Hello everyone! I'm back for chapter 5! I can't wait to write this. It's going to be sooooo awesome yeah!
So there are a few issues I wanted to point out again. First the reason Kurama couldn't detect the negative emotions will be explored later, it's all going to come together.
I would also like to thank. haseothesage for helping me pick the idea for the new Danger Beast class. Which will be revealed later in this chapter, even Night Raid is cautious when dealing with them.
Hence that I'll be adding the new class in, I'll be making the very first part of this chapter go by fast. Sorry for the inconvenience
So here is also the final romance pairings.
Naruto and Akame
Tatsumi and Mine
There's some more later, but I'm not going to reveal those yet
Also I am Sorry but there will not be a harem, I just don't like them, and plus I can't write them very well. So sorry I apologize once again.
Naruto and Akame stood perched on a tree, near a clearing. They both waited patiently, for their three target's to walk beneath them.
The three target's were part of the group that wandered into Night Raids territory. Sent by the Empire no doubt.
"Akame." The blonde sudden whispered, grabbing the Assassin's attention. Once he said it, Naruto pointing one of his fingers down to the one hostile directly below them.
"Uh-huh." Akame said, with a nod, knowing exactly what he wanted her to do. She instantly dropped from the tree, and landed silently behind the three. She prepared her sword, as a sudden rock was thrown at one of them.
"Ow! What the hell?!" One of the men shouted out, rubbing his head. They all immediately began to look around, for the person.
"Hey guy's up here!" Naruto shouted out from the tree.
All three of them looked up to see Naruto standing on the branch with arms crossed, and a confident smirk.
"Who the hell are you?" One of them asked, pointing the tip of their blade to him. The blonde simply stood with a smile, as a certain black haired assassin slowly moved up to the three.
"Must be another member of Night Raid, quick take him out!" The man in the center shouted out, but before he could do anything a blade went right threw his chest. Blood went flying out of his mouth, but he was already dead, when he hit the floor.
Another man took a swing at Akame, but she ducked under his blade, and as a result was cut across his side by Akame's Teigu.
He quickly recovered, and tried to retaliate. But the strange markings appearing on his body stopped him. "Ah! What the hell is this!?" He panicked, trying to stop it from spreading. But a second later he dropped to the ground dead.
The last man looked at Akame with horror, and terror. "W-What the hell are you!" He screamed, rushing towards her. Akame was already prepared to end his life, but a well placed Kunai beat her to it. The man slumped over dead, and Akame put away her sword. She looked over to see Naruto approaching her from the tree.
"You alright?" She asked him. He clearly looked less then pleased at what he had just did.
"Yeah. For the sake of Yukari right?" He asked looking at her. She nodded her head in confirmation.
The blonde let out a sigh, as they began to move again. This time the two walked over to the river at the other side of the clearing, and began to follow it. Looking for more intruders.
The two didn't say anything. Naruto just stared blankly up at the sky, and Akame stared at him. She knew he just needed time to accept this.
"Well, Well look what we got here boys." A voice said to their right. The two slowly looked over to see five guys walk out of the forest, and approach them. They all had murdering intent, and psychopathic smiles. Seriously did every one just want to kill everyone in the world?
"Two annoying little kids." A man to his right said. They began to advance on them. "Lets show them what real assassin's can do." He added, cracking his knuckles. Naruto sighed, and Akame took out the Murasame.
"Hey the black haired one looks pretty cute." Another said, as he licked his lips. All the men quickly moved their attention to Akame. Who walked menacingly towards them with her sword.
"Yeah try not to damage her body too much, so we can-" One of them began, but was quickly silenced by a Rasengan, and the blonde behind it. The man was sent flying back into the trees, and a violent explosion went off a moment later. Killing him.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!" Naruto spat out in anger as he stood in the center of the now four remaining guy's.
They all panicked, and began to swing franticly at the blonde. "Shit! Kill h-" Murasame quickly silenced the man, before he could speak any more, and Akame joined Naruto in the middle. They went back to back, as the three guys circled them. "And you call yourselves assassin's." Naruto said looking at the one who was infront of him at the time.
"Why you little shit! Attack!" The one Naruto directed the comment at ordered.
Naruto and Akame moved in perfect sync. So much that the blonde teigu user watching from the treeline was shocked.
The two switched sides, and Naruto ducked under Akame's incoming sword, as he prepared a Jutsu for the two enemies that were now infront of him.
Akame had already moved her blade toward, and plunged it into the other enemy. He had slumped over on the ground, and Akame had quickly turned back to Naruto.
"Fire Style: Flame Hurricane!" The blonde shouted out, as a large amount of fire shaped like a hurricane came flying out of his mouth.
One of the guys was lucky enough to dodge it, but the other wasn't so lucky. He was incinerated on contact.
"H-How the hell?" The last guy stuttered out, as he look at the remains of his comrades. "Guy's…. No. This isn't possible!" He screamed, taking one more look at the ashes before bolting in the other direction.
Akame was about to go after him, but Naruto gripped her shoulder tightly. She looked back at him with confusion.
"No wait. Let me. I need to get used to this." He said, with a saddened expression. Akame already knew what he meant, and politely stepped out of the way. The blonde quickly took out a special Kunai, and chucked it at the man. It landed a couple feet infront of him. This was all the blonde needed, and he vanished infront of Akame's eyes.
A split second later he appeared infront of the guy, with the Kunai he had thrown, already at the ready. The man ran straight into it, as he had not noticed Naruto until it was to late.
"Sorry." The blonde whispered into the man's ear, as he looked at Naruto with shock, and horror. A second later the man, fell over dead on the ground.
"I don't think I'll ever be able to get used to it." Naruto said, wiping the blood off of the Kunai, with his hand.
"You will in time. Trust me." Akame said as she walked up to him. She knew better then anyone that it would eventually get easier….eventually.
"Yeah. You're right." Naruto said, shaking his head from doubt. He honestly didn't know if he would be able to do this.
Akame, seeing the worry in his eyes was about to speak again, trying to reassure the Uzumaki some more. But the sudden sound of rustling bushes, caught both of their attentions.
