Mortal Mind

In the midst of The Second Shinobi World War, Konoha was hanging by a thread for survival which led to a direct summoning for a peace summit. Driven by desperation and deterioration, Leaders of the The Fire Nation discarded their aged old ideals and formed a furtive decision to revolutionise the assets to Konoha's favour.

Led by Tobirama Senju, Operation Blood Exchange went in motion.

Operation Beta was the first lead: Human engineering changed the course of human development followed by a new generation of conventional warfare. Once ordinary human beings, they became the most agile and effective warriors at the time. However, no success comes without consequences. The mortality rate were excessive going as high as 60% which only few survived the excruciating process in the final stage.

Another solution was proposed: The Pact Of Bonds; The Alliance of smaller villages in the surrounding borders of the Fire Nation. The call created many dispute and the controversy eventually came to a halt when the Daimyo himself authorized it. The reason of the controversy was because clans have to exchange members, mainly the females, to other villages in order to create a stronger relationship in military bond as well as contributing to social and political diversity.

Words did not reach deaf ears which signaled the beginning of The Third Shinobi World War. The conventional armies came to an unexpected surprise when they came head to head against Konoha's experimented shinobis alongside the discrete alliance. One man could abolish hundreds while a squad could raise hell upon thousands.

Fear. Torment. Death. It was a common tongue for a common man who fought against a perilous opponent. The War came to a cease and the world now knew the history as they ever know, soaked in blood. The Devil's jaws opens wide swallowing its neighbours along with The Fire Nation.

In a menacing night of a dense forest, the trees rustled along with the wind as a lone figure was seen skipping in haste through the foliage. His breath-rapid. His heart exploding in a massive cluster. His eyes keened through the darkness for fear was wrapping around his bare neck like a hanging knot. In his gripping hand held a unique scroll with red tribal patterns, black and ominous as it looks.

A sharp sound wheezed through the shadows forcing him to take action by maneuvering his body in order to avoid a volley of daggers. Unfortunately, a pair got deep into his thigh as he gritted in pain causing him to slam his body hard onto a tree, immobilizing him down to the ground. The moonlight shone down onto the leaning blond, spitting out blood while holding back his internal struggle to cry out in excruciating pain.

'Damn it, this was supposed to be a 'get and go' mission! What did i get myself into?!' He ache in agony from the wound then attempted removal but it was futile. "GARH!" The pain was too great as if tinkering it would instantly kill him. Blood spat onto the green grass, bodily fluid seeping down his legs.

"There, there…" An alluringly sinister voice of an adult female echoed through the woods widening his eyes in pure terror. "...I can lead you to peace if you'd just stopped running." He found himself glaring fiercely at the approaching form of demonic eyes and held up his kunai on guard.

"Chi Mahi!/Blood Paralysis!" A harsh whisper was heard and the next thing the blonde knew was that a black rod embed his palm to a tree.

"GARH!" He howled, violently coughed then watched in imminent horror as glowing tribal marks trailed down his palm to his upper shoulder. Seconds went by as the life from his arm became non-existent. Numbness had taken over and that was when he began panicking inside.

"No need for hostility little man, it'll ruin the moment." A cold chill went up his spine as she stepped out of the darkness in all of her bloodcurdling glory. "I promise I'll make you feel better."

She was tall and well built. Her red waist-length hair was a long blush red, lovely tied to a side ponytail. Her skin was fair and glossy smooth. Over her black neck-top was a form fitting red vest for her well-endowed chest. Her ears were pierced, grey padded samurai armour over her upper arm and black padded gloves. Black pants accustomed to her nice legs and underneath it was a short tanned apron skirt with a red trim. Her cheekbones were nice and narrow and to his surprise, her eyes were no equal. Her left was blood red, three tomoes circulating the pupil. That's right, the Sharingan. And the other, blank and grey, strange but powerful at sight. The Byakugan. Veins could be seen on both, bulged and throbbing.

A judgement was passed down that she would be an ideal form of death itself. "Do you want to die now? Or after you bleed to death? Which will it be?" She taunted in a maliciously playful tone, smiling coyly at his crippling state.

