Kenta: Okay, so college coming up means I'll have less time to write, so I've been working as hard as I can trying to get this next chapter up. I should be able to churn out a few more chapters before I start college, maybe, but don't get your hopes up too high.

And now, for the last Twilight Zone.

After water-walking down the waterfall, Naruto let the water sweep him all the way down to Lake Hylia, as per Midna's idea. After getting the Vessel of Light and running all over Lanayru attacking every bug in sight, Naruto growled at the final bug in the Zora Throne room. Figuring since this was the last bug in the last area, Naruto decided to get a little revenge on the imp from always kicking him wherever he went. So instead of charging head on at the bug, Naruto instead smirked,

and threw Midna at the bug.

The fox quickly covered its ears as Midna's loud shriek stunned the bug, making it an easy kill.

'That actually worked out better than I thought.' Naruto smiled to himself in accomplishment as the tear of light filled another hole in the Vessel of Light. The aura of death that quickly followed was expected, but not quite at the magnitude it was given at.

"NAAAAAAARRRUUUUUTOOOOO!"

The fox bolted out of the throne room as Midna ran after him, screaming great obsceneties to and about him. Naruto reached the waterfall tip, before turning around. The fox could have sworn he had seen an image of something from his dream appear like a ghost above Midna. It was the stone creature that had the nine 'tails'. And currently, it was scaring the shit out of him. Naruto started whining, his tails between his legs and his ears down, when a dripping sound reached his ears. It apparently reached Midna's ears as well as the ghost suddenly disappeared.

"Wait a minute...you gathered all of the tears, right?" She walked over to the fox's anklet before noticing one missing. "Where's the last tear?" She asked, confused. Naruto yipped, a transparent map appearing next to the two.

It would have been much more helpful if one of the other Spirits had taught him that. Lanayru was the only one who remembered to do so apparently.

As the two looked over the map, Midna noticed a small white dot back at Lake Hylia. "There it is. But, why is it all the way back there? I thought we got all of the ones at Lake Hylia..." She frowned at the white dot. "I don't like this..." Naruto nudged her, making her sigh. "I know we still have to go there...all right. Let's take the warp route." She said snapping her fingers.

Naruto walked towards the spot on the map, wondering how in the world he had missed the bug.

'Oh well. One more bug wouldn't hurt to kill.' He thought as he was about to jump into the water. But just as he was about to jump into the water, a surge of electricity appeared far out in front of him. Water seemed to tidal wave away from the surge of energy, and Naruto suddenly felt his spine freeze.

This was the first time he felt his spine go like that, but he could feel the inner, mental Naruto, the ninja, transforming into himself, right before he fought Fyrus and Diababa. This was the same kind of fearful adrenaline rush when he was about to face something BIG. And being a fox, he could feel the primal fear that would accustom itself inside of an animal's psyche when a bigger animal made its presence known.

Naruto could feel Midna slightly shiver, but it was probably because it was a bug and not the fear that was coursing throughout him. Pushing himself to the water, Naruto started running across the water towards the area he had seen the surge from. His eyes constantly darted around the area, watching for the electricity to surge again. He noticed the strange clown-like man, who had a small floating house, had already passed out, having been closer than Naruto and having to have been clearly able to see it. Naruto knew it was a bug...but the man hadn't even freaked out as badly when he had seen the Twilight Bulblin.

This, was very bad.

The fox finally reached a set of floating debris, which had probably floated down after he and Midna had restored the flow of the spring and saved the Zoras. The fox slowly walked around on the floating piece of wood, hearing Midna's teeth chattering, before she quickly tried to stop herself. Naruto quickly shot his head around, looking for any sign of the bug. He knew he was in the right place, his mental map even said he was practically right on top of it!

The fox suddenly had an image flash before its eyes.

Naruto and Sakura looked around, Kakashi having just disappeared.

"Aw man, where'd Kakashi-sensei go now?" The blonde shinobi complained.

"Left? Right? Behind? Above?" Sakura looked behind her, Naruto wondering what she was doing. Her face suddenly hardened as she clenched her fist. "BELOW!" She suddenly punched the ground, resulting in an earthquake-like punch.

Kakashi sweated heavily as Sakura sweetly said, "Found you sensei!"

The image disappeared, causing Naruto to mentally swear.

'SHIT!'

The fox quickly jumped away as a giant splash of water erupted from where he stood just a moment ago. The fox's eyes suddenly flashed from their cerulean blue to a golden yellow, Naruto having activated his 'Latent Senses'.

In front of the blue fox, a giant, disgusting-looking bug screeched before diving back under water.

'Frick, this isn't good!' Something suddenly clunked against the back of Naruto's head, causing the blue fox to pale. 'Oh no...not that!' Naruto quickly turned to look at his back to find Midna unconscious, having passed out when the bug had surfaced.

