Five Star Seals: Breaking the Chain That is Love

Chapter Two

Hey everyone! Did you like where I ended the first revised chapter. Can you believe that it's about the same length as the whole first one; and I'm only halfway through.

So, I have to apologize for this chapter taking so long to write, the semester has just started and I've been trying to maintain my GPA. Any day I get a chance I'm typing on this story, it will probably be way past April by the time you read this though…

I've already got the story written to a certain degree, so you don't have to worry about certain topics and plot twists changing too radically from the original storyline, they will just appear in a more detailed sequence throughout more than one or two chapters.

But I'm not going to spoil it before you experience it for yourself. Enjoy!

Started 9:32 PM 12/26/2010

Finished 2:15 AM 04/11/2011


The man sat cross-legged atop the Fourth Hokage's head in a sour mood. The last mission was no fun at all. Seven rogue Cloud ninja holding a regional lord hostage. The lord's manor having fifteen foot tall stone walls that were about four foot thick, with no trees close enough to provide cover. All Jonin, all ready to kill the lord at any sign of trouble. He took out one when the man had stopped to take a piss, a kunai through the spinal cord and a full grown man would drop like a sack of potatoes. He disguised himself and got close enough to another of them to put his machete across the man's jugular.

He liked using a machete over a ninjato, the blade may be a little shorter, but it was broader and thicker, and could be used just as effectively. He only carried it to counter any sword wielding opponent he faced, preferring to use kunai or daggers, he liked being inches from his enemies when he cut them.

The third ninja proved to be a little tougher, actually fighting back when he noticed the disguise. He made the mistake of trying to punch, and had his arm caught and his body dragged forward, close enough that his neck could be snapped without much trouble.

The fourth ninja fell from a well placed senbon from thirty feet away. The fifth and sixth never even knew they were being attacked, and the leader had fallen with his own sword through his chest.

The man stood. He had long black hair that hung past his shoulders, his hair had been died black, the evidence of so being the inch of golden blond roots. He wore a dark grey trench coat with a golden Konoha symbol emblazoned on the shoulders with matching gold buckles with the insignia running down one side. Under the coat a black muscle shirt clung to an extremely muscled chest, gray cargo pants a shade darker than his coat were tucked into black steel toe boots with a silver Leaf insignia on the toe. He wore a Konoha headband on his forehead; but he gazed down upon the city with contempt.

This mission had been too easy, not worth the A-level ranking it had received. The world was too peaceful to satisfy his lust for blood anymore. He sighed, the only person he could blame for that was himself.

He was, after all, Naruto Uzumaki; hero and Demon of the Hidden Leaf Village.

He opened his slate gray eyes to view the city from a street side view, the pupils resembling shattered glass.

He had about four hours of night left to enjoy

And he needed to debrief with his Master and the Hokage. He jumped down into the night, lost in the memory of how he acquired such an unholy and lofty title.


He walked lazily up the street towards the Hokage's office. His master wasn't expecting him back until tomorrow, but he needed another mission…there hadn't been enough casualties on this last one to satisfy.

For the last two years, he had been Konoha's most valuable asset; a ninja that felt no pain or fear, who focused solely on completing the mission and would not hesitate to spill blood.

Well of course he wouldn't hesitate…that was his goal.

He smiled as he scanned the empty streets. There wouldn't be a soul walking down these streets for at least four hours, and even then there wouldn't be a crowd. He loved the lifeless look that Konoha had in the night. He wished it would stay like this all the time.

He reached into his coat and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, he tapped the bottom and nimbly snatched the one cigarette that had shot out of it. He stopped walking long enough to light it and take a deep pull off of it. Then he continued at his former pace, the only sign of his passing being the ashes from the cigarette, and then the filter as he finished it.

He stopped walking when he reached the gate of the Hokage's office. Pushing chakra into his legs, he launched himself over the wall and slowly made his way to the office window. When he looked inside, Tsunade was sitting at her desk, looking through forms by candlelight, while his master dozed in a chair by the door. He slipped through an open window just to the right of the Hokage, leaning forward to whisper in her ear.

