Normal speech"
'Normal thoughts'
"Demon/Summon speech"
'Demon/Inner Sakura/Summon thoughts'
Jutsu name
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flashback/memory
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Reviews corner (just how I'm going to call this from now on)
Otakumode: glad you thought it was funny.
Realfan16: technically it's not that unbelievable. I mean if we base things solely on rank then Naruto should never have been able to beat most of his opponents. Throughout the Naruto series, he has beaten chunin and jonin rank shinobi. Heck he beat Gaara when he let the Bijuu take over. Regardless, glad you thought it was funny.
Zafnak: thanks. I was afraid that some people wouldn't get it
SkylerHollow: I plan on giving Orochimaru a different headache.
Magus0096: I wasn't really hating on the Aburame. The pranks I did on the clans are based on certain quirks of the clan. For the Aburame, it was based on how they are usually not noticed by most
Innovaquantum: yeah Tsunade was using the shadow clones. I didn't state it really but I insinuated it heavily with the scene in the office. Ture for NAruto but right now they aren't at war. I have a plan for Sasuke, all you can do is read and find out
Bloody Rogue dragon deity king: not really sure about the team being sent and I have an idea on the leaving
Ok everyone before we begin this chapter I want to state here and now that this chapter is darker compared to the previous chapter. It has a scene that I myself hate because of what I did but I put it in as it reveals some things that may have not been clear before about Naruto and shows something about the world as well. I will clarify what I mean at the end but don't skip ahead and read that…..that's cheating.
Hope you all are taking care of yourself and taking precautions against the C-Virus. (it's what I call it. ;-) )
Chapter 45: A revelation and the dark side of a mission (WIP)
Naruto was walking the streets of Konoha while ignoring the usual glares he got from the villagers. At this point, he had gotten so used to it that he would consider a day he wasn't glared at to be abnormal. Something that he noticed was that he wasn't glared at as much as before and he only realized this when he didn't feel as much hatred as before. But right now he didn't care about any of that since he saw his destination. "Ok, this should get baa0chan to stop nagging me." before he got any closer he put himself into a henge to make himself look like a man that was in his thirties with brown hair and eyes, wearing normal civilian clothes. Walking up to the door, he knocked and waited.
The door opened to an elderly man with grey hair. The man looked up at the brown-haired civilian and smiled "ah welcome! Please come in."
Naruto walked in, ready to get this over with.
~Konoha park~
Sasuke was sitting on a bench, staring at nothing in particular in front of him. He was thinking about what had happened last night. Four shinobi from Oto had come to him and offered him a chance at gaining the power he needed in order to kill his brother. During the whole meeting, he didn't say anything and just listened to them and after they said their piece they gave him a week to think over the offer. At that time if he agreed, he was to meet them at a certain meeting point outside the walls of Konoha. When he heard the offer, he immediately thought of just going with them right then and there…..but then he remembered the truth that his brother had told him. Power was all he ever wanted ever since the massacre. Power to kill his brother. Now though, he didn't know what he wanted. A part of him was telling him that he should accept it for the power and to kill his brother but this thought always came with the burning of his curse mark. He soon realized that the voice that kept telling him to accept the offer was coming from the mark itself. The rest of him didn't really know what to do and that is why he sat here, thinking about what he should do next.
"Ryo for your thoughts?"
Sasuke was a bit startled at the voice and turned his head to look behind him only to see it was Kakashi. Sighing a bit he went back to staring in front of him with a far more subdued "...hm"
Kakashi eyed Sasuke for a second before he reached into his weapons pouch and instead of pulling out his usual little orange or green book, he pulled out a booklet and began to skim through it. He walked forward to be in Sasuke's view as he said "hmm? That one isn't in here. I think I should let Naruto-kun know that I have discovered a new word for you."
Sasuke looked up at Kakashi and noticed what he was reading. It was the little booklet that Naruto had given Kakashi when they first became team 7. He scowled at the thing "I can't believe that you still have that thing."
Kakashi just turned the page as if still trying to find what he was looking for "it helped me understand you a bit…..and thanks to making a few copies I made a little bit of pocket change from your fans." he said as he made the hand gesture for money "don't tell Naruto-kun though. If he found out he would prank me with my worst nightmare."
Sasuke scoffed as he went back to staring "you sound like you are afraid of the dobe."
