HO HO HO...or like whatever you celebrate during the Holidays. Yes, yes my ass is back at writing. As for my absence... blame finals
Just a few things I wanted to address. To start off, Naruto doesn't hate Sakura and vise-versa. They just clash...alot. Secondly this chapter is going to be a bit Yugito-centric so expect some flashbacks to her younger years.
Alright let's get this show in the road.
Sins
A little blonde girl huffed in exhaustion as her body fell to the ground. Her skin was covered in pink patches and the ground around her was covered in scorch marks.
"Again!" A stern voice called out to the child who looked to be no younger than six.
The little girl tried to get to her feet but fell face first into the ground. "I-I c-can't!" The little girl cried out. "P-Please, I-I need rest!" She pleaded.
Footsteps crackled against the fallen leaves and the little girl looked up to see a dark-skinned man glaring down at her in disgust. "Hmph! Is this all the Nibi jinchuuriki has to offer?" He called out mockingly and the little girl averted her eyes. "Well if you are not going to call out the beast's power I guess I'll have to do it myself." The man said with annoyance before a devious smirk crawled on his face.
"Ah!" The little girl cried out as her body was kicked across the clearing. She tried to lift herself up with her arms, but the man quickly grabbed her hair causing the girl yelp in pain. 'S-Sensei p-please! I-It h-hurts!"
"Good." Was all the man had to say before a knee was brought to the girl's chest. She gasped out and fell to the hard ground in a heap, hearing a snort from the man. "Weak! You are weak! The council said that you specifically were special enough to hold the beast's power, but I see nothing special about you!" The man drone on and the little girl felt her vision beginning to blacken. "I should've been the one to hold its power! It's been in my family for generations and we gave it up to some worthless orphan!"
"Yugito."
'W-What?' The girl thought as the world became dark.
"Come to me, my little Kitten."
Yugito blinked several times as a body obscured her view of the Deva Path. "W-What?"
"Please!" The body pleaded against the Deva Path and Yugito's eyes focused as she realized it was Sakuya that was in front of her. "Please don't!"
"Sakuya?" Yugito said before the situation got to her. "What the hell are you doing here!? Fuck that! Leave now!"
Sakuya seemed to falter before she shook her head. "I-I can't and I won't!"
"Woman." Yugito and Sakuya quickly whipped their heads towards the Deva Path who only looked at the sliver haired female in mild annoyance. "You are in the way."
Sakuya bit her bottom lip. 'W-What do I do now?' The momentary adrenaline had left her body and fear immediately washed over her. So with fear controlling her body the woman said the first thing that came to her mind. "S-She d-doesn't deserve this! She doesn't deserve to die over something sealed within her! I-I may have not known for her a long time, but I do know that she has a heart, she's innocent of her demon's sins!"
Yugito froze in shock as her eyes widened in surprise.
Why surprise?
Well for one, she didn't know that the woman knew about her jinchuuriki status. Secondly this woman, who has only known her for about a weak, was trying to protect her from someone clearly ten-times.. scratch that… a hundred-times stronger than her. With all the thoughts that flowed through Yugito's head, the jinchuuriki only said one word.
"Why?" Her trapped hands clawed through the dirt in frustration.
Frustration as to why this woman was pretty much risking her life for someone like her!
"Because Yugito-chan I don't want to live in my world of what-ifs." Sakuya said before she glared at the Deva Path. "I can't live with the pain." Yugito eyes began to water and the jinchuuriki couldn't find her words.
A civilian was willing to put their life on the line for her. A jinchuuriki, an orphan cursed to carry a demon, someone who betrayed her family and village for one man. She was nothing and a nobody, in a way she certainly not worthy of this sacrifice.
And yet Yugito couldn't say it all aloud.
The Deva Path glared at the sliver haired woman in front of him in annoyance and anger. This woman doesn't know what true pain was, she is innocent form most of the sins of this world. "Do you know what true pain is?" He spoke up, shocking the woman.
"True pain…" Sakuya said as she looked down. Rana and Kira flashed in her head and the woman fought back the tears. "True pain is seeing the ones you love…die in front of you." Sakuya answered. "My father and my best friend were killed in front of me as I was hopeless to do anything to save them." She said as the tears finally came down her face.
The Deva Path tilted his head. "This world is full of sin and without a savior, everyone will experience pain. Do you know why I require the jinchuurikis?" The Deva Path didn't even wait for Sakuya to answer. "They have a power within them, placed on them by their power-hungry villages. I shall use this power to create a better world. One without war and pain." His eyes then narrowed. "As someone who faced the pain of a loved one, do you want this utopia, a place where you can live in peace…with your father and friend?"
Sakuya head snapped up as her eyes widened. "Y-You can do t-that!?"
"A god can do anything."
Her family back…to see the goofy smile of Rana and the overprotective aura of her father, Sakuya couldn't think of a better dream. Sakuya lowered her arms and Yugito bowed her head, understanding and accepting the current situation. 'Tou-san…Rana, we could live together in peace.' She thought. 'But that's…
"Not my utopia!" Sakuya said before she quickly turned around and pulled at the bar that was placed through Yugito's hands.
"Sakuya." Yugito whispered in shock.
"My utopia is with Naruto-kun and Yugito-chan, they are my family now and I'll be damned if you take them away!" Sakuya yelled out as she tugged at the bar, slowly sliding it out.
"Such a shame." Was all Sakuya heard before she felt like she was hit by a boulder and sent blasting away. She felt her body bounce on the ground several times before it came to a painful and skidding stop. Her ears were ringing and breathing felt like someone was stabbing a hot knife through her.
