Sorry for the long wait. First, I wanted to read further in Naruto to at least use it as a guideline.

Remember, parts of this story live for the spoilers. So if you don't like spoilers, my story is an obvious mistake to read.

As for spelling or personality mistakes like the word "Uzamaki, and not Uzimaki, it is a pure mistake with the absence of my brain. As the same with 'bothersome,' and 'troublesome' with Shikamaru. That I believe, is more for the fact I have heard Shikamaru use the word bothersome, and it seems like they mean basically the same thing in the end.

Well, love you all and thanks for the reviews! On with the story!

I know I have changed Sven from a five-tailed demon to a eight-tailed demon, but I am now going to stick firm that he IS a eight-tailed demon.

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….Welch ging ist dass Nein Mann ist ein König…

….What went is that no man is a king…

…Selbst wenn jeder König ein Mann war…

….Even if every king was a man….

….Es bedeutete jedoch nicht, dass es keinen Mann gab, der König nicht sein konnte…

…It didn't mean however, that there was no man who couldn't be king…

…Es bedeutete gerade nicht jeder König war ein guter…

…It just meant not every king was a good one…

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Say, if you love,
Could anyone come to experience such loneliness?

Say, will suffering even deeper than
The dark night be embracing?

Everything is there for two people,
So that they can shine.
Surely.

Now, with my eyes, I appeal to you
I don't need anything like a promise

Now, with my eyes, I reach out a hand to you
Even in the cold night.

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"So, are you positive you have no family left?"

Sven stared sadly into the river that flowed beneath the bridge he stood upon, Naruto sitting on the railing next to him.

"Positive," Sven's amethyst eyes- nearly lavender in the sunlight, flashed to Naruto's brilliant blue eyes. "I remember being in this really big room, it was empty- yet I couldn't help but feel these massive auras that surrounded me." Sven's hand found Naruto's as he spoke.

The boy seemed attached- almost obsessively so, to Naruto.

Demons affected their hosts differently, depending on how they were sealed, and what they pushed onto their hosts': some were affected like Naruto, driving him to become better, recognized for something beyond the demon within. Some were driven to become more powerful to harness- or attempt to harness their demons, like Gaara.

Then there were the ones like Sven, driven to the point of permanent fear and fright of anything and everything around them.

Perhaps the most dangerous out of all the affected hosts, unpredictable in their strength until they were pushed too far.

"I remember this voice, it was so sinister, I was so scared of it…. But I heard it say my family was slaughtered in my capture."

Naruto looked sad, if it wasn't sad enough to never really know your true family- it was even worse to lose the only feeling of love and bonds only a family could give. Perhaps, Sven had had a nice family, one that wanted to protect him from the impurities of the world.

"But, it isn't so bad," Sven looked at Naruto, a smile touching his lips faintly. He looked and felt better in his own view after having a good long bath, a big meal and a fresh set of clothes. Right now, he wore a pair of calf length black pants, a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of sandals- the clothes of a shinobi.

"My family was one of those ninja families left over from the old wars that had wracked the countries. Hands for hire, they specialized in gathering and retrieving the secrets of their missions. That, and poison making."

Even the Nara family collection of complete information were lacking in some of the poisons Sven named off.

"My mama used to say 'Any problem you can't solve is only because you haven't gathered everything you can'."

Sven's lips quirked up. "And that 'At any second, someone is thinking of you'."

Naruto looked up at the sky, twisting those words through his mind until Kyuubi decided to speak in his ear again.

'I wonder how long it took for this shit before he pissed his pants,'

A mental hand slammed into Kyuubi's imagined face. 'Shut up Kyuubi, your so….. rowdy since we met up with this eight tailed demon, what gives?'

Kyuubi smacked him back, only this time Naruto physically crumpled and fell- luckily- onto the bridge floor. He groaned and rubbed his jaw, feeling the heat of the red skin blooming in the shape of a hand print.

"Naruto?"

