-1An Eye For An Eye
Chapter 3
Hey guys here's the next chapter! I should be able to write faster now that I'm past the time skip and Naruto is actually on Team 7 now. That makes it a lot easier trust me. Also I'm sorry if Naruto goes really OOC, the way I want this to be its getting more difficult to be able to keep him in character, all I'm doing is making Naruto the way I see him being if he really didn't trust anyone and actually hated them all. But yeah anyway here's the next chapter and I hope you like it.
I still don't own Naruto, but I have some lawyers working on it.
"Character talking"
'Character thinking'
"Kyuubi Talking"
Commentary
Jutsu
Kakashi wasn't taking this test all to seriously seeing as he had his favorite book out and was reading without even looking up. Naruto who was looking at Kakashi from a nearby tree wondered if he even realized he was in the middle of this test anymore.
Sasuke was frantically looking for Naruto in the thick forest around the training grounds 13 which they were currently at. He knew that once he got to Naruto then he would be able to pass just because Naruto wasn't the type to lie about stuff like, figuring out how to pass a test. Sasuke just decided that he needed to keep looking for Naruto until he found him.
Sakura was also looking for Naruto. She knew that in order for her to pass this she would need Naruto's help. She just kept running around looking for Naruto. She was so concerned with finding him that she didn't even notice Sasuke right in front of her. When Sakura did notice it was to late she couldn't move out of the way, and rammed right into Sasuke.
"Ooofff" Was the sound that came from both Sakura and Sasuke as they made contact and hit the floor hard.
"Dammit! What the hell was that Sakura!?" Sasuke said in a sort of loud voice but just not loud enough that Kakashi could hear them.
"Sorry Sasuke-Kun I was looking for Naruto and didn't see you there." Sakura explained, telling the truth.
"Wait…your looking for Naruto to?" Sasuke asked interested now.
"Umm…yeah. Why do you care Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura asked sort of shocked by what was happening. Sasuke was actually talking to her.
Sasuke smirked, "Cause I was looking for him to. I need to know, how we can all pass without any of us going back to the academy."
"Good idea Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura exclaimed even though she was planning on doing the same thing. Sakura looked at Sasuke to find him not even looking in her direction. He was actually looking out into the clearing where Kakashi stood. What surprised Sakura was that Sasuke's eyes were wide with shock. Sakura looked over towards where Sasuke was looking and found out why he was shocked. Naruto was just simply walking out into the open going straight for Kakashi. Not running or anything just casually walking.
'What is that idiot doing!?' Sasuke thought to himself. How could he trust a guy that was stupid enough to walk out into the open, with the importance of him becoming a Genin.
"Sasuke-Kun?" Came the voice that was very irritating to Sasuke. As he turned to look at Sakura he responded with a…
"What?"
"Why is Naruto walking out into the open like that?" Sakura asked clearly confused.
"That's what I was trying to figure out myself." Sasuke responded.
'What the hell are you doing Naruto?' Sakura asked herself.
Out in the open Kakashi had stopped looking at his book and was currently looking straight at Naruto. Naruto had a big smirk on his face which confused Kakashi greatly.
"Umm Naruto can I ask you a quick question?" Kakashi asked never taking his eye off of Naruto.
"Yeah sure go ahead." Naruto responded the smirk never leaving his face.
"How is walking out into the open going to get all of you to pass this test?" Kakashi asked waiting impatiently for the answer.
Naruto began to laugh, which shocked Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura. For one why would he be laughing? His plan didn't make any sense at all at the moment and Kakashi had just asked him a question, which instead of responding to he was just laughinh. The second thing was that Naruto's laugh was bitter and sounded like he didn't know how to laugh…like it was new to him.
"Wow…that was the first time I've laughed in about four years!" Naruto exclaimed a smile still on his face. "Ok ok! Well first off this isn't my plan I just figured that well…we have until sunset and that's about five hours away, so why not get some training in? Besides, I mean I don't get to fight people as strong as you very often. I plan on putting my plan into action when time is about to run out." Naruto responded in a very intelligent sounding voice.
Kakashi smiled under his mask. All Naruto wanted to do was to make up for the training he was missing with all this stuff he was doing today.
"Ok." Kakashi responded. "Lets go! I'll give you a little spar if you want it." Kakashi said smirking under his mask.
With that Naruto rushed Kakashi and tried to punch him in the face only to get blocked. The a kick…blocked, another punch…blocked and lastly a kick that Kakashi just dodged. Naruto fell to the ground and rolled to get out of the way of Kakashi just in case he tried anything. Just as Naruto stood up he felt Kakashi's charka signature behind him. Naruto turned but not before he heard Kakashi yell, "Sennen Gorosh! (1000 Years of Pain)" Just when Naruto heard that he activated his Sharingan and looked at Kakashi using this technique. Kakashi didn't notice however since he was busy with the clone in front of him. Kakashi's eyes widened when the clone poofed away.
'Kage Bushin no Jutsu!? When did he use that?' Kakashi thought to himself then remembered that Naruto had ran into the woods before he came out. 'Very clever Naruto' Kakashi once again thought to himself.
"When did Naruto make a clone?" Sakura asked Sasuke who was right beside her, and was really starting to piss him off.
"He used it when he went out into the forest right after Kakashi-Sensei said 'Begin'" Sasuke explained still extremely annoyed.
"Oh" Was all Sakura said in return.
Sasuke was still looking at Naruto fighting Kakashi wondering what his plan was. He would have just gone out there and asked him right now but that's not secret at all. Kakashi would hear and then it wouldn't work…or would it? Sasuke was wondering exactly just how smart Naruto was. If he had a plan that would work regardless of what happened then he would have to be at genius level easily.
Kakashi was just waiting for Naruto to slip up so he would know where he was. Naruto wasn't giving off any chakra signature which shocked Kakashi.
'Now there is absolutely no way that Naruto could have that good of chakra control! Its not possible…I mean he's surprised me before with stuff he knows but this…this is just unreal. There must be something else that's causing me to not be able to sense his chakra signature.' Kakashi was looking around until he heard something behind him. He quickly turned around to see ten Naruto's all with smirks on their faces.
