Azure King: Hello everyone was a bit down again as some trolls were trying to put me down again lately. Sigh I remember this site used to have more actual critics than those types. Well either my friends help me get my head set again and also the fact the memory of where fans like stuff and added their own ideas in comments made me try again.
So I have been doing a purge on stories and this one is also up for the block, I need some reviews if you guys wish to see this stay up. I will start to do more regular updates if this does show to have more reviews, please do so if you want to see this fic continue or not. Thank you and enjoy the chapter.
"I wonder if Naruto is okay…" Suguha said walking slowly back to the hospital with Laura also coming, knowing that she'll have to drive the young girl home.
"You sure talk about him more than Kazuto-kun," Laura said with a smile, lightly teasing the girl as she blushed.
"Well...I guess it's because lately, Kazuto-niichan has been distant lately. We used to be close like any other siblings you know. But Naruto was there for me, and it wasn't like the obligation he does for me and Kazuto as I said earlier it was-"
"Real?" Laura interjected as she guessed, knowing the boy's personality from Suguha. "Might I ask how I really want to know what stood out from what you told about the regular Naruto." The young girl nodded before looking at the ground, digging deep into her memories for the first sign of Naruto's real and true decisions that he made.
"It all started when…"
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FLASHBACK
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When I was probably still unable to beat anybody in Kendo…
A young Suguha around the age of eight watch as Naruto completely push back her grandfather with great haste and joy that was present on his face, however the older man only falter as the young man was actually slowing down from his predictable and easy to counter attacks, "Naruto stops with the rush attacks, you must-" He stops when he sidestep away and swung down his sword, "Attack when you opponent loses his-"
"As if!" The young boy said falling deeper until his free hand touched the wooden floor and pushed him off to barely escape he saw his uncle's upside-down shock look before swinging his shinai at the man's side of his head! And quickly let go of his weapon, to use both hands to safely push him back to his normal position, then grabbing the blade once more. He took a single step and shouted, "Hyah!" and hit his grandfather's stomach.
All of this was so fast that even the experienced man was wondering if that truly happened, Naruto might have angered others who had for his tricks. But the older opponent simply stood up, albeit with a slight misstep, and patted his grandchild's shoulders. Before pointing a finger at him, "You might not want to do that in a real match." Walking away as the blonde face became stoic and slightly annoyed.
"Then what's the point of fighting?" He lifted his hands before moving towards the young class, both young gender children all smiled and cheered on Naruto as he beat the hardest members of the kendo dojo. He sat in an informal way, left leg cross in lotus style while the other was straight slightly away. The blonde turned to see Kazuto fidgeting as he saw the last match seems to have been a difficult time for him, despite being the better (although Naruto tricks and style could be Kazuto if he was allowed to) swordsman.
"N-Naruto…" Suguha asked as she saw the new member of the family lazily turned his head to her, seeing that she had a water bottle that she always packed for him and her brother to use.
"No thanks, no reason to drink if I barely took a sweat." He said cooly as the girls around him swoon and the boys beam at his lack of emotions. Suguha looked down as she heard his 'But thanks though' in the perfect kind voice that held no real love.
She misses the old days she and him used to read his weird books when he finally got to know them. But now he was this cold and unmoving person that took over the kind and funny Naruto, the one who always-
Uh Sugu? We kinda have to move from this point in time at some point in our time.
S-Sorry!
Anyways, the adults all bowed as they reached their decisions and her grandfather stood in front of them, "We reached a conclusion, Kazuto and Naruto will be co-captains for this team."
"Oji-san I-"
"Kazuto." Naruto whispered with a warning tone in his words, but nonetheless his brother continued forward.
"I-I don't want to continue practicing Kendo."
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In the moment I blink but it was enough to know that I didn't want to see what transpired.
Naruto stood in front of Kazuto, his head turned to the side as the older man was huffing out deep breathes, Suguha eyes widened and slightly shook on her spot as Naruto's hands went around his jaw and something snapped as he growled in pain. "Fuck that hurt, listen you old bag of bones."
"Naruto stop, this is-"
"And you too emo punk!"
Kazuto gave an odd look at Naruto at that insult, "Emo?"
"I don't, these idiots, I can handle any opponent and perfectly to prove it." Naruto said making sure to sneer at Kazuto when saying that. "Five on one, deal? If I manage to get at least four of you out, you leave him to do… what is it you want to do?" He turned back with an exasperated look from doing more than what he has too.
