Kakashi: Sorry I'm late, you see I had to … wait where is the author? Hmm, considering the fact that I am already several hours late I am just going to do the disclaimer and head back to the Memorial stone. The author does not own the story about my cute little student, but I suppose since he has let me poke fun at Naruto a couple of times it might be worth reading this story. Hopefully I didn't do this for nothing.

-Two weeks later-

Turmanarmo: Sorry, sorry. I meant to get here sooner but I ended up getting busy over the last two weeks. Wait what is this, a note? Oh it looks like Kakashi was here a while back and already did the disclaimer, well as usual thanks for reviewing/following/favoriting and I look forward to seeing what you think of this one.

As Naruto awoke the next morning he wondered what all his friends were doing today and decided he would go talk with them after a quick breakfast. As Naruto sat down to breakfast he considered who to go talk with first before he decided to just see who he found first and dug into his breakfast.

-Meanwhile-

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were sitting around a table as Shikamaru said, "So why exactly am I here at this troublesome hour. Is there any reason we couldn't have had this meeting later in the day."

Ino scoffed as she said, "No Baka, you wanted to talk with Naruto when he was done with his reveals and if my sources are correct then he finished sometime yesterday and since he hasn't done so yet he will likely come to us today. Plus we ended up being busy yesterday and Choji hasn't had a chance to talk about this with us without Naruto around yet so we should do it now."

Choji chuckled before saying, "Yeah come on Shikamaru, it isn't that bad, and at least you aren't at home doing any chores. When I talked with him Naruto didn't leave a terribly large number of my questions unanswered, but there were a few things I found interesting that I wanted to talk about."

Ino nodded as she pointed out, "See, Choji has some things to talk about just like I did. So what did you want to talk about Choji?"

Choji grinned as he said, "Well, there are several things I want to talk about, but first I want to know what it was like to meet the Kyuubi since Naruto said he showed it to you."

Ino looked contemplative for a moment before she said, "Hmm, there wasn't much that happened while we were there, I was largely in shock while we were in the same room and so they did most of the talking. The Kyuubi was very condescending when he spoke. During the short time they spoke the Kyuubi mentioned that he hates Humans in general, but he seems to hate Uchiha in particular. He only really mentioned one other thing besides the people he hates, when he told us to leave him alone he said we could stay if Naruto let him out. Naruto responded somewhat sarcastically to this but left shortly afterwards anyways."

Shikamaru looked over as he said, "You didn't mention this the other day, why didn't you tell me that you got to see the Kyuubi, I'm not sure whether I should be envious or not. As interesting as meeting the Bijuu would be I imagine the experience wouldn't be that enlightening."

Choji nodded and said, "Yeah, that is an interesting thought, I am not sure whether or not I would want to meet Naruto's Bijuu. I am kind of sad that you didn't learn more from meeting him though, but oh well. So is there anything else you found particularly interesting about your talks with him guys?"

As they glanced at one another Ino decided to say, "Well, when we first entered his mindscape it was a sewer, and despite the fact that that area is largely a manifestation of the seal, I still think it is based on Naruto's mental health. Now he has a room that is more akin to what I expect in a mind of someone like him but that still makes me wonder just how bad he had it as a kid. He mentioned that the paint scheme in the room showed his happiness at that time in his life and the part of the room near the beginning of his life was so dull you could barely tell it was orange."

Shikamaru nodded and pointed out, "That is consistent with what I remember of him during our early years. I don't remember seeing him very often until we started in the academy but the few times he did appear in the village or at the playground I remember wondering what he had done wrong to get every parent glaring at him. When we were talking he didn't really say much about his childhood besides confirming what I had already known."

Choji hummed and said, "Yeah he also slightly mentioned his childhood but didn't go into too much detail about it. I wonder what all he went through as a kid, I mean all he did when talking with us was confirm something we already knew, that he was neglected and most of the adults hated him. Did any of them act on that hatred more than just yelling at him and kicking him out of shops like that one mask salesmen we saw a long time ago?"

Ino looked concerned as she said, "Honestly there would be no way of knowing without asking him and I doubt he would want to talk about any of that, even if it might be good for him to talk about his traumatic childhood. Regardless, even though I don't remember much about Naruto as a kid I do think the scorn and neglect alone could be plenty to cause his mind to fall so far. Think about it this way, you know that feeling you get when someone scolded you as a kid or when you could feel someone looking at you because of some mistake you made right? Well imagine feeling that all the time, based on what you guys remember he was actively being hated by most of the village up until about the time of the Chuunin exams."

