Yay a new chapter, I think. I hope you like it! Disclaimer Bla Bla I don't own Naruto yadayada never will etc etc…
"Hokage-sama you've got to get serious, execute that damn demon already! He's maimed two of my clan for kami sake, we've put up with his existence long enough!" Fugaku stood in front of Hiruzen raging on how his clan members were unjustifiably harmed by Naruto, claiming that it was not their fault but the demon's
Hiruzen slammed his hand on the desk "No! I've had enough with this, your members attacked him in an alley and tried to kill him, they deserved what came upon them!"
"You can't prove that! It's the demon's word against ours!"
"That's because you refuse to give them to T&I to confirm it!"
"I will not have my members slandered when they did nothing wrong, either you execute the demon or I will myself!" the discussion had gone on for near an hour already as the Uchiha refused to give up "Is that a threat Fugaku, do you remember who you're standing in front of?!"
"Tss fine, mark my words the demon will pay" Fugaku turned around before slamming the door as he exited the office. Hiruzen could only sigh, this had been happening for the last couple of days, people coming in claiming that Naruto had to be executed for leaking the demon's power and severely injuring innocent men…
Yet Hiruzen's bleeding heart refused to actually execute people for their behaviour. What they got was akin to a slap on the wrist and hoping they didn't do it again, yet every single time it was proven otherwise. He was weak, the S-ranked secret forbade anyone from even mentioning him being a demon let alone kill him for it. Still even despite everything nobody had been executed in years
His door slamming open as the secretary came in with a panic-stricken face "Hokage-same trouble! Villagers and shinobi are assaulting Naruto while he's coming this way!" his head shot up with eyes open and fear appearing, the girl had warned him that anything against Naruto would result in the death of the entire village "Where are they now?!"
"Sir, right down the street, they're nearly here already", 'They?! Oh no, we're in trouble…'
Hiruzen flickered outside as quick as he could and could only gasp at the sight before him, the street littered with villagers either dead or crippled. Body parts scattered all over the place as men and women cried in agony lying on the ground, missing legs, arms or having holes torn in them… Yet the culprit walked up to him smiling as if nothing happened, her darkness still raging around her
"Brat, I told you what would happen"
His face turning pale as the words were said "Please, Hikage-san don't!" the villagers looking at her with newfound additional fear as even the Hokage cowered before her, yet a thought came in the back of their heads all the more 'He's turned weak'
"No need to worry brat, I won't destroy the village. Yet, that would ruin my fun already and wouldn't that be a shame? And if you wondered I didn't start this, not that I care but still, they called my brat a demon. I know about your law brat, if you're too weak to enforce it then it'll be my pleasure instead"
One foolish villager not having learned his lesson continued to shout "KILL THE DEMON, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF HIM! MAKE HIM PAY!" Hikage's smile grew wider as she turned around and calmly walked up to him, the man now starting to cower but refusing to back down. Darkness instantly grasped his limbs as the man was slowly torn into pieces in front of everyone watching and hearing his screams "See, he broke the law. Therefore he must be executed, right brat?"
Yet the military police and so called elite Uchiha clan was nowhere to be seen. They let everything happen as if having an Ulterior motive, not caring that many villagers and shinobi alike were being murdered
"Follow me inside brat, you have something I need" Hikage walked towards his office as Naruto followed without a word, not even in panic at the sight of what had happened. Not soon after he sat behind his desk holding his breath as before him stood the person he feared most "Give me the Shadow Clone Jutsu, the brat needs it for his training"
'She can't be serious! That's a forbidden Jutsu for a reason!', "Hikage-san… are you sure?"
"You doubt me brat? Did you not hear my words? Either you give it or more streets will be filled with corpses, your choice"
"N-no!" a large scroll appeared before him as he rolled it out before the two "Naruto, this is the shadow clone Jutsu, please Naruto be careful when using it…" swallowing as fear was still ever so present. Naruto looked at the scroll with a pleasing smile and not long after having already learned the technique. Holding his hands in the correct seal "Shadow clone!" one appeared next to him. Hiruzen's dumbstruck face with mouth wide open 'Already?! It's not even been five minutes!'
