Hasashi Rutaka was crawling towards a dirt path from a dark, dense forest, a trail of blood following him. His legs were destroyed, strings of flesh barely held together by the tendons. "O-Oh Kami pl-please save m-me!" Hasashi cried out, just almost reaching the dirt path before he froze, the same feeling that caused his legs to get destroyed gripping his coils. "Your god forsakes you." A young voice called out from the forestry, echoing in a menacing way. Hasashi tried to scream, but his body seized up on him, his chakra turning into water and flooding his system, squeezing out all of the oxygen he had in his, the water that flowed out of every opening in his body stained red with his blood. A blond child dropped down from the trees, slowly shaking, but quickly stopping.

Cold white eyes opened and stared at the body underneath him. Naruto wasn't pleased with this kill. He had waited a whole month for another bounty to pop up in Chiwa, a whole 2 weeks longer than it took the last one, and it was a pathetic prey. It had gained it's bounty because it had gone against Suna's government, saying that isolating it's jinchuriki would lead to bad events happening. He wasn't wrong, as Naruto had extensive knowledge of Jinchuriki. Orochimaru had a wide variation of knowledge on the subject, as he at one point wanted a Jinchuriki as a vessel. But, the Bijuu would just kill him should he try anything.

But that was besides the point. Naruto gripped the body by the collar and hoisted it over his shoulder, grunting slightly. He walked out of the woods and proceeded to walk down the path towards Chiwa. The family of merchants that saw him were terrified, and quickly turned around. Chiwa wasn't worth having to be anywhere near that scary of a child.

Chiwa's bounty office.

Naruto walked in, him and a single other person being the only occupants of the room. "Naruto-san, am I wrong in assuming that is the body of Hasashi Rutaka?" Came the bored voice of a 58 year old man that Naruto never bothered to learn the name of. "Yes." Naruto stated, dropping the body into the identification center before receiving his measly bounty. The man was only worth a C-Rank mission. "Do you have any more bounties for me?" Naruto questioned, and was disappointed when the older man shook his head in a negative way. "Tch. Thought so." Naruto stated, walking angrily out of the bounty station on the outskirts of Chiwa. He was a 7 year-old obsessed with killing.

He sighed, holding back from gripping the chakra of everyone in Chiwa. If it took longer than a month for him to receive another bounty, he couldn't be held responsible for what he would do to the people of Chiwa!

Bounty Office, after Naruto left.

"What do you mean someone already completed the bounty on Hasashi!?" Shouted an angry bounty hunter by the name of Hataima. Surname unknown. "I mean what I said Hataima, Hasashi is dead. His bounty was claimed literally 5 minutes prior to this confrontation." Stated the bored old man. Naruto was a godsend, he was the only reason the bounty station was still open. Hataima was a pest, saying he would claim bounties, but he had terrible skills when it came to finding the people he was supposed to kill. Naruto always got everything done within 24 hours of him picking up the bounty. He had no idea how he did it, but he didn't care. Though, the boy did always want to see something related to the person…

That was besides the point. Now he had an angry Hataima raging in his office because he was a pathetic bounty hunter. "Eergh, who completed the bounty?!" Questioned a determined Hataima. "Naruto." The old man stated, looking up to find Hataima gone.

Naruto's Tree.

Cold white eyes stared into the angry coal eyes of a civilian bounty hunter-wannabe below him. "Come down here! How can a child like you complete a bounty before something like me!?" Shouted Hataima. He had black hair, coal eyes, and pale skin. Naruto shivered slightly. His chakra was warm, meaning he had a fire element. His eyes had a chakra anomaly he never encountered before, but he assumed it was a dormant Dojutsu. But, the way his chakra was acting. It wasn't angry, but it was… happy? Naruto narrowed his eyes, glaring at the man. "Stop with this charade, sir. I am an impeccable bounty hunter, incomparable to the likes of you." Naruto stated, going along with the unknown man's game. He could tell that the man was doing something to make it seem like he had less chakra, but it was funneling into two places on his body, his shoulders.

Hataima mentally snickered. He had this boy in the bag. His acting skills were perfect, and perhaps he could get the boy.

Naruto noticed how his chakra swirled in a way that meant the man was amused, and his body started shaking when the chakra in the man's shoulders was released back into the body, making his total reserves much larger than any bounty he had faced before. Still smaller than Orochimaru's by a good margin, but the largest if he wasn't included. The man began going through handseals, before jumping up and trying to touch Naruto's forehead.

Said blonde fell down a gap in between two branches that he had purposefully sat over, waiting for this to happen. He gripped the branches, before throwing himself into the man's gut, gripping his head with his legs as the two fell towards the ground. But, the man flipped in the air, slamming Naruto onto the ground instead of him. Naruto grinned in excitement as he spit blood out, this would be a good fight.

