Hello to you all and welcome to Chapter 3 (*HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!* Shut up already!)

I apologize but even now and then, KingsSeven comes out and comes up with the weirdest ideas which shall remain hidden lest the weird side grows in power. (NORMAL IS OVERRATED; EVERYONE IS A WERIDO LIKE *Bang* That should keep him down for an hour or two.)

Anyways, not much action in this chapter since I'm setting up for the next chapter as well as backstory for our very pitiful MC

Chapter 3: Life ain't Sunshine and Roses

"Let me get this straight, you had a match with Shinwoo in the Underground Arena and got your ass kicked." Kisara speculated as she along with Ukita were looking at Takeda. All four of them were in the former Shinpaku Head Base before moving it over to Kisara's hideout.

"Yeah, I thought I was doing so well before the guy knocked me down a peg. It really put a perspective on how far I still have to go before I can stand on par against Yomi." Takeda sheepishly smiled as the door slammed opened and Niijima swaggered in.

"Well, don't you worry about it cause I just find some information that you might want to know." Niijima said as he swipe the screen of his PDA.

Ukita gave a scoff as he pushed his sunglasses up his nose, "What kind of info can an alien freak like you give us on a guy who's part of the Darkness?"

"Funny but unlike the others, Shinowoo has a paper trail." He then placed his PDA on the table and slid it forward. The others decided to take a look and found themselves tangled up. After some struggling, Kisara managed to untangle herself and picked up her beanie hat that slipped off her head.

She looked at the PDA while the boy's tried to untangled themselves, Kisara read out-loud, "Middle school student convicted of Second-degree murder! Why the hell are you making me read this?"

"Keep looking," Niijima said as he had a smug look on his face.

Kisara kept reading and eventually widened when she reached the part Niijima knew would give a shock, " You aren't playing with us are you, creep?" Niijima gave a smirk, "Of course not, I'm not going to lie to my subordinates and cause a falling-out."

The guys had managed to unscramble themselves and Takeda cracked his neck, "What's on it?"

Kisara showed them and the bell rang when they were just finished reading. Niijima motioned for Kisara to hand the device over while ordering, "As the commander, I ordered each and every one of you to not spread this information yet or to go after 'Shinwoo' for now."

As the morning half of the day passed, Shinwoo was just about to leave for lunch when he saw in the corner of his eye, two teens as they had their heads together with headphones in one ear each. One of them met his eye and motioned for him to come closer. Seeing no problem with it, he did as he was asked and saw that they were watching a Korean music video with Japanese subtitles.

The one on the left said, "Han-san, we were just listening to this girl and we're wondering if you have any of her music discs since you're from Korea and all." Naruto took a closer look and widened his eyes slightly before his face realigned itself, "No."

He then walked away as quickly as he could, another student came up to them and asked, "Excuse me but I couldn't help but wonder what you two were watching?" When he was shown the video, he thanked him and walked out of the classroom and met with Niijima.

He then performed the standard handshake of the Shinpaku Aliance, Niijima asked, "So what do you have on Shinwoo?"

Rooftop

Shinwoo was on the roof looking up at the clear blue sky as he laid down on his back, he thought back to what had in the classroom and chuckled, "Even if I try to run, it still comes back to bite me huh."

A pile of bodies were lying in an alley as Naruto was standing near the exit as Shinwoo was looting through the bodies. "Can you hurry up, Shinwoo? I want to surprise Song-Ih with a date."

"Yeah, yeah give me a minute. I want to make sure we got the entire spoils of war for today and done." Shinwoo grabbed his bag as he placed it over his shoulder, "Let's get going then."

A half-hour had passed and Shinwoo was sitting on a couch watching some television. He then heard squeaking as Naruto came out of the bathroom dressed in casual clothing that made him looked presentable. He then spun around, "So, how do I look?"

Shinwoo clapped slightly, "Looking good man, I still can't get over the fact that you're dating Kang Song-Ih the Idol of our school for over six months now considering that we're the 'no-good seeds'."

