Chapter 2-Making a Name for Himself
(5 Years Ago)
When Konoha learned of Naruto's death at the hands of Uchiha Sasuke, which helped stall the barely unconscious Uchiha Prodigy from escaping long enough for Kakashi to grab him, the people were more then thrilled, and held a village wide party. They got their Uchiha back and the demon boy was dead making the missions a double whammy for those that wanted such results to happen.
Had anyone gone back to the Valley of the End they would have discovered that the boy they thought was dead was in fact very much...alive! The sky above him became a very crimson red with lightning striking the water in the valley at a certain point and staying consistent. Had there been anyone to witness this strange phenomenal event, they would have seen a bloody hand rise from the water, and with the red lightning entering into the outstretched appendage before the hand clenched into a fist.
Slowly rising from the depths of the valley water while looking like he had survived the 9th level of hell, Naruto let out long sagging breaths, and looked around at the place that just recently been a battlefield before heading into the forest region. Grabbing what was left of his shredded orange coat, Naruto tore it off leaving only his slightly better black T-shirt, and headed towards the Fire Country border.
'One day, I will burn Konoha to the ground, and make them beg for the mercy I will not show them. I will cast everything they hold dear at their feet, it will be like killing their very children, and I will continue to do so until they see that their hands are stained in the blood of innocence,' thought Naruto finding that he had run into a camp sight filled with countless bandits having a party with several women held against their will being tied up and blindfolded.
"I can't wait to have a go at those women we caught. They'll make good sex slaves that we can sell to any brothel we want once we properly break them in," said one bandit with an eye patch over his eye and giving the scared women looks of perverse intentions.
"Who gets who though? There are more of us then there are of them and I want to have my share with them tonight since I helped catch the bitches," said another bandit with several scars on his face while flipping a knife back and forth in his hands.
"I get them all first. I break them in, then you guys can have them before they come back to me," said the man, who was clearly the leader of these bandits, as he was the biggest guy around, and had a large gut on him making him the fattest too.
"You heard the boss!" said another bandit, who took a drink of sake' before getting up to go to the bathroom, and take a piss.
He was heading in Naruto's direction, but Naruto didn't care, as he was so angry right now that he didn't care if they saw him or not, and quite frankly it didn't matter.
The drunkard died before he even realized Naruto was less then an inch from him in a very bloody mess. After Naruto killed the bandit, he walked right into the camp not caring he had the blood of their comrade all over him, and right in that instant they saw his blood covered form...he struck.
The various women that were tied up heard screams of pain and death near them while they themselves were maneuvering in the direction that was away from the screams. They whimpered, shivered, and let out whispery words of mercy to the person or thing that was the source of the bandit army's demise. When the screams from the bandits finally died, the women felt their hands being freed, but they dared not move out of fear of what laid beyond their blindfolds, and only heard the mysterious person's breathing.
"You are all safe, but do not tell anyone who saved you, as I must stay hidden, and want you to return to whatever families you have left. Understand?" said Naruto in his demonic voice making the still blindfolded women nod quickly.
An hour later when they removed their blindfolds they found the bandit camp removed all, but a few pieces of tent fabric, and pieces of what looked like clothes.
(Hokage Tower)
Tsunade was crying, as she held onto the damn necklace that killed so many people she cared about, and wished she could just destroy this jewel in her hand. However, every time she tried her hand refused to squeeze with the necessary power behind it to turn the damn thing into powder, and it made things even worse.
"Of all the people that necklace would kill I never thought it would be Naruto," said Jiraiya sitting in a chair in front of her before looking outside to see the party going on with people happy the Uchiha was back and that Naruto was dead.
"It doesn't matter. Now I have no reason to be Hokage. I should just get the hell out of here and never return," said Tsunade, as the idea was starting to sound really good to her right now, and the more she thought about it the more her body began to respond by making her stand up to leave.
"Oh no you don't! You can't go now Tsunade. If you do, then things will get even worse in Konoha, and not even my advice can stay those idiots on the Council. If you step now, the Council will nominate Danzo to take over, and he'll destroy everything about this village your Grandfather built," said Jiraiya seeing the look she had years ago in wanting to run away.
"I can't even give Naruto a proper funeral here. The Council decided that Naruto should have his existence 'suspended' upon further investigation and his status to be decided when they feel like it," said Tsunade knowing that Naruto's "status" would never be determined thus he would never get the funeral he rightfully deserved.
"The people in Wave Country are going to be so upset. If it wasn't for the fact we are in a binding contract with them right now I imagine they would pull all trading from here," said Jiraiya knowing that the people there adored Naruto like he was their favorite son.
"The Kazekage didn't look too happy either. He told me the alliance with Konoha is now over and can expect no form of mercy should any Konoha Shinobi enter Suna. The fury in his eyes makes me shiver even now and I can barely imagine what is going on inside the young boy's head," said Tsunade seeing the look of bloodlust in Gaara's eyes at the people loving the news of Naruto's death rather then mourning it.
"The other rookies that weren't on the mission were devastated by the news and I can only imagine how the others will react to it as well. Sakura doesn't seem to care though since she's just glad the Uchiha's back not even shedding a tear for Naruto," said Jiraiya knowing that girl had some serious issues and that she needed a good ass kicking to get her head on straight.
"I was going to consider making her my apprentice given her chakra control, but I have decided against it," said Tsunade since training fan-girls was not something she wanted to do.
"The Council will try to make you," said Jiraiya knowing that they would use their "all knowing" authority on her.
"Then they can simply go to hell! I will decide who I train. Not them! I will still have that much control in my life," said Tsunade looking at Jiraiya darkly before her eyes turned to that of sadness once more.
