The Path Of Two Fires

by Outcastfur

The Blonde thought it was over for the minute he fell through the portal. But now waking up in a strange new world he must face new challenges and work his way to the top. To save this world from themselves and stop an unrelenting force that has reign for over a thousand years. But he must also save two girls that desperately need to be saved from their pasts and themselves

8. The Protector Of Man

A/N: Alright hey everyone! I'm back for chapter 8. I hope you enjoy it.

I would just like to start off by saying thank you for all the support, with my story. It's really helped. You all help make this possible.

First off I would like to thank Dylan Millwood for beta reading this chapter, I've wanted a beta reader for so long. Give his profile a look, it would be greatly appreciated.

As for the double spacing on tablet and computer goes I know it might annoy some of you, but it's something I won't change. I primarily write on my phone so I usually just keep the format from their, when I move it onto the computer. My apologies for this.

Alright so now on to the other announcements, first off I have gotten some complaints about how Naruto acts. Some say he shouldn't be acting like he usually acts. Yelling on the battlefield or shouting at his enemies. Some reviewers say now that he's gotten his Sage Of Six Paths Mode he has to act extremely mature. I've read the Manga for quite sometime, and Naruto will never drastically change the way he is. Even in the Akame Ga Kill universe.

As you can see as well I've added Leone to the pairing. I've thought long and hard about this, but I feel added Leone as well will benefit the story. In reality I wanted to make Leone the main female anyway, but in the end, I chose Akame at the last second. I can write Leone fairly well, and I love her character. So please don't be mad. This was a hard-thought choice.

So if I am writing Naruto wrong, please PM me about it, and thank you. Sorry about the rant guys, I'll try not to do it again.

Now without further ado on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Akame ga kill

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Naruto sat on the branch of a tree on the outskirts of the destroyed village. He looked around, taking in his surroundings. A couple months ago he was here, and had no idea what he was getting into. He was naive, and still was. But now he had a better grasp on the situation.

The blonde had certainly changed now. He'd become more mature, and realistic. But he hadn't let the evil of this world taint him. Like it had so many others.

"I'm sure they're here." Akame said, kneeling by him on the tree branch. Leone sat on a branch below them scanning the area. Najenda had just sent these two with Naruto.

"I can smell them." Leone said, smacking her fists together. She had her Teigu activated, which enhanced all her senses.

"Are you sure you want to go alone, Naruto-kun?" Akame asked the blonde. She had gotten into the habit of adding the "-kun" suffix to his name ever since he fought Zanku. Naruto didn't mind it at all, he liked the feeling.

The blonde looked back and smirked at her, "Yeah. It has to be me. No one else."

"But this is our perfect chance to kill the Prime Minister." Leone quickly protested. It was clear that she was correct. Naruto was here, their most powerful assassin. Night Raid could take down Honest right now, and shorten the civil war. But Naruto had his doubts. So did Najenda.

The Prime Minister wouldn't just show himself to Naruto without a plan.

So Naruto was instructed to go down and meet with the man by himself. Although Leone was still doubtful.

"I doubt the Prime Minister would show himself like this." Akame said. Leone looked over at her friend and frowned; but she knew Akame was right.
Naruto looked towards the town, then back towards the girls, "Alright then. Well, I'm off. Be on guard."

"Will do." Leone said with a smirk, Akame simply nodded her head.

The blonde jumped down from the tree, and entered the destroyed village. It was a ghost town now. No one had even come back to salvage the place.

Naruto continued to walk the streets. Until he remembered something. The Uzumaki put his finger up to his forehead, "Yo Kurama, you there?"

"Right here." The fox replied a few seconds later, with a slight groan. The blonde was sure that he pulled him away from his new, "friend".

Naruto laughed, and put his hands behind his back. "How's your time with Sheele coming along?"
It almost seemed like the fox got a bit excited by this, as his mood took a quick turn, "Good. She's actually out in the Capital with Mine right now. She's holding me."

"Oh, a mission?" Naruto perked up, but carefully watching his surroundings.

"No, just some errands." The fox said, with another slight groan. Naruto knew that Kurama wanted to fight. In a world where so many fought, the fox couldn't resist.

"I hope they got some more Ramen." Naruto added, feeling hungry. He should have eaten in the morning.

"Is that all you think about?" Kurama suddenly blurted out in his mind.

"No!" Naruto quickly shot back at his tailed beast.

"Hahaha! Lies!" Kurama laughed.

Naruto quickly disconnected the link between them, "Stupid fox." he said out loud, looking around his surroundings. He was almost to the meeting point. Naruto sighed, and reconnected the link.

Lucky for him Kurama was still talking, unaware that the blonde disconnected the link, "Anyway Tatsumi and a couple others are out on a mission. So Najenda had Mine and Sheele do this stuff.

"Wait, I thought Sheele was on all the wanted posters around town?" The Uzumaki asked. Sure Sheele was an airhead, but she wasn't THAT big of an airhead.

Kurama snicked. "She is. But I put a henge on her. Now she looks completely different."

Naruto smirked, "Heh. Anything to protect your lover."

Everything went dead silent for a moment, if Naruto knew any better he would think Kurama was blushing, "Stupid boy." Kurama said quietly.
Naruto tried to contain his laughter. The great and powerful Nine-Tails was embarrassed, "Haha! Keep me posted, Kurama." The blonde said, once his laughter died down.

"Will do." Kurama said with a slight chuckle, as he disconnected the link. Naruto was then left in silence, as he walked.

The shinobi walked through the ruins, already sensing some people in the center of town. One he clearly knew was Esdeath. The others were unknown to him, but if he had to guess they were Esdeath's men, and the Prime Minister.

"Should be there in a moment." He said to himself. Looking back to the forest where Akame and Leone sat.

And with that Naruto rounded the corner, and looked into the center of town. Esdeath was staring right at him with a group of Imperial Soldiers around her.

"Ah Naruto-kun. You've finally arrived." Esdeath said with a smile. Naruto slightly cringed as she added the "kun" to his name. "Geez. You really know how to make something so good sound so bad." he chuckled, walking up to them. But making sure to keep his distance, just in case, "Oh Naruto-kun, you don't have to be so rude." Esdeath laughed.

"Listen lady, I don't know what you want from me." Naruto said crossing his arms, eyebrow twitching slightly.

"I want your love." Esdeath said with a smile. Some of the men around her gasped and others chuckled. But Esdeath shot them glares that practically killed them.

Naruto sighed, "Not gonna happen."

Esdeath put on a sadistic smile, "Oh it will. All I have to do is take care of that little assassin." Naruto immediately narrowed his eyes towards the general. Man she really knew how to press his buttons, "Not gonna let you touch her."

"We'll see." Esdeath chuckled.

"Now, Now Esdeath. We're not here to talk about our love lives." A voice said from behind the General. Everyone besides Esdeath (and of course, Naruto) immediately stood at attention to the voice. A moment later, Prime Minister Honest stepped out from behind all of them.

Naruto analyzed the man. He had heard all the reports from Night Raid how this man had murdered the last Emperor, and installed the new one. Naruto knew this man was clever, and would say anything. This man embodied everything the blonde hated. He couldn't just rush into this, the blonde needed to play smart, "So you're the infamous Prime Minister?" Naruto asked, taking a step forward.

"And you're the godlike man I've heard so much about. I've seen a taste of your power. That light show above the capital a couple weeks ago was certainly a statement." Honest said, remembering the event. It was a powerful statement indeed.
Naruto decided to go for the direct approach first, even though he had a feeling it wouldn't work, "Listen, I already told Esdeath here I'm not joining your shitty Empire."

Honest chuckled, "Oh. I know full well that you're not. But I would just like to talk with you about the side you're fighting for."

"I already know that the Revolutionary Army has a few bad eggs in it." Naruto stated. Knowing Honest was going to bring this up first, "Oh? A few? There's much more then that. I sense you are a man of peace. So please hear this out."

Naruto knew he needed to get some information. Even if it was flawed beyond high hell, "Fine. You have my attention." He huffed out.

Honest smiled, "First and foremost. Have you ever even met the leader of the Revolutionary Army?" Naruto in return shook his head no in response. The meeting with the Revolutionary Army leader was set for next week, "Oh? Do you think he is a man of peace? One who wants to spread his beliefs about the corruption of the Empire to his noble followers."

"I would assume so yes, but I doubt that's the case." Naruto sighed. 'Here we go.' he thought to himself.

"Oh, a smart young lad. The true leader of the Revolutionary Army is a man not from this country, but from the county to the west. They have waged war with us on multiple occasions. The Revolutionary Army is backed by them. He has no plans to liberate this country from its cruel rule, towards a path of peace. He only plans to take the seat of emperor, and claim this land for his country." Honest explained. "He will abused this country much more than I have."

Well at least the fatass Prime Minister knew he was a nut job. But this information with the Revolutionary Army was troubling. Even though he had to take this info with a grain of salt, "Why are you telling me this?" He finally asked.

"Because Naruto. I want you to know the full truth. Not the lies that, the Revolutionary Army will tell you. They manipulated my best people into becoming theirs. By fooling them with a path of promised peace. But you're different, Naruto." Honest said.

Naruto already knew he was trying to butter him up, "Oh yeah? How?"

"You don't mindlessly follow the path others have. You blaze your own trail." Honest said with a hideous smile.

Naruto sighed. This was getting old. He narrowed his eyes at the Prime Minister, "I'm still not going to join the Empire! Even with your smooth-talking antics."

Honest chuckled again, and put up a hand, "Again. I know. But you will eventually have to choose a path. I only hope you pick what's right. My death will come. I know this. All of the corruption in the capital will be destroyed one day."
Naruto thought to himself, 'Well at least he knew he would eventually die. That was-'

"But…..of course I was lying." Honest blurted out.

