This chapter will shed some light on a few things. And trust me. Unless you can see the Future, this'll throw you for a loop.
Chapter 11 Rise of an Angel, Death of a Demon
Hinata felt her eyes water as she began to counter the summoned version of her husband. She slammed her palm against the final clone, dispersing it in a puff of smoke. She couldn't stop her heart from hurting in this moment. She could still hear her daughter's screamed question.
"What's wrong with Otuo-san?"
The question pounded in her mind as she faced off against Naruto. She could see the pain and regret in his face as he looked to her. He was mouthing the word sorry.
"I know, Naru-kun. I know." She whispered as he lept at her.
(Cue It's not Over by Daughtry)
"Rotation!" She screamed, spinning rapidly on the spot, discharging chakra from every tenketsu on her body. Naruto collided with the barrier and was hurlded away, into a nearby wall. He stood up and and shook the debris off, vanishing in a blur. Hinata barely ducked in time to aviod the chakra back puch aimed at her throat. On the side lines, Tsunade was assualting Orochimaru while Jiraiya stood in front of Yumi, protecting her. He watched as the fight between husband and wife continued.
"Somethings not right."
Kakashi looked at him, puzzled.
"What do you mean?"
"No offense to Hinata, but she should have been dead already. Naruto is much faster than this. I don't understand why...unless..." A small smile reached his face.
Kakashi looked at him, waiting.
"Unless what?"
Jiraiya turned to Kakashi.
"He's fighting the seal. He able to slow down his body, giving Hinata a chance to win. That's why his movements look sluggish. He's barely able to hold himself back."
"I thought you couldn't break free of that seal."
"If the will of the soul is strong enough, it will override the seal, making the summon immune to future seals, and as an added bonus, it completely reserects the summon, making it a living, breatheing human being again."
Kakashi turned back to the fight.
Come on Naruto! Break through that damn seal!
Hinata spun to her right, slamming her hand against Naruto's face, knocking him to the ground. He stood up, shaking. She could see his face contorted His eyes were buldging, sweat dripping down his face as viens buldged.. He had his teeth gritted.
"No! No! No!" He roared.
Orochimaru chuckled.
"Now, now, Naruto-kun. You don't have a choice. Now, kill her. How about...Rasengan. Sweet irony, using the same attack you learned to protect your 'precious people' to kill your most precious person." Hebi sneered.
Naruto's hand slowly and shakily moved out from his body, rasengan forming.
"No!" Naruto said through gritted teeth. His hand momentari;y stopped moving, but then resumed what it was doing. With in seconds, a perfect rasengan was formed, sending harsh shadows aorund them. A look of horror was on his face as his body tensed. Naruto began to cry as he sprung forward, hand coiled. Hinata closed her eyss, her mind going over the happest moments they had shared together over the last three years...
(Flash Back)
Hinata was laying in bed, feeling terrible. This was the thrid day she felt like this, so Naruto had sent for Tsunade. Hinata heard foorsteps as her bedroom door opened. In walked Tsuande and Naruto. Naruto walked over and sat down on Hinata's left as Tsuande walked to her right side.
"Okay Hinata. I'm going to check you over."
Hinata nodded and Tsunade closed her eyes began her scan. After a few seconds, she began smiling. She opened her eyes and looked at the confussed teens.
"Well. Congratulatiuons. Your going to be parents."
(New Flash Back)
Hinata was sreaming as she pushed, wanting the baby out as soon as possible. The pain she was in was unbearable. She could hear Tsunade shouting for her to push, while Naruto stood next to her, giving her words of encouragement even as she crushed his hand.
"Alright Hinata! One more push, and your done. Ready? One, two three, PUSH!" Tsuande yelled as Hinata screamed out, pushing with all her might.
Hinata slumped on the bed as Naruto wiped her forehead of sweat, saying how proud he was of her and how much he loved her. A peircing cry fill the room as the newborn baby was cleaned and wrapped in a pink blanket. Tsuande handed her to Hinata and Naruto sat next to her, arms around her as he used a finger to gently strock the cheek of his daughter.
"She's beautiful, just like her mother."
"She needs a name." Hinata said, smiling.
"Yumi."
"It's perfect, Naru-kun."
(End Flash Backs)
Time slowed as Naruto got closer, his face contorted in agony. Everyone watched as he shoved his arm foreward, connecting with Hinata's abdoman. She let out a sharp gasp as the air was forced from her lungs. The attack stopped moving foreward suddenly and was pulled back. Hinata started to fall, but was caught by Naruto. Orochimaru and everyone watched in amazement.
