Hello people and welcome to Chapter Two, I'm going to have to state some things. To the one guy who asked how will I add in The Murim from 'The Breaker' and it sequel 'New Waves' and the like.

The answer is this, they are will serve at most as background history for Naruto. Some characters may or may not show up from time to time but they will serve as shout-outs and Easter eggs only. THEY WILL NOT PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS STORY! (Except maybe as conscious or reason for why they did whatever...)

Best example I can give you is in Chapter 1. Naruto was introduced as Han Shinwoo which is the name of a character from the Korean web-toon, 'Noblesse'. That's the only freebie I'm giving you punks, you got that? If you can't find the shout-outs, it doesn't matter as they are there to fill the gap of the plot hole and as fun little things to find.

One more thing, don't expect me to write me to write names for attacks unless it serves some other purpose like teaching. Not only am I too lazy to actually look up moves, that type of thing doesn't actually happen in real life which I'm trying to keep as realistic as possible.

Don't believe me, look up 'Fight Quest' where two American guys travel the world to study for five days on different martial arts before taking on two of the top best they can find, often the students of said master they trained under. I know Hapkido, Muay Thai, Kali, and Savate were shown.

The best thing about it was that it showed how the people lived in the country they trained in. I won't spoil anything but it's crazy how some people lived privileged lives and are sometimes ignorant about how other sectors of the world live.

With that said, I apologize but there's so much I wanted to write down but it's turning into a rant.

Chapter 2: Underground Beat-down

"Why did you kill him?"

"Murderer!"

"I'm sorry, Naruto but we can't be together anymore."

Naruto woke up with a jerk, sweat drenching every inch of his skin. He wiped his face, gradually getting out of his bed after seeing the alarm clock that he woke up twenty minutes earlier than intended. At least he would be able to get in some more training time than usual.

Kenichi

As Kenichi walked to school along with Miu, he saw a few students hurrying along to the court instead of to the classrooms. Wondering what was going, he asked, "What's going on? School's about to start."

A female student that he didn't know replied, "One of the exchange students is actually playing basketball against the captain of the Basketball team. It's getting so intense that people are saying that they are playing with their lives at stake."

This had Kenichi confused, one of the Yomi was actually playing sports but then his mind finally registered the words, 'with their lives' , and decided to head over there to check it out. Miu, who was with him asked him with a confused expression, "Shouldn't we head to class?"

Kenichi clenched his fist as he gave a determined expression, "As a member of Ryozanpaku, I must check this out and see that Yomi isn't hurting the students of our schools."

Miu gave a small smile as she looked at Kenichi march off. He was certainly different then the time that she first met him. At first, he was nothing more than someone who she took pity on so she taught him a few techniques and now he's grown up. Now, she needed to hook him with a nice girl that wouldn't betray him or take him away like that kitty, Renka.

The court was where Kenichi had just arrived in time to see the South Korean shaking hands with the captain. The two then coincidently walked towards him while talking to one another, "That was a great game, Han-san. Did you played before?"

"I did actually. In Korea, basketball isn't as popular as football or as wide-spread like in the United States but we have a few clubs and street games every now and then. Also, please call me Shinwoo or just Han by itself, Seonbae; Han-san makes me feel old and I'm talking to a stranger."

"Seonbae?"

"A Korean honorific that would be the equivalent of Senpai in your language."

Kenichi watched as the two men just chatting with one another as they headed to the male shower buildings. Perhaps he was mistaken about the reason why Yomi was here.

Lunchtime

Shinwoo was eating his lunch on-top of the school roof despite there being a sign that it was off-limits. He like to eat in peace and the cafeteria wasn't the place to do it. Not since Rachel was also there and the fact that he was even more popular after his match with the Captain.

"You can come out and enjoy the pretty sky with me." Shinwoo said as Miu popped out from behind the door to inside the school. She gave a sheepish smile as she rubbed the back of her head, "You found me out."

"Of course, I did. Since you were giving off KI like it was free candy. Why don't you work on it?" Shinwoo told her as he ate his sandwich.

Miu sat down and unwrap her home-made bento. As she gave thanks and ate, she looked at Shinwoo, "So, what's Tou-san like? Grandfather never talks about him."

