I am not ironknucklevash.

My name is Demonologist Isao i am a real life freind of Vash's.

At this moment in time vash will be unable to continue the fanfics that he tresured.

Unfortunatly due to a series of complications vash was later to have been found with damage to his temporal lobe. That has caused bouts of short term memory losss and a condition called Prosopagnosia which often gives him difficulty in recognizing peoples faces.

Vash was a good man he did his job, he never drank, never smoked, and never did drugs. he certainly did not deserve what happened to him. I hold hope that my friend will get better and maybe return to these stories. But as a favor to a childhood friend I'm going to pick up the keyboard and try to update them. I wont always have the time or energy. I have 3 kids and a wife to take care of so I wont promise when an update will come out. I looked through Vash's stories and his notes and I hope I emulated his style as best I could. He himself has given me all of the ides that he had for the little plot twists and story arcs he had in mind so the general setting of the stories will be the same but the minor things will have my personal touch and feel to it. That said I am not a professional writer I in fact have never written anything big at all since school and nothing creative so please bare with me.

I love you Vash thank you for everything and I hope to make stories that you will enjoy.

Demonologist Isao

Naruto's mindscape the Kyuubi's cage

Ino reached the end of the sewer and found herself in front of a large cage. The cage reached high into the sky and on the doors was the tattered remains of a seal, inside the cage was Naruto who seemed to be asleep. "Naruto!" she yelled as she rushed towards the cage, but just before reaching the doors a wall of fire erupted in front of her blocking the door from view as Ino was forced to jump back and shield herself from the torrent of fire.

From behind Ino was the splash of footsteps walking toward her, then she heard his voice it was deep dark and had a deadly tone to it but it was easily recognizable. "He wont wake, I have made sure of it." The voice said.

Ino turned around and her eyes widened in shock, in front of her stood naruto in his orange jumpsuit glory. "Naruto?" She asked as she looked at him. Naruto smiled and ino shivered, the smile was not Naruto's it was…..dark and unnatural. "Who are you your not…not." she said as she noticed the boys eyes, they were black with red glowing pupils. "Who…who are you?" She asked as her heartbeat quickened in fear.

The boy in front of her laughed, his laughter chilled ino to the bone and it reverberated all through the sewer echoing all around the terrified girl.

"The real naruto."

Chapter 6 Redemption

Ino stared at the red eyed Naruto with a hard look and scowled at him. "Sorry but there is no chance I'm going to believe that." Ino stated as she folded her arm's across her chest. "Do you honestly expect me to believe that you are the real Naruto?" She asked skeptically.

Naruto's grin grew sinister as he tilted his head slightly. "Whats the matter Ino-hime don't you recognize me?" He asked in a childish voice.

Ino's eyes grew cold. "Don't call me that." She snarled. "There is only one person allowed to call me that and ever since I remembered that my dad was a gigantic bastard that one person is Naruto." She declared as her scowl turned into a smirk. "The real Naruto, not some demonic delusion." she added with a smug grin.

Naruto's eyes danced in amusement as he sauntered slowly over to the blonde girl. "Oh I'm not some delusion princess. I'm not a figment of Naruto's imagination and I'm not a construct of some leftover fox chakra. No I'm the real deal." He said as he licked his lips. "Believe it." He said in a sinister tone.

Ino shivered slightly at the boys words. "Obviously that's not true, I might not have been a close friend of Naruto's in recent years but I know that he isn't some psycho looking asshole." She declared.

The boy chuckled slightly and moved closer to Ino who firmly stood her ground. "Why Ino-hime i'm hurt what makes you think I'm some kind of a psycho?" He asked innocently.

Ino rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips. "Besides the fact that you seem to sizing me up like some predator? How about the fact that Naruto would have stopped calling me Ino-hime the second I asked. Hes nice like that." She stated defiantly.

Naruto took one last step forward and stopped just short of the girl. "Well Ino-hime I can be nice. I can give you anything you want. I can give you all the money in the world. I can bring all of your enemies to their knees groveling for your forgiveness. I can give you the world and then you can be a queen. How does that sound." He said as he reached out to caress her cheek.

