And here's chapter 2 guys. Thanks for all of you who reviewed, a writer's best resource is those that critique his work.

chapter 2: Divine weapons

Prepare for a shock in this chapter.

Naruto laid on the bed in his apartment. He paid for this thing easily with all the missions he got now and had now problems with money anymore. 'Best of all, after what Sasuke did today, I doubt anyone will try to burn down my apartment again.' He chuckled lightly to himself. "I like having friends." he said quietly, before rolling over and going burying his face into the pillows. He slowly drifted of to sleep, losing himself to the exhaustion that overwhelmed his body.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes to find himself in the middle of a grassy field, staring up at an almost cloudless sky. exotic flowers dotted the field every few feet, each of them giving of a sweet scent that made Naruto feel comfortable and safe, like being wrapped in your mother's embrace after something bad had happened. Of course, Naruto didn't know what that felt like but this, he could imagine it being just like this.

He stood, brushing the grass from his clothes. He looked down and his eyes widened. Instead of his normal shadow there was Kyuubi, its tails waving wildly. "Strange isn't it?" He spun, hearing a light voice. Behind him stood a girl of maybe 17 years old, dressed in a white silk kimono, sakura petals inlaid into it as though they were falling. She had long black hair and brown eyes, along with a kind smile on her face.

"Haku?" Naruto asked. He had not forgotten the girl from Wave, she had helped him realize his true power and he had been deeply saddened when she died, even though he had only known her for a few days. The girl looked down at herself before laughing lightly.

"No, I'm sorry. I do look quite a bit like her though don't I?" Naruto nodded but stopped. "You know Haku?" The girl nodded. "Oh yes, she's such a good girl, makes everybody laugh, I had to pull some strings to get Zabuza up there with her but she's very happy now." Naruto's eyes widened as he pieced together what she was saying. He bowed at her feet. "Kami-sama, it's an honor to meet you."

Kami laughed, kneeling down to Naruto's level and tilting his head to make him look her in the eye, much as Naruto had done to the villager that had asked for forgiveness. She took his hand, pulling him up lightly so that he stood before her. "Naruto-kun, there's no need to be so formal, besides, since when did you respect authority figures?" Naruto laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head.

Kami looked down at Naruto's shadow. "Isn't it funny how you spend your entire life trying to convince people that you are what they think you to be, only to find that it's tied so closely to your being." Naruto sighed, lowering his head. "It's true." he said. "But this just proves that I am me, because even though it is tied so closely from me, it is still separate from me as well."

She nodded. "I'm glad that your spirit hasn't broken by the taunts of the villagers." Naruto puffed out his chest. "I wouldn't be Naruto if I let a few words get to me." She smiled sadly, seeing the pain in his eyes through his posturing. "But they still hurt don't they?" I wasn't a question even though she phrased it as one, it was a statement. All the air escaped from Naruto's lungs and his shoulders slumped slightly.

With all his bravado and fake courage gone he looked for all the world like the sad child he had used to be. Kami once again tilted his chin so he looked her in the eyes. "Naruto, I came here because I wanted to talk to you." she said softly. Naruto took a seat on the ground, kami sitting across from him. "What did you want to talk about?" he asked.

The brown haired goddess sighed. "You Naruto, in the Valley of the End, you died." Naruto's eyes widened. "What do you mean, I'm still hear aren't I?" she nodded. "It's not like that though. There have been cases of human's that were near death and had a vision of themselves on the way to Heaven, but you weren't like that. You stepped completely into my domain, and the moment you did you became an angel under my command. Kyuubi brought you back to life after you had passed the threshold so you are now my angel on earth."

Naruto groaned slightly and held his head, this was becoming too much for him to handle. "So what do I do as your angel on Earth?" he asked. "You must complete the missions I give you, most of which will be cleansing the souls that are too stained with evil to enter my domain, but are also to dark for even Hell to accept." Naruto nodded. "So do I get a weapon to dispatch these souls with, like a massive warhammer?" (obvious reference to Bring the Hammer down by PudgyPudge, check it out, it's amazing!)

Kami chuckled lightly, her brown orbs sparkling slightly with happiness. "No Naruto, you do not get a hammer, but you will get a divine weapon that your will use to purge the souls of evil so that they may reside with me." She waved a hand and orbs of light began to condense in the center of the field. The light shrunk Kyuubi's shadow and Naruto grunted as he felt a pain in his chest.

"The closer you get to your redemption the weaker the Kyuubi will become, he has changed and wishes to redeem himself for his past sins. The stronger you become, the weaker he will get, until you have only your own power to rely on to protect those important to you."

He walked towards the light, plunging his hand into the orb. He was startled when his hand touched something solid but he gripped it, drawing it from the light. His hand emerged holding a large zanbatou. It was five feet long with a blade a foot wide. The blade was four feet long and pure white. The handle made up the rest of the length of the weapon and was wrapped in black leather. In the center of the blade was a yin yang symbol. The white almost completely took over the circle instead of the normal half black, half white.

