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'never alone'

Ch.5 – this one even gets a name "HISTORY OF THE KYUBIS"

Taking a few moments to collect her thoughts, the fox woman known as the Kyubi, the nine-tail demon terror of konoha began her story…

"I …suppose…to fully understand what happened. I'll have to tell you about it all from the beginning." The woman murmured, reliving memories as she spoke.

"The beginning of your attack?" Naruto asked with a grim interest.

After a moment, the woman noticed Naruto had asked her something and thought back to answer. " No Naruto, from the beginning of MY life." Seeing Naruto's confused nature she clarified. "Listen , for you to really understand...why...I acted the way I did you're going to have to hear the… whole… story."

Naruto gave a simple "Hn" in response and the demoness began again.

"None of us are sure exactly how we all came to be, even the ancients of my kind never knew the whole truth as to how the world was created …but… this much is known. At first, there was chaos, nothingness as it were…and then, two worlds were created. The world of the demons, mine, and yours, the world of mankind. Each was separated and at the time neither knew of the other's existence….… In my own world, the powers of demon kind grew to unprecedented levels and nothing seemed to stand in our way. Great clans of demons formed and battles raged across the demon realm for supremacy and control while all along the land was ravaged. Left to its own devices, your own world remained ignorant of these happenings and remained peaceful and untouched… In time though that changed….With the power of many clans finally becoming permanent, the different factions finally took the time to look at what they had to rule... and…the truth finally came to them. In their quest for power and dominance, they had destroyed our land…our world…Only a few territories were left in relatively fair condition and there was little doubt that further conflict would find its way there soon…"

Taking time to breathe in and consider her next words, the Kyubi continued…

"For the now ancient lords of the demon realm, this was… unacceptable. Many began researching in their power the means by which to travel into other realms…first, they developed techniques to try and rip through dimensional rifts and see into other planes. They succeeded…. and …eventually…" the Kyubi sighed "eventually, they found a way to see into your world…a perfect, ripe world filled with only a few weakened beings called 'humans'…" the Kyubi chuckled in a dark and mocking manner and seeing Naruto's disturbed confusion explained "It was the first thing all the demon clans ever worked on together. Success, even for those old fools, was only a matter of time…With their work completed; the greatest of the clans gathered all together along with their kin and, by using their combined powers and a new terrifying ability discovered by the Ookami, they opened a rift between the worlds… In that single, moment the history of your world changed forever…"

At this point the Kyubi became angry and slammed her two fists against the cage's bars a small distance down form where Naruto sat and yelled out with an angry voice. "Do you know what those damn fools did once they came here? Do you know what the greatest and 'most powerful' demon lords did the moment they got here? THEY STARTED THE DAMN WARS ALL OVER AGAIN! THEY WERE GOING TO REPEAT THE WHOLE THING!"

Seething, the Kyubi halted her speech and took a moment to calm her self… "They started the same damn war all over again…the fools. It was bad enough that most of the demon realm was laid to ruins, but now they were going to repeat it all over again… They didn't even care the least bit about the life already here, your people…It was insane…it was unacceptable and so…we, the younger lords, rebelled against those that came before us in the moment of their weakness. We were younger, we were stronger, and even at their peak they were never our equals…"

A small smile made its way to the fox woman's face as she recalled the victory over the lords of old and the discovery of new friends…"After the civil war, the clans each came under new leadership…Eventually, four factions came out of the chaos. The lead faction, and the most powerful was led by Seigi, the nine-tailed wolf, the Kyubi no Ookami. Seigi…" the remaining Kyubi paused as happy memories passed by in her mind…" Seigi, was a brave and noble demon lord. He believed in justice and equality among the tribes. That's probably why he attracted the oddest following. Within his army were the wolves, the dogs, the birds, and frogs!" the demoness was openly laughing at this point "FROGS AND BIRDS…TOGETHER! I mean honestly, who the hell…." The Kyubi trailed off as she observed a still grim and serious Naruto lacking both humor and understanding….'cough '… " Never mind…" she murmured. "The important thing to know…is that Seigi…Seigi had a gift. He could bring anyone together…He had such an energy, such a zeal, and his power…oh…did he have power…. He made you think anything was possible. Really, Naruto-kun, you may not know it, but you remind me a lot of him…"

