Another Path
Chapter 12
I don't know if any of you have ever thought of this, but the Rinnengan's gravity powers are sort of like force powers. I challenge SOMEONE to make a story where the Rinnengan is truly connected to the Force. Like Naruto is a Force User…..
In a dark cave, the defeated hollow kneeled before a man in a long black cloak with red clouds. There was also an orange swirl mask with one hole on the man's face.
"Master, I have returned."
"Yes, and it would seem you took a beating, Tigre Alado. Explain." The man said.
"We hollows have grown soft, I will admit that. Without the old Shinigami to challenge us, we have become weak. Now that a new Shinigami is here, we are at a disadvantage." The hollow explained. "The boy, Naruto Uzumaki, is strong, along with his comrades. But when I killed one of them, he went into a fit of rage, he temporarily acquired the power of a Vizard."
"I see. It would seem that our kind must prepare our plans sooner than later. This man's body has been useful to me but soon, I will have to dispose of it and return to my hollow self."
The hollow looked up, hopeful. "Truly Lord Nexus?"
"Yes, now go to the others and tell them to prepare. The time is coming sooner then later." Nexus commanded. The hollow nodded and disappeared. A moment later, a man with orange hair, many piercing on his face, and ringed eyes walked into a part of the cave Nexus was in.
"Tobi, come." The man said.
"Yes Leader-sama! Tobi is a good boy!" Nexus exclaimed as he followed the man. Inwardly he grimaced. Soon, I will be able to quit this idiotic façade, and then, the Rinnengan will be mine once again. I should never have given it the Six Paths Sage to begin with. Nexus thought as he followed Pain.
With Naruto…
Naruto, Zabuza, Team 7, and the Villagers of Wave were all on the now complete bridge. Thanks to Naruto's Shadow Clones, the got done sooner than expected. Inari walked up to Naruto and said, "Please come back soon."
Naruto smiled and said, "You got it and that is a promise!"
"That is good to hear!" Tazuna said.
"Yes, well, we should be going." Kakashi said as they started to walk away.
When they were halfway off the bridge, Tsunami asked, "Father, what should we call the bridge."
"I think we should name it after the person who helped us to the end. The Great Naruto Bridge." The old man said as the crowed gave a cheer of agreement.
Back with the Ninja, The group had stopped at the end of the bridge and Kakashi asked, "Naruto are you sure you don't need our help for your mission?"
"Naw, but thanks Kakashi. Zabuza is enough after all, besides I am sure he will be happy to see his old friends….if he had any."
"I am standing right here you know." Zabuza commented with a tick mark on his face.
"Come on, I am just messin' with ya." Naruto smirked.
"Yeah but it is pretty easy getting under your skin!" Kira announced.
"Damn bird…." Zabuza muttered to himself but got pecked out anyway. Throughout the time, the two have gained an odd relationship.
After that, Kakashi nodded and led his team back to Konoha while Naruto, Zabuza, and Kira went the other direction towards the Mist Village. Along the way, they met an odd man who liked bubbles a bit to much in Zabuza's opinion. The teen turned out to be Utakata, container of the six tailed slug! Naruto could tell the teen had been betrayed once before, so he treaded lightly before gaining some of the man's trust. The blond then told him about his group and he reluctantly joined and after putting the seal on the teen, they parted ways for the time being.
A few hours later, we find the group walking through a forest full of think mist. "The Village Hidden in the Mist…what a FUCKING PAIN IN THE ASS!" Naruto yelled, "UGH! This is just like that desert Gen….jut…su."
Zabuza smirked as the kid finally got it. "You can break genjutsu easilym but you suck at detecting them, you know that."
"If that was the case, why did you not say anything!"
"Well, we were hoping you would figure it out."
"We?" Naruto asked as he turned to Zabuza, only for him and everything else to fade away into a small village with a lot of people smirking at him. "O…k"
"So you are the one Konoha has sent us, and with a former Swordsman no less." Came the voice of a woman with rusty red hair that covered one of her green eyes in some kind of blue battle dress. To say she was hot was an understatement, she was SMOKIN' HOT!
"Yeah well, I good at other things then Genjutsu." Naruto said sheepishly.
"We kind of figured that out." A man with an eye path deadpanned.
"Right, well I am Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said with a smile.
"My name is Mei Terumi and these are my two guards, Ao and Chojiro." The red headed woman said. "It would also seem that you brought back an old friend, Zabuza Momochi. How in the world did you ever find him?"
