CHAPTER 5:
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"Speech"
"Thinking"
"Summon or Demon speech"
"Summon or Demon thinking"
CHAPTER 5: Wave Mission: Part 1
(1 WEEK LATER: MIDNIGHT:)
Naruto gazed up into the starlit sky on top of the Hokage Monument, dressed in a black turtleneck with blue pants, sitting on the Second Hokage's head, still having dreams about the people he killed with bloodshot eyes. He remembered their expressions of horror, as light diminished from their eyes before their body fell with a dead thud to the cold hard ground. He could practically still smell the stench of the warm crimson liquid of life all around his body, as he gazed at the moon. Narumi had apparently gotten it over within three days as Minato and Kushina comforted her, convincing her that what's done is to be done, and that those were the scum of life. Kanade...he didn't know. He could imagine her huddled in a corner, her honey yellow orbs dimmed with the pain of killing. She, understood things in a much different way. She remembered those bandits that tried to rape her not as lowlifes, but more as innocent children who had struggled and succumbed to the evil hidden inside their hearts.
He himself...had never brought it up with the Uchiha Clan. In fact, he and Kanade didn't even visit the Uchiha for the week. He himself was extremely naïve when he said he wanted to be a shinobi, when he couldn't even begin to fathom the importance of shinobi. Shinobi, no matter what they said, ultimately were tools of their village. They were killers, protectors, fighters, survivors, cold-hearted, emotionless. He...he could never be someone like that. Deep down in his heart, he would be changed. He would never return to be the same person that the Uchiha and Kanade liked him for. During the fight...he had loved the thrill of battle. The adrenaline flowing through his veins, as he fought tooth for tooth, nail for nail, knowing that the odds were life and death. Thinking back, he was disgusted with himself. He unsheathed Shinso, looking at its blade which had torn the life away from so many, before his world was lost in a swirl of multiple colors.
(INNER WORLD)
Naruto opened his eyes to see a wide grass plain and only a silver haired man, dressed in all white, his mouth curved in a wide smile, slitted eyes. The man was lying down on the grass, looking at the clear blue sky, humming a tune that he couldn't quite place. Suddenly, the man turned and looked at him, and Naruto was unnerved. Not afraid, but unnerved. The man was just looking at him, but Naruto felt that it was something more, looking beyond his physical body. The man stretched and stood up, walking to Naruto. Standing in front of Naruto, he quipped "Oh hello there, how'cha doin?"
Naruto didn't really know how to reply to such a normal question so he countered "Yo, I'm fine, thanks for asking. Who are you, where are we, what am I doing here?".
The silver haired man just stretched his smile even further, if that was actually possible. "Well, in order, Ichimaru Gin, your inner world, and you're here because of your Uzumaki heritage. Quick history lesson boya, the Uzumaki Clan was renowned for their sealing, and unique chakra levels and density. Remember when I was talking about their sealing ability? They managed to mimic a mindscape, which is impossible unless you've got control over your mind, like the Yamanaka or a demon in ya body, a Jinchuriki is what they're known as. But going back to the point, the sealing thing became infused with your genes, and it also transformed part of their soul or mind into something completely different, with the help of chakra. I think the mind one is called "Mind's Eye of the Kagura", which is something like the Byakugan but much stronger. Don't ask me boya, I'm the transformed part of your soul. I'm your fighting spirit, the part that is about to disappear because you've got no spirit back in your soul. I've known everything by now, and only one question is left remaining on my mind. Why?"
Naruto just flopped down on the grass, letting out a long sigh. "Ichimaru-san was it? I don't know. Truth is, I wanted to become a shinobi so I could surpass Minato and Kushina, so they would recognize me. But after meeting the Kanade and the Uchiha Clan, I wanted to become a shinobi so I could protect them as well. But right now...is a shinobi even a protector for human life? Or are they just the blades for Konoha, killing her enemies, whilst simultaneously shielding Konoha, acting as her shields. This...this is just plain shit, its just...completely messed up."
Gin's smile just opened a fraction wider on the right side, thinking "The kid is good. He's able to determine the problems of human nature at such a young age. Him and this Kanade girl, seems just like me and Rangiku...only personalities reversed...old times, old times. But for him to get me..."
