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Disclaimer: Ahh, if I owned, well, anything of value, I'd probably faint out of joy. Since Naruto is worth a lot of money, and I am conscious, one can conclude that I do not own Naruto. And neither should Cartoon Network gain custody. Boo on lousy stupid no-violence no-language English dubs! You suck! Go manga!
Warnings: Character death, blood, gore, violence, and language. And probably not very good-ness. But you never know.
On the First Day, The Second Day.
All night, Naruto lay in a semi-conscious state. His memories sped by in fast-forward and slow motion, making them seem like a dream. Emphasizing what was really important and dismissing what was not.
Naruto no baka!
Ch, dobe, you're weak.
You'll have to train on your own, I'll be busy with Sasuke.
Stay away from him!
He's bad!
Naruto's a loud-mouth, trouble-making loser!
You're too troublesome.
I'm too busy for you.
I can't take care of you!
You don't stand a chance, Naruto!
Destiny was never on your side, Naruto!
You're all alone, Naruto...
Naruto awoke with a grimace. Bastards, he mentally snarled. I'll kill every last one of you. With that, his grimace eased into a grinHe wasn't alone. You'll never leave me alone, will you, Kyuubi. I won't let you out, ever. Naruto chuckled menacingly. Inside his belly, the Kyuubi shivered with fear of his container, and no small amount of anticipation.
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All throughout Konohagakure, oblivious citizens celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the sealing of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. (Well, that's what the adults were celebrating-the younger generation just thought the Kitsune was dead.) Even though it was early morning, several ninjas of the appropriate age could be found in bars. Hatake Kakashi was warming up for a long day of drinking and other means of enjoyment; it had never occurred to him that, maybe, as Naruto's sensei, this day was not to be celebrated after all. Across town, in yet another bar, another perverted sensei of one Uzumaki Naruto was indulging in much the same activities as preparation for a similar day. Jiraya was a bit more sensitive to Naruto's plight, as he had spent three years with the boy, but like everyone else, didn't seem to worry about it too much.
Elsewhere, several groups of chuunin and jounin were gathering to plan their activities for the day.
"Sasuke-kun, what do you want to do today?" Sakura was hanging off of Uchiha Sasuke's left arm.
"Big forehead, why would Sasuke-kun want to spend the day with you?" Yamanaka Ino demanded.
"..." Sasuke didn't see fit to say anything, so he continued on with his bored glare, a slight pout on his lips. Dammit, he hated these two. They were stupider than Naruto.
Just then, Kiba and Shikamaru strolled over to where the group of three were arguing. Well...two of the three, at least. "Hey, Shika-" Sasuke utilized the girls' distraction to free his arms and strolled over to the dog-boy and the lazy shinobi.
The ever-observant Nara Shikamaru glanced at the surrounding area in his lazy but calculating fashion. "Where's Naruto?"
"..." None of the others could answer, as they hadn't noticed Naruto's conspicuous absence.
"Well... I don't know..." Sakura hedged.
"He's been a little strange lately," Ino added defensively.
"A little too..."
"Naruto-ish?" Shikamaru finished.
Chouji lumbered up to the group, a bag of potato chips in hand.
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In yet another location, Naruto sneezed several times in succession. "Bastards, talking about me behind my back." He continued in his task of stealthily barring all of the shelters and emergency exits shut with boards strengthened with chakra ( just to prevent the more skilled shinobi from getting through.) As he finished, he stood and began his trek to the main gate, carefully avoiding anyone who might recognize him or what he was. On the festival day, Naruto had always had to remain carefully hidden, because he was more likely to incite mobs trying to rid the village of the demon on this particular day. "Fucking shitheads" he vented angrily.
Who was doing it? Tsunade asked herself. Who was rigging the hands? There was absolutely, no possible way she could lose so many in a row. She glanced around furtively. Maybe they were all in on it. Oooooh, those bastards. I'll beat them yet. In her distraction, she lost yet another hand of blind baseball.
