OP:Scar/let by ReoNa

[Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower Original Soundtrack - overpowered]

"With just a single swipe!?" Sasori had designed Hiruko as a human puppet that would compensate for a puppeteer's lack of close combat capabilities, becoming both armor and weapon for him to use in fights against ninjas who require getting up close to fight, and this jinchuuriki destroyed him with one swipe. All the work he put into it, and he couldn't show what it was capable of.

"You just had to piss him off!" Sasori told Deidara, who tells his partner he wasn't expecting him to have the destructive power he was releasing.

"Sekia Kuretsuha (Red Crow Air Rending Blast)!" Channeling an incredible amount of ki into his right palm, the rage-driven Naruto drives it into the ground, unleashing an exploding pillar of fierce energy that destroys the ceiling above them.

Deidara and Sasori had survived due to the latter bringing out a human puppet of the Third Kazekage, using it to create a protective dome of iron sand.

Kakashi quickly grabs Gaara's corpse and, with Chiyo, and Sakura, take to the air and land on the edge of the cave that formed when Naruto destroyed the ceiling, bearing witness to Sasori attacking the enraged red-haired blond ninja with an orb that released an omnidirectional attack involving branching iron spikes formed out of the iron sand, with Deidara providing support with his explosive clay birds. Naruto used the branching spikes as footing as he pursued Deidara.

"That sand..."

"What about it?" Sakura asked the old woman they spectated the fight.

"I can't believe it...Sasori, my own grandson, killed the Third Kazekage. It's been ten years since he went missing from the village without a trace. Where did I go wrong?"

"Lady Chiyo, you couldn't have known he'd turn this way," Kakashi told the old puppeteer as he watched the fight. "It was the same with the late Third Hokage and Orochimaru..."

[Music End]

Managing to grab Deidara by his left leg, Naruto's dark ki burns him, earning a scream from the blond Akatsuki. Naruto swings Deidara into a spiky branch, shattering it and dealing moderate damage to the back of his head. He then grabs him by the throat and slams him into the ground below, going through several more iron branches while doing so.

Before he could stab his left hand into Deidara's skull, Naruto distances himself from him to avoid a flurry or miniscule grains of iron sand that stop before they could hit his partner. Directing his attention to the Third Kazekage puppet above, Naruto performs a fierce reverse-hand uppercut straight at its chest and shatters it, releasing the iron sand that was now harmlessly raining down onto the cave floor. Without the puppet, the iron sand branches are unable to maintain their forms.

Annoyed by his best creations being destroyed, Sasori discards his cloak and takes out a summoning scroll from his back. Chiyo's eyes widened after her grandson revealed his puppet body.

"So that's why he looks the way he does when I last saw him. He turned himself into a puppet." Opening his right chest compartment, Sasori emits more than a hundred chakra strings, which reach into the scroll. From the scroll, more than a hundred puppets wearing red cloaks emerge as the strings individually connect to a puppet.

"Let's see if you can handle an army of puppets that have brought down an entire country." Taking this as a sign to act, Kakashi lays Gaara down and tells Sakura and Chiyo that now was the time to help.

"In his current state, he has managed to destroy two of Sasori's trump cards, making things a bit easy for us to provide support. The best we can do is take out as much of those puppets as we can and make things easy for Naruto to deal with the explosive Akatsuki." In agreement with Kakashi, Chiyo takes out a scroll and summons ten masterfully crafted pupped wearing white robes, each one connected by a chakra string connected by one of Chiyo's ten fingers.

One of the ten puppets, distinguished by the grey markings around its mouth area and hair coming from a single point on its head, brings its right fist down on an enemy puppet's head when it tried to attack Chiyo, smashing it then using its headless body as a swinging weapon to dispatch of two more, throwing it and destroying a third one.

Another white robed puppet, which had large holes in its skull, had five long extending cables coming out of them that pierce through ten puppets.