Gin cleared his throat "Well boya, that's very interestin of ya to say that. Well, I was lyin to ya about the disappear part, heh. But seriously, if ya don't find a reason for doing all of this "shinobi shit", then I will have no power to lend you. Try to find it quick, boya. You can't just rely on dog-shit luck for the rest of your life. Remember Naruto. My power is the same as yours. Understand yourself, and you will understand me. Once you can and have done that, my power, is your power. For now...bye-bye!"
Naruto made an "eh" sound before gasping as his world just turned to black...
Naruto opened his eyes blearily to see a mop of silver hair, somewhat resembling Ichimaru's and honey yellow eyes before smiling and stretched his arms out "Thanks, Kanade. Is it almost meeting time?" Meeting time was referred to the meeting time of team 7, which was at 7. Judging from the sun's position, it was around 5:45. Looking at the sunrise and Kanade, his face had a red tint. Kanade was in front of him, whilst the sun was behind her, making her look absolutely divine. Kanade cocked her head to the side, further intensifying Naruto's blush, before pulling out three smiling as Sasuke appeared in a plume of smoke.
The three sat, huddled in the grass near the Hokage's monument, drinking bottles of iced green tea after finishing the breakfast prepared by Kanade. Sasuke was just lying on his back, hands behind his head looking at the sky, while Naruto had stretched out his legs, gazing at the village as Kanade rested her head on his shoulder. Both of them had repressed the memory of the killing, until they could find some sort of way to get over it, and until then, both silently promised each other they wouldn't speak of it.
Sasuke looked at his two closest friends intensely. They were faking a cheerful visage...well stoic one for Kanade, but to anyone that looked closer, they had tear streaks, a bit pale, sometimes their hands were shaking...But he knew that they would get over it, both of them together. It was a matter of appropriate timing.
Kakashi had made them focus on teamwork skills. Sai he could tolerate, even with his lack of social skills, he was efficient and had a unique skillset with his paintings. Rather, it was the Haruno he couldn't stand. Haruno was a fan-girl, out for his blood. Her taijutsu was abysmal, ninjutsu was the only basic three, and she had less than the average genin chakra reserves. The only thing she could really go for was being a medic-nin or being an assassin.
Returning his mind to the present, seeing Kanade nap on Naruto's shoulder and Naruto had two light pink tinges on his cheeks as he gazed at the silky silver hair, he smirked, seeing a golden opportunity to tease them. He stood up and stretched his arms, commenting "Naruto, that's a nice position you're in. Do you like her or something?"
As Naruto's blush increased ten fold, Sasuke kept on ruthlessly, trying to contain his laughter "Ah, young love these days. Just hurry up and get married. When's the baby?"
What Naruto failed to notice was, that Kanade had long woken up and was biting her cheeks in an effort to contain her own light blush. Suddenly Naruto rested Kanade on the grass plains, unsheathed Shinso and ran after Sasuke, trying to hack him to pieces while yelling "Shut up Sasuke, I'll kill you for this!". Sasuke smirked, retorting "You never denied it, Naruto!" as he ran away from the red haired, red faced boy brandishing a very dangerous piece of metal, both of them comically running and shouting insults. Kanade lightly laughed, and felt fresh, relaxed, free for the first time after the killing.
(TIMESKIP: NOON TRAINING GROUND 4)
Team 4 was gathered around in a large clearing after they had finished their daily training regime. Mainly focusing on their physical skills, she had set them to run around the clearing twenty times, one hundred push ups, sit ups, etc etc in the morning, a mission in the afternoon, then dismissal.
Gathering her team, Kushina set off to the Hokage's Tower for another daily mission. She could see through Naruto's and Kanade's body language that they still hadn't quite recovered, and hopefully the routine would take their mind off it.
(TIMESKIP: HOKAGE TOWER)
Minato had warmly smiled after seeing Team 4 and Team 7 both enter at the same time. Almost immediately, Kushina and Kakashi stepped forward, Sasuke, Kanade and Naruto both exchanged smiles and huddled together. Sai was observing the portraits of all four Hokage's and was wondering if he could replicate them. Narumi and Sakura were talking about the latest gossip, fashion trends, and their daily life.
