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"Hmm…"- Black Zetsu

Chapter 4:
The Third pt. II

If there was one thing that a person could expect after living for several thousand of years was that there would be nothing that could still keep surprising him or her. Like, you're thousands of years old! Besides obvious advancements in both the science and the cultural aspect and such, everything else should just be for a lack of a better word….normal.

Or that was how Naruto thought the rest of his life was going to be at least. Just a boring existence with nothing new that could surprise him. Well, fate just gave him a 'what the fuck' moment, effectively proving him wrong. It wasn't like it was a bad thing either. It just made living that much more interesting.

This teenager, Kurosaki Ichigo, was no ordinary teenager. Naruto was sure of that. Besides having an one of kind type of hair color, unless he dyed it of course, his physical prowess was not that of a regular human. The fact that he could keep up with Naruto, who had not been running at normal speeds for a regular human of this age even for professional runners, was proof enough of that. It could also just be that he met a really talented individual as well. But Naruto wasn't entirely convinced of that. Something just kept nagging him, telling him that there was something else at work here. The question now was what to do about it…..

Ichigo wordlessly walked around the black haired teen, not seeing any more reason to stay.

Seeing this, the black haired individual turned towards his retreating form, a small grin on his face. "Oi, you. Why don't you let me treat you for some ramen as a thanks for having helped me get back my bag? Both of you," he added, looking at the still Naruto.

Without turning around, Ichigo responded, "No thanks. I'm good." Two other teenagers wearing the same uniform were standing nearby, no doubt Ichigo's friends.

The black haired individual let out a sigh before turning towards Naruto. "What about you?"

But Naruto wasn't paying any attention to him. Talking a few steps forward, Naruto continued to observe this Ichigo person. "Where exactly did you learn that?"

Ichigo and his two friends who had begun to walk away stopped on their tracks with Ichigo turning around with a raised eyebrow, already guessing what Naruto was curious about. "And of what concern is that to you exactly?"

Naruto shrugged, a small smirk on his face. "Curiosity. I haven't seen anyone with such skills in a quiet some time." And by 'quiet some time,' he meant in thousand of years. Really, with science having taken over, humans had lost the physical prowess that they had once had. It reminded Naruto of how things had been before the Juubi had gotten loose. All though in all honesty, Naruto himself didn't know much of how life had been back then. All he knew was what the Shinigami had shown him.

The brown haired teen standing next to Ichigo nodded in understanding, a hand on his chin as well as a grin on his face. "Well, that's true. There's no one else like Ichigo around here, that's for sure. I mean, Ichigo had super-"

Ichigo merely elbowed him, stopping him from continuing with his statement.

The other short black haired teen shook his head at his friend's idiocy. "Really Keigo…."

The now named Keigo simply rubbed the spot where Ichigo had elbowed him, not saying anything in response. For now at least.

Now Naruto didn't know what to say about that. Really, what could he say?

Ichigo looked at Naruto, releasing a small sigh. "While I appreciate the compliment, it's nothing special. I've just trained at a karate dojo since I was four. That's all."

'Yeah right….' thought Naruto, obviously not believing him.

Ichigo then raised an eyebrow. "What about you though? I mean, you were on par with me in speed as well. So if you think that I've been doing something special, then so have you."

Naruto released an internal snort. That was the understatement of the century. It was the whole reason that he was even asking him about this. Shrugging, he answered, "Nothing much either. I just train like you, I guess. But everyone that I have come across hasn't matched me yet. So the fact that you do just surprised me. I mean, it looks like you're still in high school. That's a serious blow to my pride, you know."

Ichigo nodded at that, obviously understanding where the person in front of him was coming from. Of course, it wasn't anything compared to what he could do with his shinigami powers. Well, if he still had them. Fighting with Aizen had really left a bad aftermath for him. Not that he was going tell the person in front of him that. Speaking of which, he was going to have a serious talk with Keigo after this about keeping secrets.

"I understand, I guess. I would be too if a twelve-year-old could beat me up. But like I said, I don't do anything special."

Naruto looked at him for a few more moments before nodding. Turning around and walking the way that he had come, he threw a wave behind him. "I see. Well, it was nice meeting you, Kurosaki Ichigo."

Ichigo merely threw a wave back before he and the other two turned to walk towards the opposite way.

The owner of the bag simply sighed as he watched both parties walk away, obviously knowing that he had been forgotten. Oh well, not that it mattered. He got what he came for. And that was what really mattered.

'I'll be seeing you, Kurosaki Ichigo,' he thought with a smirk.

"You really are stupid you know, Asano-san," stated the third teen in the group, shaking his head in obvious disappointment as well as using his last name in a formal way. He knew how much Keigo hated that.

Keigo merely placed both of his arms behind his head, looking the other way with a huff. "Whatever. I don't need to hear this from you, Mizuiro." It had just simply been a slip of the tongue. It could have had happened to anyone!

