Yo, I'm back again! Well you all hated when I left with a cliffy so I worked and thought and thought and worked and here it is, the end of the cliffy. I bet alot of you aren't going to guess this one until the very end! Thanks for all the reviews and I hope you enjoy!

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Kitsune"

(Standard Disclaimer)

Chapter 54: Staring Into the Void

For a few moments no one moved, no one could even breathe. In one mass movement the entire crowd turned, all of them witnessing a ninja garbed in a cloak of black with red clouds, descending from the sky and landing at the rear of the crowd.

The ninja stared out at the crowd with his icy blue eyes, the very edges crinkled showing he was smiling behind that large collar. "Boo," was the only word he said and like that the populace scattered. With so many of the villagers moving so quickly it was almost impossible for those in the crowd to fight the current, in moments the entire festival pavilion was abandoned save for the Hokage, his family, the three award winning warriors, and a hell of a lot of ANBU.

Naruto twitched violently, a deep growl rising in the back of his throat as he held the injured Hinata carefully. "Get him NOW!" Naruto howled and like that ANBU flooded the area, converging on the point where the Akatsuki member stood.

In a flash of light Tsurara vanished, reappearing on the other side of the wall of ANBU. The entire company of elite ninja fell; none of them saw the icicle attack coming. Tsurara hoarsely laughed as he pointed to the ANBU behind him, "they attack." He slowly turned his accusing finger to Hinata, "she dies."

Naruto growled angrily but turned swiftly to his love, before his eyes the icy blue kunai embedded her arm melted and vanished into the wound. After the kunai entered the body the opening closed up, there was no way a medic ninja could draw it out with a jutsu. "Naruto-kun," Hinata said as she began to shiver violently, "it's s-so c-cold." Naruto stared at his love, her body growing colder and colder to his touch by the second.

Kyuubi growled angrily, how DARE this jerk hurt his mom! What right did he have to hurt someone that never hurt him, he knew his mom and she never intentionally hurt ANYONE! Kyuubi almost leapt off the stage in his rage but Naruto easily caught him by the back of his pale jacket. He pulled his son close and growled out his orders swiftly, "Sasuke, Lee, Zaiaku, take Kyuubi and your families and run. Get away as fast as you can."

All three nodded and Lee took Kyuubi, all of them vanishing in the blink of an eye leaving Naruto, Hinata, and Tsurara. "N-Naruto-kun," Hinata whispered softly, her body shaking had taken on a new intensity, "something's moving inside me."

Naruto's eyes opened wide in shock and he turned to face Hinata, his eye catching something that raised the bile in the pit of his stomach. Slithering across Hinata's face, just below her skin, looked to be a worm crawling through her flesh. He watched it move for a few moments until it vanished into her hair line. Naruto growled intensely and his immense chakra flared almost uncontrollably.

"Kaishi no Jutsu," Tsurara whispered angrily yet with such joy one would wonder what his true mood was. "2 minutes," Tsurara whispered with a raspy laugh. "I live," Tsurara pointed to Hinata, "she dies." Naruto was just about to attack but he heard a soft voice, the voice of the one he held, whisper, "I l-love you N-Naruto-kun. R-rip him apart." Naruto smirked, he knew that was probably the only time she would ever say those words, she was just to kind.

"I love you Hinata-chan," Naruto said as he gently laid Hinata against the podium, his hands glowing brightly with a power that he hadn't used since the training in his realm. Naruto stood, power and anger radiating from his body as he stared into the icy blue eyes of Tsurara of the Akatsuki. "I am going to make this as slow as a snail and at the same time quick as lightning," Naruto hissed, the golden chakra around his hands forming knife edged gloves.

Naruto was gone without as much as a blur, he seemed to blink out of existence as his Sekkagan activated. Quicker than Tsurara was able to move and without mercy he began to strike the Akatsuki member all over his body with the chakra knives. Tsunade had taught him this technique one slow day at the office and she was drunk so she had a loose tongue; it served him well now since he knew he was slicing so many internal organs Tsurara was dieing from his wounds on the inside.

This wasn't enough though; there was no way in hell he was through with the punishment for attacking the Hokage's wife. Naruto kicked Tsurara away, having him slam into the side of a building and nearly making it fall down in the process. Tsurara didn't even have time to breathe, Naruto was already in front of him, holding him tightly by his neck and repeatedly punching him in the stomach and chest as a way of softening him up before the kill.

Tsurara said nothing through this horrific bombardment; except for the occasional grunt of pain he did nothing. He took the punishment with closed eyes and serious face, as if he knew this punishment was what he deserved. Naruto tore Tsurara from the building, his hand crackling with gold chakra as he tossed Tsurara into the air.

