Aite Ghoul Chakra Chapter, and god-damn I know I said I was gonna expand Yokai Academy to be like a very tiny college town but it's pretty big already with it's mall, hospital and other stuff, some people call them the Safety Commission, I call them the Safety Committee I'm just mixing the names and translations, changing a few things, sorry if that's confusing, just check the note at the end if you're concerned about some stuff.
also there's a reason I kept both Moroha and Midou around for now and changed a few things, regarding their fates and the Hospital stuff will come in the next few Chapters, it's gonna be a tad different since Naruto is going darker.
Don't worry about the Haku stuff, it's just for contrast and it'll make sense when Kiri shows up and Naruto properly falls apart.
And I'm gonna get into Naruto's Ninja way idea and try to slightly reform it once he's built back up, as for Tsukune's changes, a little bit of Naruto would rub off on him and vice versa, hence his more outgoing nature and a bit more confidence
I hope it works anyway here.
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Several blurs jumped through the treelines of Nami no Kuni before finally all dropping on the road in front of a bridge.
"Feeling Nostalgic, Sakura-chan?" Rock lee called out, the Pinkette to flinch as her team had approached the plaque incase in gold...the Great Naruto bridge
"They really named it after him…" She mused, her mind wandered off to memories of the battle, the whereabouts of her blond teammate still plagued her just as much as Sasuke's defection had…especially now that she suspected something of Naruto but she had to confirm her suspicions first.
"Sakura!" a familiar voice called out to her, as the Jounin turned to see Ino and Kiba jump down from the treeline, along with team Konohamaru
"Girl, you aren't going to believe what I just heard!" Ino cried out with a panicked voice while Kiba frowned patting his large dog instead, trying not to think about the information they had just received.
"I sent you ahead to gather information on the target…what happened?" Sakura spoke with narrowed eyes
On the Advice of Neji, Sakura had sent some of her team runners ahead of them to reach Nami no Kuni's main village while they conserved their strength and combed the area for Akatsuki using Shino's bug.
"It's Sasuke!" Konohamaru spoke with venom in his voice, remembering his boss's old teammate, Mogei and Udon nodding with him.
Sakura felt her heart stop for a second hearing that name
"Jiraiya-sama's contact said in his report that Sasuke and some unknown individuals were moving towards Mizu no Kuni and Hi no Kuni's border…" Ino finished.
Sakura gulped and she could already feel her palms get sweaty, anything she wanted to say completely died in her throat.
Truthfully before Naruto had left, she had always imagined eventually confronting the Uchiha with her blond teammate
And now she was mostly alone.
"Sakura, the mission…" Neji spoke, Sakura finally snapped out of it.
"Right, I'll send a slug back to Konoha to inform Tsunade-sama about this...we have our mission to find the Jinchuriki first." Sakura ordered while Kiba nodded, the dog lover handed over another file
"She just left the village when we got there, if we're quick we'll be able to catch up to her within a few hours." Kiba spoke up causing the Haruno to get into a thinking position
"Okay, just in case Tsunade-sama tells us to pursue Sasuke, you and Ino go try to shadow his trail, Team Konohamaru is with us…We'll be able to keep track of the Jinchuriki just fine with Neji-san" The Branch member Hyuga perked up hearing his name.
"Don't engage Sasuke's group, just try to watch their movements and I'll let you know what to do from there once we get orders from Tsunade-sama…" Sakura replied with huff
"Well, mutt, it's you and me then, let's go! For Sasuke-kun!" Ino threw her fist up before jumping back into the treelines, Neji let out an exhausted sigh and watched them go
"...Good call" Neji casually added before the Konoha team moved to cross the bridge
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"I hope I never meet another Harpy thing like that again..." Naruto muttered, recalling hearing those monstrous screeches during his last mission. The bus driver chuckled and lit up a cigar.
Yūgao zipped up an old bolt action rifle in a gym bag while checking over her Shinobi supplies.
Nurari let out a drag of his tabacco, the three of them now stood in a large shed surrounded by woods with actual green trees unlike the dead trees in the Academy.
"So where did you get this thing anyway?" Yūgao asked, Naruto watched her sling the gym bag over her shoulder and motioned to the armored bus while Nurari smiled.
"I made it...it's really just a small civilian bus with armor plates, an engine change and some...offensive modifications." He replied casually kicking the tire, Yūgao took note of how well welded the armored plates were, and much space was in the back given it was smaller than the Normal Passenger bus the Academy used.
"Though, I've swapped so many parts in and out that I don't even think it's the same vehicle anymore…" He muttered.
Yūgao hummed and raised an eyebrow before taking a better look at the thing. It was Crudely made, but it was able to keep up with those flying monsters, It easily was able to fit Naruto, a Clone, and herself along with all of their equipment and then those heavy firearms along with their ammunition.
On top of all of that...it was really fun to speed with...
Konoha could find use in the concept of a real reformed dedicated recon team...instead of just relying on the Hyuga, the Inuzuka, and other Clans for it, en masse and lumped together.
Casualties for them would really mount up very quickly when the wars were going bad for Konoha, Yūgao swore some Shinobi structure reforms were desperately needed back home .
They couldn't have these vehicles just yet though, they'd have to overhaul the entire village to accommodate them and even still, Konoha wouldn't have the industry or resources anytime soon.
"And you just have an entire freakin armory on campus?" Naruto shouted, pointing at the endless wall of firearms to his left, the Bus driver chuckled
"Technically, it's not on campus, it's off-campus we're not at the Academy and I have hobbies, kid, this stuff can only keep you busy for so long" Nurari spoke motioning to his cigar while Naruto shrugged it off, the Bus driver then peaked over his shed's window, there was a faint orange tint from the sunrise, and he tapped the Uzumaki's shoulder
"We gotta go, your girlfriend still doesn't know you're here" He pointed out as Naruto's eyes widened, he quickly stormed out with the Bus driver and Yūgao behind him.
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Midou winced, sitting up from his old infirmary bed, around him were a few students in a rundown infirmary, completely abandoned from the main Academy campus, a handful of Candles were the only thing that lit up the room.
"Can you believe it? Someone actually killed Saizou…" A Student with the baseball cap muttered over to Moroha who nodded and glanced at Midou's bed
"I swear that fucking Vampire bitch hits like a tank…" Midou cursed, seeing his entire upper body covered in bandages.
"It's honestly a Miracle you survived or that you're even on your feet so soon…" Moroha trailed off with a frown, looking at his own still bandaged wounds, he barely made it out there himself after their first attack on Moka and Tsukune.
Midou glared at him, he briefly thought back to his defeat, how Naruto's intervention and Moka's transformation ruined everything.
Though he learned enough from Tsukune to know he wasn't as strong as the rumors led on, that was something to take note of.
"We're going to deal with those two Vampires at another time...that Naruto guy is going to be a damn problem when we do, fucking Newspaper Club...I can see why the Committee bastards had a problem with them." Midou mused
"Higher ups aren't happy with us, but they're too focused on trying to find out who killed that idiot Saizou and preparing everyone to start their opening moves." The Student with a baseball cap grinned and spoke up
"Whoever killed Saizou, clearly has an agenda...they must have something against us or Saizou himself..." he finished.
"...'Justice delayed is Justice denied'…bet he really patted himself on the back for that one." Moroha mocked, looking over his shoulder and at the student, Midou was looking over at his allies.
"A Vigilante?" Midou grumbled, rubbing his chin.
"Something like that, they left almost no clues when they killed Saizou, even with the message they left us... there's nothing there... We don't even know if it's a guy or a girl." Moroha spoke with a sigh
Midou closed his eyes, silently thankful that this Vigilante and his brutal killing of Saizou had taken the higher up's attention from his own failures.
"So Who's making the first move now?" he questioned as the Student with the Baseball cap smiled.
"We are...Cell Fifteen is already moving…"
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"I don't actually hate this class when we do stuff like this…" Naruto replied, wearing a lab coat and safety goggles, he was just passing a purple-substance in a beaker to Tsukune who placed it next to a green one.
"But I just hate when they make us do all the book reading and note-taking..." the Uzumaki grumbled as Tsukune nodded, adjusting his own goggles.
"Yeah, that's just how things work though, man…" He mused, looking over his own classwork for today's lesson.
"Cool, so half of that and half of this purple thing and we should be alright…"
"Hey, how do you feel about the whole Saizou thing?" Naruto suddenly brought up, catching Tsukune's attention, the Human glanced over to his friend who had a troubled look on his face.
"What do you mean 'how do I feel about it?'" Tsukune asked as the Whiskered Uzumaki shrugged
"I mean he tried to attack you and Moka twice now someone just...killed him…" He answered while Tsukune frowned, thinking about last week's events, Moka's kidnapping and now Saizou's apparent death were still more or less fresh since the week had passed.
"I'm guessing those hybrid guys finally had enough of him" Tsukune theorized as Naruto raised an eyebrow
"You think so?"
The Human merely shrugged, trying to focus on their group assignment instead given how the subject had returned to these Outcast Ayashi groups, everything Moka had told him was still the in the back of his mind, Naruto grinned however
"It couldn't have happened to anyone more deserving of it though…" Naruto casually spoke as Tsukune blinked and looked at his friend with a worrying look.