"But you do," retorted Ichigo, seeing as Mizuiro was about to back off. "You can't go around saying that I was a shinigami to people." Ichigo then paused. "Actually, I don't think anyone would believe you, but still."

Keigo let out a pout. "You too, Ichigo? I thought we were friends!"

Ichigo released a sigh. "I'm starting to question whether that's good for my health or not at this point…."

Tears started to appear around Keigo's eyes at hearing this before running up to Ichigo in order to capture him in a hug as shown by his spreading both of his arms. "You can't mean that, Ichigo!"

As a response to this, Ichigo merely sent a half thought out punch to intercept him, sending Keigo to the ground on his back.

Mizuiro simply sighed again. But really, he was use to this by now. It was, after all, what made this group interesting. Especially Keigo.

As for Ichigo, he wasn't paying any attention to Keigo as he and Mizuiro continued on their merry way. He didn't even know that he had just punched Keigo in pure reflex either. No, his mind was currently occupied by the silver haired enigma that he had just met. Just like the older individual had become interested in him, so had Ichigo for the very same reason. The point was simple: he had been able to keep up with Ichigo. And Ichigo was certain that he wasn't a shinigami. He wouldn't have had been able to see him then. Only his younger sister, Karin, possessed that ability now. Not that she was too happy about, but that was a a different story all together. Hell, the guy wouldn't even had gotten involved if that was the case!

So really, who was he? He wasn't an ordinary human, that was for sure. Unless what he had been saying was true. That all he did was train. But Ichigo really doubted that.

It was then that Ichigo realized something: he never got the dude's name, even after he gave him his own. Oh well, no point dwelling on it, he guessed. After all, his shinigami days were over. Whoever that person had been, it was more than likely that he would never see him again. That was what he hoped for at least. Just like he didn't want to see any other shinigami which included Rukia. That was the truth of the matter. Even so, he knew somewhere deep in his heart that he was simply lying to himself. But he would never admit that.

Keigo quickly recovered before running up to join with both Ichigo and Mizuiro, yelling the entire way.

None of them noticed or sensed a masked individual observing them from the shadows.

Kushina sighed as she took Naruto's place on his chair, her legs crossed one over the other. Fuka was still sitting on top of the table with Zetsu still 'hanging' off the ceiling.

"All right. So we got the basic scenario down. But I still feel like we're missing something…."

Fuka snorted at that. "Of course we are. We always are, you know. And that's the annoying part."

Well, she had a point there, Kushina admitted to herself. They were always in the dark. It wasn't until the very end that they knew everything. It was because of that that many casualties resulted. But there was nothing they could do about it. Their only choice was to keep going forward with what little info they had.

Turning towards Zetsu, Kushina spoke, "Just what exactly is happening in the Shinigami's world anyways?"

White Zetsu answered, "We don't have all the pieces together. Not yet at least. All we know is that there is a new war occurring. Apparently, there have been a few recently. The Watch keeps those kinds of secrets well guarded."

Fuka raised an eyebrow. "And who exactly is taking part in this?"

"That, we don't know either. I don't even think that The Watch is entirely sure yet either. Or maybe they're just hiding that piece of information pretty well." It was Black Zetsu that answered this time.

Fuka t'sked but didn't say anything else. Just like with Mito, it seemed that she wanted to know all of the facts beforehand.

Kushina leaned back on the leather chair that she was currently sitting on. "So? If this is going on inside of the Shinigami's world, why exactly is The Watch here in Tokyo?"

This time, White Zetsu grinned. "I was hoping you would ask that. This is where things get interesting. For a while now, it seems that The Watch has been keeping tabs on a human, a teenage boy to be exact. For what? Well, that's something else that we weren't able to acquire."

Black Zetsu continued, "But you must understand how important this. Considering who The Watch is being run by, for the corporation to be interested in a boy or a mere human for that matter….well, there must be something special about him. Something which we do not know yet."

"Something which we need to find out…." finished Kushina in a whisper.

Black Zetsu nodded. "Exactly."

"This just doesn't make any damn sense," spoke up Fuka in irritation. "I mean, why would they do what they did in Riyadh with this going on? What was the whole purpose of assassinating the king if they weren't going to follow through?"

"We were able to piece that together at least," answered Black Zetsu calmly. "All that is currently happening….the unknown didn't want to deal with it. He had been hoping that things in the Shinigami's world wouldn't escalate to the point that it currently is. His next move was more than likely to just sit back and watch how humanity carried out the rest of his plan for him."

Realization hit Kushina. "Mainly go into war."

"Indeed," agreed White Zetsu. "Even if the nations at war didn't launch their nuclear weapons from the very beginning, there's no doubt that the unknown would have ignited some other spark for the nations to act rashly and just shoot their damn missiles. Consequences be damned."