"DAMMIT! WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I REALLY COULD USE HER HELP, SHE CAN'T HELP ME AT ALL?' Naruto quickly wrapped the imp in his tails as he jumped away from the incoming gargantuan bug.

Near the entrance of Lanayru's Spring, a tall figure wearing a long black and red cloak watched the fox dodge the bug's relentless attacks.

"Well well, what do we have here?" He hummed to himself, a small puff of fire lighting his smirking face.

'Dammit! Stop fucking shaking and focus!' Naruto mentally screamed at himself as he had to fight another freaky monster. The giant creature charged at the fox once more, but like before, the fox jumped out of the way. Naruto tried attacking the bug, but nothing seemed to work. He thought about latching onto the creature, but since it kept sending out electrical pulses, he was sure Midna would fall off, probably drowing. Sure she might wake up, but the chances of that happening were slim, and if she got water in her lungs and was still unconscious, he'd have ANOTHER problem to worry about.

"DAMMIT! WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?' Naruto panicked.

His momentary distraction cost him dearly.

The Twilight Bloater slammed into the fox, causing Naruto to splash into the water. Naruto surfaced, but as he started getting up, he realized Midna wasn't on his back anymore, and his tails were all in plain sight.

"MIDNA!" Naruto suddenly started looking around, panicked. Had he dropped her? Was she now heading towards the bottom of the lake? Worry and fear gripped the fox as it looked around in the water, instead, a shriek made the fox cover its ears. Naruto quickly looked up again, despite the ringing in his ears.

That scream wasn't the bug!

The figure in the cloak watched the fight in slight amusement before a powerful shockwave blasted him back into a wall, knocking the wind out of him.

"Wha...What was that?" He squinted his eyes as he tried to see out to the battlefield. He didn't have to squint for long as something big and red entered his vision, making the figure pale in horror.

"What...what is THAT?"

Naruto quickly spun around only for all color to drain from his face. Midna screamed as her head was the only thing visible, the rest of her being suctioned into the Twilight Bloater's tentacle-like udder.

"NARUTO!" Midna screamed.

SHLUCK!

Naruto felt his body go limp as Midna's head disappeared from sight. The Twilight Bloater squealed in delight before turning to the fox, eager for its next meal.

'No...' A stray tear was sucked into the fox's fur.

Quickly charging at the fox, the Twilight Bloater's jaw opened wide, intent on swallowing the creature whole.

'No...no, no...'

"NOOOOOOOO!"

B-KOOM!

A crimson red shockwave blasted the Twilight Bloater back, the creature squealing in surprise. When it looked back up, it didn't stop looking up, as a giant red, Nine-tailed fox glared down at the now small bug. The fox's paws were uneven, one arm at the bottom of the lake, another in the lake itself, while it's legs landed on top of the cliffs surrounding the lake. One of the fox's tails came close to bashing down the Bridge of Hylia. A gaint red tail suddenly swirled around the Twilight Bloater, causing the creature to scream in terror. The tail slithered around the Twilight creature, holding it deathly still, before a small human appared next to the creature.

A demonic-looking Naruto, with crimson red-slit eyes, elongened canines, darkened whisker marks and a transparent red fox-shaped cloak walked through the creature, it's target already in sight. The demonic Naruto gently picked up the unconscious imp before simply walking back towards the crimson Nine-tailed fox's head. When he stood back on top of the fox's head, he stomped his foot onto the Kyuubi's head, making two more tails quickly wrap around the Twilight Bloater before compressing until a blue sphere appeared above it. Nothing remained when the tails moved away.

A tornado of wind suddenly engulfed the Kyuubi, but not before it's blood-curdling roar echoed across Hyrule. When the wind died down, a blue fox landed on it's paws, the water slightly rippling from where they touched. Midna breathed lightly on his back before Naruto started trotting towards Lanayru's Spring. Naruto suddenly stopped as he heard clapping coming from where the spring was.

"Wow, to think that you could pull off a trick like THAT! Damn, who knew you had such latent abilities?" He smirked. Naruto growled at the figure, waking Midna up. "Woah! Woah! Don't start growling at me! I've been waiting a long time to, talk with you, fox boy." The figure waved his hands before pointing towards the springs. "You've already collected all of the tears of light, so you might as well finish the job. I'll be waiting out here when you finish, don't worry." He smirked.

Naruto growled at the figure and slowly walked into the spring, Midna watching his back.

"I don't like that guy, be careful when you come back out." Midna warned as she jumped off of Naruto's back, turning into a shadow. She refused to meet Naruto's gaze, even when he tranformed back into a human.

Lanayru, a giant water serpent, explained to Naruto the story behind the Fused Shadow. Naruto was shocked at the power that the little pieces of stone contained and wondered how Midna hadn't been affected by it. Why was she going after them anyway? Naruto shook his head, ridding his mind of questions. He looked back at the entrance of the spring, where he could still see the cloaked figure. Walking outside, Naruto stood behind him, far enough away so that he could react should the cloaked figure attack.