Her brother merely sighed as he wrapped his sandwich. Shinwoo then stood up to head for the door but not before looking at Miu, "Some advice, don't make your intentions so painfully oblivious. You ruined my appetite with that kind of low-level information gathering."

Miu froze in her seat as she wondered if her trying to find about their father and saving him from the path of Satsujinken and the darkness was really that easy to see. As Miu watched her brother about to leave, he actually turned around and answered her question, "He was strict but fair although there were some days that he seemed to be a different person.

Abeoji... Dad usually was usually laid-back, letting me do as I please to some extent. Thanks to that, I can say this. Get the Shinpaku Alliance to disband itself, there's no need to bring innocent bystanders into our conflict."

He then left before Miu could say anything.

A child Naruto was playing by himself at a playground while waiting for his father to finish a meeting with some group called the Alliance or something. As he was sliding down, another kid that looked about Naruto's age with red hair and a bandage on his nose was waiting for him at the end.

The kid asked, "Excuse me but would you like to play with us? We need one more member for our basketball game."

Naruto thought about it, he wasn't supposed to play with strangers and if they made him go somewhere, he was supposed to beat them up or run away if he couldn't. It seemed like the red-haired knew what Naruto was thinking as he said, "If you're waiting for your parents, that's fine. We're just going to play right over there."

He pointed to a basketball court that had a couple of kids already playing the game with a hoop that had wheels and was smaller in length to allow the younger kids a chance to allow the ball to enter the basket.

It seemed like a good deal to Naruto so he nodded. The other kid smiled, "Awesome, what's your name by the way? I can't keep calling you, kid or you."

"Furinji Naruto."

"A Japanese, huh?" The redhead rubbed his thumb underneath his nose, "No matter, the name's Han Shinwoo and don't you ever forget it."

As the game was being dominated by Naruto and Shinwoo working together as if they were teammates for a long time, the next game had the two become captains so as to balance the teams out. It was the first event that made Naruto laugh out loud.

Unknown to the kids, Furinji Saiga was standing next to a tree watching them. He had a gentle smile on his face as he watched his son finally acted like the child he was. Perhaps, they could stay a little longer, Senzui could act in his stead for awhile.

Underground Duel Arena

"I forfeit," a man squealed out as he was caught in a submission hold. Naruto let go and the man had crawled out of the ring. The teen then swept his bangs back with both hands as he wondered who was next.

The Underground Duel Arena was actually recommended by Rachel but he didn't listen to her after the incident where she recommended him to a strip club and it was only because he was adamant about finding out what that place actually was that it didn't happen. But since Ethan also recommend this place and with him being a ell-known honest guy, if silent most of the time, it had to have been on the up and up.

The next guy that entered his ring was a blue-haired dark-skinned teen with bandages on his hands and a blade of grass in his mouth. Naruto remembered him from one of Yomi's dossier, "Ikki Takeda known better as Takeda the Puncher; one of the Shinpaku's Alliance Captains."

"I'm surprised someone from Yomi would know who I am but I guess I shouldn't be surprised." Takeda grinned as he readied his fists before spitting out the blade of grass, "At least I can soon say that I defeated a Yomi member rather than it just being Kenichi."

The Shinpaku member remembered how useless he felt when that Raichi girl and her master raided the main Shinpaku base. This was the reason why he trained Shoba-sensei, to never feel as useless as he once did.

Perhaps this was how Kenichi felt in his life before he came to be apart of Ryozanpaku. As the screen above them showed their faces. Underneath the pictures were the words, "Furinji Naruto vs Ikki Takeda," which caused Takeda to angrily pointed at Naruto, "What are you doing, using Honey's name like that?"

Naruto tilted his head in boredom, "Like I said to Miu, Han Shinwoo is an alias I like to use. I believe you already know my real name." Takeda looked at the screen before looking at Naruto with one thought in his mind before it shut down and rebooted for the fight 'Oh shit.'

Ryozanpaku

Kenichi was strapped to another machine as Akisame watched. As Kenichi performed whatever he was supposed to do, he asked loudly, "Akisame-sensei, what kind of martial arts exist in Korea?"

Akisame eyebrows raised as he looked at Kenichi, "What brought this about?"

