Here it is, the first version of "Consuming Clan". Unedited and left how it was in the first version: errors and VERY BAD IDEAS comprised, just because some of you gently asked me to repost it.
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You bastard" - demon talking / jutsu
"Let's finish this" - dialogue
" Can it get any worse? " - during flashback
Disclaimer: (I have few lawyers glaring at me by now) I don't own Naruto or Prototype or whatever I will use and I already used in this or any other story I write, wrote and will wrote.
N: The father of the Consuming Clan of Kumo
Chapter 1: A new Bloodline
New York – Present Day – Heller Vs Mercer -
"Uh!...Welcome...to the top of the Food Chain" Alex Mercer, Zeus, The Black light virus inhabiting an human body Muttered as Heller, a man also infected by said Virus pierced his body with a clawed hand.
It was a mission the one of the embodiment of the Blacklight virus, a vision of an Utopia where he would have Changed the face of the humanity that he saw as Stagnant, Dying, but Heller, a man in possession of a particularly Strong, resilient DNA had absorbed the Virus once Mercer had infected him, giving him the same powers of the living Bio-weapon.
Mercer had kidnapped both wife and daughter of Heller in order to use them to fulfill his dream of Evolution of the Human beings.
Fighting his way towards Mercer, Heller had used the powers the Blacklight virus gave him to tear to pieces everything and everyone who stood in his way.
Now, after a strenuous battle between the two powerful beings, Heller emerged victorious, transforming his other hand into a series of long, jagged blades.
With a series of animal-like grunts, Heller started tearing away Mercer's body, absorbing his body and memories as well.
"Dana..." Mercer whispering voice commenced in Heller's head as the images, the sensations of the former living virus invaded his mind.
"UGH!...UUUH!...AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" feeling a burning sensation building up in his body, Heller threw back his head as from his body a storm of dark red tendrils came out, invading every road, every building, every small corner of the city, hitting every infected being present in the whole war-zone before reabsorbing everything inside him, falling to his knees once finished.
Heller's Mind
"Where the Hell am I?...Amaya?...AMAYA!" Heller yelled, searching for his precious daughter.
He was looking around, finding himself in a damp, dark sewer with a series of tubes on the walls and corridors that seemingly went on forever
"She is fine, don't worry! Didn't you see that Teme's memories? She is inside a sealed room" a male voice said
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" Heller said pointing at the source of the voice.
"You should show some respect to your family, you know?" said a female voice
"Family? Am I nuts or something?" he asked earning a chuckle from both voices.
"Nuts? Well...since you are my descendant, theory confirmed by our presence here, then...yes, you are a little crazy, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to do half the things you have done up until now" The male voice said
"SHOW YOURSELF!" Heller screamed trying to use the claws, but finding impossible to transform himself.
"He has definitely your blood, Tsu-chan" the male said laughing before the sound of a fist hitting something hard echoed in the sewer
"Baka! Let's make ourself know before he goes crazy for real!" the woman said scoffing.
The two owners of the voices finally were walking towards Heller, who showed a clear surprise at their appearance.
The man had spiky, unruled Golden-Blond hair reaching his back in an equally spiky ponytail, a long, dark-orange coat with black flames at the base billowing as if in the middle of a strong wind, black pants and sandals completing the outfit.
The other blond, a woman with a green jewel on her forehead, was wearing a simple-looking green coat over a grey sash (if he remembered correctly from that old samurai movie he saw when at the University) and sporting the biggest breast he had ever seen, making him secretly wondering if those two were in fact real or coming from surgery.
Ah! she was wearing grey pants and black sandals too...those two tends to stop the eyes from wandering.
"I can finally meet a member of our family! I was starting to despair" the man said grinning at Heller, his smile twisting his face in a foxy-like appearance, image helped by the six marks on his cheeks.
"You are right, when was the last time?...I can't remember" The woman said moving her head to the side in thought.
"Can you two please tell me who are you? And why I ended up in a sewer?" Heller asked with a groan, pinching the bridge of his nose
"The sewer is a representation of your mind...well, rather of my mind, it will change once we finish talking, as for my name, call me N" The male, N, said still with his fox-like grin
"And I am Tsunade...you great-great-great...okay, let's say that I'm your Great-Grand-Mother, we can't spend hours just saying how many Great there are in it" Tsunade said smiling as well
"My Great-Grand Mother?" the man asked
"Yup! And I am your great-grand Father, I see that finally my bloodline is back to its rightful owner!" N said patting on Heller's shoulder
"Bloodline?" Heller asked
"It's a long story, let's say that when those scientist where experimenting on Elizabeth Greene they unlocked a long lost ability in her family, unfortunately they twisted her mind with their research...from there all this mess started" N explained with a sad tone
"So the virus is what? A superpower gone wrong?" Heller asked
"Basically? Yes, in my time I created that bloodline in order to save N here, it's highly unstable and it takes a descendant of N to fully use it without repercussions, the fact that you are seeing us means that YOU are our legacy" Tsunade said pointing at the black man
"I still don't understand..." Heller said in a tired tone
"As I said, it's a long story, luckily here time is meaningless...sit down and take a comfortable position, I have to explain a LOOOT of things" N said motioning Heller to sit on the ground, the knee-high water disappearing as the trio took position
"So...where to start?" N asked looking at Tsunade
"Maybe you should start from the very beginning, honey" Tsunade said smirking at N blushing face.
"Okay...It all began in a cold night in my home village Konoha..." N started
Long Time Ago – Konoha – Hospital -
"You can't be serious! I refuse to let you two do that!" An enraged Tsunade yelled glaring at the two men before her, a blond kid resting behind the door of the room near them
"You said it yourself, Tsunade, his chakra coils are damaged beyond repair" an old man wearing a white robe said, in his mouth a unlit pipe
"This because YOU won't stop the villagers from beating him! The Fox acted on self-defense flaring Its chakra and killing them! And now look! A boy lost his occasion in life!" Tsunade said pointing at the old man
"Hime, please, he can't be a shinobi anymore...at least he will be able to defend Konoha like this" the other man wearing a red Kabuki-like dress said
"Just shut up, Jiraiya! He is MY godson, and I won't let you turn him into your puppet!" Tsunade said enraged grabbing Jiraiya's collar
"He won't be a puppet, Tsunade, you can trust me as your Sensei AND Hokage" the other said
"Hn! I bet the other councilors had a blast earing that...The Kyuubi brat will have a special seal array on his body able to help him mold chakra only when WE say that he can use its power...I can even see those disgusting smirks on their faces, isn't that so? Sarutobi-sensei?" Tsunade said snorting at the old Hokage, her "sensei" honorific dripping venom
"It's for the better of Konoha, Tsunade, a Leader is called to make sacrifices at some point, Naruto won't be able to be a ninja, but like this he will still protect his Home and, one day, earn the respect and love of the people living here" Hiruzen said closing his eyes
Tsunade's punch hitting the wall a mere inch from his face gave him the message that MAYBE she wasn't as convicted as he and Jiraiya were.