"Get up Saku-chan."
"Saku-chan. Get up."
'T-Tou-san.' The woman thought weakly as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Get up, come on Saku-chan, get up."
Sakuya gritted her teeth as she slowly got her body up off the ground. Her arms shook violently as she rested her weight on them.
"Damnit Sakuya! Stay down!" Yugito yelled at her and the Deva Path watched the interaction. "Please, Sakuya." Yugito said in a broken voice as tears fell down her face.
"Tell me Nibi jinchuuriki." Yugito shot her head up and glared at the Deva Path. "What is your greatest pain? Is it the sins that your Biju holds or is it something that you've discovered over your career as a shinobi?" Yugito didn't answer him as her teeth gritted in anger and her injured hands dug into the dirt. The Deva Path took her silence as a negative to his question. "Perhaps you haven't gone through it yet. Well allow me to change that." He said stoically and Yugito's eyes snapped opened.
"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!" Yugito finally yelled at the man but the Deva Path ignored her.
A single hand was raised in the air. "Pain is inevitable and for one to know themselves, they must know pain…true pain." Sakuya's body was flung towards his opened palm and a rod shot out from the sleeves of his other arm.
"NOOOO!" Yugito screamed out.
SQUELCH
Yugito felt her entire body go limp as she watched Sakuya impaled through the Deva Path's rod.
Ba bump…Ba bump…Ba bump
"I shall grant you the feeling of your greatest pain." The Deva Path said as he dropped the body to the side. "The pain of seeing the ones you love, die in front of you."
Ba bump..Ba bump..Ba bump
Yugito eyes watched the woman was tossed to the ground, unmoving. Murdered in front of her eyes, helpless to do anything. Yugito felt her heartbeat increasing faster and faster. Suddenly she felt hot, like someone just set her body on fire. It felt like her insides were melting and Yugito welcomed the pain.
'That's it. Embrace me. Remember who I am!'
-(Flashback)-
Tears fell down the young girl's face as the rain pelted her form. Thunder rumbled in the distance and most nine year-olds would've run home to the safe and warm embrace of their parents. But that wasn't the case for this particular nine year-old.
Her home was small and cold and devoid of any sense of security or safety. She didn't have any parents or family for that matter, her family mysteriously disappeared before she was born. Their names were ghostly to the people of Kumo and no one, not even the Raikage knew anything about her secret family.
But somehow she was chosen to be the container of the Nibi due to the mysterious power her family held.
But such is a story for another time.
Yugito bent down and rubbed the wet fur of her dead cat. It had begun to follow her only a few months before and Yugito, not growing with any family or friends and being trained by a man that hated her guts, quickly took a liking to the animal. And they were in separable, the small animal even defended her from her abusive instructor a few times. The animal was nibble enough to evade the enrage man's attacks and made sure to give him a few scratches here and there.
But not this time.
This time her small guardian wasn't nibble enough to dodge the man and paid the ultimate price. The man had left to treat his cat-given wounds, promising to punish little Yugito at their next training session. But Yugito didn't care for the upcoming punishment.
No, she cared about her one and only family, dead trying to defend her.
'Let me out.'
Yugito gritted her teeth as she felt a torrent of emotions. Sadness at seeing the dead animal, guilt as the little girl knew it was her fault that her cat got killed, and finally anger. Anger at the man who killed the animal, anger at the Gods for damning her for this horrific existence and anger at herself for not being strong enough.
'LET ME OUT!'
The anger coursed through Yugito's body awaken something deep within in her…and it wasn't her Biju.
'KILL THEM ALL CHILD! MAKE THEM ALL SUFFER!'
-(Flashback end)-
The Deva Path was with a curious gaze as white fire covered the jinchuuriki's form. The ground under quickly blackened and the Path felt his cloak begin to vaporize. "Hpmh." He grunted as he jumped back to avoid a tendril of white flames. "Is this the power of your Biju?" He asked rhetorically.
A guttural growl was heard from the fire before two black eyes formed and glared at the Deva Path. A faint humanoid figure appeared in the flames are two flaming tendril-like arms appeared at its side. It had no feet and its mouth was opened slightly into a snarl.
"Tell me Nibi jinchurriki, do you hate me?"
His answer was in the form of a flaming fist that sent him blasting backwards. He quickly hopped to his feet and jumped from the axe handle. The creature growled as it reared its arms back and a blast of fire shot out of its chest.
"Grrroooo!"
-(Meanwhile in Kiri)-
Naruto huffed as he fell back on the bed. "Damn I'm actually tired." The demon said before Mei's body fell on his.
"Well we have been going at for a few hours." Mei giggled out as she kissed his chest. "I'm surprised no noticed I was gone." The Mizukage said as she looked up to see the demon's grinning face.
Naruto only rolled his eyes as he shifted his body to lean up against the slightly broken headboard. "Good, I would be really pissed if they interrupted us." Mei giggled again and straddled the demon's lap. Naruto took this time to run his hands over her goddess-like body before setting his hands on her hips. "Ready for round six?" Naruto asked with a grin.
Mei smirked down at him as she reached around to grab his hardening shaft. "If I do recall correctly you came first last time." She pumped him a few times, gaining a groan from the demon.
"Only because that tongue of yours is insanely powerful." Naruto grumbled out. "What the hell is your secret?"
"Mmm what's the point of it being a secret if I told you Naru-kun?" Mei said with a smirk as she lifted her body and pointed his shaft at her entrance.
Naruto grinned at her answer and held tightly to her hips as the auburn-haired woman slowly slid down his length with a throaty moan. "Ugh, tight as ever!" Naruto groaned out as Mei began to immediately bounce in his lap.
