This is a story of two children with the potential to become Konoha's greatest warriors. But, because of the ignorance and unjust hatred they may just become their worst nightmare come and see the story.


"G-ward?" Ganta questioned.

"I guessed correctly, then. Come on, most people here aren't that bad. You will get used to it, everyone did and so will you. It all depends if you will follow me or not." Hinata finished.

She stood there waiting patiently, for his answer.

Ganta, then smiled and answered "I'll come with you, but I make my own choices."

Hinata, just smiled and inclined her head and started to walk down the hallway, to where he followed her and then she walked to a pair of double doors.

"Ready?" Hinata said without looking back at him.

"Better now, then never."

"Good choice of words." a familiar voice said.

The pair, then looked at the door and saw someone they both recognized.

"Raven?"

"Naruto."

(Present)

"Raven, is just a stage name, Igarashi. Have any problems with me?"

Ganta, raised his hands in a surrendering motion and said,"No, I don't, whatever problems should be left at the door."

Naruto, just smiled and inclined his head towards the room he was just in. "Come on in, then." He, then went inside and faded into the darkness and Hinata went next and Ganta brought up the rear and closed the door behind him.

He was surrounded in pitch-black darkness and soon the room was flooded with lights and showed a room that was a bar, on the side filled with most forms of alcohol, a lodge with several televisions and a bunch of comfortable chairs.

Ganta, just whistled in an appreciation at the sight of the room before him.

"I know, it took awhile but this is now neutral ground, it doesn't belong to anyone, but myself and Hinata." Naruto explained.

Naruto and Hinata continued walking and reached a room where already a group of people waiting.

"Hey, finally you guys are here already. I thought you might miss the show." Said, a woman in an eccentric outfit and blond hair.

"You know, I would never miss a show unless I can't avoid it, plus you record it for me anyways."

"True, now hurry up! It's about to start and how's he?" A girl in a yellow sundress with braids asked.

"Well?" Naruto said to Ganta.

"The name is Ganta Igarashi."

"Oh, you mean you are the guy tha-"

"All of you guys shut up! The Penalty Game is starting." The girl said, starting intensely at the TV screen. Ganta sat between the two girls and Naruto sat in a love seat with Hinata across his lap.

(Penalty Game)

"What's clucking everybody! Are you all ready for the too bad for the loser show!"

It, then showed Vulture, who looked like he was about to piss and shit himself in his seat.

"Bet you an entire card of cast points that the fucker pisses himself first." The braid girl said, not wearing her innocent look for the moment.

"I'll take that bet that he shits himself first." The woman in the eccentric outfit, she then turned to Ganta. "What do you think, sweetie?"

"Oh, he'll probably do both." Ganta shrugged.

"A double bet, then if he does either one first then you owe the winner two cast point cards." The woman replied.

"Deal, but if I win, then I just take two cast point cards from both of you."

"You are on, Igarashi." The braided girl smirked.

The group, then turned back to the TV and saw that the bird-shaped slot machine being pulled into view and saw the doctor walking towards Vulture and said, "Alright then, Mr. Vulture are you ready?"

His response was to break out in sweat and pale, but he nodded anyways.

The doctor just pulled the leaver.

She, then pulled down the lever which caused pictures of body parts to spin randomly. Then he said stop, then the slot machine slowly stopped and finally ended on the brain.

The doctor turned around and looked at the poor bastard who was close to fainting. He was pale and sweating rivers that it was actually making a puddle on the floor.

"So sorry Vulture. You got the brain, so I have to remove it." The doctor said with twisted version of a sad pout.

"But, as you know, with brain removal you have to be unconscious for us to precede."

Then, the audience exploded with curses and yells of disapproval, while Vulture returned a slightly lighter shade of his normal skin color.

"Yes, yes, I'm aware it stinks, but~."

The audience, then grew silence at that.

"The team has just finished testing and cleared the method of using an old form of extracting one's brain." The doctor said with a small smile.

