Akuma Sannin

And here it is! We finally get to see the first arc of the story come full circle, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting to write this chapter because this will also kick off the NEXT arc of the story. Also from now on Kiba will be paired with Isaribi, Sasuke will stay paired with Sakura and Ino. Oh! And FYI this chapter will start 2 weeks into the 7.5 month time skip that happened in the previous chapter, this way yall aren't lost.

Seven months till present day

Naruto was exhausted as he rested against a large pillar, after the House of Horrors that Ryuk had shown him he had hauled ass to the coordinates that Kurama had given him. Normally he wouldn't have minded if Kurama had remembered that not only is she rather paranoid, but that she had also rigged the entire den he was currently in with booby traps! After 36 hours of spamming Jashin only knows how many Shadow Clones he was finally done and could at last rest, looking over to the far side of the room he was in Naruto could see what appeared to be a pedestal with a very ornate and beautiful sword hilt on it. The hilt was elegant and curved forward ever so slightly, having studied Kenjutsu scrolls as well as under Hitome Naruto could easily appreciate the level of craftsmanship that went into its making.(Star Wars - Count Dooku's lightsaber)

"Come on Naruto!" said Kurama excitedly. Having spent the last two weeks waiting for this moment to say she was impatient was an understatement.

"*sigh* Hai, hai alright I'm getting up." Naruto groaned as he got back up to his feet. "So just what the hell is this thing anyways? It's not even a complete weapon." he said only to get hit upside the head by one of Kurama's tails.

"Baka! This IS a weapon, it's one of only two swords that were ever made this way." huffed Kurama as she jumped from Naruto's shoulder onto the pedestal, looking back she spoke. "Naruto, this is the Hinokami no Ken. The Sword of the Fire God, this was made by Kagutsuchi himself." she said shocking the Hanyou.

"N-Nani?! That means its on par with the Raijin no Ken right?!"

"Hai, it was given to me as a gift a long time ago and I've kept it since then. The Senju Clan always held the Raijin no Ken in their possession and by extension Konoha until recently, as you remember from the last meeting a traitor from Konoha defected to Rain with it."

"Hai I remember…..Aoi Rokusho right?" Naruto asked having never really been good with names.

"Yep, now are you going to take the sword or what?" responded Kurama.

"Yep." And without another word Naruto picked up the sword hilt to inspect it, marveling at its craftsmanship. As he did this he noticed that the weapon had almost no weight whatsoever, which was insane because a sword hilt of such design should weigh at least 5 pounds!

"Before you ask Naruto, no I don't know why it's so light and yes the Raijin no Ken is the same way." said Kurama breaking Naruto out of his reverie. "Now channel some chakra into it….and make sure not to drop it." she cautioned.

Doing as he was told Naruto let out a startled yelp as a deep crimson blade of pure Katon chakra shot out of the hilt of the handle, making sure to keep a firm grip on the handle Naruto took time to study it. The blade was a beautiful deep ruby red that glowed proudly causing the crimson light it gave off to reflect off the walls and fill the entire room, as he held the sword he noticed a soft hum that it was giving off. Giving the sword an experimental swing the humming sound responded, quickly growing louder before waning back to its original state. The blade itself was a straight, smooth, round beam that extended from the hilt of the handle to a surprising length of 33 inches, and was a solid 2 inches in diameter, making the blade as long as his 3 ancestral katanas. Looking over to his left he saw a large stalagmite jutting up from the ground, walking over to it Naruto lazily swung the Hinokami no Ken at it and was shocked by what happened. Expecting the blade to simply go a handful of inches into the large stalagmite the blade instead cut through it completely like it was never even there, warily looking at the ruby blade Naruto decided it was best to never fuck around with the weapon and use it only in dire circumstances. As he thought this he quickly shut off the flow of chakra running into the sword, being further surprised by the fact that the weapon only needed about the same amount of chakra required to walk on water.

Smiling he quickly hooked the Hinokami no Ken onto his belt on the right hip, walking over he quickly scooped up Kurama from the pedestal and started placing feather light kisses all over her face. The act shocking Kurama at first she then began to struggle in an attempt to get out of Naruto's grasp when he began tickling her ribs, causing her to start laughing.

"Ahahahah!...No...stop! Hehehehehehe...no more hahaha!" Kurama gasped out in between fits of laughter, in an act of desperation Kurama simply started swatting Naruto in the face with her paws repeatedly till he dropped her. Seeing her chance she put a little distance between them before smoothing out her fur, eyeing Naruto who had the biggest Cheshire Grin she had ever seen on his face.

"I see you like the gift…" she said devotely thankful that her rud fur was covering up the blush she knew she was sporting.

"Thanks Kyu-chan." Naruto said warmly unknowingly causing Kurama's blush to deepen. "I'll treasure it always."

"Well you better, that's not the kind of thing that can be replaced." Kurama responded before turning around and heading out the direction they came.

"No it isn't." Naruto said in agreement taking the Hinokami no Ken off of his belt to inspect it one last time before placing it back and catching up with Kurama.

"So where to now?" Kurama asked.

"Ame." answered Naruto causing Kurama to tense up as she walked.

"You're sure you can get through to him? Even after everything that I told you about the Rinnegan and what that...thing is?"

"I'm not sure at all." Naruto answered simply, gaining an incredulous look from the demoness. "We both know that he's probably too far gone if he's willing to use the corpse of the Juubi, but he's my family and he knows it. That may just be all I need to begin working on him and who knows, maybe I'll eventually be able to talk him out of whatever insane plans he has got going." Naruto explained. "And if not then at the very least I can play for time and become strong enough to stop him, and if I can stay inside the loop on Akatsuki movements while doing so then all the better." he finished grimly.

"And what of Orochimaru? All he would need to do is fuse and meld his soul with the statue, and then we'd ALL be fucked."

"True, but if he thought he could actually do that to begin with then he'd have done so by now." countered Naruto. "Besides that's a problem that's going to be on the backburner for quite some time, and if anything new pops up Ryuk will let us know immediately."

"I still don't like this." huffed Kurama. "Just be careful when you ask about his plans Naruto, you may have placed that Teleportation Seal here in my den but against someone with the Rinnegan…..we might not even have a chance to use it to escape if things go south."

" I know Kyu-chan, I know." Naruto said reasuredly. "But like I said on the way here if he has any bad designs in store for us then he wouldn't have let us go off by ourselves, which means that either he has no intentions of double crossing us-"

"Or he simply plans to do so at a much later date when everything else has been dealt with." cut in Kurama who was still not happy.

"Even that works in our favor baka, because in all scenarios we have time on our side, so please try not to worry so much okay? Besides I'm going to be grilling you about everything that you remember the Rinnegan is capable of on the way there, which reminds me we still need to go through all of those notes we copied from Orochimaru-teme's lab." Naruto said quickly trying to change the subject.

"Nice try baka but I'm going to ride your ass on this then entire way to Ame." Kurama growled, an almost smug look gracing her face as she heard Naruto groan.

Five months till present day

Naruto stepped off of the boat and onto the dock, pulling the hood of his cloak down more he was devotely thankful that he brought it with him. Looking around he let out a sigh of relief as he had finally made it to Ame, having chosen to take one of the ferries across the massive lake that surrounded Ame he was now standing on the main docks. And everywhere he looked he saw people busling and moving about in a city that was highly industrial, that was the second thing he had noticed before his ferry had even arrived. The first had been the nonstop torrential downpour of rain that he had been hammered with for the 2 days just walking to Ame, it was no wonder why every rogue shinobi from Ame that he'd met all wore the same type of clothing with constant rain like this. He had heard the stories from Kakuzu and Hitome of course, how the never ending rain was as much an elemental phenomenon as the endless mists of Kirigakure. He also heard how many of the villages shinobi could use the rain to their advantage with their Ninjutsu during combat, from using it to sense everything around them to turning the endless rain into senbon that rain down on their enemies. Now those stories had peaked his interest and even Kurama's as she had honestly never thought of doing something like that before, a fact that in Naruto's mind simply gave the village more props for its originality.

Looking towards what he assumed was the Amekage tower Naruto quickly began making his way there, easily blending in with the crowd like he had been taught he was soon just another face amongst the crowd. As he walked he thought of the two month journey that he had needed to take just to arrive here, it had taken a month at sea just to cross the ocean safely due to the Kiri Civil War affecting shipping routes. Chartering a ship from the northern port of Demon Country to go through the Kasumi Straight, and eventually making port in the Land of Hot Springs. Playing it safe Naruto and Kurama had traveled around Fire Country by going through Hotsprings, Rice, Iron Country, Waterfall, and finally Grass Country just to make it to Rain. In all that time Naruto and Kurama had ample time to pour over all of the notes that they had either copied or stolen from Orochimaru's lab, they had quickly learned the hard way to never read the notes on a full stomach. Everything that they had uncovered within that lab was vile and appalling in one form or another, but despite this both the Hanyou and the Demoness would readily admit that they had had the privilege of being inside the mind of a true genius. As sickening as it was for both of them to admit, they couldn't help but admire the man for his intellect as every single paper they went over was truly groundbreaking. Naruto had even had several Shadow Clones scour through all of the records and scrolls of his clan via the access his clan scroll gave him to the Great Library, but by the end of the long boat trip Naruto had concluded that Orochimaru had taken science to new heights in ways not even his clan had ever thought of. (Something he was thankful for)They had also learned many secrets that they knew would be invaluable in the future, like how the Snake Sannin had even created multiple Kinjutsu along with how to recreate them. One of which was a more advanced form of the Substitution Jutsu known as Body Replacement Jutsu, which allows the user to completely heal himself of any injury by…..basically vomiting out their own body like a snake shedding its skin.

That one in particular had Kurama's fur standing up on end for several minutes along with Naruto's, after getting over their initial revulsion they couldn't help marveling at the jutsu and its implications for battle. It was clear that Orochimaru's old teammate Tsunade must have been the inspiration for this jutsu, as it provided him with what was essentially the perfect method for healing himself. Even Orochimaru understood and respected the art of healing, probably from spending so much time with a woman who was basically unkillable. After pouring over the notes regarding the Body Replacement Jutsu Naruto was ecstatic to discover that it was a jutsu that he could learn, granted it was remarkably complex and would take him years to master but luckily time was something he had in spades. Another jutsu that they found was a Doton variant of the Shadow Clone Jutsu, where by creating a shadow clone with Doton chakra and some mud the clone was capable of reforming after being struck in a matter of seconds. The clone would then be able to continue fighting in battle, and simply continue to reform as many times as necessary till it ran out of chakra and dispersed. Naruto had been half tempted to give the Snake Sannin a huge hug the next time he met him for that jutsu alone. The next jutsu that they came across however had both of them freeze in fear as they read up on the jutsu and what it did, to the point where Naruto immediately summoned Ryuk so that he could see it for himself. It was a jutsu that would supposedly grant Orochimaru a form of immortality called Living Corpse Reincarnation, which allows the user to transfer their mind and soul into another person's body. A jutsu which can be used to completely escape death altogether by basically hopping from one host to another, and provided the user has a host powerful enough can live out entire lifetimes without ever truly aging or dying. To their relief Ryuk had simply told them that while it was close to what Orochimaru wanted and would basically fill his need to live forever, it was not true immortality which is something that only comes when ascending to godhood no matter the method used. Hearing this had caused Naruto and Kurama to release the breath they had been holding, especially as Ryuk pointed out from the notes that the jutsu wasn't even finished and was most likely years away from being completed.

