KG: Hey sorry if this wasn't updated in a little while. I guess I'll get started now.
In the Mindscape
"Well Naruto-kun, let's talk terms right now," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded. They sat in the mindscape and it was then that the blonde had no idea what terms they were supposed to talk about.
"Alright Kyuubi-chan, what terms should we talk about?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi smiled while she brushed a hand through her hair. She sat on the ground while Naruto followed.
"Alright I'll start with it. In exchange for you using three tails of my chakra I want...you to visit me more," Kyuubi said and if Naruto was expecting something then that wasn't it at all. He would be more than happy to visit Kyuubi, but he also realized that he hadn't been around her for a little while and that must've irked her a bit.
"Well that's fine Kyuubi-chan. I can agree to that. So what would I have to do to get six tails of chakra?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi thought it over. She figured for what they had planned Naruto would need all her chakra and truth be told that since she was rather fond of the blonde so she would simply have given him the chakra if he had just asked, but she could still be sly if she wanted.
"Well if you want six then you're gonna need to tell me how you can release me from this seal. I've always been curious as to what you know," Kyuubi said and Naruto chuckled. He calmly stood to his feet and gave a playful grin.
"So you were interested in that huh? Well alright I'll tell you," Naruto said as he leaned in close to Kyuubi and whispered into her ear. She wasn't sure why he was whispering when no one could hear him anyway, but then again her container was always weird like that.
Soon Kyuubi widened her eyes and gave an ear splitting grin across her face. She had never thought of such a way before. It would be fun to try out if she could get Naruto to do it for her.
"Kit, you're ingenious. I would never have thought of that way. Well I honor my part of the agreement. So you're going to try and get and get nine tails of chakra right?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto blushed with embarrassment. Kyuubi grinned at her container's attitude since she knew just how to irk him when she wanted to. Naruto watched Kyuubi snicker and he wondered what she was planning and he was sure that he would come to regret it.
"That's right Kyuubi-chan so what must I do to get all of your chakra?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi adopted a thinking pose. Naruto calmly waited for her reply, but each second that she took made his heart beat a little faster until she turned back to him.
"Well it's a simple thing I want. If you want all of my chakra then I want to synchronize my chakra with yours," Kyuubi said and Naruto raised an eyebrow at her request so the redhead decided to explain what she meant.
"Your chakra coils are already adapted to accepting small amounts of my chakra and if you suddenly took all of my chakra then the likely result would be that you'd die, but with what I have planned then we can manage the chakra together. It's more of an insurance than anything else," Kyuubi said and Naruto reluctantly nodded. He'd really like to not die and he could tell that Kyuubi wouldn't like to die either.
"Well alright then. So what do we do?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi blushed for a second. She averted her gaze from the blonde making Naruto raise an eyebrow.
"I-It might be better if I just did it now. You'll be shocked, but try not to read too much into it," Kyuubi said and Naruto slowly nodded. The redhead sighed and tried to collect herself for a second. She gulped and shook for a second. She knew it was necessary, but this would've been the first time she did this.
"Kyuubi-chan if you're nervous then I'll do it if you can't," Naruto said and Kyuubi blushed a bit more.
"No I'm fine, just give me a minute. I've never done this before so it's new to me," Kyuubi said as Naruto waited for whatever she was preparing herself for. Kyuubi turned to Naruto and grabbed his shoulders surprising the blonde. She quickly smashed her lips to Naruto's as the blonde widened his eyes. Kyuubi pulled Naruto close to her as brought her arms around the blonde. This was her first kiss and it was a weird experience. She could feel Naruto's soft lips while she and Naruto exchanged chakra into each other' body systems.
Naruto seemed entranced by the kiss. He also feared for his life if he told Yugito this, but he had a moment of weakness where he had to admit that Kyuubi' lips were very soft and quite tasty maybe?
When Kyuubi released her lips from Naruto the blonde immediately got up and touched his lips while he pointed his finger at Kyuubi who was still blushing.
"Y-Y-You j-just kissed me!" Naruto said and Kyuubi scratched her cheek.
"It was the only way to synchronize your chakra with mine. And not act like you hated it cause I know you didn't," Kyuubi said and Naruto slumped to the floor.
"Yugi-chan's gonna kill me. I just know it. I'm so dead," Naruto said while Kyuubi patted his shoulder.
"Please it's not like it meant anything to me or you. It's all in the interest of training. Now that the terms are done you can go about with what you want," Kyuubi said forcing Naruto out of the mindscape while the blonde continued to blush. Naruto left Kyuubi in the field while she looked up at the sky that Naruto made for her.
