Naruto pressed on through the dark ruined halls. Everywhere he stepped there was a sign of some battle. It amazed him just how much the Empire took over this island. It was odd even with the facts pointing on the Empire having a complete surprise attack on them. No, there had to be other ninja involved in the attack. Powerful ones at that. He knew first hand that his father wasn't a popular man by some of the most powerful ninjas. He had put a lot of laws and acts in power that threatens the balance and moral code of the ninja. He was seen a progressive. Something Shinobi didn't like.

His father was a just man, but he was very soft when it came to his village. Naruto knew that man had made enemies, powerful ones, but he had no idea that they would go this far to destroy their own village. Naruto stepped over a pillar of wood that had fallen to the ground. This place was torn apart by non-stop battle. Old blood was splashed against the walls and painted them in a dark reddish-brown from their regular yellow.

His path became blocked by a large piece of the second floor that had crashed down. He grunted. This was taking too long. He had to get to the tree. He had to see just how much damage was done. He picked up the pace and disregarded most of his surroundings as he jumped to the second floor and pushed on ahead. He dodges multiple objects and traps that were laying around before he stopped dead in the middle of the hallway.

A headache slammed into him. He clutched the side of his head. Another old memory was playing through his mind.

"Kurama! They have found me out! It is only a matter of time before they jump to drastic measures." Naruto paced back and forth in front of the giant fox. The grass flattened under each step. The look of worry and anger was clearly shown on his face.

"Your plan for peace seems to be crashing down at the seams." The fox commented but you could tell he was not happy about what was happening either. He watched the blond pace in place.

Naruto shook his head, "No, they only have found me and Orochimaru out. I still can't believe father chased the man away! The labs were used for those scumbags that were going to be executed anyway! No matter! The plan still stands, buddy. It seems that I will be compromised, however, I have fallout plans just in case something like this would occur. The clones in the upper kingdoms will continue their missions to bring them under my thumb. I will have the rest of the Akatsuki go quiet until I have dealt with what father and mother are planning."

"Hm, you still believe this plan of yours will work?" Fox snorted out in rage, "That bloody snake just had to get caught and ruin everything."

Naruto shook his head. "No my father is no fool. He has been catching on to me for a while now. I still can't believe it was Orochimaru that got caught first. Nevertheless," the blond paused and turned to face his partner. "What is done, is done. To answer your first question; Thanks to your help, yes."

"Hmph, of course, I will be used as a weapon. You are no different than the rest of them." Kurama grunted distastefully looking away from the teen.

"Oh, shut up!" Naruto snapped back. "I said with your help! I will not force you to help me if you didn't want to. You have your own chip in this as well, do you not?" Naruto heard the large fox growl at him. He narrowed his eyes at the fox, "We both know that I treat you with respect, unlike my mother who thought she had to keep you locked up and stuck down here. I have always wanted you to feel the wind of the wild. You will be free, my friend. Just let me know when we can merge."

The fox looked down at him as it stood to its full height, "You better keep your word, Naruto." The voice of Kurama held power. The fox didn't want to be tricked, not again. Naruto merely waved it off like it wasn't a big deal.

Naruto then nodded at him, "When have I ever gone back on my word friend? Even the promises I made with people that were utter dirt I still kept. A man is only as good as his word and will not make promises that I will not uphold. You will be free along with me. I do not wish to break your faith in me. You will see that not all humans are worthless liars. Now I will need you to do something for me."

"You mean if they bring in a Yamanaka? That won't be a challenge. They will see nothing of our plans. They will learn to never attempt such a thing again." The large fox dropped to the ground, causing a great shake, to rest once again.

"Just don't kill them. We will need the manpower when the great war breaks out. The tensions between all nations are building very quickly. The drums of war are beating more and more each day. There will be a great war."

By the time the vision was over, he was on the floor in a ball shaking. That bloody seal of his was working in overdrive. What had his father and mother done to him? What were they thinking? Better yet what was he thinking? What was he planning about world domination? Just what was going on? Nothing made sense. How come Kurama hadn't tried to tell him any of this?

