A/N: Well, here's the fourteenth chapter… it's a new record! All that aside, the NaruIno WILL come, but all in good time. I won't have them hating each other this week and kissing each other the next week! That's… troublesome. Now, let's proceed with the chapter. I will also be needing your help once again. I don't know what I'll do with Hinata once Ino falls for Naruto. As usual:

'This' could either be Kyuubi or Shukaku.

'This' could either be Naruto or Gaara.

"This" could be Kyuubi speaking through Naruto

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A large hand of sand caught Naruto and landed him safely on the ground. He turned around and saw his newest friend, Gaara.

"What the…? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked as he stood up and removed the sand from his clothes.

"Helping you, what else?" Gaara said monotonously while keeping his stare at the Nibi.

"What? Who sent you here? Is it old man Kazekage?"

"No… I came here because the Hokage asked for my help…"

"Is that all?"

"Yes."

Naruto also shifted his gaze towards the large cat. All the remaining Jounins and ANBU were attacking the Nibi in various ways, but in vain. Tsunade and Jiraiya took turns to attack the Nibi.

"Listen, Naruto. The only way of defeating that thing is by sealing it…" Gaara said as sand slowly came out of his gourd.

"But we have no sealers…" Naruto said while another pair of tails emerged from behind him.

"Naruto… did anyone tell you that you're growing tails?" Gaara asked, shocked if had such an expression.

"Actually, no… that's the Kyuubi's. He's currently controlling my body so that his full power can merge with my body. After that, we beat the living daylight out of the Nibi." Naruto gave a full-fanged foxy grin.

"I understand… I shall also make a deal with the Shukaku. If I succeed, there's no way the Nibi will survive." Gaara said while he sat down and closed his eyes.

"What are you doing?" Naruto shouted at Gaara while pointing a finger.

"I'm making a deal." Gaara kept his eyes closed.

"Tch… just hurry up." Naruto said before he leapt towards the Nibi. Gaara opened his left eye.

"I will…" Gaara said while closing his left eye.

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Naruto ran towards the Nibi. He leapt up and delivered a chakra-less punch. Even without chakra, he was able to throw the Nibi a few feet into the air.

'Whoa… that was one hell of a punch.'

'Well, you may be in your head but I'm in command of your body. Soon, your body will become very strong, even granny can't match it.'

'Remember…'

'Right… once we're at full power, you're taking command.'

'Good! You remember!'

'Stop talking to me like I'm a little kid!'

They temporarily stopped their argument and went of to fight the Nibi. Gaara, on the other hand was not having as much luck with his own demon.

'You have to help us.'

'No…' the Shukaku answered while lying down on the floor.

'It's the Nibi.'

'Don't care. Let it do what it wants. I'll just stay here.'

For once, Gaara is starting to lose his patience. He gritted his teeth before he relaxed and let out a sly smile.

'What's wrong with you? Have you lost it?'

'No, but I know how to make you help me… no… help us.'

'Bring it on, kid!'

'Nibi said you were a small fry.'

'Don't care.'

'Nibi said you were a coward.'

'Doesn't matter.'

'Nibi said you're pathetic.'

'I could beat that cat anyday.'

Then, Gaara thought of something different…

'Kyuubi said that he was so strong that he could fight the Nibi with Naruto's finger. He said that even though the Nibi is weak, you'll be no match for it.' Gaara smirked (a tiny one.)

'That Kyuubi! I'll show him who's stronger! I'll beat the Nibi before the fox could! Wahahaha!'

