REQUIEM OF A DEMON
CHAPTER NINE: WHISPERS OF WAR Part One
BY DANIEL NIEVES
AN: SORRY FOR THE WAIT, BUT WITH WORKING ON THE ROAD LESS TAKEN (EVEN IF IT'S NOT POPULAR) AND REDEMPTION AND A NEW STORY CALLED DAMNATION, REQUIEM WAS ON THE BACK BURNER. SO YOU'LL GET A 6000+ CHAPTER TO MAKE UP FOR IT.
I
NAMI NO KUNI
Jade green eyes opened groggily as sunlight filtered in through them, causing the twelve year old boy heavy discomfort. Now awake, he stood up to find that the hole in his gut had indeed repaired itself, thanks to the Kyuubi's regenerative powers. Sure he was hated, but he healed fast. It was a catch 22 if you'd ask him. Looking down at his bandaged hand, the stinging sensation he had felt as he charged up a second Chidori was gone.
The sheer power and chakra he had focused into it had been so powerful that it had fried the flesh of his hand. The pain had been so hot, it had been nearly tear jerking, but he had focused on saving Sasuke that he'd ignored it and killed Haku…
He had killed again.
He had charged up a fistful of lightning and rammed it into Haku's chest, sternum giving way to the sheer strength and speed he'd used as he battered his way in. He had not hesitated…he didn't remember much, he remember how angry he'd been, seething with white hot rage and took Haku's life without even touching the Kyuubi's chakra. What did it mean?
Was he a killer like the Kyuubi? Could he be cold and remorseless as he watched the life slip from someone's face? Was he truly the Kyuubi? He remembered Yugito's words… "I'm not the demon… I'm its vessel, there is a difference."
Sighing, he stood up out of his bed with minimal difficulty and padded his way to the bathroom so he could take a quick piss. Sleeping for as long as he did probably didn't help. After relieving himself he flushed the toilet and headed back to the guest room where the rest of his teammates should be. Instead of his teammates, he found the silently snoring body of one Nii Yugito.
Naruto stared at her unabashedly. He really couldn't help himself, Yugito was that beautiful. Feline like eyes closed, a small smirk marred her sleeping face, blonde hair cascading over her chest, she was the epitome of what a woman should look. Breasts covered solely by the sheet she had covering her, but they did not cover her long, slender legs.
Dear God, why did his hormones choose to start kicking in now? A soft, musky smell tainted his nose for a second, and blood began to flow to areas he didn't want to begin to wrap his twelve year old mind around. "I should kill you for being such a perv…" Yugito stated calmly, musing him out of his thoughts.
Naruto's mouth opened and closed in a comical fish like imitation. "I wasn't being perverted." He clarified, "Besides, you couldn't kill me anyway, after all, you tried." Naruto continued, nearly smirking when he saw a disdainful smile mar Yugito's features.
Suddenly she began to smile catlike as a plan must have suddenly inspired her. "You're not a pervert Naruto? Shame…" she spoke softly, as he slowly spread her gorgeous legs, parting them slightly to give the younger blonde a look.
Unable to control his eyes, they slowly moved from her legs and up her calves to what he secretly wanted to see. But she denied access as she clenched her legs together. "Come here Naruto." She whispered, beckoning him with her voice.
His legs moved independently of his mind and slowly walked towards the feline goddess. She slowly shifted herself as she got on her knees, sheets still wrapped around her chest, but Naruto still saw the swell as she breathed.
He decided right there and then that despite his disdain for the jinchiruuki, she was remarkably and amusingly attractive. Fuck attractive, she was gorgeous, she was hot, she embodied what sexy should be. He liked her body…
He did not like the hook that came afterwards when he was within kissing distance of her. "Hentai!" she screamed as her knuckles crashed into his face, sending him flying backwards a few feet.
Naruto got up shakily before giving her one last hard look. "Fucking bitch." He growled out, two tomoed Sharingan blazing to life. He disappeared via shunshin ready to find his friends.
