Prologue, part 3

Naruto's eyes widened, as if signaling his attack. The crime lord reacted immediately by forming hand signs. His hands trembled upon entering the final seal, "Suiton-" but he was struck before he could finish. A red claw slashed across his chest, leaving tears in his black t-shirt. The claw even burned his skin. Kagayaku was knocked back and splattered to the ground quickly, ending up flat on his back. He lifted his head up to see the plasma stretch even further and grow larger until it it began to slam down. Kagayaku rolled out of the way just before the ground underneath him crunched in. Dust and smoke rose up from the earth and Kagayaku turned and watching the red, bubbling claw pull back. If he can do this much damage with just two tails, he thought, eyes wide, I can't imagine what he can do with anymore. The gleaming, crimson eyes gave off a glow through the dust, as they scanned through it.

Kagayaku pulled himself up from the dirt and tore off his sweatshirt, creating more hand signs; trying to execute what he meant to do earlier. "Suiton: Suishoha (Water Release: Water Shockwave)!" he called out. The lake began shake with uncertainty. Naruto turned towards the water. A tidal wave lifted up from the water. It was gargantuan in size. The force of it shook the trees and the sands surrounding them. Naruto starred at it as it came at him. Soon enough, the tidal wave flooded the area, crushing down on the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki. Kagayaku leapt into the air and landed on the water. Some of smaller trees were uplifted from their roots while the larger trees became stuck there as they drowned. Instead of a lake, it was now a basin that was several or more acres wide. The hills were the only things keeping them in. The crime boss knew his country's terrain well. He was now on the advantage. For now.

After a short moment, the water that was standing where Naruto once was began to bubble. It soon began to steam as well. Something red and volcanic began to glow underwater, causing it to turn red. Kagayaku could tell what was coming. The basin began to shake and a whirlpool spiraled wildly, becoming larger and larger until finally, an explosion of red and black chakra dug another basin in the water. The blonde-haired Jonin's eyes were completely red as he screamed out. A red force-field encased Naruto and, inside the sphere, another tail sprouted out beside the first two. Once it was complete, he curled up into a ball, and then, upon raising his head, the force-field exploded into a chakra shockwave. As much as Kagayaku attempted to stand his ground by focusing his chakra to his feet, he couldn't, and was forcefully released, flying back meters away from the shockwave. He fell into the water and began to sink down. This was something else.

Kagayaku swam to the surface, peeping his head out from the depths of the water. He gasped for air, only to see Naruto now landing on the water on all fours. The water around him boiling. The heat of the chakra cloak covering Naruto could have hearted the entire pool of water into a hot spring. Kagayaku pulled himself out of the water and stood there with his legs out wide and heaved for breath. He kept his eyes on Naruto as the transition to his three-tailed state was complete. The red in the Jinchuriki's eyes now shrunk down to the irises and his black-lipped smile was wider and more devilishly twisted than before. After a silent pause, Naruto leaned back on his legs and Kagayaku knew he was about to attack. He was unsure what he was about to do however, Naruto clamped one red claw onto the water and began to walking back, stretching it. Kagayaku, puzzled at first, began to get the idea. He was going to launch himself. Kagayaku attempted to clamor out of the way, but it was too late. With a violent howl, the red-eyed Jinchuriki shot himself like a bullet towards the crime boss. He had no choice but to dive out of the way. Naruto was going so fast, he couldn't control his speed. He crashed into a mountain far away. The strength of the crash was tremendously strong, causing the mountain to spew lava. With smoke exiting from the mountain, the skies began to turn black and the molten rock glowed in the distance.

Kagayaku watched this catastrophe from the basin. he was lucky to survive that. For a second, he could've sworn that Naruto had broken the sound barrier. Surely, that must've been near-suicidal to do that, he thought, smiling at himself. He was strong, but a damn fool to try something so reckless. The man pulled himself out from the water and shook himself off. He was sopping wet. "Damn, and this was my good shirt too," he mumbled to himself, attempting to wring out his black t-shirt. Just then, he heard a blood-curdling scream from the peak of the mountain. Kagayaku looked out and smirked, he must be cooking himself in that volcano he made. Serves him right.

However, in that instant, a red, plasma claw stretched out in a flash and wrapped itself around the crime lord, squeezing him to death. "KAGAYAKU!!!" A scream came out from the peak again. Naruto was alive. In a strange twist of fate, Kagayaku was pulled away from the basin at lightning speed. In a split-second he could see Naruto's face. It seemed as if everything was in slow-motion. The blonde-haired Jonin brought his bubbling fist back and rammed it into Kagayaku's stomach. Everything began to shake wildly. The crime lord's vision began to funnel outward. Next thing he knew, he went flying down toward the basin and rushed into the water with a sharp crack. In that same moment, a geyser of lava launched up from the depths of the basin. Naruto roared out to the world from the top of the makeshift volcano. He had done it. The Rain-nin was dead.

