A/N Hello! Hello! AND WELCOME BACK TO "Naruto The Emperor," serious stuff is going down, and we still have yet to even leave for the land of waves! That's funny. HOWEVER soon we will be back onto the normal cannon, a squad, and the first set of D rank missions, and Naruto attempting to deal with the fact that he could become the tenth Biju! SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
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"because of our weakness, we trained our eyes, ears, and the ability to think. Learning how to survive, that's our traits as humans! The human species can't use magic and can't even perceive it- but because we are weak, we have to wisdom to run away from magic, and the intelligence to see through it! We don't have any extraordinary senses, But because we are weak, by learning and gaining experience, we have gained the wisdom to achieve the unachievable- to predict the future... Rejoice! We are humans; we are the most talented people! Precisely because we are born without any ability, we can achieve anything. This is the will of the weakness race. "-Sora No game no Life
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The sound of flesh meeting flesh echoed throughout the field. A sparring match between Naruto and Anko, both of them moving at speeds that would be a blur to almost anyone. Ever since Naruto's... Incident the blonde had revealed why it happened, thus the Hokage had allowed Naruto to train in something akin to an apprenticeship, he could approach anyone in the village and ask for training, while they were not required to say yes, they would be compensated for doing so. Of course the first person he asked was Anko the snake mistress merely gave a sinister grin, before dragging him off to train.
"So." Anko started ducking underneath a hard kick, before countering with an elbow to the stomach, "your on your way to being a biju?" There was a bit of a panic between the Hokage and everyone else, however they seemed to accept, if a bit too quickly.
"That's what I'm being told" grabbing her elbow he twisted in an attempt to throw her off balance, however she merely kicked out his legs and kneed him in the back lifting him slightly off the ground. Flipping backwards Naruto tried to kick her in the face however it was blocked, however he used that to punch her right on the boob. Anko let out a hiss of pain before throwing him off.
"You punched me in the boob?" She asked with wide eyes,
"They were an easy target."
This got a smirk from Anko "Thanks."
"wha-erk!" Naruto was cutoff from responding when Anko appeared behind him arms around his neck. Turning around as much as he could he started Anko right in the eyes
"M-mercy?" He managed to get out, however an evil grin was his only response
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Emperor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kakashi Hatake was someone who could be called many things, Lazy, perverted, smart, cold. None of them would be wrong, and none of them would be right. However one thing Kakashi was not was naive. He couldn't be after all, he killed his closest friends. However that was neither here nor there.
In his many years of service he has seen many things that surprised him, awed him he thought he had seen and heard it all. But this? This...
This was new.
"Naruto's becoming a Biju?" He asked scared by the thought, this got a nod from the elderly man known as the Hokage
"You heard me correct Kakashi, although even I need some time to fully grasp this."
Kakashi couldn't help but rub his chin in thought, the idea was a terrifying one, however
"How are we sure that it's true?" Kakashi
"We can't be... But ignoring it is too great a risk, so we have to take some of it on faith"
"Why are you telling me this Hokage-sama? I don't have much stock with the boy."
"Because Kakashi, you are going to be his sensei." It was as firm as it was calm. Kakashi almost nodded his head out of instinct to the Hokage's plan however.
"Is that an order Hokage-sama?"
"of course not, I would never dream of forcing someone to teach young Naruto, and I doubt Naruto would care for that idea, I'm just stating that if you find Naruto under your teachings, that pushing him into danger would be... Highly encouraged."
"So this is a throw them into the water a hope they learn to swim."
"Of course not, this is a throw them into water with weights tied to their wrist and hope they get strong enough to swim anyways."
"… You're a cruel old man."
"True."
"And I really don't think Minato would approve of this."
It was at this that the Hokage froze lightly at this, he let out a sigh, standing up he walked over to the window, he stared over the village, the village he was responsible for. The village that relied on his every action.
"I know." His voice was low, gruff. Many emotions filtered through it, "however he isn't here, and soon neither will I" turning to Kakashi he looked the silver haired man right in his eye "I will leave someone to defend the village even without my being here, and as much as it pains me to say, Naruto will be that one, the village's protector."
