Blame the Demons That Raised Me
Chapter 12:Malicious Brother
~Naruto~
Naruto opened his eyes, feeling more different than ever. He rose an arm out of the blood-filled tub to see several rings of stitches. Naruto smiled as he sat up, he was going through some of the information he received from Kakuzu.
Chakra natures and chakra nature interactions were just two of the things he learned. Others were that there was group called the Akatsuki and could recall the names of the members and what they were most known for. Naruto also knew that there was an underground network that would pay him if he turned into someone who had a bounty on their heads. Though just a few fractions of what was in Kakuzu's mind, it was more than enough to please the Overlord.
Naruto got out of the tub as minions entered the chamber. Naruto let them empty the tub into the nearby stream of lava before getting washed as per routine. Once he was washed, he dawned his unwashed clothes, which were washed during his lasted blood bath which was only about a half hour before the Kakuzu one.
Naruto took in a deep breath as he felt the heat of the lava around him. Naruto looked around, there was a small moat-like stream of lava to the right-hand side of the chamber while lava ran down the wall on left hand side before it was split into two streams by a pointed rock.
"Milord glad to see you standing well, perhaps you should take a rest, blood baths command quite a toll on the body even one such as your's."-Gnarl said as he entered the blood bath chamber.
"Hmm I don't see the point but alright, can't hurt." Naruto casually stated as he left the chamber and then the Netherworld. Naruto entered his private quarters to see Gaara still in his bed. Naruto shoved the ultimate weapon, who woke up at the touch.
"What time is it?"-Gaara asked groggily, turning his head to look over his shoulder.
"How the hell should I know? Why are you in my bed?"
"It's the only one here."
"A-...just move over." Naruto demanded and Gaara did so. "How long have you been asleep?"
"Since you gave me the suggestion."
"That was hours ago, I took two blood baths before coming here."
"Blood bath? Sounds pleasant."
"It's- never mind, I'm not getting into it." Naruto as he lifted up the sheet.
"You wear your armor even in slumber?"
"It can take itself off when I'm in this room." Naruto stated as his armor does just that when he gets into his already occupied bed.
"You are different than what I expected, though not at all displeasing." Gaara said while turning around to face Naruto, who was laying on his back.
"Hm, I'm full of surprises you should know that by now...Stop staring." Naruto said as he could see Gaara blatantly staring at him from the side of his eye.
"Forgive me, I just didn't expect this, I am still getting use to this lifestyle. Naruto, why did you spare my life?"
"I wanted you, you were powerful." Naruto Nothing that Gaara was still staring, so he closed his eyes and accept that his unmasked self was an object of interest for Gaara.
"That may be true but you could have just enslaved me like those people building your monument."
"Fine, you reminded me of me...I could see it in your eyes. I always liked you, blood thirsty like me, enjoyed making any fool that fought you suffer. If it weren't for the fact you were my best competition aside from Lee, I would have considered you like a brother."
"And what am I now?"
"Uhhh...I'm not really sure. I guess, my partner, well uhh I'm still the boss so you're like my right-hand man aside from Gnarl, but he doesn't really join in battles just tells me about stuff from here."
"Hm, and those things are demons I presume."
"Probably, they call themselves minions though."
"Bizarre creatures, I can expect to see more unusual things as I follow you down this path."
"Yep, oh damnit."
"What's wrong?"
"I've been meaning to tell Gnarl a few things but I keep getting distracted. I'll tell him tomorrow or later today whichever comes first."
"Naruto, can I can ask you something?"
"What?"
"What drives you to be the overlord?"
"Well It was revenge but I think I got that once I took over the Leaf Village so right now? It's just who I am, I am the Overlord and being Overlord means not taking shit from other people no matter who they are."
"I am glad to be a part of your fascinating life. You leave a lot to be admired." Gaara said as he closed his eyes. Naruto didn't say anything as he glanced back at Gaara curiously. Naruto then stared straight ahead and tried to get some rest.
The young Overlord walked down the stairs to see Gnarl.
"Ah Gnarl I need to talk to you about a few things. One of them being is that Gaara is uhh acting weird...I don't know how to put it."
"Ah I'm not surprised young master. You see, being the overlord entitles you to take anyone you want. But there are a special few who will willing go with you and such things along those lines, providing you do something for them that could be anything from saving them from being executed or saving them from monsters or simply freeing them from servitude the reason itself doesn't matter."
"Ok, but please tell that there's more to this then just that."
