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Chapter two: Naruto crazy or changing?
Currently Team 7 and the addition of Kabuto who warned them of the danger's of opening the scroll were on their way towards the perimeter of the tower so they may ambush a team for it's Heaven scroll. Naruto however had been acting strange since the horned woman had destroyed the seals on his body that remained a mystery to all.
He has been acting… twitchy, nervous, jittery in the forest, but during camp he was calm, cool and would dismiss Sakura or Sasuke's taunts.
But right now Naruto felt like he was having a panic attack and he didn't know why. As they leapt through the branches Kabuto stopped and spoke to them "This way. It's a shortcut." He pointed in the direction of mentioned shortcut causing Naruto to pale, as his eyes turned a silvery white color as he spoke nervously "Uh, guys? I've got a bad feeling. Something doesn't feel right." The avenger scoffs as he speaks in his usual arrogant tone "What's wrong dope? Scared of a few tree branches?"
The blonde's eyes turned a silvery white as he spoke "N-n-no. There's... blood... everywhere." The pink-haired girl looked around as she replied "Get your eyes checked there's no blood."
The whiskered teen shook his head furiously covering his eyes as he began moaning and screamed "NO! BLOOD EVERYWHERE! PAIN! DEATH! THE MAN WITH THE YELLOW EYES! THE PALE MAN! THE FORMER STUDENT FIGHTS AGAINST HIM! SHE FAILS! HE KILLS HER! CUTS HER HEAD OFF! HE HOLDS THE HEAD BY ITS HAIR! HE CACKLES!" At this screaming Sasuke, Sakura, and Kabuto slowly back away as the avenger asked "What's wrong with him?! Is he going nuts?"
"You mean you don't know?" asked the silver-haired 'Genin' as he adjusted his glasses, Sakura replied "NO! HE'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS!" as the blonde's screams died down he mumbled "I have to go." With that he dashed into the woods before they could stop him.
With Naruto.
"Blood. Death. Evil. Greed. The pale man is near." The blonde mumbled as he raced through the tree's guided by a force unknown to himself as he kept running the visage of a woman appeared in front of him "Hold your horses bouya. You face the pedo as ya are, and your goose is cooked."
The blonde hadn't registered he was talking to a spirit as he yelled "WHAT CAN I DO?! HE'S GOING TO KILL ANKO-CHAN!"
The female apparition smirked as she asked "Anko-chan? Didn't look like you even knew her." He turned his head away as he said "I can't explain it. She… seemed familiar then. But I couldn't remember why. But now memories are coming back to me. Memories long forgotten. Like someone bottled them up behind a dam and the dam has broken. I don't know what Kaguya-san did… but at least it's something good."
The spirit crossed her arms as she spoke "If you're going to save her then you need an ace. And I know where you can find it. It's pretty close by actually." He was about to sprint off but the female spirit spoke again "Listen half-pint. You can either find the ace I'm talking about and have a strong chance at beating the damn body snatching pedophile. Or charge in half-cocked and have NO chance. Getting you and the trench coat lady killed."
He sighed realizing she had a point then realized… she was floating "YOU'RE A GHOST?!" he screamed in shock. "NOW YOU NOTICE?! TOO SLOW!" she shouted back at the fact he didn't realize she was a ghost till now.
After a few seconds he calmed down and asked "Okay so who are you?" she pursed her lips replying "Names Damasu."
He tilted his head as he asked "Fool?" she turned her head in shame as she replied "Fitting… given I made some bad choices. Listen to me, I'm the spirit of the body Orochimaru currently has. He uses what is called 'Curse Marks' that he brands on people with unique bloodlines and abilities. He uses them to put a piece of his soul into them to corrupt the host.
He has an immortality jutsu that lets him switch bodies but he has to do it every three years before the current one rots. He's using my body right now."
He absorbed what she said as he started putting the pieces together "Bloodlines? He must've given Sasuke one!" she nodded as she spoke "Yep. With the boy's thirst for revenge and power he'll be like a puppet for Orochimaru to toy with in not time."
At first Naruto's first instinct was to shout and say Sasuke wouldn't do such a thing… but… somewhere in his mind he knew she had a point. He began to realize that the Uchiha cared about nothing except himself, and about power… though why he didn't realize sooner escaped him.
"So uh, what's this ace you keep talking about?" he asked in an attempt to get information this time instead of throwing a Kunai in the dark. "Her name is Kira. The worst piece of violence, anger and hate I've ever seen. She was cloned by Orochimaru using his own DNA. She was one of his first experiments to create the ultimate killing machine… but it was a hit-and-miss.