"I guess? Saizou was a prick…though being burned alive like that..." Tsukune muttered, recalling seeing the body though his blond friend frowned and the two continued their work for a few more seconds in silence
"What about...your blood thing…?" Naruto muttered as the Human nodded and placed a beaker down with an exhausted sigh
"I'm worried about it, really worried, Moka told me to go back to the Human world recover from it…" he replied in a low voice
Naruto's eyes fell slightly, Not really wanting to think of the Newspaper Club without his close friend, he couldn't think about a school day without Tsukune, Moka and Kurumu all doing their usual antics.
"Do you...think you have anything that could help me out man?" Tsukune finally found the courage to ask as Naruto perked up
"About that?" the Whiskered Shinobi blinked before thinking back to Yukari's rambling about the energies that are similar to his own Chakra.
though Naruto had tuned out most of it when it started getting complicated
"I might...I'll have to ask…" Naruto replied, Tsukune let out a sigh of relief
"Please, man, anything you have I'll take it…" the Human muttered nearly pleading, though his eyes finally caught Moka coming back to them
"Tsukune-kun!" the familiar feminine voice caused Tsukune heart to skip a beat as Moka finally sat back down on her seat next to her two friends
"Sorry I took so long! I couldn't find cobalt anywhere, Sensei said if we don't have it to just use something else..." The Vampiress said with a downcast voice, Naruto folded his arms, trying to understand the assignment with his limited but expanding Academic knowledge, the rest of the class went off with three working in silence until the Academy bell rang.
It still felt so good to the three students knowing today was a shorter day, classes were cut today for some early festival preparations, though Naruto didn't know what they were for, only Club leaders did.
Moka smiled hearing the bell, students around her were putting their things away while she removed her lab coat and goggles quickly latching onto Tsukune's arm
"So, you remember your promise?"
"W-we're both gonna start eating a bit healthier starting today…" Tsukune repeated with a deep blush not even believing he was getting this far with Moka already, it was almost like a date to him he even managed to forget about his blood worries for a while.
They had come to this promise after Moka wanted to cut back on her constant blood-sucking of Tsukune while Tsukune figured it was time for a positive change with everything going on in his life and it had nothing to do with the fact Moka was the one asking him, probably.
"Naruto-kun do you wanna come along? We're just gonna pick up some groceries!"
The Human then hung his head in disappointment, silently hoping Naruto wouldn't third wheel him while Naruto shook his head, already done with packing his things
"Nope, Sorry, I'm gonna be busy today!" The blond spun around and began to dash through the hallways
Both Tsukune and Moka glanced at each other before giving each other a shrug and continuing in the opposite direction.
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Ruby took a deep breath and was lost in her own thoughts while leaning on the railing of the Academy's overpass.
The same one where Saizou was killed, the Older Witch took note that only the occasional student would pass by here now, usually it was packed with Students getting to their next class but now it was sparsely populated.
Though Why wouldn't it be? The Students of the Academy just found out one of their own was burned alive at this very location and that said potential murder was still out there and walking.
Ruby frowned noticing she could even still see the burn marks on the metal railings.
"I'm here!" Naruto cried out and composed himself as the Older Witch blinked seeing the blond Uzumaki smile back at her, now noticing the area was completely vacant of other students.
"This is yours…" Ruby muttered passing a small black folder to him, the Shinobi blinked before looking up at her
"It's from the Headmaster, it has everything we're gonna need for the future, information about potential targets and these groups as a whole, your pay for the jobs and safe places all on Academy grounds…your Shinobi superior has something else for you as well, something about a cover" She explained in a low voice while Naruto's smile dropped and he took all of this in.
"Am I gonna have to...do that again?" Naruto questioned though Ruby tilted her head cutely and folded her arms under her chest.
"Not so publicly this time, there's one that is confirmed to be plotting some kind of attack among the staff, the Headmaster wants you to deal with them before it can be carried out. Anyway, I have to get back to helping the Librarian with organizing some books" She answered and bit her lower lip
The now blushing witch noticed Naruto was beginning to space out on her with that same troubled look.
"Naruto-san…?"
Naruto blinked before glancing at her and putting away the black folder in his bag.
"Again, Naruto-san, if you need someone to talk to about this...you coul-" Ruby didn't finish her sentence as Naruto flashed her a smile
"It's fine, Ruby, thank you but it's just my line of work." Naruto reassured
Ruby gave a hesitant nod and smiled
"I'll see you around, Naruto-san and keep that file a secret, alright?" She spoke before leaving the blond alone to lean on the railing, alone with his thoughts.
"My line of work…" The Whiskered blond held onto the railing, peeking his head over.
Naruto could vaguely hear Saizou's scream echo was still ringing in his ears.
The world around Naruto started to turn gray and dim again.
"Can you see it?"
Naruto didn't jump in surprise, instead he hesitated to looked over next to him
Another Naruto was kneeling next to him with a smile simply examining the soot stains on the railing
"Good thing we used metal chains, Honestly, you can even still see the burn marks here from when he was trying to struggle, there's some on the ground too...probably some parts of his body fell off and left those there." It casually replied, pointing over to the smudges of soot staining the ground as well.
Naruto froze, he couldn't believe his eyes, the Uzumaki didn't want to believe them.
He thought it was only a one-off dream. Now Naruto wanted to say something but any word simply died in his throat, the red-eyed clone stood there with a smile and narrowed his eyes.
"Man, you worry so much but I guess you always gotta keep yourself in check like a good little Konoha Shinobi…an emotionless plastered mess like just Yūgao-sensei huh?"
Naruto looked at his surroundings, he was quite literally alone, not a single student was there and yet…
"This...isn't real, right?"
"If this is a Genjutsu, it's a pretty good one, Sensei…" Naruto tried to call out to Yūgao. silently hoping this was just some crazy Genjutsu test from her, the other Naruto blinked at him
"Kami, I'm not this much of an idiot, right?" it said, Naruto grit his teeth as he felt himself start getting anxious, he still was in denial about what was now in front of him.
"Hey, did you ever wonder about Gaara?" It suddenly asked, Naruto's attention moved over to it as the Red-eyed Naruto smirked
"I mean, he's alive…sure but it doesn't bother you that you ended up abandoning your own kin to Akatsuki? Someone who understands your own suffering?" It continued as Naruto gave an annoyed huff and tried to look away.
"He's...alive now, that's all that should matter…"
"Ha! Is that what you're telling yourself? He was saved last minute so it's all okay now right? He could've really died for good and we probably would've never known." The Red-eyed Shinobi grinned, continuing his rant and beginning to walk into the hallways.
Somehow from just simply following it. Naruto was beginning to feel slightly winded and his heartbeats began to skip.
"Aren't you worried Konoha will abandon you?" He spoke up
Naruto followed the red-eyed Shinobi, always slightly weary, he felt a shiver run up his spine wondering how this was even happening, somehow there were still no other students in the now dimly lit halls, just him and this other Naruto.
"Of course not, you know just how valuable we are to them being the Kyuubi brat…" He spat before stealing a look over to his counterpart
"And...Konoha won't ever let us go..." it spoke and leaned against some lockers, Naruto began to pant slightly, for some reason it was just getting harder to breathe and to keep his heart steady.
"Jinchurikis are The village's deterrents...weapons of war, we didn't have a choice though..."
An image of Mizore briefly came into his head and the subject of marriage floated around in his head again.
The Blue-eyed Naruto once again clenched his teeth, hearing that, for some reason that tone didn't sound hostile from his other self
"...They would never leave us alone, we were always meant to be Konoha's tool…"
Naruto's vision blurred and he staggered forward, slamming his forearm on the lockers to support himself from falling face first
"U-Uh, N-N-Naruto-kun?" Mizore blushed as she squirmed under his gaze.
Naruto slowly managed to catch his breath and get a better grasp on his bearings.
He didn't even sense where Mizore had come from but she was just there, leaning on the lockers, just blushing and grinning at him.
Naruto's entire world brightened up again and he saw the Yuki-onna glance to her left, twirling her hair curl with her finger.
"I-I-I was just looking for you and I-I-I didn't think you could be so...assertive." Mizore grinned as she took Naruto's hand.
Mizore then noticed the look of distress on Naruto's face and the Yuki-onna frowned.
"Is something wrong?"
Naruto couldn't really process anything that just happened as if the memories of what had occurred were leaving him as soon as they came, there was only a headache for him now.
"Naruto?" Mizore caressed his whiskered cheek, trying to call out to him as Naruto stared into her eyes, it was too overwhelming recalling those last words.
"...Konoha's tool"
Naruto was finally able to compose himself and put a smile on his face
"I...think I just need some water! Sorry about that." Naruto replied
Mizore was still frowning at the action, a bit disappointed Naruto had pulled away like that.
The Yuki-onna blinked however, that wasn't like Naruto at all…she watched him continue to walk away from her before following the Uzumaki.
"Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah?" Naruto didn't even turn to face her, just continued to walk towards the nearest fountain.
"Is everything okay?"
Naruto blinked and gave her a nod
"Yeah! I'm probably just a little tired from training all the time and having to wake up early…it's fine." The Uzumaki tried to dismiss with a casual wave
For a brief second, Mizore looked a bit upset.
Mizore could tell Naruto wasn't being completely truthful with her but the way Naruto was acting right now...it was probably best to let it slide for now, more than likely she'd figure it out later
"Ah...Mizore-chan…?" The Shinobi asked, turning around to face her.
"Wanna go on another date later?"
She was a bit taken back at the sudden change before smiling, temporarily forgetting about the earlier issue.
"Yeah, what do you have in mind?"
The Uzumaki paused for a few seconds, an idea crossed his mind and he broke himself out of his thoughts.
"Oh, can we try that bowling thing?"