"I am afraid of him."
Sasuke was now confused because of that statement and gave Kakashi and incredulous look
Kakashi eye-smiled as he put the book away. "You may have not noticed but that boy is a genuine prankster."
"So?"
Kakashi looked to his left as he spoke: "the boy is a prodigy."
Now Sasuke just didn't believe him but he let Kakashi continue
"Naruto-Kun may not be a prodigy like you when it comes to taijutsu, ninjutsu, or even genjutsu but he is amazing at stealth, speed and has an unorthodox way of doing things. And all of this can be seen in his pranks. When he wants to prank someone, he spends a LOT of time going over how he can do it, how long it might take, what he needs to get it done and if he can get away with it. He memorizes walking patterns of patrols, habits of theirs that can help him, and every guard rotations. If I hadn't seen him do all this, I wouldn't believe it but he is that kind of genius. I have been on the receiving end of those pranks and they can be scary at times."
"Are you saying he is the best shinobi in the village?!" Sasuke was angry at the praise that the dead last of his class was getting for things that he himself begrudgingly admitted to himself that he could not do.
Kakashi shook his head as he looked at Sasuke "no. don't get me wrong, he has talent when it comes to pranks, which if he put his mind to it, could make him work great at infiltration but he is still just a genin….well Chunin now, but he is still the same Naruto-kun we all know." 'not to mention he is a miniature bijuu.'
Sasuke grew wide-eyed at this "he was made a Chunin!?"
Kakashi nodded "yes. During the whole Chunin exams, he had done several things that help in the decision in making him a Chunin. Not just him but Shikamaru-san was also given the rank."
Sasuke felt anger at not being given the rank, as well as a voice in his head, was speaking to him 'see. They shame you, giving what you deserve to someone else.' Sasuke shook his head as he tried to ignore the voice "hn!"
Kakashi eye-smiled at this "ah there's the response I'm used to…...but back onto the original topic. Mind telling me what's bothering you?"
Sasuke kept quiet for a minute before he spoke "what does it mean to be part of this village?"
Kakashi thought about the question for a minute before he answered "that depends on who you ask. Some would say to just live as you can, others might say that it is to be part of something powerful but too many, including the Hokage, it is to be part of a family."
Sasuke looked up at Kakashi as he continued to speak while looking towards the Hokage Monument.
"The Hokage sees everyone in the village as family and they do their best to keep that family safe. To shinobi out of this village, Sarutobi-sama was considered the god of shinobi and even if there are many of us that still consider that, we also see him as a sort of grandfather of the village."
Sasuke thought about that and remembered that Naruto often called the old man "Jiji".
"Now, why don't you tell me why you asked me the question."
Sasuke sighed "I learned….something that made me question what I know and what I wanted."
Kakashi sat down on the bench next to Sasuke and waited for the boy to continue.
"After I learned this, I began to think about what I really wanted from my life now and if there was anything that I value here."
"About time you started to think about that."
Sasuke scowled at Kakashi but the man countered it with a hard stare
"Sasuke-Kun, you have been so focused on killing Itachi for so long and have belittled everyone around you. You don't respect your elders, your superiors, your fellow genin or even your teammates. You saw everyone in this village as a hindrance, a shackle and you would step all over everyone if it meant you would get something you wanted. You are an Uchiha and in your head, you think that alone gives you the right to anything." Kakashi sighed as he looked forward "a name is just that: a name. In the shinobi world, it will only get you either enemies. If you don't have anyone to stand with you, then you won't go far in this world." Kakashi thought about how he had grown up and remembered his friends that he thought might make something clear to Sasuke. "You know, you remind me of me when I was younger."
Sasuke was a little stunned at this
"When I was a genin, I spent my time on my own. I saw myself as better than my teammates and I didn't think that I needed them. But as I continued to do missions with them, I grew fond of them and one of them became my best friend. My teammates were named Rin and Obito. Me and Obito were always butting heads with Rin being the one that tried to keep us from arguing too much. Rin was the glue that kept our team together and Obito was the goofball that always got in trouble. Actually, he kind of reminds me a bit of Naruto."
Sasuke thought about the two and couldn't remember a time of ever hearing about them before. "What happened to them?"
"They gave their lives for me."
