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, but Bleach would be about the same. I only kidnapped them to put them in situations for your own entertainment.

A/N: Here you go everyone, Chapter 8. All I can say is DAMN the ones who started the riots in London let alone in the other cities including MY OWN CITY! These people… sorry, they are nothing but mindless scum I would wipe off the bottom of my shoe. They attacked their OWN cities. That is like paying keep to your family than setting fire to your own house starting in other people's bedrooms and robbing it whilst punching your family and friends in the face. I really do believe now that some beings that have two legs on this planet have started to mate with ether Vegetables or Fast Food. Rant over on with the story!

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.

"Yo" Speaking

"Yo" Thought

"Yo" Demon Speaking

"Yo" Demon Though

The Path to Strength

Naruto, Kakashi, and Guy were traveling back to the village slowly, their injuries from the fight as well as Chakra exhaustion affected them greatly, as they jumped from tree branch to tree branch. Naruto was on auto-pilot following Kakashi and Guy as he was having an internal conversation with Kyūbi about some of the aspects of the Soul Reaper life. He was quickly brought out of this by Kakashi, who was trying to get his attention.

"Sorry, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto knew what this was going to be about from the look in Kakashi's eye.

"Naruto, what was behind that Hollow's mask?"

Naruto just sighed before answering the Cycloptic Jōnin. "It was Etsuko-Chan, the last girl to be touched by Hiroshi. And before you say it could have been a Genjutsu, it was not. If a soul stays in the World of the Living for too long, eventually they turn into a Hollow. A being of pure instinct with a mask that protects that instinct. You have heard of a husband or wife dying and then their loved one dying not long after?"

"Yes. That is usually because they have lost the will to live on without their loved one." Guy answered wondering where this was going.

"True but another reason is that the person that died first became a Hollow and went after the person it loved most." Naruto looked at them, the blood on his face had coagulated, the cuts on his face had stopped bleeding but were healing slower than normal and his mask had started to repair very slowly. "Hollows don't eat souls to fend off hunger, they eat to ease the pain they feel from the void created from its decent. The Zanpakutō cleanses the Hollow of the sins it has committed since becoming a Hollow, allowing it to go to the Soul Society."

"And if it has committed sins before becoming a Hollow?" Guy asked.

"That I don't know," Naruto answered truthfully, his purple eyes, shining in the light of the setting sun, looking forward and seeing Konoha was getting closer.

"Naruto, I noticed you are healing slower than when we went to the Wave. Are you ok?" Kakashi said with concern in his voice.

"I only merged half of the Kyūbi's Chakra and mine by accident with my Soul Reaper powers. So, I am only able to have half in this form, reducing healing by fifty percent. Also, the Kyūbi is constantly keeping up my disguise so it is even less for healing. Once I get into my body my wounds will transfer to my body and Kyūbi will be able to heal them as normal." Naruto stated.

"Ok Naruto. I will give the report for all three of us, including what you said about Hollows just now." Kakashi said. "Oh, and since the training was interrupted, I will make it only six hours instead of twelve hours so you all pass the training."

"Thanks, and by the way, you own me one Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said with a fox-like smirk.

"I think it is time you all went home. You have all had an eventful day." Hiruzen said to the Genin all sitting in Naruto's room, waiting for him to wake up.

"But…"

"No buts. It is late and you are all tired. You can all come tomorrow and see him." Hiruzen said with a soft smile.

The Genin slowly made their way to the door to go home but Sasuke and Sakura looked back at their teammate, the worry still on their faces when they heard Hiruzen's voice speak to them softly.

"If he wakes up, you two will be the first ones to know. Ok?"

Both nodded and said their goodbyes and slowly left, leaving Asuma, Kurenai and the Hokage alone when the window opened and Kakashi, Guy, and Naruto came through all battered and bruised.

"Welcome back. Glad to see all three of you are safe." Asuma said with a look of relief on his face.

"Thank you, Asuma-sensei. But how did you two know it was me?" Naruto replied.

"I told them. I thought in this situation it would be better to inform them so they would not worry too much about you." Hiruzen said with a smirk.

