Author: 83doz
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters.
Summary: Naruto had just lost to Sasuke at the VotE and is now the student of the legendary sennin, Jiraiya.Italics are characters thinking to themselves.
Hi all, this is my first fan-fiction that I'm writing so be nice alright. Criticism is good, but no flaming please. Also, I'm not good at writing battles. Reviews are good. I like reviews. Ok, I'm not Japanese so I'm pretty sure I butchered the names because I'm just using a translator. It'll good if someone gives me the right names. Anyways, on with the story. Oh don't worry the two shinobis in the beginning they have names. It'll appear later in the story.
Chapter 1: Demon's BloodTimeline- 1 year after the battle at Valley of the End.
Naruto and Jiraiya were far away from Konoha. They were in the middle of a green field about that was about 100 meters with many trees surrounding it. This made it a good training spot. If they wanted to just practice strictly taijutsu they can do it in the middle of the field. But, whenever they wanted to practice their movement and dodging skills, they can do that in the trees because it would be harder to dodge projectiles when you couldn't see the opponent or where the projectile is coming from. Plus, most ninjas use trees as hiding places and for stealth. Today though, they were practicing a new ninjutsu.
Naruto was on the ground panting from exhaustion and over usage of charka. He was practicing the new ninjutsu that Jiraiya thought him.
"Naruto," Jiraiya stated in a commanding tone, "that's enough for today, if you don't stop you might burn yourself out and won't be able to train tomorrow."
Even if he does have the Kyuubi in him, he's been training since 9 o'clock this morning, he is not the Kyuubi and therefore can still overexert himself. The only time he stopped was today was to eat. Let's see, it's about 8, so he's been training for almost 11 hours straight, Jiraiya thought.
"No, ero-sennin I must get stronger," Naruto struggled to say in a low and weak voice.
"Stop call me that boy, call me something like sensei," Jiraiya responded with a glare. Naruto just smiled and said, "Well, it's true."
Just as Naruto started to perform his jutsu again, "Doton Yo—" he heard a huge crash about a half of a mile away.
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Half mile away from Naruto and Jiraiya.
"So, guess you're already here Hidan?" Said the young ninja.
"Shut-up, just hand over the girl and you won't get hurt boy, I don't have time to be playing games with you," said Hidan in a very cocky voice.
"I know that you're strong, but you can't take us both on. You're by yourself, what odds do you have? Be smart and just leave," said the young boy seriously.
"Hahaha, was that a joke? You sure know how to make a guy laugh. Guess what, since your so proud of your fighting skills I won't even use ninjutsu or genjutsu. I'll purely use only taijutsu and kinjutsu," Hidan said mocking them.
"You must be kidding, you know can't beat us using only taijutsu and kinjutsu," the young boy shinobi replied.
"If he wants an early death, then that's his choice," said the young girl shinobi in an emotionless voice.
"Oh, so the girl talks, wanna try me then?" Hidan answered back. Just as he said that he pulled out his weapon, a very large three bladed Scythe. Hidan started running at the girl at full speed. He's pretty fast the girl thought, but his weapon is too slow to hit me. I can dodge his weapon all day if he's just using taijutsu and kinjutsu. Hidan swung his scythe from above in a diagonal direction. The young girl shinobi dodged his attack easily by jumping into the air. Just as she did this her other teammate started doing handseals and shout "Raikou Go Tama no jutsu." (5 Shot Lightning) Five lightning bolts shot out of his hand and started to home in on Hidan. After his attack Hidan felt something coming from behind him and so turned around to see five lightning bolts coming at him with tremendous speed. Damn, they're fast Hidan thought I won't be able to dodge them. Hidan put up his hands to block the incoming attack. Just as he was in his blocking stance he felt a kick to his back, which made him lose his defensive stance and take in the five bolts straight on. Hidan fell to the ground.
"Forgot about me?" said the girl.
"Told you, you can't win with just taijutsu and kinjutsu," the man said as Hidan slowly got up. The young shinobi was at Hidan's left side about 30 yards away while the girl was at Hidan's right side about 20 yards away, leaving Hidan in the middle.