Naruto vanished in a blur and like that Tsurara was a pinball volleying around in the air with invisible paddles. Slowly the attacks got stronger and quicker, Naruto's body became engulfed in his Kitsune flames turning him into a blazing comet of pain for the ice cold ninja.

Without warning Tsurara was driven into the ground with a painful force, his body making a sickening crack as he landed. Naruto took no chances; he charged up a Kitsune Rasengan and drove it full force into Turara's chest putting behind it his anger, his pain, and his hate for this one ninja.

The blast site was something akin to Deidara's explosive clay, It was a complete and utter chaos zone. The crater was a scorched hole, its edges turned dark and glassy from the heat and power of the strike. Naruto stared into the gigantic crater he had made and glared with pure hate. Nothing could live through that, no matter what the power or the bloodlines no ninja could live through that. Naruto vanished in a golden blur, he had other things to be thinking about.

When Naruto landed he only noticed one thing, Hinata was standing and she had a small smile on her face. To him that could only mean one thing, he had succeeded and Hinata was alive! He celebrated internally; no one in the world could compete with his joy! Naruto grinned wide and ran up to Hinata, nearly tackling her with his eagerness to hold his most precious person.

"Hinata-chan I was so worried," Naruto whispered as Hinata slowly hugged him back, he missed the sorrowful feeling behind her smile and the sad twinge in her eyes. "Naruto-kun," Hinata said, her pale violet eyes shedding tears as she spoke, "I love you so much. I love you and our son…I'm sorry…"

With those final words Naruto felt Hinata slump against him, her body as limp and useless as a rag doll. "H…Hinata-chan," Naruto called softly, shaking her limp body gently, "please don't do this Hinata-chan. This…this isn't funny!" Naruto tore her body from his, his blue eyes with the golden ridges attempting to hold back his escaping tears. He looked into the face of his love as he held her, he felt no heart beat, he sensed no more chakra, her pale violet gaze was as soulless as a dead body.

Uzumaki Hinata was dead.

"Revenge," sounded a hissing voice from behind the Hokage and his deceased wife, "for Kisame." The Hokage took shuttering breaths; his eyes locked onto his loves dull orbs. His cerulean and golden orbs bleed clear tears as he stared at the one he loved, the mother of his child and of the ones he hoped would be. She was dead…and it was because of HIM.

Tsurara looked upon the spectacle, the Kitsune crying over the loss of his loved one, it was pitiful. Tsurara smirked darkly behind his high collar, he still wore his cloak but it now sported a gigantic hole in the front. Inside that shady hole came the outline of a technology so advanced none in Konoha had ever seen it.

Attached to his very abdomen was a complex array of twisting circuits and gadgets, providing him with the ultimate defense, his supreme demon chakra shield. No matter what the demon lord or any ninja tried this device would nullify the attack to a weak strike, in reality Tsurara was little more than scratched at the end of his beating.

The Uchiha was hardly any better; he fell for an ice clone ruse. He thought those with the Sharingan saw through deception but he held too high a hope for the clan. To think that they had begun to prosper, maybe he would have to weed them out now. He had come to the Akatsuki on business. He desired a chance to avenge one of his clan, Hoshigaki Kisame.

Since this was over then he had no other business with the Hokage, he turned to go…

His icy cold eyes met with ocean blue and a golden ring, "you will not leave here alive." Tsurara didn't know what happened but he was suddenly lying in an empty field, his body felt like it was made of lead and his head was swimming in a sea of confusion and aching.

He slowly stood up, attempting to gain his balance but having no luck as at that instant a great tremor rocked the land sending him to the ground once again. Tsurara growled to himself and he turned his head to the source of the great tremors rocking the land. Tsurara's eyes snapped open and only one word came to mind as he looked up, 'shit.'

Standing before Tsurara, in all of his nine tailed glory was Naruto, completely transformed into his monstrous Kitsune state. Naruto's body was easily as tall as a mountain and with his tails he could cover and entire country in his shadow. His fur was an almost glowing golden color, he looked so regal and powerful his look alone could have given any Kage on the face of the earth goose bumps. Naruto's hate filled cerulean and golden edged gaze was locked onto Tsurara, his mouth pulled back in a vicious snarl as he spoke in demonic tones.

"There is no way that in my life time I will allow you to get away with what you did. I will make sure that you will suffer one day for every second Hinata could have had!" Naruto roared with such volumes the area shook.

Tsurara stood up, an unfazed look on his face as he said, "go ahead demon, technology will surpass you." It was surprising the being said more than one or two words but Naruto paid no mind to it. In the swiftness of a lightning bolt Tsurara heard a massive cracking surround his body. Suddenly the various parts of his 'advanced' and 'superior' armor was lying at his feet.