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It was exactly ten o'clock when the two Anbu's shifts ended and two others of their rank relieved them of duty. On festival days, only two shinobi at a time guarded the main gates and switched with two others every two hours. Do we see a trend? Yes, we definitely do. Naruto moved from his position in the shadows as two of the Anbu leaped away to change and join in the celebrating. He silently and efficiently slit the throats of the Anbu from behind, and allowed himself a little chuckle. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Dozens, or maybe hundreds, of bunshin sprung to life along the wall, concealing themselves near the areas it was necessary. Well, it just wouldn't do to have the villagers discover his little plot just yet. He had things to do first.
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"Oh nooo, Sasuke!" Sakura and Ino squealed in unison.
Sasuke finished taking his current step(1) and froze. His permanent glare increased ten fold as the yolk of one of the many eggs dripped through his hair, over his eyes, nose, mouth and chin, and finally to his trademark shirt. Still glaring, he slowly tilted his head up to stare at the tree branch above him, where an empty egg carton dangled from a clear wire. Two more eggs slid from atop his head to the ground behind him. "Naruto," he snarled.
Sakura and Ino looked round for Sasuke. He had apparently disappeared, although they hadn't seen him move. "Where'd he go?"
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Naruto sat perched on a window inside the Uchiha compound. He was currently sitting facing the outside, waiting and watching the scenery. (It wasn't much, considering Sasuke isn't much of a gardener and he isn't social enough to hire one.) He didn't move even when he heard the squeaking of pipes and the silence that accompanied the shower being turned of. Nor did he move when he heard the rustling of towels and clothes, and cabinet opening and shutting. He did, however, move when he heard the bathroom door open.
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"What the fuck are you doing here?" Sasuke half growled, half snarled as he emerged from the bathroom with his hair still damp, fully clothed. (He dressed himself in the bathroom. With all those rabid fangirls, getting dressed in such a large space wasn't safe. Sasuke opted for boarding up the small bathroom window instead.) He was not pleased to see the object of his anger sitting in his bedroom window.
Naruto tilted his head back with a sly smile. "Why hello, Sasuke-chan."
"I asked you a question." the Uchiha resumed his aloof demeanor. Well, that at least got Naruto's attention. The blonde was squinting with the scowl he usually wore when talking to or about Sasuke.
"You think you're so cool, don't you. Perfect Sasuke, number one rookie genin, the only survivor of the Uchiha massacre. Everybody loves you, isn't that right? And I'm not even worthy enough to acknowledge." Naruto ranted. "Just a no-good demon."
At this point, Sasuke deigned to widen his eyes fractionally. Naruto banished his scowl and smirked. "Well, I'll show every single one of those bastards that I'm worthy." he said to himself. "And, guess what Sasuke? I'll start with you."
As Naruto smoothly slid backwards over the window sill and neatly rolled into a standing position, Sasuke decided that he didn't like the manic glint in Naruto's now red eyes. Or how the scars on his cheeks had suddenly lengthened. Or how his canines had suddenly become elongated. And especially not the way his fingers and toes had grown claws. Sasuke also decidedly did not like the feeling of those claws worming their way through his chest and out the other side, piercing his left lung.
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(Warning. Point of view switch.)
Naruto could hardly contain the feeling of joy coursing through his body as his right arm embedded itself right below Sasuke's heart. His grin only lengthened as Sasuke opened his mouth to scream. "Now, now, we can't have you making any noise, Sasuke-chan, that would totally ruin everything."the demon vessel crooned as he covered Sasuke's mouth with his free hand. He giggled when he felt the warm blood of his rival coughed up trickle between his clawed fingers. Rotating his hand, he reached up and casually ripped out Sasuke's still beating heart, effectively covering himself in a spray of hot blood. Unsupported, Sasuke dropped to the ground, dead.
Shit, Sasuke, causing me trouble even after I've killed you. I can't go out like this. Well, time for a prank, then I'll head out, he said to himself as he headed for the bathroom. A few minutes later, he exited, now blood free and dressed in a towel. Hmm, can't do anything about these clothes though. You'll have to do me a favor, Sasuke-chan. Naruto dressed himself in Sasuke's trademark clothing and walked towards the exit of the large house, past the wall dripping with blood in the pattern of the words 'Naruto was here.'
Naruto strolled out the front door.
