A/N: Whoa, I didn't expect so many votes, you guys and gals are awesome! Thank you all for taking your time on voting via poll or review, I truly appreciate it! Be sure to read the warning I've placed on the bottom of this Author's Note, this chapter won't be pretty and will contain some dark themes! So yeah... you've been warned.

* Update: Thank you to Willtofish and butterflypuss for catching my mistake on the memories books. I just changed it as it was supposed to be. I'll also be updating the results shortly, but before that I want to remind everyone that Naruto WILL be in Raiden's Harem, just in case I didn't made it clear before and I will NOT be going crazy with Raiden's harem(Ataxuis), there's only going to be seven guys and with Raiden that's eight guys, no more no less. As for latdh1 comment, I can but I'm not really good with OMC, I'll add the OMC to the poll and see how it goes.

I just finished tallying the votes and here are the results for far:

Naruto:

1.) Gaara - 50

2.) Itachi -50

3.) Konohamaru - 25

4.) Kimimaro - 16

5.) Shikamaru - 10

6.) Kiba - 8

7.) Haku - 6

8.) Juugo - 6

9.) Yukimaru - 6

10.) Ranmaru - 5

11.) Neji - 2

12.) Choji - 1

HP:

1.) Viktor Krum - 31

2.) Cedric Diggory - 28

3.) Draco Malfoy - 21

4.) Theodore Nott - 16

5.) Oliver Wood - 10

6.) Seamus Finnigan - 6

7.) Blaise Zabini - 5

8.) Colin Creevey - 4

9.) HP OMC: undetermined

Familiar:

1.) Dragon - 33

2.) Phoenix - 25

3.) Lunar Wolf - 21

4.) Shadow Wolf - 23

5.) Basilisk - 12

6.) Wyvern - 2

It seems Gaara and Itachi are leading from the Naruto side and Viktor Krum is leading of the HP side. I'm actually surprised Viktor is actually leading, but hey they aren't many fic with Viktor so it'll be interesting to write him... his accent though might be tricky.

On the familiar side, it seems most of you would like Raiden to have a dragon as a familiar. Some of you have brought up the point that a dragon would be a bit impractical to have and to a point it kinda is, however I've been thinking of having a dragon which will be able to resize him/herself at will, meaning it can be small enough for Raiden to carry with him and then it could grow to it's real size and do some damage. Also, remember that the Ryuusuke Clan used to have dragon contract, so I can certainly work with that. In fact, I know exactly when to bring the dragon familiar into the story.

The Shadow wolf and Lunar wolf are just few votes behind the dragon, and i just want to say something. I've been thinking of combine the two wolves as a pair. The Lunar wolf as Raiden's familiar and the Shadow wolf as Raiden'summoning animal, that way he'll have them both. Whether or not the wolves win, there's definitely going to be a shadow wolf summoning animal...

Now to answer a few questions/comments:

To Kamuitachi: I don't really see familiars and summoning animals the same as each other. To me, familiars are more like spirit animals or guardians, who bound themselves to a person creating a soul bound between each other and they'll protect their human till death. Summoning animals are more like partners, who'll be there when you summon them to aid you in a fight. But after the fight is over they'll go back to wherever they came from. Hence, why I want Raiden to have a familiar. And he will have have two active summoning contracts in this story.

Also, I believe you asked what 'Souton' is, and the answer to your question it's Plant Release, an advance form of Mokuton (Wood Release), which allows a person to fully manipulate plants. I hope that answers your question.

To Kurai: Just to comment on your comment... Unfortunately I can't pair Raiden with Kakashi because they way I've written them. Kakashi sees Raiden as a little brother and Raiden sees Kakashi as an older brother, so having them paired up would be weird... However, perhaps I'll write another story with a KakashixHarry pairing in the future.

Also, I'll be having Kakashi paired with Iruka and Remus paired Sirius. Cedric is possible though.

Many of you have want Fawkes the Phoenix as Raiden's familiar, but he's currently tied with Dumbledore. And since I don't really like Dumbledore, he's bound Fawkes to him illegally and Fawkes cannot break the bound, until Raiden come along and breaks it. I'll be writing Raiden and Fawkes as friends, companions rather than Fawkes being Raiden's familiar.

Now that that's over, just a quick warning about this chapter: this chapter is darker than my previous ones due to Naruto's kidnapping, so I'm warning y'all now this chapter contains: Torture, non-con (attempt rape but Raiden gets there before anything happens...), and OC Deaths. If anything I've listed offends you in any way, don't read.

Now on a lighter side, after this chapter Naruto will be living with Raiden in the Senju compound and they'll be starting on their training soon!

Chapter Six: Nightmare

October 9th, 1988

It was a day before Naruto's birthday and Raiden was preparing everything he needed to ensure Naruto would have the best birthday ever. He knew that Naruto has never had a birthday, much less a proper birthday party and he knew firsthand how horrible it felt having no one acknowledge it much less wish you a happy birthday.

He only had Matsu with him and to him that was enough for him, but Naruto didn't have that luxury. Naruto had nobody to wish him a happy birthday, not even that the orphanage he stayed at. In fact, Naruto couldn't even walk outside from his room or else he would get chased by an angry mob with pitchforks and fire torches for no reason throughout the whole village. If they caught him, the villagers would pile up on him and beat him up until an ANBU would show up and rescue him.