"Fuck." Naruto sighed. "Here we go..."

Honest outstretched both of his arms, and raised them up to the sky, "The empire will not fall today! No one will kick me off this mighty throne I have built, through murder, and deception. I will continue to rule this mighty empire with an Iron fist! I will destroy all my enemies. No one will stop me! No one ever has, and no one ever will. I will kill everyone. Even if it's a god!" The Minister put on a disgusting, and hideous smile again, "And I will personally devour the little assassin girl, Akame."

Naruto's eyes instantly filled with rage. He formed a flaming Rasengan in his hand, and threw it at the Prime Minister. Fuck being clam; he just threatened Akame! The Rasengan barreled through the air towards the Prime Minister.

But to Naruto's surprise, the orb went straight through Honest. It just phased through him. Like he wasn't even there. The Rasengan flew into some already-destroyed buildings, and instantly incinerated them with a massive explosion. A mushroom cloud appeared above the smoldering remains of the structures. All the soldiers looked over in horror, and Esdeath looked like she was practically being turned on.

"Just as I thought." Honest said, his voice filling with laughter.

"You're not real?!" Naruto asked aloud.

"I knew if I got you riled up you'd attack me." Honest said, smirking after his laughter died down.

"But...How?!" Naruto demanded. He was going to kill someone if this was another Obito incident, where everything passed through him.

A small female imperial soldier stepped out from behind the Prime Minister. She wore a strange-looking silver bracelet on her left hand that glowed white, "One of the many Teigu's we have. It's called Celestial Projection. It allows the user to project an image of whatever they like, in whatever desired location." Honest smirked. So this was his plan! The Prime Minister would never risk showing his face to Naruto.

"So you're not here?" Naruto asked, crossing his arms and scowling.

"None of us are, Naruto. I knew it would be foolish to meet you in person. Otherwise I would be dead right now." He explained.

"You're a sadistic and insane piece of shit." Naruto said, staring the man down. This was all so idiotic for Naruto. He couldn't trust either side now. Both were in fault. He always knew who the enemy and allies were. But not now. It wasn't all cut and dry. But the blonde had an idea. A very stupid idea, but first he needed to confirm that the Revolutionary Army was in fact made for evil purposes.

"Haha! You still have much to learn about our world, Naruto. You can never save this place!" Honest yelled out. Challenging the blonde.

Naruto put one foot forward, and shouted back, "Oh yeah! Watch me! I'll protect the people from tyrannical leaders like you, and the Revolutionary Army!"

Honest grinned. This is what he wanted. The blonde was falling nicely into his plan, "We shall see Naruto. Even Gods have their weaknesses." Honest said smirking, as he and his guard began to fade away. Esdeath happily waved to him, to which Naruto practically snarled back at her. In turn, this made her giggle before vanishing completely.
Now the blonde was alone. He needed to think. Naruto's mind was all over the place. It was complete bull crap for him. Was this place just filled with greedy bastards, who only care about themselves? Of course it wasn't! He had already met some amazing people. But almost everything about this world just gave him a bad taste in his mouth. Both of these armies (if the Prime Minister wasn't lying) were only in it for their own personal gain, manipulating the people who thought each cause was noble. Groups like Night Raid who were lied too. It was the actual people who needed to be heard, not these two armies.

The wind slowly blew through the village as Naruto thought to himself. Finally after a few more seconds, the blonde made up his mind.
Naruto made three shadow clones. They all stood around him anxiously, "What's up, boss?" One of the clones asked.

"Yeah?" Another asked, crossing his arms.
The original slowly breathed in and exhaled, "I'm giving you three an assignment."

"What would that be?" The last one asked.
Naruto looked down at his feet, if Night Raid found out about this then he would almost certainly be kicked out, or they might try to assassinate him. But this needed to be done, "I can't wait a week for the Revolutionary Army meeting." He closed his eyes again, then quickly opened them. This time with a sense of purpose filling them, "So I want you three to find out as much info about the Revolutionary Army as possible. True agendas, Leadership, Alliances."

All three clone's eyes widened, "Wow, that's very thought out, Boss." One of them said. Still trying to process all of it.

"Yeah. Enough messing around. If the Prime Minister's words are true, then I can't support either side." He said, crossing his arms. He would have to make a completely new faction, in an already fucked up country.

"What will we do then?" His copy asked.
The blonde smirked, "The only thing a Hokage like me would do.….fight the good fight. For the innocent people of this country. If you come back with evidence, then the Revolutionary Army is a no go. I will have to make my own path."

They all nodded, their eyes flooding with the same purpose that their original had, "You have until the day of the meeting. No one must know about this. Stay hidden."

"Roger boss." They all said with smirks.

"Now go." Naruto commanded. All three clones instantly scattered without a trace, and the blonde was again alone.

But not for long, Naruto looked to his right to see Akame and Leone lightly jogging over to him.

"Naruto!" Akame shouted out; running up to him with her sword drawn.

"What happened?" Leone asked, walking up behind her and crossing her arms. The older women scanned the area looking for evidence of a battle. But all she saw was the destroyed house.
Naruto looked over at her, and he decided to make a split-second decision. The blonde was going to lie to them. It was for the best, "I talked with the Minister." He inhaled. No going back now, "He told me nothing but lies. As expected. He kept trying to tell me how the Revolutionary Army was as bad as the Empire."

Leone's eyes narrowed slightly. Naruto's opinion changed from earlier. He thought both sides were questionable. Now he was acting like the Revolutionary army was flawless. It was something Leone had to investigate later. She didn't want him getting weary. She was certain he knew more then he let on. Leone hoped Akame knew this too.
Akame was always better at putting up a front then Leone; heck she could've been doing it right now, and she'd never know.

So to deceive Naruto, she put on a front and smiled at the blonde "Come on. It's not that bad." She laughed, wrapping her arm around his neck.

"But what was that noise?" Akame asked, lowering her sword and relaxing.

"And the clouds of smoke?" Leone added.
"I sorta...tried to attack the Prime Minister." Naruto laughed nervously.

"And you missed?!" Leone shouted out, putting him in a headlock.

"O-One of his soldiers were using a Teigu of some sort. It let them project their image all the way from the capital." He said, pretending to struggle against her grip.

"Dirty bastards. I knew they'd never play fair." Leone said, letting go of Naruto which caused him to fall to the ground.

"We still don't know a lot about what Teigus the Empire has access to." Akame said, helping the blonde up. "Thanks Akame." Naruto told her, she smiled happily in return.

"Agreed." Leone said, smacking both of her fists together with a confident smirk.

"We need to get back to the hideout." Akame said, knowing they need to report their findings, and Naruto's "choice" to Najenda.

Naruto knew what he had to do, "Stand close to me." He said, beginning to form hands signs. The same hand signs that had got them there. Leone and Akame both stood on either side of him.
He had practiced with this justu immensely wheb he had arrived here. Much to Najenda's request, he put his own seal for this move on every member of Night Raid. Just in case. So the blonde exhaled, and narrowed his eyes "Hiraishin no Jutsu!" And with that the group disappeared from the northern countryside, but little did they know a far greater danger was being unearthed, much closer to home.

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Deep underground in the caves directly under the mountains, residing next to the Imperial Capital, two lone miners work on the ancient rocks. Looking for riches.

"Come on, boy! If we don't find the resources we're looking for, the guards will kill us for being here illegally!" An older man shouted to a young man in front, who was chipping away at a rock wall. The younger one couldn't have been any older then seventeen, he could still be classified as a boy in the older one's eyes.

The younger man struggled to break through the rocks while the older man behind him leaned against his pickax, drinking a canteen of water, "Y-You got it. Hey why were these caves sealed off anyway?"

The old man shrugged his shoulders, "No idea, but I heard this place was a gold mine back in the ancient days of the Empire."

The boy groaned, from his annoyance at the older man, "Y-Yeah the good days of the Empire. Back when it cared about it's people."

"Quit the complaining until after we uncover jewels gems or whatever! We'll be rich, and can live out our lives without working ever again!" The old man shouted with laughter, as it echoed through the cave.

"Crazy old man. I don't see you working." He muttered to himself as he kept chipping away. But suddenly his pickaxe smashed against something harder, "Huh?" The young man asked, looking at whatever he hit. It was a strange, fragile, white wall that had a large crack in it from the pickaxe, "Hey boss. I found something."

"What! Let me see!" The old man shouted, pushing him out of the way to get a look at the wall.

"What is it?" The younger one asked.
The old man put a hand on his chin, "Hmmm. Could be a large rock blocking the path."

"I don't think a rock is this smooth. It almost feels metallic." The boy said, feeling the wall with his hand, just before a pickaxe nearly smashed into his hand beside him, "What're you doing!?" He shouted out, looking back to the old man.

"Breaking through it, of course!" He laughed, smashing into it again with the pickaxe. The boy was getting a sinking feeling in his stomach. They shouldn't do this. It was buried under a couple layers of rock for a reason, "I really don't think you should do that." He protested.

"Shut it!" The old man shouted out, rearing his arms back for another swing, "One last go!" He shouted, striking the wall again.

A couple seconds later the wall blew out, as a large gust of air shot past both of the men, knocking them down, "C-Crap. You okay old man?" The boy asked, struggling to get up.

"Y-Yeah." He responded back getting up, but as he looked back to the wall he saw that a large chamber had been opened up from the other side. He immediately rushed to the chamber pushing the young man down in the process, "Watch out!" He shouted back to him.

"Geez. A little warning would be appreciated." The boy said, getting back up, and following the older man.