Hataima grinned as he stared at the blond underneath him. "Hehehe, stupid brat! You should've been more careful around strangers!" Informed Hataima, before he noticed the glint in the boy's strange eyes. "I was." Naruto stated, chakra flaring throughout his arms before Hataima felt himself get thrown towards the tree, cracking the trunk with the force his momentum had. He felt a rib crack as well, the only reason he had less injuries was because he softened the blow with chakra.

Hataima looked up, noticing how the boy's arms were glowing an ethereal blue, before the glow dispersed into blue threads in the air. They repositioned, before the threads pointed towards Hataima. Naruto began shaking, wishing to feel this man's chakra enter his system. The threads of chakra in the air suddenly solidified, sharpening into points resembling a thousand senbon. Hataima's eyes widened. Naruto pulled his arms back, before hurling them forward, which caused the senbon to fly towards Hataima.

Said man began twisting and turning his body, a couple senbon here and there impaling his body but overall they just hit the tree. There was serious force behind those senbon, he noted. He was almost pinned to the tree, which was starting to crack even more. But, there was a much more pressing matter. Since the Senbon was made of chakra, they dispersed. But, instead of going into the air like the last time, they leaked into his body. And then his coils flared to life in pain, the foreign chakra acting like a poison to his body.

The pain ended quickly, since his chakra purged the foreign chakra, but the boy held his hand in a gripping motion. And Hataima felt something he truly wished he hadn't. The chakra in his body seized up, flowing towards the hand the boy held up. "M-My chakra!? AAargh! Wh-What are you d-doing to it?" Shouted Hataima in pain as h is chakra slowly leaked out of his body into the air.

"Your chakra? Hehehahaha! I think you mean my chakra!" Shouted Naruto pulling on the imaginary rope he had around the man's chakra. Suddenly, it was like a dam broke loose. A sea of luminescent blue flew towards Naruto, jabbing into every pore every entrance, and entering his system. It was quickly converted into Naruto's signature version of chakra, his eyes gaining a few more swirls whenever he would channel chakra. Hataima was dying quickly, his body on fire.

Naruto approached, his euphoria wearing off slowly. Hataima chuckled, coughing up blood. "S-So it was true. T-there was a child t-that could… C-Control someone else's c-chakra." Hataima said, keeling over and dying. Naruto searched the body, trying to figure out who the man was. He discovered that there were two seals on his shoulders, presumably chakra suppressing seals he had read about in Orochimaru's books. And, the shirt he wore underneath a knee-long jacket, had a red and white fan on the back. With the symbol of Konohagakure right above it, albeit smaller.

Naruto didn't care, but he hefted the body into his tree, hiding it in the leaves. There was something he wanted to try out, but first he needed to repair his tree. He touched the crack, noting how the tree was almost completely split, and slowly his hand began to glow green. The tree began to produce tiny saplings that dug into the top part of the crack from the lower part, before getting thicker and harder until replacement wood had filled in the crack. Naruto noted that charka was truly a useful essence.

Chiwa southern entrance, 3 weeks later.

Kakuzu stared, uninterested in the large, stone walls that surrounded the small town of Chiwa. He was only interested in being granted access to the town so that he could turn in his newest bounty. Any bounty station would be able to allow him to cash it in, he only hoped this puny town had enough money for the body on his shoulder. The large missing-nin walked forward until he was met with a large stone gate with two protruding wooden stations on either side. Two men were stationed there, with a blank look in their eyes, slouched over in there seats, arms resting on a small shelf in the stations.

"State your business in Chiwa." Spoke one of the guards, with a toneless voice and a blank stare. Kakuzu had never seen anyone in such a state, and it interested him. Perhaps there was more to Chiwa that could be of use to the man other than the bounty station. "I am here to cash in on the bounty that the dead man on my shoulder has." Kakuzu stated, using those words to try and get a reaction out of the civilian guards. He was surprised that they didn't even react, just standing there and staring at him.

"Please present a form of identification." The other guard stated, staring blankly off into the distance. Uninterested in Kakuzu, or perhaps something else…

Kakuzu grunted slightly, this village was less lax with it's security than the Hidden Villages. None the less, Kakuzu fished out his identification forms and placed them on the shelf in front of the guard. Said man's head flopped backwards, before flopping down to stare at the forms. "Perhaps your chakra will be different…" Whispered the man, though even Kakuzu could barely hear it. His eyes narrowed, but he retrieved his papers and entered the city anyway.

Kakuzu stared at the village, eyeing it's stone walls and dead-looking civilians. There were guard stations posted everywhere, and there were ninja hiding in the shadows, though Kakuzu could sense them. Just not all of them, though he didn't know that. Kakuzu pressed on, taking a right down a narrow path leading directly towards the bounty station.