[Naruto: Shippuden OST - Ikari/Anger]

When he wasn't destroying the ones that got in his path, Naruto used the many puppets controlled by Sasori as footing while chasing after Deidara, who was riding on a clay phoenix and hurling miniature explosive clay birds at him. It bothered him to see his art not leaving a single injury on the Nine Tails jinchuuriki, the dark ki around him preventing his attacks from reaching. As he continued his hit and run strategy, he wondered how he can get through its defense.

"Rrrrraaaaagggghhh!" With a swiping motion, Three crescent waves of energy are sent flying towards Deidara, who has no choice but to abandon the clay bird he was standing on, quickly creating another one to ride on after.

"That was close. What sort of art shall I make to get through that defense..." Immediately, an idea pops in his head, with a sinister smile to go with it. As Naruto closes the distance, he is caught by a minor explosion meant to flash light in his eyes, temporarily blinding him. Once he regained his senses, Naruto stops in his tracks when he found himself being hugged by Kureha.

[Music End]

"Kureha?"

"Naruto!" Kakashi shouts the blond's name, which went on deaf ears.

"Hm!" With a single handsign, Deidara has Kureha, now revealed to be a clay clone, expand as she's hugging him before blowing the exposed ninja up. The explosion shreds the skin on the blond's chest, exposing muscle, and leaving third degree burns on some parts of his face. Even with the injuries he received, Naruto still stood on his feet, frozen in place and allowing himself to be run through by five of Sasori's puppets, each using a single blade that shot out of the palm of their left hands.

"Nine Tails Jinchuuriki has been-"

[Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song OST - I kill and I give life]

A pillar of dark red and black ki envelops Naruto, that ends up destroying at least 20 of Sasori's puppets, which included the ones that had their blades through his chest. Deidara found himself unable to move as he witnessed the red-haired blond heal all his injuries from scratch. With a look filled with killing intent in them directed at a fear-induced Deidara, Naruto said four words that sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"I will kill you..." Without blinking, Deidara found himself flat on the ground, having been kicked down by the demonic ninja.

Taking the Akatsuki's hands into his own, Naruto starts burning the mouths on the palms of his hands shut, earning an agonizing scream from Deidara. Despite being in the middle of battle, Sakura, Kakashi, Chiyo, and even Sasori stopped to witness the jinchuuriki's wrath. After letting go of the enemy ninja's now-seared hands, Naruto placed his right hand on Deidara's stomach and, utilizing the first step used for learning the Rasengan, shredded the Akatsuki member's insides without penetrating the skin.

Deidara couldn't find it in himself to produce another scream, the pain being too much for him. Now standing up, after raising his right foot above him, Naruto brings it down on Deidara's stomach, the force of the stomp forcing a large, stitched-up mouth located on the left side of the explosive artist's chest to open up and spit out blood and shredded pieces of his intestines. He would finally meet his end when Naruto proceeds to repeatedly stomp on his face, each one slowly caving his skull in until his whole head was smashed. Even when Deidara was dead, Naruto kept savagely stomping on it until his whole head was a mix of blood, flesh, bones, and brain matter.

[Music End]

Once he registered Deidara's death, Naruto directs his attention to Sasori, who attempts to protect himself with his remaining 33 puppets. With a shockwave created with just a kick, he broke them all. From flamethrowers to a cable laced with his poison, Sasori tried his best to distance himself from the enraged blond, only to see that his own weaponry couldn't reach him due to the potency of his ki.

"Wait, you don't need to do this! If you spare me, I promise not to make anymore human puppets! I can tell you what you need to know about Orochimaru!" Hearing those words come out of his mouth, Sakura turns to face Naruto and tells him to not kill Sasori.

"He knows about Orochimaru, and maybe where he is! He can lead us to Sasuke!" Sakura's words don't reach Naruto, who continues to slowly approach Sasori. The puppet master wanted to move, but his puppet body wouldn't allow it, for his heart was too filled with fear to move. Even if he could, he was dead anyways.