"This sword is my gift to you, use it as you will." With that she began to fade away, and with her the field went too. As the field disappeared Naruto found himself falling into shadow. A snake went past him, as did a dragon. He fell until he saw the Kyuubi standing below him, mouth open in a mighty roar.

Naruto bolted upright,sweat covering his forehead. He sighed in relief. "What an odd dream." He rolled over to go back to sleep, only to see the white zanbatou leaning against the wall. He slipped into sleep as he glimpsed it, the only thought going through his head was. 'It wasn't a dream.'

Naruto awoke the next more feeling better and more rested than he had in a long time. He sat up, swinging his feet over the bed. He stared at the sword that leaned against the wall. "Why would she choose me?" he wondered aloud. He stood and walked over to his closet, grimacing as he saw the only clothes he had were his orange jumpsuits. He sighed. "I really need to get some new clothes.

He decide not to wear the jacket, instead opting for just his black T-shirt. He wore the shodaime hokage's necklace proudly over top of the shirt, admiring how it reflected the light that streamed through the window. He was about to leave but glimpsed his sword at the edge of the room. He shrugged and walked over to it. Naruto gripped the handle, pulling it up from the floor.

He had expected it too be heavy but to his surprise it was as light as a feather. He placed it on his back, channeling chakra to make it stick there. The jinchuuriki grinned, this would be a good chakra exercise if nothing else. He strode out his door and towards the Konoha hospital, ignoring the odd looks he got because of the large blade on his back. Few ninja in the leaf used swords and those who did used katanas. Others gazed in amazement that he was able to carry such a large weapon so easily.

Naruto enjoyed the looks of awe and amazment, and even confusion. For they were so infinitely preferable to the glares that he had received his entire life. He pushed open the doors to the hospital and walked up to the receptionist. "Excuse me, what rooms are the genin that were admitted here yesterday staying in. The women looked down the list, frowning as she came to the names. "They're D202 through D206, but I'm afraid that Hyuuga Neji, and Akimichi Chouji's rooms are both off limits as they has sustained serious injuries and visitors are not to be admitted."

Naruto nodded. "Thank you very much." He turned and walked down the D wing of the hospital. The first room he came to was Kiba's. He raised his hand to knock but stopped. He cupped his hands around his mouth. "KIBA, YOU AWAKE?" he yelled. "I am now jackass!" came kiba's shout from the room. Naruto chuckled slightly, pulling open the door to the dog boy's room. Kiba laid in bed, flicking through TV channels.

He wasn't incredibly beaten up but he had suffered a few broken bones from his fight with the Sound ninja. Kiba turned of the TV, looking at Naruto from his hospital cot. Kiba stared. Naruto stared back. After a few seconds was this response.

"What the hell man?" he shouted. "You the one who got the most beat out of all of us. You fought that bone guy Kimmimaro and Sasuke and yet you're not hurt at all. And then you come in here wearing this freaking huge sword that I've never seen you with. So I'll ask again, what the hell man?"

Naruto laughed. "What can I say, I'm just that awesome." Kiba groaned, looking away. "So how are you Kiba?" Kiba shrugged. "I'm not really that bad off compared to Neji and Chouji, but the doctors say I have a few broken bones so I'm going to be in here for about a week." Naruto nodded, walking over to the boy.

"How are Neji and Chouji?" he asked quietly. Kiba sighed. "Chouji got some major medical problems from taking all those pills. He has almost no chakra remaining from fighting that Jirobu guy so it's becoming really hard to heal him because his body can't fight back like it normally would. Last I heard though Skikaku, Shikamaru's dad, loaned Hokage-sama the Nara clan medical book, chances are it has the cure to the red pill in there."

Naruto sighed in relief. "That's good, I thought he might not make it." He looked up at the clock. "Kiba, sorry man but I gotta go visit Shika and Lee." Kiba nodded, rolling over and turning the TV back on. As Naruto pulled the door open Kiba said. "Shika got discharged yesterday, all he had was a broken finger." Naruto chuckled. "Lazy bum, he beat his opponent and all he got was a broken finger."

Kiba shook his head. "No, truth is, he wouldn't have made it if that girl from Suna hadn't saved him. From what I hear he was almost completely out of chakra." Naruto stopped listening at Suna. "They're here? Gaara and the others?" Kiba nodded from his bed. "Yeah, it turns out Hokage-sama set them up as a contingency plan for if we couldn't get the job done or were faltering." But Naruto had already left.

Kiba sighed, flopping down onto his pillow. "Troublesome blond."