The old man ran into the chamber, "Look at this place!" He exclaimed. The chamber was incredibly large with ragged rocks pointing inwards towards the center of the chamber. In the center sat a lone tree, with a hot spring surrounding it.

"Wow!" The boy exclaimed as well, looking all around, his eyes widening. This place was truly something else.

"Think of all the hidden treasures in here!" The old man yelled, literally jumping for joy. As the man jumped the boy looked down in the center of the spring, and noticed a lone women sitting in the center, "Hey look over there." He called out to the old man, looking to the center of the room.
The man stopped jumping and looked too the center of the room, "Is that a women?" He asked, with a smirk. Maybe he found more then one treasure.

Both of the men began to walk down the ragged rocks towards the center of the large room. As they walked closer to her, the women in the center of the room turned her head to them, and the miners could make out what she looked like.
The women had what looked like a high-collared hime-kimono, which adorned with gold and purple lines and tomoe running down the center and edges of the kimono. The women looked very beautiful with shoulder-length white hair and bright red eyes.

"Who are you?" The young boy asked, walking through the hot spring with the old man next to him. The women narrowed her eyes at them for walking through the hot spring.

"Yeah, you're sitting on our gold mine here!" The old man screamed out with annoyance, but in his mind, he was thinking of something else. Something more lewd.

"Humans." The women growled out, standing up and fully narrowing her eyes at both of the men. Something incredibly large began to stir behind her, which caught both of their attentions

"What?" The young man asked, looking up towards the stirring object. He didn't notice that the women was approaching the older man, "Well, hello there pretty girl." The older man said, still holding the smirk on his face.

The women continued to scowl as she raised her arm up, "Now how can I help- Gah!" The old man shouted out in pain. The women had dug her entire arm into his chest. He looked at her in horror as the boy turned to them. Without a second thought, the women grabbed his spin and crushed it. She threw the man across the room and his body hit the rocks with a violent splatter.

"What the hell?!" The younger man screamed in horror, backing away from her. The women quickly moved over to him and grabbed his neck.
"Before I kill you; what is the closet civilization of you pathetic animals?" She commanded, tightening her grip.

"T-The Imperial Capital." The boy struggled to say as his throat was being crushed.
The women smirked and licked her lips, "Perfect. Now." Her gripped strengthened tenfold, "Die, pathetic ant.

"N-No. Please!" He screamed out, just before she crushed his throat. He hung in her grip, lifeless, as the women laughed, and chucked his body into the far ends of the chamber.

After she calmed down, she looked over to the dead old man and scoffed, "So these insects still exist on the planet? That means my sister left here after she sealed me away."

As she finished speaking an incredibly large red eye began to glow behind her. She turned and smiled up at the eye, "Ah, you're awake my pet." A moment past before a mighty roar was heard throughout the chamber, followed by more laughter, "Find this Imperial Capital! Burn it to the ground!" She commanded to the great beast before her.

It roared again before it began to move, causing the entire chamber to begin to shake violently. The women smiled, as she began to move to the exit, "And once I rid this planet of the human filth, I'll find you and kill you, Kaguya! Our mother's plans will go on! Our race will be reborn!"

As the chamber finished shaking, the lone silhouette of Prime Minister Honest emerged from the shadows. His snow white teeth shining in the darkness.

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Naruto, Akame, and Leone all walked out of the meeting room back at the hideout. They had just finished explaining to Najenda about what had happened at the meeting in the northern lands. Their boss was stoic about the entire thing, Naruto assumed she really didn't have an opinion on the matter yet.

But when he left he noticed Yukari, Air, Fal, and Luna all hiding behind some of the curtains in the meeting room. He chuckled at this. Those girls had certainly been glued to Najenda's side for the past couple of days. Even if the women knew of any corruption in the Revolutionary Army, he was sure she wouldn't harm the girls. But just as a precaution he always had a clone by them, at the ready. He smirked at this as they walked down the hallway.

"Man...what should we do now?" Leone asked, putting her arms behind her head and looking up to the ceiling as they walked.

"Maybe something to eat?" Akame suggested, her stomach growling.

"I could go for some Ramen." The Uzumaki said with a slight yawn, as his stomach growled too.

"Is that all you eat?" Leone asked teasingly, putting her arm around him.

"Yes. I mean no!" The boy quickly retaliated, laughing in her grip. Akame giggled as well. Leone was happy to see them all happy. But a small blush appeared across her face, when she saw Naruto smile. There was something very attractive to it.
All of them found their way into the dining area.

Leone and Naruto took a seat at the table, while Akame went into the kitchen to prepare some food.

Leone leaned back in her seat, while Naruto had created a miniature Rasengan in his hand, to entrain himself. In truth this was only a ploy, so Leone didn't think he was up to something. In all reality, he was still deep in thought on what he was going to do. There were many options. He had one goal in mind, protect the innocent people of the empire at all costs. The Empire was certainly not doing that, and the Revolutionary Army was possibly just a puppet of a neighboring country. The blonde chuckled internally he was finally acting like a Hokage. Thinking of everything, and protecting the people at all costs.

"Spill it." Leone said suddenly, leaning back in her chair while closing her eyes.

"What?" Naruto asked, looking over to her with a confused expression. Crap! Had he been found out?

"You heard me. Spill it, Naruto." Leone said. This time with a more demanding tone, "I know there's alot more happening then you're letting on here, Naruto." She leaned back in her chair and narrowed her eyes at him.

Crap! Crap! Crap! She knew! This was bad! But the Uzumaki tried to play it off casually, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Don't bullshit me, Uzumaki." Leone said, activating her Teigu, to try and intimidate him. She knew it wouldn't work though. Naruto wasn't scared of anyone here.

But to her surprise. The Uzumaki finally caved. He didn't want to keep secrets. Making sure Akame was out of earshot, Naruto leaned in, "Looks like I can't get much passed you."

"Tell me." Leone demanded. Playing the tough girl card.
Naruto sighed, "I don't believe either side is correct in the conflict."

"What?" Leone asked, slightly confused.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "I don't believe that the Revolutionary Army or the Empire are worthy causes to fight for."

"How can you be sure?" Leone asked, crossing her arms.

"Well. I know for sure the Empire isn't. But the Prime Minister told me some things I can't ignore about the Revolutionary Army. So I dispatched some clones to do some investigating for me." Naruto revealed to her, lowering his head. Leone smirked at that, so that was what they saw when they ran up to him in the village. His clones.

"Smart. At least we think alike." Leone finally said.
Naruto immediately lifted his head up and stared at her, "What?"

Leone smirked again, and leaned close to him, "I have my doubts about the Revolutionary Army as well. I've done my own digging also. What I've come back with hasn't been very positive."
Naruto's eyes widened. He was truly shocked. He would have never thought Leone would do that. She always came off as a very carefree and good-looking girl to him. A slight blush appeared on his face from the last thought.

"What do you mean?" He asked, shaking away the blush. Leone saw this and found it cute. But then she narrowed her eyes again, "Puppet states, Slave trade, enemy invasion. Also rumors of turning this country over to the west once the war's over." She revealed, "I'm sure your clones will find the same, and even worse."

The blonde nodded. He was sure now that he would find these things. Leone has no reason to lie to him, "What are you going to do?" The Uzumaki asked, knowing that she probably would have some plan.

"I'm assuming you already have a plan?" Leone asked, moving closer him.

"Yeah. Somewhat." The blonde shrugged. Knowing he hadn't fully thought out of his plan. Some parts were there, but not everything.

"Then I'll be joining you." Leone smiled and giggled out.

Naruto's eyes widened, and he sat back in his chair. Much to Leone's disappointment, "What?" He finally asked. Why in the world would she say something like this?

Naruto slowly sat up, as Leone began to speak again, "You have a good head on your shoulders, Naruto. One that I can really get behind. I feel you'll make an amazing leader." She said, as another more genuine smile formed on her face, "You'll fight for the people, not personal gain." She took a quick breath, then chuckled, "Funny, I've been in a situation like this before."
"Really?" Naruto asked, tilting his head.

She nodded, "Yeah. Back before I got my Teigu, there was a powerful gang that controlled the area of town I was in. Everyone hated them. They didn't care about anyone but themselves, and would downright kill people on the streets. Everyone lived in fear of them. But then a new gang moved into the territory. They came off as being much nicer then the others, and helped people. But in reality they weren't. After they killed the other gang, they installed harsh rules they we all had to abide by. They raped women in broad daylight, killed kids, hung people from the roofs."

"What happened to them?" Naruto asked, leaning in. Clearly intrigued about her story, and also sickened. This world…..he needed to fix it.

"Eventually the Imperial guard came in and took them all out, but not before almost everyone I knew was killed." She said looking down with a frown, reliving the old memories. Naruto saw this and gently put one of his hands on hers to try and offer some comfort to her. The Uzumaki still didn't know why this world was so cruel. Sure, his world wasn't perfect either, but at least there was actual law and order for the sake of the people there, not just the words.

Leone looked down at his hand, and her face softened as she continued, "As you can already assume. I...um...grew up in the slums of the capital. I'd always stand by and watch, as those gangs killed more and more innocent people each day. I always hoped that someone would fall out of the sky and kicked their asses. Be a hero, like in the books I used to read as a little girl."

Leone gripped his hand, and looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Naruto frowned. It was clearly shown in her eyes, Leone was afraid. Afraid of her life, and the future of this world. If she went with the Revolutionary Army she'd be trading one demon for another. She was looking for a way out. A third option, "And now, you're here, Naruto." The Uzumaki's eyes widened, as his head shot up at her, "My hero." Leone added, placing a soft kiss on his lips. If Naruto was in Sage mode he would've noticed the large amount of Natural energy starting to circulate around her left hand. Just like Akame.