"What is this?! Kill her!" Hebi roared.
Naruto glared at him as he picked his wife up, bridal style.
"No. You and me have something to discuss. Well, you and the original anyway." He said dangerously.
"Original?" Orochimaru repeated before a powerful blow threw him into a wall.
Hebi stumbled back out of the wall and glared at Naruto.
"Kyuubi brat! You'll die again for that!"
"No. You'll be the one walking off this mortal coil. Say bye bye, Hebi-teme." Naruto said, gathering Chakra.
(Cue The Rising Fighting Spirit by Toshiro Masuda)
Naruto began to cover himself with dark red chakra, however, it was absorbed into his skin. As they watched, his ears elongated as his chakra tails solidified into real tails. His shirt was incinerated as the chakra swirled around his naval. His eyes gained slit pupils, but stayed blue and and his canines remained normal length. Naruto glared at Hebi as he tensed his body, his blonde hair defiying gravity. Naruto vanished in a blur of speed. Hebi recived a powerful kick to the chin, sending him skyward. Naruto lept into the air, pulling his leg back before slamming it into his chest, hurling him horizantal to the ground. Naruto, defeying gravity, appeared over him. Naruto coiled back his arm, slamming his fist into Hebi's face, sending him into the ground with enough force to create a crater. Naruto landed in front of him, before back flipping, bringing his heel down onto Hebi's chest, cracking several ribs. Naruto kicked off, landing ten meters away from him. He extended both his hands, gathering Chakra. Twin Rasengans formed, glowing brightly, as Naruto glared at Hebi.
"You fucked with my family, so you die." He said demonicaly.
Naruto tensed before he charge. He moved with a speed faster than Lee's. A speed fast enough to crack the concrete. Jiraiya took a good look at him and shouted out "The Seals gone!". It was quite true. During the transformation, his seal had spilt at the middle, and slowly moved to the side as they began to fade into his skin. Hebi was truly firghtened at what he saw and what he heard.
"Oh, fuck me." He said as Naruto brought the right rasengan up towards him.
Hebi took the hit as was about to shed his skin and flee when he saw the remaining rasnegan approach his mouth.
"Fuck me sideways." He groaned just before both impacted.
Everyone watched as Hebi's body began to twist and spasm as the attacks tore him apart. In a final explosion, hebi's body flew apart, scattering everywhere. Naruto quickly made a few handsigns.
"Total Hebi Destruction!" He shouted as a pulse of energy flew off of him. As they watched, what bits of hebi they could see where vaporized.
Naruto began breathing heavy before he slumped to the ground, holding his head. He let out a powerful scream as the kunai with th eseal was pushed out the back of his head, red hot. It hit the ground after fully leaving Naruto and began to melt into nothing. Naruto was hunched over on all fours, sweat pouring off of his face. He was just about to get up when he felt a pair of small arms wrap themselves around him. He glanced over and smiled. Yumi had rushed over and was holding onto him. But her question hurt him deeply.
"Did I do something wrong? Is that why you and Okaa-san were fighting?" She sobbed into his arm.
Naruto pulled his daughter close, holding her tightly as he sat lotus style.
"Shush. It's nothing you did. I only fought because that bad man forced me to. I love Kaa-san very much. I would never-" His eyes went wide as he remebered what he had done. He got up quickly, still holding Yumi as he rushed over to Hinata, only to see her sit up. Tsunade looked at Naruto, smiling.
"Hey, gaki. Looks like you managed to save everyone."
"What do you mean? I thought I had killed her with that attack. That's why I attacked Hebi."
"Actually, you managed to hold yourself back enough so that the Rasengan would just graze the skin. The fact that you thought you had mortally wounded her gave you the strength to break through the seal. Hell, you had it before the fight started. We saw that your body was fighting against itself to attack." Jiraiya explained, stepping beside him.
"So, what happens now? As far as I know, I'm suppoised to be dead."
"Not anymore. You see, with the Taboo Arts, if the summon breaks the seal, they become living again. But, very few are able to break the seal at all. Your one of only three cases of this happening. Your famous kid." Jiraiya said, slapping him on the back.
Naruto was about to reply when Hinata stepped in front of him. She gave him a gentle smile.
"You need to wake up now, Naruto-kun." She said softly.
Naruto looked at her confussed.
"What? I am awake." He said just before the world around him fadded away, only to be replaced by the sewer like mindscape he had come to associate with talking to Kyuubi no Kitsune.
