Chapter 03: Chakra Control

Naruto stayed well back from Jiraiya and Kankuro as they walked. Gaara was slung carelessly over Jiraiya's shoulder. Whenever he could, Naruto created clones to train his chakra. Some of the clones meditated. Some tried moving the chakra. One tried the sand armor exercise, but the sand only melted into globuoles of liquid glass. He knew that if he touched anyone, they would be horribly burned by the chakra that coated him.

About half the way back to Suna, they encountered Temari and a team of medic-nin. Their jutsu were ineffective at curbing the expulsion of Naruto's demon chakra, but they were able to determine that Gaara's lack of consciousness was the product of a mind altering jutsu, but they needed more information which couldn't be gathered in the field. Kankuro gave them directions to the spot where they had fought with Deidra and Sasori so that they could retrieve what was left of the corpses. Temari opted to join Naruto's group instead of continuing with the medical group.

"How are is it?" Temari asked once they'd fallen far enough behind the group.

"I can't touch anyone without causing them pain," Naruto replied, "I don't even care that I'll never be able to sleep in a normal bed, or live in a normal house. Everything about it makes me angry, and when I get angry I want to kill things, and I lose myself." Naruto balled his hands into tight fists and bit down on his lip. "I am afraid that I am never going to be in control, that at the first scent of blood... I want to live, to be a great ninja, even a kage one day, and have people acknowledge me. If things continue like this I am going to kill someone, maybe even you. The slightest thing can set me off. I try to relax, but sometimes just a person's scent is enough to make me want to kill them for reason's I don't even know...."

"Would you really kill me?" Temari asked, "Last time you came close, you tried to kill yourself so that you wouldn't lose control."

"The problem is, that then I didn't want to lose contol, now, I almost enjoy it. Not conciously, but whenever I come out of it, I feel happy, I love the taste of raw flesh and blood. I am turning into the monster everyone accused me of being when I was a kid."

"Well, screw it then. Just give up, and give in. If that's what you want, go on a killing spree. But if you do, just know that it will be the foxes chakra, not you that's doing it. It would be funny though, wouldn't it. You turned Gaara from being a monster into being a decent human being and strong kazekage. You went from being someone who believed that a person's greatest strength was in protecting their friends, to this. I thought that your friends meant more to you, more than a little fresh blood at least."

Naruto frowned. He felt betrayed, but didn't know why. He didn't even know whether the sense of betrayal he felt was directed at Temari or himself. Either way, it was all the fox's fault. He recalled the last encounter and found himself wondering if Temari's blood would excite him the same way.

"Naruto?" Temari was staring at him strangely. He wondered how long he had zoned out for.

"Huh?" He remembered the faint hint of blood that the clone had detected when it had informed her that he and Kankuro were leaving. The clone had dispelled itself before the blood could control him. Now the scent was stale. He gazed out over the horizon. He could just barely see Suna in the distance. It would take at least one more day before they arrived.

---

"Welcome back, kit," the kyuubi said, stretching out on the warm stone floor, "Did you come back to continue what you started? Or was there something else you wanted?"

"How do I contol myself?" Naruto asked, "If this continues, I will really have to kill myself to save my friends."

"Are their lives really worth more than your own?"

"It's better than being a monster."

"Then don't be a monster. Many demons live peacefully with humans."

"But the blood, whenever I smell it I lose my mind."

"You'll just have to get used to it and control yourself. Can you imagine what would happen if we did not reign in our bloodlust? We'd hunt the world to extinction. We'd kill everything, everywhere as soon as a single drop of blood was spilled."

"So it's possible to stop it?"

"Of course not, it's a part of who we are, an extension of out bodies. We learn to focus it over time, use it like an arm or a leg. You just need practice." the kyuubi pricked herself with one of her claws, "Oops, there's some blood now. Tell me Naruto, what are you going to do now?"

Naruto licked his lips in spite of himself. He took a reluctant step forward, slowly savouring the smell of fresh blood, admiring the beauty of the crimson bead of liquid as it began rolling down her stomach. His thoughts began to lose coherence. A deep growl escaped him.

The kyuubi grinned evily, "Are we going to have some fun?" she made another small cut, "Or are you going to resist? Either way is fine with me."

This was too much for Naruto. He rushed at the kyuubi. When he tried to pounce onher, she grabbed him out of the air and slammed him into the ground. She flipped over on top of him, entwineing her body with her own and pinning him helplessly to the floor.

"You didn't think it would be that easy did you?" the kyuubi said playfully, "It wouldn't do for you to get another taste so soon. You're barely handling what you already have." the kyuubi licked his cheek and he snapped at her in response.

---

"Damn it!" Naruto cursed when he woke up. The sand had turned to glass overnight and a sharp shard had created a gaping wound on his forearm. The scent, even of his own blood was driving him insane.

Temari was laying closest to him, but still several steps nearer to the goup so that she would not be in danger from his burning chakra. His curse had woken her up. She was stirring slowly. He could see her chest rising and falling, slightly erratically as she began to move. He could hear her heart beating. Naruto's tongue lolled out, panting and drooling for the sweet serum of life within her veins. He wanted to slowly take her apart, opening her up with his claws so that he could feel her scream.