Or maybe he did but the seal made him forget everything the Kyuubi said? No, that couldn't be it. No Kurama had stayed silent about the whole thing until now. That clever boy! He knew if he started talking to him about any of this he might go to his father or mother and tell them of his plans! Because Naruto would have no idea what the fox was talking about and he would report everything the fox had told him to them. Holy shit. That and apparently he had informed everyone to not approach him.

How had he done that? He would have to get this seal off to find out. He needs to reach Kurama now. Naruto fought through the pain and stood up and zoomed through the building. He then came to what was left of the large mighty doors. He stood in the massive doorway to see sheer destruction. The tree was gone… GONE! That made sense, the ninja once they realized just how hopeless the battle was. The power of Bijuu chakra was thick in the air. There was a massive battle that took place here. The high roof was gone, a giant pillar of ice torn through it and reached a mile into the sky.

He gulped the air down into his lungs and regretted it. The air was freezing and hurt to take it in. Just who in hell had done this? Who was so powerful that they could change the weather patterns like this? He entered the room and saw something he wished he hadn't. It was a red kasa. 'Han.' The mighty Han of the Raging Stream was no more. This was where he fell in battle. Denying access to all Imperial forces. He picked up the red hat. It was a shame, Han was a good man. He was a tall monster of a man, yet when it came to his wife he was a shy little butterfly. He wasn't much of a shinobi. The man was more a samurai. Pain erupted in the back of his head as a vision popped to the forefront of his mind.

"I will lend you my power for this new world. I will join Akatsuki."

"I wouldn't be able to do this without you Han, we each have a part to play." They both bowed to each other before the blond smiled at the man, "How is your New wife?"

The large man looked away from the blond. Man, he was so shy about his wife!

Now, Naruto gritted his teeth, he was dead. There was dried blood all over the Kasa. Naruto put the kasa in a storage seal with a frown on his face. 'Just another friend that is dead and gone.' He thought bitterly. Naruto approached the ice pillar. He notices that the pillar had started on the floor below meaning that whoever had done this breached the lower levels. Not good. Naruto jumped down the hole. The drop was ten stories down and he threw a kunai down before him. Once the kunai rattled to the ground he replaced himself with kunai. His stomach lurched from the sudden stop and he rolled on the ground to his feet. There was a reason why you did not replace yourself with a moving object. He stood up and dusted the snow from himself. He gazed at the pillar and grits his teeth in anger and stunned bewilderment. Someone had entered the Ten-Tails gate and the fact that there was a giant ice pillar there told him that whoever it was had succeed in a Ten-Tails merger. 'How?' The blond thought.

'I don't have time to think about this!' The blond marched to the ninth gate. The ninth gate was located to the north of the chamber. All nine gates were in a circle as the room was a giant dome. The gate themselves were a pillar inside a pentagon. He put his hand on the pillar and the link was restored. Naruto closed his eyes as the pentagon lowered itself downward. Naruto opened his eyes and he was standing before the mighty nine tails fox. A smile crossed his face as he saw the giant fox grin at him. "Kurama, tell me more about this seal I have on me."

(xxXxx)

Najenda had finally gotten back from her trip with the Revolutionary Army. Due to the whole army being by shinobi she was told she would be receiving some extra help. Her two new members were very quiet. They certainly looked similar, it might have had something to do with the fact that they were family. Two brothers, two very powerful brothers.

Hm, she found it was interesting that she might have had to deal with ninja in the future. Uzu had given a list of shinobi that were on the kill on sight list. Orochimaru was very high on the list it would seem. The man had sold them out to the Empire, but the reason was for what? What would gain by doing something like this?

She shook her head from the thoughts. She had no idea what they offered him in return. Hell, Honest hate shinobi with a passion because of how the could easily kill the man or sneak around. Whatever, she had her own shinobi now to deal with the said snake. They would fit right in with the rest of the group. She would be lying if she said that her group was normal.

"As I have said before, welcome to Night Raid."

The taller brother raised his eyebrow at the castle-like structure. "This is it?"