Little did both of them know that Akame had listened to the entire conversation and was now gripping her sword tightly. Her body shook uncontrollably for a moment. She was pissed, but not because of Naruto and Leone. Akame loved both of them very dearly. And she knew Leone had a crush on the blonde as well. She was pissed at the Revolutionary Army, and Najenda. Their leader had to have known about all the dark secrets of the Rebels. She had been so blind to follow some false flag, but not anymore! She would not be played for a fool. She would be with Naruto and protect her sister!
Akame decided to make her presence known and walked out.

Leone and Naruto were still kissing as Akame walked out. The two quickly jerked away from each other and stared at the red-eyed swordswoman.
"Akame.….I didn't mean to..." Leone said with a blush.

Naruto began blush as well, looking at her, "Uh...Uh...Uh, Akame. We were just...um..." He stuttered out, poking both of his index fingers together the way Hinata did back in his world. Naruto was sure that she was furious with both of them.

Akame approached Naruto, and to his surprise she sat on his lap, "I heard what you two were talking about. I knew something was wrong with Naruto the moment we left the village." She said, looking over too Leone.

"Are you going to tell Najenda?" The blonde women asked.

Akame shook her head, "No. Najenda most likely knows about the corruption in the Revolutionary Army, and is hiding it from us. I want to stand beside Naruto, and you too Leone. A force against both of these opposing sides."

"It won't be easy. Especially with so much support going to the Revolutionary Army nowadays." Leone said, feeling relived that Akame wasn't mad that she kissed Naruto.

"We need to expose them to the public. Maybe find some records of some sort." Naruto said crossing his arms, thinking.

"Or documentation that they have direct connections with the Western Country." Akame added.

"Agreed." Leone said, nodding her head.
Naruto sighed and leaned back, "I'll have my clones try to dig up as much info as possible."

Akame nodded to him, "Just so we're clear. What we're creating here is for the people. Anyone can join, if they're willing. A way to amend your past. Even if you know you'll die." She added. Specifically thinking of her younger sibling. Who now may be able to join her.

"Agreed." Naruto and Leone said in unison, "We'll have to think of a name, and location later." Naruto said.

"Once that's done, then we can rally support behind our cause." Leone said, putting her hands on the table. She already had quite a few people in mind that would be more then willing to join their cause.
Naruto was being to smirk, and jumped up in the air with Akame in his arms, "Haha! Yeah! Then we'll knock some sense into anyone who thinks they can mess with us, and this country!"
Leone giggled, and hugged the blonde tightly when he came back down to the ground. Akame laughed as well, as they were both smashed into Leone's breasts. Leone then immediately licked the blonde's ear, effectively marking him. Naruto, being Naruto, he didn't even notice.

"Oh, Leone." Akame said, quickly remembering something.

"Yeah?" She responded, pushing Naruto's head into her chest further.

"I was quite surprised you kept your feelings for Naruto so well hidden from the others."

"Eh?" Leone shouted out. Akame smiled. She could tell that Leone already found Naruto quite attractive when she first met him, but Leone was exceptionally good at hiding her true feelings behind her happy-go-lucky mask. There were sometimes that she would catch Leone watching the blonde during training. Akame didn't mind this at all. She was quite happy, in fact.

"Well...um...You know I just...um..." Leone stammered out, hiding behind Naruto's back.
Akame, in turn, giggled, "One rule. I get first kiss." She said, planting a kiss on the blonde's lips.

Leone's eyes widened, "Ehhhhh!?"

Naruto's eyes went wide as well. Akame was surprisingly okay with this. He thought she'd smash his head in like Sakura did.

Leone smirked, and pulled Naruto away from her, "Oh, you're so on!" She said, smashing her lips against Naruto's again.

But while the three enjoyed this new-formed relationship, something terrible was about to happen hundreds of miles away in the Imperial Capital. Something that would put Naruto's skills to the test.

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Mine, Sheele, and Kurama all walked down an empty road of the Imperial Capital. The sun was still setting over the enormous walls of the Imperial Capital. Mine walked freely about while Sheele had a henge over her. Thanks to the little fox running behind her. Sheele almost looked like herself, but she instead of long purple hair, she had short brown hair. She was a white jacket and blue fitting jeans, with brown boots. All in all, she blended in as a normal civilian.

"Come on, Kurama!" Mine griped, as she held the large suitcase that held her pumpkin. It was disguised as an musical instrument case, so no one would take too much notice. The same could be said for Sheele's Extase.

"Coming." The fox said, hopping along next to Sheele. But she didn't take too much notice to him, as her eyes grew wide at the gorgeous sunset in front of them, "The sunset is so beautiful." She exclaimed.

Kurama and Mine smiled at Sheele. It was true that sometimes she acted like a child, but that wasn't a bad thing.

"When are Tatsumi and the others supposed to finish their mission?" Mine suddenly asked, taking her attention off Sheele and putting it onto Kurama.

The fox shrugged his shoulders, "No idea. Lubbock and Bulat are with them, so it could take a bit." He looked around the town for a second, and then continued, "Another mansion right?" He added.

"Yeah. I think. They've started to turn into Night Raid's second team." Mine sighed, remembering when Night Raid was smaller. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, because now she could do things like this.

Kurama smirked, "Heh. I can see it. Tatsumi and his friends certainly have talent." He put on a smug expression. Mine sighed. But when Kurama looked back to Sheele who was about to round a street corner, his smug look turned into an small smile.
Mine saw this, and gently kicked his side, "You know, for a god-like fox you're awfully nice to Sheele." She teased.

"Well that's because she isn't an idiot." Kurama said, looking away from her with a confident smirk, but if as on cue, Sheele rounded the corner and crashed into a woman.

"Wahhh!" Sheele said, falling backwards and hitting the ground. Her weak henge disappeared as she hit the ground.

"Oww!" The woman that she hit yelped out as she fell flat on her face.

"You sure about that?" Mine said with a deadpanned expression, and Kurama ran over to Sheele. No one even noticed the strange looking dog behind the girl.
"Are you okay?" He asked, putting a paw on her shoulder, but then he looked closer to see that the henge wore off. She looked like her normal self…in hostile territory, "Damn. The henge wore off." He added.

"I'm sorry." Sheele said, bowing to him as she got up and dusted herself off.

"Don't be. It's not your fault." He said, smiling up at her. She nodded happily in return and he turned to the women, "Are you alright miss?" She asked. Kurama really didn't care if they freaked out that he was a talking fox.

"Y-Yeah." The women said, looking up to them as Mine approached. The woman's eyes narrowed as they landed on Sheele, and she gripped something tightly in her hand. Kurama looked over to see a wanted poster in her hand, crumpled up…with the picture of Sheele on it.

"Night Raid." The women spat out, lowering her head. Mine, and Sheele quickly took notice of the wanted poster and moved away at lightning speed. They moved into a park like area, surrounded by trees.

"Crap!" Mine called out, unzipping the suitcase. Sheele began to do the same with hers. Kurama moved away to Sheele's side.

"What luck! You walk right into me!" The woman shouted out. They could now see she wore an Imperial Guard uniform. This wasn't good.

"Listen lady. Stop this. You won't win here." Mine said, loading Pumpkin.

The woman smirked demonically, "Haha! I'm so glad I waited out here for you! I've wanted to meet you very badly, Night Raid!" She pointed her finger directly at Sheele, "You're the one from the wanted poster, and judging by your friends weapon she's a Night Raid member as well!"

Both Night Raid members kept neutral expressions on their faces. But in reality a million things were rolling across their minds at once.

"I couldn't even sense her presence." Mine said, raising Pumpkin.

"She's on a completely different level then the other guards." Sheele said, holding Extase.

"Could you sense her, Kurama?" Mine asked, looking down at the now growling fox. Sheele and Mine hadn't noticed, but that weird dog thing had joined her. This was no doubt the same woman Naruto met a couple weeks ago, "No..." He finally said, getting into a fighting stance. Something was blocking him from sensing normal humans. It was starting to annoy him.

The girl laughed insanely, and pulled out two strange guns. Both had no sights and looking exactly identical, "I am Imperial Guard Seryu Ubiquitous, and in the name of absolute justice you will die right here right now!" She screamed out.
Mine smirked back, "Well sense you've blown my cover. You can either come with us or die."

Seryu pointed her finger at Mine with an insane look, "My commanding officer says you're wanted dead or alive. That means I can execute you where you stand! You're the reason my father and my mentor Captain Orge are dead! I'll kill you both where you stand!" She screamed.

"So you're that eager to fight us. Fine! I'll make this quick!" Mine shouted back, firing Pumpkin at her with incredible speed and accuracy. Soon a cloud of smoke appeared around Seryu and everything went quiet.

"Did I hit her?" Mine asked, lowering her gun and looking into the smoke.

Suddenly a massive roar was heard through the smoke, and a few moments later a large dog like creature blocked all the shots. Holes riddled the creature's body, but soon began to heal.

"I-Is that what I think it is?" Sheele asked, staring at the creature, her body slightly shaking.

"An organic type Teigu." Mine said, narrowing her eyes, and putting a new attachment on Pumpkin for more powerful shots.

Sheele narrowed her eyes, and looked down too Kurama, "We need to think this out carefully. Kurama-" She paused when she realized the fox was no longer sitting next to her, "Kurama?" She asked, looking around.

"Kurama, what are you doing?!" Mine suddenly called out, pointing forward. Sheele directed her gaze towards where Mine was pointing.

Kurama stood directly in front of the dog monster, a scowl on his muzzle, "You are one messed-up mutt." He said wagging his nine tails. He knew that little dog was creepy as hell.

"Grrrrrrrr." The creature growled, looking down at Kurama. Seryu looked at the fox as well. She was confused. Why could this thing talk? And why was it with Night Raid?

