Chapter 4:D
Hey guys! long time no see:p yeah, sorry for the late update! It's been almost a month now, gomen, gomen, gomen! *Falls to knees and begs for mercy sob sob sob* Please don't kill me:C. I'm being home tutored from now on so bye bye social life-_- anyway, they've been sorting out times and stuff, also trying to persuade me to go out a little more... I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE MY BED! WAAAAAH! so I've been quite busy. They just keep nagging and nagging me and tbh it's really annoying! and soooo boring TT_TT I'd much rather be writing for you guys, so that's what I'm going to do!:c so yeah, I don't know how long or short this chapter will be since I haven't even started writing yet but let me just apologise in advance if it's quite short, but then again the shorter it is the more I'll have to write about in the next chapter so bare with me! I went through a phase were I was quite certain I was going to delete this fic and start again since the whole story line seems a bit messed up but I've decided to continue just for you guys. Be sure to tell if you would like me to keep it, it'll probably boost my courage since I'm not too confident on this...but then again it is my first fan fic and I am only in year 9 so I don't expect great things lol! I've been wondering if I had explained the Jigokugan well enough, so, if any of you don't quite understand how it works or would like me to explain it in full detail just say! either pm me or leave a review and I'll message you myself. Also I know quite a lot of you want an insight on how konoha is doing so...here it is! So look forward to more on konoha in this chapter so we'll finally be able to see what they're up too and how they're coping without that kyuubi kid! If you don't know who that is I highly pity you and suggest you go watch the first episode again, either that or your IQ is pretty much none existent...haha. Anyway enjoy, remember I'm not too great with grammar and punctuation so if there are some little mistakes and you feel the need to correct me, go right ahead! I'd be very grateful Ah, so sorry:p I just keep going on and on so I'll get straight to the story now!
right after a disclaimer!
Disclaimer: Remember, I don't own any Naruto characters in anyway, the Only things I own are the Jigokugan, Demons land (Oninotogakure) and Shirochi:3 If you have any doubt in your head, and somehow think that I secretly own Naruto then you should get your brain sorted out to be quite honest...hehe! (If you have one:p)
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! (Story not game, just thought it sounded cool:3)
In Konoha.
It had been exactly 3 months since Naruto's said departure and still there was no sign of him, nobody knew what had happened, well, except Yumi. Many civillians and shinobi rejoiced at his dispearance, some grieved while others made up pointless rumours to spice things up a bit. Some stated that he went to slaughter the Uchiha or hide away and transform into his real identity, the Kyuubi, Unfortunately the majority of Civilians and even some shinobi chose to believe the fake information and Naruto's reputation was even dirtier than before. If only they knew who Naruto was, well, who Naruto's father was...that'd shut them up! The village hero, strongest of the strongest was the father of a demon? The Yondaime? How unexpected!
Endless amounts of shinobi were sent out on endless missions to retrieve the boy, to retrieve him before he was classed as a missing nin, but all efforts were in vain of course, due to the fact that they were completely oblivious that he was staying in a village that far as they were concerned didn't exist.
For the people who knew and adored Naruto, life now lacked meaning. The small glimmer of hope that seemed to illuminate the village, even in the darkest of times, was gone. If Naruto, the most brave and gutsy ninja, with cerulean orbs filled with hope and hair as golden as sunshine itself had lost hope, why shouldn't they? It was true, most people thought of Naruto as annoying or stupid, maybe even over confident... what am I thinking? Of course he was over confident! Still, none of them could deny how much they missed his Happy-go-lucky attitude and his trade mark foxy grin. In the beginning Naruto was officially dead last, he couldn't even make a stable clone! How was he mean't to become hokage? When he had arrived after failing the genin exam people began to question his honestly. 'He had failed it right? So why is he here?...did he steal it? That thief! How foolish, as if Iruka will fall for that one!' Was all people could think, everyone but Hinata that is. It took months to gain people's trust and acknowledgement as a fellow shinobi...even still, some people doubted his strength and loyalty! But what was people's trust worth huh? It's not as if you could go into a shop and buy all of the different instant ramen brands with peoples trust! All you'd get is a stupid old shop keeper laughing in your face. Sure, trust earns you friends, but what good are they when even they betray you? Nothing, that's what.
Naruto's disappearance had hit 4 people in particular, hard. Tsunade, Jiraya, Kakashi and of course, Sakura.
