Naruto ran through the fields of Hyrule, running through the veil of twilight. It almost seemed like it was never ending. Hinata clung to Naruto's back as he ran, she looked around in confusion. Wondering why she hadn't seen any monsters here lately. Wouldn't the beast that was from Naruto's world also be transformed into something that would have them attack Naruto and herself?

"Hinata, do you sense the next Spirit Spring?" asked Naruto as he ran, despite how fast he was running, it didn't seem like he was tired or out of breath. It almost seemed like while in his Twilight Form, he never grew tired.

"It's still a ways away Naruto." Calmly said Hinata as she clung to his fur.

Naruto just grunted, this was going to be a long run that was for sure. Looking around, he saw that the field looked dark compared to how it normally was. The sky was a golden yellow, almost like how the sun was when it entered the Hour of Twilight. Narrowing his eyes, the young man ran faster, he knew that he had to hurry to the next spring and get the sacred treasure for the spirit before doing anything else. He had to remove the veil of twilight from this world.

"Hinata… I want to know something… who was that woman in that drawing at the temple?" asked Naruto with confusion, his eyes still focused on where he was going, though his ears alert to what was around him. Hinata didn't say anything; he could feel her grip tightening on his fur. It almost seemed like she wasn't going to say anything. Was it something that he said or, was it something else? Like she was afraid of telling anyone who that woman was.

Finally, she spoke…

"She is the Princess of Twilight."

"You mean… Pein's daughter?"

"NO! Pein is a fake King; the woman… the Twilight Princess is the true ruler of the Twilight Realm. But Pein had… taken her down and took over the Twilight Realm. He had defeated her, and the only way to defeat Pein now, is with the Fused Shadows." Calmly said Hinata, though Naruto had noticed a small hint of anger when she spoke of Pein. Something must have happened between them to have made her be that angry. For now, he wouldn't bother her about it, no matter how much he wants to know what had happened.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto started to slow down as he said "Hinata… you know that you can open up to me right?"

"Yes… I know Naruto."

"If something bothers you… don't keep it bottled up inside and tell me. I know I'm not the brightest guy around but please… Don't keep it deep in your heart, this anger that you harbour deep within your heart will eat away at you just as quickly as guilt. Talk to me, when you're ready to let out your anger…" Naruto calmly said before he started to pick up speed once more.

Hinata repeated Naruto's words over and over again. She wanted to trust him with her words but at the moment… she just couldn't. Not yet, she wasn't ready to let anyone know of her shame.

Naruto sniffed the air and growled. Monsters… their scent was bitter and smelled like garlic mixed in with onion juice. Halting to a stop, Naruto calmly told Hinata to hide; he could easily handle these beasts. These monsters were going down. "Come out monsters!" shouted Naruto as he hunched down, getting ready to rip anything he comes across into pieces.

A small monster with a club came out. Naruto smirked. This was going to be too easy. The monster had light blue skin with a white mask. The mask had one hole where Naruto could make out a yellow eye. Strange black markings coated its body and finally, there was a strange red marking on its chest. This only made it even more confusing… was this like the beast that burst through the Spirit Spring but, different. Shaking his head, Naruto got ready to attack.

That was where he got some bad news. For, the beast blew a horn, causing more of those monsters to enter the area. 'Crap!' thought Naruto with a growl, this wasn't going to be easy. Charging into battle, Naruto jumped and slashed at the monsters with his claws. Ripped their limbs off with his fangs and super strength. He had to keep fighting. He could faintly hear Hinata in the back, screaming at him to be careful. Why that was, he couldn't be a hundred percent sure as of yet.

Though, with there being so many it almost seemed like it was impossible. Naruto tried as hard as he might, he kept on fighting. Fighting to get to through these monsters and to get to the next spring. He had to hurry, he had to win and get through! Suddenly, Naruto felt something hit him in the back of the head. Talk about déjà vu… He fell over and groaned in pain. Though, it didn't seem the hit was enough to knock him out like it did before.

Narrowing his eyes, the young man knew that he had to keep fighting. He had to fight if he wanted to beat these creatures. These monsters!

Growling, he jumped to his paws and charged one again. Slamming his paws into the monsters heads. Slamming one of his many tails into their stomachs. There had to be another way to beat these things. But how? There was just so many of them and he didn't think that there would be a chance to beat this many at once! Even that 'Twilight Blast' of his wouldn't do him any good. It takes too long for it to charge in his body and he can't stay still for that.

Maybe he could use the blast in another way…

Narrowing his eyes, Naruto charged once again and slammed his tails into their faces. Hoping to at least daze them for the time being. He had to make sure that he could at least have them distracted long enough for him to be able to come up with a plan!

