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 7 is finally up. For those of you in the know, my laptop's hard drive broke on my birthday. Not only that but while I was on holiday in Tenerife my Blackberry got picked out of my pocket on a night out and the Police did nothing because they did not believe me. So, the beginning of July was not the best at all, but it has been sorted now. So here you go readers.

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.

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"Yo" Thought

"Yo" Demon Speaking

"Yo" Demon Though

Memories Through Battle: Part 2

Konoha Hospital was quiet today, the first time in several days. The Genin teams were currently sitting quietly in Naruto's personal room, watching him as he was still unconscious from the Hollow attack. This paired with the incident in the reception caused all of them to think about how the blond was treated.

Flashback

Asuma, Kurenai, and the Genin had arrived at the hospital after giving the ninja on guard duty to get the Hokage. Naruto was on Asuma's back as he went to the reception desk to speak to the young woman on duty at the time.

"I need Naruto's personal doctor and nurse, now please."

The woman looked at Asuma before her eyes became cold and her response made the entire room feel like it was going to freeze over any second. "He is away at this moment in time as well as the nurse. Just leave that thing outsi… I mean, him in reception and they will deal with it when they get back."

Most of the Genin were shocked by what she said. Finding out Naruto had a personal doctor and nurse got most of them thinking 'why', but what this woman had said about him was just horrible. How anyone could say that about any person must be seriously disturbed in the head. This is when Ino spoke up suddenly, "But he is hurt and needs medical attention."

"As I said to Asuma-Sama, leave him here and the doctor and nurse will deal with it when he gets back," every one of them noticed that she spoke with venom in her voice and her eyes got even colder.

"But he could die," Sakura said while trying to make this woman, more like a monster, see sense before Asuma spoke in a tone that not even Team 10 heard before that it scared them.

"Not giving a patient the proper care or treatment that they need is a crime itself, but to deny a Konoha Ninja medical treatment can get you classed as a traitor to this village and you executed. Call them, NOW!"

At this point the receptionist stood up, anger in her eyes and rage dripping from the next words she spoke. "First off, he is not classed as a patient. He is not even human. He is NOTHING but a filthy, pathetic, worthless DE…" She suddenly stopped speaking as the Hokage entered the hospital and gave off such a powerful Killing Intent directed at her that it would make any god or goddess cower in fear. His voice scared everyone even his son, Asuma, who never in his life heard him or saw him like this.

"If you so much as THINK about finishing that sentence, then you WILL pay a visit to Ibiki Morino before you ARE executed."

The woman's eyes widened as she stuttered her response, lifting the phone up slowly as she did. "I… w… w… will call… him now H… Hokage-Sama."

Flashback End

The Genin kept quiet as they tried to hear what the Third, Asuma and Kurenai were saying but Sakura kept thinking about… the man who saved Naruto. Shinigami, he called himself, at least she thought that was his name. She was thankful for what he had done as Team 7 had grown a lot closer since the mission to Wave Country. "Naruto, please wake up soon."

Kakashi, Guy, and Naruto were shocked at how quick the Hollow was attacking. Naruto barely managed to block the attack, making the Hollow retract its tongue and glare at them. All three dashed forward before splitting up, Kakashi getting ready with a Fireball Jutsu, Guy jumping up into the air getting the height he needed to deliver his foot to the Hollow's face and Naruto summoning fifteen Shadow Clones.

The Hollow shot its tongue out at Guy's leg then brought him down to the ground slamming him into the ground hard making him cough up blood from the impact. It then shot out its hands, forming the one going towards Naruto into a fist, and slammed it into all of the Shadow clones before connecting with the real Naruto and sent him flying face-first into a tree trunk hard. The other quickly tried to grab Kakashi but he managed to dodge by the skin of his teeth and cancel his Jutsu in the process so he could go on the defensive.

Kakashi dashed to where Guy had landed and threw a flurry of shuriken at the Hollow to try and slow it down to try and regroup. The Hollow simply kept walking towards them as it blocked most of the shuriken with one of its arms but one managed to hit it on the left side of the mask where its cheek would have been. It let out a roar and clutched its mask as an opening appeared and it quickly dashed back and disappeared.