"Quite, you see any one of our special Overlords have what can be called the Evil Law of Attraction, they themselves may be as generic looking as they come, no offense to you lord."
"I'll ignore it, continue." Naruto said just wanting an explanation.
"This law is a two-way street. If the person meets these requirements: that they choose to go with you or willingly give themselves up to you, then they are susceptible to this happening to them. Whenever you do something to make them happy such as buying them things or in your case saving them and liberating their minds, they will grow more attracted to you. Typically, I've seen it most common when buying them expensive knick-knacks but as long as it is meaningful I suppose."
"So, Gaara will slowly grow more affectionate towards me?..."
"Precisely lord. What you do with him is up to you, but I have never seen the effects withdraw themselves or subdue. I wouldn't worry too much about that, they will never do anything that you yourself aren't comfortable with."
"..."
"Was there anything else lord?"
"Uhh...yes actually. For one, I want pants made, armored pants. I keep getting hit in the legs and at this point it's just a flaw. Secondly, I remember you saying that a piece of me has to be remaining for the spell to bring me back."
"That is correct."
"Does that include blood?"
"Indeed, it does. What are you plotting sire?"
"When I was getting attacked by those sharks, my blood filled the water. I'm wondering if I can do the same for the tomb, if I fill it part way with my blood and part way with the water."
"An excellent plan my lord, I believe that will work however."
"However, what?"
"Since it will be of blood it would bring you back in the form that the blood was from. In other words, if you were to do that now, then took a blood bath with that Itachi fellow then someone utterly destroyed you, you would be resurrected without the skills of Itachi. That would be the down side though seeing how you have a near immortal body that feat is not so easy to accomplish, not that anyone stood a chance against you before."
"What if..." Naruto began searching his mind for an idea.
"Yes?"
"What if...I ripped out my heart?"
"There's a thought, well before you go tearing out organs, I believe that would work best if it was enchanted."
"That's easy."
"No sire, I mean by black magic, darker magic than you have practiced."
"Alright, I'm listening."
"Practicing the dark arts, will be good for you lord, not just in this case but truly tapping into one's evilness can be devastating for your future victims."
"Hm, oh and one last thing."
"What may that be?"
"I want my clones to be able to access gem's full power, meaning I want them to be able to switch through minion abilities as well as I do with the gauntlet."
"I see, I'm afraid that is the only overlording gem for the time being, has been for years."
"Hm, well I was thinking that maybe eating it or somehow getting it into my blood would do the trick."
"If eaten I'm sure would cause more harm then good especially when passing and I believe we can kill two songbirds with one crushing blow. When you put your heart in the tomb, we can imbed the gem in it, however, how you will obtain new minion abilities will be a mystery for now."
"Speaking of which, how are the new minions coming?"
"Ah, yes well in order to make a new minion tribe one needs life force and the desired element. I believe you have a lot of the silver life force from killing all those guards when rescuing Gaara's."
"Right...I bet he would know what life force that would be..."
Naruto went up to his private chambers and into his room, to see Gaara fast asleep. Naruto called out his name but got no response. The overlord then goes to the sand genin and shook him. Annoyed with not getting a response Naruto punches Gaara. Gaara remains asleep as Naruto's fist connects with his sand. Naruto lets out a loud sigh before he grabs Gaara and starts shaking him. Eventually Gaara's eyes start to open and he quickly assess the situation.
"Good morning Overlord."-Gaara
"Don't give me that shit, it-ugh. What kind of life force would the ninjas have in your village!?"
"Life force? I'm unfamiliar with life force."
"Of course..." Naruto sighed as he calmed down and dropped Gaara. "Life force is in every living things and it takes on elements based on its environment. I've gotten life force from killing the people that were guarding you."
"Already something new." Gaara got to his feet as he stood before his crossed armed overlord. "The sand village is a dry, windy baron place-"
"Windy? Right, the ninjas there use mostly wind style, you told me that. So, it must be wind."
"What is this about Overlord?"
"I'm making a new minion tribe, I need the life force and the element, the element being wind in this case."
"So, are we going back to the Sand Village? In addition to that are we going to capture Temari, you need her don't you?"
"Not anymore, Kakuzu had the five chakra natures, which I now have and should make clones to train with." Naruto said as he left the room, being followed by Gaara. Naruto went down to the throne room and approached Gnarl, who greeted his two lords. "Gnarl, the element is wind and do we need to go to the Sand Village because of it?"
