Pride
As Tsunade got herself settled in as the new Hokage by drinking a lot of sake, Naruto was out on a walk with Hinata. To both of them this was great because they wanted time to themselves away from their teams and to be in each others company. They headed towards a nice restaurant than Kin told Naruto about. Normally Naruto would say screw it and go for ramen, but this time he was with Hinata and he wanted this to be special. Just behind them were Kin following them about four yards away. Even further away was Sasuke who was making himself known by marching towards the couple. Not wanting Naruto's and Hinata's chance at happiness ruined Kin tried to intervene, but luckily Ino came by. To add more to her luck Sakura and Tenten also came. What she saw next was not what she expected nor liked.
"Sasuke-kun there you are!" yelled Sakura as she lunged for him only for Sasuke to sidestep away.
"Where's Naruto?" demanded Sasuke.
"I don't know, I was looking for him to ask him if he wanted to train with me," said Tenten.
"Why would he want to train with you? When he can spend time with someone as great as me," said Ino showing herself off.
"Yeah right like someone like Naruto would want to be seen with an immature slut like you," insulted Tenten.
"What did you say you hussy?!" yelled Ino who attacked Tenten.
"What the Hell is this about?" asked Sasuke as he watched the cat fight a little turned on as he watched.
"Well after talking to Kin about why she always hangs out with Naruto and seeing him in different clothes they can't stop thinking about him," explained Sakura.
That also means I finally can have Sasuke to myself! Cha!!
"Then they are fools if they think they have a chance now," said Sasuke.
"Eh..?" said Sakura not understanding.
"Naruto's now completely in love with Hinata and everyone knows she's been in love with him. So now Naruto's not going to let anything get between him and her," explained Sasuke. "Too bad I want to have a word with him," he added as he marched the couple in the restaurant.
Sasuke entered the restaurant and found the table Naruto and Hinata were seated at. He walked up to them ignoring the waiters and waitresses. When he got to the table he looked straight at Naruto, who saw Sasuke and looked back at him. Hinata noticed the tension between the two teammates and was worried that they might start a scene.
"What do you want Teme?" asked Naruto, obviously not happy his date just got ruined.
"I want to fight you right now dobe," demanded Sasuke in his usual tone.
"Can't it wait until after my date? Hinata-chan and I are still waiting for our food," asked Naruto.
"No it can't," said Sasuke as he grabbed Naruto and dragged him outside the restaurant. They were followed by Hinata, who was worried about Naruto getting in trouble for Sasuke's reckless action.
Both teammates stood away from each other in front of the restaurant collecting a crowd. Among the crowd were Kiba and Akamaru, Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kin, Sakura, Ino and Tenten, both looking a little roughed up. Civilians and shinobi of all ages were there and once the saw Sasuke standing in front of Naruto they figured a fight was going to start. None of the shinobi tried to stop it since they want to see Sasuke beat Naruto.
Sasuke rushed towards Naruto, who dodged the first attack. Sasuke threw an impressive string of combos but Naruto moved away from them movement similar to Jigoku. Sasuke threw a left hook at Naruto, but Naruto ducked from the punch and performed a spinning hook kick with his left foot. The kick connected with Sasuke's jaw, this caused cries of protest from the spectators. Angered by this Sasuke activated his Sharingan and leaped towards the rooftops with Naruto following. When Naruto reached the roof he saw Sasuke form the seals needed for the Chidori. The sound of birds chirping caught everyone's attention.
"What the…? Are those birds chirping?" asked Kin.
"It must be the Chidori," said Sakura.
"Chidori?" asked Kin.
"It's Kakashi-sensei's only original jutsu. He taught it to Sasuke-kun for the finals of the Chunin exams," explained Sakura.
"His only original jutsu? He must not be very creative then," commented Kin.
"So what? As long Sasuke-kun has the Sharingan, he can't lose," boasted Sakura.
"You sure? Take a better look," stated Kin pointing at the fight.
Just as Sasuke reached Naruto with the Chidori something unexpected happened. Naruto side stepped to the right and grabbed Sasuke's left arm and twisted it behind Sasuke's back. Naruto placed Sasuke's hand away from both of them so neither would be harmed. The look in Naruto's face showed that he was not happy with this so called fight.
"Are we done now Sasuke?" snapped Naruto still holding the Uchiha's arm in place. "Incase you haven't noticed things are different now. The gap between us are switched and larger. I've been way out of your league ever since I've unlocked the true form of my Berserker bloodline so don't even bother trying to fight me again," he continued in an almost Berserker like snarl.
