Last time on Naruto: Bound by Tails!

Naruto dealt with Yuki while Sasuke dealt with his internal struggles. Tsunade believes that Jiraiya is right about sending Naruto to Uzu. Naruto set his aim on his third target, being Katsuki Yugo.

Now!

Fox's 'Eyes of the Beast' scanned Katsuki from the shadows. He wasn't anything special but he did have ninja experience which made this one a bit more difficult than the last ones. He could blood bend but he already made one of them kill themselves, plus he was more of the paranoid type. Fox frowned under his mask, he had a lot of work ahead of him with this one. He was always on guard and had a battalion of soldiers with him, not to mention his puppets. He was clumsy with them but they were still a great defense.

Fox also scanned the other two councilmen though. If there was something he could do to deal with at least two of them at once, things would be much easier. He had been out of the leaf village for a month. He couldn't wait to be back in the leaf village. Even if he couldn't see his friends, he was still happy to be in his home village. He sighed so himself silently and scanned the remaining targets, at the moment he was completely sure he was locked in place, at least for the moment.

The meetings took place once every two days and they usually just argued about who was going to be hokage, politics, and they always talked trash about the snake. Fox found himself growing better and better with his job and was glad at that fact but he was also scared because he feared for his sanity. He already felt his emotions dulling, the only emotions he felt now was the love for his family and friends and the hatred to Orochimaru. He didn't even feel it when he took lives again, he didn't see the faces of his victims in his dreams anymore.

He frowned as he listened to Katsuki vent about Orochimaru to the others. Sergio occasionally chuckled and Sasori remained silent, ready to act at any moment. Fox tried to sense out Sasori's chakra and blood type but he found four chakra signatures in his chest and frowned at that. It was as if Sasori wasn't even a human. He then scanned Sergio's blood type and chakra before smirking. A week's worth of wasted time just came to an end as an Idea came into Fox's mind. He had bloodbending for a reason, and he was going to use it.

'Ninja Art: Bloodbending.' Fox thought and he formed an odd hand seal. The man immediately turned stiff, as if he felt the blood in his body grow thicker. He clutched his chest. He then fell to the floor, screaming in pain. It worked out just how Fox wanted it to as well and Fox closed his eyes for a moment. Sergio Bloodfang rushed to Katsuki's side and went to help him but Katsuki grabbed him by the throat and began to choke him violently.

Sergio couldn't breathe and he was struggling so he just pulled out a kunai and stabbed him in the chest. Katsuki didn't even seem to feel it as his grip tightened. Within a few seconds they were both dead on the floor. Sasori just watched this scene, not caring in the slightest as to what had occurred in front of him. He then pulled out a kunai and flung it into Sergio's head, killing him if he hadn't been dead already.

"That just leaves me to take the title of Kazekage." He said and a smirk came to his face but his eyes widened suddenly as he felt another chakra. He turned and his eyes turned to a hatful glare at the man behind him. It was Naruto Uzumaki.

(OST: KOKUTEN)

"Sasori of the Red Sand." Naruto said, his mask was off and his eyes shown brightly. "My target isn't you specifically but I will not let you leave alive. You are going to die here. But first… what do you know about the curse mark?" Naruto asked and Sasori's eyes widened. He began to chuckle and held up his arms.

"I don't know anything about that snake bastard's jutsu." His eyes shot open again and pain shot through him however as a sword pierced one of his hearts. He coughed up blood and looked over his shoulder. Naruto had a shadow clone stationed behind Sasori. "What…?" He asked and Naruto's gaze turned even colder.

"Three more chances Sasori. What do you know about the curse mark?" Sasori spat at him and Naruto sighed. His clone stabbed another one of Sasori's artificial hearts. He yelled out in pain. "Wrong answer." Naruto said. "Last chance." He said and Sasori glared at him. He couldn't move his body for some reason either. Sasori wanted to spill but he knew he couldn't Pain would kill him himself if he did… but wait, wasn't he going to die anyway? Naruto said he was going to die either way.

"Go ahead and kill me. You'll do it either way, if I talk or not." Naruto actually chuckled darkly, making Sasori's artificial skin crawl. "What's so funny!?" He asked and Naruto smirked he walked over to Sasori and lifted his head off of his body, that shouldn't have been possible, his body was connected by heavy duty reinforced chakra wire. It was made out of condensed chakra. He then watched his entire body crumble to pieces. His chakra control wasn't working at all.

"I put a seal on the back of your head, disabling all chakra use. So either tell me or I'll bury you in the sand." Naruto said. Sasori's head glared at him and Naruto shrugged. He then dropped sped outside in a shunshin. He appeared over some sand. "Now tell me or you'll be buried forever… well until your plastic membrane withers down to dust." Naruto said coldly and calculated. He refused to speak. "Well… that's fine. One Akatsuki down." Naruto said and he dropped the head into the sand, using a minor wind jutsu to completely bury him. "Now suffer." Naruto said and he appeared in front of a familiar house, his mask back on.

