Sorry for the delay, I lost the internet for a few days, and I have been having problems working out how I was going to go about a certain part of this story.
Ok, reviewers, THANK YOU!!
And also to answer your questions:
Yes that is Orochimaru with Kabuto, I just figure he wouldn't go around saying who he was to everyone he came across, sorry for the confusion
Jiraiya is more concerned about the bloody mess of flesh and orange cloth, I'm sure Kabuto's body is still there somewhere, or maybe Orochimaru dragged it off to revive him, who knows, he may come back as a convenient plot device
While I can't prove any of this, my argument is that Orochimaru would regain access to his arms once he was in a new body, at least in the beginning, or maybe not at all, but for this fic, that's how it's going to work, just as a plot device
Finally, yes Naruto (the one inside his head, the real one) refers to his other personality as him, as it really doesn't have a name, also, since I don't trust my own writing ability, that scene in the last chapter is to give you the idea that maybe Naruto likes the fake Naruto more than he lets on
Ok, now onto the fic, and I am in the process of acquiring a beta reader, but it may be awhile. No that doesn't mean I'll stop writing chapters, it just means that it may be a few chapters before the beta reader begins, so please continue to bear with me.
Oh yeah, one last last thing, I am starting to bold Kyubi's words, it's better than all caps
--------Master of the House-------- Chapter 2
Jiraiya was looking into blood red eyes of pure hatred and malevolence, the world around him began to go dark and he found himself standing in front of a giant gate of iron bars, with said eyes floating behind them. Holding in his fear and hiding it as best as possible, he put on the face of confidence with a slight smirk and said, "My best student does good work"
"Ahh, a tasty morsel appears before me, I usually prefer something younger, but maybe like wine, you have gotten better with age", Kyubi said with a slight grin
"You said he was alive monster, where is he"
"We are inside him, for someone who taught the man who did this to me, I expected you to be brighter"
"Then why have you brought me here"
"Return at sundown, he will be finished healing enough then, now go", and with that Kyubi waved his paw and Jiraiya disappeared from the room, "I told him like you asked whelp"
"Good", said Naruto as he walked out of the shadows, "I have work to do, and so do you, and now get back to it" and with that he returned to the shadows.
Jiraiya found himself back in the middle of the forest. Not wanting to be around this gore anymore, he took his leave. 'If I go back to the village and return with a medic nin, it should be sun down by the time I return', and with that Jiraiya head off to Konoha.
An hour later, Jiraiya returned to the clearing with Shizune, shocking them both at what they saw. In the clearing was a great amount of blood stains, but no bodies, Jiraiya, shocked by the lack of gore and Naruto and Shizune by the sheer amount of blood.
"My god, what happened here, it looks like a massacre", Shizune said, almost feeling slightly sick.
"You should have been here an hour ago, there was..." Jiraiya started to say but was interrupted.
"Your late, sundown was 5 minutes ago" came a harsh, raw voice from behind a tree
"Naruto, that you?", Jiraiya asked as he walked over to the tree and around, what he saw there was something that would probably haunt him for the rest of his days, there sat Naruto or what was left of him. As he stood he revealed more of his gruesome form, a body lacking most of it's skin, places where muscle barely covered any bone, and worst of all was his left eye, in where a bright blue eyeball use to sit was an empty socket, lacking an eye lid and revealing a small glowing red ball of light just floating there. "My god, he said you would be done by sundown"
"Hand me a cloak or something to cover me completely", Naruto said with almost no emotion in his voice, "I recommend I cover up so no one has to see me like this, your medic nin included"
"Shizune, a cloak, or something, plus the clothes I brought"
"Shouldn't I look at him first, make sure he's alright", she asked
"Believe me, you don't want to see this, you can examine him once we are back in the Konoha and in the hospital"
Once Naruto was dressed and covered from head to toe, with just his right eye poking out to see where he was going the three left. Both noticed as they traveled that Naruto kept a ten foot distance between them at all times, and when they asked if he needed to stop and rest he said he was fine and they should keep moving. When they eventually returned to Konoha, and got Naruto into a hospital, he finally revealed his form to Shizune who was shocked but not so much so as Jiraiya who was now looking at a boy who still missed most of his skin, but his flesh had evened out, looking as if he had been badly burned, he still looked bad, but no where near as bad as he did in the forest. He decided that it was best to keep this quite, but to tell Tsunade later.