"Wind you say and no, any natural wind is fine just find a way to contain it like in a magical jar of sorts."-Gnarl
"Alright, guess I'll do that or...I could leave that up to you." Naruto said as he looked back at Gaara.
"I take this as a privilege and one I won't fail." -Gaara
Naruto nodded before using the Cavern Heart to teleport to the Netherworld and the NetherHeart to the magical surface. In the magical land, Naruto created an army of fifty clones, ten to practice each of his chakra natures.
Naruto then returned to the Netherworld where he created a clone as he went to the blood bath chamber. The overlord told the chamber keeper to prepare Itachi for the blood bath. It was an art at this point, having doing it so many things, the chamber keepers had it down to perfection. The longest part of the preparation was the bleeding, the rest of the necessities being done. The whole process took less than half an hour, which Naruto spent watching them.
When Itachi was carried away, his body limp and nearly lifeless, Naruto was left alone in the chamber. Naruto undressed and got into the tub, Naruto likes the attributes he got from Kakuzu and went for the similar aspects. Naruto focused on wanting Itachi's physical and visual prowess, his jutsu and some limited knowledge. Naruto repeated those things in his mind as he closed his eyes.
Opening his eyes, he found himself in a familiar dark setting with Itachi a short ways away. The key items of Itachi's portrait were his glowing mangekyo sharingan, his brain, his hands and his body from the neck down.
Itachi's genjutsu was unsuccessful though it did knock Naruto back on every occasion. Naruto got better at dodging the fast visual jutsu but Itachi had so much more up his sleeve. Naruto threw a punch but it was blocked by red chakra in the form of a ribcage. Soon the massive chakra based warrior dawn'd robes, with a sword, a shield and a jar on its side. Naruto glanced upward, his sharingan carefully examining it. It was very powerful and though he had no idea what it was, he wanted it.
To test out this strange jutsu Naruto pulled back and punched the Susano'o with all his power but nothing happened. Now Naruto really wanted this jutsu, he jumped back dodging the swing of the sword. Now at a distance, Naruto could clearly see that it was the single largest thing in the room. Naruto desperately wanted to play with the chakra warrior but he knew he couldn't, he was on a time limit. Naruto activated the Jumping Parasite jutsu, it took some time but the susano'o began to melt away.
When the susano'o was in its most basic form, Naruto created a clone before draining the rest of Itachi's chakra. The clone rushed towards the elite ninja and used magic to perfectly pull out his eyes. The clone rushed and grabbed the eyes. The susano'o was fully gone as this point and Itachi slight bent as his chakra was pooled into his stomach. The clone severed Itachi's head from his neck. The clone then separated the wrist from the rest of the arm. The clone then put the items in their respective areas before floating Itachi's head up to him. The clone tore the head apart with his bare hands and put the brain where it belonged. With its job done, the clone vanished in a puff of smoke.
It wasn't long before Naruto opened his eyes and was back in the Netherworld. Naruto sighed as he blinked, he got out of the tub and noticed that he could see the chakra running through his hybrids. He didn't feel like he activated the sharingan he wondered if it just did it on its own now. While his regular bath was being prepared, Naruto looked in the clear water and saw that he had the sharingan in his eyes at no extra expense, least it felt that way.
~Naruto Clone~
The independent clone took the NetherHeart back to the Minion Cavern where Gaara was gone but Gnarl was waiting.
"Hello my lord."-Gnarl
"Clone but anyway, you said that I needed to practice dark magic."
"Yes, I did, speak with Morris, lord, he will gladly teach you the inner workings of the dark arts. Meet with him in our world."
The clone nodded before doing the teleportations needed to end up in the magical land. Moris greeted him and then lead the clone to a damp stone cave.
"Here you shall train master. I have heard of your plan to rip out your own heart so a piece of you remains and can be resurrected. It is a on the right path lord, but the heart governs emotions, you want the brain to be what remains as it governs everything."-Mortis
"Okay so what's do I do?"
"You lord must get in touch with your darkest self. Think of your proudest and darkest deed. Focus solely on that.."
"Alright." The clone closed his eyes and thought of all the things he had done. He has made many sinister actions: enslaving the Land of Waves, murdering Inari and his mother, most of his murders during the Chunin Exams, slaughtering part of the Aburame clan and of course enslaving the people of the Leaf Village. However, ripping the chakra from all those orphans then having them blended into a health totem, was what Naruto knew was his cruelest action.
The Naruto clone opened his eyes, thinking solely on those children's cries in the night, their faces twisted in pain, the look of horror in their eyes, it made the clone smile.