With that in mind Naruto decided that he wouldn't relax while he made the journey to Ame, and so began making hundreds of Shadow Clones and sending them out to train and perfect his skills. By the time the ship he was on had mad port in Hotsprings Country Naruto had already mastered the Doton variant to the Shadow Clone Jutsu, along with managing to get most of the A Rank jutsus he knew down to a single hand sign. He had also began pouring over his clan's Fuinjutsu with Kurama on the ship, insisting that she learn everything she could about the art that way it no one could ever use it against her again. This reasoning had, much to his embarrassment, earned him getting glomped by the now Rottweiler sized fox demon who then proceeded to lick him all over his face. Something that Naruto knew was Kurama's way of kissing him and showing affection given the form she was currently stuck in, after fighting down a massive blush both had gotten to work studying the various seals and notes. They learned everything they possibly could, starting with the teleportation seal that Naruto had copied and placed onto one of the walls of Kurama's den back in Demon Country. After learning the ins and outs of the the jutsu both wound up face faulting when they discovered that their clan had created it solely for the purpose of getting from one floor of a house to the next, and had never even bothered to come up with a teleportation jutsu for combat. No, THAT honor went to Tobirama Senju who created the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, still the pair quickly learned many things as they poured over the Uzumaki Scrolls. Such as how Naruto's clan had a love for Fuinjutsu that led to them working it into almost every single facet of their lives, something that corroborated a few of the stories that Kakuzu had told him about the Uzumaki.

As they traveled through the lands surrounding Fire Country Naruto continued to make clones by the hundreds though never exceeding 500 at any given time, sending them out in large even groups spread out over miles. He had them practice and learn new Ninjutsu, various Kenjutsu techniques, chakra control exercises, anything that he could think of while at night he and Kurama would delve into his clan Fuinjutsu scrolls. After making it back into Iron Country Naruto was sorely tempted to visit Pai Mei and Chaha Velar, but ultimately decided against it as he needed to make it to Ame. After some debate he did however send a Shadow Clone out to create a teleportation seal in a cave a few days away from the Temple of the Sky.

The single greatest event that came on the trip to Ame however was when one of his Shadow Clones dispelled, causing him to freeze in his tracks as he sifted through the memories he got. Memories of a Konoha ANBU wearing a Mizuchi styled mask(look it up from the game Nioh), who had simply tossed the group of clones a scroll and shunshinned away in a vortex of electrified water. After the clone had read the contents of the scroll it then immediately dispelled as the other clones got back to work, what the scroll had said had left Naruto in a momentary state of shock. A state of shock that quickly came to an end as the Hanyou began to laugh, it started off as a slow chuckle before graduating into full blown maniacal laughter. Looking over to see a really weirded out Kurama the young Hanyou gave the demoness the good news, as it would turn out that just a few months ago Fugaku was discovered to be 'The Ghost'. And that not only was the man missing an arm, down one usable eye and on the run…...but that damn near the entire continent was looking for him! Going into further detail Naruto explained the what had happened between one of his Shadow Clones and a Konoha ANBU, and how the shinobi had simply tossed over a scroll explaining the situation regarding Fugaku in its entirety. Both shared a laugh as near the end the ANBU had been kind enough to leave a small postscript, stating how easy it was to find the Hanyou seeing how he was destroying hundreds of acres of forest every day with Shadow Clones.

Shaking his head Naruto let out a small chuckle at the memory as he climbed the steps to the Amekage Tower, stomping his feet as he walked in through the front entrance Naruto calmly pulled his hood down allowing his large fox ears to flop out. Looking around he say that the main floor was very well kept and looked like something you would find at a high end corporate building, walking up towards the main concierge desk he was stopped as he sensed a presence behind him. Turning around Naruto came face to face with Konan in her standard Akatsuki attire, who had one of the prettiest smiles he had ever seen.

"Hello Naruto-kun, it's been a while." Konan said gently as a genuine smile graced her features, somehow lighting up the entire room in Naruto's point of view.

"Konan-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed happily as he quickly hugged her before breaking away. "How've you been?" he asked curiously.

"I've been good, but perhaps we should continue this elsewhere." Konan answered gesturing to everyone else in the main lobby, who had all ground to a halt at seeing someone with the audacity to actually hug the Angel of Ame. Noticing that she was watching them they all quickly looked away and went back to what they were doing, taking the hint Naruto quickly nodded and followed Konan as she led him up a flight of stairs conversing as they walked.

"So i take it you've heard the news regarding Fugaku?" Naruto asked gaining an affirmative nod from Konan.

"Yes, our representative was quite surprised to find this out at the summit that was held at the request of the Hokage and the Fire Daimyo."

"Dibs."

"What?" Konan asked with a touch of incredulity making itself known in her voice.

"Dibs." Naruto answered simply. "As far as I'm concerned that motherfucker is mine and I don't intend to share him with anyone else."

"Right…..very well then I'll just let you tell that to all of the other bounty hunters that are looking for him, you may have to get in line though if you want your pound of flesh."

"I don't care how many people are looking for him, he's mine." Naruto responded growling on instinct near the end. As the two lapsed into silence they continued to walk for several more minutes before coming to a second lobby which had a single elevator, getting inside Naruto noted there was only two buttons to push that indicated 'Up' or 'Down'.

As Konan pushed the 'Up' button she spoke once more. "So are you nervous about meeting him?" she asked gaining a look from Naruto.

"Kinda…." he answered honestly before sighing. "He's probably the only family I have left that I'm even related to by blood, but I don't know what will come of it when we meet given how things are."

"What do you mean by that Naruto?" asked Konan who had some idea as to what the little Hanyou was getting at.

"Come on Konan-sensei don't play dumb, you're all criminals and I'm one of your targets." responded Naruto sadly. "We both know that from the very beginning the only real reason I'm even alive is because I'm a Hanyou and a Jinchuriki, I may not be the smartest around but it doesn't take a genius to figure that much out."

"You're right Naruto-kun, I'm sorry." responded Konan as she felt the weight of what they were truly doing with Naruto pile on her, just how many children would they wind up killing for their plans?

" Would you mind staying for when I talk to Pein? I have some things to tell you both and I'd rather not have to repeat it." asked Naruto.

"As you wish." replied Konan as the elevator came to a stop and the door opened to a large room, the room itself having large pillars to hold up the ceiling. The room itself was open to the elements, as the entire wall at the end of the room was gone and all that could be seen was a large balcony with a rail. Standing there by the rail watching the rain was a tall spiky haired man whom Naruto could tell was the leader just from the power coming off of him. Turning around the man walked towards them, as the light hit him Naruto saw that the man possessed orange hair and the Rinnegan eyes.

"Hello Naruto-kun, it's a pleasure to finally meet you face to face." Pein said as he held out his hand.

Frowning Naruto took the offered hand and shook, looking up into Pein's eyes. "I can't say the same." he responded getting a raised eyebrow from both Akatsuki members.

"Oh? And why is that?" Pein asked.

"Because you're not really here." replied Naruto. "I didn't travel for two months from a different continent just to talk to glorified puppet." He continued while lightly tapping his horns. "Ever since I got these things I've been able to sense chakra sources, and I can tell that the only chakra in that body is what's being transferred into it…...which is probably why you have all of those piercings." he said gaining mildly surprised looks from the normally stoic Akatsuki leaders.

"Well I must say that is certainly impressive of you Naruto-kun, no one has ever even come close to guessing that." said Konan at length as she lightly scratched behind Naruto's ears, gaining a small purr in response.

"Th-Thanks." Naruto responded before shaking his head to refocus, he could bug Konan for ear scratches later. "Look we have a lot to talk about Nagato, so can you please just take me to where you really are?" he asked a slight pleading making its way into his voice.

"Very well." Pein said at length, without another word he turned and started walking towards the wall behind what appeared to be a stone throne. As Pein neared the wall it automatically opened up before him revealing a hidden passage, looking behind he made a 'follow me' motion before disappearing into the dark passageway.

Quickly catching up Naruto soon fell in step behind Pein as they traveled in silence, after a few minutes they entered another large room filled with medical equipment, computers, and several large metal tubes. Naruto watched as Pein headed towards one of the metal tubes by the wall, pressing a button on the side it opened up and he climbed in allowing it to shut close around him.

As this happened Naruto heard an unfamiliar voice from the other side of the room call out to him. " Hello Naruto." Looking for the source of the voice Naruto saw what looked like in emaciated zombie of a man, in some form of a wooden mechanical wheelchair. The man was extremely pale and very gaunt, with noticeable bags under his eyes, dark red hair, and possessed the Rinnegan. Naruto also noticed that this man had large rods sticking out of his back, which were similar to the piercings all over Pein's face.

After taking some time to inspect the…...man before him Naruto responded. "What…..happened to you?" he asked not being able to stop himself.

"Life, or more specifically Konoha." Nagato answered at some length, an undertone of anger making itself known when mentioning the village of Naruto's birth. "You wanted to talk face-to-face, so let's talk one clansman to another."

"Sure thing but first I've got something to show you, something I think you'll appreciate." Doing a few hand signs Naruto quickly summoned the Clan scroll that he kept stored in the seal on his stomach, walking over to a nearby table he opened it up and quickly unsealed a smaller but still large scroll. Beckoning nagato over he opened up the scroll to reveal that it depicted their family tree.

" What were your parents names?" Naruto asked gently as he saw raw genuine emotion in Nagato's eyes.

"K...Kenshin…..and Kaoru Uzumaki." Nagato answered as he stared almost reverently at the scroll before him.

Quickly going through the names on the scroll Naruto found the two names within minutes, as they were some of the more recent entries near the front. Locating them Naruto and Nagato both noticed something unique, tracing the lineage of Nagato's parents they saw that they both shared a great grandfather named Toga Uzumaki. The man had two sons named Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, Sesshomaru who would go onto marry a woman named Rin and father Naruto's mother Kushina. While Inuyasha would marry two women named Kagome and Kikyo, but would only sire Nagato's mother Kaoru with Kagome due to Kikyo being incapable of having children. After almost 2 hours of reading and rereading the family tree as well as some other documents that Naruto had unsealed, Nagato only had one thing repeating throughout his mind.

"I have a little cousin….." he thought as he looked over to Naruto, without really thinking and going on pure impulse Nagato raised his hand towards Naruto. "Bansho Tennen" he said causing Naruto to be jerked through the air and into his grasp, surprised at what was happening he was floored however when instead of possibly being impaled he was wrapped up in a surprisingly powerful hug.

"Itoko(cousin)." Nagato murmured with fresh tears in his eyes as he let the surprised Hanyou go, looking over he noticed Konan had an uncharacteristically gobsmacked look on her face. "That's a good way to catch flies." he commented causing her to quickly shut her mouth.

"I can't remember the last time you actually made a joke Nagato-kun." Konan replied softly as she watched a spark of life return to her friend, a sight that almost made her cry.