Naruto plugged his nose to keep the intoxicating scent from his nostrils. It helped, but he could still taste blood in the air. He stood up, taking a step towards Temari. He could see the pulsing of the flow in her neck. He ran his tongue over his fangs, imagining sinking them into that spot.

Temari opened her eyes. Naruto didn't even remember taking the last few steps to stand. A drop of his own blood landed between her eyes and splashed across her face. Naruto bolted, heading out into the desert. He couldn't let it happen. He had been so close. Even now, the the blood called to him, trying to draw him back. He picked up speed, focusing his chakra into his legs to go as fast as possible until he could no longer smell the scent of his friends. Naruto fell to his knees. No longer having a reason to resist he put his arm to his mouth and began sucking as much blood as he could from the rapidly healing wound.

When the wound was gone, his body began to notice things. Sounds of things burrowing in the sand and small paws pushing against the sides of dunes, creating mini avalanches. His stomach growled, begging to be sated with the blood of a fresh kill.

---

"Are we satisfied now, kit? You held back your bloodlust long enough to save your friends."

"It should never have been an issue in the first place," Naruto replied, sounding less outraged than he had intended to. He had thougoughly enjoyed his rampage. Many small animals had fallen prey to him after invigourating hunts.

"You just have to teach yourself which blood will sate you. It's not the blood of your mate or your friends that should drive you, but the blood of your enemies and your prey."

"Did you have friends, before you were sealed in me?" Naruto asked.

"Sometimes... Friendship is complicated for demons."

"You killed them all, didn't you?" Naruto sighed.

"Not all, some of them got killed by others before I got the chance."

"You told me that I can control it. The most I can do is run away. What happens if I can't run away? Should I just let my friends die so that I can have some fun?"

"If you really want to, you can restrain yourself for a time, but why would you want to? Why would you need anyone else, espescially when you have an immortal companion living inside of you?"

"So I shouldn't live near humans?"

"Live near whoever you want, just make sure you want them to live, or they won't until you learn to let them."

"You never did it, why would I be able to?"

"You'll live forever kit, you'll figure it out eventually."

"I don't want to live forever! I want to have my friends, I want to live a normal life!"

"And I want..." the kyuubi gave him a bloodthirsty grin. Her claws tore parallel lines through his shirt, "To live free, eat flesh, and have fun... Lot's of fun."

Naruto felt sharp pain a moment later. He didn't think that she had hit him, but she had blood on her claws. Naruto felt his senses focus on the blood.

The kyuubi glanced at Naruto with a wide grin. She sensually licked her fingers one by one, and then slipped them all into her mouth. She sucked on her hand, and then withdrew it, leaving a thin trail of spittle running back to her lips. She dragged her fingers down her abdomen, leaving a shining trail to her crotch where here hand rested, rocking back and forth.

Naruto caught another scent emitted from the kyuubi's body. It was sweet, and musky, and strong. It aroused him. The kyuubi's body, which before had seemed strange to him was beginning to feel irresistibly attractive.

"Can you small that kit?" the kyuubi chuckled, "You like it, I can smell it on you like you can on me... I can see it too."

Naruto's hands snapped to his crotch to hide his obvious erection. The smell called to him.

"It's pheremones. Mine are strong kit, so don't think you can resist. The blood only makes it stronger."

"Temari... She smelled like this."

"You finally noticed, did you? Yes, she idolizes you for making Gaara act almost human, teaching him to restrain the savage desires that you are now struggling with. She knows you are strong, and getting stronger, with almost limitless capacity. She was also just coming out of heat at the time. A few days earlier, and you would have scented the fillness of it, but you'll never be able to trust yourself to her. Even if you manage to curb the bloodlust and aggresiveness, she'd never be strong enough to be a suitable mate for you. Maybe, you'll be able to use her to make kits of your own one day. Maybe you'll find someone else. Who knows, but until you can restrain youself from killing them, you're stuck with me."

"Yeah, stuck. Too bad for both of us."

"I take what I can get. If it displeases me, I kill it and move on."

"But you can't kill me. If you do, you die too. You'll never love me either, just use me to fill your bloodlust or whatever other urges you have."

"I am a demon, I never had love to give. I do not spurn companionship or coupling, because immortality can be gained though offspring, but love was never a factor. I'll please you to keep myself alive, and you'll do the same for me."

"And if I choose not to?"

"Who said you had a choice?" the kyuubi said as she whipped her hand out of her crotch. A small spray of her juices splattered into his face, filling his nostrils with the scent. "I'm telling you this because you want to mate with that sand bitch, even if you don't realize it yet. If you do, it will only end in her death, and this time you might really go though with your own."

---

Naruto woke up, laying in the shade of a dune. He could almost still smell the scent of the kyuubi. Had it been possible, remembering the scent would have aroused him even more. Naruto groaned and stood up, wondering how long it would be before he was able to maintain control.

Now that he thought of it, he wondered how he had managed to remain in control before he and Kankuro had left Suna. He had felt the bloodlust then, even bloodlust for the sweet blood of a child, yet he had remained calm and focused. He had been planning on killing the Akatsuki! He was already hunting prey. Maybe if he had a targetm, a focus of his dealier instincts, he would not kill something he did not want to. He needed to test his theory, but to do that, he'd need help.

After a quick run, he found Jiraiya and Temari looking for him. They had become worried when he had run off unexpectedly a few hours earlier.

