Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Tail of Two Bijus ❯ Wild, Wild West ( Chapter 28 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Specula

A/N: Yo! I uploaded the first chapter of the trip to the west this morning, and I'm going to start writing the next chapter now.

Oh and BTW, if any of you live in Sydney Australia, and ever go to an internet café in Hornsby called GNI, and you meet a woman who loves butting into other people's conversations, please kill her... Or something… She `claims' to have a degree in translation, although she loves misusing that `knowledge' to interrupt others and throw her weight around. You'll know when you see her, because she'll rather loudly announce her opinion when she hears something she wants to talk about. All I hear coming from her mouth is `I love to be egotistical and put others down.' Finally, today I snapped and chewed her out, which is unfortunately exactly what she wanted. As for what she looks like, she looks like the human manifestation of a pig, literally. She is also a female chauvinist pig. Uh huh, you can get female ones, however, they are rare. Oh and if you go to GNI on most weekdays, you'll find me there too. :P

Votes:

Ok, First poll is the options for D. As I said, I'll post the first three options made and those will be your options for D. Here's what's been suggested.

(D):

(I): sleeves like sasukes, but black and made out of chain mail delicately attached together by chakra. Can absorb chakra and create a sort of force field with it. - White Alchemist Taya.

Taya, I have to tell you right now that this is the most plausible option. In the second Naruto movie, one of Temujin's friends had some sort of ability called the plasma ball which either activated when anything approached at close range, forming an electromagnetic shield around her, or it was active at all times, and only became visible when something hit it.

(II): A headpiece that guards against and amplifies Genjutsus. - Ki master.

I think that this could be a decent idea. Although you suggested a helmet or headpiece, I'm going to go with a headpiece like Deidra's from the manga when he helps Sasori capture Gaara, as a helmet would be too bulky. It's basically a mix between a monocle and half a pair of binoculars. Also, I decided that I'd have to modify it a little bit to do both your possibilities, both lessening opponents genjutsu and amplifying their own.

(III): A piece for Gaara only. A special metal sand that is lighter, thus faster, and finer so he can mold sharpened blades with it (yeah I'm inspired by sunagakure's sandaime kazekage) - Dragon Noir

You know, I think this is the only piece that Gaara could even use. A decent idea to.

Now, for the real poll, what each person gets. BTW, If you think that one of the custom pieces is actually suited better for a character and you picked one of the options I gave you before I introduced the three of your options, then I will allow you to repick, however, in your review, please state in the very first line that you are repicking. I will allow ONLY the people who picked before I put up your options to repick, everyone else only has one choice for each character. First option to five for each character wins:

Naruto: RESULTS: Gauntlet.

(A): Gauntlet: 5

(B): Greaves: 0

(C): Shoes: 0

(D):

(I): Plasma Defense Sleeves: 0

(II): Genjutsu Eyepiece: 0

(III): Iron Sand: (Gaara Only): 0

Yukiko:

(A): Gauntlet: 3

(B): Greaves: 2

(C): Shoes: 3

(D):

(I): Plasma Defense Sleeves: 1

(II): Genjutsu Eyepiece: 0

(III): Iron Sand: (Gaara Only): 0

Gaara:

(A): Gauntlet: 1

(B): Greaves: 1

(C): Shoes: 0

(D):

(I): Plasma Defense Sleeves: 1

(II): Genjutsu Eyepiece: 2

(III): Iron Sand: (Gaara Only): 3

Sora: RESULTS: Shoes.

(A): Gauntlet: 0

(B): Greaves: 0

(C): Shoes: 5

(D):

(I): Plasma Defense Sleeves: 2

(II): Genjutsu Eyepiece: 0

(III): Iron Sand: (Gaara Only): 0

Hotaru: RESULTS: Greaves.

(A): Gauntlet: 0

(B): Greaves: 5

(C): Shoes: 0

(D):

(I): Plasma Defense Sleeves: 0

(II): Genjutsu Eyepiece: 1

(III): Iron Sand: (Gaara Only): 0

Remember, if you picked before last chapter was uploaded, you may pick again if you wish, but ONLY if you picked before the chapter before this one. If you do, I will take all of your previous choices, take them off your first choices and add them to your new choice.

Now, for the comments/questions:

White Alchemist Taya: Ok, fair enough.

becomingthis: Heh, ok. Yeah cultures can be very different. As for the chopsticks thing, get into it. They're very versatile once you can use them properly.

Dragon Noir: Don't like the shoes? Bugger… Well, Sorry about that. As for Itachi's thing you'd never hear him say, I'd have to agree, it's pretty damn funny. Ok sure, I won't tell you anything that you wouldn't find from the blurb. I specifically had to make the point that Haido is the exact opposite in my fic as he is in the movie, and I'll leave it at that. Since he's like he is in my fic, naturally, all his subordinates fell the same as him.

Solar Guardian: Meh, no problem, no need to apologize. I was just hoping that no one would ask it, as I wanted it to remain a secret as I slowly worked the story up to it. As for the longest story here, I don't know. I think I remember seeing a story that was 200k or above last time I checked, and I don't know if I'll get it past that. I'm giving myself a max of 9 or 10 chapters (actual chapters, not intermissions). Before this story reaches its conclusion and I start up the next in the series, which will start off with the team's reappearance in Konoha (minus Gaara).

Katana Haibane: Thanks. As for the evil Haido, well, there's going to be a technical opposite of him, although not like an evil clone. And to an extent, Naruto and the others will get involved, however to what extent, I haven't decided yet. As for the 50 year thing, at the time they sent the letter, they knew that the east was in the middle of a war from what they had managed to extract from the Shodaime Raikage's son, so they wanted to give them time to sort it out before sending the diplomats over.

edwardelric6: HENTAI!!!!!! Lol, don't worry, Jiraiya will get back up to his old tricks with enough time to give Naruto the pre released version of Icha Icha Tactics to give to Kakashi. However, Naruto is a role model for me, and I will NOT turn him into a pervert.

EVA666: No way. Naruto's seal will have NOTHING to do with Christianity. As said NO MORE ORIGINAL IDEAS PLEASE. I really don't like repeating myself this many times. And don't worry about the double post.

SABBOTH: Why thank you :P Um, quick question. When you said II, did you mean for like everyone? Please get back to me on this.

