Naruto's demise 3
(This is what I thought Naruto would be like if he didn't have friends, but also had fox like features, more so than those whiskers he already has. HA plus I give him a scary fan club, no pairings, well not planning on any, but we shall see.)
Naruto didn't care, he didn't give a damn if one person lives or dies because no one ever cared for him, and no one ever gave a damn if he lived or died.
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Last time:
He was bang on when he said Kakashi would be late, one hour, thirty five minutes and twenty three seconds to be exact. Sakura was keeping time.
"YOU'RE LATE!" shouted the infuriated Konuchi. (no idea if correct, please tell me)
"I got los-"
"You were with Iruka" Splutter, covered by a practiced cough "Now what is our mission Sensei?" asked the peeved Naruto.
He could see him smile a little under his mask, his acute vision picking up little details.
"Well, seeing how well you all handle D missions, I thought I'd go and pick up a C mission for you to try"
"Thank god" interrupted the annoyed Sasuke.
"As I was saying, it's a C rank, nothing to difficult, but more interesting and gets you on the road; this mission will be to escort the bridge builder Tazuna back to his village, the village of wave"
"That back water place? Fair enough, be more fun than what's going on at the moment" Commented Naruto, in his own weird way of giving praise
"Yeah it'll be more fun" agreed Sasuke
Sakura almost fainted at the possibility of a whole three days with Naruto. Naruto noticed this look of wonder in her eyes, and groaned.
Were getting separate tents.
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This time
To say this trip was trying was to be a lying mother f-…liker; it had to be the worse trip of his life so far. They had only been travelling for half a day, and already Naruto felt like strangling himself. All the time they have been walking, Tazuna has never stopped drinking sake, although it is fun to say something to him, and then pretend you didn't admitted Naruto. The way he looks at his bottle is priceless, but then there's Sakura, I don't mind none obsessive Sakura, but obsessive Sakura is just past me. And if you think I'm starting a conversation, you're sadly mistaken, I'd rather be annoyed than make it seem like I'm interested in her. He shot a quick hateful glance and Sakura, sighed, shook his head, and then looked foreword, taking a mild interest in the heat waves rising from the ground. Sasuke's hardly a distraction, just staring straight ahead, habd never far from his kunai pouch. So here he was, walking on a sweltering hot day, with an annoying pink blob, emo boy, pervert man, and a drunken idiot who laughs at the trees. He began to fan himself with his tails, trying to get any relief from the pummelling sun. With boredom creeping over all he wanted was to stop and make camp. With his black and red jacket open because it started to stick to him. Why did I fucking wear this thing he screamed in his head, pulling a wet side away from his body, why do I wear it anyway? I should just wear the t-shirt on days like this, man it's hot. He looked back at his burdensome backpack; milk was a bad choice.
SPLAT!
"Bastard puddles!" shouted the pissed of Naruto, shaking his left leg trying to get rid of the water in his black footwear. Then stopped, and looked back at the puddle. Why would there be a puddle on this day? It's been thirty five degrees and above for the past three days. From the way Sasuke's and Kakashi's head snapped to the puddle, they were having the same thoughts. He removed a strap from his shoulder, making sure to seem casual, and began to rub and rotate his right shoulder, with a resonating crack, and a slight sigh from Naruto. He did the same with the other shoulder, rubbed it, rotated it, cracked it then sighed. Maybe a good fight will get rid of this suffocating boredom. As soon as he finished the thought a ninja came shooting out of the puddle, and another from the forest, entwining Kakashi with their controlled chains and ripping him apart. That lazy git thought Naruto pretending to get killed just to get out of fighting. The ninja's clawed hands shooting out a chain at the bewildered Tazuna, only to be stopped by a well aimed shrunken from Sasuke, pinning both of there spiked chains to a nearby tree. Sasuke landed on top of their metal encased hands, while Naruto shot between them. When Sasuke kicked them in the head, Naruto kicked one and punched another in the chest, effectively breaking of their chains. But what they did next surprised them both, they charged at the stunned Sakura and Tazuna. Naruto recovered quickly though and grabbed Sasuke by the collar and threw him at the rushing Nin, adding a couple of kunai to be sure. The blue blur collided with the right ones head with a satisfying crunch, while the kunai embedded themselves in the others side, a comforting yelp coming from his masked mouth. The ninja's were obviously dead, they could tell by the impossible direction ones neck was at, while the other had blood poring from his six deep cuts in his side.
nope, still bored
"You handled yourself pretty well out there, I'm impressed" said an obviously happy Kakashi.
