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Naruto glared at the child in front of him. He wanted to strangle him, rip him from limb from limb.

"You. Do not, know pain little boy. I should rip you apart for saying that." Sasuke and Sakura simply looked at him as if he was mental. Tsunami frowned as she felt the anger in his voice. Tazuna swallowed his food as he watched the two. Naruto stood up, his chair flying back as he did. Before anyone could stop him he was out the door.

Inari huffed as he left as well, heading to his room. Kakashi shook his head as he pulled out his book. Tsunami gave him a look. "Are you not going to do anything?"

Kakashi looked over the edge of his book before speaking. He could of course. But he knew Naruto's life wasn't rainbows and unicorns. It was most likely best to let him vent some anger. Kakashi shook his head. "No, he needs time to vent his anger."

Naruto cursed as he fell onto his knees, tears falling from his blind eyes. "That little snot nosed brat doesn't know what real pain is." He shook himself out and stood up. He stood still as he felt his emotions roil inside him.

"Oh...is the big boy crying?" His red hair flew about as he looked up into the honey coloured eyes of Kurai Momochi. The impression of a smirk was feint in the cloth that was wrapped around her neck and covered her mouth. Lashing out in anger and an emotion induced rage he stood up and was crossing the ground to attack her. "Woah! Woah calm down kiddo!" Her hand rose up to defend herself. "I'm just here to talk."

Naruto hesitated for a moment. "I want to make you a deal, that's all." His heavy breathing plateaued into a steady stream and he was able to think straight. "I thought that hunter ninja killed you. Why are you here?" Kurai simply chuckled before sitting down against a tree. "Nah just a ploy in case I bit off more then i could chew. Mmmm speaking of that you got any food on ya?" The pale skinned teen gave her an incredulous look. Was she serious?

Pointing at him she laughed. "Don't worry about it I'll go kill some deer or something later. Nah I'm here for you." He shook his head bewildered. "What are you talking about?"

"Something simple, life changing maybe. Possibly destiny I don't know. All I know is that I have an offer for you." Naruto shook his head before looking her straight in the eyes. "What offer?"

"Woah, what up with your eyes?" his brow furrowed.

"What offer?" Her eyes rolled at the seriousness rolling of the boy. "Would you believe me if I said Kami wanted this?" Her words ushered a crushing realization as she waved her hand between both of them. The weight was to much and he fell to his knees shell shocked. Could it be possible?

"Look I'm here to give you an offer. One time and one time only. You take it and I teach you every thing I know. The entry fee so to speak...is you have to beat my current "student". As perturbed by the current events as he was, mind racing he could hear the dissatisfaction in Kurai's voice about that statement. "Tomorrow."

His dull purple eyes look up to her. "Tomorrow I'll be waiting at the bridge. That is when I'm suppose to kill Tazuna and the other workers. I will confront kakashi but you will fight her, Haku." Walking away she waved, "If you succeed, well, we'll move on from there..." With that she lept up into the forest canopy and disappeared. Naruto stood up a flurry of emotions and thoughts contained within. With a sigh he straightened up and began walking back to Tazuna's house eyes filled with a conflicted look.

Sasuke's frowning face deepened as he heard his 'teammate' shout his name. "Get out here right now." What could the pest possibly want right now at the end of the day. Standing up and walking through the dimly lit hallway he made his way to the living room where Inari and Tsunami were playing a board game. Tazuna was snoring heavily in his sleep. As he reached for the door knob, he felt Kakashi's gaze on his back and turned to face him. He waved nonchalantly as he exited through the door.

Standing outside Naruto's dull violet eyes stared at Sasuke's figure, brow narrowed. Turning around Naruto beckoned him after himself before heading off back into the forest.

Reaching the same clearing as before he turned to face Sasuke. Eyes wandering over him he let out a breath before he began permeating chakra into the air a purple hue saturated the surroundings. "I hate your eyes." It was barely a whisper but it was a whisper none the less, one that Sasuke indeed heard. "Right here right now. Fight me Sasuke. Give it everything thing you got."

Sasuke slowly inched back as the purple haze encroached upon him, filling the forest up. "Why should I fight you? I proved once I would have kicked your ass if we weren't interrupted at the graveyard." Reaching for a Kunai he looked at Naruto's scarred eyes. "Or did you forget I robbed you of your eyesight?" Spitting at the ground he gave a huff of contempt at the redhead.

Naruto fist clenched hard enough that his nails drew blood. The red liquid ran down his pale skin as he slowly moved to uncork his crystal container. No words came from his mouth but the emotional charge was easily felt from the chakra. Water flowed to his hands and took the form of two blades as Naruto compacted the water under his control. "You'll fight me if you want to live Sasuke Uchiha! Blue Thorns of the Rose!" Lashing out Naruto roared with rage as the two blades became whips covered in sharp points. Shocked by the change Sasuke evaded the two weapons for as long as he could but eventually the speed caught up and a cut formed over his shoulder. The biting pain was distracting and nearly broke his focus.

