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When Death Comes

Chapter 1

Facing Death

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his forehead as his headache hit him at full force as he stared at the person that stood in front of him. "I told you to never return here" he spoke to the hooded figure in front of him who stood at approximately 6'0 he looked thin and frail as if a gentle breeze would knock him to the ground. He wore a simple black cloak that covered all of his other features aside from the crimson eyes that shone out from beneath his hood.

"I don't seem to recall such a conversation." the man spoke his voice smooth as silk. Hiruzen could practically feel the smirk on his face.

"If the council were to find you here you find your head removed faster than you could even imagine."

The man shrugged "Let them come." Hiruzen sighed "Why are you here and what do you want"

"I have a mission for you" Hiruzen could feel his headache getting worse.

"What is it and why did you have to come here yourself for this last time you just sent one of your" Here Hiruzen stopped as he looked for the right words "'pets'" he finally decided.

"See but this one actually requires my presence and the mission is really quite simple I just need some shinobi to fight someone for me." Hiruzen looked at the man in surprise usually all of the missions that he had received from him had been nothing short of S-Rank suicide missions sometimes they were even worse to the point that he had to send Jiraiya on some of them as well as nothing less than the best of his ANBU

"Who?"

He just knew that the man had adopted a smile in that moment "Me" Hiruzen's eyes widened at that going there especially for someone like the man in front of him was nothing short of suicide.

"What the hell do you mean by that!" Hiruzen practically shouted.

"I need someone to fight I haven't got to fight anyone interesting in so long and I'm getting bored. I'm sure you remember what happened last time I got bored" Hiruzen felt a sudden need to take a nice long sip of the special sake he kept in his drawer.

"Fine" Hiruzen knew that this was a bad idea but he honestly didn't care anymore either way he was going to send some troops to help out the rebels anyways in hopes of forming an alliance. "I'll give you a couple of ANBU teams so you can . . ." "I want the rookies"

Hiruzen looked at him for a moment "Hell no" "Please" "Not this time" "They'll come back scout's honor" "In body bags maybe" "I'll give you a hug" "Why do you even want genin for this" "I want to see how strong they are" "Why do you care" "I'm curious as to how my old classmates are doing" "Nope, I am not sending some fresh out of the academy genin into a fight that they have absolutely no chance of winning." "What if I offer you a deal"

Here Hiruzen looked interested he knew that the man in front of him had easily the best spy network in existence far surpassing that of Jiraiya "What kind of deal?"

"How about if I agree to come back willingly to face my trial all they have to do is land a clean hit on me I'll even let the jounin fight" Hiruzen looked shocked at the offer. "They'll have you killed" The man shrugged "I think they'll find me much more difficult to kill then they anticipate." Hiruzen could feel the bottle of alcohol calling his name from the locked drawer of his desk.

Hiruzen stayed silent for a moment before speaking "Try not to kill, mentally scar, maim, or irreparably damage them in any way and I'll have ANBU trail you to make sure that you keep your end of the deal." "Repairable damage is fair game though right?" The sake was screaming now. "Fine" The cloaked man's eyes shone with amusement as he handed him a scroll and he turned to leave. "Oh and Naruto?" The now identified Naruto looked at Hiruzen "Make sure no one finds out the truth or you'll be in some deep shit" Naruto nodded and left.

Hiruzen stared at the door and sighed reaching into his desk he pulled out his sake but rather than pouring it into a cup he started drinking straight from the bottle. He downed about half of it before putting it down on the desk "I am so fucked"

It was a matter of hours to gather the 3 genin teams and their sensei. Once the wait was over Hiruzen handed them a scroll and told them to meet their client at the south gate where he would explain the mission

As they were leaving he left them one final bit of information "Under no circumstances are any of you to anger your client. If he gets truly angry there is no force on heaven or earth that will stop him from killing you in horrific fashion." Kakashi looked surprised at this.

