Summary: Naruto after defending Konoha from Gaara and Shukaku, unable to make it back he passes out from injuries and low chakra. Orochimaru while making his retreat with the Sound Four notice Naruto and choose to steal Konoha's jinchuriki out of spite.

After months of testing and having bloodlines injected into him to no avail gets the Bone Pulse put into him as a last attempt to be of use and something reacts. The seal reacts and a large outburst of raw chakra exploded out from Naruto, destroying the base he was in and a new bloodline is formed while Naruto is turned into something new

Challenge by: pain17ification

Bestia Carmesí de Konoha: Crimson Beast of Konoha

Chapter 1

Orochimaru was beyond furious as everything he had planned had gone entirely to waste. His invasion force had been overwhelmed, his trump cards of the revived First and Second Hokage had been defeated and he had lost his arms to the Shinigami that had been summoned by Sarutobi before he had died, making it so he wasn't even able to get revenge on him in the end.

Even Shukaku, the Ichibi, had been overwhelmed by a toad and a lone genin boy.

Of course there was a slight upside to the failed invasion of Konoha.

"How is our new little guest doing?" Orochimaru asked as he turned his head back towards Tayuya who was carrying an orange clad genin that they had come across in the middle of the forest.

While he might not have been able to have the satisfaction of killing Sarutobi or destroy Konoha, this way he was at least able to weaken Konoha immensely by taking their jinchuriki.

"He's still passed out from the fight and your tag that is supposed to keep knock him back out hasn't activated yet. Why did we pick up the brat?" Tayuya asked with a frown as Orochimaru winced in pain as Kabuto helped him run through the forest.

"It is understandable that you don't know but that is the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi" he said as Tayuya and the other Sound Four widened their eyes. "By taking him with that perfect opportunity of the invasion we cripple Konoha even if I wasn't able to destroy it" he added with a smirk as he already had so many plans running through his head.

While he couldn't use the Uzumaki as a body replacement, due to the Kyuubi getting in his way, but with the Bijuu keeping the container alive he could test out some more risky experiments out on him.

He could finally use this resilient test subject to perfect tests he hadn't been able to remotely do so like the Dead Bone Pulse or some of the other powerful but deadly kekkai genkai he had in his laboratories. Of course if everything went well he might even plan to mark the boy and try and recruit him if he could suppress the Kyuubi again by then.

"Kabuto, when we get back to the base I want the boy sent to the Northern base with Tayuya. I want to get use out of him as soon as I can" Orochimaru said as Kabuto nodded.

"I will do it immediately after I get your support set up and gather your notes" Kabuto said as Orochimaru's smirk only grew.

'You were so protective of this boy in the past sensei, this will be the first payback I get for what you did to me' he thought as he smiled through the pain of his arms.

-Tayuya – Northern Base-

-Three Months Later-

Tayuya was beyond annoyed at having to babysit the blonde brat as Orochimaru's scientists conducted tests on him, all of which have been failures. This made her stuck here instead of out doing the reason she joined Orochimaru in the first place.

She only honestly joined Orochimaru because he promised her she could find more of her family on her Uzumaki side and protect them. So far he has somewhat he followed through with it when he saved a cousin of hers named Karin.

Her genes were not as pure as Karin's, who was also being kept in the Northern base after she moved things around to get her cousin to the base she normally oversaw. Orochimaru didn't seem to mind much since as long as his toys were in the bases he didn't care which ones they were in.

Things had been a bit hectic in the last few months. Konoha had struggled to get a new Hokage, trying to get Tsunade Senju, who had refused to heal Orochimaru, only for her to refuse immediately and adamantly. This had caused Jiraiya, the last Sannin in Konoha to take up the mantle.

Orochimaru was a bit angrier than usual considering that he had to change bodies before Sasuke Uchiha was delivered to him. He had ordered her to stay in the Northern base to continue overseeing the tests as he wanted while the retrieval mission had gone down.

The retrieval apparently did succeed but it had been delayed too long and the old members of her team, even Kimimaro, had all died to some Konoha genin that were supported by some ninja from Suna. She really didn't care all that much, her supposed teammates were all idiots.

"Come on you idiots Orochimaru is really getting tired of no results with this brat" Tayuya yelled as she pointed to the blonde boy who was currently placed in a light coma so that the tests could be ran on him without him waking up and struggling.

"It isn't our fault, this boy's immune system is overpowering and erasing everything we inject into him. We are even having difficulties keeping him under the induced coma" the lead scientist said as Tayuya glared at the spectacled man.

"Whatever, I don't care just make it work! Orochimaru-sama sent me a message telling me to order you all to go through with the Dead Bone Pulse test as he is getting tired of no results" she said as the scientist frowned.

"But every subject we try it on has died instantly due to the fact it eats away at the subjects bones and tries to regrow an entirely new skeleton. If this subject dies the Kyuubi will reform out in the world, which is something Orochimaru has warned us to be careful" the scientist said Tayuya grabbed the man by the front of his shirt.

