Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto... at all... *Sigh* sad life.
"So, let me get this straight. You fought against Zabuza and his accomplice on the bridge. You managed to defeated them, only to be ambushed by Gato and his army of thugs, which Naruto quickly dispatched after a transformation." Minato repeated the report from Team 7 and 8, everyone were red as the Hokage stared at them with a look that expressed his disbelief and suggested that they were crazy.
Everyone in the room didn't move for a while as they let the Hokage's shock and surprise sink in. Before long, Kakashi moved closer to the Hokage's deck. "Everything we told you about the mission is hundred percent accurate and actually happened, despite some of the unexpected and weird events that took place." stated Kakashi with a calm face as he briefly glanced at Naruto when he finished his statement, something only Minato noticed.
Silence reigned over the room for a moment, before Minato sighed. "With the fight against the demon brothers, Zabuza and his accomplice, the mission rank will be moved up to an A-rank and all of you will be paid the amount equivalent to an A-rank mission on a later date. Everyone, but Kakashi and Naruto may leave." spoke Minato in a commanding voice as his anger was noticeable from his enraged tone and the twitching of his eyebrows.
Minato's verbal permission was all Team 8, Mito, Sakura and Sasuke needed to rush out of the office, they all were glad to escape the angry Hokage's sight. Naruto and Kakashi were both alone to deal with the enraged Hokage as they both prepared for what was to come. Kakashi crossed his fingers with closed eyes as he hoped that the Hokage was angers at Naruto, he mentally cursed when he noticed that Minato was glaring at him
"Kakashi, what could have possessed you to listen to the genins and continue the mission after dealing with the demon brothers? Has your prolonged exposure to those perverted books for years affect your brain? Were you drunk at the time?"
Kakashi listened to Minato and kept his face as emotionless as he could. Kakashi felt shame and was about apologise, but Naruto patted his back and stood in front of Kakashi with an emotionless face. "Kakashi isn't to blame, it was my idea to continue the mission and I threatened to continue the mission on my own, Kakashi only did what he had to." said Naruto with a neutral voice.
Minato stared at Naruto with his glare and noticed that Naruto continued to stand in front of Kakashi, which caused Minato to miss Kakashi's look of surprise. Once Minato realised that Naruto wasn't going to stand back, he glanced at Kakashi and noticed the look of surprise on his face. Minato sighed as the anger his eyes once possessed had faded.
The Hokage decided to not punish Kakashi and he turned his eyes towards Naruto. "Since Kakashi hasn't denied your statement, You will be sentenced to complete only D-rank missions for the next two weeks by yourself. Had the results of your foolishness been severe, so would have been your punishment..." said Minato as he let his statement hang in the air.
Minato stared intensely at Naruto, "I seem to recall that you went a transformation and possessed this faint-red aura that covered your body whole." said Minato as he raised an eyebrow.
Naruto turned around to see that Kakashi was staring intensely at him too; realising that there was no way to hide it, Naruto spoke "You know that I hold the kyuubi's soul and don't have a seal similar to a jinchuriki, right?" Naruto's question was meet with nods from Minato and Kakashi.
Naruto placed a hand on his stomach, specifically the part where the seal was located. "The kyuubi is a being of chakra and can regenerate its chakra in a similar manner to shinobi. Since I didn't have a seal to contain, purify and merge its chakra into my chakra reserve, I was constantly exposed to the kyuubi's chakra and my body eventually absorbed some of the kyuubi's chakra." said Naruto in a neutral tone.
Minato and Kakashi were surprised by the realisation of the fact that the kyuubi was regenerating its chakra, 'Naruto doesn't have a jinchuriki seal to suppress a bijuu's chakra, the seal on him is to suppress only a soul. If the kyuubi is regenerating its chakra, then what was stopping the Kyuubi from influencing Naruto and taking over.' thought both Minato and Kakashi.
In one moment, the Hokage and Kakashi was close to Naruto. In another moment, the two were tensed, Kakashi had his Sharingan revealed and Minato standing behind his deck with two tri-pronged kunai held in front of him. Naruto was about to continue his explanation when he noticed how sharply the Hokage and Kakashi were observing his movement. Naruto sighed loudly.
