Life As A Fox

Chapter 94

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50 Years Later

The wind blew gently, almost like the caress of a lover. Like always the breeze carried the scent of leaves upon it. For thirty years he had stood over his village, scenting the wind every summer. It seemed to always be the strongest on warm summer nights such as these. For many a year he had served his village leading it and guiding it, as the first Wolf demon Hokage. Uzumaki Naruto, a legend, a hero, and some even whispered he was a god.

But this was not so. He was but a demon, he only had wisdom beyond his years to guide him. He nodded silently to the night air, he was happy with tonights calm. He turned and walked down the long trail from the top of the monument.

He was no longer Hokage, he had retired a few summers ago, giving a fresh voice and body and a strong will the position, his time had passed, he had known and felt it. It was now Uchiha Itachi's turn to lead the village. Sasuke's eldest son had earned it, surpassing the man who he was named after even.

Surpassing his own father, even, though Sasuke still would not admit it, defiant to the end that man was. Naruto chuckled to himself as he mulled over the passing of the years. Many things had happened. A new wall had been built, protecting the village once more.

A demons sector had been built in the town, a place for all demons to live. Large buildings had been built for the Earth chargers, a smithery shop had been set up for the beserkers, who crafted their powerful and special weapons. The bears fletched their potent and unmatched arrows, and crafted their bows as well. Providing Konoha defenses like no other.

Outside of Konoha was a path that lead to the high pastures, a place where the cavalry units were held, it was also where the horses, elks, and deer, and all other herd animals lived in peace. The wolves, foxes and hyena's alike claimed the underground passages, and had entrances to and from their domain all over the city.

Lions, tigers, cheetah's and leopards had their tower, built with large flat platforms for them to bask in the sun. So many demons, contributing and helping to make Konoha the better. Naruto walked through the always familiar streets, this was his home, this was where he belonged.

He looked to the stars, so many and so bright, they twinkled down. He knew that somewhere up there, his precious students of so long ago looked down on him, he knew that Kakashi, Iruka, Neji, Gai, Sai, all those he had lost through the years, some in their age, some from a mission, and some dying with a smile, knowing they had died doing the right thing.

He turned up the familiar street to where Kiba and Hinata still lived to this day, he and Yume joined them as well. Yume was waiting for him at the edge of the path, she always had done that. She smiled when she saw him. He smiled back and jogged over to her.

"Careful, you are not a spring pup any longer" He grinned. "That may be so, but I am not a grizzled muzzle yet." He licked her on the muzzle and the two walked towards the house. "Hime and her husband are here" she said. Naruto grinned. "I can smell that, are any of our pups visiting?"

Yume glanced to him, "From which litter?" "Any of the three" Yume scoffed. "You know how young wolves are, off on the town, running about like a bunch of wild animals, no respect for their parents or elders." Naruto chuckled. "You my dear are like a fine wine, every year you get stronger"

Yume chuckled. "That may be, that may be." "I still love you no matter how strong you get." He said nuzzling her. She sighed. They entered the house. Hime's dog, Aki, rushed them. Like her father, Aki was a large brute of a mutt, but she was tall and slender, much more beautiful with her russet fur.

She danced around Naruto and Yume. Naruto sighed. "I am to old to have to control these beasts all the time." Hime chuckled and ran over to control Aki. "Down, girl, down." She said. She leaned down and hugged Naruto. "Hello Fluff fluff" she said smiling from ear to ear.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "I will never live down that name, just you remember it was thanks to me and Yu-Yu that you are here." Hime stood up rolling her eyes. "Of course, of course, my you are like any old geezer going on about their heroics in their old glory days."

"Old glory days? I am still in my glory days! I may be retired but I still have all my skills!" Yume chuckled. "Calm my love, she is young, remember? Young ones do not know how to respect those who know better." Naruto rolled his eyes and entered the kitchen.

"Naruto" Hinata said smiling, her hair faded and streaked with white, yet she still held her beauty. Kiba didn't look like he aged a day, sure he had gotten taller, and a little broader, he had faint wrinkles on his face, but despite that he still looked the same, something with his genetics he guessed.

Naruto yawned and got up on a chair. "How was tonight?" "Peaceful and at rest, all is good." "I would expect so." Kiba said digging into his supper. Hinata served Naruto his he thanked her and dug in as well. "I wouldn't say, it has been said that something is going on in the sound."