(Elsewhere-1 Week Later)
It was nighttime when Naruto entered the village that was just beyond the Fire Country border into Lightning Country finding the place to be very low key, which was good for someone like him. The instant he entered, Naruto made himself scarce to the wondering nightlife by ducking into a nearby alley, and made his way around hoping to find some kind of Shinobi store that sold various items reserved for Shinobi. Naruto of course could be one anymore or even a Missing Nin since he was no doubt declared dead if Kakashi gave his version of events to the people in Konoha.
Following his instincts, Naruto found what he was looking for, as it was an old fashion Shinobi store that had been closed for the night, and was filled with Shinobi style gear. From the looks of things, it was a family owned place like that bun haired girl had back in Konoha, and it became clear the easiest way in was through the second floor window.
After Naruto snuck into the home/shop, he made his way down the steps to the variety of Shinobi gear before him, and took everything he needed. Standard Shinobi weapons, dark ANBU clothes with vest, combat boots, black cloak, and a plain white mask ANBU had the privilege of painting into whatever animal they wanted. Naruto for his part felt it was pointless for him to paint it at all, as he would be just like this mask was, and use it in a means to strike fear into the heart of everyone around him.
He would be blank. An enigma. An unknown. A Shinobi, who had no allegiances, as well as had no loyalty except himself, and if he happened to recruit people to his cause...then he would make them his tools.
With his gear in place, Naruto got ready to head out the door, but before he could the boy spotted something of interest on the wall, and made him stop. It was a sword of that was an interesting design for him since it was a rare kind of blade with a long hunting knife as its partner right next to it. Taking said weapons off the shelf, the blonde boy made his way out the door, and began walking out of the village to his next destination that was Wave.
He needed a place to gather his thoughts and Wave Country was the best place to go since he had to visit some old friends of his there that he needed to speak to.
(Suna)
"Are you sure this is wise Gaara? I mean...we really can't afford to be Konoha's enemies after what happened. The Wind Daimyo won't stand for it a second time," said Kankuro having worked really hard on getting a new peace treaty signed.
"You don't understand Kankuro because you are not like me or Uzumaki-san. You were never hated by others, attacked by others, and denied love by others simply because of the stupidity of such people. Those ungrateful people in Konoha celebrated Naruto's death when they learned of it. CELEBRATED! If I could I would have crushed them all with my sand and fed their blood to Shukaku to offer up as my own personal tribute to Uzumaki Naruto, I would have!" said Gaara sitting at his desk while manipulating the sand with one eye to read the paperwork and sign it while staring at his brother with ghoulish eyes.
Eyes that Kankuro realized were almost like before Naruto entered Gaara's life.
The not too friendly kind.
"I'll begin writing a letter to the Wind Daimyo explaining your actions Gaara. I just prey he understands your reasoning behind it," said Kankuro before he left to handle writing up some incredible letter for his brother to read before approving it.
"What do you think Temari?" said Gaara seeing his sister beside him now with a mixed expression on her face.
"Its not my place to question you Gaara. Whatever you do, as the Kazekage of Suna, I will trust in you, and believe you are doing the right thing," said Temari knowing that while Gaara's eyes may have become cold again, they always seemed to stay warm with her or Kankuro around to ease his pain, and prayed to Kami that Gaara kept his sanity to the end of his days.
(Wave Country-4 Days Later)
Naruto walked along the bridge named after him by the people of Wave Country and let a rare smile cover his face even though it was hidden by the mask he wore. With each new passing day, Naruto felt his body grow with the clothes he wore expanding with him, as that had been the specific model he took that was modeled after Shinobi with bloodlines that made their body expand in different ways like the Akimichi did. Upon guessing his height after looking at it recently 2 days ago at a nearby lake, the former Konoha Shinobi would guess he was as tall as Shino now if not slightly taller.
After crossing the bridge, Naruto headed for the one place he needed to head to in order to set out his plan of vengeance, and clean himself of whatever ties he had left to Konoha. It was the one place alone that could set him free upon the envisioned path he wanted and give himself a solid state of mind in this whole affair.
He headed for Zabuza and Haku's grave.
He approached the two graves glad to see they hadn't been defiled or ransacked by some stupid drunk or moron trying to make a name for himself in claiming the Demon of the Mist's death. The graves looked untouched, as if the two had just been buried days ago rather then Months, and it silently ate at him that he couldn't save either of them from death's door.
Removing his sword and knife, Naruto got on his knees before the grave, and placed his two weapons on the ground at his side. Slowly, he removed his mask, and dropped his hood revealing the blood red hair that up until now no one had seen and lived to tell the tale.
"Hey Zabuza. Hi Haku. How's everything going? Bad question. Sorry about that. Listen you guys my visit isn't exactly what you call scheduled so I can't stay long, but I need to confess some things to you that you need to hear. Zabuza, I think I understand why you betrayed the Mizukage when it came to trying to take over, its made me respect you even more. You were serving a master that you could not stand for whatever reason it was that made you try to kill him and during that time you struggled to get the strength needed to fight him. You did what you had to do and I respect that. Haku, I'm sorry for failing your philosophy in being truly strong when protecting someone we consider to be precious to us. Even though we just met, I know we could have been good friends if you had lived after what happened on the bridge, and I hope you can forgive me in not saving you when you needed me the most. I've tried taking your words to heart, using them as my own nindo to honor your beliefs, but no matter how hard I try I find its impossible since all those I consider precious to me...don't return such affection. I've come to a realization about the Elemental Countries Haku that you're not going to like when I tell it to you," said Naruto before hearing a twig snap behind him and putting his mask on turned to see it was Inari of all people looking at him in shock.
"Big brother?" said Inari seeing Naruto with awe at what the young Shinobi had turned into.
"Hi Inari. Come join me. You need to hear this too," said Naruto taking off his mask since there was no point in hiding it anymore around the boy.
