Yeah it's been a few years...this one is long so I'm splitting it into a few parts. I do not own Naruto. Enjoy and Thank You.

List of aliases for Chuukaibutsu and their power levels to give you an idea.

Naruto: Jubi

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-100, Great Suppress 350-500, Less Suppress 800-1000, Suppress 1800-2500, normal 22000, Rage ?, Sage ?.

Kyuubi: Kura

Hiding 5-10, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 300-400, Less Suppress 900-1000, Suppress 1800-2000, Normal 6500 (missing yin chakra), Rage ?.

Pien: Mutsu

Hiding 1-2, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 180-200, Less Suppress 300-400, Suppress 700, Normal 1300, Paths total 3400.

Ichirou: Reddo

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 150-250, Less Suppress 350-500, Suppress 800, Normal 2500, Sage ?.

Itachi: Hagewashi

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 150-250, Less Suppress 250-400, Suppress 650, Normal 950, Sharingan 1300, Mangekyou 2600.

Sasuke: Īguru

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 100-150, Less Suppress 200-250, Suppress 400, Normal 550, Sharingan 1100.

Jaraiya: Ero

Hiding 1-5, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 200-300, Less Suppress 450-550, Suppress 700, Normal 950, Sage 2400.

Tsunadai: Sake

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 200-300, Less Suppress 400-550, Suppress 650, Normal 900, Strength 2200.

Gaara: Suna

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 250-400, Less Suppress 500-650, Suppress 800, Normal 1000, Love 1800, Bijuu 2500, Tanuki Demon 4000.

Konan: Imagiro

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 50-75, Great Suppress 150-200, Less Suppress 300-400, Supress 450-600, Normal 750, Mass Paper Explosion 2800.

Shikamaru: Kumo

Hiding 0, Mass Suppress 25-50, Great Suppress 75-125, Less Suppress 175-225, Suppress 275, Normal 320, Shadow Sage 1100.

Genin 15-20, Chuunin 50-100, Jounin (ANBU, BLACK OPS, ROOT) 150-400, Kage 500-3000, Sage 1000-20000, Bijuu 2500-14000.

For fun:

Hashirama Senju Sage 18000

Madara Uchiha Enternal Mangekyou 16000

Sage of Six Paths 30000

Raijin 18000

Kurama as a Jubi 25000

Chapter Six: The Death Battles of the Exam Scramble Part One

Three years later...

It was dark in the rather simple room; soft, silver moonlight hit the desk and various plants. A gentle breeze graced the curtains of the quiet office. A similar motion happened to the robes of the large village's leader as his indifferent eyes read.

So Kyuubi wants to extract it from me personally, he's been busy these last few years. He's managed to reclaimed three of the beasts I will be number four. And these exams, there will be the remaining four there. Smart fox.

The door to his office opened abruptly, "Kazeka– Who are you?" Came a surprised yet demanding voice of a jounin Council Member who struck an offensive position.

The golden cloak hid his face well as he continued to read the letter. He gently raised his hand, "Sand Coffin," The figure whispered as sand quickly gathered around the intruder and quietly crushed him. Now to take care of the two Akatsuki, I'm glad Ichirou is visiting. He vanished out of the room's windows in a swirl of sand, the curtains rustling with his departure while the letter burst into flames as it slowly fell.

To all who observed the cluster of sand gently flowing above it was not unusual, just a common occurrence in Suna, the village itself being in the middle of a desert. The flow of sand travelled the entire city on a gentle gust before collecting in a broken down house, where another golden cloaked figure stood. His fox ears poking out the top of his hooded cloak, while a tail gently swayed behind him.

"So, I trust you got Kura's letter?" Ichirou asked behind the darkness of his hood.

"Yes, it is good to hear that their son is progressing so well; as unusual as that situation is. And now to think that the Kazakage of Suna and one of the sons of the Fourth Hokage, a son who is believed to be dead are the first members of Chuukaibutsu to oppose Akatsuki. Pray we fair well," Replied Gaara, expressing a little of his excitment.

"Be careful eh. It would not do the world much good if it became common knowledge that such politically powerful people are involved. You are Suna and I am Reddo," Ichirou reminded almost teasingly. "Anyway, how did they manage to get past your defenses so well?"

"Akatsuki had a sealed weasel hidden, very well hidden in our council. I just took care of him," Gaara answered.

Gaara liked Ichirou, mainly for how much the fox demon reminded him of Naruto, and in the few instances where they had met he gave marvelous advice. A few deep, interesting conversations had helped Gaara decide on some of his politic moves as the Kazekage and they had been well received by his people. Ichirou also helped him to harness the power of his emotions through his chakra. All in all it was no issue for them to work together.

"Shall we?" Ichirou said as he turned and looked up at a large white bird soaring through the sky. "I never liked Diedera, he was always so arrogant. Think he'll be surprised to see me? I mean, in their eyes I just vanished right?"

"I am sure your presence will be surprising, though I would not be so sure that they will recognize you. From what your partner told me you were quite different before you were exposed to Jubi's chakra," Gaara stated as he looked up as well.

"You think I should make the first move?" Ichirou asked as he aimed his hand towards the strange bird while smirking at Gaara.

"As long as my city is not harmed, go right ahead. Also I should mention we need to make this fast, because of Kura's requests I've got a decent amount of paper work."

"Alright." Ichirou agreed smirking, "I hope he thinks my art is a bang."

oOoOo

All Diedera saw before his bird erupted into an explosion beneath his feet was a blinding white beam of light. He was wailing through the air with momentum caused by the explosion. A moment later he noticed that his left forearm was missing and the end had been singed dry. What the hell was–, was as far as he thought before another beam of the white light was fired at him.

oOoOo

"I'll handle him, you go take care of the puppet master. Remember what Hagiwashi and I told you. This guy could give Mutsu a run for his money in the proper environment," Ichirou suggested.

Gaara gave him a simple nod before vanishing in another swirl of sand.

"Let's see if you have changed at all Diedera," Ichrou said to himself. He vanished in a flash of blue fire and appeared on the roof of a building near where Diedera would land.

oOoOo

"Who are you?" The angered blonde yelled as he spotted the golden clad figure. His hand snuck into his pocket quickly and licked up some of his infamous clay as he leveled out his fall.

"I am Reddo, of Chuukaibutsu," Ichirou answered as Diedera landed on the building in front of him, flustered and in pain.

"What the hell is Chuukaibutsu," Diedera said, stalling for time while his hand secretly manipulated the clay. He was usually a patient man, but this situation called for immediate action; his left arm was already gone and he had hardly even noticed the attack before it happened. Who the fuck is this guy?

"The organization that will end Akatsuki," Ichrou said still remaining in the shadow of his hood he let his pent up chakra flow.

Diedera sweat a little when he sensed the strange chakra. "Really now, then why do I find myself doubting that?" The clay was ready. I've gotta make this fast, who knows what this guy can do. Small clay balls dropped carelessly from the hand behind his back then burst into little pockets of dust.

"Because you're young and naïve," Ichirou taunted.

"Oh really?" Diedera smirked.

Ichirou could see the little clay balls vanish into dust. So he must be taking me seriously then, if he's going to use that. He has improved, before he could only use that in large amounts. Wonderful control, Ichirou mused.

Diedera lifted up his arms and the hardly visible dust rushed at Ichirou, let's play with him. "If that is your move, then you're proving my point even further." Oh my, I'm breathing it in.

"Katsu." Diedera said calmly. Ichirou then hunched over and started to cough, blood coated his mouth. Damn that hurt a lot more than I thought.

Diedera had a smirk on his face, "Your the one who is naïve." He licked a bit more of the clay and formed a simple, but effect explosion Jutsu. The little bird flew directly at the apparently struggling Ichirou.

However, before the bird could make it a quarter of the journey, around ten feet in front of Diedera it exploded, sending Diedera flying backwards again. While sailing through the air, Ichirou appeared below his sailing figure, "If I'm so naïve, then how come I knew exactly what you just tried to do?"

Before the struggling blonde could answer Ichriou gave a harsh punch to his back sending him flying up hundreds of feet in the air. Holy crap, Diedera thought angrily. He was injured from my cell- sized explosives and he stopped the bird without me even seeing! What the fuck is this guy? Another one of the strange birds popped into existence just when Diedera's momentum was weaker than gravity, saving him from another fall. He landed gracefully, albeit flustered on the bird and licked up some more of his clay. Okay so something bigger will have to do, before he gets my other arm. And I need to distract him.

He opened his hand a moment later and revealed a dragon-like clay doll along with a few dozen little birds. He tossed it into the air and jumped off his current bird. While he sailed through the air, the little doll exploded into a massive white dragon and the bird he was on a moment before exploded from another one of the white beams. The transition took about three-seconds, before Diedera manipulated the dragon to move him forward before another one of the white beams could catch him. He release the forty or so little explosive having them track onto Ichirou's form.

"What to do, what to do?" Ichirou jaunted as he landed on the roof of another building, momentum rustling his cloak. He eyed the strange white dragon soar radically as he brainstormed. The little bombs had just been targeted at him.

"Oh, this whole fox thing is just too good." Ichirou said as an idea formed in his head and in he flashed blue for a moment.

As Diedera soared Ichirou appeared on the back of his dragon like creature and slowly walked up behind the ignorant Shinobi. A clone of him was off distracting the targeting bird bombs. He has a tendency to take a real good hit and survive, so let's not make it a real hit, let's mess with his senses a little bit.

"Fox Art: Warped Red Inferno." Ichirou whispered as he held his arms straight out to his sides while using his chakra to stick to the clay dragon. His hood fell just as Diedera turned around.

"What?" Stammered out Diedera at what he saw before his vision was consumed by red. Ichirou with the same deep red slightly spiky hair, but with two matching scarlet fox ears perched on top of his head, smirking as a deep red orb of transparent energy appeared before him. Everything was swirling around him, blurred and streamlined to the point that he couldn't interpret anything around him. Heat radiated off the air itself and he could feel himself start to burn.

Diedera's world remained a deep red as though his eyes were glazed over with blood while Ichirou disappeared from the tail of white dragon. Shit I can't fight this guy, if it was Ichirou he would be tough enough, but he's been missing for three years and this guy's got enough chakra to challenge a Bijuu. Enough dicking around Diedera, you need to get the hell out here.

