A/N: Yo! Back once again with another chapter!

Just a little heads up, in this chapter I'm gonna be using my own version of the 'Ancient Bijuu wars' twisted for the story. It is Japanese/Chinese mythology and can be looked up but my twist is not what it is, so it's not as heavy a spoiler.

For those of you who like mythology, I suggest searching that story, though if you like Naruto better its best to leave it alone.

For the reviewers The bottom A/N is kinda important for me when your reviewing this time. Please read it if possible.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! And I guess oriental mythology neither!


Locked in a deadly standstill, Itachi and Shisui blurred in and out of existence to the eyes of an amateur shinobi. All Sasuke and Tsukiko could do was listen to the clanging of metal sound through the Uchiha compound, even though already mentally registering that they had a 'new' form of Sharingan they could not keep up.

'Damn! Even with these eyes I can't see any of their movements!' thought Sasuke, to his surprise, Tsukiko responded. "Yeah, this is irritating…this no good doujutsu!"

Mouth slightly agape, Sasuke nudged his sister to get her attention. Tsukiko turned to face him a bit irritated till she saw his surprised face, lifting her brow in question she 'heard' his voice again, 'You can read my mind?'

Tsukiko's mouth fell open at what just happened, they could now read each other's mind. 'If we can read each other's minds do you think Itachi-niisan can?' thought Sasuke, 'Since that's settled, here's the plan…' came the familiar voice of their older brother, answering Sasuke's assumption.


"You really are a fucking freak aren't you Itachi!" growled out a now irritated Shisui while chasing the retreating form of Itachi, "You were always the prodigy, the genius! Now you insult me again by not only unlocking the pinnacle of the Uchiha's Sharingan, Mangekyo, but it's a form not in the ancient scroll!"

Itachi stayed focus on the fight at hand, not being swayed by his opponent's fury. All of a sudden Itachi stopped retreating from his opponent and lock his Ninjato with Shisui's. Both shinobi's now in a standstill, once again trying to overpower the other, "Tch…Itachi we tried this before, the result will be the same!" shouted out Shisui.

While the fighters gripped their Ninjato's with both hands, Itachi smirked, "Still arrogant huh? You and this clan are fucking pathet-" before he could finish his sentence, Shisui heard the crackling of fire.

Turning his head in time to see, 'Goukakyuu no jutsu? And Housenka no jutsu…' thought Shisui, preparing to jump back in retreat from the two oncoming attacks till something behind grabbed him in a bear hug. Glancing back, wide eyed at the person holding him, "Itachi? No…Kage Bunshin…" looking forward again to see the retreating form of a smirking Itachi, Shisui silently chuckled to himself, 'Guess its time to end this.'

Sasuke and Tsukiko stood by the side of their fallen friend, watching intently as their two attacks headed towards its target. Itachi was now standing on the other side of the attacks waited for the moment their attacks met before shouting, "Bunshin Daibakuha!"

At that moment the three attacks exploded, causing a tornado of fire to rip through a small portion of the street they were fighting in. The heat from the three attacks was so intense it forced all three siblings to use their forearms to protect their eyes from a scorching pain.

The flames died down seconds after the initial attack, Sasuke and Tsukiko deactivated their Sharingan's after noticing that nothing but flames were left in the rubble, their bodies exhausted from the level of chakra they used for their techniques and to keep their doujutsu active.

Itachi took a deep breathe of relief after seeing that their attacks seemed to have worked, even if it were a bit overkill, it did the job, he himself saw charred remains of something in the middle of the flames.

Deactivating his form of Mangekyo Sharingan and closing his eyes in relief, Itachi felt a cold chill go down his spine, a stinging pain ran through both his shoulders, making both his arms fall limply to his sides, dropping his Ninjato, "Do you think an attack like that…can take my life…Itachi…kun?" came the whispered voice of Shisui behind Itachi.

Itachi's eyes were wide with surprise and his mouth gritted in agony. He than felt a sharp pain run through both his legs, making his body fall to the ground, unable to move. "I've worked hard to get to this level, I've even killed countless shinobi Itachi…even my own parents." said the once again emotionless Shisui.

Itachi struggled to get up but his limbs failed to move, Shisui got a sick amusement out of this and explained, "Don't even try Itachi-kun, I've stabbed through both your shoulders tendons and cut through both you legs hamstrings." chuckling slightly at the end of his proclamation.

"And now Itachi-kun…I'll let you see your family one last time…before I send you to the afterlife." said Shisui while walking to Itachi's side. Once reaching his position Shisui delivered a skillful right kick to Itachi's abdomen lifting him up in the air, leaving Itachi's body parallel to the ground. Curling the leg he used to kick Itachi, Shisui pivoted on his left foot and delivered a quick right side kick to Itachi's chest area, sending him over the flames to his siblings, blood pouring out from his mouth.

An evil smirk shown on his features as he made his way across the sea of flames to his target, taking his time, Shisui whispered, "After all Itachi, I want them to see you one last time before they die as well. Fu fu fu…"


Sasuke and Tsukiko were surprised to see something flying out of the fire, rolling on the ground frantically. Their eyes widened when the figure stopped and it began to cough up blood before saying, "Sasu-ke, Tsu-kiko…ru-n pl-ease!"