"Okay, what now?" The clone said in a more relaxed tone, noticing that a hybrid brown was standing next to Mortis.
"Focus on that and on control, the need for domination, then reach into this minion here and rip out his heart. Should it be done properly, there won't even be a trace of blood." The Naruto copy concentrated and took a step towards the nearly as tall brown. He reeled his regular gauntlet back. The clone's open hand went through the air and into the hybrid's chest. It was a clean strike, the over-clone's hand went into the minion's chest and grabbed his heart. The copy felt pride and he pulled his arm back, then so did the minion. The Naruto clone turned to Mortis as he kept trying to dislodge his hand from the hybrid brown.
"Mortis."
"You must have lost focus lord, never lose focus, lord, this magic is strong and should be given your full attention. Try again."
The over-clone frowned as he held the hybrid by the shoulder then forced his hand out. Blood splattered on the overlord's suit of armor as the hybrid teetered back and forth. Naruto's clone clenched and unclenched his bloody gauntlet as he focused on his darkest deed. He blinked at looked at the hybrid before clutching his heart. The clone then pulled it out with it still beating in his hand. It continued to beat as black flames engulfed it. He looked at the blazing heart then to the hybrid which appeared to be the same as it did before. "Well done lord, the heart is enchanted and is at your every whim. Of course, there's no need to use such a spell on your minions, but when you use it on whoever you demand all you have to do is speak into the heart and the person will say or do whatever you say. You will also be able to hear what they hear as long as you hold the heart. You can also crush it to kill the person or put it back into the person to release the spell. Despite being under your control they can fight it and tell others what has happened to them. For our purposes that is all you need to know, should you want to know more contact me in the Netherworld. On to the next spell, teleportation. This spell itself is not evil, but is one I believe you should have. It is a simple spell, all you must do is think about a place you want to go and imagine yourself there. The farther it is the more magic it will take and the number of people you take with you."
The Naruto clone nodded and concentrated on the Minion Cavern, seeing him sitting in his throne with Gnarl and Gaara on either side of him. He glanced upward and saw the Cavern Heart shinning with power, he glanced to the side and saw Gnarl to the side of it. He let out a small chuckle as he stood up. The clone walked towards the Cavern Heart, his mana already being restored to its max.
"This is awesome, I wish I focused on this earlier, would have come in handy."
"I see you've learned how to teleport yourself lord but don't keep Mortis waiting, I'm sure there are other spells he wants to teach you."-Gnarl
"I can't wait." The overclone said as he saw himself in the dank cavern, seeing himself in front of Mortis as water drips from the stalactites onto the cold stone floor.
"There you are lord, now shall we continue? This next spell is transforming spell, very similar to your transform jutsu but with magic. However, when enacting this spell you are actually changing it into the desired object you want it to be. Try turning this minion into a rat. See it shrinking to the size of a vermin then see it as a regular rat."
The clone stared at the hybrid brown, seeing it happening in his mind but it took awhile before the minion started to shrink. It was the same time when the clone began getting frustrated, though he still focused and didn't let his mind wonder. That wasn't lost on him, and the overclone kept it in mind. The minion began to lose inch after inch before losing a whole foot of height then another before he came up to the clone's knee. A long rat tail popped out from the minion's backside and then he got on all fours, grey fur beginning to cover his body.
This time the overlord clone didn't let the joy of success distract him. The former minion ran around the overclone in circles on his little feet and the clone smiled under his helmet.
"Evil work lord, now unlike your jutsu, when turning something into something else, they will stay that why unless someone else breaks the spell, you break the spell or unless you die, though in your case that may be die completely. I doubt you will run to anyone able to break the spell on their own but is it possible to do so. They are layers to this spell, it can be used to disguise yourself or turn your enemies into weaker creatures, you could also turn them into inanimate objects in order to imprison them. Doing the reverse, turning an inanimate object to an animate object, is a different type of spell, since you are giving something that didn't have it life. It has no real name but could bring back the or create elemental golems, similar concepts but are quite different in others way. I believe that is enough for the time being, get to know those spells then come back to see me here. Once your magical abilities develop we can start with the truly dark spells like Necromancy and curses."
"When can I take out my brain and combine it with the jewel?"
"Ah, soon, when removing the brain, it will render you a lifeless doll, if done right, if done wrong it would kill you or a normal mortal. I am unsure if it will instead leave you a lifeless doll, incapable of a single thought."
