Disclaimers: (--) How many times have I said that I don't own Naruto?
Warning: OOC-ness ahead! You have been warned!
Pairings: Not yet decided.
Author's notes: Alright then! I'm so glad that a lot of you liked the prologue. It's my first time in writing an angst fic, so I'm pretty knew at this making-an-angst-fic thing so if I make something wrong, please forgive me. Anyway, thank you all for your reviews! I'm in a rush so this would kind of be a little random. Gomen nasai. Anyway, here are the replies to the reviews!
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"Nomal talking"
/Kyuubi talking/
::Naruto replying::
'Thinking'Chapter 2:
=Two Years Later=
"Well done, Naruto." A long haired shinobi said as he gazed over the bodies that are lying in a heap. His gaze then went towards a ten year old blond boy who had a kunai on both hands with fresh blood splattered over his body.
The boy then looked at the man and smiled slightly. "It wasn't really so bad, Itachi-niisan." The blond, who was obviously Naruto said as he placed his kunais back on his holster and wore his black cloak again.
"Your first kill, right?" The Uchiha missing-nin said as he gazed blankly at Naruto. Naruto nodded as his smile formed into a grin. "Not bad."
The blond disappeared and appeared right in front of the sharingan wielder. "Thank you, Itachi-niisan." He said. Itachi placed his pointer and middle finger together and poked Naruto's forehead gently.
"Let's go back." He said.
"Hai!"
Naruto's POV
Sigh… Itachi-niisan made me have my first kill. I was pretty nervous at first, but seeing that the shinobis were leaf-nins, a deep anger suddenly consumed me as I killed them all mercilessly. Hah! It's been two years already.
I can never forget what those people have done to me. I will never forget, and I will never forgive. I am grateful that Itachi-niisan saved me two years ago. If it wasn't for him, I would have been dead a long time ago.
I also know why the people treated me that way. I have a demon within me who caused the almost destruction of konoha, years ago. I have the nine-tails, Kyuubi, within me. One of the most powerful youkai among all. So that's why…
But they still have no right to treat me that way.
And for that, they shall pay… very dearly. I thank Itachi-niisan. I owe him my life. He saved me, trained me, and gave me a home. The Akatsuki is my home now, and nobody is going to change that.
Before we left, I gave a brief glance back at the shinobis that I have killed. I sighed. This world is the survival of the fittest. A shinobi must know that only the strong lives and the weak dies. Such is a rule in this world that no one can destroy.
And I have learned that the hard way.
I was once a weak little child without any skill to defend myself. They see me as the demon Kyuubi. If that's what they believe I am, then that is what I shall be. I will one day make them pay. I will one day cause the destruction of the hidden leaf by my very own hands.
Who are the people who helped me with my growth?
Well… that's easy. There are Itachi-niisan, Kyuubi, and other Akatsuki members who taught me all I know. These shinobis made me strong, but I have Itachi-niisan and Kyuubi to thank the most.
Without them, I wouldn't be where I am now.
=Two Years Later=
Uzumaki Naruto, now at the age of twelve, and now one of the best unknown shinobis of the Akatsuki, stood on the very tip of a huge tree with his arms crossed, watching the golden sunrise.
"Naruto." A voice called. The blond know that voice all too well. He looked down and saw a pair of sharingan eyes looking directly at his blue ones. The boy smiled.
"I'm coming, Itachi-niisan!" With that, he jumped down the tall tree and landed gracefully on the ground. "What is it Itachi-niisan?" He asked.
"It's time for your training. You don't have any time to go watch the sunrise." He said. The blond pouted.
"Mou… but it's so pretty." The blond just earned another glare from his unofficial older brother. He sighed. "Alright, alright, I'll start with my summoning now. Uhh… anyway, 'niisan?"
"What?"
"Err… have you seen Fen?" He asked.
"Fen?" Itachi seemed a bit confused. Naruto looked up at the sky as a brown falcon came flying down onto his shoulder. Naruto smiled.
"There you are, Fen. Where have you been?" He asked.
Naruto smiled at Itachi. "Itachi-niisan, this is Fen. He is my newest summon. I met him last night here at the forest. He's a real nice fellow." He said.
Itachi nodded. "As I have seen, your taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu are really improving. I congratulate you for that."
Naruto's eyes went wide. 'Itachi-niisan's congratulating me? Wow… now that's new.' He thought but decided not to say that out loud. He grinned. "Thanks Itachi-niisan."
"And so far, you can summon Terra (tiger), Leo (lion (obviously)), Flame (phoenix), Boar (bear), Yuna (silver-ish grayish fox), and now you can summon Fen (falcon). That's good."
"Thanks Itachi-niisan."
"Therefore, the organization decided to send you to a mission."
