It was a week after Sasuke had been rescued from the Sound nin.
He had spent most of his time under medical observation, covered in seals to try to somehow stop the curse seal.
Tsunade, not being a complete idiot, took a blood and tissue sample from the curse seal location. She noticed that there were radically different enzymes located there.
She was currently working on creating antibodies to destroy the enzyme trigger...after all, enzymes merely attached onto chemical reactions and made them cheap enough, energy wise, to be done, or be done quickly. Shouldn't be too hard to fix.
So for the moment Sasuke was out of the hospital.
And, being a stubborn jackass, the first thing he did was confront Naruto.
Sasuke honestly thought that this Naruto was an imposter. After all, the Naruto he knew was a dead last retard who couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. And he definitely could not sing. Especially not better than Sasuke himself! (In the privacy of the Uchiha compound, Sasuke tried singing, assuming that, as the Uchiha, he would be good at it. He sounded ungodly terrible).
So he approached Naruto at the training ground, and figured that he'd start himself on his 'redemption', by taking out the imposter Naruto and finding the real one. This would prove that he was still the best, or something like that.
"Ok, Dobe...who are you? I know Naruto doesn't have anywhere enough talent to do the things you've done...what have you done with him? Who are you??"
Kakashi, who had been following Sasuke, smacked himself in the forehead. 'Man, you're just begging to be made a fool of again, aren't ya?'
The training ground wasn't a very private one, nor was it all that public. Tayuya happened to be present, and Team 8 was maybe 100 meters away, but that's about it.
No one else was around...so Naruto decided to screw with Sasuke's head.
"Who am I? Please allow me to introduce myself, Sasuke..."
And with that, Kage bunshins appeared. A drum beat started in the background.
Tayuya squealed-she hadn't heard THIS song before.
"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole many a man's soul and faith"
It had been late afternoon, early evening when Sasuke hunted Naruto down. With the sun setting, and shadows seeming to form around Naruto, it was a tad spooky. But Sasuke was an Uchiha, damnit, and they didn't scare easily. Stealing souls? What the hell was he talking about?
"And I was 'round when Sandaime
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Orochimaru
Washed his hands and sealed his fate"
So this man was also responsible for Orochimaru going traitor? Did he cause him to become a traitor, or did he just point out his experiments and Orochimaru fled on his own?
Sasuke couldn't tell.
"Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around Konoha
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Nidaime and his advisors
Sarutobi screamed in vain"
Wait, what? Sasuke hadn't known that the Nidaime had been assassinated...but then, come to think of it, he didn't know much about either of the first two Hokages, other than that they were brothers (which really made no sense, if one was Kage after the other...they must of started young or ended old), and that the Nidaime was really good at Suiton and trained the Third. So this wasn't the first time this...thing...killed someone and/or took their identity?
Naruto was laughing his ass off, on the inside.
"I was in ANBU
Held a captain's rank
When the Iwa War raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
woo woo, woo woo"
He was a captain in the war? Jeez, this guy got around.
The music was picking up, and all the Kage bunshins had started making a "woo woo" noise...
"I watched with glee
While your Hokage
Fought for six decades
For the sannin he trained
woo woo, woo woo
I shouted out,
"Who killed the Uchihas?"
When after all
It was you and me
who who, who who"
Sasuke stumbled back at the last verse. This man-thing had aided Itachi in killing the Uchiha???? And what did he mean, "You and me"? Sasuke had sure has not killed any Uchihas...not for a lack of trying.
Before he could interrupt and question, though...the song continued.
"Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for Yondaime
Who got killed fighting the Kyuubi
woo woo, who who
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
who who
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
who who, who who"
So this man was also responsible for summoning the Kyuubi? Or did he just insure that the Yondaime would die along with it??
"Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
woo woo, who who
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Madara
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
who who, who who"
Naruto had looked in history books, to try to find out the significance behind the name "Lucifer", who often got mentioned in songs-Not as much as that Jesus fellow, but he had his share.
The only description that Naruto could pin down was, word for word, "And Madara descended upon the land, Sharingan twirling, like Lucifer and his demons." Since Madara was an Uchiha, he figured he'd just substitute the name in, to screw with Sasuke more...
Ironically, Sasuke had no clue who he was. Though he did take offence to hearing that line about the cops. Cops weren't bad people! Almost his whole family were cops! And the only really evil family member was the one who WASN'T a cop.
"So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
woo woo
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
woo woo, woo woo
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
who who
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
woo woo, woo woo"
So, this guy is telling him to suck up to him, eh? Well, Sasuke doesn't suck up to any body snatching evil-doer...unless, of course, they offered him power. Then he'd suck whatever they like.
And he didn't even realize the innuendo in what he just said.
"Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah"
At the point, Naruto had walked over to Tayuya, and was singing to her. This left Sasuke with time to figure out his next plan of action...Operation: Rescue Naruto and prove Uchiha Superiority was about to commence.
Kakashi, who was still watching, just groaned. Did Sasuke not realize Naruto was just fucking with him? Though it was damn funny.
"What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo"
And with that, as the bunshins died out with the 'woo woo's, Naruto started making out with Tayuya.
Sasuke was about to initiate his plan to destroy the imposter...but well, he was kind of embarrassed with the way the two were making out.
Kakashi was rather impressed with Naruto...he never expected the kid to pick up a hottie like that.
And then Naruto looked up.
"Does that answer your question?"
"So, you're some kind of body snatching long lived freak named Madara, who gets his kicks torturing Konoha Nin?"
"...Sasuke, you're a fucking idiot."
And with that, Naruto and Tayuya walked away.
So Sasuke decided to spread the word, of Naruto's 'new' demon status.
It didn't quite go as he expected.
After all, every time he told a villager, "We need help! Uzumaki Naruto is a demon!" they responded with a blank look.
"So? I've known that one for years, and they haven't done anything bout it yet."
When he told ninja, they'd normally hush him up, saying "Do you want to get killed? Don't talk about it!"
Truly, Sasuke thought, this Madara fellow was quite the demon, holding the entire village in thrall. How had he never known about this? How long had Madara just been playing with him, how long has it been since Naruto was possessed?
"When I save you, Dobe, you better be damn well thankful."
Author's Notes: The Song- "Sympathy for the Devil", by The Rolling Stones.
You may or may not have noticed that the songs get modified a little from their original lyrics to match Naruto more. This song was probably the most exemplary example of that.