II
Yugito shivered as she watched the boy leave. She utterly aroused and genuinely terrified at the same time. Spiky blonde hair and neon green eyes that shifted to a blood red and black void of death in a split second. He had a muscular whipcord body, with a haunting smile and whiskered cheeks to boot.
Yugito definitely wasn't into BDSM but the very idea of him roughing her up was… not as disgusting as she should be finding it. Perhaps it was the Nibi inside of her being submissive to the jailor of the Kyuubi? Dismissing such thoughts, she duly noted that the sheets her soaked, proof of her arousal.
She had felt it, tangibly as he had stepped in the room and began peering at her with those pale green eyes of him. Despite the fact that she had been asleep, her heart pace began quickening and her womanhood searing in heat. The bond that connected to him flustered her, like an unseen chakra string connecting the two where she was on the receiving end. She had felt his curiosity, his arousal at the sight of her when she had tempted him with a small peek and his subsequent shutdown and dismissal of her.
The connection between them had shut off so quickly that it made her wonder, just exactly had happened to him that could allow to completely devoid himself of all emotion in a heartbeat? But then again, she already knew, his Tsukyomi had revealed that much to her, even if it had been briefly, she had seen much of his childhood.
It had scarred and traumatized her to think that a village could do that much to a boy, shunning him would have been a blessing… but to savagely beat him and nearly kill him for harboring something he had control over was despicable.
The worst part was that right now, her possible return to Kumogakure was bleak. Not only was she connected to the blonde jinchiruuki, but now she had several S-ranked secrets that were enough to assassinate her over.
She knew that he was a jinchiruuki of the Kyuubi and son of the Kiiroi Senkou. The Yondaime Hokage, a man who'd been feared all around the Great Five Nations, had fathered the poor orphan. He had been legendary, marked with a flee on sight order from the Raikage as well as the Tsuchikage due to his deadly Hiraishin.
What the fuck had she gotten herself into?
Hachi Kira will be pissed, she mused before lying back in bed and letting her eyes close as sleep claimed her once again.
III
Jiraiya looked over at the aging Sandaime and offered him the sake saucer. "Hey, you old geezer, are you sure you want me to be the Godaime?" Jiraiya asked his sensei, who was sitting comfortably on his chair, puffing away at a pipe.
"For the last fucking time Jiraiya-kun, you will be the Godaime, no one else is better suited for the job, not even Hatake-san." Sarutobi Hiruzen replied sharply. Ever since he announced that Jiraiya would be taking his place, his perverted student had been annoying him repeatedly to pick another successor.
"I'm just saying it's kinda hard to follow up after you and Minato, the Kami no Shinobi and the Konoha no Kiiroi Senko. What about that old fart Danzou?" Jiraiya replied jokingly, much to his sensei's ire.
"That old coot… as if, I would never help him become Hokage, I'd rather give the position to Orochimaru." Sarutobi said, snorting, finding the very idea of it hysterical.
"That's not very nice Hokage-sama…" a withered voice spoke as someone stepped into the room.
Jiraiya turned to see who had stepped in and his eyes got wide as saucers. "Speak of the devil." Jiraiya replied, laughing mirthfully. The old war hawk known as Danzou stepped into the room, cane in hand as he hobbled towards the Sandaime and future Godaime.
"What do you want Danzou?" Sarutobi bit off, not ready to deal with his old rival.
"I would like for you to reconsider the nomination for Godaime and give it to someone more qualified, someone like myself whose interests are to solely benefit the village rather than one's own pleasure." Danzou growled out, one eye glaring at Jiraiya.
"Request denied, Jiraiya-kun will be the Godaime, simple as that. Despite the fact that I had sentenced you to prison for life without parole, the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni decided to pardon you. I will not, a guilty criminal will not become Hokage while I live. How dare you come into my office, demanding to become Hokage after all you've done you piece of shit?"