"We thought you were dead, but you look different," said Inari walking up to Naruto and sitting beside him.
"I went through a lot of changes that were caused by my apparent death at the hands of my own sensei. That was what I wanted to talk to these two about so listen and don't interrupt me, okay?" said Naruto seeing the boy nod his head vigorously.
'His sensei betrayed him? That's not the story that came out of the Leaf. What's going on?' thought Inari, but his thoughts were interrupted by Naruto speaking again to the two grave markers.
"Ever since the people have become arrogant in Konoha, it has begun spreading outward to the other villages like a cancer, and slowly killing the very things each village stood for. It is because of this along with my own sensei betraying me that I will have to do some horrible things that one day, even I may regret doing, but before then I must do this, and I will carry out my objective. I'm going to kill them! I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE TO KILL THEM! IF ANYONE IS GOING TO KILL THE HIDDEN SHINOBI VILLAGES OF THE ELEMENTAL COUNTRIES, IT'S GOING TO BE ME! I'M GOING TO KILL WHAT I ONCE HELD DEAR IN MY HEART!" said Naruto his yelling before letting out an insane laugh before he felt Inari grab a hold of him, as if to be his anchor, and pull him from the insanity that was plaguing his mind.
'Big brother,' thought Inari, as tears ran down his eyes seeing the older boy looking down at him before stroking the innocent kid's hair while letting out a gentle chuckle.
"I'm going to kill them all by injecting each of them with a lethal dose...of poison!" said Naruto grinning at the thought and held Inari closer to his form.
'How much pain did they actually put big brother through?' thought Inari seeing the fury in Naruto's now red eyes and wondered how his hair got changed to such a red color.
"A poison that is simply...vulpine!" said Naruto before he closed his eyes and reopened them again to gaze down at Inari.
"You're going to do a lot of horrible things aren't you?" said Inari knowing the answer already, but needed to hear it first from Naruto.
"Only upon the wicked people of the Elemental Countries Inari. The innocent shall be spared my wrath while the wicked will fall before it," said Naruto knowing that Inari was a bit conflicted with what was going on since the kid was still so young.
"You're going to have to turn yourself into a monster," said Inari, as it was more of a statement of fact, then an actual question.
"Sometimes Inari, the only way to take down a monster...is to become an even bigger monster. Some day, when you are an older, and much wiser boy...I trust that you will understand what I'm talking about," said Naruto looking at the boy with kind eyes or what would pass for kind eyes with his demonic red ones.
"I missed you," said Inari having heard the news of Naruto's death and had cried so hard for his fallen adopted brother.
But he was here now if only for a little while.
"You are one of the few that do Inari. Let's go pay your family a quick visit," said Naruto knowing the other two would be proud to have him around if only for a few hours.
(Sound Village-3 Months Later)
"Orochimaru-sama, I bring word of our contact in Konoha, and he tells me in another Month there will be an open window for us to strike at Konoha long enough to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke once more," said Kabuto having gotten his information delivered to him by a trusted Fuma Clan member, who got it from a Root ANBU from Konoha, and finally from the source that was Danzo.
"Excellent. Take 200 Shinobi all Jounin level to Konoha to retrieve Sasuke-kun. You will lead this mission Kabuto so I expect the results of your mission to be that of a successful retrieval. Should you fail...," said Orochimaru letting the threat hang out in the air for the Medic Nin to shiver at the potential pain that would be delivered onto him should he fail?
"I will see to it that the retrieval is a success Orochimaru-sama," said Kabuto before he left his master's presence to deal with this mission.
"The Kyuubi vessel may have delayed my time in having Sasuke within my grasp, but in the end, I will be the one to have the last Uchiha in my grasp, and when I do I will finally be able to take the next step in knowing all the Jutsus in the world," said Orochimaru as an evil smile covered his mouth before letting out a cruel laughter.
(Rice Country Border)
"Were you followed?" said the masked black cloaked figure towards the member of the Fuma Clan, who bowed before her master, and shook her head to indicate she was not.
"No master. My family made sure I went through the proper route to get to you, but I made sure just in case, and have the information you requested," said the young female Fuma Clan member, who wore a mask over her face.
"Good. What do you have to report?" said the masked figure looking down at the young girl he saved not that long ago and defeating the leader of her clan to gain their allegiance to him.
"Orochimaru is sending Kabuto along with 200 Jounin level Shinobi to Konoha in the belief that there will be a window of opportunity to retrieve the Uchiha from the Leaf," said the girl wondering if she should look up at her master to see if he would make any physical response.
"So the ruse worked. Excellent. You have pleased me well Sasame and as a show of good faith on my part of the deal your clan shall leave Orochimaru's service officially to head after I cripple the Hebi for an undetermined amount of time. Once you leave, I want you to head to Wave Country seeking refugee status there until your clan can be reestablished in it. It's high time that the Fuma Clan had a chance to breathe clean air in order to grow in greener pastures. Tell you Clan Head to stay the course with me Sasame and I promise to give them a chance to grow strong under a much healthier environment then the one here in Rice Country" said the masked figure knowing that the Fuma Clan had suffered under the Sannin in using them for his twisted experiments.
"Thank you master, I will do so at once!" said Sasame, as she had seen a sample of the mysterious stranger's power after he killed several masked Sound Shinobi chasing her, and while heading back she knew better then to doubt this entity she served.
He fought like a demon in her eyes and facing such a demon upon betraying him would not be wise.
"Soon Orochimaru, I will take away something that even you hold of value, and I will not stop until I see you eventually laying broken at my feet begging for your own death," said the masked figure before he headed to the route that was planned out in his mind that he knew would be the keen place to strike this army led by Kabuto.
