Naruto: Mokuzaimusha

by JackOfBladesX

What if Naruto is an indirect relative of the first Hokage. What if his spirit broke a long time ago. What if he hated Konaha. What if he learned a move other than Kage Bunshin. I hope it's better than it sounds...Terminated and adopted.

17. Unleash the Rasen Shikyo Shushi

Disclaimor: I don't own Naruto or a certain anime. FYI, i couldn't resist throwing in a Family Guy joke in here.

AN: For those of you who remember, I mentioned Naruto's personality was inspired by one of my favorite characters of an anime I watched. I finally get to give Naruto an ability I had intended to give him from the start of the Fanfiction, but decided to give it to him later, nows that later. For those of you who guess the anime and the character, you get a cookie Disclaimor: You will not actually receive a cookie.

Anyway, i decided to add in a jutsu list for Naruto in the end of this chapter, so those of you who are confused, look forward to that.

I have two warnings: The first is that I'm moving this up to a 'M' Rating, though i don't think i actually need it.

The second is that, i felt bad about leaving you guys on such a horrible cliff hanger, that i decided not too do that again...technically speaking. So instead i just decided to with-hold three pieces of information from this chapter, (that a lot of you will find a lot worse).

Anyway, on with the show. (this is my largest chapter yet.)

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Chapter 17: Deceptions, Unleash the Rasen Shikyo Shushi

---Kakashi and Lee vs Itachi---

Kakashi and Itachi both faced off against each other, with Lee a few steps behind Kakashi.

Itachi…looked almost curious at the returning ANBU captain, almost curious. Kakashi didn't bat an eye, yet he knew exactly what the S-class missing-nin wanted, 'He's curious to the powers of my Mangekyo Sharingan. Hmmm, well maybe I should give him what he wants.'

The Uchiha quickly launched himself at the two leaf-nin. He quickly, threw a quick kick to Kakashi, which the copy-nin struggled to block. He quickly ducked under a kick sent to him by Lee, and quickly countered by throwing three kunai at the boy. Lee quickly pulled out his own kunai, and blocked every projectile.

Kakashi was vaguely surprised when he found the boy able to keep up with the speed of the Uchiha. That's when he realized two things, the first was that Lee didn't have his weights on and the second was that the boy had already opened the First Gate (Initial Gate). He could see that Lee was not looking in Itachi's eyes, a clear sign of Gai's training.

Kakashi glared back at Itachi and launched himself at the man. The three ninjas started interchanging blow after blow.

Itachi was nimbly dodging or blocking every blow sent his way, yet that's all he was able to do, with the combined efforts of both Lee and Kakashi attacking him, he'd need to even out the playing field. He quickly blocked one of Lee's kicks before spinning him around and throwing the boy in Kakashi's direction.

Thinking quickly, Kakashi grabbed on to the boy, skidding backwards a few feet, before tossing him, lightly, to the ground behind him. 'Sorry Lee…'

Said boy, quickly jumped back up to his feet, instantly ready to fight once more.

Itachi looked at the boy with a monotone gaze, as Kakashi glared at him. Itachi raised his hand and pointed at Rock Lee…that was all that it took.

Lee's eyes widened as Itachi's Genjutsu took effect. Kakashi's eyes widened as he was about to release the Jutsu, but was halted when Itachi came to attack him. Kakashi quickly blocked Itachi, before doing the necessary one handed seal, "Kage Bunshin!"

Two shadow clones appeared right next to Kakashi, who quickly resumed fighting Itachi. One of the Shadow Clones grabbed Lee and ran as fast as it could, the other engaged Itachi along with Kakashi. 'Damn it all, I never thought I would actually wish for Sasuke's assistance with Itachi, I need to get to Naruto!'

---Haku and Neji vs Kisame---

Kisame and Haku were both glaring at each other, something that seemed out of character for the overconfident missing-nin and even more abnormal for the normally stoic girl. What needed to be said had been said between the two former mist-nins.

Neji, who was about five meters to the right of Haku, with his Byakkugan blazing, stared at the two with slight interest. He was well aware of the power that the young woman possessed; his former kunoichi teammate being rather close to the slightly older woman. He wasn't two impressed with the fact that she was already an ANBU, he was well aware of the fact that he would too be asked to join their ranks. Her mask was on the side of her face, revealing her face and glaring eyes. The Akatsuki member was a complete mystery. The only thing he had to go on was rumors that he had heard from Hiashi-sama, and his old sensei, who seemed to have some experience with the shark-like man. The thing that worried him most was the sword that he possessed, which was currently on his back. Neji narrowed his eyes as he was forced to admit something to himself that he rarely was forced to, 'I'm outclassed…'

Suddenly both water-nin quickly started doing handseals, and at the very same time they both called out, "Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave)!" They both opened their mouths and spat up a torrent of water.

Neji's eyes widened in intrigue and somewhat in disgust as the water seemed to keep coming from the two nin, already engulfing the small clearing that they were in, the water reached up his ankles. For fear of being engulfed he quickly jumped out of the water into a nearby tree. Good thing too, the water would have engulfed him completely and he didn't feel the need to waste chakra until necessary. He continued to watch Haku and Kisame, who were now standing on the water. Neither seemed at all winded by the jutsu they had initiated only seconds ago.

Haku quickly started doing another set of handseals. She finished them in only a few moments, 27 seals total, "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Blast Technique)" A water dragon quickly erupted out of the water behind Haku and quickly went straight towards Kisame.

The Kaijin no Kirigakure (Scourge of Hidden Mist) merely smiled as he grabbed his Samehada. Just as the blast would have engulfed him, he quickly spun to the side and smashed his sword against the water dragon, letting the sword devour the chakra that remained in the water dragon, and making said attack helpless. He grinned at the girl in front of him as he put his sword back on his back. "Not bad. You used an attack that normally requires 54 seals, with only 27." Noticing that Haku was now staring at him with no emotion on her face he continued, "You truly are a prodigy with water, BUT STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Kisame flashed through 19 seals before calling out, "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" A water dragon, much larger than Haku's, exploded out of the water behind Kisame, however he vaguely noticed that Haku was doing a set of unfamiliar hand seals, thirty total.

"Hyōton: Haryū Mōko (Ice Release: Piercing Dragon Fierce Tiger)", another explosion of water erupted from behind Haku, and took the form of a dragon, however this one quickly crystallized into a dragon of ice.

Neji watched as both dragons clashed with each other, the ice dragon clearly being dominate as it cut through the larger dragon with ease, heading straight for it's opponent's master. Kisame grinned as the dragon slammed into him, smashing him through the surface of the water, as the dragon also submerged.

Haku's eyes narrowed as she fixed her masked, so it was completely covering her face, 'I've been fighting a Mizu Bunshin…' She quickly looked down before jumping high into the air, barely avoiding the hand that came up too pull her under. Haku saw three shurikan erupt out of the water, coming straight at her. Thinking quickly she pulled three senbon needles from her belt and let them sail out of her hand, easily deflecting the shurikan. She then quickly twisted herself in the air, and landed on the water with the grace of a cat.

She saw Kisame emerge from the spot that he had attempted to grab her. He was now staring at her with a feral grin. "Interesting, usually I take great pride in shredding and shaving my opponents to pieces and yet, I can't help but feel the need to hold your head underwater until you drown…"

Haku wasn't fazed by his words, "You were always the most unstable member of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Shichinin Shū (Seven Swordsmen of the Mist)." She quickly pulled out five more senbon needles, and quickly threw them at Kisame, doing one-handed seals at the same time.

---Naruto---

Naruto stood their, in front of three people; one of which he though he'd never see again, and the other two who he hoped he'd never see at all. He moved past the third hokage, who was now a man of no older than thirty. He started walking to the them, and after a few moments the Fourth let go of his wife and walked forward as well. Within a few moments they were now face to face.

Sarutobi edged backwards a bit, subconsciously wanting to give the three a little privacy, but at the same time knowing that he needed to stay close.

Naruto looked up at the man that he had come to hate for many years now, silently hating the fact that he was still much taller. Arashi continued to look down at the boy with a grim smile on his face.

It seemed like an eternity that the two were standing there.

He went over his options. He could A. take out all his frustration out on the two people that he truly hated, Physically, or B. Try to ignore them both with a mask of sarcasm, and hoped he'd be sent to heaven…hell…whichever one these two people didn't occupy.

Naruto started looking around the endless void. He really wanted to do letter A, but two things stopped him. 1. He was currently having trouble concentrating his chakra, which is where most of his, non-demonic, strength was, 2. He couldn't access the demon chakra, 3. he honestly didn't believe he could match the two of them with his current level of Taijutsu and no sword, though he'd be damned if he would EVER admit that little fact to ANYONE with the ability to talk, hear, write, and/or think, and finally 4. , (The most important reason of all), he really wasn't in the mood for a fight, slightly surprised that his anger hadn't give him the will to do so. So his lazy side won out in the end, like it did in many occasions which weren't life threatening, after all he was already dead…right?

"Hmmmm…no place for me to sit…that's kind of depressing…"

Arashi just raised an eyebrow questioningly before settling down in a small smile, "You've really grown tall in the last…fifteen years…"

Naruto sighed as he put on his 'mask' of happiness, "You probably wouldn't be so surprised if you had been around…", Arashi, and even Sarutobi, flinched at that. "I'm not really in the mood for small talk, so if you have something to say, get to it."

Arashi once again flinched at the coldness in his voice, 'Old man was right, he has one freaky smile', "Naruto…I'm so sorry for everything you have went through." The blonde Hokage sighed to himself before continuing, "But, I didn't have another choice! It was the only way to stop the Nine-tailed demon fox that was attacking our village!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at him, "Attacking the village? I don't know…according to the fox, it went slightly different."

Arashi raised an eyebrow questioningly. Naruto, still smiling, proceeded to tell Arashi the Kyuubi's HEAVILY edited version of what happened fifteen years ago. Naruto never noticed how good of a liar he was, because as he was telling the man this story, Arashi's eyes continued to widen in shock. The young boy was surprised that the older blonde never interrupted him.

