Naruto looked around and saw that he was surrounded by ice mirrors and the enemy was attacking with Senbons by moving between mirrors with insane speed. Naruto could follow him. Kakashi was with Zabuza so all Naruto had to do was defeat this one enemy.
"If it's frozen water then I will deal with this," said Sasuke as he went through a few hand signs and used the Fire Ball Jutsu. When the Fire Ball hit, Sasuke noticed that his fire was still too weak against his ice. Water dripped down from the mirrors but it still didn't do enough damage.
Haku kept attacking with Senbons but even this was too much for Naruto. He had to protect Sasuke and himself. For some reason Naruto felt that he couldn't move freely. His body way being held back by something but he didn't know what.
Attacks coming from every direction and it was hard to protect both himself and Sasuke. Naruto created a few Shadow Clones to protect Sasuke and distract Haku. He had to come up with a plan to counter him while he also tried to figure out what was holding his body back.
Haku destroyed all the Clones, as well as the one that was protecting Sasuke. The area was covered in the mist because of Zabuza, and Naruto cursed as this was inconvenient for him. He tried destroying the mirrors with his fist encased in rock but after destroying it, it regenerated again. Naruto created more Clones attacking Haku and Sasuke had started to also attack him with his Fire Ball Jutsu. Haku was starting to get overwhelmed with the two of them and Naruto stayed in one place trying to find Haku's weakness.
While Haku was busy attacking Naruto's clones, Sasuke had gotten his leg with the Fire Ball Jutsu.
Naruto thought he could try something. He dispelled all his Clone and started rushing Haku. Following him mirror to mirror. Naruto could follow him. Sasuke was looking at how fast Naruto was moving. Sasuke was shocked because even he himself couldn't move at that speed. Naruto was even more shocked because he knew he could move fast than this yet he couldn't. 'My body feels heavier and it's getting heavier every time. Just what is happening to my body,' thought Naruto.
Naruto kept following, waiting for him to run out of stamina or chakra. But then the unexpected happened. Haku decided to attack, ignoring Naruto he went for Sasuke throwing countless Senbon at him. Naruto completely forgot about him. Using as much chakra as he could, he ran to Sasuke to protect him. But he was too slow. He should've been faster but he still wondered why couldn't he move. He finally realized why he probably couldn't move. He unconsciously imagined himself wearing the weights that he used to train himself with and that slowed him down. Two weeks of torturous training, even though it granted him speed, he still hadn't gotten used to it as much as he liked to. His body was still remembering that strain and because of that, he was slower.
Due to the stress of not wanting to be useless and wanting to save Sasuke, his body remembered the strain and wouldn't go any faster. It was strange. 'The aftereffect of using way more weights than the body could handle and abusing Kurama's healing,' thought Naruto as he cursed himself. He looked at Sasuke getting stabbed with countless Senbon as Sasuke fell down on the ground. He saw Sasuke get killed, right before his eyes. He cursed his body and himself. He looked at Sasuke'sseemingly lifeless body as Naruto was overflowing with rage.
Naruto was covered with smoke and was boiling with rage. "You will pay... with your life," said Naruto. Red demonic chakra was circling around him as it cracked the ground. The color of his eyes changed to that of Kurama's. The iris changed to red and the pupils slit. His nails and canine teeth grew longer and sharper. His hair also grew longer and spikier, and the whisker-like marks on his cheeks widened and thickened.
"Good, Naruto. Give in to hatred. I will kill him for you. I will take revenge for you," said Kurama laughing at him.
Naruto was enraged. He looked at Sasuke's body one more time and his rage increased even more. He looked at Kurama trying to influence him to give him his body. That was when Naruto came back to his senses. He was a Shinobi, he shouldn't give in to hatred so easily. He will kill his enemy, not because he killed Sasuke, but because he is a threat to Konoha and his mission. He regained control over his body and as soon as he came to, he saw Senbon flying towards him. But before they could hit him, something strange happened. The Senbon stopped as though they had hit an invisible wall right before they came near Naruto, and then fell to the ground. Naruto didn't know what that was but paid it no mind. Naruto punched every single mirror down to the last one. His speed was way more impressive than before and before the ice could regenerate, Naruto destroyed another mirror. When it came down to the last one, Haku couldn't escape. Naruto focused Kurama's chakra into his fist and with all his strength punched him in his guts. Naruto's punch went through him and as he pulled his hand out, Naruto could see the other side through Haku's wound.
