AN: Hey guys! It's my longest chapter yet; just under 4,500 words!
DIACLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Soul Eater.
UPLOADED: 07/24/15
Naruto P.O.V.
"How was your mission?" Maka asks as Hinata, Bushy Brows and I join her and Soul by the training grounds. Maka and Soul were sitting in the shade underneath a tree. The sun was just peeking over the horizon creating long early morning shadows.
"It was great! I got to eat a soul this time. I thought they would have a better taste then that though." I sigh slumping against a tree.
"It's not the taste but the way the soul feels going down." Soul's mouth is watering as he speaks.
"I'd prefer a bowl of ramen any day." I retort crossing my arms.
"So you guys didn't run into any problems then?" Maka gives Hinata a questioning look.
"No problems." Hinata smiles reassuringly.
"Hey, have you guys been able to complete your soul resonance yet?" Soul looks at me and Hinata.
"No but we're getting there. We didn't even have to use it on our last mission." I tell Maka and Soul.
"Well then you had better get some practice in now." Soul stands up and stretches.
"Why is that?" Bushy Brows looks at Soul confused.
"Yeah why?" I chime in with Bushy Brows.
Soul cracks a smile. "Because we have another assignment."
Maka speaks up. "We're leaving tomorrow."
"We never signed up for another mission." Hinata sounded worried and then looked at me.
"Lord Death asked the six of us to go on this assignment." Maka explained with a friendly smile.
"That's cool that we get to go on a mission together. Bushy Brows, Hinata, me, Maka, Soul, and…" I trail off. "Wait that's only…" I stop to count everyone on my fingers. "That's only five." I look up to see Soul laughing. "What are you laughing at?"
"Crona come out from behind the tree." Maka insists going around the tree and returning with the pink haired boy. "Crona is coming with us as part of his trial." She smiles.
"Yeah." Crona manages smiling weakly.
"Hey don't forget about me you ugly girl." Ragnarok sprouts out of Crona's back to insult Maka.
"Sorry, the seven of us are going on an assignment together." Maka looks over at Ragnarok with annoyance.
"Why were you hiding Crona?" Hinata asks gently changing the subject.
"I um I…" Crona stutters, and then looks at me nervously.
I hang my head down. "He's afraid of me." I mutter to myself. It's just like all the people in Konoha.
"Naruto..." I hear Hinata whisper quietly.
"It's okay." I look up to face Crona. "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. I'll just make it up to you." I put on my biggest smile. Crona smiles back at me weakly.
"I thought we could train as a team today; in preparation for our mission." Maka says and claps her hands together.
"At last training. I will take all of you on right now." Bushy Brows cheers getting into his fighting stance.
"Does he not get the words team training?" Soul asks giving Bushy Brows a strange look.
"The best way to learn the fighting style a person uses is to fight them." Bushy Brows answers Soul as though the answer was simple.
"Let's get this started!" I yell and then change into a Scythe.
Bushy Brows, Hinata and I got up fairly early the next day to meet the others at the entrance to Death City for our mission.
"Maka, you never told us what we're supposed to be doing on this mission." Hinata asks quietly while we were walking.
"Oh yeah, oops. There's a Golem that's gone crazy in the Loew Village. We're going there to stop it." Maka explains as we walk.
"That's it? Sounds easy enough." I yawned.
We'd been walking for over an hour now. Maka and Soul lead the way followed by Crona and Bushy Brows then Hinata and me.
"Naruto, are you sure that you're okay?" Hinata asks me.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I answer bluntly confused by her sudden concern.
"It's just that after our last mission you seem a bit different. Your soul is a bit different. Have you had any problems with the Kyuubi?" Her voice gets softer and she stares at the ground.
"I haven't noticed anything weird with my Soul. The Kyuubi hasn't given me anymore problems then it normally does." It wasn't really the truth but it wasn't really a lie either.
"Are you sure?" Hinata looks into my eyes.
"Yeah I'm sure." I try convincing her with a smile.
She appears to be satisfied with my smile. "Okay but if there is anything, you can tell me. We're a team." She smiles back.
"This village is really… whoa." I began but lost my train of thought as a huge Golem walked by us. It had taken us just over two hours to walk to the village. All of the houses have chimneys and are made with brick. Most of the people were wearing thick gloves that come up to their elbows.
"Coolest village ever." Bushy Brows cheers, watching the Golem intently.
"Let's split up and ask the villagers if they know anything about the rogue Golem." Maka suggests looking around the village.
"How are we supposed to find you guys, if we find something?" I ask looking around.
