Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Author's Notes: Okay, chapter nine is out, and it's short. I swear I'll never write dark stuff again…it took me forever to write the first couple pages. Anyways, here are some answers to reviews:
Dragon Man 180: I guess you could say he leads the rescue mission.
korrd: Thanks for correcting my mistake there.
wayfarer-redemption: Sure the banishing helped turn the tide, but it wasn't as part of the tournament, while Naruto fighting Gaara was still a tournament fight and Tsunade's affection for Naruto kind of helped boost that promotion.
Edit to the past chapters: I fixed the spelling of Naruto's last name. I hope to change the names of some of my jutsus to better names soon as well.
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Thoughts/Demonic Vessels talking to their demons inside head
Demons talking
Jutsus
New Author's Notes: Many of you may have noticed that I took chapter nine offline for a bit. Well, the original chapter nine I did at a different computer which didn't have word and the format messed up when I tried to put it on word. So, I had to retype it word for word. So, here's chapter nine again. Chapter ten will hopefully be out in a couple of days. If you're wondering about the break between chapters recently, it's because I just moved and my computer wasn't set up till about half a week ago.
Chapter Nine: Traitorous Thoughts to Traitorous Trails
Sasuke stood gloomily watching the recently promoted to jounin, Naruto, walk down the road with his recently promoted to chuunin teammates. How could the dobe be promoted straight to jounin while I'm stuck as a genin? Also, how could his teammates and Haku make it to chuunin as well? Sasuke asked himself inwardly. As he watched, Naruto seemed to laugh at something Hanabi said. If I'm ever going to be able to beat my brother, I'm going to have to be able to beat Naruto. I need more power! Sasuke yelled inwardly. Sasuke dodged into the shadows and went to meet Kakashi for training. Naruto twitched slightly as he sensed Sasuke leave.
Sasuke arrived at the normal bridge waiting spot and sat to wait for Kakashi. An hour into his waiting, Sakura walked up. "Sasuke-kun, why are you here? We don't have a meeting with Kakashi today," Sakura said. Sasuke glared up at her. If I left Konoha to go to Orochimaru, none of these fan girls would bug me anymore, he thought darkly to himself. Sakura nervously smiled under his glare. "Umm, I'll be going then," Sakura said as she hurriedly walked off. Sasuke continued to glare even after Sakura left.
Kakashi arrived an hour later and looked at his prized student, oblivious to the traitorous thoughts coursing through Sasuke's head. "Yo," Kakashi said. Sasuke stood up and they walked off. They walked past a familiar training ground and Sasuke saw Naruto sparring against Hinata and Hanabi. Naruto was easily defending against their attacks. Sasuke shot a glare at him and Naruto looked at him briefly. Kakashi and Sasuke continued on. Slowly, they reached their training ground.
"Okay, Sasuke, I think we should work on your chakra control and genjutsu abilities," Kakashi said. Sasuke looked at him, waiting. At least I can pump as much from him before I leave Konoha, Sasuke thought. Kakashi frowned at Sasuke's quiet. "Anyways, for now I want you to surround your hand with chakra and concentrate on making claws grow from your fingers. This is called Kuma Tsume no Jutsu. Tell me when you make the claws. Oh, there are no seals," Kakashi said. Sasuke glared at Kakashi as Kakashi jumped into a tree and began reading his pornography.
Stupid perverted teacher, Sasuke thought as he surrounded his right hand with chakra. He tried quickly shooting claws out and it blew up, launching him five feet backwards. Chuckling came from in the trees. "You have to do it slow at first. Speed comes from practice," Kakashi said. Sasuke shot a glare into the trees and surrounded his right hand in chakra again. Slowly, he grew the claws until it looked long enough. "Done," Sasuke said. Kakashi jumped down and looked at Sasuke's technique. "Good. Now try and keep control of the technique as you cut up some trees," Kakashi said. Sasuke nodded and Kakashi jumped back up into the tree to read.
How about this, Sasuke thought as he charged at the tree Kakashi was in with his arm drawn back. He shot his arm forward and slid past. His claws wavered, but kept shape. A cut appeared along the tree and it began to fall. "Aggh!" Kakashi yelled as he jumped from his perch. Sasuke smirked as Kakashi approached him. "That wasn't nice, Sasuke. Anyways, good control. Work until it doesn't waver anymore," Kakashi said. Sasuke frowned and faced the forest again. He dove forward as Kakashi sat on his fallen tree.