"You would think that an old abandoned castle would be the worst place to hide. It just seems so obvious that no goes looking here." Najenda shrugged. Hey, it's worked so far without any problems.

"Hn." Yep, there was their catchphrase again. It seemed that this was all they ever acknowledge her by. It was getting annoying really fast.

"Well enough of that, come, let me show you the rest of team." She gestured them to follow after her. They did do so.

Before they even reached the steps the door is busted open as Lubbock breaks through it. All three of them dodge the incoming man. The shorter brother looks at his brother with a confused gaze. The older brother just shook his head. "These are the people we are dealing with?"

"It would seem so, little brother."

Najenda face-palmed and gave a heavy sigh, 'What a great first impression, Lubbock."

Leone stood in the doorway a few seconds later with her hands on her hips a clear frown on her face that changed when she saw her boss, "What's up boss!" The tall blonde took notice of the two males next her, a massive grin formed on her face, "Oh ho ho, who do we have here?" The excitement was clear in her voice.

"More comrades." She simply said. Knowing Leone she was checking them out. She did this with all good looking males that caught her interest.

"Leone likes!" The woman purred much like a cat.

"Leone can wait!" Najenda interjected. "Not here, get everyone together in the main room so I can introduce them."

The Blonde girl nodded before doing just what she was told. Lubbock popped up right behind her, "Hello boss~" He cheered with a black eye.

Her eye twitched seeing the state he was in, "Do I even want to know?"

He looked at her confused, "Know what?" It was pretty clear he wasn't going to tell her.

"Yeah, that's a no." She frowned. Just what was the pervert doing this time to get punched- she takes it back, she didn't care.

"I see they are sending out the big guns," He nods his head in respect to both brothers, "How was the trip?"

She grinned a the green haired man, "It went very well, It seems with Uzu's full support we will be able to attack much sooner now. I'll explain more inside."

"Copy that." He put his hand out to the taller one, "My name is Lubbock."

The tall one shook the man's hand, "Itachi Uchiha and that is Sasuke Uchiha." Itachi has onyx eyes under which were long, pronounced tear-troughs. He has jet-black hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail and his face was framed with center-parted bangs that extended to his chin.

"I can introduce myself, Itachi!" The younger brother grunted. The now introduced Sasuke has black eyes and spiky black hair with a blue tint. Sasuke's hair hangs over his face as his bangs. Both brothers were wearing the same dark blue cloak with the Uchiha fan on the back. Both had a pair of Black shinobi sandals on there was a sword on their backs.

"Sasuke…"

The raven hair brother turned to look at his brother only to be poked in the forehead.

"Foolish little brother."

"Itachi!"

(xXx)

"So that is how it is?" The blond ran his fingers through his hair. "It is time to remove this seal then. The rise of Black Fox will not stop again."

"This will hurt."

"Before we began, why not do this sooner? Why wait for this long?" Naruto wonders aloud at the reason that the fox hadn't tried this before.

The large fox stared down at him showing its white teeth, "You were the one who wanted it this way."

That made Naruto's eyes widen, "What was my reasoning?"

"To fool your father and all the spies he had watching you after that point. You were under constant watch. You wouldn't have been able to get away with anything without him knowing. You also didn't want any more of our people getting caught and told them all to continue with the plan but to be far more careful. No enough questions! It's time to see your true self not this idiot of ninja you have become." The massive beast bellowed.

"Do it." The man gave the okay. Naruto sat down on the grass and crossed his legs. He closed his eyes as he was ready for Kurama to start. Red chakra rushed out from the fox. It swirled around him. Naruto's eyes widened as the fox's chakra entered through his mouth. Naruto was lifted off the ground and noticed that Kurama's paws were surrounding him as the red chakra poured out. Everything went black.

Naruto jumped up from his spot on the ground. He gasped for air and blinked rapidly. He looked around to notice that he was inside his mindscape. A red fox was sitting in front of him. The fox had four tails waving behind it. Naruto recognizes this as the four tails form he would go into with the Kyuubi's power. "Follow me."

