Chapter 1 Wounds That Cut Deep
Naruto was smiling as him and his perverted master walked up the road toward the village gates as the sun was just falling below the horizon
"Alright finally coming home I can't wait." Naruto said with excitement
"Geez it's like you've never been away from the leaf for an extended period of time." Jiraiya chuckles
"Hey we have been gone a year and a half. That is the longest I've ever been away from the village." Naruto said
"Yeah but we were supposed to be gone for three years." Jiraiya replied
"And we would have been if I hadn't dragged you away from those whore houses and hot springs." Naruto replied
"Hey that was essential intelligence gathering." Jiraiya defended
"For your books but not our mission of finding out about the Akatsuki." Naruto said
"So because of you my newest book will be delayed." Jiraiya said
"But my training was quickened and we got the intel we needed in half the time. Now you can work on those dirty books of yours all you want." Naruto replied as Jiraiya got a perverted grin on his face. "and you'll have more time with Baa-chan." He teased
"What you talking about?" Jiraiya asked defensively
"Oh don't give me that shit I know you like her I heard you saying her name in your sleep when we shared rooms." Naruto replied "and it wasn't in the perverted way either it was in a caring way."
"Oh fine you caught me on that, what of it besides don't you have the same problem with that pink haired girl." Jiraiya shot back as Naruto's head dropped in shame "like I thought."
"Alright fine you got me there." Naruto replied
"So it's true what they say about a student and master being similar." Jiraiya said with a grin
"Maybe a little." Naruto sighed
"And maybe more than you think" Jiraiya chuckled
"No I'm not a pervert." Naruto shot back knowing that is what he was implying
"Oh really then that super extra perverted Jutsu isn't your creation then?" Jiraiya asked getting Naruto to slump in defeat.
"You know I really hate you sometimes." Naruto sighed getting Jiraiya to laugh as they entered the gate "You just know how to suck the good mood right out of me."
"It's something I take pride in." Jiraiya said as he looked at the two front desk clerks.
"Ah Jiraiya sama, Naruto wasn't expecting you for another year or so." Kotetsu said with a smile
"Yeah I bet a little pink kunoichi will be happy to have her teammate back." Izumo said teasingly getting Naruto's excitement back
"Seriously guys I finally got him to calm down." Jiraiya sighed
"Hey can you keep it on the down low I'm back I want it to be a surprise." Naruto asked
"As long as you report directly to the Hokage I guess we can keep you guys off the books." Izumo replied.
"Thanks guys." Naruto said with a smile
Naruto and Jiraiya made their way to the Hokage's office where she was pouring herself a drink. Naruto and Jiraiya merely slipped in through the window.
"Damn't who do you think you are coming in through the…" Tsunade began but then looked to see the two people she wasn't expecting. "Jiraiya, Naruto what you two doing here?"
"Well seems the kid is a fast learner when it comes to training." Jiraiya said "I've taught him just about everything I could without getting into the really high end stuff." Jiraiya said
"Yep can even do the Rasengan one handed now." Naruto said proud of himself
"Is that all you taught him?" Tsunade said looking at Jiraiya disappointed
"What no, that is just the thing he is most proud of getting it down to one hand and his new variations of the jutsu, I taught him plenty." Jiraiya said defensively
"Yeah he taught me his inv…" Naruto began but had his mouth covered really quickly by Jiraiya
"Hey you want her to kill the both of us that is not a jutsu you go bragging about." Jiraiya said as Naruto got a look of realization on his face at what the old perv used it for and knew Tsunade would jump to conclusion and assume he used it for that as well and kill the both of them.
"What was that?" Tsunade questioned
"Oh he just taught me a lot on evasive maneuvers like how to tail someone and how to lose a tail more easily. You know the whole espionage thing." Naruto covered
"Then why did you try to stop him from saying that?" Tsunade asked
"Well I was supposed to be teaching him fighting techniques not spy craft didn't want you blowing up on me for going off subject." Jiraiya covered
"Honestly I am just happy you didn't turn him into a pervert." Tsunade said
"No still working on that." Jiraiya said with a grin giving Tsunade a tick mark above her eye.
"Well is there anything you need Baa-chan I was hoping to get some ramen and surprise Sakura chan before it got too late." Naruto said
"Well I guess we can test you tomorrow to see how you've progressed." Tsunade replied
"Thanks." Naruto said with a smile and headed out the door
"Alright so what about the seal is it holding?" Tsunade asked the white haired Sanin who just sighed and looked back at her.
