String Theory

by 321Z3R0

Left to fend for himself in a village full of hypocrites, criminals, and super-powered humans, Naruto has to learn how to survive on his own after the orphanage decides they've done enough. Fending for himself in the shadier parts of Konoha, Naruto learns the hard way that the world is a cruel place. Welcome to Konoha's underworld. Rating is subject to change. Read & Review! Enjoy!

10. Since When Was Naruto So Emotional?

A/N: Okay, so oddly, the harem is still completely viable right now, and you'll find out why in either this or the next chapter. Don't wanna spoil too much. Oh, and I HATE the mistakes I find, but I can never see them before I publish a chapter. Anyone wanna BETA me? I mean, seriously, it gets really boring to reread a chapter you've rewritten a few times... like this one.

On the topic of rewriting this chapter, I did that a few times, 'cause I wasn't too satisfied with how it came out. I'm still not completely happy, so if you don't really like this chapter, don't worry, I have some problems with it as well. Well, beyond my need of better proofreading and writing skills, there's a chapter beneath this that needs reading. Get to it!... Or not. I can't force you.

EDIT: I tried to make each paragraph less a wall of text. I hope it helped. because when I looked at it on mobile, it only annoyed me. Also, plums, I hope this is better for you.

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Kage Bunshin - Jutsu (I think I'll start using this more for dramatic effect, if only a bit.)

It's about time you learned the pecking order. - Extreme anger or demonic speech/thought.

Crap, now I have to think of a pecking order. - Thought/Flashback stuff.

OH MY FUCKING GOD - Emphasized speech or shouting.

Anything in apostrophes, 'blah blah', occurs within the mind, be it mental communication (which is present) or just plain thoughts.

And any combination from here on out is up to you guys to decipher.

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Last Time on Dragon Ba- er String Theory!-

"Alright then, we'll proceed to Tazuna's home. Yakumo, Hinata, you two stick to him like glue. Sai, take point. Naruto and I will bring up the rear." With that, they continued on, all three possessors of dojutsu with their eyes combing their surroundings while Naruto was focusing on his chakra senses enough that he could already feel Tazuna's village.

Two more thoughts crossed Naruto's mind as he felt the monotony of the situation overtake him. 'Fucking hell, civilians are slow.' and 'Something big is gonna kick my ass. I can feel it.'

And Now...

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Walking into the village, they were greeted by the sight of poverty and general misery. There were children, but instead of playing, many were scouring the streets for food while other just sat there. Any food stands had rotten product, if any at all. Multiple building were boarded up and left in a state of disrepair, which explained why there were so many people outside; many didn't even have a home. They milled about, no hope on their faces and no knowledge of what the future would bring.

As one man dropped to the floor, Naruto decided he'd had enough. 'This reminds me of my childhood before I got a home... I shouldn't be feeling nostalgic here.' Sighing at the image this would no doubt get him, he told everyone to stop. When they asked him why, he looked away from them. "My conscience is flaring up again. Besides, this reminds me of my childhood a bit too much than it should; about time for me to fix that." All of them had shocked looks on their faces, not really having any knowledge of their teammates past before this.

He ignored the looks of sympathy and pity as he concentrated. Really, REALLY hard. 'Oi, Kogo, Kurama! I'll need your help for this one; I'm not too good at creating organic things like food.'

He got an easy going 'Hai!' from Kogo, but Kurama grumbled a bit from being interrupted during... whatever it was demon foxes did in their spare time besides sleep.

A wave of controlled youki began to seep out from him as he gave both of the foxes partial control, all of them controlling in sync. It condensed around him in a shell, having drawn the attention of the people on the streets long ago but now making them a bit scared. His own black and red youki seeped into the shell as well, along with his chakra, but he was just burning as much as possible to make more space for natural energy.

Throwing away his gloves, as he'd imbued his chakra control seals onto them, he pumped as much chakra as he could into every tenketsu(chakra point) on his body, wasting it. Having managed to use over half of his chakra with the help of the two foxes fighting against his energy on purpose, burning more of it in the process, and using his own youki with theirs, burning through almost all of it, they all focused on controlling the flow of natural energy that began seeping into Naruto of its own volition, making sure it didn't get converted back into his chakra or youki.

Holding out his hands, inadvertently showing the Sarutobi clan mark on his hand to his team, he went to speak two words with a deeper power behind them that made all who heard it shiver, but not necessarily in fear, but reverence and excitement, their own chakra, whether dormant or active, resonating with the energy of nature being concentrated around him.

"Senjutsu: Banbutsu Sozo(Sage Technique: Creation of All Things)."A greenish white glow replaced his shell as natural energy used him as a gateway into creation, being formed into all kinds of food. Bread, rice, assorted meat, fruits and veggies, just about any food less complicated that a prepared dish for a big meal was available.

Falling to his knees, Naruto panted in exhaustion, having never dropped this low on chakra in over 5 years. Everyone on the streets gaped at him, not believing their eyes, but Naruto just smirked as he rose to his feet again, still not 100% but good enough, at that moment. A noticeable decrease in the strength of his voice, he gestured to the food set out in the street. "Take your pick, but don't be greedy." They all rushed the table then, having been given permission from the godly figure before them.

Ignoring the looks he was getting from his team, he looked to Tazuna. "Do you need any? I'm sure you live here too, and Gato will be around for at least another day, maybe two." Naruto made a cloth bag for Tazuna, an easy task for him, and watched as the man went into the fray, happy to get some food for his family.

As they were left alone, Kakashi grabbed Naruto by the shoulder. "We'll need to have a little chat about that Naruto."

Surashi nodded her head. "Damn fucking right!" Without her mother there to stop here, she had no reservations about cutting loose a bit.

Naruto shook his hand of at that. "Make no mistake, Kakashi; you're orders are of no REAL value to me, and I don't NEED to tell you guys anything. I'll tell you whatever I'm comfortable with telling you, nothing more, maybe less." With that, they waited for Tazuna to finish getting food for his family, as was the whole crowd. By the time they left, people were still scrambling for food, making Naruto wonder if he made too much. Walking to Tazuna's house, he got teasing comments of how sweet what he just did was from the demons within his mind.

Arriving at Tazuna's house, which was a bit secluded from the village, they were greeted at that door by a woman. Tazuna engulfed her in a hug the moment she opened the door. When they separated, Tazuna introduced the shinobi who were waiting patiently behind him. "Tsunami, these are the Konoha shinobi who I managed to get to protect me."

Even as he talked, Naruto was only half listening as Kurama was sending wolf whistles to him in his mind, Kogo not much better. 'DAMN! CAN ANYBODY ELSE SAY MILF! I mean, just LOOK at the rack on this woman! You would've thought she was born half succubus or something!' Kogo was impressed as well, though she was a little less... vocal beyond whistles of appreciation.

It's a good thing Naruto made a point to learn how to listen even when focusing on his mind, because his team was introducing themselves and it was his turn; he didn't want to get caught staring at anyone's tits at that moment, but, unfortunately for him, Kurama forced him to with the residual youki left in his system.

He was last, so after Kakashi, who Naruto noticed was also staring, introduced himself, he went. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, genin of Konoha."

Tazuna got next to him and slung an arm around his shoulder. "That's it, gaki!?Ha, you're WAY more than that! Can you guess what this kid did? C'mon, guess, Tsunami." She had absolutely no clue. "Hahaha! Well, lemme tell you, this kid fought an A-Rank ninja, and almost killed the man, to save me! THEN he came into the village and just MADE, like, a few tons of food! This kid is amazing, ain't he!?" Tsunami gaped at him for a while, not believing a child so young could do such a thing, but looking into his amused eyes, she saw a level of wisdom and experience you shouldn't find in a 13 year old, allowing her to believe it(A/N: HA!).

Tazuna then continued. "He's more like the savior of Nami no Kuni than just another genin of Konoha!"

Kakashi interrupted him then. "Well, he's not even JUST another genin. He has his own title and everything."

Tazuna laughed as the entered his home, his grandson, Inari, coming down to greet his grandpa. Looking up at Naruto, as he'd kneeled in front of Inari to give him a hug, he said something. "Why don't you give a proper introduction, ne?"

Naruto rolled his eyes but chose to humor the old man. Giving an illustrious bow, one hand on his chest and the other out to his side, its fingers splayed, he began to speak once more, his voice much richer than before, giving him an air of royalty and power that was only heightened by his style of dress. "Naruto Uzumaki, Seiei Genin Sensei of Konoha, aka the Fujimi no Gisei(Unkillable Sacrifice), if you're interested. 13 years old."

Rising from his bow, he opened his eyes, both of them having a deep set glow to them. "Pleasure to make your acquaintance." By the time he was done, Kakashi was applauding lightly, his book hampering the action, while Hinata and Surashi were blushing lightly, the undertone to the voice they thought they knew so well making a shiver go up each of their spines. Sai took out his pad and began taking notes while Yakumo was just looking on, impressed.

Tsunami and Tazuna looked a bit confused as to why he didn't say Hero of Wave, but he answered the question before it was asked, forgetting to change his voice and making Hinata's blush deepen, though Surashi corrected it. "I won't call myself the Hero of Wave unless I actually save it. All I did was put a bucket under a leak; the pipe is still broken and the bucket will soon overflow. As such, you'd better go shopping while there is still produce to go around."

Inari was confused, so he asked his mom and, when he got an answer, looked at Naruto in a mix of anger and gratitude. "It'll help, but your gonna die if you keep opposing Gato." He then ran up the stairs, not liking the amused look Naruto was giving him.

Before he reached the top, he looked back and shouted, "You'll all be killed!" Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at that; the boy didn't know that he could possibly end Gato with a thought from right there, but he didn't blame him at that moment.

A few hours later, Inari, Tazuna, and Team 7, sans Naruto, were seated around the table, prepared to be served their food. Naruto was in the kitchen helping Tsunami cook, much to her surprise. Even when she tried to deny his help, he just told her that he like cooking and wanted to see how she did it and compare. She relented and allowed him in the kitchen, to which Kurama AND Kogo taunted him on, saying things along the lines of, 'You only want a better view, ningen/Naruto-kun.' Well, they weren't totally wrong, but he cooked none the less, surprising her with how good at it he was.

When they were done, Naruto brought out some of the already plated food, which was curry and rice, while Tsunami brought out a bowl with rice, the curry they didn't use still in the kitchen. The plates were just about even in the amounts, one half pure white rice and the other containing curry.

"Okay, so," began Naruto, "Hinata, I know you don't like spicy food, so I held back a bit on yours. Surashi, I know you DO like spicy foods, so I gave yours an extra kick. Sai, Yakumo, and Kakashi, I had no clue, so I made your mild. Tazuna-san, Inari-san, Tsunami-san said that you two like it mild, so, there you go. There's extra for each type, so feel free to get seconds." Tsunami nodded happily, this being the first time she had guest, and the first time she could REALLY cook for them, in a while.

Naruto sent a clone to get the extra curry as he sat between Inari and Kakashi. He'd remade the table, as it wasn't large enough to house all of them, so now he had more than enough space to sit without bothering the mopey boy or perverted jonin. As the clone returned with the pot(No, not that kind of pot), putting large spoons in each for serving yourself, they all took a moment to clasp their hands and say, "Itadakimasu." with varying degrees of enthusiasm before digging in.

As Surashi took a tentative bite, she may as well have moaned at the taste. Naruto chuckled as she lost all of the manners driven into her as a child and began to shovel her face with it, Yakumo not far behind her, as she too loved it. Hinata, having been drilled in manners from a younger age, even with the reforms to the Hyuuga clan, wanted to do so, but stopped herself and just ate at a faster than normal pace, as did Sai, never being one to show enthusiasm despite liking it so much. Even Inari managed to look a bit happy as he ate, making Tazuna and Tsunami look at him gratefully as they too ate.

Naruto chuckled as Surashi and Yakumo made eye contact before doubling their speed, impressively. Soon, they cleaned their plates before sticking them out and saying, "Seconds, please!" They glared at each other again, before they leaned to the left and threw it all up.

Naruto made an extra clone to clean it up while the first one served them again. "This time, at least TRY to keep it down. Maybe drink some of the water?" They glared at Naruto before glaring at each other and resuming, though they, impressively, managed to keep it down after that, much to the relief of Naruto's clone.

In the midst of it all, Naruto noticed Kakashi take his mask down to eat, making his eyebrows raise a bit at how he actually looked. "Hm, not bad, Kakashi. I see why you hide it."

Kakashi gave Naruto a sidelong glance before quickly finishing his food and replacing his mask before anyone else could notice. "Yeah, it'd just be troublesome otherwise."

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Konoha

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As he sat on his roof, admiring the clouds at night, Shikamaru had a violent sneezing fit. 'Someone, somewhere, just embraced the lazy force. It's a bit too troublesome to find them, though.' Somewhere to his left, his father had the same reaction, though he was actually awoken from a nap by the sneeze.

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Nami no Kuni

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As they all finished their food, Naruto's clones cleaned everything up, though it was without the consent of Tsunami, and they just sat around for a bit, Tazuna and Kakashi discussing somethings about IchaIcha, Sai and Yakumo having a conversation on art... again, and Hinata and Tsunami talking about the food she made, though that involved a lot of gestures and references to Naruto. Surashi listened on, actually enjoying the food, even though she was never one for cooking herself.

Naruto just laid back in his chair, meditating, despite how it looked. He was scoping out the area as best he could, trying to pinpoint Gato's exact location, as he hadn't felt the man's slimy chakra in ages. Inari apparently snapped at that point, the happiness at the table somehow making him mad. "Why are you guys even here? Why do you bother trying so hard!? No matter how hard you train, you're still no match for Gato's men! No matter what glorious claims you make or how hard you work, the weak will only end up getting killed!"

Naruto didn't like the last part to come out of his mouth, but he let the boy continue. "You have no clue how much we've suffered, how hard we've tried to get rid of him, but he has too much power! Just the six of you won't make a difference compared to the amount of men Gato has! He's invincible!"

In the silence that followed, Naruto chuckled, but it was a dark one. "No one is invincible, kid. And you think you've suffered? You've had it easy, gaki." Here his voice got rather venomous. "Real fucking easy."

He got up and made his shirt disappear from his chest. Putting his hand into a half tora seal, he said, "Nise Gaiken: Kai (False Appearance: Release)." He released the genjutsu surrounding him, showing the scar under his collar. "I was two when I got this, Inari." On his chest was a mark in the form of the kanji for lonely(Sabishi, 寂しい).

