"Normal Speech"
'Normal Thought'
"Demon/ Boss summon Speech"
'Demon/ Boss summon thoughts'
Jutsus: Attack
Flashback/ Writing/ TV
Summary: After failing to retrieve Sasuke Naruto is sentenced to life in the world's most dangerous prison, purgatory where he would rot. But with Naruto, nothing ever goes according to plan.
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The cool breeze on a hot summer day
The birds soaring in the skies
Clouds drifting continuously
What did the all have in common? They were all free. Naruto allowed a grin to garnish his face. He too was free to do as he desired and there was no one to tell him otherwise. He could become anything he wanted and travel anywhere he wanted. The possibilities were endless.
"Naruto, it would seem that we have a situation at hand." Naruto turned towards the source of the voice where he was greeted to the sight of his travel companions Fu and Utakata, his friends and fellow inmates.
Fu was a former shinobi of Takigakure but due to the looming threat of Akatsuki and the villager's hate, Fu was sent to purgatory on the same floor level as him. This was their way of avoiding the Akatsuki's wrath and getting rid of their local demon.
Utakata was a former shinobi of Kirigakure before an incident which landed him in the purgatory. Like Naruto, Utakata was very much loyal to his village. He would put his life on the line to complete each mission as swiftly as possible. But his life drastically changed when his master attempted to extract the tailed beast residing within him. His master simply wanted to remove the burden from his student so that Utakata would live a normal life but things didn't go as planned as the extraction forced Utakata into a transformed state which led to the death of his master. Unable to control the beast's power, Utakata went on a rampage which drew the attention of the shinobi population. Many shinobi lost their lives before they were able to restrain Utakata. Despite his many pleas, Utakata was trialed as a traitor and sentenced to purgatory. He too was placed on the same floor as both Naruto and Fu. It was through the support of one another that the three outcasts were able to survive the ordeal with their sanity intact.
"What's going on Utakata?" Naruto turned his full attention towards him. Whatever it was had to be important otherwise he would have been sleeping in his quarters. In a way, he reminded Naruto of a certain shadow wielding clan from Konoha.
"It appears that Suna is under attack by the Akatsuki." Naruto narrowed his eyes at this new piece of information. There was only one reason they would attack Suna. He immediately stood up as adrenaline flooded his body. It'll be a cold day in hell before they got their hands on his friend.
"Guys, I'm going to travel ahead." Without another word, Naruto vanished leaving a slightly annoyed Fu and a stoic Utakata.
"Why didn't he take me with him?" Fu took to the skies as fast as she could in hopes of joining the fray. Utakata merely shook his head at this.
"Things will never get old with those to around."
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"What the hell un?" Deidara was utterly confused as to what just happened. He was seconds away from catching Gaara's unconscious form when someone punched him in the face. But how the hell did someone manage to punch him when he was flying above the village and where the hell was Gaara now? Deidara scanned the area immediately in hopes of finding not only Gaara but the soon to be dead assailant. He was going to blow the bastard to smithereens before retrieving the jinchuriki.
"The day you joined the Akatsuki was the biggest mistake you ever made." Deidara quickly turned towards the source where he was greeted to the sight of the last person he would ever expect.
"You're the nine tails jinchuriki. I thought you were locked away in the purgatory un." That was the Intel that was passed from leader-sama. Clearly that was false information or was it? Regardless, the jinchuriki was right here for the taken. He stood up as he prepared for another tough battle albeit a tough one. He'd already lost an arm to the one tailed brat and he was at half his chakra capacity. Then there was the fact that he was still inside enemy territory. It wouldn't take long before this area was swarmed by Suna shinobi. He needed to end this battle as soon as possible.
'I just need to lure him towards Sasori-" Any plan he had that involved Sasori crumbled when several explosions went off in the direction Sasori was. Deidara cursed inwardly at the implication behind the explosion. It would seem that Sasori was engaged in battle at the moment. 'This fucking brat probably came with some back up. This is not my fucking day un.' Deidara placed his hand inside of his pouch and grabbed a hand full of explosive clay. It was in that moment Naruto struck.
Pain
That was all Deidara felt from his arm. He watched in horror as his arm dropped to the floor away from his body. 'How did he move so-' His thoughts came to a complete halt as his body propelled to the side. Not giving him a chance to recover, Naruto vanished from his spot once more only to reappear next to the armless akatsuki member. He quickly brought his leg up forcing his opponent to go airborne. Utilizing nothing but teleportation and brutal attacks, Naruto bombarded the criminal with attacks ranging from jabs, kicks, knee strikes, and elbow strikes. His attacks were quick and precise leaving no room for recovery. He didn't know what this member was capable of and he wasn't going to stick around to find out. This man was an S-class criminal for a reason so. Besides, this bastard attacked his friend so he was out for blood. Naruto finished his assault with a drop kick to the stomach. Deidara's unconscious struck the ground with enough force to kick up some dust. Naruto appeared a few feet away from the body as a precaution. He waited patiently until the dust settled and when it did, he was satisfied.