"Hinomoto Secret Technique: Crimson Four Gates Formation!" From above, four torii gates made of crimson flames surround Naruto, trapping him in place. Kakashi looks above to see Tomoe jump into the fray, with no fear found in her eyes, only conviction.

"SEAL!" With one hand sign, Tomoe has the four gates seal off the Satsui no Hado, returning Naruto to his normal state, his hair and eyes going back to their usual colors and his claws receding. Naruto then passed out after.

"Had you killed the other one, you'd be too far gone." With Naruto down, Sasori attempts to quickly grab him. His attempt fails as his puppet limbs are sliced off before he is met with a stab to the heart by the Hinomoto priestess' sword, Kushinawa. For the first time in a long while, Sasori spat out blood.

"You won't take him," said Tomoe as she pulls the blade out, Sakura goes over to Sasori and uses her healing jutsu to sustain his life temporarily, confusing the puppet.

"What are you doing? I am your enemy. Why are you-"

"This won't save you, but it'll be enough to get information out of you," she told the red-haired puppet master. "Now tell us, what do you know about Orochimaru?"

"I see...Since I've been spared a possible worst death from the jinchuuriki there, I will tell you this. If you go to the Tenchi Bridge in the Village Hidden in the Grass ten days from now at Noon, you'll rendezvous with my spy, who has been working as one of Orochimaru's henchmen."

"Before you die..." Walking over to Sasori, Kakashi tells him he was the son of the man who killed his parents, shocking him. "Had my father not killed them, perhaps you wouldn't have ended up this way. For that..." Bowing his head to the dying puppeteer, Kakashi tells Sasori he was sorry on behalf of his father.

"To think I'd receive an apology from you..." With a smile on his face that showed a small shred of humanity was still in him, Sasori looked ready to face his death. Before his eyes permanently closed, he had one good look at his grandmother (Chiyo).

"I'll see you later, Grandma Chiyo..."

"Sasori..."

"Kakashi!" Turning around, Kakashi, Sakura, and Chiyo see Guy and his team rushing towards them. "There was a large amount of malevolent energy so we came here as fast as we could, what happened?" Directing his attention to an unconscious Naruto, who was currently being looked over by Tomoe, the silver-haired Jonin didn't have to say a word to Guy, who could already tell by the worried look Kakashi had on his face. Seeing the state of Deidara's corpse, Tenten nearly threw up while Lee and Neji looked horrified.

"Sakura...Naruto did...this?" Rock Lee asked the pink-haired girl.

"Yeah. One moment he's human, the next he...he was something else. Not a monster but..."

"I can't blame you for thinking that way," Tomoe told Sakura as she claps her hands together and forms a sealing circle underneath the blond ninja. "The power this boy used was the Kyuubi's power, which was empowered by the Satsui no Hado."

"Satsui no Hado? What is it?" asked Lee.

"It's power that's rooted in the darker natural basis of the human instinct, further empowered by negative feelings. When utilized, people like this boy can become extremely powerful, but at the cost of losing their humanity and compassion. It is unfortunate that he not only wields ki, but is also the host of the Nine-Tailed Fox, who benefits from the Satsui no Hado's dark power."

"With that sort of power in him, he is a danger to the Hidden Leaf," Kakashi said to the others, not liking the situation Naruto found himself in. He had little means of staying stable. With Kureha gone, coupled with the knowledge that Akatsuki was involved in the shrine maiden's death, he wasn't sure how to deal with Naruto's current mental state.

"That is why I am sealing his ki," Tomoe told the silver-haired Jonin.

"Seal it?"

"Yes. Until he learns to deal with his demons and overcome his pain, his ki will be locked away," the Hinomoto shrine Maiden informs them. "This way, the only problem you'll need to deal with is the Kyuubi."

"Thanks..."

"Tomoe, my name is Tomoe," she told Kakashi.

"Tomoe, this is a bit late, but how did you know about Naruto and the Satsui no Hado?" Kakashi asked her.