"If anyone finds something they can just flare their soul wavelength. Hinata and I will be able to pick up on a sudden increase in soul pressure." Maka looks to Hinata who nods back to her.
"Let us find this Golem." Bushy Brows announces.
After almost twenty minutes of asking people if they knew anything about the rogue Golem, it was pretty clear the no one knew anything.
"This isn't getting us anywhere." I complain. "I don't think we're ever going to find this Golem."
Hinata gets a strange look on her face. I'm just about to ask her about it when she speaks.
"Maka, Soul's and Crona's soul pressure just increase dramatically. There is something else there with them as well. Naruto I think you should transform now."
I change into a scythe and she catches me before I hit the ground. Bushy Brows follows closely behind us as we run further into the village. We follow a yellow brick road as Hinata tells us to get ready. We turn a corner and I can see our friends are fighting a huge Golem that is wielding a chainsaw.
It fends off an attack from Maka and Soul before turning to face us. Its eyeless sockets stare directly at Hinata and me.
"How many more of you academy brats are there?" The chainsaw roars.
"Glad you guys finally decided to show up." Soul yells appearing in the blade of his scythe.
"This thing isn't a normal Golem; it has a soul so be careful." Maka warns us.
Maka tries to attack the Golem again regaining its attention but it merely flicks its hand and she goes flying. It charges towards us taking only a few giant steps before reaching us.
"It's infested with madness, both the soul of the Weapon and the Golem." Hinata's voice rings though the air loud enough for to hear her.
"Cover your ears! Scream resonance!" A voice hollers before a defining scream rips through the air.
Crona appears above the Golem and brings a black sword down upon it. The sword didn't penetrate the Golem but causes a part of its head to collapse and fall to the ground. Black begins to flow out of the hole and the Golem roars.
I feel something stir inside me and for a second my focus wavers as does my form. I change back into a human then right back into a scythe. Hinata jumps slightly losing grip on my staff and I fall to the ground.
"We're not done with you yet." I hear another voice yell as the darkness takes me.
I awake in a sewer and immediately know where I am. "What the hell Kyuubi I was in the middle of a battle? I haven't even started fighting yet!" I scream at the fox.
"You are the one who called upon me ignorant child." He growls back.
"But I didn't…" I begin but have to stop because of the pain inside of me.
The giant fox chuckles darkly. "I believe here they call it madness. This is going to be so much fun. It's so much easier to take control of you here."
"What do you mean by that?" I scream at the beast.
"I thought it would be quite clear. The madness circles around you because of me. You can't control it but I can." The fox's eyes flare as he stares at me intently. "I wasn't able to take control, of you last time but this time will be different."
"No, I refuse to let you take over me again. I won't hurt my friends!" I bellow, still clutching my stomach. I stand up.
"Naruto? Naruto!" Someone is yelling my name. I snap back to reality and realize that Hinata was the one calling my name.
"Naruto, what happened to you?" She cries frantically.
"The Kyuubi tried to take me over again; I wasn't even trying to summon him or anything." I explain, not really understanding myself what had happened. "What's going on? Where is everyone?" I ask looking around before hearing a loud crashing sound.
"Lee and the others tried to draw the battle away from us after you collapsed." Hinata answers, looking concerned.
"I'm fine now, let's go!" I say jumping up and Hinata follows my lead. I transform and we run back in to the fight.
The Golem looks pretty battered up when we return; part of its head is missing and it only has one arm. The fight had been split up; Bushy Brows, Soul and Maka are fighting the Golem; while Crona and Ragnarok are fighting the chainsaw Weapon.
"Let's go help Crona." I suggest and Hinata starts running over to the pink haired boy. Her breathing is heavy and her hands are shaking slightly.
"Is something wrong? You're shaking." I inquire.
"I can't quite figure it out but your soul changed back there. After the black things came out of the Golem it's… tainted… it almost feels like the Kyuubi's chakra." She explains.
Crona sees us coming and shakes his head violently. Hinata stops before Crona yells. "No, don't come over here! His chains will cut you up! If you died I don't know how I would deal with that. So please, stay away…" Crona is cut off as a chainsaw blade slashes along his thin body. Crona grabs his stomach before falling to the ground.
Hinata lets out a small scream and I'm filled with anger. Crona's body collapses and the man who did it turns to face us with an evil smile. "Oh I'm sorry was he your friend?" He taunts; his arm dripping in blood.
"Hinata, let's go soul resonance and kill this bastard!" I scream angrily.