"Respect? Love? Mind your words Hiruzen Sarutobi, If I didn't hit you, it was only because I KNOW you will hide behind your position as Hokage of this rat-hole...sometimes I wonder if Orochimaru wasn't right to wish to destroy this place" Tsunade said walking away
"Don't say that! The villagers are innocents!" Hiruzen yelled angrily
"So innocents to be free to beat a little boy, not older than six, and completely DESTROY his dream and life? You and every other here are just a bunch of hypocrites...keep him under surveillance, because I may just go and take him away" Tsunade said as she and a girl holding a pet pig left the hospital
"What do you think, sensei? She doesn't seem to cooperate" Jiraiya said looking at Hiruzen
"With time, I think she will see that this is for the best, it pains me too to turn Naruto into a weapon of the village, but at least he will still be the cheerful, happy boy he is instead of the soulless doll Danzo wished to turn him into" The old Hokage answered sighing
"I hope you are right, the people who hates him may see the fact that he can only use enough chakra to live as an occasion to beat him harder" Jiraiya answered
"He will live in his home, leaving only for missions, I'll have few trusted ANBU watch over him and help him training, it would be useless send him to the academy in his situation" Hiruzen answered
"If you said it like that...it's kinda depressing, are you sure he will accept this situation?" Jiraiya asked
"He will, he will become the protector of this village, he only need to accept few sacrifices for Konoha...just like his father" Sarutobi said as he and Jiraiya started leaving the hospital
"Will he never know? What about his heritage?" the Toad sage asked
"I think I will tell him his mother identity, just to give him peace, but the rest will be kept secret, I fear he will try and leave us if he knows" Hiruzen said
"That's kinda cruel...it's his right to have all that" Jiraiya said
"It's for the best Jiraiya, now go and work on those seals, they need to be foolproof"
"Okay...I'll ask a Hyuuga to help me locate his tenketsus, I need to write the main parts over them in order to have the whole thing working properly" Jiraiya said disappearing in a shunshin
"I'm sorry Naruto...but know this, from this you will finally become the Hero you always wanted to be, maybe not the Hokage, but still loved and trusted" Hiruzen said watching the door of Naruto's room, a puff of smoke signaling his use of a shunshin to return to the Hokage tower.
"Fucking Traitor...just you wait, I'll leave this place forever" Naruto whispered, the Fox helping him to hear whatever was being said outside the room, using its enhanced hearing and sharing it with the boy.
Konoha – in front of the Hospital - Night
"I can't believe them! They want him to just forget about his life and liberty and just be their Pet to unleash on their enemies! All with the promise of what? Love and respect! As if those idiots will never respect him due to the Kyuubi!" Tsunade said enraged
"Tsunade-sama, please calm down!" the other woman said following her
"Shut up, Shizune! I need a plan, I won't let that old fool and that pervert transform the last remnant of my family into a damned weapon!" Tsunade said
"Maybe we can help each other then" a male voice said from the shadows
"Who are you?" Tsunade asked getting on the defensive, Shizune doing the same letting TonTon the pig fall down.
"A man with your same interest about the boy...I have an idea that will help the two of us" the man said leaving the shadows, a Kumo Hitai-ate shining under the moon-light
"You are the Kumo ambassador!" Shizune said in surprise
"You said you have an idea...I'm listening, but pay attention, I may not hold back if I don't like your Plan" Tsunade said cracking her knuckles
"Then it's better if I start from the beginning, so you will see why I think this Idea may be good for the two of us" The ambassador said smiling
That morning – Konoha – outside the Hokage Tower
The ambassador had just left the tower where he had a talk with both Hokage and council, he was now returning to his designated room in the Hotel, behind him two Kumo ANBU, corp there known as THUNDER.
"What are our plans, Kurotoi?" one of the masked shinobi asked
"I don't know, Spark, but the orders of Raikage-sama are clear and we MUST do what he said" the ambassador answered in a tired voice.
"Is this the only solution?" the other THUNDER asked
"We need something to make Kumo more powerful, and by now the Byakugan is the only thing that may help us" Kurotoi the ambassador answered passing an hand through his hair.
Flashback – Kumo – Raikage Tower – two days ago -
Behind the desk in the office stood E, Nidaime Raikage of Kumo, at both his sides two young, tall men, one with almost white hair and sunglasses and a white, sleeveless jacket exposing his broad, muscular arms while the other was shirtless and without the glasses, they were Kirabi, or Killer Bee, and A, the two sons of the current Raikage.
"I hope your mission is clear enough, Kurotoi" E asked leaning forward in his seat
"Cristal clear Raikage-sama...but, if I may be so bold...is that really necessary? The consequences may be too heavy in case of failure" Kurotoi said looking down, waiting E's enraged scream, but to his surprise the old man sighed
"I don't like this either, mind you, but right now we need some new bloodlines, we may have two Jinchuuriki, but Yugito is still a baby, making the whole protection of the village fall on Kirabi's shoulders, we need something to give us the edge in the near future" E said distractingly scratching his beard.
"The Byakugan will be well protected, old man, the Sharingan too...this may cost us a war, you know?" A said watching his father
"We have no other choices, is either the Byakugan, the Sharingan...or Kami forbid...their Demon Vessel" E said leaning back in his seat
"The Kyuubi vessel is barely a kid too, and I don't think he or she will ever leave the place willingly, if Konoha is like us, they will keep their protector secure and happy...let's try with the Hyuuga Clan then...last news of our spies reported the existence of two young girls in the Main Family" A said groaning
"Kidnapping a little girl...can we fall so down?" Killer Bee asked scratching his neck, over a sealed collar he was wearing
"We won't use her as just a breeding Mare, but we need at least a new bloodline here in the village, by the time Yugito is ready and trained we'll have a generation of Byakugan users in our academy, even if I have to say that I would prefer a male to speed up the creation of that clan here" E said
"We have a plan then, I won't delude you E-sama!" Kurotoi said bowing before leaving the room.
"Let's hope that nothing will go against us" A said
"I hope that too...can I please take this off now? It's been a week already!" Killer Bee whined trying to take off the collar
"NO! You still have to spend another week without that ear-splitting noise you call Rap!" E said glaring at the sun-glasses-wearing shinobi, who looked down in despair
"HAHAHAHA! I think that I will force you to never take that Anti-Rap Seal off once I will take the position as Raikage" A said with a boisterous laugh
"Ya Bastards" Whined Bee.
End of the Flashback -
"The Hyuuga compound is well protected, entering there without rising an alarm it's almost impossible" one of the THUNDER, codename Spark, said
"Same goes for the Uchiha clan, and their being the main police force of the village doesn't help either" the other, Cloud, said
"The jinchuuriki will be guarded too...this means that whoever we chose to take, the kidnapping will be a practical suicide mission, I will do this alone if you don't feel like taking this risk" Kurotoi said
"Don't even try to say this, we didn't went to the academy together just to abandon you, right, Nii-san?" Spark said
"Of course, we couldn't be in the same team, but this doesn't mean I won't help you two, I was the brain of the trio, remember?" Cloud answered
"Okay then, let's plan a way to enter both compound or, in case we have no other choice, kidnap the Kyuubi vessel" Kurotoi said nodding.
"STOP HIM!" a voice said behind them.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" a blond boy said passing running, his clothes and hair dirty and his body showing signs of malnutrition.
"Who's that kid?" Spark asked to one of the men chasing him
"It's the demon brat!" the man said before joining the group hunting the kid
"Demon Brat? What do they mean?" Cloud asked
"I have a bad feeling, but at the same time, I think that we found the solution not only to our problems, but to the kid's ones too, FOLLOW ME!" Kurotoi said running towards the mob, the two masked shinobi following him.
Once they reached an hallway, an explosion of red chakra engulfed the road, the smell of blood and burned flesh permeating the air.
"As I thought, that boy is their Jinchuuriki, let's catch him, while you two reach Kumo I'll try to buy you as much time as I can" Kurotoi ordered, he could clearly feel the biju chakra coming off the boy.
"Roger!" the two answered nearing the road.
"Naruto!" a voice said, forcing the ambassador and THUNDERs to hide their presence in the shadows far away, using chakra to boost their hearing.
"Another mob...why did the squad didn't intervene? My orders were clear, we may let the villagers create those groups, but the ANBU MUST stop them before they attack the boy!" Hiruzen ordered
"I'm sorry Hokage-sama, few of my men were apparently not really friendly towards him" the ANBU with the cat mask said
"They will be reprimanded, now take him to the hospital, I can't feel his chakra, something must have happened" Hiruzen said before disappearing
"Reprimand them? They will be lucky if I let something of them that still will identify them as humans" Angrily said Cat before using a shunshin to take Naruto to the Hospital.