Tsurara swallowed and looked down at the parts, each and every piece was lying there useless and dismantled. Tsurara looked up at Naruto, that was all that he was able to do. In seconds his body was covered in each of the nine Kitsune scrolls elements, all of them holding him strapped to the ground while it left his head free. "There is no salvation for you now," Naruto said as his tails thrashed behind him in anger, "I will see to it that hell will seem like paradise."

With those words spoken Naruto slammed his tails into the ground, creating a crack in the earth so massive that it would have made the valley of the end seem tiny. From this gigantic crack in the earth rose a wall of the blackest diamond Tsurara had ever seen and held to this diamond wall, with chains of pure white gold, was a nine tailed Kitsune. However, this massive Kitsune's fur was a pitch black, so dark that the light bent into its body.

The beasts eyes and mouth was covered by pure white bindings but it didn't stop the beast from speaking with venomous tones, "oh Kyuubi-SAMA how nice to see you. It's been so long since you put me in these chains." Naruto growled as he said, "I am not Kyuubi-sensei. I am Naruto, his prized student and inheritor of his body. Kyuubi-sensei wrote about you in his memoir scrolls, Tokoyami."

The great black beast chuckled with malicious mirth, "ah so the Red Devil finally went and got himself a competent student. What are you? Red like him or something better?" Naruto growled, "that's none of your business! I want to offer you a deal."

Tokoyami grinned darkly, "what is that?" Naruto turned his gaze to Tsurara, his hate burning brighter than ever, "let this ninja scum look into your eyes." Tokoyami laughed so hard the entire land shook, "Ah if you weren't asking me to do this then I would ask if you were of the void too! Since you are dealing with a prisoner in your realm none of this counts toward your tails too, genius! Ah but what is in it for me?"

"Knowing you are causing an eon's worth of suffering isn't enough?" Naruto asked, a dark grin crossing his face as he glanced at the petrified Tsurara. "Ah first tell me what he did to deserve your attention," Tokoyami asked, curiosity flooding his devilish voice.

Naruto snarled, "he attempted to kidnap me then killed my mate!" Suddenly Tokoyami grew very grim, his tone reflecting his emotions, "he killed your mate. She was a human correct?" Naruto grunted an affirmative to which Tokoyami smirked, "ah well then I guess I can help you more than you think…"

Naruto turned his head to the side, "what could you do to help me? You're from the darkest of the Kitsune classes." Tokoyami laughed and said, "in due time. For the second part of my payment I want you to tell me what color coat you have and how may tails you gained." Naruto growled and with a bit of narcissism he fanned out his tails, "I am a Golden Guardian, nine tails!"

Tokoyami gasped in surprise; even he hadn't thought that much time had passed when he was in purgatory. Slowly he grinned then laughed madly, "ah lying gets you no where Naruto-CHAN." Naruto growled darkly, his body giving off waves of chakra so powerful it made the chains on Tokoyami rattle, "I am not lying. Say it again and I will not show the mercy Kyuubi-sensei did when he dealt with you."

Tokoyami laughed lightly, "so the Red Devil DID bring you up to be a nine tails and a golden one at that. Ah well then, I have just one more payment. Take this mask off me for my entire sentence." Naruto growled but said, "fine I will." Naruto slowly reached up with his nine tails and gently removed the mask from Tokoyami's eyes, they were closed so Naruto saw nothing at the moment.

Tokoyami grinned and said, "hold the little trouble maker up to my face." Naruto ripped Tsurara from his imprisonment, ignoring the screams of pain it caused, and held the doomed ninja to the face to Tokoyami. "Ah I can sense so many things from this one, so twisted humans can be," Tokoyami growled, "but they have absolutely nothing on me."

Tokoyami opened his eyes and Tsurara was met with a killing intent that was beyond anything he had ever felt. He stared into those raven black and blood red eyes, feeling the mere gaze of the dark being tearing his soul apart bit by bit. As he gazed into those warped pools he felt time melt away, it meant nothing now.

He felt every nerve in his body reach to the very point of deadening with pain. No human had ever felt this kind of anguish, there was no collection of words that could describe it. Tsurara tried to scream but he couldn't move, he was already frozen with fear and pain. This happened for every second of each day for what felt like three thousand years. That was what it felt like staring into the eyes of the Void Kitsune, Tokoyami.

Tokoyami finally closed his eyes, a demented smile on his face as Tsurara slumped to the side, his heart stopped from the unimaginable pain and fear. Naruto let Tsurara's body drop, the hundreds of feet fall easily decimating whatever was left of the body. Naruto stared at the bloody spot on the ground that used to be Tsurara, he had gotten his revenge but it did not bring Hinata back. She was still dead…

"Are you still interested in my information or has that thought left your mind?" Tokoyami asked, his voice sounding like the death god Naruto had dealt with so many years ago. "What information is that?" Naruto asked, his mind and body on edge incase the beast attempted to trap him in his deadly look.