"Orochimaru doesn't care about screwing over the Akatsuki anymore, he wants results now and something useful to come out of this kid" she said as the scientist nodded vigorously before she let him go and she left the room to monitor it from the viewing platform.

"Hey cousin, what's going on?" a female voice asked as she looked over to see Karin, her 14 year old cousin frowning at her from the office chair that she was sitting on as she held a folder in her arms.

"Nothing, just set up something for Orochimaru. What are you doing here? You know you're not supposed to be back here" Tayuya said as Karin's face grew pale as she quickly handed her the folder.

"You have to stop them! He's our cousin!" Karin said as Tayuya widened her eyes.

"What?! Orochimaru said he was some orphan without a clan!" Tayuya said, fear setting in as she read through the apparently blood work that Karin had ran.

"I thought the same at first, only recently when I realized how he was the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi I grew worried since the Kyuubi has been in the control of the Uzumaki's for several generations" Karin said as Tayuya slammed her fist against the wall.

"Dammit! I fucking knew that snake was hiding something! Why didn't you come and tell me sooner!?" she asked as Karin frowned as they tried to leave the room only for it to be locked, a common practice done when there were tests or surgeries being done.

"I tried to get here sooner but ever since I got these results I think Orochimaru has people ordered to keep me away from you and I only just got away from them" Karin said as Tayuya clenched her fists, trying to break the door while anger filling her body at the fact that Orochimaru knew that Naruto was an Uzumaki and had made her just order his death as she doubted even he would survive the Dead Bone Pulse test.

"I swear I will kill that fucking snake for this…for making me kill my family" she hissed out as rare tears built up in her eyes as she doubted even if she summoned her Doki could break the door due to the powerful seals that were in place to hold back any possible explosions from the inside or out.

Family was the one thing that was moderately dear to her. All her life she had been an orphan, her parents dying when she was only four, so when there was family of hers out there she wanted to help and protect them as best as she could.

"So he's going to die?" Karin asked as she tried to look out the observation window only for Tayuya to stop her as she didn't want her cousin to see the unintended death she had caused to one of their family members.

"I can't do anything Karin! The damn snake is going to fucking pay for this I swear" Tayuya said as she fell to her knees, still holding the door handles as Karin frowned, not knowing what was actually happening inside the operating room and inside Naruto's seal.

-Naruto's Mindscape-

Kurama roared in anger as for the last several months he had been all too busy keeping his idiotic container alive and the snake's injections free from altering and killing his host's body. He really didn't feel like going through the pain of dying and reforming since with how half of his essence was still in the Shinigami he didn't know if he'd reform in the real world or in the death god's gut.

"Dammit! This snake keeps changing the anesthesia and drugs he uses to keep the brat under. I swear when I get this brat awake I will take over and kill that man!" Kurama roared out as he had been trying to purge the boy's system of the drugs only for them to constantly change or the dosage to increase.

He frowned as he saw more pipes burst up from the ground around him, the mental representation of the snake's injections. "When will these assholes learn I won't let my host be some guinea pig and some freak like this!" he yelled as he was about to wave his tails around to destroy them before he grunted in pain.

"W-What is happening?" he asked in slight worry as he looked down to see several large spikes of what looked like to be bone had driven through him. His eyes widened in shock as more bones pierced through him and started to encase him in an armor made of bone.

He struggled as he tried to break free only for them to harden and keep him from moving. Fear quickly started to set in as he noticed he was sinking into the floor below him and he felt something he hadn't felt in years.

Absorption, he was being absorbed into the boy's body.

"His Uzumaki genes! I suppressed those! I will not be absorbed by some brat like this!" Kurama roared as he heard a chuckle sound out.

"I'm sorry but this isn't your body anymore Kurama. You will still exist in a sense but you will be a part of me and not on your own" the voice said as Kurama turned his head as best he could, the bone armor keeping him immobile for the most part, as he sunk more and more into the floor.

It was a man, he had long spiky red hair with vibrant purple eyes. He wore a white kimono of sorts that had was opened a bit to expose his chest, letting him see a fist sized hole that went all the way through where his heart should be.

He looked even stranger as he had what looked like to be a fox skull on his head, tilted up a bit so as not to mess with his line of sight and a dark red sheathed katana in his hand.

"I'm not going to be controlled by you! Who the hell are you and how do you know my name!" Kurama yelled, trying extremely hard to stop from being absorbed and break the bones that were casing around him.

"You can say I am the new Naruto, an accelerated form of him given powers that shouldn't be able to be given in this world" the man said as he walked towards him, pulling out his sword as he made his way. "As for your name, it's because it is the name of my Zanpakuto, the representation of my power" he said as he held out his sword towards the massive Bijuu.

"W-what are you" Kurama asked as the new Naruto frowned.

"I do not know, the name that comes to mind is an Espada class Arrancar but that doesn't matter, rest now Kurama as your power enters my blade" Naruto said as he closed his eyes and whispered something that he couldn't quite hear before Kurama felt all of his chakra and power get sucked out of him instantly before he sunk faster into the ground.

