The Rise Of A Legend
Chapter 10: The Confrontation
Previously:
"No... not yet..." she said, and lunged toward Yugito with her fingertips lighting up with chakra.
Yugito was shocked, she actually attacked her? With her cat-like agility, she ducked, and flipped backwards. "Close-combat with a Hyuga is not good," she thought, as Hinata closed in once again.
"Hinata, don't do this!" Yugito pleaded, though to no avail as she was forced to duck the Hyuga's blows. "I did not follow him for years just to let a bitch like you steal him away!"
Yugito did another backflip, and shouted, "Hinata, don't make me do this!" Still, the Hyuga surged forth with determination in her eyes. "Jyuken no Rendan (Barrage Of Gentle Fists)!"
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Yugito called out, and a fireball shot out from her mouth. "Hakkesho Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation)!" A dome of chakra spun around Hinata, rendering the fireball jutsu useless.
"Damn..." Yugito thought, as she wouldn't be able to get to her at this rate. "I need to overpower her... but how?" Yugito brainstormed with desperation, while dodging the deadly blows.
"That's it! I got it!" she said, and her eyes turned yellow and green. The bandage tying her hair snapped, letting her blonde hair flow wildly.
"What's this..." Hinata widened her eyes, and examined her chakra coils. They were blue, which was normal, but it was way too blue to belong to a normal person. "Nekomata Gokakyu (Cat Fireball)!" A fiery blue ball of flame was flung towards the Hyuga, who once again used the Kaiten.
Unfortunately for Hinata, the demonic chakra began eating into her Kaiten, and she couldn't spin forever. Scowling at Yugito who was in her Bijuu Cloak, she stopped spinning and dodged to the side.
Yugito closed up the gap between them, and sent her own blasts of demonic chakra at her, only parried by Hinata's Jyuken.
Eventually, her Bijuu Cloak receded, and she was tired as hell. "Bitch, it appears that you have run out of your demonic chakra... I hate demons you know..." Hinata taunted, then her hands glowed with her chakra flowing out of the tenketsu near her fingertips.
"It's over!" Rushing towards the jinchuuriki, she struck her in the tenketsu near the heart - or was supposed to. A puff of smoke later, and it was revealed that she had not hit Yugito - in fact, it was even worse.
She had hit Naruto.
"I'm disappointed in you, Hinata," Naruto commented while coughing up blood. "You hate demons... well I'm telling you I hold one."
In the cave within the mindscape, Kurama gasped. Did he hate her?
"But you see, the thing is, I have nothing against demons, unlike you.", and Kurama sobbed in relief.
"Why... why did you save me, Naruto-kun?!" Yugito questioned as tears filled her eyes.
"Because... I have finally realised my feelings for you... Yugito-chan," said Naruto, before his eyes closed and he collapsed, crumpling into the arms of Yugito.
Yugito sobbed, and via Shunshin, left Hinata to think about what she had done.
"Yugito-chan, for now, he's still alive, but he requires urgent medical assistance... or a miracle. Currently, the Kyuubi is doing her best to heal him," came the voice of Matatabi.
"Ok... I hope this works," she muttered, and began to apply medical chakra to his chest. After all, in order to be a jonin, she had to be jonin level in all areas.
As five minutes of continuous healing went by, it seemed that despite the healing factor the Kyuubi bestowed and the medical chakra that Yugito added, he was a goner.
Both Kurama and Yugito wept, as their host and new lover respectively died before their eyes.
"I believe I can help," a voice appeared, and a man stepped out of the shadows. His Rinnegan shone brightly under the lights of Naruto's house.
Both the Bijuu gasped. Those eyes... the eyes of their creator.
"Gedo: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu (Outer Path: Samsara Of Heavenly Life Jutsu)!" Nagato shouted, and the King Of Hell was summoned. His mouth opened, and green light shot out of it. The light reformed into a soul, and it started to re-infuse into Naruto's body.
The King Of Hell dispelled, and Naruto started to groan. "Now that... stung like a bitch," he muttered, and he opened his eyes.
Yugito cried tears of joy as she hugged him. "You idiot... don't do that again..."
In his mindscape, his parents sighed and Kushina commented, "Trust him to sacrifice himself to save a loved one... a lot like you Minato."
"Don't worry, Yugito-chan, I'll be there for you... always," Naruto declared as he leaned in, and had his first kiss.
