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Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.
"Life is a dream of madman.
Why are you scared of this madman?
It's only you." - Unknown
"It's not a sense of justice. Protecting my friends, and finding my own path is how I live life. If you measured good and evil deeds by current laws, I would be responsible for many crimes. The same way you like to hone your skills and live your own lives, for me too it's simply prolonging something I enjoy doing. That's why I only fight those that pique my interest; it's not justice at all. And if it means being able to protect a friend or becoming stronger, I don't and will not play fair. I'm a dishonest, cheating human being who hates losing." - Unknown
Hearing a small explosion, Hinata turned from the Hokage monument. As she continued to stare at the cloud, a yellow blur jumped out of it. Activating her Byakugan, Hinata's vision sharpened onto the lone figure. It was Naruto. Still watching, Hinata noticed a hole in his left shoulder, as if someone drilled through it. "Naruto," spoke Hinata, but just as she tried to go forward, Hitomi grabbed her daughter. "Naruto is hurt!" Hearing this, Hitomi turned towards the scene and saw Naruto barely dodge a golden arrow. Looking down at her daughter, Hitomi could see wanted to help. Sighing, Hitomi took a step forward.
"I want you to stay here," Hitomi spoke with a firm voice leaving no room for argument. "I will go and help Naruto, just stay here." Before Hinata could talk, she saw her mother jump towards the fight.
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Naruto was hurting. Having to fight three people at the same time was a problem to begin with, but now with his chakra almost gone and this Kidomaru transforming, things were looking bleak. It also didn't help that he had an arrow shot at his shoulder, blasting a neat little hole through it. Looking towards his wound, Naruto saw that it was healing, but slowly. Concentrating, Naruto saw his arm glow with what little chakra he had left. "I'll have to make my next moves count," thought Naruto. Seeing the spider ninja behind him, Naruto used half of his chakra to create his wind blade. As Kidomaru drew his arrow back, Naruto got prepared to move. Firing the golden projectile, Kidomaru didn't have time to prepare for what happened next. Throwing his feet forward, Naruto hit the side of a building, before pushing off, heading straight for his attacker. Catching a faint glimmer of the arrow, Naruto spun out of the way, before swinging his sword. Kidomaru tried to move out of the way, but the sharpened blade caught him in the shoulder. Passing his opponent, Naruto watched as Kidomaru's severed arm fell to the ground.
"You son of a bitch," roared the injury Kidomaru, as his eyes seemed to ignite with his fury. Sucking in air, the spider nin shot a web of sticky gold at the blonde.
"Damn, I missed his head," thought the exhausted Uzumaki. "My chakra is nearly all gone; I have just enough to make one last jutsu." Kidomaru drew his bow back and got ready to spear the blonde with another arrow, but stopped when Sakon enter his range.
"Allow us to finish this, painfully," the smirk on Sakon's face allowed Kidomaru to realize what Sakon was talking about. Observing the newcomer, Naruto watched in disgust as Sakon seemed to split into two. The second stage of the curse mark already transforming the two into goblin-looking creatures. Reaching down, Sakon smiled at the looked of apprehension on the boy's face. As Sakon touched Naruto, the Uzumaki felt his presence vanish. Looking around, Naruto couldn't find the missing boy, until he saw the twin pointing at his shoulder. Staring at him was the head of Sakon. "Well, hello my prey."
"What the fuck?" Naruto's confusion seemed to only amuse Sakon further, as he began to chuckle
"This is our Kekkei Genkai," stated Sakon. "You see my brother, Ukon and I, we can combine ourselves together, allowing us to surprise our opponent, but now thanks to Lord Orochimaru, we can now fuse with anyone." Sakon paused for a second to allow Naruto to try and realize what he was saying. "In short, I can manipulate my cells into attacking and destroying every cell in your body." Seeing the surprise look on Naruto's face made Sakon laugh. "The only way to defeat me now is to kill yourself, but thanks to Kidomaru pinning your arms, you are in for the most painfully experience in you life." In that second everything changed. Instead of screaming in pain or begging for Sakon to kill him quickly, Naruto smiled at his assassin.
"Good, for a second there I thought I had something to worry about." Naruto's mocking tone only caused an angry smile to appear on Sakon's face. But after a few seconds, the smile disappeared. His jutsu didn't appear to be hurting the blond. "Confused? Well, allow me to explain. You see I have a very special guest and he keeps me safe and healthy." An image of a giant fox appeared in front of Sakon's eyes. "And he hates sharing hosts." With that Sakon felt a drain on his chakra as Kyubi began to repel his fusion. Straining to keep the connection, Sakon felt his second state form began to pull back. Ending his jutsu, Sakon jumped out of Naruto's body. Seeing his chance, the bound boy released a small amount of his wind chakra out of his right arm. Sakon felt Naruto grab him by his shirt, before throwing him towards the sound. Ukon jumped and caught his brother, but saw Naruto's free hand moving through seals.
