A/N: Yeah, I know, you all hate me! So I'll get right into review responses!
Kisa: I didn't know, don't worry about it! (I knew it was you because I'm ninja like that) I just felt really bad breaking... holy shit it's become a tradition, hasn't it? Hot diggity damn! Log in and check your PM's btw.
Galndrael: sit down and get your note pencils ready, 'cause it's time for a lesson!
Privacy seal: a fuinjutsu of varying levels that block three of the senses; sight, sound, and smell, from exiting or entering a room encompassed. In addition, Privacy seals prevent Chakra in any form from escaping.
Perimeter/ Security seals: fuinjutsu that create a barrier and prevent entrance to an area. Security seals are specialized in that they lock any closed doors or windows in the sealed room.
So, you see, Sarutobi activated PRIVACY seals, which were all but useless once Sasuke entered the doorway, allowing him to hear what he did. Rookie mistake Hiruzen, rookie mistake.
Guardian Of The Three Planes: SO KIND OF YOU TO NOTICE! MWUAHAHAHAHA! *throws in a Oorochimaru-like cackle for good measure*
Redwolf1521: *bows* Thank you sir(or madam)! Never have I gotten applause! Basically, I'm not addressing anything about your reviews except Sasuke's unnoticed arrival. Because that's the only one I really feel like addressing. See above. And should that still not please you, let's just say that the three were so engrossed in the conversation, they zoned out temporarily.
Chapter 13: Reveal!- The Truth Comes Out!
All four occupants of Konoha Hospital room 564 sat or stood, staring at each other. Hiruzen and Kakashi were sweating profusely, Sasuke was staring in abject horror at his best friend, and the blonde was staring blankly at the Uchiha.
"Sasuke, I swear to Kami, if you run..." he began, only to be stopped as the raven-headed boy turned and bolted down the hallway. He huffed out a sigh with a groan. "Me and my big fucking mouth..." he then rose and took off down the hallway after his adopted brother. Moving at speeds currently known only in Kumo, he bounded off a wall, leaving a very large crater, and tackled Sasuke.
In Kumokagure- the Raikage's Office
A, the current Raikage, felt a shiver run through his Chakra.
"Who the hell just moved faster than me?" he muttered as he looked up from his paperwork.
"Aye, big bro, that can't be true! Ain't no-one alive faster than you!" came the annoyingly rapped response. A scowled but kept muttering as he turned back to his mountains of documents.
Back with Naruto
"Sasuke, I really thought you'd understand you can't outrun me," Naruto muttered as he hauled Sasuke back to the room he was supposed to be occupying, the pre-teen kicking, clawing, and screaming. Once inside the boundaries of the privacy seals, he tossed Sasuke forward and quickly slapped a security seal down as well. He turned to Hiruzen.
"I'll deal with you making the rookie mistake of not putting down security seals as well later, Jiji."
"Now look here, Naruto-kun..."
"Stuff it. I still have every right to give you a major ass-chewing." Hiruzen slumped down in his seat, muttering under his breath. The blonde turned to Sasuke, who was trying to pry open the window.
"It won't work, duck-butt," he said, crossing his arms. The boy turned with a venomous glare. "Sit down, shut up, and listen for once, or I'll slap your ass with a restriction seal and GLUE you down, capeche?"
Sasuke reluctantly sat down, scowling fiercely, and muttering to himself, refusing to look at Naruto.
"Sasuke, your clan was planning to slaughter everyone in the village."
"Bullshit!" Sasuke snapped, bringing his gaze to the blonde at last. "Itachi killed them for power! He did it for fun!"
Naruto strode forward and slapped him, rage written on his face.
"NII-CHAN IS A PACIFIST YOU BRAT!" All three of the other people in the room looked to the blonde in utter shock, Sasuke holding his stinging cheek. "YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! WHAT PACIFIST WOULD SUDDENLY KILL HIS CLAN FOR POWER?!" Naruto strode away from the Uchiha and slammed his fist in to the wall, cratering it and sending cracks up the wall and ceiling. He then took several deep breaths. Sasuke was cowering, both from the outburst, and the Kyuubi's Chakra, which Naruto had just suppressed, which he had never felt before. When the blonde turned back around, his eyes were fading from crimson to their usual deep, sapphire blue.
"But he said..."