"Grrrrroooo!"
Naruto immediately paused Mei's movement as a wave of demonic energy came to the demon. "What the fuck?" He said as he quickly removed Mei from his lap and jumped over to the window. It was conveniently facing towards Hi no Kuni and Naruto squinted his eyes.
"Really Naruto-kun?" Mei huffed out as she crossed her arms. "We were in the middle of something and you want to take this time for some sight-seeing?" The Kage was annoyed at the interruption and Naruto's silence didn't help.
"What was that?" Naruto said to himself and he cursed his sensory abilities. While demonic energy appeared here and there, none were as big at the one that hit him just then. The fact that it was coming from the direction of Konoha didn't help either.
"What do you think it might be?" Kushina asked inside his head and Naruto shook his head.
'Who knows but it's probably best if I go check it out. I rather not find out what it is later.' Naruto thought back before he turned around and saw Mei giving him a worried look.
"Is everything okay, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto shook his head as he stepped into his pants. "I sensed some serious demonic chakra on its way to Konoha." He zipped up his pants and walked over to the naked beauty. "It could be some demon looking to fight me." He gave the Kage a kiss. "I'll see you at the conference."
Mei pouted. "Stupid demon ruining my fun. I should go and kill it for shits and giggles." She mumbled and Naruto chuckled before jumping out of the window.
The demon landed on the ground and dusted off his pants. "This energy, it seems oddly familiar." Naruto whispered.
"You probably fought this demon before." Kushina said and Naruto hummed in thought.
'Possibly but I have a feeling its nothing like that.' He shook his head and summoned lighting around his form. The area brightened and Naruto ginned before his form shimmered and then disappear, leaving a loud crack of thunder.
-(Konoha)-
Tsunade finally opened her eyes before groaning in pain. She felt that her right arm and left leg were unresponsive and the Hokage struggled to sit up. She finally managed to get into a seated position but gasped out in pain at every movement. She felt blood rolling down her forehead and she quickly placed her good hand into a ram sign before placing it on her right arm.
"You're awake too. Good."
Tsunade jumped at the voice and quickly turned her head to see a bleeding but awaken Konan. The ex-Akatsuki member was her knees as she gripped her left arm. "Are you able to heal yourself?" She asked and Tsunade slowly nodded her head as green chakra covered her hand.
"Yeah. It'll take a minute though." The Hokage huffed out. She slowly turned her head to see Yugao still unconscious…she hoped. There was a body laid off to the side next to a large burnt mark on the ground. "What happened?" Tsunade whispered in shock before her eyes laid on the quiet and heavily injured Kurenai. "Kurenai!" Tsunade called out and ignored the bolt of pain the action sent to her body.
There was silence and Tsunade felt her heart stop. The demoness couldn't be….
Wait
"Where's Yugito!?" Tsunade called out. 'This is bad. We lost Kurenai and Yugito! Naruto-kun is going lose it! Wait! That body! Don't tell me.' Tsunade peered further at the body and saw a flash of silver hair. 'May Kami have mercy on our souls.'
"Tsunade-san?"
Tsunade shook her head as she focused back to Konan who gave her a soft gaze. "Yugito-san is fine…I think." Konan tried to say before she flinched in pain and brought a hand up to her chest.
"H-Hey!" Tsunade tried to move to the nin but her own body rejected the movement. "D-Damnit!"
"Shisou!" A voice called out and Tsuande saw a flash of pink running towards her.
Thank Kami for Sakura.
The pinkette quickly went to her side as both her hands glowed green. "Your right arm and left leg are completely shattered!" The pinkette said worryingly as she started with the Hokage's arm. Ino began to heal the down Konan as Saya stood on watch. Sakura looked around the destroyed battlefield before landing a gaze on the three down bodies. "Kurenai-san!" She then looked back at the Hokage. "I-Is she…"
Tsunade took a deep breath and looked away. "Go check on Sakuya-san, Sakura." Tsunade finally said, waving off Sakura's hands.
"Are you sure Shisou?" Sakura asked and Tsunade nodded.
"I can heal myself from here."
Sakura nodded at her master and quickly went down to the fallen girl's side. She rolled the girl over to her back and saw her chest rising, though very slowly. "She's alive!" Sakura said happily as she quickly summoned her chakra to her hand and placed it on the girl's chest. Sakura let out a breath. "Thank Kami, I can't imagine how Naruto would react if he found out that-"
"If I find out what?" A male voice called out and the conscious women whipped their heads to see an impassive Naruto.
"N-Naruto!" Tsunade said in surprised.
The demon ignored her and walked forward till he was in front of Sakura. "Will she live?" The demon asked her in a cold tone and Sakura shivered in fear. The pinkette remembered what the demon did to the last medic that failed to help Kurenai. She knew if it came down to it, the demon would have no problem killing anyone that got in the way of the ones he cares about.
"Well?" She jumped at his voice and looked back don at the unconscious woman.
"She was stabbed straight through the chest, luckily it missed her heart. However if we don't act now, she'll die from blood loss." Sakura said, and she saw he shoulders relax a bit yet his cold gaze didn't disappear.
"Then act now." Naruto replied back and Sakura quickly nodded her head. The demon looked around till he spotted his fledgling. "Kurenai-chan." He said softly before walking over to the down demon.
"Is she…"
Kushina looked through Naruto eyes as a frown came to her face. "This Pein guy is not a joke. To take on Kurenai, Yugito and Tsunade-nee-chan and still be fighting is amazing. This must be the power of the Rinnegan."