Both instantly raised their guards, as someone was sent flying out of the treeline.
"SHITTTTT!" Tatsumi shouted out, as he soared threw the air. Naruto, and Akame looked confused for a moment. Why did the boy look like he was literally flying away from something?
Not even a second later Sayo came, sprinting out of the woods at top speed, she was clearly fleeing something.
Tatsumi landed a couple meters from Naruto, and Akame. He clearly looked roughed up, and cut a bit.
"Tatsumi!" Sayo shouted out, as she ran up to him. The boy looked up at Sayo for a moment. He was clearly out of it, but a second later his eyes narrowed when he realized what was happening.
Tatsumi jumped up, and raised his sword, as he watched the treeline carefully. A few milliseconds later Sayo came up behind him, and raised her bow. For as long, as Tatsumi could remember Sayo always used a bow. She said it just fit her better.
The two patiently waited for what seem like minutes, for the threat.
A couple seconds later a figure came sprinting out of the woods. From neck to feet he looked like a normal man, but instead of a head of a man, he had the head of a wolf. "Come back here you little shit!" He shouted out with rage, as he swung his word violently. To the untrained person, he would terrify someone.
Naruto was about to go forward, and helped the two. But grabbed his shoulder. He looked back at her confused, until she pointed back to the two. The blonde turned back, and his eyes widened at what he saw.
Tatsumi, and Sayo didn't flinch at all. They both waited patiently for the man to close in on them.
"I'm going to kill both of you!" He screamed out again, as he was less then five feet away from the two now. Naruto would've laughed, if it wasn't a serious situation. This guy actually thought he could beat those two.
Tatsumi took his shouting as a signal. The boy immediately moved forward, with extreme focus. He clashed swords with the Man Beast thing, and sent him staggering back.
"Tatsumi move!" Sayo shouted out. Tatsumi without a second thought, moved to the left of the him, and rolled to the side. Leaving him completely open to Sayo's arrow.
It pierced him straight threw the left shoulder, and immediately began to grip it with pain. "Damn you!" He screamed, trying to rush Sayo. But Tatsumi wasn't going to have any of that. He crashed right into the Man Beast, with his sword. Cutting into his chest badly.
The Man Beast fell to the ground, and stared up at Tatsumi who stood above him. He was going to finish it.
"Wait! Don't do it! If I die here, I can't save my village!" The Man Beast shouted out, trying to stop Tatsumi.
The boy froze. He was just trying to protect his village. Like him, and Sayo.…..or so he thought.
Before anything else could happen an arrow pierced the Man Beast's skull. Killing him instantly. Tatsumi just stared in shock for a moment, before quickly turning back to the person responsible.
"Sayo!" He shouted out with a hint of anger. Why would his friend, do something so cruel?
Sayo approached him without saying a word, and slapped him across the face. "Don't hesitate Tatsumi! He was going to kill us!" She yelled out. He didn't see what she saw. The Man Beast had a hidden blade, and was preparing to kill Tatsumi, when he dropped his guard. But Sayo saw this, and prevented it.
"Are you two alright?" Naruto asked as he approached the two, with Akame not to far behind. She had a disapproving expression towards Tatsumi. But it quickly faded, as she reached them.
"Yeah we're fine Naruto." Tatsumi said, dusting himself off. The boy was still a bit irritated with Sayo, but he did realize she was right.
"What happened to Bulat?" Akame asked them. The big man did seem to be missing from the group, even though he was assigned to watch over Sayo, and Tatsumi.
"Bro had Sayo, and I guard the area they were suppose to come through, if any of them tried to escape. That's where we ran into this guy." Tatsumi explained looking down at the corpse.
"PUMPKIN!" A voice suddenly screamed out far within the forest, followed by a large flash of light, and a loud explosion.
Everyone besides Akame turned into the direction of the explosion. With cautious expression. No one moved a muscle.
"What the hell was that?" Naruto asked, looking out into the woods. If only he was in Sage Mode, then he would've been able to detect anything around him.
"That was Mine." Akame said blankly, standing next to Naruto. She had to admit that the Girl was certainly powerful, with her Teigu. Pumpkin.
Suddenly the bushes began to shake again. Just like when Tatsumi, and Sayo showed up. But everyone knew from the sound of the voice that could be heard now, were not friendly.
"Get ready." Akame said, raising Murasame. Naruto instantly created a Rasengan. Tatsumi and Sayo simply stood with their weapons at the ready.
A split second later, four members of the group that attacked Night Raid jumped threw the treeline. All of them immediately stopped when they saw Akame's group.
"Crap! Four more of them!" One of the men shouted out. They all immediately raised their swords, getting ready to attack them.
Akame wondered who would attack first, until she saw Tatsumi walk forward towards all of them. "Let me handle this." He said raising his sword. Sayo was about to protest, but before Tatsumi could move any farther one bullet ripped threw each of bandit. They all died, before hitting the ground.
A moment later Mine, Doya, and Sheele all walked out of the bushes. Doya's pistol still in hand, and smoking.
"Target's eliminated." Akame said, putting away her Taigu. Naruto's Rasengan disappeared, Sayo lowered her bow, and Tatsumi stood there like an idiot for a moment.
As the three Girl's passed the body's of the bandit's. Doya bent down, and examined the body's. Making sure none of them were still alive. Lucky for her, that her aim was always true. "Idiots, why did they run?" She asked looking down for a moment, but then quickly got up, and turned towards a certain pink sniper. "Maybe it was BECAUSE OF MINES CRAPPY SNIPING!" She shouted out in a mocking tone.
"HEY!" Mine shouted back, turning around, and walking up to the women with annoyance. Mine being the shortest, she tried, as hard as possible to be menacing. She tried hopelessly to intimate the women.
"Please let's not fight." Sheele said, pushing both of them apart. The two didn't tried to resist her, as Sheele was stronger then she looked.
"We're settling this later Cowgirl." Mine said walking away from her.
"Fine by me. Pinkie." Doya laughed.
A couple seconds later Bulat in his entire set if Incursio armor came flying down from the sky. He landed confidentially in the middle of the clearing, moon light shining off his armor. "Yosh! Do not worry Tatsumi, for I have arrived!" He exclaimed running over to all of them.