He then knocked on the door and Gaara opened it. "Huh?" He asked and Fox grinned under his mask. "Gaara! It's been awhile." Fox said and Gaara frowned. He knew who this was, it had to be Naruto. He currently had a mask on and Gaara knew better than to call Anbu by their name while on duty.

"Konoha Fox-san? What are you doing here?" He asked and fox turned, pointing to the Kazekage's building.

"Go take a look inside and tell me why I'm here." Fox said and Gaara frowned, nodding and using a sand cloud to go to the office. He then returned immediately. "Kazekage-sama, I wish to speak with you about a treaty between Konoha and Suna." Gaara's eyes widened, realizing that Fox had single handedly taken out the entire council, even Sasori himself wasn't any match, Gaara wasn't sure if he stood a chance against Sasori but he definitely couldn't beat Fox.

"Umm… Fox-san, I believe that will be the best course of action for my village, thank you for considering this. Give word to Hokage-sama, that I, the Kazekage, agree to a peace treaty, and will not hesitate to help in any matters that may danger the leaf. Fox grinned under his mask and burst into smoke. Gaara couldn't help but smirk. "This is going well." Gaara said, a treaty with the leaf will definitely be a good thing.

Fox returned to the leaf the next day as it had taken that long to travel. He landed in front of the Hokage's door and knocked. With a signal to come in, he pushed the door open. "Oh Fox, you've returned, I was expecting you after receiving the letter from the Kazekage." Fox nodded.

"Yes Hokage-sama, I have completed the mission." Fox said and Tsunade nodded. "We can also expect them to accept the treaty offer." Fox said afterward, standing up from the kneel and grinning under his mask. Tsunade grinned as well and straightened up her back as well.

"That's a relief. This makes it much easier to counter that snake bastard. Fox, I have placed a seal over the office, remove your mask." Tsunade said and Fox nodded, reaching up and revealing his face by removing his mask. "Naruto, as your Hokage I believe that this isn't a good decision at the moment but as a motherly… or grandmotherly figure." She started and Naruto chuckled a bit. "I can't hope but feel that this is the best choice. I have talked to Jiraiya and I believe it's a good idea to send you to Uzu for a while." Tsunade said and Naruto's eyes shot open in surprise.

"What? But I just got on duty Hokage-sama!" He said, a bit loudly but she held up a hand to calm him a bit. He sighed and frowned. "I'm sorry Hokage-sama, I didn't mean for that outburst." She nodded with a smile. He seemed to be in thought for a moment. "Hokage-sama, I will accept this but may I please stay on active duty for awhile first? A year at least?" Naruto asked and she frowned, not liking the idea but he did have a point.

"Naruto Uzumaki…" She sighed. "Now I understand why the old man loved his pipe so much." She said with a small smirk and Naruto matched it with a nervous smile of his own. "Fine. Fox, put your mask back on." She said and Naruto complied, putting his mask back on and resuming his Alter Ego.

"Hokage-sama, If I may make a request, may I be sent on another mission, I would like to do as many missions as possible, I think that is the greatest way to protect the village." Fox said and Tsunade sighed, she knew of his goal and his mission to protect the village from the shadows. She opened her drawer and began to search through scrolls. She had two S-Rank missions and she scanned them.

"I'll let you decide. Trail a fugitive of the leaf, subdue without death, or you can go back to the Land of Waves and single handedly take out any bandits there. They are being put back under control and managed to make this request before their country was taken over." Fox nodded.

"I'll take the second one Hokage-sama." Fox said and Tsuande nodded and handed Fox the scroll. Under his mask, he beamed because the request was from Tazuna. "I will deal with it immediately, you can set aside my payment for the last mission for Ino." Fox said and Tsunade nodded. S-Rank missions gave a lot of money so it was enough to keep Ino in that home and with enough money to pay for food and ninja gear.

"I'll take my leave Hokage-sama." Fox said and she nodded with a smile.

"Good luck Fox. Don't disappoint me." Fox nodded and vanished. He still had an hour before the mandatory leave time which gave him some time to himself. He looked at his arm. It was time to see what Kurama had left for him.

He landed in his new apartment that he had bought as Fox, it was temporary, only having ninja tools and a bed. He sat on the bed and sighed, calming himself before channeling chakra into his arm. In a poof of smoke a scroll appeared in his hand.

His eyes widened immediately, realizing what was in his hand. Tears began to fall from his eyes. One word was whispered from Naruto's lips. "Kurama..."

That's a wrap! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, leave a review and tell me what you thought.