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Ren chan Anime: I can only hope to fulfill my reader's expectations. Yes, Haku is a girl. As much as I wanted to stay true to the Naruto canon with characters I just couldn't read through the chapters with Haku in it and not thinking 'girl', so yea. Time to see what happened to Naruto!
Clangs of metal hitting metal. A liquid splashing across the ground. The sound of flesh being sliced.
It all sounded so distant. His ears felt like they were filled with cotton and his brain felt like it was being pulled on from the top of his head.
The sounds, voices, everything sounded so distant but like it was a battle happening right next to him at the same time. He could hear every little sound no matter how far away it sounded. The wind blowing across the stone bridge and to the trees on the shore.
Why couldn't he remember anything?
Kit. A voice boomed all around him. Why did it sound so familiar?
Stand up. Fight. Survive. Naruto did as told and willed his arms and legs to move. They couldn't. He suddenly became aware of the feeling of multiple points sticking into a variety of his vital points. One had pierced right through his heart. Was it still beating? What a strange feeling to have brain activity without a beating heart.
Putting the matter to the side for later contemplation he tried to move once again.
Do you want some help? Just give me control and your wishes will be fulfilled.
He declined the offer of help, and somehow he knew that the being understood. Who was he?
A flood of what he sensed was Chakra began to fill his body, rapidly filling him and beginning to heal his wounds. He felt the powerful Chakra force the Senbon from his body at a rapid pace, shooting the weapons into the air at speeds that would be nearly impossible to follow.
He worried for a moment. Was the being taking control without his acceptance? No, no that couldn't be the case. He could still think. He could still rationalize. He could still feel. And now he could move. He took note of the raven-haired body in the middle of the bridge, also with Senbon needles sticking out in multiple directions but none piercing any vitals. He also took note of the smell of something burning in the air. A bit of skin but mostly clothing.
A flood of memories filled his head and instantly began to answer the multiple questions he had. A foxy grin inched across his face and in a whisper, he spoke out into what seemed like nothing but mist.
"Thanks, Kurama."
Kakashi was frightened. Not for himself, but for one of his students, one of his friends, one of his family. Naruto had seemed to join them a little while ago and he had been relieved, soon after, however, his Chakra levels had disappeared and the girl that he had sent Sasuke to fight had showed up with a slightly burnt left arm and a missing mask. Now he was dodging both sword strikes and Senbon needles with flexibility that no human being should have had. He winced as he dodged once more. That had torn a muscle.
He had one hundred feelings pass through him as the tainted Chakra of the Kyuubi washed over him. He felt relief that Naruto was alive. He felt worry that the Kyuubi had taken over. He also felt excitement for some strange reason. Why would he be excited about the Kyuubi taking over the person he considered a brother? Simple. He had a feeling that the Kyuubi hadn't taken over at all, and that the odds of his fight were about to skyrocket in his favor.
Despite the situation he was, and the situation he could very well be in if the Kyuubi had broken loose, a grin broke out across his hidden face.
Naruto worked his way through the mist towards Kakashi's Chakra. He appeared just in time to intercept 3 Senbon aimed at the tendons in the back of Kakashi's legs.
Haku's face turned from shock into relief, which caused Naruto to raise a brow. The girl didn't like to kill, huh? He pressed his back to Kakashi's and took notice of the claws on the end of his fingers.
"Naruto...is that still you or am I about to be stabbed in the back." Kakashi asked, not pulling his eyes away from Zabuza.
"Well, I think it's still me..." Naruto answered, narrowing his eyes dangerously at Haku. She was trying to hurt one of his precious people. Sasuke could be dead for all he cared.
"Haku! When you came over here to fight me I had thought that meant you killed the two idiots you were fighting!" Zabuza yelled, anger and a slight hint of worry lacing his voice.
"I-I did Zabuza-sama. At least this one. He pushed the other one out of the way and inadvertently made all the Senbon pierce vitals. There was a Senbon in his heart. I was s-sure I k-killed him!" She stuttered out.
"Ne, Zabuza, my offer still stands you know. Besides, the troll who doesn't like bridges should be hear any minute." Naruto called, saying the last part more to himself.
"Hell no, gaki. I still have a job to compl-" A screech that made everyone bring their hands up to cover their ears interrupted him.
"Fuck. Sounds like Sakura found Mr. Broods." Naruto growled out through gritted teeth.
"Besides, why would I want to come to a village with that in it." Zabuza finished.
Naruto nodded his head solemnly in agreement.
"Yea...You know, that not a bad idea! Kakashi-nii, just to let you know, if Haruno doesn't straighten up her act soon you and me are becoming missing-nins." He said excitedly, drawing raised eyebrows from both Zabuza and Haku.
"Ah...well there would be consequences for th-" Kakashi said with an eyesmile, forcing himself not to agree.
"Fuck whatever consequences there are. Using fur ball's Chakra gives me heightened senses and that nearly blew my eardrums!" Kakashi sighed but didn't say anything else. Zabuza however was now sweating bullets.
"Ah...Gaki...you wouldn't happen to be a Jinchuriki, would you?" Naruto turned his back to Haku and gave a foxy grin to Zabuza, showing his elongated fangs and the defined whisker-like scars across his cheeks. The bubbly Chakra cloak rippled across his body but no tails formed.