Fuka sighed. "It's coming together now….." Really, the idiocy of the ones on top would have had completed the bastard's plan for him. Fuka wasn't even sure how long things would stay quiet in the human world either. Looking at Kushina, she voiced her concerns, "We need to keep an eye on that matter as well. If the major powers do go to war, we need to make sure that it doesn't escalate to them shooting their missiles. I don't know if we would survive the impact afterwards, and I would rather not test that theory out..."

Kushina nodded, a small frown on her face. "You're right..." Really, they had so many things on their plate all of a sudden. How she wished for Anko to still be with them. She would have been of great help, especially with their focus lying in two places. A grin then formed itself on the redhead's pink lips. "But now we've learned something valuable. The conflict that's currently arising in the other world….the bastard didn't want for it to occur."

Fuka turned towards her fellow and now excited redhead again, this time with a confused look on her face. "Yeah. But why are you getting so excited about something like that?"

Kushina waved one of her hands slightly. "I realize that it might not seem like much, but it's something at least. Mainly that we can use this so called war to our advantage by somehow putting pressure on the bastard. If what Zetsu said is true, then he will want for the war to end as soon as possible."

Fuka made an 'o' shape with her mouth, understanding what Kushina was saying. Indeed, it wasn't much. But if they could somehow use the upcoming conflict to turn the tables on the old bastard, then it would be something in the end.

'Especially for Anko…..'

Kushina mirrored her thoughts before the official wife thought of something. "By the way," she began, looking up at Zetsu, "what's the name of the teenage boy that The Watch is currently observing?"

"Kurosaki."

"Kurosaki Ichigo."

'Seriously, something must be wrong with me.'

Now dressed in the attire in which he had worn in Riyadh the night that he had confronted Violet and the other, that was what Naruto thought of the current situation, mainly his following Ichigo to where it was that he lived. It was downright stalking in a sense. But Naruto didn't really put much thought to that. It wouldn't help his sanity any if he did.

Yes, it might seem stupid for him to be doing this, but there was something in his gut telling him that there really was something off about this Ichigo. He didn't really know what, but he was willing to do some investigating in order to find out.

Hence, his being crouched down in a nearby tree in front of the Kurosaki household. Ichigo had walked in about half an hour ago, showing no signs of coming out. If things kept going like this, then Naruto would soon loose interest and just write the whole thing as just meeting a really gifted individual who would have had probably been a good shinobi. But nothing more than that.

In all accounts, it seemed like a regular household. Nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, something made Naruto stay. Perhaps it was just simply boredom. After all, without the old bastard and the purple haired girl being here, there really was nothing more for him or the others to do at the moment except to wait.

Well, Naruto could try contacting the Shinigami again, but he wasn't sure how that would turn out. The god of death had made it perfectly clear that he didn't want anything else to do with this, and yet, he was right in the middle of it! Then again, all that he had said was that he wasn't going to offer his assistance any longer which showed that he was no longer on Naruto's side. Maybe that was what the god of death had been playing at. He was most certainly a part of whatever it was that was going to take place, but he wasn't on anyone's side. Hmm….it made sense at least.

At any rate, Naruto was certain that he would figure things out in the end. But as of right now, he had nothing. Nothing but a hunch. And as a result of having nothing else, he would follow that hunch until the end.

Naruto wasn't the only one at the scene, however. Nor was he the only one interested in Ichigo.

Parked on the other side of the Kurosaki household were two black SUVs with the two people that Naruto wanted to stick a bijuu bomb into sitting calmly in the second one on the backseats.

Violet threw the calm and reserved looking man next to her a bored look. "Do I really have to come with you to kill this guy? I mean, he's just a regular human right now. Killing him shouldn't be too much of an issue. With me there as well, it would just be overkill."

The Watcher opened his eyes as he glanced at his creation as he liked to call her, something which annoyed the hell out of said 'creation.' "No, you're not coming with me."

Now that caused for Violet to become confused. "Then why am I here then?"

The Watcher let out a sigh. "You've been slacking off, I see. That's not good. Perhaps giving you as much freedom as I do is working against the both of us."

Violet opened her mouth to retort before closing it. Nothing good would come out of back talking the being next to her, not now at least. He was extremely annoyed at the moment despite his calm demeanor.

Seeing this, he continued, "Since it's obvious that you don't know yet, I'll just simply tell you: Uzumaki Naruto is here."

Now that changed Violet's mood altogether. Glancing out the window with a smirk, she said, "Is that so? Well then, I guess it's time for us to meet again."

The Watcher noticed the newly present excitement radiating from the girl next to him which caused him to release another sigh. "Don't make the same mistake as last time. Kill him. If things go perfectly here, all of our problems will be solved here today. It's like killing two bird with one stone."

Violet waved one of her hands in dismissal. "You already know that I can handle him. Besides, without his powers, this Kurosaki Ichigo shouldn't be too much of a bother."