The Kyubi trailed off while lost in thought, but then collected herself. "After Seigi, was Dento…Dento…was a bit more…different than the rest of us. Most of us were against many of the old traditions and all. We were there to carve out a new destiny for our peoples, a new way, but Dento…Dento was the definition of a 'stick in the mud'. To say he was hung up on tradition is an understatement. Still, it didn't matter that much to us. Other than a few things he'd be fanatical about here and then, he was usually flexible for those outside his sphere of influence…which was quite small by the way. Dento was the nine-tailed dragon lord, the Kyubi no Ryu. His dominion consisted only of his own dragons and the snakes. There were also a few other minor serpent clans that had minimal distinctions, but they usually just hailed Dento as their lord… When it came down to it…Dento…he was a reliable friend and leader. He tried to rule fairly within his sphere and maintain order…though...none of the rest of us ever figured out how in the hell he ever got Manda to do anything. We figured he just kind of let things go the way they would around him… Damn, lazy, evil, conniviving snake…son of a…well, on to the other one…the REAL bastard…"

The Kyubi's anger rose to new heights as she remembered the last other nine-tail lord, the Kyubi no Sasori. Gritting her teeth, she spat out his name…" Uragiri… the bastard's name was Uragiri… We… we knew he was evil from the beginning…but…he...was powerful…powerful as of the rest of us at the time, and we needed him and his forces to gain control of the human realm and create some sense of order… We allowed him into our ranks…and…we paid for it later dearly…" having vented some anger, the Kybui allowed a deep breath to leave her lungs and shook her head as she recalled his empire. " Uragiri, was an evil one all right. Cunning, devious, sly…you name it. He was smart, VERY smart, and this is coming from me, the Queen, Lord, and leader of the Kitsune, the demon foxes, masters of trickery…He was also very cruel, but…I suppose that was a given considering who and what he was. I can't exactly imagine a nine-tailed scorpion being exactly trustworthy let alone friendly. Like I said before, I can understand to a point… I guess I'd have to be like that too if I was high lord of the mantis, spiders, slugs, and scorpions. It's not exactly a supportive group. Hell, two of the clans often eat their own mates and that's freakish even for demons!" seeing Naruto's now bug-eyed expression and the fact that he was slightly scooting away from the gate she shouted " HEY I SAID THAT WAS NORMAL FOR THEM. TO THE REST OF US THEY'RE FREAKS!" Seeing that Naruto stopped his escape…but didn't move back she continued on. " Now, 'ahem' , As I said, Uragiri was a cruel and evil one, he kept a lot to himself, which was probably for the best. If we had known more about him we probably would've gone back to war" …not that it mattered for long anyways she added on silently to herself. " What we did know was that he was the most power hungry out of the four of us… That's why he joined up in the effort. He wanted to see how we obtained our powers as nine-tails and to see if it was possible to reach beyond the limits of a demon's existence. A nearly endless lifespan and power beyond human comprehension wasn't enough for him…he had to have more…to know more….but we didn't care. Seigi thought that as long as the three of us could check his power that we would be alright…Seigi…thought he could be relied upon to a certain extent…Like I said earlier, we needed his power and influence…so he joined."

Pacing around while cracking her neck, The Kyubi no Kitzune spoke. " And…that's how we came to be known as the four Kyubis…High demon lords of the human realm… Having gained control of the realm, we established order and divied up the territory into four different areas. North, South, East, and West. To maintain our balance, each fraction had its closest partner placed across from them. Seigi and…"

The fox woman was cut off by Naruto in mid speech. " WAIT, what's your name?"

The demoness responded quickly. " My name? I thought it would be obvious, I am the Kyubi no Kitsune, the nine-tailed fox."

"NO" Naruto stated exasperatedly " What's your name not your title! All the others had a name besides which type of Kyubi they were. What's your name? Now that I know it's just some sort of demon title I want your real name."

Noticing the prior seriousness was momentarily gone from Naruto, she decided to try him a little." Why should I tell you? For a demon to give their name openly is an honor, besides, you ought to have some measure of respect for me. I mean, come on, in my world I was the equivalent of your hokage." The Kyubi no Kitsune responded with no small degree of smugness stressed in her voice.

"Oh come on, I don't even do that for the old man." He retorted.

"You should." the fox woman replied curtly.

