Important! The most valid argument I've received against Makaigakure is that it would be kind of silly explaining you come from Hell, but quite frankly, no more so than saying that you come from a leaf. And when you have demons watching your back, the name Hell becomes kind of intimidating. Onward
"Makaigakure, eh?" Himaru said, repeating Naruto's suggestion. "Heh, I like it. Fine, Makaigakure it is." Naruto leapt in the air and cheered.
"Awesome! And now we have TWO Jinchuriki. Oh yeah, we need to introduce Ittou to everybody!" Naruto grabbed the other boy's hand, but Himaru's next words stopped any immediate future movement.
"Actually, we have three." The pause lasted for only another second.
"Really? Has Gaara come!?" Naruto's excitement was cut down a notch when Himaru smiled ruefully.
"I'm afraid Gaara had decided to redeem himself in the eyes of Sunagakure. But don't worry, it wins us another strong ally in the long run." Naruto almost sighed before he caught himself.
"Wait a minute, than who's the third Jinchuriki?"
"Do you remember that blind boy you helped the other day?" Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
"Toku? Yeah, but what does-" 'KYUUBI!'
"What is it now, Kit? I was sleeping!"
'Why didn't you tell me that Toku has a Bijuu!?'
"Toku?" There was an awkward silence as Himaru and Ittou both stared at Naruto, only one of them knowing what was probably going on his head.
'Never mind, Kyuubi…' "So Toku's a Jinchuriki?" Naruto asked out loud. Himaru couldn't help but chuckle at the blond ninja's slight blush before continuing.
"Indeed. It would appear that he holds the Gobi no Inu, the Five-tailed Dog."
"You're in luck, Kit. If this 'Toku' shares any of Gobi's attributes, then he will follow you to imminent death without a second thought." Himaru only quirked an eyebrow when Naruto let out an impressed whistle.
"So have you done his seal yet, Himaru-sensei?" A sly smirk came to the Shinigami's s son's face.
"Why should I? Ittou and Toku are your ninja." The thought visibly traveled into Naruto's ear and through his mind, flashing across his eyes on the way.
"Really?" Though doubt did show itself on his face, excitement quickly squashed it.
"Why not? You've been falling behind in your seal practice, anyway." Himaru smiled innocently. "Just don't go breaking the seals." Naruto mumbled something incoherent.
"Okay, then. Himaru-sensei, get Toku while I work on Ittou." The black-haired man saluted, a small smile on his face, before disappearing. "Now, Ittou, I need you to, um, take off your shirt…" Surprisingly, Ittou did as he was told without a single word. The Jinchuriki's chest was just as pale as the rest of him, if not oddly muscular for a civilian, a feature Naruto quirked an eyebrow at.
"You've been training on your own, haven't you?" A small smirk made eerie by Ittou's sharp teeth played across the boy's lips. "Do you know how to mold chakra?"
"The basics." Naruto nodded with satisfaction.
"That makes this easier then. Okay, can you mold chakra to wherever you seal is?" Ittou nodded and shut his eyes in concentration as a seal almost identical to Naruto's original one appeared on his stomach. "Good, now hold it." Naruto cracked his knuckles before setting to work. He focused his chakra to his to his fingers and began redrawing the seal, only slightly deviating from the original design. Running his fingers just above each tip of the ten-point part of the seal, he pulled the pieces slightly farther from the main bulk of the seal.
"There we go!" Naruto wiped his hands together and stood back to appraise his work. "Try it out. See if you can feel a new presence in your mind. When Himaru-sensei messed with my seal, he didn't even tell me. The bastard left me to figure it out on my own…" While Naruto continued his little rant, Ittou suddenly fell backwards on his butt. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"H-he's yelling at me." Naruto blinked in confusion when Ittou looked like he was about ready to cry, until he saw a smile form on the shark-boy's face. "He's…scolding me…" Naruto grinned, for it took someone else with the same experiences to truly understand what was surging through Ittou right now.
"A success, I see." Naruto turned on Himaru's voice, a true smile adorning the blond's face.
"Hey, Toku." The blind boy uttered something inaudible for someone without demonic senses. "Come on, speak up! Just because I can hear you doesn't mean everyone else can.
"H-hai, Naruto-sama."
"Stop calling me 'sama'. Anyway, take of your shirt and focus chakra to your seal." Despite the empty eyes, Naruto could tell Toku was giving him a black look. "Oh, whoops. Okay then, take of your shirt and hold still." In surprising contrast to his submissive and thought-to-be shy nature, Toku peeled off his rag of a shirt without a moment's hesitation.
