Declaimer: I own nothing in this fanfic, but my created characters they abilities and Jutsu and that is about all I own "Goes to corner and starts crying"
Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.
"War does not determine who is right only who is left..." - Unknown
"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." -Frank Herbert
Tokkan jumped back trying to avoid the deadly chakra powered punches Naruto was delivering. Naruto's eyes burned with rage so intense that Tokkan was surprised he didn't catch fire. Kinkaku and Ginkaku looked at one another as the other members of the Kinkaku Butai watched on in fear. The two brothers nodded their heads at one another and spun in place. The Kinkaku Butai looked back at their captives only to be sent flying from Kinkaku or Ginkaku kicking them in the face. The brothers stopped spinning and placed their backs to one another and undid their binds. "What's wrong with him?" Ginkaku gestured to the almost rabid looking Naruto.
"I guess Kyuubi decided to rear his head." Kinkaku offered as he took a step towards Naruto only to be stopped by a kunai landing at his feet. "But it seems we have guests to entertain first." Kinkaku and Ginkaku turned to see the members they had just knocked down stand back up. Naruto snarled at Tokkan as he punched the boy in the face only for him to land on his feet. Naruto looked down and grabbed the kunai that was still wedged into his gut and growled as he yanked it out. Tokkan narrowed his eyes as the wound slowly began to close with stream coming out of it like it was being burned closed. Naruto threw the kunai at Tokkan's head with deadly accuracy. Tokkan quickly threw his head backwards to avoid the weapon receiving a small cut on his forehead. Tokkan looked back at Naruto only to see a glowing red fist connect with his face. Tokkan slammed against a tree with enough force to crack it in two.
"Damn it." Tokkan thought with pain coursing through his body. "I never thought we would have to fight the Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi no Kitsune." Tokkan tried to stand, only for Naruto to ram his shoulder into his stomach knocking the wind out of him. Tokkan was shoved against another tree as Naruto growled in anger. Naruto jumped into the air and kicked forward with both of his legs catching the Kumo Nin in the chest. Tokkan coughed up some blood as he felt something crack. "Enough!" Tokkan waited for the wild boy to close the distance between them before acting. Naruto's eyes widened as lightning ripped through his body sending him flying backwards. Naruto hit the ground and released a grunt of pain, but was quickly on his feet again. Tokkan watched in slight horror as the red chakra began to form around the boy until it resembled a fox with a single tail.
Kinkaku delivered a bone cracking punch to his opponents face just as he felt the spike in demonic chakra. Kinkaku turned too Naruto and watched with a mixture of awe and fear. Kyuubi's chakra whirled around Naruto like a cyclone of fire burning anything it touched. "This is getting bad," Kinkaku turned to his equally fearful brother receiving a nod as he dropped the body of the Kinkaku Butai member. "Let's go help our little brother out." Naruto growled at Tokkan as he slowly backed away from the demonic boy. Lightning began to dance all along his arms as he narrowed his eyes.
"You are just full of surprises," Tokkan commented with a dry voice as if he hadn't had anything to drink in days. "But that won't save you from them." Naruto roared with enough force to cause the ground to shake nearly causing Tokkan to fall. Tokkan regained his footing and looked up to see a hand encased in chakra enter his field of vision. Tokkan jerked his head backwards and watched the clawed hand soar above him. Tokkan jumped away from Naruto only to smack into Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
"Going somewhere, Tokkan," Kinkaku smiled at the man in front of him. "Because you caused this mess now you have to clean it up." Tokkan cast one look at the last members of the Kinkaku Butai and saw two members slowly getting to their feet. Tokkan smiled at them and gave them a hand signal causing them to nod with grief on their faces. Kinkaku turned to the fleeing members and was about to give chase, but stopped when he felt someone grab his arm. He turned back to see a grinning Tokkan glowing with electricity.
"I'm going to die," Tokkan announced with a clam voice. "But I can ensure that they get back to Kumo with this." Ginkaku's eyes widened as he realized what Tokkan was planning. Ginkaku made a move to remove Tokkan from Kinkaku, but someone else beat him to it. Tokkan smiled as he felt his chakra finish building up, but he quickly felt an intense pain soar through his body. He looked down at his right arm to find it not there anymore, but instead found it in the hands of Naruto. Naruto growled one last time before taking the arm and smacked Tokkan in the face with it. Tokkan skidded across the ground as Naruto leaped at him ready to kill the man, but Tokkan just smiled Naruto's punch went straight through his chest. Tokkan began to glow bright blue singling the end of his plan.
"Naruto run!"