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Yokai Academy was apparently big enough to have its own off-campus café, shopping center, even its own park where the trees actually grew leaves, all upheld more or less by some student clubs or hired staff.
Tsukune and Moka had just finished getting their things, with the former giving a lecture about what they purchased.
"So, dragon fruits are anti-toxicants, people like to say they're a miracle food..." Moka cheerfully tried to explain as Tsukune gave out a weak laugh.
"I-Is that so? Should I really have gotten a lot though?" Tsukune looked at his own grocery bag and cringed, recalling how much money he had already spent on all of this.
Moka nodded and continued with her lecture before giving him a worried look, she glanced at his neck one more time.
"...Yukari-chan said an anti-toxicant could help you with my blood leaving your system.. given your…true form" Moka spoke up, alluding to his fading humanity, Tsukune smiled
"Yeah speaking of that…I'm still thinking about transferring out but I probably won't…" Tsukune replied while the Vampiress gave him a weak smile
"I'd...love if you stayed as well…"
Tsukune recalled everything Moka told him about having to leave, truthfully when she said...that a part of Tsukune might have done it, if it meant stopping whatever Moka's blood was doing to him but Tsukune was now hoping Naruto could find something for him to fix this.
Though over her shoulder, Tsukune noticed a couple talking some distance away while the female had a look of distress on her face and was beginning to get a little loud as she spoke about rejection, the male one shrugged and began to walk away
"Bu-t...I'm beautiful, aren't I?!"
*Kaboom*
An Explosion ran out in a building across from Tsukune and Moka, an inhuman screech was heard as Tsukune and Moka both closed their eyes from dust, the two then dropped down as screams were heard.
"This bitch is crazy!"
"Fucking Hybrid trash!"
A Second Explosion and a large humanoid figure was overcome with dust and smoke.
"I'm beautiful!"
"I've never seen this shit before! I'm out!" a Student yelled, briefly catching a glimpse of the monster
Maniacal laughter was heard as a lone Committee member growled, turning into a Minotaur, the beast shouted as this Spider-like Woman appeared from the kicked up dust and debris, quickly literally her face was half spider and half-human.
Horrifically her heavy breathing signified how much pain she was in being in this state.
The Committee member's breath hitched feeling her venom suddenly kick in from an earlier wound.
The Spider-like Woman continued to chuckle and crackle, seeing the Minotaur kneel and collapse, she quickly latched onto the body, draining its warm blood.
Within just several seconds, there was chaos in the street, Students yelling and running for safety while Tsukune and Moka coughed up dust, their groceries completely ruined.
"I just wanted to help Moka-chan grab some food for later! Why this again?!" Tsukune thought as the Vampiress winced at a small deep cut on her leg, the Human's breath held as he watched the Spider-like woman truly drain the student's corpse dry.
"Hybrids...are beautiful…" She lunged at the Human as Moka gasped, moving Tsukune out of the way just as a large, sharp blade-like front spider leg hit the spot.
"You won't ignore me, you can't!"
Tsukune spun back, barely avoiding the attack, the Human then paled as this monstrous creature began to crawl towards him.
"Why are you even doing this?!" Moka cried out as the Spider-woman paused, glancing at the Vampiress
"All you purebreds are the same, shallow, bitter, and miserable creatures...and you have the gal to put us down for not being like you!?" The Woman rambled, her human and spider-like eyes blazed red.
"I hate you, purebred bastards, I hate you so damn much." She hissed with some acid sprayed close to the Human, Tsukune was about to run when a silky web wrapped itself around him and began to drag Tsukune again.
"Kazuma didn't think I was beautiful...do you?"
Tsukune wanted to scream, but nothing came out as a second blade-like weapon stabbed into the Human's shoulder while he was still on the ground
His wounds had reopened once again and far worse this time, Moka gasped seeing this and how Tsukune stopped squirming on the ground.
"Blood... Moka…I need to..." he managed to get out.
Moka heard the Hybrid Monster's maniacal laughter and the sickening squelching noise from her spider leg moving in Tsukune's wound.
"If you do it again, he's not coming back...and he won't ever be the same…"
Moka could easily remember hearing her innerself speak those words.
She could see Kurumu already in her monster form and was able to watch her cut Tsukune free from his bonds, for a brief second the Spider-woman tried to latch on to Kurumu but failed as a golden tub then slammed onto the Hybrid Monster's head, causing her to release the wounded Human.
"Why do you two always get caught up in these things?" Mizore grumbled setting down her bags, a deep mist surrounded her as Mizore's hair became more solid.
"Okay, just like Kaa-san said…" Mizore thought to herself, she wasn't a natural-born fighter, far from it, but ever since Mizore had learned about Akatsuki, she decided to at least start picking up a few combat-related things.
The Yuki-onna took a deep breath and several Ice dolls began to stagger out Mizore's back.
The Spider woman growled and was able to gain her bearings again from the strike to the head. when an Ice claw backhanded her, another followed, freezing the Woman's legs.
Yukari pulled away next to Moka's side, somewhat surprised that Mizore was winning, Moka, though, was snapped out of her thoughts as she saw Kurumu holding the wounded human.
"Moka, if you don't save Tsukune right now, I won't forgive you!" Kurumu suddenly shouted out with tears coming down her face, no one seemed to notice Yukari slip away and went off to look for the one person she figured could help stop this.
Moka finally snapped back to her senses.
The Pink-haired Vampiress glanced at Kurumu and felt Tsukune's body being placed on her lap, Moka made her choice, quickly and suddenly she latched her fangs onto Tsukune's neck.
Moka could already feel her body grow weaker as she continued to pump copious amounts of blood inside Tsukune.
"Die Purebred, Die!" a voice called out, another random Student had suddenly transformed into a hybrid Monster with two blades for arms similar to Moroha.
It charged at Mizore, the Yuki-onna gasped as an ice doll pushed her out of the way and took the attack.
The Second Hybrid Monster now had its heavy blade-like arms resting on the ground as he slowly stumbled next to the Spider-woman as she freed herself
Mizore winced, holding her shoulder and stood up from the shards of ice on the ground.
"Now there's two of them?!" She barely had enough time to yell that out and avoid a second slash from the Spider woman.
The Yuki-onna felt the wind of that motion and her heart skipped a beat.
"Wow, They really want me dead…" Mizore gulped now trying to calm herself down by grinding her teeth on her lollipop, Kurumu went to join the Yuki-onna, she managed to repress the urge to return to Tsukune's side and she was assuming Moka still needed some time.
A familiar plink was heard before a familiar oppressive energy burst out and filled the area, the only thing Mizore and Kurumu saw looking over her shoulder was Tsukune holding Moka's Rosario
"And once again, someone decided to be stupid enough to attack my otherself…" Moka muttered as she opened her red-slit eyes and stared down the two hybrids, she then glanced at Tsukune's now twitching body as he struggled to stand up, her eyes suddenly widened
"That's not the normal Vampire transformation!"
Moka growled, pushing the now standing Tsukune forward towards the two Monsters, much to Kurumu and Mizore's protest, they didn't even seem to notice that they were completely alone on this shopping street now.
"Moka what are yo-" the next words in Kurumu's throat died as Tsukune's neck wound expanded and created markings all over him, his eyes now blood red slits as he staggered forward.
The Two Hybrid Monsters then growled at Tsukune, who still stared back at them with those same red eyes.
"Those eyes, I hate them so much…" The Spider-woman dashed forward, just her sharp blade-like legs were going to penetrate Tsukune. He simply grabbed on to it and began to squeeze.
The Spider woman was about to try again when he suddenly used his other arm to break the limb off.
"Gahhhh!"
Tsukune actually smiled hearing that pained sound and the sickening snap
Quickly, he jumped away as the Second Hybrid Monster tried to slash at him, Mizore and Kurumu hesitated to join him while Moka bit her lower lip.
"S-Stay back here, both of you." She ordered as both Mizore and Kurumu gave a nervous glance at Tsukune's new form, they regardless stood in their place.
Tsukune just avoided another slash before letting go of the Spider woman's now bleeding useless limb and grabbing onto the blade-like arms.
The Red-eyed Human tossed the hybrid Monster over his shoulder and onto the ground.
"He's...already lost it completely...this is it…" Moka and along with the other girls, looked on in complete horror.
The Hybrid Monster groaned as blood began to leak out of his head while the Spider woman was still reeling from her broken appendage, she was leaking out some odd fluids that were most likely her blood.
"P-Purebred...Trash…" She muttered before losing consciousness from trauma, Tsukune's eyes now turned white as he stomped on her head but just as he was about to continue his assault.
"S-Stop...please, you might kill her...She wasn't even…really with us..." The Second Hybrid Monster tried to plead before Tsukune took notice.
Tsukune staggered forward with a smirk as the Hybrid Monster gasped and tried to crawl away in terror.
"M-Moka, what's going on?" Mizore questioned while Kurumu finally broke out of her thoughts
"Moka, please, tell us!"
The Silver haired beauty only glanced at them, trying to keep up a stoic face
"It would seem that the worst possible outcome has occurred…"
"Ha...Hahahah!" Tsukune continued to beat the Hybrid Monster's head into the concrete while Kurumu felt her legs get shaky seeing blood fly in different directions.
"Tsukune's weak body is now completely under control of the blood I injected into him...Vampires seek out strong opponents, war and fighting drives us...it was slowly destroying him on the inside…" Moka started while the Hybrid Monster tried to cover his bloodied face, tears were already streaming down Kurumu's cheek
"I told him to go home...but now…" Moka couldn't finish her sentence as she dashed towards Tsukune, landing a perfect kick on him, blood splattered on the ground as he flew back some distance.