The blue-eyed scowled scornfully at his impending doom. "I'll die after I kill you!"

Her veiled smile widened at his claim walking from tree to tree. "Is that right? Well at least you got spirit."

With an outward motion of her hand, tiny black orbs spun around and an ominous curved artificial black sword materialized from the hilt to the tip. Its mere presence and appearance were enough for him to drown in hopeless despair. She grasped it then pointed the tip to his heart when she was finally over him. She bent forward with a sly smile as the blonde gawked in terror when he felt the tip slicing through his vest like butter, above his beating chest.

"N-no-!" He wanted to repent, he wanted to live, he wanted scream. But her palm draped his mouth, her coy smile became explicitly daunting before leaning in inches from his face,

"Shhhhhhhh...didn't i tell you not to spoil the mood?" She giggled mischievously upon seeing his terror-stricken eyes. A cold chill went up his spine, blood rushing through his veins furiously like a pump. His mind was screaming at him, wanting him to get up. But he was completely frozen to the bones. This….devil….what Death is upon him? She firmly held his chin gazing a fixed alluring stare to his handsome visage. "It was fun...what a shame, really."

Naruto spat a little bit of his blood onto her face then glowered viciously. "It's a mistake for a shinobi to give a slow merciless death!"

Seemingly amused by his statement, she licked the blood by her lips. "Is that right? Well I'm going to send you a love letter, my dear. Do you know what that is? It's a tip straight from my hands to your heart." She leaned closer then licked his ear lewdly, whispering huskily the words that shall carry him to the grave and beyond. "Wake up and wait for me…"

She thrust the sword towards his heart and the world gone black with a squinch.

"NARUTOOO!" A duster hit his head and the said blonde stumbled back from his chair, slamming his head to the floor with a resounding thud. The class laughed to his dismay when he voiced out in pain as the lecturer crossed his arms. "The exams is in three months and you had the nerve to wander off." No response was given from the 16 year old and Iruka let out a frustrated sigh to calm his nerve. "You failed two times in a row and this'll be your final chance."

"..."

"I dont want this to be your last..."

"..." Iruka wanted to smack himself knowing if he continued on, it will further embarrass him.

"Get up-."

"Sensei, I think he's sleeping."

"ZzzzZzzzZzzzZzzzZ~~~~~"

The academy called for an evacuation when one of the classes went up in flames. Fortunately, no one got injured except for the obvious two. As the dawning sky recede glistening the locks of yellow, he roam through the streets with a small frown on his face. Blue sandals crumble the rubbles, hands tucked into an orange hoodie, blue cargo pants flapping soundlessly. A static vision flashed into his mind for a split second and the blonde clutched his beating chest for a sense of reality.

"That was a weird dream...almost all too real. This is getting strange..." He muttered to himself walking down to a certain destination as others goes by for their day. A cold chill breeze through the yellow blonde, tingling his spine which reminded him of the uneventful dream. He shuddered for every moment he thought of the experience, the sense of awaiting death and extreme anxiety.

'I never felt truly alive unless I was staring death in the face.'

Brggggghhghhghhhggg. "Maaan...all this thinking is making me hungry." Plastering a cheerful smile on his face, he lift up the curtains entering a world of his own as well as his sanctuary, Ichiraku Ramen. "YOOO! Oyaji!"

The chef turned his head with a smile upon seeing his favorite customer. "Yo, Naruto! The usual?"

Naruto nodded with a joyous tint in his eyes. "Plus extra seaweed!"

"Miso ramen for me, please…" He turned his head as the curtains were lifted up revealing his teacher, Iruka. Teuchi nodded and turned back to tend to his duties while Iruka took a sit beside Naruto.

"Hey, Iruka-sensei…" He didn't seemed too surprised for him to show up right after the occasion. "Shouldn't you be at home?" The sky-blue eyed blonde asked gazing as his dinner dips into the boiler.

