Chapter 6
Council, old people, and sentencing: Whats a special Genin?
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As Naruto rounded the corner to the council room in the Hokage tower, he couldn't help but think on what Anko had said. Even though it hurt him to see someone he trusted to flip on him he knew deep down that she was right, he allowed his emotions to guide his actions -something he has never let happen- and it might cost him his freedom today.
He will probably be put on probation once again and being thrown from his spot in the genin exam or maybe Ninja academy all together, keeping him from ever becoming a ninja.
Letting out one last sigh, he pushed the double doors open and walked into the stuffy room, filled with old crabs and stuck up old men/ women just waiting to screw someone over, mostly Naruto was their plaything.
The first Naruto noticed was three of the most annoying and hateful council members he has ever met in his life.
First was the intolerable Donzo, a old school war hawk who believed in his cause, creating emotionless zombie ninja's known as ROOT agents. He even offered -more like demanded- for Naruto to be in his ROOT assignment the first year Naruto came to Konoha, but seeing as Naruto was under the roof and protection of the Sarutobi clan he was Hiruzen's responsibility, leaving Danzo to fester in his own missed opportunity.
Next was the clan head of the stuck up Hyuuga clan, Hinata's father Hiashi Hyuga, a broad and rather calculating man who seemed to have a hard on to stunt Naruto's growth as a ninja.
The final one who seemed to have an uncomfortably fascination with the snake child was a special Civilian Council, Mebuki Haruno, a pink hair replica of her annoying daughter Sakura, except with bigger breast and thighs that she uses to her advantage…...a lot.
She was the spokesperson for the Civilian council and the poster child of kissing ass to get what she wants for her and her daughter, even if she has to do some…...favors.
"Ah, Naruto-kun" the Hokage started, standing at his post in front of the council, "now that we are all here, we will cut to the chase"
Sarutobi's old features showing much annoyance for what was about to happen. Even though he was the main decision holder in every meeting they had, he believed in fairness and democracy, so being the sweet and caring man he is he always leaves it up to a vote for any and every problem.
Which means he will lose 99% of the time against the Civilian council who loved to shorten ninja's reach and lengthen their own.
"Very well" Danzo mused, walking down the stairs to the final step, having all eyes drown to him as he began to talk, "Naruto Uzumaki, you have been summoned here to lay out a punishment for what you have done to Sasuke Uchiha and your utter disregard for the boundaries that we set for you"
With that said the bickering and the one sided arguments began. The Civilian council began to bring up any and every time Naruto had disobeyed their orders and it seemed to be working for their favor.
After an hour of the discussion, if you could call it that, they decided to vote on the punishment and Danzo was the first to make his vote heard.
"I believe the boy should be banned from ever entering the ninja Academy" he stated, turning to see the hands fly up.
5 out of 16 of the council members were gladly raising his hand to banish the demon from the children and some of their children, two being Mebuki Haruno and Hiashi Hyuga.
Seeing as he needed at least 3 more to make this a stalemate he decided to bring out his trump card.
"People, please listen" he mused, standing in front of the stands that held the Council, "we cannot in danger our next generation to keep this…..experiment near them any further." Looking at the people of the Council he noticed their intrigue and he decided to continue, hoping he wouldn't be stopped by Sarutobi or the experiment he was talking about.
He looked back to see the person he spoke of and just saw his neutral stare, burning a hole in the floor trying not to have any eye contact with these vultures who want to throw him to the wolves for a few minor mistakes.
But deep inside Naruto was boiling with rage once again, was this all he was to them? An experiment? An expendable pawn in their game? He began to wonder why he even stayed here, other than Jiraiya, Asuma, Sarutobi, and Anko he would have left and flattened this place with a snake Summon.
Danzo, smiling at the silence of naruto and began his rant once again, "think about it Council members, as long as Naruto has been in the Academy we have had a mass increase in injuries and trauma in students. He is a loose cannon that cannot be controlled, so I think we need to take him away from the children. Not just for our next generation but for their growth."
