Chapter 2: Your not my Sensei!
Two years had gone by since that fateful day, and ever since that day; the village had never saw much of the young fox demon boy. Not even Tsunade had seen the boy more the twice a year and it was only when he came to her for a simple check in which she required him to do out of respect; she had to make sure the boy was alive at the very least. However, during the visits, the boy was never himself, even when he trained with Kakashi. Instead of the stupid grin he would have when Kakashi came to greet him; the boy would look over his shoulder and grunt something not even he could hear before going back to his rigorous tasks. It gotten to the point where he denied Kakashi to come at all, refusing to talk to him and threatening his own, and Kakashi's life if the superior ever stopped him.
Usually on team seven, the boy would have been trained by attacking simple logs or tree's; carrying buckets of water to the stream and up a hill before repeating the process; or doing exercises like running, sit ups, push ups and target practice. Kakashi, himself, was horrified at how Naruto trained now a days. The boy would cut open spots so deep and close to the vital points that Kakashi had found him unconscious at times; though the wounds always were healed. He began to depend more and more on his red fox chakra then his own abilities; which even the demon fox seemed to be noticing.
One night while the blonde bled; the fox had decided to have a little chat with the ninja for the first time in weeks. He was impressed on how he didn't back up or shiver when he felt the fox stir and pull him into a vision; as he would have done a year ago. The expressionless face on his features made him look like a dangerous ninja rather then the punk the demon always took him for. The boy even dared to bad mouth him at this point. "What do you want? I don't have time to talk to the likes of you."
The fox growled from behind the iron bars that held him prisoner. Whom did this snot nose brat think he was talking to? Slamming a furry paw into the ground, it causing Naruto to shake, but he didn't fall on his face like normal. "Watch your mouth you arrogant bastard. I'm the one helping you out here and if you speak to me like that again; you won't be seeing that red chakra you depend on so much for quite some time."
Naruto chuckled darkly at the reply. "You do that to me…" He whispered walking over with a pure twisted look in his crystal eyes, making him almost look like Sasuke that day.
Reaching the cage's bars, he looked the fox in the eye as he continued. "You do that to me…" He repeated, "And you won't have a body to live in…"
"Pretty guts for a boy whom can't fight with his own two fists…" The fox laughed at him in spite, causing an inhuman snarl from the boy.
"You think I'm kidding? I'm at the point where if I don't get what I want; I don't wanna live any more." Naruto whipped back at him, causing the fox to narrow his eyes and wonder if the boy had truly intended to kill himself for such a matter.
"So you wanna throw your life away because of a stupid decision that your friend made eh? What about getting him back? You die an you won't be able to-"
"You don't help me and I won't be able to, and there for; I will stick myself right in the gut to make sure you feel my pain as we die." Naruto said with a wicked grin that caused the fox to smirk suddenly with praise; the praise that a blood thirsty father would give his son.
"Your not a pansy…I'll give you that much…but if you kill me kid, so help me, I will make sure to show you the meaning of hell when I drag you down there with me." The fox threatened before allowing Naruto to snap out of his daze.
The huge gashes had healed while they had been talking, but even so, Naruto felt the sore pain still ebbing at where he had cut his flesh over and over again. However, the blonde only felt anger towards himself. If he was in pain; he hadn't trained hard enough.
After another of his cut sessions being seen by his former sensei; Kakashi decided it was time to confront Naruto about it.
The white haired man made his appearance known when Naruto was by the stream taking one of his very rare breaks. Kakashi knew that if the boy's body wouldn't break from the stress he was putting on it, which Naruto also knew, then he would have probably trained every single minute of the day. Approaching carefully, he only fully relaxed when Naruto called over, "What is it Kakashi?"
"Don't you need to put a Sensei after it?" Kakashi asked with a small ring in his tone to suggest he was half kidding. However, Naruto wasn't laughing. "Your not my sensei anymore…I train in my own way and rank myself…that's how it is and will be until I accomplish my goal…and maybe even after it." He snarled lightly; his eyes glaring daggers at Kakashi to say anything about it.
The older man could only sigh and sit down by angry and confused ninja. "Listen…you can't keep harming yourself or you might not make it one of these times…and then what? All of this for nothing?"
"Shut up…I told you I'm going to do things my way…get in my way and I'll kill you." He said flatly, standing up and hovering over Kakashi.
That had done it. Standing to his full height; Kakashi punched the boy straight into his gut, causing a bit of blood to run down his chin but nothing more. Gripping Naruto by the hair Kakashi looked at him dangerously; trying to find any sense of danger or fright in the boys eyes. What he found was malice and a twisted sense of likeness from the pain. "You're becoming the very thing that you are working so hard to get rid of in Sasuke…."
"Shut up old man…I'll be whom I want; I'll act how I want; and I'll trash my body however I want…don't talk down to me like you're my fucking father!"
Naruto screamed the last part, throwing his own punch into Kakashi's stomach. Stunned that his pupil would hit him; the teacher whom had helped him get as far as he did; the one whom DID care for him like a foster father; whom shared so many memories with…why?
"Now get outta here and leave me the hell alone or I really will make sure I kill myself." Naruto growled, his features changing from his mere burst of anger.
Kakashi released his pupil and vanished in a flash of smoke; his eyes holding sorrow as he reported to Tsunade that night. "I'm running outta ideas on how we can get the old Naruto back…and the only one left is the most risky…plan for the operation…I'll go get the people personally."