Haku dropped down lifeless. Naruto's red chakra went away and he finally calmed down. Naruto looked down on Haku's lifeless body as he noticed the mist clear away. He looked to his right, happy to see his Sensei had also finished the job. He sat down in relief that it was finally over. 'Stupid, I will never fall in hatred. And I swear, I will never be so down like I was just now,' said Naruto as he saw Kurama hide in the shadows of his cage.
Naruto looked at Sasuke still upset that he just lost a comrade. He hated this, every time some inconvenience showed up and Naruto couldn't do anything. He couldn't use his powers as much as he wanted to. He was always held back by something. He noticed that he was fully healed and that his body wasn't suffering anymore and he could use it at its full capabilities. 'What's the point. It's too late, the enemy is dead and Sasuke is too. Weak. Weakweakweakweakweak I'm too weak.' thought Naruto. He was beginning to hate himself. He clenched his fist as he was punching the ground again and again. His fist was immediately healed after punching the ground but Naruto just kept hitting as he couldn't stop.
He had finally noticed someone coming. Gato and his men... Kakashi was getting ready to fight them alone but Naruto stopped him. "Leave this to me," yelled Naruto. Kakashi looked at Naruto and saw the determination. He stood ready to jump in, at any moment. "You better run if you don't want to die," yelled Naruto again as he pulled two Kunai in each of his hands.
The men laughed at the kid. "What's a kid like you going to do?" asked one of them.
Naruto finally wanted to contribute to his mission and since he wasn't getting held back by anything right now, he was going to kill every one of them. "I'm going to slash your throats, each and every one of you is dead now," declared Naruto as he rushed at them.
He went through them with his Kunai slashing their throats open. No mercy. He didn't care anymore. He was too far gone after killing Haku and as a Shinobi, he will kill anyone who interferes with his mission. They couldn't react to him. He was too fast for them to even see him. All they saw before their life ended was a dark red flash. After mere seconds, Naruto slashed everyone. Everyone was on the ground soaked in their own blood. The whole ground was painted red and Naruto was stained by their filthy blood.
Show no regret. Naruto went back to the team as if he hadn't just mercilessly killed Gato and his men. Physically, his body was in top shape but mentally he was about to fall unconscious but he just acted as if everything was fine. He saw Sakura laying on Sasuke's body, crying. "With this, the mission is about over," said Naruto quietly as he stood next to Kakashi.
"Yea," said Kakashi silent. He was worried about Naruto. The first kill wasn't easy, and it didn't make it any easier after you kill multiple people. 'Naruto...' thought Kakashi.
"It'd be better if we don't tell Sakura that I just killed them..." said Naruto silently as he looked on the ground.
Kakashi put his hand on Naruto's shoulder and nodded.
Suddenly Naruto felt someone move behind him. He quickly looked behind him and saw his comrade stand up. "Sasuke?!" yelled Naruto with a surprised voice but still happy. Although they hadn't been close, they still were friends and Naruto was happy he didn't die because he was weak. He was so happy that he could cry buckets. But he couldn't.
Naruto then saw all the villagers that had come to help them and saw little Inari with a crossbow. Naruto smiled. Although he had just killed so many people he could still smile. He protected these people and didn't let anyone die from his side. 'I will continue like this and won't let anyone ever go against the Leaf. I will train to become stronger, strong enough to protect my village and my comrades from any threats,' thought Naruto as he chuckled and clenched his fist. He held the fist high telling Inari that he won while smiling. Inari also smiled at his idol.
The mission was almost done. Team 7 just had to wait until Tazuna finished the bridge. Naruto had created 50 Shadow Clone to solely focus on the Hiraishin but hadn't done any Taijutsu training. He wanted to be ready if anything were to happen.
A week passes and the Tazuna finished building the bridge with the help of the other villager. Naruto could almost flawlessly use the Hiraishin but it still had a 2-second delay which he didn't like. It still made traveling easier though. All the villagers had gathered to say goodbye to Team 7. "Goodbye, everyone," said Naruto as he waved them goodbye.
Inari looked at him holding his tears back. "You can cry you know," said Naruto while laughing.
"I'm not going to cry. You can cry too, Naruto," said Inari still holding his tears back.
Naruto looked at him and smiled. 'I would if I could...' thought Naruto as he kept his smile up. With a wave of his hand, Naruto used the Hirashin to teleport Team 7 to Leaf.
"T-they are gone," they said all in unison.
"O-oh, yea. We should think of a name for the bridge," said one of the villagers.
"Yea... The Great Naruto Bridge. That sounds good, doesn't it?" replied Tazuna.
"Yea" yelled everyone in unison.
Team 7 teleported to Naruto's room.