"Hahaha, I agreed to using taijutsu and kinjutsu only and you decide to use ninjutsu. What weak asses, hahaha. But, it doesn't matter because that was nothing anyways, I took that shot on purpose. And to tell you the truth, it was pretty weak. If that's all you have I might as well just be using taijutsu so that I can have more fun. But, I want to end this earlier so I'll stick to my previous agreement, only taijutsu and kinjutsu," said Hidan.
"We know you didn't take that shot on purpose Hidan. Do you think your bluff would work on us? You must be underestimating us," said the young girl.
"Believe what you want girl, you'll see what I mean," Hidan said. "Ready now?"
Hidan threw three shurikens straight at the girl. She dodged them with ease. She knew it was just a distraction though. As she dodged them she saw Hidan run up again. What is he doing? He's doing the same attack again only this time adding shuriken use in the beginning. He should know that it won't work against me. Hidan swung in the same diagonal strike. As he did, the girl easily evaded the attack the same as before by jumping up into the air. As she did this Hidan threw his scythe straight at her. To her surprise the scythe was attached to a rope. This still won't work against me she thought. She easily dodged the scythe by doing a somersault in the air. As she was doing the somersault Hidan was already making handseals and shout, "Nenshou Howaido Hinotama no jutsu" (Burning White Fireball). A small concentrated white fireball shot from Hidan's mouth straight for the girl's chest. Oh no, I can't dodge this the girl thought. She immediately swung her right arm around to block it so that it wouldn't hit her chest. She immediately felt the impact of the jutsu on her upper arm. It burnt like hell and she didn't know if she could take much more of the pain. As she was thinking about her pain she heard a scream down low, "Look out from behind," her companion said to her. As she looked behind her, she saw the scythe coming back straight for her. Shit, because of my pain, I forgot about the thrown scythe from before. She attempted to dodge it, but the scythe managed to scratch the side of her stomach. Good thing that didn't hit her head-on or she would have been killed instantly. As the scythe came back to Hidan, he caught it easily with his right hand. He also stood there with a cocky grin.
"So, you've decided to use ninjutsu after all," said the young boy.
"Hahaha, of course dumbass, did you really think I wouldn't use it? I don't have this thing called honor. I will do whatever I need to get the job done. The speech was just to get under your skin," Hidan told him.
Damn, I would have died if that jutsu hit me straight on she thought. I won't be able to use any ninjutsu from now on. But, all is not lost my sensei is still here. We can still take him.
"Are you alright?" the young boy said to the girl.
"Yeah, I'm fine," responded the girl.
They were both on each side of Hidan again ready to attack.
"Don't think I've forgotten about you girl," said Hidan. "But, no you're not alright, it's over."
"Like I said before, don't think that your bluffs would work on us," the young girl said.
"I'm not bluffing," Hidan said. As he said this he licked the blood on his scythe. "Enough talk, I'll show you what I mean. 'Kirigakure no Jutsu' (Hidden Mist Technique)" Hidan said. As he said this, a very thick fog covered the whole battlefield.
"Why are you hiding, are you afraid? Don't think because we can't see you, we won't be able to defend ourselves. You should have had some information on our fighting style already from your group," the boy said. He didn't get an answer. What was Hidan thinking? He knows that we can fight completely in the dark so why is he using fog to hide himself the boy thought.
A few seconds later they heard Hidan say, "Release." As he said that the fog immediately lifted. Hidan was now standing on a weird symbol. It was a circle about six feet in diameter with a triangle inside. "The preparations are complete, I'll show you why I said it was over." To both of the other shinobis' surprise he stabbed himself on his leg. As he did this, the girl immediately fell.
"What the hell did you do? You bastard," the young boy said.
"Easy, as I take in pain, my opponent does also. That's why I said it was over," Hidan told him. As he said that he stabbed himself on the stomach and pulled it sideways ripping his stomach. The girl screamed in pain, blood pouring from her stomach.
"I'll never let you get away with this," yelled the young shinobi. He recklessly rushed forward.
