Steve: YO! Uncutetomboy's bro here! Just gotta say that I so sorry for being late, but with pulling overtime to make some extra cash and Christmas and New years... I've just been overwhelmed sooo... To make it up I'm posting two chapters at once!

Pen-pen: Wark warrk! (About time!)

Hinata: Sorry Steve-san, but... I have to agree (pokes fingers together)

Unit-01: How about we continue with the Fanfic?

Steve: Right! Hinata if you would!

Hinata: Okay Steve-san. Thank you:

Morgan Daratrazanoff

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HarmoniousPie

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blackwolfgirl88

Kitsune of Fire

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The PhantomHokage

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Author's Note

Kumori Shadow Kage

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Steve: Well, Let's get this show on the road! Pen-pen!

Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)

Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.

Why me? Shinigami/Demon

'Who?' Thoughts

-YO!- Animal speech

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LAST TIME ON "TALES OF A MAHO SHINOBI"

Gathering her thoughts she begins "My story begins over 10,000 years ago in the capital city of a land called Atlantis. You see I was a princess and..."

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"... my name was Amakirr, or gem blossom. This was because in the right light my eyes would glint like rubies. My father was the current High Priest-King and I never knew my mother though I did have my suspicions as to which one of his wives she was." Kyubi chuckles seeing Naruto's disbelieving look. "In Atlantis, as long as you were in love you could marry. So it wasn't that uncommon to see a man with several wives, or a woman with several husbands. Anyways, I was going to become the next High Priest-King and-" Suddenly she's interrupted by Naruto.

"Kyubi-chan, you mean priestess-queen right?" Naruto asks her.

"No, I mean Priest-king. Priest-king was just a title, much like -dono is today. And it would be the Priest-kings spouse that would have the title of queen. I was only a priestess until I ascended the throne." She starts to chuckle even more "Though with todays society I can see why you would be confused. Well, moving on... Growing up I was surrounded be siblings though I was closest to my half-brother Methos and my cousin Lunaria, who later became the Nibi no Nekomata. Oh, how I wish you could experience life in Atlantis Naruto-kun! The smell of feta bread, the taste of trilobur tea... all these and more I wish I could share with you. (Sigh) Now I can only experience them in my memories..." Kyubi trails off looking lost, as if she is looking back through time itself and once again experiencing what she has described.

'Kyubi-chan... She looks so sad. I wish I knew how to make her feel better... Wait a minute!' Naruto flashes back to when he had seen a sad little puppy at the Inuzuka compound who had been cheered up when it's sibling had licked it's chin. 'Well, she is a fox so it's worth a try.'

Kyubi is lost in her memories when suddenly she feels something wet touch her chin. 'What the heck?' Looking around she sees that it was Naruto, who then licks the bottom of her chin some more causing her to shiver.

Naruto stops and looks at her "Kyubi-chan, are you okay? It's just that you looked sad... So I tried something I've seen work." He told her sheepishly.

Kyubi just softly smiles at him. "Of course I'm okay Naruto-kun! I was just remembering friends and family long dead. So don't worry! I got new friends, including a very special one in you." She tells him causing a blush to break out on his face. "Give me a second okay Naruto-kun?" Concentrating, a mist starts to gather around them until all Naruto can see is Kyubi's face. After a few seconds pass before the mist begins to clear until they can both see what is around them causing Naruto to gasp.

"Kyu...Kyubi-chan! What's going on here!" Naruto yells out as he can see his surroundings. The reason being he is on a hillside outside a grand city surrounded by seven walls. His head whips around when he here's Kyubi's laughter.

Once she stops she turns towards Naruto "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I needed that." Looking around she sighs in both contentment and sadness "As to where we are... Well I guess that we are in my mindscape. The city before you is the capital of Atlantis, and the fortress on the top of the middle hill is my childhood home." Suddenly she grins before running towards the city. "Come on Naruto-kun! Catch me if you can!"

