Naruto stared passively around the rebel base. It had been 5 months, and the raid on Yagura's compound was a week away. Both Mei and Naruto knew that Naruto could simply relinquish control of his body to Kodachi and the Sanbi would more than likely be a simple annoyance for the The Howaitobuririansu, (For those who don't remember, this is what I believe to be Japanese for White Brilliance) but more problems that Naruto was not ready for would arise. He would fully merge with Kodachi, which wasn't really a problem except Naruto would be a Phoenix with no skill in all of his abilities. And when he fully merged with Kodachi, the presence of The Howaitobuririansu would awaken all of the other Phoenixes, and Naruto would have little time to train. And then every human and anything with chakra would be utterly destroyed.
So that was the reason the rebels just waited around and trained in their hidden compound, greatly confusing Yagura's forces. Usually the rebel forces were constantly combating the loyalists, so to see them randomly stop and disappear caused massive suspicion in their forces. They were prepared for everything, though they were not ready for what was to come in the next week. After all, the loyalists had twice the forces and supplies. Surely nothing would cause the rebels to attack Yagura's compound. Right?
Meanwhile near Kusagakure, deep within the forest…
Vince Granyor growled lowly to himself as he skinned a small brown rabbit near his cave hideout. He was an S-ranked missing-nin from Kusagakure. And the funniest part? He wasn't even a native from the village, let alone the land. He actually hailed from the furthest corners of the Land of Lightning, away from Kumogakure, so far away that the village didn't even know his family existed. And for good reason. He had a fucking god sealed in him. One from a long forgotten religion. The god's name was Fenrir, Son of Loki, slayer of Odin. Eventually, Fenrir had slain every god from the religion, and every being of importance. Than he came to the elemental lands, a realm ruled by Vince's religious gods. This invasion and sudden influx of power enraged Kami, and she forcibly sealed Fenrir within humans. However, Vince was the only one to befriend the god, and therefore gained power from him.
He was drawn to Kusagakure because of the forests surrounding it, and eventually became a ninja. But, once he became S-ranked, they kicked him out. Their military couldn't contain him, and they had no reason to believe he had blind loyalty in them. So, they naturally branded him as a missing-nin. He didn't care. Every time they sent ninja to try and force him out of their forests, he merely killed them and ate them as dinner. He hunted. He had a giant fucking wolf god sealed in his gut. Of course he would gain attributes from his tenant/best friend. Suddenly, Fenrir made himself known by giving Vince a mental image of him.
He was as tall as the Hokage Mountain, flames coming out of his mouth and eyes. He had a black/gray mane, molten rocks occasionally on his body. Remnants of the chains that tied him down because the gods feared him still remained on his body. His upper claws were molten, chains covering the glowing red forearms. The same with his lower calves. Over-all, he was extremely scary. He raised himself from his all-fours position, to simply standing. "Behind you. Two high-power enemies. They will make for a great dinner… Vince, use the molten claws. If needed, unravel the chains." Fenrir told Vince, before the image disappeared.
Sasori stared at the hunched over man. He didn't seem all that dangerous. He had black hair with gray streaks, spiked up in the direction behind him. Though, the hair didn't seem to make him old. He wasn't wearing a shirt, showing off his tanned skin and rippling figure as he hunched forward. He was wearing simple dark green, ripped shorts. He looked over his shoulder, showing them his golden eyes, lean jaw, and elongated fangs. He growled, rising slowly to show them that he had been skinning a rabbit. Though, Sasori didn't know exactly what he was skinning it with.
Vince looked at the two. One hunched over idiotic puppet man, one orange haired freak with purple eyes. Both wearing black cloaks with red clouds. He grit his teeth in pain as his forearms and calves changed to match Fenrir's. His tan skin became molten looking, his fingers and toes became claws. Chains came from his shoulders and wrapped around his forearms, as well as chains from his thighs wrapping around his calves. They were golden in color. "I'm going to enjoy dinner tonight. Wood might not taste good, but whatever is inside you puppet-man oughta' taste great!" Vince yelled out at them, hunching over before launching at them on all fours.