"Well it might have meant something to me," Kyuubi thought as she sat in the mindscape before she wondered what she could do to pass the time.
With Naruto
The blonde opened his eyes and groaned as the light of the day made things bright for him. Yugito and Bee watched their friend wake up and and smiled. They saw he had a blush on his face almost the entire time which made Yugito wonder what Naruto and Kyuubi talked about in his mindscape.
"So Naruto-kun did you and Kyuubi negotiate?" Yugito asked and Naruto blushed with a quick nod. Bee and Yugito raised an eyebrow, but Naruto's guilt caught up with him. It wasn't in him to keep things secret especially from his girlfriend.
"Well Yugito-chan we did negotiate, but Kyuubi said we should synchronize our chakra and she...kissed me," Naruto said making Bee and Yugito widen their eyes, but Naruto was more focused on Yugito at the moment. The Nibi jinchuuriki fell silent for a few minutes and contemplated her boyfriend's words. Naruto gulped and hoped he hadn't upset his girlfriend, but he would just as quickly apologize for it if he did. It was then that the blonde was confused when he saw Yugito smile.
"So how was it?" Yugito asked and Naruto gulped again. He could feel the boat getting tense and slowly backed away.
"Kyuubi-chan said it was all for the training. I swear it was nothing!" Naruto said and Yugito calmed down. She sighed and gently smiled.
"It meant nothing to you?" Yugito asked and Naruto nodded fast. He left no room to even think about about it and even though Naruto didn't know it Kyuubi frowned slightly, but maybe that was to be expected.
Yugito merely smiled and walked away simply without a word as she came up to her door and turned back to Naruto.
"Well that's good. I'll let it go for the interest of training, but if you did enjoy it...I would've killed you," Yugito said as she closed the door. Naruto sighed as he felt his life flash before his eyes at that moment and grinned while Bee tapped his shoulder.
"Don't worry about it lil nine. Yugi-chan's an old softy. Just keep it right and you'll stay frosty," Bee said and while Naruto didn't know what that meant, he just nodded and went with it.
"So are we going to continue training now?" Naruto asked and Bee nodded. He figured Yugito would be back later so he took over Naruto's training for the time being.
Two Days Later
Naruto was currently channeling Kyuubi's chakra through his body. C and the three jinchuuriki had been on the water for the past two days while Bee and Yugito trained Naruto in how to control his bijuu chakra. Yugito and Naruto were a lot better and seemed that the event that happened yesterday was put behind them. Naruto had greatly improved in his control since Bee and Yugito told him that channeling Kyuubi's chakra was more of a mental thing that physical so they had plenty of time to work on it.
"Alright everyone we'll be coming up to the island soon. I think we should prepare to disembark," C said to them. All three jinchuuriki nodded in agreement with him as they continued to sit on the deck of the ship.
"Alright Naru-kun try it again," Yugito said and Naruto nodded. He and Kyuubi had been a little tense with each other since that last time, but they worked together. Naruto could tell Kyuubi was upset with something, but he never knew what. He figured he would have a talk with her at some point to figure out what was wrong.
Meanwhile, red chakra enveloped Naruto's body and the blonde was soon covered in a chakra coat with two tails. He breathed easily while Kyuubi did her part and tried to hold back the negative feelings that came with the chakra. Bee and Yugito had told Naruto that now that he and Kyuubi had negotiated the terms of chakra use then the real process could begin which involved Naruto taking Kyuubi's chakra without it consuming him with its negative emotions. They told him to wait for that till they made it to the island to begin. So in that time, Naruto decided to work with his chakra to get a feel for it. Bee and Yugito warned Naruto that going past the fourth tail would be dangerous so the blonde was to only go to three. Of course Naruto used his kage bunshins to help and the control of getting three tails was becoming much easier.
Soon after a few minutes of concentrating, Naruto managed to get a third tail on his chakra coat and opened his eyes.
"Alright, Kyuubi-chan and I managed to get the third tail. Kyuubi-chan said that keeping back the negative emotions is tough, but nothing she can't handle," Naruto said making Yugito and Bee nod at him.
"Alright, we've been doing this all day and we'll be at the island by nighttime so let's get some rest while we can,"Yugito said making Naruto and Bee nod with her. All three had gone to bed, but Naruto couldn't sleep. He had felt that even if Yugito said she was alright he could feel that she wasn't.
"I should still go apologize. She is my girlfriend after all," Naruto said as he got to his feet and walked along the deck of the ship. What the blonde didn't expect was to see Yugito outside also with the moon in the sky shining down over her body.
