People talking, "Hello everyone."
People thinking, 'All you people in the reviews freaking out... calm the heck down...'
Demon/beast/other talking, "I will eat you."
Demon/beast/other thinking, 'pancakes.'
Jutsu/Unknown names, "Suiton: Mizudeppō no Jutsu."
'Document'
Italics can be used for certain kinds of emphasis or snide comments.
Bold can be used for forceful yelling/shouting/screaming.
Chapter nine: The World is a Dangerous Place
Leaf Village
"Are you sure, Weasel?"
"Yes, Hokage-sama," Was the flat and immediate response from the Weasel masked ANBU captain.
Sarutobi sighed as he ran his hand through his hair, an old habit from his younger days. He was currently sitting in the near-empty council room of the Hokage tower, on his left sat his two advisors, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado. On his right sat Danzo Shimura, the old war hawk and his rival from their younger days. Danzo's non-bandaged eye stared emotionlessly at the Weasel masked ANBU member kneeling before them.
Sarutobi sighed again, "Remove your mask Itachi-san," Itachi complied, removing his mask and setting it on the table in front of the Hokage. Sarutobi stared at the blank face of Uchiha Itachi, he didn't want to allow this to happen. But with the loss of the Kyuubi Jinchuriki Sarutobi had lost a lot of favor in the eyes of the council.
"Hokage-sama, I request that I may spare Sasuke." Itachi requested emotionlessly, bowing once more.
"No, you must kill them all!" Danzo interjected, cutting off Sarutobi. Hiruzen shot his old friend a harsh glare, which made Danzo shut up.
"Yes, you may spare your brother Itachi-san," Sarutobi said kindly, knowing what his younger brother meant to him.
"Do you remember your secondary objective?" Danzo questioned sternly.
"Hai, Danzo-sama," Itachi replied emotionlessly, after leaving the village as a missing-nin he was to attempt to gain information about the one known as Shiroi Oni, a boy who had begun to pick up a significant amount of fame within the Elemental nations for his stunts around the lands.
It had also been discovered that the boy had broken into the Sealed Hall of Konoha and stolen two valuable artifacts stored there. Itachi was too attempt to subdue the dangerous demon and bring him back to Konoha or kill him.
'The information we have on the Shiroi Oni is not sufficient though,' Itachi mused. There had been a Bingo book entry on the boy, speaking about the numerous powers he possessed, but it wasn't much to go on. Itachi had been surprised when he saw that the Bingo book entry had been contributed too by four villages, Kumo, Ame, Kiri, and now Konoha.
Itachi focused back on the meeting, he had to be focused tonight. The Uchiha clan was no pushover, the majority of the family being made up of Chunin and Jounin he had to move quickly and efficiently. 'I may not even survive this mission…' Itachi thought pessimistically.
Hours later
Itachi stood on a tall 6 story building near the Uchiha compound, his red eyes flitting across the area. His expression grim as he regarded several guards moving around, he knew they would be, but a small part of them was hoping that they wouldn't. 'I really don't know how I am going to kill them all and survive, there are 60 jounin and 180 active chunin in the Uchiha clan. Not counting retired or off service shinobi.'
Itachi rested his hand on his tanto strapped to his back, he may not survive this ordeal, but perhaps he did not want too. Sure there were things he still wanted to do in life, but not everyone completed everything they wanted.
Itachi sighed, 'I hope you can forgive me Sasuke…' With that thought, Itachi disappeared in a murder of crows, which flew off into the blood moon sky.
Let the genocide begin…
oOoOoOo
Bodies, everywhere lay bodies, bloody, sliced bodies. The smell and sight of blood everywhere, the air pungent with it, the walls painted with it.
Itachi was currently flitting from shadow to shadow as he made his way toward the next quarter of the compound, his first step had been to silently murder all the guards. Which he had completed with little trouble, he'd used a liberal amount of Genjutsu to prevent anyone from yelling and alerting the clan.
Itachi reached the section of the compound that contained most of the Jounin easily, creating a single shadow clone Itachi rushed inside the nearest house, while his clone entered another silently.
Itachi quickly found the father of the family, the Jounin he had to eliminate before… moving onto the man's wife and daughter. Silently walking up to the man's bed he sliced his sword through both the fathers and mothers neck easily, painlessly. Most of the people he was killing tonight deserved it, but that didn't mean they all did. He didn't have the right to judge them all individually, so he'd decided to make it as painless as possible for everyone.
Itachi moved quickly through the house, reaching the young girl's room a moment later. He walked in, his heart heavy as he prepared himself to murder yet another child. '49th' Itachi painlessly killed the child before moving out of the room as fast as he could, fighting down the tears. He had promised himself to count them all, remember them all. His Sharingan had constantly been activated to make sure he never forgot the terrible act he was committing. 'It is for the best…'
Itachi remembered the terrible things his clan as a whole had done. They had become increasingly arrogant, some in the clan, like his father. Considered themselves gods. While it was somewhat accurate, no one could stand to the might of the Uchiha clan with the death of the Senju, they had become too full of themselves. Itachi understood why Madara had left all those years ago, it sickened him, just like it did him.
But that wasn't a justifiable reason to murder them, no… they had gone too far. Uchiha would torture or hurt those they didn't like, and the village feared them, avoiding them as much as possible. Then his father, Fugaku, had decided that they should take over Konoha, then eventually the Elemental Nations itself. So sure was his father that their clan could not be defeated.
Itachi was ripped out of his thoughts by an influx of memories from his clone, Itachi's red eyes widened as he went through the memories. Shooting across the roofs he reached another section, but as his clone reported, all of the clan members were already dead.
Brutally murdered and ripped to shreds, torn limb from limb in some cases their bodies were strewn about the streets of the compound.
'Someone else is here.' Itachi mused, jumping around the roofs, trying to locate whoever it was that was also murdering Uchiha. He found that the killing was in a straight line from one corner of the compound, and it was heading toward the center building, where his family resided. 'SASUKE!'
Itachi launched himself off the roof in a tremendous burst of speed as he shot toward his home, he didn't know who it was, and it didn't matter, he had to stop them from killing Sasuke. A moment later he launched high into the air, below him someone walking toward the front of his house,
He couldn't make out much about them besides for a few things, the individual was wearing a large straw hat, a dark green jacket with a high collar, his right sleeve went past his hand while the left sleeve was cut high at the shoulder. Around his neck was wrapped a light grey scarf, on each end was the Kanji for 7.
Itachi fell quickly to the ground in front of the mysterious individual, taking care to land silently.
"Who are you?" Itachi questioned, his voice threatening. Holding his tanto tightly, Itachi tried to make out the man's face but it was overshadowed by his broad hat, but he could tell it was a man by his body structure.
"My name is of little consequence, but you may call me Shichi" Itachi narrowed his eyes, prepared to fight and defend his brother.
Shichi chuckled, "I am not here to fight you Itachi-san, I am only helping in the extermination of the cursed Uchiha."
"Leave this house, I deserve to be the ones to kill them," Itachi replied, his voice stoic and emotionless.
"Very well." The man disappeared in a column of flames, shocking Itachi. 'That was the Uchiha shunshin style, is he an Uchiha?' Itachi mused. Turning around he sighed, "I suppose I have to complete my objective."
Steadying himself Itachi slipped inside his house silently, praying silently that Kami would forgive him for what he was about to do.
Extremely early next morning
"Hokage-sama! The Uchiha clan has been murdered! Only Sasuke Uchiha survived!" A Jounin yelled as he barged through the massive doors of the Hokage's office.
