Chapter Four: A Dark Prince Rises,

The trip was long, at least two hours long before they'd reached their destination, and would split off into groups,

And Kakashi had to be the one to tell Naruto how the groups had been arranged,

Now it seemed like Naruto's shadow had gone rampant,

"Pardon," Naruto asked darkly, his shadow seemed to writhe and wiggle under his feet, "I must've misheard you Kakashi-sensei," Naruto stated, "It almost sounded like I heard some fools notion that I would trust Yakumo Kurama to any of you,"

Kakashi knew He'd react like this, hell Kakashi didn't care if Yakumo was by Naruto's side, but those old councillors had been strict, Naruto stepped closer to him to stare Kakashi down, eye to eye, "Now feel free to repeat what you actually said, Sensei,"

"Naruto I have no power here, it was ordered," Kakashi stated,

"Then I regret to inform you, you'll all be walking home," Naruto spat, "Yakumo, Syo, we're done here," he ordered and turned back to the carriage,

Kakashi put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Naruto list-," And dodged a blade made of Naruto's shadow,

"No," Naruto said, "You listen!" he stated grabbing Kakashi's jacket, "Before it was just me there to make sure nothing bad happened to your team, but now you want to separate me from my family, put Yakumo on the same team as the woman who abused her and then you want me to listen?!" he asked, "What trust have you inspired in me?" he asked, "Why do you think that I would be inclined to listen to your orders?"

"Naruto!" Kakashi barked, taking the blonde's hand off his jacket, "I am your squad leader," he stated, "I will not handle disrespect,"

"Then you'll learn to handle it," Naruto stated, "Because you lost my respect the day I waited in class for six hours for my teacher to bother showing up," Naruto spat,

Then he looked past Kakashi and raised an eyebrow, "Perhaps we should talk elsewhere," he stated, "There's lighting in the distance,"

Kakashi and Kurenai's eyes widened, they both turned and stared in shock at the storm,

"He's coming," Kurenai said, "So soon?"

"Who's ''he'' Kurenai-sensei?" Hinata asked, her stutter gone as she was just happy to get rid of the awkward situation of Naruto and Kakashi arguing,

But Naruto was the one who answered, "We've been riding for hours and we'd never seen hide nor hair of any such storm," he said, "There's only three people on the planet who can do that," he turned to his teacher, "And only two of them were ex-mist swordsmen,"

Kakashi nodded and turned back to his student, "Three years ago Ameyuri Ringo was one of the three most deadly people alive," he stated, "She was Swordsman of Mizu, her weapon was the twin Kiba swords, said to be able to cut through anything, and when you had a strong enough lighting nature," he pointed to the storm that appeared out of nowhere, "and she was dying, so an up-and-coming Mizu swordsman tried to take the blades from her,"

"Raiga" Kurenai said, "And he half succeeded, taking one of her sword while she was trying to recover from a fight," she crossed her arms, "But now aware of his presence Ameyuri wiped the floor with him, it took everything he had to keep the sword he'd stolen and run with his life, now he's waiting for her to die while trying to lure her into traps to help speed it along,"

"Isn't that the war of blades?" Sakura asked, "That's what Iruka called it,"

"More importantly," Naruto stated, "Who are we looking for? because if that's Ameyuri then we all need to leave,"

"We're here for Raiga," Kurenai stated,

Naruto let out a breath, "That's still bad but he's the easiest to handle I suppose,"

Suddenly Anko doubled over in pain,

Naruto watched as Kurenai grabbed her, "Anko," she called, "What's wrong?"

"Muh, my head," Anko groaned, gasping for air,

Naruto walked over to the two, studying Anko, "Looks like a fever," he said, gently he placed a hand on her head, "But it does not feel like one," he said, "Get her into the carriage we'll put it by the water, while I sort this out,"

Kurenai looked like she wanted to argue but Naruto snapped back, "I've trained as a Doctor, and I'm talking to you as a Doctor so help me move her,"

They'd set up camp while Naruto looked over Anko, after twenty minuets he came out, "I have no idea what's wrong with her," he stated, "She has no symptoms beyond a growing and intense headache, the best I can assume is that she's suffering some sort of. . . repressed trauma, we'd need an experienced mind healer for her,"

Ino stepped forward, "I'll do it, it's not like I haven't been in people's heads before,"

"No you won't" Naruto and Kurenai stated together, they looked at the other, Kurenai in surprise, and Naruto in annoyance,

"And why not?" Ino groaned,

"Because Anko is a grown woman, one who works in torture and interrogation," Kurenai stressed, "Anything that causes her to groan on the floor would snap most minds like they were twigs,"

"She's too sick to move so we're all stuck here anyway," Naruto said,

"Isn't this lake where people went missing?" Sakura asked,

"No," Kakashi said, making her sigh in relief, "It's the ocean where people went missing,"

"Th-there I-isn't r-really a sea m-m-monster in there," Hinata turned to Kurenai, "I-is there?"

