KG: Sup people we're back and I'm still sleeping in my apartment. You know, I might not do this chapter.
Rikku: And why is that?
KG: Well I know it's my fault for having it go in this direction, but I know instantly that no matter who wins this fight I am going to get flamed at. It's gonna be all "Man how could you let Bee win? Naruto's got the Shinigami and his spirit summons. He can also stop time and travel instantly and blah blah blah."
KG: And then there's "How could Naruto beat Bee? Bee's got full control over his bijuu. He's a better jinchuuriki than Naruto is and he's got more chakra than him. This story is stupid I'm leaving. Thanks for ruining an otherwise good story". I'll get shit like that.
Sigina: Why not make it a draw?
KG: Yeah and then everyone will leave. Sorry, but that can't happen.
Rikku: So have you decided who's going to win?
KG: Yep and I know that it's just...know what? Never mind. If they like it, they like it. If they hate it? Then...they just fuckin' hate it. IT'S MY STORY DAMMIT!
Rikku: Calm down there Casanova.
KG:...Who are you talking about?
Rikku: Ugh, never mind. So what are we going to do about Rachel?
KG: We're...ummm hmmm I forgot.
Sigina: She's screwed isn't she?
Rikku: With odds as they are she really will be and not in the figurative sense.
KG: What are you trying to say?
Rikku: That the person who caught her is most likely listening to the song 'A Night To Remember'.
KG:...RAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Sigina: Oh he's snapped.
Rikku: Yep, I amaze even myself.
Quote: "Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive," by Jeff Bridges.
Konoha, Hyuuga Compound
Hinako chuckled lightly to herself while Hanabi pouted. The sounds of fighting could be heard outside of the main house of the Hyuuga clan. Hiashi and Hinata had been watching the long spar between Hizashi and Neji. The two had really gotten closer as Neji had told his father nearly all of the things that had happened in his life. It made Hizashi sort of sad that his son had to grow up with an idealism like that, but Hizashi once again found that Neji had been changed by Naruto's actions during the chunin exams. It was always because of Shikon-sama is what the father of Neji had always thought.
Being alive, Hizashi and Hinako had quickly established themselves back in the Hyuuga clan. Most of the Hyuuga clan was too happy or surprised to show any skepticism in their appearances. No matter how anyone used the byakugan to dispel the supposed illusion, it always remained steadfast. Hinako and Hizashi were alive to all of them. Hizashi had once again, been named the leader of the Side Branch, and since he didn't have his Caged Bird Seal anymore, he had been a shining inspiration of sorts for the Side Branch, but Hizashi had always affirmed that the risk wasn't worth the price. He was a servant of Naruto and the Shinigami, he wouldn't abuse their mercy or their capabilities for his own gain.
While the Main Branch and Side Branch had no qualms with it, the Hyuuga council had been the skeptics of the things dealing with Hinako. However, as they had found, Hiashi having his wife again by his side had...energized him somewhat. He carried out his orders in a more authoritative tone. He never sought the opinion of the council unless it was dire importance. He had also thoroughly apologized to his daughter, Hinata, for the things he had said to her. Hinata had long proven him wrong in what he thought. Hinako had also taken it upon herself to train Hanabi. The youngest Hyuuga daughter, not remembering her mother, had taken quickly to Hinako's appearance and warmth. Hanabi was still much stoic like her father, but she was a lot more open in her life. That's why when Hanabi had been outfitting clothes for her mother, she had pouted as her mother laughed.
"Kaa-sama, it's not funny. This is too big," Hanabi said and Hinako laughed a little more. "Ara forgive me Hanabi. You just look so cute," Hinako said and Hanabi just glanced at the mirror in front of her before shaking her head. She then turned to her mother and slowly wrapped her arms around her. "It's good to have you back Kaa-sama," Hanabi said softly, but Hinako could hear it. She smiled and wrapped her arms around her youngest daughter.
"I know Hanabi. I'm sorry for not being there for you. I really missed you," Hinako said and Hanabi nodded. The two Hyuuga females stayed like that for a little longer just longing for a little quality time. Hinako allowed a lone tear to fall down her cheek. "It's all thanks to you Shikon-sama. I can never repay this. Thank you so much," Hinako said hoping that her words of gratitude could go to Naruto's ears.
Outside, Hiashi was watching Hizashi correct Neji on a few of his stances as well as scold him on a few things that he had misinterpreted. Hiashi allowed just the smallest of smiles to come on his face. No one could see it, but that didn't mean that it wasn't there. Most people would have qualms with having their best friend be half their age, but Hiashi knew where friendships could lay and who he could put his trust into. Hiashi didn't offer his trust to just anyone. He also didn't have that many friends. He hug out with the clan heads, but that was a rarity. The first real friend that he possibly had was Naruto. It all came about just from some advice. "Tou-sama, are you okay?" Hinata asked.
"I am fine Hinata. Also I want you, Neji and Hanabi dressed for next week or the week after. We're having the Uzumaki clan over for dinner," Hiashi said and Hinata widened her eyes.
"U-Uzumaki clan? N-N-N-Naruto-kun's family is a clan?" Hinata asked and Hiashi nodded. "They were a very prominent clan back in the time of the Shodaime. Had it really surprised you when you learned about Fuka Uzumaki-san as well as Guren Uzumaki-san? They along with Naruto-san as well as Kushina-san, make up the clan that made fuinjutsu a legend. It was something that the Shinobi council discussed a few days ago with Hokage-sama. There were enough of them to form a clan on their own since they also claim that they found two others, Yuri Uzumaki and Yura Uzumaki. We will be having them over as I wish to extend a goodwill between our clans. For...obvious reasons," Hiashi said looking at Hizashi. Hinata didn't know what that meant, but she just allowed herself to nod.
"W-Who's the clan head?" Hinata asked and Hiashi shook his head. "I am not sure. But if things go as they might then the clan head will be Kushina-san. Simply because she is the...most experienced out of them all," Hiashi said and Hinata nodded again.
"I-I see. Very well Tou-sama. I still can't believe it. Naruto-kun's last name is a prominent name," Hinata said and Hiashi again nodded. "Be sure to be on your best behavior when they come. After all, I need to keep my friends close sometimes," Hiashi said and Hinata widened her eyes as she turned to her father only to see him spin on his heel and leave the lot behind.
"W-What does Tou-sama know about Naruto-kun?" Hinata thought to herself, but she couldn't come up with anything and just let the thought dispel as she turned back to seeing Neji scowling while Hizashi, once again, corrected his son's form. The Hyuuga clan had gotten a little lively with the return of the Side Branch leader and the return of the Wife of the current clan head.
Kumo, Stadium
Bee's eyes darted left and right multiple times as he could vaguely see Naruto's form in the blur of his speed. "He's fast," Bee thought to himself while Naruto grinned. The blonde grabbed his sword. The dust on the field picked up quickly around Kirabi as most of the citizens gulped.
"He seems even faster than when he faced us," Omoi said getting a shock from Karui and a glare from Samui. "Please, he might be fast, but Kirabi-sensei could stop his blade like it was nothing. Watch, he'll catch it like always and blondie will get the shock of his life," Karui said with a grin while Omoi shook his head. Samui just remained stoic and continued to watch.
Naruto raced around Kirabi and soon he closed his eyes. He channeled his Honshou to his sword. Tsunade and A could see everything clearly and everyone was surprised as Naruto suddenly twisted his foot and launched at Kirabi. "Here I come!" Naruto shouted as he withdrew his sword from his sheath. Everyone was surprised to see the sword coated in white fire while Naruto held it overhead.
"He's serious. He's already using the Honshou to try and overpower Bee-san. Sochi, I sure hope you know what you're doing," Kushina thought and Bee's sunglasses shined before he held out his two hands. "Fool you can't cut me. It is you who will be...," Bee stopped as he heard Hachibi's voice.
"Bee! Dodge it! Don't touch that fire!" Hachibi shouted. Bee instinctively reacted and stopped his motion to block Naruto's sword with his two hands. The blonde slammed his sword, full of Honshou, against the ground and the ground began to split under the pressure while Naruto narrowed his eyes. Bee leaned back, away from Naruto while people saw a large slash across the ground.
