Omake –
"I got it!" Minato says, reading the scroll he holds in front of him. On his bed is his wife Kushina, almost reading to give birth to her son Naruto.
"What is it?" She asks him.
Minato turns around and holds out a scroll, with the designs of the Shiki Fuujin. "I've finally finished the Jutsu. This can seal the fox away in our son's body."
"Minato, I don't know if it's right to burden our son with such a thing. After all, he'll be holding the strongest of the demons, so those guys will be after him." She states, a look of worry on her face.
"Where do you get off telling me what to give my son?" Minato asks the woman. She stares at him with a death-pan glare. The Hokage pales as he looks at her, knowing how dangerous she tends to be. "Oh right. Well, I guess I can try to reason with the beast again…honey…"
"You better! If all else fails, then you can use it…" Kushina says to him, giving off an evil stare. She then looks down at her stomach, rubbing it softly while humming in a soothing voice.
Chapter 11: Demon Slayer Part 3
"Or else I'll kick your ass!" Naruto threatens. The claw around Sakura tightens, causing her to whimper more.
"Are you going to do it? Or will you continue to bluff until she dies?" At those words Naruto leaps at Gaara, and shoots a bolt of lightning at him. The lightning passes through his head, and his tail comes up and smacks him away. Naruto lands on a bushy tree branch, watching Gaara's body reform.
'I need to get him back to solid form…wait…that ice worked for Sasuke back then.' Naruto says in his mind as he thinks back to that match. Sasuke used his ice sword to freeze the sand shell. He holds his left thumb up and bites down on it, and then initiates the hand seals for the Summoning technique. 'I don't have any water-like jutsu, nor does the Twilight Star have a form that can summon water, to my knowledge anyway. This is my only shot!'
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Naruto activates the jutsu, and summons a cloud of smoke around him. Out from it pops a purple serpent like creature, with blue eyes and crystal scales.
Elsewhere…
"What is this jutsu!" Orochimaru questions his teacher. Currently, he and Sarutobi are face to face with one another, still in the middle of that prism.
The Hokage had used the Shiki Fujin twice; using Shadow Clones on two 'friends' he summoned earlier, and sealed them away in the stomach of the Shinigami. He had now used it on his former student Orochimaru, already pulling his arms out. "This is the Shiki Fujin; one of the jutsus made by the Yondaime Hokage and used to seal the Kyubi's soul inside of his son. At the cost of the user's life it rips the soul out of a living being and seals it within another soul.
"In a few seconds, both of us will be sleeping for eternity inside the stomach of the Shinigami." As Hiruzen finishes Orochimaru begins to sweat out of fear. He looks up and gasps in total terror. His eyes have spotted the Shinigami behind his sensei.
"NO! I WILL NOT BE DRAGGED TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL! DIE BY YOURSELF, YOU PEACE LOVING OLD FOOL!" Orochimaru, being paralyzed for the moment by the death seal working its magic, lifts his right hand index and middle finger. This telepathically lifts his sword, Kusanagi, up. He then forces it to come towards Sarutobi, to carve deep into him from behind.
"NO!" Mei leaps in the way and grabs the sword, trying her best to hold it back. While it continues and comes out from behind her, she does manage to keep the sword from reaching Sarutobi. She hacks up blood as she tries to keep it back, her bleeding and slightly burnt hands grasping the blade.
After dealing with the ninjas from before she manages to reach the barrier in time to witness him finish his fight. The barrier holding him in is fire based, so she used the power of her Yoton bloodline and melted through it; after all it is just fire based, and magma 'burns' even flames.
The Mizukage holds back the sword, but it continues to move inside of her. Sarutobi's monkey summon, Enma, grabs the hilt of the blade and holds it back, saving her from having the sword go completely through her. She sighs, thinking, 'The sword is inside of me, but it has missed my spine and vital organs. That's good…Naruto wouldn't forgive anyone if both of us died…'
"This is the end for you, my dear pupil…I'm sorry it had to come to this." Finally, the rest of Orochimaru's soul comes out from his body, and enters his body. This is a seal that resembles the one on Naruto's stomach. Orochimaru's body withers into dust, leaving his garbs behind. Sarutobi falls forward to the ground smiling, feeling the after effects of the jutsu he used. The Shinigami sucks in the rest of their souls and disappears.
The sword Kusanagi stops moving in Mei's body. This allows both her and Enma to pull the sword out. Enma smiles as he looks down at his master, and disappears in a puff of smoke. Mei falls to her knees, clutching the hole in her back and stomach. She rips her left sleeve off and wraps it around her wounds. 'I wish this hadn't happen…if only I was sooner…'
Back to Action…
The Hydra the young Uzumaki summoned snarls out loud as it appears before everyone. And it would have been intimidating, except that it is no larger than Naruto's arms. He stares down at the tiny creature, giving out a long blank glare. "…Really?"
