NARUTO: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am so sorry guys! IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING! I haven't been updating this story like I want to. Life stuff and crap like that, BUT I'M NOT WASTING ANY MORE TIME! LET'S GET TO IT!
Chapter 3: The Return
It was in the middle of the night again, and Naruto was sleeping peacefully. He wasn't sleep walking and going to some random place in the middle of the night anymore. They still didn't find out the cause for that, but since nothing else has happened, then they hoped it was just Naruto acting stupid.
His peaceful sleep wouldn't last forever, though, as someone would wake him up.
"WAKE UP YOU BAKA!"
"WHAT WHAT?! I DIDN'T DO IT!" yelled Naruto, falling out of his bed and landed face first on the floor. He groaned, slowly getting up.
"God, what was that..."
"Hi."
That voice scared Naruto again, but this time, it only took a few seconds to realize who it was.
"Oh, it's you... Ehem... WHY DID YOU WAKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?!" Naruto was clearly angered at Kurama messing up his sleep.
"I'm trying to warn you, fool! Why else would I wake you up in the middle of the night?!" Kurama sighed. "Honestly, I don't even know why I bother with you sometimes... It's only because I'm trapped within you."
Naruto sighed in response. "Okay, okay, okay, I get it. What's going on?"
"Someone is here to see you."
"And that someone is...?"
Naruto would get his answer, as the whole village of Konoha started to shake. Not only that, but it sounded like a lot of stuff was being destoryed. Homes were getting thrashed, and explosions started happening and appearing from everywhere.
"What the..."
Naruto looked outside of his window to see everything that was happening. Well, this certainly wasn't good. This was an invasion.
Without wasting any more time, Naruto got his old trusty orange jacket, and ran out of his apartment. When he looked, he saw multiple snakes attacking the village. This could only mean one thing.
"Orochimaru..."
Just saying his name gave Naruto chills, because Orochimaru creeped him out to the max.
"Hello, Naruto."
The voice was seemingly right behind him.
To be more accurate, it was literally right behind him.
"Why are you here...?"
Naruto turned around and jumped backwards, seeing the person that was behind him. And what do you know, it was good old Orochimaru.
"You see, there can be a lot of reasons why I'm here, considering my past with this cursed place. However, the main reason why I'm here in the first place... Is because of you."
Naruto was in a fighting stance at this time. "Me? What do you want with me? Don't you have any other ninjas to bother?"
Orochimaru laughed, continuing to look at Naruto. "You see, bothering other ninjas isn't as fun, compared to the other power ninjas I can bother. As for you, that chakra inside you is something great... Amazing, really. The nine tailed fox gives you extraordinary amounts of strength that you can't even fully grasp yet."
Naruto listened, but he wasn't understanding what Orochimaru was trying to say. "What are you saying...?"
"I'm saying that you need to come with me. I can teach you how to control that power at a moment's notice."
"Like I would ever join you!" Naruto wasn't having it. He felt insulted that Orochimaru would even have the audacity to offer him something like that. "Say something to me like that again, and I'll kick your butt all the way to next week!"
"Oh please, would you stop trying to play the tough guy act for once?" Orochimaru scoffed at this. "If you had any idea of how much chakra you truly possessed, it would be a no brainer to let me help you. Regardless, you need someone like me too, because I see straight through you," he continued. "Your eyes... Your eyes describe a person that's been lonely for his entire life. The village still hasn't accepted you yet, even when you prove you're a valuable asset."
"Shut up!" Naruto started to get angrier and angrier by the second thanks to Orochimaru's words. He pointed straight at him, his look of anger not going away. "You know nothing, and I mean nothing about me! You're just some maniac that kills his own men without any regard! You kill them when they're of no use to you anymore! Why would I listen or follow a person like that!?"
"Boy, you're even more stubborn from what I can remember... How can I put this in the most simple way possible, so it can really sink in for somebody like you." Orochimaru proceeded to point to the whole village, looking around. "Naruto, you've done good things for this village. The people even found you amusing for awhile, but the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you, just like they did years ago. It'll be the exact same thing all over again."
Naruto wanted to smack Orochimaru right now, but his words were slowly but surely starting to get with him. He started to think that he had a point. The hate isn't as bad as it was when he was younger, but there were still a lot of people that didn't accept him, even after all the things he's done for them.
Orochimaru saw that his words were finally starting to creep in Naruto's head. "Good, good. So, you're finally starting to understand where I'm coming from. This is only the first step. Deep down, you know I'm right. Why fight for a village that can turn on you at any given moment? Doesn't that seem like a waste?"
Naruto was starting to slouch in his fighting stance, getting completely off track. It was like he was lost in time, as his whole past was starting to flash right before his eyes again.
Orochimaru thought that the first part of the job was done. Now, all he needed to do was convince him to come. Although, he would get interrupted by Shikamaru, who kicked him, making him slide across the floor. He looked at Naruto, seeing that he was in a different mood.
"Naruto! Snap out of it! We gotta save the village!" Shikamaru yelled, but Naruto wasn't moving. "Naruto...?"
Now, instead of being the interrupter, Shikamaru was being interrupted by Orochimaru, who grabbed him by the throat, raising him up. "Can't you see that I'm busy?" He then punched Shikamaru into a nearby home, scoffing.
"This village really has declined ever since I left... What a shame." Orochimaru stated, but then he suddenly felt his face meeting the ground from a heavy back punch. It was no one other than Sakura. "Get away from Naruto!" she yelled, starting to punch Orochimaru in the back multiple times. Each punch felt as hard as metal, as she felt the need to protect her teammate.