"Oi! Oni! What the hell is going on here?" He asked as he looked around. He caught the sudden flash of orange and looked down to see himself in an orange and black jump suit.
"What the...?" He started unil he heard the sound of labored breathing. He looked up and saw the fox slumped against the wall on his side, his face looking at Naruto through the bars.
"So. It worked. Your still alive." He said, breathing heavy.
"What do you mean? Return me to Hinata and my daughter!" He roared at Kyuubi.
"Kit, I hate to tell you this, but that was just a dream. I placed you there to protect your mind from the Akatsuki's attempt to extract me."
"What?!"
Kyuubi sighed.
"Kit, for them to take me away from here, the Jutsu they use connects with the hosts mind to force them to take the seal off of the cage. Since the mind has to be unconcious, and close to death, I made it even harder for them. I placed your mind in a concious dream, as in you would believe it was real, and sealed your mind in a barrier I know that is extremely hard to break. I doubt even that seal master pervert you hang out with would even get through the first layer, let alone all nine."
Naruto was upset, but understood kyuubi's reasoning. But something else caught his attention.
"You said the Akatsuki. They captureed us how? I'm not stupid enough to even go near a trap they set." Naruto said.
"Actually, you did. They sent you a fake note, saying that they had your friends. More specifically, they said they had the big chested paled eye girl you like so much, but would never admit. With out thinking to check with the village, you rushed out, not even leaving that pervert a note saying where you went. They sprung the trap and captured you, but not before you managed to kill two of them. Some blonde guy with mouths on his hand and exploding clay, the other was a puppert master."
"Sasori and Deidria. Explains how I beat them so easy in my dream."
Kyuubi nodded.
"Well, when we got here, you were close to death, so I sent your mind away. I have been using my own chakra to keep the barrier up. Unfortunatly, I'm almost drained. That's why I ended your dream. Your going to have to fight your way out."
Naruto nodded and gave the Kyuubi a curious look.
"Hey, Kyuubi. I have an idea. If it works, we both get what we want. Freedom."
Kyuubi gave Naruto a foxy grin.
"What did you have in mind, Naruto?"
xxxxx
Pain looked down at the blonde boy, lying unconcius in front of them.
"I don't understand. Why is he able to block us from his mind?" Konan was saying.
"Simple. Kyuubi is blocking us. Not the boy." Itachi answered.
"Hmm...During the last attempt, I breifly saw the boy's mind. I believe Kyuubi is weakening. One more attempt is all we should need."
"Leader-sama. We've had the kid for over two weeks now. If we don't hurry, his friends may find him, and ruin our plans." Kisame said to him.
Pain shook his head.
"No. They do not know where he is. We can continue." He said before he stumbled abit.
Konan caught him and held him steady.
"You need to rest. All of us need to rest. We'll die at this rate before we even extract the demon."
Pain gave her a rare smile.
"Your right. We'll try this again in a few hours. Everyone get some rest." They turned away and started to leave when a voice caught their attention.
"And your were just gonna leave me sleeping on the floor? What kind of hosts are you?"
They all turned to see an angry Naruto looking at them, chakra swirling around him in a ferice vortex. The fifteen year old glared as they formed up around him.
"Ah. So, your awake somehow." Pain said as he stpped in front of Naruto, less then six feet away.
"That's right. And guess what? Your all dead. You see, bringing the number one most unprdictable ninja into your hideout wasn't such a smart move." Naruto said, clasping his hands together.
"AHHHH!!" Naruto roared as he began gathering his chakra.
The Akatsuki lept forward, but where thrown back by the sheer power of the chakra. It became visable and they watched as Nartuto's blue chakra mixed with the fox's red chakra, creating a blinding purple chakra, too intense to even look at. But, they still watched as it began to lighten up to a plasent lavanedar.
"Kit. You sure about this?"
"Yeah. Hey, on the plus side, you'll be able to see your mate and kits again." Naruto thought brightly.
He flet his mind switch to the sewer mode again and he watched as the seal began glowing before fading away. Naruto watched as the gates opened. Kyuubi walked out, and a tear fell.
"Thank you, kit. I'll never forget you."
"Niether will I, you old fox. See you in the after life."
The Fox smiled as he closed hs eyes. His fur went gold and he began to fade away.
"Thank you again kit. I wish you well in life. Take care of yourself...Naruto Uzumaki."
With that, the fox faded completely.
"I will, kyuubi. I will."
