DOWNFALL OF THE LIGHT
Chapter 2: Past of the Exiled
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I only own this story-line... I got nothing! (Curses and sulks sadly) I only made it because... make it simple, it was fun. Don't sue me! If you sue me there will be no story!
"...": Speech
'...': Thoughts
Scene Change are in bolded italic brackets if you people need to know.
AN: I thank you all so much for reading this, you have no idea how glad I really am to see so many people happy! I wish I could be happy though... being a soldier is never as easy as it seems. For those people who have reviewed, I have to thank you with the bottom of my heart. Your words really made my day, it helped me to continue writing. I'm so happy that so many people like this first fic of mine. I hope it's good enough since this is my first fic. Those who reviewed, you know who you are nd I will show my gratitude by giving you all this chapter. Enjoy!
"I will tell you, Hinata-chan," warned Naruto sternly. "What you are about to hear isn't something pretty." Hinata gave him the look, the 'talking me out of it is inevitable' look. Naruto knew that expression too well, Hinata always gave him that stare when she wanted something out of him. He sighed in defeat. Hinata just smiled at that sigh, she knew she won over him, just like old times. "Also, you are not allowed to tell anyone else about this unless I say so." Once again, the Hyuga girl nodded promptly and gave him a promising smile. Naruto had to face the facts, this girl never disappointed him in anything. "Okay, this all started shortly after the field trip we had with Iruka-sensei, around a week or two..."
(Flashback)
"Okay, I'll see you later Hinata-chan!" said Naruto at five years old waving goodbye to his only friend.
"I had a fun time, Naruto-kun..." responded a five-year-old Hinata blushing. Like mentioned before, it was like her trademark. "You still want to play with me... tomorrow?" she asked timidly not wanting a rejection.
"Sure I will, Hinata-chan!" answered Naruto energetically. "You are my best friend, why wouldn't I play with you?" He then gave Hinata a reassuring hug that made Hinata blush like a strawberry. It was something that kids would do and wouldn't feel embarrassed about it. She wanted that hug to last forever, she liked him a lot ever since they became friends. Obviously she never told him that. However, she made signs that sent the message. Sadly enough, he was too dense to understand it immediately. Soon, the boy broke the hug and took off leaving a shocked and blushing girl behind. When Hinata regained her senses, she skipped happily home. However, little did they know a band of villagers were watching their little act the entire time. Their eyes were filled with pure hatred and fear, who they were watching wasn't the little Hyuga heiress, it was the boy. Then it was decided, the 'act' would commence that night, it would be end of that feared demon.
(Naruto POV:)
That night, I was running back to my apartment with a delighted smile on my face, it was a true genuine smile unlike those fake smiles I always gave to people. I really had a true friend now. Hinata, she was like an angel sent from the heavens to save me. It was like God never forgotten me all this time, he answered my prayers that no one could ever gave me a better one. I felt like the happiest boy alive at that moment, no one could tear that friendship bond away. I valued this friendship, I wanted to show Hinata my appreciation, I knew a gift would be the perfect answer. At the back of my head, the perfect gift came up, it was a teddy bear. (AN: Lame? YEAH! But what could a five year old think of? It's not like he's getting married.) Luckily, it was on discount so I was able to get it for a cheap price. Unfortunately, that shop was across town so it took me a while to reach home. But soon, I found out my lateness tonight was my blessing for it was the night the villagers commenced their revolt. They had enough of me, they couldn't stand one second longer of my existence, they decided to get rid of me once and for all. I didn't even know what happened when I returned, all I saw was that my apartment was trashed beyond all repair. There were at least a hundred or more people standing outside the area waiting for someone. They were carrying scythes, rakes, pick axes and other weapons. I didn't know why they did it but I was emotionally crushed. If I was at home at that time, I knew I would've been killed.
"Hey, it's that cursed kid!" shouted a villager pointing at me with a spear. That caught the attention of the other allies who were with him.
"Shit, there he is! Kill that bastard!" yelled another with absolute rage.
"Take out his eyes!" screamed another energetically.
"Tear up his shins!"
"Bludgeon his face!" At that moment, I ran for my life. Even though I didn't know what bludgeon or tear meant, I clearly knew what the meaning of burn was. By the tone of their voices, I doubt they were too kind. I continued to run away as quick as my legs could move but the villagers were hot on my tail. Luckily, I had an incredible source of stamina so I kept on running. However, due to their sheer numbers, those bloody bastards eventually cornered me. First, they intimidated me and not long later it was physical torture. They kicked me right in the gut to make sure I would be in enough pain that I couldn't run away. Soon, they bashed my head with their fists, tossing me around like a rag doll trying to make me experience endless torment before my ticket to hell arrived. They wanted it to be slow so I would remember how pitiful I was to them. It was that moment a villager smashed his fist to my head sending me crashing to a wall causing dramatic impact to my wasted body. I laid there lifelessly, beaten to a bloody pulp. It wasn't like those scenes from anime where someone did something stupid or perverted and got caught by the targets. I was dying, I was really dying.