"Well, I didn't expect a welcoming party this early Lady Hokage." he said.

Tsunade launched herself forward over the desk in alarm, shrieking once before turning to see who had been behind her, clutching her chest. Jiraiya had been woken by her shriek and had toppled out of his chair with a yelp of his own.

Naruto chuckled, "Did I surprise you?" he asked, sardonically feigning innocence.

"Naruto!" Tsunade began, trying weakly to sound stern. "You weren't expected for another day. Did the mission go smoothly?"

"Of course Lady Hokage, all enemy ninja were terminated and the hostage lord freed, no other casualties."

Tsunade pursed her lips. "Well that's a pleasant surprise to hear that, usually you aren't as quiet and clean with your binges, are you sure there isn't a nearby village missing their drunk or shady individuals?"

Naruto pretended to be hurt. "of course not!" he pouted "I am learning to control my urges, Lady Hokage. I haven't raised a village in months."

"Har-dee har har, you two." Jiraiya grumbled as he unsteadily righted himself and stood. "I believe Naruto's breakthrough in not savaging the local population is cause enough for a celebration! Tsunade! You provide the sake, Naruto! Run home and get some cups! Then all of us meet up on the cliff!"

Both Naruto and Tsunade turned their attention to the old man.

"And what are you providing, if I may be so bold." Tsunade queried.

"My good company, of course!" he chuckled.

They just kept staring.


They were sitting on a park bench, in the park located five minutes away from the Hokage's office, passing around a large gourd filled with cheap sake provided by a more than hospitable Jiraiya. And, although it looked a poor substitute for celebration, this was as close to it as this trio had gotten in two years.

Jiraiya and Tsunade were busy with a conversation that they seemed to want to keep from Naruto. He could have cared less, it was something they did often, and he didn't mind; from this park bench, he could just get a glimpse of the Hyuuga main compound building's tiled roof.

He didn't want to see it, and through the haze of inebriation, he realized that he couldn't tear his eyes away from it. His body was locked in place, a half smoked cigarette hanging loosely in his mouth

His eyelids slipped down over drunken eyes still locked to that rooftop, and the nightmares began.


This mouthy fuck was going to die. Naruto was tired of listening to him already; and they weren't even halfway to Konohagakure.

The mouthy fucker happened to be a ninja from the Sound village. He had been caught by a ninja patrol scouting to the east, and had secured him with luck alone, finally managing to apprehend and sedate him.

They were all low ranked Chunin. This man was a high level Jonin, and an Anbu team was needed to escort him to Ibiki and the interrogation squad in Konoha. So who could Tsunade pick, but the best Anbu Konoha could offer.

And it was Naruto who got the shaft, he had to lead the damn mission, but it wasn't all bad, his two teammates for this trip would be Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuuga. Sakura had been his friend for years, and had actually played a part in hunting down the Akatsuki

The team was an excellent unit, especially for prisoner escort missions. A medic ninja to keep the prisoner under control during travel, guard the prisoner during engagement, and assist in normal duties otherwise. A great tracking ninja with abilities like Hinata's allowed her to pinpoint enemies from up to three hundred meters, she was there in case of an escape or a rescue attempt, she'd be able to alert her team to the oncoming danger, plus, she excelled at hand to hand combat. While Naruto himself was the cream of the badass crop in his own eyes; he was a powerhouse with a vast amount of fighting will and stamina, and with large chakra reserves, he was the muscle, if the prisoner made a break for it, he was there to catch him, or kill him, and he was there to stop rescue attempts, or at least make sure they stayed attempts, rarely did the survivors of the first attempt try again.

He just wanted to kill the mouthy bastard the moment he came to.

The man was large, he couldn't be carried anywhere; so Sakura had to walk close to him with her chakra scalpel ready for any little move, and even though he was cuffed, his arms were free to move enough to pinch her ass more than once. He even made a pass at Hinata! His crappy pickup lines and disgusting comments on what he'd do if he had a piece of her ass was driving Naruto berserk, and both women were uncomfortable to an extreme that Naruto's chivalrous personality couldn't handle.