"Uhh-"
"Whatever deal?" He said as the grandfather looked at Naruto as if he was going to strike again, only for Naruto to move forward with dark glare at the man. "Hit me again… or my siblings, I tell my... their mother. And she doesn't rip off your dusty and wrinkling ball sack from your groin, you better believe I will… that came out wrong." He looked down with a small scowl on his failed threat, but nonetheless peered at the older male eyes to show how serious he was.
"...You have ten mintues to take what you said or we will go through with this." The grandfather of Kazuto and Sugaha said before stomping away.
"...Shit why did I do that for?" Naruto whispered as the kids group around him as they begged him not to do it or praise his heroic ways. "I was going to ask if I can go home early."
"Naruto…"
The blonde turned to Kazuto who shook his fists that were at his side, "Why did you do that?! I didn't need-"
Naruto simply walked up to the kid and flicked his forehead, something he used to do before Jiraiya died, "Idiot, it's because you actually went through with it. Granted I kind of expected the old man to flip out. But I figure 'eh, why not? Gotta piss him off at some point' I hate acting like this perfect grandson shtick."
"Just because you wanted to-" Kazuto started to yell before Naruto pulled him into a hug, silencing him but what really surprised him was that later Suguha told him that he was smiling sincerely.
"No… that you were going to stand up for what you want too. My own bro often said that he was told to visit me more but he ignored them not because he hates me but because he wanted to provide for me. I mean sure I barely remember the dick now… but I felt that kindness when the ero-jiji told me." He let go of Kazuto as his stoic face nearly cracked. When his lips seemed to suppress the act to smile. "So taking the heat is what a brother is for right?"
Kazuto couldn't help but chuckle his arm moving up this face to wipe his eyes, "S-Shut up," Despite the rude words, Naruto could tell that Kazuto was joking with him, "I am older."
"What~? Shut up!" Naruto pointed at his brother with a glare, "I am at least mature in the mind here."
"Oh yeah that sounds convincing."
"Wanna fight about it?"
"I got one match left in me!"
Soon the grandfather watched as both Naruto and Kazuto were battling in the most amazing match, fifteen strikes at the same time canceling each other point until Kazuto won when Naruto collapsed from no longer able to keep up.
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Lara hit a button on a vending machine, slightly bewildered at the story, "So… I'm guessing that the old geezer let Kazuto off the hook?"
"Yeah, he saw that Kazuto could only shine when Naruto was there to motivate him. Then the two became close friends… until Naruto stopped when…" Suguha glared at the floor.
Lara took the berarage she got from the machine, "SAO Beta test?"
"No… Aura…" Suguha spat out in bitterness, making Lara raise an eyebrow at the tone. "Naruto and Kazuto play that game then me and mom would always complain about how they always made notes and gave advice for each area-"
"Floors."
"Floors." Sugaha corrected herself before she gripped her hands into fists, "Until Aura appeared, when Naruto met her. It was all he could talk about, he stopped talking to Kazuto about the game, stopped training with me outside to improve my kendo, and spent any free time in that game. I hated that!"
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"Okay… take a deep breath." Lara comically raised her hand moving forward using the universal hand gesture for 'Calm down'. "Who is Aura… ohh right, the Hacker."
"Hacker?"
"That's what the government officials stated when I told them what I found. No evidence on how she and Naruto got copies for the online version but that means that Aura will be placed under investigation or jail time depending on how severe the action was to them." Lara said even though she is technically involved with SAO, it seems a bit much for a crime. Then again it's almost as if sending someone to their death, but yet again… she didn't know it was really a death game.
"Right…" Suguha said as she saw nurses dashing forward, "Wait-"
"Stop…" Lara started with a hand on her friend's shoulder. "It might be something else, Tsunade would have gotten the rest to help."
"Right…" The young girl said, wondering… what is Naruto doing now?
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In the air Naruto (along with Alkaid being still tied to his arm) kicked an odd demon humanoid monster, before moving his arm that had the girl around the beast, "Hold it tight!" Alkaid did what her teacher said before feeling the world spun to see Naruto grab onto it and spin them into the earth! "LET GO!" He demanded as she did making them kill the enemy as it shattered into pixels. "Not that one either…" He said as they spent the last hour or more killing monsters that can from the mist that Innis made.
