Naruto: Return From Darkness
"Kyuubi Speaking"
Thoughts
Speaking
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"You know what that is don't you boy?" The Kyuubi asked Hiro, referring to the strange appendage that had emerged from the sand orb.
"You should be able to feel it just as much as I can." The Kyuubi continued.
He's just like me... I thought I felt something similar, and that explains the stories. Hiro told his roommate.
As Hiro contemplated this new revelation, the civilians and many of the genin throughout the arena began slumping over in their seats.
Hiro noticed this and stood up, looking over to the Konoha jounin and then the Raikage.
The jounin all pulled out kunai and tried to rouse their respective students but to no avail.
The Hokage and Raikage seemed to be in complete confusion, while the Kazekage was simply smiling.
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Sasuke stood up and dusted himself off, looking to his opponent who had finally come out of his sand ball.
"Gaara!" Temari shouted, jumping down from the stands with her brother, Kankuro.
Gaara fell to his knees clutching his bleeding shoulder where Sasuke had struck him. Temari and Kankuro picked him up and carried him between them on their shoulders.
"Hey, where are you going!" Sasuke said angrily, watching the siblings jump out of the arena and towards the forest. He looked around for a few seconds before following them.
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Hiro easily deflected a barrage of shuriken aimed at the group of genin next to him.
The ninja who had thrown them came closer until they formed a semi circle around him.
"Sand village, you can't really think this many is enough, can you?" Hiro said, smiling.
Slowly unsheathing his sword he said, "I haven't tried this one out yet, but I'm sure you guys will be able to show me how well it cuts." He smiled sadistically before fading out of sight and reappearing next to the shinobi furthest to the left.
He re sheathed his sword and as the hilt clanged against the scabbard all the Sand ninja's torsos flew off their bottom halves in an explosion of blood. His eyes seemed to flash red for a second before returning to their usual deep blueness.
"Wow... that guy's a monster!" Kurenai exclaimed.
"You can say that again." Kakashi said, amazed by his display of strength.
"That man... there's something about him, despite his show... I'm not scared of him in the slightest." Asuma said, tiredly gazing at Hiro, "I feel no malice in his actions."
The other jounin, and as Hiro turned around, he looked toward the kage.
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"Kazekage, what is the meaning of this?!" The Raikage shouted, jumping out of his seat.
The kazekage smiled but didn't seem affected by the large man's outburst.
"Raikage, you're free to go, my business is with the Sandaime here." The Kazekage spoke, brushing the Kumo leader off.
"I'll handle this, I would appreciate it if you would get to safety." Hiruzen said warmly.
The Raikage nodded and left with Takeshi following closely behind.
"You can remove your disguise now... Orochimaru." Hiruzen said, his voice filled with sadness.
"Well done, teacher, I thought you'd never figure it out." Orochimaru giggled, showing his true face, pale as a sheet, jet black hair and a weirdly long tongue.
"Who else hates Konoha as much as you, to intrude on an important part of our people's lives." Hiruzen explained, glaring daggers at the man seated next to him, "Now speak, what do you want."
"I want to finish this teacher, this feud between you and me." Orochimaru said standing up.
"I assume you aren't referring to burying the hatchet?" Hiruzen said trying to lighten the mood, before standing up as well.
"Now follow me, so we can finally end this." Orochimaru said excitedly.
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Hiro just caught a glimpse of the two ninja jumping out of the arena.
Damn, I was careless... He silently cursed for himself for his lack of foresight.
He then turned to the two girls that were seated next to him and placed a hand on each of their foreheads, squeezing their temples.
"What're you do-" Kurenai attempted to say but was cut off by Asuma's hand on her shoulder.
"I trust him." Asuma said flatly.
Hiro closed his eyes for a few seconds, and as he reopened them so did the two girls.
"Oy, Hiro... What're you doing?" Ino asked, blushing.
"Waking you up." He said quickly, turning to the Konoha jounin behind him.
"I'm going to go help the Sandaime." He said confidently, "You should send some genin after Sasuke, Gaara looked to be quite a handful."
As if reading his mind, Jin appeared from a nearby hallway and came over to join the small group.
"Jin, go with Sakura and Ino to help and return Sasuke." Kakashi instructed.
"Got it." Jin said seriously, "Which way did he go?"
Hiro caught an enemy shinobi approaching them and shoved his face into the wall of the arena, destroying the wall easily, "This way." He said lazily.
The two girls laughed nervously, but Jin just smiled at the awesome strength of the man before him.
"And take a Kage Bunshin with you, it won't be able to help you much but can buy you some time if necessary." Hiro said, making an exact copy of himself.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Kakashi exclaimed, bringing everyone's attention to him.
