Okay, then. Here's another chapter! For those of you who have been looking for a story of CronaxEruka, I just wrote one, so BOOYAH! It's smut, so you younger kids stay the fuck away from it! Then again, I doubt you'll listen to me, so whatever.

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Dodging and weaving, the clones were almost dancing around the golem as it tried to swipe, smash, or punch them. Almost all of them were running low on chakra, and they still haven't found anything new on this thing. One even tried attacking from under the water, but the thing then sent sent a large ripple of pure heat into the water, not only destroying the clone, but also letting a new blast of steam to rise up, threatening to destroy the few clones that were left.

Still, that didn't mean they were completely out of ideas. "Now!" shouted one of the clones, going through hand seals "Water-style: Shark Missile jutsu!" he shouted, four others doing the same as a total of four large sharks made of water shot forward and bit into the golem, at the same time exploding so that it rained water all over the golem. The 'skin' of the golem hardened into rock, before it was quickly stabbed by multiple clones trowing kunai, hooks, and other types of weapons at it. Each of the weapons hit different parts of the golem, with strings of ninja-wire attached to the handle of each one. With a cry of exertion, all the clones pulled the wire in different directions. With a few crumbling sounds, the golem began to fall apart. First it was the left arm, then the right, then the chest began to split open. Inside, the lava was still churning around, but not as much. Almost immediately, one of the clones saw the torso and head of the little girl, covered mostly in lava. Before anything else could be done though, the little lava inside the hard shell leapt out, along with the girl, and quickly began to expand, the girl seeming to scream but no sound escaping. It became apparent that whenever the golem took damage, it also used the girl's youki to repair itself.

"We're running out of ideas here!" cried one of the clones, moving along with the others to circle the golem as it was once again growing to its former size, letting the shell that it escaped from crumble. Four other clones were much farther away, focussing all their attention on every move the creature made.

"Keep it up, we still don't have enough information on this thing!" cried out one of the clones that were observing, the rest either nodding or shouting their consent.

(A Bit Farther Away)

Naruto and Sakura both ran full speed, Naruto unsealing Red Queen as his body began to shift with the abyss sprouting from his back. Sakura gulped quietly. The eyes and mouths always creeped her out. Despite this, she continued to run along side him as the sounds of the golem groaning could be heard. With a silent signal, the clones that were observing the fight all dispersed to give Naruto the information they gathered. He groaned inwardly. 'Not much that can help us. If we get rid of the lava, it'll only regenerate. And if we wash it, the rock wont exactly stay hard. What to do, what to do.'

He looked around at the remaining clones. "Everyone, try to pry that thing open one more time!"

"YOSH!" Running through the same hand-signs, the clones again surrounded the golem and took a stance. "Water-style: Shark Missile jutsu!" And like the previous time, four sharks bit into the golem before the clones threw an assortment of weapons at the hardened golem while pulling with all their might. Once the girl was visible, the real Naruto leapt forward with a large abyss-covered hand. Grabbing the girl while making sure not to harm her in any way, he yanked and pulled her out of the lava quickly. Holding her against his chest, he found it slightly interested when he saw that his youki almost instantly wrapped around him to protect his chest and arms. He didn't have time to think more on it as he saw that lava begin to come out of the girl's skin, a shudder escaping her as she whimpered in pain.

"I-It hurts! Make it stop!" she whispered, opening her eyes for the first time. Naruto's own eyes widened when he saw that her eyes were replaced by rocks as she also cried lava. "K-Keba-a-aniki! W-where are you... it hurts. Make it stop, please!" she croaked out, the lava continuing to wrap around her.

Looking down at her, Naruto grit his teeth. 'What the hell do I do! What can I do!' Taking a breath to calm himself, he concentrated on the slight presence that was always there in his head. 'Hikari! We have a problem!'

(Demon World)

Currently, Hikari and Akyo were both at the doors of the library, having found what they could. Jumping a little at the voice in her head (Not that I blame her, I would've freaked out as well.), Hikari looked around her with wide eyes. When she realized only Akyo was next to her, she thought out, 'Naruto-kun? What's wrong?'

'I need your help, now! There's something I haven't ever seen before! I need you to get here as soon as you can!' came Naruto's desperate voice.

'Understood, Akyo and I are on our way!' Turning to the shadow-demon, she said, "Akyo-chan, we have to go back to the human world. It seems that Naruto-kun is in trouble!" Akyo nodded as Hikari opened a portal in from of them, the human world now accessible to them. "Let's go!"

(Elsewhere)

'So much pain... it's inside my head... Make it stop!'

