Blood contract with demons

After Sasuke found Itachi (along with Naruto and Kisame) he went at his former older brother with full intent to kill him. Itachi not only evaded the attack, he sent it at the wall. None of them noticed that someone was there in an instant until Naruto tried to help Sasuke. Kisame struck the wall of chakra Naruto emitted; it vanished completely. Naruto couldn't bring it out for a while; his Jutsus were useless.

"Naruto, you're such a fool," Haruto said from the hole Sasuke made in the wall.

"What the…Haru, when did you…?" stammered Naruto.

"Impossible. How are you able to stand on nothing?!" said Kisame. Haruto just grinned, she was at least a foot from the hole and there was nothing underneath her feet to support her, just air.

"Wouldn't you like to know…" said Haruto, her grin quickly turning into a smirk.

"Haru…how are you standing on air if Wiz isn't with you?" said Naruto.

"Oh, that's right! I completely forgot he was with you. I got too caught up dealing with these two idiots," said Haruto. Wiz stuck his head out and said, "Kyu!"

"Wiz, stay with Naruto. By the way, do you mind if I borrow your friend Naruto?" said Haruto calmly.

"What friend?"

"The one you never go anywhere without. The one that I get along with and you don't."

"Oh, that friend. Sure, if you can. I could care less about him," said Naruto when he realized who she was referring to.

"I'm sure he'll enjoy this more than I will," said Haruto as she allowed Kyuubi to come out of Naruto and into her. Her eyes glowed for a moment before they died down to a purplish color.

"Woah…how'd ya do that?" said Naruto.

"Can't say. Besides, you'll never be able to do it if you tried."

"Why not?" asked Naruto.

"Because you don't like demons and I do," said Haruto. That alone shut him up.

"What did you do?!" said Itachi.

"I gave Kyuubi a chance to fight after all these years."

"…"

When Itachi beat Sasuke, he went after Haruto full force. She evaded and struck back; Kisame tried to drain her chakra with Samehada, to no avail. She was too powerful for the sword to take any of her chakra that would have any effect.

"I don't get it. I was able to take the boy's chakra, yet I can't take hers? Why?" Kisame said confused.

He's right… he was able to drain both of you chakra. So why can't he take mine?!

Maybe because there's more than one Tailed-Beast inside you right now?

SHUKAKU?! What're you doing here? I thought you went with Gaara!

He told me to keep an eye on you. I've been inside you since they went back to the village.

If that's true, then why haven't you been eating away at my personality?

You are the only human I like; the same can probably be said of fox-face over there.

Touché. And don't call me fox-face, raccoon-boy. Call me Tails instead.

So I can have more than one of the legendary Tailed Beasts inside me?

Why are you so surprised? You DID enter a Blood Contract with demons after all.

I did? When?

When you not only accepted Gaara, but also took the burden of bearing my powers on yourself for reasons other than personal gain.

And the fact that your twin brother had ME sealed inside him didn't hurt either.

Did I enter into a Blood Contract with anything else?

I'm pretty sure you did.

Who?

Nature…the day you went out into that massive sandstorm, you unknowingly entered a Blood Contract. Luckily you have a respect for both nature and demons.

Finally, Itachi and Kisame retreated, leaving the others behind. As soon as they left, Kyuubi reluctantly went back inside Naruto. He would have stayed if it weren't for the fact that Haruto couldn't handle having two Tailed-Beasts inside her for a prolonged period of time.

"Haruto…you have some explaining to do." Jiraiya said, his eyes filled with suspicion.

"Knock yourself out."

"First off…" started the Toad Sage; Naruto interrupted annoyed.

"Why are you wearing my clothes?! I said you could have the goggles, I didn't say you could borrow my clothes too!" Naruto said irritably.

"It was the only way I could walk around without the villagers glaring at me like the damage was my fault!" said Haruto in a tone that made it seem obvious.

"Haruto, how were you able to use the Kyuubi's chakra when he's sealed in your brother?"

"Don't look so surprised. I did it all the time back home. It was the only way Gaara could sleep at night."

"But how is this possible?" said Jiraiya.

"According to Shukaku, I entered a Blood Contract with the demon world without realizing it."

"When did the Shukaku tell you that?"

"Around five minutes ago. Kyuubi told him not to call him fox-face."

"Wait a minute…you had the demon that was inside Gaara this whole time and didn't tell us?!" said Naruto.

"I didn't know he was there! Anyway, it seems Gaara left Shukaku with me because he was worried. Because he didn't say anything or let me access his own chakra, he was able to stay inside me this whole time and I didn't notice."