"Was nothing" replied an equally happy Naruto, although he did well to hide it.
"Where were you Kakashi sensei?" asked Sasuke, a sly smile on his face.
You could hear a pin drop
"cough erm well I was, erm just seeing how you would handle yourselves, yeah that's what happened" I sure as hell hope they don't find out I wasn't expecting it, I only looked at the puddle because I was following their gazes.
"Hmm, just don't do it again" shot back Sasuke.
"Phew" whispered Kakashi, and then looked over at Tazuna, who had curiously left his Sake bottle behind. "We need to talk" said a stern Kakashi.
"Right, let's set up camp, I have a feeling this may take a while" stated Sasuke, and dropped his pack onto the ground, a relieved groan escaping his mouth.
Naruto followed suit, and pulled out his tent, (I know they have ) and began to set itscrolls for this stuff, but they don't know about them yet up. He got to his third peg when he heard Sakura say. In a most unbelievable tone "Oh my, seems I have forgotten my tent, looks like I will have to share" Naruto snorted.
"Yeah looks like you will" Sakura practically lit up, then that light went when he said "Sasuke, you're sharing with Sakura"
A frightened squeal that was instantly covered up by an expertly applied cough "Why do I have to have her?"
"Fine" once again Sakura lit up. "Sasuke you're in mine, Sakura you get Sasuke's" then that light was, once again, snubbed out.
That night
Naruto once again tried to get comfy, and again he fount a rock or a multitude of them making him uncomfortable. He sent a detesting glance at the snoring Sasuke lying beside him. Who would have thought he was a snorer? He then laughed to himself; well he's got to make noise sometime. laughing some more, Naruto stated to wonder if he was a natural hypocrite. He put up with five more minutes of stones poking him and getting rammed up his ass, and of Sasuke's snoring, before he unzipped the entrance to the tent and stepped out into the welcoming night. He looked around and could instantly pick out every detail, the way the tents were laid out, the way his and Sakura's tents differed, by the slight rising of a tent peg, or the way the insects seemed to be ganging around his. Hmmm, seems my… assets let me see better in dark than in the day, but even in day I still see clearer than any other shinobi he silently praised himself. He walked over to the nearby lake and dipped his hands into the water, cupping some into them and splashing it on his face, the droplets running down his shirtless torso causing him to get goose bumps and his fur to stand a bit more on end. He looked up at the full moon casting a soft white glow onto all below, turning Naruto's hard face into a soft one his blonde hair moving closer to gold in the moons light, and his crimson fur becoming a softer shade of red. He stretched; removing all cramps the un-comfy ground caused upon his back and legs. He sighed happily, preferring the silence to the busy life of the city. Now I can see why people move to the countryside, the silence is a very enjoyable break. He slowly walked back to his tent, his ears picking up the sounds of snoring well before anyone else could. He walked into his tent, crouching down through the entrance, and grabbing his rucksack, pulling out his technique scroll, and his gone of milk. When he got out he flung the milk as far as he could, and then walked back to the waters edge, opening the heavy scroll on the way. He lay the scroll down on the dry bank and began to read about chakra control exercises.
Step 1
Manipulate Chakra into your palm
Naruto concentrated, and it wasn't long before a blue aura was surrounding his hand.
Step 2
Release Chakra in short blasts, keep repeating until can do up to ten blasts or over in one go
He pointed his hand toward the lake and let out a blast of Chakra, trying to stop it as soon as it went out of his palm, but failed and ended up wasting up to half his collected Chakra. Hmm he mused, looks like it going to take longer than I thought. He let out the remaining chakra in his palm and began to build it again.