"Nagato…...we need to talk." Naruto said gaining everyone's attention. "You can't go through with whatever it is you're planning, it needs to stop." he said jumping right into it.

The small smile on Nagato's face slowly faded as he listened to what his younger cousin had to say. "I don't expect you to understand yet Naruto-kun, but this is something that must be done if we're to bring peace to the world."

"Peace? How do you plan to do that?" Naruto asked incredulously, something that didn't go unnoticed by Nagato and Konan. After a brief pause where both Akatsuki shared a look, as if by some unspoken conversation Nagato finally answered.

"Our ultimate goal is to utilize the combined power of the tailed beasts to form a massive weapon, and then we will give it to the people of the world." Nagato answered slowly as he watched his little cousin carefully, seeing that Naruto wasn't going to say anything he continued. "People are the cause of all evil in this world, but they are also just as capable of unimaginably beautiful and compassionate acts. However that can only happen when people understand one another, and the single greatest way is through a shared pain."

"A shared pain?" Naruto asked confused.

"Yes, when people can properly empathize with others and understand one another's pain it brings them together. When we finally give the weapon we have created to the world, it will only be a matter of time before somebody uses it. The damage will be catastrophic and whoever survives will band together, and in time will rise up to take the weapon away and use it themselves." Nagato stated all the while keeping a close eye on Naruto. " And in doing so the cycle will continue over, and over again. Until finally everyone knows the same pain as everyone else, and then finally the world will be able to heal and prosper as those who are left rebuild."

Despite how ludicrous it had sounded Naruto tried his absolute best to keep an open mind as he listened to his cousin, he thought about what Nagato had said and could only come to one conclusion. "It's not going to work Nagato."

A look of amusement flashed across Nagato's face. "Oh yes it will Naruto-kun, we've been planning this for a long time and have a foolproof method."

"You mean by using the Gedo Mazo Statue…...right?" asked Naruto causing both Nagato and Konan to freeze. As this happened all traces of happiness or humor left their faces, replaced by shock, confusion, and eventually calming down as they composed themselves.

"Be careful Naruto-kun….." Kurama said from within the seal, she was sitting on the ground with her legs crossed. She had her hands in the sign for concentration as she kept her youki built up, so that way she could use the teleportation seal if they needed to escape.

"How…...How do you-" Konan tried to ask before Naruto interrupted her.

"Kurama." Naruto answered softly. "After that first meeting that I had with you and the others Kurama noticed the statue, as well as Nagato's Rinnegan." Noticing that both Akatsuki members had tensed up, Naruto decided to get control of the situation before things got out of hand. "Before either of you do something that we'll all regret….just listen to what I have to say."

Sharing a brief look with one another as if silently asking one another something, they eventually looked back to Naruto and nodded, giving a grateful smile he continued. "After I started traveling on my own Kurama told me what that thing was along with a lot of things about the Rinnegan, at this point there isn't anything about it that I don't know." he said to the shock of both Akatsuki.

"So that's how you knew…." Nagato spoke as he continued to piece things together.

"About your Six Paths Technique?...Yes….I'm a sensor so after talking to Kurama and doing some research I eventually had a good idea as to what to look for." Naruto confirmed. "Don't worry your secret's safe with me." he promised.

"Thank you Naruto." Nagato answered with a sigh, before something clicked in his mind. "Wait….you mentioned research….what research could you have possibly done on something as ancient as the Rinnegan? Without finding nothing but rumors and old stories?"

"Our clan of course." Naruto answered confusing Nagato and Konan. "Our clan is as ancient as the Uchiha and the Senju, after all they are our cousins." he said much to their shock.

"How?" asked Konan as Nagato was at a loss for words.

"The Sage of Six Paths was a man named Hagoromo Otsutsuki who had an older twin brother named Hamura. Hagoromo had two sons who would both respectively start the Senju and Uchiha Clans, while Hamura would have children of his own and sire the Uzumaki and Hyuuga Clans." Naruto said. "The thing is though that Hagoromo chose the younger son Asura to be his heir over his eldest Indra, this is what started the feud between the two clans that everyone knows so well. Meanwhile the Uzumaki and Hyuuga lived in relative peace, while only having to march to war whenever it was in defense of themselves or their allies."

"Sweet Kami." whispered Konan as she took in everything that was being said.

"But what does this have to do with your knowledge of the Gedo Mazo?" asked Nagato who was failing to see the connection.

"Because…..Hagoromo and Hamura are the ones who fought what that statue used to be." Naruto answered. "Before the Tailed Beasts there was Juubi, or the Ten Tails. It was a primordial god of pure destruction and creation that couldn't be controlled, couldn't be destroyed, and couldn't be beaten. So the Sage sealed it within himself becoming the first Jinchuriki ever-"

"He became it's Jinchuriki?!" gasped Konan and Nagato simultaneously.

"Yep."

"Good…." Nagato said with a faint smile as his mind began to go over countless possibilities. "If I fix my body and grow strong enough I could.."

"NOOOOO!" Naruto roared actually startling both Akatsuki. "Stop while you're ahead Nagato, that beast can't be controlled! The Sage of Six Paths was a god, he may have been mortal but he was still an actual GOD. And even he couldn't control it!" Naruto yelled for the first time visibly angry.

"But then how did he handle it hmm?" Nagato asked. "How did he manage to see to it that the Juubi would never attack mankind again after he was dead? And you still haven't told me how you know all of this." he said narrowing his eyes at the end, despite the bombshell revelations that the young Hanyou had told him he was still keeping a sharp mind.

"He split it up into 9 different beings and created the Bijuu themselves, he then took the corpse of the Juubi and sealed it off in the moon where it would be unreachable and forgotten ." Naruto answered his eyes unwavering as he looked Nagato dead in the eyes. "That's how….and to answer your question I used the clan library." Before any questions could be asked Naruto walked back over to the table, rolling up the scroll which held the Uzumaki Family Tree he then handed it over to Nagato. "Here….keep it. This way you'll have something to remind you of where you really come from." he said gently to his clansmen.

"Th-Thank you….Naruto-kun…" Nagato responded as he held onto the scroll while blinking away a few tears that threatened to escape. Holding onto the scroll tightly Nagato watched as his little cousin unrolled the massive clan scroll some more, as this happened Nagato saw that there was infinitely more to the scroll then met the eye. From the sheer quality of it which made it seem to be worth more than all the gold in the Elemental Nations, to the absolutely gorgeous calligraphy that covered every single possible blank space in such a way that it looked more like a work of art. Inspecting it further Nagato watched as Naruto began tapping certain Kanji symbols, causing the runes on the scroll to come alive and move on their own. It reminded Nagato of a computer screen almost, as Naruto tapped on one part only to cause the calligraphy to change again and again like a computer bringing up one page of information after the other. Eventually Naruto found whatever it was he was looking for as he did a few brief hand signs that neither Nagato or Konan had ever seen before, and with a puff of smoke an extremely old scroll came into view.

"This is more than just some fancy clan scroll with a bunch of powerful jutsus inside, this scroll contains all of the knowledge of our clan. It was made to be completely indestructible, capable of lasting forever." Naruto explained.

Carefully opening it Naruto beckoned both Akatsuki members to come closer as he revealed more of the scroll, and on it was something that made both of them freeze in shock as it showed first a painted image of two men standing before a massive beast. The beast towered over mountains, and possessed ten tails, a single blood red eye which appeared to be a combination of the Rinnegan and the Sharingan, and a large roaring maw filled with massive razor sharp teeth.

"This is the Juubi, it was so powerful that not even The Sage of Six Paths and his brother were enough to stop it, they couldn't even kill it as it was a primordial god." Naruto explained, rolling the scroll further they saw the next image which depicted Hagoromo taking the Juubi into himself. "And here is where he becomes the first Jinchuriki." Unrolling some more of the scroll which only had faded out kanji glyphs, they came to another image which showed Hagoromo first splitting the Juubi into 9 pieces before sealing away the now dead body into the moon. The final image showed something that made even Nagato gaze in wonder, as it was an image of the nine Bijuu being born.

"So it's true….." murmured Nagato as he looked over the scroll, his eyes being able to confirm that this was no trick of a genjutsu and was indeed real. It was so surreal for him to see such a massive piece of his own lineage be confirmed, he truly was related to an actual god. "And to think…..with these same eyes he brought this beast to heel, if he can do that then what could I do?" he wondered as his mind began to race a mile a minute with everything that Naruto had just shared and proven to him, for probably the first time in Nagato's life he was beginning to believe in destiny. Afterall he alone was the only person in thousands of years to awaken the Rinnegan, this merely meant that he would be the only person capable of becoming the Jinchuriki of the Juubi.

"Nagato?" a voiced asked causing the man to snap out of his thoughts, looking around he saw that it was Naruto that had spoken. "You spaced out there for a few minutes."

"Hai, I'm sorry Naruto-kun. I was merely thinking of everything that you've shown me, it's a lot to take in even for me." he replied honestly. "But you should know that this will not dissuade me from my goals, it has merely confirmed what I already believe." Nagato said his eyes filled with more determination than at any other point in his life. "I will go forward with my plans and I will achieve my goals, this scroll here simply means that they are all the more possible."

"What?!" Naruto asked in disbelief. "You can't possibly-"

"Yes I can Naruto-kun." Nagato interrupted firmly. "You're right….I am no god….not yet at least. Afterall I'm confined to a wheelchair, and let's face it I don't like my chances of winning the beauty pageant this year." he said with a ghost of a smile on his lips near the end. "But the fact remains that if the Sage of Six Paths could control the beast enough to become it's Jinchuriki, then maybe….just maybe I can too. Afterall I'm the only one to have ever unlocked the Rinnegan since the Sage himself, meaning I already have half of the requirements needed to pull it off. Just imagine what I could do with all of that power, there would be nothing stopping me from changing the world itself. No more endless bloodshed, no more wars, no more of this broken Shinobi System, no more crying orphans starving in the rain…" he said practically crying near the end. "Just peace…"

"Nagato…" Konan murmured as she rested a hand on his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him. Secretly however she did not like where this conversation was going, the plan they had carefully laid meant that they would fade into obscurity once the weapon was complete. They are supposed to change the world, not rule it.

"Itoko…..I don't know what hell it is you've gone through but….this just is not the way." Naruto said at length, having been caught off guard by the sheer raw emotion being put on display by his cousin. "Take it from me I would love to see the world change like that for the better, but the past is the past. Nothing will ever change what's happened, nothing will ever replace what was taken from me….but I can't let you do this." he said looking Nagato in the eyes.

Hearing this Nagato instinctively stiffened as did Konan, at this point neither wanted to hear what they knew was coming next. "Naruto….please don't make me your enemy, I won't stop even for you."

"I'm sorry Nagato, but I can't let you do that. Nothing is worth whatever price you'll have to pay to become that powerful." Naruto said with a sigh. "I don't want to be your enemy itoko, but if you leave me no choice I will stop you." he said with determination before his gaze softened. "Having said that…..I'd still like to have some kind of relationship with you. And who knows? Maybe I'll be able to talk some sense into you before we have to cross that bridge?"