Choji looked horrified before responding, "That would be devastating, and when you combine that with the fact that he told me that he pranked to receive attention. He preferred the hatred and scorn from the villagers to them ignoring him and he was willing to receive a scolding from the two people he respected most, Iruka-sensei and Sandaime-sama if it meant having more time with them."

Shikamaru nodded and said, "Yeah he mentioned something similar to me, that he pranked partly to get more time with the Sandaime and Iruka since they were often too busy to spend a lot of time with him. To think that he would actively seek out that sort of troublesome attention. You are definitely right Ino, with or without any sort of physical abuse, the emotional abuse alone inflicted on Naruto by the village must have taken a huge toll."

Ino snorted as she added, "That is the understatement of the year. Honestly as devastating as Physical abuse can be, the emotional type can be so much worse. I still think we should do something to get back at the villagers for all they have put the loveable baka through. I think we should do some sort of show stopping prank like he used to do."

Shikamaru sighed as he said, "Honestly, why must you be so troublesome. First off, as I said last time, I don't think Naruto would want us to do anything too troublesome to the village, despite what they did to him. And second, unless we made it obvious who the masterminds behind the prank were Naruto would just end up getting blamed for it anyways which wouldn't help his situation any."

The three of them jumped as they heard a voice speak from above them, "Don't forget the third reason Shikamaru, you don't want to get scolded by your parents for being so 'troublesome' Dattebayo."

As they looked up they all saw Naruto hanging from the ceiling grinning like mad at them before he dropped down and righted himself between Choji and Shikamaru and added, "Though I must agree that getting vengeance of any kind on the villagers is unnecessary, my pranks have always been for three main purposes. One, to get attention from both the villagers and Jiji. Two, for my own personal entertainment. And three, as a way of practicing my stealth skills, sure I don't use them very often because I am such an upfront person, but being able to sneak around and pull these pranks in a village full of Shinobi is a challenge I could not pass up."

Shikamaru snorted as he said, "I sometimes wonder how good of a Shinobi you could be if you had the patience to apply those stealthy skills of yours in missions."

Naruto grinned wider as he responded, "I could do that, but I like my way so much more, and I can be sneaky and quiet on a mission if it requires it, I just haven't been on many missions where it is required. Oh and Ino, I totally love the idea of doing a massive prank on the village, but I want to be a part of it to see if I still have what it takes. Though if we do something like that I totally want to involve all of the Konoha 11 so we can make it a prank to end all pranks 'tebayo."

Choji grinned as he slapped Naruto on the back and said, "That sounds like a great idea Naruto, I am definitely game if you can get the others to agree to it. Anyways, why are you here Naruto, was Ino right and you finished telling people yesterday."

Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah I did the last few yesterday, and I figured we could have a sort of Q and A since you have all had a few days to process what you found out and might have a few more questions."

Naruto looked slightly grim as he turned to Ino and said, "To answer your first question, No I was never physically abused as a kid by the villagers. The closest they ever came to that was shoving me on to the ground as they kicked me out of their shops. Though I suppose their children did often beat me up while they bullied me since I usually mouthed off to them when they tried to talk down to me. Regardless though I started to get over all of that when I befriended you guys. I know I am still working on some of it, but I have come a long ways from the attention whore I was as a kid."

Ino gaped a few seconds and asked, "Wait, how long were you spying on us Baka?"

Naruto grinned mischievously and said, "Well I don't really consider it spying since you are talking about me, but I came in right when Choji was talking about the mask salesman that he and Shikamaru saw throw me out of a shop as a kid. So do you guys have any other questions to ask now that you have had some time to think about things?"

They all looked thoughtful before Shikamaru spoke up, "Well before anything else I suppose I should ask, was I right, did all of your friends understand and accept you despite your troublesome secret."

Naruto looked like he was pouting for a second before he broke out in a shy smile and said, "Yeah, everyone was surprised but no one seemed to hold it against me. It makes me insanely happy that I was wrong about you guys 'tebayo, but I still feel bad both for doubting you and for basically throwing a tantrum in Baachan's office."

Choji smiled and added, "That is good to hear Naruto, I am glad everything turned out all right. I thought of a question though, while we were talking you mentioned that you decided to stop using the Kyuubi's power because he tries to control you when you do. The way you said it made it sound like it has happened so I was wondering if you could tell us what forced you to use enough to get taken over. I know I shouldn't underestimate the power of the Kyuubi, but you have a crazy strong will so he must have a lot of control to be able to actually take you over."

