Chapter 5: Success

"...How old is that brat?" Sasori asked as he finally broke the awkward silence.

"Physically, three," Pain replied. "Tobi knows his situation better, though. I barely get it myself."

"Three?!" Hidan shouted. "What the fuck!"

Orochimaru scoffed. "So I got scolded by a toddler. Great."

"I said physically," Pain pointed out. "Mentally, however, he's twenty-seven."

"That explains it," Itachi mumbled. "He somehow got past Konoha ANBU undetected when he approached me."

"...Huh." Kisame sighed. "So, how did it happen? It's not everyday you run into a three year old with the maturity of a twenty-seven year old man."

"As I said before, Tobi knows his situation better," Pain repeated. He stood up. "You are all dismissed. Deidara, I was compensate all your clay if you blow up Sasori's puppets again. I will include your secret stashes this time."

Deidara glared. "He made fun of my art!"

Konan rolled her eyes. She stood up and walked up to Deidara. "Come on, let's go do something. Come along with us, Itachi-kun. We can show you around the base."

Itachi nodded and got out of his chair, following in silence.

Once I finished with making my new body, Obito walked into my room. And when I mean walk I mean teleported.

I looked up to him. "Use the door much?"

He rolled his eye. "Whatever. Is the body complete?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

Obito lifted his arms, and performed the rat, hare, boar, snake, tiger and horse hand seals. "Seishin Iten no Jutsu." He put his hand on my forehead, and flicked his hand.

Then the world went black.

I woke up to a gloved hand slapping me. I opened up one eye, and punched whoever it was in the nose.

"Ouch! That hurt! Tobi is hurt!"

I sat up, scowling. I glared at the masked shinobi next to me, who was holding his slightly cracked orange mask. "Stupid."

"Tobi is a good boy!" he whined.

I rolled my eyes, stretching my arms forward and arching my back. "Tobi is a stupid boy." I glanced at my old body, and my scowl deepened. I grabbed the ring on the tiny thumb, and with a flick of my wrist, the body burned into nothing. Literally. I slipped the ring onto my left thumb, and stood up.

"What now?" Tobi asked.

I narrowed my eyes thoughtfully. "...I'm going to get the Kyuubi. When Akatsuki is flexible enough to do a few collaborations together, we're going after the others."

Tobi nodded. "And when that's finished?"

I grinned. "Take a guess, stupid."

His eye narrowed.

"I'll be gone for a few days. Maybe a week or two. Knowing Kushina, she's probably looking for me," I stated. "I'll keep in touch."

Tobi nodded, and I disappeared in a white flash.

"Kurama," I said.

"Bitch. Stop leaving me alone!" Kurama shouted.

I cringed at his raised voice, reappearing in a flash at the gate of Ame. The guard nodded his acknowledgment, and I walked down the muddy path. "Sorry, sorry. I couldn't exactly use my chakra in that body. Anyways, where are you? I'm gonna finally get ya back."

"I'm at the southern edges of Hi no Kuni. Your mother is absolutely pissed. I think some leaves burned under her glare," Kurama stated. "I'm actually a bit scared myself."

"That bad, huh...?" I felt a smirk of amusement twitch on my lips. "Alright. I'll be there. I have Minato's formula and I use it sometimes. The formula is mixed in with your seal, right?"

"It is," the Kyuubi rumbled. "I can't do much in this state other than talk to Kushina and give her tiny amounts of chakra."

"Don't worry about that. I know a seal that can seal away the forced bond between bijuu and Jinchuuriki," I said. "Only a seal expert will be able to undo it. But by the time it is undone, I'll be your Jinchuuriki again. Besides, Jiraiya and Minato are only seal masters. They'd have to have someone of Mito's calibre to undo it."

"Alright, kit. And you better hurry. This woman is crazy fast," Kurama said.

"Hn." Was my only response before I cut off the connection. I charged up my chakra, and disappeared in a white flash.

I reappeared in another flash behind Kushina.

She whipped around, her red eyes showing rage. A second later, it faded, and she stared in shock.

"K-Kyoufu..." she stuttered. "Kyoufu...w-what are you doing here...?"

My eyes narrowed. "I am here to tell you something."

Kushina pulled out a kunai. "Tell me what exactly...?"

I smiled, slowly walking up to the Uzumaki till I was only a foot or two away from her. "That Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze is dead."

Her eyes widened, tears filling her eyes. "L-liar..."

My smile turned into a victorious smirk. "I said that Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze is dead."

Red chakra enveloped her sturdy frame, her canine's growing and her eyes turning red. Claws grew and three tails of the Kyuubi's chakra appeared behind at her lower back. "Fucking bastard!"

She swiped her right hand, and inflicted a wound on my stomach. I only flinched, feeling pain strike my nerves. She swiped her left hand, and hit my chest. She jumped up, spun around, and kick my jaw. A loud crack echoed through the forest surrounding us, and my face went numb as more pain was added.

I quickly used Healing Power, and my wounds regenerated to nothing but blood. I scowled, glaring at a confused and enraged Kushina. "Are you done yet?" I didn't wait for response. I grinned. "Good."

I performed the rat, dog, tiger, hare, rooster and monkey hand seals. "Betsuri Fuuin [1]!" My right fist glowed purple and my left fist glowed blue. I put my hands together, and then I put them on Kushina's seal.

She cried out in pain as my hands hit her abdomen. The chakra dissipated, leaving an exhausted Kushina. All of this was done in less than a second [2].

She stumbled back, breathless. "What did you do...?"

"Nothing much," I replied. "I only separated the soul of the Kyuubi and you. Now that your souls are separated, I can extract Kurama out of you, and you wouldn't die. It'll just be painful."

Kushina's eyes widened.

But before she could make a move, I rushed forward in a blur of speed. I put my hand over her stomach, and twisted my wrist. There was a click next to my ear, and I grinned.

The woman in front of me screamed in pain as red chakra flew out of her. It took on the shape of a certain Kitsune, and the Kyuubi himself flew out of the seal.

Kushina's eyelids fell, and she collapsed.

I looked up to the Kyuubi, and gave him a foxy grin. "Yo!"

"Che." Was his only response.

I rolled my eyes, activating my doujutsu. I formed the rat, bird, hare and ox hand seals. "Rinnegan: Kamei no Chikara [3]." I put my hand on Kurama's claw, and he was absorbed into my body; soul and all.

You there? I asked.

Indeed I am, kit. Nice to be back. Kurama responded.

I grinned. "Success."

[1] "Betsuri Fuuin"; translation: "Separation Seal". The user will perform the hand seals (rat, dog, tiger, hare, rooster and monkey); their right hand will glow purple to separate the souls, and their left hand that will glow yellow to separate the chakra.

[2] A Kage on average can perform ten hand seals per second. If pushed, a prodigy like Itachi-chan can do thirteen per second. However, Naru-chan can do twenty-four hand seals in one second. Obito-chan can do fifteen per second while Sasuke-chan do twenty-two per second.

[3] "Rinnegan: Kamei no Chikara"; translation: "Samsara Eye: Affiliation of Power". Once the hand seals are done (rat, bird, hare and ox), Naru-chan will put his hand on whatever he wants to absorb as long as it has a soul and chakra. Due to having a contract with the Shinigami, he can also absorb souls into his mind.

This took longer than expected to think out. Betsuri Fuuin was inspired by Gogyou Fuuin (look it up on Narutopedia).

Peace! :3