"What happened?" Temari demanded.

"I'm sorry," Naruto said, "I cut myself, and the smell of blood made me lose control. I almost killed you."

Temari looked shocked.

"I'm alright now, but I need help. I need to test myself, I think I found a way to control myself, the reason I didn't kill anyone before I left Suna."

"I think you should explain your theory first," Jiraiya said.

"My prey was the Akatsuki, as long as they were alive, I was focused on killing them. Now that they aren't, any blood I smell seems to make me want to kill anything around me."

"So you're planning on having one of us kill an animal while the other holds an animal uninjured that you plan to kill yourself," Jiraiya mused, "But what if it doesn't work?"

"If it looks like I'm going to attack either of you, you detonate the explosive tags that i'm going to cover myself with."

"It's not going to work, kit, survival instinct will overpower the bloodlust. There can't be any immediate danger," the kyuubi interjected in his mind.

"No... There has to be a way."

Temari and Jiraiya looked slightly confused by his sudden change in demeanor.

"The stupid fox said something that might actually be useful," Naruto explained, "My plan won't work..."

"If you tell us why it won't work, we may be able to think of a solution."

"My will to survive is stronger than my bloodlust."

"Then you would be more likely to kill us to protect yourself. What if you used shadow clones?"

"As long as they could smell the blood, they'd lose control as well, even if we can only taste it in the air with our tongue, it's enough."

"Then I have a solution," Jiraiya replied, "but you won't like it."

"Tell me!" Naruto demanded, more agressively than he meant to.

"Toad oil. It is pungeant enough that it should block out the smell and taste of blood if you coat your nose and mouth with it."

"That doesn't sound too bad."

"Say that after you taste it."

---

Two clones stood a few meters away from Naruto, fighting the urge to eat sand in attempts to remove the sickening taste from their mouths. Both held small desert creatures. Naruto was having troubles of his own. Even without the scent of fresh blood, he had the urge to rip the creatures apart, just to create the scent.

"My target is that one!" Naruto yelled pointing at the one on the left. The one on the right used his tekagi to slice open the creature he was holding. The smell of blood filled Naruto. Moments later, the original Naruto was the only one left alive, his target having been the first creature to die.

"Now, aren't you glad that I interfered."

"Stupid fox, this is all your fault to begin with!" Naruto replied, "I can't go back. I can't be with people, or near them."

"You'll adjust in time," the kuubi said, "In the meantime, enjoy yourself. Kill something you hate."

"You really want to die that bad?" Naruto growled.

"You don't hate me."

"I'm just glad you can't put your stinking paws on me when I am–"

---

"Can't put my paws where, kit?" the kyuubi laughed as she grabbed him, "The angrier you are, the easier this gets."

Naruto growled angrily as he was pinned to the floor.

"Things would be a lot easier if you didn't fight me," the kyuubi chuckled as he futily struggled, "But then, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun for either of us."

"I'll never stop fighting."

"You like it that way to, do you?" the kyuubi slammed her lips down on on Naruto's, causing his teeth to pierce his own mouth.

When she finally pulled back, panting from lack of breath, Naruto surged forward, headbutting her in the chin. The kyuubi's head snapped back and Naruto sunk his fangs into her neck. Before he could swallow any blood, the kyuubi brought her chin back down on his forehead. The back of his head struck the stone floor. He was stunned for a few moments and kyuubi returned the bite, digging her fangs deeply into Naruto's neck. He tried to move and she bit down harder, making it more difficult to breathe.

"Know your place," the kyuubi growled playfully.

Naruto didn't know why, but he froze.

"That explains it. No wonder you've been having trouble. You were greedy, you took more than I intended. The submission instinct should not have shown up until almost the second tail."

Naruto's mind was too far gone into the smells emitted from the kyuubi to even hear what she had said. The kyuubi's claws made quick work of his clothes. He just lay there submissively as the kyuubi played with him, prodding and nuzzling his body to figure out how it reacted.

When her curiosity seemed to be satisfied, she lowered her pelvis violently, taking him inside her suddenly. She only grunted when she did. Her muscles rapidly unconstricted and adjusted. She moved hard and fast, her strength shaking his entire body every time her pelvis slammed into his. In very little time, he reached his climax and she allowed him to release within her. There was no fear of accidentally bearing children in the mindscape.

Naruto soon became limp and slid out of the kyuubi. With his carnal desires sated, his mind became lucid again. He looked up at the kyuubi. She looked disappointed. He was embarassed.

"I gave you everything. Are you happy now? Is that enough love for you?" the kyuubi asked.

Naruto nodded dumbly.

"Well now its my turn." She pulled herself forward until her dripping slit rested on his face. "When you're done, I not only want to be clean, but satisfied as well."

Naruto recoiled at the scent of his own in the liquid dripping from her onto him, but he felt guilty. He felt like he had used her, it had been her own doing, but it had been his first timeand she had given it to him until he was done, but he had been unable to do the same. He stuck out his tongue and let his instincts guide him.

---

Naruto woke up at noon. The sun seemed to be shining down extra strongly as if to beat him into the ground with its heat. His mouth was dry and his tongue was swollen and sticky. Blood may have satisfied his demonic desires, but it was not water. He groaned and stood up. He tried to smell for water, but his nose was dry and the desert air seemed to be free of any moisture for him to follow to its source. He began to trudge back towards where he had left the others.