Blood seamed through the wound on my head down to my nose and continued to drip onto the ground, a mixture of fear, anger, resentment and other feelings dwelled inside me. I was very emotionally hurt. When the villagers had enough of their fun, they wished to end my life. My eyes widened in complete fear as I saw a figure holding a scythe over his head ready to strike. I closed my eyes believing that was the end of my life. I felt tears coming from my eyes, I couldn't believe this friendship between me and Hinata would end like this, it was too soon, there was so much I didn't want to let go yet. I shut my eyes, prepared for anything knowing it was useless to retaliate. I felt like crying, I was too powerless to help myself, too weak to accomplish what I wanted to do.
"STOP THIS NOW!" ordered someone from above harshly. Suddenly a man with a mask came down from above coming to my aid. That voice sounded so familiar... it sounded like it was the 3rd Hokage. I glanced at the masked man, he looked like an ANBU member. Before I could even express my gratitude, my body felt weak. Soon, I passed out due to exhaustion and severe injuries.
(Days later after that tragic incident)
I woke up either the next day or even several days later. As I opened my eyes, I could see the old man Hokage next to me. I realized I was in the hospital.
"Naruto, how are you feeling?" he asked kindly offering his hand. I jerked away immediately and glared at his hand. I couldn't trust him or anyone! How could I trust people after the incident that happened that night? Their evil expressions were still stuck in my mind as if it happened just now. I wanted it to disappear but it continued to haunt me, to torment me. I thrashed violently like a crazed maniac not knowing why or had the willpower to control my actions and emotions. If the 3rd didn't held me close and did the right thing to calm me down, the entire room might've been destroyed.
"Get away from me!" I screamed once I felt he was holding my shoulders. Normally, I would be glad someone showed their kindness but not today. I rudely shoved his hand off my shoulders as I trembled in fear. 'What the heck is happening to me?' I thought as cold sweat came down my forehead. 'This is the Hokage' I kept telling myself in my head. 'Calm down, Naruto, calm down.' I tried to listen to myself but my conscience didn't feel otherwise. "Where are all those evil people?" I asked rather rudely but the look he gave me seemed like he expected me to ask that. "Where are they Hokage-sama? Why did they try to kill me? What did I do?"
"It's not you, Naruto," said the 3rd sadly lowering his head. "I'll tell you, it's not you."
"Then why?" I wanted an answer immediately.
"You do want to know what happened to those people don't you, Naruto?" he asked changing the subject. I nodded slowly watching his every movement, everything he did seemed so suspicious to me all of a sudden. "I ordered the ANBU to deal with them, don't worry."
"What do you mean? What if they come back to hunt me?"
"No they won't, I made sure they won't." A sudden sense of realization hit me, they were dead. The old man Hokage ordered the ANBU to execute over 100 men, it was a bit hard to swallow at the time being. "Naruto, what would you like to do now?" he asked understandingly.
"I don't know..." I replied with my hands covering my face crying.
"Would you like to stay here in Konoha and continue to live here?"
"Hell no!" I snapped angrily. "How the hell do you expect me to live here after what happened?" Deep down I was laughing at the old man for asking such a stupid question, but again, the look he gave me told me that he expected that answer as well.
"If you don't want to stay here, where do you want to go?"
"Anywhere but here." I stated simply without emotion. I felt strange speaking in that tone but somehow it felt right somehow, it was like a one-eighty-degree contrast of me, somehow I liked it. "I'm leaving Konoha, Hokage-sama, I don't care if you allow me or not, I know I can't stay here."
"How would you survive in the outside world, you are only five years old," said the 3rd. Somehow, he wasn't too surprised at my decision, his psychology started to freak me out. Then I was realized when did I start to think like that? I never cared about anything in the world other than ramen, training, pranks and Hinata-chan. When did I start to notice human gestures and psychology? I didn't understand my sudden change at all.
"I don't care," I replied coldly. "I rather die of survival than in the hands of those bloody bastards..." The old man smiled sincerely, to me it seemed he was mocking me.
"If you intend to leave, I won't stop you, Naruto." my eyes blinked a several times, trying to make sure I heard what I heard. "To be honest, I wanted to send you away for some time." I glared at him angrily.
"So, you don't want me here either?" I snapped bitterly.
"No, it's not that. After the incident you had several days ago, I really don't think it would be wise for a five-year-old to remain at a place like this. It's not good for your growth since it does bring very tragic memories." I winced at those words. "But I didn't want to force you out of this village so I wanted to make sure that you wanted to make this decision on your own."
"Thanks for your consideration..."
"Even though you are leaving, I want a guardian to take care of you."
"A guardian? I lived alone all my life, why would I need a guardian now?" I said rather surprised.
"The outside world isn't like the life here in Konoha, Naruto!" he declared raising his voice. "If you aren't going with a guardian, I won't allow you to leave the village." I muttered a fine under my breath knowing there was no way I could win an argument like this, the best move was to agree to his terms.
"Who's this guy that's gonna be my guardian?" I asked with my foxy eyes but without the grin.
"You will like him, I am sure of it." Then a man in his early 40s entered the room. He was dressed in red Japanese style clothing. He had white hair with two red lines from his eyes, which reached, down to his face. He had no Konoha protector on him but he had a scroll. I looked at the man closely, he seemed to jerk back a bit when he saw me, I wondered why. "Naruto, this is Jiraiya, he will be your guardian from now on."