Yugito hadn't noticed Naruto's presence on the deck of the ship and continued to look out at the water while she talked with her bijuu.
"Oh come on Kitten it was just a kiss. Hell it might have been less than that to them. It was just a chakra transfer. It's not like Kyuubi broke down and had sex with the boy. Hell we did it too since it was the fastest way to synchronize our chakra so why are you so depressed?" Nibi asked and Yugito sighed while she looked up at the moon.
"Sheesh don't remind me of that incident. I still try to forget about it," Yugito said, but then Nibi rolled her eyes.
"Hey I never imagined that my first kiss would be with a girl either. At least Kyuubi got hers with a guy," Nibi said grumbling about how lucky Kyuubi was to kiss a guy while Yugito chuckled. She in truth didn't know why either. She probably felt just jealous though she wasn't sure why.
"Is that why you want my Naru-kun? Because he's a simple guy?" Yugito asked while Nibi scoffed.
"I'm not that shallow if I am at all. Naruto-kun is a good guy to have. Heck I'd take him if he wasn't already yours, but first I'd have to get out of here," Nibi said and Yugito chuckled. She folded her arms and sat down on the deck to get herself free from the cold air. It shocked her when she felt a jacket drape over her body giving her a little warmth. Yugito turned to see Naruto sit next to her and smile. The Nibi jinchuuriki wrapped the jacket around herself and smiled.
"Still mad at me?" Naruto asked and Yugito chuckled while nuzzling into the jacket.
"I wouldn't say I was mad. More or less I was jealous. I don't know why," Yugito said and Naruto scooted a little close to her.
"Why do you have to be jealous?" Naruto asked and Yugito blushed before averting her gaze from her boyfriend, but Naruto wasn't about to let her completely do that.
"Well I guess it's because ummm it's kind of stupid," Yugito said which got Naruto, Nibi and a now awake Kyuubi even more interested.
"So what is it Yugi-hime? I don't want you mad at me," Naruto said and Yugito sighed.
"Did you really feel nothing in that kiss?" Yugito asked and Naruto thought it over. Thinking back he might have felt something in it. He was guilty of the fact that while shock did surprise him he never felt so much shock to push Kyuubi off him at the time.
"Honestly? I don't want to get hit, but I think I did Yugi-hime. It was sudden, but I think while Kyuubi-chan did it I could feel just a bit of desperation in it," Naruto said making Nibi and Yugito widen heir eyes. Kyuubi gasped when she heard that. She was desperate? No way, not her. Kyuubi was never one for desperation.
"Wow never in my life would I ever hear of Kyuubi being desperate. She must really like this guy," Nibi said and Yugito narrowed her eyes. She sighed and brushed a hand through her hair. Now she felt like the bad person for being like that. It did amaze her that Kyuubi could be jealous of someone else and while she thought that Kyuubi was thinking over everything. She really never wanted to be with anyone, but maybe she was desperate for something, but as far she knew she wasn't sure what it was.
"Naruto-kun's mine. Why should I share him? But Kyuubi likes him too and its not fair that she probably won't get to be happy also, but why does it have to be Naruto-kun?" Yugito thought and Nibi grinned.
"Well no one is saying that you have to share him, but I just think that if you do then it might be a less than stressful situation in the future. Besides just like us, Kyuubi's a woman too. Maybe she just wants some comfort and since Naruto is the only one she can talk to then she's fond of him," Nibi said and Yugito sighed. She turned to Naruto and grabbed his shoulders. The blonde was surprised by the actions, but Yugito didn't have the time for him to get over it.
"Alright Kyuubi listen to me. I know Naruto-kun tore off most of the seal that allows you to hear what we're saying. Now then I don't like that you kissed my boyfriend, but I don't want anyone to be unhappy so I'm new to this, but I can share Naruto-kun if you want," Yugito said gritting her teeth through the share part of that talk. Naruto, Nibi and Kyuubi widened their eyes. Nibi on the part that her container actually went through with that. Naruto on the fact that Kyuubi had some feelings for him and that his girlfriend was willing to have him be with Kyuubi also to make her happy and Kyuubi on he fact that Yugito just allowed a sharing of Naruto with her. Everyone was silent so Yugito sighed.
"But I'm the main woman in Naruto-kun's life. He's mine and I'm allowing us to share him. I don't really like it, but I'll deal with it," Yugito said as she calmly kissed the shocked blonde. It didn't last long as Yugito separated and left the scene with a smile on her face leaving Naruto on the deck.
