The Soul Reaper of Konoha
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bleach. If I did... well let's just say that Naruto would be totally different, especially that god awful ending, but Bleach would be about the same. I only kidnapped them to put them in situations for your own entertainment.
A/N: CHAPTER 6 IS HERE! I have had the idea for this chapter for a while now so this one was quick to get out, thank goodness. And damn I had a bad time since the last update. What with my PSN account being one of the ones in the world hacked and my information was stolen. Whoever did this is a total fucking bastard and I wish that they have the same thing done to them or are beaten to a pulp. Luckily, I was able to change my passwords and questions before any damage was done. And at least my card details were not on my account so that is a plus.
A/A/N: Again, this is an update to get rid of any errors I have missed and to get me back into writing as well as to make my stories better. Updated 20/03/2017.
A/A/A/N: Updated once again, I promise that these will be the last updates to the chapters before I start posting new chapters and finishing this story before finishing the others. I will be focusing on one story only and finishing it before moving on. This will help me to focus instead of losing track and getting a massive writer's block for several years. I will update everyone with what has been happening with Chapter 11. Updated 23/10/19.
Anyway on with the story.
"Yo" Speaking
"Yo" Thought
"Yo" Demon/Hollow Speaking
"Yo" Demon/Hollow Thought
Memories Through Battle
The past few weeks had been hell for Team 7. They had passed the bell test, but it was a bit of an uphill battle. While Naruto tried to get help from both Sakura and Sasuke for the test, Sakura refused, saying she would only help Sasuke so that it would just be the two of them on Team 7. While Sasuke, in a way, when he saw Naruto try and help him instead of sitting back and just letting him do all the work, he decided to work with him realizing he had a better chance to get the bells. After the time was up Sakura was the one tied to a wooden post. They did finally pass, only after both boys fed Sakura after being told not to do that which means they broke the rules making them trash, but they never abandoned each other which means they were, in a way, better than trash.
After doing several D class missions around the village they took their first mission away from the village, which should have been an easy C class mission but had been upgraded to an A class mission after they were attacked by the Demon Brothers. It was then after Kakashi has given him a good talking to about putting his students in danger, that their employer Tazuna explained the situation to them that a man named Gato was slowly taking over the Land of the Wave. After hearing this Team 7, except Kakashi, all agreed to help him out and carry on the mission.
Just before they got Tazuna to his house they encounter the Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza Momochi. A brutal battle took place and after saving Kakashi, Zabuza was killed by a Hunter-Nin from Kirigakure, or so they thought. It turned out that the Hunter-Nin was a boy named Haku, Zabuza's apprentice and "Tool". After the bridge was near completion Zabuza and Haku attacked them for the final time, going all out to try and kill Team 7, minus Naruto who was still sleeping in, which ended up being a good thing as he ended up saving Tazuna's daughter, Tsunami, and grandson, Inari, from Gato's men.
Naruto, when he arrived at the bridge, ended up getting trapped with Sasuke in Haku's Ice Mirror Jutsu trying to help out. They tried everything they could to escape but nothing they did could break the Jutsu or stop Haku from "killing" Naruto's rival and new friend who had just unlocked his Sharingan. His anger ran on high, which made him tap into the Kyūbi's power, but not the power he was used to. This power was a lot darker, more intoxicating and more enticing to use. He basically destroyed Haku nearly ripping the boys head from his body but Haku was able to vanish and take a killing blow meant for Zabuza from Kakashi.
That was when Gato had arrived. He came to betray Zabuza and inform him that he was never going to pay him from the start and that his men would finish them all off before he squeezed out the last bit of hope from this land. At that moment Zabuza asked for two things, he asked someone for a Kunai to use and for someone to hold his weapon for him. Kakashi was the one to give him the Kunai he desired by placing it in his mouth and Naruto, who had calmed down finally and became normal again, took hold of his sword till he got back.
After the Demon of the Hidden Mist had massacre most of Gato's men including the foul man himself, Naruto felt a pull on the sword he was holding before it quickly disappeared and, for some reason, reappeared beside Zabuza. He never thought anything of it as he was more worried about giving Zabuza and Haku a proper sending off. The sword was now placed on Zabuza's grave as Team 7 left after the bridge was finally completed but not before the Wave giving them a sending off. In honor of them, especially Naruto, Tazuna decided to call it The Great Naruto Bridge. Naruto got shy and thanked him for such an honour. Even Sakura and Sasuke were happy for him, though Sasuke was a bit jealous he never let that get in the way of him being happy for his new friend.
