Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or the song "Coming Undone" by Korn.
A/n: Hey guys. I'm not that satisfied with this chapter, but I couldn't find anything to change. I also added a song to this chapter, since it fits Naruto perfectly. The lyrics will be in bold italics. The chapters will get better and more detailed, but there's just too much to write and describe at this point in the fic. Please review!
Konoha's Demon Fox
Chapter 6: Insanity
Keep holding on
When my brain's ticking like a bomb
Guess the black thoughts have come
Again to get me
Naruto paced around his living room wildly, Arashi and Kyuubi watching him. It had been two hours since Kakashi and Itachi had left. Naruto was furiously rubbing his temples.
It got to the point where he began kicking things when Kyuubi finally threw a cup at him. Hitting the back of his head dead on, Naruto turned around and glared.
Not intimidated in the least, Kyuubi motion to the door, "Go after them. You're the Demon Lord now, and this matter involves a demon. Arashi will help me until you get back. You can leave a note for Gaara."
Arashi stepped forward, "Son, you know how to apply chakra to your feet to run faster, right?"
Naruto nodded, though he didn't know why his father would ask such a question at this time. His father then told Naruto to raise his pant legs up, which Naruto did with confusion written all over his face. Kyuubi watched with mild interest. Arashi made several hand seals, then ended it by touching Naruto on each legs, then on Naruto's temples.
Though Naruto couldn't see his temples, he had a pretty good idea what was there since strange black marks appeared on his legs and pulsed, before fading away. Naruto looked up to Arashi, expecting an explanation.
"When I learned the Body Flicker technique, I had to use hand seals." Arashi said, "However, I created a special jutsu which made my body memorize the hand seals forever. Instead, whenever I applied chakra to my feet to gain speed and my eyes, the Shunshin no Jutsu would automatically be activated. That gave the appearance that it was pure speed I was using. However, you must be thinking about the technique as you do it, or else it won't work how you want it to. Now you can do it, too. Cherish that jutsu. It was what made me known as the 'Yellow Flash'. This jutsu will make sure you get to your friends in no time."
Naruto remembered what to do to activate it, but still had a question, "Why the eyes? I get the part about the feet, but what does eyes have to do with it?"
Arashi chuckled, "It's simple. By focusing chakra to the eyes, mixed with the jutsu I put on you, will make everything show down in your sight. Or do you want to see the blurs as your enemy does?"
Naruto shook his head and smiled. Standing up and walking to the door, Naruto faced the direction that he could still sense Sasuke at. Looking back at his father and Kyuubi, he gave and determined nod and faced back outside.
Thinking about the Shunshin inside his head, Naruto applied chakra to his eyes and feet. Next thing he knew everything around seemed to freeze. He wondered why he wasn't moving though. After a moment, he felt like slapping his forehead. Of course he had to run to make him move. When he made to jog at a slow pace, he found himself halfway through Konoha. Only one thought ran through his mind as he streaked through the entire town and past the gates in seconds.
'This is so fricking awesome!'
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Seconds after Naruto had left, Kyuubi turned to Arashi, "You know he's going to use that technique when he does his pranks in the village, right?"
Arashi grinned. However, his grin was short lived with Kyuubi's next words.
"I think I need to do that thing that Naruto does after eating. I think he calls it 'taking a crap'. Can you show me how?"
The Yondaime mentally cursed his son for putting him in this position.
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Sasuke was running away from Konoha as fast as he could with a backpack over his shoulder. He had already ran into Kakashi and a hooded figure. However, he had defeated them with a new jutsu that a man had let him copy before vanishing into thin air. They were not dead, but it was easy to tell that they would not be able to follow him until the jutsu wore off.
The man who gave the kinjutsu was obviously more powerful than anyone he had ever seen. The head of an organization composed of the most powerful missing-nin alive, and he wanted Sasuke to join. Normally, he would scoff and tell the man to leave him alone, but the man had caught his attention when he mentioned that Itachi used to be of the same group, before he left and had been rumored to be staying with a certain ninja. Then, he began to tell of the tailed demons. The strongest, Kyuubi, had been sealed away in a baby in Konoha. The name of that baby was burned in his mind. One he never thought possible.
Last, Hachimata, the second strongest demon was sealed inside himself in secret. Put to risk at birth by his own family in order to destroy the person who held the Kyuubi. And that truth was what made his brother kill everyone that Sasuke had ever cared about. His whole life destroyed because he was wanted to kill a single person.
