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Unfortunately, only Killer Bee survived the Fourth Shinobi War and before he passed on into the afterlife, he demanded Naruto take charge of Gyuki . Now this left them a problem, something that he hadn't really wanted to deal with when he was alive. All of the bijuu were currently sealed within a statue in Mt. Myoboku, monitored by Pa and Ma constantly. The last time they chatted, Naruto understood that all the bijuu really wanted was peace and quiet, since it had been quite a while since they roamed the lands, and since there really wasn't that much that they hadn't seen or felt, it would be nice if they could just get some true rest.

Since their bodies were made up of vast amounts of chakra, dissected from the Juubi, the only way to stabilize them would be to filter that chakra and return it to the Earth. Considering the amount, it was going to take a long time. Hence it was agreed that Naruto would enjoy life for as long as he wanted, then he would undergo the arduous task of neutralizing their chakra. First he would need to become a true Sage, explore his connection with Mother Nature, and act as the medium where he would transfer chakra from Mt. Myoboku to the lifestream.

The first two stages were easily done, since at age ninety-nine, Naruto really didn't have that much to think about. He was already an old man, so he understood the essence of patience and serenity. The final part was a bit difficult because he realized that compared to the pure energy within Mother Nature, the bijuus' chakra was considered to be 'vile', and for him to act as the medium, he had to be 'neutral' in terms of good and bad.

Now this posed an interesting question. What exactly was 'good' and 'bad'? Kurama gave the theory that if Naruto were to rid himself of his 'seven sins', then it would be somewhat accurate to assume that what was left would be 'good'. Hence seven clones were formed by Naruto, taking a page out of Nagato's book, and with the help of Ma and Pa, transferred the sins (Pride, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, Greed) into each of the seven clones. Naturally, the original Naruto fell into a coma the moment this took place.

A human's thoughts was generated from each of this seven sins, so it was natural that when all seven were taken out, there was nothing left to 'think' and hence Naruto's mind simply shut itself down to preserve energy. Mother Nature maintained its connection to him, and linked his soul to the lifestream, thereby creating that 'neutral' medium they had been looking for.

The seven clones were spread throughout the continents, overlooking the peace of the Five Nations. The question one would ask was that, 'If those clones were made up of Naruto's sins, then wouldn't they start wreaking havoc all over the place? This was Naruto we were talking about.'

Quite true. The clones did cause quite a bit of an uproar at the start, but Naruto wasn't the Child of Destiny for nothing. It was quite an amusing discovery but, those seven sins were really pretty harmless.

Pride meant that he must have orange, at all costs. Throw him orange clothing, problem solved.

Lust would start willing relationships with females of all sorts, but never forcing itself onto others because… it wasn't Naruto's style.

Sloth became Shikamaru the second.

Gluttony started a ramen chain store.

Wrath was pretty docile, surprisingly. Naruto really didn't remember grudges that well, so that point was moot.

Envy was quite like Wrath, which might explain why they resided together during Naruto's coma. Naruto had pretty much accomplished everything that he could accomplish now. It's kinda hard to be jealous of anybody when you're pretty much the strongest and most prominent Shinobi of all five nations.

Greed liked money. A lot. So he started writing continuations of the Icha Icha novels, as a tribute to his sensei, Jiraiya.

So all in all, time passed by without much fuss from the seven clones.

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