Suddenly, several ropes of water spiraled around the geyser of lava and cooled it into rock. There was more than enough water to do this. In fact, there was so much, that upon becoming rock, the water eroded it down into into a brown mush. Water spilled from the sky and it began to rain with the excess water used. Naruto slowly peered down toward the basin to examine what had stopped the flow of lava. "Suiton: Sutensui no Jutsu (Water Release: Acid Rain-Water Technique)!" could be heard. Naruto's crimson eyes widened and he looked up at the smoked sky. A drop of rain burned his nose, which healed instantly. Soon enough, acidic rain began falling from the black sky at an alarming rate. There was so much pouring down on the Jinchuriki. The Kyuubi's cloak couldn't heal it all fast enough. he felt a burning sensation that he had never felt before. He skin began to bubble and burn away into the red cloak which encased his body. He breathed in and howled up at the sky. A massive shockwave erupted from the sound. The rain shifted its direction completely away from him. It was a greenish-brown.

"Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)!" the lake called out. A tunnel of water rose up from the murky depths and sheltered the one whom had been thought dead by such a force. The tunnel proceeded forward, then shot like an arrow straight for the blonde-haired Jinchuriki. Naruto purely crouched down on all fours, ready for any such attack. The water arrow reached him, then suddenly dispersed. Kagayaku appeared, with Naruto too shocked to reacted; water from the acidic rain collected around the crime lord's arm in that instant, but spiraled around it so it wouldn't burn him. Because of this collection, the rain stopped falling and resembled a long, spinning top. Kagayaku brought back the acid spear and, surprisingly, performed and uppercut, sending Naruto into the sky. "Suiton: Suhana Tensuijin (Water Release: Acid Flower Rain-Water Spike)!" A loud sizzle was born as this was done. A burning streak could be seen through the center of the blonde's face. Kagayaku hunched down and then suddenly appeared in front of him. Naruto tilted his head forward at him. This man was a poltergeist.

"It's time you went to sleep, Jinchuriki!" Naruto's body shook in fear. he turned around and saw an evil shadow of himself as he was. A fourth tail grew from the shadow and mutated into the demonic Kyuubi form in which he had become years ago. The miniature Kyuubi wrapped its terrifying claws around the fearful ninja. He attempted to let go, but the Kyuubi began to meld with him. This didn't feel right. It wasn't real. It was genjutsu, but it was already too late for him. He couldn't think. Naruto screamed in terror. Kagayaku took this opportunity to strike. He grabbed the confused Jonin's collar. He spun around once to get some momentum and then launched the boy down toward the basin below. Hand signs formed once again. "Suiton: Daibakure no Jutsu (Water Release: Great Whirlpool Technique)!" The once calm lake now flushed downward into the form of a massive torrent of rushing water. The water bubbled from below. Naruto didn't realize he was drowning. Naruto couldn't realize he was drowning. The genjutsu had already taken its toll on him and there was no escape.

Darkness began to veil his sight. he was out cold. What... happened? Why am I here? he thought. He found himself in front of the gate. That same fateful gate. The seal that bonded it together had a few tears in it already. Naruto had gone progressed pretty far in his transformations. Especially after his victory over Pain. It was his victory however, as it was instead the Kyuubi's. During that fight, he was forced to go beyond his own limit... and it cost him.

You have a debt to pay, young kit...

Naruto starred up at the gates. He knew of this debt. He knew of it very well. he couldn't believe this, but in order to survive, he would be forced. He had no choice, "Very well," he replied, and looked up with crimson eyes, "do your worst." A deep laughter could be heard. It was a growl, indeed. This fight would not have a happy ending.

Kagayaku looked down into the murky, poisonous depths. There's no way he'd be able to survive that, he thought to himself and smirked as he turned on heel and began to walk off however, before a vicious growl stopped him in his tracks. He sighed and slowly turned his view around behind him, "You just don't quit... do you?" he asked rhetorically. White, circular eyes peered out at their enemy. His dark-red chakra fur prickled. He own breath was poison to him. His jaw cracked several times before a smile curled from ear to ear. He sat on all fours. The water underneath him sizzled and bubbled. Five tails flickered back and forth. It was a scary sight. Kagayaku didn't care. "If you want to kill me so much, why won't you just get on with it?" he mocked. This wasn't a good idea. The five-tailed, fox-like abomination leapt at the crime lord. Before he knew what hit him, he was down in the water with the beast on top of him. It grabbed his shoulder and attempted to devour his face. It wanted blood. Kagayaku grabbed it by its jaws, but it was far too strong for him. He struggled with all of his might. He let go and grabbed the beast by the neck and positioned his hand to mimic a blade. He swung it across the neck of the evil before him and cleanly sliced its head off-- only to grow a new one in its place. Kagayaku made a disgusted face, "What are you?" he asked before his head was inside the mini-Kyuubi's mouth.