Only…Naruto sat on the ground, cross-legged with 'Ame-no-Habakiri' horizontally across his lap.
Naruto performed a rapid series of handseals, holding the last one. "Hiden: Nise no Jinsei (Secret Technique: False Life)."
Shadows from the surrounding foliage and shaded areas began to gather in a spot next to Naruto. When he felt there was enough, Naruto began to firm the mass of shadows. Four thick limbs formed first followed by a sleek and muscular body a streamlined head with two long appendages and…nine tails.
The rough formation was then surrounded by a red glow that settled over everything, covering the mass in red fur and cementing its fearsome outline. The nine tails began to wave wildly causing the calm waters under the bridge to start swirling and crashing against the shores harder. The appendages on its head, or its ears, stood straight up and a slow grin revealed sharp teeth. Lastly, the creature opened its red eyes, releasing a massive and foul killing intent that brought all the mercenaries and Gato to their knees.
"That's right, bow, 'cause I'M BACK BITCHES!" Kyuubi roared. The nine foot monster looked at his jailor. "How the hell am I out?" he asked in undertone.
"Little technique I've been working on," Naruto whispered back. "Just for you."
"Well…uh, thanks…any particular reason?" Kyuubi asked.
"Keep your word," Naruto hinted, pointing to Gato who began crying when he noticed the monster eye him.
"With pleasure," Kyuubi grinned preparing to charge…only to have Kakashi shunshin in front of it, kunai drawn.
"Naruto did the Kyuubi escape?" Kakashi asked one eye dangerously narrowed.
"I'll tell you later sensei, just move so we can kill Gato and his men." Naruto growled, standing to his feet and brandishing 'Ame-no-Habakiri' again.
The he leapt over his sensei. 'Okay Jiji, let's see this technique you gave me in action.'
"Doton: Dosekiryuu (Earth Release: Earth and Stone Dragon)." Naruto intoned, after the necessary hand seals.
The muddy banks rose up forming a great brown dragon that swept through Gato's mercs like a landslide through a forest.
On the ground again, Naruto did more hand seals. "Suiton: Suiryuudan (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet). This time a column of water rose up, shaped into a dragon and flooded the remaining mercs. Anyone who survived that were ended by 'Ame-no-Habakiri'.
This happened in a span of twenty seconds. "Kyuubi, you can go get Gato now." Naruto called to the patiently waiting Bijuu.
Kyuubi's malicious grin spread across his face. Ignoring Kakashi, he stalked across the muddy, wet, body-strewn area to a Gato who had just crapped his pants at the up-close view of the monster.
"Have mercy, please don't kill me!" Gato pleaded, eyes closed, tears streaming down his face.
The killing intent got even denser to the point where Gato's heart nearly gave out.
"How many girls?" Kyuubi asked.
Gato looked up in confusion. "What?"
"How many girls have you kidnapped, molested, sold, raped, drowned, and mutilated their dead corpses? HOW MANY?!" Kyuubi roared again, this time snout to nose so he could look Gato in his eyes.
Gato whimpered before breaking eye contact and looking at the ground, resigning to fate. "It's been nearly a thousand…" he mumbled.
"Speak up and give me an exact number!" Kyuubi ordered.
"Okay okay…957 with yesterday's batch added in." Gato cried, eyes closed.
Kyuubi lifted itself back to full height. "Inton: Akuma no Hiko (Yin Release: Demon's Flight).
To Gato, Kyuubi's form vanished…along with everything else. It was too dark to see anything
Gato's peripheral vision tracked movement and Gato turned to find nothing. He felt cold breath on his neck and spun around to see…nothing.
"I told you to stop…" came a little voice from behind Gato.
He spun around to see a cute little girl with a ripped, dirtied and tattered uniform, tangled hair and she was crying.
"NO I killed you!" Gato cried out. "I stuffed drugs down your throat and made you overdose!"
"G-Gato…" a voice gurgled from behind.
Gato spun to see another girl, this one older than the first, completely nude with her throat sliced and organs lying in a neat arranged pile next to her.
"WHAT! YOU'RE DEFINETELY DEAD, I…I sold all your organs…" Gato's voice got quiet as he realized what he was seeing.
"Yes Gato, what you have just seen are your more memorable murders…" the voice disappeared as hands emerged from beneath Gato and pulled him down into the darkness screaming the whole way.
Gato's felt the wind whipping against his face and felt his hands were bound.
He tried to turn but quickly got a burn by whatever was around his neck. Then his eyes widened as he realized what it was, a noose.
He heard a screeching noise and looked around to see a flock of giant demonic vultures circling overhead.
An answering screech hurt Gato's ears as another startling realization occurred to him…he was on the back of one.
"Hello Gato," a strong voice. For the third time, Gato was in shock as he turned to see Kaiza's stony expression.
"N-no…it c-can't be…" Gato stuttered.
Kaiza gave him an ice cold smile. "Oh it is." He said before producing a jagged katana.
"Wha-" Gato barely got it out before Kaiza stepped forward and severed Gato's right arm and then his left.
Gato's screams went on for several minutes before Kaiza had enough and punched him in the gut, forcing air from his lungs.
Kaiza picked up one of the limbs and tossed it to the birds, who fought over it before one completely guzzled it. Then Kaiza tossed up other limb with the same result.
"Now you die." Kaiza said pushing Gato from the bird.
Gato closed his eyes waiting for the snap of the rope that would end his life…it never came.
Gato opened his eyes to see a cut rope and beyond that…the ground rushing up to meet him.
Gato hit the ground hard with his head lying in a shallow stream.
In his near-death state, Gato began sucking in water by accident.
Just when he thought he could die in peace, the sound of squawking fills his ears.
The demonic vultures drop from the sky to begin feasting on their meal, and whenever Gato screamed, he swore he could hear the scream of his victims.
(Shadow In The Leaves)
Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, a healed Sasuke, and a conscious Zabuza watched Gato's face from rage to shock to horror to shock to resignation to blankness to pain to extreme shock to resignation again and then his eyes widened and his mouth opened in a silent scream.
They watched as Gato's right arm fell and his left arm soon afterwards.
"What the hell?" Zabuza said about to go investigate before it disappeared like it was being ripped and fought over and then gone. The same happened with the other arm.
Gato jumped to his feet and tried to run only to be tripped by a rock where he fell face first into the shallow part of the ocean by the shore.
Coughing and spluttering, the armless man was helpless until he managed to roll on his back.
Kyuubi rose next to Gato eyeing him. That's when a squawk was heard. That single squawk multiplied into hundreds.
The ninja all found themselves looking up to see vultures swooping down on Gato.
"Your soul will go to hell…there you will live through that Genjutsu for 1000 millennia…so says the king of hell…" Kyuubi growls, as Gato is picked apart alive.
Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke and Zabuza look on in mute horror while Naruto laughs his ass off.
The townsfolk, led by Inari, were not spared from this gruesome scene either. They watched in with grim resignation as the bastard died.
When the birds dispersed, Kyuubi let out a long echoing howl before disappearing into the seal.
Originally, Gato was going to die just like Kaiza did, instead I did this.
Created Jutsu- Hiden: Nise no Jinsei, Inton: Akuma no Hiko
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