Minato crossed his hands in front of his face, resting his chin on his interlocked fingers. In front of him was a mission scroll, labeled "C". Minato looked at both of them expectantly "Kushina, Kakashi, I've arranged a joint mission with both of your teams. Its an escort mission, to the Land of Waves. There's been some rumors of Momochi Zabuza and Kurosuki Raiga, two of the Seven Swordsman hanging around there, so two of our Elite Jonin should suffice in dealing with them if needed. Meet your client at nine, and prepare for a two week trip." On that note, Kakashi and Kushina both nodded and stepped back, waiting for dismissal.
However, Minato surprised them by stating "Genin Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, stay behind. The rest of you, dismissed." Kakashi, Sai, Sakura and Narumi both nodded respectfully and exited out of the door, while Kushina gave a questioning look before leaving. The silver haired girl, Kanade and Uchiha Sasuke both looked concernedly at Naruto before leaving as well.
Composing his face to a stony, cold facade, Naruto stepped forward to meet the warm gaze of Minato. Blue met purple, as the warm gaze of the sapphire eyes tried to melt through the ice cold glaciers of the amethyst. The two remained in silence over a minute before Minato finally opened his mouth "Naruto...I'm...very, very sorry. Me and Kushina both, have unknowingly neglected you from the start. We didn't even realise until the exams, that we've been forgetting your existence over and over. Kushina has been tearing herself apart because of this. I did manage to persuade her to let me handle this affair, simply becau-"
Naruto coldly interrupted him "I don't want to know. I don't particularly care. What I only want is for you, Kushina and your daughter to leave me alone. I hold no interest in us to become a family again. My family is with Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, Shisui, Sasuke and...Kanade." The amethyst eyes, belonging to Naruto glowed with much more intensity, as they reflected out the emotion of despair and loneliness. "I have no desire for us to become a family again. Outside of our work, I wish to have no other contact with you. Perhaps that may change, it may not, but right now, it is my wish regarding in affairs with your family." At this point, Naruto had not betrayed any other emotion on his face, his voice still in a dull monotone.
Minato internally winced, and tried to convince himself. Shakily, he replied "V-very well. I'll inform Kushina of your wish, but please, do think about this offer. We...we do, really want you to come back, back to the family, Naruto."
Naruto blinked once, before walking out of the room as well. Minato slumped down in his chair, letting out a deep breath, before returning to his paperwork.
(TIMESKIP: NEXT DAY, NINE)
Sai was observing the great gate of Konoha, as Naruto, Sasuke, Kanade munched on onigiri. Narumi and Sakura were exchanging beauty tips, while Kushina was lightly conversing with the gate guards. They were waiting for Kakashi to appear with the client. 15 minutes later, Kakashi had finally shown up, and the client appeared to be a old man, already drinking Sake this early. The old man showed up and snorted "Well brats, I'm the super bridge builder Tazuna! If any trouble shows up, you'd better protect me with your life!"
The genin...were not impressed at all. Naruto, Kanade, Sasuke, Sakura, and Narumi all gave him deadpan looks, while Sai was merely smiling. Kakashi and Kushina were just stifling their laughter, before all of them signed out and ventured into Nami no Kuni.
Along the way, Narumi and Sakura were loudly talking, while the trio had conversed in small voices as Sai was calmly observing the nearby area. Kakashi was reading his porn as Kushina interjected into the conversation between Sakura and Narumi every now and then. Suddenly, Kakashi disappeared and reappeared, having two ninja with breathing masks, slashed forehead protector with the symbol of Kiri bound in ropes. Lightly kicking their stomach "These two were hidden in a nearby bush, but I managed to spot them with the corner of my eye. Try to be a little more observant, Narumi, Sakura. Naruto, Sasuke, Sai and Kanade had already shifted their body positions, you know?
Narumi's face was burning in anger and embarrassment at being showed up while Sakura nervously smiled and dipped her head in embarrassment. Kakashi then looked towards Tazuna, eye-smiling but releasing an aura of death, and brought him aside to 'speak' about a few things.
After Tazuna had confessed everything about Wave, Gato being its tyrannical ruler, the poverty they were in, and how Tazuna had no choice but to lie, they decided to keep going on the mission. Team 4 was on the alert, even Narumi, who had stopped her beauty talk and was twirling a kunai around her index finger.
