Hey guys and girls.
And welcome to a brand new chapter to Dead Men Walk Again.
So the last place we left off was where Naruto had been sent away to gather more information based on the Markers. But when he returned to the Don's home, everything was wiped out. But at the end of it all, the Don had one final wish for Naruto to grant. Now the Don is no more and Saya as well as her mother will be wondering where their father and husband, respectively, is.
Can Naruto keep this little thing a secret? Or will it eat away at him and consume his very being for keeping something like this from them? Read and find out.
Enjoy.
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Chapter 17: Why I Did It.
Moving at high speeds, Naruto landed at the police station his friends and girlfriends used. Coming out were Kohta and Takashi with a very immature form of the Claws activated. The tendrils surrounding their arms were not fully developed and the finger blades looked slightly dulled, but they looked to still be able to do damage.
"Oh Naruto-san. It's you." said Takashi as their limbs returned to normal.
"Of course it's me. Who else would it be?" asked Naruto.
"This is one big fucking mess. We've got reports of yet another Bijuu class infected and now even more Necromorph than before." said Kohta as they pushed the doors open.
"I know. That's why I have this." said Naruto holding up the tablet.
"Is that what I think it is?" stated Meiya walking into the room marveling at the tablet.
"It sure is. Another piece to the puzzle on how to get us out of this mess." said Naruto with a smile.
"Naru-chan!" screamed a very happy Hokuto as she tackled Naruto to the ground.
Smiling while he hugged her back, Naruto gave her a kiss to which she gladly returned. Climbing off him and getting to their feet, Naruto placed the tablet on the table in one of the rooms and began his assesment on it. Like looking over it to see if it would trigger anything based on a Glyph episode which he had been having slightly more of now-a-days.
Looking over the item, he growled while slamming his hand onto the table, making a dent. This of course alerted Seako and Saya making them run into the room to find a seriously dented table and Naruto seething with rage.
"What's wrong?" asked Saya.
"This fucking thing. I can't seem to trigger an episode. Why won't it work?" snapped Naruto.
"Just relax. Maybe we need to see something regarding the notes from Gentek and then compare it to the tablet." suggested Saeko.
"Hm, that may work." said Naruto now calming down.
"Leave us to it. Get some rest." said Saya placing her hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Thank you." said Naruto as he gave her and Saeko a kiss before walking out.
Walking along the halls of the station, Naruto bumped into Yuriko who smiled to Naruto while Naruto sported a very crooked smile to her. Yuriko caught this and was instantly swarming him.
"What's wrong?" she started with the interogation.
"Nothing." lied Naruto.
"Why do you seem unhappy?" she pressured on him.
"Just wondering if we can survive this mess." replied Naruto.
"Do you know anything regarding my husband?" asked Yuriko.
Naruto was about to answer that one, but stopped himself before he could answer. He was hoping this would never come up, and yet it did.
"Nope. Nothing. I was about to head there when I received the call from Saya-chan." lied Naruto.
"Hm. Well, I sure hope he comes home soon." said Yuriko.
"I hope so too." said Naruto as he left in a hurry.
Reaching a vacant room, he closed the door and walked over to the mirror. Pulling up his shirt to reveal the bullet holes where the Don shot him, he traced the one while a lone tear dropped from his face.
"Don, you fought bravely. I'll ensure you'll be remembered as a hero." said Naruto pulling his shirt down.
"N-Naru-kun?" came a voice at the door.
Turning around, Naruto came to see Kyoko standing there. She looked to be in a state of worry and the way her eyes darted all over the place, she seemed to be extremely worried.
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto as he soon found himself tackled to the cot in the room, Kyoko lying ontop of him. His face racked with confusion as he watched his former teacher slowly undressing herself.
"W-W-What are you doing?" asked Naruto as Kyoko placed her index finger on his lips.
"Shhhh. Don't think about it." she whispered sultry as she licked his ear and took his hand, placing it on her breast.
She soon began to grind herself on his groin, making moans as she began to get exceeding wet as she moaned in sheer bliss. But That was when Naruto grabbed her arms, stopping her to what she was going, she looked into Naruto's eyes and found sadness in them, much like her own.
