Eroninja

Several Centuries in the Past:

Fuka found her new existence rather disturbing as she floated along. Luckily her killers seemed rather confident that she was done for as they had not set a quick pace back to their clan's territories. She had been able to track them to a small inn several miles away. Gliding stealthily through the inn, she found the room which they had checked into not even bothering to change their names in the registry. She suspected that Eiji wanted her father to know who it was who had so thoroughly fooled his daughter before killing her and taking the scroll.

Cursing her foolishness, she managed to slide into their room through the gap under the door. She saw Eiji lying naked on the bed, and moved to kill him but paused as he said, "Hey babe hurry it up. It's not like you were the one covered in that Uzumaki bitch's blood after all."

"Hold your horses," Kagerou replied, "Consider it your punishment for sleeping with that sow."

"Hey I was under orders," Eiji said with a chuckle, "Do you honestly think I enjoyed having to stick my dick inside her?"

"You looked like you were enjoying it."

Eiji chuckled as he whispered softly to himself, "Well maybe a little."

Fuka's hatred of the Hagoromo Clan grew, yet it was a white hot fury for these two in particular. If she still had her body she would have smiled as she decided how best to enjoy her revenge. Gliding low to prevent from being spotted by Eiji, she entered the partially opened bathroom door. Rising above the shower curtain, she saw her target washing her hair. Fuka began to lower herself down onto her victim's scalp. Kagerou sensed the attack a few seconds too late as the strands of Fuka's hair wrapped tightly around the woman's throat squeezing the life out of her even as she siphoned off her chakra. The woman struggled to call for Eiji, but he was too absorbed in fisting his own cock in order to have it ready for his lover to notice anything.

Between the lack of air and the absorption of her chakra the fight left Kagerou rather quickly. Fuka prevented her from falling by wrapping strands of hair around the showerhead. When Kagerou ceased being a person, but a lifeless vessel upon which Fuka now resided the not quite living woman turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She looked in the mirror to see Kagerou's features had been replaced with her own so used her hair to cover her face as she emerged from the bathroom.

Eiji seeing his lover's black hair was now marooned said, "What's with the new color? Don't tell me you where jealous of all the compliments I paid to Fuka's hair now." Advertisements

Fuka used Kagerou's voice as she said, "You did pay it quite a few."

"You know how those Uzumaki love their red-hair," Eiji said amused, "But it's cute seeing you so jealous. Although, the color is darker than it should be."

"I could go back to try to match it better," Fuka said turning away.

"Hey now, its fine the way it is. But more importantly..."

Fuka smiled to herself as she could almost imagine Eiji motioning towards his erect cock. "Of course," she said as she turned back around and reaching the foot of the bed began to crawl up it. She almost wanted to laugh since she doubted that Eiji would have noticed her face even if she wasn't keeping it concealed. Approaching his dick she said, "This is the cock which belongs to the dick who first awakened me to pleasure."

More annoyed that his lover wasn't sucking him already and a little confused asked, "What the fuck are you going on about now? I thought you said, the first person you slept with was... Fuka!!!"

Fuka smiled darkly as she pushed her hair from her face. She basked in the terror that she saw in his eyes before they darted to the bathroom. "Shh, don't worry Eiji we won't be disturbed again. You could say that Kagerou is already in the room with us."

"F...Fuka...I'm sorry... our...our plan was discovered and..."

He trailed off as Fuka climbed up his body to place a finger against his lips as she said, "Shh, Eiji it's okay. I just want to know one thing."

"W-what's that?"

"Do you want a soft kiss or a deep one?"

"Wha... hpph?!!!!"

Fuka sealed her lips to his and began draining him of his chakra. Eiji struggled against her but quickly grew weaker and weaker until she had consumed his entire life-force. Placing a soft kiss against his lips as a follow-up, she asked his lifeless body, "Was it as good for you as it was for me?"

Fuka stood from the bed and quickly found her clan's scroll. She took a moment to bask in her having cheated death and gotten her revenge, but frowned as outside of her hair, she couldn't truly feel anything making her feel as if the body she now controlled was just a puppet. Figuring that she would worry about it later after returning the scroll, she dressed and disappeared into the night.

*****

The Past: Day 290: Hours before The Fall

"To the new village leader D," both Bass and Kanbei said causing all those gathered to take up the toast as well. D smiled and accepted the toast, but planned to talk with the two men later as he intended to gently turn the position down since they had surprised him with it just moments before. D looked around the room and smiled as he saw what he felt was the culmination of his efforts since it was filled with natives of both Fang and Claw.

Thinking about what led him to this point, he smiled as he recalled his hunch about the merchant had been right. Although truthfully, it would be more accurate to call him a mercenary. The man had been a missing-nin and while likely chunin level in talent, he had forced D into a corner due to his limited number of jutsu which he could safely use. Luckily for him, both Mila and Terumi had gone to their fathers to explain the situation. Both Kanbei and Bass had showed up and between the three of them they had managed to subdue the man. He quickly explained that he had been hired by the Redhawks, the bandit group behind a lot of the hardships facing both factions to keep them from getting along.

The Redhawks upon hearing of their agent's capture decided to raid the village before they could be attacked in turn, but were demolished by the united citizens of Paradise City. D would admit that he found the confession a little too convenient, but in light of the attack on the City was forced to accept it since the leader of the group had escaped. The bandits they did capture though had simply claimed that their leader was a stranger to the group and had killed the previous one before beginning his campaign against the city. D suspected that in spite of the fact that the attack on the village had seemed to unite the citizens of both countries, that the real reason the Redhawks' leader had ordered it was to keep to the narrative that all the trouble in Paradise City had been the groups doing.

Hoping that if he was right, that the true culprits behind the trouble afflicting his home had moved on he resolved to keep his guard up. Still seeing as it had been several months since then, he admitted that it was hard to remain wary. Looking out the front window of Otose's bar, he could see the base of the shining building that the citizens of Paradise City had begun to build in the wake of the attack and whose completion they were now celebrating.

