Naruto the Twin Swords

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Chapter 33

Part 3

Old Feuds…

( ): Thoughts

((" ")): Holy Talon's Voices

(( )): Kyuubi's voice

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Back in the hidden Fortress…

"TIDAL SHURIKEN!"

Naruto unleashed a massive water shuriken that smashed deeply into the charging ranks of the reanimated Kekkai Genkai users. Several were forced back until one of them attacked with a Kekkai Genkai, namely a combination that resembled Mei'a own Lava Release. The results were massive spheres of super heated rock that glowed and once they were evaded, they exploded out like massive bombs. The detonation of the spheres on the ground and in the air released extreme heat and lava as well, serving as a double attack at the very same time.

Haku was quick to use his own Kekkai Genkai as he summoned a massive amount of ice to create walls of ice to block the incoming lava bombs. The resulting collisions created large amounts of steam to flow all over the place. This was enough to make the battle field a lot more serious, Menma was willing to support the others from the rear while Kin backed him up as he played his music to enhance the chakra of the others.

Naruto was quick to block another attack from a revived Kekkai Genkai user who unleashed several large blasts of Iron from the palms of his hands, showing that his Kekkai Genkai allowed him to control the Iron in his body to make weapons. Naruto cut the iron spears that were fired at his direction. Kakashi was also quick to find himself under attack by Haku's mother who used the same techniques that her son did as well.

Kakashi had to be ready as he was soon being surrounded by the mirrors and had to move fast in order to block the incoming Senbon that she had on hand. But before it could get even more serious, another Ice Mirror appeared beside him and he was soon taken by Haku himself, apparently the young man used his Kekkai Genkai to get Kakashi out of danger and face his mother himself. Soon it was the last of the Yuki Clan facing the resurrected form of his mother.

The Jonin hoped that Haku would be able to weather the storm before him, and it had nothing to do with battle. The sight of his mother being reborn and used as a test sample must be killing Haku, he would have felt the same had his father Sakumo, Obito, Minato, or Rin been brought back from the dead and used like this. He however had no time to react as another attack came his way and he had to be on guard.

Even more so when he and Zabuza were suddenly surrounded by the resurrected members of a certain battle loving clan who had been wiped out by the ninja of the Land of Water years before. Both Jonin got behind one another as Kakashi charged his own sword with his Lightning Chakra and Zabuza readied his own sword .

Zabuza swore as he looked at the reanimated figures.

"Of all the things I thought I would face here, the resurrected Kaguya Clan was not one of them!"

"I can see that, but we have no choice, we have to destroy them. This reminds me of the same Jutsu Orochimaru had used back when he and his ninja, along with the unsuspecting Suna forces attacked Konoha."

"Yeah, I heard of the attack but this definitely is not that kind of Jutsu, let's hope we can kill them before they get used in battle. Otherwise we will never see the end of it."

"Could not agree more!"

Both Jonin charged in as they were now attacking the resurrected Kaguya Clan warriors while Sakura was facing off against another resurrected ninja who was more than willing to unleash a Kekkai Genkai. This time this was a user of the Boil Release, forcing her to avoid a massive blast of acidic mist aimed at her. Mei was also facing off with another band of the Kaguya Clan who were eager to test themselves against the Kunoichi. The red haired Kunoichi had very little love for the Kaguya Clan and quickly unleashed a torrent of lava at them as they drew out their weapons to try and skewer her. She evaded the attacks and quickly showed her own level of physical strength by grabbing the outstretched hand of one of her attackers and tossed the offending ninja into the walls with such force that he left a serious impression in the rock. Sakura was not far behind as she also smashed a heel kick into the head of her own attacker to send the reanimated being down into the floor.

Neji was not far behind as he quickly blocked and counter attacked against his own attackers as these were also Kekkai Genkai users who might have been part of Mei's own clan as they were using Lava Release Jutsu on him. So far he had managed to avoid being tagged hard by the super heated rock but he was not going to let that happen to him. The problem he was facing at this moment was the fact that since his enemies were already dead, the use of the Gentle Fist was not too helpful since while he could damage them, he could not cripple them outright.

(Their bodies are already dead and while I can block their chakra, they can't be stopped in the same way as I did my normal foes.)

The Hyuuga quickly dodged another blast of Lava and closed in to attack with the Gentle Fist, only this time he amplified the amount of chakra he placed in the attack, changing the way he fought with the Gentle Fist to even up the odds. And this was possible because of Menma's ability to enhance chakra with his music based Jutsu.