Sweet was blinding Naruto, physically and mentally exhausted. He gathered up chakra into his palm and began to release it into the lake, causing the water to burst out with a clap, soaking Naruto and the lake bank. Luckily he had already moved the scroll farther away to avoid it getting ruined. This time he managed to let out six blasts before he lost the Chakra. Damn it, I was so close then, he snarled, then pumped more Chakra into his palm. It began to shot out again, one two three four... five... six… seven….. eight. He again pumped it into his palm, and placed it back onto the waters surface. This time he got to nine, and relieved exhale of breath coming from Naruto. Almost there, he thought happily while once again generating Chakra into his palm. It took him about three more tries before he managed to release ten controlled blasts, and a further six more tests to make sure it wasn't a fluke. He slumped onto his backside and let out a laugh, quiet at first, but building up to a roar very quickly. It took him a while to regain control, he wasn't that used to laughing.
"Well done" exclaimed a voice from above. Naruto shot his head up to see Kakashi sitting in a tree, his head buried in the familiar icha icha paradise books, his back against the tree trunk and a leg dangling of, while the other was bent and resting on the thick tree branch.
"Humph, so nice of you to offer help" said a now pissed of Naruto.
"You seemed to be getting on so well, I didn't want to steal your thunder" he replied while jumping down.
"You're my sensei though, your supposed to help your student training" he grabbed the book from Kakashi's grip "It's these that distract you" Naruto said, while throwing it into the nearby lake. A cry of anguish came from Kakashi as he watched the book fall into the lake, sinking to its murky depth. He turned to Naruto, a look of ungodly hate in his eyes. Only to be met with the same icha icha paradise book in front of his face, and a cheeky smile that didn't suit Naruto at all.
"Here, it was a rock" explained Naruto, "Now, I wouldn't be ruining you're favourite past time would I?" with this note he bent down, tied the scroll, and walked past a weak legged Kakashi sobbing while holding his dear book.
He entered his tent to find Sasuke still snoring, now laying with his side facing away from Naruto's sleeping bag. "Bastard" he whispered quietly, before he dried himself of quickly and clambered in, tucking his scroll inside his rucksack. He put up with his snoring for another five minutes, before an evil idea hit him. Lets see how he likes a sleep kicker he thought with a sadist grin. He closed his eyes and kicked the sleeping Sasuke in the spine, a startled cry coming from the snoring lump. It took all Naruto's will power to not laugh. Well looks like it might be an alright night after all.
They were on the road once again, the heavy backpack digging into Naruto's shoulders. He rubbed his eyes and hid a yawn, refusing to let Sasuke know he was awake last night. It was a constant form of amusement when he saw Sasuke rub his back and yawn. His mind kept on going back to the conversation Kakashi had with us that very morning, and if we chose correctly.
-Flashback- (still don't know how to take italics of)"Ladies, gentlemen and Sasuke" A stifled laugh came from Sakura at this comment. "The mission has officially gone from a D-rank to a B-rank, possibly an A-rank mission, now we can head back to Konoha and call for reinforcements or continue on, keep in mind there will be possible Jounnin on this mission, and they could be in ample supply." He waited for the yes or no's that would decide their fate.
Everyone's head turned to Naruto as he spoke up "I think we should continue on, after all we have the copy ninja Kakashi, an Uchiha, a smart Konuchi and me, the joint highest levelled Gennin. We'll be fine, no need to get more grey hairs over stress Kakashi sensei"
A growl came from Kakashi. "GREY! This is silver if you look, and I'm only twenty four, I've got plenty of years until greys come through!"
"Oh yeah? Then what's this?" Asked Naruto pulling out a hair on Kakashi's head and holding it in front of his sensei's eye. Kakashi quickly grabbed the hair, and his eye opened up in shook. "A GREY HAIR AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" and Kakashi did a very good impression of an actress, a hand coming across his forehead and his legs giving way from under him.
"Let's go guys" Naruto addressed his team and a very freaked out Tazuna.
-End Flashback-
He chuckled slightly at the memory, all worry draining out of him. Kakashi may pretend to be a fool, but when he fights, he could hold his own against any but the most skilled enemy. They walked for some time more, passing a very big reservoir surrounded by trees. Naruto heard a familiar sound rushing through the trees, snapping branches and the like. He ducked, a mere second before Kakashi shouted "Get down!" They all ducked as the giant blade sailed over their heads. It embedded itself into a nearby tree, and a mist ninja landed on top, the giant blade easily supporting him. The ninja crouched down on the blade, and swept a stern eye over the team, his eyes finally fixing on Kakashi. "Well, well" he said in a gravely voice "If it isn't the copy ninja himself, this should be interesting"
"Zabuza Momochi, who thought you'd be here" he hissed.