Kiba rolled his eyes. "Naruto, there is always something going on in the sound, it's there nature." Naruto shook his head. "No, I have heard mutterings of a great beast they have, one so strong it can kill even demons." "I great beast? Where on earth would they get that? And why? The sound accepts demons like every other damned country, why would they want one that destroys them?"

Naruto shrugged, "Maybe it's the fact that they have so few, they want to get more demons, none want to live there or join their ranks." "Maybe because they have a beast that is a demon killer?" Kiba said. Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Everyone is in a race to try and get as many demons as possible on their side, as if we are a novelty item, but we are a people as well, we have a heritage and a culture, and most importantly we have standards, we would not so foolishly join rank with anyone."

Kiba sighed, "It's a wonder you managed to step down from Hokage, you still act as though you wear the hat still." Naruto stuck his tongue out at Kiba. Kiba scoffed. They settled down and ate, enjoying supper and each other's company.

Hime and grown into a beautiful woman. She kept her hair short through the years and she dressed and acted more like her mother each day. "Where is Ketchi?" Naruto asked, inquiring about Hinata and Kiba's son.

"He's on a mission." Hinata said settling down in her chair. Sipping her tea. Naruto nodded "Very well then, I think I might go out tonight, see how the tenge is doing." Yume chuckled. "Give him my regards" Naruto nodded and leaped down from the table.

"See you guys later." "Bye Naruto" Hinata said waving him off. He gave her a grin and headed for the door. Glancing at the pictures that littered the walls of the hallway. The first was Kiba and Hinata's wedding picture, from all those years ago, faded but still there. Next was Hime's baby picture, then it was Naruto and Yume, with their first litter of pups, on and on the memories went by, Hime graduating academy, Naruto accepting the title of Hokage.

Naruto and Yume's second litter, Vako, a pure black wolf with his mother striking green eyes. Kama their second daughter, with fur like the bark of a tree, deep mahogany, littered with streaks of sand. Her eyes burning like a warm amber. Doka was by far Naruto's largest son, one of the biggest wolves in the village.

Standing at least a head taller then all other wolves, he was strong as an ox, and was hard headed like one as well. His fur was gray like smoke, his eyes equally gray as well. In their third litter, they got two last pups, both girls, Nami and Narka, one black with a white front paw, and one white with a black front paw, both also had one blue eye and one green eye.

People said that they were each others missing piece, which is why they were so close to one another. Both were masters at genjutsu, they had trained and studied under Sasuke's watchful eye. Naruto was proud of all his pups. They all had grown into strong and loyal wolves of Konoha, each of them had became an important task member of the wolf brigade, an exclusive combat team for wolves only.

Mashi, in fact was their leader, the little spitfire, had his heart and will. So much burning will in such a small wolf. But he still managed to take out even his younger and larger brother Doka. Minato was an Anbu captain, following in his footprints, or should he say pawprints? But either way, Naruto and Yume had brought young life into this world that was filled with strength, will and perseverance.

Naruto yawned as he made his way to the Uchiha district, entering he looked around, Itachi the current Hokage was in his house across the way from his fathers. The lights were still lit in the living room, Naruto could see the silhouettes of Itachi's wife and his son. "Good evening 7th" Naruto turned to Itachi who he noticed was taking out the trash.

"Evening 8th, your father home?" "Out back fighting invisible enemies." Naruto rolled his eyes. Sasuke never rested with that sword of his, always training and chopping away at everything. Naruto smirked. "Very well, I will go make sure he dosen't cut a hand off." "Please do" Itachi said. "Oh, Naruto" he said using his name.

Naruto turned. "I was wondering if I could get some guidance from you, from an older Hokage to a younger." "You have been doing the job for ten years, I would think you would know how it all goes by now?" Naruto inquired. Itachi glanced around, it was the unspoken symbol that what was said next was for their ears only.

Naruto stepped closer. "That may be, but I am a Hokage who is used to peace, I do not know how delegations for war commence, I grew up in peace, war is from your generation." Naruto closed his eyes. "War, why would one speak of such things? War is pass us, it is beneath us." Itachi ran his hand through his long hair.

In the moonlight, he really did look like the Itachi that was known as Sasuke's older brother. "Okay maybe not war, but there is a storm brewing." Naruto sighed. "Very well, I shall visit you in your office tommorow, but fret not, like I always said, storms will brew and form, but all of them pass." Itachi did not look relaxed.