Naruto walked down the street with a grin on his face heading toward his favorite ramen stand when he passed by the window of the barbecue shop and saw a pink haired kunoichi.
'Ah I can go to Ichiraku any time I'll show up and surprise Sakura here and now.' Naruto thought as he grinned to himself and entered the shop and spotted Sakura along with Ino and he started to head over to their table. As he drew nearer to them he began to hear their conversation.
"So how's the dating scene going?" came Ino's voice getting Naruto to stop and remember something Jiraiya had once told him.
"Always gather as much information on a target before you make a move, whether it be in battle or love. Know who or what you're dealing with before you decide to attack or fall back and reassess the situation" came the old perverts voice as he slide into a booth close enough to hear but still far enough away he wasn't easily seen.
"You know Sasuke-kun is the only one for me." Sakura shot back at her friend this gave Naruto a mixed feeling of joy and sadness knowing she wasn't seeing anyone but also her feeling toward the teme hadn't changed.
"Yeah but since he isn't here doesn't mean you can't play the field a bit to find out what else is out there. Just cause I want Sasuke as well doesn't mean I won't see what else I could have maybe there is someone better out there I just haven't meet yet." Ino replied
"Well you keep looking I'll stick with Sasuke-kun." Sakura said
"Well you're no fun just play along a little." Ino said "how about Kiba?"
"No the smell of dog is just too much." Sakura replied holding her nose "and don't even say Shino I really hate bugs."
"Then Shikamaru?" Ino asked
"To lazy." Sakura replied
"Choji." Ino asked
"Eats to much I ain't good at cooking as it is." Sakura replied
'Geez why are girls so cruel like this?' Naruto asks himself 'at least us guys say it to each other's faces have a good fight and best friends again the next day.'
"Mhmh oh I know." Ino said with a grin "what about Naruto?" at this Naruto stated to listen real hard
"What no way never." Sakura said with a blush
"Oh I see a blush there you do like him don't you?" Ino said
"What no." Sakura said gaining control of herself again
"What why not? He maybe a knuckle head but even though he wasn't all that pretty on the eyes he was still young I can't wait to see what he is like when he comes back from his training trip." Ino says licking her lips
"There is something I never told anyone before about Naruto." Sakura said as her head dropped a bit getting both Ino and Naruto to listen in. "my parents never liked the fact I was on his team."
"What? Why is that?" Ino asked
"They said he was a monster." Sakura said getting Naruto's eyes got a look of pain knowing what she was talking about.
"What why would they say that?" Ino asked
"I don't know but of course I didn't listen because if I asked to be switched I would be taken away from Sasuke-kun, and I hadn't seen anything thing to warrant that fear." Sakura said getting Naruto to let out a small breath
"Until the land of waves mission." Sakura said
"What happened then?" Ino asked
"In the report I said I didn't see what happened in the ice mirrors that Haku formed but that was a lie." Sakura said getting Naruto's fear to grow "I felt a wave of what I can only describe as pure evil resonate from it, to this day I will never forget it struck fear to my very core. Then I saw Naruto covered in that orange chakra we saw him in when he fought Neji in the chunin exams." She explained
"Did he hurt you or Sasuke?" Ino asked
"No he only beat the hell out of Haku but even to this day I have had a slight fear of him, I don't know maybe he is just a monster like my parents told me." Sakura said at this Naruto nearly ran out of the restaurant without the two kunoichi noticing.
Just then Sakura felt a slap across her face and she looked up and saw Ino staring at her hard with anger. "How dare you talk about your teammate like that." Ino almost yelled
"What?" Sakura said
"Has he done anything to you for you to call him that?" Ino asked "Because all I have ever seen him do for you is care for you no matter how badly you treated him."
"Ino?" Sakura stuttered
"Sorry I just get upset when people are mean to others or call them something that they don't really deserve." Ino sighed
"This coming from the gossip queen?" Sakura said
"I just pass along what I've heard not my own opinions." Ino said "and I may rip on my friends a bit but never call them a monster, especially when they haven't done anything to warrant it." Ino said
"Right sorry it's just that's something I have never gotten out of my mind about him." Sakura said
"Well if you aren't gonna date him when he gets back mind if I do?" Ino asked teasingly trying to lighten the mode.
