AN: Want to remind everyone this is a "horror" story, really working on driving home the fact that this kage killer may or may not be the "good guy". Just trying to develop him as an unstoppable force. but I did let him have a little fun with this chapter.


"Doom Slayer? Real? Now is not the time for jokes!" Choza said as he stood next to Tenten. They were in formation on the cliffside, preparing for battle as the enemy force began emerging from the water. They stood in the front on the beach with other shinobi standing on the cliffside.

"Wait, what do you mean you're sorry? Sorry for what?" Choza asked out loud, as if expecting an answer. Choza was unfortunately the only person to hear this extra part of the message. He let out a startled yell, which caused Tenten to jump back. There was a gasp from the shinobi all around as black mist engulfed Choza. Then in an instant it was gone and there stood the Doom Slayer with a hand on Choza's shoulder.

Murmurs and gasps were heard as the Slayer surveyed the area. Choza and Tenten both were very flustered at the sight of the legendary Kage Killer. "Y-you... can't be" Choza said as the Hell Walker took a step forward. "Oh my God" Tenten said.

The Green Warrior stopped in his tracks and turned back to glance at Tenten. She immediately began to lose composure. "Oh, I'm s-sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"I'm who gets sent to do his dirty work..." The Slayer began moving toward the enemy force that was arising from the water. His armor clanked softly. It was a very eerie sound that echo'd throughout the "battlefield". It was prominent over the waves on the beach, and felt like a bad omen to Tenten, much much worse than say a crow. She also noticed there was something very strange about the way he moved, as if he was just a walking corpse.

The Hell Walker curled his left hand and raised his right one. A ball of red energy began to form in his right palm. After a short moment, energy bullets fired out rapidly from his palm like a machinegun. These bullets ripped through the front line of the white zetsu as he marched forward. He was moving toward lords Ginkaku and Kinkaku, the Gold and Silver brothers.

"Help the Doom Slayer! But stay out of his way!" Darui ordered. With this there was a roar from the Allied Shinobi Force and the battle began.

"Ginkaku, there is that green fellow again..."
"Ah yes I see him Kinkaku. The assassin who killed us. Seems he has returned for another round..."

The Green Warrior stopped in front of the brothers, his movement still lifeless. He tilted his head slowly to the side.

"I have come to return you to the afterlife..."

The brothers shared a laugh. "We are not going back" Kinkaku said, as the brothers retrieved their rare ninja tools from out of their mouths. "Not after you robbed us of the rest of our life's"

The HellWalker sprang to life, he charged the two brothers with terrifying speed. "I will finish this fast, so I don't have to deal with your Nine Tails brat form!"

The bout was over in a matter of minutes. The two brothers did immediately try to transform into their ninetails form but they were no match for the Slayers sheer speed. They didn't get to full transform before he had them by the throat in each hand. He banged their heads together as beast chakra radiated off of them. Screams of agony were heard as the HellWalker raised his hands and pressed them to each of the brothers faces respectively.

Darui, who had advanced to help in case the Green Demon needed it, looked on in horror. The nine tails cloak that had formed around each brother fizzled out and both of the brothers fell to their knees. The Slayer was sucking the life force out of them both. The Brothers had reached their limit, they exploded into dust and the two vessel bodies sank into the water.

The Slayer stood on the water and turned to Darui. "I uh, came incase you needed help. Those two are a nasty bunch, but it looks like you um handled it"

"There is one more, then I must leave" The Slayer said, He began walking back towards the beach. Other reincarnated shinobi had already arrived on the battlefield and the zetsu had made their first wave of attacks.

"You aren't staying to help us?" Darui asked as he trailed behind the Warrior "Who else are you here for?"

The Slayer continued walking, reverting to his dead-like state, but he raised a hand slowly and pointed. He was pointing at a reincarnated shinobi on the beach. He was pointing directly at Kakuzu, who was in the midst of claiming his final spare heart. The Slayer picked up his pace but Darui stayed with him. "I will back you up in any way I can" He said.

"That won't be necessary..."

A minute of walking passes. White zetsu would spring up out of the water to attack the pair but it was no use, they were cut down almost immediately. Finally the Slayer arrived at Kakuzu.

"Oh no, not you again." Kakuzu said as he dropped the lifeless corpse of a shinobi on the ground. He crossed his arms and glared at the Slayer. "You are a nuisance" He said with a growl. The two stared at each other for a moment before the Slayer finally spoke.

"You have let the darkness mold you. You use it to stitch yourself together. I however, leapt into it. I was there when it was born. It fears me."