Naruto stepped closer. "Come here" He said. Itachi knelt down to his knee. Naruto placed a paw on his shoulder. "You have a good head on your shoulders and a strong will in your heart, don't let the fear of failure, or the fear of being wrong stop you from leading your people, I know, you did not grow up in an era of war, but you have to learn things by yourself through trial and era, I will help with what I can, but you are Hokage, now, and I?"

Naruto smiled softly, "As many people like to say, I am a relic from the past, I am old, my use and my purpose has ran out it's course, it's time for the torch to fall to someone else, someone new, young and strong, someone else will carry on the story, I chose you to do so, not because I had a hunch not because of your skill or your bloodline, although these are taken in consideration."

Naruto turned and looked at the moon, then back into Itachi's eyes. "No, I chose you because I can see into your heart, I know what lies there even if you do not, so follow it, it will guide you and mentor you, now go and be with your family, embrace life and always remember everything you do, mistake or not, is a lesson and will guide you into a better future."

Naruto nodded and turned. "You really are a wise old wolf, you know that right?" Naruto chuckled. "A lot of people call me an old wolf but few call me wise anymore." Itachi laughed. "Well run along, tell the stubborn mule I said hi." Naruto shook his head as he padded across the street to Sasuke's house. A light was on in the kitchen, Naruto saw Momoko, Sasuke's last living wife.

Sektsi had died on a mission, protecting her students from a mad man with out of control chakra levels. Mitsu who bore two children, died after one of her performances, the theater had caught fire, it was said that she had went back to get her instrument, she could not leave it to be destroyed by the flames. Both blows were hard on Sasuke, and Naruto was there both times to console him, he knew what if felt like to lose precious people.

But Sasuke had weathered through them and he and Momoko raised the seven Uchiha siblings together. All of them had activated their sharingan and all of them were married except the youngest, a boy named Ritsu, who was 20 he had just became Jounin not to long ago and was also the 2nd in command of the cavelry.

Naruto passed by the window and went to the back yard. Old Imasen stood in the structure that they had erected for him. Tall and open so he could come and go as he pleased. He also had fresh straw to lie on, a trough filled with clear water and all the grain he wanted. Naruto nodded his head to his fellow demon, Imasen snorted and nodded his head back.

Sasuke was in the middle of the yard, his blade danced around him flickering like a star. Naruto stood and watched him for some bit. Sasuke's hair was longer now, but still remained in it's usual fashion rising in the back and to bangs parting down the sides of his head. Streaks of gray now ran through his hair, his body through remained strong like in his youth, daily practice and critical watch on what he ate made sure of it.

Sasuke turned and grinned. "Still getting around?" Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yeah I am still kicking you old mule, haven't you slipped and fell in the tub yet and died?" Sasuke laughed. "No, although had a few close calls." Naruto padded over to him. Sasuke went and sat down on the bench underneath a nearby willow tree.

Naruto sat next to him. This was how many a night passed between the two old friends. Sitting together watching the stars, sometimes talking, sometimes not. Sasuke scratching Naruto's ears and neck on occasion and just living. "There is another storm." Naruto said. "I know, Itachi comes to me almost every night, he is handling the situation so far, but growing up in peace means you have no idea what to do during war."

"There is not going to be a war, this is a different feel, this is not war at all, this is something else." "That may be, but they have to face it not us." Sasuke answered him. Naruto nodded. But something didn't feel right. "Maybe, maybe not, but I do feel like this is happening fro a reason, that what happens next will be important."

"Maybe, but whatever it is, we will survive through it like we always do, old geezers like us never die it seems." Naruto chuckled. "Yeah, so it seems." They were silent for the rest of the night. Until Momoko called Sasuke to bed and Naruto left and padded back home. Making his way through the streets once more.

He curled up on the pillow next to Yume, on the floor in the living room, next to the fireplace that he had put in. He listened to the sound of the burning wood, and scented it's distinct fragrance then drifted off to sleep.

A grating howl peirced the air. Naruto finished tearing the jugular out of the man who dared try and attack him. Fear trembled down his spine. He felt the power source of the creature, the beast. A genetic expirament gone horrible wrong, on purpose. Imagine a tailed beast, all that power, all that strength, in a body that was as large as an elephant, agile as a cat, feirce as a wolf, and as angry as a wild boar.

That was what this creature was, this was the demonsbane, the demons own powers turned and used agianst them. The chakra of this creature was massive, it was also wild and uncontrolled. It attacked and lashed out at random, not even the beast had control of it. The beast itself looked like a lion and a wolf together then super sized.