"What was that? Why didn't Bee-sama stop him?" someone asked. Samui raised an eyebrow while Karui gripped the railing. Omoi let loose a breath that he had been holding. All the Hinoken team and their guests, who had been watching the act, did also. They could feel their breath stop just for a second.
"I don't understand. What was that fire?" Kakashi asked, but there wasn't a response. Kushina shivered, but she didn't voice her opinion. She just had to trust that her son knew what he was doing and wouldn't do stupid things. Yeah, she really had to worry now.
Naruto picked his sword out of the ground and glared at Kirabi. "Hmm I expected to at least get the Honshou into his body before the fight began. He'd get weaker and then I could do a little more. Guess you were right Kyuubi," Naruto said mentally and Kyuubi snorted. He knew he was right. He was rarely ever wrong about things like this.
"Just be on your guard brat. It's not over," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded. He took his mother's stance and Bee folded his arms. He seemed to be thinking something over in his mind before he snickered. "Ey your fire is quite bad. But I dodged it easily so the attack itself is sad yeah!" Bee said and Naruto cracked his neck. He raced at Bee fast, beginning to blur left and right. Bee watched his movements carefully before he flicked his wrist. Naruto was forced to stop as he noticed a pencil filled with Raiton chakra coming to his face. The blonde gasped and swerved to the side before Bee threw another one. Naruto jumped over it and grinned. It was only when he saw a shadow over the ground that he widened his eyes. He looked up and he noticed Bee overhead. Bee sent a kick at Naruto's face and the blonde came to defend his upper body. He brought his sword up, but he underestimated Bee's strength. The eight tails jinchuuriki quickly kicked Naruto's sword from his hands and everyone gasped as the sword went sailing through the air and lodged itself into the side of the wall.
Naruto growled at the action before he raced to get his sword. He tried to move as fast as he could, but he turned his head and he noticed Bee rushing right after him. "You I have in ma' sight. Now I will go like the killer bee and take flight. Whheeee!" Bee shouted as he added chakra to the soles of his feet and jumped into the air. He landed on the wall next to Naruto's sword while the blonde cursed. "Shit," Naruto said.
"He's already been disabled of his sword. Sochi has one of the firmest grips that I have ever taught. If he can have his sword knocked away then that speaks volumes of Bee-san's strength," Kushina said. Yugao and Mikoto glanced towards Kushina and seemed confused before they turned back to the stadium. "Sasuke, can you follow?" Kakashi asked, his sharingan was visible as was Sasuke's. The Uchiha's eyes had been moving all over the place, but he had just the slightest bit of trouble.
"Just within the range of the stadium. Naruto's got his work cut out for him," Sasuke said. Yuri and Yura held their hands together as Bee took Naruto's sword. He landed to the ground and swirled it around in his hands.
"Ha! That guy is no match for Bee-sensei. He's so gonna get his ass kicked," Karui proclaimed. Darui, Shi and Mabui continued to watch on impassively while a certain councilwoman was just praying for Bee to win.
Naruto narrowed his eyes while Bee looked the blonde's sword over, up and down. Bee took it and held it back. He then smirked and launched himself at Naruto. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki quickly assumed his taijutsu stance that his mother taught him and Kirabi attempted a slash at him. Naruto jumped over it and sent his leg at the eight tails' container's face. Bee blocked it easily with a smirk, but he then coughed as he was slammed in the stomach. He looked down and he noticed a second Naruto grinning at him. People were shocked as the second Naruto grabbed the original and threw him back. Naruto flipped through the air while the bunshin sparred with Bee. "Oh, so little nine has his tricks. He can do seal-less bunshin," Bee thought as he stabbed the clone dispelling it. He looked back at Naruto overhead. Naruto grinned before he slammed his hands together.
"Fujikaze, I'm going to need to borrow your sword," Naruto said in thought and everyone noticed Naruto's hands glow before he clenched them and retracted the right hand. Everyone gasped as another sword came from his hands out of nowhere. It's blackened metal against the sun making it shimmer. Naruto landed on the ground with Fujikaze's blade in hand. Bee glared at the blonde while people seemed to be in shock.
"Where did he learn to do that? Can I do that also?" Kushina wondered to herself. It had to have been a new ability of sorts because Kushina had never known if she could do that. Then again she didn't have summons like Naruto did, but she trained extensively in the Honshou power with her son.
"W-Where did he get that sword? It came out of nowhere," Omoi said. Darui seemed confused and so did Shi. Mabui held it together better, but she was surprised as well. "There is no fuckin' way," Karui said.
A narrowed his eyes and turned to Tsunade. The two Kage shared a glare, but Tsunade broke it first as she closed her eyes and allowed a smirk to come across her face. A snorted and looked back at the field. "Ey yo nine. That's not fair. How did you get a sword from yo hands? Did you pull it out of your glands?" Bee asked. Naruto sweatdropped and shook his head. Naruto took his stance with Fujikaze's blade, which was a little heavier than his own, and chuckled.
"Trust me, you don't want to know," Naruto said and he charged at Bee. He wanted his sword back. Bee gripped Naruto's own blade as the two charged. The populace watched as white streaks of light clashed against each other. The sounds of metal hitting metal were starting to ring through the air. Bee sent Naruto's sword towards his face, but Naruto blocked it from overhead and quickly delivered a sweep kick. He managed to get Bee's feet and grinned at his accomplishment before he saw Bee's left hand land on the ground and he swirled his feet. He kicked Naruto in the jaw sending the blonde skidding back. Naruto coughed and glared as Bee hopped back up top. He still held Naruto's sword and the blonde growled.
"You know I don't like it when people take my sword. My Kaa-chan bought that for me," Naruto said and Bee smiled. "Then try and take it back. Do it or I will put your head on a rack," Bee said and Naruto didn't take the time to try and analyze those words. He just settled for a nod of his head.
He launched himself at Bee in a flash of speed. Bee brought his sword back while Naruto swiftly closed the distance between them both. Fujikaze's blade at his back, he swung it at Bee. His sword went swinging for his neckline and Naruto smirked expecting a dodge, but he gasped as Bee grabbed the sword with his fingertips. Naruto widened his eyes before he gasped further as Bee stabbed Naruto with his own blade. The crowd gasped and some feared the worst. Yuri and Yura winced at the sight while Sasuke and Mikoto widened their eyes. Yugao and Kakashi turned back to Kushina who was...stable, for lack of a better term.
Komachi remained stoic, but a small bead of sweat fell from her face showing how nervous she was, well until Bee's voice rang through the place. "Yo where is nine? He's fool to not be this fine," Bee said and Naruto chuckled. "Che, guess I couldn't keep it up. See ya. KAI" Naruto shouted andthe field exploded causing to dust picked up. No one could see anything.
"Bakudan Bunshin. He's talented," Samui thought to herself. Next to her was Atsui and he smiled at such an action.
This guy, he's got a hot soul in him," Atsui said with a grin. No one could see anything in the cloud of dust. The only thing that they could see was Naruto's original sword flying through the air. It went towards the wall before a hand grabbed the handle. Naruto smiled at the familiar feeling of his blade before turning back. He took Fujikaze's sword and quickly de-materialized it into nothing, or rather sending it back to his swordsman.
"You think it worked?" Naruto asked his partner. "Psssh no way in hell," Kyuubi said and Naruto sighed with a nod of his head. As the dust cleared, Naruto could see Bee standing in the middle of it, perfectly fine. The blonde jumped down to the ground and sighed. "Man you're tough Tako-ossan," Naruto said and he reacted quickly as Bee took out another pencil. However Naruto raised an eyebrow as Bee also took out a notepad. He began to write some things down in it as he mumbled. Naruto sweatdropped, but this gave him the time to think.
"Oi Bee, what are you doing? Now isn't the time to write!" Hachibi said, but Bee ignored him. He continued to mumble as he wrote inside of it. He then looked up at Naruto and closed his book. "Hey I'll feelin' the beat of time. I just wrote the baddest rhyme, thank you," Bee said and Naruto snorted.
"For you I will put on a play...," Bee raised his hands and grabbed the swords on his body. "and now it is you who will feel the sting that I lay," Bee said an threw his swords into the air. Naruto watched them go up and smiled.