Diedera made to use a quick, but chakra exhausting teleportation Jutsu, but found that his hands moved in an irregular manner to how he commanded them. Okay let's use words. "Aksut?" What!?

"This is a rather interesting genjutsu, Diedera." Ichirou's voice mocked, the sound waves fluctuating radically and invading his ears from various angles, causing a migraine. "All of your brain waves are mashed up, you go to look right and one of your eyes looks down, the other left, you move your arm up and it extends outwards, you want to say katsu, but your words form differently. It's not opposite, or inverted, it's just where your mind can't grasp what is happening. Plus you'll burn to death if you don't go crazy first. You're done boy."

Ichirou managed to clamp his hand down on Diedera's throat crushing his windpipe and sending a tendril of burning chakra into the man's neck. See if he ever speaks again after I destroy his vocal chords, permanently this time. He thought thinking of a time the two had gotten into a scuffle when he was still a double agent in Akatsuki.

He watched the struggling Diedera flail his arms around in an almost childish manner. Slowly taking out a katana and preparing to spear the blonde in front of him. "Even though your speech is impaired you always did talk to much. Meet your death."

However as he made to stab Diedera with a killing blow, the dragon he was standing on erupted around Diedera and exploded right in Ichirou's face.

Damn bugger got away, Ichirou thought sensing Diedera's chakra signature a few good leagues outside of Suna, as he let the momentum carry him across Suna, smoke pluming off his charred form.

oOoOo

Sasori stood on the ground observing Diedera ride his dragon explosive as his strange enigma of an opponent appeared, Who is that and what is with the gold cloak? He questioned. That brat better be careful. His musings were interrupted by an intense swirling gust of sand.

"I am Suna, of Chuukaibutsu." A figure in a gold cloak appeared before Sasori out of the dust devil.

"Where is the Kazekage?" Sasori asked ignoring the golden clad figure's statement.

"You will not be fighting him, you will be fighting me." Gaara said. He lifted up his hand and prepared to crush the puppet master with his sand when an explosion resounded throughout Suna.

Sasori looked to the sky and Diedera was gone, Smart on his behalf, that guy was beyond him.

"You shouldn't let minor things like that distract you," Gaara whispered from behind the figure. Sasori's puppet was beginning to sink into the sand beneath him when he manipulated its spine-like tail to impale Gaara. With a graceful backflip Gaara avoided the poisoned appendage, watching as it latched onto the structure behind him and with extreme ease lift Sasori out of his attempted Sand Burial. Sasori landed on top of the structure with the puppet mouth open. Not a moment later a barrage of poisoned needles was headed for Gaara. With a simple sweep of his hand the surrounding sand quickly formed a large wall in front of him blocking the needles.

"Suna of Chuukaibutsu, you say. What is this Chuukaibutsu you speak of?" Sasori asked as the sand fell.

"Chuukaibutsu is the organization that is going to end Akatsuki." Gaara said mimicking Ichirou.

"Was that other person fighting my boisterous comrade also a member?" Sasori asked, he was not really concerned with the answers, but wanted to stall for time before he made his move. He could tell the Shinobi before him was a native of Suna and had abilities similar if not more refined than it's Kazekage. If he was the Kazekage then he need them in open ground so he could get an upper hand.

"He is a member yes." Gaara answered. He was aware of what Sasori was trying, he had heard of puppet master's talents from Itachi and Ichirou and was not willing to give the puppet master a chance to read him. Sand erupted from all sides of the structure and drowned Sasori.

Gaara stopped not a moment later and manipulated the sand under him to project him towards an exit of the city.

Invading my home and thinking he can run, Gaara thought. As his sand faded from around the building a small boulder lay where Sasori had been.

As Gaara was propelling himself towards the exit, Ichirou's momentum brought him to the Jinchuuriki. "You let him get away." Gaara stated bored while Ichirou placed himself on the rustling sand.

"He was always good at that. I scared him a little, so he booked it. I did take precautions to prevent him from speaking and severely damaged his brain." Ichirou replied.

"Let's forget about him and focus on the task at hand. This guy is as smart as you both said he was. I feel he already knows who I am, though I haven't really tried to hide it." The outside desert could now be seen through the opening as they closed in on it. The soft dry grains reflected a pale blue color in the moonlight.

oOoOo

A group of young and rebellious children were playing ninja just outside of Suna's great walls near an open entrance, coincidently the same one that Sasori and Diedera had entered. One of the children noticed the figure of Sasori appear in the distance and stopped everyone playing to look. "You think it's a Shinobi?" one of them questioned.

Just then out of the open entrance came a torrent of sand cascading out of the city like a waterfall. The gap in the two-hundred foot high walls seemed as though it was a freshly opened dam. The kids stared in amazement. "Wow! What a cool Jutsu," A few of them stated.

Gaara and Ichirou appeared from the flood of sand that almost immediately headed towards Sasori after its rush from the city. Their cloaks bustled in the desert wind as they gently landed on the ground. The sand all around Sasori rose hundreds of feet in the air creating an open dome around the seemingly stoic puppet master. Looks like I have to use him and to think so soon, I do wonder what exactly all this is about and why the Jinchuuriki is pretending to hide, Sasori thought.

The sand crashed down on him from all sides with such ferociousness a shock wave blasted across the desert. "Go take care of those kids I can handle him," Gaara said to Ichirou as the shock wave neared.

"Remember, don't kill him. He has a lot of information on the snake." Ichirou reminded before he vanished in a quick flash of blue fire.

Ichriou appeared before the kids facing the shock wave in a flash of fire and gentle rustle of his cloak. He gently lifted his hands as the wave of sand neared them and with a quick pulse of chakra, manipulated all the air surrounding that side of the city to push against the sand storm. A sound similar to that of thunder blasted loudly from the invisible collision; Ichirou's efforts affectively stopped the danger.

He turned to the kids, "You five need to head home. It's far too dangerous for you to be out here."

"Wow, who are you? You just stopped that whole sand storm with a wave of your arms." One said astonished. They all looked at him amazed.

Ichirou sweat dropped, "My name is Reddo, but that does not matter, you five need to go home, now. This battle is between very dangerous Shinobi." Perhaps this would be a good way to get word out about us. He started to usher the kids towards the entrance Gaara and him rather dramatically exited while saying, "I am a member of a group called Chuukaibutsu, now run home." He snapped his fingers casting a genjutsu so the kids would not see the dead bodies not buried by Gaara's sand. A tragedy the two Akatsuki had left in their wake from the mole Gaara had killed.

A chakra signature made itself known to Ichirou as he got the kids on there feet. Gaara may just need my help, Ichirou thought while watching the kids run back to the entrance. He turned and faced the dust that was in the form of a mushroom cloud surrounding where Sasori had been.

He quickly body flickered himself back to where Gaara was and commented on the state of things, "I take it you didn't get him."

"This would be the puppet of the Third Kazekage that Hagiwashi and you mentioned," Gaara responded ignoring the mild tease from Ichirou.

"We best be on guard, he was not said to be the strongest Kazekage for just whipping up sand." Ichirou teased.

Another thing Gaara, albeit in an inverted way, liked about Ichirou was his audacity, "I can manipulate more than just sand. Don't make me remind you."

The sand settled and around where Sasori had been was a dark grey globe. It broke away to reveal Sasori still in his puppet Hiruko, and a feral looking former Kazekage floating just above him. He wasted no time in his movements and manipulated the Third to rush his iron sand at the two of them.

Ichirou flickered away as Gaara lifted his arms, "Pesky third." Gaara spoke as he realized the third was holding down all the other sand. His gourd sand quickly appeared from a seal on the back of his neck forming a globe around him. The iron cube smashed into his sphere with such force it sent him skidding across the sand impossibly fast all the way back to the walls of Suna and crashing deep into the thick structure. A fissure appeared up the wall almost instantly as the ball of sand blasted back almost instantly pummeling the iron sand back into the Third. A short distance before his special sand made contact Gaara appeared out of the back of the sphere and once more he tried to manipulate all the sand around the puppet of the third again as his special sand recollected around him. Despite the struggling state of the third he still could not lift the sand. "Hagiwashi said that that puppet of his can manipulate many kinds of earth, he was just famous for iron. Okay let's turn the earth against him."

oOoOo

Ichirou was dodging Sasori's poisoned tail with decent ease, but could not find an opening to smash Hiruko, Sasori was a true master of control. He chanced a quick glance at Gaara and saw the motions he was making, Staying off the ground then. Oh such a rare affinity in this part of the world and only Chuukaibutsu knows. Ichirou smirked as he body flickered back to Gaara.

"So your going to make this rather quick?" Ichirou asked rhetorically, standing behind Gaara in a position ready to jump.

"I have paper work to do remember," Gaara answered. "You interrogate him after I am gone."

The iron sand was reforming by the puppet to build up momentum again as Gaara raised his hands sending thousands of needles of his chakra enforced sand to litter the surrounding landscape. The iron sand began to rush him again and Ichirou jumped as high as he could to avoid what was to come.

"Lightning Burial." Gaara whispered.

Beams of lightning littered the landscape touching every needle of sand that protruded from the desert. The rushing iron sand shattered under the powerful beams of energy, Sasori attempted to body flicker away, but was caught in the lighting not a moment after he vanished, his puppet Hiruko blasting apart, as well as the Third Kazekage.

All of Suna saw an incredible display of white flashes from the west of the city along with loud snaps and cracks as the energy singed its way across the landscape. The lighting died down a moment later as Gaara stood waiting for a moment. Ichirou appeared near the form of an unconscious body and waved to Gaara. The Kazekage simply turned around and started walking back to the village. Now to complete enough work to counter the time I am going to be away, Gaara thought.

oOoOo

That same evening in the ANBU ROOT base Danzou was finishing instructing some of his subordinates on a mission. Standing in the middle of their main chamber where the only light in the entire structure was lit he spoke his last words. "You must not fail me, if a war is to start before the exams Tsunadai's position will be up for debate and we will have our chance to guide this village in the right direction and eradicate some of our biggest enemies. For the sake of the Leaf you must succeed in this mission." The three Root members before him stood with a salute.

