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Lies I Told Myself
Key
S.S: Sick Shit (not suitable for the weak-minded or squeamish)
thinking
"talking"
'substitute for italics' (in certain places, like emphasising something)
/telepathy/
:scene change: (more for my reference than anything else)
POV
Summary: I was a cold, callous individual. I was sarcastic and witty, not a pleasant person to be around. I cut you down with biting words every chance I got and smiled so frighteningly that I made children cry. I was, simply put, an asshole. I never cared what you thought of me. And one day I got bored, so very bored, so I decided to snap.
A/N: I didn't know Konoha allowed slavery either, my hands type what they want, you see. This chapter will mark the start of something terribly interesting. As I have stated in all the fics I've written so far, if you are squeamish, easily sickened, bigoted or just plain stupid, then you may want to stop reading now because it's gonna get gory in a few chapters. Capische? No, you probably don't, but act like you do. I see any comments complaining about it, when I warn you at least twice in the chapter, then it'll promptly be ignored/deleted. Don't like it? Don't review, 'cause you might just get a reply, and it might not be nice. Just go on your merry way, won't stop me from writing. Now enjoy this chapter.
Honestly
What do you see?
There's a plane crash there
Underneath time bridge
I don't know
Cannot see
It becomes me
Blindness
Knaji
Chapter Four: Little Done, Much Gained
:Training Ground Forty-Four:
I didn't know exactly where Saiko was, in fact, I hadn't seen her since she'd tried to help me to the hospital and I'd bitten her. Oh well, I didn't neccessarily want anyone to see what I was about to attempt, much less see the scroll I was using. The summoning of these 'wolves' would be a bit unorthodox it seemed. As per the scrolls instruction I drew the summoning circle in the center of the clearing I was in, cutting open my wrist with a kunai and letting the specified amount of blood fall around me in another circle. Instead of simply pooling in the middle, my blood is absorbed by the circle, turning it a vibrant red.
I take a couple of deep breaths, centering myself for the summoning I'm about to undertake as I ready a Katon Ryuuka in the pit of my stomach. I cool the outside around it to almost a subzero point, heating the inside to near molten levels and then adding another warm layer on the outside so as to not frostbite my insides. I form a ring with my fingers, cooling some chakra within it, beginning to inhale slowly. I let my chest expand with air before putting my fingers to my mouth and blowing a steady stream of air through them while spinning the ball of chakra in my stomach into yarn and letting the 'string' follow my breath out of my body to create heat, which I let engulf the area of the seal around me. Luckily, I had found out that my body was naturally in tune with things of a heat based nature, my tenant said it was because of it and I had confirmed that after holding the handle of a hot pan Anko had accidentally tipped over when she was walking past the stove.
Sorry, I digress, after I finished the flames I was supposed to simply summon the wolf clan leader, so I kneeled to put my hand in the center of the seal.
"Kuchiyose No Jutsu."
The sky immediately darkened and everything seemed to stop in that moment as flames, seal, blood and even the scroll itself were 'eaten' by some sort of terribly large creature with gleaming red eyes. I can't say I was scared, but I was quite wary. This wasn't a world where you could afford not to be, I didn't know what this creature was capable of. Although a note within the scroll had expressed the dire need for utmost respect. That wouldn't be a problem, at least not for me.
The creature came to rest in a circle around me, the sky lightening so I can see what exactly is breathing into my face and I instinctively take a step back in reflex. The thing that surrounded me resembled a wolf in face and quadropedal tendencies only, that was where the similarities ended. It was very large, gargantuan even, in size. I'd say it was almost fifty or more feet in height and I still do not have a width estimate. It had wide, bright red eyes, four of them in fact, two on each side of its head. The creature's breath was abhorrent but I bore it, no need to show disrespect and be eaten. I had to much to do and little time to do it in, it would do me no good to fight my way from a beast's stomach and end up in an unknown world.
It opened it's mouth to yawn and I could see endless rows of sharp teeth for miles. It was covered in a strange mixture of scales and fur with the tail ending in spiked barbs. The feet were more reptilian than canine and the ears resembled a cross between a folding fan and a beagle's ear. I kneel in front of it's face, carefully keeping my eyes locked with it's own in a show of respect as I lower my head.
"Konnichiwa, Ookami-sama. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I humbly request leave to summon your servants in return for any service you may request of myself or my servant." I state to the creature, watching as it stares unblinkingly into my own eyes and snorting.
"Nani?" I repress the urge to cover my ears and nose. Its voice was rough, almost like scraping crumpled tin foil over a chalkboard in a futile attempt to drown out a yowling cat, the breath reeked like a tomb of dead skunks left unopened for years. Putrid. "Why should I let you, scrawny human, summon any of us hellhounds as you wish? What could you or your servant do, that would benefit any of us? Much less myself?"
I keep myself on the ground, shaking my head slowly. I had to go about this carefully, lest I be eaten.