Kin was also having a hard time as she focused on keep the attackers art bay away from Menma who was still using his ocarina to amplify the chakra of the others. She used her Senbon to amplify the chakra she sent into them to a sharp precise point to cause severe damage and used the Senbon to cut and slash her attackers in the same way Naruto used his Wind Chakra to cut with Jutsu. She had been able to use this trick in her time with Zabuza and coupled with her use of her still present Illusion Bell Needles which were amplified by Menma to even the odds. But she had to be careful since the forces before her were already dead and thus could not be stopped with injuries that killed normal foes. Menma was also in the same situation though he was able to keep his distance and have his safety due to Kin and also Sakura who managed to fight off her attackers and help Kin in protecting him.

As all of this was going on, Naruto himself had matters of his own to deal with as Kaelain was attacking him at full speed.

…

"Mother! Snap out of it!"

Haku shouted to her mother as he quickly used his Ice Release to avoid several of her own attacks as she fired out spears of ice at him. He reappeared and blocked her attack as she came at him with a blade made of solid ice. She looked at him wordlessly for a moment and replied after he blocked with his own Ice sword.

"I…cannot…I am already dead."

"Mother! Please don't do this!"

Haku knew that this was difficult and in another time, he would have given up wasting his powers to fighting a corpse. But this was different, before him was his mother and she had somehow been brought back to the land of the living. He had no idea how such a thing could be possible, but now was not the time for him to try and figure out this matter. He had to summon a second sword of ice to block the same second blade summoned by his mother. They crossed blades again and again while using the Ice Mirror technique to move back and try to attack one another. Haku quickly fired several senbon at his mother to try and slow her attacks down though he knew that it might not work the way he hoped.

As she was already dead, attacks that normally worked on the living would not work on her but he had no other choice, and he had an idea as he focused his Kekkai Genkai, having coated the senbon with his chakra and blood earlier. This was a difficult trick but it would work and the results were there as the senbon were suddenly releasing ice that quickly covered his mother's limbs, literally freezing her in place. Haku could only hope that this would buy him the time he needed until there was a way to stop his mother's rampage as well as also stopping the rest of the reanimated Kekkai Genkai users cold. But they were dealing with something that only Naruto could understand and deal with, so he only hoped that Naruto would be able to help them before things went completely out of hand.

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Kaelain roared out as she quickly did a high speed flip and spin her body like a top and then smashed her fist towards Naruto, Naruto quickly rolled away as the attack caused a large crater to appear. He had no time to react however in surprise as he quickly blocked a massive blast of black fire aimed at him by the Succubus Maiden. The attack was similar to the same Jutsu Itachi and Sasuke used, only her fire was midnight black and was smaller but denser. Naruto gritted his teeth as he used Holy Talon to block that attack and he moved aside as Kaelain attacked with her fingernails extended like blades.

Solana did not use that move on him before but he suspected that all Succubae Maidens had different styles of fighting and this was just one of them, though it seemed more physical. He had no time to ponder it as he dodged several more swipes and managed to cut her nails. Kaelain screamed in fury at her nails being cut, but that did not last long as he nails merely grew back again.

(Think Lady Deathstrike from the X-men franchise. Or the Kelly Hu version of her in the movies, I did like the claws after all though Kaelain's are not made from Adamantium,.)

"You think that cutting my nails will work young Champion? Think again, I cam looking forward to running them on your exposed flesh before I start drawing lines on your bleeding body."

The Succubus Maiden said that with a very seductive smirk on her face as she moved in and attacked Naruto. The blonde gritted his teeth and blocked her attacks, and flipped back quickly and used both feet to attack Kaelain in mid flip. But the Succubus Maiden blocked that attack and quickly moved aside, and unleashed her wings to attack Naruto in mid flight, forcing the blonde to quickly change tactics as he blocked some of her attacks, but the summoned Succubus Maiden was able to still hit him. The sounds of tearing cloth was heard and Naruto saw several gashes on his Chuunin vest and knew that if he had no armor on, he would have been wounded. he landed on his feet and blocked a diving strike by the demonic female as she smiled at him, in a seductive but blood lusting fashion.

"Not bad, usually most men would be turned to a delightful mess with that attack, Holy Talon has taught you well."

Naruto grunted and quickly leaned back, this propelled Kaelian forward as Naruto used her own momentum in flight to send her sailing over him. He then quickly rolled back to his feet and tossed out some shuriken at the woman with bat wings. Kaelain blocked those with her wings, as they seemed to harden and become like shields of a sort. She unleashed another stream of black fire at Naruto as he quickly got away and then used Kage Bunshin to surprise Kaelain.

"Ooh...interesting technique young Champion, that has a LOT of potential you know."

The demonic woman was enjoying the fight as she quickly began to counter the attacks of the Kage Bunshin along with the real Naruto himself. Naruto managed to keep himself focused on the fight. And Kaelain was more than willing and ready to push him to breaking point. The Succubus Maiden quickly unleashed several blasts of black fire and red lightning at Naruto, forcing him to defend himself and soon a massive black fireball was fired at him by Kaelain as part of a spell.

"BLACK SPHERE!"

