Sorry guys, my bro turned 21 and we've been getting wasted all week. On top of that I've been in physical therapy so I can use my sword properly again and binge watching inuyasha. So the sorry, I'll go into overdrive for a few days to make up.
I do not own Naruto. I do own some Sake and a few beers.
"Welcome to my world."
Lifting his head and looking into the eyes of Itachi Uchiha with his hands nailed to a large black cross, Naruto Uzumaki was angrier than he had ever been in his entire life. He was angry at this murderer for what he did to his mother, and he was angry at himself for failing to avenge her death. Growling in palpable rage, the first thing he noticed was that no sound was made whatsoever. The second thing he noticed was that he couldn't draw on Kurama's chakra to escape for some reason.
Slowly stepping toward Naruto with his ever present emotionless stare, Itachi continued and explained." This is Tsukuyomi, and right now you are within my reality. I can do as I wish here and no matter what your capacity there is no escape. Even the 9 tails chakra can't help you now. The only thing that can is your hatred."
Naruto struggled in outrage to loosen the nails penetrating his hands before cringing in pain, the full meaning of Itachis words hitting home. He was completely at the man's mercy, unable to do anything but try to survive whatever torture he would experience. That didn't stop him from once again silently screaming at the man he hated more than anyone.
Itachi reading the muted blonde's lips coldly declared." Ah yes..Kushina. Your foolish accusation of my involvement in her death only reveals to me how flawed your reality truly is. Regardless of what you may believe, I had nothing to do with killing your mother, but if you prove yourself worthy I may point you in the right direction."
As Naruto's eyes widened suddenly both the stakes and the cross were gone, and his hands were healed. He also noticed the world around him seemed to gain just a little more color, although the grey, red, and black still dominated the spectrum. Itachi seemed to suddenly disappear, and a little ways ahead of where he was standing a pale skinned man appeared before him. He seemed slightly effeminate with his long hair and androgynous features, and the look of malice that he stared at Naruto with instantly put him on edge. Reaching for his sword but instead only grabbing air, Naruto heard Itachi speak from what sounded like everywhere around him as a small rack appeared from thin air.
"Take the sword."
Naruto hesitated to obey the man, only to look down and find double edged blade coming from the pale skinned opponents tongue. Then the pain slammed into him, and it felt as if it was echoing and reverberating within his body as the snake like figure mercilessly tore the sword through his belly like butter, spilling his guts on the grounds and standing over him menacingly. Every beat of Naruto's heart seemed to get louder and louder as it slowed, as if Itachi was enhancing the horrid feeling of dying brutally. Then, just when Naruto knew he was dead and gone, he was back up on the cross again, with Itachi fading from the shadows nearby.
"You disappoint me Naruto, but perhaps Orochimaru was too far above your skills. However your hesitancy to take the sword leads me to believe that your hatred of me has dulled, so allow me to help you with that."
A shirasaya sword appearing in his hand exactly like Naruto's, Itachi began walking into the middle of the road they were on, as all of Naruto's classmates and teachers appeared before them looking confused and afraid. Chains appeared and kept them all bound and unable to flee, and Itachi immediately unsheathed the blade and put it to a Sasuke Fangirls neck causing Naruto's eyes to widen.
"I am interested in seeing who you care for the most." Itachi coldly declared slitting her throat and kicking her convulsing body to the ground.
"NOOO!" Naruto yelled the scream going unheard, even to his own ears.
"The interesting thing about Genjutsu.. is that it typically only affects the victim's mind." Itachi droned to the blonde while approaching another student.
"Tsukuyomi however is superior even to the Kurama clans technique, as death is easily attainable by inducing shock, purely through pain." He continued, stabbing Kiba through his heart before stomping Akamarus skull crushing it.
This process repeated itself, Itachi watching Naruto's every expression as his killings got worse and worse. Chouji was disemboweled, Shikamaru had his arms and legs cut off before being beheaded. Hinata and Hanabi had their eyes slashed out before being impaled through their necks. Naruto's silenced screaming never halted, and as Itachi neared Shino and Sakura, he actually stopped as his eyes widened as much as they possibly could. Tears falling as they never had, Naruto did something he had never done before. Not once in his harsh existence.