Sasuke's eyes lit up with the Sharingan as he shot into Naruto's guard. Quickly reacting Naruto's whips shortened into swords as two kunai bored down upon him.

Kurai idly watched her apprentice mess with some herbs. While Kurai was able to move around she was ultimately no more then a civilian at her current status. When Haku has struck her neck she had done more damage to her nerves then intended. Thus she was working on a blend of local herbs to help restore her total mobility back to normal.

Oh Haku, what a wonderful apprentice she was. She was eager, happy to learn, was in essence the perfect shinobi. But she had a fault of course. Her body wasn't meant to be as strong as Kurai's was, Haku was more lithe and nimble not the feminine juggernaut she herself was. She couldn't handle the Executioner's blade. Not its weight, not its size. The effort wasn't an issue it was simply a matter of physical capability. 'While I've taught her plenty, there was only so much she could learn from me. We were simply to different.' Looking up Haku kept grinding the materials in a bowl, "Something the matter Kurai-sama?" As invisible as air so too was the blatant but well delivered lie.

Smiling Kurai casually waved away Haku's worries. "Of course not Haku, everything is perfectly fine." Smiling lightly Haku nodded before returning to her actions.

No that wasn't true, plenty was wrong, but was it truly bad? That was the question so it seemed. Was Kami really taking a hand in her life? Should she just play along? Kurai yawned as she ran a hand through her spiky black hair. Laying down back on her bed, eyes narrowed. 'What am I suppose to do?'

Kicking upwards Sasuke's foot forced Naruto's mouth to snap shut. Jumping back Sasuke sped through handseals, "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Panicking he threw up a shield of water. Using the subsequent steam from the techniques Sasuke pushed the initiative and punched the redhead in the gut, taking the blow Naruto tried to sucker punch Sasuke in the face only to have his fist stopped cold. Red met purple.

"You always thing your some sorta badass." Pulling the captured hand towards him Sasuke kneed Naruto in the chest. "You act like some kind of brat that the world owes everything to. You're just some orphan with a over spilling ego." Not relinquishing his grip he kept battering Naruto's stomach with his knee. after the seventh time he hit him especially hard, launching the boy away. "For all the special powers you seem to have you're nothing special after all." Naruto pivoted in the air landing with grace and Sasuke met him with a glare.

'Those eyes...I hate those damn eyes, so damn much!" Water rushed to meet Naruto as his anger boiled over the edge. The same spectral form as their first fight appeared. However this time around it wasn't as menacing instead it looked as if it was placating the boy in some way. As if it was some guardian angel. 'Hn just another reason he's a freak.' Pulling two kunai out he readied himself as Naruto's body tensed, poised to strike. So he did with anger and rage.

But once more Kakashi appeared from thin air. His foot was placed against Naruto's shoulder throwing him down face first into the dirt. His other was completing a pinwheel motion as his foot carried Sasuke over him and Naruto. "I can't let you two try and settle your pissing contest without it turning into a battle for blood." Naruto's expressway to a dirt tasting had calmed him down slightly, it was atleast enough to reel in the spectral being. Sasuke as a parallel had ceased using his Sharingan. "Tomorrow is the day I suspect Kurai and her accomplice will make there move tomorrow, they've had plenty of time for her to recover. Not to mention that these next few days are the last push in construction before the bridge is finished. I don't need you two dead by each other's hand." Walking away, Sasuke gave Naruto half a glance before following after Kakashi.

Wiping dirt from his pale skin, pacing he ran his hand through his hair as his mind burned a mile a minute. Gesturing his hand through the air, a cluster of shadow clones appeared already jumping into forest. His snarl echoed faintly through the forest as the moon hung up above in the sky.

"Find her now!"

A striking sound filled the hideout as metal slid across wet metal. Again after again it was the only sound to fill the quiet night air. Inspecting the blade closer Kurai watched it practically gleam back at her as proof of her tender care. A frequent ritual she performed with love and care to make sure her blade was always at the height of its sharpness. Her fun however was interrupted when a familiar cherry haired boy burst in on her, while she was far from naked being caught in a thin tank top and shorts was a bit much for even her at a private moment such as this. Panting and anger written on his face he took the most brief of moments to gather his breath.

Kurai's blade was at his neck before he even spoke a word. Motioning to be silent she motioned to the sleeping form of Haku in the lone bed of their hideout. Nodding the, unbeknownst to her, clone quietly proceeded. "My mind is made up, but you're gonna have to be a bit more flexible then possibly planned." Kurai's eyes widened and narrowed at the same time causing one to be higher then the other.

