Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters written here. They are own by their respective owners. Nuff' said.

Warning: This is rated M for a reason (blood, gore, extreme violence, language, and possible adult themes/lemons, etc.) Some of the characters will be a little OC.

Before we start I would like to correct a small mistake I made in the last chapter. Payback is just under six and a half feet tall, not seven.

Now on with the six chapter.

The Black Leaves

Chapter 6

For the next week, the whole of Konoha was abuzz about the news of an important individual arriving to the hidden village. All of the merchants and shop owners cleaned up their places of business until they were spotless, and they set out their best; if not most expensive, wares. The many restaurants within the village were also hard at work; cleaning, prepared exotic dishes, and forcing their staff to work as hard as humanly (or ninja-ly) as possible. Even some of the common civilian villagers were spiffing up their homes to try and impress the coming visitor.

But the people working the most, were the many clans of the village and the academy. The teachers and students were hard at work with their studies and teachings. The teachers tried their hardest to get as much of the rest of the years work done as fast as possible; and the students were studying as hard and fast as possible. They were trying as hard and fast as they possibly could so that they could both, be prepared for the arrival, and to impress their parents as the earliest graduation class the academy has ever had. Though they got a lot of work done, they still had about a month or two of work that still needed to be done.

All of the clans worked in thier respected professions and styles of combat in an attempt to impress the V.I.P. that was to arrive.

The Aburame clan had been both, training the future heir of the clan, Shino, and had been hard at work maintaining their special collection of insects; which was not only the largest collection with over half a billion different species of insect and arachnid, it was also one of the best tourist spots in the entire hidden village. The training that young Shino had to go through mainly consisted of him using his Kikaichu in the many known assassination techniques that the Aburame clan used.

The Akimichi clan had done the same with their future heir, Choji. His training mainly consisted with him eating large amounts of food, then converting the calories gained into a massive amount of chakra, which was then to be used for his families many different body-enlargement jutsu. Choji, did not complain. He was too busy eating. The Akimichi clan also had to prepare the many restaurants that they owned. Since the clan owned most of the restaurants within Konoha; they had every single store fix up the most elaborate and expensive meals possible.

The Hyuga clan had been spending the week training the two young daughters of Hyuga Hiashi. While both were trained by the best in the family; Hinata failed to live up to the expectations her father had for her, while her younger sister, Hinabi, passed all expectations. Since Hinabi was receiving most of the attention, Hinata was given enough time to sneak out of the Hyuga compound and visit and train with Naruto. Her training with the hyperactive host helped a great deal with her unique style of fighting.

The dog using Inuzuka clan was also hard at work with their own family. Tsume and the rest of the clan had been busy training Kiba, Hana, and the clan's many canines. The clan was also very busy in maintaining the Inuzuka Dog Park; another of Konoha's greatest tourist attractions.

For some reason the Nara clan focused more on attending to the family's several herd of deer than on the clan heir's training. Shikamaru did not complain once.

The Sarutobi clan focused more on the maintenance of the village than training. But Konohamaru did not let up once in his many attempts to best his grandfather.

The Uchiha clan worked just as hard as their rival, Hyuga, clan. Almost every available member spent every waking moment with Itachi; training him non-stop in every single ability that every single clan member knew, forbidden or not. Since Itachi was getting all of the attention, that left little Sasuke all alone to train bt himself. Almost. Luckily, his mother was kind enough to to train her youngest child instead of training Itachi. Sasuke would have preferred his father help with his training, but he still felt pleased that at least he was being given a chance to train with somebody; and not train alone like usual.

The Yamanaka clan worked on the many different species of flowers that they had in the family shop. They also worked along side the Inuzuka clan to pretty up the dog park. Ino focused more on the flower shop then on her own training.

Finally, the day arrived. Yondiame Lane was cleared of all merchent stands and people. The buildings and allyways were packed full with people; civilian and ninja alike could not wait for the V.I.P. to arrive.

The Hokage, important clan members and shop owners, and the council members were all gathered in front of Hokage Tower. They had arrived at the location at around eight o'clock in the morning and had been waiting around for about an hour. Most of the well refined clans showed no sign of annoyance, while others appeared much more on edge.

THWUMP!

The muffled sound of something large impacting the ground was heard from far way. Nobody payed any attention to the noise, even after several more where heard.

THWUMP-BUMP! THWUMP-BUMP! THWUMP-BUMP!

Now the sound of something heavy but soft could be heard along with the thumps.

Then it appeared just over the horizon. And it was big!