"There are monsters out here," Yakumo stated from on top of the carriage, "Why not in the ocean?"

"Yakumo!" Kurenai hissed as Hinata squealed in fear, "Don't scare her,"

Syo grabbed Kurenai's arm, "Don't be mean to Syo's big sister," she said, Kurenai tried to take her arm from Syo,

But Syo lifted Kurenai with the arm she held and threw her at the water,

Kurenai flipped in the air and landed perfectly on the water, Syo's tongue whipped around wildly,

"STOP!" Naruto demanded, his shadow rising between the two pushing them apart,

Syo looked sadly at Naruto, "But maaaaster," she whined lightly, "Syo was trying to protect her sister,"

"And I appreciate you doing so my dear, but assaulting Kurenai will have consequences for our entire family," Naruto told her,

Syo's eyes widened, "Oh no," She sat on the floor and hugged her knees, "Syo's a bad girl," she sobbed rocking back and forth, "A bad girl, master is displeased with her,"

Naruto sighed and turned to Kakashi, "Tell me sensei, do you still think it's a smart idea to take these two without me?" he asked, "Syo is a Psychopath and Yakumo will push Kurenai's buttons incessantly,"

Kakashi sighed, "Think she'd attack her?"

"Yes," Naruto said seriously, "But only out of panic, but considering she now has a maul..."

"Can she swing it?" Kakashi asked,

Naruto pointed to Yakumo holding the hammer with one of her tails while she stretched,

"And considering she has nine of them," Kakashi groaned, "And eventually she's going to say something Kurenai will have to react to,"

Naruto nodded, "It's almost like the orders are a recipe for disaster, eh sensei?"

Kakashi sighed, "Seems so," He looked at Naruto, "But we still have a job to do," he looked at the shaking carriage and frowned, "Anko's not gonna be much help like this and you're the only medic we have,"

"Not exactly," Kurenai said as she walked over to the two, "While it isn't much I have medical training, mostly the basics but it should be enough,"

"You're a Jonin though," Kakashi said, "And considering," he gestured to Anko and Yakumo, "Those two, we're gonna have to split the teams differently," he looked at Naruto, "Yakumo doesn't like me but will she listen to me?"

Naruto thought about it for a second, "Possibly, she might call you a few names but she likely won't try to hurt you so long as you don't touch her,"

Kakashi rubbed his head, "Fear of being touched eh?" he asked, "And what if I need to touch her?"

"Let her go and dodge the hammer while backing away, try to explain to her that you were just trying to help her," Naruto said, "She should calm down after a while,"

Kurenai gave a glance to Yakumo who hissed at her, "Is she really that bad?"

"She scratched me earlier for touching her," Naruto answered, He noted Kurenai seemed to bite her lip slightly,

"Okay So Yakumo comes with me to intercept Raiga," Kakashi said,

Kurenai looked at Naruto, "Will Syo stop throwing me If she goes with me?"

Naruto leaned back, "Syo!" he called making the pink haired girl rush over to him,

"Yes master! what can Syo do to redeem herself?!" She asked,

"Can you go with Kurenai and do what she says without hurting her?" Naruto asked,

Syo nodded, "If it would make master happy Syo could lift up the world on her shoulders!" she said, then she frowned, "But," she said sadly, "Syo has nothing to defend herself with," she frowned deeply, "Syo can't fight without her weapons,"

Naruto nodded, "I see,"

"Well you can use a kunai" Kakashi said, "Here have two of mine," he said holding them to her,

Syo looked over them and frowned, "Syo thinks they're a little... small," despite her words she took them, "She'll go practice," she announced before she turned and walked a little further from the group,

"Okay," Kurenai said, "That's those two decided where to go, what about the others?"

"No idea," Kakashi stated,

"Why split at all?" Ino asked stomping over, "Raiga's the priority right? just bum-rush him with everyone first, then investigate the monsters,"

"I was wondering that myself," Naruto admitted,

"It's simple logic," Kurenai said, "If you all are there we'll have to work overtime to keep you all safe,"

"I don't understand why bring us at all, it's not like... any.. of... us," Sakura stopped and looked at Naruto, "Could beat A Swordsman of the Mist,"

"Well, we're not trying to fight Raiga, we're intercepting him," Kakashi said, "Rumour has it he's been killing smaller villages as he travels this village is in the land of fire so Konoha is responsible. . ." Kakashi noticed Hinata staring off into the distance,

Naruto noticed Yakumo doing the same thing, "Syo come over here!" he called,

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Naruto turned to find the pink haired girl,

But she'd vanished,

"Syo!" He called walking over to where she was, his foot accidentally kicked something,

He looked down, two kunai were dropped carelessly, Naruto would've reacted but then he watched a brass slightly oversized sickle be thrown away from him,

He turned, A blonde haired red eyed child grinned at him, "Oh sorry Mr shirt ruffles," he smirked, "Was that your weapon?"