The temperature of the room suddenly doubled as though a thick heat wave had just washed over them. It was joined by an ominous smothering chakra. The three ninja were standing alert before their master the moment it struck. Danzou himself was poised for attack all their backs to one another.

"Time to take back what you stole Danzou." A deep voice vibrated throughout the chamber. Knowing what the voice was talking about Danzou moved to remove the bandages cover his right eye, however before he even managed to lift his hand three claws had torn through the bandage and plucked the eye right out it's socket. It happened so fast all he saw was a golden-yellow flash.

"Ahhhh! Spread! Now! Find him!" He yelled clutching his wound. However turning around he noticed all three of his subordinate's heads were missing. The bodies were still tense and poised for attack.

"Who the hell are you?" Danzou demanded as he unwrapped his right arm.

"More surprises for me Danzou? You shouldn't have." The voice again seemed to be coming from everywhere. Just like before Danzou did not get the chance to finish unwrapping his arm before it too was missing.

"Can't have you ruining what is not yours to ruin Danzou. Thank you for the gifts, I know a few people who will be delighted to have them back." The figure walked out of the darkness garbed in a golden cloak. Ten golden tails swayed behind him as furred ears poked out the hood of his cloak. He was holding Danzou's arm in one hand and inspecting the eye in the other with a Katana gently held between his pinkie and ring finger.

"What are you?"

Naruto lowered his hood. "Ten times the monster you ever thought I would be." Danzou's face was struck with surprise as Naruto once again vanished. A small vortex of intense heat and chakra surrounded Danzou, moments later there was nothing left but a pile of ash and dust. Naruto himself gone from the scene without a trace.

oOoOo

Two weeks later...

"Why is it that we get stuck tying up some loose end?" Sasuke questioned under his golden hood as his brother and him journeyed to the Heaven Bridge.

"Because, Kurama thought it was in good humor that we kill the one who seeks our power, also the snake is capable of a few things we would like to eradicate from this world. And most important is that everyone else is busy." Itachi replied in his calm demeanor.

"I think Perv should be the one doing this, he used to be the snake's best friend. We hardly have anything to do with Orochimaru. And I wouldn't call Perv's research, 'being busy'." Sasuke argued.

"Don't underestimate him and regardless, the leader of Chuukaibutsu requested that we get rid of the snake. Suna and Reddo's efforts acquired us with an opportunity and we must not waste it. Remember no overuse of your eyes, we don't want either of them knowing who we are. Now transform into Sasori, we are nearly there." Itachi directed as he drifted towards the side of the path and vanished into the forest.

Sasuke performed the simple Justu and saw the bridge come into view. Let's hope the snake followed Sasori's supposed rat. That way I can see what the creep may have been able to teach me. The strange puppet Hiruko waddled slowly towards the bridge. Wind gently blew a few leaves around the ground as Sasuke made it to the bridge, Here we go.

A leaf drifting on a gentle breeze impaired part of Sasuke's vision, it was enough time for Kabuto to appear standing in the middle of the bridge with his arms crossed. He used his right index finger to adjust his glasses and spoke calmly, "It has been a while Lord Sasori, I have much to tell."

Sasuke simply stopped walking and set into motion the plan he and Itachi had created. "Well, what have you learned from your time with the snake?"

"A fair amou–" Kabuto was cut of as a kunai came flying out of the woods. He summersaulted across the wooden boards to position himself next to the fake Sasori affectively dodging the projectile.

"Kukukuku," A familiar creepy laugh travelled from the woods over the wind. "To think that my most loyal accomplice would turn out to be a spy." Orochimaru appeared from the woods casually.

At that moment Kabuto used his chakra enforced scalpel tool to smash open the fake wooden puppet. Sasuke gently glided out of the smoke created from the disguise vanishing, his golden hood hiding his face.

Kabuto and Orochimaru did not show any surprise on their faces. "Has Akatsuki decided on a new look?" Orochimaru asked.

"I am not a member of that group. I am Iguru, of Chuukaibutsu and I am here to eradicate you." Sasuke said monotonously.

"Humor me, boy." Orochimaru said. Sasuke could see his chakra flowing into the bridge with his sharingan, he had no doubt it was some morbid or gruesome technique based on its aura. With a flare of chakra and a whispered jutsu, a three blades of intense flames, cut the bridge in half and at both ends. Sasuke's attention remained on the pair, as the flames vanished into the sky. A loud creaking noise met their ears as the bridge began to descend.

To stop my chakra and perform multiple techniques at once on the scale he has, I wouldn't be surprised if Kabuto and I have bitten off more than we can chew at the moment. This will have to be taken care of quickly before my health catches up with me. Orochimaru thought and with a simple nod, Kabuto understood the situation and what needed to be done.

The bridge began to accelerate downwards and staying on the wooden surface required a little chakra. Pulling a long katana from the depths of his cloak in the blink of an eye, Sasuke fired off a forked bolt of lightning at the two. It happened so quickly Kabuto didn't have time to escape the shock, however Orochimaru managed to turn into mud before being hit. Kabuto's smoking form began to ascend above the heavier falling bridge, a clear sign he was unconscious. Sasuke soon saw Itachi grab Kabuto's form and vanish back up the cliff.

"Great now I have to deal with this guy on my own." Sasuke groaned as he turned back to face the Snake Sannin whose chakra signature had sunk into the walls of the fissure. All around him the walls seemed to pulse with chakra as he descending into darkness before torrents of snakes began to slither out of the stone blocking out what the thinning ribbon of light. Running is he?

Blasting away many of the snakes with a massive ball of fire he latched onto the opposite wall of Orichimaru's signature. Pinching his thumb and index finger together Sasuke blew out a thin jet of blue flames that blasted into the wall. Such intense heat melted a long tunnel lightening fast towards the Snake Sannin. For roughly three kilometers a tunnel had been formed before Sasuke felt he had made contact with Orochimaru. That was easy, perhaps a little too easy.

Launching off with a powerful burst of chakra Sasuke vanished down the tunnel and away from the remaining torrent of snakes. He positioned his sword to impale the smoking figure at the end of the tunnel as he glided down it. Electricity crackling to life across his blade he made contact a moment later. The only light in the long narrow tunnel aside from the smoldering earth was from his glowing blue blade, which revealed the form of Orochimaru, slumped over with Sasuke's katana poking out his back.

"Kukuku, I'm an earth element my boy. I'm constantly grounded thus your lightning won't work on me." The still figure whispered.

"Then try this." Another pinch of his finger and a thinner blue jet of flames sliced singed off the top of Orochimaru's head. Sasuke watched with a brief flash of his sharingan as the chakra faded from the dying body.

Success I guess. I truly thought he would have been a bit tougher to defeat. Sasuke thought as he retracted his sword and began to walk back to the entrance he had created.

Almost too fast for his eyes to comprehend a powerful chakra presence made itself known in the form of a sword extending towards him. He barely dodged in time still managing to get a deep cut on the side of his neck through his cloak revealing a strange scare where his cursed seal used to be. The blade remained still as it continued to extend. It grinded against his blade sending a litter of sparks lighting up the cave as it continued to feed down the tunnel. Properly bracing it almost too late he was thrust up against the side of the tunnel, receiving a few burns from the still molten earth. Pushing off the wall and flipping over the blade he was followed and pushed almost pushed back into the other wall. On his feet with much better bearings he pushed against the long blade enforcing his stance with chakra. Risking one hand to perform another fire technique as he held the blade, he managed to let off a massive fire ball in the direction of the assailant. Before he could see the fruits of his labor however the pressure being applied to his katana was suddenly released. The long blade began to wave around frantically.

Sasuke decided he needed to get out from under ground. Dodging the blade as it began to tear apart the cave, he managed to make it to the exit with only a few scrapes. The blade was tearing apart the earth and deforming a good portion of the massive fissure he was in. Jumping off the parallel wall as he exited he blasted himself back to a stable ledge. Once back on solid ground he began running towards the chakra signature.

His footing however again was disrupted as the sword emerged from the ground and slammed back down repeatedly in random places. Churning the ground and forest like batter. "This guy is persistent." Sasuke stated as Itachi appeared beside him as he managed to find ground that was not being disturbed.

"That would be because he can't die and you cut his head in half. He's a like the reptile he summons, his nerves are still twitching just without an intelligent guide. Kudos for getting him, but you

failed to do it cleanly. Once again I shall clean up your mess." Itachi replied with a slight smirk as they continued to travel towards where the creature that was Orochimaru remained underground.

"What did you do with Kabuto?" Sasuke asked.

"Let's just say he may potentially be more dangerous than Orochimaru and I had to use methods more severe than I had hoped."

"Ahh so I'm not the only one who managed to screw up." Sasuke replied.

"I did not screw up, I just underestimated him a little bit. Now let's focus on dealing with him."

"Tell me Kabuto knows who you are." Sasuke said.

Itachi simply glanced at him from under his hood then sped up his pace as they rounded on the area where all the chaos was originating. Landing on a tree shortly followed by Sasuke,

Itachi pinched his finger together and let loose a beam of fire causing much of the torn up landscape to be cast into the massive fissure where all the chaos has started. Focusing his beam of fire he continued to cut into the earth until he reached the flailing form beneath all the rubble.

"We must find some way of restraining him." Sasuke put in.

Another wave of Itachi's hands and the large crater began to erupt water from various places. Before long a small lake was before them while the long blade of the grass sword continued to decimate the landscape.

"He is no longer grounded Sasuke."
Taking his katana Sasuke pointed it at the lake and focused a

considerable amount of chakra into a beam of lightning and shocked the body of water. The beam lasted for about fifteen seconds before it died down. The long sword stopped flailing the moment the beam had struck the water and simply jerked about as the beam continued its onslaught, now that the surge was finished however it remained still. Sasuke panted slightly after he replaced his katana in its blade.

"Overdoing it a bit there?" Itachi questioned.

"He's one of the Legendary Sannin, there is no such thing as overdoing it with people of his caliber even if they are in ill health." Sasuke replied glancing down where a deformed looking body was held up by the grass blade. "You can head back I'll take care of the Snake." Itachi put in.