"One of Yomi's member is from South Korea and I was wondering if I could know a bit of it." Kenichi screamed as the machine brought the pain to his body.

Akisame scolded Kenichi in that gentle tone of his, "Kenichi, you cannot assume just because someone is from a location; it means they practice the martial arts there. The best examples is you Kenichi, you are practicing Muay Thai and Chinese Kenpo and yet you are not either Thai or Chinese."

"Please forgive me, Sensei!" When Kenichi said that, Akisame released him and had him walked a bit before sitting down. When Kenichi did so, Akisame said, "Now, I'm just giving you a basic overview since we have so little time."

He then began the short by his standard lecture, "Similar to Japan and China, Korea has a rich history filled with martial arts. There are so many points in history that I could spend thirty years talking about them and still haven't finish but you probably want to know about the different styles you may face. Let's begin with those you might find first like Taekwondo...

Taekwondo is a hybrid martial arts that heavily focuses on kicks and was developed in the years between 1940 and 50's when Korean traditional fighting was prohibited by the Japanese government occupation.

As with any marital arts, Taekwondo eventually split itself and has two main factions. The WTF or World Taekwondo Federation which is the faction you'd normally see and the ITF or International Taekwondo Federation. Your friend, Nanjo Kisara, originally used WTF Taekwondo as it is mainly used for sports.

Next we have Hapkido, it is a form of self-defense that employs the use of joint-locks, grappling as well as kicks, throws and strikes. It also employs the use of pressure points known as hyeol in Korea which Kensei use in his acupuncture treatments. Since Hapkido primarily focused on self-defense above sports fighting, they also employ the use of weapons especially those of convenience.

The art adapted from Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu as it was taught by Choi Yong-Sool when he returned to Korea after studying in Japan for about thirty years. It's history is obscured by the historical animosity between the Korean and Japanese people following the Second World War.

Finally we have Taekkyeon, a Korean marital arts that was deemed by the Korean government to be an Important Intangible Cultural Asset known as number 76. Due to a combination of Neo-Confusianism which valued academics over physical skills and the Japanese occupation mentioned earlier nearly made this art extinct but it survived partially thanks to Grandmaster Song Duk-ki who was credited with the revival of the art before his death in 1987.

Taekkyeon contains many hand and leg techniques as well as throws, joint locks and head-butts. It also teaches a variety of kicks and every move made is natural to the human body. Also add in the fact that it's fast-paced and you can see why it considered deadly."

As Akisame lectured, Kenichi grew more and more confused until Akisame sighed and decided to start over and dumb things down for the poor boy.

Underground Duel Arena

Takeda was breathing heavily as he watched for any sudden movements from his opponent. The man who calls himself Naruto wasn't even sweating despite all the punches Takeda sent his way. The fact that he didn't threw any punches or kicks despite the openings he un and intentionally left opened only served as fuel to his growing annoyance.

"I just showed you that your skills and techinque won't effect me and yet you aren't running, why?" Naruto asked, he truly wondered why someone from the normal world wouldn't just forfeit and run, it's happened multiple times before.

Takeda huffed, "You see this hand?" He then raised his left hand, "This hand used to be paralyzed until Kenichi fought against me and with the help of Akisame Koetsuji's treatments, I can finally box again.

So what if I'm scared of you? Kenichi was scared of many of his opponents and he still fought against them. If I can't at least do the same, then I don't deserve to be that guy's friend." He was shocked and scared at first since he personally witnessed the power of Miu and assumed her brother would be on the same level. However, a few seconds had passed and He remembered that blood relations didn't mean anything and it was attitude that counts.

The pressure in the room begins to thicken when Takeda was done talking. Naruto had his face downwards so that no one could see his face, "That's it, you entered the Murim, the real martial arts world for the sake of your pride, a debt and a friend?" Naruto's body shook as cynical laughter was heard, "I was right, Shinpaku Alliance members are good people but they are so in over their heads."

The Shinpaku member was actually curious about the declaration, "And why would you say that?"

"Because I've read each and every one of the files we have on the Shinpaku Alliance that explained your skills, martial arts branch and weaknesses. Most of you only have experience fighting from tournaments to street fighting. None of you are ready for a real fight against someone like me, Kano or Yomi with the exception of Kenichi, Miu, Kugatachi Kaname and to an extent, you." Naruto swept back his hair as a few bangs covered his intimidating face, "Let me show a tiny bit of a real martial artist strength."