Jiraiya was waiting for him. Temari wasn't. She had gone back to suna to check on Gaara.

"I guess you failed?" Jiraiya asked, handing Naruto a flask of water.

"I killed my target first... But not last."

"You won't be returning to Suna then."

Though it wasn't a question, Naruto nodded, "Can you tell Gaara and Temari for me? And if it's not too much trouble, help me train to keep myself in check..."

"You know, I was investigating the Akatsuki for Tsunade. She wanted to protect you."

"I'm sorry."

"I can't let her death be meaningless. You have to promise me Naruto, when you have finished your training, you will rebuild the village hidden in the leaves and become the sixth hokage."

"I'll definitely do it. I'll absorb all the kyuubi's chakra, control it, and then become hokage. I'll build the leaf back better than it ever was."

"If you don't, I'll kill you myself." The words were not uttered idly. They contained all the sadness that Jiraiya had been keeping bottled up for the sake of his former teammate's dream.

"If I can't, you won't have to," Naruto said determinedly, "I wish there was more I could do to repay you."

"Well... You could take my mind off of things with THAT jutsu..." Jiraiya grinned lecherously and then took a swig from the canteen.

"I had sex with the kyuubi."

Jiraiya's eyes bugged out and he sprayed the water all over Naruto. "You..."

"Maybe I'll tell you about it later instead, but I could use some advice."

"You're aware of how bad it is that you're doing that?" Jiraiya asked.

"What do you mean, the fact that she not human, she only exists in my mind, or is completely evil and wouldn't hesitate to kill me if she got half a chance?"

"Well since you seem to know the risks, good luck kid. You're finally becoming a man."

"I knew I should have asked someone else," Naruto grumbled, "I didn't even want to do it until she forced me to."

"Forced you... How did she do that?" Jiraiya asked, studiously taking notes.

"I'll tell you when the thought of it doesn't make me want to kill something," Naruto replied, "Now why don't you go tell Gaara, or if he's not up yet, Tem-err-Kankuro that I am not coming back until I won't endanger the people of Suna with my presence."

---

Temari came the next day.

"Where's Jiraiya?" Naruto asked.

"He said he wanted to do some research before he left," Temari said, "I brought you some scrolls of food and water. The meats raw, so don't take it out until you're alone."

"Thanks Temari," Naruto said, "If I come back this way before I'm done my training, I'll send Jiraiya to call you."

"Thanks, do you know how long it will be?" Temari asked.

"I don't know, weeks, years, maybe not even in your lifetime. If that's the case, I'll visit. Tell the Ichiraku's that I'll miss them, and will be dreaming of their ramen every night, at least when the fox isn't using me."

Temari stayed with him for the day, talking with him and watching him train to control the demon chakra.

---

The next day, noone came. He ate from the supplies that Temari had brought him, wondering what hotsping Jiraiya was researching at. He had begun to make slight progress. He could now conciously flick his tail. It wasn't much, but with time, he was sure he could use it as a weapon. A few clones practiced the chakra control exercise with the sand. It was like starting all over from the beginning because he had to hold the sand far enough out that it did not touch the aura of red chakra.

---

Temari came again, but she stayed away when she had seen he was eating and waited until he returned to training to be sure it was safe. She had brought him some takeout from the Ichiraku's. He learned that Gaara was recovering and that Jiraiya was still doing research. She told him that she had been doing patrol duty the previous day, but had watched his clones train from a distance. Soon there was nothing left to do since she couldn't touch him. She left.

---

Gaara came to thank him early the next morning, waking him from an encounter with the kyuubi. He was glad to be up, she had teased him relentlessly about their last meeting.

Gaara gave Naruto some tips on controlling the sand, and an hour and a half later, Gaara left. He had several days of paperwork to catch up on. Naruto had created a small circle of sand that shaded his head by the end of the day.

---

Jiraiya finally returned.

"You must have found a good bath house, it took you long enough to come back," Naruto said impatiently when Jiraiya greeted him.

"I actually spent my time in the library, researching jutsu for you. If you don't want to learn..."

"I'm sorry if I find that hard to believe when it's coming from the legendary pervert."

"Ungrateful little..." Jiraiya grumbled as he fished out a scroll, spreading it out on the ground so Naruto could look at it.

"I don't understand this at all," Naruto complained almost immediately.

"It's a medical kinjutsu. Most villages have it, but it's rarely used. It can alter a person's body using that person's own body and chakra as the materials and fuel."

"How is that suppose to help me?"

"A tail. If you create a tail thats full of tenketsu, it should be able to contain the extra chakra when you're not using it to fight."

"And it's dangerous?"

"If you use the wrong part of your body for materials, it is possible that you could kill yourself. Or you could drain your chakra reserves, but I don't think it will be an issue. As long as you don't sustain serious damage to your heart or brain, the kyuubi should be able to heal any mistakes that you make."

"How long before I am able to do it?"

"Probably not for years. Usually it's only done by the very best medic-nin, but they wouldn't be able to touch you to perform it. It takes extraordinary chakra control and knowledge of the human body."

"Then let's start training."