"What's going on Kakashi-Sensei!?" One of the Naruto's pretty much shouted at Kakashi.
"…More clones huh…I don't get what your trying to do." Kakashi stated plain out.
"That's how its supposed to be." A now unemotional Naruto said. The one Naruto then looked over at another Naruto and slightly nudged his head in Kakashi's direction. The clone just nodded in response and took off yelling, "Katon, Hosenka no Jutsu!" Naruto breathed in deeply and then blew out, releasing many fireballs all hurling towards Kakashi. Kakashi quickly dodged all the fireballs without much effort involved. Kakashi started to relax again before he felt a sudden chakra signature behind him. His eyes widened as he barely escaped getting hit in the face, by a foot from one of the Naruto's. Kakashi landed and sighed.
'Looks like I cant read my book after all.' Kakashi thought to himself as he put his book away. When Naruto saw this he smirked and so did all of his clones.
"So your going to get serious now Sensei?" A Naruto clone asked really getting excited.
Kakashi laughed, "As serious as I need to get against a Chuunin probably." Naruto wasn't happy with this answer at all. He was expecting a simple 'yes' from Kakashi. He was enraged at what he received though. Kakashi still wasn't taking him seriously. Even if he was taking it a little more serious it still wasn't good enough for Naruto. He wanted Kakashi to go all out.
"So your underestimating me then!?" Naruto yelled full of rage as he jumped down from his spot.
Kakashi's eyes went wide. This wasn't what he had in mind at all. He was expecting Naruto to get mad and leave his spot. which in turn would reveal his place, which he did, but Naruto came down covered in red chakra. It was spinning all around Naruto and Kakashi could actually feel the anger coming from Naruto just through his chakra.
'Dammit this isn't good. I cant go to hard on Naruto. That would definitely lead to him revealing the Kyuubi was inside him…or at least something was wrong with him at least. Kakashi didn't want Naruto's teammates thinking he was a demon like the entire village did. That would just make Naruto become more hateful and go even further down the path he was heading.
"Naruto! Calm down! Please Naruto! Just calm down! I'll fight you seriously! One hundred percent effort on my part! Just please calm down Naruto!" Kakashi was shouting hysterically trying to get something through to Naruto, but nothing seemed to be working. Naruto was to far gone.
Sakura and Sasuke were still sitting in the forest when they saw Naruto come out engulfed in red chakra. Sakura looked at Sasuke with fear clear in her eyes. Sasuke just nodded as they slowly and quietly started to make their way towards Kakashi. Kakashi didn't notice a thing. He was still concerned with the boy in front of him.
'This wont work! I have to knock Naruto out before he gets any worse. Right now he's probably at High Chuunin/ Low Jonin strength. I cant let this go on much longer.' Kakashi was frantically thinking in his head.
Sasuke and Sakura just kept creeping forward until they were actually out in the open. Once again though Kakashi had no idea they were even there. Sasuke motioned his arm towards Kakashi and they continued forward still dead silent.
"THAT'S IT! IM DONE WITH THIS SHIT!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs as he charged at Kakashi, pulling out a kunai. Kakashi just took a defensive stance, and waited for Naruto.
'I'm sorry Naruto, but I must do this.' Kakashi thought sadly.
Just as Naruto was about to punch Kakashi in the face, he sidestepped, and Kakashi slowly, but intensely karate chopped him on the side of his neck making Naruto fall to the ground only to poof into a cloud of smoke. Kakashi's eyes widened big time.
'This is bad! This is bad!' He kept thinking to himself looking around frantically to find Naruto until he spotted him leaning against a tree. Once again he was back to his usual emotionless self, and the red chakra was gone which visibly relieved Kakashi.
"Naruto you calmed down?" Kakashi asked some fear still in his voice.
"Yeah." Was Naruto's response.
"Ok then, you still want to fight me?" Kakashi asked getting into a fighting stance, which in return Naruto just shook his head. Kakashi didn't know what to say. "Wait…so are you going to show me your great plan?"
Naruto let a smirk come to his lips as he said, "What you didn't see it already?"
Kakashi was in shock as his eyes widened once again, and he looked down only to find that the two bells were gone.
"H-How d-did you!?" Kakashi partially asked still in complete shock. He heard a bush rustle and looked over to see Sasuke and Sakura come out both holding a bell. Kakashi, after recovering from his sudden shock, smiled slightly and sighed, "So when did you talk to them Naruto?" At this Naruto just smirked again. "Remember when I was really pissed off and you were fighting me? Well as you know that was a clone. I pumped a lot more chakra into it so it could take some more hits then just one, which in return worked out as I hoped it would. Anyway…when you were fighting my clone, I went over and found Sasuke and Sakura.
-Flashback-
Sasuke and Sakura were watching Naruto fight Kakashi with everything he had until they both in unison felt something on their shoulders. They both turned to see Naruto standing there emotionless as ever.
"Naruto!?" Sakura squeaked out in surprise.
"Shhhh!" Naruto responded harshly.
"So I'm assuming that it's a clone that's fighting Kakashi then?" Sasuke asked having figured that part out. Naruto only nodded before he began to speak,
"Ok listen in a little while my clone is going to do something that will keep Kakashi's full attention on him. When that happens I want you guys to go over and get the bells. The main point of this test is to see if we work well as a team, which we're going to prove in a few minutes. Trust me though…on missions and everything else. Stay out of my way…or I will kill you without hesitation."
Sasuke and Sakura both froze on the spot. They could tell Naruto wasn't messing around just by the tone of his voice. Sakura was trembling terribly and Sasuke, even though he didn't show it all that much, was scared to death of Naruto also. With that last comment Naruto was gone. Sasuke just sat there frozen in place. Sakura eventually spoke up.
"N-Naruto wouldn't r-really kill us would he?" Sakura asked still trembling terribly. Sasuke just looked at her and said, "I d-don't know b-but I don't t-think he was joking." Just then they felt something strong, and as they looked out into the clearing they saw Naruto walking towards Kakashi engulfed with red chakra. They then heard Kakashi yelling for Naruto to calm down which they took as the 'Q' to go. They both slowly started moving towards Kakashi.