"I do not hate you Kurama, if things were different I could see us being friends but this is how it must be now. Two souls cannot inhabit one body with this power" he said as Kurama roared before he was pulled suddenly all the way into the floor and everything went dark with a loud boom sounding out being the last thing he heard.

-Real World-

Everything that happened next occurred too quickly for either Karin or Tayuya to register as one second they were outside the operating room and then the next they were groaning in pain as rubble laid on them and a harsh ringing buzzed in their ears.

'W-What the fuck happened? An attack?' Tayuya thought before she grew worried about Karin and if she survived whatever had happened to them.

"Karin!? Karin are you okay!?" Tayuya yelled out as she pushed the rubble off of her and looked around, shocked that the entire base had been destroyed. The only thing moderately left intact was the floor left below them and even that was torn up.

It surprised her as with how big the base was, being six stories tall and them being on the first floor, she expected more rubble but whatever had happened must have completely destroyed the upper floors.

"T-Tayuya? Is that you?" Karin's strained voice asked out as Tayuya followed the sound and started to dig her cousin out of the rubble, thankful that she was okay, only a bit scratched up like she was and the only thing broken were her glasses.

"Oh thank god you're okay" Tayuya said with a sigh of relief as she pulled Karin up to her feet, glad she was okay and unhurt from whatever had just happened.

"What happened? One second we were trying to get into the room and the next this all happened" Karin said as she looked around, able to see outside and look out at the Haran Bay as the base was inside Lightning Country.

"I don't know but I-" she started to say as she looked towards the now destroyed operating room before she stopped by an oppressive force that crashed down on them, only letting them look towards the operating room.

As they looked they noticed that the only thing left standing in the entire base was the operating table that Naruto was supposed to be on but instead of the blonde boy she was expecting, there was now a child.

The boy looked no older than four with shaggy vibrant red hair like Karin but his was unbelievably spiky and went down to his shoulders. Atop his head looked like a fox skull that was tilted up, the nose sticking up as a bit of his hair stuck out from the eye holes of the mask and a crack running through its left eye.

It looked a bit like a mix between an ANBU mask and a real fox skull with the way its nose stuck out.

The skull on his head wasn't the only odd thing about the child as, because of his torn hospital gown, Tayuya and Karin could see a hole in his chest, right where his heart would be as a sword seemed to be coming out of it, already in its sheath.

It was a long tachi length blade, roughly 85 centimeters with a dark red sheath, the same color as his hair, with a dark purple cloth handle. Its guard was a simple rectangle guard with some minor designs on it but was made of pitch black metal.

The second the sword was fully out, falling onto Naruto, the pressure that had been crushing them and making it hard to breathe had disappeared instantly.

"W-What was that? Is that Naruto and why is he a kid?" Tayuya asked as from the cracks around the table it seemed the explosion originated from the operating table, especially considering it was the only thing left fully intact.

"I-It's still him but his chakra no longer has two parts like before with the Bijuu and him, it's all his now and twice the size of the Bijuu's" Karin said in shock as all the energy was so thick and potent but lacked the dark evil feeling that it had before.

If anything it felt different than chakra. It felt denser and thicker than any chakra she had ever sensed. She didn't know why but it oddly made her feel at peace when she sensed it.

"Maybe something happened when the Dead Bone Pulse was injected into him and messed with him. His Bijuu might have done something I don't know about. All I know is that is still Naruto Uzumaki" Karin said as Tayuya frowned in confusion.

"Is he still alive or is he just asleep?" Tayuya asked as she and Karin walked over to him, her helping Karin walk a bit as she was still dizzy from the explosion.

"He's alive and waking up I think" Karin said as she held onto the operating table as Naruto started to stir and his eyes slowly opened.

"Naruto? Are you okay?" Tayuya asked a bit unsure about it since the blonde haired boy had changed drastically from what he once looked like.

"Naruto? Who's that? Naru is Naru" Naruto, now named Naru, said as he smiled up at them before looking around. "Who are you? Where is Naru at?" he asked with a frown while he hugged his sword close to his chest.

'Something must have really happened to him to not only make him younger but change his personality into such a childish way' Tayuya thought with a frown as she figured he really was about four years old instead of it only being his appearance.

"Okay Naru, you're at our base and we are-" Karin started to say before Tayuya covered her mouth quickly with a serious look on her face.

"We're your sisters! I'm Tayuya and this is Karin" Tayuya said as Karin rose an eyebrow at her before pulling Tayuya's hand off her mouth.

"Tayu-neechan? Kari-neechan?" Naru asked as Tayuya nodded, making the small boy smile as he stood up and jumped into Tayuya's arms, slightly surprising her but was still able to catch him while he giggled happily.

"Yes that's us, we will make sure you are safe and looked after little guy" Tayuya said as she pet the boy's head as best as she could due to the skull on his head. "How do you feel little guy?" she asked as he used his little arms to hold onto her.

"Naru feels sleepy but really happy that both of Naru's neechans are here" Naru said with a big smile that even made the normally straight faced Tayuya smile slightly.

"That's probably because you just woke up Naru and you need to move around to wake up fully. Plus you've been through a lot today" Tayuya said as Karin cleared her throat and crossed her arms.