This caught Sasuke's attention
"The first was Obito. It was during the third great shinobi war, we were tasked in taking out a bridge that would hinder the enemy's movement. During the mission, I lost an eye and Obito was fatally injured. As a late birthday gift..."Kakashi chuckled at this "...he offered up his own eye." he moved his hand to press two fingers over the spot his Sharingan eye was
Sasuke grew wide-eyed at this revelation
"His full name was Obito Uchiha. He saw the world much differently than you did. He didn't think of himself as better than anyone. He always struggled to get anything right and would constantly try and one-up me. He was a bit like Naruto was when he was in the academy. Brash, loud and stubborn to a fault. But he always thought of himself as an equal to his friends." he looked to Sasuke again "he was an Uchiha, like you, but his view on things was more like Naruto."
Sasuke thought about this for a second before another question came to his mind "what about Rin?"
Kakashi felt the sting in his heart at this as he looked to the sky "she gave her life to save the village."
Sasuke was a little apathetic about the idea but he remembered that his brother had essentially done the same thing. He made a major sacrifice and took the blame so the village could continue to live on and the Uchiha to retain honor that he was starting to believe they didn't deserve.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke once more "if you continue the way you have been going then you will find yourself standing alone, with no one on your side and even if you think that you can handle that, let me tell you, it's far better if you have someone that will have your back."
~Naruto~
Naruto was signing a piece of paper, making sure that the man behind him didn't see the name. Once it was signed he folded the piece of paper and smiled at the other man. "Well, I am going to deliver this to the Hokage myself."
The other man chuckled "that excited huh? Well, you can most certainly do that. Once she has it, then it's all yours. I plan on going to meet with my family after this."
Naruto nodded as he extended his hand "well thank you for this and don't worry. I will hand the money over to the Hokage along with this signed document and you will receive your payment once everything is processed."
The man took Naruto's hand and shook it. "Pleasure doing business with you."
Naruto left the building and began to walk away at a steady pace. Once he knew he was out of sight, he made his way into an alley and undid the henge. Looking at the document in his hand, he smiled, jumped to the rooftops and began to make his way to Hokage tower at a much faster pace.
~Hokage Office~
Tsunade was looking over a few papers that were on her desk as Shizune sat on the couch and had some tea. The workload had dropped exceptionally thanks to Naruto telling her about using shadow clones to do the work, which is why right now she was doing the work herself. She was brought out this when the door burst open
"Hey Baa-chan!"
At this point, it has become an automatic action when she picked up a paperweight and tossed it to the person at the door while shouting "how many times I gotta tell you not to call me that!"
Naruto shifted to his left to dodge the thrown projectile with a smile on his face. His smile grew when he knew the best response to tick her off even more. He didn't really know why he enjoyed pushing her buttons but it was just fun to do "about five thousand more times until I stop."
Shizune and Tonton had a sweatdrop at the boy's answer.
Tsunade instead had a tick mark before she calmed down a bit. "What do you want brat?"
Naruto moved to stand in front of the desk before he placed down the document that he had signed by the man he met earlier and his own signature. "Here."
Tsunade looked over the document before looking up at Naruto with wide eyes "how did you even get the money for this?"
Naruto had his foxy smile before he pulled out a small storage scroll. He placed it on the ground before he unsealed its contents. After the large poof of smoke cleared, a massive amount of money was piled on the ground.
Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton were all gaping at the massive pile of money. In fact, they all had to back away a bit since the money took up a lot of space in the office
Naruto climbed to the top of the pile to look at Tsunade, trying to make sure he didn't hit his head since the pile was that high "when me and Ero-sennin were looking for you, I went to a casino and played there for a bit. By the time I was done, I won all the money they had in the building and they asked me to leave since they didn't have any more to give."
Tsunade was staring at the pile and a part of her was drooling at the sight as this could pay off a large portion of her debt. She shook her head to get that thought out of her head before he looked to Naruto "mind putting all this away?"
Naruto nodded as he dug into the pile of money and swam through it to get to the scroll at the bottom.
This infuriated not only Tsunade but a couple of the hidden Anbu as none of them has ever seen such a large amount of money in their life. Suddenly the money disappeared and the greedy part of them were weeping at the loss
Naruto shook himself like a dog to get the weird feeling off him, with a few Ryo popping out of his hair.