He looked away and saw Otose smiling happily as she served the revelers since it appeared that her and her husband's dream was coming true. The large building even bore his name as it was called Tatsugorou Tower, which was why rather than celebrate the opening there everyone had opted to go to Otose's.

"Hey, quite daydreaming," a loud voice said next to him.

D smiled already imagining the woman's disproving look as he turned and his eyes met the pink ones of Megumi. She had been a new addition to the town having moved there from her hometown in Fang Country hopping to strike it big. She had soon found employment in Otose's where she had been a constant pain in the butt as she kept prying into D's business. Still he had come to care for her during that time as she would help him regain his strength after a new group of bandits tried to raid the ore shipments from the mine and in his more honest moments recently he believed he loved her.

Lately though, he had noticed that the closer they seemed to get, the sadder her eyes seemed to grow. Still a part of him suspected that he was transferring his own feelings onto her as D felt that it went without saying that although he felt like he was his own man, he knew that time was his enemy. He pushed the sad thoughts away as he chuckled mentally as he thought of some of the misunderstandings that happened between him and Megumi whenever he received some of the memories of clones that had been with Naruto. It was a rather rare occurrence usually and at times didn't seem to happen until his mind was calm making D understand partially how it was that Naruto could not notice for so long since he had most often used them in the heat of battle. But while he had accepted that his time was more finite then most, whenever he was with Megumi, he found he wished his time could go on.

Focusing on the woman he said, "Sorry, my mind was just reflecting on the past."

"Since when does mister live for today ever worry about the past?" she asked teasingly.

D shrugged feeling like they both were just playing their parts before answering, "I don't know. I guess maybe I just realize that things won't always be like this no matter how much I wish they could be."

A conflicted look appeared on Megumi's face prompting D to ask, "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing," Megumi said quickly turning to leave.

D grabbed her gently by the shoulder causing to stop as he asked, "You can tell me what's bothering you Megumi."

She paused before looking over her shoulder to ask, "C...Can I meet you tonight in your new apartment?"

D nodded as he still had a hard time adapting to the large penthouse he had been given considering the small room he had rented from Otose. Glad that perhaps he would have some company tonight, he watched her melt into the crowd as she continued to serve the guest. He was still concerned by what was troubling her, but a hand on his shoulder caused him to turn and he smiled seeing Megumi and Terumi behind him. Giving the couple a happy smile he asked, "What's up you two?"

"There's something we want to tell you. Can you come with us?"

"Sure," D replied looking back at the crowd searching for Megumi as he wondered if they could have a future like the young couple leading him outside.

*****

The present:

Naruto stood in a dark space as he reflected on the answer that D had received courtesy of Megumi, although he doubted that was her name. He sighed sadly feeling an emptiness caused by the betrayal of a woman he didn't know.

"Is it really a betrayal if we both were lying to each other from the start?" Naruto turned to see D, who smiled at him and giving him a relatively decent Kakashi impression as he said, "Yo."

"How?"

"Hell if I know," D said amused. "I mean as near as I can tell I've been dead for a couple weeks now. Although I don't think I dispersed like normal, kind of like that clone you made of Koyuki so it's probably due to my chakra slowly bleeding off. Or, much like in your youth you needed a quiet moment to actually realize you had memories that weren't entirely yours."

Naruto looked at the clone he had made and truthfully never given much thought to. Face to face with him now he said, "I'm sorry."

"What for?" The clone asked amused again, "I always knew it was going to end like this... well maybe not like this, but you get what I'm saying. Looking back, it was always just a matter of time before it all came to an end. Most of my brethren get what perhaps an hour or two at most. I got a whopping two-hundred and ninety days of life to enjoy. I'm grateful for it."

"But, what about how you viewed yourself no longer to be an extension of me?"

"Well that's true enough I suppose," D answered, "But it only goes so far as to explain that for that span of time I lived a different life then you, and as such developed differently then you. Now though, my time is up and I guess it's fair to say that now it's my turn to change you." D began to glow before turning into chakra which traveled towards Naruto before he absorbed it. Before being absorbed completely D said, "There is one thing I want you to do for me. If you do find Megumi please don't hold what happened against her. Remember that she was likely just completing a mission that she had been tasked with as well."

Naruto nodded as the dark world of his subconscious began to be replaced with world of yellow and white. He heard his mother's voice calling him so opened his eyes and met her worried gaze, "Just five more minutes' mom."

"I wish we had them honey," his mother said sadly.

Fuen found Sora lost in thought as he sat in a chair in their hidden base's council chamber. She frowned having come to view the man as a competent commander so if he was concerned she knew there was good reason to be. Therefore she asked, "What's wrong?"

Sora looked up as he replied, "While we were collecting our target somehow or another Kazuma managed to get himself free."

She frowned as she knew how dangerous Kazuma could be. Wondering why he was not proceeding to the bounty collection office she asked, "Then why are you still here? Wouldn't it be best to get out of here while the getting is good?"

Sora glared at her, but calmed a moment later as he explained, "Normally yes I would agree with you. But moving a jinchuriki could be dangerous even under the best of times, with my father out there it could be a downright fatal mistake."

Fuen didn't point out that so could remaining still as she had learned an interesting bit of information while dropping off the corpse of Chiriku. Passing it along, she said, "Well what if we didn't need to turn him in alive?"

"Explain," Sora demanded.

Fuen smiled as she said, "It seems that whoever placed the mysterious bounty to collect the nine-tails has some competition. I was informed that a competing bid was received, the price was higher and the condition for payment was that all we need to deliver is his head."

"How fortuitous?" Sora said sounding rather skeptical.

"I know, but I did confirm that the bounty was genuine. It is being held by a trusted third party, if the customer tries to back out the only ones out of anything would be the middleman. Not something a person should do unless he wants a price put on his head in return."

Sora smirked as he said, "Well that certainly simplifies things. I'll allow you to do the honors while I go collect Fudo. He is likely checking on the status of the Leaf shinobi and Watari by now. We'll want their corpses to add to our jutsu for when we attack the Leaf."

Fuen smiled as she began heading down to the dungeon, "It'll be my pleasure."