"A shinobi from my village attacked me, under the "watchful" gaze of ANBU, and gave me this, before attempting to kill me." Turning around, he showed him his back. "I got THESE when I was three and a half to four. I was kicked out of the orphanage and had to scour the streets for food, but people wouldn't even allow me that. I was forced into the redlight district, but since I doubt you know what that is, let me explain."

The whole time, everyone's eyes were wide with shock, but now they were beginning to fill with pity. "The redlight district is the area in a village that has all the bad stuff, and adult stuff. Prostitutes were common place. Drug dealers and drug addicts were there, but they weren't easy to pick out, which is sad. Homeless people weren't too uncommon either, appearing in just about every other alley way. I had to keep moving, fighting with grown men for food and then having to steal when I inevitably lost." Taking a deep breath, he continued, as he was trying to prove a point, not get worked up.

"I've been running from the police force for ages, and I've been dodging ANBU since before that. Oh, and from the fact that I was in an orphanage, you could guess that I have no parents, so most things I can do, life skills and shinobi ones, are generally self taught. You have no clue how happy I was to make my first friend, and it was only because the Hokage saw fit to put me, a four year old at the time, to live alone. I met a nice old lady who got me a job, A JOB... at FOUR, in her post office. She even trained me some, but guess what. Guess." Inari was shaking at that point, Naruto's intimidating aura intensifying as he talked.

Naruto bent down to his level, whispering in his ear, though the whole room heard. "Guess." Inari shook his head, not wanting to. "Aw, you're no fun." Straightening, he put back his shirt as he seated himself. "Well, she was murdered by some "rouge" ANBU in the middle of the afternoon. I came in to find them, one with a tanto through her stomach and the other poised to finish it. Well, I murdered them in an instant, not even thinking about my first kill, and brought her to a hospital. She didn't make it, but I would've preferred she died on the spot, because I feel responsible for her.

"She made it to the hospital before dying, but if I had only chose to learn healing techniques instead of ninjutsu, I could've saved her. Do you know what it's like to see one of the five people alive in the world who you truly thought cared about you die in a bed and have the feeling that you could've saved them?" He asked it as a serious question, even though he knew the answer.

Inari, predictably, shook his head, tears streaming down his face. "Well, I'll let you in on a secret of mine." He brought his head down to Inari's level, putting his mouth to the boys ear. "I do." Bring himself upright once more, he continued. "And lemme telly you two things. First off, that's only the tip of the iceberg for me." The stunned silence that covered the table whenever he was silent seemed to become even more full as Hinata began to cry, having been holding it back the whole time. "Second, there are people in the world who have had it worse than I have." The truth of his words hit EVERYONE like a freight train, making some of them realize just how lucky they were.

Naruto wasn't done yet, though. "Even with that, people HERE have had it worse than you, and yet we aren't angsty like shits like you are." He then went around the table in no particular order. "Surashi had the VAST majority of her clan murdered by her cousin and brother in one night, Hinata was being locked in a proverbial cage as she grew up, watching her family destroy itself with tradition and arrogance, and when I say family, I mean over a hundred people, the main branch members outright enslaving the side branch members until I stepped in.

"Yakumo was possessed by a demon that was caused by her own family locking her up, fearing her power, and her sensei betrayed her by trying to seal away her chakra forever, KNOWINGLY crushing her dream, but thought it was for the best. I later got rid of it, but that's beside that point. Sai, well, that's a secret, as is our sensei's, but I think you get it. None of us have had it easy, so get over yourself." With that, Naruto disappeared from the table in his normal fashion, appearing on the roof.

In the house, Tsunami looked to Kakashi with tears in her eyes. "I-is what he said..."

Kakashi nodded sadly. "Yeah, but he watered down his own story a bit, and omitted quite a few things." They entire table became deathly silent at that moment before Kakashi continued. "The people of Konoha, in general, hated him with a passion until recently. Now, only half the population hate him, but, oddly, he doesn't want them to change. He said that he was used to the hate, that he became comfortable like that." Tsunami's eyes widened even further. Not once in her life did she think anyone would get hated so much that they began to just... like it.

Tazuna's hand slammed down on the table, shocking everyone from their revere. He grabbed Kakashi by the collar, bringing him in close. "How the hell could you let that happen to a child!?"

Kakashi couldn't meet his eyes. "I know. I was on the watch when he got the scar; I was the one who killed the man who tried to kill him. I'm the one who fucked up."

In the silence that followed, Inari shaky voice rang clearly. "H-how can you be... ACT so happy? How can HE!?"

Above them, they heard a dull buzz as a few trees behind the house were obliterated, all within his sight of the house and gave them a good view of the wave of energy that flew down from the roof, presumably from Naruto.

On the roof at that moment, Naruto was having an internal debate. 'This little shit thinks he's had it hard, but he has his mom RIGHT THERE! His grandfather has taken care of him too... But I's not his fault. He's been so absorbed in his own hardships to be thankful for what he DOES have.'

Sighing, his anger returning when he thought about how ungrateful the brat was, he pointed a finger at a mountain in the distance this time, concentrating as much youki as he could into a single point and letting it fly. With less youki in his system, it would be easier to remain calm, or at least NOT get angry, so he was trying to burn a good amount to prevent another incident. He'd lost his cool in there far too easily.

'Hehe, sorry about that, ningen/Naruto.' Both Kurama and Kogo apologized, as their residual youki in his system was probably to blame for heightening his emotions.

Sighing, he responded. 'It's not your fault; I need to learn to control that anyway. Now, shut up while I blow off some steam.' The did just that as he made the largest blast yet, aimed at the previously hit but barely damaged mountain and said, "Cero Gigante." There was a hole in the mountain afterwards.

Back in the house, Kakashi, freeing himself from Tazuna's shocked grip, looked at Inari with a look akin to grim acceptance as Hinata answered. "I'm not sure."

Kakashi shook his head, giving his own response. "I don't even think he knows how to be happy anymore, but we've all made due with our lot in life."

Naruto reappeared at that point. "Yes, I do, or at least I think so. Oh, and I'll probably go kill Gato tomorrow night, but I already located him." As he turned to actually walk out of the room at that point, he stopped, turning his head to the still seated group. "Don't start with the pity party I feel brewing. Well, not in you, Sai, but still. My life has made me strong, stronger that you can imagine. I wouldn't trade it for the world." With that he went out side, retaking his position on the roof. As he left the front door, he called back, "I don't need to sleep, so I'll take permanent night watch."

That night, as everyone sat up, thinking about what Naruto said, said boy felt the restlessness of everyone as he meditated on the roof. 'I don't care if they wanna dwell on my words, but if they don't sleep, they could get killed.' As he sighed, he stood on the roof and pulled a midnight black violin from thin air. It had seals and such engraved on it to prevent deteriorating over time and accentuate its sound, but it's biggest use was what he wanted. As he began to play, going with an eerie, soft tune that fit the nature of his deep thoughts at that moment, he pulled nature chakra into the violin, making the seals glow a light green.

As the sound washed over each of the people in the house, they felt both at peace and sleepy, quieting the thoughts that went around in their heads with ease and letting them feel the fatigue of the day pull them into a restful, dream-filled sleep.

Feeling their chakra slow to the point that people's chakra generally did when sleeping, he continued to play, enjoying the relaxing feeling he would get from doing so. He almost didn't notice the owl in the forest tree across from him staring at him, or the occasional mouse scamper towards him, pause and raise its head to look at him, then come closer. He almost didn't notice a wolf pack join in with him, howling in time with each stroke of his bow. Almost. But, as it all registered with him, he smiled lightly. 'I need to do this more often. It's... calming.'

The next day, they all awoke and began to go about their business, Sai, Kakashi, and Yakumo taking the shift of guarding the bridge builder as he completed his work and the rest staying behind to guard Tsunami and Inari. No one saw Naruto until Tazuna, Sai, Kakashi, and Yakumo were leaving for the bridge, when Kakashi stopped the group a yard from the house.

He turned around and looked at the house, seeing Naruto still on the roof, staring out into the distance with a thoughtful look on his face. "Naruto. We're going with-"

Naruto was already nodding, having heard the plans inside the house. "I know. Watch out for Zabuza; he might come back and he might want a rematch." Kakashi just nodded and took his group to guard Tazuna.

Two hours later, Surashi and Hinata were in the house, bored beyond the point of caring. They chatted with each other, spoke to Tsunami, who was currently reading, and tried to talk to Inari, but the boy was still a bit depressing. Naruto felt the overwhelming sense of monotony in the air as he came down, leaving a clone on the roof. "Damn, when did everybody die?" Surashi and Hinata shot up from their positions on the couch in the house's living area, their heads snapping towards the source of their distraction with light speed. Even Tsunami looked up from her book, smiling lightly at him.

Hinata shot up and gave him a surprise hug/tackle, almost sending him to the ground. Surashi just nodded at him, a small smile on her lips as she hung her head off the couch's arm rest upside down. After extracting himself from Hinata's grip, he sat down on the couch's other arm rest. "So," he began, breaking the silence that had once more settled on the group, "do you have any plans for today, Tsunami-san?"

She quietly closed her book, marking the page with a bookmark, and took on a thoughtful expression. "Well, I'd like to go shopping, as I don't know how long we'll have a surplus of food. Maybe take Inari out if the weather is nice."

Naruto gave a polite smile at that. "Well, how about we get that out of the way now. I feel a storm coming, so you'd best get what you can now." Oddly, Hinata shivered at his words, but nodded, agreeing. Tsunami called down Inari and, together, they went down into the trading area of the once depressing village.

Now, the village was still poor, but the people seemed far happier now than when Naruto had arrived. Food merchants actually had things to sell, people who had money made sure to use it and keep at least some in circulation, and no one was being greedy. Naruto lagged behind the group, letting the ladies do as they wished, Inari their unfortunate prisoner as his mother still held his hand tightly, much to his displeasure. Every so often, he'd hand out a roll of cash to a fortunate homeless person who was unable to participate in the buying and selling around them, and made sure to give at least a bit to the homeless ones who weren't in the best of conditions.

'Since when were you the nice guy?' Kurama had to interrupt him in the middle of helping a single mom with three kids by giving her a clone.

'Since I got a good mood. Oh, and I HATE poverty, especially when it's because some fuck was greedy. You should know that about me by now, Kurama.'

Kogo decided to pitch in on the conversation. 'Well, it's sweet. A bit too sweet. Who are you and what have you done with Naruto!?' She seemed to have a sudden realization halfway through, letting it be known before Naruto brushed her off.

'Oh, ha ha ha. Laugh it up, but I can't be an ass to everyone. At least now, if I ever need to hide, these people have my back.'

Kurama nodded. 'Now THAT sounds more like the Naruto I know.' Naruto just rolled his eyes before catching up with Tsunami and the others.

As he reached them, he saw a building the had a large buildup of negative emotions and lust. It looked decent enough, if a bit box like, but how set apart from everyone it was along with the higher than average upkeep obviously done to the building was enough to tip him off that something was wrong, even if he didn't have his chakra radar. Apparently, Surashi and Hinata noticed it too, because they asked Tsunami about it. "W-well, um..." She glanced at Inari, who was looking around with wonder at how happy the people were. "Inari-kun? Could you go get your mom some grapefruit? I forgot to get some of those." Inari nodded happily, racing off.

Sighing, she began to explain to the shinobi. "Well, Gato has recently started to abduct some women from their homes. As long as their remotely attractive, their a target, but he's starting off small. A daughter here, a single mother there. So far, he's taken about 15 women, but I don't know what happens to them afterwards. They go into that building, from what I've heard, and they don't come out." Naruto completely understood why, and, even as Surashi and Hinata were coming to a conclusion, he was already walking towards the building.

Turning his head back, he paused, smiling at them in a sweet manner that betrayed the fact that he was about to murder out of anger. "Surashi-chan, Hinata-chan. Take Tsunami-san and Inari-san back home and keep them safe, would you?" They shivered, remembering the beatings they received while he spoke to them like that.

Nodding hastily, they tried to get Tsunami to leave, but she wouldn't budge. "Don't go in there, Naruto-san!" Her sentiments were echoed by those on the streets that saw him, not wanting their most recent hero to die so soon, and especially so young.

Naruto shook his head, dropping his sickly sweet voice. "I'm only checking something. If it's true, you'll be getting those girls back." With that, he released two levels of his training seals and made chakra strings appear around him before blurring in front of the doors to the place.

The doors were rather large, betraying the fact that the place was a single floor, but they looked like they were made of solid iron. Naruto just sliced through them like it was nothing, stepping over the ruble and debris as he went to confront the shocked bandits.

He used the strings to slowly put the door back together, from bottom to top. Before he was covered, he mouthed to the spectators while covering his ears, "You may not wanna hear this." With that, the doors were put back together.

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Gonna be describing some things you may not find too savory(group rape, mind broken women, and unnecessarily brutal murder). Go to the next bold indicator to skip this. You've been warned. Don't be the five year old who's reading M-rated fanfiction that goes crying to his/her mommy about it.

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Turning his face to survey the room he just entered, he saw things that were expected and unexpected. There was a line of girls chained to a wall, all of which looked untouched, but there were chains to each side of them that were empty. To the side with fewer shackles, there were excretions on the ground, ranging from vomit to semen, covering everything in between. Tears, piss, saliva, sweat. You name a bodily excretion, it was likely there. He nodded at that, noticing that the chakra left on them was identical to various girls around the room being used for the pleasure of the bandits.

To the other side of them, he noted that it was as if those shackles were prepared for more people. A lot more people. Nodding at that, he looked to the bandits. Some were just sitting around, previously looking on at the actions taking place, some having obviously taken part by their state of dress. Others were actively participating, still pistoning themselves in and out of the girl that they chose, if they were guys, or using the girls in any other way for their own pleasure, if they were women. One pair of men had a girl between them, hogtied and with a gag that prevented her from biting down on the thing going in and out of her mouth, tears streaming out of her eyes as her throat was used without regard for her well-being. Same could be said for her asshole, as the dude using it, even as he stared at Naruto in confusion, didn't stop moving at a brutally fast pace. The only liquid Naruto could see or sense there was some blood, meaning he went in dry.

Off to the side, there was a girl shackled upside down to the wall with her throat being used by a group of three guys taking turns. Above her, they had a funnel stuck to a tube running to her ass, the funnel being filled with whatever fluid they chose by whoever wished, and the pump on the tube being used to make sure she took it. All of it. Her eyes told that she'd been like this longer than anyone in her position would wish to remember and had long since given up hope of rescue, the sight of hairy balls becoming commonplace to her.