Tsunade got out of her sorrow before she spoke again "well, it's good that you finally did what I asked. It's going to take a couple of days before all of it is set but as of right now, it's yours."
Naruto smirked as he thought about what he would do with it afterward.
Tsunade smirked at the boy before she remembered something. "Actually, this is perfect. I have a mission that I want you to take."
Naruto looked to Tsunade as she continued
"We received reports on a group of bandits raiding several of the smaller villages. The mission is for you to take them out." she finished up by handing the mission scroll to Naruto
Naruto took the scroll and opened it to skim it "do I go alone or do I get a team?"
Tsunade sighed as she pulled out a roster that had all available shinobi. She spoke as she flipped through the pages trying to find anyone. "Our forces are spread thin thanks to the Suna invasion so I don't have many shinobi that can go with you. You might have to take this one on your own….." she stopped when she saw someone that would work well with him was available "Wait, there is someone that can join you."
Naruto nodded his head ready to hear who would join him.
~Later~
Naruto was on his way towards the forest of death since he was basically done with all he wanted to do for the day. He was thinking about going hunting again so he could have something for dinner. While he was thinking about catching a rabbit for dinner, a couple of Hyugas appeared in front of him, forcing him to stop. He looked up at the two and could feel the disdain they had for him but he ignored that
"Hiashi-sama would like a word with you."
Naruto hated the fact that this was said as an order instead of a request. He wanted to just brush them off but he wasn't in the mood for a fight so he just nodded his head. He saw them get closer to him and he felt that he still needed to tick them off. He smirked as they got closer and then he suddenly jumped away towards the Hyuga compound.
The two Hyugas were stunned by this until they shook this off and chased after him
~Hyuga compound~
Naruto landed in front of the gates of the Hyuga compound a few seconds before two tired Hyugas jumped down behind him. He looked back and smirked at them as he had spent the last thirty minutes leading them all around the village at full speed until the Hyugas began to run out of stamina. 'Gotta love having Bijuu stamina'
"Be glad for that because, without it, you wouldn't have been able to do many of the things you do."
'I know tou-chan.' Naruto turned to the gate guards and could feel the hatred from them, as if the glares they were giving him weren't enough "Hiashi-san is expecting me."
The Hyugas both glared at him due to the lack of respect you showed "show some respect for your betters you little...!"
Naruto was in no mood in dealing with the typical crap so he interrupted the man "look, you don't want me here and I don't really want to be here…" 'unless it's to prank the hell out of you stuck ups' "so just let me go and meet him so I can leave."
Both guards and the escorts were on the verge of killing the boy at the disrespect he was showing but they agreed with the logic. Faster he dealt with whatever business Hiashi wanted with him the better. The guards stepped aside and opened the gate
Naruto crossed his arms as he walked in and had an angry expression as the escorts moved ahead of him to show him the way, even if he already knew where it was. As he was making his way through, he could feel a spike of anger and hatred from almost every Hyua he passed by. 'I'm going to prank you all again if you keep this up.' as he was walking through one of the hallways, he saw that ahead of him was Neji.
Neji saw that Naruto was walking with a couple of escorts and assumed that they were leading him to Hiashi. He stood there as Naruto passed. He didn't really know what to say to him after what had happened during the Chunin exams. He still remembered how almost everyone in the audience was all calling for the blonde's death. After he awoke in the hospital room and heard the story about the incident with his father, he thought about how rough the blonde must have it compared to him. He was revered as a prodigy and the Hyuga family praised him for everything, even though he was part of the branch family and meant to serve the main family. Naruto, however, seemed to have the entire village against him, as if he was a war criminal brought to his own execution. Who had the worst fate between the two…..and who was the one fighting against it the most?
Nauto walked past Neji. they didn't look at each other, they didn't even acknowledge each other. And Naruto was fine with that. What did catch his attention was the fact that he didn't feel any negative emotion from Neji and the Hyuga didn't even scowl at him like the rest did. 'Maybe that stick up his ass finally fell out.'
After a bit more walking he made it to the front of Hiashi's office and one of the escorts knocked lightly on the door
"Yes?"
The escort cleared his throat "Hiashi-sama, Uzumaki-san is here to see you."
"He may enter."
The escort moved to the side before he opened the door to let him in.