The world could use more blood raining down upon it anyway.
(1 Month Later-Nightfall)
Kabuto and his small army rushed through the forest area to Konoha intent on exploiting the window of opportunity that was before them down to the second. Orochimaru had made it clear that failure to retrieve Sasuke with so many Shinobi with so many things in this mission going in their favor was inexcusable and if they failed would result in severe consequences involving lots of pain.
"Head for the Uchiha Estates immediately. Do not screw around or interact with anyone in Konoha. Our objective is to get Sasuke out of Konoha to Rice Country and into the hands of Orochimaru-sama. Understand?" said Kabuto to his second-in-command, who nodded having witnessed what the Sannin was capable of, and did not wish to be on the receiving end of it.
Suddenly, amongst the group screams were heard of pain making Kabuto look back to see what was happening behind him and to his horror saw his team being destroyed. The man saw blood was everywhere, his army was being reduced to nothing, as the attacker had begun to slash, stab, behead, and maimed in various ways the Medic Nin didn't know was even possible. All Kabuto could do was stay frozen in fear, as his army was reduced down to him alone after the figure viciously slit his second-in-commands throat, and the result creating a fountain of blood to exit making it rain upon the man's murderer.
"It's been quite a while hasn't it Kabuto? Still being Orochimaru's fuck toy I see. Let me guess...he sent you to retrieve the Uchiha? I still can't believe he actually bought the info that was given to him," said the masked figure walking towards Kabuto, who steeled his resolve, and drew two kunai into his hands while the figure put his blades away.
"You seem quite familiar with me and Orochimaru-sama, but I don't know you. Why don't you honor me by telling me your name?" said Kabuto hoping to get some kind of info to Orochimaru about this person to make up for this mission's failure.
"Sorry to disappoint you Kabuto, but...I don't give my name to the dead," said the figure in a quiet voice while he walked with an unnatural grace that made Kabuto unnerved to say the least.
"I'm not dead yet!" said Kabuto moving quickly to attack the figure, who caught the right hand the swung out at him, followed by the left, and then proceeded to break them off the arm at the wrist.
"You soon will be. Rest assured Kabuto...you soon will be," said the figure now seeing Kabuto fall to the ground letting out screams of pain, as his healing powers could not regenerate his lost hands, and was now useless to his master if he were to return.
"Please spare me. I am harmless now. I am no threat to you or anyone you care about," said Kabuto hoping this man had some form of belief in showing mercy to another.
"Really? I seem to recall you telling me that I wasn't cut out to be a Shinobi at all in this world Kabuto. Judging by the way your people were obliterated from the world I would have to say that your assumptions of me when Ero-Sennin went to retrieve the old hag were very much...wrong!" said the masked figure drawing his sword again seeing the revelation in Kabuto's eyes at who he was speaking to.
"You?! But it can't be you. Our spies told me you died!" said Kabuto having heard the information immediately and had told Orochimaru about it, who was quite pleased with such news, and said it made up for the loss of getting the Uchiha in his hands.
"Your information was inaccurate. I did not die. I was simply...reborn!" said the masked figure before slicing off Kabuto diagonally in half.
Walking up to the upper body of the now deceased Sound Nin, the figure sliced the head from the neck before pulling out a sealed scroll revealing a wooden box, and placed the dead man's head in it. Putting the box away in the scroll, the figure pulled out a demonic exploding tag, ignited it, and threw it into the middle of the bodies or rather the remains of bodies before disappearing into the night leaving only the echo of an explosion to let people know that he was alive.
His next destination...Kumo.
(Hokage Tower-3 Days Later)
Tsunade was not having a good day. For one, the Council was demanding that she train Sakura to be her apprentice as the next Sannin, and have Jiraiya train Sasuke to be the other to keep the Uchiha away from Orochimaru. She had declined both demands telling them that Jiraiya would never train another apprentice after what happened the last time and Sakura would never take to training since she was still a fan-girl more obsessed with the Uchiha then working on keeping her skills sharp.
To make matters worse was that an army of Sound Ninjas remains were found not far from the walls of Konoha looking like they had been butchered without mercy. No one was taking credit for it, no one so much as spoke of it outside of Konoha, and what was confusing her more was Kabuto being the one person amongst the dead Sound Ninjas had his head missing.
"Anything from your spy network Jiraiya?" said Tsunade looking at her old teammate, who was looking quite serious at this point since the death of Naruto had taken some of the humor he always had with him.
"Aside that Orochimaru is pissed off beyond belief? No. Apparently, the Fuma Clan was the one that backstabbed Orochimaru in this ploy by some outside force, and in return for betraying him they were able to leave Rice Country for greener pastures. Though where they are headed I don't know yet since they could go anywhere at this point," said Jiraiya, as the Fuma Clan had left in a hurry taking everything except the clan house with them, and moved nonstop to their new destination.
"Would it be possible to get them to come here?" said Tsunade knowing that such a clan would be able to create an influx of needed strength into Konoha.
"I tried that already. I sent a contact to meet with the Clan Head, but he hit a snag with someone that guy works for, and well...let's just say that person said no," said Jiraiya, as he didn't want to explain to her that his contact was sent back to him without limbs, and his chest having the words "NO!" carved into his flesh.
Like that would bring a heartwarming feeling to her insides.
"Damn! So the Fuma Clan is under the protection of someone skilled. He must be Sannin level to do what he did without breaking a sweat and killing Kabuto so easily tells me that even Orochimaru will think twice in fighting person.
"Yeah. I'm going to continue digging around, but I doubt its anyone significant that could threaten our old teammate, and what's more is I even doubt he's on Akatsuki's radar for potential recruitment," said Jiraiya before he left via window much to the Hokage's own protest.