"The constant exposure to the kyuubi's chakra allowed for my body to absorb its chakra to create and expand a secondary chakra reserve, that possesses a chakra that exactly identical to the kyuubi's, only difference is that it's less dense and is my chakra. So in short, the faint red aura is my secondary chakra." explained Naruto in his neutral tone.
Minato and Kakashi were beyond surprised by the revelation that Naruto had a secondary chakra reserve, which was composed of a weaker version of the kyuubi's chakra. They both were left speechless, the two still stared at Naruto with a cautious look as they still kept in mind the possibility of him being influenced by the kyuubi, or the possibility that Naruto was the kyuubi itself.
Naruto looked at Minato and asked, "Hokage-sama, am I allowed to leave now?"
"Yes."
Minato's permission was all Naruto needed to hear before he exited the office and walked through the corridor, he made his way out of the building and walked through the streets towards a certain place. Naruto sighed, he could feel the glares of people focused on the back of his head as he walked past them.
Naruto was in front of a long set of stone stairs, he patiently walked up the stairs and continue to walk up the stairs until he reached the top. Naruto walked through the shrine ruins as he headed to a opening behind the ruins. Naruto waited for moments until he saw small clouds of smoke form in front of him.
The clouds of smoke faded shortly afterwards, leaving a human-figure was visible and remained where the smoke used to be. The figure wearing all black Anbu clothes and a white japanese demon mask, he was holding a large duffle bag and had a scroll connected to his belt.
"Sorry that I am late, I was busy to complete my mission and trying to not get caught when I was making my way here." explained Oni.
Naruto sighed as he walked up towards Oni. "Oni, did you complete your assignment?" Naruto asked.
Oni nodded excitedly, "Yeah, that was fun. Thanks for letting me kill all of those humans, I stole as much of Gato's money and possessions as possible, all the money is in the duffle bag and all of the possessions are in the scroll." stated Oni as he gestured to the duffle bag that he was holding and the scroll that was connected to his belt.
Naruto held his hand out and took hold of the duffle bag, he placed the bag down and opened the bag, which caused his eyes to widen as he saw the amount of ryo inside of the bag. It was more than enough to retire. Naruto zipped up the duffle bag as he picked up the duffle bag, he held his other empty hand out to Oni.
Oni nodded. "I only had five minutes to grab whatever I thought was the most expensive. I just took a few gold bars, some paintings, a few collections of vintage looking books and boxes of jewelry. Gato seemed to have a lot of them, so I thought it wouldn't be a problem to take them and leave the rest of his possessions for the people of Wave." said Oni as he handed the scroll to Naruto, who nodded.
Naruto fell on the floor and observe the surroundings, he realised that he was no longer with Asuka and Ken. Naruto saw a cave in from him and noticed something coming out of the shadows, he saw that it was Ajax. "Naruto." called out Ajax mentally as he stood in front of Naruto. "I have summoned you to meet someone, he's an old friend of mine." stated Ajax mentally.
Naruto got up and gave Ajax a pissed off look as he held his up in front of him threateningly, "You better not waste my time, I was planing on spending my time on things that are more important." spoke Naruto in a clear tone as the sneer on his face expressed his irrition.
Ajax snickered as he had a smile on his face, though it seemed more sinister due the fact that his beak was not suited for human facial expressions. "So staring at Asuka and daydreaming about her is more important to you than meeting an old friend of mine?" asked Ajax mentally with an amused tone as he started to laugh, unable to hold back the laughter.
Naruto said nothing as he was flustered about what Ajax said. Once Ajax was done laughing, he stood up and lifted his left wing, which exposed a human-like figure who wore completely black clothes and a white japanese demon mask.
Naruto held his arm up and formed a blue spiralling orb on the palm of hand as he rushed at Oni with is arm drawn back. "Rasengan." Naruto didn't waste a moment as he pushed his arm forward and tried to slam the rasengan against Oni, but his attack was blocked by the back of Ajax's wing.
Naruto held his arm up and started to form a rasengan. Ajax stood in front of Oni and mentally said "Naruto, calm down! He's not an enemy!", Naruto and Ajax started a intense staring contest as they stared each other.
