Naruto and the Tenth Jinchuuriki
A/N: Yo, Funk. Endgame. Trilogy.Armagedon, here to introduce my second fanfict. Technically it's not my second since I never completed my first. So would it be my first subsection B? Some things will be Japanese and some things won't and all that other yatta yatta and technical stuff.
Summary: The story is set about one year after Naruto comes back from his training trip with Jiraiya, so he's about 16 to 17 and he's already rescued Gaara. He has been on several missions to try and bring Sasuke back, yet all of them came up failures. He hasn't infiltrated Akatsuki yet, but he will later on. Story contains all M rated elements, which most of you should know about. As the story goes on you'll learn of the tenth bijuu and his jinchuuriki. Right now he is on a mission with Kakashi and Sakura on another 'save Sasuke' mission, after resting a little he decides to go on way ahead. After a short, but fierce battle he is on the verge of death lying in a pile of his own blood with a tired Sasuke standing on top of a rocky hill outside a destroyed sound base. Now on with the story!
"Wise man once said that man, who goes for the poop chute, gets shitty ending."
Key: "talking" 'thinking' "Bijuu: outside mind" 'Bijuu: inside mind' (side comments)
Chapter 1: Naruto's Decision
"Sayonara, dobe." said Sasuke as he leaped away.
'Why? Why is this always the outcome? Is the difference in our power that great?' Naruto went on and on in his mind with questions like this until he heard a familiar voice.
'You are weak kit!'
'Shut up you damn fox!'
'You try and silence me because you know it's the truth.'
'It's not the truth, I'm not weak.'
'You keep telling yourself that kit, but if you use my power you WILL BE STRONG!!'
'I WON'T FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS!! Not again!'
'Think about what I've said kit.'
'STOP FUCKIN' CALLING ME KIT!' That comment just made the Kyuubi chuckle to himself. Soon after, Sakura and Kakashi were at the scene.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu." said Kakashi and a puff of smoke later and Kakashi's eight ninja dogs appeared along with Pakkun on top of the biggest one. "Six of you go ahead to track Sasuke, while two of you stay behind with me and Sakura as a back up team once they catch his scent." "Pakkun, you're with Naruto, make sure he doesn't die." "Break!"
'That's it, make sure he doesn't die.' Naruto thought as he faded into unconsciousness. Pakkun was checking him periodically and sure enough he was indeed alive. Pakkun managed, somehow, to tear off pieces of Naruto's clothes and wrapped Naruto up along with a few bandages that he found in Naruto's bag that was sitting on a rock not too far away. After a long while Pakkun felt most of his comrades had disappeared, as a sad Sakura and Kakashi came back empty handed. Even though he was surprised that Pakkun could wrap up Naruto's body with teeth and small size, he just shrugged it off and had Sakura touch him up a little, while the biggest dog would carry Naruto.
"Pakkun, what's wrong? Your mission is complete, you are dismissed."
"Kakashi, make sure the kid is alright when wakes up ok."
"I'll see what I can do."
The next thing Naruto knew he was staring up at a white ceiling; his first thought was that he had died and went to heaven, but he dismissed that thought when the smell of sake, perfume, and cheap sex reached his nose…It was Jiraiya and Tsunade. "Baa-chan, Ero-Sennin what's going on?" Then the realization of his stupid question sunk in as he remembered the past events, all of them. "Don't answer that, rather how long was I out?"
"Four days since you were admitted to the hospital. Right now it's approaching sundown." said Tsunade.
Naruto had looked around and found a couple of cards and a flower or two on the table next to Naruto's bed. He skimmed over a couple of them and saw none were from Kakashi or even Sakura. 'They must be angry at me.' This made Naruto cringe a little.
Seeing his discomfort Tsunade kissed him lightly on the forehead, flicked lightly and said "Don't go off doing stupid things Naruto, I don't want to lose you." while Jiraiya patted him on the back. Naruto just nodded dumbly at the sudden move.
"So I'm leaving this place today right."
"No you still need to rest!"
"But I have rested I'm f-" He was cut off by Tsunade's killer intent to finish what he was saying.
"Rest." The way she talked so calm while at the same time being serious was scary, so he just nodded and she left.
"So what happened this time gaki?"
"Well I fought Sasuke and lost again." Naruto said losing his spirit with every word.
"Why?"
"Because I'm not stronger than him."
"Do you really believe that?" said Jiraiya angrily as he hit him over the head feeling a little insulted that Orochimaru's student was better than his. "I want you to think over that question very hard and don't let the Kyuubi influence your answer." "I expect your answer in three or four days when you are out of the hospital." He then left before Naruto could respond.
