The Uzumaki Brigade
Things could NOT have been more fucked up anywhere in the Universe as they were here. Everything was one big hallway with a few paths on each side. The floor was unseen as the hallway was flooded. On the left side, Naruto's side, things had a dark, prison-looking theme. In each cell along the hall was a glowing red light of different sizes. Naruto assumed that the lights were his memories and the size of each one indicated how much he cherished it. On the right side, Hinata's side, the hall had a more homey theme. The walls were colored a beautiful bluish-gray, and in place of cells were traditional paper doors from which an orange glow emanated from some, while others glowed white as snow.
One glowed an extremely bright orange, and this intrigued Naruto. What memory could Hinata have that she cherished so strongly? He walked over to the paper door followed by Hinata. She had a slight idea of what was going on, but she had NO idea what this place was. Had she known, she would have stopped Naruto out of embarrassment. But when he was about to open the door, a violent electrical charge coursed through his body, sending his mind reeling and his body to the ground.
"N-NARUTO-KUN! Are you okay?" cried an extremely worried Hinata.
"I'm-I'm fine, but DAMN that hurt like hell. That stung worse than the time Mizuki-sensei used me to demonstrate how much a kunai can hurt."
"Okay class, today I'm going to teach you about kunai. These knives are the main ninja tool and have many uses. But today I'm going to do something different. No notes today, but instead a demonstration." said Mizuki with a glint in his eye.
The class cheered, especially Naruto and Kiba. They hated taking notes and could never make heads or tails of their own work. The class loved and trusted Mizuki, so when Naruto was called up, they all glared at him, making him feel like even more of an outcast.
"Naruto, close your eyes…Good. Now class, pay close attention as this will be the point of the lesson."
Naruto was a bit concerned with what might happen, but like everyone else he liked Mizuki and trusted him. When Naruto heard the air being sliced and felt a sharp pain on his right cheek, he cried out in pain. He stepped back and pressed his hand to the area where the pain lingered. He felt something warm and goo-ey on his hand, so he pulled it back and saw the crimson red of his blood trickle down his hand.
"AHHHH! HELP I'M BLEEDING!" cried Naruto.
The class up until this point was silent. When Naruto screamed, they started to as well. Naruto looked at Mizuki who had an evil glint in his eye. Three seconds later, Mizuki was on the ground with a nose-bleed and Iruka-sensei was holding Naruto. A strange man with spiky-white hair and an orange book was standing over Mizuki. Iruka carried Naruto to the infirmary where his wound was cleaned, and he learned it would become a scar. It was a small ugly slash on his face, under his right eye.
That night in his room, Naruto was contemplating what had happened. Mizuki had attacked him he gathered, but why? It made no sense to Naruto no matter how he looked at it. But the more he thought about it, the more he realized the mark hurt and made him feel off balance. Naruto got an idea and snuck out of his room into the main hallway of the Hokage Tower. He crept over to the Armory down the hall and entered the pass code to get into the vault. He grabbed one kunai from the back, a dusty one, and marked it with his insignia, a spiral. He snuck back into his room and went into the bathroom. He slowly and carefully marked two more lines below the first scar with the kunai. Then he made three more on the left side of his face to even it out. He placed a few bandages over the marks and went to bed, his face sore as hell.
The next morning at school, everyone, including Iruka, was surprised to see Naruto with six slash marks on his face, three under each eye. Mizuki was nowhere to be found for two weeks after the incident. Every student assumed it was Naruto's fault and they hated him even MORE than they ever had.
After the events on that day, Naruto has been trying to repress the memory. To this day, he feels a hesitation towards Mizuki, but he doesn't know why.
Suddenly from out of nowhere, came the echo of Darry's voice, "Naruto, Hinata, don't try to enter the others memories without the owner's consent! You'll be violently shocked if you try!"
"C-Could have told me earlier, bitch," Naruto said under his breath.
Suddenly Naruto felt a weaker stinging sensation and a hand print on his right cheek.
"OW!" he cried out in pain.
"DON'T…call me a bitch," was Darry's retort.
Then Gimmy's voice entered the hallway.
"Anyways, start checking hallways for signs of your personality. We'll monitor what you find and decide your mentors as well as your Gunmen types. Also, if you come across an animal somewhere along the way, try to make contact with it somehow. It will become your spirit animal and provide guidance throughout your life.
Naruto was curious about this…spirit animal…but he had to find things in his mind so Gimmy and Darry could get him a mentor and he could not only be a ninja, but also an Intergalactic Police Officer. He wanted this almost as badly as he wanted Sakura to like him. (At her spot beside the Blue Bastard Sasuke, Sakura sneezed into his hair. H looked at her with a glare that could kill Orochimaru in seconds)
With a goal in mind (no pun intended) and no clue what they were looking for, the duo set off down the hallway that seemed to never end. After ten minutes had passed Hinata finally spoke up.
