Chapter 6-Dance with the Devil
It wasn't long before word quickly spread through out Konoha about a contest of skills between the ever mysterious Shinigami King and Hatake Kakashi. Many wondered who would win since both competitors were legendary in the Shinobi world and were both considered quite deadly. Many had favored Kakashi to win since he was the hometown favorite, the student of the Yondaime, the son of the White Fang, and possessed the last remaining Sharingan Eye in Konoha.
However, a few still worried about the Shinigami King being the victor as not even the great Hatake Kakashi could have defeated S-Class Missing Nin from Akatsuki. No one knew much about him except that he and his group decimated the organization the man himself was responsible for the crippling of Uchiha Itachi. Everyone, who fought either never lived to tell about it or were so crippled that they could never speak the words to describe it.
Now it was the day of the fight and while the people were getting ready for the event they debated on about, one Kyuubi Naruto was currently in the Master Bedroom staring at the ceiling of his home, with one Hyuuga Hinata next to him...naked. He didn't need his fox sense of smell to tell Hinata wanted to make love to him badly and since they already had Hiashi's blessing they figured what a way to celebrate his return to Konoha and back to the love of his life.
He heard and felt Hinata purr slightly, as she moved her head deeper into the crook of his neck while her body tried to mold itself onto Naruto's body. The once shy girl that used to faint around him, now had claw like hands making her Gentle Fist even deadlier, she had silvery white fox ears, her long deep blue hair now had a pure sliver lightning streak running down the entire length of it, and her stamina had increased several times over.
The last difference Naruto could attest to personally.
"Hinata-chan, would you like some breakfast?" said Naruto, as he whispered into her ear in a sensual way making the girl moan at the mere sound of it.
"No breakfast. Just Naruto-kun would be nice thank you," said Hinata purring more, as Naruto began to massage her ears knowing it was her weak spot when it came to making her feel good.
"If you get up now, you can have both," said Naruto before kissing her neck and jaw line making the woman moan as she raked her clawed hands over his chest leaving red lines along it.
"Both you say?" said Hinata waking up seeing the grin on her lover's face before the two of them went into a full making out session for a solid hour.
(Konoha Streets)
"So what do you think of this fight that's going to happen today?" said Tenten to Neji and Lee, who were quite interested in the matchup.
"Yosh! I believe Hatake-san has lost the flames of youth and therefore will lose to the Shinigami King," said Lee before nodding his head, as if what he said was 100 percent correct.
"I have never seen Hatake-san go all out before so I cannot judge measure his skills until I have seen him do so. However, the Shinigami King is not weak by any means and he was the one, who made two S-Class Missing Nin come to Konoha for sanctuary," said Neji not wanting to make a guess at anything just yet until he saw the fighters themselves in midst of battle.
"Do you think the Shinigami King will use that long Nodachi he has on his back? They say he's quite the swordsman," said Tenten hoping she would see the man use the sword in the fight and see what kind of style he uses.
"I wonder what kind of Taijutsu the Shinigami King uses and how it compares to my own form of fighting?" said Lee, as his curiosity was making him more anxious to see the big match.
"Hey! You guys!" said Ino with Shikamaru and Choji behind her looking lazy or eating something as they walked.
"Hey Ino how's it going?" said Tenten looking at her fellow Jounin Shinobi, who was once a major Sasuke fan-girl like Sakura still was.
"Oh the usual stuff, but I'm really excited about this match that's going to happen later today against Kakashi and the Shinigami King," said Ino, as she had seen several betting areas popping up with many betting on Kakashi winning since he was considered a proud veteran of a Shinobi despite his demotion from Jounin to Chuunin all those years back.
Back when Naruto had left the village just to stay alive.
"Do you think Naruto-san is alive and well?" said Lee sensing what everyone else was since it had nearly been six years since that day when Naruto left to avoid being executed because of what he held.
"Naruto has never been one to quit Lee. I suspect that wherever he is, he is happy, and to take him away from that happiness would be wrong," said Neji hoping that Naruto was indeed happy where he was and that the blonde would come back to make Hinata happy again.
"I heard from my dad that the Council seems pretty upset about the Shinigami King and the other Shadows of the group. They won't say what or even why, but whatever it is, its something too troublesome for my taste," said Shikamaru only to have his head bashed by Ino since everything around him was "troublesome" in his eyes.
'Typical Shikamaru,' thought Choji before opening a fresh bag of chips and commenced his eating food once again.
(Hokage's Tower-2 Hours Later)
"So were in agreement?" said Tsunade wondering where Naruto got his negotiation skills from so she could learn them too.
She felt like she was making a deal with the devil...literally!
"Indeed. It was a pleasure doing business with you. And remember the Council cannot under any circumstance void or change the agreements of the contract in anyway," said Naruto knowing that if those old bastards and bitch knew of even half his demands they would send every loyal Shinobi after him.
"Of course. Since you have the support of the Fire Daimyo I don't think any of them are going to put up much of a fight with what we agreed upon. It's the villager's response to this that worries me since I don't want a full blown riot on my hands," said Tsunade since the people would protest some of the demands made in terms of the contract.
"Spoiled brats that need a good foot in ass to set them straight. They've become arrogant and full of themselves thinking that someone will save them from certain doom. If they don't get a reality check now then Konoha your Grandfather founded will be lost forever to narrow minded stupidity," said Naruto knowing that the last thing Tsunade wanted was for the village her family built to be destroyed by her.
"That won't happen. I'll make sure of it," said Tsunade before looking at the clock on the wall seeing in less then an hour it would be time for the major fight between Naruto and Kakashi.
