Chronicles of Tsukigakure: Team 7! Chapter 9: Kitsune’s Inauguration & Yami’s Rebirth, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I'm not sure who does…but I don't.

A/N: My longest chapter yet hope you all enjoy it.

Chapter 9: Kitsune's Inauguration and Yami's Rebirth

Yami sighed…

"Oh stop complaining and stop making that face!", screamed a female voice.

"OUCH, OUCH, OUCH! TOO HARD KASAI!", screamed the psychic.

"Then stop making that face!", screamed Kasai.

"Kasai…I've been meaning to ask you something since you came in here…WHO THE HELL LET YOU INTO MY APARTMENT?", asked the boy.

"That silver-haired friend of yours…he let me in and told me you were fixing your hair in the bathroom so I came in here to help. Do you have any hair products in here?" asked Kasai continuing to torture…um…comb down Yami's hair.

"No I don't…Wait Ookami? How the hell did he get in?"

"Don't know but him, Bankotsu, and Jyou are listening to some music on your couch…though he has his head buried in some book. You don't have any hair products in your bathroom at all! How the hell do you spike your hair up like you do?"

"Natural…don't comb it or anything…when my hair dries it just kinda happens on its own.

"Oh…Well I'm going to run out to get something to put something in your hair…why aren't you dressed yet?", asked the red-head just now noticing that Yami was clad in only a towel…

Yami's eye twitched, "BECAUSE YOU RUSHED IN HERE AND STARTED SCREWING WITH MY HAIR THE MOMENT I JUMPED OUT OF THE SHOWER!"

Kasai had a thoughtful look, "Did I? Hmmm…Anyway I'll be right back…" With that the hyper red-head rushed out the door…

Yami sighed and went to the door. "Hey can one of you pass me my robes before the insane red-head returns? They should be somewhere hanging in my closet"

"Sure", he heard Bankotsu call out.

Yami sighed again and just started staring at the mirror. He still had some faint bruises over his body. All the cuts had already healed…He grimaced when he thought back to that day…

He'd been passed out for three days straight. He'd been sleeping at Steiner's house most of the time…that's what they told him. They had almost failed their mission to accompany the traders to the town within three days, but in the end completed it after all. They made it on the end of the third day. The other ninja worked fast however…Rei, Vann, and Inochi helped the traders put all their goods back on the wagon. There were also some minor repairs that needed to be done. Ookami made a perverted comment on where Yami's head landed when he passed out in Rei's arms…so she ordered him to go fetch the horses. Yami laughed slightly at that. 'Pervert needs to stop pissing that woman off.' After Yami finally woke up they waited another day and then started going back to Tsukigakure…at a faster pace than they had when they were going with the traders, but still not going at there max speed. They made it home in about a day and a half. That was about three weeks ago. Yami had been ordered to stay within the village for a few weeks after he returned, so the rest of team 7 stayed as well.

He stared at the mirror once again. He placed a hand on his birthmark… "A cursed seal…"

After returning back from the trader's mission the Godaime decided to finally tell Yami the truth about his birthmark. Apparently it gives the user a boost of strength, speed, and chakra. However the user is also flooded with dark emotions…Waizu said it could warp Yami's already fragile mind. Lastly he said that the mark he had placed on Yami, the Kanji of Light, was a special type of seal that would help protect him from it. "But in the end it will all depend on your will."

'Troublesome', Yami sighed.

He heard a knock; he turned to the door and opened it. "Here you go bro."

He grabbed his dark black ceremonial robes. "Yea thanks Bankotsu." Ironic that the robes of the "Clan of Light", were black. Yami however just shrugged it off, it suited his tastes just fine.

"You better hurry Kasai could be here any moment now."

"Yea I'll be done quickly", said a smiling Yami.

He was glad but also pissed at the same time. He was glad that his friends made the council's cut for genin. Both Bankotsu and Kasai were still together on a team with Jyou.

However he was kind of pissed off for the reason that Bankotsu was chosen. He was chosen because of his father Kyokotsu. Because of who his father was, "The Warrior of Steel". In short Kyokotsu was a tank that never goes down. When ninjas went on a mission that were sure to involve fight, Kyokotsu was sure to be there. He was a powerful house of pure muscle that could knock out most chunin level opponents with one punch. Yet he had decent speed as well. Yami snarled…sure Bankotsu's father was cool, and Bankotsu was really proud of him…but Yami was still pissed. 'They just want another "Warrior of Steel"…miserable bastards…just want another person to take hits.' He never did share his feelings with his friends though… 'I made a vow to not speak a word about the council…plus even if I did speak to him about it he wouldn't care, he wants to be like his father.' Yami didn't particularly find anything wrong with that…but it still pissed him off. He did ask Bankotsu to be careful while on missions and not to over exert himself.

