Chapter 6: Fifth Circle - Wrath
Synopsis: Now within the fifth circle of hell, team Naruto must navigate their way through a world full of hate. However doing so will not be as easy for the blond ninja as the monster inside of him is the embodiment of wrath. But hope is not so far off as a close person to Naruto will help him through this crisis.
But trouble is not so far behind as the compass that guides the group is unable to point their path. For what hinders their progress within the City of Dis is actually something or perhaps someone who really wants to meet Naruto.
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Naruto franchise or characters associated with it. I also do not own any part of the 14th century Italian divine comedy Dante's Inferno.
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Naruto began to start feeling that pain again, but even harsher than before. However, if he stopped now he wouldn't be able to get up again.
"Damn Kyubbi" thought Naruto as he tried not to show any pain. Even without taking a look inside his soul he could feel the demon fox trying to claw his way out. But he couldn't afford to let it win, not when things are becoming this serious. Thankfully the Kyubbi did take breaks which gave him some time to recuperate. But he knew he needed to hurry up before the fox completely corrupts him.
Eventually the team arrived into the fifth circle of hell. Naruto pulled out the item he was given before he left the circle of greed. The rest of the Konoha ninjas then circled him to take a look at the interesting gift.
"How does it work Naruto-kun?" asked Lee who was closely probing the compass. Upon inspection the compasses arrow was spinning in circles with no sign of stopping. At this sight, everyone was beginning to think the device was broken.
The blond ninja examined the compass and started to think about what Bishamon had told him earlier. "Where my heart guides it huh" thought Naruto. He then closed his eyes and pictured where he wanted to go "Hinata"
Immediately the arrow became rigid at it pointed straight indicating the direction they needed to go. Everyone then looked in the said direction.
"I'm not sure if we can trust it" said Shikamaru who was still cynical of the fourth guardian
"It'll be fine" smiled Naruto trying to inspire trust into his shadow companion.
"But what if that device just leads us into a trap?" said Shikamaru
"It wouldn't really matter since this is hell remember. Just standing here is a trap in itself. So as long we keep moving we'll be fine right" interjected Sakura
The shadow ninja then had nothing more to say as that logic was pretty accurate. But either way the luxury of trust was not exactly something they could afford here within the domain of hell.
The Konoha ninjas then began their trip deeper into the circle following the guidance of the compass. They soon came upon a bay with boats anchored at the shore. At viewing the site, the team was forced to take three boats with groups of two in each. Now as they sailed down the river going deeper into the circle everyone came to the understanding that if there was a physical representation of gloomy and depressing then this area would perfectly describe it. For the setting was similar to that of a swamp which had the look, feel, and smell of one but much worse by many folds. Additionally the river they were sailing on was not actually composed of water, but of souls. The Konoha ninjas looked to see as the souls they sailed over moaned in agony to the state they were in. Furthermore a few souls had attempted to climb aboard but fortunately were too weak to do so.
"What is this?" asked Naruto as he viewed the lost soul's latest attempt in climbing in
Sakura looked down in sorrow. "This is the River Styx. This is the place where souls that were so full of hate are punished to spend the rest of their existence until the end of time" she then gave a sigh. "It's quite sad really to see that their current existence is the reflection of how they lived, drowning in their own arrogance"
Naruto then too looked at the lost with sorrow. Just as Jiraiya, Nagato, and his father had said, the cycle of hate is something that is nearly impossible to break. It was sad to see how a person who lived their entire lives full of wrath would end up like this in the end.
"Keep sharp, we're getting closer to shore now" said Shikamaru
Soon enough the three boats arrived on land only to meet an incredible sight in front of them. Before team Naruto now was a city which practically looked as big or even bigger then Konoha in every way. On the outside of this city was a great big fortress like wall which had the appearance of something that has been there for quite a sometime which had also suffered from burn and erosion damage. Plus from where they were standing, the city looked like a giant ruin as some of the seeable structures looked deteriorated and broken down. But more so then that, the entire area was the very common definition to what most people believed hell to be. The air around them reeked of burning flesh and sulfur, the perceivable sky or ceiling to be more accurate and much of the surroundings were painted in flames. Whatever wasn't lit in fire was black in brimstone.
