-1I greatly appreciate the reviews I've gotten. I really do appreciate it, kinda like getting a cookie for doing something you like to do anyways! Several ideas that I thought might work for this fic but I wasn't sure on were reinforced by them so they'll play a much bigger role then I originally intended. Again I thank everyone who reviewed, I sincerely appreciate it. Onto the fic!

Chapter 2: Unforeseen events.

Naruto couldn't remember how long he felt overwhelming pain, it could have been seconds or years to his mind. It was still reeling when he fell off the swing he was sitting on and landed on the ground with a "Umpf." Naruto suddenly looked up. 'Falling out of a swing? Huh? What?' All his memories hit him like a water bullet, breaking against him, filling him to the brim.

"Well that was.. Interesting.." Kyuubi put in, her voice was weak from the strain of the technique. "You ok Naruto?"

'Yeah I think so.' Naruto returned, 'What happened though, I feel strange. Like I'm less then I should be.'

"Because you are.." Kyuubi paused for a moment that Naruto assumed was to check on his body. "Kit."

Naruto's eyes widened, she hadn't called him kit since.. Realization dawned on him as he looked over himself and at the surroundings. He was at the academy, and he was a preteen. 'Nani?' He mentally shouted, 'Why am I a kid again? This wasn't in the plans!'

"Calm yourself kit." Kyuubi tried to consol him, "I think I may know what happened." She waited for Naruto comply with her request before continuing. "I think it goes that two of the same thing can't exist in the same space. Evidently in order for the technique to work we had to lose our, or your rather, body. We simply took over the younger you."

Naruto was, how do you say, knocked for a loop. 'So what happened to the younger me? I mean, we came here where did our past selves go?'

Kyuubi thought for a few moments before answering, "Well nothing did." She continued under the perplexed gaze of Naruto. "We are who we are, we didn't replace them because they are us, our own memories were the exact same up to this point so we just became who we were to become in the future now instead of latter. Understand?"

'Uh..' Was all Naruto could think as he shook his head.

"Good neither do I." Kyuubi admitted. "Temporal mechanics always give me a headache." Naruto could suddenly feel Kyuubi stiffen within him. "We're about to confirm when we are. Be on your toes Naruto. Remember the plan!" She almost shouted as she faded to the back of his mind.

Naruto was about to ask why when a hand touch his shoulder.

"Sorry you didn't pass Naruto." The owner of the hand stated, "But don't worry, I know a secret way you can pass!"

Naruto looked up to the person and could barely contain his shock. Above him stood Mizuki, grey hair restrained by the hitai-ate wearing fairly typical chunin attire. Luckily Mizuki took the shocked look without a thought. "Come with me and I'll explain."

Naruto slowly got to his feet and followed the man. 'Alright, small change in the plan, I'm short and my body isn't that well trained. We're not as far back as we hoped. Just remember the plan and stick to it as much as possible.' Kyuubi helped by letting the memories resurface in crystal clarity of what transpired. With a fox grin, Naruto followed the oblivious man. Carefully recreating his past as exact as he could.

Elsewhere atop the Hokage monument.

There was a shimmer in the air as what seemed to be thousands upon thousands of thread slowly appeared. The threads had wrapped themselves in a cocoon around an object slowly began to unravel. Another shimmering revealed a gorgeous woman floating in the air seemingly sitting with her knees to pulled to the side. Her hair was an ever flowing changing color. Ranging across the entire spectrum in moments. Her face and body held an elegance of some race long forgotten. Her eyes were milky white all through out, having no pupil or iris. But the surface seemed to shift as a tide changed constantly within them.

Her simple dress flowed down her body, hiding what could be considered the most beautiful thing in the world. Even Jiraiya would have problems describing her. A smile graced her lips as the thread from the cocoon finally finished unraveling, revealing a figure that radiated calm power. The threads retreated behind her into an amazing tapestry that appeared shortly after her. The details of the tapestry were indescribable, seemingly showing the entire course of the planets history within its weave.

"You've release me have you Time weaver?" The figure before her asked quietly.

"Yes." The Time mistress nodded, "It seems that someone didn't like the current way my tapestry had been woven and decided to change it." She suddenly punched his shoulder lightly, "And stop calling me that, you know my name."

The figure turned and grinned at her. His eyes had one color, sky blue. No pupils or irises could be distinguished. He was very tall, and built solidly. Dark hair ran down to his mid back, you couldn't say it was black or blue as the distinction between the colors was lost. His clothes were simple in nature as well, consisting of a simple white gi and pants. Over his shoulder he wore a sleeveless robe that had a deep blue trim framing it. On that back was a design of a dragon warrior. Unlike most dragons the one pictured had a more human form, save for the lethal claws and massive wings. This design was stitched in a very light blue that would almost shimmer as the bearer moved. "My apologies Kairi." The mans stated clearly. "But may I ask why I was released?"