Naruto walked in and moved to stand in front of Hiashi who was sitting down at a low table
Hiashi looked up at Naruto and gestured for him to sit
Naruto sat on the other side of the tale and waited to hear what the head of the Hyuga clan wanted.
Hiashi placed his hands on his lap as he started "I will get straight to the point. I have been informed by a few of my clansmen that you have entered a relationship with my daughter. I wish to know what your intentions are with her."
Naruto twitched when he heard this but he kept his scowl up. "To live happily with her." he answered sharply as he still held resentment towards the man.
Hiashi kept his composure from the answer. "Even though you are already in a relationship with the Yamanaka heiress."
Now Naruto was getting agitated
"How can you believe that you have any right to be with my daughter when you are already courting another? From what I can see you are merely playing with the two and most likely going to toss them aside the second that you tire of them." Hiashi spoke as his face grew less stoic and more angered however he was stopped when he felt a large amount of KI. the amount wasn't something that he expected to come from a newly made Chunin. The amount was something he expected from someone like the Sarutobi or one of the sannin.
Naruto was now furious. 'How dare he. How dare he even think that I am just playing with them!'
Hiashi looked into the eyes of the boy and saw that his pupils had become slitted
"You say that I have no right to be with her, but what right do you have on anything that Hinata-chan chooses to do with her life?"
Hiashi regained his composure, even though he felt some sweat run down his neck "I am her father and I have every right to….."
"YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL YOURSELF THAT!" Naruto slammed his hands into the table causing it to break in two. "She had told me how you look at her with disappointment every time she lost in a spar. You favor Hanabi-chan just cause Hinata-chan doesn't want to hurt her imouto! You don't give her any help when she needs it and you focus more on the traditions your clan have. You seemed to approve on how Neji had nearly killed Hinata-chan during the exams instead of showing concern for her. You don't get to call yourself her father!" Naruto took a deep breath to calm his nerves and pull back his Bijuu chakra. "I care a lot about Hinata-chan and I will continue to be with her until she chooses not to be with me. Her and Ino-chan both."
Hiashi still maintained his composure despite all that had just happened "I still do not approve of your relationship with her."
"Neither does the rest of your clan and most of the village. But if I need the approval of a Hyuga, there are only two that I need and you are not either of them."
Hiashi felt his temper grow as he activated his Byakugan
Naruto smiled as he reached into his jacket and pulled out a seal tag and slapped it on his chest.
For a second Hiashi saw the outline of the boy and the mass of chakra that took up the inside, the next he disappeared from his sight altogether. He looked around to see if he could spot the mass of chakra that was Naruto Uzumaki but he couldn't see anything
What Hiashi didn't realize was that Naruto had not moved from his spot. Naruto smirked as he watched Hiashi look around as if he was blinded and in a sense he was. The seal tag that he had just slapped on himself was something he had Hinata help him with. It is basically a concealment seal specifically made to be completely invisible to those using the Byakugan. It basically makes the chakra that is normally visible to the Byakugan disappear and then makes the basic outline and coloration of the rest of the body blend in with the surrounding area. He had gone through so many different formulas with his clones to come up with this but after a couple of weeks trying, they had finally got it right. It was the reason he was able to get past all those using the Byakugan during his last pranking war. The second all the clan members turned on their dojutsu, he had become practically invisible to them and he had just walked up to them and placed some tags that changed their outfits. If they had kept their dojutsu off, it would have been a lot harder to do since unlike before when he spent so much time setting up the traps in the middle of the night, he was in the middle of the compound and in broad day time. He even got a few chuckles from Hitomi and Hanabi when they saw him walk out and acted silly in front of the panicking Hyugas
Naruto got up from his seat and moved to the door as he spoke "I will continue to be with Hinata-chan and I will do anything to make her happy." he opened the door moving to leave
Hiashi went wide-eyed when he heard the voice of Naruto but he could not see him. Turning his head towards where he heard the voice he turned off his Byakugan and then saw Naruto standing by the doorway giving him a smirk.
"Boo." and with that, he walked out of the room and closed the door
Hiashi thought about what had just happened. He had caught a glimpse of a tag on the boy's chest and remembered when he activated his dojutsu, the boy moved his hand and pulled something out and placed it on his chest. He realized that the boy had created a seal that made the Byakugan useless with a seal. 'That boy was always considered a danger and now I see he is becoming far more dangerous!'