"Listen buddy." he growled the next time he heard Sakura yelp, "Just because we were told to bring you to the village alive, doesn't mean we can't leave a few body parts behind on the road here. Keep your hands off the girls, or you'll be two nuts and a shaft lighter when we Reach the gates. Hear me?"

"Yeah yeah, you fuckhead." the ninja grumbled "Take all the fun outta the trip. It's a waste of time anyway, you bastards aint gonna get anythin' outta me."

"Ibiki will see about that." Hinata said with a frown.

Thanks to training from her older cousin Neji, along with dating Naruto and training with him for almost five years; Hinata had seriously matured over the years. Long gone was the meek and quiet girl who believed so little in herself. Hinata had become strong, one of the strongest konoichi the village had seen in thirty years.

She had been one of the first to suggest an all out attack on the Sound village a little over two years ago, and then accompanied Naruto and Sakura deep into the Sound's underground fortress in search of Orochimaru, and both Naruto and Sakura agreed that if she hadn't been present, Orochimaru would have been victorious. To top that off, she had went with Naruto when he began his scourge of the Akatsuki, and was personally responsible for dispatching Konan. She was still quiet, but no longer was she shy, and her determination competed with Naruto's.

Naruto gave her a small smile and then turned his attention back to the Sound ninja. "Ibiki has cracked every single one of his victims, what makes you think you will be any different?"

The man sneered, making his face look even more rat-like than before, his large body wiggling with his barely restrained mirth. "It pays to have friends in high places fuckhead, and my friend is right at the top."

Naruto was about to retort when Hinata's voice rang out urgently. "Naruto, a single incoming figure, moving extremely fast, and I'd recognize the bastard anywhere. It's Sasuke!"

"Damn!" Naruto growled, "I guess we know who his friend is! Which direction?"

"To our left…wait! He's gone!" She shouted, having to over the prisoners mad cackle.

Sakura dropped back behind the prisoner, her hands glowed faintly with chakra as she prepared chakra scalpels for hand to hand combat. Naruto stood at the front of the party, blue eyes searching for his target. Hinata was at the rear, her eyes scanning a three hundred and sixty degrees around the group, up to a distance of fifty five meters from her location.

"Where'd he go Hinata?" Naruto began in a slightly frustrated tone, "I need his position, as quickly as you can."

"I'm trying, but I just can't find-" she couldn't finish as smoke engulfed the team.

Coughing Naruto began flying through hand seals. He finished and swept his arm towards his teammates; the wind jutsu causing a gust and ripping the smokescreen to shreds.

The sight it revealed terrified him…

Sakura was down, she was collapsed and clutching her arm; a pool of blood forming on the ground from the deep cut that stretched from her shoulder to a few inches above her wrist. The prisoner was dead, a kunai buried in his eye, the tip of the blade poking out of the other side of his head. But the worst sight lay all the way at the back of the formation; Sasuke, Sharingan activated and sword drawn, the blade laying across Hinata's neck, her arms pinned behind her back by his other arm.

"Let her go, you twisted fuck, and I'll make you die quick." Naruto growled, his eyes already flickering red.

Years earlier, Naruto had sworn not to use Kyuubi's power, and had succeeded in becoming strong without it. He rarely used Kyuubi any more, and to see the red flicker in his eye was a clear indication that his self control was wavering.

"You remember Kakashi's test?" Sasuke chuckled, "I love to see it in action though, kill Sakura."

"No chance in hell asshole." Naruto said with barely contained rage saturating his voice.

Sasuke smirked, "Do it, or Hinata dies." he said, pulling the blade slightly back, nicking her nick, she hissed in pain and Naruto involuntarily flinched.

Kid, let me kill him! I will tear him apart! Kyuubi growled inside his head. How dare he touch what is ours! HOW DARE HE!

NO! Naruto shouted at the cage, red mist seeping through the bars, I won't use your power.