"To help the ones who challenge time." Kairi smiled. "You do remember your comrade Kyuubi? Don't you Gideon?"

Gideon widened his stark blue eyes in surprise, "You mean she has decided to help humanity!"

Kairi could only giggle at his reaction. "Yes, she's actually become quite fond of one boy."

Gideon turned fully towards Kairi, "Maybe you should start from the beginning." Kairi quickly explained all that had happened since Gideon was 'sealed'. Of how Kyuubi and several of the nine were sealed away within humans. Of Naruto's life and of how the Kyuubi had revealed the technique that allowed them to travel back in time at the cost of his friends lives, which they gave willingly. "So has the seal on Kyuubi's memory been removed?" Taking in the information rather well, although Kairi could tell he was overwhelmed; although he hid it well.

"It will be shortly, now that you've arrived." Kairi began, "Although it will come as quite a shock and she'll be quite.. um..," She grinned before speaking. "Peeved with you for it."

"Oh I doubt she'll mind that much." Gideon chuckled, 'Lucky for me she is sealed. With the rage of knowing someone ,ie: me, tampered with her memories she would probably be able to kill me.' Gideon turned back to the Time Mistress. "Although I do have a question about your motives." Kairi looked up to him, her eyes meeting his evenly. "Why are you allowing this, first letting someone actually traverse time, and then releasing me? Aren't you supposed to be 'All powerful'?" going as far to make the quote motions with his fingers.

Kairi giggled again, "No of course not silly." She said slapping his shoulder lightly, "But I am the servant of the one who is and, although I don't know his exact plan, I'll never doubt him. Its all about faith." She smiled.

Gideon just slapped his forehead as he sighed, "So Naruto was meant to live through that timeline? And meant to come back? And I had to stay sealed in the time threads all this time just because?" Kairi gave him a look that clearly said 'Duh!'. Gideon could only chuckle again, "Guess I'll not think about it, Temporal Mechanics give me a headache." Kairi giggled at this. "So what am I supposed to do?"

Kairi reached out and put her finger to his heart. "Follow that, it'll know what to do." She began to fade out with a giggle, but suddenly rematerialized fully. "Oh! And go meet Naruto, he's quite the character if I do say so myself." She giggled again as she faded fully this time, leaving only a shimmer in her wake that quickly consumed the tapestry and disappeared.

Gideon rolled his eyes, "Thanks Kairi." In turn he almost heard her giggle once again. "Guess I should follow her advice. I have been 'out of the loop' for quite sometime." With that his body began to fade, blending the light around him so nothing reflected off him. With his invisibly in place he descended into the village searching out Naruto and in turn Kyuubi. They had a lot of catching up to do. 'Hope she doesn't kill me..' the thought lingered on his mind.

Back to Naruto.

Naruto waited outside the shack that Mizuki had instructed to meet him at. Naruto sat on top of the Forbidden Scroll trying to think up a way to sufficiently deplete his chakra to match what was in his memory. Learning the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu had been tiring for him the first time. He could always learn another of the techniques within he surmised. He was about to ask Kyuubi for advice when he fell to the ground holding his head.

Kyuubi was screaming in pain.

Naruto allowed himself to descend into his own mind, having learned the technique years ago, or rather years ahead. Although he knew his younger body would need a lot of training before it could reach a level to use his more advanced Jutsus, his mind was his own still. During the time after Mizuki had left him, he'd already altered the seal as needed to allow Kyuubi and him the freedom they had in the future. Grinning slightly as it had taken months to figure it out exactly the first time.

"Kyuubi what's wrong?" Naruto shouted as he appeared in the forest he had created in his mind. He saw her in her human form holding her own head, tears streaming down her face, as she lay on the ground shaking. "Kyuubi! Kyuubi!" Naruto called and called out to his friend, he had long accepted the fox demon as his friend after learning the reason behind the attack on Konoha. He doubted that his father, the Yondaime, would see any differently had he known.

Orochimaru had used his snake summons to poison Kyuubi's adopted fox family. This combined with the poison from the snakes that had attacked her upon finding the horrific seen of her adopted kits murdered. Had sent her into a blind rage. The rest was history as they say.

But he quickly banished those thoughts as his friend was now writhing in pain from some unknown source. As he was about to try some of the low level medical jutsu he knew, she suddenly stopped crying out, but simply lay on the ground in a fetal position, her tails wrapped around herself defensively. Naruto was to say the least confused. "Kyuubi?" He called softly. His voiced seemed to reach her and she looked up at him weakly. "Are you alright? What happened?" He took a step back unconsciously as anger flashed over her features.