"Okay then Tayu-neechan," Karin said, stressing the 'neechan' part "now that we have him what are we going to do?" she asked as Tayuya smirked, adjusting Naruto in her arms before picking up his sword with her free hand and tossing it to her.

"We are going to get a home away from this, away from Orochimaru" Tayuya said as she started to walk out of the room, still furious about how Orochimaru almost made her be the reason someone of her family died.

"Seriously? I don't have anything against it but where would we even go?" Karin asked as Naruto smiled at her from over Tayuya's shoulder.

"Somewhere safe for us" Tayuya said as she stopped in her tracks. "Somewhere like Uzushiogakure! It might be in ruins but there must be a building or two left intact and my Doki could clear rubble if I use the right melody" Tayuya said, getting more and more into the idea the more she thought about it.

She had always wanted to visit Uzushiogakure but Orochimaru never allowed her to go, claiming everything there had been destroyed or taken so there was nothing of use and no reason to go there.

Before Karin could tell her how going there wouldn't do them any good they heard a groan from nearby, causing Tayuya to hold Naru tighter and pull out a kunai while Karin tried to draw Naru's sword only for it to refuse to be drawn.

"Who's there!? Come out!" Tayuya ordered as they looked towards a pile of rubble that was near the way that led towards the boats.

"Relax, I'm not really of any danger nor would I want to harm a brat" the male voice said as water rose out of the rubble before taking the form of a man and solidifying.

The man had a lean build and was of average height with straight white hair that had a slight blue tint to it at the ends, purple eyes and pointed teeth, which were visible as he smiled at them with his hands up to show he meant no harm.

He wore a purple sleeveless shirt, blue pants and sandals with a belt around his waist that held two water bottles.

"Suigetsu? Is that you?" Karin asked as she adjusted her glasses, having a bit of a difficulty seeing far away.

"Ah flatty, glad to see you didn't die at least" Suigetsu said before Karin flew at him.

"You know what! I wish you died in the explosion you ass!" Karin yelled as she started slamming her fist into his head, making water splash everywhere before she started using Naru's sword, which was still sheathed, to bash him in only for him to groan.

"Fine, fine relax I'm sorry! I don't have that much water after my tank was destroyed and I barely held together" Suigetsu said as Karin stopped and he grabbed the sword from her, surprising her with his agility.

"Whoa what are you doing with a sword that feels this powerful" Suigetsu said as Naru pouted and stared at Suigetsu.

"It's Naru's! Let go of Naru's sword" Naru yelled as he jumped from Tayuya's arms and surprised the others by disappearing in a burst of speed before he appeared as he head-butted into Suigetsu's chest.

Suigetsu was caught completely off guard as he was set flying back a bit by the powerful head-butt that made him drop Naru's sword as the boy caught it and landed on his feet, still pouting at Suigetsu.

"Whoa easy there little guy, I wasn't going to take it" Suigetsu said as he held up his hands, trying to calm the kid as the skull helmet of his hurt pretty bad.

"You better not, Naru's sword is Naru's" Naru said as he hugged his sword close to his chest before Tayuya put her hand on his shoulder.

"Fine, fine, I understand wanting to protect your sword" Suigetsu said as he patted Naru's head. "So what is this I hear about blowing this popsicle stand?" he asked as Tayuya frowned.

She didn't have anything against the Hozuki member, in fact the thought of having him along could be good since it could give someone to help Naru with his sword and it was another person to help look after the new child.

"What!? Why do you come along with us?" Karin asked as she and Suigetsu didn't get along and they both knew it.

"The kid interests me, that pressure I felt and the feeling I get from that sword tells me sticking around will be really interesting" Suigetsu said as he smiled, showing off his pointed teeth again.

"Fine, but you keep Naru safe above anything or I swear I will castrate you with a dull kunai" Tayuya said in a low growl as she gave Suigetsu a glare to show just how serious she was.

"I understand but does that mean I get to kill people if they are our enemies?" Suigetsu asked as he stood back up and dusted off his pants.

"If they really are enemies that are trying to hurt him then yes but try not to just kill everybody we come across" Tayuya said as Karin sighed.

"Okay now that everything is good how exactly do you plan to get a boat able to go past Uzushiogakure's whirlpools?" Karin asked as Tayuya rolled her eyes.

"We go to Kiri, they are all things to do with water and I'm sure we can get a boat there" Tayuya said as she started to walk towards the exit with everyone else following her, Naru bouncing excitedly to go travelling.

"Okay but we are inside of Haran Bay and the way towards Kiri is blocked by islands that are difficult to navigate through so unless you are a pro captain with a ship this isn't going to go down too well. Plus I doubt the little guy can swim or even use chakra to water walk" Suigetsu said as Tayuya groaned.

"Fine! We'll go straight forward, hitting Hotsprings country and then walking through Fire country and going to Wave where they will have a boat or a ferry to Water! Does that work for you?!" Tayuya yelled as she glared at Suigetsu, her eye twitching as Suigetsu sweat dropped and nodded.