"Good. See you at the fight," said Naruto before covering the lower half of his face and walked out with his team waiting with Hinata in a henge now beside him once more.
"Everything went well?" said Hinata knowing that it did, but still wanted to hear it from him.
"Naturally. Now when this fight starts I want you to be with the Hokage since you are her apprentice and I don't want anyone getting any ideas about trying to harm you when I make a certain announcement concerning us," said Naruto meaning him, Hinata, and the entire Shinigami Shadows.
"Man Kakashi is going to wet himself when he sees you again," said Zabuza letting out a deep chuckle while Haku simply nodded behind his mask.
"All of Konoha is going to wet themselves when they find out who we are Ghost," said Yugito smirking at the thought of her identity being revealed along with being a demon vessel knowing it would terrify the populace with unbelievable fear.
"I want all of you beside Grandma Tsunade as her bodyguards for this event and also to protect my mate from any potential harm the Council may have in store for her. Once they see Hinata's features once the henge is removed they will put two and two together concerning us. The special protection order from the Fire Daimyo doesn't cover her and unfortunately, they may use that to get to me, and should that happen I need you all to be her shield during the battle," said Naruto knowing that Hinata could hold her own due to her knew found form, but he was not going to gamble with her life when it came to the odds.
"Understood King-sama," said Kimimaro, as they were now out of the tower and the time for the fight was drawing close at hand.
"Be safe," said Hinata trying not to worry about her love and mate knowing how strong he was.
"For you...always!" said Naruto kissing her hand and motioned them to escort Hinata to the stadium.
"What do you have planned son?" said Kyuubi looking at his son curiously in the boy's mindscape wondering if he should get involved in the personal affairs of his child when there was nothing else to do.
"I'm going to remind Kakashi-sensei that you should never upset a demon vessel much less a future Demon Lord," said Naruto in his mind, as he walked towards the stadium, and his right hand was going through hand signs under his cloak.
"You're going to scare the holy hell out of him before you fight the man," said Kyuubi, as it was more of a statement then a question as the great fox grinned at the thought and loving every minute of it.
"Would I be worthy of being called your son if I wasn't?" said Naruto raising an eyebrow at his Father, who just chuckled at his son for his love for pranks.
"Make me proud son," said Kyuubi before he went back into his cage to sleep and enjoy the battle that was to come.
"Always," said Naruto now standing outside the stadium having completed the one hand signs before slamming his palm onto the ground creating a large "poof" of smoke.
It was time to begin the terror to the Leaf Village.
(In the Stadium)
Kakashi waited patiently for his opponent to show up with Jiraiya as the referee for this match though he could help, but wonder why the other Shinigami Shadows were so close to the Hokage, and her apprentice. Apparently, the Council wondered as well with Danzo asking the question to which the one with the name Sin of Mankind responded saying, "it was the will of the Shinigami King" before turning to face the arena. This had made the people wonder if the Shinigami King had his eyes set on the Hyuuga Heiress in terms of a political marriage that would keep the Shinigami Shadows in Konoha. Hiashi's face had revealed nothing when word of such a rumor reached his ears, but then again it never did despite the topic being his oldest daughter.
'Maybe the Shinigami King isn't all the talk everyone makes him out to be,' thought a bored Hatake Kakashi, reading his book calmly looking at where the supposed leader of the Shinigami Shadows was supposed to arrive from time to time.
"So who do you think will win Forehead Girl?" said Ino to Sakura, who was watching the fight somewhat bored, and didn't see what he big deal was.
"Like it matter Ino Pig. None of them are better then Sasuke-kun. When he comes back to the village to go after his brother, he'll declare his love for me, and I will be able to help him restore his clan," said Sakura making Ino frown at that since the platinum blonde had long lost her feeling of love for the Uchiha traitor and wanted nothing to do with any of them.
"Naruto would be disappointed in you Sakura and if Hinata finds out you still support the Uchiha traitor then she'll send you to the Hospital again," said Ino having seen several of the attacks Hinata made on her friend for insulting Naruto so many times.
"Naruto was a baka, a loser, and he would always try to get between Sasuke-kun and me. I hope he's in a ditch somewhere dead or dying," said Sakura looking quite upset at Ino for mentioning that.
'Well I now know who else gets a personally reserved spot in hell along with the rest of the Uchiha Clan,' thought Ino before turning to Shikamaru, who was looking up at the clouds with a serious expression on his face.
"The clouds are getting darker. A dark storm is looming overhead," said Shikamaru being the top cloud watcher of his team outside of his family.
"You're right! I wonder what this means for the fight?" said Ino worriedly since she had really wanted to see the match.
It wasn't long before a heavy wind blew into the stadium and the storm that Shikamaru had predicted had come forth with unnatural strength. Thunder and lightning rumbled above the people in the stadium making them worried with the exception being the ever calm looking Shinigami Shadows. Kimimaro had put a reassuring hand on Hinata since she too felt a little frightened by the storm as it howled above her like a wild animal.
Soon, a chorus of people was heard coming from the entrance where the Shinigami King was supposed to enter, and soon two columns of druids carrying torches emerged. With them was a Leaf Shinobi in a bloody, war torn Jounin uniform, and had silver hair similar to Kakashi himself.
It was Hatake Sakumo: The White Fang.
'HOLY SHIT!' thought Tsunade, Jiraiya, and other Shinobi or civilians that knew of the legendary Hatake Sakumo.