"I'm. Going. To. Kill. Him." She stated darkly, punctuating each word carefully. Elsewhere a certain person had to withhold a sneeze or give away his presence.

Naruto only sighed in relief. If he had been the 'Him' in her sentence he was sure he would have been dead already, or at very least in a world of hurt.

Kyuubi looked up at him, all trace of the anger gone. "Naruto, thank you for coming. But you're needed on the outside, I'll be fine don't worry." She said effectively shushing him. "I need a little time to think is all. We'll talk later."

"You're sure?" Naruto questioned, far be it from anyone from harming his precious people. When Kyuubi nodded he slowly began to return to the outside world. Before he left he reappeared beside her. "You're really sure you're alright?"

Kyuubi rolled her eyes and pushed him away with a "Of course, now go! " He felt himself get ejected from their mutual mindscape.

Naruto suddenly sat up on the outside, his mind returning. "That was.. Odd." He noticed himself sweating and extremely tired, evidently his younger body would need a lot of training if simply talking with Kyuubi had effected him this much. He grinned slightly as Iruka appeared, Naruto never could figure out how his first sensei always managed to find him; although the pang of the future loss of his sensei hit him slightly. "Hey Iruka-sensei! I learned a technique from this scroll! Can I pass now?"

(A/N: since I'm using the pretense of our hero trying to 'follow the past exactly up to a point' I'll skip this scene, although I do enjoy the army of Naruto scene. Makes me laugh.)

Naruto returned to his apartment after 'passing' the academy training and of course the free ramen Iruka had purchased for him. Years of war had almost made him forget the flavor of the most perfect food ever created!

He tossed himself onto his couch and tried to turn his thoughts inward. But Kyuubi refused him entry. Naruto almost slapped himself, he'd always forgot about Demon Jutsu: Magnify. He quickly created the proper clone and the demon jutsu to allow his friend/teacher into the outside world. He felt a little more then drained after performing the Jutsu.

"Why is it you always forget that jutsu?" Kyuubi asked as she took a seat next to the blonde boy. "Especially after all the trouble we went through to create it."

Sweating slightly, Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he smiled, "Not sure really, maybe cause I like the forest in there?" Kyuubi only rolled her eyes. "Now what happened earlier? I've never heard you scream like that. Kinda freaked me out when I found you like you were."

Kyuubi sighed slightly as she began smoothing out the fur in her tails, "A seal was undone in my mind, one that was created long ago." Naruto tilted his head slightly showing his confusion. Kyuubi didn't mention how fox-like he looked at that moment with the whisker marks. "It wasn't a human seal. Or in fact a demonic seal."

"Nani!" Naruto began slipping into his childish habits as the memories continually replayed in his mind in order for him to not act any different then he had the first time around. "But I only thought humans and demons could do seals? You're saying something 'else' created the seal!"

Kyuubi looked at the young boy in front of her, his position was one of childlike wonder and curiosity. If she still been fully inside him she imagined that hundreds of images would be flashing across his mind trying to figure out the mystery. "Perhaps I should explain everything." 'Especially now that I know it all again too.' She added to herself.

"This sounds like it'll take awhile." Naruto suddenly jumped up off the couch, "Let me get some ramen to eat while you talk!" Kyuubi could only roll her eyes again. Even during the end of the war Naruto hadn't changed that much, his bright outlook had seen them through some bad times. And now, with the chance to change things for the better, it had returned full force even more then before. Probably helped by the awakening hormones in the boy starting to become a man. Naruto returned with two cups of instant ramen. "Here you go!" Naruto began to hand her one of the cups.

Kyuubi couldn't help but let a laugh slip, "I know you think of me as a real person kit, its really sweet of you, but I'm still a shadow clone. I can't eat that."

Naruto blushed in embarrassment for a moment before smiling, "Oh well I'll eat it for you and tomorrow we'll go to Ichiraku and you can taste it as I eat a bowl just for you!" With that he began slurping the noodles, "Now please explain what happened." His serious voice came in between the slurps.

Kyuubi settled herself down amongst her tails letting them idly twitch this way and that. "This story starts long, long ago.." And with that the history of the earth was explained to Naruto. Kyuubi told him of how humanity had once had great cities with buildings that could house the population of Konoha with ease. And of the great extent of their sciences, allowing leaps and bounds to let them ascend even to amongst the stars. Naruto scoffed when he heard a man walked on the moon. But Kyuubi pressed on with her story.