"Oh, so I should do it with a clone then." The clone said more to himself.
"Yes, and I suggest also putting it in the mixture of your blood and the heart's pool. The original and you clones are linked by blood are you not?"
"Well we bleed and it's the same as the original's so I guess so."
"Then all that you need to do is practice, and perhaps obtaining Dimmer's mana capacity, I'm sure having such a large amount of mana would come in handy."
"Great so if that's all for now..."
"Indeed, my lord."
"Good, I better get to training then." The clone said as he began to leave Morris's Mana Cave.
"This cave will restore your mana, lord, making it ideal for your magic training."
"Oh alright." The over-clone created three clones before dispersing, his knowledge going to all the other Narutos. Each clone turned one of the spells they learned. One clone practiced transforming the minion back into its real self and in to other creatures. The second clone was joined by working minions who volunteered their bodies to their lord to practice the Enchanted Heart spell. The third clone practiced teleporting both, inside and outside the cave.
~Original Naruto~
As Naruto was being washed in the Netherworld, he reflected on the limited knowledge he got from Itachi. The information he obtained was mostly about the sharingan, the various stages and a number of jutsu that come with it like the Susano'o and Tsyikomi. The other things he learned was about genjutsu, how they work, how to break out of them and many other things. Though the field of information wasn't as wide Kakuzu's, Naruto still found it helpful and at the very least interesting.
Naruto created a clone to check in with Gnarl and Gaara. With the clone on his way, Naruto told the hybrids to prepare Dimmer for the blood bath. Despite not fully wanting to make his loyal steed suffer such a fate, the benefit was high and he knew Dimmer wouldn't be let to suffer like the previous victims.
When Dimmer entered the blood bath chamber he was prepared for the bath, though Naruto averted his eyes and healed Dimmer afterwards. Dimmer's blood was a mixture of red, purple, and black. When Naruto sunk into it, he could feel that it emoted more power than regular chakra based blood.
He knew that he wanted his mana pool reserve, his magical prowess, magical knowledge and his natural speed, not that he really needed to be faster. He concentrated on those things as he closed his eyes and sunk into the tub.
Naruto stood in the darkly lit room, standing across from his loyal steed of evil. Naruto glanced up to Dimmer's portrait which was of the steed in a mid-jump through a blazing inferno. He had a barrier around him and the tip of his horn had a beam shooting out of it. Dimmer's horn was glowing a malicious purple and so were his legs. The third glowing part was his heart, which was glowing a vibrant blue. The final part that was glowing was his blue brain just below his glowing horn.
Naruto looked back at the Dimmer before him, he looked ready to attack. Naruto sighed, as he got in a fighting stance. Naruto waited for Dimmer to attack but his steed remained where he was but did speak up.
"What are you waiting for master?"
"What? Uh well I was expecting a fight."
"Why would I fight you lord? You're my master. I live only to serve you."
"I guess but this place...I just figured..."
"Well you have nothing to worry from me, unless you want me to fight you lord."
"Part of me says yes but another part wants me to just get this done over as quickly as possible. Not like I enjoy abusing the ones who care for me."
"Then please take from me what you need."
Naruto entered his version two form and leapt onto Dimmer, on his back Naruto carved out the horn from Dimmer's head. With the horn in one hand, Naruto forced his other through Dimmer's head. The overlord pulled out Dimmer's brain, letting his tail obtain the other key items. Four of the five tails pierce and severed the unicorn's legs. The last five dug into the magical beast's underside, digging into it to rip out the heart.
The demonic lord, with a horn in one hand, a brain in the other, held the heart of his steed with one tail and all the legs with four of his tails. The overlord leapt off his submissive beast and went to his portrait. Each item was pleased where it belonged, though the horn made him stall of a moment. Naruto put the horn on his forehead and waited for the objects to get integrated. With that taken care of, Naruto reverted to normal and jumped off the portrait, waiting for the blood bath to end.
Naruto opened his eyes and smiled to himself, he felt incredibly powerful. He climbed out of the tub, which was soon emptied into the lava. Naruto was washed letting his mind process all the information he obtained on magic. Naruto let out a heavy sigh as he leaned his head, telling his minions to start over.
~Clone~ ~After Itachi's Blood Bath~
The clone left the clean blood chamber, having just obtained knowledge from Itachi. Naruto knew that it had been hours since he talked to his two main associates. As he walked to the NetherPortal he realized he was naked so he transformed himself with clothes. Fully clothed the clone went to the Minion Cavern. There he met up with Gnarl and was soon joined by Gaara.
