Allrightey, I'm a bitch. The last chapter proved it.

Disclaimer: Me no ownie

A/N: All flames shall be used for the roasting of marshmallows

The Value of a Soul

Chapter 20: Identity

No! Not now! Naruto fought furiously for control, beating back the force that urged him to give in. His appearance had already become animalistic, and his breathing grew harsh as he fought down the urge to go into a killing spree.

Breathing deeply, he battled until he had won, his figure returning to normal. He glanced at the two shocked women standing in front of him.

"You were right, Tsunade," he remarked. "I am indeed not a human at all."

With those words, he threw himself back into the battle, hoping desperately that Neji had not seen him.

The blonde's lack of attention gained him multiple wounds, but none of them particularly dangerous, as they healed up quickly.

Snapping to the real world, Naruto found himself surrounded by four soldiers. He had to smirk despite the seriousness of the situation.

Well, I can't go around them, I can't go through them, so let's just go over them, he thought, leaping over their heads, kicking at one of them and toppling all four like dominoes.

Unfortunately, he could see that the enemy had gained the upper hand. Bodies littered the ground, most of them being from their own side.

"Gaara!" he called to the redhead as he ran in between skirmishes and avoided as many weapons as possible. The redhead turned to face him. Sand flew by the blonde's face, and knocked away four arrows that otherwise would've penetrated his brain. He smiled thankfully.

"Gaara, would it be wise to unleash Kurama?" he asked. "We're losing our numbers by the hundreds," he added. The redhead shook said body part, knocking away weapons and soldiers alike.

"I don't think so. That would only be for desperate measures," he replied. Naruto nodded.

"Do you think it would be wise to summon?" Gaara stared blandly at him.

"Do as you will. But do not release the destroyer," he stated. Naruto nodded, and bit his thumb. Holding onto it with his teeth, he jumped away from the main body of fighting, and placed his thumb on the ground, muttering something under his breath, and hoping no one did anything to him at the moment. Unfortunately, this was not the case as an arrow struck his shoulder driving deep into his flesh.

Out of the corner of his vision, he could see a certain ash-haired youth running at him. After finishing hiM muttering, he removed his thumb from the ground, and pulled the arrow out of his shoulder, wincing slightly.

"Didn't anyone teach you that it's not polite to interrupt people?" he asked, as the greyhead hurled four knives at him in an odd corresponding pattern. Dodging all four weapons, he landed on the back of one of his summon's who had just appeared.

Kabuto stared in shock at the three creatures who had appeared out of nowhere. Naruto grinned cheekily.

"Do you recognize my friends?" he asked. He hoped that Hades and Aesculpius didn't mind too much. He needed to borrow their helpers for a little while at least.

"Those are...no!" The greyhead stammered, a finger pointing at the creatures. Naruto nodded.

"Yes, actually. This is Pegasus," he began, patting the neck of the creature he sat on. "This is Cerberus," he continued, pointing to the black three headed dog with snakes for a tail. "And this is Aesculpius' serpent," he went on, motioning to the snake that had crawled up the white winged horse, and was now wrapping itself around the blonde's body.

"B-but how! They don't exist!" Kabuto stammered, backing up slightly. Unfortunately, he backed up into a metal pike, held by a grinning albino.

"So long, fucker!" Hidan yelled, impaling him, before flinging him away. The albino glanced at the blonde. "Cool creeps you have there. Just don't let any of them break my ribs, 'kay?" Naruto rolled his eyes.

"All right. Pegasus, can you come with me?" the winged horse whinnied. "You go and try and even out our numbers," he said to Cerberus, who barked, before leaping into the thick of the fighting. "And you..." Naruto motioned for the winged horse to gallop over to the medics, and the princess.

He could see that Tenten had already begun to fight as the opposition set their sights on the princess. Her hair was undone, and fell down to her shoulders as she fought on, a determined look on her face.

Naruto reared up in front of her, and Pegasus stomped the ground with his hooves, snorting aggressively.

"All right them, I'll leave 'em to you Pegasus," Naruto called, jumping off the horse, and running to the two medics. He felt a tremor and heard a rumble behind him as a new chorus of shrieks rent the air.

He glanced at the east. The sun was due to rise soon.

"Tsunade, Sakura, here," he said, holding out his arm. The snake slithered around it, and hung from his arm, watching the two medics, his forked tongue flicking in and out. "This is Aesculpius' snake. He'll help you heal the wounded quicker," he said.

Tsunade held out her arm, and the snake slithered onto it, wrapping itself around her wist like a belt. Naruto grinned.

"Now if you don't mind, I think I'll need to go help Pegasus. He gets rather antsy during battles, and sometimes it makes him lose control," he informed. Sakura just was this youth? Tsunade nodded.

"I understand. But first, I want to know exactly who you are," she demanded. Naruto shrugged.

"I guess there's not much use in hiding it now, since I'll be leaving after the war." He grinned. "You might know my father as Mars, and my mother as Venus. Don't tell that to anyone, 'kay?"

Running off, he jumped onto the winged horse's back as the pale-grey creature was whirling up a tornado with his appendages.

"Calm down, will you?" he asked. If horses could smirk, this would certainly be a prime example. "Anyways, you're getting injured with all the debris you're throwing around. Just get up there and I'll help you, all right?"