"I do not know Ookami-sama. Humans cannot provide much to greater beings such as yourselves, but I would hope that we would be able to provide some sort of service to you if need be. If only that service be allowing you to roam our plain of existence for as long as you like." I murmur, hoping that will appease the beast in front of me.
The great wolf-like creature tilts its head, one claw idly scratching the ground before it closes its eyes. I didn't know it at that moment, but it had felt the presence of my tenant.
"So be it, Uzumaki Naruto." it says, leaning its great head over my shoulder and opening its maw wide before clamping down, surprising me. I feel the immediate effects of a strange venom taking over my system and slump unceremoniously to the ground, paralyzed. "Should you survive this, you will be able to summon any of us as you will it. No repayment will be necessary, the feeling we will get from your pain will be sufficient."
The creature disappears silently, with no smoke or distortion, and I manage to curl myself into a ball before beginning to scream.
It was three days before I awoke again and two more days until I could gather the strength to walk out of the forest. Every nerve running through my body screamed in agony, but I managed to get back home before collapsing on the porch. I presumed that I was found by Anko or Dai, because the next time I awoke I was in my room, Anko sitting beside me with the paper in hand.
" 'Bout damn time you woke up gaki, what the hell were you doing to get like that? Kotimo and Aki came over an' checked you out, said you were sufferin' from severe exhaustion and that your own chakra had fried your nervous system. Said you're lucky you have your tenant or you wouldn't be moving right now."
I frown, attempting to sit up and gasping as pain shoots down my spine but managing to swing my legs over the side of the bed. Anko eyes me with worry in her eyes, but I shake my head.
"I am fine. Thank you Mitarashi-san." I reply, masking the pain I know should be in my voice and purposely ignoring her question as I motion for her to stand. "Now, if you will please excuse me, I would like to take a shower and change from these soiled clothes. I am sorry to say that I will not be able to cook tonight, I hope you do not mind."
I nod as she shakes her head and leaves. I go and take a shower, putting on a pair of old jeans and a shirt, pulling an apron on over my clothes and calling Dai in. He comes in, a frown across his features. I supposed he had been eating, there were some crumbs around his mouth.
"Hello Dai-san. How are you?"
He scoffs, not replying. I just smile, taking down a scroll.
"I hope your health is well." I say and pause, thinking. "You'll need it."
I was actually quite ecstatic at the results of my first test on Jikken Dai, his body reacted prefectly as I wished, absorbing my tenant's demonic chakra with little effort. I'd taken the time to strap him to the table and remove his former eyes from their sockets, my tenant's chakra quickly filling the holes with new eyeballs. I wasn't aware if he'd screamed or not, the removal of his vocal chords the first thing I had done. It was only temporary, later, after I'd replaced them, he'd proceeded to curse me to the ends of Hell. He didn't even thank me for giving him the ability to activate his bloodline. Oh well.
I release him from the bindings, bidding him to send chakra to his new eyes. He grudgingly does so, the lavender of the Byakugan taking over for a split second before the eyes burst into a mass of blood and retinal fluid, Dai screaming soundlessly. My previous smile fades into a slight frown as I figure out what went wrong courtesy of my tenant.
"Alright, I'm not terribly surprised at the results then." I tell it, strapping Dai back onto the table, avoiding his blind punches. "So you're saying that if I intwine your chakra with my own it should work? Hm, why didn't I think of that? ...It was a rhetorical question."
I take the offered ball of chakra from my tenant, cocooning my own around it and pushing it into the test subject. Mirroring the first experiment, it forms new ocular organs and they stabilize quickly, Dai ceasing his squirming as I hold him down by the throat. I was loathe to inject him with a muscle paralyzer, lest it interfere with my experiment.
"I apologize Dai-san, I would love to give you something to numb your pain, but this experiment would be hindered greatly by your inability to feel." I tell him, watching as his eyes clear from the temporary blindness and he fixes a glare on me once more, mouth turned up as if he were about to spit. "Ah-ah-ah Dai-san, wouldn't want to be hurt, would we?"
He settles for continuing his glare as I bid him to send chakra to his eyes once more, they hold, changing into the Byakugan and settling. The bulging veins around his eyes throbbing steadily. I let a small smile make its way across my features and tell him to release the chakra. He does and his eyes fade back to their former color. Even better, now the Hyuuga clan would 'never' know what I had achieved.
"Congratualations Dai-san, you are now the unwilling owner of a set of Byakugan eyes. Aren't you just ecstatic?" I ask dryly, raising an eyebrow when he angrily gestures to his throat. "Oh, I apologize, I do need to replace those, don't I?"
Notes of the Footed Kind
Anaki: Familiar chapter titles are done.
RC16: I bet they still didn't figure it out.
Anaki: Nope.
RC16: Ha, once again I prove that chibis are superior to you humans.
Anaki: ...For now...
RC16: Muhahahaha!
RC17: ...Okay, review and ignore my insane brother...