"Uhhhhhh." Sayo, and Tatsumi both said, looking back and forth to each other. Who would tell the poor man, that he'd missed the battle.
"What?" Bulat asked, looking back and fourth between them.
"It's already over Bulat." Akame said blankly.
"Huh!" He shouted out with horror. How could've he missed it?!
While Sayo, and Tatsumi tried to calm Bulat down. Naruto, Akame, Mine, and Sheele all stood in a circle. Doya was watching the group from afar. They were thinking of the possibilities of what would happen next.
That's when Naruto smelt it.
The most foul smelling animal scent in the world. He was instantly put on edge, as Kurama began to growl inside of him. Something was clearly out there. Something bad.
He wasn't paying much attention, when Sheele began to explain their situation. "We've taken out a large number of them. So if they were to retreat, they'd come through this area. Where they'd be annihilated." She said, while. fixing her glasses.
Everyone agreed except for Naruto. Who was too lost in thought to care. "Naruto?" Akame asked, with a gentle nudge to his cheek.
"Sorry I'm just trying to figure something out." He said, as the smell became stronger. "feels like somethings off." Naruto added as Kurama continued to growl inside of him, at whatever was out there.
Leone suddenly, and cautiously came out of the treeline. She immediately look towards Naruto, with an extremely nervous expression. She smelled it too. This had to be the first time she had acted like this infront of him. Most of the time she was so up beat, and happy. Luckily no one had noticed Leone yet, besides him. The blonde was extremely worried now though, since the smell was getting stronger, and Leone was acting like a frightened cat.
But before she could say anything, Lubbock came flying in right beside her. He tossed a bandit's body infront of him, with a smirked. "That's the last one."
"Late again Lubbock." Mine said, with a smirked, while crossing her arms. Naruto swore she didn't know what grateful meant.
"Hey. It's an art. I'm sorry." Lubbock said with a cocky grin. Leone had now joined them, and was looking around nervously.
"Is everyone ready to head back?" Bulat asked, finally calming down. Leone rapidly nodded her head, while everyone calmly shook theirs. They still hadn't noticed how she was acting. Probably because Mine was too busy arguing with Doya.
But Naruto too was acting a bit on edge, while they walked back. Kurama continued to growl, not even telling Naruto about whatever "it" was. Of course he knew he could defend himself against whatever it was. It'd just be better knowing that's all.
Akame finally noticed how quiet Naruto, and Leone were being. She raised her eyebrow in question, wondering what was wrong with them. "Something wrong?" She finally asked, as the their base came into view.
Naruto look over at her, and quickly realized how spaced out he was acting. "Oh! No it's nothing." He said with a small nervous chuckle.
Akame knew he was lying, but before she could speak up, they reached the front doors of the hideout, and Bulat began to speak "Hey everyone. Why don't we have a party for our newest members?" He asked, as everyone entered the main doors.
"That would be nice." Sheele said with a smile. Mine also nodded, surprisingly.
"I agree." Lubbock said.
"Uh-huh." Akame said with a blank expression. But you could tell it meant a lot more. She didn't approve of hardly any of the new ones yet. The only person she felt comfortable was Naruto, and that was because…well she couldn't explain it. She always got this warm feeling when she was near him, and she liked it.
As the group started to move deeper into the hideout, Leone stopped Naruto.
"Hey." She said with authority, and a bit of concern.
"What is it?" He asked turning back around.
Leone looked down reluctantly for a moment, Before she began to speak. "You can smell it too right?" She asked.
"Yeah." He immediately replied. Naruto didn't want to lie to them, there was no use for it.
But before he could move with Leone, Akame suddenly gripped his arm hard. Naruto looked back at her confused. She simply tilted her head questioningly.
"We need to go talk with the boss." He said while. awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck.
"Naruto?" She asked, with a serious expression. Even with the small time she known him, she can already tell he wasn't a very good liar.
Naruto looked back at Leone for a moment, looking for some assistance.
"Bring her along." The women said, with a smirk. Even though they were in a pretty bad situation she still had a plan for the two.
They all began moving away from everyone else towards the meeting room.
"This is bad." Leone said as they picked up pace. Naruto had to agree with her. If it got to the point where Kurama was on edge, shit was going to hit the fan real soon.
"What's going on?" Akame asked, trying to catch up with the two, as she had lagged behind when they quickened their speed.
"Naruto, and I picked up something big while we were out there. We have not idea what it it." Leone said without turning around. She was too focused on the smell, and finding their boss.
"Could It be a massive Danger Beast?" Akame asked. But Naruto knew this couldn't be, Kurama was too on edge from it. The blonde had tried to talk with the fox, but he payed him no mind.
They were nearing the the meeting room where Najenda waited, with Yukari.
"It could be a danger Beast, but I don't think there's one powerful enough to give off this kinda scent. It's overwhelming. I've never smelled something like this in my life." Leone explained to them.
Suddenly a poof of white smoked appeared next to them, and Kurama was running next to them.
"Kurama?" The Shinobi asked. Finally the fox who had remained so quiet before appeared.
"Whatever it is, it's something massive, and it's getting closer by the minute." Kurama said, quickening his pace.
"We need to reach the boss." Leone said, nearly bursting into a full sprint. Akame, and Naruto quickly caught up with her. The smell getting stronger by the second.
A second later they found themselves infront of the meeting room, and Leone nearly beat down the door, trying to knock.
A second later they got a hesitant response. "Enter." The voice said from the other side.
Leone, and the other's immediately entered. Naruto smiled at the the sight before him. Yukari was sitting on Najenda lap, looking out the open window. She had a bright smile on her face, and then an even brighter smile when she saw Naruto.
"Ah Leone you're back, and with-" Najenda was immediately interrupted by Yukari. "Naruto!" She exclaimed, jumping off Najendas lap, and running over to the blonde.
"Hey Yukari." He said with a small smile, as she jumped into his arm's. He was glad she was okay, he really wasn't worried. Naruto knew he could trust Night Raid.
"Did you get the bad guy's?" Yukari asked, bouncing in his arms.