Hahaha, good Hidan thought just as I expected. Since he's mad, he'll make an error and when I get his blood also, this would be all over. Hidan threw a kunai just to see his reaction to judge his rage. It even surprised Hidan when the young boy did not dodge the kunai. Instead cut his upper arm. Even better Hidan thought he's such in a blind rage that he didn't dodge the kunai. This girl must mean a lot to him. Hahaha, weak fool, those things will just get you killed on the battlefield. This would be even easier than I thought. As the boy came closer, Hidan quickly ran right by his side and swung his scythe sideways. The boy dodged the attack by jumping and kicked Hidan right in the face which caused Hidan to be knocked ten feet back from the boy. Well, he dodged that one. Did he just intentionally take the kunai to make me think he's in a blind rage? Hmmm, even though I miscalculated his anger, I can still see that he's mad so I still have the upper hand. Hidan quickly got up and started swinging his scythe above his head. "Now boy, it's over," Hidan said. He threw the scythe at the boy, which the boy easily dodged to the left. Not yet boy, Hidan flicked his wrist and the scythe immediately went to the right and cut the boy across his chest. Damn, the boy thought, how did he change such a huge weapon's direction so fast. I didn't expect that?
All I have to do now is get back in my circle and it's over, Hidan thought. As he was running back to his circle the boy immediately chased after him and punched him from behind. Hidan was hit so hard that he made a loud "BOOOOM," as he hit the tree face first. I didn't think he would recover so fast after that strike. It wasn't a small wound after all, Hidan thought. Even though that hit hurt, it doesn't matter, I've taken more pain than that and besides it's over. As Hidan said this, he felt a familiar chakra coming towards the battlefield. It was two people's chakra, both of which he recognized. One belong to the legendary Jiraiya and the other to that brat with the Kyuubi. Great, just great, right when it was about to be over. I won't be able to take them by myself if Jiraiya's is also here. Also we don't know how much that brat has grown. I might be able to take Jiraiya, but only one on one.
"Well boy, today is your lucky day. Seems like I'll be heading off. Next time we meet, you and that girl wouldn't be so lucky," said Hidan laughing while he was took off.
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Back at the training ground with Jiraiya and Naruto.
"Let's go," Jiraiya said. Naruto didn't need him to repeat himself. They started running in that direction to see what the commotion was. When they got there, there was two ninjas. One was wounded, though he didn't look seriously hurt. He had a deep cut across his chest and small cut on his upper arm, but that would not put him in immediate danger. But, they couldn't say that for the other ninja. She was on the ground with a big pool of blood around her. There was a very big burn mark on her entire right arm. It did not look good. Her arm was still sizzling with blood. Naruto guess she used her arm to protect herself from an enemy's fire jutsu. She was probably to late to avoid it and had to use her arm for protection so that it wouldn't hit any of her more vital parts. Naruto guessed she would have probably been dead if she was hit on a vital spot. There was also a stab wound on her left leg, which was the three inches wide which went through her leg. Even though these wounds weren't good they weren't the worst one. A big slash wound right across her stomach caused most of the blood lost. Naruto could tell she was just hanging by the thread.
"Jiraiya-sama, I'm so glad you're here, we have no time. As you can see we were attacked and I really need your help," the man stated to Jiraiya in a worried voice.
Naruto looked at the man who had long yellow hair to his waist, which was in a ponytail sort of like Jiraiya's, but very clean instead of messy. He also had blue eyes just like Naruto. He was wearing a short-sleeve black shirt with black shorts. The short wasn't really looses or really tight, it had just enough room for him to maneuver. From his elbows down he had tape his whole arm. His right leg was also taped in the same way. He wore his weapon pouch on his right leg. The forehead protector that he stated he was from the Hidden Village of Cloud. He was probably 16 or so judging by his looks. He looks very young, but the way he talks with Jiraiya makes it seems like he knows him more on a personal level so I'm pretty certain that he's pretty strong, Naruto thought.
"Where's the nearest hospital?" Jiraiya questioned the young man.
"About a mile from here," responded the young man.
"You lead the way since you know the way and I'll carry the girl so you can go at your full speed. Hurry, let's go," said Jiraiya.