"We'll have to go fast when we enter Fire country" Karin said slightly signaling Tayuya to Naruto, who was basically stolen from Konoha.

While going back would be best something in the both of them, unknown that the other was feeling the same way, didn't want to give up their new family member to a village that would only tear them apart.

It was a bit selfish of them but to them with his childlike form and personality they felt he was best with family, especially considering Tayuya felt she could have saved him before if she had found out earlier.

"I know but we won't be going anywhere near Konoha, the only big city we will be going through is Hotsprings' capital to stock up on supplies and clothes since I doubt Naru is okay with walking around in a ratty torn hospital gown" Tayuya said smirking at Naru who had just realized his clothes and nodded.

"New clothes! New clothes for Naru!" Naru said excited as he started to jump up and down, still holding Karin's hand and his sword, which he hugged close to his chest with one arm.

"Whoa easy there little guy, don't jump around with a sword in your hands, even if it is sheathed" Suigetsu said as he took the sword from Naru and used a spare belt he had to make a makeshift sash for the sword to strap to his back but, due to it being nearly as long as the small kid was tall, it was a bit awkward.

"That'll work for now but when we get some supplies and clothes we'll get you something for it" Suigetsu said as Naru smiled and nodded.

"Thank you Sui!" Naru said as he and Karin continued to follow Tayuya with Suigetsu following along, chuckling at the childish nickname the young kid had given him.

"Come on we don't have all day to stand around, I doubt Orochimaru doesn't have things set up to tell when a base is destroyed so he can come check on it" Tayuya urged as Karin and Suigetsu nodded, following her with Naru in hand as they went to the docks, ready to leave their time with Orochimaru behind.

-Konoha-

Jiraiya's life has been hectic ever since the Konoha invasion and the death of his sensei where shortly after he had been pushed into the position of Fifth Hokage. Originally he wanted to go find Tsunade to force her into the position but it didn't go nearly as planned.

Tsunade had adamantly rejected the offer, even almost going as far as to heal Orochimaru's arms, before she decided against it after he told her when Orochimaru had done and his final bit of revenge after the invasion.

The fact that Orochimaru, the man he had once considered a brother, had kidnapped his godson. Right now he was fearful that Orochimaru was doing god knows what to him wherever he had him locked away in, not knowing the boy was currently giggling on a boat as it sailed towards Hotsprings country.

He has so far had no luck, not even his spy network was having any luck finding the young Uzumaki, leading him to bother the two people he continued to think could be a lead to find Naruto.

"Jiraiya-boy, Shima and I have told you time and time again, we cannot summon Naruto!" Fukasaku yelled for the hundredth time as he pinched the bridge of his nose with his webbed fingers.

Fukasaku, and his wife Shima, were the two elder summons of the toads of Mount Myoboku.

"We have to be able to sense and feel where he is but something that snake is doing is blocking contract, something I thought wasn't possible" Fukasaku said as Jiraiya frowned, furrowing his brow with a tired groan.

"I still find that hard to believe! How can he interfere with a summoning contract like that!?" Jiraiya yelled as he threw off his Hokage hat in anger.

"We don't know either Jiraiya-boy but from what the contract shows he is still alive" Fukasaku said as he unrolled the toad summoning contract only to frown as something new had happened to it.

"W-Well this is odd" Shima said as she hopped next to her husband as the three of them looked at the contract.

They frowned as they looked at where Naruto's name had been written in his blood, it was still there of course since even if the summoner was dead the name would turn to black ink. Naruto's on the other hand looked smudged and distorted, parts of it were ink with the majority still written as blood.

"What does that mean? I-Is he dead?" Jiraiya asked, his heart crashing down to his stomach as he was genuinely afraid of losing another person close to him.

"He's not dead since it is still blood but something is off about this" Fukasaku said as he instantly eased Jiraiya's fear, making him sigh slightly in relief.

"We'll look into it Jiraiya and we're trying our best to find Naruto but this is Orochimaru still," Fukasaku said as he rolled up the contract "it'll be difficult to find him but you can't give up hope".

"I know but Naruto is out there in Orochimaru's hands! How can I not be worried!?" he yelled before he fell back onto his chair by a powerful smack from Fukasaku.

"I understand that but freaking out and stressing out over it does nothing! Continue leading Konoha as Hokage and have your network on full alert for Naruto. We'll find the boy as he is still alive and out there" Fukasaku said as Jiraiya nodded before they dispelled.

'Naruto, wherever you are I hope you are safe' he thought to himself as he stared out the window, hoping his godson was safe and sound.

-Hotsprings country capital-

Tayuya was glad that there had been some cloaks left inside the boat, most likely to shield against storms if the boat ever sailed through them, as it allowed for her and Naruto to hide their appearance.

She had gotten rid of the big purple bow and Oto headband, both tossing them overboard as they were a clear indication to anyone who knew of her affiliation to Orochimaru and she didn't want them to notice and come after her. She wore the cloak to help hide her curse mark and made Naru wear it to hide the majority of his mask.