"I know right, I'm a lucky man to have not only her but you as a best friend. We've been together for so long now despite those pussies leaving for various reasons." Shinwoo laughed, "Yep, 'I can't be seen with delinquents' to 'nothing good will come from being with you'. We're true brothers for life, now go show your girl a good time."

Naruto laughed as he head for the door, "Now don't go causing trouble that will cause our landlord to ride our asses."

Shinwoo waved, "I know I know, eomeoni (Mom) get going now."

A half-hour later, as Naruto was about to turn the corner to Song-Ih's home, he decided to give a call to her to give her a little heads-up. As he turned around the corner, he heard Suyi's voice say, "I'll call him later." His sight saw that she was in the arms of someone else, holding his arm as if they were lovers.

He yelled, "Song-Ih, what are you doing?" Suyi turned her head as the man she was holding asked her, "Baby, you know him?"

She hesitated for for a second before saying, "No..." One simple word crushed Naruto's spirit as his mind went blank. His mind shut off on himself until he heard a familiar voice yell, "Naruto, get a hold on yourself!" It turns out that Naruto was on Shinwoo choking him in an alley somewhere. He stepped back as Shinwoo coughed.

The blonde looked around to see several injured bodies dressed in black suits and then looked up to see that the sky was orange. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see it was Shinwoo, "You alright?"

"I- I don't remember after..." Remembering what happened made Naruto fall to the ground as tears flow freely. Shinwoo groaned as he lifted Naruto and placed a hand over his shoulder, "Come on, buddy let's go home."

It took some time to head to their two-room apartment that they were sharing. Shinwoo placed Naruto on the couch as he sat down next to him. "Tell me about what happened." Shinwoo asked gently.

"I- (hic) I don't know. One moment, I was (hic) turning around the corner and (hic) the next I see that she's in the arms of another (hic) man. What did I do wrong?" Naruto wailed as his head lean onto Shinwoo's shoulder. The redhead merely patted his friend as a buzzing sound was heard. Shinwoo grabbed Naruto's phone and look at it, "It's from her..."

Shinwoo sensed that someone was watching, "Come on out, Miu there's no need to hide."

Miu came out with a frown on her face, "How do you keep finding out that I'm here?"

"I told you already, you give off too much KI because you keep forcing it down. KI is a natural part of who we are and if you try to shove it deep within yourself, it shines like a lighthouse." Shinwoo explained, "Now, why are you watching me?"

Miu squatted next to Shinwoo's body, "We're family; do we even need a reason to see each other? Besides..." The door to the rooftop slammed opened and Kenichi ran out, he saw Miu and Shinwoo together, "Miu, get away from him!"

The girl tilt her head, "Why should I?"

"Because he's a killer, Miu. He killed his own friend." Miu looked at Shinwoo with wide eyes as Shinwoo closed his. He opened his eyes and stood up before walking towards Kenichi as the Ryozanpaku disciple went into a stance.

The rest of the Shinpaku Alliance Captains that were students of the Highschool along with Niijima then came out of the stairs and saw that Kenichi was the defensive and assumed the worst before Niijima raised a hand, "Yomi members aren't allowed to fight us without a declaration of challenge and we know Boris got first priority."

"You're right about that but there's nothing wrong about a game between us." Shinwoo smiled as he raised a hand, "And I'm only here to enjoy a school-life, one that I never got but now I'm thinking about putting you people in your place."

"Oh, how do you think you can do that." Kisara asked before a breeze blew in her face. "Over here," the Shinpaku Alliance turned to see that Shinwoo was standing next to the door with Kisara's beanie twirling on his index finger.

As the girl patted her head for her hat, Takeda focused on the male Yomi, "That just isn't possible." Shinwoo widely grinned, "I assure you it is and because of Captain Loud-mouth over there, I won't tell you how."

Ukita charged forward, "Who cares about that? I'm going to make you pay for your buddies did!" As he was about to grasp Shinwoo, the Yomi jumped high into the sky and back flipped on the roof of the staircase, "This is clearly self-defense so don't blame me if you're torn to pieces."