Ino smacked the hand away. "If you really want to give me what I want, you will open that cage and let the Naruto I know out." She said as her eyes narrowed.

The Naruto in front of her smirked and shook his head. "Alas that is one request that I cannot give you. I have been hiding for several years now slowly gaining the strength to take over. And there is no chance I'm handing it back over to sunshine over there." He said motioning over to the Naruto in the cage. "I have waited too long for this moment and I wont give it up." He stated. "Now be a good girl and leave my body, before things get worse." He said as fire erupted around them.

Ino shielded her face against the heat of the flames, once they subsided she put her hands down and glared at the opposing boy. "Not gonna happen I'm not leaving this body until he is back in control and I don't care if I have to fight you to do it." She stated as she jumped away and pulled out a kunai. "Naruto means too much for me to abandon him now!" She yelled.

Naruto's smile faded and a look of loathing replaced it. "Fine then have it your way." He stated as he raised his hand. "But nothing will keep me from my revenge." He punctuated as he brought his arm down.

Ino quickly dodged to the side as a ball of fire streaked down at where she stood last. She looked up as Naruto brought his arm up and the ground beneath her shook, she dived to right just in time as a large spike of metal shot up from the ground, she quickly rolled to her feet and began strafing around the boy, pulling her arm back she launched her kunai at the fake, she watched as the kunai bounced off an invisible force that surrounded Naruto. Quickly catching the kunai in mid air Naruto smirked as it changed shape and grew into a large hook sword. She grimaced slightly. "damn he has more control of his mind than I thought he would." She thought in a panic.

Naruto nodded his head. "Yes I do Ino-hime." He stated with a chuckle. "I spent my entire life in here testing the limits of what I could do. And now that I'm in control no one can beat me here." He said as he lightly tapped the hook blade on the ground. "Tell me Ino-hime did you know that me and team gai defeated one of the seven swordsmen of mist by the name of Raiga?" He asked innocently. "Well he had a nice trick where he could use his blade to create all kinds of electric attacks." He said as he brought the blade down and a wall of lightning streaked out of the blade and raced towards the girl.

Her eyes widened and she rolled to the side avoiding the bolt as she once again ran quickly in a circular motion around the boy. Naruto started cackling as he swung rapidly sending out wave after wave of lightning at the mind walker, but still Ino kept dodging the bolts as she continued to throw kunai towards the former jinchuriki. Naruto scoffed as the kunai's never reached him as they all suspended themselves in mid air in from of him and morphed into arrows. He raised his left hand and in a punching motion the arrows flew at high speeds towards the girl. Quickly channeling chakra into her feet she jumped high into the air let loose another salvo of kunai towards the boy. "Eat this!" she yelled as the kunai flew towards their target.

Naruto rolled his eyes and once again the kunai stopped in front of him. "You don't learn do you?" He asked in a mocking tone.

Ino landed and simply smiled. "Oh I do. I just wanted to know if you were oblivious as the real Naruto can be." She said as she raised her hand in a hand sign. "kai!" She yelled.

Naruto looked at her questioningly until he heard a hissing noise from the kunai he just caught.

BOOOOOOOM

The entire mindscape shook as the force of several explosions blew up into the fake Naruto's face. Ino smirked as she made to move to the cage that held her friend, but she stopped as she heard a slow sarcastic clap coming from the smokey crater that the explosion caused. As the smoke cleared it revealed the fake Naruto standing there unhurt as a cocoon of sand surrounded him. "Not bad princess not bad at all." He said as the sand whipped around him in a protective motion. "When will you learn that in here I am untouchable. I'm not some weak passing thought of that fool over there. I AM him. I am the embodiment of his rage, his desire, his vengeance and his deepest and most powerful emotions. He locked me away and hid me from himself but without me there is no Naruto." He declared as Ino looked on in shock. "You made a good attempt but as I said in here I am king." He said as he brought his arm forward. "Now then, Sand coffin!" he yelled as the sand rushed towards the shocked girl quickly encasing her before she could react. "This is your last chance to leave this body princess." He stated in a bored tone. "I suggest you take the opportunity." He said with a smirk.