"So, how's it going?" The clone looked to Gaara.
"It was a simple task to accomplish, I gave the urn I trapped the wind in to Gnarl."-Gaara
"All we need now is a body and chakra based wind. I looked more into our situation and thought that we should or at least try to make a hybrid wind minion from the start instead of making a regular wind then try to turn it into a hybrid."-Gnarl
"Ok, but what do you mean by body?"-The clone asked.
"Oh yes, a vessel for the elements to be merged in and with so that it can take proper form."
"Gaara can I trust you to do those?"
"Yes, does the person have to be alive?" -Gaara asked Gnarl
"No, but in one piece." -Gnarl replied.
"Well looks like you're doing me a favor."-Naruto clone
"Unrelated but will we be sharing the bed tonight?"-Gaara
"Ah...uhhh..."-Naruto turned to Gnarl for help, who was just awaiting his answer, not as eagerly as Gaara was. "Uhh I don't know. I'm busy, I have a number of blood baths to get through."
"Your blood baths allow you to steal the qualities of anyone whose blood is used for it correct?"
"Yeah..."
"Something that powerful is bound to have side effects or limitations, even as powerful as you are you should at least rest before continuing. For your sake."
"I- you- you're a cleaver little bastard, aren't you?" Naruto said as he slumped forward, sighing as he didn't have much to rebuttal. Gaara just let out a small sound of victory. "Fine, I'll sleep with you, after Dimmer's blood bath, speaking of which."
"Already being prepared lord."-Gnarl
"Then if there's nothing left, I'll be going." The clone said standing up right and waiting for a moment. With neither of the other males needing anything from him, the clone dispersed.
"Before you depart Lord Gaara, I would like a word with you."-Gnarl said turning more to face the sand genin, which stared down at him.
~Mortis's Mana Cave~
"Ever impressive lord, you have mastered those three spells in just a matter of hours. Now shall we start with more advanced teachings?"-Mortis asking as he looks at one clone in particular.
"Ready when you are."-The overclone said as the other two blew up in smoke.
"I believe you are ready for summoning spells, particularly Demon summoning. Though minions are as loyal as can be and willing die for you as many times as nessary, they can be killed fairly easily. For your case, your magical powers, dark heart and young self are aspects that demons are attracted to. They vary in power like all things magic but can be summoned where ever you are and their uses plentiful. The first thing you must do is create a pentagram"
"A what?"
"A five-pointed star in a circle, like this lord." Mortis said as he lifted up the Big Book O' Evil, showing his lord a pentagram. "You can use magic to create it, no need to get yourself all dirty."
"Alright so like this?" Naruto looks at the book as his creates a pentagram behind him.
"Correct lord, now when summoning a demon, particularly the more powerful ones, it takes a lot of blood or parts of your soul, as long as there is some kind of sacrifice. Since you are immortal I suggest blood, given that you have an unlimited supply of it. For now, lord. try summoning a low-level demon, there are some things you should know before you do. The higher the level, the more likely that they'll be disobedient, strong demon think quite highly of themselves. So, you'll have to prove your power to them. Now, to get to the summoning at hand, that pentagram you just made is a portal for the demons of hell to walk through. You can summon them by opening the gateway and thinking of how strong you want the demon to be. To open the gateway, you need to over a blood sacrifice and uttering this phrase ' From the blackest pits of the underworld, from the punishing flames of hell, I summon thee'. Then just state what you want them to do."
"Alright, so a little blood and a small chant. Hey Mortis?"
"Yes overlord?"
"Could I summon minions this way? I mean you guys are some form of demons, aren't you?"
"I suppose it might be possible with a few modifications, I'll look into it my lord. Though your minion horde is still only fifteen."
"Alright - what? I need more than fifteen like a lot more."
"The maximum horde size an overlord managed to obtain was fifty."
"Fifty? That's more of a good starting point."
"Fifty is the maximum amount of minions the minion gem can handle on top of all your other abilities."
"So, it's fixed?"
"Afraid so."
"Any way to make another one?"
"Well...that's..."
"There is isn't there?"
"Yes milord..."
"How?"
"Gnarl's glowing stone is in itself an overlording stone, whenever we lose an overlord, we chip a small shard from it to give to our next overlord. They stop working when the Overlord their connected to dies."
"So that's why he's the minion master huh? That stone he walks around with basically controls all over the other minions."