He noticed how Naruto's birthday coincidentally landed on the same day the Kyuubi no Kitsune was destroyed and thus the village celebrate their victory over the Bijuu by burning a tall paper mache replica of the Kyuubi no Kitsune.

Matsu told him all about the nine Bijuu and how they were feared by humans. How they were locked away similarly how Matsu was bonded with him; but unlike Matsu and him seal, the other Bijuu were taken against their will and turned into weapons by their captors. A whole war was unleashed when they discovered they could seal the Bijuu inside a human host and the Bijuu war started and other demons escaped from the Elemental Lands, including Matsu.

Meanwhile, shinobi villages and countries fought against each other and started a war, the Daiichiji Ninkai Taisen, the First Shinobi World War. It wasn't until the Shodaime decided to split up the Bijuu among the five major villages as a barging chip to stop the war. It worked, they signed an armistice treaty, but the hostilities between the villages increased and after twenty years of peace, another Shinobi World War broke out.

It was known the human hosts of the Bijuu were called 'Jinchuuriki,' and they were treated horribly by their village because of the demon they cage and feared them. However, some villages treated the Jinchuuriki extremely well as they believed it was an honor to be a Jinchuuriki. Their treatment varied between lands.

Considering how the villagers treated Naruto, it's possible Naruto is a Jinchuuriki and that would explain why the villagers treated Naruto as scum and often sneer at him calling him a 'demon' and 'freak,' it would also explain why he smells like a kitsune and had his three whiskers scars on his cheeks. It made sense to him.

The Kyuubi no Kitsune was 'vanquished' on Naruto's birthday and the boy is treated like evil incarnate ever since then. If he was right, then Naruto doesn't know he's a Jinchuuriki and the Hokage must've passed a law to prevent anyone from tells him of what he was.

He needed to talk to the Hokage after Naruto's birthday to get confirmation. This was an extremely delicate situation which needed to be handling carefully or this could turn out horribly. Raiden rubbed his face tirelessly, "oh little lion. . . I'm so sorry." He said sadly hoping Naruto would be able to overcome the truth when he discovered it. "I'll be there," he promised fiercely.

He was going to be there to lessen the blow.

October 9th, 1988, 5:00 pm

Raiden's Kitchen, Senju Compound, Konohagakure no Sato

An hour and a half has passed and there was no sign of Naruto anywhere. Raiden sat by the dinner table strumming his fingers across the maple wood beginning to get worried, it wasn't normal for Naruto to be late, especially how excited Naruto was of sleeping over. Naruto was supposed to arrive an hour ago and the blonde boy hasn't set a foot inside the compound or else he would've felt him enter the wards.

He couldn't sit still doing nothing any longer. He was going to look for the blonde boy and dragged him over. Perhaps, he must've forgotten, Raiden thought to himself. Grabbing his black jacket, he left his grounds. He ran across the village towards Naruto's apartment jumping from rooftop to rooftop until he arrived where Naruto lived. He jumped against the side of the building and ran towards Naruto's window deciding to use Kakashi's ninja rules and entered through the window.

As he approached the Naruto's window, he noticed it was completely smashed. Fragments of glasses were scattered over the wooden floor and his apartment showed signs of struggle. His living room was completely smashed and everything was destroyed and thrown scattered everywhere. He noticed all of Naruto manga books were ripped to shreds. The picture frames he bought Naruto were lying against the wall and smashed. There was a puddle of what appeared to be blood on the floor leading towards Naruto's front door which made his blood freeze. Raiden stared at the blood, startled and shocked. His worry and anger intensified by the second, he needed to find Naruto and he needed to find him quickly, it was clear Naruto was in peril. Whoever broken into Naruto's room could be doing Kami knows what to his Naruto and it wasn't going to be pretty.

He snarled viciously, he was going to find whoever was responsible and killed them if they dared hurt his Naruto in anyway. He ran down the building and went toward the first ANBU he found; luckily, the nearest ANBU he found was a Kuma masked ANBU sitting on a branch of a tree. "Oi Kuma-san," He shouted at Kuma, "Someone has broken into Naruto's apartment and abducted him! We need to find him quick!" He yelled urgently.

Kuma jumped down from the branch landing neatly in front of him. "Are you positive?" The ANBU asked seriously.

Raiden nodded sharply, his jaw tensed. "Yes, I was expecting Naruto to arrive at my house an hour ago but he never came. Naruto is never late and I got worried so I left to go check on him, but as soon as I entered his apartment, everything inside was trashed. There was a puddle of blood in there as well and obvious signs of struggle, either from Naruto or the persons who took him."

Kuma nodded, "we'll handle it from here. Go back to your house and. . . ."

Raiden growled fiercely, his green eyes glowed ominously in the dark making the ANBU stepped back by the fury that radiated behind those emerald eyes which almost seemed to glow unnaturally. The sudden influx of chakra and killer intent wafted through the air coming from the raven haired boy making any sane person run far away. "Naruto is my friend and I will not sit back while you guys look for him. I will be looking for him as well and hurt those who dared to hurt Naruto. Understand?" He snarled.

Kuma jerked his head, "alright kid, but be careful."

Raiden smirked devilishly showing off his abnormally sharp fangs. "It's not I who should be careful. They'll be the ones who'll reject what they've done." He said vaguely as his bloodlust grew.