*****

Fuka was busy unlocking Naruto from the wall having received the instructions from whoever was giving them. She was glad for the work as she didn't want to remember returning to her home only to find her father blocking her path. He had then cast her out using the color of her hair as proof that not only had she betrayed the clan, but that she had become something monstrous in the process.

In the years following her banishment much of Fuka's anger had been directed against her clan's enemies. But as more time passed and the years turned to decades and then centuries she had ceased to care killing simply because she must in order to continue her ghoulish life. Now though with a true flesh and blood body, she wasn't sure what to do. Yet, for the immediate future it didn't seem to matter as her destiny seemed to be in the hands of the jinchuriki. He came loose of his binding causing Fuka to catch him and then begin moving him towards the cell door and back to Vegetable as she had been ordered. However just before reaching it the door opened to reveal Fuen causing Fuka to frown as her body tensed to attack the woman.

*****

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he sat up from his mother's lap.

Kushina ignored the question to explain, "I've been holding you back, Honey."

"No you haven't, mom," Naruto stated firmly. "You've helped me lots of times."

Kushina nodded as she said, "Yes, using a power that is yours. But because of your... nightly activities it has been locked away from you so as to prevent our chakras from completely merging."

Naruto frowned sensing his mother's sadness so asked, "I don't understand?"

"I was given the key to your seal shortly after Jiraiya's death. Since if the seal was opened I would fully experience what your lovers did Kiyomi gave me the key and would let me decide when to open it."

Feeling a cold chill pass through him as he suspected what his mother was alluding to he asked, "Did you?"

Kushina nodded as she explained, "I did a few moments ago and I disconnected my soul from Kiyomi's original form. I feared that I would fade away before you awoke."

"Why would you do that?" Naruto said panicking as she began to fade.

Kushina gave a sad smile and didn't say anything although she thought to herself, "Because I didn't want to become a sinful woman." Yet to her surprise her son managed to grab ahold of her and her form began to stabilize as he pumped his chakra into her. "Naruto, stop it. You need to conserve your strength to escape. I'm so happy that I got to spend as much time with you as I did, but my time is over..."

"I refuse," Naruto said pumping even more chakra into her, "You told me you wanted us to be a happy family but then you do something like this. If you wanted me to have access to the Bijuu chakra there were better ways than to go about it."

"Naruto don't you see the situation called..."

"I said no," Naruto replied angrily, "I told you I'm selfish and I don't give up on the things I want and I want you in my life mom."

His mother hugged him as she said, "But it's a mother's job to sacrifice herself for her child. Let me go so you can go back to your family."

Naruto gritted his teeth as he said, "You are also a part of my family and since Dad isn't here it's my job to protect you."

"But..."

"I said I'm not letting go," Naruto said determinedly.

*****

"What the hell is going on here?" Fuen asked since if she didn't know better she would have suspected Fuka of helping the jinchuriki to escape. To her surprise though, she noticed that Fuka's body tensed as if to attack her. Deciding to kill them both, seeing as she held no allegiance to her teammate, yet before Fuen could begin creating the hand-signs which would have the stone walls crush the two, the unconscious jinchuriki's arm shot forward sensing the threat as a result of the malice she was giving off.

His hand clamped around her throat as he said, "I'm not letting go."

Fuen was about to make him regret those words, but then a pulse of chakra passed through him and slammed into her which blasted her consciousness away. Naruto instinctually used the knowledge he had absorbed from taking complete possession of Kiyomi's Bijuu form to transplant his mother's soul into its new home.

He returned to unconsciousness again due to the chakra he had expended while to Fuka's surprise Fuen's body began to change. The woman's blue eyes began to turn violet, but to Fuka the most striking change was how her hair began to grow even longer as it turned the fiery red of the Uzumaki clan. The woman that had been Fuen sank to her knees before looking up worriedly as she said, "Naruto, dammit you stubborn fool." Fuka noticed a small smile appeared on Naruto's face at the woman's words, but he still remained dead weight in her arms.

Kushina noticed her son's smile as well and felt a small one threaten to appear on her face. But knowing they were still in danger said, "Let's go, follow your orders."

Fuka didn't feel any drive to obey the woman, but her body responded regardless aware that the woman wasn't a threat and so she could do as she had been instructed. The two women stepped out into the hallway and preceded a handful of steps before their path was blocked by Sora who said, "What the fuck is this? I'm glad I decided to check on Fuen, her story sounded a little too good to be true. I'm guessing you killed her to infiltrate this base and hoped to sneak off with my prize."

Kushina sighed before replying, "Sure, let's go with that." She then moved faster than Sora could actually follow until she appeared right in front of him. Spinning, she kicked him in the stomach sending him flying back through the entryway he had appeared from before turning her head back towards Fuka to say, "Get going now!"

Fuka didn't need whatever spell had been cast on her to take effect as she was sure that Sora wouldn't waste time with questions, especially if he decided to go all out in which case he would likely attack everything in sight. Recognizing that at present her best avenue of survival relied on the jinchuriki's, she began moving as fast as she could to escape the hideout.

*****

Kakashi was beginning to lose hope in their situation as he considered giving the order to retreat up to the second level. He knew that doing so would likely signal to the enemy watching that they were tiring and desperate to create some room between the endless and untiring horde of undead. If the situation was reversed that would be the moment whem he would use a jutsu to give the zombies multiple avenues up into the second level thereby overwhelming the tired defenders. Yet, looking around at his tired team and the Watari with even the upbeat Ibuki seemingly ready to accept her fate, Kakashi almost gave the order.

However, an injured Watari resting against the back wall pointed to the sky asking, "What's that?"

Kakashi directed his gaze skyward to see a meteorite passing through some clouds before smashing into one of the altars casting the barrier around the capital. The giant rock devastated the construction causing it to collapse thereby causing the barrier to fade. The zombies seemed unaware of the change as they continued to attack, but a handful of moments later many of the ones standing on the stairs were pulled away from the beleaguered defenders. Kakashi saw a young woman with orange hair standing among the undead which began to move to attack her. Rather calmly the woman raised her hand and said, "Almighty Push," sending the undead flying away from her.