"Well that's all nice and good, but how am I supposed to say anything to him when he refuses to move? I think he's in shock," Kyuubi said with a chuckle. This was definitely a turn of events that she didn't see coming. Not that she really minded it in the least. She rather welcomed it in fact.
"Oi Naruto-kun are you alright?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto blinked he looked out at the sea and got to his feet.
"Well Kyuubi-chan we're going to have all night to talk this over when I go to sleep," Naruto said and Kyuubi chuckled. The blonde returned back to his room and just like he said they talked all that night about Kyuubi and her feelings for the blonde which was awkward for them both, but they did talk it out and both consented to the fact that if Yugito was alright with it then they would explore the possibilities of the small feelings they had.
Next Morning
By the time everyone woke up, the boat was already at the island. Naruto looked at it in awe. It really was moving. It was a moving island just like Yugito and Bee said it was.
"It's really moving. Yugi-hime, Bee-sensei it's really moving," Naruto said making the two older jinchuuriki chuckle.
"That's correct little nine. Now let's get moving since it's your time to shine," Bee said and everyone jumped onto the island.
'Stay close to us Naruto-kun. Some of the animals on this island are quite a handful. Bee is the only one to have beaten them all. I've beaten a few, but there are still ones that I can't handle. You won't be facing them now though. Right now were are going to take you to a waterfall," Yugito said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean? I thought you were going to teach me and Kyuubi-chan how to become partners," Naruto said and Yugito nodded.
"Ey yo lil nine don't be fussin'. This is only the first step so you'd better stop or I'll be cussin' Yeah!" Bee said and Naruto merely nodded and followed them. As they reached the waterfall, Naruto saw a small little sitting area in the center of it and narrowed his eyes.
"Naruto-kun this is the Waterfall of Truth. Bee took me here once to help me control Nibi. This waterfall will show you your true self. Before you and Kyuubi can be partners you need to let go of your hatred," Yugito said and Naruto narrowed his eyes again before turning back to Yugito.
"But I'm not feeling any hatred," Naruto said and Yugito sighed.
"Yes you do Naruto-kun. Hatred exists in you even if you don't feel it. Bee is the only one to have passed this. I attempted it, but my hatred at the time was too much and I couldn't take it so after the first time I gave up, but I've learned to deal with it better than anyone. Why don't you try it Naruto-kun? We'll see how far you can get," Yugito told him. Naruto nodded and jumped on the tiny island in the pond and turned to the three behind him
"So I just mediate here?" Naruto asked and Bee nodded.
"That's right lil nine. Overcome da' hate and I know you will be the jinchuuriki dat can defy fate," Bee said and Naruto wondered what he meant by that, but he merely nodded and sat down.
"It will be an experience for him won't it Bee?" Yugito asked and Bee nodded.
"That's right Yugi-chan, but we must trust him lest we bust him," Bee said and Yugito nodded while Naruto closed his eyes.
"Naruto-kun be careful," Kyuubi told him before the blonde's thoughts were completely sealed.
Naruto stayed in his meditative pose for a few seconds before he opened his eyes. He saw the water running before he heard a voice.
"You think you really care about Konoha or Kyuubi?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes and stood to his feet. He saw a figure come from the water and widened his eyes. The fourteen year old blonde saw himself in the water only instead of the clear blue that his eyes should have held Naruto saw black around the clone's eyes and his eyes were red inside.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked and the clone chuckled at him before adopting a thinking pose.
"Let's me see same hair, same clothes, and same swords. I'm you genius or more precise I'm the hatred in your heart. Tell me something, you hated it right? When they all started to be nice to you when they found out that you were the Yondaime's son. For all your life they saw you as nothing, but a damn nuisance to be abused at their leisure. Tell me, you wanted to kill them didn't you? You wanted show them how much stronger you were than the last time they saw you right?" The clone asked and Naruto looked down at the ground. He was slightly angry to be back in Konoha during those times.
"You've got it all wrong," The blonde said, but the evil clone chuckled at him before walking and coming right up to Naruto's face.
"I'm you and you know your thoughts. I know your thoughts also. You know I'm right. When our Jiji came to visit us you really didn't want to see him did you? He wasn't there for us. Even his shinobi who he had protect us did a half-assed job of it," The clone said and Naruto charged at him. The clone chuckled at him and Naruto let out a punch, but the clone easily dodged it. Naruto gritted his teeth to silence the clone.
"I know all your moves," The clone said as Naruto drew one of his swords and the clone did the same. They both clashed against each other as the spark from their swords blazed over the water. Naruto narrowed his eyes while the clone grinned. This was going to be a long fight.
