(A/N) We are back again. I would like to once again thank my dedicated fans and reviews, who have convinced me that Kishimoto was probably trolling us in the last manga chapter with the whole girlfriend thing. I am very curious as to what the next chapter has to offer, so I will be eagerly awaiting the next week. Now if only the anime would get off these damn fillers, then I would be really happy. I mean come on, give us a new opening with Madara vs the Gokage, but force us to watch fillers till who knows when! That's just mean.

Anyways, today's chapter will involve the new Team 8, and will have a nice bijuu meeting with Shino and Kurenai dragged in as well. Won't they be in for a shocker?

I don't really have anything to rant on today, and I'm glad that a few of you were supportive of the way I think, so we will be going straight to the chapter!

On with the show!

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Chapter 11: Team 8

Hinata awoke the next day a bit earlier than usual, as her brain was still in the process of sorting out the information that Sheogorath had given her. Apparently, Sheogorath had deemed it necessary to fill her head with a lot of useless (or so she thought) facts and also gave her a few more gifts than just the cinnamon bun one. Such as the fact that the max speed of a rolling six pound cheese wheel was 20 mph under the right conditions. Hinata untangled her tails from Naruto's without his help (she was only able to do this since one of the random gifts was how to untangle any knot) and went and showered. She then got dressed and set out for a walk. She visited the garden and remembered that she told herself that she would wear a flower in her hair, so she picked out a pretty lavender one, and put it in her hair. She then headed back to the master bedroom.

Hinata arrived to find Naruto getting dressed, so they headed down to the kitchen together. Hinata had a devious idea of what to make using her new powers, so she told Naruto to wait outside while she made breakfast.

Inside the kitchen, she set to work. She put on a huge pot of water on the boiler, and prepared some ingredients. She then proceeded to make her special homemade ramen. When it was all cooked, she separated the ramen into twelve bowls. She snapped her fingers and instantly all of the ramen in the bowls was transformed into delicious cinnamon buns. Hinata made some rice to go with the buns, before she called Naruto into the kitchen.

Hinata saw that Naruto was disappointed at the apparent lack of ramen when he was sure that he had smelled it and she said "You really have to try the buns Ruto-kun, they are extra special today."

Listening to his mate, Naruto took a big bite out of one of the buns and his eyes widened at the ramen flavor. He quickly devored four more before saying to Hinata "I don't know how you made these and I honestly don't care. All I know is that these are probably the most delicious things in existence."

Hinata giggled and said "I knew that you would love them. I made them with the gift that Sheogorath-sama gave to me. So you should be thanking him for giving me such a perfect gift."

Naruto had scarfed down another four buns while she said this before saying "I'll be sure to thank him the next time we see him. He may be a little bit off, but I like him."

Hinata giggled and said "I like him too. So what would you like to do today Ruto-kun?"

Naruto was thoughtful for a moment before he said "I would like to visit Team 8. They have two jinchuriki on that team, and we need them on our side. I figure we can drop by and talk to them during their team assessment. Kurenai is like a big sister to you right? Do you have any idea when and where she would hold her assessment?"

Hinata thought for a moment before saying "Yes, she is my unofficial nee-san. As for the time and place, I would have to guess 9:00 and training ground 8. That was where and when she took me to privately train back when I was with them." She said "them" with a large amount of venom in her voice.

"Okay its 8:45 now, so we should head out."

They cleaned up their dishes and headed out.

(Training ground 8, 9:00)

Shino was confused. While he liked his team just fine, as he felt he might be able to open up a little bit to them, he was confused about the lime haired girl that was chatting animatedly to their other teammate. For some reason, Shino's bugs seemed to be drawn to the girl. He couldn't figure out why, other than for some reason she had a bit of odd chakra. But the weird thing was the other girl on his team also had odd chakra, but his bugs seemed to not care about her. So Shino was standing there trying to figure out the enigma that was the girl named Fu, when Kurenai appeared in a swirl of leaves.