"You said he wasn't a shinobi" Hiruzen shook his head. "He may not technically be a shinobi but he is the single most frightening person I have ever met." At their confused look he sighed "Just get out of here you'll see what I mean soon enough." They all bowed to the Hokage before taking their leave.

When Kakashi arrived at the gate he was expecting to be yelled at or questioned he most definitely wasn't expecting to get slugged in the jaw so hard he was seeing stars. "I don't like tardiness Kakashi-san you may want to remember that." Everyone else stared at the cloaked man in shock. He had seemingly been asleep against a tree while they all waited for Kakashi only to suddenly appear in front of the man and punch him across the face.

Kakashi rose to his feet rubbing his jaw as he looked at the cloaked man who stood a couple of inches shorter than him and was absurdly thin almost as if he hadn't eaten in months. 'For such a thin guy he sure as hell packs a punch' Kakashi thought still rubbing his jaw as the man began to lead them out the gate and into the forests of Konoha.

"Excuse me, but what exactly is our mission?" Kurenai asked after a few minutes of walking in silence behind Naruto who seemed to be listening to something that none of them could hear. He didn't answer instead choosing to continue walking.

After a couple of hours Naruto turned off the path and headed through the trees and into a large clearing. Naruto looked around for a few moments before turning back to the group of shinobi.

"Your mission is simple. You are going to fight me with everything you've got, if you defeat me then I have to go through with a deal that I made with the Hokage. If you lose then you die and I get to go free it's that simple. You can fight me one at a time or all at once you'll die all the same so I don't really care" Suddenly the Hokage's words flashed through their minds.

"All at once" Kakashi announced to which Naruto nodded."Bad choice but you'll figure that out soon enough I suppose."

Kakashi was a bit surprised at the man's words but dropped into his stance, the other shinobi slowly following suit. Naruto picked up a rock from the ground and threw it into the air. As it fell to the ground he crouched down with one hand on the ground as he stared at his opponents.

The pebble hit the ground and the battle began. Within seconds Naruto had struck forward taking out several of the genin before they even noticed that he had moved. Kakashi seeing this flipped through handsigns and yelled "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" followed by Asuma "Futon: Great Breakthrough!" The two jutsu combined into a massive fireball launching straight towards Naruto who stared at the massive ball of flames in mild surprise before being consumed entirely by it.

The shinobi who were still conscience stared in surprise as he was seemingly burned alive. d a moment later when a loud screeching filled the air and a moment later the flames dissipated revealing Naruto who didn't have a scratch on him.

Everyone was shocked when they saw what appeared to be a black goop transforming into a small palm sized orb which seemed to absorb into Naruto's skin. "Is that all you've got?" A moment later Sasuke and Shikamaru who were the only two remaining genin found themselves unconscious as Naruto slugged them both in the face sending them flying into the trees.

Naruto turned to the three jounin Kakashi and Asuma engaged him in taijutsu while Kurenai began the handsigns for her most powerful genjutsu. Naruto dodged the two jounin's attacks but even he had to admit that he was struggling more than he expected to.

Naruto ducked under a kick from Kakashi and swept the silver-haired man's feet out from under him but as he was going to slam his foot into his stomach he was forced back as Asuma launched one of his trench knives charged with wind chakra at him.

Before Naruto could move back in he suddenly felt the world around him begin to distort. The sky turned black and Naruto felt scorching heat all around him. He found himself unable to move as black chains wrapped around him and held him in place. ' Fucking genjutsu' he thought as he was lifted by the chains and saw a massive three headed dog staring down at him with its 6 glowing yellow eyes.

Meanwhile outside the genjutsu Naruto froze in his spot his eyes turned glassy as the genjutsu took hold. "Magen: Hell's Guardian" She spoke as her genjutsu was completed. Kakashi rose to his feet and charged the man while Asuma prepared a futon jutsu

"Raikiri!" Lightning enveloped Kakashi's hand but rather than ramming it into his chest like he normally would have he hit his stomach in an effort to keep the man alive. With how the fight was going up to this point he was shocked when the man coughed up blood his face. Kakashi ripped his arm out of the man's stomach and watched as he dropped to the ground. He looked down to see the hole in his stomach quickly closing. The three jounin looked around and found themselves surrounded by ANBU who lifted the man onto his feet ignoring the blood that dripped onto the floor from the man.

