"what are you?... some kind of demon, let go of my brother." says the wounded shinobi before me, i dont even look his direction.
flaring my chakra through my right arm as i hold the other in my left, i let my eyes become devoid of life, before ramming my arm through the hostage in my grasp. he screams as my orange-gold fire chakra slowly spreads through his body, then i rip my arm out and toss him aside barely living.
"now, i'm only going to ask nicely one more time... who hired you two to attack my client? or i can always give you something worse than your brother over there." i speak low and soft, next to the missing nin.
"oh yeah and what can you do? huh, gonna bore me to death?" he speaks up attempting to be brave.
"have you ever felt what it's like to have your chakra network crumble to ash?"
his eyes widen in fear and though i can't see it behind me, atsuma grows pale almost ghostly, "because this arm of mine can show you what that's like real quick. now ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION."
"gato... his name was gato, he approached our leader and gave us an offer we couldn't refuse. he and the other one of our crew are waiting up ahead in case our ambush fails."
"who is your leader?"
"he's called the demon of the bloody mist... zabuza."
my eyes widen before narrowing, "let's see if he can stand against the man cursed with the devil's arm." i say before flaring my arm once more and gripping his neck with it, before squeezing, "you were very helpful, but there is a bounty for you... dead or alive, and i feel like collecting." with that i snap his neck, before crushing his brother's chest under my combat boot.
(AN: naruto's outfit is like dante's from the dmc reboot but without the jacket, his jacket is similiar to nero's from dmc4 but black and orange)
i then seperate their heads from their bodies, and seal them in a scroll. before promptly walking over to a tree and emptying the contents of my stomach.
kakashi walks over and puts his hand on my shoulder, "that is the part i hate the worst aniki... why do i always have to kill them, why doesn't the fox fucking help?"
"i am truly sorry this burden fell on you ototo, but i don't have any answers to your questions... maybe when we reach a safe place you should meditate and try to talk with the fox, i know i haven't exactly been giving you the time, what with the back-breaking training and nonstop d ranks i've had you guys running... but just try to take it easy, alright?" he responds trying to calm my nerves which are reaching their breaking point.
"can't... not yet zabuza has set up another ambush and i got the feeling we aren't gonna come away unscaved, he beats me with elemental match up and experiance, but i think i have a plan."
i walk away toward tazuna... "why did you lie about your situation old man?" i ask with no malice, light slowly returning to my near dead eyes.
"my country can't afford an a rank mission, gato has been draining us dry, so i thought i would label it c rank and pray i got lucky and atleast get a couple chunin. i'm sorry for the deception, but there was no other option." he responds with complete honesty.
i run a hand through my spiky gold locks, "(sigh) fuck... hey sensei we might want to send a message back to jiji, about the update in the situation and to ask permission to drop the shackles."
"good idea," he then runs through hand seals so fast only masters of the sharigan could have followed, "SUMMING TECHNIQUE" he slams his hand into the ground and standing before him is a nin pup, "pakun i need you to take a message to the hokage for me, and bring his response back as soon as possible, understood." he hands the letter to the pup, getting a salute, and then the dog takes off at speeds even jonin could have trouble with.
"atsuma, sasuke set up a temporary camp, we will rest for two hours, hopefully pakun will have returned by then." kakashi shouts back to them getting them in motion, they tried to fight off the demon brothers but they had been moving to slow, they know had i not been there, atsuma woud have been caught in that chain of theirs.
"did you have to kill them lad, couldn't you have sent them to your village for interigation or something?" tazuna ask when he sits next to me on a log.
"too dangerous, and it would delay the mission at hand. if one of us were to send clones, someone could easily dispell them, and if one of us were to take them back ourselves it would leave you with less protection, i did what had to be done." i state back staring off into the forest of my home country.
"while that makes sense it just seems so wrong for one as young as you to have to kill."
