• All the genini struggled against Orochimaru their strength vying on one another but sadly, their numbers made no difference to Orochimaru. Most of the genini were already knocked unconscious. And unable to move. Sasuke, Neji, Shino and Naruto remained in the struggle but were slowly beaten down until only Sasuke and Naruto remained in the fray, out of nowhere, one of Orochimaru's snakes appeared and began estranging Sasuke body.
    "Naruto surrender yourself to me and turn against your village. Enslave them and have them become one with you. Or have your best friend, Sasuke, strangled right before your very eyes." Lady Tsunada and the rest of the shinobi appeared on the hill behind the battlefield. They saw the injured genini laying about the field, many of them struggling to get up but all failed.
    "Look! There is Lord Orochimaru and Sasuke...he is estranged in a snake." Orochimaru lifted his eyes to the shinobi...
    "Take one move closer and I will have your genini killed on the spot and I will make sure that your precious Naruto is killed also, very slowly and painfully as you watch." The shinobi stood shaking and watching in terror as their precious genini remained still. Naruto's hands arms shook in his fury to murder this demon who was holding his friend hostage. His hair shadowed his eyes.
    "Stop!” The shinobi, Sasuke, Orochimaru, and the genini who were lying around the ground. Naruto's raised his head up into the air and he pointed his finger. "Orochimaru, I will face you and only you in a battle no tricks up your sleeves so do you accept my challenge?" Sasuke's eyes opened wide then he began to struggle harder.
    "Naruto don't do it! You cannot beat him! He is too powerful!" Orochimaru smiled and licked his lips.
    "In condition to our wager is if you lose, you will join my forces and become my next body... You are more valuable than any of the other bodies that I have obtained and you will be the one that I have complete control of...Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto stiffened, he glanced around looking into all the scared looking faces of the genini and the fear in the eyes of the shinobi and the terror in Sasuke's eyes.
    "I will accept but let Sasuke go now."
    "Very well demon child." Naruto stiffened. All the genini gasped...
    "Naruto is a demon! How can this be!" The snake gently released Sasuke down and allowed him the crawl away too safely.
    "Come Naruto, we must duel far away from these genini so I will not harm them but listen well Naruto..I will be your doom. Uzumaki!"
    So far... Naruto and his friends are struggling against Lord Orochimaru and his pet snake but things are not going well for the genini. Many of them are wounded and unable to do battle so Naruto offers a challenge for Orochimaru to leave his friends and the shinobi alone if Naruto could defeat him. He accepted on the condition that Naruto would join his army if he lost...Naruto accepted. Orochimaru smiled and faded into the forest saying, "I will be your doom...Naruto Uzumaki!" ...

    Naruto looked at his friends lying around unable to move, staring at him with fear and pain in their eyes as they looked at him.
    "Naruto!" he looked up on saw Master Jaria looking at him full of fear. "Are you sure that you are willing to face Orochimaru and defeat him without anyone’s help...If you go yourself you will die!" Hinata suddenly shouted.
    "Please don't go Naruto you will die...I don't want you to die!" Naruto walked toward Hinata carefully weaving his way through his unconscious friends until he was right in front of Hinata. He went down and scoop Hinata off the ground and held her tight in his arms. She blushed and whispered "Umm...Naruto..." Naruto smiled and gently put her down.
    "I am sorry Hinata I have to do this not only for myself but for the entire village as well," He then whispered "Don't worry I have back up..." Then he began running, faster than he ran before. He could here the shinobi and the genini shouting for him to come back but he knew that he could not...He gave Orochimaru his word that he would fight for his village and the people in it. He stopped at the tree resting at the edge of the forest. Looking at his friend, he whispered, "I love you...Hinata." Then he leaped away into the forest ready to face his enemy and the enemy of his village. Orochimaru...
    So far, Naruto and his friends are struggling against Lord Orochimaru and his pet snake but things are not going well for the genini. Many of them are wounded and unable to do battle so Naruto offers a challenge for Orochimaru to leave his friends and the shinobi alone if Naruto could defeat him. He accepted on the condition that Naruto would join his army if he lost...Naruto accepted. Orochimaru smiled and faded into the forest saying, "I will be your doom...Naruto Uzumaki!"