Naruto watched as Kurama dashed off. He could see the red chakra left behind point the right way for him to go. His mindscape was much like the belly of a factory. He passed by heavy machinery, gears turned, catwalks hang overhead, lights flickered on and off, water dripped from pipes, and windows to the outside were cover in dust. The factory seemed to be old and not running very well. It was showing his state of mind. He followed the chakra to steps that led downward.

He was going into the basement. He started walking down the stairs. Until he got to the fifth step down. Water covered the fourth step and down. Flooding it would seem. It was dark down there and the only light to be seen was Kurama's red glow reflecting off the walls and water. He walked down into the basement. He stood atop the water if he couldn't have the water would have been up to his chest. He found Kurama hanging from the ceiling looking down at him. He had changed from a moment ago. The fox now had five tails and a fox skull over his head. They were merging fast and so far things seemed good. Five tails of Chakra were already in his body.

He took in the basement to see many things that popped out to him. There were hundreds of seals all over the walls. He blinked seeing all of them.

"What are all these?" Naruto asked out in amazement.

"Those are unimportant at the moment. The one you need to worry about it the one on the floor under the water." Kurama ignored to answer his questions. Nevertheless, Naruto didn't press the issue he had to get rid of that seal.

Naruto moved to the front of the room where the seal was hidden and that was when the seal bust into a bright gold. Gold chakra formed into a human form right in front of him. It took a moment and he could see his father standing before him. He didn't look happy, "Stop at once my son. This is not the right path for you." The man said blocking Naruto's path from going any further.

Naruto blinked and realized that this wasn't his father but a clone that had been placed in the seal to stop him from removing it. He sent the Shadow Clone a sharp glare, "How do you know that father?"

"You don't know the truth about Uzu or anything about the world. You are only nineteen and you act as if you have the answer to solve the world's problems. The path behind me will only lead to your death and the death of thousands. You are running on theories, not the truth." The man bites back hotly clearly against his son's ideas.

Naruto looked taken aback by his words, "Oh, my path will lead to the death of thousands? Look whos talking! Look at the village! We have been at war for long periods of time! Don't be upset that the Empire caught us supplying the Revolutionary Army and moved to cripple their supply source. You and mother brought this upon us. Now, what do you plan to do with what is left of us, huh? Attack the Empire? You will kill millions! Oh, you also think what's left of the Southern Kingdom, The Western Kingdom, and Northern kingdoms will sit still seeing all this chaos? They will move in on what is left and we will be caught in the middle."

"Naruto you do not realize the evil that the Empire has done to the world and us!"

"And that is all you ever see! If you rip the head off the snake and the poison has been lifted from the Emperor they will flourish and grow even stronger because of this mess!"

"Why do you care so much about people that are not your own! This is the one part of the argument that you never understand. These are not your people, they do not care about you Naruto. Why do you want to do this? What do we gain from this?"

Naruto blinked. His father was right. Why did he want to join the Empire? There had to be a reason. Did he seriously get brainwashed by the glory of the Empire or was there something else?

"I don't know."

"You don't know? I think you have been brainwashed by them. It had to have happened on one of your missions in the ANBU. Your mother was right. She knew you should have never been placed into the ANBU." The man said with regret and that only further pissed him off.

"Don't talk to me about the brain when you literally fucked around up here and changed my memories or locked them away! You have no right. Hell, it's probably the reason I can't remember why I want to save the Empire in the first place. That and what the fuck did you do down here?! Look what you did to my mind!"

Minato calmed and shook his head. It was true he might have screwed up with locking away his son's true self but a Yamanaka couldn't help him do this because of the Kyuubi. "That sounds like an excuse and you had to be stopped before you dragged us into war. This had to be done."

"Oh, I dragged us into war? Well, at least if I did, we would have had time to prepare unlike what happened in real life!" Naruto yelled out in rage and hatred. "Look what you've done to our home and then you act like I am the problem! I'm sorry father but your way has failed. It is time I come back to the world."

Then it hit him, an imaged played before him.