"Naruto-kun, let's check that red pulsing hallway. It's-It's calling me…"
Hinata pointed to a small open doorway in the wall on the prison side. He shrugged and started walking down the path, Hinata close behind him. They walked for what seemed like hours (it was only thirty minutes) until they saw a light at the end of the tunnel (not intended). They rushed towards it, the light glowing brighter and pulsing faster with each step they took towards it. When they finally reached the end of the passage and stepped through the GIANT door, they each gasped in surprise at the sight on the other end of the room.
Fifty feet away from the pair was a massive cage the size of a football stadium. Inside the cage was what really startled them though. Thrashing about in it's prison, roaring with a massive Killing Intent strong enough to crush the two humans that were the first signs of life since it's capture, was a giant, nine-tailed fox.
"N-Naruto-kun, is this y-your spirit a-animal?"
"I-I-I…I think so Hinata…But what is the Legendary Nine-Tailed Fox doing inside my mind?"
"Don't you remember our lessons in class? The Fourth Hokage sealed the Fox Demon in an infant long ago. This would also explain why people treat you with such contempt in the village." Hinata said beginning to ramble to herself.
"ARG! LET ME OUT YOU WORTHLESS PILES OF FLESH! I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!"
Naruto let all the information sink in for a few moments, he let his head fall, his shoulder shaking heavily. Hinata noticed this and grew a worried look on her face. She put her hands on his arms and tried to hold him, to calm him down. She knew what would happen if he didn't relax. Then Naruto spoke with a voice that could kill the undead.
"You…BASTARD!…I'M...GOING…TO FUCKING…RAPE YOU!"
The outburst made both Hinata and the Fox cringe. Naruto crouched down into a fighting stance, and he dashed at the Demon Fox, fists ready to pummel the beast into a bloody pulp. But before Naruto could even land a single blow, the Fox recovered and swiped at him with a paw from inside the cage. Naruto was sent flying back to where he started. He landed with a crash and skidded along the tiled floor to Hinata's feet. When she saw her hopefully-future-boyfriend in pain, something went off in her mind, and she snapped. She charged at Nine-Tails with murder in her eyes, her KI was enough to make Zabuza flee. Her chakra was easily 8 times the amount she normally released, and her Byakugan activated for the first time. She saw everything within a 360* radius around her except for an area around her upper-back. She saw all of the Fox's chakra points, and she was going to seal each and every one of them.
The Fox swiped at her, but she jumped and pressed five points on the paw. Before she could land though, the other paw attempted to attack her as well. She forced chakra into her hands and punched hard into the oncoming paw. Her hands ripped through the pad and flesh all the way to the bone. The Demon Fox screamed in agony and lashed out with his tails. Three of them tackled Hinata to the ground and proceeded to pound on her. Naruto watched, unable to move, as his friend and teammate was ruthlessly smacked around by Nine-tails. He knew they were fighting a losing battle, and that they wouldn't last long at this rate. Naruto wished he hadn't attacked the Fox. He wished he hadn't brought Hinata into this…And he wished he hadn't helped Gimmy when he crashed with…
"Uhn…Uhn! I…I have to…help Hinata!*Cough*…But…I can't move…AHHHHG! I WISH I HAD LAGANN!"
Suddenly, the whole room began to shake violently. Nine-Tails stopped beating on Hinata, giving her ample time to press a chakra point on each of the Fox's tails and disable them. She shadow stepped before it could react and got beside Naruto.
"WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE BOY? TELL ME!"
The room began to glow green to the point where everyone was blinded. There was a loud screeching sound, and everything suddenly stopped. Naruto opened his eyes to see in front of him was Lagann. Hinata gasped as she regained her vision to see the gunman that was not there moments ago. Nine-Tails didn't seem to care about the new object in the room at all. It just wanted to inflict pain upon the two humans.
"BOY! RELEASE ME NOW OR I WILL KILL YOU!"
"Would've killed us anyway even if we didn't release you! But tell you what," Naruto picked up Hinata (who blushed at this and the thought going through her head) and hopped into the cockpit. " I'm feeling generous today so I'll release you and THEN kill you. Because no one, and I mean NO ONE, hurts my friends and gets away with it!"
He twisted the key in the ignition and activated the Lagann, then he pulled the levers and released the drills from the Lagann's hands. Hinata could not belive what was happening right now. It might have been the fact that she was fighting the Legendary Nine-Tailed Fox, finally releasing the Byakugan, or the fact that she was sitting in Naruto's lap, still blushing, with her hands around his neck with a perverse thought going through her head.
…Yup…definitely the last one.
"Listen you FUCKING PRICK! You belong to me now, got that. This is my mind and I will NOT hesitate to murder you with all of my power! If you EVER lay a paw on Hinata…Let my put it in terms you can understand…IMA RAPE YA BITCH!" Naruto said the last part in a deep voice that made him sound hilarious to Hinata, who bust out laughing so hard, she had to clutch her side to lessen the pain.
"VERY WELL THEN. RELEASE ME AND WE SHALL WORK TOGETHER…BESIDES, ALL I HAVE TO DO IN THIS HELL-HOLE IS MENTALLY TALK TO A DISMEMBERED PIRATE NAMED BOJACK, A SLICED UP DRAGON NAMED VOLVAGIA, AND A CRIPPLED GERMAN POTATO IN THE CORNER OF MY CELL. I CALL HIM CHUCK. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A DAMN WORD HE SAYS, BUT IT"S FUNNY AS HELL!"