"But, Hok-"
"enough" the Hiruzen spoke firmly yet softly, this made Kakashi to close his mouth with an audible click "I have given you your orders. Dismissed Kakashi"
Kakashi stood their for a second, almost glaring at the man, however he straightened up and bowed his head a bit
"Understood Hokage-Sama." And with that Kakashi was gone.
Hiruzen let out a sigh, closing his eyes he fought down whatever emotion he was feeling. 'how come everytime I hear that title, it only seems to reflect the mistakes I made?'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Emperor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sasuki Uchiha was worried, ever since a couple days ago she hasn't talked to Naruto at all really, before he would train all day, but he would always come home for dinner, they would eat together. But...
Not anymore.
Now he would train from dawn to dusk, and he would only come home to eat a quick meal. Part of her worried his eating habits would get him killed.
Another part was awed by the amount of work he was putting into himself.
A secret part of her was pissed he wasn't talking to her. However that part made sure not to announce itself in fear she would attempt to rationalize it away.
Now don't mistake her, she did not let this affect her training, in fact she used it to train harder than before. She still got good rest and ate good filling meals. So she was worried that Naruto was going to crash, don't think she didn't see the irony in the situation.
So it was while she was reading a book, a "Ninja's of love" that she saw Naruto stumble in, bruises littering his body, he fell onto the coach out like a light before he even hit the couch, Sasuki stared at him for a while before letting out a sigh putting the book down she silently walked across the room, a quick trip up the stairs she came back out a blanket in her arms, setting down across him she sat down next to him,
'he looks so peaceful' she thought to herself, however those words couldn't be farther from the truth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Emperor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking around Naruto couldn't help but shiver at the unnatural cold that seemed to linger everywhere, it wasn't straight cold but just a feeling of cold. His hands shook lightly a breath came out the white mist came out
"So you finally came" A soft voice came causing him to turn. Eyes widening when he saw who it was, "Surprised huh? I guess Akashi never told you what the eyes can do to you"
Because staring directly at him was... Himself
"What." Was all he could manage getting a shake, it was him, but not him, he was twisted, dark. Jumping backwards Naruto hands shot up a couple hand signs a ball of fire was shooting across however his voice echoed out
"Do you know who I am?" It asked causing Naruto to turn however he was smacked to the floor
"I'm the denial your hopelessly in" Jumping to his feet fist shooting out hitting nothing but smoke "im the nightmare you fell asleep in" stabbing pain every pore madness creeping in, "I'm the bullies you hate that you became" hatred flows through Naruto hatred he doesn't have, anger, rage, hurt, and denial.
"im the reason you wake up clawing your face." The twisted version of him ran forward the sounds of hooves crashing into the floor echoed throughout the room, roaring in his ears, a deep breath silence, silence loud enough to make his ear bleed. His hand twitched face contorted blood in the eyes,
"I'm the price that comes with the power" a dark evil sickening feeling crossed sweating, shivering tears flowed, who's? Mine? No sobbing rang out through the expanse, floating yet falling, flying but crashing. What is this? Vomit came rushing forward, opening his mouth nothing came out
"I am you but not quite, every dark, evil, hateful, horrible thing you do. Every evil thing you deny, I am your lack of a conscience" he wasn't evil, right? He didn't do anything right? RIGHT? His brain hurt, as did his chest, was his heart even beating?
"Go ahead and deny it, you'll see it, or maybe you won't, after all I'M THE BAD GUY" what is he talking about, what's he saying? "I'M THE ONE YOU HAVE TO CRUSH TO BE GOOD. I'm the one who has to be forgotten, while you get to be the hero, why are you so special"
Special? Who him? Never he couldn't be he wasn't it wasn't true
"don't try to answer, you won't be able to. Go ahead become the strongest, crush everyone in your path. I don't get a say in this. After all I am just your evil side"
Reality came crashing in a loud gasp rang out through the room as Naruto sat up, Sasuki sleeping right next to him. He shook his head feeling the sweat he broke into, he had to raise an eyebrow,
"Bad dream?" The voice of Mikoto cut in causing him to turn to her,
"I don't remember." He answered perplexed at this, rubbing his face he stood up and gave his surrogate mother a smile "Well im going to have a quick bite to eat and go off to train." He smiled at her she gave him a small smile before he left into the kitchen. The dark feeling in his stomach already vanished by the time he got his meal.
A/N TTFN ta ta for now