Present Time – Ambassador Room in the Hotel -
Using a privacy seal the ambassador had told to the two women the whole story, getting and angry scowl from the Senju Sannin.
"In another occasion I would have called you liar, but since they called me back only now that he has lost every chance to be a shinobi, I can clearly see that old traitor do that, but I'm surprised that Kumo is not as narrow-minded as the other villages" Tsunade said
"It helps having the two Vessel under the direct protection of the Raikage that made sure that the training Killer Bee-san took to control his Biju was known to anyone, so to show that HE was in control, not the Biju, that and all the times that he had protected the village showed our people that he is in fact human, that and the workings of the seal used on him were amply explained to further help" Kurotoi answered
"He was able to defend himself in case they attacked him?" Shizune asked
"Of course, but he did retaliate only after being attacked first, he never was the one to assault them" Spark answered
"So? What do you plan to do? You know I can just tell Sarutobi-sensei that you were sent to kidnap an Hyuuga or an Uchiha" Tsunade said glaring at them
"That's true...but tell me...IF something happen to the Kyuubi vessel, will someone be saddened?" Kurotoi asked
Tsunade's answer was pinning the man to the wall, the two STORM pointing their weapon at her back
"You may try to kill me, but know that I will take you down with me" Tsunade said angrily
"You said that they destroyed his life and now they wished to use whatever remained of him to mold their new Toy...I can help the both of us taking him away, He will have a new home and a family, a place that doesn't hate him for his tenant, in exchange Kumo obtains a new protector, but this time the villagers will see him as a person, not a weapon" Kurotoi answered with a raspy voice.
"...I'm coming with you then...that's not negotiable" Tsunade answered
"Tsunade-sama! Why did you say so?" Shizune asked
"I would never have returned here if not for the fact that my godson was in danger, this place took away my little brother, the man I loved and now they want the last piece of my family too? No chance in Hell" Tsunade answered while letting the man go.
"Konoha won't like your joining us" Cloud said
"If we fake Naruto's death I will have an excuse to leave" Tsunade said
"He is at the hospital now...how do you intend to do it?" Kurotoi asked
"A lot of people hates him so..." Tsunade started explaining.
Konoha – Hokage Tower – Hiruzen's Office -
"I'm sorry Minato, I couldn't protect him enough, but like this he will finally be the Hero you always wanted him to be" Hiruzen said watching The Fourth Hokage's picture at the wall.
Sarutobi didn't know if it was because of his old age, but the Yondaime and the others seemed to scowl at him.
"Sensei?" Jiraiya said entering from the window
"Ah, Jiraiya! Are the seals ready?" Hiruzen asked
"Of course, I even added a tracing seal so to know always where he is...sensei? Are you sure this is okay? I am his godfather...I feel like a bastard doing this" The Toad sage asked
"It's for the best, Jiraiya, if he wants to be an hero and a shinobi He has to make sacrifices, a little bit of freedom in exchange of his friends safety" Sarutobi answered
"If I have to listen what Tsunade said...he didn't have a lot of friends here, maybe he doesn't have friends at all"
"With time people will learn to look over the Kyuubi and see that he is still a kid, I am sure that his cheerful attitude will make breach in their hearts! Naruto just needs to wait" Sarutobi answered.
In that moment, a tremendous explosion shock the tower making the two men's heads snap towards the windows.
"It came from the Hospital!...NARUTO!" Hiruzen screamed as he and Jiraiya bolted out of the tower, a little while later a pig wearing a red jacket entered the room, a slug on top of him crawling over an hidden lock, opening it.
"Here it is!" the little slug said looking at the huge scroll, Forbidden was written on the plaque under it.
Konoha – Hospital -
The fire was everywhere, patients were running away helped by the doctors while nurses were trying to help the wounded, Naruto's room was the epicenter of that inferno.
That was the scene Jiraiya and Sarutobi found once arriving, Tsunade in front of the door crying, being held in place by Shizune.
"LET ME GO! LET ME GOOO! I CAN SAVE HIM!" The woman yelled in desperation
"TSUNADE-SAMA, IT'S USELESS! HE IS DEAD!" Shizune yelled trying to stop the woman, she too was crying.
"TSUNADE! What happened?" Sarutobi asked, Tsunade's punch getting blocked by Jiraiya who coughed up blood under the pressure of the hit.
"HE IS DEAD! HE WAS KILLED BY ONE OF YOUR NURSES!" Tsunade yelled trying to strangle the old Hokage, Shizune and Jiraiya struggling to hold her
"IMPOSSIBLE! I had ANBU watching him! No-one would have been able to do that!" Hiruzen answered
"You old Fool! Your village hates him! No-one would have protected him! I bet they will make a festivity in honor of the bitch that killed him...I am only happy that she died too in the fire...whatever she had done, she made a mistake" Tsunade said now breathing deeply to calm herself
"I will make sure sure that people will learn about the mistake they did, we just need to explain them" Hiruzen said
"We? Here there is no We...I'm leaving, Sensei! You and your village took away everything I hold dear, I won't stay here another minute" Tsunade said walking away
"You can't! Konoha will need your talent as Medic!" Sarutobi said
"I don't care, this place was founded by my Grandfather and Granduncle, but you all ruined the dream that Konoha was at its birth, I won't stay here and get infected by your idiocy" The Senju woman said keeping walking, Jiraiya's hand grabbing her arm
"If you leave I'll be forced to mark you as Missing-nin, Tsunade, you-will-stay!" Hiruzen commanded
"Tell me Jiraiya...you were jealous of Minato, right? You wanted Kushina for yourself...that's why you kept training him for so long" Tsunade said coldly
"I can't see how this fit in this situation" Jiraiya answered
"You were happy of this outcome don't you? To use Minato's son as a puppet, to get revenge on the man that stole the only woman that you never could fuck!" Tsunade said angrily punching him near the door of the burning room
"AAARGH! T-That's not t-true!" he answered
"DON'T LIE TO ME! LOOK YOURSELF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Tsunade said grabbing his head and forcing him to look inside
"Did you see that bed? The boy was there! Broken, defenceless! A KID, FOR GOD'S SAKE! What has he done to earn your hate? NOTHING!" The woman screamed, forcing the Sage's head inside the room
"I..I" Jiraiya tried saying
"LOOK INSIDE, YOU DIRTY ASS-HOLE!" Tsunade ordered forcing his head to watch the room.
The Image of a crying boy getting enveloped in flames entered Jiraiya's mind, the inhuman screams of the boy echoing in his ears as the smell of burning flesh filled his nostrils
"STOP THIS! PLEASE STOP!" Jiraiya pleaded
"NO! YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF BEAST YOU ARE!" Tsunade yelled kicking him against the burning wood, the man screaming in pain
"TSUNADE! STOP! THAT'S AN ORDER!" Hiruzen said
"FUCK OFF! I'M LEAVING! You want to mark me as a Nuke-nin? FINE! I am curious to see how Konoha will fare when their best hunters and ANBU are dead by my hands! Remember, I have nothing more to lose so I won't go gentle on the ones hunting me" Tsunade answered
"STOP THIS INSTANT!" Hiruzane tried saying a last time
"No, and by the way...I took few confidential documents from your office, if I die the slug Summoning Clan will make sure that EVERYONE will have a copy of your secrets, now try and send hunters, Hiruzen Sarutobi...I dare you! And by the way, Jiraiya, Katsuyu will soon tell Gamabunta and the other Toads about how you all treated Minato's son, I'll leave your punishment to him" Tsunade said, shocking the two men
"I-I-I'm sorry" Jiraiya said clutching the burned half of his face.
