Team Kakashi is watching the Chunin Selection Exam Finals. When a bunch of feathers rain down from the sky that makes everyone fall asleep.

Naruto, and Sasuke watch as Gaara flees from the stadium, being carried by his siblings. The blonde looks at Kakashi, who subtly nods in response. Naruto chuckled evilly, as he put on his mask, and pulled his hood over his head. A mist settles over the boy. Once the mist dissipates, Naruto is gone. He disappeared in a Mist Shunshin.

Naruto then appears in front of a Kumo-nin, and decapitates them. A mist envelopes around the blonde, following him, as Naruto is following Gaara. He is chopping up anybody with a Kumo, Oto or Suna hitai-ate.

Naruto continued to follow Gaara, who stopped four miles away from Konoha. He sees Gaara with sand covering his right arm, and a new tail made of sand. Gaara's right eye is now black, with yellow irises and pupils that each takes the shape of a black four-pointed star with four black dots around it. The blonde thinks, 'Shit!'

Gaara, in a demonic voice says, "Nice of you to show up... So I could kill you!"

Naruto replies, "That's what you think!" Chakra then explodes from Naruto as it takes the form of an orange colored fox demon that has nine-tails that are swishing back, and forth. He also adds some of his, and the Kyuubi's killing intent into the area. Which washes into Konoha scaring every shinobi fighting, except the two Kage. Who are now fighting together to kill Orochimaru.

Then a thick mist covers the area, with Naruto quickly disappearing into it. Naruto then gives out a Demonic chuckle that seems to emanate from everywhere in the mist, and then decides to slash at Gaara's neck, only for the sand arm to block it.

Naruto disappears once again, and attacks Gaara from behind, only for the sand tail to block it. The blonde then smashes the side of Kubikiribocho into Gaara's left side. He yells, "Gamayudan (Toad Oil Bullet)." Naruto then spits out a single huge bullet of oil from his mouth, that covers Gaara.

Naruto then weaves a string of hand seals. Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger. He yells, ""Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)." Oil covered Gaara then ignites into a big ball of flames.

As the mist reforms, Naruto disappears into it. He then weaves a huge string of hand seals. Ox → Monkey → Hare → Rat → Boar → Bird → Ox → Horse → Bird → Rat → Tiger → Dog → Tiger → Snake → Ox → Ram → Snake → Boar → Ram → Rat → Yang Water → Monkey → Bird → Dragon → Bird → Ox → Horse → Ram → Tiger → Snake → Rat → Monkey → Hare → Boar → Dragon → Ram → Rat → Ox → Monkey → Bird → Yang Water → Rat → Boar → Bird. The blonde yells, "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)!" Naruto manipulates water into the shape of a dragon, which he then directed at a target. The water dragon then crashes upon the target, which makes him fly across the mist, and right next to a Shadow Clone.

The Clone then goes through a string of hand seals. Snake → Ram → Horse → Hare → Ram → Horse → Hare → Snake → Ox → Clap Hands. He yells, "Suirō no Jutsu (Water Prison Technique)!"

With a quick burst of chakra, Gaara is free. Gaara then sends his sand arm towards Naruto, who weaves some hand seals. Tiger → Ox → Tiger → Rat. He yells, "Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Bullet Technique)!" The Uzumaki expels a large quantity of water in the form of a powerful torrent towards Gaara that hits him dead in the arm.

With the arm, and by proxy Gaara is stunned, Naruto then uses the back of Kubikiribocho, and throws it at Gaara. When the sword hits Gaara, the Suna Jinchuuriki flies back into five Shadow Clones. The clones kick or punch the target into the air, each yelling "U-ZU-MA-KI" as they do so. While the target is airborne, the fifth, and Final clone appears above Gaara, and brings Kubikiribocho down onto the redhead. A deep gash appears on Gaara's stomach, as he plummets back down to the ground.

Gaara then covers his body from the waist up in sand. This heals Gaara, who lashes out with both sand arms, dissipating the mist. Naruto, who now has Kubikiribocho in his hands replies, "Welp! I guess the mist will now be useless."