"As you put it sire, basically."
"Alright then I want five shards, that would provide me a good amount of minions."
"Yes, it would Lord but you don't use minions that often, you prefer to be in the front lines."
"I-that may be true but I still want an army."
"Of course, sire but perhaps you should first focus on getting fifty minions."
"Ugh fine, I have one minion totem, how do I make more?"
"Large amounts of life force lord, which can be from killing the living or by making large quantities of food."
"I know how to- large quantities of food? Food is a source of life force?"
"Well it was once something living...we had an overlord liberate a large sum of stored food from a half ling hero and that could have been converted into life force, though he chose to give it back to the people."
"So how much food we talking about?"
"At least enough to feed an entire village."
"And how much life force will that give me?"
"Quite a hefty sum lord."
"Good well then back to training."
~Naruto and Gaara~ ~Present Time~
After his blood bath with Dimmer and regular bath to clean off the blood, Naruto got dressed. He clearly remembered what Gaara told the clone of him and not one to lie to those on his team, left the blood bath chamber.
Naruto, in his full suit of clean armor, went to the NetherPortal to the Minion Cavern. Naruto had his back to the Cavern Heart and was soon met with a small whirlwind of sand.
"Greetings Overlord."-Gaara said as he took form before his lord.
"Cheeky bastard."
"Ah you remembered what I told your clone. I'm glad you value my word so highly."
"Those weren't your words and you know it!"
"Nevertheless, shall we head upstairs?"
"Whatever." Naruto said with his arms crossed and took the steps to his private chambers. The sound entered the room and Naruto immediately noticed Gaara taking off his gourd. "What are you doing?"
"Trying something new." Gaara said as he took off the few extra things until he was in a black tank with short fishnet sleeves and black pants that went down to his ankles. Gaara glanced away from Naruto as he sat at the side of the bed.
"What are you doing? I have that side, you have the one closer to the wall."
"Do you care about me?"
"Wha-where is this coming from!?"
"Just a simple question."
"No, it's not!"
"...because you do..."
"Shut up!"
"You care about a lot of things don't you lord?"
"Gaara!..." Naruto's tone threatened through closed teeth.
"It must be nice to care about so many things...the only thing I care about aside from myself...is you." Gaara said with his hands in his lap, staring at the ground. Naruto didn't say anything as he frowned at his willing subordinate. "The concept of loving others was eradicated for me by those I thought I could trust...well until I met you and saw all the things you would do for just to get me on your team. I am forever grateful to you, I like to think of you as my big brother."
"...I hate you Gaara." Naruto growled as he sat next to Gaara, his armor leaving him. The two black clad ninjas stayed in silence for a moment. After which Gaara turned to Naruto and placed a hand on his leg.
"May I call you, big brother?"
"...fine..." Naruto said as he felt Gaara put his head on his shoulder.
"What do brothers do?"
"I have no idea."
~The Next Day~
Naruto opened his eyes and felt this weight on him. He turned his head to the left to see Gaara, partly sleeping on him. The overlord sighed as he gazed upon Gaara. A little brother wasn't really something he ever really wanted but he did always like the idea. For a short time, he thought of Konohamaru as being something like a little brother but Gaara was clearly the superior of the two. He was already evil like he was, powerful enough to take care of himself if he needed to and not nearly as annoying.
"Morning big brother."-Gaara said as he opened his eyes.
"You're awake early, thought you'd be asleep for a few more hours."
"I wanted to spend some time with you, that's something brothers do isn't it?"
"I think so..."
"The Wind Hive is soon to be in the making."
"Really? So, there's already a wind minion?"
"There are four."
"Wow you really get stuff done don't you, little brother?" Naruto said with a smile as he looked down at Gaara.
"To please you." Gaara said as his hand tighten against the leather in its grip.
"Well I'm very pleased, man finally I don't have to do everything. Having you around may have just gotten better."
"I'm joyed to hear that from you, big brother."
"Come on, we should get something to eat." Naruto said as he sat up then got out of bed, Gaara followed after him. With both of them leaving their outer attire in the bedroom, they went to the Eatery next door. The two took their seats next to each other on the center stools of the four stools. At the counter, Naruto had the second chef minion make them ramen.
"Brother, I've been meaning to ask you about those markings on your face."
"These?" Naruto said as he pointed to his whisker markings.
"No, the ones around your mouth."
"Ah right, those are kinda like strings they hold this body together or well if it's dissembled, they put it back together."