"Just try it!" Kenichi stood in front of Ukita as he activated his signature technique, Ryuusui Seikuken. Naruto gave a cold smile as a wave of killing intent burst out, "Is that a challenge because that means I'm free to fight you.""

The pressure was heavy causing Takeda, Ukita and Kisara to fall to their knees, Niijima to faint under the power leaving Kenichi and Miu to breathing heavily. This kind of power should not be possible for a high-class disciple.

Shinwoo tilted his head, "So what's it going to be, are you challenging me or not? Keep in mind that it's highly possible for you to be die if that happens." When Kenichi shook his head, Naruto sighed, "Shame, I guess I have to challenge you to a game. It's the only way for me to get around the probation."

Miu's eyes sparkled, "Game I love games. What is it?"

Naruto smiled as he looked at the Aliiance, "The name of the game is called 'Challenge Tower', it's a full-contact match with a time limit of three minutes sparring with a minute to relax. Since it's not a true duel, there are restrictions set to prevent killing or maiming, namely on me.

Now, if you win, then ten million yen will be given to Ryozanpaku and the Shinapku as a reward for winning." He could literally feel the greed that was rising in his sister's KI and face as the bell rung signaling for the students to return to class, "I didn't even get to go into the rules. Oh well, I'll tell you if you decide to accept."

As Shinwoo left after throwing the beanie back at Kisara, Ukita wiped his face, "Am I crazy? Charging at someone like that."

Takeda nodded his head, "This is why I told you not to do that. At least I had the excuse of an arena match backing me up."

"You haven't said anything all this time, Takeda." Kisara looked at the boxer with annoyance. Takeda responded, "Because I really didn't have anything to say, the feeling I'm getting from the guy is like I shouldn't even try fighting against him."

"We have to enter and win, ten million yen is at stake here." Miu bounced rapidly, "Kenichi, we have to..."

"No," was Kenichi's response as he tried to look cool, "Why should I challenge him when eventually he will challenge me." Kisara merely stated while giving a deadpan look, "You're just afraid of facing him."

Kenichi merely fell to his knees and placed his hands on the ground, "I'm not scared, I'm terrified of him." Miu merely pout, "Kenichi, we have to get the money. Ryozanpaku Dojo's money account is in the deep red right now and unless we can find a way to get some extra money then it's going to close."

Kenichi stood up with renewed vigor, "We'll do it..." In his mind, he was playing images of Miu clinging onto him which soon led to matrimony. As Kenichi giggled, Kisara couldn't handle what she just saw so she decided to get up and leave.

Muu saw this and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'm heading to class before I get an aneurysm from sheer stupidity." Kisara answered as she left. Ukita followed suit as well as Takeda, Niijima looked at Kenichi, "Well, we have to get to class before we're late.

After school

Shinwoo was going to leave through the school gates when Miu came running, "Wait!" Shinwoo turned around and asked, "What? I have appointments to keep."

Kenichi who was walking out of the school along with Natsu Tanimoto saw this and ran towards Miu. As he reached Miu, he placed a hand on the shoulder and immediately regretted it.

Miu, who has a habit of throwing people who are behind her, gripped Kenichi's arm and threw him at Shinwoo. The brown-haired boy righted himself mid-air but didn't account for Shinwoo who also has a habit but his was sending upper-palm strikes at anything flying at him above the waist.

Kenichi, blessed the poor boy flew in the air and landed on the concrete ground. Miu, realizing who she just sent flying rushed to his side, "Kenichi, how many times does this have to happen?"

As Miu fretted over her friend, Shinwoo looked at Natsu, "Hey Natsu, me and Kajima are going gang-busting tonight. Want to come?"

"Nah, I got a lot of homework to do if I want to keep up my image of a model... Have a nice day as well." Natsu replied back to a few girls who had said goodbye to him.

Shinwoo shrugged, "Hey, it's your loss." He then turned around and left as Miu then slapped her fist into a palm, "That's right, I have to talked to...where is he?" She looked around to find that Shinwoo was gone.