"What have you got for me Tako-ossan?" Naruto asked. He immediately regretted those words as Bee caught one blade, two blades, three, four...Kushina blinked, Kakashi widened his visible eye...five, six...Yugao, Sasuke and Mikoto raised their eyebrows and Tsunade glared at a grinning A. Yura, Yuna and Yuri seemed confused by the action, but Bee's students were more than ready for it.
"Hmm he might be good if he's got Bee-sama to resort to that," Shi said getting a nod from Darui. Samui, Omoi and Karui had grinned, but Karui's was more obvious. Finally, and lastly,...seven. Seven blades came from seven different parts of Bee's body as he carefully held them in place.
"What the hell is that?!" Naruto shouted and Kyuubi glared. Hell, even Fujikaze, inside of the sword, was amazed at such a thing. "Now it seems you had better pick up a file, for Kirabi-sama's awesome kenjutsu style," Bee said to him. Naruto didn't even have the time to take the newest form in before Bee launched himself into the air. Naruto readied himself as Bee slammed his body into him. All of the swords flew against Naruto as the blonde rushed to block them all. He jumped in the air, slid across the ground, parried each shot, but Bee was keeping him on edge and Naruto couldn't follow them all. The clashing of metal was apparent to everyone as Bee sent three swords at Naruto's face. The blonde slid under the attack before Bee noticed his leg grabbed. He turned and saw another Naruto grinning as the original blonde backflipped away. He panted and wiped his chin from his sweat.
Bee hopped on his free leg and kicked the Naruto clone into the air. It backflipped against his swords before it drew its own sword and clashed with Bee. The Naruto clone continued to fight as Naruto rushed at Bee. The two Narutos worked together and swung their swords against Bee's as multiple streaks of light could be seen. Naruto delivered a sweep kick and Naruto clone launched a punch, but both were blocked as they showed surprise in their eyes. Both immediately noticed lightning and Naruto jumped back, but the Naruto clone wasn't so lucky as Bee's body flared in Raiton chakra electrocuting the clone and causing it to dispel. The memories went to Naruto and the blonde shook his head. Bee turned around to Naruto while the blonde growled.
"You're just full of surprised aren't you?" Naruto asked and Bee smirked. The two seemed to be having their fun, but Naruto knew the seriousness of the situation. He had to get serious about this or it would be Komachi's head, literally. "So are you nine. But you won't be me unless you are more than fine," Bee said getting another chuckle from Naruto.
"Then I'll kick it up a notch," Naruto said as he added chakra to his feet and jumped into the air. Bee watched him go before Naruto brought his sword back and, using his centrifugal force, quickly spun around. "Uzu no Fukushū: Dai Uzumaki Ikari( Whirlpool Revenge: Great Maelstrom Rage)," Naruto shouted and everyone watched as out of nowhere water sprayed from his sword and danced around the blonde's body before he sent it scattering into water missiles as they converged on Bee. Kirabi dodged to the side of one and rolled against the other, but he wasn't fast enough and was forced to block three of them. The field exploded in water, but Kushina was shocked as Naruto grabbed his sword and held it over head.
"He's going to use the second of the five stances? Sochi, you're overdoing it," Kushina said mentally. For some reason, Naruto could hear her thoughts and turned to her direction. "I have to," Naruto said sending a signal to her. His sword cackled heavily as a seal appeared over it.
"Uzu no Fukushū: Raimei no Kyōda( Whirlpool Revenge: Furious Thunder Swirls)," Naruto yelled and everyone could see that Naruto swung his sword over and over. With each slash a lightning swirl came out of it and slammed into the ground. "Naruto had Raiton? I thought he only had Fūton," Kakashi said.
"He doesn't have Raiton. It's one of the five stances of Uzu no Fukushū. They are stances that are all about sealing the five elements into a person's weapon. With each seal, once it's released then they can call that element to their aid. Sochi has all five, but he's only ever used water and fire. He's used the third seal. I just hope that he doesn't have to use all five. If he does, then...," Kushina let that go off as Yugao looked on worriedly. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and turned to Yuna who had gripped his hand tightly. He just squeezed it and looked back. Naruto panted as he suddenly stopped his assault. He allowed the dust to dispel. He grinned at his accomplishment, however that stopped as he began to choke. The entire stadium did so as Bee came out of the wreckage.
"Your techniques are tight, but they won't help you win this fight," Bee said and Naruto gripped his sword. He was ready for anything at this moment, well that's what he thought anyway. Bee grabbed one of his swords and raced towards Naruto. The blonde ran towards his jinchuuriki in arms and the two clashed blades against each other. Naruto struggled against Kirabi's weight as it sent him to the ground. Bee raised an eyebrow before he charged his sword with Raiton chakra. Naruto widened his eyes as it began to slice through his sword like a knife through butter. Naruto cursed before he added his wind element to his sword. The blade immediately stopped and Naruto kicked Bee in the chest sending him away. Bee resumed his seven sword style and Naruto dusted himself off. He looked at his sword and closed his eyes. His blade slowly began to repair itself much to the surprise of everyone.
"Your shinobi is talented Hokage-dono," A said and Tsunade gleamed at the praise of Naruto directed at her. As Naruto finished letting his sword heal, he looked up. "Dammit, it's a battle of will. He's not using Hachibi's chakra because I won't use yours. What do you think?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi looked up. "I think you're going to need some type of plan against him or you're fucked," Kyuubi said getting a nod from Naruto. He looked at Bee holding his seven swords and narrowed his eyes. It was too hard to actually fight against all of those. He didn't have the sharingan and even with something like that, it was still impossible. He closed his eyes for a few minutes. Bee waited for Naruto to start and narrowed his eyes behind his glasses.
"What'cha thinkin' little nine?" Bee thought and suddenly Naruto opened his eyes wide and shouted.
"Guys! Throw me your swords!" Naruto shouted to the members of his team.
Everyone blinked as Naruto turned to them. They turned to each other and raised their eyebrows in confusion. "What's he blathering about? Is he trying to mimic Bee-sensei? Impossible. It took Bee-sensei years to come up with that style. No way can that guy just mimic it," Karui said snarling. Omoi and Samui were interested. Darui had his eyes preoccupied with looking through the crowds while Sasuke shouted. "Why?"
"Just trust me! I need to borrow them!" Naruto yelled. Everyone wondered what the blonde would come up with. A few Kumo shinobi chuckled at the thought and this irked some of them. Kushina unstrapped her sword and so did Mikoto. "Y-You're not serious, are you?" Kakashi asked them and Kushina shrugged her shoulders. Mikoto just smiled while Sasuke sighed heavily. He stood and unstrapped his sword while Yugao did the same. Yuri and Yura blinked and so did Yuna. Kakashi just chuckled and unstrapped his father's sword. The members of Hinoken threw their swords into the air and towards Naruto's form.
"Sochi, what are you planning?" Kushina thought and everyone could see Naruto's face gleam. The swords were mere feet away from him and Naruto nodded. Quickly everyone was amazed as white chains came from his back. They wrapped around the handles to each blade and held them behind Naruto's back. Everyone gasped and murmured while A gripped the seat of his chair. The Hinoken team gasped and so did Karui as she dropped to her seat. Samui narrowed her eyes and Omoi was left speechless.
Naruto took his sword while his chains held the swords of his teammates. They fanned out and Naruto smiled. "Now then, let's try this again dattebayo," Naruto charged at Bee and Bee jumped into the air. They clashed against each other and Naruto swayed his chains with the swords against Bee's own as sparks went off each sword. The two blurred against the ground as they clashed their swords. Naruto swung one of the chain-attached swords to Bee's feet , but Bee blocked it with the one furtherest to his leg. Naruto swung three more at him, but Bee stopped those also.
"He's...using the chains to grab the swords instead of his hands. Ingenious," Yugao said getting a smile from Kushina.
As the sparks flew against the place, Bee and Naruto didn't let up as they even tried to mix their taijutsu into it. Naruto launched a punch at Bee's face and Bee sent a kick to Naruto's stomach. Both blocked with their blades as they continued in their assault. Naruto gritted his teeth to the pressure as his legs switched. Naruto unconsciously added Kyuubi's chakra to the mix as his whiskers became more defined. Bee noticed this and narrowed his eyes. Now was the time to start. They both jumped away from each other. Bee slightly looked up at Naruto's increased breathing. He noticed Naruto raise the swords into the air as they were covered in Honshou.