Would you let him kill her, there is no option otherwise. He will not harm what is ours!

Grrrr! Naruto growled at the beast in the cage. Then hung his head, Fine, he said, as long as she comes out of it unharmed, I will let you fight him. But do not exceed four tails, I have a feeling we will need my body in working order after.

The fox's head appeared on the other side of the cage; an evil grin adorning it, along with a feeling of intense malice permeating the air, Of course, NYAHAHAHAHA!

Naruto's body lurched forward, he crouched on all fours as the cloak began to surround him. His eyes the color of fresh spilled blood and glowing with hate and anger. One tail formed, then two; the air around him began to shimmer as the third formed. His skin began peeling, and his blood became suspended in the mass of chakra that surrounded him, his body became shielded behind it, his eyes became large white circles, and a mouth began to form, the corporeal body surrounding him flickering like static; the transformation was complete.

The beast that had taken control of Naruto's body let out a bloodcurdling shriek. Sasuke's smirk turned to a frown, and he tossed the girl aside, his body slipping into a defensive stance. "Bring it on, you worthless mongrel." he challenged.

The monster lunged at Sasuke with blinding speed. Sasuke's eyes picked up on it and he was able to dodge the first attack, or a least the physical attack. He countered with a fire jutsu, but one of the tails wrapped around his leg and threw him to the ground. His eyes picked up the movement of something above him just in time for him to throw himself way from the Kyuubi's point of impact.

The beast had struck the ground with enough force to create a sizable crater. Sasuke had avoided the blow, but the shifting earth hadn't been expected, and he had been pummeled by large chunks of rubble as he was knocked off his feet.

As he regained his footing, he thrust his arm forward and half-blocked a sweep of the monsters powerful arm. Landing, he assessed his situation, broken wrist, and he was sure a minimum of six bones in his right foot had been crushed, and several were broken as well, A cracked rib and what felt like a minor fracture on the left femur, this fight was winding down and he was on the losing side.

"Now now, Naruto. Do you really believe that I'll be beaten so soon after getting what I came for." Sasuke chided, pulling a kunai from his holster; he settled into a defensive stance.

There was no time to react, and Sasuke's eyes caught it just as he blinked, seen it through the Sharingan; felt it in the trembling earth. His eyelid moved down, and he felt the ground tremble, he felt the breeze as something sinister swept past him. His eyelid moved up and he was staring into those glowing white eyes, staring into teeth jagged as the rocks surrounding the mouth of hell. He was entwined in a cocoon wrought of four tails, reeking with the blood of the demon container; the blood that gave this chakra cloak its chaotic luster.

Sakura and Hinata crouched together, staring wide-eyed and frightened at the scene before them; or what they could see of it. A red glow surrounded the two shinobi locked in the gaze of the other.

And then the screams began.

Hinata trembled, feeling the demon's joy radiating across the ridge in waves. She could hear Sasuke's screams.

"MY EYES! OH GOD, MY EYES! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Sasuke's screams were cut off with a sound oddly familiar to that of the crunching of bones. Both konoichi turned to the other as realization dawned.

The demon was eating his enemy.


Naruto jerked awake, almost imagining he could hear that deranged voice inside his head, no, only silence, just himself, floating endlessly in the darkness that were his thoughts. Reality faded again as he drifted back into the hell that waited for him.


"Hinata? Sakura?" Naruto mumbled weakly as he woke up, pain spreading through his body as the Kyuubi began repairing the damage it had caused.

"Naruto!" Sakura gasped, she looked away and bit her lip, Naruto's eyes scanned the battlefield, the prisoner lay where he had fallen; craters and scorched earth covered the ridge, a large circle of blood adorned the ground a few feet away from him, Sasuke was nowhere to be found, and Hinata was a good thirty feet away. Retching over the side of the cliff.

Ignoring the pain in his body, he rushed over to her. "Hinata! Hinata! Are you all right?" he questioned as he placed a hand on her shoulder. He wasn't prepared for what happened next.

Her hand grabbed his and flung it away, and she turned, her voice dripping with hate and fear as she screamed.

