Twist of Fate
Chapter 7 : Kyubi
- This takes place when Shikamaru, and the team he created went after the 4 Ninjas that took Sasuke with them. In other words it's right after Neji finished his battle with his opponent in Manga Volume 22 Chapter 198.
- Sasuke was NOT put in the wooden barrel to begin with
- Sakon is one of the four ninjas under Orochimaru's command. He's the ninja that seems to have two bodies of some sort ( Chapter 200 )
- Kimimaro was sent by Kabuto ( Orochimaru's right hand ) since the four ninjas were taking too long to come back to Orochimaru.
- To me, all underlings of Orochimaru are male, so sorry if they were any females that I wasn't able to spot.------JUTSU LIST :
Gyaku no Jutsu – Reverse no Jutsu – Description : A forbidden Jutsu that Kabuto came to learn during his first years under Orochimaru's care. This seals the chakra of an opponent, as well to reverse it's effects on the body. In other words, every wound that the chakra healed during the last 24 hours, will surface and the damage will return..------JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Urousai = Shut Up -
- Chikushou – Damn it / Damn
All notes concerning future reviews will be replied at the bottom of the story.============================================================================ ======================RECAPKonoha Hospital---- Inside room 101 ----
"What!" Tsunade snapped at the doctor.
"Curse symbols ..." The doctor mumbled as he pointed to the boy's neck and stomach.
"Nani?" Tsunade and Jiraiya let out at the same time as they examined it closer.
"What the ...?!" Shizune let out, surprised as well by these unknown marks.
Before anyone could say anything more, a loud and constant beep sound remained, as they all looked up towards the doctor who monitored Naruto's heart.
"Oh no ..." Shizune let out.
"It can't be ..." Tsunade let out in surprise as she noticed Naruto wasn't breathing anymore.
Tsunade lost no time as everyone seemed shocked by the fact Naruto's heart had stopped beating. Tsunade placed her hands, crossed together, above Naruto's heart, as she tried to leak her own chakra in the boy's body.
"Shizune what are those marks?" Jiraiya demanded and answer as he shook the female out of her trance.
"It's a forbidden jutsu for the medic-nins to use because it's too dangerous for the user and the one it's used on ..." Shizune explained as she joined in to help Tsunade.
"What does it do?" Jiraiya asked.
"I don't know! It's forbidden knowledge that was destroyed decades ago!" Shizune replied under the pressure she was being placed on.
"Chikushou ... Why doesn't it affect him!?" Tsunade yelled out as the nurses remained in place, and away from the body.
For 15 minutes, Tsunade and Shizune worked hard to make their own chakra flow within the body and to heal the damages but with no success. At this point, the genins on the other side were all sad, as Sakura was already in tears. Jiraiya looked back at the blond and noticed how a small smiled had formed on his lips.
"You brought him back Naruto ... You kept your promise to her ..." Jiraiya thought as he took a peek at the pink haired girl.
"I'm not losing him! I'm not losing any more people!" Tsunade yelled out as Shizune had stopped her chakra flow due that it was now almost depleted.
"Tsunade-sama ... I don't think ...." Shizune stated which earned her a deadly glare from the Hokage.
"Why isn't that damn fox helping him!?" Tsunade stated and immediately this got her the attention of the Jounins, the nurses, the doctors, and most of all Jiraiya.
Jiraiya rushed over to the woman, as he grabbed her by the arms and stopped her from continuing her useless efforts. She struggled as she could but the fact her chakra and strength had been drained, couldn't let her escape from the sennin's grip.
"Let me go!" Tsunade demanded.
"You can't do any more for him ... He's gone ..." Jiraiya told her with sadness.
"I won't allow that to happen! Naruto deserves to live more than anyone else ..." Tsunade spoke out as she lowered her head, tears began to form in her eyes from the reality of the situation.
"Tsunade-sama ..." Shizune approached her friend to try and comfort her.
"Naze?" Tsunade let out in half anger and sob.
"Why what?" Jiraiya spoke out.
"Why aren't you healing him!? Don't you get it yet you stupid fox!? If Naruto dies then you go down with him! So what the hell are you waiting for to give him back to us ... Give him back to me! Kyubi!" Tsunade yelled out as Jiraiya quickly placed his hand over Tsunade's mouth, but it was already too late.
Tsunade fell to her knees as the tears continued to flow, while the doctor finally turned off both machines, while the nurses all lowered their heads in respect for the boy.
"He never deserved this ..." Tsunade mumbled as Jiraiya placed a comforting hand on her shoulders.