"What the? You're just a kid. I'm not helping you without a snack!" It says to him.
"…WHY! WHY DID I GET A USELESS LITTLE SNAKE LIKE YOU!" Naruto screams, almost pulling out his hair in anger. Even after all that training, all he got was a stupid snake.
"What's your problem? I'm a hydra; Suineki!" It shouts at him.
"Look, I don't care what you're called. Can you do any technique?" Naruto asks it.
"You don't have much time until the sand kills her. If you're going to keep playing around, then you're friend dies." Gaara says to the ninja. His entire body transforms completely, matching the appearance of a tanuki, sort of. He then holds his arms together, and swings them at Naruto, shouting, "Suna Shuriken!"
Thousands of shurikens made out of sand fly at Naruto. The lightning user holds his hands out, and releases a hundred volts of electricity to blast them. He then falls to his knees, but receives a smack to the face by his tail. Naruto and Suineki fly into another tree. Gaara laughs as he looks at him. "What's wrong? You're not afraid of me, are you? Then fight me! Fight me with the power that defeated the Hyuga! I'll show you how worthless that power is as well!"
"Oh blow me!" Naruto leaps at Gaara, preparing to punch him with a fist full of electricity. Gaara sucks in air through his mouth and sand.
"Futon: Mugen Sajin Daitoppa! (Wind Release: Infinite Sand Blast Great Breakthrough!" Gaara fires a blast of sand-infected wind at Naruto, blowing him high up in the air. When he sees it he smiles confidently, and opens his mouth to receive it. "What?"
Naruto sucks in the wind-powered technique and swallows it in his mind. He then opens his mouth and blows a powerful hurricane at him. "Tenryu no Hoko!"
"What is this!" Gaara receives the blast and is blown to bits of sand.
Naruto lands on the side of a tree, holding Suineki in his right hand. "Thank goodness he used a wind technique. I needed a recharge."
"What was that?" Suineki asks Naruto, just as Gaara reforms together.
"I hold a bloodline that allows me to turn my chakra into my elemental affinity; I hold both wind and lightning, and so I can eat lightning and wind techniques thrown at me to recharge, and gain perfect immunity to it." He explains to him. Naruto watches as Gaara charges at him. "Can you use a water technique?"
"Uh, yeah! But how will that help?" Suineki asks Naruto.
"Just do it!" Naruto then holds his summon creature before Gaara. The hydra inhales the air, and spits out a small bubble.
"Ha! What's that going to do!" Gaara states as he continues charging.
The bubble comes into contact with Gaara, and explodes. This releases a large surge of water that completely covers the sand ninja. "Suiton: Awa Heki! (Bubble Burst)"
"No!" – Gaara
"Rairyu no," Naruto grabs Gaara by the right shoulder, and slams his right fist into his face. With it charged by electricity he shouts, "Kaminari Punch!"
Gaara is sent flying through the air, blood leaking out from his lips. Sakura looks at the fight from where she hanged, a little bit of blood coming down her lips. Naruto charges electricity to his feet and dashes at Gaara. He draws the Twilight Star, and transforms it into the Diamond Sword.
"Chromedread!" Diamond spikes shoot out from his blade to pierce into Gaara's limbs, pinning him into the tree. Naruto then lands on a branch close by him, and as he runs at him his speed increases by a great amount, thanks to the Gravity Sword. He hacks and slashes at the sand demon with all his might and speed, shouting, "Kuro Getsuga!"
Gaara coughs up a bit of blood as he receives the hundreds of cuts slicing his body apart. With the water keeping his sand form together he couldn't escape him. Sasuke and Temari gaze in awe at the power Naruto was unleashing on Gaara's body.
Naruto then follows up the combo by swinging downward. The result is his sword splitting into the Chaos Sword to leave a cross slash wound on his body. "Final Arcana!"
This slash also delivers an electrocution to the poor sand demon, which at this point is pretty severally damaged. But that didn't stop Naruto. He brings the sword together and forms the Alchemist Sword. "This is the power of relying on others, by befriending people! This is the power those who care for others can muster! Gilgamesh!"
Naruto swings down at Gaara, passing by the tree as he does. This strike creates a powerful explosion, one stronger than the normal ones. It even destroys the tree they were on. Naruto lands on the side of a tree, sheathing the Twilight Star away. He then forms a cross seal on his hands, and activates the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. The one hundred ninjas all leap down at Gaara, preparing to finish him off.
