(Hey Kamisama do I own Naruto)
"Not on your Immortal soul."
(Dam straight other wise it'd be really Fucked up)
"Inner person/Demon"
"Inside their heads" If they are talking to themselves duh
"Normal speech"
(Author Notes)
------------ Change in location scene or person.
The rest you can figure out.
Sorry for any spelling errors I'm trying to get a spell checker so deal with it for now. Everything should be understandable you don't have to do much guessing. :)
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Sakura Finally makes it back to her house. For what seemed like hours she was locked in that forest. When she finally got home it was nearly past midnight. She decided that tomarrow she would find out exactly whats going on with Naruto and exactly what was going on between them.
Sakura sat in her bathtub once more her mind lingering on her blonde knuckle head friend.
"He's changed... He's changed so much." She keeps telling herself as she thinks back to the glare he gave her. She had actually truely felt scared of Naruto for the first time in her life. She was almost positive he was going to hit her.
"Naruto never has looked at me with so much anger and hurt just over calling him -kun..." She tells herself as she lingers on the image of Naruto. Thats when she remebers old parts of Naruto. His goofy smile, constant nagging and loud mouth which used to be trademark to him don't even seem to exist in the new Naruto. His flashy outfit now dark and dull. His eyes no longer hold the beauty that seemed to intrance her when they where younger. Now they are just dark and cold like glass orbs. His voice which used to hold a constant annoyance and happiness to it is always ether emotionless or cold. His movments seem to linger as if hesitating on making their move or not wanting to put the energy into the movment alot like Shikamaru when he's deppressed. He doesn't even seem to enjoy anyone's company not even hers.
"What exactly did Naruto do durning his training." Sakura asks herself. As she reflects.
After almost an hour Sakura gets out of the tub her mind stilled laced around Naruto. She towls herself off. Gettting dressed she walks out to her bed she notices the book she has been entranced by for almost a month. She started thinking of the book. Slowly she decides she will continue reading up to chapter 6 of the book.
Chapter 5 Fakeness.
In chapter six. Hitori begins making a few more friends each one slowly becoming more and more freindly to him as he hides his suffering more and more. Yet he can not hide the pain from everyone. He continues to chase after his brother Damare. Upon his path to catch his brother he meets a thinker called Miki. Miki was a great stratigest one that inspired Hitori. He could make the best out of the worst yet Miki had a fatal health condition which would also keep him behind everyone. He couldn't ever get much done for everytime he would strain himself for more than a few hours he would fall gravely ill thanks to his weak heart. He then met another boy named Shoji. This boy was very kind hearted he'd do anything to help his friends even give up his food. Though no matter how kind Shoji heart was he would get picked on because he was soft. Shoji was extreamly self consious and couldn't stand when people made fun of him. He followed in his faimlys footstep never straying from their path even though his heart and mind told him too. Miki and Shoji where great friends to Hitori yet nether one was willing to place him near them. They where indeed friends but they where two isolated to themselves. Soon another girl showed up in Hitori life. Her name was Doki (Nervous or Shy). She was a very kind and shy. She looked up to Hitori even would says she loved him but her love was hollow. She liked Hitori for his kindness and helpful nature even his bravery to go into the city to find his brother. Doki claimed she loved Hitori yet Hitori knew it wasn't love she just inspired to be like him. Hitori then befreinded another boy named Inu (Dog). Inu was much like Hitori in terms of diffrence except for a few. Yet his whole clan was like Inu and so they where excepted in socitiy because of the talents they possesed with thier diffrences. Yet for each friend that Hitori made the harder it was for him to show his pain and sadness. He knew if he showed to much he would scare them away so he kept it locked away. Saying that for every moment they didn't know was a moment of happiness they could have. Yet even though he was happy on the outside Hitori becamed more troubled on the inside. He would often find a place to hide away from them and cry his eyes out for his lost brother and failed love. He would cry for hours on end before heading into the city to find his brother. Yet each time he would return in failure and the girl Tenshia would yell and scream at him calling him usless because he couldn't bring back Damare. Everyone saw how she treated Hitori even her best friend started to feel sorry for Hitori because all she saw in Damare was away to improve her status. As where Hitori saw companionship and the return of his first friend that considered him a brother. Something he could never seem to achive out of all the others.
Sakura Lets the chapter sink into her mind as she shuts her eyes letting more tears out for the boy. For it seems to her that everytime the boy got closer to his dream the father it seemed from him. The more comfort he got the worse his heartach for his brother and Tenshia. Sakura finally opens her eyes and begins to read the next chapter.
