Hello and welcome to the next chapter.
John: I got rid of the alcohol just as you said Firebird.
Firebird: Good boy, now I can kill you off with dignity now. *Sees Zabuza using Gara's gourd as a bong* Ok, where the hell did he get the weed!
John: *Smokes from his own bong* You didn't say anything about weed man.
Firebird: What it this rehab! This house is full of addicts, at least you're the only other level headed guy I know A.J. *Turns to A.J only to spot him smoking weed though a bong too* Not you too!
A.J: What? I have a prescription.
Firebird: From the state of Nevada?
A.J: No, from California.
Firebird: You're all hopeless. I'll respond to the reviewers, hopefully that'll make me feel better.
Lydia-Hood: I've seen plenty of stories that have the Elemental nations existing in the past (Though most if not all are Bleach crossovers) so it can be used both ways. Besides how do we know they had all of that stuff in the past, it was lost in time only to be reinvented later? We may only know what we discovered from archeologists but that's only a small piece of the picture.
Firebird: That was surprisingly short…Oh well A.J if you will
A.J: Firebird doesn't or will not ever own Naruto. He's not Disney.
Firebird: Ha, that was a good one.
Ch. 4 A Parents Love and a Bijū's rage Part I
4:57 Home
When Naruto got there the place was trashed with furniture toppled over, slash marks are littered all over and worst of all, there were no sign of Sam or John in the house. He looked for any clue as to where they would be but couldn't find any. But when he went into his room it was nearly untouched with only a gash on his bed where the clone laid. When he got to his desk he found a note pinned by a kunai. He pulled the sharp object off, picked up the note that was written in Kanji and read.
Hello Naruto,
You may not know me but I'm sure your mother has told you about me. I've been watching you for a long time now and I've got to say I'm impressed, even with those special abilities you kept from your parents you naughty boy. If you're wondering if I hurt your family, don't there safe for now. If you want to see them again you will bring all of your equipment and necessities over to Area 51 and join me. If you don't comply by noon tomorrow I will kill them and if you refuse my offer or even think to trick me I'll have my ninja pin you down and force you to watch me kill them in front of you.
Sincerely,
Your jiji
Several emotions were going through Naruto at the time.
Shock
Fear
Dread
Guilt
Sorrow
But most of all anger and hate. So much so that his body's emitting Kurama's chakra, 'Kit, snap out of it!' Said fox yelled as the chakra disappeared.
"Your right, I need a cool head to figure out a way to save them," the now calm blond said.
'You know, even you can't save everyone,' Kurama mentioned.
Naruto pause for a moment and answered, "Well I can at least try."
He went under his bed and pulled out a large suit case with a steel coating that prevented the sword that killed his clone to go through. He opened it up to reveal three large scrolls in it. The first one has a red outline with weapons written in kanji in the middle, the second one has a blue outline with transport written in kanji and the last one has a black outline with other written in kanji. He got the third one out, unrolled it, gathered all the stuff from not only his room but all the others as well (furniture and all) and sealed it inside the scroll. Afterwards he rolled it back up and put it back in the suit case and closed it.
Then he went to were his desk was, he pulled a loose board and picked up a small scroll that has a yellow outline with money written in kanji. He sealed it in one of the seals inside of his trench coat.
He was on his way out of the house when he spotted his family portrait on the ground with a crack on Sam and John and A.J's face. He picked it up and just stared at it with a tear coming out of his eye. "No, I won't let that happen," he told himself as he went outside to his dad's truck and drove off towards his dad's store.
7:12 John's Guns and Ammunition
As he entered he found all of the employees dead and cut up. The people he worked with, laughed with, and when Sam wasn't looking drunk with, all dead. As he witnesses the horror that's in front of him he hears labored breathing, he turns to see A.J sitting on the ground leaning on a glass case holding his front where there was a fatal wound from a katana. "Uncle A.J!" Naruto yelled as he ran to his side.
"Na-Naruto, is that you?" he asked weakly.
"What happened here," Naruto asked immediately.