'Now I just need to make sure Gaara's ok.' Naruto vanished once more only to reappear next to the unconscious form of his close friend. He quickly scanned his body taken note to all the damage he'd received during battle. All damages he received seem to stem from something explosive if the burn marks was anything to go by. 'Well it's a good thing I learned how to heal.' Naruto placed both palms of his chest and began healing him. As soon as he was all patched up, Naruto gently shook him.
"Gaara, wake up buddy. It's me, Naruto" Gaara's eyes slowly fluttered to the sound of his name. Upon regaining consciousness, he was greeted to the sight of a familiar face.
"Naruto?" A large grin stretched across the blonde teen's face.
"You sure as hell took a beating Gaara. Did he use some sort of explosive tag on you? You had some serious burn marks on your face. Luckily I learned some healing stuff or you'd end up being a burnt face Kazekage. Oh and congratulation on making it to Kazekage." Gaara stared in disbelief as his mouth continued running. Slowly a smile made its way to his face. It would seem that not even the most dangerous prison could break him and he was very grateful. He could not imagine Naruto being anything but himself. Several explosions caught his attention right away. There seems to be a fight going on outside his village walls. He stood up immediately as he prepared for a second fight but a firm grip stopped him in place.
"Don't worry about that. My friend Fu is battling the other Akatsuki member. I took care of the one you were fighting. He's unconscious somewhere here. I'm sure your shinobi has him in custody by now." This caught his complete attention.
"Other member?" He wasn't aware of a second Akatsuki member. That meant he was waiting outside the village. That didn't bode well with him one bit.
"Yeah, they usually roam in pairs of two. The only reason I know this is because I ran into them a little over 3 years ago. It was that time I went with the pervy sage to retrieve Tsunade. I was at the hotel when Kisame and Itachi approached me. If it wasn't for pervy sage, they would have captured me." Gaara no his head as he filed this new piece of information in the back of his head. He needed to do a little research about this Akatsuki group to prepare for future invasions. He had a feeling this wouldn't be the last time he'd encounter them. He also needed to find out what happened to his gate guards. None had reported Akatsuki members approaching his village and that bothered him. "Gaara are you okay?"
Gaara was brought out of his musing. He turned towards his fellow jinchuriki as he gazed upon him with a look of concern. It was in that moment Gaara realized something.
"How exactly are you here Naruto? The last time I checked, you were sentenced to purgatory for life." Gaara shuddered when he thought about that prison. Purgatory was essentially a death sentence. It was located in one of the coldest environment on earth and it was the most secured prison in existence. Only the most dangerous criminals were sent there to rot in silence. Legend has it that the prison has existed before the era of the six path of sage. The purgatory was rumored to be an indestructible prison capable of withstanding the full power of several tailed beast bombs at once. Seeing Naruto here must meant he was released but the question was who and why.
"I killed all the prison guards, took over the prison, and then transformed it into a flying fortress" came the casual response from konoha's former jinchuriki. Gaara at this point was doing the perfect impersonation of a fish. Were there any limits on his unpredictability? Gaara could only shake his head at this. Leave it to Naruto to do the impossible.
"I guess some things don't change. So what have you been up to lately?" Before Naruto was able to respond, the doors leading to their location flew opened revealing a slight winded and concerned Temari and Kankuro.
"Gaara are you ok?" The siblings rushed over to their younger sibling and began checking over his body for any sign of injuries. When they couldn't locate any, they released a sigh of relief. It was in that moment that Naruto made his presence known.
"Temari, Kankuro, what's going on?" Kankuro's eyebrow rose at this.
"Does this mean you're back to being a shitty konoha shinobi? No offense to you but that place is shitty. I don't see why you'd rejoin a village that would send one of their most valuable shinobi over a traitor. Why don't you leave that village and come join us?" Naruto scratched the back of his head as he chuckled awkwardly.
"I'm not a Konoha shinobi and I wasn't released from prison. I broke out." Both Kankuro and Temari stared at the former shinobi in disbelief. Gaara couldn't help but smile at his sibling's reaction right now.
"Hey guys look what I have" At the sound of the newcomer's voice, the sand siblings quickly went into a defensive position. The source of the voice was teen with minted green hair. Said teen was currently flying while holding whom Gaara quickly recognize to be their missing third Kazekage. "Look at this cool looking puppet Naruto. I got it from that Akatsuki member after I obliterated him to pieces. His whole body was made out of wood. He was a human puppet controlling other puppets but he wasn't too much of a hassle." The sand siblings relaxed their stance when they realized that she was a friend of Naruto.
