AN: Had to figure out a way to do this story in a way where it kind of follows the style of the Friday the 13th movies and I think I found the solution. I will try and post at least two or more chapters a month but it depends on my work schedule. I will give people a virtual cookie if they can guess what Friday the 13th movie I used for a character death. For those wondering about The Monster I've Become; I am currently typing out the plot and chapter outline for the story so please be patient on that rewrite. Thanks readers, now let's get to the fun.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Friday the 13th
ITALICS- thinking
BOLD – jutsu
Chapter 2: The Key to Revenge
Two days has passed since the slayings of the two civilians and there was still no suspect even after the people at the bar gave their testimony. Most could not remember or skewed their story as they were most likely hammered that night. There was good news in all of this though, the people of Konoha started to get back to normal and thought the worst was behind them; little did they know that it was just the beginning.
Sasuke's Home
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Come on in guys and gals" Sasuke said
The door opens and the Konoah 11 come inside to see that Sasuke has already has set up the party. There are snacks on the kitchen table, the sake is ready to be poured into sake dishes, and music is playing from a CD player.
"Damn dude, this is nice. I never thought I would see the day you would not be an arrogant bastard." Kiba says with Akamaru yipping in approval of his master's comment.
"Although you have been troublesome to most of us in the past, I have to agree with Kiba on this." Shikamaru says
"Well times have changed and I have that battle with Kitsune to thank for the change." Sasuke said "Well go on then, let's begin this party in celebration of the anniversary when we all graduated. And before you ask, yes I feel bad for what I did to Naruto.
Everyone gets food and sake, sits down and starts to chat about their accomplishments. Sasuke however, reflects on how this all came to be.
Flashback – One year after Kitsune's death
After what seemed like forever, Sasuke managed to tell the Konoha 11 that he would like to meet them all at the BBQ place for lunch as he wants to tell them all something. Most the of them were suspicious as they know Sasuke to be a brooding avenger hell bent on killing his brother Itachi; they give in though as they think something might come out of this.
At the BBQ place – an hour later
The Konoha 11 get there and see that Sasuke already has a table set up for them and a couple people are on high alert.
"This is troublesome" thinks Shikamaru
"There is no logical explanation for Sasuke's behavior. I must investigate this further." Thinks Shino as his hive starts to buzz fearing danger.
"I know what you all are thinking and I have come to realize that me brooding all the time is not the way to make friends or get stronger. Please, join me and maybe we can work out our differences, wipe the slate clean, and start anew." Says Sasuke
Ino and Sakura sit down without hesitation as they are still in that fan girl like stage; the others hesitantly join Sasuke but they all think: what in the fuck got into Sasuke, is he high on something? The meal went without conversation and it was grating on Sasuke's nerves until he finally snapped and decided to start with an ice breaker.
"I know most, if not all, of you hate my brooding guts," Sasuke says with a chuckle "but to make amends with you all, I need to know what I need to improve on so we can be a close nit group."
Kiba, being the slight hothead, speaks up: "I do not know if we can forgive you for what you did to Naruto, hell I bet Hinata agrees on this as she stalked him and liked the guy." Hinata nods in agreement with a blush on her face.
"I agree with Kiba here, it wasn't right to do that to Naruto. I just wished he got to know me better as I saw the hate he was given and wanted to show him that others can love him." says Hinata, her blush in full glow and without stutters.
Ever since Naruto was killed Hinata dedicated herself to getting stronger and protect the memory of her lover. Hell, she even had a shrine in her room and basically prayed to it every night wishing Naruto a good afterlife.
Choji speaks up next: "Look man, I know you are trying really hard to impress us, but your past mistakes are going to be hard to atone for. I say that in order to earn our trust, meaning me, Hinata, Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, Neji, Tenten, and Lee, you will have to continue this attitude and show that you are not that brooding asshole you once were."
"YOSH, CHOJI SPOUTS A YOUTHFUL ANSWER!" yells Lee
"I agree with Choji's answer to this problem. It seems fate has brought us together again." Says Neji with a sigh
Shino just gives a quizzical look and a raised eyebrow toward Sasuke and Shikamaru only says one thing: "Troublesome."