Kakashi dropped his book as he stared at his Father in shock at seeing the man again and the condition of his mangled body that was still bleeding from performing Seppuku. His face though mostly covered, but if looked at carefully by a well trained eye, could be seen scowling, and as the dead Shinobi looked at Kakashi in that moment he stopped just a few steps in front of the druids.
'Is this a trick? Is this man really my Father?' thought Kakashi not taking his one eye of the man knowing that if he did, the man might not be there again.
"Damn you boy! You're no son of mine!" said Sakumo before turning to the side back to face the entrance with and showing more of his back to Kakashi, who was looking at his Father in disbelief.
'How can he say that? What have I done to lose the love of my Father?' thought Kakashi before he saw his Father address the startled and frightened crowd.
"So without further ado, from depths of Demon World, I give you...the Shinigami King!" said Hatake Sakumo with his hand right hand outstretched towards the dark void.
Sure enough just as the White Fang spoke the last three words a gong went off, deep eerie music started playing, and deep thick fog rolled towards Kakashi that seemed to cover the entire arena floor. Everyone was practically paralyzed with fear at the sheer sight of the Shinigami King now walking into the arena past the druids holding the torches. He soon stopped in front of Hatake Sakumo, who kneeled before the man with his head bowed touching the earth beneath him.
"You have done well my servant in announcing my introduction. You have pleased your master well," said Naruto commanding Sakumo to raise his head from the ground, but not the rest of him.
"I am honored my master," said Sakumo closing his eyes as Naruto placed his right hand on the dead mans face.
"Leave my Father alone!" yelled Kakashi and wished to do something to save his Father, but found himself too paralyzed with fear to do anything except watch the drama unfold before him.
"Be quiet you fool! Hatake Sakumo, in light of your loyal service to me, I hereby release from my own so you may enter the heavens above," said Naruto before sending a pulse of demonic chakra into the dead man's body making it collapse and turning it into brittle bones that soon turned to dust that scattered into the winds.
"What did you do to my Father you bastard?" said Kakashi before the druids behind the Shinigami King dispersed into the darkness in which they came from.
"I set him free. After he killed himself, Hatake Sakumo did not enter Heaven or Hell, but rather he went willingly into the depths of Purgatory itself, and waited until the time came where he could finally prove himself worthy to someone, in order to remove his shame. When I learned of this, I told him that when he performed any single task I asked of him, that should he complete it, I would release him from such shame, and allow him to enter the Heavens," said Naruto, which was true having found out about the man's fate shortly after dealing with Uchiha Madara several years ago.
"It doesn't matter. You are an evil creature and regardless if you helped my Father I will do everything in my power to kill you here today," said Kakashi frowning at the warrior dressed in black before him, who seemed completely calm considering the threat.
"Still thinking of yourself Kakashi? What would your Father say? Oh that's right, he no longer considers you...his son. Such a pity," said Naruto smiling a cruel smile behind his mask while he sensed more of his old sensei's killer intent rising fast at his words.
"Shut up! Jiraiya-sama start the match I want to kill this beast right now!" said Kakashi getting ready to raise his Sharingan Eye while the Shinigami King seemed to be as still as a statue.
"All right Hatake Kakashi VS the Shinigami King. Ready? BEGIN!" said Jiraiya before running with everything he had away from the two.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" said Kakashi forgetting the Sharingan Eye and going right for an all out attack since he wanted to try and catch the Shinigami King off guard.
"If you were any slower Kakashi, I might have suspected that you were part snail," said Naruto moved with amazing speed and dodged the attack aimed at him by Kakashi, who went through another set of hand signs for a different Jutsu.
"Earth Style: Mud Dragon Jutsu!" said Kakashi sending the dragon made of mud at his opponent only for the red haired youth to backhanded it away with a wave of demonic chakra.
"I am a master of the elements Hatake. Don't insult me with weak attacks. At least with the members of Akatsuki they knew to take me and my group seriously when we fought them. You on the other hand fight like a second rate Genin fresh out of the Academy, so if you want me to reconsider such a thought, you will stop this weak strategy of yours, and go all out in this match. The fact that you hold back on me is an insult," said Naruto flexing his right hand before walking at a leisurely pace around Kakashi.
"Be careful what you wish for," said Kakashi revealing his Sharingan Eye and charged at the Shinigami King going into full blown Taijutsu fight.
Whoa! I've never seen Kakashi move so fast before," said Asuma having heard how the man's speed was indeed legendary, but found it hard to keep watching.
"Yes, but the same could be said for the Shinigami King as well. He's matching Kakashi move for move as if they each move used was nothing to him," said Kurenai beside her lover watching with her baby in her arms with the two Shinobi going at it.
"Is this all you have Kakashi? Have your skills diminished along with your demotion in rank as Chuunin?" said Naruto grabbing Kakashi's right arm and twisting the appendage until a loud snap was heard.
"The only reason I was demoted was because of I favored the last Uchiha over the dead last at the Academy. The boy was nothing compared to Sasuke and because he was pitied upon by the Hokage I was punished for doing what was right," said Kakashi kneeing his opponent in the ribs only to feel like he had just hit a mountain of jagged rocks.
"For a genius you certainly are stupid," said Naruto before he unloading a series of kicks and punches to Kakashi at lightning speed that the Chuunin's Sharingan could not see.
"Holy crap! This Shinigami King is for real. I can't see him move when he strikes and from the way Kakashi is taking a beating I doubt he does too," said Kiba to Shino, who nodded at seeing the brutality of match going against the Son of the White Fang.
'My bugs say he is familiar somehow, but they can't determine what it is,' thought Shino wincing behind his glass, as the Shinigami jumped, and delivered a powerful spin kick to Kakashi's head sending the Chuunin flying.