"N-NO W-WAIT! PLEASE I BEG YOU NOT THEM! NOT THEM!"
The sound of his pleading finally was heard, almost seeming to bounce around and echo throughout the dark world he was trapped in.
Itachi stopped his movement momentarily, as if he was considering the blonde's words.
"These two were the only ones who didn't flee initially, and I can see your quite close. You don't strike me as the type to beg for mercy Naruto, not like my pathetic younger brother. It's only fitting that you hear how disgusting you sound. Now allow me to show you how I annihilated the clan of fools that were once Uchiha."
Discarding the blade by throwing it just in front of Naruto's feet, Itachi gripped Shino by his neck and stared Naruto in the eye as he crushed his best friend's throat, once again speaking as Shino's struggles ceased." Pests are meant to be crushed.
Then he threw him to the ground and stomped his head powerfully, causing it to explode in a splatter of blood, bone, and brains. Naruto's mind went blank at seeing Shino's gruesome death, and he felt sick to his stomach witnessing the gore somehow get all over Sakura while Itachi somehow got none on himself whatsoever.
"This is the extent of my mercy." Itachi informed him immediately grabbing Sakura by her hair inciting tears from the jinchuriki.
"Please...no!" Naruto barely managed managed to whisper, although the sound somehow was much louder than anything he had said so far.
Itachi looked unfazed for a few seconds, before roughly throwing Sakura to the ground as the cross once again vanished leaving Naruto free to move.
As a another figure that was different than the one before appeared, Itachi pointed to the sword he threw earlier while coldly ordering." Pick it up."
Naruto eerily bent with his face to the ground scooping the blade and rose, gripping the shirasaya tight enough to make a very loud audible sound. Briefly looking at the person in front of him, he immediately noticed the long steel sword he carried. The unknown shinobi was very thin and tall in stature, which gave him an overall gangling appearance. He had long, shaggy, straw-coloured blond hair and his face was concealed by a white, porcelain Anbu mask, with a green-coloured triangle on its lower half, slits for eye-holes, and Kirigakure's symbol etched into the top. His attire consisted of a sleeveless black shirt, matching pants, complete with a waist-guard, and Kirigakure's striped wrist and leg-guards. He also wore bandages around his neck and his sword appeared to be a large 5 ft sewing needle complete with ninja wire for thread looped in his off hand.
Itachi once more disappeared declaring." Kushimaru Kuriarare of the Legendary Seven Mist Swordsman, Nuibari the sewing needle. Now fight!"
Naruto's mind was numb as he dodged the first thrust the swordsman attacked with, not even acknowledging the maniacal laughter that accompanied the deadly assault. His numb rage increased as he rolled and rose swinging strongly at the man's legs, forcing him to halt and leap back just outside of the horizontal attacks reach. Jumping toward him sideways and spinning into his raging Whirlpool technique, the masked shinobi rolled to the side and halted crouched on one knee as Naruto passed him by. Bursting forward strongly Naruto only managed to lift his sword up to block after evading and deflecting a long series of lightning quick thrusts. The tip of the needles met the flat if his sword and instantly pierced through it, going through Naruto's shoulder like warm butter as the Kushimaru passed him by while grabbing the other end and channeling chakra. Then Naruto's vision went black as the swordsman pulled on the needle strongly causing the thread that was in Naruto's blade to pull the steel to his neck and cut deeply into his throat. He once again felt the intensified euphoria of death and heard the cackling of the mist ninja before suddenly he was on his feet again with the sword in front of him.
"Take the sword." Itachi once again said his voice coming from everywhere.