Sarutobi sighed, 'He really did it, he killed his entire clan. Thank you for your sacrifice Itachi-san, though no one will ever know the lengths you went to for this village. But we have no more use for you now Itachi... Danzo was right... you are a loose end.' Making sure to school his face into the serious expression that had contributed to his moniker 'The professor' he focused on his ninja.
"Report."
"Hai! An ANBU patrol found the entire clan murdered, the only survivor being Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi's younger brother. Sasuke was found mumbling to himself. Not much was understandable, but he said that Itachi was the one who killed them all. He passed out not long after and was taken to the hospital, the ANBU are searching for Itachi now sir!" The Jounin gave his report quickly and precisely.
Sarutobi nodded, "You may go."
"One other thing sir!" Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, wondering what else the Jounin could have to report. "Jiraiya of the Sannin is here," The Jounin reported crisply.
Sarutobi sighed, "Send him in." The Konoha shinobi nodded before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. A couple of moments later the doors to his office opened, and the white-haired toad sage entered.
"Thought I would use the door this time, what with all the stuff that's happened," Jiraiya said, attempting to lighten the tense and dark atmosphere, but it didn't help.
"Why are you here Jiraiya? I didn't expect to see you for some time yet." Sarutobi questioned as the Sannin sat down in a chair in front of his desk.
"Number of reasons really, mainly the fact that I heard my godson was no longer in the village," Jiraiya commented nonchalantly.
"What you heard is true, I assume you already know, but Nakada is with his cousin in Amegakure," Sarutobi said his voice low. Jiraiya nodded, having already heard the story about Nakada, and he didn't feel the need to give his sensei a hard time about it, he'd already had enough.
"Second reason, I have information about a group of missing-nin," Jiraiya said, drawing Sarutobi out of his mourning. Sarutobi looked up and gestured for him to continue.
"It's a group of nine members, they refer to each other like numbers, one through nine, with nine being the most powerful and the leader." Jiraiya started, "Their goal is to collect all of the Bijuu and make themselves Jinchuriki, which shouldn't be possible for them since they are adults... I also don't know why they want to make themselves Jinchuriki..."
Sarutobi was apparently interested, so Jiraiya settled in and continued, "They have already made attempts at collecting the Bijuu, though I don't know if they've succeeded or not with any. I do know that they failed in collecting the Sanbi in Kiri."
Sarutobi nodded, knowing what he was referring too, "What is the name of this group.
"Seijō-ki."
Sarutobi hummed in thought, "Purifiers, interesting. I will have to warn Nagato of this for Nakada's safety, they may come after him in Amegakure." Sarutobi said, more to himself then Jiraiya.
"Hey, isn't that where the Bloody Rain Massacre happened?" Jiraiya asked rhetorically, drawing a confused look from Sarutobi.
"Umm… yes?"
"I have information about the Shiroi Oni, who I heard also broke into Konoha?" Jiraiya said, getting a nod from Sarutobi.
"We don't know much, but somehow he got past our chakra detection barriers and defeated both ANBU guards with relative ease, though that's not the confusing part," Sarutobi said, Jiraiya now the one listening intently.
"First off, he somehow knew where the secret hall was, which is a well-kept secret, not the best. But not something a non-Konoha shinobi would know." Sarutobi said, "Second, he somehow broke through one of the strongest seals with ease, that seal was made by Uzumaki Mito... Who you know was a seal master." This drew a raised eyebrow and shocked look from Jiraiya who hadn't known that.
"He only took two things from the large amount of valuable and powerful items in the halls," Sarutobi took a whiff of his pipe before continuing. "He stole the Demon Shinki, a large seed created by a man named Agnihs during Tobirama-sama's reign."
"How powerful is this seed?"
"Unknown exactly, but dangerous enough to be put in there in the first place. Agnihs claimed that the seed can be used as a recovery to give a user near immortality and infinite chakra. The abilities granted are comparable to a jinchūriki. It is a very powerful and dangerous weapon capable of destroying even Konohagakure." This gained a gobsmacked look from Jiraiya.
"This isn't good…"
"That's only the first thing he stole, he also took a mass of black living thread that the Shodai Hokage took as a spoil of war from a man named Kakazu that he defeated in battle. The powers these strings grant isn't entirely understood, but they allow a user to take others hearts and use them in battle, allowing one to gain the heart's owners chakra nature's and presumably bloodlines." At this Jiraiya fell back into his chair, his shocked expression fading slightly as he tried to absorb and process all this information.
"This is really bad…" Sarutobi nodded before his face shifted into a grimace.
"And all of that's not even the worst thing that happened…" He trailed off, getting a look of surprise from Jiraiya, 'What could possibly be worse?'
"This is an S-rank secret by request of the Hyūga clan, one you are not to disclose to anyone else, understood?" Sarutobi's voice and expression were stern, conveying the importance fully. Jiraiya nodded, and Sarutobi relaxed slightly.
"He also kidnapped the second child of the Hyūga clan head." Sarutobi dropped the bomb.
"What?! Why on earth would he do that?"
"Unknown, he actually didn't directly kidnap the girl. During negotiations with Kumo, one of the Kumo shinobi broke into the Hyūga compound and kidnapped the girl. As he was escaping, he said that he was attacked and easily defeated by the Shiroi Oni, before the 'demon' left with the girl." Sarutobi sighed, "The Hyūga members that chased after later found the kidnapper passed out and restrained to a tree by vines." The old village leader decided that sharing the extreme complications that came up because of this event didn't need to be shared.
Jiraiya took a deep breath, this was too much. "Anything else world shaking I need to know?" He asked, and was relieved when Sarutobi shook his head.
"You said you had information about the Shiroi Oni?" Sarutobi inquired. 'If it's useful... perhaps we can keep Itachi alive longer to complete his goal.'
Jiraiya shook his head, focusing on the task at hand. "Hai, I learned that he has at least 3 jinchuriki traveling with him," Jiraiya paused as he saw Sarutobi's eyes widen in shock.
"The Ichibi, Sanbi, and Nibi containers have all been spotted with him at one point or another." The gama sage continued, "He also possesses many bloodlines, The Byakugan, an unnamed never seen before one, and what is I suspect Mokuton."
"M-mokuton?!" Sarutobi asked in shock, which seemed to be a recurring pattern in this meeting.
"Hai…"
"This is really not good… Here are the plans I've started thus far concerning the Shiroi Oni."
With Naruto
Naruto floated as a black and white smoke above the traveling group of his friends and family. After a late night explaining everything that had happened. The now much larger group had set out early that morning for the Land of the Sea where Naruto hoped to eventually build his village.
After his visit to the Land of Water, in which he met Kai. He had decided not to build his village in the same land as an already established and strong Hidden Village, not wanting to be attacked for intruding on their territory.
"Rei-chan, why are your eyes white?" Naruto heard Hanabi ask Rei from below him. The group was all traveling together, protected by him above, Gaara and his Sand Clones surrounding them and Kokuō.
"It's because of my Dōjutsu," Rei replied, holding a pink glass orb in her hands carefully. She and Yukimi had chatted and gotten to know each other last night as Naruto, Gaara, Kai, and Kazumi had talked.
"Oh! I have one of those too, it's the best one in the world!" Hanabi replied happily, getting a look from the blue-haired girl next to her.
"How do you know that?" Rei inquired, the pink smoke in her hands was also curious and was listening to the conversation. Behind the two girls were Kazumi and Yugito, in front of them were Temari, Kankuro, and Kai. Their group of eleven making steady progress across the Land of Grass.
