A Ghoul Among Shinobi
Chapter 1
A chorus of anguished screams echoed through the hallways of a lone bulding deep in konoha's rarely mentioned underground. The source of the screams was not easily found as one would know where they where emanating from and how to reach their destination in one of the many hallways in this undergaround labryinth. But if say one could retrace the sounds to their source they would find themselves in a sparringly lit hallway with a lone steel door. If one were to approach said door they would be greeted with the almost overwhelming stench of iron. And if by chance one would ignore the horrific smell and push forward the would enter a room with nothing but a small figure sitting in a steel chair.
Upon closer inspection one would see that a figure who was surronded by a pool of blood that extended outward 20 ft. appeared to be a small child with dull blonde almost gray hair. The child who had an abnormal amount of tears pouring down the left side of his face, was apparently unaware of anything but what he was mumbling under his breath. If one were to examine the child's physical state one phrase would wring true within their head..."ruined beyond repair". And this statement would be quite accurate for it looked as if the child had been through a meat grinder.
From the scalp down the first injuries were a long string of lumps and gashes that lined the boys skull. Next would be the fact that the boys had only a half of a ear left( The left being sliced completely off and the right being cut enough to leave only the ear drum and ear lobe). After that would be the way his right eye had been completley gouged out. This also explain the one sided crying. And last but not least there was the way that the child's tormentors had taken a sharp object and had somehow slipped it into the boys mouth and had started from the lips and had carved a large demented smile on both sides of the childs face.
And then from the neck down the injuries were just as expensive. Starting from the chest down one would notice metal chains that went around the child's frame and seemed that with each bright red link there was were accompanying welts,burns, blisters, and in some places the skin had rubbed raw to the point where bone was clearly visible. Turning the attention to the childs arms, there were an uncountable amount of lacerations, bruises, and puncture wounds. howerver if one though that the arms were bad then that thought was immediately cast aside when they looked at the child's hands. For every single digit had been cut off and had then been used like senbon needles on both palms and had been made into crude smiley faces. The index and middle fingers had been used as the eyes and the remaining had been used as they smile respectively.
And to finish of this work of horror the focus would then be shifted to the legs. Both legs had followed the path of the arms injury wise. But what had truly seemed cruel was when the three toes between the large toe and pinky were cut off on both feet leaving an almost mocking hang ten sign. And who was this child that had been brutalized so extensively? Well to be exact the boys name was Naruto Namazike Uzamaki.
Naruto's POV...
'How long had it been since the last round had ended how long will it be before it begins' Naruto thought a lead weight in his stomach as he counted down the seconds till the next "round" as his captor had taken to calling. To be honest Naruto could feel his grip on reality slipping as his 9 yr. old mind struggled to cope what had been happening for the last 2 weeks. And if he was honest he knew that after the next "round" He'd probabily lose all forms of sanity that he'd been clinging to so desperately. Then, just as soon as he'd finished that train of thought he heard a loud screeching sound as the door barring his escape slowly swung opened. Then he was greeted with the sight of his tormentor waltzing in silver hair defying gravity, his mask covering his face as his eye smiled in a form of twisted mockery.
"Naruto-Kun its time for round 31," The cycloptic man said a psychotic grin showing through his face mask. "And because it's wenesday i'll only beat you today,you're just so lucky aren't you Naruto-kun," The man asked and no sooner had those words left his mouth did Naruto feel a smashing sensation in his eye socket as the man jabbed 3 fingers inside.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Was the tormented scream that erupted from Naruto's throat as his tormenter pulled his fingers out of his eye socket. It was then that Naruto lost something amongst the pain that coursed throughout his entire being. Something essential, something irreplaceable, his sanity. No sooner had the man pulled back did he start to hear laughter. It started of quiet at first but became louder by the second. Now this was not the laugh that a small child should posess no, this laugh was one that to belonged to those who had lost their mind. And as the man watched he was rewarded with Naruto begining to stuggle violently in every feasible direction as he looked at him, his singular eye unfocused and glazed over.
And just as soon as it begun did it end for the man seeing thie boys actions as annoying chopped him in the neck sufficently sending him into unconsciouness. Seeing that the boy was out the man turned to leave shutting and bolting the door.
Naruto's Mindscape...
Naruto suddenly found himself in a large room tht seemed to be crumbling slightlyfrom an unseen force. Looking around Naruto determined that he was in a sewer and a shitty one at that. Looking at his body he saw that his wounds had dissapated. Not knowing why he was healed or where he was(not that he cared anymore) Naruto began walking. Eventually he heard a loud rumbling and seeing as there was no other noise decided to investigate. Eventually he found himself staring at a large cage with the kanji for seal stamped firmly upon it.
"so my jailer finally decides to visit?" A large pair of eyes said as they peered at Naruto through the golden bars of its cage.
"Wow your eyes are huge quick rip one out so i can play with it," Naruto suddenly yelled a delighted smile on his.
"So it would appear i have a mentally insane jailor hmmm..." The pair of eyes said as it watched Naruto who was currently bashing his head into the floor of the sewer. "What is your name boy?" The eyes asked. And... then recieved no answer from Naruto who had taken to sucking on his thum while humming a tune that sounded distinctly gothic in origin.
"Boy pay attention to someone when they ask you a question!" The eyes said. And again recived no response.
"Boy!"
"Boy!"
"Boy!"
Boy fucking pay attention pefore I scatter your entrails all over this room!"The pair of eye balls roared sufficently catching Naruto's attention.
"Good now as i was asking what is your name boy?" The eyeballs asked curiosity glinting in them.
"Naruto Uzamaki ms/mr eyeball," Naruto responded.
