'My inspiration and motivation are like ninja...oh, I KNOW they're here somewhere...it's finding them, that's a pain in the ass' - oSaL

Here it is, people. The newest chapter to the RotI fanfic, as I call it. Sorry if you waited a while, but as I'll be updating once every two weeks.

Senior projects are hell, and like the mast of procrastination I am, I left it all to a last 2 week deadline.

I call myself a master of this art, due to the fact that I've made a 32 point jump in English IV and Astronomy in just 2 days...420 hit me like a sack of bricks, so yeah, it was hard focusing.

Anyway, hope you guys like the chapter! Review!

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"So...what do we do with them?" asked Naruto, as he stared at the two girls, who were busy chatting. Hanabi and Moegi hadn't made any progress aside from when Naruto had told them the basics...sort of...

"Why did you tell them that they were each our 'protégé?" asked Konan. Naruto took a deep breath, getting ready to explain.

"Think Konan...in about ten years, those two will be maybe as strong as you...and with a Hyuuga girl in Ame now, we can begin our own doujutsu lineage, to rival Konoha's existing one..."

When Konan didn't respond, he turned to cast a confused look at Konan, who was silently looking over the cooking pot, where lunch was being made.

"Honestly, Naruto-sama...I say we leave them somewhere else...we can't afford having them witnessing what we do, no matter their naïveté...I say we search for the nearest town, and drop them off with some money and a map..." she replied, taking a deep breath. Naruto nodded, quietly thinking.

"This completely blows whatever secrecy I had...once they get back to Konoha, everybody'll know that I'm alive...then I'll have people putting bounties on me" he sighed. Konan dusted off her clothes, before standing up.

"Does that truly matter?" replied Konan, before turning to face Naruto, revealing a small scroll, handing it to him.

"What is this?..." he asked slowly opening. Konan sighed, before bowing.

"It is a scroll I had stolen from Madara, during our initial rebellion...Pein and Itachi kept him at bay, while Sasori distracted Deidara and Kakuzu...the others were busy on missions, and I managed to sneak into Madara's quarters..." she answered, surprising the blonde.

"So...you stole some of his scrolls?...anything else?" he asked. Konan nodded.

"Yes, I managed to grab some documents he had written on his experiments, and a few lab DNA samples...I kept this scroll, in case the call for it ever demanded" she answered. Naruto took a quick glance at the open scroll, reading a vast array of seals. He stepped back, surprised at the number of items sealed, along with their names.

"He...he...how did he...Orochimaru was said to have revived the Shodaime and Nidaime during his fight with the old man...Madara must have been dealing with that Hebi-teme to possess this..." he stated, closing the scroll. Konan quietly went back to cooking, wondering what Naruto was thinking.

"Konan...I have a question..." whispered Naruto, who was looking at the ground. The azure haired woman turned her head towards him, a small smile on her face.

"Yes, Naruto-sama?" she asked. Naruto cast her a weak smile.

"Why do you follow Nagato?...I'm just curious...you're a powerful kunoichi, you could just as easily be a mercenary, or even simply travel the world..."

Konan's smile completely vanished, quickly replaced by a slightly confused frown.

"I...well...to be honest...it's because of Yahiko...yes, I do care for Nagato, and if he were to die, I would be in pain...much pain...but Yahiko is also is the reason I seek to follow Pein's goal of peace...to achieve HIS goal for him..." she answered, her voice gradually growing more and more quiet. Something that Naruto took into mind.

"Oh...I was just wondering, I do have another question...tell me, how do YOU believe peace should be brought?..." asked Naruto, causing Konan to blink in shock, as she opened her mouth, only to lose whatever words she wanted or wished to say.

"You don't know...do you?" Naruto smiled sadly. He slowly picked up some dirt in his hands, and showed it to Konan.

"Konan-chan...you're like dirt..." he stated, causing Konan to give him an outraged look.

"Did you just call me dirt!" she screamed, drawing the girl's attention. Naruto calmly nodded his head.

"Yes, but not in the way you seem to think...you're like dirt is to the earth, as you are to the universe...merely part of a bigger picture, but not to underestimated...you can be more then just Nagato's follower and best friend...you can be his equal, even superior to him in certain aspects..."

Konan again gave him a confused look.

"How can I surpass Nagato?" she asked. Naruto smiled, as he took a deep breath.

"Nagato is a warrior...a warrior to the end...however, he is not a politician, he is a military leader...YOU can be a politician, YOU can bring peace through negotiations, uniting nations together...Nagato wants the right ideal, but he goes about it the wrong way partially...peace can come through war, but war on a battlefield...that can only be part of the solution, this is something I learned through a different experience" he said, a hint of sorrow in his words. Konan slowly moved her hand to hold his, casting a loving smile.

