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"Talking!"
'Thinking!'
"Demon!"
Death Waiting
"Naruto! I want you to remember this sweety," called out Kushina
"Ok, Mommy!" Naruto says while running up to Kushina.
Kushina picks up Naruto and carries him into their home, "Now what I'm about to tell you; you must never do this unless you absolutely must do so," the redhead mother says
"What is it, Mommy?"
"For our people the Gods and Goddesses have gave us anything and everything that we needed, but there is one that gave us something that the others didn't and couldn't. Lady Gaea gave us a prayer for us to use when we are in dire need. Only use this prayer if you are going to die from wounds that are fatal,"
"But I won't need that prayer Mommy. You'll make sure of that,"
"Oh, you are too sweet for your own good," Kushina says as she hugs her baby boy, "I know that but I want you to know it. Lady Gaea will only heal you if your wounds are fatal; if not she'll drain of your life force while keeping you alive to feel it all being drained."
-Tokyo, Japan-
Floyd came back to the site where he'd buried Naruto. He left and went to a bar for a few drinks then came back. He scratches the back of his head.
"Kid, what were you thinking? A hospital would have been better," a hand shoots out of the ground, "HOLY SHIT!"
Naruto drags himself out of the ground. His breath is heavy from the lack of oxygen. While Naruto was buried he went down memory lane. More importantly when he learned the prayer. Gaea took Naruto in and healed him with ease. It felt like a hug that he use to get when he was younger. He didn't feel any hate or pain, just happiness, joy, and love from Gaea; like the kind that a mother would give to their child.
"How are you still alive?" asks Floyd
"I prayed to Gaea," Naruto answered while standing up, "I learned that prayer from my mother to use only when I absolutely need too. If I'd had used it with injures that weren't fatal Gaea would of kept me awake while draining my life force, so that I could feel all the pain of the world,"
"Damn! Kid, you are strange. Who gave you those injures?"
"David Cain,"
"Shit! Really?" Floyd says with eyes wide open.
Being an assassin for years you learn who are the best very, very quickly. Lady Shiva and Deathstroke are to name a few. David Cain use to work for the League of Assassin til he had a falling out with them a few years back. He doesn't know what happened, but apparently Ra's al Ghul wasn't to thrilled about it.
"What are you going to do now, Kid?" asked Floyd
Naruto fully stands up, "I have questions that need to be answered. I need to know what happened forty years ago and I have to kill Cain,"
"Kid, Cain is one of the best assassins in the world. Lady Shiva can't beat him; what do you think you can do?"
Naruto turns to Deadshot, "I have my rage."
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Naruto knows what he has do to. First is to contact Tsunade to let her know that he's fine. She'll probably will want him to be looked over with a check-up after jumping out of the window. Tsunade herself is waiting in her hotel room. It's been a few hours since the last she'd seen of her grandson. Seeing him jump out of the window showed her how crazy her grandson truly is. The former Yakuza Boss sighs before pouring her a cup of sake.
'Naruto, did the death of your mother lead you to this path? Or was it Slade's training that cause you to be so reckless?' thought the busty blonde
"Hi Baa-chan!" Naruto says appearing out of nowhere.
Tsunade taken by surprised screamed and throws her cup of sake at her grandson. The cup hits Naruto's head which in turn breaks.
"Why did you throw your cup at me?" Naruto sniffs the air, "Sake? Really? I knew you drink, but it's only 4 a.m."
"Dammit Naruto! Where the hell have you been?" the angry grandmother shouted, "Do you know what you put me through when you did that?"
"N- No…" Naruto looks away from his grandmother, "I didn't think about that; I'm sorry, Baa-chan,"
"Naruto," Tsunade hugs Naruto, "Don't do dangerous things like that without thinking beforehand. Having a plan is better then not having a plan. Just remember that for not just me, but for everyone who cares for you; okay?"
Smiling, "Okay!"
"Now then! Let me do a check-up on you to see if anything is broken. And don't say you are hurting. I will know if you are lying." Tsunade says ending anything Naruto was going to say.
Tsunade made Naruto to take off his clothes and beings checking him body. Looking at if there were any injures on the surface, then she checked to see if there was any broken bones and internal bleeding. With everything looking alright she had Naruto to get dress.
"I take it you found the assassin, correct?" the grandmother asks
"Yeah, I found him. I held him out the window to find who hired him. Utatane Koharu hired Deadshot to assassinate you, Baa-chan." Naruto answered to his grandmother.
Anger swells up inside of Tsunade. It's been years and that old hag Koharu hasn't forgotten what happened forty years ago. Tsunade punches a hole in the wall to her right.
"Damn that woman!" shouted Tsunade, "She just can't drop that I didn't want that!"
"What happened forty years ago?" asked Naruto
"Sigh! I guess you have to know what happen to understand why this is happening now. It all started forty years ago." Tsunade says.
-Flashback-
A fist marries a face shattering the bone underneath. Tsunade stands over the person she just punched behind her is a pathway of destruction litter with bodies.
"Who else what's some!?" demands Tsunade which the only answer she gets are moans of pain from everyone around, "That's what I'd thought!"
She continue on with her carnage. As she destroys everything in her pathway; the busty blonde reflex to the events that lead up to this. It was just a normal day with Tsunade drinking sake when a man introduce himself to her. The man says his name is Curtis Knox. It took sometime, but after a few weeks of seeing each other Tsunade slept with him only for Curtis to disappear before Tsunade found out that she is pregnant. Pregnant. That word is still difficult to say. In all her years the blonde never thought that she would get pregnant. The thought of becoming a mother never crossed her mind. Now she has to worry about not just her life, but now the life growing inside of her.
