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"Normal talking"

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"Summons/Bijuu/ Sealed entities thinking"

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"WHAT MAKES US STRONG"

Chapter 2: Who are you?

* Last time on What Makes Us Strong *

'A. Music Suggestion: If you could see me now-The Script'

"I love you.."

They said to each other while expelling insane amounts of chakra together knowing that no matter what, they were gonna die but at least they were going to die together.

"NARUTO! / HINATA!" Their friends could only watch and yell in horror as their friends and new couple vanished in front of them in particles of light and disperse into the night air as if they never existed, leaving them in shock.

"EVERYONE!, BRACE YOURSELVES!" she yelled while covering her eyes with both her arms crossed in front of her, her peerage following her example did the same, until the wave of energy hit each and every one of them, sending all of them sailing backwards and crashing onto the walls of the abandoned church they were in.

KYAH!… GAH!… NYA!… GAHAH!… KYAAH!…
Each of them yelled when they got encrusted in the walls.

"Where...Where are we?" asked a very masculine voice, noticing the weird surrounding he was in, and been very wary of it.

"I… I don't know" said a distinctive feminine voice, noticing the weird surroundings as the one besides her did.

* Now *

Drip..drip..drip.. was the distinctive sound of drops hitting wooden floor heard quietly in the middle of the night inside the abandoned church which was located just outside of the quiet town called Kuoh.

Tears... "W-W-Why… Why?" asked quietly a beautiful girl with long crimson hair and beautiful blue-green eyes while her teeth were grinding against each other because of the frustration she felt in that moment.

"Why are you attacking us? WHO ARE YOU TWO?!" Rias asked out loud while she fought desperately with herself to stay awake as a little trail of blood ran down the right corner of her lips, she looked down in the direction of her breasts and saw a feminine palm touching between them.

She stumbled forward and before losing all consciousness lifted her head one last time to watch the eyes of the person that had knocked out her queen Akeno Himejima some minutes ago.

Behind her assailant she could glimpse for the last second how her newest pawn Issei Hyōdō and last standing member of her peerage was knocked out with a chop to the neck.

"….. just who?…." She whispered falling asleep on the glove covered arms of her mysterious assailant.

"I'm sorry..." said a beautiful young woman that looked to be in her 19's reaching her 20's with long black hair that reached past her back which was glowing a soft indigo color thanks to the rays of moonlight that were passing through the big hole on the roof of the abandoned church she was wearing what appeared to be a black formal dress that one wears in weddings and long gloves were covering her hands to her elbows, she looked down to the girl on her arms.

She regretted doing this, but after what they just witnessed they needed to be sure that nothing bad did actually happen inside the place they were in that moment.

"Are...are we gonna leave them here, Naruto-kun?" asked the girl a little worried still holding and looking at the sleeping face of the young woman she just knocked out, after some minutes she turned her face around to look at the person behind her when she heard his steps get closer to her and one could notice her beautiful eyes which were white pearls with a hint of lavender on them.

The person in question was a tall young man that looked to be in his 19's reaching his 20's with bright blue eyes that shone brightly through the dark place they were in, three whiskers birth marks on each of his cheeks and his short blonde hair which was unruly looked like it was sparkling thanks to the same rays of moonlight while his forehead was covered by some black leather headband with a metal plate with a weird insignia on the middle of it.

He was wearing a white shirt and orange combat pants that reached before his ankles and his ankles were covered in black sandals that looked sturdy enough to withstand any kind of damage while bandages were wrapped up on the right leg of the pant which was holding some kind of long and thin closed pouch, behind his pants were two more pouches that were been hold by a leather belt.

If one looked closer, one could notice the young man had a contemplative look on his face while in his arms he was holding young woman that was sleeping peacefully if the quiet breathing coming out from her was any indication, the most noticeable thing about this young woman was her bright blonde hair that reached past her back and that she only had a big black leather jacket covering her naked body.

"No" he shook his head.

"We are taking them with us, here, carry her, I'll bind them up for easy transportation, Hinata" said Naruto while he made another clone appear by his side which took the red haired woman from Hinata and then he passed the sleeping girl on his arms to his girlfriend.

When his girlfriend had the sleeping girl safe on her arms, he proceeded to take out a chakra binding rope from his back pouches, which worked like any other rope but the quirk to it was that, if the user applied chakra to it, he/she could make the rope stronger and it could siphon the chakra of the tied up person too, he passed the rope to his clones which then started binding each person that were unconscious around them.

"Don't you think we went a little overboard here Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she watched her boyfriend tie up the last person on the floor which was a young girl if her body complexion was any indication, although what did actually peek her interest a little were the two cat ears coming out of her head and tail coming from behind her back.

Cute… she thought while she accommodated the blonde girl on her arms so she could run faster while carrying her.

"I don't think so Hinata, after all we only want to interrogate them right? I mean after what we just saw and felt, don't you think it is better that we interrogate them peacefully and not while we are been suddenly attacked like the brown haired idiot and the black haired bimbo just did out of nowhere, right?" Naruto said watching in the direction where a clone was carrying each person described over their shoulders without a care in the world like they were potato sacks.

"OI! You two be more careful! they are persons not a sack of potatoes!" yelled Naruto in a low voice as to not interrupt the slumber of their charges.

Hinata only watched all this transpire around her with a huge sweatdrop appearing behind her head. "Maybe this isn't such a good idea" she thought to herself, while they started walking out of the church.

Once outside of it, they looked around themselves and started running in the direction of the forest while carrying all the teenagers with them, because they wanted to pass unperceived and going into the city they saw on the other side wasn't gonna help them, soon they disappeared inside the canopy of the huge forest in front of them like they never even existed.

-WMUS-

While all of this happened a shadow looming on the broken roof of the church watched silently everything unfold as if it was watching one of those anime shows that he's rarely seen.