Before long, the rasengan on Naruto's stopped spinning and dispelled as Naruto put his hand down. "Fine, but if I catch him acting suspicious then I get to kill him, next time it'll be permanent." spoke Naruto in a threatening tone, having a deeper sneer than last time. Ajax silently nodded in relief.
Ajax moved aside to allow for Naruto to see Oni standing there, "During the war between summons, Oni's clan was some of my clan's allies and we fought together. He and I are one of few remaining members of our clans, possibly the last of our clans." said Ajax in a sad tone, sounding depressed at the end.
"What! How does that relate this current moment and the fact that he had kidnapped Asuka and Ken?" asked Naruto in an irritated manner as he hit the top of Ajax's head.
Ajax rubbed his head as he glared at Naruto, "What the hell!" shouted Ajax.
Naruto just stood with crossed arms and returned Ajax's glare back at him. "When are you going explain why he kidnapped Asuka and Ken two years ago?" asked Naruto in the same irritated tone as he tapped his fingers on his arms and his feet on the ground rapidly.
Ajax turned and nodded, Oni nodded and moved closer to Naruto. "It was a test that Ajax and I had formed to help you prepare for the ninja world and where you stand in terms of ranks." spoke Oni, his voice was very generic and seemed deep.
Naruto blinked twice as a lightbulb lit up in his head, "Wait, so Asuka and Ken were never in danger?" asked Naruto as he stopped tapping with his fingers and his feet.
Oni nodded, "I had killed the actually Oni and took over this body a few days before you left Konoha, this was to guarantee that you wouldn't be killed, the bandits you killed were real but whether they survived after you escaped with Asuka and Ken wouldn't matter since I would have killed any bandits that were luck enough to escape the onslaught." stated Oni.
Naruto rubbed his chin as he tilted his head to the side. "Why Asuka and Ken? You could have chosen any one else." Naruto asked Oni in a curious manner.
"Because you've bonded with them, no matter how brief your time together, I knew that the best way to motivate you to push yourself was to use a hostage or two. I planned on using the first person you got close to as a hostage to help you gain some experience in the shinobi world and to potentially unlock your mokuton Kekkei Genkai, which Ajax had long suspected that you might havepossessed." stated Oni in a robotic tone, speaking without any emotions.
Oni nodded to Naruto and disappeared. Naruto instantly created twenty duplicates of himself. The clones wordlessly formed two lines in front of Naruto. "Group one, you will focus on ninjutsu and mastering some jutsus. Group two will focus on fuinjutsu." commanded Naruto, one group of Kage bunshins rushed towards the huge forest and tried to perfect their chakra contro. The other group sat down together and tried to create a fuinjutsu seal together with the blank papers, ink and brush that Naruto gave them.
Naruto stood there and noticed the groups working hard, he created another kage bunshin as he left the scroll and the duffle bag with the kage bunshin. He decided to get on with his plan as he teleported away from the shrine ruins. Naruto found himself in front of the ramen-stand and made his way into the ramen-stand; he sat down a chair as he waited for Ayame or Teuchi to come and take his order.
In a few seconds, Ayame was in front of Naruto. "I'll have one miso ramen, please." ordered Naruto as he closed his eyes and enjoyed the free time he had now. He saw Teuchi going work with the creation of the ramen.
"Naruto, right?" asked Ayame. Naruto just nodded as he waited for his order.
"This is the first time I have seen you here, which is weird considering that your family comes here all the time, so why haven't you come here before?" asked Ayame as she leaned on the counter and stared at Naruto's eyes. Auame didn't have other customer to attend to and things seemed slow, so she decided to wait for Naruto's answer.
Before long, Naruto realised that Ayame wouldn't leave him until he gave her an answer. "I was always busy training and working hard, I was focusing my time and energy on important things." said Naruto.
Ayame left the counter and headed to Kitchen, returning with a bowl of ramen as she placed the bowl of ramen in front of Naruto. "So, what are your plans for the future?" asked Ayame as she stared at Naruto's eyes with interest.