Naruto quickly used his training and summoned a spirit from the reservoir in Holy Talon and learned a new technique. He summoned his Dragon Fire and the sword glowed silver and he slashed at the massive sphere of black flames.

"SPELL CUTTER!"

The technique was more than able to do what it was meant to do and cut the sphere and the black flames hit the ground and burned the stone floor. Naruto quickly unleashed his own spell at Kaelain.

"LIGHTNING STORM!"

The blonde unleashed several bolts of lightning at the female demon and she smirked as she summoned her wings and used them as shields. She groaned a bit in pain but she was not going to take that blow without retaliation. She quickly used her wings and charged right at Naruto, with the obvious intent of slicing off his head with a high speed strike. Naruto managed to block the attack, but the force of the charge the demon used forced him back and he landed hard on the ground. The blonde ninja coughed out in surprise, but quickly rolled to the left as Kaelian unleashed her nails like spears, and stabbed the exact place he had been on moments before. Naruto did not have to get up however as Kaelian quickly unleashed black fireballs at him once again and that forced him to quickly move to avoid being incinerated.

The blonde managed to get to his feet and he turned his eyes briefly to look at the others and saw that all of them were being hard pressed by fighting the reanimated Kekkai Genkai users. Fighting the undead was not something that happened every day and these were not the usual type of undead as he felt something about them. Naruto turned back his attention to the Succubus Maiden before him and decided to attack this time. The young Dragon Champion unleashed a massive barrage of smaller but faster fireballs which was forcing her to move away. And as she dived towards him, he quickly flipped over her and as she turned around to attack him, Naruto made his move.

"TAKE THIS!"

Instead of using a spell or a Jutsu, Naruto quickly fired several kunai at the demonic woman and these were carrying high explosive tags. The woman blocked them but got a shock when they detonated around her. The blast damaged her as she shrieked in pain and that allowed Naruto to move in for a strike. As soon as he landed, he quickly used the same technique with Holy Talon when he fought Neji and Orochimaru a long time ago. The move was enough to force Kaelain to move to the ground and avoid being cut in half by the sword. But she was quick to move forward and attack Naruto.

"Now I have you!"

"NO YOU DON'T!"

The shouts came from none other than both Kin and Sakura as both Kunoichi managed to get some distance and attacked the demon before she could attack Naruto. The pink haired Medic Nin used her strength to toss a massive boulder at Kaelian while Kin unleashed her special Senbon at Kaelian. The combined attack forced the Succubus Maiden to move away and she snarled at both Sakura and Kin and it was clear that she disliked having her battle disrupted as she made a spell at the two women.

"Stay out of this! RAGING BLAST!"

The massive gout of sickly green fire came at both Sakura and Kin who were forced to back away, along with Menma who was able to also avoid the attack, but the results of the attack were there as several of the reanimated Kekkai Genkai users who had been nearby were incinerated by the blast itself. Naruto was however quick to recover and soon he was able to launch his own attacks as he took out one of his collapsible wing spears and use it alongside Holy Talon to attack his foe. the combined strikes of the weapons forced Kaelain to redirect her attentions on the blonde and not the others.

They soon blocked each other's strikes bu Naruto soon managed to flip over the woman and before she could slash at him he sliced her fingernails to get him an opening and stabbed with the spear. The blow cut into her shoulder and Kaelain screeched in pain as she moved back, but not before unleashing a quick spell at Naruto.

"WIND SPHERE!"

The wind spell was able to hit the blonde, but not entirely as he was able to block it with his spear, however, the blast had forced him to cas aside his weapon and he was now back to using Holy Talon. But then Kaelain quickly ordered two of the reanimated kekkai genkai to attack Naruto. One had somehow an ability to manipulate magnetic fields as he somehow unleashed waves of Shuriken at Naruto which he had dodged but had to do so again as the weapons came at him once more, similar to the technique he used with Holy Talon. The other seemed to be able to turn himself into water and attack Naruto by moving quickly into a puddle to disrupt the attacks he made and attack him with solid water attacks.

The blonde was forced to move fast and he knew that the main target would use this chance to heal herself. Choumaza seemed content to observe and he had no idea if he was the one controlling the reanimated bodies or was it Kaelain. He spoke then to Holy Talon as he managed to free himself from the attacks of the one who could make his whole body into water and managed to cut in half one of the shuriken thrown at him.

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(Holy Talon! Can you sense if either Choumaza or Kaelain are controlling the dead Kekkai Genkai users?)

(("Yes and it seems that Kaelain is the one who is currently in full control of the reanimated bodies, if we can strike her down, then the spell that holds them together fades away."))

(((So get it done brat, these guys are becoming a pain in the backside!)))

...