Arashi was absolutely shocked by the time the boy was finished, "Naruto you can't trust the demon fox! He's telling you lies!"

Naruto shrugged off his mask and replaced it with a monotone face, "Is this why you chose me? Because you think I'm an idiot!" Arashi flinched slightly as the cold edge was still in his voice. "Do you really think so little of me, that you believe that I would even consider for a second, that the fox's story was true."

After a moment Arashi started to look sheepish as he rubbed his head, "I'll tell you one thing kid, you got the deception part of being a ninja down."

Naruto glared at him, "I've been lied to for most of my life, it was kind of easy to pick up…"

Arashi sighed as he turned away, "I didn't know what else to do. All I could do was seal it into a newborn baby. I couldn't ask another parent to give up their children, so my only choice was to seal it into either Yukina, or you." Arashi sighed to himself, "I did everything within my power to save the village, as well as your mother, your sister, and of course you. Even with all my knowledge, all my training, I couldn't save your mother from her…untimely death, and I couldn't spare you the years of hatred that you experienced." At this point Arashi clenched his eyes shut, "I gave the village everything I had, and…and in the end I even sacrificed you for them. M-m-my…last request was for you to be seen as a hero, not to be seen as the damn demon…" Arashi opened his eyes and stared upwards, into the endless void, "I always had such fond memories of the village, so I thought they would honor my request. I thought you would have such fond memories, even if you would have to deal with living with the Kyuubi no Kitsune, for a while until the seal absorbed it…"

Naruto's eyes widened slightly, but only for a moment, 'The seal is going to absorb the fox?'

"…It's the only reason I could rest in peace all these years, thinking that the village would take care of you; hoping beyond all odds, at least in my head, that you wouldn't end up a spoiled brat." At this point, Arashi looked straight at the boy. "When Sarutobi-sensei appeared, and told me the truth, it was one of the biggest shocks of my life, or afterlife might be a better term." Now Arashi was looking downwards, "The only other thing that even came close was when I discovered that Obito wasn't on this side…" he muttered, barely above a whisper

"Huh?"

Arashi looked back up to Naruto, realizing that he was getting off topic. "My dream, was for you to absorb the fox's power and protect the village. That is what I was hoping for…"

Naruto clenched his eyes shut, and even produced a smile, "Your making it a little too hard to hate you…though maybe I never had the right to do so in the first place. In the end, like you said, it was either Yukina or myself. If you hadn't had done what you done, I probably would have been long dead, with the village."

Arashi smiled lightly.

Naruto, on the other hand, stopped smiling, and with a steady voice said, "However, don't think for even a second that I'll become the guardian of the Konaha. You may have given up your life to save that place, but don't think for even a second that I would do the same. I may have been born there, but that place is NOT my home."

Arashi sighed and looked down. He didn't even notice when Naruto walked pass him, and flinched when he did realize it. Arashi turned to see Naruto, glaring at the woman in front of him. Arashi's eyes glanced over Kizuna, noticing that she was shaking somewhat, and she seemed to be hyperventilating. She was scared and nervous, something that was indeed alien to the strong woman, who was renowned for being an ANBU captain.

Naruto glared at the woman in front of him.

She just stared back at him, teary eyed, "Naruto…"

Naruto's glare intensified, "You…are even worst than those bastards I had to deal with EVERY DAY!" Arashi flinched at that comment, as did Sarutobi.

Kizuna opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't find the words.

"Why did you leave me alone to ROT for all those years? Why did you have to leave me alone? WHY THE HELL DID YOU BETRAY ME?" at this point the boy had tears in his eyes, and they were steadily streaming down his face.

Kizuna once again opened her mouth…but still couldn't find the words…

Arashi walked up to them, and stood a few steps behind Naruto, "Kizuna! Talk to him! Tell him the truth!"

"Yes…tell me…tell me why?" muttered the blonde, finding the strength of mind to calm his voice, though he was still glaring at her.

"I…I…Na…" she began.

Naruto's eyes widened slightly as he feel something wrong with his 'body'.

---Gaara---

Deidara glared at Gaara. Gaara continued to walk forward, barely noticing Deidara's presence. He finally stopped, ten meters away from Deidara and Naruto, and fifteen meters away from a strange statue.

He could clearly see Deidara speaking, but frankly, he didn't really give a damn.

"Geez…punk I didn't know you had it in you. Perhaps I have underestimated you all these years. Hmmmm", thought a certain Tanuki.

Gaara made no indication that he had heard anything; he just raised his hand and started gathering sand to it, until he created a small sphere of sand.

Deidara tensed up as he created two birds out of clay.

The Kazekage didn't even flinched as he let the ball of sand fly, going straight towards Deidara.

The Akatsuki member let his birds fly, going straight for the ball. It looked like the two attacks would make contact when the unthinkable happened. The ball changed its trajectory at the last moment, just barely missing the two birds.

Deidara's eyes widened as the ball nearly hit him in the head; the fact that he nearly was beamed wasn't what scared him. Deidara was severely surprised when the ball missed the birds and that combined with the actual speed of the sphere, was too much for the blonde to react in time. He flinched at the impact, as he turned to look at the statue, and the new gaping hole right through it.

BOOM

He quickly turned back to the red headed demon container. Gaara's shield of sand protected him from the two clay birds, easily..

CRACK

Deidara once again shifted his eyes, still keeping his gaze partially on the Kazekage, to the statue, which was currently cracking. Deidara felt the urge to cry at all the hard work he lost, 'That stupid thing is suppose to hold the power of a demon, and it can't even take a little hit like that.' It took only a few moments before the thing literally fell to pieces.

And with its destruction came an explosion of Red Chakra…without the extraction statue, or a corporal form, it only had one place to go…

---Naruto---

Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out of his mouth. He started looking around nervously, noticing that the image of Arashi, Kizuna, and Sarutobi were beginning to blur. His eyes widened somewhat when he saw that Arashi was speaking to Kizuna, he couldn't hear obviously. 'What the hell is going on…'

"You're returning to the world of the living…"

Naruto's eyes widened at the sound of the voice and saw a white robed figured hovering in the air. 'Who the hell?'

"I'm the Shinigami."

Naruto's eyes widened somewhat. He opened his mouth, but cursed mentally when he realized that he still couldn't speak. 'Seems to be able to read my thoughts. Let me see…you're a stupid retard!' One second later Naruto found himself kissing the ground, which still looked like an endless void.

"Watch your tongue child, I have killed people for far less…"

Naruto stood up, noticing that Arashi had kneeled beside him, when the Shinigami had smashed him into the 'ground'. Naruto glared at the robed figure, causing the others to follow his gaze.

"Shinigami-sama?" Arashi said, not knowing that Naruto still couldn't hear a word that he was saying.

The Shinigami was still staring at Naruto. "Someone is calling you back from this realm."

Naruto's eyes widened, 'But I thought I was dead?'

The Shinigami shook his head, "You were on the verge of death, a few more moments, and it would have been so, however, someone is saving you."

Arashi, Kizuna, and Sarutobi all looked at the Shinigami, listening to every word he spoke with a mixture of anxiety, happiness, and some sorrow; whilst he continued his conversation with Naruto. Naruto smirked, 'There are only two people with that kind of power, and since one of them is stuck in Konaha, that only leaves that damn fox…' Naruto's eyes widened slightly as he felt, and saw, himself starting to fade away.

Arashi quickly turned back to his wife, "KIZUNA!"

Kizuna clenched her eyes shut for a moment, before staring straight at Naruto and grasping his shoulders whilst shaking him, tears streaming down her face, "NARUTO I NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE YOU ALL ALONE! I NEVER WROTE THAT LETTER, NOR DID I EVER SPEAK WITH FATHER OR MOTHER!"

Naruto glared at the woman with a cold look of disgust, the last thing he saw before he disappeared, never hearing the message she attempted to give him.

After seeing him disappeared, the woman broke down, collapsing to her knees, and wailing into her hands. Arashi quickly ran to the woman, holding her in his arms.

"Kizuna…"

"I couldn't speak…I just froze…I COULDN'T EVEN TALK TO HIM!!!"

Sarutobi sighed to himself, deep down knowing that Naruto never heard a single thing. 'What a mess I let things become…why couldn't I have seen the truth sooner…' He turned towards Kizuna, feeling the urge to break down himself, at seeing the woman. He then turned towards a random direction, hoping to be glaring at Konaha, thinking of one man and one man alone, his old rival, 'What have you done...'

---In the Cave---

Deidara flinched as the whole cave became engulfed with demonic chakra.

Gaara didn't even budge as he felt the youki attempt to push him backwards, out of the cave.

---Outside the cave---

Sasori could only stare at the mutilated bodies of his mother and father, though he didn't see puppets. He saw the one thing he, and most other children in a position like his own, craved more than any other thing; a sign of affection.

In his minds eye, he could see the two people he still loved, soaring towards him about to embrace him. 'Mother…father…'

BOOM

Out of his peripheral vision, he could see red chakra, lot's of it…within seconds he could see it take the form of the Nine-tails… He quickly returned his attention to his parents, but didn't see what he saw before. He could only see two puppets, each with blades attached to their hands.

He quickly jumped backwards, barely escaping the two dolls, landing on a tree, he quickly glared at both the pink haired kunoichi and the old woman, before turning and disappearing.

Sakura sighed, falling to her feet, looking at the direction of the red chakra. Chiyo gave one last glare at Sasori, knowing that she had lost her chance. She quickly looked at the two puppets in front of her. She walked forward about to seal them up before she paused. At the last second she drew five kunai and threw them at the two puppets. Upon contact, they blew up, destroying the two puppets; finally ending the crime against her daughter and son-in-law. She quickly took a quick look at the cave, before running towards Sakura, grabbing the girl, and disappearing.

---On the Lake---

On the artificial lake, Kisame stood, his sword fully revealed, barely panting. Haku stood, panting, heavily. Neji was a good distance away, panting heavily as well, after a failed surprise attack. The one thing they all had in common, was the thought running through all their minds, 'Oh shit…'

---In the clearing---

Itachi and Kakashi had stopped their brawl to watch the large Kyuubi, both slightly fearful at what this could mean.