Several more moved to attack so Sage channeled her Asura path chakra and directed it into her hand. This caused it to take on a mechanical appearance before further morphing into what looked like a cannon of some sort. Sage targeted the closest one and fired, blowing its head off and causing it to turn into dust. She repeated the feat multiple times as she moved up the stairs to the rest of the weary defenders.

Kakashi didn't recognize the girl, but Sakura did as she said, "Sage, I was wondering why I felt Naruko moving away from us, especially since she didn't seem to be heading towards Naruto's location."

"Sister could sense someone nearby whose chakra matched the one powering these creatures. She suspects that he is the one that cast the jutsu," Sage informed the pink haired girl dispassionately as she blasted a hole through the chest of one zombie before decapitating a second. "She is pursuing him in order to force him to end the jutsu."

"What about Naruto though?" Kakashi asked not sure why the woman bound to him wasn't mounting a rescue.

"I was unsure why Naruko wasn't moving to rescue him when she could feel his chakra again. When I inquired she said it was because she believed your situation was more dire and Naruto would prefer she help here first." Sage was still rather confused by Naruto's harems actions since outside of Naruko it appeared the others had not moved to help. She suspected that it was due to the fact that for the most part the women couldn't expose themselves every time an unexpected situation arouse even if it affected one or more members. Yet, Sage felt it must be extremely difficult to know that they could help but be powerless to do so lest everything they worked for become undone.

She knew her sister had been extremely agitated as she had pushed herself harder and harder to reach Vegetable in time to be of assistance. An agitation that Naruko took out on Fudo when she caught up to him, and which Sage saw courtesy of her bond with Katsuyu. The Blonde Toad Sage didn't even give Fudo a chance to defend himself as she appeared on a branch in front of him as he tried to get away from whoever had destroyed the barrier. The woman in full sage mode smashed her fist up into the man's jaw sending him skyward.

Sage caught sight of him with her own eyes as he appeared above the canopy of leaves before crashing back to the earth in the middle of the Vegetable Capital. Sage was sure if it was Naruko's punch or the fall that ultimately killed him, but a moment later the zombies all began crumbling to dust. Sage was approached by a young Watari kunoichi who asked, "Wow what hit him?"

"My sister," Sage said calmly before turning her cannon on the Watari, many of whom appeared about to flee, "and she will be extremely displeased if she has to come back this way to capture you all instead of heading to where she wants."

Many of the Watari sagged defeated as they saw their chances of building a home for themselves crumble to dust in a similar manner as the undead had moments before.

*****

Sora had rolled back to his feet by the time Kushina appeared through the doorway that she had kicked him through. To the red-head the large room looked like a place where Sora and his allies would gather to discuss their strategy to capture Naruto. He swiped at her from across the room with his left hand and channeling his wind chakra into the metal claw sent three sent several Wind Scythes towards her.

Kushina didn't slow down as she continued running towards the young man. At the last second she dropped to her knees and used her momentum to slide under the jutsu. Then just as smoothly got back to her feet, she did a forward flip into the air and lashing out with both feet caught her opponent in the face. The former Fire Temple monk stumbled backwards from the blow as Kushina used him to flip backwards. At the apex of her flip she reached out towards Sora and a pair of chakra chains shot out from the palms of her hands. The chains stabbed into his shoulders causing him to scream out in pain as she pulled him into the air and then whipped the chains around. Sora was lifted him into the air was smashed into a heavy wooden table.

Sora pulled one of the chains free and attempted to use the other to pull the woman towards him and onto his claw. However, it faded away causing him to stumble back before glaring angrily as he regained his footing and said, "You're going to regret interfering in my plans. I'm really going to enjoy seeing the despair in your eyes when you realize you're no match for me."

Kushina didn't bother responding to the taunt as she watched her foe carefully, she noticed the wounds on his shoulders began to close causing her to wonder just what abilities the young man possessed. She knew that Naruto suspected the young monk was some sort of Human Weapon along the same lines of the jinchuriki, but she wasn't sure what sort of creature or being had been sealed inside him to augment his abilities. Her eyes grew as she felt a familiar chakra pulse from the youth as he screamed painfully while grabbing his right arm. Looking at his bandaged right hand Kushina noticed that it seemed slightly more claw-like as he struggled to calm his chakra.

"How can..." Kushina began to ask recognizing the chakra, but Sora went on the offensive charging towards her placing her on the defensive. Dodging back a step, she avoided a thrust with his clawed left and then raised her right arm to block a punch from his right hand. She slid back a few steps to avoid another swipe with his claw, and when he tried to sweep it back she caught it at the wrist which she followed up by locking his arm. Slamming her knee into it she broke his elbow at the joint.

"Fucking bitch," Sora gritted between his teeth before lashing out with backward kick which forced her to let go. Sora rolled away holding his freshly broken arm before resetting it as he continued to glare daggers at the woman.

Kushina found the stare reminded her of a caged animal which only knew how to lash out at a world which had hurt it. She knew it was a stare which she herself could have worn had Mito not taught her the essence of how to survive as a jinchuriki, or one which her son could have developed as a result of his own hardships. Knowing that the young man in front of her carried a similar burden as Naruto, she said, "You need to stop this madness. I know the burden you carry isn't an easy one but..."

"A burden," Sora said amused, "I suppose it used to feel that way back before I learned the truth. But now I understand that what my father gave me was a gift."

"Gift," Kushina repeated with an air of disbelief as she recalled how Sora had reacted upon learning that his father who he had locked up had escaped. "If you view it as such why would you betray your father?"

Sora's eyes narrowed as he asked, "How do you know that? Are you working for him?" He smirked though as he said, "It doesn't matter I suppose, since you aren't leaving here alive. But if you must know before I end you it's because while it is something he gave me, he only ever intended for me to use this power for his benefit. After being a plaything in his and Chiriku's rivalry I've decided to use this power for my own ends."

"What ends would those be? Shouldn't a monk have sworn off all earthly pursuits?"

"Those hypocritical teachings no longer hold any meaning for me," Sora said dismissively. "They preach accepting all those seeking enlightenment, yet turned their backs on me in fear."