Takeda blinked for a second and Naruto was already in his face, he blocked a kick to the right side of his face with his forearm but he had to grit his teeth as he felt his arm was being hit with steel. In that same instance, he let loose a multitude of punches with his left while shouting, "Illusionary Left Barrage!"

Naruto parried them with his left hand with a bored look before getting in close and swept his right leg into Takeda's left causing him to fall. Naruto stepped back, "Get up, I'm not even warmed up yet. Also a tip from one man to another, this isn't a manga or anime; there's no need to yell the name of your attack. It only serves as an indicator that you are performing some sort of move and that they should keep watch."

Takeda stood up as he crouched and pounced with his two fists in a spin, "Giant Neko Megaeru Punch." But Takeda stopped his move when he saw that Naruto wasn't in the area, Takeda around as he was bitch-slapped a few times.

As the boxer took the attack with some difficulties, he sent a left straight making Naruto grab his wrist as he side-stepped to the left. Takeda had a small smirk on his face as a right jab underneath his left arm aiming for the body shot.

He certainly didn't expect Naruto's other arm to be able to grab him. As Naruto held on to him, he said, "When a boxer has no free arms and his opponent controls his legs, how does a boxer beat his opponent?" He then twisted Takeda's body sideways so that his leg could used Takeda's own as a springboard before throwing him down to the ground.

As Takeda stood up with his head feeling it was put through a blender. Naruto forward-kicked him into the ropes and back to him. He then grabbed Takeda and pulled him towards him by the wrist while kicking one of Takeda's legs in.

As Takeda was forced to kneel, Naruto twisted the left arm as he pivoted behind Takeda and pushed the rest of Takeda's body down to the ground. He then bent the left arm by the wrist as his other arm held the shoulder down. Naruto lowered his head to Takeda's head and whispered, "Funny thing is, you're going to lose this arm if you don't forfeit. Will you lose your prized arm when you don't have to or will you sacrifice your pride?"

As Takeda yelled his surrender, a bell rung signifying that someone had won. Naruto looked to see that a man with pale hair and a pointy mustache and goatee had come into the ring and was rushing at him. Naruto had instinctively jumped out of the submission hold and dodged out of the way.

When Naruto recognized the man as James Shiba, the old man had already left the ring and was heading for the exit that was conveniently unguarded. Naruto looked at the escaping men before deciding not to pursue. No matter what anyone will say, he was here for a normal school life, one that was robbed from him a long time ago. He then looked at the crowd who then began to cheer his name. As he spread his arms, he said, "So who's next?"

Shiba and Takeda

James Shiba was a proud man but he was also practical in the fact that he wouldn't let his cash cow die or lose his limbs like that. There was no way possible that he saved Takeda because his disciple reminded him of himself and that boy, the Ichei of Yami.

He then heard groaning from the body in his arms, "Shiba-sensei, I was in over my head wasn't I?"

"Don't be like that, kid. Sometimes in order to win you have to lose." Shiba said with conviction, after all he wouldn't have taken Takeda as a disciple if it wasn't for the fact that he lost his right eye and leg to the Ichei or One Shadow of Yami, "Plus there's also the fact that you let him control the battle. He knew close to everything about how you might fight and you knew nothing."

"Yeah, you're right sensei but that guy was right about one thing." Takeda spoke as he was drifting in and out of consciousness, "I wasn't ready to handle him or Yomi and I don't know what I can do to stop them but damn it if I don't try." Takeda then slumped over embracing the call to the land of dreams.

When Shiba arrived back at his house, he took an inspection on Takeda's body for injuries but was surprised to see that besides the fractures on the boy's arm, leg and shoulder as well as swelling on the head, there were no other injuries. It was something he had never seen before.

Perhaps, he should speed up the training process. That's seems like the best way to play his hand right about now.

Naruto

Naruto was bored, oh so bored. Here he was being mugged in an alley by three people who he didn't even bother learning what they look like or their names for that matter.

"Come on, kid just hand over the money. We're doing you a favor, if we didn't take it then someone who's even more ruthless will." Naruto dropped the bag while assessing the situation, Thug #2 moved to side to get the bag while Thug #3 stayed in the back.