Bee and Yugito watched Naruto tense and then settle down several times in a row and it unnerved the two of them slightly.
"Is he alright Bee?" Yugito asked and Bee wasn't sure how to answer that at the moment. C had left to get prepare the rooms for everyone and said he would meet with Bee's friend, Motoi.
"Let's just wait an see. We will trust him and see how awesome he can be," Bee said and Yugito merely nodded. She was only concerned since she hadn't gotten over her hatred when she was younger. At the time she never felt like forgiving anything so she made it that much complicated for herself. She knew that if she didn't want her hatred to take over then she would need to do this test again some time.
Meanwhile Naruto was huffing as he wiped his brow while the clone didn't seem the least bit tired of him.
"You don't want to accept it do you? Hmph you may have a girlfriend, but you need to wake up. You hate Konoha and what's the deal with Kyuubi. It's the main problem, but no you wanted to make it your little side girlfriend also. You're pathetic," The clone said and Naruto widened his eyes. He gritted his teeth forced his mind to think of something else. The evil clone began to fade and along with it was the smile it had on its face.
"You'll be back. Count on it. Cause if you don't want to lose yourself then I'll take over and you won't begin to recognize yourself," The clone said as it vanished.
Bee and Yugito watched as Naruto opened his eyes and huffed while the sweat rolled off his face. They quickly dashed toward his side and patted him on the shoulder.
"How'd it go?" Bee asked and Naruto gazed at the ground.
"Bee-sensei that wasn't right. He knew everything I knew. He even copied my Hiraishin, my rasengan, even my kenjutsu. Who is that guy?" Naruto asked and Bee sighed.
"That's the evil you lil nine. You must beat him, but not now. You can only come here once a day. It's a damn shame, but we won't get to teach you how to completely control Kyuubi since we wasted too much time getting here. In two or three days you will have to go so for now we'll come back tomorrow," Bee said and Naruto nodded. The three jinchuuriki walked away while Naruto looked back for a second as he stared at the water. Yugito grabbed his shoulder and pulled Naruto along as they walked back to a little hut.
Island House
Naruto, Bee, and Yugito came up the the island house and opened the door. Inside was a man who fist bumped Bee as the two smiled at each other.
"Hey Motoi how you been?" Bee asked and Motoi chuckled at him while inviting everyone inside.
"I've been good Bee. Who is this?" Motoi asked staring at Naruto. Yugito and Bee grinned while Naruto introduced himself to Motoi.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze it's nice to meet you," Naruto said and Motoi nodded.
Everyone had pretty much spent the rest of the day training and teaching Naruto to control his jinchuuriki powers which weren't having that much luck since Naruto had gone on a small rampage when he tried to use his fourth tail. It was with everyone's assumption that Naruto could only did that much for now. Not to mention that he still had too much hatred so until the blonde dealt with that their wasn't much anyone could do.
"Bee-sensei how dod you do it?" Naruto asked taking a sip of water as he stood near the edge of the island. He looked to be depressed while Bee turned to him.
"What are you talkin' about lil nine?" Bee asked and Naruto softly sighed.
"How did you deal with your hatred?" Naruto asked and Bee looked out into the ocean. They had only been there for two days and they had to leave in four while Naruto hadn't come any closer to dealing with his hatred. That really didn't leave much time for anything, but everyone was really in a hurry.
"Ey lil nine raise your head before your hatred puts you to bed. There is no easy way to deal with da hatred in da heart, but you got to deal n' accept. Only then will you hit that hatred like a dart," Bee said and Naruto seemed more confused than before, but he felt like maybe he could understand what Bee was saying.
"Tell me lil nine, what do you do you want to protect?" Bee asked grinning like mad and Naruto turned to him in confusion.
"What do you mean Bee-sensei?" Naruto asked and Bee smiled as he looked up at the sky.
"People call jinchuuriki monsters and the such, but when you talk with them dey is alright folks. People fear what dey don't understand. They fear da power dat a jinchuuriki has. Listen to dis lil nine and bijuu is a power that is amazing to us, but the real power is to rise above da hatred and shine like I know my bro can," Nee said holding out his fist. Naruto grinned and bumped it with his own.
"I want to protect Kumo Bee-sensei. I want to protect the village, Yugi-hime, You, Kyuubi-chan, Nibi-chan and Hachibi-san. I want to protect Samui-neechan, Karui-oneechan, Omoi, Mabui-oneechan, A-jiji, C-san, and Darui-san. I want to protect everyone," Naruto said and Bee nodded. The two jinchuuriki got up and walked over to the Falls of Truth.