"Tell me Hatake-san...did you know that the Yondaime had a son?" said Naruto walking towards the downed man, who was now sporting a bleeding temple.
"Impossible! If his son existed I would have known and I would have trained him to be just like him," said Kakashi, who was bleeding and bruise, yet went through one more set of hand signs for his signature Jutsu that had always been the ace up his sleeve years past.
The Rakiri.
"Impossible? How is that? Was the man gay? Was he secretly a she? How is impossible Hatake-san?" said Naruto stopping some 15 feet away from the Chuunin.
"Shut up! Whatever you're trying to say to me won't stop me from sending this Rakiri right through your body," said Kakashi his scowl looking something along the lines that he was furious at his opponent.
"Is that a fact? Oh my that really is a shame, because this entire time that you have been fighting me, you haven't just been fighting someone that simply just goes by the title of Shinigami King, but rather the...Son of the Yondaime himself," said Naruto pulling down his cloth mask and removed his hat.
"You look nothing like him," said Kakashi though the hair did remind him of one other person that was close to his sensei, but she was long dead.
"I suppose with my hair now being red and similar to my Mother's hair, then yes I do not look like him. However, before my hair color naturally changed to red it was originally blonde with my eyes being deep blue like depths of ocean themselves. Didn't a certain boy from this village have the same traits?" said Naruto, as he grabbed his sword behind his back and unsheathed it for all to see.
"He was not his son. You are not his son. I was the only son he ever had and ever needed in his life," said Kakashi readying his Jutsu to strike and kill his opponent in one shot.
"The late Sarutobi Sandaime would disagree with you deeply Kakashi-teme since he was the one, who wed Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina in secret. Wasn't there a boy in the village named Uzumaki? He was on Team 7 if I recall correctly. The 'dead last' as you and everyone else called him," said Naruto turning the blade to the flat edge would be facing Kakashi.
"If he was the Yondaime's son then why wasn't the boy Rookie of the year like Sasuke was?" said Kakashi his mind slowly going into overload at the thought of possibly having his sensei's son on his team and not realizing it.
"How could I, when I was hated so much? The Shinobi guards at he Library wouldn't let me in to learn, the Chuunin teachers gave me impossible questions no Academy student could answer, and my tests were rigged for me to fail from the start. No one would teach me anything while everyone handed everything to Uchiha Sasuke, who was the 'survivor' of the Uchiha Clan Massacre. I had to work my ass off to get what I needed while Sasuke barely lifted a finger and when he did it was you, who helped him move it so he wouldn't have to do it alone. You preached of teamwork, yet I was the only one, who among Team 7 that did act for the team. How many times did Sasuke or Sakura help with the harder D-ranked missions? You Kakashi-sensei just looked away while those two assholes I had for teammates did nothing while I had to do all the work! Doesn't matter though since I am much stronger then the Uchiha, Sakura, and you all combined since my hard worked save your asses more then once," said Naruto his eyes blazing with demonic red at his old sensei.
"N-Naruto!" said Kakashi finally catching onto the man's words.
Everyone within the stadium that didn't already know about this was shocked and more of them were paling a deathly shade of white at this news. Most of the people, who were cruel to Naruto, were also in the stadium as well, and the added fact that the boy that they had treated horribly was the Yondaime's son made them feel like crap.
But the worst wasn't over.
"So you finally figured it out just like the other jackasses in this stadium. It really doesn't matter now since I have no love for you, Konoha, and my biological Father for what he did to me. The Yondaime was just as stupid as the rest of you when he thought he could actually trust the village to take care of his one and only son. The man must have been some kind of naïve moron to think that every single arrogant Shinobi and civilian in this pathetic Shinobi village would honor his dying wish to see me as a hero. All that matters to me now is that when my group and I defend this weak village against the Iwa/Sound alliance, is that my group gets paid a very heavy sum before leaving this Kami forsaken shit hole," said Naruto, as his grip on his sword tightened ready to strike with keen like precision.
"You can't mean that Naruto? You wouldn't abandon the village your Father gave his life for?" said Kakashi staring at Naruto in disbelief.
"The village has never given me reason to stay loyal Kakashi. When I see Konoha I don't see the great Shinobi Nation that survived several wars and a one demon attack. All I see is a spoiled, rotten, arrogance filled dump, and the only redemption I see for this place is that everyone that has wronged me in the past along with my Father pays out their asses in both money and blood!" said Naruto before moving so fast that everyone thought he had vanished like a ghost.
That was of course before Kakashi was seen screaming in pain on the ground, his Rakiri now disengaged, and his hands now clutching his eye where the Sharingan used to be. Naruto was behind him with the eye in question in his left hand looking at it, as if it were nothing, but a simple eye ball before crushing it in his hands making dark liquid goo in his clenched fist come out.
"Did he just do what I think he just did?" said Kurenai now looking at Kakashi's face that was covered from skin to mask in his blood.
"Yeah. He just removed and crushed the last Sharingan Eye in Konoha meaning Sasuke is the last one with the bloodline in both his eye balls," said Asuma while Gai was being unusually quiet with his old team beside him watching.
"Naruto I think I better call the match," said Jiraiya, who was about to when Naruto gave him a hard glare making the Sannin stop.
"The match is not over Jiraiya until I say that it is over," said Naruto now scowling at his opponent right before taking his long Nodachi of a sword and pierced right into the spinal column of Kakashi's back while behind the Chuunin before he easily twisted the blade so his former sensei would never be the same again.
