As some of you have noted, I went back and change the chapters a little while also fixing some of my mistakes. Normally I wouldn't write a note, but it is a fair warning by the presence of some light gore, at least in my opinion mind you.


In a small village close to Takigakure borders.

Kushina POV

Darkness was all that I could see, I didn't know where I was, I couldn't even see more than six feet away from me.

This world that I find myself in kinda reminds me of when I used to go and visit the fox inside of the seal years ago.

Suddenly I hear a scream behind me, and I turn as fast as possible as I was startled by the unexpected scream. But at turning around, I was met with the sight of a young woman in her mid-twenties, with long dark brown hair. She was sprawled on the ground with a pool of her own blood, my eyes move down toward her throat and I find the source of the blood being her slit throat, the slash was large and deep enough that I'm surprised her head was still connected to her body.

I was shaken out of my thoughts as I hear the surprising still and suddenly alive woman choke on her blood as she tries to say something, my body moved by itself and the next thing that I know, I was on my knees to the left side of the younger woman while gently holding one of her hands in mines.

My mind didn't process the possibility that all of this wasn't real. But I was long gone as I was just acting by instinct.

" Shh! it's okay! everything it's going to be alright, I need you to look at me okay!?" I frantically whispered to her to distract her from the pain.

But suddenly I stopped breathing as my throat was being gripped by the free hand of the dying woman in front of me, and the hand that I was tenderly holding was viciously snatched away from mine furthermore, it took a hold of my hair and pull it down toward her, resulting in my face being only centimeters away from her face.

it was only then that I realize that the woman's lifeless and dull green eyes were staring into mine, was whispering something, even in the predicament that I was in, my curiosity got the better of me, and so I strained my ears to hear what she was mumbling.

" You monster, you are a demon of the deepest hell. How could you do this to us? where is my child! you whore! " My eyes widened at the words of the woman as she keeps gagging on her blood, but I have noticed that the sound of her voice sounded like multiple people were speaking at the same time.

And like a spell was broken from my mind, I used the strength in my arms to forcibly separate the hands of the woman from my frame and stood on my feet while creating a gap between her and myself.

But as a curtain was lifted, a red fire appeared all around me, I could see the dead bodies of hundreds of people of all ages on the ground, some burning in the flames while others were impaled through spears in the ground while their bloody body was suspended in the air.

All around me I could see torn and ruined bodies, others that were lucky with a quick death, lost their heads while others were carrying a slashed throat.

By all reason and purpose, they should be dead, but all of them were glaring at me with so much hate while also screaming their lungs out that I step back out of shock.

In their screams, I could hear the pain, the pleas of mercy, the screams that were filled with anger and fear, and much more.

It was at this moment that I realize that all these people were the villagers that I have killed as I was performing the so-called sacrifice as instructed by Hidan.

My body starts trembling in fear and pain as memories assaulted my mind. I could clearly see myself killing every single elder, man, woman, child, and infant of the village.

A new pain sprang from my body, it took me a second to realize that it was coming from my heart, it was like a massive pressure suddenly collapsed on it.

I knew the moment that I have rushed inside of the village, I would regret it later, but I didn't and still don't care, I will endure all this anguish and despair without a second of hesitation.

I'm not proud of my actions by any means, but if this is necessary to be with my son...so be it.

The screams didn't stop until what I felt like years, my sense of perception was long ago lost.

I could easily feel as my soul was filled with despair and misery.

But then it happened, it was so sudden that I thought I have finally lost my sanity. But as the second's passed, the small beam of light that broke through the darkness of this pit, was still in the same place, it was so small that I could only imagine the distance that separates me from its source.

My legs felt heavy as I stand up from my kneeling position, I start to walk in the direction of the light until I was running.

I felt like days had passed since I start to run, but I could see the result, as the light was becoming stronger and I could see the darkness around me was illuminated to show lifeless grass.

I was so close, I could feel it, but my lungs were starting to give up.