Danzou did not have the shame to look abashed. "We both know you will not live for much longer, Sarutobi-san. Under my thumb the village will prosper, while under Jiraiya it will burn, mark my words, if I don't become Hokage…"
"Are you threatening the village?" Sarutobi snarled, leaping out of his seat and shedding his Hokage robes in an instant.
"No, merely stating a fact. The village will not prosper properly under the rule of such perverted swine." Danzou repeated, and Jiraiya blushed as he tried to keep himself level headed.
"Konoha under the rule of a pervert will be infinitely better than under the rule of a murderous, back-stabbing low life as you…" Jiraiya snapped, "What would be the point of replacing one fossil with another? Sarutobi-sensei, I now know what you mean by me being the most qualified, I accept the position of Godaime as well as custodial rights to one Uzumaki Naruto. He is to live with me as well as train under my tutelage and become Rokudaime." Jiraiya finished.
Sarutobi smiled, but Danzou didn't. Instead he slammed his cane on the ground. "A jinchiruuki becoming Hokage? Preposterous! Over my dead body, I will not allow that." Danzou roared, but Jiraiya smiled.
"In case you forgot, you are irrelevant, insignificant, and you have neither power nor rule in Konoha. The boy is a clan head as well as son of the Yondaime Hokage, hero to this village, unlike some one eyed, crippled bastard I know… and if need be, I'll make sure your dead to allow Uzumaki Naruto to become Hokage." Jiraiya warned him.
"Are you threatening me?" Danzou demanded.
Jiraiya's arm shot out and his hands clasped around the bastard's throat. Lifting him up in the air effortlessly, he began squeezing. "Let me tell you something, I'm not sensei, I will kill you if you get out of line with me. Uzumaki is my godson, son of my student, not your personal scapegoat or weapon for you to use. You fuck with him, you fuck with me, or by God I will end you. Am I understood?" Jiraiya demanded, before tossing the limp body across the room, much to Sarutobi's amusement.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Danzou grumbled, before grabbing his cane and hobbling out of the room.
"As of now Jiraiya-kun, you are officially Godaime Hokage, prepare for the introduction of your position to the village tomorrow at noon." Sarutobi grinned before walking away from the desk. "Don't worry, you'll be a great Hokage…" Sarutobi muttered before disappearing from the room and releasing the genjutsu on the stack of paperwork he had specifically saved for Jiraiya.
Seeing the paperwork, Jiraiya let out a girlish scream. "Son of a bitch, I'll kill you, you old fart."
IV
"We are all here." A boisterous voice announced to the projection of the other eight members in the desolate cave.
"Can we hurry this meeting… you talk too much and Jashin-sama's getting thirsty for his offering and I do not wish to bring his ire upon me." Another voice called out from across the room.
"You will do to remember that in here, I am god and can smite you a hell of a lot harder than your Jashin." The first voice replied slowly, with a hint of annoyance as well as amusement.
"Atheist…you unbeliever, I rebuke you in the name of Jashin."
"Hidan, enough. Let the meeting continue so leader can dismiss us and we can continue on with our bounty." Another voice interjected, and the one called Hidan let out a pitiful whine.
"I don't want money Kakuzu, I want to bring glory to the name of Jashin, motherfucker. Leader can suck a fat religious dick for all I care." Hidan snapped, his projection suddenly began to shimmer as the Leader began to strangle his real body.
"Shut up Hidan!" Leader barked, then looked over at the other seven members. "It is time for us to start collecting bijuu, and this plan will surely get us three bijuu in one sitting. As you know the Kyuubi captured the Nibi vessel and from what Zetsu tells us, they seem to be nearly inseparable and won't be separating soon. The second Kakashi's team gets to Konoha, we will send a courier bird to Suna warning them of an impending attack and to turn over there jinchiruuki. We all know how proud their Yondaime is and he'd rather fight than run, but he'll ask for help from his fellow allies; the Leaf Village.