Yami was also afraid that they were going to expect the same out of Suikotsu, his little sister. 'That'll never work though, Kyokotsu is far to over protective of that girl, he'd never let her go through that grueling training.' It's true too he once jumped up and ran to the girl when she was falling off a counter. Yami groaned at the memory that occurred almost two years ago… Suikotsu was standing on a kitchen counter; she lost her balance; Kyokotsu saw her all the way from the living room and gasped; he jumped up from his position on the couch; started running to the girl; threw the living room table out of the way; threw another couch out of the way; kept running; pushed Yami ten yards out the front door; slammed into Bankotsu, effectively knocking him down; ran into the kitchen; threw the kitchen table out of the way, effectively scaring the hell out of his wife who almost got hit by it; and finally got to his daughter…who...had regained her balance and didn't need help at all…; after all that he just shrugged and went to sit back down on the couch, muttering a small apology to a still downed Bankotsu and Yami who had just walked back into the house. Anyway…so he would never allow her to train in the "Warriors of Steel" style of fighting.

The Ishida's style was actually very easy to learn. It involved a very simple training regiment. First they stand in the center of the circle and multiple devices would start throwing rocks at the ninja. The exercise would only end when the ninja falls. The point was to completely numb the nerves to the point that they wouldn't feel any pain. It also was meant to increase there stamina. Yami had watched Bankotsu go through that exercise…the one Kyokotsu had invented. Bankotsu had only started when he became a genin. He could only stand the constant barrage for about half a minute before falling over.

Yami grinned at the memory of Kyokotsu and Suichi, Bankotsu's mother. They were always really nice to him. In fact they were worried about him. Suichi always saw Yami as far to thin and always tried to fatten him up. She did the same when the boy's started hanging out with Kasai.

Kasai was someone he was all right with. The reason she was chosen was because she belongs to the Uzuki family, but also because of her father. Like the Hanone family…none of them cared to become an actual clan. Instead of living in a large clan house all together, the famous families each lived in individual houses all through out Tsukigakure. There family is famous for its fire-based moves. They developed a way to create flames and feed them with there chakra. She couldn't speak too much about it but she did speak of some things. 'All she said was that it had to do with exciting the molecules around the user to create fire.' The whole family were known as "The Fire Dancers". Her father and her uncle, the uncle being the head of the family, were both greatly respected jounin. They were both known as the lords of Fire. The council was probably hoping that she'd be as good as her father. Yami smirked when he remembered her father and mother… They easily saw that Bankotsu was attracted to their daughter and continuously teased him about it behind Kasai's back. 'Somehow Kasai is still as clueless as ever…'

Jyou…Yami didn't particularly know much about Jyou. He did know that he belonged to the Takaboushi clan and that he was supposed to be some type of lazy genius. He was also chosen.

The other chosen genins were the Hana sisters, Sakura and Ayame, who did end up on the same team in the end. Their teammate was Aki Yagami.

And of course Kitsune was chosen. She was paired with Jiman and Kouji Mokuzai

Yami finished getting dressed and looked at himself. He dressed himself in ceremonial black robes. The long sleeves went past his wrist, partially covering his gloveless hands. Then instead of his usual black boots, he had on ceremonial black sandals. He turned around to look at the symbol in back…the symbol of the Hikari every since they joined Tsukigakure, a solar eclipse. A beautiful dark moon with a fiery white circle extending from the sides. He heard a knock on the door.

"You decent", asked Kasai as she came in.

"You know, you coming inside kinda eliminates the point of asking if I'm decent", explained Yami in a matter of fact tone of voice.

"Hmmm…I guess. Alright now stay still while I finish you hair", with that she pushed him down on the chair that was in his bathroom and started to screw with his hair. She placed a liquid, which Yami couldn't see what it was, in his hair and started to spread it. Afterwards she started to comb it down. "So how have you been with those two on your team anyways?"

Yami thought about that for a bit. Kasai and Bankotsu were worried when they found out Yami didn't pass the survival exam. They left to find him when they heard about him, but by the time they had a chance to Yami had already left with team 7 on their first mission. They went to the Kage thinking something horrible had happened to Yami and that's when they heard about him joining the new team 7. When Yami finally returned home they went to lunch together and talked about everything. Bankotsu was pissed that Yami was doing C-rank missions while he was stuck doing those pathetic D-rank ones. He mentally flinched realizing that Kasai was still waiting for an answer. "Oh! Yea fine, they're really great."

It was true…the three of them helped each other a lot. During the pass three weeks, they hadn't gone on missions by order of the Godaime; they had trained pretty hard.

Yami had finally mastered the tree climbing exercise. He also received some helpful training from Rei. When she was available she helped Yami worked on his Water Gathering jutsu. It really helped him out having Rei training him. For his part Yami promised to listen to Rei whenever she was training him. For Rei's part she promised to wear Hizuuga robes that hid her bodily curves. Yami mastered the water jutsu quickly, being able to fill up buckets of water in under a minute. Yami was proud of himself, though he was warned to not get to cocky. "You should be proud of you accomplishment but do remember that the Water Gathering Jutsu is a very simple jutsu to master, I myself mastered it in about the same amount of time it took you to master it." Rei said she'd help him learn more jutsu next chance she gets. Yami started to training his marksmanship…though he still sucked. Finally he found some time to slightly improve his taijutsu. The combo he used against the bandit and Zaku soon became one of his favorite moves, though he still hadn't come up with a name for it.