Naruto just ignored Ayame's question and started eat his ramen, Ayame waited for Naruto to finish eating the food in his mouth and questioned Naruto again, "Being a ninja might mean you're strong, so how strong are you?" Ayame was curiously staring at Naruto and waiting for him to answer. Naruto didn't bother looking at Ayame as he completely ignored her and eat his ramen in silence, he paid no attention to all of her questions and realised that he was finished with his ramen.
Naruto left the now empty bowl, he got up and placed some money on the conter before he started to head towards the day. Naruto turned around to thank Ayame for the ramen and noticed the pout on Ayame's face. He turned away and began to walk out of the ramen store. He instantly stopped as a memory came to mind.
Naruto was in a room, a study, filling out paperwork on a desk and turned towards the door as it opened, Asuka walked in. "Can we go out to eat now? After all, you did say we were going to go to a restaurant?" asked Asuka with a childish sad face. Naruto was caught off guard by this and stood still in complete disbelief while his brain stopped temperarily. Asuka just frowned.
Naruto stopped blinking and ignored the faint stinging in his eyes as he stared at Asuka and her frown, Naruto was about to turn away when he saw her mouth start to move. "You know, you can be a real jerk sometimes Naruto-kun." said Asuka as she crossed her arms and her frown turned into a childish pout. She looked cute in Naruto's mind.
Naruto just stared at Asuka, unwilling to blink as he wanted to carve this image permanently into his mind. Staring at Asuka, his throat was starting to feel dry and gulped as he spoke, "Asuka-chan, I-I am sorry. I, I'm so sorry." said Naruto as his voice got louder and more painful. Water was forming all over his eyes.
Asuka tilted her head as she stared at him, her pout was gone and she looked at with a confused look. "Sorry about what? What are you talking?" asked Asuka as her confused eyes connected with Naruto wet, unblinking eyes.
"I can't deny that I was a fool, I tried so hard by myself." stated Naruto as he walked slowly and calmsily towards Asuka, he just stared at Asuka and ignored everything else. He touched the counter and leaned front as he raised his hand and attempted to caress Asuka's cheek. He could temporarily feel the touch of her cheek against his hand, he could feel the warmth that radiated from her cheek.
Asuka blushed as she stared at him in confusion, "What are you doing?" asked Asuka as she was confused by Naruto's actions. Naruto could only watch in despair as the image of Asuka started to flicker and change, he tried to hold on with his hands and he grabbed Asuka's shoulders. The image continued to change until Asuka faded like a mirage, he let go as his arms fell lifeless to his sides like a puppet whose strings has been cut. Naruto's eyes watered as he closed his eyes in agony.
Ayame grew worried as she noticed Naruto's limp arms and the tears that fell down his cheeks, "Hey Naruto, are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital?" asked Ayame, worried about his actions and his stiff stick-like arms. Naruto ignored Ayame as he turned and walked towards the door, leaving a small trail of water drops on the ground.
Naruto moved his arm slowly and agonisingly towards his face, he covered his eyes with his hand. He walked towards the door slowly and clumsily, like a drunken man . He could faintly feel the pain in his eyes, but the pain didn't register in Naruto's mind as he felt a greater pain in his chest, the pain slightly numbed him from everything.
Naruto walked robotically towards the Namikaze house, he couldn't feel anything; he didn't care about the looks that people gave him. Naruto's eyes stopped to water, but the pain he felt in his heart grew greater and overwhelmed any other pain he ever experienced. He made his way inside the Namikaze house and headed up the stairs, never making a sound.
Naruto could sense that no-one was in the house and stumbled into his room, he closed the door with his other arm. He headed to the bed and laid down on it, he felt tired and empty. He just closed his eyes.
Naruto heard it, the sound of knuckles gentlely hitting against glass. He had woken up to that, he opened his eyes to the sight of the sunlight in his room and turned towards the source of the sound. There, outside of the window, was his exact copy. Naruto unlocked and opened the window, letting the Kage bunshin in.
The kage bunshin placed the duffle bag and the scroll, which he was carrying, on the ground. The Kage bunshin spoke, "Boss, you didn't show up at training like we planned, so I brought your stuff here and the rest of the clones dispelled." pointed the Kage bunshin before he dispelled and left a small cloud of smoke behind.