Naruto directed his focus on the two coming at him along with a reinvigorated and healed Kaelian. He focused on the one who had the ability to turn his entire body into water first. The blonde knew that physical attacks would be useless but chakra attacks of sufficient strength might be enough to do the damage. Only problem there was that he could not use more powerful Jutsu without endangering the others who were still in the fight. he then had an idea as he quickly avoided several more attacks and began to summon his Dragon Fire. he had to do it quickly though as the three attackers came at him hard and fast. he then summoned some Kage Bunshin once more to do two things, the majority were to by him time, and the other was to help him with something.

Kaelain was enjoying the fight as she allowed her followers to engage the ones who were there before them as she fought with two of the Kage Bunshin, enjoying the rush of battle as her dark blood flowed in her veins and filled her with power. The two were proving to be a test of her skill even though they were merely clones. And her followers were also getting a bit of a work out. But she had no doubt that Naruto had something up his sleeve.

And she was right as the real Naruto and the Kage Bunshin who was with him suddenly charged at the one who could form into water with a Rasengan. But this one was now purely blue in color, but glacial white as well. The Kage Bunshin who were engaging the target quickly were dispelled to allow naruto use the smoke of their dispelling to cover his attack. And the second his attack collided with the target in question. The attack was actually a fusion of his Rasengan with a Dragon Fire spell, namely one using the Elemental magic, which was designed to freeze targets.

"GLACIER RASENGAN!"

The results were instantaneous as the water user was hit hard in the chest but was unable to move as the magical spell fused with the Rasengan froze him in place. Naruto's training in magic, while not yet very high in terms of overall power was enough to ensure that his spell would pack an extremely powerful hit. And the results were explosive as the reanimated ninja was frozen into nothing but a block of rock hard ice. but with Naruto still using his Rasengan, the statue of his foe did not last long.

BOOM!

The fully frozen figure exploded into nothing more shards of ice and Naruto was not stopping just yet as he took his other wing Spear and expanded it to allow him to attack the second foe while his kage Bunshin kept Kaelain away from the battle itself. he charged right at the other reanimated Kekkai Genkai user who unleashed his shuriken at Naruto but he was able to avoid them before they were able to hit him. he then moved back in a flip as they came back and blocked the returning shuriken with his spear, he tossed them aside and quickly attacked before they could return and he quickly used a Kage Bunshin to toss him up to flip over the reanimated fighter as it caught the shuriken to turn around. Only for Naruto to strike as he had shortened his spear before he landed to get close to his foe. Once he did so, he quickly expanded the weapon, impaling the foe just as he also summoned a massive pillar of stone from the Earth using Earth Branch Dragon Fire magic. The spear was also infused with his Wind chakra to allow it to cut even through the stone and he then left the figure there to be impaled on the stone.

This was enough to stop his foe cold as kaelian finally slew the kage Bunshin who had managed to keep her frm the fight. But she was pleased as she was ready and eager to finish off Naruto.

That left only Kaelain and Naruto to face one another and soon they attacked at the same time.

...

Naruto quickly moved out of the way of Kaelian's various attacks and then ducked just as Kaelain's fingernails slashed at where his neck would have been, denying her the chance to decapitate him in her attack. She tried to move away, but Naruto was having none of it as he quickly leaped forward and revealed that in the moment he ducked, he summoned his Rasengan. The Succubus Maiden did not have enough time to react as Naruto slammed the attack into her stomach. he also included some of his Dragon Fire into the attack along with his chakra for maximum damage. And the results of the attack were very hard to dispute as Kaelian coughed out dark purple blood from her mouth as she screamed in pain.

"AAAAAGGGGGG!"

Naruto quickly followed up the attack with a serious headbutt into the face of the female demon just as she was flung a good distance from him. But he was not letting up as he attacked, however the demoness had more than enough wits about her to recover and see him come at her at full strength. That forced Kaelian to move as best she could from any counter attack. Naruto predicted that and took out some of his kunai with explosive tags and tossed them at her. She managed to block them despite her badly injured state but the attacks she blocked only helped Naruto as he forced her back into their blast range. he leaped back as she tried to cut him and he activated the tags. The explosions consumed Kaelian who was forced to use her wings as shields to protect herself, but that also wounded her greatly.

"GGGGGAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Naruto did not hesitate as he charged in just as she opened her wings and tried to slash at him, only for him to duck and then stab forward with Holy Talon, using the angle of his evasion move to hide the sword. That attack was straight and true as the holy weapon skewered Kaelain in the chest, the sword piercing her just below her rib cage. The shock of the attack had hit the woman hard as she felt her blood flow out of her mouth and down to the ground as she looked to see the sword there. She had no time to react as Naruto quickly yanked out Holy Talon and swiftly slashed out to cut her in the stomach once and a second slash to strike her right at the neck.

She held her throat in pain but smiled weakly at the blonde ninja.

"You...fought well...mmmmm...better than I thought...looks like I failed my sister..."