Naruto sped through the streets, looking for the Sand siblings. He ran up a lightpole with no effort, automatically channeling the chakra to his feet. He looked around, eventually spotting a red headed boy with a large gourd on his back. He leapt off the lightpole, flying through the air. "Gaara!" he yelled. Gaara turned turned, his eyes going wide. He quickly brought up a sand shield but Naruto burst right through it, tackling him to the ground.

"Get off." Gaara growled. "Fine." Naruto got off, helping his friend to his feet. "It's good to see you again Gaara." The red haired boy nodded. "It's good to see you too Naruto, now why did you tackle me?" Naruto shrugged. "I don't know." Gaara sweatdropped.

"I hate you." he said. Naruto laughed, putting his hands behind his head. "No you don't." Naruto walked off, intent on getting new clothes. As Naruto walked away Gaara noticed the large sword on his back. But the blond haired jinchuuriki was already gone, lost in the massive crowds of Konoha.

Naruto wandered aimlessly through the streets, searching for a clothes shop. He had no idea where to go since he had never been clothes shopping before, most of the stores didn't let him in. He spotted a small building through a throng of people and walked towards it. As he stopped in front of the store he could see that it read Higurashi weapons and clothing store. It was a small building and he could tell that it probably didn't get many customers.

He'd have to help them with that. He pushed open the doors, walking into the store. The inside of the shop was very clean and he respected that, what really go his attention was the layout. In the center of it there were shelves of clothing like flak jackets and sandals. In another area were blank scrolls usable for whatever you wanted them to be. But the walls, the walls were covered with every kind of weapon he could think of, from bo staffs to nanjato. There was no doubt about it, this was a store for ninja.

A girl wearing a Chinese style shirt walked out from behind the counter. She had brown eyes and hair, the hair being tied into buns on either side of her head, most likely so they didn't get in her way when she fought. She was a true kunoichi, someone who actually worked hard at being a female ninja, instead of sitting back and letting their teammates protect them.

Something clicked in his head and he remembered who he was looking at. "Tenten, you have a weapons shop?" he asked. She smiled as she saw him. "Well if it isn't Uzumaki Naruto, the Genin that beat the Hyuuga prodigy and brought back Uchiha Sasuke. No, this isn't actually my shop, I work here with my dad, he needs all the help he can get. But enough about that, what do you-"

She stopped as she saw the sword on Naruto's back. "What is that?" she asked, breathless. "Hmm? Oh this." he said, pulling the Zanbatou from he back with ease. Tenten examined it, her breath hitching in her chest. "It's beautiful, where did you get it, did you have it specially forged or is it some arcane sword?" She asked all her questions in one breath, leaving her panting when she was done.

"Slow down Tenten, this sword was given to me by a friend who's been with me my entire life, even when I thought she wasn't." Tenten nodded, barely restraining herself. "Can I hold it?" she asked. "Alright." he set the sword in front of him and Tenten tried to pick it up. Tried being the operative word. No matter how much she strained or pulled, she couldn't lift the sword.

"What gives Naruto, how can you wield something this heavy so easily?" Naruto shrugged. "No idea, guess it just likes me." he said smirking. He picked the sword back up, adhering it to his back with chakra. Tenten shook herself out of her daze. "So why are you here Naruto? It can't be for a weapon" She asked. Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I'm actually clothes shopping, the only thing is, I've never been clothes shopping before. Heck I've never really shopped for anything."

"Are you looking for anything particular?" Naruto looked down at himself. "Something that doesn't scream 'kill me please!' if you have it in stock." Tenten giggled. "I'll see what I can find." Naruto began to browse the weapons on the wall as Tenten walked away to find clothes. After a few minutes she came back with a stack of clothes. "Here, try these on, the changing rooms are towards the back."

Naruto nodded and walked into the changing rooms. He set his sword outside his room and quickly changed clothes. After a bit he came out of the dressing room and Tenten could only stare in awe at the change. Naruto now wore long black shorts that went to mid calf, and had silver chains dangling from each of the legs. The pockets were large enough to carry scrolls, kunai, and whatever else he felt like putting in them.

He wore a black T-shirt that showed off his built muscles, his necklace laid over top of it. He had reattached the sword to his back, giving him a commanding presence. "So," he asked. "How do I look?" Tenten could only stare.

Cut, print, fade to black. That's the end of chapter two. For those of you that are thinking 'holy crap that wasn't two weeks.' I have one thing to say Oops. I actually forgot I was on summer vacation cause it just seemed like the weekend after being in school for so long. I'm sorry that it isn't as long as I said it was gonna be but take solace in the fact that it is indeed longer than the first chapter.

I really didn't want Naruto to wear full white for this fic, but rather black, so think of him as the angel of death. And that's it for my author's note, as I said before, more reviews mean faster updating. address all comments and concerns to your server. Tell me what you liked, didn't like, or found confusing and I try to get back to you.

Ja Ne.

-Maelstromofire