'Even when I'm like this…even when I'm this powerful…how can he…' Gaara grumbles in rage as he awaits the ninjas and their arrival. "There's no way…"
"Hyaah!" The Narutos shout, preparing to take him down.
"There's no way…I'LL LOSE TO SOMEONE LIKE HIM!" Gaara growls out in anger. Suddenly his entire body explodes into billions of sand. The sand takes the form of Sabaku no Yaiba and carves through the clones. The real Naruto has enough sense to block with the Diamond Sword, and falls to the ground. He now looks up into the sky, and spots Gaara as an enlarged version of his demon form.
Gaara rises up from the inside of the creature's head, and looks down at Naruto. "You…have forced my hand Naruto Uzumaki…I can see you aren't just some lucky boy…you're a person worth killing!"
"That guy's kind of scary." Suineki says as he slithers into Naruto's open jacket.
"How dare you damage me this much? Force me to use this state? Force me to bleed more than I ever have!" – Gaara
"Shut up! You're the idiot who tried to kill my friends in the first place!" He shouts back at him.
"Yes, that's right…I did want to kill them…because I wanted to live…I wanted to become stronger…I wanted to prove my existence!" Gaara screams, the demon he's riding on turns towards him. He then makes a single hand sign. "I was going to kill you myself, but I'm sure he can do a better job of it! Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu! (Feigning Sleep Technique)"
Naruto watches as Gaara activates the technique, and immediately falls asleep. The monster's eyes dilate and move on their own, looking down at Naruto. It then speaks. "Hya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya! Hya ya ya ya ya! I'm finally out!"
"What the hell is he talking about?" Naruto questions. He says this while looking up at the sand demon.
"I think I know what that thing is." Suineki says to Naruto. "It's Ichibi no Shukaku, the one tailed demon."
"One tailed? What does that have to do with anything?" Naruto asks the tiny hydra.
"Quick! Try to summon a stronger creature now!" The hydra says to him.
"Sabaku Kyu! (Desert Coffin)" Sand gathers around Naruto, in an attempt to crush him completely. Naruto looks around him and gasps. He bites onto his left thumb and prepares to summon again. "Sabaku Soso! (Desert Funeral)"
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" The sand around Naruto is blown away with the power of his summoning. Out from the smoke he made appears a larger version of the hydra. This one is more of a giant version of Suineki, only with arms and legs. It has black scaly, slimy, skin and dark blue slit eyes. It looks up and sees Naruto on its head.
"Huh? Who are you?" The Hydra says. Suineki slithers down to the Hydra's head, causing it to gasp. "Suineki? What are you doing here?"
"Hi mom! This is Naruto. Him and I were being bullied by that monster over there!" Suineki says while pointing at Shukaku. His mother raises its head and stares at the sand demon in front of them.
"Ichibi eh? Then that must be the host on top." The Hydra says as it looks at Gaara's body. It then lifts its head to get a good look, and snarls. "Those possessed by the Ichibi become humans that cannot hold a single night of decent sleep. That explains those bags under his eyes."
"Oooh, there's someone for me to kill." – Shukaku
"The more they sleep, the more their personality leaks away, until nothing's left." Suineki adds.
"So, his lack of sleep is behind his unstable mind?" Naruto asks them.
"Ah. While awake the host can suppress the demon's powers. But when he's asleep, things won't go so well." The Hydra finishes. It looks up at Naruto and says, "Usually, if you want to summon me you'll have to prove yourself to me, like drinking sake cups or something, but we can mow through that later."
Shukaku holds its right hand up. It slams its stomach with its hand, and burps up a large blast of wind. "Futon: Renkuudan!"
"Wind eh? Then I'll just-" Before Naruto could take the blow, the Hydra ducks under and jumps high up into the air.
"Suiton: Mizu Kosen!" A powerful torrent of destructive water energy fires out from the Hydra's mouth towards Shukaku. It counters with three Renkuudan attacks. The first two stop the beam, but the third comes flying at them.
Naruto leaps in front of the wind attack, and devours it whole. This catches the Hydra woman by surprise. 'He ate the attack…is he one of the Uzumaki clan?'
The Hydra lowers her head to catch Naruto with its teeth. "Thanks for the help!"
"Naruto is it? I'm getting a little tired for this. I'm going to toss you over there to wake up that damn kid." The Hydra then swings Naruto out towards Shukaku.
"Futon: Renkuudan!" Shukaku fires off another one at Naruto. Naruto flies straight into the wind attack, and holds his sword up with both hands.
'Instead of eating it, I'll utilize this new sword's power.' Naruto says in his mind as he approaches the Renkuudan. His sword transforms into a white sword with blue stripes running down the edges. The sword cleanly cuts the attack. 'That's one charge.'