In the mist they faced their greatest fear, that being for Alkaid these odd demonoid monsters. Since Naruto really doesn't have fears they were able to rely on his actions as the young girl couldn't stand to look at them. "There!" Naruto screamed throwing his Red Cross he earned from Skeith to an empty-
CRASH~!
"Return!" Naruto pulled his arm to show the wire was also attached to his wand, enjoying himself as he took another huge amount of damage from Innis. Now he understands this style, Innis swarms the enemies with their worst fears, then attacks when they are gone but since Naruto took them down it allows him to attack Innis who was most likely summoning more.
"I can't keep up…" Alkaid gasped as they spent who knows how long in this hellish battle. "I can't…"
"Then fine," Naruto said as the mist slowly vanished showing Innis who's health bar was almost gone. "She is a glass cannon, she sends groups of monsters to prevent her own death. Too bad though." The scythe user said as he saw the mist vanished as Innis body… stone sculpture… ah fuck it! The monster was on the ground before slowly turning into light… shifting into a new shape. "Get behind me…"
Soon the being took the shape of a woman standing in front of them, she had long golden colored hair in a long ponytail with an odd headpiece holding together in the shape of two diamonds. Alkaid blushed as the woman's body was near perfect goddess-like proportions, despite her breast being a solid B-cup, the supermodel-like thininess of her body, the slender waist, tall stature only highlighted her beauty. ...And against the poor redhead's face lit up when she finally noticed the attire the woman was wearing, the top of her body IE, her shoulders and barely the upper part of her breasts were covered in a skintight white robe while connected to a small...extremely small cloth that covered her mid section vertically and her privates and flow out, Alkaid was bit relieved to see that there a back part to it as she saw another flowing end of the dress...so she wasn't bare in the rear at least. She had a sleeve covering her arms with white gloves on her hands. The last and odd thing was her face...they couldn't see it due to the blue metal ring spinning over her eyes. All they could make out was two tear lines going down in perfect vertical and symmetrical fashion, with painted red lips. But to Naruto more main concern was that in her right hand was a sheath for a sword...and the way she held meant the woman knew how to use it.
"Oh god…" Alkaid squeaked, still stunned by the unearthly beauty before them.
"Okay, that's a little distracting…" Naruto muttered, while he admits that around Aura he only saw her beauty as the most prettiest thing in the world...he felt slightly ashamed to even take a second look at the new monster. Soon he ready his weapon, Skeith's Wand, to a defensive stance. "What are you?" He said now really distrubed out, special event monsters were one thing, but changing to human NPC was another.
"*Static*" The woman's mouth moved for only the two teens to cover their ears from the loud sound of static. As she watched the two struggle to listen to her words, until she saw Naruto close his eyes. In fluid motion she rushed towards them while unsheathing her blade, smiling darkly as she swung from her left side.
"Look out!" Alkaid shouted, despite the screeching still being loud.
With his eyes now wide open, Naruto blocked the attack with Skeith's Wand.
SLASH~!
"Gah…" Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the blade… Innis' blade wasn't a katana nor any kind of Eastern style blade. It looked ...high tech. The handle was all black, save for a rectangular guard in black and gold, near the pommel was spinning and glowing objects… Now here's where the high tech part comes in. Instead of a hilt there was swirling mass of energy, generating a series of energy generated rectangular blades. "What in- it can't be…" He muttered out in disbelief. The generated blades were connected only with a small space between them, how she got through it and now the blades on his chest, must have been the reason it went through his Scythe weapon.
The woman let out another static noise of a screech as it pushed its weapon against Naruto, the latter grunting in difficulty, feeling his strength being overwhelmed.
But instead of killing him...she grasps his head as green energy seems to come into her hand! "...Perfect!" She said, with actual words coming out from her mouth until backing away when Alkaid came in to slash at her, only for Innis to retreat back.
"Stay away from him!" Alkaid snapped before looking back to her teacher. "Sensei, are you alright?" She asked worriedly.
"..." Naruto eyes flared up with rage… "Why did I see that?!"
Innis's smile grew wider as she tilted her head to the side, "Skeith underestimated you and appealed to your warrior spirit. Morganna ordered me to end you and what better way than with a mirage from your past?"
"Morganna…" Naruto questioned...until it hit him.
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DURING SAO BETA TEST
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Naruto was listening to Aura play the violin once more, peacefully enjoying it until the girl sighed, "Great playtime is over…" She pouted, dismissing the 'Hacked' item as she sat next to Naruto, who was laying down on the ground.