"Hokage-sama... I want another guardian..." I muttered making Jiraiya fell over anime style.
"Another guardian?" yelled Jiraiya furiously. "Do you even know who I am?"
"No." I stated.
"I am the great Jiraiya, the amazing toad summoner and one of Konoha's Legendary Three! I will show you that I am amazing!"
"Yeah, but you are a pervert." The 3rd sweatdropped and gave a disappointed stare at Jiraiya. Jiraiya's face darkened as he heard me, which made me laugh loudly.
"Jiraiya..." said the 3rd in a threatening tone. "What did this kid see you do?"
"He didn't see anything! I don't know him, this is the first time I saw him, Sarutobi-sensei!" justified Jiraiya in a slight panic. "I am really telling the truth!"
"If he didn't see anything, how would he know what your 'profession' was?" questioned the Hokage.
"Well... I don't know..."
"I'll tell you, Hokage-sama!" I said in my usual energetic tone. Jiraiya's eyes widened. "It was like, I was walking around town one day and I saw him outside the women's bath peeking at something. He was really visible and..." I was cut short but a lock performed by Jiraiya. I tried to break it but he was too strong.
"Listen up, kid," said Jiraiya giving me death glares in every word. "You keep quiet and I will buy you anything later, okay?" He expressed the word okay with much force and desperation. I was laughing inwardly.
"You...mean...it?" I asked still within his grasp.
"Yes... yes!"
"DEAL!"
"Ahem!" said the 3rd clearing his throat catching both our attentions. "We still have an important matter to discuss here, remember?"
"Yeah," I said. "When am I leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning." I was surprised at this sudden plan. "You should know Jiraiya will also be your sensei from this day on, you will be able to learn a lot from him." I simply nodded. I was grateful that Jiraiya was going to train me even if he was a pervert, if I didn't had this psychological breakdown, I would be jumping for joy. Deep down, I was relieved that I was leaving this place. The look on my new sensei's face showed nothing more than concern and sadness, I don't even know him, why would he show such emotions towards me? Somehow, I knew he cared. That evening, I tried to find everything in my wrecked apartment. All I retrieved were my clothes, some money, scrolls and ninja weapons. The following morning, the two of us left the village without anyone escorting us other than the Hokage. He ordered this to be a highly classified mission and no one except me can tell anyone about it. That day, I left Konoha willingly, not ever wanting to return.
(End Flashback)
(General POV:)
"That's my story Hinata-chan," said Naruto sighing a little. "After that incident, I lost a lot of my morals and values in life. I no longer trusted anyone or anything. There was no one who you could really trust unless you really pierce into their thoughts and mind. My life then was more of a tunnel where light wasn't at the end, it was eternal corruption and..."
"Stop it, Naruto-kun," said Hinata as she started to cry again. Then she embraced him in another passionate hug that took him by surprise. She sobbed on his shoulder making it all wet but he didn't care, he knew it wasn't something that she wanted to hear but it seemed that she was glad to hear the truth in the end.
"I'm sorry you had to hear this, Hinata-chan."
"No," she wiped the tears off her face. "It was my decision..." 'Thank you for telling me, Naruto-kun.' thought Hinata warmly. 'I hope you know I really care about you.'
"It's a good thing to know somebody cares about me," said Naruto blindly.
"Huh?" 'Is he saying what I think he is? Does he care for me like I do?'
"I am grateful to have someone like you care for me, worry about me when I am in danger. You haven't forgotten about me after all these years, and yet I forgot about you. I feel guilty not remembering a person such as yourself."
"It has been seven years, Naruto-kun." 'I don't care how long it has been, as long as you are here with me... I feel happy, I feel secure... when can I tell you that what I feel inside...'
"Is there something you want to tell me?" he asked reading her thoughts with his eyes. His bloodline ability allowed him to hear her thoughts out loud. She shrieked a little bit, how did he know that she was thinking of something like that?
"Nothing... there is nothing!" she flailed her hands nervously. The Death Knight seemed unconvinced but he decided to drop it. Infiltrating someone's mind as if it was a casual thing was a disrespectful thing to do, there are always some things you shouldn't abuse when the power was given to you. If he stayed here any longer, he may lose himself and listen to more of her thoughts, he was curious of what she was thinking. He decided to leave and continue with what he was trying to do in the first. As he got up, her hand snaked around his. He gave her a glance, her teary eyes wanted him to stay. As he tried to break, her grip increased. He felt her warm small hands, they were gentle, soft and filled with a passionate feeling. Her eyes demanded him to stay, it wasn't forceful but no one could resist it, not even Naruto.
"Hinata-chan..."
"Please stay... with me..." her voice was heavenly to his ears, no one could reject. He soon found himself sitting back down again with Hinata lovingly wrapping her arms around his. He blushed a little knowing what kind of situation they are at, but it felt fine, it wasn't shameful, it was just right. The two teens sat there in silence, Hinata was enjoying every bit of it while Naruto took a few glances at her once in a while. She blushed every time he did that. 'I wonder how Hinata-chan could blush all the time, she's so cute when she does that.' thought Naruto. 'Wait, what am I thinking? Damn you, Jiraiya, it's your fault for being such a pervert!'
