Explanations Pt 2
"Wh-what?" Naruto took a step backwards, shock and uncertainty written on his face. He looked from Tsunade, to Kyo's blank eyes, to Kakashi's sympathetic gaze. Naruto shook his head in denial. "This guy's got nothing to do with me; I've never even heard of him in my life! How is he supposed to be preventing my death?" For effect, he glared deathly daggers at the boy.
"It's not a matter of if you know Kyo-kun or not." Put in Tsunade. "It's the fact that your seal is breaking." Naruto stared open-mouthed at her. He knew it had been happening. He had felt it breaking little by little. But he's been able to control it. Kakashi stepped forward and said, "We've all noticed it happening, Naruto. And to tell you the truth, Jiraiya's noticed that it's gotten worse. Especially after that blow you gave him during your time away from Kohona."
Naruto whirled around to face Kyo and pointed accusingly at him. "You! What do you have to do with all of this?" Kyo stood silent. His amber eyes bore into the blonde's azure ones as if trying to see something no one else could. He must have found it because he blinked rapidly and snapped out of his reverie. "Hmm?" he murmured, as if just realizing where he was.
Naruto couldn't take it anymore; he snapped. Everything went so fast, he was blinded by his impatience and anger. So he launched himself on Kyo…
Who had him pinned to the floor in 3 seconds.
Naruto stared wide-eyed at his captor in shock. Kyo loomed over him, pinning Naruto's arms over his head, heels dug into Naruto's thighs as he straddled him.
Tsunade stared at Kyo in awe. To think that the boy underneath him was the same one that had killed a member of Akatsuki had even Kakashi a bit confused. She glanced up at the Jounin, staring at the two on the floor. A strange emotion glittered in his eyes.
"You asked what I have to do with all of this." Said Kyo, capturing everyone's attention. Naruto winced as his wrists burned with the pressure Kyo put on them as he spoke. "For the moment, it's to tell you that the full moon would have attracted the Kyuubi's chakra, seeing as the next full moon is the anniversary of when the Fourth had sealed him inside of you. Thus causing a negative reaction in which your body would not be able to sustain such large quantities of chakra at one time. Kyuubi will gain control at your weakest point, that being when you lose consciousness and begin to take form of a miniature Kyuubi. Once that happens…heh…there'll be nothing left but a Leaf headband and a raging demon on the loose."
Kakashi and Tsunade exchanged glances. They had both caught on to something that was quite strange in the boy's little speech.
Naruto felt his face heat up. "Dammit! Dammit all!" he growled. Kyo still held him down on the floor, not trusting him to be let go. Tsunade rested her chin on her palm while staring at Kyo intently. "How do you know this, Kyo-kun?" she asked. 'And since when did this demon have a specific gender? For all we know, it might as well be unisex.' She thought to her self.
Both Kyo and Naruto turned their heads on her. "Well, we'll just have to wait for the specific date when the scroll will open up to that part of juicy information, now won't we?" he said cheekily. Tsunade opened her mouth to retort, but Kakashi held out a hand to stop her.
"Would you please get off of Naruto? It seems he's feeling a tad uncomfortable." He said. Kyo looked down and that the elder Shinobi was right. Naruto's face was so red, it was almost purple, and to go along with that, his eyes were complete balls of flame. His hands were going blue from lack of circulation, and his legs were rigid, seeing as he was trying his hardest not to move so as not to worsen their already awkward position.
"Um." Kyo quickly pulled away from Naruto and shot up, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. "Eh. Eh-heh. Heh…ahem." Naruto glared murderously at him as he sat up, rubbing his wrists and crossing his legs Indian-style. "Sorry about that. Just wanted to stop you from doing anything drastic." Apologized Kyo. Naruto said nothing; he simply rubbed his wrists and kept glaring at him while wondering where the guy lived so he could murder him in his sleep…
"Alright," Kakashi broke the awkward silence. He crossed his arms and continued. "So, we've established that this scroll holds everything about you, as well as a forewarned warning of what could have been a grisly death for Naruto. All we need to know is what is it that you know that is so dire to helping him."
