Slayer End speaking.
I'd just like to say the answers to a few questions.
Questions asked by 'Assault Godzilla'
Q1: So how's Naruto gonna make "connections" once they're in the Soul Society?
A1: Naruto has his ways. He can easily make allies with... well, just about anyone. All he needs is time.
Q2: How will all the Shinigami react to see the hollow of legend?
A2: How do you think? There has never been a Hollow in the Seiretei before. So, they're going to flip out, legend or not.
Q3: What happens when Naruto crosses paths with Aizen?
A3: That will be revealed in the upcoming chapters.
Q4: Will we get to see Naruto go all out?
A4: Same answer as 3.
Q5: Is he gonna help out everybody in their situations or do what he wants?
A5: He's going to do what he can. Right now, he's on a different mission than the rest of the group, but, if they are in serious trouble and he can help, he will.
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"Advice"
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"Demon/Monster-Hollow"
"Speaking"
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Enjoy!
Forever Signed in Blood,
Slayer End
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"Immortality. To never be killed, no matter how severe the injury. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, right? Immortality. You'll never see your loved ones again. You'll never go to heaven or hell. All your friends will age and die while you must watch from the sidelines. Sounds like a curse, right? Immortality, a double-edged sword."
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Getting in the tunnel was the easy part. Getting out? Well... there were some definite difficulties.
"Say, Yoruichi-san, what ore those lights behind us?" asked Orihime.
Naruto looked at Yoruichi and saw the pang of worry that crossed the cat's face. His eyes widened and Naruto picked up the pace and ran out of the tunnel.
"What's up with him?" asked Ichigo.
"He saw I was worried, so he ran faster. That thing behind us is the cleaner. It comes through the tunnel once a week. Get going!"
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Naruto, being first out made a run for the Seiretei, using shinobi speeds.
He heard an explosion in the distance, coming from the portal. He would have turned to see if the others were alright, but, a gut feeling told him they were fine. He just ran faster.
His speed was incredible.
He saw the wall that separated the Rukongai from the Seiretei and realized something.
The wall was meant to withstand reiatsu, not chakra.
Naruto started to charge an attack with his right palm.
"Rasengan!" he yelled.
There was a massive hole in the wall. Naruto nodded his head.
"I definitely should consider spending a vacation here..." he muttered.
Then he made a mad dash. Straight through the crowd of gathered Shinigami.
"Tōton Jutsu." Naruto quickly muttered, disappearing from the sight of all the Shinigami present.
He made a mad dash for the tower in the center of the Seiretei. He grinned and pulled out a scroll. There was a puff of smoke and then, there were several paint cans, a mop, and a ramen bowl.
"Time for me to show them the art of pranking." said Naruto with a massive grin, invisible past the remnants of his skull mask. "Kagebunshin no Jutsu."
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"Yamamoto-Sama! There are ryoka currently inside of Rukongai! Also, one of them has broken through the wall and is inside of the Seiretei!" reported the messenger.
"What?!"
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"Now, that is what I'd call one of my best works." said Naruto, smugly. Observing his prank.
With the aid of his clones, he had successfully put graffiti all over an entire area of the Seiretei. You couldn't go ten feet without seeing the picture of a chibi fox using the one-fingered salute.
Naruto started to laugh and looked down to see if his ramen bowl was still there. It was gone. He turned around to start the search for his ramen. He stopped. There, in front of him, were about two hundred blood-thirsty Shinigami.
Naruto's eye twitched.
"Yosh! Which one of you took my bowl of ramen? Fess up, and I won't hurt you... much." Naruto muttered the last part, but, the message was very clear. He wasn't scared of the number of Shinigami in front of him, he was only worried about his ramen bowl.
Several Shinigami face-faulted.
"I took it, you freak!" yelled a fat member from squad 11.
He doubled over in pain and fell forwards, unconscious.
"That was for taking my ramen." said Naruto, who was now standing over the fallen Shinigami.
Several Shinigami drew their swords and attacked him. After a few seconds, they were standing over the now dead form of the fat Shinigami.
"That was for calling me a freak." said Naruto, standing in the same place the Shinigami first saw him.
Realization dawned on them, they had just killed one of their own. A severe crime under most circumstances. What the hell had they done?
They started to scream and run around. They stopped when they saw feathers falling from the sky.
"Wow. I love Genjutsu and the Kawarime. Alone, they're strong. But, together, they're phenomenal." commented Naruto.
Every one of the Shinigami were asleep. Every last one of them... well... except for the one they stabbed half to death. He was heaving, gasping for breath.
Naruto shrugged, "Eh, the medics will get him."
Naruto observed the Shinigami. They were asleep. One of them was bleeding to death. This one...
"In life, a petty thief who made it big with armed robbery. Recently, you killed off two of your own comrades to move up in status. You're incredibly weak in terms of other Shinigami, yet, you plan to betray your captain and kill him with your followers. I think they'll be able to deal without you." said Naruto, killing the fat shinigami and torching the body.
He had all of the deceased Shinigami's memories, and, as an added bonus, this one didn't unlock his shikai yet. So, Naruto was able to use a henge and walked out of the area like nothing happened. They wouldn't know what happened to this one until it was too late.
His cover name?
Hiruke Sasuru.
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"What the hell happened here?" asked Captain Hitsugaya Tōshirō, mostly to himself, as he surveyed the graffiti and knocked out Shinigami.
He looked at a nearby wall and saw something that made him freeze, no pun intended.
"Captain?" Matsumoto Rangiku looked over at her captain and followed his gaze. Gasping, several shinigami that were with them took a look at what the captain and his Lieutenant were staring so intently at.
A single wall with no graffiti on it except for a single message.