"Too late, he would have been your student, the best shinobi of this village, but we will never know now, thanks to you idiots...I hope the boy you chose as student will die painfully soon after starting your training, Jiraiya, you only deserve this" the woman said finally leaving, the fire now finally extinguished
"What are we gonna do, Jiraiya?" Hiruzen asked at the now scarred Sannin.
"I'll get my face healed, then I'll get ready for Gamabunta's judgment, Minato was their favorite summoner...they won't like what Katsuyu and Tsunade will tell them" Jiraiya answered
"And then?" the Hokage asked
"I'll go back to being your spy...nothing more and nothing less...I won't take an apprentice, Sensei" the man said
"WHAT!? WHY?" Sarutobi said in shock
"I remember the Elder Toad saying something about an apprentice of mine changing the world...after hearing about Naruto being alive I thought about taking him as my new apprentice...but now I am not so sure to be worthy of being a sensei anymore" Jiraiya answered in a whimper
"Why? You can still find someone else to pass your knowledge to! A new summoner for the Toads!" Hiruzen said, Jiraiya let out a bitter chuckle at that
"The Toad contract? You really think that the Toads will let me or anyone else use them after today? We will be lucky if they don't storm here demolishing the village, for them Family and Friends comes first, then Honor and only after that may come the village of Konoha, we stained their most cherished values...and I won't teach Minato's techniques to anyone else...they belonged to his family and I'm sure Kakashi will be with me once he knew WHO Naruto's father really was" he answered
"He will never know! No-one will! We can't make the news about Minato's son death by our hands become of public knowledge!" Hiruzen said, again with Jiraiya laughing at him
"Stop this, sensei...we fucked up and we WILL pay the price for it...soon everyone with a summoning contract will know of this, and then Konoha's name will be put in the same line as the term Traitor, I can already see a new dictionary being written like that...Hahahaha! I can't help but find this funny...maybe I got wounded deeper than I thought, I'm leaving, sensei, I'll send you the new report of my spies next week...It will be long before we see each other again, by then maybe I hope I will have stopped hating myself for killing a kid enough to not try and kill myself anymore" Jiraiya said disappearing with a shunshin, he will cure himself alone apparently.
"ANBU! Go and fetch whoever was responsible of this! That whore can't have organized everything by herself! I want every responsible in front of me in twenty minutes!" Hiruzen yelled angrily, the responsible will pay.
No-one kills his unofficial grand-son and Almost Weapon and live to tell!
Konoha – woods outside the village – few minutes after Tsunade's confrontation with Jiraiya and Hiruzen -
The Two Kumo THUNDERs were running at top speed from Konoha, a bandaged Naruto resting on the shoulders of the one named Cloud.
"Are you okay back there?" Cloud asked
"Yes, THUNDER-san, just hurry up, I want to leave this place behind as soon as possible" the boy answered
"I would be more than happy to do that, but your injuries are too heavy, the shock would kill you" Spark said
"YOU TWO! STOP RIGHT NOW!" a Cat masked ANBU yelled at the two
"Shit! Cloud, take the boy to Kumo, I'll try to keep them occupied!" Spark said unsheathing a pair of trench knives with jagged blades.
"The kid is a shinobi of Konoha, we won't let you kidnap him!" an ANBU with a boar mask said
"His place is here! In the village of his parents and friends!" the Dog masked ANBU said with the cat masked one nodding while unsheathing a sword
"NO! His place is in a village that won't use him as a weapon, in one that will respect him as an human! We know you are informed of your Hokage's plans for the boy, we won't let you do That to a kid!" Cloud said moving slightly away from the rescue team.
"Plans? What kind of plans are you talking about?" Dog asked
"Don't listen to them! They are trying to confuse you" the Boar masked man said
"Your precious Hokage wants the boy to be covered in a special seal array that will help him mold chakra, after that he will become the Guard dog of the Leaf, unable to defend himself from the villagers, forced to live confined in his home and leaving only for missions! No friends, no family, NOTHING! just orders and battles for The Might of Konoha!" Spark said angrily
"Those are confidential information concerning Konoha's weapon, we will be forced to kill you in order to cover it!" Boar said, in that moment Cat acted fast attacking her foe.
Her sword cutting the Boar masked ANBU's head clean off.
"CAT! what the hell are you doing!" Dog asked
"Why are you taking him away? I will protect him here in Konoha!" Cat said ignoring her partner
"No, you won't, if you did they will judge you for treason and execute you, like this he will have a chance to have a normal life" Spark said
"If I discover that you used an obedience seal on him I will personally kill every habitant of Kumo, forcing the Raikage to watch as I tear to pieces his precious people before killing him!" Cat hissed looking at them
"Neko-neechan!" Naruto called out
"Little one, are you sure you want this?" Cat asked nearing the boy
"They said that their doctors will help me getting better, that they'll find a way to make me be a ninja even without molding chakra...please, neechan! They said that people won't hate me there!" the boy pleaded
"What about me? And Anko and the others? What should we do?" Cat asked hugging him, her hand stroking his hair with motherly affection.
"I'll find a way to come visit you, Hebi-neechan, Inu-neechan and Red-neechan! I promise!" Naruto said thrusting his fist up in the air, making the woman chuckle tenderly at him.
"If it's a promise then I know you WILL find a way, go! Me and your other Neechans will wait for you!" Cat said at them, signaling them to move as she went in front of Dog
"Are you sure of this? His parents would hate to see him leaving" Dog said
"Did you know who is parents really are?" Cat said watching him
"They were a couple of merchants that died during the Kyuubi attack, Sarutobi-sama gave Naruto the Uzumaki name in honor of Kushina-sama" Dog answered, making the woman laugh
"Wrong, Kakashi...the real parents were Minato-sama and Kushina-sensei, the Yondaime Hokage and the Bloody Habanero, you just were too blind to see it" Cat said laughing at Dog, or Kakashi, imaging his shocked face
"I-Impossible! If Minato-sensei really had a son I would have been informed! They told me the child died immediately after birth!" Kakashi said
"That's why you were never informed, you were too close to them! Apparently the Third Hokage deemed necessary hiding his true heritage, think about it, Iwa would have gone mad over the news of the existence of the Son of the Yellow Flash, and look! now they tried to turn him into a weapon! So tell me, Hatake Kakashi, ANBU of Konoha, what will you do? Kill me and stop those Kumo ANBU or help me covering their escape to make sure our beloved Fourth Hokage's son will have an happy life?" Cat asked strengthening her hold of her sword
"...Help me covering their smell and traces, if they ask, Boar tried to kill Naruto instead of saving him, when we reached the group it was already too late to help our comrade while the kidnappers were already gone" Kakashi said as he started using Fuuton Jutsus to blow away the boy's smell from the woods
"Roger!" Cat said happily doing the same.
Konoha - Main Gate – some time later -
"Tsunade, please! At least try considering my offer!"Hiruzen said pleading the woman to stay
"No, sensei, if I stay another moment the memories of my family will keep haunting me forever, I need to go, I'm sorry" Tsunade said walking away with Shizune
"Hokage-sama! Cat and Dog reported their meeting with a group of kidnappers!" a ANBU with a swan mask said
"WHAT!? Who are they?" Hiruzen asked.