Humanity had many great accomplishment but they were rivaled by their failures. Wars broke out across the globe as people vied for meaningless power. Many of the issues were truly trivial, what color your skin was, what you believed to be god, and what you believed to be your "rights" over others. This led humanity through a time of great bloodshed. Till at last the greatest nations stood poised to destroy each other with "Nuclear Weapons". Kyuubi explained that these weapons were like taking an exploding tag, filling it with poisons and big enough to wipe out everything that you could see, as far as you could see.

"Did they use those horrible weapons?" Naruto gulped not liking the idea of something that could do that so easily.

Kyuubi shook her head, "No, that's where we, the Nine Demonic Kings, stepped in. Or rather jumped in with fury blazing." She continued to explain how eight of the nine began wiping out humanities achievements, starting with their nuclear ones. They did this by consuming the materials that were the trigger of it. But although the demons did gain some power from them they were unaware that they were "leaking" power as they went.

"Nani!" Naruto's eyes bugged again, "What to you mean leaking! Are you still leaking!"

Kyuubi giggled at Naruto's appearance, "No, we were all able to nullify the materials within us, but not before something unexpected occurred within the humans we left alive." Naruto's head tilted again as his eyebrows raised, once again giving him that fox look. Kyuubi explained that the leaking had allowed a miniscule fragment of the demon's power to influence humanity. That is how they gained the ability to use chakra and if a certain human had been exposed to more of a specific demons energy they developed the Bloodline traits that they passed onto their children.

"So you mean the Sharingan, Byakugan, and Haku's Water control are all demon created?" Naruto asked trying to wrap his mind around the information he was given.

"Yes and no." Kyuubi stated and answered the confused look on Naruto's face, "The Sharingan and Haku's ability yes. They both take chakra to even manifest themselves, leaving no outward appearance. The Byakugan however, I feel there is something more to; but I'm not sure what it means that their eyes have taken that odd form.." She trailed off as her mind followed that thought.

Naruto's mind was reeling but he forced himself to nod in order to urge her on. "Wait, you said eight of the nine. What about the ninth? What happened to that one?"

Kyuubi's eyes took on a soft look before suddenly becoming hard as she spoke, "He at first stood back and did nothing while the rest of us rampaged. That is until humanity was on its last ropes, he then sided with them." Naruto's hands went to his face in confusion before motioning for her to continue, he knew he had a migraine coming. "The other demons and I thought that humanity need to be wiped out for their acts, that if allowed to live they'd only repeat their mistakes. However the ninth thought differently, and to our surprise he was backed by something else." Kyuubi involuntarily shuddered which Naruto noticed but before he could ask about the else, she offered the information willingly.

"We were demons, most powerful in our realm, and far more powerful then anything in this realm. But as we acted we forgot about the other two realms." Kyuubi waited for the shocked look to fade off Naruto's face. "The realm of death didn't care for our actions, but they wouldn't stop us, they only care about their duties and just that. I've seen the Death God. Even he wasn't powerful enough to destroy me but he had the power to seal me within you." Kyuubi giggled at Naruto as he held his stomach without thinking. "But the last realm didn't want us to finish humanity off. Seems they have this huge 'plan' or something. And they intervened through the Ninth."

"Ano.. Kyuubi?" Naruto broke the storyline, "What was the Ninth's name? You seem to be avoiding it."

Kyuubi looked at him for a moment before sighing again, "His name was Gideon, he was the Leader of the Dragon Clan."

"How powerful was he exactly?" Naruto hated to ask but he need to know if this Gideon, was powerful enough to stop the other eight alone or not; dragons were powerful and often the chosen form for many of the more deadly attack jutsus.

"Oh don't worry kit." Kyuubi grinned revealing how foxlike she still was. "He and I are probably on equal grounds in a fight. He might, just might, be able to win if it came power to power but I'm far more cunning then he is. He even told me so once.." Naruto noticed her eyes get a far away look, the same the future Neji's had when he thought about Tenten. "We even met in our human forms for awhile.." Kyuubi trailed off, Naruto burst out laughing when a small trail of silver blood slowly trickled out of his inhabitant's nose. Kyuubi suddenly snapped back to reality and quickly wiped away the blood. "Its not like that kit!" She almost shouted as Naruto fell off the couch laughing. "We never did anything like that!" Kyuubi voice turned to a whisper, "Although I may have let him.."

Naruto didn't hear this as he continued laughing until a foot suddenly implanted itself in his stomach. Kyuubi might have had dainty feet but even with them it knocked the wind clean out of him. "Sorry.." Naruto gasped on the ground. "Sorry.. Its just.. I never..(Gasp) Thought you liked anyone.. Like that.." Naruto pulled himself back onto the couch as Kyuubi gave him a death glare, and Naruto was very glad looks couldn't kill at that point. "Ano.. Please continue.."

