For all those curious about pairings, I don't know for all I know it could end up being a threesome… between Naruto, Naruto and Naruto

We thank all those who gave reviews and ideas about how the fight scene could play out and reminding me that We forgot some ninja techniques that Naruto was capable of.

I know this is out much later than I said it would be…life became a bit busier than we though. That and being creative and stuff is hard work and calls for many breaks.

As for Your reviews, I should read them, I know which one you guys voted for, I also voted for it. There was only one real choice to the matter anyway, gloss over it and look at it from a flashback, as seen in omake 2.

Breaking Those Sealed Fates

"Hello young man, what are you doing lying up against the wall like that?" Naruto looked up to see the priest from earlier now standing in front of him. "I am Father Van, could you tell me of your situation?"

Naruto didn't know why he did it, maybe because the priest had spoken of the greatness of ramen but he told him about all of his attempts to find someone who knew where Konoha was, and how no one seemed to have even heard of it. He told him how he was lost and how he had no money and still the priest listened. Finally curious he asked the priest why he was even listening to him.

"Let me tell you a story, one not known and very much hidden from the rest of our Order. Once long ago there was a terrible youma stronger than any known today so much so it was known not as a youma but as a demon and was known as the Kyuubi. The other gods where like ants compared to the demons might and they knew that they wouldn't be able to kill it, yet imprisoning it within a vessel might work. However there was a problem, what could possibly hold the immense power of Kyuubi, any inanimate object would surely break and what mortal or god could defend against the taint of such a malicious being? Although it is not a well known the power of mortal belief is a powerful force. The birth of a god of compassion had started and the other god knew he was (forgive the pun) a godsend. The aptly named god, Martyr sacrificed himself to call upon the most powerful of beings Shinigami-sama to seal the Kyuubi within the forming god. Although this sealing worked there were side effects, the newly forming god was still coalescing and was without a form took upon him the form of both Martyr and Kyuubi and this new god was flung to these mortal plains to grow up.

"The mortal plain is not a good place for this god for the mortals despised him, instinctually sensing the demonic aura sealed within him. It is said that while he stayed on the earthly plain amidst the cold eyes not once did he hate them in return. The goddess Claire had a young priestess, Hana, who grew to admire the boy and his resolve, and was even starting to love him. Claire taking notice of her follower's interest immediately realized who it was and resolved to keep tabs upon him and felt comfort that he was loved. For a mortal lifetime the boy grew to be a man and soon he married Hana and lived happily for many years, however sometimes good things come to an unfortunate end. One day war came and amidst the chaos the god's beloved was killed.

"While normally the god resembled Martyr he was imbued also with the form of Kyubi and on this day he revealed it. His eyes a soft blue became blood red and his pupil became slit like a fox, his face elongated and his fingers became claws and a malicious red aura sprung over and engulfed him. On that day so great a massacre happened that the other heavenly beings took notice and it was decided by the gods and goddesses that this new god needed to learn his heritage lest he believe he truly was a demon. This is the very first story of my god, Ramen. Do you know what this story teaches? It teaches many things, first the circumstances of our birth are not something that we can control and we must accept who we are. Second, one must not hate a person mindlessly. Third, compassion given is compassion earned. Fourth, nobody is perfect. Finally a personal conclusion I have found is that people all have a demon within themselves, perhaps not a literal one, however to protect or avenge a loved one they can seem like one."

Naruto just looked at him in confusion. "Ehhh? There is another Kyuubi? Hey I heard you talk about this Ramen guy before, can I meet him? Oh yea do you know where Konoha or fire country is?"

"One question at a time now," Father Van began. "I can't say I have heard of either Konoha or the Fire country for you see where we are now is divided into the north, the south, the east, and the west. I am sorry but I know of no way to actually meet Ramen, however if you head to Rabona the priests might help you get in touch with and help you understand him. Now I have a question for you, what did you mean when you said 'another Kyuubi'?"

- (Back to the Present)-

-Just then Clare appeared, walking through the arch entry. She looked ready to fight "Get away from Raki, Awakened One."

"Awakened One…wait, you think I am some kind of super youma?" Was all Naruto was able to get out before skipping back on one foot to avoid Clare's vicious slash. Whipping his hands to his thighs he grimaced realizing he no longer had his ninja pouch and more importantly, the weapons inside. Seeing that Claire was still charging at him he realized he had no choice but to do that move and just as he finished the hand seals the claymore pierced though him…or rather a now broken clay pot.

"Kawarimi no Jutsu," she heard from behind her followed by "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." What awaited her sight when she turned around were nine copies of Naruto, eight of which immediately charged at her. With a swing three were dispelled in a puff of white smoke; however her surprise from the smoke accompanied by her inexperience fighting multiple opponents left her vulnerable to one of the Naruto's kicks from behind which placed her even more off balance.

"Uz," a kick to her chin

"uma," two kicks to her side

"ki," a kick to her back sending her higher into the air

"Naruto Rendan," a final downward kick to her face which sent her flying to the ground.

Had she been human she was sure she would be dead or at the very least unconscious, luckily as soon as she was kicked in the back she activated her youma power in anticipation of needing the extra healing and defensive power offered by the youki. She slowly rose, tightly gripped her sword and once again tried to read his moves as he stood warily facing her. It was no good; his youki did not give any indication of how he moved or what he would do. She looked around; it seemed there where only two Naruto's left.