Looking down Nagato could honestly say he was crushed by what he had heard, he didn't want to lose another family member let alone his only blood relative. Despite all of the things that he had done up till this point Nagato knew that if it came down to it, he would kill Naruto. And it would destroy him to do it as he would then truly be more alone than he had ever been, nevertheless he would still go through with it. As he thought this he replayed what Naruto had said to him, as he did he saw just what Naruto was trying to do.

"Yes, I would like that greatly." Nagato said with an honest smile as he looked back up to his cousin. "And maybe one day I'll convince you that I'm right, or perhaps we could…"

"Find a middle ground." Naruto finished with a smile, not being able to contain how happy he was at that moment. "In time I think we could do that, for now let's just get to know one another. I'd certainly like to know more about you and Konan."

"I'd like that as well." Nagato responded.

"As would I." Konan said with a soft smile, privately more than a little glad that things had developed as they had today.

Afterwards the three of them gathered the two scrolls that Naruto had unsealed and left to another part of the tower, having given both scrolls to Nagato for safekeeping Naruto had done something else for his cousin. He had given him not only the journal of the last Uzumaki Clan Head but several books and scrolls that detailed the history of their clan, which both Akatsuki had silently noted had been worn over from constant reading. Something that Naruto readily admitted to as he had read them all dozens of times either personally or having Shadow Clones do the reading for him while he slept, the three of them then spent the rest of the day talking to one another. Nagato and Konan told the young Hanyou about how their lives had been, how they had grown up there in Rain Country during the Second Shinobi War as homeless orphans. How they had lost everyone, about their life long friend named Yahiko who was the eldest of them and their leader, how the three of them eventually met their sensei Jiraiya. This definitely got Naruto's attention as he listened to them speak of an admittedly bizar and unbelievably perverted man, who was also one of the most powerful shinobi in the world. How the man had spent a few years training them into powerful ninjas before eventually being forced to leave. They told him of how they went ahead and tried their best to change Rain Country for the better which was incredibly war torn, how their goal was to bring peace to their home. With this Naruto learned of the true origins Akatsuki which was led by Yahiko, who's body Naruto had seen earlier being used like a puppet, Naruto also learned of what the Akatsuki back then was doing.

The Akatsuki under Yahiko had begun doing missions practically for free that most of Ame could not be bothered to do, from bringing relief and aid to people who needed it to clearing out bandit camps that littered the countryside. They also took to wiping out any foreign rogue shinobi that they came across usually just as they were crossing the border into their country, on top of all of this they did anything else that they could think of to make people's lives better. They had several members who specialized in both Doton and Suiton Ninjutsu who would redirect parts of rivers to run through farming lands and near villages, so that fresh water was better accessible. They elevated entire villages so that way water from the never ending rain could flow downhill from their villages, and be directed by stone aqueducts to large man made rivers and lakes. They eventually grew in numbers and began to make such a large difference in Rain Country, that they even gained the recognition of the Amekage Hanzo the Salamander himself.

From there however their story took a dramatic left turn as they told Naruto of the eventual betrayal and setup that they suffered at the hands of Hanzo and a man from Konoha named Danzo, how after all of their members had died fighting in the ambush that Konan had been captured. And Yahiko had agreed to sacrifice himself to Hanzo just so that he and Konan would be spared, only for Hanzo to once again betray them as he simply killed Yahiko the moment his guard was down and then attempted to do the same to them. Naruto listened as Nagato told how he snapped at that moment, and poured more chakra into his eyes than at any other time in his life. The result being the colossal Gedo Mazo Statue which he then directed to attack Hanzo and his forces, but in the ensuing fight Hanzo had retreated after his men had been killed and the statue had crushed Nagato's legs.

"Nagato…..I….." Naruto didn't know what to say, as he was at a loss for words.

" It's fine Naruto-kun, this was a long time ago." Nagato said kindly as he looked over to the clock on the wall noting the time. "Well I must say we've certainly been here longer than I thought, it's already one in the morning. How about we get some rest, there's some things I want to show you tomorrow. I also have a mission for you that I think you'll be interested in."

"Sounds great." Naruto replied with a yawn.

"Good, Konan can show you to your room for the night. Till then good night Naruto-kun." Nagato said before wheeling off to a different room.

After being taken to a bedroom that he could use for the night, Naruto quickly showered and got into bed. As he laid there staring up at the ceiling he quickly closed his eyes and let his mind drift, before long he was back in his mindscape with Kurama. Who was lying in the grass at the base of a large tree in her human form, approaching her he quickly snuggled up next to the demoness with his head lying on her lap.

"So what do you think?" Naruto asked as Kurama began to stroke his hair.

" I think you're stupid and reckless." she answered bluntly. "But I'm happy that things turned out the way that they did, it's almost exactly like you said."

"I can hardly believe it myself…." Naruto replied. "Still I know that we have to be careful, and that we're playing with fire."

"That's an understatement." Kurama snorted. "Naruto-kun, I don't want you taking any more chances like this ever again. Too many things could have gone wrong and…..I don't want anything to happen to you." she said at length.

Sitting up Naruto turned around to look the demoness in the eyes, seeing the worry there he hugged her. "I promise I won't do anything like that again, not till I know I'm ready anyways." he said before giving the demoness a light kiss on the cheek, something that caused the normally collected woman to blush. Not saying a word Naruto lied back down with his head resting on Kurama's lap, before long he had drifted to sleep. As he lay there Kurama couldn't help but lightly touch where Naruto had kissed her cheek, processing what had just happened. As it was the first time anyone had ever been that forward with her, in the millenia that she had been alive that had never happened before. And it was nothing more than a simple affectionate kiss on the cheek!

"Dammin Naruto-kun….why do you have to be so damn kind?!" she thought to herself as got lost in her own musings, all the while feeling something akin to a dull ache inside her chest.

The Next Morning

The next morning had come sooner than Naruto had thought, as he stretched in his bed he thought to the pleasurable night he just had. It was not often that he had any good dreams, which typically only happened when he was resting in his landscape with Kurama. But this dream had been different as instead of a dream it was more like a nightmare, he was back in that alley in Konoha. He was holding what looked like a slightly older version of that girl he had saved, Hinata he believed her name was. She was crying and sobbing into his chest seeking comfort, from what he couldn't figure out however all he knew was that he needed to help her. As Naruto got ready for the day brushing his teeth and eating a tray of food that had been brought to his door by a servant, he talked to Kurama to see if she could make sense of the dream. An avenue that proved fruitless as the demoness had no clue what to make of it either, deciding to put it on the backburner for later the young Hanyou left to meet up with Pein and Konan.

Upon entering the same large room that he had originally met Nagato when he was piloting Yahiko's body as Pein, Naruto saw the two Akatsuki were already there drinking coffee. "Morning guys." he called out to them as he walked over gaining a similar greeting in return.

"So how was your night? Did you sleep well?" asked Konan as she sipped from her cup.

"Damn good, that bed was easily the best I've ever slept on." he replied.

"Good, I'm glad." Konan said with a smile.

"As am I." Nagato said speaking up for the first time. "So tell me Naruto are you curious as to what mission I have in store for you?"

"Yep." Naruto answered as he sat down.

"Good, because your mission is going to be to go to Suna to gather intelligence on the state of the Ichibi Jinchuriki…...Gaara I believe is his name." said Nagato.

"Suna? Wait, don't you have Sasori somewhere in that area?" asked Naruto confused, as he knew for a fact any such mission involving Suna was best left to Sasori.

"Yes I do as a matter of fact." remarked Nagato amusedly. "He's currently in Wind Country as we speak where he maintains a permanent base deep within the desert, it's actually located in an area that even the local tribes rarely go to. I'm sending you there so that you can get some training in desert warfare, as well as some experience in intelligence gathering."

"Ohhhh ok, I get it now. By the way Nagato, there's something I want to talk about."

" Oh? And what would that be?" Nagato asked curiously.

" I want to start looking for places where I could rebuild the Uzumaki Clan." Naruto answered seriously.

Nagato was genuinely surprised when he heard this, as in fact it was something he had to not even considered till now. As he thought it over and what it would imply for the both of them as klansman, along with what it would mean for the Akatsuki. As this happened a small smile crept onto his face.

"My my, I must say I'm surprised that you Naruto." he said with a hint of mischief in his eyes.

"Huh?"

"Not even 11 years old and already you're planning to make moves on Konan, you certainly work fast." Nagato said teasingly causing Naruto to blush the same color as his hair, meanwhile Konan simply smiled.

"N-N-No that's n-not what I meant at-t all." Naruto stutter blush turned atomic.

"What?...What do you mean Naruto-kun? Am I'm not good enough for you? I thought we had something special." Konan said dramatically as she got in on the joke.

"Wait! Th-That's not what I meant at all!" Naruto cried out shaking his hands as sweat began to pour down his face, meanwhile inside of his mindscape he could hear Kurama rolling around on the ground laughing her ass off.

"Pwahahahahahahaha! Oh this is too much! HAHAHA!" the demoness cackled as she held her sides.

"Alright Konan lets stop while we're ahead, I don't think Naruto-kun can take much more." said Nagato as he composed himself despite the broad smile he wore.

"Ohhhh alright." replied Konan playfully. "When was the last time I honestly had fun like this?" Konan wondered. "It's been so long I've forgotten how good it feels…"

"So, what do you think?" Naruto asked trying to get back to the subject at hand.

"I think it's a great idea, but I have to ask first. Why not just rebuild here in Ame or even rebuild the old Uzugakure ruins?" Nagato asked curiously.

"Good point, I'm also wondering the same thing." Konan chimed in.

"Me too!" cried out Kurama from the mindscape.

" *sigh* Well the thing is I want to do both." Naruto answered gaining confused looks from all of those gathered. "Trying to rebuild the old Uzu ruins just isn't something that is possible right now, it'll take decades for me to get to a point where I could start doing something like that. But in the meantime, I figure I could find a suitable place for me to use as a starting point you know?" he asked gaining understanding looks from Nagato and Konan.

"I see…..I must say you've been giving this some thought, but why not here in Ame?" asked Nagato.

"Itoko(cousin), I actually like sunlight." Naruto responded with a small grin. "Besides wherever I build a clan compound I want it to have a hell of a view, preferably near some mountains in a very defensible spot. I've read through a lot of the records of our clan during their last days…..so I'm building with crap like that in mind." he said seriously.

"I see…" Nagato said soberly as he thought back to one of the scrolls he had read the night before thanks to Naruto, it had been on their clan's destruction over an entire year of conflict. "You don't want what happened to Uzugakure to ever happen again." he stated gaining a nod from the Hanyou, thinking it over an idea came to him. "Naruto, you wouldn't happen to know if our clan had any summoning contracts would you?" he asked gaining a shocked look from Naruto and a perplexed look from Konan.

"Uhhhhh no, now that you mention it we didn't. Why do you ask?"

"Because I have one that I think would go a great ways towards protecting whatever new home you build for our clan." answered Nagato. "But it will be up to you to see if they are willing to go along with it."

"Nagato you can't mean that Summoning Scroll could you?" asked Konan concernedly.

