Ok guys I've been getting some good tips and advice from people and seriously thank you. It'll be cool if you guys keep reviewing my stories. I also wanted to comment that this chapter was totally made on my cell phone so it'll look messed up, I'm really srry but my computer crashed so I used my blackberry. I will edit it once I get my computer working again. Comment and review. Pairings now have been made to NarutoKonan, JiraiyaTsunade, and SasukeSakura. I'm not sure what to do about Anko so leave me some ideas...and nothing about her being a sex slave. I'm pretty sure even she has emotions. Anyway please enjoy
Chapter Six- Fateful Encounters
"So you really have gone rogue then..." Murmered Sasuke. Naruto shook his head.
"Did I go rogue to leave the very village I swore to protect when all they showed me was abuse and pain?..." He replied. Sasuke looked down sadly. So this was how Naruto had felt when he tried to leave for 0rochimaru...damn it was horrible...he could almost compare it to the pain of losing his family...he didn't want to lose the last connection he had to his old life. He had found his mother's old dairy and nearly screamed when he read all her entries.
Dear Dairy,
I feel like such a little girl again, you know writing in a dairy again its almost enough to have me giggling. I finally found out I'm having a boy. When I told Itachi he bursted out crying saying he'd take care of him, it was amazing to see him show that many emotions. I also heard from kushina she's having a boy. Minato was so happy, he actually hugged me hello when me and Fugaku visited them. Like always they immediately started arguing over all that political stuff while me and Kushina giggled over the kids. I'm going to call mine Sasuke...yeah that sounds nice... Kushina decided to name hers Naruto (I know! But not like the ramen ingredient but like the character from Jiraiya's book the gutsy ninja) I really hope they become friends when they grow up. Fugaku jokes that if they end up on the same team and they both end up like their fathers, he'll feel sorry for both the sensei and all their enemies.
Sasuke shook his head. His mother had never told him about Naruto...he should have read them sooner...he could have stopped this...
"I suppose it is my fault partly...if I had just opened my eyes sooner...maybe we would both be in Konoha...laughing and drinking with the others...I never meant it to come down to this...I trained every single day...so did Sakura...her more then most...we just wanted to be able to bring you back alive and prove to the council you weren't a monster...heh even Shikamaru stopped saying 'troublesome' at training..." He added, a tear falling from his eye. Naruto looked away l, his eyes closed. He wanted to return to Konoha...he really did...but he had a promise to complete to Konan...and the villagers...he'd avenge Yahiko and honor Nagato's dream...and protect the people...they relied on him for guidance and until they said otherwise, he wouldn't give up.
"I'm sorry Sasuke...but I have a promise to keep...I will avenge Yahiko and I will protect my villagers...I didn't become Yamikage for nothing...and I will not forgive Konoha for killing all the men and women who stayed behind to defend that village..." Sasuke smiled. At least he cared for his loved ones...he would have been a nice damn Hokage...maybe even better then his father...
"So there's no way to bring you back peacefully?" He asked, taking a fight stance. Naruto lifted his arms up and aimed them at Sasuke.
"No...not really" he grinned in a bitter-sweet manner. Sasuke shrugged. At least they'd have one last spar.
"Akireru hodo no sutorēji!" Naruto clasped his hands together, and grinned as a giant demon jer shaped like Shikaku the sand demon appeared in front of him. Sasuke's eyes widened at its sight.
"What is th-that!" He stuttered, backing away a few steps. Naruto grinned.
"Say hello to my own secret justu...Unholy Storage! I can use it to store a certain portion of my chakra inside so when I runout I can simply touch it to draw out more" he laughed. He always wanted to test it in the field. He quickly summoned three clones. If they could take turns using Shinra Tensei that would ledden the risk of Sasuke getting past them and destroying the jar...though he'd run out out of chakra even quicker...he'd have use that jutsu if it lasted too long...at least long enough to escape, he didn't want to kill them after all.
"Shinseina Sokudo!" Naruto felt the ground sink around him as his legs suddenly felt weightless. He dashed at Sasuke who almost wasn't able to react.