"I'm alright…"

Naruto and Sven looked up from their small conversation when they heard a pop.

Sven didn't speak, but he wasted no time in hiding behind Naruto, squeezing onto his hand hard enough to the point where Naruto's hand cracked and some bones in his knuckles painfully grinded together.

Naruto hid his wince as he gave a shaky smile to Kakashi. "Hey one-eye." Kakashi's single visible eye turned amused. "I'm not here for jokes, Naruto-kun."

Naruto's eyebrows rose and he blinked with curiosity. "I need to speak with you, alone."

Frowning weakly, Sven held onto Naruto's hand before he gave a weak sigh and stepped back. Within the second, he was gone with the faintest of winds whipped up behind him.

"Well? What gives perverted old-man?" Kakashi gave a cheeky grin to Naruto, which was partially outlined by his mask. "I have realized that I have neglected in your training, failing as a teacher." Naruto opened his mouth to dispute, only to be cut off with a look.

"I have trained Sakura-chan in many ways, fine tuning what was already controlled. I have taught Sasuke-kun the Chidori. Yet I have taught you nothing." Kakashi leaned back against the railing. "Therefore, I have decided to teach you the ultimate form of the Rasengan."

Naruto's eyes widened, his face unconsciously brightening at the aspects of a new jutsu.

"I- I thought…." Kakashi interrupted his once-student again. "It's hard, and I wouldn't expect someone to even be able to go through this training. However, I believe you could actually do it Naruto." Naruto's eyes glowed at those words, the same child from 4 years ago- wanting to hear those simple words; 'I. Believe. You. Can. Do. It.'

"Yeah! That would be the greatest, Kakashi-sensei!" Kakashi nodded as if a sagely old priest. "Of course I am." Naruto's eyes turned flat. "Your not the greatest, that would be the greatest."

Kakashi stared at Naruto. "Don't say such mean things to the only teacher who could teach you this." Naruto's face turned into the face that sucked up to get what he wanted.

"Oh but Kakashi-sensei, I would never down talk you- you're the greatest ninja in the whole-"

SMACK.

Naruto grumbled weakly as he lifted himself up from the face plant when a mysterious book had suddenly hit him on the head. "Perhaps I should teach you the proper way to sweet talk your superiors instead."

Naruto rubbed his forehead, wincing weakly as he dusted off his clothes. "Your harsh." "Your still my underling." the grin in Kakashi's voice made the two laugh out loud. Kakashi's low, quiet one that sounded weary and Naruto's loud cheery one that was annoying…. And false.

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"Der Mann ist ungezogen!"

Naruto, Kakashi and Yamato glanced up from their small sukiyaki pot, eyes widened as Sven came stomping over to Naruto, sitting down in a growling huff as Jiraiya came popping up in his usual overly theatrical way whenever Naruto was in the vicinity.

"Dear student of mine, I must ask you wherever did you find this beautiful boy?"

Naruto's eyes widened when Sven started to spew some words in a different language.

"What the heck are you saying, and why does it sound so harsh?!?!"

Sven had the gall to look ashamed as he was offered a bowl of the stew from Yamato. "It's not that I was taught it from my family, it's because he speaks it in my ears whenever he has a comment to say. It's something he's picked up in some past time."

Sven ate the stew without abandon, every so often he would whisper the same harsh words to Jiraiya, who had taken up residence a crossed the table next to Yamato. "Well, it's not like I can't help but too notice such superb bone structure, such silky hair and fair skin…"

Jiraiya trailed off and seemed to go into lala-land as the 'inspiration of his books' came into play.

In fact, Kakashi seemed to wander off mentally after that.

Naruto and Sven were amazed at how calm Yamato was.

He stared at Kakashi and then looked at Naruto. "If I didn't believe in Kakashi's skill, nor seen it first hand, I might have never believed such a perverted man was a worthy ninja."

Kakashi chuckled.