Hikage nodded at the sight "Good work brat, it's time to go back. Dispel you clone, you're not to use it without my permission"
"Yes Sensei, Bye Jiji" the two turned around without another word "Anbu make sure nobody approaches them, we don't want more people killed!"
"Sir, you don't want us to take them in?!"
"No! Whatever you do don't even act like you're trying to harm them!" his headache already coming up as it was all too clear what would happen, the council would be at his doorstep any moment now demanding retribution or something of the sort…
…
Naruto was walking through the streets his head filled with joy, the sight of all those villagers that harmed him for so many years now dismembered in the streets. Their screams of pain filling his head instead of the other way around, yes… he was all so glad to have stumbled upon that cottage. His new Sensei may be extremely strict and train him to his death but it was worth it, this one day was more than enough compensation for the hellish torture she put him through!
Sadly on their way back no others were killed, apparently a few shinobi did have brains as they halted anyone from nearing him or his Sensei. 'Shame…'
The forest came into view as they walked inside towards their cottage, a small open space made for training. He stood in front of his Sensei without a word, waiting for her commands whatever they may be "Brat, it's time to pick up our pace. With the Shadow clones you'll be able to train three times as quick. There is but one rule, never make more than two"
"Sensei, can I ask why?"
"Of course brat, because more than two will kill you. The Yin-energy in your body will get unbalanced and kill you and your clones, you can try if you'd like?"
"N-No sensei"
"Good, your training with the serpent is progressing quickly. It seems there was more to it than I thought, it's not just a random snake. Which is beneficial to you. Now then, how far is your Echo-Technique coming along?"
Learning this technique had proven to be an annoyance at first, it took him two days just to get the grasp of it. The feeling of natural Yin-energy mixing in the air was strange, it was like his body suddenly expanded, like anything that touched the energy also touched him yet he couldn't respond to it. He had plenty of chakra and energy though as the expansion of his field was quickly growing, the more control he got the more came into his vision "I can see up to two meters now sensei"
"How long is the interval between casts?"
"Little less than two seconds sensei"
"Tss still too slow, focus on quickening the casts instead of expanding your vision first. You'll need to be able to cast it every half a second at minimum. The more you get used to the technique the less chakra it'll cost. That's why you're going to use two clones, anything they learn you will learn as well as they dispel. You will make two clones and dispel them every six hours during day and night. You will at all times have two clones practicing the technique"
"Yes sensei! Sensei, when will I learn how to control shadows?"
"In a hurry brat?" Naruto slightly smirked at the idea of doing what he saw Hikage do in the streets "When your casting interval is sufficient and your range is five metres. I estimate it will take you four months. You may have been at it for a week now but the longer your range the more time it will take. It will take exponentially more effort to expand your Echo the larger it gets"
"During this time you will continue training your body, get used to the changes until you know everything that's happening with it. Dodging is an important part of your fighting style, you don't focus on strength but on control. If someone can't hit you but you can control every little move they make when you catch them then it's your victory"
"Yes sensei. What will my clones do when I train with the snake? The scroll said they will dispel after a single hit, they won't be of any use during that part of my training"
Hikage smirked as the brat proved quick to grasp things, five minutes of learning the technique and a quick pace with the Echo. She didn't admit it but she was impressed, he asked valuable questions as well, the stupidity was being removed after the transformation of his body "They will do chakra control exercises. You've done the leaf exercise in the academy correct?" she got a nod as response "Then we're going to continue on with tree walking. You will focus chakra onto the soles of your feet and fill in the little gaps between the tree, this will let your feet stick. Use too much chakra and you will be blown away, too little and you'll slip. Your control has gone up tremendously since I've made adjustments to your body so this won't take long"