All of these pieces of information ran together, involving the same person. The one at fault for all his misery.
Back at his old home was a picture, shattered against the wall. Shattered because it betrayed everything he now lived for. He now lived for the power that one man had revealed the truth to him and promised that Sasuke could harness it with the man's training and be able to achieve his revenge. Also, another ambition. One that was newly gained.
Back at his old home was a picture, shattered against the wall. Shattered because the image on it was of himself, and the person who had ruined his entire life. The person he would kill. His family's wish to him.
Uzumaki Naruto.
As Sasuke neared the border of Fire Country and Earth Country, he found himself blocked by a sudden blur that cracked the ground when it landed.
"OI, bastard!"
Sasuke smirked. Luck was on his side, as always.
After an embarrassing encounter between the two, Arashi and Kyuubi sat in a strange silence. It was supposed to be used to try to forget the moments before, but the quietness just made the images run through their minds over and over.
Finally, Arashi couldn't stand it any longer, "Ne, Kyuubi, why do you and Naruto dress like me?"
Kyuubi was silently thanking Arashi for ending the tension, "Eh, I think that he looks up to you a lot, and even more so when he found out that he's your son. He also to me that the jacket makes him look really cool." Kyuubi paused and grinned sheepishly, "Me, it matches my eyes."
Naruto's father laughed, "I bet with those new exotic looks, he'll be a heartthrob."
Kyuubi nodded his head, "He'll bear many pups."
The color from Arashi's face drained, leaving it looking like it was a part of his coat. He fainted.
Kakashi groaned as he sat up. As the genius he was, thoughts were racing through his head rapidly. Sasuke has run away, defeated his brother and his teacher with one unbelievable jutsu that he couldn't even begin to describe, and still had enough chakra to leave at an unbelievable pace. Not good.
Getting his focus back, Kakashi looked to his side and used his hand to shake Itachi awake. As his partner woke up Kakashi stood and prepared to make his way back to the village and inform Arashi and Naruto.
Sweet bitter words
Unlike nothing I have heard
Sing along, Mocking Bird
You don't affect me
"Dobe…"
Naruto smirked. Usually, when Sasuke taunted him, Naruto's anger would flare and retaliate. However, that no longer happened. The insults meant nothing, as he was no longer an idiot who was the dead last. Now, he was more powerful than most could get. Sure, some may be able to beat him as they have more experience. That problem will be handled soon enough, though.
"Why, hello, Sasuke-chan. Going somewhere?" Naruto added the wrong suffix to further infuriate the person in front of him. Now the tables have turned, and Naruto was the kind of person not to waste things.
Sasuke grinded his teeth together. This bastard was making light of an Uchiha! No way! Gathering his patience, Sasuke smiled, "Yes, I believe I was. However, I think I can waste a few minutes. Since, it would only take that long to pound you into the dirt."
Naruto awarded the taunt with a small chuckle, "Now, Sasuke-chan, you do remember the last time you said it would minutes to defeat someone, right? I remember that you were floored by Rock Lee, who can't even use chakra. That must of bruised your ego more than your body. Even I found myself doubting my choice of a rival."
Naruto's words worked exactly like they were supposed to. Blinded by rage, Sasuke yelled and charged at the Demon Lord. Enforcing chakra into his limbs, the Uchiha landed a roundhouse kick to the side of Naruto's head and another to the ribs, then followed with a another powerful punch to Naruto's chest right where his heart was.
Sasuke skidded to a small distance to observe his results. He didn't bother to keep his guard up, since the last his would cause Naruto's heart to explode. However, as his breath began to regulate, Sasuke found that his jaw was begging to drop to the ground.
There, standing exactly as he was before the fierce attack, was Naruto, with a smug smirk plastered on his face. As he looked at Naruto's body, he found not even dirt on his clothes and a scratch on his face.
"Surprised, Sasuke-Chan?" Naruto asked, "Did I happen to mention that when I put chakra to the places that you are going to hit, then your hits feel much like a child's?"
Instead of charging forward, Sasuke found himself backing up. The kid in front of him was a monster, more than his demonic new features could ever portray. He packed all of his chakra into those hits. Not suspecting that there would be more to this battle, now he found himself at the other's mercy.
Where was that Naruto that was the loser? The one that was so weak that he was ignored by even the pathetic Sakura? How Sasuke wished that he was facing the dobe now. Then, at least, Sasuke would be able to get through this alive.