It took a bit of walking, but they made it with Bee, C, Motoi, and Yugito watching him like always. Naruto jumped on top of the island and turned back to Bee who gave him a thumbs up. Naruto nodded and sat down in a meditative pose. He breathed easily before he heard some words.
"I know it doesn't account for everything, but I'm sorry Naruto-kun," Kyuubi said and Naruto gently smiled as he let his mind wander. He opened his eyes and glared at his evil clone that gave a smirk. It then got into a offensive taijutsu stance.
"So are you going to try to fight me again?" The clone said and Naruto stood to his feet. He chuckled for a bit which made the evil blonde raise an eyebrow. Naruto gave a cheeky grin and smiled.
"I'm sorry. I guess you were right dattebayo. I hated it. I admit that I hated Konoha for how they treated me. I hated Kyuubi-chan for making my life like this, but it's alright now. You don't have to be angry anymore," Naruto said making the clone narrow his eyes.
"What are you talking about? You haven't gotten over your hated. You think that admitting it will make me go away. I've been alone for six years. Frankly the only good thing that happened was that we got kidnapped and were taken to Kumo. How cane you simply admit that you know you hated them and expect any type of good result?" The clone asked and Naruto was quite impressed with the way it spoke, but he could admire that later. The young blonde kept up his grin and closed his eyes.
"A few minutes ago Bee-sensei told me something. He said that finding people to protect is the best reason I could ever have for getting stronger and I trust him. Yeah I sucked up to it all. I held the pain I had from Konoha inside and tried to ignore it. When Kyuubi-chan spoke to me for the first time I wanted to tell her off and hate her, but now it's all different. I know Konoha's not the same there are good people there. Ero-sennin, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-san, Ayame-chan, Teuchi-ojisan and even the other genin there. I made plenty of great memories there. And while it's new to me I've come to like Kyuubi-chan's company. She's more fun to be around and understands me sometimes more than I do. Don't call her an 'it'. Kyuubi-chan is Kyuubi-chan and I realize it's not her fault. Hehe Karui-oneechan always did say that Mabui-oneechan made me a stickler when it came to my vocabulary dattebayo. It's embarrassing like this," Naruto said rubbing the back of his head.
"It all won't matter! They will still hate you! You won't be accepted by them. You'll always be the demon who destroyed the village. You can't change anything!" The clone said as he charged at Naruto. The blonde glared his dark half and smiled. As the distance between them lessened Naruto quickly grabbed the clone into a hug and smiled.
"Thank you. I'll get stronger and I'll protect all those important to me. I promise so vanish for me dattebayo. It's not just the promise of a fourteen year old chunin. No this is the promise of Kumo's Godaime Raikage," Naruto said and the clone widened its eyes. Naruto let go of the clone and the clone smiled at him.
"Fine then. Protect them all. I can see I'm not needed. Kyuubi-chan's a real hottie isn't she?" Dark Naruto asked and the real Naruto chuckled.
"Yeah and so is Yugi-hime," Naruto said and the clone nodded as it faded into nothingness. Naruto smiled brightly and clenched his fist.
"I'll become Raikage and I'll protect everyone with my power," Naruto said as he opened his eyes. He winced at the light and turned back to everyone else. Yugito, Bee and other were tense before Naruto grinned and gave a thumbs up. Everyone grinned and Yugito hugged her boyfriend.
"You did it Naru-kun. Nice work," Yugito said and Naruto nodded. Bee chuckled as did C and Motoi.
"That's the way a jinchuuriki handles it. Lil nine knows how to be the tightest fit," Bee said and everyone agreed even if they had no idea what he was talking about.
"Alright Lil nine that was good. Now then follow me and I'll take you to the next step. Your connection to Kyuubi should be even higher than it already is. Now follow me," Bee said going behind the waterfall. Naruto and Yugito raised their eyebrows and followed him inside along with C and Motoi.
"This is the jinchuuriki temple lil nine. This is were your awesome sensei mastered da Hachibi's chakra and become da best dat wrecked Kumo's gates," Bee said and the young blonde looked around the room as he saw pictures of the Hachibi and Nibi. Naruto narrowed his eyes before they came up to a small statue with it's mouth open.
"Stick yo' head inside here brat. This statue was designed to kill you instantly if there was any hatred within your soul," Bee said and Naruto gulped. It made C, Motoi and Bee chuckle at the thought of it, but Naruto then realized something.
"So that's why you had me do that waterfall thing first," Naruto said and Bee nodded.
"So go on Lil nine stick da' head in the hole and hope you don't killed," Bee said and Naruto gulped. He stuck his head inside and waited for a few seconds. Soon there was a few clicks and Naruto popped out.