It was obviously some sort of giant reptile-like creature.

'That thing's bigger than Gamabunta!' Sarutobi thought.

It stood on two thick legs that were like tree trunks. Each of its massive legs ended in a large three towed foot that was spread wide to hold the massive weight of the monster. Each toe ended in a solid, thick claw. Behind it was a long thick tail that was dragged on the ground. The most prominent feature of the beast was it's massive gut. It's stomach was so big that it was dragging across the ground. Not even the fattest Akamichi using their Expansion Jutsu would come anywhere close to the mass of the creatures girth. On it's stomach were three tight circular groups of spikes going straight down, each group was evenly spaced vertically. The arms of the beast were quit long long and thin compared to the rest of it's actual body size. Each arm ended in two long, skinny, triple-jointed fingers with a large wicked looking, sickle-like claw on each finger. It's neck was very short but thick. The mouth of the creature was long and alligator-like and was filled with razor sharp teeth and had a single, small horn on the snout. Two wing-like shells were on the sides of it's head. A crown of spikes adorned the back of the behemoth's cranium with a long row of spines running from the back of it's head, down it's back, and ending at the tip of it's giant tail. It had three large white eyes that were in the shape of water droplets. The chin, front of the neck and stomach, and the underside of it's tail was covered in smooth tan, leather-like skin. It's arms, legs, back of it's tail and it's back, along with the beast's head were all covered in dark green scales.

The color and shape of his eyes was enough of an indicator to Sarutobi that this thing too was a symbiote.

Sitting ontop of the beings head; directly behind it's eyes, were three large, crate-like objects. The first was more like a golden bed with a golden canopy with dark purple drapes. The second was just a very large wooden crate, about as big as a single story building. The final object was small, white and looked like a medical burn tent.

The beast let loose a mighty roar. Not a sound could be heard from the inhabitants of Konoha as they stared at the monster. The villagers had been told that the V.I.P. would arrive on a large mount; they just never thought that it would be this large.

The beast continued to make it's way until it reached the front gate. It glanced down at the obstruction in it's path for a few moments, then continued right through the gate. The structure was reduced to splinters and rubble as the behemoth marched right on through; as if the gate was not even there.

It continued it's way through Yondiame Lane; the people that lined the sides of the street were forced to either get out of the way or be crushed under the monster's massive girth.

The beast finally came to a stop several feet away from the where the Hokage was standing and let loose another ground shaking roar. Suddenly three figures lept out of the golden structure and landed directly in front of the giant lizard. All three figures were wearing different colored robes that had large hoods that blocked any view of their actual bodies.

One wore a silver robe, the other a very dark; almost black, purple. The final figure's robe was a royal purple. The three figures slowly made their way over to the Hokage's group; with the royal purple figure in the lead, and gave a short collective bow.

The others bowed in return and the Hokage stepped foreword.

"As the Sandiame Hokage of Konohagakure, I would like to personally welcome you to the village. I hope that you enjoy your stay here and that you will be able to experience all that my village has to offer." He said with a smile.

The lead figure nodded then turned to the other two; who quickly lept back onto the behemoth's head, right next to the burn tent and the wooden crate. The dark purple robbed figure grabbed the grate while the silver robbed figure grabbed the burn tent and the bed.

The figure dressed in silver lept back to the ground holding the medical tent and the bed. The other person however somehow was able to heft the giant wooden grate onto his/her back then lept down, with an earth shaking impact. The ground cracked underneath the sudden weight.

Then the figure in purple spoke in a slightly distorted female voice, "Thank you Kraid," She said to the giant reptile. "You may now return home. You shall receive your payment after you return."

Kraid bellowed before he started to back out of Yondiame Lane. He had to walk backwards until he was out of the village, he then turned around and slowly made his way back down the street.

After Kraid was out of sight; the women in royal purple turned her attention back to the old village leader. "Hokage-sama." She spoke with authority but kindly. " May we please use your village's hospital?" She asked sweetly. "We shall also take your advise and browse around your village. Since we will be here for at least a week, we shall discuss the terms of our alliance in four days; agreed?"

Before Sarutobi could say anything Koharu decided to jump in. "Now wait just a minute," She voiced. "We know that your important and all, but just who do you think you are to demand of our Lord Hokage?"

Homura was just barely quick enough to pull his old team-mate out of the way as a large curved blade slammed itself onto the ground right where she was standing. The blade was jutting out of the left sleeve of the dark purple robbed figure. "Don't ever demand from our great leader!" The figure growled in a slightly older female voice. Her action caused nearly every ninja in the area to get prepared for a fight.