"She's just as talkative as Naruto" murmured Kankuro. In fact, she was exactly like Naruto. Kankuro shuddered at that thought. Temari couldn't help but giggle at his response. Gaara on the other hand stared intently at the corpse of the third Kazekage.
"I guess we know what exactly happened to the Kazekage's body now." It was turned into a human puppet and based on the date of his disappearance; he knew who the culprit was. It was none other than Sasori of the sand.
Fu proceeded to drop the puppet onto the floor before greeting the three. "Hi I'm Fu. Would you like to be my friend?" Fu by now was inches away from Gaara with a look of anticipation. Gaara could only smile at her antics.
"I would be honored Fu." Fu beamed at this.
"Yatta, I have a new friend." She turned towards the older siblings and waited for their response.
"Sure thing" came Kankuro's response. "I mean you did help this village after all." Temari on the other hand merely nod her head prompting Fu to pump her fist in the air. The small group shared a heart filled laugh together before moving on to a more serious situation.
"Kankuro, I need you check the status of the village? Those to Akatsuki members were able to infiltrate my village without sounding the alarms. Temari, there should be an Akatsuki member within our custody. I want you to verify that immediately." The two siblings left the towers immediately.
"Hey Gaara, If you want me to, I could heal anyone wounded during the invasion."
"I would be grateful if you did." Gaara was once again thankful for having Naruto as a friend. Naruto vanished from his spot to accomplish his goals leaving Fu and Gaara alone.
"Man this is the second time he's done that. I hope this isn't going to a normal occurrence." Fu released a small sigh. She turned back to the Kazekage whom appeared to be in deep thought. "Can we get something to eat new friend." Gaara blinked as his train of thoughts derailed.
"Of course but I need to take care of a few things first. I need to make sure my village is okay." Fu quickly nod her head in understanding.
"Hai."
Notes
Naruto Uzumaki- Magic
Black Magic
Living Magic- It is a type of Creation Magic that allows the user to bring life to their creations. They can create different creatures from inanimate objects. Occasionally, the user has to perform different techniques or preparations in order to cast a Living Magic spell. The caster can give his/her creations distinct appearances, personalities, and abilities. Some given abilities can include Magic
Ankhseram Black Magic- A Magic in which the user can kill all living things around the user. (Forbidden)
Arc of Embodiment is a form of Lost Magic that allows the caster to materialize, and subsequently use to their every whim, anything they can imagine. Any of their creations give them great versatility both in and out of combat. They can range anywhere from everyday objects and weapons to more complex creations, even living ones, or even simple images of whatever may be on the user's mind. These creations are also given special properties that go accordingly to what they are. It has been stated that there are several limits and conditions to this Magic, one of which is that the Magic cannot conjure living creatures, as shown when Bickslow displayed the ability to possess any object conjured by this magic. Despite this, Arc of Embodiment has been considered an invincible Magic by its caster, who additionally claims that nothing can beat the Magic.
Teleportation Magic: Allows user to appear anywhere in an instant
Healing Magic- healing magic gives its users the ability to heal any kind of injury or ailment that can befall the body
Fu
Personality- Cheerful, carefree, easily bored, loud-mouth, reckless, friendly, eager to maker friends
Magic
Crash Magic: a very advanced Magic that smashes everything that the caster comes into contact with; if the person is unfocused, he/she may destroy objects such as houses unintentionally. It is also capable of nullifying other's Magic.
Wind slayer magic- Create, eat, and invulnerable to wind
Utakata
Personality- He has a stoic, calm and carefree personality, preferring solitude and not particularly talkative. However, bringing up any sensitive subject rouse his annoyance and anger
Magic
Gravity Magic- A Magic in which the user can control gravity. The user can increase and decrease the gravity of anything around him
Water slayer magic- Create, eat, and invulnerable to water
Plot
Naruto is imprisoned after his failure to retrieve Sasuke by the orders of the Fire Daimyo. His chakra is sealed away and he is placed in one of the most secured and dangerous prisons in the world
Prison name: Purgatory
Reason: The Fire Daimyo received various letter from Konoha's council members about the Sasuke retrieval mission explaining their version as to what happened
Purgatory
Located: Near Land of Snow
Info: A prison that existed before the era of the six path of Sage. It is essentially a death sentence. Anyone sent there is left to rot.
Conditions: Extreme cold temperatures, 24/7 isolation, limited food, and eternal darkness. Purgatory is a multi-level mountain fortress made of chakra absorbent rocks and an almost indestructible metal. Upon arrival, prisoners receive a seal that takes away their ability to mould chakra and leave them with a bare minimum amount. Jinchuriki also receive an addition seal to block off any access to their tailed beast.
Outline
Story starts at 3 year time skip