(Kumo-2 Years Later)
A cloaked figure sat at a local shop drinking tea at his table seeing the place around him was just like Konoha had been with children playing, people talking with smiles on their faces, and a sense of security any Shinobi village worth its kunai would fight to produce.
"Get the demon!" yelled someone with the sounds of cheers with the voice.
It also had the same arrogance too.
The figure put on his mask before he turned his head to see a young woman, who was a Kumo Shinobi, and just a few years older then himself running for her life against a mob formed in order to attack her. The figure of course frowned at this since this female ninja should be able to hold off her attackers easily with her skills, but noticed that several of Kumo's Shinobi were attacking as well, and they seemed to be making hand signs that were forcing the woman to collapse on to her knees in pain.
'I see. So they had some kind of enslavement based seal onto her body to make sure she couldn't run away. Interesting. It seems the Nibi vessel is no better off then I was. Well, I think its about time I...introduced myself,' thought the figure standing from his seat and paying the bill for the meal he had just eaten before walking over to the mob that now surrounded the poor demon vessel.
"Now demon, were going to show you what it means to know your place in the world at our feet, and see to it you always obey your Raikage," said a Kumo ANBU, who made another hand sign forcing the woman to scream out in pain, and tried to struggle for her survival.
The Kumo ANBU was soon interrupted in his torturous pleasure when he felt a pain in his body and upon looking down saw a clawed hand exiting it with the beginning being in his back along the center of the spine. The instant the arm was removed the figure fell in a heap of his own blood and the mob's attention was now directed at the slayer of the Kumo ANBU.
"Have you no shame. You treat this woman like she was a demon when you yourselves are guiltier then sin itself," said the figure kneeling down to the Nibi vessel seeing her shake a little in his presence, but stopped when he stroked her cheek whispering to her that it would be all right, and for some reason the woman knew she could believe him.
"Demon lover! You are in league with the demons of the world to destroy us. You're a traitor to your own species!" said someone in the mob causing the others to yell out other things that made them feel bold again only to be silenced by the dark laughter they heard come from this enigma before them.
"Fools! Who said I was human?" said the figure before unleashing his killer intent upon the mob that made the mob freeze in horror, as they saw red demonic chakra erupt from the figure's body, and before they could run they found themselves be slashed to pieces at superhuman speed.
The mob of people no less then 30 soon exploded in a sea of blood that rained down upon the figure, who didn't even mind the crimson downpour he had created, and now turned his attention to the barely conscious demon vessel of the Nibi. The woman shivered now, as the figure covered in blood walked over to her, and began to pick her up. She tried to struggle with what strength she had, but it proved useless to her, as all she could do was stay in his surprising comfortable arms.
She was unconscious shortly after he left the area.
(Raikage Tower-3 Days Later)
"What do you mean you can't find her?" said the Raikage looking livid at the ANBU before him shaking like a frightened rabbit.
"We looked everywhere Raikage-sama, but she is no where to be found. Her seal we use to keep her in line is no longer giving off a signal to where she is and there we can't seem to locate the individual that was responsible for the destruction that saved Yugito from her beating. I think someone removed that part of her seal," said the ANBU, who could see that his Kage was infuriated by this, and that someone's head was soon going to roll.
"You think?! That part of her seal was also her limiter seal in order to keep Yugito from reaching her true potential with her demon. If someone has removed it, she'll be able to handle all the power of her demon, and comeback here to kill me for all those years I let the people of this village hurt her," said the Raikage, who was secretly sweating bullets, and wondered how he was going to defeat his once prized weapon.
"We will double our effort Raikage-sama," said the ANBU before leaving to find his tracker team to hunt down the Nibi vessel once more.
'My weapon will not betray me. I will see to it such betrayals are met with my unmerciful wrath that will make her beg to be my loyal weapon once more,' thought the Raikage, as he took out some sake', and began to drink heavily from the bottle.
(Unknown Location)
Yugito awoke with a start finding she was only in her underwear in a bed that was not her own and for a moment she feared she had been raped. Fortunately, the Nibi had told her that was not the case, as the demon inside of her had been awake the whole time making sure that she was not touch inappropriately. The blonde haired woman looked at the bed she was in one more time finding it was very soft against her skin and that it was huge enough to fit several people on it at once. Looking around the dark room, Yugito spotted some clothes on a chair next to a desk, and would have gotten up to grab them had the door to her room opened.
Instantly, she covered herself while pretending to be asleep, and if need be she would try to attack him when his guard was down. The figure walked towards her bed carrying a tray of food and put it down on the nightstand next to the large bed before turning to face the "sleeping" figure before him.
"You can stop faking now Yugito-san. I'm perfectly aware of you being awake right now since your chakra signature combined with the Nibi inside of you increased upon you awakening," said the figure waiting for her reaction, which he sensed from another spike of chakra, and in an instant she moved to attack him.
"I will not be your slave or weapon like I was the Raikage!" said Yugito, who if she had been paying attention would have remembered she was in her underwear, and tried to cover her figure rather then expose it during her attempt to hurt her rescuer.
"I never wanted you as my slave or personal weapon Yugito-san. If I did I would have made your limiter seal stronger rather then simply removing it," said the figure grabbing one of her fist before grabbing the other and bringing her closer to his masked form.
Yugito was so shocked by his words she didn't struggle against him being so close to him before it took her a moment for the mind to sink in that she was in her underwear, and very close to a man (if his voice was anything to go by) that could do anything to her at a single moment. Letting out a squeak, Yugito managed to free herself from the man's grip, and ran back to the covers to hide her figure while glaring at the man like it was his fault things happened this way.
"Pervert!" said Yugito hissing like a cat at him with some of the Nibi chakra filtering out of her body only to stop when she felt his crimson one flash making her recede back into her own.