"Do you need me to hear it?...I love you, and I wish you could trust me as much as I trust you..." she replied. Naruto sighed before nodding.

"...why do you need me to trust you so much?..." asked Naruto drawing a bit closer, ignoring whoever else was near him or Konan. Konan slowly drew nearer, just barely even visibly.

"Because...because...I...I want..."

She couldn't find the correct words, but something kept telling her to scoot closer, to shorten the distance between him and her just gradually.

"You want...want what?" breathed Naruto, as he softly smiled, now able to feel Konan's soft breathing. He could even smell her breath.

Blue razzberry.

"I want...no...I need...you..." whispered Konan, softly kissing his lips, as Naruto smiled just a bit wider. He slowly brought up his hand to gently stroke Konan's cheek, before softly sliding a finger up to move one of her bangs from her face.

Konan felt this and let out a quiet sigh, loving the feeling of having the blonde gently toy with her hair, before she pressed a hand to his chest, pushing him down against the ground, before leaning over him. She softly bit his lower lip, before tugging on it, then coming back to kiss him again, this time sneaking her tongue in for a french-styled kiss.

Naruto didn't say a single complaint. He was already making the next move, as he slid his arms around her waist, pulling her atop his lap, before unbuttoning her tunic, smiling as he snaked his hands into her clothing and softly grasped her sides. He began rubbing her, making Konan pull away from their kiss to sigh in pleasure, before licking her lips. She began softly grinding on him, widening Naruto's eyes as his soldier slowly came to full attention, before biting his lower lip.

Konan was bringing out the best in him...and he LOVED it.

"Mmm...yes..." he groaned, somehow making it sensual.

As Konan heard his words, her own mind was processing what was going on.

"Mmmm...uhnn...uhhhh...so...harrrd..." she sighed, licking her lips, before moving her right hand, sliding it into her own slacks and panties, before she began whimpering in pleasure. Naruto could only watch in slight irritation. She was tempting to make him to make the first real move. He quickly made up his mind, however, as he flipped positions, surprising the azure haired woman. He smirked as he began to unzip his pants, while Konan began to wiggle out of hers.

This would be a fun night...

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"You silver haired, four eyed fucker...I've been waiting so many years for this...counting every damned bleeding second in my head, for the day I got to bend you over and fuck you in the ass with the spiked dildo of revenge, Kabuto!" growled Tayuya, almost instantly losing her signature quiet and serious demeanor, much to the opposite man's mirth. He slowly lifted his glass from the center nose-piece, with his middle finger. Never once, not even for a second, did his self-loving and smug smirk leave his face.

I haven't even said a single rant, and already she's unnerving and losing her psychological stability...how convenient.

"Ah, Tayuya-san...how fancy meeting you here...it's, ah, been some time...have you done something to your hair?" he asked slowly reaching behind his back for a small pouch, which he opened.

Let's see...pointed end...too sharp...no, this one's too dull...this one has three strings...this one has only one...ah, here it is...

Subtlety sliding his hand out, he drew a small and thin needle, four very thin string wrapped and tied around the edge. Little did anybody know, except possibly Orochimaru, that he secretly dulled or sharpened his needle's rear edges to distinguish which were laced with poison, and which contained antidotes. He had memorized every single needle and it's containments months before he ever used them. He smiled as he held the needle between his fingers. All he had to do was simply pierce Tayuya with it, preferably wherever he body was most tense.

"Oi! Fucker! Pay attention!" shouted the red haired girl, as she flipped through a series of hand seals. "Fire Release: Sun God's Retribution!"

As Tayuya finished the final seal, she growled, multiple jet streams of flames suddenly surrounding her, before entering her mouth. Kabuto at first merely stared at her, wondering the point of such a seemingly useless jutsu was, before suddenly tensing up as Tayuya's eyes grew into a bright yellow-white glow.

Suddenly, the red head jumped into the air, before rolling around to perform a spin kick, a new jet of fire flowing from her foot, as it then zoomed straight toward Kabuto.

Kabuto's eyes suddenly widened as he leapt backwards, landing on a different far-off branch from where he had originally been standing, which was now a scorching burnt piece of tree branch. He couldn't afford to be hit with anything just yet, especially fire. If those flames hit the poison needle in his pouch, he could kiss his life goodbye. His body may have been able to recover at an amazing pace, mostly due to the experiments on the test subjects he had with Orochimaru, but it couldn't recover from a full blown explosion. Suddenly, a new thought crossed his mind. The trees around here, despite the relative proximity to Ame, were dry. That fire stream should have lit them up quickly.