Sasuke disappeared into the shadow of a tree as Itachi jumped down to the still form of Orochimaru.

oOoOo

In a cave deep in the mountain Kyuubi was originally birthed from stood Gaara waiting in anticipation. He was here to receive the same extraction three of the present Jinchuuriki had. He was relieved however in reading Kyuubi's letter before his battle with Sasori that Kyuubi knew of a way to do it without killing the container.

The cave if it could be called that was one of the most beautiful places Gaara had ever seen. Surprisingly large at least one-hundred meters in height and even longer in an almond shape with the point being where he had entered. It was about as wide as it was high. A path of flat green under-lit crystal like ovals varying in size and proportions levitated by some unseen force lead the way to the center of the chamber. The center where the path lead was a shallow pool glowing a soft white that. It gently cascaded evenly around its identical almond shape into pools stair-casing in random size and shapes down and away from the middle of the spectacle. They faded into an endless blur deeper and deeper into the ground all lit varying cool colors none white like the top. Stalactites littered the ceiling more lengthy in the center fading in length as the reached the curved walls. What little of the ceiling that could be seen between the structures seemed to glow a soft violet green and blue much like the varying pools. All in all it was a serene and calming place ethereal.

In a flash of pure crimson fire Kyuubi appeared next to Gaara. Despite his entrance Gaara remained amazed by the sight before him.

"It is quite breath taking isn't it." Kyuubi stated.

Gaara could only nod as Kyuubi continued. "This is where I gave birth, an incredibly sacred place. Those pools are said to feed all the oceans, rivers, lakes and springs of the world. How this exists below the largest volcano in the world is beyond me. But according to some legends from the first ages of the world this place is under seven of the worlds greatest volcanoes and exists outside the realm of earth. Needless to say do you think you are ready Gaara?" Kyuubi asked.

"I feel anxious but I will not back away. I must ask what will happen to me? You did not mention anything other than that fact that I will not be killed." Gaara responded still gazing.

"I will remove the spirit of the beast from you. The chakra and essence of the demon will merge with your being. You will no longer be human. Sad as that may be it is the only way for me to reclaim the part of my soul that exists within you with out killing you. The solitude of immortality, a lust and appetite for blood, and some physical traits are what await. It is not all bad though, there are more of us tame demons in the world now then there have ever been. The three tails, four tails, and five tails along with Ichirou, Naruto and I as well as our child will stand with you through the ages. Unlike us vulpine you will be able to hide your traits much easier. If you need more time to contemplated I can leave and return. A few minutes outside of hear is a few hours inside. Do you accept these terms?" Kyuubi's eyes had a bright glow to them in a darker setting as they gazed into Gaara's teal ones.

His brows were furrowed with confusion for a moment, but then a look of determination washed over him. "I wish to make whole my dear friend Kyuubi. I accept these terms." Gaara answered.

"Then let us begin, please follow me." Kyuubi instructed as he made his way along the floating path of crystals. Red chakra began to wisp around Kyuubi more and more intensely as they got closer to the center of the room. A similar phenomenon happened to Gaara but in the form of a golden and violet chakra. When they made it to the ivory pool it seemed like a raging storm of chakra was swirling around each of them. They both used chakra to remain on the surface of the water.

"Lay down in the water on your back. Your head at the end we entered from. Relax yourself and let the water hold you afloat." Kyuubi said.

Gaara did as instructed, the moment part of his body was below the surface chakra raging around him stopped and formed a soft calm glow all over his body. The water was deep enough to completely cover him while laying down however it kept him evenly and comfortably submerged only partially. Kyuubi then follow suit placing his feet where Gaara's were and laid down in the opposite direction of him. Unlike Gaara's chakra however Kyuubi's danced about more calmly but stretched across the entirety of the chamber. A force made their feet stick together abruptly and the glowing energy began to ripple across Gaara's body trying to escape. A strong tug pulled on his entire being followed by pain. The sensation grew to an excruciating level unlike anything Gaara had ever felt before. Cracks crept their way up from his feet across his skin until they completely covered his body. Blood leaked out from all of them filling the pool casting a red glow around the two. Gaara's eye stretched wide as he lost the ability to move. They sclera darkened and soon transformed into the eyes of the Ichibi, his canines bled and grew into fangs. His ears tapered up into the form of the Tanuki's. His fingernails grew into claws and as well as his toes. A grey, black and beige striped tail tore it's way from his spine unfurling in the shallow water. Finally a purple and gold liquid bled from all the cracks along his skin and leapt up out of the water and formed into a sphere. All the blood in the water seeped back into the cracks and they all closed up almost immediately. The purple and gold glow around him leapt up and surrounded the ball. The pain was gone almost instantly while his being was flooded with a myriad of new sensations.

Laying stunned in the waiter as he tried to comprehend everything around him he saw a fox jumped with it's mouth gaping open and engulf the floating ball of energy. The moment the fox's jaw closed around the ball and powerful burst of chakra pulses through the room.

The fox transformed back into the humanoid form of Kyuubi before landing. His eyes were lit with a lavender glow before fading back into the well know crimson.

"Welcome to the life of demons Gaara, master of the Tanuki."

oOoOo

"Tsunadai this is really unorthodox, why did you insist on this. Do you have any idea how offended some of the other villages are. You could potentially start a war over something like this. And one of our elders has just disappeared; Danzou. Now yes few my have

liked the man, but he has played an integral part in the security of Konoha. We don't have anyone to fill his place." Shizune questioned somewhat desperately.

"They will have to suck it up. Orochimaru infiltrated Sand during the last chuunin exams and he attempted to destroy the Leaf Village and our peace treaty with sand. The entire event was a sham and did not produce any true results. Even though Konoha holding them twice in a row offends many I have the majority support from the other nations given what happened. And if someone does try to start a war again Konoha has a bit of a surprise. As for Danzou I have an elite team investigating the matter." Tsunade replied sternly while she looked out over the city seeing the streets somewhat packed with foreign ninja. Little did Shizune know that Danzou's disappearance was no accident.

"There are going to be four jinchuuriki attending these ceremonies. We are basically inviting the Akatsuki to come and atta-"

"ENOUGH! The decision has already been made; Konoha will hold the chuunin exams again. Besides almost seventy-five percent of the ninjas trying out are already here along with their jounin instructors and three other Kages. It's too late to call it off."

"What are we going to do if we are attacked?" Shizune questioned defeated.

"Give them a battle they will not soon forget."

oOoOo

A young spiky orange haired boy looking to be around the age of thirteen had his red clad legs dangling over the edge of a cliff. A scroll laid across his lap seemed to consume all his attention. If not for the black tipped equally orange fox ears twitching in different directions and the orange white tipped tail swaying gently behind him one would think him to be a simple boy studying. Eyes an unusual emerald with a slit pupil scanned the contents of the scroll as faint furrows of concentration marred his forehead.

A voice so faint only the boy possessing the ears could hear it, whispered, "Higitsune it's time."

Looking up from his reading, ears slightly twitching the boy rolled up his scroll stashing it in a back pocket he suddenly jumped from the cliff. He closed his eyes as he accelerated down faster and faster; an expression of pure bliss on his face joined by a heart-warming smile. Until his eyes opened and simple manipulation of the air below him with a pulling motion of his hands and arms he slowed his force and gently landed next to the fox temple where his parents were waiting for him.

"Are we finally going to visit the leaf village?" The boy asked all excited.

"Naruto and I are just figuring out how were are going to get our teams enrolled without drawing to much attention. We're claiming to come from the hidden shadow village or the hidden demon village with a special family technique like the Uchiha, Hyuuga, Inuzuka or Aburame clans. We need him and Ichirou to perform a special transformation technique to appear around the same age as you even though you're technically only three. Don't worry okay we will both be there to protect you if anything is to go awry. I'll be the jounin instructor. We will have another couple teams enter. Nagato is going to be using three of his paths as a team with Konan as the instructor and then we will have Itachi, Sasuke and someone they are going to be on the hunt for as soon as I give them the details. Nagato's god path will be their jounin. Aside from wanting to know when we depart does that settle your curiosity." Said an adult looking Kyuubi his nine reddish orange tails lying behind him gently being brushed by a smirking Naruto.

"Sorry that he got more of my personality than he did yours my fox." Naruto teased Kyuubi. "Don't you ever lose that spark of energy even in battle its a defining feature of our lineage, Higitsune."

"I certainly won't and I'm glad I did, cause the formalities are a little over bearing sometimes from your better half." The young boy responded as he jumped over the water features and landed softly settling into Kyuubi's lap.

"Sorry that I like to inspire a sense of charm and class in everything I do. If you only learn from 'mister blow everything away and ask questions later' you'll be hard pressed to find a mate interested in your rash behavior." Kyuubi responded stroking his son's head gently with his claws.

"That didn't seem to stop you." Higitsune responded.

Naruto snickered behind them again moving on to the next tail with the brush.

"Our situation was a little different, it was kind of forced as I have explained. But do not doubt the love I have for your father ever, I know him better than anyone ever will." Kyuubi said.

"Yeah because you keep reading my mind, when are you going to teach me how to block you?" Naruto huffed.

"Awe you don't like me knowing everything thing on your mind all the time? I may tell you, I may not. I'm still deciding whether I should."

"You've been deciding for THREE YEARS!"

Higitsune sweet dropped at his parents' antics and made an effort to intervene before something got destroyed. "You said it's time but we aren't leaving yet, what was the reason you called me down?"

"Ichirou is here to help us perform the special henge and run through the plan. Plus I think Itachi and Sasuke are close. So we may leave tonight," answered Kyuubi.

Just as mentioned Ichirou emerged from the stone crevice leading up to the house. "I think I've found what we are looking for, funny enough it was something our father was studying. It's a kind of a seal and will last about six weeks so we should be perfectly fine. Don't worry Higitsune even though you're quite young you're very capable and both your father and I will be there and there's little in this world that could a pose a threat to us. Granted it will probably show up at this big event." He spoke walking across the stone slabs towards the temple.

"Okay everyone needs to stop assuming I'm so worried, I think it's just you guys that are worried. I'm excited to meet other people for once and test my skills against people that aren't completely beyond me." Higitsune stood up abruptly shoving a fist in the air.