He succeeded in making her the perfect assassin and killer. But he lost control and had to seal her up. She's supposed to be stronger than the pedo anyway." The blonde scratched his head as he asked "Lost control how exactly?"
Damasu's hair shadowed her eyes as she answered "The constant experiments made her lose her mind. She's now a cannibalistic psychopath." He gaped in horror as he screamed "YOU WANT ME TO WAKE UP A MAN-EATING PSYCHO?!"
She shrugged as she spoke "Hey, it's not a perfect plan but at least then your chances will go from none to slim. If you succeed then they'll go from slim to guaranteed." He sighed knowing it was likely his only option as he spoke "Fine. Where is this Kira?"
The spirit pointed down as she replied "Right below you." He sweat-dropped as he dead-panned "That's convenient." She nodded as she shrugged and spoke "No kidding… it is like you're meant to be here." He said nothing as he navigated through the bushes with her guidance and found a door hidden under a thick layer of mud and leaves, after using several clones to take off the natural camouflage and opening the heavy steel door he saw a dark hallway.
He gulped and made his way inside quickly, he passed by rooms that were filled with skeletons, preserved organs and body parts, and a room that appeared to have blueprints on the Curse Mark, which he'd investigate at another time, finally he found himself in a room that had a perfect carbon copy of Orochimaru, if it weren't for her breasts and beautiful feminine feature's he would've mistaken her for the real Orochimaru.
"Oi, wake up brat. Take the seal off her chest." Spoke Damasu with impatience. "Well excuse me! I don't fancy the idea of being gutted by a psychopath!" he yelped out. With great hesitance he approached the table the pale girl laid on then with a quick yank tore the seal that covered her chest below the collar bone.
Within a few seconds her eyes snapped open as she began to sit up. Her head slowly turned to the blonde, he gulped as he saw her eyes were filled with not an ounce of kindness, no love, no joy, no humor. Her eyes shined with fury, insanity, and hunger.
He slowly backed up as she let out a mad screech, faster than he could blink she pinned him to the wall as she began singing "Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird."
He struggled against her grip as a Kunai suddenly appeared from her sleeve and fell into her free hand as she spoke to herself "Hmm, where to cut? Gut? Groin? Throat? Or legs?" the blonde's blue eyes changed to silvery white again as he spoke in a woman's voice "Enough my little Hebi."
The pale cannibal grunted out "Did the brat's balls drop off? Hmm?"
The blonde slapped her as he said "Don't talk to me that way Kira-koi!" the girl and the unseen ghost Damasu were in shock. 'What is this? He hit me? All just piss themselves and croak.'
"Kira. You leave this boy alone this instant!" the blonde yelled causing her to ask "This boy? Who are… mom? Mommy?" she asked at the end realizing who the voice belonged to.
The possessed body of Naruto nodded as Kira's mother spoke "Correct my child. This boy is… unique. I believe him to possibly be a Seer. But that is irrelevant. He freed you, and needs your help to defeat your damned sperm donor. I implore you. Find a way to balance out your madness, find something… to gain at least a minimal form of normalcy."
The crazed girl nodded as she spoke "I promise mother! I will avenge you and myself then try… to find something… something worth living for. Like I promised you all those years ago."
The possessed blonde nodded as her mother spoke again "Good. I'm glad you at least remember that. I'm afraid my time has run out. I only regret… who your creator is." With that the blonde's eyes changed back to blue as he mumbled "That was weird. Felt like I downed 8 packs of soda at once."
"You were aware then?" asked the pale cannibal. He nodded as he answered "Yes. I heard everything. I'm sorry about your mother. While she was… taking over… I saw everything… I saw her death."
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she spoke "Not another word please. That is an event I wish to not bring up. It's an old wound. I don't want it reopened after just waking up. Hearing my mother's voice has opened it some… but also brought me closure. For that I thank you."
He nodded as he spoke "You're welcome. Now you must help me." She nodded as the two ran off, Damasu smiled as she said to herself "Well, at least I can have indirect revenge against that Pedo for taking my body." With her feeling her purpose fulfilled she crossed over into the light and into the afterlife.
Elsewhere an hour later.
"I've got you now 'Sensei.' Now if I can borrow your left hand." Spoke Anko as she grabbed his left hand and manipulated it into a certain hand-sign. "I see. The Twin Snake Sacrifice. You intend to kill me by sacrificing yourself." Spoke Orochimaru in feigned fear.