"I hate dogs." Kurama said, growling back as the dog thing swiped at him with it's hands.

Kurama easily jumped up in the air to dodge, "Too slow." The fox taunted out still in the air. He didn't notice the other fist approaching him. But Mine and Sheele did.

"Kurama!" Sheele called out, trying to rush to him, but Mine grabbed her collar and stopped her.
The nine-tails looked over in time to see the fist inches away from his face, "Crap." He said out loud as the fist connected with his face. The Fox was sent flying straight into a nearby building. A violent cloud of debris flew from the structure.

"No!" Sheele cried out, looking too the building.
"Sheele focus!" Mine called back, aiming her gun at the giant dog.

Seryu came into clear view, and laughed, "Well that was easy!" She smiled disgustingly and pointed her guns forward, "Tonfa guns!" The guns immediately began to fire towards the two.

Sheele and Mine began to dodge the bullets. Both moved to each side of her, and her Teigu, 'Looks like shooting won't be effective at this range.' Seryu thought too herself, lowering her guns. Instead she turned to the dog, "Koro! Supper time!" Seryu screamed out pointing directly to Sheele.
The beast now known as Koro roared out, and jumped towards Sheele with an extreme amount of bloodlust. Sheele in turn opened up her Extase, and aimed it at Koro. The beast stilled launched towards her, with rage filling its eyes.

Sheele narrowed her eyes, and sliced across Koro's head. The beast cried in agony as it tumbled across the ground, causing dust too be knocked up into the air, "I'm sorry." Sheele said, closing her eyes.

But suddenly from the dust cloud, Koro began to rise as the side of his head quickly regenerated, "Sheele!" Mine called out, looking into the dust cloud.

Sheele looked behind her and she visibly shook at the sight of the demonic looking Koro. Mine prepared to fire Pumpkin, while Seryu stood in a tree waiting.

As Koro bared down on Sheele and opened his mouth to devour her, a large orange fist connected with it's face. Koro was sent flying into the nearby trees with a loud crash soon following, "Don't you dare touch her!" Kurama roared out in his Chakra mode. But because he only had part of his Chakra with him, he was only about the size of Koro.

"What? Koro!" Seryu cried out seeing her Teigu be easily thrown around. She turned back too see Kurama standing proudly in the street as the sunlight reflected off of him.

Kurama stood defensively as he roared out. So loud that everyone in the Capital could hear him. Including the other Night Raid members, but also Esdeath and her troops.

"Kurama! We're trying to be stealthy!" Mine shouted out, lighting up Seryu with Pumpkin. Seryu in turn began to dodge, heading back into the treeline.
"That went out the window when she released that dog thing!" Kurama shouted back, pointing into the trees.

Seryu was breathing heavily, as she took a perch up on a tree branch. She scanned the area for Koro. After a moment she noticed Koro lazily getting up from a smoking hole in the ground.
She turned back to the direction where Kurama stood, and stared at him. Seryu visibly shook in terror, "A-A God... I-I need more help." She stuttered out, taking a small whistle, and blowing into it.
Kurama's ears instantly picked the sound, and he darted his head to the trees, "Shit! She called for more reinforcements!" Kurama roared out.

"We're going to need to leave!" Mine shouted, firing pumpkin into the trees. Sheele nodded with her.
Seryu heard this and lowered her head. Her loose brunette locks covered her eyes. Koro was directly under her. Seryu clenched her fist and lifted up her head in rage. She would not be defeated so easily. Not in the name of justice, "Koro! Tear it apart!" She screamed out with insane rage.

Koro nodded, and charged Kurama. The fox already saw this coming, and his tails raised in defense. The Teigu rushed towards him with pure rage, but the kitsune was ready. But suddenly something else entered the very edge of his sensing radar, and he paused. In turn Koro socked Kurama right in his cheek.

"Kurama!" Mine and Sheele shouted out in unison, worrying for the fox. But Kurama simply waved off the punch, and hit Koro with two of his tails. The Teigu tumbled over on the ground, and into a tree.
Kurama was no longer worried about Koro, but more about the increasingly large energy presence nearing them, 'The hell is this? This power it's nothing like anything in this world.' He thought to himself as Koro got back up.

"Let's retreat, Kurama." Mine said, reloading Pumpkin.

"We can't leave!" Kurama suddenly barked back, shocking both of the girls.

"Why!?" Mine asked, backing away from the front of the fox as Koro charged for another attack.
"Something is coming!" He shouted out, grabbing Koro with four of his tails and smashing it on the ground repeatedly. Seryu jumped down from "Yeah! Half the imperial army!" Mine yelled, firing at Seryu, while Sheele stayed back. Knowing she didn't want to get close.

"No, something much worse." Kurama said, chuckling Koro across the fountain area.

"Oh yeah? What?!" Mine asked as Koro got back up for another attack.

Kurama didn't know what to call it. He was completely sure that it wasn't any human. It was just too powerful. No one here compared to it besides Naruto. So he could only come up with one possible suspect.

He sighed, "A Kaiser-class danger beast."
Both Mine and Sheele paused for a moment as Kurama tore Koro in half with his mouth. Seryu gasped, as Kurama threw both pieces of Koro up in the air. This was hardly a fight.

"W-What?" Mine stammered out. It couldn't be! They had barely defeated one, and it was all thanks to Naruto. There was no way this could be a Kaiser-class!

"Impossible! This close to the capital?!" Sheele protested, as both pieces of Koro nearly smashed into Seryu.

Kurama shook his head, "I'm not for sure, but what ever it is, it's far more powerful then me. It rivals Naruto when he uses my full chakra. A Kaiser-class is the only option here."

"Then we really need to get out of here!" Mine pleaded, knowing that Seryu wasn't a threat with Kurama around.

"This thing is moving way too fast. We won't get out of here in time!" Kurama protested just as Koro regenerated again and pounced on him. The Teigu bit into Kurama's neck, pissing him off. Seryu began to fire her guns again at Mine, who was effortlessly dodging the bullets.

"Get off me!" Kurama roared, getting pissed and annoyed at the Teigu. He grabbed Koro's neck and held him up to his mouth. Within a split second Kurama had made a small tailed beast ball in his mouth. "You're so annoying!" he shouted, releasing the tailed beast ball through Koros body. Effectively shattered his core.

Kurama didn't even know about the core, he just fired. A large hole now burned right through Koro's chest, and he went flying towards Seryu.
Seryu in turned looked up in shock at her now-deceased Teigu. She couldn't move, it was going to land right on her. She wasn't fast enough.
Seryu didn't realized this until the last second, when reality snapped back in, "Noooo!" She suddenly screamed out, as the large corpse smashed into her. Blood splattered everywhere.
Mine and Sheele breathed heavily, looking over at the corpse of Koro and the blood spattered on the ground.

"That was too easy." Kurama said, swinging his tails back, and forth.

"Crazy bitch." Mine said, taking the barrel off of pumpkin. If Kurama wasn't here this could've turned out alot different, and Mine knew this. She reminded herself to thank him later.

"Everyone alright?" Sheele asked, looking over to Mine and then up to Kurama.
"Yeah thanks." The fox said, looking down at her with a small grin.

Mine crossed her arms and looked towards the sunset. Their battle didn't even take long to her surprise. The warm summer air felt nice to her, it was almost peaceful. But then she remembered Kurama's warning about the Danger Beast, "We need to contact Naruto." Mine said, turning back around. Both of her companions nodded.

"Mine! Sheele! Kurama!" A voice suddenly called out behind them. The three turned their head to the source of the voice. To their surprise Tatsumi was running up to them with the rest of Night Raid following, excluding Naruto, Leone, Akame, and their boss.

"Tatsumi!" Mine shouted out, waving to him. Tatsumi had a bright smile on his face, as he reached them. A moment later, the rest of the team was with them. "We heard Kurama's roar and tracked it back here. What happened?" Bulat asked, in his full set of armor.

"That bitch over there tried to kill us, but with Kurama here we made quick work of her." Mine said, with a confident smirk, pointing back to the corpse of Koro.

Bulat quickly looked over, and analyzed the corpse for a brief second, "Did she call for reinforcements?" He asked.

"Yes." Sheele said as Kurama reverted back into his regular from and plopped down into Sheele's arms.

"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Lubbock demanded and Tatsumi nodded in agreement. They both knew the team should be gone by now.

"We can't leave." Mine simply said, looking over to Kurama.

"Why?!" Both Lubbock and Tatsumi asked, blood rushing from their faces.

"Kurama is tracking a Kaiser class danger beast. It's on it's way here to the capital." Sheele said, petting the fox's head.

"What?! No way! That's insane!" Doya said, crossing her arms. Sayo agreed with her.

"Yeah. Not something this close to the Capital." Bulat said, shaking his head.

Kurama sighed, "Well whatever it is. It's on it's way fast. I've made contact with Naruto. He'll be here shortly." Kurama explained to them. Actually since Tatsumi showed up Kurama has been talking with Naruto.

Tatsumi began to walk to Kurama, "Then we have to-" He was abruptly interrupted by an ice spike, that flew directly in front of his face. He fell back into Mine's chest, who immediately began to blush.

"I thought I heard little rats!" Esdeath shouted out, landing in the middle of the group. Everyone froze up for a moment, and soon her soldiers rushed into the fountain area.

"Esdeath!" Lubbock yelped, moving backwards quickly. Everyone immediately put up their guards, and aimed their weapons at her.

"This is bad." Doya said. No Naruto around was a big problem when dealing with this woman.
Esdeath giggled, and walked up to Tatsumi and Mine, "Haha. I didn't think I would find almost all of Night Raid in one place. A few new members I see." She said, poking Tatsumi's cheek.

