Madara's student.
Disclaimer: Naruto and it's characters are owned by Masashi Kishimoto.
Kamiyonanayo
'pathetic.' thought Naruto. He was currently tied to a chair and bound with rope. 'How did I get into this mess, everything was going great before I was fucking taken hostage and tied to a chair within a dark room with only one light, but did they have to take my shirt... pathetic... if I could mould my chakra at the time I could have killed them easily but the gas also had to mess with my senses making taijutsu near impossible.'
Flash Back
'Kamiyonanayo' thought Naruto. Just before the killing blow was made something blocked the katana of the Iwa nin.
"What?" whispered the nin.
It was a scythe. And the one who was holding it was a priest wearing black robes and a strange mask, the mask had two pointed ears resembling a fox and three 'eyes'. The Iwa nin was cowering under the 'glare' of the mask. Where did it come from?
The black robed priest pushed the iwa nin back and with a swing of it's scythe a sickle-like wave appeared and cut through the nin but it didn't kill him but he found that all his chakra was gone, possibly that wave-like energy drained his chakra from the black robed priests attack. The other Iwa shinobi were unsure of what to do. Their partner wasn't dead so why was he just standing there?
Naruto stared blankly at the nins but his breathing was heavy from all the poisoned gas. He focused as much chakra as he could into his right eye and a blue ring appeared behind him bearing the kanji for 'jewel'. An angelic priestess burst through the ring. She wore flowing cream coloured robes and translucent ribbons. She too had a mask with two fox like ears and three eyes however she had a red crown-like accessory on it's mask.
The priestess gathered up chakra that the black robed priest stole and focused intently. She created a glowing ball of white transparent chakra and threw it at the enemy shinobi which forced them to fly back onto a street. They were relatively unharmed and their wounds were superficial.
Naruto was struggling to stay conscious but the justu was wearing down all his chakra, the gas was causing his chakra control to go haywire and the sleeping affect was hampering his physical abilities and was wearing down upon him swiftly. He was foolish to believe that the chakra signatures outside his hotel room were Kiri shinobi Mei had sent. And he didn't focus on his sensor abilities to reveal the location of the shinobi who threw the cannister into the room.
Naruto was trying to maintain control and focus on his two creations. But the gas was affecting his concentration and he was becoming incredibly drowsy. He got up onto his feet and with his remainging strength porpelled himself out of the hotel room breaking through the walls. He landed on the ground but tunbled abit his feet came in contact with the ground, coughing all the way his two priests following after him. When he was outside he saw that the Iwa shinobi had recovered from the priestess's attack. His remaining strength was waning on him and the blonde lost conciousness and his two priests puffed away in smoke.
No one in Kiri were able to get to the disturbance fast enough to ascertain who caused it and by then the enemy shinobi had already taken Naruto.
Flashback end
When Naruto woke up he found out that he was tied to a chair in a dark room, he could only guess that the Iwa nins captured him and later restrained him. He was currently wondering where Konan was? Was she trying to rescue him or did she not give a shit about him? And where the fuck was Zetsu when you needed him most?
Deciding that Naruto was just going to sit back and find out what the Iwa nins wanted he relaxed in the chair not caring about anything in particular or what the Iwa nins were going to do. Did they want to bring him to Iwa to turn him into a breeder for the sharingan? the ancient and stubborn kage Ōnoki probably wanted him to join his village, or was it out of revenge for all the Iwa nins he killed a few days ago?
He sighed happily, he was going to enjoy whatever amusing torture the Iwa nins had in mind. Madara had personally put Naruto through the worst kind of torture imaginable by using Tsukuyomi to keep him within the world for days torturing him non-stop, Zetsu questioned the old mans sanity at the time believing that it was overkill to keep a person within Tsukuyomi for weeks at a time torturing them. Although the end result was amazing. It helped Naruto build up his mental fortitude and gave him a high resistance to pain.
His thoughts then travelled to one of his Dōjutsu's techniques. The Kamiyonanayo was described by Madara to be the greatest battle jutsu in the world. With it Naruto could create his own unique beings made entirely out of his chakra, it was similar to the Susanoo but on a more advanced level where like the Susanoo it created beings made of chakra but instead of a skeletal soldier, the beings made from the Kamiyonanayo were more like shock troopers than soldiers.
But there was more to the Kamiyonanayo than creating personal guardians with their own individual powers. There was far more to that eye ability than the Tsukuyomi or even the forbidden eye techniques of the Uchiha clan.
Naruto had accidentally discovered this exclusive ability when he added to much chakra into his right eye when practicing with the blaze release. The result was nine created constructs each with a different shape and abilities. However that was for the right eye, the left eye was far more versatile and powerful but both eyes at once using the Kamiyonanayo was truly a jewel among pearls.
Naruto tried to focus his chakra but he found that is chakra was being actively suppressed. Focusing even more he found the chakra suppression seal on the nape of his neck. From all he knew about Iwagakure he knew that they were at least decent in seals. The chakra suppression seal was created by the Uzumaki clan, Naruto's clan. So he knew the advantages and drawbacks of the seal and he could use is knowledge to escape. That is if someone rescues him before then.
The shackles that were currently holding were weak and made of soft flexible metal, therefore it would be easy for him to break in part to his physical strength that he advanced in the years. But he knew that even with taijutsu he wasn't on the level of Might Guy, the green idiot of the Hidden Leaf. But he was confident enough that he believed he could kill the Iwa nins with one hand. But then he remembered his capture. He truly was pathetic that shinobi fodder such as Iwa could capture him. He admitted that the only people who could defeat him were Nagato and possibly Obito. Nagato because of his skill with the Rinnegan and his experience in battle, but the leader of the Akatsuki's arrogance was a weakness he needed to fix. And Obito, but that was because Naruto overestimated him.
Naruto was brought out of his musings by a door opening in front of him. A person walked in wearing a brown flak jacket. He had slightly spiky, brown hair and brown eyes. When the nin looked at Ryū he sneered at the tied up blonde.
"Hello." said Ryū with an annoying smirk. The nin narrowed his eyes at the sharingan wielder. The nin scrutinised the man in front of him. He was laid back and relaxed as if nothing could affect him in his content world despite being tied up like a criminal on trial. The blonde was also well sculpted in muscle and there wasn't a scar on his body except for a spot above his heart where it looked like he was hit by a lightning bolt that arced outwards. "Can you untie these bonds please."
The Iwa nin looked up to see Naruto smirking at him happily.
"Can you please untie these bonds." stated Naruto with a big grin as if finding the situation funny. The Iwa nins eye twitched a little in annoyance.
"My name is Kuri Ganseki, I am a jonin in service to Tsuchikage-sama an-" but he stopped his sentence when he noticed Naruto wasn't listening as if he wasn't worth his attention. He gained a tick mark on his forehead at the level of attention Naruto was giving him. "HEY!" yelled Kuri. Naruto snapped his head and gave him his attention to the nin.
"What?" asked Naruto shrugging his shoulders. Kuri's face puffed up in anger and he gained a prominent tick mark that was pulsing.
"You killed my brother." said Kuri gritting his teeth. Though Naruto stared him blankly which seemd to unnerve Kuri a little. Naruto sighed and breathed in some air.
He closed his eyes and started thinking about who was the person he killed. But then he realised he didn't care.