Naruto's eyes narrowed as Tokkan exploded into an electrical storm that expanded outwards turning everything it touched to ash. Kinkaku and Ginkaku both jumped backwards as the storm kept coming towards them. The two ended up with their backs against a house forty feet away from the central explosion, only for the orb of lightning to stop an inch away from their noses. Kinkaku and Ginkaku breathed a sigh of relief as they gently tore their chakra sealing tags off of their bodies. "Is Naruto okay?" Ginkaku's shaken voice getting a worried look from his brother. "I mean that was a large amount of chakra released." Ginkaku's worry was soon put too ease when the dust settled revealing a lone blazing form in the smoke. Ginkaku and Kinkaku took one step towards the figure only for a soul shattering roar to tear through the sky. Naruto lowered his body to the ground as another tail slowly began to form.
"He's already trying for an escape!" Kinkaku growled as he pulled out two scrolls from his pockets. "Brother it's time we help our brother tame a beast." Naruto's eyes twitched as he whirled around to glare at his brothers with death reflected in his red eyes. Kinkaku handed one of the scrolls to Ginkaku who took it without a word. They both slowly began to circle Naruto in opposite directions unraveling the scrolls as they went. Naruto continued his growling as he watched the two with suspicion layered deep in his eyes. "Now Naruto, this is going to help you." Naruto growled even harder as Kinkaku and Ginkaku reached each other once again. "Okay?" Naruto released a roar as his second tail formed and went for his brothers in a blinding fury. "I thought you wouldn't agree." The two brothers connected their scrolls creating a veil of light to erupt from the scrolls. Naruto's arm outstretched towards Kinkaku's face only to be stopped by a tendril of chakra. Naruto growled in fury as more of the tendrils of light emerged from the veil and held the Jinchuuriki down.
"What now brother," Ginkaku gestured towards the fleeing forms of the Kinkaku Butai and then to Naruto. "Do we leave him here for a second or do we let them go back to Kumo?" Kinkaku growled his own type of fury as he looked between Naruto and the fleeing Kumo Shinobi. Kinkaku's shoulders slumped as he made his decision as his head rose showing his resolve. Ginkaku smiled as he realized what Kinkaku's decision was. "Alright, let's make this fox heel for us." Kinkaku smirked at his brother's words as their own Kyuubi's chakra began to flow over their bodies. The two brothers extended their arms and allowed the red chakra to creep towards Naruto restrained form. Suddenly, Naruto's form went limp just as Kinkaku and Ginkaku's bodies fell to the ground.
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Kinkaku and Ginkaku looked around the damp sewer with curiosity as they followed the trail of red light towards its source. When they entered the chamber they were surprised to see Kyuubi already grinning at them. Kinkaku and Ginkaku both walked towards the beast without a hint of fear in them. This brought a chuckle to Kyuubi as the two stopped in front of its cage. "So the thieves wish to fight me," Kyuubi chuckled darkly. "And what do you think you can accomplish by fighting me?" Kyuubi's gleaming eye scanned the brothers in front of him until his grin grew. "Oh, I see. You think by defeating me Naruto can control my chakra." Kyuubi let out a roar of laughter that shook the foundation of the sewer. "That is nothing, but a false dream! You couldn't defeat me before so what makes you think you'll defeat me now!" Kinkaku chuckled at Kyuubi causing the beast to glare down at the man.
"We're not here to defeat you," Kinkaku stated silently as he moved towards the cage a little more. "We know how Jinchuuriki control their Bijuu. First they conquer their darkness, but currently Naruto doesn't have any. So, that leaves step number two. The Jinchuuriki has to separate the Bijuu from its chakra so that he doesn't get influenced by its will." Kyuubi's eyes widened as it realized what Kinkaku had planned. Kinkaku reached towards the seal, but he was stopped a mere centimeter from it. Kinkaku looked at his arm to see someone else's hand on it. Kinkaku looked at the man only to see a grown-up version of Naruto standing in front of him. Kinkaku narrowed his eyes and realized who the man standing in front of him actually was. "Minato Nami-." Kinkaku was cut off by Minato delivering a brutally kick to his midsection sending him skidding across the ground.
Minato landed in front of the two brothers with a three-pronged kunai in his hand. "I can't allow you to rip off the seal," Minato brought his kunai up into a defensive stance. "I'll make sure you don't succeed in your plans to use my son." Kinkaku and Ginkaku shared a startled look as they turned back to Minato. Kinkaku regained his footing and stood up towering over Minato, but just as he opened his mouth to speak a chain of chakra wrapped around him and his brother slamming them both together. They both looked towards the source to see an angry looking female with fiery red hair. The two brothers shook with some fear as they recognized the features of Kushina Uzumaki.
