Naruto
Chapter 11
Foreword by author- okay, I know I haven't updated in a while, but it was for a good cause! Writer's block and schoolwork. Anyways, I have gotten a review from one of my faithful readers at fictionpress, so, I may have to split my time between fanfiction and fictionpress (fictionpress is where original stories are posted). Anyways, I would like to answer some of my reviewer's questions for them as I have yet to do that.
Ranko- Thx, it's nice to have good feedback, helps with the confidence.
Big Daddy Cool- Really? Can u get me a list of the harem stories you've read? I love them! Unfortunately, Naruto feels as if Tsunade is his grandmother, which could be really…weird. Anko is a possibility, one which I will definitely look into, perhaps later on in the plot. Kurenai too. She's hot.
Lll- good, cuz she's going to show up in his harem, though probably not for another few chapters.
Hurricane97- ummm…I agree with you with Naruto's position. Now about lemons…I don't know what Fanfiction's policy is on those, could someone inform me, plz! If they're allowed, I'll get to working on it for later chapters.
Might- ooooooookkkkkkkkkkaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy…..um, that just means my evil flying monkey minions and over-protective dragon demon will have to use the 'thousand years of pain' on you. I'll update as often as I can.
Pockygirl-Gaara? Well, seeing as his sister is one of the one's getting married, maybe. Or I could have two performers…
Vincent1875-(Eye twitching) I read a story once where the author put 'my story, my rules.' It still holds true. In my story, I am god. (Pokes innocent mortal in the head) anyways, Sasuke is a bastard, and will probably die in this story, but my next one, he will be nicer, possibly friends with Naruto. It might be a time-travel fic, I like those.
Yo-me too. Unfortunately, there is a lot of yaoi out there, so I am doing all that is possible to even the scales. I mean, I can understand fangirls writing that stuff, but there are males out there too. I've read a lot of good stories, some of which are in my favorites.
I seem to have forgotten about Itachi, haven't I? Don't worry, he's a good guy, and might actually help in killing his brother. A word for the wise, Naruto is not all-powerful, he just so happens to be able to kick a lot of shinobi's asses. For example, he almost dies at the hand of Orochimaru…that was a teaser.
Now, onto the story….
Several months after his capture, Itachi was released, after suffiecient proof had been shown that he had not killed his clan. There was a celebration, and a mourning, as Itachi was pissed when he found out exactly what Sasuke had done to Naruto. He vowed to get vengeance for his friend.
Naruto walked into the kitchen, which was occupied by Hinata, Tenten, and Sakura. "Morning." He yawned, before going up to each of them and kissing them on the cheek and taking a seat at the table.
Hinata blushed at the kiss, and hurriedly busied herself with cooking some eggs. Tenten blushed very lightly at the kiss, but still didn't seem to be able to say anything. Sakura just glazed over.
Naruto sighed, before grabbing some of the now-cooked eggs, and strapping on his ninja gear. Stepping out of his room, he ran into temari, who gave him a very enthusiastic hello kiss, including a bit of tongue in the deal.
"Good morning, Naruto." Temari giggled, as Naruto's eyes glazed over, his mouth moving up and dowm like a fish gasping for air. Kyubbi walked around the corner, giggling when she saw Naruto. "you ruined him, Temari, you can't kiss him like that until he's fully awake, otherwise he'll be distracted for the rest of the day."
Temari blushed, "Oops." Then, totally forgetting the lesson she had been given, she kissed Naruto again.
Now, there is plenty of evidence showing that people who have had their minds totally blown will be unable to focus on anything for the rest of the day. This still holds true for our intrepid hero.
Throughout the day, Naruto was totally unaware of what was occurring around him, even when a misthrown kunai scraped an inch-long gash on his arm.
He was wandering aimlessly, the pain of his arm forgotten, the powers inherited from Kyuubi's exorcism managing well. An enormous explosion rocked the Konoha premises, to which some part of his consciousness had decided to go. So, like a zombie, he made his way towards the explosion.
Orochimaru sneered at the shinobis gathered around him. "So… are you angry at me for taking your Sasuke-kun? You know, he would never have come had he not wanted to; his lust for killing his brother was too great, even when the evidence pointed to the facts that it wasn't Itachi who killed the uchiha clan," The grin darkened, "But me."