'No, no-please!-NO!' I scream my pleas in my head as my legs start to give up, I couldn't feel my lungs anymore and breathing was so painful now. I could feel tears escaping the prison that was my eyes and slipping down my face in fear of getting caught again to start over the torture that brings the pained screams of the souls that I have butchered.

It was then that I blink my eyes, and notice the ceiling of a room. Shocked at the change of surroundings, I rapidly lift my upper body until I was in a half-seating position on the soft bed where my unconscious body was previously resting.

My frantic eyes explore the room to detect any danger while doing so I noticed that the walls of the room were light brown, I realize that on my left only a wall rested as the bed that I was on was against it. Then at my right side on a wall, I see a partially open window showing that it was sometime around the afternoon with the sun up in the sky.

Deviating my eyes from the window, I spot my clean Jonin flak jacket in the Corner of the room on a small table along with my sealed katana in its sheath.

Suddenly I felt the air of the room against the skin of my chest, confused, I look down and I realize that I was naked as the day I was born, I was shocked as I keep looking at my exposed breasts as thoughts filled my mind, but it was then that I suddenly sense a presence with me in the room.

Spinning my head to one side of the room, I spotted the shadowy figure of my son, leaning against the wall, arms crossed against his chest. Raising my eyes to look at him in the eyes, I realized that he has been watching me like a hawk.

I then remember that I was naked and that I was practically displaying my naked chest to my son as I instantly reach for the bedsheets around me as they have been thrown off my body when I woke up, to cover my naked chest, I could feel my face getting warmer and knew without looking at a mirror that I was blushing.

finishing to cover my chest I turn to look back at my son to see that he hadn't moved from where I spotted him early.

The silence plagued the small room until I decide to ask.

" How long was I unconscious and what happened?"

My only answer, was more silence, until Naruto decided to answer me.

" Two days. After you massacred everyone in that village, the mark of Jashin that Hidan placed on your hand was completely red, you started screaming in pain and then fell unconscious. Hidan told me that it was normal and that the rest depended on you."

Hearing my son answer I was reminded of what I have done and small bits of regret filled my mind. I was surprised that I was unconscious for two days and confused about the last part that my son said.

" What are you saying with that? what depended on me?" I couldn't help but ask while I started to get nervous suddenly.

I see Naruto Looking at me straight in the eyes, and I hear him speak.

" After you fell unconscious, Hidan explained to me that it depended on your willpower and purpose for participating in, as Hidan calls it, ceremony. He said that there was only 20 percent that you could survive and 80 percent that you could die during the ceremony, since in Hidan's words, Jashin would observe your soul and memories regarding why you wanted to be his follower in the first place." After having finished talking, Naruto didn't move a single muscle.

I was shocked that I could have died. Just as I was about to say something, I remembered the reason why I even accepted to do this.

" If what you say is true, and I'm alive and here, does that mean that the...ceremony, worked?" I asked in a shy and hopeful voice, I hate how weak it sounded even to my own ears.

" ...Yes, while you were unconscious, I took the choice of stabbing you with a kunai just above the heart, but you did not even flinch, I could see how the wound healed without leaving any trace in only 12 seconds, which means that your Uzumaki genes also were intensified which made them more powerful. It means that your healing generation has increased on a large scale, just like your chakra... so yes, you are practically immortal, except for being able to die by malnutrition." I hear the cold and monotone words of Naruto.

Shock filled my body at my son's words, how could he stab me in the heart while being unconscious, I just couldn't wrap my mind around it, my own son. After the shock starts to die down, rage started to replace it, even if in a small corner inside my mind, I was happy that the so-called ceremony worked, as it means that I could be stronger and remain at my son's side, but all of this didn't matter to me at the moment as with this last act of Naruto, it was enough to shatter the chains that I had used to suppress all my emotions of all these past years.

I robotically stood from the bed with an arm covering my nakedness with the bedsheets and start to walk my way up to Naruto.

I could feel goosebumps as my naked feet felt the cold floor of the room, the sound of my footsteps sounding loudly to my ears.

I barely noted that Naruto seeing me getting closer gets off of the wall and stood upright.