As he finished his "speech" he looked to the council for one final verdict from the people. now having time to listen and mull around Danzo's words, three more clan heads raised their hands. Choza Akimichi, the father of Choji Akimichi has always been afraid of the boy especially being near her soft and kind son. Next was Shikaku Nara, the father of Shikamaru Nara the brains of the entire operation of the previous Ino-Shika-Cho. In all honesty he wasn't dumb enough to fall for Danzo's obvious ruz but he truly did have a point, basing it solely on facts Naruto was too dangerous to be left with children.
And finally, the face of the famous three man tag team, Inoichi Yamanaka, father of Ino Yamanaka, and his reason based only on keeping the freak from his beautiful flower known as his Ino.
"Perfect" Danzo cooed, giving off a smirk, or his best imitation of one, seeing as he was a cold and ruthless human-being, "well, Hokage-sama it seems that you have no choice but to go to a tiebreaker" He said seeing as it is an 8 and 8 break between a mix of Council and clan members.
"Not exactly" Naruto countered, finally pulling himself from his staring at the floor and decided it would be best to show some life.
"I don't recall asking you to speak boy!" Danzo hissed.
"I believe since this pertains to me and my future as a ninja I have the right to speak, Danzo-Sama!" Naruto hissed back, sliding out a forked tongue which silenced Danzo, "now, back to the problem at hand. The Hokage does not have to do a tiebreaker, he doesn't have to do anything Danzo-sama. He is the Hokage, the ruler of the Land of Fire, he does what he wants and he shall."
"What are you talkin-" Danzo was about to question but was silenced by the experiment.
"I believe you have forgotten something Danzo, or rather elected to forget" Naruto mused, walking towards the Hokage with his back to the Council, "this isn't a democracy, if he wishes he can do or say whatever he wishes. He is generous enough to allow you bottom feeders to vote and hold meetings out of the goodness of his own heart. He is the Dictator of Konoha, he could have you all beheaded if he so chooses"
With that, everyone's eyes were on the Hokage who was very quiet through the hours they have stood here. His gaze was blocked by his hat, which was overing over his eyes keeping them covered, his arms crossed and gripped tight on his upper forearm.
"Your right Danzo" Sarutobi sighed, "Naruto is too dangerous to keep near the children of our generation."
Naruto, believing his god father would actually be on his side, started to deflate in defeat, he was now thrown under the bus by the person he thought would always be by his side.
He lowered his head and hunched up his shoulders, trying to keep people from seeing his disappointment and rage. He had lost the only thing he made to be, he couldn't be a barker, or a sailor, or a weapon's maker, all he was made and designed to be was a ninja and now…..it's gone.
"So" the Hokage mused, lifting the hat to show his smiling face and bright eyes, "that is why I am taking Naruto from the Academy and giving him a sensei of his own, keeping him far away from any other child while he also holds the title of Special Genin"
The room went silent, most had their jaws on the floor, others just stared dumbfounded at this new development.
"Hokage-sama that is outrageous!" yelled Danzo, turning swiftly on his heel to confront his long time friend, "How could someone that hasn't even taken a Genin test be known as a Special Genin?"
"Danzo" Sarutobi stated, laying his forearms on the stand he stood at, "your arguement was for Naruto to be taken from the academy and for him to be far from the children of the next generation, and so he will be. Being a Special Genin, he will stay mostly far from Konoha with his sensei and besides his track record as an ANBU agent is far more better than some silly Genin exam. He has taken on S rank mission after S rank mission, I think he is more than prepared to be a Genin, hell he could be a full fledged ANBU if I wished him to be."