A roar erupted from the gathered from the mass of shinobis, and Itachi leapt out, kunai in hand. Orochimaru smirked, and simply side-stepped the attack and kicked itachi into the base of the hokage monument.
Spitting on the now-inert Itachi, The sanke-sannin turned his attention back to the shinobis, when he saw a flash of red hair. "ahh…kyuubi. You're finally out of your cage. Tell me, did you like it there? I mean, you were imprisoned because of me, weren't you. Was the time well-spent planning for my demise? Maybe you can have that blond bastard kill me for you, seeing as your about as powerful as a mouse now."
Several girls tensed at the mention of Naruto, as well as several of the shinobis Naruto had befriended. As if on cue, the object of conersation walked out from the crowd. "You wanted me Orochimaru?"
The presence of the sannin had snapped Naruto from his reverie, and now the temperature seemed to have fallen several degrees as naruto's usually joy-filled eyes narrowed dangerously, hardening into sapphires.
Orochimaru took one glance at the now-tall blond that stood in frot of him, before cracking up in laughter. "I don't see what's so funny, bastard." At that instant, a nin who had been hiding in the crowd leapt forward, chakra scalpel in hand.
The scalpel stabbed into naruto, right through the throat. Throwing the sannin an irritated look, he reached behind him and grasped Kabuto's arm, flipping the man over him, before snapping his arm. Kabuto cried out in pain, clutching the damaged limb. Taking advantage of the medic-nin's open orifice, naruto took a kunai with an explosive note attached, shoving it into the man's mouth.
Kabuto's eyes widened, right before his head blew. Still not satisfied, naruto burned the body into ash with a quick jutsu.
He returned his attention to the sannin, only to suddenly find a sword buried to the hilt in his chest. Blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, Naruto scowled, "Now now, Orochimaru, that's just not fair game." Bringing a bent elbow down, Naruto snapped Orochimaru's arm, before pulling the sword out, already feeling the effectsof the poison.
He snapped the sword in two, before advancing on the sannin-bastard. "You know, I once had a sensei, who, if nothing else, taught me the lesson that, ninjas who don't follow the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. Granted, that teacher should have listened to his own advice, but that's not the point." Naruto lifted Orochimaru by the front of his shirt, bringing him to eye level. "You abandoned your friends for power. You abandoned the village because you couldn't become hokage. You are worse than scum. You made Sasuke, who just needed some guidance and help, into worse than scum. Did you know, that near the end, the reason why I didn't kill sasuke, even when half his arm was jutting out from my back, was because I considered him a friend, almost a brother, moreover, a TEAMMATE! NO HONORABLE SHINOBI ABANDONS HIS FRIENDS! I COULD HAVE BLOWN HIS HEAD OFF WITH MY RASENGAN, BUT INSTEAD I CHOSE TO SHOW THAT I COULD BEAT HIM, WITH POWER THAT LEFT ME BEING HATED IN THIS VILLAGE! NO MATTER WHAT I DO, THIS VILLAGE WILL NEVER SEE ME AS ANYTHING BUT THE 'DEMON CARRIER! I USE MY POWER TO SAVE MY FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO I LOVE!" At that instant, a necklace that had been under Naruto's shirt, slipped into view, seven rings hanging from it. Orochimaru, at first unsettled by the boy's anger, suddenly got an evil smirk on his face. "So, you love them, do you? Well, then this will amuse you." A kunai shot out from under his sleeve, before landing with a dull thwack. Naruto paled, dropping the sannin.
Slowly, he turned to face a teary Hinata, who had a kunai buried in the middle of her chest. Tears unshed glimmered in her eyes as she mouthed 'I love you' to Naruto, before falling forward to the ground, dead.
Naruto stood there shocked. Neji had tears in his eyes, as did hanabi and Hiashi. But then something unexpected happened. Kyuubi stepped forward towards Naruto, crying from the loss of her friend. She leaned towards Naruto and spoke softly into his ear, and naruto nodded softly, before closing his eyes.
Kyuubi backed away quickly, just as naruto's eyes snapped open. His blue eyes had turned crimson, and his body began to change. "You will pay for hurting my loved one, you bastard." Naruto's hair grew longer, and claws extended from his hands, as well as fangs from his mouth. Then his clothes changed.
