Alright! 21st Chapter!
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I feel that I need to re-adress nearly every statement I've made in the beginning of my stories. First of all, against the decision in chapter one that "I will NOT write and overpowered piece..." well, guess what? I did. Get over it. Secondly, from chapter one, "...for if I owned Naruto, there would be no fillers..." by this I meant that the fillers wouldn't be called "fillers" they would be bona-fied plot. Secondly, my statement to Masked Critic, in chapter two, that I would "...be good from now on..." I now withdraw. I plan on doing what I feel like, to express the way I write.
Disclaimer! THIS IS FREAKIN' FAN-FICTION!!!! THAT MEANS I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ELRIC!!! When I find the person that started this...I'm opening up a can of void...ON WITH THE SHOW!
"Blah"-person speaking...'Blah'-person thinking..."Blah"-Demon speaking...'Blah'-Demon thinking..."Blah"-Memory speaking(they don't think)...'Blah'-Pyron speaking through mental pathways.
Leaves of Steel, Chapter 21
Outside of Konoha: 12:01 PM
Two people were coursing through the trees like blood through water; first, an old man, wearing tall sandals and face-paint, a gleaming forehead protector reading "Oil"; second a seemingly young woman, large...tracks of land, a green jacket, and a diamond-shaped tattoo on her forehead.
"Jiraya," asked the blonde woman, "how did you find me today of all days, when you haven't known where I was for a few years?"
"Easy." replied the toad summoner, "I used my patented jutsu that locates the woman with the largest breasts!" he ended with a perverted, yet somehow serious grin.
Tsunade was about to hit him when they came upon a section of wall, with a giant hole through it. They saw giant footprints leading from the hole in the direction of sound.
"Tsunade! Could this be the work of Oro-teme? It is leading toward sound!" Jiraya's mind was flowing wildly about.
Tsunade remained silent, as they jumped inside the cities limits.
"W-wait..." cried a weak voice, "Tsunade-sama...I can help..."
Tsunade and Jiraya turned around to find a Mr. Yamanaka Inochi crawling along the ground, his legs broken.
"Inochi-san!" Tsunade called out, rushing over to him, hands charged with healing chakra.
She rapidly healed his wounds, and then saw him eat both a blood pill and a soldier's pill. He stood up, fully trusting in Tsunade's battlefield medical capabilities.
"Tsunade-sama, one Uzumaki Naruto has committed a worse treason than Uchiha Itachi, killing well over 1,000 citizens, and probably 300 Ninja. We are currently left with 4 genin, 7 chunin, 3 jonin, and one special jonin. No medics were lost, and the majority of citizens were evac'ed to the mountain stronghold. The council was also slaughtered, so, as a jonin, I hereby petition either you or Jiraya to take...S-s...Sarutobi-sama's place as Hokage elect!" Inochi cried.
Jiraya raised his hand, "It is obvious to me that the majority of Konoha, which was the largest area of book-sales of my Icha-Icha series, is in need of assistance. As a Sannin of Konoha, and next in line, based off completed missions, I hereby accept." his face had taken on an air of seriousness as he said this.
Tsunade ran over to the hospital without a word, to see if there were any that could be saved by her hand, 'Now is not the time to be afraid of blood. Now is not the time...' she thought over and over again.
Hokage-sama, if you will, the Yamanaka survivors wish to show you a plan we have devised." he stated, walking with a slight limp to his clan house, Jiraya in tow.
Konoha hospital: 12:10 PM
Tsunade, without express permission, began to heal anyone she could see the moment she walked in the door. She was whipping out healing scrolls, pre-made, to conserve her chakra.
A medic ran up to her, "Tsu-Tsunade-sama?" he asked incredibly, "Why are you here?"
Tsunade kept working as she talked, "I don't really have time to explain! What are your worse cases?!" she commanded.
The medic led her over slowly, as she kept stopping to heal people from smaller scrolls she withdrew from a huge one on her back. SHe had so many seals on the scroll, she had only unfurled it 3 feet.
