Me: Saluete amici! This is the next chapter of 'the white wolf'. Everyone has been calling me evil for bringing back the Yondaime only to kill him again. To this I have only one thing to say. 'Things are not always as they appear.' I am very deep into all sorts of spiritual stuff. Here's the recap.
Nightblade turns into a giant kitsune and attacks the other three.
Sakura tries to reason with Nightblade, but cannot. She attempts the Fuuja Houin, but it causes him to go into a slow, painful death.
Sasuke gets pissed. He releases Inukiba, the 5-tailed dog demon.
Shiroi gives up, but she can't save Nightblade.
They find out that the White Wolf is The Yondaime Hokage. He tells them that the Shiginami sent him back. He gives them a scroll to give to his son, Naruto. He dies.
Me: this chapter may be a bit confusing, so bear with me. And just to let you know, I never planned on making Naruto the white wolf. This was all in the dream. (See chapter 2 endnotes)
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Chapter cover: a circle of white Kanji in a black flame. The kanji read: raccoon, cat, wolf, hawk, dog, snake, shark, tiger, and fox. In the center of the ring is the kanji for demon.
The White Wolf
Chapter 5: Spirits Awakening
Sasuke closed his eyes and said a silent prayer to the Kami. He opened his eyes and looked at the scroll that the Yondaime had given him. It was addressed to Naruto. Sasuke suddenly realized what the Yondaime had said…
"Give this to my son, Naruto."
"…My son, Naruto"
"…Naruto"
"Naruto…is the son…of the Yondaime?" he turned to Sakura, who had finally woken up. "You know what this means, Right?"
"No, what?" she answered.
"All this time, we thought we had been paired with a Nobody dead-last. But in fact, Naruto is the heir to Konoha's most powerful and most fearsome clan. We probably have only seen a fraction of his power."
"You have no idea how powerful Naruto really is." Gaara said, and began to tell them about the time that Naruto showed him his true power.
-Flashback-
Gaara as a 12-year-old was walking in the forest near Konoha. It was a peaceful scene (heck, add a few fluffy animals and it would look like something out of a Disney movie.) the atmosphere was so pleasant that Gaara was in a good mood. He didn't feel like killing for once, and he actually was smiling. But all good things come to an end. A gigantic killer intent washed through the woods. He uncorked his gourd and got into his ready stance. He then heard a voice that no one could forget.
"kukuku, a little rodent all alone, perfect prey, kukuku." A pale man jumped down from the trees.
"Orochimaru…" Gaara seethed.
"Yes, it's me, little prey. Let us battle, to the death!" Gaara suddenly felt a kunai pierce his throat. But as he brought his hands up, the pain disappeared. He felt no wound and no weapon.
"Damn genjutsus." He spat out. "I'll kill you Orochimaru!" he shouted. Sand began to swirl around him as his anger grew.
"kukuku, I think not, little prey. Kyuichose no jutsu!" he bit his thumb and summoned a serpent. The serpent constricted itself around Gaara, crushing his gourd, rendering the sand inside useless. The snake slowly began to constrict itself and squeeze the life out of him. Just as Gaara was about to black out, an orange blur appeared and the snake poofed out of existence. Gaara looked up to see Naruto between him and the snake sannin. Naruto looked back to Gaara. Gaara started when he saw his eyes. They were nether blue or red, but pitch black, from the outer rim of the iris to the center of the pupil.
"Are you ok Gaara?" he asked. Gaara nodded. "Good." His voice was flat, showing no emotion. Without another word, he turned to Orochmaru. "You should leave before you get hurt."
"kukuku, do you really think a mere boy could harm me? How do you think you're going to manage that?"
"Like this." Orochimaru began to feel pain. The most intense pain he had ever felt in his life. His screams ripped through the woods. "Meet my family's bloodline limit, The Kashakugan.(1) Enjoy." His voice was dripping with venom as he reached the end of his little speech. Orochimaru hissed at him and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"What just happened here?" Gaara asked.
"I introduced him to my family's bloodline limit. The Kashakugan . It figures out an enemy's worst pain and exploits it. It also figures out the enemy's weakness. It's very useful. But what you have just witnessed must never be told, unless the situation is dire. What you have just seen is only a small fraction of my true power."