"Well that was easy," Naruto said and Bee nodded with him. Soon a room appeared behind him and everyone walked inside. It was a strange room if you could even call it a room at all. It was more of a multi-colored dimension of some kind.
"Wow I've never been here before," Yugito said and Bee nodded.
"Dis is were I trained and Naruto do you think you can take Kyuubi down?" Bee asked and Naruto raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What do you mean can I take Kyuubi-chan down?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi wanted to know that also. Even Nibi and Yugito were curious also, but Bee clarified.
"Lil nine a bijuu is basically a massive ball of negative chakra given a form. Now dat you and Kyuubi have negotiated the terms of your chakra it's time that you took possession of it. Trust me when I say that you have to fight Kyuubi for it. While she might willingly hand it over to you mentally, physically she won't listen and you'll have to fight her for it. It's a certain type of ritual if you can call it that. I had to fight Hachibi and Yugi-chan had to fight Nibi-chan. Both our bijuu liked us at the time, but they still fought anyway. So do you think you can take on Kyuubi-chan right now?" Bee asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes. He immediately shook his head in a negative.
"No, I know Kyuubi-chan and she won't go down that easily besides I'm too young for this power so I'll wait. Kyuubi-chan and I will fight one day, but I'm nowhere strong enough to beat her now both she and I know that," Naruto said making Kyuubi be impressed with him.
"Most people would drop at the chance to fight me for my chakra. Naruto-kun I promise to make our fight the best we've both ever had," Kyuubi said as she cracked her knuckles and immediately got to work on the mindscape for whenever Naruto was ready to fight her.
While Kyuubi was doing that, Bee and Yugito smiled at Naruto as they ruffled the blonde's hair.
"Good job lil nine. You made the right choice. Yugi-chan and I knew you couldn't beat Kyuubi-chan right now and decided to wait. Say you don't have a summoning contract do you?" Bee asked and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"What's a summoning contract?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi snapped her finger.
"That's what I forgot! I knew I wanted to give him something," Kyuubi thought while Yugito explained.
"A contract is sort of an agreement between you and animals. There are many contracts in the world. Jinchuuriki more or less have their contracts based on their bijuu. I have a contract with the Cats. Bee is sort of a special case since he has two contracts with the Bulls and Octopuses. Now then Kyuubi should give you a contract with the foxes," Yugito said and Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"She never told me about-,"
"Sorry about that. It slipped my mind," Kyuubi said apologizing to Naruto for her little accident making Naruto sigh. The fox woman allowed chakra leak out of Naruto's body for a bit and immediately a poof came and a scroll popped into the blonde's hand.
"Well it seems that Kyuubi's gonna hand you the contract for the Foxes," Yugito said and Naruto nodded. He unfurled it and noticed that no one had signed it before while Kyuubi smirked.
"Sign it Naruto-kun. I'm sure the foxes will love you," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded. He bit his thumb as he was instructed by Bee and Yugito. Naruto traced his name on the paper and a glow appeared then disappeared.
"Alright Naruto-kun go through the summoning jutsu handsigns and push as much chakra as you want into it," Yugito said and Naruto nodded. The blonde bit his thumb and went through the handsigns which took another two hours to learn before he slammed the ground.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," Naruto yelled as a poof of some came around and then dissipated. Everyone looked and saw a small crimson fox scratching its ear before looking directly at Naruto.
It stretched for a bit before running at the blonde as it ran up his arm and rested itself on his head.
"Greeting summoner-san. I'm Fuku of the foxes. It seems you have our contract how is that?" She asked while resting in Naruto's hair which made the blonde chuckle.
"Well Kyuubi-chan told me to sign with you guys and no summoner-san. I'm Naruto that's all," The blonde said and fox chuckled while her tail wagged around.
"Well Kyuubi-sama, how nice. If she's recommended you then we can't complain. The foxes are at your command Naruto-sama," The fox said then vanished quickly leaving everyone in the room.
"Well that was interesting," Naruto said and everyone nodded with him.
"I guess we're going back now? Naruto asked making Bee and Yugito nod.
"Well Naruto-kun you're going back by yourself. I'm gonna stay here and settle a little matter that I should've done," Yugito said and Naruto merely nodded with her.
"Alright I'm gonna go. I'll see you in three months Yugi-hime. Bye Bee-sensei. I'll see you soon C," Naruto told them. Everyone nodded and the blonde closed his eyes. He grinned as he pinpointed the seal he placed on Yugito's house and smiled.