"We don't know, they covered their Hitai-ate, Boar admitted he tried to kill Naruto in order to stop them, when we reached him it was already too late, one of them beheaded Boar before the group managed to flee using a smoke bomb to cover their movements, my Dogs can't follow their traces, they managed to cover their movements" Kakashi said getting in front of Hiruzen
"That idiot! He should have tried to stall them instead to play the hero! This is bad..." Hiruzen cursed
"Why, Hokage-sama? He only was a merchant son...no-one so important to create a scandal" the Dog masked man asked
"It's just the fact that someone managed to kidnap the jinchuuriki of our village, it will be bad for Konoha's image, as for his parents, they were friends of Minato, so he used the boy knowing that his parents were already dead, it was an hard choice, but he did it for the better of the Village" the Hokage answered
"Liar! I'll make you pay...I don't know how, but I'll make you pay for keeping me away from sensei's son, be sure of this" Kakashi thought in anger
"Can it be? Oh for the love of God...I just hope it wasn't Iwa..." Hiruzen thought getting slightly paler, fearing that any other village may turn the boy into a weapon to use against them
Kumo – the next day – Main Hospital -
"This is bad, even if I cure his wounds...I don't know how to actually Re-Build his chakra network, it's a miracle in itself if he is alive" Tsunade said watching Naruto's file.
"One of the THUNDERs went to inform the Raikage of our presence here, I wonder how he will react" Shizune said watching the door.
Door that went blow away from his hinges, nailing the other ANBU present and crushing both against the opposite wall.
The Raikage E and his two sons A and Killer Bee entered the room running towards the kid's bed, three pair of eyes fixing on Naruto's body once they stopped.
"W-what can I do for you?" the boy asked, unnerved by their stare
"The same eyes and hair...you really have the Fox inside you? Are you really the son of the Fourth?" E asked shaking the boy
"Yes he is, but right now the Kyuubi can't heal him, during an attack the Fox used its power in a burst almost destroying the chakra coils, if he use whatever quantity of chakra larger than the one usually needed for living he will die" Tsunade explained
"I see, Bee, Try and talk with the Fox, we may need its help in curing the boy" E said looking at the sun-glasses-wearing man near him
"I'll try" Bee said moving his fist towards the boy
"Come on, Little Nine, bump Bee-san fist and I'll talk with your furry friend" the man said smiling
"O-Okay" Naruto said bumping the man's fist with his.
Kyuubi Seal – Boy's mindscape -
"Long time no see, Kurama" the Eight-tailed Ox said watching the Kyuubi resting behind the cage, the pipes adorning the room cracked and in some cases broken or simply bent.
"Hachi, I see that they finally tamed you...how disgraceful" The Fox said shaking his head
"They didn't Tame me, Bee gave me the option of being more than just Jail and Jailor and after a while I accepted it" The Ox answered getting a cruel laugh from the Kyuubi
"What are you two? Friends? Don't make me laugh!" Kurama answered
"You were the one that took the Old Man's death the worst, is this the reason you hate everyone and everything..." Hachi said looking at the pained expression on Kurama's face
"I don't have to answer you questions, and stop talking about him, he was just a filthy human like everyone else! He too saw us as weapons!" The Kyuubi yelled, in answer Hachi punched the gate keeping the Fox trapped, an angry scowl on the Ox' face
"DON'T YOU DARE! Look at you! Mister I hate everything...Me and the others were destroyed too at the Sage death, but we didn't let that close us to the world! Tell me the truth, did you tried reaching them within that very same connection the Sage left us? Did you tried to talk to your brothers and sisters? NO! And look now, Shukaku went mad after his village used a wrongly-made seal while you decided to hate the world...Me and Nibi have good Vessels, you know? We tried to know them instead of trying to take over their bodies" Hachi said still glaring at Kurama
"..." whatever the Fox said was so low to be impossible to hear
"Speak louder, I can't hear you" the Ox said crossing his arms
"Will...Will they hate me here?" the Kyuubi asked
"No if you don't give them a reason" Hachi answered
"The boy can't use my power, he will become a fool bent on world domination or a spoiled brat ready to gloat about being the strongest ninja around" Kurama tried saying
"Are you sure? Did you really tried to talk to him?" the Ox asked
"Mito, one of my previous Vessels, used to say that I was a being of destruction and hate, that it was my punishment to be imprisoned forever...Kushina hated me because she always feared that people would have tried to kill her because of me, when she discovered that during pregnancy the seal was at its weakest she started hating me even more, fearing the life of her kit in case I managed to get free...the boy won't be any different, especially since I am the one responsible of his current state" Kurama said looking around the damaged body
"Are you sure?" Hachi asked
"..."
"Kurama? I asked you if you were absolutely certain that he WILL hate you" the Ox asked again
"...I don't know" Kurama finally said
"Give him a chance, he may finally be the right one to take away your loneliness" Hachi said
"I'll try...but I will kill him if he piss me off!" the Fox said in rage
"No, You won't. I know you too well, you will never admit it, but even THE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL KYUUBI has an heart, just try to befriend the boy, it won't cost you anything" The Ox said laughing
"At least he won't rap" Kyuubi said smirking
"How did you know?"
"We can share memories when in contact like this, I only happen to know HOW to actually do that" Kurama answered
"Smart-ass" Hachi muttered before ending their contact.
Real World – Kumo – Hospital -
"He said that he will try and help us, you two have a long talk to do" Bee said watching the boy
"I feel like hating him, but at the same time I know that I would have been dead if not for him, even if he only did that to defend himself" Naruto answered touching his belly.
"Don't judge him just because everyone tells you he is evil, try talking to him while we try and heal you" Bee said grabbing the boy's shoulder.
"I-I'll try" Naruto answered
"We are here, don't be afraid" Tsunade said ruffing his hair as he closed his eyes, the injections were starting to take their toll making him sleep.
"So? What are we gonna do? Any ideas?" A asked watching the sleeping boy
"I think we should start with healing the body and then focus on the rest, even if I have no idea of How to actually help him, the Kyuubi may try and regenerate the coils, but the risk of further damaging them is too high" Tsunade answered
"What a mess...but maybe I know something that may help us" A said scratching his chin
"What do you mean?" Shizune asked
"Some time ago, during a patrol mission in the borders, we stumbled on an old lab of your dear friend Orochimaru, we managed to took away everything, maybe he had something able to help the boy" A explained
"Orochimaru? It could be ironic to use his inhuman research for the good of someone else, we can try" Tsunade said
"Good, while you focus on those I'll ask my best medic to heal the boy" E said
"I can do both" Tsunade answered crossing her arms
"No, we are dealing with dark research here, and the boy needs serious help too, you have to focus plenty on the cure, you can't divide your time in both healing and researching, we are talking about Orochimaru, we don't know how far he went in his experiments or how dangerous the results can be, nothing can be left unchecked, God knows what may happen otherwise" E answered
"Fine! But if something happen I'll personally kill the staff and then you three" Tsunade said glaring at them.
"Don't worry, if something do happen I'll be the one to destroy those idiots" E answered
"We have a plan then, your doctors will take care of his body while I'll try to repair his coils" the Senju woman said.
"Okay. OSAMU! Go call that idiot of your friend and tell him to come here!" E yelled to one of the doctors
"I'm going!" the man answered running out
"Who is he?" Shizune asked
"An idiot, but the best doctor I have...even without the license, don't worry, he didn't has one just because he want to follow his set of rules" E answered
"Here I am, what do you want?" the man was wearing a black cape over an equally black dress, a long scar on his face that diagonally cut his face in two with one part black in color, his hair too were half black and half white.
With him a short girl with four ribbons on her red hair and a medical bag in her hands.