"You will not harm my son!" Kushina growled this out with each word as the chain tightened around the brothers. "Understand!" Ginkaku felt the wind being squeezed out of his body causing him to inhale loudly. Kinkaku looked at his brother with worry in his eyes as he looked at the two people he didn't want to meet. Kinkaku's mind began to whirl as he tried to think a way out of the situation they were in before it was too late. The technique they used created a bridge so they could enter Naruto's mind, but there was two problems with using this. One if they got killed their minds would shatter from the force, and two it required a large amount of chakra to use. Kinkaku's eyes flashed crimson as he felt his Kyuubi chakra flare up.
"Look, we are running out of time!"
Kushina and Minato shared a confused look, but neither let down their guard. "What are you talking about?" Kushina questioned as she narrowed her eyes at Kinkaku, but received her answer from Ginkaku.
"Naruto is currently in his second tailed state," Ginkaku breathed out as he felt himself being pushed against Kinkaku more. "If we don't hurry our chakra holding us here will dissipate and Naruto will go on a rampage." Minato's blue eyes turned ice cold as he walked towards Ginkaku. "If you don't allow us to help him then a lot of people are going to end up dead." Ginkaku was now staring directly into the eyes of Minato as he finished his speech. "Including Naruto." Kushina made an almost fox like snarl as she tightened the chains even more choking off the oxygen to Ginkaku. Kinkaku turned around, but stopped when he heard the chuckle. The group turned towards the cage that held Kyuubi and saw the great beast with a sickening gleam in its eyes. Kushina loosened her chakra chains enough to allow Ginkaku to breathe once more, but also allowed Kinkaku to free his arms. Kushina looked back down just in time to see her chains blasted to pieces by a sudden and violent release of chakra. Kinkaku turned towards Kushina as his chakra cloak slowly formed three tails.
"We are not here to hurt Naruto."
Minato simply dropped into a defensive stance as he glared at the man in front of him. "Why should we trust you?" Kinkaku looked between Kushina and Minato then back towards Kyuubi. "You tried to end the life of one of our Hokage." Kinkaku breathed a sigh as he let his Kyuubi chakra go. Kinkaku picked his brother up as he turned back to the two.
"Because we care about Naruto." Kinkaku proclaimed with a smile. "We may be willing to betray anyone to get to the grand prize, but we watch out for our own." Kushina's eyes softened a little, but that didn't mean she was trusting Kinkaku. "At first we saw Naruto as a way keep our own skin safe, but the little twerp, even though he puts Ginkaku through hell, has grown on us." That was when Kinkaku's eyes turned hard and cold as he glared at the two in front of him. "That is why we are putting our life on the line so he can control this beast's chakra. If we can pull the chakra away from Kyuubi then it will be all the easier for Naruto to control it." Kinkaku turned to Kushina who looked away quickly causing Minato to look at her in worry. "You know what it's like to live with this beast. You have a chance to make Naruto's life easier if you'll help us." Kinkaku offered his hand getting mixed looks from everyone. Minato stood up and walked towards the man and grabbed his hand in a flash. Kinkaku smiled even as he felt the seal slithering up his arm.
"If you try anything funny…"
"I understand," Kinkaku pulled his thumb across his neck and made it droop to one side. "I'm a dead man." Minato nodded his head and turned to Kyuubi's cage. Minato walked towards the beast getting a growl in response. Minato reached forward until his fingertips touched the cage bars and turned towards the three people standing behind him.
"Let's get this over with." With that Minato and the others vanished in a flash of white light.
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Naruto opened his eyes and took in his surroundings noticing that everything was brighter than it should be. He continued to look around until he stopped on something that made his heart slam straight into his throat. Kinkaku and Ginkaku were both laying with their backs to a crater covered in blood and gash marks. Naruto stood up only to find himself standing in a crater and covered in blood, but found no wounds on his body that it could've came from. Naruto climbed out of the small crater and crawled towards Kinkaku and Ginkaku's prone forms with fear in his eyes. As Naruto got closer he breathed a sigh of relief seeing his brothers breathing. Naruto reached forward and gentle touched Kinkaku only for him to groan in pain. "Are you guys okay?" Kinkaku and Ginkaku opened their eyes and stared up at a worried Naruto and managed to work up a small smile.