When they reached the critical ward, she didn't ask questions, she looked at their papers, and began to set up scrolls, before turning to Sasuke, "An Uchiha?" she asked.
"Itachi's little brother." the medic stated simply, as Tsunade healed his wounds as well.
Yamanaka clan house: 12:22PM
"We, the Elders of the Yamanaka clan, have a report to make. We have found that the boy was harboring the Sealed God, Stormbringer, who was sealed by the fourth into an orb. Said orb was placed in a mountain, where only a member of his family could open it, We found that, since Naruto was able to retrieve the orb, he must therefore be a relative of the Yondaime. Based off birth records, we have come to the conclusion that Arashi WAS the last of his blood. That was, UNTIL Naruto opened the chamber. Based off this information, Naruto is the son of the Yondaime." the Elder finished.
"A...all this time.." Jiraya mumbled, before it turned into a yell, "ALL THIS TIME I NEVER KNEW, ARASHI!!! I COULD HAVE HELPED! WHY??!?!?! " the Hokage elect began to gasp, before regaining his composure, "I propose the use of the Yamanaka mind bomb. Naruto-san is still in there, we just have to help him."
The Elders nodded, and withdrew a package from underneath the table, "We thought you'd say this."
On the way to the mountain: 12:30
"Orochimaru! Come out to play!" called the no-longer blonde boy. His hair had turned black, with green stripes running along each strand.
As soon as he cat-called, a stripe of purple flew into him, knocking him into a tree. Manda rose from his stomach, and hissed.
"Orochimaru...why am I here?" the reptile asked.
"Because, Manda, this BOY killed an entire village. He needs to be killed, or we will have nobody to feed to you." the snake Sannin said in a huff
The snake nodded, and was soon impaled by a sliver of metal, "Flay." the boy said, ripping off Manda's skin, yet the snake didn't puff out of existance.
"Silly boy, I am a snake, I can shed my skin." the snake kindly informed him.
Stormbringer sighed, "Silly snake, I am a god, I can shed your FLESH! DEEP FLAY!!"it called, ripping Manda into shreds, blood everywhere.
There was no "poof", Manda lay in pieces, dead. Orochimaru was stunned, his most powerful summon lay dead.
"Kukuku, Naruto-kun," Orochimaru chuckled, "you have great potential. I hope you don't mind if I...TAKE YOUR BODY!!" he launched into hand seals, and turned into a snake.
Stormbringer looked on in disinterest at the illusionary world he was in, "control." Orochimaru suddenly turned rigid, and the world crumbled away.
The snake sannin lay defensless, "Orochimaru, I hope you don't mind if I...TAKE YOUR SOUL!!" Stormbringer stabbed his sword-form into the man's head, feeling over 20 souls flow into him, "Weird. Oh well." he moved onwards toward the mountain.
"Call." the blood-coated katana Yonshu used to carry appeared at Stormbringer's side, and was strapped onto his back.
Konoha's Hospital: 1:07PM
"What is that?" asked Tsunade, at the sight of a sleeping dragon at Tenten's side.
Tenten's eyes turned downwards, "That...he is...Naruto's Dragon. His name is Pyron."
At the mention of his name, the dragon awoke, and raised his head, "Where is Naruto-sama?" the dragon asked.
"Pyron," began Tenten, "Naruto-kun was taken over by...something...do you know what it is?"
Pyron suddenly began to mope, "Yes. Its name is Stormbringer, and it is the god inside of his sword. It took over his body that was made of metal. There...is no way to stop Stormbringer..."
"Wrong." a pale man said, holding a blade of the same black metal that Stormbringer was.
End of Leaves of Steel, Chapter 21
D A CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED! Bonus points to anyone who correctly identifies the new blade!
4 Days in Naruto's world left! (This doesn't mean I'll update once every day, mind you. It just means that V-techt just kicked in, y'all!)
-Johnhamsta