"Sure did. They won't be bothering us anymore." He said with a confident smirk. Yukari smiled brightly at him. Akame who was standing behind the two had a bright smile two. She liked the way Yukari acted with Naruto. It was like they were father, and daughter.
"That's good." Najenda said with a chuckle. Noticing Akame's smile. She already knew that Girl was getting attached to him. And Akame hardly got attached to anyone, besides her sister.
"We have a problem." Leone finally said. Suddenly everything became serious, and everyone's expressions changed.
'What is it?" Najenda asked, moving back into her chair. Naruto, and the other's quickly circled around her, and began to explain.
While they explained the situation to her Kurama became increasingly anxious. The same for Leone. Naruto was the only one to keep his cool, even though the smell was much more potent now.
After they finished explaining, they all eagerly stared at Najenda who simply sat in silence. Taking it all in.
"I see." She finally said leaning back, and crossing her arms.
"So what is it boss?" Leone asked, almost jumping up and down now.
"It's a danger Beast alright." She simply said. Akame, and Leone froze. They had never expected this. It seemed impossible to them. Naruto on the other hand, just kept a calm expression. He knew now wasn't the time to freakout. Besides him, and Kurama had taken on two other danger Beasts with ease before.
"W-What?" Akame stuttered out, she still couldn't believe this. How was a Danger Beast that powerful!?
"No way." Leone said with face full of shock, thinking almost the exact same thing.
"It's a Kaiser Class." Najenda revealed, leaning forward.
"Kaiser?" Leone asked. She had never heard of such a Danger Beast class in her life. Whatever it was it couldn't be good.
"They're a step above Ultra Class. No one knows much about them. Although they're extremely dangerous. I only know about them because I was a General in the Empire." Najenda explained to them.
"You were a General in the Empire?" Naruto asked, a bit shocked. He was most suprise by the fact that she used to be General, then the giant monster coming to kill them.
"That's right, about half of us our. Bulat used to be an Officer, Lubbock was a soldier under my command, and Akame was an assassin for them." She said motioning to the Girl. Naruto immediately turned to her, with suprise. He had no idea, but he was sure she had her reasons for not telling him.
But Akame put her head down in a sense of shame. She should've of told him. But now he found out from another person. Now instead of the warm feeling in her stomach, it was replaced with a sickening feeling. Was this embarrassment, and shame?
"We're getting off topic here." Leone said, seeing Akame's face, and trying to change the conversation.
"Right. These things are extremely intelligent, and massive in size. The Empire has a flee on sight order for them, and you're saying one's on it's way here?" Najenda asked.
"That's right it keeps getting closer, and closer by the second." Kurama said, finally speaking.
"Why?" Najenda asked the ancient fox.
"It's probably because of me." Kurama simply stated. His eyes were to fixated on the window, and the forest outside. Where the large threat made it's way towards them.
"And me as well." Naruto said with a frown.
"Explain." Najenda asked.
"It probably feels the power coming from Naruto, and feels that it's territory is threaten." Leone butted in.
"That doesn't explain why it hasn't attacked before." Najenda said, recalling how long they've been here. Night Raids never had a problem like this before.
"It wasn't threatened before by anyone. Meaning none of you were strong enough to scare it." Kurama said with a slight chuckle. Why was it where ever Naruto, and him went things liked to fight them?
"Just how strong are you Naruto?" Leone asked, staring at him with wide eyes.
"Well I did kill these two beasts called Tyrant I think." He said, scratching his head, trying to remember what exactly happened.
Everyone in the room besides Yukari, went wide eyed with shock. The blonde's feats just kept piling up.
"What!" Leone shouted out, with anger, and a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"I killed them to be exact." Kurama said, staring back for a split second. Again Leone, and Najenda began to freak out. Akame was also a bit surprised. How in the hell was this boy able to do so much?!
Leone, and Najenda faces would eventually get stuck like that if they kept getting this kinda news. Leone finally calmed down, and tried to speak. "But those are-" She was able to finish her sentence, because that's when the roar started….
Everyone would remember that roar forever.
It came threw the open windows. A monstrous, and loud sound. It was far in the distance. It was the type of noise that no one would ever want to hear. It shook everyone to the bone. Even Naruto.
"W-What the hell was that?" Leone asked, clearly scared.
"It's five miles away." Kurama grunted, with anger. Naruto was a bit angry as well. This thing just thought it could waltz's on in here, and run over everything. Oh Naruto had wayyyy different plan's for it.
Suddenly the blonde felt Yukari's grip tightened ten times harder around him. He looked down to see the little girl buried in his chest. She was clearly shaking and scared.
Naruto knew he needed to calm her down. "Hey. Don't worry. I won't let that thing get near this place." But it didn't help the little Girl, as she still clung onto him.
"Naruto you can't-" Najenda began to protest, but was quickly stopped by him.
"Hey! I'm not going to let this thing hurt anybody here! Especially my precious people!" He shouted out, looking down at Yukari, and then over to Akame. He wasn't going to fail, he was going to save everyone. His resolve would not be broken!
Najenda stared at him for a moment. She didn't want to send in one of her own to get killed, but then again she really didn't know how powerful the blonde was. But then a brilliant idea crossed her mind. If Naruto took it out then the Revolutionary army could take credit for it. She looked at him for a couple more seconds, before reluctantly giving her answer "Go." Najenda said. Shocking both Akame and Leone.
"Najenda you can't be-" Leone began, but was interrupted by the boss.
"He's going, and besides we'll let the Revolutionary army take credit for the kill. It's going to boost public opinion." Najenda said with a stoic expression. She knew that if the rebels took credit then even the Noble's will begin to think twice about their strength.
"Go Naruto." Najenda said with more force to her voice this time.
"Right." The blonde said, turning back to Akame.
"Watch Yukari for me." He said with a sincere smile. He knew he could trust Akame out of all the people he knew in this world.
A spit second later Bulat burst threw the doors open with everyone else. "Boss did you-" But he was immediately interrupted, by Naruto who flew past him like a Orange flash.
"Naruto's on it." Najenda said with a smirk, watching them all act clueless for a moment.