Sasuke's thoughts were interrupted by a sharp pain inside of his head. First, it was a searing pain that made him collapse to his knees, but then simmered down to a small throb. Wondering if it was Naruto, he looked up from the ground to find Naruto looking at him, eyebrow raised.
Suddenly, a voice spoke, "USSSSE…Chakra, from me. Make him…..USELESSSSSSS. No fox, jussst boy. But still Kyuubi. SSSeems like new master has risen. May be…weaker than old. Kill. Kill. KILL!"
Before Sasuke even had the chance to ponder where the voice that had sounded like a dumb brute had come from, or his words, he felt a strong flood of chakra spread throughout his veins, making his body feel a strange cold sensation. Like ice. Sasuke felt surprisingly calm once again as his thoughts caught up.
The chakra. It was from Hachimata.
Getting back up from his knees, Sasuke stood up fully, with a wicked smirk plastered on his face. With this power, he felt invincible. When he looked back at Naruto, he felt a cold fury spread through his head. That smug bastard was looking bored! Even with Sasuke's chakra ripping the ground.
Naruto watched as Sasuke went to his maximum, which wasn't much since Sasuke's body was still human and could handle all of the snake's chakra. Still, it was about a fourth of his own chakra, and that was hard to believe. If Sasuke had the time to fully merge with his demon, they would probably be even. No way that was going to happen.
When Sasuke had finished off gathering chakra, Naruto took it as his cue to do the same. Reaching into his chakra reserve, he found it soothing his body as it worked it's way through his coils. Violet chakra swirled around him, a mixture of Kyuubi's red chakra and Naruto's old blue chakra. Instead of going to his maximum, Naruto matched Sasuke dead even.
"I can go a lot higher than this, Sasuke-chan. However, I will not use any more power than this. I want to see which one of us can win just by skills alone."
The Uchiha, mad in power, laughed, "You want to face me in pure skills, dobe? Have you forgotten that I am an Uchiha, wielder of the Sharingan? Not to mention carrier of the Eight-tailed demon, Hachimata. You don't have a chance, you no-talent drop out."
Naruto blinked, "Your point? I am Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Arashi, known better as the Yondaime. Also, wielder of Rasengan and the Shunshin technique. Did I forget to mention that I no longer carry the demon fox, but, in fact, I am the new demon lord, Kyuubi?"
Sasuke smirked, "Yeah right! A demon lord has to be demon not human, dobe. Quit trying to show me up. Also, please refrain from saying you're the son of a man who can't deny it cause he's dead. You may look like him, but that's where it stops."
Naruto grabbed a kunai from his holster and aimed it at Sasuke's face, "I am no longer human, you asshole. Kyuubi changed me when I absorbed him. And, if you want to get technical about it, one of the techniques that Orochimaru used brought my father back to life. He's at my house now. However, if you don't believe me, you can see it for yourself when I bring your half-dead body back to Konoha."
With that, Naruto charged with his kunai in hand. Closing the distance in seconds, the blonde pulled back his arm and slammed his weapon forward.
"Not good enough," Sasuke taunted as he stepped slightly to the side. Pushing a small amount of chakra into his eyes, as soon as he blinked it revealed the Sharingan. However, they were different this time. Instead of two pinwheels in each eye, there were three.
Dodging Naruto's punches, Sasuke pondered to himself, 'I can see his movement before he even makes it. And to such a degree! It's like five seconds before his move is done. Seeing isn't enough though. If I get hit by a single one of those punches, I'm through! I can barely dodge his strikes. Is he this close to being my equal?'
Naruto smirked. Adding chakra to his eyes and feet evenly, he thought about his new jutsu that his dad gave him, 'Shunshin no Jutsu!'
At first, Sasuke saw Naruto phase out of existence. Next, he felt a sharp pain enter his back. When he turned, he found a grinning Naruto.
"B-Bastard, how did you do that?" Sasuke asked as he pulled the kunai out of his back. To his extreme relief, the wound closed up in seconds. Advantages of using demon chakra, he concluded. 'Does Naruto have the same ability?"
Sasuke flung his hand with the bloody kunai across the air, spraying his own blood into Naruto's eyes. Instantly, Naruto began wiping his eyes frantically.
As Naruto was wiping the last of the blood away, he felt a kunai stab into his stomach to the grip. Grunting, the blonde boy forced his eyes open to see Sasuke smirking at him.
