Okay, so let's get started.

I actually wanted to change the name of this because Naruto's powers are that of a different demon-type.

It's similar to shadows, but slightly different and more powerful. I've also been playing Assassin's Creed, which is kick ass. It'll definitely have effect on my updates. Not to mention watching some Hellsing vids and the awesome stories I'm reading.

Also; Have any of you ever searched up any of the male characters of Naruto and looked for their female form? And, do you think it's weird if someone actually looks them up and just looks at them for no reason at all? 'Cuz if it is, then I think I'm rather fucked up.

Now, on to the story so many of you love. I'm happy you do, 'cuz I thought I'd have to stop updating or something.


A slight smile spread across Inari's face. He looked from his mother to Zabuza, who were having a small conversation in the kitchen. Even if Zabuza once tried to kill his grandfather, the young boy was taking a liking to the swordsman. He hadn't seen his mother smile that way since his father was around, and Inari could see small traces of him in Zabuza.

Yup, all was good as he started walking outside to follow Naruto.


"Give it to me!" said a demanding voice.

"No..." mumbled another voice that clearly said, 'I-don't-care'.

"You will give it to me, dobe."

"No."

"If you don't, I'll rip it from you!"

"Go ahead and try, it'll hopefully kill you."

This went on for some time. Naruto was simply outside, showing Inari how to use his knife in combat, when the Uchiha ass-hole started rambling about wanting Naruto's sword.

Sasuke obliged and reached for Kitsune, but when his hand was almost an inch from the handle, black spikes came through the leather and were pointing at Sasuke. Naruto smirked when he saw the spikes. 'You added that, didn't you?' he asked in his head.

Kyuubi just smirked and crossed her arms. Even being a prick, Sasuke was (surprisingly) smart enough not to touch the spikes. Finally, he turned around and headed inside the house after mumbling, "Dobe." to Naruto, who didn't give a rat's ass.

After showing more moves to Inari, who learned rather quickly, they both went with Tazuna who had stayed at the bridge to finish it. They were surprised to see most of the village there, helping the old man in any way they could. Naruto smirked and said, "Guess we should help as well, eh Inari?"

"Yes Naruto-nii-san!" said the boy, his voice full of enthusiasm. Naruto smiled at him and they both spent the day helping Tazuna build the bridge.


(Somewhere Unknown)

A man with black hair was standing near a tree, a crow perched on his index finger with a letter in its beak. The bird nodded at the man before flying off to deliver its message. The man jumped down from the tree branch he was on and landed on the ground with grace. He then turned and headed to ask a favor of his leader. A favor that almost everyone would think was insane.


(With Naruto)

Naruto sighed and flopped down on the couch next to Shishi, who was curled up in a ball apparently asleep. Next to the fox sat Haku with Akyo on her lap, the ice-user petting Akyo on the head and smiling. Naruto found himself staring at her face, her hair, her eyes. It was quite beautiful how she smiled and giggled when Akyo began licking her fingers. When he finally realized what he was doing, Zabuza was next to him.

"You like her, don't ya gaki?" asked the swordsman, low enough for only Naruto to hear. He was quiet for a moment, not sure what to say.

"She's alot like me. Her and I have gone through the same pain of being hated for something we have no control over. So I guess I do." he said, his eyes having a glint of sadness and slight anger. Zabuza nodded, having made up his mind when the bridge fight ended.

Before anything else could be said, Naruto saw something on a tree and sighed before excusing himself. He went outside and found yet another problem in a crow's beak. It was a letter addressed to him.

Dear Naruto,

I don't want to sound like some impatient jack-ass, but I really wish to return home. Please tell me how he is doing.

Write me back whenever possible.

Sincerely, Crow.

P.S. Make sure to say hi to Akyo for me please. She's a nice girl.

After reading it, he made a dozen or so one-handed signs and whispered, "Fire Style: Great Dragon Claw." Red glowing markings appeared around his arm and connected to his fingers, ending in sharp three-inch claws. A spike ran past his elbow, about a foot long. He touched the tip of one nail to the paper and it was turned to ash in the blink of an eye. He nodded to the crow, which nodded back and flew away to it's master.

He then walked out on to the pond, sending chakra to his feet in instinct and saw Sakura doing some had-signs before shouting, "Water Style: Water Bullet!" The pink-haired girl drew her head back while taking a deep breath. Suddenly, she threw her head forward and opened her mouth wide, letting out a ball of water that grew as it went farther into the water. Soon it was as big as a basketball and had disappeared into the horizon. Naruto whistled, making Sakura turn around to look at him in surprise. "Oh, hey Naruto!" she greeted.

"Hey Sakura. So how're you doing so far?" he asked, giving her one of his usual smirks.

She nodded and said, "Great! I got Water Bullet and Shark Missiledown. What's next?" Naruto smirked then made a Shadow clone and sent him to get someone. Moments later, Zabuza came out with the clone and stood in front of Sakura and Naruto. Shishi and Akyo had followed them and were standing on either side of Naruto while the clone dispelled itself.

"What do you need gaki?" asked the tall swordsman.

"I need you to train Sakura in her water manipulation. She's good right now, but I'm sure she can improve a bit more." said the blond, sounding pretty professional. Zabuza and Sakura both thought it was kinda weird how he sounded kinda older... like he's been through alot more than he let on.

Zabuza nodded and turned to Sakura. "Okay Pinky. Let's start with this." He reached down with his left arm and placed the tip of each finger in the water. When he took it out, there were small marble-sized orbs of water floating under each finger. "Make the water float under your finger, the closer the water is to your finger, the easier it is to manipulate it. Practice it until..." the droplets suddenly dropped and then stopped a centimeter from the water's surface "... until you can keep it afloat this far."