Lee, still recovering from the genjutsu, could only watch in amazement, "Naruto…"

---In the forest---

In the forest stood Rei, Yukina, and Rin as they looked in the direction of the Kyuubi. Rin, gulped somewhat, remembering it very well. Yukina, was surprised that what she felt was not anger, but fear, unconditional fear had spread through her, 'How can Naruto hold that thing back…'

Rei looked concerned for her part, but chose not to reveal that fact in front of the fool as she had dubbed him.

Said man was currently in some ridiculous pose, looking straight at the Kyuubi as well. He then turned back to the ladies, "My ladies, as much as I would love too stay and continue our little work out, I just remembered…there's this little old lady that I have to help cross a very busy street, she's expecting me soon. So…until the next time I am graced with your beauty…"

With that, he disappeared.

Rei and Yukina both sweatdropped at the excuse, as they both sheathed their weapons. Yukina glared in the direction he was just in, "Fight? He was just running around like a fool…"

Rei nodded, slightly flustered, "It's strange…he seemed to know exactly how we would attack before we did, he even canceled our Genjutsus."

Rin made sure to think more about this enigma later, as she dashed off in Naruto's direction.

---Naruto's Mindscape---

Naruto found himself in front of a very familiar cage. The fox was their, though the blonde didn't seem to notice that the fox was looking somewhat smaller, and weaker.

The boy didn't notice a thing though. Naruto sighed to himself, somewhat contently, 'Funny…she practically leaves me to die…and she doesn't even say a single damn thing. At least…the fourth, tries to apologize…'

"BRAT!"

Naruto's eyes widened when he noticed that he had been ignoring the fox.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You'd think you'd show a little gratitude", scoffed the fox.

Naruto, still only half paying attention, replied, "It's funny, for the first time in years, I feel a strange sense of satisfaction, yet a part of me feels like I earned a one-way ticket to hell…"

The Kyuubi blinked, "What? You've only been gone for about a minute brat! What the hell did you do, flick off the Shinigami?"

Naruto shrugged, "I called him a retard actually, but that's not really important", muttered the blonde who finally took the time to look at the fox, "Did you cut off your own tails?"

The fox's eye twitched, "WHY THE HELL WOULD I CUT OFF MY OWN TAILS?"

Naruto shrugged, "Well then what the hell is wrong with you?"

The fox sighed, "Thanks to Shukaku's container, the totem that I was sealed into was destroyed, afterwards the seal on your stomach reabsorbed me; I suppose the two of us were still connected somewhat. Afterwards, my chakra started healing your body."

Naruto blinked, "Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that Gaara would have come to save me…who knew."

"I wasn't finished!" the fox snapped, "The seal on your stomach was damaged. Originally, the seal was designed to automatically absorb my spirit and chakra, trapping the two within the seal; that is what happened fifteen years ago. However the part of the seal that automatically absorbed my chakra was damaged, so it's all still streaming through your chakra coils."

Naruto's eyes nearly popped out of his head, "WHAT!" He started feeling around his face, noticing that his whisker-marks were more distinct. He felt his canines, noticing that they were longer. He finally noticed that his nails were grown out, into claws. "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE! HOW CAN I EVEN BE STILL ALIVE!"

The fox shrugged, "All of my chakra pulsing through your coils at the same time, is rupturing your chakra coils; such a thing WILL kill you. The only reason you're still alive is because at the very same time, my chakra is healing you." The fox quickly paused to think about something, 'Hmmm, all this crap is probably going to lower his life span…better look into that later…probably shouldn't worry him about that right now…'

"Wait…Whether or not I'm in your cage, I usually start losing my mind, as if I'm starting to become an animal or something. But I feel completely normal right now, why is that?"

The fox shrugged, "Don't know…"

Naruto sighed to himself, then adopted a thoughtful look, "I don't feel any stronger either…usually I would feel stronger and faster. Why aren't I feeling that way now?"

He shrugged again, "No clue…"

Naruto slapped his forehead, before glaring at the fox, "Well…What the hell do you know?"

The demon started chuckling somewhat, "Funny you should ask. I need to find a way to absorb at least five of my tails back…and I only got about ten minutes to do it."

Naruto's eyes widened as he was banished from his mindscape.

---Naruto---

Naruto slowly rose to his feet. The first thing his mind registered was the fact that, he didn't feel like he super strong, or fast. The second thing he registered was that the red chakra wasn't exploding around him, though out of his peripheral vision, he did notice something swinging behind him. If he would have looked behind him, he would have found nine large red tails made completely out of chakra, each tail being at least as long as Naruto is tall. Finally, he noticed the two figures in front of him. One slightly scared Akatsuki member and one very happy Kazekage. 'Funny…I didn't think Gaara could do 'happy'.'

"Focus you idiot!"

Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'That's right, I got to get rid of some of this chakra. Should be simple, though I'll have to seriously drop my chakra control.' He looked passed the Akatsuki member, and directly towards Gaara, "Gaara, I don't have the time to explain why, but I need you to let me handle this."

Gaara, in a monotone voice, merely stated, "If I see him getting away, I will step in…" and with that said, he disappeared in a swirl of sand.

Naruto looked directly at Deidara, 'This guy may have his clay, but he's not that much faster than I am.' The clenched his eyes shut, hiding them with his bangs at the same time.

And then he did something that he rarely ever did, he allowed himself to remember the past…

"Demon brat!"

Every dirty look…

"Bastard child, why don't you do us all a favor and just die!"

Every glare…

"How could they allow that thing to live with us, after all it's done!"

Every whisper…

"IT should have been killed the moment it was transformed into a child!"

Every insult…

"How could they allow that thing to become a ninja! He'll be the end of us all!"

Everything…

"The Nine-tailed fox! The KYUUBI! It's inside of YOU! YOU ARE THE NINE-TAILED FOX!"

As if it happened merely a few seconds ago…

Deidara, shivered slightly as he felt a large wave of killer intent coming from the boy in front of him. He began to create even more birds out of clay, 'With the Kazekage gone, I still have a chance to apprehend the Nine-tails!"

"I was saving this technique for an old friend of mine, but I guess I can test it out on you." Then, Naruto did the last thing anyone ever expected of him, he looked up towards Deidara and smiled warmly.

Deidara's eyes widened as he saw the boy's face. He couldn't see any anger, fear, resentment, or anything else from Naruto.

"Oh! And if you want my opinion, art is something that last a long time, hence my plants!" In a flash, Naruto started doing handseals, "Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan no jutsu!"

Deidara didn't even noticed what he'd done until, the 11 purple roots exploded out of the ground and started heading straight towards him. He quickly jumped backwards and hurled all his birds forward, colliding with all the plants. Deidara was ginning until he saw the plants come through the dust, with only minor damage, and still heading straight towards him. He quickly turned on his heel and jumped through the cave opening!

All the plants stopped shortly outside of the cave opening.

Deidara sighed, about ten meters away from the opening, and started making more clay birds. He vaguely noticed that all the roots were starting to sprout leaves, but didn't pay it much attention, until he heard the blonde.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Konaha Shurikan no jutsu (Leaf Shurikan Technique).

That made his blood run cold as he saw the leaves on the plants shine slightly, as if they were made of iron, before they were launched by some unseen force towards the blonde Akatsuki Membber. There was so many that it looked like a whole blizzard of leaves was coming down on him. He quickly launched the nine birds he create towards the leaves, and flinched when he saw them slice to shreds, and fall to the ground uselessly.

Naruto, wincing slightly due to finally seeing the sun again after so long, appeared outside the cave with a grin as he witnessed the man's body be ripped to shreds, only to be replaced by clay. Naruto mentally growled, when he heard something behind him. He quickly turned in time to see Deidara launch eight more birds at him.

Deidara stared at the still smiling blonde, as his clay birds connected with him. All the birds connected and exploded. The blonde smirked slightly, "I just hope my art didn't kill him, still need to re-extract the blasted fox from him." Deidara continued to wait until the dust was clear. When it did, his eyes widened. There, right where Naruto should have been, was a wooden barrier. "WHAT THE HELL!" 'I didn't even see him do any handseals!' Suddenly four plants came out of the ground, around Deidara, and began to drag him into the ground.

"Mokuton Hijutsu: Shokubotsu Funkei no Jutsu!"

The man quickly did a handseal, and quickly turned into clay.

Naruto didn't even bat an eye, as he put more chakra into the technique. "Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan no Jutsu!"

The plants, that had originally been trying to grasp Deidara's legs, quickly began to twist together, slowly rising from the ground, and growing. The tree continued growing until it was fifty meters tall, and about five meters in diameter. The tree itself wasn't something to worry about; it was the giant canopy of large purple leaves that one should be afraid of.

Deidara watched the whole thing, hidden in the branches of a tree. 'Why can't I predict his movements! His fucking Kenki (Offensive Aura) has completely disappeared! The brat's better than I thought, maybe because we are no longer in a desert!' He quickly opened one of his clay pouches, ecstatic that he had remembered to bring a lot extra, after his last run in with the demon brat. He glared at the plant, 'No way I can let this bastard defeat me, using plants; a technique that last a long time; I would never hear the end of it from that cursed Sasori.'

Naruto grinned from his position, hiding in the giant tree's branches, he knew that Deidara had watched the giant tree grow, but he just didn't know where. But while Deidara was worried about what was going above the ground, he should have been more worried about what was happening below it. As the roots of the giant tree were spreading out across the forest.

Naruto put back up his new mask, the one that only showed a warm smile, when he started leaking his chakra into some of the trees around the forest, it didn't take him long to find what he was looking for. 'That tree feels a little different from the others, has a lot more chakra around it. Hmmmm…'

"May I remind you that you haven't even used one whole chakra tail, and you only have seven minutes left!"

'Bite me! I can't just go at him like a moron, or I'll get myself killed! I'm trying to use as much chakra as possible, without causing the jutsu to fail!'