Then without warning Naruto erupted into laughter not just chuckling but loud insane laughter as he stared at the ANBU and jounin who looked back at him. "Very good Kakashi-san, Kurenai-san, Asuma-san, though I must say I am very disappointed by your genin I was expecting at least some form of resistance from them." The laughter resumed at least until a female ANBU walked up to him and backhanded him and ripped the hood away from his face revealing the man's blond hair that had crimson highlights running through it but the most striking feature aside from his eyes was the whisker marks that ran along his cheeks. Kakashi stared at him in absolute shock before whispering "Naruto?"

Naruto laughed once more and nodded before he was hit once more by the ANBU. "You know you're a real bitch Neko-chan" His answer was another slap. "And you're a monster. I'll be sure to spit on your corpse once they chop off your head."

"Don't you have to give me some kind of speech before they do that?" He tilted his head while his eyes still shone with his amusement as if the threat of execution was nothing more than a joke to him. "Yes you're right." She cleared her throat. "Uzumaki Naruto you are under arrest for the murders of." here she pulled out a list and began reading it took her 30 minutes to finish the list of names. "You will be brought before the council of Konoha for your trial and if found guilty will be handed your punishment from the Hokage, any questions?"

His smile widened as he asked "How's Hayate doing?" Her eyes hardened and she slugged him as hard as she could which seeing as she was an ANBU captain was pretty fucking hard. He turned his head and spit out some blood.

"I'll take it that means not too well" She growled but rather than hitting him again she turned to the ANBU holding him who had slapped chakra suppressing handcuffs onto his wrists. "Take him back to Konoha and put him in a maximum security cell." They nodded but before they could leave with him she said "Just so you know the moment you die will be the happiest moment of my life"

He laughed once more "We'll see." with that the ANBU disappeared in a shunshin Naruto in tow the rest of them following suit shortly after. That left the three jounin to pick up their genin still in a state of shock and begin heading back to the village.

It was the fastest trail anyone in the room had ever seen. The moment he had been chained to the ground in front of the Hokage and various clan heads of Konoha he looked them all dead in the eye and said "I'm guilty" The clan heads looked at him in pure shock even Shibi seemed surprised at the admission.

Hiruzen wasn't the least bit surprised and just shook his head. "The defendant has admitted his guilt and will be given his punishment." Hiruzen knew that he had only one option. "Uzumaki Naruto will be publicly executed tomorrow at precisely noon at the arena." With one final look at Naruto the trial was over and Naruto was taken back to his cell. Though his deranged laughter as he was pulled away caused a chill to run up their spines.

Naruto was thrown back in his cell which had nothing more than a small cot in the corner and a bucket in the corner. He could feel his chakra constantly draining as the seals in the room drained the chakra that couldn't be contained by the seals on his handcuffs. It was pointless seeing as he had too much to do any kind of jutsu. Naruto relied solely on the use of his weapons, taijutsu, and his pets.

Naruto stared at the gray wall in front of him he could still feel the pain in his gut from where Kakashi had rammed his Raikiri. He could barely believe the pain that the technique had caused. If he weren't who he was he would have been screaming at the top of his lungs. Well if he was a normal person he would be dead. But that was besides the point, the point was that he had gotten complacent in his strength and allowed himself to be caught in a genjutsu. He thought over the fight and knew that his only true mistake was not taking out Kurenai first but no he just had to play around with his old classmates. Naruto gunted and slammed his fist into the wall causing cracks to spiderweb out from the impact and then quickly repair itself. 'Self-Repair Seals' he thought as he punched the wall again and the once again the wall repaired itself.

