A/N: hello everyone, and yet, on the next day, I got ANOTHER chapter for you! Am I good or what? More reviews mean more frequent chapters people so come on! Review already! Hahaha, anyways, I feel I'm doing pretty good with this story, let me know if you feel differently.
Also, I wanna bring something up really quick. Was anyone else upset when the second kombat pack for MKX came out, and it had fucking LEATHERFACE on it? I mean, seriously dude? That douchebag who doesn't even fit the MK universe AT ALL? You could have picked fucking SPAWN! He was ACTUALLY requested, by like a SHIT ton of people! And you put leatherface on there?! NOT cool man, NOT cool.
And now there's a rumor that theres a very strong chance that Spawn will be on this new Injustice 2 game. Which is cool I guess, but he would have been ABSOLUTELY PERFECT in MKX. Unless they put him in a kombat pack three, which is a damn near impossibility, I will never be satisfied with MKX. Don't get me wrong, it's a BADASS game, but when I hear that Spawn is going to be in it and they switch his ass with a worthless fucktard like Leatherface…just, no, man. Not cool.
Anyways! If you feel the same or have a different viewpoint on it, lemme know! I'm always open to different viewpoints. You cant learn if you're close-minded.
Hope you enjoy this next chapter!
A Broken Man
Chapter 8
Revelations
"Rise, Ermac," Mileena told him.
Ermac rose to his feet and before he could say anything, Mileena said to him, "Ermac, before anything else is said or done, know this: I fully intend to make Naruto my mate, thus, he will also rule Outworld by my side."
Kakashi, Sasuke, Kiba, Akamaru, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, and even the Earthrealm team were shocked to hear this. Naruto had his suspicions, but this just confirmed it. However, he did not let his emotions show. He wasn't really what to expect from the now unofficially restored Kahnum.
"WHAT?!" Ino yelled out. She, on the other hand, had no problem at all saying what she was feeling out loud. Or so loud that she could wake the dead.
"What do you mean, he's going to help rule Outworld, or whatever the hell this place is?! He belongs in Konoha! Do you really expect him to just up and leave his home?!"
"I have my ways to convince him," Mileena said to Ino, slowly gliding a hand across Narutos chest.
"Get your hands off of him!" Hinata said sternly, her grip on her husbands arm tightening.
"Why should I?" Mileena said to her, glaring at her. "It looks like you have already been claimed by the man working with the white wolf. Who are to tell me to back off?"
"I…" Hinata stammered out. Then she looked back up and argued out to Mileena, "He can do better than you!"
"With who, I wonder?" Mileena said. "With you, perhaps?"
Hinata had the common decency to blush a little. She may have gotten over her obsessive feelings for Naruto, but that didn't mean that she still didn't care for him deeply.
"It looks as if you wish you were with him," Mileena said, smirking behind her mask. "I am pleased to inform you that Naruto and I have already laid together, just in case you didn't know."
Everyone except for Ermac was shocked to hear this. Hinata and Ino, especially. Even though Ino was now married to Sai and Hinata to Kiba, they still had their blonde friend's interests at heart. They felt that their friend was losing his way. Especially Ino, since she had read his mind and saw everything. At least from a third person view anyway.
"How could you do that Naruto?!" Ino yelled at Naruto. "I tried to help you out that one day during our session, to get you to show SOME sort of emotion or reaction, or anything, really! And you just act like I wasn't even there! What the fuck Naruto!"
"Naruto?" Hinata asked softly. "Did you really…did you really sleep with Mileena?"
"Why?" Naruto asked suddenly.
"Huh?" Ino said smartly.
"What do you mean Naruto?" Hinata sked him.
"Why do you care so much now?" Naruto asked them. He then turned and began to walk away from the group.
"We have always cared Naruto!" Ino yelled out to him as he continued to walk away.
Naruto whipped around, furious.
"BULLSHIT!" he yelled out to her. He then walked to her and pointed at her directly in the face.
"You wanna talk about that fucking day you tried to so called "help" me, Ino? Let's go over the facts shall we?!"
He held up one finger and said to her, "One! You SAW my memories! And every single one of them, you had an opportunity to play a part in at least stepping in to ease the pain, or stop whatever was happening completely! Two! Not only did you IGNORE me EVERY SINGLE TIME, JUST like Sakura did, you also HURT ME! Do you know how many times you or Sakura had knocked me from the door to the classroom just to get to your precious Sasuke first?!"
Ino looked taken aback by his sudden outburst. She could only dumbly shake her head. The Earthrealm team, Ermac, and Mileena could only watch as the events unfolded right in front of them.
"How many days did we attend the Academy, Ino?" Naruto asked her.