---- Outside Room 101 ----
Sakura burst into tears, while the others all lowered their heads, to hid their own tears, while Sasuke continued to look inside the room, as the doctor pulled up the sheet up to Naruto's neck.
"It can't be ... Naruto can't be dead ..." Sasuke let out, eyes widened in surprise.--------All genins were shocked, some more than others, while the Jounins remained somewhat saddened by the fact the number 1 loudmouth shinobi could now be dead, as well as Tsunade's shocking words in the ER room, forgetting that to speak the demon's name was forbidden before the younger generations like Sasuke and so on.
"This is a joke right!? That idiot can't be dead!" Kiba shouted as he got closed to the window in hopes his eyes were mistaken.
"Naruto-kun ..." Lee softly spoke, as he continued to hold onto Neji.
"This can't be ..." Sakura let out as tears streamed down her eyes, down her cheeks.
Kakashi couldn't look through the window anymore as he stepped aside and leaned against the wall. He crossed his arms and closed his visible eye, while the other 3 Jounins simply observed him.
"Poor Kakashi ..." Gai let out as his eyes observed the deceased blond and his eternal rival.
"Has anyone thought to warn Iruka?" Kurenai raised her head to look at her side, where Asuma stood.
"Hai, the Anbu were sent to retrieve him ..." Asuma confirmed.
"Out of all of us, Iruka was the closest person to Naruto ..." Kurenai whispered as she then looked over to Gai.
"To lose a student, a friend and a teammate is among the hardest things to lose ... without him, nothing will ever be the same ..." Gai let out as he watched the distinct lifeless figure on the other side of the window.
At that moment, footsteps could be heard as Kakashi opened his eyes to take a look at who was heading their way. The last Anbu had finally managed to reach Iruka, as he brought him where the others were.
"How bad is it?" Iruka asked with worry.
The rest remained silent, but their tears, their outbursts, their expressions, all showed all too much that things weren't going too well. Iruka wanted to step closer to where the genins were, when Kakashi grabbed him by the wrist.
"Iruka ... You don't want to ..." Kakashi tried to explain to the Chuunin but this one wouldn't listen.
Iruka struggled enough as Kakashi couldn't find his own strength to keep Iruka from seeing such a devastating scene. The Jounin gathered behind Iruka, as this one froze in place, eyes widened.
"Why ... What ..." Iruka had many question but couldn't find the strength to complete any one of them.
"He ... He stayed behind ... So we could make it back to Konoha alive ..." Shikamaru broke the silence, as he approached his former sensei, but showed his sadness.
"This can't be ..." Iruka mumbled as he brought his hand to cover his mouth.
"We ... We shouldn't have left him to fight them! We should have helped!" Kiba yelled out as Akamaru hid himself in fear of his master's anger.
"Kiba ..." Sasuke and Neji let out, surprised by his outburst.---- Inside Room 201 ----Tsunade slowly raised herself to her feet as she walked over to the lifeless body of Naruto. She quietly reached out and brushed those tainted blond locks away from his tanned and soft skin.
"You know ... The reason I became the fifth Hokage was because he showed me in his own idiotic way, that no matter how hard your life can be, there's always something, even if it's tiny, that's worth to continue living on ..." Tsunade mumbled as Shizune lowered her eyes, tears already filled in them.
"The brat had that effect on people ... He was loud and liked to play tricks ... But he always came through ... He always kept his promises no matter what the cost ..." Jiraiya whispered as he joined Tsunade's side and took a small moment to look over to the pink haired girl Naruto so adored.
"He was suppose to become the Sixth Hokage ..." Tsunade trailed off, not able to continue.
The room was now filled with silence, as each genin, Jounin and Sennin all thought about those little moments they spent with Naruto.============================================================================ ======================Inside Naruto ...Naruto laid in a pool of his own blood, right in front of the Kyubi's cage, as the fox himself, seemed less fearful than he usually was. Kyubi stared down at the boy, as he was well aware that the boy's heart had stopped beating, but yet, he wondered why the boy remained before his cage.
"Am I dead?" Naruto asked with a soft tone as he stared up into the dark red ceiling.
"Shouldn't you know the answer yourself? This is your body boy." Kyubi reminded the boy as he let his body rest against the bars.
"Actually ... I have this strange feeling ... Like I'm finally free ..." Naruto confided in the fox, no longer caring what he was.
"Are you actually happy that you're dead?" Kyubi asked a bit surprised by the stupidity of his soon to be former host.