(Cue Naruto Main Theme)
Naruto returned to the present and closed his eyes, screaming. Around him the chakra swirled tighter to his body. His ears elongated, and nine furry blonde tails with red tips solidified behind him. His whisker marks became sharper. His canines stayed the same as his eyes gained slit like pupils, staying their welcoming blue color. Naruto let out a deep roar as the chakra came off of him in waves. His shirt ripped away as his muscles doubled in size. On his stomach, the seal blazed red. It slowly changed to lavandar as it began to seperate, moving to his sides, fading until they no longer appeared. Naruto stopped scraming and glared at the Akatsuki. He tensed and vanishind in a blur. In a split second, he was before Itachi, slamming his fist against his face. The Uchiha looked at him surprised as he was lifted up and thrown against the wall. Naruto turned quckly to see an oranged masked man backing away, starting on hand seals. Naruto flashed through six dozen in a second before holding his hands out at the man, plams flat.
"Demonic Style: Hell fire blast!" He roared as the blue white flames struck the man, hurling him thirty meters away down the cave.
Naruto turned in time to duck a sword swipe from Kisame. Naruto lept back and began to sign hand seals. He prayed this was real jutsu as he slammed his hands on his waist.
"Summoning Jutsu: Rozen Blade!"
On his side, an elegant Katana appeared in a red sheth. It's hilt was decorated with the picture of a fox head, baring it's fangs. Naruto pulled the blade from it's sheth and brought it up in a defensive stance. Kisame lunged Naruto and a fierce sword battle erupted as the remaing Akatsuki backed away to give themselves room. Itachi himself was backing away as the two blades clashed. Naruto lept back and channeled his chakra into the blade. The blade began to glow lavander as Naruto lept into the air, bring it down against the Akatsuki's blade. They coilided, and Kisame's blade began to glow. Slowly, the wrapping fell away and a crack started from the tip of the blade, slowly moving down it's length, shattering. Naruto dropped low and rushed in, slamming his blade into the underside of Kisame's chin, forcing it up and out the man's head. Kisame dropped, and Naruto stored the blade away. He truned around and came face to face with Itachi.
"Mangekyo Sharingan!" Itachi roared.
Naruto slammed his hands together as the world went into a bizare landscape.
"KAI!" Naruto roared, dispelling the Jutsu.
Itachi stummbled back as Naruto began handsigns. He gripped his right wrist as he lowered his center of gravity closer to the ground. The air becaem full of the sound of a thousand birds as a ball of electricity appeared. Naruto sprang forward, runnig at speeds even the Sharingan couldn't follow. All itachi could see was the after image until Naruto thrust the attack through his heart, screaming "Chidori!" even as Itachi died instantly. Naruto spun around and flashed through more handsigns. He held his hand above his head and a flat disk of lavander chakra appeared. Naruto channeled his elemnt into it, turning it into a chakra saw blade. He threw the blade and it struck the orange masked man in midair, cutting him in half. Both halves dropped to the ground as Naruto began to rise off of the ground, hovering in midair. He closed his eyes and began to gather his chakra. His body became surroud by his lavander colored chakra as it began to pulse, filling the cave with harsh shadows as the remaining Akatsuki started to commence their counter attack. But their jutsu's just bounced off of him as he continued to gather every drop of chakra he had. He noiced that his reserves would refill almost instantly.
Naruto opened his eyes and began making handsigns in rapid sucession. He completed the sixty four signs needed and aimed his hands below him. He was sweating as he fired his jutsu.
"Lightning style: Lightning Cannon!"
A bolt of supercharged lightning flew from his hands and struck the ground, killing all except Pain and Konan who managed to jump before impact. Naruto landed on the ground, creating a crater. He looked up and saw that Pain stood in front of him with five others who had the same eyes as him. Konan stood aways back, watching in amazement. This boy was truly powerful. Naruto lept back, flashing handsigns that the Pains copied. In fact all of them were copying him. He stooped and placed his hands in front of him, palms flat. The Pains did the same.
"Forbiddan Arts: Hell's Raging Inferno!" They roared.
Around the Six Pains, a dragon made of black fire shot from their hands, spirling around them and flying at Naruto. Each was the thickness of a man. Naaruto's however was a blue flame dragon that was a thick as twelve men lying side by side. The dragon roared and flew foreward, destroying the six black dragons and it smashed into Pain, incinerating him and his five fellows. Konan cried out in grief as she watched the man she had known since she was alittle girl, burned to death. Naruto was breathing heavy. His reserves had been completely drained in that attack, even if they did refill insantly, he had completely drained them He stumbled over to konan, his eyes half open, hsi vision blurred from exhaustion. He pulled out a kunai and stumbled over to her. He was six feet away when she looked at him, tears in her eyes.