'It's because you're trying to hard. Let it all go. You don't need to wake up. Nobody needs you right now. You are free to relax.'

'My family.'

'They are all fine. They are all happy. They don't need you to protect them anymore. After all, that is what you have always done. All you have ever done is for the happiness of your family.'

'Yeah. Happy. They're happy, so... I'm happy.'

'Sleep. Sleep, Shishi. Soon, everything will be over. Just sleep.'

'I want to see them. I want... to...'

'Sleep. It's all there is to it. Sleep.'

Once again, the golden eyes of the king opened, though this time, he seemed more annoyed. 'Such an annoying kid. I've heard love makes you do stupid and crazy things, but seriously, he seems just so damn weak! Why Usomaru-kun thought this would be a good vessel is beyond me. Still, at least it's easy to pacify the youngster.' With a sigh, he got up from the large red pillow he was using to sit on. It was beginning to become a bit annoying to keep the boy quiet. His persistence would normally be admirable, but at the moment it was mostly a distraction. He still had an army to make. Not that he needed one, but it was always nice to have a show.

Walking out of his rooms, he chuckled as memories of destruction, carnage, chaos, and rage filled his mind. It was always to much fun watching the humans fight. It was cute, really. Every single one of them had a drive and a desire. Some wanted to reach the top, and be seen by everyone else. Others wanted to live life unnoticed, wanting to be nothing more than 'normal' and be unnoticed, to be part of the sea of millions that surround them. And others... well, others were like him. They were the conductors and the viewers. The conductors were the ones that made the trouble, the ones that manipulated things behind the scenes to make the results they desire become reality.

And the viewers were, obviously, the witnesses. The ones who wanted to see how the conductors manipulate the cattle to make a beautiful performance. He was a combination of both. He was no conductor, but he knew humans enough to predict what they would do.

Nowadays though, he noticed that they seemed to be making stupider and stupider decisions in the name of what they believed in. It was so weird. He never did understand why they would do something like that, just that they would. It was like watching the dog drool when he heard the bell. (That's a reference. If you know what it's about, then you're awesome!) It happens, you know why it happens, you just don't know what makes the drool happen. Is it the food itself? Is it the sound of the bell? Is it knowing there's food when the bell is heard? Is it the simple minuscule possibility that there might be food? He didn't know, and he didn't really care. It just happened, it worked, and he had no need to actually learn what it is that made humans tick. He just needed to know that they ticked and when they ticked.

He chuckled a bit when he remembered the numerous disputes he was responsible for. Oh, how adorable! All the king ever really had to do was shove someone in a certain direction, and all hell broke loose. Sometimes it was as simple as pushing one guy on to another, or placing the jewelry of one family in the property of another. Pretty soon, blood-feuds would commence and presto! Entertainment!

Of course, full out wars were wonderful as well. Those were harder to make though. He could do something like the old 'make-one-person-fall-for-another-then-they-both-mess-it-up' thing. Or the whole declaring to the desire to be free from a rule. In the end, war was great! It only took a single thought, a single doubt, and it would all crumble. He couldn't control a human. Control their body, yeah, but not control the true person. Maybe with a drug he could, but never really the 'soul', the true person that they are, their core. Of course, everything about a person is, in the end, connected to that core. If he can amplify that single idea or doubt, then in the end he could manipulate that person enough that they simply decided to start the war. In the end, it wasn't the start of the war that interested him, but rather it was the very actions the humans made. The killing, the disputes both verbal and physical, the blood-shed, the crying and the smiling, the pain and the pleasure, and all in between. He loved seeing not only how high the humans will go, but how low they will fall.

In the end, they were the ultimate source of entertainment. He was just a cub when he saw them begin to barely use rocks and sticks to kill animals. And now they used not only their own hands and weapons, but poison, everyday objects, and all kinds of things. Hell, they used each other! Ah, yes. He's gonna miss them when he burned them all to the ground. It was nothing personal, but he figured he could just get rid of them and go on to another place. He'd heard that there existed a few planets with new, young, life that were ready to be 'guided'. Every new existence needed a 'god' to worship. Why shouldn't he be one of them? Of course, he would need other 'gods' with him. It could get lonely when you're the only immortal in a new world. Speaking of gods...

With a chuckle he summoned a large gorilla demon, its fur a deep brown with white target patters all along its tail. "Tell Nori-kun that I am ready to go to the human world. I want to see what this little 'Orochimaru' boy is up to. I hear he's considered a monster by the other humans." he said, grinning at the thought of the sannin that believed he was a god while the gorilla left. 'Very well then, god. Prepare yourself. You're about to meet the devil!'