"Not yet. There are some other skills you need to master first. I had the ANBU in the tiger mask give me some scrolls of the forms that he was planing on teaching you. If you're going to insist on carrying that claw with you, you'd better learn how to use it effectivly. Secondly, I want you to master performing the rasengan with one hand. Finally, I want you to complete that sand exercise you've been doing."

"I've also been training to control the demon chakra, I can move it like an extension of my own body sometimes."

"Hows that working out for you?"

"I can kind of flick my tail sometimes," Naruto said sourly. Despite the number of clones he'd dedicated to it, he had barely made any progress.

"Well starting now, after every meal, I want you to spend half your chakra to create clones and split them evenly among those four tasks. By the next meal, your chakra should be almost replenished and ready for you to do it again. You'll get lots of training done while we travel."

"Where are we going?"

"The Akatsuki are still a threat, especially to Suna now that it has both you and Gaara. You are going to be performing missions, usually killing bandits that attack travellers and other missions that you can accomplish with your current difficulties. While you're killing everything in sight, I am going to be looking for information on Akatsuki and trying to find ways for you to control your powers."

"So Gaara's still giving me missions? Tsunade would have just let me train."

"If you can train and do missions at the same time, then you're gaining experience. Battle experience is important to any ninja. A ninja can be fearsome in battle with only academy level techniques if he has the experience to use them wisely. Well what are you waiting for? Make your clones and start training. We're leaving as soon as you have gathered up your things."

"Where are we going?" Naruto created his clones and they began their practice.

"There have been some incidents of attacks at the border of Fire and Water country. A caravan that travels the route was attacked last time they passed by and had their cargo stolen. You're to find and kill the bandits. You will recieve a hefty bonus if you can retrieve the cargo."

"Why did thy come to Suna, it's on the opposite side of the country isn't it? Why didn't they go to Kiri?"

"Other than the fact that Kiri is well known for the violence that occurs there? It's not known as the village of the bloody mist for nothing."

"There are still closer villages."

"They went to the closest village, but it wasn't there anymore," Jiraiya said irritably, "and their destination was Suna."

---

Jiraiya and Naruto travelled for three days. Jiraiya insisted that Naruto take the lead. When they ate, Naruto would leave until he was far enough that he could no longer smell Jiraiya's scent and would return when he finished eating, or had regained his senses after succumbing to his bloodlust. If Akatsuki were tracking them, they would have little trouble following the trail of destruction left by Naruto's rampages, and his training.

Now, they were at the halfway point. Jiraiya insisted on stopping. He had not gotten a chance to return to Konoha and needed some time to mourn. Naruto returned to where he'd lay down to die. Hinata's corpse was still there. Even with most of the body charred beyond recognition, it had begun to decay and stink. No animals had come to pick at the body though. No animals seemed to enter anywhere in the area.

Naruto walked to the center of the crater and began to dig a grave. He used his bare claws and dug the grave himsef without the help of any clones. It took him most of the day befor it was deep enough. He dug up a sapling from the forest and dragged it back to the grave. As he buried the body, he planted the sapling over Hinata's head and half buried a large stone at the trees roots. He had excavated the stone when he'd been digging the grave. It was covered in dirt and clay. Naruto scraped the dirt off, rubbing his hands raw and blunting all of his claws. When it was clean, he began to carve words into it with a kunai.

"Hinata Hyuuga. She loved a demon and died by his hand. Her death, a stain that he will never be able to wash away. Her sacrifice, a bond which he can never forget. And her love, his most treasured memory."

The words were a scrawl and by the time it was finished, several of Naruto's kunai were ruined. He had worked through the night and dawn was approaching. Jiraiya had finished whatever he had been doing and came to him, resting a hand on his shoulder. Naruto cried for her once again.; He had done the best he could at making her grave worthy of her, but somehow, it just didn't feel like much of a dent in the debt he owed her.

"You did good. I am sure she's happy that you did this for her," Jiraiya told him. Somehow, it only made him feel worse.

After some time had passed, Jiraiya left him alone again. Naruto spent the day gathering stones to line her grave and gathered flowers to plant on top.

By mid afternoon, the grave was as good as he could make it. He lay next to it and told her about what had happened since he had been taken away from Konoha. When he finished his story, he fell asleep.

---

Naruto had a good nights sleep. The kyuubi had not bothered him at all that night. He didn'nt know how he would have reacted if she had. He felt now like he was somewhat more full. The pain of loss had dulled somewhat thanks to what he had done. He had not eaten or dunk anything the day before, so he was ravenous.

He went to the remains of the forest that used to surround Konoha. While no wildlife seemed to actually enter the ruins of Konoha, the woods were teeming with it. Naruto smelled a deer. He followed the smell. He didn't usually hunt such large game, but he could always save the remanents inside a scroll. He had already finished most of the food Temari had given him.

When he got close, he lost the smell in a strange smokey scent. Jiraiya shunshined next to him. The old man usually left him alone when he was hunting, which meant something was going on.

"There are signs of ninja camping out near here," Jiraiya told Naruto, "We should move on now."

"I lost the prey anyway. Its smell is gone," Naruto agreed after a brief pause to still the anger at not having a fresh kill. He was getting dangerously close to losing control. By Jiraiya's tenseness, Naruto assumed that Jiraiya knew it as well.

The air whistled and Jiraiya deflected a kunai that had been aimed at Naruto.

"What are you doing? I almost had the demon!" a voice shouted. A leaf chunnin emerged from the forest. "We never should have allowed him to live."