"Naruto. Let Sasuke go now or should you try putting your claim to the test against me?" ordered Kakashi who just arrived. Naruto looked at his teacher with disgust as he let go of his teammates arm.
"Like you can even beat either of my brothers. You're even more pathetic than Sasuke, Kakashi," growled Naruto who didn't even bother calling him sensei.
"What makes you think I can't?" questioned Kakashi not liking Naruto's attitude.
"He means that you're so useless without that Sharingan that facing Ryoga or me would be nothing but a cruel joke," said Jigoku who decided to pop up.
"Oh.. How so?" asked Kakashi.
"Well let's see. Not once have I've ever seen you put any effort into a fight. Your smug attitude shows that you have a huge ego. And let's not forget my to favorites. You are not very creative if you have to copy others hard earned moves and you show a willingness to pick favorites," listed Jigoku without a second thought on thinking if any of this is true.
"Maybe I have a reason to choose who to train," replied Kakashi.
"Oh like what? To get that brat strong enough to face Itachi. Forget it the kid's got no chance in taking his brother down," countered Jigoku.
"And you do?" asked Kakashi.
"More than you ever did," stated Jigoku.
Two weeks later, Sasuke left the village with the Sound Four and Shikamaru was ordered to form a team to retrieve him. His team consist of his buddy Chouji, Kiba and Akamaru, Neji, himself, and Naruto. They gave chase but they had no choice but to split up as they kept facing members of the Sound Four. One by one the team grew smaller, until it was just Naruto and Sasuke at the Valley of the End. (The fights against the Sound Four or Five whichever works for all of you ends the same way as the actual series. Only Neji won his with only one eye.)
"You knew it would come to this dobe," said Sasuke.
"What makes you say that teme?" asked Naruto.
"Simple this is where the Shodaime fought my ancestor Madara fought in this same valley. And now here we are about to make their fight come full circle," answered Sasuke.
"Fine but how about we spice up this fight at a different level," commented Naruto as he went Battle Clad.
"You've read my mind," said Sasuke as he went Level 2 on his curse mark.
As the two former teammates rushed towards each other, Iruka got an unwelcome guess in his apartment. He entered his apartment to find it vandalized with all of his belongings broken. He saw a dark figure in the center and took a defensive stance.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my apartment?" demanded Iruka.
"Oh… just waiting for you to show up," said the figure who started shifting his form into a large mutant form.
"What are you….?" asked Iruka as he tried to get away from the Blood-Warrior.
Back with Naruto and Sasuke, the fight grew more vicious than ever before. Sasuke flew into the air and hurled fire balls at Naruto, who dodge them with ease. Naruto jumped into the air and delivered a strong roundhouse kick to Sasuke's right wing-hand thing. Sasuke spun to the left wildly, but regained control and flew at Naruto and tackled him to the water. Before they hit the water's surface Naruto grabbed the Uchiha's right arm and flipped him into the water. Naruto stood on the watery surface and glared at where his former teammate hit the water. Sasuke grabbed the young Berserker's left ankle and pulled him in. Sasuke pushed Naruto under him and tried to drown Naruto by choking him while underwater. Unknown to him, Naruto's spike on his stomach opened up and allowed oxygen to flow into Naruto like a pair of gills. Using this to his advantage Naruto double kicked Sasuke away from him and both of them leaped to the air. They both landed away from each other and stared each other down.
"Why can't you just let me go? If you're doing this because you promised Sakura that you would bring me back. Forget it I'm not coming back, ever," demanded Sasuke as he prepared to use the Chidori.
"Ha… Yeah right. Like I'm going to even waste my time promising to that stuck up bitch anything. I'm only doing this because I can't stand it when someone as strong as me ditching me without telling me the reason," replied Naruto as he got his Rasengan ready.
"Nani?" said Sasuke.
"Sakura came up to me when Shikamaru and the rest of us were leaving. She begged me to bring you back. Can you believe it, I thought she finally lost it when I told her that I'm not keeping any promises if it meant that the team might get killed just to bring you back. And all she said was 'Who cares what happens to them so long as Sasuke comes back to me,' I swear that girl is fucked in the head. It's no surprise you want nothing to do her, I'm glad I got over her too or else I might not have had a chance with Hinata," explained Naruto.
"You've always had a chance with Hinata you dope. She's in love with you, in fact I think out of all the three girls, Hinata's is the most genuine when it comes to love," interrupted Sasuke.
"True, but my love life and your nonexistent one are not the point. The point is I'm not here to actually bring you back for her, but just so I can have a decent person to fight," continued Naruto.