Naruto faced the child, "Wh-," and that's as far as he got before the kid's fist his his neck with a surprising amount of force, dropping Naruto to his knees gasping for air,

"Geez was that pink haired bimbo one of yours too?" The kid asked, before he grabbed Naruto's collar and kneed him in the nose, "She was really easy to pummel down" he said popping his neck,

He walked past Naruto as the blonde felt he strength coming back,

And using his shadow Naruto moved away from the kid, he appeared a few feet away, watching as the kids foot went through his shadows neck, "Wow that was good," The kid clapped alerting the others of his presence,

"Who are you!?" Kurenai demanded,

"Silly ninja," the kid laughed, "It isn't who I am, it's who I'm with that should worry you,"

The thunder in the sky grew much louder, the group turned to see Raiga walking into their little camp, "Good morning," he said with a smirk, the single Kiba blade he had brimming with electric, "So who wants to be buried alive?" he asked madly,

Naruto was punched in the head spinning him around to the child who really wanted to fight him,

The kid shook a small box filled with thumbtacks as he punched Naruto, so when Naruto tried to hit back he stood right on the thumbtacks, he gritted his teeth as he stomped on them, only to be blasted in the face by the kid's water gun, "Bleh, is this filled with soy sauce?" he asked,

The kid laughed madly, "What's wrong are you gonna cry?!" he asked, until Naruto's shadow grabbed his arms and lifted him up, "Hey what is this?!" he demanded, kicking wildly trying to free himself,

"Listen here," Naruto said, "If you've hurt Syo then I'll-," Naruto stopped as a bright, crackling, light approached him,

He turned and instinctively swapped with his shadow, just barely dodging the lightning blast that would've left him dead at best, a vegetable at worse, The kick to the balls from the now free kid was a different story,

He also watched as a leg kicked him, launching him towards Raiga,

Naruto turned and saw a bruised, thumbtacked, covered in soy sauce Syo with a Lemon stuffed in her mouth, she spat it out and glared at Raiga, in her hand was Naruto's sickle, "Don't hurt Syo's master!" she stated,

Raiga laughed at the girl, "Looks like we have a volunteer for burial,"

Syo dropped the sickle and to her knees, "Master," She said, "Syo's sorry she's about to become really ugly," she said, she reached down her top with both hands pulling out what looked like ration bars, and she ripped them both open and devoured them, then two more, as Raiga put down the kid, then another two as his blades started crackling, then she stood up holding the sickle again, "She really is sorry master, please don't look at Syo's ugly body,"

Raiga raised his sword with a grin, and then Syo stomped, shaking the ground, Raiga fell over, his jutsu cancelled, Naruto was more concerned with the massive amount of dust Syo'd kicked up, and then as Kakashi, Kurenai, and Yakumo moved to beat down Raiga, Naruto saw Syo, but he had no idea what she meant by ugly, she'd gained a few pounds, and was quite a bit chubbier, but she still looked... like Syo, Her arms tensed with power as she glared at Raiga,

And Naruto was forced to watch Raiga himself, As his Kiba blade clashed with Kakashi's lightning blade, and even managed to beat it before he kicked him square in the face,

Next was Kurenai who'd tried to trap him under an illusion and throw a Kunai with an exploding tag tied to it at him, But the kid grabbed it, squirted a ketchup bottle in her eyes and spun and threw the kunai back at her while she was blinded,

Naruto raised his arm, "Brick bats" he cried, his shadow rose from the ground making multiple hyper realistic bats that stopped the kunai in mid-air carrying it off where it exploded away from Kurenai, as she got the sauce out of her eyes,

Yakumo was next, her tails surrounded the man trapping him in her maul's range, she swung it at him and actually managed to hit him,

Then she screamed in agony as the tip of his lighting covered blade pressed gently against her stomach, her tails dropped and her after it, returning to her full human form, the hammer dropping next to her,

"SYO!" Naruto ordered, "GET THE GIRLS OUT OF HERE!" he ordered,

Syo nodded and stormed forward slashing at Raiga with Naruto's sickle, forcing him to block the slash, then she dropped it and grabbed the fallen Yakumo, she grabbed the trembling Hinata, the sobbing Sakura and moved to grab Ino,

But Naruto saw Raiga's smirk, it was cold and ruthless, and then much faster then Syo could move he swung his sword sending a lightning slash toward Ino, her eyes widened and she froze,

Ino shut her sobbing eyes as death approached her, the Jonin tried to get her, Syo tried to grab her,

But the lightning slash moved faster then them,

Ino opened her eyes after her back hit sand and something warm splashed over her face and chest, the image there would be burned into her brain for a very long time,

Naruto was rising from the ground, he looked like he was in massive pain as his right arm flew off,

She stared up at him her eyes filled with shock as he dropped to his knees and held his bleeding arm nub,

He screamed out in pain, Raiga and the kid both laughed,

"Look Ranmaru, a one armed man," Raiga laughed,

Ranmaru's laughter was cut short, "Hey she's coming up quick Raiga!"