Despite what their older brother said, they ran to his side, glanced over his bloodied form, and tried not to lose their minds to despair, "Itachi…what happened?! The plan…it worked right?!" asked a frantic Sasuke.

Tsukiko sat there crying, unable to keep her emotions in check. Itachi tried to lift his arm to comfort her but couldn't, resulting in a gasp of pain, scaring both Sasuke and Tsukiko.

Itachi couldn't do anything now, he couldn't move his limbs and it hurt too much to talk, but at that moment his eyes widened, though it was faint, faint enough for Sasuke and Tsukiko to miss it even though they were right next to it, it was unmistakable, it was 'His' chakra.

Itachi watched the form of Naruto slowly get up, finally getting to his knee's, Naruto tore away the top portion of the kamishimo, leaving strands of thread to hang idle over his orange obi. Itachi was shocked when Naruto finally stood, he no longer looked like the eight year old boy he ate dinner with today, his revealed torso was lean, muscles over his whole form, and he now stood to what Itachi approximated, 166cm. (A/N: that's 5' 6", Naruto's time skip height)

Naruto lifted his hand and inspected it before clenching it, releasing a huge but controlled amount of chakra. The burst itself was so powerful that the bottom of Naruto's hakama shredded. "So…that's all I have left…eh…?" Naruto said in a deep raspy voice.

The gust of wind that the burst of energy created caught the attention of the other two siblings, Sasuke and Tsukiko both had to shield their faces from the picked up dirt and lean into the wind so not to fall backwards. When the dust cleared and the form in front of them appeared, staring straight at the siblings, Tsukiko asked, "Naru-…kun?"

Deep inside her, she knew it was Naruto…but his outward appearance was no longer that of Naruto, he stood tall and fit like Itachi, his hair no longer golden blonde but a blood red color, his deep azure blue eyes now stained crimson, his teeth now fangs, and his hands now claw-like. She wanted it to be him, but not like this.

Naruto stood there, watching the forms of the people in front of him, he did not answer the girl's question, and he just looked at them as if asking their souls a question. Before turning to face the fire, his face showed one emotion…worry. Without another word the three Uchiha siblings watched the form of Naruto disappear into the sea of flames.


In the blazing fire stood two figures, one cloaked in darkness and the other soaked in blood. The figure in the cloak inspected this new comer, his face was downcast, his blood red hair hiding his eyes. His face itself showed no emotion, as if dead to the world.

"To think, I would have to fight something like you…you look worse for wear than the other I have already taken care of. And to think that the leader gave me, Shunshin no Shisui, jobs like this. Mere child's play." sneered Shisui towards his new enemy.

The flames danced around the two opponents but Shisui's Sharingan eyes remained dull, the look of a lost soul. As soon as Shisui finished his sentence the other man smiled, his smile reaching to his ears, showing his fangs. As he slowly raised his head back and tilted it slightly to the right, revealing crimson feral-like eyes, the man said, "Shunshin no Shisui…eh?"

In a blink of an eye the bloodied man appeared in front of Shisui, claw reared back ready to cleave through Shisui's body. As if reflex, Shisui brought his blade down upon the man, "Bunshin?"

In that instant it seemed as if time slowed down for Shisui, the flames weaved through the night wind, his ears picking up the fluttering of fabric, Shisui looked up to see the man in the air, knee's tuck in towards his body and both hands reared back to strike, and an ecstatic look on his face with the flames dancing in his eyes, showing his bloodlust.

'Pathetic,' thought Shisui, 'he set himself up, I'll just cleave right throu-' before Shisui could finish his thought he felt a stinging sensation rip down both sides of his torso. Glancing down to see the man now below him, "Bunshin…in the air?" said Shisui, earning him an even bigger smile from the man before poofing into smoke.

Shisui's eyes widened at this and thought, 'Kage Bunsh-' but again, before he could finish his thought, a second pair of claws ripped through his torso in an X-shaped pattern, shrouding the scene with blood and flames. The man landed in a crouching position before Shisui could register the pain.

Shisui gritted his teeth, he jumped back to retreat from this man, 'What the fuck!' thought Shisui, staggering from his wounds, his sight going blurry from the pain he was feeling, 'It's like these wounds are burning through me! What the fuck is that guy?!'

Unable to withstand the searing pain anymore, Shisui began to collapse, but before he reaches the ground, four others wearing the same cloaks as him appeared, one with a large sword on his back supported the unconscious Shisui.

One did not have his hat on revealing a very pale complexion, pitch black hair, and yellow feral-like eyes resembling that of the man standing amidst the fire. "Ku ku ku…to think…what a fitting scene to re-introduce the God of Fire himself…Kyuubi no Youko!"

"Orochi!" growled out Kyuubi, a maniacal smile graced his face, as a pulse of chakra so strong it put the flames surrounding him out.

The other members of the group raised their heads to this, obviously startled by the news that this person in front of them wasn't referred to as the Jinchuuriki, but as Kyuubi himself.

"Arashi is almost here." spoke the plant-like member in a computer-like voice, the one with the sword threw Shisui towards the plant man while both men performed hand seals.

"Hiru Banshou: Boka no Jutsu!" spoke the plant man in a normal voice, melding with the ground itself before disappearing from sight altogether.