    Naruto knew he had to face Lord Orochimaru on his own to protect his friends and everything that he loved...including Hinata. He told Hinata that he loved her before he headed forward to the final confrontation with Orochimaru...

    Naruto did not want his friend to be in any danger and he wanted to end the quickly. I will need some backup he thought to himself, Naruto reached out with his charkra and contacted his friend...His friend was on the way... Orochimaru said no tricks but I have a feeling that he is going to pull some on my so now I have a trick of my own...Naruto moved swiftly and effortlessly through the forest until he sense Orochimaru's presences in a clearing. Naruto made his way to the edge of the clearing taking in his battle ground...I cannot lose to this snake he is evil and I will not give in to him...
    "So Naruto...you have come alone....How interesting....I thought for sure someone would either come with you or follow you."
    "I made sure no one would follow me into this battle because it is this battle that will decide the fate of my village and my life so we are going to end this. Here and now."
    "How noble of you Uzumaki risking your life for your friends that you don't even have and you don't have a family to turn to for help..." Orochimaru laughed wickedly. Naruto knew that Orochimaru had something nasty up his sleeve...
    "I may not have my friends to help me but I do have someone who is coming but right now...let’s fight." Naruto pulled out his knife and rushed at Orochimaru.


    So far, Naruto and his friends are struggling against Lord Orochimaru and his pet snake but things are not going well for the genini. Naruto challenges Orochimaru . Orochimaru accepted on the condition that Naruto would join his army if he lost...Naruto accepted. Naruto knew he had to face Lord Orochimaru on his own to protect his friends and everything that he loved...including Hinata. He told Hinata that he loved her before he headed forward to the final confrontation with Orochimaru. Naruto met Orochimaru at the battlegrounds and stated, "I may not have my friends to help me but I do have someone who is coming but right now...let’s fight." Naruto pulled out his knife and rushed at Orochimaru.

    Orochimaru dodged and hit Naruto in the gut and sent him flying into a tree. Naruto did not cry out he lay beside the tree struggling to get up on his feet and face Orochimaru.
    "What's this demon boy is struggling to get his bearing straightened...how pathetic."
    "I will not give up!" Naruto pushed himself up onto his feet and leaped straight at Orochimaru, "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Now there were thirty Naruto's surrounding Orochimaru but Orochimaru did not seem the least bit frightened...
    "Is that the best you can do?"
    "Huh?" Orochimaru spun around unleashing his pet snake and spun it over his head. "Argh!" All the Naruto's leapt at Orochimaru only to be stung by the snake’s sharp fangs, the shadow clones all disappeared and the clearing was empty. Orochimaru looked around confused trying to solve for why Naruto was nowhere to be seen suddenly Naruto broke the ground underneath Orochimaru and struck Orochimaru in the jaw. Orochimaru leapt backward feeling his jaw was bleeding...
    "Excellent, Naruto you actually drew some blood." Orochimaru stuck his long tongue and licked his own blood. Naruto shivered and backed away "Yes, Naruto be afraid be very afraid." Naruto stiffened, as he thought 'No I cannot be afraid...Not now, not in a battle. I need my friend now!' "What’s the matter Naruto? Are you afraid? A child with a demon afraid...of me? How foolish...you do not deserve this demon that is sealed within you...You cannot even control its power...So why are you even alive." Naruto dropped his knife...
    "Stop! Please stop!" Naruto squeezed his head. Orochimaru smiled and reached into his pocket.
    "You are useless Naruto. You do not belong here you do not have anyone who is your friend. You have no family or friends.. And now it is time for you to say goodbye!" Orochimaru grabbed the knife he had in his pocket and threw it a Naruto...Naruto did not even try to dodge...He just sat their rocking himself mumbling to himself.
    "Stop, please stop." Orochimaru's knife was aiming for Naurto's head ready to kill him. Suddenly the knife spun off course because of another knife was thrown at it to cut off its course.
    "What’s going on?" A thick mist had settled around the clearing. Naruto opened his eyes, peering into the thick mist, he was only able to see Orochimaru. Naruto looked at Orochimaru realized that Orochimaru was afraid of the mist "Naruto, is this one of your tricks!" Naruto stood up and shook his head, smiling because he knew who was controlling the mists power.