Kyuubi started once again on how the final realm backed Gideon and allowed him the power to defeat the other eight weakening them enough that humanity was allowed a dozen generations to perfect chakra use and defend themselves against the demons. Some of the demons disappeared soon after Gideon's assault. Kyuubi wasn't aware of where they went but had a tinge of sadness cross her delicate features when she said she missed one of them terribly. Naruto was going to press for who it was but Kyuubi didn't dwell on the subject.

"And then Gideon just disappeared after the assault. And evidently he sealed my memories and probably the others of what really happened so that we didn't wish for humanities destruction again." Kyuubi let out a breath signaling her story was finished.

Naruto suddenly paled, "So.. Ano.. Are you going to go on your rampage again? And do you know if the other seals of the demons were released?"

Kyuubi shook her head, "No, I doubt the others have been released. And its probably for the best. I'm doubtful most of them would so what I'm about to do."

"And that is?" Naruto asked carefully.

Kyuubi let took a deep breath before releasing it, "Switch to Gideon's point of view. You've shown me what Humanity is capable of. I doubt any of you realize how much potential lies within you. But I'd like to stick around to see if you do, perhaps even help a little." She grinned all foxy again.

"Yatta!" Naruto cheered, "I knew I was having a good effect on you!" Kyuubi just rolled her eyes before she used a tail to flick him off the couch. "Hey? What was that for?" Naruto asked from his upside-down position.

Kyuubi was about to respond when another voice did it for her. "She just hates it when someone else is completely right about her. Bugs her that someone figured her out." The owner of the voice slowly walked from the shadows. Naruto immediately got into a defensive stance in front of Kyuubi. "Why isn't that sweet, you actually do consider a demon, the one responsible for your village's hatred of you, as one of your precious people.." The man paused for a moment, "I'm relieved to see that." Naruto only looked at him even more confused.

Kyuubi, on the other hand stood, and slowly moved towards the man. When she was toe to toe with him she had to look up to meet his eyes as he was almost a foot taller then her. "Good to see you Gideon." She stated simply smiling, her eyes suddenly became cold as she moved faster then any eye could see and slapped him across the face. "That's for sealing my memories." She walked back to the couch and resumed her former position as Naruto stood blinking switching his look between the two of them. "Did you enjoy story time? I did get everything correct right? No telling how some seal of the other realm affected me is there?"

Gideon held his face, nursing the red handprint and the small claw marks that lingered before they disappeared slowly. "Heh, I was expecting far more then a slap, although I do admit I probably deserve it. And yes you got everything right."

"HE'S GIDEON!" Naruto shouted as it sunk in. Kyuubi just nodded while Gideon smiled genuinely.

Kyuubi spoke again slowly, "Where did you go anyways Gideon? I never encountered you again after my memories were sealed."

Gideon chuckled as Naruto sunk down on the couch with his head in his hands muttering about 'aspirin'. "It was the price I paid to stop the eight of you. I was.." He scratched his chin as he thought, "Sort of removed from the timeline, taken to where the Time Mistress weaves her tapestry to record all that occurs. That's about all I can say really, cause I felt I just arrived when she brought me back here." Gideon smiled again sheepishly this time.

"So why are you back now?" Kyuubi asked the question that had been burning within her.

Gideon's face took a very serious note. "Because the two of you are seeking to tamper with the timeline," Both Naruto and Kyuubi looked at him as they thought they may have an enemy before them. Suddenly Gideon grinned broadly "And I'm here to help!" He laugh as the pair before him sweat dropped and rolled their eyes. "Now lets get to business so the 'kit' can get some sleep." Gideon ignored the pointed glare from Naruto as Kyuubi giggled. "What's the plan?"

The duo looked at Gideon with apprehension. A being as powerful as Kyuubi suddenly offering them help? It seemed too good to be true. Gideon just rolled his eyes again, "I give my life-oath that I am here to help you two accomplish your goal of creating a better future." Making complex hand seals as he spoke. Kyuubi widened her eyes slightly before going into great detail about their plan and what life was like, while Naruto sat there sputtering. When she finished, Gideon turned to Naruto. "I need a bit of info from you kit." Naruto glared at him again. "More specifically I need information concerning Hyuuga Hinata."

Naruto's eyes widened, "Why?" he asked, suspicion dripping from the word.

Gideon chuckled again, "Lets just say my wings twitched when I heard about her, she seems to interest me." Naruto began shaking in anger. "No not like that kit." Gideon rolled his eyes again. "Her chakra system difference is interesting. You also mentioned that she thought of herself as nothing? Even though she developed her own techniques that weren't able to be copied? You also mentioned that her father saw her as a failure and even disowned her during Naruto's three years of training?" Gideon sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall. "Please tell me whatever you know about her, from beginning to her death."