A.J looked at Naruto and summoned all the strength he had left to warn him, "There were too many of them…we couldn't even hit them at all…they just slaughtered us like it was nothing then left…I was lucky enough to play dead to be spared, but I don't know how long I have."
"Please don't say that, I can call an ambulance and get you to a hospital. You're goanna be O.K!" Naruto said with tears coming out of his eyes.
A.J interrupted him, "Sorry buddy but my time is up, here," he gave Naruto a set of keys. "Those are to the room full of heavy weaponry and other illegal merchandise, take what you need. Just do me a favor and nail that son of a bitch that did this to our men. And remember, I may be gone but I'll always be in your heart…" And just like that the life in A.J's eyes left him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Naruto screamed into the heavens for a good five minutes. After his voice went hoarse he opened the suit case, got the red and black scroll out, put a stasis seal on A.J, sealed his body in the black one and put it away.
With the red one he sealed all the weapons and ammunition in the store as well as seal some 9mm's, grenades, uzi's and an AK-47 in his trench coat as well as all the bullets that are compatible to Love and Peace in said gun's. He then, with his scroll and suit case, went down stairs to the restricted section of the shop, pulled out the keys and opened the door. What he saw was an enormous room that went on for miles almost like a tunnel filled with crate after crate of sniper rifles, flame throwers, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and rocket launchers as well as the ammunition needed for said weapons. He got to work on sealing everything in the room.
When he got further he found some ATVs, a jeep, two helicopter, one armed with a machine gun and rocket launchers and another that has enough room for 8 people, a jet with heat seeking missiles, a tank, some speed boats, and most importantly (at least to Naruto), "Oh my god, he had firkin dune buggies all along! Wait and focus Naruto, your loving parent's lives' are on the line so there is no time to enjoy the wonders of jumping sand dunes in the dessert with off road vehicles…Fuck it, I'll ride it on the way to the rescue and jump some on the way." After his geek out moment he swapped his red scroll for his blue scroll and sealed all of the vehicles and ammunition for the offensive ones in it.
After he cleaned out the armory he notices a door off to the side. He opens it and when he enters he is welcomed with the site of the machinery needed to mass produce all of the different kinds of ammunition needed for all the guns in the store, 'Well that explains how dad has the cheapest prices in the world,' Naruto thought.
'Are you just going to stand there or are you going to seal all of this equipment and go?' Kurama yelled to his still container.
"Right," was all Naruto said before he grabbed the red scroll and sealed all of the equipment in it. After he was done he packed up his scrolls back into his suit case and exited out of the shop then he held a remote, when he got into the truck and drove off far enough he pushed the button and two explosions went off. One in the direction of where the gun shop was and the other is where his home is.
Before Kurama opened his mouth Naruto explained without any humor in his voice, "As hired guns you tend to make a lot of enemies and when they find your HQ you move and leave no trace that you were ever there, period."
They were both quiet for a while till the fox brought up an interesting point, 'When we get there, how are you going to save them?'
"I'll think of something on the way," was all Naruto said about the subject.
11:58 aircraft hangar Area 51 April 26
If someone were to look at Area 51 they wouldn't find aliens, UFOs or anything related to those ridiculous rumors. The truth is that it's actually a military base that was taken over by the Hayabusa clan shortly after and they made it their HQ in the US. They normally use it to house their clan's men that operate in the country and some of their abducted people for human trafficking. It's the ideal place for a secret HQ as it's in the middle of nowhere yet close enough to the harbor for a short supply root, it's surrounded by mountains not only hiding it from the populous but to also have guards placed there to have a good vantage point to seek out trespassers and kill them once they venture too far in and the fact that it's a military base and that the government doesn't know that it's been taken over makes it easy to keep the government out of the way so long as they give out fake reports every now and again.