"What? Expecting a blaze? I've been training, Kabuto-baka...I've been perfecting my techniques with Naruto-san...all so I could kill you and that cock-riding Orochimaru..." hissed Tayuya, as she quickly appeared behind him. Kabuto whirled around, cursing himself for leaving such a genin-level opening in his defenses. He brought his hand around, attempting to scratch her skin even the slightest bit with the needle, although to no avail. Tayuya easily grabbed his wrist and sent a powerful knee into the man's ribcage, a new stream of flames following her. Kabuto gasped in pain as the stream of fire passed through him, scorching his insides. Tayuya quickly brought his wrist down and painfully slammed her fist into his nose, causing a horrible crunch-like sound. Again, a series of flames erupted behind his head, although seemingly leaving him unscorched. Kabuto grabbed his head, almost howling in pain, as he tried to stop the blinding pain.

"You bitch! What did you do to me! What!" he screamed, hatred and anger now boiling through his vein. This wasn't how the fight was supposed to go! He was supposed to have the advantage! He was supposed to be the one toying with the enemy! Not her!

"What's the matter, shithead? Feeling weak? Useless? Maybe defenseless? Huh! Is that it! Do you feel helpless! Now you know how I felt as a fucking kid!" shouted Tayuya, slamming another punch into his stomach, causing him to cough out a disturbing amount of blood. This, however, didn't seem to slow Tayuya down, as she kneed him the face, when Kabuto bent over in pain from the previous punch. Both hits, caused eruption of flames to shoot from his body.

"H-how! H-How!" he gurgled, spitting out blood, coughing and throwing up now. Tayuya merely scowled, before kicking him away a few meters, this time with a normal kick.

"What? Do you take me for a fool? Am I supposed to tell you how my moves work? Am I supposed to hand you a verbal blueprint, so you can become an even bigger pain in my ass in the future? Do you expect me to let you live! No! I refuse to fucking fall for your damn lie!" she roared, before pausing. "I designed this jutsu just for you Kabuto...this would've killed any other fucker by now, except Orochimaru...but you're tough, aren't you? Those disgusting experiment you made on all of us helped you become strong didn't they? You can easily recover from something like this, can't you?...this jutsu was made to hit you internally, Kabuto...I knew it wouldn't kill you, you recuperate to quickly...but the pain lingers doesn't it?...it burns through your bones and muscles, huh?...I'm going to continue this, Kabuto...just for you..." she continued, gently holding the silver-haired man's head in her left arm, before suddenly pounding it with her fist, a series of crunches and flames heard and seen. Both, however, were soon drowned out by the man's scream of agony and pain. This moment was something she had waited for, for too long. And she was going to enjoy every second.

"Kukukukukukukuku...my, my, Tayuya-chan...you've certainly developed into a very able-skilled kunoichi, no?" chuckled an all-too-familiar voice. The red suddenly froze, her knuckles covered in blood from Kabuto, who had already blacked out from the pain.

"Y-you..." she whispered, unable to move. Something in her mind, her very soul, had caused her to freeze up. Fear?

"You've turned into a powerful warrior...one who could even be worthy of being my right hand servant" he smirked. Tayuya merely stayed where she was, kneeling there, still gripping the silver haired man.

"...I don't want to hear it, bastard..." she murmured in a low tone, casting a furious glance at the Sennin, who merely chuckled.

"My dear Tayuya, do you think you can stand against me? I know what that technique of yours does, to enough of a degree that I know to dodge every single one of your strikes" he smiled evilly, before pointing at Tayuya. "Also...that technique seems to exhaust you quickly, and my guess is that it takes up chakra, something you've never truly had in vast reserves...not like you precious Naruto-kun" he grinned maniacally, licking his lips at the thought for a new vessel. Tayuya only had to hear his tone upon saying the blonde's name.

"Keep your hands off him!" she shouted, flipping through hand signs. "Fire Release: Immense Wave!"

To Orochimaru's surprise, a meter-long spiral stream of flames exploded towards him causing him to jump, narrowly missing him, although singing his legs. Tayuya only scowled before trying again.

"Fire Release: Immense Wave!"

Orochimaru, this time learning from his previous mistake, started to take the girl more seriously. She had misnamed her jutsu on purpose, to cause enemies to react in an incorrect manner. Sneaky, but as the saying went.

Deception is a shinobi's best tool.

As he began to formulate a way to counter her jutsu, or at least find a way to slow it down, he failed to notice a poof as Tayuya formed a single hand seal.