The Watcher shook his head. "That may be, but if he comes in contact with that troublesome organization and regains his powers, it could pose more problems for us in the future. But I'm certain that you already know what I'm talking about."

Violet merely nodded.

The Watcher signaled for both the driver and the individual in the front seat to get out and move towards the Kurosaki household, signaling for the other three men in the front car to move as well.

"Like I said: kill him. Before he can interfere with us any longer. We were lucky of how things went in Riyadh. But if they had known what we were up to beforehand, they could have had stopped us. I don't want any more unnecessary interferences. Even if you have to use that power."

Violet didn't respond.

The Watcher simply got out of the car as well, following behind the five men under his command that all wore the same black suits.

Violet let out a chuckle after The Watcher had walked out of the car. She wasn't going to kill Naruto. Far from it. It was only because Naruto opposed them that The Watcher wanted him dead because of the threat that he could become. Not to mention the fact that The Watcher didn't like the fact of how Naruto had squandered the gift that he had given Naruto. Well, in his eyes at least.

But all of that didn't matter to Violet. She wanted Naruto, period. And she would have him.

Naruto's current thoughts on the situation at hand did a 180-turn at seeing just who was walking towards the gate that led into Ichigo's house. It seemed that following his gut had ended up giving him a golden opportunity after all. He would have to make sure to follow it more often. But that reference was for a later date.

Naruto was about to jump down to the street to confront the 'old bastard' as he now referred the unknown being before his old shinobi senses which he had not used in years kicked in, making him move to the left in order to dodge a well placed kicked aimed to his head.

Violet smirked as she felt her foot come in contact with the tree and not Naruto's face which had obviously been her target.

Less than a second later, Naruto retaliated by grabbing hold of Violet's stretched leg and swinging her towards the concrete street below. Violet merely landed calmly on the ground, Naruto appearing in front of her a few feet away the next moment.

Naruto immediately took notice of the fact that the now thirty something man was no longer outside on the street like them, most likely meaning that he was already inside the house. Talk about fast.

Violet currently had a small grin on her face as she looked at Naruto. "I can't tell you how much I've wanted to see you again," she stated, making Naruto focus on her for the time being.

The comment caused for Naruto to mentally snort. It hadn't even been a day yet since they last saw each other….or was it? Damn time changes. But her apparent obsession over him highly reminded Naruto of Hinata. And that obsession had also cost him to deal with a major problem which could have had jeopardize the whole mission to eradicate Konoha back then. And something told him that it was going to cause a major headache here now as well. Possibly bigger than Hinata's for that matter.

But there was something else that did catch Naruto's attention, however. And that was that the girl in front of him was no slouch. It would seem that despite her powers, she had also trained her body physically, if the earlier attack was any indication.

Well, good. That just made everything sweeter in Naruto's opinion. When he brought her down to knees, both defeated and broken that was.

Seeing that Naruto wasn't going to respond, Violet let out a small pout. Really, couldn't he make these encounters a bit more interesting? They were sort of like dates, after all. Granted, this was only the second that they had met besides that night in the royal palace. But still! And did he have to wear that mask? She wanted to see his face, not some fox anbu mask from ages ago.

Reaching into his holster that was on the right side of his stomach, Naruto pulled out his combat knife or dagger. But it wasn't an ordinary knife. For one, thanks to his and Kushina's combined efforts, but mainly Kushina's, the knife could absorb chakra thanks to the chakra seal receivers that were placed on its blade along with another modification.

Violet simply watched as the knife was soon engulfed in electricity. "Really, this is just pointless. You already know what I can do," Violet said with a shake of her head.

Naruto smirked, not that she could see it. "Ah, that I do. You caught me off guard last time since I didn't really know what you were capable of. That's the only reason that you got me like you did. But you've made a terrible mistake in underestimating me and these eyes. There's a reason why that bastard that you now follow once placed the task of changing this rotten race to me. And you're about to find out."

Violet smirked in response. "Is that so? Well, come at me then." As soon as she finished speaking, her brown eyes began to glow just like last time.

But like Naruto had said, he was prepared this time. Quickly throwing the knife at her, Violet was forced to duck to the side lest she be impaled, and not the good way for that matter.

Seeing this, Naruto was quick to move. Dashing forward, he pulled back his arm which he had used to throw the knife, causing for the said weapon to be pulled back.

Violet narrowed her eyes as she saw this but wasn't able to dwell on it as Naruto was soon upon her, the knife in hand.

It was then that Naruto learned something new about Violet: she could also use chakra like any normal shinobi in the past.

Violet pushed some of her chakra to her feet which she used to push her off the ground and upwards, effectively dodging being stabbed by Naruto.

Naruto narrowed his eyes behind his anbu mask, having sensed the fact that the girl before him could use chakra. He then jumped back to put some distance between them as Violet landed. If she could use chakra, then what else did she have hidden under her sleeves? It also explained how she had gotten to his spot so quickly.