Naruto, under Kyuubi's urging and explaining that the life-oath of a demon couldn't be broken; if it was the demon simply ceased to be, began recanting everything about Hinata. His eyes were full of tears when he finally finished with her untimely death.

Gideon leaned against the wall more. "Hmm.. Interesting, I'll have to go meet this girl tonight." Both Kyuubi and Naruto almost jumped at him but he stopped them with an upheld hand, "Please don't misperceive my intentions. I have a suspicion that I need to confirm about her and her clan." As Kyuubi and Naruto stared at him they could see that he was desperately trying for them to believe him, "Please, I don't like the way the future turned out either. Let me help you." He finished, his entire mannerism pleading.

Kyuubi spoke, "Fine. But exactly what are you going to see? And how are you going to help us?"

Gideon could only smile at his acceptance, "I'm going to see if Neji was truly correct in his assumption, and how much her chakra system is altered. On the matter of how to help you, I'll have to be exceedingly careful. The Akatsuki exists even now and if they detect demonic powers they may move before we're fully ready for them." Gideon scratched his chin again, his face scrunched up a bit as he thought.

'Kinda cute when he does that.' Kyuubi caught herself in the thought, 'No Kyuubi! Bad Fox! NO!'

"I believe I'll help solve the biggest flaw in your plan." Gideon said with a smile, "I'll retrieve the missing two Sannin before the Chunin exams!" His smile spread to Naruto and Kyuubi. Neither had been quite sure how exactly they were going to get those two back in time for their timeline change point.

"But how?" Naruto asked. "We don't even know where they are right now, much less how to get Jiraiya back to Konoha. It took Orochimaru and my near death for Tsunade to return and overcome her hemophobia!"

Gideon just chuckled, "Leave that to me, but be ready when you head out on that C-rank mission to Wave Country. If I can manage it they'll be there at the same time and I'll meet up with you two there. I'll inform you otherwise so expect that till then." Gideon said as he suddenly yawned, "My, my its getting late. You should get to bed kit, you need your sleep for the training I'm sure you and Kyuubi have planned for you to try and get you up to speed with your mind." Naruto was about to grumble when he felt one of Kyuubi's tails flick his nose and point towards his bedroom.

"Fine! Fine!" Naruto growled, "I'm going!" an evil grin suddenly crossed his face as he walked past Kyuubi, "Don't do anything Ero-sannin wouldn't do." He whispered. This caused the several thousand year old demon, to her own embarrassment, to blush. Naruto laughed as he disappeared into his room. They could both here him clearly shout "Demonic Jutsu: Magnify Extend!" Before the light beneath his door disappeared.

"Well that gives us an hour before I'll return to his mindscape." Kyuubi said.

"May I ask how you know it'll only be an hour?" Gideon spoke suddenly, "It should last that long only after he's unconscious."

"He was about to collapse after the first one." Kyuubi explained, "The extension made him pass out. His current body is no where near what he was in the future." She looked around the apartment, fully aware that Gideon's strange blue eyes were locked upon her. Somehow that gaze, in either of his forms, always did something she couldn't explain to her. I didn't make her feel weak as when she faced the Godling that came and empowered Gideon. He somehow made her feel.. Content. "So.. What were you really doing all that time? And don't try to hide behind that 'It was instant' line. Even you admitted that I was far more cunning then you. And why weren't you that interested in our story? You looked as if it was something you'd seen before." She finished with what could only be considered a huff.

Gideon rose from his spot on the ground and sat on the couch, leaving a space between them. "Training." Her eyebrow rose in question, 'Cutely' Gideon added mentally before shaking that thought from his head. "I knew our power was on par, if mine not ever so slightly more. But your tactics and strategies were beyond anything I could ever come up with. And for your second question, I was allowed to watch, a little bit anyways." Gideon rested his elbow on the couch before placing his head on the hand attached to the elbow.

"T-Thank you." Kyuubi silently berated herself for the slight stutter. "How would you compare us now?" Gideon had noticed the stutter but, being the gentledemon he was, he just smiled.

"Not too sure," Gideon said honestly, "But I doubt I'm close to you at all really. I doubt I could have come up with that complex plan, factoring in the moves of the enemies with such precision." Gideon smiled widened ever so slightly when the lightest shade of pink appeared on the Great Fox Demon's cheeks. "Want to give it a test though?" His smile broadened to a smirk.

"There's a board in that cupboard over there." Kyuubi answered as she forced the ever so slight blush down and pointed towards the exact cupboard. "He's never even opened it though. The Hokage doubted he'd use it when he gave it to him but thought it might come in use later when the boy made friends." Kyuubi looked slightly saddened. 'The board is nearly seven years old now. It was just before his three years of training that he finally took it out and lost horribly to Shikamaru.'