Kurama growled. They didn't need this now. There was particularly an astroid nearly on top of them, and he had to deal with the crazy ice bitch! He lost his temper, "Gah! We don't have time for this, Esdeath!"

The General directed her attention towards the fox and Sheele. Kurama growled again. "Who's that? Oh, aren't you that little fox that's always with Naruto?" Esdeath asked.

One of Kurama's eyebrows twitched, "There's a Kaiser-class danger beast on it's way to the Capital right now! You have to prepare!"
"Did I hear Kaiser?" One of Esdeath's soldiers asked.

"Oh man we're so fucked." One of them gulped. Many of her other men said similar things. This greatly angered her, "Silence! Do not believe their lies!" She barked out, all of them immediately shut up.

"You have to believe me. It's power level is off the charts! Naruto may not be able to beat it with me!" Kurama said, with another growl. Sheele softly pet him to try and calm him down.

Esdeath simple scoffed at this and laughed. But as soon as she did, an extremely loud roar was heard. Everyone paused, including Esdeath. Kurama lowered his ears.

"W-What the hell was that?" Lubbock asked as a large cloud of smoke rose over the city wall, shortly followed by an explosion.

"It's here." Kurama said, slightly whimpering. Whatever the hell this thing was, it even had the nine-tails scared.

Almost immediately after, multiple objects shot through the city wall and flew towards them at high speed.

"Incoming!" One of the soldiers shouted, as the objects approached the city. The members of Night Raid ran into the trees to get cover; while Esdeath's men hid in the buildings across from the fountain. A few moments later, the objects pelted the city. A few houses were smashed, as well some street. Once object even smashed into the fountain.

After a few moments, everything went silent and Night Raid and Esdeath peaked out of their respective covers.

"Is everyone alright?" Bulat asked, looking around at his team. In return, they all nodded.

"What the hell was that?" Lubbock asked, looking at the object that crashed into the fountain. Once the dust cleared both sides got a clear view of the object. It was a chunk of some creature, it still bleed, so it was recently tore from whatever body it came from.

"It's a body part." Tatsumi said as one of Esdeath's men ran out and checked it. After a moment, he looked at the creature and his face paled. The soldier slowly turned back to his side,

"Ma'am...these are parts from our Ultra class danger beasts that guard the land just outside the walls!"

"I-It's coming." Kurama stammered out as an incredibly loud bang was heard from the city wall.
"What the hell is that?" One of the soldiers asked, looking up to the source. Almost at the very top of the city wall, it was cracked, along with the few holes put through it by the danger beast remains.
Everyone remained quiet, as another bang was heard, and the crack got larger. After a few more seconds it didn't seem like another was coming. But one final bang was heard throughout the capital and the wall shattered. Everyone gasped and their mouths hung open.

Immediately following, a black object burst through the wall, and landed on the ground below. It created a massive shockwave when it hit the ground, destroying everything in a certain radius. Killing dozens on impact

"It broke through the wall like it was nothing!" Doya gulped.

The creature suddenly jumped in the air and began to land near the already destroyed fountain, "Move now!" Bulat called out as he pushed everyone further back into the trees.

The creature landed in the area with another shockwave destroying everything near the fountain. The front rows of trees were also incinerated. Some imperial soldiers weren't quick enough to move away; they were burned to death.

"Is everyone alright?" Bulat asked.

"Yeah. We're good." Doya said, giving him a thumbs up. Bulat sighed with relief.

"The hell kinda Danger Beast is that?!" Lubbock demanded, pointing to it. As Kurama's eyes landed on it, they widened. It looked like the ten-tails, although in it's earlier form. But instead of brown skin, it had white skin with bright red glowing lines all over it's body. This truly was bad, but why in the hell would something like this even be here!?

"That's no Danger Beast..." Kurama growled.

"What?" Lubbock asked, turning to him, as well as the rest of Night Raid.

The fox gulped "It looks like a miniature version of the ten-tails."

"Ten-tails?!" Everyone asked, as Bulat watched the creature.

"A massive beast that is made up of all the tailed beast. But this one is different. There's no tailed beasts here. Not even chakra." The nine-tails said, scowling at the hideous creature. How could It be here!? Was it one of the ten-tails clones that went through the portal with them?

"We need Naruto." Sheele said, hugging Kurama. The nine-tails agreed with her as well. They needed someone to stand up to it.

"Attack!" The Imperial troops suddenly shouted out, rushing the creature with swords and guns. Dozens of them ran out of the building, Esdeath charged straight forward with them.

"Those fools." Kurama said, shaking his head in disappointment. They would all be slaughtered by the creature.

The ten-tails look alike turned to them, and it's lone eye glowed bright red. Esdeath quickly turned to the right, knowing what was about to happen.

"Move!" She shouted back to her soldiers. But it was too late for them. The creature's eye released an incredibly bright red beam of energy that was directed towards the soldiers.

All of them were instantly incinerated, turning into nothing but piles of ashes. Esdeath slid to the right of the beam and got into a defensive stance.
Night Raid remained in the trees watching the entire showdown, "Oh man. She's going to get slaughtered." Tatsumi said, gripping his sword, watching her. For some reason he wanted to jump into the battle, but he didn't know why.

"Relax Tatsumi. She's an enemy. This is good." Bulat said, gripping the boy's shoulder. Bulat knew they weren't in a good situation at all; but if Esdeath was taken out here, then some good could come out of this.

"Finally a real challenge! Face me!" Esdeath shouted out, making an ice sword and laughing at the creature. This fight really got her blood running.
But the creature was in no mood to play games. It scowled at Esdeath, and began to approach her. The Imperial general in turn created multiple ice arrows, and launched them at the Ten-Tails look alike.

"Weak human." The beast suddenly said in a gravely and monstrous voice, as the ice arrows bounced off of it's skin. It stared at her for another moment before suddenly disappearing.

"What?" Esdeath asked, bringing up her guard looking all around. Night Raid still watched from the trees, holding their breaths.

"Tear you apart!" The beast suddenly shouted out, appearing as quick as lightning in front of her. Esdeath brought up her guard to protect herself. Ice formed around the front of her arms, but it wasn't going to help. The creature reared back it's fist, and punched immediately through her guard. Esdeath's ice guards shattered and she was smashed against the ground. She skid across the concrete on her back, until she abruptly came to a stop in the middle of the area where the fountain used to be.

She staggered, getting up from the ground holding one of her arms. That thing's punch was enough to level even their strongest Teigu.

"Rahhhhhhh!" It screamed out, appearing in front of her again. This time it gripped her face, and raised her above the ground.

"Ahhhhh!" She screamed out in agony as it began to crush her head with it's hand. The creature seemed to snicker at this. It was enjoying inflicting pain on her. The Ten-tails look alike was so entranced by this that it didn't even notice the extremely large chakra signature appear above it.
Esdeath pushed through the pain and moved her gaze to look down at the creature. She gritted her teeth and closed one of her eyes, "T-The strong survive and the weak die." She grunted out as the creature applied more pressure.

"RASENGAN!" Naruto suddenly screamed out with valor, as he struck the beast from above with his signature move. Esdeath was ripped from the beast's hands by one of the blonde's clones. Two more of his clones landed behind them, carrying Leone and Akame.

"W-What?" Esdeath asked, blinking and looking up at the blonde's clone. In turn he looked down at her, eyes filled with purpose, "And I told you that it's the job of the strong to protect the weak!" He said, smirking.

"Naruto?" She stammered out, looking at him. She hadn't expected this.

The original now stood in front of them, holding up his right hand. The beast after quickly recovering, focused all it's attention on the blonde. Everyone was frozen. They could practically see the energy flowing out of the two. Both Night Raid, and Esdeath knew, they were in the presence of gods.
The creature moved first as it lunged towards him, eyes filled with rage. Everyone held their breath as the blonde formed an incredibly large Rasengan in his arm. He narrowed his eyes and swung the ball of chakra around to the beast. It scraped the concrete, as it flew to the enemy. The creature's lone eye widened as it realized what was coming it's way.

"Odama Rasengan!" Naruto shouted out as his moved connecting with the monster's chest. The amount of kinetic force that was created was enough to level the imperial palace.

The Ten-Tails look alike was sent flying back to the wall which it had first broken through. It impacted, smashing right through, and destroying most of the wall with it. All the debris flew outward with the creature to the area outside of the imperial capital.
Naruto looked up at the destroyed wall with a smirk. He knew the thing wasn't defeated, but that gave him some time to think and gather some info.
The blonde turned back too see Esdeath still in his clone's grasp and she had a smile on her face. Naruto sighed, he didn't want to deal with this right now. The Uzumaki simply snapped his fingers, both his clone and Esdeath disappeared. Transported to a safer distance. But now he had to do the harder task. Get Night Raid to leave, including Akame and Leone. He had already not wanted them to come in the first place. But they were too stubborn to change their minds.

"Naruto!" Tatsumi called out, running towards him. The rest of Night Raid followed him with relief in their faces.

Naruto grint his teeth, as much as he loved those guys, he had to get them away quickly. So he decided to go for the direct approach, "Everyone get out of here!" he yelled back to them.
Almost everyone stopped dead in their tracks. Almost everyone…Leone and Akame still ran towards him.

"What?" Lubbock asked, confused as Leone and Akame stood on each side of Naruto with concerning expressions.

"This thing is too powerful for you guys. It'll tear this place apart!" He said, nearly snarling at them. He didn't want any of them to get hurt...or killed.
Tatsumi stepped forward, but Mine gripped his shoulder, "But Naruto-" he began, but was immediately cut off as rumbling began from the smashed up wall.