"I have to file a report of today's incident…" Marks appeared on Naruto's head for just thinking about it. Right after he fell asleep, Iruka literally went up in flames plus the expansion of his head. Both suffered minor burns but they were glad things didnt escalate to an unpredictable state. "Sorry that I embarra-."

"That's fine. It's my fault anyways. Sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night either." They let it bygones be bygones under a minute and didn't give any further thought. Out of curiosity, Naruto quirked his head. "Say sensei, you studied psychology, right?" Iruka was confused because he never expect his student to peek interest in education especially outside the academy.

He nodded. "All the way in the basis…"

"Then you should know about dreams…" He talked openly with slight hesitation about his sleepless nights and backlashes of nightmares. Spanning from unimaginable speeding dreams to severe traumas. It worsens week by week for him like as if he will never get a moment of peace.

Iruka scratched his chin in thought absorbing as much information as he could in order to help. "Hmmm, being chased and awaiting death. These types of dreams are frequently manifestations of being afraid of confrontation regarding something in your life. The feeling of being chased is often a sign of not being able to confront difficult scenarios within your personal life."

Naruto slumped down the table with a muddled sigh. "It's not like i'm running away or anything but the things the way they are now is complicated. What did I do to deserve this?" A cloud of depression looms over him and bead of sweat trailed on Iruka's head.

"Nothing too serious I hope. As for death, The frightening and alarming nature of death can in itself be a wake- up call for something. It is your mind's way of trying to grab your attention to something dire in your waking life where you need to take action. Consider how you felt in your dream and think about a situation in your waking life where you felt the same way."

Staring at he counter dejecting his weight, he muttered as loud as he could. "None of it make any sense to me but I'm well aware, Iruka-sensei. Things might not go what I expected versus reality, it's a sucky realization."

Iruka realized that he seemed to be going through that certain stage of life so he planted his hand onto the teen's shoulder. "If you need any help, you can always turn to me. But look on the bright side! You couldn't ask for a better babe to kill you!"

Naruto chuckled and straightened up. "You could say she's drop dead gorgeous...A girl of my dreams, wanting to kill me. What a dazzling thought." He conveyed sarcastically and they laughed and laughed as Teuchi finally served his customers. Iruka observed his student, gone was his mellowing depression replaced by his joyous love for food. Least he knew why he was lacking academically but knowing the cause was obvious that his mental health might be deteriorating.

'I think I might know someone who can help...'

"HEY! Ayame-chan!" Naruto mildly called out when the older brunette made her appearance.

"Oh? Naruto-kun…" He noticed her reaction wasn't pleasing as he thought for her hands were on her hips. "What was this 'girl of your dreams' I hear you were talking about? Hmm?" She gave him a sullen look.

He blinked in confusion with a snip of a noodle hanging by his lips. "Huh? Ohhhh. Yare yare. It was just a dream. There's no way a guy like me would wind up with someone like that. Much less alive. I'm indiscriminately unpopular with the girls." He casually waved off but she rose an eyebrow.

"Nothing ever goes through that thick head of yours." She muttered impassively but before he could ask. "Here." She hesitantly held out a plastic bag to his face which has a food container within.

"Huh? What's in it?" He was bemused and didn't notice a red tint on her irritated face.

Teuchi barged in. "There's red bean soup and a bundle of cake waiting for you." He backed her up, putting his hand on her shoulder proudly. "She baked 'em non stop until they became perfect. She POURED HER HEART AND SOUL INTO IT! THEY'RE THE BEST YOU COULD EVER TASTE WITH YOUR SWEET TONGUE! RED AND EXQUISITE!"

Teuchi exclaimed with all his heart and Ayame glared at him in embarrassment. "Tou-san! That's no-"

"WHAT?! REALLY?!" Naruto exploded with a radiant grin, holding the bag along with her hand. "OH THANK YOU AYAME-CHAN! YOU'RE THE BEST!" Gazing at his reaction flustered Ayame to the core to which she had never experienced before. Her eyes were shocked, lips wavering, beads sweating, face red stricken and hands shaking. Hearing no response but an unfamiliar reaction. "Ano...Are you alright?"