Shukaku shouts, "WHAT!"
Naruto lands on the tanuki, and quickly climbs up the side of it with his chakra sticky feet. He reaches Gaara and holds his sword up to him. Before he could reach the ninja, sand grabs hold of his feet and catches him. A stream of sand comes flying at Naruto, with the shouts of, "Sabaku no Yaiba!"
This attack slams into Naruto instead of cutting him up, though that could be contributed by the fact that he charged electricity around his entire body. The sand still bruises his body, cutting his forehead protector in half and tearing his jumpsuit off. His blue shirt rips up a bit, exposing his stomach where the seal should be.
"Naruto!" The Hydra and Suineki yell out, showing worry for Naruto.
"Hya ya ya ya ya! I finally killed him!" The Shukaku comments as he realizes the boy has stopped moving. The sand continues to rise up on his body.
Naruto slowly lifts his head up to face Gaara. Blood red chakra erupts from his body, and immediately converts into electricity. In addition a violent wind blows from his body as well. His eyes turn blood red with slit irises. He then cackles, "Yes! I'm out!"
"What? You're still alive?" Shukaku grumbles, the sand coming back at him. The sand is repelled away by his electricity and wind energy.
"Ah, Ichibi. Or should I call you Shukaku now?" 'Naruto' says in a dark and malevolent voice. He breaths in the wind and fires it out, shouting, "Tenryu no Hoko!"
The wind impacts Gaara's body, and tears his body up. The sand ninja looks at the blond ninja, effectively waking up. Shukaku roars, "No! I just got out!"
The eyes of the creature return to normal. Gaara growls in anger as he holds his hands together. "Futon: Renkuudan!"
'The host can do that as well?' 'Naruto' dashes at Gaara, cutting through his weapon with the Twilight Star's new form. "That's the second charge."
"I will not cease to exist!" Gaara fires another attack at Naruto, who cuts through it again. The sand tries its best to repel the courageous ninja.
"That's the third. It's time for the Phantom Sword to unleash its true form…Go take a nap!" 'Naruto' shouts as he aims his sword at him. A flash of light surrounds the weapon and changes its shape. The sword now resembles a silver bow with blue strings. The boy grabs the string and pulls back, and an arrow of pure light comes into form. 'The Phantom Sword Tenchi is a phantom blade that can only cut through things that do not have a physical form, like fire, lightning and chakra. With each swing it charges up, and with three charges it becomes a bow.
'The arrows can be used to seal away chakra by striking a physical object that hits it, but only three times before needing another recharge.' 'Naruto' releases the arrow and fires at Gaara, piercing into his chest. It doesn't harm the ninja, but seconds after impaling him; it destroys the demon body he's standing on.
Shukaku's body dissolves into sand. The two ninjas land on opposing leaves, still attached to different trees. The red energy around Naruto disappears, and his eyes return to normal. Naruto quickly grabs hold of his head in pain, falling down to his knees. His wounds from before start to affect him. 'What happened…I just sort of blanked out right there.'
"No! No! I will not fade to exist!" Gaara leaps after Naruto, his anger taking over his reason and logic.
Without a word, Naruto jumps at Gaara, his sword transforming into Gilgamesh. He makes a swing at Gaara's chest, and creates an explosion on impact. The two ninjas collapse on the ground, both of them in pain. That last explosion takes Gaara out of the fight, and due to having already been tired from the things he did earlier, Gilgamesh also affects him.
At that moment, the sand around Sakura lifts, and she falls to the tree branch. Sasuke jumps to her, in hopes to help her stay together. Sasuke looks at Pakkun, who has been hiding this whole time, and says, "Take care of Sakura."
"Well, it looks like they won't need us anymore; what an interesting person, that Uzumaki member Naruto. Let's go home." The Hydra says to her son. The two then disappear in a puff of smoke.
Naruto uses the sealed state of the Twilight Star to slowly walk towards Gaara. He continues to drag himself towards the guy, his right leg limping in pain. Gaara shouts out, "Don't! Don't come any closer!"
'To be seen as useless…to never be wanted…to have everyone around you want you gone…this is a pain no one should feel. There is nothing in this world that isn't needed.' These words continue to go through Naruto's mind as he goes closer to Gaara, the image of his mentor Manabu fresh in his head. His legs soon give out, and he falls to the ground face forward. Before he fell Gaara could see the seal present on his stomach, and his eyes widen as he looks at Naruto.
"The pain of being alone…it's too horrible to bear…those feelings you have…" Naruto begins, crawling towards Gaara with his right hand. "That is why…I can understand you…that is why I know where you're coming from…
"But I have people now who really care about me. They are truly important to me. I will not allow you to hurt them…even if I have to kill you." He continues, staring into the other Jinchuuriki with slit eyes.