"Honshou: Shōmetsu( Power of Life: Annihilation)," Naruto hollered as he slammed the swords on the ground. Immediately everyone gasped as white fire exploded on the field forcing them to cover their eyes. Bee could only looked on as the fire came his way, engulfed him and exploded. "Brat, calm down. You're getting too excited," Kyuubi said and Naruto widened his eyes. He took a deep breath and nodded. As the fire dispelled Naruto widened his eyes. Kyuubi did also and so did everyone else.
"This chakra. No, Bee-sama! Don't!" someone shouted and the Hinoken team widened their eyes. Naruto glared, but he wasn't ready as he heard a shout. "Rariatto( Lariat)," Bee shouted as he slammed Naruto across the neck. Naruto widened his eyes and coughed. A stood to his feet while Yuri and Yura widened their eyes. Karui, Samui and Omoi seemed shocked while Shi and Darui looked pale. Mabui dropped her notepad to the ground while Kumo shinobi fell to their seats. The civilians murmured at the sight. Yuna shivered and so did Rin, Haku, Zabuza, Mikoto, Gaara, Hizashi, and Hinako. They all looked towards Kumo and a chill ran through their spines.
"Shikon-sama," they all thought in unison. Bee had rammed his arm through Naruto's neck, crushing his windpipe. Bee sent Naruto flying into the wall with a heavy crazy and grinned. "Wheeeeeee!" He shouted. Tsunade quickly stood up fast and so did the members of Hinoken.
"Oi! Bee, you weren't told to go that far!" Hachibi scolded. Bee's body was coated in red charka and eight tails. He had used his jinchuuriki state to survive the fires of Naruto's power. However the realization came into Bee's head as Naruto slumped to the ground, his breathing heavy. Soon multiple shinobi arrived on the scene and Komachi shivered. Not for her life, but for Naruto's own life.
"Bee, I didn't authorize you to use that technique here. You'd better hope he lives," A said and Bee just looked down as Naruto coughed. Tsunade placed her hands on Naruto's chest and her hands glowed green. Kakashi and Yugao looked pale while Mikoto seemed sad. Sasuke growled and Kushina just looked nervous.
"You can come back right Sochi? Please tell me you can come back," Kushina said mentally. Tsunade's hands glowed brightly and the stadium was silent. Clouds started to appear and rain started to fall. "Come on Naruto. Please don't die on me," Tsunade said.
"What's wrong with him?" Sasuke asked. "His neck has been dislocated and the lower half of his body has been shattered. I don't know, but we have to get him out of here," Tsunade as Naruto's breath became ragged. He coughed blood and Tsunade fell to her knees.
"Not you too. Please Naruto, please tell me that contract wasn't a joke. I saw them remember, Dan and Nawaki. Please don't go and leave like this," Tsunade said. Kushina frowned as she looked at this. She had to trust her son's word, but seeing this just made her heart shatter.
"Nee-chan, is something wrong with Nii-san?" Yuri asked and Yura just gripped Yuri's hand. "No Yuri, they are just worried about him," Yura said as tears stained her dress.
"Man he at least put up a good fight. I wouldn't be surprised if he was dead now," Karui said and that got Samui to get up. She grabbed her arm and cursed at the burning. "It's...hot," she said. Her brother, Atsui, did the same. Karui scratched the nape of her neck and Shi touched his arm. Komachi placed her hand to her chest and fell to her knees. Guren and Fuka groaned as their Uzumaki seals lit up. Karin cursed and poured water over the seal on her leg. Yura and Yuri tried to soothe their own burning and so did Kushina.
The spirits gathered and, known to them, but no one else, Naruto's body was pure white as his heart began to stop. "No, Naruto, damn you! Don't go, don't leave us yet!" Tsunade said and Naruto's chest stopped rising and falling. It was perfectly still. A, Darui and Mabui remained silent while Bee just looked down.
"Why did he leave with no frown? I do not think that nine is down. Yeah," Bee said in his thoughts.
Meanwhile, in complete darkness, Naruto laid still and Kyuubi sat in front of him. The demon fox looked at his container and shook his head. "Really? You survived an arm through the chest from a damn lightning strike from the damn Uchiha and you go out like this? Sheesh," Kyuubi said. Naruto opened his eyes and groaned. "Man that was fast. What the hell happened?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi snorted.
"You died brat. Don't act like you can't see what's going on outside," Kyuubi said and Naruto could indeed see what was going on. The blonde groaned and leaned up. "So...what now?" Naruto asked.
"Don't go looking at me. We're fuckin' dead, the last round-up, the end of the line, pushin' up daises, finishing the last leg of the race, entering the great beyond, finding the...,"
"Oh shut up already I get it. Damn I didn't expect that at all. Maybe I should've called Shin sooner," Naruto said and Kyuubi snorted. "Now that I think about it, why didn't you just stop time again? I know you tried to say the words before he fuckin' destroyed your throat," Kyuubi said and Naruto sighed with a nod of his head. He leaned back until he and Kyuubi noticed the seal on his right hand light up intensely. Both blocked their eyes until the light faded. They squinted and Naruto gasped as Shin appeared in front of him, his steely gaze as fearsome as ever.
"Ummm, hey...Shin," Naruto said nervously. Shin folded his arms and Naruto stood to his feet. "Well it was bound to happen sooner or later Shikon. You have experienced death. You are 100% truly dead. Though I doubt that if you didn't have me then you would've lived a lot longer. Not a good thing is it?" The Shinigami asked and Naruto rubbed his throat.
"No it's not. Kami, that fuckin' hurt like shit. But I can't go just yet. I have things that I must do there. Shin, I'm sorry, but now I need your help. You and Kyuubi. The three of us together. I want you to help me take down this asshole," Naruto said glaring at Bee who was folding his arms. Kyuubi narrowed his eyes and so did the Shinigami. Shin took out his beads and held them before Naruto. He held out his hand and Naruto offered Shin his sword.
"Do you remember what I told you?" Shin asked and Naruto nodded. "The Death Law. All life is subject to death. It is the fate of all to this single path towards the next plane. You are the realm and I am the carrier. My burden is heavy, your powers a privilege. I honor my summon and my summon honors me. I ask for the Shinigami's mercy. Your summoner wishes to reclaim the lost fire of his soul," Naruto spoke formally. Shin nodded and folded his arms.
"And what is your tribute? What will you do with this new life?" Shin asked and Naruto balled his fists and slammed it to his chest. "I will use this life to become all that I know I can be. To protect my team, to bring order to the laws of Death. My tribute is...my sword. My sword is the tool through which you allow me to bring this change. It is yours before it is mine Shin. Let it be mine and let me find the path that I seek to know dattebayo," Naruto said bowing. Shin took Naruto's sword and stabbed him in the stomach. Naruto and Kyuubi coughed as Shi spoke. Spirits gathered around Naruto and one by one, they fell to their knees.
"You are worthy. You are capable. You, who understand Death's Law and follows it as your own. You are no longer a Shikon( Death Soul). You will be known by me, Kyuubi, yourself, all spirits, your valve and those you've resurrected, as Shikyō( Death Lord). Bring about the order that your heart wishes. Go Shikyō," Shin said and Naruto saw white fire trace his seal from his stomach all around his body before it rested on the seal on his right hand. Unlocking could be heard and Naruto turned his head. He saw three of Kyuubi's nine orange tails vanish. In their place were three pure white tails and Kyuubi flailed them around.
"You have our help brat. Never forget it," Kyuubi said holding out his fist to Naruto. The blonde widened his eyes at Kyuubi and the spirits rejoiced as they shouted, "Shikyō-sama," Naruto heard it all and smiled. He took his sword back and he brought his fist to Kyuubi's own.
"Not going to eat me when I eventually let you out?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi snorted as he offered a smile. "Even should the world fall asunder. Kyuubi no Yoko will fight at your side," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded with a bow of his head. The spirits began to fade and so did Shin. Naruto turned around and grinned.
"Time to step it up dattebayo!" Naruto shouted in a deep voice as the darkness turned white.