Nocturne del Shadow: Not that I'm saying that everyone's crap at reviews, but it's reviews like yours that I've been hoping to get all along. Everyone else is telling me what I want to hear, which is cool, however, you are doing me a service. You are telling me what I need to hear, although too many people like you would make it depressing to write, as the things I need to hear hurt, however, I need to hear it. By the way you write, would I be correct in assuming you're a professional reviewer? Either way, thanks for that, I'll work on it. As for Hotaru and Sora, I'm going to start developing over the next couple of chapters. I also agree with you that the way I introduced them was unsatisfactory, but at the time I couldn't think of another way to introduce them without doing a chapter each like the first chapter for Yukiko. If you want a description of Yukiko, look at Mia from the Golden Sun series, but imagine her with slightly shorter hair and violet eyes. If you want a description of Hotaru and Sora, I'd put it in, but by the time they're ready to leave the west, their appearances will have changed. That's because they're both going to absorb their demons before they leave. As for the rifle muskets thing, read the AN at the bottom for the description of what stage the west is at technologically. Addressing the lack of description in fics `turning you off' as you say means a lot. It means to me that even though I'm not very good at describing, it means I'm still able to write a decent story. Hope you keep reading.

Rokudaime quote for the chapter: NARUTO: “Forget being Hokage, I wanna be Clint Eastwood! *mounts horse and rides off into sunset* Yee haw! *clip clop of horse's hooves can be heard* *horse rears* Yaah! *Naruto slides off* *thud*”

As always, I hope my creativity gives you some semblance of pleasure to read.

Legend:

'...Thoughts...'

“...Japanese...”

“...English...”

“...TWO PEOPLE CASTING THE SAME JUTSU...”

'...Biju Thoughts...'

“...Biju Talking...”

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A Tail of Two Bijus:

Chapter 23:

Wild, Wild West:

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About a Month and a Half Later:

Their trip on the ship had been interesting, to say the least. They thought back to their second night at dinner. Although they had spent several hours practicing with the knife and fork, getting used to them was extremely hard. When they arrived at Dinner, they were very nervous. Some of the lesser officer gave them disgusted looks at their manners. Eventually Renke had spoken up.

“If you have a problem with their inability to use the eating utensils properly, then I suggest trying to use the eating implements of the east at dinner with proper manners after only encountering them for the first time less than half a day ago.”

That had shut them up. Although their manners were poor by their standards, somewhere between lower and middle class, the fact that they had only encountered them at lunch today and were eating so well surprised them. One of the officers, however, was not convinced, although he did not say anything, he snorted causing Renke to stare at him.

“So, you think you can do better than they are, do you Lieutenant? Naruto, do you have a pair on you?”

Naruto shook his head, however Jiraiya smiled and pulled out a small silk bag. He passed it to one of the waiters who handed it to the Lieutenant. He opened the bag and two ornate chopsticks fell out. He looked at them with interest.

“You use these to eat in the east?”

Naruto nodded.

“Depending if you're right or left handed, hold them in your main hand between your index, middle finger and thumb. Use a scissor like motion to pick food up and place them in your mouth. Like this.”

Naruto indicated the motion which was second nature to him, which the Lieutenant noticed and nodded. He placed the chopsticks in his hands as best he could to imitate the action Naruto had indicated. Naruto and the others smirked. He was making a critical mistake that was common for most beginners; however, they let him try. The second he tried to pick up some food, as expected, the chopsticks clattered out of his hands. Everyone sniggered. Not about to let his pride drop, the Lieutenant tried again. And again. And again. Every single time, he produced the same result. By now, few people could control their laughter. The Lieutenant sighed and put the chopsticks back in the bag. Naruto indicated he wanted them.

“You made a very common mistake for beginners. Your hand is not used to such a motion, and so you unconsciously tried to do the closest action you could to what I indicated, which is rubbing your thumb over your other two fingers. I'll show you how it's done.”

The Lieutenant passed the chopsticks to Naruto, who took them and went to the pasta on his plate which had been called spaghetti, picking up a small amount of it between them and bringing it up to his mouth, before taking a bite and chewing off the rest of it. He put the chopsticks down after he had swallowed.

“Assuming you train from birth, it will take most people in the east about 3 months to learn how to use them properly from the time your hands are capable of such a motion, providing you have a decent instructor, which would mean someone who's used them from birth as well.”

Everyone nodded in understanding. The Lieutenant looked defeated. Renke smiled at him.

“Next time you meet someone from the east who has never seen knives, forks and spoons, I suggest you have a little leniency, Lieutenant.”

The Lieutenant nodded.

“My apologies.”

Naruto shrugged.

“To tell you the truth, not too long ago, I would have done exactly the same thing you did if a westerner came to the east and tried to use chopsticks. No offence taken.”

Everyone apart from Naruto's group gawked at him. He was willing to forgive someone who had just offended him by insinuating he was of the lower class, and he just brushes it off like it was nothing? Jiraiya sensed this and answered.

“Naruto is a very kind hearted boy. Although he was treated horribly during his childhood despite his heritage, it is extremely hard to anger him, except if you threaten or harm one of his friends.”

Naruto's friends nodded in agreement. The western officer's smiled. These were the sort of people they were trying to gather together to beat the militia. The rest of the meal had passed without incident. The rest of the month and a half had passed without incident. Everyone quickly got to know the five of them, and they grew close to them. Naruto and his friends started teaching them the basics of Japanese, allowing everyone to start slipping in and out of speaking English. Everyone was very quickly becoming attached to Naruto in particular. He seemed to have all the qualities of a natural born leader. One morning about one and a half months after they left, Renke came to visit them. She smiled at them and tried her best to use the parts of the Japanese language she had picked up.

“Morning everyone.”

“Morning, Renke-Chan.”

Everyone smiled at the suffix Naruto had added to the name. Renke motioned with her finger.

“There's something you should see.”

With that, everyone came out onto the deck and Renke pointed skywards. They saw seagulls circling the ship.

“Seagulls means we're a few days away from land.”

Naruto started bouncing around as he did when he was happy. Everyone smiled at his antics. Finally, Naruto turned back to Renke.

“Renke-Chan, where are we landing?”

Renke gave a blank look, meaning she didn't understand. Naruto switched back to English.

“Renke, where will we be landing?”

Renke smiled at them, understanding what he had meant.

“We'll be landing at the imperial capital port of the west. From there, we'll switch transports from our naval flagship to our mobile transport headquarters. That will take us to the outskirts of Antioch (there is a city in the real world called Antioch, and it was a major city in ancient times), the imperial capital city.”

Naruto nodded. They went about their daily routines they had established over the past one and a half months. They past the time away for the next day before there was talk on the ship about the port being visable. Once they heard this, they ran to the front of the ship and saw that indeed there was a port there. However, unlike eastern ports, it was under a thick cloud of smog. Naruto turned to Renke who was beside him.