On the floor, there was a girl, no older than 13, with her legs brought up to her head and strapped there, her arms tied, and being continuously used by a line of guys, the gag in her mouth having become useless as she stopped trying to scream even as the man using her at that moment finished inside her and got up. The tear marks on her face were dry, but she HAD been crying. Profusely, by the looks of it.

Naruto looked to another part of the room. He saw a girl who seemed to be only about 8, presumably just brought out of the chains, being held down by a man as another was attempting to line himself up. Having had enough at that point, and not even bothering to use his own eyes to see the rest, as he could already get a sense from his chakra radar, he sent some strings around the man's dick as he was just about to thrust. Squeezing at the base, he made it a clean slice, the man not even noticing his lack of dick until his crotch impacted with the child's and there was no pleasure.

He opened his mouth to scream, but before he could do so, Naruto made his dick go down his throat, making sure to get it lodged in the opening to his lungs so the man would suffocate. He went to pull it out, and though Naruto was sure he'd fail, he chose to punish him for the attempt to defy him. Cutting off that arm, then the other one, he watched with unbidden glee as the man continued to try and breathe, to stop the bleeding, to try and save himself, and fail. As the man finally stopped kicking, both from lack of blood and lack of oxygen, all eyes returned to Naruto.

Looking to the women, he told them something that made the bandits shiver. "Close your eyes and find your happy place. Don't open your eyes a moment before I say to. Don't check on anything with your ears. Don't even try to imagine what's about to happen. Just sit there, and detach yourself from reality. Because you won't want to live in this reality if you see just how brutal someone can be."

His part said, he proceeded to rip each and every man away from whatever activity they were doing with his chakra strings, making sure they left gashes and, in some cases, took off limbs. He reveled in the screams that resulted from the unlucky ones. At this point, his youki was flaring heavily, the blood-lust he was feeling shared by Kogo and, well, Kurama didn't care about the people but he was always in the mood to kill. His strings became youki filled instead of chakra, giving them corrosive, acidic effects as he turned into Mujihi, having had enough of holding it down.

The best condition men tried to grab their swords and charge him, but Naruto used his chakra strings in the most basic way possible and made them change directions by yanking their swords towards their comrades, making them take down many of their own. Mujihi then proceeded to use those swords to castrate those men before slowly stalking towards the rest. The screaming, as much as it was music to his ears, was getting to some of the women, so he stopped any particles in the air from vibrating to transmit the sound in a small dome around them, even the women on their own in the room, making them relax slightly.

As a few went to open their eyes, he stepped inside the boundary. "Not yet. I just decided to be nice and stop you from hearing them. You won't be happy if you look right now." He made this message reach the ones in the other domes by vibrating the air in the same way his voice did, giving them the message too. Stepping right back out, he snickered at the fearful expressions on the faces of the bandits. "Oh, don't worry. Half of you aren't even guys." With that said, he made all the swords fly at the remainder, slicing each and everyone of them up thoroughly, blood flying all over the wall, limbs being kept attached to bodies by strings of muscle or sinew, even a few eyes pierced by the smaller weapons like daggers and throwing knives. Unfortunately for them, he made sure to rip out any weapons that got stuck in a body and fire them again. And again. And again.

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Safe to read now... I hope. Hehehe. Okay, okay, it's safe.

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Walking into the group of groaning, if not outright crying adults, if they were alive, he picked up a sword with a chakra string and brought it over to one bandit woman he left unscathed on purpose. She was shaking like a leaf as Naruto walked up to her, her eyes closing as she prepared for a brutal death when he was almost upon her. She began to cry when the blade was dragged along her skin, burning far worse than it would due to both her fear and the youki in it.

She was extremely lucky, as Mujihi just inscribed Kami no Migite: Handan(Right Hand of God: Judgement) on her chest, right below her collar, making sure the wound would remain forever as a reminder to what almost happened to her. As he removed the blade, she collapsed to he knees, thanking him over and over for sparing her life. "Oh, shut your fucking mouth. If I didn't have a message I wanted you to give Gato, I would've killed you too." She quickly shut her mouth, not wishing to die. "Now, tell Gato this for me. Mujihi Handan is coming to CHAT with him. He's speaking for the other four at the moment, so he'd best not fuck with me. He'll know what that means. I will meet him in his office tonight, so tell him not to be too busy." With that, she nodded.

Stepping aside, he allowed her to make her way to the door, which she did, scampering over dead and dying bodies to get away from the GOD in front of her. Shaking his head, he reverted back to being Naruto before stepping inside the bubble of no sound he made for the women. He freed the other women with a thought, not really needing to preserve the locks so he shattered them. Bringing them to him by guiding them with chakra, he brought a total of 7 other girls to the bubble as he shattered the shackles around the ones chained to the wall.

He put up a barrier around the dying men and women as he told them they could open their eyes. They looked around and saw blood splattered all over the place, not just from the beatings a few of them endured but it seemed to be too much to come from the amount of men they saw. They obviously underestimated just how much blood a person can lose.

Naruto coughed into his hand, gaining their attention. "Now, ladies..." He noticed some of them flinch at his voice while a few of the girls just lay there, not even acknowledging his presence. Sighing, he knelt down at two of the girls who were just laying there, unresponsive but alive, the blank look in their eyes. Putting a hand on their head, he could only think, 'Thanks for being dumb, Yamanaka clan.' as he delved into their minds.

The first girl had a mindscape that manifested as a glass platform with her image on it... only the platform was shattered into multitudes of pieces and the pieces had a distorted image. "Fuck. Well, time to do some repair work, I guess." As he was only there as a projection, his power wouldn't normally be too large, but in the state she was in, he could do just about anything to her mind WITHOUT flooding it with as much of his chakra as he could manage. Regardless, he used what he chose to drag the pieces back together, even going as far as to get the little chips that floated off in the distance. The process took him over an hour, but he knew that it was nowhere near as long in the real world.

When he brought the last piece together, the platform glowed before almost shattering again, but Naruto held it together, making her mind stay together. The image of the woman's face was being brought back into focus the longer he held it, so he held it as long as possible before, in front of him, the woman appeared. She looked fine, but the first words she said betrayed her mental state. "Do you wish to use me too, Goshujin-sama (A/N: This is just master, when the one speaking is lower/submissive, I think. Not too good with japanese.)" She then used her own god-like abilities in her own mind to place herself in the same position she was in while the men violated her before, upside down in midair with her mouth open.

Naruto sighed. 'This is gonna take a while... hope their not ALL like her'

10 real world minutes later, Naruto got up and stretched his back, not enjoying the feeling of entering multiple minds in a short time span. Unfortunately for him, they were all in such a state, so he had to both repair their minds to bring back their own personality then repair their minds to get rid of the lasting effects of the bandits mind-breaking. Further misfortune befell him when he realized that some had drugs in their system that he had to purge, the use of a said drugs making his life extremely difficult to actually repair their minds, but he made due.

Looking back to the group of women who were waiting patiently for fear of angering their savior, Naruto bowed to them, introducing himself. "Naruto Uzumaki, currently a genin of Konohagakure no Sato. I do believe you are all free, but I don't think you want to leave in the nude, ne?"

Each of them nodded with varying degrees of confidence, viewing the rapes of others having had an effect on many and the rapes shattering the victims themselves. "Okay then." He clapped his hands after surveying them, watching them squirm and blush under his view, both from his powerful gaze and the fact that a guy was seeing them naked.

Clothes appeared on the ground, multiple pieces that fit all the sizes their with extra they could carry, bags appearing next to each of them. Each garment looked fancy enough to be worn to a party, but not to, say a ball. Already, though, it was a big step up from the people of wave who were each trying to catch a peak inside the slightly cracked door, as the women he used as a messenger hadn't closed it in her rush.

He turned around as they picked out their clothes. "I know there is little point in me doing this by now, but I will not invade your privacy any further... even if I've seen it all by now." His teasing words helped to lighten their mood slightly as they, for the most part, blushed, showing the experience hadn't broken them completely, especially after his mental help. As they dressed, he pulled natural energy towards each of them, doing his best to soothe their minds and ease the turmoil within them.

When they were done, he turned around. "Now, I want each of you to return to your families the moment I open that door, okay? Past that, do as you wish, but I am rather certain they wish to see you." A few of them nodded, but many of them looked at each other, a sad look coming over their faces.

Naruto sighed. "Okay, what is it?"

One of those who didn't nod stepped forward. "W-well, those thugs killed my husband and son when they tried to defend me."

Another stepped forwards, this one seemingly only around 8. "My mommy tried to leave b-but G-gato caught her and..." Tears were already streaming down her face before she spoke, but it became a waterfall by the time she was done.

One more stepped forward, a teen this time. "I'm an orphan, actually. And currently homeless."

Naruto sighed, closing his eyes a moment as he thought. "Okay, how many of you are in this kind of situation?" 11 of the 15 females raised their hand. "Well, I'll figure out something. In the mean time, here." He made a roll of cash appear out of thin air in front of each of them, making them gasp. "Sustain yourselves with that for the next week or so. I gotta get some permissions for things like buildings or even immigration, so make due. Wave has a good bit of food right now, so you'll be fine. And don't worry about Gato; he'll be dead by tomorrow. You have my word."

They each nodded happily, glad they'd get another chance at life. A few of them bowed to him. "Thank you, Naruto-sama!" He brushed them off, a small smirk on his face. "Just Naruto is fine." As he walked to the door, about to push it open, he looked back at them with some advice. "Don't let this experience cripple you. Push past it, or they win and I may as well have not rescued you. With that, said, how many of you were actually taken by them and feel as though you are pregnant." A few of them raised they're hands.

Naruto sighed, expecting as much. Turning back around, he addressed them. "Well, those of you who do, line up in front of me." They did as they were told after a bit of hesitation. Naruto dropped to one knee in front of the first one, putting a hand on her stomach after raising the fabric.

She squirmed at the contact, feeling uncomfortable, but as he did no more, she allowed it. Naruto, on the other hand, was focusing on nature chakra, trying to discern any new life within her, as he hadn't learned the technique that would tell him whether someone was pregnant or not.

Thankfully for the girl in front of him, she was fine. "Well, maybe you were lucky enough for the scumbag that took you to be impotent, or maybe you were just that lucky. Either way, you're fine." Moving onto the next girl, he repeated the process with results that weren't too good. "Well, you aren't as fortunate. As of right now, there is an extremely slowly growing group of cells inside you with a life force that differs from yours ever so slightly. I can remove it, if you wish." She nodded vigourously, giving Naruto permission to do it.

Focusing on his youki, he made sure to align it with her own chakra, changing it ever so slightly so that her body wouldn't be damaged by it. "You'll feel a rush, but don't worry; it's normal." He then pushed as much of his youki as he thought her body could handle without becoming addicted to it into her womb, centering it as best he could around the growing part inside of her. It was quickly destroyed, only being a small amount of cells, compared to a body, along with the fact that it didn't have the same signature as the lady, allowing it to feel to corrosive effects of unfiltered youki.

He repeated this process with the next 4 girls, either confirming they were with or without child, and, as they wanted no reminders of their stay, ending the life before it could grow. 'Rest in piece, future children. Wasn't your fault.'

With that out of the way, he turned around to the door and asked them whether or not they were ready. Those who he rid of children were in the process of recovering, their bodies still slightly hopped up on his youki. Rolling his eyes, he concentrated on slowly drawing out any youki left in there out of their bodies; he forgot that their chakra systems weren't flowing like a shinobi's was, so it'd last much longer in them. After they were finally ready, he pushed the solid iron doors, still holding them together with chakra.

As he walked out, the women behind him, he used his chakra in the air to make the building collapse, hitting walls at their base really hard, pummeling in the roof, etc. The doors were the only thing left standing, which he then let fall apart with the snap of his fingers. 'Oh yeah! Still a fucking BAMF!' He then left the women in the care of the village until he finished what he needed to for his plan. And what a plan it was.

That night, Naruto was on the roof, waiting for everyone to be sound asleep. When Kakashi, that last one awake, finally did so, he got up, made a Seiei Bunshin to stand guard, and jumped off in the direction he felt Gato's chakra, transforming into Mujihi.

As he arrived at the man's base, he just appeared in his office, not really feeling like storming it alone at that moment. "Gato." His sudden appearance scared the man stiff as he was counting money. He fumbled around for his alarm button, dropping money all over the ground, when Mujihi said, "Stop the shit, man."

Gato looked up to see Mujihi in front of him, thoroughly relieved. "Ah, boss. What brings you down here. Just checking up, Mujihi-sama? Or did you need something?" Gato's slimy voice fit him perfectly, his short stature and creepy mustache going along with it perfectly to make Naruto want to kill him even more.

Pushing down the feeling and putting on a neutral facade, he chose to really hurt Gato, not just kill him. "Well, I came by to see how well you've been faring, and I find you starting some... new business ventures. UNAUTHORIZED business ventures."

Gato chuckled, thinking he was dealing with a child. "Ah, well, I just decided to move things along, as I hadn't heard from you in a while."

Mujihi sighed, clearly annoyed. "I SPECIFICALLY told you to just OCCUPY AND OPERATE from wave, not cripple it! Konoha shinobi are drawn here, and not just any shinobi either!"

Gato leaned back in his chair, a little nervous. "Yes, I know. The copy ninja is here as well, along with some rather skilled no name brats. But Uzumaki-sama is on the team, right?"

Mujihi nodded. "I know. And that's the only reason that you're alive right now, Gato. This is going in our favor based on random chance, but that doesn't get you off the hook. But, we'll discuss that when Uzumaki leaves wave, as their presence complicates things. Actually... how much help have you hired? I had to... eliminate around 50 of them today due to their activities, but past that, I don't know." Gato nodded, giving him a rundown of his forces. 'Well, fuck us. He has another 2 nuke-nin and 3 more coming in, these S-Ranked... damn, I need to end this, but I can't just kill him, because the S-Ranks could react violently. Maybe I could just pay them off...'

Shaking his head of his thoughts, he asked Gato something. "When do you plan on storming the bridge?" Gato smiled. "Tomorrow. I was trying to get a bit of human trafficking going before I let the bandits have fun in town, but since you decided to stop that, I'll just go tomorrow. Zabuza is back up now, so he'll be going along his team and that Ao guy and bear guy. Their names weren't important to me. But, the three S-Ranked ones should arrive in a few hours, in time for the assault, if a bit late."