"I…I don't know. We went for about six years, Naruto. What does that have to do with-"
"Imagine EVERY DAY, you would get SLAMMED against the wall by you and you fucking friend or rival or what the fuck ever, Ino!" Naruto yelled at her again. "Once or twice, no big deal, but over SIX HUNDRED FUCKING TIMES! And you know what?! How many times do you think I came to class fresh out of the hospital, just barely done recovering from the assaults from the villagers?! How many times did I still have a broken bone or two, or was still extremely fucking sore from the pain?! Or still hungry as hell because I had no food in my entire fucking house?! Or was VERY fucking pissed off because of the fucking village?! Do you have ANY idea what its like to be shunned, ignored, beaten, or all three, by the very people you're sworn to protect?!"
Ino could only shake her head.
"And THAT, Ino, was just the times you and or Sakura knocked me into the wall at the Academy! There have been several times in which you or Sakura hit me for stupid shit, REALLY FUCKING HARD! Sent me to the hospital! You also put me down, you bullied me, you made fun of me, you and just about everyone else would ALWAYS take an opportunity to put me down, either physically, emotionally, mentally, or even all fucking three! So I ask you now, Ino, what the FUCK is wrong with ME?! YOU! AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT DAMNED, WORTHLESS VILLAGE!"
"And YOU, Hinata! you are NO better!" Naruto lashed out at her.
Hinata was shocked. She had never done anything to him!
"What, you think you never did anything Hinata?!" Naruto yelled at her.
"B..but I didn-"
"BULLSHIT!" Naruto yelled again. "You really think I didn't know you were stalking me that whole time! I always felt some presence near me just about everywhere I went, but when I finally found out it was you, I paid more attention! And guess what? You were there SEVERAL times I was beat to hell by the villagers! Or by our own classmates! You saw, and you did absolutely NOTHING! You didn't shout for help, you didn't shout at them to stop, NOTHING! Which, Hinata, makes you JUST as fucking guilty!"
Hinata then had tears streaming down her face.
"Hey Naruto, that's my wife you're talking to!" Kiba said angrily to his friend.
"I-DON'T-GIVE-A-DAMN!" Naruto yelled out Kiba. He then pointed a finger at him and said to him, "You were there also a few times when I was beat down to the fucking ground! I even remember you HELPING them! it was only once or twice, but you still played a fucking part! Shikamaru, you just stood by and fucking watched! Sasuke! You had to go all fucking emo and betray the fucking village and practically FORCE me to promise Sakura that I would bring you back. You stabbed me in the chest, almost killed me SEVERAL times! And finally, YOU, Kakashi!"
Kakashi could only close his eyes and slowly lower his head, he knew full well what he was guilty of.
"You KNEW who my parents were, the ONE thing I wanted to know more than ANTHING else!" Naruto yelled at him. "you knew how much it literally eating away at my very fucking soul, how much it meant to me, and yet you just sat there and WATCHED me FUCKING SUFFER! And THEN, on top of EVERYTHING else, when it came down to our training right before the chunin exams, you fucking DITCHED me, for that asshole right there! The ONLY reason I won against Neji is because I absolutely REFUSED to lose! I was SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYONE BEATING DOWN ON ME EVERY FUCKING CHANCE THEY GOT! NOW, YOU ALL TELL ME THIS….WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I NOT LEAVE THE DAMN VILLAGE?!"
Naruto flipped them all off and walked in the other direction, away from everyone and more towards the forest while yelling out to the air, "I've ALWAYS been alone! Me! Just me, all the fucking time! No wonder why I went fucking crazy! Fuck everyone, fuck all of you! I know the MOMENT I choose to trust someone from that damn place, I'll be hurt again! That's why I cut my emotions off for good! No emotion, no pain!"
That was when he disappeared into the thick forest.
The Earthrealm team, Ermac, Mileena, Kakashi, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, and Ino were all shocked about his display.
"Is this true?" Mileena asked coldly.
Ermac subtly read their minds and looked at Mileena and told her, "Mileena Kahnum, it is true. What Naruto just said is indeed true."
Mileena looked back at the Konoha group and said to them, "Well I can honestly say that you all are absolute monsters."
"Hey!" Ino yelled out to her. "I am NOT a monster!"
"Who are you to say?!" Mileena retorted. "You heard everything he just said! Ermac confirmed it, and you admitted to it! YOU all caused his pain! How are you NOT monsters! I have NEVER betrayed any of my own!"
She pulled down her mask and showed them her beautiful, full lips, just begging for a kiss, and her tarkatan teeth on either side (MKX Look, just in case you didn't know).
Everyone but Sasuke and Kakashi was shocked as Mileena said to them, "I may not be completely human, but I am no monster!"