Naruto beamed. "Yatta! My first mission! Who will come with me then?! Who? Who?" He exclaimed in excitement.
Itachi sighed in exasperation. "None."
Naruto suddenly froze on the stop. "Nani?! Why none?!"
"Because it would get too suspicious if you work in a group of two." Itachi said as if it was the simplest thing in the world. Naruto sighed since he couldn't do anything to counter the decision of the organization.
"Fine. Where will my mission occur?" He asked.
"Konohagakure no Sato."
As the blond heard the name. His expression darkened as his face became filled with seriousness as his eyes darkened and became a void of darkness. His once sparkling blue eyes darkened to a deep blue as anger started to consume him.
"Hah. Konoha…" He murmured slowly. "What am I to do there?" He asked.
Itachi crossed his arms. "You have two things to do there. One is to cause its ultimate destruction…"
Naruto's lips curved into a sick smile as his eyes widened with delight for his first mission. He would agree to this mission without a question as long as he could destroy the village and have his revenge.
"And the second one is to kill the hokage, the copy ninja, Hatake Kakashi, and a chuunin named Umino Iruka." The Uchiha finished.
The blond's eyes widened again, not because of delight but because of doubt. Among all of the village people, there are three people who cared for him, and those are the people that he needed to kill.
However, he remembered Kakashi tell him once when he was still a kid: "Always read underneath the underneath." His words still remained in his heart somehow. With his words, Naruto realized that the destruction is his main mission, and the killing is to prove his loyalty to the organization.
Just then, he mentally slapped himself. If he succeeds in doing the first mission, then he would still be killing the three in the process. He was snapped back to his dazed point as Itachi poked his forehead again.
"What?"
"You're zoning out." The sharingan user said simply. "What is your decision?"
Naruto started debating within himself whether to accept the mission or not. However, his vengeance still came first as he slowly nodded. Itachi nodded as well. The blond faced him. "Itachi-niisan, how can I enter the village then?" He asked.
Itachi poked Naruto's forehead again and gave the boy one of his rare smiles. "Naruto, use your brain. What use would this brain of yours be if you wouldn't even use it?" He asked.
Naruto placed a hand on his forehead. "Maa… that's the second time this day that you poked me in the forehead. So just spit the data out, 'niisan." He said as he pouted.
Itachi smile remained for a few more seconds before it disappeared completely. "You would pose as a new student in the ninja academy and graduate as a ninja. You would the join a group of genins. Once we give the signal, the Kisame and I would join you."
Naruto grinned. "Oh that's easy. All I have to do is wait for the signal, right?"
"However," Itachi said. "You would stay for quite some time there. Maybe even more than a year. Every month, send out a daily report to us about the village. When the organization believes that the time is right, we would give you the signal."
"Maa, but what's the reason behind that long stay?"
"In order that it would not get too suspicious, you would need to earn the hokage and the townsmen's trust without them knowing that you are Naruto. You would give yourself a new identity. However, that's for you to decide what identity you are willing to give yourself."
Naruto sighed as he leaned on a tree. "Just great. Does that mean I still have to struggle against my killer intent for more than a year?" His chakra started to flare around him as the grass around him started to dry due to the immense heat of his chakra. "Oh how I want to burn them to the ground."
"Naruto, calm yourself. We are sending you because we know that you know a lot about the village." Itachi said.
Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Why can't they send you instead?" He asked.
"They know me well enough there. They would be suspicious of me easily. However, you, Naruto, cannot be suspected. They don't know that you are a member of the Akatsuki. They don't even know that you are still alive."
Naruto sighed. "Fine. I'll do it. When do I leave?" He asked.
Itachi then threw a bunch of garments towards him. "After you put those clothes on and pack the essential materials." He said.
Naruto wasted no time as he just stood up and let himself be covered by a thick layer of red chakra. In a couple of seconds, his chakra disappeared an left him wearing black baggy pants, a black sleeveless turtleneck shirt, a black high collared cape with a hood (kinda like the Akatsuki's black cape without the clouds and with a hood), a black mask covering half of his face, and a bunch of black, gray, and silver loose belts which holds a bunch of pouches loaded with shurikens, senbons, and other ninja equipments.
"Sheesh. Itachi-niisan, I feel like I'm over clothed." Naruto grumbled as he wore the black cape. At that instant, Naruto felt that he's being pushed down. He sweatdropped. "Err… Itachi-niisan?"
"What?"
"Ano sa… is this cloak weighted?" The blond asked. He sweatdropped as Itachi nodded at him. No wonder that it's so heavy.
"Oh. And two more things." Itachi reminded.
"What is it?"
Itachi's sharingan eyes seemed to bore down inside Naruto's very soul as he began to speak that Naruto gulped in nervousness. "If you ever came across Orochimaru, do not hesitate to dispose of him, and don't worry. Kisame and I will be visiting you from time to time."