Naruto unlocked his door and headed towards the bathroom, he had his eyes covered with hands, he didn't want the chance of anyone being able to see the change in his eyes. He locked the door as he stood in front of the mirror, he looked at the reflection and saw his eyes. His once normal, blue eyes had turned into changed as his pupils turned red, he felt his brain cramp and passed out.
Naruto opened his eyes to see that he was in a forest that seemed strangely familiar to him. Naruto didn't know what made him do it, but he felt compelled to walk towards a certain direction, he was unable to stop himself. Naruto continued to walk until he saw a familiar temple, he instantly remembered the temple and the forest.
Naruto no longer resisted whatever possessed him as he walked up the temple stairs towards the top of the temple. He remembered what the temple looked like from his past memory as he looked towards the middle of the room to spot a hole that wasn't there before. Naruto walked slowly to the gigiantic hole.
Suddenly a yellow blur appeared in front of Naruto, the room fell apart and the walls collapsed into rumbles, the debris and rumbles rolled down the temple. The yellow blur slowed down and became more visible, when the the yellow blur stopped, Naruto saw that the temple was completely covered by the long snake-like body of a creature.
"Naruto, I have been waiting for you?" asked a deep, menacing voice that seemed to echo through out the whole place.
Naruto looked towards the source of the voice and saw a gigiantic draconic head, the head had two large horns on the side that spread from the side of the top of its head to where it's mouth was. It's eyes were black, its face was composed of yellow scales and its sharp fangs that seemed sharp.
Naruto was awe-inspired by the sight that he saw and was too overwhelmed to speak. After a few minutes of silence, Naruto was able to suppress his surprise and wonder at the creature before him. "Who are you?" asked Naruto in a curious tone, unable to control his curiosity.
The creature spoke again, "I am known as a fallen god, but you may call me Ren; putting that aside for now, I summoned you into this world to tell you about what is to come for you." the creature looked straight into Naruto's eyes, causing him to panic as Ren's eyes seemed to stare into Naruto's soul and the very depths of his existence.
Naruto gulped and spoke, "What do you mean?" Naruto had to ask this question, he needed to know.
The creature stared into Naruto's eyes for a bit longer, unnerving Naruto. "That power you possess, what do you call it..." said Ren as he paused for a moment and closed his eyes to remember what he seemed to have forgotten, "... Beast Transformation?" said Ren, finishing with a menacing stare at Naruto with his yellow eyes, which seemed to possess an unknown depth that filled unbridled fear into him as his heart started to beat faster.
Naruto was frightened to the core, he tried to speak but his lips seemed heavy and unmovable, "T-te-tell m-me why y-y-you su-summoned me here." stuttered Naruto as his breath deepened and sped up, his body seemed warmly moist while he forced his lips to move. Relief tenderly engulfed Naruto for a brief moment as the weight that existed had no longer disappeared.
Ren moved his glance from Naruto to the forest that rested around the temple, "I just called you here to inform you that you have been given a gift from me. Don't ask me, you'll find out soon enough." stated Ren as he turned his glance back to Naruto and stared intensely into Naruto's eyes.
Wanting to get as far away from the creature as fast as possible, Naruto hesitantly thanked Ren for all of the information and prepared to return to his world, "How do I return home?" asked Naruto. Ren's eyes turned into red and glowed as everything around Naruto started to distort and fall apart until everything turned into white.
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself back in the bathroom, he got up from the floor and looked around the room. He unlocked the door and headed downstairs. He walked towards the living room and looked at the clock to see that it was four in the morning. Naruto grabbed the duffle bag and the scroll, he quickly shunshined out of the room and reappeared at the shrine ruins.
Naruto walked near the corner of the ruins, where a tall remains of the former walls stood, he shortly closed his eyes and tried to search for anyone nearby. Once he was certain with the absence of any person nearby, he got down and pushed aside the rumbles that laid all over the floor, Naruto grabbed the handle of the now-revealed trapdoor. Naruto jumped down the hole, he landed on a cracked floor; all that seemed noticeable was darkness, the emptiness of light that might've never have existed.