Team 7 were now at Training Ground 7 waiting for Kakashi to show up even though he was an hour late AGAIN. Just as they thought about going to find their sensei when he suddenly shunshined before them, "Yo!"
"YOU'RE LATE!"
"Sorry I had to help an old lady get her shopping back to her house." Kakashi just smiled under his mask. "Now then today's training. At times you three will be with another team on missions that require two teams. So today you will be having a joint training session with Team 8, Team 10 and Team Guy at Training Ground 20 in the next hour. You will find out what the training is when you get there."
As they arrived, they saw that the other teams were already waiting around. They managed to get a quick look at who was on the other teams. Team 8 consisted of Kiba Inuzuka and his partner Akamaru, Hinata Hyūga and Shino Aburame and were led by Kurenai Yūhi. They were a tracking and locating team.
Kiba while clearly human had several physical traits more akin to animals. Like the rest of his clan, he had messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, pronounced canine teeth, and nails that he can change into claws. He also has the distinct red fang markings of the Inuzuka clan on his cheeks. His outfit consisted of dark grayish pants reaching to his calves and a grey, hooded fur-lined coat, with the hood usually placed on his head, over an apparent plate of armour and fishnet undershirt and blue sandals. His forehead protector was on his forehead covered slightly by his hood.
Hinata had dark blue hair, fair skin; traits she inherited from her mother, and white eyes due to the Byakugan, with a tinge of lavender, her hair was in a hime-cut style, with chin-length strands framing her face. She wore a cream-coloured hooded jacket with a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, with navy blue pants. Her forehead protector was worn around her neck.
Shino had dark bushy brown hair, pale skin, and was the tallest ninja of his graduating class. Shino is regularly seen sporting the same style as the rest of his clan, consisting of dark sunglasses and a sea-green jacket with a high, upturned collar. His forehead protector was on his forehead.
Kurenai is a Jōnin kunoichi with long and black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and a set unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them like the legendary Rinnegan, albeit fewer ripples. She wore make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her outfit consists of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible. Over this is a very broad material that resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs are also wrapped in bandages and had regular shinobi sandals on her feet. She wore the Konoha forehead protector on her forehead.
Team 10 consisted of Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Chōji Akimichi and were led by Asuma Sarutobi son of the Third Hokage. They formed the new Ino-Shika-Chō for this generation just like their parents had been before them.
Shikamaru was, to put it lightly, lazy. He had fairly long jet-black hair tied in a spiky ponytail, narrow brown eyes, and has both ears adorned by earrings, which were given to him Asuma. His attire is rather plain, consisting of a green-lined mesh T-shirt under a short-sleeved grey jacket with green edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with his a circle with a line through it and wore brown pants and blue sandals. His forehead protector was worn around his left arm.
Chōji had brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks, and like the rest of his clan, he has a much more robust physique than most other ninjas. He wore grey shorts, a rather long white scarf and a short-sleeved green jacket over a white shirt with the kanji for "food" on it. He also wore ring earrings, and his legs and forearms were wrapped in bandages. His forehead protector was also worn on a bandanna around his head.
Asuma had brown eyes, short black spiky hair, and beard. His clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up. He also wore a flak jacket, the Twelve Guardian Ninja sash around his waist with the kanji for "Fire" marked on it, a bracelet on both of his wrists and bandages on both arms of his outfit as well as regular shinobi sandals. His forehead protector was worn proudly on his head.
Finally, Team Guy consisted of Neji Hyūga cousin to Hinata, Tenten, and Rock Lee and were led by Might Guy. They were the close-quarters combat squad.
Neji had noticeably long, dark brown hair, typical of males in the Hyūga clan; his hair reached the middle of his back and was tied back a few inches above the end, while two straps attached to a smaller headband underneath his ninja forehead protector to frame the sides of his face. Like the rest of his clan, he has very fair skin and possesses the Byakugan which caused his white eyes but had a hint of grey to them. He wore a khaki shirt and dark brown shorts. He also had bandages wrapped around his right arm, chest, and right leg. His forehead protector was worn on his forehead.