"Moka!" Kurumu cried out
"I'm sorry, there's no other way to save you, please don't think badly of me for what I'm about to do." Moka's eyes fell on the kneeling Tsukune, his marks still exposed.
He began to pant before smiling at the challenge from Moka, he began trying to charge at her again.
Moka did the same, holding up her arm and preparing to swiftly end Tsukune's life with a quick jab but a blond blur suddenly got in between the two of them.
"Fūton: Reppūshō!" Naruto suddenly yelled, extending both arms in the opposite direction, and an intensely strong Gust of Wind broke Moka and Tsukune's motion as they rushed each other.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Naruto shouted, Moka staggered slightly and easily caught herself.
Mizore and Kurumu looked slightly relieved to see their blond friend while Yukari was strangely absent now.
"Uzumaki, if you know what's good for you, you will let me deal with this!" She replied while Tsukune began to laugh again having his now pale white pupiless eyes on Naruto, a human, Moka huffed, feeling slight exhaustion blur her vision.
"How much blood did she even give him? Why didn't she just listen to me for once?!" She thought in frustration before standing up.
"Not until I know what's going on!" Naruto shot back and glared at her while Tsukune continued to slowly move towards him.
"Uzumaki, you're gonna have to listen to me...Tsukune's...already pretty much dead…" Moka started, for some reason feeling a bit choked up as Tsukune kept smirking and Naruto continued to glare at her.
"He's a Ghoul now...he no longer possesses a will, if left unchecked, Tsukune will eat and devour Humans as well, he has to die…let me...deal with this, it's my responsibility" She finished while Naruto tensed up, seeing Tsukune charge at him
A Shadow clone appeared in front of Naruto without even making a hand seal and tried to tackle him.
Tsukune immediately somehow managed to grab the Clone by the neck, choking it out, several more appeared and attacked as well.
"Tsukune man, we're friends! Friends don't kill each other!" Naruto tried to plead, watching his clones trying and failing to non-lethally subdue Tsukune.
"Did you not listen to a word I just said?" Moka cried out while Naruto narrowed his eyes on her.
"I'm not killing him and neither are you!...there's a way out of this…there has to be" he tried to reassure himself, trying to rack his brain for a solution.
It pained him that he was coming up with nothing in his arsenal that would work without potentially killing Tsukune or maiming his friend and he just didn't know how to fix this.
Naruto didn't have any Genjutsu, or any Shinobi tool that could suppress Tsukune; he wasn't even sure if a Genjutsu would even work on this...Ghoul form of his and it wasn't like Naruto had any Fuinjutsu either.
"Tsukune-kun...please…" Kurumu started approaching him and walking passed Naruto
"I love you but they are our friends, if you keep fighting even if it's just Moka I can't forgive you…" She continued to get closer and for a brief second Tsukune stiffened.
"Stop! I told you he was dangerous!"
Naruto's eyes widened sensing the Ghoul was about to move and being closest to her, he pushed Kurumu out of the way.
*squech*
"Kami shit!"
The Shinobi fell back with Kurumu, a puddle of red was now on Naruto's uniform and the ground as he trashed trying to get in a more comfortable position, shouting a lot of curse words doing so and holding to his bleeding abdomen.
"Naruto-kun!" Mizore looked horrified and rushed over to him as Naruto frantically tried to tend to his deep wound.
Kurumu looked heartbroken, Tsukune had tried to hurt her and now Naruto was injured because of her actions.
"Naruto, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" Kurumu tried to apologize through her sobs but both Mizore and Naruto only focused on his wound.
"Tsukuneee!" Moka roared, attacking the Ghoul.
Naruto's hand was glowing green and yet despite his own basic Medical Ninjutsu, it wasn't closing up as fast as it should.
he looked at his wound and bloodied hand, wondering why he didn't even feel the Fox's Chakra swirl to close the wound like it usually would have.
"I still have to save him…" Naruto said with a huff as Mizore gave him a pleading look.
"Please, Naruto-kun, just stay here...you're already hur-"
Naruto cut her off by shaking his head and watching Moka continuously beat Tsukune, despite the pain he was gritting his teeth at the feeling of being useless to help his friend, he wouldn't sit idly by and watch Tsukune die like this.
The Fox's Chakra then finally ran through like a pulse, along with his glowing palm he quickly stopped the bleeding.
"Is...this the Kyuubi?" Mizore was growing more worried as she watched Naruto's features change, his reassuring Ocean blue eyes now gone for red slits similar to Moka's own and it sent a shiver down her spine as she felt a sense of dread creep up on her.
"I'm sorry, things turned out this way, Tsukune…" Moka thought as she viciously punched Tsukune's face.
The Ghoul wasn't even fighting back anymore as Moka continued her attacks.
"Even if you turned into a Ghoul, I wanted you to stay, I'm sure everyone did...but that would just be putting you in more pain...having to kill your friends and eat Humans…it's only mercy at this point…"
Moka was about to land a killing blow on the now downed Tsukune, only for Naruto to become a blur and he managed to stop her last attack with both arms just as she was about to impale Tsukune.
"Friends...don't kill each other…" Naruto spoke through pained breaths,
The Shinobi wheezed, realizing he had actually managed to stop her, then the pain kicked in.
Moka really did hit harder than Tsunade when she really wanted to, though it was more…concentrated and Naruto really didn't expect to hold on to her arm like this.
Moka looked into Naruto's now blood red slit eyes with shock and didn't continue her assault.
She took note of how similar they looked to her own and how his whisker marks became more animalistic and his fangs grew as well.
Vaguely Moka could see an orange swirl of energy begin to surround him but quickly disappear after a few seconds.
"Now that's just like with the Committee…" Moka lost herself for a second, taking note of the oppressive energy she was getting from Naruto, it was like a dam prepared to collapse on itself at a moment's notice.
Naruto looked over as Tsukune was beginning to stir again and was about to prepare himself for what was to come.
On the rooftop of the clothing store, both the Bus driver and the Headmaster watched it all unfold.
Nurari put out his cigar finally and frowned at the Scene, he and Yūgao had managed to vacate the area of students as soon as the first Hybrid monster attacked while they had also noticed Yukari slipping away and informing Naruto of what was happening.
"Ah...poor kid was getting ready for his date too…" The bus driver thought to himself
The Headmaster looked down and sighed looking at the damages, that was a lot more than what happened with the Committee and a lot of things would have to be covered up more.
"It appears I was mistaken and they decided to strike earlier...those damages are going to be a Headache later."
Before anything else could happen with the Newspaper Club several ribbons restrained Naruto, Moka and Tsukune as the Headmaster's glowing eyes peered at them all from the nearby rooftop.
With a spare Rosario in hand, the Headmaster then jumped down as the three teens struggled against the ribbons.
"I appreciate the help, Uzumaki but I will take care of things from here…"
With another plink, Tsukune's eyes closed and fell back, somehow being caught by a now freed Moka
Naruto finally let his guard down and the Fox's Chakra began to leave him.
Mizore ran up to them, looking over Naruto's wound while he held his side and groaned somehow he still felt the dull pain.
"I...think we're gonna need a rain check on that date…" Naruto weakly got out before laying on his side and trying to ease the pain, Mizore was then relieved to see Yūgao jump down to join them.
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"No…I locked myself in my room for the last four nights figuring all of this out…" Yukari huffed, bags under eyes showing that she had indeed been up, going through every Chakra book Naruto could provide for her along with Chakra pills and anything else related to the energy.
The Uzumaki placed his hands in his pocket and shrugged at the small Witch.
It had been four days straight since an unconscious Tsukune was placed in the infirmary again, this time with some holy lock the headmaster chained him with.
His wound he had received from the Ghoul was healed, with only a light vague mark of where it once had been, the Kyuubi had a delay but fixed it without an issue, that was still something Naruto had to take note of though.
Everything about this Ghoul form made Naruto worried for his friend's safety, though Tsukune would be fine now, the idea that the lock could break…it almost reminded him of his own situation with the Kyuubi.
He had even almost forgotten about the events with his other self but truthfully this Tsukune Ghoul thing was going to take priority, not like Konoha was even answering his letters, right now anyway, not a word from Jiraiya since before his first-semester break.
Moka was silent and only spoke when spoken to now, she didn't even bother to visit Tsukune yet once he had woken up, that was a bit worrying for Naruto but he was sure that could be fixed when they had a chance to talk things out while Kurumu refused to leave Tsukune's bedside until he had woken up.
"And?" he motioned for her to continue, Yukari shrugged, going through stacks of papers in her bag.
"You said humans here have a Chakra network…"
"Not a useful one but yeah." Naruto cut in, the Small witch grumbled something that Naruto couldn't understand before a paper floated out of her bag and onto her hand with a wave of her wand
"Okay, so Tsukune's chakra is made up of Spiritual and physical energy just like yours, whatever energy most Monsters use, I found out it's more on the spiritual side of things." Yukari's eyebrows furrowed as the two began to make their way into the Hospital.
Naruto glared down the hallway something the small Witch simply didn't catch
"So…I have a theory! If we can get Tsukune's Chakra reserves up, he would have more spiritual willpower and energy to resist his Ghoul thingy! Sorta like an emergency response team in his body." Yukari finished with a wave of her hands
The Uzumaki blinked then stiffened, that sounded like a great idea on paper but how the hell did Yukari plan to put this into action?
