And we're back! Welcome to Twilight Key, Chapter 9!

...100 follows? Holy crap. Is this story actually a thing?! When did that happen?!

But really, thank you for all the support!

Ok, so here is why I didn't upload yesterday despite the fact that I have done it every other day. I was writing the chapter, and got a good ways into it, but I had noticed that I was forcing myself to do it. That isn't how I want to do this story. If I write this thing, I don't want to make myself do it. I don't enjoy it that way and the quality of the work gets shot to hell. And that means you won't enjoy it as much. So I stopped writing for the day and took a break.

Bad news. I got a job! I haven't started yet, they want me to come in on Monday to give some information though. I have no idea when I start, but it will probably cut into my fanfiction time.

I have received a comment or two about my Bleach inclusion. Remember this, Kingdom Hearts is pretty much a super crossover. What is the point of doing something like this and limiting myself to only the worlds in the game? That's no fun. I plan on adding other crossovers as well.

I will try and do better on the fight scenes. I don't know how much I can improve them, I may simply not have the talent, but I will try.

I like the idea of keeping the catchphrases for when he is excited. Props to LordGhostStriker for that.

Jbrew123: Great minds think alike, huh? :)

LordGhostStriker: No, no, and nope. Read this chapter and find out. I reveal it here.

HeartlessNobody13: You read my mind! I totally agree with you. Why limit myself to just the typical worlds in the Kingdom Hearts series? I plan to do those, but why only those? As for the elemental nation training, that is coming up. Keep reading to find out! Kurama is something I still need to plan out a bit more, but I do have an idea for summoning. I plan to have this story go all the way up to the time skip. Like I said in a previous chapter, there was a decade or so in between Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 1. This story takes place then. I may have to add a year or two to make it fit, but that's when this happens. I will probably end this story then and make a sequel as the Kingdom Hearts story begins. From there? Wait and see.

Anyways, on with the Story!

I don't own Naruto, Kingdom Hearts or anything else, I'm just a broke college student...

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"Welcome! How may I help you?"

'Hm?' Naruto turned around to get a look at the person who was working the shop. But while he was expecting the person to be a man based off the voice, he was shocked to see what was on top of the man's head. 'No…no…no! That's impossible! I destroyed that damn hat! And even then, it was something Yami had made in the Station of Awakening for unlocking my keyblade!'

While Naruto was suffering from a small breakdown, the man was simply observing him with his head tilted to the side in a curious manner. "A boy?" Looking around, he didn't see anyone else with the boy. Just when he was about to speak up and pull the boy out of whatever crisis he was suffering from, the man seemed to notice the black cat that was next to the boy.

Instantly, the man's demeanor changed. "Yes! It's Yoruichi!" he ran up to the cat and picked it up. "I knew you would come back to me! I've been so lonely without you!" He danced around in circles with the cat. "Do you know how annoying it has been getting this shop set up? The least you could have done is stuck around to keep me company!" Tears were beginning to form. "It was so mean of you to disappear like that three months ago right when hard work was needed! I didn't even have Ichigo around to sucker into it! Or Tessai!" The tears were now streaming down his face.

Naruto, who had snapped out of his depression when the man had first yelled, was simply watching the scene, dumbfounded. 'What the heck is wrong with this guy?' If it wasn't for the chance that the cat had led him here for a reason, then he would have left the moment the man started acting like an idiot. He started to listen again when the man started talking.

"Well, it is all ok now! You're back! And eventually, we will be able to get back home!" The cat seemed to grow irritated with his behavior because it chose to then claw his face. The man instantly dropped the black cat and clutched his face in pain. "Ow! Why would you do that to me, Yoruichi?!" It was then that he remembered they weren't alone. Looking back around at Naruto, he tilted his head in thought. "But hey, who is this? You know him, Yoruichi?"

'He only now remembered that I'm here?' Naruto shook his head to clear it of this thought. "Hello, I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze."

The man titled his head the other way and hid his face behind his fan. "Uzumaki-Namikaze? You the kid of the Hokage?" He asked him.

Naruto let out a conflicted smile. The man's eyes sharpened as he noticed this, but Naruto didn't notice the change. "Yeah, I am." He looked around again. It just looked like a normal candy shop to him, even if it did seem a little shady. He looked back at the cat who was now on the floor again. "Hey, why did you lead me here?" He seriously doubted he would get an answer though.

