Authors Note: This is a fairly short installment…I have a bad case of writers block, and I promise that I'll continue in a much better fashion later. I just figured that you guys deserve at least a teaser.

Also, it seems to be in popular vernacular, so I suppose I'll take this opportunity to say that I do not own Naruto, I do not know Kishimoto, and I have no trademarks or rights to Naruto at all. I thought this would be a bit obvious, but apparently not. C'est la vie.

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It was as though they were in a vacuum…as if the air itself refused to move. The entire village of Konoha ground to a halt, and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of growling…a deep, guttural growl that seemed to reverberate for miles. Sand, Sound and Leaf nin alike simply stood where they were, oblivious to the presence of their enemies, and stared at the center of the village…where once there was a thriving hub of economy, there was now nothing but rubble. Where once had stood some of the tallest buildings in Konoha, there was nothing but pulverized earth. And where there had once been a blond haired young man, there was now a 9 tailed spawn of hell. Even Shukaku, who had previously been having his way with the academy, stopped and looked at the strongest being in the known world. It was as though time stood still.

And then, in an instant of clarity, hell was wrought.

Kyuubi whipped all 9 of his tails behind him, creating a shockwave that tore a swatch through nearly ¼ of the city. Naruto looked through Kyuubi's eyes, and found his target. Iruka and Mizuki were sitting on top of the Hokage's office building, an expression somewhere between absolute fear and hopelessness on their faces. Naruto smiled inwardly.

"Kyuubi, kill Iruka and Mizuki first. Make it…painful." The fox replied with a hint of irritation in his voice. "Very well, child."

Kyuubi jumped, creating a shockwave that scattered rubble and corpses in all directions, and landed at the Hokage's building. Iruka and Mizuki simply stared at the visage before them. They did not make any move to escape, nor did they attempt to fight back…they were frozen in fear. Kyuubi decided that the most painful way for them to die, was for them to be slowly dissolved in red chakra. In the blink of an eye, two balls of red chakra leaped from Kyuubi's mouth and surrounded Iruka and Mizuki.

For a moment, they simply looked confused, however that soon changed to a look of agony and despair. Their skin began to boil off of their musculature, and their blood began to evaporate. The process was slow…Kyuubi knew, and Naruto knew, that the process would take hours to complete. Due to the nature of the Chakra that the Kyuubi had released, the chakra was not only boiling off their skin and blood, but it was also healing them at a similarly rapid pace. In a matter of hours, they would die of old age, due to their cells being forced to divide at a much more rapid pace. Naruto grinned, and Kyuubi felt his satisfaction. It was truly a horrible way to die.

"Kyuubi, now that they're out of the way…simply destroy and kill. If I see anyone worth your specific time, I will tell you." Kyuubi gave what amounted to a grunt of agreement, and began to allow his true feral nature to take over. More and more chakra began emanating from his body, and his killer intent increased tenfold. Air began to rush outward from the Kyuubi, and Orochimaru, watching from his vantage point within the sealed arena, smiled. Sandaime was almost dead, there were two Jinchuuriki loose on the town, and…Orochimaru smiled. The village of Konoha was about to become nothing more than rubble.