"He can use one-handed seals," thought Ukon as Naruto finished.
"Futon: Renseitama (Wind Release: Drilling Bullet)!" Inhaling a small amount of air, Naruto spat out a compressed ball of wind; the size of a ball. Sakon opened his eyes just in time to see the ball racing towards them.
"Move you fool!" But Ukon couldn't move in time. The ball slammed into Sakon's chest and drilled through, splattering the air with his blood. The ball impacted against Ukon, but lost most of its energy from Sakon's body. Ukon landed on the ground on his back with a twisted indention in his chest.
"Damn, that was all I had," thought Naruto as another web of was shot on his arm. Looking back at Kidomaru, he witnessed him pull back another arrow with a twisted end.
"No more playing around, game over," yelled the spider nin. Firing the arrow, Naruto could do nothing except watch the deadly projectile race towards him, but just as it neared his chest, a strong gust of wind slammed into it. The building Naruto was glued to, cracked and crumbled a little, but for the most part stayed upright. As the dust settled, Kidomaru saw his arrow missed by mere centimeters. Growling, Kidomaru turned towards the direction the gust came from and saw Hitomi standing there, Byakugan active. Sighing with relief, Naruto allowed his head to droop slightly.
"Thanks for the save," groaned Naruto as he looked at his savior. Hitomi gave the blond a smile in return, but kept her eyes glued on her opponents.
"Okay, fine bitch," Kidomaru formed yet another arrow and pointed it at Hitomi. "I'm going to put this through that pretty little head of yours!" Pulling back on his bow, Kidomaru took aim. When he released the arrow, Naruto could hear the air screech behind it, as it flew through the air. As Hitomi took a defensive stance, but noticed something trailing behind the arrow. A string of webbing was trailing behind the arrow. Before she could question further, Kidomaru twisted turned his head slightly, causing the arrow to change course and head straight for Naruto. Caught off-guard by the sudden change in direction, Hitomi didn't have time to defect the arrow again. A lone figure appeared between Naruto and the arrow and began to strike at the webs. Seeing the webbing being cut, Kidomaru narrowed his eyes. The building finally collapsed at the second arrow, but Naruto or his second savior where there. Looking a little ways to the left, Kidomaru saw Naruto was safe along with the girl who saved him.
"Hinata get out of here!" Hinata nodded her head, but just as she got ready to move, a shot of pain went through her chest. Seeing his chance, Kidomaru drew back another arrow, but before he could fire a hand burst though his chest. Looking down, Kidomaru saw that the outstretched limb was covered in lightning. Feeling death wash over him, Kidomaru cursed his killer, before going limp. Releasing the body, Kakashi stood over the boy's transforming body.
"Cutting it close weren't you, Kakashi," scolded Hitomi as she went towards Hinata and Naruto.
"Well, I tried to get here as quick as possible, but there was several Oto nins that wished to have words with me." Kakashi spoke with a stern, but light voice. Hearing something standing up behind him, Kakashi turned just in time to see Ukon reaching forward.
"Your mine," screamed Ukon, but before he could touch Kakashi, a giant fireball smacked into him. As Ukon's burning body was blasted off the side of the building, Kakashi looked towards the source and saw Mikoto staring at him.
"It would appear that I owe you one," stated Kakashi, only earning him a smirk from the Uchiha. Then seeing something from the corner of his eye, Kakashi frond himself staring at Tayuya shaking at the scene she just witnessed. Kakashi took a step forward, but stopped at the sound of Naruto's voice.
"Do you give up?" The question took a little bit to reach Tayuya's ears, but once it did she stared at her defeated comrades. Sighing in defeat, the girl threw her flute to the ground before putting her hands on her head. Deep down she knew the invasion was done. Suna had betrayed them; she lost all of her comrades, and that just left Orochimaru. Looking towards the fight, she could see that the Edo Tensei summons were being sealed away by Jiraiya.
"I don't like the idea, but I have no choice," said Tayuya as she stared at the exhausted Naruto. Before she could continue a blinding flash of pain shot through her neck. Black markings began to spread across her body as the pain increased.
