Summary : Starts just after Naruto learnt Kage Bunshin. After a misunderstanding, and in a bad mood, Naruto runs from Konoha with the Scroll of Forbidden Seals. Missing-nin Naruto. Definitely not Yaoi !
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" normal talk "
Thoughts
Kyuubi speaking
Preview of Chapter 6 : Hatred
One week passed after the last fight, a week during which both teams of shinobi trained hard in order to defeat their enemies... and finally they were all ready to resume the fight.
Kakashi and his whole team were arriving to the bridge as usual when they noticed the bodies of the workers lying on the ground and a lot of mist began to appear out of nowhere...
" Here they come ! ", alerted Kakashi.
" Long time no see, Kakashi... I see you're still with those brats... He's shaking again... Poor kid... ", said a voice from nowhere before 8 Water Clones surrounded the group.
" I'm shaking from excitement ", declared Sasuke.
" Do it, Sasuke. ", said Kakashi, his eye smiling.
Doing as ordered, Sasuke quickly eliminated all the clones.
" Hmm... He saw through the Water Clones, that brat has grown. It looks like a rival has appeared... Eh Haku ? ", commented Zabuza.
" It does, indeed ", agreed Haku.
" It seems my thinking was right on the mark ", commented Kakashi, " That masked one, he's obviously Zabuza's comrade, standing right next to him and all... "
" I'll fight him. ", announced Sasuke, " Tricking us with that stupid act... I hate bastards like that the most... "
" Sorry, but you're my prey, bastard... ", declared a voice just behind him before he was punched behind the head.
This sudden and unexpected appearence caused several thoughts to cross the minds of the Leaf-nin
Huh ? Isn't that the male annoying blonde loudmouth , wondered Sakura.
Ouch ! Just what is that dobe doing here, and why didn't I sense him , thought a shocked Sasuke.
Crap. This is bad... , thought an anxious Kakashi.
Yes... The target finally revealed itself... , noted dully Sai...
While most of Team 7 was stunned to see Naruto there, Zabuza and Haku attacked their own preys, respectively Kakashi and Sai.
" What are you doing here, dobe ? ", snarled Sasuke.
" Me ? I've been working with Zabuza and Haku for quite some time now... and I'm here to beat down the so-called Uchiha... ", smirked Naruto.
" Oh, really ? Last time I heard about you, you were so weak you failed the genin exam... again. ", taunted Sasuke.
" Well, that's amusing... considering just after that I knocked the Hokage unconscious easily, stole something important to Konoha and killed a Chuunin... and let's not talk about the fact that of all the ninja sent after me none managed to kill me... Hell, I even kill more and more of them lately... or could it be that no one told the great Uchiha about that ? ", smirked Naruto.
There's no way a weakling like him could have done all that, he must be lying... I'll beat the truth out of him... , thought Sasuke and he started fighting against Naruto.
I have to get rid of this boy before I'll be able to eliminate the target... , thought Sai.
" Why do you fight ? ", asked Haku suddenly.
" To complete the mission given to me ", answered Sai simply.
" Don't you have anyone precious to you ? ", asked Haku.
" Ninja are weapons, they don't need feelings ", deadpanned Sai.
" Then you cannot beat me if you have no one to protect. ", declared Haku, " Makyo Hyosho ! (Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals) "
He created the Ice mirrors and went into one. Not wasting time, Sai created a Ink Beast and sent it against Haku. However, Haku just concentrated his blood limit on the ink, freezing the beast in mid-air before it went crashing against the Ice mirror Haku was in at the beginning, the Beast falling into pieces beneath the Unbreakable mirror.
" How ? ", whispered Sai, showing surprise for the first time.
" My blood limit allows me to freeze liquids and control them, and ink is a liquid... This was your main way of fighting and it was weak against mine, now that you're imprisoned in my jutsu and cannot attack me effectively, you already lost. More than that, without your feelings you have no chance of deafeating me as you lack the personal motivation to do it. And now I'll defeat you and eliminate the target. ", explained Haku before launching his final attack.