Naruto just stands there in disbelief 'I can't believe she did that! Wait a second...if I'm standing here then...' "OH NO YOU DON'T KYUBI-CHAN! I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU! DATTEBYO!" He begins to race her, slowly closing the gap. Once he got close enough he jumped on her back causing her to squeal in joy as they both slide along the ground. Looking up both see they have come to a halt by a open gate. "Huh. Looks like we got here just in time, eh Kyubi-chan?"

"Heh! Don't worry Naruto-kun this gate was always open. Anyways... would you like to have a look around?" Kyubi sees Naruto nod his head before yawning a bit. 'Look at him. I forgot how tiring everything we've done could be... Hmmm, I know!' Smiling at Naruto she once again assumes her human form followed by Naruto (Who is a bit confused). She then picks him up and holds him to her chest as if he was a teddy bear, using her tails as a type of seat. "Well are you ready Naruto-kun?"

'I could get used to this.' Naruto looks up at Kyubi's smiling face "Yup! I'm ready Kyubi-chan! Especially since I'm really comfy where I am." He tells her as he leans back, almost causing her to drop him in surprise.

'Only you Naruto-kun could make me blush so much... Your just too innocent.' Shaking her head she walks into the city, pointing out the different sights and telling him about some of her adventures as a little girl. "...and then Lunaria chased me through the temple screaming bloody murder... To be truthful I think she looked good with blue skin and pink hair hehehe." She notices Naruto trying to word a question. "Yes Naruto-kun?"

"Um, well...you said you were a priestess right?" Kyubi nods " So what were you a priestess of?"

Kyubi looks at him in shock "Well actually that's a very good question Naruto-kun. You see while we worshiped different gods the main part of our religion revolved around the different elemental forces. Being next in line for the throne I was a priestess of all the elements. They were:Fire, water, air, earth, life, death, light, dark, law, chaos, and void. However, I mainly dealt in the four main elements as well as chaos. In a weird sort of irony kitsune naturally lean towards those same elements."

"Wow! That's amazing Kyubi-chan!" Naruto exclaimed causing Kyubi to blush. "But what about Lunaria?"

'You know? I haven't gotten praised this much in millinia..' Hearing his question about her best friend her attention turns to matters at hand "Well, Lunaria was in fact a priestess of fire and death. In fact she could use special spells to animate and control the dead. You'd have to ask Harry-kun if such magic is still around. However, I think that your probably interested in what transformed me into a kitsune correct?" Seeing his nod she continues "Well in order to understand how you got to know about the state of the world at the time. The sad fact was that the three great nations of the time, Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria were at war with each other. This war became known as the Ouruborous war due to the fact that like the symbol it was never ending. Since Atlantians, Murians, and Lamurians all lived an extremely long time we were at war for a equally long time. In fact from the war's beginning to it's end was almost a thousand years..."

"A thousand year war... Alot of people must have died huh Kyubi-chan?" Naruto asks her sadly.

"Yes, Naruto-kun, alot of people who didn't have to die did. Such is the problem with war. Some might argue that the most technological advancement might come during war, that type of thinking is flawed in that the advancement is only to find new ways of killing. It is only in the aftermath that people might find other uses for such technology. But back to my story. Each of the three great powers specialized in a particular field: Mu in technology, Lemuria in the mystic arts, and Atlantis in a combination of the two. As the war escalated each side brought more and more powerful weapons. Mu created a device that harnessed the power of the sun which they used against military installations. Lemuria actually created powerful beings called aeons from the echos left by the dead. And Atlantis? We created giant war machines known as colossus. Later to combat the Aeons and Murian bombs we created creatures through magic and technology that you would know as Kaiju. Giant monsters designed to destroy just about anything with their myriad powers. (sigh) We were such fools..." Kyubi just sadly shakes her head.

"But, Kyubi-chan! You're like super smart right! I mean how were you fools?" Naruto asks her, his head cocked to one side.

"Naruto-kun, I'm not that smart." Seeing the stubborn look on his face that says 'I knows what I knows and that's the truth!' she giggles before becoming serious once again "We were fools Naruto-kun in that my dear uncle" Here her tone is much the same as when she mentions Madara "Had tricked everyone into going into a self-destructive war, merely to advance his own agenda. The bastard!"

Naruto gets a confused look "But why would he do that?"