Suddenly he turned into mud making her realize it was a mud clone as she canceled the Jutsu. "You see Anko-chan. I taught you everything you know. You might be a Tokubetsu Jonin, but you're still a little fish. Do me a favor and go tell dear Hiruzen-sensei that if he cancels the Chunin exams I'll destroy Konoha."
She scoffed as she said "What's the fucking point? You'll do it anyway you fucking pedophile asshole! I swear that when you die I'll piss on your ashes!"
His eyebrow twitched slightly at her insults as he cruelly smiled "I was going to let you live a bit longer. But you've just ended my patience." He pulled out the Kusanagi ready to chop her head off when out of nowhere "ORO-TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!"
The two snake user's turned and saw a familiar blonde approaching "Naruto-kun?!" yelled Anko while the pale Sannin sneered at the fact he had to deal with this loudmouth again "Come to die brat?" he spoke with a sadistic smirk.
The blonde grinned as he shook his head and spoke "Nope. I brought backup this time!" the two snake user's tilted their heads in confusion before the Sannin could even move a blur kicked him in the face sending flying into a tree.
When he got his bearing he saw the last creature he'd ever want to see "KIRA?!" he screamed in shock wondering how such a simpleton found where she was being held, but what he couldn't figure out was how in the hell he reasoned with her.
The cannibal grinned as she spoke "Time to die 'papa.'" Her smile changed from gleeful to sadistic and cruel quickly. She went through hand-signs as she spoke "Poison Release: Venom sea!" her throat bulged as she spewed out a vast amount of poison on the ground, which quickly rotted the roots away causing trees to tumble like dominoes.
As Orochimaru leapt from tree to tree to escape being crushed he thought 'Damn it! Damasu's body isn't strong enough to handle Kira! I wasn't prepared for this!' his thoughts were interrupted as his hands were pinned by Kunai on the base of a tree Kira's venom hadn't rotted.
"I'm going to enjoy eating you 'papa'." She spoke with pure maniac glee. He sweated forever regretting creating such a powerful force of nature. For Kira wasn't just made of flesh and blood. She was death. She was pure evil that walked on two legs. And he couldn't control such savage strength.
Kira's only purpose in life was for the kill. Nothing else, her speed, strength, animalistic savagery, crazed mind, and unparalleled talent in killing makes her easily the most dangerous creature to exist, not counting the Bijuu of course.
He grit his teeth as he regurgitated himself, ejecting out of his skin and quickly dashed away to escape from his creations fury.
"RUN RUN FAST AS YOU CAN! YOU AREN'T THE GINGERBREAD MAN! I'LL FIND YOU! I SWEAR! I'LL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU THEN EAT YOUR CARCASS!" she screamed as loud as her lungs allowed her into the woods as her creator fled.
Back with Naruto he sighed in relief at taking the spirit's advice. He was quickly bopped on the head by Anko who shouted "DAMN IT GAKI! WHO ASKED YOU TO SAVE ME?!" he rubbed the lump on his head as he replied coolly "Would you rather have gotten killed?"
She was about to speak but her mouth opened and closed a few times before she said "Fine. I'll give ya that. Who's the mini-Orochimaru?"
The pale cannibal answered "I am Kira. Who are you two?" the blonde slapped his head since he never gave her his name as he spoke "Naruto Uzumaki." Then the Tokubetsu Jonin spoke "I'm Anko Mitarashi."
Kira nodded as she spoke "I shall make sure none approach. Please excuse me Naruto-sama." With that she disappeared in a whirl of leaves as he mumbled "Sama? Why'd she call me that?"
The Dango lover shrugged as she spoke "No idea. But uh, thanks for the help. I'm not exactly used to being rescued." He nodded as he replied in a calm tone "Nope. You tend to be the rescuer Anko-chan."
Her eyes widened then she smirked as she spoke in a sultry tone "Oh, so NOW you remember. I'm hurt." She fake-cried at the end.
Several years back Anko and Naruto were inseparable. But then came the nightmares, and the visions, seeing things before they happened. When they first started she cast them off as hallucinations but then he warned her one night 'Don't go home tonight.' She ignored his warning and headed home, but before she opened the door to her apartment he screamed for her to not open her door.
She absentmindedly opened it causing a paper bomb to explode. Fortunately he got her to a hospital before she bled out from the shrapnel, which missed her major organs and arteries by shear luck.
She brought up the visions to the Hokage, who was quite curious about them, but had no idea what to make of them. During her stay at the hospital Naruto visited her every day, bringing her Dango, and sometimes flowers to brighten up the room, she didn't like flowers, but it was the thought that counted, then one day… he just stopped coming.