Their lips met in a moment of passion, where both just only had absolute love for each other.
"Not that I want to spoil the mood, but I have some business to settle with Naruto-kun," Nagato said after clearing his throat as loudly as he could.
"Yes, Nagato-sensei? And thank you for saving me," he added after the Kyuubi told him what happened.
"I'm dying."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Naruto demanded. "Anyways, I'm giving you the greatest gift I have ever given... my Rinnegan."
"Nani?!" Naruto shouted in surprise.
"You shouldn't be shocked, after all, you were my only student, and a promising one at that. You show a lot of potential... to become the greatest shinobi that ever existed. You, Uzumaki Naruto, are the Child Of The Prophecy."
"What prophecy?" Naruto and Yugito asked simultaneously.
"Once, the grand toad elder of Myobokuzan told a prophecy to the Toad Sage, Jiraiya. He said that one day, Jiraiya would have a student who would have enough power to change the world - for the better or the worse. I was a student of Jiraiya, and I had power to change the world... but I didn't. So right now, I'm handing my eyes to you so you can carry on my wish."
"But... I'm not a student of Jiraiya," Naruto exclaimed.
Smirking, the reply came, "Oh... you will. Now, will Konan-chan do the honours?"
Papers started fluttering, and when they stopped, Konan emerged. "Hai, Nagato-kun."
"Some last words... Konan-chan, I love you. And Naruto-kun? You sure know how to pick them." Both blondes in the room blushed, while Konan's face turned solemn.
"Goodbye, Nagato-kun," she muttered as her fingers became coated with chakra. Reaching for his eyes, she extracted them with a deft grasp, and placed them in a storage jar. "You ready, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto nodded, and laid on the floor. She let him drink a concoction, and he fell asleep. Doing the same thing with Naruto's eyes, she then replaced them with the Rinnegan.
"The eyes will take a while to be incorporated into his system, but it should take a few hours only, because Nagato was his distant uncle." Konan said to Yugito, and left with Nagato's body wrapped in papers.
Yugito tended to him for the next hour, and after the second one, he woke up. "This vision... so clear..." Then he recalled what happened. "Nagato-sensei!"
Rushing to the mirror, he realised what had transpired in the past hours. "Konan-san said you needed some rest... and I suggest a Henge to hide your Rinnegan." Yugito voiced.
"Alright... Henge!" Naruto shouted, but the Rinnegan still remained there. Kurama facepalmed. "Naruto-kun, try channeling chakra to your eyes."
He did so, and the Rinnegan faded away, morphing into his normal cerulean eyes. Repeating the process, his blue irises expanded, then the colour faded into purple. "Cool!"
Doing it once again, he walked back to Yugito. "Apparently, the Henge doesn't work with dojutsu."
Yugito sighed, "I bet you're gonna get all excited and start training with your new eyes... right?"
"You bet, Yugito-chan!" Naruto exclaimed, and Yugito rolled her eyes. "Naruto-koi, I suggest going now. Anyway your missions start tomorrow right?"
"Hai, Yugito-hime," Naruto answered with a cheeky grin, and said, "See you later!"
The Next Day
Naruto left the house with a Shunshin, and arrived to find that Kakashi was actually on time.
"Let's go to the Hokage's office," Kakashi instructed Team 7, and they scattered.
Upon arriving, the Hokage opened a scroll, and said, "Team 7. First D-rank, eh? Well, the mission is to catch Tora."
"Wait, we get to catch a tiger, Hokage-jiji? Sounds like fun!" Naruto commented enthusiastically. Meanwhile, the rest of Team 7 thought about how rude Naruto was, while Kakashi just raised an eyebrow and sighed.
"Tora... the cat of the Daimyo's wife," the Sandaime elaborated. The whole of Team 7 facepalmed.
Kakashi said, "Welcome to the wonderful world of D-ranks."
Author's Notes:
Well, sorry for the lateness, but I've decided to post one chapter every other day instead of daily. Quantity over quality, I suppose, as I do not wish to write any quote "half-ass shit" unquote. As for the story itself, hope you guys don't mind if he gets the Rinnegan, I know some of you were excited. Regarding the special edition, no one asked me any questions, but the thing is still pending. Refer to chapter 9 for the special edition details. Do you guys think I should write a lemon? If you do, it'll still take a while before it happens because their relationship still needs to be developed - they just started.
Until tomorrow,
Ja Ne