Chapter 6 First Crack.
Hitori continues to fail to find his brother yet now Tenshia starts to treat him kinder as she sees that he actually does try to find Hitori She finally decides herself to venturing into the city with Hitori yet on this trip she gravely endangers Hitori her inexperiance causes her to get beat up and even put on the verge of being rapped several times. In which Hitori would fight his hardest to help her escape taking severe beatings and weakining his heart to the point where he becomes instable. He luckly meets a kind old lady who does not retain the hatred of the city or the discrimination of the nahorhood people. This kind late treats Hitori's wounds helping make his heart alittle stronger so he can fight for the woman he loves. Yet after the first trip Tenshia never ventures into the city anymore. Hitori then means a the spouse of the old lady upon one of his trips into the city once agian. This old man helps the little boy telling him the secrets of fighting and even helps him find the general location of his brother he had been searching for so long for.
Yet the reunion of brothers was not one that Hitori expected. His brother Damare had become flooded with the hatred of the city. He became consumed in his lust for power and revenge. Damare even tried to kill Hitori claming he was making him weak. Hitori struggled back trying to convince Damare that hatred and vengance was wronge. But Damare refuses any clames Hitori makes finally resulting in a battle between the two inwhich Damare proves that he no longer holds any liking or bond of brotherhood to Hitori. Luckly for Hitori he was able to leave Damare with a bad wound causing Damare to retreat from Hitori unconsous body failing to deal the death blow. Hitori eventually wakes up dragging himself back to his narborhood to heal.
Tenshia ask Hitori how he got so badly wounded as she found him half dead on the ground bearly making his crawl back to the Nahborhood. Hitori explains to Tenshia about what happend between him and Damare. Yet Tenshia still forces Hitori to keep good on his word even acknowledging that it could very well kill him. She didn't seem to care about Hitori when it came to his life only using him for as a tool to regain Damare. She didn't seem to care about Hitori at all unless it benifited her. Hitori never seemed to mind her using him like she did. Saying it never bothered him. Yet for every moment she would cry on Hitori shoulder a peice of him seemed to wither away. Untill he started to feel the pressure get to him. His weak heart became an illness as his whole body, mind and soul seemed to start to crack under her tears and his brothers persuit.
Sakura set down the book desiring to read more of the book yet she seemed to start to understand why the author had placed that warning. As she noticed herself crying very hard at the end of each chapter. Part of her seemed to ach for the poor boy Hitori. The authors intent was to insure the reader that Hitori was just a person in the book.
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In the morning Sakura and several of the Konoha shinobi where summoned to the Hokage office. Inside the office stood. Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kakashi, Asuma.
"Listen up. I have rank A mission." Tsuande says as she look about the room.
"You are to go to the land of the waves and escort to new Mizekage to Konoha." Says Tsunade as he looks over everyone. "I know almost all of you here are Jonin so you might we wondering why I'm sending two teams. Well its simple. The kage directly requested Team 7. Due to past issuse between team 7 I am sending you team 10. Also for the fact that Akatsuki is running ramped in the land of the waves." She turns to Shikamaru. "This is the mission report read it carefully with Kakashi and Asuma." Tsunade says handing the scroll to Shikamaru.
"Naruto. I would also like to congraduate you on making Jonin." Tsuande says with a smile.
"Whatever" Responds Naruto in his apathic voice earning several gasp as everyone stared at him with their mouths wide open.
"Dobe whats wrong with you. I though you would be happy." Says Sasuke who is the most shocked by the whole even.
Naruto gives an ice cold look to Sasuke which seems to make him shiver slightly. "I said Whatever because it doesn't matter." Naruto begins to open the door as Kakashi stops him by placing his hand on Naruto shoulder.
"I thought you dream was to become Hokage one day Naruto.'" Kakashi asks in a slightly conserned voice.
"That dream was childish sensei... I don't hold childish things anymore." Naruto coldy responds shaking off Kakashi's hand as he leaves the room. "I'll be at the front gate in 15 minutes." Naruto speaks in a apathic voice.
Everyone quickly turns to Tsuande. "Hokage-sama what happend to Naruto." Ask Ino in her clearly that was so cool expression mixed with great consern for her friend.
"Not even I know..." Tsuande says as a tear escapes from the corner of her eye. Leaving very akward silence in the room.
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The trip takes 2 weeks to make it to the Land of the waves and meet up with the new Mizekage. Who everyone but Naruto was shocked to be none other than Inari.
