Author's Note – this story will include some intense violence, as well as disturbing and/or adult themes, as I intend to make the villain a truly vile and psychotic individual. If this offends you, feel free to read something else. You have been warned.
I DO NOT OWN NARUTO (duh)
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Chapter 10. – A Dark Savior.
Some part of Naruto's mind knew that he should be surprised at finding Itachi Uchiha in his mindscape, but he just couldn't bring himself to care while Hinata was in danger.
"What are you doing here, Itachi?" the blond jinchuuriki called out.
"It's time for you to use the power that I once gave you," Itachi told him. "I had hoped that this time would not come, so that I could use you to continue to watching over Sasuke after my death. However, I will not abandon the Hyuuga girl to Kumo."
"What do you mean, 'watching over Sasuke?' And why do you want to help Hinata?" Naruto demanded.
"I'm not the monster you think I am, Naruto," Itachi said. "I killed my clan because I had no choice. My family was going to start a civil war, so I had to kill them. Sasuke alone knew nothing about it, so I didn't have to kill my little brother. I left and joined Akatsuki to protect him. Everything I've done in my life, I've done either for Sasuke or for Konoha. That is why I will not allow Kumo to lay hands on a leaf shinobi, especially a byakugan wielder."
Naruto, wary of the late Uchiha's intentions, asked, "How do I know that this isn't some trick? How can I trust you?"
Itachi replied, "Whether you trust me or not is entirely up to you, but without the gift I am offering, you will be unable to save the Hyuuga girl. You will be left with the choices that Kyuubi laid before you."
"Fine," Naruto told him. "What are you offering?"
"Simple," Itachi said. "I am offering you a limited form of my sharingan, usable only here, within your mindscape."
"NO!!!" the Kyuubi bellowed.
"How does that help any?" Naruto asked, confused.
"The sharingan is the only method ever to have successfully controlled the Kyuubi no kitsune," Itachi explained. "If I give you one usable here, then you can-"
"Control the fox and his chakra!" Naruto shouted excitedly. "Alright Itachi, do it."
"DAMN YOU TO THE DEEPEST PITS OF HELL, RETCHED UCHIHA!!!" the fox demon howled. "YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS! I WILL NOT SUBMIT TO THE LIKES OF YOU FILTHY MORTALS!!!"
"Oh, but you will," said Itachi.
He walked over to Naruto, his form deteriorating into pure chakra as he went. Naruto stiffened as Itachi's chakra flowed into his eyes. Naruto gasped as he felt his eyes changing. They turned red, with the three tomoe marks that distinguished the Uchiha clan's famous kekei genkai.
"Now," Naruto said, turning to look into the eyes of his inner demon, "where were we?"
Kakashi and the others saw Naruto fall to his knees where Toramaru had pulled Hinata underground.
"No…" Kakashi thought, as the fiery red chakra of the demon's cloak enveloped the blonde shinobi in front of him. He knew how close Naruto and Hinata had been, and he knew that with her taken, Naruto's rage would know no bounds.
"Father, it looks like we may be reunited again sooner than we suspected," Kakashi thought grimly, preparing to give his life to try to let the others escape from the upcoming demonic onslaught.
Then he noticed something. Naruto hadn't transformed, he had only formed the demon's cloak, yet he already had nine tails of burning chakra waving behind him!
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto growled through his demonic fangs, "get everyone else out of here. Fall back and regroup. I'll catch up with you later, after I save Hinata."
"Wait, Naruto-" Kakashi began, but Naruto was already running.
The jinchuuriki moved with inhuman speed, the wind of his passing tearing branches from trees and uprooting small bushes. His chakra tails lashed behind him and seemed to propel him to ever greater velocity. Naruto ran on, crashing heedlessly through obstacles that he simply couldn't spare the time to go around, not caring about the destruction he left in his wake. His mind was fully focused on his destination, and what was – to him – the most important mission he had ever undertaken.
"I'm coming, Hinata-chan, I'll save you," he whispered repeatedly, like a mantra of desperate determination. "I'm coming, I'm coming."
Hinata awoke to pain. She tried to clutch her aching head only to discover that she was unable to move. She opened her eyes, she saw that she was strapped down to some kind of table in a small, dingy cell of some sort. She was able to see chakra suppression seals on her bonds, letting her know that she would be unable to use her chakra to escape even if she wasn't totally exhausted. There was even a gag of some sort – it felt like leather – placed in her mouth, probably to prevent her from biting off her tongue to commit suicide.
What troubled her the most, however, was the thin, greasy haired man with his back to her, arranging on a small table what seemed to be a mix of surgical implements and ninja equipment. Then Hinata heard a door open, and a man wearing a ninja vest and a Kumogakure headband entered the room.
The thin man addressed him without looking up, "She is a very interesting specimen. The initial examination revealed that her byakugan has a slight purple tint that I've never heard of; it's more lavender than white. I'm interested to find out if this is some higher level of activation, like the mangekyou sharingan, or a mutation from some other source."
"Well, Konoha does have a jinchuuriki," the Kumo ninja responded, "so she could have been exposed to demon chakra. Mutation due to demonic chakra is supposed to be the origin of all kekei genkai, isn't it Doc?"
"That is the most prevalent theory," the thin man – Doc – responded, "and I wish you wouldn't say 'demon chakra.' I've told you that it's called youki."
"Whatever, Doc," the ninja retorted. "Nobody calls it youki. It's just demon chakra."
The ninja muttered something about stuck up academic types under his breath, then casually said, "Anyway, the reason I came down here is that the boss changed his mind about the girl. He wants me to knock her up before you take out her eyes."
On hearing this Hinata's mind went blank, and a soul chilling horror seized her heart.
