Primal

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Naruto talking to Kyuubi in bold.

Kyuubi talking to Naruto in bold italics.

Chapter Notation: You may notice some changes to various characters' abilities. Sometimes they will gain one that they didn't necessarily have or they will be less apt at a particular jutsu. When such modifications are made, it's generally for the sake of the plot. Naruto will also get his "revenge" in the next chapter.

Chapter 10

"It's a shame really. After everything, you're going to throw away your own life." Danzo says.

"Naruto, get back! That thing is sucking everything in front of it!" Suki screams out in warning.

Indeed, the fearsome creature was doing exactly that. The tapir-like creature was somehow sucking everything into its mouth that was within reach. Naruto had never seen anything like it.

"This is Baku. He's my Summon. As you can see, he has a rather useful ability." The elderly ninja informs them with a cold smirk.

It had to be done. Suki and Naruto had to die, if the Leaf was going to continue to thrive. The truth must never get out.

Unlike the Third Hokage, Danzo was willing to do whatever was necessary to protect the village. It didn't matter how unpleasant it might be. The end justified the means.

"A creature like that is vulnerable to fire. Baku will consume everything, including flames." Kurama says.

"SUKI! Bell Test Surprise it!" Naruto calls out to his Mate desperately, hoping that she would understand what he was saying.

Suki smirks. She knew exactly what Naruto meant by that. It had been awhile, but she remembered that day with perfect clarity.

During their Bell Test, Kakashi had been surprised by her usage of a Fire Jutsu. He didn't think that Genins had enough chakra to use that attack. Naruto was right. A Summon like Baku would be vulnerable to fire.

"FIREBALL JUTSU: PHOENIX FLOWER STYLE!" She yells as she hurls a mighty blaze at the strange creature.

Kurama was proven right. The tapir-like Summon was soon howling in pain. Suki felt a flash of pity for the beast. It wasn't Baku's fault that he had Danzo for a Master.

She quickly squashes that down though. Now was not the time to get sentimental. Now was the time to beat some answers out of the elderly ninja.

"Clever, but not clever enough. Why don't the two of you go back to the Uchiha District and forget all about this? You'd be much happier." Danzo inquires, using Shisui's technique in an attempt to influence their thoughts.

"Maybe, he's right. Itachi is going to die anyway." Naruto says to Kurama.

For a moment, Suki's resolve falters. Itachi was going to die soon. She didn't really need to lift a finger for it to happen. All she had to do was wait.

That's when she saw the Sharingans on his arms again. No. She couldn't do that. Whether or not Itachi died a natural death, Danzo also needed to be punished. He had defiled the corpses of her family. He was going to pay.

"CHIDORI!" She snarls as she charges at him.

"You're nothing like your brother. You allow your anger to rule you and that will be what ends you." Danzo says as he exhales a Wind Jutsu.

The Jutsu was designed to slash like blades. That's exactly what it did. It slashed into the Uchiha woman's side, causing her to cry out in pain and the scent of blood to fill the air.

"SUKI!" Naruto calls out in horror as he races over to defend his Mate.

He could feel his teeth lengthening and his eyes bleeding red. The blonde was soon surrounded by the ominous reddish-orange chakra, but he didn't care at the moment. He had to help her.

"RASENGAN!" He growls as he slams his Rasengan into Danzo's chest.

Something strange happened though. The attack passed through Danzo as if he was nothing more than a ghost. Naruto blinks and looks around, once the elderly ninja disappeared.

"Suki, are you alright?" He asks.

"That bastard must have used a Binding Seal on me. I can't move the lower half of my body." The raven haired ninja growls.

"Kurama! Can you do anything about that?" Naruto demands in a panicked voice.

"I believe that I can burn through it, but I don't like the fact that Danzo disappeared. You should make some clones while I undo his Jutsu. We're too vulnerable to attack." The Nine Tails says.