"Come OOOOONNNN" Naruto whined in a pleading manner with his previous grim state now nearly forgotten.

"I…I don't want to…" the woman stated…while looking down and to the side with a slight blush on her face.

"What…why?" Naruto asked, now extremely interested.

"Because…you'll make fun of it… All the others did…" she asserted while mumbling…

"What? No I won't I promise!" he insisted.

"Promise?" she waited for a moment to see him nod his head in confirmation. " Okay, its…it's…Warai"

Silence dominated the chamber for several moments only to be broken. First by the sounds of snickering and then by light laughter.

"DAMN IT NARUTO! YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T LAUGH !" roared the Kyubi no Kitsune now embarrassed and extremely angry.

"And I still haven't" chuckled the blond haired youth. " At least not at you that is…It's just.."

"JUST WHAT?" the demoness harshly cut-off.

" It's just that it figures such a pretty name would go with an equally pretty woman."

"WHAT DO YOU Mean…?" The fox woman trailed off, losing her anger.

"What's more beautiful than laughter? I know for a fact from the few times I've ever really laughed how wonderful it was…It… makes you feel …full… inside….kind of…complete. I think it's a great name…."

Naruto continued on for a few moments commenting on her name totally unawares of the effect his words had on her. 'oh Naruto-kun...' ran through the woman's mind.' You'll be something special when you're older. That's for sure'. Coming back to her senses, the demoness just managed to catch Naruto's last words about continuing her story…

"So anyway, I think it's a nice name …Warai…but seriously.." Naruto's face returned to a measure of his previous grim stature. "What the hell happened? I got it that you're one of these Kybui lords, but what the hell does that have to do with Konoha? You still haven't explained what the connection is."

Her smile fading, the Kyubi no Kitsune, now known as Warai, responded. " I…I'm getting there Naruto…It's just it's…been a long time since I've talked to anyone…let alone about what happened…In fact, you…you'll be the first to know what fully happened. So…just…just give me some time…"

Warai took yet another deep breath as memories…now...sad ones flushed past her. "As I was saying before, We were placed opposite our closest ally. For myself, I was the Southern Lord in control of the Tanuki, bears, and foxes. Seigi claimed the high throne as the northern lord while Uragiri controlled the west and Dento ruled the East…That's basically how things worked for…a long time. We each had our own way of running things, but there were a few common laws we held amongst ourselves to protect the life and land that was here before our arrival. The most important law was the mandate of guardianship…which…basically…meant that the demons that reigned over an area were responsible for the humans living there." Warai chuckled once again… though this time it was as if a funny joke had just been played on someone close by. "I can tell you personally that nearly all of the demon clans HATED that law at first. I mean, really, we were forcing them to treat you humans in a way that was unthinkable for many demons. Many demons didn't even consider other types of demons their equals…let alone humans…but" Warai's eyes once again softened "Seigi…could be…very… persuasive. He was very determined that we wouldn't abandon those who lived here before us and it was his clan ,the Ookami, who had discovered the secret to the rift and he was able to use the threat of a return trip more than once. HA HA ha..the looks on their HA HA hah AHAH." Obviously, Warai was now roaring in laughter at the memory.

Gathering her wits once again and wiping a tear of laughter from her eye she began anew. "Yes, at first they were reluctant to say the least…but, we were able to force the clans to obey the law. Afterall, if they weren't persuaded by the power of Seigi alone…which was stupid in the first place… they were quickly silenced by the combined might of the four lords…It..It was like that for many a year, but eventually… eventually things began to get better, Just like Seigi said they would…"

Making eye contact with Naruto she carried on. "Your civilization began to thrive under the hand of the demon lords and eventually nearly all of the clans grew to respect their human neighbors to some extent. Eventually, they even taught your kind the demonic arts of energy manipulation and physical combat, but of course, you call it ninjustu and taijustu…"

"WHAT?" Naruto cried out while amazed by the new information.

"Yes Naruto-kun, it was my kind, the demons who taught your people the initial ways in which to wield their physical and spiritual energy…. Though, now, your means are much, much different from our own."

Curious, Naruto questioned the fox woman. "What do you mean? Do demons not use hand seals?"