"Hinata-chan," said Naruto suddenly breaking their peaceful silence. "I suggest you don't think of anything that you don't want me to know..."
"Why?"
"Did I tell you I could hear thoughts if I want to?" Hinata's eyes widened in shock. There were plenty of things that she didn't want Naruto to know. If he found out how much she loved him, he possibly just couldn't. Not to mention some of the naughtiest things that were at the back of her mind that can never be revealed to anyone. She started to curl into a ball, trying to be as small as possible, not wanting Naruto to invade. "I'm just teasing you, Hinata-chan, I ain't gonna read your mind for no reason."
"Please don't read my mind, Naruto-kun." she begged.
"My eyes see a lot more than you imagine. That reminds me, why were you crying just now?" Hinata looked at the ground not meeting his eyes. Her actions told him it was something difficult that she has to face but she didn't want to deal with it. She was afraid, but he couldn't catch what it was. "Hinata-chan, did something happen to you? Can you tell me?"
"I don't want to say it..."
"It's no use trying to hide it from me, I will find out one way or another." He then activated his eyes, the Unholy Sight turning his pupils to teal.
"I... I don't want to take the genin exam!" she exclaimed loudly which startled Naruto a little. "I'm scared! I'm afraid I may fail and my father and the clan will think I'm useless... I don't want to disappoint them but I am so afraid that I may screw up... I don't know what to do..." she then embraced the boy for comfort and security. The Death Knight did what his instincts told him, he hugged her back. Then, he felt the girl was holding him tighter, more passionate than before. He smiled inwardly and rubbed her back gently to relax her. She seemed to like it. Then, a perfect idea struck his mind.
"Hinata-chan," said the silver hair boy breaking the warm embrace looking right into her lavender eyes. A shade of crimson appeared on her cheeks. "I may be able to help you, you know what the exam format is?"
"You're gonna help me, Naruto-kun?" she asked not believing she was hearing.
"Yeah, that's what friends are for, right?" 'I wish we are more than friends...' thought the Hyuga girl. "C'mon, Hinata-chan, I'm making an offer you can't possibly refuse." He tried sounding convincing.
"Are you sure?" she questioned teasingly.
"Positive." stated Naruto confidently with a smile.
"Okay," she said giving in. "The exam consists of 3 tests, the Bunshin test, the weapons throwing accuracy test and the one on one dueling."
"One on one dueling? That sounds fun."
"That's the test I am worried about. I can't mess up on that test... father will never forgive me if I failed against those students. I have the Hyuga bloodline abilities... father expects me to beat them. He can't afford to have a useless and weak heiress." She explained sadly. Naruto just smiled giving her the message that she wasn't weak in his eyes. He would be there to make her stronger.
"What do you say if I teach you a very useful jutsu?" the Death Knight offered sincerely and willingly.
"I... I can't accept that Naruto-kun..." she replied blushing. "It would be a bother for you to teach me."
"No, it won't be. I'll be glad to teach you something new. Trust me, this technique would be beneficial to your Hyuga gentle fist that disrupts chakra flow and internal damage. I'm certain that this move would give the edge in any battle against any opponent. Consider this as my gift to you, you are my best friend, I want you accept this token of appreciation."
"Thank you, Naruto-kun," she accepted his offer happily. 'No wonder I love you, Naruto-kun...' she thought smiling radiantly. "But... I'm not that good with jutsus... I might take too long..."
"Don't worry, Hinata-chan, it only took me two days to learn it. At that time I was only like... six? You are much stronger than me when I started to learn it. You'll be fine." She nodded slightly but inside she was jumping for joy since Naruto had so much faith in her and truly believed that she could do it. "The technique is called Mana Burn. Some people refer to it as Chakra Burn. The purpose of this technique is simple, to burn chakra. Yes, yes, you want to know what I meant by that. To make it simple, this is a close range beam that is composed of negative energies that destroys a specific amount of chakra from the target the user desires. The chakra that was burned or destroyed would be used against the target."
"How though?" she asked while listening attentively.
"The burned chakra would now damage the target by the same amount of chakra burned. During the process, you are basically thinning out their chakra and dealing damage, messing up their stamina. It's a very lethal move, Hinata-chan. Remember chakra is something that a ninja needs to survive, hitting the correct area with the Mana Burn can burn up a huge portion of chakra and severe impact to the target's stamina level. If you burn too much, it could be an instant death thing. With your Byakugan, you will know where to hit, you can use the technique even better than me."
"But, how much chakra could I burn with this move?" she asked curiously.
"It will be three times or more than the chakra you used to perform the move."
"Where is the best area to hit though?"
"The chakra organ or the heart. If you hit there, you could disrupt their chakra by over ten times the amount you put in. That alone can kill a target in one shot if they are weak" he explained. "Now, I will show you what the result should be." He quickly formed hand seals that Hinata couldn't even catch what they were. Then at the palm of his hand, he released a thin fluorescent green beam that reached about 20 feet before it wore out. Then Naruto created a Kage Bunshin and used it as the human guinea pig. As the beam hit the clone, the replication held at the spot of where the beam hit painfully. The clone coughed and panted heavily before it vanished in a cloud of smoke. Hinata was astounded by this technique. It made her wanted to learn it even more.