"You think I care about your problems and you believe that I actually do." spoke Naruto as he opened his eyes. "Honestly, I could care less who I kill, your brother did his duty as a shinobi serving his village, he died like a shinobi, no... he died like a dog." said Naruto scornfully. He then felt a fist impact against his face. Kuri was shaking with rage and he was grinding his teeth.
But Naruto continued on with his psychological warfare intent on finding what the shinobi wanted, but he guessed it was revenge.
"I slaughtered him just like all the others, he couldn't ever think of defeating me... none of them were worth my time... but it felt good watching his life slip away." lied Naruto. "He was the ninja who I killed via lacerations to the heart... correct?" asked Naruto. A another punch to the face was his answer and he knew he was right.
"He had a child!" yelled Kuri. But Naruto continued smirking. He didn't care if he had a grandmother.
"I don't have what he has." said Naruto with his smirk. Kuri punched Ryū again and left the room. All throughout that 'talk' Naruto was sending enormous amounts of chakra into the suppression seal.
Konan was currently speaking to the Mizukage about what had happened at her and Ryū's hotel room. When the blue haired woman arrived at the hotel after a mission the Miukage gave her, she saw that the door had been blown nearly of it's hinges. There were tumbled over items as if there had been a scuffle in the room. However Ryū's items were still there such as his katana and his coat and Akatsuki cloak. However Ryū himself was missing.
Even though she had been partners with the blonde for a while. Konan knew that he wold never leave behind his katana or his coat. So where was her partner? Shortly after the Mizukage's forces arrived to investigate what had happened.
"My ANBU are currently looking into what has happened at the hotel and who could have caused it and why." said Mei in a proffesional voice.
"I just care about getting my partner back." said Konan emotionlessly. She had many questions that only Ryū could answer and she needed them answered and soon, she meant to ask him after his date with the Mizukage but her mission took longer than expected and then there was this mess.
"My ANBU were able to discover a few pieces of evidence that could lead us to the to the perpetrators." said Mei as she took out a scroll and unsealed it's contents. There was a used up cannister, a gask mask and a katana. Konan inspected the gas mask and cannister, they were used in recon untis to capture targets judging by the cannister's model and the gas mask... it didn't take a genious to figure out that it was linked to the cannister, but the katana, Konan had seen the same brand of that sword. It was shorter than the average sword but it had a square-shaped guard and brown hilt.
"That katana is a model used usually by shinobi from Iwagakure." informed Konan. Mei wasn't surprised by Konan's information. In the past Iwagakure had utilised the Akatsuki so it be natural for Konan to recognise the sword.
But still why kidnap Ryū. Iwa has always been a village who couldn't reign in their emotions very well. Given the many assassination attempts on the Yondaime Hokage after the third shinobi world war.
Suddenly Ao burst into the room. He was sweating and his breathing was heavy.
"M-Mizukage-sama... we found 't-this' near the crime scene." said Ao as he held up an Iwagakure Hitai-ate.
"There are only a few possible explanations why Iwa is here or more specifically... Ryū." said Konan her face not betraying any emotion. "One: The Tsuchikage ordered his shinobi to capture Ryū and possibly use him as a breeder for the sharingan if he does posses it naturally because I don't believe his sharingan is a 'gift' from someone like he said it was... or to join their village strengthening Iwagakure by training it's next generation of shinobi... two: some of the Tsuchikage's shinobi have gone against his orders and have taken it upon themselves to eliminate Ryū in revenge or because he is a threat to their village." theorised Konan.
Mei nodded her head in agreement because it sounded like something Iwa would do considering all it's done in the past.
"Ao, have three teams of oinin to track down the shinobi that took Ryū-kun." oredered Mei.
"Already have Mizukage-sama we were able to find a trail leading out of Kiri." said Ao. Mei smiled in gratitude and dismissed Ao.
Naruto was still sitting in the dark room. He continuously channeling enormous amounts of chakra into the seal. His clan created the seal and they sold it to all the other nations or was stolen from in Iwa's case. But most didn't know the weakness to the seal. By focusing large and continuous amounts of chakra into the seal will the seal itself wear down and eventually break, however it takes a while for the seal to actually break.
He heard a lock click and the door in front him opened to reveal four Iwa nin all with sneers on their faces.
"We have time before he arrives." said one of the nins.
"But he wants him unharmed." said another. Naruto raised his eyebrow at the banter but decided not to look into it.
"We'll just use medical ninjutsu to heal him." said another. A smirk appeared on Naruto's face.
"Lets just do it... what can he do he's an old man and this one is tied up." said the last nin gesturing towards Naruto.
"This is going to be fun." said a voice within the room. The nins looked at Ryū who had an annoying yet arrogant smirk.
"Thats our line!" said a shinobi who was particularly annoyed by the smirk.
Then all the nins started beating Naruto within an inch of his life. All the while the blonde had the same smirk throughout the beating. He had suffered much worse in his time in Konoha what the Iwa shinobi were giving him was a massage.
Three men were walking on a road towards the Land of Water. Two had distinctive ANBU masks but instead they wore attire different from normal ANBU. And each had a tantō sheathed on the back of their right shoulders.
One the third individual was walking slowly and it appeared he had withered in time as he was walking with a cane.
"Has the Iwagakure shinobi captured the target?" asked the third individual.
"Yes my lord, they are currently holding him in a bunker on one of the islands that dot the land of Water, within a few more hours we should be there." answered one of the other individuals.
"Very good, as long as the asset is mostly intact, I have no qualms." said the man with the cane.
"But my lord can we truly trust him." said the other person among the trio.
"Yes we can, for we gain the sharingan and a useful pawn, I just have to use 'that' if it doesn't go according to plan." said the man with the cane.
The trio were currently unaware that they were being tailed by shinobi wearing demon masks and wielding katanas. One of the trio sensed their presences through their chakra. He craned his eyes searching the forest they were walking through.
"My lord." stated the sensor among the group.
"Yes I know." said the man with the cane. He he then stabbed his crane into the ground where it stayed there standing like a statue. "I have not seen combat for quite a while, this is perfect chance to get my muscles all limbered and supple."
The old man then began shifting the bandages around his right eye revealing a blood red sharingan.
"Do not interfere, this won't take long." ordered the old man. Suddenly four shinobi wearing dark green flak jackets sprung out form the tree line, their katanas at the ready, aimed for the kill.
The old man went through some handseals now revealing that he had a fully functional right arm behind his black robe. He drew in some breath and faced the shinobi's were attempted to attack him with crescent move like waves of cutting winds.
The ninja in mid air couldn't redirect their trajectory as they were sliced up by the wind currents. They tumbled on the ground and landed in heaps, one landing near the old man with the sharingan and a katana landing near his feet. The only living nin gasped in pain from all the wounds on his body.
The old man grasped the katana and held it over the nins head.
"Is your target the Konoha elder? or me personally?" asked the bandaged man. The nin gasped out a 'kill me' in response. "Well not that it matters anyway." the bandaged man stabbed his katana into the shinobi's head killing him instantly.
A rain of kunai flew from the tree line straight at the hidden Leaf elder. The man used his un-bandaged arm and grabbed the collar of the nin using him as a human shield, protecting him from the kunai.
The old mans sharingan scanned among the trees picking out his targets.
'seven, eight, nine, ten... seventeen in total.' thought the shinobi as he scrutinised his enemies. More kunai flew from the trees intending to kill the man.
The man used the still used the body as a makeshift shield and the kunai kept impacting against the body while the old man went through some more handseals behind the corpse.
