DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto
I know… I know… I know… Another story and I'm still struggling with the first four. I'm kind on stumped on what should happen next in FEAR .. so I'm taking a few days (probably 2-3) to work on some ideas for. In the means time… I'm working on this new one… I don't know if I'll continue it. Kind of depends if I can handle five of them. You're welcome to comment though… No flaming please.
-TK
WARNING: YAOI (SasuNaru and perhaps others), gay bars set in surrounding villages of Konoha, assassins, thieves, artists, musicians and all that fun stuff… A little morbid. And everyone is out of characters… well a little bit. Don't like don't read.
Info:
1. Sasuke never got the curse mark, Orochimaru doesn't exist
BURN
Things that have come to pass
(Prologue)
It had been two years since Naruto and Jiraiya had left Konoha and his two teammates Sakura and Sasuke behind. They had left to go train. Naruto had only been fourteen.
Jiraiya seemed to stoop over as if the years had finally caught up to the pervert. He stood before the Hokage's desk looking utterly lost, as if something had destroyed this man's life.
Dressed in dirty clothing, bearing wounds and carrying a bottle of Sake, he walked the streets of Konoha until he had been found by the ANBU. They had brought him directly Tsunade, who had immediately jumped on Jiraiya asking where his blond shadow was…
At first Jiraiya refused to answer and a sad look crossed his face. Fearing the worst, Tsunade had lunged over her desk and grabbed Jiraiya about the neck, demanding an answer. Finally he said "he's alive."
Tsunade lifted her eye brow at him and asked "Then why isn't he here with you?"
Slowly Jiraiya looked up at Tsunade with tired eyes of bottomless sadness "The boy can't learn any more from me… in fact there is nothing left humans can teach him."
"What do you mean by that?" Tsunade asked puzzled by Jiraiya's words. A dark look crossed Jiraiya's face and he cast his eyes downwards before sighing.
"You'll see eventually."
Tsunade sat down a closed her eyes rubbing her temples. "And what do you mean by eventually?" She asked, when she heard no answer she glanced up to find Jiraiya gone.
She yelled to the two ANBU guards, who waited patiently outside her door. "Did you see that fucking pervert go through here!"
"No Hokage-sama." One ANBU answered.
"Find him. Form as many teams as you can. Even wake the geninn, I want Jiraiya to be found immediately. And then prepare four cells of Churninn and Jurninn and search for one UZUMAKI NARUTO!"
"Hai" they answered and with a flicker they were gone, leaving Tsunade alone in cold office.
"Damn it, Jiraiya! I trusted his well being to you… if he so much as has a scratch on him. I will kill you!" She yelled to no one. Her voice echoed and she shook with anger. Damn it!
Two weeks later, Jiraiya and Naruto had still not be found and the councilor ordered Tsunade to stop the search. They needed their ninjas at home.
Three months proceeding this:
Naruto was breathing hard. Sweaty, burnt and filthy, but overall happy. He's been practicing the fire ball jitsu that Sasuke used all the time. It should have been impossible for him to perform, being that his element was wind. But amazingly he had managed to pass this barrier and produce fire.
Jiraiya had left two weeks earlier, when Naruto was still mastering Chidori. Naruto second element was electricity. Naruto had made a bet with Jiraiya that he'd master Chidori by the time Jiraiya came back. If he didn't Naruto would help the pervert with his 'research' , but if he did his sensei promised that he would treat him to ramen.
It had taken Naruto three days to master Chidori and by the fifth day he became bored. The cabin in which he waited for Jiraiya to return, actually belonged to the pervert.
Being that the owner was gone and Naruto had taken the opportunity to search it.
He had found a scroll of various fire techniques and from pure curiosity Naruto had tried one out, only to be completely dumb founded when he produced a small flame. Picturing Sasuke's face if he saw Naruto produced a fire ball jitsu, Naruto had promptly began to study the scroll.
By the ninth day, Naruto was now able to produce innumerable fire balls within minutes. He smiled smugly to himself.
So here he was, after practicing these new found capabilities, breathing hard, when suddenly he felt himself loose control over his body and fall to the ground. He closed his eyes as his body began to spasm. It hurt. It was getting bad.
Eventually he couldn't help screaming out in pain, pleading for it to end or someone to stop it, but no one came and it did not stop.
Inside him the fox was dealing with a similar predicament. His chakra and conscious was suddenly torn away. He felt as if he was being wrenched apart. Kyuubi struggled to stay conscious, but then the collision happened. Blue Chakra met Red chakra and the began to melt together, pulling Kyuubi into the mix.
Naruto felt the pull and knew of the collision, but he refused to give in. He struggled with all his might. Forcing himself to stay conscious, though the pain was driving him insane. Images of Sasuke flew through his mind. 'Scardy cat, dead last, dobe, idiot-' became a mantra and he screamed "No I won't loose to Sasuke-teme!" Naruto continued to struggle to stay conscious.
Kyuubi's consciousness faded away as he felt the chakra begin to absorb him. So this is it… this how I'm going to die? Kyuubi thought. He blacked out.
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It seemed as if all eternity had passed. When Kyuubi came to, he felt a sensation he had not felt for a long time, a cool breeze. Gazing about he found himself free of his cage. He was free? Finally free!
But what did that make the Kit? He hated this, but sometime, while imprisoned in the boy he had come to care for the stubborn blond. Though he gave him a hard time, he cherished the times when the boy's conscious actually faced him.
Kyuubi sat up and was suddenly shocked… he was a human. Well at least he was in human form. Wasn't he?
He felt for his chakra and let out a gasp as he realized that his demonic red chakra had become a light human blue… what had he become?
Kyuubi glanced about him and found the blond boy, laying on the ground, his body controlled by spasms, his stomach was bloody, but not dying. Thank god!
Kyuubi stood on shaking legs and made himself stagger over to the boy. He knelt next to Naruto and felt for his pulse. It was erratic, but he wasn't bleeding. In fact when Kyuubi probed his stomach though the drying blood, he found it smooth and whole. If he, Kyuubi was human what was Naruto? God… he hoped that Naruto had taken his demon form… it would cause him so much pain.
Gently Kyuubi felt for Naruto chakra and when finding it his jaw dropped.
Naruto had three distinctive chakras, one human blue, one demon red and one… err… hybrid purple. He was now neither human or demon. He was something else all together.
Kyuubi made a decision, he would later realize he had made long ago… he would stay with this boy named Naruto, teach him, learn from him and protect him. It was only right. He and his past deeds had caused the boy so much pain.
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I'm writing chapter 1 right now… so it's likely I'll post it tonight.
-TK