Naruto nods as he made dozens of clones. Danzo was likely going to attack again and this way, they'd have some warning. Ideally, a few minutes. Though Naruto wasn't picky. Seconds could mean the difference between life or death in a battle like this.

"It's okay. I'm going to have Kurama burn through the Binding Seal." Naruto says as he places his hands on Suki's side and Kurama's chakra flows over the Seal.

Suki winces as the demon's chakra literally burns through the Seal. Her Clan might have been a Fire Clan, but that didn't mean she was immune to feeling that accompanied burns. She grits her teeth and looks around for Danzo.

She highly doubted that he just ran off. That was too easy. Besides, he was hiding something. Something important enough that he thought it was worth killing them over. He knew that they would come after him, even if he escaped.

"Damn him." Danzo mutters as he rematerializes a several yards away.

Thankfully, it didn't look like any of the kid's clones had noticed yet. That was a fact that he was going to use to his advantage. Sadly, by the time he fought through the clones, Suki would likely have full use of her body again.

This would have been much easier, if he was facing one opponent. Mates were the worst opponents. They moved as one and could even share as chakra.

"Those are implants. He might not be able to use them as easily as an Uchiha." Suki murmurs as she slowly rises to her feet and narrows her eyes.

"Yeah. Maybe, but he just turned into a ghost!" Naruto says.

"He didn't turn into a ghost. He changed forms somehow. I'm not sure how. Maybe he used a Jutsu to make his density lower or something." Suki says uncertainly.

Danzo smirks. That wasn't a bad guess. She was impulsive, but she was intelligent. Unfortunately, that was the precise reason why he wasn't going to let her live. Once she found out the truth, her Mate would likely level the village to the ground.

"Close, but not quite! BAKU! Deal with those clones!" Danzo says as the Summon charges at the Mates and he fires off several wind bullets.

His wind techniques could be used to slash like knives or like bullets. He might not get all of the clones, but he could cut throw them and Baku might finish the rest of the job.

"Damn it!" Naruto says as he sees another clone disappear in a puff of smoke after being shot.

Danzo smirks as his Summon charges at Suki and sends the woman flying hundreds of feet into the air once he smashes into her. If she landed, the impact would crush her to death.

"GARUDA!" She snarls as she summons her hawk and lands on its back.

"Another Summon?" He asks himself in a stunned voice.

He knew about Aoda, but Garuda he hadn't foreseen. Perhaps he should have expected it. She was Itachi's sister. It was only natural that she would have a few tricks up her sleeve. That and Orochimaru had taught her. It only made sense that the Sannin would want her to have as many tricks up her sleeve as possible. (After all, he needed his vessel to still be alive during the transfer.)

"That's the least of your problems!" Naruto says as he slams his fist into Danzo's face.

His fist that held a Rasengan inside it. If it wasn't for his Izanagi, that might have killed him. He glares at the younger ninja in annoyance.

Danzo knew that he had approximately eight or nine minutes of near invincibility, before his Sharingans all closed. The Jutsu was his only hope of survival. He had to kill them both and quickly.

"SUKI, ARE YOU OKAY?!" Naruto calls out.

"I'm fine. Don't kill him. We need answers." Suki says as she guides Garuda down and jumps back onto the ground.

Danzo snorts in amusement. She was such a brat. Suki might have Itachi's intelligence, but she was far too impulsive. Just like her Mate.

"Arrogant brats. You don't honestly think that you can kill me, do you?" Danzo asks with a smirk.

"I have an ancient fox demon and a Mate with a Sharingan that says we can. Oh and by the way, she didn't have to rob graves to get hers!" Naruto says as he flickers behind Danzo and tries to snap his neck.

Danzo smirks as Baku charges at Naruto from behind and he dissolves once again. He rematerializes a hundred feet away and Suki slams her sword into Baku's eye in an effort to protect Naruto.

"Love makes people so foolish." He says as he shakes his head in disgust.