Violet tilted her head to the side. "And here I thought that you would have followed through with that attack of yours. Any reason why you didn't?" She had already figured out that Naruto had a small string of chakra attached to that knife that he carried which he used in order to pull it back towards him.

Naruto merely shrugged as he activated his rinnegan. "I still don't know what your full abilities are. The fact that I didn't know that you could use chakra until now being the proof of that. But I'm not here to play games with you either. I don't know why you're targeting this Kurosaki Ichigo, and I don't really care for that matter. My business is with that old fart that's leading the corporation that you also seem to be a part of."

Violet became surprised at hearing that. Really, she had become too lenient in using her special ability. No, it wasn't lenient. More like arrogant.

She then shook her head. "Sorry, but we can't allow for you to interfere. Not with something as important as this. That Kurosaki person needs to be killed."

'I wonder why though…..' thought Naruto before shaking that thought away. He would figure that out later. Now, he needed to deal with the girl in front of him.

Seeing her gather energy thanks to his rinnegan as well as her eyes starting to glow again, Naruto quickly brought his right arm forward.

"Bansho Tenin!"

Violet found herself being pulled towards Naruto by an invisible force. But of course, she already knew of this attack. In mid-air, two Ruger SR9 pistols were on her hands, having had hidden them within her jacket. Bringing them before her in an instant, she fired a shot from each. And due to the jutsu that Naruto had active, the bullets were quick to make their way towards Naruto.

Seeing this, Naruto quickly bent backwards, the bullets passing over him. Violet quickly used this to her advantage as she delivered a powerful axe kick on Naruto, sending him to the ground with a powerful force.

Naruto grunted in slight pain from this. He was out of shape more than he realized if this girl that he was fighting could land a hit on him.

Violet jumped back, landing on the ground in a crouch position with the pistols still in hand.

Naruto stood up, bringing his knife to the ground which sent an electrical current towards the crouched Violet who merely smirked at seeing this.

Her eyes glowed briefly as the electrical current disappeared.

Naruto recoiled in surprise. Just what the hell did she do?

Violet stood up from her crouched position, sending Naruto a wink. "You seem to be able to know how my special ability works, sweetie. It must be because of that rinnegan of yours. Am I right?"

Naruto didn't respond.

Not seeing a response from him but already knowing the answer to that question, Violet carried on, "My special ability requires for me to gather the natural energy around me, meaning that I have an endless supply. But that's not all. Even from that brief encounter in Riyadh, you managed to deduce that the stronger the effect of my ability has on reality, the more energy that I must gather. Like if I wanted to pull off the same trick that I did back in that hotel in Riyadh. I would need a considerate amount of energy, more so than with what I did with that lightning attack of yours."

But Naruto already knew that. He had seen it happen with his rinnegan, after all. It was also what he had been doing up until now which was basically not allowing for Violet to gather the necessary amount of energy that was require for her to do what she did in Riyadh. If she did, he would instantly lose.

Violet shook her head. "But my technique is more than for just allowing for me to see the future or even stopping time in a certain area. Those are just the basics. I've been training to control it better for a while now. Like with what I just did with that lightning based attack of yours."

Naruto soon found himself in the receiving end of his own attack that he had just sent Violet earlier. And in not having known that it was coming, he didn't have the time to absorb it. Coming down on one knee, Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration while looking at Violet. That stung like a bitch! And just like he had guessed earlier, he still didn't know what else this girl had hidden up her sleeve.

Violet giggled. "I suppose you could say that it's similar to that technique that that Uchiha pal of yours had in the past. What was his name? Oh yes, Obito I believe."

Now Naruto understood immediately.

Violet shrugged slightly. "It's not really that hard to understand. I simply sent that lightning of yours into a space vacuum where there is no time. I then simply released it back to you. And since it was instantaneous, the amount of energy that I needed to gather wasn't a large quantity. Like with these bullets for example."

Naruto was immediately on guard when Violet brought both of the pistols in her hands forward again, instantly firing them. But unlike last time, this time they disappeared mid-way, only for them to reappear less than a centimeter in front of him. Not expecting this, both bullets hit him on both of his shoulders, causing for Naruto to fall back on the ground.

Violet giggled again. "See? I simply did the same thing right there. My power can be used in a lot of different ways, Naruto. It's not just simply stopping time or observing it. You just have to be creative is all."

Naruto was silent on his spot on the ground for a few moments before he chuckled. Soon, the chuckles escaping him turned into laughter.

Violet frowned as she saw this, lowering her pistols. Just why was he laughing? There was nothing amusing about this. Well, for him at least. If anything, he should realize that he couldn't win here and just simply surrender.

Naruto continued to laugh as he stood up from the ground. Violet's eyes widened as she saw the two bullets from before being pulled from within Naruto's shoulders and onto the ground. Well, pull wasn't the right verb. More like pushed away by Naruto's body itself. Not only that, but both wounds healed themselves instantaneously.