“Renke-Chan? What's that stuff?”

Renke smiled, switching back to English.

“It's pollution. The number of crude oil refineries here as well as the number ships coming in and out of the port means that there is a thick layer of smog here most of the time. This is the unfortunate result of technological advancement.”

As the boat got closer, Naruto and Yukiko could start to smell it. They gagged, making Renke look over them in a concerned fashion.

“What's wrong?”

Naruto and Yukiko started breathing through their mouths.

“That stuff smell disgusting! Our enhanced sense of smell doesn't help either.”

Renke smiled sadly.

“The only option I can come up with is that you use a thick piece of cloth to cover your nose and mouth. We do have gas masks, but it will alienate the people at the port, meaning we will not do them unless your life is in danger.”

Naruto nodded.

“What I would do to have a set of Kakashi-Sensei's masks right about now...”

As the ship got closer to the port, they saw a very tall thin object made out of metal. Naruto looked at it with interest.

“That tall thing there... That's the mobile command center, isn't it?”

Renke squinted at it before nodding.

“Yes. I'm assuming the Commander of the Western Branch, Temujin, is on the bridge right now waiting for us.”

Naruto nodded. Eventually they pulled into the port, and guards like the ones they had seen so far in the full brown armour with the single red eye began to follow orders of the officers in command of the port. Eventually, the ship was teethered, and the connecting bridge to the boat was raised and connected. Several soldiers walked down the plank, followed by some of the lesser officers, then Renke and Naruto's group, followed by Haido and some more guards. The officers on the ground saluted them and stood in two lines, not moving a muscle. They passed the two columns and walked up a ramp into what appeared to be a platform of some sorts. There in front of them, was a line of green roughly retangular prizm shaped objects back to back. They all had windows evenly spaced, revealing the interior to be sort of like the insides of a coach. Just then, they heard a very loud sound that sounded like 'toot' coming from the front of the carrages. Naruto and the others whipped their heads around the second the noise was heard and got into defensive stances. Renke laughed.

“There's no need to take your stances. That's the locomotive drivers letting us know he's departing in 5 minutes.”

They took a look at the 'locomotive' and saw that it was different from the carrages. It was a long green object that started like one of the coaches, and then as it neared the front, it formed a downwards slope. They noticed that it had giant wheels that were connected by links in a very intricate pattern that would at first glance look to stop it moving all together. At the very back of the locomotive, there was a space where they could just see people working and see fumes coming out of. Behind them, they saw an attached miniture carrage that contained some sort of condensed charcoal, which the operators were shoveling into the furnace. They slowly returned to their upright possitions, and followed Renke towards one end of a slightly different carrage. This one had tiny windows and it was made of thick brown sheets of metal. One of the lesser officer opened the objects door and let Haido, Renke and Jiraiya's group in. Naruto was very curious as to what this was.

“Renke, what is this thing?”

Rneked smiled.

“Depending on which part you're refering to, this is called either a train when refering to the whole thing, a carriage when refering to the areas beside's the locomotive, or a locomotive if you're refering to the thing at the front.”

Naruto nodded. He still didn't understand how exactly an animal was going to move this thing.

“So how exactly does it work?”

Renke smiled and chuckled.

“Seems we have a lot of explaining of technology to do once we reach Antioch. Basically, the operators shovel coal into a furnace, causing steam to be created. This steam is used to push a piston into a cylinder, which provides one part of the movment, however, this would get us nowhere alone, so when the piston reaches a certain point in the cylinder, a valve in a separate chamber switches and stops pushing steam behind the piston, and pushes the steam onto the other side of the piston focing it back the way it came. When it reaches the position it started, the valve above changes the direction of the piston again. This becomes quite fast when at full speed, allowing us to travel very fast.”

They just gawked at the prospect of the whole train being moved by the locomotive in front. They noticed that the other carriages were filling up with officers and the soliders. Once everyone was in, station hands closed the doors and a guard held out a white flag. The locomotive whistled again, and they lurched forward. Renke smiled.

“That was the piston reaching one end of the cylinder.”

They lurched again, and again, but evenutally it became a smooth motion. They noticed a slight 'Chugging' noise at the start, which as they built up speed, became almost one continuous sound.

“What's that noise?”

Rneke smiled at them. They were just like cute toddlers who wanted to question their parents about everything.

“That 'chugging' noise is the sound made when the valve changes positions. It casues a mass of steam to be expelled from the exhaust funnel and this causes the 'chugging' noise.”

Naruto nodded and watched the landscape blur by. Renke and Haido caught various 'cool's and 'amazing's in Japanese, causing them both to smile. As they went around a bend in the tracks that this train apparently followed, they caught sight of the mobile command center. It was another fifteen minutes before they began slowing and evetually pulled into a station. Station hands opened the doors, and the guards and officers piled out. Naruto's group was last out as they walked down two very familiar columns of saluting guards. At the end of the guards, they saw a man with long blonde hair and red eyes, like Renke. He also wore armour like Renke, however, his armour was silvery grey, and he also wore a helmet. When Haido approached, he got down on one knee.

“Supreme Commander Haido.”

Haido nodded.

“Commander Temujin.”

Tmeujin got up off his knee and smiled at his superior officer.

“I trust the expedition went well?”

“Indeed. No attacks from the Mititia, and fairly decent sailing weather.”

Temujin looked at Naruto's group and smiled.

“You are the eastern diplomats, correct? I am Commander of the Western Branch, Temujin. Please come with me.”

Temujin walked towards the mobile command center and what appeared to be the underside of it. As he approached, they heard the clanking of many gears and part of the underside lowered itself like a mouth, before hitting the ground with a soft thump. Temujin walked right up the ramp and into the command center. When everyone that was coming aboard was inside, the gears could be heard again as the ramp shut. Temujin smiled at them.

“This is the bowels of the mobile command center. The bridge of it is located very close to the top.”

Naruto and his friends groaned.

“You mean we have to climb stairs all that way?”

Temujin, Renke and Haido chuckled. Temujin smiled at them.

“The stairs here are used only in case of emergency. We have a far quicker method of transportation, called an elevator.”

They gave him a look of incomprehension, and Temujin turned to Renke.

“Renke, how advanced technologically advanced compaired to the east are we?”

Renke smiled.

“In some parts, they're as advanced as us, but generally, they are quite far behind us. For example, they have televisions, video game consoles, portable music players and computers, however, they still use wooden sailing ships with canvas sails and horse drawn carts.”

Temujin raised an eyebrow.