Mujihi pretended to think for a moment. "Well, have Zabuza and co. attack Uzumaki-dono. He can handle them. But ALL the others should focus on his team and the bridge builder. It'll be easier that way, because once they fall, Uzumaki-dono can just stop fighting and this'll all be over. I have a new area set up for you to start on, but DON'T FUCK IT UP! Got it? This one is outside of Hi no Kuni, so be prepared to travel." Gato nodded, completely oblivious that his death was nearing.

Disappearing from Gato's office and transforming back into Naruto, he appeared in Kakashi's room, which he shared with Sai, making sure to only wake Kakashi. As the man shot out of bed, ready to kick some ass, Naruto grabbed his hand and brought them outside. "Kakashi, it's me, Naruto." Kakashi then relaxed, though he was still a bit wary.

Rolling his eyes, Naruto just started talking, not caring about Kakashi's suspicions. "I went to Gato just now, and I found out that he plans on raiding wave before leaving. Tomorrow. I couldn't have killed him because he has other nukenin who I KNOW will just take what they want from the village, along with the mass of thugs he has, so I convinced him that I wanted to join him. Don't worry too much, but we may have to face three S-Rank shinobi, from what I know, along with Ao Rokusho, the guy who stole the Raijin from Konoha, and a man known as Kumagawa from Iwa. Their both in the bingo book, so you can look them up." He paused to let Kakashi digest the information he was just given.

Rubbing his temples, he looked at Naruto. "Okay, so what's your plan. This better be good, else we're all dead."

Naruto nodded, noting that Kakashi was in his ANBU mode, so he got serious as well. "Their going to sick Zabuza and his whole group on me. I can handle them and likely convert them to our side, as Gato doesn't intend to pay them at all. That adds to our forces for the battle, but then you have to hold off both Ao and Kumagawa. It shouldn't be too hard, but kill them as quickly as possible, because I have no clue how much time we'll have until the S-Ranks arrive; Gato told me they might be late, but I don't put much stock into his words.

"He'll also appear on the bridge to taunt Tazuna before he dies, so I can end him there, but the genin need to hold off, and if possible eliminate, all the bandits. They number around three hundred and will be coming by boat in groups. I'm supposed to be on their side, and they know it, so I can't take out the boats they'll be arriving on. I'll signal you when they arrive, but at least two of them will make it, since Zabuza will be on one and the other two will be on one or two more, each knowing how to counter that if they see it. This is the best I can do with the amount of info I have, but this should be fine until the S-Ranks get here. Then, I'll get the genin out with a clone or something while we, hopefully including Zabuza and co., take them. Seem alright?"

Kakashi thought for a while, going over the possibilities in his head. "About how many bandits per ship? How skilled are they?" He didn't need to say be detailed, as it was protocol in ANBU.

Naruto had to think, really scouring his mind for info on the bandits. "For a normal ship, only around twenty, but Gato has some larger ones, which he'll likely bring because he intends to leave Nami no Kuni after this, and those can hold up to 100 comfortably. He only has two of those, though, and they'll probably be carrying a bunch of his stuff, so the two combined will likely only carry about one hundred twenty of them. The rest will come in groups of twenty by boat. Don't hit either of the big boats, since Gato's on one of them and I have to kill him in front of the bandits so I can assert my dominance and tell them to leave before they overwhelm the genin with sheer numbers. Otherwise I'll have to kill them all, which'll be a waste of chakra before a big fight. As for the bandits, they are generally wannabe swordsmen. Some have formal training, and a few were former samurai. He's accumulated an "elite guard" of sorts that know how to use chakra to some degree, so the ones closest to him and his stuff will likely be more skilled."

Naruto stopped and sighed, waiting for Kakashi to respond. Kakashi, on the other hand, was thinking of what they needed to pull through this ordeal. While Kakashi was thinking, Naruto felt a shiver travel down his spine. 'Oh god no... That better have just been a stray...' He tried to extend his senses to find whatever had made him feel like that, and he began to get residual youki in the air towards the mountain he blew a hole through, and it was getting stronger, closer. 'Okay, it doesn't feel too strong, and it's a long way off. Once it feels me, it'll just leave. I hope.' His mind occupied, he didn't even hear Kogo and Kurama tell him not to worry about it.

Kakashi sighed at that moment, bringing Naruto out of his trance. "Well, I think that's the best we can do. We'll probably get an A-Rank mission's pay for this, if not S-Rank, which'll look good on our records, but you should tell them about this. You know more about the situation that I do. But, is it safe for me to use it yet?"

Naruto nodded. "You could've for the past few days, but I only waited to make sure there was nothing wrong. Everything's been going fine, but just remember, if you get a feeling, just go with it. You'll stronger for it." Kakashi nodded, putting a hand over his covered eye, bringing up his head band. As he opened the eye, he focused on retracting chakra from it.

To his shock, it actually became normal, turning a deep onyx black. Blinking at the odd feeling of not having a constantly activated Sharingan draining his reserves, even when closed, he looked around, having normal sight for the first time in a long time. "Thanks, Naruto. This'll be rather helpful." He got a nod from the boy who returned to his spot on the roof, waiting for morning and standing as stock still as a sentinel, head pointed at the mountain he damaged.

Noon the following day, they were all, sans Naruto, at the bridge, waiting with Tazuna as they worked on the bridge. Naruto was at Tazuna's home in case Gato tried anything unauthorized. Looking at the sun, Naruto saw that it was about time for Tazuna to call the lunch break. His chakra strings were in a 24/7 activated state since last night, as he wanted to be ready. It was a good thing too, as he felt two thugs pop out of the forest, slicing up trees unnecessarily as they went. He didn't even glance at them, just send his strings to slice them to bits. Trying to find anymore that were gonna come, and coming up with nothing, he just left a clone there to look after Inari and Tsunami as he went to the bridge to tell them that it was going to begin soon.

Appearing behind the group as they stared into the ocean, he cleared his through, making most of them almost attack him, except for Hinata, who was used to scares from him by now. "It's me. I just caught two of Gato's thugs trying to get to Tazuna's family. There were no more coming, but they were probably a good indicator that he's coming. Tell Tazuna to give his workers the rest of the day off, for their own safety." Kakashi sent Sai to do that as they went back to scanning the waters for Gato and his men.

Naruto looked at that bridge, thinking about how well he could fight in such a space. Kurama, who'd been watching the past few hours excitedly, made a suggestion that made him face-palm. 'Why don't you just make the rest of the bridge and get the old fart out of here?'

Thankfully, he could justify not doing that. 'Well, I can't just do that because it would tip off Gato that I'm not on his side.' Kogo, who was just waking up, yawned before giving an answer. 'Just make it big enough that you have enough space, but don't finish it. Simple as that. Now, Kurama! Back rub!' At his grumbling, she growled. 'Now.'

As he made his way to do whatever, Naruto muted them, amused by their interaction and thankful that they could lighten the mood. 'I needed that. I may end up using THAT today, so the moral boost was much appreciated.'

With that on his mind, he told Tazuna that he was going to making his bridge wider and finishing some more of it for the extra length. The man welcome him to do so, if he could, which he did with gusto. Drawing out some of Kogo's youki, which she had more of that Kurama, he focused on forming it into the bridge after saturating the entire structure with it. He had to get a constant stream of it to just accomplish that much, so he pulled some from Kurama as well to make it, pushing all of it into stretching the structure before copy-pasting parts of it. He too the beams that ran down the center and made two copies in either edge, making the thing more balanced. Then, he too the part that he just created and made a copy of it on the end of the bridge three times, lengthening it considerably.

When he was done, he opened his eyes to the awestruck look from Tazuna and Yakumo, the rest having gotten used to what Naruto could do with chakra. He shrugged before addressing everyone. "I can sense Gato coming now. He was probably waiting for the two that didn't come back, but now he's on the move. Just so you know, you can, and probably SHOULD, release every seal and take ff every weight for this battle." As he spoke, some ships became visible in the fog that limited their vision of the ocean.

Eventually, they all landed, making their way onto the bridge as the ninja watched with increasing levels of trepidation. Even Naruto was a bit worried, not wanting to go all out in any fight someone would survive. Gato was the last one out, standing in front of his army proudly, looking at Naruto and presumably winking under his glasses.

Naruto sent a small smirk at the man, making Gato's grin turn into a full-blown, cruel smile. "Well, it seems I caught you during your lunch break, Tazuna-san. I hope you don't mind." Tazuna began shaking, not being clued in on the plan. "Well, if you're going to be so rude about it, Tazuna, I think I'll just blow this joint. Get 'em boys! Bring me the girls before you move onto the town!" They roared in agreement before rushing the shinobi, who stood their ground.

Zabuza, Haku, Meizu, and Gozu all engaged Naruto in combat. Kumagawa and Ao didn't even bother with their normal banter and just charged Kakashi, not wanting to play around with the Copy Ninja and get themselves killed. Every bandit there just went at the genin, attempting to overwhelm them.

The bandits were being held of decently well, mostly thanks to Hinata. Naruto taught her the chakra flow technique and scythe combat, so she was able to keep most of them back, but she was quickly beginning to tire. Surashi was using the rudimentary lightning manipulation Naruto managed to teach her along with the few lightning jutsu she knew to electrocute the bandits as best she could, water from Hinata's water covered scythe becoming the conductor. Sai made a veritable zoo to cover him and immobilize bandits as Yakumo incapacitated, or even killed them with her special genjutsu. Unfortunately, they were beginning to tire, even after taking soldier pills, their techniques taking a decent toll on their bodies due to their magnitude and level.

They were only through about a fourth of the bandits when Sai had to decrease the number of beasts he summoned with his technique. Yakumo had to take another soldier pill to keep fighting, genjutsu being her main method of attack. It was a risky move, but she had to. Surashi had to take out two kunai and, along with the chakra drained Hinata, hack and slash their way through the bandits. They covered each other well, Hinata's range and power with the scythe and Surashi's speed and accuracy with the kunai complementing each other well.

Kakashi was another story. Ao had immediately gone for the kill, taking out the Raijin no Ken(Sword of the Thunder God) and aiming for all the vitals. Despite his infamy coming from mainly the sword rather than his skill, he knew how to use it, and use it he did. Kumagawa was attacking on and off, whenever there was an opening. His claws, reminiscent of those on a bear, flashed toward Kakashi whenever he was thrown off his guard or was about to land a blow on Ao.

Kakashi jumped back at that point, not wanting to push his luck too much. He hadn't gotten anything more than scratched in the exchange, but he hadn't landed a blow either. Thankfully, he got to increase his reserves a lot by just training with Naruto, so he activated a dual Raikiri after sending a weak wave of water at them as a distraction and to get them wet. Now, just a touch from him would likely end them, if not cripple them. He didn't take the time to gloat, however, and rushed them, both hands shooting out to grab their throats.

Kumagawa was a big man, rather bear like, actually(A/N: Hence, I named him KUMAgawa) so he couldn't really dodge, like Ao did. Instead, he tried to bat away Kakashi's hand, a fatal mistake that he only realized after he touched the man and got electrocuted. He fell to the ground in a smoking heap, his hair standing on end. With the entirety of his attention now focused on the rouge Konoha shinobi, Kakashi smirked, moving at full speed with his seals on and Sharingan active. Ao quickly had two fists of lightning through his chest, ending his life brutally. From the hands of the dead man, the Raijin fell. "B-but... I was invincible..." were his last words as he fell off Kakashi's de-lightninged fists.

During these events, Naruto had been fighting with Zabuza's group. He didn't have the time or energy to spare to face them in a zanbatou combat like he usually would, so he pulled out his usual weapons. A pair of bladed tonfa with retractable spikes on either end, which he integrated into his personal fighting style. Rushing Meizu and Gozu first to thin the herd, so to speak, he was annoyed when they split up and tried to catch him in their chains.

The main part of how he fought was to keep moving, never let your momentum fade, so he ducked under the chain and flipped one of the tonfa outwards , catching the chain. He then swung it towards Zabuza and Haku, who'd jumped away when he rushed the group. Zabuza dodged but the two brothers were knocked unconscious by the impact, accomplishing what Naruto originally intended.

While they were flying, Naruto wasn't stagnant. He kept the chain wrapped around his tonfa slightly, using the energy he put into the throw to give him a boost as he dashed at the masked Haku, knocking said mask off of the distracted nin and sending Haku flying. Pausing a moment, he looked on as Haku recovered. "Cute. Maybe we can grab lunch when this is all over." Haku flushed. "I'm a guy!"

Naruto smirked as he turned to block zabuza's strike, poised to split him in two from head to toe. "Sure you are, Haku-chan. We can confirm later, if we need to."

Zabuza seemed to get a bit enraged at this as Haku blushed. Naruto winked at him/her before jumping away from Zabuza. As he landed, Haku leaped at him, pulling him into a deadlock with a single senbon, a rather impressive feat. He/she stared at him with a bit of anger before doing a few one-handed signs, making his eyes widen. "Hijutsu: Sensatsu Hyosho(Secret Technique: A Thousand Flying Ice Needls of Death)!" Holding him there in a deadlock until the needles were almost upon them, Haku jumped away at the last possible moment, using impressive speed.

Naruto, on the other hand, focused rather hard, getting an accurate estimate of the technique before choosing how to counter it. 'Wow, there may ACTUALLY be a thousand of these fucking things. Welp, may as well just deflect them all.' Loosening his grip on his tonfa, he spun them continuously, moving his arms so the spinning weapons could block each and every as he finished, Zabuza appeared above him, brining his Kubikiri Boucho down on Naruto's head.

Gripping his tonfa in their normal position, he thrust his hands above his head, forming an X that zabuza's blade landed on top of, making a light crater beneath them. With his hands occupied, Haku sent some senbon at his undefended midsection, which he stopped in midair with a thought. Sending them back at Haku with another thought, he pulled one arm away, letting Zabuza's blade fall to the ground, digging itself in their due to its weight.

Sending a punch to his midsection, Naruto shot his hand out, nailing him with the end of his tonfa. HARD. As Zabuza keeled over, Naruto kept his hand there, leaning over a bit to his ear. "I don't have much time so listen up. Gato's plan is to sick his bandits on you and I after we tire each other out, same for Kakashi, and collect the bounty on ALL our heads. I'll tap the rest to you in Morse Code." After that he jumped back, having said all of that in the span of 4-5 seconds.

Zabuza got back up as Haku rushed to his side, blocking him with his/her body. "I will not let you harm Zabuza-sama!" Naruto sighed, not enjoying what he was about to do.