"Wait, he's the demon of the mist? Thought he'd be less of a freak" pondered an unimpressed Naruto, eyeing up the dark skinned, badly dressed missing Nin.
"He could easily win over an army of you Naruto, don't try any-"
"Mass shadow clone Jutsu (going to do them in English for the simple fact I can't translate my made up ones)" the newly formed Naruto's charged, all 100 of them. Only to be swiftly destroyed by an undetectable Zabuza. In the end they were left with the real Naruto and Zabuza standing in the middle of the forest. Zabuza delivered a kick to Naruto's stomach, making him vomit and fly into a nearby tree, sliding down its now battered trunk. He just sat there, panting, bleeding, but not scared, far from it. He was anxious, ready to feel how a real ninja lives there life.
"Pointless" stated the bored ninja, before he plunged his sword into Naruto's unresisting body.
It hurt, oh how it hurt. The searing pain burning all his body, getting worse as it travelled to his nerve endings. The now gaping hole in the right side of his chest bleeding freely even with the sword still in there, pushed straight through his body and the tree behind, to become buried in the hard soil behind it. Blood started to flow from his mouth, a slow thin line of blood dripping from his chin. He was on the verge of blacking out; he only strived to stay awake for the fear of not waking up again, and for the clones hidden in the trees around and above him. He watched his attacker idly run a finger over a shallow cut on his left cheek, holding his hand in front of his face and rubbing the blooded finger and thumb together. He nodded, as if examining a corpse, then shifted his dead eyes over to the dying boy.
"Considering you're a Gennin, you didn't do to bad"
"Bite me" replied Naruto, and spat blood into his eyes. Zabuza pulled back, a hand instinctively reaching for his eyes. But the sword stayed in and twisted, opening the wound more, and causing the unbearable pain to get pushed just that little bit more.
Now
The clone dropped from above and got a kunai firmly into Zabuza's left shoulder blade. But that clone was easily dispatched by the sword being pulled from Naruto's body.
"You bastard" he roared, but he only saw a one fingered salute.
"Bite me" he saw Kakashi run as fast as he could to Zabuza, lifting up his head protector as he did.
Warmth, comfort, is this how it feels before you die? A last mocking gesture of comfort before the almighty, or the all evil takes you away? Humph, figures, but how come I can hear waves? And smell sea air? And feel a weight pressing down on me? Am I still alive? Should I be happy? I finally thought I was getting away from it all, from the discrimination, from the pain of being alone for… for as long as I can remember.
He opened his eyes, and the first thing he took in was the absence of trees, only to be replaced by a thatched roof with holes riddling it. The roof joined onto an equally bad condition bare wood wall with damp patches running the entire length. For some reason the floor was spotless, not a speck of dirt on it. He looked down at his body, and had to hold back a scream. From the parts of the wound he could see, his chest was mangled beyond recognition, it looked more like a burn than a wound. As he looked at it, he noticed it was moving, very slowly, but now the he saw it he could feel it to. Sort of like a crunching feeling, like when you crack your fingers but slower and more deliberate. It didn't hurt thought, it felt….warm? Sure there's a bit of pressure, but it doesn't hurt. He took his eyes of the wound and planted them onto the wall furthest away from his bed, trying to gather his thoughts. Is it harming me? This thing that's happening to me… Or moving inside me. Oh crap, what if it's an insect or something? No cant be, no insect can cover a wound that big, not even a colony of ants could seal up all the veins, and stop the blood flow…. The blood flow, it's stopped. He looked back at the wound, at wondered where the burnt like tissue surrounding it had gone. He lightly rubbed his hand around the edge of his bandage, feeling no roughness to the skin, only an unnatural smoothness. He tediously lifted the edge of his bandage, cursing slightly at the thickness of the bandages, and peered in and was surprised at what he was seeing. His wound had already healed; just the weird burnt marks were left, moving back towards the wound, leaving behind them the warmth, and taking the cracking with them. Ok now I'm freaked out, why the hell is my wound healed, and what the hell are those things? He ran his hand over the burnt looking tissue, and was once again shocked. They weren't rough, but smooth, and felt more like veins than anything else, moving veins, but veins none he less. Hmm, well it doesn't seem to be hurting me, in fact these things are the healing me. How the hell do I know that? I don't know, I just know. He tried rotating his shoulder, but it was still sore, and it hurt to do so, so he resented himself to just staring at the roof. A couple of minutes later he became aware of another presence in the room. He quickly looked around and noticed Sakura, fast asleep, in the overly stuffed green chair. Damn it, I need to be more careful, if that was Zabuza I would have been fucked, wait, Zabuza, what happened to him? Did Kakashi defeat him? Most have, otherwise Sakura and I wouldn't be here right now. He rubbed his forehead, trying to massage the small pain away caused by all these questions. He wasn't dumb, far from it, its just answers usually came to him quickly, but during this one mission he's had more questions than answers. I'll have to find out what happened when Sakura wakes up, however annoying that would be. Sakura started to mumble, incoherent things, but he could pick up a few words…. Naruto….Sasu-….Kaka-….stop it…. I'm only a minor. Hmmm, might be able to have some fun after all.
