Alright! Chapter 5! There are some things we need to address though...
First of all... Anon reviewer: T.O.B...WHAT THE HELL? You said, and I quote...
"so this good kill kyuubi
this other good kill the fist good and naruto has the power of kyuubi and this sword"
First of all, Stormbringer, a God, appears to have vanquished Kyubi, in the equivalent of 3 days and 8 hours...
Secondly, The God of swords sealed Stormbringer, you can't Kill a God that easily.
Thirdly, Naruto has Kyubi's CHAKRA, not his powers, and Naruto does not posses Stormbringer, only his Evil abilities.
Anyways, Thanks to all my reviewers, Including hoyt, who brought up the coating issue...Naruto's cells are lined with metal, so his body reacts that way. His nerve endings are metal-free, so the chemical signals can pass. The metal around these cells becomes more dense, but is easily converted to a liquid-metal substance for rapid transportation.
Let us have a moment of silence for Morino Ibiki...Moment's Over! ON WITH THE SHOW!
"Blah"-person speaking...'Blah'-person thinking..."Blah"-Demon speaking...'Blah'-Demon thinking..."Blah"-Memory speaking(they don't think)
Leaves of Steel, Chapter 5
Naruto's mindscape
The inside of Naruto's mind had grown more twisted since he last saw it. Mental figments and memories had become dark and eerie, currently playing out a medieval siege. His good memories, the few he had, were under siege by his bad ones.
As the blond-haired child made his way to the castle, in all of its brain-shaped splendor, he fell witness to every single bad memory laying down their weapons and bowing to him.
"Naruto...remember me?" one of the grotesque skeletons asked, "I am that one time when those villagers stabbed you, you know, with those broken bottles? Wanna see?" it asked coyly.
"No...It's okay...I have to get to that castle..." The scared boy said, trembling.
"Suit yourself..." it said, an eerie grin on its face.
The skeletons made way for Naruto, a path began to become visible, strewn with broken bones and splintered skulls. Naruto followed the path, an unknown force pulling him along it.
As he came to the gleaming white castle, its walls covered with burn marks and crumbling stone, he noticed a small door open.
"Naruto-sama, in here! Hurry!" a faint voice squeaked.
Naruto rushed inside the door, to find himself face-to-face with a little bunny-rabbit.
"No time to explain, Naruto-sama. I am the memory of chasing rabbits in the park, and I need you to come with me to see the commander!" the small mammalian figment spoke.
It jumped up and grabbed his hand, hopping down the corridors with Naruto in tow. As he was being dragged, Naruto noticed injured memories, their wounds and missing limbs slowly regenerating. Every one he passed looked at him with a bright smile. He approached a large room, overlooking the side of the walls, a figure, white and oddly-textured stood, watching the advancing forces of skeletons, a dark cloud in the distance.
"Do you see them?" the figure asked in a rough, masculine voice, "They bear the insignia of the sword, it sent them to devour our final stand, the Cranial Castle. We have long battled against minor detachments of these memories, but never this much..." The figure said as it turned around.
"Y...Y-yond-aime...?" the bewildered child stuttered, "Is that you!?"
"Yes Naruto-kun, I lead your good memories, as their commander, as their king. The reason for this is the fact that I am the strongest desire you have. To become the world's greatest shinobi!" Figment Yondaime exclaimed, with every other figment in the room raising their right fist in unison.
"But, If you are the Yondaime, how come you can't just whoop 'em all? I mean, you are the most powerful..." the blond-haired nut-case said.
"The stronger the memory, the closer it must stay to the core of the castle, such as how to breathe and all that..." the figment said. "No time for that, though, Do you see that cloud...again? That one that went back into the statue? Well, that is Stormbringer's physical form, as of now, but has grown after it devoured two souls. The more souls it gets the bigger it becomes, but loses size and power when you use its energy, as well as when you don't use it. This energy corrupts you, and brings out your rage, causing you to lose control. Whenever it takes a soul, it transfers some of the soul energy to you, healing you and completely resting you. The sword has no need for chakra, so all of that goes to you." The figmental Yondaime finished his longwinded speech.
"So...I have Ibiki's chakra?" The boy asked, heavy-hearted.
"Yes, and he lives on inside of you...as all of his memories are now yours, all of his techniques, all of his skills. You are Naruto, and you are Ibiki. You have all of his memories, good and bad. Every time you do this, you become a little more them. Their DNA is mixed with yours, the best parts stay. Like Ibiki's resistance to torture. And the Kyubi's resistance to fire." Said the memory Yondaime, in a very informed manner.