"I'm skilled, what can I say?" Sven gave a snort into the bowl as Naruto piped in 'nothing'.

"I understand that you're a spy-nin for various people, do you have any bloodline traits?"

Sven looked up from his third bowl of the stew, staring at Jiraiya with wary eyes.

"Why."

Jiraiya threaded his fingers together and stared intently at Sven. "I have helped

raise Naruto in the ways of a ninja, regardless of his demon, and even going as far as to help steer that- despite how fruitless my efforts at times."

"However, I am the one most able to know if you're a liability, or a useful nin for this village. If your dangerous, or in control."

Sven looked at Jiraiya, then looked around. His eyes went to Naruto many a time before he sighed. "Well,"

"Let's ignore these people around us, they are deaf to everything but themselves." reassured, Sven set his bowl down and wiped off his mouth with a napkin politely.

"I have these abilities, ones my family has possessed for generations." Sven tucked a stray bang behind his ear and stared at the table, fingernails scraping the opposite way of the grain of the wood.

"Plants"

Everyone leaned forward except for Kakashi and Naruto. Kakashi had his face in his novel once more while Naruto was helping himself to another batch of stew.

"All plants, just like animals and humans- have a specific chakra system that's the same only to it's own kind. Even within the same plant, each is just slightly different."

All attention was on Sven, even Kakashi had his eye focused slightly above his book, listening but pretending he was still into his book.

"Using my blood line limit, I can 'listen' to what they say, speak to them, ask them things."

Sven looked up at Jiraiya when he heard the small chuckle. "It's not only plants…. Wood. Wood may be cut, ripped out of the earth by their roots and cut up. But it listens, it speaks."

Sven stared at Jiraiya. "I wouldn't be laughing when I'm eaten by a plant."

Jiraiya's small having-a-blast chuckle died down at the thought.

"Well," Kakashi glanced at Jiraiya and broke the awkward silence. "Want a bowl of the stew, before endless stomach one and two eat it all?" Jiraiya looked at the stew, then at Naruto and Sven, who were eating another bowl of it as Kakashi spoke. "Afraid I can't, I must be going. I actually came to drop some items off."

Jiraiya tossed Sven a small pouch and some clothes. "These were found in your home when we searched it. Purely for evidence against the Group of Red Dawn." Sven stared at the clothes, faintly smiling as he rubbed the material.

Picking up the pouch, the quick peek in was retaken and he gave a wider grin. "They're seeds." he showed the contents of the bag and laughed out loud suddenly. "I've wondered if any of these bags were destroyed."

Sven gave a quick bow to Jiraiya as the man stood up and waved, then walked away whistling…. Innocently.

"Well, what we were talking of before."

Kakashi turned to look at Naruto. "We'll start tomorrow."

Naruto's jaw dropped. "But, but it's only noon!"

Kakashi gave Naruto a flat stare and frowned beneath his mask. "You, actually, have been asked to help 'test' Sven. Tsunade-san has asked for you to do this because-" "Because I'm also a demon."

The words were said blandly, almost emotionlessly as Naruto set his bowl down, finally satisfied with his stomach. Sven looked cautiously at Kakashi, slightly clawed nails unconsciously burrowing into the floorboards.

"No Naruto, your not a demon. We just don't know Sven's capabilities. Therefore, we must treat him-" Kakashi glanced towards Sven. "With caution."

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"This is 'just caution', Obaa-chan?" Tsunade flicked Naruto on the forehead and gave a small smirk. "With you as a test dummy, this is more like a…. precaution against major damage on the surrounding area."

Naruto looked at Tsunade and nodded before Sven spoke up quietly. Gaara was walking silently on the other side of Tsunade.

He was standing between several Anbu. Changed into the outfit Jiraiya had brought him, it was obvious it was what his clan had worn on missions.