Naruto looked grim as he said, "Well technically it is from an accumulated experience over the handful of years I have actually used his power. The first time I used it unintentionally during our first C-rank mission when my life was in danger and I had thought Sasuke had been killed. My anger was amplified insanely when I drew on the power, though the control was so minimal that I easily dropped that anger a short while later."

Naruto hummed as he continued, "The next few times I used it I used a similar amount so the control was fairly small and I could manage, but when I fought the Teme at the Valley of the End I ended up having to draw a bit more due to the wounds he gave me which amplified my anger quite a bit, though I didn't really think about it at the time since I was already so angry at him for being such a baka and leaving us."

Naruto ducked his head as he continued, "I didn't use it very many more times until my trip with Ero-sennin while he was training me to control the power. Though in testing it he had me intentionally draw on increasingly more and more power until I grew outraged over the simplest things and it fueled me to take it farther than I could control and I eventually lost consciousness and according to what I was told, I became a rampaging animal until he managed to subdue me."

Naruto sighed as he said, "I have only gone that far one other time, on this last mission to retrieve Sasuke. I grew enraged when Orochimaru started taunting me about Sasuke and talking like he owned the Teme, so I pulled on that power again so I could fight him, I figured it would be safe since I would have somewhere to focus my anger but I ended up taking it too far again and lost control. For most of the fight it worked and I apparently managed to push Orochimaru around for quite some time, but after a while the Chakra ended up lashing out at Sakura-chan when she tried to talk me down before Yamato-taichou could suppress the Kyuubi Chakra."

All of the others looked concerned at this information before Ino said, "So that is what that burn on forehead's shoulder was from, I wondered why she hadn't healed it yet, I suppose that Chakra is probably pretty poisonous and is making it harder for her to heal."

Shikamaru sighed as he said, "Well that is certainly concerning and I think you made the right decision to not use his power anymore. Until you can suppress the control he exerts over you it sounds like the risks outweigh the benefits with this. I am just glad that this Yamato was around before you accidentally did more damage to Sakura. I am also thankful that you have enough control to keep him at bay the rest of the time. Even if you can't contend with the full will of a Bijuu yet, it is still impressive that you can overpower it at all, that speaks wonders for how powerful your own will is."

Naruto looked up shocked at the unexpected praise and was surprised to see the agreeing nods from Ino and Choji before Shikamaru spoke again, "Don't be so surprised Naruto, we know you didn't mean to do it and we know you would never willingly hurt your friends, plus you said you wouldn't use his power again until you could do so without fear of being controlled and as everyone knows, you never go back on your word. Regardless, I have a question to ask, you mentioned that Gaara was the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi. I was wondering why he was so influenced by his beast when we first met him and yet since then he seems to have been in near complete control over himself, why is that?"

Naruto sighed before saying, "First, I don't think I mentioned Gaara's status to Choji, so that must be news to him. Anyways, there are several factors that influenced Gaara's early life that were different than mine. The most obvious one is the fact that Gaara was treated similarly to me as a child but he also had been told what he contained early on and all of the children knew as well. Also, due to his sand defense many of their village openly feared him as well as hated him. After a time he was apparently deemed a failure as a weapon by his father the Kazekage and that was when the assassination attempts started. At around the time that I was making my first connection outside of Jiji with Iruka-sensei, Gaara was being condemned by his own father and that same father tried to have him killed. To top it all off according to Ero-sennin Gaara has a really weak seal that allows the Ichibi to have at least a low level of control at all times."

Shikamaru shook his head as he said, "Yeah, I kind of figured all of that, I vaguely remember our confrontation with Gaara in the hospital and I seem to remember him saying something about his village wanting him to stop existing. It all makes a lot more sense in retrospect."

Naruto nodded as he said, "Yeah it wasn't pretty at all. Since then Gaara has managed to gain control over his life through sheer force of will. He now cares about others and has managed to become the Kazekage which shows how far he has come."

Naruto hummed before turning to Ino and asking, "I'm not sure if you guys have any other questions or not but I just thought of something, you never really responded to having met the Kyuubi in my seal and I was wondering how that went for you. I know not much happened since he wasn't in a very talkative mood but I was still kind of worried about how that affected you."

Ino laughed before saying, "Choji asked basically the same thing when we started and as I told him I didn't really learn much except that the Kyuubi seems to hate everyone, though he especially hates, the Uchiha, and anyone who tries to seal or control him. I know it was a bit overwhelming at the time but I will be able to deal with it. I honestly would be more concerned about you, can you hear his voice at all times or just when you go into your seal?"