"…Why? Why do you try so hard for others?" – Gaara
"Because, they saved me from becoming a symbol of loneliness. They gave my existence acknowledgment…they are important to me." He finishes.
Gaara continues to stare at Naruto in amazement. 'That's why…that's why he's so strong…'
Naruto finally collapses to the ground; his eyes going out like a light. Sasuke lands down beside him. "Naruto…" He listens in on the fox boy's heart, and including the beating he could hear snoring. The Uchiha then smirks knowing he's okay.
Just then, Kankuro and Temari pop down beside Gaara and lift him up over their shoulders. He says to them, "That's enough. I'm done."
The ninjas take Gaara and leave. This is the first time they've ever seen anyone beat down their little brother. As they leave, Naruto smiles a little to himself, and turns around to face upward. While escaping, Gaara turns to his brother and sister. Even though he's threatened to kill them numerous times, they've stayed beside him. Maybe this is what Naruto means.
"Temari, Kankuro, I'm sorry. For everything." Gaara apologizes. This takes them both by surprise.
"It's…it's nothing." – Temari/Kankuro
Three Days Later…
A large serpentine dragon of Chinese origins flies through a sea of darkness, looking around its surroundings with light blue eyes. Naruto can be seen sitting on top of its head, before it roars and disappears. Naruto then begins to fall, landing on solid earth. He looks up to the sky to see the moon, but it seems weird that ten tails are waving from behind it. The center of the moon has a giant eye on it, similar to that same ten-tailed demon from the first dream. It gazes down at Naruto, before a flash of light emits from it.
Nine of the tails fly off from the moon, and land around Naruto. Each tail swirls and takes the form of a giant monster. The first one is a tanuki with one tail, the same one Gaara used against him. The second is a cat made purely of purple fire, with two swinging tails behind it. The third is an aqua green turtle looking thing that has three tails. The fourth is a red monkey with four tails on its rear. The fifth demon is…something…it looks like a dolphin and it looks like a horse but it probably isn't either of them, although it does have five tails.
The sixth monstrosity is a white slug standing up on two legs, with six tails slithering around. The seventh is a sort of beetle-like creature with seven tails behind it, although six of them look like wings. The eighth demon resembles an ushi oni, but it has eight octopus tentacles that it passes off as tails. The ninth, and final, demon is the fox that rests in his belly, its nine tails swishing carefully but wildly behind it. Each creature slowly reform, taking the look of human forms.
He easily picks out the Ichibi, Hachibi and Kyubi forms as Gaara, Killer Bee and himself, but the others are a mystery to him. As the first eight leave, he is left alone with himself. That Naruto points out to the sky, and a leech-like creature with a Noh mask falls down from the sky. That creature takes human form as well.
Naruto opens his eyes, stretching his arms out to yawn. As he wakes up he realizes he's inside a hospital bed. He picks himself up, cracking his bones into place, as they haven't been used in a while. He looks to the side of his bed, and spots his tattered and ripped clothes, his katana, and what's left of his forehead protector.
"How long was I in here?" Naruto asks no one in particular. He picks himself up, and cracks his neck into place.
"Naruto!" Naruto looks to his left and notices Mei is by his bed in a seat. She reaches out to hug him, pushing his head into her breasts. "Oh Naruto! I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Mei! What happened? Who brought me here?" Naruto asks his first fiancé.
"Well, I didn't think I'd ever see you in here. I asked the doctors and they said you were brought here by Sasuke Uchiha. He then checked himself in and came out the next day." Mei explains to him. Naruto then pulls himself out and looks at her.
"Is everyone else alright? How did we do in the war?" Naruto asks her.
"Well, your village survived…but the Hokage gave his life to kill Orochimaru." Mei says to him. Naruto's eyes widen in shock at her words. His teeth grit in anger as he looks up at her.
"No! That's impossible! He can't be!" Naruto cries, tears forming in his eyes. The blond ninja then hugs Mei frantically, and begins to cry in her chest.
"It's okay…I know this is hard for you…" She whispers in his ears as he cries. He really cared about the old man, being the first person to care about him.
Later that day, Naruto leaves the hospital with Mei to visit the Hokage's grave. Naruto comes to it, and begins praying over his grave. Mei joins him in praying.
"How did the fight go?" Naruto asks her as they prayed.
"I couldn't see much, but before I got into the barrier they were trapped into, I saw the first and second Hokage fighting against the third alongside Orochimaru. He sealed them away using the Shiki Fujin. He was about to do the same to Orochimaru, but then his sword was about to come out from behind and kill him; so I has to take the blow for him so he could complete the jutsu." Mei tells him. Naruto then looks at her hands and fingers, noticing there are scratches present.