Hiruzen, now being pleased with the shocked faces of all of the Council members in his room, he turned on his heel and walk towards his office, "Now, seeing as my verdict has been made, this meeting adjourned. We will meet up next week to talk about the budget for our village"
"Wait!" Hissed Mebuki, stopping Sarutobi and Naruto in their track, "this is not even remotely a punishment! At least put him on probation or something, so it is fair and he won't try to do it again"
The Hokage stopped and sighed in defeat, he knew Mebuki wouldn't leave it at that, if she couldn't control Naruto she was going to make his life a living hell.
"Fine Mebuki-san" Hiruzen sighed, "Naruto-kun, you are hereby put under probation. You will be watched over by your Sensei, who will be picked by a later date." He then turned to look Naruto in his eyes with a smirk, "now, come with me Naruto-kun. I have much to talk to you about" he then ushered Naruto to follow which he did, leaving a room full of star craving mad Council members to fester.
"That was rather….interesting, Hokage-sama" Naruto said surprisingly, shocked at what the old war hawk just pulled with his council, not saying he wasn't ecstatic about the new development…..well, as ecstatic as he could feel.
"Yes" Hiruzen chuckled, walking through his door and allowing Naruto to walk through, "I enjoyed seeing Danzo's stoic face explode like a volcano" and with that both Naruto and the Hokage began to laugh and laugh harder at the image of Danzo's shocked and rather red face.
"But Naruto" the Hokage started, snapping from his happy demeanor to a more serious and professional one; followed by Naruto doing the same. "what you did was still considered wrong and the probation still stands. You cannot go on any mission outside of this village for a whole month, leaving you to only be able to do D-rank Mission. Am I clear?"
Taking what he could get, knowing he could have lost his entire ninja career today, Naruto bowed and said, "Hai, is there anything else you need from me Hokage-sama?" he questioned, looking to his leader who pulled out his pipe and light it with a D rated fire jutsu.
"Yes, there is the matter of what sensei you are going to be assigned to" Hiruzen mused, pulling out of a massive stack of paperwork a file. "I believe that Anko Mitarashi would be the best choice for a sensei, seeing as you two already know each other and have gone through numerous missions already"
Unseen by the old war hawk Naruto's eyes slightly bugged, actually surprised and startled by the thought of teaming with Anko. She was a great friend and by far the best kunoichi he has seen work in the field, but being teamed with her and especially after what happened a few minutes ago didn't really inspire confidence.
"I don't think that would be wise Hokage-sama" Naruto stated, shifting on his feet rather nervously, trying his damndest to think of something to say to keep him from doing this.
"Oh, and why is that?" Hiruzen questioned, cocking an eyebrow at Naruto's statement. It was very odd to Hiruzen, normally Naruto would be jumping at the chance to be teamed up with the only person he could stand in this accursed village.
"...because the village needs their top interrogator, I couldn't take her away from the village" Naruto said, his eyes shifting from left and right nervously.
Hearing Naruto's rather lackluster excuse for not having his best friend Anko next to him he noticed their was something wrong with the boy. He seemed nervous, he kept shifting his weight to one foot then the other, his eyes seem twitchy…...well, more twitchy, and worst of all he called him Hokage-sama! When they are alone he drops his odd quirks about rules and titles -at least to the best of his abilities-, he even calls him Grandpa or old man Hiruzen, he never calls him Hokage-sama when they are completely alone at home or at the office unless something is wrong.
"Naruto" Hiruzen started, sitting up in his chair to seem more forceful and engaged in the conversation, "I have known you for 3 years now and I must say you have grown in your time here, physically, mentally, but most importantly emotionally but now that I see you are flustered over just the thought of your best friend being your sensei is making me question all of the progress you have made. Have you learned nothing from your time here?"
"Why is it that you are so nervous about going out on missions with Anko?"
Seeing Hiruzen annoyed with Naruto, he decided it would be in his best interest to tell the old geezer the truth, or at least most of it.