"The reason being that he needed everyone at war so that no one would notice what he was up to till it was too late. And before you ask he was creating Philosophers stones to be used in a ritual he designed to grant himself the power of a god as well as immortality. Therein lies the reason for him causing the war, in order to make just one moderately powerful stone you would have to sacrifice thousands! He had a chieftain from the continent to the east of Atlantis as well as a Lemurian Noble and the son of the Murian emperor as part of his little conspiracy. As the war ended and the Gods were going to transport Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria (a fact that only a few of us knew) he put his plan in motion. By this time he had merged the hundreds of stones into one Mega stone and began the ritual in on a isolated temple. Fortunately me and several others had caught wind and were preparing to stop him. There was me and Lunaria from Atlantis, Shukaku (Who was a very powerful psychic) and his sister Lorina from Lemuria, and Telilia a priestess of the Rainbow Serpent (a Murian god). We interrupted his little ritual, but we were in a way too late. Instead of splitting the power four ways, it instead was split nine ways..."

"Nine ways...?" Naruto asks himself in confusion, when his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "Nine ways, nine tailed beasts!"

"Correct, because the ritual split the energy nine ways, nine bijuu were created. Each one of us became a demon that matched our personality or abilities. Because I dealt in all nine elements as well as having a massive spiritual reserve I became a nine tailed fox, while Lunaria having dealt in fire and death became a Nekomata. However, it was when I woke up that the greatest tragedy became apparent. You see my uncle knew that even that many philosopher stones couldn't give him enough energy so he designed the ritual array to draw energy from every living thing around in particular Atlantians, Lamurians and Murians since they had the greatest amount of magic and spiritual energy. The result was that out of the some sixty million people who survived the war only twenty thousand in what would become the Elemental countries survived. And millions more lost their lives back on the original earth. Because of this civilization collapsed and the people reverted to a tribal state. Us bijuu, well those of us that interrupted the ritual tried our best to help the people to regenerate civilization. About two thousand years after the cataclysm, as we called it, the Gobi no Raikou appeared followed by the Rokubi, Hachibi, and Sanbi." Kyubi tells him.

"But Kyubi-chan, weren't they the ones who betrayed you and the others?"

Kyubi sighs "Yes, they were Naruto-kun. We should have known who they were, but we were too busy to pay any real attention. They were in fact my uncle and his fellow conspirators. In fact my uncle was the Hachibi/Yamato no Orochi, the eight tailed/ eight headed serpent. His son is the snake boss Manda as a matter of fact." Kyubi sighs sadly "We should have had an inkling when everytime a civilization almost reached a certain point it would collapse under a slew of natural disasters. One of the worst was a fifteen-hundred years ago when the world became locked in a miniature ice-age. As it turns out it was the Gobi and Rokubi that had caused that. I think they wanted to keep humanity at a level where they could control them by continually knocking them down. It was soon after that my dear uncle and the bitch Morgana sealed me within a child they had created." Kyubi finishes in disgust and self-loathing.

Kyubi and Naruto keep walking in silence until "Kyubi-chan..." Noticing that she's looking down at him he continues "I'm so sorry that I made you relive painful memories again." Naruto tells her with tears in his eyes.

"No! Don't you ever be sorry for asking me to tell you about my past Naruto-kun!" Kyubi tells him as she turns him around and tightly embraces him leaking tears from her eyes "I actually liked getting all that off my chest. And I relived some good times as well. To be frank, a part of me is glad all that happened. Otherwise I would never had met you Naruto-kun, though some parts I could have gone without." She tells him while tearfully laughing along with Naruto.

"I'm glad too Kyubi-chan. I don't know why but when I'm with you everything seems as if it will be alright. Everything seems brighter somehow since meeting you..." Naruto trails off as he tries to explain something that he himself doesn't understand.

'So... He can feel it too huh? It's obvious that he doesn't know what is happening because of the way the seal was designed.' Kyubi takes a deep breath "Naruto-kun, remember how the Hokage told you that the seal was designed to slowly over time absorb my power?"

"Ya, I do Kyubi-chan... Why do you ask?"