"Well, at least we won. Nothing like this will ever happen again." Naruto says, as he continues praying. "Mei, why do people sacrifice themselves for others?"
Mei looks down at Naruto, a sad look on her face. "When a person dies they lose everything; their past, their present life, their future…they can die in battle, or on missions, or for simple reasons…among those who are dead are some with dreams and goals, but everyone has something most important to them; important people.
"We trust each other, help each other. We come together in contact with these bonds from the day we were born. These bonds grow stronger as we age…this isn't a complex idea either…everyone has a bond they can never forget…no matter what…it will always be with them." Mei's words enter into Naruto's heart, and he finds himself a little sadder than before. But even with these words, he stays firm and positive.
"I think I understand…but, death must be painful and scary." Naruto replies.
"He may have died, but not for nothing. He left you and Konoha something important." She says to him. Naruto looks up at him, and she gives a smile while closing her eyes. "You'll understand."
"…Thanks…" – Naruto
After they prayed for the late Hiruzen Sarutobi, the two ninjas head for Ichiraku Ramen to eat. With the sad news of hearing about that Hokage dying, Naruto needs something to take his mind off of it. Of course, there are other things on Naruto's mind that doesn't seem to make sense; why did he blank out in the middle of the fight, why did he sleep for 3 days, and what happened to his friends?
When they get there they spot Jiraiya sitting in a seat, almost waiting for them. "Yo."
"Ah! It's you!" Naruto says as he points to him. He then rushes up to the Sennin and grabs his collar. "Where the hell did you go! You just push me off a cliff and disappear from me!"
"You…pushed him off a cliff?" Mei questions Jiraiya, looking at the Sennin with a smile. But you all know better than to think it's just an innocent smile.
"Uh…look, I was hoping to look for you. Konoha councils have asked a favor of me, and I need your help." The old man says to Naruto, completely evading what they said.
"And another-what? You need my help?" Naruto is about to get up on his ass about the incident, but when he mentions the favor and the help, all is forgiven.
"Yes. They need me to find the newest candidate for Hokage, and I want you to meet her." He says to him.
"What?" Naruto asks in a shouting voice. He seems mad about him choosing another person to become the Hokage, but it would only be natural, since Naruto doesn't have enough skills. "Oh fine, I guess I can go. But can I say bye to my friends first?"
"Eh, sure. Whatever. You got two hours." Jiraiya says to him.
"Two hours, huh? Gotta hurry!" Naruto then dashes away, running through the village as he searches for his friends. As he runs away, he passes by two people, bumping into them. "Oops, sorry."
After apologizing he walks past them and heads out. He didn't notice one of the figures looking at him, watching him go with his Sharingan eyes.
By The Time Naruto Woke Up…
On the walls of Konoha, two figures can be seen standing on top of it. They are wearing straw hats with paper streamers on the side. Their cloaks have high collars and are black with red clouds on them. The tall one has strange blue skin and his face closely resembled a shark. The shorter one has silent with black hair, but you couldn't see his face.
"Well, it seems that they escaped annihilation. But it seems that they've taken a lot of damage." The blue guy says. His cloak lifts a bit to show the forehead protector of Kiri, but it's scratched. This marks him as a missing ninja.
"Once a prosperous village…what a pity." The smaller one says as he looks at the village in front of him.
"Oh? This isn't like you…even you…I'm guessing you're feeling a bit nostalgic, right?" The blue one asks the dark haired ninja.
"No. Not at all." He says, lifting his head up. His straw hat lifts up as well, and reveals his forehead protector. It is a Konoha headband and is cut as well.
…
'I still don't know why he wants to take me…I want to learn the Chidori!' Naruto says in his mind. He looks around and spots his friend Haku talking with Orin and Kenta. "Hey, Haku! Orin! Kenta!"
"Naruto!" Haku calls out, waving to his friend. "Are you okay? We saw you in the hospital yesterday."
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's good that you guys are okay. Where are Sakura and Sasuke?" Naruto asks his friend. He seems indifferent to Kenta and Orin since he hardly knows them.
"Well, we haven't seen much of Sasuke after the incident. Sakura did visit you in the hospital though, along with that girl from Kumo, that purple haired Hyuga girl, and Mizukage-sama." Haku says, thinking over where his two friends are.
"Naruto…" A feminine voice speaks. Naruto turns around and sees Sakura walking up behind him.
"Sakura…" Naruto says as he notices the girl.
"Let's go." Haku says to his two teammates. The trio then leaves the two alone, giving them some space to talk things out.