"Konoha will most likely send their most powerful teams to help, as well as the Nibi to Suna for backup and we'll strike and capture three vessels as one." The Leader finished.
"How do you know they'll send the jinchiruuki?" another voice spoke up, the voice belonging to one of the last four Sharingan users, Uchiha Itachi.
"Itachi-kun, we all know about Konoha and their uses for jinchiruuki." The Leader said laughing.
"Hai." Itachi replied.
"I'm sending you Itachi, Kisame, Sasori and Deidara. It should be enough to complete the task at hand. Remember this, you must not fail, or face divine judgment."
V
"Kaka-sensei!" Naruto pouted, his eyes squinting, giving him a fox like appearance. Naruto had showed up at the bridge and to his surprise, it had been complete, after Gatou's death, the shipment of the metal and concrete that was supposed to have taken two month's time had miraculously appeared in Nami.
"Naruto, hang on a second. Tazuna's about the name the bridge, we'll talk afterwards." Kakashi chastised the twelve year old.
Tazuna stood in the center of a bunch of Nami citizens. "People of Nami, we are gathered today because the bridge to freedom has been completed. Thanks to Konoha and the efforts of Team Seven, heavy assault squadron, we were able to finish the bridge and come that much closer to our dream of restoring Nami to its former glory.
We had been faced with obstacles, poverty, the kidnapping and raping of our daughters, our children forced into work camps. They overtaxed food with less than minimum wage for our work. We had been plagued, but God had given us hope, through Team Seven. Despite the fact that I had lied about the importance and priority of the mission, they followed through bravely, disregarding their own caution for their lives and helped save us. So today we will christen the new lake as Konoha Lake in memory of their service as well as our combined future prosperity.
As for the bridge, it shall be named the Great Naruto Bridge." Tazuna announced and Naruto's jaw dropped.
"NANI!?"
Tazuna looked over at the young shinobi and smiled. "Yes it shall be named after you Naruto. Twice you have saved my life with no reason to, you continued the mission despite the lie. You selflessly cared when no one else did, and you fought when no one else could. You never gave up, and put aside your own feelings and did what was necessary to ensure my survival. Thus it shall be named after you, as an example that one person can make a difference, as an example that we, the village of Nami will fight from now on, and never give up, despite any challenge and overwhelming odds that may plague us in the future. This is the Great Naruto Bridge!"
Naruto looked at Tazuna with mixed feelings. The audience and Nami citizens stared in awe at him, clapping at him, smiling their eternal thanks. "But, I'm not the hero you make me out to be…" Naruto stuttered, "I'm not that person."
Tazuna tilted his head at Naruto. "You are not as emotionless as you think. You are our hero and savior, even if you don't see it. So thank you for your services. We also extend thanks to Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke, Inuzuka Kiba and even Nii Yugito who had helped in the end. Thank you all, we can never thank you enough." Tazuna bent down and lit a large firework. The firework launched itself in the air and exploded into a million bursts of light, shining brightly despite it being a sunny day.
After the official christening of Konoha Lake and The Great Naruto Bridge, a party and festival ensued. Normally Naruto hated festivals, seeing as Konoha had started an annual one in celebration of the Kyuubi's defeat. He had been going to them prior to his ninth birthday until he realized that for some reason, he was attacked without fail every single time.
But alas, now that the bridge was completed Naruto knew he wouldn't be happy for long. He could party all night and be happy and merry like the rest of the drunks but when he awoke in the morning, he'd be returning to the hellhole that was his home, Konohagakure no Sato. Even though he had made friends out of Sasuke, Kiba, Kakashi, and had some sort of feeling for the Sandaime, it was still hard to wake up and be the most hated individual in Konoha for something out of his control.
After all, he'd only been a baby when Yondaime-teme had sealed the Kyuubi away in his newborn insignificant body. Yet they still hated him for it, the pariah and scapegoat of Konoha.