(After a long period of time)
It took Hinata 6 hours to learn this move and it was faster than what Naruto expected. Her chakra control was very good but not perfect. She managed to learn how much chakra she should use. Hinata even knew how to put more chakra into the beam to achieve an even greater result. The Death Knight had to admit, she was a natural at energy disrupting techniques. Her Mana Burn had range, control and considerable amount damage, it was outstanding. He couldn't help feeling proud of himself for teaching her friend. This was so much better than that teddy bear that he was going to give her.
"Hinata-chan, that was great." said Naruto happily. "You mastered it already!"
"Thank you, Naruto-kun..." she replied with heavy breathing. "I..." she then started to fall forward due to exhaustion. Luckily Naruto caught her by the shoulders before her face made contact with the ground. He quickly turned her around so she would be resting in his arms. "Naruto-kun..." she whimpered as she held his hand for reassurance. The Death Knight blushed at her touch but decided to shake it off. He was worried, her chakra levels were too low, she really overworked herself today.
"Hianta-chan, are you okay?" he asked in a concerned tone.
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be silly. You have no idea how proud I am to see you mastering that move in such a short amount of time. Just rest for a bit." 'She mastered one of my Hidden Techniques in such a short amount of time, she really does have potential.' thought Naruto. 'However, I need to heal her before her condition gets worse... I could give her some of my chakra... no, my demonic chakra would corrupt her. I can't do that... I will use a potion.' He then reached for his pouch on his left waist and reached out a small jar. He opened it and allowed Hinata to drink it. Surprisingly enough, she took all of it. He didn't mind though, as long as she was safe that was what mattered. Moments later, he could feel her chakra levels rising again, her face became more lively. As she rested pleasantly closing her eyes, it was then when the silver hair shinobi started to cough. He had used way too much chakra to create clones, not only that he took some of the Mana Burn hits as well. It was obvious to anyone his health was quite messed up too. With Hinata sleeping, he felt safe from using one of the Death Knight's key attacks.
"This has to do," he said to himself taking his vampuric runeblade and charging it with energy. The blade started to glow deathly green. However, Hinata wasn't asleep as she was watching the entire thing. "Death Coil!" he exclaimed while the energy from his blade launched itself at him in a coil of death. Her eyes widened with shock as the Death Coil consumed Naruto in a defile manner. It was like death itself has devoured him. As the effect wore off, the Death Knight sighed in relief. He looked a lot more alive, he had a smile on his face as he turned slightly to make it visible for the Hyuga girl. 'How could this be?' thought Hinata still stunned at what she saw. 'Naruto-kun felt better after that... it didn't look like any healing technique to me...'
"Naruto-kun..." she murmured softly which was audible to the boy. He rushed to her side immediately holding her hand. She blushed again when she felt his touch.
"You okay?" he asked using his not occupied hand and felt the temperature of her cheeks. Another shade of fuchsia appeared which didn't go unnoticed. He smiled. "Good, you don't have a fever, you were just tired." He wanted help her sit up but her actions told him she wanted to lie down, but she wanted to rest on him in a cozy position. Strangely, he didn't refuse and allowed the back of her head to rest gently on her chest.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun..." she managed to say while sighing pleasantly looking up at the darkening sky.
"You like the position you're in right now?" he asked jokingly. She nodded silently with a sincere smile. "It's worth it to see you happy."
"You're so nice to me, you haven't changed one bit." she stated warmly.
"I haven't?" he asked curiously.
"You were always kind to people, it's who you are, it's something very rare in humans." Naruto was touched, he knew she meant every word.
"You are kind yourself, Hinata-chan." He said as he gave her a slight massage on her shoulders. She stiffened at first but then she gave in to the soothing sensation she was receiving. "How do you like it?"
"It feels wonderful, Naruto-kun..." she said nearly moaning in pleasure. The dark warrior blushed.
"I... am glad... you like it," he said stuttering between words. The two teens sat in silence enjoying each other's presence. The lavender eyed girl was amazed at his touch, he became much different than before. He was no long obnoxious but a true gentleman. He was mature, mysterious, unpredictable in a good way, genuine, he was everything a woman would want and love. The girl blushed even deeper when she took a short glimpse at him. She knew she loved him and at that moment she really wanted to tell him her true feelings towards him. She was so glad he has returned to her.
Naruto looked at the girl in front of him, even though he wasn't obsessed about girls like his sensei, he had to admit Hinata was very cute and not to mention pretty. He realized today how much Hinata liked him, he knew he was too dense to notice this before. In other words, too stupid. All those actions she took today, they were filled with affection. As he observed her, she still had the same haircut she had seven years ago and her eyes seemed to glitter radiantly. He shook his head violently trying to shut out all the unappropriate thoughts in his head, he knew he couldn't think like that. All he was trying to do was make her feel better. That was what he kept telling himself.
"Naruto-kun..." whispered Hinata softly breaking the silence between them
"What is it?" he asked.
"I haven't ate anything all day..." she told him while giggling. "I'm hungry."
"Same here, Hinata-chan, that makes the two of us." The two chuckled a bit. "It'll be my treat, let's go!" She nodded in agreement as Naruto took her hand leaving the park. It was a good start of a broken friendship. 'You're so kind to me, Naruto-kun,' thought the heiress dreamingly. 'Welcome back.'