The beasts were not happy with how Naruto was hitting them. It seemed that they knew that he was trying to distract them. Cursing under his breath, he jumped into the air and stepped on their heads as he ran around them. There was possibly something that he could at least to do destroy these things. Damn it, why didn't he have a move that he could use like his Twilight Blast? One of the monsters jumped up at him, trying to beat Naruto with its club. Growling, Naruto held up his paw and slammed it into the monsters head.

'Damn it, what can I do!?' thought Naruto with a growl. It seemed that no matter what, he just couldn't think of anything that he could do to beat these things! Looking around, he thought that maybe he could get some kind of inspiration that might help him come up with something. There had to be something! Anything would do, but what could it be? What could he use that could help him. Suddenly, one of the beasts threw their club at Naruto; this of course pissed him off. Quickly grabbing it with his tail, he held his tail back before throwing it at the monster, like he would when he was throwing a ball for the kids to keep them out of trouble.

Maybe he could do something after all!

Smirking, Naruto flipped through the air, landing on the ground and skidding as he dug his claws into the ground. This was his chance. They were circling the monster that had fallen over from being hit by their own club. This was the only chance he had at the moment. Taking a deep breath, he focused on the twilight energy within his body. Though, instead of using it with his jaws like he normally does, he focused orbs of light to appear at the ends of his tails. All nine of the tails spread out, his eyes glowing gold as he prepared for this attack. He had no idea what it was going to do but this couldn't count as better timing.

Smirking, the orbs on his tails were nothing but swirling orbs of energy. The young man pulled his tails back before throwing the orbs at the monsters. Though, that wasn't where it ended. No, the orbs of energy were moving with the sway of Naruto's tails. Each orb reacted to its own individual tail. Smirking, Naruto moved his tails, the orbs hitting each target as if they were standing still. They tried to run, but it seemed that no matter they couldn't get away from this new move from Naruto.

Naruto couldn't help but grin. This attack would come in handy for sure. Jumping into the air, Naruto twisted his body around as he spun in the air. Hinata just stared with confusion as to why he was doing that, until she saw the orbs spinning, and the speed was only increasing.

As Naruto started to land, the orbs were going so fast, it seemed like a glowing ring was surrounding Naruto. The beasts tried to attack the young fox man but they didn't have time to lift their clubs. For, the blue orbs had smashed into their heads clean off of their bodies so quickly that they didn't know when it had happened.

Once the orbs disappeared, Naruto stopped spinning in a circle and wobbled a bit on his paws. Hinata rushed to wobbling fox and held onto him. "Naruto are you okay? Are you worn out? I would think so with using that attack without practice…"

"Just… dizzy… I've never spun around like that for as long as I did." He had a big grin on his face, or, what he could do with his fox face instead of his human face. This was going to take a while to adjust that was for sure. But, at least he learned a new move with that battle. It might come in handy. Taking a deep breath, the young man started to walk on ahead, he wouldn't run until his vision was spinning or dancing out of focus for him.

Naruto yawned softly as he walked into the small village of Suna. He was amazed that anyone could live here in this place. Yawning, he walked around the buildings, looking over at the spring for a moment. He didn't sense any magic from it so maybe this wasn't the spring. He couldn't really be sure what it was, or maybe the spirit was just too weak to be sensed. Looking around, he sniffed the air; there was a faint scent of… the kids?!

Gasping, Naruto ran through the village, checking all of the rundown buildings, a few of them looked ruined, like there had been some kind of raid that had happened not long ago. Maybe before the Twilight coated the lands of Hyrule, but he couldn't really be sure. Looking around, the young man used his nose, hoping that would lead him to the building that had the kids. They had to be here, they just had to be!

"Naruto what's wrong?" asked Hinata with worry in her voice.

"I think I smell the kids. I'm not sure but I can faintly smell that perfume that Moegi wears a lot. She never leaves her home without putting it on. She has to be here along with Udon and Konohamaru," said Naruto with a serious expression on his face. Finally, he saw a building with a small hint of a light. Tilting his head, the young man walked over to it and stood up on his back paws to get a better look through the window.

Just like that, he could see the kids. He scratched at the window, but they didn't respond to him at all. "They can't hear or see you Naruto, not while we're in Twilight. They're in spirit form until you bring back the Spirit Spring's power." Said Hinata with a hint of sadness, was she sad just telling Naruto this or was she sad that he had finally found the kids but they couldn't hear or see him? The more he looked, the more he wondered about his mother.

The longer he looked, the young man noticed two other people in the room with them. Next to Konohamaru and Udon was a tall woman with long blonde hair pulled back in two low ponytails. Her eyes, a soft and warm shade of brown. Her face was soft though not overly soft like if she was overweight or anything. But the kind of soft that almost made her face heart shaped. On her forehead was a light blue diamond.