"Naruto-kun, it's a little hard to use hand seals the way you humans do when you don't have hands," she replied. Seeing the confusion she once again explained further. " Naruto-kun, right now, I'm in my human form, but whenever serious battle came around I transformed into my full demonic state. Remember the stories about the four to five story tall demon? That's how large I can become…though it is adjustable. " Seeing an 'oh' look come across his face she continued. " BUT that's not to say we never used hand seals at all…we just didn't use as many. In fact, traditionally, we only used one and that was while in our human forms. Typically, that was our clan seal or rather…our animal type and even then it was only used to focus our unique energies for our specific clan techniques… I mean, really, didn't you humans ever wonder why all of your seals correlated to demons? Come on, when was the last time you saw a dragon? I thought they would've figured it out…but no, they just think it's the zodiac. How sad…"

"But wait, how come there's no fox, wolf, or scorpion seal? " Naruto asked.

"That's because our clans never revealed our focusing techniques to you humans. Though, I imagine, if we had, you would now have some rather amazing ninjutsus." Warai stated.

Perplexed, Naruto confronted her. "What makes you say that?"

" Naruto-kun, you've got a great dream, but you really ought to be a little more perceptive about your environment if you want to achieve it... Don't you know what the most powerful elemental ninjutsu attacks are?" seeing the 'duh huh?' look on Naruto's face she sighed. "They're the elemental dragon attacks Naruto-kun. Your most powerful elemental attacks are the ones originating from the line of the demon dragon clan techniques…." Shaking her head with a smirk she continued "I have to admit, I never even thought you humans would advance this far in energy manipulation. Granted, I thought you had some potential, but I never thought you could make it this far…only Seigi did…" seeing the same clue less expression as before, Warai made a mental note to share her ancient history with the Hokage some where down the line…It was getting tiresome explaining it this time and she didn't want to have to do it again… "Listen, the reason I said that is this…my people, demons…we have huge stores of charka which we freely flow within and around us in order to achieve our desired results. Experience with that makes us masters of charka manipulation…while you humans...you kind of 'control' it externally and waste it. When we use our clan seals, we're focusing our specific types of clan energy. Considering that each demon clan had a different type of technique that they mastered, we each had a different seal, and the seals focused on a different type of energy. Apparently, you humans wizened up to that fact and discovered that by combining the focusing techniques of multiple clans you could recreate advanced demonic techniques…or rather…imitations of them. For beings that have such a short lifespan and relatively limited amounts of chakra that's really amazing…." Warai smiled at Naruto-kun and thought in the back of her mind. 'Yes, Naruto-kun. Humans have a great potential and I'll make sure you reach your peak…'

"Wow, I never knew any of that…" Naruto expelled in amazement.

"Well, almost no one else does Naruto…" she replied while enjoying the look of Naruto's wowed state.

"But…how come none of the other Kyubi clans revealed their techniques to humans? Did you all not have direct control over humans and that's why or what? Did you not want the humans to learn your powers?" Naruto proposed.

At Naruto's question, both Warai's tone and demeanor darkened considerably. " No..no Naruto. It …it wasn't that we didn't want to it was …more that we couldn't …or rather, that we weren't supposed to…"

"I don't understand…" said Naruto.

"I wouldn't expect you too…that's...that's why I'm telling you this story in the first place…" Warai rebuked to a now silent Naruto. "As I was saying…after getting used to the laws and having humans around for a few generations or so, they took it upon themselves to train them and show them how use their own powers. For awhile it was just to be able to guard themselves… None of us saw any problem with it. It improved trust, understanding , and relations amongst humans and demons but eventually…things took a turn for the worse…" Warai's eyes darkened and she looked down once more as she spoke. "The laws…the terms of guardianship had many rules …that…we agreed to. Some of these laws were proposed by Seigi and I while the others….the others were proposed by Dento and Uragiri…We looked them over and agreed…we…never thought that what we had agreed to could be twisted in such a way…" Warai lay silent for a moment before beginning again. "It was the humans underneath Uragiri's clans that first attacked the other territories…We… we moved to stop them, but Uragiri showed up and played his hand along with the other lords…the laws... the laws they said… stated that the demons were the guardians of the humans to which they were allotted to both by territory and by people. Where their people went…so did they. To that extent, their power and influence were defined by the humans they reigned over. To preserve a somewhat normal society for the humans, it was also decided that demons were not to interfere within interhuman affairs….With that knowledge, Uragiri had planned a power play by amassing an army of trained humans…" gritting her teeth Warai finished her statement. "Wherever they went of their 'own affairs'…so did he and his his realm of control."