"Everyone dies sooner or later ... But at least I could keep my promise and the others are alive ..." Naruto half explained with a small smile that graced his lips.
The fox was taken by surprise by those words, in all of his lifetime, never had he met someone as loud, annoying, stupid, and such an unpredictable human being. After all, Kyubi could be known to know Naruto better than anyone since he had been with the boy since he was born, but never once showed or spoke to him.
"Ne Kyubi? If I'm dead, why are you still here?" Naruto asked as he slightly turned his head to meet the ferocious eyes of the fox.
The fox was more surprised to see the innocence in those deep bright blue eyes, but the fact that this boy knew the seal had weaken due to his death, surprised him even more.
"The seal has weakened, but I can't just leave yet ..." Kyubi stated as he looked away.
This human really bothered him, the way he acted and how he could reply in such an idiotic way, always caught him off guard.
"Arigatou ..." Naruto murmured.
This immediately caught his attention as he returned a glare to the boy, who actually seemed sincere in the word he just spoke. Naruto simply closed his eyes and spread his arms on his side, as though he waited for something to happen.
"I've been nothing but a burden to you since you were born and here you are thanking me? You are a complicated human ..." Kyubi let out as he decided to observe the boy a bit longer.
"Don't misunderstand, I do hate you ... But, if it wasn't for you and your strength, I wouldn't have been able to keep my promise. And then ..." Naruto trailed off as he turned to his side, his back turned to the fox.
"And then?" Kyubi asked out of curiosity.
"You stayed with me till the end ...So I wasn't alone ..." Naruto mumbled loud enough for the fox to hear.
For the third time, the fox was taken by surprise by the boy's words as he felt now, more than ever, the seal was soon to brake, and then he would perhaps be free, but something still bothered the fox.
"Before I take my leave human, answer me this simply question." Kyubi demanded to the blond.
"Sure." Naruto answered with honesty as he turned around and opened his eyes to meet those of Kyubi.
"If I would have refused your offer, what would you had done?" Kyubi asked with a serious tone.
"I would of fought, with or without your help." Naruto truthfully answered.
"Even if it meant you'd die?" Kyubi asked out of curiosity.
"Yeah ..." Naruto let out.
"Aren't you the one with the dream to become Hokage so those stupid humans would acknowledge you?" Kyubi asked a second question.
"I thought you only wanted to ask me ONE question." Naruto spoke with a smile while the fox glared at him.
"Smartass ..." Kyubi growled.
"As for my dreams ... Of course I wanted to realize them, but you know ... Saving my friends is more important and if the situation would happen again, I would do it all over again ..." Naruto answered as he locked eyes with the Kyubi.
"Only someone like you could give a great demon such an answer ..." Kyubi let out before he raised himself on his 4 paws.
"Guess this is goodbye ne?" Naruto let out with a sad smile.
"That is for me to decide brat ..." Kyubi let out as his form began to disappear.
Slowly, Kyubi's chakra surrounded him as the fox's form began to vanish, while Naruto simply stirred to his right side and was ready to welcome death, unaware of the last remark the fox made before this one vanished from his prison cell.============================================================================ ======================Konoha Hospital---- Outside Room 201 ----Iruka was ready to burst into tears, as Kakashi explained clearly what happened while the other genins silently shed their own tears, but one among them was reacting in his own way, the only way that he knew since the tragedy of his clan.
"I'll make him come back..." Sasuke told himself as he clenched his fists and tossed his pink haired teammate out of his way.
Before anyone could stop Sasuke from going inside the room, it was already too late. Kakashi was about to interfere just like Sakura when Iruka broke them out of their own trance.
"Let him ... Even though they were rivals ... Naruto often told me how he respected Sasuke more than anyone else ... Because that boy, didn't treat him like the adults did ..." Iruka informed them as he walked closer to the glass, as the others all lowered their heads.---- Inside Room 201 ----Sasuke rushed to his rival's side, while Tsunade motioned the doctors and nurse to let the boy through, after all, Uchiha Sasuke had already lost his family and entire clan, he had the right to visit his only rival, the only person that he showed a little interest in, and maybe his only true friend ...
"You idiot! Always trying to show off!" Sasuke shouted as he slapped Naruto's right cheek.
Upon that action, everyone gasped, their eyes widened, shocked by the boy's reaction towards his now deceased teammate. Jiraiya quickly made his way around the bed as he grabbed Sasuke by the wrist, preventing him form hitting the blond again.
"What is wrong with you!?" Jiraiya demanded an answer out of the boy.