Naruto was sitting behind a desk reading over a scroll in the capital palace. He had managed to sneak into a very forbidden library. He was reading over documents of naval trips and missions in the southern sea. He had been close. He had been very close on figuring out the upbringing of Uzushio. He was so very close. The tales of Uzushio said that they had been traveling on the sea until they reached the islands of Uzu. That didn't tell him much about where they came from and why they had left in the first place. Not even in the records of Uzu had been able to answer that. That was what got him thinking.

Unlike most rulers of Uzu Naruto had questions and when he kept being denied those answers, he took matters into his own hands. He had joined the ANBU at the age of eleven to find those answers. He was allowed to enter more secretive places and his father had grown to trust him with more information.

Yet the answers still eluded him. Time and time again. It would seem something we're meant to be hidden. Naruto refused to believe in that. No, he had become a Historian and he wanted the answers and he would get them. Hell, even some of Uzushiogakure best Historian didn't know the answer and some of them even had the gall to say they might never know. What kind of historian would say garbage like that?

He had been close and yet so far from the last piece of information. The last place to check was the Empire. He was lucky his father had given him a mission in the Capital City. He could now find the answers. He had joined the Imperial Academy for Officers and boy did that cost some money. 'I guess that is why there is a lack of quality in the Imperial Army.' The fact that only a few Armies stood out as dangerous was a clear sign of corruption. It was disgusting to think that an Empire could let itself drop so low.

He would have a Pulse Clone stationed here in the academy so that he could keep fishing for information. Now that he was at the Imperial Archives he might just find what he was looking for. If this turned out to be a bust like the other kingdoms then that meant the people of Uzu came from another continent far eastward. He really hoped that wasn't the case. Cause that would mean he would still not have the answers and probably never would. Who knows where that continent was in the first place?

He also still has a week before head to return back home. He had time. He had been down here for five hours already and it was getting late. He still had nothing. Until he found it, it was a mission to the southern Kingdom. It took place on June 17, 423 and it was believed that a terrible storm blew them off course. He blinked, there was no southern is- 'Holy shit!' He jumped up from his chair! This might be it! He read over the report and was grinning the whole time as he saw just why this mission had been a failure. It was said there was nothing to the south because none had returned. The empire had thought the world to be flat much like the rest of the world.

They thought that the edge was closer than it was! Hell, Uzu didn't even know where the edge of the world was yet! Amazing. The world really was vast. Hell, he should compare the maps of the other kingdoms to see just how much Uzu didn't know about the world. That could wait. As he read over the files in his hands he notice that there was civilian vessels amongst the military ones. Of course, there were way more military vessels than the civilian ones. There was apparently no survivors from the mission.

More like none that had returned. Now the question he had was why did these people not return. Better yet why didn't they get in touch with the Empire? It didn't make sense. Better yet, why was there nothing about this in Uzu? He would have to dig around far more in Uzu. He had to enter the Inner Tower. This meant that the people of Uzu were actually part of the Empire. Holy cow.

"I can't let you do that. I will have to stop you here!" Minato grabbed hold of Naruto only to be pulled away by six tails. "The Kyuubi!" The man grunted out with a tail around his neck. The clone poofed away from existence.

"Hurry I will deal with Hokage. Now! Remove the seal Naruto!" The voice of Kurama boomed as he jumped down from the ceiling. A massive splash caused waves to roam across the room. Naruto could see the bones covering that massive creature that was a big a house. Six tails zipped across the room lashing out at yellow flashes. Naruto took that moment to dived under the water. It was time to free himself of his shackles. Naruto looked at the glowing seal. He had to find a week point and quick. His father had to go all out on this one. It might take a while to find the right key if there was one.

Naruto could see the lights flashing above him as the two powerful being fought all out above him. Naruto foregoes with looking for a key. His father wouldn't have put one on here. No, he wants these memories gone. Only a Yamanaka could something like that and the Kyuubi wouldn't let that happen. He was going to have destroyed this with a very high-level seal.