The two clones got to work as the main Naruto walked deeper into the forest, waiting for his supposed partner. The bond with the snake had improved over the days as they now waited in an area at a set time. They couldn't communicate but for some reason it just so happened, he came upon the starting area with the snake already waiting for him. There was a silent agreement as the snake raced towards him, a swipe almost four times faster than in the beginning going for his feet as Naruto hopped back a meter. The first few times he jumped over the tail but that was a massive mistake, he couldn't dodge in the air as the tail suddenly turned upwards, he learned from that… broken bones will do that to you. The snake slithered forward when it swiped now thrusting the tail forward intending to blast Naruto backwards. He quickly sidestepped, the tail now going for a grasping motion from his back which Naruto had become all too familiar with. The only solution was going towards the snake, as quick as possible he lunged for the snake not to attack but to get some breathing room. If it was a venomous snake this would be problematic but that was not the case, it was a constrictor so the head was actually the safer part of its body, not truly safe but just more so. A new move however appeared as the snake slammed its on head into the ground as an anchor, his massive body doing a full 360 degree swipe in a split second. Naruto was blown into the air as the tail grabbed him before he got out of reach, panic appeared on his face for once as he was slammed face-first into the ground. Using his arms to protect his head, they and his neck were broken with a sickening crunch "New move huh, got me there…"
His head snapping back straight, smirking at the snake as Naruto got up as if nothing happened, not even caring anymore about the pain as his body healed. It had become rare for the snake to give him such a serious blow, he'd grown used to the moves he faced thus far. This didn't mean it was easy to battle the snake, far from it. The latter was far stronger, more agile and had experience
The fighting raged on for six hours as Naruto's mind was suddenly filled with information. His stamina getting lower as the dodging became harder, the snake went at him as Naruto suddenly jumped towards a nearby tree. The snake confused still didn't relent as it went to continue its assault, believing the boy would slam into the tree and remove his only escape. Yet what happened surprised it, the boy suddenly stood on the tree's bark for a second and jumped off again! Amused it looked at the boy thinking about how fast he was improving, pondering what it should do. Still in thought it gave Naruto a final look and slithered away…
He was confused, what'd just happened? 'Why did it leave? We weren't done yet' but it was already long gone. The only option left was to go back to the cottage, which was weird because he would usually be thrown there by the snake. That's how the training stopped, when he was unable to get up anymore
"Back so soon brat?"
"Yes… the snake suddenly left when I clung to a tree before jumping away from its attack"
'How curious, I think this snake isn't what it makes it out to be. I wonder what it'll do', "No matter, continue on tomorrow if it returns. Otherwise I will find a different way to train you. What's your progress with the exercise?"
"I can walk up the tree nearly fully now, sudden curves still give me trouble"
"Understandable, the sudden expanse in space between your feet and the tree makes you lose grip. Continue training tomorrow and include the leaf sticking exercise as you walk up the trees"
"We're done already?"
Hikage was already walking away towards the village giving a silent answer, she had business to do…
( Somewhere beneath Konoha )
Danzo sat at his desk filling in documents with the help of clones as the darkness in the corner suddenly morphed into the shape of a little girl. Slightly startled at the spectacle but refusing to show it the man acted as if he'd expected it all along "To what do I owe the pleasure, miss?"
"Miss none of your business, at least my name isn't. I have come with a transaction of sorts, you have something you can do for me"
Putting his paperwork down he signalled for the hidden Root to leave, the girl in front of him was not an easy visitor. He saw the danger as she walked through the streets, the sheer uncaring attitude as she slaughtered villagers not even afraid of retribution inside the middle of a Shinobi village. "Oh, do you now? And what makes you think it would interest me? You appear inside of my office unannounced, disrespectful and expect me to cooperate?"
The sudden pressure which overcame him left no room for further questions as Danzo struggled to remain conscious. Hikage walked up to him with her tell-tale wicked smirk "Because brat, you have no choice. And it will interest you I can assure you of that" the fear which overwhelmed Danzo was nothing he had ever experienced before, he instantly knew why Hiruzen acted the way he did, this little 'girl' was a monster!
As quick as it came the pressure left, finally able to catch his breath Danzo looked at Hikage with new light, he knew he had no choice. At least not in front of her face, behind her back however from the shadows… "Don't even think about it brat, the shadows are my terrain. You may think you deal in the darkness but I assure you that in no way are you even a match for me. You're like a mouse trying to stop a natural disaster"
He gulped thinking about how she entered his room, he didn't sense a single thing yet the power which she held was just too immense. "I'm listening…"
"I need some live sacrifices to train the brat. I could just take your men but what's the fun in that, letting him get hatred for other villages would be all the more satisfying. So, I know you take enough prisoners for 'interrogation' without the Hokage knowing, I just want some of them when you've had your fill"
Gears were turning in his head in a way he was all too glad about, he knew which brat she was talking about of course. "I know you wanted to turn him into a weapon, that the bleeding-heart stopped you. So I'm taking over that little task, as a hobby of mine. But what good is a weapon if he has all those useless emotions such as compassion?"