Naruto brought his laughter under control as he placed a hand on his mask. "You're one tough bitch. I'll give you that much. But like I've said, you underestimate me too much."

A darkish energy began to surround Naruto's form. "You've shown me a bit of what you can do. So I'll now return the favor. Let me show you what I can do."

Violet took a step back as she sensed the pure and raw dark energy that was currently being emanated by Naruto. Despite this, an excited smile appeared on her face as well as a small blush.

'So this is his power…..'

Minutes earlier…..

Ichigo had a good ritual planned out for the afternoon. First, take a long nap. Then, eat dinner. And finally start whatever homework it was that he needed to do. This had been the same for him for over seventeen months now. And he was used to it by now. He wasn't complaining.

Throwing his bag halfheartedly to the side, Ichigo threw himself on his bed. He didn't understand why, but despite the fact that his life was now by all means normal, he found himself discontent with it. He just didn't understand why. He had nothing to worry about. Well, except for the entrance exams that were coming up. Now that was something that he wasn't looking forward to.

Ichigo sighed to himself as he rolled to the side.

'Just don't worry about what the others are doing,' he reminded himself. 'That's not you. You're just an ordinary human now.'

Even so, he knew that wasn't the case. Even without his shinigami powers, the very fact that he was the son of both Kurosaki Masaki and Isshin was proof enough that he wasn't ordinary. Well, it wasn't like he knew until recently at any rate. Why the hell did everything have to be so confusing!

Before his thoughts could continue, the sounds of a commotion coming from outside his window caught his attention. Getting up and looking out through it, he caught sight of what looked like a fight. But it wasn't an ordinary fight. No, that was proven to him as he continued to observe it. Just who the hell was that girl and that masked person? And those abilities of theirs...just what the hell?

But before he could dwell on it, he heard his door being opened.

Ichigo sighed as he turned towards the entrance of his room. "Yuzu, I'm not in the-"

He stopped as he came face to face with the forms of two men in black suits instead of the usual form of his younger sister that he had been expecting. What the hell were they doing in his room? More importantly, what were they doing in his house?

Both men pulled out a pistol from within their dress jacket with Ichigo not even bothering to look at them.

"Kurosaki Ichigo," spoke the one on the left, "come with us quietly or we will use force."

Now, how many times had Ichigo heard that before? True, he didn't have his shinigami powers. But just like that silver haired man had pointed out, he still had his physical abilities. But it seemed that the two formal dressed individuals in front of him didn't know that. Well, that was what Ichigo assumed at least. Right now wasn't the time to be thinking this, however. No doubt that his sisters were probably in the same situation as him.

Before either man could take notice of, Ichigo sprinted towards them, sending a powerful punch to the man's face that stood on the right before sending a low kick to the man on the left which effectively brought him down on the ground as well as the one that he had punched. Seeing the man that he had kicked getting up, Ichigo was quick to send an axe kick straight to the man's hand, knocking him out just like his partner was.

Not waiting a second longer, Ichigo ran out his room and downstairs towards the living room, coming face to face with what he had suspected.

Three more men, dressed just like the two that he had just beaten up, were present, holding the same looking pistol that Ichigo didn't bother to identify. His sisters, Karin and Yuzu, were sitting on the sofa with the three men standing before them. But not only that, there was one other man except that he wasn't dressed like the other three. He was standing by one of the windows that faced the street, no doubt watching what was happening outside.

Ichigo himself idly remembered what was currently occurring out there before placing it in the back of his mind. Saving his sisters was his top priority right now.

Both Karin and Yuzu simply watched their older brother anxiously, not saying a word. They had been told not to. And if they did, their brother would be killed instantly.

The Watcher turned from the window to face Ichigo, a calm look on his face. "So," he began, catching Ichigo's attention, "you beat those two up there, did you? Well, it would have been disappointing if you hadn't."

Ichigo frowned. 'So he's the one behind this then….' That was the best possible conclusion that he could come up with. But why?

"What do you want?"

The Watcher closed his eyes. "Interesting question. I doubt that you would understand if I told you. But in order for me to get what I really desire, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to remove you out of the picture."

Ichigo frowned once again. That was just another way of saying that he wanted to kill him. But the question still remained: why? And where was his father now of all times? Taking a slight step forward, Ichigo readied himself to deal with this.

The Watcher, having had opened his eyes to have seen Ichigo's slight movement, shook his head. "I wouldn't try anything if I were you. Unless you have forgotten, we have your sisters."

Ichigo gritted his teeth in anger at the reminder, glancing towards them who were looking straight at him with fear present in their eyes. Just why was this happening? His life was supposed to be calm now, dammit!

The Watcher simply observed the reaction that this had on Ichigo, pleased to know that he had reacted just like The Watcher had hoped he would. "If you don't want anything to happen to them, just come with us."