The mammalian avian flew into the air, and hovered just above arrow range, as the blonde cleared him of wounds. Naruto smiled.

"There we go. Now you can go back and enjoy yourself, but don't take it too far," Naruto called, as he jumped off the horse's back. He figured that about a hundred feet wouldn't hurt. Too much. Luckily for him, something broke his fall.

Unluckily for the soldier beneath him, the fall broke his neck. Ah well. Alls fair in love and war right? Naruto immediately scolded himself for thinking such a thing. This wasn't the time to be immature. He could feel fire run through his veins again as a certain beast awoke.

"Is it time?"

"No, not yet. I have to speak with Neji about it first. You know, give the army some time to clear out." Kurama snorted.

"Fine. Have it your way, Kit."

He glanced around for the brunet, wincing as his negligence earned him a javelin through the midriff. Whirling around, he pulled the weapon out of his torso, and stabbed his attacker.

Spotting the brunet, he dashed towards him, weaving through all the fights and weapons. Upon reaching the brunet, he grabbed his arm, and pulled the slender figure close before whispering into his ear.

"Listen, Neji, I need to release our helper, but we need to clear out. Don't worry about the opposition, he'll be able to take care of them, but we have to retreat. Neji nodded, deciding to have faith in the blonde that never seemed to fail him.

Before he could react, the blonde swept him up, jumping out of the way just as a volley of arrows hit the spot the had been standing on a moment ago. As soon as they landed, Naruto let him down.

"Hurry, let's get out of the main battle." Something swept by them.

"Is that a winged horse?" Neji wondered. He had no time to think about it, as Naruto tugged him along, running the direction opposite of the battle. The brunet stood there, watching the havoc wreaked on his men. He took a deep breath.

"Retreat!" he commanded as loud as he could. Surprisingly, the soldiers listened to him, running over to the spot where he was. Neji frowned as he saw what was once thousands reduced to meagre hundreds.

Naruto smiled at him, before dashing out into the empty field, except for the enemy, dodging any attacks they attempted at him.

"All right, Kurama!" He called. "Let's do this!" He performed a few symbols, and red energy began to leak out of his body at a rapid pace. He could see that Pegasus and Cerberus had stalked up to him, and were now flanking him.

The energy that leaked out of him bubbled in front of him, and took the form of a fox. Soon the fox solidified and Naruto Jumped onto one of it's tails, and was elevated to it's head.

"Finally," Kurama growled. "I can finally get my revenge!" Naruto stood on his head, smirking wildly at the opposition.

"Kurama, your orders are to kill all of them, except that one," he said, pointing to the afore mentioned Sasuke. The fox smirked, sharp rows of teeth glinting in the moonlight.

"There's no rhyme and reason with that one, but I'll listen," he replied. "Now if you don't mind, I have over a century of pent up rage to unleash." Naruto grinned.

"Why do you think I released you? For a backrub?" Kurama closed his eyes.

"Well, now that you mention it..."

"Just go," Naruto ordered, his voice snapping back to serious. And so, the fox, the horse, and the dog, fell on the ranks of four fifths of Rome, and Persia with wrath that would make Medusa proud.

"It's...It's the daemon incarnate!" half the ranks shrieked. About a quarter fainted, and were left for Cerberus to deal with. Another sixth were frozen with either shock or fear, and were made quick work for Pegasus.

The rest were left off trying to fight off Kurama, who was all but causing a literal bloodbath. The energy radiating off the fox also seemed to be radioactive, therefore long-time exposure would result in some sort of poisoning.

As thought, mere mortals were nothing compared to a demon and it's vessel, alongside two abnormal animals. Kurama had blasted over half of the army into nonexistence with a couple of well-aimed orbs of dark crackling energy. He could see a figure standing above all this and watching calmly. He howled.

"Orochimaru!" he cried angrily, heading for the pale-skinned man, who stood watching him. As his path destroyed a considerable amount of the enemy, he was stopped.

"Kurama, not yet," Naruto called. "Not yet. First, let us finish this army off." The fox growled in annoyance, nine tails sweeping from side to side.

The ground beneath them had been scorched into infertile fallow, an the bodies that had been dealt with reduced to black corpses. The stench of dead bodies, blood, and smoke hung heavily in the air, as the fox finished his work of destruction.

"Chaos would be proud of you," Naruto commented. Kurama snorted.

"He was the one who made the mistake of creating the nine of us in the first place, then keeping us in our places in Tartarus." Naruto shook his head.

"Whatever f-" He was cut off, as something flicked in the edge of his vision. "Hey Kurama, go do whatever now, I need to go," Naruto called, jumping off the fox, and dashing as fast as he could.

Cold steel flashed in the moonlight as Naruto ran for all he was worth. If he didn't break the sound barrier, he was sure doing a hell of a try.

He ran to cover the seemingly large distance between them. He gritted his teeth. If he didn't get there in time...

The ripping of steel through flesh was very much audible. Naruto glanced down at the sword embedded in his chest directly over his heart, and protruding out his back. He sighed in relief, glancing up at the sword's bearer.

"Thank Zeus, he murmured, as he fell to his knees, coughing.

Herewegoherewegoherewego... I wasn't too descriptive with the battle because I didn't want to get too into my favorite things to describe. (e.g. The ways I killed everyone mwahaha)

-Jeya-