-End Flashback-
Then everything just played out from there."
Kakashi once again didn't know what to say, 'To be able to figure out the real intention of this test, make a plan, and then set the plan into action in a matter of hours…Naruto you truly are a genius.'
Kakashi smiled under his mask at his team. "God job team! You guys all pass!"
At this comment Naruto didn't do anything, Sasuke smirked, and Sakura began jumping up and down. Kakashi was hoping for at least a smile from Naruto, but he got nothing. Kakashi sighed, 'I guess I'm going to have to get used to this new Naruto.'
"Ok team! Tomorrow at 8:00 AM meet me at this exact spot. We're going to start some missions tomorrow." Kakashi said which received another smirk from Sasuke, a happy Sakura, and a Naruto who looked sort of happy. Kakashi sighed, shook his head sadly, and then vanished in a flurry of leaves.
Naruto started walking away before Sasuke spoke up, "Hey Naruto I have something I want to ask you." Naruto turned around so he was facing Sasuke with an annoyed bored look on his face. "What?" Sasuke got an angry look on his face. "Yeah ok! You steal one of my jutsus and when I'm about to ask how, your annoyed! How the hell does that work!?" Naruto just smirked when he heard this. He then turned and started to walk away, his hands in his pockets. Sasuke was really angry now. "You didn't answer my question teme!" Naruto just slowly turned around and said, "I got it on my own." Then once again turned and walked away. Sakura who had to break the tension between the two, before Sasuke brutally attacked Naruto said, "How about we all go and get some ramen as a team? We can get to know each other better." Sasuke who was interested in Naruto's past quickly accepted the offer, but Naruto just kept walking. "Naruto!-" Sakura called, "Do you want to get some ramen with me and Sasuke?!" Naruto stopped and started thinking to himself.
'I could use this as a chance to learn Sakura and Sasuke's weaknesses in case I need ton use them for later.' Naruto turned back around and started walking back towards Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura smiled when she saw Naruto walking up with a smile on his face, even though her reason for him smiling and his reason were two completely different reasons.
'I bet if I tried hard enough I could get Naruto out of his shell and turn him into a really kind loving person. All I need is time.' Sakura thought to herself with a smile.
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke walked towards the ramen stand in silence until Sakura broke the silence.
"So what should we talk about guys?" She asked hoping for an answer, but she only received a shrug a Sasuke, while Naruto gave no response. Sakura looked at both of them and sighed, "Fine then I guess I'll start then…umm what do you like in a guy or girl? Umm I like mysterious guys who are handsome, strong, hot, and are great at everything!" Sakura said with a smile. Sasuke just looked at Sakura as his eyebrow twitched. Naruto on the other hand got it and actually spoke out. "So you like Sasuke then? Why am I asking that though? I knew you liked him and so did everybody else in Konaha…well that was a waste of time, I'm gone." With that Naruto got up and left leaving a smirking Sasuke and a shocked, slightly blushing Sakura behind.
-At the Hokage Tower-
Sandaime was once again working on his never ending stack of papers when he heard a knock at the door. Sandaime felt a familiar chakra signature from the other side and smiled, "Come in Kakashi."
The door opened and Kakashi walked in with a serious look on his face.
"Hokage-Sama how did Naruto learn to hide his chakra signature?"
Sandaime chuckled as he figured out why Kakashi was so serious. He of course had gave him a training scroll that was a little more advanced then the first one he had given Naruto, and said scroll of course had that chakra signature exercise in it.
"He learned it from a scroll I gave him awhile ago." Sandaime responded still smiling.
"How long ago Hokage-Sama?"
"Well I would say it was about two weeks ago, why?"
Kakashi's jaw hit the wooden plank floor hard from shock at what he had just heard. "H-How did he l-learn it s-so fa-fast!?" Kakashi was stuttering like a mad man because of his total shock at what he was hearing.
Sandaime thought for a second then looked at Kakashi, "Well he does use Kage Bushin no Jutsu to learn new jutsus and things of that nature so I'm guessing he used that."
If there was a way for Kakashi to become more shocked he did, because his jaw went through the floor.
"Wait…so your telling me that Naruto figured out the actual purpose of the Kage Bushin no Jutsu already!?" Kakashi was on the verge of screaming. Sandaime, never removing his smile, just nodded.
"I cant believe the team I got…I have three genius' on my team." Kakashi said in disbelief.
"Three?" Sandaime asked questioningly.
"Yeah first I have Sakura who is a genius if she reads or learns about what's going on, hence why she had almost a perfect score at the academy only falling behind Sasuke because he was better at fighting and so on. Then there's Sasuke who as you know is very smart, and since he's from the Uchiha clan he's also a naturally gifted fighter which contributes. Then…then there's Naruto…who quite frankly I don't know how smart he is…but from what I've seen I would say he's a born strategist and also a born fighter. On top of that he's able to figure the purposes of things out at amazingly fast speeds…so from what I can tell I would say he's by far the smartest person in my team." Kakashi sighed, "But he's also the least social."
This shocked Sandaime, "Wait so you mean Naruto isn't interacting with Sasuke and Sakura?"
"Well no more then he needs to. I really think the only reason he even made a plan with them was because it was required to pass the test." Kakashi said sadness and slight worry in his voice.
"That's a problem." Sandaime stated plain out. Worry overwhelming his voice.
Kakashi just nodded in response. "What should we do about it Hokage-Sama?"
"Don't worry I'll have a talk with him Kakashi." Sandaime said with a sigh.
"Thank you Hokage-Sama. I really have a talented team, but it would be a problem if Naruto didn't trust anybody on it."
"I understand Kakashi…by the way would you find Naruto and tell him I wish to speak to him?"
"Yes Hokage-Sama." Kakashi said before walking out the door.
Sandaime once again sighed and leaned back in his chair. 'What am I going to do with you Naruto?'