"Kirigakure no Jutsu!" the man with the large sword said before the whole area became enshrouded in mist.

"Ku ku ku," the voice of Orochi sounded all around Kyuubi, "We will meet again Kyuubi-ousama…and next time…it'll be my victory!"

Kyuubi just cast his gaze down, a small but sad smile reached his lips, but the sound of running took him out of his trance. The mist cleared and behind him stood hundreds of ninja being lead their Hokage, Arashi, followed by the clan heads. In front of this miniature army were the three forms of the Uchiha siblings, mouths agape at what they witnessed through the fire with their Sharingans.

Tsunade had already taken action on Itachi while her apprentice Shizune, inspected the other two. After a moment passed, Kyuubi noticed that Shizune had moved to help her master in healing Itachi. Before anyone could say anything, a kunai flew through the air and lodged itself into the left shoulder of the Kyuubi, Arashi glared back at the ninja who could have thrown it and than returned his attention to, "Naruto…?"

"No, ninth immortal…" Kyuubi said before gripping the kunai in his right hand, and without flinching in pain, removed it viciously, blood from the wound shot out with the blade, flooding down the left side of his body. "Your people refer to me as Kyuubi."

Before anyone could think Kyuubi put his right hand in a ram sign and whispered, "Shinsei Kagemane no Jutsu." And in that instant everyone present froze in their tracks. "Slug woman!" shouted the Kyuubi, Tsunade turned her head to face him, "I will release this Jutsu on you and your apprentice if you tend to that young ones wounds." With a nod from Tsunade, he released both her and Shizune to begin the medical procedure.

After releasing the two women and watching them heal the young man, Kyuubi flopped onto the ground, legs crossed and leaned forward to the large group of shinobi, dark blue chakra began to mist out from the wound inflicted by the kunai, healing the cut immediately. "I'll make you this deal…ninth immortal, you answer my one question and I'll answer any of yours," a small smirk gracing Kyuubi's face, "If my time allows it."

Arashi sharpened his eyes at the smirking form of Kyuubi before nodding in agreement. "It has been bothering me for some time now…these eyes of mine, give me infinite vision," Kyuubi paused for a bit and furrowed his brow in frustration, "but they won't let me see into your past…or future ninth immortal…tell me, your true name."

Arashi's eyes widen, he heard this before, and though the circumstances are different, this is what his father had warned him of before.

'Son, there will be a time when a member of the Kazama family will be confronted by a god, one in human form, and that god will ask but one thing, "What is our true name". That is the prophecy of long ago, passed down by word for fear of losing it through scroll, when that time comes my son, you or your kin will say but this one word…'

"Shinzou" Arashi said, loud enough for everyone to hear. Kyuubi smirked at the reaction that came from Fugaku, the surprise on his face was unmistakable in Kyuubi's eyes while thinking, 'So he is the other…eh…'

After relishing in his thoughts for a second, Kyuubi began to laugh hysterically. Finally calming down, Kyuubi looked at Arashi before saying, "A Shinzou! To be defeated by one of you, it must be fate after all! No wonder my eyes could not see into you or your sons past or future, and now it makes sense, why you both are such goodie-two shoes!" laughed out Kyuubi before noticing the confused look on Arashi's face.

"Shinzou…do not tell me you know not of your own name?" questioned Kyuubi. Arashi merely felt sweat drop from his brow, a worried look was on his face before saying, "Actually…yeah…the history of the Shinzou was burned a century ago…all that was recovered were some scrolls on sealing jutsu and training…"

Kyuubi's eyes just went wide at this news, this man that sealed him only knew of his name and not of his own history. Kyuubi let out a small sigh, "Listen well Shinzou, I will explain the beginning of what is referred to as the 'Ancient War'."

Kyuubi stared at Arashi as if waiting for a retort, but none came. Kyuubi merely sighed at the lack of defiance in Arashi as well as his followers, they all looked like they wanted to know this. With this in mind, Kyuubi began his tale of the past.

"In the beginning, when this world was created, the gods of the celestial realm created eight 'Demons' as you call them, to watch over the balance. Those were the bijuu, eight gods of the earth, these eight gods reigned over the elements giving them immense power."

"Shukaku of the wind, Nekomata of the darkness, Isonade of the water, Sokou of the poison, Houkou of the Illusion, Raijuu of the lightning, Kaku of the earth, and…Yamata no Orochi, the Devil. Though competent at first, the eight gods reigned over this realm as they were intended to…but that is where the first mistake of the gods took place, the gods did not include the element of fire, fearing what fire represents…destruction."

Kyuubi noticed all the confused stares but dismissed them and continued, "The gods did not foresee that their own creations could be corrupted by power, the reason for their corruption was because of the lack of a complete Yin-Yang circle. Without a god presiding over fire, the bijuu became ignorant of their own strength, they lost themselves to it, and eventually…the weaker gods became animalistic."

"This led to the gods forsaking their own assumptions and creating another bijuu, one with the power over fire, myself, with the strength to quell the other eight bijuu. They first gave me unparalleled power, second they gave me their own eyes, ones capable of infinite vision, and lastly my celestial seal of fire, they made it so it exudes an infinite amount of battle chakra."

