Hey guys and girls.
Welcome back to a new chapter for Dead Men Walk Again.
What has happened? Naruto returned with the tablet about what happened with the Marker all those years ago. But returning to the mansion, the Don was found infected. Naruto offered to turn him to save his life. But the Don refused the offer and comitted seppuku. With Naruto as his Kaishakunin. Now a Kaishakunin is hard to explain. So I think is safe to say, please look it up. I know what it means but it is extremely long to explain.
Reaching his friends and girlfriends he decides to rest for the time being. But Rei uses her Evolved power to peer into his mind. Shocked at what she saw, she shows everyone else but everyone twists it and Naruto is ousted once again. Destroying the chip Saya gave him and leaving his ear piece there with them. Reason why.
This has been the second time he's been chased out. And after hearing from Saya that he's now like Ichirou. He simply knew after those series of blows, he was no longer welcome here. Leaving knowing full well that they may be better off without him, he leaves with now regrets. Knowing that he gave them the very apex of evolution. He basicly made them immortal but not immortal as they can still be consumed by a person like them.
As well. As stated in Heir Of Bones. I am going on production break on Friday. So Crimson Lord Naruto will be the last fanfic I update. I am not abandoning anything and I'm not neglecting anything. I am meerly stepping back to enjoy so R&R. Going to be going places. As well. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
Enjoy.
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Chapter 18: What A Soul Has Left.
Hokuto was moving around the police station, a confused look plastered all over her face as she tried to understand why Naruto did it. Why he killed the Don like that. She wanted to believe Naruto that he did it to give the Don what he wished for. But the way the memory played out before her. It was all too serious to look away from.
As she moved around she felt her baby inside her give a small kick. Her mind went instantly into a frenzy of happiness as she placed her hands on her stomach. Running up the stairs she ran into the room Naruto used to be in.
"Naru-kun! The baby! He ki..." she trailed as she found no one inside apart from Kyoko sleeping on the bed with at least 4 boxes worth of tissues and very puffy eyes. By the looks of it. Kyoko had cried herself to sleep.
Realising it that they chased Naruto out because of what he did, she hung her head in shame. Naruto was always with them. He always gave them a choice on becoming Evolved. On gaining the power to survive this nightmare. He always stayed strong when they themselves were breaking at the seems. She could only guess as to where he was.
With Naruto.
Naruto kept moving straight. He didn't care what was infront of him or what was behind him. He just kept moving forward. He knew that he left the three women who hold his children behind, but they too ousted him. Do you have any idea how that feels? To be betrayed by those you tried to protect? To be alienated because of what you did?
Landing close to the water's edge by the beach. Naruto came to a skidding halt. Spotting an island on the far side, he took a few steps back and launched himself forward. Sailing over so much water in so little time he landed on the island but also crashing through a few trees and plowing straight through a solid rock. Getting up he looked at the boulder he smashed through as brushed himself off with a scold on his face.
"I used to feel things like that. But now I can't." said Naruto as he huffed while walking away. But stopped when he turned around and found a small boy standing there. A basket in his hands as he stared on at Naruto.
Naruto too followed his gaze and looked down to see the entire right side of his right forearm skin was hanging on by a strand of flesh, but his healing factor activated and was already stitching the wound to be closed. Naruto looked to the boy when the stitching was finished. The boy now sported a face of horror.
"Uh. Hi." said Naruto only to have the boy throw the basket into the air and run away.
"DEMON! MONSTER!" screamed the boy.
"Hey. I'm not a demon. Or a monster." said Naruto as he chased the boy.
Naruto chased the boy into a small village not far away from where he crash landed. People seemed to be enjoying themselves as they did daily routines like cooking, cleaning, hunting and gathering. The boy ran right into the arms of his father, who was in the largest of the grass like huts. Naruto knew that this was the hut of the chief or leader of this little band.
"Tou-san. Tou-san." cried the boy as he sat in his father's lap.
"What is it sochi?" asked the man.
"That man. He's a demon. A saw him crash through some trees and through a rock. He has no sratches on him. And I saw his arm do this tentical thing." said the boy only to have the man laugh.
"Go find your mother. She may need help with a few things." said the man.
The boy jumped off his father's lap and made his way to find his mother. Leaving Naruto and the man before him.
"So, you must be the one who has been fighting against the Marker and Ichirou." said the man.
"How did you...?" asked Naruto clearly impressed with what he said.
"We may be on an island, but we do have means of knowing out there." said the man revealing a radio.
"My name is Naruto. And I am one of those things." said Naruto as he morphed his arms to his Claws.
"My name is Jokuro. I am the leader here. Why have you come here?" asked Jokuro.
"I was ousted from my group. I turned them to be able to fight better. I made them Evolved. But, one of my friends stumbled on the memory of me killing the Don. I was blamed for his death and they kicked me out." said Naruto.
"There must've been a reason for why you killed him." said Jokuro.
"There was. He was infected and I offered to turn him. But he refused to be turned. He wanted to die. So I killed him to honor his wish." said Naruto.
"And why are you here then?" asked Jokuro leaning forward.
"I'm here to know more of why I am remembering what happened to me before I died. Why I'm getting these flashbacks of my past when while I was alive I had nothing like those." said Naruto.
"Hm, we have a way. But we must do it at night." said Jokuro.
"I'll do it." said Naruto.