“Interesting. Very interesting. I will have to find out more about the east.”

Temujin turned back to them.

“Well, it'd probably be best to show you what an elivator is, rather than explain it. Please, come with me.”

Everyone followed Temujin until they reached a wall that had big metal doors spaced equally apart from each other. They saw that to the left of each door at about hip level was a panel with a button on it. They also noticed a series of small lights across the top of each door. There were about 30 lights across the top of each door. Temujin walked up to one of them and pushed the button. They noticed that the light all the way to the right on top of the door lit up. It dimmed, before the light next to it lit up, and this process repeated until the light reached about half way. Naruto had a rough idea what these lights meant.

“Each of those lights is one level of this structure right?”

Temujin smiled.

“Exactly. When each light lights up, that means that the elevator car has left the level before it and is approaching the level indicate by the light.”

Eventually, the last light illuminated and they heard a ding. The doors slowly opened to reveal a plush box. Temujin, Haido and Renke stepped inside. Naruto, Jiraiya, Yukiko, Gaara, Sora and Hotaru stepped inside. It was a massive box (you know, one of those industrial sized lifts) it easily fit them all inside. Temujin pushed the pushed the button and the doors slid shut.

“This will feel a bit weird.”

They were wondering what Temujin had meant by that when the car gave a sudden shudder and they felt as if their weight has suddenly doubled. Their legs buckled unconciously, but the feeling soon dissapeared. Temujin smiled at them.

“At the top, the exact opposite will happen.”

They prepared to feel the unsettling feeling in the stomach as the last light blinked on. However, like Temujin said, the feeling was the exact opposite. When they had started, it felt like their weight had increased, however, when they reached the top, it felt like they'd lost all their weight. The feeling stopped abruptly, bring back their normal weight. Temujin stepped out of the lift, and everyone else followed. They head the lift door close behind them. Temujin led them down a corridor into a lavishly decorated room with marble floors and walls. There was a red carpet up the middle of the room leading to a bunch of stairs with a seat made out of marble. Temujin walked up to what appeared to be a metal wall consisting of planks of metal. Temujin walked up to a rope they noticed and he pulled it. They faintly heard the clanking of gears and the metal wall slowly began to raise, letting daylight stream into the chamber. When the door reached eye level, Naruto's group realised just how far off the ground they were. Naruto wasn't afraid of much, but this was one of the two things he was afraid of: Height. The other was ghosts, but he hadn't encountered one yet. A speaker somewhere in the room crackled to life, and a man's voice they did not recognise was heard.

“Sir! We're ready to move at your word!”

Haido nodded.

“Set course for Antioch.”

“Yes sir!”

The mobile command centre lurched and began moving off into the distance. Naruto was wondering about something ever since they got off the train. He turned to Temujin.

“Temujin?”

Temujin smiled.

“What is it?”

“Um… When we got off the train, I noticed that the tracks kept going in the direction we're heading. Why didn't we just take the train the whole way?”

Temujin stopped smiling and sighed.

“It would have been much easier had, however, we have received numerous reports from our scouts that the Militia was anticipating we'd do just that, and they had set up multiple camps along the tracks. They would have destroyed the train by sabotaging the tracks. We would have all died. However, they fear the mobile command centre, because no matter how many assaults they have launched on it in the past, none of them has left more than a scratch on it. The structure is reinforced with 21 layers of a thick steel and aluminium alloy, making it strong but light. I think the most numbers of layers breached during an attack was 8.”

Hotaru nodded.

“Not surprising they're afraid of it. Could you tell us a bit about it's defenses, apart from it's armour?”

Temujin nodded.

“I'm forbidden to tell you everything due to military secrecy reasons, but our main form of defence is our armour. However, should the situation call for it, we will stop and deploy our foot soldiers. If, by some cruel twist of fate they are defeated, we have several other defences which we have yet to use, and I hope for everyone's sake, both ours and the Militia that we do not have to use them.”

Hotaru nodded. The explanation satisfied her. Sora wanted to know something else.

“How well armed and how many soldiers do the Militia have?”

Temujin looked thoughtful for a moment.

“The last time I checked was before I left Antioch, however, that was about a month ago. The last report I checked suggested that they outnumbered us two to one, however, they do not have access to the technology we do, meaning we are better equipped than they are. This is one of the main reasons that the war is such a stalemate. We can deal with them when they show themselves, however, for every one we kill, another two take his place.”

Sora nodded. Temujin smiled at them.

“Now that you've heard our situation, I would very much like to know about yours in the east.”

Jiraiya spoke.

“Our situation in the east when we left was one of an uneasy truce between the 6 major powers. 50 years ago, the 5 major countries were locked in an almost never ending war with each other for the right to rule the east. Eventually, after tens of thousands of lives were lost, they eventually realised there was a much better way of doing this, and thus the Chunin exams were born.”

Temujin narrowed his eyes.

“Chunin?”

Gaara nodded.

“In the east, the armies consist of mainly ninjas. We use a mixture of the tree styles of fighting to aid us in combat. I don't doubt that you use the most basic one, Taijutsu, or hand to hand combat. I have also heard from Renke that a few of you have what we cal Genjutsu, or illusionary arts. However, for the vast majority of us, we use the third style of combat called Ninjutsu, or ninja techniques. The number of ninja techniques in the east is immense, no one person could hope to learn them all, even if they were immortal. The most basic rank of ninja is Genin, or apprentice ninjas. All students who hope to become Genins must pass the academy exams. For every country, the exam is different. For example, for the village of Konoha, there are three tests. A replication, a replacement and a shuriken throwing exam.”

Temujin was very interested.

“Replacement and replication?”

Sora looked at Hotaru and they both nodded. There was a puff of smoke, and when the smoke cleared, Hotaru and Sora had exchanged places. No one had seen them move. The westerners gasped.

“What was that?”

Yukiko smiled.

“That was the replacement technique. It is used when you are about to be hit, and there is no chance of escaping. You use pure speed to replace yourself with an object from the surrounding area, which takes the attack for you, while you disappear, giving you the chance to prepare a surprise attack.”

Temujin nodded.

“And the replication?”

Naruto answered.

“For Genin, the replication is called Bunshin no Jutsu. It creates phantom copies of yourself that have no physical substance. However, there are more advanced versions of bunshins. Between us, I think we know every one of them. For example, there is a Jounin level bunshin called Kage bunshin, or shadow clone. Unlike the regular bunshin, the Kage bunshin create a clone that has physical substance. For each of your Kage bunshins you create, you must split your charka up evenly among them.”

Temujin raised an eyebrow.

“Chakra?”