As she got ready to charge she saw one of the blonds transform into a small dagger like weapon only for it to be grabbed and thrown at her. Instinctually she blocked ricocheting it to her right and was not surprised to she it transform back into a human form. She ran forward to finish him off when another puff of smoke to her right caused her to pause.

"Clare! Watch out," was all the warning she received before her world went black.

- (A Few Weeks Later)-

"Why are we allowing you following us again?" Clare asked with a slightly agitated voice. She didn't know why she was so annoyed with his presence she was normally much more composed. Other than the uncomfortable first meeting Naruto was a nice if a rather enthusiastic …being. Naruto got along fine with Raki and often regaled the two with stories, his favorites being about Ramen whether it was about the food or the god. It must be due to be his strange youki, unlike other youma or claymores youki she had read his looked and acted differently. One thing she was confident of as the weeks went by it was that Naruto truly was neither a claymore from an earlier generation nor an Awakened One. Her current belief was that he might be a creation from another Organization, though to what purpose was unknown.

"Because you are curious about me," Naruto answered, happy to be acknowledged again. That was another thing she noticed, he enjoyed getting people to notice him. Raki noticed it as well and once questioned him about it and the two were somewhat surprised when Naruto looked sad and answered that when he was younger he was lonely and very few acknowledged his existence.

"In any case I've been ordered to go to another town with a youma infestation which is a few days away," Clare said diverting the topic.

"It's not an Awakened One, right?" Raki replied, worried about Clare.

"That's right, you never really explained what that was," Naruto began. "Why did you think I was one of them?"

"No, it is just a normal youma," Clare answered Raki. "I had just returned from a hunt of an Awaked One, so when I sensed a strong youki I jumped to conclusions," she admitted, "In any case what was it that I sense within you?" Clare finished facing Naruto.

Naruto looked at Clare and Raki a moment, judging them before replying "What you sense is a result of something that happened at my birth. Perhaps one day I'll tell you more, but not this day. In any case up for a quick spar before I head over to the town ahead of you?" With a nod Clare gathered her sword and the two began their spar.

- (A Week Later)-

"Oh, so you've dispatched three youma effortlessly?" Rubul half questioned, "Quite impressive."

"It's nothing." Indeed, training against Naruto and his multitude clones had helped her to get used to fighting against multiple opponents.

"You've become quite commendable," Rubul began again, "You haven't gone wild lately either, and you even appear more sincere lately. Has something happened to you?"

"I've learned quite well the limits of my abilities after the recent hunt for Awakened Beings," she lied straight faced to him.

"Unfortunately, I have another job for you right away…" and with that Rubul told her to go to her second hunt for an Awakened being.

With a parting word of "I won't die," to Rubul she turned her back to him and walked back to camp. As she walked back she wondered again of the nature of Naruto. He was capable of creating multiple physical bodies, it wasn't just speed that made it seem like he had them. Then there was that transformation technique, the closest thing she had seen to it was a Youma or Awakened One breaking out of it's human shell, yet what he did wasn't anything like that. What he did was instantaneous, not gradual like the other two cases. Before she knew it she was back at camp.

"We are heading north to Gonahl, it is an Awakened One," she said promptly to the two males back at camp.

Naruto just nodded while thinking 'Good, finally a chance to find out more about these Awakened Ones.' Raki on the other hand just stopped a moment from swinging his sword around and just nodded, he trusted Clare to be alright besides they also had Naruto.

Omake:

"Kawarimi no Jutsu," she heard from behind her, however before she was able to turn around she felt an uncomfortable feeling with the accompanying words "Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu Ōugi: Sennen Goroshi." A twitch developed, then she looked to the left to see a blushing Raki with his hands over his face and finally she turned to see a hunched Naruto with his hands together with his index and middle fingers…up her ass. In a moment her eyes glowed golden and pupils became slit; death was too good for him!

Within an instant her sword was forgotten and she summarily beat the living shit out of Naruto her body moving faster and her strikes stronger then she had ever believed she was capable of. At the end of it there were craters throughout the city and with Naruto in the center of the biggest one three feet into the ground quite unconscious and covered in bruises. The end result was a much relieved Claire, an awed Raki, several scared and curious observers, a beat up Naruto who was glad to be unconscious and a Kyuubi bemoaning his fate to be trapped within a masochist.

Lesson: Never underestimate the power of righteous feminine fury.

Other Omake:

couple days later from end of chapter 1

The people passing by the road quickly took notice of the the traveling troupe, namely a Claymore, a young man with a sword, and a happily chatting priest who was ranting about how awesome Ramen is, and how all he needs is three minutes for him to overcome any heated battle. But those three minutes are the most dangerous.

start Flashback

Just then Clare appeared walking through the arch entry. She looked ready to fight "Get away from Raki, Awakened One."

"Awakened One, I know I'm awake and all, but that is no reason to yell and swing a sword about."

"I can sense the demonic power you are constantly extruding throughout your body, and I won't let you kill anyone, like you did that priest"

"You were eating those guts with the other youma at the temple weren't you, and decided to move grounds when I killed your partner. That way, you wouldn't get found out and killed." accused Clare

poof

1000 years of pain! bounce

"What the heck, why didn't that work, I'm sure that i hit the correct mark" exclaimed Naruto as he was hunched over on his knees behind Clare.

"It is a wonder that you have survived so long, especially not knowing that youma and half youma don't have butt holes." Clare said, while secretly mortified at her opponents godly speed.

end Flashback