Ino glared defiantly at the boy. "Go to hell I'm not abandoning him! I'll set him free you bas-" She yelled but was interrupted as the sand holding her covered her face and completely cocooned her.

The fake shook his head and glared at the ball of sand. "You had your chance to be free. You had your chance to live the life I could give you." He snarled as the sand grew tighter around her. "But no you had to be stubborn, well guess what. I can be stubborn too." He stated as his fist began to clench. "Good bye princess." He said. "Sand Bur-" he began to yell but he attack was interrupted as the ball of sand exploded outward, knocking him to the ground.

From the explosion stood Ino her hair whipping around as her body glowed with energy he blue eyes shining bright as she glared at the shocked boy. Her face lit up in a bright smile. "This might be your domain you fake, but my family has been walking into enemy minds for centuries. Ever since I lost to sakura in her mind I have been working on my mind combat skills." She stated as she brought her hands up and several kunai materialized around her all pointing at the fake. "It is my job to kick your ass and bring my Naruto back!" She yelled as she barred her teeth and fire erupted from her eyes. "And I Promise you. I am going to do it!" she screamed.

The fake Naruto stood up and snarled at the girl as several bones erupted out of his back. "Don't make promises you cant keep, little girl." He growled out. He brought his hands forward and two blades of bone jetted out of his skin. His eye twitched as he glared at the blades that floated around the girl. "Damn whatever she did stopped me from altering her weapons." He angrily thought. "Fine ill just beat her without that control." He decided as he rushed forward.

Not giving him a chance to attack she shot the kunai forward and brought her hand forward releasing a ball of chakra from her hand that flew towards Naruto. The fake snarled as he had to deflect the blades with his swords and jumped out of the way as the ball of chakra hit the ground and exploded. Ino brought both of her arms up and waved them at the boy. "Your not getting away!" she yelled as several blades of chakra shot from her arms streaking across the floor carving the ground as they rushed towards the evil Naruto.

Snarling in rage the boy ducked and weaved between the blades and rushed toward the girl. "Damn you just DIE!" he screamed as he reached the girl and attempted to skewer her.

Ino brought her palm up and a bright shield of light materialized in front of her blocking the sword. "No chance." She stated coldly as a bolt of lightning shot from the shield and impacted the boys chest sending him flying across the room. "I'm not done!" she screamed as she shot her hands forward and ten beams of light shot from her fingertips. The light bounced across the ground in fluid arc motions as they chased after the launched boy.

Naruto in mid skid palmed the ground and bounced to his feet and crossed his arms in front of him. With a mighty roar a dome of energy erupted around him and destroyed the beams of energy. Glaring at the blonde girl he stomped his foot into the floor and a wave of spike erupted from the ground crashing towards her. She quickly took to the air as two glowing white bird wings erupted from her back, as she flew she swiped her hand in a slashing motion sending a wall of fire rushing towards the boy. Gritting his teeth the boy roared once more as two leathery black wings exploded from his back. "Fine we can take this to the skies!" He yelled as he soared into the sky avoiding the torrent of fire that tried to engulf him.