Ookami was becoming better with his dual wakizashi's. He was training his marksmanship as well. Finally his Air Diffusion jutsu was becoming better. His grandfather, the head of the clan, was helping him with a different form of the Air Diffusion jutsu. The normal form involved blowing large winds out of the mouth, to simply blow away smoke or poison gas away from the target. The downfall…you would only blow away the smoke in front of you. Thus the more advanced version was created. Instead of blowing wind from the mouth; Ookami after doing the seals, would unsheathe a sword, hold it up, and started spinning it horizontally at super high speeds. Combined with large amounts of chakra, this would send winds that would blow away anything in a solid circle. Ookami could increase the area of effect for this move by adding chakra. There was a downfall to this move as well though… "Gramps said I gotta watch out…using the jutsu this way would consume a lot more chakra. But since I barely use chakra it shouldn't be a problem." Ookami himself barely did use any chakra…He preferred to attack with his swords and other weapons. Chakra he did have he would prefer to spend on jumping. Ookami wasn't that perfect with the tree climbing exercise yet. He could climb up a tree easily but at times would fall off of it.

Inochi quickly mastered his Lightning Shurikan Jutsu. Instead of going on to master another lightning jutsu he decided to start training in learning healing jutsu. He also concentrated in learning about the body; he wanted to learn mostly about pressure points. He was also working on his senbon throwing every now and then. His chakra control was great as well. He already mastered the tree climbing exercise a long time ago and was at the moment adept with the water walking exercise.

Yami groaned…Inochi attempted to teach Yami and Ookami this move at one point…however both ninjas kept falling into the water. Inochi thought he'd give both boys a little incentive and took them to one of the bathhouse's hotsprings. It helped Yami a bit…he could stay up for about four seconds but then would fall through. Ookami…he never even tried…every time they attempted this he would sneak off, leaving a Bunshin in his place, and start peeking in the woman's bathhouse hiding in one of the bushes.

"Ok finished…", said Kasai.

Yami stared at himself in the mirror. His hair was combed down his bangs partially covering his eyes. Looking at himself he could see that his hair reached down to his shoulders. Yami turned and smiled at the girl, "Thank you Kasai…but next time…let me get changed before you start messing with my hair."

The girl smirked… "Whatever come on, I wanna get to festival now." That was the first time he actually noticed her. She was wearing a silk red Kimono, adorned with sakura petals. She had a pink sash tied in a bow around her waist. Her normally braided hair red hair was loose today. "I'm so jealous…you actually get to see Kitsune receive the Kyuubi. You gotta make sure to tell me every that happens."

Yami smiled, "Yea I promise." With that said they both walked out of the bathroom.

Yami saw his three friends just sitting around. The trio were indeed listening to some music on a record player that Yami's been meaning to get rid of… 'Wear the hell did I get that thing anyway…gotta buy a cd player…'

Both Bankotsu and Jyou were wearing plain white kimonos, tied with a black sash. Ookami however had a gray kimono, tied with a white sash. He also had his nose in his perverted book again. 'Pervert', thought the Psychic.

Ookami had a few faded scratch marks over his face and neck from his fight with the wolf. They were healing quickly though…soon they'd be completely gone. Bankotsu had multiple scratches and bruises through from his special training.

"ALRIGHT LETS GO EVERYBODY!", yelled an excited girl throwing her arms in the air.

With that everybody started exiting the apartment.

---In the village (Noon)---

Though only a few people actually were going to be at the actual inauguration, the village still celebrated the event as a huge festival. It was the biggest celebration of the village and many people of Twilight country came to celebrate it.

'Hmmm…', to be honest Yami didn't really care to be at the inauguration. He would've rather stayed with his friends the whole time. However Kitsune had come by his apartment one day, after his mission to Tea country. She wanted to make sure he'd still be there even if they weren't teammates. For some odd reason Yami couldn't say no…even though he would've rather stayed with his friends. Kitsune was ecstatic when she heard him say he would come. She thanked him and took off. Problem… Ookami was at his apartment that day hanging out…he heard the whole thing and started putting perverted thoughts in Yami's head.

Yami himself couldn't fathom why Kitsune would want him to be there anyways. He thought that the Uzamaki hated him. About five or so years back the two of them did hang out in one of the villages festivals. It was one of the first times she had been allowed outside the Uzamaki clan house. It was after Kairi's suicide and Yami had gone into his shell. They both met up with each other and started to hang out, because they were both alone. Or so Yami thought…actually Kitsune had about five ANBU watching her to make sure nothing happened to the Heiress. But anyways they were hanging out and having a really good time when suddenly it happened. A little girl around the age of both children pulled Kitsune to the side and started whispering something to the young girl. Kitsune returned to the future psychic and apologized saying that she had to go home now. It didn't fool Yami for a second. It happened all to often. He would make a friend that he really liked and someone would tell them horrible things about him and then his new friend would suddenly not want to be his friend anymore. He confirmed this when he continued to walk around the village by himself…turned out she was off playing with another group of kids. He did catch her gaze once…she looked shocked...but the second he caught it, he quickly looked away and walked off.

Always happened that way…he hadn't had a true friend till he was nine…that was when him and Bankotsu started hanging out. Two years later they started hanging out with Kasai. Slowly the two of them managed to pull the Hikari out of his shell…

So here he was walking around the village with his friends, before heading off to the Uzamaki clan house.