That causes Baku to launch into a rage. Suki had gotten what she wanted though. The beast was now focused completely on her and Naruto was safe though.

"FIREBALL JUTSU: PHONEIX FLOWER STYLE!" She snarls at Danzo's Summon and the creature gets a mouthful of the mighty blaze.

"I think that it's time we introduced this jerk to some more Summons." Naruto says as he calls forth Gamabunta.

Suki raises an eyebrow. A big toad, really? Whatever. The fact that it was less than pretty, didn't mean much. She just wasn't sure what toad was going to do.

"Alright! Aoda!" She shouts as she summons a massive snake.

Danzo's curses under his breath. Three summons against one wasn't a very fair fight. In addition to that, he was going up against someone who had the ability to create hundreds of clones at once.

"There's no choice. I have to end this quickly." He says as he launches a flurry of wind blades and bullets at the Summons and their masters.

Suki dodges and lands on top of the toad's head. Thankfully, Naruto was already there. They could speak without Danzo overhearing her.

"Only seven of his Sharingans are open now." She whispers.

"DAMN IT, KID! Do I look like I want to play dodge the kunai with a ninja who has one foot in the grave?!" Gamabunta demands.

"Sorry! Sorry! Come on! That creep is wearing ten Sharingans. He's a grave robber!" Naruto says, choosing to respond to his anxious Summon first.

Aoda needed no such prompting. He slams his mighty tail into Danzo, sending him smashing back into a tree. Unfortunately, the ninja dissolves once more and slashes at the serpent with a sword.

"AODA!" Suki cries out as Garuda flies to the serpent's side and slashes at Danzo with his talons.

"A grave robber, eh? Well I don't care for that sort at all. That's just defiling the dead." Gamabunta says as he charges at their enemy, deciding to join the fray on "principle."

"What were you saying about the Sharingans?" Naruto asks Suki as he charges up his Rasengan.

Suki sighs and prepares another Chidori. She had a theory, but she wasn't sure it was going to work. It was their best chance of taking him alive though.

"He had ten opened in the beginning. None of the kills that we landed against him, hit his eyes. There's no reason for him to close them. Unless he doesn't have enough chakra to keep them open. Maybe the Sharingans are somehow tied to his ability to dematerialize." She replies.

With that being said, Suki jumps off of the toad and slams into Danzo. She drives a Chidori straight through his heart and he disappears. When he reappeared, he was behind Suki.

"You really do have a death wish, don't you?" He whispers.

"Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing." Suki whispers to him.

At that moment, Naruto punches Danzo through the back with his Rasengan. The elderly ninja disperses once more. The blonde's hand was now hitting air and nothing else.

Suki smirks when Danzo reappears a few feet away. Genjutsu might not be her specialty, but she could manage this. She casts a minor Genjutsu to make one of his eyes "reopen" when he wasn't looking.

"Naruto, come at him fast and hard. Try not to get killed. If you die, I'll bring you back and kill you myself!" She warns him as she flits towards Danzo with her sword swinging.

"That's Uchiha for, "I love you." Just so you know." Kurama informs Naruto.

"Yeah. I got that!" Naruto says as he sends as he forms more clones and charges at Danzo from all sides.

Suki blinks when Danzo counters with a sword of his old. He was strong for a man who had to be over seventy years old. She hadn't expected that. It was one thing for your chakra to still be powerful, it was another for your physical form not to have weakened with age.

"Surprised? Young people are so arrogant. You always think that you know better than your elders. It's not your fault. I was once just as foolish as you. Too bad that you'll never live long enough to achieve the wisdom that comes with age." He says as the two

"And old people spend too much time lecturing and not enough listening!" Naruto seethes at him as he unleashes one of the chakra tails at him.

Danzo howls in pain as he once again vanishes. Suki looks around on high alert. There was no way to tell where he was going to reappear.

