Bonus Chapter 10: Wolf's Revenge

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Minato didn't know why he walked down to that cell block when he knew he should be looking into the whereabouts of the missing Orochimaru, but for some reason he couldn't help himself. That dimly lit cell somehow called him to go down and check up on its prisoner, the one last sin that he had in this world. The red wolf eyes that stared out at him when he looked into the cell and he was hit with a touch of guilt knowing that he had created this thing that stood before him. He isn't a thing, thought Minato as he looked at the sleeping prisoner through the bars of the jail cell with a hint of shame. He is Shenlong, of Sunakagure and he is the most unfortunate person to have ever served time in a jail cell. It's not his fault that all of that was done to him, it was the fault of Orochimaru, the fault of the scientist who performed this on him, the fault of Doctor Victoria who's notes were used in the experiment, and my fault for believing Orochimaru when he told me that he was retrieving Shenlong for the information. Why did I ever believe that snake bastard when he lied to me, when he told me that it was only for the sake of the child? I've asked myself that for so long, but I still don't have an answer that will ease my conscience. I personally delivered Shenlong to Orochimaru for the fake orphanage he set up and he is my responsibility. I can't undo the damage that has been done to him, but I can try and make amends to the damage by helping to make his life better.

He could tell that Shenlong noticed him by the way his fingers around the middle finger were bent so that he was flicking the Hokage off and he didn't feel offended completely, he deserved such a thing. There was a breeze of autumn that blew into the cell leaving behind a chill of the oncoming winter that he hoped to spend with his wife and the son that would arrive soon, any day now. By that time he hoped Shenlong was out and he could begin to try and make amends with the jonin, maybe even send him back to Suna, the native village of his parents and as far as anyone knew his birthplace. A lot of things about Shenlong were unknown to everyone, including Shenlong himself, but the Yondaime hoped to change that.

"Is there a reason why you are there staring at me," asked Shenlong as he looked over his shoulder with eyes that seemed calm, but under them was a thick layer of hate that one could cut with a kunai. "I didn't know you went both ways or are you really gay and using your wife to cover it up?"

"Neither I was only coming down here to see how you were doing," said Minato as he pulled a seat and started looking at the ninja who was staring at him with a penetrating gaze. "I know that it is cruel for me to keep you here when it is not your fault for killing our jonin, it was a duty that you were forced to do, and I know that you are far from the monster that Danzo portrays you to be."

"You know it is unwise to sit so close to this cell because I could easily perform a jutsu right here and it may be the end of you," said Shenlong as he sat up crossed legs and started to do his most common habit of carving a piece of wood with his claws. "What is it that you hope to do when you come here? Is it to try and inspire some mercy from me or is it to make sure that I'm not out of my cell and going after that pretty wife of yours?"

"How do you know about my wife, may I ask?"

"Do you think I went deaf while I was in here," asked Shenlong with a slight chuckle as he gaze at the Hokage with his eyes, those eyes that could terrify most of the people who saw it, and then just went right back to carving the wood. "Everyone talks about her and the child that she is no doubt expecting any time soon, hell she could be in labor right now and your having a conversation with someone who wants to rip your guts out. You better be careful, someone might think the office has been too much of a strain on your mental strength."

"I'm terribly sorry for killing Hoshi, I didn't mean to kill her, it just happened," replied Minato as he looked away a bit before returning to the wolf ninja after realizing what he meant. "This is our fight, killing my wife is not the answer if you wish to get even."

"How would you feel if I were to kill her now right in front of your eyes," asked Shenlong in a calm collected voice while not even bothering to look at Minato. "What would it feel like to see the woman you love die right before your eyes?"

"It would be like being dead, but instead of passing on your kept on this earth," said Minato as he looked at Shenlong. "It would feel like I have lost the sun and the moon in my life and whatever stars I ever saw in the sky are covered by an oppressive rain that doesn't look like it will ever give out, ever."

"And now you know how I feel, you can go now," said Shenlong as he waved Minato away. "For us to be even I would have to kill her, but you don't have to worry as long as she is pregnant. You didn't kill my son."


Shenlong lay on the small soft futon that severed as his bed in the prison, the only comfort that he had with him in the dark cell besides a music box that had belonged to Hoshi. It was the only thing that he had to remind him of her. He was all alone in his cell, just himself and no one else, save for the assassin that was hiding in the darkness of the shadows of the prison waiting for him to fall asleep. Right now Shenlong was deciding if he would welcome death or if he should live on, finally deciding to live on because he would be able to get his revenge as long as he was alive. So he waited for the assassin to finally make his move and open the gate to his cell as silently as the grave, making his footsteps soft so as not to alert Shenlong. Shenlong had seen the assassin before, he was one of those ROOT members, the same one who punched him for his words to Danzo, and he was almost certain that the Hokage had nothing to do with this. He knows to deal with me himself, reasoned Shenlong as he got off the bed and heard the assassin taking a step forward to stab him. He caught the arm in his hand tossed the assassin into a wall before breaking his neck.

"You fight with great anger in you, Shenlong-san," said a voice from behind the blond with short spiky black hair and a spiral face. "I know that you wish to get revenge on the Hokage and I know the best way to do such a thing and all it would require is a drop of your blood."

"If it's blood that you want for such a task then I will willing give you it," said Shenlong as he took a knife and cut his hand with it, the warm red liquid flowing on the blade as he held it out for the stranger to take. "You wish to summon something with my blood and it's something that only responds to great hate, am I correct?"

"Yes, something very powerful which could mean the end of the Hokage and before that you can break and end his life before he can stop this," replied the stranger who turned and looked over his shoulder. "His wife is giving birth right about now."


"Congratulations, it's a boy," said the medic as he held up the son of the Yondaime up to the boy's father, who took him with a smile on his face of pride.

"Terrible news sir," said a messenger ninja as he appeared in the doorway. "There is an attack on the village! It's the Kyuubi sir!"

"Start evacuations for civilians right now," said the Yondaime as he dismissed the messenger and then had the medical crew dispatched to go and help any of those who were injured. "Why now?"

"It does seem that you are between a rock and a hard place," said a voice from the doorway where stood Shenlong grinning at him with his sword strapped to his back. "Now then I believe we have a bit of unfinished business."

"Shenlong, please I am the only person who can stop this," said Minato and then he remembered Shenlong's words to him in the cell and got in front of his wife. "Please, this is between me and you, not the people of this village. If you do this you are no different from the man who destroyed your home and made you an orphan."

"Your wife is unfortunately already dead," said Shenlong as he walked over to the dead woman on the bed. "You and I both know that even with your power you couldn't beat him even if it had a cold."

"This is the hardest thing a father ever had to do, but I can't give any other child the burden," said Minato as he held his son up in front of him. "I severely hope that my wish will be granted so that I do not place this burden on him. Who will be his godfather?"

"I won't be around this village after tonight for a while, but I will be his second godfather," said Shenlong as he silently raged at losing his revenge. "A word of advice, when you die you should stay dead because I will kill you if you ever return."

With those words, Shenlong stole out into the night leaving behind a broken family and a revenge that would never be.