Around an hour later, a good portion of the forest was cut up and Sasuke could finally fully control the claws while attacking. Kakashi stepped up to the panting Sasuke. "Good. Now activate your sharingan so you can copy the seals for this genjutsu," Kakashi said. Sasuke deactivated his claws and activated his sharingan, which now had three marks in each eye. Kakashi slowly did the seals to make sure Sasuke got them. "Okay, go ahead and try it on me," Kakashi said after he finished giving Sasuke the seals. Sasuke ran through the seals and said, "Akumu Genzou no Jutsu (Nightmare Vision Technique)."
Kakashi's world went red as he saw death, demons, and other nightmarish creations. Suddenly, he felt like he was falling and right before he hit the bottom of the miles long fall, he snapped out of it. Sasuke stood above Kakashi smirking as he helped Kakashi up. "How long was I in the illusion?" Kakashi asked groggily. "Thirty seconds," Sasuke said. "God, it was like an eternity of looking into people's worst nightmares and experiencing them," Kakashi said. Sasuke smirked. This will be useful in beating Naruto and Itachi, Sasuke thought.
"Did you release it or did it release itself from loss of control," Kakashi asked. "I let it go," Sasuke said. "Okay, good. Meet me tomorrow and we'll work on your claws some more and some ninjutsu," Kakashi said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Sasuke scowled and began walking home. On the way, he saw Naruto, Hinata, and Hanabi eating at Ichiraku Ramen. Why must I see Naruto everywhere? I'll kill him one day, than I won't ever see him again, Sasuke thought darkly. Sasuke turned a corner and saw Ino.
He quickly jumped onto the rooftops, but Ino had seen him. He went to move and found Ino hanging onto him. "Hello, Sasuke-kun! Do you want to go have dinner with me?" Ino asked. Sasuke glared at her and pushed her off him. "No," he said and ran off across the rooftops. He stopped outside a large manor. He looked at it and slowly walked inside. He stepped into the kitchen and grabbed something to eat. After eating, he walked into his enormous library. He quickly walked over to a bookshelf and pulled on the book labeled 'Worm Studies'.
The bookcase opened to reveal a descending spiral staircase. Sasuke rushed down the steps while stripping off his shirt. He placed his shirt upon a table when he reached the bottom of the stairs. He stepped over to a large metal mould. He looked at its sword-shaped interior, three-quarters of the way full of his blood. He had a handle at the end of the seven-foot long blade mould, waiting to be fused with the blade. He carefully pulled two kunai out, slicing the inside of his arms, allowing his blood to flow freely down his arms.
Sasuke dropped the kunai and held his arms above the mould. The blood slid from Sasuke's arms into the mould and the air grew thick with hidden chakra. Soon, Sasuke began to grow weak from the amount of blood loss. He pulled his arms back and the chakra in the air perfectly healed Sasuke's arms. "Only seven more days of this until it is complete. Then I shall make my escape," Sasuke vowed to himself. Sasuke grabbed his shirt and headed back into the library. The passage closed behind him. Sasuke dragged himself upstairs and collapsed onto his bed in instant slumber.
Over the next week, Sasuke trained more with Kakashi, loathed Naruto, and avoided fan girls. He continued to add blood to the mould every night and finally added the last amount. Sasuke drew upon the chakra in the air and began to seal. "Chi Kirite no Jutsu (Blood Cutter Technique)!" Sasuke yelled as his blood shot off light from inside the mould. The blood became harder than a normal blade and Sasuke pulled his completed weapon out. "Tomorrow I shall escape!" Sasuke roared. He returned to the library and placed his lightweight, yet extremely large blade upon a table. He then passed out upon the floor.
The next night, Sasuke slowly approached the north gate. The four Anbu stopped him as he approached the gate they guarded. "Sorry, but this gate is closed right now," one of the Anbu said. Sasuke pulled his new weapon from his back and said, "Chi Kiritateru no Jutsu (Blood Slashes Technique)." Multiple blades of blood shot from his named blade, Chi Kirite. The blades cut through the Anbu, quickly killing them all. Sasuke sheathed his blade and pushed open the gates. He escaped into the night towards Sound country.
Naruto was awoken by his door being knocked down. Naruto bolted up as Tsunade entered his house. He looked next to him and saw Hinata and Hanabi awake as well. "Naruto, you have an immediate A Rank mission," Tsunade said. Naruto quickly took on a serious look. "Explain," he said. Tsunade was looking at Hinata and Hanabi and snapped out of it when she heard Naruto speak. "Umm, do they always sleep with you?" Tsunade asked. "Yes, since we were eight. Now please explain the mission," Naruto said impatiently.