"And what the hell are you going to do when you run out of time and you haven't even wasted enough tails of chakra?"

'FIGURE SOMETHING OUT! NOW LET ME CONCENTRATE!' Hearing the fox grumble, he continued to concentrate. He started concentrating more of his chakra, through the big tree, down to the roots, which connected to the roots of the suspicious tree.

Deidara didn't even know what hit him, as he was unceremoniously, and literally, thrown out of the tree by the very tree itself.

When he landed, out in the open, away from the birds he had just made, he gulped

"Mokuton Hijutsu: Konaha Shurikan no Jutsu!"

Deidara's eyes widened as he saw all the leaves of the giant tree literally launch themselves out of it and quickly turn towards him. Thinking quickly, he summoned forth the birds he had created. 'I'll just have to blow them up, before they make contact.' Fourteen birds flew around him, before they quickly flew in the direction of the, literal, tornado made of leaves. A second before the birds connected, he sent the command for all of them to blow up!

---Naruto's mindscape---

The fox growled to himself as he absorbed a full tail of chakra. Counting the tail that Naruto has just about wasted, that left only three that he needed to reabsorb, or that Naruto needed to use up, in six minutes.

That's when he noticed something, the tail of chakra that he had reabsorbed, was slowly leaving him, not enough that it would put Naruto's, or more importantly his, life in danger, but it was still something very curious. It was sliding through the seal. He looked back at one of his other tails, one that had slowly been regenerating, it wasn't being absorbed. "What the hell?" He took a closer look at the tail, and the tail that was being transferred through the seal. "Well I'd be a monkey's uncle…Must have something to do with the slightly damaged seal…and the element of this specific tail…"

He grinned as he quickly pushed the tail against the seal, making the transfer process a whole lot quicker. At the same time he quickly started reabsorbing a second tail from Naruto, 'If my hypothesis is correct, this tail should work the exact same way!'

---Naruto---

Naruto blinked when he saw the large explosion take out most of his leaves, the ones that weren't taken out, were flung away by the force of the explosion, now harmless. He could see Deidara quickly create even more of those accursed birds out of clay. He mentally sighed as he stood back up, in his position in the branches of the giant tree, no longer being hidden by the leaves of the tree. 'Ok, screw finesse, it's about time I burned off some of this chakra. I'll give these guy's a hell load of chakra.' He quickly did a few handseals, "Mokuton Hijutsu: Taju Oni Moku Bunshin no jutsu!"

Chakra started to seep from Naruto, and in seconds, one hundred demonic plants in the shape of foxes, formed around Naruto on the branches of the trees. For only a moment, Naruto's face twisted into a sadistic grin, "Go nuts…" The foxes quickly leapt downwards, going straight towards the Akatsuki member, well almost all of them.

Naruto turned his gaze towards one specific fox, that didn't follow, and an ordinary Moku Bunshin. Naruto held out his hand, his palm facing upwards. The fox came over, and opened its mouth up wide, holding it right next to Naruto's hand. Naruto grinned, 'Spin…spin…spin…spin…'

---Naruto---

Deidara growled to himself, as he destroyed yet one more of those accursed demonic plants. He had been doing this for well over ten minutes. When he saw the plants descending towards him, he decided that right then would be a good time to retreat, unfortunately for him, every time he tried to retreat, he was cut off by one of those damn foxes. He must have destroyed almost a hundred of them. What's worse was that some of them regenerated themselves and he would have to kill them all over again, which is what he was dealing with right now.

He tried to escape in the ground, a fox would stop him a second before he could complete a Doton jutsu. He tried through the trees, 'Bloody foxes a worse than Zetsu, how they can merge with trees.' He already gave up on flying away; he kept getting attack before he could form a bird nearly large enough.

The blonde had four, rather large, clay birds flying around him. He kept glancing from side to side, looking for the last few foxes that seemed to not want to die. He quickly turned around in time to see a fox soaring through the air, coming straight at him. He quickly launched one of his birds, straight that the plant beast, easily blowing the damn thing up. He turned around and launched two more at two foxes that had tried to sneak up on him. The blonde growled to himself, 'I'm almost out of chakra.'

Deidara took one quick glance around, before he molded more clay into his remaining clay bird. It quickly formed into a clay bird large enough for him to escape, 'No choice, I used the last of my clay.' His senses started screaming danger, as he quickly turned around to see a certain blonde flying down on him.

Naruto was holding an orb of red and blue chakra, with a glowing green center. Naruto brought it down on Deidara, however the Nuke-nin quickly jumped backwards, sending his bird to fly away at the same time. Naruto, still with that smile, upon landing on the ground quickly hurled his orb into the ground, "Mokuton Hijutsu: Rasen Shikyo Shushi (Spiraling Death Seed)", the second that the Rasengan hit the ground, the dirt exploded. Naruto quickly jumped backwards, as Deidara glared into the dust that hid the other blonde's retreat. Naruto on the other hand was thinking quickly, '3…2…' Naruto flinched slightly when, what must have been forty giant, thorned roots erupted from the crater, growing rapidly in every direction. He continued to stare, as two of the roots, each about half as wide as he was tall, came at him and pierced his body. 'He' grinned as 'he' dissolved into leaves. Somewhere close by, a certain blonde was cursing himself for his timing being off.

Deidara, facing a similar situation, quickly jumped on top of one of the roots that were coming down on him, letting the root carry him away from the dangerous plants. He flinched slightly as one of the thorns grazed his foot. He quickly shifted his head to avoid being beheaded by another plant, using chakra to stay on the root. He quickly twisted himself to the side slightly to avoid being hit by another one; he quickly summoned his bird. Deidara, once he felt that he was safe enough from being impaled by more roots, he quickly jumped off the plant and quickly ran towards the clay bird, which he saw in a nearby clearing.

Deidara grinned as he came closer to the fake animal, however that was quickly eliminated when it exploded in a puff of smoke, revealing another one of Naruto's foxes. Deidara, actually caught off guard, didn't have enough time to react as the fox jumped on top of him, and chomped down on his shoulder. Deidara flinched slightly and pulled out a kunai, but his blood quickly ran cold…

"Mokuton Hijutsu: Rasen Shikyo Shushi!"

Deidara's eyes widened as he felt the Spiraling Sphere hit him in the back, ripping through it.

Naruto, ignoring the blood that had splashed on his face, quickly jumped backwards, '3…2…' He once again cursed himself as Deidara literally exploded into blood and even more Roots.

The blonde continued jumping backwards, dodging between roots as best as he could, he flinched slightly as he felt one of the roots graze his arms and legs. His eyes widened as he saw four more roots descending on him, he quickly concentrating the Kyuubi's chakra into his feet and easily avoided them, just as they hit the ground. Naruto quickly did a backflip, landing on his hands and knees as he quickly finally reached the thirty meter limit of the Rasen Shikyo Shushi.

He fell to his knees, physically exhausted, though he was still surging with chakra.

"IDIOT! YOU STILL HAVE TO GET RID OF ANOTHER QUARTER OF A TAIL! YOU ONLY HAVE THIRTY SECONDS!"

Naruto's eyes widened as he quickly formed another set of seals. "Mokuton Hijutsu: Chakra Hiru Oni Ki no Jutsu!" Within seconds, a hundred Chakra sucking plants formed around Naruto and quickly attached themselves to the blonde Jinchuuriki, until he was covered from head to toe.

---Itachi and Kakashi---

Kakashi quickly landed in a crouch, physically exhausted. He glared at the Uchiha, who only seemed slightly winded. Itachi looked over in the direction of the Kyuubi's chakra, noticing the absence of Deidara's chakra signature. 'This is…unsettling. Deidara has been slain. Sasori has retreated. Both the Gaara-kun and Naruto-kun seem to have drawn even more of their respective demon's chakra. At best, we can hope for a stalemate. We must retreat.'

As Kakashi stood up, Itachi disappeared in a whirl of leaves. The Jounin's eyes widened, no longer being able to feel Itachi's presence. 'He just left…'

"Dainamikku-Entorī (Dynamic Entry)!" Yelled Lee, but soon paused when he noticed the Itachi was nowhere in sight, and that Kakashi was covering up his Sharingan. He took a quick look around before slumping his shoulders, "Is it over?"

Kakashi nodded as he waved Lee to follow him.

---Haku, Kisame, and Neji---

"Hakke Rokujū Yonshōu!" Screamed the Hyuuga prodigy as he quickly launched into the dance that he hoped would seal Kisame's fate. "Two strikes!" He launched the fist two attacks, mentally grinning as he connected with boy of them. "Four Strikes!" Kisame growled as he raised his sword and managed to block three of the next four attacks; causing Neji to wince as he jabbed the scale like points of the sword. "Eight Strikes! Sixteen Strikes!" Kisame quickly blocked the next attack by either his sword, or his free hand, blocking all but two. "Thirty-two strikes!" Kisame grinned as he could see the Hyuuga's attack get slightly slowly, he easily blocked them all. "Sixty-four strikes!" The sharkman blocked every strike once again.

Neji quickly jumped backwards, glaring at the man, 'Damn it, only close five points!' He could see the Akatsuki member, was only slightly winded; with a few senbon needles protruding from his body, at non-lethal points. Neji himself was panting rather hard, multiple scratches around his body, and worse of all his fingers. He glanced over the Haku, noting that the girl was much worse than he was. She had fought the Akatsuki member on even grounds for a few minutes, but as her stamina and chakra left her body, she started to slow down. At the moment, the girl was struggling to stay on her feet, let alone stay on the water. 'She's used to much of her chakra!' He turned back to Kisame, 'This bastard is a freaking monster! There's no way he could have this much stamina! It's even more than Naruto's!'

His eyes widened as he saw another figure approaching them. Kisame looked to the side, noticing Itachi land right next to him. "Kisame, we're leaving!"

Kisame's eyes widened, "We're retreating again!"

Itachi nodded, "We must re-plan!" He muttered before he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Kisame shrugged before turning back to Haku, "I must say, Zabuza would be very disappointed in you.", he said with a grin, disappearing in a swirl of water.

