Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or even the idea of Jigoku Shoujo.
Story: At midnight, there is a rumor of a site that can only be accessed then and only if there is hatred and a need for revenge. Type in the name of your enemy and Jigoku Shoujo will send them to Hell. And Naruto will do so.
Set as an AU.
Spoilers: Hai, for both Jigoku Shoujo and Naruto.
Warnings: Violence, language, etc.
Pairings: I don't know. I don't really think it'll be the main part anyway.
A/n(1): Remember, people! There's a poll in my profile for this fic. I need to know how all of you feel for who's who as replacements, but I still get final say. The poll will be closed after this chapter. I also just noticed that I originally had Hiashi target the Raikage, but now I also had the Raikage target Hiashi from before. I didn't even notice I typed that parallel. Ah well. It's fitting and ironic.
A/n(2):Ohh, great news! There's a third season for Jigoku Shoujo called Mitsuganae. It's already started too. I might use it to start a sequel to this. Maybe…

Jigoku Shoujo: Eikyuu no Sonzai
Chapter Eight: Takai Tou no Shoujo

The Lord of Hell will not be denied his souls. The Shinigami raged and raged, but neither of them dared to defy their Master.

And every soul had been given to Jigoku Shoujo.

Orochimaru and the two Hokages had been granted special punishments, becoming the new caretakers of Naruto's new home. Naruto's 'grandmother' had decided to move on, and so Orochimaru would take her place. The Hokages were to watch him and help around the house.

Unknown to Naruto, the Lord of Hell specifically wanted them to watch her as well.

And so the Chuunin Exam finished, Naruto and Shikamaru the only ones to have been made Chuunin in Konoha. And now the existence of who Naruto really was was brought to light, well to those that were there when Gaara had revealed it.

Most of the village remained oblivious, except for the select few who have contacted her, those that were part of that jounin meeting, and the very little who have found out by chance.

Kakashi, now that everything was out of the way, knew he had to get down to the business of Jigoku Shoujo. And that meant finding his wayward student.

That is, if he could find her.


Gaara stood impassively at the entrance to Konohagakure, staring down Naruto. Then again, it was Hell Girl, so he averted his eyes soon after.

Her eyes were still blood red, and very much creepy.

"I'll be leaving soon, as well," she told the Sand siblings.

"Where to?" Temari asked softly, hovering near her younger brother and eying the other one warily. Kankuro watched her warily in turn.

"As a favor to Hokage-sama, I am leaving to retrieve one of his old students with Jiraiya."

Gaara tilted his head, watching her speculatively. "She is to replace him as Hokage?"

"Hai."

"Perhaps then, I too shall try to become Kazekage. And maybe you will try to become Hokage?" Gaara lightly smirked.

Her face actually twitched and an eyebrow raised.

"Imagine that. Jigoku Shoujo as Hokage? The utter panic that would cause?" Kankuro snorted. Realizing what he just did and what he just said, he glanced horrified at Naruto.

Temari maliciously sneered.

However, Naruto just ignored him. "Hokage? Maybe. Now, farewell Sabaku no Gaara, and may you find your peace in life."

The three left and immediately she was joined by Jiraiya.

"Nice goodbye. You thinking about what he said? It would be eye-catching and interesting to have Jigoku Shoujo as Hokage. I might even stay around for awhile to observe the chaos. And imagine the fear that would cause. Konoha's competition will be shaking in terror!" Jiraiya laughed raucously.

Naruto shrugged. "Are we leaving yet?"

"You have your things?"

"Yes."

"Then yes. We're leaving."

They, too, began heading out of the village. Naruto and Jiraiya walked side by side, not talking but he was carefully watching her.

There were many things he had yet to know or learn, but he was sure this trip would provide more information to him. And no doubt the Slug Princess would be better at getting information out of the Hell Princess.

"Naruto, I heard from Sarutobi about the events that happened during the Exam."

"His soul is damned," the words were callous, but there was true remorse coloring them.

"I see," he murmured.

"Having the deal go through and Orochimaru's soul sent to Hell as per the agreement between Sarutobi and I, he must fulfill his end of the deal and live out the rest of his life."

"To be sent to Hell in the end," he finished the thought for her.

"Yes."

Jiraiya sighed, mourning his sensei's fate. "I also heard about the Shodaime and the Nidaime. How did they ever end up damned by your service?"

Naruto smiled her rare smile, tinged with sorrow. "The Great Shinobi Wars were harsh, and many wanted an end. People become desperate. And desperate people end up coming to me in the end. The Shodai used me to get rid of the Lord of Water, who was one of the main driving forces in the first war. And then the new Lord of Water used my services to get rid of the Shodai. The Nidaime wanted revenge for his brother and took out the new Lord of Water. The Lord of Earth, amused, used the opportunity to take out the Nidaime."

"Round and round, in a bitter, vengeful carousel," Jiraiya concluded cynically.

"Correct," she said without pause.

"How tiring."

She simply nodded.

"Your 'job' seems to be a bit stressful at times, doesn't it? Stressful and demanding."

She stopped, "It gets old. People…no matter who, when, or how old. As long as they hate and seek revenge, I will exist. As long as they can never let go and forever harvest their pain and suffering, whether it is theirs or unto others, I will always be bound to my duty as Jigoku Shoujo."

"People…are inherently made to suffer and make others suffer," Jiraiya commented forlornly.

Naruto did not reply.


"What do you mean she's gone?!" Kakashi shouted at Sarutobi.

The Hokage shrugged, feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders. "She's doing a favor for me."

"Doing what?"