Naruto started dancing around, signing, "Can't touch this...with fire!" over and over again, until the rabbit he met earlier tripped him.
"Naruto, one other thing." the Figment version of the fourth said, "You can, in here, every night, KILL your bad memories, before they kill us. If you do this, your chakra will become more controllable. Help us!" The Yondaime pleaded, before Naruto woke up.
Konoha hospital, recovery wing
He was lying in the hospital bed, just a standard one, staring up at a very familiar ceiling. He jumped out of bed, and put on his all black clothes, they were all he had left, so he needed more. He left the room and went to check himself out of the hospital, when he noticed a strange girl following him, hiding from his view.
"Hinata!" he said loudly, "I know you are there, if you have something to say, come out and say it!" He said firmly, figuring out it was Hinata from the way the girl blushed when he said her name.
"S-sorry, N-naruto-kun! I-I-I...ju-st wan-wanted t-to know i-if you were al-alright..." The pale-eyed Hyuuga stuttered.
'Why does she always stutter around me?' The boy thought, 'Must be a speech impediment...what a weirdo...' "Oh, okay Hinata, I'm fine, gotta go!" he shouted behind him as he ran off towards the receptionist's desk, unaware of Hinata's predictable faint.
Konoha Hospital, reception
"Hello..." said Naruto fearfully, as the receptionist always had hated him.
"Naruto!" the receptionist sad happily, "It's great to see you! Sorry for being such a bitch the entire time you've known me!" She said as she gave him a hug. "Checking out?" She asked.
Naruto was in shock, Some one was actually nice to him. 'Must be that they know the Fox is gone...Sweet, maybe I can finally get some respect around here...' he thought before responding with a "Yes, yes I am" and a smile.
Konoha
As he walked out into the street, he noticed people coming up to him and telling him they were sorry, even the ones who had attempted to kill him, plus a couple Anbu. He went to a clothing shop, to buy some new duds, figuring they wouldn't throw him out this time. He didn't know how right he was.
Turns out it seemed to be "give stuff to Naruto for free" day. He went in, they exchanged some apologies and hugs, and he came out thirty minutes later with a new set of clothes.
He was wearing his gauntlets, new matching metal boots, black pants with imprinted kunai on them, and a shirt, personalized, with a detailed picture of the Nine tails on it, crossed out with a big "no" sign.. His headband was still around his forehead.
His next stop was the weapons shop, where he could probably get free stuff too.
He was right, and as he walked in, The owners started giving him stuff, with those same "sorry"s as everyone else. Tenten, who turned out to be the daughter of the owners, walked in.
"Yo Naruto-kun, the Hokage made an announcement to the town that the kyubi was sealed inside of you, but is now gone. Everyone was all 'Yay! Now we can be nice to him, instead of him wanting to kill us and stuff!'...I had the fox thing figured out when I saw you. I mean, who has freaking whiskers!?" Konoha's weapon mistress in training stated.
"Tenten, that was kinda mean...I had to grow up with abuse all my life, don't make a fucking joke out of it!" The blue-eyed kid said angrily.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, I'll make it up to you, wanna go train or something?" Tenten asked sweetly.
"Sure, I'd love to!" the boy said, while thinking 'Is this a date or something from her viewpoint?' as he walked off with her, a bounty of weapons in his hand.
He got a set of kunai, exploding tags, and a book on sealing, and a butt-load of blank rippable scrolls. He picked out one, and expertly made some incredibly advanced runes, ripping the piece out.
"Naruto-kun, How did you do that!?" Tenten asked, "I didn't know you knew how to make magnet tags!"
Naruto was shocked, he didn't even think what he was doing. He needed an excuse, and got a good one. "Ibiki-sensei taught me this before he...passed away..." Naruto said with a sad face, but making an undetectable Lie, as Ibiki's memories were erased from Ibiki's body.
"I'm sorry about your teacher, Naruto-kun, he was a great man." Tenten said reassuringly.
"Yeah, yeah he was." Said Naruto, a smile appearing on his face.
Training ground 7
They came to training ground 7, and Naruto began to flip through some hand seals.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" he shouted, his teacher's move blazing through his mind.
Tenten braced for the worst, only to see nothing come out of Naruto's mouth. she walked up to him, and poked him in the forehead. "You can't do that? Why did you try?" she asked,
"But.." Naruto said, "I used to be able to do it..."
End of Chapter 5
Cliff hangers are fun...
Why can't Naruto perform the jutsu!?
find out when I feel like updating
I'm not hating on Hinata, just poking fun at her, she could use it.