Jiraiya forced the boy to turn around as his eyes met with the well known Sharingan of the boy before him.
"Naruto was never the kind of person to just listen and obey. That dobe is the kind you have to beat it into him to have his reaction!" Sasuke explained himself to the entire room.
"Sasuke ..." Tsunade let out, surprised by Sasuke's emotions.
Sasuke was about to continue his explanation when he felt an enormous amount of chakra behind him. He barely had time to turn around, when Jiraiya pulled him further away from Naruto's bedside, while Tsunade took a few steps back.
"I want no one to make any moves without my permission." Tsunade ordered, as two Anbus stood in the bedroom door, to prevent any more from entering.
With that said, all eyes were focused on the lifeless body of Naruto, as red chakra appeared and began to swirl around his body. The swirls began to rise high in the air, as the tense atmosphere could easily be felt in and outside the room.
Seconds later, the red chakra seem to gather at Naruto's feet and formed a sphere, hiding what it contained. The sphere slowly lowered itself to reveal it's content when two pointy ears were the first things that everyone noticed.
"It couldn't be ..." Tsunade gasped as she placed a hand over her mouth, while Sasuke looked confused and Jiraiya remained silent.
"Kitsune...?" Sasuke let out as he remembered how he saw the same fox when Naruto battled with Gaara after their Chuunin exam was interrupted.
The sphere dissolved and revealed a dark orange fox with nine tails, that sat at Naruto's feet and glared at the Fifth Hokage. The fox was around the same size as Naruto's body, as he showed his dangerous red eyes and swung his tails behind him, making sure the Sennin and the Uchiha would keep a safe distance from himself and his former host.
"I've missed it so very much ... The scent of warm blood ..." The fox spoke and grinned.
"Kyubi ..." Tsunade let out as her eyes showed the anger she felt towards the fox.---- Outside Room 201 ----"Kyubi?" Kiba started as Sakura soon followed.
"That can't be! The Fourth Hokage killed the Kyubi 13 years ago!" Sakura shouted through her sobs.
"What's going on Gai-sensei?" Lee asked as Neji took a step closer to the glass.
"It's the same chakra of when I fought against him ..." Neji mumbled as Lee made sure Neji wouldn't slip out of his hands, while the Jounins exchanged worried looks.
At that moment, the fox's head turned around and locked eyes with the Hyuga boy. Neji was a bit worried when he found those same ferocious eyes that stared at him, the same as the one's he saw when Naruto managed to get some unknown chakra out of him after his points had been closed.
"It's the same ..." Neji murmured as Iruka turned his attention towards the Hyuga boy.
"What do you mean!?" Iruka demanded the answer.
"During my fight with him, I closed all his chakra points but then this strange red chakra appeared within his body. At the center of his body the strange fox face appeared but I only could see it due to my Byakugan ..." Neji explained as Gai stepped between the Chuunin and his students so things wouldn't get out of hand.
"We don't know what's going on Iruka, so please clam down and wait. Surely the fifth will know what to do." Gai tried to reassure him, while Kakashi came from behind the Chuunin and placed a comforting hand on Iruka's shoulder.
"You'll have a lot of explaining to do Asuma ..." Shikamaru stated with a serious tone and look towards his own sensei.---- Inside Room 201 ----The fox grinned at those on the other side of the window as he remembered clearly the Hyuga boy during the Chuunin exam. He then turned his attention towards the Uchiha boy who seemed shocked by his own presence, and so the fox took great pleasure in to torturing these humans.
"You'd expect the greatest demon to be a bit bigger." Jiraiya commented as this earned him the immediate death glare of the fox, while Tsunade wanted to scold the sennin for saying such a stupid thing at a crucial moment.
"The seal has only weakened, it has not been broken ... Yet ..." Kyubi specified as he turned his attention towards the Hokage instead, he would have his little fun with the Uchiha a bit later.
"Why?" Tsunade spoke the only word that came to mind to why the fox was alive and the fact that Kyubi didn't heal him.
The fox lost his grin as he stood up on all 4 paws and crawled towards Naruto's upper body. He placed on paw on the blanket that covered the boy and sank his claws into them, while he dragged the blanket off the boy.
Kyubi tossed the bed sheet to the bloody floor, as he made sure the seal that sealed him within the boy was visible to all, as well as the two cursed marks that were added less than an hour ago. He then sat down next to his former host and glared at the Hokage, without forgetting the presence of the other two, Sasuke and Jiraiya.
"These new curses block my chakra along with this annoying brat." Kyubi explained as he pointed to the one on Naruto's stomach.