"Damn," Raiga growled, "just as I was having fun,"

He picked up Ranmaru and walked over to Naruto, "Here chief," he said grabbing his shoulder, "Something to remember me by!"

He pulled Naruto to his feet, lifted up his own leg, and stomped down on Naruto's kneecap,

Naruto screamed again as his leg twisted at the wrong angle,

Syo drew closer and tried to hit Raiga, but he was gone in a flash,

Naruto dropped to the floor like a puppet that had it's strings cut, and promptly passed out,

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Naruto gasped for air as he woke,

It was a horrid familiar sight that greeted him, the grey walls of Konoha's hospital room,

He groaned, trying to remember how he'd gotten here, but everything was a blur,

Even trying his hardest all he remembered was pain, lighting, and the sound of mocking laughter,

He gritted his teeth and tried to sit up,

Around the room were people, they were asleep,

Naruto remembered his family of course, Pakura had taken a corner and had Syo with her, she held her tightly in her arms as if trying to shield the pink haired girl from the world around them, two strange things were one Pakura seemed to have a shadow, but from where he was he couldn't really tell, and two Patchwork and Yakumo were nowhere in sight,

He continued looking around, Sakura, Hinata and Ino, were also present, the strangest was Ino who seemed to have blood splatter on her outfit, it looked like it led up to her face but she had no scarring and the outfit while torn, it looked more like it had gotten snagged on several branches rather then she had been stabbed,

Naruto shut his eyes, trying to think of what had happened to him, where had he been before ending up here,

Another flash, he remembered... the purple haired woman, what was her name again?

Then his door opened and his thoughts were interrupted,

The bun haired girl entered the room holding a vase filled with flowers, she looked surprised at him being awake, "Hey Naruto," she said gently, she gestured to the flowers, "Just figured I'd come visit," she said setting it down on his bedside table,

She looked down with him, "You're... one tough guy, you know that?"

Naruto's head buzzed, he had no idea what she meant,

She rattled off words, only one of them Naruto could hear over the growing buzzing in his ears,

"I'm sorry," he said interrupting her, "But what happened?" he asked,

Tenten frowned, "Well, uh," she glanced at his right arm,

Naruto turned to see what she was looking at, his right forearm was gone, his nub was covered in bandages, "wh-what?" he asked, "wh-," he looked around in a panic, "Where's my arm?" he asked, he started hyperventilating,

Tenten gently brought his head back to her, "Easy Naruto, eaaasy," she said gently, "breathe," she coached him,

Naruto tried as best as he could to breathe, but his arm was missing, he couldn't remember anything, Yakumo was gone, Patchwork wasn't here,"

"Calm down," Tenten said bringing him back down from his thoughts, "I'll tell you what I can but it isn't much,"

Naruto nodded, "Y-," he tried harder to breathe, "Yakumo, where's Yakumo," he said,

"The girl you were with a few days ago? the one who brought the maul?" Tenten asked, "That's... yeah," she kneeled on the floor and met his eyes, "But don't freak out okay?" she asked,

Naruto nodded, "Okay," he said,

Tenten smiled as best as she could, "She's...in intensive care,"

Naruto used his shadow to get him out of his bed, his only thought was to help Yakumo, but the second he was on his feet, he screamed in pain and fell over, "Muh, my leg," he cried, "What's wrong with my leg!" he looked up at Tenten, not realising he'd woken everyone in the room up,

"It was broke!" she cried grabbing his arm, "Why did you do that?"

"Brat why the hell're you outta bed?" Pakura demanded,

"No time," Naruto grimaced, "Yakumo needs help," he hacked out some blood and pointed out the room, "G-go help her,"

Pakura frowned, "Naruto!" She shouted, she grabbed him and picked him up easily, putting him back into bed, after he was down she put a finger in his face, "Yakumo was electrocuted, you lost an arm and a leg," she stated, "You are both where you are needed," she stated, "get out of bed again and I will sit on you to keep you in bed,"

"Master!" Syo pushed past Pakura and grabbed him and sobbed, "Maaaaasteeeeeer~!" She cried, "Syooooooo thouuuuuuught sheeee looooost yooooou,"

But Pakura handled that as well, as delicately as he expected her to, by which he meant she covered Syo's mouth and hissed, "This is a hospital, pipe down brat,"

Next was Ino, who to Naruto's surprise just wrapped her arms around him as best as she could while crying much more quietly, Pakura picked her up as well, "Oh stop blubbering over him blondie,"

Hinata just stared at him sadly stuttering, he couldn't really tell what she was saying though,

Fortunately Tenten was there to help him, "She wants to know if you're okay,"