    "Naruto does not have the ability to control the mists but I do..." Orochimaru and Naruto turned. Walking toward the battlefield and through the mist was a darkened figure. "It was not Naruto who had the ability to control the mists but I do...and Naruto and I will be the ones to end your life here and now..." The figure smiled "You are through, Orochimaru..."
    "Who are you?" Orochimaru shouted as the figure made its way beside Naruto... "And why are you interrupting our showdown?" The figure just smiled and looked down at Naruto. Slowly the figure bent down, locked her arm around Naruto's arm and hoisted him up into standing position.
    "Naruto said that he might not have any friends to help him defeat you but he didn't say anything about me coming to help now, did you Naruto?" The figure had a sly looking smile on its face, Orochimaru shivered. 'What is this feeling' he thought 'is it fear?'
    "Well Orochimaru, what are you going to do you had me down but my sister brought it to an end and know you want to know what’s coming to you don't you Orochimaru.." Naruto smiled slightly, 'His sister...Naruto has a sister...but that must mean...' "It must mean what Orochimaru."
    "You can read minds than why did you not dodge when I threw the knife at you.."
    "I am only able to read minds at certain periods of time and only if the demon within will cooperate for a moment to allow my energy to enter his and release the strength into my body. But you are through now and do you know why? Hmmm..." Orochimaru shook his head, his body remained paralyzed in what Orochimaru never felt before but Orochimaru was sly as well. Orochimaru focused his chakra and aimed careful at a small figure sitting in the bushes watching them do battle.
    "Well, I do not care about you...I would think you would be more concerned about the girl who is in the bushes waiting for you, Naruto." Orochimaru broke free of his shock and threw his knife behind Naruto and the figure. Naruto quickly focused his charkra and looked behind him...
    "Hinata! Look out!" The knife came flying at Hinata straight and sure. Naruto knew that Hinata would not make it if the knife hit her, he could see the knife was covered in chakra and on impact would explode and strangle her. Suddenly there was an explosion behind him "Hinata, No! You cannot die." He rushed over to the bush where Hinata was suppose to be hiding but he saw nothing. He than looked up into the tree and saw that Hinata was standing on one of the branches above the bush. Naruto leapt up into the tree and wrapped Hinata in his arms. "Don't you dare do that again Hinata..I thought for sure that you were going to be killed but why was there an explosion. It could only explode if there was an impact so what did it hit." Hinata had tears falling out of her eyes. "Hinata, what’s wrong?"
    "Naruto, I am so sorry..."
    "Sorry about what, Hinata.."
    "Last night when you told me that secret about the mist's controller..." Naruto's face paled... "She...she...leapt in front of the knife...that’s why the chakra exploded...she got in the way to protect me...I don't know why." Naruto's eyes sharpened, and clouded with tears. "Naruto...I'm sorry...so sorry.." Hinata covered her eyes, and leaned against Naruto arms.
    "Its all right Hinata...I'm sure that she would be glad to know that you are all right. Now stay here I have a score to settle without that demon who is still unable to move because of her curse..."
    "Whose cursed him?"
    "My sister did..."
    "Your sister...she was your sister? She died to save me" Naruto stood up and gently placed Hinata up on the top tree branch, she then knew that she should not say anything but to sit there and remain calm and try to not get in Naruto's way...
    "Anyway Hinata don't worry about my sister...she is still alive."
    "What?!" Naruto leapt off the tree branch and focused on Orochimaru.
    "Orochimaru you are so dead!"

    Naruto’s body began to glow orange but he remained completely calm and unmoving as Orochimaru stared…
    “What are you doing?” Naruto said nothing but watched satisfied with Orochimaru’s terror. A tail began to form from Naruto’s back; his canine teeth began to grow. “What is this?” Naruto merely smiled and focused his chakra into his form. Flashing his sharp fangs and growing tails, Orochimaru then knew what was going on. “You are allowing the nine tail out!? Are you stupid?” Naruto stared at Orochimaru with his blood red eyes and said.