As they were on the main road, an unnatural mist came about. Kushina instantly had Benihime out and Kakashi had two kunai's in reverse grip. Signalling to their team to be on alert, as this mist came in too suddenly. Upon hearing a whirling noise, Kushina summoned six of her chains to pull down all the genin as she and Kakashi both ducked down to avoid a massive blade whirling to their neck, before it dislodged in a tree. Gritting her teeth in this annoyance of a mist, she dispersed it as she whirled the six chakra chains incredibly fast, revealing the Demon and Thunder of the Mist, Momochi Zabuza and Kurosuki Raiga, wielding their respective swords, the Kubikiribōchō and the Kiba. Exchanging a nod with Kakashi, she yelled "Team, Ban Formation! Don't let your guard down!" and flared their chakra in preperation.
The two swordsman of Kiri cocked an eyebrow, before roaring in laughter and rushing forwards to fight Kakashi and Kushina "The famed Benihime, and Sharingan no Kakashi, reduced to taking care of brats!? What a joke! This'll be easier than expected." Kakashi dashed to engage Zabuza with his Sharingan spinning wildly, as Kushina had already parried three strikes from Raiga and was stuck on the defensive for the time being. The genin took in every detail of the fight, and knew they were hopelessly outmatched. They could only see blurs of the jounin as screeching sounds were heard from metal clashing against metal.
Suddenly, Kakashi appeared on the lake as Zabuza landed opposite him, Kubikiribōchō already in mid-swing to cleave Kakashi's head from neck. His head did indeed fall...to become water as Zabuza's eyes widened in surprise before his abdomen had a kunai sticking out of it, courtesy of Kakashi from behind. However, before Kakashi could do anything else, the Zabuza he stabbed had melted into water as well and Kakashi was completely submerged into the water by a kick from Zabuza. Zabuza merely sneered, before trapping him "Suiton: Suiro no Jutsu!". Kushina, seeing this was trying to get over there to free Kakashi, but Raiga was laughing manically and she couldn't do anything else. If she got to Kakashi, Tazuna-san and the Genin would die. If she fought against Raiga, Zabuza would kill the rest of them then herself. Gritting her teeth, she wracked her brain trying to think of a solution.
Team 7's eyes were wide in horror at seeing their sensei captured. Narumi yelled out "No-brow freak, release Kakashi-sensei now!" Forming twenty shadow clones, they rushed towards Zabuza, only to all disappear with a single slash of Zabuza's sword. Laughing loudly, Zabuza grinned manically "Not bad brat, not bad. However none of you are real shinobi! When I was your age, my hands were long dipped in the blood of my ow-URK!" Whatever Zabuza was saying fell short, for there was a large deep gash on his torso, spilling blood on the once clear water, now mixed in with the scarlet blood.
Kushina, Raiga, Zabuza and Kakashi all widened their eyes and looked towards Naruto, who had appeared in front of Zabuza. Raising Kubikiribōchō, Zabuza attempted to slice the red-haired brat, but was forced to substitue away, bringing Kakashi as well as a large fireball tried to burn Zabuza. Grunting in annoyance, Zabuza made a water clone to imprison Kakashi, before looking at the red haired brat "You, red, what's your name? Maybe one day you'll be worthy enough to be marked down in my bing-".
"Shut up" was the unexpected response from Naruto "I don't care about you, but it'll be interesting for us to take on a Swordsmen of the Mist." At the end of the sentence, Kanade and Sasuke had appeared next to him. Sasuke quickly looked to Kushina and gave directives to Sai "Sai, use your Ink Ninjutsu to support Kushina-sensei. Tell Haruno and Namikaze to step in and help if necessary, but protect the client at all costs." Sai nodded, and unfurbished his giant scroll and procceded to draw lions, tigers, hawks at an incredible pace. Making a hand sign, he muttered "Ninpo: Choju Giga!" Five lions and three tigers immediately rushed towards Raiga, while three hawks were circling in the air, waiting for an opportunity. Kushina sent a grateful nod to Sai, before slowly pushing back Raiga. Raiga was irritated, this red haired bitch certainly could match Mangetsu, as much as he hated the bastard, he was definitely stronger than him. Calling down a bolt of lightning to distract Kushina, he smirked before commenting "Uzumaki Kushina, the Benihime. Certainly doesn't do you justice, does it? Raiton: Raikyu!" and threw out five balls of lightning at great speeds, aiming at Kushina.