"Like you said Grandpa, I have grown a lot since I have been here. Some of it good and some…...bad" Naruto sadly stated, remembering all the ups and downs he has had here, "I have been allowed to go on secret missions for you and the council for over a year now, I have killed and I have had people try to kill me countless times without even batting an eye, something that I am very good at. It's not that I am bothered by being on a team with Anko….but, I am petrified of losing one of the few people I hold dear." Naruto said, holding his hand to his heart, feeling the slow rhythmic beats start to pick up thanks to his nervousness.
"That's why when I take missions as "the Viper" I take them alone, because if I messed up….I am the only one who dies" now came the memories once again. Today was rather odd, normally Naruto could control his memories pretty well with a little help from Kurami but for some reason they continued to happen more and more as the day goes on.
Memory 2:
The room was just a simple coliseum except the only place you could sit and watch was at the very top where Orochimaru and Kabuto stared menacingly down at your performance like gods looking down on their subjects. It was a cylinder shape with 10 caged doors on the walls with cursed marked failures clawing at the bit to escape their prison. Thanks to a little cozing by their "fearless leader" by stating if anyone could kill Naruto or his teammate they would become the new body of Orochimaru, which for some reason was enough to get all of the failures to cheer and aim for their demise.
It was Naruto's 50th run down of his training and he believed he had gotten his tag team down packed. His partner was about two inches taller, had bright orange hair and a light brown stained shirt with matching shorts. His name was simply Juugo, a aggressive beast that was prone to wild outburst thanks to his families Kekkei Genkai known as Senninka or loosely translated to Sage Transformation. He is able to absorb Natural Chakra from anything, from plants to actual people, and use it to from different weapons and transformations with his own body. It was both creepy and fascinating to Naruto, but seeing as he and Juugo are best friends it didn't seem to bother him all that much. Juugo was a very troubled boy, being left alone at such a young age after his clan was whipped off the face of the planet (something he and Naruto had in common) he attached himself to anyone who would show him kindness, seeing as even at a young age he was a raged up monster that could destroy a village with his bare hands.
The first person to see his potential was none other than Orochimaru, who picked him up after he had stolen the sleeping baby known as Naruto from the battle ridden Konoha. Juugo saw Naruto as his little baby brother, he took care of him for as long as he could remember by taking out the stronger more aggressive people who tried to harm Naruto in his sleep, but he wasn't old or strong enough to keep them all from hurting him.
Both soon became friends when Naruto was 6 and Juugo had just hit 16, since he was 10 years Naruto's senior.
Since Juugo stayed in the shadows, Naruto never knew what Juugo had done for him which made him very depressed. He couldn't believe the person that he had risked his life for and watched grow for 6 years remembers nothing of all those times he has protected him…..but he really couldn't blame him.
But, back to the battle at hand. Orochimaru yelled, "begin" releasing the caged animals that were going for blood. They charged on the center where Naruto and Juugo stood back to back, ready for anything. "You ready Juugo?" Naruto asked, looking to his right to see Juugo begin to get that far off look in his eyes as a brown dotted design started to cross his face, he was activating his Sage Transformation.
"Shut up and fight!" was all Juugo said before he dove into the fray with his Senninka activated, turning his arms into these large axes on his forearms as he yelled manically, "die, die, die you worms! I am god here! HAHAHAHAHA"
Naruto just looked in the path of destruction his teammate created and just laughed nervously, scratching his cheek like he used to, "That's Juugo for ya" he thought before turning on his heel and ducked under a roundhouse kick from an attacker before he pulled a bone blade from his forearm and stabbed through the man's extend leg.
Before the man could retract his now bleeding limb it was sliced off by a passing by Juugo with axe blades for forearms and a dozen or so jet like appendages on his back while using excess Natural Energy he wasn't using at the time to propel him across the room like a airplane.
As the man began to fall backwards, Naruto noticed people were now closing in on him. Not wanting to show his hole cards to the room he decided to use a quick and easy method than to use one of his other flashy moves. He ducked down and placed both of his hands on the ground, pushing some of his newly found Kekkei Genkai into the concert below him as the swarm of people continued to circle him.