Releasing a few levels of his resistance seals, he blurred in front of Haku, sending a knockout punch to her stomach. The blow did just that, sending her into the embrace of darkness moments after it connected. Blurring back to where Gozu and Meizu were, he laid Haku out next to them before speeding at Zabuza, locking blades. Soon, he managed to tap out. "Haku's fine. Up in a few. Brothers out for a while." That whole time, he was pounding on Zabuza's sword, purposefully not landing any hits.

He went on the defensive after that, letting Zabuza's thunderous strikes literally speak for themselves. "Your plan?"

He nodded lightly before going on the offensive. "3 S-Ranks incoming. Team on them. Then kill Gato. You keep funds for Kiri. Discuss ending war after."

Zabuza nodded before going back on the offensive, tapping out one last message. "Okay. Light spar until then." He then proceeded to kick Naruto in the chest.

A few minutes later, Haku came to. Zabuza broke off, telling him/her of the plan. He told Haku to tend to the twins until they woke, because they might need the backup. He then went back to Naruto, attempting to kick him in the chest once more. His leg was almost broken that time.

After a few minute of light sparring back and forth, the bandits had had their numbers thinned out by the genin, who were thoroughly exhausted that that point. Kakashi had long since jumped in to help them, tossing the Riajin to Surashi.

As there was only around 30 bandits left, Gato's voice drew everyone's attention. "Ah, there you are! I was wondering how if you were gonna be no-shows."

The voice of one who was here to kill sounded in response. "I don't care what you thought. Which of them is my target."

Gato smiled cruelly before answering. "It's not just your target. I'm paying all three of you to kill every person on this bridge who isn't on my side. Every shinobi you see over there, you end. I'll split the bounties too, so don't worry." A monotone voice sounded this time. "I will allow you to handle this... Kisame."

Smiling in blood thirsty glee, Kisame brought the sword on his back down. Behind him, both Itachi and Shisui stood, Itachi staring at everyone in his apathetic manner and Shisui picking his ear and observing the scenery, trying to find something interesting on the ocean.

Naruto looked at the bandits and, since there were so few left, decided just to finish them off. He began to fight seriously, putting his hands together, palms and fingertips touching, and pulling them apart, strings attached to them. He threw his hands to the side, making the strings encircle him before he sent them around the bandits, slicing them to pieces. His team looked at him in shock, never having seen him kill so brutally before. 'Gato tried to betray me anyway.'

Intertwining his fingers, he pushed them outwards, getting a satisfied crack after a few moment. 'Think I should release them all? This IS an S-Rank, after all.'

Kurama, who was apparently still giving Kogo a back rub, answered in an unhappy voice. 'Oh PLEASE kick this guys ass. I am so bored right about now.'

Kogo silenced him. 'Less talking, more rubbing.' Chuckling lightly at their antics, much to the confusion of everyone, he put his hands into a half tora seal before saying, "Kai."

Now, Naruto had a lot of seals on his body. Chakra regulatory seals that weren't in use normally, a few levels of gravity seals, a good amount of resistance seals, generally in active and forgotten stealth and suppression seals, etc. Among them were chakra suppression, absorption, and disruption seals, seals that he used to practice his horrible, by his standards, chakra control, with the side effect of increasing his reserves. He's had them on and been increasing them for years, only having taken it off when he faced people like Yagura. So the sheer amount of chakra he had even surprised him when he released the seal.

All around him, there was a swirl of dark blue chakra, which was soon replaced by red-trimmed black. It covered him completely, so when he reappeared, people were wondering what happened to him. He'd grown a good few inches, coming up to Zabuza's height, but his body didn't just stretch. It filled in, his body getting wider, his muscles growing stronger, his bones becoming harder, his skin getting tougher, even his chakra coils getting bigger and more reiliant. Everything about him increased in relation to the enormous jump in chakra he just experienced, including his capacity for natural energy, which was currently rushing into him.

Looking down at his hand and flexing, he smiled. "I forgot what it felt like to not be restrained so much." Looking up at Kisame, he wondered out loud. "I wonder if I have more chakra than you, Mr. Montai Biju? Meh, I probably do."

With that, he smirked, preparing to kick some ass. "Kakashi, never mind about our plan. Take the kiddies and get them out of here."

Kakashi was already about to protest, but Surashi beat him to it. "You CAN'T expect me to just leave when BOTH of them are right in front of me!" With that, she popped another soldier pill before charging at Itachi and Shisui.

Shisui just sidestepped her, sticking his foot out, while Itachi kneed her in the face. As she was falling to the ground, nose bloody but not broken, Shisui grabbed her. "Bro! Isn't she your sister!?"

Itachi shook his head, finally closing his ever watching eyes for just a moment. "I have no family anymore."

Shisui hissed. "Your cousin's standing right next to you, ya know!" At Itachi's uncaring silence, he sighed, throwing Surashi at Kakashi, the deactivated Raijin still clutched in her hand. "Just take Naruto's advice and take her away, Kakashi. We won't gang up on him."

Kakashi looked at Naruto uncertainly, but was shooed away by the boy... man... teen... whatever description fit him at that point. Kakashi made two clones, one to grab the exhausted Sai and Yakumo, the other to grab Tazuna while he grabbed Hinata. He released his seals as well, though the boost wasn't as impressive as Naruto. After he ran at high speed until he was a good distance away from the nukenin, he shunshin-ed away, arriving at Tazuna's house.

As Kakashi went to take care of his team, Naruto looked at Zabuza and Haku. "You guys take a break too. I need to, ah, warm up a bit." He opened his hand and Gato flew to it. He threw the scared midget to Zabuza, telling him to have fun.

Kisame narrowed his eyes a bit at that. "So, it's really you, huh." Looking Naruto up and down, he took in all his physical features. "You look different."

Naruto nodded. "I, uh, dyed my hair and got tan. Don't worry about money; I'll pay you after you spar with me. I haven't faced Samehada in ages."

Shisui raised a brow at this. "Oh, so you know each other, then?"

Kisame nodded, brandishing his blade, Samehada, with his grin widening. "Oh yeah. I met the gaki back when I was leaving Kiri. The brat was strong back then, but I wonder about now..." With that thought, he jumped at Naruto, making a crater in the bridge as his downward swing was blocked.

Looking, he was shocked to see that it was blocked by Naruto's bare hand. Naruto grinned at him. "This is a technique I can only use when I release a few chakra seals. With all of them off, it becomes second nature. I call it Hierro." With that, he sunk his fist into Kisame's gut, smirking at he heard Gato scream from Meizu and Gozu's claws.

Appearing behind Kisame, he kicked him upwards before appearing behind him again, slamming him down with a leg drop. "Oh, it feels good to fight at full power."

Shisui looked at Itachi for a moment before looking back a the two, before looking back at Itachi. "Should we jump in now? He's getting his ass handed to him."

Itachi shook his head. "Leader-sama accepted this mission because it paid well. He's gonna pay us anyway, so there is no need to exert ourselves further."

Shisui sulked a bit. "Oh come on! We never get to do anything with Kisame taking all the good fights."

Itachi glanced at him sideways. "I never said you had to stay back, just that you had no need to involve yourself. Be my guest." With that, Shisui jumped in, a grin on his face.

Naruto, who'd been batting around Kisame while avoiding his sword after feeling the draining effect on his reserves, was suddenly blindsided by a blur known as Shisui. He barely ducked under a strike from his tanto, which had been engulfed in flames.

Landing, he patted his hair, smelling a bit of it being burnt. "Oi! Watch the hair!"

Shisui smirked as he blurred in front of Naruto again, swinging his flame covered tanto again. "Sorry." Naruto scowled as he focused on dodging one of the top ten fastest ninja in the elemental nations. 'I guess I have chakra to spare.' With that thought, he used his teleportation technique to appear behind him, kicking him into the water.

He dodged a strike from Kisame with the maneuver as well, so he smirked as he sent Kisame into the water. Looking down at them from the bridge he shook his head. "Why are you taking it so easy on me? Trust me, I can take it."

Kisame looked at Shisui and a big grin came over both their faces. Shisui used the shunshin to get behind Naruto and slam him into the water from behind, though he turned in time to block the actual strike. Kisame was waiting for him to hit the water at that point, his hands clasped. "Suiton: Goshokuzame(Water style: Five Feeding Sharks)!"

The moment Naruto hit the water, he was dragged under by some sharks made of suiton chakra. They took chunks of him as he sliced them to bits with his strings. As he regained his bearings underwater, he healed with his regenerative abilities and controlled the strings to the point that not a single shark could get within a foot of him. Looking up, he saw Kisame looking down at him with a grin. Scowling lightly, he thought of what to do as the strings began to move seemingly on their own. 'I could still use that, but they aren't actually threats to my life right now. Guess it's just Kraken time.'

Concentrating on his water manipulation, he thought, 'Release the Kraken!... Oh, I've wanted to say that for a while!' as tentacles of water rose from the depths and tried to wrap around the two S-Rank shinobi. At their core, each tentacle held a chakra string, meaning it was all completely controlled by Naruto.

He tried everything he could to capture the two, but Kisame's sword managed to destroy every one that managed to near him, and Shisui was just that fast, too fast for the technique had had such little practice on compared to the others. 'Well, fuck. Fine, good old fashion throw-down it is, then.' He kept the technique up as he shot up from the water, catching Shisui off guard and sending him sky high. Looking at Kisame, who was still slashing at tentacles, he appeared above him, slamming him into the water so hard that a hole was still there when he looked down, leading straight to Kisame's stunned form.

Kakashi returned at that point, finding Zabuza cheering for Kisame on the bridge, Itachi and Haku watching on silently, Gozu and Meizu torturing Gato, and Naruto taking on two S-Rank shinobi. "Well, it seems like I missed quite a bit."

His voice drew the attention of everyone there, even Kisame, who shot out of the water at that point. Naruto grinned at him. "You can take Shisui of you want. The fucker's fast as all hell, though."

Shisui nodded at that. "Damn right I am!"

Kakashi made a confused look at how relaxed they were as they fought, which everyone caught onto. Zabuza explained, smirking. "Naruto realized he could just pay them off using Gato's funds or something like that, so they're just fighting for the sake of it right now." At that moment, Naruto stiffened and looked at the sky, everyone noticing and looking up with him to find a group of floating... people?

One was a woman dressed somewhat skimpily, her... plentiful breasts covered by a tube top, a bit of fur on the top and bottom. On her arms, she had sleeves that went all the way from her bicep to her hand, wrapping her middle finger on each hand. On her legs she had knee high heels, leaving he legs out in the open. Her crotch was covered by what could only be described as just fancy panties, tufts of fur on the side making them seem like more that they were. The oddest things about her, though, were a pair of bat-like wings that came out her back, a tail that had a spade on its end wrapping around her, and two horns on her head. The horns popped out of flowing red hair, a deep shade that matched her almost glowing eyes.(A/N: I made this one up on my own!)

Beside her, there was a little girl with rather large wings bat like wings as well. She was dressed in a gothic lolita fashion(A/N: ...To the google you go, random person who doesn't get it.), her black hair flowing down her back, all the way to her knees. She had on a green hair band with black accents, which went along with the rest of her clothes well. The frills of her dress were dark green, as were her eyes. Her skin was rather pale, but glowed in an otherworldly way that no normal person could.

Naruto looked at Kisame a moment before glancing back at the two females. "So, what are two dem- lovely ladies doing out here?" Despite the calm with which he said it, his mind was in turmoil, evident by the fact that he didn't even notice the looks he got. 'Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, OH FUCK! Of all the times, they come AFTER I've been fighting with two S-Rank shinobi.' They seemed to sense a bit of distress coming from him, as they smiled at him, the gothic one creepily and the horned one seductively.

The horned one answered. "Oh, we were just looking for the one with the deliciously large amount of youki."

Said youki seemed to disappear as Naruto focused on suppressing it ALL, covering it with his chakra in attempt to disguise its disappearance. "Well, I'd have felt a source like that near by, so I'd say you should keep searching. Good luck though." Appearing on the bridge, he looked at Kakashi. "I think it's about time we retired for the day. The mood's ruined." Everyone noticed how much he wanted to get away from the two, but no one could say why.

The horned one appeared in front of Naruto with speeds that made him have to blink twice to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "Oh, and where are you going? You may not be exuding youki, but your chakra is rather close. You knew what we were too, so..." She appeared behind Naruto this time, making him stiffen as she draped her arms around him. "Hows about you introduce yourself, cutie."

His body tensed s much that it almost hurt. Every muscle in his body was about ready to rip itself away from their tendons. His mind was screaming at him to run, as were Kogo and Kurama. 'Ningen, she's got too much youki for you to handle her! Every natural demon has exceptional control, and she'll use every ounce of it to crush you if she gets the chance!' Kogo was just about the same. 'GET AWAY FROM HER, NARUTO-KUN! SHE'LL KILL YOU IF YOU'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH!'

At that, he stopped. 'Not strong enough? With your help, I can beat her.'

Kogo shook her head mentally, Naruto getting the feeling that she was doing that. 'You can't control more than two tails from both of us. You keep forgetting how much harder it is when there's two of us here.'

Naruto closed his eyes and sighed before muting the voices in his head. "Naruto Uzumaki. I feel like a demon because my chakra had contact with a demon when I was born. You may have heard of him. Kyuubi no Yoko, I think it was."

The demon's eyes widened. "Oh, no wonder yours is so strong for a human, unlike these runts."

The previously silent shinobi were a bit insulted, but none more so that Kisame. His massive, potent chakra was one of his most prided areas, right after kenjutsu. "WHAT WAS THAT, YOU BITCH!" He charged her, bringing his sword down on her shoulder, only to have it blocked by a wing. He was then thrown back so hard that he flew off the end of the bridge, skipping like a stone for a good few yards.

She gave a uncaring "Hm" at his interruption. "His wasn't bad, I guess, but I just want to play with YOU for a bit..."

Naruto was, while a bit aroused, scared for his life. He didn't let it show, though, as he smirked confidently. "Well then, how about you tell me your name before we go any further."

She squealed a bit, happy that he was playing her little game. "Oh, where are my manners?"

The other girl who'd been floating above them came down as well. "Yes, where ARE they?"

The girl still draped around Naruto stuck her tongue out at the one who just came before appearing next to her. "Well, I'm Zeniah Lilin, of the Main House of Lilith. Currently the strongest succubus in existence." She flaunted herself as she spoke, winking at Naruto, completely aware of how nervous that one statement made him.

The other rolled her eyes before introducing herself. "I am the vampiress, Dorthee Beau Pre. I can tell that you know of the name."