(Back With Naruto and Sakura)

Naruto was beginning to get uncomfortable. At first all he had to do was make sure to keep a layer of abyss-youki around him, and the mouths instantly ate the liquid-earth up. But as time passed, he began to notice that he was becoming... restless. He was usually a patient guy, but right now... 'I feel so... hungry. I need something. I can't waste time here... No! This isn't a waste of time! I'm saving someone! I need to save them. And yet... so hungry... need to...' he quickly shook his head, deciding to place all his concentration on the problem at hand. The eyes on his darkness though... were they always this insane-looking? "S-Sakura... I need you to start sending out pulses of your chakra. Akyo and Hikari should be able to pinpoint our location with that." he said. Sakura shivered a bit at his warping voice, going from strained and human to something akin to hungry and demonic.

With a nod of her head, Sakura closed her eyes and made the ram seal. After a moment she began to flex her chakra a bit before releasing it in steady pulses, almost like a heart. While she was doing this, she opened a single eye and looked at Naruto. He looked haggard, almost fidgety, and it looked like it was taking all his will-power not to go off running. "Ne... Naruto, you don't look so good." she stated, looking at him with worry in her eyes. Thankfully at that moment, Akyo and Hikari appeared, both rushing towards the duo. Both demonesses took a look at the little girl and almost instantly were by Naruto's side.

"What happened?" asked Hikari, looking closely at the lava as it continuously was regenerated and eaten by the mouths around Naruto.

"Don't know. Found her like this. Tried to kill us." Naruto gasped out, his face scrunched up as if he were in pain as sweat trickled down his brow. Hikari noticed this and stopped for a moment to look at him.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Don't worry, just help her, please!" he growled, not meeting her eyes as he was beginning to tremble. Had she always looked this... appetizing? And it wasn't even in a sexual way, he literally felt like he was about to swallow her whole. 'Keep it together! I can't!'

'EAT! FEED ME! MURDER AND CONSUME EVERYTHING!' roared a voice he knew wasn't his, yet it sounded jus like him. It seemed so tantalizing. He should obey...

'Fuck off dammit!'

'YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME! DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME!'

'I SAID FUCK OFF' He quickly shook his head before refocusing on the matter at hand. "C-Can you help her?" he asked. He was surprised when he saw Hikari begin to cry while shaking her head.

"Every demon has a signature to their youki, very much like the DNA in humans. And just like regular DNA, she's been mutated beyond recovery. I can't help her." she said, her voice cracking near the end. She brushed her fingers through the little girl's hair, the fire having little effect on the kyuubi. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." she whispered to the girl, who wrapped her small arms around the older woman's neck.

"Nothing? A-are you sure? There must be something we can do!" Akyo said, but only received a head-shake from Hikari.

"There's nothing I can do. I don't know how to meddle with a demon's youki code."

"M-Make it stop. Please. I-it hurts. A-aniki. I-I want... aniki." cried the little girl. Hikari nodded, crying as her right arm was encased in fire.

"It's okay. I-I... I'll make it stop." She looked from Sakura, to Akyo, and finally to Naruto. The jinchuriki also looked more grim than ever before, but he nodded. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes tightly before rearing her hand back and slamming straight through the little girl's chest. She began to sob as she saw the little girl's mouth open in a silent scream, the breath slowly leaving her.

A small smile suddenly appeared on the little girl's lips as she closed her eyes. "I-I... aniki. I see aniki..." she whispered before her body went limp. The four of them bowed their heads as the lava dried almost immediately and fell her body. In a burst of flames, her body began to slowly fade into embers that blew away in the wind. A small red ball of light was barely visible as it left Naruto's arms, floating off before it slowly faded away.

"She can rest now. I hope she finds this aniki of hers." murmured Hikari as she wiped her eyes. Akyo and Sakura looked on sadly while Naruto's abyssal shadows began to fade away, though they all seemed to be whispering excitedly.

Looking up to the sky, he sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose. "The Uchiha's trail has been lost, and we have injured teammates. Not to mention that we lost one of our top power-houses." turning to the others, he looks at each of them in the eye. We need to head back and make sure that the rest are okay. We can look for Shishi and the Uchiha at a later time, but for now we need to make sure our friends are in no grave danger." the rest nodded, though they were still a bit disturbed by a little girl's death.

With heavy hearts, lost family, and more questions than they had at the beginning of the retrieval mission, they all turned and headed back towards the village.

There we go! New chapter! Yay! See, I'm not dead! I'm just resting a bit! And I got a few of my tests taken care of. Hope you liked it! Criticism is to be accepted, but flames and trolling are not constructive, so please be serious.

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