"To ensure that I would not lose control of myself as well, the gods entrusted the care of the bijuu's to two clans of the mortal realm, the Yagami's," at this revelation, Kyuubi noticed Uchiha Fugaku's eyes widen at the name, and the smirk grew on his face. "and the Shinzou."

"Both clans were blessed by the gods, bestowing them…certain abilities, the Yagami earned those eyes of yours," Kyuubi moved his head towards the Uchiha siblings who were listening intently, "the blue tomoe eyes…the eyes of purity that had unmatched perception in the mortal realm and the ability to converse with each others minds, those three children have those eyes.", Kyuubi than pointed to the Uchiha siblings.

Fugaku gawked at his kids, his three children were able to unlock a Sharingan thought lost, "Judging from your expression Yagami, you have scrolls referring to their eyes?" at this, Kyuubi was answered with a nod from Fugaku, "The Yagami were the Yin clan, the ones of the dark."

Noticing that his clan was referred to as the 'dark' side of the balance circle, Fugaku asked, "Yin…as in evil?" to this, Kyuubi got a small amount of amusement out of his question, getting confused expressions from the Uchiha and Arashi.

"No, when I refer to the ones blessed by the gods, I do not mean as in good or evil, I mean as in dark and light, Yin, or the dark, feminine, passive, down-seeking aspect and Yang, the light, masculine, active, up-seeking reference." Getting a nod from both Fugaku and Arashi, Kyuubi continued his explanation.

"The Yang clan, the Shinzou, were blessed with attributes not as outstanding to you mortals but is held dear by us gods, first was a mind able to comprehend infinite amounts of knowledge, they took to learning things much quicker than a normal human would ever be able to, and the second was their hearts, truly deserving of the name, god touched, they were unable to lose themselves to darkness, the one attribute that put the Shinzou closer to the gods than the Yagami."

"These two clans were to complement each other, like the reference to Yin-Yang, they were to be the light and dark for this world and control the entities within its dimensions. Both clans were also given the ability to ascend over these eyes of mine, not allowing me to see what their past or future holds, so if I were to be…corrupted, I wouldn't be able to overcome them."

"Two thousand years ago today was the start of the downfall of the gods themselves," to this everyone listened carefully, 'Downfall…of the gods…' thought Arashi. "The bijuu, after the completion of the Yin-Yang circle for the elements, calmed…than I succumbed to my own power, being blinded by my own strength I waged a fruitless war against my four other brethren, the possessor's of the master elements, wind, water, earth, and lightning."

"Though you humans judge our powers by the amount of tails we have, that is highly an overstatement, the ones with the master elements reigned over all else. For example, Yamata no Orochi had eight tails and was the length of eight mountains but before his…amplification, he was no stronger than you mortals."

To this proclamation, everyone was flabbergasted, a miscalculation in power…and Kyuubi was giving them all the information to fight against these 'gods' as if it were something he had to do.

"My fight against my brethren was short lived, the gods felt ashamed of their doing and to atone to the people of this realm the eight deities offered their own bodies, their own power in order to seal forever, the five master element bijuu's, and to stop the meaningless war we were waging."

"The gods split their powers among five 'tools of power' to seal us away for all eternity and presented these tools to eight mortals now recognized as the eight immortals, and to think I would be standing here in front of the descendants of two of those immortals today…Nara of the Shukaku and Sarutobi of the Raijuu."

Kyuubi got a smirk out of the small amount of pride that shown on both those humans faces, "These eight immortals fought us five bijuu's and sealed us, their battle skills were that of the gods themselves, the only mortals in two millennia…to fight like you…ninth immortal."

"By sealing us, the gods gave their lives to end this cycle of pain, the remaining bijuu were of no consequence, the people of your world learned the way of the spirits and were able to use what you now refer to as chakra and manipulate the elements to your own will," Kyuubi chuckled a little at this, "That is…within those silly hand seals you use."

"Than why are you as well as the other master element bijuu roaming the lands once again? I would think that the powers of the eight gods would be strong enough to seal you away for all eternity." asked the always lazy Shikaku.

"You Nara's…always asking…'troublesome' questions." said Kyuubi, getting a flinch out of Shikaku. "Their power was indeed enough to hold us for all eternity in a sleep-like state. What awoke me from that seal is what awoke me from my current prison." this statement getting a raise of the eyebrow from Arashi.

"One thousand years ago today, a blood pact between a devil and the Yagami took place. A pact from hell itself," "Wait, Kyuubi, are you insinuating that the Yagami's made a pact with evil?" interrupted Fugaku, his children and the rest of the Uchiha family members present were stunned at this news.

"Yes, a Devil, Yamata no Orochi was a cunning bijuu, eight heads and eight tails connected to one body, each head with a symbol, Soul, Ghost, Evil, Devil, Monstrous, Kill, The Afterworld, and Death. He took advantage of your clan's weakness and used it to further his own ambitions."

"What do you mean that he 'took advantage of our weakness' Kyuubi." The disrespect rolling off Fugaku's tongue as if it were natural, Kyuubi merely laughed it off.

