A/N: This will be the last chapter in this story. There will be at least one, and maybe 2 sequels that will follow different characters giving background and insight. When they will be written is unclear, but I need to end a story for now and I've been stuck at his point for too long. Naruto simply doesn't matter enough in the next section of the story for him to even be considered the main character. And by closing this story for now, hopefully I can finish off Heart of the Darkness and move on to Heart of the Fire since I haven't moved that series along for too long.

Chapter 12: To Be Continued

All of a sudden the pain stopped. Naruto shuddered as the tunnels the sand made through his body sealed up. Then, the sand on his ankles and wrists and tail released him. Tsukiya was astride him, smiling devilishly. Naruto fought back the urge to rip her throat out.

"Why?" He asked, his fists half closed to make raking claws.

"Because I will not be weak. I know you are going to gather the other bijuu, and you are going to put them in more women, but of those women, I will be number one because you will control them, and I will control you. If you don't make me believe you worship the ground I walk on... Well, you won't like it."

"I will not submit to you, Nari-chan," Naruto growled menacingly. This earned him a solid backhanded slap to the face. His fangs dug into his cheek, drawing blood. He snarled angrily and slashed at her with his claws. He stopped in mid slash when he felt terrible pains in his chest. Then, his heart stopped in a sudden excruciating burst.

"There was a lot of blood in there, and you know, I like blood now. I like it a lot." Tsukiya licked her fingers thoughtfully. "How about a kidney? Or, maybe, your liver? I think I'll leave at least a little of your brain for now. I don't want to kill you yet."

Naruto say Tsukiya clench her fist. Another sudden burst of pain shot through him and he began to cough up blood.

"That was the lower half of your left lung," Tsukiya said, waving a hand and causing sand to collect the dribble of blood flowing down his face as he coughed. "You know, I read every book in the library when I was young. When I became a kunoichi, I read all the books in the shinobi library. There was a whole wing dedicated to medical texts. Dozens of books covered the workings of the human brain. I know you are not entirely human, but I would love to test to see if those texts were accurate."

"I swear, when I am done with you..." Naruto stopped mid sentence as he felt pressure in his head. He seemed dazed with eyes glossed over and staring emptily into space.

"Hmm interesting." Tsukiya swirled her fingers and Naruto seemed to snap back into life. He growled angrily but did not make any aggressive moves. "This can stop if you just submit to me." Tsukiya seemed to be enjoying torturing him. It reminded him even more of Kyuubi.

"Make me!"

Tsukiya laughed at the challenge. Naruto's arm went flailing out to the left of its own accord. When it reached as far as it could go, it continued, stretching painfully back until the elbow joint disconnected with an alarming pop. Naruto couldn't help but scream in pain, coughing up even more blood. He couldn't even direct chakra to the wound to dull the pain, it was all focused on rebuilling his crushed heart and keeping him alive.

"I guess I pressed a little too hard there," Tsukiya giggled. Naruto could not move or defend himself as Tsukiya continued her torture. First, she started with the index finger of his good hand. Each of the three joints were snapped slowly/ They wobbled back and forth, pulling harder and harder until they poped out of place as Naruto whimpered.

"Please, stop..." Naruto was feeling so helpless under her.

"Why should I stop?" Tsukiya asked. Naruto screamed in pain once again.

"I submit," Naruto screamed more. His spine began to arch, bending to a hairs breadth of breaking.

"What was that?" Tsukiya asked playfully, running a claw across his chest. The wound didn't close, leaving a trail of blood beading up on his skin.

"I submit, mistress Tsukiya. I am yours. Whatever you ask I will do. I am nothing but your slave. Please!" His scream carried across the dunes.

"Now that, my daughter is how to claim a man." Tsukiya said to Misa, "Next, I will teach you how to make sure he is yours."

Misakiushi released her father's neck and crawled over to her mother, slithering up her mother;s torso with undulations of her tentacle tails. She had decided that it was time for a delicious breakfast of freshly made milk. After a minute of suckling at one breast, the flow of milk stopped and Misa moved to the other as Tsukiya stroked the back of her head. Naruto watched, and despite the pain, could not help but feel happy as he watched the touching moment.

"Jealous?" Tsukiya asked.

Naruto realized he had been staring and blushed. "I was just thinking that I might not mind submitting to you." He grinned then ruined the moment by coughing up blood. A wave of sand washed over him, gathering up his blood.

"As long as you remember who is in charge, I am sure you'll learn to enjoy it." To emphasize her point, she cupped his crotch in the palm of her hand. With all the blood he had lost recently, the sudden rush of blood to the lower half of his body caused him to black out.

"We're fucked." Kyuubi growled, sulking in a corner, "How could you let the little harlot get you like that?"