It read:
'My name? You don't need to know right now. My identity? You should know...'
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'Sasuru' looked around the corner. He slowly continued.
"Hey, you!" 'Sasuru' turned around and saw Captain Zaraki Kenpachi.
Getting into character, 'Sasuru' saluted.
"Y-Yes! Captain Zaraki sir!"
Zaraki frowned.
"You're pretty good at disguising yourself." replied Kenpachi.
'Sasuru' visibly paled.
"W-What do you mean, sir?" asked 'Sasuru'.
"Drop the act, impostor." said Kenpachi as his pink-haired Lieutenant peeked over his shoulder.
"Ken-chan's right. Fatty-chan was really weak. You have way more reiatsu than he could ever hope for. But, I'll give you points for trying." said Kusajishi Yachiru.
'Sasuru' sighed. In a poof of smoke, Naruto stood there.
"Was my disguise really that transparent." said Naruto.
"Actually it was pretty good, if you had kept up with the act, we might have just passed it off as you training. Thank Kami you killed the fat slob. I've always just hated him and had my suspicions he was planning something." said Kenpachi.
"I'm going to take a guess and say that you want to fight me?" asked Naruto, already knowing the answer.
"Hell yes!" said Kenpachi, an insane look in his eyes.
Naruto sighed and took out his swords, there was no avoiding it.
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'...It is my purpose in life to send the truly despicable souls to hell. I can not stop and I will not stop. There is too much to be done for me to leave before it is unfinished...'
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:Kuso I'm getting thrashed: thought Naruto.
He had gotten several good hits in, but Kenpachi just continued to beat the tar out of Naruto.
:I need to do something! OK, Shikai or Hollow form?:
Naruto barely dodged a strike to the head.
:Shikai...:
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'...For their crimes in life and death, they must go to hell. Otherwise, I will fight with non-lethal force...'
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Naruto put away one of his Zanpakutou.
"9 strikes of heaven... Exist Kyuubi!" yelled Naruto.
There was a massive flash of light.
Naruto stood there, his mask was gone.
In his right hand, he held a sword where, instead of a blade, nine tails were revealed. His cloak was white with blue clouds, outlined black. His eyes were Sapphire blue, piercing, and without slits. Under his cloak, his bare chest was visible to the world. Scars were all over his body form both when he was alive and from after he had died.
Sun-kissed, blond hair was visible as well as Tsunade's old necklace. (A/N: Bare-chested Naruto with the sword and an Akatsuki cloak that's colors have been reversed.)
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'...I will use lethal force if I must. But, know this. You will not be able to beat me. You can come close, but you'll never win. I end this by saying, good luck with those ryoka. You'll have your hands full with em'.
Sincerely,
The Kitsune-Hollow'
"Matsumoto. Get the captains here to see this. There's a Hollow in the Seiretei."
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Kenpachi was having some of the most fun he'd ever had in his entire life.
This battle was incredible.
He felt so exhilarated.
He felt amazing.
He felt... pain?
Then nothing.
Naruto sadly smiled and removed one of Kyuubi's tails from Kenpachi's gut.
Naruto didn't kill Kenpachi, but, the poor guy was in a critical condition.
He had long since lost his eye patch, even that didn't help him.
Naruto had a few cuts, but, was fine.
"Best get him some medical attention before he kicks the bucket. He has a good soul. I'd hate to see such a great warrior like him pass on so suddenly." said Naruto to Yachiru.
Yachiru, while shaken by her close friend's defeat, quickly understood the situation and carried Kenpachi away.
:Those two are just like Zabuza and Haku...:
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"Th-The Kitsune-Hollow!"
All the captains, except for Kenpachi, and their Lieutenants were presently looking at the wall.
Out of all the captains and their Lieutenants, very few of them knew who the Kitsune-Hollow was, or if he was real.
Yamamoto turned and looked at each of the captains and Lieutenants.
He sighed.
"What I'm about to tell you, has been a well-kept secret for over 100 years. The Kitsune-Hollow first appeared when Captain Soifon was still in the academy. She and a squad of twelve other Shinigami left for the living world on a Hollow-hunt. We underestimated the Hollow's strength and there were only 3 survivors. We still aren't too sure of what happened there, only Captain Soifon knows for certain." said Yamamoto.
Taking that as her cue, Soifon continued, "We were going to be killed when something blocked the attack. It was a Hollow that looked like a 9-tailed-fox. What was really peculiar about this was the fact that the hollow had a black mask. He didn't want to kill us. He actually asked if we were alright. With the help of my remaining teammates, we left the area. But, I was able to hear him say a few crimes that the other Hollow apparently committed in life. From the sounds of it, the Kitsune-Hollow only kills Shinigami or eats Hollows that he knows are going to hell." said Soifon.
"Ken-chan was beaten up by somebody who had a black Hollow mask covering part of his face. But he said that Ken-chan was a good soul who he didn't want to pass." said Yachiru, her cheerfulness was actually gone for once.
It was always unnerving when the person you relied on to lighten the mood was suddenly darkening it further. The Captains and Lieutenents were really worried now. Anything that could put Kenpachi into a critical condition was worth worrying about.
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It was the middle of the night. Naruto lied on his back, looking at the stars.
"Hey, who are you?" asked a voice behind Naruto.
Naruto's eyes widened slightly. There was no way that he...
"Dobe! Turn around so I can see you."
Naruto's eyes widened exponentially and he spun around.
There he stood.
"It's one of those Ryoka! Let's the Baka!" yelled another voice.
Naruto's eyes widened to full capacity.
:Sasuke-teme?! Sakura-chan?!:
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End of Chapter IV.
There's nothing quite like a good cliffhanger.
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