"Yeah," The two said in unison. "We're just a little banged up from that fight." Naruto continued to fret over his wounded brothers as he set out to find any bandages to cover their wounds. Once Naruto was out of earshot both the brothers dropped their smiles. Kinkaku looked down at the large gash on his arm and chuckled as he tried to sit up. "That was the most painful fight I think we've ever had." Ginkaku nodded his head as he stood up on shaking legs. The fight with Kyuubi didn't go all according to plan. The brothers along with Minato and Kushina finally subdued the beast, but only after a sacrifice. Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Kyuubi chakra was used as a focus point to draw out the great beast's power, but in response their Kyuubi chakra is slowly being drained from their bodies. Ginkaku looked up in time to see Naruto coming back holding has many bandages he could carry.
"But the question is Kinkaku, was it worth it?"
Kinkaku didn't have a response as the two resigned themselves to being bandaged by their adoptive brother, but neither one of them noticed the dark form slowly meld in the dark trees.
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Sarutobi sat in the council room listening to the latest news on Naruto's whereabouts. Things didn't look good for the blonde Jinchuuriki. The council was once again in an uproar about whether to place the boy in a bingo book or not. "We need to act now!" Danzo roared out as he glared at Sarutobi. "Your blind devotion that we can find him is going to be the end of us!" Sarutobi's eyes flashed with a dangerous fire in them causing nearly everyone to cringe in fear. Over the course of Naruto's absence Danzo has grown more and more impatient with Sarutobi's peaceful way of going about things. The two were now seen most often fighting over almost anything.
"You're crossing a very dangerous line Danzo." Sarutobi warned with a voice that bordered on threatening. "I know perfectly what I'm risking by not putting Naruto in our bingo book-." Danzo finally had enough and slammed his cane on the ground with enough force to create a crack.
"So you'll risk the entire village for one child!"
Sarutobi stood up and opened his mouth to protest, but stopped as he took in the entire council. Sarutobi let out a sigh as he took his seat once more. "I'm not risking the entire village for just a child." Danzo scoffed as he began to knead his cane into the crack.
"Yes, we all know that he is Minato's child." Danzo stated with no emotion in his voice. "But sacrifices are what help create a village. Think about that Sarutobi." With that Danzo stood up and left with several other council members. Sarutobi let out a sigh of exhaustion as he dismissed the remaining members of the council, but become aware of someone looking over at him. He looked over and saw one of the only surviving members of the Uchiha clan. Mikoto Uchiha smiled at Sarutobi with a gentle look in her eyes. After the Uchiha Massacre Itachi reported to Sarutobi and expressed his distress at not being able to kill Sasuke. Sarutobi knew there was more for Itachi to say so after much prying he found out what he was hiding. Itachi in an attempt to make Sasuke stronger and keep him on the right path spared his mom, but left her in a critical condition. Itachi then made Sarutobi promise not to allow any harm to befall his family before departing the village he loved. Mikoto gently stood up with as much grace as she could, but couldn't keep the slight limp from her step.
"A bad day just keeps getting worse." Sarutobi nodded and just shook his head. "But you're going to do it aren't you." Sarutobi looked up at the Uchiha and cringed from the look of sadness in her eyes. Mikoto, in order to honor her fallen friend was one of the main supporters of finding Naruto. Sarutobi was also in that category, but they both knew it was just a matter of time.
"I'm sorry, Mikoto."
Mikoto smiled at Sarutobi, but couldn't keep the tears from her eyes. "I understand," Mikoto turned away from Sarutobi and walked down the aisle of empty seats. "But it's just hard you know." Sarutobi looked back at the Uchiha woman who was sporting a smile that brought a certain red haired woman to Sarutobi's mind. "I lose my best friend, then her son is kidnapped, and finally my son is forced to leave because of something his clan was planning. It's just a lot to take in." The tears kept falling now matter what Mikoto did to stall them. Sarutobi stood and strolled a crossed the room and before Mikoto knew it she was in a hug. She looked up to see tears shining in Sarutobi's eyes as well.
"It'll be okay Mikoto." Sarutobi stated with sincerity in his voice. "I'm sure everything will work out. Now go home and get some rest." Mikoto nodded her head and walked out leaving behind a very conflicted Sarutobi. Sarutobi walked out of the council room as he made his way to his office. "Please, forgive me, but this is for the best."
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Four weeks later
Naruto was sitting on Ginkaku's shoulders as the two ate their respective meals. After the battle with Kyuubi, Ginkaku and Kinkaku noticed changes in Naruto's personality and stamina. He was getting a little more fox like in his ways of harassing Ginkaku and was a lot harder to keep up with, but they could never be happier. If anything the three grew closer together as brothers. That, of course didn't mean Ginkaku didn't get his revenge on Naruto from time to time. Kinkaku decided after their brief confrontation with Kumo it was best they leave their temporary home. Naruto at first complained not wanting to leave his home, but after much talking too they managed to convince him.
