A/N: I know what you're all thinking, "but I thought Hideyori died!" I didn't die; I was just misplaced for awhile… a long while… Anyway for anyone who is still waiting on this story well I hope the wait was worth it, but before we dive right in there are a few things you need to know…
First although I borrowed some elements from Warhammer I'm not going to consider this a crossover… reason? Cause I only borrowed the Dark Gods of Chaos from it and after a brief rundown of who they are you'll never really need to know anything more about Warhammer or Warhammer 40K universe.
So here's a brief rundown (thank you for making this summary easy):
Khorne, God of Warfare, Violence, and murder (hates Slaanesh cause he thinks Slaanesh is a pansy)
Nurgle, God of Disease and Decay (hates Tzeentch due to the fact he likes to keep thinks the way they are rather than changing everything all the time)
Tzeentch, God of Change and Socery (hates Nurgle back)
Slaanesh, God of Pleasure and Pain (also hates Khorne cause he's a "barbarian") I'm also certain he/she created "weird shit you find on the internet"
Finally, I bumped Naruto and company's age to 15, not sure why I did it other than personal preference to have an older main character. There you're up to speed. Enjoy the chapter, Happy Halloween!
-Hideyori
Flames licked the evening sky as the outpost burned to the ground. The shinobi guarding the outpost were screaming bloody murder as they died. The ANBU with an Inu mask cursed under his breath, this was supposed to be a simple retrieval mission. Get in, grab a scroll that contained a map of Kumo's major forts, and get the hell outta there. But when one of his ANBU tripped an alarm and alerted the base to their presence, they had to call in their backup. The only problem was it was none other then Konoha's berserker, murderer of hundreds. The ANBU shivered as he could hear his laughter echoing through the night as he ruthlessly slaughtered everyone there. Something was not right with that boy. Yes, the most bloodthirsty shinobi in Konoha's ranks was not even old enough to drink yet. Inu sighed and ran a hand through his sliver hair as the screams were starting to die down and an insane laughter floated through the midnight breeze. That could only mean one thing… that the berserker had finished his slaughter.
"Alright team" Inu spoke up "let's go pick him up."
The ANBU team landed behind a young man of 15 who was wearing a crimson trenchcoat with golden trimming with the sleeves long since torn off. He wore black ANBU pants that were tucked into his black combat boots. He was on one knee and leaning on his sheathed katana for support. His golden blonde hair that was normally spiky was matted down due to the excessive blood that covered him head to toe, though that was not what disturbed them. It was the fact that the boy was kneeling in front of a mound of severed heads. Each head had a look of pure horror on their faces, Inu unconsciously shivered at the thought of what they faced in their last moments on earth. The berserker always did this after a battle; he stated that it pleased his dark god and his inner demon. No matter how many times Inu saw it, it still freaked him out. One thing he was certain of, that facing Konoha's berserker in battle was nothing short of suicide. As he approached he could hear the boy muttering to himself. Everyone in ANBU knew better then to disturb the boy now as he prayed to his god. The rookie who tripped the alarm apparently missed the memo. "Come on demon, we are moving out." The ANBU with a lizard mask said with a sneer. The boy did not move and continued to pray as if the man had said nothing. This infuriated Lizard as he moved towards the boy. Inu tried to stop him but it was too late. Lizard grabbed the boy roughly "Didn't you hear me I SAID MOV-" the man was cut off as the berserker grabbed the man by the shoulders and sunk his fangs into his throat, faster then anyone could react he ripped his mouth away taking Lizard's jugular artery with him. A new coat of blood covered the lad as Lizard gargled on his blood and fell to the floor dead.
"Naruto that was not completely necessary, a simple ok…or whatever would have made him happy…" Inu said calmly, but on the inside he was furious 'why hasn't the Hokage put this demon to death yet! whenever we go on a mission at least one of my men are killed by him…'
Naruto spit out the man's throat that he was chewing on "No one… not even the Hokage, interrupts my prayers after a battle."
Inu internally scoffed 'it takes two sides to have a battle… not one side just butchering the other…' Inu was going to tell him that but knew better then to test Naruto's temper. The boy took the meaning of bloodthirsty to an entire new level and after a battle he used his 'prayers' as a way to clam down so he would stop killing everything that even breathed funny.
"Nonetheless it's easier on me when I don't have to fill out reports stating that you have killed more of us then the enemy did."
Naruto growled as his eyes glowed with the unholy fury of the demon trapped inside and he drew his sword "Then make a harder effort to keep them in check Kakashi, or it will be YOUR head I take next time."
Kakashi cringed as he knew that once Naruto started talking in that demonic tone bloodshed was soon to follow. He had to quickly diffuse the situation or he was going home in a body bag. He put his hands up in a placating manner "Alright, alright… lets just head back, we finished the mission and if you're done with your post-battle… prayer… we will head back to the village."