'Oh man, Naruto wasn't kidding when he said that he was going to make the people, who screwed him over were to pay out there ass, and I'm just glad I'm not one of them. Man the mere thought of paying the guy back would be too troublesome,' thought Shikamaru shivering slightly at the possible things Naruto was going to do to them all after today.
"The world does not need people like you as a Shinobi Hatake and as such I have decided to end your ninja career...permanently. Now the fight is over," said Naruto before pulling out his sword, putting it back, picking up his hat, and walked away while several Medic Ninja's attended to Kakashi.
The sheer silence left in the arena by his actions was so incredible no one saw the other Shinigami Shadows leave with Hinata.
(Hokage Tower-Moments Later)
"This is unacceptable Hokage-sama!" yelled Danzo with his fellow Council members, as they now learned the details of the contract she signed.
"I think the man more then deserves to get his back pay from this village," said Tsunade unflinchingly at the old members of the Council she was stuck with.
"Get his back pay? More like payback. The amount he's demanding of the village as a whole, from the people in Konoha, and from Clans to simple common folk is unheard of! He could create a whole new village himself with that amount of money," said Homura, as he simply refused to pay the amount given on the contract.
"Considering your actions, which led the villagers to do what they did, I think it is more then fair, and unless you are all thinking of not paying or skimping out on your sum...I suggest you don't. Unless of course you want to have 10 pounds worth of your own flesh carved out of you by Naruto without any form of pain killers before hand," said Tsunade seeing the group before her pale at that statement.
"You can't be serious!" said Koharu, as none of them wanted to do either thing.
"I'm deadly serious you old shits! The people of Konoha owe the son of one of if not the greatest of its heroes a lot for the crap you all put him through. The villages debts, as well as your own towards Naruto, have long since been unpaid, and by Kami I am going to see to it that every single person in Konoha pays up one way...or another," said Tsunade, as she narrowed her eyes at the Council, who wanted to continue protesting, but knew it was pointless.
"Hokage-sama!" said Sakura, as she came into the room with a somewhat frightened yet angry look on her face.
"What is it Sakura? I have paperwork to do you know," said Tsunade slightly lying as her Shadow Clone had a lot of paperwork to do while she went out and get drunk.
"I want to protest the return of that baka Naruto. I don't care if he is the Shinigami King he has not right to be here. Why aren't any of the Shinobi attacking him?" said Sakura and would have started on a rant had Tsunade not punched the woman straight back out her.
"Say one more word Sakura and I'll hit you all the way to Suna for Gaara to finish you off," said Tsunade before turning to the Council, who were smart enough to keep their flinching muscles in check, and they left before the Hokage could yell at them further.
Tsunade needed a drink.
(Namikaze Estate-15 Minutes Later)
"You so kicked his ass Naruto," said Zabuza letting out a cruel laugh seeing as how the entire group had regrouped as a whole back at the Estate.
"He had it coming Zabuza. I simply did Konoha a small favor since any Shinobi within its ranks like him are clearly not worthy of being one. What did you think of the fight my Hime?" said Naruto drinking some wine that was in the cellar with his mate and future wife.
"It was nice Naruto-kun. I don't know if it's the demon side of me or the fact that he hurt you in the past, but I'm glad Kakashi-san suffered at your hands," said Hinata looking at her mate before she took a sip of wine from her glass.
'Damn! Even when Hinata drinks, she does it in a very sexy manner,' thought Naruto, as he couldn't help, but smirk at the sight knowing that she was his mate.
"Hinata-sama if I may ask...how is it that Itachi is able to speak? When he was defeated by Naruto-sama, his tongue was ripped out by force," said Yugito curiously since she had witnessed the action first hand.
"Oh that? Well the Hospital has all sorts of organs in case someone needs one to have a lost limb replaced and tongues just happens to be one of them. It took several weeks of carefully planned surgery, but after it was attached, Itachi-san was finally able to speak again. It was hard for him to speak at first, but after a few weeks he could finally say full sentences," said Hinata having assisted the Hokage for the surgery to proceed.
"Naruto-sama, we may have a problem," said Kimimaro calmly looking out the window, as he looked at the sight before him.
"Oh? Do tell Kimimaro," said Naruto looking at his Shinigami Shadow curiosity.
"It seems a large number of people, both villager, and Shinobi are headed this way. I can sense ill will from them even though they are barely at the Estate," said Kimimaro seeing various villagers holding various objects and Shinobi with their own weapons of choice.
"I guess they refuse to pay me financially for what they did to me physically. I guess that means we have to go forward with the alternative form of payment," said Naruto, as he finished his wine and got up from his chair before putting his sheathed sword on his back as he now looked out the window to see the growing sight of the angry mob.
"You want us to help Naruto-sama?" said Haku readying his weapons while the others readied their own.
"No. I will deal with this myself. The rest of you stay here and activate the Estate's shield seals to protect it from damage.
"Yes Naruto-sama," said Haku and Kimimaro at the same time while the others watched as Naruto disappeared from their sight.
(Outside the Namikaze Estate)
Naruto waited patiently until the large form of human beings that were the people of the angry mob were 10 feet away from him giving him hate filled looks. He saw everyone from villagers to Shinobi in the rank of Chuunin, Jounin, and even a few ANBU as well. Had he stayed his old self, Naruto would have been terrified of the mob or even hurting them since he wanted prove he was not what they thought he was so they could apologize later for their transgressions. However, Naruto was not his old self nor was he feeling any of the mercy that a normal human would have given them since he was no longer human.
As the future Fox Demon Lord and ruler of Demon World, such mercy to arrogant human beings was not tolerated, and they needed to be made an example of.