"You Yagami's were once prideful of those eyes of yours, saying that you were closer to being gods than the Shinzou, but through the years your clan watched as the Shinzou became stronger than yours could ever become with your eyes alone, thus resulting in your eventual pact." said Kyuubi, with an evil smirk.

"And this pact…what did it consist of?" asked Itachi, curiosity overflowing in his features, surprising not only his father but his siblings as well as Arashi.

Kyuubi smiled at this young man before continuing, "The pact was simple, your family does two things for this devil and in exchange he would give you the power to overcome the Shinzou. The first part of the deal was that your family steals a holy weapon, one bestowed by the gods themselves to the Kusanagi Clan, the Kusanagi no Tsurugi."

"Your clan succeeded in retrieving the weapon as well as erasing the Kusanagi clan off this earth, upon offering the sword to Orochi, the hebi bestowed a new, more malevolent power upon your eyes, letting you further evolve them." "Mangekyo…" whispered Itachi, loud enough for Kyuubi to hear.

"So that is what it is called…Mangekyo. Even though your blood was cursed by the hebi's symbol, you retained the blessing of the gods, but so did Orochi, from that moment on, I could no longer see into that hebi's life."

"After receiving the gift from Orochi, your clan ignorantly gave that hebi the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, upon ingesting it he amplified his strength and let off a dark power so immense, it awoke the five master element bijuu's from our seals and the Ancient war began."

"What was the second part of the deal Kyuubi?" asked Sasuke a little unnerved by the news he was hearing, Tsukiko just sat there, worry on her face and looking deeply into the crimson eyes of 'Naruto'.

"The second part of the deal was that in one thousand years…an heir to the Yagami clan would arise…no, a genius would be better to put it. You three children are the fruits of his plan and when he finds the 'genius'…he will devour their soul to achieve an even greater power than back than."

All the people present looked at the three children with worry on their faces, Kyuubi on the other hand just smiled warmly at the Uchiha girl, causing her to divert her gaze from his eyes.

"The ancient war was fought among the eight bijuu's, I exempt myself from directly confronting them, mainly because the seal I was placed in was different than the others, it was stronger, ultimately making me lose power over the element of fire altogether. I needed time to recuperate and mend my seal but that would not happen till just recently…while sealed in this body."

"While resting, though I encountered many attempts on my life, first were Nekomata and Houkou, it was…disappointing to say the least." Kyuubi frowned a little at this, "Next was Raijuu which proved a little fun though he ran like the other two. But my most challenging opponent was none other than the new Orochi, his power rivaled my own with the Kusanagi, after the hebi was able to defeat the rest of the bijuu, he came after my life."

"Though it was quite the fun battle, it did end after one hundred years." "One hundred years!" half shouted Arashi after hearing this, Kyuubi merely laughed at how easy going this man seemed to be.

"Though his new power rivaled my own…his was not infinite, thus after one hundred years, that hebi reached his limit and I finished him off, cracking the Kusanagi in half with my nine tails and than destroying his tangible body and placing his seal into a baby to prevent his full return. Though I did not see my own re-sealing, I was confident that I could have stopped his return. That is the end of this tale of gods and your families, Yagami, Shinzou, I have limited time left. If you have anything to ask me, do it now." said Kyuubi in a serious tone.

"Than I have a few questions Kyuubi," said Arashi, getting Kyuubi to look at the man intently, "first, this technique…it's a Nara jutsu but you don't use your own shadow…?"

Looking at Arashi like he was an idiot, Kyuubi pointed to his eyes and answered, "In-fin-ite vision…I can see into the past and future of anyone other than those touched by the gods Shinzou, now stop wasting my time!"

To this, Arashi looked quite embarrassed but continued with his questions, "Ok, ok, than why is it you seem to be acting like this? I mean, from what legends say, they refer to you as a bloodthirsty demon." this statement getting a chuckle out of the Kyuubi.

"I have a certain amount of honor Shinzou, I was once created to be a balance keeper after all, and do not falter in your information, my ways of keeping the balance was quite…unorthodox if you'd like to say that." laughing loudly at his proclamation, making Arashi sweat a little at his straightforwardness.

"How do you know so much of the Yagami and the Shinzou if you couldn't see into their lives? It doesn't really make sense." asked Arashi.

"The knowledge of your abilities and what not was given to me before the death of the gods. How I knew about the pact the Yagami's had made…it was an incident before the hebi got the favor of the god touched."

Arashi nodded in understanding before furrowing his brow in anger, his eyes sharp, and his fist clenched, "This is my last question Kyuubi…tell me why…why did you attack Konoha eight years ago?!"

Kyuubi furrowed his own brow at this question before answering, "You were not able to feel it?" asked Kyuubi, getting a confused looked through Arashi's anger, "I came to Konoha for one reason and one reason alone. There was a power that was darker than that hebi's and stronger than my own, he was like you Shinzou, I could not see into his life but even though his power was dark, it was strange…"

A worried look was on the face of Kyuubi, "Though the power was dark…it felt like…nothingness…"

Taking this information in but the anger still apparent on his face, Arashi shouted, "Than why did you kill so many people! So many died because of you…even my lover!" this statement got the attention of everyone present, but the Kyuubi remained expressionless.