"Finally awake huh?" said Naruto, startling the just awoken Sakura. The sleep was instantly gone from her to be replaced by what could only be described as worship…bugger.
"O-oh hi Naruto-kun, how long have you been awake" asked Sakura.
"Long enough to know you talk in your sleep" he saw her freeze, I mean literally, she just went rigid and a shocked expression plastered to her face.
Give her a couple of minutes, let the information seek in. It took a whole ten for her to regain her wits, and another five to stop the mother of all blushes.
"W-wh-what did I say?" asked Sakura, yet the tone carried a bit of dread.
"Nothing important, just me, Sasuke and Kakashi, and something about you being a minor." He smiled a little, only a little, before his usual cold tone came back in place, completely devoid of emotion. "How long was I out?"
"About a day Naruto-kun, which is an amazing feat, you almost die-" she quickly put her hands over her mouth, no wanting to say the last word.
Naruto sighed "Died" he finished for her, "Damn it, I need to be stronger" he whispered angrily to himself. He sat up, effortlessly, and put his hands behind him and leaned on them.
"Don't push yourself" said a concerned Sakura, then again she'd be concerned if he got a fly bite.
"I feel fine." He shifted his hands round to his front and draped them in between his thighs, his forearms resting on the top of his legs. He hunched his back and turned his head towards Sakura. "Can you check my wound?" I know it doesn't need to be checked, it's healed, and I want to know if those moving things did any harm.
"Sure thing Naruto-kun" she took up a seat behind him, and began to unravel his bandages, moving slowly just in case. She marvelled secretly in his well toned body. (no I don't have a thing for well muscled men, I'm just thinking rationally, I mean if you'd been training vigorously all your life you'd have something to show) The bandages took a while to come off, seeing there were so many. But when they did she gasped, loudly. She ran her fingers over the where the wound should be.
"I-it's healed, but how? Yesterday he almost di… died" even when talking to herself she had trouble saying that. "It shouldn't even have closed up yet"
"I heal quickly" said Naruto in a way of explanation.
"But this is unheard of Naruto-kun" he pulled his quilt up to his shoulder, and gently pushed Sakura of before lying back down. "Did you have some special treatment? What about a Jutsu? Have you-"
"Thank-you and goodbye Sakura" he interrupted
"But-"
"THANK-YOU, and goodbye Sakura" the door slammed quietly after her, following her reluctant exit. "Why can't you let me get close to you Naruto-kun?"
His sensitive ears picked up the muffled voice as if she was right next to him. He paused a little, as if not wanting to say anything to the question, but he couldn't help it. "I'd bring you down with me" he whispered to himself, his voice now full of sadness, his eyes glued to the floor. That moment of regret went away quickly, to be replaced once again by his impassive expression. He returned his gaze to the roof, taking a quick glance out the window, noting it was midday, he bent to the side of his bed, opened his rucksack, took out his scroll, trousers, shoes, fish net t-shirt and his headband. He quickly got dressed, tying his head guard around his now bare arm. He opened the door after checking no one was there, and left for the outdoors, glad that he left his jacket behind.
The real training starts now.