"Ah... Well you see..." Kyubi trails off as she tries to find a way to tell him 'Might as well come out with the whole truth I guess...' Clearing her throat she begins "Well, you see the seal... It's kinda merged our souls... In a way that is."

Naruto blinks a few times and the blinks somemore before... "NANI! What do you mean merged our souls Kyubi-chan! Does that mean you're going to disappear! Please don't go!" Naruto yells at her sobbing.

'Great job Kyubi... You made Naruto-kun cry! Better fix this...Though it makes me warm that he's more worried over my well being.' Softly smiling she puts his fears to rest "Don't worry Naruto-kun I'm not going anywhere if I can help it. I won't leave you alone, ok?" she tells him while wiping away his tears with her thumb. "Relax, all I meant was that our souls are now connected through the seal. I'm a part of you and your a part of me."

"(Sniff) You mean it Kyubi-chan? You won't ever leave me alone again?" Naruto asks her through drying tears before hiccuping.

"Every word of it. Now that we have a piece of each other inside of us we'll never have to be alone again. Our souls are now linked through eternity, forever bonded to each other. As the bond becomes stronger we'll eventually be able to sense what the other is feeling, maybe even share thoughts. Who knows?" Here Kyubi lets loose a giggle "Maybe one day if I can get out of here without killing you in the process you'll be able to see out of my eyes and senses like I see and use yours, hmm?" She teases him as he goes red from embarrassment. A moment later she also goes red as he snuggles into her while yawning "Well, looks like someone is ready for bed?"

"Eh? Who's ready for (yawn) bed Kyubi-chan? Are you tired or something?" Naruto asks her pretending not to be tired and failing miserably.

"No, you are silly boy! I mean look at you! You're practically falling asleep! And don't say your not I can tell!" Kyubi admonishes him with an amused look on her face.

"(Yawn) Fine! I'm the one who's tired okay!" Naruto tells her with a pout on his face causing her to giggle.

"Well, I'm a little tired myself so how about we go and take a nap? Hmmm?" Kyubi asks to which Naruto nods enthusiastically. The next second they are surrounded by the fog and when it clears they find themselves in Kyubi's apartment (a.k.a the seal). Kyubi carries him over to her bed and with a poof of smoke he's in his sleeping clothes (a smaller version of his canon ones). She then proceeds to tuck him in by which time he's fast asleep. Walking over to her couch she lies down and makes herself comfortable.

A few minutes later she is about to fall asleep when she hears Naruto moaning and thrashing around. Quickly getting up she rushes over just in time to hear some of his nightmare "NO!...Kyubi-chan.. don't die... please stop... you're hurting me.." Shaking him awake she gets hit as Naruto jumps up knocking their heads together. "ITAI! Oh, Kyubi-chan are you okay!? Who did this, I'll beat them up!" He looks down at the sound of Kyubi laughing.

Looking up, Kyubi can see the confused look on Naruto's face "It's okay Naruto-kun, You just sat up too quick and knocked some sense out of me with that hard head of yours." She sees him smiling before a nervous look comes over his face 'I wonder if his nightmare was that bad? One way to find out.' Getting up off the floor she sits beside him on the bed "Naruto-kun..." Seeing him look up as well as the fear in his eyes causes her breath to catch in her throat 'What kind of dream could possibly have this much of an effect on him?' Gulping she decides to ask "Naruto-kun... What happened in your nightmare?" He's silent for a few minutes and she's about to tell him that he doesn't have to tell her, when he suddenly jumps into her arms sobbing out his story. Kyubi needless to say is shocked when he tells her what happened.

"I..(sob) was in the village when (sob) I saw you lying on the road with all these holes and... (sob! sob!) There was so much blood and when I went to try and help you (sob) all these faceless villagers arrived and began to.. to..(sob) beat me while forcing me to watch as they killed you (SOB!)... And then you stood up covered in blood and cuts and... and...(Sob) You said it was all my fault. Then you disappeared leaving me all alone in the dark and...(sob)" Naruto can no longer go on as he fully breaks down. Suddenly he feels warm as Kyubi tightens her hug and wraps her tails around them both as if afraid to let him go.