Knowing she was right and having been annoyed at the issue for years he was indeed interested in what the girl had to offer. A weapon with powers like hers? "Will he be trained in your techniques?" receiving a smile in return it was clear, the brat would become a monster, a monster the village could finally use! "And what do I get in return? What you ask of me is not without risk"
"I'm going to remove that bleeding-heart from his office, his attitude has annoyed me enough. He's become weak-willed, pathetic. The sheer count of people trampling over his laws yet he refuses to do anything about it? No, the village needs a new leader, even if he's a puppet"
Eyes growing wide Danzo couldn't help but smile in return, the man that never showed emotions now all too glad for this opportunity "You wish to make me Hokage?"
"No of course not, what good would that do?! Have everybody look at your actions in the open, unable to train those little toys of yours and being stuck with paperwork and menial tasks? No, we need another for that, someone desperate for the position, someone with enough greed yet easy to manipulate"
Danzo instantly caught on "Fugaku?! You want to make that buffoon the Hokage?! He can't even keep his clan in check"
"Precisely, which is why he'll become the perfect scapegoat and puppet. A new Hokage and things suddenly take a turn for the worst? We get to do whatever we please yet he's faced with the consequences until he's stripped from his position and we find a better suited candidate. One we can mould from the beginning, not to mention the additional benefits. We've been at peace for too long, the village has grown weak. A trial by fire should help speed things up, don't you agree?"
"…I do indeed. Tell me, why would you do this, I've researched you and you've got no feelings for the village in the slightest. Your killing of all those villagers and shinobi proves that case"
"Frankly because I quite like living in that little forest, I've done so for years now. Some idiots coming along thinking they can take it away and annoy me in the process is far too much of a chore. I've got the brat to do that for me in the future, let him loose and have some fun with them"
Danzo thought it over, there were plenty of risks he was sure of that. Letting the girl take control was not something he was all too pleased with. Yet the benefits were too alluring, he'd grown frustrated with how the village progressed or rather kept waning in power. Change was needed he knew that all too well, a deal with the devil may even be worth it… "Then I think we have ourselves an arrangement. You're right in your assessment, this village has grown weak under this peace-loving rule. And indeed you are right, I am not fit for Hokage. How will we convince the idiot which will take his place?"
Hikage shrugged "Same way I did with you, show him he doesn't have a choice to begin with. Lure him in with his greed and keep him in check with power. He'll have a little bit of freedom, just not on the things that truly matter. Put him under the illusion he's still in control, his ego will help with that"
"Bring me one man or woman each week, the brat needs experience with killing and shut down those emotions"
"Do you need me to assist, train him like my men are trained. He's still young enough. It'll make sure he follows orders"
"No, that won't work. Your methods are effective I give you that but a Jinchuriki needs to keep certain emotions, particularly rage. The only thing that's needed is point that rage in the right direction, sure some villagers may die in the process but the enemy will experience by far the worst I can guarantee"
"That's not an issue, some villagers don't matter. They've grown arrogant, it will tone down their useless voices and follow orders for once. When can I expect results?"