His attackers jumped into the air to take their final swing at the boy only to be stopped and intern impaled on….. bones.
While the people around him continued to do so he was pushing networks of chakra and to an extent his own bone marrow through the floor and waited for them to get into range so he could end this pathetic excuse for a battle with one attack.
I know it seems rather odd for a 6 year old to be able to not only size up how effective a excuse would be but also not even flinch at the thought of killing a room full of brain dead zombies but this 6 year old is not normal by any means.
After many years under the "care" of Orochimaru he has learned to bury his fear of death and started to believe in the words that were etched into his mind, "survival of the fittest", the words that Naruto at the time lived by.
As the final body dropped both Naruto and the calmed down Juugo meet in the center to discuss their progress.
"Nice job Juugo, you did great out there" he said, raising his hand for a high five but seeing as the much calmer and less….crazy Juugo was a very socially awkward person he just stared at the hand with a cocked eyebrow.
"Nevermind" Naruto said, embarrassed for forgetting his best friends little quirk about being unsociable with anyone except for talking and the occasional hug that lasted far too long for ANY normal human being.
"It is fine Naruto" Juugo finally said, cutting through the awkwardness between the two as he smiled fondly at his brother, "I am glad you are trying to involve me in normal human behavior."
"You know you're a human too?" Naruto said, looking at his friend with a raised eyebrow, "it sounds like you believe you are an alien or something"
"I am not human Naruto" Juugo stated, looking at his blood soaked hands, "I am from a clan of instable lunatics who had bouts of uncontrollable rage that can destroy a village the size of a mountain range and still keep going. That is not human"
"Juugo, don't do this to yourself" Naruto said in a brother sort of way, patting his very tall and older brother on his shoulder -even though he had to be on his tip toes to do so-, "you cannot help the family you are born in and besides, with the Kekkei Genkai they had they couldn't help their rage, it wasn't their fault and its not yours either"
"That's a wonderful thought Naruto, but still…" he couldn't pull his eyes away from his stained hands, "I enjoy it. I enjoy crushing my enemies bones under my feet and I love the feeling of blood splattering on my face. That is not human, that is a monster"
Juugo's eyes were about to swell up with tears only to stop when he sees Naruto's smaller hands hover over his with the same if not more blood on them, "Juugo, killing to protect or defend yourself is not wrong, you did what you had to"
"But you shouldn't enjoy it!" Juugo hissed back, slamming his hands into his head, assaulting himself.
Naruto grabbed his arms and brought them down to his side so he could do no more harm to himself, "and do you believe when I use my red chakra that I am a monster?" Naruto questioned, remembering the training he has had to do to hopefully control the Kyuubi's chakra. Many of those times Juugo was there for support and for damage control since he was the only one who could calm Naruto down from the outside.
"No, of course not!" Juugo said, shocked that Naruto would even ask that question, "you can't help…...it" then it clicked in his head what Naruto had done, he tricked him like he always does in these types of situations.
"You're right, I can't control it and neither can you" Naruto said with a smile that could brighten the sun, "you're powers are strong and unstable, they cannot be fully controlled. Same with my Kyuubi chakra, no matter how much I train I cannot control raw chakra of that magnitude without losing myself in it." He then looked his brother deep in his eyes and said something that made Juugo's heart skip a beat, "you are no monster Juugo, you are my brother."
Juugo, without thinking of anything else, grabbed his brother in a bear hug, lifting the 6 year old off his feet and began to squeeze the life out him with his godlike strength.
"Okay...Juugo….love…..you…...too" Naruto whizzed out, feeling Juugo's grip tighten and was now squishing all of his organ together, "Juugo…...need…...AIR!" he said, feeling the last bit of his precious air start to leave him as his skin turns blue and his eyes start to roll.