He pushed the body aside and aimed his jutsu at the trees.
"Fūton: shinkū renpa (wind release: Vacuum serial waves)!" yelled the man as he fired mutiple waves of eviscerating wind at the trees. Some shinobi didn't have much time to move before their bodies were bisected from the wind.
The shinobi that were able to escape drew their katanas and charged at the bandaged man. The man grasped the katana that was in his human shields head and engaged the nins in kenjutsu. The man had years of combat experience under his belt, so he was able to parry, dodge and slice all the nins in his sight most of them were cut down before they could register that they were dead.
He threw his katana at a shinobi where it pierced his head killing the nin. The man went through some more handseals and prepared his jutsu.
"Fūton: Shinkūgyoku (Wind release: Vacuum sphere)!" yelled the man as he exhaled numerous bullet like blasts of wind at the his remaining enemies. The bullets penetrated their flak jackets and flesh easily. Three shinobi fell to the ground dead while three more still lived.
The old man took up his sword again and engaged the shinobi in sword play. He killed another nin by stabbing him in the neck with his sword. Where he then used the body as a shield where the two other shinobi stabbed the body. Using the opportunity that the ninja were close to him the bandaged man removed the katana via slashing the neck and killing the last two combatants in a swift and grizzly strike.
The mans lone sharingan watched as the last of his attackers fall to the ground and he stood there not a drop of blood on his wrinkled body.
"These are remnants of the Hannya black ops from the land of Woods that we eliminated in the past." informed on of the old mans travelling companions.
"It's always been like this, snakes always look for the slightest opportunity to strike." said the man.
"Now that you have come out of the shadows, incidents like 'this' will increase our headaches in lots of ways, this may become more troublesome for you sir." said the other travelling companion.
"Shinobi once belonged to a world of aesthetics, to be nameless and anonymous, your existence hidden from the world was a source of pride." said the man as he grasped his cane that hadn't moved from it's spot. "By controlling whats seen and whats hidden can one truly strengthen village and nation... that is why I respect Ryū Yokaze, he is everything a shinobi must be in this world, deceptive, cunning, ruthless... he doesn't allow the world to see him unless he wants to be seen and when he is seen he inspires fear with his power, when he infiltrated the village he purposely revealed his presence when he was compromised and before that he was hidden in plain sight... 'let the people mask you so that you are one with the crowd', he knows this best of all, and as quickly as he appeared he disappeared as if he was phantom, that is what a shinobi must do, what ninja must be... he is the pinnacle of what shinobi must represent, and I will have him as my pawn." proclaimed the old man.
"We should arrive at the bunker within a hour or so if we keep up our previous pace." informed one of the trio.
"Good, I am quite eager to meet Yokaze-san and when I have him on my side I will be supplying the village with a powerful weapon, one that is far more exceptional than Kakashi Hatake or possibly Sakumo Hatake, not even Tsunade will repudiate the decision, for even though he killed all those ANBU he is worth more than fifty of them." said the man as he shifted his bandages on his eye to their original position. With that the trio reignited their journey to the Land of Water.
Naruto didn't feel anything, the fists striking his face were tickling him, what he went through at the hands of the civilians was far worse than any beating. And throughout the beating he had the same annoying smirk all the way through.
He wondered why Zetsu had yet to contact him. The plant man was loyal to him, so where was he now. If he hadn't had gotten captured by ninja fodder this wouldn't have happened, but now that is occurred to him, the cannister and the gas it excreted, didn't come from Iwagakure but from Konoha. Someone in the leaf wanted to capture him and they supplied the Iwa nins with the necessary tools. Naruto felt like a headless chicken for not seeing it sooner.
The Iwa nins then stopped their brutal beating and took a look at their work. Ryū's face was red and puffy and he was bleeding form his mouth and nose, there wasn't a part of his face that wasn't bruised. His nose was slightly disfigured and his lips and eyelids were swollen. It's as if he appeared out of a bad painting given the extent of the injuries.
"Do you think he's had enough?" asked one of the four Iwa shinobi as he looked at the beaten Ryū.
"Yeah he's had enough besides we can't have him die on us since that mummy needs him." said another ninja as he spat on Naruto.
The four shinobi then left the room promising to heal Naruto... later. But they didn't notice that some of Naruto's wounds were already starting to heal. And he still had that same smirk.
Zetsu appeared in it's usual manner via slinking from the ground in-front of Naruto. The clone's venus fly trap appendage opened up revealing the black and white man. When it looked at Naruto the white ones eye widened a little in horror but the black showed no emotion, Naruto would heal from the beating in a few seconds.
"Naruto are you ok?" asked white Zetsu nervously. Naruto eyes had healed enough so that he could see and he subconsciously glared at white Zetsu for asking such a stupid and obvious question.
"What do you think Zetsu?" asked Naruto out of the blue with a hint of sarcasm.
"Well I'm going to say that, you're not ok." replied Zetsu which caused Naruto to tighten his glare. The black Zetsu getting unnerved by the glare (even though it wasn't aimed at him) decided to tell Naruto of what they had discovered.
"I found it." stated Black Zetsu which caused Naruto to look at him with wide eyes. And soon Naruto grinned in happiness.
"You found it." repeated Naruto. "Where has it been all this time?"
"In a temple within the Land of Lightning guarded by monks that are cut off from society." responded Black Zetsu.
"Perfect, now... can you untie me?" asked Naruto who's happy grin was still in full sway. He was happy because of the one thing he was searching for had been found an artefact of legend.
"Oh yes sorry." spoke White Zetsu. But before either party could do anything they heard the click of the door and Zetsu materialised into the ground while Naruto's injuries had fully rejuvenated.
When the door opened it revealed a man wearing a white shirt with a black robe with a purple obi, he had one arm and it appeared he had lost the other long ago along with his right eye which was concealed by bandages. He had black shaggy, spiky hai,r lots of wrinkles and an 'X' shaped scar on his chin. Naruto widened his eyes in surprise, he knew this man from long ago.
Flashback
Seven year old Naruto was walking through the halls of the Hokage tower, today he was meeting the Hokage who he had dubbed 'jiji' because he was like a grandfather to him. The blonde would visit the old Kage three days a week, the old man ahd been kind enough to give him an apartment and a weekly allowance so that he could live with.
But Naruto always wondered why the Hokage was interested in him and only him. None of the other orphans were given the privilege to meet the Hokage unless the were in the ninja academy and even seeing him as an academy student was rare. He passed by the Hokage's secretary that instinctley scowled at him, but he payed her no mind as he kept walking to his 'jiji's' office.
When he was right in-front of the door he heard voice behind it as if both were arguing with each other.
"I have told you before and many times Danzō that he is just a boy not a tool." Naruto heard the Hokage's words from behind the door and he pressed his ear against the door intent on listening in some more.
"He is not a tool Hiruzen but a weapon, under my guidance he will become the greatest weapon Konoha has ever produced if you just hand him over to me." said the man now known as 'Danzō'.
"Watch what you say Danzō, I will not stand by and watch as you turn that pure hearted boy into one of your emotionless dogs." continued Sarutobi.
"He is not a boy, he is a human sacrifice, sacrifice is the way of shinobi." rebuked Danzō. The two men glared at each other unaware of the little spy behind the door.