"If I were still human, then maybe I would be, but as you can tell from my pulse of chakra I released...I'm not. I saved you Yugito because you and I are...similar," said the figure walking over to a light switch and turning it on so she could see him perfectly.
Yugito noticed he didn't have his cloak on, though since it was no doubt stained in blood of so many people trying to hurt her it was probably in a washer, and would most likely be indisposed of for awhile. She saw he had red hair, was wearing something close to ANBU related clothes with the standard kunai pouch on his lower right leg, and a long hunting knife with jagged edges on one side with a flat surface on the other sheathed higher up. On his left side was a very dangerous looking sword that looked flawless, but the scent of blood that she could smell from it told her it had killed its fair share of people, and the knife had almost an equalized amount too.
'At least he's ripped if his arms are any indication,' thought Yugito, who fought down the blush that threatened to arise on her face, and looked over at the tray of food the man had brought in.
"The food isn't poisoned if that's what you think. As I said I have no need to hurt you or put you through anymore of the hell these arrogant humans have done," said the figure walking over to another chair and sat down after grabbing the clothes meant for her.
"I don't suppose you would let a girl get dressed first before eating would you?" said Yugito, who then heard her stomach growl, and she blushed in embarrassment at her own stomach betrayal while wondering if the Nibi had anything to do with it.
The figure cocked his head to the right in thought before throwing the clothes on the bed, but just out of arms reach meaning she would have to expose her body to reach for them, and the last thing Yugito wanted to do was give the guy a free show. She glared at him, but if he had any reaction to it, he didn't give it thanks to that mask of his, and after some more glaring she conceded to getting the clothes to put on under the bed sheets.
"Interesting. You chose clothing over the food," said the figure making Yugito blush at that and even further when her stomach made another loud protest.
"Shut up you pervert. I just felt my modesty had a higher priority over the needs of my stomach," said Yugito having finished getting dressed and moved for the tray of food before eating it with a certain vicious way that was not manners of a female.
She looked like a hungry starving animal.
"A cat like answer if I've ever heard one. Clearly the Nibi in you is far more influential now on your mind then she was before I removed the limiter seal," said the figure letting out a sigh before getting up to leave the woman to have her privacy.
"Wait! Why did you save me? Why did you defend me when no one else would? Why did you remove a part of the seal on me that would keep the Nibi inside at bay?" said Yugito wondering what this person got out of saving her other then him seeking physical pleasure of her body, which she would not do, and would destroy him if he tried to force it.
"I already told you this Yugito-san. You and I are similar to each other. For now, rest a little longer in your bed, then meet me down stairs for a good talk, and know that I mean you no harm," said the figure before walking out of the room and shutting the door.
'What do you think Nibi? Should I trust him?' thought Yugito to her demon, who after so many years of abuse had been the woman's closest thing to a friend, and had helped her deal with the onslaught of so many beatings over the years.
"He is strong. I haven't felt that chakra in years! You should indeed trust him my little kitten for he could have destroyed you at any point in time. He once held the Kyuubi inside of him," said the Nibi purring at all the memories she had of her with the Kyuubi doing things together.
Or rather doing things to each other.
'Eww! To think you're more of a pervert then he is. And what do you mean he used to?' thought Yugito since she could sense what Nibi was referring to when she was with the Kyuubi.
"Oh you hush kitten. It's not perverted if both partners like it. As to what I'm referring to I mean that Kyuubi is no longer held within that man, but rather has absorbed my nine tailed hunk, and has become just like him in his place. Did you see those muscled arms of his. If only I could be free so I could take my human form I would rock that hard body of his until next...," said Nibi, who was stopped by Yugito telling her to stop, as the fantasies were being projected into her head, and were not helping her either that the Nibi was involving her into it too with him.
'Figures you would be this horny for the fox all this time considering how long you were sealed up inside of me,' thought Yugito having decided to face this unknown person, who possessed the power of Nibi's former..."love interest" to see what he had to offer.
"Oh it's more then that my kitten. You are so young now to understand what it means to lay next to someone, who can take you in such ways that it makes you shiver with excitement, and even though he is gone does not mean his true spirit does not live on in his vessel. Get to know him my kitten. Trust me, as you always have, and I promise you that following him will lead you to a much better life," said Nibi knowing that her vessel would listen to her about this since Yugito did in just about everything else.
Nodding at her demon's words, Yugito finished her meal at a much slower pace before putting the tray down on the nightstand, and headed downstairs to speak to this enigma that was her potential savior.
(Raikage Tower-Two Weeks Later)
"You still can't find her?!" said the Raikage looking more infuriated then he had ever been in his life and it was making the ANBU team in front him nervous to be in the room with him.
"No Raikage-sama. We've been looking everywhere for her, but we still can't find her, and we are finding it hard to keep the people calm about this since almost everyone in Kumo has treated the Nibi vessel badly," said the ANBU Captain, who saw the Raikage looking at him with lots of hatred, and if one looked carefully they would see fear in them too.
"Of course they should be panicking you fool! She has no doubt recovered from her last attack and will seek to destroy us with the very power we gave her at birth to do as we saw fit," said the Raikage, who would have said more, but couldn't since the screams outside his office were erupting from behind his doors.
His doors soon exploded towards his ANBU team with a trail of blood from those that had been screaming from in the halls. When the Raikage looked at where the doors had been he saw Yugito standing there next to a cloaked masked figure covered in the blood of his Shinobi guards.
"You are the Raikage correct?" said the masked figure looking at the man while Yugito was in front of the nervous ANBU squad that had been trying to find her.
"So what if I am? Who the hell are you? What have you done to my weapon?" said the Raikage sensing Yugito was generating several times her usual chakra output and she seemed to be more feral like a cat.