Naruto looked to see Sakura giving Orochimaru an absolute beat down. "S-Sakura...?"
"Impressed, Naruto? Heh heh, seems like my training with Lady Tsunade is paying off!" she exlcaimed. Just as she was about to send the final punch, Orochimaru flipped over on his back, grabbing the punch just in time. "As for you... Because of those punches, I feel the need to send you to the afterlife!"
Orochimaru snapped his fingers, and a few of his snakes were coming straight for Sakura. Seeing how they were coming so fast, Sakura barely had any time to defend herself, which ultimately caused her to get rammed into a shop. After that happened, Sakura groaned, knowing that she was a little bloody right now. "Crap..."
Naruto, seeing all of this happen, just stood there. It's like he was completely broken, because of Orochimaru's words.
"YOU IDIOT! DO SOMETHING!" Kurama screamed at him, but Naruto wasn't budging.
Orochimaru started to walk towards Naruto, smiling. "Seems like I broke you. Ah well, once you completely see the light, you'll understand and come back to your senses." he said, laughing.
"Shut up..." Naruto replied.
"Hmm?" Orochimaru raised an eyebrow.
"I SAID SHUT UP!"
Naruto's chakra was clearly increasing, and it had the signature nine tailed fox aura covering him. Angry that he took out both of his friends, Naruto sent an uppercut at Orochimaru, sending him flying into the air. Though, Naruto jumped to stay right with him, and kicked him in his right side, making him go right on top of the Hokage Rock.
Orochimaru, while getting up, had some blood coming down from his mouth. He wiped it off, but it wouldn't be too long before Naruto came crashing down, looking straight at him with those Kurama-like eyes. "Yes, that's it, Naruto! Show me this power! Show me the power of the nine tailed fox!"
"I've had just about enough of you!" Naruto yelled, dashing at Orochimaru and punched him repeatedly in the face. Each punch got stronger over time, as it was almost like Kurama was taking over Naruto's body. He sent a massive gut punch at Orochimaru, fully connecting on it. Honestly, it was like you could hear Orochimaru's bones getting crushed by Naruto.
If that wasn't enough, Naruto roundhouse kicked Orochimaru, making him slide across Hokage Rock. This was becoming an absolute beat down of the highest order. Orochimaru wouldn't even have time to breathe, because as soon as he looked up, Naruto grabbed him by the leg and started slamming him all over the place. It was like Naruto just turned into The Hulk and Orochimaru was currently playing the role of Loki getting demolished.
Even so, throughout all of this, Orochimaru could only laugh maniacally. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! There's so much power within you, and to think this is barely even the start of it!" he yelled.
Naruto gritted his teeth, throwing Orochimaru into the air. Just when Orochimaru though all he would see was the night sky, Naruto appeared yet again, this time with a fully charged Rasengan.
"RASENGAAAAAAAN!"
When the Rasengan connected, a large explosion had happened in the sky, creating powerful shockwaves that could be felt from all across the village. The people of Konoha started to run and scream out of pure fear, and rightfully so. Smoke covered the area where Naruto sent the Rasengan, and not too long after that, Orochimaru was back on Hokage Rock, somehow still alive.
"That was a close one... If I hadn't blocked in time, I probably would have been done for." he said, slowly getting up. Once again, though, as soon as he got up, Naruto could be seen, right in front of him.
He sent another punch to try to knock Orochimaru off Hokage Rock, but luckily for Orochimaru, he regained his balance.
Then again, he forgot about another talented ninja.
Having the feeling that somebody was behind him, Orochimaru looked to see that Sauke jumped in the air, having his left arm filled with electricity.
"You're dead, Orochimaru!"
He started to come down like a meteor, having a fully charged chidori waiting to go through Orochimaru's chest. On the other side, Naruto was coming straight for him again. There was only one possible option here. While Orochimaru didn't like it, specifically for Naruto's and even Sasuke's sake, he knew that he had to live.
Using the strength he had left, he jumped in the air, deciding to let Naruto and Sasuke's momentum to decide their fates.
"Naruto! WATCH OUT!"
Sasuke was so close that he couldn't stop himself, and Naruto was running so fast that he couldn't even stop himself as well. When their momentum collided, Sasuke's Chidori went straight through the left side of Naruto's chest. Sasuke's eyes widened, as he looked at Naruto's face.
Naruto coughed up a lot of blood, and was barely able to stand at this point.
"No, Naruto... I didn't mean to...!"
Sasuke couldn't even finish his sentence, as Naruto's body soon fell off Hokage Rock, and landed hard on the ground. His body looked motionless. Sasuke was in so much of a state of shock that he didn't even know what to do.
Not too far away from Naruto, Ino just got done fighting a few of Orochimaru's men. Then, she heard a body come straight to the ground, and it was almost like she could hear every bone imaginable crack in the process, along with tons of blood covering one area. When she turned around, she saw Naruto there.
And it wasn't great.
"NARUTO!" she shouted, running to his side. "No, Naruto! Please...!" she came closer to his body, and realized that his breathing stopped. She could feel her body crack in two, as her whole world was starting to come down. Not breathing can only mean one thing, and you all know what that one thing means.
"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
End of Chapter 4
Author's Note: Well, chapter 4 is finally out... Again, I'm sorry it took so long. Read and Review, guys! Also, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel GrandpaJack. If you like gaming, then you'll like the channel. I'm trying to find a balance with life, YouTube, and this, so stay with me, y'all, lol.