Kuma sweat dropped heavily, "Alright. Just try to keep one of them alive. . . If possible, we'll need to gather information on why they took Naruto. I'll inform the others and the Hokage."

Raiden nodded sharply and ran off leaving poor Yamato behind, completely terrified by what Raiden might do. "May Kami bless their souls," he whispered, feeling nothing but pity for those who dared kidnapping Naruto. He knew how protective Raiden was of Naruto. Sighing, he left to contact the others and the Hokage of the situation.

October 9th, 1988, 6:30 pm

Red-Light District, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni

Raiden was starting to get agitated. He's looked everywhere but he hasn't found Naruto anywhere. He was started to lose hope until he heard a cry for help and someone calling his name. He zeroed in to the cry for help and wasted no time arriving at the Red-light district. The sudden scent of blood invaded his senses and he saw red. His eyes glowed ominously in the dark as he walked into a dark alley following the scent of blood leading him towards a storage room. As he entered the storage room he froze.

There, in front of was Naruto all bloodied and covered in grime. The blonde boy was nailed by his hands and feet, eagle-ed spread against the wall. He noticed Naruto had whip marks and cuts covering his lithe body wearing nothing but a pair of flimsy underwear.

Naruto looked at him with half lidded eyes and a small smile of his face as he saw him, "I knew you were coming for me," he said hoarsely before his head drooped to the side and fell unconscious.

Five men were looking at him stunned that he found him so fast. Two of them were holding whips on their hands while the other three were about to brand him.

He stared at them and he lost it. His magic erupted from his body pushing all of the men against the wall, pinned by an unseen force. They struggled to free themselves, but it proved to be useless they couldn't.

Raiden's black hair swished in the air, like tentacles as he slowly made his way towards the men who injured his Naruto. He raised his left hand and a ball of black Hellfire appeared, flickering ominously in his hand. The men started in shock as they felt the intense killing intent radiating off the boy in waves.

"Why?" He asked quietly, his voice lowered remaining emotionless and ice cold, sending shivers down the men's spines, feeling a primordial fear that told them to flee or they'll die. The men flinched but remained quiet. Raiden walked towards the closest man who had blue eyes and black hair. He looked at him straight in the eyes and asked again, "why?" He asked again.

The blue eyed man shook his head defiantly, not wanting to look at the scary child in front of him; he could feel the intense killing intent the boy grew making him sweat."I won't ask again! Tell me why you kidnapped Naruto and tortured him!" He screamed at his face.

The man steeled himself and sneered back, "Because that's what he deserves! He's nothing but a demon and the sooner you'll realize it the better!"

Raiden grabbed his hair and pulled his head up, "I know what he is and I don't give a fuck! He's just a boy and you're a grown up man who's condemning him for something he had no control over! If it weren't for him being sacrificed to be used to seal the Kyuubi no Kitsune, everyone in this village would been dead! He was sacrificed to save your sorry asses and this is how you treat him!? I'm ashamed to call this village my home!" He spat back before he punched the man's jaw.

"You are the real monster! And all of you will pay dearly... Only one of you will leave here alive." He smirked as they all paled by the implication. They tried moving their arms to fight back but it was futile.

"No, please spare us! We did nothing wrong!" One of them pleaded but Raiden ignored him. He pressed the black Hellfire into the blue eyed man's chest and it spread slowly, burning him from the inside out. The man screamed hoarsely, pleading him to stop, but Raiden just watched as the man burned alive feeling no pity for the man, or monster.

The other four men paled as they watched in horror as their friend was burned alive, right in front of them. They looked terrified as they watched the boy approach him still holding the black fire in his hand, his eyes were glowing brightly as a bloodthirsty grin grew in the boy's face.

Raiden shot the fire at the other two men who were going to brand Naruto and giggled as their agonizing screams were heard throughout the whole village. The men felt the fire consume them until they're all charred up. The sickening aroma of burned skin wafted in the air making the other two men throw up. Raiden vanish the fire away and he took the whips from the remaining two men. He tested out the whips and smiled as they snapped and cracked loudly.

"Tell me, why should I keep either one of you alive?" He asked innocently tilting his head to the left. Both men shivered as the boy looked like angel for a moment, but was as scary and deadly as a demon. "W-we promised not to tell a-anyone! Please let us go!" The brunette haired man bawled, not wanting to die.

Raiden tsked, "I'm sorry but I can't do that. You hurt my friend and you shall pay heavily. Now, I think it's appropriate I use these whips considering you used them on my friend, don't you?"

Both men shook their heads. "No! No! No! We promise we won't hurt de... I meant the boy!" The blue haired man promised as his greys eyes widen.

Raiden narrowed his eyes at the blue haired man and forced himself into his mind. He searched through his mind with ease looking through his memorizes until he found what he was looking for. He discovered what the men were planning to do with Naruto, and it made him sick to his stomach. The men were not only murderers, but also rapists who loved to rape little girls and boys. He was planning to rape Naruto if he hadn't shown up.

He roared in fury as he exited the man's mind. He sent lighting towards the whips and whipped him hard, sending jolts of electricity towards the man's body creating welts and burns across the man's skin. He tossed the whips away and grabbed his kunai from his back pocket. He slashed and jabbed the man being careful not to kill him. He was going to leave him alive and have the Hokage deal with him.

Apparently, all five men were the worst of the worst and have been kidnapping children from the village and selling them as sex slaves to others. Not to mention they ruled the drugged trade centered in the Tea Country. He left him an inch from death and dealt with the brunette. He forced himself into his mind and scattered his mind, turning him into a babbling mess.

