Kyubi decided to change the field a bit. Suddenly trees grew from the ground and various animal sounds, along with the wind blowing could be hard. Naruto raised an eyebrow to the new sounds.

" Kyubi?" Naruto asked

" In a real life situation Kit, it will not be dead silent. There will be sounds to distract you. You must learn to filter these sounds out and focus on what you are trying to hear." Kyubi said and Naruto nodded, "Good, we will begin again."

This time Kyubi jumped into a nearby tree and moved away to assess Naruto's reaction to all the sounds. When he was first hit by them Naruto tensed up and became surprised, but now he was relaxed waiting for what he needed to hear. Kyubi started to move from tree to tree. Out of the corner of his eye Kyubi saw Naruto head move in the direction he was going. Kyubi again smirked at how the teen had figured this sense out so quickly. Kyubi then started starting and stopping and sometimes going back to a tree he had just jumped off of, but Naruto head moved with his every move. Naruto frowned getting tired of just listening to Kyubi's heartbeat and breathing.

Man, this is boring I'm going to make him do something other than jump from tree to tree. Naruto thought

The next tree Kyubi landed on he was met with a flying kunai. He dodged it, but it had clipped a little fur off one of his fox ears.

" ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?" Kyubi screamed

Naruto smirked, " Got tired of just listening to you heartbeat and breathing."

Kyubi shook his head and motioned with his hand for Naruto to remove his hitaiate. Naruto did what Kyubi had motioned for him to do.

" You did very well Kit, your fastest mastery so far. As I promised I'll now teach you to control your new chakra and a special Sokudo Jutsu." Kyubi said Naruto smiled at this, " First let me change this place back to normal."

The trees and sound of animals vanished.

" You'll need room to run for this Sokudo Jutsu. Next, I want you to mold chakra, so I can see how far you can go till you lose control." Kyubi instructed

Naruto took a couple steps back and formed the Tora Seal and chakra started to surround the teen. Instead of his normal blue though, it was now yellow and shown around him brightly. As he molded more the chakra began to form around him making fox ears and tails like before. When he felt like he was going to lose control he released the seal and collapsed on his hands and knees breathing from exhaustion. Kyubi came over and knelt beside of him.

" You alright Kit?" Kyubi questioned

" Hai, just about lost total control." Naruto said still breathing hard

" I could tell, but making five-tails come out before that happened surpasses what I thought you could bring out Kit." Kyubi said smiling at the teen, " I believe I can teach you that Sokudo Jutsu now, since you can control five tails. You still haven't absorbed all of my chakra, so five tails is really good for right now."

" Alright." Naruto said standing up, " So, what's this Sokudo Jutsu?"

" It doesn't have a name yet, but I can tell you what it's like and does." Kyubi stated, " Basically, it's a combo of the Shushin Jutsu and your new immense chakra. You combine the two and allow yourself to go faster than light itself."

" It sounds awesome Kyubi!" Naruto shouted

Kyubi smiled at Naruto's reaction.

" But it requires one thing." Kyubi now said

" Nani?" Naruto asked

" The Kyubi form, you can't go faster than light in a human body it won't handle that kind of speed. You have to have an Oni body, so in order for you to use this jutsu you must transform into the Golden Kyubi again." Kyubi stated

Naruto nodded understanding, but then stopped, " Kyubi how do I do that?"

" Once you go beyond your human body's physical limits your body will start to change on it's own to deal with the new stress. Once in full Oni Mode you'll know you can go all out with the Sokudo Jutsu." Kyubi stated, " So, do you understand?"

Naruto nodded to answer him.

" Want to try it out then?" Kyubi asked

Naruto nodded vigorously now and Kyubi smiled at this, New Jutsu's are like Ramen to him.

So the rest of the day Naruto practiced the Sokudo Jutsu.

" Alright Kit, that's enough for today." Kyubi said

Naruto stopped the Sokudo Jutsu and transformed back to normal and ran over to Kyubi.

" Since you're the only one that will be able to perform this jutsu I think it's only appropriate if you were the one to name it." Kyubi said

Naruto was shocked by Kyubi's words, " I don't know what to call it Kyubi." Naruto said

" Just think about it for a little bit Kit. You'll think of something." Kyubi said smiling

Naruto sat down and thought of what he could name the jutsu after a couple of minutes going through a number of different names he finally chose a name he liked.

" I'll call it Kitsune no Hikou, because I go so fast I feel like I'm flying." Naruto said

" I like it Kit, and it's very appropriate." Kyubi said

For the rest of the week the two worked in other Kitsune or Oni Jutsu's and Naruto learned more chakra control. By the end of the week Naruto could still only summon five tails, but he still had a number of weeks before the absorption was finished.

" You've learned a lot this week Naruto, but I think it's time you should wake up. You friends are probably worried sick about you in the real world and are wondering why you haven't woken up yet." Kyubi said

" Yeah, you're probably right." Naruto said

" Also you'll need to tell them what happened and what's going to happen." Kyubi said knowing the boy didn't want to tell the others

Naruto looked down knowing Kyubi was right, but not wanting them to consider him an Oni now after he had gotten them to accept him. Seeing this Kyubi bent down and made the boy look at him.

" Naruto, if they don't understand what you did was to save others lives at the sacrifice of your own and that you are still the same person no matter what then they were never truly your friends to being with." Naruto said

Naruto nodded understanding the fox's words.

" I'll wake up tomorrow, but I won't tell them unless they ask." Naruto said

Kyubi nodded knowing this was as far as he'd get with the subject.


Kumo – Cloud

Chikusyou – Damn it

Shushin no Jutsu – Body Flicker Technique

Hitaiate – Headband / Forehead protector

Sokudo Jutsu –Speed Techniques

Tora – Tiger

Kitsune no Hikou – Flight of the Fox