"We can't." Her voice trembles as the man starts to walk in our direction.
"What do you mean we can't?" I yell as my vision starts to turn red.
"Your soul wavelength it-it's not yours. It's different somehow. It hasn't been since after you passed out!" She yells gripping me tighter.
The others are too far away to help and I don't even think they know what's going on now.
"We'll just have to fight him ourselves." I growl.
"Alright!" Hinata screams changing towards the man.
The first blow bounces off of him like nothing. He's covered chainsaw teeth. Hinata continues to slash at him but he merely laughs. Panting, Hinata backs off.
"It that all you got?" He challenges. "That was just the warmup."
The teeth on his body start to move and he charges towards us. Hinata easily blocks the attack. An unexpected pain radiates through my body and I cry out because of it.
Hinata jumps back again. "Naruto are you okay? There's blood coming from your blade!" She gasps horrified.
I feel something take hold of me; it sinks its claws deep into my soul. I yelp in pain before the world goes dark again as Hinata is screaming my name. Why is this happening again?
"Couldn't stay away could you brat?" The fox chuckles. "I saw that child die. That man killed him, give yourself to me and I will kill him for you."
"Get the hell out of my head, you stupid fox. I have to get back out there and save my friends, Hinata is in danger!" I scream angrily at the demon fox. I hear Hinata's voice calling my name. "Dammit!"
"How can you save your friends when you can't even control the madness inside you?" The Kyuubi's question echoed in my mind.
"I will protect Hinata no matter what." I glare at the fox.
"Why do you protect that girl? You really must be stupid. It's already too late. I have control now." The Kyuubi laughs as even the world inside my mind fades away.
The words "Because I love you" echo in my mind.
Hinata P.O.V.
"Naruto please wake up." I cry shaking the unconscious blonde boy in my arms. He doesn't move; he doesn't even stir. I could no longer see or hear Maka or Lee anywhere. I was the only one close enough to do anything. "I'll protect you, always." I whisper into his ear, lying Naruto down gently.
I stood with my arms spread out just like any proud Huyga prepared to fight. I look at the man's soul; it has the same kind of tainted feeling Naruto's soul was giving off.
"Well little missy, looks like it's just you and me now. This is going to be easy. " The man smirks.
"I won't let you get away for murdering my friend!" I yell refusing to let him see my tears.
"You're wrong about that. I'm going to beat you within an inch of your life and then make you watch as I kill your little boyfriend over there." He laughs darkly.
"I won't let you touch him." I scream changing toward the vile man. I aim at his face believing it to be the only place not covered in chains.
Suddenly dozens of spiders begin crawling out of the man. His laugh becomes louder as the spiders approach me. Where are all these spiders coming from? This looks similar to one of Shino's attacks… I see thin spider webs fly in the air and few get caught on my arm, which goes limp. More threads fly in the air entangling my entire body. My body tenses up, I loss control of my muscles and fall to the ground.
"What's happening? What did you do to me!" I scream trying desperately to move any part of my body.
"Awe, did the little girl fall down." The man laughed bending down to my level. He grabs my chin roughly forcing me to meet his eyes. I glare back at him. "Not so tough now are you?" He taunts letting go of my face he grabs my wrist left and starts to twist it until I hear a crack. He stands up kicking me a few times in the chest and stomach. I can't feel any pain but I hear several bones crack.
He bends down again grabbing my hair forcing me to meet his gaze again. The tip of his finger becomes like a tiny chainsaw. He drags his finger along my cheek. "Now watch closely." He whispers into my ear before making his way over to Naruto's unconscious body.
"N-Naruto." I manage to whisper. Naruto starts to glow red as the man approaches him. Is the Kyuubi taking him over I wonder if that's what happened the first time he passed out?
The man stands over Naruto for a second watching him. He turns towards me and smiles. I muster all the anger I can and glare at him.
Naruto jumps up and grabs the surprised man by the throat. The killer intent radiating from Naruto make the chainsaw Weapon shudder and he desperately tries to get air. His soul wavelength changes; it becomes dark and heavy almost suffocating. I cannot help but gasp as the new and terrifying wavelength rushes out from Naruto. However Naruto's nine tails state is cut short as the Golem smashes into Naruto sending him flying. He lands just short of a meter away from me. The chainsaw Weapon falls to the ground clasping his throat. The Golem roars as it is covered in small black objects. The black things slowly form a greater mass on the front of the Golem. The black mass grows in size until it slides off of the Golem creating a human like shape. It was a woman.