"Cause everyone in my clan always kept saying that," Hanabi replied, she held her hand out eagerly for the pink glass orb. Rei handed Yukimi too her reluctantly, enjoying holding her friend.
"I'm not sure that the Byakugan is the most powerful Dōjutsu, but Naruto-san has it, so I suppose it must be strong." Rei mused, not noticing that Hanabi was no longer paying attention and was holding the swirling smoke orb to her eye, trying to see farther inside.
"You okay in there Yukimi-chan?" Hanabi asked curiously, tapping the orb. Hanabi jumped as Naruto appeared suddenly next to her, "Yukimi-chan wants you to stop shaking her please," Naruto said sternly to his adoptive daughter, getting a nod and apology from the brown-haired girl.
"How about you hand Yukimi back to Yugito now?" Naruto inquired, getting a nod from Hanabi before she turned around and handed the pink orb to Yugito who held it in her hand warmly.
"Kazumi-san, is the Genjutsu seal holding up?" Naruto inquired, getting a nod from the older lady. "Yes, but it's going to need some more chakra soon."
Naruto nodded before blowing away into smoke (Imagine the Death eaters black smoke forms from Harry Potter.) The next moment he materialized at the front of their procession, next to Kai who was leading the way. Kai nodded as he appeared, both of them walking quickly toward the Land of Sea.
Kai saw the concerned and tired look on Naruto's face, though he was trying to hide it. Naruto had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders at only 7 almost 8 years old, even if he was in truth much older. They were hoping to reach The Land of Sea without any trouble, mostly relying on Kazumi's Genjutsu invisibility seal to get them by most dangers. 'But the chances of us not running into that strange scarf wearing group is low, they will still be searching for us after all.' Kai mused.
4 days later
The white-haired Ōtsutsuki sighed as he rocked softly side to side in the hammock he had made from his chakra, on his chest Hanabi was sleeping peacefully. The traveling caravan had left the Land of Grass, and they were now traveling through the Land of Fire before they came to the ocean and the Land of the Sea.
Naruto pale eyes were closed as he took in the night sounds, the peaceful silence, only broken by the sounds of animals moving and communicating. In the distance, he could hear the sound of crickets chirping, followed by a frog's croak.
Naruto was glad to finally relax after another stressful day of moving the group of people that were following him, looking up to him to guide them. "You are doing a great job musuko, don't doubt that." Naruto smiled at his mother's voice, her tone warm.
"Naruto, come into your mind?" Kaguya requested, Naruto obeyed and appeared in the lush garden that was his mindscape. It took him only a few seconds of searching before he found his mother, sitting at a low stone table in a seiza position. Naruto appeared in front of his mother a moment later.
"Naruto-kun, a few things concern me," Kaguya said, sipping from a cup of tea that had appeared in her hand. Naruto tilted his head in confusion, gaining a giggle from his mother.
Kaguya focused back on the matter at hand, "You're younger brother Zetsu should have found you by now. I had hoped that he would, and he would tell you this, but since he hasn't, I will tell you."
Naruto sat quietly, waiting for his mother to continue. "As you know you have two older brothers. Hagoromo is known today as the Sage of Six Paths. Hamura-kun isn't even remembered, but this is because he went to the moon to protect my body." Naruto looked at her in complete bewilderment.
"You see when I gave birth to you my power had no one to control it. It turned into a monster known as the Jubi, my sons defeated it and sealed it's and my body into the moon. Hagoromo-kun went on to eventually split my power into what is now the Bijuu." Kaguya lectured, pausing to daintily take another sip of tea.
"Hamura-kun promised me before I died to watch over my body, not knowing at the time that my body would be sealed into the moon, since at the time such a thing did not exist."
"Yes, the moon was created by Hagoromo in the battle with the Jubi using his Rinnegan," Kaguya explained, seeing Naruto's bewilderment.
"The Rinnegan is powerful enough to create entire planets?" Naruto asked in disbelief, getting a nod from his mother. 'My family is strong enough to create entire planets?' Naruto thought, amazed and hoping that he could one day compare with his brother's power.
"And I'm going to eventually have it?" Naruto continued, amazed at the power of his older brothers Dōjutsu."
"Yes, your father made sure of it. Now focus." Kaguya scolded.
"Now, I encouraged Hamura to make a family before I died, and according to Āsut-kun, he did so before he disappeared off the face of the earth. I believe that Hamura-kun went and created a family of Ōtsutsuki on the moon." Kaguya said, enjoying the look of shock, then happiness, and then confusion on her sons face.
"There are other living Ōtsutsuki…" Naruto murmured to himself, Kaguya nodded before taking another sip of her tea.
"How can they be living on the moon?" Naruto inquired, confused as too how one could live up there. 'Then again, Ōtsutsuki travel through space and different planets so nii-san probably found a way.'
Kaguya only shrugged, "I've no idea, it's something I hoped Zetsu would explain when he arrived. But I wanted you to be aware of it, I had hoped that you and your followers could go to the moon and live there, away from all the humans and not be in danger of being attacked." Kaguya explained, seeing Naruto's pale eyes light up in understanding.
"That is a much better idea than what I had Kaa-san, thank you." Naruto gave a small bow to his mother, "I am still going to move the group to Mother island, then afterward I will search for Zetsu-nii." Naruto said.
"Seems like a good plan to me," Kaguya commented, Naruto took that as a dismissal and faded away from his paradise garden like mindscape.
Next morning
Naruto and the 10 other people and creature traveling with him were sitting or standing around in a rough circle around a large campfire. Naruto had Hanabi in his lap, who was talking to Yukimi through a small glass dome that sat next to Naruto.
"Everyone," Naruto started, drawing the attention of all present. "I wish to get this out of the way. I know many of us have introduced ourselves to each other individually, but I wish for us all to be on the same terms. Before we break camp and continue on, I believe it would be good if we all introduced ourselves." Naruto said, letting go of Hanabi who ran over to Yugito and sat down in her lap with a plop.
"Let us start from Kazumi-san all the way around," Naruto said, getting a nod from the grey-haired woman next to him.
"Very well then, I am Shoiha Kazumi. Rei and I are the last to possess a bloodline that allows me to cast physical Genjutsu. I have lived many years and have picked up a great deal of knowledge on different areas that a shinobi may specialize in, my main focus, however, is Fuinjutsu. My granddaughter is the most precious person to me," At this Rei smiled happily, "And my last remaining link to my family. My goal is to teach Naruto-san Fuinjutsu before I go to the Jōdo (Pure Land). I have already completed my goal to find a safe place for Rei-chan." Kazumi finished, gaining a round of claps and nods, along with a thankful bow from Naruto.
"Kai, you're next," Yugito said as she nudged Kai with her shoulder, drawing him out of his musings.
"My apologies, I am Kai. I am around 13 years old, though I do not know my exact age. I have blended with the three tailed turtle Sanbi, Isobu fearing for his life left his last host and melded with me when I was a little child. Because of the way Isobu entered my body he can not leave. After that I lived in Kiri for most of my life, despised by the villagers for containing the same demon that the Yondaime Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura carried. I had already been told about Naruto before he came to my village, and Sanbi alerted me to his presence, accurately guessing that he was coming for me I packed up what little I had in preparation. I see it as my duty to support Naruto in his dream to protect the Bijuu and those that are despised and hated for things outside of their control. My goal is to see his ambitions come to fruition." Kai paused here for a moment, seemingly making sure that everyone was listening, seeing that they were he continued.