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Meanwhile, Naruto and co were at it again. Tsunade unleashing a barrage of punches while Naruto unleashed another army of Kage Bunshins. Naruto does his 'Hundred Rasengan Strikes of the Uzumaki Naruto Rendan' where the whole army of bunshins attacks the Nibi. Now with four tails, Naruto was even more powerful. His bunshins became capable of making full powered Rasengans in succession. His Rendan-variant started off with a Rasengan version of the 'Thousand Years of Pain', shoving a Rasengan under the Nibi's tail… you know where. This gave the Nibi… well… pain equivalent to that of a thousand years, hence the name. After that, ten bunshins drove a barrage of Rasengans at the Nibi's chin, flipping it over. The Nibi stood up untainted, but as soon as it stood still, 30 Narutos drove Rasengans throughout the underneath of the Nibi's chest, making it spin as it flew upwards towards the sky. A hundred feet in mid air, the spinning Nibi started to spin in the other direction as another 30 Narutos gave it a combined Rasengan at the spine. The counterclockwise cat hurtled towards the ground when a 10 Narutos formed a small circle. They formed Rasengans within the said circle, causing a tornado to appear (see the Kage Bunshin vs. Mizu Bunshin episode, it's something like that.). This sucked up the Nibi and threw it towards the village. On its trajectory path towards the village, the Nibi used its feline abilities to put all four legs below, but once the legs were in position for a landing, another 10 Narutos drove Rasengans at its nose. This sent the Nibi to whence it came. It nearly crashed on the ground but the Hokage punched it skyward, where 8 Narutos and the real Naruto were waiting with spiraling balls of chakra in hand. The Nibi hurtled towards the ground while spinning rapidly. (like a chopper with a failed rear rotor and increase its spinning speed). It crashed, taking out a majority of the bunshins and making an extremely large crater on the ground. Once again, dust filled the air and visibility was almost zero.

'Is it over?'

'I don't think so… that attack barely left a scratch.'

'WHAT? Are you sure?'

'Yeah… in case you didn't notice, we only managed to damage its nose… which is theoretically the spot with the weakest defense.'

'Then let's attack it!'

'It won't help. How do you expect to beat it that way? Make it sneeze to death?'

'Any bright ideas, Foxy?'

'Yeah. Let's wait for One Tailed Sandy and my full power. Once it happens, that Nibi's toast.'

Their conversation was cut short when the jaws of the titanic cat approached them at an incredible rate. The Kyuubi thought of evading, but with Naruto's body and current power level, it's nearly impossible. Jiraiya immediately bit his finger and tried to summon Gamabunta, but once he finished, all he was able to summon was tiny little Gamakichi.

"Aaah! Squirt! What the heck are you doing here? I called for your father!" Jiraiya shouted as he held the tiny toad in front of his face.

"But he went somewhere!" Gamakichi explained.

Suddenly, a large crash was heard. The smoke that came from the Nibi's crash eventually cleared up and revealed Gamabunta holding the cat by the jaws.

"What the…" Jiraiya exclaimed as he looked at Gamabunta. Suddenly, something caught his eye, an ANBU with a Kyuubi mask and golden hair stood above Gamabunta's head, holding Naruto in his arms.

"What the… who are you?" Naruto shouted as he jumped off the Yondaime's arms.

"I'll tell you some other time, but right now, we have to fight." Yondaime answered while messing Naruto's hair with his hand. Although pushing off anybody's hand would be his initial reflex, he was surprised that he was actually enjoying the touch of this man's hand… even old man Hokage's touch was nothing. Yondaime looked down at Naruto and saw his canine features and the tails.

"At least one of my goals is achieved. You can freely use the Kyuubi's power. I guess sealing it into you was just fine."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he looked at the Kyuubi ANBU.

'Idiot! That ANBU is your…' the Kyuubi cut into the conversation but was stopped himself before he could finish, thanks to a sudden movement from Gamabunta.

"Get off, kid. You still need to fight that cat! I can't last long in a fight with a biju. I'm leaving for now. Summon me when you need to do the sealing." Gamabunta said while looking on top of his head.

"I understand." The Hokage who was still hiding his identity nodded. Immediately, Gamabunta poofed out of existence and both blondies landed on the ground. The Nibi proceeded with attacking them both. Sensing immense power that was radiating from Naruto now that another pair of tail appeared (total six), it diverted its attention to Naruto and to Naruto alone.

'Come on, kid! I need full control!'

'You already have full control!'

'I need to take over your consciousness as well! I can only let you back once we get 8 tails.'

'But… how can I believe you?'

'Trust me on this one, kid. Besides, he's here. He'll stop me if I go berserk.'

'Who are you talking about?'

'There's no time for introductions! Here comes the cat!'