#1 had a crooked smile, "That's right kid, you're doing the right thing." Then in a quick moment, Naruto grabbed the wrist of #1 and pivoted while landing a punch right under the elbow. Due to the arm in an unnatural way, #1's grip on the knife loosened allowing Naruto to grab it by the blade in-between his fingers.

As he let go of the one who threatened him, he threw the blade in #3's way so fast that he couldn't even see it coming. The thug was clutching the hilt that was coming out of his chest as he sank to the floor screaming about the pain.

With one already incapacitated, Naruto focused on the male that threatened him as the person stood up. He rushed forward and swept one of his legs to trip him again. As the thug fell down, Naruto used the same leg he used to trip and brought it upwards before bringing it down to crush the chest with his heel.

Knowing that the man was dead or at least knocked out, Naruto looked back to see that the last remaining person had already grabbed the money bag and ran. Naruto watched as a dark blur above landed ontop of the thug and created a dust cloud.

When it dissipated, it revealed the thug was in a crater as a teen wearing a sleeveless muscle shirt and an unzipped vest with a fur collar. As the teen looked over to Naruto, he noticed that an eyepatch was over the left eye. He gave a lazy wave, "Hey Hey, Naruto or would you rather I call you by your alias."

"Naruto is fine; what are you doing here, Kajima?"

"What? Can't a guy go and meet his disciple brother?" Seeing that Naruto was giving him the dead eye gaze, Kajima relented, "Alright Alright, I was here to meet with Ikki Takeda and give him the choice. However, when I arrived, he was being carried away by Shiba so I decided to stick around and watch you fight."

Sensing no deception, Naruto relented by walking towards Kajima, "Can you give me my bag? I've got school tomorrow and I rather not be late or be sleeping in class."

As Kajima handed over the bag, he said, "You know something, we never meet each other for fun anymore. It's always work work work, never just spar as we used to when we were younger."

Naruto replied as he walked away, "How about you and me go out gang-hunting like the 'Stillwater Job' we did in America tomorrow? I hear there's a really dangerous Yakuza who's headquarters are about a mile to the west from here."

"We're not inviting the others?"

"Nah, I saw Kokin training some goons from the school; that guy is all work and no play. Rachel's all about the crowd and Ethan won't leave his sister alone. Boris said something about going on an assignment for his master and we all know about Chikage." As Naruto turned around the corner, Kajima looked at the corpses and/or downed bodies. He sighed as he closed his eyes and rubbed his head, "Not cool, bro; leaving me to do the dirty cleanup."

Shinpaku Alliance

Haruo Niijima along with members of Shinapku Computer Squad were working overtime in gathering any information on Yomi members despite how useless it may seem. This was only possible as the building was equipped to be a dorm for it's members to sleep, eat and train.

"Commander Niijima, I got something." A member yelled as Niijima's eyes caught it. He then rushed towards the screen and took a look. On the screen was an old news report in a language that Niijima assumed was Korean due to one of the pictures had the South Korean exchange student along with a picture of a redheaded boy.

"Well, translate it already." Niijima ordered as he greedily salivated. This was the first potential piece of information he had on a Yomi member and every piece of information could lead to the conversion of one of them into his Alliance or get them out of the way.

"The translation is done, commander." The Shinpaku member said as he stood up to allow the commander use of his chair. As Niijima sat down, he began to read and read through it. The first thing he read was the headline...

"Middle-school student convicted of Second-degree Murder!"

Naruto was dressed in a black tuxedo with a matching tie and white shirt. As he stood silently, watching the plane he was going to be on land down. He sensed a familiar KI behind him, "Kang-Sung, come to see me off or are you here to try to convince me to stay?"

A physically tall and imposing man with swept-back silver/gray hair and a brief case in his hand stood next to Naruto. He looked at the plane before speaking, "To say goodbye, did you think I would let you leave without seeing you off, Naruto?"

"Sorry but it's times like these that you can't trust anyone especially those by your side." Naruto lowered his head, "But I shouldn't have suspected you, after all if it wasn't for you then I may still be in Moorim. (An: I know that I said I would only give one freebie so consider this one goodwill towards my readers. Moorim is the name of the special limbo where martial artists go to when they cannot be judged by normal means. You can find it in the Korean Manwha that goes by the name of 'King of Hell.')