"I hate sharks and the Yondaime Mizukage for the massacres of those with bloodlines he did in Kiri. I am Master Naruto's adviser in all respects. I do sometimes like to be a smart ass according to Yugito, Yukimi, and Naruto." Kai finished, returning to his glassy-eyed appearance and his slouch. Naruto and a couple others raised an eyebrow at his title for Naruto, and he fought the urge to groan at the grin on Yugito's face.
"My name is Nii Yugito, and I am from the Cloud village in the Land of Lightning. I am 10 years old as of 2 weeks ago, and I contain the hell-cat Nibi, the two-tailed Bijuu. I grew up with a decent life in Kumo before the 3rd Raikage died, the new Raikage was not so kind to me, and I was quickly singled out and was seen as a demon, a monster in the eyes of the village." Yugito paused here for a moment, taking a deep breath, though she smiled as Hanabi reached up and touched her face. "Naruto-sama found me before I was killed or hurt badly though. I look older due to Nibi's influence on my body." Yugito finished off, gaining a round of greetings and nods from everyone present.
Yugito turned to the person closest to her in the line, who was Gaara and was standing next to his siblings. "I am Gaara of the Sand Village. I am 7 years old and contain within me Shukaku, the one-tailed raccoon Bijuu. I left my home village with Naruto in search of the other Bijuu and to eventually build the village Naruto desires. I didn't have any likes before meeting Naruto, who I see as my brother. I like to sleep, talk to Shukaku when he isn't yelling, 'train' Rei, practice with my sand, and Naruto." Gaara paused, seeing the looks of shock from his two siblings. He raised an eyebrow at them.
"Sorry, we've just never heard you talk for such a long time without stopping," Temari said quietly, the redhead nodded before continuing.
"I dislike those who hate people like many of us for simply being different, and people who talk too much." Gaara made his point clear as he leveled a look at Kai, who looked like he wasn't paying attention.
"My goal is…" Gaara trailed off as he looked uncertain, "I'll let you know when I figure it out." The redhead finished, turning to his siblings. Naruto watched in some amusement as Temari and Kankuro tried to figure out who went next; eventually, Temari decided to go.
"My name is Temari, and I am the older sister of Gaara and Kankuro at 10 years old. I wish to contribute to Naruto's dream of creating a village where people can live in peace. I also wish to eventually repay Naruto for helping Gaara calm and find peace." At this, the mentioned sand boy smiled at his sister, and she smiled in return.
"I dream to one day become the most powerful wind master. I don't like stupid people like the Kazekage, and I love the feel of wind against my face, my fan, and my brothers." Temari finished.
"I like your fan too!" Hanabi yelled, gaining a couple chuckles and amused looks from those present.
"Shh Hanabi-chan, it's Kankuro's turn," Yugito said to the excitable brown-haired girl in her lap who nodded quickly in that adorable way only young children can do.
"I'm Kankuro, the older brother of Gaara and an aspiring puppet user. Before Naruto came to live with us, my sister and I were scared of Gaara… but thanks to Naruto I was able to form a relationship with my brother. I'm 9 years old and dislike my father for the way he treated Gaara and Naruto. I dream of one day surpassing Sasori of the Red Sands in the art of puppetry." Kankuro finished, looking around at everyone gathered, his eyes mainly lingering at the massive form of the Gobi who was laying down and watching everyone.
"Hey Kankuro, what's with the makeup?" Naruto asked, getting a glare from Kankuro and some laughter from those present.
"It's not MAKEUP dammit!" Kankuro yelled back, making Yukimi, Yugito, Rei, and Temari laugh harder.
"Uh huh," Naruto said before turning to the next person in line, who was Rei. Rei saw his look and nodded.
"Hey! It's my turn now! Shut up!" Rei yelled at Kankuro and his sister, who was highly enjoying teasing her brother along with Yugito.
Everyone went silent and turned to Rei, who huffed before speaking, "Name's Rei! And she's my grandmother," She pointed to Kazumi here, a tad unnecessarily.
"I'm 4 years old, and I grew up in a village with my grandmother where we had to hide from everyone. People in the village didn't like our eyes… Anyway! I like flowers, genjutsu, fuinjutsu, Gaara-sensei" At this Gaara raised an eyebrow, having not expected this.
"Yukimi-chan, Hanabi-chan, drawing, and flowers!" Rei said happily, "I dislike people who think I'm weird just cause my eyes are different, and people that want to harm my family." At this, she clearly gestured to all present.
"Oh, and I like Kokuō-kun, he's nice." The Bijuu snorted in indignation.
"Your turn, Yukimi-chan!" Rei said, turning toward the freckled girl who sat inside a smallish glass dome.
Yukimi smiled shyly and waved, "Hello, my name is Iburi Yukimi, and I am the last Iburi clan member, as well as heiress to the clan. I lived in a cave underground in the Land of Fire for most of my life with my clan before a man named Orochimaru came and tricked us. Then killed everyone besides me…" Yukimi's face was dark, Rei put her hand on the glass comfortingly, getting a smile from her new friend.
"I have the bloodline of our clan, that allows us to turn into smoke, though we can't always control it and we can be killed by wind while smoke, which is why we lived underground. I like Yugito-chan, Rei-chan, Hanabi-chan and sunshine, the feel of grass beneath my feet and hopefully eventually the feel of wind against my face." Yukimi looked sad here.
"Don't worry Yukimi-chan, we are going to figure out a way to help you," Naruto said kindly, he didn't react as Yukimi began to nod then burst suddenly into pink smoke that filled the dome. A couple of moments later she reformed back inside, looking upset.
"Don't worry Yukimi, when Naruto says he's gonna do something, he does it!" Rei said, trying to comfort her new friend. It seemed to work as Yukimi nodded and wiped away her tears.
"Thank you Rei-chan," Yukimi said, and was surprised but also amused as Rei literally hugged the curved wall of glass. Many of those present smiled.
"Next is Hanabi," Naruto said, turning to his newly adopted daughter, who smiled and clapped her hands together.
"I'm Hanabi! And I like dad, Yukimi-chan, Yugito-chan, Rei-chan and the big white horse." Rei said, pointing at the Gobi, who only raised an 'eyebrow' that it didn't have, but somehow gave the impression that if it did have one, it would.
"I'll introduce Kokuō for him," Naruto said, looking at the Bijuu who nodded. "This is Kokuō, otherwise known as the Gobi, the 5-tailed demon horse, and also my nephew. As some of you may know I am related to all the Bijuu." This drew a surprised look from Temari and Kankuro who didn't know this.
After that everyone began having conversations amongst themselves, the pleasant chatter of conversation made Naruto happy. Sometime later after everyone had eaten they prepared to move out, Hanabi wanting to ride on Naruto's back and Yukimi being carried by Yugito.
Naruto smiled once more as he watched the people he called his friends and family walking together through the forest, several of Gaara's sand clones leaping around the trees, keeping an eye out for anyone who might approach them. Naruto also making sure to look around and keep a Byakugan aided eye out for intruders.
A couple hours later of walking and pleasant conversation with some comfortable lulls Naruto's attention was pulled away from his sight that he had been scanning around their east for anything that could be detrimental to them.
"Master Naruto, Isobu senses someone with high chakra in the east and approaching fast." Naruto's vision immediately swung around to the east, and he did, in fact, see a man approaching. 'He's one of the scarf group! This guy has the kanji for one, he must be after Gaara!'