Mileena put her mask back on and said, "Ermac, follow me. We need to find Naruto and make sure he's ok."
"We're coming with you," Cassie said, finally able to find her voice. She couldn't believe these people from Konoha did that to Naruto. "We wanna help you out, Empress."
"Hold up," Takeda said to Cassie. Should looked at him a little confused as he walked up to Kakashi and told him, "I am Takeda Takahashi. I am a member of the Shirai Ryu ninja clan, and my master is Hanzo Hazashi, also known as Scorpion. He is not the most pleasant of people I've met, but his sense of honor and loyalty are second to none. That, is what you guys need."
"Hey kid," Kiba was about to say, but Takeda interrupted him saying,
"I know what you're gonna say," he told him, "That you are loyal to your village and leader and what not. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about to each other, to your friends, to your teammates. One is there for everyone, and everyone is there for the one."
"But we ARE there for our friends and our teammates!" Ino exclaimed.
Takeda simply walked up to her face and stared her straight in the eyes as he pointed a finger out into the forest and told her, "You forgot one."
He turned and walked with the rest of his team into the thick of the forest, joining in the search for the black-clad Sage.
…..
Naruto was high up in a tree, sitting on a particularly thick branch, leaning his back up against the trunk and staring off into space. He had had enough of his so called 'friends' say that they were innocent when they knew full well what the hell they partook in.
He sensed Mileena and Ermac not too far away. He looked down to his right and sure enough, there stood Mileena, looking around for him. Apparently, Ermac either saw him or sensed him, because he saw Ermac pointing at him, making Mileena look up at him as well. Seeing he was spotted, he decided to jump down and join them on the ground.
He swung his legs over the branch he was on and scooted himself off of the tree limb and began his descent to the ground. Once he landed, he looked over at the two Outworlders and stood up straight.
"What?" he asked simply.
"I want to help you, Naruto," Mileena told him.
"You wish to strengthen Outworld, we will aid you in your conquest," Ermac told Naruto.
"Did the others follow you?" Naruto asked them.
Cassie, Jacqui, Jin, and Takeda came up behind Ermac and Cassie said, "Just us. Screw those other guys, especially after what we just heard."
"Hey, Naruto, for what its worth, I'm sorry you went through all of that," Takeda said to Naruto.
"That wasn't even a quarter of everything I had to deal with," Naruto said but waved it off. "It doesn't matter. Whats done is done. The mission continues, Mileena. Objectives are to get you back on your throne and you guys back to your home."
"And what about you man?" Jin said, sounding sincere for once.
Naruto just shook his head. "I really don't care."
…..
"Cassie said that Kotal Kahn has the Amulet," Sonya told her superior.
"How is this possible?" the person said to Sonya Blade. "She was supposed to retrieve it from Mileena."
"And she did," Sonya told him. "But she was double crossed by Kotal Kahn. He had them locked up, but then got free. Also, she said that someone apparently rescued Mileena, but from what I understand, poses no threat against them. As far as I know, Mileena is still alive, Kotal Kahn has the amulet, and Cassie and her team are still in Outworld continuing their mission."
"You didn't bring them back for more supplies or maybe reinforcements?" the person asked Sonya.
A little flustered, she said, "Well, no. I was upset at her for failing the most crucial part in the miss-"
"It does not matter Sonya Blade!" The man said angrily. "You know full well that one cannot complete their mission successfully if unprepared! Cassie did her best, as well as her team, and were tricked by a very clever man. It is not her fault. I am going to Outworld and retrieving them."
He began to walk away from the encampment he had met Sonya in as she said to him, "Wait a minute, your powers are severely weak in Outworld! What are you doing?!"
Raiden turned to her and said, "Recovering your daughter, like you should have already done."
He held up his hand and disappeared in a flash of lightning.
…
"We need to go back to Konoha," Ino said to everyone. "We need to resupply, regroup, and redeploy. We cant leave Naruto out here."
"Yeah," Kiba agreed. "Honestly I feel terrible, I never thought of everything in the past. Apparently it did more than we thought it would. We abandoned him before, I wont let it happen again."
"I agree," Kakashi said, nodding his head. He turned to Sasuke and said to him, "Can you create a portal for us Sasuke? We need more help if we're gonna do this."
"We cant leave Naruto here," Sasuke said simply.
"We're not," Kakashi told him. "We are going back to get more supplies and more reinforcements. I am not leaving him behind, you have my word on that."
Sasuke nodded his head and turned his back to the group. His chakra flared as his left eye opened wide, opening a portal looking like a purple and black abyss, saying, "Let's go."
One by one, they all jumped through the portal back to Konoha. Sasuke was the last one to leave, the portal closing behind him as he went through.