Kang-Sung patted the boy's head, "And I do not blame you for it. The Murim is full of people who are prideful and yet wouldn't hesitate to throw a scrap-goat if it means they get to keep their power."

He then handed the briefcase to which Naruto held onto, "I have a gift for you to remember me by." As Naruto opened the case and peeked inside, he shut it quickly and looked at the man with shock, "Do you even understand what kind of gift you just gave me?"

"I understand the impact of it which is why you must promise me," Kang-Sung placed both of his hands on Naruto's shoulder, "You must never let anyone know that you have what is inside."

"I promise." Kang-Sung nodded his head as he looked into the crowd, "I must go now, good fortune to you, my young friend." Naruto watched as Kang-Sung turned his back and walked away without looking back.

A hand placed itself on Naruto's shoulder and he looked to see that it was his father. Saiga gave a comforting smile as he kneeled down and hugged him, "Welcome home, Musuko."

As Naruto stirred from his sleep, he felt two soft mounds on his side. As his sight became clearer, he saw that it was Rachel that was by his side with the blanket covering her body. She snuggled closer to him, "Five more minutes, Naru."

Now if this was a romance, harem or even a comedy; Naruto would fly right out of the bed with a nose bleed if he was a normal person. But as someone who seen people crush steel with their bare hands, a single person killing dozen of people with their bare hands and seen plenty of nudity in his line of work, he wasn't fazed by it.

As Naruto shook Rachel's shoulder, he said, "Get up Rachel, it's..." He looked at the clock, "Shit, we're late!"

The blonde male flew out of his bed and grabbed his uniform while running into the bathroom. As the noise of the shower came on, Rachel sat up and rubbed her eyes before blinking.

She then realized that Naruto was in the bathroom naked. As Rachel was about to smash the door opened, Naruto came out fully dressed and ran right into her causing the two to fall to the ground. Seeing her chance, Rachel used her limbs to wrap herself into to Naruto.

"Awww, did you really want to go a second round?" Rachel cooed as she breathed into Naruto's ears. Naruto, in response, merely jabbed his fingers into her side causing her to squeal and let go and Naruto used that moment to stand up.

"Nice try but you still got to do better than that to get me excited." Naruto told Rachel as the door to his room opened and Ethan was standing in the doorframe, "Excuse me, Furinji-san..." As he saw what was happening, his protective brotherly instincts activated and he charged forward.

Naruto, instead of wasting time by saying 'This isn't what it looks like...', he merely did the smart thing and jumped out of his window and ran straight to school knowing that Ethan wouldn't leave his precious sister behind. He's seen what happens when a guy gets way too close to his sister for his liking.

True to Naruto's reasoning, Ethan didn't chase after Naruto and instead went over to Rachel. He offered his hand to her but Rachel slap it away. "You just had to go and ruined it, didn't you Ethan?" Rachel threw a glare, "I was this close to getting him to blush and have him become mine."

She then clutched her hands together as she swayed on her rear, "With our good looks and skills, we will be the ultimate teenage power couple that will be talked about for generations to come." Ethan was merely silent at this point even if he didn't believe Naruto would easily become her boyfriend.

After all, Naruto once confided in him that when he was younger, he foolishly gave his heart to two different women. One of them abandoned him and the other crushed his heart and played a huge part in the death of Han Shinwoo.

Done, now I plan for Naruto to know at least four to six martial arts styles. Taekkyeon, Taekwondo, Hapkido and Furinji style are locked in for sure through he may use moves from other fighting styles and/or techniques.

As for the italic paragraphs, they are memories to serve simply as history for Naruto. It's up to you to piece together the backstory yourselves as a little project for your brain. It can thank me later...

Preview

Shinwoo grinned as he looked at the Shinpaku Alliance, "The name of the game is simple, it's called 'Challenge Tower.' I'll explain the rules..."

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Shinwoo waved at Naruto who was walking over to him with his arm over the shoulder of a girl. When they were in-range, Naruto, with a grin stated, "Shinwoo, I want you to meet my girlfriend,..."