~ Next day~
Naruto was standing by the main gate of Konoha, waiting for his partner for this mission. He didn't have to wait long as she dropped down in front of him "morning Anko-nee-chan."
Anko was chewing on some Dango as she waved at Naruto. She swallowed before speaking "morning gaki. Ready to go?"
Naruto nodded his head as he began to walk out the gate, while waving to the gate guards
Once a bit away from the gate Anko asked "are you shifted or henged?" she asked as she really didn't want to hear his screams again.
Naruto could feel the worry coming from Anko and spoke "I'm in a shift right now but you don't have to worry about it. Shifting no longer hurts me so much anymore and it only takes a minute or two now." he knew that Anko hated the times she was asked to watch over him during those times and that she didn't know about the change that made it so much easier.
Anko looked at Naruto with shock "how?!"
"Let's just say that another part of me is no longer normal."
Anko thought about what he said and figured that more of him was now made of chakra "you really are becoming a full Bijuu aren't ya?"
Naruto turned around and began to walk backwards "but I'm still me!" he said with a big smile on his face
Anko laughed at this before she ruffled his hair "got that right! Now come on! Faster we get there and take them out, the faster we can get back home!"
Naruto nodded before he turned back around got down on all fours and leapt into the trees with Anko right behind him
~ a few days later~
Naruto and Anko had at the last village that was attacked by the bandits and were told in which direction they went.
Naruto was able to find them using his nose to look for any humans in the direction they were told.
Now it was night time and Naruto and Anko were in the trees looking down at bandit camp. They counted around fifty or so and were right now just observing
Anko looked to her right at Naruto "so how you wanna do this Gaki?"
Naruto smirked back at Anko "give me a minute. I'm going to send in a clone to see if there are any that we don't see."
Anko nodded as she leaned against the tree and watched Naruto create a clone and have the clone henge into a small little gecko. "I still think it's amazing how well you are at the henge."
Naruto just watched the little clone gecko walk down the tree as he spoke: "I practiced that jutsu so much that I think I can call the jutsu mine and everyone else is just stealing."
Anko tried to hold in her laughter as to not let the bandits know that they were there.
Naruto and Anko just sat on the branch looking down on them as they waited for the clone to either return or dispel.
After waiting for a good fifteen minutes, Naruto stiffened as he gained a dark look.
Anko noticed this and was about to ask what was wrong but she stopped when Naruto got into a crouching position and created a clone. She watched as he nodded to the clone and put his arms around it as if giving a gentle hug, which Anko thought was weird. But the next second the clone was replaced. Anko's eyes widened when she saw that Naruto was now holding an unconscious little girl, probably around the age of four or five, and was covered in blood. "Naruto is she…"
Naruto held the little girl close to him "...it's not hers…" Naruto made another clone and handed the girl to it before turning his head down to the bandit camp with his eyes shadowed by his hair. "Anko- nee-chan, let me deal with them…." he said in a soft tone as he began to take off his jacket and shirt.
She could hear the hurt in his voice "are you sure?" she received her answer when he removed his hitai-ate, bracers, greaves and sash, letting his pants fall. She figured what he was about to do and took the clothes he took off before she and the clone moved further into the forest.
Naruto was now naked as he dropped to ground level, while still hiding in the shadows of the trees. He felt his body becoming bigger as he began to shift into his fox form. They would not get away from what they did so easily. He would make sure of that
The bandits were laughing around the campfire while drinking some of the alcohol that they stole from the last village
"Haha, that last village was an easy score!"
"Pfft they didn't have any decent women in that village. Nothing but old hags."
"We still have the ones from the other village!"
"Now you're talking! Think I'll have a taste right now!"
"Hey! you already went a bit ago ya piss-ant!"
"Yeah? Blow me!"
"Not my job hahaha!"
"GRRRRRR *hiss*"
All the men stopped talking when they heard a loud hissing growl come from the forest."
One of the bandits got up and pulled out his sword "what was that?"
Another smirked as he pulled out a jagged ax "dinner. Whatever animal it is, we can kill it and eat it."
Every other bandit began to take out their weapons getting ready to kill the animal that was coming closer. Suddenly the campfire that they had suddenly exploded into an inferno in the air before the fire looked to be sucked back in until it was snuffed out. The whole thing caused them all to be shaken up.