"I'm glad to see that you three are punctual. To be late for a mission is a crime in my book." Said Kurenai while thinking of a certain book reading jonin. "So today is the day where we see if you three are truly ready to become genin. I hope for your sakes that you do well. Today's test will be-"

Kurenai was suddenly cut off by Fu and Yugito suddenly whipping around and standing at the ready.

"What is it you two? Your files never said anything about you two being sensory types. And I don't sense anything off." Said Kurenai.

Yugito never took her eyes off a piece of air when she answered "We aren't sensory types. But I suddenly got the feeling like I was in the presence of someone familiar."

"Same." Agreed Fu.

Suddenly a giggle rang through the air and a cute voice said "Aww…they figured us out Ruto-kun. I guess you were right when you said that the illusion would be of no use against people like us."

With that the illusion faded away, revealing Naruto and Hinata standing a few feet away from team 8.

Naruto grinned and then pointed at Fu and Yugito and said "We both know what you two are and I'm assuming that the other members of your team don't know, and that has to change. You two both know what Hina-chan and I are, since you were there in the academy when we told everybody. So Hina-chan and I have two questions for the both of you. One: How much contact have you been in with your tenants, and two: Would you like to become what Hina-chan and I are?"

Both Fu and Yugito were dumbfounded. How did this couple know their secrets? No one other than the Hokage knew that they were jinchuriki. So Fu spoke up and said "How do you know about that? The only person who is supposed to know that is the Hokage!"

Naruto laughed and said "Duh, I was like you two are. So of course I recognize another one of my kin. Besides, if you two were not what you are, you would have never have been able to sense us through our illusion."

Kurenai chose to interrupt at this point and said "What are you talking about Naruto? What do you mean that they are like you were?"

Naruto smiled and said "Well the easiest way would be to show you all." With that said, he clapped his hands and everyone there fell into unconsciousness.

(Shared Mindscape)

Shino and Kurenai woke up to find themselves in a blank expanse of space. They looked around and were immediately fearful for their lives.

Standing around them in a circle were Naruto, Hinata, Fu, and Yugito. But that was not what scared them. What scared them was that behind Naruto and Hinata was a nine-tailed fox. They then looked at Fu and Yugito and were completely surprised. Behind Fu was a giant beetle with six wing-like tails and a seventh normal tail. Behind Yugito was a large cat with two tails that seemed to be entirely composed of blue flames. They were equally surprised when the fox behind Naruto and Hinata started to speak.

"Chomei, Matatabi, it is good to see you again. Now I would like you two kindly answer the question that my kit asked your containers." Said Kurama.

Matatabi spoke up first and said "I have taken care of my kitten ever since she was left an orphan when her mother died. She has decent control of my powers and I am her mother figure. I speak with her every day."

Kurama nodded and said "So you chose the direct approach. Very well, what about you Chomei?"

"I, the lucky number seven Chomei, have chosen to only help Fu when she was in danger of dying. She knows that I'm inside her but I don't interact much with her. If I may ask Kurama, what approach did you take with your container? I can see that you two have merged, but I am indeed curious as to what would make you choose to do that. I would have thought that you would have been too proud to ever accept a merge."

Kurama laughed and said "I took the same approach that you did. I appeared when he was in danger to save him, but he did something so ridiculous that I offered him the chance to merge. Then he did something even more ridiculous than the first!"

"Oh, so what did he do?" asked Matatabi.

Kurama again laughed and said "The brat stood up to me! And then after he accepted the deal to merge to save his vixen's life, he actually asked what my name was! No one had ever asked my name before! That's what made me really respect the kit."

Naruto then interrupted the beasts and said "While I understand that you haven't seen each other in a long time, can we get to the reason that we are here? I want you two-" he pointed at Fu and Yugito "to merge with your bijuu."

Chomei then spoke up and said "And why should we listen to you?"

Kurama spoke up and said "If you think that the container gets all the perks when you merge then you would be dead wrong. First, you wouldn't be stuck behind a seal all the time. You would have free range in your container's mindscape. Second, your container would be able to summon you to the real world. I have to say that it feels excellent stretching your legs after being stuck in a seal for so long. And third you get a hanyou form that you can take whenever you want, so you don't have to be stuck in such a large body all the time."