---Naruto---

"HURRY!!!"

"I'M TRYING YOU NO TAILED RETARD!"

"It's nice to see you too…" muttered a certain silver-haired jounin, with Lee behind him. "What are you doing exactly?"

Naruto didn't answer as he fell unconscious.

---Naruto's mindscape---

Naruto sighed as he thought about it for the thousandth time in the last minute. 'Miso…no pork, wait maybe chicken…no pork, pork!'

"BRAT!"

Naruto turned towards the large fox, who now had seven of his tails back, realizing that he had been ignoring the demon.

"Were you listening to a single thing I just said?" he asked with a glare.

Naruto merely waved it off, "Of course…you were saying that…you are such…a hot fox…and every…and any… woman would love to have your child." He said with a grin.

The fox shrugged, "Ok, my mistake, I guess you were listening…"

Naruto sweatdropped. He was spending too much time with this damn fox, to be able to know what he would talk about.

"Anyway, by the way, you should know something." He could see the blonde nod with something akin to boredom in his eyes. "I gave you two of my tails."

Naruto's flinched slightly at that, "WHAT!"

The fox nodded, "Together the two of us only absorbed/used four tails of chakra; you needed five tails absorbed in order to live. So I used a quick process of increasing your normal chakra levels, thus allowing you to access more of my chakra, easily."

Naruto blinked a few times.

The fox sighed, "I discovered something through the broken seal that I didn't know before. The seal on your stomach, has not only been absorbing my chakra, it's been purifying it, making it something similar to your own human chakra. Anyway, after I reabsorbed one of my tails, I noticed one thing very quickly, the same tail that I reabsorbed was steadily flowing back through the seal, at a faster MUCH faster level than it normally would. Which is why I noticed it at all." Naruto nodded, urging him to continued, "Anyway, it wasn't just because of the broken seal, it was because of what that specific tail represented. It was one of the tails, which I used to manipulate the elements, or more specifically my Mizu Tail (Water Tail). After finding this out, I quickly pushed it through the broken seal, increasing the absorption rate exponentially. Then I started taking back the only other tail you would be able to absorb, my Chi Tail (Earth Tail). These two specifically would work because…"

"They are my elemental affinities…" finished the blonde before noticing something, "Wait…the seal looks fine to me…"

The demon shrugged, "The seal, restored itself partially after I took back the rest of my chakra, which was easier to get back since your chakra coils were no longer going crazy."

"Partially?"

"Before you ask…I have no idea how this will affect you."

"You really are lacking in a lot of answers I need lately…"

The fox shrugged, "I'm no expert in this sealing crap, alright brat! You want to speak with someone, talk to the pervert. You might also want to ask him about the two tails worth of chakra that you now have, no telling what the hell that might have done."

Naruto nodded, resisting the urge to flick him off… as he turned around and started walking away.

"Hey brat!"

Naruto turned his head back.

"You'll have to go back to Konaha!" Seeing Naruto's eyes widen slightly, he decided to continue, "You need to make that silver-haired pervert make good on his promise to give you more scrolls with earth and water jutsu. Though you have a large library of jutsu of those specific those specific elements, they are all useless in a real battle. Besides, I doubt you want to fight the pervert or the brat with the huge eyebrows."

Naruto sighed, silently agreeing with the fox's logic, "I wouldn't mind seeing the old bat, see what she's up too, not to mention Iruka." He muttered as he turned back around, but paused as a thought came to his mind, "Hey retard…I heard that the seal would eventually absorb you…is that true."

The demon sighed, "Yes…it is taking my life little by little, as it absorbed my chakra. Originally, I wouldn't have been taken until you were about 63…but after I gave you those two tails, I probably shaved at least 14 years off that time…"

Naruto snorted, "Great…another 30 or so years with you still…can't…get rid of you can I…"

The fox actually smiled, "Nope, I suppose you can't…OH! Before I forget, come back over here for a moment? I want to give you something!"

Naruto turned towards the fox, curiosity getting the better of his sense of logic…big mistake…The moment Naruto got close enough to the prison,

BAM

He found himself immediately kissing the ground…

"REMEMBER THAT! Because it's going to happen again, the next time you stupidly get yourself caught off guard! Now get the hell out of my chambers!"

As he slowly lifted himself up, Naruto could only glare at the fox, before he was banished from his own mind.

---Back in the clearing---

Naruto jumped to his feet the second that he stood up. He noticed that he was surrouned on all sides. He opened his eyes to see Sakura, Rei, and Lee uncomfortably close to him, all had tears in their eyes.

"NISAN!" He flinched as Rei glomped him, almost sending him to the ground. Ignoring the glare that Yukina sent the girl, he slowly returned her hug. She pulled away from him, smiling somewhat… He smiled back, before being glomped for again.

This time by Sakura. He froze somewhat, feeling tears on his shoulder. "Sakura…-AHHH!"

Within a second Naruto found himself kissing the ground, before being painfully pulled off the ground, and being shaken brutally, "HOW DARE YOU LET YOURSELF BE CAPTURE IN SUCH A STUPID WAY YOU BLONDE HAIRED IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING! WERE YOU EVEN THINKING! I SHOULD BEAT THAT STUPID SKULL OF YOURS INTO THE GROUND FOR YOUR STUPIDITY!"

The rest of the group sweatdropped at the display from the two ex-teammates. It was actually semi-comical…for them at least…

Naruto, for the first time in a long time, felt true and utter fear well up inside of him. That day he learned one thing and one thing alone, DON'T PISS OFF HARUNO SAKURA!

---Later that day---

It had been decided that the group would first go to Sunagakure, making sure that the Kazekage and his party returned their safely, and then escort Naruto to Konahagakure.

Kakashi and Rin were both surprised when Naruto didn't seem to complain, they were all relieved.

After walking for about a day, and meeting up with Temari, the group stopped to rest. The walk itself was without much incident. Sakura and Rei kept hounding him on his trip, and especially about his eyes. One major problem was that every time Rei would address Naruto, she would address him as Nisan, something which was clearly annoying a certain blonde princess, though this little fact seemed to be lost on both Naruto and Rei, or at least they chose to ignore it.. After they ate, they all pitched up a tent. Minus Gaara, whom didn't carry one, and Naruto who couldn't find his in the remnants of his supplies which he found back in the cave. Thankfully, he found his Hitai-ate, still in good condition, but he was kind of annoyed when he didn't find his jacket; leaving him in only his dark blue pants and shirt.

Sakura sighed for about the hundredth time since she had set up her tent. She hated camping, she really did. Then looked around at everyone, who had pitched up a similar tents as hers, except Gaara and… 'NARUTO!' She quickly squealed in delight, getting the attention of mostly everyone in the camp, before she put on her best puppy dogface. "Naruto…" she whined, "I forgot to pack my tent…can I stay with you?"

Everyone in the camp stared at her in shock, for numerous reasons, except for a certain copy-nin who was chuckling to himself.

Lee quickly ran to Sakura, "You can stay with me Sakura-AHHH!" Instead of ignoring Lee, she used two of her fingers to make him kiss the floor as well.

Yukina walked up to her as well, "You wish to stay with my…I mean with Naruto?" She asked in a matter of fact tone of voice, "Even though you obviously have a perfectly good tent right there." She pointed at the tent Sakura just pitched.

With a flick of her wrist, Sakura sent a kunai sailing towards her tent, and the moment it connected, it blew up.

Everyone stared at this with shock.

"Naruuuuutoooo, Yukina destroyed my tent, can I pleeeease stay with yoouuuuuu?'

Naruto sighed as he nodded, easily understanding what Sakura wanted him to do.

Yukina glared at the pink-haired girl, her eye twitching dangerously. "Excuse me Sakura-san, but did you just accuse me of destroying your tent?", she asked already knowing the answer.

Sakura turned towards her with a shrug, "Excuse me, Yukina-hime, but I do believe that was one of your kunai."

Yukina raised an eye as she checked her kunai pouch, noticing one of them and one of her explosive tags, were indeed missing, 'Bitch…'

Naruto quickly did the handseals he needed to do, "Shichūka no Jutsu!", making sure to add some of the demon fox's chakra.

In a few seconds Naruto could be found on top of a huge inn-sized house.

Everyone, save Sakura and Kakashi, stared at him in shock. Naruto just jumped off the inn before asking, "Did Yukina's kunai destroy anyone else's tents?" before walking inside.

Yukina's eye twitched as she saw Sakura bounce inside of the inn, Kakashi walking behind her. Rin and Rei, after getting over their shock, walked inside. Neji shrugged, before following, with Lee running beside him. Chiyo yawned as she followed everyone. Lastly was Temari who gave a quick look to Gaara. Gaara merely waved her off, as he jumped up, and on top of the three-story building. Temari sighed as she walked inside. Yukina turned towards Haku, the last one still out. Haku, feeling her gaze, just smiled, "I'm going to collect everyone's tents, please go ahead without me."

Yukina smiled back, "I'll assist you…"

However Haku shook her head, "No need. To be honest I would like a few moments alone to collect my thoughts. I'll leave your tent folded and inside…Naruto-san's inn."

Yukina sighed, "If that's what you want, I appreciate the gesture." She said before going inside as well.

Yukina's eyes widened in surprised at how furnished this inn really was…Yukina, and and everyone else save for Naruto, gawked at the several couches that adorned the first floor. A fireplace in the corner, soft rugs on the floor, even what looked like a kitchen. The most noticeable thing was a large, 12 ft by 8 ft, painting of Naruto, hung over the fireplace. The boy was doing a ridiculous pose, which only one man could have taught him.

Sakura turned towards Naruto, still gawking, "This place wasn't this stocked the last time I was here…"

Naruto shrugged, flashing her a smile, "I did a little remodeling." 'Amazing what you can do with a little demonic chakra.'

Sakura grinned at Naruto, "So does that mean this place has running water and a place where I can take a bath?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, "Sakura…it's a wooden house created by a jutsu. There isn't running water…We are still technically camping, you just have to rough it out." he said as he walked towards the place that looked like a kitchen.