This is what the leader Keigo, a tall man with some wrinkles on his face that tells everyone that he's old but the stature he carries himself with says otherwise. He has short black hair with some gray streaks in it, a goatee and cold black eyes on his aged face, he is wearing the same body suit that Sam and Naruto wear but with some crimson armor plating on his shoulders, forearms, shins, chest and groin. And he has a Katana with a crimson saya with red tape wrapped around the tsuka and a black no ts
Right behind him is John and Sam tied up in ninja wire guarded by 30 of his ninja with 50 more hiding in the shadows. They wear the body suit with the hood and facemask on wielding tantō's instead. He turned to them and smirked in a mocking way, "Well my daughter and… whoever you are," he got a "HEY" from John for that remark, "It seems that my grandson isn't going to make it in time. Too bad I have to warrant the death of one of my protégé's, and she was doing so well outside of the compound."
"What makes you think I'm still a part of your so called family you sick son of a bitch!" Sam yelled hatefully to her adoptive father.
Keigo just wagged his finger in a scolding manner, "Now what makes you think you left on your own?" She grew wide eyed due to the revelation, "That's right, that night I let you escape. I would have gone with the last step by killing your heart but you had nothing close to it to begin with. So I let you free to socialize with the world to find that special someone, whether it be a friend, mother, child or lover," he said the last word in sick satisfaction. "I had my ninja watch you all this time, waiting till the right moment to strike. When you met this… buffoon, we saw the chemistry right away and knew that he was the one. We waited for years to let the bond grow and expand until it grew to love, you may have not known it but we did. We were about to strike on October 11, 1997 until it happened."
Sam and John grew shocked and relied, "When we found Naruto."
The old ninja smirked, "That's right. Normally we would capture you anyway and kill both the buffoon and the child. But luckily I was there and saw potential in the child so I called it off and instead focused on the child, and I'm glad I did."
"What do you mean?" John asked.
"That he not only is stronger and smarter than the average human but by the age of six he was able to perform feet's that are even impossible for humans. Like he can make duplicates of himself, transform into other people, walk on walls and water, shoot fireballs out of his mouth, make stuff disappear inside of a scroll and many more. Those traits are of the ninja's of an era that has long passed, one I and my clan have been searching for. When Naruto becomes part of the clan he will teach it to the other ninja how to tap into that power and with this power no one can stop us from complete control over the world. Think about it, we can impersonate government officials to pass and prevent laws that we want, to start any war we want, to even have the power to weasel our way into office as presidents, kings, emperors, dictators and every world leader imaginable. I'll be king…no, god of this world. And there is nothing you or anyone can do to stop me," as the crazy old man monologued the eye's became wide in surprise at what Naruto was hiding to horror if this man got a hold of that power.
Just as he was about to order his men to kill the two a voice that Sam and John recognized in a mix of relief and horror yells out, "I'm here, now let them go!"
Keigo turned and saw Naruto in his regular attire escorted by 20 some ninja all in a ready stance should anything go wrong. "Ah, welcome my grandson. I see you accepted my offer," he said in a smug tone.
"Let. Them. Go," Naruto commanded barley containing his rage.
Keigo wagged his finger as if scolding a child, "Tisk, Tisk, Tisk. Now I didn't say I would let them go, only that you would see them, not let them go."
"Dam," he muttered under his breath.
Before he could bargain with the evil ninja Sam shouted out, "Run Naruto please save yourself! He's going to kill us anyway, it's just better if you run! Live your life the way you want to, we don't need to be there to slow you down! We'll be…"
Naruto interrupted her by silently saying, "No, I will not leave you behind. I already lost uncle A.J, I'm not losing another."
"Your mother's right, unlike us you have a full life ahead of you. And it's not your job to protect us, it's actually the other way around," John said to his son in all but blood. He turns to Keigo and said, "Since I'm going to die will you grant me a last request."
The old ninja raises an eyebrow, "Oh, and what would that be?" There was a pause, but while he was stalling Keigo he managed to get out his combat knife and was attempting to cut it. Unfortunately he wasn't making progress, "And would you quit trying to escape, it makes you look like more of an idiot than you really are. You are wrapped in ninja wire, which happens to be made of a metal alloy that's stronger than steel. So your cute little butter knife won't even come close to scratching it."
One of the ninja guarding him takes the knife away from him. "Couldn't blame me for trying," John said to lighten up the mood.