"So why the fuck have you been ignoring me cheeky brat?!" she asked angrily while pinching his cheek. He cried a bit from the pain as he said "I don't really know! That Kaguya woman did something to me now memories are flooding back to me! About you! About Kurenai! All of the girls!"
Being in the T&I division she knew lies from truth just by hearing the tone of voice, very few could fool her ears with their voice, and her eyes with their body language. In this instance she was hearing truth; she let go of him as she asked "Okay, why the fuck are you remembering everything now of all times? Why'd you forget anyway?"
He shrugged not knowing the answer himself making her sigh in frustration. "Well whatever. As a thanks I'll give you a free pass at the exams. Perks of being a Proctor. As a bonus I'll take you there myself. I gotta report in about all this anyway."
He nodded happily as Kira came back holding two people by the necks "Naruto-sama, these suspicious people attempted to approach you."
He face-palmed himself as he spoke "First, those are my teammates so put'em down. Second, why do you keep calling me Sama?" the pale girl dropped the two who had swirls in their eyes as she replied casually "You freed me from my prison and gave me the opportunity for revenge. For that I thank you, and mama always said to 'Never leave a debt unpaid'. However… if you deny me my revenge I'll kill you. Otherwise I'm yours to command."
He quickly nodded not wanting to die as he spoke "Well, pick those two up and let's go." She nodded picking up Sasuke and Sakura as Anko spoke in her usual energetic tone "All right! Try to keep up! I can't promise I'll slow down!"
Elsewhere.
Kaguya was casually walking down the streets of Konoha, observing the hearts and minds of the people, from her calculations 42% of the village seemed either neutral or good by her terms, but the other percentage was filled with bigots, idiots and power-hungry fools. Most of which being commanded by the 'Civilian council and Elders' as they were called.
She has been receiving odd looks all afternoon by people who noticed the horn like protrusions on her head, she could use a Genjutsu to hide them, but then she felt like she'd saying that she's ashamed of them, for which she wasn't. So she let the odd looks slide.
Right now she was being followed by a man who had lecherous emotions running around. She sighed and asked in her usual regal tone "Can I help you?" he nodded as he asked "Why yes, what's such a noble looking woman doing here?"
She simply replied "I'm looking for a bakery." He grinned as he spoke with a perverted blush "I bet you could do with some stuffin' in your muffin."
She casually replied "I like stuffing in muffins." Unknown to him she didn't catch the sexual innuendo because her mind was solely focused on baked goods right now.
"Perhaps I should introduce myself! I'm the guy all men bow before! The man women beg to bed them! The ultimate inspiration for authors around the Elemental Nations! The wise and immortal spirit! I AM JIRAIYA THE TOAD MOUNTAIN SAGE!" he ranted while making odd poses.
The white-haired woman dead-panned as she replied flatly "I am Kaguya Otsutsuki. I don't like you. You're an idiot. And I'm the one that's going to kick you where it hurts." Before he could react she kicked him between his legs making his eyes bug out as he bent over, clutching his manhood.
As she walked away she thought she heard him groan "I think… one… popped." She smiled at her handiwork then noticed a bakery, she entered and shoved her way past the other customer's in line then spoke "I want every kind of muffin you have and three whole Carrot cakes." She discreetly used her Yin-yang release to create the current form of currency and placed it on the counter.
The clerk spoke "Ma'am, please go to the back of… the…" her voice died in her throat as the silver-haired woman's eyes narrowed as though she were daring the clerk to finish what she was saying. "I demand you take my order NOW. I've been in a tomb for years. I'm on my period. And I just busted the balls of a pervert…. My vagina's bleeding ergo my period."
"TOO MUCH INFO!" Everyone in the shop screamed, completely shocked at her bluntness. The clerk nodded stiffly and got her order done as quickly as possible, with that done she left with the baked goods in tow.
At the Preliminary tower. [A/N: All fights up to Naruto vs. Kiba are Cannon.]
Naruto was facing down Kiba Inuzuka, who was currently boasting about being Hokage, during his rant the blonde was thinking 'Hokage. Hokage. Hokage. A word I've said countless times. Now I have to ask myself, why DO I want to be Hokage? Even… even if I do become Hokage, there's no guarantee I'll get the respect and acknowledgement I want. Is being Hokage my dream? Or the dream… that someone else wanted me to go for?'
His musing was broken when Hayate said "Begin!" Kiba smirked as he charged at the blonde. The whiskered boy got his guard up but he noticed time appeared to be slowing down the visage of a hooded figure appeared as it spoke "You have a gift child. A gift easily squandered by the paranoia and manipulation of others. Heed my advice: Do not waste the teachings of the Rabbit Goddess. For it is through her… you shall find both power and purpose."
