"You're awfully silent, all of a sudden." I couldn't help but note.

"That boy..." Isobu trailed off. "He truly is something, isn't he?"

I have a feeling that I missed something...

"Naruto?" I asked. "Yes. Quite the boy, indeed."

I raised the Proof of Courage, flicking it left and right in two swift movements. A pair of Chakra Bullets were deflected in the sky, crashing into the ground far away and exploding in the midst of some of the Juubi's smaller copies.

"He has quite the heart of gold underneath that rude and crude exterior." I continued. "Even the reason he's so rude is simply because he wants to be direct and honest more than he wants to be polite. He'll call you out if you do something stupid, but he'll still have your back in the end. One of the best friends a person can have."

He and Sasuke really play off each other well. Granted, the results are usually fire and property damage, but hey.

My entire last week has been fire and property damage.

"Gramps!" Naruto called as he came in through the window. "I got news!"

Hiruzen sighed. "What did you break this time?"

"What?" Naruto asked. "No- no, this is good news, not bad news."

Hiruzen braced himself.

"I befriended a Bijuu!" Naruto's eyes sparked, his grin shining like the sun.

There it was.

Hiruzen sighed, put his pen down and shifting his paperwork to the side. It was clear that he wasn't going to get anything done for now. "Did you finally manage to out-stubborn the Kyuubi?"

"Nah." Naruto shook his head. "I befriended the Sanbi. Big turtle. Little shy."

"I see." Hiruzen nodded, before his words actually clicked and he frowned. "Wait, when did you-"

"About a minute ago." He smiled again.

A smile that disappeared when the blunt end of a kunai flew through the window and smacked him on the side of the head. "Hurry up and tell him what you learned, dumbass!" From the voice and the Chakra signature, that was Sasuke calling out.

"Shut up, I'm getting there!" Naruto called back. When he turned back, his face was set in a far more serious expression. "We have a problem, Hokage-sama."

It must have been very serious if Naruto of all people was actually being respectful.

He wasn't going to enjoy this one bit, was he?

"So, the Yonbi was captured, and we have a second Kyuubi up and about." Jiraiya grunted, considering what his student had told him.

"Not really 'up and about', considering that he's with Drich." Naruto noted. "And three other Bijuu."

"Every day I wonder to myself why I came back to this madhouse." Tsunade rubbed her temples. "So let's get everything straight. There's two Kyuubis around, the Juubi is alive and well, there's a Juubi, the Akatsuki has captured three Bijuu, the Akatsuki's leaders are Jiraiya's former students and Kakashi's supposedly dead teammate, and finally, the reason Drich has been missing for the past couple of days is because the Juubi decided that trapping Drich in the same dimension as it was a good idea. Anything else?"

Naruto shrugged. "Fuck the Akatsuki?" He offered.

"Fuck the Akatsuki." Tsunade sighed.

"This summit is looking like a better idea every minute." Hiruzen scratched at his chin.

"Summit?" Naruto asked.

"A Five-Kage Summit." Jiraiya supplied. "A meeting between the Kage of all five villages. Sensei hopes to get their assistance in hunting down the Akatsuki."

"If the Yonbi was captured, then Iwagakure has a reason to support us." Hiruzen noted. "Or, at least, not immediately attempt sabotage. They've already lost a Bijuu, so losing the Gobi would be something they'll try to avoid. Working with Konohagakure is something even they can see the logic to."

"Sunagakure doesn't have a Kazekage." Naruto pointed out. "Gaara didn't die that long ago. Would anybody else have taken the mantle?"

"Possibly not." Hiruzen's head tilted to the side. "That, however, isn't a direct problem; a Summit makes allowances for a Village missing its' Kage. A high-ranking Ninja, or another appointed deputy, may take the place of the Kage."

"Makes sense." Naruto nodded. "So, who are you taking with ya?"

"I have not yet decided." Hiruzen looked at him. "And even when I do, it will still take quite some time to arrange the summit."

"Hmm."

"Well over a week, Naruto." Hiruzen stared at him. "Can I count on you to not get in trouble until then?"

Naruto stared straight back. "Come on, Gramps. We both know that asking me that is an invitation for disaster."

"I'm not crazy, right? There were two Kyuubis, and a blond boy with no survival instinct?"

"Either somebody hit us both with Genjutsu, or yes, it happened. So yeah, that definitely happened."

Yugito breathed a sigh of relief.

This was what her life had come to; asking Killer B, of all people, if she was sane.

This was her lowest point. She'd hit rock bottom, and rock bottom was full of idiot blonds with Bijuu.

Well, on the plus side, she had nowhere to go but up, now.

Somewhere in the back of her mind, the Nibi began to laugh.

"Then... this whole thing with the Juubi?" She asked.

Killer B nodded. "Gyuki said they weren't lying."

"Well." She slumped. "That's... that's a thing." She blinked. "We should really be talking to the Raikage."

"Probably."

"So, the reason you can't kill the Juubi is because it keeps splitting up." The Kyuubi stated. "And it won't hold still."

"Pretty much." I said.

"I could throw a Bijuudama at it?" The Kyuubi offered.

"No." I refused. "It can absorb Chakra, and it has tried to absorb all of you. I'm pretty sure it can also recycle the Chakra it uses, too, because it's been throwing Bijuudama and Chakra Bullets around for the better part of several days with no break. If you toss a Bijuudama out, it might use it to become more powerful."

"Hmm." The Kyuubi considered. "A problematic opponent."

"Just fucking so." I grouched. "Anything else, and I could have stabbed it straight in the fucking soul and gotten it over and done with. This fucker, though..."

I swung my Keyblade and reflected a Bijuudama straight back at yet another group of Juubi clones. I took vicious satisfaction in the way that they were all annihilated instantly when it exploded.

"Drich?"

"Yes, Isobu?"

"You can control gravity, right?"