But Najenda finally noticed that Akame wasn't fairing too well. She was now acting a bit anxious like Leone. Only she was acting like it only after a certain someone left. She had to admit it was cute. She had never seen her act like this. "Something wrong Akame?" Najenda finally asked. Akame immediately turned to her, and gave a hesitant shake of her head.
Najenda already knew what she wanted. She needed to go after him. "Go." Najenda said, with a stern, and Frank expression.
Akame immediately gave Yukari back to Najenda. Who was fairly happy about it, and a second later she sprinted off, following the blonde.
Naruto being as fast as he is, already made it back to his room. He was currently looking over all of his equipment, and gear. "We got everything Kurama?" The Jinchūriki asked.
The 9-tails would was currently on the blonde's shoulder looked down at all the gear they had with them. He had a small amount of Kunais, Shurikens, and one lone set of Chakra knuckle blades. Two sets of Jounin attire, and one set of ANBU attire.
The outfits were all for prank purposes back in Konoha, but now they meant something else to him. Something more to him.
"Well we didn't bring much in to begin with." Kurama said, with a grumble. Wishing the blonde had brought more gear with him.
"Let's see what we got here." The Jinchūriki said, picking up one of the Jounin outfits. For the longest time this flack jacket, was a symbol around the Shinobi world. To many it meant hope, to some it meant a challenge, and to other's it meant fear. He looked at it for a moment, before looking down at his lone outfit he had. It had many rips, and cuts along all parts of the jacket, and pants. Not to mention most of his right sleeve had been destroyed. He knew it was time.
Naruto slowly began to take off his clothes. Just as he slipped one of his sandals off, Kurama's eyes were immediately glued to it. There was something in there. "Hey kid what's that?" The fox asked, moving closer to the sandal.
"What's what?" He asked, in the process of taking off his jacket.
"In your sandal." The fox, asked. Kurama picked up to sandal with his small paws, and tossed it over to Naruto.
The blonde (Trying to ignore the smell) looked down into his sandal. What he found confused him. It was a seal. "Huh? A seal?" He asked, with confusion. Why would there be a seal in his shoe?
Before Naruto could even think Kurama undid the seal, and two things instantly appeared on his sandal.
"That's the…..." Kurama paused, as he stared down at the objects. They were two articles of clothing that he would always remember.
In front of the Two layed two long white sleeved Haori's. Both had red flames on the bottom, and writing on the their backs.
"My dad's Haori." The blonde said, picking one of them up. Even though he only had his pants on he didn't hesitate to put it on. He looked at himself for a moment in the mirror he had in the room. He turned around to get a look at the Kanji on the back of it. Kurama was the first to notice the difference. "The writing's different." The fox pointed out.
Naruto looked down at it, and raised an eyebrow in confusion. Instead of the symbol for fourth. It said…..Sixth.
"The Sixth Hokage?" He asked confusingly. Had one been named since he went away?
"There's another one." Kurama said pointing down to the second Haori.
The blonde reached down to pick it up, and as he did a folded piece of paper fell out of it. "Huh? Whats this?" The blonde asked, as he unfolded it, and began to read it.
Dear Naruto
I was going to tell you about this little hidden seal when, and if we returned from the war. Or you find it on your own. Whichever came first. I suppose. I had Shizune put this somewhere that would take you awhile to find.
These are two of your father's Haori's. I thought it would be perfect for you, since you mean so much to the village. Even though the village didn't seemed to care for at the beginning, you ignore it all, and rose to the top. I'm proud of you.
But just in case we all die out there, and you're the last one left to defend Konoha. I'm naming you the sixth Hokage.
But knowing you, you somehow joined us on the battlefield. Heck I'm probably shouting at you as we speak, but in all seriousness you deserve this. Minato would be proud. Remember everyone will always be with you. You always have the village behind you.
From "Granny" Tsunade P.S. Stay true to your ninja way. Brat. AND IF I'M STILL ALIVE AFTER THE WAR AND YOU FOUND THIS LETTER. YOU'RE NOT THE SIXTH HOKAGE!
The blonde looked at the note for another moment. He was close to bursting into tears. She did this for him. She made sure that he could reach his dream. Even though he had lost everyone, they were still routing for him until the end. Tsunade, Hinata, Sakura, Kakashi. All of them were right here with him. He wouldn't fail them, he couldn't fail. He won't. He'll protect this world. He was brought here for a reason. He's this world's…
"Hope." A feminine voice said from the doorway.
"Huh?" The blonde asked. He looked over to see Akame looking over at him, with a small smile.
"That's what that coat says in Kanji. Hope." She said pointing to the Haori. Naruto hadn't even looked at the Haori that the note fell out of. He picked it up, and turned it around. It was exactly like the one that said sixth Hokage, except only on the back in Kanji it spelled out Hope.
The blonde was stunned for a moment. He hadn't known he meant so much to his village. This brought a few tears to his eyes.
After a couple seconds he began to wipe them away. "Yeah. Granny always knew how dense I was. No wonder I didn't find the seal until now." He said with a sad smile, admiring the Haori.
"It fits you." Akame said walking up to him, with a small blush. Naruto wondered why she was blushing. "Hey are you alright?" He asked, moving closer to her. But as he did, she moved away quickly.
"Uh….um your clothes." She said with a stuttered. If the rest of Night Raid had been there they would've tilted their heads in astonishment. The famed Night Raid assassin was actually blushing, and stuttering.
It took a moment for things to register in Naruto's head. He looked down at his bare chest, and then up to Akame. His face got as red, as his Moms hair. "Ehhhhhh!" He shouted out, as he quickly ran towards the closest with the Jounin gear.
After a few moments of awkward silence, and Kurama laughing his ass off, Naruto slowly emerged from the closest.
He had the full Jounin gear on. But instead of the traditional blue shirt, and pants. Naruto wore black ones. The green flack jacket rested above the uniform, and fit snuggly. He also wore a pair of fingerless black gloves like Kakashi.
He stared at her for a moment, while she stared at him. They didn't know what to say.
Kurama would've found this amusing if there wasn't a giant monster on it's way here, right now. He seriously needed to teach his Jinchūriki how to talk to women.