Neither acknowledging nor denying the presence of darkness blinding him from everything that was around him, he started to walk towards a certain direction without hesitation, despite the loss of sight. He walked deadly slow towards where he thought to go; a sigh escaped him as memories of moments long gone started to clog his mind, bringing with them feelings and thoughts that swam around his head, like fishes in the sea.
Soon, the memories came to stop as Naruto continued to walk through the darkness without a thought in his mind, an ocean without water. The experience of the empty silence brought a sense unpleasant serenity to Naruto, like a unexpected earthquake.
Naruto continued to sigh, he was able to see a small glimmer of light at what might've been the end of the shadow-infested place that he was making his way through. "This must be my 186th time going through this tunnel, I should really clear this place up." spoke Naruto with a sigh flowing out of his mouth, Naruto face-palmed. Talking to yourself was a sign of insanity, or at least a decline in your mental state.
Soon the glimmer of light that Naruto saw was visible to the his eye. A single lamp was sitting on a wooden barrel. Inside, there was a small ball of light trapped inside, the ball seemed to energetically bounce off and on the surface on the inside of the lamp. Naruto stopped his movement as he sat down in front of the dead end and formed a single headseal, "Earth release: Seperation of Earth." Naruto spoke in a calm and clearful.
He slowly tapped the earth in front of him with his index finger. Nothing seemed to have happened, but the earth started to tremble the earth in front of him started to move around. The earth in front of him started to form the steps of what had to be stairs and it continued this act until the light could be seen.
Eventually, a stair was was in front of Naruto, he walked up the stairs. Naruto kept walking up the stairs and saw the sky when he reached the ground, he knew where he was and turned around to the stairs that he created, "Earth release: Fusion of Earth." quietly thoughted Naruto as he tapped the earth again, this time with his feet. The stairs that once existed seemed to be consumed by the earth as they filled the space that was there before.
With that done, he headed directly ahead into a certain way, one that was familiar to him. He could hear the chirping of birds, he could hear the enjoyful songs of the morning that the environment and animals produced, he focused his chakra and blurred away.
There. He stopped the movement of his chakra as he paused and was no longer a unseeable blur, he stepped past a huge wooden gate that was left open. The roads were empty, all the shops closed, even the sky was devoid of anything.
Naruto walked through the streets and sighed at the lack of anything; people nor sound seemed to be absent at the moment. He stood in front of a wooden door, the door belonged to a two store shop, it was easy to identify the building as a shop since Naruto could see stacked shelfes of products through the big window next to the door, products that shops generally sold, like candies and teddy bears.
Impatiently, Naruto waited as he observed through the window to see if the owner was there or planned to come out.
Soon, Naruto lost his patience, he dropped his duffle-bag and picked up a rock on the ground, he steeped back and chucked the stone at the window. Much to his surprise, a small part of the window cracked and shattered as the stone penetrated through the window. He waited and waited, he was frustrated and threw another randomly-picked stone at the window. The rock rushed through the gap of the window.
He waited and waited and waited, having lost patience once more, he picked a handful of stones. Without a second thought, he launched all of the stones rapidly and watched as the stones completely shattered the window. He cringed when he heard the sound of all stones colliding against another object, he then decided to wait and be patient.
Creak, creak... Thump, thump, thump. "Who the hell threw all those stones!? Can't you tell that everyone is asleep!? Why would you do this at such an ungodly hour!?" yelled out a person questioningly, the voice easily showcased that the person in question was a man.
The aforementioned man peak out his upper body out of the now-shattered window, he seemed to possess brown hair which seemed to be generic both in colour and hairstyle, his hair matched his generic face that lacked any uniqueness. The man looked down to spot Naruto in front of his door, he clicked his teeth.
"Naruto, did you have come all the way here this early in the morning, and did you have break my window?"
The man questioned Naruto with a calmer and quieter voice, the rage and tiredness that his voice used to possess had faded from his voice, the rage and tiredness replaced with slight annoyance and curiosity.
"Gin, could you shut up and open the door?"