Guy slowly got to his feet but stumbled slightly as both he and Kakashi moved to where Naruto had slid down the tree trunk and lay face-first on the floor. Guy was keeping an eye out in case the Hollow came back while Kakashi tried to wake the young Soul Reaper, "Naruto are you okay?"

Naruto turned onto his back and sat up slowly as the pain passed, "Did I win?"

"You lost to both the fist and the tree."

"Ugh, I thought I did," Naruto had to use his Zanpakutō to help him to his feet till he could stand up properly. Though as soon as he stood up straight part of his mask fell off showing part of his forehead and stopped just below his left eye.

"Kit be careful. Another hit to your head could break the mask completely and stop the illusion. I can repair it when you are back in your body just so you know but you should have seen that punch coming!" Naruto could hear the anger in his voice as he nodded.

"Yes be…" Naruto suddenly heard a high-pitched noise in his head as the voice continued again. "…Naruto."

"Kyūbi can you try and find out who has invaded my mind please?"

"I have an idea, but I need more… LOOK OUT!"

Naruto turned just in time to see an opening and the Hollow appear beside them all as it caught one of them in its mouth, knocking the others away. Unfortunately, Naruto was the one caught in its mouth but quickly used his Zanpakutō to wedge the mouth open to stop it chomping down on him. He placed his feet on the jaw, his hands holding on to his Zanpakutō tightly as suddenly his weapon slipped and gave the Hollow a deep slash over towards its right eye. This caused that part of its mask to shatter and cause Naruto to be haunted by what he saw.

The Hollow clutched at its mask and this time gave out a feminine scream, the scream that reminded Naruto of the night of his first kill.

Flashback

Naruto stood there, the bloody knife in his right hand as blood dripped off the tip of the blade and fell to the small pool of blood that it made from being in the same spot for so long. His hands and clothes, even his face, was covered in dark red blood as it slowly coagulated. The Hokage looked at him in sympathy as he slowly and carefully took the blade from him and placed it onto the body of Hiroshi, the now-deceased orphanage owner.

Suddenly several ANBU appeared and started to remove the blood from the scene and from Naruto as quickly as they could. As this was happening the Hokage sealed the body and the blade that was used with a special Jutsu if ever a situation like this happened.

"Naruto?"

Naruto looked to his right and saw a girl, no older then he was, at the door that Hiroshi came out of. Her face was tear-stained and by the looks of it fresh tears were slowly falling from her now dull brown eyes, her normal straight black hair was now all over the place and he could see the bottom half of her nightdress had blood stained on it.

"Thank you," Her voice was hoarse, but she looked into his blue eye to make sure he knew that she really meant it.

"I… it's no problem…"

Flashback End

"Etsuko-Chan," Naruto said barely above a whisper as he stared at the Hollow still in shock. It dropped its hands and showed what Naruto had hoped was not true, but he saw it, part of Etsuko's face was showing from where the mask was missing. One yellow eye and one brown eye glaring right into his eyes as she suddenly dashed forward but he just sat there in shock. Before he could even react to her attack, he saw a blur of green and Etsuko recoiled back from having Guy's foot planted in her chin.

Etsuko suddenly vanished through another opening as Naruto heard Guy speak, "Naruto are you okay?"

"That was part of… Etsuko-Chan's face under that Hollow mask," he was still in shock that much that he sounded like he was in a daze.

"Naruto, it could be an illusion you know," Kakashi spoke as he held his arm slightly from hitting the ground hard after the surprise attack.

"I know but part of me thinks that it is actually her."

"You are right Naruto," Etsuko appeared before them, the mask started to repair itself as she glared at the three ninjas. "You really are smarter then you let on."

"But how come you are a Hollow? Hollows are just monsters, right?"

"Okay, maybe I was wrong about you being smart. But it does not matter as you will all DIE HERE!" She then dashed forward again but extended her arms out and tried to slash Naruto and Guy who both just barely dodged the attack but was distracted enough to allow a Kakashi Clone to slam a kunai into her thigh as the real one suddenly sprinted towards the back of her.

"Hidden Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu" He clasped his hands together leaving his index and middle finger in what looked like a tiger seal. "One Thousand Years of Death!"