"Oi, Naruto-san how you been." Shouts out Inari as he approches the group.
"Yo, Inari its been along time." Naruto shouts back.
"So who's the dobes with you." Inari shouts in response earning glares from everyone espically Sasuke.
"Well you know Sasuke and Sakura. The other 4 are team 10 they are supposed to monitor me and Sasuke... Cus well you know." Naruto responds in a normal tone as Inari walk them to the Mizekage office.
"Oh... Okay." Inari responds.
"So you ready to go I'm missing valuable time on my next novel." Naruto explaims as he leans against the tower.
"Yeah... Oh and your last book was freaken awsome but dam did you have to kill yourself in the end." Inari responds.
"We all die sometime eh. Now get your shit so we can leave." Naruto exclaims earning a extreamly confused look from everyone.
"Hai." Inari says as he returns over and hour later.
"Dam you Naruto-san you never told me being a Kage was so much work." Inari said as he walks out in a pure white kage outfit with the land of the wave symbols all over it with light blue coloring.
"You never asked. How long you been Mizekage... 3 months." Naruto responds apathically.
"3 and half thank you very much." Inari says glaring at Naruto.
"Well we should leave Inari. If we stay in town we are more likely to draw Akatsuki attention." Naruto says pealing himself off the wall.
"I know that. But is your team ready." Inari says pointing to everyone who has an teird look on their face.
"Who cares." Naruto responds cold.
"Sheesh. Your so cold Naruto-san." Inari says as he begins walking beside Naruto leaving everyone just standing their some stil recovering from the shock of Inari being the Mizekage. Others in Naruto's coldness.
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Shikamaru stops the group by holding his hand up. "We will camp here for the night." Shikamaru says causing everyone to stop.
Inari nods his head. "Okay."
Inari suddenly notices that everyone is pulling out books. "Sheesh what do all Konoha Jonin read on their breaks or something. I was expecting Kakashi-san but not every single person." Inari chuckles remembering how he used to always see Kakashi with his face buried in a book. He suddenly notices everyones reading the same book.
"What are you all reading since its the same book it must be good." Inari says.
Everyone seems to seems to say the title at the same time. "The Shattered Soul."
Inari chuckles loudly. "That is an amazing book. Well worth the reading." Inari says grinning at the fact that he finished it. "What chapter are you guys on." He ask.
Sakura looks around and answers for everyone. "I belive we are all starting chapter 7." Sakura exclaims as everyone nods.
Inari smiles. "Do you guys even know who wrote the book."
Everyone shakes their head.
"WHAT YOUR KIDDING." Inari screams out earing a look from everyone.
"Inari-sama you know who wrote this book." Sakura ask for everyone
"Hai" Inari grins widely as he gets ready to say the name Naruto cuts them off.
"Inari you'll ruin the book if you tell them." Naruto says in a apathic voice. Which successfully shut everyone up.
"Fine, Fine I won't tell them Naruto-san." Inari says as everyone begins glaring death looks at Naruto for they all wanted to know who the author was. Thats when Sakura notices Naruto is the only one not reading the book.
"Naruto... How come you don't have a copy." Sakura ask as everyone looks up from their books again.
"The dobe probabaly doesn't understand good litature." Sasuke exclaims glaring at Naruto.
"No teme I already know whats going to happen in the book." Naruto exclaims glaring back.
"Did you finish the book already Naruto. I though we where supposed to wait 2 weeks on each chapter. I mean that author even said so." Kakashi ask hoping he could find a loop hole to read more of the book that seems to have entranced him more than Icha Icha.
"I followed the 2 weeks just like everyone else its just that I started reading it before all of you." Naruto exclaims earning a glare from Inari
"Why don't you just tell him Naruto-san." Inari states again.
"Cause Inari I don't want to ruin the ending of the book for everyone. Not to mention we now have company." Naruto exclaims as he pulls himself off the tree.
"Isn't that right Pein." Naruto shouts out as everyone quickly drops their books foruming into a defensive position around Inari. Everyone except Naruto surrounds the Mizekage.
A loud evilish voice come out from the tree. "So you've become stronger Naruto-kun... Here I thought it was going to be easy." Says the voice of Pein.
"So how many you bring this time the whole group." Naruto says as he pops his neck.
"My, My Naruto-kun you've gotten cocky. I just need 3 to defeat the likes of you." Pein responds.