"Ah how about another deal? One thousand years off my sentence and a portion of your realm for the information," Tokoyami asked earning a dangerous growl from Naruto. "Ah this will be worth it Guardian," Tokoyami said with a twisted laugh, "it will be worth it in so many ways!" Naruto thought for a moment, his eyes moving in random patterns as he thought of his response.

"Deal," Naruto snarled as he sat down and the Void Kitsune grinned wide as he began his tale.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN LEFT?" Tsunade raged as she held one silver haired ANBU by his collar. "I mean he just up and left. He took her body with him…" the ANBU said as the atmosphere in the room changed from anger to sorrow. Tsunade sighed and let the ANBU drop, "what about Kyuubi, what happened to my grandson Kakashi?"

Kakashi stood while he lightly dusted himself off, "he was taken along with Naruto. The only thing we found, as cliché as we all thought it was, was a note and a scroll." Kakashi handed the two items to Tsunade, "I have to warn you one of our men tried to open the scroll and he was blasted with a level A Katon jutsu and there is NOTHING on the note."

Tsunade nodded solemnly and said, "thank you Kakashi…you can leave." Kakashi turned to leave, "what do I tell the ranks?" Tsunade turned to head for her old job, the office of the Hokage, "tell them the Rokudaime Hokage is now a missing nin." Kakashi sighed lightly, so it had resulted to this. He vanished in a puff of smoke and left Tsunade with the scroll and the note.

Tsunade sat at the desk, the most powerful seat in all of Konoha and she was once again in it. It pained her greatly to sit in this seat, it seemed like only yesterday she saw the golden haired boy finally get his dreams and sit in this seat himself. He was grinning ear to ear as his wife sat in his lap, a grin plastered on her face as well.

Now the walls seemed so much grayer, the light was so much sparser, everything felt dead. Tsunade sighed painfully; it was one thing to make a missing nin of a man who killed hundreds of ninja for his own purpose. It was another to make one for her little brother.

As she began to paperwork to list missing nins the note that lie next to her sparked to life. Golden chakra flew across the page, writing as it went on its unpredictable path. Tsunade followed the words written in gold, her eyes widening with each second of reading the note.

Dear Tsunade,

As you probably noticed I've up and gone with my kit and…my mate. I know this is only a hunch and if it's a fake you'll never believe what I tried to do but I don't care. I just…I have to see her face again. I have to see her smile; I have to see the love in her eyes again. She was the only one who knew what I could be, who believed in me no matter what. She is my soul mate, without her there would be no way I'd be able to defend Konoha.

If I left the village without a way to defend itself I wouldn't be a good leader now would I, probably not getting good marks for vanishing either am I? I don't know how long I'll be gone; it could be a day or several generations but you should know what it's like to lose a loved one, how it feels on the inside. I know I'm abandoning my post as Rokudaime Hokage but at this point I don't care. If it is a serious emergency use the scroll to contact me but don't use it stupidly, it will only work in a serious situation. I'm running out of space so I'll close this up, I'm sorry Tsunade. I hope you and the rest of the village can understand this. If not I understand...goodbye.

Love,

Kyuubi no Kitsune, Uzumaki Naruto

P.S. Give the Scroll to Sasuke-san and Sakura-chan, they can take care of it the best and if you dare put my name under missing nin there will be A LOT of hurt when I come back. Oh and quit drinking, you get a really lose tongue when you've had enough.

Tsunade silently put down her pen and took her head up in her hands; today was just too much for her to deal with. She reached under the desk and found a glassy bottle; she pulled it out and found it was Sake. She smiled sadly; in all his years as being Hokage Naruto didn't find it. She uncorked the bottle and took a deep swig causing her to cough, it was some powerful stuff.

End Chapter

I bet NO ONE saw that coming and I bet I'm going to get SO MUCH hate reviews now. I know this confuses and angers alot of people, dont review about how Naruto wouldn't leave the village. Naruto has a tendency to do stupid things about his loved ones even when he is hundreds of years old, it's in his nature. I don't WANT ANYreviews about it ok, please just do that for me. Q and A time,

Q: Is Kyuubi going to come back OR Chibi Kyuubi

A: Sorry but no. I liked him but there is a time and a place to say goodbye and that was a few chapters ago. Sorry.

Q: Yes kill Hinata!

A: ...wow...uh...taa daa?

Q: Akatsuki add up

A: Ok, before I get reviews about this yes I know. One more is still on the loose. If you want the whole story request a special chapter cause if not I'm not going to make one and let you wonder for ages about who is missing and why. I AM evil like that, you all know it.

Q: Naruto's 'get him!'

A: Would you have a clear thinking head at a time like that? I think not.

Well that is all people. If I get enough requests for the super special chap then I'll do it but if not then I'll go on with the game plan! Later all!