Ichigo frowned again as he looked at the man in front of him again. "I've heard that plenty of times before. But really, I just now that you'll simply kill them after I come with you."

The Watcher sighed at that. "Yes, I suppose that that would be the 'villain' thing to do, wouldn't it? But don't misunderstand me, boy. I'm only here for you. These girls are of no importance to me. Nor do I have any desire to inflict any harm on them. But if you wish to make things difficult here, then I will not hesitate to hurt them if it helps you to come quietly."

Well, not much choice there. It wasn't like Ichigo could do anything under these circumstances. Either way, there was a possibility of either Karin or Yuzu getting hurt. Maybe even both. He would just have to come quietly.

Sighing, Ichigo relaxed his stance, indicating that he gave himself up.

The Watcher merely signaled for one of his men to cuff him. Things were going down smoothly, just like he had hoped they would. Now if only Violet killed Naruto, then things would really be perfect.

Violet soon found herself coming face to face with Naruto's Susanoo, a sight which she had only seen when observing the past. It seemed that Naruto wasn't going to go easy on her.

Naruto frowned slightly as he noticed the reaction that Violet had. It wasn't the one that he had expected. Going Susanoo might be considered overkill to some, but Naruto wasn't concerned about that. Nor was he concerned about anyone seeing him for that matter. All that he cared about was putting the purple haired girl in front of him in her place before moving on to do the same with the old bastard.

Violet ran one of her hands through her hair as she continued to admire Naruto's Susanoo. "Not going to go easy on me, are you, darling? Well, I'm not complaining over here. I was dying to see you get serious."

Okay, something was definitely wrong with this girl. In all retrospect, though, Naruto should have realized that since first seeing her in the royal palace in Riyadh.

Violet fired another two shots from both of her pistols in hand which were merely deflected by Naruto's Susanoo, causing her to sigh. Placing both of the pistols within her jacket once more as they were now useless, Violet flicked her hair.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" she said with a raised eyebrow. "Aren't going to try and kill me now?"

Naruto sighed. He was going to enjoy putting her in her place all right. His Susanoo soon materialized two more arms and hands, accompanied by an energy sword each as well as the first two original hands.

All four energy swords were brought back by the four hands holding them before they were swung forward towards Violet's position who also stood in front of Ichigo's house, a barrage of dark energy being released as a result.

Seeing this, Violet's eyes glowed for a moment, intent on doing to the attack the same thing which she had done with Naruto's lightning. But before she could do so, wood from beneath the ground soon wrap itself around her legs, catching her attention and preventing her from concentrating.

Naruto smirked. "This is farewell, Violet!"

Violet looked at the incoming energy before sighing. So, she had no choice after all. The energy hit her, causing for a major explosion to occur.

Inside the house, every person present felt the tremor once the attack had hit. Using their distracted states to his advantage, Ichigo elbowed the man in his gut that stood behind him who had been in the process of cuffing him. Before the other two could react, Ichigo was already on the move. The one standing in front of Karin never saw the punch coming towards his face until it was too late which knocked him back towards the third one who had been standing in front of Yuzu. Both men fell to the ground just like their other comrade.

The Watcher could only sigh as he saw Ichigo run out of the house with both of his sisters in tow. Great. Just when everything was going smoothly, something had to mess it up. Rather, someone. And that someone was Uzumaki Naruto, even if he did so indirectly.

'Looks like I'm going to have to bring them out….' Not that he minded. It was time to play some mind games with the nuisance outside.

Ichigo reached the front gate of his house, quickly opening it as both Karin and Yuzu ran outside on the clouded street. And by clouded, he meant by a big dust cloud that was currently surrounding the street. It was then that Ichigo remembered the two that had been fighting here before all of this had taken place. Were they the ones responsible for this? Ichigo was almost certain that they were.

As the dust cloud dissipated, they saw something which shocked all three Kurosaki siblings. That was the sight of the silver haired masked individual surrounded in….well, none of them knew what that thing was.

Ichigo felt someone shake his sleeve. Looking towards his right, he saw Yuzu's worried expression. "Onii-chan….what's going on?"

Ichigo frowned as he turned back towards the unforgettable sight. "I don't know…." Despite every fiber of his being telling him to run away with his sisters, something made Ichigo stay rooted in his spot.

Karin simply watched silently, also not comprehending what exactly was taking place in front of her.

Naruto t'ched as he saw that the Violet girl had somehow dodged his attack. No doubt something to do with that time abilities of her. But that should have been impossible. He had made sure to distract her so that she couldn't have had gather the necessary amount of energy for any attack. Not only that, but that Ichigo person was now outside too with two other girls. Well, it wasn't like that mattered to him. Not right now. Not under these circumstances.