-At Naruto's Apartment-
Naruto had just recently got home and he was already reading through scrolls and having some shadow clones try some jutsus. Naruto was thinking about what he should do next since he had just finished his current scroll until he heard a knock at his door. Naruto got up and walked over to the door, and looked out the eye hole to see the Cyclops standing there smiling under his mask. Naruto just unlocked the door and walked back over to his bed and sat back down looking at some more scrolls. When Kakashi heard the door unlock, but Naruto didn't open it he took it upon himself to let himself in. He walked in the door to see Naruto on his bed looking at a scroll. Kakashi eyes Naruto's apartment. It was small and absolutely covered in scrolls. Kakashi smiled slightly,
'So this is why he's so good at his age.'
Kakashi then looked at Naruto, or one of the Naruto's, who was currently working on some Suiton jutsu.
"Naruto…-" Kakashi waited to continue until Naruto looked up but all he did was respond with a, "Yes?"
Kakashi sighed and continued, "Well Hokage-Sama wishes to speak with you." Now this got Naruto to look up and he surprisingly, had a smile on his face.
"Ok! Thanks Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto almost shouted.
'So this is how Naruto reacts when he speaks with someone he trusts.' Kakashi thought to himself sadly. 'If only Naruto could act that way more often.'
Naruto walked over to Kakashi and they both turned and walked out of Naruto's apartment. Kakashi noticed Naruto didn't lock his door.
"Hey Naruto! You might want to lock your door. Someone might break in." Kakashi suggested trying to be helpful.
"Don't worry about it Sensei its better to leave it unlocked." Naruto responded, still walking forward.
"Why's that Naruto?" Kakashi asked as he caught up to Naruto.
"Its better if they can just get in rather the break the lock on the door. That way I wont have to pay for it when it happens. I mean either way it would be the same result." Naruto said letting a little sadness slip into his voice.
Kakashi felt really bad for Naruto. He had to live with this kind of stuff all the time.
"But that doesn't matter. I don't really care if they break in. I don't really have anything to steal and if they do something else I can fix it…so its no problem." Naruto said trying to cheer himself up.
"Naruto if you ever need anything feel free to ask me." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Yeah I'll keep that in mind…thanks Kakashi-Sensei." Naruto responded with a weak smile.
Naruto and Kakashi walked in silence until they reached the Hokage Tower.
"Ok Naruto Hokage-Sama should be waiting for you so just head on up." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Yeah…thanks again Kakashi-Sensei"
Kakashi just nodded then vanished in a pile of leaves. Naruto started walking into the Hokage Tower until he heard a familiar voice from behind him. Naruto turned around and saw Shikamaru talking to Ino. Shikamaru was probably the closest person from the academy, that he would actually sort of call his friend. Shikamaru finished talking to Ino and looked over to see Naruto staring at him. He waved and Naruto waved back as Shikamaru walked closer to him.
"Hey Naruto! What's going on man? How's your team? Wait…you guys did pass the test didn't you?"
Naruto smiled at Shikamaru and answered, "Yo Shikamaru, nothing much, they're ok, and yeah we passed."
Shikamaru smiled at him and then asked, "Who figured out the real intention of the test? Please tell me it was you and not Sasuke."
Naruto smirked, "Yeah it was me, I figured it out before the test even started."
Shikamaru smirked back, "Same, I always knew you were smarter then you acted Naruto. I hope we can meet up some time and hang out like the good old days."
"Yeah, maybe." Naruto returned. "Well I got to get going Shikamaru, Ojiisan wants to talk to me."
Shikamaru just nodded and waved as Naruto turned around and walked into the Hokage Tower. Naruto was glared at by most of the people in the Hokage Tower, which he was used to so it didn't effect him all that much. Naruto just kept on walking until he reached the Hokage's Office. Naruto didn't even bother knocking he just waltzed right in. Naruto walked in to see Sandaime doing paperwork at his desk.
"Yo Ojiisan! What did you want to talk to me about?" Naruto nearly shouted as he walked into the office.
Sandaime looked up from his papers and instantly got a smile on his face. He motioned for Naruto to take a seat in the chair in front of his desk. Naruto nodded, walked over, and sat down. Sandaime sighed and looked Naruto in the eyes, totally serious now.
"Naruto…-" Sandaime began. "You have to accept the people on your team…if you don't trust the other members of your team then you wont be successful throughout your ninja career."
Naruto just looked at Sandaime and then looked down. "I can try I guess…I just have trouble trusting anyone. I mean…how am I supposed to know they aren't actually out to kill me?"
Sandaime sighed, "Naruto did Sasuke or Sakura attack before the incident?"
Naruto shook his head.
"Then why would they attack you now?" Sandaime asked trying to reason with Naruto.
Naruto looked up, "Well because Sasuke wants to beat me, and Sakura would want to beat me if I hurt Sasuke, and then Kakashi-Sensei…I don't know but there has to be something."
Sandaime looked at Naruto sadly, "Naruto you cant think everyone is out to get you. Your life wont be a happy one if you keep that mind set."
"My life isn't a happy one to begin with, and the way I think of it is, if I don't trust people then they don't have a chance to gain my trust. If they don't gain my trust then they don't have a chance to destroy it by backstabbing me. I have reasons for everything Ojiisan. I fight for myself and only myself! I don't give a damn about anyone else as long as I survive the fight!" Naruto screamed before jumping out the window, landing on the ground below and running away.
Sandaime ran over to the window and shouted, "Naruto!" Sandaime sighed as he sat back down. Well Sandaime knew Naruto's exact mindset now. He cared only for himself and would kill others just to stay alive. Naruto was finally at the end of the road of the street Sandaime didn't want him to go.
"Dammit Naruto…is there anyway to get you back?" Sandaime said out loud to himself.
-Somewhere in Konaha-
Naruto was running for a reason that was unknown to him. He just took off from the Hokage Tower for no reason at all. Naruto however didn't have any intention of stopping he figured he would get his running in for the day by running around Konaha about twenty times. After about three hours Naruto had finished running and was taking a little breather. Naruto looked up and saw Sakura walking towards him, which was the last thing Naruto wanted to deal with right now. An annoying Sasuke fan girl. Naruto started to walk away before he heard. "Naruto!" He knew he was trapped then. Naruto turned around with an annoyed look on his face.
"What?" A very annoyed Naruto asked.