"Y-you're welcome!" She immediately withdrew her hand and hustled to the back with her head down.

Teuchi smiled at the scenery and waved off to the blank blonde. "Don't mind her. She's just on her period."

Naruto quirked his head to the side drawing a blank face. "Period?"

"TOU-SAN!"

Later That Night

"Hey, have you heard?"

"What? The Ninth Paradigm?"

"I heard the Ninth Paradigm really exists."

"Where?"

"Isn't it obvious? Here, in this Country."

"He's immortal and indestructible, with no relatives or brethren."

"He has no desire to rule, and traverse alone."

"No one can control him."

"He is said to be cruel, nefarious 'being' who defies human reason."

Darkness loomed over the starry skies as the young man marched back home on an empty street. His face was obscure under the hoodie as a couple approached his direction and he could distinctly hear their conversation.

"Hmm...And?" The girl curtly nodded.

"Well...that's it." The man responded unsure of what to say next.

"What? You call that a story? That kind of thing happens here all the time." He agreed as such living under the circumstances became a norm. "Anyway, what do you think of this yukata?"

Naruto passed them just as he bluntly replies. "Hm, not bad."

She whined. "Hey, that's mean! It was really hard to put on-" Naruto heard she fell onto the ground and turned back.

"Are you okay?"

"Ow. Darn it...Oh, my sandal strap broke." The blonde saw the erotic position she was in and the exposure of her fine legs triggered his interest.

"You mean your geta strap."

"What am I gonna do?" Naruto was wide-eyed, scanning every exposed part of her fair skin. A deep desire agonized within him and his mind rushed off to lewd imagination. His eyes turned red with a blink then sped off into a distance. He grip his nose tightly to prevent blood loss as it drips down then ever so calmly, swallowed a huge lump.

He regained his senses and slowly walked off. "Damn. Gimme a break."

As he strolled over to another corner, a gripping sensation of being watched triggered. He alone traverse here every day and night but the unusual atmosphere makes him feel slightly on edge. His skin crawls at every step on every crumbling gravel he took. A paranoid delusion of a pair of eyes, observing and reading his every movement.

'Am i...being followed?' He was sure of it. The feeling would always resurface on every corner on the step of the way. He stopped in his tracks then began pretending to stretch his limbs while scheming the best way to lure out his imaginary stalker.

A moment and so forth, he began jogging lightly hoping whoever has been following him would fall to his devised plan. His final destination is Life and Nature Park. The moment he entered the vicinity, he dashed through the woods and hid within the foliage overlooking a fountain. First off, these trees are special. Discovered and nursed by Tobirama Senju in faraway lands, these trees are living form of organisms that releases light bursts of chakra. Naturally, visitors will experience a deeper connection with nature if they concentrated hard enough and frequent visits from patients will result in significant health improvement.

For Naruto, these trees acts as a natural camouflage for his presence, assuming his stalker would ever show up.

Not a minute later, an unusual girl showed up managing to attract his attention. She had waist-length raven hair and bangs framing her face. Natural fair skin, charcoal eyes, small nose and thin lips. She wore a black shirt and and black pants with bandages on her calves and low heeled ninja sandals. She also wore an open black battle kimono with white trims with long sleeves. What attracted Naruto especially was the sword hidden within its sheath after sensing a ridiculously negative vibe. "Those clothes, is she a shinobi?"

She stood there firmly for an hour and obviously enough, she won't move a single inch. 'It doesn't look like she's gonna give up anytime soon...dammit! I'm gonna miss Dragonball Z! It's gonna be their 9000th episode!' Setting aside his dilemma, Naruto had known the abilities of a sensorer. Moving from the safety of his spot would be like lighting a beacon for Gondor. Out of the corner of his eyes, two guys drunkenly walked and swayed arm to arm into the scenery. They wore formal shady outfits and yelling gibberish nonsense. 'Hey...They looked familiar…"

"I WIIIIFH TO WISARTH HADN'T DEAD!"