How from one second all his plans went to hell and beyond to suddenly feel like a little hope was being given back to him when the strange assailants started taking out Rias and her peerage like they were simple flies to again feel a deep void form inside him when his actual target one Asia Argento was breathing again and very much alive and in the arms of the weird blond and then on the indigo haired girl.

First the weird blonde guy was looking around himself and after some seconds saw him tense up and look the direction of where Asia's dead body was to finally look down where the sacred gear twilight healing was, he saw how the blonde guy turned his head to his partner and said something to her quietly and because of the distance where he was he couldn't hear what they were saying but thought that maybe he told his partner to get ready because suddenly his partner tensed up too and moved her body to stand in a weird position he had never seen before, suddenly he grabbed the sacred gear twilight healing from the ground and appeared in front of Asia while his right hand which was covered in bandages started glowing a bright orange color.

He saw how the blonde guy knelt by her side and just shoved his hand holding the sacred gear inside her dead body without drawing blood, after some minutes he watched fascinated how Asia gasped and started breathing normally while the color returned to her features, finally when the strange blonde was getting away from her slowly, he was suddenly attacked by a lightning bolt from the queen of the Gremory group and he saw how everything suddenly stopped in that moment, because he thought that maybe the blonde enigma was dead but wasn't he wrong.

He noticed how a thin layer of the weird energy that appeared on his right hand was shielding him from the damage that he was supposed to take on the right part of his body.

He noticed how each member of the Gremory group suddenly took a step back in fear and some seconds after that, things went to hell because seconds after their freeze up the pawn of Rias Gremory, like magic suddenly ran ever so slowly to where the blonde guy was while yelling "Leave Asia alone you bastard!" only to be hit by a soft palm from the indigo haired girl that suddenly appeared in front of him, he thought they were a push over when he saw the pawn didn't even budge at all but got surprised only one second later when he saw how the pawn suddenly coughed a lot of blood and was sent sailing to get embedded in a wall again, after that he saw how the rook of Rias, Koneko Tōjō, a cute petite white haired girl with a black cat pin on her hair which was in a short bob cut style started shivering and took more steps back while her golden eyes widened in fear and her 'Nekoshō' features appeared involuntarily, then she started holding herself while she hyperventilated hard until finally the stress she was going through overcame her and made her pass out because of the shock, he just shook his head while an amused smile appeared on his lips because he thought that it was funny to watch her break for the first time like that.

Suddenly the indigo haired girl appeared in front of the queen of Rias, who's moniker is 'Ikazuchi no Miko', Akeno Himejima a beautiful girl with long black hair tied in a long pony tail which was held by an orange ribbon which has two strand of hairs coming out from the upper part of it, and touched her stomach which made the queen open her beautiful violet eyes very wide and double over with a pain filled expression on her face as she fell forward losing consciousness, this made the knight of the Gremory group get out of his stupor and spring into action appearing behind their assailant with a raised sword only for a loud crack be heard from where he was because he saw how the weird blond appeared with his right fist extended right behind where the indigo haired girl was and the knight get embedded against the wall while losing consciousness with his mouth wide open while blood came out from it.

Looking back again where he thought Asia was alone he thought that maybe this was a good opportunity to grab her and run, only to be surprised when he saw the same blonde guy standing there only this time he didn't have his black jacket on him and was holding Asia protectively in his arms which was now covered by the offending piece of cloth in his mind, so he decided to just wait and watch everything unfold.

He saw how the pawn of Rias Gremory got himself out of the wall again while yelling "Leave Asia alone you bastards!" until he was silenced by another blond guy with the same features as the original that appeared in front of him, he winced when he heard another loud crack reach his ears and noticed how the blonde guy had his left fist on the solar plexus of the pawn and was finally taken out by a chop to the neck.

He looked back to where Rias was when he heard her yell out loud "WHO ARE YOU TWO?!" and noticed how the indigo haired girl had her right hand between her breasts until finally she stumbled forward and passed out on the arms of her assailant, he noticed how Rias Gremory had tears running along her cheeks, which he assumed was because she was too shocked to see her peerage fall down so easily.

After some minutes he finally heard what he really wanted to, and those were two names that got stuck in his head, Naruto-kun and Hinata.

Finally he saw how Naruto grabbed Rias from the arms of Hinata and gave Asia to her, while he took out some ropes and started binding each member of Rias peerage, he followed them and watched them go outside while holding Rias and her peerage captive, until finally they all disappeared in the middle of the night and forest.

"You may have escaped for now Asia-chan, but I'll have you no matter what, just wait I will have you and when I'm done breaking you and making you my slave, I'll go for that beautiful girl that is holding you right now too, Hinata Huh… Just wait, you'll both be mine.." said the strange figure while a magic circle appeared beneath his feet which made him disappear after some seconds.

When the weird shadow disappeared entirely he never noticed how the space behind where he once stood distorted slowly showing the head of another clone of Naruto which was using 'Meisaigakure no Jutsu' to conceal its' features and had narrowed eyes, until it disappeared in a cloud of smoke like it never existed from the beginning.

1.5 Km away from the church and inside the wide lush forest.

"Naruto-kun… did you notice….?" Hinata said while running by the side of her boyfriend, she had her Byakugan activated and the unconscious girl was riding on her back while they were jumping from tree to tree inside the lush forest they were traveling through.

"Yeah… It looks like in the end we did attract unwanted attention on us, we gotta be ready, because the moment he mentioned going for you, he made this personal and no one tries a single thing against my precious people, especially against my girlfriend" Naruto said with a serious face, which made Hinata blush a little because of the 'my girlfriend' comment while their jumping on the forest canopy continued.

"Remember why I told you to activate your Byakugan, Hinata?" Naruto asked her keeping his face in front while they jumped from tree to tree.