"Now let's get our supplies and get out of here. I'm sure we can find a ride to Wave and then we can be off to Kiri" Tayuya said as she desperately wanted to get somewhere safe for Naru's sake.

"Relax we aren't being chased so no need to rush that badly" Suigetsu said as he rolled his eyes.

"It's a little less than half a day at the most to get to Wave if we really book it and I don't want to have Naru sleep on the hard ground in a forest. I want to get out of here before we end up arriving there too late" Tayuya said as Karin frowned, adjusting her still cracked glasses.

"How are we going to pay for any of this stuff? Last I checked none of us had any money" Karin said with a frown as she held onto Naru's hand keeping him from running around.

"Orochimaru always has us keep some money on ourselves in case we are sent on certain missions that need us to infiltrate a village, it should be more than enough to get what we need" she said before she bit her thumb and wiped the blood across her wrist before a puff of smoke appeared and gave her a rather full purple pouch that was full of money.

"Karin, you and Naru go get some clothes and maybe some new glasses while Water Boy and I get the supplies meet back here once you are done and we can get going" Tayuya said as Suigetsu glared slightly at her and Karin nodded before she crouched down to Naru's level.

"Now Naru you be good for Karin, don't go running off" she said as the small boy smiled at her and nodded.

"Naru will be extra good for Kari-neechan! Naru will help Kari-neechan!" Naru said excitedly as he was enjoying the big city and all the people walking around them.

"That's my little guy, we'll meet back up here in ten or twenty minutes okay? Get me something in my size as well, you should know what I like" she said as Naru and Karin nodded before they took half of the money from the pouch and walked towards where the clothes most likely were.

"Well come on Water Boy, we have some shopping to do" Tayuya said with a smirk as Suigetsu sighed but followed her as they left to get food, backpacks and some other ninja supplies.

The shopping honestly didn't take too long to do as the shops were very organized and they were able to return to their meeting spot just in time to see Karin, in a pair of new red framed glasses as Naru ran towards them in an entirely new outfit.

Gone was the torn up hospital gown and now he wore a pair of black shinobi sandals, black shorts and a long sleeve red shirt that had a black Uzumaki spiral design on the front. He still had the tan cloak from the boat on but it was for the best since it would help hide his mask and keep him protected from the harsh sun.

Karin also wore a new outfit that was more or less like her old one but modified. Her long purple shirt was now long sleeved and open at the bottom to reveal her bellybutton while she wore a pair of black shorts, which were quite short as well as long black stockings that went a bit past her knees and black sandals.

"Naru and Kari-neechan got you some clothes as well Sui! How does Naru look Tayu-neechan?" Naru asked as Tayuya smirked, picking him up as she looked him over, making him giggle as she turned him around and held him up in the air.

"You look better than before Naru and really cool. Did you thank Kari-neechan?" she asked as Karin nodded with a chuckle.

"He was very excited once he was in his new clothes, he even helped me pick something out for you" Karin said as Naru nodded before he wiggled out of her grasp and ran back towards Karin, who handed him something.

"Here!" he yelled as he held up a black beanie. "Naru wanted to get you this since you threw your old one into the water Tayu-neechan!" Naru said as Tayuya smiled and ruffled his hair while taking the beanie from his hands.

She had thrown her old one overboard, not wanting to keep anything affiliated with Orochimaru since the man had almost killed her family, something that was unforgivable to her. "Thank you Naru, I love it" she said as she put in on and accepted the other clothes from Karin.

"Suigetsu, stand guard while I get changed in the alleyway and if you try and peak I will gouge your eyes out" she ordered as Suigetsu shivered in slight fear before he took her backpack from her.

"Fine but I'm not some pack mule!" Suigetsu yelled as Tayuya flipped him off and walked down the alleyway to change her clothes.

"So did you get everything we might need?" Karin asked as Suigetsu handed her a backpack as they had gotten three backpacks, one for each of them.

"Yeah we got food, weapons, bedding and like everything else she decided was important" Suigetsu said as he pulled out an actual sword holder and used that to hold Naru's sword on the boy's back instead of the spare belt he had.

"I was even able to get a better flute for me to use" Tayuya said as she moved Suigetsu to the side to let the others see her new outfit.

She wore her new black beanie on her head as she wore a black zip up short sleeve shirt that was unzipped a bit at the top to reveal a mesh top and a very slight amount of cleavage, pair of dark brown pants, black fingerless gloves that had blank metal plates on the back, black stockings and sandals. On her left leg was her pouch that had various ninja tools while the one on her right leg held her new flute.

"How do I look Naru? I know it's better than that bland uniform I wore before" she said as Naru smiled at her and giggled, giving her a thumbs up.

"Tayu-neechan looks really cool and pretty!" Naru said as she picked him up.

"Aw well aren't you a little charmer to your sister" she said with a smile as she looked to the others. "Well come on, we don't want to waste any more time do we?" she asked as Karin and Suigetsu followed her as Naru smiled back at them, excited to see more of the world.

"Where are we going Tayu-neechan?" he asked excitedly as he bounced a bit in her arms.

"We are going to Wave Naru, it's a nice little town that can help us get to Kiri" Tayuya said as he smiled before she handed him to Suigetsu.

