Chapter 13: Explanations

Disclaimer: How many times must I say this with a guy pointing a gun at me? Worse than my ex-wife's family. I don't own Naruto or the characters.

He picked her up and carried her into the room, kissing her deeply, passionately, and with a hunger for her warmth. He was cold at first, something still indicating that he had died, but as the passion heated up, so did he. Sprawled out on the bed, she felt so good with his mouth on hers, her neck, and then on part where the neck meets the jawbone. She moaned slowly at the feel of his tongue in her mouth tangling her tongue, playing with it like she had wanted him to do and she loved in when he heard those words that she had wanted to hear for so long constantly whispered into her ear. I love you. Those words were like a caressing of the ears as he whispered it into her ear and he nibbled her ear, causing her to moan, which was like music to his ears. Then there was a knock on the door that had interrupted their reunion and their erotic display of affection.

"Hey we heard some noises coming from here and we wanted to see if you were being raped or something," said Anko walking into the room to see none other than Renji. She pointed at him in terror as she pulled a kunai from her trench coat. "What the hell are you doing here? You're dead aren't you dead?"

"Well I've come back from the dead for love," replied Renji with a smirk that could chill the soul of Uchiha Itachi. "I love her and I will make her mine!"

"Over my dead body," shouted ANko as she flung the kunai at the man who was sitting on the bed, the one who had been pronounced dead.

Renji jumped from the bed and landed on his feet with his windmill shuriken spinning it around in his hand as he went forward to give battle with Anko, but he felt arms around him. Marie. She wanted to stop him from fighting so he didn't get killed; she was protecting him from Anko because she didn't want to lose him again. He knew this, but he also knew that he was changing, his arms were becoming something else. Fear crept up into Renji as he tried to stop the change from affecting him, but it was no use as the horns grew back with the wings. Marie saw this, but she wouldn't let go, not for one second. Love held him tightly to her as this other side of him tried to break free of her grip and Renji was not himself now.

"Please stop Renji, please don't fight," begged Marie, tears flowing down her face. To her surprise she felt his hands wrap around her own and pull himself out of her grasp as he pushed her back. She looked into Renji's eyes and saw not the eyes of the man she loved, but the eyes of something else, something more sinister.

"The me that you know is gone," replied Renji in a cold voice that was more of the voice of a monster than the voice of the man she loved. "Renji may have wished to brought back to life or you, but I don't care for you, hell I don't even like you. Now a woman with some blood lust that I can love."

"You son of a bitch," shouted Anko as she rushed him with her kunai. She unleashed of furry of stabs at him that he parried magnificently and then he brought his foot up to her stomach.

"Do you expect to kill me with those skills," laughed the other side of Renji as he brought his shuriken down full force.

To his surprise, Anko disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared to drive a kick to Renji's face that sent him back a bit. He was then forced on the defensive end as Anko charged him with two kunai, attacking with magnificent grace and speed. Getting her foot behind his, she was able to knock him off balance and was about to finish him when Marie stopped her by placing herself between Renji and Anko. Anko didn't want to hurt Marie, but she didn't want Renji to hurt her either.

"Please Marie, get out of the way," ordered Anko steadying her blades.

"I can't let you hurt the man I love," declared Marie still standing with fierce determination. "Please Anko, let me help him or help me o help him."

"Marie he's not the man you love," shouted Anko. "I know you want Renji back, but the man you loved died and he needs to be put to rest."

"Actually there is Renji here with me," replied dark Renji. "He's just weakened from experiencing death, but I've gotten control and brought this body back to life, making me stronger. And now all I care bout is the urge to KILL!"

He spun his windmill shuriken in his left hand he moved forward as if he was about to kill Marie, but instead, his right hand drove a kunai into his heart against dark Renji's will. Renjui's body rolled around in agony as half of Renji's heart was cut out of his body, the dark half that was all grey and had white spots on it. Marie and Anko looked in horror as that half of Renji's heart started to grow bigger and soon started sprouting appendages and became an grey and white looking Renji (think Ichigo's hollow form for those who watch Bleach.).

"Stupid fool, did you think that would stop me," asked the dark Renji. "I brought you back from the dead with my powers of regeneration and this is the thanks I get."

"It's not your power of regeneration," said a voice from the shadows. Dark Renji turned to see Orochimaru stepping out of the shadows and with him was Naruto with a sword in hand. "Though I did add the dark matter that made you, your just a manifestation of the deformities that were unrightfully placed on Renji. He alone as the ability to regenerate and that can only be used as long as no one hits his heart."

"Well then I guess he'll die, the baka," scoffed Dark Renji. "But, now I know that I can get stronger by eating the flesh of others and I will consume the flesh of you all."

"Sorry, but the only one dying here ill be you," shouted Naruto as he rushed over to Dark Renji.

Dark Renji laughed than he performed the headhunter jutsu as he went into the ground and grabbed Naruto's feet, dragging him in to the earth. Laughing Dark Renji struck at Naruto, whose tail burst out of the ground to strike Dark Renji, sending him flying out into the veranda that was in a square shape for parties. Transforming his arm into a deformed claw shape, Renji used his arm to attack Naruto, who in turn used one of his tails to defend himself and keep Dark Renji occupied on him, while Orochimaru helped Marie and Renji.

"I'm sorry for all this," said Orochimaru to the two lovers. "I should have been a better father to you, Renji, but instead I was cruel to you. Now I'm going to make up for that."

"What are you going to do," asked Marie.

"I'm giving him everything he needs to repair a heart and all my knowledge of jutsus," replied Orochimaru as he pushed his finger into his heart and pulled out his essence. He placed it over Renji's heart and poured everything into it.

"Thank you, father," said Renji as he felt tears flow down his cheeks as he spoke those final words to the father he had just gained, but lost.

"Now that we have to go, Renji," said Marie as she and Anko helped Renji out of the room and into the living room. There was an explosion and out walked Naruto, running his hand through his hair. Behind him there was ash on the floor, the only thing left of Renji's dark side.