Naruto's hand was covered in black flames and he bent down and touched the unconscious demon. The bars that were pinned through her body slowly pushed out, falling to the ground with a soft ping. Soon enough Kurenai was free from the rods and her wounds, with the help of Naruto, began to quickly heal.
'The Rinnegan is a powerful weapon but I know for a fact that he has to been weakened from fighting all of them.' Naruto thought back and Kushina nodded in agreement.
The demoness slowly opened her eyes. "Wha…"
"Kurenai-chan."
Kurenai snapped her head up to see Naruto looking down at her with a worried gaze. "Naruto-kun!" The demoness said happily despite the current situation and gave the demon a tight hug, ignoring the aches and pains of her body.
Naruto blinked a few times before he pried the woman off him. "While I would like nothing more than to continue this, there's more pressing matters."
Kurenai pouted childishly and folded her arms before looking around for her rival. "Where's Yugito?" Her eyes then widened. "Did those Akatsuki bastards take her?"
Naruto sighed and rose to his feet, bringing Kurenai with him. "No… well I hope not." Naruto said, now addressing the entire group. "Do you feel that energy Kurenai?" The Jounin frowned before nodding. "That's probably Yugito and from what I can tell, she must be fighting Nagato." Naruto said and Kurenai crossed her arms as her the last of her wounds healed.
"Wait, that doesn't feel like Matatabi."
Naruto closed his eyes. "And that's what worries me." He then opened his eyes and looked towards Tsunade and the others. Sakura had an injured Sakuya in her arms and Naruto felt himself soften when he locked his gaze with Tsunade. "Go and heal yourselves, you guys done enough fighting for the day. I'll take it from here.
Tsunade bit her lip as she slowly rose to her feet with Saya's help. "Normally I would ask to join you but I'm too messed up. Please be careful Naruto, this man is not to be taken lightly." There was more the Hokage wanted to tell her secret lover but she couldn't risk Sakura and the others figuring out their secret relationship.
Naruto gave her small smile before walking forward and surprising the Hokage with a hug. "I'll make him pay for hurting my Kage." Naruto said and Tsunade held a light blush before nodded her head. Naruto backed away and looked at Kurenai. "Are you well enough to fight?"
Kurenai picked up her sword and scoffed. "I think I caught my third wind." The demoness said with a bloodthirsty grin one that Naruto matched. "And besides he owes me a heart."
"Allow me to join you."
Naruto turned to see a semi-healed Konan walking up to them. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "You sure? You don't look one-hundred percent."
Konan nodded at him. "You're right I don't but I promised myself that I'll Nagato to the end. Even if it results in my death." She said seriously, and Naruto let out a quick chuckle.
"I'll never let it come down to that." The demon said and a small smile appeared on Konan's face before it disappeared. "Now let's go we have a kitten to tame."
'Hang on Yugito!'
-(Flashback: 3 years ago)-
Thunk…Thunk…BOOM
Yugito swiped the sweat off her brows as she happily gazed at the fallen tree. The newly turned 18 year-old leaned back and placed her hands on her hips. "Uff, I'll teach Imouto that I'm way better than Bee-senpai!" The woman said confidently to herself. She then smiled to herself as she realized the turn her life has taken.
She never would've thought she would have a family let alone a sister like Samui. The girl was quiet and cold to most people but when she was with Yugito, the jinchuuriki knew she could always get a rise out of her. She met the younger girl after she caught her at Yugito's usual training spot. When Yugito confronted her about it, she half expected the younger girl to recognize her and flee but the quiet girl held her ground and even threw back some words.
Soon, one thing lead to another and both girl were facing each other, tired and injured from fighting for hours. Yugito had to commend Samui, the girl was already a skilled swordsman at the age. The jinchuuriki knew that girl would be deadly on the battlefield for the years to come.
Soon this became a regular thing, Samui was invade on Yugito's personal training ground, they would fight for hours and then treat each other out for food. A few days turned into a few weeks and then months and soon the girls became best friends and weren't seen without each other. Samui even adopted Yugito's last name, Nii, being an orphan herself and Yugito accepted it with tears and open arms.
When Samui finally got her genin team, she immediately made them meet Yugito and that's when Yugito finally meet Bee. Well she knew Bee since she could remember, with him being the other jinchuuriki but she never got around to really talking and meeting the growing man. Hell, she even grew a little crush on him much to the enjoyment and teasing of her sister.
Yugito smiled at the memories and reached down to her water bottle when she heard a crash and then a loud curse. While she could've easily left whoever it was alone, curiosity washed over her. The jinchuuriki walked further into the thin forest with a kunai out, just in case. She knew that her training ground sat near the outskirts of Kumo so it could've been an invader for all she knew.
She walked some more till she came up to a rock that had singe marks on its side. She frowned and lifted her nose in the air to catch whatever scent she needed to. Her eyes widened as she caught the scent of blood and walked quicker towards the smell. She then realized the voce was getting louder.
"Oh shit, shit, shit! Whatta I do? Whatta I do?"
Yugito walked behind a boulder to see a blonde kid around Samui's age standing over a dead and bloody Kumo nin. The boy's grey shirt was darken with blood and his left hand was dripping blood. Yugito gasped at the grotesque scene alerting the boy of her presence.
The boy whipped his head towards her and he chuckled nervously and scratched his cheek. "Um…I…It…doesn't look like what it seems?" He finally said before relaxing his shoulders and letting out a sigh. "Actually it's exactly what it seems."