As he walked away from the men to tend to Naruto wounds, the ANBU arrived and were frozen by the scene before them. The ANBU stared at the three charred bodies lying on the floor with their mouth wide open as if they were screaming until they died. The fourth victim was relatively unharmed but seemed unresponsive and drooling. The fifth and final man had cuts and burns all over his body and passed out, still bleeding and breathing.

Neko, Inu, and Kuma looked shellshocked at the damage, but when they glance to see Naruto nailed onto the wall they all gasp loudly.

"Kami-sama," Neko gasped, "What have they've done!" Neko said uneasy as she saw Raiden cleaning Naruto's wounds carefully.

Raiden looked at Naruto's beaten up body and cursed himself. "I'm sorry Naruto. I-I failed you." He whispered softly as he ran his fingers through the blonde's matted hair.

"Y-y-you. . . c-came. . ." Naruto said weakly coughing up blood smiling wistfully at Raiden.

Raiden glanced upwards to meet the blonde's blotchy blue eyes. He felt a lone tear roll down his cheek. His lips trembled, "I'm sorry little lion. I wasn't fast enough."

The blonde smiled at him weakly. "S'okay. . . You came . . . that's a-all that m-matters" He trailed off before his head dropped. Raiden eyes widen, he checked the blonde's pulse and sighed out of relief as he felt his weak pulse.

He heard a cough come from the back of him and he jerked backwards. He conjured his black fire getting ready to attack if needed but he saw three masked ANBU, one being Kakashi and another being Yamato. He pulled back his fire from his hand and the three ANBU visually relaxed.

"What happened here?" Neko asked tensely.

Raiden growled harshly, "They got what they deserved. The three charred men were going to rape Naruto when I came in. The babbling idiot and the unconscious man were whipping Naruto, getting off on Naruto's pain and blood. They're all human traffickers who kidnap children and sell them as sex slaves, as well as the top drug traffickers in Hi no Kuni. The unconscious man is the leader of they were planning to not only rape Naruto, but sell him off to be used as a pet to someone. Check his mind if you don't believe me." He snarled.

Inu rested his hand on his shoulder trying to comfort his young student. "We'll send him to be interrogated by Ibiki and Inoichi. What happened to the one who's drooling over there?" He pointed at the man sitting on the floor.

Raiden smirked devilishly, "I completely destroyed his mind. He'll be like that until he relearns how to do things by himself or dies. Either way I don't care."

Neko and Kuma shivered, feeling sorry for the man, but yet again he was guilty. Inu nodded, "alright. We'll need to take Naruto to the hospital ASAP and you'll need to accompany us to report to the Hokage."

Raiden sighed, "I know. Let's just hurry up. I don't want to leave Naruto longer than I'll need to."

Inu nodded. "Alright, Neko take the two prisoners to the T&I department and have Ibiki and Inoichi find anything we can. Kuma, you'll escort Naruto to the hospital and stay there until we arrive. Understand?"

"Hai," Kuma and Neko exclaimed in unison.

Kakashi and Raiden left the scene making their way toward the Hokage office. They both entered through the window and saluted the Hokage. "Report," Sarutobi asked worried about Naruto's condition, he wasted no time in locking and sealing his room. He just heard of Naruto's kidnapping when a distraught Kuma busted through his office.

Kakashi took of his mask, and started to recount the story from start to finish. The Hokage began to look queasy as the story began to unfold and had to close his eyes. The thought of his honorary grandson being tortured broke his heart. Sarutobi stopped Kakashi and asked Raiden his side of the story and the boy didn't hold back. He recounted everything that happened inside the room. When he finished, the Hokage sighed. They heard a knock come from the door. Sarutobi unlocked it as Neko entered alongside Ibiki and Inoichi.

"Hokage-Sama, we've cross referenced what Raiden-kun told us and confirm it. But it's much worse than we previously believed. It seems that the five men were actually A-rank missing-nin hired by Orochimaru to kidnap Naruto. They were expected to leave by midnight today after they had their fun and meet up with Orochimaru at the Mizu no Kuni border." Ibiki said gravely making everyone pale.

"The three dead men were: Gashio Azashi, a Kenjutsu specialist from Iwagakure no Sato. He was declared a missing-nin after he was found guilty selling secrets to other villages. Hanshou Saito: missing-nin from Amegakure no Sato. He was found guilty of sabotaging countless missions and traitor. Fukouka Jin: Jounin of Konohagakure no Sato. He was the one who allowed the other four to enter the village through the western gates. He had a personal vendetta against Naruto for his 'status'.

Now, the two who are currently apprehended are: Haru Rukio: missing-nin from Amegakure no Sato. Found guilty of publicly rioting and conspiring to overthrow the current Mizukage. He's currently in a comatose state and doesn't seem to react to anything. His mind is completely scattered. Lastly, there's Ryokutya Ringo from the Ryokutya Clan: wanted for killing off the main branch of his clan before his disappearance. He's also the ringleader of the Akuma Triad, a fairly new gang which has been spreading throughout Hi no Kuni. They deal with drug and human trafficking."

Kakashi whistled, "Holy crap! You've just disposed and captured five A-Rank ninjas by yourself and you haven't even graduate from the Academy." The other adults agreed wholesomely and were impressed. Raiden glared, "I don't care who they are I just want them dead. I promised to leave one alive but I expect him to pay for what's he's done to Naruto."