"What is your point?" Kakuzu asked with an annoyed tone.

"It does my bidding..." The Kage Killer raised a hand, and Kakuzu's arms unfolded, he began walking slowly towards the Warrior.

"WHAT? My body is moving on its own?!" Kakuzu struggled to try and regain control of his body but it was no use. He continued to walk towards the Assassin's outstretched hand.

"The Darkness fears me more than it fears you" The Slayer said. The Darkness threads that had changed Kakuzu's body were in fact "demonic" in origin. They knew the Slayer well, the two had met long before Kakuzu summoned them from the underworld using the forbidden technique. That is why they listen to him and obeyed his command, despite Kakuzu being under reanimation control. Kakuzu finally arrives before the Slayer who placed his hand on his face. Similarly, to the Gold and Silver brothers, Kakuzu screamed, and then dissipated into dust, leaving behind the lifeless vessel body.

Three souls had been reclaimed.

The Kage Killer turned to Darui, who looked a little shaken by what he just witnessed, but ultimately kept his cool. "You really can't stay to help us?" Darui asked.

"I'm merely here to retrieve stolen souls... I must go..." With this the HellWalker turned and left, moving in his infamous zombie-like state. He was headed to the next battlefield.


There I stood, staring out upon the massive demon army that had just mobilized. I was on top of a hill that led down deep into a valley below, down there is where the demon force resided. This was the underworld? Well part of it anyway, the smell of burnt wood lingered in the air and the sky was an odd shade of orange, it was almost as if the sun was setting, despite the fact I could see it high in the sky like it was the middle of the day.

"You aren't getting cold feet on me, are you? Haha!"

I turned to face the old man to my right. He had long blue hair, a blue beard and glowing blue eyes. He also had the power of levitation. He was an interesting character no doubt, but he promised to help me.

"Like I said earlier, I have seen your death, it looks quite painful! You are lucky I showed up when I did, or you would have opened the portal and been slaughtered almost immediately! Your training would not have been even close enough to enough to defeat them! and That's not even the worst part, in trying to avenge what they took from you, you would have unleashed them upon your fellow man! We can't have that, now can we?"

"You talk too much old man..."

The old man shook his head and frowned. "That's no way to treat someone who's helping you. I swear you youngsters have no respect for wisdom. Alright well I will ask you once again, after this there is no going back. Are you committed to this? Are you committed to revenge? If not I will close the portal and you will go back to your sad little life... It is a tough decision but one that must be made rather quickly, we don't have much time."

I had no choice there was no other option... "I am ready. They will know fear!"

"I like that enthusiasm. Alright then, if your hatred is truly as strong as I think it is, you will become an unstoppable force, let's begin. Once again, we must move quickly"


The long night assault of the white zetsu had taken place, nobody saw or heard from the Slayer during the night. Naruto and Killer B had made their escape, convinced the Raikage to let them help on the battlefield and were now in full force across the battlefield.

The sun came up the next day and Gaara, along with Onoki, confronted the four reanimated Kage on the desert front. they had a minor conversation ending with Rasa the Fourth Kazekage speaking.

"It seems this reanimation jutsu may actually have something of merit to it Afterall. Come show me! Let me determine once again what you may be worth Gaara! Can you defeat me or can't you?" He said. Suddenly the soft sound of clanking armor began to fill the air. It grew louder, along with that sound there were gasps and a low murmur heard. Groups of people began to clear the way as someone, or something made its way through.

"Who dares to interrupt us Kage when we speak?" the second Mizukage said.

"I swear these guys get more and more disrespectful as the years go on." The third Raikage said.

"Go on now! Show yourself!" Mu called out.

The crowd behind the fence sitter and Gaara opened up finally after a short moment and there he stood.

The Doom Slayer.

"Oh, not you again" Gengetsu sighed.

Onoki leaned in towards Gaara and spoke softly. "He's on our side apparently"

The Slayer continue to move forward, he surveyed the surrounding area, but was headed directly towards the two living Kage.

Temari, Matsuri and Yukata all leapt between the Slayer and Gaara as he approached. The Slayer paused and looked at the three girls.

The Kage Killer laughed. Everyone heard it, and it sent chills down their spines.

"Relax. He is not the enemy." Gaara said, trying to reassure the girls. They stepped back into line, and Matsuri and Yukata immediately began oogling over the Slayers appearance. "He's as jacked as the Raikage" "I know just look at those muscles bulging out of his armor."

"Can it you two!" Temari ordered.

The HellWalker stepped between Gaara and Onoki. His gaze from behind the visor appeared to be glaring at the four resurrected Kage.