"Is the Hollow dealt with?" Kurenai asked seeing the injuries as Naruto waked back to his body and grabbed it, allowing himself to go back into his body. Cuts and bruises appeared on his face and body but quickly healed thanks to the Kyūbi.

"Yes, she is. I will explain it later but for now, it is all going to be in the report for Hokage-Sama, along with new information on the Hollows." Kakashi replied.

"I shall read it as soon as I get it then." Hiruzen said.

"I doubt you will like what you will read. It even shocked me right down to the Flames of Youth inside of me." Guy told him with a haunting look on his face. As he finished Naruto sat up slowly and groaned.

"Ugh… still a bit sore."

"Maybe you should rest here, just for tonight Naruto. Plus, the rest of the Genin are coming to see you tomorrow to see how you are." Hiruzen said.

"But Jiji-San you know I hate hospitals." Naruto pouted which caused the Jōnin and the Hokage chuckled slightly.

"You need to play along to keep Shinigami's identity a secret, don't you?" Hiruzen smiled as he knew that would get Naruto to stay.

"Ok, I will play along," Naruto replied. "But I am discharged tomorrow."

"That is fine. Now get some rest." As the Hokage and Jōnin left, Naruto lay back on the Hospital bed and closed his eyes, thinking he would not sleep but slowly drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

Naruto felt something on his chest and hot breath on his face as he slept. Slowly he stirred and opened his eyes to see Akamaru on him. Before he could do anything Akamaru gave a happy yap then started to lick Naruto's face.

"Ahhhhh!"

Akamaru then decided to jump off Naruto and run back to Kiba who was laughing hard at the sight. "Nice one Akamaru."

"Kiba, that was NOT funny!" Naruto shouted as he sat up quickly.

"You two calm down," Shikamaru said trying to be the voice of reason. "How are you feeling Naruto?"

"I have been better, to be honest." Naruto then had a thought about them seeing his personal doctor and nurse which scared him. "Kyūbi, what should I say?"

"About?"

"You know what about."

"Just make something up kit."

"That is all you are going to say?"

"Yep."

"Damn you, Fox."

"Love you too."

"Naruto?"

"Sorry guys. I am still a bit dizzy." Naruto held his head trying to make it believable.

"Ok, it is understandable. But we all want to know who is that Shinigami ninja?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh Shinigami?" "I thought it would have been about my treatment." "Well, he is a special Ninja. That monster that attacked us before, he hunts them down. The only one who can as well. I mean another ninja can, but he is the only one who can kill them in one blow. He saved me from two of them and gave me this," he grabbed the mobile phone from the side table and let them all look at it, "This lets me know if one is nearby so I can contact him so he can take care of it."

"He must be pretty strong then," Ino said being slightly impressed.

"Well, he told me he is only using half his strength and he messaged me before saying the only one he had trouble with was that one that attacked us," Naruto replied with a smile.

"Now on the next few questions we have. Why do all the villagers treat you so bad?" Neji said getting straight to the main question that everyone had on their minds. This made Naruto look shocked at them.

Before he could answer Neji, everyone but Shikamaru started to ask him different things ranging from why he has a personal doctor and nurse to why when they were at the academy he came in some days with bandages.

"Look, I really don't know." Naruto was giving everyone his best-confused face. "I really don't know. As far as I can remember it has always been like this and to be honest, I am used to it." This response shocked and saddened everyone bar Shikamaru who had a look on his face.

"Guys, I am really tired, is it ok if I go back asleep please?"

"Sure, just get out of here quickly ok?" Sakura said. "And because of the attack we only had to do six hours, so we all pass."

"That's great." Naruto smiled. "And I promise I will be out before you know it." He watches as everyone but Shikamaru left the room.

"Urm… Shikamaru, the door is there you know."

"Naruto, I know what you are hiding." Shikamaru looked at Naruto right into his eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto just shifted and looked down.

"Naruto, the holder of the Nine-Tailed Fox. It was not hard to figure out. The looks you get, you are getting called a demon, ridiculed by adults and even the kids." He started to look at the floor then hiding his face.