Naruto just snarled and sheathed his sword and walked past Kakashi. As he passed, Kakashi let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in. 'That was a close one, I don't know how the Hokage controls him. Rumor has it he has some sort of artifact from the Kyuubi attack that he's just holding over his head making the demon behave… somewhat' Kakashi nodded to his teammates and they took off back to the village.
Naruto was in an extremely good mood. The ANBU didn't know it but Naruto had found something very interesting in one of the scrolls in Kumo's outpost. 'Could a cult of Khorne be in the Land of Waves? They have to be, the Land of Waves has the highest murder rate in all the Elemental Countries. We finally found a lead after a year of searching, are you pleased Kyuubi-sama?'
'Yes my minion you have done well… once we find a cult you can be anointed and become a true Champion of Khorne, all that is left for you to do is get my axe from that blasted old man who rules that pathetic village. Then we can begin our dark crusade of the Elemental Countries.'
'Yes Kyuubi-sama, it will be done even if I have to pry the axe from his cold dead fingers.'
'Patience my minion, we have things we must do before you can claim the title of Champion, I want to be sure you can kill Tzeentch's Champion who is our biggest obstacle in the conquering of this planet. If we defeat him and claim this planet to the glory of the Blood God we will become one step closer to demonhood, which will let us merge. Right now that foolish mortal known as Hokage is providing us with a base of operations and his enemies for us to sacrifice so that we may gain favor from Khorne. For now we will bide our time. Now go, I need my rest.'
'As you wish…Blood for the Blood God.'
'Skulls for the Skull Throne.'
The rest of the trip was spent in relative silence, Naruto up front and the ANBU team in the rear. Since Naruto started going on ANBU missions he was always in the front. He supposed it was because no one trusted him enough to turn their backs on him and they all hated him, but that was okay with him. Even when the Hokage took him out of his apartment and placed him in that hospital, he was fine with it. Because when everyone else hated him, when everyone else had turned their backs on him… Kyuubi-sama was there to listen to him and give him strength when he was at his weakest. Khorne was there with a purpose for him to pledge his life to. He served Khorne and Kyuubi-sama until he was no longer useful to them, he didn't need anyone else.
When they finally arrived at the village the ANBU team made the typical box formation around Naruto. Normally this formation was used to protect the one they were forming the box around, but it was quite the opposite. The team wasn't protecting Naruto from the villagers… they were protecting the villagers from Naruto. Naruto grinned as he walked through the streets. It made his day to watch the villagers cower in fear and move as quickly as possible from his path. To think he used to be afraid of them, but that was before he found Kyuubi and with it, found purpose. Even after he found out about the Kyuubi the sneers and beatings continued. It wasn't until Naruto's third ANBU mission that they finally realized that insulting and beating on a "demon" was not a very bright idea…
Flashback
Naruto was finally arriving after his third ANBU mission and was not in a very good mood. They had to capture the target! He had to fight the man only to subdue him and not kill him?! He was so close to beheading him too, then that damn Kakashi stepped in and stopped him! But not before Naruto landed a vicious left hook to Kakashi's jaw, Naruto smirked at the thought, Kakashi was gonna be feeling that one in the morning.
He continued his silently fuming all the way to the ANBU's mental institution, were he lived along with all those who are mentally unstable and too dangerous to be allowed to stay at a normal mental hospital. He was so caught up in his internal rage he did not notice a villager who was sweeping, stick her broom out just far enough to trip him. He fell to the floor and snarled at the woman.
The woman just grinned wickedly at her victory "Stupid demon"
That did it, before the woman could even register what happened she was lifted off the ground by her throat and a katana was positioned between her eyes. "Apologize now…" Naruto growled out he was in no mood for the fucking villagers' games right now.
The woman looked just about ready to piss herself when she locked eyes with Naruto, his eyes glowing red with demonic energy. Of course this little scene drew a crowd. Listening to the crowd screaming for someone to save the woman from the clutches of the demon and to slay the demon did two things. It gave the woman a swell of courage and it pissed Naruto off to no end.
Naruto growled low and his eyes shone with the unholy energies that were held within him. "I said apologize!"
The woman's response was to spit on Naruto. The crowd burst into cheers at that then they grew horrified. Naruto's killer intent was beginning to break out. He knew that Khorne did not like his minions to kill the weak and defenseless as weak blood tended to taste awful, but also knew that Khorne believed that his warriors were to be respected and/or feared. And right now… one of his warriors was just disrespected for the last time. Khorne would forgive him this one time…
Faster than anyone could react, the woman was split in two right down the middle, even some Chunin, who showed up to watch and hopefully help in the demon's beating, watched helplessly as she died.