Kyo sighed. "I know this master ranked jutsu, I'm not saying how I know it because it's not the time for that, but it will help Uzumaki-sa, I mean Kun!" Kyo quickly corrected himself at another glance at Naruto, who was still sitting on the floor, but now twirling a kunai on his thumb while staring blankly at Kyo. "The problem is," he said, eyeing the kunai carefully. "Is that the after effects of this jutsu depend on the person unless they do exactly as is told. It will only last as long as Uzumaki-kun can gain complete control of his chakra, and I mean 100 percent."
"Well I'm dead." Muttered Naruto. Ignoring the blunt comment, Kakashi prodded on. "We've been working on that. What is it that Naruto must do, exactly?" "After the jutsu is performed, Naruto must be under strict bed rest. What the jutsu does is expel all of the Kyuubi's chakra that has mingled with Uzumaki-kun's. While the jutsu is doing this, Uzumaki-kun will experience a few, um, discomforts. He'll survive, but it's sort of like giving him a major heart surgery, awake."
"Plenty of rest, huh?" said Tsunade. Kyo nodded. "Exactly, because afterwards, he will need to go through vigorous training to control his chakra. We can't have both Uzumaki-kun's and Kyuubi's chakra mingling with each other again, or the results could be chaotic. Once the seal is repaired, it will need a few months for it to re-merge with his body and take into effect." Kyo shrugged nonchalantly and turned to Naruto. "Afterwards, you'll be the same as you were for the first 12 years of your life."
Naruto stared blankly at Kyo, trying to register everything he just said. He cleared his throat when he understood, somewhat. "Who would I train with?" he asked. Kyo glanced up at Kakashi whose eyes widened slightly. "I believe you were already under Kakashi's training, right?"
"No." said Naruto. "What?" said the Jounin. "I said, no. If Kyo-kun knows so much about me, then I want to have him train me. I have the right to know everything about my enemy." He said defiantly. Kyo stuttered, causing everyone to stare at him strangely. "I-I can't do that." Why does he suddenly lack his poise?
"Why…?" asked Naruto, dragging the word out slowly. Kyo blinked and stared at the three each in turn. "I just…I can't be near you often." He replied lamely. Naruto cocked a brow and grinned wolfishly as he stood up.
"I have the right to know you as much as you, scarily, know me." Kyo nodded in agreement. "You do, don't get me wrong, it's just…" "Just what? You afraid I'll snap during train you and slaughter you?" At this Kyo scoffed. "Please, far from that." He became somber again. "It's just, my main priority right now is Uchiha."
"I think Sasuke-kun will be fine. You said so yourself, he'll be completely healed in two days. Although how, I'll never understand." added Tsunade with a shake of her head. Kakashi simply stared at Kyo, his eyes shining with understanding.
"That's not what he means." He told Tsunade. "You want to give Sasuke-kun your form of punishment for his betrayal of Konoha and himself, don't you?" he asked the boy. There was a gleam of acknowledgment in Kyo's eye. Kakashi smiled underneath his mask. "Well, I don't find anything wrong with that." He stated bluntly.
"What? Are you out of your mind?" fumed Naruto, glaring at his mentor. Tsunade stared at him aghast. "Yes, are you quite out of your damn mind?" she said. Kakashi shrugged off the retorts. "Naruto shut it. And no, I'm not out of my mind." Kakashi stared hard at Kyo. "Naruto, I will personally tell you when Kyo will perform the jutsu, as for your training, it will resume as it was but with more severity."
"Kakashi, what are you doing? If anyone has the last say in this, it's me." Said Tsunade. "Forgive me Godaime-sama, but I believe I know what I'm doing." There was an awkward silence until Tsunade nodded her approval. Kakashi immediately turned to Naruto. "Leave. You're done; I have just told you what is to come. Expect it, as for now; this is a private meeting that doesn't involve you."
Naruto's jaw dropped. "You're kidding me, right?" There was just silence. "I'm not leaving until I get some more answers." He said stubbornly.