"Then you better find a way to heal him and bring him back or else I'll make sure you die as well." Tsunade threatened the fox, as she moved closer to him.
"You would dare to threatened me?" Kyubi replied as his anger started to show.
"Don't mistake. I'm would not DARE to threatened you. I AM threatening you." Tsunade corrected the fox and glared at him.
Kyubi smirked by the answer he'd gotten since this was the second time a human dared to threatened him despite his previous record as a demon and killer. He simply turned his back on the Hokage and stared back at Sasuke.
"Don't you dare ignore me!" Tsunade yelled out as she didn't give a damn anymore that he was the nine tails demon fox.
She rushed over to the bed and immediately, the fox turned around to be only inches away from her face and saw how serious the fox actually was.
"You're going to bring him back!" Tsunade ordered him.
"Did I ever say that I wouldn't?" The fox replied and grinned.
"What do you ..." Tsunade blinked a few times, confused by the reply she got.
"If I were you, I'd concentrate more on canceling those curse marks instead of speaking with a demon." Kyubi reminded the Hokage.
"It's a forbidden Jutsu, even I don't know the signs to it ..." Tsunade let out, as though she was defeated.
"You humans are truly idiots." Kyubi commented as the Kyubi stared into her eyes.
Within seconds, red chakra began to cover the fifth Hokage, while Jiraiya and the Anbus prepared to interfere, but Tsunade gave them a sign not to.
"You forget that us demons, have many hidden talents ..." Kyubi reminded the Hokage, while this one, stopped struggling.============================================================================ ======================FLASHBACKKabuto pulled out a kunai, as he then stabbed the Kimimaro who stood beside him. It was indeed a Bunshin since this one disappeared in smoke, while Kabuto now stood only a meter away from the kitsune.
"Just so you know before you die brat... My blood inheritance limit controls both the bone forming and destroying cells. As well as the density of calcium, to manipulate the formation of bones." Kimimaro explained.
"And you should know Kyubi, humans have around 200 bones in their body ... but Kimimaro can change that number." Kabuto completed the lesson.
Kyubi tried to punch Kimimaro with his free hand, but the shinobi simply concentrated as more bones shot out of his shoulder and kept the fist entangled between the bones.
"You should have stayed out of Orochimaru-sama's way ... Naruto kun ... Kyubi- san ..." Kabuto let out as he rearranged the height of his glasses and gave out an evil smile.
Kabuto brought his hands together as he begun to make several hand seals. For the first time, Kyubi was powerless. The fact he had many bones pierced within his body, as both his hands were unmovable, even with his amount of chakra, he couldn't heal the wounds if something was still lodged in them.
Kabuto finally completed his hand seals, as he thrust his hands at two separate places. One one the original seal that kept the Kyubi prisoner of the blonde's body, with the other wrapped itself around Kyubi's neck.
"Gyaku no Jutsu!" Kabuto yelled out, as Kyubi's eyes, as well as Kimimaro's widened upon the impact, as both took a few steps back.
Two small signs appeared at both places, while Kyubi's head leaned forward as he coughed up a great amount of blood.
Kimimaro regained his balance as he glared at the medic-nin that fell to his knees due to his low amount of chakra.
"Now I'm angry ..." Kyubi murmured as he lifted his head to directly look into Kabuto's eyes.
Kyubi's eyes showed the immense rage, as the kitsune was suddenly engulf in a large ball of red chakra. His eyes glowed of a deadly red, while Kabuto covered his face with one of his arms, while the other supported the weight of his body.
Kyubi's rage could be felt throughout Konoha's forest, as he forced Kimimaro to release him. The power of the red chakra had pushed back Kimimaro's body, as the bones ripped out of the fox's skin, as the shinobi landed with precaution on the ground.
All eyes were turned to the great sphere that surrounded the boy, as strong winds and dirt swirled around it. In the middle of it all, a soaked blond shinobi stood there, with one thing in mind, to kill.
END OF FLASHBACK
============================================================================ ======================Konoha Hospital---- Inside Room 201 ----The red chakra returned towards the fox, as Tsunade fell to her knees, her hands covered her face and stomach, as she just realized the fox actually gave her the small memory that happened when Naruto and himself received the forbidden jutsu.
"Tsunade!" Jiraiya yelled, worried for his former comrade.
"I'm alright ..." Tsunade gasped as she managed to stand up, while Shizune lost no time to rush by her friend's side.
"What did you do to her!?" Shizune yelled at the fox.