Warai had paused to collect a few breaths before beginning again when Naruto spoke. "What happened?"

Warai's response was simple and to the point. "…war…" Turning around and bracing her back against the bars of the cage, she slid down and sat on the ground. "War happened Naruto-kun…. It seemed like everything we'd worked for was going down the drain all over again…It was even worse this time though…the humans… whole families and cities were being slaughtered and….their guardians…the ones they had looked to for help and protection were…helpless to do anything about it…If we intervened though… an even worse war would come about…the best we could do was to train our own forces…which we did. It wasn't long after that each Kyubi had their own camp to run…essentially, this is where the ninja and the hidden village was born…." Warai didn't even need to look up and see the shocked expression on Naruto's face to know it was there. "Yes, we were rather surprised things turned out the way they did as well…"

"Well I don't get it then…if the Kyubi no Ryu was able to reveal his clan seal and techniques why couldn't the others? I think it would've made a lot of sense then especially. I mean, you can only do so much with one hand seal." Naruto questioned.

"It's like I said before, Naruto, we the Kyubi were not allowed to teach any of our techniques to the humans…Humans didn't get the dragon seal because Dento taught it to them. They got it …because……well…that comes later…" Warai lifted her hand into the air and used to it to twirl her red hair strands amongst her fingers. "The important thing to know is that the forces devolved into armed camps and eventually the combined powers of both the northern and southern human tribes were able to force them back…After that though…things never really settled down. Each passing generation of your kind grew more and more skilled as they remained in close proximity to the demons…In fact…" Warai now stood, popped her back, turned around and looked directly at Naruto. "They became so used to each other, so close, and so trusting…that they started doing something that no one thought any demon would bring himself to do…" Seeing the now truly curious look on Naruto's face, she smiled and told him. " They interbred."

"WHAT! How is that even possible? I thought your human form was just some illusion?" Shrieked the now confused Naruto.

"No,no,no Naruto-kun, you misunderstand…my human form, what you see now, is very real…but so is my full demon form…They're just something I can interchange in between….Now as for interbreeding…well…yes, some of us were quite shocked as well…then again… others were horrified. If there was ever a thing that broke with tradition with regards to demon clans it was interbreeding. Before, there was practically no tolerance whatsoever even for a different demon type coupling with another…but humans…no, many just couldn't and WOULDN'T accept that."

After sighing Warai continued. " Among us high lords though, it didn't matter all that much…well except for Dento of course…but both Seigi and Uragiri thought it could improve things…On Seigi's part he thought it could bring together a greater sense of unity in the realm…and on Uragiri's side…well…whatever made his forces stronger was a plus…Of course, he felt cheated later…I mean, really, one was big enough of a shock, but to actually see the demon clans then claim the offspring as their own? And then add to that the fact that once they became clan members then THEIR family was also considered clan members…well, you can probably put two and two together… That's basically how the wars ended…with the birth of what your kind now call 'bloodline-limits' ….and don't even looked shocked Naruto. Can you honestly say you didn't see it coming…I mean really, I don't know how your whole race just up and forget their history…it's pitiful…Anyways, as I said , that basically ended the wars…the confrontations couldn't occur anymore because now we, the Kyubi's could step in…after all, clan business was OUR business… "

Pacing in her cage, the fox woman became saddened in her tone. "We thought that we had restored balance once again…that maybe…given enough time, even Dento would cave in on the old ways and we could find some measure of lasting peace…that we had finally ceased the scheming of Uragiri and that things, while not perfect, were good. Civilization was on the upstart again, and even whole clans of hanyou families were forming and coming together here and there…Yes. Things were good…and they stayed as such until Seigi did something that no one even thought was possible, that defied the laws of nature as far as demons were concerned…"

"Pshht, What could top creating a rift in between dimensions?" Naruto asked flatly.

"A lot." Was Warai's simple and serious reply. " Naruto-kun, the Ookami , the demon wolves, merely altered an advanced clan technique and poured in a lot of power to rip open the gateway that all the clans used to enter to this realm. What Seigi did was comparable to creating a realm…"

Intersted in the greater demon lord, Naruto asked a question. "Woah, what did he do?"