"I was just wondering if you wanted to do something today…you know like hang out?" Sakura asked blushing a bit.
Naruto turned back around and started to walk away, "Sorry I got stuff to do."
Sakura looked at Naruto's back pleading, "Please Naruto! Just one day that's all!"
Naruto sighed as he turned around, "Fine, but its going to be tomorrow I told you I have stuff to do today."
Sakura's face lit up as she ran over and hugged Naruto causing him to freeze instantly. Sakura let go and ran away in the other direction very happy. Naruto however was not as happy as Sakura was. In fact he was scared to death just by the contact. It was always like this whenever he made contact with someone that wasn't Sandaime, ever since the incident. The only other person to ever have hugged Naruto without scaring him to death was Azami, but Naruto didn't even want to think about that since she had died. It took awhile for Naruto to even realize that he was crying slightly because of what the hug brought memory's of. The contact made him think of the attack on him while the hug made him think of Azami, and if you added those two together it made tears no matter how you added them.
"Dammit I cant be seen like this." Naruto said to himself as he walked back to his apartment. He kept his head sown the entire time trying not to make eye contact with anyone. Naruto finally got up to his apartment door and opened it to find the place was trashed. Everything in the cabinets were all over the floor while his bed sheets were torn to pieces, along with his ramen that was all over the walls and floors. The only thing that didn't get bothered was the scroll Sandaime gave to Naruto. The reason why this wasn't touched, as you might have guessed, was because Naruto was the only one that could open it.
'Dammit…looks like I have to get new things. I hate this village so damn much!' Naruto said getting angrier the more he thought about it.
Just as Naruto was about to explode he found himself standing in front of the all to familiar gate once again. Naruto looked up to see the Kyuubi sitting there with a Satanist grin showing on his features. Naruto just looked at the Kyuubi waiting for him to talk. The Kyuubi just continued looking at Naruto with the same look. Naruto was really getting annoyed now. Just when Naruto was about to yell at the fox, and ask just what the hell he wanted the fox started to talk.
"There it's done now"
Naruto looked at the fox confusion clear in his details, "What's done Kyuubi?"
The Kyuubi just looked at Naruto and chuckled slightly, "I have given you a few things that will help in the outside world. I will also train you to use the gifts to the best of their ability." Kyuubi said with a satisfied look on his face.
Naruto was interested now, "What were the gifts Kyuubi?" Kyuubi once again chuckled slightly, "Well the first I'm surprised you have yet to notice." Naruto began to speak, but stopped as realization dawned on him.
"You gave me fangs?" Naruto asked a little confused and slightly angry at the thought of the villager's response to him having fangs now. Kyuubi however had a very wide grin on his face.
"Yes Kit, and for the other gift…just pump some of my chakra into your hands." The Kyuubi demanded and smirked when he saw Naruto's response as his fingernails became claws, then went back to normal as he pumped some chakra into them again.
Naruto looked up questioningly at Kyuubi, "Wait Kyuubi…can I get rid of my fangs to?" Kyuubi just shook his head which in turn actually scared Naruto. "Wait! If I cant get rid of these then that means that the village will think I'm actually turn into a demon! How does this help me at all!?" Naruto was shouting franticly at Kyuubi. Kyuubi just chuckled some, "I gave these gifts to you so that people would fear you, that was the point of them." Naruto just sat down, "I don't want to be seen as a demon though!" Kyuubi once again laughed except this time it was a lot louder. "Kit the villagers already see you as a demon. With what I've given you however, they wont attack you or wreck your home from fear that you might find out that it was them that did it."
Naruto thought over what Kyuubi had said. It did make a lot of sense I mean why would you attack something that you were scared to death of? Naruto then turned to the Kyuubi with a smirk on his face, "Ok fine…thanks for the gifts I guess, but what are you going to train me in with these?" The Kyuubi smirked once again, "I'm going to train you to fight like an animal when need be. So if you run out of chakra or don't have a weapon on you at the moment, you can use these to attack and kill your opponent. However I must warn you, the ways you will kill with these will not end up unnoticed. They will cause a lot of blood to be shed, is that alright with you?"
Naruto didn't even have to think, he just nodded his head and smirked at the thought of ripping the Anbu member, with the one eyed wolf mask, to shreds. "Ok so when do we start training Kyuubi?" Naruto asked eager to get stronger.
Kyuubi grinned satanically at Naruto's eagerness, "Don't worry Kit we can start whenever you want to." Naruto was really excited now, "Well I don't have anything to do at the moment so…how about now?" Kyuubi just nodded and started to instruct Naruto,
"Ok listen Kit I want you to go out into the forest and work on killing animals with just your fangs and claws. This will not only increase your skill with both of those, but will also increase your stealth and quickness as well." Naruto thought about it for a bit then nodded, closed his eyes, and began to leave his mind.
When Naruto opened his eyes he was back in his apartment. Naruto smiled to himself, then started to wonder just how sharp his K-9's were. Naruto put his index finger up to one of his fangs and gently ran it across the point. Instantly Naruto tasted blood in his mouth. When Naruto took his finger out he was shocked to see that he had a deep cut where he had put his finger on his K-9.
'Wow…these really are sharp. I never imagined something could be this sharp. I barely added any force to my finger at all and look what it did.' Naruto thought to himself amazed.
Naruto soon got over his shock and started walking towards the forest. Until Naruto felt something dripping off of his finger. He looked down to find that his finger was once again bleeding heavily.
'What the hell!? There's no way that this could have happened just by touching my K-9.' Naruto thought as he wrapped his finger in some bandages he kept with him at all times. After Naruto wrapped the bandages around his finger he continued to walk out into the forest. After a bit of walking Naruto found himself outside of Konaha's gates in the forest. Naruto sat down and started to listen for any sound that would indicate that something was near. Naruto was about to give up on trying, as it was about an hour into his training, when he heard something break a stick in the nearby brush. Naruto's eyes shot open as he sprang up and was over in the area where he heard the noise in a matter of seconds. Naruto then saw a rabbit take off into the clearing. Naruto smirked as he took off after it. Naruto was quickly gaining on it, for some weird reason Naruto seemed in a trance when he was chasing it.