"Well Naruto-san, we can patch you up for many of these injuries, but there's nothing we can do for your eye, it looks severely damaged, it might need to be removed to avoid infection", Shizune said solemnly
"I will be fine, I just need time to rest, so please patch me up and let me go home", Naruto replied almost immediately with a slight hint of exhaustion.
"But I really think you should stay in the hospital", said Shizune who was grabbing for Naruto's arm, only to have him back away from her
"No", Naruto growled, then regained his composure, "please don't touch me"
Jiraiya sensed something, then forced Shizune out of the room with him self and told Naruto to stay put, Tsunade greeted him once the door was closed
"How is he", Tsunade asked
"He is fine, I suspect by tomorrow morning he should be back to near top physical condition", Jiraiya said
"But Jiraiya-sama, he is missing a lot of skin, plus his eye, he needs to stay here in the hospital, he will need weeks, if not months of recuperation", Shizune pleaded as Tsunade looked concerned at what she heard.
"When I found him in the woods an hour and a half ago, the forest floor was covered with what I can only describe as looking like he had been ground into hamburger meat, when I returned with you he was missing a lot of his skin and much of his muscle, his hands were almost skeletal and he didn't even have a left eye", Jiraiya said, "Look at him only 30 minutes later, he is re-growing his skin, his muscle has all returned and he started to re- grow his left eye."
"Kyubi?" Tsunade said
"He talked to me when I initially found the boy, he told me when to return and also that Naruto can't die, whether or not this is true, what happened today definitely proves that he can recover from almost any wound at ridiculous speeds", Jiraiya answered her, "But what worries me the most is how he acted just a moment ago, plus the trip back, he doesn't want to be touched, I think whatever happened out there really screwed with his mind"
"Ok, patch him up and send him home, I'm going to put an ANBU on him to observe him, make sure that nothing is wrong, that he doesn't hurt the village, or himself.", Tsunade said
"Make sure it's someone you trust, I've seen how the people in the village look at him."
"Alright", and with that Jiraiya and Shizune reentered the room and Tsunade left. Shizune patched up Naruto best she could, but Naruto would let her touch him too much, but begrudgingly, he eventually let her do her job. When she was finished she gave him some herbs for a tea to help with the pain. Naruto and Jiraiya left for Naruto's apartment, where Naruto was to stay until further notice as Shizune and Tsunade would be stopping by tomorrow to check on him. As Jiraiya left and Naruto lay down to sleep, wincing at the pain of re-growing skin, he entered slumber and back into the confines of his mind while his body rest.
"How are you feeling" he asked the small form on the floor.
"Tired, don't wanna go back out there, only pain out there", the small blond headed child responded. With hesitation, Naruto sat down and pulled the boy who seemed terrified of being touched, into a hug where he rocked the boy back and forth and told him all would be alright. When morning began to approach, the two got up.
"Are you ready to return?" Naruto asked
"Yup!!", the boy, now a copy of Naruto with a huge grin replied
"Good, be careful out there, and remember, the Hokage and her assistant are coming to ask you what happened on the mission, do you remember what I told you to say"
"Un-huh"
"Good, now go there and great those who care about you", and with that the boy with the grin, still lightly covered in small cracks, left for another place while Naruto began to rework his fantasy, to return to his world where no one can ever get him. With one last thought before he let the fantasy take him, 'I have to be more careful, or next time I may not be able to save him', and with that he let all his troubles float away in his perfect dream world.
OK, that's all for now, I am tired again and I still have to figure out how I will write next part, the exact wording of what I want to do is giving me trouble, either way, enjoy and review, and for those of you who have, I love ya
Ok, reviewers, THANK YOU!!