Laughing at his brothers antics he noticed something moving out of the corner of his eye, he looked behind him to see a limping failed experiment with a bent and dwarfed blade in his grip, and he was now running towards the two boys.
Thinking quickly, he turned so his body would shield Naruto and dropped the boy, taking the full brunt of the attack to his exposed heart.
Juugo let out a short and raspy gaspe as the sharp blade pierced a portion of his heart, releasing the blood to spurt out of the wound and onto the shocked Naruto, who by they way was petrified, unable to move from his spot. Pulling his blade out, he kicked the dying corpse of Juugo down on top of Naruto who couldn't help but squirm and tear up seeing as his brother was unconsciously pinning him under his own dying body.
Feeling a unbridled rage start to bubble up inside Naruto, red chakra started to rise from his stomach as the attacker starts to inch closer to the now lifeless body of the once rather energetic Juugo. As the chakra finally reached the tip of his head Naruto's body disappeared from sight with one quick burst of speed, leaving the attacked puzzled and down right scared.
The nameless assailant started whip his head back and forth, trying his damndest to find the now missing blonde kid who was pinned his brother's corpse just a second ago. As he turned to his left one last time to try to see even a glimpse of the boy, he was blindsided with a translucent palm strike to his chest that came from a shadowy corner.
The force of the hit sent him sprawling backwards with tremendous speed before it was stopped by one of the cell doors, demolishing it as his body was twisted inside the metal bars that made up the once strong structure.
After a few minutes of silence 2 things happened, the faceless aggressor -now covered in his own blood thanks to the great give of the solid metal bars (sarcasm) - was dragging himself on the ground with one hand seeing as his other one's bones were crushed to a million piece. As for the other thing, well out of the darkness slinked out Naruto on all fours, covered in a liquid like red chakra that oozed hatred and disdain for any living human.
His features were distorted like something out of someone's worst nightmares. His teeth sharpened to a point, his eyes bloodshot and slitted to look like a fox, and one of the strangest things was his whole body in general. Unlike in a normal case with Jinchuurikis, Naruto's first state transformation took a more…..disturbing turn. Taking advantage of his bone controlling kekkei genkai known as Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse: DBP) he has added some more theatrical and deadly visuals to his new transformation.
Where his elbow was, 2 foot long sharp bone spurs shot out, on the heel of his foot was another jutting out piece of bone that looked like a tallon, and finally, on the outline of his spine where four inch long spikes. It truly scared the everlovin' crap out of the broken assailant, seeing as he was frozen in the same dumb look and there was the distinct smell of excrement while a small brown stain on the back of his pants appeared.
"I-I-I'm sorry okay!" he said, finally able to pull himself to a sitting position with his back resting against the circular wall as he stared into the disturbed eyes of a monster.
I will not bore you with the details of what he did to this faceless nobody, he did the usual nine yards, torture, abuse, pound, slice, dice, mall, mane, and castrate the poor bastard before finally ending his suffering with a slow but very painful slice over his throat, letting his blood run like a river.
As the anger started to die down, so did the gruesome body changes. His bone spurs retracted back into his body, his fangs shrunk to their normal size, his eyes morphed back to their unnatural yellow, and his skin turned back to its pale ting.
Staring at his hands in horror, Naruto collapsed to the floor and began to weep. Sure, he was use to killing and slaughtering the competition, but now….that wasn't just killing, that was torture, something a sick twisted individual like Orochimaru would do. And then it hit him, he was just like Orochimaru! The cold way he approaches life, the rather bleak outlook on the lives of others around him, the predatory and calculating stare he gives any and everyone who walks into the room.
He couldn't be more like Orochimaru if he tried.