"WHAAAAAT?! DOTH YOU KNOW THEY'RTH THE SHAME PERSON?!"

"NOOO WAYYYY! HE WAS GRETH AND THE RIPOFF WAS WHITE!"

"YOUTH GOT ISSUETH!"

They halt their steps after noticing a sexy looking girl standing alone with her back facing them. "WoahohohoHOHOHO! Ryuu-san! Is that your sister?!" He asked shockingly to his scar faced friend.

He quirked his eyebrow and gazed at her disorientedly. "Naaaaah?! Of corth not! She's more pale! White ash the cloud!"

The man grip the back of his friend's head then shoved it front. "Lookth at hwe Aniki! She ALIVE! We must unzombify her!"

Realization came into his eyes and Ryuu exploded in flames with hatred and determination. "YOOSSHH! I WILL CURE HER OF THIS (hiccup) SORCERY!"

His blonde friend stopped him with as equal determination. "NO YOU WONT! WE WILL FIGHT HER AND IT SHALL BE (hiccup) ME! IF IT'S WHOM YOU'VE KNOWN AND LOVE, THE PAIN WILL NEVER (hiccup) SUBSIDE!"

Ryuu cried in tears of joy along with his new found will. "THANK YOU K-SAN! NOW FIGHT BESIDE ME!"

"RIGHT!"

The girl was taken-aback, not just by their idiocracy but by their babbling exclamation. "Are they...stupid?" She sensed their chakra levels increased tenfold and aggressive intentions.

"IMOUTO-CHAAAN! COME TO ME!"

She furrowed her eyebrows sullenly to them, assuming she had to find her target another way around. "You've got the wrong girl, excuse me."

"I WILL CURE YOU!"

In a sudden burst of speed, Ryuu appeared right before her eyes with the blind intention to kill. K restrained her from behind and Ryuu cocked back his fist for a deadly blow. With amazing flexibility, she swept her leg up and dealt an astonishing blow to his ribs sending him flying. K was shocked which loosen his grip giving the girl a chance to blow him away.

She elbowed his neck causing him to stumble back as she exclaimed a technique. "Waka Ikazuchi!/Young Lightning!" She palmed his chest with both hands and a huge spike of lightning shattered. The power sent K flying 30 meters almost to the brink of bliss but he remained conscious.

"No way!" No human could survive that but then he saw a two dotted tattoo on his wrist. "So he's an A-type." Aborted subjects who failed at the second stage of Operation Beta. "And she sent him flying? she must be…!"

Ryuu stumbled back up to his knees and glare intently at her. "Are you a Guardsmen?" She did not reply earning a scornful reaction, waves of chakra exceeded beyond his control.

Naruto observed the ongoing battle with the fullest attention. "He's a D-type! Out of all things?!" A subject that succeeded harbouring an abundant amount of chakra reserves.

She stood confidently at place, analysing the situation. "An A and D type in a shady state under the cloak of night. I guess that's the kind of thing that happens here on Konoha." The black haired man stood back up, fierce and feral, chakra exploding in all wavering directions making the girl to switch into a defensive stance.

"Abnormal chakra levels detected." An integrated voice alarmed through the park's speaker, alerting Konoha's Overwatch system. "All those in the area please evacuate immediately." The park's lighting system turned flashing red and the fountain goes off. "Repeat: Abnormal Chakra Levels detected. All those in the area, please evacuate immediately." By now, most bystanders would probably run a way in a panic...except Naruto.

She recovered from the shockwave and noticed his chakra has manifested into an artificial form, a towering armoured gorilla . "Huh?...He's using a Familiar at a place like this?"

Ryuu stood firm with a flush on his cheeks. "Tears won't save you now, Imouto."

"I don't need to be saved." She responded sternly and unsheathed her weapon. Naruto could feel his heart clenched upon its naked appearance. The black blade is longer and a bit curvier than the average katana. It stains and reeks of death and evil, leaking all of its hatred and venomous spite. "Murasame!"