Entering the tiny building, Kakuzu was greeted with an equally dead looking man staring at him with one of those, honestly creepy gazes. But, there was someone else in the room, someone that didn't look dead, but still held the gaze that everyone else did. "So this is the infamous Kakuzu. Welcome to Chiwa. I hope your stay will be, enjoyable." Stated the small blonde child, with a keen interest in his eyes. Kakuzu was shocked that this child knew of him, but he was still greeted with open arms.

Kakuzu almost felt humbled, but he shoved past the blonde and dropped the body in the collection section, before engaging the old man to collect his body. "I want the bounty on," "So the threads do have chakra running through them, and it recreates the chakra from the heart…" The old man stated, making Kakuzu's eyes widen. He gripped the man's throat. "It's impolite to attack someone making a simply observation, Kakuzu." Stated the small blond from behind said man, who was confused when both the boy and the man said the same thing at the same time.

Dropping his grip on the man's throat, Kakuzu whirled around and picked the boy up by the collar of his shirt. "What the hell is going on here?" Questioned Kakuzu, glaring for added effect. The boy began shaking from fear, making Kakuzu grin slightly. "You probably think I'm shaking with fear yes? Everyone of my prey thinks that. But it's not fear," Kakuzu dropped the boy, his threads going crazy, not reacting to his mental commands, the boy pushed himself off of the floor, shivering when Kakuzu fell to the ground, his threads wiggling both in and out of his body, "It's Excitement." Naruto finished, gripping the man's throat and slowly siphoning his chakra. Kakuzu's skin shriveled up, his muscles quickly grew smaller, his eyes losing their color as they slowly turned white, like everyone else in the town. Naruto let the pure euphoria hit him. Kakuzu had even more chakra than Orochimaru after all. His eyes rolled back, his tongue hanging out.

Once the pleasure high wore off, he grinned stared at Kakuzu's dead body. He flexed his hand, a miniscule amount of chakra flowing from it into Kakuzu's body. He would be used for intimidation, and if need be, Naruto would supply the body even more chakra. Necromancy was an interesting subject, and now an entire town was under his control.

Konoha, Council Meeting.

Minato and the rest of the Shinobi side of the Council sat there in boredom, listening to the Civilian side of the council ramble on and on about stupid things. Kushina was expecting their child soon, and Minato was stressed out more so than usual. "Just get to the point please." Minato finally spoke. The Civilians were shocked, but complied seeing as they hadn't given the reason for why they called this meeting. "We've lost any and all contact with Chiwa, the tiny trading city on the border of Suna and Konoha." Began a Civilian, only to get interrupted by Minato. "I sent a Shinobi team there to check out how everything was going, what's this got to do with anything?" Minato questioned, but he couldn't recall the report.

"Hokage-Sama, I am sorry for this, but did you even read the report?" Questioned a Council member that had a son on that team. "Of course I did! But, I can't exactly recall what was written." Minato stated, rubbing his head in embarrassment. The Councilman rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Hokage-sama, the entire town has changed. They have put up stone walls, a castle is being created by renovating the city hall, and the missing-nin Kakuzu was stationed as a guard at the Southern Entrance!" Urged the Councilman, shocking the Shinobi Council. "Wh-what? But, Kakuzu was the man that tried to Assassinate the Shodai!" Stated Minato, his jaw on the floor. "By all accounts he should be dead, but it is his Jiongu that allows him to live Hokage-sama." Informed Nara Shikaku.

"The team was forcibly told to leave Chiwa alone, or Konoha could face retaliation. Now, I doubt that Chiwa could stand a chance against the Might of Konoha," Began the same Councilman, but Nara Shikaku interrupted him. "Yes, but if they have someone such as Kakuzu posted as a guard, then they could definitely pose a threat worthy of looking into." Stated the Nara, before resting his head in his arms. Minato rubbed his chin, "Yes, certainly is…"

2 weeks later.

Naruto could feel something. Kakuzu could see a team from Konoha, though he couldn't actually see them, but he could sense them. Naruto grunted. Konoha finally noticed, and he wasn't stupid enough to think he could take on a whole village. He ordered Kakuzu's body to return into the safety of the walls, before he got up from his meditation room. About 25 bodies suddenly slumped over, being sustained by their chakra but not able to do anything. Naruto could keep about 45 bodies active and moving when he wasn't focused solely on his bodies.

As he approached the walls, he could sense the Konoha Shinobi take out his guards. He would just reanimate them later, but for now, there was a confrontation that needed to happen. He stood there, arms crossed, a neutral expression, before he flared his chakra, all of his siphoned chakra that wasn't in the bodies. He had quite a lot, Orochimaru's was enough alone to frighten the Shinobi. "Come out now! I won't fight! I wish to talk!" Shouted Naruto, and immediately three Anbu dropped down with their swords at the ready.