"old man i'm going to tell you something that may make you think less of me, i have been killing since i was four," i raise my hand to stop him from interrupting me, "let me finish, while i feel terrible and am still haunted by that genin's face, the worst part is my first kill, was my teamate, atsuma's, older brother toya."
i look into the dirt and see that charred face, turning away quickly to banish the thought, i continue, "my name is naruto uzumaki-namikaze, and i am nothing but a murderer, and weapon. i don't even view myself as human, all because this godammed arm, and the fucking fox. i cannot fit in with other shinobi because i am nothing like other shinobi, i am a jinchuriki, cage of the nine tailed fox that attacked my home the night of my birth... i don't know all the details, but he resisted the sealing and lashed out, nearly severing my right arm completely destroying the bone structure and chakra pathways in my arm, if jiriya hadn't been in the village i would have lost it... but he drew on his knowledge of sealing not only from our side of the ocean, but the other side as well, and he drew upon the fox's chakra in my body to mend it all as well as drawing the seal matrix in my own blood, the result... the ultimate weapon, an arm that the shinigami himself would fear." i finish my tale just as a trail of dust is headed in our direction.
a sharp whistle is all it takes to alert kakashi, "new record aniki, pakun made it there and back in just under an hour." i speak as i walk over to a panting pakun and kakashi holding a note. he hands it to me and it simply says three words "AKNOWLEDGE AND APPROVED"
"well then shall we move on?" i ask, only to recieve a negative head nod.
"let's take this opprotunity to rest up, and i'm not sure your teammates are handling this experiance to well, go check on atsuma he trust you, leave sasuke to me." i nod and head over to where atsuma is sitting with his back against a tree.
"hey man rough time today, huh?" i sit across him leaning against another tree.
"why did you have to threaten him that way naruto?"
"how do you think i got my moiker in the first place, unfortunately your brother wasn't the only one to suffer that kind of fate because my arm... he was just the only innocent one to suffer it."
"was he truly innocent though, he attacked you, a defenseless child, he...he..."
"atsuma stop this, your brother was overcome with grief because of the loss of your parents, he wanted revenge on the fox but couldn't get it because it was sealed in me. so he did the next best thing, attacked me, he probably planned on killing me sealing the fox's fate along with my own. and to be honest that probably would have been best for everyone."
atsuma turns on me so fast barely holding his tears back.
"how can you say that? how can you wish death upon yourself?"
"look at me atsuma, look at these seals, i have only ever killed and i will kill again, i am a human weapon, my father would weep if he saw what this village had turned me into and my mother would burn it to the ground. all i have ever been good at is fighting, just like you... so i will fight for the few people who ever stood up for me, and i will kill for them, and eventually i will die for them, do you know who those people are?"
"no... i dont"
"there are only three of them, maybe some day i'll find more but, as of right now, it's jiji, kakashi-sensei, and you, atsuma... you three are all i have. that's why i reacted as violently as i did when the demon brothers almost got you, and if i had the chance, i would kill them again for getting anywhere near my ototo. don't you understand atsuma, you three are the only family i have." i say as i slowly stand and hold my hand out to him, which he takes and i pull him to his feet.
"and no one is gonna take away my family."
ONE HOUR LATER LAND OF WAVES
i deftly jump from the boat to the shore, and begin surveying my surroundings, something in the air makes my skin crawl... is this where the ambush is?... then that would mean.
"he's here, get down!" i shout just as a sword flys through the air, i tackle tazuna to the ground. then launch back to my feet.
fire flares around my body as i charge one of my many techniques, zabuza appears on his blade just as i finish.
"katon stun bead flare" i scream as i launch superheated burst of air directly at him, faster than lightning. he shows his skill in the shinobi arts by replacing himself with a log at the last possible second, but where would he go after... i feel chakra pump through the ground.
"raiton heavens descending rampage" i hear behind me and i turn to see zabuza caught in a seal, with sasuke holding his gut on the ground, then the screams of agony came, those terrible bloodcurtling screams.
"he may be an asshole sometimes, but sasuke is still my teammate and i wont let him die, even if it means i have to kill you instead." atsuma says as he stands back up, then reaches for his sleeves, then tears them off to show them covered in archaic designs.
"say hello to my newest piece of work, these signs all mean something, though you wont live long enough fo me to tell you all of them. if it helps, this will more then likely tear me to pieces litterally."