Everyone had tensed at Kai's announcement and therefore were prepared for Naruto's orders when they came but a moment later.
"Everyone huddle together, Gaara you are with me, Kokuō watch over them," Naruto ordered and everyone hurried to obey. They all got together, and Gaara stood by Naruto, his 7 other Sand clones landing in the clearing with them.
The next moment Naruto whirled around, pulling his vision away and pointed his hands at the group. Vines and thick trees burst out of the ground and began twisting with each other to form an even thicker dome of plants over them all. Naruto put massive amounts of chakra into the dome. 'I will not risk the safety of everyone here.'
"Gaara, this one is after you," Naruto said as he turned back, getting a nod from his brother they launched into the trees toward the east, Gaara's 7 sand clones taking up positions around the dome.
It was only a few minutes of tree hopping later that Gaara was suddenly attacked, a spectral slash came flying through the darkness of the trees toward Gaara, which was deflected by his sand bursting from his gourd.
Naruto's eyes narrowed as he stared at the approaching man, who appeared in front of them a moment later. He had black hair in a weird crescent-like shape on his head with a ponytail on the back, he also had a black beard that framed the edges of his face. He wore a high collared purple cloak and wrapped around his neck was a tan scarf with the Kanji for one imprinted on both ends.
"Ahh, I've finally found you Ichibi, and I will be the first to complete our task." The man's voice was calm, soothing.
"Hello, my name is Gengo, and I mean you no harm." Naruto brought his hands up to his head, he could feel something moving around inside his head, he could feel alien intentions, good intentions. 'Gengo doesn't mean any harm, he just wishes to talk.' Naruto was surprised by his own thoughts. Somehow he knew they were wrong.
Gaara's eyes glazed over for a moment before returning to his usual blank stare. "Of course Gengo-sama, what do you wish to talk about?" Gaara said, but his voice was strained, and his muscles were visibly tensed.
Gengo smirked, "Just a few trivial things, but why don't you relax? There is no danger here." Gaara's muscles visibly relaxed... very slowly, The redhead's eyes strained as he stared at the man in front of him.
"Now Gaara, where are you and your friend going?" Gengo inquired, his voice flowing through the air like water, so soothing, so calm. Naruto had fallen to his knees on the branch, holding his head as he tried to find and eradicate the entity moving around inside his brain, trying to rewrite him.
"W-we… a-are…" Gaara's voice was strained, his hands twitching.
"Yes? Come on, there is nothing to be afraid of." Gengo said, walking up and standing in front of Gaara, even putting his hand on Gaara's head. Gaara's eyes strained harder before they suddenly gave out.
"We are going to the Land of the-" Gaara was cut off as Naruto yelled loudly next to him.
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Naruto's body released a massive burst of white chakra, finally able to dispel what he had realized was some sort of Genjutsu.
"Musuko! I couldn't talk to you! You need to stop that man, he's controlling Gaara!" Kaguya's stressed and concerned voice came through their mental link. Naruto immediately reacted, going for the kill he reached out for the man's chakra in an attempt to take it from him.
The next instant several things happened, Naruto pulled violently as the man's eyes widened, and the man fell backward off the tree as his eyes rolled into the back of his head. A second later he crashed into the forest ground below.
Gaara fell to his hands and knees, breathing fast as he finally regained control over his own body. "He… He was somehow controlling me, Shukaku couldn't dispel the Genjutsu." Gaara panted out, Naruto in a similar state next to him.
"He's gone now," Naruto said as he regained his composure and stood to his feet. 'That man's voice, he was somehow able to put us under a genjutsu with it…' Naruto thought, walking over and helping Gaara to his feet.
"We need to get back to the others and get out of here, more of that group may be coming," Naruto said, getting a stronger nod from his brother. Gaara was somewhat weak, and thus his brother had to help him as they jumped through the trees toward where they had left the others.
A couple of minutes they touched down, and Gaara was now feeling much better. Naruto dispelled his plant dome, revealing everyone inside sitting down except for Kai and Yugito.
"The threat has been dealt with, we need to move," Naruto ordered, getting nods from everyone before they began moving through the forest at a faster pace.
1 week later
They had finally arrived, and Naruto was exhausted from stress. Naruto sighed deeply as he watched his family file off a large boat, he'd spent several trying hours creating a ship out of his chakra some time ago.
They had just arrived at Mother Island in the Land of the Sea, and Naruto had sent Gaara ahead to book them all several hotel rooms that they would be staying in for a few days. Naruto planned to build a large mansion-like home out of wood a ways from the village once he felt strong enough.
"Follow me." The red head appeared in front of their group as the admittedly strange looking of people, kids, and demon walked off the drawbridge. The villagers of the port were all watching with wide eyes as this large group of strange individuals and what looked like a colossal horse exited the boat.
All the civilians gasped as the boy cloaked in white turned and pointed both hands at the boat. The next moment it started to dissolve before being sucked into the hooded boy, who seemed to stand straighter and shook his shoulders before turning.
"Let's go, Kokuō you are free to roam." The next moment all the civilians were surprised to see the large white horse with five tails that they'd just noticed it had, nod and disappear in a blur of white.
"Let's go, everyone," Naruto said tiredly, getting nods from everyone they walked through the village, following Gaara. People moved out of their way in shock, awe, and some fear. Naruto was too tired to care, only concerned about getting his family and friends to the hotel and then sleeping.
Before long they all arrived at the hotel and shifted out into the rooms they had. Yukimi was with Yugito, Rei and Kazumi were together. Hanabi was with Naruto, Gaara was with Kai, Temari and Kankuro also shared a room.
Naruto walked into their room tiredly, followed by Hanabi who was looking at her father in concern. Naruto walked over to the bed and flopped down, his almost constantly on Byakugan closing and removing his vision of the world. Naruto knew it was dangerous to drop his guard like this but he was too tired to think straight, Kazumi had told him not to worry about it and go to sleep.
Naruto felt the bed shift as Hanabi climbed up and snuggled up next to him, "Good night Dad," She said with a yawn, grabbing his arm and pulling it over her. Naruto smiled and shifted the blankets, quickly accepting the warm embrace of unconsciousness.
Within Naruto's mindscape, Kaguya smiled, proud of her son. He had hardly slept at all after the attack by the man named Gengo. Constantly staying awake and searching with his Byakugan for a possible ambush or sneak attack. They had come across a large group of bandits as well on their way to the Land of the Sea. Surprisingly it had been Yugito and Kai who dispatched the 100 or so bandits.
"Sleep well musuko," She said quietly to her son who was already asleep. "You have done a good job."
Next morning
Naruto slept in longer than he usually did, but he needed it. His eyes opened, and he took in the plain tan ceiling above him as he sorted his jumbled thoughts. Naruto sat up, not noticing his arm which Hanabi had been sleeping on phase through her. Naruto saw that she was there a moment later and smiled at her sleeping face.
"Time to wake up Hanabi-chan." Naruto said as he lightly rocked her, Hanabi murmured before her pale eyes opened slowly, "Huh wha…?"
"Time to get up," Naruto said as she sat up and rubbed her eyes, her hair somewhat of a mess.
"Let's go downstairs Hanabi, everyone else is eating," Naruto said, already having his Byakugan activated, Hanabi nodded and slipped off the bed before following her father out of the room and down the stairs.
"Morning Naruto," Kazumi said from her spot at one of the round dining tables of the hotel. Naruto nodded before moving to get food for Hanabi and himself. After getting the food, they sat down at a table by Gaara, Kai, and Kankuro.