"A-Akame what're you doing here?" He finally asked, as he began to tie his headband on.
"I'm coming with you." She said, still equally embarrassed as him.
The moment those word's came out of Akame's mouth, Naruto expression turned from embarrassment to seriousness.
"You can't." He said, staring at her down at her. Kurama knew this was about to interesting.
"Why not?" She asked, looking up at him with confusion. They worked good as a team, she didn't know why.
"Because this is my fight, and…I don't want you to get hurt." He said, slightly embarrassed.
She lowered her head at this. He wanted to protect her. She didn't need to be protected. She needed to protect. "Death's part of the job." Akame said, in a slightly cold tone.
Naruto froze at this. He knew what she was doing. It was something that's had happened to him multiple times before. She was someone that thought she could handle all of it on her own. She had that look in her eyes. They always had that look.
"Well it's not part of mine. I don't want to see any of you hurt. I couldn't protect everyone back home, but I intend to protect all of you here. I specifically intend to protect you." He said with determination, moving closer to her. In truth Naruto was staring to feel slightly overprotective of Akame, like he was with Yukari. He didn't know why though. Akame looked up at him, with a small little twinkle in her eye.
There was honestly no one in this world like Naruto. He was to good for this horrible place. He would be so selfless to put himself between her, and a danger. She began to feel that strange warm feeling in the bottom of her stomach again. "N-Naruto." She said with a stuttered. It was the only thing Akame could say at this point.
"Please don't come. If you got hurt because of me, I'd never forgive myself." He said taking both of her hands without thinking. Her face grew red, and the feeling increased in her stomach.
But her mind could not be swayed. She was going to go. To tell herself the truth, ever since they met, Akame didn't like being away from him. She's seen him fight, and seen how good he is. He'd been so selfless, and fearless. Maybe that was the reason they fought so well together?
"I'm still coming." She simply stated. One good thing about fighting for the Empire, she knew how to hide her emotions well. But she didn't like acting that way infront of the blonde.
"Ehhhhh!" Naruto shouted out. He had given her the big speech. But it still hadn't worked.
"If you're going to protect everyone here including me, then I'm going to protect you." She said, with a defiant expression, letting her assassin mask fall, deciding not to act like that infront of him.
"Give it a break kid. She's got a resolve like yours." Kurama said from the bed. He was already itching to leave.
"Fine." Naruto said, reluctantly. If things really got heated he could always move her with one of his clones.
"Enough talk. Let's move!" Kurama shouted out, as he suddenly poofed backed into Naruto's Seal.
"Right!" Naruto shouted out, as he grabbed the Haori that said Hope.
Once he put it on, the two quickly sprinted out the door. "When we get close I need you to lay low. No telling what's going to happened, or what it can do." Naruto told Akame, as they ran through the halls of the base. "Understood." She called out. They didn't even notice the rest of Night Raid, as they passed by.
Tatsumi was nearly knocked over by Akame, and Leone was almost flattened by Naruto.
The two didn't even stopped for them.
"Kurama status on target?" Naruto asked, as they neared the exit of the base. The Jinchūriki wondered if they spent too much time talking.
"One mile ahead, and closing fast!" The fox said through his mindscape. But just as they ran outside, Kurama's anger suddenly spiked. "Kid the scent suddenly disappeared!" He shouted out, this made the blonde come to a full stop. Akame stopped as well.
"Disappeared what do you mean?" He shouted out loud. Clearly panicking.
"I can't smell a damn thing." Kurama grunted out.
Naruto cautiously looked around. They were right outside of the hideout. This wasn't good. It could cause major damage.
"Akame see anything!" He called out. The Girl quickly looked, around. But all she noticed was the peaceful night air, and the sounds of animals. If there really was a Danger Beast here, it didn't feel like it. "No. Not a thing." She said, still looking around.
The two cautiously walked out onto the cliff side that stood infront of the base. They looked out into the valley to see if they could spot anything irregular.
Naruto looked out one more time, before he began to speak. "It has to be here. Spread out and-" but he was stopped by the sudden, and aggressive growling of Kurama.
"Kid under you!" He yelled out, just as something else up from the valley. It was massive.
The only thing Naruto could even say it resembled was a dragon. Except it didn't have any wings. But it had a long neck. It was easily double the size of the base. It was black with red, almost neon like lines all across it's body. It had equally red eyes. They were pointed straight for Naruto. But before Naruto could react it moved with lighting speed.
It snatch up Naruto, with it's hand, and brought him up to it's face. All in the span of second's.
"Naruto!" Akame shouted, with panic. This thing was way to fast for her.
"Damn." The blonde grunted as be looked up at the Beast. "Aren't you one ugly iguana?" He said with a small chuckle.
The Kaiser class, wasn't amused. Before Naruto could even think about doing anything else, the beast chucked him towards the cliffside above the base. "SHIT!" He shouted out, as he flew over Akame. Who could only watch in horror. A moment later he impacted with so much force, that Akame felt the shockwave.
A moment later her eyes widened in horror. "NARUTO!" She screamed out, voice full of terror. He was defeated in second's by that thing.
The Beast now looked down, menacingly at her. The killing intent this thing was giving off was insane. She had never felt something like this before.
For once in her life. Akame backed away in fear.
"Akame!" A voice suddenly shouted out from behind her. She swiftly turned her head, to see almost all of Night Raid standing in the main entrance to the base.
"Get away from that thing!" Tatsumi called out, beckoning her to run over to them.
But as she was about to a massive arm slammed down right in front of her. Blocking her means of escape.
"Damn you!" Akame called out, as she pulled out her Murasame. The Assassin quickly sprinted over to the exposed skin of the Kaiser class.
She was planning to end this in one hit. Like always, but as her blade hit it's flesh nothing happened….
The blade had made a fine cut into the skin, but nothing had happened. The wingless Dragon just stared down at her. With a very pissed off expression. "M-Murasame has no effect?" She stuttered, backing away from it.
The rest of Night Raid, was busy trying to get their barrings of what just happened. The Beast hit the ground near them so hard that a few of them were sent flying back into the base.
