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Pein stood over Sasuke's downed body and watched as eight-tailed Naruto rampaged through the ruined village before setting his sights on him. "Oh fuck me" The skinned fox's mouth opened and gathered up chakra into it's menacing ball attack "Oh fuck me side ways" the Deva path had only a second to jump out of the way before the attack tore through the space he was just in, narrowly avoiding Sasuke, and continuing on hitting the ground and destroying more of Konoha.

~XXXXXX~

In the hiding place of Nagato, the true pain, and Konan. "God realm is close enough now" Nagato said calmly.

Konan turned to Nagato shocked. "Close enough? What are you….no you can't possibly mean to use..." She was cut off when both Nagato and the Deva path spoke at the same time

"Chibaku Tensei!"

"You don't have to go that far! You're in no shape!" Konan exclaimed.

"BE QUIET, KONAN…I NEED TO CONCENTRATE!" Nagato yelled.

Konan sighed and then decided it best not to argue so she remained silent.

~XXXXXX~

A small dark sphere gathered in the Deva path's hands and he throw it up into the sky, when it reached a certain height it began drawing in everything around it, earth, trees, buildings, they were all pulled up to the sphere which was growing with each new layer that was added.

Eight-tailed Naruto found itself caught as the slap of earth it was standing on was pulled up towards the ball.

The strain of the attack was beginning to show as Nagato's nose bled.

In a desperate attempt to escape, the fox charged up another menacing ball and fired it at the sphere but it did nothing and by then it was to late, he was pulled straight to the sphere's surface and drew inside it by gravity.

~XXXXXX~

Nagato was exhausted from using Chibaku Tensei, Konan was worried about her friend "There's no need to go that far…" She whispered.

"…This is the fox we're talking about…I can't afford to go easy on him." Nagato said.

Both looked up at the still growing ball in the sky "…Besides, compared to the moon the sage of the six paths was said to have created…this is nothing…anyway…I've captured the nine-tailed fox" He said as if he accomplished something big, and to him he actually had.

~XXXXXX~

Inside Naruto's mind. He is surround by darkness and the memories of the battle with Pein.

"Why! How did this happen!" He yelled.

The memory of Pein talking to him reappeared,

"How would you face this hatred in order to build peace? Let me hear your answer"

"…I don't know…! It hurts…I hate this…" He growled.

"Naruto…"

Back in the real world an explosion in the side of the new moon drew the Deva path's attention, but in Naruto's mind the empty darkness was replaced with the familiar tunnels and water ways of the fox's prison, but something was different the water was bubbling as if boiling.

Naruto was down on his knees and holding his head in confusion "I don't know! What should I do! I don't know anymore!"

He sat up straight and shouted out. "SOMEBODY HELP ME! GIVE ME THE ANSWER!" He got an answer, from the cage of the nine-tailed fox

"DESTROY EVERYTHING. DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT HURTS YOU" Naruto stared up into the dark cage where only the fox's eye could be seen

"Give your heart to me. I will save you from the pain" The fox suggested.

In response Naruto tore open his jacket revealing the seal on his stomach which began to spin and warp into a black hole that bled darkness out into the water at Naruto's feet, Turing it pitch black.

"Yes…that's it" The fox said grinning.

~XXXXXX~

Another explosion in the sphere was followed by something tearing it's way out of the ball.

First two clawed hands, then Nine tails and finally a giant head tore free from the moon

"GRAHHHHH!" The Deva path looked on in shock.

"…I can't believe it…" There, half way free, was the nine-tailed fox itself

"GRAHHHHHHH!" It roared.

~XXXXXX~

Back in his mind, Naruto was up to his ankles in an ocean of black water "Come here…pull this seal off" Naruto stumbled towards the cage doors like a zombie, he raised his hand up and put it one the seal.

But then, before he could pull it off, a hand caught his wrist and stopped him.

Naruto looked at the person who stopped him in shock. Suddenly Naruto was grabbed around the waist and pulled away from the cage.