"You are referring to that Uzumaki woman correct?" receiving a nod from Arashi, Kyuubi continued, "In my eyes, she was fated to die that night, though it was surprising that she lived longer than she was supposed to…"

Arashi lost his angry expression and became curious, "What do you mean?" "Simple, something changed her fate, she was supposed to die after giving birth but she lived, which in turn saved your own life if I am correct. After that event, many of the paths the future was supposed to take changed, I cant really explain it, but this is not what is supposed to be happening, Shinzou."

Before anyone could ask anymore questions, Kyuubi looked directly at Arashi with a stern look, "Shinzou, this seal is killing me as we speak, though a god, I have two chakra types, the potent tangible chakra that anchors my soul to this plane, and the battle chakra that my fire seal exudes. Your seal has already taken and converted my tangible chakra as well as stored it in the seal itself."

Getting looks of relief from the people standing in front of him, Kyuubi sighed, "Though my tangible chakra is much stronger than the battle chakra itself, you should make sure that your kin never uses it until he becomes one with his soul, if he loses himself to the power, he to will become like the bijuu of the past."

Arashi just stayed there studying the face of the Kyuubi, not finding any deceit in his features, "Thusly, he is also still mortal, till he matures he should not tap to deep into his battle chakra until he fully matures, the other chakra will help his mothers Kekkei Genkai in healing but also should be used sparsely."

"How can I tell which chakra is which Kyuubi?" asked Arashi. Kyuubi just put both his hands up, in his left, a dark blue flame engulfed it while in his right, a small dark blue flame sprouted out from his index finger, emitting a small blue mist.

"My left is the form of the battle chakra, the right is the form of my tangible chakra that can help heal, as you can see it will smoke slightly when used, thus it is much more potent than the battle chakra, making it more powerful in battle, but like I said, he should not use this power till his body and soul become one." said Kyuubi before retracting the chakras and looking at the sky with a little regret on his face.

"This information I have given you Shinzou, Yagami, is important, the future is obscured by something. I will be giving this child one last gift before I leave this realm." Kyuubi looked at the group and pointed at his eyes, the crimson receded but the feral slant stayed, "I will seal the crimson part, the part of the eye which allows infinite vision, until he is able to use my tangible chakra, but this part will give him perception on par with the Yagami's. The only thing that it cannot do is copy."

"Why give us a gift Kyuubi? Why give us more power?" asked Arashi, his tone sounding unbelieving that this was without a cost. "This is all I can do for the next being to keep the balance of the world, I suggest Shinzou, that you start training him, his life will not be easy, but he must be able to stop that power I felt eight years ago."

Kyuubi looked at Tsukiko and made a small smile before the modified body he was in began to recede to its original form, the slant within the eye turned back into a normal pupil. Kyuubi felt his soul leaving the seal and he stared the death god in the face with one last memory running through his mind.


A figure stood in front of Kyuubi, its face obscured by a bright light but the clothes it wore were elegant and pure white, a feminine voice that was beautiful spoke, "Kyuubi-kun, be wary, the Shinzou and Yagami should never conceive a child through power. That child will be the end of the world that we try to protect. Though if that child is conceived through love, it may have the power to save the world, the true test of humanity, can two clans with two halves of the ultimate power, find love past the temptation of it? You will be the judge of it Kyuubi-kun, you will watch over them, even in death."


'Even in death…eh…Okaa-san.' thought Kyuubi before succumbing to the pull of the death god.

Arashi as well as the rest of the people present watched as the body began to reshape to that of Naruto, Tsukiko screamed out his name as Arashi sped to his son's side, catching him before he could hit the ground.

Arashi was deaf to the shouts of some the shinobi there, though he was sure they were asking for his sons death, he just hugged Naruto closer to him before feeling a slight nudge, "Otou-san…I can't protect anyone, I can't protect myself." whispered out Naruto before falling unconscious.

Arashi cradled his son in his arms as Tsunade and Shizune ran over to him to inspect Naruto's well-being. Arashi was angered at what the some of the people were shouting, but to his surprise, everyone was hushed by the voice of Fugaku.

"If you say one more disrespectful thing to this child, I myself will fight you in his stead! A monster? A demon? Your ignorance surprises even me! The Kyuubi has already said that the seal was killing him, yet you let your fear cloud your judgment!" pausing for a moment, his Sharingan eyes flaring and taking a stance, "If you wish to harm Konoha's Hero, than you will have to go through me!"

"Heh…your were always a good guy despite what we heard, eh? Mister police-taichou." said Jiraiya, accompanying the side of Fugaku.

"Keh…to think I would be taking the side of this pervert! There's always a first for something eh? Sarutobi-sensei." said Tsunade, stepping next to Jiraiya with Sarutobi following while smoking from his pipe.

"Oi, oi, Tsunade-hime…what about Naruto?" asked Jiraiya. Tsunade merely waved him off, "He's fine, exhausted but nothing a few days of rest wont fix." earning her a small smile from the ones that believed in Naruto.

After a few more minutes, more and more people began to join the side of Fugaku, defending Naruto till no one was left on the opposing side. Arashi smiled slightly at this, thinking, 'Yagami and Shinzou…huh…Yin and Yang…'


"Naruto, Naruto, Naruto!" shouted a voice, scaring Naruto out from his sleep. Eyes still groggy, Naruto couldn't make out who was yelling at him in the darkness that was, till his eyes began to focus and he saw his fathers face, but not the normal smiling face he usually saw. A stern, serious expression on his fathers face made Naruto know something important was going to be said.