This time Naruto hurriedly grabbed the blade and charged toward the Kushimaru at full speed, creating a chakra chain and swinging it from a distance. The mist shinobi rolled backward avoiding the attack while going through handseals, causing a thick mist to appear and conceal his whereabouts. Halting his charge while only thinking of killing the ninja and then Itachi, Naruto stabbed the sword into the ground and went through three handseals of his own and blew a strong gust of dusty wind, blowing away much of the mist and replacing it with a dissipating dust cloud. Seeing movement Naruto used a single hand to perform his Hair needle technique and his other hand to create 5 small chains coming from his fingertips. Firing at the remaining mist, he was rewarded when Kushimaru exploded from the side of the fog and continued firing as the man weaved in and out of the sharpened hair projectiles. As he got within range, Naruto ceased his technique and used a half seal to slip underground as Kushimaru thrusted forward. 5 razor sharp chains exploded from the ground under him, two of them tearing into his legs as he jumped away. Landing in a crouch, Kushimaru tried to pull a line as Naruto resurfaced, but the blonde transformed into a crow just as the wire passed beneath him by a paper thin margin, although he was clipped by the fatal trap. Struggling in flight and correcting his form as he sailed toward the legendary ninja, Naruto was forced to veer to side when he threw the needle like a lance and nearly skewered Naruto in his crow form. Naruto neared the man just as he pulled his blade back using the ninja wire and transformed with a blade of slightly shaky wind, strongly cutting just as Kushimaru thrusted upward. The needle like long sword did pierce Naruto's chest, but it failed to stop the blade of wind chakra that cut deeply into his neck and torso, killing him on the spot and ending his laughter. Naruto crashed into the ground beside him and the blade that impaled him tore through his body from the impact, causing a large pool of blood to form beneath him. As he felt the familiar sensation of dying, this time was a little different as it wasn't as intense and didn't last as long. He actually felt nothing at all as Itachi appeared standing above him with his emotionless expression never wavering.
"Your performance was satisfactory, so I will allow you to progress. However from this point forward the jutsu that require hand seals are forbidden and you must achieve absolute victory, otherwise my wrath will be extended upon your girlfriend."
To reinforce his statement Itachi appeared next to Sakura once more as Naruto found himself on his feet with the blade in front of him. Itachi didn't have to say anything as he wordlessly took the sword from the gravel and stared in determined hatred as another opponent materialized in front of him. This time it was a large shark like man with short hair and a cloak exactly like Itachis. He was holding a humongous bandaged weapon that appeared to be some sort of sword. The zanbatou had spines protruding from it in assorted places, and the ninja wearing a slashed mist headband held it over his shoulder while sporting a a large smirk.
"Kisame Hoshigaki of the Seven Mist Swordsman and his weapon Samehada." Itachi announced.
Naruto and the shark man immediately rushed toward each other, Kisame already swinging his weapon before Naruto could get in range to attack. Naruto was thrown like a rag doll as his sword was stripped from his grasp right after finding its way to Naruto's shoulder. The force of the blow had pushed his sword back and caused the full spine of the blade to crash into him before his twenty foot wingless flight. Colliding roughly on the ground and springing back up dazed, as Kisame rushed him he transformed into a crow just in time to avoid being crushed by the downward vertical strike Kisame jumped into. Flying back to his sword while avoiding a barrage of spinning water bullets larger than basketballs, Naruto transformed while crouching and grabbed the shirasaya and transformed back into a crow while leaping away from multiple more projectiles. He started flying directly toward the smirking Kisame, and he transformed into a front flip as he flew around and over his assault. Creating a chakra chain mid flip, he swung it using the weight of his entire body and extended its length as it swung with impressive force. Kisame actually blocked most of the long chain causing it to disappear, but a considerable length still tore into him, being sharpened with mediocre wind chakra. This however didn't kill as it would a lesser man, but instead it served to enrage him into attacking with pure brutality. Naruto felt the flesh from his shoulder get torn to shreds as he was thrown back in the direction he had just come from, Kisame right on top of him and slamming the sword on his chest. Pulling the rough object while pushing down on the blonde with his full strength, Kisame ripped the meat along with the broken bone from his mutilated body, instantly causing Naruto to scream in agony, just before the sword struck again, impacting his organs and tearing them from his battered form. Then suddenly he was awake again, and his recurring deaths afterwards grew increasingly worse each time.
The first rematch he had been shaken up a bit from his horrible death, and he made the mistake of hesitating and avoiding Kisame and taking to the sky to try and plan. He admittedly was somewhat afraid of feeling his skin and muscles being ripped off of him, but could you really blame him? Then Kisame used the hidden mist jutsu like Kushimaru had earlier, just as Itachi said." You disappoint me Naruto, the fear that you're experiencing should be raw hatred."