Sarutobi sighed, puffing more on his tobacco pipe. "She's Jigoku Shoujo, Kakashi. She can take care of herself."

Kakashi flinched at the reminder of who his student really was, especially since what he'd really wanted to do at the moment was interrogate her.

"I know she can," he muttered.

Sarutobi chuckled, "But you're really after the truth, now are you?"

His silence was all the answer the Hokage needed.

"Jiraiya left this in my care for light reading. I've already finished it, and it may provide more useful reading for you than your usual reads."

Kakashi hesitantly accepted the book from Sarutobi's outstretched hand. It read The True Jigoku Shoujo by Shibata Hajime. Shrugging off the shivers he suddenly felt after taking the book, Kakashi reluctantly bowed to the Hokage and then left to go read the book.

"It has been a long time, Raven," Sarutobi said once Kakashi was gone.

Uchiha Itachi appeared out of the shadows, and by his side. "I have left Kisame behind for the moment."

"Very well. Are you searching for Ai?"

"I must see Mistress. I also wish to see Sasuke for a moment."

Sarutobi nodded. "Your brother should be at the compound. Ai will be heading to the next town with Jiraiya, on her way to look for my other apprentice."

"Mistress Ai is searching for Tsunade-hime?" Itachi asked, tilting his head to the side.

"I think only Ai will be able to convince Tsunade to come home. If not convince, then at least scare our poor Slug Princess back!" he laughed.

Itachi offered a slight smile.

"Go now, Raven. I'm sure you're anxious to see your brother. And you wouldn't want to miss Ai now."


Itachi watched his brother move around with hawk eyes, seeing his brother brooding more often than not. His lips twitched upwards at those moments. Soon, he had to leave, meeting up with Kisame and heading off to meet Naruto in the next town.

"What's with you?" Kisame asked grumpily. "You've been more of a statue ever since we came here. Feeling homesick?"

Itachi ignored the sneering in his partner's tone. "Have you ever heard of Jigoku Tsuushin?"

Kisame paused, "Who hasn't?"

"Who hasn't, indeed."

Kisame snorted. "The damned site. Find it at midnight, enter the name of the person you hate, they go to Hell, revenge completed. Blah, blah, blah, blah."

Itachi hid his irritation at his partner's lack of respect for Jigoku Shoujo. "Its history goes a long way, even before the time of websites. Once, they used tablets. And it is not quite as satisfying as your enemy going to Hell. There are consequences. You will also go to Hell in the end, after you die."

Kisame shivered, showing that he wasn't as unaffected as he had acted. "I knew it was something like that, though I never heard…specifics. Everyone hears just a bit of the urban legend, and there's just a feeling of terror that comes with the tale. It's better to try to dismiss it like I do, than to live in fear of the unknown of it."

"Everyone knows its real deep down inside, but there are some who try to dismiss it and then others who accept it and believe."

Kisame shrugged, "It is real. I know it. But I won't admit to it aloud. It just makes it all the more real then."

Itachi nodded and accepted that. "Still, you'd like to leave that little doubt. Did you know about the Yondaime?"

"The Yondaime Hokage?!" Kisame shouted in disbelief. "No way. He died when he sealed the Kyuubi."

"The Yondaime contemplated Jigoku Tsuushin for a long time, having heard how his predecessors used it. He even called her up and was given a black doll to use on the Kyuubi. He feared Hell just like any other normal person, and it would've been a given that he'd go there after his actions in the Third Great Shinobi War. However, Namikaze Minato held hope that his soul would be saved.

"Developing the plan, he kept the doll and waited until the night the Kyuubi came to use it. He performed the fuinjutsu he made for that moment, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and then before he finished forming the last seal he pulled the string of the straw doll. Jigoku Shoujo appeared at the same time as the Shinigami, except the Yondaime quickly used Jigoku Shoujo to seal the Kyuubi in, before allowing the Shinigami to take his own soul. Hence, Jigoku Shoujo became a newborn baby with a demon trapped inside her."

"Y-You mean –!"

"Our target is Jigoku Shoujo herself."


"We're here!" Jiraiya said cheerily.

Naruto didn't reply, and the Toad Sannin sighed dramatically. "Lighten up! You should learn to have more fun. I'll bet it'll be therapeutic for you."

"The therapy won't work if it becomes redundant," she deadpanned.

"True, true. With your line of work, it kinda becomes hard not to be."

"That bar," Naruto suddenly pointed it out.

Jiraiya's eyebrows rose. "How can you tell?" he asked, somehow knowing what she was talking about.

"It comes with the omnipotent supernatural being part."

Jiraiya nodded, "Ah, I see. Well, let's get to it."

They quickly entered the bar, seeing the establishment full of paying customers. Immediately, their eyes zeroed in on their target, just as Tsunade spotted them.

"You!" both Jiraiya and Tsunade yelled, pointing at each other.

Naruto stared stoically, blinking once or twice.

"Jiraiya...a-and some brat! Isn't she a little young for you?" Tsunade snarled, ready to bolt.

Jiraiya slowly smirked, seeing the perfect opening.

"Don't worry. She's not here for me. Tsunade, meet Jigoku Shoujo."

The bar silenced. And then mass panic ensued as customers scrambled to run out of the building and away from the Hell Girl.

Tsunade froze, a look of shock on her face and her jaw dropped, still pointing at them. Her assistant looked torn between running away or staying with Tsunade.

Jiraiya kept smirking, while Naruto inwardly smacked her forehead in exasperation.

Instead, she unemotionally said, "Nice to meet you."

Tsunade fell down in a dead faint.

Started 9/16/08 –Completed 10/25/08