"If you looking for Shinwoo, he just left." Miu pouted at Natsu's answer as she heaved Kenichi onto her shoulder and headed for Ryozanpaku Dojo. Natsu sighed at the almost comical situation before a shiver went down his spine.

He hoped it had nothing to do with that crazy Honoka. Natsu was not in the mood for losing at Go.

Miu, on the other hand, would soon remember Kenichi calling her brother a murderer and while it was probably true, it hurt her feelings. She then proceeded to do what she always did when Kenichi would do something stupid.

Ignore his very existence and ended the sparing sessions quickly before giving him little-to-no food at dinnertime.

Ryozanpaku: After school

In one of the rooms at the Ryozanpaku Dojo, Kenichi was pulling his hair while trying to figure out why Miu wasn't even looking at him except for their mandated sparing and even then, she ended it quickly today, "Why is the mind of a girl so tough to understand?"

"Perhaps, it has something to do with what you've done?" Kenichi looked up to see that Akisame-sensei was sitting on the rafters as he tuned his guitar, "While I would not consider myself an expert on the subject of females, I find that some of them blame people for even the smallest of offenses especially if those were done subconsciously and the person who done so, someone they consider close to."

Kenichi sat down cross-legged and thought back, "I didn't do anything especially out of the ordinary. The only thing that comes to mind is I told her to get away from the murderer who took his victim's name."

"Murderer?" Akisame jumped down and placed his guitar in the ground, "I think I see the problem, was this person named Han Shinwoo?"

Kenichi nodded furiously, "Yes, that killer..." "Is Miu's brother." Akisame finished as Kenichi's eyes widened. As the disciple stammered, "B-Brother?"

"Han Shinwoo's real name is Furinji Naruto, the Elder's grandson. I was sure that friend of yours that was good with computers, Niijima I think his name was, would have told you that." Akisame looked at Kenichi suspiciously, when the Elder had told everyone else that night, he had Sakaki contacted some of his contacts to find anything even remotely related to the boy.

The masters eventually came across that story which was cemented as one of the worst 'government fuck-ups', excuse him for using such uncultured words but that was a quote from a critic, to date. But since it was in Korea, not a lot of people knew about it.

However, it was unanimously agreed that they wouldn't tell Kenichi or Miu. Let them find the truth for themselves, it would be excellent mental training that way.

Kenichi rubbed the back of his head as he let out a sheepish smile, "I think he tried to tell me that but all I heard was Furinji and murder." He then laid down on his back, "I think I can see why she's been avoiding me then."

The philosophical jujitsu master nodded, "As you know, Miu has been alone except for her grandfather for most of her life. One of her greatest wishes is to have a huge family and a sibling, to think she had one that she never met must have been devastating despite the fact that she keeps it hidden well."

Kenichi raised a hand into the air as he looked at it, "Not only am I not able to protect Miu, I'm also hurting her. How am I supposed to be worthy of dating her if all I do is hurt her?"

"Think about it for a second, Kenichi," Akisame consoled, "Miu has been in this martial arts world her whole life. Of course, she's stronger than you are plus the fact of the matter is, you were born in the normal world. You would see things from a different perspective had you been born in the martial arts world."

"That doesn't exactly help much but thanks anyway." Kenichi said as two shadows enveloped him. The little boy turned to see that it was Sakaki-sensei and Apachai-sensei who had a gleam in their eyes that he didn't like.

The last time it happened, he was sent into the Underground Arena for money the first time.

"Hey, Kenichi; how would you like to experience some more of the world Miu lived in." Sakaki asked with a wolfish grin.

AN: This part is a little tricky to describe for my writing ability, it's basically a concert in Korea that is happening at the same time as Naruto's raid. The italics part are the lyrics that the girl sings and the song is called 'Cry' by 1TYM.

"Song-Ih, it's time." A young teenage girl looked at her manager at the door to her room before she nodded, "I understand, just give me a few more seconds." The manager sighed and nodded as well before she closed the door.

Song-Ih looked at the mirror showing her reflection. She was a beautiful girl with dark hair and a piercing gaze. As she looked at her neckline, she saw a locket necklace which she took off and placed it on a hook next to the mirror.