More chunnin began emerging from the forest. Each one had a face filled with hatred.

Deep growling emitted unbidden from Naruto's throat. His muscles tensed in anticipation of battle and it took every ounce of will not to kill them all whetr they stood.

"Back off!" Naruto roared. Several of them loosed shuriken at him. Jiraiya, unable to dodge them all began to run.

"Where are you going, demon-lover? Afraid?"

"You'd be an idiot not to be. If you want to live, run!" Jiraiya yelled, not even turning around as he fled the scene.

Blood leaked from Naruto's wounds. It filled his nostrils and he lost the final thread of control he had retained. Red chakra flared menacingly and he launched himself at the nearest person. His Tekagi pierced the man's chest. Naruto ripped the tekagi out and was sprayed with blood. He licked the blood dripping from his blades, feeling a strong rush of excitement.

He laughed demonically and turned to the next prey. The ninja was trembling in fear, but he managed to begin forming handsigns before Naruto's claws tore out his throat. Some kunai deflected off of the iron plating in his shirt.

Naruto turned towards his attacker and let the blood drip from his claws onto his tongue.

"Kill the demon! Revenge for Konoha!" one of the ninja yelled. The remaining nija recovered from their trembling and attacked at once. In a flurry of claws and steel and red chakra, they were almost all destroyed, except for the one who had revealed himself first. He was rapidly performing handsigns.

Snake. Ram. Monkey. Boar. Horse. Tiger. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Naruto was engulfed in a ball of flames.

The fire didn't hurt Naruto, in fact, it felt downright cold compared to his own burning red chakra. He walked calmy out of the conflagration and grabbed the chunnin by the face. The ball of fire disappeared and the man's mouth instead expelled loud screams of pain as his face burned and his eyes heated up until the liquid inside burst out. The screams filled Naruto with a sense of pride and accomplishment. The screams only got louder as Naruto sunk his teeth into the chunnin's flesh.

---

Naruto did not wait for the kyuubi to act. His body was on fire. He slammed her to the ground and forcibly entered her. His claws dug into her until his fingers were buried in the flesh of her arms, holding her in place as he thrust into her.

The kyuubi moaned in pleasure and whimpered in pain with every thrust. Both filled naruto with more fervour and he thust harger, his fingers digging deep, bloody troughs into her as she was pused against their grip.

Naruto could feel her excitement. She was just as wanting as he was. The bloody encounter had filled both of them with energy that seemed as if it could not be explessed in any other way. Her already tight hole clamed down on his throbbing penis as he brought her to an orgasm. He had always finished first before. The new tightness pulled forth his own orgasm and he collapsed on top of her, panting from the exertion.

The kyuubi sighed contentedly, "You need to do that more."

"Don't you start thinking that I like you or anything. I had a need, you filled it, thats all," Naruto replied, "It's never going to happen like that again."

"It will happen again, and again. You're just being defiant when you say it won't happen again. You love it when it happens. You love feeling yourself release your seed into my belly. You love hurting me when you do it, and you love when I hurt you. You resist just so I have to hurt you. I'd wager that the part of you that's human has even begun to love me."

The Kyuubi grinned when she saw Naruto blush. She flipped him onto his back and mounted his once again erect cock.

"Now let me show you how this is done, because soon, you're going to be willing to do anything I say and this is the first thing I want you to get right."

---

Naruto woke when he was thrown into a cold river. The smell of blood was strong, but quickly fading as it flowed away in the current. Naruto felt surpisingly content. His belly was full, and his demonic desires sated more than they had ever been before. The cold wet wakeup call didn't even bother him.

Naruto grinnned stupidly at Jiraiya. The effect looked quite scary with the bared fangs and blood flowing from his lips.

"Ready to go?" Naruto asked, pulling himself up to the surface of the water which had begun to steam.

"Do you know what you did to those leaf nin?" Jiraiya asked.

"They attacked us, and I killed 'em," Naruto could not bring himself to feel remorse for them.

"Killed them, tore them apart, and ate them," Jiraiya said, "Even in the villae hidden in the mist, that kind of... killing... would be considered evil and barbaric."

"They attacked me, so it's their own fault. Why does it matter how I killed them?" Naruto's good mood was fading fast.

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Yes, I enjoyed it. I loved every second of it. Even when you threw me into the water, I hadn't felt so good since..."

"Let's go. You've done everything you possible could have here."

---

Jiraiya grew more and more distant from Naruto as they travelled. As the rift between Naruto and Jiraiya grew, Naruto grew closer to the Kyuubi.

"I don't suppose you know a quicker way to contain the chakra, do you?"

"It was my chakra, and I liked in the forest. Do you think I could have done it if I didn't?"
"Jiraiya's never going to trust me if I destroy everything I touch."

"Are you sure? You didn't want to learn from me before. What if I trick you?"

"You know what I'll do if you try," Naruto replied, "I can't continue like this. If my clothes and ninja tools weren't fire resistant, I'd have nothing."

"You can still touch me," the kyuubi said, stroking his chest, "How much do I have to give you before you give me something back."

"What do you want?" Naruto asked.

"Just kill someone else, like you did with those men who attacked you. I don't care who they are, or what other reasons you have for killing them, but do it like that every time."