"A little in pain and I don't remember anything about how I got here, otherwise I'm fine," Naruto said,

He noticed that Sakura just stared at him from where she was,

"Something wrong?" he asked her,

"Y-your arm," she said, "Your leg," she shook her head, "you've been here for days," she said, tears welling up in her eyes, "not moving, not talking, just breathing,"

Pakura stared at her for a second, "Do you not understand that... he's a ninja?" she asked,

"Pakura drop it," Naruto said, "And them," he gestured to Syo and Ino who were both dropped to the floor still crying,

It had taken a while to calm them all down but eventually they had, when Kurenai came into the room, she actually smiled at seeing him awake and asked him if he needed anything,

He asked how long the girls had been here,

After getting an answer that shocked and surprised him he asked if she'd mind taking them home, to which she just smiled again and tried to convince them all to leave Naruto to get his rest, Pakura and Syo were of course not leaving, and after a while Kurenai just gave up on convincing them, Ino gave Naruto another tearful hug, Sakura held his hand firmly and told him she'd come see him tomorrow, and Hinata just awkwardly tried to think of something before she bluted out "Tomorrow See you I" blushed and covered her face as she mumbled, "not that order gah I'm so sorry,"

Tenten refused the walk home since this had been her first day here, she stayed and chatted to Naruto for a few minutes before she said she had to get back to work and then reminded him about his huge order, also that he had her personal number and she expected a call sometime after he got out,

Next in the Room was Sasuke and Kakashi, they seemed more awkward about their visit, Sasuke not saying much, but every so often giving his arm looks, the only thing Naruto really gleamed from them was that his arm was fine and he might be able to get it reattached, but the hospital would operate on his leg first, also the reasons that his leg was still not being operated on was because Pakura assured the nurses and doctors that if they helped Naruto before Yakumo he'd likely shove his semi broken leg up their asses, which he confirmed with Pakura and told her that she was right in her assumptions,

Next was Hiruzen, who was the one who finally answered a few questions Naruto had, first of all was how was Yakumo doing? apparently she would be okay, but required around the clock attention due to how her body was,

According to Sarutobi she was at times, more awake then he was, often demanding sweets she couldn't have, and when she got them just using the bags as toys and making them beat each other up,

Next was Patchwork,

Naruto was shocked to hear that she was helping with the furniture being delivered to the house when Pakura's shadow exited her and flew back into Pakura,

Haku also hadn't woken up while he'd been gone, but Ox had kept his word and gone around to make sure she was still breathing while Naruto was resting,

Then Naruto asked how he'd ended up in here and Hiruzen told him about his failed mission, which brought back a few memories,

Next was that he was suspended from active duty until his leg was at least good enough to stand on, it took a few days but eventually Naruto was operated on, and he was given a wheelchair to leave in and his arm in a jar on his legs, while Yakumo was given crutches,

Unfortunately Pakura did hear about how much rest Naruto would need before he and Yakumo should be taken out of bed,

Worse, for the next few days, they all shared the same bed, because the revived Patchwork gave him a choice, let them all snuggle, or she would burn the village to ashes,

It had been a month since he'd recovered and since he'd left the house, using the time for Physiotherapy, Or that's what he'd instructed Patchwork to tell everyone,

In truth, he was waiting,

Since he could no longer go on missions he'd given his sickle, and his ''trainer's'' shadow to Pakura, since he needed a few. . .''things''

The laughter of Raiga and Ranmaru echoed inside his head, how he'd been rendered unable to help his family,

He saw Pakura approach the manor, and his shadow carried him out of his darkened office and down the stairs,

When he got downstairs the vault door leading to the Zombie. Preparation. Room. was wide open and he could hear the two women walking down it, his shadow carried him after them, the door closing behind them,

As he entered the final level He was happy to know a table had already been chosen, the parts he needed and a few spares were all ready to go,

His shadow laid him down, his back facing the ceiling,

"My prince are you certain of this?" Patchwork asked,

Naruto nodded, as best as he could, "Yes," he stated, "I've spent as much of the last month as I could practicing on animals and reading up on the medical techniques that will, in theory make it all possible,"

"In theory he says," Pakura said, "As if it's gonna make us feel better,"

"It will work," Naruto said, "I just have to enter a trance and take over my shadow, if I'm right about the Nine Tails Regeneration, then this should be... simple, and excruciatingly painful,"

"Not helping your case brat," Pakura said,

But Naruto shut his eyes and focused on what he wanted, he opened them again and saw his own back, and then looked down at his shadow's hands, or hand rather, he twisted his shadow and forged another arm,

He tested it a few times, before he picked up a scalpel, "This is going to hurt quite a bit," he said nervously, it was weird watching himself talk as the words came from his body,

First was his nub, he cleanly sliced it open, Patchwork passed him his arm, just barely recovered and kept alive by medical Ninjutsu, he'd have to thank Kurenai for that, and then the stitching began,