"Kurō Hazama...will it kill you showing some respect?" E said groaning
"If I do that I'll ruin my image Fufufufu!" Kuro said with a little laugh
"So you are the doctor E was talking about, what about that scar?" Tsunade asked glaring at him, in answer a scalpel was sent flying towards her, the woman simply caught the blade between her fingers smirking
"It's the last remnant of my friend, don't you dare insult it" Kuro said looking at her smirking face
"Sore spot eh? Just cure him" Tsunade said walking away from the bed
"Uuhn! Nothing serious apparently, muscles are still in reparable conditions and the bones are not damaged beyond repair...60 millions Ryous will be enough for my services" the man said watching the boy
"60 MILLIONS!?" Tsunade yelled watching with wide eyes
"Jenjei is a little pricey, but he is a genius!" the little girl said in pride
"It's sensei, Pinoko, and I am not pricey, I just ask the right sum for my services" Kuro said as Naruto started waking up
"Uuh!" the boy said opening his eyes
"Why are you awake, boy?" the man asked
"The Fox didn't liked the fact that I was out...he don't trust you" Naruto answered
"Figures...tell me, do you want to heal?" he asked
"OF COURSE! I want to be the strongest ninja ever!" the boy yelled, flames burning in his eyes.
"I am not here to make charity, I have my price" Kuro said
"I have my gama-chan! I have money in that" Naruto said pointing at his clothes where a frog-shaped wallet could be seen.
"Fifteen ryous?" Kuro said watching inside the little thing
"It's all I have" Naruto said smiling
"Then I think it will be enough, call me Black Jack and I'll be your doctor" Black Jack said smiling as well
"If this is everything, then I'll go check what you have found in that old snake's lair...who is the little girl anyway?" Tsunade said walking out with E
"A teratogenous Cystoma he covered with an exoskeleton to create a daughter for himself" E answered
"Uh! He sure has fantasy" Tsunade said
"Raikage-sama!" a THUNDER said reaching them
"What's the problem?" E asked
"We received a message from Kurotoi, he said he will try and kidnap a Hyuuga so to move away the village's attention from the boy's disappearance" the masked man said
"He is a fool, he will get himself killed and even if we ask a Hyuuga in payment for his death they will send one with the Caged Bird seal, turning it into a void sacrifice" E said pinching the bridge of his nose
"Not exactly" Tsunade said smirking
"What do you mean?" the Raikage asked
"I know Hizashi, if you ask his brother in exchange he will certainly propose himself since they are twins, but I also know that he is NOT happy to be a branch member with his son, tell your ambassador to privately talk to him and find an accord, if he knows a way to counter the seal we will be able to give him a new life here for him and Neji, we only need to pin the kidnapping on someone else" Tsunade said
"That would be perfect, I can let him create a clan here without using that thing, or using a version for Everyone so to not split the clan in two, I'll send an answer telling him that, but I have my doubts about it" E said as the two reached the Raikage's Office
"He is the twin of the Clan Head, if we are lucky he may be able to put his hands on some scrolls, it's for the best of his family, Kumo will have a clan just as result, you only have to swear you won't use him as a breeding stock" Tsunade answered
"That will be the hardest part, the council will certainly press for using Hizashi for that, I swear that those bigots will drive me crazy some day" E said groaning and passing an hand between his hair
"Can't you find a successor? If you take a seat between the council you should be able to keep them under control"
"A is almost ready to take my place, I hope he won't loose his cool and kill the whole room, he has a short temper that even I don't want to challenge" E said watching out the window
"I'll go check those experiments then, the sooner we start the better" Tsunade said leaving the room.
Konoha – the next day – hidden location -
"So? What do you think, Hizashi-sama?" Kurotoi asked
"What you are asking is rather dangerous, it could backfire in a lot of ways, Neji can't grow up without his father and I can't tell him the truth either" Hizashi said groaning in despair
"I think you can explain the whole thing to him instead, try to have faith in him, he is still young, but as you said he already shows a bright mind, he'll understand that you are trying to find a new life for you and for him" Kurotoi said
"The only problem is that you will be killed if you try to kidnap Hinata-sama" the old Hyuuga said
"I know, but Kumo need a new bloodline, If you come with me willingly the Council won't be able to force the breeding program on you or your son, but this won't happen unless I sacrifice myself"
"If only we could find a way around that, someone to pin as the culprit AFTER the initial finger-pointing towards Kumo" Hizashi said in dismay, a sound of someone coming distracting them
"Hide!" Kurotoi said as he and Hizashi got in the shadows to hide their presence.
"That old fool! I can't stay here any longer, I won't become anything if they keep making me watch over those brats! Why can't I take part to the ANBU entry exam? What did I miss?" a man said walking near the two hiding men
"Mizuki-san?" Hizashi thought
"I wonder...Orochimaru ran away because Sarutobi tried to stop his experiments, the Sannin is an open enemy of the village now...If I can convince him to take me as an apprentice I may become a legend as well, but how to appease him?" the young man said with his eyes closed in thought
"A traitor! This may be good" Kurotoi thought getting closer to him
"THE FORBIDDEN SCROLL! If I steal it I can offer it to Orochimaru in exchange for his apprenticeship! Yes, that should be enough!" Mizuki said in glee at his decision.
He was so engrossed in his dream of power to not notice Hizashi striking him with few Juken attacks, making the young man fall down unconscious.
"Kami had apparently sent us the answer to our problem, my friend" Hizashi said watching the defeated man
"So it seems...let's do this: tonight I'll kidnap Hinata with your help, then you will chase me to a premeditated point, there you will kill our friend here and henge him as me, I will take his appearance so to move freely, if they see thorough the illusion we can say that he tried to frame me" Kurotoi said
"In both cases we'll have the Raikage asking Hiashi's head as payment for the offence, but I will propose myself due to me being his twin and the cage bird seal, I'm sure that the Hokage and the council will agree" the Hyuuga said
"But did you know how to counter your seal?" the Ambassador asked
"The cage bird seal can work in two ways, it can kill right away, or like this case, act after a certain amount of time once the signal is given, I'll suggest the use of this saying that Kumo won't suspect anything" Hizashi answered
"Are you sure? What about the removing?"
"My uncle had the same problem with my father, he was killed when the Hyuuga elders discovered his research about the seal removal, only an elder can remove it, but my uncle managed to understand the method by himself, before his death he left in a secret place the Counter, item that I found once my brother was elected clan head and I was branded, I'll give it to you tonight, once the Konoha ANBU will leave me with the Raikage we'll have maybe few seconds before the seal kills me, time will be of essence" Hizashi said
"It's a gamble then...I hope that for once the luck will be by my side" Kurotoi said shaking Hizashi's hand
"I hope so as well, if we can't do that, please help my son, I don't want him to live a life of regret or sufferance"
"I will" Kurotoi said as the two men walked to their respective directions, the ambassador holding Mizuki on his shoulders.
Kumo – Room 124 – Tsunade's Lab
"Kaguya bloodline...bone control (personal note: impossible to remove illness), Shiniohara clan...muscle manipulation, Sentomanu clan...heat vision-like bloodline, Seyseinaku Clan...memory/ability stealing bloodline..." Tsunade said reading the names on the vials of blood and the relative descriptions on the notes near them she found in the box the THUNDERs gave her.
"All samples from deceased clans, anything about chakra and/or the coils?" Shizune asked while taking notes on a pad
"Few of them could help us in that regard, the Tenshiku Clan seem able to reinforce their bodies by hardening their skin...the Kyonharu clan was able to instead do the opposite and turn their body into a semi-liquid state...if I manage to fuse those two with the Rehoku Clan's bloodline...he should become able to avoid damages during fights and heal the worst wounds by regenerating, but..."
"But?" Shizune asked
"He will be forced to eat the enemy's flesh and absorb its components inside him, the Fox should be able to enforce the bloodline by making possible a greater healing with lesser Food...the Biju should be able to block the Kaguya Illness as well" Tsunade mussed
"Turning him into a cannibal? Are you sure he will accept it, Tsunade-sama?"