He slammed his index and middle fingers into Etsuko's behind, sending her flying into the air as she screamed, "AHHHHHH, YOU PERVERT!"

"Kakashi, this is no time to use that Jutsu!" Guy looked at his rival in annoyance.

"Guy, it bought us some time to think of a way to stop her." Kakashi looked at Guy with his eye smile.

"DAMN YOU AND YOUR LAID-BACK ATTITUDE KAKASHI!"

"Guy-sensei, Kakashi-sensei bought us some time so that I can… cut her head off with my Zanpakutō." He tried to stand up using his blade to help him but suddenly dropped to one knee and started to pant heavily.

"Naruto what's wrong?" Kakashi looked at him worried, "He should not be tired at all with the amount of Chakra he has."

"Kit that tongue of hers has been taking your Chakra and making her stronger. And all Hollows were once Human Spirits at one point. I will explain it later but for now, just survive and send her to the Soul Society." Kyūbi's "encouragement" made Naruto suddenly want to do his duty as a Soul Reaper, knowing that by doing it he could help her rest.

"That tongue has been taking my Chakra. Any more and I might not be able to stand up at all."

"Okay Naruto, take it easy and Kakashi and I will…" Before Guy could finish, Etsuko appeared and grabbed Kakashi with her tongue and began taking his Chakra as she punched Guy full force and sent him through a tree branch and landed hard on the ground. Her other hand had grabbed the right side of Naruto's head and dragged the left side of his face along the ground and then slammed his head into the ground hard, causing the entire left side of his mask to have been removed.

Etsuko let go of Kakashi and lifted Naruto up, the left side of his face was covered in cuts as blood flowed from them slowly and he had his eyes closed in pain. She wrapped her tongue around Naruto's neck and drained him of more Chakra, slowly opening her mouth ready to devour him.

Before she could do anything more to Naruto, Guy got back to his feet and shouted "First Gate of Opening! OPEN!" The next thing Etsuko saw was her tongue being severed and Guy grabbing Naruto, getting him to where Kakashi was trying to stand. Guy's skin had turned red, his eyes pure white with no pupils and his hair was standing straight up.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" The scream was piercing as the stump that was Etsuko's tongue hung down and dripped blood on the floor quickly making a pool of blood on the floor.

"Guy, how long can you stay in that form without doing too much damage to your body?" Kakashi was thinking to himself, "I may have enough to use the last on my eye and one final attack."

"Not long Kakashi. What about you?"

"I have enough Chakra to activate the Mangekyō and one final Lightning Blade, I think. After that, I am out."

Guy just nodded as Naruto suddenly started to get up and emitted a low growl. "Naruto, rest up. We can deal with this."

"No, just keep her distracted and I can deal with her." Red Chakra started to slowly surround him, his nails started to turn into claws, his whisker birthmarks darkened, fangs grew in his mouth and his eyes turned red with slits in them as he heard the Kyūbi speak to him again.

"Take some. You are going to need it now if you want to stop her. You have next to no Chakra left so this is the only way. Nothing will happen I promise."

"Mangekyō Sharingan!" Kakashi's eye changed from three tomoes to a shape that resembled a pinwheel. "Ready?" They nodded as Guy suddenly dashed off at incredible speeds, heading right for Etsuko.

His feet planted right into her face and sent her flying landing hard on the ground. She got up quickly and sent her fist straight at Guy before he could react Naruto blocked the punch with his blade, but Etsuko managed to grab it tightly and would not let go. Naruto thought as quickly as he could and came up with an idea, "Down." He ripped through her flesh making her let go and scream.

Kakashi was watching and waiting for the opportune moment, his final Lightning Blade charged and ready to use. Guy went for her again to try and weaken her even more but dodged another attack and landed behind her as Naruto heard him say, "Front Lotus!" The attack connected and sent her towards Kakashi who started running.

Guy sealed his First Gate and dropped to one knee as he saw Kakashi get closer and shout, "Lightning BLADE!" Guy saw the attack pierce through where the stomach would have been before he deactivated his Mangekyō Sharingan and jumped back to a safe distance and saw that Etsuko dropped to one knee. "NARUTO NOW!"