Chomei thought this over for a moment before saying "That sounds acceptable. I will merge. Come here Fu and rip my seal off. I promise that I will not take over."

Fu looked at Naruto and asked "What will I get if I merge with Chomei?"

Naruto was thoughtful for a moment before he said "Well I'm really not sure what will happen to you appearance wise, but I can guarantee that you will be far stronger than before. Also, if I am correct, you will be able to share your power with one other person. For kitsune Hanyous that happens through the mate mark, but I have no clue how it will work for you with Chomei being an insect. The only cons are that you will be quite noticeable as someone who isn't normal."

Fu then walked over to Chomei and said "I'll do it." Her seal appeared in front of her and she ripped it down. There was a bright flash of lime-green chakra and when it died down it revealed the new and improved Fu. She was 18 now, and the only change that was obviously from Chomei were the six yellow and red wings that grew out of her tailbone. She had grown slightly taller and her breasts were straining uncomfortably against her tight shirt. How they didn't rip through the shirt, no one knew. She previously had B-cups, but they had grown into D-cups from the change. She quickly used a demon henge to change her breasts back until she could get new clothes. (A/N: the demon henge actually changes your body unlike the normal henge, which is just an illusion)

Shino had turned bright red upon seeing the new Fu. While he now understood why his insects were so interested in her, now he felt like he should follow whatever she said to do. That and his physical reaction to Fu's new body left the normally emotionless man struggling to gain control over his emotions.

Fu laughed at Shino as she understood exactly what was happening to him. She had just become a queen of insects, and since Shino had merged his body with insects, he was struggling to control the urges to obey the queen. She came up with a brilliant idea and said to Shino "I am now a queen of insects, so I understand that you will want to follow me and do whatever I say. However, this would mess up our team dynamics, so I'll cut you a deal. I'll make you my king, so that you won't be effected by my aura. Also I like you, and I think you are cute, and I can tell by the physical reaction that you're having to me that you obviously like me, so it's a win-win for both of us."

Shino just nodded and Fu walked over to him and scattered dust from her tails all over Shino. The dust then settled into the shape of the beetle before burning its way through Shino's coat and giving him a tattoo that encompassed his entire back. Shino instantly felt calmer and he felt that he could control his emotions in Fu's presence once more. He also felt taller and he looked down to see that he was now eighteen as well.

Fu just smiled at his transformation, but inwardly she thought "Damn, he's really hot now…"

Yugito upon watching this unfold decided that she would have to merge or she would be left in the dust in their team, as she could feel the power radiating off Fu and Shino. She turned to Matatabi and said "I'm ready to merge with you".

Matatabi looked at her and said "Very well, but first I sense that the vixen here has my scroll. I left that scroll with Kushina, but she died an untimely death, so I thought that I would never see it again. Young Hinata, would you kindly bring it out so that my kitten could sign it before we merge?"

Hinata nodded and then clapped her hands, summoning the scroll. Yugito signed the scroll in her blood before giving it back to Hinata. She then turned to Matatabi and willed the seal to appear. It did so and she ripped it off, causing an explosion of dark blue chakra. When it subsided, an 18 year old Yugito stood there. She now had two blue tails that seemed to constantly be on fire. She also had a pair of flaming cat ears and Matatabi's different color eyes (one yellow, one green). Her bust size had also increased from B's to D's, and like Fu, she was forced to use a demon henge until she could by more clothes.

Naruto was satisfied with what happened and brought them out of the mindscape.

(Training ground 8)

They all woke to find that they were still standing. Kurenai looked at her watch and was shocked to see that not a moment had passed. She asked "How is this possible?"

Hinata giggled and said "Inside a mindscape, the controller can adjust time to how they see fit. It's quite useful if you need to memorize something and don't have a lot of time to do it."

Kurenai then continued by saying "So let me get this straight. Yugito and Fu were jinchuriki, and I was never told. And now they have merged with their bijuu, making them Hanyou. Not only that, but Fu made Shino her king."