Naruto smiled. "Arigato Itachi-niisan."
Just then, Kisame came and threw a shoulder bag at Naruto. Naruto caught it with ease.
"Take those things with you, kid. You'll be needing it."
Naruto curiously opened the bag that was given to him and saw a some clothes, which were, unfortunately, majority was the same garments that he was currently wearing with some other normal clothing, some cup ramen, other extra ninja equipments, water, and money that can last for a month.
The blond boy smiled. If there were two other people that he conceder precious to him, they were Itachi and Kisame. "Arigato Kisame-san."
Kisame smirked. "Good luck, boy."
Naruto placed the shoulder bag on his shoulders and turned his back. "Thank you. But I won't be needing it." With that, the boy disappeared.
Kisame laughed slightly as he looked at Itachi. "Itachi-san, it seemed that we raised the kyuubi child well. He's now a very powerful shinobi. I hate to admit it but even he is stronger than me. He may even be at par with your own skills."
With that, the two Akatsuki members disappeard.
=With Naruto=
/Hah. Would you be able to control your thirst for vengeance, my little kit?/
::Ah shut up fox. No killing for now until really needed::
/Oh come on! Let us kill even just a little something, kit. I'm bored./
::Kyuubi, shut up for a while. We would not be killing for quite some time, but you'll soon get your fun. You know, it would be better if you teach me more of your jutsus.::
/I'll teach you a new one when you killed something then./
::Augh you damn fox! You'll get your blood. Just wait 'till I find a rabbit.::
/Just a rabbit?/
::Stop whining or else I won't give you your blood.::
/Tch! Fine then, kit. I was just kidding. I was really expecting you to demand a new jutsu in exchange for blood. I was really intending to teach you a new one./
Naruto's eyes slightly widened. ::Really, kyuubi?::
/Yeah. Think of it as a gift./
::Arigato Kyuubi! Now what are you going to teach me next?::
/Let's see… what techniques have I taught you already, kit?/
::Hmm… so far, you have taught me Ranshin no Jutsu, and Fubuki no Jutsu. You have also helped me developed my very own taijutsu, the Hakishomeo. I guess that's it.::
Naruto heard the kyuubi snicker. ::What's so funny, you fox?::
/Nothing. I was just thinking of what new jutsu I would teach you. Let's see… alright. I'll teach you Tsuki Semmon: Rasen ki no Jutsu. How about that, kit?/
::Well… how do I do it?::
The kyuubi laughed. /You'll be automatically performing it when you want to. However, I advice you not to use that technique here. The effects could be… too drastic for my taste./
::Hah!:: Naruto said. ::It's a pretty weird thing to hear that from someone who just said 'oh I want detruction! Bring me blood now!' Ne kyuubi?::
/Hah! Good one, kit. Though I still advice you not to try it here./
::Alright Kyuubi. Whatever you say.::
/I hate to break it to you, kit. But look in front of you./
Naruto then looked in front of him to see the gate of konoha village. At an instant, extreme rage started to build up inside him.
/Kit, calm down. Do the mission first. You'll get your vengeance later./
Naruto snickered. ::Kyuubi, do you think you're so being out-of-character?::
/Hey. I may be ferocious, but I still have a soft side./
Naruto laughed silently. ::Thanks, fox. I needed that.::
Naruto turned around to see Fen still flying behind him. He smiled. "I'm glad to see that you managed to keep up." He told the falcon. He then faced the deserted streets of Konoha from outside the gate.
'Konoha… we meet again. You almost killed me years ago, and now I will return the favor. But this time, it would not be almost. It would be done, and konoha would be burned to the ground. I'll show you what you taught me years back without knowing.'
Naruto's eyes started to show a shade of red due to anger. 'You showed me that being weak will lead to destruction, and being strong would lead to victory. You showed me, when I was young, that the strong shall live and the weak shall die. All of you showed and demonstrated that rule of life to me. Now it shall be applied to you, foolish humans. You're time is soon to come.'
With a few more steps, the Akatsuki member stepped inside the hidden leaf, trying with all his might to prevent his anger from unleashing, for the signal has not yet come. It is still coming.
As the hidden leaf inhabitants slept peacefully, they don't even have the tiniest feeling that their destruction would soon come…
…given by the boy who they thought that they mercilessly killed during the forest fire four years ago.
The kyuubi has now returned.
Author's notes: Well, how is it? It's a bit of random and short since I'm in a hurry so I'm sorry. The jutsus placed above would be explained once they are used, so please be patient. Oh! I'm also not a Japanese speaker so if I mistranslated the words, then please forgive me. How is it? Like it? Hate it? If you don't like the OOC-ness, then don't give me a flame about it. I have warned you already. Anyway, I hope that you like it. Reviews please!