-end flashback-
The three others stared at him in awe. The Naruto they had known was as weak as a newborn kitten. But to drive away Orochimaru and then belittle your own power… it was mind-boggling. And since when did Naruto have a bloodline limit?
"He also happens to be a vessel to a demon." Gaara added. Ok, if that didn't cause a collective faint, nothing would.
The others fainted. (2)
They woke up a few minutes later to the sounds of swishing cloaks. Well, Shiroi and Sasuke did, Sakura just woke up on her own. Gaara, Shiroi, and Sasuke all had their eyes trained on the woods behind Sakura.
"What's coming?" Sasuke asked. Sakura turned to them with an odd look on her face.
"What is it? I can't hear anything." Sakura said.
"But…"
"Don't bother Sasuke, she isn't a demon vessel, so she doesn't have enhanced senses." Gaara stated.
"Oh."
Soon the swishing got close enough for Sakura to hear.
"Can't be more than six people, all in cloaks." Gaara said.
"They're not trying to mask their presence." Shiroi replied.
"Two females, two males, and two children." Sasuke said.
"Their cloaks are black with purple flame kanji.(3)" Sakura replied.
"How do you know the color of their cloaks?" Sasuke asked.
"Because they're standing right behind you." She answered.
The other three whipped around and saw six figures in black cloaks, with the hoods completely covering their faces. The one in front was around 6ft tall(4) with the kanji for 'fox' on his cloak. The two directly behind him had the kanji for 'cat' and 'shark' on their cloaks. They were about a half a foot shorter than the man in front. The two in back were a much shorter than the others. They had the kanji for 'hawk' and 'tiger' on their cloaks. The one in back was hidden slightly, but you could see the kanji for 'snake'. The one in front spoke.
"Gaara, Shiroi, Sasuke, if you will join us, we must begin the ritual."
Gaara and Shiroi said nothing and clapped their hands together. Red spheres engulfed them both then disappeared. Their clothes had changed into the same black cloaks that the others were wearing, with the kanji for 'raccoon' and 'wolf' in purple flames. Sasuke was WTFing behind his mask.
"How did you know it was me?" he asked cautiously.
"A demon vessel knows its brother, Sasuke, vessel of Inukiba."
In Sasuke's mind, Inukiba was barking out instructions.
"Pup, clap your hands together and think of yourself in a black cloak with the kanji for dog on it in purple flames. The nine biju have arrived."
Sasuke did as he was told andwas soon in one of the black cloaks.
"Now you're going to have to put me in charge of your body for awhile."
"Why should I do that?" Sasuke asked.
"We're going to fully revive your friend over there."
"Is that even possible?"
"Yes."
"Then do what you have to."
The leader of the cloaked people picked up the Yondaime's and placed him in the center of the clearing. (Sakura couldn't protest due to the fact that she was now bound and gagged to a tree.) The nine figures surrounded him in a circle that encompassed the entire clearing. The leader began to speak.
"Demons of the Biju order come forth! One! Power of sand!"
Gaara glowed blood red before sand erupted around him and took the form of Shukaku. His single tail waved behind him.
"Two! Power of fire!"
The figure with the 'cat' kanji glowed blood red before fire erupted around her and took the form of a cat with two tails.
"Three! Power of ice!"
Shiroi was surrounded by bloody light before snow and ice erupted around her, taking the form of a three-tailed wolf with icicle fangs.
"Four! Power of wind!"
The short figure with the 'hawk' kanji was surrounded in the same bloody light before wind erupted around him, taking the form of a four-tailed hawk.
"Five! Power of earth!"
Sasuke saw bloody chakra erupt around him before large chunks of rock and dirt came from the ground and took the form of the five-tailed dog.
"Six! Power of beasts!"
Bloody light surrounded the figure with the 'snake' kanji, before hundreds of snakes came from the ground and took the form of a giant mythical creature with six tails. (It kinda looked like a snake.)
"Seven! Power of water!"
Crimson light surrounded the figure with the 'shark' kanji before water erupted around him and took the form of a shark with a razorback and seven tails.