When I was right in front of my son, I slowly raised my free hand to my shoulder level and just as it did reach my shoulder level, I let it sail toward my son's masked face.

The loud noise of my hand connecting with my son's masked cheek sounded, even more, louder in the silent room as it echos in the recess of my mind.

I retract my hand back at my side as I could feel my hand start pulsating with pain by the amount of strength that I have put in the slap. I could feel my heart pounding loudly inside my mind as the silence keeps dragging on.

The silence was all that plagued the room until my ears hear the sound of sobs leaving my lips along with the accelerated breathing of my lungs as I could feel the trails of tears leaving my eyes.

3rd POV

Naruto, on the other hand, had a calm and stoic expression on his face, turning his head slowly to face again his mother since thanks to the force of the slap that Kushina struck him, his head was forced to turn sideways.

When he had turned his head completely, he was received by a view that could fill his original heart with anguish, if he still had it.

There was Kushina, with a river of tears coming out of her beautiful violet eyes, those beautiful eyes now full of rage, pain, sadness, betrayal, and loneliness. He could see how her whole body was quivering, her face was red with rage, and the hand that she used to slap him was trembling at her side.

It didn't matter what type of physical pain he could undergo in his life, they will do nothing much to him due to the fact that thanks to the Jiongu inside his body, he has a high pain tolerance.

But...his only weakness was the woman standing in front of him, she was his mother, so of course, he would care about her, but.. deep in his heart, he knew that he wanted her more than just a mother.. something that he has realized not that long ago. Therefore with all his willpower, he tried not to show how it's really hurting him to see her in this state with a stoic, cold, and indifferent mask.

"W-why?..." Kushina asked, her voice was broken and filled with sadness.

Looking at her in the eyes, Naruto simply replies.

" Why what?." this was said with a cold and indifferent voice.

Something that only made Kushina angrier. "Why would you stab me while I was unconscious!, what if the ceremony didn't fully work or the process wasn't finished! I could have died! you fool! why did you leave the village leaving behind a simple note saying sorry! Why did you abandon your home!..-sob- .. why did you join Akatsuki!, they are monsters and criminals Naruto!

-More subs-... why did you forsake me... answer me!" Kushina shouts with all her sadness, pain, fury, and loneliness that she had to endure while her son fled the village all those years ago.

Hearing all this made Naruto want to look away and almost break his mask of indifference, but he wasn't a coward, and he knew that this moment would come one day.

' I deserve her anger, only If I have been more effective in controlling my temperament back then' Thought Naruto as he starts to feel guilty.

Raising his right hand slowly, He began to caress her left cheek, and with his thumb, he wiped the tears from her eyes while putting his left hand around her waist.

Looking deeply into her eyes while still caressing her cheek, he finally responded.

" I'm deeply sorry for being the reason for your suffering mother, but I couldn't stay there, I hated and I still dislike Minato for his actions towards me, the villagers always treated me as the son of the Hokage, always in his shadow and his ignorance, Konoha didn't feel like home to me, instead it felt more like a prison.

The only person I cared about in that village was you, and even so, I knew you wouldn't leave the village, I knew it would hurt you when I left, but I expected you to forget about me and that you would continue with your life-" At this Kushina interrupts him by giving him a venomous glare, and angrily punch him in the stomach, not hard enough to make him double in pain or anything mind you but still with enough force to make him restrain his gasp.

" How do you expect me to forget you and keep going with my life! you fool!, you are a hypocrite!, you are my son, I would never be able to forget you! -sub-.."

Hearing this made Naruto feel more miserable than he already was, but he knew that he had to finish his explanation. "...I didn't join Akatsuki because I wanted to, they approached me first, the fact that they knew who I was and find my existence, is something nothing to sneeze at, I was phantom in the criminal underworld, so not many knew of me, and their leader's very powerful... very powerful, mother."

Hearing his words calmed her a little, she was finally having the answers that she had looked for so long.

" Where were you all this time, before Akatsuki, how did you become so strong, and most importantly, why does Takigakure want you alive?" Asks Kushina, this was the question that most plagued her mind all these years, where was he?