In his mind, Naruto shouted at Kurama and Kogo, 'GET YOUR ASSES OUT HERE!' They sighed before complying.

He jumped back from the two, getting rid of his shirt with a thought, he slammed his hand into his seal, releasing the two bijuu with as much of their youki as he could handle releasing. Unfortunately, he could only let them out with two tails each, but that was enough. "Both of you, go with Kakashi and Zabuza to Tazuna's home and erect a barrier. Try and let it cover as much of the front of wave as possible."

He was deadly serious as he spoke, leaving no room for argument from anyone, yet Kakashi was having none of that. "Stand down, genin. I'll handle these two; you were just fighting two S-Rank shinobi, while I'm fine. I'll use IT if I must."

Naruto was having none of that, especially since he wanted no one to see what he was about to do. Releasing his hold on his youki, he let it flare, much to the surprise and happiness of the two demons in front of him. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! NOW!" Everyone was shocked, having never really seen him lose his temper like that.

He looked back at the two who were waiting for him as everyone left, Shisui and Itachi taking that as their cue to go, accepting the lack of pay for not getting involved in whatever was happening as they grabbed Kisame's unconscious body. Naruto called out to them, as Kakashi was out of earshot. "I'll pay you another time; I never forget a debt."

When everyone was gone, he looked at them and smirked. "I don't like an audience to my performances. Now, let me just make sure of something. What is it that you want, exactly?"

They smiled in sync with one another, the big breasted one speaking. "We were looking for a mate in whoever had that glorious youki. I don't really mind that you're a halfling if you prove that all that youki isn't just for show."

Naruto grimaced, having expected as much. "Well then, we'll see what'll happen after we're done. If you can still walk, that is!" With that, he split into four, each feeling distinctly like the one who was just in front of them but oddly different.

One was just Mujihi, the other his blue-ified twin known as Kyodo. Above them, floating in the air, was Nagare, the dark skinned one of the group. In the middle of Kyodo and Mujihi was someone new.

He was as tall as Nagare, who was the tallest of the original, but he looked like... Minato. He was tall and exuded an aura of power, but had no real chakra coming from him. His face was similar to Minato's, except for the whisker marks, and he wore a black muscle shirt that was tight enough to just be skin, as it showed every bit of muscle underneath it. His face was blank as he stared at the somewhat interested demonesses. His hair, which was tied in a pony tail, flowed behind him in the wind as he waited for one of them to move.

Since no one was moving, the one in the middle, said, "I was gonna be a gentleman and say ladies first, but it doesn't seem like you two mind... Kyodo! Mujihi!"

They both said, "Hai, Naruto-sama," as they rushed the two demons, Mujihi with a large scythe forming in one hand while the other was engulfed in black flames, Kyodo with both zanbatou he used against Zabuza, both crackling with lightning.

Mujihi sent a ball of black flame at them before disappearing from view, appearing above them, aiming to take off both their heads with one big swing of his scythe. They both jumped backwards, the horned one nailing Mujihi in the side with her wing as they went under him. Kyodo appeared in front of them, pulling both swords inwards to catch them between them. Each girl just put out a hand, catching the blade without a scratch. Mujihi took the opportunity to swing his scythe in an arc, trying to lop off both their heads once more, starting With Dorthee. He connected, due to it being a surprise attack, but he was barely able to draw blood.

The fact that he was able to cut her at all seemed to surprise Dorthee greatly. "Oh, so you can actually get by my Hierro? Well, it's too bad for you that I have another layer of defense: My own blood. Nice try, though." With that, she batted him away with her wing in the same fashion she had before, using enough force this time to knock him out.

Kyodo was getting a bit worried, as he couldn't pull his swords out of their grip, even when they looked so relaxed, even more so when he saw how easily they knocked out Mujihi. Growling, he regained their attention as he poured his chakra into his blades, making them glow before they exploded with energy. "GATSUGA!"

The blasts took the two by surprise, making them smile as they recovered. Zeniah was the one to comment. "Oh, so the little anomaly has some fangs. Not bad, but..." She didn't finish her sentence as she stuck out a finger and charged up a red sphere of youki. "Cero." It tore through the bridge as it flew towards Kyodo.

He didn't have time to think, just act, so, on instinct, he began to spin, cutting through the cero as he charged a gatsuga on the end of his blade, using it as a saw. All the while, a red substance was seeming to flow into him, coming from the direction they disposed of Mujihi.

Originally, he was struggling to maintain the spin, the power from the blast nearly overwhelming him instantly, but as it continued, he became more and more stable until he was able to handle that much with ease. When he stopped spinning and looked at them, it was obvious why.

Both he and Mujihi were originally just manifestations of Naruto's chakra and youki respectively, so it made sense that they could merge as they did, becoming stronger. There was new person standing there, this time dressed in almost all black for his uniform, except his shirt, which was grey, and his tie, which had white stripes.

Naruto himself, who'd been looking on apprehensively, gauging their strength as best he could, looked up at Nagare. "Oi, Nagare. Back him up." As he said this, he slid his hands into a praying position, watching as Nagare backed up Kyodo, who was empowered by the fallen Mujihi. It was a fight to remember, Kyodo pulling out ceros left and right, Nagare even drawing his sword to fight, something he'd only do for those who he recognized were extremely strong.

Soon, they began to tire, though, and as separate beings, none of them could pull out anything too fancy. Nagare jumped back and brought his sword of, his hand on the wring next to the hilt as he spoke some words. "Enclose, Mercielago." The ring began to grow and spin as a black, chakra like substance began to pour from it. As it grew, the black substance began to enclose a section of the bridge in a black sphere, visible from a LONG way away. Unseen to anyone, Nagare had underwent a transformation.

His coat had stayed the same, for the most part, except for gaining a hole that went right through his chest. His skin became an extremely pale white, matching the skin of the vampire, as did his new pitch black bat wings, but he retained his band over his eyes, not needing it in the blackness that was his current domain(A/N: Think Tousen crossed with Ulqiorra, both from bleach).

None of them did, really, but against these opponents, he needed every advantage he could get. "Experience a world of complete darkness." The laughter of the two demonesses was unnerving, but Nagare didn't respond to it, opting to instead send a mental shout of 'Now!' to Kyodo.

Realizing what he was going for, Kyodo complied with his part of the technique. His hands were glowing red and blue respectively as he spoke. "Experience a world cut off from contact with all else." His blue hand glowed brilliantly for a moment before blinking away as he continued. "Experience a world of silence." His red hand glowed menacingly before shutting off in the same fashion.

Nagare spoke at that point. "You are trapped in this darkness, unable to see, to hear, to touch, to smell, to taste. Right now, you are at our mercy. I don't know why I bother to say anything; you don't even know I'm here." Through their radar like chakra sense, Nagare and Kyodo felt the two demonesses looking around confused, seeing nothing, smelling nothing, feeling nothing. The senses they had heightened just by BEING a demon were all rendered useless in an instant.

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Meanwhile, at Tazuna's home, Kakashi and the rest of the team could see the large black dome that formed around the bridge. The watched in silence as they dome grew before circular markings formed on the outside, though they could only see one.

Hinata had her hands over her chest, extremely worried about Naruto. "W-what's happening over there?"

Kakashi sighed, unsure of how to answer, but Zabuza decided to be blunt. "He's fighting two demons, apparently. At least that's what he was gonna call them, and the two introduced themselves as a Succubus and... a vampire? Yeah, a vampire. I didn't think those existed, but the Gaki was scared shitless before he took them on." He shrugged before going back to sharpening his blade, an eerie sound that had become common place in the time they spent watching the bridge from afar with worry.

Surashi was unusually moody at that moment in time. "That fucker... stops me from confronting them, then sends us away before a big fight." Kakashi heard her, but despite her words, he could hear the worry in her voice. Sighing, he addressed her. "Surashi, Naruto has secrets that he doesn't want to share. If him fighting at his fullest involves them, then it would be best for us to pull back and let him do his thing. I'll try and get him to stop hiding things from us, but I make no promises." Surashi growled at that. "Oh, I'll make a promise. If he doesn't want to tell us, I'll just beat it out of him. That's a PROMISE!" Zabuza chuckled. "Oh, I'd love to see that. Naruto getting his ass beat by his little girlfriend. Ha!"

Kogo and Kurama, who'd been silent ever since they got there, looked on amused. Kogo looked over to Kurama for a moment before talking, the demonic undertone to her voice making everyone but Kurama shiver involuntarily as her voice cut through the silence that settled on the group. "You think he's gonna go 100%?"

Kurama nodded. "Ningen's gonna need it, big time. Just hope he doesn't go berserk, else we'll have, like, a week long wait on our hands."

Kogo chuckled. "Wonder what'd come of that one."

Kurama's laughter made the hairs on everyone's bodies stand up. "Either a dead body, or a well fucked one! Ha!"

With their job being as easy as create a youki barrier in front of the area they were fighting in, the two demons could chat away. Everyone had all but forgotten about their presence when they arrived, opting to look towards the bridge to discern what was happening.

Kakashi remembered that the two came from Naruto, so he began to interrogate them. "Well, I don't think we've been introduced, I'm-"

They cut him off with the wave of a hand from each of them, Kogo's hands popping out from the extra long sleeves of the formal dress she was wearing while Kurama's just mover lazily, visible as he wore no shirt. "Don't bother; we see everything Naruto does, for the most part."

Everyone's interest was peaked at that. Just as Yakumo went to ask just who they were, they rolled their eyes. Kurama looked at them with the slightest bit of disdain. "Let me guess, "Who are you?", right?" At their nod, the scoffed in sync.

Kogo sighed. "You ningen are all the same; open as a book if you just know how to look."

Kakashi picked up on the way they referred to them. "You say that as if you AREN'T human yourselves. Then who... what are you?" Kogo just chuckled as Kurama sighed.

Looking at each other, they decided to be forward with it. Bowing in time with one another, the introduced themselves individually. "I am Kurama." "And I'm Kogo." One could almost feel their smirks at that point. They raised their heads, looking right at their little audience.

Speaking in time, they continued. "I believe you know me as the Kyuubi no Yoko. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." The silence that followed was enough to lift the moods of the two demons, stuck dealing with humans despite their own wishes.

Kakashi reacted first, jumping in front of his students, his dual Raikiri crackling to life on both arms. He was waved off, though, as the demons didn't look threatened by him at all. Kogo was the one to answer his unspoken question. "Don't worry; if we wanted you dead, you'd be dead right now, as would your students. Luckily for you, Naruto asked us to watch both you and this village."

They relaxed slightly at that, realizing they were probably right, but Kakashi asked a question that made everyone think something was off. "Well, why ARE you protecting us? What are you even protecting us from?" Well, when the two demons laughed, they knew there was at least SOMETHING they were being shielded from, but they weren't sure if they wanted to know.

Kogo was the one to answer first. "Well, remember when I attacking Konoha thirteen years ago, Hatake?"

Before Kakashi could nod, Kurama cut in. "YOU were attacking Konoha!? The fuck are you talking about; I was dominant at the time!"

Kogo rolled her eyes. "Fine, when HE was attacking that pitiful village, do you remember the feeling that our presence alone inspired in you?" The others couldn't really say much, but Kakashi nodded warily. "Well, we were weakened at the time, so what you felt wasn't anywhere NEAR the full force of our power, yet there were miscarriages, mutations, and suicides from just that feeling. Imagine what you felt, multiply in by two, maybe three, and you have what would be washing over wave right now, maybe even concentrated blasts of it traveling overhead."

By the end of the explanation, Kakashi's eyes were wide. He then ran towards the barrier, trying to get to his student, thinking to save him, but he impacted with the barrier of youki, burning him slightly as he tried to push through. "LET ME OUT! I REFUSE TO LOSE ANOTHER ONE!" He charged up two Raikiri in each hand and began to lay waste to a section of the barrier, surprisingly managing to crack it with his lightning enhanced fists before they focused on the section he was attacking.

Rolling her eyes, Kurama decided to explain. "Silly ningen, what do you think you can do for him? Right now, if he is able to lose, you'll get annihilated in an instant. We've left most of our power inside the seal that binds us to him. He won't be so easily defeated with such power at his finger tips, though he may go berserk. That's why we are out here, maintaining this barrier." Kakashi only began to ram his fist against the barrier harder, not wanting to leave Naruto alone so easily.

Kogo had enough of what she view as foolishness from the man. Appearing behind him with shocking speed, she grabbed the man's lightning encased fist as it was about to impact with the barrier once more and threw him back. "Even with the power boost Naruto has given you, you don't stand a chance against those two. They're upper-class demons of the higher caliber. It would take a bijuu to beat them, especially if their relationship is what I think it is. Your eyes need training of the greatest degree to come CLOSE to them before the next decade is over!" Kakashi slumped over at the base of the tree he was thrown into. He didn't move, but everyone saw his hands trembling as he clenched and released them over and over rhythmically, trying to calm himself down, staring at the ground.

Sai, probably the person with the biggest balls there at the moment, decided to speak with them. "Um, Kogo-sama, Kurama-sama, could you please explain how it is that you're BOTH the Kyuubi? I don't quite get it." There were nods and murmurs of agreement from those who were paying attention to them instead of the storm clouds forming above the black sphere in the distance.

Kogo smirked at the boy, making him shiver slightly despite his emotionless... everything. "Well, ningen, I'm impressed with your courage, so I'll answer you. As demons, we can have two different parts that are connected but different. The first two are the two halves of our youki, the demon equivalent of chakra, for simplicity's sake. We can split apart, like Kurama and I, and merge together. Unfortunately for us, your fucking Yondaime Hokage sealed me in Naruto ALONE, splitting us in half since he didn't trust the Shinigami's seal that he chose to hold our full power; a dumb move, but understandable. As such, we can't become the full Kyuubi that you think of, but since we regenerate chakra and the split was made permanent due to the hand of a god, we have regained power to the point where we are both a bit stronger than the complete version of ourselves was when we attacked Konoha.

"Sadly, we can only take a little bit of our power with us when we want to leave the seal that binds us to Naruto, so we are severely weakened at the moment." She didn't quite say HOW Naruto got both of them, but if her audience noticed, they didn't comment, which was probably a smart move.

Kurama scoffed at her when she was done. "Well, aren't you the talkative one today?" He shook his head before gesturing to the black sphere. "You really should be paying attention to that fight; the moment he loses it, we have to be ready." She nodded, going back to sensing out the fight going on between Naruto and the two demons, ignoring the suspicious looks they were getting from the shinobi.