Then Naruto heard Itachi grab a sword and slowly drag it on the ground creating a scratching sound that came from every direction, along with Sakura's whimpers.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Naruto yelled nose diving directly into the mist. He couldn't see anything, but he stabbed his sword into the ground and began spinning in place while swinging ten thin razor sharp chains from his fingers. The silver colored chains with a golden glow never found a target and Naruto halted his blind attack, dispersing five chains to grab the sword. As soon as he grabbed it he was shredded from two attacks that came from different directions, and the mist quickly dissipated as he heard a raspy sounding chuckle. Kisame was once again standing over him, but this time he was accompanied by a second Kisame who was also smirking. Then Naruto was lifted from the ground, immediately being trapped in a large sphere of water that started to cause him to drown. His eyes widened as blood mixed with water, and he let out a scream that only came out as a gurgle as his thighs were torn into with his skin being most precisely shaved off. The top layer of his muscle could be seen as Kisame methodically shaved the skin from various places in his body, including his genitals just as Naruto died once more.
After that Naruto's fear of painful death vanished, being replaced with sheer desperation while the boy tried various plans to defeat the superior foe. He was systematically dismantled every single time, with one of his worse experiences being grabbed by his neck and slammed into the ground, only dying when Kisame death gripped his skull with his fingers penetrating his temples. That all changed when he finally proved victorious with a new style of fighting he created on the fly. Literally. The entire method consisted of constantly changing from crow to human form and immediately lashing out with small chakra chains before transforming again. He eventually combined the two jutsu after countless failures, and Kisame was killed as Naruto passed him by while extending a long sharp chain from his wings and twisting into his human self. Kisame was bisected by the attack, and Itachi Uchiha commended him for the win before introducing his next opponent.
"Orochimaru of the Sannin."
Itachi didn't even finish the sentence as Naruto rushed the man that had been the first shinobi to kill him within Tsukuyomi. As he approached the sannin who had just appeared with a hardened expression, it showed just how much Naruto had changed in such a short amount of time. While he had killed many of the beasts within the forbidden forest and was no stranger to shedding blood or intentions to kill, he usually had a fierce determination that showed his bravery and inner strength. Now his eyes only showed a numbness toward everything, an emptiness as deep as a black hole that was his intent to mercilessly decimate every enemy that stood in his way. Deep down he still was worried about Sakura and furious because of his friend's deaths, but after dying so many times and so terribly his only focus was on battling. Killing.
His focus was so pure when Orochimaru attempted his Killing Intent Genjutsu he pressed on unaffected, even surprising Itachi with his commitment to move forward. The boy had become machine like similar to Itachi himself during his skirmishes, even a stone killer from the look of his cold demeanor. Exactly as planned.
Naruto transformed into a crow well before entering attacking range, ignoring the large smirk and creepy chuckling of the snake shinobi. He lashed out with his small sharpened chains by twisting in the air, sending two long extensions spinning toward Orochimaru as he flew over him. The Sannin simply phased into the ground, letting loose a chuckle as he disappeared from on sight. Naruto flew higher up and carefully observed the battlefield, watching for any sign of movement that could be his demise. After a few moments of this, he only slightly descended before the earth exploded with two long bodied hooded snakes stretching forth toward his position. Naruto simply flew a little higher to avoid the swift strikes, but he was caught in a very unexpected attack as soon as he thought he was outside of their range. The two cobras both spit thin jets if venom at extremely high speeds directly into his eyes, causing him to feel an extraordinary amount of pain from his burning eyes. The blonde fell to the ground blinded after losing all concentration and reverting back into his human form. And what awaited him? A long double edged sword shot from beneath the earth and sparred him like a fish, ending his life instantly and causing him to once more respawn with the sword in front of him.