And also to answer your questions:
Yes that is Orochimaru with Kabuto, I just figure he wouldn't go around saying who he was to everyone he came across, sorry for the confusion
Jiraiya is more concerned about the bloody mess of flesh and orange cloth, I'm sure Kabuto's body is still there somewhere, or maybe Orochimaru dragged it off to revive him, who knows, he may come back as a convenient plot device
While I can't prove any of this, my argument is that Orochimaru would regain access to his arms once he was in a new body, at least in the beginning, or maybe not at all, but for this fic, that's how it's going to work, just as a plot device
Finally, yes Naruto (the one inside his head, the real one) refers to his other personality as him, as it really doesn't have a name, also, since I don't trust my own writing ability, that scene in the last chapter is to give you the idea that maybe Naruto likes the fake Naruto more than he lets on
Ok, now onto the fic, and I am in the process of acquiring a beta reader, but it may be awhile. No that doesn't mean I'll stop writing chapters, it just means that it may be a few chapters before the beta reader begins, so please continue to bear with me.
Oh yeah, one last last thing, I am starting to bold Kyubi's words, it's better than all caps
--------Master of the House-------- Chapter 2
Jiraiya was looking into blood red eyes of pure hatred and malevolence, the world around him began to go dark and he found himself standing in front of a giant gate of iron bars, with said eyes floating behind them. Holding in his fear and hiding it as best as possible, he put on the face of confidence with a slight smirk and said, "My best student does good work"
"Ahh, a tasty morsel appears before me, I usually prefer something younger, but maybe like wine, you have gotten better with age", Kyubi said with a slight grin
"You said he was alive monster, where is he"
"We are inside him, for someone who taught the man who did this to me, I expected you to be brighter"
"Then why have you brought me here"
"Return at sundown, he will be finished healing enough then, now go", and with that Kyubi waved his paw and Jiraiya disappeared from the room, "I told him like you asked whelp"
"Good", said Naruto as he walked out of the shadows, "I have work to do, and so do you, and now get back to it" and with that he returned to the shadows.
Jiraiya found himself back in the middle of the forest. Not wanting to be around this gore anymore, he took his leave. 'If I go back to the village and return with a medic nin, it should be sun down by the time I return', and with that Jiraiya head off to Konoha.
An hour later, Jiraiya returned to the clearing with Shizune, shocking them both at what they saw. In the clearing was a great amount of blood stains, but no bodies, Jiraiya, shocked by the lack of gore and Naruto and Shizune by the sheer amount of blood.
"My god, what happened here, it looks like a massacre", Shizune said, almost feeling slightly sick.
"You should have been here an hour ago, there was..." Jiraiya started to say but was interrupted.
"Your late, sundown was 5 minutes ago" came a harsh, raw voice from behind a tree
"Naruto, that you?", Jiraiya asked as he walked over to the tree and around, what he saw there was something that would probably haunt him for the rest of his days, there sat Naruto or what was left of him. As he stood he revealed more of his gruesome form, a body lacking most of it's skin, places where muscle barely covered any bone, and worst of all was his left eye, in where a bright blue eyeball use to sit was an empty socket, lacking an eye lid and revealing a small glowing red ball of light just floating there. "My god, he said you would be done by sundown"
"Hand me a cloak or something to cover me completely", Naruto said with almost no emotion in his voice, "I recommend I cover up so no one has to see me like this, your medic nin included"
"Shizune, a cloak, or something, plus the clothes I brought"
"Shouldn't I look at him first, make sure he's alright", she asked
"Believe me, you don't want to see this, you can examine him once we are back in the Konoha and in the hospital"
Once Naruto was dressed and covered from head to toe, with just his right eye poking out to see where he was going the three left. Both noticed as they traveled that Naruto kept a ten foot distance between them at all times, and when they asked if he needed to stop and rest he said he was fine and they should keep moving. When they eventually returned to Konoha, and got Naruto into a hospital, he finally revealed his form to Shizune who was shocked but not so much so as Jiraiya who was now looking at a boy who still missed most of his skin, but his flesh had evened out, looking as if he had been badly burned, he still looked bad, but no where near as bad as he did in the forest. He decided that it was best to keep this quite, but to tell Tsunade later.