"I'll see you soon Yugi-hime," Naruto said vanishing in the Hiraishin leaving everyone else in the room. Meanwhile Yugito walked over to the door and grinned.
"Bee, I think it's time I gave it another go. If I can I'd like to settle it this time. Nibi and I are much better now and I know I can have a better connection with her than I already have," Yugito said walking towards the waterfall. She sat down and closed her eyes as she smiled.
"I won't fall behind Naruto-kun. I know I can improve also. I won't let him surpass me," Yugito said in thought as her Dark clone came from the waterfall.
"I can do it too," Yugito thought as she confronted her clone after a number of years.
With Naruto
Naruto instantly appeared in front of their house and dropped to the floor. It took quite a bit of chakra to get there.
"I might never attempt that again," Naruto said opening the door to his house and the blonde walked inside. It felt so lonely and depressing since he didn't have his girlfriend with him.
"Ahem," Kyuubi coughed and Naruto chuckled. Okay he didn't have one of his two girlfriends with him.
That's better," Kyuubi said with a playful grin while she silently worked away at the place of choice for their fight which wouldn't be for a few good years, but she could wait it out.
Meanwhile, Naruto was packing up all the stuff he would need for his trip for the three months of nonstop missions. He, Karui, Omoi, and Samui would be out around the world for who knows how long.
"You know Naruto-kun since you're don't have that much evil in your heart. I strangely feel more calm now. I wonder why that is," Kyuubi said and Naruto didn't know how to answer that for her as he packed and sealed things into his scrolls and he placed those scrolls into his backpack.
"I don't know why Kyuubi-chan, but I certainly feel much better. It's a shame I couldn't take your chakra. I'd make a killer shinobi," Naruto said while Kyuubi scoffed.
"As if you could beat me right now. I do have my pride to look after. No way in hell were you beating me," Kyuubi said while Naruto chuckled at her.
"That's what you think," Naruto told her and Kyuubi rolled her eyes.
"Look kit you wanna come in here right now and fight me?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto thought that over. He then grew silent while Kyuubi grinned in accomplishment.
"I didn't think so," She replied while Naruto grumbled. It was getting late into the night, but he managed to get everything done and laid in his bed. The blonde sighed as he missed the slight warmth of his girlfriend.
"Aww should I warm you up Naru-kun?" Kyuubi asked and the blonde chuckled.
"Since when did you become such a perv," Naruto asked and Kyuubi grumbled at him before getting silent making Naruto chuckle before the sleep claimed him also.
Three Days Later
Naruto, Omoi, Samui and Karui stood before the Raikage and Mabui. A gave Samui the list of missions and sighed.
"I wish you four the best and I know you'll do your best. I'm sorry for this sudden leave, but I know you can handle it," A said making the four chunin nod. Samui rolled up the scrolls and they all bowed.
"We are honored to accept these requests Raikage-sama," Samui said to A. The Raikage nodded and they were all about to leave before Naruto stopped.
"Keep that seat warm for me A-Jiji," Naruto said making A grumble at him while Mabui giggled a little at her little brother's attitude. It never changed at all.
"Get outta here brat," A said and everyone left the room.
With Team Samui
"Alright Samui-oneechan what mission do we have first?" Naruto asked and Samui took out the scroll as they headed for the Gates of Kumo. Karui and Omoi paid special attention while Samui cleared her throat.
"Well it says that the first mission was given to us by Konoha or rather Konoha's toad Sage Jiraiya-sama," Samui said and everyone raised an eyebrow.
"What does he want?" Omoi asked with a yawn. Naruto asked for the scroll and Samui easily gave it to him while the blonde read it.
"It says that we're to help him search for some woman called Tsunade Senju," Naruto said and Karui widened her eyes.
"Tsunade Senju? As in the only female sannin, greatest medical woman alive Tsunade Senju?" Karui asked and Naruto nodded.
"So what are we waiting for?" Omoi asked and Naruto furled up the scroll before handing it back over to Samui. Everyone on the team nodded.
"Well let's say our goodbyes for now everyone. We won't be back here for some time," Samui said and everyone waited a minute for silence. After that they immediately shot through the gates and made their way to the meet up point with Jiraiya. They wouldn't be back for quite a while, but Kumo would still learn of the four chunin and their accomplishments.
KG: Sorry for this slow update again. It won't be that long. I got distracted by my new story and didn't update this one. Sorry again. Also the reason I didn't have Naruto fight Kyuubi is because he isn't ready yet. I want him stronger also it would completely throw off my fic if Naruto got the tailed beast mode already. He'd be too strong for anyone and I didn't want that. Later.