"Sasuke, as of one hour ago, has deserted the Leaf. He killed four Anbu guards and took off towards Sound country. Your mission is to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke," Tsunade explained. Naruto jumped up and began preparing. "What are you going to do?" Tsunade asked. "I'm going to catch up to him and beat some sense into his traitorous skull," Naruto said. All the girls frowned. Don't you know how to do anything other than beat people up?" Tsunade asked. "Not really," Naruto said, "Maybe I should ask Kyuubi for help with that sometime." Tsunade rolled her eyes. "Whatever, get going on your mission," Tsunade said as she left. Naruto kissed Hinata quickly as he finished preparing and rushed out the door.
The newly appointed guards opened the gate as Naruto approached. Naruto charged out and shot towards Sound country. After a straight hour of running, Naruto sensed multiple chakra signatures ahead of him. He stopped as he saw four shinobi in front of him. "You're not getting to Sasuke," a six-armed man said. "I have no time for you fools," Naruto growled out as he saw another shinobi appear from the back of one of the current shinobi. His demonic chakra flared out as he sealed. "Tenma Fuuton: Zetsumei Kaze no Jutsu (Demon Wind Element: Death Wind Technique)!" Naruto barked out. His aura flared out and the Sound Five quickly dropped dead. Naruto returned to normal appearance and continued his chase for Sasuke, leaving the demolished Sound Five to rot.
Sasuke sat in the Valley of the End meditating, preparing for the final stretch of his journey. Finally, I have broken free of Konoha and can pursue power from Orochimaru, Sasuke thought, No more Naruto. No more fan girls. I am free! Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes and stared as Naruto slowly approached him. "You, what are you doing here!" Sasuke asked frantically. "Sasuke, you have been labeled a C Rank missing-nin and my mission is to capture and return you to Konoha," Naruto said. "No! I won't go back! I need power I can only get from Orochimaru! I must avenge the Uchiha Clan!" Sasuke yelled as he jumped up.
Naruto glared at him. "I told obaachan I would beat some sense into you, so here comes the beating!" Naruto yelled as he shot forward. In a couple of seconds, Sasuke had been hit five times. Sasuke slowly rose from his doubled over state as Naruto frowned at him. Sasuke performed a small set of seals and exclaimed, "Raikiri (Lightning Edge)!" The electricity sparkled in Sasuke's hand and he dove at Naruto. Naruto sidestepped and brought a knee into Sasuke's gut. Sasuke deactivated his Raikiri as he had the air slammed out of him. Sasuke stood up and saw Naruto frowning at him. He drew his blade and charged at Naruto.
Naruto easily dodged Sasuke's pathetic slashes. "You have no style. You're not fit to be called a swordsman," Naruto said as he armed himself with his good old Kyuubi Katana. Naruto blocked all of Sasuke's strikes and calmly fought Sasuke. Sasuke suddenly jumped back, placing his sword in the ground and began to seal. "Akumu Genzou no Jutsu (Nightmare Vision Technique)!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto slowly walked towards Sasuke. "What! How did you avoid being affected! Even Kakashi was affected!" Sasuke yelled. "My life so far has been a living nightmare. Sure, it's had it's good points, but I've faced things that would make you shit yourself," Naruto growled.
Sasuke grabbed his sword and charged at Naruto. Naruto swept his unarmed hand across his front and a burst of red chakra shot out, blasting Sasuke backwards. Sasuke hopped up, forgetting his sword that lay next to him. He charged up the Bear Claws Technique. "Kuma Tsume no Jutsu (Bear Claws Technique)!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto frowned once again. I'm sorry, Naruto. You're like a brother to me. You're stopping me path to power, so I must remove the obstruction, Sasuke thought. Sasuke ran forward, claw arm drawn back.
Suddenly, flames burst up around Naruto and streaks of lightning surrounded the fire. "I'm sorry, Sasuke," Naruto said with his eyes closed. He brought his hands out and began swirling chakra between them as Sasuke continued to charge. "Open your eyes, Naruto! Face your enemy!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto slowly opened his eyes. "Arashi Inferuno no Jutsu (Storm Inferno Technique)," Naruto said. The flames and lightning shot towards Naruto's sphere and shot outwards as a thick cylinder at the very close Sasuke. Sasuke was shot backwards and severely injured. Naruto felt a stinging pain in his chest and looked down.