Yugito didn't wait for the boy to finish as she rushed at him with her Kunai. The boy eeped and jumped over her and her swing. Yugito quickly turned around and launched the kunai at the boy. The boy turned his body to the side and caught the handle of the kunai and with the new found momentum, he shot the weapon back out at Yugito.
'Oh shit!' Yugito thought as she dove to the side. She glared at the boy before taking a quick glance behind her. 'That kunai went straight through that tree!' She then gritted her teeth. 'This guy is not joke when it comes to strength.'
The boy returned to a relaxed stance and held up both of his hands. "Hey that wasn't nice! If you let me explain, I'm sure we could clear up this confusion." He said with a slightly annoyed voice.
Yugito couldn't help but scoff before pointing at the dead body. "What's there to explain? You are obviously not from Kumo and you killed a nin!"
The boy crossed his arms and huffed. "I was looking for the village and this asshole attacked me. What was I suppose to do? Get stab?" His eyes then traveled up to her headband. "Look lady, I'm hungry and covered in this sticky shit. I don't need this." His face then changed as he peered at the woman
Yugito stood up and eyed the boy. While she didn't like most of the population of Kumo, it was her duty to protect. Yet she couldn't sense any ill-intent in his words. She bit her bottom lip in confusion.
What would Samui and Bee do?
"Alright." Yugito said and pointed at the boy. "I'll lead you to the village and get you changed but you will face the council and be tried for that idiot's murder." She then placed her hands on her hips. "Now are you going to be difficult?"
The boy frowned and groaned. "As a matter of fact i will. So I'll have to politely decline your offer with a 'go fuck yourself'. " He then turned around and began to walk away towards the village. "I'll find the damn place on my own and I KNOW you can't stop me." A small smirk worked to his face.
Now if there's one thing Yugito hated, it's being underestimated.
And boy, she hated it bad.
She felt her claws lengthen as a light blue aura surrounded her form and her eyes turned to an amber color. "What the fuck did you say you little prick!?" The jinchuuriki charged at the boy with her right hand reared back.
The boy took a glance over his shoulders before quickly turning around and catching her arm with a smirk. "Ah there's the little cat." He said calmly and Yugito could only gasp as his eyes turned black and his claws grew. "It's been awhile Matatabi-chan. I see your power has been placed inside this woman or should I say Nii Yugito" He now demonic voice said with a chuckle.
Yugito could only stare in fear and slight curiosity as her aura disappeared and her features became more humane. The boy let go of his grip and Yugito fell on her ass. He knew who and what she was. And yet she didn't know who he was.
"W-Who are you?" Her voice quivered and the boy…no demon…laughed. He squatted down as the demonic features left his face and he smiled at her.
"I'm someone who knows your pain, lived it my entire life. Every morning I'd wake up with the world spitting and cursing my name. All because of an asshole who wanted power for his village, that he damned only his son quite literally to hell. Raised with no family, growing up with no friends, living this earth with no one. Who am I, you ask? I'm you, Yugito. I'm just like you as you are me. We are made to protect those that rather shit on us then lend us any kind of aid. Called monsters, demons, heathens, beasts by those who harm child mentally, emotionally, and oh so physically."
The boy held out a hand as Yugito looked up at him shock. "To completely sum it up, you can call me Naruto the ex-jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and Demon Lord of the 5th rank."
-(Flashback end)-
"So if it's not Matatabi, then what demonic energy is Yugito using?" Kurenai asked as the three walked up to a cliff. The area was hot as a few trees were burning, scorth marks covered the ground, and pieces of the earth looked displaced and missing.
Naruto was broken out of thoughts and knelt down as his eyes looked downward at the fight. Nagato looked to be handle the humanoid fireball well, using water Justus, aided the quickly disappearing river, to fight against the angry beast. Naruto eyes narrowed as he focused on the fireball that spit out a huge stream of fire, evaporating the river and making Nagato dodge.
"Hmph a fire elemental?" Naruto said and both Kurenai and Konan looked at his in confusion. "Demons made literally from one of the flames of hell." He continued before standing up.
"Wait wait!" Kurenai said as she stepped forward. "So you mean to tell me Yugito was a demon along?"
Naruto shrug. "Eh to an extent, a hanyou. A very diluted hanyou." They watched as Nagato crushed the elemental between two rocks, only the rocks to be destroyed and the creature reformed itself. "Someone in her family tree must've absorbed a fire elemental and through the generations it became dormant. Sort of like a Kekkei Genkai. Our little kitty-chan must've woken the beast, no doubt through extreme stress of some sort."
"Is that why she was chosen to host the Nibi? Mito-baa-chan use to say that a Biju is only as great as it jinchuuriki." Kushina said and Naruto mentally nodded.
'That could be a reason, though I have no idea how they would've know that Yugito would unlock her demon-mode.' Naruto thought back. 'Unless they literally guessed that she would.'
They then witness Nagato doing another water jutsu causing a cloud of steam to erupt. "Shall we go assist her?" Konan asked and Naruto shook his head focusing back to reality.
"Not yet."
-(With Nagato)-
The Deva Path hid inside the trunk of a dead tree as his most powerful jutsu formed in his hands. "This is it." The Deva Path whispered before he let the ball float up into the sky. The tree trunk was blasted open by a stream of fire and the Deva Path didn't flinch as he felt his right side get charred in the process. He rolled to the side and clapped his hands together. "Chibaku Tensei (Planetary Devastation)!"
"GRAHH!" The fire elemental roared as it tried to take a swipe at the Deva Path only to find its body floating in the air. The ground broke apart as earth, trees, and all things matter started to clump together. The humanoid fireball tried to destroy any rock in its way with fire blast until one boulder knocked into it.