Naruto didn't know how far he had run but when he stopped he found himself in team sevens old training field.
"Why why would she think that about me." Naruto asked himself as tears poured down his face
"She fears you." Came a voice
"What who's there?" Naruto called out
"She is just like the rest of the village she fears your power." The voice came again
"No she just doesn't understand." Naruto replied
"What doesn't she understand that you have a demon sealed inside you that could destroy the entire village?" the voice asked
"Yeah if I just explain it to her she won't be afraid anymore." Naruto said getting a slight bit of happiness
"Or she will reject you completely, like the rest of the village." The voice said again
"No she won't do that." Naruto argued
"Oh really she already thinks of you as a monster, demon isn't too far away from that." The voice came back, as Naruto heard this he began to realize the voice was right and orange chakra began to seep out of him forming the one tailed fox cloak.
"Wait that's you isn't it fox." Naruto said with realization
"So what if it is, doesn't make it any less true. If she finds out the truth she will hate and fear you just like everyone else." Kyuubi said
"No she won't sh…" Naruto began
"What, cares for you? You heard her with your own ears she is scared of you and will never care for you like you do for her. I'm just trying to keep you from getting hurt even more." Kyuubi said
"No your just trying to get out again." Naruto said
"Maybe but doesn't make what I said a lie." Kyuubi repeated as a second tail began to form and an image of Sakura appeared in Naruto's head of her seeing him like this.
"Oh my god you are a monster like my parents said I should of listened to them." The image said as fear went through her eyes.
"No Sakura please let me explain." Naruto began as he reached for her and a third tail formed
"No get away from me." She cried as a fourth tail emerged and his skin began to peel away
"Please Sakura don't leave me please." Naruto begged as he grabbed her hand
"No leave me alone someone help the demon has me help the demon is here." She cried as a fifth tail emerged, and Sakura's image faded and Naruto was left alone again in the five tailed state and going further.
"Yes give into the despair and the loneliness let me out." The Kyuubi yelled as all of a sudden chains ripped out of Naruto's body and anchored him to the ground. "What no impossible." The Kyuubi screamed as the demonic energy was drained from Naruto's body and he reverted to normal and slumped to the ground on his knees, however his hair changed from bright blond to blood red fading to blond tips
"Damn't Kyuubi how dare you try to use Sakura against me like that." Naruto said
"But you know I'm right. She is your weakness especially now." Kyuubi said
He knew the fox was right. She always was his weakness and too get such an emotional reaction that almost released the Kyuubi on the village again, he knew he had to do something about it. Just then a squad of masked ANBU along with Tsunade and Jiraiya landed in the field to find Naruto chained to the ground.
Naruto looked around at all the ANBU, and something hit him.
FLASHBACK
"Alright who can tell me what the ANBU are." Iruka asked his class
"The best ninja in the village under the direct control of the Hokage." Sakura said excitedly trying to impress Sasuke with her knowledge.
"Yes but why are they the best?" Iruka asked
"Because they have full control over themselves mind, body, and emotions. They control it all not showing any weakness in any aspect." Sasuke said flatly.
"Yes they have control over all these and even the hardest one emotion. If you can control that you can control the other two easily." Iruka said
END FLASHBACK
At remembering that and looking at the ANBU he knew what he had to do.
"Who chained him up like this?" Tsunade demanded
"No one Lady Hokage." Came one of the ANBU "he was like this when we got here."
"What?" Tsunade asked
"Their right this is the Uzumaki kekkei genkai" Jiraiya said while inspecting the chain getting both Naruto and Tsunade's attention
"What I didn't know the Uzumaki had a kekkei genkai?" Tsunade said
"It is very rare and mostly only the women get it, only been a few documented cases of a male getting it. It is chains as you see that are very useful in sealing it seems they have drained him of the demonic chakra that we had felt." Jiraiya said as he walked up to Naruto "try retracting them back into your body?"
Naruto felt the chains in his body and focused on pulling them into himself and they began to retract into him. Once they were retracted he stood up and walked over to Tsunade.
"Baa-chan I formally request to be put into the ANBU." Naruto said looking up at her with now demonic slit red eyes and complete seriousness and resolve that she could tell meant he wasn't going to take no for an answer.
END CHAPTER 1
A/N alright my new story I will still be doing my other stories but wanted to get this out there to get some insight about it. So please Review.