The right side of Naruto's chest had been torn up. Naruto clutched his wound as Sasuke stood, severely burnt and injured. Kyuubi, do you think you can fix this wound? Naruto asked his tenant. Give me an hour and it'll be good as new, Kyuubi replied. Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. "Sasuke, it's over. You're coming with me," Naruto said. "Never! I need power and the only way I can get it is by going to Orochimaru!" Sasuke yelled back. Naruto took on a look of rage. "Fine! You think you can't gain power in Konoha, go to Orochimaru and become his puppet! Do what you want; I'm going home to Konoha!" Naruto barked out and began to walk towards Konoha.
Sasuke watched his most precious friend turn his back on him and leave. He watched until he couldn't see Naruto anymore. I'm sorry, Naruto, but I must do this, Sasuke thought. He picked up his blade and continued walking towards Sound. Next time I see you, Naruto, I shall be the stronger one, Sasuke promised to himself. He slowly walked on, being cautious of his wounds.
When Naruto reached Konoha at dawn, he was fully healed. The Anbu at the gate told him to immediately go see Tsunade at the Hokage's Tower. Naruto walked into the Hokage's Tower, a bad feeling in his gut. "Where's Sasuke?" Tsunade asked. "Probably almost at Sound now," Naruto said quietly. "Explain," Tsunade said with narrowed eyes. Naruto went over every detail of his mission, including his killing of the Sound Five and his leaving Sasuke to his power-hungry desires. "Stay here. I must speak with the council," Tsunade said and rushed out the door. Naruto took a seat.
A couple hours later, Tsunade returned with four Anbu. "I'm sorry, Naruto," Tsunade said as Naruto stood up. "For what?" Naruto asked. "You have been charged as an A Rank missing-nin for aiding in the escape of C Rank missing-nin, Uchiha Sasuke. Please come quietly with us, Naruto," Tsunade said, eyes shining with unshed tears. Naruto looked down. "I will not be stopped because the bastard decided to leave us! Also, I had to let him go, I had a fucking hole in my chest! If it wasn't for Kyuubi, I would be dead now! If you want me gone, fine! I'm gone!" Naruto yelled out and disappeared in a swirl of demonic energy. "Naruto!" Tsunade yelled as her tears ran free.
Naruto reappeared in his house and quickly began packing essential items. Hinata and Hanabi appeared near him. "What are you doing?" Hanabi asked. "I've been labeled an A Rank missing-nin because I abandoned Sasuke because I was severely injured and they believe I aided his escape because I told him to go to Sound because the bastard believed he couldn't gain power in Konoha," Naruto ranted in one long run-on sentence. Naruto finished packing and kissed Hinata. "Don't worry, I'll be back. Can you please tell obaachan that I will bring Sasuke back, even if it costs my life this time?" Naruto asked. Hinata nodded and Naruto disappeared in a swirl of demonic energy.
Naruto ran up a wall surrounding Konoha and flipped over it. Tsunade watched in the crystal sphere of the Hokages as Naruto ran into the night. Hinata had come by and delivered Naruto's message to her. Tsunade silently cried as the boy who was like a brother to her ran away from Konoha, a missing-nin by force. Naruto, keep hold of your promise to return Sasuke and I might be able to get you reinstated, Tsunade thought as she left to bed.
Naruto rested near a river, exhausted from hours of running. There's no way I can survive out here on my own, Naruto thought worriedly. Akatsuki is sure to come after me for Kyuubi now that I'm not in a village, Naruto continued to think. There is one thing we can do to ensure our survival, Kyuubi said suddenly. What is that, Kyuubi? Naruto asked him. Well, we could perform a fusion ritual. It would take a month, but when complete, we'd be multiple times stronger, Kyuubi said. Naruto thought on the idea for a minute. This might be a bad idea, but I'll do it. Let's get started on it, Naruto thought to Kyuubi.
Sasuke stood in front of Orochimaru, waiting for the next lesson. "Good job, Sasuke-kun. You're doing better than I ever dreamed. Let's try something else," Orochimaru said as he pointed to a board with his newly repaired arms. Orochimaru released the new set of directions, which Sasuke performed flawlessly, thinking, Power! Power like I could not receive in Konoha! Orochimaru looked at his star pupil in amusement. You will make an interesting vessel one day, Sasuke-kun, Orochimaru thought. "Good. Now go get some rest and be ready tomorrow," Orochimaru said. Sasuke stalked off.