His train of thoughts seized as he soon sensed an all too familiar chakra from behind him. Turning around, Naruto's eyes widened behind his mask as he saw the last thing that he had expected. And that was Violet covered in red chakra. To be more precise, the chakra of that of a bijuu with one tail present.

"How….."

Violet sighed as the red chakra disappeared. "Now that was something that I wasn't hoping to use…."

"Having difficulties, are you?"

Violet hmph'ed as she looked towards Ichigo's rooted form. "So are you, it seems. I told you to bring more men, but you didn't listen." It had just been a precaution that she had suggested that. With her mixed in there as well, it really would had been overkill.

The Watcher was seen walking calmly towards Violet from within the house, looking intently at Naruto and ignoring what Violet had just said.

"So it seems that we meet again, Uzumaki."

Naruto smirked, putting the other issue aside for now. "What? Not happy to see me? And here I thought that I was your favorite. You really hurt my feelings, you know…."

The Watcher stopped next to Violet, looking at Naruto with a small raised eyebrow. "It seems that you have changed…."

Naruto shrugged. "It's not really a change. I've just been running ever since the destruction of Konoha. I just didn't want to move on. I was scared. And I don't really know why…."

Naruto trailed off before looking at both The Watcher and Violet. "But I must thank you two. If it weren't for you two showing up, who knows how long it would have taken for me to realize that I was being a coward. That I was acting incorrectly. That being said, though, I'm still going to kick both of your asses."

The Watcher hmph'ed at that. "I'm afraid it's not going to be so simple, Uzumaki. Even if you have acknowledged your mistake-"

"You misunderstand," interrupted Naruto. "I'm not talking about not following up with what you wanted. As far as I'm concerned, humanity can rot. I'm not exactly human anymore, or have you forgotten?"

The Watcher didn't respond.

Naruto continued, "What I did in the past….that was all for my selfish gain. Nothing more, nothing less. But now, it's time to move on. And I'll start by eliminating the two of you."

The Watcher was silent before chuckling. "Like I've said, it's not going to be so simple. Even if you have that boy behind you on your side, you're still not going to be able to win this."

Naruto frowned while Ichigo stiffened. Now there was something that Naruto didn't quite understand yet. Just why were they targeting Ichigo anyways?

The Watcher spread out his arms. "All three….it seems that you have finally come together. There's no doubt that this is part someone's plan. But even so, I'm going to come on top."

Naruto snorted as he readied himself to attack. "We'll see about that, you old bastard."

The Watcher looked directly into Naruto's eyes, or where they should be anyways. "It seems that you still don't understand. You can't win. Violet here has already shown you a piece of what I have planned for you."

Naruto frowned. 'That bijuu chakra….' But that was impossible! Every single bijuu had been consumed by the Seikatsugakari ages ago!

The Watcher grinned, something which Naruto had not seen up to now. "Now, number one, why don't you greet your dear old friends?"

Naruto was confused by what he meant until he came face to face with eight familiar faces.

Appearing out of a gap in the fabric of time itself thanks to Violet, the past eight jinchuriki stood in front of both The Watcher and Violet, all with blank looks.

Ichigo and his sisters merely watched on, not fully understanding what had just happened.

Naruto for his part took a step back in utter shock as he gazed at each past jinchuriki that had supposed to have been gone forever. Shock was then replaced by complete anger.

Naruto's Susanoo roared as his chakra flared in anger. "Why you…."

Violet calmly walked to stand in front of the eight jinchuriki, sending Naruto another wink. "Why don't you come and see if they're the real deal, sweetie?"

Ichigo glanced at Naruto's shaking form. Whoever they were, it had just hit the guy hard. Ichigo's hands turned into fists. This wasn't something that he could run away from either. Much like with the business with shinigamis that he had dealt with in the past, it seemed that this was something else that he was now caught in the middle of. He still didn't get why though.

If it weren't for his mask, the world would have seen how enraged Naruto's face was at the moment. Pointing at Violet, Naruto scowled. He didn't fully understand if what he was seeing at the moment was true or not, but it didn't matter. The girl in front of him was dead as far as he was concerned.

"You've just made a terrible mistake..."

The Watcher merely smirked. It was showtime.

Now, before anyone starts spamming me with flames or something saying that the jinchuriki coming back shouldn't be possible and that it is beyond stupid, my answer is just to be patient. What is current happening will be explained thoroughly in due time...like next chapter perhaps. A hint though: not everything is what it seems. That's all I'm saying.

Also, I apologize to any Bleach fans if I didn't get Ichigo's or any other character's personality from the manga correctly. I will try to improve if that's the case.

That's all I've got. Well, that and that my vacation is over. *sigh* It's time to go back to ordinary life. Nothing I can do about it though. It took me like two hours, maybe less than that, to write this, though, which is a lot shorter than usual. I'm also at the airport right now as I upload this if anyone cares…probably none of you do, but whatever. It's school time again. Updates will be more random for that matter.

See you whenever.