great chapter. But I am confused. Bee mastered his 8 tails, and he can fully transform into the beast.. why cant naruto? naruto goes to a S06P kind of transformation rather then the fox itself? and personally I believe that he was using some kind of teleportation technique. The way Yamato said that naruto was not as skilled as the fourth was with the tele. tech. made it seem as though yamato knew naruto had this ability, he didnt seem too surprised that naruto used it. where as Bee went on a rapping spree about it. As for combining sage mode & 9tails, He should be able to do it. For sage mode, you need a balance of natural, and regular chakra. But if he managed to balance natural chakra, 9 tails chakra, and his own chakra, there will definatley be some new transformation. Also, now that there isnt any evil fox chakra to interfere, the good fox chakra should be able to bond with the natural chakra. as shown when the elder toad sage tried to fuse with naruto, he couldnt because of the fox's "evil" chakra. Oh and has naruto gained the wood element? or was the life energy so strong it just created life? so a lot of new possibilities now open up for naruto.