Immediately, Naruto gave full control to the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi jumped to his right and dodged the incoming claw from the Nibi. He landed on his feet only to realize too late that another claw coming in at him. Kyuubi jumped up and dodged the claw. In mid-air, the two tails gave him a one-two hit. Naruto was thrown through the forest and trees were destroyed in his path. Naruto stood up and wiped blood that were on his lips.

'Consider yourself lucky for not having to feel that.'

'I'll keep that in mind.'

Naruto… I mean Kyuubi… ran towards the Nibi and jumped up high. He twisted in mid-air and delivered a downward punch. The Nibi fell down and met the ground head-first. The Nibi quickly stood up and chased after Naruto with its claws, cutting everything they touch. Naruto kept on dodging, and trees were getting cut instead. He kept on leaping backwards to avoid the constant onslaught delivered by the Nibi, but the claws were getting closer and closer to hitting him. He eventually ran into a large tree. He climbed it and catapulted himself into the air via kicking the tree.

'What are you doing?'

'Just watch me.'

Naruto formed a cross handseal in mid-air…

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Immediately, 10 Narutos poofed into existence. The Narutos landed in different directions, surrounding the Nibi. Then all of them got on all fours and the bunshins started growling.

'What the…?'

'Stop asking questions! I said watch me!'

The real one also went into all fours.

'Gatsuuga!'

'But… that's a jutsu by the Inuzuka clan!'

'Shut up! When I attacked Konoha, they did it to me for too many times that I actually learned it.'

'What? You have a Sharingan or something?'

'Actually, I got so fed up, I decided to use their own jutsus against them.'

While they were talking, the bunshins started their assault. The first pair attacked from opposite directions with the Gatsuuga. This made two swirly dents on the Nibi's sides. The intensity of the attack destroyed the two bunshins but while they were in the midst of disappearing, another pair came in for another attack. This hit the Nibi on the exact same spot as the earlier attack, making the dent even deeper and a few traces of blood were starting to appear.

"One or two more attacks and the Nibi's dead."

"I think we can arrange that." Yondaime and Hizachi stood side by side in front of Naruto.

"You know what to do. You're a Hokage. Let's do the secret combo." Yondaime grinned at Hizachi.

"Roger, Yondaime." Hizachi grinned back as they both faced the Nibi.

"Ready?" Yondaime asked.

"Ready." Hizachi answered.

They started forming handseals one after the other, in a cycle so long, it rivals the length of those used for the Gate of Ages.

'Rat, Tiger, Ox, Horse, Monkey, Ram, Snake, Dragon, Rat, Tiger, Ox, Horse, Monkey, Ram, Snake, Dragon, Rat, Tiger, Ox, Horse, Monkey, Ram, Snake, Dragon,' both of them mentally recited as they formed the handseals. After the last count of Dragon, they both clapped their hands together and a powerful wave of chakra was emitted like a shockwave.

"Fuyou Konoha no Jutsu! (Floating Leaves Technique)" both Hokage said in unison. A little later, a rain of leaves started. Slowly, an area of 50 meter radius got covered by leaves as if it got hit with a major leaf blizzard. After the flood of leaves reached knee level, the leaves flew into the air and levitated (hence the name).

"Round two!" Hizachi declared, earning him an agreeing nod from Yondaime.

'Horse, Ox, Monkey, Dog, Snake, Dragon, Tiger.' They recited mentally. After they finished the seal combinations, they held the Tiger seal and shouted together.

"Konohagakure Ninjutsu Hiden: Konoha Shuriken no Jutsu! (Secret Ninjutsu of the Hidden Leaf: Leaf Shuriken Technique)!"

Then, the thousands of leaves floating in mid air stiffened and flew in different directions. Some trees were cut clean after being hit by a single leaf. Others made close contact with the Nibi, delivering straight cuts on its flesh. A few hit it dead on, stabbing the creature and sinking a few feet into its flesh. The rest that missed turned around and attacked the Nibi with another wave of sharp leaves.

"Whoa… That's one awesome Jutsu…" Naruto stood on awe as he got his consciousness back after another pair of Kyuubi tails emerged, totaling to 8 tails.

