Rating: PG-13.

Warnings: Swearing.

Word Count: 3,420

Pairings: None.

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Naruto nor any characters from it.

AN: I regret to inform you that this will be the final chapter of To Change Everything as I just can't continue with this story. I tried to just keep it on hiatus for a while in hopes that I'd eventually get the urge to continue this but… it's a bad story and I'd rather start from scratch and have a good foundation for a new one instead of forcing this. When I first started writing this I was extremely new and now that I've been reading FF for over a year I feel I can do better than this and my other story, A Different Future. I sincerely apologize since I said I'd never abandon a fic but I just can't do it.

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"Are you sure, Mata?" Yugito asked the Biju with doubt as she was running to her destination.

Matatabi smiled reassuringly at her host and gave a slight head nod in confirmation. Her brother had just informed her that he and Naruto were heading their way and to meet them at Yugakure now that her kitten had the fake mission to die on.

The blonde was surprised at how Bee was actually helpful with all this and that he seemed a bit different than before. She figured it was probably the memories he gained back and she knew it was a lot more than the mere week she had received if it even was that much. Bee just seemed a lot more willing to help her out rather than brushing her off like he used to do.

But there was no time to dwell on useless thoughts when she and Matatabi had a 'mission' to carry out and a Golden Fox to wait for. She still thought it was funny how Naruto chose that as his older persona so no one would know a six-year-old was out and about running all over the Five Great Nations. (Even if he was referred to by that title in his old life.)

It was going to be such a good day when the villages realized that all of their precious jinchūriki were gone. Though it wasn't likely they would look into it too much until seven out of eight have either 'died' or disappeared. That was when they would probably start telling their 'allies' and word would spread to every village that all of the jinchūriki at up and vanished.

Yugito really had to wonder what Naruto was planning and the endgame he was trying to reach. Still, whatever the man had in mind it was sure to be entertaining one way or another. She couldn't help the giggle that escaped her when she thought of how the Kage would react to learning that all of their weapons did in fact have minds of their own.

She could hear Matatabi laughing right along with her.

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Naruto and Kurama had gotten up extra early the morning after their little talk and the fox was already out and about in his human form. They were trying to figure out how to leave the village without people knowing that he… left the village.

"I can't hold shadow clones for that long since it only takes one hit to dispel them… and I'm pretty clumsy." He chuckled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head.

Kurama knew that as well as the kit acted like he had two left feet unless he was fighting or doing something important. But anyway, maybe they could make the clone stronger…

"Naruto, fistbump me." The redhead commanded and the blond knew now it was better to ask questions later and did as he was asked.

When their fists connected he felt a potent surge of Kurama's chakra flow into him but it was a lot heavier than usual. "Use that to make a better clone and mix your chakra with it as well."

A hand sign and poof later they were staring at a much stronger clone then the ones he was used to making. They both punched it one - held back but still - and the clone didn't so much as twitch besides the getting hit part. Both the clone and counterpart turned their heads to question the fox.

"I just mixed a heavier mass of my chakra together and gave that to you," he tilted his head thoughtfully then he broke out into a teasing smirk, "you could probably do it alone if you weren't so shit at chakra control, kit."

Both of them moved to protest but deflated before even speaking since they knew the beast was right. Naruto really should work on that more and he filed it away for later. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately but he had more important things to worry about.

"Ready to head out?" Kurama asked the boy, giving his kid body a look.

Naruto rolled his eyes at the fox's impatience but still made the change into his adult body with the long hair and the mask. He had a regular old Kitsune mask except for it being tinted yellow and the with stripes were black along with three whiskers on each cheek. He handed the one he had stolen for Kurama to the man and it was exactly like his except it was tinted black with red stripes. All in all with the masks on, height, and hair they probably looked like twins.

"Yeah, I'm ready," he glanced back at his clone, "behave and remember to act just like me," he ordered. The clone said something like, "I am you dumbass," but he chose to ignore it.