The fox grinned and stared back at the young female, while Tsunade placed a hand on her friend's shoulder to calm her.
"Kabuto might of used a forbidden Jutsu, but he forgot one thing ..." Tsunade began as this caught everyone's attention.
"What?" Jiraiya asked, curious of the answer he might get.
"His Jutsu, there's a flaw in it ..." Tsunade quickly answered, which earned many confused looks.
"Huh?" Shizune didn't quite follow at first until the Kyubi decided to give them a hint.
"This jutsu seals the chakra of the person, but it wasn't made to seal a demon's chakra ..." Kyubi hinted them.
"You mean that you could break the jutsu!?" Shizune let out surprised.
"Iie, he's sealed, he can't use his chakra at will, but Naruto can." Tsunade specified as she looked over to the fox with a light smile.
"But Naruto-kun's is ... Is dead ..." Shizune was more confused than ever.
"His soul is still present isn't it?" Jiraiya started to understand the situation.
The fox slightly turned his head to meet the gaze of the white haired Sennin and couldn't help but smile to him, before the fifth's voice caught back his attention.
"Why are you trying to save him Kyubi? After all you could just wait for the seal to wear off and bring chaos to the world once more. So why give us the chance to seal you away again?" Tsunade asked, intrigued by the fox's true motivations.
"Why would the most powerful demon want to stay sealed within an loud mouthed annoying brat like him? Because even though I would be free and love to taste the blood of humans, they never entertained me for long. They were always too easy to kill and then the world starts to be boring again." Kyubi began to explain as everyone carefully listened.
"Why?" Tsunade repeated her question.
"There are many reason oh great Hokage. This Uzumaki Naruto ... He's the Fourth Hokage's legacy is he not?" Kyubi let out some knowledge that even Tsunade was surprised for the fox to know of.
"How did you ..." Tsunade wanted to ask but the fox simply smiled back at her.
"That is for only me to know and you to wonder how I know." Kyubi smirked before he continued his explanation. "This stupid brat entertains me to no end with his stupidity and his behavior. The way he thinks, the way he acts in moments of danger, his reactions, I truly enjoy them. His feelings, the hatred he feels towards the Villagers, along with the sorrow, he's unlike any I've encountered before." Kyubi explained.
"What are you saying?" Shizune broke the silence.
"I've found something to entertain me. I'll give him the chance to perhaps live, but when he becomes useless or I get bored with him ... I'll dispose of him myself." Kyubi warned them with menacing eyes. "So if I were you, I'd find a way to get this stupid brat's attention." Kyubi commented as he took one last glanced at Uchiha.
With those words said, Kyubi's physical form began to vanished and gather on the bed, while the others prepared to intervened. Seconds later, Kyubi was no more, but left an evil laughter behind him, as the red chakra seemed to reenter Naruto's lifeless body.
"What do we do now?" Shizune asked as she stared at her friend.
Tsunade couldn't help but look to the genins who stood on the other side of the glass, now they would have many questions to ask her about Naruto and the Kyubi, but for now Naruto's care is what mattered.
"We tried everything to get him back ... Maybe we were too late ..." Tsunade trailed off as she lowered her head, until she heard a loud smacking sound.
She raised her head and noticed Sasuke was no longer by the sennin's side but by Naruto's side, his hand up, ready to give another slap to Naruto's left cheek. She was about to interfere when Jiraiya gave her a certain look, which stopped her.
"Naruto was never one to listen unless it was beaten into him." Jiraiya smiled as Sasuke continued his torture.
"Come on dobe! I thought you wanted to kick my ass!" Sasuke continued his violent act, not caring what others thought about him.
Tsunade slightly smiled as she motioned to her friend to join her by Naruto's side.
"What do you want me to do?" Shizune asked.
"We've been concentrating our own chakra at two different points and his wounds instead of the source." Tsunade began to explain.
"In other words, if we want to negate the curses, we need to attack them directly." Shizune caught on quickly, as she placed her hands above Naruto's first curse mark on his stomach.
"Kabuto might have used a forbidden jutsu, but I'm not known as one of the legendary three sennins for nothing!" Tsunade let out with a smile as she joined her friend to try and cancel out the curse.============================================================================ ======================Inside NarutoNaruto lazily opened his eyes when he heard a familiar, evil laughter to his right side. He managed to sat up with difficulty as he noticed an enormous amount of red chakra gathered back into Kyubi's former cage.
"Why are you here?" Naruto asked, as he found himself staring back into those dangerous red eyes.
"Giving you a chance to live ..." Kyubi answered.