"Incredible" said Neji as he viewed the area with his Byakugan. "It seems to be an actual working city. Who knew something like this was here"
"What do you mean?" asked Tenten
Neji then scrunched his eyes to get a better look. "It almost seems like a city life in there. Although if I had to say, the cities system of order seems like anarchy as I can see a lot of fighting going on. However nothing too serious from what I can tell"
"We should get moving now" then said Shikamaru. "Naruto, what does the compass say?"
Naruto then looked down to the octagonal instrument seeing it point towards the city. "It seems the gate to the next circle is in there. So we'll have to go in". Everyone gave a nod to this.
However the walk to the city wasn't going to be easy as it had a long bridge with many twists and turns to it which seemed to stretch for many miles long. Additionally, the bridge was suspended over a deep chasm of a void to which no light could possibly ever penetrate. But before they could attempt to cross the bridge they first needed to deal with their current dilemma.
"It's an ambush!" exclaimed Naruto as monsters from the previous circles started to appear around them. Furthermore a new monster was now going to make its appearance before the group as it was the minion of this circle.
"What are they?" asked Lee who was looking at the new recruits. The beasts before them now were a more watered down version of what Lucifer looked like. This monster was a hulking giant standing at eight feet with black skin, four symmetrical horns on its head varying in size, razor sharp teeth, and blood red eyes. However each of them varied with appearance by virtue of their equipment. Some of them carried swords while others carried axes and spears. Also a few of them wore elaborate armor while some of the others carried shields, but that varied amongst them. With the roar of the leader of the pack the struggle began once again for the ninjas of Konoha.
Now of course the battle was difficult since they were fighting multiple monsters at once. But what really put them at a disadvantage was their fatigue. Physically everyone was OK to fight. However their stamina and chakra reserves had not quite recovered from their last encounter in the previous circle. Although a soldier pill did help out quite a bit, the team still had to obey the law of diminishing return in which the pills effectiveness will dwindle bit by bit over time. But out of the entire group Sakura had it the worst since she was the only medic there which meant she had the use up the most energy trying to maintain the team. So in that regard Lee and Tenten had to stay behind to protect her rather than eliminate the enemy forces.
Meanwhile everyone else was busy doing their best in giving the other group as much time to allow their pink companion to recover from her chakra exhaustion. The Byakugan and bug user took the front of the situation while the later two took care of any stragglers which got past them while the others provided support.
However one the brutes that had managed to get by Neji and Shino forced Naruto to deal with it. The blond ninja raced forward with kunai in hand ready to stab the monster. As the brute lunged forward with his spear, Naruto half-stepped and kept moving forward plunging his blade into the monsters stomach area. With the forward momentum, he had managed to knock the beast onto his back. Simultaneously, Naruto pulled out a sutra paper intending on planting it on the monsters head to vaporize and kill it. But the brute manage to catch his arm before the attack landed. Naruto could definitely feel how strong it was as he was pushing with all his might while his opponent didn't seem to be struggling at all. Eventually he could feel his arm being pushed back, and soon enough he got kneed in the stomach. The attack forced him five feet into the air to which the brute followed up with a hard right punch to the face.
Naruto was then sent flying back several feet. He soon got up but was quite wobbly from the intensity of the punishment. The brute also got to his feet and picked his spear up. At seeing the blond recover the monster took aim with his weapon and threw it like a javelin.
The blond seeing the impending danger was not able to move out of the way in time. For it wasn't the fact he was too slow or his reaction time was sluggish. But it was due to an internal problem to why now he was paralyzed in place.
"Damn it!" thought Naruto, for the Kyubbi had to choose now of all times to try and break free. Due to the demon foxes interference his bodies motor function was left in a mess which made Naruto watch as his doom came closer and closer in a form of a demonic looking spear.
Upon impact the spear pierced right through his chest shooting its way through the other side. Following the incredible amount of linear momentum his entire body was forced to follow as it flew past the shore and right into the River Styx.
"Naruto!" everyone screamed in unison at the horror of watching their friend end up like that. But this was the least of their problems.
"Fading . . . . fading into darkness" thought Naruto as he began to close his eyes as the souls of the river began to take him. "Now it's my turn" said the Kyubbi as the concentrated wrath of the river gave it the final push it needed to take over.
In that moment a blast of red orange aura lit up surface of the river. Slowly Naruto began to resurface until he was completely standing on the surface. He then began to slowly open his eyes revealing the slits they had now taken.
Everyone still fighting on the shore whether it was enemy or ally felt the intensity and dread of the evil chakra. In regards to this everyone wondered whose side was this person on.