Naruto was close to finishing this finally before he saw one last attempt, another fist sent towards him. Thanks to the Kyūbi's Chakra his speed and reflexes had increased allowing him to dodge with ease and decapitate the arm clean off. The screams were not as loud before, but Naruto had made his decision to stop her and he was not going to stop now. He slashed right through her mask horizontally making her stop moving.

After that, he reverted to normal and dropped to his knees exhausted when he heard her soft voice no longer filled with hatred, "Naruto?"

Naruto looked up and saw that the mask was completely gone, and her face was there and she was looking at him with her brown eyes filled with regret. "Etsuko-Chan."

"I am sorry."

"It is okay…"

"No, it is not. I hated what Hiroshi did to me and I could never thank you enough for what you did for all of us. But part of me started to slowly hate you because I kept thinking 'Why could you not have stopped him sooner before he… touched me?' and it just grew and made me into something horrible. I never wanted to hurt you, but I could not stop myself. Please forgive me." Tears were flowing down from her eyes and hitting the floor, her Hollow body started to fade slowly as she started to pass on to the Soul Society.

"Etsuko-Chan, I forgive you." Naruto gave her his fox-like smile that made her smile brightly as she nearly passed over.

"I hope I get to see you again Naruto." With her final words said and a small smile she faded away, Naruto lowered his head, praying silently while tears rolled down his cheeks but also made her a promise.

"You will see me again Etsuko-Chan. I promise you that."

"Naruto, are you able to stand?" Kakashi watched just in case Naruto passed out suddenly.

"I think I can. I need to get back into my body so Kyūbi can start to heal me faster than in this form." He stood slowly and balancing himself before sheathing his Zanpakutō and walking to them slowly, some of the smaller cuts healing themselves but slower than normal.

"Okay, Naruto let's head home."

Well, that is it guys and girls. Hope you like it. So, for starters here are the reviewer responses:

cmcwiki: I know I spoke to you over messages, but I don't think anyone got who the Hollow was. If anyone did well I must say congratulations are in order. However, I hope you will keep reading.

OBSERVER01: To find out, you must keep reading -wink- And I will keep it up thank you.

9foxgrl: You had the same guess as cmcwiki as Hiroshi, but as I like not picking the choice everyone thinks will happen, just to keep everyone guessing. Thanks, and I hope you keep reading.

saya420: Here is the next chapter and I hope you enjoy it. So, until your next review (which I hope is a good one) ja ne

bankai777: I think I mentioned this in messaging to you but am not sure. Zangetsu is Ichigo's and since Ichigo will be in the story later it would be wrong of me to take him away from Ichigo. Hope this answers your question.

Garuda 1 Talisman: Even though your review was for Chapter 4 I agree with you lol

Dark Soul Slayer: I think I spoke to you over messages as well. But again, my reason for not picking a Scythe as his Shikai form as in my eyes it would be too obvious as they are Death and Death carries a Scythe lol. But thank you anyway for your review.

ichigo1508: Yes, I like to leave cliff-hangers sometimes. Well maybe because I am a bit evil myself lol. Thank you for your review.

Krenaya: I thought that if someone who has never read or watched Bleach or Naruto before reads this (Even though it is unlikely) then I hope with my descriptions they will have a good idea what the characters look like before they read it or watch it. Also, the action scenes I try to keep them as action packed as possible. And I am trying to keep them in Character but later they will be different but not by much (I hope) Thank you for your review.

dragonamy21: I hope the wait was worth it lol. Thanks for your review.

And to the A/N reviews before I took it down (Goddess of Night Eternal Faith and 9foxgirl) it sucked but at least I am back now typing my stories and updating again. And thanks for forgiving me.

All I can hope for now is that August is a good month both for finding a new job (I need to get out of my temp job before I am moved to a different place with less money) and for my writing (Which I hope will mean a quick update for everyone who is reading this story, my other one or both.) If I can get both stories updated again this month then it will be great as a way to say sorry for taking so long in the first place.

A/N: This Chapter has been updated so that any mistakes have been sorted out.

Until next time.

Reven of Darkness