"Suigetsu you carry Naru as we run towards Wave, let him ride on your back" Tayuya said as Naru looked between her and Suigetsu.

"What?! Why do I have to carry him? Can't you do it?" he asked as Tayuya glared at him.

"You're doing it because I say so and if anything happens I need both hands to be able to move easier to defend us" she said as Suigetsu grumbled and picked up Naru, setting him in between his back and the backpack.

"Fine, just hold on tight little guy" Suigetsu said as Naru wrapped his arms around Suigetsu's neck and wiggled around a bit to get comfortable.

"We need to hurry since I want to get there before it gets too late. Thankfully it's only around nine or so and if anything we will arrive around five or six in the afternoon if we go fast" Tayuya said as they nodded and quickly left Hotsprings capital, determined to get to Wave before any more time passed.

Naru for the most part during the trip smiled and giggled at how fast they were running through the forest. To him, due to his size, it was incredible. His neechan were very focused on running, keeping close to the water and letting him enjoy the view.

The time passed incredibly fast for Naru, as he was more focused on the view.

"Sui! Sui! Look at the ocean!" Naru said as he pointed towards the ocean to see some dolphins jumping above the waves.

"Yeah looks real nice little guy, but hold on, I don't want you falling off as we run" Suigetsu said as Naru nodded and went back to wrapping his arms around Suigetsu's neck.

"We're almost there, just got to find the bridge that the Wave built to connect to Fire country" Tayuya said as they continued on before they all froze in moderate shock about ten minutes later as they stared up at the sign that showed the name of the bridge.

"T-The Great Naruto Bridge? I-It can't be the same Naruto...can it?" Karin asked in confusion as the three of them looked at Naru who was frowning at the sign confusedly.

"Do you remember ever being here before Naru?" Tayuya asked as Naru seemed to be struggling to remember anything.

"Naru doesn't know, Naru might have been here before but Naru doesn't remember" Naru said with a pout as the bridge felt familiar to him but he couldn't quite remember.

"Well no matter, we should probably get going and find an inn to stay in until we find a boat to Kiri" Tayuya said as they nodded and started to walk across the large bridge.

"Wow, this bridge is massive. I heard that this bridge helped save Wave from falling apart at the hands of this guy name Gato but that's all I heard" Karin said as she only heard a bit about Wave in a report that Orochimaru had of world events but it seemed the Sannin had been bored about it and didn't complete it as it had no importance to him.

"Gato? Naru knows him!" Naru yelled as he suddenly jumped off Suigetsu's back and started running down the bridge.

"Naru! Don't run off!" Tayuya yelled as they chased after him and she was about to grab him before Karin stopped her.

"Wait, let's see where he is going. He might be remembering something being in a familiar place" Karin said as Tayuya frowned and groaned.

"Fine! Let's see where he goes" Tayuya said as she they nodded and easily followed after the little four year old boy who ran across the bridge before they got to small grassy area that overlooked the bridge.

"Is this a grave?" Karin asked as she saw a wooden cross and a massive sword stuck in the ground.

"This isn't just any grave and that isn't just any grave marker" Suigetsu said in shock with a massive smile as he stepped closer to the sword he knew so much about. "This is Kubikiribocho so this is the grave of Zabuza Momichi" he said as Karin rolled her eyes.

"Let me guess you want to take the sword you sword freak" Karin said before Naru shook his head vigorously.

"No! You can't take Zabu's sword from him Sui!" Naru yelled as he shielded the sword from Suigetsu.

"Little guy I need that sword, especially if I am to protect you like your sister wants" Suigetsu said as he took another step closer to the sword, making Naru's eyes tear up.

"No!" Naru yelled as his mouth started to glow a soft golden color before his mouth was full of the fiery energy.

Tayuya acted quickly as she grabbed Suigetsu and pulled him down just as the energy fired off and created a massive beam of energy from Naruto's mouth, disintegrating the trees behind them before it flickered out.

"W-What the fuck was that!?" Suigetsu yelled in shock as Naru seemed to come out of his daze and started to tear up.

"N-Naru didn't mean to hurt Sui!" he cried out as he started to cry before Karin picked him up and let him cry into her shoulder.

"Shhh its okay Naru, you were just trying to protect Zabu's sword" Karin said as she consoled him while looking at Tayuya as if to ask 'What the hell was that?'

"I don't know what it was but it must be something new he unlocked with the tests" Tayuya said with a frown, worried if he would fire those off whenever he got upset.

"Well, it looks like I'm not the only one here for Zabuza's sword" a new female voice said as Tayuya quickly pulled out a kunai while Karin moved behind her.

The woman was stunningly beautiful. She had golden blonde hair with olive skin and aqua eyes that had thick blonde eyelashes. Her hair was messy with only three of her locks braided.

She wore a high collared soft blue jacket that covered her face downwards but stopped a bit above her bellybutton, showing off almost all of her stomach. The sleeves of the jacket completely covered her arms, ending as gloves and on the right sleeve was a metal plate that had Kiri's symbol on it. Her pants consisted of a long soft blue skirt that stopped at her ankles to reveal a pair of straw sandals.