"Totally more of me." Naruto whispered. "What was that?" Ichirou asked.

"Ahh well, Kurama and I have been having a little wager going about who is more present in Higitsune. So far I've scored two and he's still at zero."

"I did not take part in any wager, you made that up." Kyuubi twisted around giving Naruto a minor glare. Flattening his ears with a sheepish grin as though in trouble Naruto mumbled an apology.

Ichirou just ignored whatever was going on between the two, "Okay well anyway, I suggest we perform them now so we can leave as soon as possible. I just saw a messenger bird fly over so we should expect them to be here very soon along with the rest of the gang apparently. Intel we've acquired tells of movement in

Akatsuki somewhat unsettling and Tsunadai has requested us as soon as possible."

Ichirou pulled out a scroll seemingly from nowhere and rolled it out gently on the stone before Kyuubi, Naruto and Higitsune. "Now this is a seal from our mother's clan, quite famous for it's seals as you know. This is one that was used during a civil war at one point where two leaders were trying to influence the youth. This was used to infiltrate and sabotage their efforts. It is untraceable to any sensory including the Hyuugas and Uchiha. It also alters the way your chakra is perceived by others, so we won't have to worry about our demonic energy giving away our presence. You simply need to write your name in blood in the seal barriers and for the next forty to fifty days depending on how long the seal is willing to contain your appearance it shall remain hidden in this scroll." He explained.

Naruto looked over the intricate symbols on the scroll marveling at the detail. He wasn't anywhere near where his brother and Jaraiya were in terms of sealing theory but he understood enough to know it was a very powerful scroll designed to manage unusual chakras. Ichirou interrupted his gaze, "You ready?"

It was a slight tease, but before Ichirou could do anything Naruto's name was on the scroll. A pale green light emitted from the scroll and Naruto's name then it seemed to cover the boy. I wonder if there would be a way to seal away my ears so that we don't have to wear the scarf and be hasty about our appearance in front of others. Naruto pondered as the light began to fade.

"So reckless, I wasn't finished explaining everything yet."

"Then why did you ask if I was ready?" A now pre-pubescent looking Naruto responded.

"Well it appears as though you managed what I was hoping to explain anyway. In the process of transforming you must have

wondered if it could hide your ears as well, granted you forgot about your tails. You can place your hand on the scroll over your name and have it hide those as well. Another cool fact is it will allow you to transform back of your own free will. Whether it be just the ears and tails or your entire appearance, but only once so don't do it unless it's very necessary."

Naruto placed his hand back on the scroll and thought of the tails vanishing. As well as the tapered ears from wearing the scarf and the trademark markings on his face. There was a slight jolt of pain through his ears and face as he thought of the last two. He removed his hand from the seal and felt his ears. "I guess it will only do as much as the scarf will, but as least it will last much longer."

Ichirou soon followed and after the same calm green glow Kyuubi could confidently say it looked as though he had birthed triplets.

"I have a scroll for the two of you as well, though I won't focus on age just your physical appearance. So the ears and tails can be hidden like Naruto and I." He jostled around in his robes now over sized robes a bit to find it. "Now if only I could remember where I put it. Ahh here it is." He rolled it out on the floor before them right next to the other one.

"Same deal but you must think about what you want to hide, the age was something preset in the other scroll this one is of your own making."

Kyuubi and Higitsune both wrote their names and soon there were four somewhat human looking individuals sitting under the fox shrine.

"So now what?" Higistune asked excited.

"We're headed to Konoha." Naruto stated standing up animatedly and knocking over a bottle of sake. Kurama face palmed as their son joined Naruto in a silly dance.

"Poor Kyuubi." Ichirou stated.

oOoOo

"Do you see anything Sasuke?" Itachi asked facing away from Sasuke.

"I'm tired of getting stuck on these stupid missions with you. You barely talk, and every time shit hits the fan you disappear." Sasuke was once again complaining.

"Keep your guard up Sasuke, we are not visiting someone I can take care of easily. This person has to hide because of what they are capable of. We desperately need their help and our family is not on the greatest of terms with him." Itachi replied cooly.

"Then why the hell would we be sent to try and recruit him?"

"Because we're some of the only people in the world that can actually see him."

"This is a Sharingan thing? Is he family?" Sasuke stated a little stiffly.

"Yes."

Before them in beautiful view from a cliff they stood on and still a few dozen kilometers ahead of them was an enormous mountain. It wound and narrow up into a large puff of clouds. Strange and enormous types of trees could be seen weaving around each other up the mountain with huge canopies of foliage. Similar agriculture surrounded the entire spectacle, lining the edge of the cliff. The sun was bright and with so much greenery around a lime like hue was cast over everything. Below the cliff until the very base of the volcano however were thick mists swirling gently around the base.

A strong gust of wind blew both their cloaks, which were the only things that didn't seem to be affected by the green light. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and glanced into the mist. All he saw was a blended up mass of actively swirling water vaporized into mist.

"I don't see anyth...wait." Sasuke looked back to find his brother had disappeared once again.

He looked back over the landscape and jumped off the cliff with a frustrated sigh. Sailing through the air unknowing to what lay in the mist.

"cshhhhshh...Sasuke Legend says that this place is the home of the Storm Demon otherwise know as Raijin so be on your guard. Also know that this is the first time anyone has ever travelled to this land...chss. Be on gaurd Sasuke we don't know anything about this place. Out." By the time the message had finished Sasuke had finally fallen in the mist surprised that as he fell a different perspective was growing in his view.

The world seemed to be getting larger or rather an enormous and remarkably elaborate illusion was unraveling it's secrets before Sasuke. The moment he entered the mist though he could not see anything past his arms or legs and it was getting thicker. Alright let's see if this works. Sasuke thought as he made a few unique hand seals. Soon enough there was a powerful but thin jet of flames below each of his feet slowing his descent. The mist was so thick at this point that he could only see a glow in the direction of his feet as his chest and shoulders faded in the thickness.

He decided to continue his decent and see where it took him. For a surprising minute he just fell through blackness followed by the glow of his feet. Clarity surrounded him in a moment so fast he almost didn't realize. Coming to a stop in the air and lighting up a large wide flame he could see a dense ceiling of the mist not even fazed by the sudden heat.

Touching his talkie "cshhh...Itachi I've made it through the mist. Out."

He received no response as he glided in the direction of the volcano and towards the ground.

"cschhh Sasuke don't lose sight of the mist I have a bad feeling about the darkness down there. Out."

"What a coward." Sasuke stated to himself.

After a few moments of contemplation Sasuke decided to speed up his pace again confused as to why he hadn't found the base of the mountain yet. A unique looking landscape of massive rolling tube like stone twisted into itself vaguely came into view. He sent another jolt of chakra to his feet and sped up his pace to the structure. Deciding to start from the strange rock formation Sasuke landed on the hard surface surprise by the distance from the wall of mist and how large it turned out to be. He breathed in some air as his chakra was no longer sustaining his flight.

Looking up he jumped to the next ledge and was stabbed suddenly from the left so fast the following pillar shaped wall ending the incision but not the subsequent smack three inches later. As suddenly as it happened it stopped and he was flying through the air unconscious caught by Itachi and then vanishing.

oOoOo

It was a rather good question to ask what Jaraiya was up to in an enormous casino in a stormy Rain Village. Sitting at a table drunk with a bottle of Sake in one hand making silly movements. Next to him sat a plastered woman with a tall body and large breasts providing an angle to allow her almost brownish green hair their cascading facade off her chest. She too laughed so intensely you could see here body jiggle with each giggle. For Jaraiya had actually just won an enormous bet bankrupting seven of the worlds wealthiest crime lords.

The lad running the very VIP table was stunned with a dropped jaw. Shouts of outrage rang through the room and the owner seated to the other side of Jaraiya was unconscious. The Hermit's methods somewhat questionable if indeed it was all-just by chance as he claimed.

The commotion however came to a sudden end as a portion of the ceiling came crashing down with a body landing directly on the table. Itachi landed gently to the left of Jaraiya behind the woman, as everything else fell down on the computerized banking system his cloak billowing slightly in the chaos. In Jaraiya's hand his little digital account manager held all of the money the number he couldn't entirely read or remember.

"Nice win Jaraiya." Itachi said as all the other occupants of the room fell unconscious before his finished speaking the word 'nice'.

"We have a slight problem of unexpected magnitude. Raijin is not willing to let us pass and he has infected both of us with some chakra trace and something else I can't make sense of. Did we seriously not know that his much-guarded civilization was a floating moutain in a teleportation vortex birthing his very own storms. I also doubt it coincidence that he happens to be raging over the city where our enemy has set up shop." Itachi continued sounding somewhat impatient.

"Well I wouldn't be the one to know...hiccup, yes I'm a sage but I'm ha-hardly a master and the elder toadzz don't care to speak of such old thingzzz to us Shinobi. Kurama would be...hiccup...be a much better person for information an...and Jubi could easily get his attention." His speech was impaired but Itachi could interpret it.

"They are both here then?" Itachi asked.

"Kumo seems to be... hiccup...the only one that can keep up with Kurama'zz plans and even at that he doezzn't know a thouzzandth of what he does." He took another swig from his bottle.

"But Kumo relayed to me to come here and...hiccup...gamble to get some money because he hacked these accounts and this table. And something else about some bankrupt crime lords or whatever. And also that Jubi was going to relay a message to Raijin to let you get into contact with your dear old friend Shisui." He paused once again to drink some more.

"Also he said something about the massive dragon being able to cure some faults of your dojustu. Which is probably what your feeling. Some summoning should happen when it's all cleared up. Also we need to join the rest of gang in Konoha soon. Something strange is going to happen there." His hiccups were gone.

"But! I'm sure we can handle it, Jubi is our biggest secret and soon we'll have another one. Ohh look...there he is now." Jaraiya pointed to a golden figure ascending up into the storm through the hole in the ceiling.

oOoOo

Naruto was enjoying his time exploring the Hidden Rain Village waiting for the tell tale sign for him to make his move. He'd had some amazing dumplings and plenty of fun as he toured around. He was playing a game of ninja with some kids greatly enjoying being smaller again. He wanted to soak up as much of the experience as he could, seeing as he aged four years in one night. The kids were amazed by his antics and continued to ask him for tips on how to be a good ninja. He wore a hi-ate with the symbol for Shadow on it and said he was a traveling ninja.