'Man this makes me feel so alive! I have to get the rabbit! I have to!' Naruto screamed in his head.
Naruto was overly excited now and was about five feet from the rabbit. Naruto's eyes were wide and his mouth was hung open with his tongue hanging out. Naruto then jumped into the air, and in not even a second the rabbit was dead underneath one of Naruto's hands. The claws were sticking right into the rabbit and the blood was running all over his hands. Naruto wasn't thinking at all anymore. It actually was like an animal had taken over Naruto and was acting as it would in the wild.
Then Naruto did something unbelievable. He leaned his head forward and used his fangs to tear a piece of the rabbit off and started to eat it. Naruto kept on doing so until the rabbit was almost gone. At this point though, the rabbits blood was all around Naruto's mouth as he continued to eat, and then out of nowhere Naruto shot up and starting throwing up. Naruto looked down at what he had just seen and threw up again. Naruto was freaking out. He didn't remember anything from the time he heard the rabbit up until just then.
'What the hell was I doing!?' Naruto screamed in his head, as he wiped his arm across his mouth, which he then looked down at revealing blood all over his arm. Then Naruto saw his hands…they were absolutely drenched in blood. Naruto was trying to think back to when he had attacked the rabbit but everything came up blank. Naruto just sat down and stared at the bloodied remains of the rabbit in front of him.
'How could I have done this!? There is no way I could have ever ate a rabbit without cooking it first!' Naruto thought before thinking about the rabbit and the taste that was still in his mouth. Then once again he leaned over and threw up. Naruto was shaking heavily now, he had no idea what was happening. The only answer he could come up with was that Kyuubi did something else to him so that this would happen. Naruto just started walking back towards Konaha, but Naruto kept thinking back to the taste of the raw rabbit in his mouth, he even knew the taste of its blood which didn't help the slightest bit. Naruto walked into Konaha and then started running towards his apartment jumping from roof to roof trying to not get seen by anybody. Naruto was now close enough that he actually saw his apartment in the distance. He sighed in relief until he heard someone yell for him.
"Naruto!" Naruto turned to look back and saw Sasuke close behind him chasing him for some question.
"Naruto slow down man I need to talk to you!" Naruto was panicking now. He knew he had to get back to his apartment before Sasuke saw him. He also knew that if Sasuke saw him like this that he would think of him as a monster like everyone else, if he didn't already. Naruto was now at his door and burst through it and slammed the door shut. He then ran into the bathroom and locked that door where he knew he was safe.
Sasuke was shocked at Naruto's response to him trying to have a conversation with him. Sasuke saw Naruto slam the door to his apartment, but noticed that a window was broke out so he went over and climbed through it. Sasuke was shocked at what he saw, as his eyes went wide. Naruto's place was absolutely trashed! There was stuff all over the room, ramen all over the floor and walls, not to mention the blood the floor and on the bathroom doorknob. Sasuke noticed that it was fresh and for the first time in his life was worried about Naruto.
"Naruto you ok!? I see some blood out here and I'm just making sure your not dying in there on me or anything." Sasuke called waiting for an answer. He then heard the sink get turned on.
"Y-Yeah don't worry about it Sasuke." Came Naruto's response. Even though Sasuke could tell there was something wrong. He just decided he would wait till Naruto came out.
Naruto was going crazy trying to get all the blood off of himself. After about a god 30 minutes the thing left was his shirt which had blood all over it. Naruto was trying to think of a way to get rid of it, but nothing came to mind. Naruto just decided he would take his shirt off, walk out like nothing happened, and just simply put on a new one.
Sasuke was sitting on Naruto's tore up bed waiting for him to come out when he noticed a scroll that was untouched. Sasuke's curiosity got the better of him as he opened it up and saw a seal. He bit his thumb and wiped it across the seal, and nothing happened. Sasuke was confused. He had no idea why it wouldn't unseal. He tried again, but once again nothing. Sasuke just set the scroll back down and decided to wait for Naruto. About 5 minutes later Naruto walked out of the bathroom without a shirt on, walked over to his closet, and put a new shirt on which was also black and red.
"So what did you want Sasuke?" Naruto started off trying to act as casual as he usually did.
Sasuke went straight to the point, "Naruto why didn't you stop when I called out your name, and why did you walk out of the bathroom without a shirt on?"
Naruto's total act of being normal seemed to vanish as soon as that question was asked. "What?"
"Naruto you heard what I said now answer me." Sasuke demanded totally serious.
Naruto just smirked which revealed his fangs to Sasuke, which actually made him gasp as his eyes went wide.
"Listen Sasuke you don't have any right to order me to do anything! So just let it go before you piss me off!" Naruto nearly screamed at Sasuke which made him shut up instantly.
Sasuke stayed quiet for awhile until Naruto talked again, "So what did you want in the first place Sasuke."
Sasuke looked up at Naruto and responded, "Nothing really I just wanted to talk some."
Naruto got up slowly and walked out of his apartment for no apparent reason. Sasuke was shocked at first, but then decided it was his chance to check out the bathroom. Sasuke moved into the bathroom swiftly and turned on the lights to reveal, a shirt covered in blood, to be more precise the shirt that had been wearing earlier that day. He also found the sink had blood stains in it from when Naruto was in the bathroom earlier, along with a blood covered faucet handle.
'What the hell happened Naruto?' Sasuke thought to himself as he walked out of the bathroom and then out of Naruto's apartment. Sasuke just kept walking like nothing had happened. He just casually walked home, and when he got there it was about 10:00 PM.
'I need to figure out what's going on with Naruto. Something wrong I can tell. I'll worry about it tomorrow though.' Sasuke was thinking to himself before darkness engulfed him.
Naruto on the other hand had been walking around ever since he left his apartment. I mean its not like he could sleep there, the place was completely trashed. Naruto figured that he would just go report it to Sandaime then go sleep on The Hokage Mountain, the 4th's head to be more precise. Naruto was walking to the Hokage Tower with a kunai ready in hand. He was always on very high alert when it was night. He couldn't help it he was just like that ever since the incident. Naruto finally reached the Hokage Tower and stepped in, heading for the Hokage's Office. Even though it was late Naruto knew that Sandaime would be there, because he always was, and the reason for that was because of the endless supply of paperwork.