"Ok remember Yami we'll try to be around Ichitaku around 6:00, you should be out of there by then", stated Bankotsu.

"Yea we'll meet you there", said Ookami.

Yami smiled…Both Ookami and Bankotsu had actually become a bit close in these short three weeks…Ookami and Yami were hanging out more and Bankotsu would hang out with them as well. The two had similar minds…perverted…Ookami stopped being a pervert to Kasai when he discovered Bankotsu's crush. Ookami however didn't refrain from putting perverted thoughts in Bankotsu's head. Kasai met Ookami a few times but didn't think much of him one way or the other. Jyou…well was usually sleeping…The only reason Jyou even came over to Yami's apartment was because Kasai dragged him there.

He turned to the Takaboushi. He had his hand in his blue hair and his brown eyes were slightly closed indicating that he was probably still tired…

Inochi was a tad different…He introduced him to all his friends but Inochi was usually caught up in his studies and training to hang out all too much. The times when he did take it easy were unfortunately times when Bankotsu's group were on missions.

'Hhmmm…Inochi…', thought the Psychic. "Hey Ookami where's Inochi anyways?"

The swordsman turned to his friend, "He's probably with his family…they should be at the inauguration as well…", replied Ookami a little sadly.

Yami easily caught it though most others would have missed it. He caught it because he felt the same way. A pang of jealousy. Ookami, like Yami, was an orphan. Both his parents died when he was very young and he was currently living with his grandfather, who was the head of the family of the Hanone. Yami was a little jealous of Ookami as well. Yami was completely alone in the world. Ookami at least had his grandfather and grandmother. His grandfather, Adray, was really nice…though Yami suspected that he was a little crazy as well. His grandmother, Kaoru, was one of those stereotypical sweet old granny types that loved to bake cookies. He also had his uncle, his father's brother, but he was usually caught up with his own family.

"Anyway he's going to be at the inauguration ceremony but then he's going to come with you to meet up with us."

"Yea alright." Both Yami and Ookami sounded dazed at that point, not really listening to what the other said…

"So Bankotsu where are your parents."

"Hanging out with the apple of daddy's eye", replied Bankotsu. In truth he didn't mind it. Gave him time to be alone with his friends where he would rather be. And it wasn't like his parents ignored him anyways.

"How about yours Kasai."

"Not sure…ran out before I had a chance to ask them", everyone sweat dropped at the comment.

"….Ok… how'll about yours Jyou…" he didn't actually know Jyou's parents but he thought he'd ask just to be polite.

"They should be around the festival somewhere…" was his reply

The group walked around a bit longer when suddenly Kasai spoke.

"Hey there's Kitsune," screamed a pointing Kasai.

Yami turned to see the Uzamaki Heiress at one of the stands. It looked like she was about to buy something. Yami looked behind her too see both her teammates Jiman and Kouji standing behind her. Jiman was wearing his normal white robe however this time he didn't have his katana with him.

Kouji was wearing robes of his clan as well. They were very similar to the ones that Jiman had on…the color being the most noticeable difference. Kouji's robes were dark green and the pants he was wearing were the same. His sandals however were both black. He was wearing his signature black sunglasses covering his green eyes. His shoulder length black hair combed down like always.

The group walked up to the trio. "Hey Kitsune! Hey guys!", called Kasai however the second she uttered the name "Kitsune", both boys quickly turned and started to glare daggers at the group. However, when they saw who they were glaring at, they immediately blinked and apologized.

"My apologies…thought you were someone else…" said the normally silent Kouji.

"Yea", agreed Jiman.

'Hmm…', Yami took a look around and noticed some boys hiding around… 'Probably had to protect Kitsune from her fan boys today…' And when he turned back to the group…he could see why…

Her hair was styled beautifully and fell down her back all the way to her waist. She was wearing the most elegant dress he had ever seen. She was in a white silk sleeveless gown. Its straps were about one inch thick. The dress reached down to her ankles. She was wearing sandals as well, non-ninja ones. But what probably drove most boys crazy was the opening that showed off part of her stomach. There was a diamond shaped hole that was meant to show off her belly button. '…Its probably for the ceremony…they have to seal the Kyuubi via a seal that has to be placed on her naval.' He received an elbow to his side. He turned his head to see a smirking Ookami… and with that all the perverted remarks that Ookami filled his head with suddenly came flooding back with a vengeance. It caused him to blush and suddenly look away. 'Stupid pervert…first screws with me about Rei and then with Kitsune…'

He turned his head back…she also had a slight tinge of pink on her face… 'People have probably been staring at her all day.'

"Kitsune congratulations and Happy Birthday!" called an excited Kasai.

"Happy birthday…", said the other four boys that arrived with Kasai…just remembering that it was indeed her birthday.

She smiled, "Thank you everyone." She looked around and frowned when she saw Ookami, "I'm sorry but I don't think I've met you yet."

Ookami grinned and said, "The names Ookami Hanone. I'm Yami's new teammate. Please to finally meet you face to face Uzamaki Kitsune."

"Yami's new teammate?", asked a confused Jiman. Kitsune also had a look of utter confusion on her face.

'Oooops…guess I forgot to mention that to her when she came by', thought the Psychic.