Brushing away such thoughts, he decided not to brood, he decided to leave that to Sasuke.
Then there was the whole thing with Yamanaka Ino. He liked her, she was pretty enough, but her fan girlish tendencies ruined her for him. He wanted…no needed someone who was strong, someone who he wouldn't have to worry about in battle.
"Someone like Nii Yugito?" Kyuubi's voice reverberated through his cage. Instantly Naruto was summoned to his cage, a place he hadn't seen since the attack that had left him blind temporarily.
Naruto's mindscape was a sewer for some unpleasant reason. There was an ungodly stench that made Naruto wonder if Kyuubi ever got rid of his turd nuggets or if he just let them stink away. Giggling for a second, his eyes swiveled up to the imaginary cage that held the demon there. There Kyuubi was, teeth and fangs gnashed together and dark red eyes peering at him.
"What the fuck do you want, you stupid fox?" Naruto asked blatantly.
"I suggest that for the safety of your loved ones and friends that you never talk to me that way again." Kyuubi warned, baring his teeth at him, his hot, rampant breath tickling Naruto's nose.
"Do remember that you are sealed within me, not the other way around." Naruto reminded him.
"I have not forgotten, you pathetic monkey. I am merely reminding you that should you continue to fuck with me and I do find a way out of this seal, I will kill all you hold dear."
"You're never getting out. Have you summoned me for a reason or were you just bored?" Naruto shot back.
"You are here because you have been within close contact and proximity of the Nibi no Nekomata. You are under no circumstances distance yourself from her. When you used the Tsukyomi on her and used it inappropriately, you accidently connected yourself with her as well as the Nibi and I. Don't interrupt, I know that you know that. This bond, that damnable connection of yours is plaguing me. While you might have been so angered at the kunoichi that you didn't notice, you aroused her heavily as well as the Nibi and it's been eating at me in this cage your father shoved me in. Conquer the kunoichi's heart, mate with her and I will assist you in anyway possible until I escape. Do this for me and I will do as your father wanted; I'll let you live when I escape." Kyuubi growled out, leering at Naruto with blood red Sharingan eyes.
"I have no father, nor do I have use for you wanton desires Kyuubi." Naruto snarled, unconsciously activating his own Sharingan. "I will do as I please and now knowing that you want to mate with the Nibi, I will deliberately distance myself away from her you idiot!" Naruto snapped at the giant fox sealed away within him.
"You will do as I say boy, or you will reap upon agony and grief when I depart from this seal that ties me to your monkey flesh."
"That's what you don't get, Kyuubi. You're never leaving this cage alive, so don't summon me unless you got something important to discuss, I suggest you don't summon me again!"
Naruto disappeared from his mindscape and back into reality. Naruto opened his eyes to stare into the single Cyclops eye of Kakashi. The said eye was frowning in concern and despite the fact that it should be the least of his worries, he wondered how Kakashi did that. "Are you alright Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto tilted his head to the side before laughing sheepishly. "Nani? Yeah I'm alright, I just spaced out for a bit, Kaka-sensei." Naruto replied evenly, feigning ignorance.
Kakashi gave him and odd look, but chose not to pursue.
VI
Fate did not smile kindly upon Kaguya Kimmimaro. He was the last of his clan, and now the last of his group. The Kaguya clan was all but extinct, having been wiped from the face of the earth by Kiri's shinobi. But fate had smiled upon him that day, and he had ran into Zabuza-shishou and Haku-kun and they had taken him in. They had fed him, trained him, they had given him a new purpose.
But now they were gone. Both of them had been killed by the same shinobi, his shishou was dead because of chakra poisoning, some sort of foul chakra had shut down his entire nervous system from the inside out. Haku on the other hand had died instantly; something had caved his chest in and robbed the effeminate boy of his life.