"Some things never change I suppose," said Naruto before turning his head to the house and nodding before a barrier of chakra activated around the Estate Gates creating a dome that prevented anyone from getting in unless someone inside let them.
"How dare you come back here you filthy demon! You must feel like you have a lot of guts coming back here," said one of the villager's, who was holding a blunt object similar to a club.
"I came home because your Hokage requested my assistance on the upcoming war with two other villages. As it stands, Konoha will fall without the Five Shinigami Shadows around to assist in its defense, but if you feel we should leave I have no problem with that, after I get paid that is," said Naruto smirking slightly at them seeing them all get incredibly angry at the mention of him being paid.
"Your payment will be is going to be in the form of a beating before we kill you!" said Sakura with the others around her cheering at the thought of the idea and some people even patting her back.
"Actually according to the contract we receive payment from Konoha in general and then another in the form of it people as a whole. That means that Konoha will have to pay the entire group twice and when it comes to the people of Konoha paying us, there are two ways that you can pay us before we leave to never bother you again," said Naruto with his smirk now turning into an almost cruel smile.
Almost.
"Like we would ever pay you any money demon!" said one of the ANBU with his hand itching to draw blood out of Naruto.
"Well that is an option gone, leaving only option number two, as a possible way to pay our group, and personally it seems only fair that the arrogant people of Konoha get this deal," said Naruto flexing his right hand under his cape feeling his bloodlust growing inside of him.
"Get them my son! Make them remember WHAT FEAR TASTE LIKE!" said Kyuubi his own bloodlust growing as well seeing the people through his son's eyes wishing it was him that was going to be the destroyer of these fools.
"And what alternative choice is that Naruto-baka!" said Sakura cracking her knuckles as she was going to enjoy pounding him into oblivion like the old days.
"You pay me with your flesh and blood," said Naruto unsheathing his Nodachi while his eyes now blazed with red demonic fury.
"You cannot kill us all Kyuubi brat. In your current human state you are weaker then you were nearly 20 years ago!" said a Jounin with a scar running diagonally down his face.
"Human? Whoever said I was human anymore? No. I am so...much...more!" said Naruto, as he had unleashed his demonic chakra on them that made them become paralyzed with fear at the seer magnitude of power he had unleashed.
"They are all going to die," said Kimimaro watching from the window with the others, who nodded in agreement feeling the enormous amount of power Naruto was releasing.
'I am so turned on right now,' thought Hinata feeling the urge to take Naruto then and there.
"I am the Heir of the Kyuubi himself, I am the Prince of Foxes, and I am the reaper of wayward arrogant souls like yours. I told all of you at the stadium that all of Konoha would pay out their asses one way or another and you choose to not believe me in the belief that was I bluffing. It was not a bluff," said Naruto revealing his fox like fangs before he attacked them with his unmerciful fury.
Some of the Shinobi tried to fight back, having faced this power before years ago, only to be sliced into hundreds if not thousands of pieces. People tried to run away in the hopes of warning people that the demon was attacking them in hopes of a greater force would come to kill the monster before them. As they tried to get away, they were instantly cut down and quite frankly Naruto didn't really care that they were begging for mercy before he extracted their souls from their bodies.
(Hokage Tower)
Hokage-sama! An angry mob of people are outside of the Namikaze Estate. They intend on killing the Yondaime's son, but he's currently killing them all. What should we do?" said a Chuunin running into Tsunade's office for instructions.
"Just let Naruto do what he needs to do. Those asshole villagers have caused him enough problems it's high time they paid for it. Have all the deceased assets liquidated into cash and see that it all gets to Naruto for having to put up with their stupidity," said Tsunade not wanting to deal with those idiots at the moment.
Tsunade just wanted to enjoy her sake' while her Shadow Clone did the horrible thing known as paperwork.
(Namikaze Estate)
Sakura was covered in blood. She had been the sole survivor of the massacre that Naruto had created and now the two stood before each other. They were almost face to face with Sakura trembling in front of him like a scared pink rabbit in front of an angry fox, which in this case seemed highly appropriate in terms of animal similarity.
"Any last words before a rip your head from your body?" said Naruto walking towards her with a casual grace in his step while the pink haired woman in question backed away from her soon to be killer.
"Stay back! Get away from me you monster! I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of begging for mercy knowing you won't give it. You are nothing, but an abomination just like my parents told me about when I was a child and always said that you would one day show your true colors before destroying the village. To think I was naïve enough to give you a chance to prove them both wrong only for them to be right about you!" said Sakura her eyes filled with hate, malice, and anger at this man, who was once on the same team as her.
"If I wanted to show mercy to you Sakura I would have simply stabbed you in the heart and left you to die in a pool of your own blood like the others around you. However, I am not going to show you mercy since you don't deserve any for treating me like crap. As for your parents, like you they too will be joining you soon, since they need to learn what it means to dishonor the Yondaime's dying wish to see me as a hero, and like you they too will die in a harsh manner fitting for arrogant human scum like yourself," said Naruto putting away his sword and took out a simple senbon needle from a mechanism hidden in his wrist.
"Bastard! You leave my parents alone!" said Sakura taking the kunai in hand and stabbed at him with all the speed and strength she had in her body.
"Its there own damn fault for being who they are. Deal with it as I make you die slowly," said Naruto after dodging her weak attempt to kill him, moved behind her with unnatural grace, and placed the senbon needle in the back of her neck in the center point.