A few of them heard some rustling to their right in the bushes and looked over, only to see a set of glowing yellow eyes.
Another group of the bandits saw a pair of glowing black eyes in another part of the woods
Soon every single bandit saw a different pair of glowing eyes all around the forest and that is when they started to hear….
"You …..killed me….
The bandits looked towards the voice to see a man that had his arm cut off, leg bent in an odd angle and was covered in blood.
"You stole my husband from me"
Turning around they saw a woman that had a large gash on her neck which was pouring blood out
The bandits continued to hear different voices all around them and they continued to see bloody and mangled people
One of the bandits screamed out "didn't we kill these people already? How are they still alive!?"
Another bandit shook his head "who cares! Kill them again!"
The rest of the bandits cheered and went to attack all the walking corpses but when they swung their weapons, the corpses disappeared with a shrieking scream. The bandits looked around in confusion but they were now feeling scared at everything that happened. As they were looking around, they heard a scream from one of them but when they turned to the one that screamed they didn't see him and it sounded like he was getting further away in the forest.
"AAAAAAHHH H GAH UGH DON'T BLEgh…"
The bandits all turned towards where the sound came from. They were startled when something bounced off the ground and rolled to the feet of one of them.
The bandit looked down and screamed at the cold eyes dead eyes of the head of the bandit that was taken away
Everyone was now on alert and scared at this.
However, as they tried to look around, one by one, they began to disappear with screams into the forest and a few were grabbed by something and taken up into the shadows of the trees. The bandits that were under the tree that swallowed their companion had to jump away from the tree as they tried to avoid being covered in red.
The leader of the bandits, who was a burly man that was balding and holding on to a duel-headed ax, watched as one by one his men were taken away into the forest. As he was looking around, he caught sight of a few silhouettes at the edge of the shadows. From what he could tell, there were six different creatures that stood on all fours. Some were small, about the size of a small dog while others were very large like the size of a horse or maybe a little bigger. They all looked like small wolves from what he could tell but the one in the center, who was about somewhere in between in its size was the one that caught his attention the most. It was the only one with multiple tails, six if he counted right. 'It's a demon from hell itself…' He was so mesmerized by the glowing blue eyes, that he didn't realize that the camp had become dead quiet. He was brought out of his trance when the eyes were suddenly in his face and he felt something impact on his back. He was pushed down onto his back and was looking at the blue slitted eyes that bore into his soul. He could feel the hot breath coming through the sharp teeth that were mere inches from him. He could feel the saliva drip down as he heard a deep growl. He was trembling in fear as he began to cry and beg for his life "please….spare me…. Don't take my soul…..I don't want to die…"
Naruto felt his anger rise as he heard pressed his paw on the man's neck "how many people asked you the same thing?! How many lives did you take just because of your greed!? How many people asked you to spare them from what you would do to them but you ignored them because of your damn DESIRES!"
As Naruto was speaking a group of different colored foxes walked up to stand around the pinned man.
A black fox with yellow eyes, the size of a couch stood to Naruto's right
A normal sized, Prussian blue fox with red eyes stood to Naruto's left
A large white fox the size of a horse-drawn carriage sat across from Naruto.
A grey fox with black tipped ears, the size of a Naruto's human form, stood in between the blue fox and the white fox
And finally a dark shaded yellow fox, only slightly smaller than the white fox stood in between the white fox and the black fox.
In the trees and bushes around the camp, were other foxes of different sizes and colors, with some wearing different pieces of clothing such as vests, scarves or weapons.
The man could only look up fearfully at the fox on top of him as it was what he assumed to be the leader. Since it had multiple tails. "...please.
Naruto didn't want to hear any more from this man….no this monster and opened his maw, putting his teeth to the side of the man's head but not biting down yet.
The man was now crying hysterically as he was looking at the inside of the fox's mouth and he was terrified. "...don't eat me! Please don't eat m…..!"
Naruto quickly closed his mouth, using the sharpness of his teeth to slice through all of the man's face. The top of the man's head dropped the ground and rolled a bit. Naruto then quickly opened his mouth and spat out what had entered it. His anger kept him from tasting the blood and pieces left in there as he moved off the body that was twitching. After breathing heavily, he calmed his nerves down.
"Naruto-sama…" spoke a mature woman's voice laced with concern.
