Dragula
Jigoku finished clawing at the dissolved remains of the Blood-Warrior and looked at Naruto with glowing catlike red eyes. The glowing faded as he saw his 'younger brother' looked at him in horror. They looked into each others eyes, both of them were scared of what they saw in them. Time seemed to stand still for the two berserkers and nothing mattered to them. Nothing, but each others eyes, red gazing into blue.
'Is this what I'll become? A murderous monster that will lash out at anything in sight?' thought Naruto in fear.
'Am I really that evil to you Naruto? Am I really what I fear that you will become?' questioned Jigoku.
Jigoku took a step forward and Naruto took a step back. Jigoku stopped when he saw the younger Berserker's reaction and looked down at the ground. Tsunade regained consciousness in time to see the two Berserkers act strangely to one another. Before she could say anything, Naruto dashed behind her and cling onto her jacket. Everyone looked at this in surprise, and Jigoku stood still.
The next day the two Berserkers stayed away from each other. For Jigoku, he was laying down on someone's roof looking at the Hokage Monument. He stared at the Yondaime's stone head in particular. He didn't even noticed Ryoga walking up to him.
"Hey man. So you still don't want to talk to him," stated Ryoga.
"How can I talk to him after what I did? Everywhere I look, I see his scared whiskered face. Even right now I see his face. That or the fact that I'm looking at a stone head of a dead guy who looks just like him," explained Jigoku.
"I would say it's because you are looking at the Yondaime's stone head," commented Ryoga. "Still I always wondered why he chose Naruto to try to seal this Kyuubi away inside him, yet failed," wondered Ryoga.
"Isn't it obvious man? The dead dude's the Runt's old man," stated Jigoku as if it was no big deal.
"Say what? How do you know?" questioned Ryoga.
"It's not that hard to figure it out dawg. Would any leader be willing to use someone else's child as a vessel if he wouldn't use his own kid," elaborated Jigoku.
At the same time as Jigoku and Ryoga are having this conversation. Naruto was right on top of his late father's rocky head. The events from yesterday still played in his mind. Then his thoughts drifted to when Jigoku taught him how to play the guitar before the Chunin exam finals.
Flashback
Jigoku and Naruto were sitting in a bench in the park. Jigoku was carrying an electric guitar and Naruto was looking at the instrument in curiosity. He had never seen a guitar before and thought it was some sort of weapon designed to use sound.
"Aniki what are you gonna teach me this time? A super cool jutsu with that weapon?" asked Naruto.
"What are you talking about? This ain't no weapon, this is an electric guitar, and I'm gonna teach ya how to play it," answered Jigoku handing naruto the guitar.
"What's a guitar?" asked the blonde. Jigoku gave him an annoyed look.
"Seriously, what the Hell do they teach you kids in school these days?!" yelled Jigoku.
After Jigoku's outburst, he started teaching Naruto the basics of the guitar. To their surprise Naruto had real talent with the guitar. He was so good he learned how to play the song "What I've Done" with Jigoku singing the lyrics.
In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
Put to rest
What you though of me
While I've cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
(Naruto) na, na, na, na, na, na, na
What I've done
(Naruto) na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Forgiving what I've done
(Naruto) na, na, na, na, na, na, na
The two of them had a lot of fun playing and they've even drawn quite a crowd of girls listening. The two Berserkers didn't pay any attention to them. They kept playing for another hour then finally stopped. Suddenly all the girls listening started crowding over them asking them to play again or in some cases asked them out. Younger girls asking Naruto, while older girls were asking Jigoku. Luckily for Jigoku, Hana was walking by and saw all those girls around Jigoku. At first she thought Jigoku was flirting, but saw that he had a not so happy look on his face. So she jumped in and started attacking all the girls around her age. Using this to his advantage Jigoku made his escape.
'Thank you Dog-chick for being possessive. Despite the fact that I don't have any real interest in you, but you'll get over it soon,' thought Jigoku as he left.
As for Naruto, his apparent fan club were more persistent. No matter how many times he declined they just kept on coming. Finally he had enough when he told them he was dating Hinata. To his anger one of them insulted Hinata by calling her an ugly little freak with a horrible hairstyle. After hearing that Naruto was very merciless towards that girl by shouting very loudly and angrily.
End of Flashback
'Even though Aniki is an evil sadistic bastard. He still takes care of me and teaches me things that no one would,' thought Naruto as he began to realize that no matter what Jigoku will always care about him more than anyone else. With that thought in his head Naruto leaves his father's stone head to find his brother. Meanwhile, back with Jigoku and Ryoga who are now walking inside the Forest of Death. Little did they that they're about to have company.