"What the-!" He never. Finished the sentence as Naruto's fist connected with his stomach. He flew back a few feet. He was far stronger now...perhaps even stronger then Jiraiya-sama...he was beyond his league now...but that didn't mean he didn't have a weakness...he'd find it, he never backed down from a fight even when outclassed and outmanned...then again this was a new Naruto, it was obvious he was far less hot headed then these average thugs...even that Konan girl was different...she could hold Naruto on the palm of her hand, yet from the way she acted, Naruto could have her in the same way...had he moved on from Sakura?...wait...what kind of question was that? Of course he would...no...of course he DID, the way he acted with Konan earlier, the way they communicated...the way she was WALKING. He smiled even wider. Naruto didn't hate him, he had finally noticed Sakura, and now Naruto found his own love...things were going perfectly...almost anyway...he was still getting his ass kicked...he had to use it...
"I never wanted to use this Naruto on you...but if I want a chance at winning...I'll have to" he sighed. He lifted his bangs slowly to reaveal his level thre Sharingan, he closed his eyes and opened them to show his Mangekyou, it seemed somewhat similar to a contorted star. Naruto suddenly saw a black flame flying towards him, but simply stood there. Tobirama's Suijutsu would put it out.
"Suiton no jutsu: Hosui Jo!" He yelled. A massive water bomb shot out from his mouth and diractly hit the flames. Tobirama smirked, until he noticed the flames still heading for Naruto. What the hell!
"You can't put them out Naruto, they're my eternal flames!" laughed Sasuke. Naruto pressed his hands together and shouted.
"Shinra Tensei!" He shouted. Sasuke's eyes widened as he watched his flames dispersed. Naruto. Cursed himself. He should have brought Zabuza, he was the one that could absorb ninjutsu.
"What...is that jutsu?..." Sasuke asked himself. If Naruto had that kind of jutsu why didn't he use it every time attacked?...it had to have a limit...maybe he could use it only a certain number of times?...if so it was simply a race to see who could win the fastest. Sasuke couldn't use Amaterasu all day long, and Tsukiyomi was out of the question...for now ninjutsu was out of the question as Naruto had the Tensei move...that left close range hand to hand fighting. Sasuke sighed. He had always had faster reflexes and movements than Naruto, but Naruto had more power and he could definitely take more hits before falling...so much for a easy win. It was Valley of the End all over again...well at least Naruto wasn't running away to a serial killer-like ninja...seriously some Konoha nin joked about him being a pedophile but no damn fucking pedophile cuts up bodies to simply live forever.
"Then let's dance idiot" he grinned running at Naruto, who simply copied. It takes two to dance, and it was finally his turn to lead the song.
Sakura gasped for air as she heard the constant explosions behind her earth fortress.
"Sakura, we have to attack her from behind" muttered Ino. Sakura nodded, she had heard from Kurenai and Genma that Konan held a deep soft spot for Naruto. She could easily take advantage of that and cause her to lose focus, then Ino could go in for a knockout. She signaled to Ino, who nodded and snuck out. Sakura stood up and looked at Konan.
"I'm sorry Naruto...I really don't mean what I'm about to say..." She whispered. Konan stared at her curiously. She had seen the pink haired girl signal to someone else...but why?
"Konan!...how does it feel to be Naruto's rebound!" Konan's eyes narrowed as soon as the words registered in her brain.
"It feels pretty BIG, if know what I mean!" She yelled back. She wouldn't let this girl get the better of her. She had already fucked it up with the village, and she didn't want to let Naruto down again...ever. Sakura's face went tomato red. Big?...she didn't...oh no...she did...Naruto did...but they...and...and...oh kami they had sex! But Naruto was supposed to be her pillar of strength! He was supposed to always be there for her! How was he supposed to do that when he'd always be paying attention to this blue haird bi-...no wait...damn it! That was the exact same reason he left them, she was so focused on herself she didn't see him suffering. She wasn't going to let that happen again.
"What's the matter, can't think of a comeback!" Konan smirked. Suddenly she felt a second chakra presensce...shit how did she not sense that. She turned around, but it was too late. Ino's kick had connected to her jaw, and Konan went flying until Tobirama caught her.
"You need help with your close range" he stated lazily. She simply nodded...Tsunade...the Nidaime Hokage...Naruto-sama...she felt useless to Naruto...and soon he'd have another two Hokages with him...he'd just cast her aside...
"It seems we have reached a stalemate...allow me" he said letting her down as he made his way towards Ino and Sakura, both who backed away slowly. He grinned as he saw a swirl of leaves and a masked, silver-haired man appear. His calm demeanor was what got his attention. If there was one thing he was known for, as the second hokage, was how he had never lost his cold and serene expression in battle. And whenever he saw a ninja who could stay calm in the face of better enemies...well that ignited a bit of a competetive fire in him.