"They very same, they may have been our enemies in the past but with Naruto it would be a fresh start. Besides…...we were only enemies thanks to their previous summoner." answered Nagato as he turned around and wheeled away prompting the others to follow him.

"Uhhhh Konan-sensei?" Naruto asked as they followed Nagato down a series of corridors to what appeared to be a large vault.

"Yes Naruto-kun?"

"Just what Summoning Scroll is he talking about? I know Animal Summon Scrolls are really rare but still…..what's got you on pins and needles all of the sudden?" he asked.

"Well…." Konan began somewhat hesitantly, as many bad memories flashed through her mind. "Lets just say that this particular Animal Summons never met us anywhere outside of battle, and we are the ones who eventually killed their last summoner." she answered as the door to the vault opened revealing a large scroll that was resting on a stone pedestal. The scroll itself was very ornate with a deep, rich, dark purple for a primary color, and blood red highlights that accented the overall theme and design of the scroll. On the pedestal itself was a simple Kanji symbol for 'Salamander' which had been etched into the front of it, as things began to click in Naruto's mind he gave the only response he was even capable of.

"No fucking way…."

Two Months till Present Day

It was now the middle of October and Naruto had just celebrated his birthday 3 days ago, making him 11 years old. As Naruto looked around him he honestly couldn't believe the pandamonium that was going on, he had started this assignment with no expectations other than it would be boring and hot as hell. He could not have been more wrong about one of those assumptions. Standing on top of one of the buildings in Sunagakure Naruto could see everything that was going on from his vantage point, and he had to admit he was liking his assignment with each passing day. After spending couple of days in Ame with Nagato and Konan he had headed off for Wind Country, given he wasn't on any reall time crunch he went at a leisurely pace and made it to the rendezvous point within 5 days. When he arrived there he was happy to see Sasori was already waiting for him, after the two exchanged introductions seeing how they had never formally met before they took off at a moderate pace through the desert. From there they spent the next 2 days traveling through the desert before finally reaching Sasori's base of operations, whose entrance was nestled within a naturally occuring mountain formation that then went deep underground. Naruto was very much relieved when they finally made it to the base, where he discovered that since it was underground that not only was it very cool and crisp inside, but that it had access to a natural underground lake. After the recent romp through the desert Naruto didn't question it at all when Sasori casually mentioned how the water reservoir was easily as valuable to him as any of his puppets, a fact that struck home even more when he took his first sip of it enjoying the almost sweet quality that the water possessed.

After taking a few hours to get settled in and relax he and Sasori got right into why he was there and what he would be doing, Sasori flat out told him that his mission wouldn't actually begin for another month at least. This meant that he and Naruto would have plenty of time to train in peace as Sasori showed him what he knew of desert warfare, as well as some things about poisons. When Naruto heard this he had been ecstatic as he had learned over the past few years that he had a bit of a green thumb anyways, and enjoyed watching things grow from his own efforts. It also helped that thanks to hanging around folks like Kakuzu and particularly Hitome he had developed a bit of a sadistic streak as well, which had caused him to go on far more bounty hunting missions than he normally would. Where he would try to only use poisons or poison based jutsus to get his man, this had genuinely pleased Sasori to hear as he was one of the only serious poison users within the Akatsuki asides from Hitome whom he absolutely hated. This led to the two of them talking shop over poisons on a daily basis as they went through Naruto's training, which was good since both wanted to make the most of of the time they had before Naruto went to Suna for his mission. Out in the desert Sasori showed Naruto how to wield jutsus that made use of the sand itself, to form defensive barriers and makeshift weapons, from kunai and shuriken to senbon needles. As well as even showing Naruto several Suna methods for perfecting his Fuuton manipulation, which was admittedly the one element he had the most difficulty with due to having such an overridingly powerful affinity for Raiton. Despite having a heart that had both a Fuuton and Doton affinity, there was just no denying Naruto's inclination towards Raiton. This was something that Naruto appreciated greatly as he genuinely liked using Fuuton jutsus as they were perfect for assassination missions, as well as being used to increase the power of his Katon jutsus.

After talking it over with Kurama and even Ryuk for a bit, Naruto had decided to show Sasori several seals that he could use on his puppets. Ranging from forming chakra barriers around the puppet, to increasing the strength and already immense durability of puppets, which made him infinitely happy as it meant more of his creations would last even longer. Before long it came time to begin his mission which was simply to get a feel for how things are in Suna, as well as to keep an eye on the children of the Kazekage and report in on a regular basis. And so here we find Naruto sitting on a rooftop eating some popcorn and drinking a soda, as he watches many of the village's Jounin and Chunin chase after the Kazekage's middle child Kankuro. Kankuro who is 7 years old and has shaggy brown hair seems to have a penchant for the Suna art of Puppetry….as well as pranking the hell out of everyone. Naruto liked the little kid immediately as he got treated to an almost daily routine of this little terror stirring up trouble in some form or another, if it wasn't some clever prank it was full scale pandamonium with whatever puppet he had managed to cobble together. There was just no inbetween with him as he did everything he could to keep everyone's attention on him for as long as he could, or on whatever chaos his pranks had produced. Naruto quickly picked up on this fact due to his use of Shadow Clones keeping tabs on the eldest sibling, a sandy blonde haired girl named Temari who would immediately sneak off once trouble began. From the clone's memories Naruto discovered that for some reason the Kazekage was doing everything he could to keep his youngest son Gaara, who was also the Jinchuriki of Shukaku, separated from his older siblings. After the first few times seeing this happen Naruto eventually figured out what it was Kankuro and Temari were doing, whenever Kankuro would start trouble Temari would do everything she could to try and find Gaara and hand him a scroll and give him a hug. It was actually very sad as Naruto could see that both children were going through hell just to try and maintain some form of contact with their little brother, and 9 times out of 10 tey would fail miserably. And meanwhile Naruto discovered that Gaara being a Jinchuriki was ostracized and shunned by everyone around him, this was something that left Naruto seething in rage to see as he knew just how hard that could be to deal with.

Still Naruto did what he had to and stuck to the shadows as there didn't seem to be any real threat to his fellow Jinchuriki at the moment, even though he dearly wished he could do something for Gaara. And so another day came and went as Naruto watched Kankuro get caught and dragged away to most likely be punished by the Kazekage along with Temari, who had likewise failed to get to Gaara. Deciding enough had been seen for one day Naruto headed back to his hotel to study some more seals and talk to Kurama, who by this point had now grown to the size of a very large horse. It wasn't till the next day when Naruto was walking down the streets after grabbing some breakfast that things got interesting, as the Hanyou was making his way through the crowd he briefly spotted Kankuro running through an alley. Deciding to follow and see what was going on Naruto wound up making several twists and turns as he followed the young boy, before eventually seeing him disappear into what looked like a very well hidden secret entrance nestled into the face of desert mountain that surrounded Suna…...too well hidden in fact. Seeing this Naruto knew that whatever it was Kankuro had found had to have something that had been built by a professional at some point, though how the little boy knew of it was beyond Naruto. These suspicions were only confirmed when he opened the entrance himself having already seen where it was Kankuro had gripped, as the door opened the first thing that Naruto noticed was a symbol that was etched and painted into the side of the smooth clean stone. There on the right wall almost eye level was a blood red scorpion on a black landscape, the personal symbol of Sasori! As Naruto saw this things began to make more and more sense to him as he had seriously wondered just how Kankuro was capable of constantly making puppets, deciding quickly he entered and shut the door behind him as quietly as he could before proceeding onward.

After only a few minutes Naruto's sharp ears picked up the sound of crying, turning the corner Naruto saw Kankuro curled up in a ball against one of the walls of a what appeared to be a very well kept workshop. Looking closely Naruto saw for the first time the bruises that littered the boy's arms along with the one on his cheek, it didn't take a genius to figure out that his punishment the night before had been severe. Standing there for a few minutes Naruto was slightly conflicted as he wasn't supposed to get involved let alone allow anyone to know he was even there, but….he still couldn't just leave without seeing if he was alright. Making his decision Naruto stepped out into the large workshop and cleared his throat, something that caused Kankuro to jump and let out a little yelp. Looking up towards Naruto the little boy saw that he wasn't alone, and that it looked like one of his father's Gennin had found him at last.

"Ah! Please don't tell my father!" he screamed. "IknowI'mstillintroubleandIshouldn'tevenbehereandthatIshouldhavetoldsomeoneaboutthisplace." he said panicking, his words coming out so fast that they wound up jumbled together.

" Woah woah woah kid calm down." Naruto said as calmly as you could while holding his hands up in front of him. " I'm not even a ninja of this Village." he explained hoping to keep the young kid from freaking out, only to make things worse as Kankuro's eyes widened in realization.

"Ahhhhhhhh! Enemy ninja!" Kankuro shouted before jumping towards one of the puppets that was under construction, sending a chakra string into the puppet it quickly came to life and lurched towards Naruto. Its arms drawn back prepared to strike as a large blade extended from wrist only for it to collapse lifelessly to the ground, a horrified Kankuro now staring at his only means of defense in dismay.

" *sigh* Jeez, look will you calm down please?" Naruto asked as he shook his head. "I'm not going to hurt you and just because I'm not from this village doesn't mean I'm an enemy ninja, I just saw you running through the streets and decided to follow you okay? I was just curious what was wrong." he explained inwardly hoping this would calm the young boy down, and thankfully it worked.

"You...You mean it?" Kankuro asked warily still not fully trusting the stranger in front of him.

"Yeah I do." Naruto answered as he looked around at the workshop they were standing in. "You know ever since I got here I've been watching all of the mayhem you've been causing…." Naruto began gaining Kankuro's attention. "Those glitter bombs you placed in the Jounin lounge were pretty good, especially the ones filled with itching powder." Naruto complimented snickering near the end.

"Hehehe, thanks." replied Kankuro. "Ummmm, I guess by now you know who I am but who are you Shinobi-san?"

"Naruto….Naruto Uzumaki." he answered as he removed his hood allowing his large ears and horns to be seen in the well lit room, the effect was instant as Kankuro gaped at him open mouthed like a fish for a few moments. "What? Is there something on my face?" he asked innocently.

"You…..You have horns?! And your ears!" Kankuro exclaimed pointing at the Hanyou.

"...And?..." Naruto responded with a shrug while staring back at the little 7 year old who was at a loss for words, deciding to keep things moving Naruto spoke up. "So why does your father keep you and your sister separated from your younger brother?"

"Wh-What? H-H-How do you know that?" Kankuro stammered.

"I've been watching you raise hell for about 2 weeks now remember? Wasn't that hard to figure out." answered Naruto.

Bristling in anger Kankuro spoke. "It's because my dad is a big jerk! He never lets us see Gaara because he's supposed to be some sort of weapon." he said scowling. "Me and my big sister are forced to take all of these lessons too, so that way we are too busy to try and see Gaara!"

"Hmmmm from what I've seen you're pretty good with puppets, have you thought of any ways to make them better?" Naruto asked getting a confused look from the little boy.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well what I mean is, all of the greatest ninjas had something that was unique to them that they made their own. You're obviously going to become a puppeteer Ninja right? So what are you going to do to make yourself stand out?" Naruto asked causing Kankuro to look down and thought, after a few minutes of deep thought the young boy responded.