Tenten had brown eyes and long brown hair which she wears in Chinese-style buns, one either side of her head, a pink sleeveless blouse and dark green pants. She also wore scrolls on her back which held her weapons safely and were within easy reach. Her forehead protector was on her forehead under her fringe.
Rock Lee had hair was cut and styled into a shiny bowl-cut as well as thick bushy eyebrows. He wore a green jumpsuit, orange leg warmers, and wore his red forehead protector as a belt, also there were bandages he regularly wore around his hands and wrists, which also cover a set of stitches on his left hand, a trait that was due to his rigorous taijutsu training.
Might Guy was their Jōnin sensei. He was a tall man whose protégé, Rock Lee, has modelled himself after Guy to bear a striking resemblance: they have the same thick eyebrows and black hair cut in the same bowl style. He also wore a green jumpsuit, orange striped leg warmers but wore the standard Konoha flak jacket, though it's normally unzipped. His forehead protector is worn around his waist, like a belt.
Team 7 had noticed that their sensei was missing, which made them angry. But Sakura's anger got worse as Ino spoke, well shouted "Sasuke-Kun! Over here!"
"Ino-pig, get it through your thick skull, Sasuke-Kun is mine!" Sakura glared at Ino with a glare that could kill anyone, even the Sannin.
"Forehead, Sasuke-Kun is not yours, he is mine!" Ino shouted as she ran over and grabbed his left arm as she glared right back at her with the same intensity as Sakura grabbed his right arm.
Naruto just sighed as Sasuke was slowly getting a vein throb in his head. Just as he was about to explode and shout at both the girls the Shikamaru talked Ino off him, "Ino, Asuma can see you, you know."
Ino slunk away ashamed at herself at the way she acted in front of her sensei. "Sorry guys." This alone shocked the co-founder of the Sasuke Fan Club as well as Sasuke himself.
"It is okay Ino. It is just you were embarrassing yourself." Chōji said while he stuffed his face with a hand full of chips he was eating from.
"Shut up Chōji!"
"That's enough Ino," Asuma said as he looked at her. "We will wait for Kakashi to arrive, okay?"
Ino just nodded as she looked down, but the silence was broken by Konoha's Sublime Green Beast of Prey. "My youthful rival, I knew I should have challenged you to a 'be on time' Contest. I would have been two wins up in our youthful battle!"
As soon as he finished, Kakashi appeared in front of them all, "Yo everyone, sorry I was late I had to go the long way around after seeing a black cat cross my path."
Naruto and Sakura just muttered "Liar."
Kurenai then spoke, "Now that we are all here," she glared at Kakashi for his tardiness, "we can start today's training. Today you will learn how to depend on another team that you have had no experience with. You will need to find each other's weaknesses and strengths."
"Now your task for today to help you develop is to stay hidden while the four of us search for you. The time limit is twelve hours. This will utilize your stealth, survival skills, instincts and will also show how well you work together with others." Asuma said while taking a drag on his cigarette, he smiled when he could hear Shikamaru say how troublesome this would be.
"You will need to use your Flames of Youth to outwit us and stay hidden. That is if you can stay hidden from us," Guy smiled brightly doing his nice guy pose.
"Now you get a thirty-minute head start. Ready? Go!" As Kakashi said this, the Konoha Twelve vanished before them. "Now let's hope you can stay hidden."
Six hours had passed for the training and it was going well. They were currently in a cave near the edge of the forest surrounding the Training Ground. They had learned that Kiba was able to detect the Jōnin through smell with his partner, Neji and Hinata with the use of the Byakugan had near three hundred and sixty degree vision so they could detect movement and Shino using his bugs could see if the Jōnin passed by them and tell them which way they were heading so they could go in a different direction to throw them off for a bit. The others used their other skills to help and keep them moving. Naruto found his Shadow Clones useful when he was keeping watch, as he found out that if one dispersed, he would get the information back and be able to get everyone moving quickly before they got caught. This happened once by accident which is how Naruto found out. However, it was all Shikamaru's plan. They ran for fifteen minutes before Shikamaru stopped them and spent five minutes planning how they were going to last twelve hours before running for the next ten to get more distance from the Jōnin.