"She not your weapon anymore. I took the chains of bondage you had placed on her and broke them to give her freedom. Its humans like you that make the good ones lose favor with Kami. No matter. You are just the beginning in this village, as I intend to make all those that hurt Yugito from you down to the lowliest of villager pay for their sins, and I'm going to make sure your trip into hell...is a memorable one!" said the figure before forming a crimson Rasengan in his right hand making the Raikage back against the wall at seeing the technique.
"It's not possible! The Yondaime only taught that technique to one person that was his sensei and that man never took on an apprentice after that fool of a Namikaze died," said the Raikage trying to think of who the identity of this man was behind that masked.
"Namikaze. So that is my Father's last name. Thank you for telling me that before I send you into the depths of hell," said the masked figure to the shocked Raikage, who saw the figure disappear before his eyes, and then reappear right in front of him slamming the Jutsu into his gut.
The man screamed out, as the blood in his body came alive exiting every pore on his body, his eye sockets, his ears, nose, mouth, and every other whole that existed on a human being. The blood stained the wall the Raikage had backed up against along with the walls to the side of the two and the ceiling above before the man exploded into a thousand pieces leaving only his head intact landing on his desk.
It was a gory sight to behold.
"Please don't kill us Namikaze-sama! We were only following orders from the Raikage to hurt Yugito-san with the seal his predecessor placed on her years ago," said the ANBU Captain kneeling before the man, who had annihilated the Raikage, and was in truth the new Raikage in the process.
"If that is what you wish, then I won't kill you," said the man walking towards the door and stopped when heard the sigh of relief from the ANBU team.
"Such stupid humans," said Nibi giggling like a little school girl in Yugito's head while Yugito herself was fighting back her own smile at what Naruto just said.
"Yugito will be the one, who will have all the pleasure of taking your lives at her leisure. Enjoy giving them their much deserved pain my dear," said the figure before walking out of the room, as he proceed to find other arrogant fools to punish, and see to it they got what they deserved.
"I told you my kitten, he's a keeper. Now let's show these humans what it means to mess with a female demon," said Nibi purring in delight at the bloodlust she was going to feel in these frightened humans before her vessel.
Screams of unspeakable pain were heard from the late Raikage's room for hours on end and it was music to the masked "Namikaze's" ears.
(Konoha-2 Weeks Later)
"Kumo has fallen?! To who?" said Tsunade seeing Jiraiya looking at her nervously since she was giving him the "I'm going to hurt you" look.
"I don't know Tsunade-hime. No one knows. Most of the people there were slaughtered by someone that was wearing a black cloak with white mask. Those that saw him are just calling him the Youkokage since he single handedly killed the Raikage. Some say this guy took the head of the Raikage and sent it some place. This guy could be a mercenary of some kind that's been lying low until now for the right moment to take out some of the more influential people. Hell even the Akatsuki are turning their eyes towards him to be a new member since anyone can take down a village like he did deserves to be a member of their organization," said Jiraiya, who found out that shortly after Kumo fell that the Akatsuki organization wanted this guy to join up right away.
"Hokage-sama! Hokage-sama! Come quick!" said Shizune running into the room looking pale like she had seen something horrifying.
"What? What is it Shizune?" said Tsunade getting up from her desk seeing her student looking like she had seen a ghost.
"It's the Raikage's head. It's been dropped off right in front of Hyuuga Neji's room at the Hyuuga Compound Branch member complex," said Shizune not knowing what that means for the village or for the Hyuuga Clan.
"What? Let's go?" said Tsunade rushing off to find out just what it meant for Konoha with the Raikage's head in the Hyuuga Compound.
(Elsewhere)
"Why do you want me to revive him Naruto? I mean...he served Orochimaru with loyally that went unquestioned since he was a little kid. Why bring someone like him back?" said Yugito knowing that Nibi's powers could grant this person that Naruto wanted brought back to life with his own demonic powers to restore the resurrected person's body.
"Because we need him to pay for his sins in serving Orochimaru. He will serve us loyally without question like he did the Sannin once we have resurrected him," said Naruto, as the two stared at the decaying remains of Kaguya Kimimaro, and wondered if the man would serve them loyally or fall back into loyal servitude of Orochimaru.
Without further delay, Yugito called upon the Nibi's chakra to swirl around Kimimaro's body, and began to recall the man's soul back to his body while Naruto used his demonic chakra to restore the albino's body to what it once was. It became clear that Kimimaro had returned when he screamed out in pain when he felt his soul reattached itself to his still being restored body while now hovered in the air while new life was being breathed into him. Soon, Yugito recalled the Nibi chakra back to her while Naruto focused on the healing process that was vital to allow Kimimaro to live, and began focusing on his lungs that had been plagued by an old lung disease that needed to be cured permanently if the albino's loyalty was to be his.
When he was finished, Naruto released his demonic chakra from Kimimaro making the man fall to the ground gasping for air and let out silent screams of pain. The albino was moving around in pain like a worm on a fish hook before opening his eyes to see two figures looking down upon him.
"W-Who...who a-are you?" said Kimimaro wondering if he entered hell or had become reincarnated into another life looking up at the masked man and blonde female.
"Who we are right now is irrelevant until we decide it is relevant. Right now you Kaguya Kimimaro belong to me," said Naruto seeing the man look at him and the albino began to shake his head.
"No. My loyalty is to Orochimaru-sama. I will always be loyal to him. He was the one, who gave me purpose, gave me love, and...," said Kimimaro only to be interrupted by Naruto.