"He is a dog, Kit. They're a very open species, even for demons." Naruto only mentally nodded before placing one hand on Toku's shoulder.
"This might hurt." Naruto forced a small bit of his chakra through Toku's tenketsu. The boy tensed for a moment at the sensation, but managed to relax as the chakra made its way down to his stomach, revealing Toku's seal to the world. "So, why were you in Wave if you're a Jinchuriki?" Naruto asked while he changed Toku's seal.
"I-I'm not sure, Naruto-sama. I've just always been there." Naruto shrugged before backing up again, his work finished.
"You feel anything?" Toku thought for a moment, though it was hard to read anything from his blank eyes, and was about to shake his head before his whole body seized up. "Are you okay? Is Gobi doing something?" There was a long pause before Toku's answer.
"He's very…excited."
"Hahaha, that's Gobi for you," Kyuubi howled from within Naruto's mind. "Hey, Kit, when these two are more ready for it, how about you let us demons have a talk? It's been years since I've seen them."
'Sure, you big softy.' Kyuubi half-heartedly growled. "So, now introduction, Himaru-sensei?" Himaru shrugged.
"Sure, sure. Just call everyone to order." The jounin almost immediately regretted what he just said. He had just give Naruto full permission to shout.
"VILLAGE ASSEMBLY!" Naruto's booming voice seemed to rock the whole island. Birds flew from trees, the distressed calls of pegasuses sounded across the sky, and over a hundred people filtered out of the underbrush and shadows to the spot where Naruto's voice had originated. When the whole village was finally assembled, Naruto couldn't help but grin proudly. They already had so man people. Granted, not nearly as many as Konoha, but still! And they'd come so far. He could see partial houses and shelters dotting the coast and forest, and Haku's freakish ice wall was still standing strong. Naruto coughed once for dramatic tension before beginning.
"All right, we have two very important villages to introduce themselves! Normally I'd just let you guys mingle, but since I'm not recruiting and will be helping in construction and stuff shortly anyway, I figured this wouldn't hurt! First off, is a boy most of you already know, but here's something new about him!" Naruto pulled Toku up beside him, and whispered to do a full introduction.
"M-my name is-"
"Louder," Naruto quietly reminded him.
"MY NAME IS TOKU AND I HOLD THE GOBI NO INU AS NARUTO-SAMA HOLDS THE KYUUBI NO KITSUNE!" Toku quite literally barked and then quickly backed up as Ittou padded across the sand to stand next to Naruto.
"My name is Ittou Yuushi, and I hold the Sanbi no Same as Naruto-sama holds the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" he declared proudly. Surprised gasps rolled across the crowd, but none were louder than Zabuza's.
"I-Ittou?"
"So you two know Ittou?" Naruto asked after finally managing to dismiss the crowd. Having been through a living-Hell or not, some people were still just horrible gossips. Both Zabuza and Haku nodded, as did Ittou.
"It is nice to see you again, Zabuza-san, Haku."
"It is truly nice to see you again as well, Ittou-kun," Haku said with a small smile.
"Good to see you're alive, brat. Can't say I ever imagined that you were the Jinchuriki. Sneaky bastard," Zabuza mumbled, a smirk clearly visible underneath his wrappings. "You're parents would be proud." Ittou only nodded slightly.
"What's going on?" Naruto finally asked. He didn't want to break up this heart-'warming' reunion, but curiosity finally won over his meager manners.
"This kid is the son of the Twin Swords of the Mist. By themselves strong, together, they were invincible. Probably why the Mizukage had them executed." Zabuza sighed in true sadness. "They always were too loyal for a scumbag like him, 'study your swords' my ass," Zabuza mumbled in remembrance of a particularly painful memory.
"Yes," Ittou added with a surprisingly calm, voice, though his fingernails were drawing blood from his palm. "But thanks to Naruto-sama, I now have Samehada, and I swear to destroy that wretch of a kage as soon as I get a chance."
"Take your oath after you have all your weapons, brat." Zabuza was twirling a scroll around his fingertips. With a flick of his wrist he passed it to Ittou, who wasted no time in tearing it open, not even stopping to look before applying his blood to the seal. With a giant puff of smoke a katana appeared, but it was very unusual. There were two shining silver blades, each about fifty percent wider and longer than a normal katana, and a small line down the dark blue hilt indicated it could be split apart.