Naruto looked thoughtful as he said, "Well Ero-sennin talked like my seal should allow him to talk to me at any time, but I should be able to mute him if I don't want to listen as long as I am outside the seal. Though I don't really recall very many times where he has talked to me outside of when I came to the seal. I figure it is largely because he just doesn't want to talk to me since he isn't overly fond of me as I am his container dattebayo."

After this the three members of Team Ten looked back and forth at each other before Shikamaru said, "Well that is all we can think of that we haven't already worked out ourselves, I mainly wanted to see how you were doing after your reveals were done. Oh and I suppose I am in for the troublesome mega prank idea you have if you can get the others along as well. See you later Naruto."

At this Naruto bid them farewell and left the house to hunt down some more of his friends to talk with. He was kind of surprised they had so few questions, but he supposed that they had managed to answer most of them by comparing what they were told and if they came up with any more they could always ask later. Now he just hoped that finding the others would be as easy as finding those three had been.

-Elsewhere-

Neji, Tenten, and Lee sat in a training field leaning against some trees when Lee said, "Yosh I am glad to see you taking such youthful initiative Neji, but why did you call this meeting today?"

Neji snorted as he replied, "Well Lee, I figured that since Naruto should be done telling everyone about his secret you guys might want to talk about what you heard. We can compare what we were told and that may help to answer any questions we might have had, plus if we come up with something none of us know we can find Naruto and ask him as a group."

The other two nodded before Tenten said, "That makes sense, while we were talking Naruto spent most of the time talking about the seal for a Jinchuuriki and the different type's one could make. Honestly it was kind of fun to talk with someone who knew about as much about seals as me and to talk about different options like that. I have a few questions and thoughts, but first I want to know how he told you two."

Lee was the first to respond by saying, "After we had a youthful spar Naruto asked me what I knew about Chakra conservation and what I knew about the Yondaime. Once I was done he told me how the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi inside him and we talked a bit from there, what about you Neji?"

Neji hummed before saying, "Well he was interested in how I saw his chakra system through my Byakugan and he wanted to know how it perceived the Kyuubi's Chakra. After showing me the Chakra and receiving my report he explained that the chakra came from an entity stored in a seal on his stomach, then he used Gaara as an example to explain the Jinchuuriki system to me before informing me that he contained the Kyuubi. Honestly of all the things I learned about him from the conversation, it mainly served to reinforce my opinion that he has a will and strength of character that far exceed most normal people. I wonder sometimes how he can stay so firm in his resolve."

Lee nodded as he replied, "Yes, I agree that Naruto-kun has a powerful Will of Fire. He explained to me that it was all of us, his precious people, that fuels him onwards and makes him want to do everything in his power to protect us and this village we share."

Tenten nodded and added, "Yeah, he mentioned with me that the reason it took him so long to tell us all was because he was afraid of weakening our bonds, but I wonder if maybe having all of us accept him has done just the opposite and strengthened these bonds, which by extension will only serve to further strengthen his Will of Fire."

Neji smirked as he said, "Well why don't we just ask him? You can't hide from me Naruto, even without my eyes active I can sense you when you get that close."

Naruto came out from behind a tree at the edge of the clearing and said, "Aww but I wanted to see what you guys had to say about me Dattebayo. I only got to hear a little bit before you called me out Neji. Oh well, to answer that question, yeah I think this experience has done a lot to strengthen my bonds with you guys and I am so glad that is the case. So since I am here, any questions from you guys, the Ino-Shika-Cho only had a few to ask, so what about you guys?"

Lee responded first by asking, "Well I don't have too many questions but the main one I wanted to know was regarding Gaara. I know you mentioned he was treated so unyouthfully as a child which surely influenced how he acted, but was he just insane as a child or was it his Bijuu that was the voice that was demanding blood?"

Naruto looked contemplative for a bit before he said, "I suppose it could have been either. I think he was at least partly insane at that point but I do know that the Ichibi could constantly talk to him so it very well could have been the voice telling him to kill things. I never actually asked Gaara about that since we have never really had many chances to interact and when we do we are usually busy on missions. It also didn't help that Gaara was seen exclusively as a weapon by his father and apparently the one other person who was willing to show him any love ended up turning on him later so in the end he had no one."

Tenten interrupted, "Actually Naruto that brings up something I have been wanting to ask you. You say Gaara was thought of as a weapon and when we were talking about the seals you mentioned that weaponizing was a reason why the seals were developed to what they are now. So why weren't you trained like Gaara apparently was to be a weapon."

