Deceiving Appearance
Disclaimer- I don't own this
Warning!!! If you haven't read the latest chapters in the manga, some of the things mentioned in this chapter won't make sense and there is a spoiler. But not to worry, even if you haven't read it, you can still understand what's going on. Just warning you about the content.
XxXxX
"Speaking"
'Thought'
"Demon/jutsus"
XxXxX
Naruto found herself strapped to a cross in a desolate plain under a red sun. In front of her was Itachi holding a sword.
In a monotone voice he said, "You are world of my creating with only your mind here, not your body. For 72 hours I will stab you in every possible way over and over again," as he plunged the sword into Naruto's gut.
"71 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds remaining."
But instead of crying out Naruto let out a weak smile as she looked up at Itachi, or more specifically, at something behind him.
"A world where only my mind is her, not my body. Did you forget something about me?"
Eyes opening wide, Itachi spun around but he had no chance to cry out at the Kyuubi's jaws closed around him, "71 hours, 59 minutes, and 58 seconds of being my chew toy!"
Out in the real world Kisame was waiting for Itachi to finish up with Naruto. After ten seconds of waiting, Kisame started to get impatient. 'He's just taking his time, cocky bastard.'
But after thirty seconds he began to get worried. 'Something was wrong. He usually snaps out of his trance from using Takicome after a few seconds, not half a minute…'
But his musings were cut short as a wave of red chakra exploded from Naruto. Quickly grabbing Itachi, Kisame jumped back to the other side of the hallway and look at Naruto with four tails of the Kyuubi's chakra out, completely covering her in a dark red shell and making her look like a miniature Kyuubi. And to make matters worse, a fifth tail of chakra was beginning to form.
Kisame was about to yell at Itachi when he noticed his partners condition. His lower half below his chest was ripped completely off and his guts and blood were forming a gruesome trail from where Kisame was standing now to where Kyuubi-Naruto was standing.
At Naruto's feet the bloody remains of Itachi's lower extremities could be seen and chunks of flesh were on Kyuubi-Naruto's hands.
Quickly Kisame, using all the water in the building, sent a massive flood of water that slammed into Naruto and threw her into the nearby courtyard.
Seizing this opportunity to cut his losses, Kisame retrieved Itachi's ring and made a run for it in the opposite direction.
But he only got as far as the nearby forest when he felt Kyuubi-Naruto closing in on him.
Slashing his sword her, a layer of the Kyuubi's chakra was absorbed and Kyuubi-Naruto was forced back.
Quickly attempting to capitalize on this Kisame flashed through the hand seals and let another torrent of water, turning the area of the forest into a mini lake.
But this time when the water approached Kyuubi-Naruto, she leaped into the air and sent two claws made out of chakra at Kisame. Bringing his sword down on the first one, he was able to disperse it, but as the second one began to close in on the side he had to leap to the air.
As he was airborne he had to parry an aerial attack from Kyuubi-Naruto.
Bringing his sword up to cover his face and chest, Kyuubi-Naruto landed on the blade and instantly her chakra started to be absorbed by the sword. Leaping off, Naruto twisted her body to avoid swipe from Kisame. But due to the speed of the sword swing and how close she was to him, Kyuubi-Naruto's right arm was hit and the chakra shell was pealed off along with the glove that was on her arm.
Landing on the ground, her right arm was limp for a moment but it was quickly healed and the chakra shell covered it again.
Her face broke into a twisted smile and she started to gather a ball of chakra to her mouth.
Sensing the insane amount of chakra being used, Kisame attempts to move farther away, but he is too late.
Pointing towards Kisame, Kyuubi-Naruto unleashed a blast of chakra that eradicated the forest and sent a shockwave that slammed into the nearby town and caused some of the building to claps, including the hotel that Naruto stayed at.
Were the forest once stood there was now a crater nearly the size of Konoha and mushroom cloud was already was already billowing into the air.
Kisame was able to dodge the main blast but was thrown like a rag-doll by the resulting explosion and shockwave. In his right arm he still held onto his sword but his left arm was bent at an unnatural angel and he was covered in cuts and bruises. His Akitsuki clock was completely gone, showing black pants and a black tank tope he had underneath, both ripped and torn in many places.
Looking back at the center of the explosion he caught the sight of Kyuubi-Naruto. Like a demon out of hell she emerged from the mushroom cloud and was almost instantly on him, ready to rip him to shreds.