Sarutobi quickly gave the signal to stand down. "I apologize for my council's rude behavior," He shot a nasty look at Koharu. "I see no problem with you spending some time relaxing before business. Please enjoy your stay."

"Thank you Hokage-sama." Empress replied. "And with that, we shall take our leave."

Empress and her entourage walked away and everyone else returned to their normal day routine.

As the three newcomers strolled down one of the village's many market filled streets; the individual leading the small group whispered.

"We shall observe him tonight for any signs of bonding."

"Yes ma'am." The other two responded.

Meanwhile in a small town just outside of Fire Nation...

Mataka Chizuru was currently washing dishes in her kitchen while her husband, Moyasu, and her two children; her eight year old, Ai; and her three year old, Taiyo, were out at the market. She was just finishing up with the last pan in the sink when she noticed her husband and daughter run across their yard. Chizuru caught sight of something white and about the size of a small child was slung over the shoulder of Moyasu.

Chizuru threw her dish rag into the sink and dashed to her home's front door just as her husband burst through; his face was stricken with panic and fear. He ran over to the living room couch and set the white object down. Then Chizuru got a good look at the object.

As she had noticed before, the object was completly white and about the size of a sixteen year old teenager, and the same shape as her three year old son. The arms of the object were fused to the chest and held together in a fashion like that of a straight jacket and the legs were held together. The thing lacked a face but instead had three small dents in it's head where the eyes and mouth should have been.

"Whats going on? Where is Taiyo?" She asked her husband with barely hiddin panic.

Moyasu gave his wife a grave look before whispering a nightmare-ish response, "This is Taiyo."

Chizuru's eyes widened and began to tear up as she watched the figure on the couch suddenly began to violently spazzem for a few seconds before settling down.

"Wh-what happened?" Chizuru asked after the shock of information had finally died down a little.

"I have no clue, dear," Moyasu said. "All I know is that Taiyo was like that after I left the grocers. I had taken Ai in with me while I allowed Taiyo to play outside with some of his friends. After exiting the place, I couldn't find our son and began to look around. Then a friend of his came running over to me and started shouing that something had happened to Taiyo. I followed the kid and found him like this inside an allyway. The kids said that he had gone to find a ball that had been lost when they heard a scream; they ran over and found him."

Chizuru listened to her husband's explination while Taiyo's body started twitching again.

"I have already called the doctor. He should be here in a few minutes." He finished.

Suddenly, the thing that was once their son sat straight up and appeared to be struggling.

"It's like his arms are being held in a straightjacket of his own skin." Moyasu mumbled softly to himself as he watched his son struggle; and fail, to break out of his fleshy bonds.

Ai was quickly swept up into her mother's arms before she could see the thing actually move, and was carried into the other room while Chizuru chanted, "It'll be okay." Over and over again. Her chhanting was more for herself than for her daughter.

The sound of flesh tearing and blood and vomit splattering on her hardwood floor sent Chizuru running back into the living. Her husband was hunched over the splattered bile, holding his gut. Chizuru looked over at her son to see what had caused the sound and Moyasu's reaction.

Taiyo's legs had been pulled away from each other in such a violent manner, that the legs looked bent and the feet faced somewhat inward. Red and purple blood covored the floor and dripped from the slowly healing white flesh.

The second that the white had regrown onto his legs; Taiyo slowly stood up, while still struggling with his flesh. He slowly shambled and struggled over to the open door. He let out a long, drawn out groan. "Veeeeennnnoooomm." Then stumbled out the door and slowly made his way into town.

There ya' go for this chapter.

Okay, for the people who shall be getting thier own symbiote. I have no real clue as to who shall, so just keep sending me ideas, pictures, ect. The more reviews and ideas I get, the better the story shall be.

For the many forms of Venom:

First Form- Naruto is possessed by the mighty symbiote.

Second Form - You've seen it already.

Third Form - I would like to thank Bloxham for the idea.

Fourth Form - Sheerryy...Get the reference?

Fifth Form - No clue how many forms Venom should have

Unstable Form - Thank you Veronica...Get this reference?

Keep sending me ideas and such for different symbiotes and Venom's many forms...If ya' do then I'll give you credit.

Please tell me somebody out there got the reference as to where I got Taiyo's new...suit...from...

Read and review my fellow pervs and unite before the forcess of those against perverts!

Next time: The White Warrior of Justice shall make his appearance.