"I don't know, I'm really good at making the puppets but I'm still learning, I don't really know what else I could do to be different." Kankuro said sadly.

"Well not to worry kid because I think I have the perfect solution." Naruto said happily as he quickly summoned his clan scroll, laying it down on the ground he quickly began to read through it. For several minutes stood there looking through different sections of the scroll as they appeared, before finally finding what it was he was looking for. Going through a few hand seals Naruto slapped his hand down onto the scroll, and in a puff of smoke several books and Scrolls appeared.

"Here you go this should get you started as well as keep you busy for quite some time, and if you ever want to learn more then try and find me and I'll happily teach you." set Naruto as kankuro looked over everything that had been unsealed, after a few minutes he looked back up realizing what it was he had been given.

"Seals?" he asked as he looked back down at one of the books.

" Yep!" Naruto said happily. "Fuinjutsu may be a lost art but it's the only one that is truly capable of anything, not even Ninjutsu is capable of doing nearly as much as Fuinjutsu. If you figure out everything in those books and scrolls then you could combine it with your puppets, you might even be able to take puppetry to a whole new level." Naruto explained with a smile as he saw little stars in the young boys eyes.

" Thank you so much!" kankuro yelled as he quickly hugged Naruto before breaking off, a broad grin on his face which soon turns to confusion. " Wait a minute…why are you doing all of this for me anyway? You don't even know me or my sister or my brother."

Smiling sadly Naruto quietly undid the front of his cloak and shirt revealing the many scars that littered it, a sight that caused Kankuro to go deathly pale as his young mind slowly processed what it was he was seeing. "Lets just say that I don't like people like your father, anything to stick it to people like that." He said before redoing his shirt and cloak.

"Oh…...okay." Kankuro said not really sure what to say, as the images of the many scars on Naruto's chest was now burned in his mind.

"Hey…" Naruto said gaining Kankuro's attention. "You're doing all of this for your brother right?" he asked causing Kankuro to nod really fast. "Then make sure you become strong enough to protect him AND you sister, and if anyone asks about these scrolls just say you found them here okay? Too many questions otherwise….You do that, and maybe someday I'll drop by and leave you leave you some scrolls." he said with a wink before turning around and leaving, while wordlessly waving to the little boy.

Kankuro stood stock still for several minutes as his mind replayed the entire conversation, as he shook himself out of his reverie he looked over to the books and scrolls that had been given to him. Gaining a look of pure determination the little boy knew what he would have to do, and quickly got to work. Hours later Naruto would stare in awe at the Ichibi no Shukaku, as it rose to its full height and roared out into the heavens as it bathed in the light of a full moon. Knowing that his time in the Sand Village had come to a close Naruto quickly stole away into the desert, all the while thinking of whether the young boy he had met would be alright. Hoping that things would work out in the end the young Hanyou redoubled his efforts to put as much distance between him and Suna as he could, as he did this he thought of the other thing that was deeply troubling him. And that was the choked sobbing that he could hear coming from Kurama from inside the seal when they saw Shukaku for the first time, not truly knowing the story there he decided to let it be for now.

Present Day

Naruto couldn't believe his luck as he stared down the man the he had literally dreamt of for the last 6 years, knowing full well that there were gods Naruto just knew that someday he was going to have to give Karma a big sloppy kiss for this gift. Looking Fugaku up and down he couldn't help but laugh at just how accurate the rumors had been, how the man had not only had one of his arms bitten off, but also seemed to be down one eye. The prosthetic arm was new though….which probably explained why Sasori had seemed so irritated just before he had left Wind Country, he'd have to remember to give the arm back to him the next time they met. Taking in everything about the fear stricken man Naruto lightly sniffed the air, and much to his pleasure his demonic senses were actually able to pick up the sweet scent of fear. Not even bothering to hide his intentions Naruto slowly reached across his waist with his right hand and drew out his Kukri from its sheath, extending his left hand a ways from his body he made a small series of one handed signs before summoning his katana Ryuk.

"You know you'll catch flies if you leave your mouth open like that…." Naruto casually commented snapping Fugaku out of his reverie, and closing his mouth which was hanging slightly open. "I can't tell you how long I've waited for this moment, you've been in my thoughts and dreams every…..single…..day and night for the last 6 years….." Naruto growled as his slitted eyes began to glow.

"Well….I'm certainly glad I was able to leave an impression….after all this time I had worried I had been forgotten." replied Fugaku as he quickly got ahold of himself, his mind already racing a mile a minute. "Hmmmm, I have to be careful here. I don't know what this little monster is capable of and he's had 6 years to train and obsess over killing me, he's probably done nothing BUT prepare for today." Fugaku thought to himself as he extended the two blades built into his prosthetic arm, while at the same time unsealing a double edged longsword from a small storage seal on his wrist. After finding Sasori's workshop back in Wind Country, Fugaku had to take a hard look at what was left of his prized staff weapon. It was almost completely unsalvageable and had forced Fugaku to strip the weapon down and reforge it into something else, combining the two blades into a single 36 inch long sword. He had remained there at the workshop just long enough to get a proper feel for the weapon along with how to use it with his new arm, deciding to keep something of the original design of the weapon present he had added a Ram's Skull theme to the blade.

Lunging forward both of them met in the middle at the same time clashing blades with one another as both tried to kill the other, much to Fugaku's surprise he discovered that the Hanyou was surprisingly strong as he was able to match and block each of his attacks whenever necessary and was constantly on the move. No motion or movement, Fugaku noted was wasted and was as unpredictable as the last. Bringing his katana down Naruto released chakra from the blade from a near point blank range, spiraling around on itself Fugaku Shunshinned out of the way just as it was about to strike him and instead leveled a large oak tree that was behind him only to dodge another attack.

"Satoryu: Rhino Rampage." Naruto growled out as he had placed both blade up near his head, launching himself at Fugaku while channeling chakra into his blades he had turned himself into a large drill which quickly dispersed as his target once again Shunshinned out of the way. "Tetsu no Ryu: Raiton: Pressure Wave!" Naruto yelled as he swung both of his swords which were cackling with Raiton chakra, as he did this two arcs of electricity flew towards Fugaku just as his feet touched down. Thinking quickly the disgraced Uchiha poured Fuuton chakra into his blades, crossing his arms he made two diagonal slashes to counter the oncoming attacks.

Looking over at his opponent Fugaku could see that Naruto had just finished preparing another attack, as his katana looked to be covered in thousands of raven's feathers. "Oh Hell…" he thought as the Hanyou swung. "Raven's Barrage!" Naruto called out as thousands of razor sharp feathers flew at intense speeds towards Fugaku, the Hanyou was not disappointed to see Fugaku dodging as many as he could while blocking others with some sort of a chakra shield that came from his prosthetic arm. Charging even more Raiton chakra into his kukri Naruto then let off a long series of electrical arcs, doing everything he could to keep Fugaku moving all the while paying close attention to what the man did.

"Hmmmm so that bastard has a pretty damn good shield…" thought Naruto as he watched Fugaku block over a dozen of them, all while dodging the last of the feathers. Wanting to see what the man would do on the offensive Naruto decided to simply wait, and was not disappointed when Fugaku suddenly appeared behind him and stabbed him in the back with the claws of his prosthetic arm and lifted him into the air.

"Nice try you little shit….." Fugaku growled. "In what world did you ever think you had a chance of beating me?" he asked as a smirk graced his face, only to turn to confusion and then revulsion as Naruto's head turned a full 180 degrees to look directly at him.

"Oh really?...I was thinking this world, and if you really think that this is all I'm capable of then you are in for a very rude awakening." Naruto said as he slowly began to turn dark grey before dissolving into ash, immediately after this happened Fugaku was struck by a blinding light forcing him to squeeze his eyes shut as an ungodly loud ringing went off in his ears. Almost as soon as it had come the ringing had stopped and the light was gone, opening his eyes Fugaku looked around to see that he was still in the area that he had been resting in only there was no damage or signs of a battle.

"Genjutsu…..I should have known…" Fugaku thought to himself as he began searching for his enemy instantly on guard, he had made a terrible blunder and he knew it. "Great! Now that little demon knows about my arm, its capabilities, and my sword! Well I won't be underestimating him again, today he DIES!" With this in mind and knowing that there was no point in trying to keep it a secret like a proper shinobi, Fugaku quickly summoned his sword into his hand from its storage seal all the while cursing himself for falling for a Genjutsu of all things.

Standing there on guard Fugaku did not have to wait long as earthen spikes shot out of the ground attempting to impale him, dodging out of harm's way Fugaku jumped up onto a tree branch and quickly began searching for Naruto. Only to jump to another tree branch in order to dodge a large barrage of Fuuma Shurikens…..that had been covered in Raiton chakra, Fugaku watched with a slight sweatdrop as the weapons effectively leveled well over a dozen trees before getting stuck in a large boulder. Channeling chakra into his ears and nose to heighten his senses Fugaku was only able to smell fresh snow, listening closer however he heard a soft flapping noise from above. As his danger senses kicked in Fugaku quickly Shunshinned away just in time to avoid a barrage of air bullets that reduced the tree to splinters, looking up towards the sky Fugaku tried to spot Naruto. After a few moments of searching he spotted something that was fast approaching, as it came into view Fugaku was confused as it looked like some sort of a creature with a dark green Oni mask. The creature looked to be made up of countless threads that were blood red or pitch black in color, on its back were two large bat like wings made out of the same material as the rest of its body. As the masked creature opened up its mouth well over a dozen bullets of pure Fuuton chakra shot out towards him, thinking quickly Fugaku countered with a jutsu of his own.

"Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu!" he yelled, without making a single hand sign, Fugaku quickly inhaled a large amount of air before spitting out a massive fireball that easily ate up the Fuuton bullets. Veering off to the side in midair the creature easily dodged the attack, curling its wings around itself it then dropped dozens of feet to just above the treeline before unfurling its wings and continuing on its course. This caught Fugaku off guard a bit as it looked so strange how the creature flew, like it had to weigh an immense amount in order to just drop right out of the sky the way that it did. Whatever else Fugaku might have thought at that moment was cut short as the creature suddenly veered back around towards him, as the mouth on the mask opened up a large ball of compressed wind quickly took shape. Recognizing the attack Fugaku quickly began to make hand signs for a jutsu to counter it, but was once again shocked as Naruto jumped up from out of the trees and onto the flying creature with a jutsu of his own ready to go.

"Katon: Spicy Meatball! Fuuton: Pressure Damage!" Naruto yelled while holding his hands over his head, as a large ball of blue fire formed in between them. Throwing the ball of fire towards Fugaku, it quickly grew in size as the mask creature Naruto was riding fired off its own jutsu. As the two jutsus formed the result was a massive wall of white hot flames that incinerated everything in its path as it made its way towards Fugaku, with little other options Fugaku quickly activated his Sharingan and created his Susano. The resulting blast vaporized practically everything within 5 square acres as well as kicking up large amounts of smoke, something that greatly irritated Naruto as he was wanting to see the moment Fugaku died. With barely a though he willed his Fuuton creature to rejoin with his body while they were still safely in the air, making sure to keep the mask itself out resting near his head just above his left shoulder. While on the right rested his Suiton Mask which was colored blue and was likewise Oni themed, Naruto was at that moment rather grateful for the foresight of having natural slits sewn along the back of his coat. As it allowed his threads and masks an easy way out without having to disrobe and be ready for use, he'd have to remember to thank Kakuzu for the tip later.