"Kage Bunshin!"

As the Snake Sennin readied himself for any incoming attack, not expecting a bunshin, he suddenly fell on his knees, his head throbbing. His body had been giving in, ever since the three year mark for a body transfer jutsu drew near. However, he again failed to notice Tayuya's movement. Before Orochimaru could react, Tayuya appeared behind him, kicking him in the jaw upwards.

"Ta!"

As Orochimaru neared the peak of his fall, he suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through his left ribs, as a second Tayuya landed another painful leg kick, shooting him even further up.

"Yu!"

Suddenly, he felt a pair of slender arms wrap around his waist, as he suddenly began to spin back to the ground. He widened his eyes as the ground neared, no sign of slowing down. As he came to a horrible collision with the hard packed dirt, he felt a bone snap in his arm, causing him to yell in pain.

She actually broke my arm!

Just then, Tayuya appeared above him, the palms of her hands aimed to face him.

"Flaming Barrage!" she finally yelled, letting out a volley of flames, as fire kept pouring out from her palms, burning and charring Orochimaru's corpse. Suddenly there was a soft tremor underground, and the man appeared as he dug himself out.

"...you...got stronger..." huffed a voice, as the red-haired turned around, only to duck down as a snake shot out of Orochimaru's mouth, towards her.

"I...will kill...your...bitch ass..." she gasped, as sweat ran down her forehead, her chakra reserves having shot down to only maybe twenty percent, due to the high level jutsu she had used. She needed to work on her stamina and chakra levels...A LOT. Orochimaru smirked, before suddenly gaping his mouth as his neck started to expand, before a saliva-covered copy slid out, like a snake shedding it's skin.

"Kukuku, did you honestly think I go down easily? You may have become a fare more dangerous combat opponent, but you're merely a whim, when comparing to my mind...it's a shame, with even half the mind of even that useless idiot, Jiraiya, you could have defeated me with ease...unfortunately for you, however, I in fact possess an advantage over you, that I plane to use at this single moment...a jutsu I have managed to bring closer to perfection, without a sacrifice" stated the Snake Sennin, as he formed his own hand seals.

"Forbidden Style: Impure Reincarnation!" he laughed, as he clasped his hands together. Tayuya felt the ground shake, as a small tremor took place, before a coffin rose from the grave. She gasped as she read the name on the coffin.

"Y-you...y-you asshole!" she screamed, before Orochimaru wagged his finger in a mocking manner.

"Now, now, Tayuya-san...I hear you've been travelling with the Uzumaki boy...giving in to your emotions, no? What? Do you truly believe you'll find happiness with him? Do you think he would ever accept you, when he has such a lovely, more experienced woman, as Konan?" he asked, causing Tayuya to snarl.

"She means nothing! He loves me! He'd save me, if he could!"

Orochimaru only laughed.

"Perhaps...but tell me, could you live with this? Do you know who this is?" he asked, nodding towards the casket. Tayuya merely glanced at the surname. Uzumaki.

"You...went as far as to dig up a human corpse...you sick fuck...I'm not surprised though" she growled, before Orochimaru smiled and shook his head.

"Could you live with yourself, if you knew young Uzumaki's heritage? Could you fight your love's mother?" he asked, forcing Tayuya to stumble backwards.

"N-no! Y-you d-didn't!" she exclaimed, breaking into a severe cold sweat. The Snake Sennin, sighed, as he kicked the casket door open, revealing a woman with tomato-red hair that hung down almost to behind her knees. As she took a slow step forward, she slowly opened her eyes and blinked.

"So...you used that technique...have you no shame, Orochimaru?...you even had to tear the Shodaime and Nidaime from the resting places...now me? You almost took Minato-kun..." she stated in a calm, and uncaring attitude, although her eyes displayed a more fiery and enraged personality.

"Ahh, Kushina-chan, you compliment my work so well...but enough of pleasantries, may I introduce you to young Tayuya?" he smiled, pointing towards the girl. Kushina merely eyed her wearily, before noticing their similarities. She sighed heavily, shaking her head.

"So, this is who I'm fighting? What's the matter, can you not defeat a mere teenager by yourself?" asked Kushina, as her hair began to wave in the air, similar to the Kyuubi's tails. Orochimaru shrugged, before walking off.

"Not as long as my body is weakened...but I do find the prospect of you killing your child's...love...entertaining" he replied, causing the re-animated Kushina to widen her eyes, as she stared at Tayuya.

"H-her?...she's...she's...Naruto-kun's...love...Orochimaru, you sicken me beyond words..." she hissed, before feeling a small pinch on her back as Orochimaru slid in his body-control tag into her.