Any other words she was going to say ended as her dark blood flowed from all three wounds and her head soon fell off her shoulders and landed on the ground, followed by her body moments later. In that moment her entire body burst into violet black flames and soon she was reduced to ash. But he knew that it was not over, for as long as Death Fang remained intact and still at full power, she would be reborn. And she was able to manifest herself in spirit form briefly to move forward and caress his cheek, unmindful of the disgusted expression on his face.

"You have won, but I will return, and maybe I will not be alone this time. My sister and I might come back and pay you a visit. You can handle one of us, but two?"

Kaelain's form faded away and Naruto relaxed himself as he knew that her death was the thing that could end this, if Holy Talon was right on the money.

...

That death was soon followed by the bodies of the slain Kekkai Genkai users to suddenly freeze and soon drop dead to the ground, showing that Holy Talon was right. With Kaelian dead, the spell that kept the bodies and their trapped souls moving was undone and now they were dead once more. That was a great sign of relief for the team, but that was marred by the fact that Choumaza had managed to escape the whole battle. Haku managed to unfreeze his mother's corpse and held her close to him. It would have looked rather macabre to others, but the chance to finally be close to his mother was something he could not turn away from.

Naruto walked over to Haku and placed Holy Talon on his mother, the sword glowed briefly for a moment or two and was convinced that the spell that bound the soul and body together and allowed Kaelian to control them to be over. He looked at Haku and was not pleased to see the emotions on his face, seeing his mother being forced back to life and used as a weapon was hard on Haku and he wanted to help him recover. Holy Talon however had a solution as it spoke to him through the special link between the two of them.

(("Master, there is a way that we can allow Haku to speak to his mother's soul."))

(What do you mean?)

(("There is a spell known as the Spirit Circle, it's used by Mages of the Silver Star to speak to spirits without forcibly bringing them to the world as the fllowers of Chorvax are known to do. This should help ease the pain Haku is feeling."))

(How does it work?)

Holy Talon filled him in and he nodded as he spoke to Haku privately, the young man who still held his mother's body and shed tears at being forced to not only fight her, but to see her being treated like this, turned to Naruto in surprise. he listened intently to what Naruto was telling him and for a moment a spark of hope filled his eyes. He looked at his mother and thought about what Naruto had in mind and nodded in agreement, he had known that Naruto was a man of his word and while he could not fully bring people back to life, the chance that his blonde friend could allow him to speak to his mother without the use of whatever perverse and evil magic that turned her into this.

"All right Naruto-san, i trust you."

Naruto nodded in relief and soon they all went to work to destroy the bodies to prevent them from ever being used, only the body of Haku's mother was spared this fate under Naruto's request. It was hard work and their previous battles had drained them, but they got it done and soon they were heading back to the hidden Terumi compound. All of them had injuries and therefore Sakura was going to be busy once more. They soon heard that the members of Mei's clan had been hit by what remained of the mercenaries but they had fought them off. Mei was relieved but that meant that there were injuries that had to be tended, and Sakura was ready for that.

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In the Terumi's new base of operations…

Sakura was very busy with her use of healing Jutsu as she began to work on healing the injured members of their team and the members of the Terumi Clan and some of their charges. The battle had been hard for all of them and at least the work of the servants of Death Fang had been stopped. She looked up to see more of the people coming in and she was pleased at least that she had been given the training to handle the workload before her. The training Naruto also gave her on using her Dragon Fire reserves to heal the injuries better, she knew that despite her wish that Naruto was with her to help with the healing, he was busy with another matter that was rather important.

And that was to allow Haku to speak to his beloved mother one last time. SO for now, she would have to work with Kin, Menma, and Neji helping her out.

And Sakura was right as in another part of the clan base, Naruto was working hard to create a special magical symbol. It was something that he learned in his time of training in the magical aspect of the Dragon Champions. In the middle was the body of Haku's mother and next to him was Haku who was also being watched by Zabuza and Kakashi.

Neji, Menma, Mei Terumi, and Kin were busy on patrol and as such, they still kept in touch with one another, for now it was between Naruto, Haku, his mother, and the two Jonin. Once Naruto was done with making the symbol, he began to summon his Dragon Fire in himself and Holy Talon and soon the symbol glowed in a gentle silver light with golden specks appearing there. Soon a strange blue mist came from the body of Haku's mother and soon took the form of Haku's mother, only she looked, whole, healthy, and her smile was full of warmth and life.

"Haku-chan, I am happy to see you again."

Haku looked at Naruto and the blonde nodded at his partner and he moved forward, he tried to reach out with his hands, fearing that the very second he touched the figure before him, she would fade away. But as he finally touched his mother's hands, he felt…her warmth, her skin, her flesh, she was alive and when he looked at her smile, she was smiling warmly and there were tears running down her cheeks. He could not help himself anymore and hugged his mother.