She wore a long black dress which at the bottom and end of the sleeves looked like giant claws. Her eyes were purple and bore a pattern similar to a spider's web.
I hear Naruto cough as he starts crawling towards me. His face is all bloody after being smashed against the ground, but that doesn't matter now because I couldn't use him to fight even if I wanted to. My whole body is completely paralyzed.
The spider woman looks down at me with contempt but when her eyes fall on Naruto a spark of interest crosses her face. "What do we have here?" She smiles.
"Get away from my friends!" A voice screams as a black sword cut through the air. The women dodges with ease and Crona's sword hits the ground hard. The Golem responds to Crona and swings its fist right at him. Crona blocks the fist with his sword but is forced back by the power of the punch.
"That was too close. I suppose that I've gotten a bit rusty over these past 800 years." She sighs. "Giriko?" The women calls.
Giriko stands up slowly. He's coughing but it doesn't look like he took too much damage from Naruto attack. "Lady Arachne, let me explain the situation."
"There is no need. I already know everything. I have watched over this world for the past eight hundred years by scattering my spiders." Arachne explains. "Oh, what's this? You are Medusa's child. It seems my little sister didn't love you at all, but I can give you my love." She sings opening her arms to Crona.
"H-How do you know that?" Crona asks shocked.
"My dear, I know everything that has happened over the past 800 years thanks to my spiders." She chuckles. "Just like I know that you two aren't from this world." She stares at Naruto and me. "I know that you're there; Lee, Maka, and Soul. Why don't you come out and play?"
"Naruto! Hinata!" I hear Lee's voice loud and clear but I can't see him.
"Crona!" Maka calls. "Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah but Hinata can't move." Naruto answers.
"Neither can Maka." Soul responds.
I can just see Maka, Soul, and Lee. They're sitting on the edge of the tree line watching us. Lee looks pretty beat up and Soul can't fight without Maka. Naruto can't fight either because I'm paralyzed, just like Maka. We're in serious trouble.
"Great, all the kiddies are here." Giriko sneers.
"Get rid of them Giriko." Arachne passive voice commands.
"Sure thing." Giriko lunges at Crona.
Crona reacts just in time to defend against Giriko before his foot is kicked down at Ragnarok. It is clear that even Crona can't keep up with Giriko and the two quickly move out of my line of sight.
"It's a beheading." A voice screams.
"In the name of justice and our Lord Death; I shall vanquish thee." A booming voice comes from the sky. "I am Justin Law and in honor of Lord Death I will defeat you!"
"Naruto what happened? I can't see." I stare at the back of Naruto's head wishing I could use my Byakugan.
"It's alright some guy just jumped in and saved Crona." He sounds relieved.
Giriko and a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes come into my sight. "I can see them now."
"Giriko, dispose of the priest." The Arachne orders proceeding to sit on the Golem.
The man glances over at me and Naruto with a disappointed look on his face. Then focuses on the man called Justin Law. "Yes Lady Arachne." He grins and lunges towards Justin.
Their souls explode and release an immense amount of power.
The two Weapons fight as the spider women watches; she seems to have lost interest in us.
"They're so strong. There soul's are terrifying." I whisper.
"How strong?" Naruto's voice is raw and scratchy.
"They're on a totally different level than we are."
"You can tell that by just looking at their souls?"
"Yeah." I change the subject. "I hope Crona is okay." I reply trying to find his soul.
"Okay then. We should move away from here while they're distracted." Naruto tries to stand up only to fall back down again.
"Giriko, I'm tired let's make our retreat. Mosquito is waiting for us and I'm tiring of this fighting quickly." Arachne commands.
"Alright. I'll just leave them with my Golem." Giriko sneers still fighting Justin.
The Golem responds and turns to face us.
Naruto growls and tries to stand up but is unable to support himself and falls back down. The Golem takes it first step towards us. He tries to stand again but fails and falls to the ground his eyes squeezed shut.
The Golem drags its feet at an excruciatingly slow pace.
"Naruto stop it!" I yell desperately. "You're only going to hurt yourself."
"I'm not going to let you die!" He screams. "I promised I would protect you!"
Finally Naruto has positioned himself between me and the approaching Golem.
"Please stop it." I beg him. My body is frozen and all I can do is watch helplessly as the Golem approaches us.
Gradually Naruto stands up. I can hear him groan in pain but he doesn't fall down this time. In a low voice Naruto whispers. "I'll protect you because…" At that moment the Golem moves to attack Naruto.
