Blood is thicker than water

Chapter 10: Things you can't get back

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

"There are also some leaf ninja here that must be eliminated." Naruto's eyes were hidden under his black hair, he wished not to see the unhuman expression that marked Keiko's face.

"Naruto! Let me take from you!" Veins bulged around his forehead and neck, his eyes looked almost as if they were going to pop. Saliva dripping from his mouth in excitement, but to Naruto he just sounded like some rabid animal, hell they were pretty close. Knuckles cracked, large hands came towards his head. The sound of chains breaking echoed through the large room.

"You tried to take from me, so why don't I take from you." Naruto whispered in his ear, the chains binding his wrists were wrapped around Keiko's neck. The large man grabbed onto the chin instantly crushing it. Black flipping back Naruto landed on the ground.

Keiko didn't waste any time, rushing towards Naruto who just stayed silent.

"NARUTO!"

Ducking under a barrage of punches Naruto jumped into the air, his bare foot was brought down to Keiko's chest only for his scarred ankle to be grabbed. "I'm not letting go." Twisting his body around, his skin followed, his leg broke blood flew from the twisted flesh. His opposite leg kicking the head of his torturer sending him flying into a near wall. Getting out of the grasp Naruto stood back, his left twisting back to its normal form.

"Do you really think after all of this something like that would hurt me?" Naruto spoke, his voice calm and collected, his hair shadowing his eye.

In the pile of dust Keiko panted heavily his nails scraping the tile floor. Spit pouring from his mouth. "Kill you… I'll kill you. I'll destroy you. I'll make a sloppy mess out of you." His knuckles cracking loudly as he stood up.

Naruto gave a small smile.

"NARUTO!" Keiko rushed towards him, but he just jumped over him his fist collided with Keiko's open palm. His fist was grabbing flinging Naruto over hit body Keiko aimed another punch at his face but it missed when Naruto jumped away. Ducking and jumping over potentially fatal hits Naruto landed across the room, he couldn't let this man stand in his way, no way.

Keiko sprinted towards him, his large hand grabbing onto Naruto face throwing him into the wall a large cloud of dust followed. Pulling himself from the ruble Naruto pressed his thumb against his pointer finger, pushing down the bone cracked.

As the dust cleared he raised his head, a large smile on his lips. "Now, it's my turn."

Keiko's eyes widened when Naruto rushed towards him, air seemed together around his fist as it collided with Keiko's chest making his gasp in pain. Grabbing onto his arm Naruto lifted himself up, his legs wrapping around the large arm. Bringing his body to the ground, the bone shattered to pieces. A painful scream irrupted from Keiko's mouth. Jumping back Naruto watched as the man fell to the ground grasping his arm.

"Oh come on, you're a torturer i'm sure you can a little more pain." Naruto walked forward, sitting on the man's back, his hand raised to his side, each knuckle cracked loudly.

"You tried to kill me, so i'm sure you won't mind if I do the same." Naruto hand smashed through Keiko's chest, his fingers hit the floor. Blood spurted onto his face as well as covering his arm up to his elbow. Blood poured from Keiko's mouth his eyes shaking slightly.

'Is this it?'

Naruto's hand was pulled from his chest. Looking down in shock at Keiko's breath had become labored. He could feel his heart beat slowing down drastically.

"Pathetic, I really thought you would be more of challenge, you've killed hundreds of people yet you're beaten by a mere child." Naruto spoke his eyes burning daggers in the back. Cracking each finger he buried his hand deep into the man's neck, his heart beat dropping rapidly once more. Keiko's eyes began to role backwards. He had been beaten, by a child.

Naruto stood up wiping the blood on his war torn shorts, tilted his head to the left while his right hand lifted, patting his ear. Shaking his head, his left hand pulled a small snake from his ear, dropping it to the ground Naruto ignored the hissing as his bare foot smashed the snake into the ground. Closing his eyes he began walking away leaving the dead sadist lying in a pile of his own blood. The red liquid soaking into Naruto's skin as he made each step, getting closer to the exit. Closing his eyes he stepped out of the building, sun light hitting his light colored skin after days in isolation. His spiky black hair blew in the breeze, ignoring the strange feeling that begun to happen deep within his eyes, he began walking.

-With Sasuki-

Ducking under a slash of a blade Sasuki rolled back staring at her opponent, she didn't know how long they had been fighting, but she was almost out of chakra as she could barely maintain her sharingan. The dark haired man dashed towards her, his sword pulled back. Pulling out a kunai ready to block it, she was surprised when he spun around swinging the sword the opposite way, slicing into her side. Spitting up blood Sasuki fell to the ground clutching her stomach.

Standing straight up the masked man lifted his sword, bringing it down onto the girl. His eyes narrowed when his sword stuck into the ground.

Sasuki's eyes slowly opened when she felt a pair of relatively strong arms holding onto her, supporting her back and legs. Looking up she stared at the black haired boy carrying her. His hair moved from his eyes, they were filled with some much sorrow.

"This is all my fault, i'm sorry."

Her eyes widened, it was Naruto. His skin was oddly pale, she could see deep red scars covering his wrists. His dark eyes stared back into hers, so much was spoken between them.

"What on earth did they do to you?" He gave a small smile, bending down he softly set her onto the ground. "Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter now."

She gave a small smile back. "Baka."