Noticing the hanging question he motion for her to be patient. "Tomorrow at the bridge I will do my part. Kill Tazuna or don't I don't particularly care, but as soon as everything is done and you find it possible I want you to head to this location..." grabbing a pencil from his pants he wrote on a piece of scratch paper from his tool pouch. "It might be a while but eventually someone will show up. You'll know its the right person when they say 'What flower only blooms once?' " To this Kurai rolled her eyes.

"Your answer will be 'The lonely blue rose', and if you forget what it is I'll have killed your apprentice for nothing." To this Kurai's face became serious as she nodded. But something was eating at her. This decision was much faster then she thought it would be. She'd expect it to happen tomorrow in some fashion, weather it was work together to kill everyone or well anything that would happen tomorrow.

"Hey brat, what exactly sparked this fire?" The look the boy gave her chilled her. As he stood up, she froze. Haku slowly turned over in her sleep, mumbling harmlessly.

"Those eyes..." Kurai turned back to him, only to see that he had seemingly vanished but she still heard him on the wind.

"I hate those damn eyes."

As he watched the sun rise Naruto tossed a simple rubber ball against the wall. Bidding his time it was slow, calm, serene. The rhythm...

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

It was quiet similar to a heartbeat.

"I remember her heartbeat, oh so peaceful, the ease at which I slept was like no other." A tear rolled down his cheek. "I'd always sleep so easily, wake so rested, live so vibrantly. Because I knew it would still be beating the next night and day." And oh so strong were the memories and the sounds he soon found him sill dozing back off.

When he came back to Kakashi was just opening the door to the room. "Oh you're finally up. I've been knocking and hollerin' for the last five-ten minutes. Clean up and meet us at the bridge asap." Naruto nodded and waved him away.

Walking out with them he caught the back of Sasuke's hair and nearly saw red.. If he had it his way he would literally see red, a sea of it in the form of the Uchiha's blood. Shaking the murderous thoughts he followed after them.

An idle thought ran across his mind as they neared the bridge with Tazuna in tow. 'Am I letting my anger get the better of me?' Again his eyes landed on Sasuke, 'No...he deserves every last ounce of my ire.'

Taking in a deep breath he smelt the air of the morning. If he wasn't about to get hit by the proverbial shit storm he would have enjoyed this morning thoroughly. Sitting on the bridge siding. Fist to his cheek he patiently waited for the day to pass. Starting to doze off his eyes closed for the briefest of moments. In that brief darkness two large, scarlet eyes with slit pupils burned into his mind. The pure shock of it jolted him awake and even caused him to stand. A terrifying growl haunted his ears. But at the same time it was barely a whisper for him. "What...the fuck?!"

His exclamation was sharp but it was contained, the only person that seemed to notice was the worker on a lunch break next to him, and that was a fleeting thing as it was. A slight temperature change was quickly followed by mist, the change was quick, sudden. But it was clearly apparent. The man that was sitting next to him on the ground was suddenly another world away as the obscuring screen blocked his view.

As he moved towards the sound of metal clashing his chakra was dyeing the mist a faint diluted purple. When he finally reached the centre of the commotion he was granted a boon of imagery as Sasuke was kicked away by what he assumed was Kurai's apprentice. Popping the top on his gourd he rushed towards Haku with a crazed look of obsession on his face. Not to mention a matter of possible concern, his violet eyes were a deep blood red and each had a singular slit in the stead of a circular pupil.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

A gasp of surprise uttered from Haku's mouth as a black boot struck her in the right shoulder. Displaying the skill and grace of a well taught shinobi she moved with the kick planted her own foot in the face of her attack, that being Naruto. Patting her shoulder off and checking for anything more then a bruise. When it was clear it was just a strong blow she pulled out senbon and held them between her fingers. Haku's hands let loose at the now standing form of Naruto.

The cherry haired boy wiped his split lip free of blood as he watched the girl attack from afar. He savored the look of surprise when his automatic defense kicked in and two wisps of water slapped the senbon out of the air. "Blue Garden!" Thrusting up with his hands tendrils of water in the form of a massive rose garden rushed up enveloping them in his technique. "In here I am god to you!" Haku cursed as a 'rose' bloomed above her and its petals shot out at her. Flexibly running her leg over the ground in a lazy pirouette she spun her body in and out of the petals, hearing them turn into puddles of water she smirked under her mask.

"You lose." Stomping down into the puddle its splashed up and rapidly froze before they became suspended in the air. Subsequently they proceeded to assault the entrapment of water. Faster then he could reshape, the water was reduced to its natural liquid form before rapidly being turned to some form of ice and kept attacking. The haze from the attacks was a mixed bluish purple and surprisingly to Naruto it was blinding for him. In the first time since his graveyard fight with Sasuke he felt the fear of being blind sink into his soul. The darkness however slowly moved away as the containing chakra faded away as well. With his senses limited he was still able to see the technique around him.