"Eight! Power of lightning!"
Crimson light surrounded the other short figure with the 'tiger' kanji before electricity erupted around her, taking the form of an eight-tailed tiger. The leader sighed before continuing.
"Nine! Power of light! Master of elements!"
Blood red light surrounded him before light erupted around him, taking the form of the most powerful demon in the world, Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox. All the demons and there vessels began to chant.
Men die young and men die old,
Empires rise and empires fold.
Dead soldiers face the cold
Of dismal death angel's hold
Shiginami power this body renew
Lifesong sing to those select few
Great Kami, from your heavenly view,
This song sings for you.
BODY BE LIFELESS NO MORE,
FROM SOUL THAT BLADE HAS TORE,
REAWAKEN FLAMING CORE,
BY THE POWER OF
SAND
FIRE
ICE
WIND
EARTH
BEASTS
WATER
LIGHTNING
AND LIGHT,
BODY BE LIFLESS NO MORE!(5)
Balls of multicolored chakra formed on the foreheads of the demons. The balls shot out into the center of the clearing, forming a chromatic ball of chakra. The chakra shot down like lightning into the body of the Yondaime, causing it to glow with the power of the demons.
The lights stopped and the elements that made up the demons went back to whence they came. Gaara, Shiroi, and Sasuke changed back into there other clothes. They untied Sakura and went to where the Yondaime lay. He had stopped glowing… and he was breathing. The ritual had worked; he was back. The leader came over to them, and was followed by the other five demon vessels.
"He will awaken shortly, this takes a great toll on the body as well as the soul." He turned to Sasuke. "I believe that you have something for me, Sasuke."
"What are you talking about, all I have is the scroll for…" he paused, "…no…you can't possibly be…"
The leader clapped his hands together and was engulfed in a red sphere. The sphere disappeared to leave behind the smirking face of Uzumaki Naruto.
"W-what?" was all Sasuke could say.
"Let me explain. My father, the Yondaime, sealed Kyuubi inside me the day I was born. I have since found that Kyuubi is not evil, but under a genjutsu that made her go berserk. She made it my mission to find and unite all of the Biju. Inukiba was the last one. To think he was right under my nose the whole time. Luckily, Gaara and Shiroi were the only Biju outside of Konoha."
The other demon vessels clapped there hands together and were engulfed in red spheres. The spheres cleared to reveal familiar faces. The snake vessel was Marashi(?) Anko, the snake specialist. The cat vessel was Ayame, from the Ichiruka ramen bar. The shark vessel was none other than Iruka-sensei of the ninja academy. But that wasn't the biggest shock. The two short vessels were actually Hatake Hana and Hatake Arashi (6), Kakaski's twin children. They were both only eight years old, but it was clear that they would be as tall as there father, they were both already four-foot tall (7). Hana was lucky enough to have not inherited the tardiness gene, but oddly enough, she had the Sharingan eye. Her other eye was a nice green. Her hair was silver streaked with blue, and was down past her shoulders.Her brother was less fortunate. Arashi had inherited the tardiness gene, and had also inherited his father's gray eyes. His hair was an oddity as well. It was silver and super spiked in the front, but was blue and flat in the back. (Think Kai from 'Beyblade'.) No one knew what there faces looked like; they had taken to wearing masks like their father, and Hana wore a black band to cover her Sharingan. Their mother died during the sound attack, and Kakashi had to deal with being a single father as well as his ninja duties. (after that, he said he would rather do paperwork all day than go through it again.) Hana wore a black dress like Sakura's old red one, and Arashi wore a black chunin-style outfit with a black jacket that looked suspiciously like Naruto's orange one.
"Okay, Anko I can take, but how the heck did the others get their demons?" Sakura asked, completely confused.
"Arashi and Hana received their demons from their parents…"
"Why do you think grandpa was called the 'White Fang' of Konoha?" Hana asked.
"Anyway, Iruka was given the shark demon when Kisame was killed, Anko was given the snake demon when Orochimaru died, and I really don't know about Ayame. Sasuke, I think that Inukiba was what saved you from the Uchiha massacre, Gaara, well… and Shiroi, I have no clue."(8)
"She saved my life, and I saved hers." Shiroi said quietly.