"What is it, Lady Aura?" Naruto said sitting up to see her, blushing face before pulling out a pillow at his face. What did he do to make her do that?
"Stop calling me that! It's embarrassing!" Aura cutely frowned at the boy often calling her that.
"Why not? It suits you." Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
"It's that my dad already treats me like a Goddess/Princess, my mother adores me, and my...my…" She trailed off looking dim than her usual bright self. "My step mom, Morganna, treats me like I'm not worth it."
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Father + Daughter + Mother + Step Mother =...
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is not working…
BOOM~!
"HOLY CRAP!" Aura screamed out as Naruto's hair suddenly caught on fire! "What happened?!
"Can't… comprehend…" He said eyes twitch at what she said, "So you have… three parents?"
Aura nearly let out a laugh, of course he would think that...actually she will let that slide. "Not really, Dad's… kinda of an asshole. My real mother, the one who named me, died a long time ago, he told me. 'Aura, you are my and Emma's daughter', EVEN though he was sleeping with his girlfriend(?)."
Naruto nodded slowly, getting a solid idea on what's going on… Aura is a child from a previous marriage. And the step mother is a, back mom at the very least, but from what Aura says… "Hates you."
"Pretty...much. Ahaha…" Aura weakly smiles, "I mean, being called a mistake from a one night stand is pretty fine with a scorned woman right?" She spouted out missing Naruto's look of pain, "O-Or being glared like a monster every morning…"
"Aura…" Naruto muttered sadly.
The white haired girl shook her head, "It's fine, I'm used to it...not like everyone is going to like me...I'm just a fake-" She stopped as Naruto grasped her body into his arms. She felt something off...she was moving slowly, 'I-Is he trembling?'
"You're not a monster… don't let anyone else tell you that." He pulled her away to gaze into her cool sky blue irises. Before moving a hand to wipe a digital tear from her face, "if you ever feel like that. Remember I… I… I like you."
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'Smooth Naruto, you can break lots of girls' hearts back IRL, but you can't confess your feelings for a beautiful woman.' He berated his lack of drive to say what he usual says.
"O… Okay…" Aura stuttered gazing into Naruto's eyes...before they lean forward-
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"...Okay what the hell?" Alkaid said as she saw both Naruto and Innis' noses bleed. "Why are you… are you SEXTING!?" She screamed knowing the reason that some more married couples, that didn't die off or got hitch inthe game, were used to sending kinky stuff via Private messaging.
"Wait, what!? NO!" Naruto shouted.
"I didn't know Lady Aura was into you…" Innis said, losing her smile to wipe her nose, "Naruto Uzumaki, son to Kushina Uzumaki… and to the father he barely remembers. One sibling slight estrage, while he contacts you, the two of you never actually met after your parents death. Currently the number one Kendo winner of all of Japan, and lastly the student of former Shinobi Jiraiya."
Naruto lost any feelings as his anger flared up again… "Don't speak of him, as if you know him."
Innis nodded, "You right… would you like to speak to him?" She said raising her blade and stab herself with it! Shocking the two teens as her health to Zero!
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"Shinobi? As in a ninja?"
Suguha nodded as her adult friend Lara and her were sitting in the small park in the hospital, usually for patients who want to breathe fresh air, "Yeah, Jiraiya-jiji was a real Shinobi from my mother's own mouth. Although he was arrested many times for peeping…"
"..." Lara simply sipped her hot chocolate trying not to give a deadpan look… to her credit she tried to look away.
"You can be slightly disappointed, I think Naruto was the most even he realized that Jiraiya used him as a look out or an excuse to sneak him to the women's bath." Suguha said, feeling slightly bad for Naruto as he looked sullen for learning what his godfather did.
"Naruto went along with his sensei's antics?" Lara asked.
"He was a kid!" Suguha said before smiling, "Though once you get past that little… fault. He was a nice man, a little strict when teaching Naruto his family secrets. But a real gentleman for married women and young girls, treats young boys like a funny uncle."
"But he passed away during a bank robbery…" Lara said to herself before a look of realization, "Doesn't that mean…"
"Yes…" Suguha nodded sadly as she looked down at the ground.