The brute that had pierced Naruto earlier gawked at the new sight before him. For the monster had never felt something this evil except from the masters of this world. But before he could think any more of it the brute felt an intense pain course through its body. As it began to look down, the mortal he had skewered moments ago had just skewered him as a part of his arm went through his body. On his back, his heart could clearly be seen within Naurto's hands. Immediately the jinchuriki fusion retracted his hand vindicating the monsters death, and it was from there the slaughter began.
Naruto had now formed two tails as he began to slash away at the enemy forces. Now the enemy began their attack as well believing that such a human was far too arrogant to take them on all by himself. But they were in for it as Naruto was cutting through ten to twenty of them with every swig he made. Luckily a gluttony monster had managed to spew out a form of mucus to capture the fox-human hybrid.
"Naruto!" yelled out his teammates as they had retreated to the side to both recuperate and not get caught up in Naruto's rampage.
Just then the enemy forces rallied everything they had to stop this demon for good. At first the attack seemed successful as Naruto appeared to be on the edge of death. Blood had painted his entire body as he was completely mangled and mutilated from all the attacks that had connected with him. However the monsters moment of relief was short lived as the blond then grew a third tail instantly regenerating any wound he had taken. With his new upgrade in power, the jinchuriki broke out of his bonds and continued the slaughter once more.
The rest of team Naruto was mixed with both awe and shock at the sight. Naruto was easily cleaning up as enemy after enemy fell before his might. But there was no sense of mercy during this brawl as even the fleeing demons were slain even as a few begged for leniency. After a gruesome few minutes of carnage the battlefield was silent.
Now the one thought on everyone's mind was who was in control? Naruto or the Kyubbi?
"Naruto, is that you?" asked Sakura as she began to walk up to her blond teammate followed by everyone else.
Naruto who heard this began to slowly turn around. However he would not be the one in control as now a fourth tail grew into place. "Naruto!" exclaimed Sakura as the once sunny ninja began to take his human-demon form. After the complete metamorphosis the Kyubbi roared which sent the team flying back a few feet.
"Damn! I knew this would happen" said Shikamaru
"Naruto-kun!" said Lee unable to believe the view in front of him
"Snap out of it Naruto!" said Tenten wishing not to fight against her comrade
However words were now beyond meaning as the Kyubbi began its assault of the Konoha ninjas. Shino and Tenten were up first trying to stall it with distance attacks. But the Kyubbi's chakra armor was far too strong to be damaged by non-lethal attacks. Sakura then broke off a giant piece of rock and threw it at her old teammate. However its effectiveness was reduced to zero as the Kyubbi blew the chunk into nothing more than dust.
The Kyubbi then launched his counter by shooting his fist which zigzagged hitting his three opponents in one go. Lee then came in with a flying side kick, but had no effect as the Kyubbi slowly turned his head and whacked the green beast away.
Shikamaru and Neji understood that if they planned to survive this then they had to attack to kill.
"I'm sorry Naruto" thought the shadow nin as he prepared his shadow sewing and neck binding technique. As he launched his move he was able to capture the Kyubbi completely binding his limbs and tails. But such a task proved difficult as the overwhelming power of the fox demon was a struggle for Shikamaru to maintain his technique. He then got to work by attempting to penetrate the Kyubbi's chest armor with shadow sewing. For the plan was as soon as he made an opening Neji would finish it by completely destroying Naruto chakra coil system. Although this wouldn't kill him it would destroy his ability to ever be a ninja again.
However the plan was too premature as Kyubbi then grew a fifth tail closing his chest armor and receiving another upgrade in power. Shikamaru and Neji were then flung back by the sheer force the demon foxes aura had alone.
Kyubbi becoming weary of this tiresome battle decided to finish off the human pests in one devastating move. The demon fox then began to open his mouth wide generating and condensing a large amount of energy for his chakra cannon. The Konoha ninjas could only stare in horror at the prospect of being killed by the person they considered their close friend.
"Toad Oil Bullet!"
Out of nowhere a stream of slime hit the foxes mouth as he had just eaten the condensed ball of chakra. Now with his mouth sealed the ball had no choice but to explode inside of him. The explosion resulted in the fox sustaining heavy damage requiring it some time to regenerate.
The albino haired man not wasting anytime got to work on trying to revert the Kyubbi back into Naruto. He started to go through multiple complex seals while quickly writing up sutras that were needed for the process. Meanwhile everybody looked up in shock to see who their savior was while a few of them rubbed their eyes to make certain it was actually him.