Zabuza had once told him that life was a bitch; either you fucked it or you got fucked.
He would not stop until he avenged his surrogate family's death. He would not stop, would not be stopped until he saw the life extinguish from the shinobi's eyes.
His purpose had been robbed, his family killed.
Did fate hate him that much?
VII
"It would appear that Jiraiya has been chosen to be Godaime." A soft voice called out, eyes hid behind the shade of his glasses.
Orochimaru was silent for a second, before bringing his amber eyes to his informant Kabuto. "It is of no consequence, the plan will continue as planned. We will destroy the Leaf Village, I am the strongest of the Sannin and that hasn't changed." Orochimaru replied, his silky voice sending shivers down Kabuto's back.
"Good. Everything has been set in place, we have convinced the Kazekage to attack and our soldiers here in Oto have come along brilliantly." Kabuto replied, pushing his glasses of his nose.
Orochimaru looked over at the enigma that was Kabuto. It probably would benefit him to kill the medic nin right now but Kabuto did provide services that even he Orochimaru couldn't do right now. If it weren't for the fact that he desired the Sharingan so much, Kabuto would be a prime body for him to steal. Oh how he desired to know the inner workings and jutsus that the medic nin knew.
But for now, he'd be content with having him as a lackey. "Do you have any new reports on the Akatsuki?" the pale faced snake asked.
Kabuto gave his master a small bemused smile, before responding. "Yes, I do. It would appear that Kakashi and his team has captured the Nibi and Akatsuki plan to nab the three jinchiruuki at one battle. They will attack Sunagakure in an attempt to lure the jinchiruuki and capture them, or at least reveal who they are."
Orochimaru pondered it for a second. "It is not without consequences. Who are they planning to send?"
"Uchiha Itachi, Kisame, Sasori and Deidara." Kabuto replied. "Why do you say there will be consequences?" Kabuto asked.
Orochimaru's long tongue slithered out and flicked out at Kabuto. "Think about it." Orochimaru spoke condescendingly, "Three jinchiruuki, Kakashi, an Uchiha and the Sand army. Despite how strong the Akatsuki may think they are, there will be some sort of ramification for their arrogance." Orochimaru whispered silkily.
"And you aren't?" Kabuto asked, amused smile lighting up his face.
"Careful boy. The only reason you're alive is because I find use in you. There may come a time where you'll outlive your usefulness and you'll regret your cheeky statements." Orochimaru snapped, his amber eyes bulging in anger.
Kabuto merely smiled once more before disappearing in a blaze of fire.
VIII
One could hate their home, but after being away from it for so long, one can not help but be ecstatic upon the eventual return. Or so this was true for Uzumaki Naruto. Both Kakashi and Sasuke had a look of indifference, while Kiba did not want to return and leave Nami no Kuni. "Can we get the next couple of days off?" Kiba begged Kakashi and Akamaru barked in response.
Kakashi stared at his student and crinkled his eye into a twisted smile. "We'll see Kiba."
Kakashi looked over at Naruto, who was walking side by side with the Kumo kunoichi, as if they hadn't been enemies. Kakashi's eye smile vanished as he watched the peculiar blonde blush when Kakashi caught him checking the Kumo kunoichi out.
Rather than calling him a pervert and alerting the kunoichi of Naruto's antics, Kakashi preferred to act aloof and cool, saving Naruto from another punch that would have knocked his head off.
After spending some time travelling, Team Seven and Nii Yugito finally arrived in from of Konohagakure. They had torn into Hi no Kuni's forests and hastily arrived at the large, looming gates that hid the beauty of the village behind it.
"So this is Konohagakure…?" Yugito spoke, her eyes widened in awe.
"No it's not…" Naruto spoke starkly, "This is Iwagakure, Nibi-chan."
Yugito, seeing Naruto's infamous smirk, gave him a cold glare that would have had Kages quaking in their boots. "Speak to me like that again…" Yugito stopped herself. Perhaps it wasn't too smart making threats to Naruto in front of his team and his village.