A little dog appeared in a puff of smoke at Kakashi's feet, "This is Pakkun, he can lead you to Sasuke."
"Yo." The little dog greeted the group of people around him.
"Now go!" Kakashi ordered, almost pushing them out of the hole Hiro had created.
The genin and small dog jumped into the trees and Ino had just enough time to look back and see Hiro's eyes flash red for a second.
An explosion rang in the distance and all the jounin returned their attention to the situation at hand.
"I'm going after the Hokage." Hiro said, tying a bandana around his head so that the only visible part of his face were his eyes.
He disappeared from his spot leaving the Konoha nin by themselves.
"Shouldn't we send someone to help him?" Kurenai asked.
"If it's Hiro, then the Hokage will be fine." Asuma said lazily, "We should worry more about the citizens."
The rest of the group agreed, heading off in different directions.
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Hiro reappeared in the middle of Konoha, and immediately started looking around.
Amongst the explosions and destruction, he spotted a suspicious looking rectangular barrier off on the roof of one of the buildings.
He headed in that direction, jumping from building to building as he went. Looking below him, he saw ninja fighting in the streets, Konoha and Sand, the occasional Sound ninja here and there. But the thing that made Hiro hesitate, were the people.
Hiro could see tons of people streaming through the streets, tears running down their faces as they tried to stop the fires from destroying their lives.
Hiro shook his head to remove himself of these thoughts and returned to the task at hand. As he approached the strange barrier, he saw three anbu standing outside. He landed next to them, almost landing on a charred body adjacent to them.
"What the situation?" Hiro asked, confidently.
"Who're you!" One of the anbu asked, he had a bear mask on and pulled out a kunai. The one standing next to held up his arm, blocking the man.
"This is Hiro Tatsumi, Demon of Kumo. He is not our enemy." The anbu wearing the fox masked stated.
"Nice mask." Hiro smirked, "How do you know who I am?"
"You met with the Hokage not long ago, he seemed to trust you enough." The fox masked anbu responded.
"Ok, whats with the barrier?" Hiro asked, walking up to the large pinkish wall in front of him.
"One of our comrades jumped into it... and the result is what you see there." The fox anbu said, pointing to the charred corpse at their feet. Hiro looked up and down the barrier, noticing a few things. He could see the Hokage inside, facing Orochimaru, a man Hiro had come to know well. He could also see four of Orochimaru's henchmen standing at the four corners of the barrier.
Hiro returned to his position next to the anbu and faced them, "I know of a way to get in, but only I can do it." Hiro explained.
"Alright, while its not ideal we have no way of getting in ourselves so we have no other option." The anbu said, looking at Hiro with hope, "I'll leave the security of our hokage up to you."
Hiro nodded, and took a few steps back, focusing chakra in his right arm.
Oy, im gonna need you help for this! Hiro said to his foxy friend.
"This is lightwork!" The Kyuubi said, laughing.
Hiro's arm turned yellow, greatly grew in size and sprouted claws.
The anbu looked on in shock as Hiro jumped towards the barrier, and swiped at it, dragging his new found claws along it. The claws created massive gashes in the barrier, and Hiro easily slipped in through one. And as quickly as the openings appeared they disappeared leaving the anbu alone again.
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Hiro landed inside the barrier and quickly ran over to the Sandaime.
"Hiro!" The Hokage said, sounding surprised and winded.
"I told you this guy smelled like trouble." Hiro responded, turning his attention to Orochimaru, "The Raikage asked me to help you."
"Oh, you must be the Demon from Kumo everyone's been talking about." Orochimaru smirked, licking his lips and gazing at Hiro.
"Yup that's me." Hiro said proudly.
"With this newest addition, it seems my next technique is more necessary than I thought." Orochimaru said, smiling creepily.
"I've heard about you a fair deal myself." Hiro commented, stretching his shoulders and taking off his sword sheaths. He handed them to the Sandaime and said, "Hold these, I won't be needing them."
Hiruzen looked confused and attempted to speak but was cut off by Hiro, "I'll be fighting him alone."
Orochimaru flipped through some hand signs and then clapped his hands together, "Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation." He shrieked.
Two wooden coffins steadily pushed their way out of the ground at Orochimaru's feet.
Orochimaru smirked for the millionth time, and Hiro gritted his teeth, "This might be a little bit more troublesome than I thought..."
The doors of the coffins fell off, revealing their contents. Two men, very similar in looks one with jet black hair and the other with silver.
Hiro recognized them immediately, and glared daggers at Orochimaru, "How could you disrupt their sleep, bastard!"
Hiro's anger was rightfully placed, because, before him stood the First and Second Hokage.
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