Renke smiled.

“Just think of charka as a second circulatory system tat is just as important as the blood system.”

Temujin nodded slowly.

“I guess the best way is to explain it is to show you.”

Naruto formed a cross with his fingers.

“Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.”

A puff of smoke appeared and when it cleared, an exact copy of Naruto was standing next to the original. Temujin's eyes widened considerably. They both talked at the same time.

“If you don't believe what you're seeing, poke me.”

Slowly, Temujin extended a hand a poked both of them. They were both solid. He shook his head in amazement.

“Amazing.”

Naruto sighed.

“There are limits to this technique however. I am able to create 1000 clones, but the weakness of this technique is that one solid hit and they will be dispelled.”

Naruto nodded to his clone.

“Thanks.”

The clone nodded back.

“No worries.”

The clone puffed into smoke and disappeared. Naruto turned back to Gaara.

“Do you want to continue with the explanation?”

Gaara nodded.

“The rank above Genin is Chunin. For a Genin to become Chunin, they must be recommended by their Jounin instructor to participate. It can only be taken in teams of three, however, because Team 7 of Konoha had four members instead of three they made a special exception for them. The Chunin exam is different every year, however, the first test is always a written exam. The questions are usually far above a Genin's ability to answer, and so most of them realise they have to cheat. However, the aim of the test is cheat and not be caught by the Chunin's around the room. Depending on the village, the examinees get 5 chances each. Once a person is caught cheating five times, they are failed along with their team. The second test is different. The exam we participated in involved a five day survival course in a training area. In the forest were animals larger than grown men, few of which were carnivores, however, there were a few. At the beginning of the test, each team was handed one of two scrolls. The aim was to get to the tower in the centre of the forest with both scrolls. The final test is always the same. It is a one on one knock out tournament of the winners of the second exam. However, if there are more then 10 people left after the second exam, there has to be preliminaries to reduce the numbers to around 10.”

Haido raised an eyebrow.

“And why would they do that?”

Yukiko answered.

“At the final test, most of the feudal lords and other very important people of the east are present. We cannot afford to waste their time, so we can only have 10 or so contestants.”

Renke made a logical deduction.

“And so the winner of the tournament becomes Chunin?”

Yukiko shook her head, reciting what she had at the preliminaries.

“A country's power is the power of its village. The power of a village is the power of its ninja. If a ninja is seen as strong, it's village and therefore country are strong, which will gain that village more clients. However, if the opposite is true, and a ninja is seen as weak, their village will lose clients. If a village's apparent power degenerates to a certain level, this will alert the other villages that they are weak, and prime for invasion. As you progress through the exam, you will have more opportunities to impress the judges. However, it is still possible to awe the judges and earn a promotion even if you lose the first round.”

Temujin furrowed his brows.

“Then that would mean that everyone could be a Chunin.”

Sora nodded.

“However, it also means that no one could become a Chunin.”

The western leaders nodded.

“So then, what are the criteria for becoming a Chunin.”

Hortaru smiled.

“A Chunin is a team captain, and is responsible for their teams' lives. They have to show leadership qualities and be able to strategise to ensure their teams' survival. If you are promoted to Chunin and come back from a mission saying `I completed my mission, but my team's dead', you'll probably be striped of your rank.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Temujin smiled at them.

“Are any of you Chunins?”

Naruto smiled and nodded.

“All of the members of my team that made it to the finals were promoted. That means my team mate back home, Uchiha Sasuke, Yukiko and myself were.”

Gaara nodded.

“I bypassed the rank of Chunin, however, I now hold the rank of Kazekage.”

Temujin raised an eyebrow at the rank.

“Kazekage?”

Jiraiya nodded.

“In the five most powerful villages in the east, the leader of the village holds the rank of Kage. Depending on the village they are from, their prefix is different. The leader of the Sand is called Kazekage. I guess the closest thing in the Western army we could compare it to is a Commander, as there is no Supreme Commander rank in the east.”

Temujin thought for a moment.

“I see. So they would have to posses leadership qualities to obtain that rank.”

Gaara nodded.

“You also have to carry out the executive work, such as treaties, assigning missions to your villagers, and attending formal functions. However, a Kage must be willing to lead his ninja into battle should an all out war break out. You must be willing to protect your villagers with your life.”

Temujin nodded solemnly.

“Although it is not a regular occurrence, a few commanders lead their armies into battle themselves. This is unusual, as the vast majority of military leaders though out western history command their army from behind a desk, while they send their men and women to die. I believe that is the way of a coward, and so I take those few commanders approaches and lead the army myself. While it is risky, I have noticed a 200 percent increase in efficiency from my subordinates when I lead them over what my predecessors achieved on their best of days.”

Everyone in the room smiled. Temujin turned to them.

“Do you have a goal in life?”

Every one of them nodded. Temujin turned to Naruto.

“What do you want to achieve?”

“I want to become Hokage to make everyone in my village recognise my existence and to follow in my father's footsteps and become the most respected man to live in the east.”

Temujin's eyes narrowed.

“Your fellow villager's ignore you?”

Naruto, Yukiko, Gaara, Sora and Hotaru grimaced. Renke turned to Temujin.

“Their past is worse than any westerner's. It's a disgusting story that makes me want to seek revenge on the east. However, as per Naruto's wish, I will not.”

Temujin turned to Renke in disbelief.

“How can anything be that bad?”

Renke turned to Naruto.

“Do you want me to tell him?”

Naruto nodded and Renke recounted what Naruto and the others had told her on the boat. Temujin stared at her in disbelief as she finished.

“That's despicable. Yet you say he doesn't want to harm them?”

Renke nodded, causing Temujin to smile at Naruto.

“Amazing. Simply amazing. Naruto, you have every quality it would take to lead a branch of our armies. You will without a doubt make a fine Hokage.”

Naruto smiled widely at Temujin.

“Thanks!”

Just then, the intercom clicked and a desperate voice filled the room.

“Supreme Commander Haido! Somehow, members of the Militia have infiltrated the command centre and are holding a number of hostages, ranking from private up to captain and are asking for you, Commander Renke, Commander Temujin and the foreigners to talk with them or they will kill them at a rate of one a minute until you do!”

Haido shook his head in disbelief.

“Tell them we will be down their immediately, and if they kill one hostage, they forfeit their lives.”

“Yes sir!”

The intercom clicked and Haido started walking towards the lift, when Naruto called to him.

“Let me handle this.”

Haido stopped and turned around in interest.

“But they have requested all of our presences. If you go down their alone-“

Haido was cut off as Naruto announced his technique.

“Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!”

When the smoke cleared, there was a clone for every person except Naruto. As Haido opened his mouth to protest, Naruto announced his next technique.

“Henge!”

The clones were surrounded in smoke again, but when it cleared, the clones were now mirror images of the others. The Haido clone opened his mouth.

“Please let us handle this.”

The westerners were shocked beyond belief. Not only had he made a perfect replication of everyone, but the Haido clone's voice was perfect. Naruto spoke up.

“I assume you have some sort of security cameras?”

Temujin nodded dumbly.

“From the command centre, we can see every corridor and room here.”

Naruto smiled.

“Take everyone and watch how we fight in the east.”

Jiraiya nodded.

“Naruto by himself has enough power to take out a small army. However, he would not use that power unless his friends were dying. In easterners, we have eight areas of the body where our chakra is most concentrated, which we call gates. By forcing these gates to open, we gain over ten times more power. If we open all eight of them, even a regular human would gain more power than a Kage. However, the effect is temporary. One who opens al eight gates will die.”

The westerners gasped, and Jiraya continued.

“Naruto however is special. Since he was sealed with the Kyubi no Kitsune, his gates were corrupted and morphed. He now not only has an extra gate, his gates do things very differently compared to what a normal person's gates would do.”

Renke, Temujin and Haido had not heard of this part yet, and they wanted to know.

“What do they do?”

Jiraiya shook his head.

“If we watch it, I'm sure he'll use at least the first gate.”

Haido nodded. He led the way to what appeared to be a blank wall, but he pushed a section of it, and it went back into the wall at his touch. The section of the wall in front of him slid back and went behind the rest of the wall. Haido led the others inside, while Naruto went to the lift. Naruto gave a thumbs up and smiled before he stepped into the car. The doors closed and then Naruto realised something. He had no clue where the Milita was. He was about to go out of the lift when the intercom in the lift crackled to life.

“Supreme Comander Haido! They said you have 5 minutes to show up, or they will begin executing them!”

The Haido clone looked up at the speaker.

“Which floor are you on?”

“Floor 4 Sir! I will be waiting for you at the lift!”

“Thank you.”

The intercom clicked off, and the Haido clone pushed the button for the fourth floor. After 2 minutes, the lift reached it's destination. The door opened and the Naruto clones saw a very nervous looking man waiting for them, who saluted when the doors opened.

“Sir please follow me!”

The Haido clone nodded, and followed the man, imitating the real Haido's posture perfectly. Once they had turned several corners, the clones saw a man with a cloth wrapped around his head He had a number of blades attached to his body, including a massive sword that was a quarter wide as it was long. When the man saw the clones, he put his arms across his chest.

“So I have the honour of meeting three fifths of the command and the easterners in one go.”

The Haido clone scowled.

“How many have you killed so far?”

The man remained motionless, however his eyes crinkled in what would be the position for a smirk.

`So far none. The worst injury inflicted was a broken arm of an officer who pulled his vibro blade on us. We know how much you care about your army's well being, and that if even one died, you would attempt to kill us.”

“What are your demands?”

The man sighed.

“No beating around the bush, it seems. I was hoping to have a nice conversation. Oh well. We have one demand. Turn the mobile command centre over to us unconditionally, or we will proceed to kill the hostages one by one until you agree to hand it over.”

The Haido clone smiled.

“What hostages are you talking about?”

Everyone looked at the cone like he was stark raving mad.

“The ones in here! Who else did you think I was talking about?”

The Haido clone stepped forward.

“Why don't you check in there and see if you really have any hostages?”

The man slowly shuffled over to the door and knocked on it.

“How you holding up in there?”

There was no answer. The man knocked again, louder this time.

“Hey! What's going on in there?!”

The man kicked the door open, with his blades drawn. When he opened the door, the `hostages' were glaring at the men who had been assigned to watch over them. In the middle of the room, was a clone of Naruto, who turned to smile at him.

“You westerners are pretty weak, you know that?”

The man heard a poof from behind him and noticed that the group had somehow changed their appearances to look exactly like the man in the centre of the room. The man had no clue what was going on.

“What… What is this?”

The group of Naruto's were surrounded in smoke, and when it cleared there was only one Naruto. He shook his head.

“Why bother telling you? You would never understand.”

The man grabbed a mobile intercom and screamed into it.

“GET YOUR ASSES HERE NOW!!!!!”

On queue, about fifty men in similar dress to the man in front of Naruto. They drew their swords.

“I don't know what kind of technology he's using, but he's dangerous. Kill him!”

Naruto smirked and held up a hand.

“Do you have demons in the west?”

The man in charge stared at him in confusion.

“Demons are just stories to scare children!”

Naruto smirked and looked at them in pure contempt.

“Would you like to see a real demon?”

The Militia had no idea what the kid was on about, and readied their swords. Naruto sighed and started growling. The ones in the front noticed that his claws were lengthening, as were his teeth. His hair was becoming unruly, and his slash marks on his cheeks were darkening and lengthening. Naruto raised his head and opened his eyes. What the Militia saw made their blood run cold. His eyes were blood red. However, his voice is what scared them the most.

“Are you that scared of me, little humans?”

Everyone froze, including the people of the army. Naruto smirked and crouched. He turned into a yellow blur that went right through the middle of the Militia and appeared at the back. Everyone whipped around.

“Is this the first time you've seen the powers of a demon? A pity, I won't even have to release the first gate. I have been looking for a release, and not even a hundred of you would give me reason to do it.”

The leader had never been talked down to by a commoner, let alone a child. He charged at him.

“I'll kill you and make a laughing stock of the east!”

Naruto sighed and faced him. He held out his right hand at his side and began forming a Rasengan. The man slowed slightly.

“What's wrong, human? Weren't you going to make a laughing stock of the east? Come on. I'll even let you hit me once.”

The man growled and stabbed Naruto through the chest. Blood poored out, while Naruto just stood there. Before everyone's eyes, the wound closed and Naruto stared at his now blood stained shirt.

“You ruined my good shirt. Buy me a new one.”

The man just gawked at the boy. He'd stabbed the boy though the lung, and he asked for a new shirt? Who the hell was he? As if on queue, Naruto grinned at him, showing off his canines.

“I am Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Arashi. I am also technically the king of demons, the nine tailed fox, Kuybi no Kitsune.”

“Technically?”

Naruto smiled.

“My father sealed the Kyubi inside my stomach on the day of my birth, however on my 14thbirthday, I absorbed him, making me both Uzumaki Naruto and the Kyubi no Kitsune at the same time.”