"Thank you guys, I know I have a lot to work for but I will prove it to you." Sakura opens her mouth ready to speak but Sasuke interrupts "The reason you and Ino were left out is that you already accept me for who I am as you fan girls have followed me through the thick and thin of my depressing life."
Sakura closes her mouth and the Konoah 11 soon exits the BBQ place to go to their respective homes after Sasuke pays for the entire meal. It would take a year to get their trust but Sasuke kept his word and now the party he organized tonight is the fruits of his labor.
Flashback end
The party was a hit, a lot of them got drunk minus Lee as everyone knew that if he had any alcoholic beverage that he would become an unstoppable Drunken Kick Boxing machine. Little did they know that during the party a certain someone decided to eavesdrop.
Outside the home
Naruto decided that he needed to get his mind on straight and did not believe the voice in his head was true; that Sasuke was still alive. Against his better judgment, he headed over to the Uchiha district and decided to find out once and for all. He gets to the district and hears loud music and partying at Sasuke's home. He goes up to the window, peeks inside, and sees his worst fears come true.
"ARRGH! How in the fuck did he survive those wounds two years back? Oh-ho-ho this will not do. I will make Sasuke suffer by killing his friends without mercy one….at….a…time." Naruto thinks with an evil cackle added at the end.
He hears the door opening and quickly hides and sees if he can follow this person.
Back in the home
Everyone enjoyed themselves and the party started to wind down after about two hours, it was now night-time.
"Hey all, I had a most YOUTHFUL time but I think it is time for me to go. I got a busy day with Gai-sensei tomorrow."
"Thank you for coming Lee, I hope to have more YOUTHFUL moments with you." laughs Sasuke while the rest wave and say goodbye.
Lee leaves the home and was ready to head out to the gates that led to Konoha but something in his peripheral catches his wonder; it was a glowing yellow dot in the dark alley near him.
"Wonder what that is, I better go check it out."
As Lee nears the alley he hears: ki ki ki ma ma ma
Lee's heart is pumping faster and starts to look around in panic but heads deeper into the alley way and never finds the character. Oh, and the alleyway is a dead end. Little did he know that there was a person dressed in an ANBU cloak, hiding its identifying features, and a kitsune mask crouched on the building above him.
"Huh must be my- ki ki ki ma ma ma - *GULP* this is most unyouthful." Lee thinks. As he goes to turn around a loud thump is heard signifying someone jumped from a high place.
Lee slowly turns around and jumps back in fright at the ANBU in front of him.
"ANBU-san that is most unyouthful sneaking up on people like me." The figure does not speak and advances towards Lee.
"If you come closer, I will have no choice but to defend myself ANBU-san. This is your only warning." The figure still advances.
"I tried to warn you: Konoha Senpu"
Lee does a few high kicks to Kitsune's face in which he takes with full force making him stumble back. Lee does a few low kicks to the chest area in which makes the figure stumble back; he is almost like a brick wall.
Goken
Lee punches Kitsune repeatedly; in the face, chest, legs, arms, and unfortunately the groin. Kitsune takes these like they do not even faze him and after about twenty minutes of this beating, Lee gets tired and starts to miss his punches. Lee soon stands up with a wobble, looks at the ANBU, and says:
"Take…your best shot….you motherfucker"
Kitsune does just that; he grabs Lee by the hem of his green spandex shirt, makes sure he has a strong grip, and punches Lee's head off with his free hand. The head bounces down the alley way and blood shoots up out of Lee's neck like a fountain; Kitsune is now soaked in blood. He collects Lee's head and decides it is time to do a little party crashing.
Ki ki ki ma ma ma
Back at the home
Laughing and conversation can still be heard in Sasuke's home; it seems like Sasuke had done the impossible, he finally got the respect he deserved without the council force-feeding it to him.
"Hey everyone, I think it is best if I go home. The party was great and I hope more happen again; I really enjoyed myself." Said Tenten
"Thank you Tenten, you do not know how much it means to me to hear that." Sasuke says with a tear in his eye.
Tenten smiles and goes to open the door; the party guests and host are ready to wave and say goodbye but when she opens the door that all stops. Why? When Tenten opened the door Kitsune was standing right there with his machete out and his yellow eye on full glow; he then took the machete and slammed it into Tenten's head killing her instantly. Due to this confusion, nobody saw the mask the ANBU was wearing.