Her clothes were a kimono style blouse that had a dark blue obi tied around her waist. Her pants were a dark blue, though they only reached just a little above her ankles. Finally, to complete her outfit was open toed high heeled sandals. That was something that he's never seen before but he knew that they had to have been costumed made for that to have worked. Looking over to the other side of the room, he saw Moegi clinging to a man that was roughly around his age.

The man had long black hair that was pulled back in a spiky ponytail. His eyes were dark though his eyes looked tired and bored. Like he could and would sleep through anything. His ears had silver stud earrings. His outfit was a net shirt with a short sleeved jacket over it, and what looked like an apron that was covered in soot. His pants were a pair of long black pants that looked a little loose on him. Looking down at his shoes, Naruto noticed that his shoes were also black with metal plating on the toes. What this guy some kind of baker or something?

"Will those monsters come in here?" said Moegi with a small hint of fear.

"No, we'll be safe so long as we're in here. The monster hasn't bothered us yet." Said the black haired man, even though he looked bored, his voice was laced with concern. Naruto had to be thankful for that at the very least. Though, it had him worried that the kids were mostly cuddled there with the adults because they were scared. So, there was a monster here… but was it the one that he had to kill?

"Don't worry, Naruto will come and save us!" shouted Konohamaru.

Naruto had to admit, he didn't expect Konohamaru to hide his own fear. He was normally the one that didn't hide his emotions but, maybe he was doing it for their sake. The woman turned to stare at Konohamaru as she said "whoever this Naruto is, may the goddesses give him strength. For it was them that had led me and Shikamaru to you."

So, the guy's name was Shikamaru… strange name but okay. Frowning, he felt bad… they had been kidnapped and he didn't save them… yet they still believed in him. Naruto didn't know that he would have made them this scared; he didn't know that they would still believe in him. In fact, he had thought that they would stop believing in him, stop believing that he would came to save them from the monster.

"It is sad though Naruto… you found them but… they can't see you yet." Hinata said softly, as if she was afraid of upsetting him all the more.

Naruto took a deep breath before backing away from the window. He didn't see his mother but maybe she was somewhere else around here. Taking a deep breath, the young man started to wonder around the town, hoping that there was at least a sign or something that would lead him to the monster. As he wondered, he saw a few buildings torn down, a few with strange claw marks… He couldn't explain it but they looked thin yet long.

Was it done by some kind of creature that was small but had long claws? He couldn't really be sure… Yawning, the young man tried to keep his mind focused; he wanted to hurry up and lift the veil of Twilight from this town and see those kids as a human being, and not a fox. As Naruto wondered around the town, he tried to find the beast that had the Sacred Treasure. There had to be something here that he could beat up. Whatever it was…

"Naruto… I sense something…"

"Like what?"

"I'm not sure but whatever it is… its moving." Said Hinata with a hint of fear in her voice. Not really sure why she would be scared but then again, the monsters were almost monstrous compared to their light counterparts. Though, now that he thinks about it they are pretty scary. Shaking his head, the young man heard to what Hinata had to say next. "You don't think it's watching us do you?"

"Don't worry Hinata. You're forgetting, I'm the chosen hero! What could possibly go wrong?" Just as he said that, there was an explosion coming from the top of the cliff walls that surrounded the town. Naruto didn't know what had caused that but he had a feeling that he had spoken too soon. "I think we found out beast." Gulped Naruto. For, emerging from the blown up remains of the building, was a creature that almost reminded Naruto of the snake beast.

This was going to be difficult.

The black shadow emerged from the building and jumped from the remains. Naruto yelped when it landed in front of him, just a foot away from his personal space. Looking up, the shadow revealed itself to be a… giant toad? What next a giant slug?! The toad was at least twenty feet tall, on its webbed feet had curled up thin claws. Its slightly bumpy skin was dark and shined like the night sky. Hints of golden yellow lined its head and flowed down to its feet.

What Naruto noticed though, was what was around the monsters neck. It was a necklace with an orb of light with a symbol on it. To Naruto, it looked like some kind of… hour glass? Must be the Sacred Treasure for the Spirit Spring.

"Die." Said the monster as it swung its webbed hand at Naruto. Naruto had quickly dodged the foot, skidding on the ground Naruto narrowed his eyes as he tried to think of a way to beat this thing. The frog narrowed its beady gold eyes at the fox form of Naruto. The beast swung at Naruto once more, hoping to claw at the young man. All Naruto could do was jump or dodge out of the way.

This wasn't going anywhere!

"Naruto, you'll have to distract it somehow," said Hinata.

Naruto just nodded, knowing that she was right. Though, he didn't know any moves that could distract the beast. But it could also be because he can't use the Shadow Clone move he learned in the Forest Temple with paws. Shaking his head, Naruto's eyes glowed gold for a moment as he jumped into the air, spreading his tails as he launched the swirling orbs his tails created. The attack hit its mark; Naruto took that chance to run along the walls of stone as he tried to find a weak spot.