"But… but…" Naruto just looked on in shock at what he heard next.

"The hero of Konoha, the dead last who held back and kept the Kyūbi sealed no matter what, the ninja who could have turned his back on the village that hated him so much and sought out to get revenge but instead chose to protect it regardless of what happened to him." Shikamaru looked up at him and just smiled.

"Shikamaru…"

"I won't tell anyone, I promise you that. But when you decide you are ready to tell everyone else, I will stand by you as your comrade and friend." Shikamaru made his way to the door before saying, "To me, you are a hero, always will be no matter what."

"It is great to be out of that damn place," Naruto said stretching out the kinks he got from being in the uncomfortable bed at the hospital. He also thought about what Shikamaru said to him in his room as well. "I'm not a hero."

"Well, some people think you are a hero Naruto."

"That voice. Is that…?" Turning around quickly, Naruto saw the owner of that voice. "Urahara-san."

Urahara smiled softly at him as he walked closer with a walking cane. "Nice to see you again Naruto. How are you doing?"

"Nice to see you as well. And I am doing well, but I took a beating yesterday from a tough Hollow."

"Yet you beat her. So, it is all balanced out. I found out about it by sneaking into the Hokage's Office and reading the report." Urahara pulled his trademark fan and smiled like a Cheshire Cat.

"I guess. Why did you not tell me the truth about the Hollow's real identities?" Naruto said with some slight anger in his voice.

"Well because it might have put you off being a Soul Reaper. And I did not want that to happen." He closed his fan and gave Naruto a light tap on the head with it as his smile got even bigger.

"Ok, but I want to get stronger," Naruto said as he turned around. "Oh, and by the way…"

The next thing Urahara felt was a Shrunken in his forehead. He screamed as he pulled it out, causing his blood to slowly shoot out of him like a fountain. "AHHHH! THAT HURTS DAMN IT!"

"That is for thinking I would have turned my back on being a Soul Reaper and not helping people," Naruto said with a vein pulsing in his forehead.

Urahara quickly puts a plaster on his injury as a gateway opened behind Naruto. He quickly looked at it in shock but before he could ask about it, Urahara walked to his side and spoke to him. "That is a gateway to my world. Follow me and I will help you get stronger." He walked straight through the gate leaving Naruto on his own. Naruto without even giving it a second thought walked forward into the gateway as it closed behind him, but someone saw him walk through the gateway but could not hear anything, someone with pink hair that stood in shock.

"Welcome to my shop Naruto."

Naruto looked at the shop interior, the items on sale, as well as the shop owner again before looking down and saying, "It's dire."

Urahara sweatdropped at the statement before walking towards the back of the shop and opening a hatch for Naruto. "Head on down. I will follow you down in a minute. I just need to make sure that we will not be disturbed." As Naruto got into the hatch and started to make his way down, they both heard someone speak which caused Urahara to drop the hatch door right on top of Naruto's head.

"Miss Kuchiki? One moment, I'll wake the manager."

"Too late. I'm up." Faking a yawn as best he could he walked towards where the voices where, as Naruto shook the cobwebs out of his head, he looked in the direction Urahara was just as he spoke again. "Morning Tessai, Jinta, Ururu. Welcome, Miss Kuchiki. I got a shipment from the other side just yesterday. How can I help you today?"

He could not get a look at the others, but he could see who he thought was Miss Kuchiki. Short and petite, she has pale skin, violet-coloured eyes and black hair that was at shoulder length, with one strand of hair hanging between her eyes. She was wearing what looked like a uniform of some kind with what looked like a bow or ribbon on her shirt where her collar was. He was sure that she looked at him right into his eyes even if it was just for a second, but he shook the thought out of his head.

Before he hung around for too long, he headed down the ladder into what he thought would be a basement. When he reached the bottom, he got a good look at the area and was in awe of the place. It looked like a secret world was hidden inside of another world. The sky he noticed never had any clouds or even the sun in it; it was just a blue sky. Rocks and cliffs where everywhere he looked and the size of this place amazed him even more. How anyone could keep this a secret he will never know. Deciding to wait near the ladder he sat down on the floor near a rock and rested against it.