After a few seconds more of preparation the albino haired man performed his technique. "Sacred Toad Seal technique" as he placed multiple seal sutras on the Kyubbi's seal to which the demon fox started to scream as he was being sucked back into his cage. Within a window of a few seconds the once demonic screams started to sound more human until the evil armor was completely cleaved off just leaving a blond boy behind.
Sakura then got up and went to work by cleaning the slime off the boys face while supporting his head on her lap. Soon after Naruto began to come too as his eyes began to open and close as his mind slipped in and out of consciousness. He finally looked up to Sakura with curiosity in his eye.
"What happened?" groaned Naruto while rubbing his head
The pink kunoichi looked down in sorrow. "You went fox form again" she said bluntly
Naruto's eyes shot open in shock. He then sat up while catching his face in his hands. "Did I . . . . did I really do that?" he thought
He then looked up to see how all his friends were pretty roughed up from the encounter they had with his demonic form. Naruto then looked down in frustration before closing his eyes. "I'm sorry guys, I couldn't control it . . . . "
Shikamaru then grunted before scratching the back of his head. "I told you damn well that this would happen" he then sighed. "But it's fine that everything turned out like this"
Naruto then looked up to see the relieved smiles of his group as they were all happy not to have killed or be killed by their friend.
The blond then gave a solemn look before giving a smile of his own glad that no one died when he went rouge.
He then had a realization. "How did you guys get me back?" Naruto asked
In that moment everyone parted way to reveal their albino haired savior who was standing behind the group. As soon as they parted the man waved his hand "Yo, it's been a while brat"
Naruto's eyes bulged at who was standing there. He couldn't believe that man was actually here and had saved him and all his friends. "Ero-sannin?!"
Jiraiya then had a sour face. "You'll never stop calling me that will y . . . offff" and without finishing his sentence the blond ninja hugged the old man. "I'm so happy to see you again ero-sannin" said Naruto as tears began to leave his eyes.
The toad sage scoffed at this and patted his apprentice on the head. "You turned out alright kid. I'm proud of how much you've grown in the short time I've been away"
Naruto's eyes then snapped open as he then backed away looking over the toad sage with scrutiny. "Why are you here?" he asked
"Hmm, well I've been watching over you all since I've passed away" said Jiraiya while scratching the back of his head. The old man then gave his head a quick shake, "Anyways I've been watching your group since you've entered this world. I had a strong theory that something like this would happen so I had to come here"
"But how are you here Jiraiya-sama?" then asked Sakura
"I'm currently using a specialized seal with some chakra I managed to scrape together up there" as he pointed up, "to be here within this space-time of where you are. But unfortunately due to my recent stunt I've dramatically reduced my time. So I can't be here for much longer, but I'll try to help out as much as I can"
"Ooohhhh, so that's it" said Naruto as if he just had an epiphany
The old sannin then looked to his former pupil with contempt. "What do you mean by that?" he said jabbing his pointing finger at Naruto's forehead
During this time Naruto gave one of his thinking faces as he began to say what was on his mind. "Honestly when I saw you here I thought you were a resident of hell"
"What?!" exclaimed Jiraiya in disbelief. "Why would you think that?!"
Naruto then waved one of his fingers up. "Well first off we saw you here in this world so what did you expect us to think". The toad sage then had to agree with that first bit of logic. "And second you broke the three sacred shinobi laws"
"shinobi laws?" asked Lee
Naruto turned towards Lee, "ero-sannin once told me a ninja must always avoid money, alcohol, and women. But he's done all three and is still a repeat offender"
Jiraiya sweat dropped at this. "Are you sure you went to heaven?" asked Naruto
The old sannin face smacked himself. "Just look at the glowing white light around me OK. That's proof enough that I went to heaven alright! So stop questioning if I should be in hell!"
The teen ninjas were shocked at the sudden outburst, but then nodded in show that they believed him. "Alright then let's go!" he said as he began to march grumpily towards the bridge.
Now as the group began their long pain staking walk across the seemingly endless bridge the city began to grow larger and larger before them. The group was also becoming curious to what a city like this is doing here. Even Sakura and her books had no references to what it was.
