Chapter 12

It didn't take long for the people present to understand that the eyes were not there for show. The Rinne-Sharingan copied every movement with clarity and Naruto was able to fight like Hiashi.

The abilities gathered in his body allowed Naruto to full grasp the Gentle Fist within a short time. He understood the practical aspect of the art; however he lacked the actual skill and understanding. Without the proper foundation, he was just a copy and couldn't really make his own Gentle Fist style moves.

It was just like a student copying another student's paper to pass the exam, as the cheater didn't have to understand to copy it.

For that reason, Naruto didn't consider himself an expert of Gentle Fist and followed Hiashi's advice to continue practicing with the Hyuga clan for better understanding.

This also helped Hinata into understanding a fact, just because Naruto could copy everything didn't mean he would actually understand everything. Naruto couldn't specialize in everything.

She could continue supporting him even in combat arts, art where she excelled in.

Finishing up his lesson with the Hyuga clan, Naruto decided to visit his new friends. These friends were the gigantic Tailed Beasts that had decided to live near him to avoid any trouble with humanity.

Flying towards the mountain range at the edge of Konoha, Naruto found the Tailed Beast resting within small domains they had conjured inside the large hole created from the Pain fight.

Naruto didn't have to physically see them, as he could always summon them to the spirit world since they had a spiritual connection with each other.

Looking at them sleep peacefully; he felt that it might have been a long time since they had such luxury. It was truly cruel of him to ask them for help, but life didn't care about such things.

"Hey, what got you so glum? Is it a fight? Is it a fight?" Appearing from around him like dust was the gigantic Sand raccoon called Shukaku.

The beast seemed gleeful at the thought of a fight and destruction.

Just like the Shukaku, the rest of the beasts also turned their attention to him. Chomei the seven tails with the shape of a rhinoceros beetle appeared close to him like lightning.

"Don't get sad, Naruto. Let my luck rub on you and you will become happy." Chomei spoke excitedly and showered her with her scale powder that shown in the light.

Powder from her wings was extremely deadly in most cases, but fortunately Chomei wasn't trying to poison him to death.

"Thanks Chomei, I feel better now." Naruto smiled and rubbed her horn, making the happy go lucky bug happy.

"Mister Uzumaki, we understand your position and we are ready to support you." Matatabi the two tailed giant fire Tiger walked closer to him and spoke in a respectful tone that reminded him of the other adults around him.

Among the beasts, she was the only one that spoke properly with other people beside Gyuki.

"The Sage has warned me that there are threats worse than Kaguya out there, so we need to prepare for an all out war that has no guarantee of our survival." Naruto stopped with that statement as he could see that all of them were too shocked to digest anything else.

"No, no, why can't we just live in peace? I don't want to fight. I hate this, this is unfair." Isobu the three tailed turtle with crab like features cried out in a timid tone. He was the least confident among the beast and loved to hide away into the deep waters.

"Shut up, you are making us look weak." Son Goku the four Tails spoke roughly as he slammed his giant fist on Isobu's shell to shut him up.

"My fellows please stop, and take a deep breath. This is not what out father has taught us. We are the children of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, so please don't besmirch his honor." Kokuo the five tails spoke in an old fashioned and reserved manner, acting like an older sibling to the others.

"You must have something in mind, Uzumaki Naruto. I hope you didn't come here without a plan, only to alarm us. I will definitely dislike that very much." Saiken the Six tails spoke in a cautious tone as she slid towards him.

With their attention on him, Naruto shared his thoughts.

"I was thinking of asking you to join hands with humans in a proper manner this time. In that manner we will have access to powerful warriors since a perfect Jinchuuriki is more powerful than the individual forms. To go even further, I will teach your partners Sage mode. What do you think?"

The Tailed Beasts were strong and with each tail the power grew by a level. Shukaku the one tail was strong enough to destroy a city and mountain ranges casually.

By having a proper partner, that power could be enhanced to large city level or island level. And, by learning Sage mode that power would be multiplied by ten times minimum. It means even the weakest Jinchuuriki would become Country level instantly and that power could be further enhanced through their joined efforts.

"I am not joining with a human, forget about it. Just teach me the Sage mode, as I can do it on my own." The arrogant gorilla declined working with the hated humans.

"Who will choose our partners?" Isobu questioned while hiding inside his shell, making it difficult to know his thoughts.

"You will, I will just present some candidates."

"I don't have a problem, but I want to roam free for now." Chomei replied as she flew around the group, it was obvious she was itching for an adventure.

"I want the red head kid." Shukaku said matter-of-factly.

"I will talk with Gaara and we will see."

"I want him or I will not join anyone else." With those words, he left the area and it seems he was rushing towards Suna.

"We agree with your proposal, so please find appropriate partners for us." Matatabi gave the answer for the group and the rest agreed. It was a better result than expected since only two of them declined.

"Thank you for accepting this request and I will make sure you are not troubled again."

"We trust you Naruto, as our Father trusts you and Kurama trusts you." Kokuo spoke to help his confidence as the beast understood that the young child was taking a large burden on his small shoulders.

Naruto nodded and felt the pressure lessen with so many people on his side. He felt like things wouldn't be so bad with such support. He wasn't alone.

"I have some candidates in mind. Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuga, Tsunade Senju, Sai, Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, Yamato, Shino Aburame, Tenten, Rock Lee, Might Gai, Temari and Kankuro, these are the people I know that are trustworthy and friendly with good potential. Do you want to meet anyone of them?" Naruto presented his closest friends by creating clones of them and making them act like he had seen them even showing some of their abilities that he could replicate from pure memory.

"I want to meet the Shino guy; he looks like someone that loves bugs. So, he would love Chomei. Though, he does seem too serious. But, I want to meet him at least once. Maybe will hit off."

"I like these two, but one is old and the other still young. Bring the boy called Rock Lee for me, I wish to converse with him." Kokuo picked her preference since the duo utilized physical combat, which would benefit greatly from her powers.

"My reasons are the same, so let me meet the girl called Sakura." Saiken followed up and pointed at the Sakura clone.

"It is difficult to make a choice like this, let me meet these girls." Matatabi pointed towards Hinata, Temari and Tenten.

"Can you bring these two, I want to talk to them?" Isobu chose Kakashi and Tsunade as he felt they were reliable looking unlike the other young kids.

With the targets chosen, Naruto talked with the new friends for a few hours before leaving and promising them a meeting the next day.