Naruto looked over and nodded as he said, "Well that largely has to do with the fact that the Yondaime, Sandaime-Jiji, and Godaime-Baachan never saw me as that weapon. According to Ero-sennin there are a few people in the village who think I should have been turned into a mindless weapon for the village but thankfully the Hokage has the last say on that and I have always had their support. Obviously that isn't always the case, from what I know most villages that have a Jinchuuriki prefer to use their Jinchuuriki as weapons to dissuade others from fighting them. Of course it also seems that regardless of what the village leadership wants the rest of the village always seems to treat them the same way, like they are some sort of demon waiting to kill them all."

Naruto hummed as he continued, "I am not sure what it would have been like to have been treated as no more than a weapon by Jiji, but I do know I am glad I was given the chance to choose who I am instead of having my path forced on me. Though I do have to admit, it would have been nice to have received a bit more training before I graduated 'tebayo."

Neji shook his head as he said, "There is no way to know how much it would have changed things, but I do wonder how strong you might have become had you received proper training during your early years. Would you be more or less the same or would you be significantly more powerful. Regardless, I see no point in continuing to ponder something we can never know the answer to. I do have a question for you though, you never actually explained how you are able to access the chakra inside your seal without having to expend chakra to unseal it."

Naruto nodded and said, "Ah that, well apparently the method to allow the access differs depending on the particular seal. However, in my case it is because my seal is technically a combination of two separate seals. There are two four symbol seals set up since the Kyuubi is too strong for most normal seals. The seals are set up in such a way that there is a tiny gap between their arrays and that gap is where my Chakra network is attached to the seal. The Kyuubi's Chakra is slowly siphoned out of the seal and into my system and if I want I can pull extra from this gap, though doing so too often apparently weakens the seal overall."

Naruto closed his eyes as he continued, "Ero-sennin says that he has a key that allows him to re-tighten my seal if needed so there isn't too much to worry about with that. Ultimately, since I plan to actively avoid using his chakra until I can gain more control over what happens when I use it, I am not overly worried about it anyways."

Neji looked concerned for his friend before Tenten blurted out, "Wait, wait, wait. The Yondaime made a key for your seal. I read towards the end of my study on sealing scrolls that if you made the seal strong enough and occasionally fed it chakra to rebuild any deterioration you could create a key seal that would give you a couple of benefits. First, it makes it so that anyone without the key would have to expend a whole lot more chakra to open your seal, the multiplier is based on the complexity of the lock and key parts of the seal. Second it allows the person who holds the key to open and then close the seal with very limited use of chakra."

Tenten hummed as she continued, "So, theoretically once you gain more control over Kyuubi's chakra you could open and close or simply loosen and tighten the seal as needed with little to no expended chakra."

Naruto looked surprised as he said, "I hadn't known that dattebayo, and I kind of assumed that the only reason for the key was to tighten the seal if it got too weak. I may have to talk with Ero-sennin about this a bit more but that just proves even more that I need to gain control over Kyuubi's chakra so that I could take advantage of this." Plus if I can get the Kyuubi to stop trying to murder me I might be able to at least let him out of that sewer cage, even if he still can't leave my mindscape. Maybe without the seal there I might even finally be able to change that part of my mindscape into something a bit more appealing since every time I have tried to alter it I just end up with a massive headache. Anyways, that is something else to think about later.

Lee was the one to respond this time, "Wow, that is so youthful, to think that Yondaime-sama thought far enough ahead to create this key to give you both enough time to properly control Kyuubi's Chakra and to eventually allow you to access more of it than the seal would normally allow."

Neji nodded as he said, "Yes it does seem that he came up with quite a plan despite the fact that he probably only had a short time to decide on what to do. I am glad that he managed to come up with a way to keep the seal strong until you could safely control this power he entrusted to you."

Naruto looked thoughtful as he said, "That is an interesting way of looking at it Neji. Well do you guys have any other questions? If not, I have a request to ask, I talked with Team Ten about pulling a mega prank with all of the Konoha Eleven. Are you guys interested?"

The three members of Team Guy looked at one another before glancing back at Naruto when Tenten said, "That sounds like fun, we would be glad to participate in this prank of yours." As Naruto said his goodbyes he turned and hopped into the trees in search of Team Eight.

-In Another Training Field-

As Shino and Hinata arrived at the training grounds they saw Kiba talking with Akamaru about something. Kiba turned around to face his teammates before saying, "Okay, now that we are all here we can begin planning what we are going to do to the villagers for all they did to Naruto-baka."

At Kiba's feral grin and Akamaru's affirmative bark Shino sighed and said, "Kiba we should not do anything like this without Naruto's permission, why, because I am sure he wouldn't want us to do anything too bad to the villagers. Also if what we do is a prank he would likely wish to be involved given his proclivity for doing them as a child."