"This is the City of Dis" said Jiraiya as he maintained the lead of the group. Everyone then looked towards him for further explanation. "The city here in a sense is where evil lives. But before that we'll have more trouble getting through the gate as the many guardians who maintain the city just won't let anyone in"
"Then how do we get inside. The compass says our next destination is inside the city" said Naruto
Jiraiya smirked at this. "Don't worry, just leave that to me"
Soon after what seemed like endless walking they had finally reached the front gate of Dis. The gate was an overwhelming sight as they themselves appeared as fleas to it by comparison. With that in mind they could only imagine how enormous the city must be. But as they came before the entrance several ordinary men and women dressed in black robes appeared, and as they got closer they too began to approach them.
"Who goes there?' said the female leader stoically
"Humans from the living world. We've come to gain entrance into the city" answered Naruto
The women looked them all over. "Souls who do not belong here should not be here. Be gone or be removed by force" as she went to grab the sword on her waist. At that signal the rest of her group were too ready to draw their blades. With that show of hostility the Konoha ninjas got into defensive stance ready to take them on if need be. However Jiraiya stepped forward and presented the women a scroll. She opened it and gave it a glance over. Afterwards she looked up to the group. "Very well you may pass. But be wary of your choices for this city is not a pleasant place". The gate then began to open behind her and her group as it felt like an earthquake was hitting the area. After what seemed like forever the gate finally opened ending the incredible tremors. "Now proceed, and good luck"
At that notion the humans plus one ghost entered the city to which the gates closed behind them. "Will we be able to leave?" asked Neji
Jiraiya gave a wave of his hand in a motion to not worry. "Just knock on the gate, they'll let us back out after you finish what you came here to do" everyone gave a nod to this
"Jiraiya-sama, what was on the scroll?" asked Sakura
"Just the approved seal to let you all in here from the man up-stairs. As I said I've been watching over you so I came prepared" he smirked
The group gave a sweat drop to this as they all kind of sensed a bit of perversion behind that smirk. But back to business . . . .
"Naruto what does the compass say?" asked Shikamaru
The blond ninja then looked down, but was confused by its readings. "I don't know"
"You don't know?" said Shikamaru questionably
"Well here look" replied Naruto as he showed the group the compass. Upon inspection from the group they all saw as the needle on the compass was spinning erratically in circles with no sign of stopping.
Sakura then displayed a sour face. "Did you break it?"
"No" said the blond defensively
Shikamaru sighed at this. "Well whatever the case we can't find the gate standing around so let's go collect some information"
"Be careful" then said Jiraiya. "The city is OK to venture so long as you're wary of your surroundings". He then pointed towards the tallest building in the city. "In half an hour we'll meet there got it?" to which everyone nodded and soon dispersed to collect information on the whereabouts of the next gate.
Now with the team separated, Naruto began to wonder the City of Dis curious on who exactly to ask about the gates location. He thought about it for a while as he saw many public facilities. But none of them seem too friendly as fights almost instantly broke out at the drop of a pin. So gaining information from them was a waste of time. He folded his arms behind his head wondering how everyone else was doing. As he continued to walk absentmindedly he ended up bumping into someone along his path. Coming back to his senses Naruto looked to see that the individual had fallen onto the ground. So out of habit he bent down to help the person back up. Upon first glance he definitely knew that the individual was female, but who the person was would shock him the most.
"Thank you Naruto-kun" said the girl
Naruto's eyes bulged at who the person was before him. "Hinata?!" he exclaimed, but to say the least he was ecstatic to have found her finally.
"Hinata we were so worried about you" said Naruto as he instinctively hugged her at that moment. In reaction the Hyuga girl blushed but not quite as deep as she normally would. "We've come to rescue you. So let's hurry up and get out of here"
However her eyes then trailed down at that statement. "Naruto-kun I can't leave. Something here is keeping my existence bound to this place" said Hinata in a sad tone
"What?!" said Naruto as he released his hug and looked her in the eye while maintaining his hands on her shoulder. But something didn't seem right when he looked into them. At this moment decided to disregard it for now.
Hinata's eyes then began to shy away as they normally did whenever they would talk. "There is a specific room within one of these buildings which binds me here. If you can destroy the seal I'll be able to leave and go back to living world"
At hearing this news Naruto jumped up in excitement. "I'll go get everyone, we might need everyone's help on this one" as he started to run off. But before getting far enough, Hinata had grabbed his arm.