Normally increasing Chakra reserves came through mediation and experience with molding Chakra, for someone like Tsukune who was far beyond the age of being trained with Chakra…
it was still possible for his Chakra reserves to increase but no matter how hard Tsukune would train he'd never be able to reach even a Genin Chakra reserve simply due to his mature Chakra coils.
still with his own experience holding the Kyuubi's influence back, having a strong willpower and Chakra helped a lot.
Yukari hummed a tune to herself as Naruto followed her and the two now neared Tsukune's room.
"I have an experiment I wanna test on him since I got some special roots from the Apothecary club…if it works he should be able to start increasing his Chakra reserves without a problem, I already got the supplies too! We gotta be cost-effective, Nii-san" Yukari finished with a small yawn as Naruto opened the door for her.
"Tsukune-kun! Stop eating so fast! It's not going anywhere!"
Opening the door, both Yukari and Naruto found Kurumu smothering the poor human with affection as Tsukune somehow continued to eat a huge tray of food. Mizore was casually reading a magazine and ignoring the bickering.
"Hey, man, how are you holding up?" The Whiskered blond spoke up, walking in as Mizore finally set down her magazine and Yukari went to organize her research before she could present it to the rest of them.
"Dude, I feel like shit!" Tsukune said, still all bandaged up and stuffing his mouth full of food and quickly swallowing before going for a can of soda, briefly he thought back to how he had woken up just as he was going for a sip.
In the middle of the night, he had one last horrible dream where Naruto simply wasn't there.
Tsukune felt Moka's hand go through his chest and his life was fading from his eyes as he did so, surreal that the woman he loved was really going to kill him.
"If it wasn't for Uzumaki Naruto, she really might have killed you…" Tsukune's eyes fell on the holy lock that was now wrapped around his wrist. He fell quiet as Yukari went around informing the rest of the group of her theory.
"This item is your lifeline, if you lose it, your life will end for sure, remember that" Tsukune gulped before blinking and trying to focus on what Yukari said
"You can give him your Chakra right, Nii-san?"
"I mean, sorta? That's what medical Ninjutsu is for but what are you trying to do?" Naruto questioned not really understanding what the Small Witch was getting at, Yukari simply nodded
"That's all I need…"
"You're giving me Chakra?" Tsukune spoke up with a pained wince catching everyone's attention as he sat up from his bed, Naruto shrugged but Yukari cut him off
"We're trying to anyway…It should work, it'll help you with holding back your Ghoulish form!" She pointed out, handing a paper over to Tsukune.
He couldn't even really be bothered to read it as Kurumu removed his food tray and Tsukune only really had one thing on his mind.
"Where's Moka-chan?"
Everyone shifted uncomfortably while Naruto waved him off.
"I sent a clone to let her know you're up and that we're meeting up at my place when we're done here…"
The Uzumaki then paused hearing Yukari talk about the potential risks involved, instead he was recalling the file Ruby had left him.
"Hey, You guys go on without me, I'll catch up, I just need to use the restroom!" Naruto grumbled quickly running off into the direction of the restroom, the group aside from Tsukune gave a collective shrug as Yukari gathered her things and Mizore let out a sigh watching Naruto's retreating form.
Kurumu immediately went back to fawning over Tsukune as the Uzumaki closed the door behind him.
Though Naruto ran down the Hospital's hallways and pushed the doors into the restroom.
Without a hand seal a Clone appeared next to him and Naruto glared at the clone
"You got enough Chakra…go with them."
The Clone wordlessly nodded and took off again to meet up with his friends.
Naruto waited for a few seconds before pulling out a file from his bag and glaring at the photo
"Yakumaru Mako…" Naruto took a deep breath, before removing a small storage scroll from his bag as well
A single Hunter-nin mask and a black cloak appeared, usually that wouldn't have been an issue but the four lines on it signifying it wasn't from Konoha but from Kiri.
Apparently Kakashi had Haku and Zabuza's things returned to Konoha a few months ago and that actually bothered Naruto seeing as those were special grave markers for them, all he found on the letter from Kakashi was 'Political reasons back home' whatever the hell that mean things in Konoha were so distant to him now, he wasn't sure what to make of it.
But for what reason did Kakashi give Haku's mask to him? Naruto really didn't know though in anycase, he figured it was better he kept it than letting some bandit grave robber eventually take it
Though the Uzumaki couldn't shake off this uneasy feeling about it though, he didn't even like looking at it.
"Kinda screwed up that I'm doing this, huh, Haku…" Naruto muttered, putting on the mask and the hooded cloak.
Naruto made a single hand seal and became transparent before quickly and quietly leaving the restroom and onto his target.
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Moka's eyes were still wide open on her bed, simply motionless and hearing the clock tick away, things just kept getting worse with Tsukune and looking at her hands, she could still feel it…
The blood, the willingness of her other self to end Tsukune's life, hearing his bones crack under her fists.
Moka began to tear up again just thinking about making her feel sick.
A simple blond blur appeared on her windowsill, tapping on her glass. Moka didn't even react until the Shadow clone began to get fed up and started knocking a little harder.
This time the Vampiress huffed and moved to allow Naruto to speak through the window screen
"Tsukune's up and I'm pretty sure he wants to talk to you…"
The Pink-haired girl sniffed
"I…don't think that's a good idea, Naruto-kun…"
The Clone sighed
"Yeah, look I'm not really good at this stuff and the Boss doesn't even pay us for this stuff…" he grumbled folding his arms
"But things turned out fine again, we're all alive, and knowing Tsukune he'd really want you to be there since he found out about this Ghoul stuff…Yukari said she had a plan for him and Tsukune probably wants you there." Naruto finished as Moka looked up at him, she teared up again
"I tried to kill him, Naruto-kun, I…I can't be around him like that, I'm scared I'll hurt him again! I can't be with Tsukune-kun if he continues to risk his life like this and I'm only making things worse now!" Moka cried out while the clone scratched the back of his head
"Man, I came here to give a message, not a pep talk…" The Clone then looked to down, at his feet gracefully still on the ledge
"I mean Kurumu tried to kill him…and look at them now! He's not even mad about it I'm sure, just happy we're all okay and that he's all better now." Naruto retorted as Moka bit her lower lip
"Just..come by the boss's place, alright? Everyone's gonna be there and we'll just talk about what's going to happen and fix this as a Club, Tsukune wants you to be there, I'm positive he does." The Clone awkwardly tried to reassure.
Moka continued to stare at the ceiling before giving a slow nod and Naruto then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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"We just need a bunch of Chakra pills, Nii-san, I have basically everything else…" Yukari smiled as the Clone sighed, carrying a lot of supplies into his dorm from Yukari's place, he was a bit concerned with what the real Naruto was up to.
"And this is safe right?" Tsukune brought up, still dazed from being released from the Hospital so soon but the doctors had cleared him, Kurumu looked equally worried about the entire thing.
Yukari merely shrugged.
"It should be."
The Clone huffed, opening the door as Mizore quickly stepped in first and quickly laid her eyes on the first person in the Kitchen.
"I swear to Kami, this fucking stain…" Yūgao stated in a depanned tone, she desperately tried to get a single red stain off a plate but to no avail, with the rest of the Newspaper Club following behind Mizore, Kurumu cleared her throat to get the woman's attention.
The Anbu perked up, and slowly placing the dish back into the sink
"Can I help you all?"
Kurumu stiffened
"U-Uh…Naruto?" She looked over to the Clone hoping he would back her up
"R-right, Sensei!" Naruto proclaimed, as Yūgao's eyes darted over to him
"C-Could we j-just have some privacy?" the Clone asked, hoping Yūgao would find it in her heart to let this slide, the Purple-haired woman wasn't moved however and folded her arms
"What for?"
Naruto squirmed under her gaze before his confident demeanor flattered, deciding it would be easier if he was just honest.
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"Ah I see and you're just going to give Aono the ability to access Chakra just like that?" Yūgao spoke as Naruto closed the door behind him and motioned her to stay quiet, the Uzumaki was truly surprised Yūgao didn't just yell at him the moment he spoke of the idea.
"Sensei, it's his actual life! If having a better Chakra reserve will help him against this Ghoul thing, it's worth a try!" Naruto cried out as the Anbu gave a short hollow laugh
"Ha, Well, I forgot the part where that's our problem…" She stared before slightly tilting her head
"Do you remember what we talked about during our training meeting? You realize you're putting our secrets at risk with this" Yūgao asked, Naruto's eyes widened then glared at her
The Anbu saw that look and frowned, not wanting to antagonize the blond, instead she was preferring to think of Naruto's situation.
"Naruto, look, you're being dragged into making promises you won't be able to keep," Yūgao said with a sigh, alluding to his promise to Mizore. she couldn't deny herself that Tsukune had proven himself to be a good friend to Naruto but still…this really wasn't their problem
"I'm still giving this to him...if it works, he'll be able to defend himself too...and he can stay in the Academy." Naruto argued, trying to really make a case for Tsukune. Yūgao grunted and closed her eyes, then scoffed with a passing idea.
"Okay, fine…" Yūgao suddenly said as Naruto blinked
"Eh?"
"Do it...Tsunade-sama has been telling us we need more Shinobis out there in the field, to gather funds for the village's defenses for months now, so there should be no problem after he signs the contractor papers…" Yūgao stated with a smirk that Naruto really didn't like what he was hearing from her.
"Contractor…?"