"Weakness will not be aloud, my dear," Orochimaru jumped next to the downed girl as she struggled to stand up. "I'm afraid if you want to give up, you have to die, and since you given up your weapon. I'll have to kill you myself." It became too much for Tayuya to bear as she passed out from the pain. Taking his blade, Orochimaru went for the kill, but stopped when Futon Bunshin of Naruto caught the blade. Caught off by the clone, Orochimaru released his sword and jumped away, just as the clone kicked Tayuya towards Mikoto. The clone exploded send shrapnel in different directions; including Orochimaru's blade which stabbed itself into the stone at his feet. It took a few seconds, but Orochimaru finally looked towards Naruto, but the boy was still in the same prone position. "How did you make a clone? Your chakra level is depleted beyond what a normal Shinobi should be able to survive."
"Well, a good ninja always as a backup plan," spoke Naruto as he tried to catch his breath. "I was going to have that clone come in and save me from that arrow, but I'm glad it didn't come to that." Instead of getting angry, Orochimaru simply chuckled as Sakin, Jiraiya, and Sarutobi landed in front of him.
"You are an amusing boy," the tone in Orochimaru's voice suggested he was beyond amused, but kept it hidden. "As a gift from amusing me, I think it's time I pull my last card before I depart."
"You are not getting away, again," yelled Sarutobi as his age slowly crept up on him. The other two didn't look too good either. The fight against the two former hokages took a lot out of them. Orochimaru just smiled as he slammed his hands together and revealed a third coffin. Everyone stared at the coffin in confusion, that is; until they noticed the symbol on the lid.
"You didn't resurrect her," Sarutobi's voice was trembling slight, but not from fear, it was out of anger and sadness. "She doesn't deserve this."
"Well, this should make for an interesting reunion," laughed Orochimaru as he stole one last look at Naruto. The coffin lid fell and Naruto saw a beautiful woman with red hair that fell to her lower back. Hearing both Hitomi and Mikoto make auditable gasps, Naruto struggled to his feet and stared at the woman. As Kushina opened her eyes, she stared at the group in confusion. Her eyes fell on Naruto forcing her to do a double take.
"Minato, no he died," said Kushina as Naruto smiled at his mom. "Naruto, is that you?"
"Yeah it's me." Naruto's eyes flashed towards Orochimaru with the deepest loathing in them. Kushina followed her son's gaze and saw Orochimaru standing there looking pleased with his work. Realization hit, Kushina like a ton of bricks.
"No," Kushina said slowly as she quickly turned to Jiraiya. "No matter what, you have to stop me! I don't want to hurt my friends or my son, please hurry Jiraiya!" Orochimaru chuckled as he approached the Uzumaki woman. Kushina looked towards Naruto and saw a determined look in his eyes. "Run, please Naruto! I don't want to hurt you!"
"Sorry, but I don't run from any fight," Naruto stated with a steel cold voice. "I won't let anyone use my family as their own form of entertainment." Kushina was about to interject, but she felt something press against her head.
"Sorry, but the first one you are going to kill is your little baby boy," said Orochimaru as he gently inserted the kunai into Kushina's head. "Now be a good little puppet, and kill your son." The attack was almost instant. Naruto was standing looking at his mom, and the next, he was being thrown into a nearby building by a chain of chakra. Opening his eyes, Naruto saw his mom holding up a handsign. Breathing out, Kushina shot out blades of wind towards her son. Pulling out a tag, Naruto threw it on the building causing it to collapse on him. Using the rubble, Naruto hid behind it like a makeshift shield. Figuring he was losing time, Naruto tried to make a run for it, but was stopped by a chain of chakra stabbing the ground in front of him. It seemed time slowed as the chain split and scattered around the area, stabbing into various portions of the ground. Naruto noticed that Jiraiya stopped moving to him when he saw this.
"Naruto, that is a barrier that no one can cross," yelled the frog hermit. "Hold out for as long as you can, I'm going to try and break it down!" But even after saying that, Jiraiya knew it was a lost cause. This was a strong barrier and it didn't have any weakness to it. The only way out was to kill the user, but with Kushina in her current state; that would be a wasted effort. As Jiraiya went to work on a seal to try and disable the barrier, Orochimaru took to fighting off the Kazkage and Hokage. Mikoto, Hitomi, and Hinata watched as Naruto tried to avoid yet another barrage of serrated wind blades, but moved too slow. Grimacing as he felt his leg get slashed open, Naruto felt another chain of chakra wrap around his waist. Naruto felt himself being swung into the ground leaving a nice indention in the earth.
"Foolish boy," Kyubi's growl of a voice echoed in Naruto's head as he was pulled into the familiar sewer. Kyubi looked down at the exhausted boy with a look of hate, but mixed with something else; confusion. "She gave a chance to run and you threw it away, and for what, to die by your own mom's hands. You knew you were out of chakra and yet you stayed to die a pointless death."