"So, Konoha takes notice of my exploits here in Chiwa." Stated Naruto, the three Shinobi simply staring at him. Dog, Bird, Boar. Dog stood, before speaking. "The Hokage wishes to know why you have cut off all trade with Konoha, and why you are harboring the missing-nin known as Kakuzu." Explained Dog, still in a ready stance, sword in a reverse grip.

"Well, I have cut all trade because Chiwa no longer needs support from any Hidden Village, though I will offer a treaty. And onto the situation with Kakuzu," Said man dropped down, making the Anbu tense. "Well, he wandered into my village, and I slaughtered him." Explained Naruto, until one of the ANBU, boar his name was, began to chuckle. "As if a child your age could kill someone like Kakuzu."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, not unnoticed by Dog. "I can freely give his body chakra," Said body began to have chakra transferred to it, scaring the ANBU as suddenly Kakuzu started to eerily glow blue, and they could sense how his reserves grew, "Or I can take all of the body's chakra." Finished the boy, causing the body to slump over, dead with no chakra. Dog's eyes widened behind his mask, just like Orochimaru's compound…

"Ah, by the feel of your chakra, you've realized it yes Dog-san? I am the child mentioned in Orochimaru's compound. I escaped by siphoning all of their chakra. They weren't using it to it's glorious capacity anyway!" Shouted Naruto, chuckling slightly. Dog disappeared, before reappearing on top of Naruto, who was on the ground. Naruto grunted, but he didn't resist the grip. "I told you, that I would negotiate with Konoha, so there is no need for your, hostility." Spoke Naruto, gripping Dog's chakra. Dog seized up, before his chakra moved to his muscles, forcing him off of Naruto and walking him back over to his team. Naruto released his grip, making Dog drop to the ground in fear.

"That was but a tiny display of what I can do, Dog-San. So, please, be a little nicer with your approach. If your Hokage would like to negotiate with me, than I will expect an escort, not a capture." Stated Naruto, before commanding his newly reanimated guards to open the gates, allowing the ANBU to see that the guards they thought they killed, were alive once again. Naruto walked past them, stopping right outside of the gates. He turned over his shoulder, "Are you going to escort or not?"

Konoha.

Minato gripped his hair, re-reading the report he had just received from a messenger hawk sent by the team that he sent to Chiwa. Kakashi was on that team, and he was lucky to be alive. They had figured out what had removed all of the chakra from Orochimaru's compound, and had discovered it was a 7 year old boy that could control someone else's chakra to the point he could reanimate dead bodies, and make Kakashi move against his will, even going as far to be able to siphon chakra from those he killed for his own use. At least he was willing to negotiate, but Minato was still worried. He was scared that perhaps this boy could kill even the likes of him, or worse, Kushina. His wife had a seat on the Shinobi council, but he would request that she doesn't show to the meeting. Though, to be honest, she probably would any way.

A nurse burst into his office, with a frightened look. "Hokage-Sama, Kushina-sama's water just broke!"

With Naruto.

It had been 2 days since he started getting escorted by the ANBU, which basically meant that he walked alone on the dirt path while they protected him in the trees. He was walking at a leisure pace, if only to annoy the ANBU. He began to ponder on his actions the past few months, but then he felt it. It was miniscule, but it was enough for Naruto to know what it was. Youkai.

The ANBU immediately noticed a change in Naruto. He stopped, started shaking, before he bolted forward, at a rate that could compare with The Hokage's Hirashin jutsu. They were just barely able to keep up, mainly because the boy seemed like he was slowly getting overwhelmed by something, because he would randomly trip, and begin breathing heavily before he shot off again. Then they noticed it, the feeling of the Kyuubi.

Konoha, 1 hour later.

Minato stared up at the large fox, determined to think of a way that he and his village could survive this attack. First that strange man attacked him and his wife, using their newborn child to bait Minato into leaving the scene, giving him enough time to release the Kyuubi upon Konoha. Minato summoned Gamabunta, and now he found himself staring eye-to-eye with the Bijuu that could potentially destroy his village. His home. He could see the Sharingan in it's eyes, and knew that if he survived this, he would have to make sure that the Uchiha's weren't hated. It was only because that man was controlling it.

And then, Minato noticed something strange. There were three ANBU, and a small blonde boy running towards Konoha's gate. He realized who these people must be, and his eyes lit up slightly. Perhaps this boy's powers could hel-Minato stared as the blonde boy jumped up onto Gamabunta with him, holding his hands out and shaking. "You will submit to me 9-Tails!"