Right now, they were all taking a break. Six hours on the run with only short breaks before the Jōnin caught up to them had drained them all, bar Naruto, of their Chakra. Everyone was talking to each other quietly, trying to find out about the other Genin's potential strengths and weaknesses that they did not know about so they could better prepare. Though Neji was not friendly to Hinata he would not say why but then again he was not that friendly to anyone. However, Sasuke, knowing that Naruto would not be able to get out of telling them instead of just asking him at their team meetings where he could make an excuse, suddenly asked something that got everyone's attention.
"Naruto, why are you so scared of a dead man?"
Naruto just suddenly froze up, not sure what to say as it seemed everyone was looking at him. "I…I…I don't want to talk about it."
"What is this about a dead man?" Kiba almost shouted as Akamaru yapped with him.
"Naruto mentioned in his introduction that he hates the old orphanage owner. We, for one, don't know why but we overheard him talking to Kakashi-sensei." Sakura had a worried look on her face.
"You overheard me?" Naruto suddenly looked panic-stricken and his eyes darted around like he was looking for a way out and shifted towards a corner.
"Naruto-Kun your teammates only want to help you which shows they have Flames of Youth, especially Sakura-chan," Lee said while making eyes at Sakura but she took no notice.
"Whatever it is, opening up will help you heal," Tenten said while Neji as he just stared.
Even Shino nodded as he spoke, "Naruto, we all will have a dark past, some of us sooner than others. You shouldn't be ashamed of it."
Naruto, knowing he was not going to escape without answering, especially when everyone was pressing him, took a deep breath as he began to speak softly, his voice almost breaking "I…I was beaten up by him every day. Every single boy in the orphanage was beaten like me but I was beaten for longer than the rest. The girls well he…" He struggled with his words for a second before he spoke again, "Forced them to do things they should not have done. Especially the younger ones."
Everyone looked shocked, so shocked that even Neji had a look of shock on his face and Chōji stopped eating, by this as they looked at Naruto as he continued, "One night I just…I…I snapped. It was like I was possessed, I grabbed a knife from the kitchen and when he walked from one of the girl's rooms back to his own room, I…I stabbed him. I stabbed him over and over and over and I just remember suddenly realizing what I was doing and being covered in blood. I was so scared. I can still see the blood on my hands some nights." Naruto suddenly wiped his eyes to stop the tears flowing as he remembered that night. "It was covered up by the Hokage, but everyone stood up for me and called me a hero. I am no hero."
"N…Naruto-Kun you s…saved them from him, though," Hinata said softly.
Naruto suddenly heard his mobile go off as his eyes widened. Everyone looked at where the sound was coming from when they saw Naruto take a mobile phone out and look at it. He muttered something as he stood up. "Naruto, what are you doing?" Ino asked quickly.
He just kept quiet as he suddenly runs from the cave at full speed towards where one of his clones was located. Everyone just looked at him run off in shock. "What just happened?" Neji asked but before anyone could answer Sakura went red as she suddenly screamed.
"NARUTO YOU BAKA!"
"They are doing well," Asuma said.
"Yes, they are. Even though we are 'trying' they are using teamwork to their advantage." Kurenai said with pride.
"They are using the FLAMES OF YOUTH! It must have been my team to show them how to use it so well," Might Guy said doing his nice guy pose again.
"Yes, they are doing….." They heard a pop and next thing Naruto running towards them with the rest of the Konoha 12 chasing him.
"NARUTO STOP BEFORE YOU FAIL US DAMN IT!" Kiba shouted
"Naruto this is not the Flames of Youth we should be using!" Lee shouted being the only one to nearly match his speed.
Naruto ignored them as he shouted to Kakashi. "MOVE NOW KAKASHI-SENSEI!"
Kakashi just looked at them as Naruto got closer quicker. "Naruto, you have caused everyone to fai….." He never got to finish as Naruto tackled him just as a Hollow appeared and slashed, hitting Naruto's back as he hissed in pain, blood flowing out of the wound.