Gideon noticed her sadness and as he passed gently let a hand rest on her shoulder. "What's done is done. The future lies ahead, change what needs to be changed." He said quietly before retrieving the shogi board and placing it between them. They quickly set up the pieces and began their bout. The match went on as they chatted deeper about what happened during their times.

"So who is this Time Mistress anyways." Kyuubi was surprised that Gideon had lasted for thirty minutes, last time he lost in ten; but she smiled foxily too. She would win on her next move, no matter what Gideon did; he was trapped. She could tell Gideon was trying to think of a way out as he stared resolutely at the pieces.

"She's the ultimate observer." Gideon said as he continued to ponder his next move. "Its her task, which she chose herself, to watch all of time and weave the tapestry that records it all." He chuckled suddenly, "She's going to have to work hard to get the knots out that we're about to create in it." Gideon finally made his move. And looked up and grinned broadly at his opponent. "Looks like I'm still lacking in comparison to you. Although even you, O'Fox Demon, have to admit I've gotten a bit better."

Kyuubi stared openly at him for a moment before shaking her head to clear it and moved her piece to the final victory position. "Not much but a little I'd say." Her own foxy grinned adorned her features. "You know you never did explain why you sided with humanity." She winked at him and was pleased when the light tint of pink came to his cheeks instead of her own.

Gideon leaned back into the couch as he placed his hands behind his head. "I see in them what we demons once were. Beings full of potential and the power to awaken it." Kyuubi shifted closer to him as he continued. "We demons have reached our cap too soon. Giving up potential for sheer power. I was hoping that after we rid humanity of some of its faults and gave them something to fear as a common thing, they'd begin to unleash that potential." Gideon was too lost in his musing to notice Kyuubi had closed the distance between them and was almost upon him. "I believe I may have been right about my choice though. Naruto doesn't get that stamina from you. And I have my suspicions about a few other humans you've told me about."

'I'm going to do it now.' Kyuubi thought to herself as she readied herself. 'He'll understand. We are demons after all, its just normal for us.' As the last thoughts passed through her mind she struck. One arm streaking out in front of Gideon, the other going behind; effectively preventing him from escaping as her fangs neared him.

Gideon was surprised when he felt her arms encircle him. Even more when her head came to rest against his chest. He lowered his arm to find that it fit neatly over her. The other came up across himself to complete the circle. "May I ask what exactly you're doing O'Fox Demon?"

"Just making myself perfectly clear." Kyuubi grinned, "I know how little cunning you have so I figured the direct approach this time." The pair looked to one another, blue orbs met fire circles. The memory returned in full to the both of them.

Flashback.

"What do mean you're going to stand by the humans!" One of the circle of nine demon kings roared.

Gideon quietly replied. "They should not be destroyed. I have reasons of my own. I hope you'll understand. Please, before any of us act rashly please take a month to consider this. I will return then." With that Gideon left the Circle through the forest. The remaining eight looked at each other for a moment before departing as well, with full knowledge that one of their own was willing to fight against them.

Kyuubi sped after Gideon. Quickly catching up as he wasn't in a hurry. "Why! Tell me why! They would have destroyed themselves and this whole world had we not intervened! Why should we save this species!" Kyuubi stood motionless for a moment before whispering, "Why would you turn your back on me?"

At this Gideon turned full around. "I can not explain my reasons now Kyuubi, I doubt very much you'd like them or accept them as they were." Gideon turned to leave when he felt a wave a power cut just to his right, splintering the tree it hit. Gideon did not turn for he knew when he did he would see Kyuubi in her full demon form. "I do not wish to fight you Kyuubi, our powers are too evenly matched if not in my favor." Gideon turned this time and looked the massive Nine Tailed Fox full in the face. "But you are far more cunning then I when you're calm, I doubt I either of us could predict the outcome then." With that he turned away again.

"Please." He heard Kyuubi plead quietly, "Don't leave.. ..me."

Gideon turned to face Kyuubi back in her human form. Evidently humans had had their effect on the demons, the Great Fox Demon, the most Cunning creature to grace the realms, was crying. Gideon almost swore he heard his heart break. He walked over and silently embraced her, she returned the embrace and quickly silenced her sobs. "You could always come with me?" He questioned quietly.

She shook her head in his chest. "I can't. I don't believe the way you do. And I refuse to live a lie."

Gideon released her and she backed away. Her normal composure regained. "Least talk with me during this month. Its not like you actually have to listen. Besides," He grinned, "I found the most amusing board game in a human town. Care to play?" Over the next month the grew had grown closer, but Gideon continued to, at least to Kyuubi at the time, babble on how humanity deserved this second chance.