"We'll tell him that it's an ability about Consuming the enemy more that eating, an half-truth that should help him accept the thing" Tsunade answered
"All those bloodlines won't go into conflict?" Shizune asked
"Not with the Kyuubi regulating the body's transformation, some of them works by doing the polar opposite, but the Biju should be able to Re-direct the changing with the regenerating power of its chakra enough to have those to co-exist...or so I hope, if only the Luck would stay with me only THIS time" the blond woman said closing her eyes
"It's for a good cause, Tsunade-sama, I'm sure everything will be okay, I trust your abilities as a medic!" the assistant said putting a reassuring hand on the Senju woman's shoulder.
"Thank you, Shizune" Tsunade said hugging the woman
Kumo – Hospital – day of the operation -
"Everything is ready, the body is now in perfect conditions, it's up to you now" Black Jack said taking the boy to the operating room
"Thank you, I'll start the procedure then" Tsunade said wearing the operating mask
"I'll go my way instead, let's go, Pinoko" the man said leaving with the short girl in tow
"Should I help too? The Byakugan will help controlling the state of the chakra coils" Hizashi asked
"Are you sure? The whole seal removing was taxing for your body, you need to rest" Shizune said
"I have a debt towards Kumo for giving me an option for a new life, it pains me betraying Konoha, but until the elders won't get removed in favour of a more open view of the clan I can't let my son live a life of servitude, this village will only temporary borrow my family services" Hizashi said
"E won't be happy to hear that, even if the council won't try anything the Raikage will still be pissed hearing of you being only a temporary guest" Tsunade answered
"That's why we won't tell him" Hizashi answered with a smirk he covered with the mask
"Tell him what?" Tsunade said as the trio joined the operating staff in the room while muffling their laugh at Kumo expenses
"Tsunade-neechan? Will it hurt?" Naruto asked.
The two had a little talk while he was recovering, the blond boy didn't hated her for her neglecting since he understood how she was unaware of his existence, as he started calling her nee-chan Tsunade grew even more attached to the boy as she was starting seeing in him her little brother Nawaki, she thought she would have hated that suffix, but in the end she felt it fitting nicely, as if it could bring back a missing piece of her life.
"Just a little, but don't worry, I'm here" she said squeezing his hand and watching him falling asleep after the medicines were taking effect.
"He is asleep, good, Listen well! We will now commence with the injections of the various solutions I made from the bloodlines, as I said before, this operation is possible ONLY because of the Biju inside him, every other attempt will end with the death of the patient since nothing will prevent the tissues from decaying, so if you dream about Fame with injecting lost bloodlines on patients then just forget it, you will just kill innocents and most of all force Me and the Raikage to kill you in a painful and gruesome way, understood?" Tsunade asked glaring at the staff that flinched in fear under her gaze and threat
"HAI TSUNADE-SAMA!" the whole room yelled.
"Perfect! Hizashi, keep an eye on the boy, tell me if something start going wrong" she ordered
"Roger!...by the Heavens, I have never seen a chakra coil system in such a state...maybe I can re-open few tenketsus closed by the chakra blast, but I think I should try it only half-way during the operation" Hizashi answered, shocked by the wrecked condition of the boy's body.
"We'll keep that in mind, lights on! We are starting!" Tsunade said giving the order to the nurses.
The operation started.
Kumo – Hospital – viewing window over the operating room -
"What do you think, father?" A asked while watching from the glass panel the doctors running back and forth to heal the boy
"I don't know, Tsunade Senju is famous as the best medic in the whole Nation, but transferring a bloodline it's something unheard of in terms of success, let alone all the ones she is trying to give the boy" E answered
"What if she manage?" Killer Bee asked
"I will ask if the boy can stay here in Kumo and join us, in Konoha or everywhere else the villages may try to use him for breeding, hoping to pass one if not all the bloodlines he will posses, here at least he will be somehow protected from it" the Raikage answered
"Are you sure?" A asked
"If we say that he is a baby one of you two found during a mission and adopted then he will be under our family direct protection, like that we will be sure he will be safe" E answered
"Killer Bee will be the father then, he is famous for being...Eccentric, adopting a kid just for the Hell of it won't raise suspicion, just don't make him rap" A said laughing at Bee's shocked face
"M-M-Me!? B-But I d-d-don't know how to be a father!" Bee tried objecting
"I'll give you few tips, I raised the two of you by myself and look how well you two grew up!" E said in pride
"That's beside what is scaring me" A muttered before E's punch almost crushed his skull
"I heard that! What about the name? Uzumaki or, Kami forbid, Namikaze are out of the question since his parents had a lot of enemies around the Nation" E said scratching his chin.
"I'll just call him N then, after all...Killer N...it has a certain ring to it" Bee said smirking
"Make him Rap and I'll turn the boy orphan all over again, because I'll use your spine to choke you" A said in a dark tone
"Ok-Ok, ya win! Bakayarou" muttered Bee
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Naruto's scream went clear heard as a black tendril broke the reinforced glass trying to catch the three, capturing a group of THUNDER instead and absorbing them inside the boy.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING!?" E yelled as Shizune went flying through the window
"RUN!" the woman said grabbing E and Killer Bee's hand and dragging them out, A soon following.
Screams of terror and anguish were filling the corridors as apparently the boy was eating the whole staff inside the room and the ones at ready in case of necessity.
"I don't know what happened, a moment everything was fine then Naruto started screaming in pain, before I knew it Tsunade-sama had throw me out of the room telling me to save you" Shizune explained while running
"Maybe I can explain better! I could see what happened inside the boy" Hizashi said reaching them, he was holding his side where a deep cut could be seen
"The Juken stopped being effective after three strikes! Whatever that bloodline is it can adapt at an astounding rate!" The Hyuuga said as he used few other Juken strikes on the tendrils the were still chasing them, even if ineffective, the blows managed to throw the appendages back, the whole Black-and-red mass quietly returning inside the room.
"Okay...it seems it stopped...what happened!?" E said watching the two survivors
"Apparently the bloodlines, the Kaguya Clan's Illness and the Kyuubi chakra reacted in a way we could never predict, Tsunade-sama stood behind to try and help the boy" Hizashi explained
"Is she dead too?" A asked
"No bro, I can still sense her chakra signature, but it seems...Altered? Mutated? I don't know how to explain...it's...Different than the usual chakra signature" Killer Bee said.
"Ok now! No more questions until you explain to me why over Fifteen medics, three THUNDERs and probably Tsunade Senju along with the Heir of Minato Namikaze were apparently Swallowed by a monstrosity born from the experiments on instable bloodlines!" E said in rage
"You see, Raikage-sama..." Shizune said
Flash-back – Operating Room – before the Black Mass erupted -
"Ready for the mixture" Tsunade said as the preliminary part of the operation was completed.
"Hai!" a nurse said moving a series of bags containing a dense, black coloured liquid and connecting them to the machine that will inject them.
"First, the Kaguya Bloodline and the Shiniohara one, we need to strengthening the bones and the muscles before continuing...Hizashi? How's the situation?" the Sannin asked
"Everything is under control, the Kyuubi is starting slowly repairing the damages following the advancing of the bloodlines" the Hyuuga answered
"Perfect, Shizune, open the next batch of bloodlines and the painkillers mixture, altering the optical nerve and the nervous system will hurt like hell, we need him to stay asleep" she ordered
"Right away, Tsunade-sama" the woman answered pressing the next series of buttons, another sack of black liquid started reversing its content inside the boy
"Why that colour?" Hizashi asked without moving his eyes from Naruto
"The Kaguya Illness, I couldn't remove it, but I hope the Fox will manage where human medicine couldn't" Tsunade answered while checking the muscle density and the blood stream
"The Chakra coils are reconnecting! IT'S WORKING!" Hizashi said in awe
"The ability to turn semi-liquid is giving the Kyuubi enough room to freely reconnect them! Hizashi, open his tenketsu!" Tsunade ordered moving away to make room
"Hai!" Hizashi answered getting in front of the boy and closing his eyes in concentration
"YAAH!" he yelled starting attacking the boy's focal points, opening the parts of the coils that went closed by the Biju chakra.