A week after Naruto started on the fusion ritual, Naruto found himself in the Hidden Mist Village. Naruto had removed his forehead protector and placed a scratch upon it before placing it in his pocket. A couple days ago, Kyuubi had helped Naruto throw a kunai all the way to the Hidden Sound Village and scratched Sasuke's forehead protector. Naruto was walking through the city when an idea popped into his head. Naruto quickly went to the Mist information center. "Who's the greatest swordsmith here?" Naruto asked the clerk. "Well, the best is Tazuya Suiryu. He was the best apprentice of the man who created the blades for the Mist Swordsmen and is the best in Mist. Here are directions to his smithy," the clerk said as she jotted some notes onto a sheet of paper and handed it to Naruto. "Arigato," Naruto said and walked out.
Hmm, a guy named water dragon, eh? Sounds interesting, Naruto thought as he approached the smithy. "Welcome! How may I help you?" an energetic man said when Naruto entered. "Hello, Tazuya-san. I would like some weapons made please," Naruto said. Tazuya Suiryu looked over his client patiently. "What do you need made?" Suiryu asked. "I need two katanas and a seven-foot long blade made. If you have that soul jutsu thing, I want that too. Also, if you can, please teach me how to use all the swords in combat," Naruto said. Suiryu chuckled. "For all that, four million," Suiryu said. "Fine, how long?" Naruto asked. "Two months," Suiryu said.
"Good, I'll be back then," Naruto said and walked out. Interesting kid, Suiryu thought as he grabbed an apron. You have potential. That's why I'm doing the Soul Attachment for you, Suiryu thought as he began work on Naruto's large blade. Naruto left Hidden Mist that night and headed back into Fire country to finish the last three weeks of his fusion ritual.
Sasuke stood facing three Sound jounin. He slowly sealed with his right hand, which was down by his side. His left hand clutched a kunai. "Hitoshirezu Hebi Te no Jutsu (Hidden Snake Hands Technique)!" Sasuke yelled as he shot his right hand forward and four pythons shot from his sleeves and grabbed onto the middle jounin and dragged him straight onto Sasuke's kunai. Sasuke tossed the corpse to the side as the others charged at him. Sasuke's right hand pulled on the bottom of his right sleeve and a kunai slid into his hand. Sasuke's new long-sleeved shirt billowed as he charged at the jounin.
Sasuke slid past the jounin and tossed his kunai at their backs. The jounin dodged and threw their own kunai at Sasuke. Sasuke dodged the kunai and began sealing. "Katon: Karyu Endan no Jutsu (Fire Element: Flame Dragon Blast Technique)!" Sasuke yelled. Twin dragons shot from Sasuke and flew towards the jounin. The dragons hit the jounin and killed them quickly. Sasuke dropped from stance as Orochimaru approached. "Good job, Sasuke-kun," Orochimaru said. Sasuke stood silently looking at Orochimaru. "Well, that's all for today. Go hang out with your friend or something," Orochimaru said and left. Maybe I would've been better off in Konoha, like Naruto said, Sasuke thought as he went off in search of his friend.
Naruto stood on the edge of a large clearing. One week to go till we become one, Naruto thought to Kyuubi. Good. Here's the last set of instructions. Good luck, Kyuubi remarked. Naruto cut his finger and slowly began drawing in blood a symbol that would take up the entire clearing space. With the Kyuubi constantly replenishing his blood, he was able to work endlessly. He worked for days on end, only stopping to eat and sleep. "There. Complete," Naruto said as he completed the giant seal. Good. Tomorrow night we become one, Kyuubi said.
Hinata knew Naruto had been found when Tsunade mobilized a large group of Anbu. She nervously waited for news about Naruto. Settle down, girl. Naruto-kun is fine. No pitiful little Anbu can stop the combined force of Naruto-kun and Kyuubi-kun, Mekei said. Hinata calmed down over the next couple of days. She was calm until an explosion around ten miles from Konoha put everyone on edge. Then she panicked.
Naruto stood in the middle of his seal, glowing with demonic chakra. Anbu arrived outside the clearing just in time to see burst of demonic chakra burst from Naruto to hit multiple set points on the seal. Chakra fire spread from those points to set the symbol on fire. "What in the holy hell?" one of the Anbu asked another. Naruto noticed them then. Shit, casualties, he thought. Suddenly, the fire surrounded Naruto and an explosion occurred. The instant wave of chakra disintegrated the Anbu. A bright flaming orb could be seen from miles away as a scream burst forth from it, "We are one!"
Author's Notes: There it is, chapter nine. If anyone out there can help me, I would really like to know the names, genders, and abilities of all the Akatsuki members. Anyways, back to chapter, I really think I didn't do so well on it. Well, who cares, it's done. Here are some translations:
Chi Kirite-Blood Cutter
Arigato-Thank You