After what felt like a few hours but was actually a few minutes, time was hard to tell in this place, Urahara finally made his way down towards him. "Ok let's get started. Shall we?" Gesturing to an open area the two of them moved to get plenty of space. "Now you want to get stronger, yet you are not using your full potential. Correct?"

"How did you…? Correct."

"How did you get to this point then in your power, Naruto?" Urahara asked as he swung his walking cane around, almost like he was on a stage performing.

"I merged half of my Soul Reaper powers with half of my Chakra and the Kyūbi's Chakra by ripping off half of the seal and they merged though it hurt like hell."

"Ah the Kyūbi no Yōko, I know he was a powerful demon lord of Chakra. So, you and he are friends?" Urahara asked as he started to walk closer to Naruto.

"Kind of y…" Naruto got a shock when he found his body on the floor in front of himself and realized he was released into his soul form. He looked up and saw that at the bottom of Urahara's cane had the same symbol as his tag.

"I want you to merge the rest of your Chakra and the Kyūbi's with your Spiritual Pressure. And you cannot do that in your body, right?" Urahara's smile showed Naruto that he was almost acting innocently.

"But I have tried just like Kyūbi showed me to so we can bypass the seal, but it is like something is stopping me from actually doing it."

"Show me."

Naruto nodded and closed his eyes. Slowly his blue Chakra and the Kyūbi's red Chakra started to swirl around him going clockwise. He concentrated even harder and his Spiritual Pressure, orange and red in colour, slowly appeared as well and swirled around him anticlockwise. He held both his hands up like he was holding a ball and the two Chakras went to his right hand and become violet in colour in the shape of a ball. His Spiritual Pressure went to his left hand and became a ball as well but kept its colours separate, swirling around each other. The first time he did this to complete the process after removing half the seal, it was a breeze. The Chakras and Spiritual Pressure merged with ease, violet and orange/red combined. Life and death in perfect balance and harmony. Both powers working with no issues. This time, and like the time before this one, the powers resisted the merging process, almost like they were repulsed by each other. Naruto managed to get them closer to each other with extreme force but both balls suddenly split and the three powers swirled around him again. "See?"

"Interesting, it looks like one power is resisting the merge, almost as if it is changing a frequency constantly so he cannot become stronger, but it seems more like a block. Now, which one is it that is blocking?" Closing his eyes, Urahara concentrated hard for a few seconds before he got his answer. "Got it." He looked into Naruto's eyes and said, "Naruto, I need to go into your mind to sort this problem out. If there is a memory you do not want me to see, then picture a door and close it. I will not open it." Naruto just nodded and felt Urahara push into his mind slowly as to not hurt him.

Looking around Naruto's mind Urahara saw a cage with in front of him with a small piece of paper with the word seal on the front of it; how that stopped a being of pure and raw Chakra from escaping he will never know. "Kyūbi no Yōko I presume?" Urahara asked the rhetorical question already knowing the answer.

"Kisuke Urahara." The Kyūbi walked up to the cage doors and looked right into Urahara's eyes. "What do I owe such an… unusual visit from an outsider?"

"I need to know why you have blocked Naruto's attempts at merging his powers. And please be truthful." Urahara replied with no fear in his voice.

"You have guts I will give you that. The truth is it is not me stopping him. However, I know who is." The Kyūbi looked to his left as a hallway appeared suddenly. "Go deeper into the kit's mind and you will find the true culprit."

"Thank you Kyūbi. I am glad Naruto can trust you in his world." Urahara tipped his hat and took off down the corridor slowly as he heard the Kyūbi speak softly to him.

"I am doing this for the kit so there is no need to thank me."

To Urahara, it felt like an eternity had passed as he travelled down the corridor, but he finally reached the end of it and found a door that was black with red cracks in it. Turning the handle, he opened it slowly and looked inside before throwing the door open in a fit of slight anger. What he found was another cage with a seal on the front of it. Thinking he had been tricked, he turned around to head back to The Kyūbi but stopped when he heard, "What pathetic fool has entered my domain?"