Tsunade places a hand over her stomach, 'To think that I'd never wanted to be a mother; and now I can't wait to see you little one. But first there are a few things that have to be done before you can have a life without this darkness.' though Tsunade as she kicks down a pair of doors.
The doors fly off their henge and into the walls. The guards in the room rush Tsunade who easily beat them down without too much trouble. She stalks over to Koharu who is sitting behind her desk.
"What is the meaning of this!?" demands Koharu
"Listen you old hag!" shouts Tsunade as she slam her hands on Koharu's desk which in turn breaks it, "I had enough of you! You have been pushing for your son to marry me for years now, and when you find out that I'm pregnant by a different man; you start to slander me! Do you know what I did to those that called me those names to me face? I ripped their heads off of their shoulders!"
"You bitch! You have down nothing but brought disgrace to the Yakuza! You would let someone who isn't Japanese; someone isn't from a different Clan to sleep with! You have fallen little girl!" Kohaur yelled back at Tsunade
"You old hag! I didn't sleep with anyone from the Clans because they would try to grab more power then they already have! You never thought about that, but now there is a shift in power and you can't do a damn thing about, bitch!"
"What did you do!?"
"Simple," says Tsunade as she smirks, "I will be stepping down as Clan Head in the coming days and already appointed the next Clan Head to take my place soon after. There is one thing that I made sure to do before I did that."
Tsunade reach about her to pull out a bag with blood dripping out of it from the bottom. She throws the bag onto Koharu's desk. The Clan Head of the Utatane Clan opens the bag to only scream in horror.
"Wha- What HAVE YOU DONE!" screamed Koharu
"I'd removed your son's head from his shoulders. Now you only have your daughter to continue with the Utatane Clan. He was growing to be a pain that needed to be removed. This is my last act of the Clan Head of the Senju Clan. I hope your happy." Tsunade then leaves Koharu to mourn for the lose of her son.
-Flashback End-
"And with that I'd made an enemy of Koharu. I know I acted rashly, but it had to be done,"
"Why?" Naruto asks
"Because her son was a vile man that saw women as playthings!" Tsunade spits out, "He would parade around with a new woman for a week or two, then toss her to the side like scraps for the dogs. Koharu pushed for her son and I to marry, but I wouldn't have any of it; then I met your grandfather. After that bastard left me, Koharu's son learned that I was pregnant and started to spread lies that I would open my legs for anyone; well I didn't take too well to that,"
"Be ripping his head off?" that's what Naruto could think of as to show that you mean business. Cutting someone's head off is good and all as it shows that you're willing to get dirty, but the is something about ripping someone's head off with your bare hands that shows you don't take shit from anyone.
"It had to be done; that's my story," Tsunade says with a strait face, "Now we can't have Koharu call hits out on you and me, now can we?"
"Raid her house and kill any and all guards leaving a bloody mess and killing Koharu slowly, right?"
Tsunade pauses to think long and hard, "Are you sure, Naruto? I mean, if you do this; there is no going back. I don't know what the other Clan Heads will think about you after killing Koharu,"
"If they don't like me after this then they can go fuck themselves!"
Tsunade bonks Naruto on the head "No swearing young man!"
"Sorry…" Naruto says while looking away, "It's not my fault that I can't control my anger. I blame you and Mom," he continues to mutter
"Now we need a game plan. Koharu lives in one of the older distance just outside Tokyo with a large amount of land. So there are bound to be a lot of guards,"
Smiling, "Quiet, you can come out now,"
Quiet appears in a black mist with her sniper rifle hangs from a strap across her back.
"How… Never mind. Quiet, I take you know what's happening, correct?" Quiet nods, "Good! I want the both of you to raid Koharu's house, but try to be quiet as possible because Danzo will probably send some of his guards to help keep Koharu alive,"
"Why would Danzo do that? What does he gain by keeping her alive?"
"Because Koharu has been in Danzo's pocket for years along with Homura to vote on anything that could gain Danzo himself more power. Danzo will do anything to keep Koharu alive; with her dead Danzo will lose power during meetings,"
"Be quick and quiet, got it! Come along, Quiet we have an old lady to kill," says Naruto as he walks towards the door but stops, "That sounded better in my head then when I said it out loud."
Tsunade watches as her grandson leaves to do some dirty work, "I need to call for a meeting tomorrow morning."
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It didn't take take long before Naruto and Quiet are staking out Koharu's mansion and the surrounding grounds. Naruto didn't change his clothing but did get his 1911, ammo for his new Magnum, and his HF Sword hanging off his back. Quiet is laying on her stomach looking through the scope of her sniper rifle.
"What do you see, Quiet?" Quiet taps the side of her stock three times before pausing then two, pause taps three, pause taps two, pause taps two, pause and taps four, "Three guards on the north side, two on the south side, three on the east side, two on the west side, two at the front gates, and four around the mansion itself." Naruto stated.
Naruto and Quiet have worked together for two years now and they came up with a way to understand one another since Quiet doesn't like to talk. It wasn't easy at first, but over time they got the hang of it. Simple jousters, nods, or a number of taps made up the code they came up with to communicate without the use of words is very handle.