Everyone remained silent and Bee looked over Naruto's face. Soon lightning poured from the sky and the seals on Kushina's body lit up. Everyone gasped and so did Kushina. She looked left and right before they all saw Naruto's chest rise and fall. "H-He's not dead," Tsunade said. Darui and A widened their eyes while Sasuke smirked. Mikoto smiled and so did Kakashi. Yugao breathed a large sigh of relief and before long everyone noticed red Honshou form around Naruto. The blonde stood to his feet as one tail appeared, two tails, four, six, seven...nine. All nine tails from Kyuubi's Honshou appeared and Bee was too surprised as Naruto cocked his fist back.
"That. HURT!" Naruto shouted as he slammed Bee in the face sending him flying. The crowd gasped and people began to look in Naruto's direction. "He...he survived. That's impossible. It should've killed him," Karui said and those who felt the previously burning sighed in relief as it was gone. Tsunade grabbed Naruto into a hug and cried.
"Naruto, I thought...I thought...," she said and Naruto smiled. "Sorry about that Baa-chan. I'm fine. I promise, resume the fight," Naruto said and Tsunade looked at him. She looked over his body and he was just as fine as can be. Everything in Tsunade told her to say no, but her mouth agreed to his request. She nodded and turned around.
"Resume Raikage-dono," she said with a smile. A blinked, but then nodded as others began to jump away. Sasuke slapped Naruto's shoulder and snorted. "Asshole," Sasuke said and Naruto chuckled as Sasuke left. Yugao and Mikoto smiled and backed away as did Kakashi. Naruto turned back to his mother and she smiled.
"Have fun?" she asked and Naruto got a yelp from his mother as he lightly tapped her firm ass. "Just getting started Kaa-chan," Naruto said and Kushina shivered from her son's touch before she jumped away. The field was barren and people began to sit back down. Bee emerged from the rubble and rubbed his jaw.
"He's different from before. That punch he sent me just got my mouth sore. I'd better get serious on this fool before I look like a tool," Bee thought and jumped down. He folded his arms and he noticed the nine tails of Naruto's Kyuubi chakra flowing around his back.
Naruto felt good. He felt wonderful. He'd never felt so much harmony with his partner before. Naruto knew he couldn't transform or do something stupid like that, but this was just as good for him.
"It seems you are ready to return to the fight. I think it's time that we show all of our might yeah!" Bee said and Naruto agreed. "You're right, no more holding back," Naruto said as he bit his thumb and traced it over his seal and slammed it.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," Naruto said and the seal on his hand glowed brightly. It shined over the field and Bee was forced to cover his eyes from his sunglasses. The light faded and everyone looked around.
"What did he summon?" Omoi asked and instantly everyone felt the temperature drop. A KI washed over the field enough to make a few civilians pass out. Tsunade squirmed and even A had a bead of sweat. It was strange as it wasn't affecting those that Naruto didn't want it to affect. Komachi felt so much relief as she watched Naruto get up. She didn't have most of her memories, but her sight of something like that had sparked something in her.
While they couldn't see it, Naruto grinned and turned around. Right behind him was Shin staring at Bee who was looking for the source of the heavy KI. "Ready to give a show Shin, Kyuubi?" Naruto asked and both beings nodded. Naruto dropped down and Bee quickly focused back on Naruto. The blonde blurred and with a mighty roar appeared in front of Bee as he brought his claw back. Bee covered his body, but Naruto slashed forward and a shock wave poured through the field as Bee was sent flying. He was launched out of the field and Naruto smiled. He held out his hand and spoke.
"Jikūyugami no Jutsu," Naruto said and the purple portal appeared. He imaged where he wanted to go as he and Bee disappeared from view. People widened their eyes to what they had just seen in front of them.
"W-Where did they go?" Omoi asked and people looked left and right. "There is a huge power source to the south!" someone called out. The shinobi quickly raced off leaving the civilians in the stadium in confusion.
With Naruto and Bee
The portal opened and Bee was sent flying out as they both landed in front of his house. Naruto stepped out and grinned while Bee stood to his feet. "Nice work nine. You might not have full control, but you be lookin' so fine. I respect ya bro!" Bee rapped and Naruto nodded.
"You too Tako-ossan. Let's finish this," Naruto said and Bee agreed. They both blurred out of sight and shock waves could be heard as Naruto and Bee traded blow after blow. Both were blurs all around, but Naruto's eyes could keep up. Why was that? Because of his new ability. "Pakura, Dan, do you see him?" Naruto asked. Pakura and Dan who looked left and right, floating in the air, nodded. Naruto closed his eyes and skidded across the ground. Bee appeared and Naruto opened his eyes back. He gasped. He was seeing Bee from two different angles. Pakura's and Dan's.
"Your next gift Shikyō. Rei no Yoken( Spirit's Foresight). Anything your spirit see, you see so long as you channel Honshou through your eyes. Welcome to the next level," Shin said and Naruto nodded. Through Pakura, Naruto saw Bee race to him. Naruto blocked with his tails, but Bee slammed into his body and Naruto coughed as he was launched against the ground. He had left his sword behind at the stadium and he wouldn't retrieve it.
Naruto rolled across the ground and growled as he launched himself back at Bee. He held out his hand and Bee began to jump away, but chains appeared and held out his arms and legs. Naruto closed the distance between them and hollered. "Rasengan," Naruto shouted as he slammed his blue sphere into Bee's chest. It started to grind his body, but Naruto watched as Bee's body turned dark red. His face vanished and his body turned into the dark form of the Hachibi. The rasengan sent him flying, but Bee managed to absorb the blow off a mountain cliff as he went into the air. In his left arm was overtaken by a large skeleton figure with horns and all. Bee grinned while Naruto widened his eyes.
"Shin now!" Naruto said and Shin quickly took his beads and held out his purple hands. He swallowed one bead and his eyes glowed white. He then slammed Naruto's body and the blonde quickly took his fist and brought it back. Bee cocked his fist back and Naruto roared as his entire fist glowed in white fire.
"Rariatto," Bee shouted and Naruto roared as his fist slammed into Bee's skeletal figure. A large explosion came over the entire field as Naruto was sent flying. He crashed into the ground and coughed blood against his torso. He snarled and he noticed Bee quickly charging for him. "Kyuubi, we're going to try something new," Naruto said in thought and Kyuubi nodded while Naruto got to his feet and jumped to the side looking to dodge. However Bee noticed it and Naruto was surprised as an octopus tentacle came from Bee and grabbed his waist. Naruto cursed as Bee launched at him.
"Kukanyugami no Jutsu," Naruto shouted and time stopped. Bee was inches from his face and Naruto quickly got out of his grip. The blonde dashed away to a safer place before he fell to his knees. He cursed and gripped his right arm. "Shikyō, I cannot remain at your side like then when you are using both Kyuubi and myself at the same time. If you're doing something then do it now," Shin said and Naruto nodded. The blonde looked left and right multiple times before he noticed time resume.
Bee widened his eyes as he saw his tentacle with an absent Naruto. He quickly located Naruto not far off. With his speed, he dashed for the blonde and Naruto did the same. "Oi Bee, you're pushing it for this brat. You're still holding back. The boy has gotten serious. It seems that Kyuubi has accepted him if only for this moment," Hachibi spoke getting a nod from Bee.
"And say goodbye blonde for I will give you the eternal lullaby," Bee said as he brought his fist back. Naruto was ready to stop time again, but he gasped at the extra burst of speed that Bee put on as he slammed Naruto across the neck again. The blonde winced and was sent flying while Bee smirked. "Wheeeeeee," Bee yelled.
Naruto skipped across the waters below before he crossed his fingers. "I won't let Komachi-chan die. I'll keep up this pace," Naruto said and quickly two tails disappeared and orange tails of Kyuubi's popped out and blocked Naruto from the mountain behind him. Naruto panted and the Shinigami began to fade.
"It's on you now Shikyō," Shin said and faded. Naruto nodded and turned back. He only had a little bit of time before he gasped as Bee continued his rapping. "Yo nine you are so fine. Now I won't be holding back. It's your ideals I'll obliterate, then you I shall annihilate. My true form of the jinchuuriki...," Bee said and Naruto watched as Bee was covered by his eight tails. Smoke raised up and covered his form.
"T-This chakra, this is...," Naruto's fears were answered as he gazed up at a giant octopus-bull. "It's a monster and one that you will never encounter," Bee said while he turned into the complete form of the Hachibi. Naruto growled and balled his fists.