Urahara was shocked that this voice was so full of malice, turning around slowly he made his way to the cage and found another Kyūbi no Yōko but with a darker and more sinister aura to it. Just by looking at it, Urahara could tell that this Kyūbi wanted the destruction of everything and the land and sea to flow with blood. "You are the one stopping Naruto."

"If it is not the worthless human who has helped my container, how did you get here?" Yami Kyūbi roared in a rage.

"I was shown here by… well, your good side." Urahara looked closely to see if there was a way to disrupt the block just long enough so Naruto could merge fully. He smiled slightly when he saw one and started to formulate a plan in his head and just hoped that it would work as well as he thought it would.

"My good side? He has lost his backbone and pride when he chose to help the very human who keeps us sealed inside of himself! It is bad enough that he merged half of our power in that meat sack, I was lucky enough to split from him when he did that so only his power is in him, not mine. Helping the very PRISON IS UNACCEPTABLE AND HAS DISGRACED US BOTH!" He pushed up against the cage hard and managed to slip his head through the bars and snapped right in front of Urahara to try and scare him but he stood still as if nothing had happened.

"You do not scare me, I have faced worse things than you and it has all made me stronger. Also, you were originally one being, interesting bit of information." Grabbing the bottom of his cane he pulled on the handle and pulled his cane apart to reveal a sword. This caused Yami Kyūbi to laugh hard in front of him.

"You think you can hurt me? Especially with that child's toy, you have in your hand? You must be stup…" His words were cut short as the sword slashed across his face, cutting deep into him. "How?"

"Surprised? Is it because you thought this was a normal sword? If so then you are very wrong and the stupid one here." Sending a kick to the Yami Kyūbi's jaw caused him to rear back hard at the force from the attack, which gave Urahara a chance to dash forward into Yami Kyūbi's cage and get close to him as he said, "It is a Zanpakutō. Hadō #4: Byakurai!" Pointing his index and middle finger forward with his left hand he shot a lightning bolt straight at Yami Kyūbi as it pierced straight through him. But that did not stop Yami Kyūbi from trying to counter the attack as he brought his paw down hard, trying to catch Urahara underneath him but Urahara dodged just in the nick of time and brought his Zanpakutō to the left side of his face as he dashed up aiming straight toward the hole he made. As he started to enter, he swung his Zanpakutō with all his strength and slashed through Yami Kyūbi, almost cutting him in half, as blood splatted everywhere in sight. He landed gracefully on the other side and began to remove the blood from his Zanpakutō.

"Y… you… YOU BASTARD! I WILL GET YOU FOR THAT!" Enraged, Yami Kyūbi started to create a giant Tailed Beast Ball, big enough to wipe out an entire village or city let alone one person, from its mouth. Without taking a second to think he fired it straight at Urahara.

"Think before you attack." The Tailed Beast Ball exploded right in front of him as he sheathed his Zanpakutō. He then held up his index finger as he counted the reasons, "I was outside of your cage, so you can not hurt me." He held two fingers up, "I have cut the power inside of you that is allowing you to stop Naruto from getting stronger. And finally," He held three fingers up this time, "you are probably thinking how a human like myself do so much damage to you and disable one of your, correct? To answer that, you underestimated me as I am a Soul Reaper and you are only at a forth of your true power. I am not."

"How DARE YOU!" Yami Kyūbi roared as his wounds started to heal, the hole and giant slash through his body taking longer to heal then a normal cut would.

"Know that you will never be able to hinder Naruto ever again. If you try too, I will rip you out of him myself." Urahara said with a glare right into Yami Kyūbi's eyes.

Yami Kyūbi chuckled darkly as he said, "Do that and you will kill this brat." He then gave the most sinister smile a fox could. "Do you really want to do that?"

"Did I say I would rip out the good side of you? No. If I remove you, he will be close to death but he will recover from it. This is your only warning." He tipped his hat to him and turned around as he muttered, "Farewell." He then vanished from Naruto's mind.

"I… I swear on all of my powers, this is not over. I will control this boy Kisuke Urahara. You cannot stop it."

"All done." Moving away from Naruto, Urahara smiled at him. "Now try again please."