Acting instinctively, Kisame thruster his sword out in front of him and the tip his Kyuubi-Naruto right in the stomach, right where her seal is. Swiping with her right arm, she slashed Kisame's limp left arm, causing him to grimace in pain.
But when she fell off the tip of Kisame's sword Kyuubi-Naruto Naruto let out a gasp as her chakra began to drain in and then explode out of her body at random intervals. Because of the special properties of Kisame's sword and the fact that it hit right on the seal, the part of the seal that regulated the flow of chakra was damaged.
Capitalizing on this opportunity, Kisame bashed her across the chest with his sword. She was lifted up into the air on the sword before she was thrown off, taking off the chakra shell and shredding her chunin vest.
Landing on the ground the chakra shell dissipated leaving a bloodied Naruto on the ground and she began of convulse and writhe in pain on the ground.
Breathing heavily, Kisame limped over to Naruto and raised his sword. But before he could cut off her limbs, he sensed a couple dozen chakra signatures closing in from every direction.
Grimacing, Kisame turned and fled from the scene, leaving behind Naruto in the sea of destruction that she caused.
The ANBU who felt the chakra blast were the first to arrive at the seen, followed by the teams of chunin, jonin, and even some genin who where on patrol or in the area for various reasons.
All of them were shocked by the devastation around them. Quickly some of them went to the near by town to aid the civilians in finding the injured and the dead while others scoured the area for clues to what happened.
Off the far side they found Naruto convulsing on the ground. Quickly one of the ANBU with an owl mask and two chunins with medical training when to her and began trying to heal her.
"Damn it, there's nothing we can do here. We need to bring her to Konoha" said the ANBU agent.
"Is that a wise idea?" said one of the Jonins. "Look at this area, all this destruction reeks of the Kyuubi's chakra. What will happen if she goes berserk like this in Konoha?"
Before the ANBU agent could respond another Jonin came back holding a brown body bag. "You'll never guess who we found in found in the wreckage of the hotel. It was Itachi, or what was left of him," he said gesturing to the body bag in his hand. "He was ripped completely in half and was covered in trace amount of the Kyuubi's chakra. It looks like she killed him."
"There was another person her too" called out a chunin from the Inuzuka clan. There are two scents in the area and we've found pieces of flesh that don't belong to her. I'll bring back samples to Konoha."
"See!" glared the owl ANBU agent, "She killed one of Konoha's greatest criminal and fought someone else. Now prep her for emergency transfer. I'll carry her back as quickly as possible."
Through the use of enough sedatives to knock out an elephant, Naruto was finally calmed down and her wounds were bandaged up.
Moving as quickly as possible the ANBU agent made it to Konoha in less than half a day and ran strait to the hospital.
There Tsunade was called in as they began to try to save Naruto's life.
XxXxX
"HOLD HER DOWN!" shouted Tsunade as Naruto began to thrash on the table.
"She's having a seizure!" said one medic.
"There are irregularities in her chakra coils…prepare for chakra burst!" said a Hyuuga medic as a wave of chakra erupted from Naruto.
"The seal was damaged! Get Jiraiya NOW!" shouted Tsunade to a chunin by the door. "We've got to get this suit off of her!" (the black spandex suit she has on)
"We've got a problem! The material has fused with her skin, and its spreading!"
Sure enough the black material was oozing over her arms and had already covered her feet.
"We've got to keep it from spreading any further!" shouted Tsunade.
"We're trying…its acting like a second skin!" said one medic as he did a medical scene. "It's almost as if it's alive! It's fused completely with her skin!"
"It's going up her neck!"
"Prevent it from covering her head at all cost!" shouted Tsunade.
Through the combined effort of all the medics there they prevented the black substance from covering her head, but in doing so they allowed the substance to cover her entire body from the neck down.
"It's stopped trying to move upwards" said on medic.
"It's amazing!" said one medic as she did a scan of Naruto's body. "All of her wounds have completely healed. She is just suffering from chakra exhaustion!"
Just then Jiraiya entered the emergency room, "You need me?"
"Check the seal on Naruto. It was damaged during a fight" said Tsunade.
Moving to Naruto, Jiraiya was about to comply but stopped. "I need you to remove the cloths around the seal so I can get to it."
"We'll try, but it's been fused with Naruto's skin" said Tsunade. "Ok people, concentrate your chakra on separating the outer layer form her skin. Ready…Begin!"
As soon as they began applying chakra the substance began to recede and not just accost her stomach, but over her entire body. Soon all that was left were lines of the black substance going across her body.