It's jaws elongated and filled with gnashing, tearing fangs. Naruto and Itachi had tried to bargain and reach through to the sound with diplomacy, they had sent two diplomats. A demon and human pair, three days later Konoha had received their heads. The sound believed that with their new creation they could finally be on top.

They the ones always ridiculed and pushed aside like trash, they who all were offspring of the experiments of the snake sannin, they with their strange abilities and horrifying curses, were tired of the world they had, they wanted a better life and so they turned to what they knew best to make it so. Fighting and bloodshed, not a war, but a large scale attack.

Their forces scattered all through the village, attacking like hornets. Striking multiple places at once. Konoha could on writhe in her discomfort as her defenses organized themselves. Naruto made a few clones. "Go! Report that I have sighted the creature and I will engage and hold it off!" The clones scattered. Naruto turned growling defiantly.

He stepped forward, breast plate on, and all the Anbu gear that had laid in his closet for so long once again he wore with honor, and stained with blood. The creature screamed again. It's tails lashing, four of them. The earth beneath the creature cracked and crumbled along with the buildings nearby it. Naruto grunted as he pushed against the force of the creatures chakra with his own.

It screeched at him. A high grating one that made him wince and put his ears back. He bared his fangs, emitting a ferocious growl of his own. The creature narrowed it's eyes at him, studying this small frail looking creature before him that dare rise against him. A tail lashed forward like a whip. Naruto at the last second leaped to the side.

The earth cracked and caved in where he once stood, a large rut running down a substantial length of the street. Naruto charged forward, his chakra shields at their highest as he performed his signiture Wolf's Brigade attack. His chakra clones running beside him. He lept forward, aiming for the creatures shoulders.

Like lightning the creature whirled around and struck him with two of the four tails. It caused him no damage, however his sheilds were broken and he was propelled backwards. He slammed into a wall and rolled down it. Momentarily stunned from the force. He coughed as he staggered up. Nothing broken, but he was rattled.

He shook himself off and growled again. The creature bounded forward. Naruto whimpered as the creature landed on him. Claws digging into his skin. The creature reered it's head back, preparing to bury it's fangs into Naruto's flesh. Naruto was not going to have it. He snapped his head to the side and buried his fangs into the creatures wrist, tearing and ripping with as much ferocity as possible.

The creature screemed in agony. It batted him to the side with his other paw. Naruto rolled onto his feet and stood ready. Blood spilled down his sides and from his fangs, but at the moment he did not care. The creature walked on three paws now. Naruto noted that the paw he had attacked was limply hanging by a fleshy flab of skin.

Black blood draining from it. The creature roared pain ignored. Naruto dashed to the side as the creature swiped at him. It missed but he had to dodge it's lashing tails as well as he ran for cover. Naruto hid beneath the stones of a destroyed building. The creature looked about, then put its head down, growling as it smelled his blood on the ground.

It licked it in fervor then lifted it's head, scenting the air for him. It snapped it's head in his direction. Eyes piercing into his. It roared and bound over the ground. Naruto swore and scurried through a hole just in time. The creature crashed into the stone, losing it's balance and momentum. Naruto lunged taking his opportunity.

He latched on to the creatures neck, tearing and biting, holding on with a wolf's iron grip. The creature spasmed and contorted, trying to release him. It yowled, hissed, spat, screamed batting at him with it's good paw and tails, but he held on. Tasting that bitter black blood, feeling that pulse against his tongue, wishing for it to stop, wishing for it to die.

The creature slammed itself into a wall. Finally knocking Naruto off. Naruto fell to the ground. He had hit his head against the wall and was having difficulty recovering from such a blow. Foggily he knew he had to get up. The creature was shaking it's head now and glaring at him, it was growling as it's fangs bared and hovered as it stalked forward towards him.

With a trumpet like sound, a horse bounded in. Leaping it's hooves struck the creatures head as he vaulted itself over the creature. It was Imasen and Sasuke. Sasuke lept off Imasens back and landed in front of Naruto. His sword drawn and sharingan activated.

Naruto staggered upwards. Sasuke glanced back to him. "So, this is the creature?" Naruto nodded. "Yes, fast, strong, and has a shit ton of chakra, not to mention annoying and loud with it's screeching." Sasuke smirked, "So like you when you were a genin?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Ha ha tenge." Naruto said. The beast shook itself from Imasen's blows. Imasen stood to the side, reared up, whinnying and pumping his front hooves. The creature snarled and bounded forward. Sasuke shot an arm out, lightning filled the space between them, crackling and surging with power. A lightning storm sprung to life the creature was hit, thrown back from the force it landed on its back writhing and scrambling to get back up.