    “Have you ever learned how to control this power? It is far stronger than your power…” Naruto laughed coldly, the demon was already taking control of his body. “You won’t ever feel this power because,” He smirked, his arms twitching for Orochimaru’s blood; Naruto’s nails had already formed claws. The scars on his face stood out, his blood red eyes focused on Orochimaru. The black narrow slits seemed to spit sparks, while watching him. Orochimaru was terrified of what was going to happen to himself, he never knew that Naruto would allow the nine tail to be released and be under its control. Hinata stared at Naruto’s transformation. I never knew Naruto was suffering so much because of that demon, she thought but he never complained or said anything about it. I wish I could help him but I just…She felt tears forming; I just want to be with him. She sobbed and then looked down. Through her tears, she saw the girl lying on the ground. Maybe…if I can wake Naruto’s sister up she will help Naruto defeat Orochimaru and not have to suffer from the demon inside anymore. Her eyes brightened, and maybe she will not only destroy Orochimaru but she may be able to return Naruto to his former self without hurting him even more. She cautiously made her way down the tree keeping an eye on Naruto and Orochimaru hoping that they would not stop her. Hinata landed beside the girl’s body; carefully she pulled away the black cape and saw herself staring at the girls long silver hair. It was a cascade of silver and nothing seemed to outshine it. Hinata could not help but stare, at the perfect face and the girl’s body. Naruto said to Hinata that the girl was alive and was not dead, even so Hinata wanted to check. She carefully exposed the girl’s delicate, white neck and checked for a pulse. Quickly drawing her hand back, she saw the girl’s eyes flicker and her arm twitch. She is alive but Orochimaru’s blade was surrounded with chakra that can kill instantly so why?
    “Naruto…” Hinata heard the girl murmur and watched in amazement as the girl opened her eyes. The girls eyes were an icy blue, and Hinata could not help but stare, the girl was so beautiful and so unlike Naruto. The girl turned her head and saw Hinata staring at her. She could not help but smile at the amazement on Hinata’s face. “You are surprised that I am alive aren’t you…” Hinata nodded her head and saw the kind smile on the girl’s mouth. “How is Naruto…You are Hinata aren’t you?” Hinata nodded looking at the girl in amazement. “You are surprised that I know your name. Well, Naruto speaks highly of you whenever he comes home to be with our people and me. I am glad he chose someone like you to like.” Hinata blushed and stared at the ground.
    “What’s your name…?” The girl looked at Hinata feeling kinda foolish for making the young girls so embarrassed.
    “My name is Z’ahera and as you know I am Naruto’s blood sister. The only living one that is still on this earth. His only family.”

    “You are his sister…That must mean that you have some abilities that Naruto has… don’t you.” Z’ahera looked at Hinata and nodded her head though her expression became solemn. “So you can help Naruto out right now…Can’t you?” Once again, Z’ahera nodded her head but her eyes seemed to lose their sparkle and dull out. Hinata on the other hand was ecstatic. “So you can help Naruto in his fight against Orochimaru right now.”
    “No…”
    “What...” Hinata looked at Z’ahera “What do you mean no?”
    “I mean that I am unable to help Naruto until the effects of Orochimaru’s chakra wear off after all taking that blow for your sake wasn’t easy… It was an instant kill chakra evoked spell so it took a lot out of me. See,” Z’ahera tried to stand up but staggered and nearly fell on top of Hinata.
    “But Naruto is going to die if you do not go out there and help him…He is against Orochimaru and something’s wrong with him!” Hinata shouted as tears sprung from her eyes falling onto Z’ahera face. She sobbed aloud no longer trying to hold back the tears that flowed from her eyes.
    “What’s wrong with Naruto? Tell me if that is what you are so concerned about… I do not really know much about my brother and I would like to know more…then what I have learned after being with him these last three years.”
    “He…sob…he has chakra flowing out of him in the shape of tails.” Z’ahera stiffened. “And his eyes are red, his pupils are smaller and his canines have grown larger than normal…they are hanging out of his mouth and Orochimaru said ‘you are allowing the nine tail out!? Are you stupid?’ What is the nine tail?” Z’ahera was no longer in front of Hinata but now she was running across the field toward Orochimaru and Naruto. Sweat dripping from her face. The pain she had felt before it was not her but her brothers…She knew that she had to interfere with this battle if she and her brother were going to survive.
    “Naruto!!”

    Naruto stood in front of Orochimaru his chakra had surrounded his body making it impossible for Orochimaru to attack with any of his own chakra. This is bad he thought to himself. I never knew that I would anger this jurikan so much, that he would actually be ready to kill me.