"A couple of months, it depends on the scapegoat. I expect it won't take all too long, yet you'll have to prepare for when it happens. You need to take swift control over the village yet make it seem like you're the benevolent saddened councilman which truly wants to guide the village in the right direction. They'll expect you to nominate yourself, the fact that you won't will help your image. I will approach him soon, make his hatred for the Hokage increase some more, the more he's clouded the easier it'll be"
( Months later )
"Show me what you've learned brat" Naruto stood in front of three men and two women. His training in torture having greatly proven results as each week he cut someone up in different ways. Some to provide as much pain as possible and others to put others in as much fear as he could with a little show. This time it was a test of sorts, show Hikage how well you've gotten in cutting up people
"I'll start with… you!" Naruto walked up to man in the middle as his face was just the most annoying. The glare and sense of arrogance even as he was held still was just too much of an annoyance to watch, yes he will enjoy making the man suffer 'First the nails, slowly rip them off to begin the torture, shove the knife into his fingers afterwards. Make him think there isn't much too it yet and then increase the pain. Crush his bones one after the other, never harm two spots at the same time, wait until the influx of pain wears down and continue. Don't let the body rest but also don't go too quickly…'
The man was slowly being cut apart, scalped, bones broken. It was time for a little bit of humiliation, his pride as man had to be removed will a dull blade. Afterwards you force him to swallow it whole or in pieces before going to a more fatal act. The edges of the mouth ripped open not by a knife but with brute force, his eyes plucked out and much more until finally Naruto cut open his throat from the inside. This was the painful way to torture, the grotesque way was a bit easier to describe…
The four left watched in horror with their mouths forced shut, they desperately hoped to have a quick ending. "Next one, let's see, you'll do" he grabbed one of the women by her hair and ripped off all her clothes, the humiliation of this however wasn't all that bad compared to what she saw. If that was all then all the better. But he didn't rip of her clothes in order to do stuff like that, no he needed them off to properly get to work "Sensei, can you keep her conscious?" Hikage walked up with green glowing hands put on the woman's forehead. Naruto getting a sharp knife from his pocket smirked "Let's see if I can keep it in one piece this time"
Screams filled the sky as anybody anywhere near the forest grew greatly disturbed, not daring to enter in fear of the same happening to them. The screams never ended for a full half hour as Naruto admired his work, a perfectly scalped woman, her entire skin in a single piece, but she was still awake "Enough for you" stabbing the knife in her heart he ended the pain
"Good work brat two works of art. Three left, show me where the nerves are to either inflict pain or paralyse someone and the blood vessels which slowly make someone bleed out" the three left thinking to themselves that they got off easy compared to the previous two, they knew death would come and it was only a matter of when. The question was who would get the slow bleeding death, they knew it would be the least painful by far…
A small while later the work was done, five corpses in front of him as he smiled with a job well done. He had no compassion left for his fellow humans, they were livestock to train on and nothing else. Every human was filth, every human wanted him dead and have it done in the most gruesome manner possible just because of who he was. He revelled in causing to others what they wanted to do to him
"Congratulations brat you've passed. It's time for the next step of your training. You've managed to accomplish my task of five metres and a quick cast interval so you're going to learn how to control shadows now. At first you'll only be able to control your own shadow, that is until you control it well enough and fuse it with your Echo. Don't be hasty in this, perfect control over your shadow is just as important as the Echo. The two of them are the very basis of your future skillset"
"Sensei, what about Ninjutsu and Taijutsu? I mean blow stuff up!" the next second he was slammed into a tree "Worthless the both of them! You won't be using those party tricks and I'm sure as hell not going to train a brute, I'll rip you apart if you even try! Got that, brat?!"
"Y-yes sensei!"
"Now you'd damn well pay attention. Controlling shadows is an art, the first step is to communicate with them. Shadows have no physical shape obviously, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. You will need to imagine your shadow being something you can touch, act as if it's a solid substance. Infuse your Yin chakra and energy into it. Usually someone needs to have at least 80% Yin purity of their chakra in order to manipulate shadows but your case is different, your Yin energy and chakra are far more potent than one would expect."
"Your first task is to get a feel for your shadow, you know you've succeeded when you can literally feel everything that your shadow is touching. It's an extension of your body. Your shadow will turn darker the more attuned you are with it, when it's finally pitch-black then your task is done. You will not train techniques until you can truly control your shadow or else it will be worthless"
A man on his knees with a white mask flickered in front of them "Hikage-sama" she turned towards the man "Speak". "The Hokage has become ill, your presence is requested in the village"
"Jiji!"
'And now the brat's final tie to the village dies'
Yadayada I kinda don't know if I did things right, I might revise the chapter a few times to make it feel truly right. Something feels off about it but I can't put my finger on it, if you feel like some stuff is off or reads bad then please let me know so I can adjust it. I still hope you liked it. Oh and there will be flashbacks of her talk with Fugaku etc etc no worries, I'm not truly skipping stuff. The torture stuff is just about over for now, this was just needed to remove his feelings for humans, later on he will only test techniques on humans still in kind of painful ways but okay.