"I see and you also had them the previous night correct?"
"I got it from Kakuzu, Hidan's body was immortal but if you cut off his head he was completely powerless. I couldn't let something like that happen to me. I was gonna find a way to fix that one way or another but turns out Kakuzu was the answer. Also, I guess I should tell you this but here's a group called the Akatsutki. They are planning on kidnapping all of the jinuriki, people who are just like you and me."
"For what purpose?"
"I don't know, limited knowledge is limited."
"Are we going to do something about it?"
"Right now, I'm focusing on getting more powerful but yes, we will, eventually."
"Are we going to offer those others the same offer you made me after their defeat?"
"Uhh I was gonna kill the last four members but you know that isn't a half bad plan. They must have suffered just as bad as we have if not worse. I was gonna find a way to deal with the other seven of us but your way would make me quite the influence. Hmm maybe you should be my personal advisor, I suppose being the son of a Kazekage had one upside, it helps me."
"I won't fail you lord, I'll look into what I can about ruling lands and such duties like the Hokage and Kazekage. One thing that is required is money, large quantities of it."
"Alright, well little brother have any ideas on that? I have nobles sending me daily amounts, but what are you thinking about?"
"I am thinking that nobles do indeed have large sums of money but the Daimyo's have several times that amount."
"The who?"
"Those are the ones who run most of the entire country."
"Well, I guess we're going on a trip then."
"Now?"
"No, after I finish my last blood bath." Naruto
"I talked with Gnarl when your clone left and he believes that this, your overlording, would be easier if you were more intimidating."
"Ok, what the hell does mean?"
"The minions that bathe you after every blood bath have noticed that lately you have been changing, physically, after each blood bath. They told Gnarl that your body has been developing more and more with each blood bath. However, not the one with Dimmer."
"So, for Hidan, Kakuzu, and Itachi? Well I did steal their physical prowess perhaps in doing so I also stole aspects of their bodies. I never noticed, then again, I don't wash myself, if I had, I probably would have been more attentive. So where are you going with this?"
"Gnarl believes that a larger stature will command more respect and authority."
"I see...what do you think?"
"I believe Gnarl is correct, though personally I'll like whatever form you are in, whether you stay in this form now or age yourself a few years."
"So, does Gnarl have a plan?"
"Yes, he took notice of Guy's physical status and wants you to take it. He wants you to completely take his form and add five to ten years to your appearance."
"Great so I have another blood bath to do. I didn't know you could steal years off of someone...I'll have to think about how to do that."
"What is a blood bath brother? How does it work?"
"The blood bath is weird, you have to concentrate on what you want from the victim, I try to be somewhat vague and somewhat direct. It all depends on what I want. Like I can just think about taking their jutsu and I'm sure I'll get every jutsu they have but I can't just think of wanting their knowledge because then I'll get every single thing they have in their brain. I once took Lee's taijutsu knowledge and found that my mind had thrown out information I kinda needed, and probably information I wouldn't miss. So, you have to be careful or you'll end up getting something you didn't want or at least more than you wanted."
"So, there are limitations and precautions to such a jutsu-"
"It's a ritual."
"Like the one you put on me and yourself to keep the tailed beasts from influencing us?"
"Well Uhh it's a wide category, there are various kinds of rituals but they usually take large amounts of energy and several criteria to be met. It's like jutsu but different."
"Perhaps I'll ask Gnarl for more information. Brother, I believe you have two more blood baths to accomplish today, perhaps afterwards we should visit the Daimyo?"
"Fine, I'd love to make more money anyway."
"My lords, I do hate to interrupt but I believe the wise minion Gnarl would like to speak with you."-Quaver, informed as he cleaned bowls. The two males left the private quarters to the throne hall, where Gnarl greeted them.
"My lords, they have been reports of free minded ninjas roaming and trying to interact with the workers."-Gnarl
"Ok, well have they kidnapped anyone?"-The overlord
"No lord."
"Alright, well I want to get one blood bath done before I go out fighting again. I won't be made a fool of again." Naruto said as he approached the Cavern Heart.
"Lord I don't believe that is wi-" Naruto teleports to the Netherworld before Gnarl can finish his sentence. "Let us hope nothing happens in the next five hours."
"Is there any knowledge of who these ninjas are?"-Gaara asked
"Yes, I believe they are part of the few clans this village has." Gnarl
"Multiple people from the same clan?"
"No, my lord, multiple people from different clans."
"So, this is the Leaf's last stand."
To Be Continued...