"Yeah, you sensed this girl and those weird rings we saw earlier pulse together slowly, that their pulsing was so low you thought they were dying because they were separated from each other, this is one of the reasons I love you Naruto-kun, because you help everyone even if they never asked for it" Hinata smiled brightly at him which made Naruto lose his serious face and look at her surprised while a blush appeared on his cheeks, he turned his face around to look in front again a little flustered which only made Hinata giggle.

"I-I'm not that great-ttebayo" Naruto said after some seconds which only made Hinata giggle some more as they continued their jumping getting even farther away from civilization and from the place they once were in.

-WMUS-

The news reached across the elemental nations like a fire spreads inside a dry forest, Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyūga the ones that helped stop the moon from crashing against them, were dead, not even a trace of their body left.

Information was sent through all the nations that a huge funeral was gonna be held for the recently formed couple that died while protecting their village courageously which made fantastical stories began to be written in the elemental nations about how the couple fought valiantly against dragons and other mythical beings that appeared out of nowhere to protect their home even at the cost of their own life.

"Why.. why let all this farce happen… it isn't true… it isn't TRUE! ONII-SAMA AND ONEE-SAMA ARE NOT DEAD! THEY AREN'T DEAD" yelled a crying and shivering Hanabi Hyūga while she was holding her father very hard, she didn't want to accept nor was she never gonna accept that her Onee-sama and Onii-sama were dead, they had to be alive somewhere, she knew it inside her they had to be.

"Please make this farce stop father, these are all lies..." she said with tears leaking down her cheeks freely until she finally passed out on the arms of her frowning father, knowing that his youngest still couldn't overcome the tragic deaths of Naruto and Hinata.

Sigh… "I wish I could assure you, that what you are saying is all true my dear daughter" Hiashi said looking at his youngest while he played with her long brown hair.

"But….. I can't…." He whispered softly getting the sleeping Hanabi closer to his chest and holding her softly but tightly while 3 lonely tears feel from his closed eyes inside the central Dōjō where they were seated in.

Haaa… "I don't get it…. There are no traces nor left over ink spots anywhere in this whole place.. there's not a single clue how that old guy could set up that damned seal or how it works… only a simple blank book with a troublesome weird design on it's cover, there's not even a single letter or something for a little bit of information to help us and the funeral is only two days away rearing its' ugly head to stop it" Shikamaru Nara, Jônin of Konohagakure no Sato said while taking a huge breath from his 5th cigarette of the night, he was really tired, he has been working non stop for the last five days when his two friends disappeared in front of him like they were simple dust that the wind blows away.

Looking around himself he noticed how all the friends of Naruto and Hinata inside the village were tired too while they kept searching the last spot in their wide search for clues on how to get Naruto and Hinata back.

"My drawings haven't found anything neither not even a single hair or anything and I've been searching more than three times in different spots" Said Sai, Jônin of Konohagakure no Sato gritting his teeth, ripping another sheep of paper from his sketchbook he crumbled it on his hands showing how frustrated he was feeling in that moment.

Bark… "You're telling me… there's no scent of blood, chakra or anything like that left over either, it's like they just disappeared like magic and not a chakra seal" Kiba Inuzuka, Jônin of Konohagakure no Sato said looking unceremoniously around himself feeling a little angsty but bored at the same time because of the lack of clues after his loyal partner Akamaru barked in confirmation.

"Are you kidding me? We saw them disappear, each of us saw the seal appear and the weird elder say the name of the technique, which we don't know a thing at all how it works!, that's why we've been trying really hard to find any frigging clues on how that thing worked at all!" yelled an exasperated Ino Yamanaka from her position on the other side of the gardens, she looked disheveled and because of the lack of sleep from the last five days she was tired and really irked in that precise moment, she just lost her second best friend aside from Sakura and watch her disappear with her hunk of a boyfriend which she got a little interested from the pein invasion but was never gonna try a thing on him because of Hinata, it actually made her feel useless and now Hinata's ex team partner had the gall to look bored which really started pissing her off.

"Calm down Ino, we all were there when it happened, we need to keep looking… just continue searching for a single clue, even the hint of a clue works in our favor" Sakura Haruno said from behind her while searching around some bushes, she sounded determined but in reality was really tired too, each of them had been coming and going constantly to get food, take baths and so, but once they did their daily necessities they started all over again searching for any clue, it was starting to grate on their nerves, and the envoys of the other villages and Naruto and Hinata's friends from other parts around the elemental nations were expected to arrive the next day… meaning they only had today to find even the hint of a clue.

Sigh… "Yeah, sorry about my carelessness, I-I'll keep searching around" Kiba said again while he walked away to another section of the garden with his partner Akamaru.

Sigh… "This is too troublesome" "I just hope that wherever you both are, you are ok" Shikamaru said out loud and thought inside himself while he took another big deep breath of his cigarette and looked up at the night sky.

"You said it" Shino Aburame, Jônin of Konoha said while more of his bugs came back without a clue inside him which only made him sigh in frustration.

-WMUS-

"So, are you finally going to say something…" Kurama said opening his right eye looking at the tiny humanoid figures in front of him while his head was resting over his crossed paws.

"Who are you?" Said a beautiful blonde haired woman dressed in a very revealing Miko outfit, Kurama noticed she has beautiful golden colored eyes long blonde hair that reached past her shoulders and finished just before it reached her butt, what got Kurama actually more interested were the two fox ears on her head and nine tails swaying nervously from side to side behind her.

"Me? Why should I tell you?" Kurama asked as he closed his eye again and got more comfortable on his paws, he really wanted to rest more after the shits that his friend Naruto has gone through the last few days he really needed a break and it was a good thing that Naruto had his girlfriend by his side, because he knew that he wasn't very supportive in the feelings' department, that's why he was really glad that the female Hyūga was there with them on this mess.