"There isn't much time. If we don't go now the seal will move and no one will be able to find it before it moves again. Naruto I know you can do it for me" Hinata said pleadingly
The blond ninja then understood the circumstances as he looked to the Hyuga girl with more seriousness in his eyes. "Where to?" he asked
Hinata's face then lit up. "This way" she said as she began to tow the Uzumaki in the direction of the room.
The two then reached a hotel like structure as they went in and began to ascend the stairs. After climbing a few stories they finally reached the said room Hinata was talking about. "Here it is" she said, "if you can destroy the seal I'll be able to leave here". The Hyuga heiress then opened the door to which Naruto ran inside hoping the seal was still there for him to destroy in order to free his friend.
However there was no such thing as all Naruto could see in the room was a bed with blood red sheets surrounded by many oddly scented candles. He then heard the door close behind him and lock. The blond turned around to see Hinata standing in front of the door with her hands behind her still holding the knob. Furthermore her eyes were shadowed underneath her bangs.
"Hinata, what's going on?" he asked as he was confused to why she would bring him here. It then lit inside his head. "Oh no, I was too late. The seal has already moved!"
The Hyuga heiress began to darkly chuckle at this. "My Naruto-kun, so honest yet so gullible"
"What?" said Naruto
"There was never any seal. It was just simply a story to bring you here" answered Hinata as she looked at him with a very creepy smirk
"Why would you bring me here then?" asked Naruto
Hinata slowly but sensually trotted her way towards the Uzumaki while still maintaining her smirk. "To have you make love to me of course"
At that statement Naruto was in complete shock as his mouth hung open with his eyes turning into saucers. But he quickly got a hold of himself although not completely. "Hinata wha . . . wha . . . . what are you talking about?!" he stuttered as he tried to maintain his ability to talk. Also unknowingly he was starting to retreat back towards the bed bit by bit.
Hinata who was now pretty much at point black to him placed her finger onto his lips to keep him from speaking again. She then slowly trailed it down to his jacket zipper and began to unzip. Naruto at this point was barely hanging in there. For one thing, he has never been picked up by a girl before so this was rather foreign territory to him. Furthermore this was Hinata he was talking about. The sweet, innocent, and nice girl he had known since he was a child.
"How soft" thought Naruto as he felt his captor's well endowed chest press against him while she removed his jacket. His face during the situation flared into a blush as his body was completely frozen stiff from the event. "Hi . . . . Hinata we shouldn't be doing this" stuttered Naruto as he saw the girl look at him as if he were red meat.
But his words feel on deaf ears as she then pushed the panicked boy onto the bed. She soon followed up by sensually crawling onto him until she firmly had mounted his waist area. Now that Hinata had Naruto's full and undivided attention the frantic shinobi finally took notice to what Hinata was wearing. The Hyuga heiress was dressed in a very revealing and very suggestive black night gown. Furthermore she also wore a black and white striped knee high socks. On her left forearm was a dark ribbon which was wrapped on in a crisscross pattern with a bow at the end. Additionally her bangs were folded back by a skull hairpin. Upon closer inspection the gown was partly see through as Hinata was wearing some really sexy lingerie. However she wasn't wearing a bra underneath.
"I never knew that Hinata could be this sexy" thought the blond ninja. But he immediately mentally smacked himself as he remembered this was a mission as he was suppose to be rescuing her. Although he couldn't deny how irresistible she had become at the moment.
Hinata then leaned forward giving her lover a good feel of her body as she was now face to face with him only inches away from a kiss. "Naruto-kun I had always loved you and for the longest time my body has been longing to have you inside of me. It wasn't until I came to this place that I could fully express myself before you now"
At this point Naruto was fighting a three-way battle which challenged him on the base of him being a friend, a ninja, and a man. His friend side wanted to talk some sense into her as he was aware that she wasn't in her right frame of mind. The ninja portion strictly focused on the mission as now it was just finding a way to extract her. But his man side just wanted to ravage her for all hell to hear for all he cared.
Hinata then pushed herself up to which her weight was now focused on the blonds' waist again. She then slowly began to push off the shoulder straps allowing them to slide down her arm. However she crossed her arms around her chest to keep them from being revealed just yet. Naruto was now fighting an uphill battle to not give into his instincts, but it was barely hanging in there.
A pleading look then came to the Hyuga's facial expression. "Please Naruto-kun, make love to me"
Naruto's mind was in a dead lock about what he should do. However his heart and good will was something he would never betray. He then sat up to hug the Hyuga girl. Hinata blushed at the sudden embrace, but his answer was not the thing she wanted to hear.