Time slows. I scream, and there's a flash of green light and then the Golems head falls in front of Naruto. Naruto falls to the ground panting.
"Did I hit it?" Lee calls from behind the Golem.
Naruto turns around to face me with a huge smile on his face. "Yeah Bushy Brows, you hit it."
"Naruto…" I start but before I can finish Lee comes around the Golem and embraces us in to a soul crushing hug.
"Naruto! Hinata! I am so glad you are both okay!" Lee yells squeezing the life out of the two of us.
Soul joins us carrying Maka on his back piggyback style. "Naruto, you look pretty beat up." Maka commented. "How did you stand up before?"
"I'm pretty tough. How did you get paralyzed?" Naruto winces still recovering.
"I got hit by these weird spider things while I was fighting the Golem. I think they were responsible for paralyzing me." She admits.
"I got entangled by spider threads as well. So that makes sense." I respond confirming her theory.
"How's Crona?" Naruto wheezes.
"Justin is taking care of him." Soul informed me. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah it's no worry I heal pretty fast." Naruto tries to sit up and in doing so he winces slightly. He looks at me. "Hinata, are you okay?" He asks his voice full of concern.
"I can't move and I can't feel any pain either but I think I have a few broken bones." I say trying my best to articulate my words so I can actually be understood.
"It was Lord Death that saved us all." Justin booms arriving with Crona in tow.
"Crona, I'm so glad you're okay!" Maka smiles.
"We should get back to the academy as soon as possible." Justin says looking at each of us. "I'm afraid I can only carry one of you paralyzed ladies back to Death city." Justin frowns.
"I'll carry you Hinata." Naruto assured me. "You guys start heading back, we'll catch up in a minute."
"Are you sure Naruto, I mean…?" Soul starts but Naruto interrupts him.
"She's my partner; weren't you the one that said that you always have to be there for your partner no matter what." Naruto says solemnly.
There is a moment of silence before Soul and the others turn to leave.
Lee hesitates for a moment. "It's alright Bushy Brows I've got her." Naruto reassures a concerned Lee.
The others start walking leaving me and Naruto alone. "Can you move anything at all?" He asks coming down to my level.
I try moving my body but nothing happens. "No. I have to focus really hard just to talk." I confess.
"Your cheek is bleeding." He comments brushing his hand against it lightly. Do not faint. He stops abruptly and backs away a little. "Alright, I guess I'll just have to carry you like this." Naruto grunts picking me up bridal style and starts walking.
"W-What about you?" I ask him blushing.
"I'll be fine. I heal fast remember." He smiles then almost trips.
My cheeks immediately feel warm but so does the rest of my body. This is kind of nice, just don't faint me. "Naruto you're really warm." I murmur. I reach out searching for Naruto's soul. I'm relieved when I find its gone back to normal. "That's better." I smile softly.
"What's better?" Naruto inquires giving me a puzzled look.
"Your soul. It was doing something weird when you were taken over by the nine tails but its back to normal now." I answer him feeling surprisingly comfortable in his arms. Naruto scrunches up his face slightly when I mention the fox. "Did something happen when the Kyuubi took over?"
"Yeah we fought. He said that I couldn't protect you…." He finishes looking away. "I was also afraid that I had hurt you when I was in that state. I didn't hurt anyone did I?" He asks desperately.
"No, the only person you hurt was that creepy chainsaw guy." I reassure him; blushing furiously.
"Next time I see that bastard I'm going to kill him." Naruto fumes.
He was worried about me… don't faint. I reminded myself again.
"What's it like to be able to sense souls all the time?" Naruto asks me once he's calmed down.
"It's difficult to explain but basically a soul seems to reflect that person's personality. Your soul for example is warm and kind but also strong and fierce." I answer him.
"I wish I could sense souls. I think I can sense yours sometimes, when I really focus. It's nice, just like you." He finishes softly. He perks up before continuing. "I'm really glad we're partners." He smiles.
I fainted.
AN: Hopefully that cleared some stuff up and gave you something to chew on. I also threw in a reason as to why Naruto never answered Hinata's confession. He simply forgot; there was quite a lot going on at the time Hinata confessed her love to Naruto so take it as you will. Review and let me know what you thought of the chapter!
Review Responses;
SwordOfTheGods - You were right about Naruto and his madness; though can you really blame him? He does have the Kyuubi locked inside him. I'm dubbing your theory on madness wavelength crossing between the Naruto and Soul Eater verses a Head Cannon because it actually makes sense.
King of Epic Chaos - I couldn't forgot about the poor Kyuubi now could I?
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