The man was visibly shaking. Naruto smiled.

“Trust me, this is not worth taking seriously. You guys are a joke. Maybe if you came at me all at once, you may be able to land a hit on me in this form, but you would all die. What will you do?”

The man charged at Naruto as did his men. Naruto sighed and formed a Kage Bunsin, who began channelling charka into the real Naruto's hand. A Rasengan quickly formed, however, this one was different. It wasn't blue, it was red, and it was much larger than a normal Rasengan. Naruto smirked at them.

“ODAMA RASENGAN!!!!”

Naruto and his clone shoved it into the leader's chest, which caused it to explode, destroying all of the security cameras. The real Haido, Renke and Temujin were gob smacked.

“Wha.. What was that?”

Jiraiya shook his head.

“He still can't do it without a clone…”

Yukiko answered for him.

“That was Odama Rasengan, which translates into Great Ball Spiralling Sphere. It is the next stage of a technique that was developed by Uzumaki Arashi. Naruto is the only one who can do the Odama Rasengan, because it requires Kyubi's chakra to use. It is a highly volatile and deadly technique, and requires a clone to help keep it stable just long enough to shove it into its target and then control is released, causing it to explode.”

They looked surprised. Yukiko smiled.

“Wait until you see when he gets serious.”

They looked at Yukiko like she was mad.

“Serious? He was taking that a joke?”

Hotaru nodded.

“If they had all been Chunins or above, he would probably have asked them to step outside and summoned Kyubi.”

Haido had no idea what they meant by summon.

“Summon?”

Sora nodded.

“In the east, there are contracts which you can sign with your blood that lets you summon the animal that scroll is related to, as well as other types of objects. Of the known animal kinds, there are slugs, frogs, snakes, foxes, cats, spiders, dogs, turtles, weasels and monkeys. It is possible to summon other things, such as a giant defensive barrier that is supposed to be invincible, which I highly doubt, as well as the ability to summon weapons and there are two forbidden summoning techniques. Both require sacrifices. One is called the Shikifuujin, the other is called Edo Tensei. The shikifuujin was created to seal the demon lords into infants and the god of death who it summons, Shinigami, who requires two souls for compensation for summoning him. The soul of the sealed, and the soul of the sealer. Edo Tensei, requires a sacrifice for each person you want summoned. Each sacrifice's bodies are somehow turned into the figure the summoner wants summoned. For example, the summoner might want to revive the first, second and fourth Hokages. He would need three sacrifices, and when he summons them, he would put a knife with a special seal attached to it into the back of their heads, destroying their souls, making them mindless killing machines. They have all the powers, techniques and abilities they did during life.”

Haido, Renke and Temujin were all shocked. Temujin wasn't sure of something.

“When you summon something, say a slug, what would come out?”

Gaara answered.

“It depends on how much charka you put into the summon. Summons take a lot of charka. If you use up a lot, you can summon the king or queen of that kind. For example, the king of the foxes is the Kyubi no Kitsune, which Naruto brought out in a fight against me. However, if he only put a small amount of charka into it, he could summon a small one tailed fox that would come up to your knee. Despite the type of animal the contract is, the bigger ones should be taken very seriously. Even a large slug can destroy a village if it wanted to.”

Haido nodded.

“Could you possibly show us these summons?”

They nodded. Sora, Jiraiya and Yukiko bit there thumbs and formed mirror hand seals.

“KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!!!!!”

Their hands slammed into the ground and smoke puffed out. When it cleared, they saw a small weasel, cat and frog. The frog looked up at Jiraiya.

“Yo! If you want me to come and play, give me a snack!”

Yukiko giggled.

“He said if Jiraiya wants him to play to give him a snack.”

They all chuckled at the notion. Just then, the elevator doors opened and Naruto came out, dragging a very beaten man behind him. He dropped him unceremoniously on the ground.

“I brought their leader back for questioning.”

They glanced at the man, and saw that he was bleeding badly. Haido went over to a button on the wall.

“Have the medics come up to the command centre immediately. We have the leader of those who tried to take command of this installation, and he is dying. I want him alive for questioning.”

“Yes Sir!”

Naruto turned to see that there were several summons out.

“So, you told them about summoning?”

Yukiko nodded. Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment.

“Yukiko, have you wondered what would happen if we tried to summon Kyubi ad Nibi now that they've merged with us?”

Yukiko smiled at him.

“One way to find out.”

They ran towards the balcony and jumped out. Haido, Renke and Temujin shouted after them. Jiraiya shook his head.

“This is what the power of summoning can do.”

They nodded and watched as they plummeted towards the ground. They heard a muffled:

“KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!”

A massive amount of smoke appeared where they had been seen. The smoke reached up to the command deck. When the smoke disappeared, they saw a large nine tailed fox and a large two tailed cat, however, they were not Kyubi and Nibi. Or at least, not the one's they were used to. The fox had a black coat of fur. The cat, had the same black hair that all the cats seemed to have. The fox looked at the figure on his head.

“So, you're the human that Kyubi merged with? You don't seem like much, kit.”

Naruto shouted at the fox.

“What do you mean `not much'?”

“I mean that you seem like a regular human. Anyway, I'm the former Kyubi's second in command. Since he merged with you, I was forced to take command of the foxes to prevent us from lapsing into civil war, and when I did, I gained the ninth tail reserved only for the king of demons. However, out of loyalty to my former boss, I will not claim the title of king of demons, but I will take his place as the new Kyubi no Kitsune.”

Naruto nodded. Yukiko went through pretty much the same thing with the new Nibi no Nekomata. After the introduction are over, the new Kyubi looked at Naruto.

“So, what do you want?”

Naruto smiled.

“Provide escort for the command centre.”

“Great, I'm being forced to protect a huge bucket of bolts…”

The Kyubi looked around.

“By the way, where are we?”

Naruto smirked.

“We're in the west.”

The Kyubi's eyes narrowed.

“The west? As in across the sea?”

Naruto nodded and the Kyubi gave a foxy grin.

“No one has summoned an animal in the west before.”

“Exactly why it'll make an impact on the capital city.”

The fox's grin widened. He looked in the direction the `bucket of bolts' was heading and saw the faint outline of shapes rising into the sky. He took up position on the left side of the command center while Nibi took up position on the right. They escorted the command center back to the city.