"Get away from me, Demon!"

He died then, hearing her say those words. He turned away from her, unable to stop the flow of tears streaming down his cheeks.

"If that is what you wish. Then you won't ever see me again."

He took off with blinding speed, moving away from heir destination. He spent four weeks by himself in the woods of Fire Country before a team of Anbu found him, he learned on the way home what had happened to his teammates.

Sakura had assumed command, when they returned to Konohagakure she had resigned from the Anbu, she had switched herself to a full time field-medic, before taking a few weeks off to spend with her new boyfriend, the infamously stoic Shino. Hinata had tried to burn their apartment down, she hadn't succeeded, and was almost delighted to pack her things and move back into the Hyuuga compound.

She had began to talk to herself almost a week after she returned, and had to have Anbu watch her constantly, to make sure she wouldn't harm herself, or others.

Naruto was being led to a high security prison; where he would have to wait until Tsunade decided to switch him to house arrest under Anbu guard or back to full duty status.

Naruto didn't like cells…

He told the Anbu escorting him so…

They laughed and told him to suck it up…

He shattered most of the bones inside their bodies before he made his way to the Hyuuga main compound.


Naruto woke. Shattered slate gray eyes flickered red as he picked up a word spoken by the two people next to him. A word, a name, Hinata.

"Hinata." he said, clutching his right shoulder, an agony filled hiss passing between his lips silenced any conversation between Jiraiya and the Hokage.

"Naruto?" Tsunade began, "Are you…"

"I loved her," he said, "Now I must, I must hate her" his eyes flickered back to gray, and he shot off into the night, remembering vividly that final night.


He rushed into the gardens behind the main building, knowing this was where she would be. He would not have been prepared for that sight if he had lived a hundred years. She stood where he had proposed on their return to Konoha; she was in the arms of another man, another Anbu, her old teammate, Kiba Inuzuka, their arms were wrapped around the other, and their lips pressed together.

Naruto lost all coherent thought, he felt a searing pain and a white light enveloped him, all he could hear was the Kyuubi's insane snarl…

He woke up over the pitiful form of his fian- no, ex-fiancé. Her eyes were wide with terror, a few feet away lay the mangled corpse of Kiba, and he knew…

The Kyuubi was taking control.

Tears fell, he knew what had to be done, even with his own voice screaming in his mind that something wasn't right about this, he still leaned forward. The kiss he gave her was so loving and tender that he almost lost himself.

"It was always you, I could never love someone else; I can do one last thing for you, this one thing, take it as my parting gift to you, my love."

He stood, silently walking to the largest tree in the garden, an old oak, under which Hnata and Kiba had been standing what he guessed was only moments before…

This oak had been here for a hundred years, and every proposal to the heir of the main branch was made under its boughs. It grew partially in the pond that adorned the center of the gardens, and it was an extremely beautiful sight to behold.

He sat at it's base, pulling two kunai from his holster, he quickly brought the finely hone blades to bear over his wrists.

The Kyuubi made no move to heal him, as if it understood. Darkness shrouded his vision, reality changed, and the last thought he was able to comprehend was Maybe this is for the best, Hinata, I love you…

Naruto Uzumaki died a few seconds later…


Naruto woke in chains. Granted he was no longer Naruto Uzumaki, Granted he was no longer a shinobi allied to any village, but he was Naruto.

And he was furious.

"DAMN IT, FOX! WHY DID YOU HEAL ME?"

"The Kyuubi did not heal you." said a grave voice out of the darkness that surrounded him. Floodlights were turned on and a blinding white light filled the room. Eight medical shinobi, Tsunade and Jiraiya stood before him, the medical team handling large machines and standing before computer monitors.

"Who did then?" he growled

"I did, you brat. I could have let you die, and I kind of wanted to. But be thankful Jiraiya talked me out of it, we can still use you, as a shinobi, you are still a tool."

"I am a broken tool…please, just end me."