Naruto saw that Yugito and Yukimi were not there and asked about it. "Yugito came down and got food for her and Yukimi before taking it back up, Yukimi is afraid to come out of the room," Kankuro replied after swallowing another bite of his food. Naruto nodded before beginning to eat his own food in the calm manner he enjoyed.
"Gaara-oji! Can you do that sand thing again?" Hanabi asked with a bit of food hanging from her mouth. Gaara actually smiled at her before obliging, sand poured out of his gourd and flew through the air before 11 figures formed in the middle of the table made from sand. Standing there all organized together like they were taking a family picture was their entire group, a mini Gobi standing behind them.
"It's so cool!" Hanabi cried as she looked at the sand figurines, particularly the one of herself who waved at her before it all returned to sand and flowed back into Gaara's gourd.
Flashback
Naruto leaned across the railing of his ship that he'd formed from his chakra. None of the other people traveling with them were currently above deck beside the sleeping Gobi, leaving Naruto and Gaara alone as they gazed out at the ocean surrounding them.
Naruto sighed, closing his eyes and deactivating his Byakugan, just enjoying the feeling of letting his eyes rest. He had just finished scanning the deep waters all around them for trouble again for the 5th time since this morning.
Naruto felt a sense of relief that he usually only got when he was in the clearing, where everyone had been staying before they left. A sense of safety, though it wasn't as much here on the boat, sailing across the waters. Naruto knew that he expected to be attacked out of the blue, for another strange member of the scarf group to appear and attack them.
Gaara stood impassively at Naruto's side. They had talked a good deal as they traveled and even more so since getting on the boat. Catching each other up on the others experiences. Gaara was actually regretting not going with Naruto, regardless of how much fun tor… training Rei was.
Gaara stared at the ocean in slight distaste, it was a very disadvantageous place for him. If they were to be attacked, he would be of little to no use, having to resort mostly to wind jutsu that were nowhere near as powerful as his sand attacks.
"Hanabi," Gaara said, turning slightly to his brother. Naruto sighed, understanding Gaara's unspoken question. "The Hyūga truly are cruel humans Gaara, they torture their young and those that are not born into the main branch for the enjoyment of it, labeling it as for the betterment of the clan," Naruto said, his eyes still closed as the wind rustled his long white hair, whipping it around his large brown horns.
"I didn't want her to have to go back to that, especially after being kidnapped." Naruto finished, Gaara only stared strangely at him for a few minutes, Naruto opened his pale eyes, and they stared at each other. Sharp green, black-ringed eyes meeting the all-seeing eyes of the Ōtsutsuki.
Naruto sighed in exasperation, "Yes, you can be her uncle," Gaara only smirked slightly before turning back to look at the ocean.
End Flashback
Naruto had just dropped Hanabi off with Yugito and Yukimi for the day after having told everyone it was okay to explore the village while he and Gaara scouted the surrounding land. He'd specifically warned Yugito and Kai to look out after everyone.
As Naruto and Gaara walked through the village they drew many strange looks, and even more so of fear as they saw Naruto's horns for the first time in all their glory. Naruto was not concerned, while he didn't like their looks and fear he was used to it from Suna.
The demonic duo quickly traveled over the terrain of the island, finding a large clearing with a nearby lake after an hour of searching. There was a mountain at one edge of the clearing that had a waterfall that drained into the lake.
"This will do perfectly, I will begin immediately." Naruto took a deep breath before sitting down cross legged. Gaara stood next to him impassively, though he rose an eyebrow as Naruto slammed his palms together.
"Mokuton: Jikan no kyūden! (Palace of Time)" Naruto called out and visibly concentrated, the next moment he slammed both palms onto the ground and a ways off near the lake many pillars of wood burst out of the land, rising to many different heights.
Gaara watched in fascination as over the process of two hours Naruto built an entire compound out of wood. It was 3 stories tall and had a slanted roof and 2 balconies on the front that spanned the length of the house. On the front, there was also a large double door that had a yin-yang symbol etched into the wood.
Naruto panted heavily as he finished, sweat visibly pouring down his face. "That took a lot more out of me than I thought it would, even though Mokuton is very similar to my father's plants it's still very hard," Naruto admitted, and Gaara nodded, very impressed by the building Naruto had built by himself.
"Let us round up the others and move them here, the villagers most likely want us gone," Gaara commented, helping Naruto to his feet. Naruto nodded, and they turned away from the new structure and the beautiful landscape it was in.
"I am planning to stay here for several months before going out with Hanabi. I have to find my brother, the rest of the Bijuu, and any others that wish to be free." Naruto said as they walked through the woods back toward the village.
It was not long before Naruto was walking back in his typical gait, his cloak billowing behind him. They reached the village a moment later and began walking toward the hotel.
As they walked Naruto smiled as he saw a ramen shop, inside was Kai, Temari, Kankuro, and Hanabi who was eating through bowls of the stuff like there was no tomorrow. Naruto was about to walk up to them when Gaara collapsed to his knees in the middle of the street, holding his head.
"Gaara!" Naruto said, turning quickly and kneeling beside his friend, trying to find out what was going on.
"ARRGGGHHHH!" The redhead screamed as the sand burst from his gourd and swirled around him violently, it attempted to bat Naruto away, but the sand only phased right through Naruto's now pure chakra form.
Naruto quickly backed up and attempted to connect to Gaara's mind but was unable, his eyes widening in shock. He heard people approaching behind him, and his eyes looked through the back of his head.
"All of you get away, I'm not sure what's wrong with Gaara-nii but get away now!" Naruto ordered, and Kai immediately understood. Grabbing Hanabi, he picked her up and jumped away to a safe distance, followed by a scared Temari and Kankuro as they stared at their screaming brother.
With Gaara
'What is going on!' Gaara thought as his head pounded, a quiet whisper talking to him, telling him to give in, too stop fighting. Gaara immediately tried to project himself in his mindscape and was met with great resistance. He tried to ignore the pain, feeling himself scream uncontrollably he fought through the blockade and appeared within his mind.
Gaara was shocked as he saw a man wrapped in a blue aura, his back turned to him as he held a hand out toward Shukaku. Gaara was unable to make out who the man was.
"Gaara! Get out of here now! He's in here, you have to get GRAHHH!" Gaara watched in horror as the blue man suddenly flew through the air and into Shukaku.
"What is going on, what's happening Shukaku!" Gaara asked, his voice frantic as he watched Shukaku struggle on the sandy ground of his mindscape.
"GAARA GET OUT OF-" Shukaku suddenly stopped, from the point the blue form had entered him he began to turn black, his sand body becoming darker, the blue markings covering the raccoon's body became purple as the corrosion spread.
"You are mine to control now." Gaara's eyes widened at the voice the now entirely black Shukaku spoke in. Before Gaara could react black sand burst from Shukaku's body and ensnared his body entirely.
Outside
Gaara was now crouching, his green eyes open and bloodshot. All of his sand including his gourd had formed over his body, encasing him inside and making him look like a smaller Shukaku. (How he looks during the invasion on Konoha in cannon.)
"Hahaha, I have succeeded. I am the first to obtain my Bijuu!" Gaara spoke in a tone that was not his own. Naruto's eyes widened as he recognized who that voice belonged to.
"Gengo," Naruto said calmly, 'He must have somehow entered his body during our fight,' Naruto thought. The next instant his body rippled as sand shuriken flew through it and into a wall behind him, barely missing some villagers that were watching in fear.