He reminded Naruto of Haku, the effeminate boy from so-many years ago. His pants were loose, creased and to his calves with silver lining, only black instead of Haku's green-gray. His shirt was black and semi-loose with three-quarter sleeves, tied with an obi that tied in the back, silver colored. It matched the silvery-gray bandages that peeked out of from beneath the sleeves and went to his knuckles, same color as the bandages that went down to his sandal clad feet.

Hidden beneath the obi, his satchel of plant seeds rested.

Given to him by Tsunade herself, a small bag of scrolls- empty and fixed with minor ninjutsu's.

"Ready Naruto? Sven?"

Naruto had on his customary black and orange outfit, his bag of essentials strapped to his thigh. "Hurry up old-woman!"

Tsunade growled, but jumped back, Anbu around her, Gaara right next to her.

At once, Naruto leapt forward. His customary shadow clones called forth beside him.

Before he could touch Sven, the eight tailed demon catalyst disappeared, spinning into the air until his foot connected with the first Kage-Bunshin. It disappeared with a poof! and Naruto growled angrily as Sven quickly took out the remaining Kage-Bunshin.

"I will not be tricked by mere-imitations."

"Then perhaps this will get you!"

Naruto's fist connected with Sven's face, smacking the boy into the ground.

When the dust cleared, Sven was gone. In his spot, a wooden doll- the exact size of Sven, laying like a pile of snapped logs.

"Missed me."

Naruto gave a loud yell when the voice was whispered in his ear. Disappearing with a pop when a thorn the size of his hand was shoved into his back.

The dog leapt backwards, only for a kunai to slice through his cheek.

The two males stopped dancing around each other, standing opposite of the large clearing where they stared each other down. Sven's eyes were large, pupils dilated and wild looking as he absently licked away a droplet of blood that slid down to the corner of his lips.

"That's…. a first time I've been touched in so long, let alone scratched…"

Sven's voice was scratchy, disbelieving as he stared at the huffing Naruto.

The two weren't merely speeding along to dodge attacks and deliver their own, they were already tapping into there greatest speed without tapping into their demon's chakra.

Sven had his hands flexing, his muscles quivering with energy and adrenaline. His breath coming out in a pant like motion as he unconsciously licked his lips.

"This might be…. Interesting."

Naruto gave a strangled scream when his body was suddenly flung backwards, splintering several trees beneath the force.

As soon as Sven was there to attack once more, Naruto was gone. The Kyuubi inside of him seemed to bubble with excitement, body flowing with energy that made him feel so alive.

And so different. It wasn't the normal take-over. In the back of Naruto's mind, he knew this wasn't the same as when the Kyuubi's poisonous chakra would surround him like air itself and make him mindless.

As soon as he thought that, the process was interrupted by a explosion.

Yelping in surprise, he leapt upwards, only for a giant….

Plant to snap at him?

Naruto looked at the giant monster plant. It's leaves rattled as it's vines whipped through the air towards him. It's giant…. Head…. Flower seemed to be like a mouth. Only, instead of a tongue it had large evil foot long needles that didn't seem hesitant to bury into a soft body. It's two sides snapped open and closed, the even larger needle like things were obviously meant to keep what every would be caught inside.

"What the hell is that thing?!"

Naruto landed, only for a vine to whip him and send him flying.

Naruto popped into a different spot and was instantly met with a kunai wielding Sven. The male had a murderous smile, but there wasn't a trace of the eight-tailed demon within his chakra.

Deflecting the deadly shot with a kunai of his own, the two leapt together and apart attacking each other, destroying the tree or patch of land they were nearest to each time they missed and hit said place.

Euphoria, it seemed as though Naruto couldn't get enough. However, he noticed within his limited responsiveness of his mind, that Sven's pupils were slowly thinning out into slit pupils.

Unknown to him, one of his eyes was glowing slightly, the pupil already slit and crimson.

Naruto and Sven appeared within touching distance, their kunais clashing once more until Sven's kunai was snapped in half and Naruto's splintered.

The two abandoned their worthless weapons, choosing to lock their hands together and roll around several times.