Meanwhile, Zabuza was getting annoyed and frustrated. The black haired brat was the main fighter, engaging him in a bukijutsu fight. Normally he'd had the upper hand, but because the brat was smaller and deceptively tricker to handle, he couldn't risk using Kubikiribōchō or he'd slice himself open. If there was an opening, and there were many of those, the white haired girl would rush in with her armblades and disengage for the brat. The last one, the red haired gaki was even more annoying than the brat and girl combined. He'd come out of nowhere, and attempt to go straight for vitals and it shamed him to admit it, but he was very accurate and had insane reflexes. He'd always thought that Konoha was a tree hugger, that taught their genin's useless skills, but after seeing those three he was quickly re-evaluating his previous opinion.
Snarling in fury, he kicked the brat away, before going for an overhead strike on the gaki. Only to be blocked by Kakashi's metal gloves. Not letting down the pressure on Kubikiribōchō, he glanced left, only to see ANOTHER brat, grinning towards him.
(MINUTES AGO)
Narumi had seen an golden opportunity. The eyebrow-less freak was fighting the dobe, Uchiha and Tachibana, as her mother was doing okay against the green haired maniac...she hoped. Seeing that the clone of the freak was watching the battle between the creator and the three genin, she smirked, dashing forwards and called three clones to unleash a volley of kunai. The water clone rolled its eyes, surely the brat that called him eyebrowless didn't really expect him to not see that. However, its eyes bulged, as Narumi had reappeared behind him, shoving three kunai's into its vertebrae.
(PRESENT TIMING)
Zabuza knew he was sorely outmatched. The trio of genin that he just took on could qualify as Chunin material, atleast in the Mist. To add upon that, he had another brat to deal with, that could defeat his water clone, and not to mention Kakashi. Although Raiga was doing well against Kushina, he wasn't stupid, it was only because she was worried about the client and the brats. He grinned maliciously...There was always next time, before signalling to Raiga to retreat. The green-haired swordsman didn't like it, but Kushina had gotten in a lot of damage compared to him against her. Unleashing one final ball of lightning for good measure, he disappeared in a swirl of mist.
Zabuza slammed Kubikiribōchō into the ground before snarling out "Sharingan no Kakashi, you've won this round. Make no mistake, we'll still kill the old man. But maybe we can HAVE SOME FUN DOING IT!" Upon the end of his statement, he had already rushed through forty-four hand seals and screamed out "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!" before vanishing in a swirl of mist as well.
Kakashi's eyes widened in alarm, he was already running low on chakra, but before he could do anything the water dragon fell...to become water again, courtesy of Kanade and Naruto, slicing through the water. Shaking his head in relief, he covered his Sharingan eye before...collapsing.
Yo,
I said I'd update on March 1st, and its March 9th right now. My excuse is that I'm a lazy asshole. Anyways, I didn't make Naruto have reiryoku or anything like that. As you hopefully have deduced, the Uzumaki Bloodline as you have guessed transforms a part of their mind OR soul. I think there will be some questions about Kushina. "She has Benihime and Chakra Chains WTF, OMG!" People, calm the fuck down.
The reason I did this was very, very simple. Kushina was raised to be the Kyubi Jinchuriki. The fighting part of her soul was transformed. As such, because she was RAISED and HAD THE MINDSET OF imprisoning Kyubi, her transformed soul took on the form of Chakra Chains which have the ability to steal a biju's chakra, much like Samehada. Unlike Samehada, it cannot convert that energy back into human chakra. The stolen chakra of Kyubi was 'tainted' by the fighting spirit, the chakra chains of Kushina. It mixed, and formed a blade called Crimson Princess, Benihime. It uses Kyubi's chakra, but has the fighting spirit of Kushina. a
TL:DR, Chakra Chains have Kushina's soul in it with her own chakra while Benihime is formed with K yubi's chakra but has Kushina's soul as well. And yes, this chapter's the sob story apologizing chapter. Of course this isn't it, we haven't looked at Kushina's one yet.
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