"Why… You ask … How about the fact that when I was starting my daily meditation routine after I close my eyes for a few seconds I find myself in front of another Kyuubi that is almost 7 times bigger than myself in my true form … or the fact that we've been here staring at each other for what feels like hours while you just slept." The fox woman ranted to Kurama which made her look a little cute in his opinion, wait what?…. Where did that thought come from? Kurama wondered to himself.

Snort… "First off, we weren't staring at each other, you just suddenly appeared inside the mindscape of my host, uninvited mind you, and kept gaping at me with such sparkling eyes that were starting to get on my nerves, that's why I decided to just ignore you and keep resting, because I haven't had an opportunity to do so in the last 7 hours or so" Kurama said with his eyes still closed while he snorted again as the smell of pheromones the fox woman in front of him was expelling tried to invade his senses.

"Second, can you please tell your kit there that I'm not your mate, I have never ever met you before so explain it to her that this is the first time we meet and make her shut up" Kurama said opening his eye again looking at the almost identical copy of the beautiful woman in front of him but just in a cuter and tinier version, that was looking between himself and the strange woman with starry eyes and asking her if finally her father had come to see them.

"Third, isn't it common courtesy to first introduce yourself before asking a question? Or do you people in this place not know common courtesy?" Kurama said closing his eye again and getting more comfortable knowing that maybe this could take a while and remembering how the black haired girl and brown haired boy tried to sneak attack Naruto.

Ahem… "Yes, that's true, I'm sorry for been quite the rude uninvited guest, but you got to understand I was surprised to suddenly appear in front of another Kyuubi because I Know I am the last one of my species with my kit here" The fox woman answered with a little blush on her face while she bowed lowly showing she had nothing restraining her bountiful breasts except her loose kimono while the tip of 1 tail of Kurama got closer to the kit and started touching her which made the little girl giggle and laugh giddily.

Kurama just opened his right eye again and looked at the bowing woman and then turned his line of sight to the little kit playing with the tip of his tail

"I see… so that's why this place is different" Kurama said out loud more to himself than to the other two in front of him, which made the fox woman lift her head and look at him confused while she tilted her head mulling the words of the male Kyuubi.

Kurama noticing her questioning gaze just closed his eye again and said "It's not something you need to be concerned about" while his tail continued playing with the little kit.

"Anyways, again, I'm sorry for my rudeness" she said while she stopped bowing and looked at her daughter.

"Sweetie come here please" which made the little kit turn around to look at her and pout a little.

"We need to introduce ourselves sweetheart, now come here ok?" she said looking a little worried looking how her daughter was hugging the furry appendage that appeared in front of her daughter Kunou again

"Don't worry, I'm not about to kill your little kit just because you are different Kyuubis… I'm something more than just a wild beast you know" Kurama said while the right side of his mouth lifted in a teasing smirk.

Right… "Sorry for doubting you… it's just, I haven't had very good interactions with another of my own kind… going back to the real matter, My name is Yasaka I'm the last mature Kyuubi, Leader of the Yôkai faction that resides in Kyoto and the little kit that is playing with your tail right now is my beloved daughter Kunou and rightful successor of the Yôkai faction" Yasaka introduced herself politely bowing again which made Kurama open his eye again looking at her closely to notice if she was telling any lies but could find nothing to indicate so.

Deciding that the staring was enough Kurama just closed his eye again and sighed, raising its front legs Kurama took a seated position.

"I guess that leaves me, I am Kurama Ōtsutsuki, Kyuubi no Kitsune of Konohagakure no Sato and friend/partner of Naruto Uzumaki, although I prefer to be called only Kurama" Kurama said opening his eyes and looking down to the female Kitsunes in front of him.

"Naruto Uzumaki?" asked the female fox while she tilted her head looking confused at Kurama.

"Did someone call me?" said Naruto appearing in front of Kurama and looking around inside his mindscape, what got him curious though was that when he looked closer he noticed two other persons with fox features in front of him.

"Huh?…Is that you Kurama? Why do you look so tiny and look like a woman?!" asked Naruto surprised and pointing with his right hand at Yasaka never taking notice of Kurama behind himself whom had a huge sweatdrop falling from the back of his head while his front right paw was over his eyes and he kept shaking his head from side to side in exasperation.

Giggle… "I see, so this is your friend Uzumaki Naruto-kun huh Kurama-san, I gotta admit he's handsome and very well fit to be honest" Yasaka said while she eyed Naruto from head to toe in such a way that made Naruto feel a little uncomfortable and take a step back only to feel something poke him in the back of his right leg near his hip.

Looking around he took notice how a cute kid that resembled a lot the woman he saw in front him was poking him on his leg which made him confused wondering if maybe the little kid was the woman's little sister or daughter, because they resembled each other so much it was kinda cute in its own way.

"Hi, my name is Kunou and I'm a Kitsune Yôkai, are you perhaps my Papa?" asked Kunou in such an innocent tone while her tails were swinging from side to side showing how excited she was to meet a new person, that made Yasaka blush and play with her fingers while she looked her daughter interact with the host of Kurama.

The sudden question actually made Naruto feel stupefied and at a loss for words, huh?… "Uhm…. I..." He couldn't form an actual coherent reply, because if he said no, he thought that maybe he was going to make the little kid feel bad, but he couldn't say yes neither because he wasn't the little kid's dad and he really didn't want to lie to the kid, looking finally to where Kurama was he asked with his eyes pleadingly to help him out which only made Kurama snort and shake his head.

"Sorry kit, but neither Naruto nor I, are your father and Naruto remember last time I told you I'm a male Kitsune not a female sheesh..." Kurama said knowing that his host had a really soft spot for kids and didn't like making them feel bad at all.

"Oh… that's too bad… he's handsome too… wish he was my papa" Kunou said while she walked past Naruto and got closer to her mother, whom got a blush on her face when her daughter said she wished Naruto was her father.

"Anyways Naruto, this is Yasaka, leader of the Yôkai faction that resides in the region of Kyoto and her daughter Kunou who is her heir" Kurama said in a formal tone introducing Yasaka and Kunou to Naruto, which made Naruto nod at them while his overall semblance took a 90ª degree turn and look very serious.