-X-
"Remind me never to cross you while I'm here, Ookamishiro-san." Muttered Kyo, his eye still twitching from what he had seen Kakashi do to Naruto. He subconsciously rubbed his butt as as the echo of Naruto's howl rang through his ears. "It'd do you good to remember yourself. You know I don't give out warnings." "Hnh, so you do know each other." Chuckled Tsunade. "Well, after the scroll opened and I read it, it was a shock, but now everything makes sense…sort of." Muttered Kakashi.
Kyo smiled. "Everything will in due time. I promise you that. But right now, Godaime-sama, I ask you permission to place Uchiha under my custody." Said Kyo, bowing low. Tsunade raised a brow and crossed her arms. "Isn't this a bit sudden?" she sneered. Kakashi stepped forward and cleared his throat. "It may seem strange, but I know Kyo's true intentions on this. You read the scroll; we know his true identity and that Sandaime-sama trusted him. I trust him as well."
Tsunade looked between the both of the men in surprise. "Look, I know that you two know each other more than I can fathom at this point. Hell, I'm surprised you've gotten over the shock of it, Kakashi-san. I'm still reeling over the fact that there's still more to the Uchiha and Naruto's history than anybody knows about and he's standing right in front of us. But did you see the way Kyo-san brought in Sasuke-san?" she shot him a glare. "I wouldn't trust a pack of endangered wolves with this guy." Kyo shifted from one foot to another. He began to toy with the emblem on his left shoulder, running his finger over the cool stainless steel.
"I'll make sure he doesn't go too far with things." Offered Kakashi. "No. Ookamishiro-san, don't help me on this one. This is a personal situation." Murmured Kyo. Kakashi glanced at him and shrugged. Kyo bowed low again and held that position while he spoke. "Godaime-sama, I have this other jutsu that I know about. This one is specifically used on a prisoner. It is not deadly unless it is performed wrongly. All it does is give the prisoner a disadvantage of using chakra what so ever while his or her captor still lives. Only the person who performed the jutsu may release it, and they have the option of giving the prisoner a certain limit to how far away they can walk away from their captor before they are given an automatic jolt of pain by the jutsu." He rose and stared at Tsunade expectantly.
Her eyebrows were raised so high, they seemed to be hidden in her hair. "I'm impressed. I've never heard of this jutsu…it seems quite effective." She said. Kyo chuckled wryly. "You have no idea." Tsunade stared at Kyo suspiciously. "You won't go to any extremities?" she asked cautiously. "I'll make a deal with you." Started Kyo. Tsunade nodded her head for him to go on. "I will do my form of punishment on Uchiha; knowing his pride, he'll accept it. But he will have the knowledge that if I take things too far, or should he feel it necessary at any point, he may challenge me."
Kakashi gave him a rueful glance. "What makes you so sure that you'll win should he challenge you? He was trained two years by Orochimaru…just because you won the first time doesn't mean you will again." Kyo let out a bark of laughter that filled the entire room. "To be honest, I have a trick or two that would incinerate this entire village before you could call your Anbu Black-ops. Not that I would use them." He added hastily at the look Tsunade gave him. "But I did fight Uchiha already; I know his tricks. Most of them at least."
Tsunade sighed. "A challenge? Surely not to the death, I presume?" "Of course not." Squirmed Kyo.
"Then so be it. Anything else I should know about?" she asked, seeing Kyo squirm some more. "Yeah, not only is Uchiha going to be deprived of chakra, I will force him to walk through the village. I want every citizen of Konoha to witness the humiliation of what was once a great prodigy of a highly respected clan." Kakashi stared at Kyo in surprise. "You've put a lot of thought into this, haven't you?" Kyo nodded. "But why? Why do you even care about what he did? I can't see your connection with him at all." Said Tsunade.
"Godaime-sama, all you need to know is that Kyo-san really has a a good reason." Said Kakashi. Kyo sent him a thankful wink.
Tsunade became curious. "Ok, now you two are hiding something from me. Kakashi-san, what is it about this kid that you know and aren't telling me?" she inquired. Kakashi became suddenly amused. "Many things, Tsunade-sama, many things." "And he won't be telling them to you any time soon, unless I say he can." Ended Kyo, cheekily.