"That's when he became who he is… cold." Suguha vividly remembered the funeral on how cold Naruto was. "He...loved Jiraiya…"
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"Yes…!" A male voice cried out, a red wooden sandal clap on the ground twice as a man with sterling white hair hop when doing so, then using his right foot forward, he rolled his head in an exaggerated manner. "The once dead Shinobi of the technological modern world, has returned! Jiraiya of the Sannin is here!"
*YOOOOOOOOOOoooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!*
Naruto could only stare in shock and disbelief. This couldn't be right. Jiraiya, the Ero-Sennin, was dead! He can't be here!
"Well, Naruto, it's good to see you again." The man said walking towards the boy until he stopped, "I guess you still don't believe it's me, huh?"
"No, I don't." Naruto shook his head as he got in a stance. "The Ero-Sennin I know is already dead. You may look like him, but you're not him! So don't try to fool me!"
"Well, to be honest, me too…" Jiraiya scratched the back of his head, "But dying with a gunshot wound to the stomach and also telling me that the last words I said only got a 'ludicrous' was kinda foreboding." The man said with a frown.
That word… only Jiraiya heard it… "It really is you."
"Hehehe yup~! The super pervert of this age is alive!"
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"Okay… I am so confused." Alkaid said both hands on her head. "First I am questioning my sexuality, then this weird old man came out… and now is what your dad?" She looked at her sensei for some semblance of understanding.
"Godfather." Naruto said before Jiraiya pulled him to headlock, "Gah…"
"Ohohoho, you're like the old man of yours! Redheads get your engine running, huh?" The old man said as Naruto tried to pull away, "First Suguha fills out well, Aura as a lovey-dovey, and now a feisty- blahg!" The man was comically blown away when Naruto first went into his sternum! "Nice… punch…" He groaned out before dramatically hitting the ground.
"Shut ya dam' trap, ero-jiji!" Naruto blushed red at his godfather saying those things.
"You're building up… a nice… harem…" He wheezed.
*STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!*
"Die, die, die!" Naruto said before grabbing Alkaid… and using her as a makeshift bat. "DIE!"
"WHY AM I BEING USED AS A BAAAAAT!?"
*WHABAM!*
"UWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!" Jiraiya sang the highest note he could sing, that was somehow out of his voice range when the makeshift Alkaid bat hit between his legs.
"Ugh gross!" Alkaid said when Naruto let her go as she slapped her hair when her head made contact from the hit! Jiraiya laid on the floor as Naruto tried to catch his breath, as emotions were making him too exhausted.
"...I'm really happy you're okay." Jiraiya suddenly spoke, a relaxed look on his face. "Although," he stood up with a sad look. "But I'm not glad you're this Uchiha type of person. Where's the Naruto I raised? Emotional bright, love being an idiot but not really one, and who took his shinobis training like a fish to water?"
"You died. That's what happened…"
"And you became cold." Jiraiya softly stated matter-of-factly, his eyes becoming soft from his child being such a sad outcome, "Only caring for Aura, while I understand you love her. But that doesn't mean you cut off other ties, you have family, boy!" He yelled out in anger.
"They never understood me like she did…" Naruto muttered. Alkaid stood there a bit scared of the serious conversation, "When you died, when I killed that robber to defend myself, watching a little girl bawl her eyes out. It made me realize traditional ways of fighting are useless," he brought out his sword, and stabbed the wand into the ground. "And I'll prove it,"
"So you're going to kill me…" Jiraiya said as he pulled out a kunai, "You've changed for the worse." He sadly whispered, readying his weapon.
"If it's to rid me of the memory that's been haunting me… then so be it." Naruto said coldly.
"Sensei, don't… this isn't like fiction…" Alkaid tried to persuade her friend only a glare from him caused her to back down.
The young man pulled out his Savage Truth, a Japanese katana with the back of it having jagged teeth. His usual weapon, due to mastery, of choice is a scythe, but now he had to beat Jiraiya in his own way. Nihon, Japanese, weapons. "I'm done clinging onto the past… it's time I moved on." Naruto said, and without a signal, he charged towards the man he once called godfather.
Jiraiya threw the kunai, shocking the young man as he barely deflected it, watching the sannin jump in the air and brought it down on him. Naruto quickly made his blade block it, until the older male used the defense to flip himself over, while doing a somersault kick to Naruto's chin. But the young man smiled, twisting his arm upwards to nick at Jiraiya's arm.