He sighed, the All-Consuming Seal was the only thing he could use. This seal basically erased any seal targeted by the technique. It would even prevent and countermeasures any seal might have. It was used to remove Masterful seals at the coast of users life. Well, that was what usually happened due to how much Chakra it requires verse how much one has. Naruto didn't have to worry about that though. This would do the trick but it would take him out for awhile. Kurama was going to have full control over his body. He started the process of the seal. 'Kurama, I have to use the All-Consuming Seal. Promise me to watch Aria from me.'

He heard a grunt. Naruto knew Kurama would understand if he couldn't remove the seal with anything else. 'Who is this Aria?'

'Some girl from the Empire that I picked up, seriously don't hurt or kill her. I found something in her house that might help us.' The blond smile at the thought. Who would have thought that little girl was from a long line of engineers? He had also stumbled upon something utterly amazing in her room. Yes, Naruto was a very big snoop. He hated being out of the loop.

'Fine. How much longer? This man is seriously annoying and is making the process take much longer than it needs to. We are risking ourselves- Where did he go?' The giant fox creature growled out cautiously.

'I leave it to you, friend.' Naruto grinned to himself as he completed the seal. 'All Consuming Seal, Activate!' The room was covered in a dark purple light.

(X)

Aria was standing outside the massive ruined red tower. It was odd seeing how the village was structured. It reminded her of home. The Empire. No, the buildings didn't look the same as the ones nowadays but they definitely looked like the ones of old. It was interesting to see the same but different style of architecture.

She frowned deeply as the wind blow by her. It was freezing out here. How long had they been waiting for the real Naruto she had no idea. She was angry at the clone because he would not let her move any closer to the building. She understood the risks and was quite charmed by the fact he was being so protective over her. Her gaze wanders over to the blond next to her. He was quite cute as well. In fact, the only thing she could see about him that could be seen unattractive was those whisker marks on his face that made him seem like a cat. He was also rather average height. Being around five foot six.

'He does meet my preferences after all. Blond hair and blues are most preferred!' Those were wonderful traits for any human to have. They were a sign of the Empire after all. Her family always had those traits, it was a sign of their nobility. Well, more like it was a well-known fact that Richtofens had those traits. The Richtofen name was made to Nobility from the design since that had pleased the First Emperor so much. Her family had created the Imperiale Wache. It was the first created teigu and it was of her family's design. Only a handful of people knew it existed. In fact, only three now knew of it. Her, the Emperor, and Prime Minister Honest.

She wanted to create things like the very first Richtofen had. Her mother and father would just live off the name and the riches that came with it. Her mother, was the heir to the Richtofen name had been working on trying to make 'chemical weapons' as she called them. Weapons that mixed in multiple elements together to cause a reaction in the human body. She had been making progress but Aria cared little for those kinds of things. Wow, she just sidetracked herself so hard right there.

She looked back at him. Her thoughts lingered on her own height. Now she wasn't all that tall yet but her mother and father were! So she might just shoot past him! That would be rather humorous looking down at him. Well, she did kind of like that sort of thing. She nodded to herself at the thought. He was also rich due to him being royalty. There was a lot she could gain from the teen if she chose to go after him. 'There is also the fact that he is extremely powerful and can protect me from about anything.' Yes, she had made up her mind. Her staring intently at him brought the attention of the blond of her thoughts.

"Something on your mind?" He asked looking over at her.

She had been caught staring at him. She didn't react much to his sudden gaze. "I do have some questions. You're a clone, do you feel?"

The clone thought about it for a second, "Yes, am just like any other person. I have feelings and have my own thoughts. I think exactly like my maker. I am a solid copy of him after all."

She processes the information as fast as it was said. She nodded to herself. "A solid copy you say? Very interesting abilities you have." She compliments him. "What else can you do?"

"A lot," he said simply with a shrug. Trying to play mysterious with her was he? That was fine, she had her own secrets after all. However, she was not grateful the lull in the conversation.

She sighed to herself impatiently as she tapped her foot on the ground. Ugh, it was just so cold that she couldn't think straight. She turned to him again, "Naruto," she called at him to get his attention.

His head moved just enough so his eyes fell on her, "Yes, Aria?"