The fox was furious at who had stopped it's escape

"GRRRRRRR! YOU!"

"The 4th…Hokage…" Naruto whispered.

"The seal is set so that if 8 tails are released, I'll appear within your consciousness. I didn't want that to happen…I never wanted to see you again…Nine-tails. But…" Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto and smiled "I looked forward to seeing how my son had grown…so I guess you could call it even"

~XXXXXX~

In the real world the Deva path was struggling to keep the Fox contained.

"He broke out of Chibaku Tensei…I can't believe how strong he is. At this rate, I'll have to make a bigger one…!" The Fox suddenly stopped all movement.

~XXXXXX~

"GRRRRRRRR! 4TH HOKAGE! COME HERE! I'LL RIP YOU TO SHREDS!" The fox continued to rage in attempts to get at the 4th.

Minato just chuckled and looked over his shoulder at the demon. "Saying you're going to rip me to shreds isn't going to make me come closer. Just the opposite, right Naruto?" The boy in question just stared at his father in shock.

"…Naruto… that's my name. How…?" Naruto stuttered.

Minato looked at his son "Huh!…'cause I gave you the name. of course. You're my heir after all" He said with a smile.

"Heir? Then…you mean…?" Whatever else Naruto was going to say was cut off by a loud "GRRRRROWWWWWR!"

Although Minato paid the fox no mind "Yeah! Just what I said. You're my son" He said.

Naruto stared for a bit before a smile slowly broke over his face and tears welled up in his eyes. "Haha…"

"GRRRRR! 4TH!" The fox roared.

"He sure is a noisy one, isn't he…? Let's go talk somewhere else" The 4th snapped his fingers and the two suddenly found themselves in a white expanse of nothingness.

Naruto didn't seem to notice as he was wiping the tears from his eyes "Hehe…"

"I guess the 3rd didn't tell you anything. He probably wanted to keep everything about the fox a secret. If people knew you were my son, there might be trouble. I'm sorry, Naruto..." Minato said.

"Dad…" Naruto suddenly punched his father in the gut.

"oof…!" Minato grunted.

"WHY DID YOU SEAL THE FOX INSIDE YOUR OWN SON! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE IT'S CAUSE ME! I don't know whether I'm happy or pissed off!" Minato looked at his son in shock, by now Naruto was crying.

Minato closed his eyes and looked down "Naruto…How old are you now?" He asked.

"Ooh…ooh…16..." Naruto replied.

"16,eh…? It…must have been hard…Naruto. I'm sorry…I've done nothing but cause trouble for you…so maybe I shouldn't try to act like your father now when I'm apologizing…" Minato said looking Naruto directly into the eyes.

Naruto had finally managed to stop crying "It's…okay…I'm the son of the 4th Hokage…so I can deal" He said smiling weakly.

"The reason I sealed half the fox's chakra inside you is because I believed you could use it…because you're my son. And there's another reason. Too…" Minato turned serious before continuing, "…When the fox attacked 16 years ago I realized something..." He said grimly.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"There was someone controlling the fox when it attacked the village, A very powerful Ninja. And without some sort of special power, there would be no way to fight him. I believe he'll attack the village again..." Minato said seriously.

Naruto looked down in shame. "Konoha…has already been destroyed…" Naruto said.

"Yeah…I saw…from inside you" Minato said looking at him while shaking his head sadly.

"YOU SAW…!" Naruto asked utterly shocked.

"I know about Jiraiya, too..." Came the reply.

That one sentence stopped naruto cold "…was Pein the one who used the fox to attack the village before?" He asked but his father shook his head. "No…not him…"

"Then who!" Naruto asked starting to get angry.

"A member of "Akatsuki" the one with the mask..." An image of the very person appeared in Naruto's memory "Back then…he saw through everything I did…He's no ordinary Ninja…Pein's probably being used by him..."

Anger bled into Naruto at that "No! Pein Hates Konoha! His own village was destroyed the same way!"