When he could think much past his own pain Naruto pondered how he'd never had this idea before, it was strange sure, but if it all worked he'd be four times as effective as he was before, especially during his next surgery, and in combat he supposed,

And the pain was intense, the surgery in theory would take an hour, mostly just incisions in skin or flesh, finding the nerve clusters in the still living limbs and his own body, and connecting them, using needle, thread, medical ninjutsu, and a little help from his own personal demon,

The pain however drew out the process to the entire day, so many times he had to rest because of pain,

Sometimes he almost thought of bludgeoning himself just to end the pain, but he was stopped every time and after a short break was back to work,

He couldn't use anything that numbed his body either, he needed his pain to make sure the nerves were connected right,

A few hours later and he was done, his shadow returned underneath him, and he passed out, red chakra flowed over him and soon all wounds had closed making his surgery permeant,

The women carried him upstairs and put him on a bed next to the still comatose Haku, they put him on an I.V. and a heart monitor before Pakura yawned and left the room, eager to hug her kids, and get some rest,

When Naruto awoken inside a cold dark tower, he remembered the days he'd spent wandering it's halls before, though he still wondered if he was going up or down,

It again seemed to be cold and unending hallways that coiled around themselves, and still he couldn't tell if he was going up or down,

But he did continue walking,

At the end after hours and hours of walking he found the top of the tower,

And behind steel bars he saw what he could only assume was a beast princess and her large fox pet, they were separated by bars, and held apart by a chain, that when one moved forward the other would be pulled back, the chains were attached to collars that had little pieces of paper hanging from them,

The woman and the beast were both highly scarred, and both glared at him,

The woman had darker skin, and her hair was a deep red, almost carmine, she glared at him, "Finally found your way here have you?" she asked with a scoff, "So what do you think?" she asked, "Of your prisoners?"

The large crimson fox whined at her for a second,

"Oh shut it you!"

Naruto raised his hands to touch the bars, "What is this-," but the sunk into the floor, allowing him access to the cells,

"No!" the woman cried, "S-stay out!"

The Fox gnashed it's teeth at him, and only got fiercer as he entered,

Two shackles appeared out of the wall and held the woman's hands back, "No!" she shrieked, "S-STAY BACK!"

Naruto realised why she was so freaked out when her legs were forcibly spread and like her wrists restrained, "How horrid," he said, looking around, "Is there a way to... get you free?" he asked,

"Free?" she asked, the fox stopping it's threats to tilt it's head in confusion,

As Naruto looked around he realised there was a table... one he was almost certain had not been in the room before, he walked over to it and looked over everything,

"T-that's not how it works," the woman said, he looked at her, and she continued, "this is your mindscape, here you can will things into existence"

"Or out of existence?" he asked and She nodded,

Naruto stared at her, the shackles holding one of her legs vanished, and he dropped to one of his knees, "whuh, Why was that so hard?" he asked as red energy from the fox behind him started flowing into him,

"You're already injured," the woman said, "Try recovering and then make another vanish,"

Naruto fell to the ground, "Wh-" he looked up at the woman, "Who are you?" he asked,

"I am-," She stopped and shook her head, "Kurama," she said, "My name is Kurama,"

"I-," Naruto's eyes felt heavy, "I'll be back Kurama" he said with a groan as he passed out,

He vanished after, and the woman smirked, "I'm counting on it, my prince"

It was a two days before Naruto again awoken,

When he had, he rose from the bed, popped his neck, and left to go practice with his four new arms, and re-learn how to use his right hand,

It was two months before he left the manor, he hobbled outside his house held up on a cane, not that he even needed a cane to get by now, but appearances was everything, which was why he'd left the house without his cape, The people he once showed fear too, took one look at him and backed away in fear,

His eyes had changed, once a deep ocean blue they were now purple, but his pupils seemed sharper then before, his teeth were certainly sharper, looking closer to fangs, his nails seemed to become more like claws, with one arm on his cane as he walked, two arms linked with an arm and a tail of the girls walking by him, and one holding a lantern lighting the dark streets and more importantly, his face to those still out at the late hour, Syo grinned happily as she held onto one of his arms, but the re-forged cleaver swords at her hip dared anyone to come close, Yakumo prowled though the streets, full beast form, her tails whipping through the air, except for one that linked with one of Naruto's arms, Patchwork walked, her face neutral, but her joints twisted, and finally there was Pakura, she flipped two of her scimitars with one hand while the other burned hot as if fire encased it,

When he finally got to the Hokage manor, Naruto smirked, the civilians would spread the word of what he'd become, he only hoped it would reach Raiga and Ranmaru, that not only had Naruto Uzumaki bounced back from the ''battle'' he had with them, but he had also twisted his own body, now he was the biggest freak of them all, and he had no interest in blending in with so called, ''normal'' humans,

He turned off his lantern and entered the brightly lit room, delighted at the shadow he cast,