"HAAAAH!" The Deva Path yelled as his hands were clasped tightly and the matter in the area started to form the shape of a ball.
"GROO-" The fire elemental was cut off as its body was soon flung inside the ball with the earthly matter covered the entirety of its form. Within seconds a second moon floated above the forest.
Nagato relaxed his shoulders and slumped on his knees.
-(With the others)-
"You think she's done?" Kurenai asked with a hand on her hip and Naruto chuckled.
"Not by a long shot." The demon said before both of them pointed a finger at the moon.
"Boom/Bang!"
The twin fireballs shot towards the object crashing into its side and causing the Deva Path to look up. A few more second passed before the side of the object burst opened and the fire elemental stuck its torso out. "ROOOOOR!" It reared one of its arms out and chucked a huge meteor-like fireball down at the Deva Path before the rest of the terrestrial object collapsed.
Naruto smirked as he stuck his hands inside his pockets. "Now we get involved." The demon said with a grin which Kurenai returned and Konan nodded at. They scaled down the cliff dodging the fallen debris till they made it all the way down.
The fire elemental was trying to pick itself up and Naruto cracked his neck. "Now ladies, fire is obviously my strongest element." Que eyeroll from Kurenai and Kushina. "So I'll handle this." He then walked forward and whistled catching the demon's attention. "Yo, kitty-chan! When I say you're too hot-headed this is not what I mea-"
Naruto's body was quickly swiped to the side leaving a fiery trench in his wake. "RAH!" The fire elemental roared out as it slowly got back on its feet.
'Oh yeah that definitely worked.' Kushina deadpanned.
Kurenai rolled her purple eyes before she unsheathed her sword. "Idiot." She said as lightning surround her blade. "I guess I'll have to clean up." She then grinned and rushed towards elemental, her sword in mid-swing. "Hah!" She cut through its right arm earning a roar from the beast. She jumped over the swipe of its remaining arm, cutting through that. But before she could even send a slice down its chest, a burst of fire sent the demoness back.
Her clothes were ruined and the blacken marks on her skin began to heal. "Oh you got to be fucking kidding me." Kurenai murmured as she watched the beast regrow its limbs.
"See the thing about fire elementals is that they're a bitch to put down." Naruto said as he walked up next to her. His wounds were already healed and his pants her burnt to the up to the knee. "No matter how much you cut, they'll always grow it back."
Kurenai huffed and relaxed her stance. "So what should we really do?"
Naruto tapped the ground, cocooning the beast in the earth. "There that'll buy us some time." Naruto said though he saw that his attack was weakening against the beast flames. "Not a lot of it though. Bottom line: we need to weakened it enough so that I could have some way to communicate with Yugito."
"But how? You said it yourself that it can just regenerate." Kurenai said.
"Your water attacks." Konan said and Naruto hummed in thought. "You're water attacks alone could weaken it right?"
"Konan's right Naruto-kun. Your water abilities is stronger than Senju Tobirama.'"Kushina replied before placing a finger on her chin. "I think you're even stronger than the past Hokages." She whispered to herself.
"Alright and if I add a little bit of lightning…." Naruto trailed off looking towards Kurenai and the demoness only gave him a bloodthirsty grin. "Okay! Let's do this. Konan-chan you might want to back up, it's about to get steamy."
Konan nodded and jumped back and Naruto gave Kurenai a smirk before he stomp on the ground, unleashing the fire elemental. "GRAHHH!" A torrent of fire headed their way.
"Oh quit your bitching!" Naruto said as he and Kurenai swiped their own fire at the beasts, canceling the attack. "Bath time kitten!" Naruto spun his fingers as a water tornado formed in front of him. "Hah!" he launched the attack forward and Kurenai grinned as a large lightning ball shot out of her hand.
The combined attacks smacked the beast head-on as an ear-busting roar was heard. Lightning covered Naruto's form and the demon shot forward into the tornado. He saw the outline of a woman and grabbed an unconscious Yugito. He skidded out from the other side, holding tightly in to her injured form.
Kurenai summoned demonic energy into her sword and swiped it at the tornado, dissipating the attack. "Hmph, that was a lot easier that I expected." She said as Naruto walked up to her. "How is she?"
"No doubt suffering consequences from having the beast take over her body for this long." Naruto said as a light smile came to his face. "But she's going to be okay, and that's all I care about."
"She'll have to see a medic." Kurenai said as she sheathed her sword. "And considering the fat that we still have the asshole Akatsuki guy on the loose, someone's gonna have to take her back to Konoha."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Are you offering?"
Kurenai nodded. "I'm honestly here for the ride and revenge, you and Konan have serious business with that asshole." She carefully took the unconscious woman from Naruto's arms. "I'll see you back at the village Naruto-kun." She then gave the demon a quickly kiss before leaving in a crack of thunder.
Naruto sighed as he looked at Konan. "You mind leading the way?"
-(A few minutes later)-
"Is this is?" Naruto asked as the two finally came up to large tree that was clearly dug out. "Heh, a tree house, how fitting for an evil villain."
He felt Kushina huff in his mind. 'Oi what's wrong with you?'
'A tree-hideout? It is pretty anti-climax to me! I expected some metal fortress with guards everywhere!' Naruto sweatdropped at the woman.
'You do know this is the Akatsuki we're talking about?'
Konan sighed. "Nagato will be in there."
"Which begs the question, do you wan to kill him?" Naruto asked as he ignored the childish woman in his head and Konan's eyes widened.
"W-What!?" She said in a shocked voice. 'K-Kill Nagato. I mean I said it but…could I really?"