No. I have to complete the mission Danzou-sama gave me, the Kyuubi cannot be allowed to possess Konoha's secrets, he's too much of a threat. I was assigned to a team of genin to keep an eye on the Uchiha and because it was the easiest way to get me out of Konoha so that I could find the Kyuubi kid. When a Hunter-nin loyal to the Root saw the Kyuubi kid in Wave Country with two Missing-nin, my team was quickly assigned a mission to Wave Country and I was ordered by Danzou-sama to eliminate the threat. It was a simple mission and I am an ANBU from the Root, I was not supposed to fail ! But I wonder... what if the missing-nin was right ? Did my mission really fail because of my lack of feelings ? , were Sai's last thoughts as he tried his best to avoid the senbon thrown at him but more and more managed to hit him and when a rain of senbon fell upon him, darkness finally claimed him.
As for Haku, he allowed himself to relax a liitle and prepared to see if he could help his comrades when he heard something he didn't like at all.
Zabuza-san ! , thought Haku before disappearing in a swirl of smoke.
" What is Uzumaki Naruto doing with you, Zabuza ? ", asked Kakashi.
" Oh, I was just lucky, I found him by accident... and it was quite the accident... I didn't expect a kid like that to have so much hidden power... Thanks to him our strike force grew a lot and we didn't have to avoid Hunter-nin as much as before... It's a real pleasure to strike back... In two or three months I will have enough money and power to take over Water Country... Now, less talking and more fighting... ", answered Zabuza before disappearing in the thick mist.
" Kage Kyoufushou Arawareru no Jutsu ( Shadow Phobia Materialisation ) ", whispered Zabuza as forms started to appear around Kakashi.
This mist is too thick to have been caused by Zabuza, even he shouldn't be able to see anything... , thought Kakashi, before he heard a voice which made shivers run along his spine.
" Kakashi-sensei... ", said an agonizing voice that he recognized all too well near his feet...
Ah... Such a crappy phobia, it's only passive... oh well, at least it makes a good distraction , thought Zabuza as he attacked Kakashi.
While Kakashi was distracted by the sight of Sakura's body lying in a pool of blood, Zabuza was making a move with his sword and if Kakashi hadn't heard the swing of the sword he would have been cut in half. Even though he dodged the worse of the attack, he now wore a deep gash on his torso. Shaken out of stupor, he went on the counterattack with determination.
Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a series of punches and kicks which got them nowhere, both being around the same level in Taijutsu.
" You're pretty good, that's what you learnt the last week ? Good, a bit late, but good... ", smirked Naruto, still fighting.
" You can keep talking, it's not some deadlast who is going to beat an Uchiha... ", taunted Sasuke.
" So what ? Just because you have some bloodline you think you're unbeatable ? Take Haku's blood limit for example, just by combining some of my techniques I found a way to imitate its effects... wanna see it ? ", taunted back Naruto.
" A loser like you cannot do something as strong as a blood limit. I don't believe you in the least, send me whatever you want, I can take it. Show me then, I'm waiting. ", smirked Sasuke.
He's really getting on my nerves that jerk ! But if he wants to give me the time I need to do it, I'm not going to complain ! He's going to see what I can do, that cocky bastard , thought Naruto angrily.
" With pleasure ! Kageryuudan no Jutsu (Shadow Dragon) ! ", shouted Naruto as a long and large dragon appeared. Then, Naruto jumped on its head and began to make seals while the dragon was turning in circle around the shocked Uchiha, rising in the air and gaining quickly in speed. Naruto finally announced his technique, " Kage Bunshin no Jutsu ", and dozens of shadow clones appeared all over the length of the dragon, surrounding Sasuke completely, and as the dragon was moving too fast, Sasuke had no idea which and when a clone would throw a weapon his way and it then dawned on him how much trouble he was into.
" Shadow Twister ", concluded all the Naruto before consecutively throwing kunai towards Sasuke, not giving him the time to lauch any counterattack. Naruto was only playing with him in the beginning, only inflincting cuts on him but he got bored and began to send harmful attacks his way, piercing some parts of his body and he finally got serious as sasuke seemed to avoid them more and more often as if he could predict his moves...
Damn ! He's awakening his Sharingan ! Oh well, it's not because he can see it that he can do anything about it... , thought Naruto.
All the clones threw kunai and shuriken towards Sasuke at the same time, making it impossible to avoid every attack. Sasuke soon realised that, and decided to at least protect his vital organs which he did by quickly taking out some kunai from his body and using them to change the path of the most lethal weapond and soon fell to the ground as the remaining weapons hit him. When Naruto saw that Sasuke was still breathing, he was about to deliver the finishing blow by sending the dragon's head towards Sasuke's body in order to crush him but he came to a stop when he heard a weird sound, something like birds, as though there were thousand of birds chirping...