"Four days huh, this must be serious Jiraiya-sensei." said Naruto quickly looking around to make sure no one heard him say that.
It was morning and Naruto just laid there thinking and thinking and thinking; he was so deep in thought that he hadn't noticed someone walk in the room. He yelled "What in the hell could the answer be?" at the top of his lungs scaring the shit out of a nurse who only came to see if he was alright. "Oh, I'm sorry didn't mean to frighten you I was just thinking."
She was still a little shaky, but she handed him a little bit of food on a tray and said "Sorry, but you startled me so much I accidentally dropped your breakfast. I clean this up and get you some more right away." She started frantically wiping up a couple of pancakes, and some eggs until Naruto lightly touched her shoulder.
"No don't clean that up. It was my fault I'll clean it."
"But Lady Tsunade told me you needed your rest and besides I get paid to clean this up."
"No, let me, I insist." The nurse gave up and gave Naruto the wet rag. He wiped it up and threw the rag away and went back to thinking. 'Is it because I'm too rash? I mean I didn't wait for the others to wake up and went ahead on my own. No, that didn't contribute to the battle.' 'Is it because I anger easily, I mean he kept baiting me along in his territory.' This time the nurse knocked loudly at the door, breaking Naruto of his thoughts.
"I thought I should knock this time, so we don't repeat our little incident." They both shared an awkward and nervous laugh. She put the plate on his lap and said "I'll be back in about an hour to pick up your tray, ok" while standing at the door.
"Got it." The nurse left and he started digging into his food. 'No use thinking on an empty stomach.' He started eating his eggs and bacon and the corner of his eye noticed the cards on the table. 'Oh man! I forgot all about those, I might as well read them now.' He read through them, and since he was in the hospital a lot he had his friends down when it came to the cards he received.
Kiba was blunt and direct about getting well with a couple of barks from Akamaru. Shino put his comments with Kiba's and they were usually short and simple. Hinata always sent him an individual letter with heart felt words that always warmed his heart. Team Gai sent a combined card with a bunch of stuff about the "burning flames", "youth" and "springtime", but once you got passed that, you saw those two really cared. Neji and Tenten just added few words to their loud and boisterous ones. Team Asuma combined their card as well, Ino said a few words, Shikamaru, who wrote as if he was forced, signed his name, while Chouji said get well and went on to talk about some good hospitals dishes he should request. He looked at the few flowers and figured they were from Ino since her family owned a flower shop. Iruka told him to get well and told him that he's at the hospital more than his own apartment. His heart was again torn when he was remembered Sakura and Kakashi didn't send him a card.
'Yosh, time to get back to the task at hand.' 'Why am I losing to Sasuke?' After a several minutes of coming up answers, only to be refuted by himself. After a while it became dark in his mind and he woke up in his mindscape to a familiar place to the sound of a familiar voice.
'That's enough! I'm sick of it! Just stop!'
'What are you talking about know ya damn fox.'
'YOU! Do you ever just stop and listen to yourself think!'
'Yeah what do you think I've been doing?'
'NO! You speak words inside your mind, but I don't think you listen to what you're saying. But I know I have to, every stupid and useless word.'
'Well, actu-"
'Do you even understand half the shit you're saying? I know I fucking don't.'
'No one asked you to listen!'
'I DON'T HAVE A GODDAMN CHOICE!!Not only am I stuck in your pathetic body, but you think how you talk, UNNECESSARILY LOUD! I can't sleep it's Sasuke this and Sasuke that! I can't take it anymore! What do you see in the Uchiha in the first place? AND DON'T GIVE ME THAT BROTHER BULLSHIT! I'VE ALREADY HEARD IT!'
'Well, I guess you don't want an answer then? Because that would be my answer.'
'What will you gain from this?'
'Nothing, but the bond of my brother.'
The Kyuubi put on a sinister grin that threatened to break his face in two. 'Now what do you hope to gain out of this?'
'I already told you. Are you going deaf now fox?'
The Kyuubi smile didn't falter. 'Is that all?'
'Yup.'
'I know you kit. You aren't as stupid as let people believe you are. It always was an act just to get through the day. I thought you matured enough to act like yourself.
'Don't patronize me fox.'
'Why did you promise that bitch Sakura, that you'd bring her 'precious Sasuke' back?'
'SHE IS NOT A BITCH!'
'What ever 'you' say kit. Now just answer the question.'
'So she wouldn't cry anymore. So she could be happy with him.'
'Who are telling that to? Me or Yourself?'