Yasaka noted the change in attitude on Naruto and it actually made her feel a little flustered how mature he looked on her eyes.

"Yasaka-san, this idiot here" "OI!" "Is Naruto Uzumaki, Jônin of Konohagakure no Satoand it's future leader, sage of Mount Myōboku, war hero, and savior of our world the elemental nations"Kurama said knowing that even if he gave a little information about their world, they could do nothing because they are dead in a sense in their own world.

"A pleasure to meet you Naruto-kun"said both mother and daughter bowing respectfully, which made Naruto bow too showing courtesy.

Looking down at their feet both mother and daughter saw their features start to leave the mindscape.

"Well it looks like we will have to cut this meeting short Naruto-kun, Kurama-san.. maybe you both could come visit us on Kyoto one of these days to get to know each other better and have more time on our hands?" asked Yasaka looking at both Naruto and Kurama.

"Sure we could do that, I'll tell Hinata about it too, I'm sure she'll like to visita new place"Naruto said with a wide grin while he had his arms around the back of his head.

"Good when you enter the region, some escorts will be waiting for you,say the password 'Kitsune Sennin' and you'll be directed to us directly, we will be waiting you arrival eagerly" she said smiling softly at them.

"Wait, we still don't know how long will it take for us to be there" Naruto said looking at Yasaka worriedly.

"Don't worry, you are our esteemed honor guests, you can come visit anytime we will be waiting patiently for you, until then take care and be safe" She said giving a final soft smile while Kunou waved giddily at them.

"Bye bye, Naruto-kun!, Kurama-chan!"was the last thing Naruto and Kurama heard when they saw mother and daughter disappear from the mindscape.

Raising an eyebrow Naruto turned his face and looked at Kurama over his right shoulder smirking, "Bye bye, Kurama-chan?" asked Naruto with amusement laced in his tone of voice, which only made Kurama grunt and lay down again with his head resting on his front paws.

Knowing it was time to stop playing around Naruto turned fully around and looked at Kurama with a serious face waiting for Kurama to talk.

"If you are asking me how did those two enter here, I assure youthat I have no idea how they did it" Kurama said with his eyes still closed.

"But if you take my guess into consideration, then I supposeit's because of the naturalchakra in this world and how when you entered sage mode for an instant to sense that girl you saved earlier then you made the impossible again and made it so that your own chakra started affecting the natural chakra in this world, when you gathered natural energy for that instant I could feel the hatred and every negative emotion that this world had gone through… it's not different than our own, just that in here, there hasn't been someone to unite them, congratulations Naruto, you are becoming the sage of six paths of this world"Kurama said opening his right eye to look at a surprised Naruto.

"What are you talking about Kurama? How can I become the sage of six paths if I don't have the Rinnegan or something like that, it shouldn't be possible"asked Naruto unsure of how he was becoming the new sage of six paths, I mean yeah he can enter that mode only when it is necessary and manipulate the 'Gudōdama'to take on powerful enemies, but he didn't see the need to do so, because no one in the elemental nations actually could make him feel the need to enter that mode, the proof?, well in his fight against Toneri he only entered until his 'Kurama Sennin Mode'while Toneri was using the 'Gudōdama', how? He didn't know, the thing is, there's the proof not like he was gloating or anything.

"Let's put it this way, you are a huge walking filter that right now the nature around you is taking an advantage of, every second that passes it enters you with everything negative that it has and when it gets out of you, it comes out mixed with your and my chakra, healing itself without you taking notice of it at all" Kurama said looking around himself noticing the changes that the mindscape was starting to go through, he sat up again and kept looking aroundcuriously.

"So, how did that allow someone else to enter here without noticing and how comes the hatred and malice isn't affecting you or me?" asked Naruto still a little confused while he had his right hand holding his chin and arm was crossed over his left one.

"Naruto, I'm the embodiment of hatred and malice, the hatred in this world is just a joke for me, while you have no hatred inside you in which you could get influenced by the nature around us, remember our chakra is basically mixed now, meaning I simply take all of it and you filter for your use, making us stronger than when we were on the elemental nations… didn't think it was possible but I simply stopped doubting you long ago"Kurama said in a way that made Naruto look at him with a contemplating face.

"I see that answers the question of the malice and hatred… but not the other one…" said Naruto looking around himself and noticing his mindscape was starting to look more alive, slowly but surely more alive.

Uhm… "Been honest, I think it's because the Yôkai faction are chakra users like you and your girlfriend..."Kurama said while his right backpaw started scratching his right ear.

"Wait… does that mean that Hinata is getting stronger too?" asked Naruto surprised contemplating the possibility.

"Yes, as time passes and you two continue to be together, you both come from the same world meaning that you both are in tune in some way, but hers is a little slower than yours because she doesn't have one of usBijū inside her to help her, but I don't know how the hatred will affect her to be quite honest, although I think there's a way you can help her..."Kurama said waving his tails lazily behind him while a teasing smirk appeared on his face.

"H-How?…" asked Naruto unsure of making the question because he didn't like the smirk on Kurama's face one bit.

"Well… I'll put it bluntly so it enters clearly in that hard head of yours, you need to fuck her while in sync with me and using Sennin mode, so I can help her filter the hatred faster"Kurama said with the smirk never leaving his face.

"WHAT!? THERE'SNO WAY I'M ALLOWING YOU TO SEE HOW I HAVE SEX WITH HINATA ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE!"Naruto yelled to Kurama while he had his arms crossed in an x shaped position in front of himself.

"Why not? It's not like I'm privy to the mating intercourse of your species… I mean I was there when Hashirama and Mito conceived Tsunade's father or when your father and mother conceived you"Kurama said remembering those times out loud showing he wasn't really privy to intimate moments.