"Heh, found me on my last mission." Naruto explained as they walked to a small house.
Once there, Mei gave Zabuza a sad smile. "I am sorry."
"Don't be….his death made me into a better person." The swordsman muttered.
Mei sighed and turned to Naruto, "Naruto, the reason I have called you here is because we need your help in dispelling a genjutsu surrounding our Mizukage. Ao, has an implanted Byakugan, and can see a powerful genjutsu surrounding the Mizukage but we do not have the power to dispel it." She explained with a sad smile.
"I see. I will see what I can do." Naruto said. "When do we do this?"
"Tomorrow, so please be ready." Chojiro said as he and Zabuza left for some training.
The next day, we see our favorite group with the rest of the rebels at the gates of the main village of the Mist. They saw Yagura and 60 men just standing there, waiting for them.
"So nice of you to come again Mei-chan, but today you will die, I will not let you escape like the other times." The young face of Yagura, who in everyone's opinion, liked like a cheerful kid. But, that was not for Naruto as he saw this was not a genjutsu and grimaced.
"That….is not a genjutsu." Naruto deadpanned, much to the shock of the rebels and the quirking of the eyes of all of Yagura's men. Seeing he need to explain, he said, "I have the unique ability to see the dead, but why explain what I am seeing to you all when I could just show you." With a smirk directed at Yagura, who paled a bit. Naruto channeled some spirit energy to his fist, which everyone saw, and slammed the fist into the ground, creating a shock wave of energy.
Slowly but surely, they all began to see what Naruto saw. Yagura looked like a pale puppet attached to some spirit strings. What was controlling him was someone who they were not expecting at all. The man who started the bloodline massacres in the first place, the Second Mizukage!
"F-Father!" Yelled Zabuza.
"Ok…that was another thing I would not like to know." Naruto sighed.
"Heh, well it would seem you have Shinigami in your little group, Mei Terumi." The second Mizukage then threw the limp body of the fourth Mizukage into a tree, angering a lot of people. He then turned to his son. "Well Zabuza, you are prolly wondering how I am here. Well, you can thank the third Mizukage for bring me back to life and yes, he is very much 'alive' as well."
After the initial shock of seeing his father again, Zabuza's rage began to grow. "You….you made mine and everyone's lives hell with that graduation exam, then with the killing of bloodline users, and now this…just what the hell are you?"
"He is a Demi-Hollow….not a true hollow but they can be a pain in the ass….trust me. I had to deal with the same thing for Gaara, the Kazekage's kid. Some nut job priest was taking control of the Shukaku…" Naruto explained, but that mad Zabuza even angrier.
"You will pay for this; I am going to wipe you from existence!" He yelled in a blind rage as he charge at him. Naruto and the others told to him to stay but they yelled on deaf ears. As soon as he got within striking distance of the demi-hollow, he struck out with his blade, only to find air. Then, the man appeared before him and jammed a fist in Zabuza's chest.
"Foolish son, I am the one who taught you everything….and I always beat you." The father then gave an evil smirk and ripped out Zabuza's heart, but no one ever saw his soul. Naruto wondered he just passed over to see his son.
Naruto growl and took out his blades while activating his Uzugan. "Mei-san, cover me. Today we are talking this thing down!"
Mei nodded and preformed two jutsu. A corrosive mist that just irritated the dead man, but when she sent out some lava bullets, he dodged like his 'life' depended on it. While this was happening, the Uzugan was yet again copying the bloodlines that this woman had.
Quickly shaking off the feeling of copying the bloodlines again, he activated his cannonblade and blasted out a wave of pure lava from the blade. Naruto smirked at everyone's shocked looks as he incinerated the annoying demi-hollow of the second Mizukage. He turned to the others and shrugged. "What? It is my bloodlines!"
They seemed to buy it for now as Naruto saw that Yagura was waling up. He walked over to the young boy fro he had not aged since he had been possessed by the second Mizukage. He was prolly Naruto's age. "Hey."
"Uh…hi. What is going on? The last thing I remember was looking at the third Mizukage's Sharingan eye."
Naruto sighed as he offered a hand to Yagura. "Well, that is some new info, but let's just say, not everything is as it seems." Narut said as he began to explain a lot of things.
Done for this chapter. I am getting some writer's block for this chapter so I am ending it before it gets bad. Next chapter, Naruto get Yagura in the group, makes friend with the rest of the mist, meets the Tsuchikage and his demon containers, and returns home only to get challenged by lee.
Goodnight people, Review.