Sakura looked down crested after hearing that, 'Darn…' She could feel Kakashi pat her shoulder sympathetically as the others continued to look around the building.

That is, until they all heard Naruto call from the kitchen, "What the hell! Why isn't my instant ramen maker plugged in?"

Everyone face faulted.

Naruto sighed as he walked up the stairs to the top floor, the third one. He quickly looked around before picking the room he usually uses. He threw his bag in the closet. Before throwing himself on the bed. He took a quick look around the room, seeing the two nightstands on either side of the bed, a large desk on the wall opposite of the desk, and a chair near the desk. He stayed there for a few moments before getting back up, deciding that he really wanted to take a walk. Problem being…he found his doorway blocked.

By his…sister…

Yukina stared at the boy sadly, before walking inside of the room.

Naruto sighed, 'Too many family reunions…'

"Naruto…I…" she paused for a moment, trying to find her voice.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at he, "Wanted to talk? Well then spit it out…" he said coldly.

Yukina sighed, "I just wanted to apologize. I'm sorry that…" she paused, breathing somewhat heavily, "…that I…" she sighed once more, "I really wish that father had chosen me…not you-"

"STOP!" he snapped, somewhat startling her. "Are you trying to apologize for the fact that I was chosen to be the host instead of you?"

Yukina stared at him sadly, "I…"

"Don't be an idiot…Do you actually believe that I hate you for something as ridiculous as that?"

Yukina stared at him in confusion, "Don't you?", she asked softly.

"I hope you haven't spent a long time trying to come up with that apology."

"I…"

"For your information…I don't hate you because I have the Kyuubi inside of me, instead of you. If I did, then I'd be the same as almost every other idiot in that entire village."

Yukina sighed, in relief.

"And that's why I hate you…" Her expression and mood dropped considerably when he said that. She stared at him, he had stopped smiling and was looking at her with cold eyes. "I hate you, because you decided to treat me like every other asshole in that village. You had pain in your heart and instead of finding a way passed it, you just decided to go looking for an outlet, the most convenient one you could find. You refused to acknowledge my humanity, without even getting a chance to know me, and THAT is why I hate you. That is something that I just can't forgive…"

Yukina clenched her eyes shut, holding back her tears. "I'm…sorry…"

Naruto walked passed her, before stopping at the doorway, he turned back, seeing the images of pink, silver, and brown haired kunouichi and one beautiful green beast, flash away from the window. Naruto sighed to himself, 'Can't get any privacy…' He then looked back at the blonde haired girl, "However…thanks for coming to help me." 'I do owe her a thanks, at the very least…'

Yukina smiled at him, "It was my pleasure!", she said enthusiastically, before going into a thinking pose, "I'm curious to see how Homura-san and Koharu-san will react to my disobeying them. They requested me to keep my distance from you. I know for a fact that they will be irritable upon our return."

Naruto raised an eyebrow as he pictured Yukina in front of the two elders.

"Yukina! What were you thinking going after that beast! You should have just let the bloody thing die! What were you thinking!" screamed the old woman, Koharu. Said girl was standing in front of the council of Konaha, minus the hokage.

Homura looked at her sternly, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Yukina had tears in her eyes, "I'm Kazama Ryuu Yukina…" She said as tears started to stream down her face, at that moment the entire council gasped. "I don't understand…why are you yelling at me? Don't you love me anymore?"

Koharu ran up to the girl and embraced her, soothing to crying girl, "Of course we do! Please don't cry!"

Homura looked at the girl with tears in his eyes, "Such a poor girl to have endured so much, yet go after the thing that killed her parents…Oh dear such a sweet, strong girl!"

Koharu turned back to Homura, still holding onto the girl, "Perhaps we should give her a parade! And her own holiday!"

Naruto mentally growled, 'They better not be giving away free ramen!'

A certain demon fox sweatdropped at the boy's reaction, and thoughts "Brat, I think your getting a little ahead of yourself."

Naruto blinked a few times, 'Were…you just in my head?'

"I swear on my seven tails, that I was not in your head", the fox laughed, "That was all you…"

Naruto mentally slapped himself. As he exited the room, but paused when he heard Yukina run out after him. He turned towards her, noticing the girl look at him, "I want to give you something when we return to the village…"

The blonde just shrugged and walked off.

---Outside---

Naruto walked outside, noticing two things. Haku was just walking inside, said girl nodding to him as she passed him with a pile of items in her hand. The second was Gaara's chakra signature. He shrugged it off, calling over his shoulder, "Hey Sandman, I'm taking a walk."

Said redhead barely listened, otherwise he probably would have killed the blonde for the 'Sandman' comment. To anyone looking at him, they would think that the boy was meditating…but he was far from being calm. His demon was acting up again…but not in the same way it had been for the last fifteen years of his life…he was still mentally flinching at what started this whole conversation, only about five minutes ago

---Flashback---

As Gaara landed on the roof of the inn, he heard started hearing laughter in his head. He sat down on the roof, putting his Gourd to his side, before asking, 'Why are you laughing?'

"Ok Brat! Seeing as how you gained my respect, I will teach you the sacred art of the Tanuki!"

Gaara raised an eyebrow at this, the chance for more power maybe, were his original thoughts. 'If it will help me protect the village, perhaps…'

"THE ART OF TANUKI SEDUCTION, BABY!"

Gaara nearly face faulted, for the first time in his life.

"Ok first, we'll need to do some research on some of the lovely ladies of the village!"

'Shukaku…this really isn't necessary.'

"And then, we'll get some advice, from the writer of Icha Icha Paradise!"

'The perverted book that Kankuro always read? Why? How would you even know its contents? I've never read it before.'

"Trust me when I say, that you'd prefer if I didn't answer that. Anyway the process should only take a few days, before you have your own private HAREM!"

Gaara slapped himself, the demon was barely listening to his protest, and in truth…he DID NOT want to know how the demon knew Icha Icha Paradise..

---End Flashback---

The Tanuki continued to rant, giving very perverted things the two could do, together: including sneak into the women's bathhouse and mandatory female dress codes. Gaara wasn't annoyed by the demon's pervertedness, he was annoyed by the fact that he-the Kazekage-was actually thinking about it… 'NO! I will not disgrace myself by doing such acts…'

"How about adding that silver-haired chick first?"

'Who? Do you mean Rei-san? Why?'

"You can't hide it from me! I saw you checking out her ass!"

The sand nin slapped his forehead for the eleventh time in the last five minutes.

"Kazekage-sama?"

Gaara turned his head too see Rei standing right next to him. He mentally cursed himself for not sensing her sooner, but chalked it up to the Tanuki. He didn't even budge as she sat down next to him. He blushed to himself, noticing her smile at him, he cursed under his breath, "I wonder if any other Jinchuuriki's have to deal with perverted demons…"

"TAKE HER! TAKE HER NOW!"

---Naruto---

Naruto stood at the edge of a canyon, staring up at the night sky. He loved the night sky, not because he was a shinobi, but because he loved looking at the stars. Something so soothing about the whole thing. It was one of the things he loved most about traveling. Large villages like Konaha, always had to much light to be able to get a decent look at the stars; unless you went deep into the forest. 'Hey retard, you said something about my chakra being different, since it merged with yours, how different?'

The fox shrugged, "Even though my chakra was purified, it probably still retained some of the properties that my chakra possessed, like regeneration, though on a smaller scale."

Naruto blinked as he pulled up a bamboo flow, and held it up, "Hmmmm, I wonder…" He quickly did a few handseals, not concentrating any of the demon's chakra into it, "Mokuton Hijutsu: Shokubutsu Henkan no jutsu (Wood Release Secret Technique: Plant Transformation Technique)!" Naruto watched as the bamboo flower grew into it's a normal bamboo sword, it then proceeded to flatten and little by little form into the thorn blade. Naruto slid his hand over the edge, 'Hmmmm, looks like the normal demon form of the bamboo sword', he took a quick look over the green sword, 'Though it's green, not purple.' He took another glance over it, 'Not as sharp either.'

"Hmmm, so you can transform plants to a greater extent without my chakra…well technically speaking at least…since it's purified the chakra is yours now."

Naruto grinned, 'I'll have to experiment with this more.' He got up with a yawn 'I think I'll try…that jutsu again…'

"You should be able to pull it off without me…I'm going to sleep."

Naruto shrugged as he looked down the canyon. It being larger than the giant frog, he remembered Jiraiya using. The boy took a deep breath, before jumping off the canyon, quickly doing a set of handseals, making sure to concentrate some of the demonic chakra that had returned to his system.

---The inn---

Kakashi walked outside the inn and looked around in confusion. He turned to where he felt Gaara's chakra signature. "Kazekage-sama, do you know where Naruto is?"

Gaara just pointed in the direction nodded went. Kakashi shrugged as he walked in Naruto's direction, vaguely aware of the fact that Gaara was rubbing his temple.

Kakashi's visible eye widened, he could feel the Kyuubi's chakra. 'I don't feel any other chakra signatures, so he's not being attacked. I guess he must be training…at this ungodly hour…'

He continued walking for a few more moments. Knowing that he was close to Naruto.

"YOU MADE ME INTO A FREAKING USAGI (Rabbit)!"

Kakashi's eye widened again, 'What the hell?' he asked as he continued walking through the forest. He came out of the forest, to see Naruto near the edge of a canyon, laughing his ass off. He vaguely noticed a lot of smoke. "Naruto?"

The blonde turned to his former sensei, still trying to hold in a chuckle.

"You dirty bastard! YOU'RE SICK! YOU'RE FUCKING SICK! I swear that you will pay for this you blonde haired bastard! I SWEAR IT!" The fox was shuddering violently, inside of his cage.

Naruto continued to chuckle to himself at the fox's antics, though he had no doubt that the fox WOULD try to kill him, if he were ever given the chance.

Kakashi walked forward and sat down next to Naruto, before asking, "What's so funny?"

The blonde started chuckling to himself a little, "Oh nothing…just torturing my prisoner…"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "Really? Hmmm, I don't think I want to know."