Naruto just casually walked up the steps leading to the Hokage's office. He did meet some glares along the way though, but then again he met said glares wherever he went. Naruto got up to the door and without knocking walked into the room. Naruto walked in to find a sleeping Sandaime at his desk, papers all over the place. Naruto just walked over and slightly shook Sandaime which caused him to churn and open his eyes partially. When Sandaime saw Naruto standing in front of him all he did was smile, and laugh lightly. Sandaime then slowly lifted his head and looked at Naruto as he wiped the sleep out of his eyes.
"So…What can I do for you Naruto?" Sandaime asked.
"Oh, well I just came to tell you that my apartment got messed up again so I'm going to be sleeping on the Hokage Monument for awhile if you need me." Naruto said nonchalantly.
"…So again huh? Man I wish there was a way I could stop this from happening Naruto, but you must understand there is nothing I can do about it." Sandaime said apologetically.
Naruto just smiled softly, "Yeah don't worry Ojiisan it's never been a problem before. I just was wondering if you could fix my apartment up again."
Sandaime just nodded his head which caused Naruto to smile.
"Thanks Ojiisan! Well as I told you, if you need me I'll be on top of the Hokage Monument."
"Ok Naruto if I need you for some reason I'll send for you." Sandaime said smiling.
Naruto just nodded, walked over to the nearest window, and jumped out of it falling about one hundred feet below, but landing with no problem. Naruto then just started running towards the Hokage Mountain. Even if Naruto would deny it, he was terrified of walking around at night, so naturally he wanted to get out of everyone's site as soon as possible.
In a matter of minutes Naruto was on top of the 4th's head looking over Konaha. Naruto sat down and got a great idea. Naruto instantly stood back up and made thirty clones.
"Ok you guys listen! I'm going to go to sleep, but I want you guys to practice until I lose control of you and you poof away, ok?"
"OK!" All the clones shouted in unison and ran off to practice.
Naruto just smirked and sat back down. He was happy with the way he was thinking now. Ever since he lost his eye he had been thinking a lot more in dept about stuff and it was making him smarter. Naruto fell asleep with a smirk on his face that night.
The morning came fast for Naruto as he woke up as soon as the sun came over the horizon. His eyes slowly opened, and he got up slowly. Naruto noticed something almost immediately.
'No headache? Wow I need to get my clones to train as I go to sleep more often.'
Naruto then thought he would have a little talk with Kyuubi to talk about what had happened yesterday with the rabbit. Naruto closed his eyes and when he opened them, Kyuubi was laying there looking at him.
"Yo Kit." The Kyuubi said with a smirk.
Naruto stood up and completely ignored the Kyuubi's greeting.
"Kyuubi what the hell happened yesterday when I was tracking that rabbit!?" Naruto nearly screamed.
The Kyuubi's smirk just got bigger, "I guess you were more animalistic then I first thought, I must say Kit I'm proud of you! Being able to just eat the damn rabbit, it was like you did it everyday and was a normal thing for you!"
"But I don't want that Kyuubi! What if I'm with a group of people and I see a rabbit and attack it without even realize it!? That would definitely make them afraid of me! I don't want that!" Naruto was full out shouting now.
"Kit listen, I gave you those gifts for the purpose of making people afraid of you. Those gifts also on their own made you a little more animalistic which seems to have effected you for the better, since you had a lot more in you then I had originally thought you did. Kit think of it this way, if your going against an enemy and you attack one of their comrades and rip their throat out with your claws, don't you think that would scare them to death!?" Kyuubi said full of excitement.
"Yes, but I don't want that! If I do that then my comrades will be afraid of me to!" Naruto yelled panicking over the situation.
The Kyuubi looked totally confused now, "Comrades? Why would you need comrades? Kit listen to me! You want everyone to be afraid of you! That way no one will mess with you! Then we can make sure that we can avoid another attack that will cost you something you vitally need. Do you see where I'm coming from Kit?"
Naruto sighed and nodded slowly. He knew the Kyuubi was right even if he didn't like it. Naruto would prefer to have everyone fear him, then have everyone attack him for being a 'demon.' Naruto decided he would just ask the Kyuubi if he could take some of the animalistic characteristics out of him.
"Umm Kyuubi, I was wondering-" Naruto was cut off by the Kyuubi.
"No Kit, this is something I cant undo. You're stuck with the instinct to kill anything that is a threat to you. If you try hard enough you should be able to contain yourself around your allies and friends however." The Kyuubi stated.
Naruto sunk at this news. The last thing he wanted to be was what everyone was telling him he was. Now Naruto knew that if a villager was attacking him, that he would go into a rage and kill them. Naruto was scared. This was the first time in a long time Naruto had been this scared. Naruto was thinking as hard as he could to find a way that he would know the difference between allies and enemies, but nothing came to mind.
Kyuubi was just watching Naruto with a hint of sadness in his features. Although he would never admit it he did feel sorry for his container. Kyuubi for a fact knew that there was no way that Naruto would be able to have an even close to normal life now with the gifts that were given to him. Kyuubi turned to look at Naruto, who he had turned from to think, to find something that was shocking, disturbing, frightening, and confusing all at the same time. Naruto was sitting down on the ground laughing. Not hard, but nonetheless he was laughing lightly, then out of nowhere it exploded into a full blown hysterical laughter, that sounded like it could only come from a mentally insane person. Naruto soon after stopped laughing but had a sick, twisted grin on his face. Naruto then turned to Kyuubi.
"Well I was thinking Kyuubi, and well…since I don't have any control over my actions anymore…well, why try to control them at all? If I feel like killing something or someone I'm going to do just that! And no one will be able to stop me! Cause if they try I'll just kill them too!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs before he broke out into an sickly insane laughter. Kyuubi was actually sort of terrified of Naruto now. Then kid he knew was gone, and was taken over by someone who didn't care what he had to do to get what he wanted. Kyuubi looked back at Naruto, and then saw him turn and look at him.