Naruto health:95%
Jiraiya: health 99%
Jiraiya then flipped backwards to land on his feet, looking at his wound with a frown. "You were better than this…"
"The old me wouldn't have gotten a hit…" Naruto spat out, with some blood leaving his lips.
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Suguha swallowed her saliva when Krebs nurses were heading to the SAO victims ward, "Oh no…"
"What's wrong?" Lara looked at the girl concerned.
"N-Naruto." She said as Lara took her hand and led her back down the bench.
"Or…" Lara said with a soft smile. "They all are having problems, take a deep breath." She suggested knowing Tsunade would rather have her talking to Suguha than with Naruto like he was suffering that one time. "Let's talk more about…"
"Tsunade says Naruto is crashing!" One of the nurses yelled, causing Suguha to stand up. "Whoops…" she meekly said as the other doctors and nurses glared at her.
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"Gah…" Naruto cried out as Jiraiya kicked to the ruins floating near him, "Not… down yet…"
Naruto: Health 40%
Jiraiya: Health 65%
The young man dodged a strike from Jiraiya, he was now disarmed or rather chose to not use weapons. "Is that all you got!" Jiraiya asked. "What the hell are you trying to do?"
Naruto picked himself up gripping his stomach, it felt like he was really taking damage, compared to Skeith and Innis, he feels… heavy. He leaned back when Jiraiya closed with a finger jab to his next, all his moves were based on pressure point strikes. Even if this was in a virtual world, Naruto couldn't risk some kind of paralysis status effect or some kind of psychological effect to screw him over.
The man closed his hands in what he called a hand sign, rushing towards Naruto. The young man eyes widen in fear before watching-
Jiraiya's hands were sent out in a quick manner, soaring out when Naruto misjudged the wrong side to defend!
Jiraiya's hidden ace in his sleeves, the ninja art of deception, using the handsign gesture to confuse or make his opponents lose their guard for him to take advantage of that moment.
Then he swung his arm to hit Jiraiya who grabbed his arm, but Naruto pulled himself to flip over the man to barely hit him, but the older man jumped to land on Naruto when both came down on the floor. "GAh!" Naruto cried before twisted off Jiraiya, but the man quickly rushed and got on top of Naruto forcing his forearm into his mouth and forcing it down, his free arm pin Naruto's other while the young's last one was underneath him, he was completely unable to move!
"Forgive me Kushina…" Jiraiya muttered before using his free arm to let go quickly, to slam his fist into Naruto's ribs! "While this is a game, in this world, this area...you will feel the bones actually breaking from my hits. I will kill you...do you hear me?"
Naruto's eyes glowed red as he tried to bite the arm only to yelp when his ribs started to crack, 'I-Is this it?'
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WITH SUGUHA
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"Naruto!" She cried into his room as Tsunade glared at the sheepish looking staff before pulling the girl away.
"He...isn't feeling too much pain. We up his painkillers since last time, he is only feeling like a very intense fever dream." Tsunade said watching Naruto sweat and whimper...it was hard for her to watch this. She lost her beloved boyfriend Dan before she met Jiraiya, and he was slowly helping her through her pain...yes he wanted to sleep with her but he truly cared for her well being before trying to get in her pants.
And now...what would-
"Jiraiya!"
She snapped her neck to her and looked at Suguha to wonder if she heard too...and she paled as the middle schooler's face looked pale as well.
"What is going on?"
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WITH NARUTO
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"..." Naruto eyes glazed over...he wasn't sure how much HP he had left...5? 10? He would look at the HUD but...it was pointless he had nothing left to fight being pin to the point of unable to fight back. "..."
Why did he want to be strong again?
Wow, it seems like another lifetime ago...why did he become strong?
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Right...he was scared...he played this lie that he was an unfeeling weapon that had no other way to live but to act like he was strong. In truth...he was…
"Gr….rrrr…"
Jiraiya looked down to see Naruto suddenly biting his arm. "?" His eyes seem confused before widening to large portprotions while retreating… "He didn't…"
He saw the free arm Naruto had was where his crotch was...in a tight vice grip position, "You were aiming at my testicles…" He said in utter shock, while a ninja there are some things a guy will not do to another guy! But yet a smile came into his lips, "Hey miss...has Naruto fought dirty yet?"
The girl watched unable to move as she nodded, "N-No, sensei fights fair to normal people." Although she hasn't seen him kill PK's so she couldn't say for that, as other players agree tricks were necessary to kill them for saving their own lives.