'We're not finished yet!'

The other bunshins resumed their Gatsuuga on the Nibi. The first two that attacked were almost touching the Nibi when the cat suddenly disappeared into thin air, causing the bunshins to collide and explode in mid-air. The Nibi suddenly reappeared next to the other bunshins, destroying them in a single roar. The Nibi started running towards the real Naruto. It circled Naruto in such high speeds, it started to blur.

'What the…? Where is the cat?'

'If I still had my real ears, I'll surely know… too bad I don't.'

'Can't you do anything?'

'The Nibi's movement produces ultrasonic waves. Only ears that are sensitive to those ultrasonic waves can hear them. If I could hear them, I will surely know where the cat is.'

'Ultrasonic? Is it edible?'

'Idiot! In simple words that your puny little head could comprehend, the sound it makes is impossible for humans to hear. Get it?'

'Yeah, whatever, Foxy.'

Naruto stood in the middle of the circle of cat. He looked around trying to follow the cat's movements, but all he could see were blurs and multiple images of the Nibi.

"This isn't good. We can't leave him there." Tsunade said while gripping a tree tightly.

"I agree, we need to go help him now. We've rested enough. We can start fighting again." Jiraiya said while stretching a bit.

"Let's go." Yondaime said while preparing for his 'flashy' jutsu when a large claw of sand blocked the running Nibi and toppled it over.

"What the…" Hizachi saw something unusually large through his Geneigan.

"Well, this is unexpected…" Anko said as she looked at the Nibi's attacker.

Everybody else looked at the huge creature with bluish markings all over its body and made of sand. On top of it was Gaara who was surprisingly fully conscious.

"All of you can go back now. We'll take care of this cat. Where are the others?" Gaara said through the Shukaku's mouth.

"They're all dead. Kakashi and the others took the wounded Nins from the battle field. The unhurt Jounins and ANBU are probably on their way back. The few Chuunin that were left to attend to the Gennins are on their way here as well."

"I don't think they need to get here. Just get them back to Konoha if you meet them on the way. They'll just kill themselves by going here." Gaara moved his gigantic sand body forward. Naruto on the other hand, gained the ninth tail, which means he's at full Kyuubi level.

'Kid, let me take control of your hands and your chakra. There's one jutsu that needs some doing.'

'Alright. Make sure it would help.'

'Believe me, this is one Jutsu that would kick his butt.'

'Well, let him have it!'

"Kasei! (Transformation)" an extremely large cloud covered half of the forest. A wind blew afterwards, revealing the Kyuubi in its original size and appearance.

'Whoa… What happened?'

'I transformed your body into an exact copy of mine. Although this is one heck of a jutsu, it only lasts for ten minutes. Use it well.'

'Alright, but can't you turn us back if this thing wears off?'

'It only works once every 24 hours. If you return to normal, you can only become Kyuubi again after 1 whole day. Get it? Good.'

The Nibi took jumped a few hundred meters backward and started growling at the Kyuubi. The Shukaku on the other hand, moved towards the back of the Nibi, surrounding it from two sides.

"Ready, Gaara?" Naruto said as he involuntarily growled at the Nibi.

"Ready." Gaara crossed his arms on top of the Shukaku.

After that, the Kyuubi ran towards the Nibi. The Nibi also ran towards it, but in a zigzag path. After a few seconds, the Nibi accelerated to such high speeds, there appeared to be 5 cats. The Kyuubi reacted by jumping a few strides back and opened its mouth.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" the Kyuubi made a huge fireball without using any handseals. The 5 cats leapt out of the flames. While spinning in midair to land on all fours, another barrage of attacks

"Fuuton: Renkuudan!" Gaara made handseals while the Shukaku fired multiple air bullets at the midair cats. Four out of the 10 shots hit the cats. The real one left twisted itself in midair to dodge the remaining 6 shots, but it got hit by a follow-up shot as soon as it landed. This sent the Nibi flying a few hundred meters into the air and landing almost a kilometer away. For the first time, they actually did same damage. The Kyuubi immediately pounced on the fallen Nibi and started throwing it around like a rag doll.

'Stop playing like a little puppy and finish this quickly.'