"Huh?" Naruto let out, a bit confused.
"Continue to entertain me, Uzumaki Naruto." Kyubi spoke his last words as he retreated into the darkness of his cage and left the blond and confused shinobi alone to deal with what was to come.
"You are really a stupid fox ..." Naruto commented when he heard new strange noises from above him.
"I always knew you'd die in such a stupid way. You're such an idiot." Sasuke spoke.
Naruto could clearly hear Sasuke's voice within the darkness of the room, and found himself standing up, searching form where it came from.
"Typical of you to die like this ... guess you'll always be a dobe. Maybe we should write that on your tombstone ..." Sasuke continued.
Slap Slap
"What the hell ...?" Naruto let out as he heard those strange sounds.
"How can you become Hokage if you're dead. Kami you are such an idiot. Weren't you always telling me how you would be my ass one day? Guess you finally gave up huh? Kinda normal since you know I've always been better than you... Dobe." Sasuke continued his rants while Naruto's blood started to boil.
"That asshole!" Naruto shouted as he began to walk towards where the voice came from. "No god damn curse is going to stop me from kicking your sorry ass Uchiha!" Naruto cursed as he continued on his way but found some resistance.
It seems that the curse prevented him from going any further, but unknown to Naruto, Kyubi's eyes glowed at the bottom of his cage as he observed the blond with interest and grinned.
Slap Slap
"You'll always be a dobe, dobe." Sasuke continued his taunts.
"You are so dead you bastard!" Naruto yelled out as his blue chakra started to surround him, but the curse activated and quickly his own chakra began to disappear.
"Entertain me ...Uzumaki Naruto ..." Kyubi whispered as his red chakra found it's way to the blond.
"What the ..?" Naruto noticed the red chakra surrounding him, but didn't felt threatened by it.
Naruto closed his fists, as he felt the power that protected him from the curse and he took a deep breath, before he gathered what remained of his own true chakra to mix it with that of the Kyubi's. Much to his surprise, two more chakra colors joined in, but Naruto had yet known the source of it.
"I'll never give up!" Naruto yelled out as he charged forward, in hopes to finally reach that voice and free him.
"Dobe ..." Sasuke spoke the last word Naruto remembered hearing before darkness consumed him.============================================================================ ======================Konoha Hospital---- Inside room 201 ---For 10 minutes, Sasuke continuously slapped Naruto and continued to insult the blond shinobi by calling him an idiot and dead-last, but there was still no reaction from his rival, and so Sasuke finally gave out, while the two sennins remained close by.
"The curse mark ..." Shizune pointed to the boy's stomach.
The curse mark faded slowly, but still remained, and so Tsunade and Shizune gave all their strength left to annihilate it.
All eyes were locked on Sasuke, and the blond boy who laid lifelessly in the bed, as Sasuke had lowered his head, in defeat of not being able to bring his rival back, until he felt something warm and wet touch his skin. The dark haired boy raised his head slowly to stared at his arm where he felt the sensation.
"Don't call me that ... You bastard ..." Naruto murmured as his chest began to rise and go back down again.
Sasuke's eyes widened as he noticed the blond had his hand firmly wrapped around his wrist, while Naruto slowly opened his eyes to reveal those bright blue eyes, but filled with pain.
Naruto was back ...
Naruto was breathing ...
Naruto was alive ...
But for how long ...
No one knew ...TBC?============================================================================ ======================Well this chapter was a bit longer than expected and not at all like I wanted it to turn out though ... Again sorry for the lateness but I have a really really have good reason for all my fics, just read the important note below to understand and hope you all forgive me!
32 Reviews! Me so happy now, although I did get a few death threats ... ( Looks around to make sure they aren't any more attempts on my life ) Well I've lived up long enough to write this chapter and I hope you enjoy it although there might be one reviewer who won't but hopefully I gave a good reason to how Naruto managed to come back to life without sacrificing anyone!
By the way, this story is 6 000 words long, so I think I worked hard on this chapter!
--------IMPORTANT! I got two part time jobs and I was called in all week! I even had to ditch evening school for this week to work, so the updates came much later than wanted and so I highly apologize for it!--------NOTE! A special thanks to ARBIL! You were my 100th reviewer for this story and so I dedicate this chapter to you for sticking with me in most of my stories! THANKS!--------REVIEWS
EmeraldBlossom : I know I was mean to make him die in the last chapter but this chapter kinda made up for it ne?
Dragon89 : I'm a big meanie to kill off Naruto for half an hour or so but you must be relieved that he's kinda alive now.