"Unbelievable…you can bear two of the legendary Tailed Beasts and not be affected in the least!" said Jiraiya amazed.

"I guess Shukaku's presence for a prolonged period had something to do with it."

"I still don't get how you can take other demons from people!" said Jiraiya.

"Me either… Gaara and I did it just to see if we could find a way for him to sleep at night and that's how it started."

"I have a question though. If demons are so evil and hurt those they're sealed in, then why do they exist at all? It makes no sense!" said Naruto.

"Yes it does," said Haruto, "The real question is why they were sealed here."

About that problem… There's a reasonable explanation, but you might want to sit down. It's a long story, but you'll need to know it later.

"The Fox said we better find a place to sit. He'll give us the reason why they were sealed here, but he said it was a long story," Naruto said.

They left the town where the battle broke out and headed to a secluded area. Jiraiya was concerned that Haruto could take a sealed demon and let it control her body. If they ever broke loose, they would wreak untold havoc and destruction upon the world!

Naruto, tell that perverted hermit to quit worrying about us breaking loose through your sister! He's beginning to make me nervous, and believe me that isn't good for either of us.

I'll tell him that.

Arigato.

"Hey pervy sage, the Fox said to quit worrying about Haruto's ability with demons. You're starting to make him nervous," said Naruto.

"Why didn't he say that through her? Why'd he go through you?" said Jiraiya, suspicious.

Naruto, is it alright if I take over your body and answer him myself? If you let me, I'll tell you the reason why you can eat so much ramen and not get sick.

Deal.

"If you must know, it's because I didn't want to continue jumping back and forth just to answer your stupid questions. And before you ask, I didn't take Naruto over by force."

"How do I know I can trust you? You're a demon after all."

"You lot wonder why we don't like humans… You're too close-minded sage. That's why Haruto was chosen to communicate with your kind. She keeps an open mind and actually considers BOTH sides of the tale."

"And what did you do to Naruto to convince him to allow this?"

"He said he'd tell me why I don't get sick from eating so much ramen all the time," said Naruto.

"Naruto, if you do that too much you could break the seal," said Jiraiya.

"Not if it's done for short periods of time, idiot."

"You let the Fox talk through you again, didn't you?"

"I heard what he was thinking and let him say it aloud," said Naruto with a shrug. Haruto held back a laugh.

"This is becoming more trouble than it's worth," grumbled Jiraiya.

"If you want to hear why all these events happened for the past few years, then I recommend you quit while you're ahead, sage."

"What events?"

"How about why Shukaku and I were sealed in humans. Or the most recent one would be the attack during the Chuunin Exams."

"Wait… You know why the village was attacked?! How can those events be connected?" said Jiraiya in shock.

"There's more to this world than you think. And all of this was caused by the same thing; it's because of this problem that a few of us were allowed to be sealed and your kind didn't face retribution from us."

"Now I'm interested in this explanation you have. But why is it that Haruto can summon your kind and not have to do anything in return?"

"It's because she was chosen as a guide for those who were sealed. And even then, the fact that I attacked that particular ninja village was because I volunteered to be sealed. We knew the Fourth Hokage developed that particular technique he used. So we used that to our advantage."

"Wait…you volunteered to attack Konoha? And you already knew the Fourth had a technique that could seal your kind in a human without ill side-effects? How is that possible?"

"We had to even the balance of power somehow. The fact he discovered the Jutsu at all was a shock to us at first anyway. We thought we'd destroyed all traces of its existence a long time ago."

"Who said that?!" said Jiraiya.

"That would be Shukaku," replied Haruto.

"So if they were shocked about him finding out about the jutsu, then why didn't they stop him from using it? And why did they try to destroy it?"

"If we hadn't, then the balance of power in your world would have shifted. We couldn't risk that happening; not to mention if too many of us were sealed, the fragile balance of both worlds would be at risk of destruction. Hell, the last time someone came close to discovering that jutsu we had him killed by rogue shinobi. The Fourth Hokage was only allowed to live because we had a crisis which needed more demons in your world."

"What sort of crisis would be big enough to run the risk you spoke of?" said Jiraiya.

"Just like there are Rogue Shinobi in your world, there are rare cases of rogue demons acting on their own. Usually, they try to take possession of a human and attempt to destroy our worlds only to die by the hands of Shinobi like yourself. But something happened with one of them that prompted us to take drastic action."

"What would cause that?"

"I think this is a good spot. Haruto, would you please let your brother know about that little problem?"

"I told you I'd tell him about it when you explained why all this happened."

"I just wanted to remind you about it."

As they sat down, Haruto turned to her brother and started what would be a long and informative conversation.