This question seemed to surprise the man a great deal, if the widening of his eyes were any indication. "Yoruichi led you here? Really?"

Naruto blinked at the unfamiliar name. "Yoruichi? Is that his name?"

For some reason, the man paused. Then his eyes glinted with something that appeared to be amusement. He glanced at the cat who was looking away, as if unwilling to meet his gaze. The man then looked back to Naruto. "Yes. That is…his name…"

Naruto only blinked at the man in slight confusion. 'Why did he say it like that?' Shrugging to himself, Naruto continued the conversation. "Yeah. Yoruichi and I have met a few times in a training ground a little ways from here. Today though, he led me here. Do you have any idea why?"

The man fanned himself as he thought. "Did you happen to say anything in particular? Yoruichi is a smart cat." He gained a smirk as he said this last part. "He probably figured there was something I could help you with…" He looked at Naruto questioningly.

Naruto closed his eyes and thought back. "Hmm…Oh!" He opened his eyes back up and looked to the man. "I was thinking out loud. I have been looking for someone to teach me how to use a sword. I was wondering if I could find someone to help me learn by looking around the training grounds. But why would that cause Yoruichi to lead me here?" He asked.

The man looked slightly surprised. "What? You want to learn how to use a sword? And Yoruichi actually led you here to help you?" He looked at the cat again. This time, the cat met his gaze and held it. The two of them simply stared at each other for a minute. After the staring contest they both looked at Naruto. "Well," the man began "…I suppose I could teach you some Zanjutsu…or something." He said.

Naruto frowned. "What is Zanjutsu? I want to learn kenjutsu!"

The man only waved Naruto off with his fan. "It is the same thing, really. Or at least, similar enough to not matter…"

Naruto nodded when he heard this. "Ok then…wait. You know how to use a sword?" Wasn't he just a candy shop owner or something?

The man blocked off sight of the bottom half of his face again, but Naruto could detect the smile on his face by the tone of voice alone. "Oh? I'm just a humble business owner…" Naruto's eyebrow twitched at this claim. "…but I also happen to dabble here and there in my free time…"

Naruto sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Another irritating person he had to deal with. "Fine, can you help me learn how to use a sword or not?"

The man nodded. "I can at least see if you have potential with a sword…Yoruichi must have seen something in you or he wouldn't have even led you here." The man turned around abruptly. He was now facing towards the interior of the shop. "Follow me! We are off to a training ground!"

Naruto was confused. "But wait, if we are going to a training ground, why are you facing that direction? Shouldn't we leave and go to one?" It wasn't like there was one here, right?

The man gained a hidden smirk. This was always a fun part! "You have little faith in me, my young student! Just trust in your genius mentor and follow me!" He led Naruto to one of the back rooms of the store. As he left they left the room they were in, the man grabbed a cane that was leaning against the counter. After making sure that Naruto was following, he walked over to one corner of the room.

Naruto watched curiously as the man knelt onto the floor. He then began to gape as a floor mat was moved out of the way to reveal a hidden trap door. "You have hidden trap doors in your house? What are you, some kind of paranoid veteran shinobi?!" He didn't look like any shinobi he has ever seen…

The man only laughed as he opened the trap door to reveal a ladder that led underground. "No, of course not! Like I said before, I am only a simple business man…" With those parting words, he descended down the ladder. Naruto sweat dropped at this remark. Figuring he had nothing to lose, he followed the man down the ladder with Yoruichi hitching a ride on his shoulder.

Underground Training Ground

After a minute of descending, they came upon an opening. They had entered a wide open area that was brightly lit. All Naruto was able to see of it though was a blue wall because he was currently descending the ladder still.

Soon though, Naruto's feet touched upon a rocky terrain. "Rocks? What are they doing here?" Naruto muttered to himself. Turning around, he was absolutely shocked at what he saw. They were in a giant training ground! The entire area was filled with a barren wasteland sort of place that even had some cracks in the ground and dead trees in a few places. 'Hell, there is even a sky painted in!' And it was true, there was a sky painted on the ceiling and walls, complete with clouds.

"What the hell is this?" Naruto couldn't stop his jaw from dropping slightly. Naruto looked over to the man who was standing in front of him and facing the other direction.

"No way! This place is amazing! Who would have guessed that all this time, there was this huge subterranean training ground under my store?!" The man called out.