"Yea…when I failed to join team 19 I joined up with another team…Ookami's on that team as well.", explained Yami telling the same partial lie he told to both Bankotsu and Kasai.

Kitsune smiled at him, "Congratulations…I'm so glad that things worked out for you."

"You failed our survival exam and yet you were allowed to join another team…? Why?", asked the Gekkani with a raised eyebrow.

Yami's was so screwed… 'What the hell am I suppose to tell him…'

"It's simple…we saw something in Yami that your Jounin sensei didn't see", replied Ookami trying to cover for Yami. Kitsune seemed satisfied with the answer but Jiman was about to press on. Sensing the tension Kasai spoke.

"So you guys wanna hang out with us?", asked Kasai. "I know you don't have much time left before your ceremony…is there something specific that you want to do Kitsune?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to walk around the village for a while."

"Well that's what we were planning on doing…", said Kasai.

With that the eight ninjas started walking around the village. The village looked about the same as it always does. A few banners here and there dedicated to the Uzamaki. The only true difference was there were more people out on the streets; a lot of out-of-towners, and most of them were dressed in kimonos or robes. That and the fact there were many more ANBU and Sentries around. Security was up high and Yami was sure that he could see some following his group. 'Gotta protect the star of the festival.'

The group continued to walk around the village. People on the streets were bowing to the Uzamaki Heiress. Both Kitsune and Kasai stopped at some stands and bought some small things, which Bankotsu and Jiman jumped at the chance to carry for there crushes respectively. Yami snickered at a comment, made by Ookami, about how whipped those two were going to be if anything ever happened with their crushes.

The group continued to walk around the village for a while longer when it became about time for the group to split.

"Alright boys and girls it's about time that you start moving to the Uzamaki House", said Ookami.

"Yes, he's right we better start moving", stated the Heiress.

They all nodded. Yami knocked fists with both Ookami and Bankotsu. He muttered a goodbye to Kasai and Jyou he replied the same way. "Remember Ichitaku at 6:00 you'll probably be out by then. If not we'll wait a little bit for ya." Ookami turned to Jiman and Kouji, "You two are welcomed to join us as well."

Both boys nodded before replying with a maybe. Jiman and Ookami stared and smirked at each other once more… Yami groaned, 'Stupid Pride.' Those two have been wanting to fight the other ever since they learned the other's last name. The Gekkani and Hanone, both being weapon-based clan/family, were in always in a bit of a rivalry. "Silly little cock fight", muttered Yami under his breath.

"What was that?", asked the future container who had somehow managed to hear him.

"Ummm…I didn't say anything…", replied the Hikari.

"Ok…", replied Kitsune a little unsure.

"Well we must be going now!", replied the Gekkani.

With that the group split up; Yami, Kitsune, Kouji, and Jiman going to the Uzamaki house; Ookami, Bankotsu, Kasai, and Jyou continuing to go around the festival.

---Uzamaki Clan House Gates (4:00)---

They've reached the gates of the Uzamaki clan house where they met up with the Hizuuga clan head and his family.

Yami and Inochi smiled at the sight of each other. They went up to each other shook hands. "Hey Inochi how've you been…haven't seen you in a few days."

Inochi smiled back… "Been studying hard…I have got to train my mind."

"It's good to see you again Yami-san", spoke a male voice behind Inochi. It was Inochi's father and the Hizuuga clan head, Hizashi Hizuuga, who inherited the name of Neji's first son. With him was his wife Hitomi and Shikyo, Inochi's brother the clan Heir. They were all dressed in matching robes of the Hizuuga clan. They were similar to his own however instead they were Tan robes, with gray pants and gray sandals. They of course had the Hizuuga symbol in back…a Ying Yang.

Shikyo…after only meeting the man once…Yami already idolized the older ninja. He was currently 19 years old, he was set to take over the clan when he becomes twenty-five, and is already a high-ranking Jounin. He made genin at the age of 10, chunin at 11, and jounin at 14, he became ANBU at 14 as well, and made ANBU captain at 15, he recently quit and started doing ordinary Jounin missions though. His Byakkugan was extremely perceptive. He fought with Jyuuken like most members of the Hizuuga but also became fond of carrying around a large katana, from his days in ANBU. He's of course in the bingo book with the phrase 'Run like hell if encountered' written under his name. In fact the only known problem with Shikyo seems to be the fact that he has an uncontrollable pocky addiction… 'HE IS SO AWSOME!' thought Yami with stars in his eyes.

Shikyo moved his light blue bangs out of his face and approached Yami. "It's good to see you again to Yami", said the man whilst extending his arm.

Yami smiled took it and shook it. Both boys…Inochi and Shikyo were polar opposites. Inochi with his bad eyes can very well use his Byakkugan. If he wears his glasses, with his Byakkugan activated, his vision will get distorted and will give him a headache that could rival one of the ones Yami always gets. Without his glasses his vision gets blurry and he can't see straight. So instead on concentrating on his Byakkugan, Inochi opted to become adept with senbon needles. Also for some reason he decided to become a medic nin. Shikyo on the other hand had great vision and uses his Byakkugan often. Since he made ANBU he'd be using a combination Jyuuken and his long Katana to fight his opponents with.

Both brothers looked differently as well. Inochi wore glasses and had the same short dark blue hair of his father. While Shikyo had the same silverish light blue, long hair of his mother.