"I-I can't move! W-What did you do to me?" said Sakura finding her body was paralyzed everywhere from her head down to her very toes as the leg muscles tightened making her stand completely straight against her will.
"I put a senbon needle in your neck," said Naruto walking around to face her now inches from her face and staring her right in the eye.
"W-What? I-I don't understand," said Sakura finding her body was constricting on itself feeling blood slowly heading up her body into her head.
"I placed it in the center pressure point of the neck, which is very forbidden to do, and as such is not practiced by almost all the Shinobi villages," said Naruto calmly staring at her face that clearly in pain.
"A-Almost?" said Sakura flinching at the feeling of blood filling up in her head.
"Yes. Mist Shinobi originally practiced it to get people to talk before they died either on the battlefield or during interrogations in Mizu. It's called, the 'Kiss of the Dragon'. The reason they practice this pressure point technique, is simply because of the way that the victim(s), who felt this died in a painful, and blood manner like you will now soon with your parents following suit when I pay them a little visit. Even as we speak all the blood in your body is heading to your head, where it will stay there, and will not come down no matter how hard you try to use your chakra to try in stopping it. However, as soon as I remove this senbon needle in your neck, all the blood in your head will come out your nose, your ears, even your eyes, and then you will die...painfully!" said Naruto scowling at the woman he once cared about and felt that as he looked back he had no reason to be sorry that she was about to die at his hands.
Sakura had shown him no respect, so in return, she was going to get no mercy from him.
"W-Wait! Y-You don't h-have to do this N-Naruto-kun. I-If let me g-go I can find a-a way to h-help with the o-other villagers and S-Shinobi, who still hate y-you! What d-do you say N-Naruto-kun?" said Sakura hoping it wasn't too late to continue living in hopes of luring the Fox Prince into a false sense of security before backstabbing him when he least expected it.
"Your words are as false as Orochimaru's respect for loyalty from those, who serve him Sakura, and as such I have no regrets ending miserable existence in this world. Actually quite ironic when you think about it, I saved you from a psychotic Gaara's death grip during the Sand/Sound invasion, and now here we are some 6 years later with you in a near death situation at MY hands. No Sasuke to make you feel all toasty warm inside, no knight in shinning armor to save you, and I'm certainly not going to change my mind in letting you die since there is no way once the needle is in place. So do the Shinobi world a favor Sakura and die with some dignity like a Shinobi should rather then a simple fan-girl," said Naruto reaching around her and pulled the needle out of her starting the chain reaction making her body spasm in the process.
Naruto stared at her the entire time not batting an eye of remorse, while she stared back at him with wide eyes of sheer horror, as if she finally understood the ramifications of her actions towards the Fox Prince, and wished she could take it back. As the Chuunin stared into Naruto's eyes, blood left around them, she knew it was too late to say she was truly sorry, and she died her painful death she wished she could go back in time to make up for what she had done to him.
Her wish would not be granted.
"They say the pen is mightier then the sword, while I say that the senbon needle is even mightier then the pen," said Naruto turning around to head back inside the Estate and threw the senbon needle back landing point up amongst the flesh remains that now lay outside of his family Estate.
He needed to eat something before set out to kill the rest of the Haruno family.
(Hokage Tower-30 Minutes Later)
"Hokage-sama this is inexcusable! The damn demon killed civilian and Shinobi alike as they protested his term of receiving payment as given in the contract. He had no right in killing them and we plan to appeal to the Fire Daimyo in removing the protection order he gave the beast," said Danzo having lost several spies amongst both parties of the mob as a whole when it came to knowing things in and out of Konoha.
"They were trespassing Danzo and you know it. They wanted to beat Naruto to a bloody pulp before trying to kill him themselves so don't try to give me that poor excuse of self-defense. If they wanted to protest him being here, then they should have come to me, but instead they went to Naruto's home, and knew that they were trespassing. The fact that they were all killed means nothing except they chose to pay Naruto for his service to Konoha in the secondary manner stated in the contract rather then the first. If you have problems with the contract then take it up with Naruto himself, but don't complain to me that the man is finally getting what he wants from the people, who deprived him of it in the first place!" said Tsunade pointing her finger to the doors to make them leave having enough of their complaints and bitching for today.
"This isn't over Tsunade," said Homura glaring at Tsunade before they all left vowing to make the woman and the Kyuubi brat pay for this outrage.
"When this is over I expect a replacement of Council members, who know what the hell they are doing, and have the best interest for Konoha in mind," said Tsunade wishing she could have Naruto kill them all and let one of her Shadow Clones sort it out later amongst the large pile of paperwork that would come because of it.
(BBQ Restaurant)
"Man I can't believe Naruto was the Shinigami King the entire time. I mean just when I thought that the man couldn't get anymore troublesome, he pulls this on us, and now look what he did to Hatake-san," said Shikamaru though he had to admit Kakashi was a bad influence and never really acted like a real Shinobi.
"Yosh! I cannot believe it either Shikamaru-san. Gai-sensei was shocked to see someone, who was even faster then him at his best, and was even more surprised at how Naruto had crippled Hatake-san for life after piercing his spinal column with his Nodachi," said Lee having seen his former Jounin sensei's look of sheer shock at what happened.
"I can't believe what he said about being the Yondaime's son! I mean all the time people were being mean to him and he was actually the son of a Hero only be treated with such cruelty," said Tenten had always admired the 4th Hokage for his heroism and had never had the chance to even thank Naruto for bringing Tsunade, who was her idol, back to Konoha to become the Fifth Hokage.