"Time for you to die!" Danzo says shoves a kunai through Naruto's stomach, causing both Mates to scream in agony.

Suki was furious. The Uchiha woman fights through the pain and launches a vicious full frontal assault on Danzo. She smirks as she deliver each blow. The ninja was aiming for spots that would send him into cardiac arrest. Danzo would appear and reappear. Finally, he was out of Sharingans.

"This has been amusing, but now it's time for you both to die! Your Mate doesn't have very long as is. Don't worry. You'll die together. Isn't that romantic?" He inquires as he sends Baku at them.

Gamabunta, Garuda, and even Aoda block the tapir-like being. Suki glares hatefully at Danzo and goes flying at him. This time, he wouldn't get away.

"Not this time." She hisses as she smashes a kunai into his right shoulder, pinning him to a tree.

"What the? Why did that hit go through?" He asks in horror.

"You were so busy fighting us, that you didn't notice. I cast a minor Genjutsu on you. I made one of your closed eyes, look open. Now start talking." She demands as she glances back at Naruto.

He would be alright. Naruto had to. He had Kurama. The blonde healed faster than a normal person. As long as Danzo didn't hit a vital organ, she was confident that somehow her lovable idiot would pull through.

"You're foolish. I'd rather die than betray my village." He hisses at her.

"That can be arranged." Suki informs him as she slices off his arm with all the Sharingans.

"AHHH!" He snarls in pain and winces as blood comes pouring out of the wound.

Unbeknownst to the combatants, they were being watched. Itachi and Kisame were watching the fight. The elder Uchiha's eyes narrow.

"Damn it. He's going to tell her." He says as he pulls a vial out of his Akatsuki cloak.

"What are you planning on doing?" Kisame asks warily.

"Poisoning him. He'll bleed to death, if he doesn't tell her what she wants to know. Well eventually. I can't take that chance though." Itachi says as he transforms into a crow and carries the vial off in his beak.

Kisame watches as Itachi flies towards Danzo and his sister. He recognized that poison. It was one of Sasori's. It meant an instant death

Itachi flies straight at Danzo and smashes the vial against his face. The man's eyes lull to the back of his head and he foams at the moan as his body spasms wildly. While Suki and Naruto were staring in shock, he flies off.

"What the?!" Suki whispers in horror as she watches Danzo's body convulse and eventually go lifeless.

That was until his final Seal was activated. Her eyes widen as she saw the seals begin to leave his body and she flickers back to her Mate's side, carrying Danzo's arm with her. A sphere forms around Danzo, almost as soon as she left him behind.

"He did it to prevent anyone from taking his body. He knew the Sharingans were too valuable to risk falling into the wrong hands." She whispers.

Kisame sighs and Flickers off. He knew where Itachi was going. So it didn't matter that his partner had taken off with him.

"Makes sense. Um Suki, what are you planning to do with that arm?!" Naruto asks.

"I'm going to see if any of them have the Mangekyo Sharingn. If I transplant those eyes into my own, that will give me the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan." She says.

Naruto blinks. Wait. Did she just say TRANSPLANT?! She was going to cut out her eyes and replace them?!

"Are you crazy?! You aren't going to cut out your eyes!" He snaps at her.

"I might be a little crazy, but I know what I'm doing. People survive eye transplants Naruto. Kakashi's Sharingan isn't natural. He's not an Uchiha." She points out.

The blonde pauses as he considers her words. Suki was right, but he still didn't like it. There was no way in Hell that he was going to allow her to cut out her eyes!

"Yeah. I guess, but no! We're Mates now. It's way too dangerous. Besides, who do you think is going to perform the transplant? You aren't trusted in the village right now. Granny Tsunade isn't going to do it and I don't know anything about surgery!" Naruto exclaims.

"Loser, I got this. I'll just have Kabuto do it." Suki says as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"What?! No way! I'm not letting Four Eyes go anywhere near your eyes!" The blonde shouts at her.