"Dammit she needs our help! Let's get in there!" Tatsumi called out, as he raised his sword, preparing to run out of the door. But he was stopped by Leone who put her entire body infront of the doorway. "Wait." She said, looking down at him with an intimating look.
"Nee-san! What're you doing?!" He called out, as Doya, and Sayo both agreed with him. The rest of Night Raid already knew what she was doing. They just watched the newest members, as they readied their Teigu's.
"We're no match for that thing." Leone said, crossing her arms. She wasn't going to move. She would let those three go our there, and get killed.
"But she needs our help!" Tatsumi called out, trying to force his way threw the door, but Leone held her ground, and pushed him back. This caused the young man to fall to ground. She had to admit he had a good heart, but Tatsumi didn't see the full picture.
"No she doesn't." Leone said, standing above him. Doya, and Sayo looked at her with anger.
"What?" Tatsumi asked, also angry.
"The boss picked Naruto to take this thing on for a reason." She said, with a smirk. The three's anger, quickly turned into confusion.
Akame was breathing heavily, as she dodge another one of the relentless attacks from the Kaiser class. This Danger Beast's attacks had a wide range, so she had to use all her speed, and agility every time it tried to hit her. Hence why she was already exhausted. 'I can atleast get this thing away from the base.' She thought to herself.
Scanning the area around the Beast, she spotted an opening, and quickly took it. Barely making it passed the creature, and into the forest below.
But before she could even catch her breath the Beast was already on her. It slammed it's massive arms with Lightning speed towards her.
Luckily for Akame it missed by a couple feet. instead it slammed into the ground behind her, and sent her flying into a nearby tree.
"S-Shit." She said to herself.
A second later her eyes widened in horror. The Danger Beast now stood above her looking down at her with great anger in it's eyes. "No….this can't happened. I won't be able to save my sister, or protect Naruto!" She shouted out, as the creature roared down at her.
There was no way.….. There was no way she was going down like this! "Like hell! I'm not going to accept this!" She screamed out, grabbing her sword, and putting it up defensively.
The creature with no hesitation, began to slam it's fist down. Akame closed her eyes, and braced for the worst. Like it would help. But suddenly she heard an agonizing scream come from the Beast. She opened her eyes. "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" Naruto screamed out, as he punched the Danger Beast again. This time with so much force that it was sent flying back, farther into the valley. She looked up in amazement, but then a second later she found herself ontop of the cliffside again. She found herself in the blonde's arms.
"Don't push yourself to hard. You have other people that care about you remember that." Naruto said looking down at her with heartwarming smile.
"N-Naruto." She gasped, with wide eyes. The feeling in her stomach had increased ten fold, as she stared up at him. And now her chest had began to hurt slightly.
"It's alright." He said, putting her down. The two looked at each other for a moment. For some reason Akame wanted to take in every feature of his face. The same could be said for Naruto. They kept this up for a couple more seconds before the sound of footsteps brought them back to reality.
"Naruto! You're both alright!" Doya shouted out, as she ran up to them with the rest of Night Raid. The blonde smiled at all of them, and was about to say something. But the massive roar caught his, and everyone's attention. The Kaiser was coming back.
"This thing's out of your league. Leave it to me." Naruto said walking forward, standing on the edge of the cliffside.
"You can't really believe, that you can really defeat this thing by yourself!" Sayo panicked. Some of the other's panicked as well. But Akame watched in silence. She knew what he could do. That's symbol on his back really did represent him.
The blonde simply chuckled, as he watched the Kaiser class prepare for an attack. It began to gather energy all around it's mouth. Similar to a tailed beast, when it prepared a bomb. "Ha!" He shouted out, as he stared at the Beast with determination. "Piece of cake right Kurama?" He asked his fox friend.
"Yeah!" Kurama roared in his mind, just as the Danger Beast finished charging his attack. Everyone immediately became on edge.
A split second later the Kaiser fired it's attack. It reminded Naruto so much of a tailed beast bomb. He already knew what to do for it.
As if on command a yellow Rasengan appeared in his right hand. Naruto closed his eyes, and lifted it up into the air. He poured more Chakra into it, and it turned into a massive Rasengan. It rivaled the size of the incoming attack. Everyone held their breaths at this moment. "Don't fuck with me." He said, throwing the Rasengan into the attack.
They both met half way, and the explosion blinded everyone besides Naruto. He stood his ground, arms crossed, as the shockwave passed him.
"Incredible." Sheele stammered out, looking at the explosion. The rest of Night Raid, had to agree with her. They had never seen anything like this in their lives. The blonde was truly the strongest.
They all moved up to talk with him, but Lubbock was one to spot the fast moving target running threw the valley. It rushed into the smoke that lingered from the attack's. It moved towards Naruto at lightning speed.
"INCOMING!" Lubbock shouted out, pointing down at the incoming Danger Beast.
Naruto wasted no time to bring out the big guns. "KURAMA!" He screamed out, as the area became bathed in Orange Chakra. A blinding moment later a massive orange, and luminescent fox stood now stood tall on the cliffside. All of the Night Raid members looked up in amazement. This was the little Fox that was always wait Naruto? He was way larger then the base, and even a bit bigger then the Kaiser. He had thick black lines across his body, and if one looked closely they could see q figure way up in his forehead. Naruto had manifested him in full form for once.
But this didn't even stop the Kaiser, when Kurama appeared. It view the large fox as prey, so it leaped towards him with the intent to kill. But it was swiftly met by an uppercut to it's face. Kurama sent the Beast flying back.
He let out a massive roar in the direction of the Kaiser class. Kurama! The all mighty 9-tails would not be intimateted!
He sprang off the cliffside, and into the valley below. Landing on all fours the fox didn't hesitate to sprint forward. All of Night Raid watched in astonishment from the cliffside. Especially Akame.
The 9-tails rammed it's head into the beasts neck, pushing it back further. But it retaliated, biting Kurama on the neck. The fox used it's massive tails to throw it away, before he could do any serious damage. But as soon as he pushed it away, it was ontop of him, trying to kill him again. The Fox punched it straight in the face hopping to send it back, but it simply stunned it. Kurama was beginning to get annoyed.