'This jackass…He and Yami might get along…' The eyebrow was twitching again…

The man whirled around to face Naruto. The bottom half of his face was covered again with the fan. "Well then, shall we get started?" He paused after a moment and blinked. "Um…do you even have a sword?" He questioned.

Naruto nodded and raised his hand out in front of him. Closing his eyes as he did so, he imagined his black blade appearing in his hand. A hum of interest from the man and a weight appearing in his hand told him he had managed to make it appear. He opened his eyes again. The sword was indeed in his hand now, except now it was in a white sheath that had black flames.

"That's a neat trick…I wonder if it is a common ninja thing…" The man muttered to himself.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "No, not really…Plus, I can't do it again…Now that I have the blade out, it is here to stay." He was able to attach his sheath in a way that held it on his back. He was still too short to put it anywhere else.

The man only nodded. "Well, that is interesting…" He looked as if he was lost in thought for a moment, but quickly recovered. "Well, no matter." He gripped the handle of his cane and pulled. Naruto was shocked at what he saw. It was a blade! "Who the hell puts a sword in their cane-ttebayo?! Are you really just a business owner?!" That was beyond all forms of common sense!

The man only grinned. "Ah, don't worry about it…this is only for self-defense…" He trailed off with a chuckle.

Naruto sweat dropped. "I seriously doubt that." He drew his sword.

It was then that the man got a good look at the sword. He tensed, but after a moment he relaxed again. The changes were so small that Naruto never noticed. 'For a moment there, I thought that blade was Tensa Zangetsu…' The man held his blade loosely by his side. "We will keep this short. It isn't a fight. I won't fight back. Only a few strikes for me to get some kind of basis of your fighting style." Naruto nodded at this. "Well then, come at me whenever you are ready!" He called to Naruto.

Naruto nodded and got into a ready stance. The man's eyes narrowed a bit. 'Weak form. Full of holes. Not enough support. Too rigid…' He listed off in his head. He made no attempt to get into a ready stance himself.

This confused Naruto. "Um, aren't you going to get into a battle stance as well?" He questioned.

The man only grinned. "I may only be a humble business owner, but I do know a bit about swordplay…" The man's entire demeanor changed in an instant. Gone was the foolish business owner with a goofy air about him. In his place was a serious and hardened warrior that had seen countless battles. "Come at me. If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, you will never stand a chance." He said seriously.

Naruto tensed when he heard this. 'What is this? Everything about him has changed all at once!' Not that he really believed him that much in the first place, but Naruto was dead sure now that this wasn't just a humble business owner that he was dealing with. 'Who the heck is this guy?' He turned to the cat that was still on his shoulder. "Hey Kur…I mean Yoruichi, you should probably find somewhere else to watch."

The cat looked at him for a moment before it nodded and jumped off his shoulder. This temporarily stunned Naruto. 'Did that cat just nod in reply? No…it couldn't have. I must just be really tired or something.' Shaking his head to dispel the ridiculous notion, Naruto looked back at the man. He didn't really mean come at him with the intent to kill, did he? 'No! Don't forget what Yami told you, Naruto!' He couldn't hold back if he wanted to be able to protect those he cared about. His blue and violet gaze hardened. He would give this all that he had.

The man noticed Naruto's determination. 'Oh? What's this? It looks like he really will come at me full force. Good. That saves some time…'

There was a minute of silence in the training ground. It stretched on while the two fighters stared one another down. Eventually, the moment was broken.

Naruto sprang forward, swiping his blade from the left at the man's chest. It was easily blocked however. He pushed Naruto back. "You telegraph your moves when you strike." Naruto came back at him. This time, it was a stab to the stomach, but when that failed, he sprang up and over the man to try and land a blow on his back. "You are too slow. And your strikes aren't powerful enough." Naruto tried to feint, but this too was stopped in its tracks. "Even when you try and trick your opponent, it is too easy to ready your movements by your eyes." This process went on for a few minutes. Eventually, the short spar was called to an end. "Ok, that's enough."

Naruto stopped in the middle of his charge. Nodding and panting slightly, he stood up straight and walked over to the man. "So what do you think?"

The man took on a thinking pose. "Well honestly…there is only one thing that truly comes to mind when I watch you fight…" Naruto nodded, prompting him to continue. "You suck!" Could a twitching eyebrow be some kind of sign for something worse? Like chronic muscle spasms or something? "What the heck was that? Were you serious the entire time? No, of course you were! I could feel your resolve through your blade. But it was so poorly used!"