Suki sighs and offers Naruto a wistful smile. She appreciated that he cared. She really did, but sometimes his overprotective nature could be really inconvenient.

"You're right. It would be pretty reckless to let Kabuto perform the transfer." Suki admits.

"That's right!" Naruto says and Suki nods in agreement.

"And I don't mean to worry you. Maybe we can talk to Tsunade. Itachi is a risk to the entire village, after all. She might agree too perform it." Suki whispers as she brushes her lips against Naruto's.

"Yeah. Exactly." The other ninja says as he kisses her.

Suki smiles and returns the kiss. For once, it wasn't an accident. Instead of feeling embarrassed or angry, it evoked a far different feeling.

His kiss tasted like honey and oranges. The oranges kept the honey from being too sweet. It was like kissing the Sun. All warmth and affection.

"Finally. I thought that the two of you were going to be Danzo's age before she went into heat." Kurama observes.

Naruto wasn't paying any attention though. He pulls Suki closer to him and deepens the kiss. Her kisses tasted like dark chocolate and red wine. The blonde knew what red wine tasted like because Jirayia had once had him try some.

Her lips were soft and warm. Actually, that's what Suki always felt like. On the rare day, he got to touch her without his Mate trying to hit him anyway. At the moment, he forgot everything else.

"I love you. I know that I haven't acted like it for most of the time that we have known each other, but I do." Suki whispers when she breaks the kiss.

"It's alright. Kurama says that death threats are just the Uchiha version of, "I love you." It's kind of weird, but I think that I'm starting to get it." Naruto says.

"Good. I'm sorry, Naruto. I'm really sorry, but I have to do this. I'll be back soon." Suki says as she aims a blow to the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.

She sighs as she catches him in her arms. Suki hated tricking him like that, but she needed that eye transplant. The longer that she waited, the less likely it was going to be effective. She could preserve the arm and eyes with Jutsus long enough to get to the Sound, but not much longer.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu." She says as she forms a clone.

"Take him back to the Uchiha District. Restrain him. I'll be back shortly. Try to keep him calm." Suki tells her clone.

It was the strangest feeling. She was looking at herself. She was looking at herself who was returning her gaze with an incredulous look.

"I'll take him back to the District, but you know how Naruto is. It's impossible to keep him calm." The clone replies.

"Yeah. I know. I have to go though." Suki says as she takes off with the arm.

The sooner that she got the transplant, the sooner she'd find out the truth about Itachi. She recognized that bird. Itachi had been the one who had delivered the death blow to Danzo.

What she didn't know was why. Clearly, she was onto something though. Itachi wouldn't have killed Danzo, if he didn't have a good reason. He was a Clan Slayer, but killing such an influential member of the Leaf Village was a risky move.

"What is he up to?" She whispers to herself as she races towards the Sound Village.

She was going to need to hurry. Hopefully, her clone would be able to restrain Naruto successfully. Suki clutches the arm with the eyes of her slain Clan Members tightly as she darts across the countryside side.

"Whatever it is, I'm going to find out." The last female Uchiha growls.

Faster and faster. Suki didn't know if she had ever run so fast in her life. It was as if her feet weren't even touching the ground. That's how fast she moved.

Their Summons would have disappeared after the battle, but she didn't want to summon Aoda again. He was injured. Garuda would be too noticeable from the sky. This was as fast as she could go. She could only hope that it would be enough.

"Maybe the grave robber did me a favor." She whispers.

If there were even two eyes out of the ten with the Mangekyo, she would have a powerful advantage over Itachi. He had the Mangekyo, but not the Eternal version. That would even her odds.

A grave robber was going to help her defeat a murder. Poetic justice at its finest. Once Itachi was dead, Suki would just have to find a way convince Naruto to forgive her for her dirty trick.

"Well he's forgiven me for everything else. Maybe he'll overlook that cheap trick." She murmurs to herself.