"You remember what Naruto said though correct? He hates his Father for what happened and was adopted by the very Demon Lord the Yondaime sealed in him. Despite most of the people in the Leaf being hateful, I have always believed that Naruto was never in any shape or form a demon at birth, but because of that hate from Konoha that he has felt all his life, Naruto has decided to reject his humanity. In short, the boy now man has become what most of the villagers as well as Shinobi have always feared he would become. He has become a self-fulfilling prophecy forged from Konoha's own unjustified fears due to what is inside of him," said Shino having felt the uneasiness of people when they looked at him or other members of his Clan due to who they were and their bloodline limit.
"He didn't deserve all that hatred from the adult from the old generation. We should go over to the Estate and apologize for not doing anything about it," said Choji before eating several more ribs from his plate.
"Hey guys did you hear! A mob of people tried to attack Naruto and he killed them all. Sakura was part of the group too!" said Kiba running into the restaurant and finding the other Rookies sitting down to eat.
"What? Forehead Girl is dead?" said Ino shocked that her childhood and best friend had been killed by Naruto.
"Yeah! She was apparently was the last of the mob to die since he killed everyone else before her," said Kiba having overheard the information from a couple of people.
"Its not like she didn't deserve it," said Neji earning him shocked looks from the others, who didn't expect him to be so casual about it.
"Why do you say that?" said Kiba, who like the others wanted to know why.
"The entire time Naruto has been gone; Sakura has done nothing, but smear his name in the ground, telling everyone how she always thought he was a demon, and how Naruto was always putting Sasuke down. How many times did Hinata-sama put her in Hospital after she heard Sakura say these things? The Haruno was a fan-girl Shinobi wannabe, who would have sold out us or the village itself to the Uchiha for a date or on the belief that Sasuke would let her give birth to his children. She was more of pain alive then she is now dead," said Neji calmly and everyone reluctantly saw his point of view in that aspect though a part of them still missed her since they had known her since they were kids.
"You have a point man," said Kiba knowing how the girl always tried to hurt Naruto for the slightest thing with the exception of breathing and even then he could have sworn that Sakura tightened her fist ready to punch him for that too.
"Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I am going to go talk to Naruto and at least offer him the friendship that he has long been deprived of," said Neji getting up from his table to see the very man, who defied fate, and cut through it like a blade.
The rest soon followed wishing to do the same.
(Namikaze Estate-Sometime Later)
"Well this is certainly is a surprise. To be honest I half expected you to all join Sakura with the angry mob that was outside my home not long ago," said Naruto sitting in his large living room with the other Rookies sitting before him.
"We are the arrogant villagers or Shinobi that would stoop so low as to hate you for who or what you are without getting to know you Naruto. All you have ever done is bring life to everyone and everything around you while sacrificing everything you want in return," said Shino smiling under his heavy set clothes, as he, as well as the others saw the new and quite possibly improved Hyuuga Hinata sitting next to him on his couch.
When they first arrived at the Estate, the Rookies had seen the bloody corpses were still outside his home since the waste disposal unit had not come by to clean up the mess. They had been nervous of course hoping that Naruto or his fellow Shinigami Shadows didn't start killing them off right away thinking they were sent to kill him. When the one known as "Black Angel" came to the door, the figure let them in without hesitation, and seemed to greet them with a warm welcome.
Poor Neji nearly had a heart attack seeing his Cousin with her new features.
At first, the Hyuuga girl wanted to keep her features hidden, but Naruto wanted them all to see her without the henge, and to understand what exactly he had done to Hinata. The group was shocked by this, but understood that as a Demon Lord, Naruto needed have a mate, who he knew could return his love, and live just as long as he could.
It wasn't hard to see why Hinata was the way she was after the explanation, but still it did not help Neji's poor heart over the fact the two had done that to make it happen.
Hinata herself didn't mind since she could become the Hyuuga Clan's watchful eye from afar and step in should the clan become arrogant and cruel like the old days of the Elders. Naruto and her both agreed that while they would eventually leave Konoha after awhile when they no longer be able to live in the Leaf, they would return later down the road to keep an eye on the future generations, and protect them from trouble that came from the inside or outside of the village.
"That's good to hear. I can trust you now to help secure Konoha's future long after this war is over. How are Konohamaru Corps. doing?" said Naruto hoping the younger group of kids before him were doing all right.
"They miss you deeply Naruto. If it weren't for the fact that they are all on a mission with their sensei Ebisu right now they would be here to greet you," said Neji having met the trio and found much of Naruto's past self had rubbed off on the Sandaime's Grandson.
Even the Sexy Jutsu, which Neji would never admit, got caught in one day, and received a huge nosebleed for it.
"When they return I need one of you to tell them I'm back in Konoha and I want to see them," said Naruto scratching Hinata's fox ears as she left kisses on his neck purring as she did.
"Get a room you two!" said Ino and Tenten at the same time as they were now blushing at the sight of the two lover's affection while the guys were all starting to get nosebleeds thinking of that special someone, who could do that with them.
Only the Shinigami Shadows seemed unaffected by it.
"Why? Its my house," said Naruto licking Hinata's fox ear making the woman let out a sensual moan before she starting to move to straddled him so they could have more fun.
"WERE LEAVING!" yelled Ino and Tenten quickly taking their boyfriends and the other males of the Rookies with them so they don't become perverts.
"Some things never change," said Naruto, as he signaled for his fell Shinigami Shadows to leave him alone with Hinata so they could make better use of the couch they were on.
They would later need a new couch.
(YAY! Another chapter done by me. I hoped everyone enjoyed this chapter. It was a little tricky, but I got it done. Love all your reviews. Until next time...PEACE!)