Naruto lets out a sigh. "Fine, Fine I surrender. No point in getting everyone killed." Naruto says throwing his hands up to show he gives up.
Sakura stares at Naruto. "YOU WHAT, WHY NARUTO." Sakura screams out.
Naruto shurgs his shoulders. "Everyone dies sometime. I'd rather not be responsible for your deaths." Naruto says as Pein leaps down at him swining a kodochi.
"Nice try but I know you better than that. I know how you beat Hidan, Kakuzu and Tobi." Pein says as his sword strikes down at Naruto.
"Awww. I was hoping that trick would work again." Naruto says as he doges Peins attak
Pein jumps back as Itachi jump in looking Naruto in the eyes. "You seem to like getting caught in my Tsukuyomi" Itachi says as he activates his Tsukuyomi. Naruto lets out a crazed laugh.
"I think I'll enjoy this more than you ITACHI... Just try not to die." Naruto screams the last part as he lets out an evil laught that would make Orochimaru proud.
Within a few seconds Itachi is on the ground screaming. He holds the same look Sasuke did when he was first brought in. He reaches for his kunai he tries to ram it into his throat but is stoped by Pein.
"Itachi... Itachi... SNAP OUT OF IT." Pein shouts at Itachi as he wrestle with the kunai.
Naruto smirks. "Let him die he's weak anyways. Even Sasuke could kill him." Naruto says as he smirks even wider. "Besides... I want to have alittle fun." Naruto exclaims as he holds up his right arm reveiling his shackel. "How many seconds untill this activates... Hmmm how many pein."
Pein jumps away from Itachi as he begins making a small retreat. Naruto walks slowly over to Itachi launching a powerful kick sending him to Sasuke.
"As I promised Sasuke. You can kill your brother but I would do it quickly before he takes his own life." Naruto says very coldy his eyes now flat and not caring.
Sasuke quickly charges up a chidori as he shouts out. "THIS IS FOR MOM AND DAD." Sasuke says as he rams the chidori threw his brothers heart. He lets out a smile before pulling his hand out of his brother.
"Thank you Naruto." Sasuke says.
"No problem now you don't have to think about chasing him down now you can focus on rebuilding the clan." Naruto says as he turns his back to everyone. Looking at pein. "You better be quick Pein this chain will activate in 1 minute. If you fail then your going to wish you never met me."
Suddenly Konan attack from the trees trying to free her master. "Pein-sama run I'll hold him off." Konan says in a sad voice as Pein nods his head. Running as fast as he can in retreat.
"Konan nice to meet you again." Naruto says in a cold voice.
"You bastered killed Tobi." She says as she performs several taijutus steps on Naruto who just simply takes it without flinching.
"30, 29, 28, 27." Naruto continues to count down as Konan pulls out a kunai forcing Naruto to doge most of her attacks yet clearly lets her graze his flesh.
"God dam it why won't you die." Konan shouts out.
"You already know that answer to that Konan, 20,19,18." Naruto continues to down.
"Time is running out Konan. You know if you run now you might escape." Naruto says in a cold voice.
"Fuck you... You... YOU DEMON. I will kill you and ride this world of the likes of you." Konan exclaims as her kunai grazes across Naruto's chest.
"10,9,8,7." Naruto slowly reaches his count down as suddenly his chain begins to glow.
"Now its too late. I'm sorry Konan but your dead now." Naruto says as he chain seems to latch out at Konan striking her in the heart.
She begins letting out screams of terror and fear. Her eyes cry out blood as her voice suddenly begins to hollow out before cracking.
Naruto in a very low tone speaks. "Shatter." Within moments the chain seems to shatter as Konan falls lifelessly to the ground Naruto lets out a small tear. "Now you know sorrow." He mumbles out as he turns back the the group. Everyone seems to stare at him trembling in fear of how quickly and coldy he took out two of the Akatsuki as if he wasn't even trying.
"Pein won't be comming back for along time. I'm sure the telepathy ring Konan had passed some of what she saw to him." Naruto says kicking the body of Konan before walking back to his tree he closes his eyes.
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Several hours pass as everyone continues to stare at Naruto who leans against the tree with his eyes shut. "You know if you guys keeps staring your going to tick me off." Naruto says in a cold voice.
"Naruto-kun... What did you just do." Sakura ask still half scared out of her mind she watchs Naruto eyes open as he fills with rage again.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID I TELL YOU ABOUT CALLING ME -KUN." Naruto says before leaping from his tree onto a branch. "You have no right to call me it.." Naruto says as he leaps into the distances.