Simply nodding, Naruto started again and managed to create the balls of energy in his hands again. Taking a deep breath, he pushed them together and found that they merged with ease. Grinning wide, he took that in his left hand and summoned his current merged power and pushed they both together, letting them both flow into one. As soon as it was completely merged, he erupted into a bright white light that covered most of the hidden room.

Urahara looked on without even flinching and saw that as the light died down Naruto was standing there, his outfit my not have changed but his mask had taken on more of a demonic Hollow like structure with more red and black markings on it. His Zanpakutō had also changed, it had grown to a similar size, Urahara thought, too Ichigo's Zanpakutō. It was just a bit smaller and the handle was the same with swirls on it but apart from that, it looked the same. "How do you feel?"

Taking a deep breath, he spoke, "Like I could take on an army of Hollows."

Smiling he tapped him on the back. "Congratulations. You are now able to tap into your powers fully."

"Thanks, Urahara-san."

"No problem. Now," The gateway opened behind him, "you better get back before people think you have scarpered."

"Will I see you again?" Naruto asked as he got back into his body.

"Of course, you will."

Naruto nodded and walked towards the gateway but he turned around and spoke one last time. "See you soon Urahara-san."

Waving he replied, "You too Naruto." Naruto walked through as the gateway closed. "Now time to check the stock levels."

Naruto got back to his world, but the gateway had opened in his apartment. He looked out of his window and saw that it was still during the day and smiled softly. Before he could think of anything someone knocked on the door. He looked out of the little spy hole he got installed and saw that it was Kakashi. He opened it and smiled, "Hello Kakashi-Sensei. What brings you here?"

"Sakura saw you with a strange man and that you walked through a strange opening and disappeared. You ok?" Kakashi said with concern.

"Oh, that was just Urahara-San. He was helping me with my Soul Reaper powers."

Nodding he looked relieved before quickly cheering up, "I thought that might have been the reason." He then spoke to him about the real reason he came. "Also, you have a team meeting tomorrow at 0700 hours. It is important that you show up."

"Urm…ok. Can you tell me what it is about?"

"It is a surprise. See you tomorrow." Kakashi shunshined suddenly but the thought about tomorrow excited him.

"I cannot wait now. I wonder what it will be about."

Urahara walked to the stock room and glanced around when he saw a box slightly out. "What?" Looking closer at it, he saw that it said on the side 'Defective Soul'. Looking inside the box he realized to his horror that he had given out the wrong package. "Uh-oh."

Well, that is this chapter done. I am sorry for that little rant at the beginning of the Chapter (Even if it is a few months out) but it needed to be said.

A/N: Finally done edited this chapter now. I am closer to uploading Chapter 11 as well.

Now the reviewer responses:

Storylover213: I spoke to you over messages and it was good. And for the review, I will keep it secret to everyone else. Thanks for your review.

Ccebling: I think I have mentioned this to one of my other reviews but Naruto's Zanpakutō Bankai is set in stone and finally his Shikai is as well. Sorry but thanks for your review.

Jin Dante Kazama: Thank you for saying it is not bad and reviewing. That makes me happy.

Blackholelord: I try to make them as long as possible without the story going too fast. Plus, I write a plan first then I write it out in pen before typing it up and then I see that some bits need to be removed or edited, bits need adding in and by the time it is done sometimes it is either a bit longer or shorter then I intended but it is about the right speed I want it to go at. Thank you for saying it is a nice story and reviewing.

Wolfpackersson09: That would be an interesting name. If Sasuke was a Soul Reaper that could be an ideal name for his Zanpakutō as it is a link to the Uchiha Bloodline as well as himself. For Naruto, unfortunately, it is wrong, but it was a good idea. Thanks for reviewing.

For those of you who are reading The inFAMOUS Ninja, I have already done a plan for that chapter and I will be writing it out as soon as then I will be typing it up. And the next chapter for this story will be getting planned as well.

Also:

Etsuko - means child of joy

Hiroshi - means generous

I forgot to put these meaning in the last chapter, so I put them in now. My fault.

Until next time.

Reven of Darkness