'Come on! We have to continue this! I may be a fast healer, but this cat is twice as fast.'

'Shut up!'

Naruto took over the control of his oversized body and threw the Nibi into the air.

"My turn." Gaara said calmly before doing the similar handseals, "Fuuton: Renkuudan!"

Another barrage of air bullets hit the Nibi, but this time accompanied by bullets of sand. This made a huge cloud of sand in mid air, covering the Nibi. Kyuubi and Shukaku kept their gazes upward and waited. After less than two seconds, the Nibi fell from the cloud of sand and landed on all four feet, with all the inflicted damage disappearing very rapidly.

'See? What did I tell you?' the Kyuubi asked.

All of a sudden, the Nibi unleashed its own barrage of attacks. Projectiles made of pure black energy appeared out of nowhere in front of the Nibi's face and were aimed straight for the Kyuubi. On instinct, the Kyuubi leapt high into the air to dodge the missiles and countered.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" the Kyuubi made a downward fireball that burned though much of the forest. The Nibi that was on the middle of the flames enduring the heat. It's fur were slowly getting burned and injuries are coming faster than they are getting healed. The Shukaku joined the attack by leaping directly into the flames. Gaara made a dome of sand above him since sand can stand flames. Inside, he let the Shukaku have some fun, thrashing about and beating the living daylight out of it. The Nibi on the other hand, was getting beat up and burnt at the same time. Suddenly, the Shukaku was thrown out of the feiry dome and dark balls of energy started flying out of it in different directions. Some of them hit the airborne Kyuubi while others hit the ground-stricken Shukaku, engulfing them both in explosions and kicking up huge quantities of dust into the air. The rest of the spheres went flying straight for Konoha. Since all of them except Naruto and Gaara just arrived, they were ominous to what was heading for them. They rested and some of them were so exhausted, they fell to the ground as soon as they entered the village. Tsunade, Shizune and the remaining medics were attending to the wounded and the dying when suddenly, all hell broke loose. Black spheres rained down on them as if it was judgement day. Everything that the spheres touch explodes, leaving a crater with twice the size. Everybody dodged as hard as they could, but others that couldn't move simply waited for their deaths. The barrage eventually ended, leaving only a handful of Jounins and Chuunins as survivors.

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Back at the battlefield, Kyuubi already landed to the ground but still kept the flow of the Fireball. Gaara was slowly losing his consciousness due to fatigue. This meant that the Shukaku could take over sooner or later. To be on the safe side, he leapt out of the giant Shukaku, leaving it to fall to the ground like one big sand storm. He landed on the ground on his feet but collapsed soon enough. He lied down while keeping his eyes straight towards the sky.

"Naruto, it's all up to you." Gaara said before he sighed and stared into the sky.

The Kyuubi, on the other hand, was anything but tired. It has been 9 minutes since the fight started. To others, it was quite fast, but for Naruto and Gaara, it was too long. The Kyuubi kept the flames going. The Nibi's skin was on fire and there were third degree burns all over. After an entire minute, Naruto returned to his original form and stood weakly on the ground. The Nibi, however, was still standing.

'That's one tough biju.'

'If only we had no time limit, that cat would be dead!'

Kyuubi shouted inside Naruto's head. As if on cue, the Nibi disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving a half battered, half shattered forest.

'What? Was that a bunshin?'

'It can't be. It was too powerful even for a Kage Bunshin. I'm guessing that somebody summoned it.'

'It was I summon?'

'I think.'

After that, Naruto fell to the ground back-first. He closed his eyes and eventually fell asleep. A few meters away, another blond was watching Naruto while debating with herself inside her head.

'What am I doing here?'

'Idiot! You came to help Naruto!'

'Why would I help him?'

While Ino continued her internal debate, someone was having a little grunting session a few kilometers away.

"That summon was useless…" the person said as he deactivated his three dotted Sharingan.

To be continued…

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A/N: Sorry if the last part sucked… I wanted to finish this chapter before I receive my writer's block… actually, I already have it while making this A/N. Anyways, that's all I could do for now. Maybe before next week or sooner, I can make another chapter. Until then, please review!