Soon enough they were moving in the Leaf with the utmost stealth that one only acquired during S-Rank Mission and years of being on the run from a literal god. The only thing the villagers and ninja saw that day were streaks of red-black and orange-yellow flashes. That was the day the rumors were born of the Kitsune Twins and soon their names would forever be remembered by The Five Great Nations.

The Crimson Vulpe and The Golden Fox. Or something like that…

Naruto looked over his shoulder to see the gates of Konoha vanishing into the distance. Kurama was slightly ahead of him and they were moving lightning fast. This would be the first time he had left his new home in six years. He wasn't scared since it would take a lot to scare him at this point but he would admit that he was uneasy.

He felt a bit better knowing he wasn't alone though so at least the fox was useful in this instance.

"Yugito's moving too?" Naruto suddenly asked to fill the silence.

Kurama glanced back, "I told Matatabi last night and that's when they left. Since we move so fast I figured we should give them a head start." The redhead thought ahead like that which made him different from Naruto.

He nodded his head like it only just occurred to him and said, "Oh yeah! That makes sense... good thinking Kyuu."

Kurama just rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the front and sped up a bit. He was now probably going the top speed of the Third Raikage and he wasn't even breaking a sweat. Naruto was much the same beside him as they continued to leap from tree to tree with enough grace to make a seasoned ninja jealous.

"Ya know… I feel like we are forgetting something." Kurama suddenly stopped jumping and crouched down so his knees were bent and his arms were resting on them laced together.

Naruto stopped too and crossed his arms and tilted his head. What could they possibly forgetting… Their eyes widened comically and Kurama bent his head down and sighed.

"Utakata," they said at once.

They couldn't just not take him and thankfully they weren't that far so backtracking would be easy enough. The boy just better is ready when they get there which would be in a few minutes. Kurama probably told Saiken about them coming.

Now that he thought about it this would be his first time meeting this timeline's six-tailed jinchūriki and he was a little nervous. He hoped the kid would like him and since he was so young, maybe he'd be easier to bond with. When Naruto met him before he was twenty-something already and closed off to the world because of his status as one of them. The world isn't kind to any jinchūriki and it's not something he wished that all of them had in common…

"It's just up ahead, kit." The redhead spoke and gestured with his head to the break in the trees about fifty feet away.

Here we go…

They dropped down and he was face to face with a young raven-haired child with short hair and striking orange eyes. He basically looked the same except for the small height and fewer muscles.

Naruto awkwardly waved his hand and gave a shy grin, "Hey… I'm sure Saiken told you we were coming."

"Yes, he did. I guess I'm… coming on the trip with you, Naruto-san?" He grimaced at the honorific but the shy smile on the kid's face and the light blush made up for it.

"Just Naruto, kid." He told him nicely and the boy nodded.

Kurama broke in then, "Now that we are taking a brat along it will take days to get to Yugakura." He huffed at how Matatabi and her brat were going to beat them there. His little sister would make fun of him for it he just knew it.

"Why don't we just ride a couple of our fox summons and fly there?"

"...That's actually a helpful idea. Not that you have many of those." A smack and then Naruto started the summoning jutsu.

A poof and then, "Kurama-sama, Naruto-sama, how may we be of assistance?" A silky female voice said.

The smoke cleared and out came three foxes. The first fox was a deep orangish-red and her eyes were a smokey gray and her legs were pitch black, she had seven tails and her name was Akane. The second fox had a golden coat and his eyes were a startling sky blue and his legs were a snowy white, he also had seven tails but the tips were white - the opposite of Akane - and his name was Kiro. The third and final fox had a blackish-blue coat and his eyes were hazel with gold flecks in them and he looked older, he also had eight tails unlike the others and his legs were a deep dark blue along with his tail tips and his name was Yozoro.