Naruto laughed and said "That's right Kurenai-san. You had better keep training because before long, they are all going to surpass you because I suspect that Chomei will be teaching Fu and Shino and Matatabi will be teaching Yugito. So you better get to work. I would also like to propose that our teams meet every once in a while to do joint training. Hina-chan and I would like to get to know our fellow Hanyou better, and what better way is there to do that than to spar? Also, I don't think that you will need to administer the test any more, since all Hanyou are naturally linked to each other since there are so few of us, and the main idea of the test was to test teamwork, right?"

Kurenai nodded and said "Very well, you are all dismissed. I take it that you all need to buy new clothes, so go do that. Shino, I think that you should ask your father if Fu can stay with your clan. Once you explain what happened, I'm sure that he will be happy to oblige, if Fu's aura doesn't get to him first."

Shino nodded and the pair walked towards the nearest clothing shop. Kurenai then headed home, leaving Naruto, Hinata and Yugito. Hinata then asked Yugito "So where are you living at?"

"I'm living in an old run-down apartment that the Hokage gave me. He tried to give me better, but the council wouldn't allow it."

Hinata was saddened to hear that and said "Why don't you come live with Naruto and me in our compound as a guest. We have plenty of space, and it gets a bit lonely with it just being us in there. Since you are a fellow Hanyou, you are practically our sister already."

Yugito was shocked at Hinata's offer and said "I'm honored that you would even consider letting me into your estate, especially since I am from another village. But I feel as though I would betray your trust if I took up on your offer without telling you why I was sent here. Kumo sent me as a spy to find a Hyuuga that we could capture during the upcoming chunin exams. I told them to target you Hinata, as you always appeared to be so weak in the academy. I was definitely wrong."

Hinata just giggled and said "I knew that Kumo would probably try to take me during the exams. They already tried to capture me once before when I was three. This time they will be in for one hell of a surprise. Besides, my Ruto-kun will be targeted by anybody who is from Iwa once they find out his last name. They will probably target me too now that I think about it. But we will be prepared, and they won't know what hit them. So while I thank you for telling us that, the information is sort of useless. But my offer still stands. You are a sister to us, and we have seen that you are a good person. After all, you were only following your orders."

Yugito was practically moved to tears by what Hinata said, and she said "I would be honored to take up on your offer, my sister. But before we head home, can we go shopping first? I need to get new clothes."

With that, the three left to go shopping.

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And that's a wrap. Yes I decided to make Fu and Yugito Hanyou. I have yet to see a story where any of the other jinchuriki become Hanyou, so I decided to make that happen. I sort of got the idea from one of Lord Farsight's challenges that are on his profile. Also I made Shino Fu's king, because that's the only thing that I could think of that would be similar to a kitsune's mate. Also, I think Shino would look badass with a big beetle tattoo on his back. He also does not have any tails, but his abilities are much higher than what he once could do. I'll explain his new abilities in depth in a later chapter.

Anyways, on to the omake!

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Wheel of Torture chapter 4

The root members were back at it once again. They had decided that they were going to send every member they had to try their chakra one at a time in hopes that one of them might have been from the Namikaze blood.

So today's unlucky victim walked up to the door and injected his chakra.

The wheel began spinning and the watching root members began praying to the log that the member who had injected his chakra have a good life in the afterlife. Or they prayed that he may be reincarnated into something more peaceful, like a potted plant.

The root member watched the wheel in horror as it came to a stop. His fate was decided. The wheel said "Reincarnation: Potted plant"

And with a flash of light, the root member was now a potted plant.

And so the log answered their prayers.

One of the root bystanders went to the potted plant and picked it up, thinking that the newly made plant would be fitting in his house.

He never got that far.

He was walking down the hill from the Namikaze compound when he tripped and broke his neck.

Being reincarnated as a plant did not stop his fate. His pot shattered and he died, his soil scattered across the ground.

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And that's all. That was one of my original ideas, and it did not come from a videogame. I was actually thinking of "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" when I wrote this. More specifically the part when a missle gets turned into a potted plant and thinks "Oh, not again".

Anyways, until next time

Slice N Dicer