"True, you are stupid enough not to know when to give up," Keigo admitted and insulted John at the same time. He turned to Naruto, "Now if you want me to let go, you have to go through the initiation of the Hayabusa clan."
"If I go along with this, you'll let them go and never go after them again?" he asked while keeping his eyes on every person in the room for any hint of a double cross.
"Well not exactly let them go but yes," Naruto narrowed his eyes when he heard them as he had a feeling he knew what he meant. "The initiation is that you have to kill your heart, enable to do that you would have to have to kill someone close to you. Since you have two here's the deal. I'll let one live and neither my ninja nor I will ever bother that person if they stay out of clan business, all you have to do is kill the other! If you don't do it I'll just kill both of them now."
Naruto was shocked at what he heard, he either have to kill Sam or John to save the other one or they would be both killed. He couldn't pick Sam because she was his mother and they have the closest relationship in the family, it's even closer than his and John's. But on the other hand John taught him so much in the almost twelve years he's been alive, even stuff that Sam would never teach him. And despite his personality he had just as much good times with him, if not more, than he had with Sam. Keigo has given an impossible choice; he had to choose one or the other.
When he made his choice, Naruto with tears in his eyes got out Peace, aimed it at John and fired putting a bullet in his head which was followed by a scream and hysterical sobbing from Sam.
Seeming satisfied he motions for two of the ninja behind Sam, "You two, Take her away to one of our more comfortable cells," they complied and took her away.
Seeing as they wouldn't let go he yelled in outrage, "Oi, I did what you asked now let her go!"
Keigo just chuckled at the outburst, "Now I didn't say I would let her go, I said I would let her live. I'll keep her alive unless you betray your clan." The blond scowled but keep his cool. The old ninja turned to the one behind John's now dead body, "You take out that trash it's stinking up the place." But to his surprise the ninja didn't move, "I said take it out and that's an order." He still didn't follow orders, in fact he and the other ninja walked closer to him as if they're a predator stalking their pray, "What's the meaning of this?!" He looked at Naruto's now smiling face, "You, what have you done?!"
Naruto's smile got even larger, like that of a fox, "I think this charade has gone on long enough," he held out the ram seal and John's body disappeared in a puff of smoke and the ninja all did the same thing only to appear as exact replicas of Naruto. Keigo motioned for the ninja in the shadows but none of them came to his aid. "Now before you die of a heart attack let me explain. From what my mother has told me about, you are a manipulative, prideful narcissist. From that it was easy to manipulate you by thinking you have won but in the end you really have lost. You see the reason I was late is because I took my time eliminating your border patrol before they had the chance to alert you that I have arrived. From there I had my Kage Bushin's replace some of your guards with a Henge to fool you into thinking I would never make a move agent you."
Looking calm but feeling nervous he asks, "But what about the guards in here and when did you have the time to switch the buffoon with what I assume was one of your Kage Bushin's?"
"Kawarimi or the body replacement, it's a basic technique that all ninja from where I'm from use. What it normally does is replace the user of the technique with an object just before he gets hit, but I used it by replacing my henged clones with your ninja and my dad. You broke one of the most important rules to being a ninja; never take your eyes' off your opponent. Now you're outnumbered and outgunned," he said leaving out the part about how he had to put in more chakra for John's body double to stay stable long enough to appear dead and that replacing with live targets also takes a lot of chakra too.
Keigo's face changed from nervous to red with anger, "Too bad your outclassed you little brat!" and he unsheathed his katana and charged at the hundreds of clones as the ones close got out their twin blades while the others further back got out Love and Peace and aimed.
12:23 Outside Area 51
Sam and her escorts were walking passed the prison, and Sam noticed, "Weren't you taking me to a cell?" she asked in an emotionless voice
One of the guards shook his head and released her from her bindings, "Now why would we do that mom?"
Sam's eyes widened when he heard the guard call her mom, "Naruto?"
The two guards dispelled their Henge's revealing them to be both Naruto, "Close, the boss is taking care of the old man."
She stairs dumbfounded and hesitantly asked, "And John?"