"The Tsuin Yaiba (Twin Blade)." With Samehada safely on his back, Ittou took the two swords apart and examined them separately. "Shodaime and Nidaime, my parents' swords." Ittou bowed deeply to Zabuza before placing the swords in their combined sheath. "Thank-you, Zabuza-san."
"No problem, kid." Himaru coughed to rein in everyone's attention.
"I seriously hate to break this up, but there's only so long until Tsunade clears things up and Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and I have to return to Konoha for awhile, so there's lots to do. Zabuza, could you train Ittou? Sanbi will no doubt train him in how to use Samehada, but he'll still need help with the Tsuin Yaiba." Zabuza did a mock salute before grabbing Ittou by the shoulder.
"He'll hardly be able to move once I'm done wit him." Wit ha poof, Zabuza and Haku were both gone, leaving Himaru to focus on Naruto and Toku.
"Toku, Naruto and I have an important task to cover, but afterwards I'll start teaching you about how to harness Gobi's power. Until then, wait at the Academy and train with the others."
"We have an Academy, now!? Awesome, I want too see it!" Himaru's eye twitched and he quickly grabbed Naruto by the collar and yanked.
"What part of 'important task' did you miss? Anyway, Toku, do you need help getting back to the others?" The blind boy shook his head.
"I can smell them."
"Good. Then be off, we'll be back in a bit." Toku nodded and bowed to both Naruto and Himaru before slowly heading toward a large cluster of people in the distance.
"So who're our teachers, Himaru-sensei?"
"Sakura and Sasuke, of course." Naruto burst out laughing.
"Ha, poor suckers. No wonder Sasuke chased after me."
"Actually, they've been enjoying it. Sakura loves sharing information, and Sasuke…"
"Just likes to be near Sakura-chan?" Himaru chuckled with his student.
"I suppose so. Now come on, we have a clan to create." Himaru grabbed Naruto's shoulder before the pair disappeared.
The duo reappeared with a giant puff of smoke. Their new location was atop a stony plateau on the other side of the island. Near them, a couple of the pegasus foals and a couple of the villagers stood in a mixed group. Himaru motioned towards the small crowd. "Notice anything about these people, Naruto?" The blond narrowed his eyes as he scanned the gathered people. Each face held both a child-like confusion and excitement or complete blankness.
"They're not really… 'there', are they?" It wasn't' a question.
"I'm afraid not, Naruto. In Wave and other such areas, drugs and pregnancy dance a little to closely. But, this makes them a perfect match for the pegasuses." Naruto just stared dumbly at his sensei. From what little the blond had gathered from the majestic beasts, he could tell that they were bot h smart and proud.
"What are you talking about, Sensei?"
"We're going to bind them. Their…" Himaru seemed uncomfortable with saying it, "half-minds will meld and create a shared-consciousness. They'll be both separate and joined. Get it?" Naruto's face was scrunched into a stumped frown.
"Er, sort of, I guess…" Himaru just shrugged before continuing.
"Anyway, this bond will create the ultimate cavalry unit for Makaigakure. Not very stealthy, but the sky is a powerful element to control." Naruto nodded in actual understanding.
"And you want me to put the finishing touches on the binding seal?"
"You're catching on, Naruto." Without another word, Naruto walked forward until a dark ring on the ground was visible to him. He crouched down and examined the fine strokes of the seal, only occasionally adding something with blood or rubbing out an obvious mistake Himaru had left for him.
"Done." Himaru came up behind Naruto and inspected his work.
"Excellent job. It looks like you haven't forgotten a thing." Naruto just grinned proudly before calling over one of the faces he remembered.
"Hey, Kaisharu, come here and bring one of your furry friends!" One of the mindlessly happy faces emerged from the crowd, his hand on the side of a promising foal. With a little prompting, Naruto led the boy and his surprisingly trusting companion into the middle of the seal. "Good, no stay." Naruto slowly backed out of the seal before running through several hand seals, both human and demon: monkey, water, air, horse, fire. He planted his hands on the edge of the seal and was rewarded by a blinding light.
"Bondingu Fuuin (Bonding Seal)!" Even after the light dissipated, you could still feel lingering remnants of chakra in the air, but only some of it was Naruto's. The blond grinned happily at…his…accomplishment.
"How much chakra did you put into that thing?" Himaru asked dumbly as the duo beheld Naruto's creation.
Mwahahaha! If anyone would like descriptions of the current demon hand seals, just ask and I'll answer. Please read and review!