    “Naruto!” Orochimaru eyes jerked off the jurikan and saw a girl running toward the jurikan. Her long moonlit hair glowed as she rushed toward the jurikan. The jurikan seemed to stop moving and glance back at the girl. Orochimaru felt something stir in his chest. What is this? He put his hand on his chest and he could feel his heart was beating fast. He stared at the silver haired girl with fascination completely forgetting that Naruto was ready to kill him if he moved.
    “Naruto stop! No, nine tail stop!” The girl’s body began to glow blue and chakra surrounded her body. What is going on? The jurikan turned toward the girl its eyes wide with shock and Orochimaru let out a chocking sound. The chakra had taken complete form and the form was a ten-tailed wolf demon. The jurikan…no the girl stopped running toward the nine tail and the girl’s eyes were closed. Then someone shouted,
    “Z’ahera!” The girl’s eyes opened, they were no longer the hard icy blue…no they were blood red and her pupils no longer round... They were narrow slits of a wolf.
    “Ten tail…you have returned and are you well?” The ten tail swished her tails and opened her mouth feeling her canines. “Are you well?” The nine tailed walked forward and pressed its orange chakra into the blue chakra. The blue chakra faltered only to grow back just as strongly.
    “Nothing seems to be wrong with my host what about you nine tail?” Hinata watched shocked. I was helping the ten tailed…! Naruto and Z’ahera are both jurikan hosts! They were suffering this whole time and yet they did not tell anyone about it. She felt tears begin to drip from her eyes. Naruto I am so sorry… I did not know about you and Z’ahera and I thought you opened up to me the most out of all the genini.
    “Hinata, are you okay?” Sasuke, Sakura, Neji and Lady Tsunade asked her. She only nodded her head in acceptance and continued to stare at the two jurikan in front of her. “Wow…there are two jurikan hosts…Naruto…and whose the chick? She is hot…” Lady Tsunade smacked Neji’s head.
    “This is neither the time of the place for the trivial nonsense. Hinata, do you know who the girl is and what she is doing here…why is she fighting Orochimaru…Did he summon her here or is she just working on her own will?” Hinata just stared… she could not understand what Lady Tsunade was trying to tell her.
    “I…I do not know…She is, she is…the ten tail…?”
    “The ten tail?! I do not understand there were no more than nine tailed’s….Hinata what is going on with them. If Naruto is the nine tailed who is that girl?” Hinata drew in a deep breath wondering how she was going to explain this to Lady Tsunade. Suddenly there was a half bark, half howl over at the battlefield. Lady Tsunade and the genini looked over at the battlefield; there they saw both the nine tail and the ten-tail turn their demon eyes at Orochimaru. The ten-tail voiced sounded throughout the clearing.

    “You have caused much suffering for the people of the Dark Rose and the people of the Hidden Leaf Village so frankly you will no longer be allowed to live.” Orochimaru’s snake-like eyes widen with disbelief as the two jurikan began to walk forward and with each step, Orochimaru felt the charkra within the two jurikan grow stronger… What have I done, thought Orochimaru, I don’t know how I am going to reverse this….both jurikan are growing stronger and stronger by the minute I cannot stop them but…maybe I will have a chance if I can kill one of them before they attack. Orochimaru carefully watched the jurikan hoping that he could find an opening in their defenses but he was unable to find any. The blue and orange charkra blended perfectly, making both the ten tail and the nine tail invulnerable to any charkra related attacks.
    Lady Tsunade and the genini watched fascinated by the jurikan’s calm appearance. In addition, the fact that they were unmovable by Orochimaru has terrified face. It serves him right thought Lady Tsunade but I cannot help but feel some sorrow for him. If he had traveled the right path, he would have been a great asset to the Hidden Leaf Village.
    “Lady Tsunade…can you stop the jurikan from completely destroying Orochimaru…” The other genini looked at Hinata shocked…
    “Hinata! What are you saying! That man nearly destroyed the Hidden Leaf Village. It was, he, who tried to have all of us killed! Why would you want to stop Naruto and the girl from completely destroying him? Lady Tsunade please tell her to come to her senses, he was willing to kill us all for the sake of the power that he craved.” Lady Tsunade stood there thoughtfully, listening to both the genini and the sounds of the jurikan fighting Orochimaru. She could tell instantly that this was Orochimaru’s real body and even if she interfered, it may be already too late to save both Orochimaru. She dropped her hand and shook her head.