However in the middle of his interrogation from the kids he noticed his cue. A golden cloaked figure was blasted downward form the storm into a nearby casino.

"I'm sorry you guys but I've gotta go, I think my team is gonna want me back now we're suppose to depart. Remember what I told you guys." He smiled at them and with a deep lunge he bolted himself up into the clouds, golden, orange and red chakra swirling around him as he ascended straight up into the clouds.

The kids stood shocked at the display and to anyone else paying attention it seemed as though a shooting star had just flown into the storm.

oOoOo

Naruto flew right out of the top of the clouds seeing the same view the two Uchiha had. Sending a pulse of chakra threw his feet he rocketed towards the impossibly large mountain. Covering an incredible amount of distance very quickly he stopped abruptly holding out his left hand as the same pillar like structure that struck Sasuke and Itachi looped out of the mist. It aimed to strike him but he stopped it with surprising ease. Gripping onto the structure and penetrating the surface with his claws he blasted himself away from the mountain. Dragging out hundreds and hundreds of meters of the scaled pillar. Dozens of loops suddenly appeared out of the mist all around him. They all seemed to hover and wiggle faintly as if poised to strike.

"CURIOUS I AM AS TO WHO POSSESSES THE MIGHT TO STALL MY MOMENTUM AND PUNCTURE MY SCALES." A voice louder and deeper than any sound Naruto had ever heard vibrated from all around him.

"I am the Jubi." Naruto stated calmly.

"IMPOSSIBLE! THE JUBI WAS A MASSIVE KITSUNE WITH NO CONTROL OVER HIS POWER. A BRILLIANT SAGE MOTHER SEALED HIM INSIDE HERSELF AND BIRTHED A CHILD WITH THE ABILITY TO TAME THE BEAST! WHEN SHE DIED HER SON SPLIT THE MONSTERS CHAKRA INTO NINE MONSTERS WHILE THEY WERE SEALED INSIDE HIM. YOU MUST CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD OF THE GREAT BIJUU?!" The voice roared.

"I am not the original Jubi and I did not come here to discuss my origins. I'm hear to discuss the role your student Shisui will play in the war that is brewing and to return some precious to him." Ten enormous tails of chakra emerged from the base of Naruto's spine just as the many loops of scaled pillars closed in on him. Each one was expertly swatted away with immense force by Naruto's tails as his other hand made a large swatting motion. A massive blast of golden orange chakra followed growing exponentially blowing away a huge mass of the thick heavy mist revealing more tangled loops of the creatures body.

"Show yourself Raijin I wish to speak with you."

"FINE!"

A maw large enough to devour a two story house shot out of the mist ready to swallow Naruto. Rows of enormous white teeth lined it with pinkish grey gums and tongue all leading to a pitch black throat. Intricate pearl white swirling whiskers could be seen floating around the intimidating sight and a main of massive white fur around the black lips and grey scaled outlining. Crossing kilometers in less than a second the jaw almost made it to Naruto before being smacked up into the sky by one of his chakra tails.

"Enough funny business Raijin." As the head continued to ascend a tail flicked out of the mist with a glowing orb of black energy, white lightning crackling around it. It was flung at Naruto with such velocity a loud whistling sound could be heard as it travelled many kilometers in second to connect with his form. With another swat of one of his tails the ball was tossed into the surrounding cliff. The moment it made contact with the earth it exploded send bolts of lightning littering the landscape for many kilometers as well as blasting away a large portion of the cliff. A massive storm cloud formed above it.

Seems I will have to subdue him. Naruto thought. Almost before he could react a thin jet of water was headed towards him from an arm or leg that formed out of the appendage he was holding. He blocked it with his arm causing it to split in two and travel to the edge of the cliff. cutting deep into the earth. One of his tails, swatted the arm twisted and aiming the jet at one of the many loops that tried once again to charge him. It struck the arm with it's force shaving off a few scales and pushing the offending appendage back a few hundred meters in both pain and recoil. Steam sizzled across Naruto's arm as it healed fromt he jet. That one was not so nice.

Naruto opened his mouth wide collecting black and clear blue chakra into an orb, setting his jaw a bit he condensed the mass of energy then blew unleashing the blast towards the mountain. It beamed its way across to the massive mountain in seconds cause an even more enormous explosion up the side of the mountain. The dragon was distraction trying to reach it in time and this was all Naruto needed to unleash as massive pulse of chakra that would paralyze it came into contact with.

The orb stretched the distance between the cliff and the mountain in seconds freezing the great demon. It washed through the mountain and soon filled the entire void the mountain floated on.

Naruto flash through fire to in front of the demon's head. "I'll fix what I destroyed Raijin. As the Jubi I can do as such please observe so you know I speak the truth." Turning around and facing where smoke was rising from the bulk of mountain he had destroyed. Naruto extended his hand palm open then pulled it back slowly closing his palm into a fist coming to a rest against his chest. As he did this the blast seemed to reverse itself, the smoke faded back into the land and the debris that had blown itself across the slope all drew back into the place it had once been. The beam of energy itself reappeared and zipped its way back into Naruto's other waiting hand. He promptly tossed it in his mouth and gave a big gulp.

Turning back to the frozen demon he started to speak again. "Now although I appeared as a child and compared to your age I still am, I'm under a special seal at the moment to hide my true appearance and alter how my chakra is felt by others. I do not wish to be your enemy nor do I ask for you to take part in any of the world's current events seeing as you like to mind your own business. What I am asking is to have your permission to allow my comrades to speak with Shisui and to give him this." He pulled out a clear sack from his jacket. It held a Sharingan eye in it's Mangekyou state.

"Stolen from Shisui by the Elder Danzou of Konoha days before the massacre of the Uchiha. Shisui faked his own death out of shame for giving into Danzou, I went and killed the man and wish to return this eye to it's rightful owner. I will only release you from this seal if you take on your humanoid form to speak with me." Naruto finished.

It's white main trailed into a beard along its jawline and above it's mouth not connected between the spot below it's two nostrils. Eyes as blue as the skye with four-point diamond like pupils gazed at him. It was an incredible creature of amazing power almost on par with the creature Naruto was. Stilled in the sunlight it's grey scales glittered a soft blue. Two massive horns extended from the two crowns of it's head. tapered ear just outside and below each. The gaze remain and anticipation grew for a few long moments.

"ONLY BECAUSE OF THE VALUE THAT EYE HOLDS TO MY STUDENT SHALL I ALLOW THIS WAKAI JUBI. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HOWEVER ONLY THOSE TWO UCHIHA I BLESSED."

Naruto released the seal. Instantly the body of the dragon burst into billions of little blue crystals that faded away into dust. Before Naruto with white yukata kimono embroidered with a dragon identical to the beast that was just before him stood a middle aged man. He had a white mustache and short white hair untamed just like his main had been. A long braid of hair extended down his back a dangled past his feet tied with a black rope studded with diamonds. He was barefoot and had claws much like Naruto on both his hands and feet. Two much smaller horns poked out of the peeks of his forehead and his ears were tapered. He possessed the eyes and his skin was a creamy grey hue, almost like a sick person but he appeared healthy. His lips were still black and two wings the same grey shimmering blue were folded behind his back. The poked above each of his collar bones about eight inches adding to his intimidating stature.

"I will send them back up. Take this and wait here for them to return. We shall speak again someday Raijin for now goodbye." And Naruto vanished in a flash of golden fire.

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Down in the casino Naruto appeared next to Jaraiya taking in the sight of Sasuke on the ground with Itachi hovering over him. "Geez did he have to be so rough with Sasuke?" He asked.

"He is the demon of rage Naruto." Itachi answered as Naruto knelt down next to him and lifted a hand of green energy and placed it on Sasuke's head.

Said boy instantly woke up and swatted Naruto's hand away. "Don't touch me dobe."

Naruto's brow twitched in agitation. "I just healed you and tamed that beast so you two could go meet your cousin. A little thanks would be nice."

Before more bickering could start Jaraiya intervened in his drunken stupor. "Good on you Naruto. How big was he?"

Standing up from the fallen Uchiha and walking over to Jaraiya as Itachi helped his brother up. "You should have seen it Pervy-Sage, he must have been a hundred kilometers long maybe more. All wrapped around his floating mountain." he was making animated arm movements.

The two soon got lost in a silly conversation about mythical beasts and how Naruto had fought Raijin. As the two Uchiha once again took to the skies.

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They appeared above the clouds. "I swear the idiot is gonna destroy an entire civilization one day." Sasuke commented noticing the massive whole in the cliff side.

"Actually that was me. He reversed what he destroyed as a noble demon should in territory not his own. Please follow me." The same man Naruto had spoken too appeared before them. He lifted his hand palm up and a path of clouds dense enough to walk on formed under their feet leading to the base of the mountain. Itachi and Sasuke were both relieved to have stable footing.

"A creature made of not only of earth but the stars as well is always a mighty foe. The Jubi as well as your friend Wakai Jubi are the only ones on earth, however there are six beasts like myself made purely of the earth's energy. The fact that something is happening to cause him to contact me is deeply concerning but for now we shall discuss your cousin. Shisui came here seeking inner peace with himself. Why is it that you need him to return to the shinobi world?"

"An extremely dangerous ninja from the beginning of the formation of the five great nations is planning to start another war. We are unaware of his end goal but we do know he is trying to harvest the bijuu and the powers of the sage of six paths. Four of the current Jinchuuriki will be attending Chuunin Exams in our home village Konoha in the coming weeks. As a current member of the group this Shinobi has employed I know that plans to personally make an appeared to capture those four. He also has an entire other team of shinobi that we do not know anything about planning to enroll in the exams. We hope to help Shisui find some closure and help us prevent the abduction of these Jinchuuriki." Sasuke answered.

"He has an entire other team employed of ninja of our class? Why haven't you mentioned this before?" Sasuke stammered out.

Ignoring his brother Itachi continued. "That ninja's name is Madara Uchiha a man we thought long dead, and an ancestor of ours. As the few remaining of our clan it is our responsibility to put an end to his vendetta against the world."