Just as she asked that they turn to the back of a building and find John sitting on the edge holding his head as if he has a migraine, "Uh, I was held up at gunpoint by our own son and the next thing I know is that I'm out here with a massive headache." He then looks up and finds Sam on the verge of tears and two Narutos, one on each flank, "Great, now I'm seeing double and Sam is crying. Either I'm dreaming or I'm drunk."
Sam then tackles John into a hug and cries in relief, "You jerk, I thought I almost lost you," then she does what anyone least expected. She kissed him for a good 30 seconds.
After the kiss he stairs into space for a good minute then said, "If this is a dream I don't want to wake up."
Naruto clone 1 decides to drop him into reality, "Sorry dad, but this isn't a dream."
Then clone 2 inputs, "Yea, and we need to get out of here. I don't know how long the boss can hold that crazy old man up but it can't be long, and this place is set to blow."
The two now start to notice that every building and more importantly fuel tank is filled with paper tags that have red borders and a web of kanji written on them. Being the most vocal of the group John asked, "What are those things of paper for?"
Clone one answered, "Paper bombs, it's self-explanatory."
And clone two adds his two cents, "Once we get out of range one of us will disappear to let the boss know so he can sneak away from the fight and detonate them to turn this place into a crater and gramp's tomb."
The two looked skeptical that a piece of paper can act as a bomb, but after seeing Naruto make duplicates out of himself, transform himself into a perfect copy of one of Keigo's ninja, faked John's death and make it look real, well they weren't going to take any chances and they were carried by their son's clones. But as they were running Sam asked a very important question, "Why can't the real Naruto escort us out of here instead of joining the battle with his other clones?"
The clone holding John answered, "Because only the boss can create clones and he needs to refresh the number of clones fighting otherwise that crazy old man will catch up to us."
Around same time Hanger
Despite the numbers on Naruto's side, his clones were getting slaughtered by Keigo with his mastery of Kinjutsu and despite his age speed and dexterity. But Naruto just kept on making more clones to keep the man busy. Every strike and shot Naruto made would be either be blocked or dodged while he suffered from the memories of the clones getting cut or slashed, but it also got him to learn about his opponent without suffering physical damage. Right now he's running low on chakra after making all of those Kage Bushins and having them all undergo a Henge as well as Kawarimi with the other ninja and his dad in the beginning. And now using it to constantly refill the clone's that fell, the combined fatigue is finally starting to get to him.
As for Keigo, he was having fun killing off the clones. He rarely gets to cut loose and now agent multiple opponents that are trying to kill him and that are getting better at predicting his moves and making openings. If he would have took the offer he would have got the ultimate sparring partner. And he would have to hand it to the kid, he has a monstrous amount of energy to be able to perform all of those techniques and still keep going. But something was bothering him, why was he so calm? He knows that his young life might end soon so should he be nervous? Then it hit him, "You're stalling for them?"
"And what if I am?" one of the clones ask in a threatening manner.
Keigo spoke to him to try to see things from his point of view, "That you just risked your life for others, it's a weakness. If one has no heart they can be a deadly force to be reckoned with. If one doesn't feel emotions one can't feel remorse, fear, grief and envy, why can't you see that?"
"It's true that without them you can't feel those things but you also can't experience compassion, joy or most importantly love. One can grow stronger with emotions rather without," another Naruto clone argued sincerely.
"Then let's find out which is stronger, with or without emotion!" Keigo said as he charged the group of clones like a machine, taking down clones with discipline and logic while the clones are fighting with instinct and the drive to protect their loved ones.
Naruto kept on fighting until he got a memory from one of the clones that took Sam and John to safety. The original made a one handed rat seal and muttered "Kai" to release the gravity seals all over his body and snuck away. Unfortunately Keigo saw it and was trying to kill the remaining clones as fast as he could to go after the original, kill his family before having him submit to his will.
Outside
Naruto stopped outside of the hanger, held up the serpent seal and yelled "Katsu" and ran away at speeds that are impossibly faster than any Formula 1 race car can possibly go. And after a few seconds the whole base explodes in a chain reaction from the paper bombs that were placed all over the base and Naruto was fast enough to escape easily but at a cost.