On the other side of the portal, the Konoha team came out through the portal created by Sasuke and into the Hokage tower. Tsunade stood up quickly as she looked at them and said in a worried tone, "Did you find him?!"
Kakashi stepped forward and said to the Sannin, "Yes, Tsunade. We found him, but he's still in a place called Outworld. Apparently he is on a self imposed mission to restore a woman named Mileena to her throne and to get another small group of people back to their corresponding home world."
"What world are they from?" Tsunade asked Kakashi.
"The team I'm talking about is from a place called Earthrealm," he told her.
"Ah, Earthrealm!" Tsunade exclaimed.
"You know of this place?" Sasuke asked Tsunade.
"Of course I do!" Tsunade said with a smiling face. "Do you have any idea how HUGE their casinos are?! Oohhhhh, man! Unfortunately I always lost. As usual."
"Then maybe you should come with us," Kiba said aloud. "We are here to get some more supplies and reinforcements and then we're out at Outworld again."
"Wait, how did you even know about Earthrealm to begin with?" Ino asked her.
"Ino dear, when you have traveled as much as I have, drank as much as I have, run away for as long as I have, you tend to find new places. I met someone named Sonya Blade. She was on a drinking binge, much like I was one day out in Tanzuki town ( I think that's the place it was called…you know the place where Naruto and Jiraiya found Tsunade? If that's not correct please let me know). She was there with her partner, Jax. They both were drinking heavily and laughing, talking about old times and apparently having a shot challenge. I challenged them to a drinking contest and, naturally, I won. Those lightweights couldn't handle their liquor against me, hahaha. Anyways, they took me back to Earthrealm through one of their portals."
"Why were they here at all?" Shikamaru asked her.
"They were celebrating a hard fought war against something named 'Netherrealm', another world of demons or something like that," Tsunade explained to the shadow wielder.
"So, you went back to this Earthrealm and then what?" Kiba asked.
"Just drank and drank and drank some more, then drank some more after that," she said. She sighed and then said, "That was fun. Sonya was a cool woman. And Jax was pretty cool, but pretty cheesy now that I think about it."
"Either way," Kakashi said to her, "We could really use your help. Please come with us, and anyone else you feel would be useful in our conquest to help Naruto in his own mission as well as getting him back home."
Tsunade nodded and snapped her fingers. Four ANBU appeared in front of her and she said to them, "Get me Shino Aburame, Sakura Haruno, Hanabi Hyuuga, and Choji Akamichi immediately, as well as the two elders."
"Hai!" the four ANBU said simultaneously before they disappeared.
About ten minutes later, everyone who was summoned appeared in front of the Fifth Hokage.
"Elders," Tsunade began, "You two will be running the village for an indefinite period of time while Kakashi and his current team, myself and my team of Hanabi, Shino, Choji, and Sakura go out search for Naruto. The Anbu Commander will run the Shinobi side while you two handle the civilian side of the village. This is to remain so until we return. Are there any questions?"
No one answered, so Tsunade nodded and said to Sasuke, "Sasuke Uchiha, can you create a portal that leads us directly to Naruto?"
Sasuke nodded his head and said to her, "I can create one that is within fifty yards of his location."
"Is that the closest you can get us?" Tsunade asked him.
"Yes Lady Tsunade." Sasuke replied.
"That will have to do then," Tsunade said. She looked went to a wide chest on one side of the room and opened it. It contained at least fifty scrolls, each one looking the same as the last. She then turned to look at everyone and said to them, "Each of you grab two scrolls each. These are storage scrolls, each one containing three month's worth of food and supplies for an emergency mission. Take these and be ready to go."
One by one, each of the shinobi about to depart on the mission grabbed two scrolls. Tsunade, being the last one to grab her two scrolls, stuffed them inside of her green jacket and closed the chest and locked it. She then stood up and faced Sasuke and said, "Sasuke Uchiha, create the portal!"
"Hai!"
Sasuke turned towards one of the walls and once again his chakra flared as he created the portal, leading as close to Narutos position as he could possibly get.
"Its ready," he said to everyone.
"Move out!" Tsunade ordered.
One by one, Kakashi, Kiba, Akamaru, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, Sakura, Hinata, Hanabi, Ino, and Tsunade herself went through the portal. Sasuke entered last, the portal once again closing behind him.
A/N: here you go guys! How was this chapter? I know last time was a bit of a wait, so I wanted to make it up to you guys with another chapter the next day, I had MUCH more time to actually write it this time so I took advantage of it. So what do you all think of the story so far? I hope I'm going into detail enough. I honestly don't know why there are many more MK/Naruto crossovers out there, there is sooooooo much material to work with. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter! As always, lemme know whats up! Until next time, Roku out.