The figure disappeared as time returned to normal, in his shock Kiba landed a punch on the blonde with ease, as the whiskered teen fell back the dog ninja spoke in a taunting manner "Tch. That's weak. Easy match for me, ya Dead-last."
The blonde got up as he spoke calmly "'Dead-last' a title given to me by my class and sensei Iruka. You know, things have been… clearer. I mean, sure I pulled pranks, sure I had problems in school… I trained and trained but the problem wasn't my training… it was Iruka's teaching. Sure he didn't help because he didn't want to show favoritism, but favoritism is giving help to someone that doesn't need it. I did, and Iruka-sensei didn't try to help even though he knew my 'problem'."
This confused the Genin and Kira, who was hidden behind the Stone hands, but the Jonin, Hokage, and Chunin knew what the boy was hinting at in his rant.
"Then came my team: Sasuke, a pretty boy that keeps yapping about power, power, power and killing someone. Who ignores women and treats them like the plague. Sakura, a bookworm that hasn't contributed to the team at all and fauns over Sasuke all damn day and uses me as a punching bag. Finally, Kakashi, a lazy useless sensei that only taught us teamwork and tree climbing, the latter when we were on a C-rank turn A-rank. Team 7, is a fucking joke."
Most of the Jonin and the Hokage immediately glared at Kakashi at hearing that he only taught his team the bare necessities DURING an A-rank of all times, it was appalling!
"You know what? I'm sick of this! I'm sick of being mistreated. I'm sick of people underestimating me. I'm sick of people thinking Sasuke is the top shit when he's just a bitch boy! I'M SICK OF NOT EVER BEING GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE!" he shouted at the end as his eyes changed from blue to a purple color confusing the Jonin.
Kiba smirked not noticing the dangerous aura coming from the blonde as he spoke "Yeah, you can talk a big game all you want but I'm the Alpha here. I'm going to show that you're at the bottom of the food chain Dead-last."
The blonde smirked as he crossed his fingers "Lemme tell ya something Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru: Never underestimate me." He spoke with a grin.
In Kira's hiding place she thought 'Naruto-sama's Chakra is spiking! Something's welling up in his Chakra Network.'
As Akamaru, Kiba's partner used the Man Beast Clone, Kiba replied to his opponent "Oh yeah? Let's test that out Dead-last! Twin Tunneling Fang!" the two turned charged at the blonde as they spun with their clan's trademark Taijutsu technique.
In the stands Kurenai noticed that Naruto wasn't like himself at the Academy, and now… he IS himself. 'What… happened to you Naruto-kun?' she thought.
As the blonde smirked he spoke calmly "Let's test this out I think it's time I brought down your ego pal; Barrier Release: Crush!" the two stopped spinning as they found themselves being crushed into the ground by an invisible force.
"Hey! That's the Jutsu that weird lady Kaguya-san used!" Yelled Ino to which her teammates nodded. Kakashi's visible eye narrowed as he thought 'Sasuke mentioned that encounter. How is Naruto using that Jutsu? How does it work?'
As the weight of the force continued pressing down, blood was seeping out both Kiba's and Akamaru's ears. Finally Hayate spoke "Enough [cough.] Winner is Naruto [cough] Uzumaki." The blonde released the Jutsu as he walked up the steps he wondered 'How did I know to use Kaguya-san's jutsu? And those things I said… I felt as if… they were my own. And not something I recycled from someone else.' He shrugged as he headed up the steps wondering if his questions could be answered by the Rabbit Goddess.
He wondered if she could answer how he used her Jutsu, how he can see spirits, and how he can see premonitions of future events. He sighed not knowing how to even find her. For now… he'll just revel in his victory.
Back on the other side of the arena Gaara was thinking 'He's not like before. He's… different. I wonder… will he make a better challenge than the Uchiha?' unknown to the redhead, in his mindscape the Ichibi, was stirring uncomfortably already sensing the kind of Chakra the blonde had. "That power! It's like the Oba-san's! If he's connected to her! Kami help those that get in that kid's path!"
End Chapter two.
A/N: Well, This chapter is longer than the last. I hope you enjoyed it. Remember, no flames. I hate how people flame for no apparent reason that just to flame. If you're going to read something only to flame it then don't read at all. Anyway, hope you like it and please Review. Constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome. One last thing, I need to watch the Legend of Korra for awhile to get reacquainted, with it, but I can do that while writing the first chapter, though I can't give you an exact time-frame. Thank you and May God Bless America.