After their last clash, Kakashi's blood was dripping from Zabuza's blade, which allowed Kakashi to summon dogs following the scent of his blood and consequently attacked Zabuza, bitting him and not letting him move. Kakashi then charged his special jutsu : Raikiri, also known as Chidori, and ran towards Zabuza in order to throw his jutsu through Zabuza's heart. However, as he was just about to kill Zabuza, Haku appeared just in front of Zabuza taking the hit in his place, dispelling Kakashi's summonings and holding his arm for his last moments.
Curious, Naruto ran towards the noise, and as the mist was dissipating, he arrived on the scene and what he saw froze his blood : the copy-nin Kakashi's arm through Haku's heart. As Zabuza was preparing to counterattack and kill Kakashi as Haku was still holding him in place, Naruto was still in schock but a whisper was starting to thump in his ears :
Kill... kill... kill...
Kakashi managed to dodge the attack just in time and as Naruto was starting to come out of his stupor, Zabuza gave him an order :
" Naruto, stay where you are, this is my fight, don't get involved . "
Kakashi and Zabuza fought again but it quickly became apparent Zabuza was severely weakened and Kakashi soon put his both arms out of commission. When it was clear that Zabuza was completely defeated, their client Gato made his apparition, followed by a horde of henchmen. Gato then declared :
" Zabuza, you are so weak ! I was going to have you killed after you completed your mission but you didn't even manage to do that. Oh well, it's a good thing I 'invited' a guest ! Tazuna ! Give up your foolish bridge and send back those shinobi to where they were or I will kill your dear daughter ! ", He then pointed to a woman held by two men and walked towards Haku's corpse when he saw it. " By the way, I owe your friend, he nearly crushed my arm last time. Ah, he's already dead. ", said Gato before kicking Haku's head.
Seeing that, Naruto's anger quickly rose and he heard the voice getting louder and louder :
Kill ! Kill ! Kill !
Naruto then ran towards Gato to kill him, shouting : " Bastard ! ", but was stopped by Zabuza's cold voice :
" Naruto ! Stop ! They are too many for you to deal with. Just give me a kunai. "
Naruto did as he was told and watched Zabuza sprinting towards Gato and killing every thug in his way who still managed to drive some of their blades into his body before he finally caught up to Gato and beheaded him. Exhausted and dying, the Devil of the Mist finally fell to the ground. Upon seeing his last precious person, to whom he owed the most precious months of his life, taken away from him in the worse possible way, Naruto felt an adulterated hatred growing in him and finally gave in to the voice which was now shouting :
KILL ! KILL THEM ALL !
Naruto felt his power increase dramatically and driven by his hatred, he attacked the horde of thugs and killed them in the most horrid ways with a stupefying speed. Most of them tried to run away, completely forgetting about the hostage and only caring for their lives, but the demonic kid who wanted their heads and to spill their blood all over the place soon caught up to them and dismembered them, those who were courageous and foolish enough to defy were soon horrified to see his wounds heal immediately and ended up with a kunai through their guts or his claws slashing their throats. The massacre only stopped once all the thugs were dead one way or another.
Sasuke was feeling himself drift away but was shaken out of his peace by an ominous killing intent which left him very much awake, once his sight stopped swirling and bluring he noticed that the pink-haired girl was bandaging his wounds as best as she could and his eyes widened when he saw from where the killing intent was coming. Not only the so-called deadlast managed to beat him but he apparently obtained some incredible power considering how easily he killed the numerous men that were there for some reason.
How did he gain so much power ? , thought Sasuke still watching.
Not far from him, Sai was woken up pretty much the same way :
Huh ? I'm not dead ? Why ? This power... The Kyuubi is trying to break free... I can hardly stand... I'm in no condition to fight... Am I going to die anyway, then ? All I can do is wait and listen...
As all the preys were dead and the power was starting to hurt him, Naruto finally calmed down and the surge of power disappeared leaving only exhaustion. He then walked towards Zabuza and knelt next to him.
" Zabuza-san... Don't leave me, please... ", implored Naruto.
" Don't be a moron, Naruto. I won't live much longer now... Do me a favor and bring me next to Haku... ", said Zabuza.