"Nidaime-sama...good to meet you...so you're the sensei of the sensei of my sensei's sensei?" He smiled. Tobirama instantly took a liking to him. Calm but a sense of humor and laziness.
"Let's begin" he grinned, taking his position as Kakashi snapped his book shut. He was ready for the fight of his lifetime. He just hoped Sasuke went easy on Naruto...or Naruto go easy on Sasuke.
"Agghh!" Sasuke felt pain overtake his right arm after his tenth chidori cannon in a row failed. He had to find a way around that damn Tensei technique.
"Don't lose focus!" Shouted naruto as he aimed a punch for Sasuke's jaw, it missed but he followed it up with a spinning back kick that hit the target in the ribs. Sasuke doubled over in pain as Naruto jumped back nxt to the chakra jar.
"Finish him quick, we're almost out of energy and he's close to finding Shinra Tensei's weakness" whispered a clone. Naruto only gasped for air. He seriously needed more training. He couldn't keep relying on the Tensei technique. He needed to train his close range technique.
"I wil...admit...you're...way stronger..." grimaced Sasuke, sweat now shining his forehead. Naruto gave a weak thumps up.
"Can't say...you're doing...too bad you...jackass" he grinned. Sasuke performed a few simple seals and had two shadow clones appear. He nodded to them as one followed behind. Maybe their was a time interval in between each tensei, for now he'd guess it was eight seconds. His clone quickly made his way to Naruto, who went of the defensive.
It's a setup brat! roared a deep voice inside his head. He growled as one of Sasuke's punches nailed him in the cheek.
You pick the crappiest moments to reappear! I haven't heard from you in three years, you stupid fox! He thought angrily. He noticed the real Sasuke preparing a Chidori Cannon (Chidori no taiho) while another clone did the same with a delayed time.
Damn it! Did he already figure out the time interval! If Sasuke really had figured it out, he was in serious trouble. Those Chidori Cannons weren't exactly d-rank jutsus. Luckily he had summoned those clones earlier.
Sasuke placed his hands together (think goku from dragonball z). A small blue orb formed in his hands before exploding into a large electrical beam. Veins appeared around Sasuke's arms from the chakra pressure.
"CHIDORI NO TAIHO!"
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
The ground around Naruto's feet started giving way as he slowly sunk down, then was blown away by the blast, leaving a fast growing crater. Sasuke wasn't fairing any better, the ground beneath was crumbling even faster then it was for Naruto, but he held on. That shield had to break, and he didn't care if it put him in the Shinobi Memorial. If he went down, he went down like a warrior.
Tobirama let down his calm mask as the look of utter shock overcame his face. They were causing a weak earthquake!
"Those chakra levels...is this what Hashirama faced?..." He muttered to himself. He sensed Naruto and the Uchiha's battle was a few miles away...but the blast was felt even from where he was. Those two would be the end of the world if they ever echieved their full potential. They weren't even in their twenties and they were causing this much damage. He noticed Konan and Sakura running at full speed towards the direction of the blast. He attempted pursuit before Kakashi stopped him.
"Let them be Nidaime-sama..." He calmy said. Tobirama simply stood still...this man...could be the wisest sensei he had yet met...Konoha truly had grown more then he or Hashirama had ever expected.
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke-kun!"
Konan and Sakura both bursted at full speed as soon as they saw a familiar blue glow shine in the night sky.
Please don't let him be dead please don't let him be dead! Inwardly cried Konan, if she lost Naruto too she would kill that Uchiha bastard and ayone that got her in her way. First Yahiko, then Nagato, and now Naruto? Why was life out to get her!
She's even more worried then me...does she really love Naruto that much? Sakura thought to herself. She noticed the blue glow slowly fading before she sped up more. She could feel Konan right behind her. How was she able to keep up after straing her legs so much from her attack?
"Why do y-" she was about to ask Konan, but froze midsentence as she watched Konan's face overcome with horror. She turned to see what she was terrofied at and soon regretted even catching a glimpse.
The trees had been uprooted and burnt to cinders and ashed and the ground had collapsed leaving multiple small craters. The real horror came from the two bodies lying thirty meters apart. The land around them smoking and their arms visibly scarred.
She suddenly fell face first into the dirt as someobdy shoved her aside.
"Naruto!"...of course it was Konan...was she like that with Sasuke when she was younger?...Sakura looked down, sadly no. Konan at least knew Naruto for what he was and truly appreciated him...he was like a diamond mine that ran miles deep, but was nearly impossible to find. Sasuke was like the daimond mine that ran only a mile or two deep, but was easily found, thus they had ignored the pain that Naruto felt at the same ignorance from their part.