Quiet rolls over onto her back as she brings her rifle up and hugs it. The sniper then takes out a silencer and screws it on the barrel, and quickly rolls over back onto her stomach. Naruto reaches over and takes out another silencer from Quiet's back pouch. He stayed his hand from rubbing Quiet's ass. His hormones have been running wild, but with control he hasn't done anything that would bring Quiet's wrath or worst his grandmother's. It doesn't help that Quiet wears only underwear around him.
Screws the silencer onto his 1911, "Quiet, I know you have my back. You're my eyes and ears on the ground. I thank you for all your hard work," Naruto says before slowly standing up.
Quiet reach over and gently rubs his leg, "Go get her," the sniper roughly says
"You know it!" Naruto replies before running off towards the mansion.
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Looking through her scope Quiet watches the two guards standing at the front gates. She takes in a breath, holds it, and squeezes the trigger. One of the guards fall over, even before the other guard turn around is tackled to the ground with a knife going into the base of his skull. Naruto gives Quiet a thumbs up before hiding the bodies and jumping over the front gates.
The layout of the front of the mansion is straight forward. Pathways lined with smooth stepping stone that lie in gravel that's been racked through and large stones placed here and there. The young assassin takes cover behind one of the large stones as a guard walks by. The guard turns around which allows Naruto to catch what they are carrying for weapons. A simple SMG that looks like it doesn't give much recoil from firing. The guard walks pass the large stone before Naruto grabs and pulls him behind it out of sight.
Cold metal glides across the warm skin as the life essence spills out onto the ground dying the gravel red. Peeking around the large stone with no one in sight. The blonde runs down the pathway before tackling another guard with another falling over as blood pools around his head. Naruto himself ended the guard that he'd tackled. The final guard walks around then stops.
"Where did everyone else go?"
The guard falls over. Naruto creeps along the wall with his 1911 in his left hand and his knife in his right as he glides his left across the wall. The blonde stops in front of the door. He cracks the door open and peeks inside. Slowly pushing in he walks into the main entrance for the mansion. The main entrance is lit by candles.
'Why use the old candles?' Naruto thought as he slowly makes his way further inside.
Naruto stops where he stands. He looks around as he doesn't hear anything, not even the wind itself. He brings up his weapons close to his chest. Shifting his eyes from left to right.
Click!
Naruto leaps to the right dodging a path of destruction. The flames burn the main entrance. Naruto rolls to his feet and aims at the direction the flames came from.
"Show yourself!" Naruto demands
"Well well! You dodged that," says a deep voice
"I'll say it again! Show yourself!" Naruto demands once more
"Very well!"
The ground shacks with a thump. A giant of a man steps out into the light from the flames. He has a large stomach with a cross shape scar.
"My name is Hyottoko, a member of the Oniwabanshu; and you are my target,"
"Oniwabanshu? Never heard of you! How did you know that I was coming?"
"I never ask, only that I was suppose to come here with the other members for when Senju Naruto to arrive and anyone with him to kill them,"
"Other members?" Naruto says with his eyes widening
"That's right!" Hyottoko clicks his teeth, "There are other members here! But you'll be burned alive before you could do anything!"
Hyottoko breaths fire out towards Naruto. Naruto rolls out of the way before taking aim at Hyottoko, but a dart flies into Naruto left aim. The blonde's arm quickly becomes numb.
"Shit!" Naruto leaps out of the way once more as Hyottoko breaths fire out towards him.
Another dart flies into Naruto right leg this time. Naruto looks as the flames consume him this time. A little man lands on Hyottoko's right shoulder.
"Beshimi, you used your posion darts on him didn't you?" asked Hyottoko
"Of course I did! Why do you need to ask?" Beshimi bites back with
"Because I don't think he's dead,"
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I'm pissed now!" Naruto says as he walks out of the flames with minor burns, "I would shoot you, but I want to kill you with my sword now!"
Naruto holsters his 1911 and knife to unsheathed his sword. Naruto leaps towards them with his left leg. Taking them by surprised the blonde flips the blade to hit Beshimi in the head with his sword and punched Hyottoko in the mouth; shoving his fist down the fire breather's throat and pulls out a nozzle that's connected to a bag. Hyottoko lost everything else that was in his stomach when Naruto did that.
"Ho- How?!" questioned the fire breather
"I smelled oil every time you used that fire breath of yours. You needed to use a way to light the oil and that was every time you clicked your teeth. It was simple." Naruto says before he knocks Hyottoko out cold.
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Quiet picked off the other guards around the mansion just to be on the safe side. She waits patiently for Naruto to come back outside.
'I wonder what's taking him so long. The mansion isn't that big to get lost in, is it?" thought Quiet.
Quiet is brought out of her train of thinking when she hears the sound of metal ringing in the air. She quickly rolls out of the way as a large metal ball crashes into the ground where she was laying.
"Damn! I missed!"
Quiet looks over to see a large muscle bound man with scars covering his body holding a chain that's connected to the ball he just throw at her.
"Name's Shikijo, a member of the Oniwabanshu! What's you name?" asked Shikijo.
Quiet just stares at him before standing up and takes aim at him. Shikijo pulls his chain up which in turn brought the metal ball up. The metal ball blocks the bullet since it didn't have the distance to increase the damage it could do. Shikijo swings his chain around letting it swings out towards Quiet. Quiet to sitting still jumps out of the way before the metal ball came crashing into the ground once again. The mute sniper fires at Shikijo once more and this time the bullet did hit the muscle man, but the bullet just bounce of his skin.