Naruto grit his teeth during this onslaught. "Ok then. What would you suggest I do? How could I improve my sword skills?"

The man hummed and covered his face with that fan again. The silenced stretched on for a minute. Then with a snap that startled Naruto, he closed his fan and used it to point at him. "I will take you on as my student! We will improve your speed! We will improve your power! We will improve your technique! We will improve your discipline! We will even cure you of that crappy personality!"

Naruto who had been nodding along the entire time with a feeling of eagerness, suddenly felt the urge to punch something come back. 'Bastard!'

"When we are through with you, you will be the proud protégé and student of Kisuke Urahara!" The now named Urahara exclaimed.

Naruto could only look on at the scene and feel mixed feelings. 'I don't doubt that he will be able to help me…but I wonder if dealing with him on a regular basis is worth it…I could find someone else.'

As if he read Naruto's mind, Urahara suddenly ran over to Yoruichi and picked the annoyed cat up. "Yoruichi, isn't it great! I have a minion again! Someone to help out in the shop and do my bidding!" He danced around with the cat like before.

This caused Naruto to pause. "Hey! Hold on! I never agreed to all that-ttebayo!" He did not want to deal with this guy more than what was strictly necessary.

The man only smiled and simply replied. "Well, you didn't think that these lessons would be free, did you? That would be crazy! All you need to do is help me out when I need it. And what a deal that is. Man, if I could get someone to give me lessons that would probably take months if not years to complete, I would be extremely grateful. If that teacher would have wanted me to become their slave for years to come, I would have had to do it! That could very well have happened! But all this poor man wants is for the nice young man to help him out. Isn't that an easy choice?"

"Things would never have gone that far! Stop being a total idiot!"

Urahara immediately hunched over with a cloud of depression above his head. 'Is that even possible?' He looked over at Yoruichi who had been simply watching the interaction in silence. If it wasn't for the fact that Yoruichi was a cat, Naruto would have again thought there was amusement dancing in those eyes.

"Yoruichi! Isn't Naruto-kun so mean?! Here I am, willing to teach him in my free time, when I could very well have denied him any chance to learn at all. All I asked was for him to help me out as needed. You know, man the register, check the stock, and maybe pick something up in town…" There were tears forming in his eyes again.

'Damn it all.' Naruto sighed. Why did this crap have to happen to him? "Fine…I will help you ou-"

He was interrupted as Urahara swiftly grabbed his hand in a hand shake. When did he even move?! Naruto didn't see him. "Great! You start next week! I look forward to working with you! Please take care of me!" He gave a formal bow. WHAM!

Naruto couldn't stop himself from punching him that time.

Urahara was on the floor clutching his face. "Ah! You are so mean! You are just like Ichigo-chan! You both suck! Why would you punch the candy store owner?!" He cried.

"Shut up! You are so freaking annoying-ttebayo!" Why were all the eccentric people attracted to him dammit!

Urahara was up an instant later completely unhurt. He opened his fan again to cover the bottom of his face up. "It is very good that you have all that energy! You can channel it into your training. We have a couple hours left in the day, we will start it right now! Prepare yourself!"

"*sigh* Fine then. How bad could it be if an idiot like you comes up with it?"

Urahara's eyes gained a sadistic glint. "Oh my? Well, I will have to try my best if a young man like yourself will be doing it. We don't want it to be too easy for you, now do we?" He let out a dark chuckle that caused shivers to go down Naruto's spine.

Urahara led Naruto back up the stairs and into the main building. They went into what seemed to be a storage room of some sorts. "Wait here, please!" He said in an overly joyful manner. Following this he began rummaging through boxes, muttering to himself all the while. "Now where did I put that thing? I know it was around here somewhere." Naruto and Yoruichi simply watched him in silence as this was going on.

After a while, he found what he had been looking for. "Aha! There you are!" He pulled out a box from one of the lower shelves. Once the box was out in the open, Urahara opened it up and began shifting through the contents. After a minute of looking, he pulled something out and handed it to Naruto. "You will be using these for training." He said with a grin.

Naruto looked at what was in his hand. It was a black and white wristband. He would have dismissed it right away if it wasn't for the fact that they were surprisingly heavy. He couldn't see where the metal bar was, but he knew what it was. "Weights? That's it?" That was all he could come up with? He expected a little more than that.

