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Naruto Ultimate:
The Nightmare of Konoha...
Chapter 2: Madness Awakened...
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"Normal Speaking"
'Normal Thinking'
Radio in use
"Jutsu In use"
"Demon/Nightmare Speaking"
'Demon/Nightmare Thinking'
"Inner Spirit Talking"
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A blood colored eye with a slitted pupil opened, and with a groan a figure lifted his head from a soft pillow. The person looked around only to stop on a blond girl close to his age. She looked at him for a few seconds before running out of the room and shouting. "Sister Sophitia! He's awake!" That name rang a bell and the person quickly flipped the covers off his body and rolled to the floor, only for a sword to rest in front of his face, making the would be escapee groan slightly.
"Nightmare..." Came a womans voice and the red eyed young man looked to his right arm only to feel them widen. "Is dead." The woman then said, removing her sword from the boys face as he felt his eye's mist, his arm was normal... Was he truly free at last? "I brought you here with my friend Seung Mi-na... Your lucky to have survived." The woman said and the red eyed boy looked up to see a blond woman with blue eye's and was dressed in what he considered strange clothing, they were from the "Land of Blades" the eastern countries of the Shinobi world which few outsiders visited anymore...
The boy looked at the woman then bowed his head. "Thank you..." He whispered as his black hair covered his face from view. The woman smiled down to the boy clad in old black/blue leather armor and placed a hand on his right shoulder.
"It was nothing, just live your life now..." The woman said and the boy nodded to her. The woman smiled and walked away from him, the boy soon standing up and then looking at his right hand with a wry smile.
"I'm done with Nightmares..." He said softly as he then walked out of the room, turning around only once to see a massive black sword. He walked over to it and flung it onto his back, then walked out of the room with a wry smile, the Nightmare was finally over...
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(Konoha...)
Naruto opened his now golden eyes and then pushed himself to his feet, groaning slightly as he did. He then gripped his head and sorted through the numerous memories now invading his mind... He could see fragmented fights which "Nightmare" had gone through during the long ages... He could only smirk as he saw some similarities between some of the people in the past and the ones of today... "Heh, now all I need is a sword..." Naruto said to himself as Nightmare's own "Zweihander" style came to him. The former blond, now red head however didn't have to look far as in his right hand was a sword...
Its blade alone was about 3/4 his size, which seeing as he was a couple inches taller was saying something, it's handle took up the rest of it's length, making the entire sword about his height! The handle was made of brownish bone which curled into a spike at the end, a simple yellow eye was open on the hilt of the blade where the guard would normally be, with two "Mandibles" curling out from beside it to point up, and a pair of black spikes coming over the eye from either side. From the eye three black vines curled over the blade of the sword, while the silver edged blade itself was single edged twice as thick as a regular Katana and shaped like a backward S. A mandible reaching halfway up the length of the blunt end to point back so it could stab if he swung it backward, the rest of the blade was covered by what looked like red muscle... (Soul Edge(Madness)
"He he... Nice... Though your not quite as nice as the real Soul Edge, I guess you'll do for now." Naruto said and the blade looked at him with it's eye, before then closing, Naruto then heard something and placed Madness onto his back and turned to see what was going on. However, he didn't expect to find numerous bodies littering the ground, all of them having been the ones who attacked him the night before... "Did... I do this..." Naruto wondered to himself then heard some sort of chuckle in the back of his mind... It wasn't Nightmare however... "Hm... Better get out of here unless I want those fools to find out..." Naruto muttered to himself then ran from the forest, heading straight for his home...
Returning Home, Naruto walked straight to his bathroom and decided he needed to look over his new form. Once he was in his bathroom he looked to the mirror on the wall and tilted his head slightly while looking over his new form... His hair was red as blood, his eye's a golden yellow, and his height had increased by several inches. However, the whisker marks he had had since birth were still present, but a new addition was a long scar on his face which confused him as he couldn't remember eve having scars appear. Also, his muscles were slightly more defined now and his right arm was covered in slightly bulging veins, with large plates of skin on the back of his forearm, on his shoulder, and upon turning slightly his shoulder blade.