"Hinata, this isn't the real you" said Naruto as he paused before speaking again. "The real Hinata I had come to care for is a warm, nice, and innocent girl who would always put others before herself. But all I see in you now is a callous person who is lost within the darkness." He then held her tighter, "So please Hinata, please return to the person you used to be"
At that statement the Hyuga heiress looked as if she was coming close to tears, but it was immediately replaced by a dark expression. She then forced Naruto back down onto the bed as she pinned his arms. "That's OK, I'll just take what I want from you" said Hinata darkly
She then used her gentle fist style to numb both his arms to make sure he couldn't resist. Hinata then got to work on trying to unzip his pants. "Don't worry Naruto-kun, I'll make sure you feel exceptionally good"
"Hinata! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!" exclaimed Naruto as he was now in a state of panic
"Oi Naruto, are you in here?"
The said ninja tilted his head to see the unexpected but gladly welcomed guest. "Ero-sannin!"
Jiraiya looked to see his former apprentice about to undergo some serious action with a very hot looking thing. A happy face was soon etched on as a twinkle shined in his eye while he extended his arm giving his former pupil a thumb up. All the while the toad sage gained a slight nose bleed from the perverted thought he just had.
"This isn't the time for that!" shouted Naruto as he was in disbelief at how up in the cloud his master was in
"You don't want to make love to me do you?" asked Hinata in a sad expression
"Well yes, I mean no, no I mean it's kind of yes but mostly no ahhhh" to which Naruto honestly didn't understand how to answer the question.
"I see what I have to do now" said Hinata as her eyes once again became shadowed
"Huh?" replied Naruto
"I just have to get rid of the competition and then you shall be mine" she said as she stood up. A dark aura then surrounded her. Moments later her once sexy outfit was replaced with garments used for war. Hinata then disappeared in a puff of black smoke to places unknown.
"Where did Hinata go?!" said Naruto
"That was Hinata!" said Jiraiya who was shocked at the prospect of that women being the Hyuga girl who was well known to be the shyest person in the world.
The blond shook his head. He soon got the feeling of his arms back as he contemplated what Hinata was talking about. But it then hit him like a thousand bricks. "Sakura!"
~Central Tower (the planned meeting spot)~
"Where is Jiraiya-sama?" asked Sakura "He's been gone for quite a while now"
"Well Naruto-kun didn't come back on the appointed time. So Jiraiya-sama went off to look for him" answered Lee. "But he has been gone for a while"
"I don't like all this waiting around" said Shikamaru
"Hmm this is becoming nerve wrecking" added in Tenten. "We should be out there looking for them"
"No, we should wait here just as we planned" replied Neji. "If we try to look for them we'll only succeed in wasting time"
"True, Naruto has the compass. So it would be better if we stay here" said Shino
"Hmm, I guess you're right" said Tenten. But then out of the corner of her eye she spots someone approaching them. "Who's there?!" the weapon mistress demanded
Then out from the shadows emerged the very person they came to rescue
"Hinata!" said everyone in unison
Tenten then walked up to her. "We were so worried about you, are you OK?"
However Hinata pushed her aside as she made her intentions quite clear on what she wanted. "I'm here for the pink b**ch. If you get in my way I'll kill you"
"Hinata-sama! What has gotten into you?!" asked Neji frantically. But the discussion had clearly ended as Hinata began her attack on the group.
Her first target was Lee as he was the first to stand in her way. "Please don't make us fight you" pleaded Lee as he got into fighting stance. However the battle was short lived as Hinata used a vacuum space attack to force him aside
Next to come were Neji and Tenten in their attempt to stop her. The weapon mistress not wanting to harm her summoned up several chain like weapons to restrain her. But it proved ineffective as a flex from her dark aura broke it apart sending Tenten back. Neji then dashed in planning to use his gentle fist to immobilize his cousin. The two Hyuga's began their battle as Hinata proved to be a lot tougher than before.
"Reminds you of the chunnin exam don't it" smirked Hinata. "But I'll be the one to come out on top"
This however did not distract Neji as he continued to push harder in trying to stop his cousin. The Hyuga heiress then looked to him with a dark expression. "You're such a fool Neji. In the end all you'll ever be is nothing more than a slave to the main branch"
The Hyuga prodigy knew better not to allow this to bother him as he knew that this wasn't the real Hinata speaking. But he hesitated long enough for her to seal his hands to which she followed up with the sealing of the rest of his bodies motor functions. "Damn it" was all he could say at that moment.