If this was a different circumstance Naruto would have made a smart remark like, "Ero-sannin we know why you want to carry the girl," but this wasn't the time for that. So with that the man led Jiraiya and Naruto to the nearest hospital.
As they got to the hospital she was immediately taken into the emergency room. They all waited patiently in the waiting room in full silence. In just five minutes, though it seemed like an eternity for the three other people, the nurse came back with a grim look on her face.
"I'm sorry," she said, "she has loss a lot of blood and we don't have any blood that can be used."
"What do you mean?" Naruto said in an angry voice, "Are you saying that you guys don't have any blood in a damn hospital. Fine, you can use one of us if you guys don't want to donate any blood. Blood is just blood, so take one of ours."
"I'm sorry," the nurse said, "it's not that we don't have any blood, it's just that there isn't any blood here that's compatible with hers."
Naruto looked confused. So with that the nurse continued to explain.
"Well, when you say blood is just blood, that's a mistake 'blood is not just blood.' You see, if the blood type does not match the original, the immune system of the original body will start to attack the donor's blood. The patient that you brought with you is a blood B type. Normally hospital's have this type of blood around, but as you can see this is a very small hospital in a small town and most of the inhabitants here have blood type AB or A. Even if we do have blood type B, it seems that she has a very special 'type' of blood."
Naruto looked at the Jiraiya and the young man sitting with Jiraiya. It seemed like they knew this information already. Why isn't the young man giving his blood? Aren't they related or something? Damn, Naruto thought, maybe I was too quick to assume. Maybe they aren't related. Maybe, that's why the guy was so grim. This could be bad. Wait, Naruto thought to himself trying to remember his medical records. He remembered looking at it before after the battle with Sasuke while he was in the hospital. Tsunade wouldn't him leave so he was bored and decided to look at his medical records to pass time. Wasn't he, Naruto, a blood type B? Yes he was, maybe he could save the young girl.
"I'm a blood type B," Naruto said. "Take some of my blood."
"It's not just that," replied the nurse, "she has a very special 'type' of blood."
Naruto was getting mad, "Damn, I don't care, what other options do we have? We can't just let her die. This is the only chance we have so we're going to take it."
The nurse didn't want to explain to the angry young boy, so she just sighed and said, "Alright let's hurry."
After three hours the nurse came back into the waiting room where Jiraiya and the young shinobi was waiting. Jiraiya took a glanced at the nurse as she came, she looked a little happier than the first time. This is a good sign Jiraiya thought.
"She looks like she's going to be fine," the nurse said happily to Jiraiya and the young man. "She'll probably just need rest to heal her wounds which would take about a month or so. After that she'll be up and running again."
Jiraiya and the young man sighed.
They both immediately asked the nurse at the same time, "Where is her room?"
"Just go straight and make a right. It's the third door on the left." She responded.
When Jiraiya and the young boy got to the emergency room they saw Naruto on one of the bed and the young girl on another bed. Naruto put up his thumb and with smiled gave his fox-like grin.
"We should let them rest," Jiraiya said. "Besides it's 11 and we need rest ourselves."
"Right," said the young boy.
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The next morning came and Naruto was already up. He was sitting on a chair looking at the girl with extreme interest. She was very pretty, Naruto thought. Naruto didn't notice this from yesterday because it was dark and mainly because she was all covered in blood. But, today he could see her better because she was cleaned by the nurse. When he got a closer look he was shocked to see how someone that looked like her could be a shinobi. Well, Sakura is a shinobi too, Naruto thought. He resumed his examination of her. She had long yellow hair which ended just below her waist. Her upper body was small and petit, but her lower body sported a very curvy hip and long legs, but was still small overall. She was wearing a short-sleeve shirt which was looked pretty tight on her. The shirt was also short, ending about an inch above her bellybutton showing her stomach. Even though the sleeves on the right side was burnt off, Naruto assumed that it was also the same as the other side. The shirt was half-black and half white. Right above the chest it was all black, while right below it was all white. Well, actually it was red right now because the nurse still haven't changed her. She also wore a short which went just below her knees. It was also black. She wore tape around her arms and legs, sort of like someone Naruto knew (Sasuke). The most remarkable feature to Naruto was her eyes though. Even though Naruto haven't seen her open her eyes yet. He could see that it was slanted a little. It reminded him of a cat. He couldn't take his eyes off it and actually wondered if he would be able to once he actually saw them open. Naruto also figured that she was probably around his age.