ANN: Chapter 2 is done, YATTE! (Shove fist into the air triumphantly!) Anyway, I hoped you liked it! It was long real long, 5K or something words... man, I really thought that I was going to die. I exaggerated the dying part but you can tell I was kidding. Reviews are always appreciated. If you want to know the 'techniques' in a more detailed fashion, tell me. I will post something like a jutsu list when more of those moves show up. Hey, I want this to be a good fic after all, you wouldn't want this to turn out crappy would you? Oh yeah, my stotyline is already plotted so you can't really change it in any way but good suggestions could always make me consider. Final words, I hoped you enjoyed it. I hope to hear your opinions! To those who believe that Naruto sounded too grown up in that flashback, well, that's the critical point where his views and opinions in life change drastically. Maturity was crucial, I hope you all liked it.
Now, for some important addition stuff!
THE JUTSU LIST
IMPORTANT NOTE: Since one author out there sent an abuse to my story about this list, I have no choice but to move the list here. So in the future if you don't know enough details about the new introduced attacks and jutsus or whatnot, please remember to look in chapter 2 since I deleted The Jutsu Explanation page off Don't blame the person who sent the abuse report, I shouldn't have said things that I shouldn't have. My blindness rage just took the better of me. I hope you won't get any confusions. ENJOY!
Additional AN: All the moves listed here, Naruto knows all of them. Those who believe that he has too many moves... let me ask you this then. If he knows a lot of techniques, isn't that a good thing? It's not to his disadvantage or what not and I like him knowing that many attacks, it makes him very cunning and versatile. If you like this, I'm glad. If you don't, I could care less. Just to remind all of you, Naruto is extremely powerful in this story, if he seems invinsible, I'll gurantee he ain't but it doesn't seem like it. He WILL get hurt, he can die if acts like a fool in an actually battle!
1. UNHOLY SIGHT/SIGHT OF DIVINITY: (Introduced in Chapter 1)
Description: A Uzumaki Clan bloodline limit to enable them to see demons as primary effect. Secondary but very important include reading thoughts, sensing chakra levels of people and a minor see through vision. But it can't see chakra flow system or tenketsu.
Users: Anyone with Uzumaki bloodline. Currently, Naruto.
Chakra Usage: Very low and slowly drains chakra when activated.
Targets: Anyone to read their thoughts or sense their chakra. Otherwise, none.
Cooldown Rate: None
Range: N/A
I created this move, it originates from ME!
(Some people would consider this ability to be divine since it does see evil demons, that's what Paladins would call this ability. Some other people would consider it to be unholy since some believed the technique was a way to connect to the demons, that's what Death Knights call the move.)
2. DEATH COIL: (Introduced in Chapter 2)
Description: A coil of death that deals a superficial amount of damage to a living being or heals a dead or demonic being by a lot.
Users: Naruto only.
Chakra Usage: Low
Targets: Self, living to deal damage, the dead to heal.
Cooldown Rate: Depends on the user's skill. Otherwise, moderate.
Firing Range: Long but could be used at any distance.
Damage: Very High
Originate from Undead Death Knight
(Remember this, Death Knights are half demon and half human beings, that's why Naruto uses Death Coil to heal himself. Also, he has demonic chakra flowing in his veins, making him able to use this move on himself. Naruto is not dead, don't worry. But he is afraid of divine light since he is darkness.)
3. MANA BURN: (Introduced in Chapter 2)
Description: A beam compose of negative energies that burn mana/chakra from a certain target and deals damage to the target by the same amount of mana burned.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: lower than Death Coil.
Cooldown Rate: Fast.
Targets: Anything living or dead with chakra.
Firing Range: Preferably close, possibly medium
Damage: Medium
Originated from Night Elf Demon Hunter
4. BLINK: (Introduced in Chapter 1)
Description: A short distance teleport technique that warps the user to a distance up to 500 meters. (500 meters is pretty far...)
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Itachi, Hyuga Hinata, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra usage: VERY Low
Cooldown Rate: Very Fast.
Targets: None.
Range: N/A
Originated from Night Elf Warden
(The chakra usage might be low but if used way too consecutively like as if it's your source of travelling from place to place, it will be draining.)
5. REJUVENATION: (Introduced in Chapter 3)
Description: A very rare healing technique known to few Medic-nins in all the countries. It's a move that could rejuvenate internal wounds and external injuries with a glowing light gradually. It won't heal the injuries completely if it's severe but it does make sure the person would be alive, unless the victim is already dead.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Very Fast
Targets: Self, anything still alive.
Target Range: Close
Originated from Night Elf unit: Druid of the Claw
6. METAMORPHOSIS: (Introduced in Chapter 4)
Description: Turns the Death Knight into an extremely powerful dark half demon, half human. The Death Knight's dangerous trump card.
Users: Naruto only.
Chakra Usage: Very High
Cooldown Rate: Very Slow
Targets: None.