"Sorta like a Mercenary or Ronin but without the cool titles, instead, he'll just be paid by Konoha and work with Konoha Shinobi...to fight Konoha's wars." Yūgao explained Naruto's eyes widened again
"Sorry? Did I hear you right?!"
Yūgao dropped her smirk and nodded.
"That's my offer to you, Naruto...Tsukune can live here and learn about the Shinobi arts with us, but he'll be bleeding and dying for Konoha when they need him, just like us...you wanted to give him more Chakra? You're going to bring him into the Shinobi lifestyle then." Yūgao exclaimed as the Clone then gulped
Naruto simply stared at her with an unreadable expression.
Thinking about some bad events in his Shinobi career, the Sound and Suna invasion of Konoha didn't really hit Naruto until after the event…
Seeing people pick up dead relatives from the streets and mothers crying over their dead, gored up Genins were unlucky enough to still be fighting in the streets instead of fleeing to the shelters…Haku's entire life and the oppression the people lived through in Nami no Kuni…
Sasuke's defection even and everything Orochimaru related...Tsukune would have to see that.
"He's going to be your responsibility, in this world's layman terms, you're the big Soldier Shinobi man, and he's your coffee intern, he's going to be learning from you and what he learns from you is your responsibility…" Yūgao explained loudly pulling the Clone out of his thoughts, he could even see a somewhat reassuring grin on her face.
The Uzumaki then recalled living in the Human world with such relative peace for some time…bringing someone like Tsukune into the Shinobi life.
Theoretically, Naruto could take Tsukune under his wing and teach what he knew, it was a lot on his plate already, constant missions on weekends with Kakashi and Anko, training with Yūgao, time to spend with Mizore, dealing with these Outcast Ayashi attacks, trying to somewhat still maintain his grades and now he had to help Tsukune with Basic Shinobi training? He was being stretched really thin.
Then again...Tsukune had covered for him with the Newspaper so many times now, and he was his first friend here, the Human deserved a chance to show his worth and Tsukune had already proved he could be trusted.
"He was willing to die if it meant everyone was safe from the Committee." Naruto mused before folding his arms
"I can do that I guess but he...needs to know what he's getting into…" Naruto spoke, Yūgao sighed, realizing they were somewhat raising their voices
"Well, I'm assuming your friends heard us…" Yūgao stated, Naruto blinked, opening the door to see his friends scramble out as they were all leaning on the door to listen in.
"Uh…" Kurumu tried to laugh, she couldn't help but look a bit excited.
"S-So...M-My Tsukune-kun could be a big strong Shinobi man?"
Yūgao raised an eyebrow
"Well honestly, Naruto's the poster child for the average Konoha Shinobi look, most of them being young male Chunins…" Yūgao mused eyeing up her blond student, Kurumu gave a short laugh
"Yeah, I guess Naruto is kinda average looking…"
"Average?" Mizore scoffed, walking up to Naruto, grabbing his Academy tie and adjusting it while the blond blushed.
"He's above average at least, pretty well-built too, I should know we almost showered together" the Yuki-onna boasted.
Yūgao blinked after hearing that piece of information and decided to stop this before they got off topic while Kurumu had a sly grin and made note to ask about it later
"Okay…so Aono-san we will have to discuss this if you truly want to have access to Chakra, you will have to come into our lifestyle, with everything that comes with it." Yūgao pointed out as Yukari nodded with her
"Yeah, are we doing this or not?"
Tsukune gave a somewhat nervous glance at Moka before giving reluctant nod at Yūgao
"Good, if this works I'll pull some strings in Anbu and slip it by some important people, they'll have a random job title for you and your superior will be Chunin Uzumaki Naruto, if that's alright with you" Yūgao offered, Tsukune frowned, looking at the concerned look in his friends face
"S-so I guess we have to just try it?"
Naruto's eyes fell before he gave him a slow nod, and motioned for him to sit down. Still in his bandages, Tsukune quickly did so and prepared himself for whatever Naruto and Yukari were gonna do.
Tsukune nervously watched Yukari explain her theory to Yūgao, the Anbu woman didn't look convinced at first, until she herself got lost in the middle of Yukari's lecture about spiritual Chakra, something with Genjutsu and this Ghoul form
So the two Shinobis and Witch worked together, putting several items into a blender, time went on with Kurumu slowly falling asleep on the couch followed by Mizore, the Sun sat while Naruto finally handed Tsukune a large clear bottle
"Is…this body oil?"
The Clone looked offended and his eyebrow twitched at Tsukune's choice of words, if the Toads could hear such blasphemy now
"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that…this is sacred Toad oil, I still need it to practice a…thing of mine but Yukari said we need to flood you with Natural Chakra first so you're just more sensitive to Chakra as an energy!" Naruto repeated as Yukari had told him several times to drill it into the Clone's head
Tsukune just nodded and quickly began to rub himself with the oil as Naruto went back to help the Witch and Anbu
"Don't stay still either or you'll turn into a stone toad!" Naruto called back while the brown-haired teen stiffened and began to always keep himself moving.
Yukari yawned again watching Yūgao crush a few more Chakra pills into a fine powder before pouring it into a small pot on the stove along with several purplish roots, eventually the mix turned into a glowing dark blue liquid as Yukari took out a needle and extracted a dosage
"This should forcibly open his coils…hopefully it doesn't hurt too much…" Yukari muttered the last part over to Yūgao who grinned, looking forward to this.
"Nii-san, are you ready to heal him afterwards?" The Witch asked while Naruto gave her a thumbs up though Yūgao suddenly stiffened
"Get the door, there's been someone standing there for like ten minutes now"
Naruto's eyes widened slightly, he half expected that she wasn't going to show up anymore since it was so late, but Naruto opened the door…
"Moka-chan!" a shirtless Tsukune waved from behind them, Moka almost smiled before laying her eyes on his bandages and she wanted teared up again
"Nii-san, we're done! Come on and let's get this over with!"
Tsukune tensed up and went back to sit down, mentally preparing himself. The Clone motioned for Moka to follow him.
She watched Tsukune get one last pep talk by Naruto with some paperwork as Kurumu and Mizore finally woke up themselves.
"Alright man just sign here, you feel relaxed?" Naruto asked, Tsukune nodded and took a deep breath, finishing his signature on one last form, he was officially going to be working under Naruto's supervision now.
"Yeah, like Yukari said, let's just get this thing over with" Tsukune didn't even notice Yūgao slowly crept up from behind with the blue liquid-filled needle in her hand.
Kurumu and Moka both cried out as Yūgao quickly jabbed the needle into Tsukune's stomach
"Gah! Fuck! Fuck! Why didn't you bastards warn me first?!" He shouted as blood trailed down from his stomach, Naruto motioned for him to quiet down.
"Oh shut up! It's just a little flesh wound, it's like a rabie shot!" Yukari cried out though Tsukune glared at her as Kurumu and Moka hesitated to get closer to them
"Fuck, I'd love to see you get stabbed suddenly like this!"
Yūgao rolled her eyes, making sure Tsukune didn't move so much with her arms as Naruto also held him down, she could see the Liquid was slowly pushed into Tsukune's abdomen.
"There…Naruto! You're up!" Yūgao wiped off the fallen droplets before disposing of the Needle. The Clone gave a hesitant nod
"Just patch him up…" Naruto's hand began to glow green as he hovered it over Tsukune's wound, a part of him was worried if he used too much he could blow his boss's cover and so his complete focus was on healing Tsukune.
Kurumu licked her lips watching Tsukune's half-naked body, Moka looked relieved that Tsukune seemed okay and the operation didn't seem so dangerous as she originally thought it would.
"S-So what's gonna happen now?" Tsukune's fingers began to twitch as Naruto shrugged and Yūgao spoke up looking at Yukari's papers
"You're gonna have to take Chakra pills every few hours every day till you stabilize, you'll feel like crap through the week before it should ease up and you'll have the reserves of roughly an Academy student back home…" She explained as Tsukune took a sharp breath
"W-What exactly does that mean?" Tsukune questioned, the Anbu woman took out a bucket of ice cream from her freezer and made a cup for Yukari who happily took some after a job well done.
"It means you have a small chance now…but don't get ahead of yourself, it's unlikely you'll be able to throw out Ninjutsu after Ninjutsu like Naruto can but I'm sure Chunin Uzumaki Naruto will find something to accommodate your reserves" Yūgao finished, the Clone stiffened before giving a hesitant nod
"Y-Yeah, I'll get right on that…"
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"And Hanako and Hiaso should be in this room!" a blond woman cheerfully smiled followed by three equally cheerful doctors, she adjusted her glasses carefully and looked at the bedridden students, completely encased with bandages.
The female student wasn't moving as her face was wrapped up but the male student was faring better and could at least speak.
"Y-Yakumaru-senpai…" he muttered out, trying to sit up, Mako gave them a friendly smile as she sat down by their bedside
"I'm not mad, you know…you guys were pretty good, I'm sure everyone is gonna miss you two" Mako reached for a needle with a purple liquid
"But the higher-ups just can't tolerate failure like this…not after what happened with Midou-san and that idiot Saizou." she spat out with a light glare.
Hisao's eyes widened, realizing what she was going to do and he tried to struggle.
"Don't make this hard on yourselves, you both knew the price of failure…"
Suddenly the injured student could see a shadowy hooded masked figure suddenly appear behind her.
Like a light switch, the glassy-eyed doctor jumped next to her and moved to protect her, a single rusty knife plunged into the man's throat as blood sprayed everywhere and stained the two bedsides.