"Speak to me!" Cried Konan. Sakura slowly made her way to Sasuke, and nearly vomited. Tears streamed down his face at the pain filling his arms.
"Aagghhhh! Momma!" She felt horrible, he was in so much pain he forgot his own mother had died. She gently placed her hands on his arms and drew in chakra to his cells to speed up the regeneration process. The entire time only two things ran through her mind. Save Sasuke and to hurry up and help Naruto.
"Naruto...please live" whispered Konan into his ear. His arms were violently shaking and his face was covered in sweat from the very same pain Sasuke was victim to. Suddenly there was a loud rustle and Teams Gai and Kurenai (haha that rhymed) appeared. A setup? Wasn't it enough with what they done to him!
"Don't move, we will kill if needed" warned Kurenai. Konan growled, she was not letting them lay a finger on Naruto...but even she had to admit defeat, even with the Nidaime there was no way to fight them off AND protect Naruto at the same time. Suddenly Kiba jumped in.
"To hell with waiting!" She dropped oh her back and kicked him away with her feet as she flipped back up again.
"Gai-sensei...is she the one that attackd Konoha?" Asked a boy in green spandex and a chunin vest. Konan shuddered, how sick and twisted could these Konoha demons get?
"Yes Lee...be careful, she held off Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura to a standstill...she isn't any normal ninja" replied a taller and older clone of the boy. Fucking sickos...wasn't one enough?...wait...green...bowl cut hair style...the Green Beast of Konoha! Damn it she was dead now! She didn't have anything in the field of taijutsu.
"So she's the one that corrupted Naruto?" Asked a boy with pale eyes. Corrupted?...typical Konoha, blaming others for their own faults.
"According to the council, yes...she has been officially placed on Konoha's bingo book" answered Kurenai. There was a sudden green blur as she fell back first into the ground. Gai was standing right above her.
"I do not take kindly to those who corrupt others and make them betrey their loved ones..." She winced as he picked her up by the collar of her shirt.
"Leave her alone" said a quiet voice. Konan's eyes widened as she saw the words mouthed by Sakura. Everyone looked at her.
"But Sakura-chan she turned Naruto-kun against us..." Countered Lee. Saukra shook her head.
"She didn't...she only helped him when WE turned him against us..." She replied quietly.
Neji looked down sadly. He should have done better against Kimimaro...he could have gone on to help Naruto...he never would have left...
Hinata looked away, tears in her eyes. She should have said something. She always noticed the villagers toss glares at Naruto and even insults...and now they had paid for it. She closed her eyes and thought what life would have been if Naruto had stayed.
Konan said nothing. The surprise of Sakura aiding her still had not worn off.
"What do you mean, you're saying WE chased him out?" Asked Kiba wabbling back to Kurenai's side. Sakura nodded, still not looking up from Sasuke.
"Yes...tell me...when was the last time we visited Naruto's house?...when did we ever visit him? When did we ever ask him to join us at a party? He only saw us on missions and occasionally at the ramen bar..." Everyone looked away. Kurenai and Gai more so then the rest. Minato's words burned their way back into their heads. I just want him to be seen as a hero for containins the Kyuubi...not as a monster.
Gai shook his head. Had his flames of youth dwindled so far that he forgot about his hero's words? He had almost worshipped the path Minato walked on. He had stayed his ground when he had faced the Iwa army and tooken them down by himself. And here he was pretending Minato"s son was living a good happy life.
Kurenai simply turned away. She couldn't look at Naruto's face...that hair...that face...she still had the memory of how he looked at the chunin exams accepting the ointment from Hinata...such innocence...and now when she really saw him...he looked like a boy that had seen things beyond his years...he was so young and yet in so many ways older then Minato.
Konan slipped out of Gai's hold and landed nxt to Naruto. She curled up next to him. Suddenly there was a light thud as everyone stepped back.
"N-Ni-Nidaime-sama!" Stuttered Gai and Kurenai in unison. Everyone gaped as he picked up Konan and Naruto and held them on his shoulders. He simply turned away and walked past them toward's the mountains. He forced back one last look before saying.
"Call me Kazegakure's Shodaime... some burdens should never be thrown onto the shoulders of a mere boy..." And with that he dissappeared into the skies on a jetstream of water. Tsunade would be waiting at the village hideouts.