"Naruto if you stare at her any longer with your piercing eyes, it's going to burn a hole through her," Jiraiya said giving a slight chuckle while standing in the doorway. He was there with the other shinobi.
Naruto jolted for a second because he didn't sense anyone, but immediately returned to his normal self. This didn't go unnoticed though either by Jiraiya or the young man. "Shut-up, ero-sennin, I was just wondering what she looked like because I didn't get a chance to see her yesterday, okay."
"Sure, Naruto I know what you're thinking," Jiraiya said.
"Shut-up I said, I'm not like you," Naruto angrily replied.
This just made Jiraiya laugh. The other man cut him off, "Thank you so much for saving my student. By the way my name is Kato. What is yours?"
"Nice to meet you Kato. My name is Naruto," he said. "I think you already know him," Naruto said in a disgusted tone while pointing at Jiraiya.
Kato just smiled, "Yes, I know Jiraiya-sama back from a long time ago."
"Anyways what happened and how did you guys get so injured?" Naruto questioned the young man, interested in what happened.
"Sorry Naruto, I truly am, even though you saved my student's life, I can't tell you who attacked us or for what reason. I don't have the authority to do so," Kato said.
This sort of shocked Naruto. I mean he did save his student right? Why couldn't he be told what happened? I hate being in the dark, Naruto thought. Kato saw how disappointed Naruto was. The truth was he really did want to tell the boy who attacked them and why, but it was for his protection and hers. If word got out that he told someone who was after them, the man in charge his village would not be happy. There are only a few people that should know. Luckily Jiraiya was one of them, since he was the one that told the Raikage about the group hunting them.
"Well Naruto, can you stay here and watch our guest? I don't think you'll mind," Jiraiya said snickering.
"Sure ero-sennin," Naruto responded. It took a second for his sensei's words to register through his brain, "Wait, what do you mean by that?" Naruto screamed at Jiraiya who had already left with Kato.
Jiraiya and Kato were on the rooftop. Jiraiya was leaning against a wall with his hands crossed while Kato was just standing there looking at Jiraiya.
"So, that's your student Jiraiya-sama?" Kato asked Jiraiya.
"Yes, that's Naruto the holder of the Kyuubi," Jiraiya answered Kato.
"He's different than what I would imagine," Kato stated.
Jiraiya wanted to change the subject to Akatsuki so he said, "So, they came for you guys already." It was more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah, it's been only a year since you left with your apprentice and they've already came," Kato responded. "To tell you the truth I thought they would have probably came sooner."
"Why would you think that?" Jiraiya asked.
"Well, unlike Naruto, Yugito has almost complete control over her Bijuu," Kato said. "And you know how the theory goes, it's takes less time to extract a Bijuu when the person has more control over it. But, another problem is that they can't let the person get to much control or else they would have themselves a harder fight than they want. You see, they kind of have to balance it out. The Bijuu extraction theory sort of worries me because it might mean big trouble for your apprentice. For Yugito they might have sent only want to send a couple of members at the most, but if they wait until Naruto have almost complete control over the Kyuubi before they take him, they'll probably send the whole group. They would probably wait until he gets almost full control because if they got him now, then they'll have to be extracting it straight for eight years give or take two years. Even if Naruto does have full control over the Kyuubi I don't know if he can take on 10 Akatsuki members at the same time. The Kyuubi would be able to, of course, but not a human vessel. He's still limited."
"I see, we'll worry about Naruto later on, but how many people did they send for Yugito?" Jiraiya questioned the Kato.
"Well, I couldn't believe it myself, but they sent only one," Kato answered.
"Wow, they must be pretty confidence in their abilities," Jiraiya stated.
"I'm pretty sure they've already scouted our abilities and thought that he was sufficient enough for the job," Kato said. "It was because he stated that he would use only taijutsu and kinjutsu against us."
"And of course he didn't," Jiraiya adding in a comment.
