I approached the tanuki haven, transformed as a small fox (one tailed), while Sasuke's group followed. Once I rounded the corner, I bumped into a wild tanuki. The tanuki blinked and said, "chu~"
'WTF?' I said in my head.
After seeing the tanuki I looked all over. "Wow! This place is full of tanukis! There's a tanuki, another tanuki, and another baby tanuki, fluffy tanuki, chubby tanuki, tanuki, tanuki-"
"Fox!" One of the guards shouted, interrupting me.
"It's not nice to interrupt," I said, transforming back to normal and kicking the guard in the face.
More showed up, but the Hebi and I delt with the problem with ease and moved on to where Shukaku was. I opened the door, with a lit cigarette in my mouth and entered the room. "Kyuubi, I've been waiting," Hachi said, staring at me as I entered.
Instead of a red cape, my cape was now a scarf, torn at the ends. "Sorry for making you wait, Hachi. I had a run-in with a few weak ends. They were taken care of easily," I said.
I looked forward at Shukaku. "You've gotten a little more chubby, Shukaku. I assume you are hiding Naruto and others there?" I said, looking at him with an evil eye.
Shukaku was surprised, yet wasn't shaken. An arrow came out of nowhere, but I cut the arrow with my sharpened kunai knife. I then threw it in that direction and slashed my attacker's sholder.
The second that attempted to take me down was the mist ninja with the curse mark. He charged at me in his level two form, but Hachi kicked him in the stomach and cut the kid down to size.
Raijuu, Suki, Misa, and Kaku charged at the two of us, but the Hebi came at them from behind and managed to knock them unconcious. Sasuke and his group stood off to the side and Hachi and I approached Shukaku. "Anyone else you want to send to attack us?" I said, blowing smoke out.
"How far are you willing to go at killing Naruto teme?! You brought the Hebi and you are making your sister cry!" Shukaku shouted.
Isonade tried to stab me in the back, but I blocked him and kicked him in the head. He landed on Naara, knocking them both out. "Simple, I have no purpose. You make my life a living hell every day. If I die," I paused to smoke, "Everyone should be happier."
"What about Chiyoko, your sister?! Will she be happy?! You gave her the whole purpose of living by making her happy! You're taking it all away by killing Naruto!" Shukaku shouted at me.
That hit me hard, but I wasn't going to deal with it anymore. I took my cigarette out of my mouth, tossed it down, and put it out. "Chiyoko will be fine if you raise her."
"It wouldn't be the same!"
"That may be, but she will be happier."
I jumped and was about to kick Shukaku's stomach, when Chiyoko came out of nowhere and punched me. "I'm sorry," she said as I hit the wall hard.
"Kyuubi! Are you okay?!" Hachi called.
Shakey, I stood up, but had the strength to stand. Chiyoko's eyes were sad, yet enraged. Her eyes color had even changed color. "I have no choice, do I, Yoko?" I asked my sister.
She took out a kunai knife. "I won't let you do it."
"I have no choice then..." I said.
I jumped out of the rubble of rock and landed on fours. "I'm sorry nee-chan, but this is my choice."
"Then I have to convince you wrong. If that means breaking your bones to keep you by my side, I'll do it oni-san!" She said, eyes a scarlet red.