Naruto shrugged as he sent Kakashi his patented chilly grin.

Feeling a shudder creep down his spine, he quickly opted to change to subject, "So, why'd you decide to come back with us so…easily?"

Naruto continued to smile at the man, as he said in a sing-song voice, "Kakashi-sensei! Why wouldn't I want to go back to my home village, that I love so much!"

The older man once again shuddered at the blonde's tone.

Naruto shrugged, "Some will say I miss all my friends. Some will say I was getting home sick. I say that they are all full of shit and I'm going back for the Earth and Water scrolls that YOU promised me. Hmmm, maybe I'll go visit Ichiraku as well."

Kakashi sweat dropped, but he quickly shrugged it off, "Which reminds me, you'll be happy to know that it's now the Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant!"

Naruto's eyes widened slightly, "What?"

Kakashi sighed, "It's a long story, but here it goes. When you left…there was a huge celebration-"

"Big surprise", snorted the blonde.

"Yea…anyway so, as some type of poetic 'justice'" he said the word 'justice' with disgust, "Some villagers decided to go too Ichiraku for a celebration."

Naruto actually looked crestfallen for a few moments, "So the old man couldn't turn down the opportunity to make extra money."

"You have to understand it's business, Naruto… Instead of kicking them all out, a little less than a quarter of the village gathering around that small ramen stand, he opted to raise his prices when he noticed the people were drunk."

Naruto's smile returned, "The old man taking advantage of drunk people? Never would have guessed. So how much did he raise his prices, double? Triple?"

Kakashi grinned at him, though you couldn't tell under the mask, "He multiplied his prices by ten."

Naruto's eyes widened.

"When I said they were drunk, I meant that they were hammered, severely. To this day, I doubt that any of them even know what the old man did."

"Geez…and he made enough to make a restaurant?"

Kakashi shook his head, "Not enough…that night."

"That night?"

"Well you see, that specific night, you came into the restaurant." Naruto raised an eyebrow at Kakashi's declaration, "And sat down and ordered a large bowl of ramen. When the people saw you they all just dropped their bowls, not bothering to get a refund, and walked away, grumbling. The old man laughed it off when the person exploded into smoke, revealing the user of the Henge."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Who was it?"

Kakashi grinned, "Sakura mostly, she was the one who started it that night. Rei helped once, using the excuse that she was training and Rin even participated one day."

"Wait the villagers held more than one celebration?"

Kakashi nodded, "Yea, since the first celebration was halted, they waited for more rumors to circulate that you had indeed left the village. So they tried there little celebration again a few days later, and Teuchi once again raised his prices. Sakura once again went back to Ichiraku that night and the villagers once again left grumbling. This happened on eight separate occasions, until Teuchi closed the ramen stand for remodeling."

The blonde blinked a few times before exploding into laughter, "HAHAHAHA, I didn't know the old man and Sakura could be so sly. What about Ayame?"

Kakshi shrugged, "She's now the heiress of the most successful restaurant in all of Fire Country." He then turned back to the blonde, "So tell me about your training. You defeated Deidara and managed to improve the Rasengan. That's impressive."

Naruto shrugged, "It was simple really. Discovered a method to lower an enemies ability to read my movements."

Kakashi's eyes widened, "How!"

"Just by smiling at them. Not a smirking smile, or a 'I'm going to kill you smile', or even a 'I'm freaking Uchiha Sasuke and I'm going to mess your up' smile", at that moment Kakashi sweat dropped, "Just a true warm smile. You know how they teach you to read a person's face and emotions while fighting them, back in the academy; well if you just keep smiling, they can't read your face; it's similar to not showing any emotion at all on your face or even wearing a real mask, like you. The next part comes from wearing a warm smile. Showing no killer intent, or angry emotions, it inhibits the ability to read someone based on their emotions." Naruto turned to Kakashi smiling, "You hide your Kenki, because in some sense you don't have any. It's as if your sitting and having lunch with a good friend; which is why ninja don't get the, 'oh this person is coming to kill me' sense in the back of their head."

Kakashi's visible eye widened, "Reading people based on emotions and facial features. It's what the Sharingan does, though its exponentially more enhanced than a normal person's senses." Kakashi declared, "So you think you can hide yourself from the Sharingan?"

Naruto shrugged, "Not completely, just block it somewhat. There's still a few imperfections with the technique."

"You can't hide your hand, leg, or other body motions, which also helps a shinobi predict your next actions."

Naruto nodded.

Kakashi opted to change the subject, "So, I heard you almost died back there, how was that like?"

The blonde shrugged, "Hurts like a bitch! But I did get a glimpse at the border, between out world and the afterlife."

The copy-nin's eyes widened, "Really? How was it?"

The boy shrugged again, "There's a lack of chairs…"

Kakashi face-faulted…something that shouldn't be possible while sitting.

"I also saw old man Hokage, and…them…"

All of Kakashi's senses froze when he heard that simple sentence. "Did you now. Are you sure? What did they look like?"

Naruto sighed, "The old man, wasn't so old anymore. His hair was black and he looked pretty young. My…The fourth Hokage looked like an adult version of me, minus the whisker-marks. And…his wife looked like an adult version of Yukina, though the woman had green eyes, not blue."

Kakashi nodded, "Sounds like them, the two of you look a lot like them", declared the copy-nin.

Naruto scoffed at the comment.

"Did you talk?"

"There was some talking, some yelling, but after all that and a few hours of counseling, we are one big happy family now. I swear those afterlife therapists are miracle workers!", laughed the blonde.

"Hmmm, so did you ever get the answers you were seeking?", he asked, ignoring the crack about getting along and counseling.

His eyes narrowed, "He explained his side of the story…and you know what, even though it pisses me off to no end, I can understand why he did what he did. She…didn't even try talking to me", he muttered in an angry tone. Naruto sighed to himself, "There was so much more I wanted to say…well, yell actually." Naruto grinned, using his ordinary mask, "Once in a life time opportunity to unload some anger and I screw it up. Maybe all this hermit crap I've been doing has dulled my hatred, that really pisses me off!"

"Well that was your original intention, wasn't it? Too forget your past. Oh, and if you don't mind me saying it sounds like it was Kizuna-hime who blew it…"

He shot a glare at Kakashi, kind of annoyed at the formality, "What the hell could she possibly have to say to me?"

"An explanation as to why she abandoned you. It's a question that has plague me, Rin, and the Sandaime-sama; I really would have liked to know the answer. The fact is that her…abandoning you caused a lot of shock in many of us who knew her. I still remember the day in which I heard about it all…" He turned to Naruto at this point, "Would you like to hear it?"

Naruto shrugged. "Why not…"

"Well-" Kakashi began, but was cut off.

"On second thought, I don't think I want to hear this. In the end, it won't make me feel any better; and it will just end up pissing me off."

Kakashi shrugged as he reached into his pocket, "Suit yourself…" He pulled out his Icha Icha Paradise.

Naruto's eyes widened as he started reaching into one of his pouches. His eyes widened at what he saw, 'I should have two copies of that book! Why do I only have one!' Something suddenly came to his mind…

"You are here, so we can extract that demon from the seal on your stomach. Not to replay some scene that you've read in Jiraiya-sama'sbook."

---Somewhere Far away---

"Hehehehe, Jiraiya-sama you are truly an artist..." muttered a certain rogue ninja, with a perverted blush on his face, as he gazed over the book.

"HEY ITACHI! What the hell are you doing!"

"Nothing..." he muttered

---Naruto---

Naruto clenched his fist, 'That bastard! I can't believe he swiped one of my books! It's official…you can't trust Uchiha Itachi. Who would have guessed?'

"Ummmm…"

'Don't answer that…'

He sighed, really wanting to read the book himself, though he would never openly admit it. He reached into the pouch and held the book out for his old sensei.

Kakashi's eyes widened, as he slowly reached for the book, afraid that it would disappear if he went to grab it too fast.

After a few moments Kakashi quickly grabbed the book from Naruto's hands, slowly studying the beautiful cover, "Icha Icha Makeout Tactics". He continued to gaze at the orange book longingly, before he felt a hand on his shoulder.

Kakashi turned and saw Jiraiya behind him. The older man nodded, giving the younger man an approving look and nod.

Kakashi turned back towards the book, and out of his peripheral vision could see his students, all three of them. He saw Naruto in front, with a uncharacteristically happy smile, giving him a thumbs up; Sasuke was behind Naruto, his arms crossed over his chest, giving the boy a smirking nod; and finally Sakura behind both boys, smiling at him.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he was suddenly surrounded by women, between the ages of 18 and 30, which he recognized from Konaha and even some other villages. They were all cheering, "KA-KA-SHI! KA-KA-SHI! KA-KA-SHI!" In the corner he could see Rin smiling back at him. Images of both Obito and Arashi smiling proudly at him flew into his mind.

Kakashi slowly opened the book, the moment it fully opened, light exploded from the pages, cutting through the darkness of the night.

The second the light passed, Kakashi was once again in the real world, and reading his new book with a look of content on his…well in his visible eye.

Not knowing that a certain blonde had also seen his vision, Kakashi resumed reading the new book, whilst Naruto occasionally twitch in annoyance, confusion, …and most of all fear. Only two things were clear, the first was that The fox had nothing to do with this little incident, seeing as how the fox was now shuddering in one of the corners of his cage. The second was that Naruto, would never look at his former sensei the same way again…

---Half an hour later---

Naruto and Kakashi returned back to the 'inn' after what seemed like hours of silent twitching and silent reading, respectively.

Naruto, wanting to go straight to his room, quickly climbed up the wall of the inn, not noticing a certain Tanuki container speaking to a silver-haired swordswoman, that he had come too love as a sister. He continued to shudder slightly as he got to the window, which was nothing more than a paper screen. He clenched his eyes shut, trying to get the mental image out of his mind, as he opened the window and hopped into the room.