They went over every toe and meet at one line before traveling up the front of her legs, continuing up her side before forming a ring around her neck. There was also a line going down her arms before it split and went over her fingers. These lines were also mirrored on the base of her feet, the back of her legs, her back, the underside of her arms, and the palms of her hands. Also, like her neck, there were rings of black at her waist, on her wrists, and on her ankles.
"Now that's interesting" said Tsunade. "We had so much trouble trying to stop it from spreading, and now it recedes like it was nothing." Grabbing two towels and covering Naruto's privates up Tsunade said to Jiraiya, "Now, what is the condition of the seal?"
Moving over to Naruto's stomach, Jiraiya looked over Naruto, "She looks extremely skinny. Too skinny in fact."
And it was true, Naruto looked like she had no body fat on her and was almost anorexic looking.
"I believe that's from the amount of energy she used when she was fighting Itachi and the other ninja" said Tsunade.
This news made Jiraiya pause. "It was probably Kisame. He's Itachi's partner and all. Also, that sword of his absorbs chakra so that would explain why she was so drained of chakra" he said as he looked at the seal.
Everyone in the room watched anxiously as the black marks of the seal that were holding the Kyuubi in appeared on Naruto's stomach.
Backing away with a pail face, Jiraiya said, "We need to get her out of the village, NOW! The seal is dangerously closing to break. Even now the limiters on the absorption process are gone and I can't ascertain the condition of the Kyuubi. It could be dead or it could be trying to break out at this very minute."
Nodding, Tsunade said, "Ok, I'll mover her to the forward outpost three miles south of the village, Jiraiya, come with me…"
But as she was about to finish what she was saying a sizzling was herd in the room. Looking over at Naruto the seal could be seen unraveling until only a kanji for fox could be seen. Then like a vacuum cleaner, the Kanji for fox was sucked into her stomach and it was accompanied by a blinding white light
Everyone was blasted into the walls and the windows were blown out. Opening her eyes, Tsunade was greeted by a sight that she will never forget.
Instead of the Kyuubi standing there in front of her as she feared when the seal broke, there stood Naruto, floating a half a foot off the ground. The black substance had one again covered her body and it even moved up to cover her lower chin and extending up to underneath her ears, following her jaw line.
But what really grabbed Tsunade's attention was Naruto's back. Three bulges were growing out, two below her shoulders and one in the center of her back. Soon from these bulges three new bulges formed and started to grow, giving Naruto the appearance of nine spikes or wings coming out of her back. They continued to grow until they were two feet long each.
Floating in the center of the room, Naruto impassively over everything with her deep blue eyes but it was like she saw nothing in the room. Then, just as impassively she turned to the window and began to float out.
Regaining her voice, Tsunade called out, "Naruto! Wait! Where are you going?"
Stopping and looking back at her, Naruto said, "Na-ru-to? Onii-san calls…" and with that Naruto floated out of the window before she took off into the sky.
Turning to Jiraiya, Tsunade said, "Take two ANBU teams and follow her but don't engage unless absolutely necessary. Now GO!"
Quickly Jiraiya left with the two teams, hot on the trail of Naruto.
XxXxX
For a week they followed Naruto float along at a light pace, not stopping for food or rest. Finally after a week of travel Naruto stopped at the edge of a lake.
Sitting down she wrapped her arms around her legs and looked out at the lake, ignoring the ANBU team that was following her.
Silently the ANBU took position in the surrounding area and Jiraiya moved out to Naruto and sat next to her.
"Hey Naruto, what's going on?"
"Onii-san is coming" she replied in a whispery voice.
"Who is your brother?" asked Jiraiya in a kind voice.
"Sanbi, Sanbi no Isonade" she said turning her head towards Jiraiya.
"I know you…but I can't remember…"
"My name is Jiraiya. I was the one who trained you for the chunin exams and I've been giving you training scrolls to study. You used to always call me ero-senin, remember?" he said in a hopeful voice.
Hearing this, Naruto smiled, "Ero-senin, hehe, I remember you now. You were the only person who actually took the time to teach me anything." Leaning her head against his arm and closing her eyes she continued, "I always felt that I could trust you."
Touched by this admission, Jiraiya put his arm gently around her shoulders. "What other things do you remember anything else? Do you remember Konoha? Anyone else?"
"Yes, I remember this feeling deep in my chest that I want to protect it… that despite the treatment from the people in the village that I want to protect all of them. Because I love the village" she said as she put her hand to her chest. "But there are other memories, memories full of hate and anger. In these memories I have great power and I'm using it to destroy Konoha until I'm stopped by a man riding a frog."