Minato nodded. "That's right…and he's being used because of that"

"Being used! There's someone behind him…! Why is all this happening to Konoha!" Naruto growled.

Minato remaind quiet for a time before replying.

"Maybe as long as the ninja system exists, there can be no peace or order. Pein asked you about peace…but it's hard to find an answer…trying to save the things you love breeds war. As long as love exists, there will be hatred, and ninjas will be used by the hatred. As long as the ninja system exists, the hatred will create another creature like Pein" Minato paused before continuing "Pein is the one who killed Jiraiya, but the more I think about it, the more I believe he was really killed by the disorder that gave birth to Pein…Ninjas fight that hatred. All ninjas fight against that hatred. Jiraiya entrusted you with the answer to end this hatred" He explained.

"But I can't forgive Pein…I can't!" Naruto snarled.

"Yeah…I know..." He said softly.

"Tell me…what should I do?" Naruto asked.

Father and son stared at each other.

"You have to find the answer yourself. I don't know the answer" Minato stated.

"BUT IF YOU AND THAT PERVY SAGE COULDN'T DO IT, HOW CAN I! THAT'S NOT FAIR! I'M STUPID! AND I'M NOT A GREAT NINJA! AND…"

Minato cut his son off by ruffling his hair "You will find the answer" He smiled at his son "…I believe in you"

Naruto was shocked "…Really…? Can I really…?" Minato laughed.

"Parents always believe in their children. Now…I have to be going…my Chakra is fading. I'll restore the seal" He put his hand on the seal "…But this is the last time." he twisted his hand and the seal returned to normal "Konoha can be rebuilt…I'm counting on you Naruto..." and with that said, Minato Namikaze faded from his son's mind.

"Thank you…Dad…" Naruto whispered softly.

~XXXXXX~

Real world. "The fox…Disappeared?" The Deva path was confused until he saw something he wasn't expecting.

There, standing where the nine-tailed fox once was, was Naruto returned to normal and his eyes changed to show he was in sage mode.

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Pein stood over Sasuke's downed body and watched as eight-tailed Naruto rampaged through the ruined village before setting his sights on him. "Oh fuck me" The skinned fox's mouth opened and gathered up chakra into it's menacing ball attack "Oh fuck me side ways" the Deva path had only a second to jump out of the way before the attack tore through the space he was just in, narrowly avoiding Sasuke, and continuing on hitting the ground and destroying more of Konoha.

~XXXXXX~

In the hiding place of Nagato, the true pain, and Konan. "God realm is close enough now" Nagato said calmly.

Konan turned to Nagato shocked. "Close enough? What are you….no you can't possibly mean to use..." She was cut off when both Nagato and the Deva path spoke at the same time

"Chibaku Tensei!"

"You don't have to go that far! You're in no shape!" Konan exclaimed.

"BE QUIET, KONAN…I NEED TO CONCENTRATE!" Nagato yelled.

Konan sighed and then decided it best not to argue so she remained silent.

~XXXXXX~

A small dark sphere gathered in the Deva path's hands and he throw it up into the sky, when it reached a certain height it began drawing in everything around it, earth, trees, buildings, they were all pulled up to the sphere which was growing with each new layer that was added.

Eight-tailed Naruto found itself caught as the slap of earth it was standing on was pulled up towards the ball.

The strain of the attack was beginning to show as Nagato's nose bled.

In a desperate attempt to escape, the fox charged up another menacing ball and fired it at the sphere but it did nothing and by then it was to late, he was pulled straight to the sphere's surface and drew inside it by gravity.

~XXXXXX~

Nagato was exhausted from using Chibaku Tensei, Konan was worried about her friend "There's no need to go that far…" She whispered.

"…This is the fox we're talking about…I can't afford to go easy on him." Nagato said.

Both looked up at the still growing ball in the sky "…Besides, compared to the moon the sage of the six paths was said to have created…this is nothing…anyway…I've captured the nine-tailed fox" He said as if he accomplished something big, and to him he actually had.