"It seems very fitting doesn't it?" Naruto spoke up and he raised a single eyebrow and looked at the woman. "A man selfish with power killed by his best friend who has turned a new leaf. A tale old as time." Naruto said with a chuckled as he walked forward. "But first let's deal with his puppet."
The demon conjured a ball of fire and tossed it at a tree. The tree toppled over and Naruto smirked as he stomped on the ground. Spike prodded from the earth and fanned out. The Deva Path jumped up and sent a Shinra Tensei to the ground, destroying the spikes.
"And we finally meet." Naruto said with a chuckle. "To bad I couldn't get here in time to face you at one-hundred percent. I was far too busy having my balls licked by the oh-so beautiful Mizukage."
The Deva Path only stared at Naruto unemotionally, his eyes than ran over Konan before they sharpened. "Kyuubi jinchuuriki."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Naruto said as he wagged his finger. "I fucked too many beautiful woman to be called the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. My name is Naruto. And if I can last recall the Kyuubi doesn't exist." Naruto grinned and the Deva Path glared at Konan who tried her best not to look away. Naruto saw this action and smirked. "Don't get mad at Konan-chan. I told her to fabricate some lie to get your hungry ass off my back. You see unlike you, Konan-chan was open-minded and, among other things, I've shown her the true you. The power hungry, egotistical sociopath with a god-complex."
"Enough!" The Deva Path yelled out. "Whether you are the Kyuubi, or this demon Itachi spoke of, I will have my utopia."
Naruto chuckled once more as he closed his eyes. "See it's a shame you're so weak now. You absolutely have no chance against me."
"Tch, we shall see. Banshō Ten'in!" The Deva Path had his hand stretched out as he tried to pull the jinchuuriki towards him.
Only it failed
"So this is your little gravity technique?" Naruto said with a grin as his eyes remained closed. His body jerked as a thin layer of green energy covered his torso. "It's cute." Naruto snapped his eyes open as he purposefully flew towards the Path and delivered a knee strike to his midsection. The Path doubled over and tried to push Naruto back but the demon grabbed his hand and snapped it back. The Deva Path jumped back and cradled his broken hand.
"H-How?"
"Simple you're too weak to pull a force like me. You may have the eyes of the Rikudō Sennin, but you lack his power." Naruto said as fire covered his fist and he charged at the nin. The Deva Path tried to block some of the strikes both in the end he earned a fist in his left lung. The Deva Path held onto Naruto's arm and delivered a headbutt to the demon's face. Naruto staggered back and the Deva Path with through a few one handed hand signs.
He quickly stopped when Naruto grabbed his arm and with a smirk, tore the appendage off his body. Blood spouted from the wound but the Deva Path, not feeling the pain, sent a kick to Naruto face. The demon dodged the strike and grabbed onto his foot and threw him across the clearing.
Naruto threw the arm off to the side and crossed his own. "How useless do you feel?" The Deva path said
nothing and Naruto smirked. "Cat got your tongue? Or should I say demon?" The Deva Path sprinted towards Naruto and the demon reared his arm back. When the Deva Path was close enough, Naruto struck his hand through the puppets chest, grasping onto his heart.
The puppet froze as his eyes turned towards Konan. "K-Konan, t-t-thank y-you."
The ex-Akatsuki member froze in shock as her eyes watered. 'Y-Yahiko?' She watched as the puppet closed his eyes and fell to the side.
Naruto dropped the heart and walked back over to Konan, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Are you alright?" The woman tentatively nodded though Naruto saw her bottom lip quivering. "Come, there's one final thing that must be done."
They both walked inside the tree hideout where they saw a pale and bony redheaded man. He was in a machine with long black rods attached to his back. His voice came out in gasps and pants and the man slowly rose his head.
Naruto locked his blue eyes with Nagato's purple one's and in a few seconds Naruto could see all the pain in the man's eyes. "Nagato." Naruto said stoically. "We finally meet face-to-face."
"Uzumaki Naruto." Nagato said back with a cough and turned his head to look at his old friend. "Konan." He then started chuckling though it sounded more sarcastic. "Today is my day of judgement, for all the sins that lay upon me."
Naruto snorted. "Come on man. I'm not that kind of demon or even Kami herself. You were beginning to be a big thorn at my side, declaring war on us and everything, sending that annoying ass orange mask guy, and even teaming up with that weak ass Uchiha. Not to mention you destroyed Konoha and almost killed the few people in this world that I loved." Naruto fist clenched and he glared at the man. "Besides, I owe you for Jiraiya's murder."
Nagato sighed. "I see, retribution for your fallen master, revenge for you sensei, I get it Uzumaki Naruto. However you must know, Tobi's actions are of his own." Both Naruto and Konan eyes widened. "I was to deal with him after your capture and the Nibi's but it seems I will never have the chance."
Naruto huffed and crossed his arms. "So that prick is rogue? What does he want with the bijus? I guess it's a good time to ask what you wanted with the bijus."
"I wanted the bijus to give me power to stop all the violence, all the wars, all created orphans. " Nagato grinned weakly. "I wanted peace, true peace."
"Humans aren't made for peace." Naruto said. "Not matter how hard you force it, someone will just fuck it up in the end. Besides the amount of fighting, bloodshed and deaths in the process of peace kind of negates it."
"Such are the consequences of peace." Nagato said and Naruto smiled sadly.
"There's consequences to everything."
Nagato nodded. "My sins are my consequence. These hands have been drenched in blood since I was a child. What about you Uzumaki Naruto? What are your sins?"