"We have had this discussion before Danzō." spat Sarutobi as if it was poison on his tongue. "You will never get your hand on that power, so leave before I force you out." threatened Hiruzen with a small amount of killing intent which made the war-hawk back down.
And with that Danzō stormed out of the office.
'I will get the kyūbi one day Hiruzen, I promise you that.' thought Danzō never looking over his shoulder.
When Danzō opened the door his lone beheld the subject of the conversation with him and the Hokage.
Naruto shivered a little under the cold stare of the bandaged man. Naruto couldn't feel anything coming from this man it was as if he was empty like the void. Danzō didn't say a word but left without offering a glance back at Naruto.
Flashback end
'Danzō.' snarled Naruto within his mind.
Danzō hobbled into the room his cane tapping against the ground was the only sound as it echoed off the walls. He snapped his fingers as two men wearing customised clothing with ANBU masks walked into the room carrying a chair and laid it down directly opposite of Naruto, it seemed these two were Danzō's servants.
The old man sat down in the chair and stared at Ryū with a calculating gaze as if trying to discern something from the blonde but the Konoha elder also noticed how much resemblance there was between this man and Naruto Uzumaki. But there old badger brushed off those thoughts because it was confirmed by Jiraiya that Naruto Uzumaki the Yondaime's Legacy was dead.
"Hello Yokaze-san." greeted Danzō in a formal manner. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you in person, I have heard many things from you and regarding your exploits."
Naruto's face held no emotion and just continued to stare at Danzō blankly. However Danzō was able to read Ryū, he could immediately see that Ryū was a shinobi who kept his emotions in check and never showed any kind of softness.
"Given your power and your mastery of the sharingan and your other abilities, I have little doubt that you are a remarkable shinobi who will make the correct decisions when you are faced with obstacles that require those decisions." continued Danzō. For a split second Naruto saw something at what appeared to be approval. Naruto continued to stare coldly at Danzō. And finally spoke up after deducing that the old badger wouldn't leave until he received answers.
"Your compliments are gratifying and your confidence in my ability fills me with pride but you have yet to introduce yourself since you already know me." spoke Ryū emotionlessly, he knew that despite his frail appearance that Danzō was an incredibly dangerous individual who kept his skills refined. He was considered a prime candidate for the Hokage position so that meant he had power to back it up.
"Oh yes how could I forget, it's the only polite thing to do when introducing someone... I am Danzō Shimura an elder of the Konohagakure." replied Danzō who had yet to show any emotion. "Now onto the real reason I am here."
"I have come to extend an offer that will only be given once." said Danzō cautiously. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the old man. "I want you to join Konoha, forsake the Akatsuki and serve under me as a ROOT agent." offered Danzō. "I will give you whatever you wish for or desire in return and I can pardon all the crimes you have committed against the village while also offering protection from the Akatsuki."
Naruto raised his eyebrow at the man. He wanted him to join Konoha and become an operative of 'ROOT'.
"Thank you for the generous offer." started Ryū, a small mirk played on the lips of Danzō. "But I politely refuse for I don't wish to work for a pisshole such as Konoha, why would I want to be surrounded by idiots and twits who are more likely to trip and fall on their own kunai." said Ryū sardonically.
Danzō's lips pursed tightly at the sharingan wielders insults to his village. Knowing that he couldn't get Ryū to join through normal means Danzō decided to use his trumpcard.
"Are you sure? You could become a great operative among ROOT." spoke Danzō in a last ditch effort.
"At what point did I ever claim to join Konoha... I loathe your village, I hope, no I dream that all your civilians are butchered and raped on the streets while your children become slaves to your conquerers... and as you take one last look at your shining Konoha... your Hokage monument will whither and decay and shall be nothing more than dust, you leaves will burn in the smoke permeated wind and your 'Will of Fire' will be nothing more than a dying ember on the verge of becoming ash, and then nothing of it shall remain but my joyous laughter." said Naruto sinfully with a deathly smirk as he made eye contact with Danzō which caused Danzō to sweat a little.
The Konoha elder stared back at Ryū. Danzō did not expect Ryū to act or speak so callously against Konoha he had only assumed that he infiltrated the village just for the Hiraishin. If there was an animal that would be best described as Ryū Yokaze, it would be a fox no... greater than a fox, a wolf, cunning, treacherous, protective, aggressive, loyal, powerful, these are the words that would describe the wolf known as Ryū Yokaze.
'I must use "it" now, Yokaze is too much of a threat judging on how he killed the elite of the village.' thought Danzō frantically. He channelled chakra into his right eye preparing one of the greatest genjutsu in the world. 'Kotoamats'
"Danzō-sama." said one of the old badgers ROOT operatives as he walked through the door, this took Danzō by surprise but he didn't show it and the surprise caused Danzō to accidentally cancel his jutsu. "The Iwa nin are demanding to see you and to talk about the payment for their services."
Danzō turned his head slightly and glanced at his subordinate through his left eye. He nodded slightly and got up off the chair.
"Very well... let us discuss the payment." said Danzō as he hobbled out of the room leaving Ryū alone.
Danzō and his other ROOT operative were walking through the old bunker that Ryū was being held in. the bunker itself was used by Kiri years ago but fell out of use after the Second Shinobi World War.
The four Iwa nin who had captured Ryū were waiting within a small room around a rectangular table. Danzō walked into the room and sat at a chair reserved for him,
"The payment." said Kuri Ganseki who was obviously the leader among the four.
"Yes the payment you shall have it." spoke Danzō. Suddenly all the shinobi's throats were slit by the tantō's of Danzō's subordinates. "the payment of your lives would be sufficient enough... now I am aware that I contracted more Iwa shinobi than these four so we will have to deal with them or allow Yokaze-san to deal with them... now back o my appointment with the wolf."
But before Danzō could get out of his chair he felt a massive force shook the foundations of the bunker. Causing some dust within the room to be dishevelled.
"Danzō-sama this quake is being cause by Yokaze's chakra." said one ROOT soldier who was a sensor.
"Unbelievable! He's doing this with just his chakra." said the other ROOT soldier who was exasperated.
"We're leaving now this bunker is underground, it could come down on top of us." ordered Danzō who kept a cool composure.
With Naruto a few minutes earlier
Naruto was still thinking over Danzō's offer to return to the Leaf village. But the words he spoke were true, he never wanted to go back to that village, ever. He couldn't be bothered to destroy it at the time because of the Eye of the Moon Plan which would force everyone into the dreamscape where Konoha would no longer matter.
He had to get to the temple within the Land of Lightning, the one that was holding the artefact he wanted. He also had to meet up with the Akatsuki to remind them that he wasn't dead.
Then he felt something at the nape of his neck. The chakra suppression seal was broken, he could now manipulate his chakra freely although he had lost at least quarter of his reserves trying to destroy the seal.
He used his enhanced strength to break the shackles which were constricting him. He then pressed two of his fingers against the seal on his left wrist and smoke appeared around his form. When the smoke dissipated it revealed Naruto in his black samurai like armour however he lacked his weapons.
Zetsu appeared out of the ground beside Naruto.
"There are only a few Iwa nins left, and Danzō and his lackeys are in a different room in the bunker seeing as how you lack your weapons maybe you should rely on 'those'." stated Zetsu.
Naruto didn't respond but he registered what Zetsu said and what he meant.
'Kamiyonanayo' thought Naruto as he channeled chakra into his right eye allowing his eternal mangekyō to be shown to the world. And a massive blue mandala sprouted behind him each with a different ring and kanji on it.