Naruto was too late. The abomination was coming back. He knew this wasn't going to be easy from what he felt and what Kurama told him. This thing was incredibly power, rivaling his Kurama mode even.

"It's coming back." Naruto said, clenching his fist and looking to the wall, "Leave now, please!" He pleaded back to Night Raid.
But before they could respond the beast burst through the lower part of the wall, causing the entire section to crumble. It raced through the streets towards Naruto, destroying everything in it's path.

The blonde activated his Kurama cloak, and pushed Leone and Akame away from him. The beast bursts through the trees at high speeds towards the Uzumaki.

Naruto braced for the impact, putting both of his arms up. The creature in turn smashed into the Uzumaki, and grabbed him still sprinting.

"Tch!" Naruto groaned as he struggled in the beasts grip. Suddenly without warning the creature shot up into the sky with Naruto.

"Naruto!" Akame screamed out, watching him be taken away.

"Dammit!" Leone shouted, using her enhanced strength to jump up, trying to reach the blonde. But he was too high, and she couldn't reach him. The beast took the blonde high up into the air, above the clouds. Soon the sound of explosions and bright colors lit up the sky.

The rest of Night Raid sprinted from the trees, looking up to the sky.

"It can fly!?" Lubbock asked, clearly stunned. Everyone else was clearly shocked as well. But before anyone could comment, another roar was heard behind them, and another identical creature burst through the trees. It nearly took Tatsumi's head off as it passed over the group.

"Another one!" Mine asked clearly afraid. She went to hold onto Tatsumi.

Everyone else backed away in fear, as the creature came to a stop in front of them. The knew they were in deep shit without Naruto here.

The Ten-tails look alike scowled down at them. Night Raid backed away in fear, as it's eye began to glow red.

"It's a clone!" One of Naruto's copy shouted as he came out of nowhere, and sucker punched the creature straight in the jaw. It was pushed away by several feet, but quickly recovered.

It turned back to Naruto's clone, and roared out, "This world will burn!"

Within a second, the creature appear in front of the clone, and grabbed it with one hand. The clone struggled in it's grip, and turned to Akame and Leone, "Akame evacuate the civilians in the area! Kurama says multiple new targets are coming in!"

"What?!" The assassin shouted out, looking up at him. She tried to run up to him, but was stopped by Leone.

The clone smirked back to them as the creature's clone roared at him. A split second later, it shoved it's hand into the clone's stomach, "Gah!" He grunted out before disappearing into a poof of smoke.

"Naruto!" Leone shouted out, feeling slightly hurt from seeing her lover's clone being destroyed. Akame felt the feeling as well, gripping her sword.
Almost immediately, Naruto's other clone jumped in and slammed a Rasengan to the beast's stomach.

The rest of Night Raid retreated across the street into an alleyway. Akame literally had to pull Leone away. After all of them were safely in the alley Tatsumi turned to his team leader in the set of demon armor, "Bulat what do we do?!"
Bulat wrinkled his eyebrow under the Incursio helm. He knew it was a must to report back to Najenda, and this wasn't Night Raid's fight. They weren't technically part of the Revolutionary Army's main fighting force. In all actuality he just wanted to get everyone home safety. He knew Naruto wouldn't stand long against this thing, maybe he could buy them time. It was a tough decision, but after a bit longer he made his decision, "This isn't our fight Tatsumi." Everyone instantly turned to him, shock filling their faces.

"Bulat!" Leone said, turning too him with anger. Akame did the same, gripping her sword handle harder.

"We have to retreat." Bulat said, looking up through the buildings to the sky. The sky still flashed, and small shockwaves rocked the clouds.

Tatsumi looked down for a moment, then looked back up, "But-"

"But nothing Tatsumi! We have to retreat! If this thing lays waste to the capital, then this will give a major advantage to the Revolutionary Army!" Bulat shouted out, looking down at the boy. Tatsumi was still young, but eventually he would understand.
"But all these people..." Tatsumi began looking up at Bulat.

"War's not pretty Tatsumi." Lubbock added, standing behind him clutching his fist. Lubbock knew there was nothing they could do to help Naruto.

"You heard Kurama, this thing is just as powerful as Naruto! He'll die if we don't help him! I won't abandon my friend!" Tatsumi protested.

Lubbock looked up, clearly irritated, and walked over to him, "Look, this isn't some happy story where everyone lives! People are going to die to make change! Naruto will just have to-" Lubbock was stopped by a large hand grabbing his collar and lifting him up.

"Gah!" He shouted, looking down at the owner of the hand, "You leave him, and I'll never forgive you." Leone said, looking up at him with rage. Leone didn't know why her teammates where acting like this. They never abandoned a teammate. Something was wrong here. Were they truly scared of this creature?

"L-Leone." Lubbock stuttered out, struggling in her grip. Everyone was extremely tense, watching the situation unfold.

"Woah! Calm down, Leone." Bulat said, walking towards them. Trying to defuse the situation before Leone tore Lubbock apart.

The blonde immediately turned to him, dropping Lubbock, and walking up to him, "No! I won't leave him!"

Bulat clenched his teeth, and looked down at her crossing her arms, "Listen, Naruto can hold it off while we escape-" He was immediately interrupted by Murasame being pointed in his face.

"I'm staying." Akame said, with a neutral tone.

"Akame, you too!" Lubbock shouted out, getting up off the ground. Oh who was Lubbock kidding? Of course she would stay! She was practically glued to Naruto, the same could be said for Leone now as well.

Bulat just stared at Akame before Leone came up behind her and gripped her shoulder, "Come on Akame. He needs our help."

"Right." Akame agreed, and with that both of them ran out of the alleyways.

"Wait!" Tatsumi shouted to them, but it was too late. The two were already gone.

"Give it up Tatsumi. We have to go. It's not an assassin's job to fight a battle like this." Bulat said, looking away from him.

Tatsumi clenched his fist. Why in the hell was Bulat so unwilling to help?! Isn't that what Night Raid did? Help people!? He was so frustrated, he lowered his head, hair covering his eyes, "I'm not going to stand here and act weak."

"Huh?" Bulat asked, turning back around. Not Tatsumi too!

The young man looked up at Bulat, eyes filled with purpose. He was tired of all these assassin business bullshit, "I'm going! I don't care if we're assassins! If being an assassin means I have to abandon my friends, then I quit Night Raid!" He shouted out, turning and running out of the alleyway.

"Tatsumi wait!" Both Mine and Sayo said in unison. But after a few seconds it was clear that the boy wasn't coming back. Bulat needed to think of something fast, he was losing members left and right.

"He's right." Mine finally said, looking over to the Incursio user. Sheele nodded in agreement, Kurama had long since disappeared from her arms, giving her more reason to help. Some of the others began to agree with her.

Bulat spun around, "Mine! Sheele! The rest of you..." He said, looking at everyone. Besides Lubbock and himself everyone else showed signs of agreeing with Mine.

"We can't abandon them..." Doya said, gripping her arm tightly.

Bulat and Lubbock looked around. All of them were so eager to jump in and help the Uzumaki. He looked at all of their pleading faces. Bulat couldn't take it anymore. So he let others' feelings get in the way of the mission, "Dammit! Fine lets go!" He said, running towards the edge of the alleyway.
Akame and Leone rounded the street corner and ran into the direction of a park where flashes of light were brightening up the darkening sky. Both of them sprinted to the center of the park to find one of Naruto's clone locked in a brutal struggle with the beast's clone.

"C-Come on you beast." The clone said, looking up at the creature with a smirk. In turn, it looked down at him and snarled.

"Naruto!" Leone shouted out, running to the courtyard with Akame hot on her heels. The blonde was barely able to tilt his head in their direction, "G-Get back!" He shouted out.

Both of the women froze in their tracks as the creature began to tightened its grip on him. But it didn't notice the gathering of chakra in his right hand.

As the chakra began to take shape, it started to look like a Rasengan. But after a few seconds it was clear it wasn't just a Rasengan. A spinning, shuriken-like blade made of wind chakra formed around it's outside.

Everything next happened in a split second. The Beast saw the justu, and widen it's eye. The copy of the blonde smirked, and shoved the justu into the clone's stomach, "R-Rasenshuriken!" He screamed out, impacting with so much force that a large explosion engulfed the area. Both Naruto's clone and the creature's clone were poofed out of existence.

Leone and Akame, who had been shielding their faces from the blast, looked back. Only a crater remained in the square, "If that was a clone, then where is the real Naruto?" Leone asked.
As if on cue, an incredibly large explosion echoed throughout the sky. The two women looked up to see all of the clouds parting and two figures shoot through the opening in the sky.

One was clearly Naruto, and the other was that horrid beast. Both of them tumbled down to the earth at high speeds, but yet they still battled. The Uzumaki punched the creature across the face, and in return, the monster kneed him in the stomach. The blonde grunted in pain, and reared his fist back to retaliate.

But before Naruto could fully deliver the punch, the creature bit down on the Uzumaki's shoulder as hard as possible, "Ahhhh!" Naruto screamed out as the beast quickly ripped its mouth away, taking a large amount of Naruto's flesh with it.

The blonde's eyes looked over in shock to his shoulder as blood flew out of the wound. Before he could do anything, he was met with a massive punch to his chest by the creature. He flew down to the earth at top speed, bleeding severely.
Back on the ground, Leone and Akame watched in horror as the scene unfolded. Naruto had been hurt-badily- by this creature. The man who Leone and Akame thought was invincible was so easily hurt by this thing. It angered both of them, their instincts to protect Naruto were kicking in.
Leone's in particular were acting up as she wouldn't move, even as Naruto came crashing down towards her.

"Leone, come on!" Akame shouted out, grabbing her arm and moving her away with her. Leone quickly snapped out of her daze. The two moved to the edge of the square.