GAH!… "NANANANAANA…. I KNOW NOTHING, I HEARD NOTHING, THE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, THE ROSES ARE…." Naruto covered his ears and started yelling loudly trying to ignore the conversation but stopped once he noticed Kurama looking at him seriously, so he stopped and looked at Kurama.

Sigh… "Look, this is not because I'm a pervert or anything like that but because the hatred and malice in this world will start to affect her in some way, in which way I don't know to be honest, but anything is possible she could suddenly go on a killing spree and murder everything on her line of sight or become a wanton whore that will spread her legs wide open to anyone that crosses her path be it man or woman and you don't want that do you?..."Kurama said looking at Naruto seriously which only made Naruto look down with a hard glare.

"so what about..." Naruto tried to say.

"No, I already contemplated it too, but the simple way you transfer her chakra won't work neither I need to be really close to both of you while theprocess begins so nothing can go wrong"Kurama said interrupting what Naruto wanted to say.

"But then, what about..." Naruto tried to say again but got interrupted again.

"Look Naruto I told you it's not because you are closer or not, the thing is that you already began the process on both herself and you without noticing because remember before we got wherever we areyou both were sharing chakra in huge amounts trying to get free of that technique and even if you both separate, the unfiltered hatred will still continue to affect her, You are,both the problem and the solution… as we keep talking the naturalchakra is entering her slowly and will affect her slowly over time I'm not saying it will affect her right now, but in the future itwill… it is better if you two find a way to discuss this quietly and think it over… but knowing your girlfriend she may accept… just reach a decision together ok?"Kurama said knowing that Naruto was really attached to his first love and knowing that if he could help them he wasn't going to fail them, because Naruto needed this, he saw how Naruto just nodded slowly with a thinking pose.

"Besides…. it's not like you aren't privy to sexual intercourse neither… I still remember those times when you were with all those girls you saved while on those missions… or on other villages"Kurama said with a wide smirk looking how Naruto stiffened and looked up at him with a blush.

"B-B-BUT! YOU SAID I HAD NEVER BEEN WITH ANY GIRL BEFORE! WHEN WE MET THE OTHER HOSTS OF THE OTHER GUYS!"Naruto yelled and pointed in Kurama's direction while blushing furiously because he thought Kurama never actually saw him do it with those other girls.

"All I did say is that you never KISSED another girl or were in a relationship with any, I never said you didn't have something more, did I?"Kurama said smirking.

'A. Music Suggestion: The road continues- Naruto Shippuden OST'

Sigh… "You annoying overgrown furball" Naruto said with his arms behind his head and looking at Kurama with a wide grin on his face which made Kurama grunt in annoyance because of the furball comment.

"Yeah, Yeah.. but you know you..."Kurama tried saying but got interrupted when he saw Naruto extend his right fist to him with a knowing smile.

Heh… "You sure are something else Naruto" Kurama thinks to himself while bumping his right fist with Naruto's own with a smile.

"Thank you Kurama, really, thank you a lot..." Naruto said.

"Don't mention it, besides this can be good for both of you" Kurama said a bit mysteriously which made Naruto tilt his head in confusion.

"Look your right arm, you may not have noticed but I did… you are absorbing Hashirama's cells and started regrowing your right arm, while the changes on her I don't know what are gonna be, to be honest" Kurama said giving Naruto a hint on what he meant, which only made Naruto look at his arm surprised and started taking off the bandages to look at it, he noticed the surprised face on Naruto and how his forearm was starting to regain it's color, slowly but surely in some time his arm will be fully his again.

"AHAHAHA YATTA-TTEBAYO!" Naruto shouted excitedly and fist pumping with his right hand.

"Well I think you need to go back now, you've been here for about 3 minutes or so while your girlfriend keeps looking around for any enemies, see you both when you guys reach a decision" Kurama said while he started to lay down again, which made Naruto get closer to Kurama and pat the side Kurama's massive nose slowly then Naruto turned around and started walking away from Kurama.

Heh… "Always looking forward without taking a step back, right?" Kurama thinks to himself while he closes his eyes to rest some more.

-WMUS-

crackle...crackle… was the distinctive sound of wood twigs burning on a campfire while a meditating Naruto finally took one last breath and exhaled signifying he was back on the real world, opening his eyes he noticed something that actually left him surprised and that was the face of his girlfriend Hinata very close to his own and she was looking at him with such intensity that actually made Naruto feel a little conscious.

"Hina…" Naruto tried to say but was silenced mid phrase by a sudden kiss from the rosy lips of Hinata on his own, he closed his eyes and returned the kiss slowly knowing that it had been long since he last shared a kiss with her, some seconds into the kiss he noticed though that Hinata suddenly was straddling his lap and her glove covered arms were circling around his neck bringing him closer to her and making each other bodies press together, he didn't resist and circled his arms around her hips just over her butt and started massaging her slowly sliding his hand up and down her back and to her butt which made a little mewl of happiness leave from their throats together while their lips were still connected, he got surprised when he felt her tongue invade his mouth and started massaging his own, not letting her take advantage on him, he returned the favor wrapping his own tongue with hers deepening the kiss and bringing her even closer to him, after 10 seconds of intense deep kissing they separated from each other gasping for breath slowly, pressing his forehead against hers, Naruto and Hinata kept looking at each other, neither said a thing, they closed their eyes and slowly but surely their lips started getting closer to each other wanting to share another deep moment together.

"Ara, ara, that actually was quite the intense kiss in my opinion, do you think the woman would be willing to trade spots Buchou?" asked a soft voice with a hint of teasing on it that made Naruto and Hinata freeze just when their lips were about to touch again.

"I don't know, that's up for them to decide after all we are their hostages, right?" said the voice of the second girl just after the first one, a little more serious than the first one, but it had a hint of mirth on it too.