Shikijo smirks, "I spent hours training my body! I spent years training my muscles! Bullets can't harm me!"
Quiet stares at him. The first time she fired a bullet at him, he blocked it. Thinking about it, he has to know the speed that her bullet travel from her barrel to him. With her firing at him and blocking it, it gave him what he need to block and dodge the bullet, but not he can just let the bullet hit him without the fear of injure.
'I wonder…' thought Quiet before she fires at Shikijo again, but this time aiming at one of his eyes.
Shikijo drops his ball and chain to grab his head as he screams out in pain. Spending years to train one muscles and body to not feel pain is good and all, but you can't train the eye to do that. Yes, you can train the eye to track objects moving at high speeds, but you can't strength the eye to withstand more damage because the eye can't take much punishment.
"Damn! Damn it! Damn it! Why? Why did you aim for my eye!? WHY!?" screamed out Shikijo as he starts to roll on the ground.
Quiet is actually speechless at what she's watching. She guesses since Shikijo hasn't felt pain in so many years that he isn't use to it. So without the use of feeling pain caused his body to become super sensitive to pain. Quiet leaves Shikijo in his pain.
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Koharu grips the arm of her chair. She has been sitting in front of a screen that shows all of the mansion. While Naruto and Quiet thought that they were being quiet and sneaking inside without no one noticing, they didn't think that there were cameras watching all their movements.
"How can this happen?" questions Koharu
"You did this to yourself, Lady Koharu," says a voice behind her
"Han'nya! I did not ask for your answer!"
Stepping out of the shadows stands a man wearing a demonic mask with dark clothing and horizontal stripes going down his arms.
"Senju Naruto is someone you shouldn't have targeted a loved one close to him,"
"And why is that? Tsunade has been a pain in my side for years when she was the Clan Head for the Senju. She killed my son when she was pregnant and ran off before I could do anything to get my revenge. When I heard that she was going to attend this meeting; I had to act and hired Deadshot to end her, but no one knew that she had a grandson,"
"Danzo knew. The man knows more than he let's on; why do you trust him?"
"Danzo is the one that got me into this position by having my sister assassinated. My sister would of brought this Clan nothing but disgrace and shame. And why am I telling you this, Han'nya? You are nothing more than someone that I hired to protect me; why have Beshimi, Hyottoko, and Shikijo been defeated? By Tsunade's grandson and some woman in her underwear?" Koharu yelled out
"Because we have no information on them till now."
Both Han'nya and Koharu turn their heads towards the doors to the room as they open up. Walking into light is a man wearing a heavy coat and purple clothing underneath. Han'nya kneels down to the man.
"Aoshi-sama, I take it you found out more about Senju Naruto?" asked Han'nya
"Yes, it seems that Senju Naruto, or Naruto Uzumaki is a former child solider. Better known as the Golden Devil daring the Liberian Civil War. Koharu, you made a very dangerous enemy with the hit on Senju Tsunade. What do you plan on doing?" asked Aoshi
"What I plan on doing?" yelled Koharu, "What I plan on doing is sitting here and you to do your job that I am paying you to do!"
"Very well then. Han'nya,"
"Yes!" called out the masked assassin
"Welcome Naruto Uzumaki." Aoshi says before leaving the room and Han'nya himself disappears into the shadows; leaving Koharu by herself.
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Naruto flex his left arm. It's been forty minutes since his fight with Beshimi and Hyottoko. The feeling in his left arm and right leg is slowly coming back.
"What ever was in those darts suck!" Naruto shouted.
The blonde comes to a stop down a hallway. Han'nya is standing there waiting for Naruto to arrive.
'Well that's not scary not at all,' thought Naruto
"My name is Han'nya, one of the member of the Oniwabanshu. I stand before you to stop you as Aoshi-sama stands between us and Koharu,"
"So I have to defeat you and this Aoshi person? Doesn't sound too hard,"
"You say that now, but you have to defeat me first, Golden Devil!" Han'nya stated as he hits his fists together as metal rings out.
Han'nya dashes forward throwing a hock at Naruto. The blonde steps back, but the fist connect to his right cheek.
"What?!" Naruto shouted out in shock.
Han'nya twists around with his backhand out. Naruto leans back, but like before is hit in the face. Naruto slides back from Han'nya. Blood runs out of the corner of his mouth.
Wiping the blood away, "What is going on? I know I dodged that, but it was like his arm stretched out. The left hock and backhand shouldn't have connected!"
"The art of illusion has many forms. You are trapped in this illusion the moment when you looked at me, Naruto Uzumaki.,"
"An illusion huh? Let's see if I can break your illusion." Naruto firmly says.
The blonde holds out of his sword in front of him. Every fight has its own difficulties and this one is no different. Han'nya has somehow figure a way to cause people to misjudge distance. This is causing the blonde to take hits that he normally wouldn't take. The metal in his gloves don't help either. Han'nya charges Naruto once more as the blonde waits for the masked man to get closer.
Acting quickly and swinging his sword at the last minute; Naruto cuts Han'nya's mask. The masked man leaps away from Naruto with his hands covering his mask.
"How? How did you figure out how to properly dodge?" asked Han'nya as pieces of his mask fall off
"I used my sword to measure out your arms. My sword is 29 ¾ inches long. Those stripes on you arms play with the eye and cause your opponent to misjudge the distances to dodge you punches," Naruto simply explains
"So you figured out my little trick," Han'nya reveals scarred skin and an eye without a pupil, "But will it be enough to defeat me?"