Hiaso looked on with horror and blood sprayed face.
the Doctor's face looked of pure terror as if he was able to realize he was now dead with his last second of life.
"The hell?!" Naruto shouted, Mako continued to smile as the second Doctor began to try and slash the Masked Shinobi with a scalpel, the third one took out a surgeon knife and smiled warmly at Naruto.
"It's not nice to attack people like that!" She reprimanded, motioning for her puppets to go.
Naruto moved away to avoid another attack, in a blur he had kneed the Doctor in the stomach and spun a knife in his hand to quickly kill the second one with a knife to the skull.
Mako frowned, now she was in danger with her two puppets so quickly disposed of but she wasn't important to her higher ups for nothing.
Naruto paused, throwing the dead and bloodied Doctor off him.
the last Doctor suddenly gasped as if regaining control and yet Naruto could see his eyes were still glassy as ever.
"Nurse Yakumaru! You have to get out of here! This madman is killing the patients!" the Doctor bluntly shouted and suddenly charged at the surprised Naruto.
Mako put up a fearful look, hysterically screaming and running out of the room.
The Uzumaki cursed seeing his target run off before quickly grabbing the Man's throat and plunging the rusty knife in his throat as well.
Naruto gasped, now realizing she was trying to blow his cover with this act. This was a covert mission, the less people that knew the better and now she was attracting attention.
He'd have to deal with finding her and taking her out later, Naruto could hear more people moving into Hospital room.
Hiaso continued to struggle in his bed to escape but his injuries kept him in place.
Naruto cursed and quickly barricaded the room with a steel chair, Yūgao was right about just how fast these Missions could go south but that's what those improvised weapons lesson was for.
"W-Wait, don't do anything to Hanako-chan! She's just a troubled kid and when Kazuma first rejected her and those purebred girls saw!, w-we didn't have any friends a-and Anti-thes-"
The Uzumaki pretended not to hear him as he removed his mask, quickly taking out a bottle of hard Alcohol and lighter fluid.
he edged towards the open Window as the door was being banged on by staff and the security guard.
"Just let H-Hanako go, you can kill me but…please" The Injured student whimpered
Naruto began quickly opening both containers and placing both fluids in his mouth as the Student looked in confusion and fear while the banging on the door was getting louder.
"Kami, this tastes like crap!" Naruto complained, feeling the sting on his throat before taking out a small lighter
"You won't get away with this you murderer!" the Muffled voice caused Naruto to freeze up slightly before he continued
"Now some Wind Chakra control breathing…" Naruto took a deep breath, the lighter sparked and he exhaled.
Fire blew everywhere in the room like a flamethrower, the flames catching on the infirmary currents before spreading throughout the room
Naruto jumped through the open window, he could see Hiaso frantically trying to put out the fires on himself and letting out a blood curdling screech, while the Shinboi watched Hanako's flesh burn.
He cringed watching her slowly move her head, showing that she was awake but unable to speak, for a brief second, Naruto could swear he heard a muffled feminine scream
A part of his mission was to tie up loose ends quietly by getting rid of those two and without anyone knowing…he had already screwed up on the latter part with Mako's quick thinking.
Naruto stared back into the dying flames, he could hear the muffled voices of the staff on the other side already breaking down the metal doors, with a single hand seal Naruto once again became transparent.
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The Uzumaki, back in his Academy uniform, kept his eyes still widened and now away from the Hospital, he could distantly hear alarm bells and people screaming and shouting, but here he was on the boy's dorm rooftop, staring into the red moon, peaking through the clouds.
Those Anti-thesis were the reason Tsukune was in the hospital to begin with and maybe those two had to die just like Saizou but…
The muffled Scream was still there, replaying in his head every so often, his mind couldn't leave it, the other student begging to let the girl go.
"She was still alive and felt everything, the guy did too" Naruto shivered and coughed slightly trying to compose himself, he felt sick, he wanted to vomit but nothing was coming out.
"Boss, you look like shit!" His clone finally snuck up on him, Naruto merely jumped expecting the red-eyed clone next to him instead his clone eased up and quickly dispelled.
"Damn it…at least Tsukune is okay, hopefully he can take the full week without an issue." Naruto huffed before noticing the Alcohol bottle next to him though he really only used it for the improvised fire attack at the hospital, something about it…now…
It was nice Anko had secretly left him the graduation present before leaving with Kakashi and the Snake mistress did even teach him the fire party trick in order to give him a more diverse improvised elemental arsenal…
"Kid, If you're old enough to kill, you're old enough to smoke and drink, Naruto, people like us don't frankly live so long, now I'm the exception not the rule, brat! Now come on, my guy is gonna meet us at noon"
Naruto's eyes blinked recalling the memory during his training trip with Jiraiya, when the Toad sage had taken him to his first bar, though Naruto didn't stomach the liquid he eventually did get himself drunk enough.
And now his heart skipped a beat, remembering his earlier thoughts about Konoha, closing his eyes, Naruto felt an anxious spike hit him again, everyday that went by with no word was worrying him.
Naruto had sent back Gamakichi to grab more information for him but that was over a week ago and there was still nothing back.
They were keeping something from him, that was for sure, upon that realization, he had sent Gamakichi's younger brother Gamatasu to find any of his friends, but like his brother, there was no word back.
He hadn't bothered trying to summon another toad to do the job again but now Naruto wanted to confirm another suspicion he had…about the headmaster and so he stood up.
Going through several familiar hand seals, Naruto slammed his hands on the ground
"Kuchiyose no jutsu." Naruto spoke as a poof of smoke appeared and engulfed him, a few seconds went by, the Uzumaki frowned, knowing he was feeling the same roof tile and not the rough skin of the small toad he was trying to summon
At first Naruto was in denial about him being cut off from his own summons but now his eyes were seeing it for themselves…
"Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Naruto tried again, once more there was nothing and the Uzumaki collapsed back on the ground,
"He's probably in on it too!" Naruto seethed, his eyes flickered into a mix of purple, his gritting teeth grew somewhat feral and whisker marks darken.
Why the hell were they going through such lengths to keep information about Konoha away from him? Tsunade, Jiraiya, The Headmaster…maybe even Yūgao too.
The last thing he could gather from Konoha's papers were Civilians mass-protesting turned into riots about some new law and how they quickly were broken up by the Anbu.
Other than that, there was still everything with Akatsuki's attack on Suna and Sakura now being a Jounin, she was even the first person he had tried to contact via summonings but with no success.
As soon as those thoughts left, anger bubbled inside Naruto, He wanted to go confront The headmaster directly but in the sea of almost blinding rage, he realized something
Naruto could lose Mizore and the Newspaper Club if he didn't act carefully and truthfully, the Uzumaki didn't know what to do with this information.
What would confronting the Headmaster do other than piss off Tsunade? She had sent him here after all…to protect him from Akatsuki and even if she did somehow agree and recall him back to Konoha, Naruto wasn't sure if he wanted to leave just yet, He grew to like the status quo he had now.
In the Academy with Mizore and everyone along with the idea of eventually going back to Konoha, another part of him still didn't want to leave Mizore however. It was making his head hurt just thinking about how he would go about doing that, he was running out of time though, Mizore would be of age soon and he'd really have to make a choice then.
"Well…here's a mission half accomplished…" Naruto bitterly thought and began chugging down the bottle and continued his musings, he'd deal with that target at another time.
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The Normally lit streets and homes of Konoha were all but dark on this night, instead there was only the full moon as the Hokage stood in her office with four important people in front of her, Jiraiya, Shizune, Itachi and Hinata.
A Village wide blackout had occurred on Tsunade's order, she had scrambled her Shinobi into positions on the outer wall and her Anbu Squads in the village interior along with Root Anbu.
There was a small outbreak of Riots a few days ago as some new laws had come into effect, the main one being mandatory conscription, all Civilian children and orphans were taken forcibly into the Academy though some had resisted, Tsunade quickly put an end to that with force.
Unfortunately she took these measures after not being able to find a way to open Chakra paths for Civilians that were too old but she figured they could be more useful in some Civilian defense units instead of pouring precious resources into trying to make them poorly trained and equipped Shinobis.
"We'll at least be able to field, recruit and train more Shinobis now…Akatsuki might be made up of S-rank Monsters but Konoha won't go down quietly…"
"I really don't like this, Hime…" Jiraiya frowned, looking out the Window, the Senju woman shrugged it off..
"Everything is set regardless, the Hyuuga elders will be dead before the break of dawn." She replied glancing at Itachi instead
"But I guess, I'll ask again…are you certain you want to go through with it?" Tsunade questioned, the Uchiha stole a look at the stoic Hyuga girl next to Shizune
"If it's for the safety and protection of Konoha and my Hokage, then I will carry out my mission." Itachi replied with an emotionless voice, Tsunade then closed her eyes and motioned Itachi to go.
A puff of smoke engulfed the Uchiha, Hinata's stoic façade broke and she lightly sobbed.
"H-hey, it's okay…Jiraiya-sama's seal worked perfectly on your cousin, Itachi is just going for the elders, the Branch family and most of the main family will be unharmed" She tried to reassure as Hinata nodded.
"T-This is for…Hanabi-chan…Neji-nii-san…Naruto-kun…and Tou-san" Hinata thought, trying to regain control of her emotions and compose herself.
"H-How about I tell you what Naruto-kun's been up to at the Academy? I actually got to meet his friends!" Shizune proposed causing Hinata to look up and wipe away tears
"T-T…I…would like that" She managed to get out as Tsunade nodded and motioning for the two to be dismissed
"As long as you're in the Senju compound, I don't care, just not out in the open."