The man, who was now known as Gin, looked down with a smirk and a condescending look which mirrored the same amount of cocky that his smirk possessed. "You see, the thing is, I don't feel like letting you in after you woke me up so early, and broke my window!" spoke Gin as he ended up shouting louder and angrily at the mention of his window.
Naruto looked up at Gin and raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure you don't wanna let me in?" asked Naruto with a bored face, "Because the window won't be the thing I'll destory." Naruto ended his sentence by raising his leg and prepping it to kick the door. Gin gained a look of fear as his smirk died when he heard Naruto's threat.
Gin removed the look of fear as he put on a poker face, he stared down at Naruto, he and Naruto got into a staring contest. Cursing "God damn it!" and muttering "Stupid asshole.", Gin moved his body back into the house and disappeared from the window.
Thump, thump, thump. Creak. Creak. Thump. Thump, thump.
The wooden door in front Naruto opened as he jumped back to avoid the door from slamming against him, Gin was standing in front Naruto. Naruto saw that Gin was wearing an entire set of black clothes with a white shirt, one that resembled what butlers would wear, he also wore black shoes.
Naruto picked up the duffle-bag, he marched inside the shop and headed to the metal door farthest from the counter, he opened the door and closed his eyes as he sneezed. He hoped that he was sick and that the sneeze was a one-time thing. He propelled the duffle bag in his possession to the floor next to what looked like a bar stand
He opened his eyes and sat down on a stool in what appeared to be a small bar, he was sitting in front of a bar stand. Naruto analysed the entire place, the room seemed like only a small group of people could fill the room, everything seemed clear and well-maintained with how shiny everything appeared. There was a regular stairway near the corner of the room with steps that rose up in a straight line.
The sound of glass cup gently hitting the the top of the bar stand caught Naruto's attention, "What brings you here? You haven't been here for months." stated a man from behind the bar stand, he turned his back to Naruto as he cleaned other glass cup with a clean rag.
"Give me a glass of sake." Naruto ordered as he tapped the wooden surface that he rested his hands on. The man paused cleaning the glasses as he placed the glass in a cupboard that was full of them
He took out a different glass cup and positioned it directly next to Naruto, he opened a cupboard as he took out a bottle, the bottle he held had a label with the kanji for 'Saki' written on it. He opened the lid and filled the glass cup in front of Naruto until it was full, "You know, you've been coming here all the time, despite this place no longer being a bar, you also always drink when you come here." the man spoke, he seemed to try and unsuccessfully create a conservation.
All that seemed to be heard was the absence of any noise. Naruto drank from the cup and swallowed all of the sake down in one gulp, "Fill the glass again." he ordered as he placed the newly-empty glass on the wooden surface in front of him.
"Why do you always come to this town every two months?" Gin asked Naruto as he tilted the bottle of Sake over the glass and filled it up to the brim. He closed the lid, he was about to move the bottle away when Naruto grabbed his arm.
Naruto looked at Gin and spoke "You can leave the bottle here.", Gin removed Naruto's hand from his arm with his free hand, he left the bottle next to Naruto with a closed lid without saying anything.
Gin started to clean and wiped the top of the bar stand with his rag, "You know, you could pay me for the drinks considering Sake doesn't grow on trees, if I got paid for every drink you had here, I would a greatly richer and happier." stated Gin before he focused on cleaning the top of the bar stand while whistling.
Naruto stopped drinking as he leaned down to his right. He picked the duffle bag and unzipped it, he positioned it upside down above the barstand, all of the money fell out and piled up on the bar stand.
Surprised by the pile of money, Gin started moving and looked at Naruto questioningly. "This is for everything that you did for me and for giving me that job when I needed money. Though I will be keeping a bit of the money." Naruto replied to Gin's questioning stare as he took a handful of money and put it back in the dufflebag.
Drinkin Sake and emptying the glass, Naruto got up and headed towards the metal door. He walked through the metal door and into the shop, he browsed through the shop and grabbed two bouquets of roses, he informed Gin about him taking the bouquet of roses and departed from the shop.