"Well assassin? Why have you come here?" Mu asked.

"And at the worst possible time as usual" Gengetsu muttered.

"I have come to return you to the afterlife, and free you from this cursed jutsu..." The Slayer announced. There was a large murmur in the crowd and a bit of excitement. The Kage Killer was going to do what he was famous for! He was going to help the Allied Shinobi take down these four dangerous Kage.

"...But I'm going to have a little fun..." The Slayer finished.

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage asked.

The HellWalker reached up slowly and pulled his hood down. His messy black hair flowed in the wind. There was a soft gasp, as nobody had any idea what the Slayer looked like. It wasn't his face, but it was the back of his head. That was something right?

"You of all people, Third Raikage, will appreciate this..." The Slayer reached up and placed a hand on his mask, but he paused there.

"Maybe I shouldn't..." He spoke once again, as if thinking outloud to himself, but it was obviously to provoke a reaction. There was an 'aweeee' from the crowd and the four reanimated Kage laughed.

"I would like to see the face of the man who killed me" Mu said.

"I would like to see that face as well." Gengetsu chimed in.

"I want to see the face of the Kage Killer!" Rasa spoke.

"Shinobi, who wants to see the face of the Legendary Kage Killer?!" Gaara called out. There was an immediate roar from the crowd. This reaction caused the Slayer to laugh. He tapped a finger against his mask. He had baited them all for a reaction, just testing his manipulation skills, but this was a better response than he had expected. The Doom Slayer pulled his mask off slowly.

This was met with another cheer.

"How can you still be so young?" the Third Raikage called out. Gaara and Onoki were shocked by his age. He wasn't much older than Gaara, or at least he didn't appear to be. He was a young man with well, glowing red eyes and a few small scars on his face apart from the large scar that ran from his lower lip up under his left eye. The scar from the Raikage's attack that had knocked his mask off so long ago.

The Slayer turned to face the Allied shinobi force behind Gaara, giving the crowd a look at the legendary face. He was quite handsome; the girls would fawn over him like they would over Sasuke. Even with the Minor scars he still was just as breathtaking. If you didn't know what he did, who he was and what he was capable of. You would think he was just some handsome pretty boy shinobi.

"Oh, he's hot. Jacked and good looking, what do you think Temari? I see that blush!" Yukata said as she bumped her superior with her hip.

Temari was slightly flustered, and caught off guard by the question. They were in the middle of a war and this person was a notorious Assassin. He was in the Bingo book. He was in every version of the Bingo book with what little information they had on him. But yet here this mysterious man stood and he was being oogled by Yukata and Matsuri... Not just those two. But every girl who was close enough to see him was clearly interested in him. "I uh... Shush you!" Temari stammered.

"Now Assassin what about that fun you mentioned earlier?" Gengetsu asked, but the Kage Killer ignored him. He instead turned to Gaara.
"You have a sealing time with you?" He held his mask out to the Kazekage. Gaara nodded and reluctantly took the mask.

"Have them ready. I am going to fight them. I may not have enough chakra left to seal them all after I finish..."

"We will assist you" Gaara spoke, and Onoki interjected. "You cannot possible fight them all, let us help you!"

"I've slain them once. I shall do it again... Besides if you helped me that would impede on my fun..."

"Fun?! You are insane. I don't care who you are! Theres a difference between bravery and just plain stupidity!" Onoki yelled.

The Hell Walker chuckled and then turned his attention back to Gaara. He raised a hand and pointed at the mask. "I will need this back, keep it safe... Did you want me to leave your old man for you?"

Gaara nodded slowly, "That would be preferable, yes." Gaara spoke.

"I may rough him up a bit." The Slayer clicked his hands together and then clenched his fingers. "I suggest you get to a safe distance..."

With this the Slayer began walking towards the four reanimated Kage. His iconic corpse walk, then he suddenly stopped in his tracks. He raised his left and with a poof of smoke there were now four separate Slayers. Was this a shadow clone jutsu? Or some sort of division jutsu similar to what Mu had? With four separate 'clones' was he still strong enough to take on the Kage individually?

The Slayer charged the four Kage.


There is an old story, far older than the story of the Doom Slayer. This story is about a very foolish man who wanted to avenge his wife that he lost. He trained for over a year after her sudden death. He prepared to resummon those demons that had taken her from him. Not many know that the story of the Doom Slayer and the story of the Foolish Man, go hand in hand.


AN: next time Naruto meets the Doom Slayer! and more on the Slayers past and origins!