"Yami, you know the heads of the Hizuuga family?", asked a curious Kitsune.

Yami turned to her with a smile, "Yea, Inochi is my other teammate; his family I met after our first mission together." It was true…about two days after they returned home Yami was invited to the Hizuuga house. Both happy parents promptly thanked him for saving their son. Its also when he met Shikyo for the first time off somewhere on the Hizuuga ground eating pocky. Hitomi also accused him of being far to thin as well…and tried to…force-feed him cookies and other sweets. 'Must be a mother thing'

Ookami was there again as well…he was also loved by the head family for saving their son from an earlier mission. Though they were getting tired of him asking perverted questions about the Byakkugan.

'When will he learn…', thought Yami as he walked inside with everyone else.

---Uzamaki Clan House Alter (5:00)---

'This is really eerie…', spoke the Psychic… 'If I didn't know better I'd say they were going to sacrifice her in some sort of blood ritual to appease some kind of god of death.'

They were in a large white room with various chairs surrounding an altar. The room was nicely made…it looked like it was made of marble. There were various paintings around the room, none to important…mostly some landscapes. There weren't any windows…the large room being in the basement. Candles were the only source of light the room had. Everyone was in a chair. All the clan heads, their families and some higher ups, were sitting around the large room. The council was here as well. Lastly the Tsukikage and Kitsune's aunt, Kasumi, were in at the large altar preparing for the ceremony.

Kasumi was in an elegant dress similar to Kitsunes, minus the hole over the naval, hers was also red instead of white. Kasumi had very similar features in common with the younger girl; her long blond hair and blue eyes. Kasumi was Kitsune's official guardian…and was currently the head of the clan…but will promptly pass all those rights over to her niece after the ceremony. Kasumi was never able to teach her niece anything ninja related, not being a ninja herself. 'I think she's officially a dancer…or maybe it was a singer…'

Yami turned his head and could see Inochi sitting next to him, and his family sitting near them as well. He could see Hinadi, the Kitsune's Jounin sensei sitting near some Hizuuga higher ups. He also saw Rei, sitting next to Hinadi, which surprised him…he had no idea she was a higher up of the Hizuuga clan.

At his other side was sitting Megumi.

Yami took another looked around…there were about three dozen ANBU here. They weren't taking any chances.

Finally Kitsune, still wearing the same dress, came inside the room. She was walking to the center of the room looking around for something. It seems that she found it…She caught eyes with Yami. They both seemed to stare at each other for a while. 'Why is she looking at me like that?', thought a confused Psychic. She merely smiled at him and turned her head forward to the kage and her aunt. She reached the stairs the small set of stairs that would lead her up to the altar; there were only five steps. When she reached the altar, she bowed at the kage and at her aunt and then laid down on the altar.

Waizu then put his hands in a ram seal and his chakra started to flare up. Then, as if out of thin air, a huge black seal appeared on the ceiling. Kasumi grabbed a paintbrush and some black paint and started drawing on Kitsune's naval. Kasumi was drawing an elegant design on her stomach, when she was done she put the paintbrush down, smiled at her niece, and slightly bowed her head. Waizu started to go into a long chain of seals. As he was performing them, the seal changed from black to red. Five minutes had gone by when his hands finally froze on the ram seal once again. The seal started to glow and a small beam of light shone from the seal on the ceiling all the way to the seal on Kitsune's naval. A giant pulse of red light shot out of the seal and hit Kitsune right on the stomach, she started screaming in pain. "AAAHHHH!", cried the container. The seal on the ceiling disappeared. However, Kitsune was still crying in pain and trashing about. Waizu, who was panting from everything he did, quickly went to hold down the suffering girl. Most people had risen from their seats at the sight of the crying girl…but a hand gesture from Waizu kept them down. Kasumi went to the girl and started stroking her hair back, whispering soothing words in her ear. Small slit-sized marks started appearing on Kitsune's cheeks, three on each cheek. She finally opened her eyes, still howling in pain, her beautiful bright blue eyes suddenly shifted to blood red with cat-like pupils and just as quickly shifted back…Kitsune stopped screaming and thrashing about…and fainted…

---Kitsune's Mindscape---

Kitsune found herself in front of a mountain. She was currently on a platform before some stairs. 'Where am I?' wondered the confused Heiress. She started walking up the stairs that were built on the mountain. She couldn't see anything below the spot where she ended up on. Clouds were keeping the anything under the platform from being seen and they seemed to extend to as far as her eyes could see. She could see other mountains popping up from the clouds…but none were as big as the one she was currently scaling 'I'm glad these stairs are here', thought a relieved Kitsune. She looked up at the beautiful night sky adorned with countless shining stars. The moon seemed much bigger and brighter than usual. She continued to walk up the cement stairs… 'I'm almost at the peak!' When she reached the top of the mountain she gasped…before her was a humongous house one only a giant could possibly live in. The 'house' was painted white and had a dark blue roof. It sat on another set of stairs. She didn't even know how she would open the doors that were at least fifty times her size. Suddenly the doors started to open, as if they were reading her mind.

"Kit! Come to me!", she heard a demonic voice howl.

'Could that be the Kyuubi?', she asked herself mentally.