12:56 Five miles outside of blast radius
The real Naruto arrived at the place that he had his clones' take his parents where the truck was. He reactivated the gravity seals and collapsed due to his muscles not being used to not being weighed down. And immediately Sam caught him, "Naruto!"
With a strained smile he said, "Its ok mom, I'll be fine. Just haven't gotten used to the absence of the weights that I have on."
She looks at the explosion that took place and asked unsure if she will get the answer she wants, "Is he…"
"I would think so, no matter how strong he think he is no one could have survived that blast," he answered for her. He turns to his father looking a little sheepish, "Sorry I had to do that, I didn't know what it would do to the person not aware of the switch."
John holds up his hand to get him to pause, "It ok, you did it to save us. But try to avoid that option next time. And before we get on the subject, what you can do and how you got them is your business, just don't let it go to your head." He then spots a shimmer in the distains, as he focuses on the object it reveals it to be a sharp object being held by a man in black and red. His eyes widen in horror, "Look out!" he yells as he pushes Sam and Naruto away.
After being pushed they look on in horror as John is stabbed in the heart with a katana being held by a severely injured Keigo. He relishes the look of fear and shock in their eyes, "Darn, I was aiming to impale both my daughter and my grandson in one thrust." He then carelessly pulls his sword out of John's chest cavity, "And if you're wondering how I'm alive, I barely escaped but the last blast propelled me closer to this location and I have a very high pain tolerance after all of my years of battles." He stalks over to Naruto's still body, "I commend you on your trickery and deception, and if you would have taken my offer you would have been leading the clan in a matter of years. But all I can do now is given you the honor of a shinobi's death. Good buy my grandson."
Naruto closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable, he heard metal pierce through flesh yet he felt no pain. He hesitantly opened his eyes but what he found will be in his nightmares for life. Standing above him with her arms spread wide was Sam with the katana going through her chest. All he could choke out was, "Why?"
Without turning to face her son she said, "Because John was right, it's our job as parents to protect our child. Before I met you I was always surrounded by darkness, John tried to pull me out of it many times. I knew he loved me but I was afraid to love back for I didn't know how. Then you came along and showed me what it means to love, instead of pulling me from the darkness you brought light into the darkness to make life for me more enjoyable. I may have taught you many things but you taught me how to smile, how to laugh, how to cry, and how to love. You may not be aware but you have a special gift, to get a person to open up to you. I want you to share this gift with the world to make it a better place. All I ask is that you eat healthy, I know you hate vegetables but they'll help you grow big and strong. Take a bath at least once a day as I'm not going to be around to make you take one so please do. No matter where you go make some friends, you don't have to make a lot but make sure there true friends. And most importantly find a girlfriend. Make sure she's beautiful, kind and strong so she can help support you in the future, she doesn't have to be like me but make sure she has those three qualities. And when you do find her never let go of her and treat her like she's your most expensive treasure. Good buy…my Naru-chan," she then falls down on the ground in front of a terrified Naruto dead.
Keigo rips his blade out of Sam in a careless manner, "You see what emotions do now. People sacrifice needlessly for the one's they love and then the one that was loved feels pain which is later turned into the useless need for revenge. Then it turns to a cycle of death that doesn't profit at all, it's just mindless violence."
Naruto starts to feel a burning sensation in his chest, he realizes its anger. He looks at the one responsible for the death of his family. He has to pay for his crimes towards the boy, he's the only one that can make him pay, he wants to make him pay, and he will make him pay. Then his eyes glow red and a red energy explodes around him shooting up to the sky.
Keigo is blown away from the blast onto his back and when he looked up to the origin of the blast he saw in the place of his grandson was a dark crimson monstrous figure on all fours with white eyes full of hate, a bone skeleton of a fox over him and six tails swishing behind him. And for the first and last time, Keigo was truly afraid, "W-what are you?"
The monster let out an inhuman roar and charged.
To be continued…
I know what you're thinking. Good god not another cliffhanger! But don't worry This and the next chapter was originally one chapter, it just got so long that I had to split them up. And I was almost done with the chapter, so you'll get the conclusion real soon.
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