" Hai, Zabuza-san... ", he then lifted up Zabuza's body and while he took him towards Haku he listened to what he was telling him.
" Live on, Naruto... Don't die uselessly... Take the money and your scroll in our hideout and keep Kubikiri Houcho (A/N : Zabuza's sword) for you... ", said Zabuza.
" What ! No ! that's too much ! I can't accept ! ", refused Naruto.
" Just do as I say, I won't need them anymore, anyway... But if it's really a problem for you, just promise me you will kill the Mizukage for me in return... ", finished Zabuza.
" Hai, Zabuza-san, I promise. ", declared Naruto before putting Zabuza's body on the ground, next to Haku.
Snow unexpectedly began to fall, as if in mourning, and the Devil of the Mist peacefully passed away watching Haku's face.
Naruto stood up, went to take Zabuza's sword and walked away, but was stopped by Kakashi who stood on his way.
" I can't let you go so easily, I have to return you to Konoha by all means if necessary... ", declared Kakashi.
" Shut up ! It's all your fault ! I never knew true happiness in Konoha and as if you hadn't made me suffer enough you took away my precious friends ! With whom I spent the best months of my whole life ! ", said Naruto as Kakashi winced, " you'll have to take me by force, we're both exhausted but I am sure I have more chakra left than you do. Besides, your precious Uchiha wasn't left unscathed from our fight and the human body doesn't have a lot of blood, if you see what I mean... Now choose, me or your precious Uchiha ? ", demanded Naruto as he pointed Kubikiri Houcho towards Kakashi.
" You were born and raised in Konoha, Naruto ! Why did you give up your loyalty for your home ? ", asked Kakashi.
" What have they ever done to deserve my loyalty ? I was treated like shit there ! I believed in Konoha but I lost my innocence when they sent people to kill me for something I was the one who paid the heavier price and that I never asked for. If they want a scapegoat they can choose someone else. I recovered some hope for a better life but Konoha keeps taking that away from me. Now, you better move out of my way, I'm not in the mood for anymore of your annoying chit-chat. ", explained Naruto before Kakashi finally gave up and let him pass.
Naruto finally walked away, leaving Team 7 pondering the meaning of his words, before he stopped at the border of the close forest and turned towards Team 7, leaving his last words to them with a stern face :
" I can tell you one thing though, I swear I will go back to Konoha one day and I'm sure I will have a lot of fun with everyone then... "
As he finally disappeared in the forest, Kakashi was left worrying about the double meaning of his promise, but he had to keep his students alive for now before worrying about the future.
After making sure he wasn't followed Naruto went back to their hideout, and recovered his new possessions, before wondering about where he should go now.
All alone I won't live long with the bunch of Hunter-nin after me... Where could I go ? I don't think other missing-nin would accept a kid like me so easily... Wait... if I remember well there was a place which accepted Missing-nin... What was the name already ?
Flashback
" Well, there's still this new village, Otogaruke, they accept missing-nin. ", said Haku.
" Yes, but they take them as new members for the village, they don't hire mercenaries. And there's this rumor that their leader hates Konoha and is willing to do anything just to learn a new jutsu...
End Flashback
Yes, Otogaruke... I'm sure he would be very interested in the Scroll of Forbidden Seals in exchange for some training, though I should learn the Scroll by heart just in case he keeps it away from me... Now that I think about it that weird girl invited me to join them too, though she never gave me her name...
Flashback
" Probably my boss, he's not very well seen by Leaf-nin. Eh ! As it seems you're a missing-nin why don't you join us, we could always use someone like you ! ", proposed Tayuya.
" Join who exactly ? ", asked a confused Naruto.
" Otogaruke, of course. You would be welcome, particularly if the Leaf is after you. ", answered Tayuya.
End Flashback
Yes, that's definitely the best place I could go, and I probably share the same interests with their leader towards Konoha...
Naruto, finally decided about his destination, walked out of the hideout and gave it a last look remembering the precious times he spent with his friends, whom he considered as his family.
Farewell, Haku, Zabuza-san. I'll miss you... and I will make them pay. , promised Naruto before heading towards Sound Country.
Next chapter : " The Dark Side "
A/N : Finally ! It's here ! I'm sure you're happy to finally read the whole chapter ! My exams ended and now I have more time for my fic ! Don't forget to vote for the pairings !
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