She gasped a bit but smiled as she hugged her son back, warm tears flowed down her own face as she held her son. Haku did not hesitate to hold his mother tightly in his arms and prayed to Kami that even if this was temporary, this would last forever.

"Mother…I am so happy, I missed you, I missed you so much."

"And I missed you, my dear child, how much you have grown, I am happy that I am here for a time to hold you again, my beloved snow rabbit."

This was a nickname Haku got when he carried a beautiful white rabbit in his youth and his mother called him that at one time…before the tragic day he discovered his powers.

(No! I will not remember that day! Not now…I want to remember this moment no matter how brief it is.)

They soon parted from one another and Haku spoke to her once again.

"I am so sorry for what you went through…had I known."

"Hush, you did not know so you have no blame in what happened to me. And you and your friends freed me after all, and I am happy that you are alive and safe. I was there in the land of the dead for a while now, but I am pleased to see that you have grown into a fine young man."

"Mother…"

The two spoke to one another for a time as Naruto continued to maintain the energy that allowed Haku to speak to his mother and to allow her to be in the world of the living. There was a set time limit to how long he could maintain the link and when that time limit was reached, Haku's mother would be sent back to the underworld no matter how much power he put into it. But it seemed to be enough for the two as Haku told his mother about what happened to her ever since the day he had escaped the group that included his father.

After a while, the woman kissed her son and spoke to him.

"I am happy to know that you are safe, and you have a home, I might not have a lot of love towards Konoha, but I am happy that they welcomed you here. And there you are safe which is all that I can ask as a mother. Grow strong and have a happy life for not just me my little Snow Rabbit, but for yourself as well. Farewell."

Haku smiled as his mother's soul began to fade away and the symbol before him was soon fading away and when it did, he wiped the tears from his eyes. His mother's body had been healed and restored to proper health, had it not been for the fact that she was recognized as dead, she would have looked as if she was only sleeping. It was a favor he asked of Naruto who agreed as he restored his mother's body back to full form and without a single mark on her form.

It was not long before the two were visited by the others who had been healed by Sakura and they were happy to know that the mission was by all rights over. Mei herself was very happy that not only was her clan safe, but what they had done had helped protect the people of the Land of Water who were innocent and wanted to live their lives in peace. The redhead Kunoichi was pleased also by the fact that the ones who had been doing these kidnappings had finally been stopped, though that was tempered by the fact that the bastards already got what they had wanted.

This was a concern for not just the Kunoichi though, but Kakashi, Zabuza, Haku, and Naruto as well, even more so for the blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion as he had no idea just what Death Fang planned with the samples that Choumaza and Kaelain had been able to get for it. But if there was one thing that he knew with absolute certainty, it was not the leas bit good for anyone. They all soon placed those thoughts aside and began to bury the bodies of the now dead Kekkai Genkai users. Naruto personally anointed the bodies with specially made seals to prevent them from ever being used by the evil sword and it's minions. Even the battle loving Kaguya Clan were also given that gift since having them being reanimated was the last thing anyone wanted.

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Later…

Naruto summoned his Dragon Fire once more and then unleashed a large white stream of fire and it surrounded the form of Haku's mother. Only this did not incinerate her body, but the flame began to take the form of imperishable diamond. The crystal quickly engulfed the woman's fully restored and mended body quickly and soon she was encased in a diamond coffin. Haku could not help but shed tears as the crystal preserved his mother the way he remembered her so long ago, but her sad look was replaced with a radiant smile and that made Haku happy.

Once it was over, he looked at Naruto who smiled at him and spoke to him.

"You don't have to worry Haku, your mother is going to be safe in this diamond coffin, it's enchanted and it will not disappear. I will make sure that no one is going to defile her body ever again, and she will be buried in a place that no one will find her."

Haku smiled and wiped the tears in his eyes and replied.

"Thank you Naruto-san."

Naruto then summoned Kael and asked him to take the coffin to a safe place in the Land of Fire to be properly hidden away. And when that was over, he assured Haku that he would be able to take him to where his mother would be buried and kept safe. It was also here that Naruto learned that Haku had been seeing someone in Konoha. That naturally surprised and amused Naruto and he asked if the woman in question was something they all knew. Haku blushed a bit and replied that she was a good person and truth be told, was something he befriended only three months ago. And he also mentioned that they were also becoming a bit more than friends. the blonde was even more curious but decided not to press the issue as they moved to the others. As they walked back, Mei walked over to them and spoke with pride and happiness.

"I have to thank you all immensely for what you all have done, it will be a while before things settle down, but at least we managed to drive off the ones responsible for this…madness and senseless loss of life. I do hope that what we did will not be forgotten and there will come a time that how people here in the Land of Water view those with Kekkai Genkai will change."

Kakashi nodded as Zabuza spoke as well.