It was settled. Naruto would participate in whatever they were going to do at night. Walking along the beach, Naruto felt at peace. Like he could stay here forever. But he knew, that even though his friends ousted him, he still had to destroy the Marker as well as Ichirou. But that slimy bastard kept giving them the slip. One day he'd have to go in and fully kill Ichirou. He couldn't have what he began to call the Bearer Cell running around. This world was only big enough for one Bearer Cell. And that was Naruto.
Soon enough, it was night time. And Naruto stood around a fire along with the other people who were banging on drums as they began to chant. It was something like what Indians do when they access the spirits of their ancestors. Or something like that. Taking hold of a cup that moved over to him, he sniffed the contents and nearly threw up then and there. It smelt revolting. Something like dead fish mixed with something else to increase the horrendous smell.
But he took the cup and chugged it down. The taste was horrible. He surely wished his taste buds died when his heart stopped, but guess not. Soon he felt sleepy and soon felt two hands grab the side of his face from behind and pull him into the lap of Jokuro's wife. Looking into the clouds, Naruto soon began to watch as the clouds swirled around and in them he saw images of his past. The ones he never knew about.
"I was the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Both were at the top in their respective fields. But my father worked also as head scientist at Gentek." said Naruto in his trance.
"What happened then?" asked Jokuro.
"My father wanted to show me what they were doing. What they were really doing. Taking me into the science facility he showed me the Marker. It was so magestic and massive that I felt like an ant when faced off to a boot." continued Naruto.
"Can you tell me what happened next?" asked Jokuro.
"I went inside the testing facility to touch it. Tou-san said it was okay and the thing won't do anything to me." said Naruto as a tendril shot out his shoulder and moved around before returning back into his shoulder. Scaring the children while some thought that was so cool.
"What did it do?" asked Jokuro.
Soon Naruto began to breathe exceedingly hard and began to convulse bu soon stopped when he felt Jokuro's wife stroke his cheek, calming him down.
"Easy. We're here for you. What did it do?" asked Jokuro.
"It. It gave me a static shock. From there it went down hill. I began to show irregular behavior everytime the Marker acted up. My overall psyche levels were very irregular and I even began to draw images that were of the Marker and things around the Marker. It was the Marker making me draw these images. It kept screaming in my head. Make us whole! I was so scared and this affected me to lash out at people." said Naruto.
"What happened next?" asked Jokuro.
"Tou-san thought enough was enough. He didn't like the fact that I was being manipulated by the thing in their basement. Taking me to a doctor that only knew about me being what was wrong with me. He sealed away my memories about this entire thing using medication. It worked and Tou-san never told Kaa-san about it. We carried on with our lives until the..." trailed Naruto as he woke up.
"Until the apocalypse started." said Naruto as he shot up to be sitting straight.
Naruto soon began to cry as he just realised that he was in the centre of this entire thing. He was the final puzzle piece. Sure he still didn't know the steps, but he now knew he was the key to this whole crisis. He was the ending piece. To finish this entire mess. To stop the Marker before it killed them. He was pulled into a hug from Jokuro's wife as she rubbed his back and ushered words of comfort into his ear.
"Your story may not have such happy beginning. But look at what you have done. You have been fighting full well knowing you can change the future. You can fight to stop a crisis that has been going on constantly." she said.
Thanking her and getting up, Jokuro as well as everyone else too got up as Naruto gained a very serious face as his right arm shifted to be that of the Blade.
"Tell me. Who are you?" asked Jokuro.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. And I am the one who will stop this nightmare." said Naruto as everyone cheered.
"Glad to hear it." said Jokuro as he clapped.
At that moment, Naruto's ears became so powerful he heard the sounds of many infected in the cities and towns of the surrounding area. But there was one voice he knew. It was Saeko's. They were in trouble. And from the sounds of her voice. She was calling out to him while apologizing for what they did. Infact, everyone was crying out at how sorry they were for ousting him like that. But there was one voice in the group at was mad at them.
It was Kyoko. She was screaming at them that they chased Naruto out without letting him explain himself first, he'll never come for them now. Turning to Jokuro and everyone there. He watched as they nodded their heads. He shot into the sky as fast as he could. Using his Viral Sonar to track them down. But what he failed to notice was the people that helped him were not what they were.
Jokuro shifted his image to be Ichirou and the others returned to their regular appearance and smiled evily at the retreating form of Naruto as he sailed to the city.
"Stupid fool. I knew you were coming here. Just had to wait for our chance. You just so happened to stumble on our little Outpost here. Simply disguising ourselves, we were able to trick even you. Is the tracker working?" asked Ichirou turning to a man who pulled out a tablet.
A red dot that pulsed appeared on the screen as it showed Naruto was now in the city.
"It is sir." said the man showing Ichirou the screen.
"Excellent. He'll lead us to the Marker. Where I will become a god from consuming it. Thank you for making this so easy. Stupid child." said Ichirou as he cackled an evil laugh as Naruto sped to his friends and girlfriends.
And scene.
So Naruto knows all about his past and what has happened to him. He has now realised he is the final piece. The final key to unlocking everything. He is thethe person who is able to intergrate with the Marker. And stop it.
But what was this Jokuro was actually Ichirou and his cronies? Now that Ichirou has got the tracker in Naruto which was given to him through that drink he swallowed, Ichirou can now track his movements. But it is now a waiting game to see who reacts first in this game of tag.
Find out what happenes next in the chapter of Dead Men Walk Again.
Chapter 19: With You No Matter What.
Coming soon.
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