"So, who are you?" Naruto glared at the man, reaching for the hilt of his sword. The figure suddenly started laughing, Naruto's eyes suddenly widening. "No...it can't be!" The cloaked figure turned around, pulling back his hood.

"It's been awhile, Naruto." He smiled.

"Sasuke." Naruto gasped. He suddenly gripped his sword handle tightly before glaring at the black-haired boy. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"What? Bo only told me I couldn't live in Ordon. The rest of Hyrule was fair game." Sasuke shrugged. "And what about you? Running around with a traitor?" Naruto's eyes suddenly widened in shock.

"What?" He gasped.

"Oh, you didn't know? I guess I wouldn't blame her for not telling you." Sasuke sighed. "But enough about that. " He said waving his hand in dismissal. "The REAL reason I came here was because my master told me that the Twilight Barriers he had created were being destroyed. I came to find out what was destroying them, and lo-and-behold I find YOU, Naruto. But imagine my surprise when you had looked like a fox! And were with Midna of all people!" Sasuke suddenly started laughing.

"Wait, what?" Naruto stared at the black-haired boy in shock. "What are you talking about? Your master? Are you telling me that YOU AND YOUR MASTER ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS?" Naruto started grinding his teeth in anger, his eyes starting to fade to red. "ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE THE ONES THAT KIDNAPPED THE CHILDREN AND SAKURA? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE THE ONES WHO INJURED RUSL?" Naruto's eyes started becoming slit red, his whisker marks becoming more defined.

Sasuke merely smirked.

"And if we did?"

BOOM!

Naruto charged straight at Sasuke, pulling his fist back and launching it at him, the head of a howling red fox appearing behind it.

BOOM!

Naruto's widened red-slit eyes glared straight into Sasuke's smirking black eyes, the black-haired boy's hand having caught Naruto's in a cold stop.

"Please, Naruto. Do you really think you can defeat me NOW?" Sasuke's fist suddenly appeared in Naruto's gut, causing Naruto's eyes to widen further in shock as pain suddenly erupted from his ribs having been broken. Sasuke non-chalantly threw Naruto clear over his head and into the lake water.

SPLOOSH!

"Naruto Naruto Naruto." Sasuke said shaking his head in pity as he walked over to where he threw the blonde. "You just don't learn, do you?" He suddenly gasped as a series of splashes erupted all around him. Sasuke looked up to see dozens of Narutos falling towards him, all of their swords drawn and pointed at him. "Weelll...learned some new tricks while I was gone have we?" Sasuke smirked as his bangs covered his eyes. He suddenly glared back up at the Narutos, his eyes gaining a tint of red to them. "But then again, so have I." The Narutos all stabbed at Sasuke, but gasped as a red circular barrier held their swords away from Sasuke.

"HAAAA!" The black-haired boy suddenly shouted, causing the barrier to explode outwards, throwing all of the Narutos away and making all but one disappear. Naruto roared at Sasuke before charging at him again, slashing at him rapidly. Sasuke merely dodged all of the blows before Naruto jumped up into the air, swinging his sword down with every bit of Chakra-enhanced strength he could muster.

CLANG!

Naruto's eyes widened in shock, while Sasuke merely smirked.

"I told you, Naruto," Sasuke said, the blade resting in his hand. "You can't beat me at your level." He suddenly snapped the sword's blade before tossing it behind him. Naruto gasped in shock before a loud CRUNCH resounded throughout the lake.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The scream echoed across the valley-enveloped lake.

"Come to think of it, you broke my wrist like this years ago, didn't you." Sasuke smirked sadistically. "Funny how now, I'm breaking YOUR wrist with the exact same one that YOU broke years ago." He tossed Naruto up into the air before kicking him straight into the spring, Naruto splashing into the spring water and slowly sinking. Sasuke started walking into the spring when Lanayru suddenly appeared, blasting Sasuke out of the spring.

"Blasted Spirit." Sasuke growled. He then smirked. "Well, I guess I'll make my leave then. Enjoy your defeat loser, for thats all your going to taste from here on out. HAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Sasuke laughed as he disappeared, having been taken apart by the same kind of Twilight Warp that Midna used.

Lanayru glared at the spot that Sasuke had been at until all traces of Twilight were gone. It then turned to Naruto, who slowly started being raised by the water. The blonde floated over to the ledge in front of Lanayru, unconscious.

"Heroic Naruto...rest now. You have many more challenges ahead."

A light erupted around Naruto, healing his broken wrist before moving to the broken sword. The blade suddenly glowed before it lay next to Naruto, completely repaired. The blonde tossed and turned on the spring's wet grass.

"Sasuke..." Naruto's left hand shook slowly as the spirit faded away.