He shot forward like a bullet attempting to drive into the flying girl but she brought her hand up and shot another wave of fire at him. He scowled and crossed his arms in front of him and a layer of ice surrounded him allowing him to jet through the fire unscorched. As he exited the fire he rushed forward only to find that his opponent was gone. He jerked his head side to side looking for the blond girl, when a large boulder barreled into him from above sending him careening towards the ground. From above the boulder an invisible Ino appeared and brought her hand down onto the slab of rock "This is the end!" She yelled as the the rock transformed itself into a hulking mass of iron that wrapped itself around Naruto. The cocoon of metal glowed brightly as Ino drove her fist into the ball driving it to the ground with a large crash. Quickly bringing her hands into a hand sign she screamed "KAI!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The mindscape once more shook as an earth shattering blast exploded with the fake Naruto in the very middle of it. Floating to the ground panting with exhaustion Ino fell to hear knees gasping for breath. As she tried to catch her breath the sound of rubble moving caught her attention, she looked up and her face filled with dread as the fake Naruto clawed his way out from crater that he was in, he stood up from the crater his clothes partially destroyed as his eyes filled with loathing and hatred as he stomped towards the downed girl. "You bitch I told you I AM KING HERE!" he yelled as he move towards her. "No matter what you do this body is mine now, And there is nothing you can do to stop me." He declared as he stomped his foot down and several rolls of ninja wire shot from the ground beneath her and wrapped her up tight. He stopped in front of her and yanked her up to her feet. "NOW LEAVE!" He screamed in her face.

Tiredly Ino looked up at the boy. "You keep telling me to leave. You keep giving me chances to escape with my life." She stated as the boys face twitched slightly. "And now I know why you do it." She declared.

The fake scoffed and looked her in the eye. "Oh ya and why is that?" He asked.

Ino smiled. "Because you can't kill me." She stated simply.

Naruto's eyes widened and he snarled. "You cant be serious I could kill you at any time, with a snap of my fingers you would die a slow and painful death!" He yelled.

Ino continued to smile at the boy and shook her head. "That's exactly why you wont kill me because if you wanted me dead you would have done it by now." She stated and giggled tiredly. "If you wanted me dead then you could have simply willed my body to burst into flames or made my head explode. I may be able to fight in your mind but if you have the control in here like you say you do then I should have stood no chance against you if you really wanted me dead. Remember your the one that told me you were the embodiment of Naruto's anger, hatred and, His desires" she emphasized with a grin. "i guess Naruto's desire to protect me is stronger then his hatred." She said with a smirk.

The fake boy shook with rage as her words struck him deeply. "Screw you and DIE!" He yelled as he drove a sword towards her throat. As the blade approached Ino closed her eye's and waited to see if her gamble would pay off. After a few moments of agonizing silence she opened her eyes and looked open the dark Naruto. His breath was labored and his hand was shaking, but his blade had stopped just short of her neck. His breath deepened and he roared to the heavens. He threw the girl to the side as he pounded the ground in anger. "DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT. WHY WHY WHY." He screamed as he leveled a glare at the smirking girl on the ground. "Why does he have to care about you! Why dammit cant he just hate you? why cant he just want you to pay like everyone else!" He yelled. "WHY DAMNIT?" He screamed at her. "How can he forgive you so easily?" He asked out loud.

Ino concentrated for a moment and the bindings vanished. She stood and walked to the cage that held her friend. "It's sad to think that even you would forget about me." She said with a depressed tone. "And forget all the time we spent with grandmother Hana." She said.

The dark Naruto whipped his head around and glared at the Kunoichi.. "You lie! you were never around her! you never knew her!" He snarled.

Ino shook her head sadly. "it confused me for awhile but now I figured it out." She said with a smile as she held her hands together in a hand sign. "I gotta say my bastard of a father is a real piece of work, I cant wait to see him again in two years." She said as her smile darkened. She closed her eyes and slowly a bright blue energy surrounded her. As the glow brightened, deep in Naruto's mind the projection of a large seal was seen burning to a crisp. The glow faded and Ino let out a tired sigh and rubbed her temples. She then turned to the dark form of her friend. So remember anything now Naruto-kun?" She said with a smirk.

The dark Naruto's eyes widened as memories flooded back to him. His head rose and he zeroed in on the flower crown atop Ino's head. Breathlessly he spoke "Princess." He said in disbelief

Ino smiled and nodded and then turned back to the cage. "But you know even if we didn't have a past together you still would have lost." She told the dark boy. "Naruto is one of the kindest and sweetest people I know. And even when I doubted myself or hated myself for what I have ever done to him. I just remember Naruto's words to me. 'there is nothing to forgive because-". She said as she began to open the large cage.