"That's going to be a hard battle Mei or more of a hard to reach dream, you should know that."

Naruto however decided to speak.

"But it's a dream worth reaching for, maybe you can be the one who can change them Mei-san."

Mei looked at the blonde Chuunin and smiled at him for his rather unique spirit and she could not help but feel that he was a very special person.

"You are a very good man Naruto-kun, tell me something, what is your dream?"

Naruto smiled even more and without losing a beat he spoke of his dream.

"My dream is to be Hokage some day and help protect the people I care for in this world, and also make the idea of peace and prosperity a reality."

After hearing the dream of the blonde Chuunin before her, Mei Terumi could not help but smile at him as she found his desire to be interesting. More jaded ninja would have considered this young man's dreams to be just that, dreams. But she felt that this young man could actually make those dreams become real. There was something about him that perked her interest and she liked that, he was rather good looking and yet was very warm, compassionate, and had an energy about him that was very welcoming. That was alsoi including the fact that he resembled someone who she had seen before as a younger child. Long ago, she had been on a mission with her clan prior to the start of the Kekkai Genkai purges and there had met none other than the Fourth Hokage, or rather, Konoha's Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze. She like all people in the ninja world heard of the man and she was impressed by what she saw.

There was also the fact that the man in question was very handsome so even when they were ninja on two different sides she could not help but admire the man. That was a long time ago and she had to accept the fact that she had actually developed something of a crush on the man himself at that age and was not happy to learn that he was rumored to be married, She was saddened by his death though by then the purges were underway and she had other matters that demanded her attention.

Somehow, the boy reminded her of him and after seeing him in action, the Terumi clan heiress could not help but see that he had a LOT of potential and so much promise. She could only hope that fate would be kind to the young man and allow him to reach that dream. Also a more...primal female side of her wanted to see just what he would be like when he was older. Who knows, she might very well want to develop a working alliance with him in the future, and perhaps more as well. But she decided that perhaps she could make her dream a bit different yet just as meaningful.

"That is your dream Naruto-kun?"

"Yep!"

"Well then, I have decided to make a few changes to my dream, to change the way that Kekkai Genkai is seen in our land as Mizukage."

That got the attention of everyone and Naruto most of all as he had not expected that of all things but Naruto took that in stride and spoke to Mei.

"Great to hear that Mei-san, I think you will make an amazing Mizukage someday."

The woman smiled at the way Naruto said it and replied to that.

"That is good praise coming from you, I hope to see you again and see if you have become the Hokage you wish to be. Perhaps when that happens, I too will be Mizukage, and we can speak as equals or perhaps more."

Mei winked and smiled at Naruto who had the sense to blush a bit, showing that he was a lot more mature now and was quick to grasp the internal meaning behind the beautiful Kunoichi's words and actions. This was not lost in the slightest by Sakura and Kin and they merely sighed and shook their heads, but at least they were not going to blow their tops. Kakashi merely sighed a bit at that and smiled with his eye at Naruto, Zabuza merely sighed a bit and rubbed his head with his free hand. As for the other male members of the group, they merely sighed a bit and decided to leave the matter be.

Mei also decided to send word to her long time friend and send word for the payment to be sent to Konoha. With all of that sorted out, she bid farewell to the group as they headed back to Konoha. Naruto was still trying to get used to what happened and admitted that meeting Mei again would be interesting for the both of them. Though he was still not sure if she was indeed serious with what she had said to him. But that did not mean that his more perverted male side found the idea of meeting her again the least appealing.

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However…not everything is going to be simple.

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Konoha…

Sasuke was still deep in his personal pit in anger and right now he was in his personal prison cell and under heavy guard. He had been given his meal for the night and despite his anger at being locked away like a common criminal, he kept his silence and decided to be patient. He will have his chance and Naruto would pay dearly for this. But he knew that he had to wield more power something to give him the edge he truly needed. As he looked at the wall, he felt his anger grow deeper and more serious and it was a job to keep him from doing something foolish. Even in the grip of his anger, he knew that venting out and wasting his energy would gain him nothing at all right now. As he ate the food, he looked at the wall and after staring at the unyielding stone, got off the bed and he began to pace back and forth and wondered just what was his next move.

After what happened between him and Naruto, and when he recovered enough, he was locked away in a special wing of the Konoha Prison and the idea of being trapped here until he was brought to trial infuriated him further. He however stopped when he felt the Cursed Seal burn a little bit more. But unlike before when he could not stand the pain this seal brought on him, he took in the pain, welcoming it as it served to keep him focused on his desires. That was power and the chance to slay Itachi, but not he had another desire, to make Naruto suffer and lose everything for all time. But he could not do that now as he was under guard and right now, all he could do was wait. However it seemed that things were about to change as an ANBU walked in.

Sasuke faced the man and was annoyed to see that the man remained silent.

"What the hell do you want? Here to tell me something from the Hokage?"