"The only way to find out is to try." Naruto answered Han'nya.
Han'nya brings up his fists with blades coming out of his knocks. The masked assassin leap towards Naruto. Blocking the strike Naruto kicks Han'nya away. They both jump at each other clashing blades with each other. Their back facing one another. A cut open up on Naruto's right shoulder. The blades coming out of Han'nya's gloves break.
"You may have defeated me, but at your level you won't beat my Master," says Han'nya before he falls over.
Naruto continues on forward. Naruto wonders why these assassins work for Koharu. They don't seem the type to take any contract, yet they are defending her. Naruto comes to a ballroom where Aoshi is waiting for the blonde.
"I take it you're the one that Han'nya talked about, right?" Naruto asked
"That's correct. My name is Shinomori Aoshi, leader of the Oniwabanshu. It would seem fate has been working towards our meeting,"
"And how's that?"
"I too fought in the Liberian Civil War all those years ago, but I fought on the other side of the war,"
"In other words, we fought against each other. Why haven't we fought then?"
"Because the war ended before we could have had the chance to face one an other, but now it is like fate is working once more," Aoshi moves his coat to revealing a kodachi
"A kodachi?" a puzzled Naruto says
"Yes, a kodachi," Aoshi unsheathed his sword, "Just like you; I too have taken up the sword."
Taking his stance with Naruto taking his stance, "Answer me this; why have I never heard of you, if you fought in the Liberian Civil War?"
"Because I was mostly sent on assassination missions. If your camp wasn't raided like it was; you were my next target. Enough talking; this is a fight that has been in the making for years now."
And just like Aoshi said, talking came to an end. With speed that can only be brought by with years of training. Sparks flash as metal meets metal. They lock blades as their blades grid causing sparks to fly. Aoshi kicks Naruto in the stomach which he then punches Naruto several times on his torso. Naruto slides from the force of each punch.
"You use the same fighting style that Han'nya uses," the blonde says
"You are correct, but there is one difference," each location that made connect with Aoshi's fist rips and tear as dark bruises appear and Naruto coughing up blood, "I was the one that taught Han'nya everything that he knows. The level between master and apprentice is that great,"
'This is the difference between master and apprentice,' Naruto drops to a knee, 'How can there be such a big difference? What is the difference between Slade and I?'
"Is this it? I thought that the Golden Devil would of brought more challenge to a fight; maybe I was overestimating you." Aoshi says with clear disappointment.
Naruto tighten his grip and grits his teeth. This is the second time that he has been forced to his knees in less then twelve hours. The Golden Devil promised that he would end David Cain's life the next time they would meet. Now here stands someone who fought in the Liberian Civil War just as he did; and he's mocking him!
"You want to fight the Golden Devil?" Naruto whispers out which Aoshi clearly heard
"Yes, I wish to be the strongest. Who is known better than the Golden Devil of the Liberian Civil War?"
"Then you have him!"
Naruto shoots up towards Aoshi who blocks the strike. Aoshi struggles holding his guard. It was like the Golden Devil's strength doubled out of nowhere.
'Where did he get this strength?'
Striking with a heavy blow to the head, Naruto grits his teeth as his anger boils more and more. Aoshi punches the blonde in the temple and digs his fist by twisting clockwise. Naruto himself pushes back before looking eyes with Aoshi. Those cold uncaring eyes stare into Aoshi's equally cold eyes. Two beasts attack one an other without remorse.
Aoshi stomps on Naruto's foot before flipping his kodachi backhanded, twisting and turning three times slashing across Naruto's chest. The blonde saw this, but only had enough time to step back to receive a minor wound and not the fatal one he was just about to fully receive.
Stunned that someone not only saw his technique, but also partially dodged it, "You dodged my Kaiten Kenbu. You are the first person to do so,"
"I barely saw your movements. It was like one minutes your movements are alternating between fast and slow movements. It was confusing at first, but over time my eyes gotten use to it. If my Master has been training me to fight speedsters this fight would have been over with that technique of yours," explained Naruto
"You were able to see my Ryusui no Ugoki. It seems that over the years both of us have grown stronger."
Aoshi says no more as he raises his sword up to block Naruto's sword swing. Aoshi knocks Naruto's sword out of his hands and went for a second strike on the now swordless blonde. Naruto didn't let him complete the strike as he catches the blade between his hands and shoved the hilt into Aoshi's throat. They both leap away from each other. Quiet appears in a black mist next to Naruto; the other members of the Oniwabanshu bust through the doors.
"Quiet, what are you doing here?" Naruto asks
"Why are you all here?" asked Aoshi
"Aoshi-sama, we came as fast as we could when we all too," answered Shikijo who gives Quiet a glare
"Aoshi-sama, are you alright?" asked Beshimi
"I am alright with my injures," Aoshi says while never taking his eyes off of Naruto
"Quiet, I take we failed in sneaking inside, didn't we?" Quiet gives Naruto as stare, "Right, right! Five against two is going to be difficult. May I ask, why are you fighting for Koharu?"
"We were hired to protect her by Hiruzen as a means to protect a friend," Han'nya answered Naruto
'It seems there are more and more questions coming up and up! I'm starting to hate Japan!' thought Naruto
The doors on the other side of the ballroom burst open with Koharu standing at the entrance next to a mounted machine gun with an ammo belt feeding into the machine gun.
"It seems that I have to do everything myself. I knew Hiruzen wouldn't help me if all those he hired can't do their jobs." Koharu says before firing at everyone.