Turning their faces in the direction where their hostages were comfortably seated across with their limbs tied up Naruto and Hinata noticed that the females of the group were wide awake, Naruto accommodated himself to be more comfortable against the tree he was leaning against and in the line of sight of their hostages while Hinata with a little blush accommodated herself to be closer to Naruto and hug him with her left arm over his hip and her head resting against his right shoulder, although Naruto didn't notice the girls in front of him did notice that Hinata was glaring at them maybe because of interrupting her time with her boyfriend.

"So, I see you are finally awake and it looks like that somehow we can speak the same language" Naruto said looking at each female seated across him taking note that each female had the same kind of uniform which made him think that maybe they were from the same group, or faction if the little information he got talking with Yasaka on his mind was any indication.

"Well, one could say each of us is a special type of person" Rias said narrowing her eyes slightly when she noticed she couldn't free herself from the rope she was tied with, she noticed from the corner of her eyes that Akeno and Koneko couldn't free themselves either, which got her struggling a little more.

Shing… Thud... was the sound of something sailing and embedding itself in the tree behind her head which made Rias stop her struggling and open her eyes wide and look behind her, she noticed that a kunai was embedded deep in the bark of the tree, she actually wanted to squeal because of the cool design it had but refrained herself from doing so because of the situation they were in and looking down she noticed some strands of her hair were on the dirt confirming that the air she felt pass near her ear wasn't just an illusion, looking back up again she noticed the gloved arm of the female that knocked her out was extended and her hand was open in a throwing position confirming she was the one that threw the kunai, this in contrast made Akeno and Koneko stop struggling too knowing any false movement could cost them, so they played hostages for now.

"I don't think that was necessary, I could have just told them that the rope is being constantly reinforced by me" Naruto said avoiding to call Hinata by her name knowing right now they needed to be undercover.

"I know, but that was the fastest way to do so without needing to say too much" Hinata said purposely avoiding to tell Naruto's name too.

Sigh… "Ok ok, sorry about that girls, it's just the spirits are a little high after all we only wanted to ask some questions and if you could kindly give us some answers, we'll be willing to let you free" Naruto said hugging Hinata closer to him with his right arm knowing that her sudden changes were because of the things that were happening too fast for them.

"First, sorry about knocking you and your group out, but you got to understand we were suddenly attacked by the girl by your side and the passed out guy behind you, so we only retaliated in self defense" Naruto said looking at each mentioned person which made Rias nod.

"Second, if you are wondering, well you've been knocked out for a day… sorry for been so rough with all of you… although the little cat girl did wake up after some hours but just decided to not cause trouble because we still had all of you captured, we tried to start a conversation with her but she didn't even say a single thing" Naruto said looking at Koneko whom only looked to the side with a little blush on her face, knowing she didn't like to get much attention on her.

"Ok… would you prefer to talk now or wait for your other two members to wake up?" Naruto said getting more comfortable on the tree knowing this was gonna be an interesting and long talk.

"There's no need for that, we are already awake" said one Yūto Kiba while he sat down and leaned against the tree he was resting just some moments ago, suddenly a clone of Naruto appeared in front of him and Issei and lifted them up together and put them besides Koneko after it's deed done, the clone turned around and walked away to continue patrolling the premises.

Sigh… "Ok I'll be blunt and say it, my name is Naruto Uzumaki and the one besides me is Hinata Hyūga" Naruto said pointing to himself then pointing to Hinata whom had her head still leaned on Naruto's shoulder, which somehow made Akeno, Koneko and Rias twitch a little like she was insulting them saying this is mine.

"Who are you guys? What are you? And Which faction do you belong?" Asked Naruto making three simple questions which made all the members of the Gremory peerage stiffen a little.

"Why do you ask? And why give us your real names?" asked Rias considering her options, she thought that maybe the guys in front of them were overconfident or they had the power to actually backup their overconfidence, deciding she didn't really like her options, she just chose to answer truthfully.

"Been honest?… You guys withstood a little more blunt damage that what a normal civilian in our place could withstand, even though we were aiming to incapacitate and not to kill, to put it simple you got us curious" Naruto said looking a little sheepish which made Hinata grab his left hand and squeeze it for support.

Sigh… "I see… well from my left to my right are Akeno Himejima, Rias Gremory, Koneko Tōjō, Kiba Yūto and Issei Hyōdō and been honest too, we are devils and we belong to the Devil faction" Rias said which made each member of her peerage look at her a little surprised because of the easy information she gave of each member.

"I see, so that's why I could sense the same kind of energy in each of you… I'm curious what were you guys doing in that ruined place?" asked Naruto as another clone of himself appeared from around the forest canopy with a huge deer over his shoulders and grinning widely which surprised the Gremory group because of the size of the deer.

"Boss I found food and some edible wild plants too" said the clone while it left the deer and the edible plants near the campfire and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"We were there trying to save Asia when you two bastards suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started touching her inappropriately! Where is she!?" Issei shouted no longer being able to stay silent through all the interrogation.

"Touching her inappropriately? The fuck are you talking about? I sensed her and those weird rings on the floor pulsing slowly so I tried to help her, once I saw she was no longer in danger I left her alone, what do you take me for? A molester or something like that?" Naruto said while he pointed with his right hand at Issei, Hinata having left his side to help another clone that brought some water and had taken out some cooking utensils Naruto had sealed in a scroll he had given her some seconds ago.

Sigh… "Look, I'm sorry if it looked that way to you, but I only helped her I promise, why do you guys think none of you are sore after the hits we gave you? Because we actually never meant any harm to you, if you are wondering where she is, there, your friend Koneko can confirm her status" Naruto pointed with his right thumb to the tent on the side that was open a little showing a resting and well taken care of Asia.

"I-I see, sorry for the outburst" said Issei looking a little embarrassed, because of the rushed conclusions he had in that moment.