"Of course not, they're Akatsuki, they won't care about honor or anything like that. But, still, stating that he would use taijutsu and ninjutsu only points to the fact that they've been scouting us," Kato said with a confused look. "I've never sensed anyone close to us when we were training. I don't know how they could have known."
"Well, Akatsuki does have other methods you know. Anyways who was the one that attacked you guys?" Jiraiya asked.
"It was Hidan," Kato answered. At that Jiraiya frowned. Hidan was one of the Akatsuki that he didn't have much information on. Mainly because Hidan was one of the newer members and wasn't notorious for anything that was real big. Unlike some members like Itachi-killer of the Uchiha Clan, or Kisame-Seven Swordsman of the Mist, or Sasori-Kazekage killer, Kakuzu-bounty hunter, Hidan liked to be in the dark more. This didn't matter much to Jiraiya though, he wanted to know more of Hidan's move and fighting style. At least he'll be getting some information on him now.
"What's his fighting style?" Jiraiya questioned Kato.
"Well, he uses a large scythe to attack. It's pretty slow, but it has a very large range and he also throws it. The scythe is attached to a rope so he can also change its direction real fast after throwing it. That was how I received my wound. Also, after getting an attack in he has does this weird ritual and attacks himself. I'm pretty sure that his technique requires the blood of the opponent because he didn't start his ritual until he had scratched Yugito. It does seem like he also damages himself when he attacks himself, but it seems like he doesn't care about his injuries."
"Immortal maybe?" Jiraiya asked.
"Maybe," Kato answered.
"Well, that's all there is in his attack style," Kato told Jiraiya.
Jiraiya frowned, great another immortal guy that they had to face.
"Well, I really do have to thank Naruto though because if you guys weren't here, Yugito would have died definitely even if I was able to get her to the hospital," Kato told Jiraiya.
"The blood transfusion right," Jiraiya said, more like a statement than a question.
"Yes, no one else could have done it," Kato responded. "Even though I'm her brother and we have the same blood she's a carrier for a demon. The only other blood than she can receive is another person that has a demon within them. Unlike the Kyuubi, the Nibi doesn't have regeneration power. She would have been doomed. Well, she would need a long rest to recover because of this fight."
Of course all the things about demon's blood and demons Jiraiya had already knew, but he let the young man tell him anyways. The young man probably felt good that he was of help to one of the legendary eannin.Jiraiya too, remember back when he would tell Sarutobi about information Sarutobi already knew. It made Jiraiya feel good when someone else would listen to his new knowledge even if it was old news to the listener. It was just the act of listening that made people feel better.
"Well, I feel real sorry for Naruto because I can't tell him all this. He probably hates me. I mean after all he did save Yugito's life and to be left out in the dark like that," Kato said in a sad tone.
Jiraiya laughed, "Don't worry about it. I know you can't tell people. I'm pretty sure that he's pretty mad, but just treat him to some ramen and he'll forgive you."
"Really?" Kato said with new hope. He liked making friends and didn't like to offend people, especially if he owed them something real big.
"Well, it might take more than a bowl or two, but he'll understand," Jiraiya said.
"Well, then I'll treat him whenever I can just to show my forgiveness, "Kato said excitedly.
Jutsus description:
Raikou Go Tama no jutsu: 5 Shot Lightning- (rank B) This is a jutsu where 5 lightning bolts are shot out from the users hands. Even though it's hard to block because the lightning strikes are fast and the user can control it, the damage is not very high.
Nenshou Howaido Hinotama no jutsu: Burning White Fireball- (rank A) A very hot fireball. They say that the temperature of a candle is around 1500 degree Celsius. As a flame gets closer to being white the hotter it gets. A white flame can go up to 3000 degree Celsius. This jutsu can cause major damage if it hits in the right place. The downside is that it's only about the size of a volleyball and therefore easy to dodge.
Kirigakure no Jutsu: Hidden Mist Technique- (rank D) The same as Zabuza's technique. Except Hidan doesn't use it to silently kill like Zabuza. Instead he uses it so he can get his ritual ready without the enemy knowing where he is. (This jutsu is in the manga)