"Are you not proving them right in fearing you?" Kushina asked hoping to reach the young man.

"What does it matter?" Sora replied dismissively. "What does matter in this world is power, and once I kill the jinchuriki of the nine-tails there will be precious few that will be able to match mine."

Kushina's eyes narrowed as she said dangerously, "That was a mistake."

"Well you already made yours fool," Sora said cockily, "Wasting time trying to reach me with meaningless words when you should have been more concerned with stopping me." Thrusting his right arm at her a massive claw made of wind chakra launched at the red-head.

Kushina managed to avoid it by rolling out of the way, but Sora used the moment to close with her. She blocked the claw on his left but received a knee to the stomach which doubled her over. His right hand grabbed her by the throat like a clamp before lifting her off her feet. His grip tightened around her neck as he tried to squeeze the life from her.

The edge of Kushina's vision began to darken, but she remained calm as she shot a chakra chain from her right palm into the ruined table behind him. She pulled it towards them causing Sora to spin around to batter it away, but Kushina used the sudden distraction to wrap her legs around his arm and pushing her foot into the side of his head broke the grip on her throat before trying to pull his arm out of its socket.

She quickly abandoned the attempt as he tried to stab his claw into her side so kicked off of him to land several feet away. The two stared at each other as they looked for openings to exploit, Kushina moved first quickly traversing the distance between them, as she expected Sora swiped at her with his claw. Although he used his wind chakra to extend his reach, she was prepared leaping over it the strike sideways upon landing she kicked his hand downward causing him to cut into the floor. Before he could recover she smashed her knee up into his head, as he rocked back she grabbed his left hand quickly removing the claw and tossing it away. She then flipped him so that he landed on his rear, and her arms around his neck from behind began to cut off his flow of oxygen.

"L...Let go of me you bitch." Sora wheezed out wasting precious air.

He attempted to reach back and grab Kushina's head, but she countered by channeling chakra to her hair which grabbed his arms. Her hair pulled his arms out and back holding them away from his body making it easier for her to apply pressure to his airways. Kushina felt the fight fading from Sora's body as he became weaker and weaker, but then she felt the familiar chakra pulse dangerously seconds before being blown back by it.

She managed to land on her feet as Sora's bandaged arm began to pulsate and grow causing the wrapping to give way and exposing his demon like arm. He screamed as chakra began to coat his body as six-tails began to appear. Kushina cursed as a skeletal fox also began to appear around the boy. Sora's face was last to be covered by the chakra so he looked behind him giving her a dark grin. Kushina threw another chakra chain which appeared from her outstretched hand hoping to hit the young man between the eyes. But the chakra as if sensing the attack or Sora fully gave himself over to it quickly swallowed the exposed head. Her attack drove harmlessly into the fox skull that appeared as the Six-tailed beast form Sora seemed to study her for a moment. Kushina yanked her chain free and prepared to attack but then the Chakra Beast roared, knocking her back as well as causing the hideout to collapse.

*****

Naruto felt like he was moving at a relatively good pace, which surprised him considering his eyes were closed. Still feeling drained he left them closed as he said questioningly, "Mom?"

"I'm not your mother," Fuka's voice quickly responded heatedly.

Naruto pushed away from the hostile voice causing her to stumble and him to roll along the ground as he fell from her back. Scrambling to his feet, he faced the angrily glaring woman as he said, "Where the fuck are you taking me? Where's my mom?"

"I'm getting you to safety," Fuka said in a tone that made him aware that she was answering as a result of being bound to him, frowning since he didn't remember sleeping with her, he ignored the questions he wanted to ask to instead inquire, "And my mother?"

"I don't know."

Naruto glared, but calmed as he suspected that Fuka was fighting his apparent control so she was simply giving the terse answers The Voice compelled from her. He felt a powerful burst of chakra as did Fuka who looked back towards the direction they had been traveling away from. Suspecting it was Sora, he questioned, "Why were you leaving with me, and what's going on back there?"

Fuka's brow furrowed as she tried to resist before answering, "I was obeying the orders that came from your mouth. You did something to an ally of my and she changed into some red head. She's back there fighting Sora, but if I had to guess she won't hold him for long so we should get going."

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief since he had not felt his mother's presence inside him, instead only feeling a connection to a massive amount of chakra, although an even larger amount seemed just out of his reach. Suspecting that his mother had transferred Kiyomi's chakra to him, he reached for the first layer of chakra and almost immediately his world seemed to expand. Able to sense the source of the massive chakra, he was also able to feel the emotions behind it. Although, he sensed a dark malice at the center of the large chakra being, what he mostly felt was confusion and fear. But then he focused on the one fighting it and could feel a desperate determination to fight for as long as possible.

Naruto frowned as his mom's recklessness since she seemed determined to meet her end rather than retreat. He guessed it was because she believed that the longer she could delay Sora then the more likely it was that he would be able to escape. He turned to head back to get her but was stopped as Fuka said, "Wait!"

"What," Naruto said impatiently.

"Don't go back there. If you do then I'll have to as well because of whatever your chakra that I took in did to me."

Naruto considered ignoring her, figuring she'd have to fight for him as well. Yet despite knowing she was a villain, he didn't like the idea of forcing her to take part in a fight where she could die. Naruto also had a sneaking suspicion that she was more important to the events that had brought him to Vegetable Country then he was supposed to suspect. He couldn't place why he felt that way, but he had the feeling that he was once more a piece in someone's game and due to his previous encounters he immediately suspected that the game's master was Kabuto.

Deciding to trust his instincts, he placed his hand on the ground creating a Hiraishin seal. He paused after its creation as he noticed for the first time that his hand and arm was coated in a yellow chakra. Looking at the rest of his body, he saw it covered in the same. Still he didn't have time to admire his new form as he saw a massive explosion erupt behind them. Quickly, moving he grabbed Fuka before teleporting to Kiyomi's mansion and appeared before his red-headed Bijuu lover.