"He gave you a curse seal designed to bind you to him. It is not a mark of love or a mark of showing purpose Kimimaro. It is a mark of a puppet and Orochimaru is the puppeteer, who was pulling your string until they broke after you died from that fatal disease in your body that I cured. Yugito and I resurrected you Kimimaro. She returned you to your body while I restored it to its intended perfection. Orochimaru has done nothing to remotely bring you back from the dead and has moved onto finding other loyal subordinates to call his own. You were a pawn to him. Nothing more...nothing less," said Naruto seeing the albino become enraged by his words.
"You lie! He showed me love, devotion, and gave me a reason to fight!" said Kimimaro trying to summon his bloodline to his arm to strike out at this dishonorable man that dared speak out against his master.
"He showed you wanted to see Kimimaro. It is you who is the fool in not seeing that, but after so many years of loyalty to him how can you not. I gave you new life Kimimaro. Do I not deserve some of that fanatical loyalty of yours that you showed to the Sanin?" said Naruto seeing the albino narrow his eyes at him and stopped trying to summon bones out of his body from his bloodline.
"He speaks the truth Kimimaro-san. He removed the disease from your body and gave you a permanent cure to it so it will never appear in your family ever again," said Yugito having repeated the words Nibi said since the cat demon was sensing what Naruto was doing.
"Why? Why did you do that? Didn't you know that my first thoughts would be to return to Orochimaru-sama?" said Kimimaro, who saw the masked man nod his head, and then extend his hand to the albino.
"Yes. However, I feel that while your loyalty to him is admirable, it has been regrettably misplaced, and needs to be redirected to a cause worthy of your incredible talents," said Naruto seeing the man take his hand to get him off to ground onto his feet.
"And what may that cause be if I may ask uh...?" said Kimimaro, who didn't know the masked man's name, and could not call him by it until it was known.
"You may call me Naruto. Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto: The Youkokage and Demon Lord of what will soon be all the Elemental Countries," said Naruto seeing the man's eyes now widen in shock.
"You are the boy I fought before, who generated so many shadow clones to get back the Uchiha to Konoha, and delayed me long enough for that strange boy with a bowl shaped hair with unorthodox fighting to take over for you in order for you to pursue your target.
"Do I look like that boy now Kimimaro?" said Naruto removing his mask and hood to reveal his face to the man making the albino tremble in his presence.
"N-No Youkokage-sama. Forgive me!" said Kimimaro before kneeling before his new master since it was unwise to upset a Demon Lord.
"You will be forgiven this one time Kimimaro, but you have a lot of repenting to do for your time serving Orochimaru. From here on out, you earn your repentance through me, and the work we do throughout the various places I order you to go. If you fail to do so, I will take away what I have given you, and so will Yugito if I find you are not meeting our expectations. Understand?" said Naruto his eyes glowing crimson and they told the now obedient albino that it was either servitude or die again.
"I pledge my loyalty to you Youkokage-sama until I die...again," said Kimimaro keeping himself kneeled to the ground before Naruto and looked the man in the eyes to show he meant every word of it.
"Good. Our next task is to hunt down members of Akatsuki. Fortunately, I know where they will strike first, and that is why we will be heading towards the borders of Wind Country," said Naruto seeing the albino nod though he was going to need the proper clothes for such a place due to the desert there.
"If I may be so bold to ask Youkokage-sama, but who is Akatsuki after that lives in Wind Country?" said Kimimaro knowing that in order to take out a hunter you must look at who is being hunted.
"A dear friend of mine. He lives in Suna. He is known as Subaku no Gaara and if what I heard is correct he has become the Kazekage of Suna during his time back their after that Sound/Suna invasion fiasco failed. However, you will not be going with us Kimimaro, as the place will burn you to a crisp with the intense sunlight there, and I need you to do a little...business in Wave Country concerning the contracts they have with Konoha. They will be expiring in few years from now and I want the trade in Wave Country to go to a village that has already begun redeeming themselves of their past sins. While Yugito and I save Gaara, I am entrusting you Kimimaro to write up new trade contracts for Wave Country, and have them begin trading with Suna right after the contract from Konoha expires. Can I trust you with such a mission?" said Naruto seeing the albino look at him with sheer determination that he would succeed no matter what.
"I will begin at once Youkokage-sama. Who should I speak to in terms of handling the contact?" said Kimimaro since he needed to know, who he was dealing with, and how to approach it.
"Find the man named Tazuna. He is the master bridge builder there and the people named the bridge after me. You will treat him respect and kindness along with his family. Tell them I am alive and well, they will understand what I mean. Also while you were dead I have successfully relocated the Fuma Clan to Wave Country so if they spot you they will most likely see you as an enemy. Take this," said Naruto handing Kimimaro a pendent with the kanji for "Kyuubi" on it, which the albino took without question, and looked at it for a good moment.
"This will show them I am with you Youkokage-sama?" said Kimimaro looking from the pendant to Naruto.
"Yes. Never lose that Kimimaro for it is the only thing that will show them that you are loyal to me unless I am with you directly," said Naruto knowing that if that fell into the hands of someone else then someone might suspect that he was still alive despite what was told in Konoha by his traitorous sensei.
"I understand Youkokage-sama. I will head to Wave Country at once," said Kimimaro before bowing to his master and then heading in the direction of Wave Country after Naruto pointed in the direction to go.
"Can we trust him Naruto?" said Yugito once Kimimaro was out of hearing range.
"Yes. I saw the look of pure loyalty in his eyes. He will serve us with the same fanatical devotion that he did Orochimaru and that is what matters. We gave him new life and we cured him of his disease forever. He would kill Orochimaru himself if I asked him to and I have no doubt he would be the Sannin easily," said Naruto before he put his mask and hood on before leaving this bone covered place with Yugito right behind him.
So many things to do so little time.
(A/N: YAY! I wrote another chapter. Was this a good fill in of what happened back when Naruto was betrayed? I hope so. Tell me what you think. Until next time...PEACE!!)