Hearing his mother question, Naruto let out a tired sigh, thinking if he should tell her or not, after a couple of seconds in silence, he decided to tell her, so with speed, he picks up Kushina in his arms.

Kushina was not expecting that, because of this, she couldn't help the startled gasp that left her mouth, and by instinct and reflexes, she wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck and wrapped her legs around his waist as the bedsheets keep her skin from coming directly in contact with Naruto's chest and clothes. As Naruto grabbed and held her thighs, Naruto started walking towards the bed.

Approaching the bed, Naruto sits on it with his back against the wall, while Kushina was sitting on his lap while her legs were around his waist, and lastly, her head rested against his chest.

Moving one of his hands to caress her long and beautiful red hair, while the other wrapped around her waist, clinging her more to him.

While this was happening, Kushina had a slight blush on her face, her heart was beating very fast and hard, when was the last time she felt this way? ... with Minato.

'Perhaps I'm star-no,' She didn't want to even finish that thought... not now at least.

But that was not the point, the point was the position in which they were in was something that a pair of lovers would take, not one of a mother and child, but surprisingly enough... she did not mind it, instead, she felt comfortable and loving. She was drawn out of her thoughts by the voice of her son.

"I will tell you my tale, but I warn you, you might not like what you hear," Warned Naruto, not stopping to caress her hair. She nodded with her head still pressed against his chest, she wanted to hear what had happened after he left Konoha.

Seeing her nod Naruto continued.

" Alright, don't Interrupt me, all the questions that you may have will be answered at the end...it all started right after I left..." And with that, Naruto starts to explain everything, his encounter with Kakuzu, his training, hunting, his bounding with Kakuzu, him having the Jiongu inside of his body, his fight, and later death of Kakuzu, everything, nothing was hidden from her.

It had taken at least all day, Hidan was outside of the village making sure that no ninja came inside of the village, so they were alone without anyone interrupting them. In the actual time, it was almost midnight, which was accompanied by the light of the Full Moon.

Kushina, in the end, was shocked, she was shocked that Naruto was found, trained, and even considered a son by Kakuzu. A man who was known to be assigned with the mission to assassinate the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju, by his village Takigakure no Sato, even if he wasn't able to complete his mission, he survived a fight with him, something that only Madara Uchiha and a couple of others had the strength and honor to do, it speaks highly of his strength, but also the fact that he was still alive after all these years, it had been almost a century from that event.

The silence was all that plagued the room until the voice of Naruto broke it.

" That is what happened after I left Konoha, now that you know, what is it that you think of?." Asked a calm and a little curious Naruto.

Hearing his question Kushina started to reflect on the things that she has just learned.

"..I'm surprised, but..the reason why Takigakure wants you alive is that you have the Jiongu inside of your body, and the scroll, am I right?" Hearing this, Naruto nodded.

"...I don't know what to say Naruto." Said Kushina after a couple of seconds of thinking about all the knowledge that she learned.

Looking at his face, she stood as straight as she could while still sitting on his lap, with a small blush on her face for that reminder, she rises both of her hands to take off the grey cloth cover hood that Naruto wore.

But before she could touch it, Naruto stops her by holding her hands in his.

"...I'm not the same child and Naruto that you remember, Mother...under this cloak, shirt and under this cloth cover there is nothing that remains of the Naruto that you remember." Said a serious Naruto.

Hearing this, she just give him an honest and small smile while saying. "I don't care what you look like Naruto... or what you have become, your still my Naruto."

Hearing this made him widen his eyes a little bit in surprise, so with this, he let her hands go and let her take his cloth hood and mask off.

It was like the time slowed, anything that wasn't in her point of view didn't matter to her, and was with a held breath, that she was able to gaze upon the features of her son after 12 long years. She could see his long shoulder-length blond hair didn't change, only grew at the point that is a little over his shoulder, large enough to be put in a long low ponytail style, his pair of sclerotic Bordeaux with iris and pupilless blue eyes was new to her, while he inherited the shape of her eyes and face, there were two other new changes, one was his skin color, while before was white, now was light tanned skin, not much but also not little, and finally, his mouth which had three long stitches on both sides of his mouth, with the supposed job of keeping it in place, tracing the stitches on the right side of his mouth with her fingers while looking at him on the eyes, she asked him.