She opened the locket and left her stage room leaving a picture inside of the locket of a younger Song-Ih with her arms around a neck of a blond teen with whiskers marks on his cheeks. Both of them had warm smiles on their faces that had innocence written all over it.

The Idol then found herself standing on a stage as she looked into the crowd of her fans. As she took a deep breath and the musicians started the song, she began to sing for the hundreds of people that came out to watch her.

Onultara we irido uljoghalka (Why do I feel so teary all of a sudden?)

Ne sulphunmaum gu nuga arajulka (Who would know my sad heart...)

Onultara we irido himidulka (Why do I feel so tears all of a sudden?)

I aphunmaum gu nuga arajulka (Who would know my sad heart...)

Naruto was dressed in sleeveless muscle shirt and modified jeans that allowed full movement. As he looked at an abandoned warehouse from the alley since their original target were already busted by the cops. Because it was on such short notice, they decided to just beat up these guys who had a fight club instead of searching for another gang.

"Hey, ready to make some noise?" Kajima appeared behind Naruto and asked with a smile. Naruto gave a grin of his own, he asked in English, "When there's something strange in the neighborhood. Who're going to call?."

Kajima merely tilt his head as he gave a deadpan gaze, "Really?"

"So I like referencing stuff that I've seen; sue me, you Jin Kazama knock-off."

Sebyog hanshiban sure manchwihan binun nerigo (It's one in the morning, the intoxicated rain is falling.)

Jamdo oji anhnun bam (It's a sleepless night.)

Jichigo mongdun teteron aphun (Sometimes exhausted, bruised and painful heart...)

Gasumsog gosuranhi ganjighan (I try to remember everything)

Giogdurul doesegiro esujiman (But all of them are just past memories)

Ijen monjisahin chuogpun narul tonan (They're just traces of my faded laughter)

"Remember brother, we're here to tear this place to pieces but we're not aiming to kill this time. Think of it as training, to defeat them without killing." Kajima stated as the two got closer to the fight club. Naruto nodded, "I got it already. I've been in similar fights in Korea before."

"Oh, when was that?"

"I fought.. Forget about it." Naruto said as Kajima whined as he bounced slightly on his toes, "Come on, I want to know."

Naruto yelled, "I SAID FORGET ABOUT IT!". Kajima seemed to have gotten the message as he raised his hands in surrender and said, "Now, look what you've done."

He was referring to the crowd of people that nearly had them surrounded. One of them, who Naruto was sure he was no one important ordered, "Put your hands where we can see them."

Guriun usume hunjogpun naonungon (The only thing that comes out are my deep sighs)

Ginagin i hansumpun modunge (I believed everything was forever.)

Yongwonhalkora midodon guten babo gathajiman (I was stupid back then.)

Hanadulshig gurohge tonagaji (One by one they are all leaving me)

Da buthjabji anhajiman nol itgo shiphojiman (I didn't hold onto everything yet, I wanted to forget you but...)

Hullo namun isungan niga guriwo nan c'mon (For the remaining time, I miss you, c'mon...)

Both Naruto and Kajima disappeared for a second before the man who ordered their surrender took a foot to the face by the blonde. He dodged downwards when another swung a round-house punch at him before Naruto attempted a low sweep and trip him.

Naruto then used his two hands and lifted himself upwards before bending his arms and pushed himself into the air. The crowd that surrounded him parted where he was going to land. However, that didn't work since as soon as Naruto landed, he jumped once more and sent his knee into the chin of another guy.

As he was in the middle of backflip in the sky, Naruto had a big wide smile on his face. This was why he would always fight no matter how many or how skilled his opponents were because in a fight, he could just turn off his mind. Kang Song-Ih's betrayal, that other woman who he will never uttered her name again, Shinwoo dying, his imprisonment in Moorim; none of it matter at all right now. It was just him, the enemy or enemies and the skills he honed throughout the years pitted against other skills."

Of course, he would preferred if they had both numbers and skills since those were some of the longest fights he would participate in.