"I know you're still alive you bastard now show yourself! You can't hide from a sensor!" Naruto called down to the massive smoke cloud, only to get several moments of silence. "Have it your way then…" he growled before channeling a large amount of Fuuton chakra to his wings, with a single flap blew away the smoke to reveal a seriously pissed off Fugaku who was standing within the ribcage of his Susano. Standing there with his good arm stretched out towards Naruto, in his hand was what looked like slightly red ball of energy.

"Katon: Laser Beam." he said before just as the name implies, a beam of pure Katon chakra shot out at incredible speeds towards Naruto's chest. Dodging out of the way the beam barely missed by a few inches, this did nothing to stop Naruto from feeling the heat from the beam however which left his right hip feeling slightly cooked.

"Nice try ass, but you're going to have to step it up a notch." Naruto growled as he summoned Ryuk back to his hand, as he did this Fugaku deactivated his Susano and charged his sword with obscene amounts of Katon chakra. Causing the long blade to develop a red chakra sheath exactly like what the samurai of Iron Country use, something that caused Naruto to raise an eyebrow.

"Hmmmm, I must say I'm surprised you know a samurai technique Fugaku-chan." Naruto sneered as he performed the same feat with his own sword, using Raiton to cover Ryuk's blade in a chakra sheath of its own. "Don't most shinobi frown on such things? Or did you just copy it along with all of your other skills from real men?" he queried as he walked towards Fugaku who likewise did the same.

"You're going to die filth, there's no one to save you this time but don't worry…..I'll make it quick." Fugaku snarled as he charged Naruto in a burst of speed, bringing the sword down in a diagonal slash it was met by Naruto's blade causing a large splash of sparks to shoot everywhere. Not bothering for any finesse or ceremony both combatants both settled for simply trying to butcher one another, each going purely for killing blows with each attack only to create large showers of sparks each time their blades met. This continued for several seconds till Naruto surprised Fugaku by having his Suiton mask, which was still resting on his shoulder, blast the larger man in the chest with a powerful stream of high pressured water. Causing him to go flying back into what remained of a scorched boulder, taking a moment to breath and collect himself Naruto analyzed the situation.

"DAMNIT! I'm wasting too much chakra like this, at this rate I'll just tire myself out before I manage to get a meaningful hit on him!" Naruto silently cursed in his head, he had learned from his battle with the Kumo Ambassador two years ago. He had learned just how much of a difference size and natural strength can make, especially when comparing the bodies of a child to an adult's. That night he had learned that even if two opponents are entirely equal in skill, that the one who is bigger, tougher, and stronger will win almost every single time. Since that night he had tried to come up with as many different ways to overcome this weakness, the first thing he had learned was improving channeling chakra throughout his body to make it stronger. This was a basic Chunnin level ability that anyone could learn, with the added bonus that it yielded greater results the more chakra you used. This also came with the drawback of eating through one's chakra reserves at a faster rate the more often and longer it was used, which was why it was only used in brief instances to give somebody a temporary edge in a fight. Problem is Naruto isn't just fighting a bunch of Jounins and Chunnins but is instead going up against a fucking S Class CRIMINAL, who's naturally able to dish out the same amount of punishment that Naruto's currently doing with the strength enhancing technique.

"Fuck….guess there's just nothing I can do about that other than to wait a while for my body to finish fully growing…." Naruto thought as he watched Fugaku quickly get back up and brush himself off. "Guess I'll just have to stick to long range then, and close the distance when I want to surprise him…..Good plan? GREAT PLAN!" he thought to himself as resealed Ryuk and began weaving hand signs as his Suiton and Fuuton masks began to launch countless elemental bullets at Fugaku, forcing him to dodge or block with his chakra shield.

"Raiton: Electric Fog." he muttered as he thrust his hands out to either side and generated a massive dark fog around the entire area they were fighting in, something that Naruto knew wouldn't affect visibility as it wasn't very thick. Luckily that wasn't the point of the jutsu as on command arcs of lightning streaked from all directions and converged on Fugaku, who didn't have enough time to activate his Susano to block it. Naruto was gratified to hear the screams of the man he was fighting, keeping the jutsu going for a few more seconds Naruto then canceled it and cleared away the fog to get a better view of the now slightly smouldering Fugaku. Who was now glaring at Naruto with his one good Sharingan eye with everything he had, before he could do anything else however Fugaku simply disappeared in a burst of speed only to reappear next to him in mid swing. Bringing Ryuk up as fast as he could Naruto wasn't able to brace himself in time for the sheer power behind the attack, and was sent flying back several feet before Naruto used his wings to right himself in midair and come to a skidding halt.

As Fugaku disappeared again so too did Naruto. "Rokushiki: Soru(Shave)." Naruto muttered as he quickly folded his wings as close to his body as he could, moving at intense speeds he then was able to dodge Fugaku's next attack which would have bisected him. "Rokushiki: Kamisori(Razor)" Naruto's next attack shocked Fugaku as the young Hanyou then ran on the air and drop kicked him across the clearing, this caused the older man to gasp in pain as he knew that had easily broken a rib.

"THAT'S IT!" Fugaku thought to himself as he got back up to see Naruto no in the air, his wings flapping to keep him steady a solid 40 ft. off of the ground. "It's been fun you little shit, but I've had it up to hear with your games!" he yelled as he looked Naruto in the eye his Mangekyo Sharingan spinning, almost immediately Naruto's world then turned incredibly black as the young Hanyou found himself alone in a void of nothingness. Slowly it changed to him being in a dark forest with a blood red sky due to an equally crimson full moon, as everything came into focus he was back at that clearing by the river where it had all began. Looking around he noticed that he was back in his small 5 year old body, as the implications of what this all meant rushed through his mind dozens of men began to appear all around him.

Screaming Naruto realized that they were all the men who had tortured and raped him all those years ago, trying his best to escape he was violently shoved down to the ground. As countless hands began to claw and tear at his clothes and limbs Naruto heard a sadistic laughter coming from the treeline, looking over through the mass of bodies he saw Fugaku standing there laughing as he watched just before another body obstructed the Hanyou's view. Before he could even scream again something long, thick, and foul tasting that he was all too familiar with was violently shoved into his mouth.

As Fugaku stood there in the Genjutsu watching it all play out he felt the familiar rush of power course through him as he enjoyed the show, he would make sure to drag everything out for as long as he could. After everything that had happened to him lately he was going to enjoy himself for the first time in over half a year, thanks to all of the practice he had gotten over the last 6 years with his Mangekyo he knew he could easily stretch out the time they spent in the illusion to at least a couple of months. Sure it'd be a large use of his chakra but it would be damn worth it, and afterwards he could have a bit more fun with the little demon before he finally finished him off…..or maybe he'd see if he could turn the Hanyou into his personal pet? Smiling at that thought Fugaku let out a purely evil chuckle as he watched on, knowing exactly what it was he would do once the Genjutsu was done. As all manner of twisted thoughts went through his mind, he stopped as he heard something odd…..almost like….the sound of someone eating? Looking over to his right Fugaku saw Naruto standing there next to him in his current 11 year old form, casually eating a bag of popcorn.

"What the fuck?!" Fugaku thought to himself.

"So how does it taste?" Naruto asked calmly as he looked up at Fugaku.

"Wh…..What?" Fugaku asked both alarmed and deeply confused only to receive an evil smile.

"The dick in your mouth of course…" Naruto answered with a laugh.

Before Fugaku knew what was happening he found himself pinned to the ground in what he thought had been Naruto's place naked as the day he was born, gagging and choking on whatever was shoved down his throat, he realized to his horror that it was in fact a dick. Trying his best to get out of the situation attempted to end the Genjutsu only to discover much to his shock that he couldn't, trying again and again to break off and disrupt the illusion it quickly became an exercise in futility as every time he tried he only failed. Eventually his attempts at freedom became desperate as he did anything he could to gain control over the Genjutsu and assert his will back over it, this too was all for naught only now he was rewarded with the same dick he had been choking on finally shooting its load into his mouth before it was removed.

Coughing and throwing up everything that had just been deposited down his throat, his breath was ragged and horse due to the abuse his throat had just endured. "Tastes awful doesn't it?" Naruto asked as he walked up to the still prone man, whilst around them everything and everyone seemed to have frozen in time. "Did you really think that I wouldn't study Genjutsu before coming after you? That I wouldn't take steps to prepare myself for fighting you?...YOU? The man known throughout the world as 'Wicked Eyes Uchiha', who took down entire battalions during the last war?" Naruto asked with a smirk. "Let me guess…..you're wondering how this is all possible since you have your precious case of pink eye activated right?" he asked.

"This shouldn't be possible! How are you doing this?!" screamed Fugaku who had yet to stop trying to break the illusion.

"Meh….normally you'd be correct, but….that's only when talking a out other humans." replied Naruto getting a confused look from Fugaku. "Hmhmhmmm no matter, there will be plenty of time for that later. For now though you're going to suffer, and what better way than to make you suffer through everything that you and those bastards put me through that night?...For the next three months." he said growling at the end, before Fugaku could even let out a scream Naruto snapped his fingers in the illusion began once more.

Back in the real world

Fugaku gasped as he came to from the effects of the genjutsu, doubling over he quickly threw up everything that had been in his stomach and more. Coughing and out right dry heaving, it took several minutes for Fugaku to compose himself enough to stand back up.

" I must say I'm surprised that didn't completely shatter your mind, well done." Naruto complemented now back on the ground.

" How?…" Fugaku asked while looking down, a shadow covering the top part of his face.

"Hmm? 'How' what?" Naruto asked innocently.

"How did you overpower my genjutsu?! That shouldn't have been possible with my Mangekyo!" he roared as the strain on his sanity had him currently seeing doubles.

"You forget I'm only half human, which means the same rules don't necessarily apply to me." replied Naruto. "Since I'm a Hanyou my chakra is easily 5 times more potent than a regular human's, granted that means I can't really learn human illusions let alone use them effectively. That doesn't mean I can't learn proper demonic illusions….you'd be surprised just how much more compassionate my kind are to children than humans." he explained with a Cheshire Grin, his razor sharp teeth on full display.

Fugaku froze at that, as he thought over the implications of what Naruto had just said the color began to drain from his face. "No…..There…..There are more like you?!"

"Yep!" Naruto chirped before his face twisted into a sadistic smile. "And speaking of demons….how would you like to meet one?" he asked before holding up the hand sign for 'release'. Immediately afterwards there was a large explosion of smoke in front of Naruto, as the smoke cleared Fugaku saw something that terrified him to his core. For standing there in front of him was a massive fox, that was easily twice the size of a purebred stallion. A fox that had nine tails….