"Thank you." She said softly.
Naruto stopped, looking to her in confusion, kunai held at the ready.
"What do you mean?"
"You freed me. Pain, my oldest frined had me trapped in a servitude jutsu that forced me to see his point of veiw. He did it when I told him I wouldn't help him destroy whole continents. His Renningan made it an almost unbreakable jutsu. The only way to break it is to kill him. Now, let me help you get out of here." She offered him her hand.
He looked at her momentarily, looking into her eyes, seeing pain and truth there. He gave her a tried smile.
"Sure." He said as he took her hand.
She led him down the tunnels and out into the sunlight. Naruto closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of th ewarm sun whgen a explosin caused him to look behind him. The cave he was just in, collapsed as saeveral smaller explosions rocked the ground. He looked a Konan, puzzled.
"It's a fail safe. If Pain dies, he set it to where the cave would collapse, sealing in the evidance of what he was doing." She explained. She gave him a wonderful smile., "Now lets go find Jiraiya-sensei."
Naruto grinned and they left to go find the white haired pervert.
xxxxx
Jiraiya was panicing. It had been two weeks since Naruto had dissappeared. Sure, the gaki had did it before, but he had always left Jiraiya a note. This time, there was nothing. He sighed and decided the best course of action would be to contact Tsunade.
"Great. Thnaks to the Gaki, I'm going to get beat to within an inch of my life again, just because I lost him. He better not be dead, or I'll be joining him." Jiraiya grumbled.
"Ugh! No. If I was dead, I wouldn't want to see your perverted face in heavan."
Jiraiya spun around, angry as a bull until he noticed a beautiful young woman he recognized immidiatly.
"Konan?!" He almost shouted as He rushed over and hugged the girl he thought of as a daughter.
She hugged him back, eyes closed, tears falling. Jiraiyta broke away, happiness on his face.
"I so happy your alive. Where's the others?" He asked, looking around, thinking they were in the room too.
Konan gave him a sad look.
"Their dead, sensei. They had become Pain and ran the Akatsuki. Naruto-kun was forced to kill them and freed me."
Jiraiya sank into the chair behind him.
"Tell me everything."
xxxxx
Jiraiya looked at her sadly. She had just finished her tale, including Naruto's outstanding defeat of the Akatsuki by himself.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have left you guys at that age. If I had stayed, this may never had happened. But I can say one thing. Naruto," He turned to the blonde,"You've made me proud. You stopped the most dangerous organization in history and returned me one of my long lost students." Jiraiya did the one thing he had never done. He pulled Naruto into a hug. Naruto, was somewhat confussed, but returned the gesture as Konan joined them.
"Hey, sensei? How long have we been away from the leaf village?" He asked him.
Jiraiya broke away and looked at him, curiously.
"About two years, five months. Why?"
"No reason." He said sadly. Kyuubi had been right.
It was at that moment that Jiraiya truly took in Naruto's appearnce.
"Naruto? What happened to Kyuubi?"
"We fused. We came up with a way for me to gain his power, but for him not to vanish into nothingness. Somehow, we manged to send him to the after life to be with his mate and kits."
Jiraiya nodded, smiling.
"You've done so much today. First, you bring me back the girl I think of as daugther, second you destroy all of the Akatsuki, and third, you helpped an old fox be with his family. Your something else, kid. Say. How 'bout we head home? There's really no reason to continue to train you when your already levels above me." Jiraiya expected Naruto gloat, not look at him like he was crazy.
"I doubt it. Your still stronger than me, Jiraiya-sensei."
Jiraiya shook his head.
"No. I'm not. Even I wouldn't have been able to take on the whole Akatsuki and lived. I'd've gottten two at most before they killed me. And drop the sensei. I stopped being your sensei when you became stronger then me."
"What about sempai?"
Jiraiya grinned.
"That'll do. Now, lets head home, Naruto."
They left the small village and began their month long trip back to the Leaf Village, unaware that one final enemy was still very much alive and dangerous. Itachi Uchiha was still alive, waiting for his moment to put his final plan into action.
I wrote this chapter to fix some inconsistances. By the Way, I did those on purpose to make you guys crave more. Next chapter, I can tell you'll love. R&R guys!