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While they were talking, Nagare and and Kyodo were fighting their asses off, trying to eradicate the two demons within the darkness they were trapped in. Unfortunately, they were treated to a surprise when they found the demons could still dodge, though not as effectively.

Things got worse when they found the two could regenerate just as well, if not better that they could. Kyodo, after removing an arm from Dorthee and feeling it regrow, groaned. "This is going nowhere REAL fast."

Nagare looked at him as he backed up and prepared a major technique. "Well, step it up then. If hitting them this hard does nothing, hit them harder." He put his hands together and a green energy formed between them. Pulling his hands apart, he focused on the two demons trapped in his technique, using nature chakra to "see". "Lanza de Relampago(Spear/Lance of Lightning)."

A spear formed from the cylinder of green energy that he grasped, a concentrated look on his face as a concerned one come over Kyodo's. "You sure you can control that thing?"

Nagare shook his head. "Not really, but we need the big guns here. Prepare you Kirin, Kyodo. It's needed in a fight of this scale."

Kyodo looked uncertain, but Nagare put his worries at ease. "Think of this as fighting two Yaguras. Only, they didn't start a war, they just want to screw Naruto-sama." Kyodo sighed before nodding. Nagare threw the spear at the two recovering demons, "watching" as their unseeing eyes grew wide and, for the fist time in the fight, they dived out of the way, the spear barely missing them. Unfortunately for them, the spear had a rather large blast radius.

A pillar of green energy rose from the impact area, centered on the place the spear impacted the ground and easily encompassed the two demons. When the blast faded, there was a burnt pair of bodies there, but, to Nagare's, Kyodo's, and even the spectating Naruto's shock, the two bodies just disintegrated, one turning into red particles of youki while the other turned into what felt like natural energy.

As the two were coming together, Kyodo acted, trying to prevent whatever was going to happen from happening at all. Collecting his purple chakra/youki mix in his hands, he made some gestured in midair before shouting. "BIND!" After a few more, this time the energy becoming black with only tinges of purple, he shouted. "ABOLISH!" Black flames began to consume the bodies, spreading out from the center to create a large inferno. He made sure to make it extra hot, just in case he had to pull out his next major technique in a hurry.

It turned out he did, as, from the burning area, a person shot out, garbed in black. It was a blonde haired feminine figure in a sleeveless hoodie and black, baggy pants. Her most noticeable feature, despite all the differences, was her distinct LACK of wings. As she landed, they noticed she had nothing on her feet from the distinct difference of the impact of her feet and the ground compared to previously.

She stopped to smile at them for a moment as they examined her with nature chakra, taking in all the new features as best they could with the lack of light. They weren't able to discern any color in the darkness that surrounded them, but they were able to tell that whoever was in front of them wasn't who they were fighting originally.

Naruto, still outside and spectating, sent a mental message to both Nagare and Kyodo. 'Do you feel that?'

They both nodded, but Nagare was the one to answer. 'We're in over our heads here'

Naruto pressed his lips into a thin line, unwilling to admit that. 'Just... merge with Kyodo and bring Omote out. I'm entering this battle. Once I do, tell him to pull out the strongest Kirin he can from the atmosphere. I'll distract her while it's prepared.'

Nagare nodded. 'The void will be dispelled entirely by such an attack. Well, the other effects have already been dispelled by her transformation, but... Pay attention, Naruto-sama; she won't be leaving very many openings.' Nagare then proceeded to merge with Kyodo, turning into particles of black energy with a green surrounding.

When it all finished merging with Kyodo, he looked like Naruto before the fight started, though the biggest difference was his new, black wings and his eyes. The sclera was completely black and his pupils were the only thing visible in the blackness, shining a brilliant green for a moment before fading to total black.

Omote began talking after a moment more of observing their new opponent, his voice coming out almost as demonic and far more demented than their opponent's predecessors. "Who are you? You aren't who we were fighting before."

She chuckled darkly, a sound that sent shivers down their spines. "Shouldn't I be asking YOU such questions? First you split into four. Then two of them merge. Then another merges. I think I'm entitled to this much without you questioning me, little one." With that, she dashed at him, aiming to plant her fist in Omote's stomach.

Naruto's eyes widened, sensing the fist rocketing at his other facet. He blurred over there in an instant, catching the fist, much to the displeasure of his hand. 'What IS she!? It feels like a wall of cinder blocks traveling at the speed of light... fucking hell.'

Naruto was thrown off by a storm of black arrows that formed from her feet, though he couldn't see what they were, only getting the sense that they were rather sharp from the edges that caught him. Recovering in midair, he flipped and pushed off the air beneath him with power in his muscles that surprised even him. 'My geppo(air walk) is stronger... Good, I'll need all of them for this.' Glancing at his original form as he speed by him, he shouted, "HURRY THE FUCK UP, OMOTE!" He got a reluctant nod in return as Omote began to crackle with lightning and rise off the ground. "Hai, hai, Ura. I'll fry her ass in a moment." (A/N: If you know these terms, you can probably guess at their relationship. If not, guess you better get good at waiting... because it's not gonna be explained for a bit. Maybe later in the chapter, maybe next.)

Naruto had already reengaged the demoness by the time he got a response, giving him no chance to respond, not that he would. 'Soru(Shave)!' He had been in hand to hand combat with her the whole time, receiving many more blows that he gave, so he used the high speed technique he learned a while back to get behind her, sending a thunderous kick to her mid-back.

As she got up, she smiled before launching herself at him. He barely noticed the arrows appearing on the ground as she flew at him, and could do nothing but widen his eyes as she traveled along them, getting behind him in an instant and giving an equally strong, of not stronger kick to his back. "An eye for an eye, Naruto-kun."

Before the attack collided, Naruto managed to activate his defensive technique. 'Tekkai!' With his skin hardened to the maximum degree, he lowered the damage from the excessively strong kick, though he was still blown backwards. As he flew backwards, he righted himself mid-flight once more, this time going air born as he used his geppo to gain height.

As he claimed, he looked down at her, smiling at him as though she was having the time of her life instead of fighting for it like he was. He couldn't help but grumble to himself as he tried to form a strategy. "This bitch is toying with me..." Something seemed to snap within him, and he decided that holding back an ace wouldn't benefit him in this fight.

Combining his soru and geppo, he sped down to her in a zigzagging motion, moving like a bolt of lightning to a normal person, but at brisk stroll to her. Dropping down in front of her, he extended his index finger on each hand before jabbing at her. 'Shigan: Ouren(Finger Gun: Yellow Lotus)!' She began dodging each and every jab at her body with ease, but when Naruto began to get frustrated, he stepped it up to his max. 'Hachimon: Kaimon, KAI! Kyuumon, KAI! Seimon, KAI!(Eight Gates: Gate of Opening, RELEASE! Gate of Healing, RELEASE! Gate of Life: RELEASE!)' His skin began to turn red as his speed more than tripled, the piercing finger jabs now making contact from the sudden speed boost.

Jumping back, he back flipped sending a blast of pure force from his feet, said force traveling in a crescent towards her. 'Rankyaku(Storm Leg)!' It caught the damaged demon unawares as it made a gash across her chest.

From his position, he began to flick his fingers at her, sending compacted blast of pure force at her, each of them as piercing as the jabs. 'Tobu Shigan Bachi(Flying Finger Gun: Plectrum(A/N: A guitar pick for those who don't know.))!' As they pierced her, she was knocked backward, being completely caught off guard by his increase in, well, everything.

As he stopped a moment to catch his breath, a quick process for him, he glanced up to Omote, finding that he was ready and waiting for an opening. Nodding at him, he began to focus, opening up the gates once more in order to keep up with the demoness.

It was a good thing, too, because the moment they were open, she came out of the small dust cloud her landing had kicked up. She sent an arrow at him from a far as she came at him, as graceful as a snake. He dodged the arrow with a quick soru and met her in the middle of her path.

She smirked as she dodge around him, grabbing him from behind and whispering in his ear. "I think you should RE-introduce himself, Naruto-kun. You've been changing so much." If he didn't know better, he would've thought she could see him clear as day in the darkness that surrounded him. Then it hit him. "You can sense natural energy too, can't you?"

She smirked, though he couldn't see it, and licked his neck, making him shiver. "So what if I can?" She didn't give him a chance to answer. "Well, whatever. Right now, I'm more interested in my meal." She then proceeded to sink her fangs into his neck, drawing a pained/pleasured gasp from him, seemingly forcing the gates closed, though it was only due to the lost concentration

As she let go of him, he disappeared from view, coming back a moment later with the gates reopened and his leg already mid swing at her midsection. "RANKYAKU!" As he said that, she brought up an arrow that seemed to come from her back to block it, though it still managed to send her flying back. He sent a mental command up at the other him in the sky who'd maxed out the technique he'd prepared with the most lightning he'd collected, the sky seemingly ready to burst.

He closed the gates to save energy as his other self raised a hand, all the lightning that was crackling around him being concentrated in said hand now. Naruto began to send of his projectile shigan as a distraction, making her dance around them as he called down lightning.

Omote, as he was calling down the lightning smirked, called out to their opponent. "You are powerful, easily stronger than we are now, but tell us... can you withstand the raw power of nature?" She didn't have a chance to contemplate the question, still dancing around the bullets that could actually hurt her.

She would've been cut off in her answer anyway as the floating Naruto brought his lightning encased fist down towards her, a roar from the heavens her only warning of what was to come. "Disappear with a roar of thunder... Kirin(Giriffe)." She didn't even have a chance to fully widen her eyes as a beast composed purely of lightning roared and shot down from the sky, colliding with her in 1/1000th of a second, shattering the dome of blackness they'd been in the whole time.

All was silent for a while as Omote Naruto landed. He looked at Ura. "So... think we got her?"

Ura Naruto looked suspicious, staring at smoking area that she laid face down in. "I don't know how, but her life force is nowhere near gone... she's a fucking mons-" He didn't get to finish his sentence as a tail/arrow coming from the bottom of the face down demon's back was impaled on his chest. He coughed up blood, and could only think 'FUCK!' as everything went black for him.

Now, Naruto was nigh unkillable. He regenerated at a rate that was astounding by any human standard, and even exceptionally fast by demon standards, but there was one thing that, if stuck by a fatal blow, would likely kill him, and all other living things: senjutsu. Sage techniques, which all used nature energy as their basis to perform. He just learned the hard way that his opponent, whatever her name was at that point, could indeed mold natural energy, just as well as he could.

As she picked herself up, her eyes had a dangerous glint to them, though they were only now getting a good look at them. "Aw, don't go dying now~. We were just starting to have some real fun!" She ripped it out of his chest brutally, making blood splatter on the shocked stiff Omote Naruto. She quickly decapitated him, making Naruto go back to normal, all the energy he dispelled from his body to create Omote returning to him in an instant. Unfortunately, he was in no shape to use it, his thoughts only on the imminent death he was facing. He didn't even have the motor function at that moment to catch himself as he fell face first into the ground.

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Mindscape

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He looked down at his chest, hoping the wound would heal now that he'd changed forms, but then he remembered the one weakness of that form: his injuries remained, no matter how severe, if he changed out of it. It was the only form he could really be killed in.

Then he realized that he was at the part of his mind where all his chakra mixed. A lake of multicolored liquids representing all the powers that collected in him. Looking at it, he found that his own was fading rapidly. The green stayed strong, as it was nature's energy, not his own, but it seemed like it was getting sucked out of him. The blue and red respectively had lost much of their that was really left was the Kyuubi chakra, but he knew if he used that, there was no guarantee he would stay sane; neither of them were there to regulate the flow, leaving up to him to control, something he never got around to perfecting, and now it was coming back to bite him.

He was startled by a voice in his own head that wasn't his. "The fuck are you waiting for!? USE IT!"

He whipped around, looking towards the source of the voice only to see... himself. "Oh, this is NOT the time for your shit." His reflection smirked and began to circle him, his eyes changing to be completely black, showing him to be Omote.

"Aw, aren't you happy to see me?" He began to cackle as Naruto started to ignore him and went back to deliberating on the pros and cons of each course of action available to him. Slinging his arm over his shoulder, he began to speak again. "What do you think you're doing? You can't ignore me; I'm a PART of you! ESPECIALLY now that you've fucked up! HAHAHAHA!" His slightly unhinged reflection went back to cackling at him as he sighed, acknowledging his presence due to the truth of his words.

Naruto shrugged his reflection's hand off his shoulder as he growled at him. "I am not in the mood for your crap right now, Omote! I'm trying to figure out the best way for us to not DIE, if you haven't noticed!"

Omote just laughed, finding the answer obvious. "We have a godly amount of power left with us right now, Kingy! USE IT!" He proceeded to shove Naruto into the pool of chakra, but didn't account for the surprised Naruto to grab onto the nearest thing to not fall in: him.

As they both fell deep within the pool of chakra, Naruto could feel the amount of Kyuubi chakra he was allowing through the seal start to overwhelm his own chakra and youki COMBINED. Opening his eyes, enraged, he grabbed onto Omote, who was cackling as they fell deeper into the continuously more Kyuubi filled pool, beating on him over and over. "FUCK YOU! I-" He was cut off as Omote headbutt him, sending him reeling back.

Omote grabbed his head and brought it in close to his face, whispering something to him. "I am just you, Naruto. You've wanted to use this power for so long now; you just wouldn't admit it. Every demonic instinct in you has been telling you to absorb the two nigh infinite sources of power, just set the absorption rate to one higher than the can regenerate, take all that POWER! But noooo, you just kept denying yourself.

"I've just taken it upon myself to let you have some fun for once. Let US let loose. It's time to get WILD, NARUTO!" Naruto couldn't respond, as Omote began cackling as he dissolved, the particles he turned into attaching themselves to Naruto.

As Naruto wondered what this meant, he heard a voice in his head... while he was in his head. 'Don't worry; I'm still here. It's just time for the show to begin.' Naruto found himself nodding and smiling without even knowing it, the Kyuubi chakra he was desperately trying to keep out and Omote's personality he was trying to suppress within him seeming to resonate with each other, batting his wishes to the side.

In the end, he could only think, 'Fuck it; I'll fuck that bitch up... then maybe just fuck her,' as he licked his lips. He didn't even notice the fact that he couldn't feel Omote anymore. At least not separately.

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Real World

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Naruto, hyped up on Kyuubi power, got up, all his wounds healed. As he opened his eyes, his opponent noted that they were completely red. She then noticed that he was now shirtless, the remnants of his upper body attire seeming to be dissolving as marking traveled up his body from his seal. The final changes were the two ears that now popped up from atop his now blood red, long, and extremely smooth hair and the nine red tails that swung lazily behind him. "Oh, so you're not dead? Good, that means we can play more until you prove you're worthy."