"Hahaha! Say helloooo to my not-so-little friend the Kyuubi no Yoko. And she's been dying to meet you." Naruto said right before Kurama charged, closing the distance faster than either opponent could track Kurama slammed into Fugaku hard with a powerful headbutt. The sheer force of impact alone instantly broke four of Fugaku's ribs before sending him flying through the air, not taking any chances Fugaku immediately reactivated is Susano. Trying desperately to force it to grow beyond its initial large rib cage Fugaku learned that just wasn't in the cards for him just now, as Kurama at that point was venting over a hundred years of anger and frustration out on him. The end result being the pissed off demoness smacking the disgraced Uchiha through the air with her tails like some sort of pinball, over and over and over and over again. The only saving grace in the situation was that Fugaku was still protected from most of the damage by his Susano, though even that was starting to fail him.

Thinking quickly after a particularly hard hit that sent him up into the air, Fugaku quickly pumped as much chakra into his Susano as he could causing it to go straight to its Semi-Final Stage. Now finally able to fight at the same level he had fought Okami Inuzuka in, Fugaku took a moment to breath a sigh of relief as he straightened up and began to focus the task at hand. Looking down he he saw Naruto who was standing on the Kyuubi's shoulders was now taking off his coat and shirt for some damned reason before sealing them away, looking closely Fugaku saw the many scars that the Hanyou had all over his body. As Naruto looked back up at him he saw the boy's body began to…...open up for lack of a better choice of words. All along most of Naruto's stitches and scars his body simply opened up like some sort of a living macabre rag doll coming apart at the seams, and out spewed countless more black and red strings that either covered more of Naruto's body or simply reached down to wrap around the Kyuubi's body. Before long two massive bat like wings formed from the strings and with a single flap rocketed both demons into the air, where they hovered at eye level with Fugaku glaring at him. As they stared one another down it was a rather surreal experience for Fugaku as he looked at the literal demon that he himself had created, knowing full well that their story would finally come to close one way or another, Fugaku resolved to put the boy in front of him in the ground. Inspecting the strange sight before him Fugaku noted how Naruto sat atop the Kyuubi's shoulders as the strings coming from his body formed something akin to a saddle, that wrapped around the demon's body and neck with both of the wings situated just behind where Naruto was. Another thing that Fugaku noted was that the masks from before were back out and where seated all along the Kyuubi's body, with the green Fuuton mask just below the Kyuubi's neck covering it's chest. While the blue Suiton mask and one more golden mask sat on either side of it, all of which were pointed directly towards him.

As flashes of his fight with Okami ran through his mind Fugaku swore as he knew what was going to happen next if he didn't act fast, forming a massive kite shield on the Susano's left arm a large chakra version of his new double edged sword appeared in its right hand. Moving hard and fast Fugaku willed his Susano to let out a fast barrage of attacks with its sword, meanwhile a second set of arms formed on the chakra construct's back. After both arms had formed sets of destructive Magatama Beads took shape, holding onto them for now Fugaku instead focused on pressing the attack with his Susanoo's sword while keeping the thing as mobile as he could. As this was happening Naruto and Kurama were flying through the air evading Fugaku's slashes, which was easy to do as for the most part they just needed to fly high enough to remain relatively safe. Communicating at the literal speed of thought both began peppering Fugaku with high powered ninjutsu, surprising Fugaku who was forced to rely on his Susanoo's shield to defend. Fugaku quickly became devotely thankful that he had taken the time over the last several months to further experiment with his Susanoo, after his battle with Okami he had learned that despite how powerful it was the Susanoo was still vulnerable to aerial attacks. This had led to him making sure to create something that would offer him better defense, so that way he wouldn't have to waste chakra repairing his Susanoo all the time, along with developing a few other tricks as well. Deciding enough was enough Fugaku then went on the offensive willing his secondary arms to hurl the Magatama Beads that they had been holding, as the beads flew towards Naruto and Kurama, they began to break apart in midair turning into dozens of smaller versions of the explosive beads similar to the Shadow Clone Shuriken Jutsu.

"Fuck!" Naruto yelled before blazing through well over a dozen hand signs. "Fuuton: Pressure Damage!" he yelled out causing the Fuuton mask to fire of the jutsu, not once, not twice, but a total of three times in rapid succession. The resulting typhoon of rushing wind detonated a vast majority of the miniature Magatama Beads, while the rest were blown well off course to detonate off in the distance. Not even finished, Naruto reached into his pouch and took out a thick blue scroll which he opened up before tossing high into the air. With a single hand sign obscene amounts of water easily enough to fill up an average sized lake was unsealed from the scroll, as it fell to the earth Naruto completed the last of his hand signs.

"Suiton: Tsunami! Raiton: Black Chain Lightning!" Naruto yelled as he and the blue Suiton mask spat out even more water, to add to the massive amounts that was already falling to the earth. As this happened the water swirled and coalesced into a massive concentrated wave that was heading straight for Fugaku's Susanoo, as this was happening the mouth of the golden mask opened up to spit out a very large beam of black lightning. The effect was instantaneous as the tsunami turned pitch black as the lightning coursed through it, enhancing its power, and speeding it up dramatically to the point where Fugaku didn't have any chance to escape and was forced to take the attack head on.

When the massive attack struck Fugaku's Susanoo there was a blinding light followed by a deafening explosion that seemed to stretch on for what seemed like forever, after some moments both Naruto and Kurama realized the reason why was that the tsunami simply wasn't finished falling down on their enemy. As this revelation came Naruto gasped as became very disorientated, after using so many high scale ninjutsu for so long he was starting to run low on chakra causing his breathing to become ragged. Sucking in as much air as he could Naruto was thankful that he had strung himself up to Kurama's back the way he did or he was sure he would have fallen off, quickly popping a few soldier pills he grit his teeth as the influx of extra chakra poured through his body.

"Naruto-kun!" Kurama telepathically yelled still having the presence of mind to give away their position with all of the smoke surrounding them.

"Hey Kurama-chan…..sorry….that last one took a lot out of me." Naruto answered somewhat weakly as he slowly recovered enough to sit up straight.

"No shit Sherlock! Now what do you want to do about this asshole?!"

"Well….I don't really have any Fuinjutsu seals prepared that could do anything meaningful so that's out….." Naruto replied as he started to go over his options, before he developed a slight twinkle in his eye. "Tell you what, you keep him busy for me by hitting him with some of your Tailed Beast Balls. And I'll take him down with my-"

"Say no more just make sure you hit the son of a bitch UNDERSTAND?!" Kurama yelled through their link.

"Hai." Naruto responded before flying them down closer to where they figured Fugaku was, channeling some Fuuton chakra to his wings he sent a few large gusts of wind to clear out the smoke. What the two demons saw please them greatly, as Fugaku's Susanoo had basically been reduced to a skeleton that had been knocked down to the ground and was practically falling apart. Seeing how the once proud Uchiha appeared to be on his last legs Kurama quickly began to gather positive and negative energy into her mouth, noticing how the chakra construct was quickly being reconstructed Kurama formed as powerful an Imari as she could before sending it rocketing towards the ground. The resulting explosion was nowhere near what the demoness was normally capable of, but neither she nor Naruto could complain with the results as one of the Susanoo's legs was obliterated.

"Fuck!" Fugaku thought furiously as once again, he found himself on his back having to simply tank powerful jutsus and wait it out. Looking up he saw that the Kyuubi was preparing another of its attacks, thinking quickly he willed the Susanoo to create another large shield. Going so far as to even let the remaining leg of his Susanoo retract back into the torso, just so that he could make it's shield as large and as thick as possible. Which proved to be a wise decision as the next moment afterwards he was once again hammered by a Tailed Beast Ball, which destroyed just over half of his shield. Looking up Fugaku's eyes widened in horror as he witnessed the Kyuubi vanish in a puff of smoke likely back into the seal on Naruto's stomach, but that was not what scared Fugaku. As the countless strings retreated back into Naruto's body in a matter of seconds, it soon was just the young Hanyou using his wings to keep him in the air as his right hand was held up above his head even further into the air. With only his pointer finger sticking straight out to the sky, there only a few feet above Naruto's head was what looked to be a dark purple ball of pure malevolent energy easily the size of a large beach ball.

"Onijutsu: Toxic Luster Bomb." Naruto growled while looking down at Fugaku with a look of pure hatred as he dropped his hand down till his finger was pointing right at the him, without so much as a sound the volatile jutsu rocketed towards Fugaku and struck before he even had time to throw up his arms in defense. The resulting blast was massive as it blew down even more of the surrounding trees that were still several acres away, as the blast went off it created a blinding purple light for several seconds before finally dying down. When the world finally came back into view for the young Hanyou there wasn't even dust or smoke cloud to hamper his vision, just a massive crater that was steadily growing larger and deeper by the minute. Feeling exhaustion begin to take a firm grip on him Naruto quickly landed near the center of the crater, not even fearing the miasma that was eating away at the very soil Naruto slowly limped his way towards what remained of his enemy. Reaching his destination Naruto looked down on the disgraced Uchiha who had ruined his life, coughing out large amounts of blood with both of his legs missing. Somehow Fugaku had managed to survive the blast, possibly by focusing all of his chakra into the Susanoo around himself, either way it didn't matter to him.

As Naruto inspected the state of Fugaku a small smile spread across his face as he once again unsealed his sword Ryuk, not even bothering for any dialogue or formality, he quickly channeled some Raiton chakra through the blade before slicing off Fugaku's prosthetic arm at the elbow. Cutting off the flow of chakra to the weapon he slowly dragged his palm along the blade summoning Ryuk to his side, as Naruto did this his eyes never once left Fugaku's.

"It's time Fugaku." Naruto said as Ryuk appeared from behind Naruto, spooking Fugaku who could actually see the dark god.

"Sooo…...this is finally coming to head huh? Have you thought on what you want to do?" Ryuk asked an uncharacteristic seriousness in his voice.

"Hai….I have. And I know what it is that I want to do." answered Naruto. "I've chosen the ultimate punishment for him, he's not good enough to go to any heaven or hell. I want him Erased…" he said his voice taking on a now demonic tone as he stood over the fallen Uchiha, kneeling down Fugaku suddenly gasped in renewed pain. After a few moments Naruto stood back up and in his free hand he held Fugaku's remaining working Sharingan eye, not even bothering to say anything to the man Naruto positioned his blade in order to stab him in the heart.

"Very well…..Erasement is Approved." said Ryuk as he placed his hand on Naruto's right shoulder.

"Disappear…." Naruto said as his sword glowed an unnatural pale purple before plunging it into the man's chest, oddly enough there was no sound as Fugaku's body slowly began to flake away and disintegrate into ash. In the span of a few seconds Fugaku Uchiha, the man who had ruined his life, and haunted him for the last 6 years was gone. Never to go to Heaven, never to go to Hell, never to harm another person, never to ruin another life. For Fugaku Uchiha had not just been killed, Naruto had used the most terrifying ability of his sword to destroy Fugaku's soul and erase him from existence. Looking up to the sky Naruto couldn't help the scream that ripped through his throat and out his mouth, for several long seconds he simply screamed as it simply the only thing that he could do before unconsciousness finally took him.

And done! I hope you all like this chapter I was hurrying to get it done and completed before midnight tonight and I did it!