"Come forth." started Naruto.
"Seiryū." from the 'azure 青' ring burst forth an azure, japanese dragon taller than a human, it had two large horns and three eyes along with fox like ears.
"Byakko." from the 'white 白' ring a white, slender and lean tiger which also had three eyes and fox ears along with sharp teeth came forth.
"Suzaku." from the 'vermillion 朱' ring appeared a vermillion bird with elegant and dramatic plumage and it too had the same mask but with a beak and a feather on it's crown.
"Genbu." from the 'black 玄' ring a tortoise with black overlapping plates and a white bushy tail burst forth from the ring and it had the standard mask three eyes, fox ears.
"Kinja." from the 'sky 空' ring a golden snake with a long body surfaced only it had the standard mask like it's predecessors.
"Tennyo." from the 'jewel 玉' ring a celestial maiden with flowing cream robes and lavender translucent ribbons appeared.
"Shinigami." from the 'three 三' ring came a skeletal black robed priest carrying a scythe.
"Hokuto sennin." from the 'north 北' ring a priest with travelling robes and a fox staff arose.
"Nanto sennin." from the 'south 南' ring a priest with a near identical shape to the hokuto sennin appeared and it too had a fox staff. The two sages both had three eyes and fox like ears.
All of the nine masked beasts gathered around Naruto as if protecting him.
"No matter how many times I see them they never cease to amaze me." said Zetsu in awe of the beasts.
"Were leaving Zetsu!" yelled Naruto. The Seiryū walked ahead of Naruto and charged forward using it's amazing strength to break down the door.
Naruto walked on ahead with his loyal beasts trailing behind him. Naruto soon found the exit but not before sending the Byakko to scout ahead. Naruto could order his beasts mentally there fore making the creatures unpredictable to enemy ninja.
Once the Byakko had scouted ahead it ran back to Nartuo's position signalling that it was safe. Naruto made it outside the bunker and he could feel the rays of the sun shining down on him.
But it was short lived as Iwa shinobi surrounded Naruto from all sides but some appeared anxious as if not wanting to battle the masked beasts that surrounded the blonde.
'Nine masked beasts... have fun.' mentally commanded Naruto. The beasts sprung into action, catching the shinobi off guard with their sudden actions. Naruto was still standing in the same spot, arms folded as he watched his beasts fight for him.
Usually Naruto would get involved because his main fighting style was heavily dependant on his masked beasts like his shadow clones maybe it was because of his love for the Kage bunshin no jutsu that created the nine beasts because they fought as if they were clones of Naruto, he also discovered that the Kyūbi had more affect on him than he thought as he wondered why his beasts had fox ears and the sages had fox staffs, but it didn't matter for the moment. But this time he decided to watch, since it had been a long time since he brought all his beasts out.
At the corners of his eyes Naruto saw kunai flying towards him. The blonde was unafraid of the kunai, he didn't make any attempt to move out of the weapons path.
A purple barrier formed before Naruto as it blocked the kunai causing the weapons to drop to the floor. The Hokuto sennin and the Nanto sennin flew to Naruto's position as they were clearly the ones who created the barrier.
The Seiryū and the Byakko were tearing the nins apart with their claws, their great speed was too much for the nins before they were cut down. The Genbu and the Suzaku were either crushing the shinobi under their weight or were lifting them in the up in the air and letting gravity do the rest.
The Kinja, Shinigami and the Tennyo were binding their opponents with their ribbons or their bodies where the Shinigami would siphon their chakra and the Tennyo would give back that chakra in it's attacks.
Only a few minutes passed and the shinobi fodder stood little chance against the beasts.
Naruto popped his neck because he had a rather bad crick in a certain spot.
As he surveyed the carnage, he only wished they were stronger so that he could have his loyal beasts use their more powerful techniques. But alas it wasn't so which depressed Naruto slightly.
Zetsu walked up to the blonde and watched the beasts return to their masters side.
"They act like your clones." stated Zetsu as he noticed similarities between the shadow clone and the nine masked beasts well more like the way they fought instead of appearance as Naruto uses them to overwhelm his enemies.
"Although they require far less chakra." stated/explained Naruto.
"I've always wondered what happens when they die?" asked White Zetsu. Naruto didn't look at the artificial human but he heard the question.
"I tested out that question, so I ran my katana through the Tennyo and I couldn't use that certain beast for a at least a day." clarified Naruto. Zetsu nodded in understanding. Zetsu turned to a certain direction as he sensed nearby chakra, Naruto had yet to sense it because Black Zetsu was just a better sensor.
"There are twelve chakra signatures heading in this direction among them are two signatures that have high reserves, they are most likely the Mizukage and your partner Konan." spoke black Zetsu.
"What about Danzō?" questioned Naruto.
"He's long gone, he fled when the overwhelming pressure of your chakra you were emitting through your beasts caused him to flee back to Konoha." spoke black Zetsu.
"He tried to recruit me into his ANBU branch known by the name of ROOT." explained Naruto. "He said he would pardon me of my crimes towards the village... but I politely refused, like a gentlemen."
"Did you threaten him? His village? Or his family?" queried Zetsu.
"Village." answered Naruto bluntly. Zetsu nodded his head. "You should leave, I don't want you around the Mizukage or Konan... it would raise too much suspicion."
Zetsu melded into the ground but not before saying goodbye to his master. The nine beasts staretd fade away into dust as Ryū mentally dismissed them.
Ryū turned his gaze onto two corpses of his victims and his Eternal mangekyō started to spin.
Mei and Konan had been travelling for the past few hours following Ao and a select squad of oinin and ANBU. They were successfully able to find a trail leading them to Ryū and the Mizukage hoped that the blonde was still within the Land of Water for if he wasn't there was nothing she could do without provoking a war.
Konan was slightly anxious, she needed Ryū's answers, she needed to know his motives. She was a like a cat, too curious for her own good. Instead of splitting into her paper butterflies she decided to stay with the Mizukage and her forces.
"Mizukage-sama! We've discovered something!" yelled Ao. The Large party landed within a field which was coated with a light mist and dark trees.
But what horrified them was that there were bodies strewn about, some were mutilated by what looked like claw marks. Others were disfigured as if they had been crushed by some great weight. And some were missing limbs altogether. They were able to see brown flak jackets which were caked in blood and the red liquid stained the grass they were walking on.
And in the middle of it was Ryū who was sitting on a corpse twirling a kunai in-between his armoured fingers. And yet there wasn't a drop of blood on his muscled body or samurai-like armour.
Naruto tilted his head to look at his partner and the kage.
"sup." said Naruto with a grin. "You're late... missed out on all the fun."
"Ryū-kun, I- we thought you were captured." said the Mizukage but no one noticed her blunder.
"I was, but I was able to escape and killed my captors, as you can see they weren't much of a challenge." continued Naruto.
He walked over to the Mizukage's forces and while on the way Mei gave him a soft kiss on the cheek and whispered a 'glad you're safe' in his ear which caused him to blush a little. Many of the men glared at Ryū in jealousy.
'thats supposed to be me.' was the common thought shared among the male populace.
Konan meanwhile was staring at Ryū blankly, the questions she needed answered must be spoken behind closed doors.
The Land of Lightning: same time
The Land of Lightning was a mountainous land filled with thunderstorms and many clouds. Some of the mountains were jagged and tall and very treacherous were many explorers have lost their lives to the mountains that inhabited the Land. Very few buildings could survive the terrain.