"Indeed…Now come to me Kit", called the same voice.

It startled her, "What! How…how…did you hear me…"

"The seal connects me to your mind…it will take you a little bit of practice to be able to conceal your mind from me…Now, come to me. I WILL NOT ASK AGAIN!", screamed Kyuubi.

It startled the girl once again…she decided to enter the large house before she further annoys the large beast. She walked up the stairs and entered through the door. She discovered that the huge door was actually a gate though. When she entered, she found herself in a huge garden. There were multiple flowers and trees around the garden. A small river extended from one wall, all the way to another. But the thing that stood out most was the giant fox that sat only a few feet away. Kitsune stared in amazement. "Kyuubi!", she said excitedly.

The fox was just staring at her as if sizing her up. Finally it grinned, "Come closer child." She started to walk over to the huge fox and finally stood before him. Suddenly the fox threw his paw at the young girl getting ready to kill her in one swipe. He froze, his claw two inches from her face, she didn't even flinch. She just gave a foxy smile, accented by the new whisker-like marks on her cheeks. The fox grinned, "I like you Kit, I like you a lot…You remind me so much of him."

"Who?", asked the young woman.

"My first container…Naruto", spoke the fox.

Kitsune gasped and she suddenly had stars in her eyes, "Do I really remind you of Naruto-sama?"

"From the iron will to those beautiful blue eyes of yours. Yes you will be a good container for me", said the grinning fox.

"I'm honored that you think so highly of me great Kyuubi-sama", said the container bowing respectfully.

The Kyuubi smiled at the girl, "Your more respectful than Naruto was…I like that. Now sit down with me so I can teach you some things you'll need to grow. What's your name anyway?"

"My name is Kitsune Uzamaki, great Kyuubi-sama." With that the girl sat down next to the thousands year old fox and listened intently on its every word.

---Uzamaki Clan House Alter---

Yami, like many others, was on his feet worried etched on his face for the girl that was only screaming seconds ago.

Waizu smiled at Kasumi…the young girl had finally stopped thrashing about…the ritual was complete. Waizu picked up the small girl in his arms. He then carried her off followed by a dozen ANBU. Kasumi froze and looked straight at Yami. 'Why's she staring at me?' Kasumi smiled at Yami and then followed the Kage. Yami felt a hand touch his shoulder. He looked down at a smiling Megumi.

"Calm down…she'll be alright in a couple of hours."

"Umm…yea…", was Yami's reply. Yami was surprised…he hadn't even noticed when he stood up.

---Uzamaki Clan House Gate---

Everyone was walking out of the clan house…the inauguration was over…the Kyuubi had found its new container…

Yami was walking side by side with the Hizuuga.

"Yami."

Yami turned to see who had called his name; it was Megumi. "Megumi-sensei…is there something you wanted?"

"Yea I need you for something, if you don't mind could you come to my office at the academy…let's say around Midnight."

Yami blinked, "Midnight! Why so late?"

"I have my reasons…now will you come or not?"

Yami sighed, "Yea sure I'll be there."

"Good." With that said Megumi walked passed her old student and left.

"Wonder what she could want."

He sighed again and walked off to join Inochi who waited for him at the gates.

"Hey Yami!"

Yami turned to see Jiman and Kouji behind him.

"The Hanone invited us along as well…", spoke Jiman.

Yami nodded. With that Yami, Inochi, Jiman, and Kouji went off back into the village.

---Ichitaku (6:07)---

There was a loud ruckus going on in the ramen stand. There were multitudes of people going in and out of the restaurant. Poor Natsuko couldn't keep up with all the request. Her daughter Tomoyo, a.k.a. "Ramen Girl", was going burning her self out.

At one of the tables sat Ookami, Kasai, Bankotsu, and Jyou waiting for there other friends to show up.

Finally they did…Yami, Inochi, Jiman, and Kouji walked in and went to sit with the other group. They were unfortunately bombarded with millions of questions by Kasai.

---Megumi's Office 11:30---

Megumi was sitting at her desk…She was drinking a glass of sake and staring at an old picture. The old picture was of a middle-aged woman with hugging, from behind, three children that couldn't be older than twelve. Upon closer inspection one could see that the middle-aged woman was a younger Megumi, wearing a standard jounin uniform. And the children? The first one, the one on the left, was a young girl with short red hair and beautiful purple pupiless eyes.

"Hinadi…", Megumi said with a smile.

The second, the one on the right, was a young boy with red eyes and spiky red hair…

"Kazu", she said with a slight disappointed frown.

Finally the last one…was of another girl. Lovely blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes…

"Kairi…"

With that name Megumi broke down and started sobbing…knocking her bottle of sake on the ground, shatter said bottle. "You would've…been so…proud of him Kairi…why didn't…you stay…", she somehow managed to say between sobs.

She looked once again at the picture of the original team 7. Of Her team 7. She concentrated on the figure of Kairi…and sobbed some more…Memories started flashing back of words from the Godaime that would kill her…it would kill her if they came true.

---Flashback Kages tower, Godaimes Office (right after the mission to Tea Country)---

"So he activated the cursed seal…"

"Yes…it seems that way Megumi", spoke the Godaime.