"I don't even really remember what I did."

"You had fun. You enjoyed it. That's all it takes, the rest will come naturally. Show them what's inside you, and make the world fear me again. It will make things easier for you too. Your enemies will tremble in fear at your name... That is, if anyone manages to escape our claws."

"I don't think the next one will be a problem. I can't control myself anyway."

"You don't see it kit, but you're getting stronger."

"Not enough," Naruto replied, "It still only takes a little bit of blood for me to lose my mind."

"And it used to take only a single drop."

"So what do I have to do?" Naruto asked.

"Nothing. I've already done it."

---

The air was cold and damp. He hadn't noticed before. He had smelled the sea for miles before he had slept, but he hadn't been able to feel it like this. He shivered. He felt something bushy wrap around him. He hadn't meant to move it, but it had happened. He hadn't even known that the furry new appendage existed. It extended from the base of his spine. The tail itself was long and thin, but it was covered in bushy golden fur with reddish tips. It was so long that he could wrap it around himself twice if he wound it tightly.

He could still feel the demon chakra running through him, but it was no longer dense enough to be visible to a normal person's eyes. He formed his training regiment of clones and soon learned to maniputlate the tail naturally. He could even channel chakra through it and it was much easier to accomplish this through his tail than through his hands. It was not flexible enough to grab anything that he would be able to carry, but it was strong and he could whip it around, smashing things.

It wasn't long before one of the clones thought to try createing a rasengan on the end of his tail. It took a few tries to get it right, but the ease of the pure chakra manipulation that the tail provided helped him to achieve it a few minutes after he had begun. The tail became an even deadlier weapon. Without the rasengan on the end, the tail could create dents in trees, with the rasengan, the tail obliterated them.

"What are you doing!" A tired looking Jiraiya walked into the newly formed clearing where Naruto had been training. The first rays of sunlight were now appearing over the trees.

"Training!" Naruto spun in a circle and his tail shredded though a bunch of clones, including the one that had held the rasengan, which attached itself to the end of Naruto's tail.

Jiraiya's face showed a look of remaniscent feat when he saw the attack.

"Kyuubi..." Naruto heard Jiraiya mutter under his breath. The rest of the clones dispersed.

"I should have asked her from the start," Naruto said, "She made me like this."

"You're feeling okay?" Jiraiya asked, "Nothing strange is happening?"

"Well, all this training is making me hungry."

---

It was only an hour walk before they reached a small fishing village. Naruto was left alone while Jiraiya went to find a boat to charter. He stayed near the outskirts of town, trying to avoid contact with any large goups of people. Occasionally, people would notice him near the woodline and would turn to point and stare. When he noticed he was being watched, he backed into the woods until he was out of sight. People would come looking for him, often carrying sharp farm implements, but by the time they arrive he had usually moved on.

At one point, he smelled sweet innocent blood and heard crying. His instincts drew him towards the sound. A young boy had fallen and scraped his knee. His mother was bent over comforting him. A basket of herbs was strapped to the woman's back. Naruto stood at a distance. His body urged him on, but his mind held him back, barely. He flexed his fingers, causing the joints to pop refreshingly. As he looked upon the pair, dark thoughts raced through his mind.

'No one would notice if they disappeared.'

Naruto took a shuffling step forward.

'They shouldn't be out here alone.'

A burning sensation began creeping over his body.

'People will probably think that it is bandits.'

Smoke began to rise from the dry leaves under his feet.

'Their blood will be delicious.'

Naruto emerged onto the path, bearing a feral grin at the prey before him. Red chakra covered his body. His tail flicked back and forth excitedly. Where once had been fur, there was now only a mass of red chakra.

The woman screamed. Naruto felt proud of himself, but then noticed that she hadn't even noticed him. There really were bandits attacking and she had just used her own body to shield her son. Three men surrounded the woman and child. One reached out and pulled out a kunai that had lodged into the woman's back.

"Come now, miss, we aren't here to hurt ya," a tall skinny one said. He was dress in blue camo print khaki pants and a pale blue muscle shirt that hung loosely from his body. On his head was a slashed Kirigakure.

The second one was more stocky, muscular and bald with an ugly scar cutting across his cheek and wore standard black ninja apparel, though he did not move smoothly in it. The last guy was shorter and less defined. Probably a teenager who had just joined he band and was not used to this kind of thing. He seemed to be hoding back nervously.

"Hell, we'll just take the kid, and if you act real nice, maybe you'll have a replacement nine months from now," the stocky man said, pulling the woman away from the boy with a ruff jerk.

"Now, kill the kid, and prove you've got what it takes," the missing nin ordered.

"Back off, that prey is mine!" Naruto yelled, his words backed by a deep roaring growl.

The bandits turned and fear plastered their faces.

"Don't be afraid," the nin said shakily, "It's just a weak genjutsu to make him look more intimidating." He steeled himself, facing Naruto confidently. The others followed his lead.

Naruto chuckled and advanced slowly, his grin widening and becomeing more crazed and feral with every step.

The Kiri nin returned his gaze, gaining confidence as he began to perform handsigns. Naruto was amost upon him when he finished.

"Suiton: Hahonryo!" A mass of water began swirling in his hand, then exploded towards Naruto in a whirling torrent.