A look of relief appeared on Kiyomi's face as he appeared in her study which quickly turned questioning as she noticed his glowing yellow form, but Naruto pushed Fuka towards her before quickly saying, "Obey every command Kiyomi gives you." Focusing on his lover he added, "Sorry can't stay and chat. Love you, bye."

Kiyomi smiled at where her lover had stood before focusing on Fuka and asked more to herself, "Now what do we have here?"

*****

Kushina picked herself up having created a Chakra Chain Barrier around the beast as it had created a relatively small Beast Ball. Still, her barrier had barely held only giving out towards the end and having been knocked off her feet she felt as if she was on her last legs chakra wise. However, she hoped that her gamble had worked and that the Chakra Beasts own jutsu had destroyed it.

Yet, as the dust cleared she could see that wasn't the case and worse still the beast which had been growing larger and larger as the fight wore on appeared even stronger as it now had seven-tails and was roughly about two stories high. Moreover, it was beginning to become covered in muscle as the fox like creature howled before locking its new eyes on her. The beast leapt towards her intent on bringing its paw down atop of her, but Kushina rolled under and towards it in order to get out of the way. However, the beast, rather than turning to face her upon landing instead began to bring one of its massive tails down on her. Kushina knew she wouldn't get out of the way in time so closed her eyes as she whispered, "Please be safe Naruto."

She thought she heard Naruto shout, "Mom!" But it was drowned out by the sound of the tails smashing into the ground. Kushina felt like she was flying and as opposed to her first death found it a relatively gentle way to leave the mortal plane.

But then she had trouble breathing as dust washed over her, she coughed wondering why the afterlife was so dusty, but her eyes snapped open as she heard Naruto say, "I'm beginning to think I know where I got my foolish recklessness from."

Kushina blushed as she realized she was being held in her son's arms as they stood atop of a tree. For a moment she thought it was her own strong feelings causing him to seem to glow as the scene reminded her of when Minato had saved her from the Kumo-nin. Yet, she quickly cleared her head of the less than motherly thoughts which threatened to appear next. Commenting on his appearance she said, "It seems you've made use of the chakra I've left you."

"I'm not entirely sure what abilities this chakra mode has, but luckily for you it does seem to have increased my speed a great deal."

Kushina nodded in agreement, and was surprised that the Bijuu like creature wasn't pressing the attack. Looking over towards it she was surprised to see it watching them carefully as if gauging the new arrival. "W-why isn't he attacking?"

"I take it that's Sora then," Naruto asked causing his mother to nod.

Kushina stared up at her son as a small frown appeared on his face. He absentmindedly adjusted her weight in his arms instantly reminding her that she was being held in them. Her blush returned as she said, "You can put me down Naruto."

"Actually, I don't think I should." Naruto responded keeping his eyes on the Bijuu. "I don't think Sora is in control of the Bijuu and I think the reason it's not attacking is because it doesn't want to be the aggressor."

Surprised she asked, "What do you mean? It had no trouble attacking me."

Naruto gave her a playful smile as he countered, "True, but you were also pounding on its host. It was probably just defending its home. If I'm right then what we're looking at is kind of what Kiyomi did with the piece of the eight-tails that Urd was born of, except it took years for it to grow this much."

They watched as an eighth-tail formed causing black fur to begin coating the new Bijuu which continued to watch the pair. "I can sense malice within it, but if I'm right then that's likely Sora."

"You mean you developed a similar sense as Mito?"

Naruto nodded as he answered, "Yeah, it's kind of strange but it's like some kind of aggression detector and a few other surface emotions. This Bijuu is giving off a lot of fear and confusion, but it is keeping the malice contained."

Naruto placed his mother down, who was a little worried that her son would sense her sadness at his doing so. He didn't seem to pick up on it as he said, "Stay back. I want to try and calm it down."

Kushina felt nervous but nodded as Naruto dropped down to the ground and cautiously approached the Bijuu while holding his hands. "Hey there," he said soothingly, "I know you're scared, but I'm not going to hurt you."

The Bijuu watched cagily as Naruto approached and growled threatening which caused him to stop. Naruto remained still for a handful of moments before approaching once more, this time as the Bijuu growled he kept walking slowly. After several tense minutes he was standing in front of the Black Kyuubi which after several heartbeats lowered its face towards the male Uzumaki. Naruto reached out slowly placing his hand on the Bijuu's snout which he began to rub affectionately, "There, there, everything is going to be alright."

Kushina smiled as the Bijuu seemed to relax from her son's touch, but then something shifted in its eyes causing her to shout, "Naruto!"

Naruto sensed it as well as the malice seemed to switch places with what he believed had been the will of the Black Kyuubi. The Bijuu suddenly surged forward and tried to bite the blond in half but Naruto managed to get clear in time. Landing away from the Bijuu he said, "You really do like your sneak attacks."

The Bijuu grinned evilly as it said, "You should consider it a sign of your status. It would be rather foolish for most people to fight you head on. Although I do need to thank you, your calming this beast down finally allowed me to establish control. Still I need to make this quick already I can feel it fighting me. It seems you've made a friend."

Naruto grimaced from Sora's words since if they were true then the monk in a sense hadn't been behind the destruction of the Flower Village, but instead it had been the Bijuu he contained. The blond suspected though that much like with his mother, the reason the young Bijuu had attacked though was because it had been attacked first. He could understand why the Flower Shinobi would respond the way they did when a powerful chakra creature first appeared in the midst of their village, but he felt a red hot boiling anger directed at Sora for putting the Bijuu in such a situation.

Sora leapt at Naruto, who in a blink of an eye quickly darted under him so that he stopped just behind the Tailed Beast. Naruto called upon the knowledge he absorbed from his own Bijuu's original form and formed a pair of chakra arms which rose out of his shoulders. As Sora's beast form landed Naruto leapt towards him moving almost like a streak of light through the dark and slammed the large fist protruding from his cloaks right shoulder into the side of his opponents head. The blow sent the black beast's head reeling to the side. Where after hitting the ground Naruto leapt again and appeared on the other side hitting the human controlled Bijuu's head back the other way. He then appeared above Sora as he tried to recover and then in an overhead blow brought both large hands down on human controlled Bijuu's skull.