All the villagers in the small town were now either running in fear or hiding in corners. Fright and mass panic spreading through the village as the Shukaku like Gaara let loose a massive roar at the sky. Naruto's eyes picked up a small boy of 10 years hugging his mother and father for dear life within a nearby house.
"Mama, Papa… Make it stop please!" The boy shrieked as he buried his face in his mother's lap, trying to somehow escape the thick killing intent and pressure the demonic looking redhead was releasing on everyone nearby. Naruto grimaced as he saw the parents were unable to answer their son as they were shaking as well, a moment later the kid passed out from the pressure.
'I can't let him harm the villagers.' Naruto thought, and the next moment he exploded into smoke before appearing in front of his brother and kicking him, hard. The mini Shukaku blocked with his sand arm, utterly unmoved by the attack.
"Fūton: Renkuudan!" Gaara screamed, firing off several large balls of compressed air at Naruto, the attacks doing nothing to Naruto as they went through him. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw with his Byakugan where the balls were heading.
"NO!" Naruto spun around, flinging his hands out in front of him. The next moment large vines and plants burst from the ground in the path of the wind bullets. But he wasn't fast enough, one of the balls of air got past the vines and flew toward Kai who was holding on to Hanabi.
Kai hastily tried to erect a wall of water between them and the fast ball of air, but the A-ranked jutsu was not bothered by the wall blockade, tearing through it with ease before continuing toward Kai.
Naruto's eyes widened majorly, and the next instant he vanished. Those present widened their eyes as the ball of air impacted, blowing dust into the air and obscuring everyone's vision. Time seemed to slow as the smoke drifted away, revealing a white glowing form in the dust. As it cleared, Temari gasped at what she was seeing. Naruto stood in front of Hanabi and Kai protectively, surrounded by an ethereal white rib cage, his eyes red and glowing as he glared at Gaara. His eyes came to a halt, and a spiral could be seen within his eyes, attached to the spiral were small leaf-like shapes.
"You will pay for that Gengo…" Naruto's voice was full of rage as he glared at the possessed Gaara. Hanabi from behind him looked in awe at her father, seeing the power and strength he was radiating. At that moment the rest of their group appeared from another street except for Yugito and Yukimi.
"Hahaha, like you would hurt your friend… your… brother." Gengo said through the redhead's mouth, sounding interested as if he'd just learned that Naruto considered Gaara, his brother.
"Do not test me!" The next moment Naruto shot forward as a black and white speeding smoke as he rushed Gaara. Sand rushed up in front of the redhead in an attempt to stop him, and he merely flowed over the wall before slamming into Gaara and sending him flying.
Everyone present looked on in horror as Naruto breathed heavily, his anger and rage felt by everyone as his red eyes spun. They gasped as Naruto's form actually started to change, he lowered himself closer to the ground. His body turning brown and brown tails bursting from his tailbone. His arms and legs thinned, and his face morphed into one eye and a mouth, horns growing from his head.
"Naruto! Stop it! Calm down! You are losing yourself to your anger!" Kaguya yelled at Naruto, fighting his transformation into a smaller Jubi. Naruto roared powerfully, slamming his fist into the earth and denting it. The next instant he shot across the ground and slammed into Gaara, jumping into the air with the now wide-eyed redhead and disappearing over the forest.
"Dad!" Hanabi yelled, attempting to break free of Kai's grip and run after her very angry and pissed off father.
"No Hanabi! Stay here, we need to let Naruto work this out, we won't be of any help if we follow." Kazumi yelled at the girl, making her stop.
"But Dad is in trouble!" She cried, looking toward where her father had disappeared. Kazumi was about to respond when the ground shook, and trees far in the distance flew through the air, a giant cloud of smoke rising off in the distance.
A moment later the smoke cleared, and a large sand Shukaku could be seen. Next to the Bijuu was a giant creature that they realized looked very similar to the thing Naruto had been turning into. It had one large red eye with 4 tomoe on it, attached to the red rings.
Kai watched in amazement as the large brown like creature slammed its massive fist into Shukaku's face, knocking the giant sand creature over. 'It's literally a battle of titans.' Kai thought, and the next moment both titans vanished.
"I get the impression Naruto won, don't you?" Kazumi said dryly, drawing the groups attention to her.
"What on earth was that?!" Kankuro yelled.
"Jūbi..." Yugito murmured in awe, still staring off into the distance.
"Come on, all of you spread out and help the villagers," Kazumi ordered, getting some shaky nods before they spread out. Kazumi picked up Hanabi and taking Rei's hand, headed toward the hotel to tell Yukimi what had happened, and get out of the street.
With Naruto
The white-haired boy panted heavily, his body reforming into his usual form as he stared at the unconscious Gaara laying on the ground. Naruto stared at Gaara without really seeing him, instead, trying to understand what had just happened.
'Kaa-san,' He thought, and Kaguya immediately understood. "Naruto, what just happened was you losing control of your emotions and turning into a mini Jūbi of sorts, after you knocked out Gaara I locked up your chakra so that you couldn't continue in your Jūbi form," Kaguya explained, getting a mental nod from the now utterly exhausted Naruto as he collapsed to the ground.
Naruto just laid there for a while, regaining his strength. Once he had enough, he picked up Gaara on his shoulder and began walking back toward the village. Knowing that he had to somehow get Gengo out of Gaara's body. Naruto applied a simple sleeping seal to Gaara's forehead to keep him from waking up, one of the seals Kazumi had taught him before he left.
Naruto stumbled through the streets, drawing a few wide eyes from the villagers as they saw him carrying the passed out Gaara. Naruto was surprised as many began clapping and cheering for him. Naruto looked at them in confusion.
"Master Naruto, the village is thanking you for defeating the 'monster.'" Kai explained as he appeared next to Naruto, Naruto sighed deeply.
"I need to sleep, I'm exhausted. Take Gaara-nii to his room and keep an eye on him, he shouldn't wake up. When I wake up, I will enter his mind and get Gengo out of Gaara." Naruto said tiredly, he stumbled slightly but was caught by Kankuro from falling.
Kai took Gaara from Naruto and jumped across the rooftops toward the hotel they were staying. Naruto with Kankuro's assistance arrived a few moments later, stumbling into his room and collapsing on the bed after thanking Kankuro for his help.
Naruto immediately fell asleep on the bed, his horns actually wedged into the headboard as he had merely fallen onto the bed, uncaring as his horns piercing through the wooden headboard. Naruto didn't notice as Kazumi opened the door to his room and let Hanabi in.
Hanabi was about to yell to her father to ask him if he was okay when she heard him snore. Shutting up quickly she ran over and climbed up on the bed before laying down beside him. The day's excitement had already tired the small girl.
Kai and Gaara's room
Kai stood off to the side, watching as Kazumi reinforced the slowly breaking sleeping seal on Gaara's forehead before lifting the boy's shirt and inspecting the rather shoddy seal that contained Gaara.
"Well, first off, if Shukaku really tried I don't think he'd have all that hard of a time breaking out of this seal, it's crap. I'll need to replace it soon." Kazumi noted to herself as she applied a stronger seal around Gaara's current one.
"Naruto is going to need to enter Gaara's mind to get Gengo out of there, but from looking at Gaara's seal, I can see he's severely overwritten major parts of it. The boy is definitely trapped within his own mind." Kazumi said as she stood to her feet, getting a nod from Kai.