His shirt was burned off, while his jeans became extremely baggy pants that were secured by bandages at his ankles. A deep voice called out:
Kit form: Berserker frenzyLike lightning, Naruto shot forward, swiping a bloody streak across Orochimaru's front. Before the sannin fell to the ground, Naruto kicked him almost twenty feet into the air. Unfortunately, that gave the snake sannin time to recuperate somewhat. He activated his seal to its highest, becoming somewhat of a demon himself.
He dropped to the ground like a cat on all fours, then leaped at naruto, who ran to meet him. the moment they clashed was almost like time had frozen itself; everything was quiet and calm, before a huge sphere of energy from their clashing swept away from them.
Then the real fight began. They traded blows that had such force behind them that they sounded like cannons going off. Their speed was unbelievable, they kept disappearing and reappearing, always fighting.
After almost half an hour of all-out taijutsu, both were breathing heavily. Bloody wounds covered both of them, though the snake sannin had more than naruto. That pissed off Orochimaru. "How did you get so powerful, you little bastard? Three years ago, you couldn't even touch me." Naruto bared his fangs, "That's a mystery that will stay with you to your death, Orochimaru."
Then Naruto held his hands out in front of him, before sliding into a stance that all of the older shinobi recognized, as their surprise got the better of them, especially when ?Naruto held two familiar balls of chakra in his hands.
A sudden gold flash was all the warning Orochimaru had before both his arms were blown off. Crying out, he collapsed to his knees, as blood gushed from the wounds. Quickly, Naruto closed the wounds with a fire jutsu; he wanted the bastard alive.
Jutsu complete, Naruto grabbed the sannin by the head and dragged his sobbing body towards where Hinata lay. He jerked Orochimaru to his knees, before bringing his face down to look at Hinata. "look what you've done, you bastard! I loved her, her and everyone else, so much that I would have died to protect them! Look what you've done!"
Orochimaru did look, before spitting on the corpse. Growling in absolute rage, Naruto raised his knee before smashing the sannin's head into it several times.
"That's it! There's only one way someone like you will learn their lesson!"
Pinning the sannin to the ground with one foot, naruto quickly began doing handseals. As the seals wor on and on, the sky began to darken, ominous-looking clouds blocking the sun.
The wind increased, pulling at the shinobis as if to take them away from whatever was coming. Then Naruto finished the last seal, before lowering his arms in exhaustion.
Slowly, a funnel began to form in the clouds directly above him, before lengthening into a tornado, which, oddly enough, touched ground, but didn't seem to pull anything up with it. Slowly, the spinning dissipated, revealing a huge figure.
He was easily 200 feet tall, with dark purple skin, neon red eyes, huge fangs, and a glowling black kanji that spoke 'death'. "Who dares summon me?"
"I did!" yelled naruto. "I have a request to ask of you." The death god's eyes narrowed, as he asked cautiously, "And what would be the task?"
naruto held up the bloodied form of Orochimaru. "I want you to take his soul, kbuto's, and mine, as a sacrifice for the soul of the girl over there!" he poited with his free hand towards Hinata.
Several shouts of protest sounded, but Naruto ignored them. The death god looked at him funnily, "Why would you do such a thing, human?"
"Because I love her! I want her to be able to live out her life to the fullest! Even if it means sshe has to love someone other than me!"
the death god's frown deepened. "You must be a very important person, little one. I have three souls in my possession, all of which are telling you to not give up your soul. All three have a love for you, though one is a different kind."
Naruto frowned, but stayed resolute. "It doesn't matter! However, when you take these two, please, do me a favor and rip their souls apart bit by bit over time, as payment for all of the suffering they've caused."
The death god nodded once, "deal." He reached out with one hand and ripped Naruto's soul from his body.
At the very same instant, the kunai in Hinata popped out and her eyes opened. Glancing once at her surroundings, her eyes widened, before sitting up quickly and running to Naruto's body.
There was no pulse as she clutched at her love, and his skin was cold. She wailed, rocking back and forth as she held his head to her. She froze when a hand touched her shoulder, and then another, both squeezing comfortably. She looked up with tear-stained eyes, into the face of one who looked just like Naruto, only older. The other hand belonged to a black-haired woman dressed in ANBU clothes, and a fox mask tied onto her left shoulder.
Then she brought her attention back to the man. He smiled sadly at her, and it was then that she saw the number 4 imprinted onto the front of his robes.
How'd you like that, huh? Don't yell at me, I have plans for Naruto, he isn't finished yet! ;)