" How did you get these.." The moment that her fingers touched the stitches on his mouth he stiffened but relaxed almost immediately. Starring her back in the eyes, he slowly and quietly answers her.

" It was the night that I got the Jiongu, the process it's rather...painful, we were in a hotel in a small village, we didn't want to attract much attention back then, so before the process started, I had a small tanto in my mouth to stop the screams that I knew will come, but as you can see it also left the mark."

She didn't say anything at first until she got out of his laps and stand up on the floor while still covering herself with the bedsheets, her only words were ".. Get up and take your cloak and shirt off...I want to see them." Her voice was calm but also a little cold.

He knew what was coming, so without a fuss, he stands up surpassing the height of the redhead woman, and slowly unbuttoned the cloak until it falls on the floor, after that, he had also taken off his backless-shirt, Kushina had to press one of her hands against her mouth to suppress a gasp of surprise, tears were forming in her eyes at the sight of her son upper body.

The backless-shirt was hanging down, falling to his knees, showing all the stitches points on his upper body: on the forearms, biceps, and in a nonvertical line from the shoulder to the pectorals on either side, two vertical lines of stitches coming from his back to his shoulder bones, she could also see his six-pack, but her attention was diverted toward the vertical line of stitches starting from his upper abs and ending at his lower abs.

She didn't have to walk around Naruto as she knew that his entire back was covered in stitches as he has the four animal masks with his hearts stitched on his back. She also noted that just above the wrists, he has two dark green lines that surrounded his wrists, a mark that he has the Jiongu inside of his body.

She couldn't' imagine what types of injuries he had suffered for gaining all those stitches. Looking at his face, she couldn't suppress her tears anymore as they start falling from her eyes, she takes a step forward and embraces him in a tight hug, due to this, the previous bedsheets that she was using to cover her nude form, fell to the floor.

Naruto almost gasped after feeling his mother's naked body pressed against his, more so her naked and large breasts. He couldn't help but slightly tense before he started to relax and hug her back, trapping her within his stitched and strong arms.

"...it doesn't matter to me, what you have become...-" At this, she looked up, right at his eyes while closing the distance between their faces "- you are still my son, and always will be." At this, she kisses him in the cheek with what one would consider a mother's love, but deep down she knew she starts to feel something else, something more than motherly love.

Naruto, Looking at her eyes, only nodded, it was then that he remembers something. Looking at her seriously, he said: "..Now, tell me, what things happened in Konoha that had made you betray them so easily."

Hearing her son's question, Kushina nodded, and said with an angry and sad voice, " it was all the fault of-..."

Time skip- in fire country.

We can see Hidan and Naruto with their Akatsuki cloak, and their respective clothes. With them, was Kushina to the left side of Naruto, with Hidan being at his right.

They decided to accompany Kushina to the borders of the fire country.

Walking on a road surrounded by trees, trees, and more trees.

Of course, that was until Naruto stopped, causing both his partner and mother to stop.

" It's enough, we can't be any closer to Konoha without drawing attention." Hearing this Kushina nodded and walk up to Naruto, they both stare at each other until Naruto decides to embrace her.

Separating, Naruto Says.

" Remember, I would send you a summon every 2 months so you can report to me all that it's going on in the leaf." Hearing her son's words, Kushina nodded, when she was turning around she heard Hidan calling her.

" Hey, redhead, here take this, inside of it, there are some techniques/rituals that you can do and information of all that you can do thanks to the blessing that Jashin-Sama had given you, I only use my favorite technique as I don't care very much of the others, and don't forget of this." At this Hidan throw the book that he was talking about and a necklace with the symbol of Jashin.