"Naruto, thank you for saving me. Whenever I'm in trouble you've always been able to help me." Sakura says to him.
"It's okay Sakura. What are friends for?" Naruto says to her, smiling as she approaches him.
"That's just it…I don't see you as just a friend anymore…" She replies. Naruto blinks a bit as she approaches him. She then places her hands on his shoulder, continuing with, "I don't care about what happens anymore…I have to tell you…I love you, Naruto."
She then leans in to hug him tightly. Naruto blushes as he feels her body press up on him. He looks at her face and sees she is also blushing. He has a warm feeling in his heart from feeling the girl, and smiles while hugging back. "Thank you, Sakura. I accept your feelings."
"Yes, but you can't return them…that's because you have someone you love…" Sakura says, a little stream of tears coming down her face.
"That's not true…I have feelings for you as well." Sakura lifts her head up to look into his eyes. There she could see that he really means what he is saying, and more tears pour from her eyes. "We haven't had much time to talk since my training during the Chunin Exams, and then we had to go rescue Sasuke. Samui also made things weird between us. But now I can tell you that I have deep romantic feelings for you, and I want you to be with me as well."
"But…that's impossible! You have a fiancé right? Remember the Mizukage?" – Sakura
"Well, the thing is…I have a bloodline called Hadouryu. It allows me to turn my chakra into my elemental affinities for offensive and defensive abilities, consume external sources of the same element to replenish myself, and increase my sense of smell. And because it is the only bloodline of its kind still around, if I die then it's gone forever. That places me under the Clan Restoration Act." He says to the girl. Sakura reads over the words he said to her, and her eyes open wide.
"So, you can marry up to four girls and no one will question it?" She asks him. When he nods a smile rises up on her face. She then reaches out and hugs him again. 'I guess I can put up with any other girls he's around. If there's no problem with it I won't hesitate.'
Naruto then moves her head to face his, and kisses her lightly on the cheek. She blushes madly when he does. "I would like to spend more time with you, but I have to go. I'm on a mission!"
"Mission? Already! But we don't even have a new Hokage!" She says to him.
"Me and this old guy are going to find a former student of Jiji and bring her back to become the Hokage." He says to her.
"But, I just confessed to you. I want to spend more time with you." She confesses. She holds onto him harder, but he manages to slip free.
"Sorry, but I got to. Ero-sennin wants me and just me to accompany him." Naruto then walks off further into the forest, looking for his home. Sakura waves to him as he leaves.
Naruto reaches his house and enters the building. When the lightning, and apparently wind, user gets in he sees Samui sitting on his couch in a robe. He then smiles and says, "I'm sorry, I must be in the wrong house."
Naruto then closes the door, before kicking it open in anger. "NO, IT'S NOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?"
"I was brought here by the Mizukage. Since she was shown to not be a threat, she let me in as a guest. And because I'm your slave I was registered in the defense system." Samui says to him. She then leans up and looks at him with a smile. Naruto sighs as he walks up the stairs; not knowing Samui is following him.
"What was Mei thinking…just because she's my next wife, slave, whatever, she shouldn't just…" Naruto then groans as he enters his room. He grabs his backpack and starts sealing items into one of two scrolls.
While he's sorting the stuff he didn't put in his scrolls into his bag, Samui silently creeps up on him. She holds out a kunai and aims it at his neck. As she's about to stab it down, her arm shakes and paralyzes. She then grits her teeth as she tries to cut him even harder, but the more she tries it the more she fails.
"I wonder if I should…" Naruto turns around and stops, seeing Samui holding a kunai to him. The blond lifts his eyebrow in confusion. "Oh thanks. I forgot to get this."
Samui looks at him with shock; she just tried to kill him, and he doesn't even care. Sure, he doesn't realize it, but even so he doesn't shout at her. Her upper eyelids lower in shame as she looks at him. Even as he takes the kunai her eyes look at him.
"Is something wrong?" He asks the blond woman.
Instead of answering him, she reaches out and hugs the ninja. Naruto blushes as he feels his head touch her breasts, this being the second time this has happened today. Samui looks deep him in the eyes, and says, "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" – Naruto
"You're really a good person, are you… Maybe, I can get use to being with you." She says to him.
"Huh?" Before he knew it, she kisses him on the lips. Naruto's eyes widen as she continues to kiss him. He kisses the girl back, and she tightens her hold onto him. To him she could feel her heart rising and skipping a beat. To the boy he still prefers Mei's kisses.
Samui and Naruto part ways, and stare into each other's eyes. She then asks him, "Will you truly accept me?"
"Sure. Why not?" Naruto says, being the nice guy that he is. This finally confirms their relationship. "Say uh, where are your teammates?"