Vulture, then looked close to pissing and shitting himself.

"As, you see-" The doctor walked over to his side where there was dissection instruments on his left and reached across him to grab a sickly yellow hook.

"This instrument that I have in my hand, will allow me to extract your brain from your head." She finished.

That final sentence torn it, suddenly a loud ripping noise came from Vulture and a pool of liquid encircled him which filled the air of the arena with a horrible smell. The crowd jeered and laughed and the only response the doctor showed was crinkling her nose.

"No fucking way! He did both!" The braided girl yelled at the screen.

"Damn, I guess we both owe you Ganta." The woman said, crossing her arms.

"Yeah, yeah." The girl said, digging into her sundress placing two cast point cards on the table.

The woman, threw two cast point cards as well.

"Thank you, ladies." Ganta said, grabbing the cards and placing them in his prisoner pants pocket.

"How did you know, he would do both?" The woman asked leaning back on the coach.

"I came across many guys like that during my time here, so far. They look, talk and act big, but inside they are fragile and if they see death coming they crumbling like a cheap cookie."

The girl smirked, "Nice way to explain, most of the guys in this shit-hole of prison." The girl said.

"Well, what about the guys that are actually strong?" The woman asked.

"The only one, I have seen would be Naruto so far, but they would be the ones that are either silent and their very presence can clear a room, or the ones that don't look like much or weak, then they tear you to pieces." Ganta finished is explanation.

Everyone, just smirked at his response and turned back to the TV. They found themselves looking at Vulture being approached by the doctor and he had his head tightly secure so she wouldn't miss her target.

He, screamed for help, but received none and soon his punishment began as she began to cramp the hook deep inside his nostril and started to scratch around inside his head and the screams started to grow hoarse. The doctor, started to blush at the pain Vulture was in and continued her digging around, until Vulture's screamed reached a higher octave that she realized that she found the brain.

She slowly pulled the hook back pulling the brain steam with blood coming down in rivers and finally after forever, she was able to pull the entire brain out of head. She, then showed the brain to the audience who then exploded with applause.

Then, after they finished putting the brain in a container, the TV screen switched from the arena to an announcement screen. The next battle is between Crow Claw and Woodpecker! Be on the lookout for next week.

"Crow Claw? Woodpecker? What's with all the bird names?" Ganta asked with an raised eyebrow.

"The weasel-faced bastard likes birds apparently, so everyone is G-ward is given a stage name, such as Raven for myself and Dove for Hinata and so on." Naruto explained from his seat.

"Mine's Hummingbird, also the name is Minatsuki Takami."

"My name is Peacock, my real name is Chaplin Sukegawa."

"Nice to meet the both of you. But, do any of you know who this Woodpecker guy is?" Ganta asked.

"Hmm~."

"You don't know your own name?" Minatsuki asked stupefied.

"What?!" Ganta answered back confused.

"Mina, lay off of him for today. He's new so of course he doesn't know. Plus, considering how he looked when I ran into him, he looked like he just came back from being introduced, would I be correct?" Hinata said, twisting her body around to face Ganta directly.

Ganta just nodded.

"Tch, fine."Minatsuki said, with a sneer.

"So, I'm woodpecker and I'm facing this guy named Crow Claw, sometime next week. Well, this will be interesting, won't it." Ganta said.

"Yes, it will. I can't wait to see what branch of sin you have, Ganta." Chaplin said, smiling.

(Somewhere else in G-ward)

A sole young man was doing pull ups looking at the screen, showing his stage name and a new name he never saw before, Woodpecker.

He smirked at the thought of a new challenge and said, "Dead Center!"


Ending it! Finally done with this chapter, it took long in my opinion, I wonder how Sasuke, the Akatsuki and the rest of Konoha are doing with Hinata and Naruto's absence. We shall see won't we. Laters everyone!

~Kourtney Uzu Yato.