The blow slammed Sora's head into the ground hard enough to leave an impression. Landing, Naruto watched as Sora got back to his feet and then roared causing a massive pressure wave to pass through the area. Naruto stood his ground as he struggled against it, but was sent flying as Sora spun quickly hitting Naruto with one of his form's tails. Naruto smashed through several trees and dug a deep furrow in the ground before finally coming to a rest. He heard trees snapping like twigs as the black fox tore through the forest towards him. Getting to his feet, Naruto formed a pair of Big Ball Rasengan in the palm of his chakra arms' hands which he jammed into Sora's face and chest as he appeared through the trees.

The jutsu sent him flying back the way he came, causing him to land in a heap near the clearing where their battle had begun. Sora slowly got back to his feet, but was pulled back to the ground as chains sprang from the ground wrapping themselves around his beast form. The corrupted monk tried to pull free, but they held fast.

Still the transformed man struggled against them until a new voice said, "Food Cart Destroyer."

Naruto looked in the air to see Gamabunta's massive form blot out the sky as he smashed down onto the Black Fox. Sora screamed out in pain even as the Boss Toad said, "What the hell? A black Kyuubi, who the hell gave you permission to summon me to fight against such a troublesome opponent?"

Naruko replied, "What good is it to call forth the Boss Toad if all he wants to do is take on weaklings?"

"I didn't say that," Gamabunta countered, "I'm saying that it would be nice if once in a while they were weaklings."

Naruto landed behind Naruko as he said, "Nice timing you two?"

"Hold onto that sentiment brat," Gamabunta said as the Black Fox glared up at him. He noticed that the glare seemed to fade, but he didn't have much time to contemplate it as the beast opened its mouth to form a Beast Ball.

"Return home Boss," Naruto shouted as the ball shot away towards the ruined hideout. Naruto grabbed Naruko leaping from the summon's back before it burst into smoke and sped towards his mother, who was kneeling on the ground with the chains coming from her back. Naruto grabbed her as she ended her jutsu just before the energy ball exploded upon hitting the ruined base. Naruto took off as the shockwave of the blast headed towards them zipping through the trees while surprised at how powerful the blast was.

He was about to Hiraishin away likely giving Sora a chance to escape but upon finding a nearby rock formation, Naruto landed behind it pulling both women towards him even as several chains once more shot forth from Kushina as she created a barrier to protect them just as the shockwave hit. The stone barrier took the brunt of the blast before collapsing over them as the wave of destruction washed by. Kushina's barrier protected them from the falling rocks, but once the shockwave passed it still took several moments for them to extract themselves without causing the rocks to collapse on them.

Once free, Naruto said, "Wait here."

He quickly headed back to the site of the blast but found no sign of Sora or his Bijuu form. He tried to sense the monk by the hatred that he had sensed earlier, but as he believed it had been the Bijuu and not the monk who had created the beast ball, he wasn't surprised that he couldn't. Still, it worried him that the Monk had somehow managed to escape since he didn't think even the Bijuu would be so unaffected by being caught in the blast. That he couldn't even sense the Chakra of the Tailed Beast made him worried that someone had collected it while they had been busy extracting themselves from the rocks. Turning away, he quickly returned to Naruko and his mother in order to check on his other lovers.

*****

Sage lay in her bed with Katsuyu as another clone of the slug observed Naruko as she snuck through the castle towards her target. It had been several hours since the end of the battle against the undead animated by the jutsu Fudo cast and the fight against a Sora possessed Black Kyuubi. Although Naruto's lovers had not been able to act overly affectionate upon his return, Sage could see they were obviously relieved that he was alright, just as he was that they had not been hurt. She had initially suspected though that the night would be filled with his lovers showing their feelings for him.

Kakashi seemed to as well which was why he gently reminded the Leaf Kunoichi that they were still on a mission. Still, Sage knew her sister, so wasn't surprised that it appeared that she wasn't going to be held bound by Kakashi's no s.εﾒ rule. Yet, Sage knew that her sister would have one other obstacle to sneak by since Kushina seemed also to be pleased by the idea that Naruto's lovers would not be monopolizing his time, and had even sequestered herself in his room with him so that he would rest.

As Naruko reached the hall of Naruto's room, she hid in the shadows while she waited for her chance. Sage passed the time by thinking about how Naruto had seemed after they had returned from searching for Sora. He had obviously been worried when Hana and Kakashi after searching the blast area had not been able to find a scent trail. There hadn't even been a physical one for some reason, which considering its size did seem surprising, but if Naruto's belief that the Bijuu had retaken control was accurate then it might have realized that stealth would be the best way to lose its pursuers.

But that wasn't the only thing she had noticed which seemed to be bothering the blond man. He also seemed to be carrying a sadness that only appeared in his quieter moments which admittedly there hadn't been many until the sun had begun to set. She suspected it was one of the reasons for her sister's nighttime visit, since he had been unwilling to discuss it earlier.

Sage figured she would know soon enough as the door to the room Naruto had been assigned opened and Kushina stepped out holding a bowl and a pot which had contained ramen. Kushina seemed particularly pleased as Sage knew that the woman had cooked it for her son personally making her guess that he had enjoyed it. Taking the empty dishes down to the kitchen she paused for a moment looking down the hall where Naruko was hiding. Sage watched her sister slide a little further into the shadows until Kushina shrugged and began heading away.

As soon as she disappeared Naruko made her move and disappeared into the room. A few moments later the slug clone was sliding beneath the door and heard the shower running. It headed to the bathroom in time to hear Naruto say surprised, "Naruko...my mom..." It proceeded into the bathroom where it climbed the wall to get a good vantage point to peak down into the shower.

*****

"Is down in the castle's kitchen," the female sage said having taken off all her clothes before joining her lover. "I raced all the way here from Stone Country; it's not fair that she gets you all to yourself."

Naruto pulled Naruko into a hug before kissing her after which he said, "Thanks for dropping everything to save me."

Naruko nodded but teasingly replied, "You should be. I was getting a lap dance while trying to uncover Jiraiya's spy network when you went dark. She was quite talented." Naruko giggled as she felt her lover's dick lurch and although she wanted it inside her, she turned serious as she asked, "Is everything okay? You seem kind of down despite getting your mom back physically now and stopping the bad guys."