Catching the thrown objects and taking a second to look at the items, when finished Kushina seals those items in a storage scroll in her backpack, as she was given new clothes by Naruto as he explained that her original clothes were stained and useless by the blood of her kills.

Nodding to Hidan, she sent a last look to Naruto, Knowing that it might be the last time she will see him for a long time, she turns around and starts to run in the direction of Konoha.

After twenty minutes of waiting until he's not able to sense her, Naruto turns around and starts to walk in the opposite direction with Hidan following him.

" Cmon Hidan.. we still have to gather more funds." Was the brief comment of Naruto to his partner.

" Yeah yeah...so?" Turning to look at his partner, Naruto sent him a questioning glance, seeing this, Hidan decides to be more specific with his words.

" I'm talking about the red woman, for all I know, you only care about money, now this redhead woman appeared from nowhere and you get all defensive and protective, it is obvious that you and her share a history together, which I would like to know of." Spoke a surprisingly calm and serious Hidan, which surprised Naruto not only for that but also because he didn't even curse once during his inquiry.

"...She's important to me, she's the only person that I care about, more than money-" at this statement, Hidan's eyes widened at a grand scale. Naruto caring more about something that's not money?... now that is something shocking. "-that's all you need to know...she will do her task, so there is nothing to worry about. " Spoke Naruto.

Hearing his partner's words, Hidan nodded. Two minutes pass in a comfortable silence between them...until Hidan starts to grumble about how he was fucking bored.

'I knew it was too good to last.' Was the thought of a now irritated Naruto.

Time skip - lightning country, in an abandoned warehouse.

The silence was all that plagued the night outside of the abandoned warehouse until an explosion interrupted the silence.

The explosion occurs from the inside of the warehouse and 3 figures leap out through the smoke of the now created opening in the wall from the explosion.

Landing outside, the three figures start Running from the warehouse to escape and reach an outpost, but they were forced to stop by a torrent of kunai and shurikens landing on the ground merely a couple of feet in front of the figures.

The grey clouds up in the sky moved away to let the light of the moon illuminate the identities of the 3 ninjas.

The three of them were ninjas of Kumogakure, with the white standard Jounin flak jacket, but it was obvious that they had seen better days, they were covered in cuts, bruises and the only white-skinned man out of the three was missing his left arm as it was bleeding at a dangerous rate.

From the smoke produced by the existent fire inside of the warehouse, two figures came out, one was Hidan with a maniac smile and his scythe in hand, his Akatsuki cloak was open showing his shirtless form under it.

With him, was Naruto, his cloak missing, showing his stitched arms and back, a sadistic glee could be seen in his eyes.

The silence plagued the place they were in until it was broken.

" So...are y'all ready to die?" Ask the calm but still sadistic voice of Naruto.

The three Jounins only sent dirty looks at him until one of them dared to shout. "Fuck you, you Bastard!"

At this Hidan couldn't help but laugh, attracting the attention of the Kumo shinobis. After having calmed himself, he decided to inform them what he found so amusing.

" Oh boy, I almost feel bad for your sorry ass lad, hahaha."

And with that, Hidan runs at the one arm missing ninja of Kumo with a monstrous speed, while laughing like a maniac.

Naruto instead, just look at the other Kumo-Nins before starting to make hand seals at a fast speed,

Finishing, he shouts.

"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

The pair of Kumo-nin seeing the big-sized earth dragon coming to them at a fast rate, moved out of the way by jumping in different directions while simultaneously dodging the boulders that the dragon shot from its mouth.

Naruto seeing his plan going as he calculated, made two Earth Style Shadow Clones, then they rushed toward one of the Kumo nin while he went to the other one.

The Kumo-nin Seeing that the real Naruto was coming to him, he starts to make his own hand seals, something Naruto saw, and also starts his own hand seals.

With his Jutsu ready, the Kumo nin shouted.

"Lightning Style: Electric fog!"

Fog starts to accumulate in the area while electricity dances around it, Naruto seeing this, knew that he had to stop it before the Jutsu was complete, or he would have to evade several Bolts of Lightning aimed at him.