"Heh?" He spoke in a smug tone. "What do you think you can do with a pointy little stick like that?" She looked unfazed unnerving him to unleash his attack. "Gorrira!" The gorilla leaped to the sky and dive down like a bomb.

Her eyes narrowed the raging beast, her sword engulfed in a murderous vibe. "Insutanto." She grip with both hands and leap up towards the gorilla leaving a cracking shockwave. Before they ever knew it, the gorilla dissipate receding back to its host's body.

Ryuu was in quite a shock. "No way, she took out my Familiar in one blow!" With her at the sky, she conclude she must respond with equal aggression. She swayed her body and literally kick the air, diving down like a missile with her sword. Within proximity, she shout a battle cry, slicing the wind towards Ryuu.

Out of a sudden, her slicing momentum was broken downwards by a blonde male using only his bare fist. "Naruto Uzumaki!" She exclaimed out of dazed then gained a fair distance. Naruto twitch a bit from the pain and look over his shoulder to the really confused man.

"Hoi! Are you sober yet?"

He came out of the dazed then looked around from his opponent. "Where is-sh-N-Naruto-sama?! Young Master?!" He came into realization and berate himself to make sure it was really him.

"I know. Right Now, take your buddy and get out of here." Naruto waver his wrist to make sure it wasn't broken. "And let this be lesson to never hit on insane girls while drunk ever again. That goes double for using Familiars in the middle of town."

Ryuu went into his hands and knees. "R-Right! Young Master! Forgive my rash behavior!" He straight away went for his down comrade then escaped the scene.

When they are finally alone, Naruto gazed her with questionable motives. "And you...I don't know what was that all about, but you went way too far."

"Why did you interfere?" She questioned.

"Interfere? Any normal person who saw a fight break out in front of them would want to stop it." The blonde said in a casual tone yet with a serious purpose.

She quirked her eyebrow. "Normal? No 'Normal' person could have ever stopped Murasame with their bare hands." She replied undoubtedly, noticing blood sipping off his left hand.

Naruto sighed. "You're missing the point."

She sheathed her katana, knowing he has no intention to cause harm to her. "Plus, he used a chakra in a public area, and even brought forth a Familiar. These are clear violations to the sacred law. Not even he could complain if he were killed." She implied seriously to the incident.

"That as may be, but weren't you the one who struck first?" Naruto stated witnessing the whole event while it was understandable.

She was taken-aback. "What? No, I…" Realization came into her then she tried to hide her embarrassment behind her bangs.

"See? I don't know who you are, but trying to kill someone just because he's dead drunk and touched you is way out of line. You should know better that a human intoxicated by alcohol has a strength equivalent to a 4 year old! Plus, running around with a weapon isn-"

"Your cut." She interrupted his scolding noticing marks slowly trailing up his hand.

"...?!" Naruto held up his arm but couldn't twitch his hand a single inch. He panicked. Eyes dread in absolute horror. "Oh my god! This feeling again!" He ran around like a chicken without its head. "SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSTHIT!" The girl wanted to come forth to aid but he suddenly stopped running and looked at her with a horrible petrified face. "QUICK! GIVE ME YOUR KUNAI!"

She promptly tossed a kunai and he did the unimaginable. Kunai are made for stabbing, not a clean slice. She was bewildered when he began stabbing his wrist violently, not wanting to stop until his survivability was certain. Blood rain down the pavement, staining his clothing in red. "GETOFF!GETOFF!GETOFF!" He continued to brutally inflict self amputation without concern. Bones cracking and veins throbbing. He screamed at the top of his lungs until the hand was detached, flopped to the ground.

Naruto breathed heavily, staring at his hand, beads sweating down his face. He laughed nervously picking up his own dismembered limb, paying no attention whatsoever at the fountain of blood pooling at his feet. "Hehehe...Iruka-sensei was right. Dreams are meant to prepare for the worst." His vision became unbalanced, body swaying and wobbling, and there he goes toppling onto his own pool of blood.

She watched, her expression was the same as his, frozen and terrorized. "Uzumaki Naruto!"

Chapter End!

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