Looking up at Jiraiya she continues, "What does this mean? How can I love a place, but enjoy destroying it at the same time?"
Looking into Naruto's eyes Jiraiya asked, "Do you remember the Kyuubi?" Seeing her nod he continued, "Those memories of hate and anger are from it. But your memories are the ones with the love for the village."
"But how can I have two memories inside me?" asked a confused Naruto.
"Some how, you absorbed the Kyuubi when the seal on your stomach broke. But you are still you. The Kyuubi has not taken over you, you took over the Kyuubi" said Jiraiya in a stern but confident voice as he tightened his embrace around Naruto.
"Do you remember anything else?"
"I remember two more people. One is this one really strong lady. She looks younger than she really is and even though she can have a nasty temper, she is very nice. Almost like a mother" she said with a smile.
"That must be Tsunade, she's the Hokage of Konoha" said Jiraiya. "Who else do you remember?"
"It's a boy, around my age with red hair and black surrounding his eyes. I feel that I can trust him with anything, and when I think about him, I get a warm feeling in my chest" said Naruto with a smile.
Smiling Jiraiya said, "That must be Gaara from Suna."
"Gaara-kun" she said smiling. "Yes that's his name."
Closing her eyes again Naruto leaned against Jiraiya and just stayed there for a few minutes until suddenly she sate up right and looked out at the lake.
"He his here now" said Naruto a whispery tone as she kept on staring at the lake.
Suddenly, the water near the shore began to bubble and from it emerged a giant turtle like thing with three tails.
The ANBU hiding in the trees tensed up, but remained hidden, waiting for Jiraiya's signal to move in. Jiraiya, on the other hand, just remained motionless as Naruto got up and walked to the edge of the lake.
"Onii-san"
Opening its mouth, the Sanbi began to speak in deep, drawn out voice. "Kyuubi, is that you? No you are not the one who is called Kyuubi. I know you. You are the one who has my sister sealed away in her stomach."
Leaning closer he continued, "But no more, you have taken over the Kyuubi. Such a thing I would never had thought possible but it happened. For a human to over power my sister in a battle of wills…incredible."
"Onii-san, I'm confused about what has happened and about who I am. I have the memories of two people in me. Please help me, Onii-san."
"It's ok, little sister. I will help you understand."
Moving even closer, the Sanbi toughed the tip of his head to Naruto's forehead and the area was covered in a flash of white light. Moving quickly, Jiraiya caught Naruto as she collapsed, her nine spikes/wings disappearing back into her body.
"Interesting. Never before has the taken over the demon that's held within them. Usually when the two merge, the demon comes out on top, destroying the human and getting free. This has happened before with the Inochi and the Hachibi."
"Or the human would become a half demon like what happened to the host of the Rokubi a couple of hundred years ago. But this human female, took over the Kyuubi, the greatest of all us Bijuu and was left uncorrupted."
Looking strait at Jiraiya, the Sanbi continued, "I looked through her memories and helped her come to terms what happened to her. Were before the Kyuubi was consumed by rage and hatred, she is filled with love and the desire to protect her home."
"It's funny really. We Bijuu where formed from the power and emotions that you humans give off, especially during battle. The Kyuubi was formed from the strongest emotions that pervades the battle field, hatred, rage, but the emotions of loyalty and desire to protect something was also there. When she was first born, these emotions where there, but as time went on they disappeared."
Looking at Naruto, he continued, "This human won't be corrupted like the Kyuubi was. She withstood the hate and scorn from her home and still wants to give her entire begin to save them. It was this desire and strength of will that allowed her to take the Kyuubi over. It will take some time for all her memories to come back to her, but she will remember in time. Both her and the Kyuubi's memories."
Giving Jiraiya the closest thing to a smile he could, he said, "But don't worry, Jiraiya. Like the character in your book she's named after she is strong and kind and she is destined for great things. But remember this, destiny is one part fate, one part action. Choose wisely."
And with that the Sanbi left, leaving behind a stunned Jiraiya. 'I did name her and she said that I was the only one who truly trained her. It's almost as if I…raised her! Could I have been wrong about whom the destined child is? It's her!'
Holding Naruto tightly to his chest he called out to the ANBU in the trees. "Lets go, there's nothing more for us to do here."
XxXxX
That's it for this chapter, I hoped you liked it and please tell me what you think about it.
Ja ne!