"ENOUGH!" Jiraiya shouted. "I know you've lost everything Naruto, but I have found a way to stop the Kyuubi…A seal that completely cuts you off from your Bijuu… It was invented by a wielder of the Shukaku to suppress the monster within. You still have a chance."

"It's a powerful seal." Tsunade said, "The cost is extremely high, and if you're lucky, you won't be one of the few to survive."

Naruto hung his head, staring down at his hands. "if I don't die, what's going to happen?"

"Other than losing access to Kyuubi's chakra, you will suffer some mental effects, insomnia, chemical instability, pure insanity, or it could just render you completely useless, in a vegetative state, unknowing of everything…" Jiraiya said in barely a whisper.

Naruto chuckled. "Either it kills me, or it works and I don't care…do with me what you will, but before I slip away, what became of Kiba and Hinata?"

Tsunade's face became graver. "Kiba died on an operating table, and Hinata has fully snapped, she has been placed in the best medical facility Konoha has to offer. Your crime, Nnaruto Uzumaki, is that of assault on Konohagakure Anbu operatives, Murder, and assault of an Heiress of the Hyuuga clan."

"I see, Well, Lady Hokage, I am ready to face my punishment." he said, his eyes never leaving hers.

"Jiraiya, begin." she ordered.

He nodded, pulling Naruto roughly into a standing position, he waited until the medical team finished hooking up the machinery, then he gave Naruto a fierce hug.

"It'll end well boy." he said.

"Only if I'm dead." was the reply.

Naruto was strapped onto a table. He made no move to stop them, gave no resistance whatsoever, he was already a corpse. Jiraiya began by extracting a needle of blood from his arm and mixing it with a pot of ink, he pulled another needle out of a tray beside the medics and did the same with Naruto, one needle into one small pot of ink. He used the pot with his blood to draw a large circle around Naruto, along with all of the necessary kanji. He picked up the pot with Naruto's blood and stepped out of the circle, drawing a small seal on the ground.

His hands were slightly shaking as he walked over to the blond boy he had mentored, and with the pot that help the boy's blood, he drew five seals, one on each shoulder and thigh, and one directly on his heart.

He looked down on his pupil one last time.

"This will hurt, Naruto…"

"I… I deserve it, Sensei."

Jiraiya nodded and stepped out of the circle. He sat behind the small seal he drew with Naruto's mixture and began flying rapidly through handsigns. He sat there for almost three minutes before he finally slammed his hand down, shouting.

"FIVE STAR SEAL!"

A white glow filled the room, and the lights began flickering. The medical shinobi glued their eyes to the monitors, hoping to ignore the young man's screams of agony. To no avail.

"BEGIN…REGRET!" Jiraiya puffed, pushing more chakra into the seal.

A yellow glow blossomed from the seal on Naruto's left thigh, and his screams intensified. All witnessed as a molten line of glowing yellow liquid light began scribing the seal there, forming a circle with the kanji for 'regret'.

As the seal finished Naruto began gasping, the pain seemed to lessen…

"BEGIN…LOSS!" Jiraiya shouted.

A blue Aura surrounded his right thigh. Naruto howled as the pain doubled from before. Again the light began scripting the seal, a large blue circle with the Kanji for 'loss'. but when it was finished, his screams didn't stop, the pain never lessened.

"Hokage-sama, the Kyuubi is fighting the seals!" one of the medics shouted, turning from her monitor.

"Jiraiya!"

"Heh, do you think he'd give up control of his vessel easily?" Jiraiya puffed, "He'll fight it, but I've got two already done, he can't have much fight left…BEGIN…PAIN!"

Naruto's eyes rolled, his whole body was liquefying around him. On his left shoulder a green burst of light sparked that trail of light as the third seal was being drawn. The circle formed, and then the kanji for 'pain', and again, the pain didn't lessen, but he honestly believed that there could be no pain greater than what he felt now…

Until he heard Jiraiya shout "BEGIN…HATE!"

The pain was so intense that he couldn't scream, could form a thought, there were no colors, no shapes, no light or dark, there was nothing, and his mind embraced it. The fourth seal was being burned in a blood red light onto his right shoulder, a circle around the kanji for 'hate'.