Sakura nodded and started the exercise, the first time dropping before it was a foot off the ground. Naruto nodded and decided to have a word with Shishi. They both walked deep into the forest, and that's when Naruto noticed something new. He seemed to like shaded places alot more than being in the sun. He shrugged and said, "Shishi, Kyu-chan said I have a rare youki of some sort and she can't remember. Mind finding out anything about black youki?"

Shishi looked at him and said, "I'm not the type of guy you'de find in a demon library, but I'll see what I can do."After that he turned into his human form, this time with no ears or tails, and turned to Naruto. "Now to teach you how to properly use that blade of yours. Shall we?"

For the next few hours, the woods were filled with clanking metal, shouts, and a few insults every few seconds.


Finally, it was the day that the Konoha ninja would go home. Naruto woke and found his blade still beside his futon, right where he left it. He was about to get up, when he felt a bit more weight on his arms than usual. He looked down and found Akyo and Haku, both of them in his arms. Three words left his mouth at the moment.

"WHAT THE HELL!"

Well, that's what would have come out, had Shishi not been there to cover his mouth with his paw. "Hush up, Uzumaki. You wanna wake up everyone else?" asked the black fox.

Naruto glared at him and asked, "Why do I have Haku-chan and Akyo-chan on either side of me, and both of them wearing nothing but their UNDERWEAR?"Shishi just rolled his eyes while mumbling about 'grumpy humans'.

"Look, Haku and Akyo were up all night talking. Akyo actually told her everything about her and you, minus Kyubi-sama. After all, she already saw Akyo in her human form. Now just calm down, lie back, and enjoy the two girls clutching your sides. I know I would be happy to be in your place, along with many other men besides the Uchiha."grumbled the fox while curling up into a large ball, apparently still sleepy. Naruto just sighed and did what he was told.

After a few minutes of just looking up at the sealing, Haku finally stirred and looked at Naruto with barely opened eyes. She then gave him a smile and huskily whispered, "Good morning Naruto-kun."

Naruto blushed and said, "Uh... Good morning Haku-chan. I guess you now know about Akyo-chan right?"

"Ah yes. She's a rather nice girl." murmured the ice user while laying her head back down on his chest. Then Akyo seemed to wake up and looked at Naruto with the same eyes of lust she got since he became her mate.

"Oh, good morning my mate." she whispered into Naruto's ear. That's the same greeting he'd gotten each day, and he really didn't know what to do.

"Good morning Akyo-chan. Um... Can I get up now?" he was getting a bit... aroused from the girls so close to him. And he wasn't sure who, but he could feel someone rubbing on his crotch. Now Little-Naruto was standing tall and ready. Luckily, he Akyo just got off and became her fox form.

"Just remember, I get to snuggle with you every night from now on. And if Hinata-chan decides to join, we'll let her. Okay?" She tilted her head to the side and eye-smiled at him with all the innocense she could muster.

That didn't help her in any way."Now, you didn't hurt her did you?"

Akyo mocked hurt. "Naruto-kun! How can you believe I'de ever do such a thing?" Her answer was raised eyebrow and a 'you're-kidding-right?' look. She laughed a little and walked out of the room, passing through the door as if it weren't even there. Naruto just sighed and slowly slipped away from the still sleeping Haku.

He got dressed and placed his sword on his back before walking downstairs. Lately, he'd seen Zabuza hanging out with Tsunami more frequently than anything else. He smirked at that and went outside, something else he noticed. He seemed to like being out-doors more than anywhere else.

Suddenly, Shishi appeared next to him in a black and green portal and began speaking. "I think I found out a bit on that black youki of yours. It has something to do with all the elements, but in a much stronger scale. Best I can get is that the youki was thought extinct a long time ago, and that it rivals the Kyuubi's power."

Naruto whistled out-loud. He wasn't expecting that of his youki. "So... I'm probably as strong as Kyu-chan?"

"Maybe... Not exactly sure, but I have one more thing to check before giving you that answer." And with that said, Shishi went into the forest to hunt. Naruto sighed and sat down in a clearing. He then began working more on his katas for the kitsune. He summoned a few dozen Shadow-clones and ordered them to attack him. They all grabbed their Kitsune and got ready to attack.

(My first super fight scene, try to be nice in how it is.)

All of the narutos stood there, waitning for the original to do something. As if a something had gone off, the real one ran forward and made a barage of swings that very few of the clones dodged or blocked. Two attacked him at once, aiming to hit his back. Suddenly, he brought his sword over his shoulder and laid it flat on his back, blocking both attacks. In a quick spin, three clones were delt with by either the butt or blade of his sword. Another two attacked at once, probbably aiming to cut his head off. He ducked and stabbed one in the stomach before twisting and punching the other on the back of the head.

He then jumped back and found there were at least fourteen left. All of them then began froming hand-signs at once. The original's eyes widened as fourteen clones shouted, "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Fourteen bullets of wind went straight towards Naruto, ready to blow him to bits. Naruto felt a tightening in his gut and he instinctively willed himself out of harms way. In a flash of red, he was gone and reappeared above the confused clones. Smirking, he came down and made a series of teleporting and within seconds, all the clones were gone.

He smirked and thought, 'I'm getting better at this already. Better get back before they start they worry too much.'

I know it's short, but please be nice! I've been suffering a bit of writter's-block.

Anyways, please review and try not to hurt me if I suck.