Ulgo shiphora ulgo shiphora imaum (I want to cry, I want to cry, this heart...)

Sarangun gago chingudo gago moduga (Love goes... Friends go... Everything goes...)

"Is that all? Seriously, I didn't even get a warmup." Naruto was walking around taking a look at the fight, wait; it can't be called that because a fight would mean both sides were equal. This was a massacre that would nearly have counted as genocide if it was on a larger scale and death had occurred.

He looked at the warehouse and saw a flag with that weird parasite that would follow Shirahama around. This place could only be... "Kajima, you sneaky devil; do you know how much trouble I could be in right now?"

Kajima jumped off the pile of bodies he made and placed an arm over Naruto's shoulder, "Relax, buddy so the masters decided that you're on probation after the whole rebellious phase you had awhile ago. This wasn't an 'official expedition' to show the might of Yomi to Katsujinken, just two guys bored out their minds who decided to go and brawl with a fight club that had ties to Shinpaku Alliance and Ryozanpaku after I delivered the ultimatum already."

Kajima then patted Naruto's back and joked, "Now let's get you home so you don't fall asleep in class."

Kang Song-Ih was back in her star room as she looked at picture in the locket. This was now her past-time, remembering back to those innocent times where life just seem so free.

Song-Ih looked at Kim Gae-ha the son of the director of the record company. The man was a piece of shit in her eyes due to his arrogant attitude and playboy lifestyle, he cupped his hands on her cheek, "Do you have a deal, Song-Ih? I'll make the recommendation that placed you at the top of the list if you become mine."

What could she do? She always wanted to become a star and had trained for it since she could walk. However, it would all be for nothing if she couldn't get a record deal. Her parents sacrifice so much to place her in both school and stardom training. This was her last shot at fame and fortune.

And so, she said the damning words, "You have a deal."

She had everything she always dreamed of now. More money then she could spend, fans that cheer her name everywhere she goes, and thanks to that scandal with Kim Gae-ha that involved drugs, she was now a free woman with all the benefits. All it really costed her was her pride for a time and Naruto, her ex-boyfriend.

And yet, why did Naruto's face keep haunting her? Those dead tired eyes that said he had witnessed too much in his life, his body slumped as if it was carrying a great weight and the cynical words he said to her the last time they heard from one another...

"You're no longer the woman I loved. To me, you're just somebody that I used to know."

Why was she feeling jealously when he bounced back and had his arms around another bimbo? Why did she stalked him on his dates with that girl? Why didn't she tried to beg for his forgiveness and asked him to take her back?

Song-Ih knew the answer to that last one through, it was her pride that had stopped her. In her mind, she shouldn't have been the one to beg when he was dating an Idol, someone who was above his station of school delinquent.

It certainly back-fire on her through when it turned out that he was the heir to a successful multi-billion foreign company and the only reason he stayed in Korea was because his friend was here. It was also the reason why he was a delinquent, he had taken online courses and passed with flying colors leaving alot of spare time for him to play around.

Now, she was alone at the top of the world and she hated it. Because when you're at the top, the only place you could go is down below.

Done, we've seen Naruto's first girlfriend and I hoped that you didn't get too attached to her because the only reason she showed up was to advance the backstory. It's highly unlikely that she'll show up again unless I feel it's important for her to show up.

Also, as I don't want to send you people on a wild goose chase. Kang Song-Ih is an OC. All I did was borrow the name from a Manwha called 'Idol Shopping'. The name for the Manwha itself as well as 'Sun-Ken Rock' Idol manager arc inspired Song-Ih's occupation.

Fun fact: Shinwoo's habit is based off of me. I really do send palm strikes at anything moving even remotely fast to me. I also happen to kick anything moving below the waist. Useful in some cases and not-so-useful in others (*Cough* Lost a lot of potential girlfriends that way.)

Preview

"Unfortunately for someone like me, who's body is a weapon, balancing power with personal enjoyment is always a hassle for me." Naruto spread his arms as he grinned, "But, I guess I can get a little more serious for you."

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Korea (Flashback)

Naruto opened the door to his room and froze by what he saw.