Sasori stayed where he was, confident that Pein's Deva Path could handle the feral man. Though, it unnerved him that this Vince person knew he was hiding in his scorpion puppet. He glared at the rapidly approaching man as Pein raised his right hand slowly, before yelling out, "Shinra Tensei!" Smoke bellowed out as the gravity push hit Vince Granyor, and Sasori was slightly disappointed the man didn't show any fi- Sasori couldn't finish his thoughts as glowing claws burst from the smoke and clawed through his puppet slightly, leaving a scorched claw mark that would surely remind him of this man. How had he withstood the Almighty Push!?
Vince growled out as he continued swiping at the fast orange-haired freak. That strange technique had fucking hurt! A cry of "Bansho Ten'in" hit his enhanced ears, before he felt himself propelling towards the orange-haired freak, who was raising both hands at him. He knew what was going to happen, so he dug his claws into the ground and raced at the man, increasing his speed with the strange technique that was bringing him to the man. He knew that the two different techniques would rip him apart if used in conjunction. He had to get to the man before he called out the technique.
Pein's eyes widened in shock when he saw the man start to rush him. He knew what Pein was going to do! He tried readying his Shinra Tensei faster, but was disappointed because he felt molten claws dig into his body, forever leaving a scar on his Deva Path, Yahiko's body. Vince was becoming an annoyance, he needed to beat the wolf man into submission so that he could get this powerful wolf man into the Akatsuki. He needed a replacement for Orochimaru, well not really but he knew Vince was powerful. And his first task would be to kill Orochimaru. Surely a man that could harm Pein, would find Orochimaru a worthless challenge. Even with his regurgitation jutsu, Vince would end the snake sennin's life.
"Urrr! Why won't my dinner fucking die already!" Vince bellowed out, before the chains began to unravel on his forearms. He gripped the ends of them, before whipping them around Pein's body. His eyes widened, before he felt them wrap around his neck. Vince heaved, and Pein's Deva Path dyed. Nagato ordered all of his other paths to his Deva Path's body. Vince grinned happily when he saw five more orange-haired freaks surround the dead one. "BEST. DINNER. EVER!" Vince yelled out happily, forgetting about Sasori who studied the man from the backgrounds. The Naraka path revived the Deva Path, causing Vince to growl.
"What!? Why is my dinner still resisting even after I've killed it!?" Vince growled out angrily, before he was suddenly constricted by multiple rinnegan-eyed snakes. He growled when he realized he couldn't move. The Deva Path walked forward, nodding to the Animal Path slightly. He grabbed Vince's head, and pointed it at him. "You work for me now." He said, before Vince was released. "Follow or die." The Deva Path said simply. Vince growled, before obliging. Even Fenrir wanted to follow the guy. After all, if there were others as strong as him, then his pack would be unbeatable. "You. You are the Alpha. The Alpha of my pack. Please lead me to the other pack members." Vince said calmly, bowing slightly. The Deva path smirked, before saying. "You are now part of the Akatsuki Pack. Follow."
Konoha. The day Minato discovered that Naruto was gone.
"Wh-what?" Minato questioned his crying wife and children. His skin was pale, his eyes wide. His son was gone? How? Why? Where did he go?
"W-we found h-his he-headband b-burned and m-melted. M-mina-k-kun, we f-found h-his Hirashin S-seal ne-next to hi-his headband…" Kushina stuttered, making Minato widen his eyes. He had given his kids a Hirashin Seal when they turned 8, so that if they were ever in danger they could activate the seal and Mianto would protect them. Only his family knew how to remove the seal, so it proved that Naruto had left on his own. So it was true. His family was falling apart.
Suddenly, the seal on the Root agent's mask glowed before white flames burst out. They showed a giant bird fighting the Kyuubi, before beating the Kyuubi easily and stepping on it's body victoriously. Then, it restarted the imagery. It just kept replaying, and the flames never extinguished. Minato couldn't sense chakra in them either. What did it mean? Why was it here?
His family stared at it curiously, before Tsuni tried to put it out with a simply Water Jutsu. The water just became steam without even touching the brilliant white flames. It would become a permanent thing on Minato's desk, everyday from here on he would ponder it's meaning. For Naruto, it symbolized that he would eventually kill the Kyuubi once he was done with the other Biju of the world. And once the Kyuubi was dead, hopefully Kodachi would fully merge with him. It would be two very different things to two very similar men. And one day, they would oppose each other. Fight for their beliefs. Fight for their friends, for their families.