Tsunade, the Godaime, felt it was her job to protect Naruto, she was the Hokage after all. But since he was now gone, what good was she? She had failed Naruto, failed the village. If she couldn't stop a single genin, how was she mean't to protect the innocent people from disaster? Nasty and morbid thoughts entered her mind, those of her precious little brother, those of her deceased lover, even those of suicide. Then she could at least join them in quietly peace, it not like she was that important to the village right? They could always replace her with Jiraya or Kakashi. This very moment she lay on her desk, intoxicated by sake, yet again. Since he had left her all she did was drown her sorrows in alcohol, at least it got rid of the pain for a while. Although when awoken from her sweet intoxicated sleep her brain just had to remind her of even more heartache and guilt, with a hangover on the side. This life style of hers wasn't very healthy either, it was destroying her organs and her sanity, despite the downfalls she still couldn't find the will to break free from it. It was a vicious cycle, a very addictive one as well 'Naruto, why?' she couldn't help but wonder for the millionth time before falling into yet another sweet dream.
Sakura, the pink haired Kunoichi wasn't taking it any better than Tsunade, maybe even the worst of all of them. To say her mind was a mess would be an understatement She was damn right confused with her and her stupid feelings! Sasuke, the boy she loved unconditionally had left her, even worse he knocked her unconscious after calling her annoying! Still, she couldn't bring herself to hate him, no, she couldn't bring herself to stop loving him. Naruto...he was another story. Since he had left her she couldn't help but get this pained feeling from within whenever reminded of him. It was even worse than when Sasuke had just left. It was almost as if...'No, it's impossible! This is Naruto we're talking about! Shoo, bad thoughts.' She screamed at herself for even considering the thought. But even she couldn't deny how close they had gotten, even worse, everyone knew it too! Either way, she was still undecided. Were these feelings because of how close they were or was it true? Did she actually Love Naruto? He had loved her still they were little, always asking for dates at Ichiraku or something. Blinded by her crush for Sasuke she rudely ignored or rejected him. Despite how she treated him he would always welcome her again with his arms wide open and a foxy grin painted all over his face. But recently she started to feel for him, his pain was her pain, his happiness was her happiness. But what good would finally coming to her senses do now? He was gone and to be quite honest she knew he wouldn't be coming back. Not any time soon, at least.
~Back to Naruto~ Oninotogakure.
The sunny rays seemed to seep through the window and instantly hit Naruto's face. Feeling this intense warmth tickle his features he started to stir under his blankets.
"Hmmm, 5 more minutes..." Naruto groaned while protectively shadowing his face away from the sun light.
"Oi, wake up sunshine!" The fox spoke in a overly sarcastic voice. "It's already 9am and you're not even ready yet! We didn't come here just to sleep and eat, you know! Baka."
"Don't boss me around! Hmph" Naruto sulked before pushing himself off the floor and started to undress. "I'm not getting up for you by the way, I need my daily ramen dattebayo!" He exclaimed while pulling on his cloak and attaching his katana to his back.
"Yup, sure kit! And pigs can fly, admit it, you're scared of me" The kyuubi playfully smirked, wide.
Naruto was frozen, his eyes were as wide as a bus. Slowly letting the words sink in his lips started to curl at the sides and his arms and legs started to tremble. Suddenly he fell to the floor laughing as loudly and as possible. His arms shaking in amusement and his stomach pained from the hysterical laughing while literally rolling on the floor laughing.
"ME? HAHAHAHA SCARED PFFT, HAHAAHA OF YOU? HAHAHA OH MY HAHA GOD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? HAHA, YOU'RE JUST A STINKING FOX HAHA TRAPPED IN MY BODY! HAHAHAHAHA" Naruto exclaimed in between little bursts of laughter.
"Oi, kit! Watch your words! One day it might get you killed" The kyuubi shouted at the boy, hopelessly trying to knock some sense into him.
"Che, yeah. Not by you, that's for sure" Naruto had now stopped laughing and was sitting upright, a smirk placed on his face while he munched on a stick of pocky.
The kyuubi's eye twitched in annoyance as a number of veins popped on his head. He was about to yell at the boy, but he then noticed something. Something weird.
"Where the hell did you get that pocky? I remember quite clearly you didn't have any food..." The kyuubi asked with a completely baffled look evident on his face. Not that Naruto could see, since he was inside his body.
Naruto blinked a few times, an emotionless expression on his face. "Simple" Naruto answered without hesitation before pointing at his obviously activated Jigokugan. "You told me it could grant any wish, so I wished for pocky. Neat right?" Naruto answered excitedly before three more boxes of pocky fell from the ceiling. Two chocolate and one strawberry of course.
"Yay, more pocky!"
The Kyuubi sweat dropped and couldn't help but face palm in his mind. Was this boy that brain dead? "You're telling me you have the ability to wish for ANY thing and you wish for Pocky. Oh dear lord..."
"Yeah" Naruto simply answered, before pouting playfully. "Guess you're not impressed"
"Not really, I would've gone along the lines of world destruction or a brain for you..."
"OI, I HAVE A BRAIN! Damn fox!" Naruto growled while clenching and shaking his fist.
"tch, sure..."