"If you were sincere enough to apologize then you are already forgiven." Finished the real Naruto from the now opened cage. He moved forward and wrapped Ino in a hug. "Thank you for fighting so hard for me Ino-hime." He said with a proud smile.

The girl returned the hug and squeezed tight. "There is no way I could leave you behind Naruto-kun." She stated.

Naruto gave her a final squeeze and let go of her. Glaring at his evil half he moved towards the fake. The evil Naruto scowled at his other half. "What now? You gonna lock me up again? It wont work sooner or later I will get free and I will take over. you can't fight me forever you know." He stated with confidence.

Naruto shook his head. "No you wont ever get free, your a danger to my precious people and I wont allow you to ever gain control again." He said as chains wrapped around his dark half. "Now back to the shadows you bas-" He started to say but was stopped as Ino placed a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head to her and looked confused. "Ino why did you stop me?" he asked.

The girl shook her head and smiled at him. "Naruto you cant lock him up again." She stated. "He is right. he will get free eventually and he will take over." She explained.

Naruto scowled and crossed his arms. "Then what do you expect me to do?" he asked.

She smiled and willed the chains around the dark Naruto away. "Naruto he maybe be dark and dangerous. But he is also apart of you." She said poking him with her fingertip. "As bad as he is he is still you. Without him you will never be at peace you will always be a shell of what you can truly be." She explained gently.

Naruto furrowed his brow. "So what do I do than?" He asked her.

Ino rolled her eyes and pushed him towards his dark half. "You idiot, you know what you have to do, now hurry up and do it already so we can get out of here." She said impatiently as she put her hands on her hips and tapped her foot.

Naruto looked away from her and back to his double who had a look of apprehension on his face. Naruto glared at the dark half for a few moments then sighed and moved forward stopping in front of the double. He held out his hand to his dark half and smiled. "Your me and I'm you we are together in this for the long haul." He stated simply.

The dark Naruto looked down at the hand then back to his face. He looked over to the girl who was still tapping her foot impatiently. He scoffed at her and laughed. "Fine but I'm only doing it because she is really annoying and wouldn't shut up if I didn't." He shook his head and grabbed his doubles hand.

As the hands touched a bright glow surrounded the two as the merged into one. As the glow subsided the single Naruto let out a deep sigh. His body relaxed and his face had a look of peace on it. Smiling he turned to his friend and ran to her. "Ino-hime I did it I am finally at-" He began to stay but was interrupted by a fist impacting his skull and driving him into the ground. Bringing his head up and rubbing the welt that had formed he looked up to see and angry Ino. "Whoa Ino what did I do?" he questioned in fear.

Ino glared down at the boy. "That was for saying I was annoying." She declared as she crossed her arms.

Naruto's jaw dropped as he shook his head in belief. "But I didn't say that it was...me. Dammit" he swore as he realized he did actually say it.

Ino uncrossed her arms and laughed. "Heh you knucklehead." she said as she kissed his head and helped him get up. "Now if your done throwing a temper tantrum can we get out of here and stop the town from being set on fire?" She asked.

Naruto smiled. "Whatever you want princess." He snarked as he closed his eyes and willed them out of his mindscape.

Chapter end.

That was a lot harder then I thought it was going to be. But I did it and now its out I really hope you like it and don't mind the minor changes to the flow of the story. You will probably notice that this chapter is a little shorter then what vash usually does. This is because I don't trust myself to write really long chapters I'm afraid of dragging the plot and ruining the story so I'm going to stick to shorter chapters for now. On another note I guess that I can call the voting poll for the harry potter fanfic complete (yes I plan on picking that one up too as well as team seven).

And the winner is...

Pansy parkinson!

To be honest I was hoping for a more fun choice but what ever there really much of a contest we only got like 10 votes total and pansy won because she had 3 votes but that's how it is I wont promise when the next update will happen but I am working on it thank you for being patient.

Well that's it for me for now enjoy your reading.

Demonologist Isao