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Hatake Kakashi was sitting in your run-of-the-mill bar, enjoying a large amount of sake as well as the latest volume of 'Icha Icha Paradise.' And, truthfully, he really was enjoying himself, maybe too much. Mostly because he didn't know what...err, fate had in store for him.(2)
Outside, Naruto was searching in all the likely places for his sensei. Ahh, found you. Naruto thought as he furtively peeked into yet another seedy bar. Ducking under the cloth banners, he made his way inside.
"Hatake-san, I need to...discuss something with you," he uttered seductively.
Kakashi was privately thrilled that such a lovely young woman was obviously trying to pick him up. Hell, he would probably save a ton of yen today thanks to her. Such were the thoughts running through his head as the attractive blonde woman led him to a secluded area. A park? Not an ideal place for what he was planning, but he could make it work out nonetheless...(3)
"Well, Hatake-san, I'm glad you could spare the time," the woman said in a scathing voice. But that was not what caught Kakashi off guard-it was the change in pitch. And, suddenly, if his eyes did not deceive him, the attractive young woman had vanished with a poof to be replaced by Naruto, currently dressed in clothes that smelled like Sasuke and carried the Uchiha emblem.(4)
"What's going on, Naruto." Kakashi was not pleased with how he had been deceived, with his confusion over Naruto's attire, or with the disrespectful way Naruto tagged him with a different honorific. "And what are you wearing?"
"Oh, these?" Naruto held an arm out and glanced at it nonchalantly. "They're just a little trophy that I won...Hatake-san."
"Trophy...?" Kakashi definitely did not like where this was going, or Naruto's strange attitude. "You, defeated Sasuke? But, he wouldn't let you wear his clothes..." Nope, he definitely did not like where this conversation was headed.
"Oh, I don't think he minds. Or maybe, he just can't. And soon, you won't either."
Naruto's voice switched from its sly lilt to a whine. "You never did anyway, Hatake-san. Why weren't you Kakashi-sensei? Why only for Sasuke?"
"What are you talking abou-"
"You know what I'm talking about! You just didn't want to get to close to the demon, right, didn't want to make it stronger.
"But you know what, Hatake-san, I learned it anyway." Naruto grinned.
Learned what? Kakashi was confused. But he had learned one thing- Naruto was mad because he felt that he had been neglected. But how can that be? He traveled with Jiraya-sama-
"Chi-do-ri!" sang Naruto. "Isn't it pretty? Look, Hatake-san, I can do it, too!"
"How did-"
"Shh, Hatake-san, watch very closely, see what I can do!" Naruto exclaimed childishly.
The last thing Hatake Kakashi saw was two red irises and the crackling lightning of Chidori before Naruto neatly shoved his sparking hand into Kakashi's right eye.(5)
-To be continued-
AN-Ok, the second day is not finished. Just wanted to put that out there. But, this is pushing seven or eight pages and it's been a bit more than a week. And I don't think I'll be getting many more reviews on chapter one. Also, chapter one and chapter two might get reposted because I'm still figuring out how to post two chapters under a story. Right, and I put the little a.n. numbers in bold because it really pisses me off when there are those little lists explaining things and I've already forgotten what happened. Bold will make it a little easier, ne?
1. He was walking. And the eggs fell on him mid-step. So instead of standing with one foot in the air, he put it down. Well, that might have confused me! Shut up! Stop laughing!
2. Alright, two things here. To me, this seems like a lot of author-adding-useless-commentary. I'm ok with a bit of it usually, but this seems like a bit much. I'll leave it anyway. And, the fate-thing seems a bit Neji-ish, but I honestly couldn't think of anything.
3. Haha, bet you thought I was going to add some yaoi there, didn't you? Yes? No? Well, Naruto henged to look like a girl. To lure Kakashi away. Haha, lure.
4. Kakashi's got a super nose. For those of you who haven't read that much of the manga. And I haven't seen the anime. No idea if his super-smelling-skills are in there.
5. Kudos to those of you who notice that Kakashi's right eye is his natural eye, not the sharingan eye. And if you have read/watched that much, you might see the significance. If there is any, that is. You can tell me if there is.
Review, Reviewem, Reviewor. Oh, how I wish that were latin. But it's not. Oh, dear, I'm a dork. But if you review, it will make me feel important and loved. But not the kind where people hug me. Because touching makes me nervous. See, I do have mental thingamabobs.