    “It’s too late Hinata…”
    “What!”
    “Naruto and the girl have completely given themselves up to the charka beasts. The two of them no longer have any emotions whatsoever. They will not even respond to the ones that they loved in their human lives because they are no longer human…”
    “What!...No, Naruto! Come back! Z’ahera!!!!! Please listen to me!” Hinata jumped out of the tree and raced over to the clearing where Naruto, Z’ahera, and Orochimaru stood facing one another in anger. “I can’t let Naruto and his sister throw away their lives for us…They have struggled far too long to keep fighting for us. We should stand up for ourselves!” She shouted to the other and then threw herself into the clearing ready to fight….

    The two-charkra beasts just stared at Orochimaru their eyes filled with hate but neither seemed willing to attack. Orochimaru watched them, struggling to find a weak defense which he could penetrate and perhaps defeat the two beasts.
    “Naruto! Z’ahera! Do not let the beasts control you! You have to get back under control of yourselves, and if you can’t do it for yourselves do it for the people who care about you! If that is not enough think of the people in the Leaf Village how would they feel! Come back to us!” The two-charka beast turned slightly so they could keep an eye on Orochimaru and still see what was going on behind them. Lady Tsunade and the genini where staring at them trying to get their point across to the creatures. Hinata stood in front of them screaming as tears rolled off her cheeks. “You cannot give up your lives just for us! We are not helpless babies! We can fight for ourselves!”
    “Milady!” The two-charkra beasts turned and saw a young man dressed completely in black was running forward. “Stop this milord and lady, you cannot give up on us…We of the Dark Rose will not allow the twin jurikans be killed for us and if you are going to try to do so we will fight you!” Hinata and Lady Tsunade stood awestruck by the man’s firm belief in both the jurikan but were also shocked to learn that there was yet another village that no one knew about. The chakra beasts looked at the man then blinked, Hinata gasped she saw tears dripping from both of the beasts. But oddly enough, the jurikan inside the chakra were also crying they lifted their heads and unleashed sorrowful cries into the sky. Their chakra began to fade back into their human bodies. Orochimaru shivered from their cries of sorrow and pain, and he felt their pain touch his heart. Why do I feel this way? I can feel their sorrow…how can that be I am not a jurikan. Something fell off his face, what he brushed his cheek. It was wet. I am shedding tears for these creatures, who are not completely human…why? I hate them! They are the things of power that I have been trying to find but they have completely different bodies. They have honesty, love, affection and loyalty to those who are a part of their clans but I…He smirked.
    “I will destroy you both! Foolish creatures!” Orochimaru instantly grabbed a hold of his chakra and rushed forward, creating a blade of chakra. Leaping up into the air, he brought the blade down onto Naruto.
    “Naruto!” the blade flashed as blood went flying into the air.
    “Z’ahera! No!”
    All those who were in the clearing stared at the silver haired girl as she fell blood streaming from her skull. Her red blood splattered Naruto and he remained still as if he were in shock.
    “Z’ahera! No! By the Gods no…it cannot be. No! Naruto don’t!” but it was already too late. Naruto’s eyes regained their red luster, and instantly Orochimaru was sent backwards into the fray without any mercy.
    “You have killed the ten tails, my only kin that remains alive within this world and for that...” Naruto kept his head down shading his eyes from anyone’s view then suddenly raising it, tears gushing out of both Naruto and the chakra beast “You will face the worst torture and suffering that you will think that a quick death would have been more merciful” His red eyes flashed and Orochimaru stiffened. What is this could this be a….He watched as the orange chakra was leaking out of Naruto and flowing into the girls’ corpse. Naruto’s knees were struggling to hold his weight but as more chakra poured out of him, the struggles ceased and he collapsed onto the ground.
    “Naruto!” Suddenly both Naruto and Z’ahera’s eyes began to glow a blood red color, no emotion remained in their eyes as they slowly stood. Orochimaru stiffened…This is not normal, what is going on. I have never felt such a dooming presence before and never from a pair of genini. An ominous aura spread over the clearing and along the Hidden Leaf village’s people. Everyone rushed toward the source of the aura, the genini in the field, those who were in the Hidden Leaf village, and the shinobi who were gathering the genini together.