"...I should have opened every closed Tenketsu, Tsunade-sama" the man said once finished
"Perfect, now the hard part of the operation, as it is now the body will be flawed, we are forced to add the other bloodlines to stabilize the patient" Tsunade explained
"Are you sure, Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked
"We just modified the eyes, the bones and the muscles in order to fully repair them, if we don't do this the heart, the brain or the other organs won't be able to sustain the new strains they will be subjected to, it pains me mutating him like this, but we have no other choice" she answered
"Roger, initiating final injection, phase 3 starting...now!" a doctor said as the final group of bags were connected to the boy.
Tense minutes passed as the sacks were slowly emptied of their content.
"How is he?" Tsunade asked to Hizashi
"The chakra is now flowing his system rather violently, but other than that everything seems normal" the Hyuuga answered
"The Fox?"
"I can see its chakra too, it's trying to regulate the flux of energy...it's...It's disappearing! I-I can't see the Kyuubi chakra anymore!" Hizashi said in surprise
"What!?"
"The heart rate is going off the scale! Like this it seems ready to explode!" a doctor said pointing at the monitor were the signal of Naruto's heart was going crazy
"HE STOPPED BREATHING!" a Nurse called out removing the boy's respirator and trying to re-animate him.
"MOVE AWAY!" Tsunade yelled shoving away the nurse to check on him
"THE LUNGS! THE LUNGS DISAPPEARED!" Tsunade said in panic
"The Heart stopped beating!" a doctor said as the noise of the flat line echoed in the room
"Move away! I'll use some Raiton chakra!...ONE!" a doctor said moving his lightning coated hands on the boy's chest giving it a shock
"AGAIN! TWO!" he said giving another shock to Naruto
"Please, Please don't die!" Tsunade said alternating the Raiton jutsu to some of her techniques to try and save the boy.
"A LAST TIME!" the same doctor said trying again with the lightning technique
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" opening his mouth wide Naruto screamed in absolute pain as black tendrils erupted from his torso, impaling few doctors and turning them into a black mass that went absorbed inside his body.
The few ANBU that tried stopping him were swallowed in the same fashion, the black and red tentacles tearing their bodies in two before absorbing them.
"SHIZUNE! Grab A, the Raikage and Bee and take them to a secure place, I'll try to stop it from grabbing you too!" Tsunade ordered to her assistant
"I'll stay with you!" Shizune answered
"STUPID WOMAN! RUN!" Tsunade yelled grabbing the woman by the back of her neck and throwing her towards the window
"Hizashi!" Tsunade yelled
"THREE PALMS!" Hizashi yelled attacking the tendrils making them explode upon contact.
"I'll keep them away! Save the boy!" the Hyuuga answered
A new wave of tendrils tried to attack him, but as the chakra-covered hands of Hizashi struck them they kept advancing, throwing him out of the room, luckily without absorbing him
"HIZASHI! RUN AWAY!" the Senju woman ordered before the world went black as she was absorbed too.
End of the flashback – Kumo Hospital – Corridor -
"That's terrible, maybe that was the reason Orochimaru abandoned his experiments on the bloodlines...maybe he understood that something like this may have happened" E said sitting down in one of the chairs of the corridor.
"Raikage-sama!" a THUNDER yelled nearing the group
"What's happening?" the old man asked
"That thing reached one of the storages!" the masked man said
"So? Any victim? If no-one else died then you can relax, there are just damages" E said moving an hand dismissively
"You don't understand, Raikage-sama...in that storage room there were the other bloodline sample and experiments of Orochimaru" the man said in panic, making the others faces white.
"H-How Much? HOW MUCH STUFF WAS IN THERE!?" A yelled grabbing the man and shaking him
"O-Over three-hundred bloodlines and as much mutations and variations the Snake Sannin tried creating artificially, like something he had cataloged under Cursed Seal" the man answered
"Dear God" E muttered in shock while watching in the operating room's direction.
"We need to enter there...that Thing had just absorbed a sample of practically every bloodline known in history, we need to kill it before it starts attacking everything on sight and save both Tsunade and the Kid...if they are still alive" E said getting up and moving towards the room.
Kumo Hospital – operating Room -
The room was in complete disarray, the floor, walls and ceiling covered by webs of a black substance that was slowly pulsing in tone with an huge cocoon that was resting on the central bed, nor Tsunade nor Naruto could be seen inside.
"There is no-one here...where is Tsunade-san?" A said
"Inside that thing, whatever it is both woman and boy are there, but the seem quiet and asleep" Killer Bee answered nearing the cocoon to touch it
"NOOO!" E said trying to reach for the man, but a tendril was launched towards Bee, grabbing bus arm
"BEE!" A yelled while trying to pry the thing off
"Calm down! It's doing nothing, it knows me, look" Bee said calmly as the tendril moved away from his arm to return to the wall.
"Naruto must be in control now...what we do now?" Shizune said nearing the black mass, her hand caressing its hard surface
"We can try to open it, delicately, the boy's control may be fragile, a shock too great and this thing will attack even us" Hizashi said entering the room and leaving the tendrils check his identity
"I'll try" Shizune said coating a finger in chakra to create a micro scalpel
"Let's see how hard it is" the woman said while cutting down the cocoon.
Her fingers were running on the surface of the cocoon, unfortunately the material was dense enough to stop any fracture to form on the black mass.
"Useless, I can't cut it like this" Shizune sighed in defeat
"Let me try...BOY! WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A PUNCH TO THE COCOON, WE MEAN NO HARM, WE JUST WANNA TAKE YOU OUT OF THAT! KEEP THAT THING UNDER CONTROL!" A yelled hoping to be heard from the boy.
Having waited few seconds both E and A took several steps back before both charged towards the bed, fist raised high and coated in lightning.
"AAAAH!" both men yelled punching at the same time.
With a deafening BOOM! The two were sent flying back, their attacks barely cracking the surface.
"At least we managed to damage it" A said nearing again the bed.
To their dismay the damaged part seemed to liquefied before re-compacting, repairing the damages.
"Ow come on!" A yelled in rage throwing his arms up into the air.
"Then I thing we'll need to wait until it opens by itself" Bee said sitting on a chair he took outside
"What if it takes months or years?" A said sitting down as well
"I have cards?" Bee abswered
"Idiot" E muttered as the three started playing while Shizune was checking Hizashi's wounds.
Several Hours Later
"HEY! IT'S OPENING!" Shizune yelled ecstatic as the cocoon was gradually melting
"W-W-What!?" E said waking up, a line of drool still pending from his mouth
"It's opening! That thing it's releasing Tsunade-sama and Naruto-kun!" the woman said again
"Finally! Wake up you two!" E said kicking both his sons that were sleeping on the floor
"Ok, ok, I'm awake" A groaned while reaching the bed.
Once the final part of the protection was re-absorbed inside Naruto, the actual state of the two victims greatly surprised the rest of the group.
On the Hospital bed in the middle of the destroyed operating room were peacefully sleeping a smiling, six-year-old Tsunade hugging possessively a six-year-old Naruto with the head of the boy resting on her heart.
"Okay...what the Hell happened here?" after a long silence Hizashi finally asked the question in everyone's mind.
Here it is, the first version of "Consuming Clan". Unedited and left how it was in the first version: errors and VERY BAD IDEAS comprised, just because some of you gently asked me to repost it.
DO NOT FOLLOW/FAVOURITE! THIS IS DISCONTINUED AND IS BEING REWRITTEN! THIS IS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE READERS THAT (SOMEHOW) ENJOYED THIS VERSION AS WELL!
Thank you for the attention, have a nice day.