Naruto was starting to lose confidence in his words. 'You.'
'Stop lying to yourself! I already know the truth. You didn't want her to be happy with the Uchiha and giving him offspring. You wanted her to be with you, you expected her to love you if you did this for her.'
'SHUT IT FOX! That's not true
'Isn't it?
'NO!'
'Isn't IT?'
'No!'
'ISN'T IT?!'
'No………it can't be?'
'Can't it? Now that you've opened your mind, you should have something worthwhile to think about.'
'What about the question Ero-Sennin asked? Why can't I beat Sasuke?'
'You need to answer that on your own. But, I don't want to be woken up again, so I'll give you a hint.'
'A hint?'
'Do you want the Uchiha boy dead?'
'Of course I don't want him dead! How in the hell is that a hint?'
'That's for you to figure out. AND KEEP IT DOWN! I HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT SLEEP! AT LEAST GIVE ME THAT!' The Kyuubi then disappeared with a smirk and Naruto awoke to a worried Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Baa-chan, Ero-Sennin what's wrong?" Tsunade flicked Naruto in the forehead trying to fight back tears.
"How can you ask "what's wrong" when you've been in deep sleep for an hour? The nurse that gave you your breakfast notified me that you weren't responding when she called and shook you."
"Sorry, to make you worry Baa-chan. I was deep in thought."
"Naruto, what were you talking to the Kyuubi about?" said Jiraiya in a serious tone, making Tsunade look at him like he had two heads.
"How did you know I was talking to the Kyuubi?"
"I've spent three years with you. I know what happens when you talk to the Kyuubi. You appear to be in a coma and time passes faster in your mind than out here. Since you were out for about an hour, you must have had a long discussion with him."
"Well, at first I was just thinking to myself for quite a while. Then the next thing I knew I was in my mind in front of the cage with the Kyuubi yelling at me. He said I was loud and he couldn't sleep. Then he told me I didn't understand any of the answers."
"Answers?" said Tsunade quizzically
"I asked him why he couldn't beat Sasuke."
"Oh. Sorry Naruto continue."
"Then he said stuff about Sakura and my promise to her. Then I brought the question you asked in the first place and said he wouldn't give me an answer, but a hint."
"What was the hint?" asked Jiraiya.
"He asked if I wanted Sasuke dead." Jiraiya just stood there thinking for a minute.
It was Tsunade turn to put in her two cents. "Did he suggest anything to you?"
"No, it was weird. Usually he tries to get me to use his power, but this time he was just questioning me."
Jiraiya let out a small chuckle, confusing the hell out of Naruto and Tsunade. "The Kyuubi must have been so distraught; he actually gave you good advice." If I said both blondes were incredibly confused; it would be the understatement of the year. Their faces were priceless, so he let out a huge laugh. After he was thoroughly beaten by Tsunade he left saying, "I want you to think seriously of what the fox said and look for the underlying meaning."
Then Tsunade was on her way out the door. "Don't worry about too much Naruto, and get some rest, ok."
"I will Baa-chan." Tsunade left and Naruto was left alone again with his thoughts. 'Time to recap: I promised Sakura I'd bring back Sasuke so she would love me, do I want Sasuke dead, and the Kyuubi is helpful when he wants to sleep.' 'Think, I don't want Sasuke dead, and I don't think he wants me dead. Right?' 'Anytime we fight he's always serious and trying to kill me.' 'YET, I'm serious but I don't want to kill him.' "THAT'S IT!"
Then the same nurse from before walked in. "I'm sorry Uzumaki-san, but can you keep it down a little."
"I'm sorry, nurse…um….I'm sorry, but I don't know your name."
"Oh, it's Visera Kiyame."
"I try to keep it down Visera-san." The nurse now known as Kiyame left with a slight nod. 'Well, I figured that question out, I can't beat him because I hold back, so I don't kill him. Even though it's a slight advantage, it works in Sasuke's favor.' 'Why do I keep chasing Sasuke? I want him back because he acknowledged me as a person.' Naruto started reminiscing about all the times he had in team Kakashi and at the academy.