"Oh, really?" smirked Tsunade, suddenly getting a lighter feeling about the kid, knowing that Kakashi trusted him. "Yup…and I think it's about time I give Uchiha the good news." Tsunade gave Kyo a once over.
"You know, that disguise won't last long…even with Naruto." She scrutinized. Kyo sighed. "Yeah, I know…and it'll last even less unless I get the hang of wearing something this tight when there are some things that need to be left free." Tsunade snorted. Kyo gave her a wary eye. "I'm not kidding. This isn't a costume, y'know." Kakashi's eyebrow twitched. "You've changed a lot over the years."
-X-
Naruto's butt was still sore from the massive poke Kakashi had given him. He rubbed it as he walked along the hallway of the hospital, muttering obscenities towards Kakashi and that damn idiot. 'Kyo.' Thought the blonde nastily. "Whenever I get the chance, I swear I'll kick your ass." He muttered. "Ah!" he gasped at the sharp pain in his rear. He was about to turn a corner to get to his friends when he heard something.
"So…is it really true? Did you really kill Orochimaru?" asked a soft voice from an open door. Naruto perked up as he recognized the owner.
There was no response to the question.
"Look. You're going to have to talk sooner or later. Why did you leave Kohona?" asked Jiraiya, this time much more firmly. Naruto stepped closer to the open door. His interest to the conversation was growing, and he didn't want to disturb it. Again there was no response. "You left a lot of friends behind, you know? Especially a really good one. One that never gave up on trying his best to look for you. You hurt him pretty badly, Sasuke-kun. Heh, I'm surprised he didn't even pounce on you the first chance he got."
Naruto leaned in slightly and caught a glance at Sasuke. The Uchiha's face stared blankly at the ceiling. "The guy that brought you back, how do you know each other?" asked Jiraiya. He leaned against a window overlooking the hospital's garden. His arms were crossed coolly across his chest, and he stared expectantly at Sasuke. This time, Sasuke kept silent for five seconds until he replied with a cold tone, "You were never good at controlling your chakra, dobe. Stop hiding like a coward and face me. Or am I too shameful to even look at?"
Naruto blanched at the iciness of Sasuke's voice. He stood on the spot for a few more seconds until he plucked up enough courage to step in front of the doorway, even managing a small glare at Sasuke.
Sasuke stared blankly at his ex-teammate. He watched as the blonde clenched his fists and lowered his head somberly. The Uchiha lied on his back and gave a slight smirk.
"Always trying to act cool, aren't you? No matter how messed up of a situation you're in, you still manage to play it cool." Growled Naruto. He shot his head up and stared at Sasuke in a sad way. "Why? Why'd you do this to us, to your team?" Sasuke cocked a brow. "And you know the meaning of a team?" "I know never to betray them! To never leave for a stupid reason such as revenge!" shouted the blonde.
"Naruto, calm down." Muttered Jiraiya, getting up to get closer to the boy. "No!" he pointed at Sasuke. "Do you know what they're planning to do with you? Because of your idiocy, your head is literally on the line. Once you're all healed up, what do you think is gonna happen?" Sasuke sighed heavily and kept on staring blankly.
"You-raaagh! You are such a bastard!" Naruto's fists clenched in disgust and disappointment. All directed at himself. He felt like a total hypocrite at that moment. Just about an hour ago he had been all worried about the teme. Now he was here and all he was able to do was criticize him…
Sasuke snorted and looked away, staring out of the window beside his bed. "I don't have time for your annoying rants." He said icily. Naruto's eyes widened and his jaw slacked open. He was just about to curse the teme out when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Thinking it was Jiraiya, Naruto began to shrug it off, but it held firm. "Jiraiya-san, Tsunade-sama would like to see you in her office. She would like you to join a private discussion with her and Kakashi-san." said a familiar voice. Sasuke's eyes widened in fury and he began to bite his lower lip. Noticing this, Naruto slowly turned his head around just as Jiraiya muttered a curt reply and left, eyeing Kyo suspiciously along the way.
Once the door clicked shut, Naruto spat out the question that was burning on Sasuke's tongue. "What the hell are you doing here?" Kyo cocked his head to the side. "We have much to talk about." He said simply.