There had to be some kind of spot on this beast that could kill it. But what? What could beat this thing for good? Narrowing his eyes, the young man kept on running along the walls and launched more of the swirling orbs of energy at the beast. Too bad they explode when they make contact. The frog wasn't happy and swung its hand at Naruto, knocking him off of the wall.

Yelping, the young man bounced on the ground a few times as he got further and further away from the beast. This thing was tough that was for sure. Though, that was what made this battle more interesting. Pushing himself up onto his feet, Naruto charged once again. The beast was big, so it was also slow from its weight. It was like that saying, the bigger they are the harder they fall.

The beast slammed its hand down, Naruto jumped out of the way, landing on the wall before bending his legs and jumped once more. Slamming his head into the frog causing it to howl out of rage before falling over, the young hero couldn't help but smirk. "Naruto, look!" shouted Hinata. Blinking in confusion, Naruto looked at where he saw Hinata's small index finger pointing at a small red spot on its belly. So, that must have been its weak spot.

Before he could gather enough energy, the frog jumped up onto its feet once more. Naruto hissed and cursed under his breath. He would have to knock it over again but it wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. Maybe he could use his speed to distract it? That could work but, there was a hint of doubt in him… Shaking his head the young man started to run about. Hinata yelped from the sudden speed, yelling at Naruto as she tried to figure out what he was planning. Naruto though, he just smirked and kept on running, gaining speed.

The frog growled and kept on turning. Trying to smash Naruto into bits with his big webbed hand. Each and every time he tried to hit the speedy fox, he would miss. Naruto just couldn't help but smile a foxy grin. This was going to be as easy as pie. Smirking, Naruto kept on running around in circles. He knew for sure that it was starting to piss off the beast for it was starting to make frustrated sounds, along with the sound of being sick. Laughing, the young ran on in a straight line away from the beast.

Once he was far enough, Naruto turned around, spinning on his front paws before running full force toward the beast. Naruto knew that this was going to end this beast once and for all. As he ran, Naruto was building up energy within his body for the blast that would end him once and for all.

Once he was close enough, Naruto ran up along the frog's belly. "Hinata, grab the treasure." He demanded as he jumped, slamming his head into the monsters chin. The monster screamed from pain as it started to fall backward. As it started to fall, Naruto jumped into the air, the orb full of light started to form at Naruto's open jaw; this was the moment of truth. He was going to win this battle! When the red spot was in sight, Naruto smirked a bit before he launched the attack at Naruto; the blast hit its mark… After that, Naruto stared as the monster screamed and its form disappeared as it exploded.

Naruto yelped as he went flying toward the spring. As he flew through the air, the Veil of Twilight lifted, and Naruto fell into the springs with a huge splash.

Opening his eyes, Naruto looked around and rubbed his forehead from the pain. Though, it wasn't a throbbing pain but a small prick of pain. Must be from the springs healing his injuries from the battles. Oh well, least it was something for him. Pushing himself up, the young man looked up and saw the glowing form of a giant slug. He knew right away, that this was the Spirit of the Spring.

"Thank you Naruto… you saved another spring but you still have one spring left, and of course the dangers of the next temple."

"What danger?"

"The next temple, is on Death Mountain. Be careful young hero." the spirit said with a smile before fading.

"Naruto?"

Blinking, Naruto turned around and he couldn't help but smile. Standing by the springs with him, were Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi along with the two people that he saw with them. Shikamaru and the blonde haired woman. Naruto just smiled gently at the kids as he said "hey guys. Sorry I took so long in finding you but, well here I am." The kids just screamed in joy before tackling Naruto in a hug. He held onto them, spinning around for a brief moment before falling down. His head resting on the ground, a big smile on his face. His left arm stretched out at his side just lying in the shallow water while his other arm was pinned down by Konohamaru. His left knee was raised up and from him trying to stop his fall but failed. Moegi was lying on his right leg, keeping that pinned down and then, there was Udon who held onto his side.

Naruto couldn't help but laugh as he let the kids hug him.

"So, you are Naruto… the kids have been waiting for you…" said the woman, causing Naruto to sit up and turn around, still holding onto the kids. He stared at the woman before nodding. "Welcome to Suna Naruto, I am Tsunade, the healer of this place. And this here is Shikamaru, the Bomb Maker of this town."

"Thank you Tsunade for saving them… I don't know what would have happened if I was too late." The woman just nodded with a soft smile on her face. Shikamaru though, well he still had the same bored expression he had while inside the building. Though, Naruto could sense that he was a good guy otherwise. But, there was one thing that he wanted to know… "Did you ever find someone with red hair named Kushina?"