"Son…I am going to take you on a journey, it will be hard, its to make you stronger but you wont be back for a long time, you wont be able to see your friends till this journey is done…son." said Arashi.

Naruto looked at his father, studied his features, "Will this…make me strong enough to protect them? Strong enough to make sure they don't need to worry about me anymore?" asked Naruto, his voice taking a sadder tone.

'He must be thinking about what happened three days ago.' thought Arashi before saying, "If you're willing, I'll train you as long as it takes till your strong enough son. That is, if it doesn't hurt you to leave your friends behind for a little while…"

Getting a nod from his son in confirmation Arashi finished, "Good! Its three in the morning, I want to leave as quickly as possible, I've already prepared your pack son, so lets get going." But before Arashi could do anything, Naruto asked.

"Otou-san…did you send those letters to everyone?" Arashi smiled and nodded in confirmation at his son's question, "Yup right now the letters are just waiting to get picked up."

Naruto smiled back at his father, got out of bed, and walked to his dresser, on top of it there were two items, one was a light blue scarf just a bit shorter than the orange obi he wore and the other was an ornate violet ring. Naruto took both items in his hands while remembering how he got them.


In Naruto's room were all of his friends, old and new, paying him a visit after what their parents had told them had happened the night before.

After the questions were asked, Tsukiko stepped forward, "Naruto…" her face becoming faintly flushed before offering Naruto a light blue fabric, "Take this Naru-kun!" half shouted the embarrassed girl, "This was my Obaa-san's scarf, she gave it to me before she passed away and said if I ever find anyone that is important to me, that I should give this to them." Finished Tsukiko, slightly panting from letting out that sentence in one go, her heart beating quickly, waiting for his answer.

Naruto put his hand on hers and grabbed the scarf, pulling it towards him, Naruto said, "I'm…important…to you eh? Than I'll gladly accept your gift." Noticing that Tsukiko no longer looked flustered and seemed to relax a bit, Naruto was certain he did the right thing.

Not a moment later Hinata walked next to his side, "Naruto-kun…this may seem improper after already receiving a gift but I'd like you to have this as well." finished Hinata, offering Naruto a violet ring.

Naruto took the ring and smiled slightly at both girls, though Hinata returned his smile with her gentle one, Tsukiko's smile seemed forced, but unexpectedly the two said in unison, "That item is lucky-"

Naruto was a little amused at their synchronization but the others had the same thought, 'Young love.'

Tsukiko gave Hinata a small smirk before continuing, "I'm hoping the luck will help you Naru-kun." And Hinata finished, "And protect you as well Naruto-kun."

Both girls gave him a smile before he returned the sentiment, "Thanks…it means a lot to me."

Both girls blushed at his words, earning a sigh from the whole room while the others were thinking, 'Sometimes, I don't know if he knows they like him or he just doesn't understand the meaning of what he's saying…'


The sun was shining over Konoha, Sasuke and Tsukiko were standing at the west gate of Konoha looking out, both siblings holding a letter, Sasuke had his by his side while Tsukiko clutched hers by her heart.

"You got a letter to…Neji…everyone?" Sasuke said not taking his gaze off the outside of the gate. "Yeah…all the letters say the same thing, from mines to Hinata-sama's to Tenten, Lee, Sakura, Ino, Kiba, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Shino's…so I assume yours is the same as well?" to this Sasuke nodded his head in confirmation.

The whole group just joined Sasuke and Tsukiko at staring outside the gate, multiple figures emerged from the shadows, "So…this is them? I'm not impressed." "Oh, shut up Kakashi, Arashi-sensei personally asked us to teach them, so he must see potential."

"Gyahhhh! My eternal rival, squashed by Rin! I cannot fight a woman!"

"What did you say Gai?! I should squash those youthful things between your legs!" said a scantily clad woman, "Leave him alone Anko." "But…Kurenai-chan! He's making fun of woman..."

"Tch…Otou-san do I really have to do this?" "If you want to honor this family, you would Asuma, or is it you want to disgrace us all?" "Whatever…hope someone here can play Shogi."

To this commotion the group of kids turned and looked at the adults gathered behind them. Sasuke and Tsukiko were surprised when they saw Itachi slowly making his way towards them with a crutch in one hand and Shizune supporting the other followed by Tsunade and Jiraiya.

"Ita-oniisan, what are you doing out of the hospital!?" scolded Tsukiko, Itachi just grinned it off and said, "I'm fine Kiko-chan, its just I needed to be here, so think of this as physical therapy, but this is kind of out of the blue for Naruto, to leave so suddenly."

The kids as well as the adults seemed saddened by this, Itachi continued, "Heh…to think, his birthday was just next week…I guess I'll give him his present when he gets back." That lightened the mood a little, but everyone still seemed a bit down.

"Seriously…I don't know how he does it but he twisted his words and made the council agree on making me…ME! The fifth Hokage…and to top it off, he somehow got me agree to it…" whispered a frustrated woman, "Heh…Tsunade-hime…I thought you'd be happy taking care of all these brats…I mean, after all you don't have any kids-"

That was all Jiraiya got out before saying in a high pitched voice and falling towards the ground, "Oh! My jewels!"