Everyone jumps and doges the bullets as they fly by. Koharu is purposely missing them as she laughs as everyone is running for their lives.
"I should of done this in the beginning! Fuck the other Clans! I should of campaigned for war with the other Clans! The Utatane Clan should be leading the other Clans into an era of power! I'll start with all of your deaths!" Koharu clearly losing her mind.
Koharu sets her sights on Han'nya. Aoshi saw this shoves the masked assassin out of the way with his legs being shot up. The members of the Oniwabanshu rush to their leader. Koharu seeing an easy target aims at them. Shikijo leaps in the way, his back is covered in bullet holes.
"Shikijo!" Aoshi yelled out
"Do- Don't worry about this… Aoshi-sama! I see it… this way I can repay… you…" Shikijo says before dropping to his knees and dies right there.
"You bitch!" yelled out Hyottoko as he runs towards Koharu.
Koharu fires filling Hyottoko with bullets. The large man falls to the floor with Beshimi jumping off Hyottoko's back. He throws a dart that sticks in the ammo belt. Bullets fill Beshimi making him fall to the ground.
"It… was worth it…" says Beshimi before passing on.
Naruto and Quiet stand as one by one members of the Oniwabanshu fall for their leader. They gave their lives willing for the man that they follow. Naruto turned to Quiet, wondering if Quiet would do the same for him if his life was on the line. That's one thing that Naruto always wonder about Quiet; why does she follow him. Was it because he saved her life? Was it because he was there after she was nearly raped?
"Golden Devil,"
Naruto turns to his left to find Han'nya standing there, "Han'nya, what are you doing?"
"I am here to make my final stand. I shall make an opening for you to grab your sword, Golden Devil," Naruto looks to see that his sword is all the way on the other side of the room, "I shall go to the afterlife with the honor of facing you, Golden Devil."
Both charged off into different directions. Aoshi can only watch as Han'nya is filled full of bullets just like the other members of the Oniwabanshu.
"Ha! Ha haha hah! Even the mighty Oniwabanshu is no match for me!" proclaims Koharu, "Next I'll turn my sights on Tsunade's grandson! I'll send his head to that bitch!
"Do you think so?" asked Naruto as he retrieved his sword, "Then I'll give you a challenge!"
"I'll end you like everyone else that stands in my way!" Koharu shouted.
Koharu open fire at Naruto as he run towards her. The blonde tries to track each bullet with his eyes; dodging the bullets at the last minute to not waste energy. Of course by doing this the bullets are cutting him. The machine gun jams.
"What?" Koharu looks down to see that a dart is causing the jam.
Naruto leaps up in air. The edge of his sword glows an anger red. Bring his sword down he cuts through the machine gun, destroying it.
"You end lives like it means nothing! You are a coward! No will save you!" shouted Naruto as his eyes become cold and ruthless.
With a swing Koharu's head leaves her shoulders. Hearing grunting Naruto turns around to find Aoshi on his feet. He watches as the leader of the Oniwabanshu picked up the fallen members.
"Know this Golden Devil, you get to live for now, but I'll come for you. Do not forget my name; Shinomori Aoshi."
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Tsunade is rubbing the side of her head. The meeting is underway and Naruto hasn't been seen since last night. The other Clan Heads and the Heirs are in the room as are the body guards and the members of the Old Guards. They moved the meeting to a different room with no windows for a sniper to take any shots at anyone.
'Where are you brat? You better of not gotten yourself killed. That's the only thing I need to lose the last of my family,' thought Tsunade
"When should we start the meeting?" says Hiashi, "I don't think we can wait for Tsunade-sama's grandson to get here forever,"
"I would of liked to sleep in if this meeting wasn't taking place," said Shikaku
"I know I would" Shikamaru chimes in
"You can't go in there!" called out a voice.
The doors are kicked open as Naruto and Quiet walk through them. They didn't even both to change their clothes from the night before. Naruto didn't even wait as he throws Koharu's severed head onto the meeting table. Blood flies everywhere as the head rolls down the table stopping in front of Danzo. Choji, Hinata, Ino, and Kiba faint from seeing the severed head. Tsume just palms her face from her son's fainting spell. Everyone else showed their disgust, but Danzo, Sai, Shino, Shibi, Mifune, and Hiruzen.
"What is the meaning of this? Asked Mifune in a calm voice, but those who knew him for years can tell how angry he is
"Utatane Koharu was the one that hired the assassin that attacked last night," Naruto states as he walks around the meeting table, "She hired Deadshot to assassinate my grandmother, Senju Tsunade. Those that are old should know for what reason,"
"Petty revenge," Hiruzen
"We have a winner!" Naruto shouted as he stops behind Hiruzen, "I'm going to ask you some questions Sarutobi Hiruzen, and if I don't like them; then you'll end up like Koharu."
The older members watch as Naruto takes his sword. They look into his eyes as they are cold and uncaring. The same eyes that Senju Tobirama, Tsunade's great uncle. They all knew how cold he could be when it came to fighting against enemies and traitors; the same look that Naruto has.
"What is it that you want to ask?" Hiruzen simply asked
"Why did you hire the Oniwabanshu to guard Koharu?"
"Because I knew that someone would come after her life,"
"How did you know that someone was going to go ask her life?
"Because she doesn't think a plan through. She can be shortsighted,"
"You protected her knowing full well that she is guilty? That she tried to kill my grandmother?"