One of the rare few buildings that can dwell on the mountain sides was a temple that resembled a shaolin monastery. It was a dark grey temple with no life or colour, it's buildings and roof tiles were chipped and fractured while the door to the temple was rusted. Snow blanketed the temple for it's height was far up in the mountains and temperature was freezing.
A man with blonde hair with a black coat and black armour was standing before the temple. Before the door there was a yamabushi and a tengu that appeared to ready to fight in their combat stances.
The man that was standing before the door was none other than Naruto. He was scanning the traditional buildings with his sharingan.
'Zetsu claimed that the temple and it's artefact was guarded by ninja monks.' thought Naruto. But he had yet to see any inkling that they existed other than this temple. He had followed the coordinates perfectly, so why did it feel like he was in the wrong place.
The biting snow didn't affect him in the slightest. Zetsu said the artefact was located within the temple and he came all this way to get it.
Naruto activated his eternal mangekyō and he summoned the arms of his Susanoo. The white arms were hammering against the doors, with every punch it left a dent in the door. Finally after some punching the door collapsed and with it a small layer of dust obscured the blondes vision.
He walked passed the gates and beheld the same dreary temple as he saw outside. It appeared that there wasn't anyone alive, only snow and the decaying temple buildings.
But at the corner of his eye he could see movement and it wasn't the blizzard that had washed over the mountain.
Monks dressed in grey and white hakamas with long sleeves that covered their arms and hands and red obi's tied around their wastes. And most if not all were bald.
They surrounded Naruto from all corners seemingly unafraid of him. They all lowered themselves into fighting stances ready to battle him.
Naruto was amused, he had never met ninja monks before so this was a new experience.
Then one monk started walking up to him but kept a safe distance from him. He was dressed in similar attire to the other monks and he was about middle aged. Like the other monks he was bald coupled with brown eyes.
"My name is Tatakai and I am the head monk of the Kagerou temple... you have trespassed on forbidden ground, it's best if you leave before we are resorted to use force." warned Tatakai. But Naruto wasn't intimidated.
"I don't care about your temple or the monks here." exclaimed Naruto loud enough to hear. A few snowflakes landed on his face and were quickly melted by his body heat. "I'm here for the artefact."
Tatakai frowned at the blonde. He was aware to which artefact he was talking about. But yet the monk also wondered how the man had found their temple and found the treasure they had been guarding ever since the clan wars.
"I am sorry all the monks here were born to defend the artefact with their lives, so you cannot go further... I will repeat my self, leave or we will use force." threatened Tatakai with a glare.
Naruto shrugged off the glare and popped his neck for he had another bad crick in that troublesome spot.
"If you raise your blade at me and bear your fangs that is your way of expressing your pride, however there is a fine line between pride and arrogance such as there is a fine line between love and hate and when you raise your blade in contempt of 'my' pride it feels like your saying that I'm arrogant." proclaimed Naruto.
"My distaste for arrogance is great... but my hatred for vanity and hubris is suffocating." spoke Naruto. "Kamiyonanayo: Byakko! Kinja! Shinigami! Seiryū!" yelled Naruto and the spoken beasts appeared out of the mandala and took their places by Naruto's side. "deal with them."
The beasts the size of men (excluding Seiryū) launched themselves at the monks while Naruto stood there unmoving.
"What is this! Is this puppetry of Suna!" yelled a monk before his throat was torn from his body by the Byakko.
The Shinigami was a whirlwind of death as it used it's scythe to cleave the monks. The Seiryū was having the highest kill count for it used it's massive size to deal with the monks.
The Kinja was using it whip like body to strike at the monks and many suffered broken bones and internal bleeding from the golden snake.
A few minutes passed and Tatakai was the only one alive, he tried to pick himself up off the ground but he was pinned to the cold floor by the Byakko.
Naruto was standing to the side of Tatakai, since he was the head monk he would know where the artefact was.
"Where is it?" questioned Naruto. The Byakko put some more pressure on Tatakai's back causing him to grunt in pain.
"I was sworn to-" put the Byakko put even more pressure on his back causing Tatakai to cough up blood.
"Tell me where it is?" Naruto questioned again but this time adding some if his killer intent.
Tatakai looked to his left and eyed a building. Unfortunately Naruto saw where his gaze travelled and he too saw the building.
"No." choked Tatakai. Naruto opened the door that restricted him from entering. As he peered into the architecture he beheld a straight bladed katana on a pedestal.
The katanas blade was black in colour and it seemed to glitter. The grip was black which had white in the middle, there was no guard which was perfect for the blonde. And there was a black rope and a black chain forming from the pommel. The black rope was a metre in length while the black chain was a metre and three inches.
Naruto grasped the katana as Tatakai watched with anxiety. He inspected the weapon in his right hand. Before placing his other hand on the blade and using his enhanced strength Naruto broke the sword in half. He tossed the remnants of the blade near Tatakai.
"Where is it really?" asked Naruto more forcefully. Tatakai didn't answer, he just glared at the blonde as the tiger on his back pinned him to the ground.
Because of his silence he was rewarded with the Byakko's claws boring into his back causing Tatakai to cough up some more blood and to grimace in pain.
Tatakai's will was breaking this man with the red eyes had decimated the monks and made it look easy all the while he didn't lift a finger.
Tatakai glanced at a unique stone carving on the building Naruto walked out of. The carving appeared to be swirling whirlwinds guarding a Yin-Yang symbol.
But Naruto's sharingan saw the glance and the dōjutsu wielder walked up to the carving not paying heed to Tatakai's warnings.
Naruto inspected the carving as he rubbed his hand over it to from free it from the snow. The artefact was hidden in the mechanism he just had to access it and he could leave.
Naruto pressed his fingers against the two dots in the symbols. And he heard a clicking sound emanating from the carving. The whirlwinds began to move away from the Yin-Yang symbol and the icon itself opened up now becoming two magatama. And from that a hilt the exact same shape and colour of the fake Naruto broke emerged it even had the black rope and the black chain connected to the blade.
The blonde gripped the hilt and unsheathed the katana from it's stone prison he also noticed that the weapon lacked a guard. The blade was straight and black in colour and looked unbelievably sharp.
He had heard legends of this particular blade from Madara. The old goat even told him that he had been looking for the sword for most of his life even while battling the Senju clan. He said that the sword could cut through anything and was susceptible to chakra especially wind chakra.
Naruto tested out the theory by hovering his hand near the blade but just as he was about to touch it a large slash like wound surfaced on the palm of his hand. He hadn't even touched the sharp blade and yet it had cut him. Naruto smirked in victory, the sword that took years to find was finally in his hand the legendary...
"Tonbogiri-no-tsurugi (Dragonfly cutting sword)... legend told of a sword imbued with the speed of lightning and the sharpness of wind and that one day a dragonfly landed on the blade where it was cut in two by just the simplest touch." spoke Naruto as he held the mythic sword.
The the blonde in the armour strolled up to Tatakai the Tonbogiri still in his hand.
"Thank you for your cooperation." said Naruto gratefully. And finally he stabbed the Tonbogiri through Tatakai's head where it pierced right through his skull. The four mask beasts that Naruto summoned faded away in plumes of dust.
'time to go.' thought Naruto.
Iwagakure: same time.