The red head looked over his form with a critical eye for a short while longer before he chuckled to himself. "I got to say, I'm starting to look the "Demon" part..." He said to himself then pulled some bandages from a drawer in the room and wrapped his right arm with them. "Now all I have to do is figure out how I become a TRUE Nightmare..." Naruto said to himself, seeing as it was obvious he wasn't fully Nightmare yet...
At that moment, someone decided to knock on his door and Naruto debated on whether or not to answer it... Then tried to think of an excuse not too... Then upon realizing that was possible pondered killing the person with Madness... Then figured it was the Hokage so he was pretty much fucked... Naruto grumbled to himself and walked to the door. Upon opening it he was greeted by the Hokage who stopped upon actually seeing him and went silent... The old man was just that, old, with a short white beard and short balding white hair, a large hate with the kanji for fire covered his baldness. He wore red and white robes also, covering most, if not all of him, and a simple wooden pipe which he seemed to be puffing slowly.
"Hi Jiji..." Naruto said simply then waved inside. "Come in..." He said with a slight edge to his tone as he tried to refrain from killing the old man. It would be... Troublesome, if the village leader turned up missing after all... The Hokage seemed to scrutinize him for a while then walked inside and Naruto closed the door, soon following him into his living room. The old man sat down on a comfortable chair, though he frowned hearing it creak even under his weight, Naruto merely walked to the center of the room and sat down, a bored look on his face.
"So then... Who are you exactly?" The Hokage questioned calmly and Naruto smirked.
"Naruto Uzumaki of course... Who else?" Naruto asked and the Hokage frowned.
"I'm not so sure... You sound like him thats for certain... Beyond that, the fact is your hair and eyes are both wrong, your also too tall, and you've got a sword on your back... Granted of a type I've never seen before but that only adds to my suspicion... Though this could be some sort of Bloodline as his mother did have that same shade of hair and eye's..." The Hokage said then muttered to himself quietly before looking at Naruto, glaring slightly. "So, if you are who you say... Why don't you tell me something only I would know..." He stated and Naruto grinned evilly.
"Okay... You like to read a certain little orange book, you hate paper work so much that you try using Fire Jutsu on it, you preach about the "Will of Fire" all the time, your full name is Sasuke Sarutobi... And I like to call you Old Man all the time..." Naruto listed off with a grin and Sarutobi cleared his throat into one of his fist's with a sweat drop.
"Er, right... Never mind then Naruto... But I would like to know what happened too you... Especially the part that made you look like this..." The old man said waving in the boy general direction and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't really remember too well Jiji, last thing I do however, were some Ninja attacking me and a guy in blue Armor attacking them..." Naruto said and could almost swear he heard laughter in the back of his mind once more... weird...
"A man in armor... Blue armor no less... That sounds familiar..." Sarutobi said to himself then smiled to Naruto, the red heard rolling his eyes as he crossed his arms. "Well, I was coming to talk to you about finding several dead Ninja in the forest, but it looks like you've just explained it for me. Oh, is your arm alright?" Sarutobi said then questioned looking concerned towards the red haired boy and Naruto merely grinned.
"It's fine Jiji, in fact, I've never felt better!" He exclaimed loudly and the aging Hokage chuckled lightly, he was glad Naruto wasn't hurt by the armored man. "Although... I could use some new clothes, these are getting small... But no one let's me buy anything from them..." Naruto said and inwardly smirked when he saw the Hokage growl, the old guy was just too easy to use...
"Well Naruto, I'm sorry to hear that, I'll have to have a chat with those people. In the meantime I know a shop that should let you purchase some new clothes. It's run by an academy student who needs the money, she doesn't have a family of her own you see. She calls it the Higorashi weapon and Shinobi Outlet, it has Shinobi Grade clothing which is rather expensive, but I'll let you put whatever you get on my tab for now." Sarutobi said and Naruto nodded his head to the old man. "Also, where did you get that strange sword?" Sarutobi questioned and Naruto flinched slightly, that was going to be hard to explain...
"Uh, I can't really remember..." Naruto said and Sarutobi looked at him strangely before smiling and filing that away for later. He may trust Naruto, but the boy was acting a bit strange, well, stranger than normal he should say...
"Oh well, whatever the case the girl who runs the shop is a Kenjutsu specialist, she might know of a style you can use with that thing you call a sword." Sarutobi said then got back up and walked towards the door.