"He became the first and only ten-tail." Was her reply. Waiting for a reaction Warai sighed and made ANOTHER mental note. 'Scratch talking to the Kage, never tell this story again. It takes too long…' "Naruto-kun, each living being has a set number of gates. These gates are essentially the locked pathways to their inner absolute power and capacity…for humans, this number is eight. No matter how powerful you become, even if you have a bloodline limit and are of demon origin, you can only call upon eight of those gates and even then only seven if you don't wish to die. That's also, Naruto-kun, why they're called bloodline- LIMITS…and as far as marking your strength goes, there's no real change in your appearance to show the level you can reach…For demons it's different. We, by design, have nine gates. Usually, we can only call upon eight full gates at normal and the ninth if we would risk our eternal existence…In status, our tails denote the level of mastery we wield over our own powers…For us, the Kyubis, our nine tails were proof of the fact that we had ventured beyond normal limits and successfully braved the ninth gate…Such a feat is only possible by the most inherently powerful demons…us…but Seigi…he trumped us all one. We had known he was strong, hell, we had even known he was the strongest among our number, but we never knew his absolute depths until he had done it."

"Done what?" was Naruto's simple question.

"Arghhh, weren't you listening when I told you he became the first ten-tail?" she cried.

Seeig his now annoying 'duh huh?' look she barged on. "Fine, oh god, I'll spell it out for you… demons don't have a tenth gate! Seigi MADE one. He literally was able to wield his power and ability to the point that he was able to focus in upon the very fabric of his soul and body and create a tent gate and portal to power…Hell, even I'm not sure how he did it…The best I can guess it was more of his clan's techniques…focused energies and gateways and such…." Warai explained. "BUT what's even more important than that was the fact that it sent one demon lord right off his rocker…"

"Uragiri…" Naruto muttered.

"Correct Naruto-kun…" Warai commented in a vicious tone with regards to the scorpion demon. "If there was anything that pissed that scorpion off it was the knowledge that there was a being out there of equal or superior power to him…While we were all nine-tails he could stroke his ego and rest easy knowing that he had as much a chance in battle as the rest of us… but now that comfort was gone and Seigi clearly had an advantage over the rest of us…Where as we could risk tapping the ninth gate for power in a struggle, HE could actively use it now without fear…and THAT knowledge was what constituted the substance of what pissed Uragiri off the most: fear. He loathed it…or rather, to feel it that is. He got a kick out of dishing it out, but reviled it in return…Anyways, what's once again important is the knowledge that he set out to rectify that problem… and find a way, a weakness, as it were with Seigi… and… the… means… by which to destroy him…"

Now wary of a Warai in tears, Naruto stuttered out a question." D..Did he find it….?"

Once again sitting with her back to the bars, Warai summoned the strength to answer and continue on. Past sobs and struggles she answered.

"…yes…"

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Whooo boy, that was a long one….my fingers are practically bleeding on the keyboard (insert sarcasm). Seriously though, I had an outline of the history and when I finally got down to writing it I found a surprisingly detailed sotry in the back of my brain….and here it is. TA-DA. I'm looking forward to getting the time to finish this intro arc and getting into the real meat and potatoes of this fic soon. I suppose it'll be one more ending chapter for the downfall of the demon age, and the escape from the mad villagers…after that will be a little filler of sorts with some skill oriented sequences… an then a lovely breakdancing sequence that will be twenty pages long. Ha ha ha, just kidding 'peers into soul of reader' or am I?...yes I am.

Anywho, to address one disturbing post. No, there was no implied rape of Naruto. Let me spell it out for you. Broken fingers, stabs, burns, acids , etc…and as for the Hokage and Anbu… They could only do so much with the staff on hand and the politival environment. Come on, the Kyubi was like an atom bomb on Konoha (dramatized for metaphorical puposes) and the council as well as the general populace were not exactly in a forgiving mood. Once again, as for the Hokage, he needed to see about repairing the village's infrastructure and heart. To do that, he needed to have the heart of the people. There's no way (I think) he could've really done that if he was close to Naruto. They just would've said he was being controlled by the boy…..BUT don't worry. Something concerning the villagers will show up in a little while…

WELLZ, thanks again for the reviews and flames. Madnarutofan is….OUT.

NEXT TIME: The End of An Age, A New Beginning