Smirking back, Naruto yanked out the kunai. Instead of healing in seconds like Sasuke did, the wound closed even as the blade was being pulled out. By the time the kunai was fully out, there was no trace of a wound on his body.
Sasuke pulled out a windmill shuriken, "Looks like this will be a long battle, dobe."
Naruto pulled his large sword out that had been tied onto his back and held it over his shoulder, "Or it might be shorter than you think. Healing wounds take a lot of chakra. We'll both run out sooner or later, since I already promised that I won't use any more than what I had already shown."
That's right!
Deliverance of my Heart
Be strait!
Be Deliberate
Wait! I'm coming undone!
Unlaced! I'm coming undone!
Too late! I'm coming undone!
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait! I'm starting to suffocate!
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
Kakashi and Itachi looked blankly at Arashi and Kyuubi. When they arrived back in Konoha out of breath, they didn't stop until the were at the Uzumaki house. Even as they ran, they saw the pandemonium in the village. After all, there had just been a war, and the Hokage was dead. Even Orochimaru had died, to which Itachi gave Kakashi the offhand comment that he killed the snake man.
There were also rumors that the Fourth Hokage was alive again, and he was currently killing the demon boy that had taken his life. Kakashi had rolled his eye at that one. Just wait until they find out, he thought.
Now, Kakashi and Itachi were in the living room, wanting to bang their heads into the hardest objects the could find. Kakashi was using his book.
Itachi frowned, "You mean…we did all of that for nothing?"
Kyuubi snickered, "Afraid so. Naruto couldn't wait any longer, and it IS his duty. So, he left after Sasuke."
"Dumb brat."
Everyone turned around to see who had spoken, only to find Jiraiya. Arashi's eye twitched, "And where were you, peeping? Tell the truth, ERO-SENSEI!"
The toad hermit fell to the floor, 'Not his father, too…Damn brats, they should respect me!'
Jiraiya jumped back up, ready to defend himself against the accusations, "As a matter of fact, I was in the room with that sand boy. I wanted to check what seals the brat used to seal up the kid's demon. Also, I wanted to see how far along the merging is going."
Kyuubi was paying attention now, "AND?"
"Faster than Naruto expected. It seems that the demon is in some kind of hurry. The flow of chakra is causing burns on the boy's body, but the healing factor is making everything right in just minutes."
Kyuubi looked outside, 'What's Shukaku rushing for? Does he sense…? No, the kit would never be hurt that bad. However, Shukaku has an insane ability predict how things will turn out.'
Jiraiya got everyone's attention, "So, Arashi, you going to be Hokage again? Now that Sarutobi is gone, this village will need it more than ever."
Arashi frowned, "For this village? After what happened to my son throughout his life, I wouldn't lead a rock."
"Then what are your plans?"
"That," Arashi answered, "is for Naruto to decide. What he does or where he goes, I'll do the same. I need to catch up with my son for lost time."
Kakashi looked down at the ground. He wanted to protest, to tell his sensei to become as great as he once was. However, he did have a good point. Being with their son is something anyone would want to do.
Jiraiya nodded. He, too, understood his student's choice. There was still one thing left to do, though, "Well, the council will turn to me to become the hokage soon. I don't want to do it, and Naruto, while strong enough, doesn't have enough jutsus or the wisdom yet. I will go tell them that I'll find Tsunade. I'd rather it be her than me. That would cut into my research time."
Arashi sweatdropped, "Research?"
Jiraiya left before Arashi could get an answer. Itachi and Kakashi also excused themselves, claiming that they were going to talk about the Sharingan. Kyuubi decided that he need to check on Shukaku's vessel, leaving Arashi by himself.
"This is the place that the white-haired guy said Naruto-kun moved to. Um," Arashi heard from outside. He walked outside and found a pink-haired girl looking around confused. When he came into view, the girl notice him.
"Hi, Naruto," she said, "You place was hard to find. How did you get such a big house?"
Arashi raised an eyebrow, "I'm not Naruto."
Sakura looked at him harshly, then softened, "I'm sorry. You look and dress like him, but he's got different eyes now. I'm Sakura. Is Naruto in?"
"I'm Uzumaki Arashi, the boy's father. Actually, he's gone from the village right now. Uchiha Sasuke betrayed the village, and Naruto went to go kick his ass and bring him back. Are you a friend of his?"
In complete shock over what she heard, Sakura could only nod her head.
Arashi smiled, "Well, come on in. We can have some tea and talk until he comes back. Shouldn't be long."