Ōnoki, the Tsuchikage was sitting behind his desk attending to his paperwork. How he hated the position of Tsuchikage. He just wanted to obliterate his paperwork with his Dust release. But his thoughts travelled to his ninja. Some of his shinobi's had been missing recently. He knew that some of the Iwa ninja were bitter over the losses in the Land of Water.
He was hoping that the missing ninja would return to the village soon. They had already suffered losses at the hands of the Akatsuki, namely Ryū Yokaze. Oh how he wanted to wring the neck of that son of a bitch with the sharingan.
Maybe he could convince Yokaze to join his village, given how he had heard of the his exploits in Konoha and the Iwa shinobi's stationed within the Land of Water.
He rubbed his back in annoyance because it always acted up when he thought too much about things... or he was just old. And as if he had suffered enough pain. His granddaughter walked through the door.
"Hey jiji." greeted Kurotsuchi. With a wide grin. Ōnoki grumbled something incoherent.
"Not now Kurotsuchi I don't have time for you." mumbled Ōnoki with his arms crossed.
"Oh don't be like that jiji... you know you should probably step down and have someone else become Tsuchikage." suggested Kurotsuchi. But her grandfather was a stubborn geezer and he wouldn't give up the title easily.
"Go away Kurotsuchi." said Ōnoki grumpily. Kurotsuchi grinned even more, she love pestering her grandfather and commenting on his age which he was sore about.
"Whats wrong Jiji you're not as grumpy as you usually are." spoke Kurotsuchi. Ōnoki decided to give her the silent treatment, hoping she would go away. After a few minutes Kurotsuchi relented and left the office in a brisk pace.
"Damn Kurotsuchi." mumbled Ōnoki.
"You should be happy with the family you have... Ōnoki." said a dark voice behind the kage. Ōnoki spun around and beheld a man dressed in black samurai- like armour wearing a black hooded coat with red flame motifs. The mans hood was up and he was wearing a mask, the mask was a menacing skull with ten red lines on the left side of the mask.
The man was currently playing with a kunai in between his fingers. Despite Ōnoki not being a sensor he was well experienced to sense chakra within close proximity and yet this 'boy' had easily slipped into Iwa and into his office.
Before the kage could speak the masked man spoke up again.
"A family who despite their flaws and annoyances, love you deeply, as I have just seen with your granddaughter." the man seemed to sigh when he finished talking as if longing for what he had.
"Who are you? How did you get into my office? And are you here to assassinate me?" asked Ōnoki swiftly.
"One question at a time." said the man as he stuck his index finger up. "Now as to who I am, I am Ryū Yokaze." Ōnoki gasped and he could now easily see his sharingan active. "Save your reaction for later... as to how I got into the village... I walked in." Ōnoki didn't know if he should scowl or sigh at the man but he did have a small sweatdrop for the blunt answer.
"And I am not here to assassinate you... I'm here to give a warning and to return 'these'." said Ryū as he took out some from his coat's inner pocket. He was holding at least five iwagakure headbands some torn and ragged and all were bloodied. He tossed them on to the old mans desk and Ōnoki gnashed his teeth in anger.
"They were hired by an elder of Konohagakure, I believe you familiar with him... Danzō Shimura." Ōnoki lost his angry expression and changed it to a dumbfounded one. But of course he remembered what type of man Danzō was, he used underhanded tactics and well thought out plans to gain advantages over his enemies like Ōnoki.
"And keep your shinobi in check or I'll come back for their families... where afterward they will be wishing to die... for I can also use 'underhanded tactics'... that is my only warning." threatened Ryū darkly.
After that Ryū jumped off the window ledge and disappeared into nights wind leaving Ōnoki fearful and broken. The old man hadn't felt this since his encounters with... Madara Uchiha.
The Land of Water a few hours later
After the drama regarding Ryū's capture was done with. The Mizukage was exceptionally pleased that the Akatsuki member was unharmed and Konan herself was glad that Ryū was back.
They were given a new hotel by the Mizukage herself after their last one was damaged by the surprise capture.
Once inside their rooms Ryū discarded his coat and the armour on his arms. H sat down on his bed and sighed today was a hectic day. First he was captured and held in a dark room, then he met Danzō and tried to recruit him into ROOT and he had finally found the Tonbogiri-no-tsurugi. Which would be delivered to him very soon.
He was about to doze off into neutral sleep before a knock at his door resounded through the room. He could sense the chakra signature outside the door was Konan. So he strolled up towards the door to meet with his partner, but when he turned the knob he was instead greeted with numerous paper sheets smothering him.
The paper quickly bound his arms and legs restricting his movements. But Ryū wasn't the least bit worried, Konan just wanted to talk to him... and not have him escape at the same time. Then finally the blue haired woman walked through the door she had discarded her Akatsuki cloak allowing Naruto to view her without the cloak. She was wearing a revealing navy blue robe with a large hemline that exposed her arms, back and lateral parts of her C-cup breasts along with her belly which had piercings around her navel, and navy blue pants.
She also had a kunai in her hand most likely for self defence but Naruto was still unafraid he could easily break free from the paper binds with his nine masked beasts or his other Kamiyonanayo technique.
Konan straddled the bound blonde which caused Naruto to faintly blush and also wonder if he was in a genjutsu but his sharingan saw that he wasn't. He knew a white haired man who would possibly love to be in this position and probably add this scene into one of his perverted books.
"I have questions so please answer them to the best of your ability." asked Konan politely in her neutral tone. Ryū knew that she wanted to be professional while also trying to hide her embarrassment.
"Why did you meet with Zetsu all those night ago?" was her first question which made Naruto widen his eyes in surprise, she was watching his talk with Zetsu, but since she was asking she probably didn't hear what they were discussing.
"I was at the time tracking someone, someone who had done things that his mother wouldn't be proud of." said Naruto with a smirk. Konan pressed her kunai into Ryū's neck giving him the hint that she wasn't playing around with him.
"Who?" asked Konan.
"Someone who parades around with a name thats not his to begin with, who hides behind a mask because he's afraid of people seeing his visage, someone who puts the pieces in place within the shadows and behind closed doors." spoke Naruto emotionlessly. Konan widened her eyes a little in recognition but Naruto's eyes could see everything.
"You've met him." asserted Ryū. Konan nodded her head a little, the masked man had met them long ago and still was to this day.
"So he's not who he says he is." affirmed Konan to which Naruto nodded. The pressure of the kunai on Naruto's neck lessened. Konan had always had a hunch that Tobi wasn't who he said he was.
"He is just a bitter loser who got friendzoned and can't get over the fact that person died." continued Naruto.
"Tell me who he really is." said Konan getting over he stupor.
"His name is Obito Uchiha a survivor of the massacre, he was a student of the Yondaime Hokage and like I said is a bitter loser." answered Naruto. Konan didn't need to hear anymore of Obito.
"And... who are you?" asked Konan impassively. Ryū locked eyes with her.
"My name... is Madara Uchiha." said 'Madara' he needed Konan on his side, he needed a loyal follower other than Zetsu, Naruto Uzumaki isn't exactly a famous name among the nations and didn't have enough pull to sway a person. Plus officially he was dead.
"Madara?" questioned/stated Konan. Naruto nodded to her question. "You have blonde hair."
"You have blue." replied Ryū.
"You look like you're in your late teens or early twenties." responded Konan.
"The loss of my power in my battle against Hashirama, so I had to extend my life by experimenting on my body and what you see now is the end result." explained Naruto which was a lie.