~XXXXXX~

Inside Naruto's mind. He is surround by darkness and the memories of the battle with Pein.

"Why! How did this happen!" He yelled.

The memory of Pein talking to him reappeared,

"How would you face this hatred in order to build peace? Let me hear your answer"

"…I don't know…! It hurts…I hate this…" He growled.

"Naruto…"

Back in the real world an explosion in the side of the new moon drew the Deva path's attention, but in Naruto's mind the empty darkness was replaced with the familiar tunnels and water ways of the fox's prison, but something was different the water was bubbling as if boiling.

Naruto was down on his knees and holding his head in confusion "I don't know! What should I do! I don't know anymore!"

He sat up straight and shouted out. "SOMEBODY HELP ME! GIVE ME THE ANSWER!" He got an answer, from the cage of the nine-tailed fox

"DESTROY EVERYTHING. DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT HURTS YOU" Naruto stared up into the dark cage where only the fox's eye could be seen

"Give your heart to me. I will save you from the pain" The fox suggested.

In response Naruto tore open his jacket revealing the seal on his stomach which began to spin and warp into a black hole that bled darkness out into the water at Naruto's feet, Turing it pitch black.

"Yes…that's it" The fox said grinning.

~XXXXXX~

Another explosion in the sphere was followed by something tearing it's way out of the ball.

First two clawed hands, then Nine tails and finally a giant head tore free from the moon

"GRAHHHHH!" The Deva path looked on in shock.

"…I can't believe it…" There, half way free, was the nine-tailed fox itself

"GRAHHHHHHH!" It roared.

~XXXXXX~

Back in his mind, Naruto was up to his ankles in an ocean of black water "Come here…pull this seal off" Naruto stumbled towards the cage doors like a zombie, he raised his hand up and put it one the seal.

But then, before he could pull it off, a hand caught his wrist and stopped him.

Naruto looked at the person who stopped him in shock. Suddenly Naruto was grabbed around the waist and pulled away from the cage.

The fox was furious at who had stopped it's escape

"GRRRRRRR! YOU!"

"The 4th…Hokage…" Naruto whispered.

"The seal is set so that if 8 tails are released, I'll appear within your consciousness. I didn't want that to happen…I never wanted to see you again…Nine-tails. But…" Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto and smiled "I looked forward to seeing how my son had grown…so I guess you could call it even"

~XXXXXX~

In the real world the Deva path was struggling to keep the Fox contained.

"He broke out of Chibaku Tensei…I can't believe how strong he is. At this rate, I'll have to make a bigger one…!" The Fox suddenly stopped all movement.

~XXXXXX~

"GRRRRRRRR! 4TH HOKAGE! COME HERE! I'LL RIP YOU TO SHREDS!" The fox continued to rage in attempts to get at the 4th.

Minato just chuckled and looked over his shoulder at the demon. "Saying you're going to rip me to shreds isn't going to make me come closer. Just the opposite, right Naruto?" The boy in question just stared at his father in shock.

"…Naruto… that's my name. How…?" Naruto stuttered.

Minato looked at his son "Huh!…'cause I gave you the name. of course. You're my heir after all" He said with a smile.

"Heir? Then…you mean…?" Whatever else Naruto was going to say was cut off by a loud "GRRRRROWWWWWR!"

Although Minato paid the fox no mind "Yeah! Just what I said. You're my son" He said.

Naruto stared for a bit before a smile slowly broke over his face and tears welled up in his eyes. "Haha…"

"GRRRRR! 4TH!" The fox roared.

"He sure is a noisy one, isn't he…? Let's go talk somewhere else" The 4th snapped his fingers and the two suddenly found themselves in a white expanse of nothingness.

Naruto didn't seem to notice as he was wiping the tears from his eyes "Hehe…"

"I guess the 3rd didn't tell you anything. He probably wanted to keep everything about the fox a secret. If people knew you were my son, there might be trouble. I'm sorry, Naruto..." Minato said.