A moment later, Naruto smashed into the square. Full force. A shockwave blew past the girls as the creature barreled down on top of the Uzumaki. A few seconds later, the creature crashed on top of Naruto's body, creating another shockwave.
"NO!" Leone screamed out with rage, watching the creature rise from the small crater it had created. Akame, on the other hand, was already rushing the creature with Murasame drawn.

The beast payed no mind to her as it picked up Naruto with one hand. The blonde, barely conscious and heavily bleeding, looked up at the creature. Naruto had fought too recklessly with something that was so easy to defeat. He had been too carefree and now he was paying for it.

"Child of Kaguya. You lose." The beast said in it's gravely voice, as it's eye lit up and fired a beam of energy at Naruto's chest.

Luckily for the blonde, Akame had reached the creature just in time. Leone was hot on her heels as well.

The black haired assassin swung her blade down on the creature's arm that was holding Naruto. It sliced into it's arm, causing the beast to jerk it's arm to the side quickly.

This in turn caused the attack to miss the center of Naruto's chest. Instead it sliced his entire left arm clean off.

Leone and Akame froze as the beast threw the blonde high up into the air. Blood splattered from his shoulder wound and arm. A couple moments later, he smashed into pavement. Leone and Akame immediately ran to his aid as the beast gave off a devilish laugh.

Leone picked him up and held him in her arms. She looked down at him, her eyes visibly shaking as she assets his wound. After a moment her eyes widened as she looked over to the blonde's eyes. They were wide open, yet there was no life in them. "Naruto! Come on! Please! Don't do this to me!" She pleaded, shaking him and putting her head up to his chest. Trying to find his heartbeat.
Akame's eyes were wide as well, staring down at the blonde's motionless body. Her mind was starting to break down, looking at him. He couldn't be dead! He just couldn't!

She tightened her grip on Murasame as Leone began to cry into Naruto's chest. The rest of Night Raid had now entered the scene and they all gasped at the sight of Naruto.

Akame grinted her teeth, looking up to the creature who waited patiently for them. It seemed like it was enjoying this. She gripped Murasame tighter and screamed out with rage, "You…. BASTARD!" She had lost someone close to her. She couldn't stand this. Her judgment was fading quickly. She tried to think of anyway Naruto could have survived. He went down way too easily, or was this thing just way to powerful?

Leone stayed back and cradled Naruto into her arms. Sobbing. 'I-I didn't even get a chance to mark him.' She thought to herself, trying to wipe away the tears.

Akame, on the other hand, charged directly at the creature. She knew from her previous attempt that Murasame's poison wouldn't work. She would just have to cut this thing to pieces. The assassin leaped at the monster with rage filling her eyes. The beast narrowed it's eye and disappeared in thin air.

A moment later, it reappeared directly behind her and grabbed her from behind by the neck. Her eyes widened, realizing what had just happened.

"Akame!" Leone shouted out as the beast began to squeeze hard on her neck.

"Ahhhh!" Akame screamed out in pain. She struggled and tried to bring Murasame up to stab the beast. In turn, the monster squeezed harder. She was being to lose consciousness from the pressure. Was this the end of her? Was she about to die here?

"Akame!" Leone screamed out, sprinting towards the beast at full speed, followed by the rest of Night Raid.

Fueled by rage and anger, Leone jumped up into the air towards it. She just couldn't take it anymore. The creature was surprisingly calm as it narrowed it's eye. It lifted one of it's razor sharp claws up into the air. Directly in her flight path.

Leone never saw it coming.

"Gah!" She coughed out, as blood splatter out of her mouth.

"L-Leone!" Akame screamed out in horror, looking over at her best friend. Night Raid all stopped in horror.

Leone grinnted her teeth as she hung midair. The creature's claw going straight through her chest. Even with her healing abilities, this was a bit much. Still, with all her strength she punched the creature across the face repeatedly. Akame in the creature's other hand grabbed it's arm, and tried to get free.
"Weak." The monster bellowed out, smashing both of the girls into the ground with enough force to crack the concrete beneath them.

The creature stared down at the wounded girls and smirked. It walked forward and began to reach down towards the barely conscious Akame. "You'll do." It said, beginning to pick her up, "My mistress has plans for you." It smirked again. Akame looked over to Naruto's body. It couldn't end like this. She couldn't leave Naruto...Akame had to at least bury his body.

"Ahhhhh!" Tatsumi suddenly shouted out, running at the beast full speed with his sword aimed at the creature, "Tatsumi, no!" Mine yelled, running out from behind the group followed by Sayo.

As Tatsumi approached the monster, the beast stopped reaching for Akame and lunged towards him, it aimed it's claws with a smirk.

"Tatsumi!" Mine and Sayo both shouted out, running behind him. They knew he couldn't take this thing on, everyone knew...he knew. Still he would try. He wouldn't give up. Naruto didn't give up, so he wouldn't either, "Ahhhhhhh!" He cried out with his sword.

As the young man approached, the creature simply swiped his claws forward, slicing the boy's sword in half. Tatsumi was left in shock, as the creature followed with a powerful punch. He was sent flying back into Mine and Sayo. His impact caused all three of them to fly back and crash into Night Raid. Only Bulat was left standing. The monster narrowed it's eye at him. Bulat, in turn, raised his spear defensively. The beast chuckled and began to approach him, but suddenly stopped when it felt a hand wrap around it's leg. It looked down to see Leone gripping onto its leg.

Blood covered much of her torso, and various organs could be seen hanging out of her body. She was barely hanging onto life. The abomination chuckled once again and raised it's foot; causing her to lose her weak grip. It aimed it's foot above her head and slammed down. Leone closed her eyes and braced for impact.

She didn't even feel a thing.

"H-Huh?" She asked, opening her eyes, and looking up. What she saw next made her heart skip a beat.
Naruto stood above her, holding the beast's foot with one hand. She looked at his body, and noticed all the wounds had healed. The arm he lost, was now replaced with Kurama's glowing orange chakra. It took the shape of his lost arm and a split second later the chakra burst away. Replacing it was a new, fully formed arm.

"N-Naruto?" Leone asked weakly beginning to succumb to her wounds.

Naruto quickly pushed the beast away with one hand. A neutral expression remained on his face the entire time. The monster flew back and fell over. The blonde payed it no mind, and picked Leone up. Chakra seemed to radiate off his body as her body began to heal. All her organs moved back into place, and the hole closed up. She smiled softly, licking his ear. Marking him.

He carried Leone over to Akame and picked her up with his other hand. He looked down at her bruised neck and frowned. Her face was pale white and she showed signs of losing blood to her head. But as with Leone; the moment he touched her, the bruises on her neck instantly began heal, and color returned to her face.

After looking over Akame for a moment and setting Leone down, he passed the still unconscious black haired assassin to Leone without a word.

As he did this, the Ten-tails look alike recovered and looked over to Naruto. The blonde turned back to it, and grit his teeth, "You hurt two of my precious people. Something I can never forgive ANYONE FOR!" He screamed out, a burst of violent bright orange chakra exploding from his body. The monster backed away out of fear.

Naruto instantly made five clones, and looked back at them. A new chakra cloak quickly formed into a bright yellow coat with a black bodysuit underneath. Two chakra horns appeared in Naruto's hair. A black bodysuit covered his torso, it reached down his arms, and to his knuckles. It also reaching down his legs to the point just above his sandals. He had 9 strange looking orbs behind him, and two black staff like objects in each hand. Finally his usual ocean blue eyes turned into a light yellow, his pupils became a cross of vertical fox-slits and horizontal toad-slats.

"Get them all out of here!" He commanded to his clone, turning too them. They all complied, and ran over to Night Raid. With in a split second, they all formed the Hiraishin no Jutsu around the group, and disappeared.

Naruto turned back to the beast with a pissed off expression. Leone stood behind him with the unconscious Akame.

The blonde lowered his head, and began to speak, "I've realized now. I've been going too easy on this world. A world filled with demons. Although it has tried, I will never fall to this worlds evil ways!" He looked up at the monster eyes filled with passion and hope, "I will save them!" He shouted with valor, motioning his hand back too Akame and Leone.

Behind him Leone's senses were going haywire. Naruto had just received a major powerful boost, everything about him seemed different. She was clearly attracted to him more, as she couldn't lay her eyes off of him. The Uzumaki just seemed so powerful.

Naruto stood definitely, as the creature tried too intimate him with a roar. But it wouldn't work on him, the blonde had gone all out for this. As the creature stopped its roar, Naruto lifted one of his chakra rods. He pointed it at the beast and narrowed his eyes, "I will be the Will Of Fire that defends this world! But most of all I will protect Akame and Leone! No matter the COST!" He shouted lunging towards the beast.

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Back in the now-deserted fountain area where Koro's body now laid, one of Naruto's lone clones appeared in the area. He walked up to the corpse and turned it over. The blonde looked down to see an unconscious, battered and bruised Seryu Ubiquitous. She only survived by having the hole in Koro's body land on top of her.

The clone smiled slightly and picked her up before disappearing into thin air. Leaving the area deserted again, with only Koro's corpse.

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Cliffhanger!

Done! Longest chapter ever! I am proud of it though. I would like to thank everyone for their incredible supports. Its really helped me.

Now I know all of you have tons of questions, but I can assure you that most of them will be resolved next chapter. Please do not worry. I promise all of you that it will. His healing factor is one of them, and why he took Seryu. Please don't be frustrated with me for that part. It'll all make sense soon enough.

I do kinda feel like this was just a tiny bit rushed, but this fight desperately needed to happen. It'll play a big part in the main story.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed it. Until next time.

Author question: Like the fact that I added Leone to Naruto and Akame's relationship?