"Trying to save a friend or loved one is not a pointless death," fired back Naruto. "Even if she is already dead, I can't allow her spirit to be defiled like this." Kyubi snorted and laid down and closed its eyes; feigning sleep. This continued like this, Kyubi pretending to be asleep and Naruto just staring at him. "I don't know what you want from me. Sometimes you seem to like my company and you help me, but then you turn nasty and hide behind your hate and sadness. Maybe, I'm just imaging it, but it looks like you're afraid to trust me." This got the beast's attention. Naruto watched as one of its eyes opened slightly and stared at him. "Look I don't know what happened to turn you against me, but I just want to be your friend."
"I don't need your friendship," roared the Bijuu. "You humans are all the same! You only care for yourselves and how you can better you status! I once thought there was hope for you, but you just turned to the Bijuu and looked upon us like we were monsters! We aren't weapons for you to use and then throw away!" Nodding his head, Naruto turned to walk away from the angered Bijuu, but stopped to share one last word.
"I never thought you were a weapon," said Naruto slowly, as if talking to a frightened child. "All I ever wanted from you was your friendship." Naruto turned and showed Kyubi a full-blown smile, which held no hiding motive or distrust. Watching Naruto walk away, Kyubi remembered a certain time Naruto went and talked to him.
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Flashback
Kyubi kept his eyes closed even when he felt another presence looking at him. "What do you want, brat," relented Kyubi as he finally acknowledged the boy's existence. Looking at the young Naruto; who just giggled at the giant fox.
"Do I need a reason to come in here and talk with you," stated Naruto as he sat down next to the cage door. "Show what where you dreaming about?" Kyubi stared at the boy as if he grew a second head, but with a snort Kyubi turned from the boy, and used his tails to hide his face. Thinking this would tell the boy he didn't want to talk, Kyubi felt something climbing on his tails. Turning towards the cause, Kyubi found Naruto sitting on one of his tails inside the cage. If Kyubi wanted, he could kill the boy and be free from his prison once he reformed, but something stopped him. The boy just sat there and stared at him, but he didn't look at him as if he was a rabid animal, he looked at him as if he was another person. Sighing Kyubi just laid his head down and tried to go to sleep again, but Naruto suddenly landed on his head. Getting tried of Naruto's games, Kyubi tried to throw the boy off, but Naruto held on with an iron grip. Four minutes of trying to remove the addition to his head, Kyubi finally gave up and sat down.
"What do you want," Kyubi yelled out as he stared at the boy.
Naruto finally jumped down and looked at the Kyubi in confusion. "You looked bored and lonely," answered Naruto. "So I decided to come in here and keep you company for a little bit." The two continued to stare at each other, until Kyubi gave a sigh and laid down facing the boy. Even through Naruto knew Kyubi could see what he was doing, Naruto told him anyway. He told him all the pranks he done on Ginkaku and how his training was going with Kinkaku. After he finished, Naruto saw that Kyubi's eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow. Smiling slightly, Naruto reached out and gave the fox a gently pet on the snout before leaving. Naruto didn't notice that Kyubi was watching him leave.
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As Naruto neared the end of the sewer, Kyubi's voice caught him. "Kurama," turning around Naruto saw the Bijuu looking at the ground in shame. "My real name is Kurama and I'll give you a little of chakra so you don't die." With gratitude washing over him, Naruto grinned from ear to ear.
"Thanks, Kurama," screamed Naruto, surprising the Bijuu with using his name. Staring at Kurama, Naruto could tell he was confused. "What you told me your real name, so I'm going to use it. I'll talk to you later, Kurama!" With that Naruto vanished down the corridor.
"Naruto Uzumaki," thought Kurama. "Could you be the one?"
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It looked about over, Naruto was lying in the debris of a destroyed building, with Kushina hovering close by. Placing her hands together, fiery red-head looked ready to finish the young Uzumaki. Before she could launch her attack, a chakra arm rammed itself through the women's chest. Naruto, now donned in Kurama's chakra, let loose a roar that sent the grown women away. Naruto stood up and glanced at his hand and saw that the shroud wasn't as bright as it used to be.
"Because of this seal, I couldn't give you anymore then that," Kurama answered. "Try and destroy her body and that should break her barrier."