"This is troublesome indeed, that man could give me a decent headache if what has been spoken of him is true. How could he still be alive though? Those events took place well over a century ago."

"We believe he has somehow managed to imitate the anti-aging jutsu of the first hokage Hashirama and make himself immortal though he is week. I also have reason to believe he is using a pawn to play his role until he is full resurrected. It is difficult to determine what would be the best plan of action."

They made it to the base of the mountain and had begun to follow a staircase through the colossal trees. "I do hope it does not come to it that any of the other demons become involved in this. We have gone to great lengths to keep our existence secret, but with the birth of you ninja it has become an incredibly difficult task. I only agreed to Shisui training here because he never wanted to leave. He's a truly talented individual, he claimed you were a one of his closest friends and he admired your mentality." He spoke to Itachi.

"We were very close once yes, the circumstances that caused his departure and my actions were incredibly unfortunate. But many were saved at the cost of a few. I don't think he knows how essential his role was in keep Danzou out of gaining more power in Konoha and subsequently protecting the Wakai Jubi as you call him. Thanks to him we have a much better chance of preventing this war. Would be intrusive of me if we were to speed this up a bit? My brother and I are in a bit of a hurry."

Raijin stopped and lifted his hand again collecting another dense cloud before them. "Understandable. Before we do venture up to my temple I must warn you. Shisui is not entirely human anymore. A type of chakra I possess seems to resonate well with your Sharingan and prevents the eyes from dulling over time. There are other things the chakra causes that you can either accept or deny. I gave both of you this gift and hoped you would leave, I apologize for the struggle. Itachi I must say you are one of the fasted Ninja I have ever come across it was quite a struggle to nick you. You do not fall short of anything Shisui has mentioned. I do hope my chakra helps slow the progression of what ails you if not eradicates it." Raijin said then stepped onto the platform.

Itachi tensed slightly at the mention of his sickness, this reaction did not go unnoticed by Raijin. "You're sick too? Itachi just how many secrets are you keeping from me? I'm your brother I want to help you fight and stand against the evils of this world. I can't help you if I don't know anything that is going on? I certainly hope Kurama knows about this." Sasuke spoke a little stunned.

Itachi gave Raijin a minor glare. "Sasuke you have become an exceptional shinobi these past three years. You've regained the trust of Konoha and taking up your rightful place of power in the village. It was my hope that you would take my eyes when I passed, so you could rival Madara's Eternal Mangekyou. I did not wish to panic or make you worry. In my ventures I think Madara has been become aware of me knowing more then I let on, I scare him. Sometime in the past year I was poisoned, he had hoped it would kill me much quicker than it is to flush out my treason. Because I managed to evade the brunt of the poison, sadly not entirely it is taking much longer. I have been able to avoid suspicion because of this and gain the knowledge I have. I've had Tsunadai look into the matter and I've been given medical treatments to drastically slow down the process. I will not discuss this anymore." Itachi confirmed his brothers doubts and stepped onto the cloud.

Sasuke just looked at him somewhat stunned. He was hurt that his brother would not trust him with his own health or many other secrets for that matter. He wanted nothing more than to be close to his brother after all the years of hatred and confusion. The world had become a dangerous place far too quickly in his opinion and despite all his training he still felt he had an incredible amount of catching up to do. His brows were furrowed with contemplation before joining the two. He did not speak a word for the rest of the quick journey up.

They drifted up through the jungle that lined the slope seeing many water falls and streams along with strange creatures and exotic plants. It seemed to grow steeper and steeper as they continued to scale the mountain side. The straight pathway turned into stairs that began to zig-zag because of the intensity of the slope. The vegetation remained as unusual and colossal weaving around the path. Eventually after rising above a torrent of clouds they appeared at a landing then glided through a hundred more yards of jungle. Once they came to the opening there was a massive oasis like temple with many adjoining structures. It dipped into what seemed like an extinct volcano, the side the had travelled from rose to the right curving around until a point where a waterfall gushed out of the highest point of the mountain. To the left it curved down allowing the water to vanish over the edge, then it curved back up the in much the same manner as the side they were on albeit a tad steeper. The verdure was much more tame around the temple, the river seemed to pond underneath all of the structures leaving a few natural isles where large bonsai trees grew. They were incredibly beautiful, the color of the bark seemed to weave in and out of itself with various shades of brown ranging from blue to red. The leaves themselves where a normal green on the exterior of the canopy but everything underneath was a vibrate violet. The main temple had seven levels and was in the shape of a hexagon, each level giving way to a smaller one above. All the surrounded shrines and temples followed it's geometric footprint. All together the scene was serene and breathtaking.

The moment they were on solid ground Sasuke finally spoke. "Raijin I accept the Chakra."

In the blink of an eye the Storm Demon withdrew a short blue blade from his sleeve. He lunged to plunge it directly into Sasuke's chest; however at the last second Itachi was before him holding the small knife at bay. A strong gust was the result of the quick exchange. "You fool don't forfeit your humanity so easily. Please Raijin do not take my brother's words so seriously." They held their positions for a long moment. Itachi using much of his strength to hold the demon at bay. Glaring Sharingan blazing, ready to strike.

"Fine" He finally spoke releasing his hold. "Though you may reconsider when you see Shisui. For some reason you Uchiha take to my chakra very well. It could possibly cure you Itachi." He withdrew the blade back into his sleeve. "Follow me, but do not make haste. This is a place composed of calm it will lash out if you bring haste. Time is slower here then at the bottom of the mountain so we do not need to rush. Welcome to Arashi no Yama."

Sure enough true to Raijin's words as they stepped into tame oasis an energy washed over them. In moments they were before lead to the shrine that lay before the edge where the water disappeared. It was facing North and the late afternoon sun cast a golden glaze over the view that was as vast as the one from the Fox Shrine. As they approached they saw two figures under the temple both meditating. One they knew quite well despite his sealed appearance, the other seemed to have the same yet less dramatic traits of Raijin.

"Shisui who is this? How did he get hear without me knowing?" Raijin questioned calmly.

"You know him as Kurama. The once Jubi now mostly know as Kyuubi. He made his way up here during you're battle with his partner Naruto." Shisui answered not turning to face them.

"I apologize for the intrusion Raijin, but I must insist on mediating this meeting for the sake of Itachi and to a lesser extent Sasuke." Kyuubi spoke a moment later.

It came as quite a shock for the three new arrivals. They stood in silence for a few long moments before the two stood up. Almost two fast for Itachi to comprehend without his Sharingan Shisui was across the short distance between them embracing him. It was a tight hug with weighted emotion and it lingered blissfully between the two before Shisui pulled away holding Itachi at arms length taking in his appearance.

His left eye was covered by his hi-ate from Konoha and his hair black, but with a silver shine. Two small horns poked out just below his hairline on either side of his forehead and his ears were tapered. He had short claws where his fingernails would be and his smile revealed small fangs. His one eye held the Sharingon seemingly permanent though it had a fluid appearance with occasional flickers of silver between the trademark vermillion.

"I've missed you Itachi." He next turned to Sasuke and poked him in the forehead with two fingers in the same fashion Itachi would. "And you have grown to be a fine shinobi Sasuke. You're parents would be proud."

He turned back to Itachi. "Tell me how is Ichirou? Has he become become a fox demon as Kyuubi said? I was completely convinced of his death. It seems we elite shinobi of Konoha tend to fake our deaths on the regular. And his brother Naruto has he truly become a Jubi? I could feel the energies clashing, to think he could subdue my master Raijin. What an interesting day this has turned out to be." Shisui was flooded with questions. It had been years since he had contacted anyone from his past.

"We can discuss all this later." Kyuubi intervened. "First and foremost though, Naruto gave you something Raijin. Something that was stolen from Shisui." Kyuubi stated holding out his hand. Sure enough Raijin pulled out the small clear tote holding Shisui's right eye and handed it to Kyuubi.

"As a gift to you from Naruto and I. We would like to return you're right Sharingan eye, in the hopes that you will be willing to face the world once again and help us to prevent the coming days of darkness." He handed it to Shisui who was stunned silent. Then pulled out a bizarre kunai.

"Is that one of the Fourth Hokage's kunai?" Itachi and Shisui asked at the same time.

"Indeed it is, Naruto and I have been working exceedingly hard to master the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and adapt the seals into our very chakra. We have succeeded. Naruto is currently waiting just outside of Konoha because of our efforts. We have also managed to allow these Kunai to be keyed to certain people. This particular Kunai is for the Fifth Hokage well known to be the greatest healer of this age. She will come and transplant this eye for you personally if you will accept our invitation to partake in the Chuunin exams in Konoha on a fake Genine team with Sasuke and Itachi. The goal is to prevent Akatsuki from capturing the four Jinchuuriki that are attending and allow me to take back the parts of my soul that are sealed within them. I have found a way to allow them to keep their lives and the chakra of the beasts while I only take the soul." Sure enough true to his word he flared a bit of chakra into the Kunai and in an instant Tsunadai was before them.

"You're timing was as spot on as you mentioned Kurama." Tsunadai commended as she stood from her kneeling position.

"But as mentioned I only have about an hour or so here before I must return. The time difference will allow us to do this without anyone being the wiser." looking at Kyuubi.

She soon turned to face the other four. "It is a great honor to meet you Raijin." She gave him a slight bow. "And you as well Shisui. We have another surprise for the three of you if you are in agreeance. But first and foremost Shisui do you agree? We hold you to no contract other than helping protect our village for the coming weeks. Once that is over success or failure you are welcome to return here or do whatever you like."

Shisui was still stunned looking at the group of people before him. He had never thought of going back, he was ashamed that he had trusted Danzou. He felt he had betrayed his village by empowering the greedy and self-righteous councilmen. He took a long moment to contemplate the options laid before him. Gazing into everyones eyes, he felt pressure but not the kind of an uncomfortable sort. He felt they believed in him and sure enough one gesturing nod from Raijin was all it took.

"I accept."

"Let us get to it then. Please go and lie down on those matts over there and hand me the eye." Tsunadai instructed as she took his eye. She pulled out a scroll and undid a seal revealing a tray with few tubes of liquid and a couple instruments on it. "I am going to ask you to allow me to put you to sleep, this can be an incredibly uncomfortable sensation and I much prefer my patients to be docile."

