Demonic Legacy Chapter 25: Recovering
Naruto woke up in his hospital bed. He didn't deny what happened he could still feel the pain from the Chiordi, as it almost hit his heart. He placed his hand over the scar
"I thought that he had hit my heart. Not once did I think about my own survival. All I wanted, was Sasuke, to return, even at the expense of my own life" Naruto said. The first thing he noticed, that his voice had become deeper. He knew that his voice deepened already, but to have deepened further, must have been through the tragedy.
"He'll pay for this" Naruto said, his demonic blood coursing inside of him very strong, making the force of the punch to the nearby desk, shake the entire hospital, after the desk had been obliterated
"You better not mean Sasuke" a voice said. Naruto turned to the voice, and growled. It was sakura. He then composed himself.
"No. it isn't Sasuke's fault...at least, not the majority of it. It's my grandfather. He's fucked with me far to many times, and I've had enough. I'm gonna fucken kill him" Naruto said. Despite what Sasuke said to him before, he was still pissed that Sasuke did leave, even if it was for all the right reasons. Naruto then calmed down.
"Shouldn't you be resting" Naruto said to Sakura she sighed, placing her hand over her stomach.
"I will be. Tsunade has taken me off the active roster. My medic duties will resume after the pregnancy" Sakura said. Naruto nodded. His shoulder and legs flared in pain, as he collapsed.
"Damn. Didn't notice. Now I guess that I did really mess my right leg up a bit" Naruto said, hopping back into the bed.
"I'm going to tell everyone you're up. You've been out for 2 weeks. Everyone is alright now. Chouji almost died from pure chakra burnout, and Neji had some pretty nasty holes in him as well. But they're both in stable condition now" Sakura said, giving Naruto a pair of nearby crutches.
"Thanks. I guess the best thing is to tell everyone I'm up then" Naruto said. Sakura nodded.
Waiting a while, everyone pretty much arrived. Save Gaara and Nikita. They arrived a few minutes afterwards. They all saw that Naruto was in a bad mood.
"Son, you okay?" Minato asked. Naruto glared at Minato. He then sighed.
"Vileness. It surrounds Orochimaru. The stench of that man is enough to make anyone sick. He made my best friend betray what was his home, his friends, everything. Screw what the council says about the fucken sharingan, that's my fucken friend. And ultimately, the shit he's fucken put me through. I had my chance to kill him, and every time, I let it slip. I was to soft hearted. No more" Naruto said, his golden eyes showing the unbeatable ferocity that they knew that he had.
"Well you may certainly do that. But you're going to have to wait a while. You need to become much stronger. Jiraya has volunteered to take you on a 3 year journey. Akastuki won't be making any moves for 3 years, nor will Orochimaru be able to switch minds for another 3 years" Tsunade said. Naruto sighed.
"I guess I can understand that. But isn't he on a lengthly mission?" Naruto asked. Tsunade nodded.
"Regardless Naruto. It shouldn't take you long to recover. I think it's time you learned Hiriashnin" Minato said. Naruto was shocked. He never once thought he'd be able to learn that move. But Naruto nodded in excitement.
"There is the Naruto we all know and love" Nikita said. Naruto smirked.
"Damn straight" Naruto said. Nikita then sighed.
"Sorry Naruto, but I have a confession. It wasn't you who messed your leg up. It was me. I saw something I didn't like, besides my brother being beaten and bloodied. One of the rocks fell on your foot" Nikita said, blushing in embarrassment. Naruto sighed at that.
"What was it that set you off?" Naruto asked. Nikita growled.
"Mother. The very person whom I have loathed due to her vileness, and evil. The very blood that is more tainted then evil demons. A Statue that was made in her honor. It makes me sick" Nikita said. Naruto gasped.
"Fuck. That was Madara. Should have known" Naruto said. Tsunade then looked at Nikita.
"What, I'm 6 years and 1 month old in dragon years. That makes me 61 in human years. But this is my actual human form" Nikita said, noticing the surprise from everyone.
Next day, Naruto was up. He still used the crutches, but the pain had subsided.
'In a few months is the Jounin exams. I plan to take it. I need to prove to everyone, and myself, that I'm not so soft hearted as I seem. Besides, I kinda do wish to take on a team of my own when I get back' Naruto said. He sat down in an open field, creating a rasengan.
"If only there was a way to improve this move. WAIT. Of course. Make it bigger. Though I'm gonna have to redo every step" Naruto said he didn't mind though.