Hinata giggled slightly as she said, "Did you just agree to pull a prank Shino? That is so unlike you."

Shino shrugged as he replied, "I figure regardless of what I say, Kiba will want to do at least some sort of prank on the village so I should participate to help make sure he does not go too far, even if it might be justified."

Kiba looked over at Shino and said, "Wait, you agree with me that we should do something about this, I thought your logic would dictate that this sort of vengeance would be pointless."

Shino looked over at his friend and answered, "Well that may be true but similar to how you consider Konoha as a whole and your friends in particular as your 'pack' I consider them my 'colony.' In an insect colony everyone works for the betterment of the whole and so pointlessly ostracizing a member of the colony that has the potential to be as important as Naruto makes no logical sense. So while your vengeance is illogical, that does not necessarily make it unjustified."

Kiba looked intrigued as he replied, "You know I never really thought about the fact that your bonding with insects might lead you to a similar pack mentality. Well regardless I am glad we agree the villagers are morons for not realizing their error, even if Naruto is a baka himself. So, are you in for our prank Hinata?"

Hinata looked sheepish as she said, "W-well I am not very good with those types of things but I will try my best to help you guys out."

Kiba laughed as he said, "Aww come on Hinata, just admit that you want to get back at them for being so mean to your crush, we all know it's true."

As Hinata attempted to stutter out a defense Shino sighed and said, "Why must you be so inconsiderate Kiba, you know that Hinata doesn't like to be made fun of for her crush on Naruto, why because it embarrasses her."

Akamaru whined in embarrassment at Kiba's actions before Kiba shouted, "Aww come on, not you to Akamaru, I am just having a bit of fun."

Shino decided they needed a slight change of topic so he asked, "So, should we discuss what we learned during our talks with Naruto? He isn't the type of person to plan these things out and so I imagine he may have told us different things, so it might be beneficial to compare notes."

At this Akamaru yipped a couple of times and Kiba said, "Well Akamaru has an observation. When we talked with Naruto he had Akamaru scent his chakras and Akamaru really liked how Naruto's own Chakra smelled. He says that it was potent, in a good way, and he thought it was really pleasant and calming.

Shino nodded as he reported, "That is consistent with what my insects reported to me when they ate his pure chakra. They find it to be exceedingly delicious yet they can only eat a small amount of it before they grow full due to the sheer amount of energy in a small portion of the Chakra. It is almost like his chakra is a positive variant to the Kyuubi's own. Though I am not sure how much of that may be natural and how much may be adaptation to the Kyuubi over the years."

Hinata spoke up next and said, "W-well I looked up n-Naruto-kun's family name once and assuming it wasn't just given to him at random since he was an orphan, he is a member of a nearly extinct clan. The u-Uzumaki were known for many things in their day but the two that stood out the most were their status as masters of Fuinjutsu and their longevity, which was a result of their abnormal Chakra. It was s-so full of vitality that it could keep them in good condition for years longer than most if they survived long enough to take advantage of it. So that might be p-part of it."

Kiba huffed as he said, "Who knew the baka came from a clan, though that would help to explain his strange chakra."

Shino hummed as he added, "Correct that may also have been a factor in why he was chosen as the Jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi given the Uzumaki's potent chakra. It is a shame that no one has taken the time to teach him Fuinjutsu though, why because from what little I know of it, despite its complexities it is quite useful. Regardless of whether or not he would have a natural affinity for it, he should have at least been given the chance since his clan was known for using it proficiently."

Kiba nodded as he said, "Yeah, even if I can't see Naruto staying still long enough to write out a seal I do think it would have been cool to have had someone who uses seals for more than just storage in our generation. It is a shame that no one from his clan is still around to teach him whatever clan Jutsu they would have likely had. Though I wonder if Naruto even knows he is a part of this Uzumaki clan."

Hinata was the one to speak up and say, "Naruto-kun doesn't have any idea of who his parents are as far as I know Kiba. He likely thinks that the name is just a generic name like many people. Honestly I had to dig quite a bit just to find the name in the archives because most of the information is stored in the Chuunin or higher section of the building. Though that is largely because most of the scrolls contain Fuinjutsu formulas. The only information about them as a clan I could find was in the Genin section in a list of clans in other countries. I actually happened across it while I was looking up the clan of an opponent we had on a mission."