"Before we get to that, I want to know how you manage to burn those three men alive and no to mention how you manage to break the fourth man's mind completely, and most importantly how you incapacitated them." The Hokage asked raising an eyebrow. Raiden shot a look at the other people within the room and the Hokage nodded. "I trust them with my life, Raiden."

The raven haired boy sighed, "Okay, I don't exactly know how I did it, but I just wanted them to stay still while a killed them. I summoned a pitch black fire from my rage and ordered it to burn them from the inside out. I don't know if I can do it again, but I could try."

Sarutobi nodded, "it'll be helpful if you can summon it."

Raiden closed his eyes and remembered how he felt when he saw Naruto nailed onto the wall while the men were whipping him. All of his rage and how he wanted them to pay for what they've done. He felt his magic pulse rapidly inside of him until it concentrated on his left hand, immediately his left hand began to warm up. When he opened his eyes, he saw the black fire flickering on his hand just as his regular fire would act. Everyone stared at the black fire in awe, feeling its power and heat that radiated from it intensely. They could tell this wasn't a normal fire.

"Impressive, it's different than the other fire you summoned. This one feels oppressive, malicious even," Sarutobi commented, intrigued by the magical fire.

Raiden nodded, "this fire is made from vengeance, and anger. It's fueled by my rage and wanting to protect something or someone even if I have to kill to keep whatever I was safe. . .I don't think I'll use this until I understand it better."

"Is that some type of Kekkei Genkai? I've never seen anything like that?" Inoichi asked curiously. Raiden looked at the Hokage asking if he could explain. They Hokage nodded and Raiden explained the basics of his magic and how it differed from chakra. He didn't tell them about Matsu, which the Hokage seemed to be pleased.

"Okay, so if you used magic to summon the black fire did you also used magic to break his mind?" Inoichi asked slightly intrigued by the aspects of magic.

"Err, yes and no. There are many branches of magic out there and I'm pretty sure entering someone's mind and blocking someone from entering your mind. At least I think so, I've sometimes been able to skim through people's minds if I concentrate and while I meditate I organize my mind."

Inoichi perked up, "what do you mean block someone from entering your mind?"

Raiden looked at him quizzically before he remembered who the man was. "There's a certain skill you can learn to create barriers in your mind to help you organize your memories, emotions, and protect them from anyone who can enter your mind without permission. I've been practicing how to protect my mind since I was five years old and by barriers are quite strong. If you wish to see them first hand, you may Yamanaka-san."

Inoichi glanced at the Hokage checking if was alright to check the so called ' barriers,' first hand. As soon as the Hokage gave his confirmation, Inoichi asked Raiden if it was sure. He had to make sure the child was positive considering he was a child and entering a child's mind could be dangerous.

"Yes, I'm sure just don't touch anything and follow my voice. I've setup some painful traps and dead ends as precautions. . . Alright, I'm ready."

Inoichi nodded, he stared directly into Raiden's eyes needing to make eye contact to complete the jutsu. He struggled to enter Raiden's mind, it felt as there was a huge dense barrier preventing from entering. The keep on trying to break through, but he simply couldn't. It was until he heard a soft click and the barriers open that he was able to entered Raiden's mind easily with no complications, as he looked around Raiden's mindscape he was amazed how full of life it is. There was a huge dense forest surrounding a castle which seemed to be in the middle of the forest. This was completely different from any minds he has ever encountered.

He felt a strong breeze brush past him and felt another presence next to him; much to his surprise it was a much older Raiden standing right next to him. The mental version of Raiden appeared to be around his upper teens, if not younger twenties. He was about 6'2" in height, just two inches taller than him and had a stronger physique than his lithe build. Raiden wasn't overly muscled as a bodybuilder but has a heavy muscle tone: strong arms, broad shoulders and chest, tapered waist and toned legs. His facial features were stronger and sharper, his green eyes were brighter and the golden speckles were more pronounced, resembling more as a golden ring that surrounds Raiden's iris. His hair was longer and seemed to have a blue-ish hue whenever the light strikes it. He still had his gravity defying, bird nest hair that went everywhere, but oddly enough, it suited him. Raiden even had a short, styled beard making him look more rugged, if this is how Raiden is going to look like when he grows up, he'll have women and men drooling all over him; especially with the form fitting clothes he had which hugged his strong frame.

"How?," Inoichi questioned, befuddled by Raiden's appearance. Raiden smiled showing off his pearly white teeth and sharp, accented fangs. "It's because we're inside my mind. I have total control in what goes on here, thus changing anything I please with a mere thought." Raiden's image began to blur going out of focus until the eight year old Raiden appeared proving his point before he changed back.

Inoichi watched jaw slacked as he saw Raiden change forms right in front of his. He looked towards the forest and asked, "So you've created all of this just by thinking about it?"

"Not exactly, it's not like you can just imagine a forest, castle, or anything else for that matter, and it just appears just like that. You have to go into your mindscape and mold everything yourself, strengthen it by pushing magic regularly. It takes time to create something as huge and intricate as this and it could only be achieved through deep meditation." He said thoughtfully.

