Thank you so much for the reviews, sorry this one took longer than I planned, I've been busy preparing for college. And for the record, I was kidding about the review-update system, I just wanted to share it with you guys cause I thought it was funny. I'll just update whenever I can (probably once a month for now, cause I dunno how busy I will be), and you guys can just try to review whenever you can. Sounds fair, neh? So, I'm not pressuring anyone to review just for the hell of it, if you going to review please try to make a small constructive criticism. With the way my ideas and policies are constantly changing, I'll have to go back sooner or later to revise them anyways.

I'm glad you are all asking questions and making guesses about things in the story, that was the whole point of making so many mysteries in it. And trust me, I'll be making you guys ask more questions before answering them.

1. The formatting for the last chapter.

Since doesn't support indentations anymore, I have to apologize for the way the last chapter looked. I styled it with indentations to make the writing more clear, but...oh well. I'll just have to get used to this.

2. Are you going to be doing a lot of renderings yourself, like fanart?

Well, I'm not sure. I've contacted some people with fanarts themselves, and they've given me permission to make a link to their art collection. So I will use both my own and theirs for my stories. I'll be using them to try and get my story across, since I'm sort of bad at describing appearances, clothing, and etc.

3. Will there be any character deaths?

Well, you'll see for this chapter. Now if I start doing deaths, does the rating have to go up?

Formatting style for this chapter:

"Blah" – Talking
"Blah" – Talking in Unusual Way
'Blah' – Thinking
"Blah" – Mystery Person A Talking
'Blah' – Mystery Person A Thinking
"Blah" – Mystery Person B Talking
'Blah' – Mystery Person B Thinking

NEW Note: When the mystery voices are talking, its always in Naruto's head only for now, so basically if they are talking, Naruto can hear it, but if they are thinking, the thoughts are private.

First Blood

Atqui nostri laevi esuriunt pro mages.

In his short 13 years on this mortal world, Kiba had never truly known fear. The protective nature his parents gave him just like wolves would give their cubs had given him an unrivaled sense of security. He had always believed that wherever he was, those who loved him would always be there with him.

But now, standing in the presence of an entity that he knew was on a whole different level, he has never felt so alone before.

Naruto had had been in that odd stance for a few minutes now. He is standing, still with that sadist look on his face, with his arms positioned as if he was meditating. He had both palms opened with only the thumb, index, and middle finger sticking out. On anyone else this stance wouldn't have looked so odd, but plastered with a facial expression that seemed as confident and deadly as what Naruto had on at the moment, not one person in the arena would have been foolished enough to rush in head first.

However, Kiba wasn't one known for thinking straight under pressure.

"For a dead last, y-you have improved a bit, but in t-the end, a dead last is always a dead last." Kiba's voice may have held some confidence, but Naruto could sense otherwise.

He decided to attack once more, and this time, only for the sake of his master, did his canine companion come along. They each aimed their attacks on their opponent's vital organs. Naruto was not reacting at all to any of these attacks.

'In this pool of darkness I have existed for as long as I've known. Only here do I belong, and only in here do I exist.'

The pair had created enough confusions with their earlier ones to use their final one. Two simultaneous assault on the temples of their opponent, and, without a doubt, it could prove fatal to its victim.

'To exist is my only purpose. To live is my hope. I will not fade away!'

"Be it for a moment or an eternity, I will exisit! You shall not end my futile existence!"

Suddenly Naruto's hands moved towards the torsos of his attackers as he guided his own body down. The sound of broken bones could be heard as Naruto's fingers slammed deep enough for them to rupture the same rib bone on each assaulter. For those in the arena who had the ability to see it, they could see Naruto ducking below his two opponents while he used his fingers, embedded in their chests, to guide them on a collision course.

The slow motion of the blood spraying out from the wound and the look of pure insanity on Naruto's face was something that only a few spectators in the arena remembered seeing before. For those who haven't, even when some turned their heads away in horror, Anko and Sakura could not find the ability to even blink.

For what seemed like an eternity, the two headed towards one another. Then at the last second, Naruto's seemed to have gotten even more wicked, if that was at all possible, and he released his fingers from their bodies. Then he jumped back into a hand stand with his legs folded. He then aimed a thunderous kick towards the already wounded torsos of the two.

The two bodies were flying towards the opposite wall like dolls. Their impact made a crater that held the imprint of half their body. As they dropped onto the floor only due to gravity, Naruto got back on his feet and began to slowly approach the two. After a long time, Kiba finally began to stir.

"You are right, dog breath."

That blood curling voice snapped him out of his yearning for this to be just a bad nightmare and brought his attention back at the harsh reality that was in front of him. Those eyes of blood stared back at him with such intensity.

"I am a dead last, alone in this world, probably for all of eternity." The raw emotion in these words was washing over the entire arena.

'What have you gone through?' Sakura suddenly realized she didn't know much about Naruto at all, and she only knew him as a grinning idiot who, up until recently, was constantly things between her and Sasuke-kun. She then made a promise in the back of her mind to try to get to know the real Naruto under the shell better.