"Hey Jiji..." Naruto then questioned and the aging Hokage stopped and turned towards the boy. "Why do we only stay in the Ninja academy till we're Twelve? Wouldn't it be better for us if we were a few years older? You know with more muscle mass, developed chakra coils, and such..." Naruto questioned and Sarutobi blinked to himself then thought about it for a few seconds.
"Well, due to the Second Shinobi War against Iwa Naruto, Standards had to be lowered at the academy so we could produce more Ninja. When that didn't work we had to lower them again, then lower the age limit for active Shinobi to twelve so we could keep up with the other nations." Sarutobi explained and Naruto stored that away in the back of his mind, it was really strange how the nations wanted quantity over quality it seemed...
"Then why is it still like that? Should the age and such be switched back to the way it was? I mean aren't we the strongest village again?" Naruto questioned and Sarutobi nodded his head slowly.
"Why so interested Naruto? I thought you hated the academy..." Sarutobi questioned then stated and Naruto smirked towards him.
"Just thought it was strange is all... Besides I wouldn't mind a few more years to get stronger..." 'Especially seeing as with that much time when I'm Genin and swinging my sword around like a Kenjutsu master no one will start to ask questions...' Naruto said then thought to himself still smirking and Sarutobi nodded his head slowly.
"You make a good point Naruto, and I might just put the Academy standards back to the way they were before." Sarutobi said then gave Naruto one last smile before he walked out of the apartment, Naruto waited until he couldn't hear the old man anymore and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in. "That could have been a problem... Especially if the old man had made a big deal over my arm..." Naruto said to himself then took a thoughtful expression, wondering what he wanted to wear... 'A mask like Nightmare had for one... But they don't give metal mask's to civilians... Mostly cause there Shinobi gas masks or something... So I guess a cloth mask will do for now... Yeah, a black one like that one guy who reads the orange book has... Those are attached to a sleeveless shirt... Well I was gonna need one of those... Oh, and some black Shinobi pants and black Shinobi Sandals...' Naruto thought to himself as he tried to visualize what he wanted to look like in his mind...
Naruto then cracked his neck and stood up, still thinking of what he wanted to get, and trying to remember what he could and couldn't get at a store... 'Armor isn't sold to civilians either, so I'll probably have to wait till I'm a Genin before I can really start to look like Nightmare did... But... Until then I also need to hide my arm, so I'll continue wearing these bandages over it... Hmm... I could also use a new Kunai Case... Blue... Yeah that works... Oh! And a red sash around my waist in place of that loincloth thing Nightmare had...' Naruto thought to himself while his body was on autopilot, as he walked out of his apartment, closed the door, locked it then headed out into the city.
Naruto finally noticed where he was when he saw that several people were looking at him strangely, like they knew him, but couldn't quite place him. 'He he he... Nightmare was the better choice, no one recognizes me to glare or call me names!' Naruto thought happily to himself as he then looked at the signs above the stores from the corners of his eye's. He soon saw the shop he was looking for and smirked, in the window were numerous sword, all of which he knew how to wiled flawlessly thanks to the memories of Soul Edge... 'Hmm... From the weapons in this shop I'd have to guess that most Shinobi primarily use Kunai, Daggers, Shuriken, Sometimes Senbon Needles, Katana, Tantous, Zanbatous, Gauntlets, Grieves, Okatanas, Hand Scythes, Sickles, and Trench Knives, primarily as weapons due to needing speed... Well except for the Zanbatou, it's too similar to a Zweihander to be wielded quickly...' Naruto thought to himself while looking over the numerous weapons in the window and figuring out how too beat each one...
Naruto then shook his head and quickly walked into the building, he'd figure out how to kill people later, right now he needed some clothes. He saw a girl with her brown hair in two buns was sitting at the front, a bored look on her face till she saw him... Wait... She was looking at Madness, a strange look in her brown eye's that slightly unnerved the boy... "Hey, what kind of sword is that?!" She asked quickly while flipping over the desk and landing in front of him before reaching out to touch Madness, only for Naruto to grab her wrist.