Naruto nodded, but knowing Naruko would know what he was talking about said, "D was killed."

"I see," Naruko said sadly, but added, "I guess he couldn't quell the chaos going on it Paradise City."

"Actually he succeeded it seems," Naruto replied, "They even wanted to make him the city leader."

"Then what happened?"

Naruto felt the pain of the betrayal again as he said, "He was killed by an Iwa kunoichi posing as a waitress at the bar he was staying at. I... he loved her."

Naruko nodded and then said, "Which means you love her."

"I...I don't know," Naruto admitted, "I know it hurts, but can I say that means I love her. I mean I never even met her and D..."

"Was you," Naruko said surprising Naruto considering her own origins. She smiled at him before continuing, "I know that is shocking for me to say due to my origins. But D was a clone which meant that even if he developed along a different path from you, eventually that path would merge again. Plus I think D was as aware of this as any one. He told me he viewed the mission to save Paradise City as his, and not yours. But the reason for that I feel, is because he knew those people and cared for them, and now so do you. I'm glad about one thing though."

"What's that?"

"He said that he didn't think that you would appreciate his memories as much as he would. But that doesn't appear to be the case, I can tell you're worried about what's going on there now that he's gone."

Naruto nodded as he said grimily, "I'm afraid that Iwa's killing me...I mean D might make the situation there worse."

"I could go and find out."

"No," Naruto said, "I'm going to head there in the morning."

"Are you sure?"

Naruto inclined his head so she said, "Then let me have you tonight."

She kissed her lover needfully, who responded with just as much desire hoping to create a new pleasant memory rather than focus on the ones he had been brooding over for the past several hours. His desire for his lover took over causing him to push her back against the back wall of the shower. Kissing down her neck and chest, he squeezed her right breast which he then lifted to his lips so he could suck on her hardened nipple. Naruko moaned as her hands buried themselves in his hair and pushed his mouth tighter again her tit. She moaned happily as he soon switched to the other while she ground her pussy against the knee he had placed between her thighs. Growing wetter by the moment, she whispered, "We don't have long. Please I want you inside me."

Naruto broke away from chest to look into her matching blue eyes; he then leaned forward to hungrily kiss her as he grabbed her by the thighs. Picking her feet up off the ground he easily found her opening with his cock and slid inside her. Both of them groaned as his length disappeared inside her warm welcoming cunt, but neither one wanting to be caught by his mother quickly got down to the business of fucking.

Naruko's head fell back as her lover quickly tried to fill her with his seed. She stared up at the ceiling, but then noticed something staring down at them. She focused on it and seeing Katsuyu was rather surprised, but then noticing the Rinnegan eyes that it sported realized that her sister was watching her. An amused smile appeared on her lips which she didn't bother to hide from her sister. Finding being watched by Sage an incredible turn on she wrapped her arms around her lover's neck and brought her lips to his ear.

"That's it baby," Naruko moaned softly into it, although loudly enough for the slug to hear, "hurry and fill my naughty pussy with your cum. It feels so fucking great to cum after receiving a belly full of your man cream."

Naruto was a little surprised by Naruko's behavior, but couldn't deny he loved the way her cunt was suddenly gripping so tightly around his pumping cock. "W-what's gotten you so hot?"

"I...I just wanted to let you know how good you're doing," she replied not wanting to possibly embarrass her sister by alerting Naruto. Wrapping her feet behind his pistoning ass, she added, "Now hurry up baby, and cum. Give me what we both need... RELEASE!!!"

Naruko shrieked the last part as Naruto slammed his cock into her fully, before grinding his pelvis against her. The added friction against her clit caused her to cum, her quivering pussy pulsed even more as its pleasure buds were coated in the liquid warmth of Naruto's seed as he injected it in her womb and the overflow began to leak out. Naruto sagged against her, but remained standing as he pinned her against the shower wall.

"Thank you Naruko," Naruto said gratefully as she loosely held him. Advertisements

"Mmm, my pleasure," Naruko said softly kissing his neck while staring up into the Rinnegan eyes of the slug. Placing her feet on the ground she sighed softly from the loss of him, and despite seeing his cock was still hard resisted the urge to drop to her knees. Knowing that she was pushing it already, she exited the shower along with her lover and after toweling off gave him a quick kiss. She then quickly left the room, glad to see that Kushina hadn't returned.

*****

Kushina frowned as she watched Naruto appear from Naruto's room, but she wasn't sure if it was due to the blonde apparently disregarding her wishes that her son be left alone to rest, or a desire to have experienced what she likely just had. She quickly dropped the matter since she didn't want to tempt herself. Stepping into the room, she smiled as saw Naruto passed out on the bed and guessed she owed the woman some thanks after all since she knew her son had been brooding over something, so had feared he wouldn't settle down and sleep.

She smiled contently as he snored happily. She moved to sit in the chair she had been watching him eat the first meal she had ever cooked him. She stopped though as she remembered the night of his birth and recalling lying next to him as he cried while Minato fought the Kyuubi was tempted to join him. She tried to resist, but as a result of being free of the seal she couldn't deny herself the feeling of his warmth. Kushina couldn't believe just how amazing having a flesh and blood body felt especially when compared to the mostly senseless existence that had been her time in the seal. After all, it was hard to imagine how much a person could miss just having the wind blow across their skin until being denied it.

Kushina gave in, and climbed next to Naruto content to watch him sleep. But, she made the mistake of lying across an outstretched arm so found herself pulled tightly against his chest a moment later. She blushed from the closeness, but settled down as she reminded herself it was just her trying to be close to her son. But, she felt a heat building in her body, which made her worry that the chakra he had used to pass her soul into the body was beginning to affect her. Still, she didn't try to escape as she leaned up and kissed his cheek as she lovingly said, "I love you Honey. Thank you for not letting go." She then placed her head against his chest and let his steady heartbeat lure her into dreams where she enjoyed sharing a bed with him in a less motherly fashion.