Finally the month ended and the Circle reformed. None of the eight would change their view. Gideon could only sigh as he took on his full form. He stood above them for only a moment before they all also changed into their own forms. Gideon's massive wings beat the air as he hovered above them. He was the only one of the demons to have obtained flight. "So be it." Was if final words before the battle commenced.

End Flashback.

"You know I was holding back right?" Kyuubi giggled. "I just couldn't put my spirit behind the fight, guess your words were having an affect on me after all."

"Oh really?" Gideon answered honestly surprised. "I thought you had some sort of trap set out for me. One that I even wondered if the Godling's power could handle."

Kyuubi just sighed and rolled her eyes. "Good thing you spent all that time training. I doubt I could deal with you like that again." They both laugh at this. And spent Kyuubi's remaining time simply sitting there. After several thousand yours the two had found one another again, this time they had let the barriers down. Unbeknownst to humans, emotions weren't privy to only them. Demons contained the same emotions that could burn just has hot has any humans'.

"I'm glad." Gideon said suddenly, startling Kyuubi. "I'm glad that you're come to your own decision about humanity. I'm happy that Naruto's special gift of changing people for the better even had its affects on you." Kyuubi smiled as a tear trickled down her face.

Kyuubi could feel her shadow clone body begin to fade, signaling time was up. "I have to return now. I hope we can talk like this again." She smiled.

"You just want to beat me at Shogi again." Gideon grinned back. He could feel the Jutsu that created her body begin to rapidly weaken, and took that chance to do what no other human or demon man had ever been able to do during Kyuubi's entire lifetime. He stole a kiss from her lips just before she poofed away. Gideon just sat for the next few minutes grinning like an idiot at what he'd just done. Hopefully she wouldn't mind him taking the direct approach as she had done earlier. He suddenly shuddered as he thought of the consequences might be otherwise. 'She won't really kill me?.. ..right?' Shaking his head as he rose and headed towards the Hyuuga Estate.

Kyuubi reappeared in Naruto's mindscape. And hadn't she been alone she would have never done what she did next. She let out a loving sigh and giggled while she gently brushed her delicate fingers across her lips. She fell back happily into the small meadow and allowed herself to fall into dreams of someone who had sealed himself away, even in the memories of others to fulfill a bargain to save humanity. Anyone watching the mighty demon sleep would have mistaken her for any other young girl as a dreamy smile crept on her features. But the similarities ended there as her hands and feet twitched slightly as she dreamt.

Gideon sped silently through the sleeping town. Careful to avoid the ANBU guards station here or there. His concern wasn't them or the Hokage. Naruto and Kyuubi would handle that matter. He continued his way to the Hyuuga estate. Intent on finding the one called 'Hinata' he just had to know if his suspicion was true about the clan, he was certain Kyuubi had probably figured something was up with them. Landing on the Clan House roof he followed the different scents till he found the one he detected on Naruto. Just his luck the boy had brushed her coat as he passed her in the academy that day. He slunk into her room and stood over her bed.

'Demonic Jutsu: Sweet Silence' He thought as he ever so carefully released his chakra to be certain no one would detect its presence later. He smiled as the child before him seemed to slip deeper into sleep and he heard the slight snore of the guards near the room. He carefully prepared his next Jutsu, normally reserved for the study of a defeated opponent. It took far too much chakra and precise control to use in any kind of shaky situation. 'Angelic Jutsu: Lay Bare' . His chakra slowly spread to the sleeping girl's body, he grimaced as the massive drain started to take effect.

Sweat started to form across his brow, he was a powerful demon but this Jutsu was straining even for him; no human, and he doubted most demons, could perform this technique. 'Hell,' he thought crossly as the chakra continued its work, 'Even I can't maintain this for long.' When the jutsu was completed the chakra returned to his body, leaving him breathing heavily; but he was grinning. 'So that's why. I'll have to let Kyuubi know the next time we speak alone. Naruto defiantly isn't ready for this information at this time.'

With that he slowly regained his composure and left the room, allowing the jutsu to fade. 'This is really going to be interesting, wish I'd been here the first time round, might have been fun!' Gideon chuckled as he silently returned to Naruto's apartment.

A/N: I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE FLUFF BIT BETWEEN KYUUBI AND GIDEON CAME FROM! Just wanted to state that clearly. I blame Eva for it entirely.

Eva: I like a bit of fluff, besides you had all the rest paired up except for those two, figured I'd give the poor Kyuubi a break.

SR: (slaps his forehead) could it have not been in MY fic! (Eva just sticks her tongue out) Thanks for all the reviews again! See you next chapter!