Naruto was wondering about what the hell the Fox was talking about when he remembered to release the Demon. He walked Lagann over to the seal on the door of the cage and was about to remove it when a voice spoke up out of nowhere.
"Don't remove that seal my son! He is just tricking you."
Naruto turned towards the voice to find a blonde-haired man that looked very familiar. Hinata saw him and gasped.
"Oh-Oh my! Fourth Hokage-sama, this is an honor!"
Naruto came to his senses and got out of Lagann. He walked over the dead Hokage.
"Son, it is good to see you. I'm sure you have much to ay to me but now we mu-"
Naruto picked that exact moment to punch the guy that claimed to be his father. He wanted to beat him to a bloody pulp and then some, but his conscious said one great slug to the face was all he needed to vent his frustration…Damn conscious! As Hinata climbed out and walked over to Naruto with a scared look on her face, the Blonde Bastard (Naruto's new name for the guy) rose to his feet and laughed like he just heard a good joke, even though his nose was bleeding like shit.
"Hahahahaha! You have your mother's temper and both of our strength! I'm proud to be your father Naruto!"
"N-Naruto-kun, this man is your father? You are the son of the Fourth Hokage?"
"PREVIOUS Fourth Hokage. I'm dead now missy. I'm just a figment of my personality and memory sealed inside Naruto's mind in case he ever tried to release the Fox. I'll fade away when Naruto leaves. By the way girlie, who are you? You have a cute face so maybe his girlfriend?"
Hinata blushed a deep red at this comment.. The Fourth walked over to Naruto and whispered in his ear.
" Are you a player like your old man, son? Good job! You sure know how to pick them."
At this Naruto blushed and looked at his feet. The dead Hokage laughed and walked back to where he was before.
"DAMMIT UZUMAKI, WHY DO YOU always SPOIL MY PLANS? IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT I LOSE TO YOU AT POKER EVERY TIME WE PLAY ON MONDAY!"
"Oh shut it muzzle-mouth! What plans besides this one could you possibly enact? Now let me talk to my son before I Rasengan your face again!"
At this threat, the "Fox Demon" shrank back into a corner where a potato was laying. He started whispering to it, creating an akward moment for everyone in the room, including the potato.
"Listen son, we don't have much time so I'm going to tell you now, DON'T RELEASE THE FOX DEMON! Even with Lagann, you have no chance against him…And yes I know about Lagann. Just because I'm part of your mind doesn't mean I can't see your life from the inside. Now I have to go son, take good care of this girl. I sense she will play an important role in your life…Good-bye son."
He gave Naruto a hug and walked into the darkness. Naruto felt he would meet him again one day, but he hoped it wasn't soon. That guy was almost as much of an ass as the doctor that always tormented Naruto.
"…Hinata, stand back. I'm going to release the Fox and I don't want you to get caught up in it."
"B-But Naruto-kun…"
"Please Hinata, I have to do this… "
She walked over to the door hesitantly, wanting to be with him the whole way. He stepped up to the cage and grabbed the seal. ..Then he got smart and stopped. He walked over to Lagann, and climbed in. He willed the Lagann into action and pierced the seal with a drill, tearing it to shreds. As the cage opened, the Fox realized this and stopped whispering to the potato named Chuck. It dashed out of the door and swiftly lashed a claw down onto Naruto. Being pinned to the ground by a half ton fox demon makes it hard to do anything, but Naruto got an idea, and rapidly pulled the levers backward, extending the drill from Lagann's forehead. This was the exact same paw that Hinata punched through earlier. In the exact same spot was where the drill pierced. The Fox howled in pain but did not release his prisoner.
"ARRRRRGH! THAT'S IT…CHUCK! ATTACK!"
Naruto got a stupid look on his face as he looked over to the potato. After nothing happened for a few moments, Naruto looked back at the Fox with a confused look. If the Demon Fox could have facial expressions, it would be sneering right now. Naruto heard a sound coming from the corner of the cell and when he looked over, he gasped.
The potato was growing claws and masculine legs. It stood up while it continued to grow, a mouth now forming on it's…face? When it finally stopped growing, it was ten feet tall and extremely dangerous looking. It had the deepest voice known to man, and when it talked, Naruto could barely keep himself from laughing his ass off.
"Ich haben ein sehr Klein Problem mit du zwei! (I have a small problem with you two)" said Chuck.
"…"Naruto
"…"Hinata
It lunged at Hinata, and without thinking, Naruto lept from Lagann, and pushed Hinata out of the way of Chuck's deadly…claw? She fell onto something soft…and yellow. She looked and it was a rabbit.
"Ow missy! You know, it's not very lady-like to land on somebody…That won't inpress my son. But if you were to land in his arms you might get him…"
"Fourth?
"You two are still not ready for Nine-Tails. Guess I have to save you, huh?""
The Hokage rabbit started to glow, then he emitted a large amount of light from his body. When chuck's claw was almost upon him, Naruto's vision went white …