"Just kill her" he commanded, as Kushina suddenly burst into a sprint, before swinging a right hook at Tayuya, who ducked down, spinning around to back kick Kushina into the ground. As Tayuya felt ground touch her feet, she leapt backwards, barely within a second before Kushina's hair shot into the ground like a powerful drill.

Sh-shit!

"Stay out of my hair range, I can extend my hair to almost ten feet away, and I can shoot it out like senbon" stated Kushina, giving Tayuya a before-hand warning. The younger red-haired girl nodded, before biting her thumb and slapping her palm onto the ground.

"Summoning: Gamakichi!" she yelled, as a loud poof! rang through the clearing. A large red toad suddenly stood before her, his head tilted in a confused manner.

"Well...Tayuya-chan...this is pretty weird...huh?" he asked, looking back at her, then at Kushina. Tayuya shook her head.

"No time! Get to Naruto and tell him I'm in danger! I'm fighting his fucking mom!" she angrily explained, jumping over the toad, to leg drop Kushina in the head, as she lunged at the toad. Tayuya quickly drew her hand back and slowly created a small blue, unstable sphere. Suddenly the air started to became dense, as the ball continued to expand into a more unstable sphere.

"Oodama Rasengan!" she shouted, thrusting the attack into Kushina's back, ripping the elder redhead into pieces. Tayuya huffed as she let the jutsu go, bending over to grab her arm as it grew numb. She was already out of breath, and her lungs were aching.

"...don't let the enemy out of your senses" declared Kushina, suddenly reforming from under her, uppercutting Tayuya upwards into the sky. Kushina quickly formed a single hand seal.

"Kage Bunshin! Shadow Clone!" she exclaimed, forming six clones. One of them leaped into the air, kicking Tayuya's jaw, launching her further up.

"Kush-!"

The second and third clones used the first clone as leverage, kicking off of her to gain more speed and height, before the second clone spun Tayuya upwards.

"-Ina!"

The third clone again jumped off the second clone, gaining even further height, before suddenly leaping above Tayuya, drop kicking her sideways.

Before Tayuya could even bother to react, the fourth clone had caught her in mid-air, and punched her, before spinning her towards the ground.

"Special!"

Before Tayuya managed to hit the ground, the fifth clone caught her in a bear hug, trapping her as the final clone and original Kushina charged at her.

"Annihilation Barrage!" roared the two 'Kushinas' as they both landed two chakra enhanced drop kicks directly into Tayuya, skyrocketing the teen almost a mile away, knocking down and uprooting trees along the way.

"Do you think she's dead?" asked one of the clones. Kushina shook her head.

"No...there's something about that girl...she wasn't going full out, and if she had been, we would have been forced to use the Kyuubi's yang chakra..."

"You're right...do you think that...did Naruto-kun...?" Kushina shook her head, already knowing the clone's idea.

"No...there no way Naruto-kun could have undone Minato-kun's seal, then somehow transferred part of the fox's chakra to the girl, without having released the demon...no way..." she cut in.

Tayuya groaned painfully, as she clutched her stomach. She slowly placed her hands on it, before channeling green healing chakra.

"D-damn...th-tha-that...f-fucking...hu-hurt..."

She groaned again as the chakra began healing whatever internal damage she had obtained from the hit. She felt the bruise began to appear, although it was slower to show then normal.

"I...I need...t-to...avoid getting...h-hit..." she grumbled, standing up slowly, using one hand for balance, as the other continued to provide first aid. She had to think of a plan before Kushina and her damn six-women army showed up. She need to set a trap...but how?...wait...that was it!

Suddenly making a hand seal, a poof! once again rang out, before followed by another series of poofs!

This would be perfect.

"What is she up to?" asked a clone, as she saw Tayuya merely standing ahead of her, her arms crossed. Kushina merely grunted, before dashing forwards, not really worried about traps.

"I'm coming up from behind!" she warned, allowing Tayuya time to duck, again dodging a flying kick, before backflipping and dropkicking Kushina in the back. She suddenly felt a sharp pain on her back, before she face planted thhe hard packed ground.

"There...now to finish her off...I'm sorry, Tayuya-chan, I never wanted this..." stated the clone Kushina, as she was slowly covered in a reddish-orange cloack of chakra. She slowly raised her hand out, forming a sphere of red and blue chakra, gradually mixing to become a purple sphere, the size of soccer ball.

"Hyaaah!" screamed Tayuya, as she felt herself overcome by sheer pain that shot throughout her entire front body, before everything went black...