Naruto's smirk returned. "What's wrong, scaredy cat?"
Sasuke's eyes swiveled over to his blond best friend. "Naruto, that's enough taunting. The faster we can get rid of the kunoichi, the faster we can go train with Kakashi." Sasuke pointed out unabashedly.
Naruto looked over at his best friend and nodded. He was right, the two of them needed training badly. They were at best chuunin level shinobi. Yes, they had the Sharingan which helped them more than it hurt, but this mission had shown them that they were in fact, truly weak. They had been so cocky thinking that they, two of the last three Sharingan users would dominate their missions, laying claim to everything in sight, yet if it had not been for their Sharingan, both would be dead. Hell, both nearly died, but the blow hurt worse for Sasuke.
He had panicked during the fight with Zabuza, and he'd been bested by Haku despite everything the brooding Uchiha had thrown at him. Naruto on the other hand had killed both Zabuza and Haku, yet he still felt weak. Zabuza had forced him to rely on the chakra of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and even then he had died of chakra poisoning caused by a Youkai Chidori.
While he had wiped the floor with Haku, it had been because he had been low on chakra, already having fending Sasuke off and exhausted. He had been easy pickings for Naruto. And despite that, he nearly died twice. Haku had impaled him twice on the zanpatou, even when he had breathed his last, he had managed to work towards his purpose.
If it hadn't been the Kyuubi sealed away in his gut, he would not have lived.
If it wasn't for his Sharingan, he would not have defeated Yugito, nor Haku.
Truly he felt weak.
The gates to Konoha opened up and Izumo and Kotetsu, the chuunin best friends, were there to greet them. "Kakashi-sempai and his little gakis, you've made it back safely, with a prisoner at that." Kotetsu greeted, beaming a smile upon Naruto and Sasuke.
"You're kids do look beat up… try not to show up late and brief the Sandaime, ne Kaka-senpai?" Izumo finished, giving them an off-handed wave as the two chuunins resumed their posts.
"Let's go and see the Sandaime." Kakashi spoke, before crinkling his eye into another creepy smile. He swiveled his eye and looked at Yugito, warning her not to try nothing stupid before they were to meet the Sandaime.
Yugito grunted unladylike and the five shinobi headed downtown before finishing their trek as they saw the Hokage's tower. The five of them entered the tower, and saw Iruka handing out missions.
"Naruto-kun!" there was a loud, banshee like squeal and vanilla and lavender tainted Naruto's nostrils as a pair of arms snaked themselves around his waist.
"Ino-san." Naruto bit off, trying to mask his annoyance.
"How was your mission?" She replied chattily, her anxious enthusiasm annoying Naruto even more.
"Tiring, I really don't want to talk about right now Ino. Maybe later when we finish briefing Hokage-jiji, I'll take you out for some dango." Naruto promised.
Ino caught onto his annoyance and disappointment marred her face. Naruto turned around to face her and instantly berated himself for being such a douche. Her brows were furrowed in thought and a sad frown was etched on her thin, pretty face. "Don't worry about it Naruto-kun." She turned to leave but Naruto gripped her arm gently.
"Hang on Ino-chan." Naruto spoke so softly, Ino nearly thought she imagined him calling her Ino-chan. Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her flush against him, the scent of vanilla and lavender getting a rise out of him. Pressing his lips to her forehead, he spoke, "Sorry for being such a dirtbag Ino. I'm just so distraught after everything that happened on this mission that I took it out on you when I shouldn't of have. I promise, as soon as we brief the old geezer, I'll take you out and make it up to you." He offered, giving her a genuine smile.
She deserved that much.
A smile lit up her pretty features, and suddenly she noticed the Kumo kunoichi. She was about to open her mouth to say something, but chose not to. Giving Naruto a quick peck on his lips, she turned back to her team bouncing away happily.