'Every time I think of a good time with the old team, I remember Sasuke acknowledged me, but that was just as a dobe, Sakura berated and hit me for little to no reason, and Kakashi ignored me and played favorites with Sasuke. What am I saying…um….well thinking? Sasuke and I started out as enemies on the same team then we grew closer. Yeah, but I was kept in the dark by my own team when one of my teammates was suffering. Then I learned all about the curse mark in my fight with Sasuke. Afterwards team Kakashi figured it was the curse mark making him go to Orochimaru, so we made it top priority to bring him back together? Then it wouldn't make sense that Kakashi sealed up Orochimaru's seal, and Sasuke's will power controlled the seal. Sasuke has a shitload of will power and could have kept that seal at bay for a lifetime. Unless he wanted to use that power….he wanted to the power just so he could kill his brother. He is so caught in revenge that he doesn't care that he's just a fur coat to Orochimaru.' It had been thinking about this so hard that it was already late and his dinner that Kiyame left without a word, probably not to disturb him, was getting cold. He ate his food, but without his usual gusto. He ate calmly, taking slow focused bites.
Kiyame came back and took his plate his plate. "Visera-san, can you do me a favor?"
"Of course, what do you need?"
"Can you tell Tsunade to come here? It is really important."
"Yeah, I can do that." She left and several minutes later Tsunade walked into the room concerned, which only increased when she saw the solemn look in the eyes, of her happy-go-lucky, hyperactive surrogate grandson.
"What's wrong Naruto? What did you need to tell?"
"I won't tell you exactly just yet because I need Kakashi, Sakura, and Jiraiya here to hear it so I don't have to repeat myself."
"So, it's that important, huh?"
"Yeah. Can you have them all here in this room tomorrow at eleven o'clock in the morning please? And can you make sure Kakashi isn't late."
"I'll do my best."
"Thanks a lot Tsunade-chan." Now she was really worried, in all the time she knew Naruto he never actually called her Tsunade. He would say Hokage-sama sarcastically when he was angry at her, but never Tsunade. Whatever he had to say tomorrow will change his life.
In the morning everyone was assembled in Naruto's room at the hospital. Kakashi was on time, mainly because Tsunade threatened to put him in critical condition and heal him over and over for a week, but on time nonetheless. Sakura was the first to speak.
"Okay Naruto what is you have to say?"
"Ero-Sennin asked me why I thought I couldn't beat Sasuke. At first I answered without thinking, so he gave me four days. For two days I've been racking my brain about it, but now I have the answer. I can't beat Sasuke because he always tries his absolute hardest to kill me while I hold back so I can bring him back alive. So did I hit the nail on the head or not Ero-Sennin?" Jiraiya nodded his head, which surprised everyone in the room.
"Jiraiya-sama, no offense, but that can't be the reason. Even if Naruto holds back I'm sure it's not that much to make a difference."
"Sakura, even the smallest advantage in the enemies favor is the difference between life and death in the shinobi world." Sakura was starting to get angry not only had Naruto been acting stoic and calm unlike his usually happy attitude, but she was corrected by him as well and was about to say as much, but Tsunade stopped her.
"Sakura, he's right. I know that can be all you wanted to say Naruto, so continue."
He was a little shocked Tsunade knew he still had more to say, but he continued nonetheless. He took a deep breath and told them all about what he thought about Sasuke, the past, the curse seal, everything. After he was reassured that all the things he said was right. Even though he assured himself that this was the right choice early on, he was still a little shaky not trusting his words, so he made short and simple.
"I'm not going to continue chasing Sasuke. I'm through trying to bring him back to Konoha."
Outside the Borders of Konoha
A lone, shadowy figure was walking at a steady pace towards Konoha. The only thing visible was his piercing hazel eyes.
'So the Kyuubi vessel is in Konoha, right?'
'Oi, ya lazy piece of shit. You said the Kyuubi vessel is in Konoha, right.'
'I already told you that, rouga.'
'I was double checking. Out of all places, it just had to be Konoha.'
'I thought you had the morals of your father and didn't carry a grudge against?'
'I do hold the same morals as my old man and I don't hold a grudge. It just feels weird to be here, I guess.'
'Well, let's get a move on, rouga.'
'Don't get cheeky ya bastard. We'll get the Kyuubi vessel in due time.'
A/N: OOOOOouuuuuu. Dum dum dum, do do do dodo do do do do..um never mind.
Ya know something, I've always found it harder to start a story than progress it. I mean you have initial idea, but getting it into understandable words…..anyway a chapter down!
Oh and if you're bored or like one piece you can check out my other story, Drifting Wind, Stretching Captain.
As for those "a wise man once said" sayings I like those and from here on out shall put them at the beginning of every one of my chapters in each and every one of my stories. All of them will be different from the last, but all of them may not be funny. Also I give credit where credit is due, so if one isn't a F.E.T.A (my penname initials) original then a little NC (non credited) goes right behind the quote. (I get by with a couple of jokes, but I'm no comedic genius.)
Read, review all that other reader jazz.
Till next time ja ne!