    “This is not right… Lady Tsunade, what is going on…do you know what is happening to both Naruto and that girl?” Sauske pulled his hand over Sakura’s body trying to protect her from the negative energy that was filling the area. “Lady Tsunade?” Sauske turned and saw Lady Tsunade’s eyes were wide.
    “This is a split chakra beast spell!”
    “Lady Tsunade, what is a split chakra beast spell?
    “A split-chakra beast spell is a sacred art that not many know about because it has to be a person who has a demon or can summon demons. When a split-chakra beast spell is cast, the demon begins to split his or her power with the one he or she chooses but the side effects include…lost of memory, emotion and all loyalty to anyone. So basically Naruto and Z’ahera are no longer human…they have completely erased their human existence and now they are completely… completely…”
    “Completely, what Lady Tsunade?”
    “They have completely transformed in to demons, they are no longer our friends and we must do everything in our power…to destroy them.”

    “No we cannot destroy them…”
    “Yes we must…if they have become completely transformed and formed themselves into demons…there is nothing we can do but destroy them if they turn on us…This is the will of the Hokage.” Hinata glanced at Lady Tsunade, and then gasped in shock. Lady Tsunade’s cheeks were wet with tears.
    “Lady Tsunade…”
    “It’s all right Hinata…as much as I care for Naruto…I will do what is best for the village even though it goes against my heart.” She turned to the people who were standing behind her staring at the battle that was going on between the two jurikan and Orochimaru. “Everyone…get ready to battle the jurikan’s. We do not know if they will attack us and try to kill us. We will watch the battle and I will send someone back to warn you if the jurikan are coming to attack…”
    “No!” Lady Tsunade looked up startled “We will not leave this battle. We will stand beside you, watch the jurikan, and see for ourselves what they are capable of.”
    “And we shall stand beside you as well and if the jurikan decide that you are its prey then we will stand beside you and fight by your side.” Lady Tsunade looked at all her people seeing that they were ready to fight whether or not their lives were at stake.
    “Very well, my friends…we will see what the future will bring for us and the jurikan.” Then everyone in the field turned and stared at the battle that was going on before them. No emotion shone in the eyes of the two jurikan but Orochimaru could sense a deep sadness inside both of the jurikan hearts. They did not wish to destroy him but within them, there was a force of great hatred and darkness that they did not wish to unleash onto him. The emotionless eyes stared at him and the chakra around the jurikans bodies began to glow the same colors. The jurikans stood together, side by side, holding in each hand a condensed ball of chakra, then pushing the balls of chakra together to form one large condensed chakra ball. Orochimaru knew that was what would destroy him whether he liked it or not. So this is the end he thought. I will at least go down fighting! He raised his arm the final time and emitted a piece of raw condensed chakra. Aiming at the two jurikan, who had stared to run toward him.
    “You may kill me today but I will be taking one of you…” He never got to finish his sentence for both jurikans unleashed their chakra and it tore Orochimaru into pieces.

    It was all over… Hinata fell down to her feet, gasping for breath as if she were the one who had to fight Orochimaru.
    “Orochimaru was defeated…he was defeated by the very power that he craved. The power of the demons, which lead to his untimely defeat. Orochimaru may you rest in peace wherever you are.” The people shivered and stared at the two jurikan who were standing stock still within the clearing. Naruto stood looking at Orochimaru’s corpse not saying anything; his eyes were just as emotionless as before. Z’ahera turned her head and looked at the people who were staring down at them…She felt their fear and understood what they were feeling. Hinata blinked and then gasped
    “Lady Tsunade, look! Z’ahera…Z’ahera is crying!” Lady Tsunade turned and stared at the silver haired jurikan and sure enough, she saw tears streaming from the creature emotionless eyes. All the people watched as the silver haired jurikan began moving her arms in a strange way; it was almost like watching a rose fall off a waterfall. Lady Tsunade recognized what the girl was doing
    “Stop! Z’ahera, do you know what you are doing? If you do this, you will never come back!” The jurikan seemed to pause for a moment then continued with her movements. Suddenly a rosy glow came from Z’ahera’s body and flowed into Naruto’s still form, it engulfed Naruto’s body completely.