Mute and staring strait ahead, Sakura followed, knowing that this man who claimed to be Naruto's father would have the answers that she wanted. The man showed her to the living room and told her that she could wait there while he makes tea. As she looked around in curiosity, she found that just the living room was almost as large as her house was. Naruto must have gotten this by inheritance.
While Sakura looked around, Arashi was in the kitchen banging his head. Sure, he found the tea, but that was only after finding six cabinets full of different flavors of ramen. Somehow, he knew that the tea belonged to Itachi, since Naruto seemed to like only one thing.
After a few minutes, Arashi returned with tea. Pouring both himself and Sakura a cup, he looked at her, "So, how do you know Naruto?"
Sakura looked down at her cup, "We were teammates before he quit. I thought he was annoying and yelled at him all the time. He quit after what I said to him. I told him that Sasuke-kun was better. That's why I came. I wanted to apologize to him."
"I see. From what I can tell, Naruto seems to be the best. I just came back today, mind you. I've never been around Naruto before."
Sakura wiped away the tears in her eyes, "Then you don't know how Naruto used to be. Up until a few weeks ago, Naruto was the class dead-last. He was loud, rude, and couldn't perform even the most basic of techniques. The only reason he was a ninja was because he could use the Shadow Clone Jutsu with ease. He was short, impolite, always wore orange, and hated by everyone. Naruto was the pariah of the village."
Arashi looked interested, "How'd he change?"
Sakura looked away, "We don't know. The day he quit the team, he left to Wave Country to train. When we first saw him today, it surprised us all. All the gennin are at a loss. He shows up and everything about him is different. He's more powerful, more skilled, dressed in the clothes you have on now, and he only speaks when it's necessary. He's got a new teammate and a new rank, plus that sword that Zabuza used before he died. Also, he said he got a bloodline limit that made his body change where he has claws and red eyes, but you don't have them either. I get the feeling that he lied. And now, he's going to fight Sasuke…What is happening to everything?"
Arashi sighed, "I know the answers to everything, but I can't tell his secrets. They are dark, and not for just anybody to know. And to tell them, it would mean telling my secrets as well. I'm sorry."
"Please! Tell me, please! I won't tell a soul. I promise."
Once again, Arashi sighed, "I'm only telling you this because I believe Naruto needs someone his age to understand him like some of us do. For starters, I believe I should tell you who I am and how I came back. It would explain what I did in the past and how Naruto lives."
Sakura nodded, silently cheering herself on for being able to get some answers.
Choke, choke again
I find my demons were my friends
Getting me in the end
They're out to get me
Since I was young
I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And this sweet chubby gun
Does not protect me
Naruto and Sasuke clashed their weapons together as hard as they could, the force of the blows pushing them apart. Their clothing had many tears and rips, though their bodies showed no signs of damage.
Will power was controlling this fight now. Both boys were at the last bit of their chakra, though Naruto still had a lot more that he had forbidden himself from using. If he ran out of chakra first, then he would forfeit. Simple as that.
However, Naruto had the upper hand, surprisingly. His skills and tactics had greatly improved. There was no way that he was going to lose this.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, several slashes emerged on his back. They were deep, and even his healing would take a few minutes to fix it. Falling down, he heard voices.
The first was obviously Sasuke, "You! Why did you do that? I was about to beat him!"
The other voice answered, "Come, we have to leave. No arguing. The kid's wounds will heal soon, and you have to train before you can beat him."
After that, the voices disappeared, and Naruto blacked out.
That's right!
Trigger between my eyes
Be strait!
Make it quick now
Wait! I'm coming undone!
Unlaced! I'm coming undone!
Too late! I'm coming undone!
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait! I'm starting to suffocate!
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
Kyuubi was watching the vessel of Shukaku with interest. The kid was twitching uncontrollably. Though the vessel kept his shape for the most part, there were some changes. On the kid's skin, Shukaku's blue marks appeared. Also, there were claws instead of hands.
In the middle of Kyuubi's study, Gaara jumped up, completely awake and looking around with star-shaped eyes.
"MASTER, I'M COMING!" the boy yelled as he ran out of the house, and Kyuubi noticed that it was in the direction that Naruto had left to.
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I'm!
Trying to hold it together!
Head is lighter than a feather
Looks like I'm not getting better
Not getting better
Wait! I'm coming undone!
Unlaced! I'm coming undone!
Too late! I'm coming undone!
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait! I'm starting to suffocate!
And soon I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
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