"Oh how delightful" speak of the devil. Naruto turns to see Orochimaru descending down into the kasum as he sarcastically clapped slowly to add to the effect of Naruto's misery. As Orochimaru touched down he began to walk towards the still warm corpse of Juugo and proceeded to pull out some medical tools such as, a syringe, scalpel, and a sanitary medical bag to hold the skin and muscle tissue was about to take from the fallen Juugo. Naruto, still in a daze did not notice until it was too late what his tormentor as done. He was snapped out of his own thoughts and self pity when he smelled the overabundance of blood being spilled on the floor, he turned to see the horror of what his master had done. He had stripped several portions of skin and muscle from Juugo's body and was now proceeding to draw three syringes full of his still functioning blood.
In a blind fury Naruto charged at Orochimaru with the intent to kill, only to be stopped by a chakra scalpel slicing through his musculatory system, temporarily stopping any movement other than slight spasms.
"Sit Boo Boo sit, good dog" Kabuto hissed out, putting his foot on Naruto's twitching head to add more insult to his already injured pride as a human being.
"Thats enough Kabuto" Orochimaru cooed, standing from his kneeling position next to Juugo and began to walk up the walls once again, "now bring Naruto up, I have a few things to add to his little arsonal"
End Flashback:
"Is everything okay Naruto? You had spaced out for a pretty long time" Hiruzen questioned, confused at Naruto's odd stare off into space. He had now stood their in the office for about 10 minutes without saying a word, just at times opening and closing his eyes in a hectic fashion while also balling up his fist.
"Yes Hokage-sama, I was just thinking back to something in particular about my past. I am sorry for taking up your time." And there it is. Once Naruto starts to use titles and formal endings of peoples names he has now put up an emotional wall, blocking any relevant info from coming out.
Hiruzen just sighed, knowing that this meeting will not progress any further if Naruto has already reverted to his "yes Hokage-sama" card. Something he knows all too well.
"Fine Naruto, but my mind is made up. You and Anko will be on a two cell team and you two will meet tomorrow at the entrance of the forest of death, Understood?"
Naruto was reluctant at first, it looked like he was fighting a current but sooner or later he mustered up a, "Hai Hokage-sama" and left as quickly as possible, hoping to god no one asked him to do something….he was not in the mood.
Middle of the Forest of the Death:
"God Damnit!" yelled a very uncharacteristic Naruto who was now boiling over with self rage and next sound that came was a massive explosion and then a bloom of smoke arose from the area in the form of a mushroom.
"What's got your panties in a twist?" came the voice of Kurami, who had just awoken from her slumber in her bed which Naruto made for her in his mind.
"Not right now Kurami, I need to be alone" Naruto said out loud as he began to pace back and forth as the fire he started with his B-ranked Katon jutsu was still burning.
"Sure, I'll leave you alone. I just need to find a way to carve myself out of you and then go on my merry way" Kurami said smugly, her words dripped with sarcasm you could almost slip in it.
"You know what I mean" he retorted.
"No I don't Naruto-kun. I may be inside you but I can't read your thoughts, talk to me and maybe I can help" she said with sincerity in her voice, she truly hated seeing Naruto like this, all broken down and confused.
"...Fine, but I don't know what good it will do to talk about it." Naruto sighed out, finally stopping his pacing and used a D-rank Fuuton jutsu to blow out the already spreading flames.
"You are always so negative about feelings Naruto-kun, let them out" she encouraged, now moving around in the space she was given by Naruto's mind. A meadow that stretches infinitely from all directions.
"Yeah, well maybe thats because emotions haven't gotten me so far in life. Talking and crying about things never got me anywhere, but attacking, destroying, and maiming has" Naruto retorted, annoyed with the feeling he has bubbling in his stomach.
"Hey, don't get snippy with me because you are having problems opening up. And don't try and change the subject either, now go on, tell me what's wrong?" Kurami started, sounding more and more like Naruto's girlfriend everyday.
"Gramp's is making Anko my sensei" Naruto said with a huff, slowly walking around the area as he was trying to find an answer to why he was so confused.
"What!? How dare he team you up with that evil, man-stealing, tram- I mean, why is that so bad?" she mumbled, trying to keep her territorial side hidden for the moment so she could be their for Naruto.