"HE LIED!" Naruto roared with such force that the other walls cracked. "HE LIED! HE LIED! HE LIED! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!" by this point, tears were streaming in rivulets down the blonde's face. "HE LIED...to protect you..." with that, Naruto fell into a heap, sobbing quietly. It struck Sasuke how much his friend must care for his brother to get this reaction.
"Naruto..."
"Shut up! You only believed what you wanted! You never saw past what was shoved in your face! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE A SHINOBI!" Naruto screamed. For all his training and maturity, he was still only a child. That was best shown when those he cared for were insulted or endangered. Sasuke had the most shocked look possible, followed closely by Hiruzen. Kakashi merely looked surprised.
"If you won't believe the truth, then you should just leave!" before anyone could respond, he jumped through the window, shattering it, after sending out a powerful chakra pulse to disable his security seal. Five eyes followed him. Instantly, two ANBU squads were battle-ready inside the room, eyes darting everywhere.
"Hokage-sama, are you..."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Hiruzen all but screeched. "GO GET MY GRANDSON!" the eight Black-ops members stood a moment more, looking at each other stupidly.
"Konohamaru?" asked Eagle.
"I think he means Naruto," Yawned Kakashi. All visible skin on the ANBU turned paper white.
"Oh..."
With Naruto
"AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!" the blonde roared as he dashed towards the Village walls. "BUNCH OF ASSHOLES! I'LL MAKE THAT FUCKING GAKI BELIEVE ME!" all that was seen, heard, or felt of the blur as he shot through the village was, if you were lucky or very quick-eyed, a flash of blonde, and a strong gust of wind. Within moments, Naruto was over the wall and on his way to the spot he usually picked up reports from Itachi. The spot he'd lost both Saraku and Nasomi. About two-and-a-half years after that first mission, Saraku had gone back to pay respects, and had crumbled under her depression. She'd slashed her wrists with Kunai. Naruto had never truly recovered.
The blonde blasted through a tree, attempting to vent some of his frustration. He jumped through the branches, swinging his spare tanto wildly, hacking the limbs and trunks as he passed. He made it to the clearing in two hours. He landed, and sensed no sentient beings about, so he created several hundred shadow clones to vent his rage on. He would stay there until Itachi appeared.
The clones smirked. "One versus an army. Not the best move Boss," one shouted from somewhere to the original's left. Naruto growled and leveled his tanto, settling into his combat stance.
"Shut up and ATTACK ME!" he shouted, channeling Kurama's Chakra. Instead of the cloak, however, his hair turned from sun-kissed yellow to a deep crimson. His eyes became blood-red slits, his nails became claws, his canines elongated, his arms and legs clenched, visibly gaining muscle in mere seconds, and most notably, his nose and mouth grew into a vague muzzle while rust-colored fur sprouted along his body. If one didn't know better, they might have sworn he as of the Kirazekusa(OC- Original Clan) clan, a clan of wolf-men who were oft hailed as the 'Hounds of War' for their penchant for battle. The clones collectively gulped.
"No? Then I'll come to you!" with that, Naruto channeled a mixture of his wind chakra and Kurama's into his tanto, extending the blade and making a mere nick lethal from how corrosive it was. He charged forward, hacking viciously and furiously, uncaring if he was injured or not. In seconds, his army of clones were cut down from near six-hundred to a mere two hundred. Then they regained their senses and began fighting back. They, however were not fueled by rage, and so attacked systematically, alternating groups and styles. They, as was their mandate for this battle, forced Naruto back on his heels and made him go on the defensive. He growled in frustration as he blocked a flurry of slashes, but still got cut along both arms, and several deep-ish gashes on his torso.
"What are you doing?" came a slightly confused voice from behind. Naruto turned slowly and came into sight with a red scelrea.
Itachi had come.
A/N: First, let me just say how weird it is I'm putting a note at the END of a chapter. I would just like to ask all of you to go read my other fics, for a very specific reason. I feel more motivated, and inspired, to work on a fiction when it gets a lot of positive feedback. Take my Teen Titans fic "A Dark Path to Tread." after the initial surge of writing mania, when it got basically no feedback, it just sort of... died. I want to work on each and every one of these fictions. They're my babies, but it's hard when I have no clue if people like them. So please, R&R my other stories as well, not just this one. That way, I can make myself somewhat happy that I'm not neglecting any. Thank you.