Naruto raised his head as a familiar man jumped down next to him, his gravity defining hair making him instantly recognizable.

"Kakashi-sensei watch over her, I'll be back." Kakashi stared in shock, it was Naruto. What happened to him?

By this time the kurotama member had pulled out his sword, facing the group. Naruto looked calmly, the man's eyes widened when he had disappeared. Feeling a body press against his back he spun around swinging his sword only for it to pass through air.

Naruto reappeared behind him again his fist hitting his back sending him stumbling forward. Before he could fall to the ground Naruto grabbed onto his cloak pulling him up, turning him around Naruto threw his fist back, the white mask shattered. A wicked smile covered his face.

"I never thought I would end up fighting you, Naruto." The male looked to be around fifteen, straight brown hair covered both his eyes until his head shot up, a pair of bright green eyes stared at Naruto. "You're faster than I expected." Both teens ran towards each other, the brunette's sword slashed over Naruto who ducked under. Grabbing ahold of the blade with his opposite hand Naruto pulled it forward. Their faces only a few inches away.

"I'm the absolute, if you let your guard down even for a second, I'll kill you." Naruto vanished, a leg kicked the boy into the ground, then a fist hit his stomach sending him into a cement wall. Vanishing again Naruto stood above the teen boy, grabbing his collar he lifted him up, cocking his fist back, the sound of a jaw breaking followed. Dropping the unconscious boy to the ground he turned around.

Looking at Sasuki, he noted that her abdomen was now bandaged, when she saw him walking towards her she gave him a smirk.

"Sensei go and tell everyone there job is done, they've done plenty for me. Thank them for me too." His voice cold and distant which surprised them both. Kakashi gave a smile, knowing his student was finally out of harm's way, or at least for now.

[AN: Play Tokyo Ghoul Root A Episode 2 OST: Glassy Sky]

In the moonlight Sasuki was finally able to get a good look of him. He looked different, apart from his hair, his body and ora seemed strange. His hair seemed wilder, losing some of its spikiness, hanging over his eyes. The same sad look was on his face as when she had first seen him. Currently his side was facing her, his head hung low. Was this really Naruto?

"What are we doing Naruto, we should get you back to the others." He didn't move, just stayed staring at the ground. "Hey, are listening to me Naruto?" His head finally raised, hair falling from his eyes. His view traveled to the moon that seemed to glow above them.

She stared up at him, not daring to move. "You should dye your hair when we get back, it's too distracting, besides black doesn't really suit you." She could see his muscles go rigid.

"Sasuki." She froze, something was off.

"I'm…not going back to Konoha." Her eyes narrowed.

"Huh, what do you mean?"

He took a breath. "I'm…joining the kurotama."

Time seemed to freeze around Sasuki, her body was completely frozen. She watched as Naruto turned away, he took a step then another. With each movement he got father and father away from her until she couldn't see him at all. Her eyes burned with tears, she didn't understand. Her fists clenched onto her shirt, she wanted to scream, to cry, to run after him, but she knew it was no use. Pushing the tears away she stood up on wobbly legs and began making her way off to find Kakashi.

Glass cracked under each step Naruto took, his body swayed as he walked out of the large building. Dressed in a tight black long sleeve shirt as well as tight black pants. A pair of black shorts and a black short-sleeve high collared shirt was worn over them. He finally began to see a light at the end of the hallway, three figures stood blocking the exit. One, a female with a white rabbit mask, the tall man next to her wore a red metal face mask that covered his mouth and nose. The last was a brown haired teen, a large visible bruise on his cheek.

Sasuki stared up at the ceiling of her hospital room, her cheeks were stained with dry tears while her throat burned with each swallow. Her attention turned when she saw the door to her room open. Kakashi stood, a sad look on his face. Turning to her side she looked away, out the window into the village below.

"We can send out another seem to search for Naruto, we are doing our best to make sure he doesn't get written off as a rouge ninja." Kakashi spoke taking a seat on the edge of hospital bed. Sasuki shook her head, her eyes landing on the leaf headband that sat on the side table.

"No, he'll come back to Konoha." Her hand reached out grabbing ahold of the head band, her fist squeezing it lightly. "I know he will." Kakashi smiled, his hand patting Sasuki's leg before he exited leaving her alone.

'I wonder what you're doing now, Naruto-baka.'

Elsewhere Naruto stood perched in a tree, below him was his target, a group of missing-nins he was sent to eliminate.

"This is your first mission, you better not drag us down, or we'll kill you." The left brother spoke.

Naruto turned a small smile on his face, a set of red eyes stared at the brothers. "Don't worry, if we lose, I will gouge out my eyes and hand them to you. I don't want to risk that, do I?"

The second brother nodded, turning his focus to the group of ninja below.

"Let's go."

The last thing the ninja saw was a set of three-tomoe spin rapidly to form vortexes.

'Mangekyo Sharingan.'

AN: Well that's chapter ten, this has to be my favorite chapter so far. It turned out being a little shorter than I hoped for but oh well. Any way don't freak out this is by far not the end of this story, it's only the beginning. Next chapter will start with a three-year time skip into the Shippuden era. So hope you enjoyed. Also to see Naruto's outfit and mangekyo sharingan go to my bio and copy and paste the link. Also I might post another chapter later today, I'll do my best but no promises.

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