"Alright," He watched as Naruto charged towards him, causing the older man to throw his right fist, but when Naruto took the hit into his face, he grabbed it! Jiraiya only heard alarm bells go off as he pulled back in time before Naruto had a good hold on it. He turned his body to send his other fist at the teen's chest sending flying. "He took a punch to snap my arm...okay something's off." The Sannin stated with calculating eyes.
Naruto fought dirty if needed but below the belt and joint destruction? Jiraiya always tried to beat it in dire moments, but for him to do it now was making the man think...he was coming back. He went forward fast as he blocked another hit only for Naruto to leap in place to hit his jaw with a hard knee!
"I won't lose!" Naruto screamed out, "I won't be afraid of my death!"
Soon as those words left Naruto's body was lit with red lines all over his body, "I," He shouted rushing forward as his fist glow bright red, "won't loseeeee!"
Alkaid closed her eyes, unable to watch the scene only for nothing to come from that direction, slowly she gazed to see Naruto stop short of his attack, visibly shaking before falling to his knees.
He looked up to see the confused Jiraiya "I...was so scared when you died." He said as the man looked down in slight sadness, "I thought 'If Jiraiya died...then I will…' I always believed you were unbeatable."
No one said anything as Naruto stood still and lowered his head, "You...were my goal, to be as gallant and cool like you. But I got scared thinking if I tried to…" he stopped ashamed of what he would say. But the older man nodded to his reasons and looked down at the teen.
The white haired man spoke in a soft but caring tone, "You thought being uncaring was something to protect yourself?" He said softly lowering himself to his needs to grasp the trend shoulders with his hands. "Naruto...it doesn't mean you're supposed to become less than human. Fear helps us become what we are…don't deceit yourself from your humanity"
He looked up to see the smiling face of his godfather...something unlocked in his heart. Tears finally fell from his cheeks, like someone finally allowing Naruto to cry from his godfather's death so many years ago. A sound of glass breaking made him look up to see Jiraiya doing something unexpected.
He stabbed himself with his kunai, smiling like a kind man would for his son, "Fight for the right reasons Naruto for them and yourself…" he said lastly before a grim look came to his face. "Also…" as his body started to break down, Naruto's body went cold after the next words left his guardians mouth. "Be wary of the one who controls the Curse Wave."
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Alkaid eyes blink as she and Naruto are back in town, watching people passing by them. Turning to her teacher she saw he was wiping his tears away, soon her eyes gazed at what he held...it was a green and white mace. It was long white staff with green crystals around an emerald ring and the end had a sharp edge of another green crystal. He grabbed it tight before looking at Alkaid and her heart, beated faster, as his eyes weren't closed off to the world. There was emotion to them, a fire in them, "Alkaid...I'm not going to lie...I was using you as a way for me to compensate for things I can't do...but not anymore." He said his face now harder and serious, "If you let me, I will make you stronger than now."
The girl felt a flare of anger at being tricked...but the fact he came clean made her decide her choice. "You swear?"
The young man nodded as the girl only nodded to him, he placed his new weapon 'Innis Hazy Wand', smiling before looking at the HUD time and walked ahead then turned, "Come we got a boss to help beat." He told Alkaid as she immediately followed him smiling as they walked down ready and invigorated in their path.
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WITH STREA
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*Brrtz, crack!*
Strea gained more life as the chain around her waist shattered completely as she spoke, "Skeith, the strongest lost...Innis tried to use Jiraiya against Naruto...only for the memory to be real not a falsehood." A rare smirk of cockiness appeared. "For an AI, you're pretty bad at doing your job of analysing players. Grk!" The girl bit her teeth hard when electricity zapped her body from the remaining chains as she still made a smile. "Y-You just send the rest and Naruto would beat them!"
"You forgot...sometimes to kill a general you kill his horse."
Strea was finally free from the pain as she felt worried for Naruto, what did this monster have in store for him? She looked at her chains...it was a risky idea but she needs two more to be gone before she can think about it doing it.
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Terror of Death Program Percentage: 15%
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Mirage of Deceit Program Activated, Activating Understanding Human's reactions to Deceit and emotions onto Naruto.
CHAPTER END
AK: As you see now Innis is gone and now Naruto has another weapon to use, along with another program. If you want to see more, please review or this story will be deleted. I will try to make more when I can.