He again grabbed it dashing towards Orochimaru thinking of nothing at all besides moving forward. He prepared himself for death as he neared, knowing that while a frontal assault was foolish he needed to see more of Orochimaru's style, vaguely remembering Anko's skill. Jumping into his raging Whirlpool technique, he passed the Sannin who had fell low to the ground and actually slithered after him. Naruto had instantly started spinning while swinging five sharp chains horizontally in case Orochimaru came to counter attack, but he ceased his attack immediately as the Sannin burst from the ground with a sword in hand aiming to stab his heart. Rolling backward and rising with his sword pointed forward, the deadly assault never ended as Orochimaru struck with glee. First the man whipped his blade around fluidly from many angles, and despite Naruto's improvement he was cut several times in quick succession. The snake ninja appeared to be toying with him and the Sannin turned sideways and jumped high into the air and unleashed an overhead curving kick that had his entire body weight behind it. Barely managing to avoid the first kick, Naruto was forced to dodge a second exactly like it, rolling out of the way of the sideways flip kick. He never had a chance to escape the side kicks that followed up however, and he was sent flying before landing in a heap and tumbling across the landscape. He righted himself immediately, and he was surprised that instead of pressing the advantage Orochimaru was just standing and smirking at him. Naruto was just about to engage him in combat again when he felt an intense pain shoot throughout his leg, and looking down he saw a small tan colored snake with its fangs sunk into him just a little above his ankle.
Naruto felt the affects of the venom immediately, and he was so woozy that he failed to notice Orochimaru move until his hand was clenching his face, digging into his eyes and slamming him headfirst simultaneously. Then the worst feeling ever overwhelmed his senses as he literally felt his face begin to melt, pain coursing through his skull as he felt flesh and bone meld together ultimately leaving behind a smooth surface. He died slowly from lack of oxygen as his forehead skin shifted and covered his dissolving eyes, the cartilage from his nose covering his lips that had long strands of flesh connecting them together. This death definitely was just as bad a Kisames treatment, being significantly more twisted if nothing else.
After reviving again and again and never even getting close to landing a blow on the sannin, Naruto had once again created new tactics and started developing a new technique to combat the deadly ninja. He had to draw upon everything he knew in order to even formulate a small possibility that had even a chance of working, and eventually he started developing a new technique. At least new in application. The reason it was so important to his success was because of the fact that every time he fought Orochimaru, he littered the entire battlefield with small snakes that would sneak very very stealthily in order to catch him off guard. Sure he could fly but that didn't let him attack the ninja or improve himself, and as much as it was a very affective technique using it in such a manner made Naruto feel somewhat cowardly. He didn't fear dying anymore and no matter how many times he did he would just rush back in again when he revived.
His first technique that wasn't as important as the other was simply a combination of his separate chakra chain techniques. Her create a long thick chain and have two smaller chains sprout from each side of the final link, making it extremely deadly. This had dealt with Orochimaru's hidden shadow snakes that bursted from his sleeves often, but it still wasn't enough to stop him. The way he seemed to fight was too crafty, like a snake. No Naruto only made contact after completing the beginning stage of his new jutsu, which he hadn't even thought about naming as of yet. It actually originated both from him reading samurai champloo and remembering Sara, and his chakra control training with Sakura when they went to the pool together. Which was fairly often. Naruto could saturate the entire pool with his chakra, and he'd shift the water and practice creating small whirlpools and waves along with Sakura. He had noticed on several occasions that when he did saturate the entire pool he not only felt Sakura's presence, but he could sort of "feel" her movements. It was like the pool water had become a second skin, or even a sixth sense.
Orochimaru's fighting was so unpredictable that Naruto had grown desperate for a solution and started experimenting after recalling his pool experiences, and he began saturating the air around him with wind and water natured chakra. The wind chakra was just easier for him to control and spread out wide, while the water natured chakra gave him a sort of "feedback." Whenever something moved within the range of his technique, he would feel it which gave him the advantage of knowing the enemy position and even a small capability of prediction. It was like the he became one with the area around him, heightening his ability to fight within the modest sized zone.
It was only after dodging a swift flurry of fluid cuts that Naruto finally managed to cut into Orochimaru with his new chain technique at precisely the right time, digging deeply into the flesh on his arms before Itachi was content.
"Your growth intrigues me, the technique you used to enhance your senses was very affective. Well done."
Naruto didn't get a chance to respond before Orochimaru disappeared and six new shinobi appeared lined up where he previously was.
"Pein, Amekage and leader of Akatsuki."