Sasuke swallowed with difficulty. The fury of being so close to the man that had put him in this incapacitated state in the first place made him boil over and summon his Sharingan without even trying.
"That, and I came to tell Uchiha wonderful news." The masked boy turned around and glared at his captive. "Your sentence has already been served. However, your trial will be held exactly at 8 tomorrow night to make it final. You better feel lucky; the first option was to kill you under an assault of ANBU Black Ops with your chakra completely deprived, standing in the middle of the Forest of Death. Instead, you'll be spending your time with little ol' me." With that being his final say, Kyo clutched at Naruto who was standing there in shock, turned him around, and redirected him out of the door.
When they left the room, there was a loud bang and a muffled shout of what sounded uncannily along the lines of, sonuvabitch!
But then again, Kyo's ears were hidden underneath his chocolate hair, which was also matted down by a bandana and a part of his mask. "Come on. We don't have much time. We need to find a very secluded spot, that way we can talk." He said. Naruto didn't reply. He was still imagining the scenario that Kyo had so quaintly put into his mind about Sasuke…
Kyo walked down the hallway, looking left and right for some sign of an unoccupied room that they could take advantage of. Not finding one, Kyo growled with impatience, causing Naruto to finally turn his attention to him. "Look, this can wait another time-." He wasn't able to finish. Without a word, Kyo clutched Naruto's shoulders and pushed him up against the wall roughly.
As a reflex, Naruto grabbed both of Kyo's wrists and applied pressure while concentrating chakra to obliterate the hands that were offending him. Seemingly not taking notice of this, Kyo simply sighed and stared hard into Naruto's azure orbs.
"Look, stay away from Uchiha." He put simply. Naruto glared. "Why would I listen to you?" he growled. "Just trust me on this. Uchiha's no good at the moment. If anything, he'll be the worst person to even look at right now." Naruto struggled to keep his chakra concentration intact…something wasn't right. "Yeah, yeah. I've heard it all. 'Just forget about Sasuke-teme.' 'He was bound to choose the wrong way.' I don't care about that. He's my friend!" he replied. This time, his brow began to bead up with sweat. It wasn't much, but he definitely felt it…He had to get Kyo off of him.
"I understand, and I fully respect that. But I need you to understand that Uchiha's not in a very stable situation right now. You saw the condition he was in when I brought him. That…well, that was my fault. But I only did that because I've found out some things about his abilities. It wasn't easy getting him back, Uzumaki-san. And now that he's a bit angry, things won't go too well. Not even you will be able to stop it." Said Kyo sincerely. "Yeah? Well, right now all I want to stop you from absorbing all of my chakra!" growled Naruto. "What? Oh my!" Kyo immediately pulled away and stared at his hands wide-eyed.
"I'm so sorry..I-I didn't realize I was…" he apologized. Naruto clutched a shoulder and panted for breath. "How can you not realize that?" Kyo shook his head and grunted, reaching behind him and pulling out two leather gloves. "Because I can't completely control my abilities while in a certain emotion. I need certain articles of clothing to help keep me in control." Admitted Kyo. Naruto coughed in disbelief. "Why'd you just tell me that?" Kyo shrugged, "We're going to have to learn to trust each other one way or another. We're going to be spending a lot of time together soon."
They stared at each other awkwardly for a minute.
"Well, if you have anymore questions, ask me now. You aren't going to be seeing me until Uchiha's hearing." Naruto stared blankly at Kyo as he finally began to gain control of his breath. "I've got one: how many other abilities do you have trouble controlling? I need to know this so I can think up all of my possible deaths while with you." Kyo scrunched his brow at the blonde. "Only my absorbing chakra, and how much chakra I use when I'm angry." He stared at Naruto. "So you can't control yourself during certain emotions?" Naruto asked. "Yup. We have certain things in common. Now if you'll please excuse me, I have two jutsu's to brush up on." And with that, Kyo turned on his heel and left down the hallway.
Naruto stared blankly after him. "Life's gonna be interesting with this guy around…"
A/N: HA! I finished it! Tell me what you guys think of it! R&R please!