Shino nodded and added, "That makes sense, and outside of a very generic blurb about their history you won't find any clan information outside of the Jonin and Anbu sections of the Archives. Why, because clan information is considered highly classified for both our village and foreign clans. Not only do we not want anyone else to learn too much about our clans both living and extinct, but we also don't want them to know how much we know about theirs. Anyways, I wish to ask something. When we were talking Naruto mentioned that a Jinchuuriki can be controlled by their Bijuu if they become emotionally unstable while using its chakra. I wonder if he was speaking from personal experience or about something he was told, why, because I am worried that he would be unable to forgive himself if he ever did anything while under this influence."

Kiba perked up at this, "Really he didn't tell you about that Shino, what about you Hinata?"

Hinata shook her head in the negative before he continued, "Oh, I guess I can share what he told me. He talked about the levels, I suppose, of his power and how they affected him. He has the initial state where he pulls on just a little power such as when his life is in danger or when he is running low on Chakra. When in this state he grows longer claws and fangs along with gaining red slitted eyes and more pronounced whisker marks most of the time, and as far as control goes it makes him slightly more susceptible to anger."

Kiba continued, "Then he has what he called a Chakra cloak where there is so much Kyuubi Chakra that he grows a literal cloak of the stuff around his body. This makes him even more prone to anger than before and apparently since the Chakra is in a higher concentration than usual, after a while it starts to deaden his limbs preventing him from using them properly."

Kiba grimaced as he added, "There is also a third stage. When he develops the cloak you can tell how much power he is using by the number of tails it sprouts apparently. By the fourth tail the Chakra becomes so corrosive that it apparently burns off his skin and he bleeds constantly into the cloak making it dark reddish black and he generally loses consciousness fairly quickly and the chakra can then move on its own. It apparently acts like a wild savage animal and attacks anything around it."

Shino and Hinata were silent as they processed this information before Hinata asked, "W-when has Naruto-kun u-used these powers before?"

Kiba sighed as he said, "Well to be fair I don't remember all of the times he said but I remember he told me that he first used the chakra cloak during his fight with Sasuke after the second time he was nearly killed."

While Akamaru growled lowly Shino asked, "Wait, what? What do you mean the second time he was nearly killed?"

Kiba ground out, "Apparently after all the work we went through to get him back, when Naruto fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End, Sasuke tried to kill him so he could leave. Naruto mentioned that he had been stabbed through the lung by the Chidori and had his neck broken by the move he copied from Lee."

After this the mood in the clearing visibly darkened, Hinata looked nearly on the verge of tears and Akamaru and Kiba were growling while Shino seemed to be buzzing angrily before he sighed out, "Honestly I know I shouldn't be surprised that Naruto wouldn't care about that, but I can't figure out why he still thinks of Sasuke as a friend. But then again I still can't quite figure out how he can still love this village despite all the emotional trauma they have put him through. I suppose I should ask, do you remember when Naruto used the other forms?"

Kiba sighed as he said, "Well the four tails thing apparently happened during the training trip while Jiraiya was teaching him how to use the Kyuubi Chakra and again during their last mission when they encountered Orochimaru. At the moment he is refusing to use its power at all because he lost control during that event and accidently hurt Sakura."

At Akamaru's bark Kiba added, "Oh and apparently he used the initial state during his match with Neji. That was how he reopened his Tenketsu, he pumped so much Chakra into his system that it opened them back up."

Hinata visibly winced at this imagining how much that hurt before she said, "H-having your Tenketsu opened without the aid of a medic or Hyuuga is not only painful but d-dangerous."

Kiba grinned and Shino shook his head as Hinata suddenly 'eeped' upon hearing a voice behind her say, "You don't need to be so worried about me Hinata, in the end everything worked out so it isn't worth worrying about."

As she turned around she noticed Naruto standing a short ways away grinning madly. Through sheer force of will she managed to avoid fainting before she asked, "N-Naruto-kun, what are you d-doing here?"

Naruto laughed before he walked over and stood so that he could face all three of them before responding, "Well I wanted to see if you guys had any questions to ask me about what I had talked with you guys about, to see if there was anything I needed to cover a bit more now that you guys have had some time to process it."

Hinata was surprisingly the first to respond as she said, "W-well I was interested in knowing more about this group Akatsuki who you mentioned were after the Jinchuuriki and I was wondering if you c-could expand on that a bit."

At the questioning look from Kiba and the tilted head from Shino Naruto laughed awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head before saying, "Well I apparently forgot to mention that to the two of you, sorry about that. Anyways, the Akatsuki is a group of S-rank missing-nin who are currently out to capture all of the Jinchuuriki and extract the tailed beasts from inside them. The trauma from the extraction results in the death of the host as well. The only captured host we know about for sure is Gaara, though while we were fighting the two that captured him they claimed to have captured at least one other so far."