At first the receptionist didn't look at Naruto, too busy looking over some files he had, "Hello and what is yAHH!," but when he did look, he was afraid, in terror he fell off his chair and almost hit the wall behind him,

But Naruto's shadow caught him, freaking the receptionist out more, "My," Naruto spoke gently, "You look like you've seen an awfully frightening sight," he said as his shadow placed the trembling man back in his chair, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, with the Uzumaki Family," he said gesturing to himself and his family, "Here to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that I'm ready for active duty,"

"H-h-he's in a m-m-meeting," The receptionist stated,

Naruto chuckled, "Oh I'm sure it'll will be alright, I'm only here to pop in and inform him my leg is doing better, surely it won't take too much of his time," Naruto said drawing closer to the desk, "But what do you think?" he asked turning his purple gaze to the receptionist, he stood over him and asked, "Do you think it would be too much trouble? I could come back tomorrow I suppose,"

"Pl-please!" The receptionist cried, "G-g-go right on in!"

Naruto smiled, "Very well, if you insist," he walked past the desk, "Thank you for the assurance," and then as he approached the stairs he turned into a shadow and vanished appearing at the top, of the stairs instead, he waited for his family to catch up to him, and when they were all together again they continued towards the meeting room, his new appearance spooking more then just the few civilians outside, yet he acted kind and surprised that those who saw him would be shocked, as if he had no idea why they were suddenly scared,

But internally he was glad, he was starting to strike terror in those who might otherwise be willing to harm his family,

As he came outside the meeting room, two of his arms worked to straighten his outfit, while a third knocked, "We're in a meeting," An old woman called from inside the room,

"I was aware of that madam," Naruto said finally getting the creases out of his new shirts sleeves, "But I am here to inform Lord Third of something,"

The doors opened and Naruto limped inside, making sure to look like he was reliant on his cane to stand,

The people inside gasped at his appearance, some looked intrigued as he moved his new limbs around as he performed a grandiose bow, others looked disgusted,

Naruto fought back his smirk as he raised his head, "Good evening Jiji," he nodded toward Hiruzen, "Councillors, Clan heads," he placed two hands on his cane while another seemed to fiddle with his collar, "As you can likely tell by my appearance here at this late hour, my physiotherapy has managed to allow me to stand again despite Raiga shattering my leg," he stated, "Though as you've all deduced T'is only due to this cane here that I can now stand, but rest assured I have done extensive tests on myself and I should be ready to return to active duty again,"

Hiruzen stared at him, "Naruto," he said, "What have you done to yourself?" he asked in shock and disbelief,

"Mmm?" Naruto rubbed his chin, "I'm afraid I don't follow,"

"The arms," Hiruzen stated, "Why?"

Naruto pretended to just realise what he meant, "Ah, I see what you mean now," he held up all but one of the arms, the last of which he kept on his cane, "Well, I was in my manor bedridden, wondering how I would recover with my leg in such a state when an idea struck me," he said, "I looked over at my... lack of an arm and thought, how many people have gone through this? how many have lost their limbs?" he said, "and then another thought occurred to me, I am making zombies, taking the bodies of slain foes and stitching them together to make zombies," he looked at the arm he'd been forced to re-attach, "what if I sewed them to a living body?" he asked, "What if instead of just improving the army, what if we improved ourselves,"

Naruto chuckled, "At first I thought the idea foolish, born of painkillers and boredom, yet the longer I laid there, the more I thought of it,"

His arms worked quickly, taking off the sleeves of one of his new arms, folding it down, showing them the skin, another arm removed Naruto's sickle and opened a cut on it,

They watched in horror as blood ran down the attached limb, before slowly red chakra enveloped the cut, and began closing the dripping wound,

"With them, I can feel, bleed, heal, and I've already tested myself with a few surgeries, I managed to deliver complex treatments needed to save lives all alone in moments," he said flexing or stretching most of the limbs, popping his joints, as he continued, "Imagine the lives that could be saved should others undergo this surgery," Naruto stated, "But also it proves a theory that with a bit more training I might be capable of other types of surgery," he said, "A lookout with more eyes, giving Taijutsu users more internal muscle or stronger bones,"

Danzo seemed to have his interest piqued, "Uzumaki-san, are you implying that it might be possible to what? make drastic improvements to not only any zombies you make, but also to our own Ninja?"