"If you are who you claim to be... what are your plans." queried Konan since killing Obito wouldn't be his only plan.
Ryū thought about it for some time. He had to risk it, he had to tell her about the Eye of the Moon plan, the infinite Tsukuyomi, so that she would think he was insane.
"I intend to create a world of peace, joy and love, there will always be truth and never lies, where there are no winners or losers, history is written by the victors... when invading a country each party believes it is right to attack or defend while it is reversed for their enemies. It is the same for my battle with Hashirama they only knew about why he fought they never wrote down why I fought, in this world there would be none of that no right or wrong... by gathering al the nine Bijū and sealing them into the statue that Nagato can summon will I be able to revive the Jūbi (ten tails) with it I will become the it's jinchūriki and cast my eye on the moon reflecting it over the world and with it everyone, every being will be transported to a dream world where fantasy will become reality." monologued Naruto.
Konan kept staring at him. She was intrigued and tempted by this plan. A dream world.
"What would happen in this dream world?" asked Konan.
"You can forge mountains, build cities, become a god... even revive the dead." continued Naruto. Konan was taking in every word that Ryū said. "Tsukuyomi."
Konan was then transported to a white world filled with nothingness. Then Naruto appeared before her wearing a black kimono.
"This is what will happen, this is what the world I will create shall be... at first." spoke Ryū. And before Konan's eyes his entire physical appearance changed and in his place was a youthful Madara.
"Anything you ever wished for shall be yours, in this world, the one that we currently live in is filled with despair, doubt, fear, pride, violence, anger and hatred, I understand these emotions best of all... how can we live in a world such as this, I will return it back into nothingness and create a world where none of the things I have said before will exist." spoke 'Madara'.
Konan then found herself still straddling Naruto. His sharingan blazing. She had these uncertain feelings within her, she could see her parents again... Yahiko. They could all be with her again.
"You wish to bring them back." stated Naruto catching Konan by surprise. "The people you loved.". Konan had to hold in her gasp, did he somehow read her mind because he knew what she was thinking at that moment.
"I have that dream... to see my brother, my mother, my father everyone I loved... I want to bring them back too." spoke Ryū with a hint of melancholy in his voice.
"Can you really revive the dead?" asked Konan as her eyes were overshadowed.
"Yes." answered Naruto in a deadpanned emotionless voice. "Do you wish to join me?" questioned Naruto, who was inwardly smirking.
"I will help you." answered Konan who still had her eyes overshadowed. She lowered her face closer to Ryū's inch by inch it was getting closer. "So what do I call you now Madara or Ryū."
"Just keep calling me Ryū." replied Naruto melancholic. Konan's face was creeping closer to Ryū's their lips were near touching and his hot breath was hitting her face. She captured his lips in a passionate kiss catching Naruto by surprise but he to returned the gesture as he began lustfully kissing her. Konan felt hot and her cheeks lit up with a pink flush. Kissing Ryū felt good, she couldn't deny that she was physically attracted to him.
Naruto was right about art. 'Art is enjoying ones passion in the company of another, this kind of art is temporary but... it's far more enjoyable and... pleasurable.' thought Naruto at his own quote. Konan discarded her kunai and unbound Ryū from her paper sheets. She grabbed his golden locks forcefully and kept kissing him with heated passion.
But before Naruto could continue kissing he felt the warm lips of Konan leave his. He opened his crimsons eyes and stared at the blue haired beauty.
"That was... a thank you for letting me... join you." said Konan excitedly. Her lustful mind not fully quelled. She eased herself off the blonde and quickly hurried out of the room while holding her face in her hands and trying to fight down the blush that etched itself onto her face.
Naruto smirked in amusement and victory. Nagato putting him together with Konan as partners was the best idea the Rinnegan wielder made.
Naruto suddenly felt two signatures fade into his room who came in through the window. The first figure handed him a tsuba-less katana with rope on the hilt and of course he grabbed it by the hilt while the two figures dissolve into dust.
Everything was going to plan but he still needed a suitable training area that could accommodate him because the training ground within the mountains graveyard was not ready yet according to Zetsu's report. A preferable trainging ground that was dark that could limit his senses and had minimal space so for him to adapt to situations where the environment didn't favour him.
But his greatest victory was that he finally had a lieutenant aside from Zetsu. Konan was going to be very useful. An S-ranked kunoichi who he believed to could rival if not defeat Tsunade and Mei in battle.
But he would have to weary around Konoha, more specifically Danzō and his ROOT agents. For he had a strange feeling that something bad was going to happen and that someone would walk away alive from it.
That night the wolves howls chorused with Naruto's thoughts. And among their howls were the music that one soul would have their fire snuffed from the world.
In Konohagakure Sakura Haruno was walking to the cemetery... where Naruto's empty grave was. She was carrying white roses again to remind her of her lost love for the blonde. It still hurt, knowing that her happiness with the blonde is gone. Every week she would visit the grave with new white roses, Hinata had stopped visiting three months after his death.
Her only wish was that the blonde knuckle head was still with her, walking with her, talking with her, even just being in his presence was what she wanted at the moment.
She soon saw the familiar grave spot she saw every week. Surprisingly it wasn't broken or destroyed unlike his apartment. Maybe the civilians had respect for the dead. She was standing before the headstone where she placed the white roses on top. She got down on her knees and started talking about what was on her mind.
"Hey Naruto, it's me again, it's so good to see you..." she decided to keep her words brief as dusk was approaching. (Naruto is in the Land of Water so the time zone is different.). "I've been doing well in my studies of medical ninjutsu, I have been practicing with Tsunade-sama's monstrous strength but I'm still a bit away from mastering it... I'll come by again next week if my schedule allows me to... and I just wish you were here with me now... would you be proud of me... and I love you... goodbye Naruto, see you next week." spoke Sakura. She turned and left with a small pained smile which had some glimmers of happiness.
However she didn't notice the flowers she left on Naruto's grave wilt and whither until they died, instead of the gorgeous white only dead grey was what remained of the flowers.
Hey Guys Juubiwriter99 here
So we now know what Kamiyonanayo does well at least one ability of the Kamiyonanayo and there are more abilities which I will reveal later on in the chapters. So Konan is now Part of the moons eye plan and Danzo is up to his sneaky tricks as always, the sword of Tonbogiri was developed from a spear of japanese legend but I modified into a sword since I couldn't see Naruto ever using a spear.
So how did Naruto appear at the temple while talking to the Tsuchikage while also staying in the land of water... I won't tell you thats a surprise but I will tell you that they weren't shadow clones. And I recently watched the Naruto road to ninja movie and I just loved the nine masked beasts where it gave me the idea of the Kamiyonanayo which means (Seven generations of the age of the gods) taken from shinto myth for it comes after Kotoamatsukami.
So I finally added some Naruto X Konan romance and a friend of mine who reads my story berated me for having Naruto not loving his women and told me the flaws of such a decision so I have changed my mind regarding Naruto and his relationships where he will legitimately love them and I originally planned for this story to have no pairings but never mind.
Also Naruto will have a large confrontation with Konoha and someone of the village or Naruto himself will die. If you can guess who the person is that will be surprising.
There are links in my profile for the tonbogiri, Naruto's mask and his tanto.
And I apologise for not having the Naruto vs Obito fight nut that will not happen for a while I want to see how good I am at writing fight scenes so plz review was it good or bad let me know
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