The two had exited as Tsunade glanced out the Window, she could distantly see a hooded figure make its way towards the Hyuga clan compound.
"I have to visit the brat…" Jiraiya suddenly said, causing Tsunade to spin
"What?"
The Toad Sage waved his arms, trying to avert Tsunade's gaze
"He knows something is off but I'm sure he's a bit more mature since he's already made Chunin, I'm just gonna go congratulate the brat myself!" finally Jiraiya's eyes landed on a portrait of the Fourth Hokage, his mouth forming a line seeing Minato's gaze on him.
"Why? You might tip him off with something stupid and as long as the brat doesn't try to come back here, we'll be fine." Tsunade replied causing Jiraiya to glance at her, Tsunade saw the serious look on her teammates friend and grew concerned
"It's just...with everything going on here, it's all gonna get really bad soon with all of the Villages, you're preparing for the damn apocalypse…" Jiraiya spoke, feeling guilt creep up on him
"But I can't blame you because I'm honestly nervous about what we know now…someone, claiming to be Madara Uchiha, controlled the Kyuubi and attacked the village. We also still have the Rinnegan fella…" He continued, an image of a young red-haired child flashed in his mind.
"I don't know what's gonna happen soon and I want to see the brat myself right now before anything big happens…" Jiraiya's face fell as Tsunade glanced at the file cabinet holding Naruto's letters still unopened, she couldn't deny how much she missed the brat already and while she had already scheduled her own visit to the Academy…Jiraiya wasn't planning on being in the Village for some time, so he wasn't getting a chance like this again.
"Plus…you hear he completed the Rasengan? Shizune was telling me his whole right arm was just dead! I have to go see that!" Jiraiya's demeanor completely returned to his Childish nature.
A tick mark appeared on Tsunade's face
"Fine! You can go and just don't screw any of this up!"
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Omake: A Shinobi's Christmas.
"Hi!" Naruto peeked his head into the Newspaper Clubroom, as Kurumu was setting a green stocking, completely ignoring him, the rest of the Club continued to set up their decorations.
The Uzumaki blinked, being casually ignored, he took note that Moka and Tsukune were trying to set up a strange tree with lights.
Naruto, walking in with his bowl of ramen in a plastic bag, could only watch as Mizore was wrapping up something he didn't get the chance to see.
"What's going on here?" Naruto questioned, Yukari shrugged, opening her box of gingerbread cookies
"Did you forget? we're exchanging Christmas gifts today! Where's your present?" Yukari asked, looking around for his gifts.
Naruto raised an eyebrow, so that's what this was about! Apparently winter time here was just full of Human and Monster Holidays he had never heard of, ever.
"Y-Yeah, I didn't forget…" He replied, placing a small bland, normal storage scroll with different names on them, Moka frowned looking at them
"Uh…Naruto-kun, don't you have anything more…festive?" The Vampiress asked while the blond was busy checking out the lights on the tree, Tsukune was setting under the tree
"Don't touch that, man, not until we're done." he stated while Mizore went over to look for her name on the random scrolls. she smiled seeing the light purple one with her name spelled there with Naruto's…okay handwriting.
"Annd we're done!" Moka shouted, finally turning on the lights.
Red, white, green, they all sparkled as Kurumu turned off the Clubroom lights
"Hey where's Senpai?" Naruto asked while Tsukune scowled, looking for his blond friend's gift
"Gah!…He bailed on us for some Senior Christmas party outside campus…here you go man." Tsukune spoke, handing Naruto a red wrapped present, the Uzumaki looked confused before noticing everyone was waiting for him to open it.
A small…device was inside, he opened and closed it several times seeing it with a screen
"It's a handheld console, It took forever for me to get one over here, you've never played a video game in your life so there you go, Merry Christmas man!" Tsukune smiled brightly as Naruto quickly grabbed Tsukune's scroll
"I…didn't know anything about this holiday and didn't know what to get any of you guys so uh, here." Naruto poured a little bit of Chakra with a Puffff of Smoke. There was a giant windmill Shuriken hitting the floor.
*clang*
"Naruto! You know Tsukune-kun can't have this!" Kurumu scolded, Moka pouted and was about to agree with her friend until she noticed Tsukune ogling the weapon
"Dude, this is so cool!, it's literally the size of my torso!" Tsukune was in awe with his gift, carelessly picking it up and realizing that while he might not be able to use the weapon, it sure as hell would look nice on his wall.
Both Moka and Kurumu face faulted before composing themselves and handing Naruto their gifts
"It's a scarf, you still need a damn wardrobe change but this is all I could get you now" Kurumu bluntly stated as Naruto only gave her a stupid grin, Moka sighed and picked up hers
"I…got you some of my favorite tea that's made from the plants in my garden back home."
"And here's this!" Naruto quickly opened two scrolls, showing several blood packs and a wooden sword made of bamboo. Moka's eyes sparkled, laying her eyes on the blood packs while Kurumu raised an eyebrow, looking at the old practice sword, blunt but it would help her with..
For a brief second the Succubus then glanced at Yukari who glared at her
"Don't try it" She hissed as Kurumu laughed and put away her present. The Uzumaki was looking at Yukari's gift while Mizore only frowned, leaning her head on the table and patiently waiting for hers
"And this is yours!" Naruto cheerfully grinned, handing the small Witch a book on the basics of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, Yukari hugged the Whiskered Shinobi before quickly going to read the book in her seat.
The Uzumaki then paused, remembering he had one more gift, he flashed Mizore a smile and picked up the light purple scroll
"I…I'm not good at this but here you go!" Naruto blushed lightly opening the small purple scroll with a puff of smoke that quickly cleared away, Mizore's eyes flickered seeing single small blue box
Her heart skipped a beat, slowly opening it to see a necklace with a purple gemstone, amethyst.
"Shinobi stuff pays pretty well here, so…" Naruto trailed off not really sure what to say as Mizore continued to examine the piece of jewelry, for a brief second Naruto thought Mizore didn't like it until she quickly put away the one she had on in favor of the new one.
Mizore then blinked before handing him her gift, wrapped in orange, the Uzumaki snapped out of his thoughts and quickly unwrapped it to see a frozen Kunai.
"Kaa-san told me it would never melt as long as the Yuki-onna who provided the ice loves her partner" Mizore explained, latching onto his side, it had taken forever for her to get it from the Yuki-onna village but she just about made it in time
Naruto examined just how well made it was but despite what Mizore said, he didn't plan to use it in combat, his mind was more focused on what she had just said.
Someone actually loved him, genuinely loved him, and he did love her in return, that was a foreign but yet comforting feeling to have, he really didn't feel so empty anymore.
"T-Thank you." was all he could say
Kurumu then coughed to bring attention that everyone else was still there.
"So…eggnog anyone?"
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End
So this one is really long like 14k words or something, I ask that you go through this before you kill me
Tsukune's Chakra thing and Moka's development, Christ, I gotta fix that, that's now a critical error and after this Chapter that's probably what I'll totally focus on in favor of slowing updates for a bit if that's fine, if not I can still make it work by shifting more focus onto Tsukune and Moka than Naruto and Mizore, I'll probably do half and half, we'll see.
I went way off path with some scenes, next Chapter I'll railroad them back to RV's proper Canon with Naruto's thing on the side, but this arc will be pretty different from canon now Tsukune's learning some Chakra, hopefully, that explanation was good enough,
I got plans for Tsukune with Chakra and Naruto will get something Monster-like by the end of this arc, as for Naruto though, I wanna break him down and build him back up, he'll be going on a self-destructive path a bit later the seeds of which are planted here with bad dependencies, they aren't forever so relax, it's just for this arc and they serve a purpose, if kakashi has lewd books, Tsunade has drinking, Jiraiya being a pervert and asuma smoking I wanna have Shinobi Naruto get broken down from his own career path then fix himself up again.
like some Soldiers in real life, imagine that pressure on a 16 year old
Now Sasuke, I don't like bashing so much when writing, reading it, it's fun but I wanna do something special with Sakura and Sasuke later especially with Itachi around
also probably not like the Rasengan for Tsukune and stuff but enough to give him a bit more diversity in his fights and it's a good way to drag him into the war later I got plans for him I guess.
Something I always wondered about RV's world, can't Monsters just use the same dangerous world-ending Human weapons against Humanity? It's not too hard as shown with Foxhound, I kinda wanna go into that a bit later with this arc.
I'll hotfix stuff later, things are busy right now, Merry Christmas or whatever you lads celebrate, hoped you like that omake that was my first try in like two days, I'm juggling a lot with the plot points of this story so sorry if things are off.
Now for that review friend Neoii: the War seemed like it was gonna break him down and it sorta did with Obito talking down on him and Hinata snapping him back with a slap that's what I mean by building back up but given it's Mizore not Hinata doing it, it's gonna longer and a bit more painful with the stakes at hand couple since I want it to be more emotional like I said I wanted an edgy arc for now before he's properly Pain arc Naruto or war arc Naruto, essentially have everything fall apart for him and have Naruto keep going it happened a few times in the Naruto series like with Jiraya's death but they were really brief for my taste, I sorta want Naruto out of the idealism of Konoha and to look at things objectively if that makes sense
maybe breaking him down is too strong of a word but make him go through something
hi, so quick update 12/29/21, I got the covid coof, like the bad one hopefully I'll pull through but I'll keep writing away till I'm dead, I will never understand why Docs always breaks my rough draft.