Sasuke cut off the lightning and instead a tornado of flames roared to life, surrounding the creature and trapping it. Naruto created many clones, they formed a protective circle around the fire tornado. Sasuke stopped, panting slightly from the effort of using and feeding so much elemental chakra. The flames died down Naruto struck, all of his clones swarming the beast.

The beast gave a feral growl then stopped moving, standing stalk still. Naruto sensed something was very bad, he tried to remove himself from the beast he didn't have to try to hard. He and his clones were slammed into the ground by chakra, the force of it bearing down on him. His clones all disappeared as the pressure increased, he couldn't move, he could barely breath, pain flared through every inch of him.

He heard the creaking of his bones as some of the more weakened ones began to splinter and crack. He howled out in pain as three of his ribs cracked. He could feel the pressure increase. He managed to look up into the creatures eyes. They burned into him. "NARUTO!" Sasuke yelled out. Sasuke ran forward, sword drawn. The creature turned it's head and it was as if Sasuke ran into a brick wall.

He literally ran into something invisible and he was propelled backwards. He landed on his back, he moaned as he started to get back up. But he was pushed down with a sickening crunch. He cried out. "Sasuke!" Naruto managed to cry. "My...collar bone...broken" he choked out. Naruto growled lowly. The creature walked forward hissing as it shifted it's paw back.

The paw began to descend, Naruto could only watch it as it came towards him, arching through the air, razor sharp claws, drawing closer and closer to him, moments away from digging into his flesh and ending his life. But it was not his moment to die, fate had decided another would. Imasen thundered in, shouldering his way through. His body standing over Naruto he trumpeted as he lashed out with his hooves. Battering the creature.

But the creature was angry, and weary of battle with them, he wished to end it. So he did, fast as lightning it's cat like reflexes lashed out, slicing Imasen from his shoulder to his hip. Blood gushed like a waterfall from his open cavity. With a feral cry he collapsed his body thudding, the ground and Naruto stained with his warm blood, that had once coursed through a body that loved the freedom of running and the thrill of battle.

Imasen rolled his wide eyes to Naruto. Not a word was spoken, he just blinked and a weak nicker left his lips as he exhaled and his soul left the world, escaping into another, and there he stood beside his father and the two of them watched over the herds that both had protected all their lives.

Naruto howled in pain. But thankfully the pressure upon them was released, he rose and attacked with furocity in vengence for the loss of his old friend. Sasuke rose and attacked with him. Together they managed to push the beast back. Their was a pause in the fighting. Naruto and Sasuke stood hunched slightly facing the creature, standing together in front of Imasen's body.

Sasuke glanced back, tears trailing down his face at the loss of his old and noble friend. "Sasuke, we must stop this now." "How?" he said turning to Naruto. "THis is no normal flesh and blood creature, it was created by dark ninjutsu, blood sacrifices, gene mutation, it is how a demon would be if demons were actully bad."

Naruto snorted despite the situation. "That may be, but everything can be vanquished Sasuke." "We can't kill it Naruto, whatever it is, sure it would be defeated for a bit, but it would manifest itself once more." "Then we will have to trap it.." Naruto said thinking. "Seal it you mean? How?" Naruto glanced to him.

"As far as I know I am the last of the Uzumaki, their knowledge flows in me, the blood of my human in my demon veins, I sealed your Sasunoo, all those years ago, I can seal this beast..." There was a pause as Sasuke ended up building a barrier of flame to give them more time to plot. "This is not like that Naruto, it is far stronger, ytou have no idea what it would do to you...how much effort it would take, you could di-" "I know my limits Sasuke, I can do this."

Naruto said assuring him. Sasuke looked dubious for a few moments, but finally nodded agreeing. "What will you seal it in? We have nothing, no sacred urn, no scroll could contain it, and I don't think you plan on sealing it inside a child, most likely it would kill it." "I would never create the life I had for another, no one deserves that."

Naruto said darkly. He growled and glanced to Sasuke's side. "Your sword" Sasuke stiffened and looked to him. "My what?" Sasuke glanced down. "This...my sword...I..it's..." "WOULD YOU LET GO OF YOUR ARROGENT PRIDE! THIS IS FOR THE SAKE OF KONOHA! OR IS KONOHA EVEN SACRIFICIBLE TO YOU AS WELL?!" Naruto yelled anger unsheathed.