"Because Koharu didn't know how to let go of the past. That the old ways can only solve any problem with blood,"
"Blood that she paid for,"
"So you killed her?"
"Of course, eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an evil for an evil; prepare to lose your life when you take a life. This is no game, she knew what could happen if Deadshot missed,"
"Deadshot doesn't miss,"
"Because he didn't know about the bulletproof glass," Naruto makes his way over to Danzo, "You know, I've done a let of things, but to hold a grudge…"
Naruto stops right there. He was just about to say that he doesn't hold a grudge, but that is what he's doing with the Amazons. The grudge that he wants for the death of his mother. Not just his mother's death, but his father's and countless others as well. All the fishermen and newborns that happen to be male. How many have they killed over the years? And the Gods just let them do it without any after effect?
Naruto walk pass Danzo, around the room to stand behind his grandmother, "To… see past one mistake; you have think like they do. You can't hold onto grudges that will end in not your their death, but yours as well. When you want revenge you better make two graves; one that you want revenge on and a grave for yourself,"
"So you killed Koharu out of revenge that she tried to kill Tsunade?" asked Mifune
"You have to understand that fighting in battle, emotions drive you that sometimes they blind you. Having hatred blind you can cost you more then what can be seen at the time. I have always let my emotions drive me because they have lead me to my survival. My emotions let me know that I'm alive,"
"And what if Koharu's granddaughter wants revenge on you for her grandmother's death?"
"Then I'll gladly accept the fallback with open arms. If you think you can get away with taking a life without any concurrences; then you are fooling yourself." Naruto simply answers.
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It's been several hours since the meeting ended. Some of the Clan Heads didn't like that one of the Elders was murdered, but they couldn't fault Naruto's thinking as they would of done the same thing if one of their kids was targeted in an assassination attempt. Everyone voted that if any Clan Heads in the future had any misunderstanding or disagreements that could end with bloodshed, they have to involve the other Clan Heads to look at both side to see if it should go down that path.
Naruto himself didn't stick around to hear any of the results. He left Quiet to guard Tsunade as he went to clear his head and think what he will do with his grudge. Walking through the crowd the flood the streets of Tokyo Naruto easily got lost in his thoughts. The blonde wonders throughout the whole city from dawn til dusk. He is sitting on a train as it's making its last stops for the night.
'I've been holding this grudge for years. I know that I thought about it and was fine with taking my revenge against the Amazons, but with Koharu has opened my eyes that I too am leading down the same path that she was on. Am I becoming what I hate?' thought Naruto.
Naruto is brought out of his train of thought when he fought a familiar presence. Carefully looking around, the blonde searches the train cart that's he in. He is the only person in side the cart, yet he can still feel a presence.
"Come out! I know your there!" yelled out Naruto as he slowly stands up
"You survived," says David as he walks out of the shadows, "I thought with the injuries that I gave you, you would of died,"
"You'd be surprised at how hard it is to kill me. What do I have the pleasure of seeing you again, Cain?" Naruto clearly showing that he doesn't like Cain
"I heard what you did to Utatane Koharu. Breaking into her mansion, fighting the Oniwabanshu, and beheading Koharu herself,"
"It sounds like your disappointed, but I don't care what you think, Cain. But I did hear something about you. What did you do to cause Ra's al Ghul to kick you out of the League of Assassins?"
Narrowing his eyes, "Where did you learn that?"
"From an assassin," smirking Naruto, "You must of done something that caused Ra's to do something like that and not have your former comrades coming after you. Tell me, what did you do?" asked Naruto
"I tried to have my daughter become Talia. Talia's elite guards are all women that are forbidden to speak, so I never taught my daughter how to speak. Teaching her only the ways of combat and the ways of killing, but my daughter decided that she didn't want to be an assassin so she ran away. Ra's how learned how I raised my daughter was disguised with with me and throw me out of the League of Assassins. Of all the work that I've done for the League they throw me out! I will show Ra's that I still have my right to be a member by killing you," explains David
"You reap what you sow,"
"By killing you not only will Ra's take me back, but Lady Shiva will lose another loved one,"
"Now you had to bring my Master into this! I can't let you do that to my Master; besides, I'd promised Master that I would end your life for taking her sisters',"
"You take my life? Ha!" David laughs at the idea, "You who couldn't even defend against the beating that I gave you last time and the time beforehand,"
Naruto holds up two fingers, "I let you beat me. The first time you beat was to gain an understanding of torture and to resist it, the second time you beat was because I was injured beforehand by my own actions; and we really never fought,"
"We'll be fighting now." and with that David ends the conversion.
Naruto doesn't have any of his weapons with him and as for Naruto can see David doesn't have any weapons on him too. Slowly taking a step forward, Naruto keeps his guard up. Taking a breath Naruto jumps on the sits, running on top of them delivering a kick to David. Straight, then a cross, followed by a heavy uppercut, then another cross. David went to grab Naruto only for him to knock his arm away to counter with a blow to David's chest. Naruto delivers several punches to the white assassin's face, grabs one of his tubes with a fist meeting his face with a kick sending David to the other side of the cart.
The blonde walks over to David and grabs his collar. Cain shoves his fingers into Naruto's chest which digs through his flesh, "Is that all you got?" asked Cain as he twists his hand causing Naruto more pain.
Naruto is thrown across the cart. He rolls over onto his side grabbing his bloody chest. The pain in his chest is causing difficultly for breathing, to regain his breathing. In all of his years in fighting he never ran into someone that could do that with their fingers. David slowly walk towards Naruto with blood dripping from his fingers. Turning his head he watches as David grabs his throat, drags his body to the end of the cart. And slams Naruto with enough force to shatter the glass to the window.