-Flashback-
A five-year old girl with long, brown hair and blue eyes ran through the woods as fast as she could. Her eyes were red from crying. She had just found out that she was being hunted for her bloodline limit, the ability to control water. (think Haku) The entire hidden mist village was after her. She stopped to rest for a second by a large lake. But that was all the ninjas needed to catch up to her.
"Gotcha now, little abomination." The ninjas raised their kantanas to strike when a flash of light went through the leader of the pack. Then his head just fell off his body. "What the…" was all the others had time to say before they fell to pieces.
"What's goin' on?" the little girl said. A wolf made of snow and ice with three tails appeared in front of her.
"Do not worry, little cub. They cannot harm you now. I am Urufuhana." The wolf said. She suddenly fell over and began to breath heavily.
"What's wrong?" the girl asked.
"Summer has melted my core. This has never happened before. This could kill me." The wolf replied.
"Can I help?" the girl asked.
"I doubt it. The only thing that can save me is by taking a human vessel. But that's impossible for me. My vessel must be able to lower its core temperature to keep my core frozen."
"I can do that. I can control water and ice."
"Are you sure? You'll have to remove your identity and leave this land forever. There is no turning back."
"There is nothing for me here, I will gladly do this."
"Very well. Touch the ice spot on my forehead."
A few hours later, the girl woke up in the clearing. She was alone. But then she heard a voice in her head.
"Little cub, how do you feel?"
"Fine."
"Good. By the way, what's your name?"
"Nekomata Natsume."
"You'll have to discard that name to continue living."
"Ok. Hey! How about something that relates to both you and me?"
"Ok, how about Shiroi. Urufu Shiroi."
"I fail to see how that relates to me."
"Look at your reflection."
The newly named Shiroi looked at her reflection and gasped. Her brown hair had turned silver, and her beautiful blue eyes had turned crimson red. Silver wolf ears had replaced her own, and she now had three silver wolf tails.
"Very well. Urufu Shiroi it is."
-end Flashback-
"Demons are not always evil. Some are just misunderstood." Naruto said.
"Naruto-sensei, we have to return to Konoha. We told Hito to meet us at dawn." Arashi said.
"Wait a sec, Naruto-sensei? Since when are you…?" Sasuke started, But Naruto cut him off.
"The Jonin exams were two days ago, and I passed. Kakashi-sensei gave me his own children as well as Sakura's nephew, Hito.
"Ouch. Well, congrats. Here's the scroll." Sasuke handed the scroll to Naruto, who signaled to the others. They all disappeared in puffs of smoke.
"Who knew that Kakashi-sensei could be so cruel?"
"I know. But you guys did cause him a lot of trouble when you were genins."
"I guess you're right…""We might want to wrap this up, your friend has awoken."
"What?"
Sasuke turned around to see The Yondaime try to sit up. Sakura rushed to his side to do the once-over.
"He's fine, just shocked."
"They did it again, didn't they." Arashi asked.
"Yeah, they did." Sasuke answered. " By the way, I have a question for you. When we were back in Tsunade's office, why did you call her 'baa-chan'?"
"Were do ya think Naruto got it?" he simply stated.
Back in Konoha, many people thought a minor tremor was going through from the force of the two biggest face-drops in anime history.
Me: ok, that was one monster of a chapter. 10 typed pages, and who knows how many more there will be when I finish all the notes. By bringing the Yondaime back, what new adventures will come? This is all a dream, remember, I had no say in what happened. I'm only writing this because I thought it would make a cool story. Here are the notes:
(1) the torture eye. This thing is cool, but it took a while to figure out what it did.
(2) It seemed like a good idea.
(3) I like purple flames; deal with it.
(4) Remember chapter 1?
(5) I'm a poet, so this is the product of a poet that is half-asleep.
(6) Don't you think it would make sense if Kakashi named his son after his sensei?
(7) I'm going off my brother here. He was 4ft tall when he was eight and is now 6-5.
(8) Everyone knows how Gaara got his demon, right?
Me: well, that's another chapter. Valete! REVIEW!