Deep in the forest Rio is heading towards the two outsiders with three large men behind him. They wore generic clothing while Rio himself was wearing a form fitting battle armor. Rio took the lead and he had a determined look on his face while his minions looked on with blank stares. As they marched in the Forest of Death, no one was aware of the extremely strange duo running in the forest on their hands with washing machines on their backs. Where they got the washing machines and why they have said washing machines on their backs no one knows nor wants to know. Regardless Rio and his minions found Jigoku and Ryoga resting on top of same waterfall Jigoku jumped off to avoid three bees that were trapped in his radiation suit.
"Good day gentlemen," said Rio in a not so nice tone. The two friends turned to see Rio and his henchmen behind him.
"You!!" yelled the two warriors and they stood up and tensed themselves.
"Oh you aren't happy to see me?" taunted Rio in a mocking tone.
"Actually we are," countered Ryoga.
"Yeah, you've just saved us a lot of time heading back towards Mt. Guyot just to kick your ass," added Jigoku.
"Well then let's get started then," challenged Rio.
"Fine then. LET'S ROCK!!" shouted Jigoku as he went Battle Clad. As for Ryoga his entire body was freezing literally as ice formed on his forearms in to gauntlets and his legs were encased in ice grieves with axe blades in the shins.
"Hope you don't mind if I join in Jigoku," mentioned Ryoga.
"No problem just remember your time limit," said Jigoku.
"Quite interesting boys, so I guess it's our turn," said Rio as his warriors mutated into Apoc mk 2 in front of the two warriors.
"What the fuck?" asked Jigoku completely shocked at seeing these new model Blood-Warriors.
Sadly his question was not answered as Rio himself started to change in form as well. His body expanded into a large size, he easily towered over Jigoku by at least three feet. His forearms had spikes similar to vibration blades. His legs were thick and almost dragon like on top of his head were horns that shot up to the sky. His armor stretched along with his body and his teeth were lined with fangs and his eyes were nothing but black holes.
"Oh shit….," said Ryoga as he and Jigoku looked at their foe.
"How do you two like my Assault Skin? It's more than enough for the two of you, but I'll let my pets play first," said the monsterized Rio as his minions jumped towards the two warriors.
Elsewhere Naruto was still looking for his brothers, but couldn't find them. Instead he found Hinata with her little sister Hanabi. Naruto remembered Hanabi only by a small margin since the little girl seems to be taking a little case of hero worshipping on Jigoku. Why? He didn't know, but he guessed it was because Jigoku was just different from the norm. Hanabi worshipped him so much that she even tried to fashion hair in the same dreads that Jigoku's hair is in. That nearly gave Hiashi a heart attack when he saw his youngest daughter's hair that day.
As Naruto was about to walk towards them he saw a flash of red from out of the corner of his eye. So instead Naruto followed the red away from everyone as it headed into a dark alley. Before it entered Naruto noticed it was a woman and a familiar one too. He followed the woman who left the alley and headed into a forest region and into a cave. The woman stopped and surveyed the area and then spoke.
"So you've followed me after all? Good now no one will bother us while I get down to business," said the woman.
"Who are you and why are you sneaking around the village?" asked Naruto.
"It's not easy looking for one murderer in a village filled with so many killers," said the woman.
"Who are you calling a murderer!?" yelled Naruto.
"You of course Uzumaki Naruto or should I say Berserker 3," said the woman who turned to face Naruto.
"You're that woman from before," whispered Naruto.
"I'm the leader and last surviving member of the Lost Blood unit. Morfa," stated Morfa.
"Why are you here?" asked Naruto.
"To seek my revenge on you of course," answered Morfa.
"What!?" yelled Naruto.
"Don't tell me you've already forgotten. You're the one who murdered Znare and Likqid!!" yelled Morfa.
"I had no choice. It was either them or me, besides you people have murdered innocent people too," countered Naruto.
"True, but at least I didn't kill someone I care about!" yelled Morfa.
"What!?" shouted Naruto.
"You don't remember, because your subconscious mind buried it within the deepest pit of your memories. You have unwillingly locked one very important piece of information inside your head without knowing," explained Morfa.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"Simple, haven't you ever wondered why your former teacher Iruka isn't around lately?" mentioned Morfa.
"What are you talking about Iruka sensei is on a mission," argued Naruto.
"You wish. He's not on a mission, your Hokage only said that to hide the truth about his death. He's not coming back," countered Morfa.
"If he's not on a mission then where is he?" asked Naruto.