She was rewarded with a demonic chuckle that sent pleasurable tingles up her spine, the raw power in his voice alone palpable. "Me? Worthy? Oh no, my dear, I'm more that worthy, but first, tell me your name, maybe a little about yourself."

She giggled like a schoolgirl before answering. "Well, I guess you can call me Medusa, Naruto-kun~. The two famous demons who traveled around were but a part of little ol' me, but I guess you're no stranger to different people being a part of you, are you?"

He chuckled as he offered a response, his muscles tensing dangerously as he flexed his now clawed hand. "No, no I'm not, though I'm sure my situation is a bit different from yours. Now, how about we continue where we left off. And..." At this, he disappeared in a burst of speed so great, she couldn't even see a blur. He appeared behind her, grabbing her in a headlock. "This time, it's your turn."

She squealed after a moment, feeling the raw youki coursing through him with their proximity. "Oh, you're DEFINITELY worthy. How about we just skip the rest; I NEED this right now."

Naruto chuckled, but said nothing as he let his arm go lax, bringing a clawed finger across her cheek before leaning down to her ear. "Oh no, not yet, Medusa-chan." Despite being cut, she shivered pleasurably, not even noticing as Naruto appeared in front of her.

He curled both hands into fist before placing them on her midsection. "ROKUGAN(Six King Gun)!" A wave of force slammed into her, just about liquefying her insides, though they regenerated a moment later. As she stumbled backwards, he chuckled, astral claw projections forming at the tips of his own claws, stretching upwards into the sky. "I'll make you beg." He threw his hand forward, sending five of them at her, though she managed to block it with an arrow.

As she flew backwards, unable to resist the motion of the excessively powered up attack. She had no chance at stopping it, or even deflecting it, so she just rode with the attack, helpless in the face of its power. As she began to fly over a forest, Naruto appeared behind her, his next hand outstretched. "I will make you grovel." They flew out as well, digging into her back, as she wasn't fast enough to block it.

The two attacks collided, they tore Medusa apart, tearing her to shreds as they ground together before exploding in a flash of energy. "Desgarron(Tear)." As the dust cloud dispersed, one could see her falling to the ground in a mangled heap, though she was already regenerating.

As she landed, Naruto appeared, looming above her with a malicious smile on his face. He glanced up, sensing chakra signature abnormally close to the barrier. He found his team, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari all staring at him about 20 yards away. His smile only grew, as if to say, "Ooh, an audience. Good."

He stepped on her head as she regenerated, a dazed yet oddly happy look on her face. Pointing a finger at her, he charged a relatively small amount of the massive store of youki into it, making an orb appear in front of it. When he spoke, his voice made shivers go down his listeners spines, though the reasons differed for some of them. "I will make you bow to me." It wasn't enough for him, though.

He began to force more power out of the seal, said seal becoming a swirling black hole, youki visibly pouring out of it as his body acclimated, taking it all in. The markings disappeared, leaving only the infinitely deep, dark swirl on his stomach.

The ground began to shake from the amount of power he was building up in his finger, a small crater forming below him. Medusa wasn't scared, though; if anything, she was excited by the raw power the attack had, and it hadn't even launched. "Cero no Kamigami(Hollow Flash of the Gods)." He released it, making a pillar of youki appear. It was so large, the edge of it was touching the barrier that Kogo and Kurama were maintaining, making them sweat at the exertion of maintaining it through an attack like that.

When all of the energy dissipated, the only thing visible was Naruto, breathing slightly heavier than before, and some pieces of Medusa left. The humans watching thought he'd one, but Kurama and Kogo knew better. Kurama began to laugh, and his amusement only grew when he saw Kogo blushing as well. He got a sucker punch for it, though he'd already drawn the attention of the others.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes at that, still not trusting them completely. "What's so funny, Kurama-sama."

He chuckled for a while longer before answering. "It's nothing you should worry yourself over, ningen, but I'll explain anyway. His opponent was just looking for a mate, and, since Naruto was dumb enough to release his seals in their totality, she was able to find him easily. He has enough chakra to resemble a bijuu, that's not even factoring in the rest of his power, or OUR power, which is ever present behind his own for anyone good at sensing any type of energy. He has his own stores of youki, too, so he was already a target, but... damn. Regardless, this was all because she wanted a mate, to be honest with you.

"We demons are a bit more... violent than you humans, though when it comes to lust, we have you beat as well. She was looking for someone to mate with but, at least at fist, she seeing if he was all bark or if he had a bite to back it up, a normal thing for demons to do, but when we left him, he had access to our power, unrestricted. He did well to not use it until now, but his own power is still developing. Even his third strongest technique, that blast of lightning you saw, wasn't enough... well, this is the result of him needing some more power." He said that gesturing to the crater that was in front of them. "But that's not what I was laughing at. She's gonna get back up and probably be horny as all hell, but Kogo here looked like she was gonna jump him first! Hahaha-!"

He was silenced by a fist from a blushing Kogo. "Baka." She tried to retain some dignity by staring at Naruto impassively, but the hungry look in her eye gave her away.

Hinata was staring at Naruto with growing apprehension, not believing that the person in front of her was the same Naruto she grew up with. "W-will he be alright?" Her fear for Naruto easily trumped her fear of the two demons, letting her actually speak to them.

Kurama got a thoughtful look, but Kogo didn't even look like she heard her, her face giving away that she was in her own world right now. Two tails had sprung up behind her, coming out of the generous slit in the side of her chinese dress and wrapping around her legs. "Well, I'D say he's fine as he is, but I doubt you'd agree with me. If you mean whether or not he'll go back to normal... well, I have absolutely no clue about that." He shrugged at that, not really caring. "That much youki in his system won't go away easily, but MAYBE he'll burn through it in, say, a week. It all depends on how hard they'll be going at it. And they WILL screw like rabbits, that much I can guarantee! There is no way this chick will let him just leave after THAT! And he doesn't seem to wanna go either! Ha!"

As if on cue, she regenerated fully, still laying at Naruto's feet and panting. He grabbed her chin and brought her into a kneeling position. As she regained her bearings, he looked her right in the eyes, his eyes regaining their white sclera but his irides(the correct plural for iris) became a deeper ruby red than anyone thought possible. "Won't you bow to the king?" His eyes seemed to be hypnotizing her, because she nodded reverently, unable to form words. He smiled for a moment, caressing her cheek, making her melt into his hands. "Good girl."

He then looked towards the barrier, his red eyes making everyone who saw them freeze. "Won't you come bow before me as well?" They seemed to come under a spell, every female blushing brighter than a stoplight.

They all, even the guys, sans Inari, who just passed out, began to nod and walk towards the barrier, but Kurama's chuckle broke them of their trances. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. I doubt you frail little bodies would survive what he's capable of dishing out right now, though you'd definitely enjoy it." He stopped to think a moment. "Though I guess he could just revive you with the amount of power he has right now."

He began to laugh, clutching his sides when he realized what would happen to the guys. "Hahaha! Go ahead! He's pretty much a god right now, so he'll just turn you guys into girls and fuck you too! If any of you break, he can fix it with ease!" He wiped an imaginary tear from his eye. "Ah, that'd be a show."

He didn't notice that, the moment he said go ahead, Kogo was already on the other side of the barrier, her arms draped around Naruto's neck as she jumped on his back, squealing. This, combined with Kurama's renewed laughter, was enough to break Medusa of her trance at last.

Seeing Kogo on top of her, she hissed threateningly. "Get off of my Naruto-sama!"

Kogo stuck her tongue out. "Make me! Anyway, I saw him first!"

Sparks began to fly between the two and they were about to throw down right there, but a single flare of youki from Naruto made them return to mush. "Now, now. There is no need for any of that." Sai took out his book and prepared to start writing, an action that was mirrored by Zabuza.

The currently demonic Naruto looked back at the barrier. "No more takers? Eventually, I will make you all kneel, one way or another. Doing it now will just ensure that it'll be... pleasurable for you."

Hinata actually seemed to be struggling with herself. 'He make look like him... but that's not MY Naruto... but I wanna...' Naruto saved her the trouble. "Okay then. Kurama, watch them for me, okay?" With a flick of the wrist, he created a large amount of food in front of Tazuna, quickly telling him it was for wave before grabbing the two women by the waist. The show of care made everyone's eyes widen, but he disappeared before anyone could say a word.

Kurama burst into laughter once he was gone, releasing the barrier. "Oh sweet Yami, he wasn't even berserk! I wonder what excuse he'll make when this is over! Hahaha! Oh, my lungs hurt! Ha! The gaki's a fucking pimp! Hahaha! Oh, I don't even wanna take my power back right now!" He was rolling on the floor laughing while everyone else was recovering.

Kakashi looked at Kurama warily. "Well, what now, Kurama-sama?"

As he regained his senses, Kurama got up. "That's a good question. Well, they'll be gone for about a week, of not more, so you guys have some time to chill, train, do whatever. He asked me to stick around, so I will, since I don't want him mad at me right now." He shivered at the thought. "Do as you wish, just try not to bother me too much." With that, Kurama sat down at a tree that wasn't destroyed, seeking to take a nap. Two tails popped out from his lower back, creating a pillow for him as leaned against the tree, yawning.

Kakashi sweat dropped at his behavior. 'Who knew the Kyuubi was so... laid back?' He sighed before looking at Zabuza's group. "Well, what're you guys gonna do?"

Zabuza shrugged, hefting his excessively large sword onto his shoulder. "I have something to discuss with the gaki, so we'll be sticking around for a while." He looked back at Haku, Gozu, and Meizu to find they'd started playing poker. Shrugging, he joined in. As he sat down, he looked at Tazuna. "Oi, bridge builder-san! Think we could stay a while?"

Tazuna looked a bit scared at the prospect of Zabuza staying under his roof, but Tsunami made the choice for him. "Sure you can."

Tazuna moped a bit, but after a few stern words from Tsunami, he got over it. "Fine. And the name is Tazuna." Zabuza nodded, paying more attention to his poker game than the old man. His gruff voice rang out in the clearing, crystal clear despite him speaking in a normal tone. "Sure thing, bridge builder-san." Looking up, he glanced as Tsunami. "Thanks, Tsunami-san."

Tazuna gaped, but Tsunami just giggled, making Tazuna go back to moping about young people being so disrespectful.

Inari, who'd just woken up, was thoroughly confused by this point. "Kaa-chan? I-is Gato gone?"

Zabuza was the one to answer that. "Oh, you don't have to worry about that guy anymore, gaki. We took care of him. Naruto gave him to us to give a bit of... punishment. Before we sent him to hell, that is! Gahahaha!" His malicious chuckle was enough to give children nightmares, which Inari was sure to have.

After shivering at the scary man in their yard, Inari was stuck deep in thought. Looking up at the forest, ignoring the crater that was in front of the forest, he asked, "Where's Naruto-nii?"

Everyone, sans Zabuza's group, raised an eyebrow at the honorific, but said nothing about it. Instead, Kakashi answered, coming up with something to tell the child on the spot. "W-well, Naruto is, ah,... celebrating?" Zabuza AND Kurama both burst out laughing at that, Gozu and Meizu shared a perverted chuckle, Haku blushed lightly but still giggled at the choice of words, Surashi, Yakumo, Hinata, and Tsunami all blushed, and Sai, well, just kept being Sai. The whole time, his brush had been flying across a page in his book.

Inari was confused as to what they found amusing, but he shrugged it off as nothing major.

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1 Week Later

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Naruto woke up with the world's worst headache. He didn't even notice when he'd passed out, but he obviously did. Looking down, he saw that he was 100% naked and found both Kogo and a lady he vaguely recalled was named Medusa laying on either side of him, snuggled up to him and butt naked as well. Two of Kogo's tails were wrapped around him, twitching every so often and Medusa had her face buried in his neck, where he felt her lightly biting in what he assumed was her sleep.

Groaning, Naruto spoke aloud to himself, the sound of his voice slightly surprising him. "What the fuck did I do?"

He was even more surprised when he got a response from the two women. "Us."

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A/N: Whoa. I feel like I just ran a marathon. I just did a monster chapter for my other story, and now I'm doing one here... jeez. Well, it's in celebration of my new found free time, since school, as of Friday, is DONE!... for me. My deepest apologies go out to any who still have school/work. But, this is the OC that I was talking about. I made one to model the concept of Naruto's ability to split, but I ended up modeling her final form on... Medusa... from Soul Eater... I hate myself so much right now for being that lazy, but I love the character far too much to not give her a spotlight. Seriously, she was my favorite character in the whole series.

Well, my fanboying aside, I think that this chapter gave a good idea of how strong Naruto is. He can take Yagura in the state he's in, but you'll just have to wait and see if he does. Now, Kakashi is still a match for Naruto(without any help from the massive store of Kyuubi youki) with his own ace in the hole, but in a fight, Naruto would win due to their massive stamina difference. In the end, Naruto could win most battles by turning it into a battle of attrition. BUT, what you saw in this chapter is a glimpse of the level of OP Naruto will reach in shippuden... and that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Also, at the very most, there will be three more girls that I'll add on to the harem outside of your votes. Medusa stays, though. Also, I can write a three-way lemon with Medusa, if you guys want. The third and final also, I hinted at the fact that Zabuza knew Naruto with black hair, but this is me teasing at an explanation of how the uber harem will actually work out. He's been in A LOT of places, and people know him by different names and looks, so he's formed many different relationships under a different persona. I'll develop the concept more in later chapters, but just know that not everyone that knows Naruto knows him as Naruto. That's a shit-storm for another day, though. Anyway, onto the harem... which I really need to close soon.

(Bold=Confirmed, Italics=Possible)

Kogo(Fem Kyuubi)

Fem Haku

Fu

Hinata

Fem Sasuke

Fem Gaara

Fem Hidan

Yugito

Anko

Matatabi

Shizuka(A friend talked me into this one.)

Tayuya: 2

Temari: 4

Tenten: 4

Shion: 6

Mei: 6

Ino: 1

Pakura: 1

Maki: 1

Fem Kakashi: 3

If you didn't notice, I've taken out one of the categories to simplify this poll. Now names in bold are on board for the harem. Names in Italics are still up in the air. And that's about it. I'm sure there is something I've forgotten to say, but oh well. Bye!(Reviews are a welcome source of inspiration for another update, wink wink.)