Urahara raised his fan to cover his mouth again. "Yes! I don't normally use this method for training, but recently I saw someone else who did. Seeing them and their 'Flames of Youth' at work really inspired me to give this method a shot. I myself would never do it, but you on the other hand will…" Why is it that everything this guy says always comes off as annoying?

"Fine then. I guess I will be wearing these whenever we train?"

That glint was back in Urahara's eyes. "Nope!" This caused a confused look to come across Naruto's face. "You will wear these twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. You won't take them off unless you are told to. And get this, I even made them water resistant. So you can even wear them when you bathe! Isn't that great?"

Naruto paled a little bit. While it wasn't a problem right now, he wasn't looking forward to constantly wearing them every day! This had to be at least ten pounds already! And on each wrist? What about after training sessions? He would be extremely tired and yet still have these weights on. "This is going to suck…" He moaned out.

Urahara chuckled at the sound of his misfortune. "Ah, well I'm sure you will get used to it quick enough. And don't forget the ones that go around your ankles! Come! We shall have one quick training session. Only two hours. Off to the training grounds!" With that statement he led Naruto back down the ladder.

Two Hours Later

Urahara waved Naruto goodbye as he and Yoruichi watched him stumble out of the shop, dead tired from the training session he was just put through. After the six year old was gone, the two of them simply sat there for a while. The silence was eventually broken by a deep male voice. "So what did you think?"

"Hm…Well, he definitely has potential. And drive. I was surprised to see that he already knew what he needed to put behind his strikes in order for them to be effective. He seems like a good kid. I can see why you brought him here, Yoruichi."

The cat nodded. "Yes. I met him a few months ago and kept him company. He really needed someone he could talk to. I was willing to be that someone."

Urahara tilted his head curiously. "A boy that young has problems he needed to get off his chest?"

Yoruichi nodded again. "Yes. Nothing that was his fault, as far as I could tell anyway, but things haven't been too easy for him. He is hurting and he can't do anything to stop it. He knows the reason, but not the reason behind the reason, if you know what I mean…"

Urahara hummed. "Yeah, I get it. Maybe I could join his circle of friends that he can rely on…at least until we can get back to our world…"

"Yes, I had been thinking the same thing."

Uzumaki-Namikaze Household (That Night)

Naruto had just taken a shower and was now walking through the door of his room. It was only as he was stumbling back into his house that he remembered that he never got lunch. So he dragged himself through the motions of a quick bit to eat. Only something to tide him over to dinner.

Now here he was, a couple hours later. He had dinner and a relaxing shower. The only annoying part was having to raise his arms to wash his hair properly. And then he needed to dry it off. But now, finally, here he was.

'Warm bed at last. Sleep, here I come…' Naruto collapsed into the bed and was out within seconds.

Station of Awakening

Naruto opened his eyes. He was looking into a black abyss. He was extremely confused. 'This doesn't seem to be sleep…Where am I?' That was when he looked down at the floor. He was standing back on the Station of Awakening with the door. "Damn it all…" He did not want to be doing this right now…

"Awww. We missed you too." Naruto tensed as he felt an arm wrap around his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw the familiar face of Yami. He quickly shrugged her off and stepped away.

"I just got through dealing with one pain in the ass' training. Is it already time for you to come around? I'm dead tired." Naruto said.

Yami just put on her annoying smirk. "Don't worry about it. While you are training in here, your body is resting. So you can train until you drop and still be resting! Isn't that great?" It didn't sound so great when the one saying it had that sadistic look in her eyes. "Plus, you lucked out this time."

Naruto's response was a confused look and a tilt of his head. "What do you mean?"

It was then that Hikari appeared. "She means that I will be handling your training this time." She told him with a smile. "Today we will be working on manifesting your twilight ability at will. Think of it like calling upon your chakra. Currently, it comes forth whenever your emotions run high. We are going to fix that."

Naruto nodded, but stopped when a thought occurred to him. "Wait, I have a question. It is the one I didn't get a chance to ask last time."

Hikari nodded. "Yes, I think I know what it is, but go ahead and ask it."

Naruto swallowed. "Your names are Light and Darkness. Does that mean…are you two Kingdom Hearts?" He asked them.

The two of them looked at each other silently for a few moments. They then turned to him and answered as one. "Yes and no."