Hinata gasped at this information before saying, "B-but why are they after the Jinchuuriki?"

Naruto sighed as he said, "Honestly we have no idea yet. Ero-Sennin hasn't been able to figure much out about them yet since they are so secretive. We assume they either plan to use them to make their own Jinchuuriki or they may have come up with another way to use them as some sort of a weapon. However, unless they slip up or tell us, we may never find out dattebayo."

Kiba shook his head and said, "Well that is some sobering news to be sure. We've got your back though, so no worries Naruto. So anyways, I was wondering about something you had mentioned when talking to me. You said that using the Kyuubi's Chakra caused a lot of damage to you, especially if you use a bunch of it. I was wondering if that affected you in a long term way at all or if it just amounts to temporary pain and discomfort?"

Naruto snorted as he said, "I wasn't overly worried anyways Kiba, I know you guys all have my back, but thanks. As to the damage thing, according to Baa-chan it partly depends on how much damage I am taking. With the four tails mode I am constantly loosing and regaining my skin which will slowly leech years off how long I live, other modes have less effect though instantly healing from any major injuries will contribute more to that as well. Though apparently one of the reasons children are chosen as Jinchuuriki is because it increases the chance of us adapting to the chakra and reducing its damaging effects."

Shino spoke up next, "That brings up what I wished to know. During our conversation you mentioned something similar about gaining resonance with the Bijuu Chakra, what does that mean exactly?"

Naruto hummed before continuing, "Well that one is a bit harder to explain. Basically it means my Chakra has grown used to Kyuubi's Chakra. I don't constantly take damage from it unless it is the main chakra in my system. If given the right amount of time I can also filter some of it to help replenish my reserves faster without the negative effects of using it straight from the source. According to Ero-sennin, it is actually pretty rare for someone to develop this resonance even if they were a child at the time of sealing, so the fact that I have done so is good. Another benefit is that it means I don't have to deal with our Chakras randomly becoming unbalanced in my system and causing me to spontaneously lose control of it 'tebayo. Oh and if I ever gain control over it I would actually be able to use it more efficiently than someone without that resonance."

Shino nodded and said, "So basically it lessens the amount of damage you take from Kyuubi's Chakra, prevents you from randomly losing control, and gives you benefits when using it in combat. Jiraiya-sama is correct in his assessment that this is a good thing, why, because the first two benefits alone help to keep you safe and sane as well as keeping those around you safe."

Kiba grinned as he said, "Plus that third part sounds pretty useful if you can gain control of Kyuubi's Chakra and find a way to use it without risking your own safety."

Akamaru yipped in affirmative before barking again to remind Kiba about their prank idea, "Oh, I don't know if the others have any more questions but I wanted to ask you if you were interested in helping us pull a vengeance prank on the village."

Naruto blinked a few times before he burst out laughing and after a few moments managed to reign it in enough to say, "While I don't want it to be about revenge for anything they did to me, I had already been planning something similar. Team Ten came up with the idea of doing a group prank and I got Team Guy to agree so since you guys were already planning one I assume you would be in. I am not sure what we are doing yet but I am going to try and make it the prank to end all pranks dattebayo."

Shino shook his head and said, "It is not too surprising that you had something similar planned since I assumed at least one member of each of our groups would have come up with something similar to Kiba in their desire to take vengeance for you. I think doing it with you in the lead would be a logical idea so I agree to this on behalf of our team. I am also done with my questions for now so unless Hinata has another, we seem to have answered anything we can think of at this time."

Hinata shook her head and said, "N-no I am out of questions as well."

After they all said their goodbyes Naruto started walking back to his apartment. Once he arrived he fixed himself a quick lunch and thought about what else he was going to do today. He decided to go and see if he could get Sakura and Sai to join in on the prank since he hadn't spent any time with his team over the last couple of days. With that he headed off to see if he could find them anywhere around town.

There we go, another chapter down. I came up with the idea to hold a group wide prank sometime over the last few days so this ending may take a bit longer than many expected. I have one or two more things to wrap up and a mega prank to do so that should be fun. Sorry this took so long to get out, I was way busier than I expected the last couple of weeks and so I didn't get much time to write. I made this chapter a bit longer than usual at 8346 words to make up for that. Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long since I already have most of it written by the time I am posting this chapter (This is largely due to the fact that I had a large amount of free time today and no access to the internet to distract me from writing by doing other things). Anywho, please review, and while you are there you should make a suggestion for what the prank should entail if you have any ideas, I want it to be Naruto's Magnum Opus (Greatest work) so to speak and unless I suddenly change my mind, that is about the only part of the next chapter I haven't finished yet.