'Jiraiya's skill is truly impressive." He thought as he laid down on his cot and looked at his right hand. His weapons had been taken from him and his clothes had been changed to a gray t-shirt with gray pants. Naruto could feel his pets screeching from the back of his mind wanting to be free and wreak some havoc he denied them as he usually did examining the white lines that were inscribed onto his hand.

He sighed and closed his eyes preparing to sleep. He let out a quiet chuckle as he remembered that the next day he would finally finish what he had started so many years ago. 'Shimura Danzo your death will mark the end' with that he drifted into sleep his mind filled with thoughts of the day to come.

Naruto was awoken by someone pounding against his cell door. He cracked open his eyes and saw that it was his favorite ANBU. "'Sup Neko-chan" He could hear the grinding of her teeth from his cot.

"It's 10:30 and you get a last meal. So what do you want." Naruto could hear the impatience in her voice. "Last meal, huh" He said as he adopted a thinking pose.

He spent 10 minutes in that pose until Neko finally yelled "Just fucking pick something!" "See now I forgot what I was going to pick." It was another 4 minutes until he spoke again. "I want 40 bowls of Ichiraku's Miso Ramen along with the a bottle of the strongest sake you can find with 10 boxes of pocky for dessert." With that she turned and left but not before Naruto yelled "Say hi to Hayate for me!"

He chuckled when he heard the sound of a fist meeting concrete. 10 minutes later a tray was placed on the ground in front of the door after an ANBU slid open the small port meant for feeding him. He noted that it wasn't Neko this time. The ANBU left and he walked up to the tray inhaling the heavenly scent of the ramen before digging in. He devoured all 40 bowls in a matter of minutes, he picked up the bottle and downed most of it before putting it on the ground in front of him. He picked up the boxes of pocky and ate each stick slowly and within 10 minutes what was supposedly the last meal of his life.

His meal finished he walked to his cot and lied down sleeping for until the time came for his execution.

Once more he was awoken by a knocking at his cell door. "It is 11:45 and you'll be taken to the stadium for your execution. Come towards the door take off your shirt and turn around." Naruto did as he was asked and heard the door opening as he felt them place more seal tags on his back. When they activated he grunted as he felt his chakra reserves dwindle into almost nothing this put his body in an incredible amount of pain as his his brain thought that it was dieing.

He was pulled out of the door and through the halls of the prison he was kept at. He looked to the right and saw the wall was badly cracked from where he assumed Neko had punched it. When they reached the exit of he saw that Neko was waiting for him.

She looked up at him sliding her mask up so her mouth was revealed and spitting in his face. He looked at her without reacting. She slid down her mask "I figured I should double up. Once when you're alive and then once when you're dead." Naruto grinned at her "What makes you think I'll be dead?"

"If you somehow survive I'll kill you myself." Here he broke into laughter as he was pulled away by the ANBU and off towards his death.

Naruto was astounded by how filled the stadium was. Usually when there was an execution only a few shinobi, the council, and some curious civilliams showed up, but this time it seemed as though almost everyone in the village had come to watch his demise. At 11:55 the Hokage rose to his feet and began reading Naruto's crimes.

As he finished Naruto began to giggle at that before smiling widely at the old man but he did not say anything. A short while they began to count down the last 25 seconds before noon as the executioner prepared the guillotine. At 5 seconds Naruto began to laugh uncontrollably. His face twisted into a wide smile as he stared up at Hiruzen who stared down sadly at what had become of the boy he considered his grandson he gave a silent prayer for him then at precisely noon the guillotine dropped and Uzumaki Naruto's head rolled into a basket a wide smile still on his face.

AN: So this is actually one of the older fanfic ideas I had on my computer so i decided to finally write it.. This fic probably won't end up being that long and updates for this will probably be pretty slow. Anyways feel free to leave me a review or PM telling me what you think and any suggestions you may have. If you're confused about anything I'll answer your question as well as try to make it a bit more clear in the actual chapter. Thanks for reading.

-SilentSilas