"You heard that Brats! I'm your next Hokage!" shouted Tsunade, the adults beside her stood straight at her seriousness, while the kids looked at her with respect, and one with a little bit of admiration.

"As you all know Naruto has gone off on a training trip, he won't be back for some time." The kids nodded in understanding, "All of the adults here, as well as myself and this pervert," Tsunade than tapped Jiraiya on the head with her foot, "have been asked by Yondaime himself to train you! Do you accept?"

The group of kids all looked at each other in disbelief, to have personal training by so many sensei's…the only one there that wasn't awestruck was Sasuke, he just looked at his letter from Naruto.

"You had this planned didn't you Naruto?" said Sasuke, the kids looked at him than at their own letters, the adults smiled at the reaction.

"When I come back I better be impressed…get stronger so we all can protect what we care about."

"…get stronger…eh…" said Sasuke, smiling a little at everyone else's smiling expressions. In unison the group of kids shouted,

"Hai!"


A/N: Ok this time I need to ask for some things from the reviewers of this fiction.

First, I wanna get some feedback on how you like the feel of everyone's new personality? Specially that of Tsukiko, Hinata, Sasuke and Itachi, but the others will help as well, I ask this so that I know what to do in future chapters, I have it all planned out just want your opinions on them first.

Secondly I want you to consider this while reviewing on the Uchiha's side.

There have been a couple of reviewers that have expressed their thoughts on the Uchiha's, pretty much their dislike of Fugaku, I'll try to make this as short as I can, here we go!

Okay first off, all Sasuke 'Haters' now can't say they hated Sasuke before the Sasuke retrieval arc. My three reasons, first is that Sasuke got nailed by the crap load of senbon in an attempt to save Naruto, second is that Naruto and Sasuke shared a pretty volatile but to everyone that watched the show an almost normal rival/childhood friendship, third is the time after the sound/wind invasion when Sasuke admitted to Sakura that he didn't save her but Naruto did and to me, ultimately the beginning of her respect and somewhat spark of 'love' for Naruto. (For you NaruxSaku fan's)

Now with that said not many Sasuke haters now can say they hated him. Which brings me to the Flashback of the Uchiha, I can't remember it for he life of me be it the Tsunade retrieval/Rasengan arc or the Land of Tea arc but we get the Uchiha flashback.

For those who surely saw Sasuke in a pity/good way may have regarded his fathers neglect a little hard, maybe close to home for that matter if at all cared about it. To me though, the Uchiha weren't a bad clan or had ill intentions for having Itachi to kill them.

Here are my reasons, firstly, if they wanted power, why wouldn't it be mandatory for all Uchiha to make 'best friends' out of the clan to achieve the Mangekyo? Easy, because they held morals, second, involvement with the village as a military police making sure shinobi obeyed the conduct set by shinobi standards and not go over their jurisdiction, third, Fugaku once referred Itachi as the 'pipe' that connects the clan with their village, at that time I could assume Fugaku feared that the people of Konoha respected the Uchiha out of fear for their potential to become so strong like Itachi so quickly and wanted his son to be the example that even with strength, the ties one hold can bond a village, and lastly, Fugaku was able to harden his resolve enough to place a tail on Itachi (Shisui) and have the police dept. investigate this further on his own kin.

Fugaku and the clan in my eyes aren't out for power or what not, just that…they couldn't stop someone with power from testing it, what I mean here is the massacre itself, I think Itachi didn't do this because he wanted to 'see what he was capable of' physically but rather…mentally, I think that this was the test, for the Akatsuki, as the timeline of canon Naruto says the admission into Akatsuki itself for Itachi was roughly around the time he left Konoha. Though this is purely speculation, he killed everyone in the clan except Sasuke, because of the bond they held as siblings, Itachi himself hated everything else about his clan, his father's persistence in making him the next head of the police dept. and the interrogation of Shisui's death by the other three Uchiha made his distaste for his clan evident.

Also he killed so many people but he lets so many others survive, Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, Kakashi, though yes he used the Mangekyo's special effects he still had the upper hand in all those battles but merely let them go which furthers my idea about his test for Akatsuki, who better to stand in the way of an organization trying to dominate the world through war than to get rid of what seems like the most powerful if not most potentially dangerous doujutsu.

I really hope that made sense, its May 9, 2007 and I called in work sick today, got strep throat, so lame but I think its making my writing suck! And yeah for pairings…for some reason this is pulling towards NaruxOC or NaruxHina or NaruxOCxHina…I don't know, let's see where this idea takes me!

Also there's a pretty hefty time skip now, 6 years in fact, when Naruto returns he will be 15 and it'll be like early December, when he returns I'm gonna be writing a couple (maybe three) fight chapters entitled "Trial of Fire" which I have Naruto testing his new skills against the much more powerful 12 friends, but I mentioned December because for those of you who don't know…the 27 is Hinata's birthday and I was feeling like making a filler B-day chapter about it. Sounds fun…

Anyway…till next time! While fighting sickness! "Return of a Hero! Trial of Fire" (Hope that fits in title format.)