"Thanks, Kurama," said Naruto as he inwardly smirked at the fox. Pushing forward, everyone watched as Naruto charged towards the already regenerated Kushina. Chains shot out of Kushina's body to try and restrict Naruto's movement, but he easily sidestepped the attack. Appearing beside his controlled mom, Naruto delivered a devastating uppercut to her face. Just as her feet lifted off the ground, Naruto pulled her back, punching her again in the chest. The women flew back into the rubble that surrounded the two fighters, as Naruto created a blade out of chakra. "Futon: Kaze no Kizu!" Swinging the blade in a wide arc, everyone caught a glimpse of how big the attack was going to be. Releasing his attack, Naruto fired a torrent of slicing wind at his pinned mom. The area shook from the impact of the attack as the chains surrounding Naruto, began to crack and snap. Glittering to the floor, the chains broke and fell to the ground. Seizing his chance, Jiraiya jumped in with a sea tied to a kunai.
"Good job, kid," complemented Jiraiya.
"Thanks, but if it wasn't for Kurama, I would be dead right now," said Naruto, ignoring the look of confusion on the Sannin's face. At that moment, however, Kurama's chakra shroud disintegrated, leaving behind a tired Naruto. Seeing this and Kushina rising from the gouge in the earth Naruto cause, Jiraiya stepped in front of the Uzumaki.
"Go and rest up, Naruto," ordered Jiraiya. "I'll take care of, Kushina."
"Thanks," stated Naruto, but jumped forward, snatching the kunai out of Jiraiya's grip as he went. "But she is my family, I'll deal with it." Before Jiraiya could interfere the barrier of chains appeared once more. Just as Naruto neared his mom, she slashed at him with a blade made from wind. Ducking back, Naruto narrowly avoided the blade.
"I don't have enough chakra to heal you if you get injured to badly," voiced Kurama with a slight worried tone.
"Sounds to me like you're worried about me," joked Naruto earning him a growl from the beast.
"If you die, I die that's all this is," growled the Bijuu.
"Sure it is, Kurama," finished Naruto as he gripped the kunai tighter. Watching his mom charge at him, Naruto could tell she wasn't thinking anything out. Once that tag was placed she did anything to hurt Naruto. Bracing against the ground, Naruto allowed Kushina to stab him through the stomach, but he stabbed her through her chest. Staring at the scene in front of them, Jiraiya watched as the chains slowly vanished. Releasing his grip on the knife, Naruto watched as it was sucked into Kushina. The result was her wind blade vanishing. Looking up, Naruto saw Kushina's eyes clear up. "What type of seal was that?" Naruto thought as he grabbed his wound. Kushina looked around and moved as if she just woke up.
"Jiraiya, what did you do," questioned Kushina, but at that moment she saw Naruto. The boy gave his mom a smile filled with courage, but still couldn't keep the pain out. "Naruto!" She reached down and grabbed her son, forgetting the fact she was dead.
"I made a special seal to override Orochimaru's control," said Jiraiya watching Kushina fret over he son. "But it isn't a permanent fix, if he ends the jutsu you will disappear." Kushina nodded her head understanding what Jiraiya said to her.
"Please, watch over him," Kushina said with a faint smile on her face. "I'll be right back." With that the Uzumaki jumped over to Sarutobi and Sakin's fight.
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Orochimaru was getting tired of dodging the attacks of the Kage's, but looking over he saw a thing that angered him. Kushina was free from his control. To make matters worse, the Uzumaki woman was heading straight at him. "Sorry my dear," thought Orochimaru as he placed his hands together. "But your revenge will end her -." Stopping his train of thought was two individual spiked chains that had penetrated through his forearms.
"You are not ending the Edo Tensei," roared Kushina as her eyes seemed to ignite with her fury. "Not until I get done with you first!" Slamming her hands together, Orochimaru watched as the chains wrapped around each arm, until they were tied together. Looking up, Orochimaru caught Kushina's fist directly in the face. Clenching his teeth, Orochimaru realized he was in trouble. Sarutobi and Sakin both leapt at the Sannin in an attempt to end the snake's life, but watched as Orochimaru opened his mouth and out emerged a new Orochimaru.
"You can't kill an immortal," stated Orochimaru as he stared at Kushina. "I'll deal with you once I'm safe enough away." Before anyone could stop him, Orochimaru burst into flames and disappeared. Seeing this as her chance, Kushina ran towards Naruto who was currently healing from his wound.
"Naruto, are you okay," questioned Kushina as she slid next to her son. But the boy just gave her a smile and thumbs up. "Before Orochimaru can end the Edo Tensei, I want to know what your life as been like."
"Well, I guess I can start with that I was raised by Kinkaku and Ginkaku," started Naruto with a proud smile on, but Kushina had the most shocked look on her face.
"What did you just say," asked a nervous Kushina.
Okay, now that this chapter is done, I want to let you guys know that I'm going to be on spring break soon and I'll be spending it with my brother. So I won't be able to work on a chapter until spring break is over. So anyway I hope you guy enjoyed the chapter and I'll hear from you soon.