Naruto travelled through the town and made his way away from the town, he strolled through the forest of trees that stood next to the town. He found what he wanted as he stood in front of the burnt and collapsed remains of what he once considered home; now it was a cold, constant reminder of the fond memories that had died.
'They're gone.' painful thoughts crossed his mind, Naruto sat there lifeless on a luxuarious chair with his eyes directed towards the excited flames that danced around the fireplace. He hated how the flames just spun around excitedly and happiness as it ignored him and the despair he felt at the moment.
'We could've saved the, if we had put our petty feelings aside.'
'If only we had been stronger and wiser.'
'If only we had taken them with us to Konoha.' Naruto clenched his fists as he shouted "Shut up!".
'If only...' Naruto clenched his fists tighter until they turned white as he shouted "Shut up!" he bend down on the floor as he slammed his fists against the floor, he cried uncontrollably as he rapidly collided his fists down on the floor, causing huge dents to form.
'If only we had known a medical ninjutsu, we could have saved her life.' tears flowed from his eyes non-stop, he stopped hitting the floor as he looked up at the picture frame on top of his desk. He saw the Pink letter that he got from Asuka, the one that had given clarity and caused him unbearable sadness.
Naruto threw the letter away in a random direction, he watched the letter land near the fireplace. This was what he wanted, for the letter that brought only pain to burn. The letter didn't matter, because it didn't and wouldn't change a thing. It didn't bring them back to life. Worthless. It was worthless, just a meaningless piece of paper.
He saw some bits of ashs from the flames hovering above the letter, it was at that moment that Naruto remembered the joyful memories that he shared with Asuka and Ken.
Priceless. That letter was priceless. It may not change anything, but it gave Naruto clarity and happiness. It showed that Asuka felt the same as he did her. It was a letter, written by Asuka. The letter was full of her own words. It meant the world to him, because it was a letter from Asuka. A paper filled with all her truest words and feelings, like a mirror. It reflected Asuka and who she was, he would cherish it forever.
Naruto closed his eyes and hugged the letter close to his heart. Naruto was wrapped in a faint red aura-like chakra that enraged him. He put the letter in the letter and let out a roar. His eyes turned red as his hair and nails grew longer, his nail sharpened and his hair reached the same level of his shoulders. The teeths on the edge of his mouth lengthened and took the form of fangs.
He slashed his hand as his nails expanded until it penetrated the entire house with ease. His nails were like sharp, thin swords. He moved his hands in different patterns, his nails followed suit as it tore through everything in its path with such ease that nothing slowed slowed down the assault.
Naruto stayed his hand and made the nails shortened until they were the size of normal proportions, parts of the house fell apart and crashed down onto the floor. Forming handseals, "Fire Style: Great Fireball jutsu." Naruto took a deep breath as he opened his mouth to release a small hand-sized fireball that touched the wall, the wall begun to burn and fire started to spread throughout the house.
Naruto used Shunshin to blur outside the house and observed while the house was completely on flames and collapse on itself. The house was no longer a home, it was only a building. Watching the fire consume the house, 'This house isn't a home anymore.' thought Naruto.
Naruto turned and strolled past the remains, he spotted two gravestones, he knelled before the two gravestones. He placed a bouquet on the Asuka's grave and placed the other on Ken's grave too. He sighed as he got up and looked at the sky, staring at the wandering clouds.
"It's so hard trying to do everything by myself, I wish I had people who I could trust, to help me. I also wish you were still alive." Naruto spoke with a sad tone.
To top of a temple ruin far away from the Elemental Nation, in which Naruto lived, Ren sighed as he spoke "Not even a day later and he's already use almost all of his gifts. I suppose having reliable people to protect him would be a good thing. Though the girl will have to wait for a few months.", his eyes glowed brightly and intensely that it would have blinded anyone.
Back with Naruto. Naruto was about to leave when he felt something, he felt his whole body tearing apart and he bend down on the ground as he couldn't handle it. Suddenly his body glowed with such intense that he had to close his eyes, he felt his chakra reserve dewindle greatly.
Soon, the whole intense glow and pain was gone. After feeling his chakra reserve not dewindling, he took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He saw two nuked people in front of him, they were both unconscious.