He agreed with a nod of his follow by her casting the justu. His eye close and she grabbed thin curved tongs and lifted his hi-ate. What she found underneath was a perfectly spherical crystal unlike any she had ever seen before. Taking another pair of curved blunt tongs she removed the object with a wet squelching noise and deposited it on some cotton on the tray.

She then pulled out the eye from the sack and grabbed one of the tubes of liquid. She poured some out onto something akin to a spook and gently coated the eye then dabbed the string of central retina and optic nerve in the tube coating it evenly. She attached a small amount of green chakra to the very end and lowered it into the eye. With extreme control she controlled the chakra to pull the eye into the socket and have the end of the nerves attach to where it had once been. I small deal of rejuvenating chakra had to go to restore the life of the nerves but soon enough the eye came to life. The lid closed over it and she rubbed some salved from the other tube all around it.

All the while Itachi and Sasuke observed. Kyuubi and Raijin made their way to a more private area to speak. "Raijin I want to make this brief because I have elsewhere to be. I have in my employment a possessor of the Rinnegan. He is nowhere close to full mastery of it, but he is a formidable force. As has been mentioned to you Madara Uchiha is likely behind the attempts at the Jinchuuriki. I have managed to obtain four pieces of my split soul, three of them have been killed and drained of their chakra. I will regain my former strength from the nature of this land once I have obtained all eight. Not having my ninth boost of chakra will hinder whoever is trying to amass the bijuu. It is also unlikely he will obtain anymore, however the events that took place the night during my last sealing are very disturbing. A man who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan with very unusual abilities orchestrated everything and even then I believe him only to be a pawn in a larger plot. If Madara is the one behind all this and he seals all that chakra into himself combined with his former strength. He will be able to play on even ground with Naruto and I. But that is not all. The chambers of eternal water, the one under my mountain and yours and the other six no doubt have been glowing white if you have not noticed. In my ten thousand years I have seen this once and for only a few brief moments. It has allowed me to extract the parts of my soul freely and birthed new demons. How long have they been this way?"

Raijin looked at Kyuubi in understanding and yet with a hint of confusion. "Mine has been yes, it has been since you were sealed in that boy. Whatever gods were disturbed that night foresee something coming. It is what allowed me to give my chakra to Shisui just as it has allowed you to give your chakra the Jinchuuriki. I have not spoken to any of the other six and I do not know what they have been up to. You were the only one ever to travel the lands so openly and keep us connected. I may travel with my storm but never to their parts of the world. There is also much land between us that has never been explored. At least fifty times that of the great nations. Their could be entire civilizations we do not know about Kurama. Creatures and demons and strange beings running amuck." Raijin finished as he rested his arms on a railing a distance to the left of where Tsundai and the Uchihas were. He gazed at Kurama intensly.

Kyuubi looked away somewhat ashamed. "The god that was disturbed that night was the Shinigami. Minato Namikaze, Naruto's father used that cursed seal to take half of my chakra into the afterlife, something no human or demon has ever done before. He also used it to seal me inside of Naruto. The price was paid however. Minato's soul will remain in the belly of the Shinigami for all eternity. What would cause the Shinigami to allow the ponds the powers of a solar alignment for such an extended period of time?" Kurama asked leaning back on the railing.

"My best guess would be that he wishes to aid you and Naruto. You know there is one kind of soul that the Shinigami cannot accept and from the stories told of Minato he has the potential. As such the Shinigami may be working on a contract of some kind to release his soul and claim someone more deserving, but that can only be completed and signed by those directly involved in the events that took place that night. Naruto, Minato, whoever instigated everything and their leader and you." Raijin responded looking off into the distance.

"My chakra cannot remain there either. It's toxic even to the Shinigami, only those Uzumaki, Senju and Uchiha and to an extent the Hyuuga have managed some immunity to it. This was because they were all birthed from the Ridokou Sennin."

"And look at how much of a problem they have all become." Raijin teased. "One thing does boggle my mind though. How can Naruto be so tame with all that power? You were a raging monster of chaos before that Woman came and sealed you, then here sun split your soul apart."

"Blood is the answer to that. My blood sates Naruto, it's working so well that he needs it less and less. I believe there may come a time when we will exchange blood purely for pleasure rather than necessity. Our blood has merged and subsequently his blood and chakra latched onto his older brother and converted him all on it's own. Truly some wondrous events have taken place." Kurama turned around and stared off into space as well; his expression deep in thought.

"You know why I came here though. I need you to abuse your ability to alter time here and train Sasuke and Itachi. Try to convince them to accept your chakra. Naruto managed to claim more Sharingan from that man Danzou, all of which possess the Mangekyou and more intriguing Izanagi. I'm not completely convinced of this or anything." Kyuubi said with a heavy tone of importance. "My wondering intellect has lead me to some interesting conclusions. These eyes were all created from different individuals that died in the massacre. I know them to be natural because if it was Danzou they would all be the same. That begs the question as to who possessed them, how were they defeated so easily and how did Danzou know who possessed them. Understanding his politics and how he lead ROOT members he probably could have brainwashed three Uchiha into doing something horrific to obtain them. And also considering that Danzou had done a great deal to enrage the Uchiha to attempt a Coup he could have had this planned all along. One thing I am certain of is that he is gone and it's a very good thing to. Though I would have liked to interrogate him to know more my better half got a little to excited." Kyuubi explained his theories giving Raijin a moment to let that all sink in.

He then looked at the Storm demon with conviction. "Now as horrific as many would think the events that surround this are, it has granted us an incredible opportunity. We could have three Uchiha that possess the eternal Mangekyou fighting to create peace in this world. Madara or whoever is behind this would not likely see that coming let alone Naruto and myself or the betrayal of his Rinnagan user. Naruto's brother has also become even more formidable since he joined our blood. It almost seems like we have all the cards in our favor, but I still feel a storm coming. Whether it can be weathered or not I do not know. That is why I ask you to train these two. Try to make the next week six months or so. I'm confident Itachi and Shinsui could cast an illusion on Sasuke powerful enough and traumatic enough to awaked his Mangekyou."

"You never cease to amaze me Kurama. I will do this, but not for you." From a demon to one of another species; agreeing to do something personally asked, could grant that demon unknown power over you. Raijin would always take Kurama's guidance, but do it for his own reasons that was they could avoid conflict. "I will do it for the same reason you are amassing all these shinobi and because Shinsui has taken a place in my heart these last eight years. These tortured Uchiha deserve closure. It still amazes me to no end how week a human can be and how powerful they can become. The Sage of Six Paths and his family were legendary along with many of his descendants. I do wish this world still had the Hashirama fellow, or one like him. The things he could do and the kindness he demonstrated touched all six of us Kurama even though he did not even know we existed. I'm sorry you were a pawn used against him." Raijin once again gazed across the vast landscape before them.

Kurama smiled a knowing smile as he retook his gaze. "There are many like him right now. Itachi embodies many of his ideals and as you have noticed is an incredibly fierce shinobi I still cannot comprehend everything his is capable of. And someone even more like him; my Naruto. The things that boy...no...man has done with the power I berthed him. Mastery and innovation of his father's techniques. Practicing the arts of a sage and converting his chakra from a poisonous, toxic inferno to the marvels of nature chakra. He has managed even the abilities of Hashirama though not quite as refined yet. He has exceeded me in so many ways. I don't like to think of the unknowns that could happen when I am whole again Raijin. I was born of chaos I don't know if I will be able to control myself. I can already feel the parts of my soul in turmoil. I only hope Naruto can sate me the way I have him. Though even if I turn into a beast once again I will have it so I'm am sealed inside Naruto. He is the only person I would trust with my power considering what has done with his own. The being we would be as one, I cannot even fathom." Kurama put his hand on Raijin's shoulder a little roughly getting the other demons attention.

"That is all, I may never see you again. Please have them ready for war. Goodbye Raijin." Kyuubi disappeared momentarily and reappeared beside Tsunadai who was admiring her handy work after giving Shinsui some tips about adjusting to having his eye back.

Kurama unsealed a white sack from a scroll and laid it down before the three Uchiha. "You will discuss the contents of this bag with Raijin and use this Kunai to contact Tsundai if you decide it is what you want." He spoke handing the Kunai he used to summon the Godiame to Itachi. And then in an instant they were gone leaving three somewhat confused Uchiha gazing at the sac that held Danzou's right arm.

Raijin walked in front of them and picked up the sac. "I'll be watching this until I see you all fit enough to understand what it holds. I have a feeling you may already know Itachi and if so please do not disclose it to them. Whether you accept it or not Kurama has asked me to train you in the same ways I have trained Shinsui. Sasuke there is much you will gain from this experience and Itachi much refinement. Shinsui despite what I have taught you Itachi still exceeds your skill. I will have you play off each other to learn and master the ways of a dragon sage."

"I'm correct in assuming that you are capable of manipulating the time around this mountain." Itachi put in.

"Quit right Itachi. This next week shall be six months to the four of us. What Kurama and you have told me is quit disturbing. Old Ninja were far more powerful than they are today, and if Madara does plan to resurface it is in your best interests to learn all you can from me."

"Why do we have to rush all of this with a time manipulating jutsu? Why didn't we come here a year ago or two for that matter why has Kurama only decided now to have us come here?" Sasuke asked a tad irritated though an undertone of excitement laced his voice. Eager to learn from a myth of a demon.

"Because only the events I have felt in the world this past year have made me actually believe Kurama. I would not have accepted his words or you for that matter had he come here before these events. I am hovering over the rain village for a few reason. The surfacing of the Rinnegan is not something to be ignored. Also you should know foxes enjoy their tricks. I have never trusted that creature for how many times he has duped me or my brethren. Thought he was so much greater than us because of his power, then he went and got himself torn apart and now its the world's problem. Having said that I do respect him, for he has done a great deal to nourish this world but I do not trust him." Raijin responded.

"This should be fun. I'm looking forward to see how much both of you have grown." Shinsui said with calm anticipation.

"Let us see if we can get you lot on par with all these fox demons running amuck." Raijin smirked.