"This can't be happening!" she thought desperately. "Naruto-kun, save me, please!"
As he ran, Naruto noticed another presence running alongside him.
"What's your hurry, Kyuubi-kun?" Toramaru called out mockingly as he ran up alongside Naruto.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Naruto roared, lashing out with his claws and tails.
"He's faster than before," Toramaru thought as he was forced to release the first stage of his curse seal to dodge Naruto's attacks. "He's got all nine tails out, but is only in the demon cloak form. He's different than last time, more in control. This could be interesting."
Naruto continued his run, striking at Toramaru yet never deviating from his course.
"I have to take him down," Naruto thought, "otherwise, he'll try to stop me from saving Hinata. But he doesn't know that I'm in control of the fox now. I've only got one shot at this, but it's my best chance to beat him."
Naruto began the next stage of demonic transformation, burning away his skin as the Kyuubi's chakra merged with his body and took on a solid form.
"Amazing," Toramaru thought. "He's controlling the Kyuubi at the same level that Killerbee controlled the Hachibi. Every time I think that I've taken the measure of his skills, Naruto shows improvement. He is truly a fascinating individual."
Suddenly, Naruto whirled around and struck at Toramaru with his claws, moving even faster than before. Toramaru managed to parry the blow with Hiruhime in spite of his surprise, but that was exactly what Naruto wanted. The jinchuuriki grasped the sword with his left claw, and with his right he seized hold of Toramaru's hand, crushing it in his grip.
"KYUU RASENONIGAN (nine spinning demon spheres)!" Naruto howled, as his tails stabbed forward – each with a whirling ball of demonic power at the tip.
Toramaru screamed as the Kyuubi's power ripped into him. His arms and legs were completely torn off, and he could feel his spine shattering. His ribs were snapping like twigs, and his lungs exploded as demonic chakra burned through them. As his battered and broken body crashed into the dirt, he thought, "Such power…it's magnificent…I want it…"
Naruto tossed Toramaru aside, not sparing the insane ninja a second glance as he resumed his race to rescue his love.
Hinata was trying to be strong, trying not to cry, but it was a losing battle.
The Kumo ninja had torn off her coat and shirt first, then set about roughly fondling her breasts while 'Doc' readied a syringe and injected something into her arm.
She gasped through her gag as whatever the injection was took affect, and her entire body felt hot.
At her gasp, the Kumo ninja grinned sadistically, tore off her bra, and said in a mocking voice, "You like this, don't you?"
Hinata shook her head in denial, trying to hold back her tears of shame and violation, but the Kumo nin just laughed at her, even as the heat in her body intensified in her lower regions.
"Oh I think you do, you dirty girl," he told her, twisting her nipple cruelly. "Squeal for me, you filthy Konoha slut! You're Kumo's toy now, and we're all gonna' fuck your brains out, till you're begging for our dicks in all your holes, bitch. Hah hah hah hah!"
At this point, Hinata lost her composure and began to shed her pent up tears. As she struggled futilely against her restraints, her captor unzipped his pants and, drawing a kunai, began to cut her pants off of her legs, while bending over and running his tongue over her breasts and down her body.
Suddenly, Hinata's violation was interrupted, as the entire building shook. As her tormentor picked himself up of the floor, the terrified girl sensed a dark and terrible, yet familiar chakra, and hope returned to her heart.
A moment later, the door flew off its hinges and half a dozen identical blondes bearing claws and fangs rushed in.
"HINATA!!!" the Naruto clones all shouted in unison, and three of them hastened to tear off her bindings and rush her back to the original. One of the remaining clones dispelled himself to inform all the others, and the other two cracked their knuckles and began to vent demonic chakra as they strode purposefully toward the would-be rapist and his accomplice.
"N-nar-ruto-kun," Hinata sobbed into the chest of the clone carrying her.
"Don't worry, Hinata-chan," he told her, his demonic features having disappeared as soon as he had her safely in his arms. "I'm here for you. You're safe now. I'll protect you."
Other groups of clones joined them as they ran through the mazelike hallways of the complex on their way out.
"There he is," the one of the clones called out suddenly, pointing to a new group of Narutos that had come into view. "Hey boss, we found Hinata-chan!"
"Hinata-chan!" one of the Narutos – the real one – called out, as he ran over and took her from his clone.
"She's just been hanging onto me and crying since we found her," the clone said. "Do you think she'll be alright?"
"Not for awhile," the original replied as he wrapped his jacket around the sobbing – and until this point still mostly naked – girl. "But Hinata-chan is strong, and I believe in her."
He looked into Hinata's tear filled eyes and said, "I'll help you, Hinata-chan. We'll get through this together, I promise you that. I love you, and I'll be there for you."
"Naruto-kun, I, I…" Hinata struggled to express the turbulent emotions that filled her as love, pain, gratitude, shame, relief, and fear all battled for control of her heart.
"I know, Hinata-chan," he told her, "I know."
Naruto picked Hinata up, holding her protectively close to his chest, then gently kissed her forehead.
"Let's go home, Hinata-chan," he whispered to her, and in a flash, they were gone.
"You've really done it this time, haven't you, Toramaru-san? Immortality or not, I'm truly amazed that you're still alive."
"So you've told me already," the mutilated missing nin snapped. "Get to the point, can you fix me or not?"
"Well, I'll need to replace most of your major organs, as well as your left arm…but yes, I think that I can. In fact, I think I can make you stronger than you were before. I trust you'll hold up your end of our deal?"
"Of course," Toramaru replied. "I don't have anything I place any real value on to lose."
"Very well then, I'll heal you. If nothing else, it will show the world that I've surpassed the Sannin and become the greatest medical ninja of all time."