"I want to be with you yes. But not like this. I want to earn your love." said Naruto making Kyoko shed tears of joy.
Reason why she was crying was because Naruto just proved to her that she wasn't just an object, a prize to be won. She was actually worth the time to be earned. To be appreciated. So she just collapsed into his arms. Moaning as she felt his hands wrap around her waist.
"Can I sleep here with you?" she asked.
"Sure." said Naruto.
Closing their eyes as they slowly fell asleep. Naruto fell under a very blissful dream. But what happened next, would have him exiled for what he did. For what people didn't know, was that Rei, who had a very powerful Evolved power. See, her power was where she could enter a person's mind and see their thoughts. Be it theirs or someone else's. She so desperately wanted to use it. She knew if she did it to her boyfriend, Takashi, she would see things she already knew. So she decided to use it on a more, different target. One who gave her this awesome power. Her forebearer. Naruto. She was aiming to try and help him unlock more as to why he could only remember so much from his past. And why his episodes where the Glyphs were getting more extreme.
Walking out her room, she tiptoed down the passage, looking to find Kohta doing a very good job along with his now lover keeping watch. Another thing awesome about the ability she named. Soul Searching, was that she could temporarily house the memory inside her own mind. Reaching the door, she ever so carefully opened the door to find Naruto sleeping with his arms around Kyoko who too was sleeping soundly. Walking over to Naruto's side of the cot, she slowly reached out and touched his head. She instantly saw it all. The Don's death, by Naruto's hand. she watched as the Don stabbed himself with his own katana followed by Naruto slicing his head off and then devouring his body. Nothing was left. But that was when she felt a hand grab her wrist. She was snapped out of her thoughts as she looked to find Naruto glaring at her with a very worried look on his face.
"What have you done?" asked Naruto as a tear slid down his cheek.
"What have you done?" said Rei as she freed her hand.
Naruto sighed as he shot out of bed to try and stop her. The secret of Naruto being the one who killed Yuriko's wife was going to be out there, and there would be many of which that demanded answers.
"Rei-san, I can explain." said Naruto walking down the halls only to find Yuriko standing there, tears sreaming down her face as she looked on in total shock at Naruto.
"How could you?" she stated making Naruto bow his head in shame.
"It wasn't by choice." said Naruto as he refused to make eye contact with her.
"What's going on?" asked Saya walking into the scene with Meiya and Saeko too.
Rei walked over to them and showed them the memory from Naruto's mind of when Naruto killed the Don. They too donned a look of shock and awe as to what Naruto had done. Hokuto and Rika too saw it when they came into the room. But, Shizuka, despite being also one who saw it, chose to stay alongside Naruto along with Kyoko. They believed that there was a reason to why Naruto murdered the Don. One thing Rei never saw properly.
"Y-You killed my father?" said Saya as she began to tear up.
"I didn't have a choice. Or should I say, he didn't give me a choice." said Naruto.
"And so you just buthered him. You butchered the man I love." said Yuriko now in full tears.
"It isn't like that." said Naruto.
"Then what is it? You keep saying you wish to save all of us. And yet you kill all those that defy you. You're no better than Ichirou." said Saya.
That was a very low blow to Naruto. Even Kyoko and Shizuka flinched at that one. Saya was miles before she would really go nuts on Naruto. And Naruto knew better than to challenge her. But now that she knew that Naruto killed her father, there will be very thin ice to tread on.
"Look, he was infected and I had to kill him." said Naruto.
"And so you simply murdered him. Without giving him the option of being turned." spat Rei.
"I did give him the option of being turned. But he chose not to. He chose to die. And that was how it happened." said Naruto only to feel one of Saya's Silent Whips hit him right in the face.
"Shut up. Just shut up. You clearly never cared for any of us. This was all just a big plan to you. To be the apex of all life. Anyone who stands in your way is nothing but dirt under your feet. You have no soul. I rekon that if I tear your chest open right now. Your heart no longer beats." said Saya.
"You will not lay a hand on my flesh." spat Naruto as his own tendril surged to life around him.