"Naruto-kun..." Kyubi looks down at the sobbing boy trying to comfort him by rubbing his back while keeping the hug tight. 'To think that a dream like that has caused him to break down like this... That's your biggest fear isn't it Naruto-kun... To be alone forever, to live in such a hell...' Leaning down she kisses him on his forehead which cause him to shock still.

'Wha... What the heck?! Did Kyubi-chan just kiss my forehead?!' Looking up he can see Kyubi looking at him with eyes that are glistening with unshed tears. 'Oh no... I made her cry...' "Kyubi-chan, I'm sorry for making you cry-" is as far as he gets before Kyubi interrupts him.

"Don't... Don't say your sorry. I'm crying because your in pain and... and for once I'm unsure of what to do..." She tells him before burying her face in his hair, taking comfort in it's smell and soft, fur-like texture. She can suddenly fell Naruto's arms wrap around under her armpits and tighten as if he was afraid that she might disappear if he let go. 'Oh, Naruto-kun... I..I don't know what to do... For once I'm at a complete loss as to what to do...' As she's thinking she remembers a similar event when she was younger, about Naruto's age, and she had experienced a nightmare. She remembered how one of her mothers had walked in and comforted her.

Naruto meanwhile is undergoing his own internal struggle. 'Stop! Stop it! You promised yourself that no-one would ever see you cry again! You swore you wouldn't!... But then why?! Why can't I stop crying?...' Naruto's thoughts grind to a halt as he feels Kyubi's hug become warm and tight with her tails wrapping around him like extra arms with one rubbing his back through his pj's.

"It's okay Naruto-kun. Let it all out now, it's okay. You were there for me, let me be there for you.." And with those words Naruto lets go. He releases everything that he's been hiding from everyone. All the anger and hate, the sorrow and depression. He let go of his sadness and self-loathing. Between the sobs, Kyubi's heart breaks listening to the cries of an almost broken child. A child who should have been enjoying life instead of fearing for it. A child who has grown up far too fast and will never have, can never have, a true childhood. Her heart breaks even more as with each sob a wave upon wave of emotion hits her through the link they share. A process that had begun with her breakdown ends with Naruto's. Slowly, almost painfully so, the sobs subside as do the emotions surging back and forth through the link. Two wounded souls linked through forevermore by their shared pain and loneliness, can finally find comfort in one another.

The bond between them has become strong and they know it will only get stronger from here on. They both realize that there will be times where they will be hurtful, spiteful even, to the other. But they also realize that their bond will never break, through the good times and the bad, the joy and the grief the other will always be there for them.

'Gods... I'm exhausted... and I'm not the one who just had a break down.' Kyubi thinks as she holds a hiccuping and trembling Naruto who has no more tears to cry. "There we go. Are we feeling better Naruto-kun?" She asks him, getting a tired nod in return "Good,now I know you had a bad nightmare but that's all it was, a nightmare. Trust me on this, I would never do what happened in your dream to you. Now, you need your sleep, I'll be waiting for you in the morning. Good-night." Kyubi finishes as she kisses him on the forehead after once again tucking him in. Just as she is getting off the bed Naruto reaches out and grasps her hand.

"Kyubi-chan..." He says looking at her with a pleading expression "I... I don't want to be alone tonight... Could you... Do you think that maybe you and me could sleep, ya know, in the same bed? Not do anything! Just... sleep?" Naruto asks her while looking down ashamed.

Kyubi's breath catches in her throat at first, but after thinking it over a bit she nods. In a puff of smoke Kyubi's Kimono disappears only to be replaced by a long, conservative nightdress. Pulling back the covers she gets in and in a flash has Naruto snuggling into her. She then wraps her arms around him and, emotionally drained, Naruto looks up "Kyubi-chan... I've never had someone sing me (yawn) sing me to bed before... Could you...?"