"Alright Naruto, my name is not mr nor ms eyeball for you see you are being blessed to be into the presence of the almighty kyuubi no youko queen of the tailed beasts," the now Named kyuubi said.
"Queen huh... you dont look like a girl to me," Naruto said as he picked his nose.
"Really and why is that?" Kyuubi asked.
"Well it's kinda of hard to tell beacuase your just a pair of eyes," Naruto replied messing with his still not healed eye socket.
" Speaking of eyes what hapened to yours?" Kyuubi asked. Her question was met with silence but that changed when Naruto's frame began to shake and spasm. But just as soon the tremors began they stopped as Naruto who's head had been tucked into the crook of his neck, moved to look at Kyuubi his singular eye completely unfocused as he began to laugh to cackle in a sick manner and began biting chunks out of his arms. Then just as he was reaching bone he suddenly began shoving his hand into his eye socket and began to scratch while singing 'itsy bitsy spider'. Kyuubi for the duration of the episode had began to change into her human form so to stop Naruto's possible suicide. For being only her yang half if this boy were to die then she too would perish.
Slipping out of the cage she then sat next to Naruto who had curled into a ball and had began sobbing uncontrollably. Taking the insane child into her arms she then began saying soothing phrases to the boy. Eventually Naruto regained his grip on reality and slowly sat up panting and exhausted.
"Thank you Kyuubi, Naruto said sobbs still racking his frame.
"It's fine Naruto, we all have our faults,"Kyuubi said and as the words left her lips an idea formed in her mind.
"Naruto when you ate parts of your arms what did they taste like," Kyuubi asked.
"Like...like sweet jerky why?" Naruto asked not sure where this line of questioning was headed.
"Well what if I were to tell you that i could give you power to make sure that whoever did that to you would perish while still allowing you to eat that sweet jerky?" Kyuubi asked cryptically.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked throughly confused.
"Well to answer your question I would had to school you on some ancient history, is that alright with you?" Kyuubi asked. Naruto nodded his head yes. Seeing Naruto's confirmation, Kyuubi began her lesson. "Well, thousands of years ago there was a city called Tokyo. In tokyo there were a species of creatures called Ghouls who perfectly resembled human but were in fact quite different. The difference being that Ghouls were born with an extra organ in their bodies that would essentially allow them to create biological weapons of 4 different types. The types being Ukaku, Koukaku, Rinkaku and Binkaku, respectivley. The Ukaku were catagorized by one to two wings that jutted from their were capable of high speed attacks and could use their wings to shoot sharp projectiles but fundamentally lacked stamina."
"Now the Koukaku were able to create armor that had very high durability and protruded from the arm. They could retact and constrict said armor to their will but because of the weight of the armor were generally the slowest class of ghoul. Getting to the brute strenght driven Rinkaku who had the ability to summon tentacles that were quite sharp and had a lot of impact potential. The tentacles were summoned from the back and could range from 1 to however many more depending on the ghoul and as a plus the Rinkaku had very high regenative abilities. And finally we get to the Binkaku who Kagune as all ghouls weapons were called, protruded from the tail bone as a dolphin like tail."
"The binkaku were perfectly balanced and had no noticable weaknesses. Howerver as amazing as all this is there are two things that you should know, firstly that their eyes were very different from humans they were called kakugan and whenever a Ghoul became hungry or excited they would turn black with a red pupil. The second thing is that if we go through with this then whaterver food you have ever enjoyed will not be able to be consumed. As Ghouls can only eat human meat due to the need to stockpile Rc cells or Red Child cells and seeing that not only do only humans produce rc cells but beacuse food is actually bad for a ghouls health then it clear to see that its impossible. Do you understand?" Kyuubi finished with a long sigh. Naruto nodded in confirmation.
"Sure do but why are you telling me this kyu-chan?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Oh so its Kyu-chan is it well anyway Naruto-kuun...the reason im telling you all this is because if you agree im going to alter your DNA to turn you into a ghoul."The now dubbed kyu-chan responded. Taking a moment to ponder his options Naruto decided that this one won by a significant margin and said, "Sure Kyu-chan lets do this,".
"Good now before we start I'll be able to give you one kagune type at the beginning and eventually the others will manifest so which one do you want?" Kyu-chan asked.
"The Rinkaku Kagune," Naruto said without hesitation.
"Alright when you're ready rip a portion of the seal off and prepare yourself because this is gonna hurt," Kyuubi advised. Nodding his head Naruto walked around Kyu-chan and ripped off a piece of the bottom left corner. And suddenly Naruto felt a surge of power erupt from within his back and eye the feeling lasted for several moments before it subsided. Standing up from the position he'd unconsciously reduced himself to, Naruto took a good look at his body. To say he'd changed would be an understatement for no longer was he a skinny diminutive 9 yr. old no if one were to look at him they would think he's at least 20. this due to the fact that his now 6 ft frame was powerfully built but lean. However while his figure had changed his sight remained one sided.
"Kyu-chan why hasn't my eye regrown?" Naruto asked.
"Well Naruto-kun because of all the energy it took to rearange your DNA it would seem I was Unable to regenarate your eye,"Kyu-chan said sadness apparent in his voice. Thinking for a moment a though suddenly popped into Naruto head.
"Don't worry about it Kyu-chan if everthing works out I'll have an eye even better than my old one before the days out," Naruto said a bloodthirsy grin on his face as his kakugan was acive. Seeing that Kyu-chan suddenly felt a shiver transcend down her spine.
"So what now?" Naruto asked.
"Well unr=til that asshole who did this comes back i think you should work on your Kagune control," kyuubi Said sagely.
"Alright the sooner we start we start the sooner I can kill that bastard and feast upon his organs," Naruto exclaimed truly excited.
Chapter 1 End