Naruto raised his arms in front of himself to block the attack. The skin was blasted from his arms as he was pushed back and then sent flying. He bounced twice off of the ground before coming to a halt. The increase in blood excited him. He rolled onto his front and pulled himself into a crouch. The exertion of his arms made blood spray from broken vessels in his arms. He licked his lips in anticipation.

Naruto dashed rapidly at the nin and formed the crossed tiger seal. A clone appeared in front of him. The clone ducked and Naruto used its body to leap into the air before it was destroyed. As Naruto came down, the enemy ninja smirked triumphants as he saw that Naruto was going to completely miss him and land with his back defenselessly towards him. He prepared another attack in the half second it took for Naruto to fall, not even seeing the rasengan that was slammed onto his skull by the burning tail.

The ninja's head exploded, sending brain matter spraying everywhere. The woman screamed more as Naruto turned to catch a chunk in his mouth. He chewed slowly and deliberately before spitting the remanents into the stocky bandit's face. The bandit puked in horror and whiped the blue-grey mush from his eyes.

The new joiner ran. He didn't make it to the trees before Naturo's tail whipped into his neck, snapping it like a twig. Naruto caught him before he could fall. The recruit was still alive, but paralyzed. Naruto held him by the neck. The contacting flesh burned and the recruit screamed. Naruto ripped off the shirt and sank his fangs into the deep pectoral muscle, ripping off a large chunk. Blood dripped down Naruto;s chin as he chewed and swallowed, then, using his tekagi, began severing limbs, doing his best to keep the body alive and screaming. The final bandit released the woman and ran. The woman grabbed her son and raced towards the village.

Naruto hesitated for a moment, then raced after the bandit. Letting prey escape was one thing, but the man had tried to steal his prey. Naruto refused to allow it.

The bandit's speed was no match for his. He raced through the wood and emerged ahead of the bandit. The bandit skidded to a halt, and turned, racing back the way he had come.

Naruto raced through the woods again, bursting out, just ahead of the bandit. The banit scream in pain and feas as he slammed into Naruto and then fell to the ground. He got to his knees and tried in vain to crawl away, but Naruto took a pair of kunai and pinned the bandit's feet to the ground.

"Please stop..." the bandit begged. I won't do it again.

"They were my prey. I wanted to kill them," Naruto growled, "You tried to take them from me, now you'll have to take their place."

The man struggled against the kunai embedded in his feet, attempting to escape. Naruto used his bare claws to slice through the man's achilles tendons. The man's hands clawed desperatedly at the dirt. Naruto walked calmy around and crouched in front of the bandit. He grabbed one of the man's hans and began methodically breaking every bone in it, waiting until the man stopped screaming every time to make sure he didn't pass out and miss the fun. Whe the firs hand was done, he did the other. Naruto then dislocated the man's elbows and shoulders. He lifted the man's torso up and bent it back until the hips poped out of their sockets and the man flopped backwards onto his own legs. Then, bending the other dislocated joints backwards, he tied the man's arms under the legs using the broken fingers. Naruto cut open the man's shirt and then placed his hand on the stomach, waiting until his hand had created an oozing black imprint, then using a claw wrote across the man's chest.

"Beware the Kyuubi and her Jinchuuriki"

When he was done with this, he left the man alive, in horrible agony for someone else to find and returned to where he had killed the other two. He dismembered the ninja, and ate and drank of the recruit until he was full; the young one smelled like the tastiest one after all. By the time he was finished, he had calmed down and the demonic chakra had disappeared back into his tail.

Naruto headed deep into the woods and lay down for a nap, and visit with the Kyuubi.

---

"How was that?" Naruto asked, "Was it good?" He could already smell the musk of the Kyuubi's arousal. His own arousal was even more obvious. He had thoroughly enjoyed what he had done, especially torturing the bald one.

"Well, you could have used some clones to hold the woman and child so you could have killed them too."

"I won't kill innocent people if I can help it. I am just glad those bandits were there. If they had not shown up, the kid and his mother would be dead."

"They're probably afraid of you now. You did yell out that they were your prey."

"I didn't wan't them to be. If the kid wasn't hurt."

"Even if you did want to kill them, you didn't thats all that matters. If that old pervert doesn't like it, then you can kill him too."

"I am not much better." The turns in their conversation had dampened his spirit a bit.

"I'm a demon. Who am I to say what sins you should not be allowed to commit, especially when I enjoy them so much." The kyuubi grabbed Naruto and forced him to the ground. She tore open his pants and swallowed his cock before his souring mood could make it fall flaccid.

"I shouldn't have enjoyed it so much. I did the most painful things I could think of to him that wouldn't kill him, just so he'd spread rumours of how scary I am. How am I any different from someone like Orochimaru, or Akatsuki. Regardless of who they are, I hurt and kill people for my own gain."

"You killed some Akatsuki, some bandits, and people who attacked you first. You're practically a saint."

"And all of Konoha... No wonder Jiraiya can't trust me. I could have run and escaped, but I killed them. What if Jiraiya knew them? Maybe they were his friends."

"Maybe he just doesn't like seeing his pupil grow into such a fine young demon." She bit down on him and he yelped in surprise and pain. His demonic chakra burst out and he grabbed the kyuubi by the ears and twisted. Her teeth released him and he pulled her head all the way down, enjoying the feeling of he tongue spasming under his shaft as she gagged.