The three of them were some of their most powerful summonses and they all specialized in different elements with Akane's being fire, Kiro's being wind, and Yozoro's being water which complimented all three of them and was one of the reasons Naruto chose them for the journey. Plus, all three of them had learned to use their foxfire to fly at around their fifth tail so they were pretty proficient at it and could go extremely fast. At least it beat running anyway.

Kurama stepped forward and brought his hand up to Akane's muzzle and gave it a rub, "We need you three to haul us around The Five Great Nations… If you're up for it that is." Akane was too engrossed in getting scratchies to respond but her eyes lightened with mischief and fun at his words.

"We are always up for getting out of the mountains, even if we have to serve as pack animals for you guys," Kiro said with a foxy grin and Naruto scratched behind both of his ears, making the fox's leg bouncing up and down.

Utakata looked at the scene with awe and childlike wonder in his eyes. The foxes were bigger than any horse he had ever seen and one of them was staring right at him. They made eye contact and the fox steadily made its way towards him and he didn't move a muscle.

Yozoro lowered his head a bit and pushed the boy back with his mouth, "Oh calm down child," he said cooley then sat down in front of him, "it's not like I'm going to eat you."

The raven felt strangely relieved at the words of the beast and hesitantly reached his hand up to try and pet the fox but it was a bit too high for him. Yozoro noticed the child's dilemma and lowered his head to allow the human to pet him for a bit, as long as it calmed the thing he was fine with it.

"Okay, Utakata I see you have met Yozoro," Kurama laughed at the fox trying to hide his pleasure at being pet but pulled himself together to introduce the other two. "This is Akane and I'll be riding with her while Naruto rides Kiro. So you will be riding Yo, got it?" Utakata donned a serious expression and nodded his head in acceptance.

"Well, that's that then. If you would be so kind as to lay down for us Ki, Kan, Yo." Naruto asked politely with his big blue eyes.

The three of them rolled their eyes in unison and Akane spoke, "Maybe if you would stop referring to us with such demeaning nicknames then maybe. You even have Kurama-sama doing it now Naruto-sama!" Even with her huffing at him she still did as he asked, as did the others.

They mounted the fox they were assigned and they stood once the humans were secured on their backs. Utakata was a bit shaky but Yozoro managed to settle him with one of his tails and he made sure one was wrapped around the boy to hold him in place. If it was difficult now it would be much harder when they were in the air.

"Mush! Onward to Yugakura!" Kurama chuckled at the blond's enthusiasm while the fox's just ignored him.

They started up their fox fires - Akane's being red, Kiro's being gold, and Yozoro's being blue - and got high enough up in the air so they weren't easily seen and headed towards their destination.

Naruto glanced over at Utakata who was in the middle of them and he smiled slightly. One jinchūriki child down and three more to go. He just hoped Kushina would be willing to take in three more kids. Either way, he wanted them to stay with him at all times and hopefully, nobody would think it was strange for four 'orphans' to pop up at the same time as the jinchūriki's disappearance.

As long as he had eight out of the nine jinchūriki in one place nothing would be able to stand against them or separate them. Not the Akatsuki and not the Big Five. He just hoped it wouldn't come to that.

They had been in the air for a solid six hours and they were almost at Yugakure. Kurama was told by Matatabi that they were about two hours away still so they decided to stop as the foxes needed their rest for the next leg of the journey. Even though they probably could've still gone for another six hours it was good to give them halftime of sorts.

"There's a small clearing over there that should work," Naruto told Kiro who gestured with his head to the others and then they were zooming towards the ground at breakneck speeds and it soon turned into a race at who would get to the ground first. Naruto was even leaning in closer to Kiro to give him less air resistance and he could see Kurama and Utakata doing the same all while they were laughing like maniacs.

In the end, the first one to hit the ground was him and Kiro but he had a feeling the fox might've used a bit of the wind to help with that if the sly grin was anything to go by. They were followed by Yozoro and then Akane behind him.