Naruto closed his eyes. "Honestly, being a demon I'm full of sin. Absorbing a demon, I take their sins and the sins that they absorbed."
"What about your human self, before you were turned?"
Naruto chuckled. "My sins before I was a demon? Heh, my sin, is the sin of ignorance. I wanted so bad, for the village's acceptance. These were the same people who spat the ground I walked on, beat me to brink of death, called me monster, a demon and yet…" Naruto paused before sighing, "And yet I still fought for them. In the end I was my own murder, not Orochimaru, and definitely not the Kyuubi."
"I see." Nagato said before closing his eyes. "My time in near but please allow me to ask one more question." While he didn't see Naruto nod, Nagato took his silence as an approval. "Konan." The quiet woman jumped and with a nudge from Naruto she walked up to the sickly man. "You were my family, my sister that I never had. I guess you knew I was wrong from the beginning?"
"Nagato, you were my family too and I never wanted to harm you but," She looked down. "Naruto showed me Hell, he showed me your future." Her head snapped up and her teary eyes locked on to his tired ones. "I saw that bastard Hanzo and…Yahiko."
Nagato's eyes widened and the man shook his head in denial. "No, impossible-"
"He was there because his soul is in distress Nagato! Because of you!" Konan yelled for the first time in a long time and Nagato kept shaking his head as tears fell down his face.
"What have I done!?" The man cried out. "All I wanted was peace and all I've caused is destruction and distress!" Tears continued to fall down his face as he locked eyes with Naruto. "Please I beg of you, Uzumaki Naruto, kill me!"
'Nagato.' Konan thought with her own tears scaling down her face.
Naruto sighed and walked up to Konan. "Killing you isn't my right." He placed a hand on Konan's shoulders. "Free him. Let the gods judge him."
"Konan." The woman turned toward her brother who gave her a sad smile. "Please."
Konan closed her eyes and opened her hand, showing a single piece of paper. "Good-bye Nagato." The paper floated up before it lengthen into a small kunai and flew towards Nagato, straight into his heart.
Blood seeped through the corners of Nagato's mouth as a smiled worked its way to his face. "Good-bye Konan." His eyes closed and the man slumped forwards.
Konan felt Naruto squeeze her should and the woman turned around to press herself into his chest. Naruto froze for a second before wrapping his arms around the grieving woman. "I'm all alone!" She cried out and Naruto felt his heart tug. "I have no one!"
"Hey, did you forget about me or something?" Naruto softly said as the blue haired woman looked up to him. "I'm not throwing you away because this is over."
Her amber eyes looked unsure as she gazed into his blue ones. "But what I've done-"
"We all did some bad things but this is your second chance at life." Naruto said and Konan turned her gaze away from his. Naruto gently clasped her chin and brought her face close to his. "You can finally live like you always wanted to, without having to look over your shoulders or hide in some dusty cave. I want to give you a home, a place where you will never be lonely again."
Konan's eyes water again and the woman could stop herself from pressing her lips tightly to his. Naruto quickly responded back as his arms wrapped around her back and her arms wrapped around his neck. Naruto broke the kiss, smirking at the light blush that colored her face.
"Come." Naruto said quietly, "Let's give them a proper burial."
-(Elsewhere: Under Konoha)-
"Sir!"
Danzo relaxed in his self-made throne as a wide smile graced his face. "So how weakened is Tsunade you say?"
The Root ANBU raised his head from his knelt position. "She suffered moderate to heavy injuries from the fight, most of Konoha did."
A loud laughter was heard. "Excellent." Danzo said before turning to see Saya in the corner. "Number five, where is her little puppet?" He said with a sneer.
Saya refused to glare at the man and bowed her head. "Last I heard he was facing the leader of the Akatsuki. More than likely he'll be checking up on her and the Nibi jinchurriki 'Hmph your time is almost done Danzo.'
Danzo chuckled again. "This is a great opportunity then with Tsunade at her weakest and that brat focusing on other things. I say its time for Konoha to get its new Kage." He snapped his fingers and three Root ANBU stood next to the kneeling one. "I want you four to see to Tsunade's…unfortunate death tonight." The ANBU nodded and left in Shunshin. "As for you number five. Why don't you go keep that beast of hers occupied?"
Saya quickly nodded. 'I'd better go warn him quickly then!' She made the handsigns for a Shunshin before Danzo stopped her.
"Oh you can't forget your partner." Danzo said and Saya's eyebrows furrowed.
"My partner?"
"Of course. I've been watching the brat trying to find out his weakness and it seems that I've found it. He is weak for the touch of a woman so you and Number nine, codename Runi, will seduce him. Long enough for the four others to carry out their mission." Danzo said as another ANBU came into the light. She removed her mask to reveal a woman with long purple hair and cold sliver eyes. "Since seduction missions are not your specialty, Runi will lead the mission."
"Do you want him dead, Danzo-sama?" Runi said in an equally cold voice and Saya found herself frowning.
'Ino-chan told me a seductress is supposed to have a sultry voice. She sounds so cold.'
"No, but if you can bind him to your will, it would make my job easier." Danzo said and like a flip of a switch the woman's tone changed.
Her eyes gained a predator gaze and she licked her lips with her abnormally long tongue. "Mmm he'll be a treat for sure Danzo-sama." She then turned toward Saya who shivered at the woman's look. "Shall we." She said in a husky tone before Saya nodded and they both disappeared in a Shunshin.
Danzo sat back in his chair with a smirk. "Enjoy your finals hours Tsunade. This village is about to get the leader it always needed."
Annnnd it's done! Next chapter we see someone's rebirth and the much anticipated death of an organization.
Until next time