"Because, I am doing fine on my own. I don't need someone slowing me down" he said walking over to a tree and started to go to town on it, punches, kicks, combos you name it.
"Slow you down? Out of the years I have known you, you had never thought of someone tagging along or being your teammate as slowing you down. What's the real reason?" she said, using her vast knowledge of her Naruto-kun to surgically pick apart his lies like a well trained pro.
"That is the real reason. I have been on solo's for so long it's like second nature to me. I can't adjust to something like that in a moments notice." Naruto said, once again using his spectacular acting skills to try and fool his girlfriend.
"Try again" she said with a smug smirk, seeing right through his acts.
"Okay fine! I don't want another life on my conscious okay! I watched as Juugo died and I did nothing, I won't have someone elses blood on my hands again!" he yelled, slamming his fist against the tree bark, cracking it and the stump itself, making it topple over.
As he saw the mighty tree fall over and crash into a smaller congregation of trees, he sat down on the stump of the fallen tree and held his head in his hands….contemplating everything that has transpired.
"Yeah….not buying it"
"Damn, you can just pick apart everything can't ya" Naruto said, popping his head right back up to show his face was as neutral as ever. Yes Juugo's death scared him for life but he wouldn't let anyone see it outside of his mind.
"Now will you tell me why you are so upset" she asked in a low but sweet tone, hoping this time she wouldn't get just another lie.
"Thats the thing Kurami-chan, I don't know what's wrong" he said truthfully, feeling a knot in the pit of his stomach as he tried to figure out why this decision was bothering him so much.
"What do you mean?" she asked
"I just don't know. Everytime I think about teaming up with Anko and having to spend a lot of alone time with her i just feel…..a knot ball up inside my stomach the size of a boulder and I can't stop it. I hate it!" He hissed, grabbing his gut when the thoughts started to come back.
"Have you ever felt this way before?" she asked, worried something might be wrong with him.
"Well, yeah actually. It was after I met you. I would get this feeling everytime I saw you or I was close to you, it was weird." he said, looking to the sky as he reminisced on that day, while Kurumi's brain started to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
"Oh my god!" she yelled, jumping from her seated position and began to pace just like Naruto was doing before.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked, worried something might have happened.
"You're in love with her aren't you!"
And scene! Thank you for reading and please review. Before I go, something has come to my attention about the Harem in this story. One of my reviewers asked for a girl in Naruto's age range to be put in. So, taking that into consideration I decided to add one more in to the Harem, this is the one and only time I will be adding anymore girls into the harem.
The final draft of the Harem in Naruto: The Ultimate Test Subject (UTS) is:
Anko
Fem-Kyuubi
Mei
Shizune
Ayame
and...Fem-Haku!
Also, one more thing. I have been thinking about my fanfiction and I have been wanting to write a story about the underdogs of the Naruto series. The characters that don't seem to get the spot light as much as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. The kids like Chouji, Shikamaru, Shino, Kiba, etc. So, I want my readers to send me their votes through reviews, just write down the name of a side character or from this list of characters you would enjoy me to write about and I will count it. I will end the voting at the end of the month so please send in you're votes.
Chouji
Shikamaru
Shino
Kiba
Lee
Obito (kid)
Kakashi (kid)
Itachi (kid)
Konohamaru
Jiraya (kid)
Orochimaru (kid)
Asuma (kid)
(If you are wondering why their isn't any girl picks on here is because...well, I am not that good at writing for women, sorry. It's just it's easier for me to write male characters because...I am a male. You can send request for a female character, I will write them no problem, but I just feel like I would use to many stereotypes or offend someone if I do something like that seeing as I don't have experience in being a female.)
But be warned, these stories will not be fully cannon. Their will be differences, twist, turns, I want to bring their greatness to life instead of other main characters. Sometimes I might just re-write the entire primous of the show to mold around this one single character.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it