Sasuke tilted back from his snarling friend, whos bared fangs, rigid fur, and burning eyes made even he back down. "I was not hesitating because of pride I was hesitating cause of sense, is it possible to bind that" He said motioning to the trapped beast. "To this" he said holding his blade up. Naruto nodded.

After a long look into each others eyes. The two old friends agreed. Sasuke spoke. "How long do you need?" "Some time" Naruto said. Sasuke dropped the blade down. He pushed his sleeves back and brushed sweat and hair out of his face. "I will get it for you." He said biting his thumb and summoning several mid size snakes.

They were about as long as a house, wide enough to swallow a horse and have room for extra, and all three were the color of slate, with green-yellow eyes. "Triplets! Lets go!" He yelled rushing forward and starting to combat the creature. Naruto turned and looked at Imasen.

"Your sacrifice, will not be in vain, old friend" he said stepping forward and dipping his tail in the blood. He turned and began to write out the sequences of kanji. Creating a barrier ring to isolate the sword, he then began to write out the lines, they branched out in the shape of a five point star, rings interconnecting them as they branched out.

Naruto looked up, the snakes were wrapped around the creature biting and digging their fangs into it. Sasuke was striking the creature in multiple places with his weapons, chidori blades and anytime the creature tried to run or bite at the snakes he tossed fire in it's face. Sasuke was panting and sweating profusely at the amount of energy.

Sasuke turned to him. "How much longer?!" He yelled. Naruto looked up. "This is very tedious work! One wrong stroke and it won't work!" "Goddammit Naruto! I can't keep this up! Feeding chakra to three summonings and constantly using jutsu's!" "Age finally caught up to you then didn't it?" Naruto said finishing up a line and moving onto the next.

There was a burst of energy from the creature, it sent all of the snakes flying. One sailed over Naruto's head, luckily missing him and his work. The creature charged forward. Sasuke who was knocked down by one of his snakes. He saw the beast coming for him. He turned to pull himself up, leaning on his injuried side. Pain suddenly coursed through his body, stalling him.

The beast struck, by his quick reflexes, Sasuke managed to miss a killing blow. But the beasts claws sliced into his side, just above the hip. He screamed out, his legs pumping and kicking out as he propelled himself backwards. Away from the beast. One of the snakes came to his aid. Wrapping around and managing to hold the creature back so Sasuke could escape.

He managed to bring himself to his feet. Clutching his side and limp running to Naruto he glanced at him. Naruto gritted his teeth. His heart was pounding in his chest. "You okay?" Naruto asked glancing down at the blood running in rivulets down Sasuke's side, staining his clothes. "Obviously not." He said. Naruto could already tell he was much paler then normal.

"Where is back-up? I sent clones out a long time ago!" "We are isolated, the enemy is all over, I barely managed to get here, me and Imasen had to charge through a tide of grunts to get here." "Dammit" Naruto said. Sasuke staggered. "Stay with me Sasuke." Naruto said suddenly, his heart aching already. Sasuke gave a nod. Naruto growled and made clones, creating a line of defense for them.

"What do you have to do next?" "I need to concentrate my elemental chakras, and capture the creature." "Good luck with that" Sasuke said. Naruto growled and closed his eyes. Letting everything fall from mind, all his thoughts, all his recollections of what was going on. He went to his own place. Balancing and harmonizing all five chakra types within.

Something he did not do very often, he may concentrate a different element, or even two, but all five, was a very rare occurrence indeed. First he started with his base chakra, wind, then moving to water, next was earth, lightning, fire, then wood, it was always the hardest to concentrate the energy of something living. When he had all the elements, flowing in him, the wispiness of wind, the tranquility of water, the solidity of earth, vibrance of lightning, the passion of fire and then finally the exhumation of wood.

He opened his eyes, staring at the beast, looking it down, seeing into it, seeing all its evil, all of it's unnatural power. It was not meant for this world nor any world, leave it to man to create a monster. With the calm of all elements flowing in him he expanded his powers outward, forming a great wolf head, swirling about it split into five smaller heads, each crackling with the energy of it's own element.

Naruto sent it forward, they heads snarled and howled as they surrounded the beast and then they touched the creature, it was then Naruto knew that something terrible would happen, for he knew what he would have to do, to seal this creation away.

I originally wanted to do this in one chapter, but I guess I will be doing another one or two more chapters, sorry about the wait last semester of school and dorm changes.

Blarg.

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