"Kyuubi I've finally found a goal in life!…That goal is to, no matter at what cost, find a place where I belong, a place where I have a purpose in life! A reason to live…Until I find that place…I cannot and will not die, even if I have to kill everyone on this planet!" Naruto said with a bloodthirsty smirk on his face. The Kyuubi was about to say something to Naruto, but he was gone before he could say anything.
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself on top of the Hokage Mountain. He smirked and started to walk down towards the village.
-Haruno Residence-
Sakura had just woken up and was immediately thinking about the 'date' she had with Naruto. Ever since Sakura had seen how cool, calm, and smart Naruto was she had taken a pretty big liking to the blond haired boy. She was actually debating on whether of not to call him 'Naruto-Kun' from now on or not. Sakura eventually decided against it, because that would make it to obvious. Sakura decided to get ready to meet everyone at Training Ground 13 and do some missions. She quickly shed her clothes and hopped into the shower, after a little while she came out and dried off, then walked over and picked out some clothes and slipped those on. Sakura then looked at herself in the mirror and smiled at her appearance. She then walked downstairs, where she grabbed an apple to eat on the way over. She then said bye to her mom and left for the Training Grounds.
-Uchiha Estate-
Sasuke had been awake for a good two hours and had already got in a little bit of training, and he decided he should head over to the Training Grounds to meet the others and go on their new mission. Sasuke had been wondering what was up with Naruto ever since he had left his apartment.
'Something's got to be up with Naruto…I need to figure out what it is!' Sasuke thought determined, to find out what happened with Naruto, for some unknown reason.
Sasuke decided the best way would to just act normal and watch how Naruto acted. He shrugged and started walking towards the Training Grounds.
-Somewhere In Konaha-
Naruto had been walking around for awhile until he realized that he needed to meet his team at the training grounds. Naruto had been taking a new approach ever since his talk with The Kyuubi, he was smiling almost nonstop and looked like nothing could bring him down. Naruto decided it was better to act this way then to act like he normally did, because if he acted this way then people wouldn't get suspicious of him.
The training grounds finally came into view and Naruto could see Sakura and Sasuke already there, but as to be expected there was no sign of Kakashi.
"Hey guys!" Naruto shouted, while waving, and walking towards Sasuke and Sakura.
This greeting took Sakura and Sasuke off guard as the usually emotionless boy was smiling big and was being shocking loud.
'Yeah there is definitely something up.' Sasuke thought to himself as he watched Naruto walk over smiling.
'What's with Naruto? Naruto never acts like this!' Sakura was thinking to herself shocked.
"So you guys ready for a mission! It's going to be so awesome! Man I hope we get a really hard one, where we have to like take out some other ninjas or something!" Naruto said rather loudly to Sasuke and Sakura.
"Ok Naruto what's going on with you? I know something's up, your never ever this loud and then yesterday what happened there, well I think you know what I'm talking about." Sasuke said directly to Naruto getting straight to the point.
"Huh? Sasuke what the hell are you talking about? Nothings wrong with me, what because I was always quiet I cant talk?" Naruto asked getting a little pissed off.
"No you can, it's just you made a huge change personality wise. First off you never talked and when you did it was to threaten someone. Second you never smiled, if you did it wasn't a smile it was a smirk. Third and lastly you were quiet all the time, you were never near as loud as you are today." Sasuke said totally serious.
"I really don't care what you say Sasuke! I can act however the hell I want to!" Naruto screamed at Sasuke.
Sasuke just glared at Naruto, and then Kakashi appeared to fins Naruto about to attack Sasuke.
"Naruto calm down. We have a mission." Kakashi said calmly.
Naruto turned and faced Kakashi with a huge grin on his face, something that disturbed Kakashi terribly for some reason.
"What's the mission Kakashi-Sensei?!" Naruto screamed, which startled Kakashi more then his grin.
'What the hell is going on with Naruto, he's acting totally out of character. This is actually scary how happy Naruto is acting.' Kakashi thought to himself concerned for the blond haired Genin.
"Just calm down Naruto, first we have to go talk to the Hokage to get the specifics about the mission." Kakashi said calmly, but still very worried about Naruto.
Naruto just nodded and started walking towards the Hokage Tower while Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura followed. They walked for awhile until they came to the Hokage Tower. They all walked in and when they got to the door Naruto just barged in.
"Hey Ojiisan!" Naruto yelled startling Sandaime.
"Hello Naruto." He said in return with a smile.
"What's our mission!?" Naruto burst out in a scream.
"Naruto calm down for a couple of minutes so he can explain tell us about it." Kakashi said rolling his eyes.
"Fine." Naruto said crossed his arms waiting for Sandaime to speak.
Sandaime cleared his throat and began to speak, "Ok your mission is to find the Feudal Lord's cat, and return it safely here.
When Naruto heard that he visibly froze as his eyes went wide. Naruto would have hoped that no one noticed, but this wasn't so. Actually everyone in the room noticed.
"Naruto you ok?" Kakashi asked concerned.
Sasuke and Sakura just looked at Naruto with concern in their features.
Naruto nodded his head and smiled, "Yeah don't worry I'm fine!"
'I didn't want my team to realize how I was so soon, but I guess I don't have a choice.' Naruto thought to himself as a bloodthirsty smirk made it's way to his face before it vanished a second later, but Sandaime noticed it.
"Ok you guys are dismissed, but Kakashi can you stay behind for a second." Sandaime said in more of an order then a question. Kakashi just nodded as he team walked out of the room. When they door closed Sandaime began to speak.
"Kakashi I want you to keep a very close eye on Naruto during this mission, I feel something isn't right."
Kakashi just nodded, "Is that all Hokage-Sama?"
Sandaime nodded, and Kakashi walked out the door.
'What is going on with you Naruto?' Sandaime sighed and got back to work on his paper.
Ok! Chapter done! YEAH! Well anyway sorry for the late update guys I was having some minor writers block but got over it fast enough, but anyway as always I ask for you to review if you would and in case your wondering this will be a NaruSaku fanfic, and I know that I just lost a lot of readers with that line but whatever I cant really do anything about that except make this a harem…but I don't see that happening to bear with me. Well until next time
Peace!