"Kureha was my best friend," she reveal to the Hidden Leaf Ninjas. "She told me a lot about him, and had entrusted me with sealing it away, should he ever lose control of his ki to his darkness."

"She knew something like this would happen?" Sakura asked the woman.

"Kureha was always the most observant between us," said a now-smiling Tomoe. Finished sealing away Naruto's ki, Tomoe parts her hands and gets up. Opening his eyes, Naruto at first sees Kureha, calling out to her. After blinking, he sees Tomoe.

"I am not my late friend, sorry." Looking at the devastation around him, Naruto narrowed his eyes, letting everyone know he was aware of what happened. Not saying a word, he gets up and walks over to Gaara's corpse. Naruto grits his teeth in anger as he looked at him.

"...Why did this happen to him? He just became Kazekage, and he was ready to do more, and yet..." Seeing the growing anger in him, Kakashi, out of worry for the others, told Naruto to please calm down.

"How can I, when I am seeing the unfairness of being a jinchuuriki!?" Naruto shouts. "Why did it have to be us!? Why do we have to have Akatsuki go after everyone we care about!? Why do we have to suffer for the sake of the Hidden Villages!? If not us, then who else!? Whose lives will the villages ruin next, just to keep these things inside of us!?" Everyone looks away from Naruto, unsure of how to answer such a question.

"I wish neither of us had these demons. If we didn't have them, maybe Kureha wouldn't have had to die...and Gaara wouldn't have had to feel unloved by both his family and the people of the Hidden Sand..." Not saying a word, Chiyo gets up and walks over to Gaara's corpse. Going down on her knees, Chiyo puts her hands above Gaara's body as a pale-blue color shines on them.

"That technique..." Tomoe said to herself, knowing full well what Chiyo was planning to do.

"What the hell are you doing?" Naruto asked the old woman, who tells him she was doing something right for a change.

"Naruto boy, you have every right to ask those questions, and every right to be angry. But just know that people have their individual reasons for doing so. My reason may not have been for good ones, perhaps there was a reason why the one who gave you the Nine-Tailed Fox did what they did. Whatever the reason why the fox is inside you, you'll need to figure it out yourself. You may suffer more, but I know that you can overcome the trials that have yet to come, for someone who is angry for the sake of others, isn't truly far gone in the darkness." As Chiyo's vision became blurry, Gaara's heartbeat could be heard by a surprised Naruto as other become aware of Gaara's life returning to his body.

"You and Gaara...You two will be okay...That...I can assure you. You just need to fill your hearts with love."

Two days later

Hidden Sand Hospital

Slowly opening his eyes, Gaara found himself in a hospital bed, with Naruto sitting at his bedside, asleep. From the looks of it, he was listening to music on his airpods up until he dozed off. Opening his eyes, Naruto, with a blank expression on his face, welcomes him back from the dead.

"How long was I out?"

"Two days," said the blond. "And you weren't out, you were dead. Lady Chiyo brought you back, at the cost of her own life. For an old lady, she sure had a lot of chakra left to pull you back to the living." With a smile on his face, Gaara said, "Yeah," in response.

Entering the room, Temari and Kankuro, upon seeing their little brother awake, rush over to his side and hug him, crying tears of joy as they did. Kakashi and Sakura come in seconds later and welcomes him back, Gaara thanking the two as Naruto gets up to leave the room. Now alone in the hallway, the blond recalls the talk he had with Tomoe before she left yesterday.

One Day Ago

"Naruto Uzumaki, with the state your mind is in, your ki has become too dangerous for your body and to others. For that reason, I had to seal it away."

"I see..."

"Kureha was my best friend, and I, like you, am angry that the those responsible took her away," Tomoe admits to the blond. "But what happened has happened. Kureha is gone, and we cannot change the past. All you can do is let go and move on."

"How can I move on, when her killers are still out there? Who else will have to suffer because of me? I can't move on until Akatsuki is dead."