"Oh yeah" Naruto paused in thought while munching on several pocky sticks. "What was it you wanted to do today by the way?"
"What do you think bird brain? Train of course...oh and don't talk with your mouth open, you vile being, you'll never get a girlfriend that way" The Kyuubi stated in a matter-of-fact way.
Instantly Naruto's face perked up as his gorgeous cerulean eyes glistened. His mouth opened as if to say something but quickly shut as an imaginary fox ears popped out of his head while a tail waggled playfully while waiting for an explanation.
The kyuubi sighed. This kid was such a pain. "We're meeting up with a friend of mine later. She'll explain later, lets head out now. We're late..." He explained in a slow, paced voice, as if Naruto was an infant.
"A friend? A girl?" Naruto paused. "You're girlfriend, kyuubi? Awww, how cute"
"N-NARUTO! NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. BAKA, RESPECT YOUR ELDERS. WE'RE JUST FRIEN-"
"Yeah, yeah. I've heard that before. Lets just get going? I thought we were late."
"Che..."
Naruto got his belongings together, which consisted of some kunai, shuriken, paper bombs and a couple of empty scrolls, just in case Grabbing his bag he locked the door to his apartment and set off towards the training area 48.
Walking down the streets he couldn't help but notice several people staring at him with what seemed to be...awe? Amazement? pride? Something that was new to him, something completely different to the looks of hatred back in Konoha.
"Oi, kyuubi! Do I have something on my face?" Naruto whispered to the fox, while munching on yet some more pocky.
"...No? why do you ask? The only thing on your face is stupidity and ugliness..."
"Mou, that's mean! Have you not noticed? These looks! Everyone is staring..."
"Oh, that's because of your outfit. Its quite famous here, your mother was quite well known and was considered legendary. Well, everyone who wore it was! Its the nine tails Jinchurikki outfit. People obviously recognise you as a legend...to some extent. So don't let it go to your head, stupid human" The kyuubi stated simply.
"My mother? You mean Kushina Uzumaki right? I used my Jigokugan to work out where she came from. Wait...wait wait! Did you say legend?!"
"...I did."
"Oh my lord! HELL YEAH!" Naruto exclaimed, earning even more looks from the towns people.
"Shhh, you're making my ears bleed"
"Bleeh!" Naruto whined playfully while sticking his tongue out.
Naruto continued to stroll though the village, making eye contact with the villagers who stared with amazement He felt like a celebrity! Suddenly a pair of hands tapped lightly on his shoulders. Turning around swiftly he found two beautiful girls who looked around his age blushing slightly while one was pressing her fingers together shyly, just like Hinata. One had beautiful near white hair wavy hair and memorizing eyes, her outfit was similar to Sakura's, just rose in colour and significantly shorter. She stood quite proud and obviously aware of her beauty. The other had shoulder length silver hair, with a tint of violet. Her outfit consisted of plain black vest top and a blue jacket. She wore a high waisted black ninja skirt and had a choker hugging her neck.
"Oh, hey girls! Can I help you?" Naruto asked with his foxy grin plastered on his face.
The girl with the almost white hair rubbed the back of her head nervously while the other stared at the floor with a deep blush, just pressing her fingers.
"Y-yeah! My name's Hana Sasaki and this is Aoi Tachibana, We were walking around town and noticed you were wearing Lady Uzumaki's outfit. Could it be you're the current nine tails jinchurriki? You see, she's our idol and we were just wondering..."
"Oh! You mean mother? Haha, she was that amazing huh? and yeah! The one and only hehe!"
"M-mother? you mean...NO WAY! So...could we have a quick picture with you? It's such an honour...your name?"
"Sure why not? and The name's Naruto Uzumaki! Nice to meet cha dattebayo!"
The girls both squealed in excitement before blushing a deep rose colour.
"N-naruto-sama! Arigatou! It's like a dream to meet you! It means so much to us!" Spoke Aoi, while clutching her chest. The other girl just fished into her bag before pulling out her mobile phone.
"Drop the formality Aoi! Just call me Naruto!"
"O-ok...Naruto"
"Alright! you ready everyone?" Asked Hana curiously while tapping on her phone a few times.
"Yup"
A few more taps and FLASH! The photo was taken. The girls both blushing deeply while Naruto smirked playfully.
"WAAI! Naruto-kun, you look so handsome!"
"Eh? you think so?" Naruto asked in disbelief while sheepishly messing up his golden locks, giving it that 'tousled' or 'bed head look'
"Most definitely! Want to come grab some lunch with us?" Asked the girls in unison, hope glimmering in their eyes.
"Eh, gomen! I've got some training to do" Naruto bowed in apology. " I'll be staying in this town from now on so how about another time?"
"O-oh, sure! It's understandable, well then Naruto-kun! We'll see you sometime soon!"
And with those words both the girls giggled before running back to what they were previously doing.