"Aww…kiddy love." Yugito snipped at him, giving him a sideways glance through her feline like eyes.
"You almost sound jealous, bitch, oh wait, that'd be Kiba's mother, so I guess you're just a stupid, jealous pussy. Meow…" Naruto shot back.
"Mark my words…"
"So this must be the jinchiruuki you were talking about Kakashi!" A loud voice interrupted her. At the doorway stood a peculiar looking man, dressed in black ninja pants, with the shins tapered by bandages, a black long sleeved shirt with an old school jounin flak vest over it. That and he was wearing the Hokage robes sans the hat. A long mane of spiky white hair adorned his head, muddy brown eyes with red lines drawn under the eyes leading towards his jaw.
"Why is this tard dressed in jiji's clothes?" Naruto asked Kakashi, who bowed his head in shame.
"Naruto, this is the Godaime Hokage of Konoha, Jiraiya the Great Toad Sage." Kakashi responded.
Naruto's eyes widened. Sarutobi had been replaced by this big oaf…
"They must be running low on candidates to replace jiji with the biggest hentai known to man. Isn't that right, Ero-sama?" Naruto asked quizzically, tilting his head to the side as he got a good look at the known author of the Icha Icha series.
Jiraiya took one hard long look at his godson. "Stand at attention when you're talking to me!!!" Jiraiya barked at the blonde, who upon reflex snapped to attention.
Team Seven and Yugito did as well. Jiraiya cast them a look, before responding, "Not you guys, just this particular blonde sea monkey." Jiraiya stood up to full height before glaring down upon Naruto. "I'm not sure what kind of management and impersonal relationship you might have had with the old goat, but that doesn't fly with me. You will learn to respect me, you will call me Hokage-sama or I will throw you in the brig for treason." Jiraiya threatened, leaking some killer intent, enough to even cause Iruka to tremble on the other side of the room. "Am I clear?"
Naruto lowered his green eyes to the floor, before turning them up to stare at Jiraiya, his eyes no longer green, but blood red with a two tomoed Sharingan gazing peculiarly at the Hokage. "Give me your worst, Ero-sama." Naruto replied coolly and levelly.
"Not bad kid, you got balls for sure. Just like your…"
"Hokage-sama, we are here to turn in our reports from last mission…" Kakashi interrupted, before Jiraiya could finish.
Jiraiya gave Kakashi a hard gaze, before beckoning them to his office. Kakashi reported everything that had happened in the last mission, including the whole bond Naruto and Yugito had formed. Jiraiya once hearing of how the bond even became created, berated Naruto for having used a jutsu he didn't have absolute control of.
"Nii Yugito, now that you know several of our S-ranked secrets as well as this connection with Naruto, there is no possible way to allow you to waltz back to Kumo. I need you to contact the Raikage and schedule a meeting between us to make sure we bring you over to Konoha." Jiraiya spoke.
"Seeing how I am a valuable jinchiruuki of Kumo, I think it will be impossible to convince them. "But I will do as you ask, Hokage-sama." Yugito finished.
"Why don't we keep her and use her as our weapon, along with Naruto-kun." A soft, cold voice interrupted the Hokage. Arm in a sling, and bandages covering up most of his face, Danzou walked in, hobbling along with his cane.
Naruto looked at the old war hawk and immediately the two tomoes formed a three sided pin wheel. He had unconsciously activated his Mangekyou Sharingan. Moving to fast to be stopped, Naruto ducked under Kakashi's arm to lay a vicious kick to Danzou's chest, bowling the old man over and sending him crashing into a wall.
"Just exactly why is he alive?" Naruto demanded, his voice livid and seething.
A/N: I tried to get 10000 words but it just wouldn't flow and I didn't want y'all to wait anymore than necessary for this chapter. Sorry for the long wait, my muse has sucked and I've been busy with life and a super hot girlfriend. Till next time, and I hope I can update ASAP.