Naruto hopped off, " That was fun as hell! I thought for sure Yo was going to win but then we suddenly sped up." He and Ki high fived with the fox using its paw.

Kurama exchanged glances with the young jinchūriki and the other two foxes and Naruto could tell they were all thinking the same thing: Kiro definitely cheated.

Nonetheless, they let it go since it was all in good fun.

Utakata made sure to thank the fox for the ride and he gave the beast a few pats to the vulpine and hopped off of it as well. He was about to start setting up camp before Yozoro brought one of his tails down and ruffled his hair. He just laughed a bit and brushed the tail off.

Naruto and Kurama were watching the scene from a bit away and they were glad Utakata opened up to them easily. It was probably because they weren't sending him glares filled with hatred and disgust. Just that thought made him want to go to Kiri and burn the place to the ground. He could tell the redhead was thinking much the same but they held back.

"Is Yugito meeting us here or are we picking her up?" Naruto asked Kurama mostly to just break the tension that had settled over them.

"Met us here. That way we can all rest up for the next leg of our journey which isn't all that long since Taki is pretty close to here."

Naruto chuckled, "Yeah, but after that, we have to go to Suna which is never fun."

"That's because that place is so unbearably hot," Kurama added grouchily.

"Oh don't get your tail in such a twist, we'll get there fast with the foxes helping us."

Kurama glared at him but it was ruined by the amusement the blond could see in his eyes. Their comfortable atmosphere was broken by Utakata telling them to get over here and help set up camp.

Yeah, the kid was definitely more relaxed now. Hopefully, Yugito would be that quick.

Kurama was startled awake by something heavy landing in the trees. He currently had his back resting on the tree and he was sitting up. He made no movement to suggest that he had woken up to the intruder in their camp. He also figured that at least the three foxes and Naruto had heard it as well.

One guess as to who the person was.

He heard the trees leaves russel above him and then the sound of feet coming into contact with the ground. He might as well give up the rouse of sleep and greet their new guest. He opened his eyes and was face to face with a young-looking Yugito Nii.

"Matatabi told me to come here and meet you guys here, Kyuubi, Naruto." She acknowledged them with a slight head nod.

Kurama twitched, "Don't call me by that name, brat. It's Kurama." Yugito just raised a thin eyebrow in response. Damn children.

Naruto chuckled at the exchange and walked over to the girl and brought her into a hug. "Yugito! It's so good to finally meet you. Well in this timeline at least." The girl tensed in the blond's arm but he gave no indication of noticing and released the girl after a few moments.

"How did your 'mission' go?" Naruto patted her head and snickered.

Yugito slapped his hand away but offered him a smirk, "Perfect. Everyone will now think that the Two-Tails Jinchūriki is dead. What about him?" She asked with a gesture to Utakata who was woken up as well. Not all that surprising since he was from Kiri.

"Pretty sure Yagura is handling the cover story for that once he starts his 'journey.'" Naruto wondered at how the turtle boy was going to spin that.

"Where are we going now that I'm here?"

Kurama answered before Naruto could, "We are going to rest for a little while longer and then start heading to Taki."

Surprise flashed in the blonde's eyes for a second before it was gone, "Mata… really wasn't kidding when she said you were getting all of us, was she?"

"...No, she wasn't." The redhead replied.

Naruto also felt the need to add, "I don't like the way the world treats us and I'll be damned if I'm going to let my family suffer."

Both jinchūriki children were shocked at the words coming from the man's mouth. Did he consider them family? When they'd only just met?

Yugito gazed into the Kyuubi hosts baby blues and saw nothing there but sincerity, warmth, and a hint of anger. She knew right there and then that she could trust him, could trust them. She couldn't wait to meet the rest of their family.'

Utakata was thinking much the same and they both couldn't wait to start heading to Taki. They were going to meet another person that was just like them. Another child just waiting to be saved.

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AN: Maybe ill come back to this someday and try to get to where I had planned out so far but it won't be for a long time. I really am sorry...