Shikaku crossed his arms as he thought, "It's not too far fetched considering what he's done to himself," he said, "And I can't even imagine what this would do for Konoha's strength,"

"I-impossible!" One of the councillors cried, "You would take the word of this... this," she shook her head, "This freak!" she cried, "Just look at what he's done to his own body,"

Hiruzen glared at her, "Council woman Haurno!" he said, "Such disrespect should not be directed at any member of Konoha," he stated, "Least of all a Ninja who's entire duty is to make certain that you and your family have the privilege to sleep soundly at night,"

But Naruto just put a hand On Sarutobi's shoulder stopping him, "It's fine Jiji," he said, before turning to the councilwoman, "Miss Haruno, please," he said with a smile, "Calling me a freak is rather uncalled for," he said, "For you see I am not merely any freak," he said, "But rather, I am Naruto Uzumaki," he stated, "The Ruler of Shadows," he said, "The Jinjuriki of The Nine Tailed Fox," He stated, their terror grew, "But most importantly," He spread four of his arms out wide, "I am the Prince of Freaks."

Quickly he turned, "Well I've held you all up for long enough," he said, "Good evening," he said before he left the room,

He'd done everything he wanted to do tonight, now all he'd have to do, is wait.

OCTOPUS-End of chapter-OCTOPUS

You know, I really like the Thriller Bark Arc in One Piece, it gives us so many interesting and weird characters, like Oda just decided to come up with a reason to make a bunch of odd characters, some that I absolutely love like Brook and Perona, Hell I even love Thriller Bark itself, it's a massive island with it's own castle and a pirate ship at the same time, like that is awesome, but every One Piece fan agrees, there's at least one major problem with the arc, Gecko Moria. his design, his personality, literally everything but his powers is off putting about him, but one thing has always bothered me personally,

Why was Absalom the only one of his living generals the only one who went under Hogbeck's knife? like he even explains that doing so made him much stronger then he was before, (nowhere near strong enough to beat Sanji without forcing him to hold up the Goddess Nami while Absalom attacked him,)

Why was Moria never one to go under the knife?, like imagine how big your shadow could be if you had fucking giant bat wings dude,(or dragon wings which I just remembered are a thing in one piece) and this guy who's all about becoming King of the Pirates with the least effort, never once did that, (then again he never even regularly carries anything that can make light, allowing him to cast a bigger shadow anywhere at anytime (except in the day, but then your shadow is already big enough) Anyway enough rambling,

Can you tell I've been wanting to do that with this Naruto for so long? can't have a freak family without being a freak yourself,

And he will become their Prince, the Prince of Freaks,

After all they deserve to live just as much as anyone else does,

I don't remember when I think it was when I first saw Susamaru when I realised how awesome it was just to add extra arms to a character, (Here's a list of things I saw before Demon Slayer, ahem, The animated Spiderman show with the Man-spider arc (don't look up Man-spider if you don't like spiders, back in the show it was fine, now it's more realistic) General Grievous, Doxxies (In the Harry Potter ps2 games), Kidomaru, Tetramands, Hachan from One Piece, Shokan, Asura, Muffet, Kurama's Asura form, Harry Partridge's Dr Bees Returns with Omnipitron, and probably more that I just don't remember,) The point of this is that I am dumb,

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God of Wind 200, first comment: Eh haven't really thought about Hinata joining the harem much,

God of Wind 200, second comment: Okay brother I'm gonna have to stop you right there, first of all I'd like to state that beyond any baseline google searches I've done I have not studied the extremely interesting topic of human psychology, however even with my layman's understanding I know that when a person goes through intense trauma especially as it relates to a person they once trusted, that contact with said person will likely make their trauma worse, for example, just one I thought off the top of my head with no prompting, Kurenai being taken as breeding stock by Naruto who Yakumo both likes and lives with,

Kurenai living in the same house as Yakumo(even if it was against Kurenai's will) would cause Yakumo intense stress, and fear, (Fear is not a rational thing and even if Kurenai's limbs were removed and she could no longer do Yakumo any harm, Yakumo would still be afraid of her,)

This would cause Yakumo to now start distrusting Naruto, just because she has a crush on him doesn't prevent any negative emotions she might have, in fact due to her like of Naruto she would likely start treating him like she does Kurenai if not far worse due to having already thought she'd been rescued by him from Kurenai only for him to put her through the same thing, leading for her to treat him with fear and distrust, (It's almost like she was betrayed by two people she really trusted or something,)

Next is The Uzumaki family, Naruto's band of misfits would grow to hate him for putting Yakumo in a position where a person she fears and hates is living in her home, causing her stress, which causes her family stress, which they will then direct onto the person responsible, you know Naruto,

In short Naruto allowing/forcing Kurenai to live in his house would cause Yakumo stress, freak her out, make her suffering worse and in some cases drive her crazy and make her violent, (Consider if you will that she lives with a walking corpse, A trained shinobi, a literal psychopath, and a guy who can control shadows, and you might realise that she doesn't have the sanest moral support) and second, Yakumo would be up for Kurenai fucking off to the moon, not being tied up in a random room of her house to make babies,

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Okay, good long chapter that I finally finished 3:03 am,

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Listen you guys don't mind if rather then proof reading this to make sure it all makes sense, I go brush my teeth, get a nice mug of Tea, and try to get some sleep right?

You don't?

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Man I really am tired,

Night all,