Suddenly Sakura feels the same paralizing chill that she had felt in the forest. Everyone falls to their knees as they tremble in cold fear.
Inari lets out a deep sigh as the chill wears off on him. "Geez, You had to go and upset Naruto-san Sakura."
Sakura who is still frozen in fear forces her mouth to move but can't seem to form words."B-b-b-b-b-"
Inari lets out a sigh. "But you don't understand what you did wronge." Inari throws up a barrier as everyone suddenly starts gasping for air.
Sasuke turns to Inari. "What the hell was that Inari." He ask curious.
Inari lets out a sigh rubbing his head. "Ummm. Well how can I put it... That was Naruto-san. He's not happy anymore thanks to Sakura-san calling him -kun. He's still touchy on that."
Sakura looks at Inari completely confused. "What do you mean... Why would he be touchy on -kun."
Inari shakes his head. "No. He's not touchy on -kun he's touchy on YOU calling him -kun."
Tears forum in Sakura's eyes. "W-Wh-Why... Why.. Why." She mumbles out over and over as tears run down her face.
"This is probably going to ending up resulting in my death but I can't stand to see a preatty girl cry not since mom died." Inari lets out another sigh.
"Because he still loves you and it hurts him to love you." Inari says as he looks around for any flying projectials. "Huh...Guess he isn't going to kill him." Inari says.
"What do you mean." Sakura ask her eyes filled with tears.
"You see with time Sakura.. Trust me you'll all see with time." Inari says when suddenly he lifts his hand up. "I guess he was alittle father away than I expected he must be getting stronger." Inari says as he catchs the kunai inches from his head.
"I'm sorry Naruto-san but you know I hate seeing preatty girls cry." Inari says as he throw the kunai to the ground. "Besides you know you still love Sakura-san." Suddenly he flickers away as several kunai land where he was. Inari struggles to doge the kunai that seem to fly out no where.
"Naruto-san please calm down... Don't kill me." Inari says as a solid black steel sword with a cotton wrap sword fly out of the blue bearly missing Inari. As it impacts the tree the tree seems to freeze solid. "Good your out of projectals. Now will you calm down. Atleast she knows why to not call you -kun anymore right." Inari says as he sees a very large chakra flare. "SHIT" He says as the flare seems to singe his clothes as he bearly doeges the chakra. "Naruto-san what would your future wife think of you trying to kill me." Inari says as he lands on the ground. Naruto appears from the tree.
"I'm not marrying." Naruto says in a cold voice with a slight humor to it.
"But if you decided to what would she think if you killed the boy that looked up to you for his whole life and even became a kage to impress his hero. think honestly." Inari chuckles slightly.
"I told you Inari I am never marrying... Its as Shikamaru would say... Girls are troublesome." Naruto says as Shikamaru grins slightly proud.
"Well then atleast what would Tsuande-sama and both countries think if you killed the kage you where protecting." Inari said using another excuse.
"Fine... Fine... I won't kill you but you better keep your trap shut." Naruto says jumping to the tree he retrives his swords. "Vanish." He mouths out as the sword disappers. Her returns to Inari side who points at his chain.
"How does the chain feel." Inari ask questionly.
"Its getting shorter" Naruto responds. "Much shorter." As he holds up the chain for Inari to examine.
"Kyuubi is a real bitch isn't he." Inari says examining the chain.
"Thats why I killed him Inari." Naruto chuckles.
"You still haven't told me the full story." Inari says as he feels everyone glaring at them. "You've not said a word to them have you Naruto-san." Inari ask. Naruto nods his head.
"They don't need to know. They've already know to much." Naruto say glaring coldly at everyone.
Kakashi speaks up. "Did you really kill the Kyuubi Naruto." Kakashi stares at his forumer student.
"In away. He's not really dead... But you don't need to know anything more." Naruto says apathically.
Inari turns to everyone as he releases the barrier. "Well I guess we should camp though I highly dout thanks to Naruto anyone going to actually sleep. So Shikamaru should we break camp." Inari ask questioning the stratagiest.
Shikamaru shakes his head. "We are already ahead of schedual. Besides Naruto took care of Akatsuki for us so we might as try to rest. We don't need to move around at night to dangerous" Shikamaru explains as he lays back looking up at the canopy catching glimps of the clouds in the small open spaces he has.
Naruto returns to leaning against his tree. As everyone just remains where they are a few reading the book they had brought while others let their minds replay what has happend.
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(Someone just went from badass to godly badass)