"You don't even have to ask." Kyubi tells him smiling before starting to sing. Naruto's eyes close and by the time that the song ends is fast asleep "...Can you hear me? Heh! I still got it." Kyubi says looking down at the child in her arms. She begins to trace the whisker marks on each cheek giggling when he begins to purr. 'Poor Naruto-kun... I promise you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that your dream to become the greatest Hokage comes true... No. I'll go one better and help you become the greatest ninja in the world! And that Naruto-kun is a promise of a lifetime!' After making her decision, she snuggles in deeper into the covers and falls asleep. In fact she has an extremely enjoyable snooze due to the fact that Naruto likes to snuggle and hug his pillows...

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Rowena looks around trying to figure out where she is. Seeing a nearby pond she looks in and gasps. The reason being that while the reflection looking up at her is almost identical to her normal (human) look, there are some major differences. The main one being that there are no animal features and another is that her hair is a deep reddish-black in stead of crimson with gold highlights. Whipping around at the sound of someone approaching she sees someone who at first she takes as Hedwig. But upon a closer look she realizes that while the person is nearly identical to Hedwig, here too are differences. Once again there are no animal features and the womens hair is a pale blond instead of the pure white with black speckles that Hedwig's is. She is about to ask the other women who she is when she speaks.

"Dear sister I have wonderful news!" The women states nearly bouncing causing Rowena to notice that she's wearing a old fashioned dress like the ones Rowena likes to wear.

To her shock Row finds herself speaking as if she wasn't in control of her own actions "And what pretell is this wonderful news?" Row asks raising an eyebrow.

"We have finally garnered enough resources to make our dream a reality! Because of that we can finally head home!" The women tells her before getting a curious look on her face "I wonder what our families have been up to, as well as what they'll think of us? I mean, can you imagine what your father will think of you not only gaining control over your seer abilities but pushing them to new heights!"

Rowena can feel herself blushing "I wonder more about how they will react to the fact that we are courting the same man! Not only that, but how they will react to who he is!" Rowena tells her causing her to also blush and get a dreamy look on her face.

Yes, but what a man. Wouldn't you agree Rowena? Rowena? ROWENA WAKE UP!"

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"(SNORK!) Wha! What is going on? Eh?" Rowena notices Hedwig in human form standing in front of her hands on hips.

"FINALLY! I mean really, it took you long enough to wake up! I was about to let Sal have a shot if you hadn't woken up." Hedwig tells her while pointing her thumb at a sulking Sal who's carrying what appears to be a bucket of ice water. "You have got to be the laziest Phoenix I know, Row."

"Er... Sorry about that guys... Guess I was really tired..." Row tells them 'What a weird dream... And who were those two women? Were they me and Hedwig from the future? She did say I was a seer.' Row then gives Hedwig a look "And exactly how many phoenixes do you know? Besides me and my brother that is." She asks only for Hedwig to wave her off.

"Details, details. Anyways have you forgotten that we have to make our way to Harry's mindscape? Apparently, Kuro has some kinda familiar training for us to do. And I for one am not going to get caught in a situation like we just got through, I mean Harry nearly got killed and we were right there!" Hedwig finishes with her voice rising near the end. She's about to continue when a hand lays itself on her shoulder.

"Hedwig," Sal begins looking at her with an ashamed look "I was there, so was Row. None of us could have done anything, you have to understand. In the end however, Harry is okay. Injured yes, but okay and better alive. We will use this training to better our selves for next time. So relax okay? British stiff upper lip and all." Sal tells her making her giggle at the end.

'Sal... if only you could see how much you've changed... Even through I'm a Phoenix and you're a basilisk, supposed natural enemies. I can't help but proudly call you friend...even sister.' Row thinks softly smiling while watching Hedwig put Sal in a headlock while giving her noogies. "Well? What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

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Steve: Well... there's the first chapter of our double feature complete.

Hinata: Steve-san... What was with the dream?

Steve:(Smirk) That's for my readers to figure out. After all, a good story must have multiple threads to challenge the reader.

Unit-01: Give it up Hinata, he won't say anymore. Anyways, time for the polls:

Harry powers:

Metamorphmagus 11

Chemiliomagus 6

Multi-animagus 14

Naruto's powers:

Metamorphmagus 6

Chemiliomagus 10

Multi-animagus 12

Steve: Well that's it for now. You all come back now, ya hear!