"They went back to Kumo with Killer Bee-sensei and I was transferred here because of the contract. It's because of my enslave-I mean, marriage to you, that I am to quit being a shinobi and live with you." She explains.
Later That Night…
"So, Ero-sennin, will I learn a new jutsu this time?" Naruto asks his new mentor.
"Ero? You do realize who I am right!" Jiraiya questions the ninja. The two ninjas are on the outskirts of Konoha, heading down the road to search for this woman.
"Of course I do. You were personally trained by Jiji and in league with Orochimaru. But that doesn't change the fact that you and him are a bunch of perverts." Naruto says as they walk along the dark road.
"Stupid brat…" – Jiraiya
"But why did you want me to come along? Why did you want to make me your student?" Naruto asks the old man. Jiraiya looks down at him.
"Let's just say…" The image of Mei and a melting atmosphere around her pops up in his mind. "You have a thunderous power inside."
"I do?" – Naruto
Elsewhere, not too far away, the two ninjas spot Naruto and Jiraiya down the room. The tall one says, "So that's him? Blond spiky hair, whiskers, and blue eyes?"
"Yup." The second one replies.
"It's a good thing we bumped into him, but he's being protected by one of the Densetsu no Sannin. Even one of the ANBU Uchiha and one of the Seven Shinobi Swordsman of the Mist can't stand up to him." He says, grinning his shark-like teeth in anger.
"Every strong man has a weakness." The smaller ninja says, his eyes becoming the Sharingan.
Earlier…
Sasuke opens the door to Kakashi's room, and Kurenai, Asuma and Gai all gathered in his room. He also spots his jonin sensei lying on his bed. "Kakashi…why is Kakashi-sensei sleeping? And why are Jonin here?"
"Uh, it's nothing to get riled up over…" Gai says to him. He can't tell him what really happened; the ninja duo from before attacked all four of them in search for someone, and one of them placed Kakashi under a genjutsu spell with the Mangekyo Sharingan. After Gai showed up, they ran away and they were forced to put Kakashi under medical attention.
Suddenly, a Shinobi rushes into the room, shouting, "Is it true Itachi is back! And he's after the fox kid Naruto?"
The ninja pauses in shock when he sees a younger ninja in front of him, even worse it being Sasuke. Not only did he expose Itachi's presence, who is also his brother and the one who destroyed his clan, he also spoiled a bit about who Naruto is, and that Itachi is after him.
Sasuke immediately rushes out the room, a blank look in his eyes. Kurenai calls out, "Sasuke, stop! Someone stop him!"
…
Naruto and Jiraiya make it into a nearby town, and come before a hotel. Since it's rather dark out they would stay in for the night instead of continuing. Naruto looks at the place, and comments, "What the hell is up with this weird town?"
"We're staying here for the night." Jiraiya says to him, ignoring his question once again. While looking at Naruto he notices a girl behind him. The blond turns around and sees her too. She looks real attractive, slutty, and has red eyes with black long hair. Her dress really shows off her curves. Jiraiya smiles that perverted grin while Naruto just stares with a blinking look. The old man hands Naruto the keys to the hotel. "Here, you go up and refine your chakra!"
"What? You're just making an excuse to go with…fine, whatever." Naruto immediately gives up and walks into the hotel. He doesn't really care if he hits it, knowing a shallow looking girl like her would reject him immediately.
Not long after they made it into town Sasuke reaches it quickly. He comes before the hotel they went into, and asks the counter guy, "Did you see a spiky blond haired kid with a stupid looking face and a guy with him here?"
"Spiky? Oh yeah! I think I know who they are." He says.
Back with Naruto he is busy practicing his katas. 'What a disgusting old man. I really hope I don't end up like him…'
Suddenly there is a knock on the door. Naruto sighs as he walks towards the door. Back with Sasuke he is knocking on a door. As soon as the door opens even a little, he pushes it open, shouting, "Naruto!"
Inside he sees a guy with blond spiky hair and an old man with white hair. "No…you're not him."
The door on Naruto's end knocks again. "Yeah, yeah! I'm coming," Naruto opens the door, and looks out at whose there. Instead of seeing the old man, he spots Itachi Uchiha. His eyes take a quick glance at the Sharingan he owns.
'This guy…he's a Sharingan user like Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei…' Naruto says in his thoughts.
"Can this brat really be the Kyubi?" Naruto looks behind him and sees the blue skinned ninja looking down at him. His body tenses up as he hears those words.
'How do these guys know about that?' – Naruto
"Naruto-kun, we want you to come with us." Itachi says to him. Naruto backs away from them slowly. How will he get out of this?