'Wow,' thought all three.
"Impressive, Naruto. You have improved a lot in your Jutsu,' praised Kakashi.
Naruto looked up to see him and smiled proudly. He only needed a few more weeks and he would be flawless at using it.
'How is he so strong?! How can he just teleport us instantly when it would've taken hours and hours of running,' thought Sasuke. He had one goal in his mind and he would do anything to fulfill that goal. But first, he had to overcome a wall if he wanted to achieve that goal. And that wall was Naruto.
"Anyways you guys should go and rest while I go report to Hokage-sama. Especially you, Naruto..." said Kakashi getting an "ok" from all the students as they head out.
Naruto stayed in his room and laid on his bed. He was thinking about all those people he had killed. For the past seven days, he could barely sleep. The moment he fell asleep, the people he killed came and haunted him. He would wake up swimming in sweat. He had to find a way to deal with it. 'I will kill anyone and everyone who stands in my village's way. I am a Shinobi, a tool to be used by the Leaf and I will become the most fearsome and strongest Shinobi there is,' thought Naruto. This had somewhat helped him as he just thought he did for his village. 'I did it for the village, I did it for the village, I did it for the village' that's all Naruto thought.
Two months pass as Naruto trained as much as he could. They went on a few C-rank missions and they were really easy as they only had to fight bandits. He had become closer friends with Sasuke as he realized that he really related to him. Both without parents and both looked down on. Sasuke, as the last surviving Uchiha and Naruto as the Kyuubi. They did some casual conversations and sometimes even trained together. That was when Sasuke realized he had to train even harder because Naruto was on another level.
During the two months, Naruto had mostly focused on the Hiraishin and increasing his own speed and strength. After the first month, Naruto learned how to flawlessly use the Hiraishin but he wanted to go further. He wanted to use his Red Lightning Mode to increase his speed even more. He improved the Lighting Mode also but it was still nothing compared to what the Raikage used.
While training with the Lightning Mode and with the Hiraishin Naruto had come up with a great idea. Infusing the Technique Formula with lightning chakra and when he teleported to that mark then the enemy would get hit by lightning chakra. This would help Naruto react even faster and do more damage. On his free days, he did extreme Taijutsu training while increasing the weights to insane amounts. Naruto had focused on his training so much that he had forgotten about his rival, Konohamaru.
He was walking in the village with Team 7 after finishing another mission. Sasuke had walked off and Kakashi was gone to report to the Hokage. Naruto was about to go away when he sensed Konohamaru behind him. "Oh, Konohamaru," said Naruto excitedly. Naruto looked down to see a square rock confused.
Konohamaru lifts the cardboard which was made to look like a rock, up and says, "As expected from my rival,". Behind him were a body and a girl the same age as him. Konohamaru wore grey shorts and a yellow shirt with a red Konoha symbol printed on it.
Udon which was on Konohamaru's right side had short brown hair and dark eyes. Naruto noticed that the drip of snot always hung from his nose but Udon never bothered wiping. He also wore circular glasses. He wore a simple blue shirt which zipped up the middle, a pair of brown pants, sandals.
On Konohamaru's left side was Moegi. She had her orange hair tied up, with red elastics, into two very large pigtails. She also had a perpetual blush. She wore a red tank-top over a pink t-shirt layered at the bottom; her pants were grey and she wore the traditional ninja sandals.
Naruto had met them a few times before and had played ninja with them sometimes. Although he really didn't like the game he saw that they liked it so he went on with it. "Hey, you guys," said Naruto.
"You really are the best, leader. You noticed us so quickly," said Konohamaru while the other two nodded.
Naruto smiled a little. He didn't mind getting called leader. "Thank you," he replied.
Konohamaru was about to say something but then noticed a girl behind him. "Nene, leader. Is she your..." said Konohamaru while smirking.
Naruto looked behind him and noticed what he meant. "Sakura? Not really, she is just my f- well teammate I guess," replied Naruto again.
Konohamaru looked at him and then looked at her and said, "Well, she does have an abnormally huge forehead, I can see why you wouldn't date her," he laughed a little when he said that.
"Uhm, you should run," said Naruto as he laughed a little.
Konohamaru looked at him confused as to what he meant but then he looked behind and saw the furious pink-haired girl about to punch the hell out of him. He ran away, as fast as he could. Running for his life. As he looked behind to see if she was catching up, he bumped into someone.
The next update is in seven days. I'll try not to delay but I have exams to learn for so I'm busy. But I'll try to update at least every week. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please leave a review on what your thoughts are about this one.
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