"atsuma, dont kill him." i shout and he stops, and turns to me confused, "i need answers and he is the only source of them, check on sasuke then come back me up." i state as i walk over to the barely conscious zabuza.
"so that didn't exactly go your way now did it? i need answers demon... why is gato sending you after this bridge builder, and do you actually think he'll pay you even if you succeed?"
"doesn't... matter, have to get more... have to help the resistance, kill that bastard... mizu...kage..."
"killing the mizukage, that's your ultimate goal. that is why your working for scum lke gato. i guess i can believe that, but who is this other person that the demon brothers were so kind as to inform me of."
"they told you about haku, those bastards... if they aren't dead i'll kil them."
"ha, oh they couldn't be more dead... and you just told me more than they did, so this mysterious persons name is haku, well then..." i say as i aim my hand off into the direction the chakra signature is resting, "katon pheonix bullet" i then snap my fingers and a white flame construct of a pheonix fires off faster than any of my other techniques.
the resulting explosion in the distance is intense, and then a figure appears beside me, and attempts to kick me in the chest.
"fast aren't you," i say as i bend back out of the way, "but i know someone faster."
atsuma appears then fades so fast not even a kage could keep up, he strikes from all different angles and haku crumples under his attacks.
"haku, no... damn you konoha nins, kill me if you must but spare haku, he has no bounty in the bingo book. please, he is only a boy." zabuza almost begs.
"no zabuza-sama, if you die then i shall die beside you."
"shut up you fool, this world isn't kind, don't ever ask for death, but always fight for your life, the blood on my hands is to terrible a sin to wash away, now stay silent, child... your all i... your all i have. and i'll be damned if i die knowing you'll follow." zabuza screams out, not careing who hears or how they'll react. how i react to his words, almost as if he had heard what i had said to atsuma, always fight for your life...huh
"zabuza-sama..."
"what do we do... kakashi-sensei?" i ask turning to find a sharingan blazing behind me, before he reaches up and pulls his hitai back down.
"he didn't lie, not once he meant it all, well naruto you've led the team up until this point, you decide... i want to see how you handle this." is my response.
great, now i have to fucking figure all this bullshit out.
you always wanted to save someone and make a difference, why not start right here?
kurama, man it's been awhile since i've heard your voice. been taking a nap?
pfft. how absurd, no i have been exmining your genetic structure... and well i found something interesting
define interesting
it would seem that there are traces of demonic blood within you
well yeah i'm your container
no, not like that... this blood is more potent than if some of mine leaked into you... its as if some ancient ancestor of yours mated with a demon. and it would have to of been a damn strong one for the taint to have lasted this long
screw it we'll talk about it later... i have a criminal to pardon
"apologize for my delay i was speaking with the voices in my head, now zabuza... what would you do if i let you live?"
he looks at me in disbelieve... "what... well i guess i would take out gato and then set up shop somewhere... become a merc. why?"
"well then, promise to take a couple jobs konoha doesn't want and i can cut you loose, as long as you stay away from extremely criminal jobs like this one." i say as i begin to walk away, then i look over my shoulder, "think you can keep that promise?"
"wait kid, what is your name?"
"naruto namikaze"
"i swear by my blade, naruto namikaze, that i shall never again strike down innocents, and shall stand between those who cannot defend themselves and those who would do them harm. does this satisfy your terms?"
"that just about covers it, momoichi, behave while i'm gone... i might need your help when i take the old man's place as hokage."
i walk over to my team and bend down, "how you holdin up sasuke?"
"he got me with a cheap shot, if atsuma hadn't thrown me out of the way i think it would have been much worse."
"tazuna-san are we close to your house?" kakashi asks as he watches zabuza and haku walk towards town like twin grim reapers, "i wonder if gato will be smart and run?"
"knowing bastards like that, he probably hinks he is invinsible." i say as tazuna leads us towards his home, man a nice bed sounds really good right about now.
ahhh has little whiskers gotten soft after only a month of being a ninja
umm kurama, i've been a ninja for a little over a year now
...
umm kurama?
WHAT THE FUCK... how long have i been asle... i mean examining your genome
mhmm sure kurama, sure