Finishing his own hand seals he shouts. " Wind Style: Great Infinite Sandblast Breakthrough."

A powerful rush of wind appeared around Naruto before it suddenly burst and rushed toward the already half-completed fog of electricity, and at impacting, the two powerful Jutsus canceled each other out while creating a thin curtain of smoke, seeing his objective accomplished, Naruto run at the surprised Kumo nin.

Seeing Naruto closing the distance between them, the Kumo nin takes a kunai in reverse grip from his rear kunai holster. Seeing this Naruto brought forward his right arm and with a poof, his black Chokuto appeared in a reverse grip.

A dance of death started between them, of course, Naruto wasn't trying as he was playing with his prey. Swinging his Chokuto in a horizontal cut, which was blocked by his opponent with the kunai, Naruto smirk behind his mask, as he sends a powerful kick toward the exposed knee of his enemy, his smirk grew in proportion as he hears the satisfactory sound of cracking bones along with the surprised and pained shout of his opponent.

As the Jounin was distracted by the sudden pain, Naruto maneuvers his sword and with a flick of his wrist, he cuts the hand with the kunai from his opponent, this was followed by a knee to the stomach as the Kumo Jounin lungs were emptied of oxygen as he kneels in pain.

At seeing his opponent's vulnerable position, he took hold of his enemy throat with his free left hand as he raises him until his feet were hovering over the ground.

Several black threads came out of his left forearm stitches, and start to envelop his opponent's arms to his sides, preventing any movent from his body. Seeing his Opponent firmly in his grasp, Naruto adds lightning chakra through his Chokuto, and with a rapid movement, he beheaded his opponent.

Letting go of the remaining throat while also retracting his threads back inside his body, he dropped the body of the now-dead shinobi.

Scoffing at the easy and boring kill, he resealed his Chokuto in an almost invisible seal that he had in his right wrist, above the green lines.

Turning around he could see the other Kumo nin being cut in half from the waist by a powerful Wind Style: Wind blade. Letting his earth clones dispels, he turns to Hidan just when he cut the head of the injured Kumo nin with his scythe.

A couple of minutes later and they seal all the body's in a storage scroll for dead bodies.

Picking up his discarded Akatsuki cloak as he had dropped it to the floor when the fight started, Naruto put it back on as he starts to walk away from the abandoned warehouse followed by a pleased Hidan.

It has been at least three months since his encounter with Kushina. Zetsu reported to the Akatsuki that Konoha was invaded by Suna and Oto, just as the finals of the Chunin exams were going to end. There were a lot of deaths and injured people, there were so many that the Hokage had to send Jiraiya of the Sannin with his two apprentices, the Jinchurikis of the Kyuubi, to look for Tsunade who had left the village three years ago, so she could help in the hospital of Konoha.

That was two days ago, and Pain had sent Itachi and Kisame to confront his little brother and sister to measure their strengths. And while he was worried about their safety, it wasn't because he cares about them, it was because if something were to happen to them, his mother would be hurt, and then she would try to get revenge while trying to save her children. And just because now she couldn't die, it doesn't mean that she can't be tortured and suffer pain, as there were worse things than death in this miserable world.

Early that day, he had received a message from Kushina thanks to his summon Altair, saying that she was alright and didn't suffer serious wounds.

... Oh, how will he enjoy himself by torturing the most painful ways that damned white snake for harming his mother.

" Hey Naruto, I'm hungry, what about if we go to a damn village to eat and maybe rest?!" Shouted his partner. Looking at him with a bored expression, Naruto just nodded, they could eat and use some rest a little bit.

Fire country- in a small village, close to Tanzaku Town.

In a hotel room, we can see, Menma sleeping in his bad, while Natsuki was reading a scroll of some Jutsus for her affinities of wind and water. Just then a knock was heard from the door of their room, sighing she stands up from her own bad and walked up to the door.

"What is it this time... did Ero-Sennin forget the keys or something" Murmured a slightly irritated Natsuki for being interrupted, slowly she opened the door, showing...

To be continued.