"Hijutsu: Demonic Crystal Mirrors..." A physical and figurative chill ran through him as his Blue Garden, now frozen solid, crumbled leaving the mirrors to themselves. Dropping in front of him was a frozen rose reflecting back to him the image of Haku spreading from mirror to mirror. An uncomfortable silence fell across the frigid battlefield.

As Kurai lashed out at Kakashi with her blade she paused for the briefest of moments, 'That was too fast...' A sense of doubt and depression ran through her mind as Kakashi's kunai nearly ran through her.

'Maybe...the dream was...wron-'

Kari's silver eyes narrowed with pain and anger as she and Tetsuo watched the battle unfold on the bridge. She yearned to join Naruto but he had strictly forbade their involvement. Even if it meant he would die they were to stay out of this fight. She was torn between risking Naruto's ire or Danzo's punishment for letting his adopted grandson die. Her fears were suspended in her heart as she felt it.

Naruto's eyes darted over the mirrors as Haku began her move. A storm of senbon was unleashed but to her despair none came close as the water defended him with a flurry of thin wisps of whip-like water. Growling she coated the kunai with a lose film of ice. Once more she unleashed a torrent of metal and pain. This time however instead of the water grabbing and throwing away the metal, the senbon continued from its icy sheathe. She'd give him credit for his defenses abilities of the forty or so senbon only two made it through even with her improvised idea. 'Through' became quite literal as the two had completely slid through his chest and out his back.

While he was indeed only 15 and had only experienced a relative handful of things in his life, choking to death on his own blood was not the way he saw himself dying. Panic mode hit him like a brick and he enveloped himself with his chakra, trying to use its comforting properties to keep himself calm as he struggled to breath. Falling to his knees he fell onto his side, blood leaking from his lips and now ran across his cheek. Looking around rapidly his eyes settled on the solo form of Haku in the highest mirror. With haste his attention was stolen by the phantom form of a purple figure staring down at him in worry.

'Time to step aside pathetic ningen.' Naruto's pitiful attempt to stay calm in the face of his own death was crushed as the guttural voice permeated his mind. 'Not only am I dying...I'm losing my mind!' his thoughts were quickly accompanied by a sinister laugh. Something snapped inside of him however, not his broken insides, not his crumbling mind. 'No.' Pulling himself up the purple figure that had at one point struggled between a beautiful woman and a feral beast had stabilized as the woman once more. "I'm not gonna take such a pathetic amount of damage lying down. This world is my bitch, and you're no different."

Reigning in his chakra, his body, and his thoughts he stared up at Haku, eyes blazing with rage. 'I won't die until I claw those fucking eyes out!' Forming the ram seal he maintained his 'eyes sight' as Haku attacked. The exact moment he felt a single part of Haku exit the mirror, the dome was engorged with water. The spontaneous movement halted Haku immediately. Subsequently all the water lost its form and Haku was thrown away from the domes. In a flash of purple he reappeared in front of Haku and surprisingly, not that he cared at that very moment, was right next to the deadlocked forms of Kakashi and Kurai.

The mask she wore was cracked from the impact against the concrete of the bridge and he was drowning himself in the look of fear she gave him. Leaning over her, he grabbed Haku's shirt and hoisted her up. His pale hand ran over the mask fragment that was still on her face. Brushing it away his palm opened up and a tongue slid across her cheek and licked at the tears below her eyes. She wanted to fight back to move, but she couldn't it was like all the chakra in her body was being stolen away in a vacuum. Adjusting his 'free' hand he forced the tongue into her mouth as he slowly suffocated her. Using what last bit of energy she had she tried thrashing her legs around but to no avail.

"Doesn't feel good does it, feeling helpless as your lungs burn for oxygen?Heheheh..." She made the mistake of looking into his eyes, those feral eyes. The slit bearing eyes widened perversely as he made his final move against her. Turning around he forced Haku's back to arch as he moved his arm from her mouth to wrapping around her neck. Grabbing her breast in one final act of violation he yanked down and up with his arms as he saw her eyes fall on Kurai, tears flooding forth as her tired body gave one last voluntary noise.

"KURAI-SAMA!"

KRCK!

With one move he broke the petite girls neck and let a roar of anger and joyous laughter as he proceeded to stomp on her twitching corpse. "HAHAHAHAHA, I'M THE KING YOU SEE?! ME!" Blood dripped from his laughing mouth as Kakashi quickly appeared behind him and knocked him out.

more revision as of sept.14,2020