Shino and Shikamaru also valiantly tried to stop her. But to no avail as they were simply overpowered. For Shikamaru used all his shadow techniques in the attempt to immobilize her. But it proved as a failure as shadows popped out of his shadows which delivered some punishing blows forcing him to go down. Shino had also tried the same tactic by using his bugs to capture and drain her of whatever energy she had. Just like Shikamaru, it proved as a failure as the Hyuga heiress forced the bugs away to which she then went on to burst several of Shino's internal organs as he coughed out blood in the process. "Your bugs were always so disgusting" was all she said as she walked by him.
Finally arriving at her inttended target her dark aura formed a blade ready to skewer anything in its path. Now within distance Hinata lunged forward aiming for the heart of the pink haired kunoichi. But Sakura barely managed to do a naked hand block as she struggled to keep the blade away from her. "Hinata, snap out of it! This isn't like you!"
But the Hyuga's eyes then glared daggers at her. "Naruto-kun has only ever had eyes for you. Even after my confession he never said a word to me leaving me to wonder what I did wrong". Hinata then flung Sakura to an opposing building engraving her into the wall. "If you're gone then Naruto-kun will only have eyes for me!" as she then dashed forward to deliver the finishing blow.
"Stop!"
In that instant the blade stopped just centimeters away from going through Naruto's chest as he was now standing in front of the semi-unconscious kunoichi.
The blade then dissipated as sadness began to consume Hinata again. "So you would choose her over me" and with that she disappeared again.
"Wait! Hinata!" said Naruto as he extended his arm out to grab her, but missed by a few seconds. "What happened to you?"
Soon after Naruto began collecting his friends along with Jiraiya's assistance to begin healing them. For with the encounter with dark Hinata no one could believe that such a sweet person could have become so evil like that as they discussed what they should to do. In the end it was more or less passed off as a "when we cross that bridge" moment. Now after a good amount of time the group was able to move again. The team then looked to Naruto for directions as his compass began to point the way. Earlier the instrument was non-functional because Hinata was close by to which caused the tool the act the way it did. Eventually the team arrived at the gate ready to cross into the next circle of hell.
"Will things be OK?" asked Lee as he was now worried for the success of this mission
"It'll be fine. We'll definitely bring the real Hinata back" answered Naruto
Neji who was still feeling the paralysis and needing Tenten's shoulder for support then gave his two cents. "We should hurry, but first we need to decide who needs to keep the gate open here"
At that statement Shino proceeded to open the gate and sit against the door in reply to Neji. "My insides are a bit too messed up to keep going. So I'll stay here to make sure you cross the gate when you get back". Everyone gave a nod to this as they began the descent. But the toad sage did not move.
"This is as far as I can go" said Jiraiya.
"What?" said Naruto as he looked back towards his former master
"Sorry squirt, I've already used up all my chakra so I can't maintain my form in this world anymore" said Jiraiya
"But what happens is the fox gets free again?!" exclaimed Naruto
The toad sage who was starting to fade away gave his godson a solemn look. "Don't worry about it. I've already set it up that the Kyubbi will be completely suppressed until you leave hell. But so long as you keep it that way the seal will be fine."
Naruto then gave Jiraiya a bright a smile. "Well I guess I'll see you again some other time"
"Yeah, some other time" said Jiraiya. "Good Luck on the rest of your mission and stay safe" and with those final words Jiraiya vanished as Naruto turned around and proceeded with his team into the next circle of hell.
~9th Circle – Treachery~
Within the frozen wastelands, the master of hell watched pleasingly on how entertaining it was to torment the humans by corrupting the soul they had come to rescue. But the master understood that they would eventually come to its level in retribution for what it did. So the dark one sat quietly in expectation waiting for the time they would arrive into the frozen darkness of the ninth circle.
"Let's see how you'll entertain me until you get here" snickered the master as it continued to watch the progress the humans made within the evil domains of hell.
Author's notes: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. But anyways Hinata's personality has been more or less flipped. So her current self is more or less the exact mirror to how the original Hinata would act in most situations. But yeah once again I hope everyone had a good time in reading this chapter.
So I thank you for your time in reading this fic and further extend my gratitude if you can review it as well.