"This forest was the first barrier I created; it was a safe haven for me when things got bad. I've always felt safe with a forest." Inoichi saw the small smile lit Raiden face. He wondered why Raiden made the forest in order to escape reality from his time living with his civilian family. Inoichi watched the trees closely checking if they were illusions but as he walked towards one of the trees and touched its trunk, it felt like a real organic tree. His eyes widen in astonishment.

"It's amazing isn't it? Everything in my mindscape is real so to speak, meaning you're able to interact with it. This forest is meant to disorient any intruder from reaching the castle's walls. If I wouldn't have opened this gate for you, it would've taken you some time to breach them giving enough time to send counteract and eject you. . . Come on, I want to see if you can break into my inner walls."

The blue eyed man shook his head at the energetic boy walked away with a skip in his step. The pair walked in silence until they reached the middle of the forest where the castle stood majestically surrounded by the dense forest. Inoichi whistled his appreciation at the craftsmanship of the castle. It was different from any castles he has never seen. He saw the huge stone doors which opened to allow access into the castle, but they were shut.

A layer of blazing fire coated the doors as a protective layer, it grew in size as they continued to approach the castle and slowly it spread until a huge wall of fire stood in-between the door and them. He heard Raiden whisper something he couldn't quite understand, under his breath and the fire wall parted allowing them access to the door.

Once behind the firewall, Raiden asked Inoichi to try to breach his walls. Inoichi concentrated trying to break the walls, but he couldn't do it forcefully. The walls were too strong. He stopped and analyzed the walls carefully checking for any cracks or flaws within walls. It took him a while but after half an hour he found a tiny crack within the door he could slip into. He focused his chakra into the crack and slowly his mind entered breaching Raiden's door.

Bended in half; Inoichi rested on his hands onto his knees, trying to catch his breath. It took a lot of chakra just to break into the crack. He wiped of the sweat off from his brow. As he looked up he saw a series of mazes that spread throughout the whole grounds until it stopped at the door of the castle.

"Congratulations, you've breached the first wall of defense. Two more walls until we reach the center of my mind." Raiden grinned at the man.

Inoichi spluttered, "two more walls!? The last one took a quarter of my chakra to breach it! Why do you have so many walls?" He questioned the youth.

Raiden shrugged. "Better safe, than sorry. I don't like anyone entering my mind willy-nilly. This section of my mind is a maze with dead ends, false memories, and some painful traps scattered all over the place, with only one true path to the castle door. I third section is something I rather keep a secret for now, so we'll just skip into the center of my mind." Before Inoichi could say something, he felt a pathway open out of thin air in front of them.

"Come on, I need to show you something amazing." Inoichi shook his head in disbelief and followed Raiden through the portal. As he exited the portal, he saw the humongous library they were in. The walls were covered with books after books and seemed perfectly organized.

"As you can see most of these books are blue, those blue books are blank because they're waiting for a memory to be written in. The red books are painful memories which are behind the locked glass door and protected by couple of seals and locks. The orange books are happy memories; the green books are precious memories. The black books that I wish to forget and are locked away somewhere hidden; the purple books contain my knowledge and white books are miscellaneous." Raiden picked up the black book that sat on the table as it finished writing itself. As soon as he finished he handed it to Inoichi.

"This is the memory of what happened from my point of view in the storage room. If you wish to see it you may, I'm going to hide it somewhere I cannot find it. What they did was despicable. . ." Raiden trailed off leaving him holding the book in his hand.

He watched at Raiden picked up a red book and started writing in it not minding he was still there holding onto the black book. He opened the book slowly as a bright golden light shined through the ink. He watched in utter amazement how he got sucked into the book and watched the scene as if it was a movie. He tried to interact with the memory Raiden but he couldn't touch him.

He watched the vivid memory progress until he was ejected from the book when the memory was over. "Do you think anyone who doesn't have magic can created what you've done using chakra instead of magic?" Inoichi asked.

"It might be possible. I've added some Genjutsus in the maze and they seemed to stay in place without breaking apart, it's possible.

However, I'm haven't been able to master this and I needed more information on how to make the barriers foolproof." He answered truthfully. He needed to buy book on the subject which he didn't have access until he went back to England.

"I could teach the very basic foundations in blocking your mind from intruders. You'll need to master that first before you can advance into creating the actual barrier and organizing your thoughts."

Inoichi nodded, "I understand. Perhaps we can discuss this with the Hokage. I'm sure this will be extremely useful."

Raiden agreed; if all of the ninjas were taught how to block their minds from their enemies, it'll prevent valuable information from getting into enemies hands.

"I agree, shall we return?" Raiden suggested and the duo closed their eyes. Inoichi returned into his mind.

"Well, what did you see Inoichi?" Ibiki said half bored and half curious.

"It was quite intriguing. Raiden-kun's mindscape is completely different from any mind I've personally seen or even read about. It took me a while to break through the first barrier and Raiden helped by removing a firewall before I couldn't access the door. He also had two other walls in place before I could access his mind. He personally took me inside, bypassing his walls completely. Inside his mind, he had a library filled with books where all of his memories were written in, each memory was categorized by color based on what type of memory it is. The method in which you can see the memory is fascinating, it's as if you're inside a movie watched as the memory plays out, but you cannot be heard, seen, or touched."

Eyebrows rose up in the room, they all looked intrigued by Inoichi explanation how Raiden could resist mental attacks. Sarutobi puffed on his pipe languidly. "Would it be possible to teach someone else how to block their minds?" Sarutobi asked.