"If that's your plan to move on, then I am sorry to hear that. I have no doubt in my mind that you can do it, but once they're dead, will you be satisfied? Happy? You should know better. Until we meet again, Naruto Uzumaki."

Now

Naruto exits his thoughts once he receives a phone call. Checking who it's from, Naruto finds that it's from Moka (During Rosario Vampire Part I Ch2). Calming himself by taking a few deep breaths and exhaling, Naruto accepts it.

"Hey Moka."

"Hey Naruto. Are you busy?" Naruto tells his best friend that he was just visiting a friend at a hospital and that he had stepped out to grab a soda. "Okay, don't be mad, but the scarf you gave me got shredded."

"Shredded? How?" he asked, Moka telling him she had to deal with a jealous girl who was flaunting her assets to others with no care in the world, who shredded it in front of her. "I'm not mad, I...If you want, just send it to the address I'll be giving you by text after this call. I'll put it back together and have it sent back to you as early as I can."

"Really!? Thank you Naruto! Once I get it back, I promise you, I will keep it safer around me!"

"You'd better."

"...If I may ask, are you okay? You don't sound okay." Naruto tells her he wasn't in a good mood of sorts, lying to her by saying he had to deal with a pair of troublesome delinquents, and that others didn't like how he handled one of them.

"Umu Umu...I'm not sure what to say about that, seeing as how I don't know the details, and I doubt that you'll tell me. All I can say is...Watch yourself, and don't do anything reckless, whatever form that takes."

"...I can't make any promises, but I'll do my best not to." Upon hearing this, Moka, sounding assured, tells the blond she had to go before saying she'll see him soon, hanging up after just as Sakura, Gaara, and the others exit the room.

"Who were you talking to just now?" Tenten asked Naruto.

"A friend."

Chiyo's Gravestone

"So this is where you buried her?" Gaara asked Naruto, who had personally dug the hole himself, feeling he made her guilty in trading her life away. "You don't need to feel guilty about it Naruto. I believe that was her plan from the start once I died. You have no reason to feel that way, I know Lady Chiyo would agree with me."

"I don't question it. You know her more than any of us after all." After praying to her gravestone, Naruto, Gaara, and Teams Kakashi and Guy turn around and leave.

"Naruto, if I might ask...Kureha, the woman with the purple jewel, she lays in rest at the Hayabusa Clan Village. Why not visit her? Perhaps that will help."

"...Can't" he told Gaara. "I don't want to confront her, or any of the members of the clan, when I am like this, especially when I am like this."

"I understand, but I feel that regardless of your current state, they would want to help you."

"With the Hayabusa Village still rebuilding, I can't put them through any more losses. I will visit the village again, but on my own terms."

"Very well, just don't keep "her" waiting until you bite the dust. You and I, we still have so much ahead of us to die early." Stopping at the Hidden Sand's entrance, Both Naruto and Gaara exchange goodbyes and shake hands before the former leaves with his team and Team Guy.

One day later

Hidden Leaf Village

Hokage's Office

Morning

"And that is my report," Kakashi told Tsunade, who was lookin out the window while seated on her chair.

"I'd suggest keeping him inside the village for his safety, but I doubt he'd like or agree to it. Even with his ki being sealed away for the time being, he is still a threat if left without a means to bring him back."

"With Jiraiya focused on investigating the Akatsuki, we are in a bit of a pinch," Kakashi reminds the Hokage. "We can't ask the Hinomoto shrine maidens for help, and the Hayabusa Clan is occupied with rebuilding. As for the Mugen Tenshin, they don't have any ninjas available to aid us."

"That is why I plan to have Yamato become leader of Team 7, effective immediately, if that's okay with you."

"Given our situation, Yamato will be our best bet to keep Naruto from unleashing the Kyuubi," Kakashi tells Tsunade, being in full agreement with assigning the Jonin in question to Team 7.

"Now that we're in agreement, you're to become the captain of Team 8 until Kurenai is ready to go back to active duty."