The blonde then calls onto the Kyuubi's chakra. Naruto the gets surrounded by a layer of red, wispy chakra. his eyes change color to red and his pupils become slitted, plus his nails and canine teeth grow longer and sharper. Naruto's hair also grows longer and spikier, and the whisker-like marks on his cheeks widen and thicken.

Gaara then rushes Naruto, who blocks a sand arm with Kubikiribocho. While the other sand arm forms a giant blade out of sand to slice through Naruto with. Only for the red chakra cloak to protect the blonde.

Naruto then smacks Gaara into the air. As Gaara is falling back down, Naruto shoves Kubikiribocho between Gaara's buttocks. An explosion occurs covering the area with smoke. Naruto then weaves a string of hand seals. Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger. He yells, ""Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)." The smoke then explodes into a fiery ball.

Which quickly dies down as Gaara turns into the full Ichibi. Gaara then makes a single hand seal. Ram. he screams, "Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu (Feigning Sleep Technique)!" Gaara then falls asleep, giving control to the Ichibi.

The Ichibi is a sandy-brown coloured tanuki, with dark blue cursed seal markings all over its face, body, and tail. It has a jagged, concave mouth with no tongue, and the sclerae of its eyes are black, with yellow irides and pupils that each takes the shape of a black four-pointed star with four black dots around it.

The Ibichi yells, "I'm free! I'm Free!" he then looks at Naruto, and continues, "And I just found the perfect thing to kill. Isn't that right, Kyuubi!?"

Naruto hears the Kyuubi, who growled, and says, "I'd kill that stupid tanuki called Shukaku, but you are too weak, and I don't want to have a weak container. So summon the damn Toad."

Naruto then weaves a string of hand seals. Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram. He yells, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" In a puff of smoke Gamabunta appears.

Gamabunta then asks, "Why am I here, Naruto?"

Naruto answers, "Sorry Bunta-sama, but I'm fighting the Ichibi no Shukaku. I need your help."

Gamabunta replies, "I'm getting really sick, and tired of being called to fight Biju. Okay, I'll help."

Gamabunta jumps high into the air, while making a single hand seal. Tiger. While in the air, he spits water from their mouth which are shaped as orb-shaped projectiles. Only for Shukaku to pound on its stomach with its arm, producing a loud sound. The external pressure from the pound forces a ball of wind from Shukaku's large mouth, firing it like a cannonball. This blocks the water.

This repeated pattern continues for a while. Naruto asks, "How do we stop him?"

Gamabunta answers, "Wake the sleeping Gaki up!"

Naruto then asks, "Can you get close enough to stop Shukaku's movement's for a while?"

Gamabunta answers, "Not for long, but I can."

Naruto replies, "Good."

Gamabunta then gets close to Shukaku, and stops his movement for a second. In this second, Naruto rockets off Gamabunta's head, and closes the distance in the said second. Naruto then uses the flat of Kibikiribocho, and brings it down onto Gaara's head.

Gaara then awakens, and plummets down to the ground, as Shukaku yells, "NOOOO!"

When Naruto lands on his feet, his legs buckle, and he falls face first into the dirt. As he is using his chin to crawl his way towards Gaara, Naruto says, "It's almost unbearable, isn't it... The pain of being all alone. I know that feeling; I've been there, in that dark and lonely place, but now there are others, other people who mean a lot to me. I care more about them than I do myself, and I won't let anyone hurt them. That's why I'll never give up. I will stop you, even if I have to kill you! They saved me from myself. They rescued me from my loneliness. They were the first to accept me as who I am. They're my friends."

Gaara says, "I saw that look in your eye... The look of a killer, and of death. Was it fake, or real? I don't know. Perhaps the companionship of an evil person is preferable to loneliness."

That is when Kankuro, and Temari appear. They yell, "Don't touch our Nii-san!"

Naruto replies, "I won't."

Gaara then says, "Nee-san, Nii-san. Let's just leave."

So that is exactly what they do."

Naruto turns his head to see Kakashi. He asks, "So, Kakashi-sensei? How much of that did you see?"

Kakashi answers, "Who wouldn't see a giant Tanuki fighting a giant toad, even if you were four miles away. I saw the ending, and heard your speech. A leader worthy speech if I ever heard one."

Kakashi then picks up Naruto, and Kubikiribocho. He then walks back to Konoha.