"Dammit, I can't match up to that!" Naruto shouted. The eight tails of Hachibi thrashed around violently and Bee grinned. "Say goodbye little nine! Wheeee," Bee yelled. Naruto and Kyuubi looked up at the large figure.
"Kyuubi, I could use all the damn help that you have to offer at the moment," Naruto said. Kyuubi snarled at what was in front of him. He knew that Kirabi was by far a better jinchuuriki than Naruto, but he had never planned on something like that. Naruto had faced Ichibi and while Kyuubi had to acknowledge that, Hachibi was a world's superior to the one-tail. Naruto had his team when he faced Sanbi and he used Shin to seal half of Shin into the youngest Uzumaki. Kyuubi, was lost for the moment.
"Kit, I'm going to need some time," Kyuubi said and Naruto growled, but nodded. Bee sent his tails rushing at Naruto's small body. The nine-tailed Naruto quickly blurred from view and jumped into the air. As Bee's tails slammed against the ground, Naruto landed on one of them and raced along its long structure. Naruto continued to run along this tails before Bee raised his large hand and slammed it down. Naruto jumped away from it and into the air. Naruto quickly summoned an army of Kage Bunshin and his nine tails grabbed them all by their legs and Naruto launched them all towards Hachibi. Hachibi and Bee looked up while they saw Naruto slam his hands together.
"KAI!" Naruto shouted and the Kage Bunshin rained down against Hachibi's form as they exploded one after the other. Hachibi glared at Naruto before he swung five of his tails at Naruto's body. The blonde quickly reacted and two honshou tails disappeared and two of Kyuubi's orange tails appeared as they covered Naruto's body. His maturity as a jinchuuriki had improved him over the fight and Naruto knew this, but he had used up a good portion of Honshou and it was running him dry. The tails slammed against Naruto's body and sent him flying. Naruto managed to maneuver himself through the air and landed against the ground. His clothes were ragged and his body was burning.
"Dammit we gotta try it!" Naruto said and Kyuubi knew what he was talking about. "The ratio is 10:6 brat. Remember that," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded. He quickly opened his hands as his nine tails came together around his body as the tips pointed to the center. Bee and Hachibi found Naruto a distance away as the explosions stopped. Naruto cursed before he summoned ten clones. They each raced towards the Bijuu-jinchuuriki. Bee fought with them all while Naruto growled.
"Come on, come on," Naruto said and the Jikūyugami appeared in front of him. The tips of Naruto's tails wrapped around the outer edges of the portal while Naruto held his hands out. "Shape manipulation. Control it! It's just like a rasengan or a bijuudama," Naruto thought and the Jikūyugami slowly began to compress into a smaller ball-shaped portal. Naruto strained his honshou to control it while Hachibi knocked a clone back. The clone dispelled and that startled Naruto. The Jikūyugami dispersed and Naruto cursed.
"I can't do it yet. I haven't had the time to practice," Naruto said mentally. "Brat! Watch out!" Kyuubi alerted hastily. Naruto looked up from his defeated progress as he noticed Hachibi open his mouth. The Bijuudama began to form as it expanded, collapsed and compressed. Naruto cursed and, with all his speed that he could muster, he dashed away while Bee roared and launched a wave of pure chakra in Naruto's direction. It destroyed everything in its path while Naruto tried to get away from it. Something Naruto learned about his Kukanyugami was that it had a time interval. He couldn't perform two except within two minutes of each other. He couldn't stop time just yet.
As the wave appeared closer and closer to his form, the light overtook Naruto's body as he widened his eyes.
With Hinoken
Everyone was racing towards the two large power sources and A was progressively moving faster. It had been the largest chakra source that he had ever known. It couldn't be possible, Bee wouldn't use that transformation for just a simple fight would he? Oh of course he would. He was just that much of an idiot. The sun began to go down and everyone was getting increasingly worried.
As they collected their swords and Naruto's, Hinoken raced to their comrade's side with the best speed that they could attain. They could hear explosions in the far distance and even roaring of some kind. It irked them all, but they didn't lose pace. "Is Naruto alright?' Yugao asked and everyone looked grave.
"As far as I'm concerned, he shouldn't be fighting after nearly dying. There could be some lasting damage to his body," Kakashi said. Everyone glanced to him, but Mikoto's the one who spoke. "But the instant that he does that...they'll kill her," Mikoto said and everyone stopped. Kushina had told them of Komachi's importance and they all agreed that she couldn't die, but how was Naruto supposed to beat this? It was like something only a Kage could handle.
"Oi Tsunade, we're going to be coming up soon. Be ready for what you might see," A said and Tsunade just nodded. She was still very worried for Naruto, but she had tried to mask it. The sight of Naruto's dead body had unnerved her a little bit, but he came back just like he said that he would. He was the reason that she came back and became the Hokage, the real reason why she put up with so much shit in the village. Tsunade really didn't know what she would've done or how she would've explained to Jiraiya that this was happening.
As everyone raced to the site, they were all shocked as over their heads, a large purple portal appeared. "The Jikūyugami?" Kushina thought. They passed under it and it was then that everyone noticed a large wave of energy escape the portal and slam into the mountains behind them as it exploded. "Get down!" A ordered and everyone quickly landed and hid behind the mountaintops. Sasuke grabbed Yuna and held her close to the ground. Kushina clung to Yuri and Yura while Mikoto, Yugao and Kakashi braced against the wall as the light from the explosion covered their forms. It soon began to dispel as everyone saw the landscape, or lack thereof. The Kumo shinobi gasped at the destruction behind them.
"How can this guy really survive this long against that type of power?" Karui thought in awe. Samui and Omoi glanced to each other before nodding.
"Raikage-dono, we have to hurry to the scene," Tsunade said assessing the damage. This fight was more than what she thought it was. She didn't expect for this to happen. She might've expected for Naruto to use Kyuubi's chakra to at least a tail or two, but to use all nine was insane. However the part that amazed her was that he was controlling them well. The first time Tsunade had allowed Naruto to train with Kyuubi's chakra so long as he had someone with him. He could only go up to six. How did he jump to nine? Something had happened as Kyuubi and Naruto were in total sync with each other. It was amazing.
"She's right. Everyone let's get going!" A said and they raced off.
Back with Bee and Naruto
Hachibi and Bee remained silent as they stared at Naruto, who was standing on a mountaintop. The blonde panted heavily as he held his hand out. He...just barely made it in time. The blonde fell to one knee and coughed. He hadn't planned on using this much honshou and his body wasn't used to the new developments. From Pakura and Dan's vision, Naruto could see the two angles from Hachibi before he heard the eight tails shout. Naruto didn't have the time to react as one tail slammed into his body. The blonde coughed and slammed into the side of the mountains. Bee grinned at his accomplishment, but it didn't last long as in Naruto's place was a scroll. The blonde swerved to Bee's side and quickly held his hand into the air. "Honshou: Rasenshuriken," Naruto shouted as he...threw the large spiraling disk against Bee's body.
"Bee guard against it!" Hachibi shouted and Bee did indeed guard as the spiraling disk slammed into his body. It exploded against him in a large flash of light as Bee's bijuu body fell to the water. Naruto grinned at his accomplishment, but he noticed more of Bee's tails go his way. Naruto, using Kyuubi's manifested tails, jumped on them and launched himself into the air high, the orange sky of the sunset masking his form. Bee looked up and covered his eyes before he saw Naruto throw three seal tags to three separate locations.
"Oi nine! You won't get me with that. I can dodge it cause I'm so phat!" Bee shouted as he moved to get out of the way from what Naruto was going to do. "Oh you're going to stay there and you will like it!" Naruto's voice rang and Bee looked down as white chains came from the ground and wrapped around his body. Bee struggled against them while two Naruto clones went to each seal and he went to the third one.
"Fūinjutsu: Sanhō Fuin( Sealing Jutsu: Triangle Seal)," Naruto shouted and a large triangle of light formed around Bee's body. Naruto slammed his hands together and a wave of lightning poured from his seals and electrocuted Hachibi. The Eight Tails moaned to the hurt as Naruto struggled to maintain the structure of the seal. Bee fell to the ground and Naruto stopped the seal. He looked up at Bee's fallen form and he noticed that his eyes were getting blurry. He tilted left and then right. He tried to stay upright. "There and finished. How do you like that Tako-ossan?" Naruto asked as he tried to control his breathing. It was only then did Naruto see Hachibi's form fade from view. He figured that he had won and it was finally over. Naruto leaned and fell to the ground.