Licht Sieger : I know I kinda ended the chapter at not one of the best places but I didn't know how else to write on, so I needed some time to think it through and read the reviews that give me some ideas sometimes. Glad you liked it though.
Cards : First time I see your name, glad you enjoy and yes, Naruto was brought back, but to know if he's going to stay well that's unknown for now.
Ookami Kage : I use to be like that too. I prefer to read than write but then I noticed that I had so many ideas that I wanted to see out there, so I decided to try myself as I writer and so here I am! I'm glad I still like to read although it's hard to find a good unique fic ... Anyway, glad you enjoy all my fics although I'm having myself a hard time lately. Thanks again for your support.
Curlsoftserenity : Me evil ne? But I'm glad that you took time to review and leave a nice comment.
Stoictimer : Well Orochimaru won't revive him, hell he wanted him dead and out of the way so logically that would be plain out stupid ne? But Naruto did come back to life at the end of this chapter ... For now anyway....
Tenshi no tabris : You came really close to my new twist in this story, yes, Kyubi has something to do with it, but the fact that the Jutsu used on him has some side effects help. Glad you enjoy this fic so far!
DragonSoul : Gomen for the late update but I wanted to priorities my other hot fic, but with the death threats on my life well I took in this one first, so sorry for the wait! But I guess with this chapter done you'll kinda feel better that he's not flat-lined anymore, well for now ...
Kuroi Hikari : I was really evil to leave you all hanging like that with a dead Naruto, but hopefully this chapter made up for it.
Silvermist91 : You were right! Naruto came back to life although some people might say it was a dumb way to make him alive again.
Rubymoon17 : I'm glad I got some reaction out of my readers. Glad you liked this chapter!
Hellsing : Chapter 7 finally out! I'm sure you're happy!
Victor-ko : Yep! Naruto's back for now! That's why I chose that precise title for the story because it contained so many twists ne? Convincing Sasuke to come back, making a deal with Kyubi, willingly letting Kyubi take over his body, so many twists no wonder it's called Twist of fate ne?
Pheox : You're right! I would have made a big warning sign saying someone would die if that was the case, which it isn't so I'm sure you're relieved with reading this chapter!
Siodhn01 : The story doesn't end here! As for the parings, well in this one there won't be, I'm thinking of a sequel with pairings, but that's up to reviewers to vote for.
Gopu : thanks for saying a nice thing and reviewing!
Renn : I noticed you love that pairing! Maybe I'll make a short fic on that pairing and dedicate it to you since you love it! Let me know what you think ne? Oh and thanks! I feel so better now that you called me a gifted writer ( cries of joy ) I think I'm getting better and better although I can never compare with Shirohane-sama ...
Arbil : I'm so evil! I wanted a good reaction out of you reviewers and I got it! That's why I hinted a little that's there's one more twist to come before I got any death threats lol. Glad you enjoy the story to far!
Rhiannon : He's back! Naruto's back! For now anyway ... Anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Tony640 / insanechildfanfic / davis4ever : Thanks for reviewing! Hope to see you in the next review as well!
Shadowdragon : I know but he tried to tell them more info but the pain and state he was in was impossible, but I hope this chapter cleared up some things for you.
Nikkler : Your review made me laugh! A death threat written in big letters! And yes my twist was the bring him back with a little help from Kyubi of course.
Amasaki Reyoko : Ok, at first I read your review and thought I was being flamed again. Hope that wasn't the case... Anyway, yes Naruto came back to life for now, and I have no intention of having Sasuke get himself killed for revenge over what happened to Naruto and so on. For Sasuke to do such a thing would mean that he had some deep feelings in himself for our little blond and this fic is non-yaoi, so don't worry about it, this story after all reflects on how they got Sasuke back and so on, the rest and if the plot changes, there might be a sequel.
Elie-3173 : (Dodges kunai attacks) I couldn't give any preview or else it would have spoiled the chapter! So this chapter should make you feel better since he's alive for the moment.
Inu-chan 613 : Very emotional ne? That's the reaction I wanted out of my reviewers, hope this chapter was liked by you.
Red Rose : Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy this chapter as well. Until next time!
Shadow Eclipse : Well I had to end it where I could you know or else it would be really realy long chapter! So I hope you'll like this chapter.
Element4life323 : Sorry if I got you hooked but that was my initial intention so people would like it so I hope you enjoyed this chapter aswell.
Dragon Master Lytore : I've been working on this fic for so long and I'm so happy the people like it! Thanks for reviewing!--------Next Chapter :
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