"Truthfully, I don't know Lord Hokage, but I believe it's possible. I could teach the foundation of blocking one's mind which would be clearing your mind and acquiring a deep meditative stage, but I'll need more information on how to further the strength of the walls without charging them with magic."

"Hmm, do you think you'll be able to acquire the books you'll need here?" Sarutobi asked. Raiden shook his head, "No, I've looked through the bookstore in Konoha and asked if they carry any books which might help me but they only have seals used to protect your mind. I'll need to go back to my village and check if they carry those books." Sarutobi understood what Raiden meant, he nodded.

"Okay, we'll find a way to get you some books. Perhaps you and Inoichi can come up with a method which doesn't require magic to use. Inoichi and Raiden looked at each other, they both agreed to create, if needed, a way to create mental barriers.

"All of you shall not speak a word about Raiden's abilities, understand. It's going to be declared an S-Rank secret, should anyone speak a word it won't be pretty. If anyone finds out that magic is real and that Raiden has magic they'll try to kidnap him and perform experiments, trying to dissect how magic works. Also, try to not use magic publicly or behind closed doors. If Danzo finds out what you are he'll stop at nothing to use you like a weapon. The Elders would agree with him and you aren't they're favorite at the moment." He said solemnly.

"Of course: Hokage-sama!" They respond quickly knowing the potential danger Raiden could face should his secret is discovered by others.

Ibiki clears this throat, "we are we going to do with the charred bodies and most importantly our two prisoners?"

"Have the charred bodies sealed and identified. Contact their respective villages and collect their bounty. Keep the two prisoners locked up and try to gather as much information you can from them, specifically any information on Orochimaru and his whereabouts. Once you've gathered everything you can from Ryokutya Ringo, Inoichi seal his memories of what happened today and alter them. Send a group of ANBU to the Akuma Triad's hideouts to capture any gang members and destroy everything. The Fire Daimyō has been trying to eradicate The Akuma Triad since it settled in Hi no Kuni. This will gain us a favor and money from the reward the Fire Daimyō placed of the head of the Akuma Triad."

"Understand. . . Great, you're all dismissed. Inu . . . Raiden, stay," He ordered.

Neko, Ibiki, and Inoichi saluted the Hokage before they left his office leaving only Kakashi and Raiden behind. Once alone, Sarutobi rubbed his temples closing his eyes. "Great work, Raiden-kun you've done us a great favor by catching all five intruders. You'll get paid for an A-Rank mission and you'll receive theirs bounty."

Kakashi looked proud at his student. He knew this wasn't Raiden's first kill which made him feel conflicted, but he knew ninjas learned to feel no remorse over a death. It was kill-or-be-killed; any hesitation and it could be your last breath.

"Thank you Lord Hokage, but there's something I need to ask regarding Naruto." He paused, his emerald gaze met Sarutobi's, and the elder man nodded, "Is. . . Is Naruto the jailer of the Kyuubi no Kitsune?"

Both Sarutobi's and Kakashi's eyes widen significantly by his question. It took a while for Sarutobi to sober up and he exhaled slowly, "I was wondering how long it was going to take you to realize it. Out of curiosity, when did you found out?" He asked the raven haired boy.

"It was until recently I've manage to connect the dots. His scent and chakra are slightly off, more so his chakra, which has a demonic taste to it. His scent resembles too much like a Kitsune to be normal which come from the Kyuubi who's sealed in him. Also the villagers abhor him. They constantly sneer at him, calling him 'freak', 'demon', or 'demon brat' as he walks through the village. They shoot venomous glares at him and tell their children not to get close to him as if he's the devil incarnate.

But what convinced me was that fact his birthday lands on the same day the village holds the Kyuubi no Kitsune burning festival, which was when the Kyuubi was ' destroyed' by being sealing within a host, as it's not possible to kill a Bijuu with using the proper weapons. I haven't told Naruto of his status nor would I tell him until you tell him yourself. You must have passed a law to prevent the parents who lived through the attack to prevent them from telling theirs children of Naruto status, but it didn't do much. They still treated him like crap because of something he couldn't do anything about. Their children felt their parents resent towards Naruto used it to bully Naruto. When you do tell him . . . it's not going to be pretty, but I believe he'll get over time."

Sarutobi gave him a sad smile, "you're reasoning is spot on Raiden-kun and I appreciate you haven't told him yet. I've been waiting until he's older to know the truth, including who are his parents. His father asked me to wait until he's fifteen years old to learn the whole truth. I've tried everything in my power to protect Naruto, but sadly the villagers fear the demon inside of him. "

Kakashi looked somber, remembered the promise he made his sensei before he died. He clutched his fist tightly, he's done the best he could to protect his sensei son, but he was too late this time. The small blonde boy he watched grow up has suffered too much, things no child should ever live through. Flashes of the blue-eyed boy nailed onto the wall all bloodied up will haunted him for years to come, and he's seen many disturbing things in his life.

The raven haired boy ran his hands through his pitch black hair, "I've told him what I know about his clan, he seems to remember an image of his mother. I think you give him a picture of his mother, just of his mother. He'll be extremely grateful. I know I would. . ." He said wistfully.

Sarutobi caught an inquisitive twinkle from Raiden's green eyes as if he had an idea who Naruto's father could be and he wasn't surprised, after all Naruto did share a lot of the same characteristics as his father who just so happens to look like the Yondaime Hokage.