"In the afterlife. Right after you've KILLED him!" answered Morfa.
Back with Jigoku and Ryoga, they are now facing Rio's troops and don't seem to be winning. Jigoku lunged at one with his vibration blades and sliced off the spider limbs, but his blades fell off after cutting the limbs. Jigoku looked at his arms in shock and was smacked away by one of the other two Apoc mk 2s. Ryoga was evading them and rushed towards Rio. Ryoga fired ice bullets at Rio but he teleported and reappeared behind him and grabbed him by the throat. Ryoga tried to break free, but he was tossed aside. Jigoku landed on the ground and on of the new Apocs started stabbing him in his back literally. It rammed its claws into Jigoku's back mercilessly. Jigoku yelled in pain every time the enhanced Blood-Warrior slammed its claw into him.
"JIGOKU!!" yelled Ryoga as he was being attacked by the other two Apocs.
Reacting quickly Ryoga formed a large ice disk and threw it at one of the Apocs. The frozen disk flew into the air and sliced right through the incoming Apoc mk 2. The large mutant was cut from the below the chest and its upper half fell off the body. As for Jigoku, he jumped at the Apoc mk 2 attacking him and delivered a kick to its head. Using the kick as momentum to get his distance from it. Unexpectedly the Apoc mk 2 Jigoku faced started to burst in sections of its body. Suddenly the last Apoc mk 2 did the same to Ryoga's surprise and Rio's annoyance.
"Damn it. Their duration already over. I knew I should have let them stay in the development tanks a little longer," said Rio.
"Hey Superfreak!!" yelled Ryoga.
Rio turned to see Ryoga throw ice shards and him. He raised his arms up to block the attack, but he wasn't fast enough. Two of the shards flew straight into his eyes. They pierced into his eyes and blood can be seen dripping from them like fresh tears. Rio screamed in pain and was completely unaware of what coming next. Jigoku opened his left chest plate and was charging up his Devastator. Even though he couldn't see, Rio sensed Jigoku's power rising. He turned towards Jigoku's direction and was shocked at the power he felt.
"DIE!! YOU SON OF A BITCH!!" yelled Jigoku as he fired the Devastator at Rio. The blast hurled itself toward Rio with an unbelievable amount of force as he rammed into Rio. The blast flew even further into the forest for miles with Rio scream along the way.
When the blast cleared there was no sign of Rio only the scorch marks of the Devastator. The two warriors collapsed with Ryoga's ice weapons vaporizing. As they touch the dirt with their hands Asuma and Kurenai arrived.
"What the Hell happened here?" asked Asuma.
"Rio came by and attacked," answered Ryoga.
"What? Why?" asked Kurenai.
"Who cares! He's dead and we're not. So what is there to….." started Jigoku until he saw something he did not want to see.
"Why did you……..?" asked Ryoga until he saw what Jigoku saw. The two Jounin looked where the two were looking at and saw Rio still in his Assault Skin and extremely pissed off.
"You miserable sons of bitches…." hissed Rio with his anger building up. "I'M GONNA SEND EVERY SINGLE OF YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!!" yelled the enraged Rio as he concentrated his power into his body and the area was starting to shift and explode. The four in front of him yelled in terror as the attack was affecting the area they are in. Then the area was gone in a flash.
Up in the air over Mt. Guyot a single human like being has hidden himself in the clouds looking over the area. He sensed a power surge coming from Konoha and flew there to investigate.
"So Rio, you decided to act on your own agenda now huh? Pity your plan to acquire the Berserker bloodline will be your undoing," said the being.
Preview
With Jigoku, Ryoga, Asuma, and Kurenai engulf by Rio's attack the village scrambles for any possible invasion. Sadly that is not the case, as this mysterious being head towards Konoha with intentions unknown to anyone. Naruto must come to terms with the shocking truth of his teacher's murder. And when Morfa uses Hinata as a hostage, will Naruto finally be able to emerge as a Berserker again and embrace his nightmarish reality and his true self. Or will he falter? Next time in Naruto Bad Blood: Broken Sunday
Things continue to be hard for our favorite Blonde Hellraiser as everything in his life falls apart doesn't it. As for the whose who list well nothing has been changed. And sorry Dragon Man 180, but Hinata is not the Angel. Besides when you think about it with Naruto as the Demon and the Angel will bring an end to the Demon during their second battle. So if Hinata were to be the Angel then she would have to face Naruto and end him. We all know neither would ever be willing to do that. Don't worry though Naruto will avenge Iruka, but first he has to find his center of calm in the ever raging hurricane of his life and find his purpose in all of it.