It took only seconds for the Chunin to jump at Naruto to kill him for what he had done. They stood no chance as Naruto viciously cut them in half at the waist.
The rest of the villagers stood glued to their spots. They could not believe what was happening, the demon never fought back, they were brought from their thoughts when Naruto spiked his killing intent again.
"Kneel to your better worms!" Naruto spoke with his demonic tone. The villagers suddenly dropped to their knees. Whether it was a conscious decision or not, Naruto could care less, as their fear was as intoxicating as a drug. That was the scene that the ANBU and the Hokage responding to Naruto's killing intent came upon.
From that day on Naruto got an ANBU escort whenever he was outside his cell, and he always chooses to walk rather then jump rooftop to rooftop because he enjoyed the immense fear the villagers displayed in his presence. They made it to the Hokage Tower with little incident, though Naruto was amused when the Hokage's secretary dove for cover like an explosive tag was about to go off when he just made eye contact with her. The Hokage was doing paperwork as usual when they entered.
"Mission accomplished Hokage-sama! We have retrieved the scrolls from Kumo's outpost as ordered. " Kakashi barked as he stood at attention. Naruto just lazily rolled his eyes. 'You mean I got them for you after you screwed the pooch' but Naruto got his fill of bloodshed so he would keep his comments to himself… for now.
The aged Hokage only looked up from the paper he was reading over "All went according to plan?" Kakashi knew it really meant "Did Naruto kill everyone? Or did you actually do your job right for once." Kakashi only let out a sigh.
"We ran into trouble, Lizard tripped an alarm and we had to fall back while our reinforcement dealt with the problem." Kakashi said the word reinforcement with as much venom as possible.
"Is Lizard okay? He's not with you."
"He made it out of the outpost alive but an incident occurred while we regrouped." The Hokage translated as "Naruto killed him because Lizard pissed him off for whatever reason"
The Hokage leaned back in his chair and sighed "Very well I expect your report in the morning… Naruto you stay the rest of you are dismissed…" Kakashi and the rest of the squad breathed a collective sigh of relief knowing that since they were dismissed they didn't have to escort Naruto "home." They filed out one by one to go to the nearest bar as was their custom whenever anyone in ANBU was assigned a mission with Naruto. They really hated going on missions with him but the pride of the ANBU corps (who prided themselves on taking the most dangerous of missions on for the glory of their village) kept them coming back time after time, that and the rather large paycheck they got.
When the door finally shut the aged leader turned his attention to Naruto, who was still covered in blood… and reeking of it "You know it wouldn't have killed you to shower beforehand." The Hokage mentioned offhandedly.
"No, but I think it would have killed some of your ANBU." He shot back. It's not that he didn't love blood covering him from head to toe, he really did; it was just that the institution was on the opposite side of town which meant two extra, and unnecessary, trips. If there was one thing that Naruto hated more than Konoha, it was wasting his time.
Sarutobi sighed yet another failed attempt to break through to the boy. Not that it would discourage the God of Shinobi; he refused to see the boy he once considered his grandson turn into a mindless butcher. While he wanted to curse the villagers he knew that he was just as much to blame as the rest of them. To put it simply, it hurt too much to look at the young man. That teenager that seemed to be a symbol that reminded him of every mistake he had made. So he tried to pawn him off on everyone, anyone, who would look after him so he wouldn't have to. The only thing he had to show for it was a long list of failures, failures that Naruto usually paid the price for. Finally the boy had enough, one day he began to react to violence with even greater violence. As much as it pained him he had to be removed from society. It only got worse from there.
"You really need to stop killing your teammates Naruto." Sarutobi paused to light his pipe "A good ninja protects those that are precious to them."
Naruto sneered "First off none of those ANBU you send me with could be considered 'teammates,' that would insinuate cooperation. Secondly I'm not a ninja, if you recall correctly I was pulled out of the academy they same day it was determined it would be in 'my' best interest that I spend my days in a mental hospital."
"I thought you liked the hospital?"
"Oh, I do, but it's the fact that they tell me it's in 'my' best interest when it's really in everyone else's." He replied.
"Well I think I can remedy that for you" Sarutobi pulled out the paper he was reading over and handed it over to the berserker. Naruto's eyes widened at what he was reading.
"You've got to be shitting me!"
A/N: Still not sure on a pairing yet, if I'm even going to do one… If I am I'm pretty sure I'm already set on it. I'm going to try and set a deadline of a chapter a month, but in full disclosure I tend to be a perfectionist so if I feel it's not ready… I won't release it… but I'd rather miss a deadline then release a chapter that's full of misspellings (the horror) or just bad writing.
-Hideyori