"The Kyuubi continues to resist, I'm not sure how much more of this Naruto-san can take!" The medic shouted.

"His neural patterns have ceased to function!" another reported.

"Brain activity has ceased!" came a shout form someone else.

"Damn it! Jiraiya, we're losing him! Stop the sealing!"

Jiraiya turned his head slightly, "If I stop now, that fifth seal will be an open doorway for the Kyuubi; besides, I'm the only one here who cares whether he lives or dies anymore, right?"

Tsunade bit her lip.

"This is supposed to happen, have the defibrillators ready, after this last one he might go into cardiac arrest… BEGIN…LOVE!"

A purple glow shot from the seal on his chest, instantly fully lit, Naruto began screaming again.

"Nerve patters are functioning again!"

"Brain activity normal!"

Tsunade turned to the first medic, "What of the Kyuubi?"

"He's ceased to resist ma'am." she reported.

The four earlier seals began to dim; and as they dimmed, the fifth grew brighter… until it was the only seal lit, and then it faded, and then silence graced the room.

"Someone give me results." Tsunade ordered tersely.

"Well," the first medic began, "We have detected only one link to the Kyuubi, apparently, it refuses to give up the ability to heal Naruto-san's body. Other than that, no chakra or demonic psyche can pass through the seal."

One of the medics reading brain activity walked over, holding a clipboard in his hands. "We have noticed that, while his brain patterns are stable, they can shift and change at any moment, most likely the change will be violent, but on the count of emotions…well, either he doesn't have any, or he has suppressed all of them…"

The woman monitoring his nervous system spoke softly after, "Most of his nerves for pain are fried, I think only damage to the internal organs themselves can cause him pain, and then we aren't sure how much…all except for the spots under each seal, they seem to have double the sensitivity as before, apart from those, I don't think he could feel much of anything, even a kunai in the chest, as long as it misses the seal."

A yellow flash of light struck the room. And suddenly Naruto was standing in front of Tsunade, the seal on his left thigh nothing but a burned pentagram in his skin.

"Test that theory, Lady Hokage, heeheehee."


Naruto barreled through the streets, vendors were just opening their stands and the village's early risers were up and moving…he had to get home, before he had to talk to people…he hated talking


"I think he broke the fourth one." Tsunade said as she stared in the direction he left, "I'm worried, there's only one more, in his state, the Kyuubi would easily take him over."

"There is nothing we can do at the moment, Tsunade-sama." Jiraiya said with a sigh. "Just wait and pray that when the last seal breaks, he'll be ready to face the worst demon of all."

"The Kyuubi will-"

"No. Not the Kyuubi; himself, if the Naruto we knew could see himself now, he'd be horrified."

"But perhaps it is for the best."

Jiraiya turned a searching gaze to her. "You are starting to sound like a dead man I wasn't very fond of, he isn't an experiment, nor is he a monstrous pet."

"Then what is he?"

"My student."


Ino bought an apple and munched it contentedly as she made her way home. She had just rounded a corner when a dark figure barreled into her at shinobi speed, without thinking she reached into her holster for a kunai.

The two wrestled for a moment, and Ino found herself pinned under the figure, clearly a man, for the deep tone of his voice, she felt steel bit her skin as he pushed her hand into a position to ram her own kunai into her throat, and at that moment she looked up to see her attacker, and her eyes widened in shock.

"N-Naruto?" she gasped

"Ino?"


Okay! A bit longer than the first revised chapter, but it still ended where the original first chapter did, so I think it works fine, um well, my first idea of posting in five chapter intervals is out the window, so, I'm going to post in original chapter order. So if it takes three chapters to write out chapter two (Which won't have a lot of the bs stuff from the original, it will be much better) then the next post will be three chapters. I don't know when I can get the next set up, but I'll try to get it as quick as possible. So, feel free to comment, tell me what I'm doing wrong, or whatever else is on your mind. And enjoy the spring!

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