"Can you guess for which one, Zabuza?" Naruto taunted, knowing that he had won this battle. Haku on the other hand was confused. What was a Jinchuriki?
Zabuza went over this in his head. Obviously he figured this question out very quickly and nearly passed out. He may be called the Demon of the Mist but he was no literal demon such as the Kyuubi.
"Useless! Some demon you are Zabuza!" A voice carried through the clearing mist. At the end of the bridge stood 50 thugs, bandits, pirates. An assortment of hired people, presumably to kill them.
"Damn it, Gaki...we will discuss this after dealing with him." Zabuza muttered and turned to the large group.
"No. You will sit here and watch while I deal with Gato." Naruto's voice grew more sinister and a sickly grin spread across his face. Not a happy grin. Not an excited grin. It was a grin of pure madness.
"Naruto?" Kakashi asked worriedly.
"Yes, Kakashi-nii?" Naruto asked innocently, his feet itching with the will to move.
"Are you alright?"
"No...No, I'm not Kakashi-nii." His voice changed back to it's normal tone, but he sounded exhausted. "Using fur ball's Chakra makes me more bloodthirsty and feeds off insanity, which we both know I struggle with." His hand snapped up to grip his head as his eyes fluctuated between blue and red.
"You have to knock Sakura and Tazuna out. No one should see what I'm about to do." Memories surfaced of what Tazuna had told them about what happened to Inari's surrogate father and the grin etched it's way across his face once more. Kakashi could only do as told and knock Sakura and Tazuna out, moving both of them and Sasuke off to the side. Zabuza watched while Haku turned away and closed her eyes.
Naruto walked slowly towards the group with his hands in his pockets.
"A boy? They sent a child to try to stop us?" One person called out and began to laugh. Soon the whole group was roaring with laughter and ignorance. Gato cast a wary glance over to Haku and pointed at the boy.
"Just kill him now!" He screeched and retreated to the back of the group of thugs.
At the command the laughter died down into muffled snickers and a few thugs rushed towards Naruto. He ducked under one sword swing and grabbed the persons arm, the Demon Chakra burned the man skin, causing him to scream. He planted a foot on the man's thigh and with a hard pull managed to free the mans are from his shoulder. He wasn't done there as the skin began to tear and the man's screams died down as he fainted from the pain of his arm being torn off.
Blood sprayed across Naruto's chest as he threw the arm to the side and turned to the three other men who rushed him. No snickers were heard anymore and a tension filled the air as everyone paled. Naruto sent Chakra to the bottom of his foot and released it in a burst. To the thugs it was as if he disappeared from sight. He appeared behind one of the thugs and slashed at the back of his leg with his claws. Blood sprayed as he repeated the process multiple times. After 10 minutes of people wildly swinging their weapons into the empty air and falling to the ground in a pool of their own blood their was 26 bodies on the ground. 25 people remained standing, including Gato.
The thugs had actually gotten a bit smarter and were in a tight circle, protecting anyone from getting behind them. With that sickly grin still on his face he appeared in front of the circle, blood covering him from the neck down. Everyone tensed as he put his hands into his pockets once again, and began walking towards them. He whistled a tune as one of the thugs broke formation to rush at him. He jumped over the blade swung at his legs and shifted his weight in mid air to dodge the knife sliced at his neck. Now parallel to the ground he pulled his left hand from his pocket and swung his leg up to kick the man viciously right where the jaw hinged to the skull.
The man's neck cracked with his jaw as his head tilted to the side and he crumpled down into a heap. Seeing that they stood little to no chance the thugs all began to make a run for the ends of the bridge close to them. With all of the thugs jumping off the bridge Gato tried to use the confusion to escape as well. He ran for the incomplete end of the bridge panting heavily. He was stopped by a hand on his neck and his face came to meet the stone of the bridge, breaking his round sunglasses and nose.
Naruto planted his knee against the mans spine and grabbed both his arms by the crook of the elbow. He began to pull and forced his knee into Gato's spine even more. The man let out a scream of pain and anguish, only making Naruto laugh. He let Gato's arms down and leaned down right next to the man's ear.
"Let's see how Inari's father felt before you killed him, shall we?" He whispered and pulled hard, making Gato's elbows touch behind his back with a sickening crack. He frowned.
"I was hoping to pull them off." The red Chakra began to recede back into him and his eyes changed back to their bright blue, which were now dull as he looked over his handy work. Gato now lay on the ground, dead, along with 25 of the men he hired.
The only thing Naruto could tell himself was that they were horrible people.
He sensed Kakashi approaching and a smile couldn't help but come across his face as the white haired man put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, Kakashi-nii." He said softly.
"Let's go get you washed up, ne?" Kakashi's voice held a cheery tone as he led Naruto towards the edge of the bridge, jumping down and using Chakra to stand atop it. Naruto peeled off the bloodied shirt and he kneeled down and cupped his hands together. He splashed water on his face and began to scrub his clothing harshly. Neither said anything.
Little bit of a shorter chapter, ne? Hope you guys/gals don't hold that against me. I've been starting to think about having a relationship in my story, and I am going to look to you guys for opinions on this.
Relationship or not, leave a review or pm me or something to let me know your opinion. The person in the relationship will be discussed at a later time.
Anyways, review and all that junk.