Range: None
Originated from the Night Elf Demon Hunter
(Okay, this one would take a bit of explanation. The Metamorphosis isn't a move that Naruto could use just for the fun of it. Even if he nearly gets killed in battle, he shouldn't use it. The Metamorphosis uses the dark powers within himself to transform, causing Naruto's mind to be influenced by the darkness. This darkness is very tempting and it could easily take over his actions making Naruto a dangerous predator.)
Activation Methods: 1. Naruto uses it willingly which is never. 2. Naruto gets too injured and the dark spirit comes in to his aid to heal him. However, the process of healing is too quick for the Death Knight to handle so another form must be used in order to sustain it. 3. Naruto's mind becomes evil. So the dark spirit would make him transform much, much easier as if it's necessary.)
7. PHASE SHIFT: (Introduced in Chapter 6)
Desciption: Removes the user from existence for one second and returns in the next. During this process, the user would dodge and evade all incoming attacks for that one second.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura
Chakra Usage: Very Low.
Cooldown Rate: Very Fast
Targets: None
Range: None
Originated from Night Elf unit: Faerie Dragon
8. UNHOLY AURA: (Introduced in Chapter 6)
Description: A powerful aura that gives friendly allies and comrades an additional health regeneration and movement speed by 40. The Death Knight decides who the aura would effect.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto.
Chakra Usage: None
Cooldown Rate: None
Targets: Self, anyone he desires.
Aura Radius: 12 meters
Originated from Undead Death Knight.
(Okay, if you play WC3, you'll know the auras are passive abilities. Those who don't know what I am talking about, well, I hope you understand at least. You all know all auras have a ring surrounding the hero showing that there is an aura. In this case, I will not have a ring or anything since this is real life and not a game. But the reason I made it into a activate or deactivate move since the Unholy Aura does reveal the position of the Death Knight. Those who play WC3 will know what I'm talking about. In this case, Naruto would only activate his aura in combat if he has to instead of in effect 24/7. I wish it was though but I have to put some logic in my story.)
9. DEATH PACT: (Introduced in Chapter 6)
Description: Generates chakra to the runeblade causing the Death Knight's attacks to recover health, not chakra by 300 of the damage dealt.
Users: Uzumaki Death Knights, Naruto for now
Chakra Usage: Very High
Cooldown Rate: Moderate
Targets: Anything.
Target Range: Medium.
Damage: Very High
Originated from the Undead Death Knight.
(Okay, I made the Death Pact into an offensive technique because this ability is really cool. Of course, there are drawbacks so I had to make the technique use up a lot of chakra to perform. I hope you guys could live with it.)
10. FAN OF KNIVES: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Generates chakra in both palms and spins rapidly for a several 360 degrees. During this process the chakra being generated can be used as a stable shield to deflect and block incoming basic attacks, this isn't close to a perfect defence but it helps. At the same time while spinning, a legion of chakra blades would be fired in a 360 degree angle direction that reaches around 10 meters.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata
Chakra Usage: Medium
Cooldown Rate: Moderate
Targets: Anything.
Target Range: Close to Medium.
Damage: High
Originated from the Night Elf Warden.
11. WIND WALK: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Turns the user invisible and increase movement speed by 80 for 180 seconds. When Wind Walking and the user decides to attack, the damage would be doubled but with cost of breaking invisibilty.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: Low
Cooldown Rate: Very Fast
Targets: Self
Range: N/A
Originated from the Orc Blademaster.
12. IMMOLATION: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Enables the user in raging flames of chakra that burn nearby enemies in close range combat. However, it slowly drains the user's chakra until deactivated or when the user lacks chakra.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata
Chakra Usage: Very Low but drains gradually
Cooldown Rate: None
Targets: Anything.
Range: 1 meter radius.
Damage: Medium
Originated from the Night Elf Demon Hunter
13. MANA FLARE: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Enables a powerful chakra shield around the user to increase defence drastically. The chakra from the shield will seek enemy chakra sources and attacks them in a bolt continuously for 60 seconds or deactivated. However, once this move is used, the user can't move until it is deactivated manually or when the time reaches the limit.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura
Chakra Usage: Very Low
Cooldown Rate: None.
Firing Rate: Fast.
Targets: Anything with chakra, including enemy jutsus.
Target Range: Long.
Damage: Medium
Originated Night Elf unit: Faerie Dragon
14: SHADOW STRIKE: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Releases a chakra dagger with a deal of poison. Once it hits the target, it will deal superficial damage amd slowly deals more damage from time to time for the next several minutes. The target during this time will be slowed down in movement and attack rate by 40.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata
Chakra Usage: Low
Cooldown Rate: High
Targets: Anything
Target Range: Medium
Damage: High
Originated from Night Elf Warden
15. MIRROR IMAGE: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: The user creates 4 different images of themselves to confuse the enemy with. Images lasts 300 seconds and has the health of the user that used it so it won't be destroyed in one hit. However, the images deal extremely low damage and do not have any techniques of their own other then their passive abilities.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Very Low
Targets: None.
Target Range: None
Originated from Orc Blademaster
16. EVASION: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: A self ability that allows the user to move much faster at the blink of time to evade an attack completely by 30
Type: Passive. (ALL Passive Abilities do not require chakra, cooldown, range and can't target anything)
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata
Originated from Night Elf Demon Hunter
17. CRITICAL STRIKE: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: A self ability that enables the user to deal 4 times more damage by 20. It powers up the strength of the user in their attacks.