"I'm not down and if I am then there will be a frown. Bakayaro, Konoyaro!" Naruto heard Bee proclaim and the summoner of Shin looked up before he was slammed in the throat again.
"Rariatto" Bee shouted and Naruto skidded across the ground. His neck was sore and he could feel Kyuubi hastily repairing his body. It made him happy and Naruto noticed Bee looking over him. "There is no need to fight anymore. We're done," he said, but Naruto struggled to his feet and shook his head.
"No, I'm not done. I won't let Komachi-chan die. I'll beat you!" Naruto said and Bee watched as the nine tails wrapped around Naruto and his mini-Kyuubi form took shape. His growling was low and he hissed at Bee. Naruto opened his mouth and Bee gasped as he backed away. "Bijuudama," Naruto shouted and launched the massive wave of chakra, Yoki, and Honshou at Bee. Kirabi quickly dodged it, but he was surprised as it blasted away and destroyed the mountains behind him.
"I won't let her die. She's...family," Naruto said and Bee widened his eyes behind his sunglasses. Naruto's skeletal figure appeared behind him while Kirabi's appeared on his left arm. The two charged at each other and both slammed into the other as a heavy explosion came over the field.
Mindscape
Naruto looked left and right as he had been pulled somewhere. It was dark, but for some reason he could find his way around the place. He had been fighting intensely with Bee and before he knew it he was here. "Where am I?" Naruto wondered to himself.
"You are in a place where we meet. It is us that will know each other's feat," Bee said and Naruto turned then seemed more than a little surprised. Bee was siting on top of Hachibi's head looking down at him. "So I finally meet Kurama's container in person. You are almost not what I expected," Hachibi said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Who the hell is Kurama?" Naruto asked before he heard a snarl behind him. "It's my name brat. Right in front of you is Gyuki. We were all pulled in here for some reason," Kyuubi said getting a nod from Naruto. The blonde turned back around and he noticed Bee jump to the ground. He held out his fist to Naruto getting the blonde to raise an eyebrow.
"Yo this is how we say hello. Through this fight I have seen your skills and you are amazing bro," Bee said and Naruto shook his head. "It's not me. I have Kyuubi by my side. He's not the total jackass that he used to be," Naruto said and he jumped in the air to avoid a tail swipe from Kurama.
"How about you fuck off brat?!" Kyuubi growled and Naruto smiled getting a snort as Kyuubi turned his head from his container. "Well pleasant things aside, Kurama what happened with those three tails of yours?" Gyuki asked. Bee looked at what his bijuu was talking about and, upon closer inspection, could see three of Kyuubi's nine tails as pure white as they swished in the air.
"It is none of your concern Gyuki. I'm just reaping a few of the benefits of my jailor is all," Kyuubi said and Naruto folded his arms. "Aww come on fox. I thought we were past the whole jailor-prisoner relationship. That hurt," Naruto sniffled while Kyuubi rolled his eyes.
"See what I have to put up with?" Kyuubi asked and Gyuki snorted. It could obviously be seen by Naruto that the two bijuu had more than a little animosity towards each other. Naruto didn't know if he would find out about it later from Kyuubi, but he supposed that since they were acting rational then it was alright for the moment.
"So...why are we in here?" Naruto asked and Gyuki turned his eyes to the blonde. "Your chak...well, power source, what is it? It's not chakra anymore and I feel Kyuubi's own chakra mixing with it. It's overtaking his and turning it to fill his body. Boy, that power, what is it?" Gyuki asked getting a frown from Naruto and Kyuubi. Kurama looked to his partner and Naruto looked at the ground.
"It's complicated," Naruto said. Bee and Gyuki raised their eyebrows, but both knew about village secrets so they didn't try to probe anymore. "Then do you know that prisoner?" Bee asked and the slight shiver that he noticed from Naruto had answered his question.
"Yes, well not directly. I know her because she's family. She's an Uzumaki," Naruto said to them. Hachibi didn't seem disturbed and neither did Bee. Naruto couldn't tell since Bee's glasses were covering up everything, but he could read that their chakra was excited.
"And that guy with the blonde hair, Shi-san, is one also," Naruto said. Now that news getting a reaction out of Bee as he tapped his fingers to his fingers to his arms. "The Uzumaki blood will rise. It has been found in ma' friends before my eyes," Bee said. He then looked up at Kyuubi who was still locked behind his seal.
"Naruto, in order for you and Kyuubi to have what Hachibi and I have, you need to put more trust into Kyuubi. Kyuubi you also need to be more trusting of Naruto. You've seen what he can do," Naruto and Kyuubi stayed silent and glanced at each other. They both snorted and broke the gaze, but a grin appeared between them both.
"It does explain why Shi was so good at seals then. He was an orphan who didn't know his parents. He was able to go to the academy because he, at a young age, was able to do, from memory, an entire book on sealing in front of the Academy instructors," Hachibi reasoned. Bee and Naruto nodded to that reasoning.
"So nine, what is your dream? You've got to have one or you'll never be done. Bakayaro! Konoyaro!" Bee said and Naruto smiled. "Yeah my dream's changed. At first I wanted to be the Hokage of Konoha, but before I do that I'm going to reunite the Uzumaki clan. I want my family to know that its relatives are still alive everywhere," Naruto said and Bee grinned while he held up his fist again.
"Will be seein' you again ya fool. Stay on your path and you won't be a tool," Bee said with a grin. Naruto nodded and held up his fist. Both bumped and the scape faded out.
Outside
The Kumo forces and Hinoken dropped to the ground and everyone looked around frantically for Naruto and Bee as there was an immediate drop in chakra levels. "Do you see them?" Yugao asked, but everyone shook their heads.
It took a bit of time, but everyone saw a shadow emerging from behind the mountains. They glanced and they all noticed Bee and around his shoulders was an unconscious Naruto. His Hinoken clothes were ragged and ripped showing a portion of his bare chest. Naruto's use of his Honshou had run him more than a little dry. It had taken him quite a lot of it to force a Jikūyugami to help him escape from Bee's attack. Even using that bijuudama that he had done was extensive. Kyuubi was probably the only thing that had kept him awake and conscious until this point.
Everyone took in Bee's attire and they could honestly say that the Hachibi jinchuuriki had definitely seen better days. His glasses were cracked, his flak jacket torn to where it couldn't even go over his one arm anymore. People could see a large claw mark across his chest as well as the torn parts of his pants. "Nine and I fought, but this win is one that I bought," Bee said.
Tsunade and Hinoken sighed sadly, but no one could stop the small smiles on their faces. Naruto had far exceeded what they had thought he was capable of. However, everyone noticed that there were no cheers for Bee or boos for Naruto. There were only moderate claps for them. The Kumo shinobi clapped for both jinchuuriki while A bashed Bee over the head. "You went too far idiot brother!" A shouted and the Kumo shinobi sweatdropped at the scene.
Kushina took her son from Bee and gently laid him against the ground. His still breathing was apparent as his yellow hair blowed in the breeze of the wind. "Sochi, you were amazing," Kushina said mentally. Kakashi gave an eyesmile while Yugao gleamed proudly. Mikoto and Sasuke nodded while Yuri, Yura and Yuna seemed to respect the blonde even more than before.
"Kushina, take him to the hospital. I'll work on him," Tsunade said and Kushina nodded. Kakashi took Naruto and placed him on his back while Sasuke strapped the blonde's sword and sheath, that he left back at the stadium, to his waist. He stepped back and Kakashi stepped through the crowd. "Tsunade-sama, allow us to help you," a few Kumo medics said to her. Tsunade agreed and they walked off.
As they walked through, Shi got a good look at Naruto. His eyes showing genuine interest in the blonde. He was by far no Konoha dog that Shi had ever encountered before. He was a bonafide shinobi and Shi at least respected that much. His eyes trailed the blonde's body before they rested on Naruto's left arm. Shi widened his eyes at what he saw as Naruto's body passed him. He looked back as Kakashi, took Naruto away through the crowd. Now Shi really had to see him, now more than ever.