"So this is what you'll do? Cut us down? End us? We're nothing but experiments to you now is that it?" shot Saya as she sped to Naruto.
That last one really made Naruto stop movement all together as Saya punctured his abdomen with one of her Silent Whips and slam him against the wall. Her nails digging into his chest. Naruto simply looked on, he hadn't done the whole opening of his chest thing in a short while. He knew or probably knew that his heart was still beating. Oh how wrong he was when his chest was mercilessly ripped open and behold. His heart was lifeless. No form of heartbeat or anything. It was completely dead. No trace of anything in it.
"So you really are dead. You're no longer Naruto then." said Saeko as a tear flowed down her face as Saya let go, allowing his chest to restitch itself.
"Saeko-chan." said Naruto as he slowly approached her bu she backed away in fear.
Seeing what was going on, Naruto hung his head and turned around to leave, only to feel two hands. One on each of his shoulders.
"Don't leave Naru-chan." said Shizuka.
"I'm sorry. But as you can see. I'm not needed here anymore." said Naruto as a tear dropped from his face.
"But there must be another way." said Kyoko.
"Even if there was, they won't see it. I think it is time for me to go now. I've done more harm than good. I've turned you all into monsters. Where I no longer feel anything, now that my heart has stopped." said Naruto as he brushed the hands off him and jumped out the window and bounded off. Even going so far as destroying the micro chip Saya gave him. The ear piece he left on the table in his room.
Kyoko turned around while rage seethed off her. She couldn't believe what just happened. Everything Naruto had ever done was to ensure their ultimate survival. And now that he was gone, they would be in complete disarray.
"Happy now?" she snapped venomously as she stomped off, she made her way to go and pack her thing to track Naruto. Hopefully there was still enough time to catch him.
Everyone returned to what they were doing. Rei, just stood there, clearly baffled as to what had just happened. All she ever wanted to to do was to let Yuriko know as to what happened to her husband. She didn't expect the outcome to get so violent. And now they had lost the only person who had stayed strong throughout this entire ordeal. walking into the room Kyoko was in, she found her teacher busy packing her stuff away into a backpack. Kyoko stopped what she was doing and glared bloody daggers at Rei.
"What were you hoping to gain out of that, hm? A sense of heroism? A sense of justice?" asked Kyoko in a very evil tone.
"I just wanted them to know as to what happened to the Don. That's all." said Rei only to get a slap through the face from Kyoko.
"Well, look what you just did. Naru-kun is gone and everyone in this building hates his guts. All because you had to search his very soul. And you just so happened to stumble on the memory of him killing the Don." said Kyoko trying to retain her composure.
"I didn't think it would get this far." said Rei.
"You clearly don't understand it do you? Naru-kun was most likely going to tell them about the fact that the Don was killed by him, and that it was something he wasn't planning at all. But now that they know, they have twisted the story to something that paints Naru-kun in a bad light. Congrats. Fucking congrats." said Kyoko as she slung the bag onto her back and bounded off to find Naruto.
But when she got to the top of the building, she activated her thermal vision to try and track Naruto's last heat signature. But sadly, there was nothing. Even with her using her heigthened depth perception, she still found nothing. It was like he was gone.
Rei landed next to her on the roof, she was about to help with looking for Naruto when Kyoko walked down the fire escape.
"Don't bother. He's long gone." said Kyoko as she walked down with a very nasty scold on her face.
And scene.
Ho man, things have taken a very ugly turn as Rei stumbled across the memory of Naruto killing the Don. Frightened by the memory, she ran out the room and told the others. But with Yuriko thinking Naruto did it in cold blood, the others, including Naruto's lovers, except for Kyoko and Shizuka who believe Naruto is innocent, have ousted him. Naruto is now no where to be found. Like he has vanished off the face of the earth.
Don't worry people. He will return in a very dramatic entrance. But first, he will have to get over such a terrible thing that has happened. Being betrayed and ousted by your friends can be painful. Believe me, I've gone though it.
Chapter 18: What A Soul Has Left.
Coming soon.
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