HP and CP have been restored to the maximum!
Where the hell am I? Last time I was there, I was sure that the hospital didn't have ceilings like a cavern.
"Come with me, Naruto. Danzo will want to see you now." A kid sized person with a white mask appeared in front of me.
"Where am I?" I asked. I'm kind of confused as to why I was here with the strange person.
"Danzo will explain it all." He (as I identified from the voice) seemed like he wanted to add more but decided to hold his tongue. As I looked at him a bit closer I- What the frickity frick! Something popped up in front of me: The skill /Observe/ has been unlocked!
No one else knows, best to just play it cool. I'll look at it later and all my other skills and stuff.
I looked at the masked kid to see if he noticed but he didn't look any different, stupid me, he has a mask! Why would he look different?
"Do you want me to shunshin you or should we walk there? Get out of the bed."
"Sorry." I hopped out of the bed and started walking in line with him. He didn't seem the type to conversate, or even speak, so I decided to look all around me. The room was somewhat shaped like a square and had a bed and a desk with a chair behind it. While the desk had shelves, it didn't have any books, making the room boring to look at.
He opened the door and I followed him from behind, intent on following him. The walking was long and monotonous, with nothing to really see. It was what any tunnel would look like, complete with torches and more rooms.
After about 5 minutes of monotonous walking, we finally arrived at a simple oak door. He knocked on the door and waited for a response.
A muffled "Come in." was heard from the other side.
He opened the door and on the other side was one Danzo Shimura. How would I know, you might ask? There were red words floating above his head saying so, as I would respond. Below them were more words in the color yellow saying The Root of Konoha. Maybe this was a side effect of 'observe'.
'Observe.' I looked at Danzo and a screen with a few words was in front of my face immediately.
Current:
Name: Danzo Shimura /Age: 69 years /Level: ?
Currently: Tired /Titles: The Root of Konoha / Classes: N/A
HP: 4500/4500 /CP: 10000/10000 /EC: ?
Regenerate: ? HP per second / ? CP per second / See EC regen in help
Fame: 1000/2050 / Class Points: ? / Stat Points: ?
Well… shit. He's got to recruit ROOT members somehow, and going by the fact that the person who took me here is a kid… my chances aren't too good.
+1 WIS
"What did you just do to your chakra? It's potency changed." Danzo asked.
"Probably something to do with genetics." I said, making a lie on the fly.
"I don't think so. But maybe you're right." Danzo said, seemingly disbelieving of me.
"Out of curiosity, do you realize what you did was really stupid? The Hokage is going to have your ass fried on a stick in a few weeks, and you won't have any cover up." I said, angry at the man for kidnapping me.
"As far as the Hokage knows, you don't even exist."
"Just 'cause he neglects me doesn't mean the doctors wouldn't know about me!" I shouted back at him. He knew how to press all the right buttons to make me tick, and I was really starting to hate him.
"I took care of those liabilities. Also, watch your tone before I hurt you." He's making me mad on purpose and I'm taking the bait like candy. I need to slow down and talk smarter, not angrier.
"Regardless, I will be found eventually." I said in a defiant tone.
"I did say watch your tone." All of a sudden, 5 ROOT shinobi popped out of nowhere. "Give him the serious pain conditioning. He should be emotionless in 2 weeks, if not… your punishments will be worse than his." Danzo held up a hand seal and all the ROOT shinobi nodded their heads. He walked out of the room without being stopped
I tried to run out of the room with my speed, but a painful binding jutsu hit me. And the torture commenced. I quickly made a promise to myself that I wouldn't break to these monsters, and grit my teeth.
First, about 30 fishing hooks got stuck into my body and were twisted and yanked in different directions. Then, the tallest of them started hammering nails into my body.
"This is nothing, go screw yourself!" I screeched at them, masking my emotions.
They didn't respond at all and instead ramped up the pain. This time, they used raiton jutsu.
-1400 HP
Defiance was the only thought in my mind as I struggled to stay awake. These next 2 weeks were going to be long.
2 weeks later
It's finally over. No more pain. These last two weeks were as painful as all hell, but I've had worse. I'm not even close to being anymore loyal to Danzo, in fact, I hate him much more than before.
Sometime during the torture, I was moved to a different room. Now I was going to where Danzo was.
I walked into his room with the 5 ROOT he assigned to me, thinking "screw it". I never would've known how bad of an idea it was till after.
"Is he emotion-free now?" Danzo asked.
"Y-." The tallest one started to speak before I cut him off.
"No, I'm not. Danzo, all of your ROOT are weak-willed pieces of shit like yourself! I'm a human before a shinobi. Die." Before I could say anymore Danzo started killing all of his shinobi. In 20 seconds, they were all dead. They were all in the level 50s while I was only level 13. If they were that strong, how strong is Danzo? Normally I would be repulsed by having seen people being killed before me, but they tortured me. Is that wrong?
"I'll torture you this time. You will have changed your mind in the end, regardless of what you think now." said Danzo. For some reason, I believed him. Maybe that was why I broke this time.
He started out by ripping my nails off my fingers and lighting fire to the sensitive spot where my nails once were. I would usually be able to withstand this, but he started saying things in my ear. He said everything that he could to break me. But the one that broke me: No one loves you, not your parents nor your siblings. They hate and despise you so much that they wish you never existed. You don't matter.
With that, the tears I didn't know I was holding in were released, and I started screaming. I was broken. I am ROOT. But Danzo-sama didn't stop. He wanted pure loyalty and I would give.
2 weeks later
"Are you loyal now?"
"Hai. I pledge myself to ROOT."
AN: I am leaving to go to a Boy Scout camp in Rhode Island the day after tomorrow, so I won't be able to start any more chapters for a week, so sorry about that. Otherwise review, favorite, and follow like there's no tomorrow. Heh, that rhymed. Call me Killer Bee.