"It's not a problem, although you guys did surprise us with the sudden ambush, so we only had to defend ourselves" Naruto said while the aroma of roasted deer started engulfing each of the senses of the persons around the campfire, groan... this caused the 5 devils stomach to growl loudly which made them blush just now feeling the single day without food or water come to them, which only made Naruto grin widely.

"Care to join us for dinner? There's plenty of food for all of us" Naruto said pointing to the roasted deer over the fire, meanwhile Hinata just got back to Naruto with 2 plates full of roasted deer for each of them and gave 1 to him while she took a seat next to him again and started eating slowly.

"Yes, thank you..." Said Rias while another clone suddenly appeared in front of each of them with a kunai in one hand and a plate full of deer on the other and released each member with a swift slash of the kunai.

Each member took a plate with caution and started eating slowly savoring the food, while Naruto and Hinata just served each other another full plate.

"Just why… did you help her in the first place?" Asked Rias after some minutes of contemplation and looking at Naruto and Hinata.

Shrug… "Why not? She was dying, needed help, so I just did the common thing" said Naruto moving his shoulders up and down which made Hinata look at him and smile softly.

"I see…" Rias said, contemplating everything that has happened recently.

Noticing her downcast look Naruto was gonna say something.

"Look, we didn't actually want to harm you or any of you to be honest, we got here on special circumstances and we don't know if we'll be able to return from where we came from..." said Hinata while she leaned against Naruto, saying the words he wanted to say.

"Special circumstances? By the way this is really good, thank you for the food" Asked Akeno finishing her plate of food and drinking a glass filled with water.

"Yeah her cooking is amazing right? That's why I once told her she was gonna be an amazing bride one day and the special circumstances, sorry can't tell for now" Naruto said grinning widely while his arms were crossed behind his head, which made Hinata blush and look at him smiling softly.

"I see, are you two by any chance a couple? And how long have you two been together if it isn't too intrusive to ask" asked Rias while every member of her peerage looked at her not recognizing the Rias in that moment.

"Yes, we are… as for how long… hum… we are a new couple to be honest, until the special circumstances came to bite us in the ass" sigh… Naruto said remembering what actually brought them here in the first place.

"So what are you two actually?" Asked Kiba remembering how fast the two of them were and how he got knocked out with a single punch.

"We are Shinobi or ninja if it is a known word maybe?" Said Naruto telling their professions while Hinata nodded confirming it.

"I see, is that why you two are dressed like that? Is it because that is your combat gear or something like that?" Akeno asked noticing the different clothing each had, which only made Naruto and Hinata blink owlishly.

Ermm… "Well to be honest we were returning from a mission, we both had our combat gear but after some weird events which included me saving my girlfriend from marrying an effeminate guy, we ended up like this… me having all my gear while she only has those clothes..." Naruto said not blinking at all which only made Hinata look down still remembering how she nearly did something really stupid by trying to stop Toneri by herself.

"Naruto-kun I..." Hinata tried to say.

"It's okay Hinata, remember I told you there's no need to remember any of that, it's in the past now and we keep moving forward right?" Naruto said which only made Hinata nod and get closer to him showing that she really meant everything they said when they got back from the mission on the moon.

"Sorry to interrupt, but where are we actually?" asked Rias looking around and noticing that she couldn't recognize the part of the forest where they were in because of the night time.

"Hmmmm….. I'd say about 3 km away from the place we were in about a day ago, we didn't want to get too far away, but neither wanted to be too closer to it, we wanted a safe place until we could actually collect more information and know where we actually were" Naruto said looking up and noticing that it was getting close to midnight.

"I think we should sleep, tomorrow morning we gotta go our separate ways and we are going to take the girl with us" Naruto said which made all the devils look at him.

"Why do you want to take the girl with you? Why not leave her with us? We actually went to that church to save her" Rias said with her eyes narrowed slightly knowing that if she let the girl go, then a potential useful sacred gear was going to slip from her grasp.

"Well, tell me what do you think a normal person would think if a group of devils was in such a ruined place with a naked dying girl on a bench?" Naruto retorted while his eyes narrowed slightly knowing things could turn a little ugly if they gave the wrong answer, meanwhile Hinata was starting to mold chakra by his side and her eyes narrowing slightly.

Sigh… "Look she's actually the friend of Issei here, she was captured by a group of fallen angels and we were there trying to save her, but we got there a little late, why not come with us to our place of residence so we can have a more meaningful conversation, because this environment actually is not giving us any comfort to our groups" Rias said trying to placate the shinobis in front of her knowing that if things turned for the worse, they were gonna be taken out again and the nun would be out of her grasp forever.

Naruto and Hinata kept their eyes narrowed for some more seconds looking for any deception and noticing none stopped their glare and nodded together

"Good, as I was saying we should sleep, tomorrow, we will go back from where we came after all we need more information of where we are and how we need to proceed from there, but you'll have to understand that we aren't going to leave the girl with you anytime soon understood?" said Naruto while Hinata just kept looking at the group with a little frown, suddenly she stood up and went inside the tent where Asia was sleeping which made Naruto only frown and sigh, noticing how her changes were starting to take effect slowly, he needed to talk to her and fast, but first they needed somewhere safe to rest, maybe going to Tokyo faster wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Naruto stood up and jumped to the top part of the tree he was leaned against and kept looking up and in the distance thinking everything that is happening in that moment.

"You aren't going to sleep?" asked a curious Rias noticing that Naruto was not going to sleep at all.

"Don't worry I'll keep guard until the time we have to leave from here, you guys can use the other tent on that side to rest if you wish to do so" said Naruto while he crossed his arms behind his head and kept looking in the distance.

Been quite honest these last days I've been a little busy because job hunting is getting a little on my nerves, I need a lot to take into consideration, hopefully this new chapter was worth the wait and teaser, don't worry while I'm writing this, the new chapter is in progress in my head. Peace and Rickv out until the next chapter, oh yeah, don't forget to vote :).