"Well Naruto-san, we can patch you up for many of these injuries, but there's nothing we can do for your eye, it looks severely damaged, it might need to be removed to avoid infection", Shizune said solemnly
"I will be fine, I just need time to rest, so please patch me up and let me go home", Naruto replied almost immediately with a slight hint of exhaustion.
"But I really think you should stay in the hospital", said Shizune who was grabbing for Naruto's arm, only to have him back away from her
"No", Naruto growled, then regained his composure, "please don't touch me"
Jiraiya sensed something, then forced Shizune out of the room with him self and told Naruto to stay put, Tsunade greeted him once the door was closed
"How is he", Tsunade asked
"He is fine, I suspect by tomorrow morning he should be back to near top physical condition", Jiraiya said
"But Jiraiya-sama, he is missing a lot of skin, plus his eye, he needs to stay here in the hospital, he will need weeks, if not months of recuperation", Shizune pleaded as Tsunade looked concerned at what she heard.
"When I found him in the woods an hour and a half ago, the forest floor was covered with what I can only describe as looking like he had been ground into hamburger meat, when I returned with you he was missing a lot of his skin and much of his muscle, his hands were almost skeletal and he didn't even have a left eye", Jiraiya said, "Look at him only 30 minutes later, he is re-growing his skin, his muscle has all returned and he started to re- grow his left eye."
"Kyubi?" Tsunade said
"He talked to me when I initially found the boy, he told me when to return and also that Naruto can't die, whether or not this is true, what happened today definitely proves that he can recover from almost any wound at ridiculous speeds", Jiraiya answered her, "But what worries me the most is how he acted just a moment ago, plus the trip back, he doesn't want to be touched, I think whatever happened out there really screwed with his mind"
"Ok, patch him up and send him home, I'm going to put an ANBU on him to observe him, make sure that nothing is wrong, that he doesn't hurt the village, or himself.", Tsunade said
"Make sure it's someone you trust, I've seen how the people in the village look at him."
"Alright", and with that Jiraiya and Shizune reentered the room and Tsunade left. Shizune patched up Naruto best she could, but Naruto would let her touch him too much, but begrudgingly, he eventually let her do her job. When she was finished she gave him some herbs for a tea to help with the pain. Naruto and Jiraiya left for Naruto's apartment, where Naruto was to stay until further notice as Shizune and Tsunade would be stopping by tomorrow to check on him. As Jiraiya left and Naruto lay down to sleep, wincing at the pain of re-growing skin, he entered slumber and back into the confines of his mind while his body rest.
"How are you feeling" he asked the small form on the floor.
"Tired, don't wanna go back out there, only pain out there", the small blond headed child responded. With hesitation, Naruto sat down and pulled the boy who seemed terrified of being touched, into a hug where he rocked the boy back and forth and told him all would be alright. When morning began to approach, the two got up.
"Are you ready to return?" Naruto asked
"Yup!!", the boy, now a copy of Naruto with a huge grin replied
"Good, be careful out there, and remember, the Hokage and her assistant are coming to ask you what happened on the mission, do you remember what I told you to say"
"Un-huh"
"Good, now go there and great those who care about you", and with that the boy with the grin, still lightly covered in small cracks, left for another place while Naruto began to rework his fantasy, to return to his world where no one can ever get him. With one last thought before he let the fantasy take him, 'I have to be more careful, or next time I may not be able to save him', and with that he let all his troubles float away in his perfect dream world.
OK, that's all for now, I am tired again and I still have to figure out how I will write next part, the exact wording of what I want to do is giving me trouble, either way, enjoy and review, and for those of you who have, I love ya