This answer greatly confused Naruto. "How can you both be and not be Kingdom Hearts? Isn't it a yes or no question?"

Hikari was the one to answer him. "Remember, we referred to Kingdom Hearts as she. Not they. Furthermore, Kingdom Hearts is both light and darkness. We are two beings that are light and darkness separately. Kingdom Hearts is us, but not us. Do you know where I am going with this?" She asked him.

Naruto was silent for a few moments. "Are you trying to say that…you two are actually one being? And that being is Kingdom Hearts?" That was a weird thought. Two people becoming one?

Yami picked up the conversation at this point. "Yes, we are Kingdom Hearts when we merge. Before that, we are the parts that make her up."

"I get it…"

Hikari nodded. "Good. And now that that is out of the way, are you ready to begin?" She asked him.

Naruto exhaled a deep sigh. He really wanted to sleep. Like actually sleep. As in peaceful oblivion where his mind wasn't active. But he knew he needed to do this. "Yes, I'm ready."

"Good. Now like chakra, your power of twilight has a focal point. Can you guess where it is?"

Naruto tilted his head as he thought about it. "Is it…my heart?" That would make the most sense after all. Especially after everything that has been talked about concerning the heart.

Hikari smiled. "Yes, exactly. Your power is focused in your heart. In the past, you drew upon it subconsciously when your emotions ran high. While it is powerful when you do that, it is uncontrolled. Not only that, it is dangerous like that. You may one day accidentally harm those near you when you become extremely angry."

Naruto frowned deeply as he thought about it. 'That's true. It could really become dangerous quickly…' After another moment of thought, he spoke up. "Ok then, how would I prevent that?"

"The first thing you need to do is learn how to call it at will. Sit down in a lotus position." Hikari had taken the position as she spoke. Naruto quickly copied it.

Seeing this, Yami spoke up. "Well, while you two are doing that, I'm going to take a nap." She quickly vanished.

Not even bothering to look in the direction her counterpart was in, Hikari spoke up. "That's fine. Anyways," Naruto sweat dropped at the dismissive attitude. "You will need to close your eyes and focus. You are lucky as this is similar to calling upon your chakra. But this time, you will need to ignore that sensation and dig deeper."

Naruto nodded and did as he was told. He immediately felt the familiar sensation of his chakra, but he ignored it and tried to dig deeper than that. For the first few minutes, nothing happened. However, after a while, Naruto felt something that he had only felt a few times before. It was the same feeling that he felt when he first unlocked the power of twilight, and the same feeling that he felt a while ago on the day he unlocked his keyblade.

This time, Naruto paid close attention to how it felt. It was a mixture of feelings that were contradicting. It felt both warm while also feeling cold. Calm while feeling excited. Light while feeling heavy.

It was slightly disorienting. Shaking off this train of thought, Naruto reported back to Hikari while still focusing on the feeling. "I think I've got it."

Hikari nodded. "Good. Now try and pull it throughout your body. Again, it is a lot like chakra in this sense. Spread it as far as you can."

Naruto nodded. He tried to get as best a grip on the power as he could. When he felt as if he had an adequate one, he pulled on it. It was more challenging to manipulate than chakra. He tried to spread it out of his heart and through his body.

Unseen to Naruto, he was beginning to glow with the multicolored aura again. It had started by his heart, but it was slowly spreading throughout the rest of his chest and body. Naruto's expression soon delved into a concentrated frown as he guided it through his body. But after a minute, the glow stopped spreading. Naruto's face became more strained as time went on.

After another minute though, Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and began gasping for air. A light sweat also formed on his face. He leaned up and propped himself up with his hands. The glowing sensation had also vanished. "That is really hard!"

Hikari nodded in response to this. "Yes, it should be. It is slightly harder for you because your power is a mixture of light and dark. If it was only one, then it might be easier. But before we move on to the step where you separate them, you need to get used to bringing forth the power at will. And only practice will make this easier. Take a minute to rest. We will begin again soon. We have all night."

While this might have been meant to sound reassuring to him, Naruto could only groan.

There we go! All done with Chapter 9!

I have already stated my reasons above for adding Bleach characters. Look above for that reason. But there will be other crossovers joining soon.

Not much action going on in this one. Just a bunch of plot development.

There might be a time skip next chapter. I still have to write it all out though and see how long it turns out.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Post a review!

Until next time,

Kog6943