'How strange, why were they so nervous?' Naruto thought quizzically before coming to the conclusion they were just shy people.
"Attracting some mates, nee Naruto? you stud..." The kyuubi teased harmlessly. Well, the Kyuubi sure didn't see it as harmful.
"SHUT UP FOX! It's n-not like that!" Naruto exclaimed while blushing a hundred shades of red.
"OK, OK! Stop shouting, by ears are going to fall of someday! We're even more late now! Shirochi is going to kill me! Come on! We need to get there soon or I'll be part of her kyuubi lasagne!"
Training area 48
"Finally...we're...here..." Naruto panted frantically before collapsing on the ground. That damn fox had used mind control to take control of his body, moving at speeds that were insane even for a demon. It was tricky for the kyuubi to see where he was going with human eyes so he ended up bashing into various stalls and tree trunks on the way. Leaving a battered and pissed Naruto to deal with the after effects.
"You fucking stupid fox! That girl ain't even here yet and I could've died! Human bodies aren't as strong as a demon's! BAKA!" Naruto exclaimed in rage while stomping his feet on the fresh green grass.
"Who isn't here? Gaki!" A deep yet feminine voice boomed from behind.
Naruto instantly turned around, instincts taking over. Looking up he found a tall, beautiful slender woman staring down at him. She had a pale, elegant looking face and long luscious lashes. She had engaging violet-blue orbs and long white hair. On the top of her head her hair seemed to be in the shape of cat ears and from behind was a long cat tail, swaying elegantly. She wore traditional Japanese clothing with a two long katanas on her back, forming an 'X' shape.
"EH! A CAT WOMAN!" Naruto shrieked in horror before hiding behind a nearby tree.
"Who you callin' 'CAT WOMAN' kid? I'm called Shirochi, SHI-RO-CHI." She spoke in a sarcastic slow voice, pronouncing every syllable, as if he was five.
"Oh, gomen. Shorika" Naruto said in a bored voice while fidling with his katanas, obviously trying to piss her off.
"SHIROCHI! NOT SHORIKA!"
"Hai, hai, don't make my ears bleed. You're so noisy!" Naruto complained while rolling his eyes.
"Pfft, you're just like Kurama!"
"Hey! don't compare to that stinking fox, cat woman!"
"I'll do what I want, gaki!"
"Tch, whatever! What are we doing anyway? Kyuubi told me that we were going to train!"
"We were going to train...but you were late, Mr."
"I was only late because some girls stopped me asking for a picture!" Naruto blurted before blushing deeply realising what he had said. He would've been fine if that damn fox hadn't had mentioned the 'mate' bit. Just thinking about it made him blush.
"Popular with the girls huh Gaki? I'm impressed! I guess I'll let you off then!"
"Good! now what are we going to do? Super a-rank ninjutsu? Taijustu stronger than lee's?"
"No, none of that."
"Eh! how lame! just tell me now what we're doing! Or I'm going to go get some more ramen!"
Shirochi just sighed in annoyance at the boy. One minute he's a smart ass, the next he's a hyperactive knuckle-head What was up with the guy... Does he had multiple personalities? A mental problem? So troublesome...
"You sure you want to know?"
"Of course I do! I wouldn't ask if I didn't! Baka!"
"Ok fine, your call! You're going to become" She paused, on purpose, just to add to the suspense. "A demon sage".
DONE! YAY! It Took hours so you better be nice so flames are a no no!:c I kept getting distracted and hungry! Is it just me or when you're busy with something you always get distracted for some reason? How troublesome...
*SPOILER ALERT, WARNING SPOILER ALERT* DONT READ ON IF YOU ARENT UPDATED WITH THE CURRENT MANGA CHAPTERS!
Any of you reading the current manga chapters? AMAZING AREN'T THEY! I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT SINCE I FOUND OUT WHO NARUTO'S DAD WAS. I read it and had to confirm it just in case it was some sort of fake leakage. It's so amazing that Minato came back, I mean how fucking great it that? *FAN GIRL SCREAM* TEAM NAMIKAZE! seriously though, I love Minato the most. Also, I have a new love for the first hokage! I expected him to be all serious and boring but he's not that at all! He's fricking hilarious! Everyone else is talking about the 4th war and the uchiha's being out of control but he's just really happy and keeps laughing! I just hope we get to see a Naruto vs Minato fight and people finally find out who naruto is, I mean... think about it! People will finally know that kid they outcast was the fourths son! HELL YEAH! Or better yet they break free from the edo tensei and help kick Madara and Obitos hairy asses! Oh and see the legendary rasengan thingy that was in the 4th movie. *Drools* OOKAY... I'll shut up now!:3 Hope you enjoyed it and see you until next time! Oh and if it's a bit late don't worry, I'm not going to abandon this story, so just wait.