"A Zweihander... And I don't like it when people try and touch it..." He said simply and the girl chuckled nervously pulling her hand away from Madness Hilt. Naruto then turned and walked down one of the isles, he didn't see the eye on Madness open up and stare at the girl who shivered seeing it, and hoping it was some kind of illusion. Naruto blinked when he felt the girl stare at him, and turned towards her with a frown and narrowed eye's. She promptly quit staring and head back to the front desk. Naruto rolled his eye's then grabbed a couple black shirts with a mask, then walked over and got several pairs of black Shinobi pants to go with them.
He then grabbed a blue Kunai case and a pair of black Shinobi sandals that reached up the shin. Naruto then found a red sash like he wanted and grabbed it, he looked over his items and frowned, he then looked around and spotted what else he wanted, a pair of fingerless black gloves with metal plates on the back of each hand. Naruto nodded his head and walked back to the front desk and saw they had Kunai, Shuriken, Ninja Wire, and other essentials for ninja to use...
"Hey, uh, sorry about trying to touch your sword..." The girl said suddenly and Naruto glanced at her a second before looking over the weapons once more. "My names Tenten by the way..." She then said and Naruto frowned slightly, he could be rude and ignore her, but he needed stuff, and to get said stuff she was necessary... Dammit...
"Naruto..." He said and then placed the clothes he wanted onto the desk. "I just want these... Oh, and a Fuuma Shuriken, two rolls of Ninja wire, three sets of the Dark Edge Kunai, and two cases of your Lunar Craft Shuriken..." Naruto said simply and Tenten blinked.
"Those are all Assassin weapons..." She said bluntly and Naruto grinned towards her.
"Oh... Whys that?" Naruto questioned with an almost insane smirk.
"Because, those are Serated Kunai, they don't reflect any light, and they become invisible with chakra added, the Shuriken are the same but aren't serrated. Their also three times more expensive than the normal brand..." Tenten explained, trying to sound smart for some reason and Naruto rolled his eye's, obviously the girl was a weapons buff...
"Well I'm a Shinobi in training, I need the best I can get after all..." Naruto said with a simply shrug and Tenten frowned. "Also, the Hokage said to put it on his tab so don't worry..." Naruto added and Tenten glared at him with a frown.
"Oh yeah, and how am I supposed to believe the Hokage is letting you buy this stuff on his tab?" She questioned and then gasped as the said old man walked into the store making Naruto grimace to himself slightly. 'Please don't let her mention Madness' eye...' He thought to himself as the old man looked from Naruto to Tenten.
"Well, I believe I can say without a doubt that the Hokage HAS allowed Naruto the money for some clothes... As for the new equipment... Well I guess all Shinobi do need new Kunai and Shuriken." The old man said with a smile and Tenten nodded her head before grabbing the items and ringing them up quickly, looking over the cost's. "Oh, Naruto, I found some things about an "Azure Knight" and I was wondering if that was the person who saved you last night?" The old man said then questioned, pulling a book from beneath one of his arms and showing it to Naruto who felt his left eye twitch.
The red head looked at the picture and let out a relieved sigh, it looked a little like Nightmare, but was different than the Azure Knight he had seen in that he had long hair, and didn't' have a mouth over his chest... Also... He was wielding the TRUE Soul Edge, not Phantom, from what the boy could tell... "No... He didn't look like this... Oh and Jiji, I remember where my sword came from..." Naruto told the old man then said and Sarutobi nodded his head. Naruto and the Hokage then looked to Tenten and the girl huffed before moving Naruto's purchases over to the side so she wouldn't be able to listen to them. When that was done Naruto looked to Sarutobi who motioned for Naruto to go on.
"After that Azure Knight guy came I was backing away from him, I figured he was going to attack me as well. Then I remember wanting something, anything, to protect myself and then it just sort of appeared, like it was somehow a part of me..." 'Which technically it isn't a Lie, Madness IS a part of me after all... I'll just pass it and my new looks off to an unknown bloodline...' Naruto explained then thought to himself, inwardly smirking as he saw Sarutobi frown in thought.
"Hmm... Sounds like a Bloodline of some sort... In any case Naruto, that would be the best way to explain your new looks, so we'll go with that. Any idea's for a name for you Bloodline if thats what it is?" Sarutobi said then questioned of the boy, making Naruto grin darkly, eye's sparkling insanely...
"How about... Soul Edge..."
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TBC...
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