"Too bad I'm not coming back. Not until I kill my brother Itachi," said Sasuke.
"You have a brother?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, it was he who murdered my clan and left me to suffer," answered Sasuke.
"So you're going to Orochimaru just so you can gain more power to kill your own brother to avenge your family," muttered Naruto. Then to Sasuke's surprise Naruto dispersed his Rasengan. "Okay Sasuke, get out here," ordered Naruto.
"Huh?" responded Sasuke.
"Go to Orochimaru, get the power you want and come find me so we can finish up where we left off. Then you can go look for your brother and kill him before Aniki fights him again," explained Naruto as he started to walk away.
"Why are you doing this Naruto?" demanded Sasuke.
"Simple, if you get stronger I can fight you and enjoy it before you face your brother. Besides Nisan told me everyone has to chose how they want to live their lives and how they want to die. So I'm letting you keep your choice," said Naruto. Sasuke looked at Naruto and to their surprise smiled.
"Thank you Naruto," said Sasuke.
"Yeah well get going. Oh and you might want to check up on that girl with the flute. She seems to be your type, rude and a pain in the ass. Better hurry or she might end up dead," said Naruto.
"And I care why?" commented Sasuke.
"Hey you said your second goal is to revive your clan right. Well you need to start somewhere and she seems to be strong. Plus if that doesn't work out, you know that it's surprisingly legal for a guy like you to have plenty of wives," joked Naruto.
"I'll keep that in mind, but I'm only going for strong women," replied Sasuke.
"Just stay away from Hinata-chan and Kin or I'll tear your nuts out and feed them to Akamaru. Since you said you're going for strong women I should warn you. Keep your distance from that Anko lady, she's very scary," warned Naruto as they both shivered at the thought of being near the snake-mistress. With that Naruto left to retrieve his teammates leaving Sasuke alone.
'Maybe I should check to see if Tatuya is okay. Besides she's got a nice ass,' though Sasuke as he left thinking about Tatuya's assets.
Naruto returned to the Konoha village and got a rude welcome back from Sakura and every villager who hates his guts with a passion. He was being yelled at by Sakura for not bringing back Sasuke like she asked. Finally Naruto had enough and punched Sakura in the face. Everyone was shocked by Naruto's actions. Hinata tried to get between her crush and his teammate, but Kin stopped her.
"Hinata you need to trust Naruto. Everything he does is for a reason," said Kin as they watched.
"Sakura when will you get it through your thick skull? Sasuke wants nothing to do with you and neither do I anymore. You need to get your head out of the clouds and face the facts. Sasuke doesn't love you and I seriously doubt you did either," said Naruto in a neutral tone.
"How dare you Naruto! You don't know anything about love so how could you understand how I feel!" screamed Sakura as she glared at Naruto.
"You're right I don't know anything about love because you know what, I've felt never love before. Remember I'm an orphan, so how would I know what love is when I've spent my life being ignored and harmed. I've only recently felt love in my life from a small group of people so it's new to me," said Naruto as he walked away.
"Hinata I think it's best you go talk to him. He needs you more than ever right now," said Kin as she pushed Hinata in Naruto's direction.
As Naruto walked down the streets of the village he found himself in front of his old teacher's apartment. Deciding on seeking some fatherly advice from his father figure, Naruto knocked on the door to find it open. He entered the apartment to find it totally thrashed. Fearing for the worst Naruto rushed in to find his former teacher, but could not find him at all.
"Looking for someone?" asked a threatening voice. On instinct Naruto grabbed the nearest object a stool to use as a weapon when he saw a civilian looking man in front of the door. "What? Is some sort of a sad joke?" taunted the man as he started to change. His shoulders grew strange tube-like funnels coated in black fur. His hands turned into two fingered claws and two serrated whip-like tails appeared on his back. He grew to be at least six foot ten with a bulk built. "You're gonna need more than that to beat the Hyper-Blood Nitrodyme," boasted Nitrodyme.
'Shit, how did this Blood-Warrior manage to get in the village? All the Blood-Warrior in our should have been killed during the invasion,' thought Naruto as looked for an escaped route. Nitrodyme used his whips to stop Naruto, but Naruto jumped out the window and landed in the streets.
As he tried to keep his distance from the Hyper-Blood, Naruto met up with all five kunoichi genin. Apparently Sakura still wanted to add her two cents after Naruto snapped at her. Before any of that could happen Hinata screamed as she saw flames appearing in the distance. More specifically in the direction of her home. Everyone saw her fearful expression and they all went to the Hyuga manor to find it in flames. Hinata saw her father, but she couldn't find her sister anywhere.