    “No! Milady!”
    “Lady Tsunade what’s going on? Why is Naruto glowing? In addition, why is Z’ahera beginning to turn pale? Lady Tsunade what’s wrong?” Lady Tsunade collapsed on the ground beside Hinata and burst into tears. “Lady Tsunade?” the genini looked at the Hokage startled by her complete breakdown.
    “Z’ahera….she’s…she is casting….casting…the heart….the heart reverse spell….which returns the power that the person…has….has borrowed…sniff…basically Z’ahera…is…she is…going..” Lady Tsunade bit back a sob, her heart felt heavy as she stared at the dying rosy glow. “Z’ahera is going to die…for Naruto….”
    “What!” Hinata shouted as she stared at Z’ahera for the final time. “No…please don’t let that be true Lady Tsunade…say it isn’t true!” Lady Tsunade said nothing. She just stared at the two jurikan knowing that this was Naruto’s last time with his sister.
    “Z’ahera…I am alive what is going on. I cast the split chakra beast spell and nothing can break the spell whether they like it or not.”
    “Naruto…I am glad you have grown up. I will always be with you no matter what happens okay.”
    “What do you mean Z’ahera; you are always there for me. You were there for me when I became a ninja; you were there for me when I was hurt or in trouble. You will not be going anywhere soon will you.”
    “It…is too late for me Naruto…I am not going to be there for you from now one…”
    “What do you mean…?” Naruto looked at Z’ahera puzzled and saw the smile on her lips…It was the first time he had seen her smile in the years that she had become a ninja, with him. “No…no! Z’ahera! You cannot be… No! I won’t let you go…” She smiled softly
    “I am sorry Naruto…it is too late for you to do anything for me…I want you to be happy and to be happy I need to disappear.” Tears welled in Naruto’s eyes.
    “But what will I do without you by my side…I need your guidance for the time to come…I…I just.”
    “Naruto, goodbye.” He looked up and saw Z’ahera’s body burst into a blue flame. Her body fell onto the ground and burned. Naruto tried to look away but he could not, the flames seemed to beckon him closer. The flames had burned Z’ahera’s body away but something was lying within the flames. Naruto reached into the flames and pulled it out.
    It was a ten tailed, white wolf pup. The wolf pup lay still within Naruto’s arms but as Naruto carefully turned it around and began brushing its fur; it began to stir. It raised its head and looked at Naruto in the eye. Naruto stiffened; the wolf’s gaze was exactly like his sisters.
    “Z’ahera? Is that you?” The wolf pup nodded its head “Z’ahera!” Naruto shouted and hugged the wolf pup.
    “Naruto, let me go you are squishing me” He carefully let go of the wolf and stared at her ice blue eyes.
    “I can’t believe it…Z’ahera you are alive but…why are you a wolf pup…I don’t understand.”
    “Naruto…I can be with you and help you now…It was your love and your will that I would not die completely but I would become a guardian spirit…or whatever to protect the Dark Rose village and our people! I love you my brother and that is all that will ever matter to us… Now Naruto…go join your people…I am going to the Dark Rose village to talk with the elder and tell him what has happened but remember Naruto. Whenever you need help just call my name and I will be there immediately…See you later!” The wolf then bounded away, toward the south where the village of the Dark Rose was.
    “Well see you later my sister…thank you” Naruto slowly walked up the hill to where Hinata and his friends stood. Once Naruto was standing beside Hinata, his true love, it was only then he turned and looked to the south. Hinata glanced that way and gasped. Running to the south was a white ten-tailed wolf. Its long tail streamed behind it.
    “Naruto, is that?” Naruto smiled and looked at Hinata’s awestruck expression.
    “Yes, it is her. Since she saved my life she was given that form…to live out her life.”
    “Naruto…I love you” Hinata threw her arms around Naruto’s neck and his hands wrapped around her waist holding her close.
    “I love you too…Hinata” Thank you, my sister. You have showed me that I could be something powerful but still remain in control…thank you my sister…and don’t worry about me anymore…I can take care of myself now but if I need help…I know who to call…I love you Z’ahera.” He then glanced to the south and maybe it was just an illusion but he thought he saw a silver-haired girl turn and smile at him…
    The End!