Suigetsu was first to notice the sword on her back that looked rather unusual. It wasn't particularly long but was rather wide with a soft purple clothed handle and a guard with three holes on either side like the suit of clubs, most likely to help her draw it. The sheath was worn horizontally on her upper back.

"Who are you?!" Tayuya asked as she was on guard but wasn't going to straight out attack anyone unless they started it.

"Relax Uzumaki and Hozuki, as I said I am merely here to retrieve Kubikiribocho. I am Tier Harribel, a member of the new chapter of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist" the woman, now named Tier said as Naru sniffled and looked at her.

"B-But its Zabu's sword" he said as Tier looked at him, raising her eyebrow slightly at him.

"Were you the one that fired off that odd but devastating technique?" she asked, ignoring the others as she walked towards him.

"Yes, it was Naru's Cero. Y-You want to take Zabu's sword as well?" he asked as Tier nodded.

"Yes but I need the sword to help my Kage, she needs the sword to protect her village. We need the swords of the Mist we can still get to continue on with the Swordsmen of the Mist" she said as Suigetsu got in between them.

"Not so fast blondie, I found this first so it is mine! If anyone is going to wield a sword of the set of seven it's going to be me, Suigetsu Hozuki!" Suigetsu said as he pulled the sword from the ground and pointed it towards the woman only for her to look blankly at him as Naru started to cry again.

"So you really are a Hozuki, you do look a lot like your brother" Tier said as she looked around while Tayuya helped calm down Naru.

"Suigetsu don't attack and start drama when it isn't needed!" Tayuya said as she pushed the rusted blade down and looked towards Tier. "Look Tier was it?" she asked as Tier nodded "How about a deal, you help us get to Kiri and we see about giving you the sword. We only wanted it to protect Naru over there, he's young and we need to find a place to live safely with him" Tayuya said as she pointed to the sniffling four year old in Karin's arms.

"You three are Uzumaki correct?" Tier asked as Tayuya nodded.

"Karin is full blood, I'm half and we don't quite know about Naru" she said as Tier nodded, a smile that they could see in her eyes.

"I'm sure that can be arranged, let us get to an Inn where I can contact my Kage. I'm sure she'll want to meet you all, especially given that she too is half Uzumaki" Tier said as Tayuya widened her eyes and looked over to Karin who nodded, sensing the non-verbal question.

"Deal, let's see what this Uzumaki Kage can do for us" Tayuya said as she held out her hand towards Tier, wondering if maybe Kiri would be a better home. 'I guess we'll have to wait and see how this works out but Naru's safety comes first' she thought as the two shook hands and their ride to Kiri secured if everything went well.

-Chapter End-

Warning

I know that I have a lot of stories out and I am not abandoning any of them, not even the ones on pause (which I will start updating more frequently soon). This story will be an "Update when I can so don't ask and beg for updates".

This story screamed out at me and I love the concept (just like how it was with my Soul Eater story and Son of the Heavenly Rabbit) so I will be updating this one a lot and be on a writing streak. Please understand as sometimes a great idea calls to me and makes me want to write it a lot.

Warning over.

I edited around the placement of Karin, Jugo and Suigetsu. Karin and Suigetsu were in the Northern base and Jugo can be in the Southern base.

Tayuya and Karin are sisters to Naru while Suigetsu is kind of like a brother but will grow into that role as time goes on.

For the fox mask just imagine a fox skull but more condensed and smaller, not as long as normal like Nel's mask but a fox instead of a ram. His adult fox mask is literally a fox skull on his head tilted back a bit

Plus I aged up Tayuya to 16 and Karin to 14 while Naruto is still 12 before the experiment reverted him to four years old (which won't age). His adult form will be around 25 or so I'm thinking.

Also for the time it took to get from the capital of Hotsprings to Wave I did the math with a very accurate Elemental Nations map with a mile length conversion in the legend and after the math I solved that they would have been easily able to do it if they go about 10 mph and I feel like ninja should be able to easily go that fast.

If you want the map I am using google "Elemental Nations Map xShadowRebirthx"

Naru can fire Ceros but only when he is under emotional distress and won't have control of when he fires them while in his child form. His Cero/Bala color will both be gold like his Bijuu cloak.

I plan to have Naruto have two Resurrección forms like Ulquiorra, both of which will be related to Kurama.

Girls in the running as Naruto's protector/pairing:

Yoruichi Shihoin – Kumo jonin and pseudo-sister/teacher of Killer Bee

Sui-Feng – Kumo chunin and student of Yoruichi

Kukaku Shiba – Iwa jonin bomb expert and inventor

Tier Harribel – Kiri jonin new member of the 7 swordsmen with a new set of 7 swords

Nanao Ise – Suna chunin and member of Suna's Intelligence Division

Nemu Kurotsuchi – Ex-Root member that escaped

Possible harem but I am still deciding on my own so PLEASE don't leave reviews trying to convince me to do it. I have to think it over to see if it even can work on my own.