He decided to take Raiden's hint to heart and find a picture of Naruto's mother to give it to Naruto. He wondered if he should give him some of his mother's scrolls as well, while he was at it. "I'll see what I can find. . ."

Raiden nodded, "that's all I ask. Umm, not be rude or anything but are we done, Lord Hokage? I really want to check Naruto's condition." He said fidgeting, looking sheepish.

Sarutobi understood Raiden's concern, "you're dismissed. Please stay with Naruto tonight, he'll need you once he wakes up." He asked, no, he pleaded.

Raiden didn't need to be told twice. He nodded sharply, "I'm going to stay by his side until he wakes up. Don't worry. I'll take care of him." He vowed strongly, his eyes burning brightly with conviction.

Sarutobi felt the pressure lift from his shoulders as we saw Raiden's conviction he knew by the fire that burned fiercely behind Raiden's emerald orbs, he was going to take care of Naruto.

"Thank you. . ." He says softly as he dismisses the duo from his office. He needed to contact the Fire Daimyō as well as the corresponding village about their mission-nin. Not to mention upgrade the security around the village, just knowing that Orochimaru's men were able to infiltrate Konoha is alarming.

October 9th, 1988, 8:00 pm

Konoha's Hospital, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni

"Are you alright, Raiden?" Kakashi asked worrisome as he watched Raiden looked so defeated staring at Naruto's sleeping form. The raven haired boy hasn't moved an inch from the blonde refusing to let go of Naruto's hand. "I-I. . . I'm not sure to be honest. . . Every time I close my eyes I see Naruto on the wall covered with cuts and blood all over. . ." He lets out a shaky breath, dropping his head.

"I knew he had it bad because of his 'status', but never did I ever expect something as atrocious to happen to him because the stupid villagers are filled with rage and hatred towards Naruto because they can't let it go."

"Yet, Naruto wants to become their Hokage someday because he wants the people who despised him to like him and look up to him." He laughed harshly clutching Naruto's hand gently enough to not disturb the unconscious boy. "And funny thing is that I believe in him. I know he'll become Hokage someday. I can feel he'll do great things."

Kakashi remained silent, as he approach the raven haired boy; he rested his hand on his shoulder, "that's life kiddo. It's not always sunshine and daisies; especially a ninja's life which is filled with death and the worst humans are capable of. You've just experience a taste of what it means to be a ninja and it get worse depending whom you face in the future and this time you got lucky. Those three men you killed and the two you incapacitated were scum; they were traitors, murderers, rapists, and drug traffickers. They deserved the death you gave them." He was glad Raiden came out unharmed, but it was too reckless of Raiden to enter a battlefield without a plan and highly emotionally charged.

"However, you charged in there without thinking and that could've potentially cost your life." He said seriously, "Rule #20: A Shinobi must never show emotions, much less let their emotions rule them. And Rule #30: A shinobi must prepare before it's too late. Today, you allowed your anger get the best of you and you weren't prepared to go in there and fight five dangerous Shinobi who could've easily killed you. You should've waited for us at least for backup, just please think before you go into a dangerous situation next time."

It took a moment for Kakashi's words to settle into him. He understood he got lucky this time and the outcome could've been completely different if the tables were turned. There was no way a eight year old child would've been able to take one five A-Rank missing-nin by himself without the aid of his magic.

He would've been outnumbered and captured as well. "I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei. I acted foolishly and allowed by anger to fuel me instead of planning beforehand, or even alert an ANBU of the location." He said remorsefully, dropping his head in shame admitting his mistake.

"Maa, Maa, it's alright gaki. You're still learning and this was a learning experience. Just make sure you stay level headed once you become a real Shinobi and plan ahead."

"Hai, I'll work harder and make you proud sensei!"

Kakashi smiled, "I know you will. Now stay here and take care of the blondie, I'm going home. Goodnight, gaki." He ruffled Raiden's hair before he jumped off the window before he could say goodbye to the silver haired ANBU.

Raiden stayed up mauling over the advice Kakashi gave him; it wasn't until he felt someone squeeze his hand that he saw the blonde staring at him relieved.

"Thank you Shadow for rescuing me. . . I knew you'll come." Naruto whispered quietly, his voice was dry and raspy.

Raiden clutched the blonde's hand tightly, relieved Naruto was okay. He stared intensely into Naruto's crystalline azure eyes and said, "I'll always be there for you little lion. That's what best friends do, right?"

Naruto smiled, "yes," he yawned widely feeling drowsy thanks to the medicine inject to him.

"Hold me?" He asked coyly. He didn't want to feel alone, he wanted Raiden to hold him, keep him safe as he slept.

Raiden maneuvered himself gently behind Naruto; he carefully wrapped his arms around Naruto's lithe form and smiled as Naruto made himself comfortable in his arms.

The last thing he heard before the blonde fell asleep was soft, "thank you," before the hospital room became silent. Unconsciously, he ran his hand through Naruto's messy hair, listening to the blonde's steady breath as he slept peaceful in his arms.

E/N: Well, there you have it! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and make sure too keep on voting. The polls will closed down on the 18th of this month so make sure you vote for whom you want to be part of Raiden's harem.

* Update: Next Chapter will be up tomorrow noon-ish!

October 9th, 1988, 5:00 pm

Raiden's Kitchen, Senju Compound, Konohagakure no Satow