Unknown to him, Samui, Atsui, Omoi and Karui had seen the same thing and they tensed when they saw it. No doubt they would be seeing Naruto later also.
Soon the crowds dispersed and people went back to their normal duties. A Kumo shinobi had told Komachi the details of the fight and Komachi just nodded and accepted her fate. She didn't care about her death. She would just die without really knowing anything, but she was happy that she got to meet someone like Naruto.
A Kumo jonin grabbed her arms and guided her away from the platform and to the dark stairs below.
A little time later
A assembled his council and, with Mabui by his side, called them to order. Everyone was already frantic enough from what they had seen. Not to mention that it was late and they were all just a little tired. "Raikage-sama, what was the deal with today? I thought you had agreed to the Konoha treaty ever since Akatsuki took Yugito," a man said and A placed one of his arms on his table.
"That is right I did, but as I have shown all of you, we have a traitor in Kumo," A said and a long silence ensured between all of the council members. Mabui tried to pick out suspicious emotions from them all, but no one was giving anything away which either told her that they were experienced in something like this or they really didn't know what he was talking about.
"Y-You're kidding right?" someone asked, but the glare that A sent them effectively shut them all up quickly. "Do I look like I'm kidding? This can't be handled lightly. The prisoner has claimed that they was to meet up with someone in this village and messages have been sent to and from our location," A said and everyone remained quiet.
"Did she say who it was?" The councilwoman asked. A glanced towards her and he remembered her instantly. Her name was Akiko Rei. She was much older than him as she was around during the time of the Sandaime Raikage. She had a lot of influence with the village and the field of commerce. A had always found her to be shifty, but she was never one to be called a traitor. Akiko's loyalty was always to her country. He narrowed his eyes and shook his head.
"No they didn't. We're in the dark as much as possible, but I'm increasing security around the village. Also Kumo will rendezvous with Konoha near Yu no Kuni and will gather up information on Akatsuki," A said and everyone agreed. Akiko got a smirk across her face as A dismissed the council. They all left leaving a and Mabui alone.
"Do you know who it is?" A asked with a smile on his face. Mabui nodded with a bow of her head. "To think that Akiko-sama would be the one to be the traitor. Why would she plan a coup?" Mabui asked, but A shook his head.
"I have no idea, but she's protect at least until I find appropriate evidence. So how did you come to the same conclusion I did?" A asked and Mabui blinked and held a finger in the air. "Well you just kept saying the prisoner said they had to meet up with the traitor. You never gave a gender and Akiko-sama said 'she'," Mabui said getting a nod from A. He stood up and both walked out of the office.
Two days later, hospital room
Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the whitish-grey ceiling in front of him. He groaned then looked to his left. He saw his Hinoken clothes on a chair along with his sword. He didn't remember much. He had Bee had collided and...he passed out from the strain of Honshou mixed with Yoki. His body was accustomed to just going full throttle like that. He had desired so much to win that he overexerted his limits and even then he still couldn't beat Bee. Naruto's eyes then widened in realization as he shot up.
"Komachi!" Naruto uttered before cursing as he touched his chest. He could see the many bandages wrapped around it, but Naruto ignored it. He got to his feet and quickly lunged for the door. He struggled against the pain. He twisted the knob, but he was surprised as the door opened to reveal his mother. "Sochi you're awake," Kushina said with a smile, but she was surprised as Naruto grabbed her arms.
"Komachi-chan! What happened to Komachi-chan?!" Naruto asked and Kushina could see the hurt in his eyes at his possible failure. She slowly took his hands and Naruto could feel his mother telling him to relax. Naruto did so and Kushina cleared her throat. "She's fine sochi. We can't see her at the moment, but as soon as you're healed and Konoha is out of sight from Kumo's village then they'll make the exchange. It match was a success. You did fine. We're still keeping the treaty and Komachi isn't going to die. Sochi it was a plan of ours. She was never met to die," Kushina said and Naruto widened his eyes as Kushina told him everything.
Naruto took it all in and sat on his bed. "A traitor in Kumo who is working with Danzo? Man how long was I out?" Naruto wondered while Kushina sat next to him. "Do you understand now?" Kushina asked and Naruto nodded. He relaxed at the feeling that Komachi's life wasn't in danger.
"You know, you're still the talk of the village at this moment. No doubt you made an impression on everyone. I'm so proud of you," Kushina said and Naruto blushed from her praise before Kushina pressed her lips to her son's cheek in a quick kiss. "Stay here and rest. You've been cleared to leave tonight. We've already packed our things. I'll be checking on you later," Kushina said and Naruto just nodded as he watched her get up and leave.
Naruto leaned against his bed and looked up at the ceiling. He held his hand in front of him and he closed his eyes. The new abilities that he had unlocked were really working out for him. It had freaked him the hell out when he could see from Pakura and Dan's vision. Along with his abilities he found that he could now summon them from his sword without needing the sword in his hands. He could see what they saw and could react accordingly. It was rather strange for an ability.
"Not like I won't master it though," Naruto thought and chuckled to himself before he thought of something else. "Yo Kurama, you alright?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi opened his eye. "Oh yeah, just fuckin peachy brat. Although I do feel strange," Kyuubi said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"How so?" he asked and Kyuubi raised his tails into the air. "I feel...complete, for lack of a better term. I don't know why, but I feel like the half of my chakra that you bastard father sealed from me is returning or at least this Honshou thing is replacing it entirely. I don't know," Kyuubi said and Naruto just blinked. He then shrugged his shoulders and let the silence invade the room.
Well that was until he heard a knock on the door. The person behind it didn't wait for his reply as they opened the door. Naruto turned his head and he narrowed his eyes as he noticed Shi come through and close the door. He walked up to Naruto's bed and just looked at the blonde. "Going to tell me how much you hate me now? I'm just a Konoha dog aren't I?" Naruto asked. Shi didn't reply to Naruto's words. He could tell that those words were his fault, but he would talk about them later.
"I didn't come to you because of that," Shi said and Naruto raised an eyebrow to him while Shi slowly took off his wrist guards. He slowly dropped them to the ground and held up the swirl symbol on his hand to Naruto. "I saw this on your body two days ago. What does this thing mean?" Shi asked. Naruto just narrowed his eyes and sighed. No rest for the weary.
Somewhere else
In a dark room that was just illuminated with light, Tobi opened his eyes and got up off a table. He stood to his feet and grabbed his Akatsuki cloak. Right next to him was Zetsu. The plant man watched as he picked up his orange mask and placed it on his face. "The operation was a success Madara-sama," Zetsu said while his dark half snorted. Tobi walked up towards a mirror and looked at his left hand, his new left hand. He held it up and moved his fingertips then his whole fingers. He moved his arm and firmly delivered a punch to the wall.
"Where did you find this?" Tobi asked and Zetsu smirked. "Now where would the fun be if I told you that? Why don't you give it a try?" Zetsu asked and Tobi glared at Zetsu, his sharingan blazing furiously. He turned back and looked at the door's room. He opened it and walked out. Zetsu watched Madara leave the room just as quickly as he had come in and couldn't stop the grin on his face.
"I only stitched it together in two days. It's a magnificent piece of work. Don't you think?" White Zetsu asked and black Zetsu narrowed his eye. "That's right. It's all for the sake of the plan. We couldn't keep him arm-less could we?" black Zetsu asked and White Zetsu shook his head before the whole of them dropped into the ground as they dropped there was only one thought.
"This will be much fun indeed,"
KG: Okay people, go on. Hate me, bash me, say I suck, say I can go to hell, say I've ruined the story for you. Come on, I'm ready for it! Just...be gentle.
Rikku: You're overreacting.
Sigina: I don't know about that. Maybe he isn't.
Rikku: well whatever. I don't really care. So what are we looking for in Florida?
KG: Oh wouldn't you like to know?
Rikku: Yeah, since I had to fuckin' drive all the damn way out here then yes I would like to know what we're going to find.
Sigina: Me too.
KG: Well I can't tell you now. We'll just have to wait for later. Well that's all folks. Stay Breezy, protect what's important to you, review and SEND ME CREAM SODA! AND ICE CREAM! I wanna make a float!
Sigina: (Rolls eyes)
KG: Also, you can bash me, you can hate me, you can tell me how much I suck or not, but YOU WILL NOT DISRESPECT THE CREAM!