The wind wipes around from the speed of the train. David brings his other hand to join its brother wrapping around Naruto's throat. Trying to breath, trying to grab anything, trying to survive. Wrapping his hand around one of the tubes to David's mask Naruto plants his feet on David's chest and pulls with all his might. The tube gives out as David is forced back, letting go of Naruto's neck. What Naruto doesn't know that David has been breathing in Fear Gas and with the tube broken off Fear Gas sprays out into the blonde's face.
Sliding down into the sit he was over the blonde fills his lungs with air and Fear Gas. Shaking as his hands cover his face. Images appear in front of Naruto. He can hear the voices calling out to him. Yelling at him. Calling him a murderer. A monster. A demon. Calling for his death. David watches as Naruto sits there shacking for the Fear Gas entering his body.
"Hmph! Just a small dose of Fear Gas and he is stun. So many people have high hopes for you and fear is making you give in; what a waste." said David.
Naruto lower his hands to watch as his mother being killed over and over again and again. The scene repeats itself over and over again in a never ending cycle.
"Stop it…" whispers out Naruto, "Stop it. Make it stop! I don't want to see it again!" gripping his hair and pulling his knees up to his chest to curl up in a ball, "I don't want to see it!"
"Shh! I have you," says a familiar voice
Naruto opens his eyes, "M- Mommy?"
"Yes, don't be afraid, my Naru-chan. You don't have to be afraid," Kushina wraps her arms around Naruto giving him a hug for his comfort, "Everything will be alright, sweety, everything will be alright,"
"I'm scared,"
"That's alright sweet heart. It's perfectly fine to be scared. It's not alright to let your fear rule you. Don't let your fear rule you and make you do things that you normally wouldn't do,"
"What do I do?"
"You stand and face your face. Stand tall and never back down. Do what I couldn't do til it was too late. Do that, and no one will be able to beat you ever again. Now sweet heart," Kushina brings up his face, "Show this bastard who he is fucking with Dattebane!" Kushina says with pride
"Dattebayo!"
"What?" David says with shock.
He just saw someone inhales Fear Gas, consuming to it, and overcoming it. He only saw one person do that and that was the Batman. Naruto takes his time to get to his feet. Cain takes a step back.
'This can't be happening!' thought Cain, 'I saw him consuming to the Fear Gas! No one overcome it without the antidote and hours if not days to fully recover! How?! How can he still stand?'
Naruto looks at his hand before making a fist, 'I can do it! I have to do it! Not just for me, but for my Mom!'
Naruto didn't even wait, he just leap towards David and planting his feet into Cain's chest sending him into the sits behind him. Naruto was on David before he could even recover for the sudden kick to his chest when he felt a fist on his face. Not sitting there and take the blows that are coming, David kicks Naruto off of him and tackles the blonde where they both fall out of the train. Naruto crashes onto a car below with David landing on him to add more damage. Cain grabs Naruto head and headbutts him over and over again. Blood flies up as David throws his head back before slamming him head back down onto the blonde.
The blonde himself delivers a knife punch to David's ribs, breaking a few. Fighting through the pain of a few broken ribs Cain grabs Naruto by his hair and throws him across the street. Using years of training to center his center of gravity to rotate and lands on his feet, Naruto using his speed to wipes around a street light and flies back to David. The white assassin takes the clothesline to his throat which causes him to hit the cold ground.
"Get up! Get up!" Naruto demands.
The clouds move overhead. Lightning flashes in the skies above before a heavy down pour consumes the city.
"I said GET UP! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"
David's eyes open. The white assassin stands to his feet. He rotate his neck popping his neck. Naruto pops his knuckles and drops into his stance. David spreads his arms out giving a stance that leaves him open for an attack from all side. Looking not to be rude Naruto rushes David to swing out his leg. David catches Naruto's foot to pull his leg out and to make an opening. Not letting that to happen, Naruto swings his other leg and deliver a kick to David's face. Spinning on his hands Naruto jumps up to land a few blows to David's chest. The older assassin clap both of his hands on Naruto's ears for him to savagely punch Naruto in the kidneys.
Taking a few steps back Naruto regains his footing only for Cain to grabs the spot he'd just punched. Naruto knees David in the side to spin around with David catching him arm. Not letting up, Naruto slams his other elbow into David's face over and over again using his super strength. A few teeth fly out of David's mouth as he was force to let go. Shouting Naruto delivers a hard knee to David's chest, brings his hands together and brings them down to the side of the older assassin's head, before wrapping his arms around Cain's neck. Yelling at the top of his lungs and using his super strength, the Blonde snaps David Cain's neck with enough force the his face did a 180.
the younger assassin takes a few steps back and watches as David's body falls over. Breathing heavy as his wounds and injures finally kick in. Groaning, he slowly walks away from the battle ground.
Heels clicking echoes through the street as the rain comes to a stop. A woman stands over David's body.
"What a shame. You just had to fight the boy and lose. Your pride was your downfall, Cain. A mother can only forgive so many times before she can't do anymore, and I can't do anything now."
The woman walks away disappearing in the shadows that she once came from.
-Author's Note-
I would like to say this; fuck you, Rongis! I like to say I don't know how this is a ripe off, but I wasted your time and for that; winning! Anyone calls out that my story is bad… well fuck you!