Naruto on the other hand was thinking of what he, and Kurama could do to defeat. He couldn't use a tailed beast ball. That took to long, and it could possibly level everything in a one mile radius. Which is something he didn't want to happen. Suddenly he got an idea. He. Knew his target was fast, but it could only focus on one thing at a time. If he attacked it as well as Kurama, they could make this a whole lot easier. He looked down at the fox, with a smirk. It could work. "IT'S NOT ENOUGH! KURAMA SEPARATE!" He shouted out to the Fox.
"YOU GOT IT!" The fox responded, and a second later Naruto leaped out of his forehead. He quickly Shunshined back to the cliffside, startling everyone.
"Naruto?" Tatsumi asked in surprise, looking at the blonde. He didn't speak to anyone he simply got into a cross legged position on the ground, and began to meditate. While Kurama fought the Kaiser class infront of them.
Everyone was intrigued, as to what the blonde was doing. But no one dared approach him, atleast until Akame walked over. "What're you doing?" She asked, looking slightly surprised at his Chakra cloak. Even though she's seen it before. The glow his body gave off, with the flickering Chakra seemed to attract her so much.
"Channeling natural energy, and Chakra. I could do this instantly, with Kurama but I'm separated from him at the moment." He explained to her. When he was connected with Kurama he could use his abilities much easier, and quicker. Not saying it wasn't easy for him without Kurama. It just took a couple more seconds.
"KID YOU ALMOST DONE?" The fox roared, putting the monster into a headlock. He slammed his fist several times into it's head, hoping to stop it. But because Kurama was one of the unluckiest Foxes in the world, it didn't stop. He reached up, and grabbed Kurama by his neck, and chucked him to the ground. He immediately looked back at the Kaiser in anger. "I'M GETTING REAL TIRED OF YOUR SHIT!" He shouted, preparing a tailed beast bomb, but immediately stopped when he sensed his Jinchūriki immediately behind him.
"Kurama duck!" Naruto shouted out as he came flying through the sky. He still remained in his tailed beast cloak, but something was different. Around his eyes was an Orange pigment, and his pupils now had the horizontal toad pupil, with the vertical Kyuubi slit. He had entered Sage Mode, while in Kurama mode.
But the real threat was in his right hand, what he carried. A flaming Rasenshuriken. It glowed a bright neon red. The blonde intended to end this fight here. He flew straight through the sky, towards his target. Of course he wasn't actually flying, he had just jumped from the cliffside, and used the momentum to carry him.
The Kaiser didn't even know what hit it, until it was too late….. Everyone on the cliffside, including Kurama watched in awe.
"Sage Art: Fire Release Rasenshuriken!" Naruto screamed out, as he slammed the Rasenshuriken into the beasts gut forcing it to go flying into the air from the amount of force. The Justu was quickly ripping threw the monster's skin, and muscles nearing it's vital organs. It tried to fight back, but Naruto pushed it all the way threw. "DIE!" The Jinchūriki shouted, letting go over the Rasenshuriken.
A moment later then Justu exploded inside the Kaiser, ripping it clean open, forcing both it, and Naruto go fall back to earth. As he stared at the body making sure it's dead, he felt Kurama slowly moved back into his Seal. But as he felt it, he saw the creature still twitching, barely alive. Naruto would not stand for this! "No you don't! TAKE THIS!" He yelled out forming another type of Rasengan in his hand.
One large Rasengan took shape in the middle, while three smaller ones took shape around it, and began to spin. Naruto knew this would take care of the job. He deactivated Kurama mode, and stared down at the Beast, as they continued to fall. "Planetary Rasengan!" He suddenly shouted out, slamming the Rasengan into the open area of it's chest. Grinding up any organs that might've remained intact.
Naruto suddenly began to feel weak, and he let go of the Rasengan. Leaving it, and the Beast to fall to the ground very violently. Resulting in a rather large explosion a couple moment's later from the Rasengan.
Naruto who was still falling began to consciousness. "T-That was fun kid." Kurama voice suddenly rang out in his head.
The blonde let out a small chuckle, as they neared the ground. "You get a bit roughed up there furball?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about." The 9-tails said, with a small chuckle as well.
Night Raid watched as the blonde finally lost consciousness, and smacked into the ground above the cliffside. His body skidded to a stop a couple feet away from the front entrance to the base. "Naruto!" Akame called out, running over as fast, as she could to him. She slid over to him, picked up his head, and rested it on her two legs. A minute later the Uzumaki regained consciousness, and looked up at her with a smile. "H-Hey Akame. You know it's been awhile since I did that. My body was not prepared for it." He said with a small laugh.
"You were incredible." Akame said, as she looked down at him. By now the rest of Night Raid had surrounded them, and were looking at Akame like she was crazy. The older members had never seen her act like this. It was almost like she was in love.
"Yeah. I guess I was. I'm just glad you, and everyone else is safe." He said, as he cupped her cheek before he faded from consciousness again. To Leone who watched the entire thing happened, it seemed like both of them were in the beginning stages of love.
As Akame stared down at the unconscious, and bruised boy her heart started to hurt a bit. She didn't like seeing him in this state. So defenseless, and vulnerable. But this did give her an excuse to protect him, until he got better. But still the problem remained, her chest still hurt. And her face got red, even though he was unconscious. What could it be? She narrowed down every possible solution, until only one remained. "I-Is this love?" She asked herself.
End of Arc
Done! Done, done, done!
I hope you all enjoyed this wonderful chapter. I loved writing it. :)
The reason Naruto feel unconscious will be explored in the next chapter. But just so all of you know, he wasn't going full power, otherwise that valley would be one giant crater. There will also be more Kaiser class Battle to come.
I liked to speed the romance up a tad bit, because well you know it is chapter 5, and all. This story may or may not start to follow a different path. One that may work out, but I don't know yet. I'll have to decide.
So Author question: How's the Romance? I don't want to make it go to fast. (But there is a reason Akame, and Naruto are already acting like this to each other. I don't want to reveal it because it's a major spoiler)
Remember to review! It helps more the you think