"Maybe it won't be so bad, besides, it's only until you can purge me of the sand," Naruto said with a shrug.

"You are the biggest idiot I have ever met. You know she saturates the sand with her chakra to move it. If I try to expel it from your system, she will mess up your internal organs again and fill you up."

"So, the jutsu has to wear off sometime," Naruto said with a shrug.

"And do you really think that someone who remembers everything will forget to add more sand or to add more chakra to the sand that's already there?" Kyuubi asked derisively.

"There's got to be something we can do. Can't we release all our chakra at once and overpower her chakra?"

"And boil your brain in your own blood? Excellent idea. We'll get free by killing you. Why didn't I think of that?"

"Then I'll just run away when she's sleeping until I am far enough that she can't use it against me!"

"And how far, exactly, is that?" Kyuubi sneered, "We have no idea what the range on her jutsu is. For all we know, it could trigger our deaths automatically if we try, or it could extend half way across the world."

"As if you've come up with a better idea!" Naruto shouted angrily at the fox.

"Unlike you, I think my plans through before blurting them out and making an idiot of myself."

"One day, I will escape..." Naruto swore, "Then, you will give me enough power that she can never do this again."

"Good luck with that. Her weaknesses were low chakra reserves and lack of creativity. Now she has immense chakra reserves and Shukaku's insanity to bolster her genius. You should never have let her become this powerful in the first place."

"And you should never have weakened me to the point where she could win," Naruto countered.

Kyuubi walked over to him and placed a hand on his chest. "Just remember," Kyuubi slammed her hand upward, pinning Naruto to the wall by his throat. "There is one alpha female in our den, and it is me. Even if you have to drug her and remove her head as she sleeps, you will not disgrace me like this."

Naruto regained consciousness without a mark left on his body. Kyuubi had healed him completely, but now the sun was beginning to set over the dunes. Tsukiya was playing with Misa, finally having a body capable of handling the child. Naruto could not help but smile. Now, they were his family, and no matter what the Kyuubi said or did, he could never purposefully harm them because they were what he had always wanted. Besides, he had spent enough time with Jiraiya to know that there were other ways to make a woman submit to you.

"I am up," Naruto announced as he stood, making sure to display no signs of aggression.

Misa lost interest in the sand mound she had been making and raced over to him, crawling up his legs before adhering herself to his back with her tentacles. Naruto coiled his long golden tail around her, tickling her with the bushy tip until she grabbed a hold of it and pulled sharply, making him wince and then grin proudly.

"You ready to go home?" Naruto asked.

Tsukiya nodded, then in a flash of movement, he was kissing her. A moment later, his hip dislocated and he lay whimpering on the ground for a few seconds as it healed. "I am not going to fall for any of your tricks. You are mine and she," Tsukiya stepped on Naruto's stomach, "Is not the one calling the shots."

Naruto laughed. "She had nothing to do with that. I did it because I wanted to, and I'll do it again. If you want to stop me, you'll have to kill me." He lashed out a tail, tripping her before catching her in his arms. He leapt to his feet and dashed towards the Land of Fire before Tsukiya could berate him anymore.

TO BE CONTINUED IN: For Queen and Culling

In this coming sequel, we will follow Tsukiya from her days in the academy, to the conquest of Cloud, to her life as first mate as she leads Naruto along his quest to conquer all five elemental nations and collect the Bijuu into his brides.

Current Number of Tails: 3

Jutsu:

Foxfire Flare: Kitsune-Bi: Furea - Breathes out super hot flames of combined wind and fire chakra.

Foxfire Fox Demon Guardian: Kitsune-Bi: Yoko Goei - Creates a fox-like mass of wind and flame chakra controlled by chakra strings that explodes on impact when released.

Pinwheel Spiraling Sphere: Fuusha Rasengan: A rasengan with a ring of super-fine chakra whirling around it like a buzz saw that can cut almost as effectively as wind chakra.

Spiritual Pathway: Fuuin Jutsu: Mukei Tsuuro - Allows objects to pass through the area of the seal on a solid barrier without disrupting it.

Original Characters:

Tsukiya Nari: 11-year old BOLT with perfect mental and physical recall. She is an unparalleled genius. The mother of Misakiushi and jinchuuriki to the one-tailed bijuu.

Fu Shitzumo: A retired ninja who is the proprietor of the ninja library of Kumo and the resident seal master.

Uzumaki Tsukiya Misakiushi: The daughter of Naruto and Tsukiya Nari. Misaki means fox-messenger, and ushi means ox. Jinchuuriki of the Hachibi. Has horns, tentacle-like tails and fox-like features.

Cannon Stuff:

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