"Understood."

Naruto's House

Basement

Looking over to make sure there were no mistakes made when putting Moka's orange scarf back together using his own chakra and a bit of magic, he places a seal on it, its purpose unknown.

"I hope you're not getting into too much trouble," he said as he looked at the scarf in his hands before placing it in a package.

Village Gate

Upon arriving, Naruto got the attention of Izumo and Kotetsu, the guards wondering what he was up to. They were caught off-guard when Hibari Ameno (Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs) appears in front of the blond chunin.

"Hey Big Bro Naruto."

"Hibari." Looking at the package, she asked him if it was the one he wants delivered to Yokai Academy. "Without her knowing, and yes, this is the package."

"You can count on me," Hibari assures. "Oh and Big Bro Naruto?"

"Yeah?"

"I have a message from Momiji. She says she'll see you soon, and to not do anything reckless." Naruto admits it'll be hard to do, but will see if he can try, depending on who in front of him wants to give him trouble.

"That'll do."

"...Thanks for doing this. If you see her, and Sagiri, tell them I said hello." Giving him one last smile, Hibari uses the Body Flicker Technique to disappear.

"Naruto, hey!" Ino calls out, having just returned from a mission with Asuma, Shikamaru, and Choji. "When did you come back?"

"Several days ago. Shikamaru didn't tell you?"

"Shikamaru knew?" Turning her head to face her teammate, she asks Shikamaru why he didn't tell her and the others.

"I had other things going on," he told Ino, who then asked if it was because of Temari. "...Yeah."

"Well you should have told us. I would have gathered everyone and invited him out to eat."

"That isn't necessary," Naruto told the blonde girl before turning around to go home. "Maybe next-"

"No, let's do it now," Ino insists, Choji all for it as he raises his hand, looking happy about it."Asuma-sensei, are you going to join us?"

"Love to, but I have somewhere to be," Asuma told a disappointed Ino. "Naruto, nice seeing you again."

"You as well, Asuma-sensei." As soon as Asuma left the teens to go see Kurenai, Ino asks Shikamaru if he'll pay for them. "Why me?"

"Because you're our second leader, and it'd be bad if we let Naruto pay when we're treating him."

"I didn't say I was joining-"

"Mistletoe, December 24th." Knowing what that meant, Naruto lets out a sigh.

"Dammit. Fine."

"What does that mean?" asked a curious Shikamaru, Ino telling him it was between her and Naruto (No, Naruto didn't kiss her under the mistletoe. It was another girl).

Yakiniku Q

35 min later

"Naruto ate in silence as Ino got angry with Choji for taking some pieces of meat she was cooking on the charcoal brazier built in the centre of the table they were sitting at. To not make a scene, the blond takes some of the beef cuts he was cooking and puts it on top of the girl's plate.

"Thank you Naruto!"

"Hmph."

"Kureha taught you very well." Shikamaru and Choji stop eating, looking scared after hearing Ino mention the late shrine maiden's name to Naruto. To their surprise, Naruto didn't get angry, but he did look sad.

"I've always been taught to treat girls nice, but she did teach me some things about them." Shikamaru lets out a breath of relief before Naruto asked him why he looked tense.

"No reason."

After Lunch

"Thanks for joining us, Naruto," Ino said to the blond ninja, sounding happy that he joined them, even though he was blackmailed into doing so. "I have to get back home and run the shop. I'll see you guys later." After she leaves, Naruto is left with Shikamaru and Choji, who was chowing down on a bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips.

"I'll see you two later."

"Hold it Naruto." Turning around, Naruto asked him what he wanted. "If you want my advice on how you're feeling, I suggest taking time off from active duty."

"That I cannot do," he told Shikamaru. "I need to continue training if I want to destroy Akatsuki."

"You destroy Akatsuki? So it's just you?"

"No one else seems capable," Naruto rudely told his friend, who looked offended by this.