Everyone just stopped as they saw the Hollow emerge from the ground through a hole that closed itself. The Hollow had long arms that moved as if it had no bones in it. The body reminded them of a bell as it could not balance itself on its two feet. The mask it was wearing covered its entire face as the top of it bent backwards and looked like it was connected to its back; it had small horns on it that made it look like it was wearing bull horns. But what got everyone was the hole in its chest.
"EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE! HELP IS ON THE WAY!" Naruto took a kunai out of his pouch and readied himself as he thought, "Damn it I never had time to switch. This is bad."
Asuma suddenly spoke up, "Naruto you go with the Genin, we will hold off this thing." The Hollow suddenly turned and its arm extended punching Asuma hard, sending him into the path of a tree. The force he hit it at broke the tree in half with ease.
"Asuma!" Kurenai shouted and suddenly cast a Genjutsu on the Hollow but it just turned on her as it spoke in a dark voice that sent a chill down everyone's spine, especially Naruto.
"You are not the one I want." It suddenly struck Kurenai as she slammed into the ground before turning to Naruto, "He is the one I want."
"Naruto, RUN!" Kakashi shouted as the Genin just stood, frozen with fear as this thing took out two Jōnin with no effort as suddenly its tongue flew out of its mouth and wrapped around Naruto's neck before slamming him into the ground, knocking the wind out of him. Just as the Hollow thought it had won and started to draw Naruto towards its mouth to devour him Kakashi slammed his Lightning Blade right into the back of the Hollow flinging Naruto deep into the forest. It screamed in pain as it caught a glimpse of Guy flying towards it.
"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" Guy was aiming for the head, but the Hollow dodged it quickly as it started to chuckle darkly as the wound Kakashi caused healed up slowly. "Kakashi, even your cool, laid back attitude is not stopping this… thing."
"Then we need to take it on togeth…huh?" Kakashi looked behind the monster as he saw someone jump into the clearing.
The Hollow suddenly got scared as it sensed a lot of Spiritual Pressure coming closer. As it turned it saw what everyone else saw as well including the Genin.
Naruto stood holding his body under his left arm, his Zanpakutō in his right hand already unsheathed, his new mask covering his face as his green hair framed his mask more, he glanced at the Genin as he spoke in his new voice, "Hurry, take Naruto to the Hospital. He has been injured badly and is unconscious. Tell the Hokage that Shinigami is dealing with the one who did this to him."
Kakashi grabbed Naruto and quickly passed him to the Genin as Asuma and Kurenai had woken up and just stared at the newcomer as he spoke again. "Asuma-san and Kurenai-san go with them just in case this Hollow does go after you to kill Naruto and he escapes me. Kakashi-san and Guy-san, I need you two to stay here with me just in case this one is too much for me."
Both Asuma and Kurenai nodded as all of them ran off towards Konoha. Kakashi and Guy joined Shinigami, one on each side, as Kakashi spoke first. "Nice acting. You even had me fooled. Oh, and I think we should let the other Jōnin-sensei's know about this."
"Thanks. Now let us deal with this Hollow. And it might be wise. Hi, Guy-sensei." Naruto said with a slight smirk on his mask.
"Naruto? Well, this is an interesting turn of events. We will destroy this…Hollow as you call it before it hurts anyone else in the village with our Flames of Youth." Guy said as he slipped into his fighting stance. Kakashi sighed knowing he would have to use it again as he lifted his forehead protector to reveal his Sharingan in his left eye.
Naruto readied his Zanpakutō into his attack stance as he heard a whisper. "Use me well Naruto."
"Kyūbi, did you say something?"
"No kit, I did not say anything to you." The Kyūbi suddenly looked intrigued, "Interesting, could it be that the sword is alive?"
Naruto ignored it and concentrated on the battle with this Hollow in front of him as it slowly gained its confidence again. Its arms slithered in the air like snakes as it slowly opened its mouth. Before any of them could react, it shot out its tongue again, aiming right for Naruto.
Well, that is the end of this chapter. I am glad this one is done now. As I said since the last update, I have had a few bad days. Writing has kept my mind off it at least. So, I hope you enjoy this chapter. And I know it is a cliff-hanger, but I thought it would have been best to end it at this point. And also this chapter is a record of over 4,000 words! I feel so proud.
A/N: Finally done edited this chapter now. I am closer to uploading Chapter 11 as well.
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