"It seems the sealed you had placed on him worked as well", said a smiling Megumi…

The Tsukikage looked uncomfortable… "No…your mistakened…"

"What!"

"The seal was meant to lock away Yami's darkness away. Unfortunately the cursed seal is too much a part of Yami, he was born with it after all. So in that aspect the seal of light failed. His darkness is unleashed"

"But what about Yami!"

"Yami went into the cursed seal level 1 Form. It enhances his strength, speed, and chakra…and in return Yami loses a small piece of his Humanity. However, the seal of light is meant to stop the cursed seal from poisoning Yami's mind. So he should be safe from its effects. That is the second purpose of the seal of light."

"If it works then why are you so worried?"

Waizu closed his eyes dreading what he was about to tell the woman, "I'm worried that one day Yami may activate the second level of the cursed seal."

"Second level?"

"Yes…I read about it in one of the Shodaimes reports concerning the cursed seal…when someone achieves this they gain unfathomable power, however the strain on there humanity is that much more severe…if Yami goes to this level…I'm not sure if the seal of light will be able to save him…it will be completely left to his will."

Megumi was on the verge of tears, "Isn't there something we could do…"

"No…I mean…not unless you can change the past."

Megumi blinked, "What?"

Waizu sighed, "There is only one way for the body to unlock a marture cursed seal. Orochimaru, the one who discovered the cursed seal, discovered a way to achieve it safely through a special box and a potion. It is the only safe way to acquire it."

"Well why should Yami have to worried about that?"

The Godaime suddenly turned to Megumi staring straight into her eyes. "Megumi…the only way to achieve the second level is to die." Megumi gasped! "When the individual dies the cursed seal infects his body further…and gives it the ability to tap into the second level. If the user is able to return…he has the ability to tap into it. That is the purpose of the box and potion that Orochimaru used…Yami however, did things the hard way…" With that said Waizu turned to stare out his window… "It's just a theory but him achieving it so early…is probably the reason he obtained his telekinetic power."

Waizu placed his hand through his white hair and sighed.

Megumi was on the verge of tears.

---End Flashback---

Megumi sobbed at the memory of that horrible day 6 years ago…

---Flashback (6 years ago)---

Megumi was walking down the road planning on going over to Yami's small apartment. She had been visiting Yami once a week ever since he moved into his small apartment.

She finally reached the apartment and opened the door. Her blood ran cold. Inside of the apartment was a man strangling a six-year old child to death.

"You miserable little bastard…It's your fault Kairi is dead and I'm going to make you pay you brat…then I'll go after you bastard father", said the man as he continued to strangle the child. The child couldn't do a thing against the man. His eyes were glazing over and throat was being squeeze shut. He was trying to gasp for air.

"STOP THAT NOW!" called a pissed Megumi as she ran over to stop the man.

The man turned and saw the desperate woman and quickly grabbed a senbon needle from his belt. He then stabbed down on the side of Yami's neck. "AAAhhhhh!", screamed the boy. Megumi then smashed the man in the face effectively throwing him off the boy. She then quickly pulled the senbon out of the boy's neck.

"No problem you can't kill a person with senbon needle…not in the neck at least", she said…more to herself than to Yami.

The man snorted… "Usually you'd be right…but that wasn't an ordinary senbon…it was poisoned tipped…the bastard's son is going to die…painfully.

Megumi snarled and quickly hit the man again, knocking him out, and quickly ran back to the suffering child. "YAMI!"

Yami's eyes started to glaze over and his face started to pale. The side of his neck was bleeding slightly. He was having trouble breathing. Finally he stopped moving…he stopped breathing…his heart was slowing down.

"YAMI HOLD ON I'LL GET YOU SOME HELP!"

---Hospital---

Megumi was pacing around the waiting room. By the time she reached the hospital Yami's heart had stopped. The Kage, who had horror etched on his face, quickly joined her. They both waited for what seemed like forever. Finally a doctor came out of the operating room. A smile on his face…he spoke, "The kids alright you can go seem him…" He didn't have a chance to finish…Megumi and Waizu ran past him…

---End Flashback---

She almost lost the last piece of the girl she once considered a daughter. The man was thrown in jail and tried for attempted-murder.

She looked at the clock and gasped…it was almost midnight. She ran in the bathroom to wash her face clean of tears. When she walked back out she found Yami standing there waiting for her…a slightly tired expression on his face.

"So what did you want sensei?"

"I want to give you something." With that said she grabbed a large scroll that was on her desk. "But not here…follow me." 'You must become stronger Yami. You must become strong enough to protect you soul.'

Yami blinked… "Ok…"

A/N: Wow…that was my longest chapter yet…originally it was going to be much longer…but I decided to cut it off here and add the rest to the next chapter…I really hope you enjoyed it…because if not I just wasted a hell of a lot of time. Anyways I really hope to get alot more Reviews for this chapter.

Warning: I don't think this constitutes as a spoiler...but i thought i'd just put a warning down anyways (I'm just answering a review question.)

Someone asked me if Yami was a descendant of Sasuke. Originally that was my idea...It would have made a kick ass fight scene...for those of you who remember the end of Chapter 3. But i decided against it...I don't want Yami to have the Sharingan. So as of right now the answer is "No"