"Have you ever known a darkness so pitched that it freezes the heart? Or a pain so cruel that it numbs the soul?"

As he said this, Naruto began to slowly raise his right hand to his face with the fingers spread in a way so that the palm covers the nose, while the index and middle finger reaches the corner of the eyebrows, the thumb covers the right cheek, and the ring and pinky covers the left cheek. The result was a look of pure insanity.

'What has happened to you, Naruto?' Both Anko and Sakura wondered with dread.

'Yondaime, it looks that this village has failed you on your last request.' The Hokage thought in remorse.

"Laughter, joy, love, and friends. These things that you know so well, they are mere words to me."

In this position, he contemplated for awhile and then, as his feature became even more menacing if it was possible, and he began to walk with unusual grace towards Kiba. He had an air of dominance around him as he moved, each step echoing loudly in the silent arena, and each strand of the lengthy hair swaying in the invisible wind.

"You sure got a lot of bark." He remarked casually as he slowly moved toward Kiba, who was starting to back away. "It makes me veeerry curious as to how's your bite."

With that said, he moved his hands to his side and ran toward his prey, making that lethal looking form on his hands. Kiba saw this but didn't know what to do. He looked to his side and found his faithful companion still knocked out. So he did the best thing he could: run.

Using his Piercing Fang technique, he tried to evade Naruto however he could. Yet with every turn he made, Naruto was right on his heel. Even using techniques that could elude the most dangerous predators in the wild, Naruto could not be lost at all. It was as if he was something on a different level now, beyond the laws of nature.

Kiba didn't know how long he could keep his speed up any longer, as his stamina was fading fast. Yet whenever he eased up a bit, Naruto would quickly come and give him a strange attack that held no pain but numbs the entire region. The last one hit his left thigh, and he could not feel it at all now.

He could feel himself moving slower and slower, but he no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't speed himself up again. He then looked behind him and noticed Naruto wasn't there any longer, then turning his head back in dread, his face just got there in time to meet Naruto's right knee.

The pain was excruciating. For a long time, Kiba forgot about the match from his pain. He knew his jaw was probably broken. Then as he moved his hands around, he suddenly couldn't feel them anymore, to be exact, he couldn't feel the rest of his body anymore.

When he finally opened his eyes to what the others in the arena were already seeing, panic couldn't describe what he was feeling. Both his arms and legs were now in a purplish-blue. He knew from what his parents had taught him that it was due to his limbs not getting the blood circulation they needed, but he didn't know how it happened. But before he could think anymore, he heard screams nearby.

Naruto was sprawled on the floor and banging his head against the concrete pavement.

"...Confute! Confute obsidere meus animus cum memoria mei mortorum! Agnosco iam adhuc lachrymam Christi serveberent mhi..."

The sound of Naruto's head hitting the pavement echoed throughout the arena. The judge could not decide what to do, so he had to let the match continue because not one of them seems to be in a better condition than the other.

Kiba's eyes were glued on the sight of the menace that had chased him like a hawk just moments ago now cracking the block of stone under his head. He would have taken advantage of the situation had he still been able to move, but he had found just moving his jaw hurt. It was then he heard that high frequency noise only those close to the canines had the ability to hear.

Akamaru was jolted awake by the piercing screams from Naruto and was trying to signal his master. He could tell that he would have to attack by himself in order to use this last opportunity they had.

Getting strength back into his transformed form, he knew he had only a single attack left in him and so he planned to aim it had the skull of his opponent. The cap on the head that was the thinnest and had the greatest chance of causing his opponent to go unconscious.

The dust from the attack filled the entire arena once more. Even the Hokage found himself holding his breath, not knowing what will happen next. Kiba found himself so curious that after struggling for awhile he finally found the energy to walk closer. He found that his arms and legs were getting better with every passing second.

Then something jumped out of the dusts. Expecting the worst, Kiba instinctively covered his face, only to be met by a cold licks to his left forearm. He was so relieved by his companion being well that he almost forgot to check up on the status of his opponent. But once he remembered, he was relieved to find Naruto lying unconscious on the ground.

'Oh crap,' Jiraiya suddenly noticed something odd at the sight in front of him and hurried toward Kiba.

Just as he was about to shout for the ref to come and call the match to an end before something weird happened again, he felt teethes sinking into arms. Then to his horror, attached to his arm was no longer his small furry friend but a red eyed Naruto. And off in the distance, the Naruto on the ground had transformed into Akamaru. Kiba passed out from the pain and the exhaustion of the match right there and then, but Naruto still had his mouth latched onto him.

Suddenly Naruto felt a sharp pain to his right shoulder blade and felt himself going unconscious. The last thing he saw was an white haired man looking down at him with concern written all over his face.

'Looks like a pervert...' With that, Naruto drifted off to sleep.

Translation:

'Atqui nostri laevi esuriunt pro mages.' – 'And yet our left hands yearns for more.'

'...Confute! Confute obsidere meus animus cum memoria mei mortorum! Agnosco iam adhuc lachrymam Christi serveberent mhi...' – '...Stop! Stop haunting me with memories of my deaths! I already know that even the tears of Christ shall not save me...'