"Still depressed about Sasuke" a voice said. It was Neji's he and Lee had come out to the field. Neji was in no shape to fight still, but Lee was able to no problem.
"Major setback that our mission failed, but it won't prevent me from stopping. No. I will improve the rasengan. Make it my original. But I'm going to need help. Lee. Do you mind running to the stores to get me a few needed items" Naruto said. Lee nodded. Naruto took out some paper, and wrote on t. Lee was kinda surprised.
"Ummm Naruto. Why do you need balloons, water balloons, and dodgeballs?" Lee asked. This did surprise Neji.
"I needed them to originally learn Rasengan. I just need them again, in the larger forms, so I can make it more powerful. I only need to use chakra, so I'm still training, despite not being able to walk for a few weeks" Naruto said, with a chuckle. Neji smirked, as Lee Ran off. Neji sat down beside Naruto.
"I owe you a lot Naruto. You did make me realize that not everything is controlled. I knew, fighting spider-boy, would be something that could have killed me, and for a while, it did. Am I glad I'm still alive. Definitely. But I'm sad we failed our mission. It's a pride thing, you know. At least we took out some of their strongest. I just wish that you could have brought Sasuke back. He was a good ninja" Neji said. Naruto chuckled.
"Don't worry. I plan to get him back. Next time though, I'm not going after him at first. no. I'm going after something more...personal. I will kill Orochimaru" Naruto said. Neji sighed.
"I know one thing is for sure. Unless you risk going full demon, then you're gonna lose. Orochimaru is not one person to take lightly" Neji said. Naruto agreed.
"I know. But that is why I must train myself. Push all limits. He has caused me to much trouble" Naruto said. A single tear leak from his eye. This shocked Neji.
"Naruto. For as long as I've known you, you've never one cried. What's going on?" Neji asked. Naruto sighed, wiping the tear away.
"Sorry. Sometimes, you just got to let it out. Helps the pain from being built to a point of no return" Naruto said. Neji sighed.
"Well it it helps, I'm glad Lee is on my team. He saved me and Tenten from those horrid jumpsuits, even though he ditched them now" Neji said. He blushed. Naruto noticed that. But he didn't pry.
"Oh really. Well, tell me, why you said that" Naruto said. Neji chuckled.
"The jumpsuits, don't blame me for saying this. But hey, if I saw myself in clothes like those, I'd have to kick my own ass" Neji said. It did help. Lee then came back, with all the items.
A few weeks later, Naruto knew he was able to move again. He had Kakashi help him. He was on the final step. He held a balloon in both hands, channeled chakra into it, then let go with one, held it in his right hand. He held it there for 5 minutes.
"It didn't burst. Very good. Now, try to create it, without any help" Kakashi said. Naruto nodded. He began to form a much bigger version of the Rasengan, and it didn't injure him. He did dispel it quickly though. Naruto collapsed.
"Chakra exhaustion. Well, you're at least done some serious improving. I'd say that move could be the deciding factor of any fight" Kakashi said, obviously impressed.. he did one thing that nobody expected him to do. He took off his mask. Naruto was shocked.
It was the best damn face he'd ever seen. And Kakashi, sensing this, sighed.
"I take my fucken mask off for one second and I get a fucken blank stare" He said. Naruto snapped out of it.
"Sorry. Damn. I so want to trade faces" Naruto said. Kakashi chuckled.
"I get that a lot. But now you've completed your upgraded Rasengan, I think it's time we get started on other things. You said you wanted to take the Jounin exams soon. Well if that's the case, don't be surprised if I push you harder then you could imagine, on top of Minato-sensei teaching you Hiriashnin" Kakashi said. Naruto sighed.
"I'm not learning it yet. Dad and I agreed that I should sharpen my overall skills first" Naruto said. Kakashi sighed.
"Well, I guess you do deserve a break first. But today, I want you to have this" Kakashi said, pulling out a piece of paper.
"This is a special paper, that reacts to Chakra affinities. Water, fire, earth, lightning, wind, light, dark, ect" Kakashi said. He actually had 2, and he gave 1 to Naruto.
"Only a little is needed. If it splits, it's wind. Goes black, dark. Glows white, light. Bursts into flames, fire. Becomes dust, earth. Becomes wet, water. Crumples, lightning" Kakashi said, showing that his paper crumpled. Naruto did the same. It split, the burst into flames.
"Fire and wind. Impressive" Kakashi said. Naruto the collapsed, basically passing out. Kakashi sighed. He planed to do the best he could. He failed 1, and didn't plan to fail again.