Suddenly, eyes still closed, Naruto noticed two things. 1) The room temperature dropped, dangerously low. 2) A wave of killer intent hit him like a sack of bricks. The second one was easy to figure out. It was the same wave of killer intent a woman used when they were about to smite a pervert, usually Jiraiya. As for the first thing, there was only one person he knew personally that could make temperatures drop so considerably; unfortunately that person was…a young woman.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and noticed a very half-naked kunoichi at the other end of the room. Naruto gulped, his face showing the fear he was feeling, something that hadn't happened in a long time.

Haku, clad in only a blue bra and panties that left almost nothing to the imagination, glared at the Kitsune, "Naruto…", she muttered losing control of her patience, a first for the young woman.

Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't as he was suddenly bombarded with images from Icha Icha Paradise. 'This is exactly like the scene where Takeru walks in on Hikari and…damn it why did I start reading that perverted book!'

"NOWS YOUR CHANCE! TAKE HER! TAKE HER NOW!"

'Your not helping…'

The fox sighed mentally, "Why couldn't I have ended up with Rock Lee, at least he's shown signs of being a heterosexual! You and Sasuke have got to be gay!"

'Bite me!'

Noticing the perverted blush in the boy's cheeks, and the fact that he's been here for about three minutes and thirty-two seconds and still hasn't said an apology, Haku did the only thing she could think of at the moment. She grabbed some senbon needles, seemingly out of thing air, "HENTAI!", and threw them all with her deadly accuracy. Naruto fell on the ground, with about twenty senbon needles protruding out of his body at various places. Haku gracefully walked to the bed, and reached into the bag on top of it, pulling out a large blue shirt. She quickly slipped it on, letting the end of it fall just slightly above her knees. She quickly turned back to Naruto, still glaring at him, "You better have a good reason for coming in here…"

Naruto, suddenly finding the drive to speak, quickly said, "I wasn't trying to peek at you I swear! This is the room I always use whenever I use this jutsu! I claimed it earlier, but left to take a walk! Yukina can back up my story!" He said quickly, really hating himself for having to rely on Yukina; but he opted for self-preservation instead over pride. Haku looked at him questioningly, obviously taking into account that he could be telling the truth. "Ummm, my bag should still be in the closet!" Haku turned on her heel and went to go check the closet.

"HAH! YOU turned into a such a little BITCH!"

'Go to hell furball!' he snapped mentally, as he started to pick himself up.

Haku sighed as she looked into the closet. She turned towards Naruto and frowned, "I'm sorry Naruto-san. It seems that you were right."

Naruto mentally growled, 'Yea, tell it to my spleen.' Despite irritation, he waved it off, "It's alright…" 'Crap…this hurts…'

"Sit down." She commanded, pointing towards the bed.

Naruto's eyes widened, 'This is exactly like when Takeru walked in on Hikari.'

Haku grabbed her bag from the bed, and threw it on the ground. She grabbed Naruto by the arm and sat him on the bed. She did a few handseals and muttered something under her breath, making her hands glow green. She quickly, and painfully started to yank out the senbon needles.

Naruto shook his head, flinching at the same time, "Really isn't necessary, stupid fox might be a pain in the ass but he's useful for something things. Because of him I heal extremely quickly."

After pulled out the last senbon needle, she quickly lifted one of his sleeves to inspect one of the places where she hit him with a needle. "Hmmm, it appears you're right." She said with a sigh, as she bent down to grab her bag. "At any rate, I apologize for jumping to conclusions. I'll gather my stuff and leave."

Naruto waved it off, giving her one of his rare sincere smiles, "It wasn't the first time I've been accused of being a pervert and it won't be the last. I was trained by, Hatake Kakashi, and even the Sannin Jiraiya taught me a few things." He then took a quick look around the room; Haku's equipment was littered around the room. For about the hundredth time in the last hour, Naruto shuddered at how many senbon needles the young woman truly had. He slowly rose from the bed, "Oh and why don't you take this room. You seem to have already made yourself comfortable, and are basically undressed as it is. I'll just grab my bag and go."

She smiled at him, blushing slightly at the comment of her being undressed, "Thank you Naruto-san."

He waved it off, grabbing the bag at the same time. He opened the door, once again seeing a pink blur out of his peripheral vision. Sweat dropping, he decided to ignore it. He quickly walked across the hall and picked a new room. "I wonder if any other Jinchuuriki's have to deal with perverted demons", he muttered under his breath as he jumped onto the bed.

"You should have listened to the part of you which read Icha Icha Paradise…"

'…Not now…for Kami's sake it has been a very long week…'

---

A/N: The Author was nowhere to be found, anywhere. All that anyone could see were Sasuke, Lee, and Shikamaru tied up; struggling to get free. On Sasuke, was a note that read, 'Here's that jutsu list I promised you earlier.'

Naruto's Jutsu Library

Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan (Wood Release Secret Technique: Birth of Dense Woodland)

Description: Naruto's first jutsu. Creates a variety of plants that can be controlled through chakra. The First Hokage could use it to create an entire forest, though Naruto uses it to create roots to smash into his enemies.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Shokubutsu Funkei no jutsu (Wood Release Secret Technique: Plant Decapitation Technique)

Description: Variant of Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan. Created when Naruto watched Kakashi use Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu (Earth Release: Inner Decapitation Technique). The concept is the same, only Naruto uses a plant to wrap around the target, instead of grabbing the enemy himself.

Hayashi Kyū (Forest Coffin)

Description: Another variant of the Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan. This was created sometime after witnessing Garra's Sabaku Kyū (Desert Coffin). It entangles the enemy in roots, instead of sand.

Hayashi Sōsō (Forest Funeral)

Description: The finishing move, used after Hayashi Kyū, much like Sabaku Sōsō (Desert Funeral) is the finishing move of the Sabaku Kyū. The roots that have the enemy entangled, suddenly grows thorns, skewering the opponent.

Makai Oni Jin Kuchini Shokubutsu no Jutsu (World of Spirits Demon Man Eating Plant Technique)

Description: A Variant of Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kotan. The user, Naruto, uses demonic chakra to alter a plant into a large purple plant, with a large bulb on top, that is actually it's head and mouth. Has razor sharp teeth. No longer being able to make food through photosynthesis, it has to eat to sustain itself.

Hayashi Shuushuku (Forest Constriction)

Description: Uses a special chakra sensitive plant called, Tsuki Leaves (Moon Leaves) as a weapon. The plant is wrapped around Naruto's wrist, and looks like a Christmas wreath. The leaves on the plant extended and change into vines, which can grow thorns, to attack an opponent.

Kyuuketsu Shokubutsu (Bloodsucking plant)

Description: Uses demonic chakra on the Tsuki Leaves, and turns it into a large plant, which sucks the blood out of an opponent; if not controlled carefully, it will turn on it's user.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Chakra Hiru Oni Ki no jutsu (Chakra Leech Demon Plant Tree Technique)

Description: Variant of the Kyuuketsu Shokubutsu, created by Naruto. Uses a similar principle towards the bloodsucking plant, though it sucks chakra, not blood. Looks similar to the Makai Oni Jin Kuchini Shokubutsu no jutsu, though much smaller.

Mokuton: Shichuka no Jutsu (Wood Release: Four Pillars House Technique)

Description: Naruto creates a large inn-style house out of plants. Naruto has been shown to be able to modify this jutsu using demonic chakra, allowing him to create furniture with it.

Mokuton: Moku Jōheki no jutsu (Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall)

Description: Creates a half-dome barrier to act as a shield. Yet to have a demonic variant.

Moku Bunshin no Jutsu (Wood Clone Technique)

Description: A Clone jutsu, very similar to the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique). The main difference is the chakra usage. The Moku Bunshin uses a little more chakra than the Kage Bunshin; however the Moku Bunshin allows the user to distribute any amount of chakra they wish to the clones; Unlike the Kage Bunshin, which distributes all of the users chakra equally among the clones. Moku Bunshins can also sustain more than one hit.

Makai Oni Moku Bunshin no jutsu (World of Spirits Demon Wood Clone)

Description: A variant of the Moku Bunshin. The clones take the form of a purple fox. The body is composed of purple leaves, the claws and fangs formed out of thorns. It lacks the ability to use jutsu; but instead gains the ability of regeneration and the ability to merge with trees.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Shokubutsu Henkan no jutsu (Wood Release Secret Technique: Plant Transformation Technique)

Description: Uses wood elemental chakra, and even demonic chakra, transform a plant into a different form. Naruto's most common transformation is changing a bamboo flower into a bamboo sword, and using demonic chakra to change the bamboo sword into a thorn like sword.

Hokage Shiki Jijun Jutsu: Kakuan Nitten Suishu (Hokage-Style Sixty-year-old Technique: Enclosed Hermitage Return to Society)

Description: A jutsu solely used and created by the First Hokage, used to reverse the transformation of a person possessed by a Biju. The kanji for 'seat' appears on the persons hands. When Naruto used it on Gaara, it seemed to backlashed on him, not only sealing Gaara's demon but his own as well.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Konaha Shurikan no jutsu (Leaf Shurikan Technique).

Description: Transforms the leaves on a tree, usually one that Naruto creates himself, and makes them as sharp as iron. Uses them to throw a hail of 'shurikan' at an opponent.

Mokuton Hijutsu: Rasen Shikyo Shushi (Spiraling Death Seed)

Description: A variant of the Rasengan, adding Naruto's Nature (Wood) chakra, into the technique. Merely adding the Wood Chakra into the technique, allows the user to power up the Rasengan considerably. However Naruto was able to focus most of the Wood chakra to the center of the Rasengan. The second that the Rasengan impacts with something, the seed is released, and two seconds later it explodes into large thorned roots. The technique requires the up most concentration to use, otherwise the seed may explode premature, killing the user; even if he does have incredible regeneration.

Lack of Kenki (Offensive Aura)

Description: Not an actual jutsu. Naruto hides his facial features and emotions, behind a warm smile. It blocks out any form of Killer intent or anger that the user may have. This technique makes the users movements a lot harder to read. Naruto was able to create this technique after constant abuse by the villagers, which forced him to survive by simply hiding behind a smile.

Everyone turns back to the note on Sasuke. 'That's all folks, please review.'