Blood splattered against the ground as they each landed blows.

Vines wrapped around Naruto's ankles, keeping him still as Sven pulled back his clawed hand and ran it through Naruto. Naruto disappeared once more, landing several meters away where he watched Sven carefully. The male disappeared once again and Naruto looked around warily, knowing Sven was somewhere near.

Naruto's body then tensed, energy bubbling up until it was visible.

Crimson and silver chakra wrapped around Naruto and pulsed, the ground

obliterating beneath him.

His skin seemed to ripple before black lines and markings seemed to literally crawl up from under his clothes and wrap around his arms, all the way down to his hands. Crawl from behind, down his legs where they wrapped around his ankles, even slowly twine it's way up his neck and over his jaw line, reaching up towards Naruto's eyes it seemed.

Unconsciously, Naruto dragged his claws down his shirt, shredding it as he screamed as if in pleasure…. And pain.

The fox…. Kyuubi was in the center of Naruto's back. Facing forward, with a slight angle the change of depth and shadow was reflected in the thickness of the lines. He was snarling evilly at something, his nine tails wildly waving around him, spread out and waving as if they were waiting to smash and destroy something. His face was the only thing truly sideways, with his lips pulled back in a lifelike, spine chilling snarl.

On his stomach, was the original seal only in red, the Shisou Fuuin, four image seal. Around the seal, was the twining tattoo that ran up and down his body.

As his aura died down, the tattoos remained. Naruto looked around with the same eyes as before.

In response to the overwhelming energy, Sven stood right in front of him. Black stripes that looked like claw marks ran over his cheeks. On his forehead, a intricate seal was placed- glowing a furious ice-blue color. The seal of the demon within him, chakra seemed to bubble up from there and coat half of his body in a swirl- his own neon green chakra ran through it and swirled to mix with it.

As the demons stared at one another, eyes and minds half there, half gone- Sven was shocked to see Naruto's eyes roll upwards and him slump to the ground in a dead feint. That's all he noticed however, when his own vision rolled upwards and he collapsed.

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"Why did you stop it?!"

Naruto remained still even as he shouted, conscious of the hand- Gaara's hand resting next to his on the hospital bed. The next bed over, Sven was staring silently at Tsunade, doubt and mistrust in his eyes once more.

"It was for your protection, Naruto, Sven."

"Ist das richtig?"

Sven then smacked a hand over his mouth, glaring evilly at Tsunade before he shifted and took in a deep breath and tried again.

"You don't care for our health, it's only for you!"

Tsunade opened her mouth, only for Sven to clamp his hands over his ears and start to scream. Tsunade gave Naruto a helpless look before she sighed and moved to the door. "I'll be back later, I'll let you two rest for now."

The door snapped shut behind Tsunade softly, the room was silent except for Sven's erratic breathing. Gaara was the first to speak.

"Don't fight again." Naruto looked at Gaara.

"It's not fun to watch, it hurt."

Gaara rubbed his chest slowly to show what he meant, right near his heart. "It made me feel empty."

Sven and Naruto glanced at each other.

"Yeah, I guess your right Gaara."

Gaara gave Naruto a 'no shit' look, then gave a small yawn. Putting his head on the edge of the bed, he slowly closed his eyes. "Sleep now." Naruto leaned back against his pillow and sighed, Sven already nestled into his covers and sleeping soundly.

Gaara didn't fall asleep right away, his insomniac nature had mostly stayed with him even as Shukaka was ripped out.

Instead, he chose to watch Naruto breath in quietly, and exhale silently. Hands twitching every so often as the claws slowly shrank back, however gaara's hand firmly remained where it was even when it was nicked unconsciously.

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German –

"Der Mann ist ungezogen!" – The man is naughty!

"Ist das richtig?" – Is that right?

The plant I was explaining was a giant venus-flytrap, I hope that much was obvious.

This chapter took one day to do, and I'm sorry for the lack of updates. I hope you'll all forgive me.