Ki ki ki ma ma ma
Screams are heard as Tenten is thrown back into the room landing in front of Sasuke, the machete still in her head. Everyone runs out the back door except Sakura and Sasuke.
"Sakura, I want you to go with the others and gather the Hokage, I will deal with this scum myself." Sasuke says
"No, I do not want you to be alone." Kitsune starts to walk toward the pair "Please, Sasuke let me help." Sakura says
"Dammit woman, I fight for those I deem precious and all of Konoha is precious to me even my teammates so please go. I will catch up with you later."
Sakura hesitantly leaves to gather the others. At this point Sasuke finally gets to look at the intruder and sees the kitsune mask.
"N-n-no, I t-thought you were dead! NO, OH FUCK NO!" Sasuke says tumbling backwards while Kitsune comes closer.
Gathering himself, Sasuke stands once again but is still shivering in fear: "I do not know how in the nine circles of hell you survived, but I will make sure you stay dead and that is a promise to protect those I cherish!" Sasuke makes handsigns while Kitsune bends down to pick up his machete.
Before Kitsune can look up and get an attack in Sasuke screams out: Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Great Fireball)
The fireball engulfs his home as well as Kitsune. Sasuke sees the person he faced two years ago stumble backward and crash through the window near him while still on fire. Sasuke looks to Kitsune's struggling body, nods, and runs to catch up with the others.
With Kitsune
The fireball hits and he crashes through a window and he tries to scream out in pain but finds his vocal cords are melted.
"FUCK THIS HURTS, well at least I get to see if the regeneration does its job."
What Naruto did not know is how much damage the fireball did. After about five minutes, the fire goes out on Naruto's body and he lets the regeneration do its work; another 4 minutes pass before he can stand.
"Well this sucks, I am going to need new clothing. That fucking Uchiha prick will pay; I will make his last day on this planet a living nightmare!"
Naruto decides to head to Tenten's weapon and clothing shop in Konoah; using the shadows and the darkness of the night, he makes it there with no problem. While there he finds a mirror to see what damage has been done to him; what he finds is appalling.
His face is now a blackish-brown as the skin burned off and the regeneration did the best it could to bring it back to normal but the damage was too extensive. On top of this, his hair was gone; the follicles were all burned away leaving no room for regeneration. His body was about the same color as his face but he had black splotches here and there showing where his clothing melted into his skin; once again the damage too extensive to fully regenerate. His mask surprisingly was left unscathed save for a few scorch marks. (If you are wondering what this looks like refer to what Jason looks like in Friday the 13th Part 6.)
Angry at what his figure looks like now, he decides to pick out new clothes. He decides to get black combat boots, Black/blue ANBU style pants, Black/blue short-sleeve shirt, a leather jacket to go over top of the shirt, and black fingerless gloves. (Think of what Jason wore in the remake of Friday the 13th) He also decides to pick up a couple new kunai pouches which strap to both his legs; he fills them with Kunai and ninja wire. He contemplated a cloak but now with no hair and his physique screwed up, he goes against it.
It was now time to head back to the cottage, lick his wounds, and pick his next targets; or would they come to him?
Back at the Uchiha District
The Kononah 11 just arrived with the Hokage and his ANBU after telling his what transpired. Sasuke sees the remains of his home and looks around it and sees Tenten's charred body but not that of Kitsune. He turns toward the Hokage and gives him a worried look.
"Is something the matter Sasuke?" says Sarutobi
"Yes sir, the body of Kitsune is not here. I checked his body before coming to you and he was dieing and what the fuck?! Oh God, poor Lee!" Sasuke says pointing at the gate of his compound.
Everyone looks to see what he is pointing at and pales. There on the wall near the gate that leads to Konoha is Lee's head stabbed via kunai for all to see. Fear is present in all of Konoha 11, or what is left of them, and even the Hokage. Tears start flowing out of everyone on Konoha 11 and the Hokage knows that this is an emotional time for them; two of their members gone in one night. It would be a long time before they healed mentally.
"Sasuke, I want you to be in my office tomorrow morning about this incident. There we will discuss this further, even this Kitsune who supposedly died two years ago."
Sasuke nods and goes over to his friends and tries to cheer them up but later escorts them home.