"Naruto, I get it, you're hurt-"

"You do not get it," Naruto interrupts. "You say you do. All of you...but you don't. You'll never feel it, or understand it. You never lost anyone, you never had to carry this weight I have to my whole life, and you think you can just say you get it? Yeah, we lost Old Man Third, but that was something everyone shared and got over. This is far different than that. Think long and hard about what words to say to me." Seeing Shikamaru's hands clenching into fists, Naruto asked him if he's angry.

"If you want to, swing. Just know that I won't make it easy for you, or anyone else, to hit me." Just as Shikamaru's about to throw a punch, Choji discards his empty potato chip bag before enlarging his left fist and throwing it at a black-and-white tomoe lion that was about to attack the two. The beast harmlessly explodes into ink upon making contact with Choji's fist.

"What the hell?" Looking at the direction the beast came from, the three ninja notice a pale-skinned boy their age sitting on top of the roof of a building, a scroll on his lap that houses ink on the side of it. "Just when I was about to swing."

"I would have just dodged it and slammed you on the ground." Despite being bothered by Naruto's response, Shikamaru puts any grudge he had against him aside, focusing his attention on their attacker. "He's wearing the village headband, so he's a resident, though why he attacked us, depends on whether you two recognize him from somewhere."

"Never met him," said Choji.

"Same here," Shikamaru adds.

"Well then, guess I'll get the answer out of him."

"WE'LL get the answer out of him," Shikamaru tells the blond, correcting him before refocusing his attention on the "enemy" across from them.

ED: Cold Sun by Aimer

Despite Naruto's ki being sealed, it doesn't change anything since Naruto's still a force to be reckoned with without his ki. Since he's got so much anger inside of him ready to burst, that makes him a danger to his teammates if some were to get in his way.

Regarding the part where they can't understand him, his friends really can't. Try having a beast sealed inside of you since you were a baby, be an outcast by your own village and its people and have someone you held dear to your heart taken from you and ask again. As it stands, only Gaara would know, as well as Tsunade, Kakashi, Moka Akashiya, and Sasuke, though the latter Naruto is definitely trying to kill so he's not safe.

Tomoe, a character from Queen's Blade, will return at some point, question is, when? Only time will tell.

Damn, wasn't Deidara's death brutal? He did have it coming. I had several ideas on how best to brutally kill him, like slicing off the tongues from his mouth hands or stuffing his chest mouth with an air grenade that would expand and blow him up. I'm sure the finished death turned out well.

Chiyo's Chikamatsu Puppets are still intact since Naruto did most of the killing, so they'll be given to Kankuro. Just putting it out there just in case.

Yes, Kakashi is going to be occupied with Team 8/Team Kurenai. That was the only way to have Yamato step into his role as the new captain of Team 7 since Kurenai has that baby in her, courtesy of Asuma Sarutobi.

I had considered sparing Sasori and having him slowly redeem himself, but I thought it as impossible since Naruto would not allow it, given his current state. Otherwise, Sasori would have had a puppet body that would be given to him by Touko Aozaki from "Kara no Kyoukai". He would then be fascinated by this and maybe turn a new leaf, though that would be crazy to accomplish, right?

There will be some filler arcs used for Part III, since I want to show just how deep in the dark Naruto is despite looking fine or how he usually is outside. Picture Batman at his worst.

Hibari is a character from "Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san", making a cameo to do a task for Naruto, which happens during Rosario Vampire Part I: SEMESTER OF MONSTERS. Whatever happens in Part III is going on while Moka is at Yokai Academy.

As for how long Naruto is going to be at his dark place...It'll probably be during an arc I am planning to do, which gets me excited, though he goes back to old habits after Jiraiya dies, then comes back during the end of the Pain Arc I believe. For now, you have Naruto acting like an asshole, who does at times retain some sense of comradery around a small group of people depending on what's going on, though murdering Akatsuki is on his mind. My god he's as worse as Iida when he was at a dark place, or Izuku when he went full vigilante of sorts for a time.