Naruto looked up at the large white fox and saw the look of worry in her eyes "I'm fine Kira-san." he said as he looked down
Kira shook her head in disbelief "No your not."
The black fox moved to be in front of Naruto and used its paw to lift his head "come on kid, don't lie to us."
Naruto knew he wasn't fine since he hated killing but what he found in one of the tents just made him angry. He sighed as he nodded his head then looked at the blue fox "can you get me some water?"
The blue fox nodded and used a water jutsu to spit out a small stream of water in the air.
Naruto used the water to wash out his mouth from what was in it as it was starting to make him sick. Once done he asked everyone to burn the bandits' bodies while he went to pick up something from one of the tents.
~Anko~
Anko was sitting on a stump as she watched the clone clean the little girl from the dirt and blood that covered her. She didn't know what it was that caused Naruto to grow angry but she knew it must have been big. She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard movement. Looking towards the direction of the bandit camp she saw that Naruto was walking to them with a couple of clones with him. Each of them were naked but what her attention was on, were what they were carrying. The two that were behind what she thought to be the original were carrying two covered adult bodies that had a bit of blood on the sheets. The more gruesome thing that really churned her stomach was the tiny bundle the original had. She didn't need to ask as she could figure out who they were.
It would seem that the little girl is all alone now and it's all thanks to a group of people that had no regard for life.
Naruto got close to the fire that Anko had made for their camp and gently laid the three down with the bundle in between the adults. After that, he went over to Anko, picked up his clothes that were next to her, grabbed a canteen of water as well as a rag and walked away. He was going to clean off the blood that was still on him and bury the anger and hatred he felt so that his dark side could handle it.
Anko could see the pain in the kid's eyes and hoped that he would get through this. She then looked towards the still unconscious little girl. 'She is going to have to come with us to Konoha since the village that was last raided was destroyed and the survivors have moved on.'
The Clone finally got the little girl clean and laid her down on a sleeping bag before covering her with a blanket. The clone then sat down to watch over the little girl and tried to think of what to do with her.
End of chapter
Now to clear some things up
what I wanted to show was that Naruto has dealt with missions like this before. It wasn't said but it's my idea of what some missions would be like. I wanted to show that Naruto has dealt with this before and to deal with it, he buries it in his mind so that Yami would take it in. Since Yami is the culmination of all of Naruto's negativity, he is also where Naruto would bury the stuff he doesn't want to deal with. Originally it was to be just the mother and little girl but it turned out to be the whole family and I HATED putting the baby there. However, there are people out there that are just as evil and this shows some of that.
Now during the camp scene, they were put in a genjutsu that Naruto's Fox summons are good at. Since I won't be giving Naruto the ability in using genjutsu the normal way, I have given him different ways of doing genjutsu, such as the tags in the previous chapter and now shown that his fox summons are good at this.
For Sasuke, I am doing what I did for Sakura in an early chapter. A wake up call.
I know for a fact that I had used some fandom cliches in the early part of the story that a lot of people hate for its overuse. You know: Naruto being chased, he gets hurt, civilian council being against Naruto throughout all of it, Danzo wanting him as a weapon, Sakura being a useless fangirl, Sasuke being the annoying prick but as I continued I wanted to put my own spin on it. In other words, slapping some sense into them. I know it has been done before but I'm hoping that it hasn't been done like this.
For the meeting with Naruto and Hiashi. I had this scene ready in my head but I didn't know when to put it. I may have shoehorned it in this but there it is. Inoichi will get his own meeting with Naruto but it will be in a later chapter. For the seal that Naruto used to become invisible to the byakugan. It was something that I planned on using from the get go. Naruto is NOT a Seal master yet. The only reason that he made this seal is because of his fight with Neji and he had Hinata help him create it by using her Byakugan so Naruto could test out how his seal is. Most of the things he makes are creations that I have not seen in other fics yet, like his glue bomb tag.
For the little girl, she will now be going to Konoha. I don't know if I will incorporate her into the story or have her just be a random filler character that will never show again. If you readers want her to stay then let me know and if you want her to stay, give me ideas on what to do with her. If you guys want her to stay then shoot out some names for her with your idea
Also you guys will find out what NAruto was dealing with in a later chapter if you haven't figured it out yet
Next chapter… you Naruto fans should know. But how will I go about it? Find out next time on Dragon….oops wrong series.
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