Type: Passive
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura
Originated from Orc Blademaster.
18: CRIPPLE: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: A negative energy stunning technique that deals low damage but slows down the target's movement rate and attack rate by 70. At the same time, their attack strength will also be reduced by 30
Users: Uzumaki Naruto
Chakra Usage: Medium
Cooldown Rate: Fast
Targets: Anything
Target Range: Long
Damage: Very Low
Originated from Undead unit: Necromancer
19. UNHOLY FRENZY: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Increases the target's movement speed and attack rate by 75 for the next 120 seconds. However, it does hurt the target by a little bit during the time being since it's a forced dramatic increase.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto
Chakra Usage: Low
Cooldown Rate: Very Fast
Targets: Self, Allies.
Target Range: Medium
Originated from Undead unit: Necromancer
20. METEOR FALL/STARFALL: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: An ultimate level technique that calls down raining meteors from the skies to strike the user's enemies. Meteors will hit an enemy every 1.5 seconds and deals heavy damage. However, the user must stay at that spot until it's over or the technique will be disrupted. Lasts 90 seconds
Users: Uzumaki Naruto
Chakra Usage: Very High
Cooldown Rate: Very Slow
Targets: Enemy living or dead
Target Range: Long
Damage: Very High
Originated from Night Elf Priestess of the Moon
21. DEVOUR MAGIC: (Introduced in Chapter 8)
Description: Users uses high amount of chakra to absorb all the chakra that was put into the enemy's jutsu and uses it to benefit him/herself.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Fast
Targets: On any jutsu that require chakra
Target Range: Long
Originated from Undead unit Destroyer
22. CHAIN LIGHTNING: (Introduced in Chapter 9)
Description: A chain reaction beam that deals very high amount of damage to the aimed target and jumps 8 times to nearby enemies to damage them. Each jump deals 5 less damage.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Slow
Targets: Anything
Target Range: Long
Additional Target Range: Medium
Damage: High and decreases gradually
Originated from Orc Far Seer
23: SEARING ARROWS: (Introduced in Chapter 9)
Description: The users uses chakra in their ranged attacks within an arrow form (moulding their chakra as an arrow) that could deal 35 more damage with a splash damage effect (Fire Effect) to nearby enemies. Each shot drains chakra.
Users: Kamishiro Rin (Naruto does not know this!)
Chakra Usage: Very Low
Cooldown Rate: Based on the stamina and endurance of the user.
Targets: Anything
Firing Range: Long
Damage: Based on the strength of the user. (In Rin's case, very high)
Originated from Night Elf Priestess of the Moon
24: ICE SHARD: (Introduced in Chapter 13)
Description: User generates chakra into a large ice form and deals heavy damage to the target. The target then will be stunned for 3 seconds not able to attack or move.
Users: Haku
Charka Usage: Low
Cooldown Rate: Medium
Targets: Anything
Firing Range: Long
Damage: Medium
Originated from Naga unit: Royal Guard
25: FROST NOVA: (Introduced in Chapter 13)
Description: A ice freezing explosion that deals heavy area effect damage. Anyone who gets damaged by this attack would be slowed down in movement by 30 and attack rate by 30 for 10 seconds. If the target is weak, the Cold effect may last a lot longer than normal.
Users: Haku
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Medium
Targets: Anything
Firing Range: Long
Damage: Very High
Originated from the Undead Lich
26: COLD ARROWS: (Introduced in Chapter 13)
Description: Generates chakra in their ranged attacks that deal 30 more damage with a Cold effect. This Cold effect would decrease the target's movement and attack rate by 80 for 10 seconds. Each shot drains chakra.
Users: Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: Medium (It's not that high but the way she fires it does take a bit of chakra.)
Cooldown Rate: Based on stamina and endurance of the user. In Rin's case, very low.
Targets: Anything
Firing Range: (Based on the skill of the ranged attacker) Long
Damage: High
Originated from Naga Sea Witch
27: FORKED LIGHTNING: (Introduced in Chapter 13)
Description: A multiple striking lightning blast that shocks 5 enemy targets at once inflicting powerful damage. A move great for covering fire, suppressing fire or simply to kill a group of people at once. The damage is dealt evenly to all 5 targets.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: High
Cooldown Rate: Slow
Targets: Anything
Damage: Very High
Firing Range: Long
Originated from Naga Sea Witch
28: SILENCE: (Introduced in Chapter 13)
Description: Channels Chakra into an area and anyone who gets exposed to it cannot perform any jutsus for 60 seconds. Gathering chakra can is still possible for movement and whatnot.
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Kamishiro Rin
Chakra Usage: Low
Cooldown Rate: Low
Targets: Anything but self and comrades
Damage: None
Casting Range: Medium
Originated from Undead Dark Ranger
Rin is a girl with an Advanced Bloodline like Naruto, Haku, Hinata and Sasuke. I'll get into detail when the opportunity comes!
AN: So far I have gotten the people to have all Cunning Hero techniques. The Demon Hunter, Warden and Blademasters are in that category. The Death Knight is considered a Warrior. The others on the list with the word unit... they are just your average day useful units that can really come in handy in almost any battles.