All right time for the next chapter! I didn't think I would be able to get another out so soon. I hate to say that this probably won't be a regular occurrence. I'll try as hard as I can to update when able, but there's no guarantee it'll be a stable time frame.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

"Standard" Talking

"Italics" Thinking

"Bold" Kyubi speaking "Bold Underline" Kyubi thinking "Bold Italics" Raziel speaking "Bold Italics Underline" Raziel thinking

Last time on Spectral Ninja.

"Who are you and where are we?," asked Naruto. "I am Raziel and we are in your mind young one." Said Raziel with a hint of humor in his, now identified as a male, voice. Suddenly he turned serious, "Come, there is much we must discuss."

New stuff starts now!

"I am a Wraith, a being of the Spectral Realm that the souls of the dead roam." Raziel began. "The sword you picked up is known as the "Soul Reaver" and was my prison for many eons. When you touched it, you allowed me to view your soul and I am amazed at the purity of your soul given the circumstances of your life." Raziel continued, "In light of this I have decided to try and help you, but the sword is no longer usable. It has deteriorated to the point of breaking and no one is left who maybe able to repair it."

"How are you going to help me then" Naruto asked with a tilt of his head that showed his confusion. "I am going to leave the sword and merge with your-" At this point they came across a very large room with an equally large cage. From within, the sounds of a girl crying could be heard. Naruto, curious and not wishing for the girl to cry, rushed forward through the bars of the cage to see what was wrong. Within the cage he found a girl lying on the floor crying her heart out. Naruto was amazed by her beauty and kimono; it was very form fitting, red with black designs ending in a picture of a Nine-Tailed Fox on the back.

"What's wrong, why are you crying" Naruto asked the girl. "Who's there?" she asked. When she turned around and saw him her tear's increased twofold. She jerk forward and hugged him, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry!" she cried over and over. Naruto was confused, but tried his best to comfort the girl. "What are you apologizing for?" Naruto asked. "It's all my fault for the villagers cruel treatment of you." "If I hadn't let myself be controlled by that miserable Uchiha, you wouldn't have suffered so much!" Naruto was confused further, just who was this girl. "Excuse me miss, but who are you?" The girl looked at him with sadness. "I am the Kyubi no Kitsune" she answered. Naruto was shocked, this was the demon that attacked the village, but she seemed so kind and lonely. Naruto made up his mind and simply smiled and said, "I forgive you, I won't let you be lonely anymore Kyubi neechan.

Kyubi was completely flabbergasted, not only did he forgive her he even called her sister. She could only hug tighter and say, "Thank you so much little brother."

"Beautiful…I have not seen such beauty and grace in eons" Raziel thought. It was at this point that Raziel decided to try to explain his own presence to the beautiful demoness. Coughing to get their attention, Raziel was shocked to see Kyubi's eyes turn hard and she positioned Naruto behind her in a protective stance. "Wait Kyubi, I have not come to harm the boy! I have seen his life through his memories and I want to help him." He said, trying to prevent a fight.

"Who or what are you?" Kyubi asked not moving away from in front of Naruto. Raziel proceeded to explain the events of his life leading up to now. To say Kyubi and Naruto were shocked beyond belief was like saying Shikamaru was only a little lazy. Big understatement. "I have decided to help Naruto, but as the sword is broken we would have to merge souls for me to offer any help at all." Naruto looked at Kyubi and then Raziel and asked, "What would this do to me?" "It would grant you immortality for a start and in time you would gain all my many abilities including my sword." At this Naruto was confused, "What sword?" he asked. Raziel's response was simply to summon the Spectral Reaver. He chuckled at their dumbfounded faces. "This is the Spectral Reaver, it is a blade made up of my soul and devours the souls of those it kills. Each strike not fatal will weaken your foes soul, slowly sapping their strength until eventually you will be able to pull their soul right out of them to devour yourself." "Why would I need to devour their souls?" Naruto asked. "If you merge with me, you will become a devourer of souls like myself." Raziel explained. "I don't want to devour peoples souls!" Naruto exclaimed, scared of how that would make people hate and fear him even more. "Calm yourself Naruto, you would only need to devour souls if you wanted to heal injuries to your body during combat, you could simply go to the Spectral Realm and absorb the excess soul energy that the Realm produces, before returning to your body." "Oh ok, um…what do you think neechan? "I think you should do it Naruto, it could give you the power to protect the ones you love, like the Hokage and the nice people who own that ramen stand." "Also Raziel, I believe if we combine my demonic physical energy with your unique spirit energy we could grant Naruto a whole new kind of chakra." Raziel pondered this for a moment. "Yes it could be very powerful, but the fact remains, will you do it Naruto?" "I'll do it, to protect all those precious to me!" Naruto exclaimed. "Then let the process begin." Said Raziel.

With those words the real Naruto's body was enveloped in a red/green aura, as the sword disintegrated, which slowly turned to black with a red outline. (Think Ichigo's aura from Bleach, which I also don't own) When it died down a few changes had occurred to Naruto's body. His hair was now black, though it still stuck up in its normal fashion. His body had gained some height, he was now 4'5 instead of the measly 3'2 he had been before, and some muscle, and his eyes had turned pure white like Raziels.

When the energy had begun to envelope him the coffin had started to open and out came the once king of the Vampires and the Scion of Balance.

Kain was awake at last.

All right another chapter is done, but I'm sad to say that I probably won't be able to write at all during the week due to work, or even the weekend if they decide we need to work more hours. Sigh…the job sure pays well, but it doesn't give me much time to do anything. Please offer your opinions of how their conversation went, as that is what I'm probably going to need the most help with in future chapters.