"Otou-san, where's Hanabi-chan?" asked Hinata almost begging for her sister's safety.
"I don't know. I've order everyone to find but they haven't seen her and for some reason the Byakugan won't work to see through the fire," explained Hiashi just as worried.
Without thinking about any other options Naruto ran into the burning home to search for Hinata's baby sister. The Hyuga's tried to stop him but couldn't reach him in time.
"BERSERKER!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Naruto as he entered the building to protect him from the fire. He looked everywhere until he found her in her room trying to stay away from the fire around her.
"There she is!" declared Naruto as he broke into the room and grabbed Hanabi. Outside everyone was worried for Hanabi's safety and for Hinata and Kin's case Naruto. Apart of the manor exploded and Naruto leaped out and landed in front of the Hyuga clan with Hanabi in his arms. Everyone who's never seen Naruto in Battle Clad were scared thinking he was a demon. Even Ino and Tenten backed away, while Hinata went up to Naruto who handed her Hanabi. The Hyuga sisters hugged each other closely while Naruto looked at them smiling at their safety. Then he turned his attention to the source of the problem.
"Kin, make sure everyone's fine. I'm gonna have a little talk with a certain Hyper-Blood," ordered Naruto as he ran towards Nitrodyme.
"What? Hey wait!" said Kin, but it was too late Naruto was already gone. Up at the rooftops Nitrodyme was enjoying himself causing mayhem.
"HA HA HA!!! BURN BABY BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he fired strange liquids that mixed together and caused everything they touch to explode.
"STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Naruto as he sprinted to his enemy and firing his stun-beam.
Nitrodyme dodged the attack and fired his liquid at Naruto who dodged the attack. Sadly the shinobi who followed Naruto got caught in the liquids path. One of them was hit by the liquids and was engulfed in flames and exploded. The flames flew at the others and they too were engulfed in the fires. The two enhanced warriors chased each other on the rooftops being watched by everyone.
"Did you really think that your pathetic little village was safe just because Kekkei Kage no longer occupies it? Fool our organization is world-wide," said Nitrodyme as he jumped to the academy's roof.
"Nani?" said Naruto as he caught up. Nitrodyme then leaped away from Naruto and landed at another building.
"That's right we have a base in every Hidden Village, every city, and even in small towns," added Nitrodyme as he fired his liquids at the roof Naruto was going to land on. Naruto fell into the building that caught on fire. "Not only that, but we also have a surprise for you old teacher Iruka who's now being taken to our main headquarters in Mt. Guyot. Good luck trying to rescue him kid you'll need it," bragged Nitrodyme as his body started to dissolve. Instead of screaming in pain, Nitrodyme was laughing as he died.
A few hours later the flames were extinguished and the able bodied genin were searching for Naruto. They looked at the last area where he was at and searched. Kin, Hinata, and Hanabi were looking at one side while Sakura, Ino, and Tenten looked at the opposite. Their search was cut short when Naruto pushed himself out of the rubble he was under. The girls saw him and Ino and Tenten went into a guard stance while Hinata, Hanabi, and Kin rushed toward him. As for Sakura she was debating on whether to go up and hit him or back away.
"Naruto! You okay?" asked Kin as she helped her friend up. Hinata and Hanabi also tried to help since Naruto's a lot heavier in his Battle Clad form. Ino and Tenten were shocked to see that the so-called demon is Naruto.
"Forget about me! We got to save Iruka-sensei!" yelled Naruto as he struggled to get up.
"Ano.. What do you mean Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata as she tried to help him.
"Kekkei Kage kidnapped him!" yelled Naruto as he ran off to the village gates. The girls watched him leave and felt like something terrible will happen.
Preview:
Despite any level of common sense, Naruto races off to find his capture "father" and bring him back. Meanwhile back in the village Kin reveals to Tsunade everything she knows about the Berserker bloodline and the Kekkei Kage organization. Will this tale of blood and rage bring about a better understanding to the villagers of their greatest possible shinobi or will fear and jealousy fill their hearts? Find out in Naruto: Bad Blood, Heart of Sword.
Author's note:
Well here chapter what 15 all the way from Osan, South Korea. As you have read things are heating up and I hope I'll be able to continue since I'm off duty for at least a week or less. Also I already have the next chapter ready, but a fair warning it's mainly a recap chapter. That's not to say it's not important, because Tsunade needs to be up to speed about her village and Konoha's greatest gift/curse. It's also a long one, but you all should know that it's mainly just fights from previous chapters. You have been warned, so you don't really need to read the next chapter, but you can if you want.