"So where are we going," Naruto asked in an innocent tone that immediately put Ginkaku on guard. "I can't wait to see are next home." Naruto grinned down at Ginkaku as he glared up at him. Kinkaku was about to speak up when he noticed a blur pass by his vision. The three brothers turned their attention to the small figure in front of them. Kinkaku could tell it was a boy, but was more interested in the kunai he held. The boy had a cloak that concealed his features, except for his slim build. Ginkaku chuckled at the boy and received a kunai scratch to the side of the face for it. Kinkaku turned to his brother to see droplets of blood drip down his face. Kinkaku spun around and faced the boy down, but was surprised to see he had vanished.
"Where did you run off-," Kinkaku was interrupted when he was enveloped in water. Kinkaku freed one of his arms, but it was quickly restrained as the boy emerged from the water with a kunai pressed against Kinkaku's neck. Kinkaku looked at the boy in shock as he smiled down at him.
"Now, give me all your food," The boy demanded as he pressed the kunai further on Kinkaku's neck. "Or else your brother will have to learn to breathe through his neck." Ginkaku growled at the boy, but then smiled as Naruto waved at him with a smiled as well. The boy looked at the two in confusion until he felt a painfully jolt. The boy was painfully blasted off of Kinkaku by a blast of electricity. Kinkaku turned around and glared down at the kid. The boy's hood was knocked off from the blast revealing white hair with a light-blue tint in it and purple eyes. Kinkaku approached the boy with murder in each step, but stopped when Naruto stepped in front of him.
"Get out of the way Doukaku!"
Naruto shook his head and kept his arms spread apart as if protecting the boy. "He's just hungry." Naruto proclaimed as Kinkaku glared at Naruto with a burning fire in his eyes. "He just needs some food." Kinkaku paced back and forth like a demented tiger waiting for a chance to attack. Naruto continued to stare his brother down as the boy looked on in confusion. Finally, Kinkaku relented and tossed Naruto some bread, but glared daggers at the boy. Naruto smiled his thanks to his older brother and turned back to the kid. Naruto handed him the bread only for the boy to snatch it before Naruto could fully open his hand. Naruto looked at him to see shark-like teeth tearing chunks out of the bread. "So you got a name." He looked at Naruto with a raised eyebrow, but continued to eat a few more bites.
"Suigetsu Hozuki."
Naruto smiled at Suigetsu as he continued to bite into the offered food with great gusto. Suigetsu's eyes traveled to Kinkaku and Ginkaku who were whispering amongst themselves, but were occasionally stealing glances towards the two. Suigetsu narrowed his eyes as he got ready for anything funny. "So where are you from?" Suigetsu nearly jumped in surprise completely forgetting that Naruto was close to him.
"Kirigakure." Suigetsu commented in a voice that was barely auditable. Kinkaku and Ginkaku's eyes twitched at the village's name as they stared at Suigetsu.
"Wait, back up a little." Ginkaku asked while making a backwards gesture with his hands. "Your name is Suigetsu Hozuki and you're from Kirigakure." Suigetsu nodded his head while his entire body tensed. "So you're from the Hozuki clan." Suigetsu was surprised to hear a tone of excitement in Ginkaku's voice. "That clan had to be the best Suiton users ever. Remember when we had to fight three of them at the same time Kinkaku."
"Yeah, that was irritating."
"So how's your clan anyway," Ginkaku noticed the light vanish from Suigetsu's eyes almost at once. "Are you okay?"
"My clan is no more." Suigetsu announced in a gloom voice. "My brother and I were the last, but our Mizukage thought our control of water was a Kekkei Genkai. So as a result my brother died protecting me as he told me to run." This brought the mood down like a stone. Naruto looked at his brothers then smiled a mischievous grin causing alarm bells to signal in the brother's heads.
"Well, Suigetsu it appears you don't a place to go." Suigetsu looked at Naruto as he stood up and offered the shark-toothed boy his hand. "What do you think about coming with my brothers and I?" Suigetsu looked at the shocked expressions on Kinkaku and Ginkaku's faces and grinned. Suigetsu grabbed Naruto's offered hand and stood up.
"I like that idea." The smiled at one another as Kinkaku and Ginkaku tried to understand what had just transpired
Next chapter will be a time skip, but don't worry I won't be skipping the team formations, because now there is a big change to team seven. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the surprises in it. Oh, and I have one more thing to ask you guys; would you like Hinata's mom to be alive. So tell me what you guys/gals think about Hinata's mom being alive. Until next time.