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In One of the Guard Towers Around the City:

The guard on duty was told to expect Temujin's mobile command centre to arrive today, and so he kept a look out. He saw the command centre approach from a distance. He also saw two large puffs of smoke come out of the back of it, and got worried. He looked to his guard buddy to see he had seen it too. After the smoke cleared, he saw the smoke clear and two shapes began to emerge. He hadn't the foggiest clue what was going on, so he pulled out his guard's hi powered binoculars and looked at them. When he saw them he pulled his head back and shook it, believing that he must have been seeing things. He looked again, and confirmed that he had indeed seen two giant animals. One was a cat and another was a fox, however, the cat had two tails and the fox had nine. He dropped the binoculars and they swung in an arc before hitting his chest because they were attached to a cord that was slung around his neck. He noticed then that the animals seemed to take up flanking positions and walked beside the command centre. By the time they had gotten close to the city, the city' inhabitants were crowded around the gate, looking at the spectacle. When the command centre finally pulled to a stop, the Kyubi and Nibi bent down and put their heads to the ground, leering at the people. Naruto shouted at the fox.

“Oi, Kyubi. Don't give them that look, you're scaring them.”

“So what? They're just normal humans. And they don't even have chakra! Well, my job is done. I'll catch you around, Naruto.”

Naruto smiled and hopped down and onto the ground before turning to him and waving.

“See you later! Oh, and could you say hi to those little white one tailed kitsunes for me? They were cute.”

The fox snickered.

“Kyubi's youngest kits? Sure, whatever. Ja.”

With that, the Kyubi and Nibi puffed out of existence. The inhabitants of the city started muttering to themselves.

“How can something that big just vanish? They had to go somewhere!”

Naruto turned around and answered them.

“They did. They went back to the underworld.”

At that point, the command centre's hatch opened and the soldiers filed out, clearing the way for their commanders. When they walked out, everyone bowed to them. Haido saw Naruto and smiled, beckoning him over. Naruto smiled and walked over to him.

“Naruto, I have to thank you for saving those hostages. Not one of the 150 hostages died.”

Naruto smiled.

“No worries, Haido. Those Militia guys never encountered the way we fight in the east, so they weren't prepared.”

Hiado smiled and walked flanked by Temujin and Renke, with Naruto's group just behind them. Naruto turned to see the command centre's hatch close again.

“Haido, where is the command centre going?”

Haido smiled.

“It will be stationed in its' repair bay until Temujin goes off to the front again.”

Naruto nodded and looked around. The city was exquisite. There were building like the command centre in shape that shot into the sky. The tallest building was in the centre of the city. Everyone then noticed the stares they were getting. They weren't the stares of hatred and distrust they got back home, they were stares of… Awe? They proceeded up to the steps of the building in the centre of the city where Hadio smiled.

“This is the imperial palace. It is not just a home to the highest members of parliament, but also used for almost all legal proceedings of the city, and a lot of the empire as well. That is why it is so large.”

Naruto's group nodded. Once they got up the stairs, they heard a squealing and a little girl with long blonde hair and flailing robes ran at Haido and clutched onto his robes.

“DADDY!”

Haido smiled and hugged her.

“Yola! Have you been a good girl while I was away?”

Yola nodded. She looked at the unfamiliar faces and smiled. True to her name, she had violet eyes. Her robes were mostly a violet purple, with streaks of yellow and red along the highlights. She would have been no older than five.

“Daddy, are these the people from the other side of the sea?”

Haido nodded.

“Yes Yola, they are.”

Yola looked at them with curiosity.

“Are they strong?”

Haido smiled.

“Very.”

Just like most children her age, she wanted to know more.

“How strong?”

Naruto smiled at her.

“Did you see that giant fox and cat at the front of the city, Yola?”

Yola nodded.

“I brought it to this world.”

Yola gave a look of incomprehension. Naruto smiled.

“I did this.”

Naruto bit his thumb and made four hand seals before placing his hand on the ground. He whispered the name of his technique.

“Kuchiyose no Jutsu…”

As his palm came in contact with the ground, a puff of smoke appeared, casuing Yola to squeal. When the smoke cleared, a small one tailed white kitsune was sitting on it's haunches looking at Yola. Yola's eyes widened.

“Where did he come from?”

Naruto smiled.

“Do you want the truth or a lie?”

Yola thought for a moment.

“Truth.”

“Hell.”

Yola's eyes widened as she quaked at the kitsune. Naruto chuckled.

“Don't worry, he won't hurt you unless I tell him to, and I won't do that unless you try to kill me. Go on, touch him. He won't bite.”

Yola gingerly reached out and tapped the kitsune on the head. The kitsune gave her a blank look. Yola tried again and rested her hand lightly on top of his head. The kitsune's eyes closed and it let out a low purr of pleasure. When the kitsune made this noise, Yola lept back and Naruto shook his head.

“When he makes that noise, it means he likes it.”

Yola nodded and tried again, scratching the kitsune's ear. The kitsune purred again and Yola giggled.

“He's cute. Daddy, can I keep him?”

Everyone laughed. Naruto smiled sadly at her.

“Unfortunately, he lives in the underworld. He can stay out here until I tell him to go or he decides to leave. He will have to return eventually, but for now, take him with you.”

Yola giggled and picked up the fox who purred as she hugged him to her chest. Hatio smiled and began to walk forward. Everyone followed him while the others were just left staring at what had just happened.

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A/N: OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! Longest chapter yet! 41 WHOLE PAGES!!!!!! I was typing the last few sentences when I checked the length of it and I just stared. I knew I had typed a lot, but not THAT much!!!! Anyways, I hope this keeps you guys entertained for a while. If you have any questions about what you've seen of the west so far, then please ask. As for guns… Well, there will be no guns except for maybe a giant energy cannon, if there are any at all. If you want to know what age I'm modelling the west on, I'm basically making it like the industrial revolution of the real world. They have not invented cars, buses or any of that kind of stuff. Since the east is modelled on the feudal age, yet they have computers and tv's, then the west is like the industrial age with mobile command centres. For a history on the Militia, basically, they are a faction that split off from the others due to a major political disagreement. Since then, they have been trying to take over power from the imperials. The main form of weapon that the Militia use are vibro swords. Vibro swords according to real world theory rely on vibrating their blades at supersonic speeds to give them the cutting efficiency of a lightsaber from star wars. However, the Militia have not achieved the perfect vibro blade yet, but they have managed to make semi-decent ones. If you haven't seen the second movie, and you don't want me to spoil how the westerners fight, I'm sorry but there is absolutely no way I can get around that. For those of you that have seen the movie, you know what to expect, however, in my fic, their power source (those that have seen the movie will understand) is much more abundant in the west, meaning that there would be more fighters. Well, if there are any other questions you have, please feel free to ask them. Until next time my avid readers!

Ja ne,

Specula.