"Dad…" Naruto suddenly punched his father in the gut.

"oof…!" Minato grunted.

"WHY DID YOU SEAL THE FOX INSIDE YOUR OWN SON! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE IT'S CAUSE ME! I don't know whether I'm happy or pissed off!" Minato looked at his son in shock, by now Naruto was crying.

Minato closed his eyes and looked down "Naruto…How old are you now?" He asked.

"Ooh…ooh…16..." Naruto replied.

"16,eh…? It…must have been hard…Naruto. I'm sorry…I've done nothing but cause trouble for you…so maybe I shouldn't try to act like your father now when I'm apologizing…" Minato said looking Naruto directly into the eyes.

Naruto had finally managed to stop crying "It's…okay…I'm the son of the 4th Hokage…so I can deal" He said smiling weakly.

"The reason I sealed half the fox's chakra inside you is because I believed you could use it…because you're my son. And there's another reason. Too…" Minato turned serious before continuing, "…When the fox attacked 16 years ago I realized something..." He said grimly.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"There was someone controlling the fox when it attacked the village, A very powerful Ninja. And without some sort of special power, there would be no way to fight him. I believe he'll attack the village again..." Minato said seriously.

Naruto looked down in shame. "Konoha…has already been destroyed…" Naruto said.

"Yeah…I saw…from inside you" Minato said looking at him while shaking his head sadly.

"YOU SAW…!" Naruto asked utterly shocked.

"I know about Jiraiya, too..." Came the reply.

That one sentence stopped naruto cold "…was Pein the one who used the fox to attack the village before?" He asked but his father shook his head. "No…not him…"

"Then who!" Naruto asked starting to get angry.

"A member of "Akatsuki" the one with the mask..." An image of the very person appeared in Naruto's memory "Back then…he saw through everything I did…He's no ordinary Ninja…Pein's probably being used by him..."

Anger bled into Naruto at that "No! Pein Hates Konoha! His own village was destroyed the same way!"

Minato nodded. "That's right…and he's being used because of that"

"Being used! There's someone behind him…! Why is all this happening to Konoha!" Naruto growled.

Minato remaind quiet for a time before replying.

"Maybe as long as the ninja system exists, there can be no peace or order. Pein asked you about peace…but it's hard to find an answer…trying to save the things you love breeds war. As long as love exists, there will be hatred, and ninjas will be used by the hatred. As long as the ninja system exists, the hatred will create another creature like Pein" Minato paused before continuing "Pein is the one who killed Jiraiya, but the more I think about it, the more I believe he was really killed by the disorder that gave birth to Pein…Ninjas fight that hatred. All ninjas fight against that hatred. Jiraiya entrusted you with the answer to end this hatred" He explained.

"But I can't forgive Pein…I can't!" Naruto snarled.

"Yeah…I know..." He said softly.

"Tell me…what should I do?" Naruto asked.

Father and son stared at each other.

"You have to find the answer yourself. I don't know the answer" Minato stated.

"BUT IF YOU AND THAT PERVY SAGE COULDN'T DO IT, HOW CAN I! THAT'S NOT FAIR! I'M STUPID! AND I'M NOT A GREAT NINJA! AND…"

Minato cut his son off by ruffling his hair "You will find the answer" He smiled at his son "…I believe in you"

Naruto was shocked "…Really…? Can I really…?" Minato laughed.

"Parents always believe in their children. Now…I have to be going…my Chakra is fading. I'll restore the seal" He put his hand on the seal "…But this is the last time." he twisted his hand and the seal returned to normal "Konoha can be rebuilt…I'm counting on you Naruto..." and with that said, Minato Namikaze faded from his son's mind.

"Thank you…Dad…" Naruto whispered softly.

~XXXXXX~

Real world. "The fox…Disappeared?" The Deva path was confused until he saw something he wasn't expecting.

There, standing where the nine-tailed fox once was, was Naruto returned to normal and his eyes changed to show he was in sage mode.