"Watch over him until Naruto can deal with him, I'm going to talk to the leader of this village and explain things. I don't want us to get kicked out of this village, we need a place to stay." Kazumi said, remembering how stressed Naruto had been while trying to safely move them here.
"I believe Master Naruto went out and found a place to build a home before this happened," Kai remarked, getting a nod from Kazumi before she left the room.
oOoOoOo
The village chief listened intently to the white haired old lady in front of him. Standing on either side of the woman was two blondes, one had a fan on her back and wore a black kimono, the other was wearing a blue kimono and had slit eyes, one eye green and the other blue.
The older man was amazed and in some shock from the recent 'attack' on their village by the giant sand creature. The lady had explained that their leader had summoned a beast of his own to protect the town from the invading sand creature, and it was technically correct.
"And you are sure the creature is not coming back?" The village chief, Kugo asked again. Getting a nod from the lady in front of him he sighed, he had been somewhat spooked by her completely blank eyes, but after just seeing two massive titan's battle in the distance it wasn't the weirdest thing he'd seen today.
When the woman said that her and their group were building a home outside the village, he immediately agreed, granting them permission to stay as long as they'd like. 'They can help defend the village against that creature in the water that keeps attacking ships…' Kugo thought.
Kazumi grimaced as she continued to subtly manipulate the man in front of her with her eyes. She wasn't changing his opinion to them, he did actually like them, but she had to make sure that news of this event didn't leave the island.
"Please enjoy your stay in the village. I daresay that small children such as those with you shouldn't be robbed of the most basic needs such as proper rest or food." Kugo said kindly, smiling at the happy look on Temari's face. He looked on in amusement as Temari started doing a little jig.
"Finally! It's about time, the boys have no idea of hygiene." She yelled, then suddenly blushed in embarrassment.
"You can say that again child, you can say that again," Kazumi muttered, just loud enough for everyone present to hear her, getting chuckles from the village chief and Yugito.
They expressed their thanks for the man's hospitality and said their goodbyes before returning to the hotel. As they entered, they found Kankuro, Kai, and Rei playing cards at one of the tables in the guest area of the hotel. Sitting nearby in a glass dome was Yukimi. 'I need to figure out her seal, I'll get started on that now. First though…' Kazumi thought.
"Kai, aren't you supposed to be watching over Gaara?" Kazumi questioned sternly. The boy turned to her, not at all intimidated. "I am, the original Kai is up stairs, I'm only a Mizu bunshin." Kazumi 'rolled' her eyes at the boy.
Yugito and Temari walked over to the group, Yugito taking a seat and getting dealt in. Temari flopping down on a nearby couch. Kazumi smiled at the children as they played, her granddaughter insisting that Kai was somehow cheating.
"Yukimi-chan, as soon as Naruto is able we are going to figure out your bloodline," Kazumi said kindly as she took a seat near the glass dome that Yukimi was sitting inside of.
"Thank you Kazumi-san," She replied respectfully, giving a small bow. Kazumi smiled before pulling out a sheet of paper from nowhere and beginning to scribble incomprehensible lines on it. She had a rough idea of how to solve the girl's problem, it wouldn't be permanent, but it would hopefully allow her to come out of the glass dome.
END CHAPTER - 11,160 words
People are all pissed at me in the reviews, lol.
I don't have to do what you wish with the story, so if you don't like it. Leave.
You who said I aught to bring back Obito… I am not rewriting 150k+ words just so you can read yet another Obito fic… I can point you to a good one though: Sinister Chakra by williams5505
Second, all ye who are so concerned that I'm suddenly going to become a BS author, when I've already shown that I've tried extremely hard to not be one… Please… guys… really?
Anyway, thanks for the extra reviews, even hateful ones help make my story more popular.
Also to all of you that said something like "It's nice" or "It's going pretty nicely," but only wrote one sentence in your review. Thank you for the compliment, but I'm not going to directly answer you when it's just a sentence (You are now aware).
Answers to Reviews:
AllHailTheSith: Nice idea, maybe I'll impliment it into a different story. But I have always disliked how sage mode made Kabuto into a dragon BS sage thingy… I'm not adding that sorry, I already have dragons planned out :P
N-DogDaGod: Thank you! I deeply apologize for this chapter taking so long, I had a bit of a hard time writing chapter 15 (Rewrote it 3 times before I was satisfied). I am hoping to keep more consistent in the future, please be aware that once school starts again my uploads will slow down.
StrikerTheFallen: As to where Zetsu is, I have a reason for why he's not shown up, it will be explained in the future. He's not a plant like creature in this story, he's only the black part of him. Because Madara never summons the Gedo Mezo, and never brings out White Zetsu. Black Zetsu does not have the plant like form, so just keep that in mind. (Plus according to canon, white zetsu are humans Kaguya converted long ago, which she didn't do in this story.) As to the earth grudge fear, I just recently wrote it in. I hope you enjoy who ends up getting it, and how they do. I plan to make sure they get screen time so that those that enjoy Jiongu can read sections about it :)
Azaira: Per your recommendation, the flashback part has been removed. (Check the last chapter to see if you wish)
Hoytti: I'm going to assume that you meant "Guren" as "Guten" does not exist on the wiki (I checked). I agree that Guren would be a good part of the group, perhaps she will be. Spoilers.
Eien no henko: Thank you for the compliments, I appreciate them. I work very hard to make sure my writing flows (Which is why this chapter took so long to come out.) As to the creation of Chakra beings, wait and see. (Or go read Village of Chakra by KillerPanda666)
Please Read My stuff: First off, please change your name… cause… that's kinda sad. :/ Second, as too a pairing, I'll give the same response I gave Asaira: If it flows into that, then there will be one. For now, I am not concerned, I have a rough idea of who will be with who later on ;) But remember, there is more to writing then pairings, and they shouldn't be the main part of the story either.
Angry guest: Dude, stop reading then lol. Your rant about Susanoo fight in a scene that wasn't that important to the fight. By your logic of "My Susanoo Pokemon card is 100 points higher than yours so I automatically win" Minato wouldn't have been able to beat and somehow fend of Obito when they fought during the original Anime Kyuubi attack. There is a level of, I can pull BS in this story, that I usually do not do. Minato beat Chariko because he's better. Besides, we know sustaining a Susanoo is draining, and Chariki had one of his main arteries cut, he was going to bleed out and die. (He's not madara so he doesn't get extreme regeneration…)
Chancellor77: … Read the summary… who's mentioned? Naruto… Naruto is the main character… (But thanks for the indirect compliment, glad to know I'm doing such a good job with developing multiple characters at once.)
Dbtiger63: I am confused by your statement that Naruto is limited… You said that like it's a bad thing… He's kind of figuring this all out? I'm not pulling the whole, Naruto gets powers and one time skip later he's a freaking master at them all.
carlospino97.7: La guerra civil dentro de Kiri ocurrió mucho antes, y estaba terminando cuando nació Haku. Ella no estaba separada de ella y sus padres no murieron. Ella todavía estará en la historia, pero ella no es el mismo personaje. Haku es una chica en mi historia también, porque ... razones.
Another Guest: yep, lots and lots of enemies. Woot :D
Criamond: Thank you! I try very hard to make sure that characters are people you can relate to and attach to. I don't want to have characters that are like important and are just never mentioned but just exist. I hope to reach 1mil, and hopefully, it stays interesting the entire time :)
And that's everything! All ye gettin all upset over stuff… just leave, I'll be devastated and you can make me hurt more by leaving, I swear. Lol
Auf Wiedersehen!