"Could you come closer to me? It is awfully cold out here." She requested. It might have sounded a little flirty but she didn't care. Warming up was a much higher priority. The older teen stepped closer to her, they were now two feet apart. He scratched the back of his head not seeming to understand. She became annoyed at the lack of warmth, 'I meant closer!' She mentally rages to herself. "I meant closer," She grumbles out in disappointment. Looking back at him she could see he was still hesitating. Oh, come on now! He was a Prince!

Yes, her request might have been considered out of the blue but it shouldn't have bothered him as much as it was. He looked at her questioningly as if he hadn't heard her right. He took a step closer. She scowled at him before moving in front of him. 'What a baby!' If he wouldn't come to her she would go to him. Finally, she had a windbreaker and she could feel the heat coming from him. She sighed in content with a smile. 'He's warm~'

He raised an eyebrow at her amusedly after getting by his embarrassment, "Feeling better?" She hummed at him causing the blond to chuckle.

"I never took you for the kind of guy that was bad with girls." The teen was flabbergasted at the comment. "You're a prince, for Empires sakes! Women should be falling for you and yet you act as you have never been close to a woman."

Naruto frown at her, "Well, there is a lot of truth to what you say."

She blinked and craned her head to look at him, "You mean you never had a girlfriend, someone you care about in a romantic way?" Now she had interest in the answer as well seeing that you would mind pursuing the blond.

He shook his head at her, "No, I have always been training, working, and going on missions that I never had time to look for romance. I mean you were the first girl I danced with that I can remember besides my mother." He said recalling the event.

Aria looked away from the blond but couldn't help but grin. 'Oh, this makes thing much easier for me.' A plan was forming in her head. That plan was quickly pushed to the side as a blast of dark energy exployed out of the tower. A dark beam shoots through the ice pillar causing the whole thing to collapse. The clone fell to the floor behind her as it clutched where it heart was, "What's going-"

Aria was pulled to the ground by the clone, "Stay down!" He demanded before it disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Her eyes darted around frantically looking around. 'What's going on?!' The ice pillar smashes into the building and then what is left of the tower falls along with it. She covers her head as snow and debris fly by her from her spot on the ground. She closed her eyes and waited for the raging winds to die down. She couldn't see anything as the world was covered in smoke and snow.

Her eyes opened to witness a terrifying sight, a red glowing light was at the epicenter of the blast. A monstrous roar could be heard from the light and she could feel the power, the anger, and the bloodlust. Just what had Naruto found in that tower?! Or… 'Could that be…'

The smoke and snow were pushed away from the area as the red beam that darkened the skies died down. She could see what the creature was from here now. The creature had four tails and was completely red and black with glowing white eyes. The creature looked at her and she knew what fear was.

Its piercing white eyes dug a hole through her. Those eyes judged her. It stood up from four legs to two as it made its way to her. She wanted to run but her legs were locked, she was petrified at the glowing demon. As it was slowly strolling over to her one of the tails started to disappear and so did the monster's red glow. Once the tail was completely gone, she could see that the monster was Naruto. Naruto could turn into something like that?!

She gulped as the three tails waved around behind him. He looked far more animalistic than before. His whiskers were far more pronounced and his eyes were twisted, red with slits. His hair was more thick and longer. He had claws on his hand and she wondered if his teeth were sharp as well. The tails faded completely as he stopped right in front of her. He still had that animal look about him. He crouched down to looked at her better. It grinned down at her, "What a dark person you are. I can feel all of your hate, self-loathing, and sadism. To think that he is trying so hard to save evil filth like you and the Empire… You better thank him the next time you see him."

She really felt like passing out right now. That voice was definitely not Naruto's. Was this really the same person? Just what was going on? "I-I-" She found herself cut off as the beastly Naruto growled at her.

"Quiet witch. I never said you could talk. You should feel really grateful for that brat. He made me promise to not hurt or kill you. I wouldn't mind the slightest in ending you. No, I would feel utter satisfaction from ridding the world I live in now of the scum you and the people of the evil are. I am the mighty Kyuubi! Know your place mortal."

She nodded and her fell face first into the snow. Aria did, in fact, pass out at the threat being put on her.