The man began to laugh and removed his mask, to reveal none other than Kabuto Yakushi.

"Well now Sasuke-kun, seems that fortune has finally turned her back on you hasn't it?"

Sasuke glared at the spy of Orochimaru and spoke once more.

"What do you want from me?"

"Why to see how you were doing Sasuke-kun. Hard to imagine that you are now like this, being a prisoner and treated as nothing more than a common criminal. I thought you were better than this Sasuke-kun."

"You came all the way here to tell me that? Get out!"

Sasuke tried to lash out at Kabuto, but the highly skilled ninja spy of Orochcimaru quickly disarmed him and soon slammed Sasuke into the wall and spoke seriously.

"You had better watch your temper Sasuke-kun, I came here to give you an offer, I have been able to see how things have been for you and I have to admit that you seem to be seriously lagging behind compared to Naruto-kun. He has grown a lot stronger hasn't he? And it galls you that it has happened. I am here to offer you a chance to grow stronger."

"Become a student of Orochimaru?"

"Yes, you have been using the Cursed Seal already, I can tell from the way you have been acting lately. The seal grants you power, but truth be told, you are nothing compared to the ones who have borne the seal longer than you. They have mastered the Seal better than you have and have even managed to unlock it's other functions. And they are strong since out of the others who bore the seal, only the five of them have survived the process."

Sasuke was silent at this and he began to think about what Kabuto was telling him. The idea of mastering the Cursed Seal was too good to pass up and with it, he might very well get one step closer to accomplishing his goal of killing Itachi.

Kabuto then decided to spice up the offer a bit more as he spoke.

"Also, I believe you would like to know that the second phase of the Cursed Seal would grant you great power if you have the desire and will to master it and endure the pain that it will entail. Plus, I have no doubt that Orochimaru will be more than happy to help you improve and not care for what you will do. Unlike the people here in Konoha who seemed to have lost their respect for you. And besides, I am well aware of the people who have looked down on you for being the last survivor of the Uchiha. The last one named Aoi, you never managed to slay him, only Naruto-kun did."

Sasuke was enraged by the memory of it and glared darkly at Kabuto who replied.

"Glaring at me will not help you Sasuke-kun. if you truly want to grow stronger, without restraint, without any bonds tying you down, then go to Orochimaru and receive more power. Power enough to bring you ever closer to killing Itachi once and for all, or do you plan to let yourself rot here for the rest of your life?"

"No..."

"No? You mean you will not join Orochimaru-sama to gain more mastery of the Cursed Seal?"

"I will not stay here, fine, I will go with you to Orochimaru, but not before I do something here in Konoha?"

"Oh, and what would that be?"

Sasuke finally grinned a bit and replied.

"To take revenge on someone, and to take something that will be useful to me."

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To be continued…

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Author's Notes:

Well, this chapter is now over and I will be working on the next chapter, a chapter that I feel is going to test my very limits. That chapter is going to be the opening salvo for the arc that will have Sasuke defect from Konoha but not before doing something dark to the people Naruto loves and cares for. You can bet that when we get to that point we are going to see just how the battle between Naruto and Sasuke will differ from what happened in the canon anime and manga.

For those who think that I am going to do a rape scene, I want to assure you that I will not do that at all. I however will be doing something that is dark and will still make a negative situation. The people who Naruto loves will recover in time, but Naruto's already stained relationship with Sasuke is going to be even darker. He still will keep his word to Sasuke, but he will no longer hesitate to stop Sasuke dead if he goes even deeper into darkness.

Itachi's request to Naruto is still on and what I have seen thus far in the manga may still apply so it's still up in the air on how this story is going to end.

And yes, this and the coming handful of chapters shall be the end of Naruto Dragon Champion itself. A sequel will be created in due time and I will take what happened in the anime and manga into consideration for the rest of the sequel. What I can share with you about the soon to come sequel is in two parts.

The first is that Naruto will already be physically a mature man due to the changes done to him and his time with Jiraiya and Holy Talon will mold him into a very capable ninja and Dragon Champion. Along with that, he will become a very capable yet still human leader in his own right as he will be given the rank of Jonin. One more step to his dream and also doing the right thing to protect Konoha despite the darkness in itself.

And the second…well, if you have been keeping track of his…escapades with the ladies in his life, you can bet that he will see the results of those moments. I don't need to explain that part to all of you do I? All I can say is that Konoha is going to be having one HELL of a wedding ceremony and the results will be fun!

I might even dedicate an entire arc of chapters on how Naruto handles being a father and also his moving to a much larger and more spacious place of residence in the soon to come future for himself and the rather larger family he might soon be having. As for the other females from the movies and the arcs Naruto has been in, I MIGHT try that and see just what might happen. These moments are going to really test me to the limits.

But hey, better that than going simple right?

See you soon!