I'm back for another chapter of Crossing Dimensions. I've been inspired to continue writing and that's exactly what I'm going to do. How long I'm going to do this I don't know.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Bleach.
Crossing Dimensions Chapter: Three
=Orihime's Apartment=
Surprise was in the air at Orihime's apartment. The two bubbly individuals had been caught in a spontaneous kiss.
The blonde and Sasuke sat in the living room with the former having his head down. Sasuke stared at his once former teammate with a raised eyebrow. "So you let your primal instinct loose for a brief moment?" he said as both a question and a statement.
Naruto rose his head a little and looked at Sasuke through a single eye and nodding his head. The eye color had remained blue, but the pupil had become a slit due to the animalistic instincts that overcame him a few moments ago. It was a side affect of merging with the Kyuubi. A side affect he hadn't mastered control over as of yet.
Sasuke rested his chin on his hand while his elbow rested on his knee. A finger began lightly scratching his chin as he pondered the situation. "Hm let me get this straight, I need to understand this. If a girl rubs your whiskers, which I thought were just marks, but with the fusion of you and your beast, have become real, you give in to your animalistic lust? Am I right?" Sasuke asked in a whispered hush.
Again Naruto nodded, slightly showing his darker and feral whiskers. "Alright now you need to change back to normal, because this is ridiculous." Sasuke said crossing his arms after he slapped the blonde in the back of the head.
Naruto knew Sasuke was fed up with his shameful behavior, as it was alien to both of them. He quickly looked up with his eyes changing to crimson. "Touch me again and I'll rip off your arm." Naruto said in a deep growl.
Sasuke smirked at the emotional blonde. Activating his Sharingan, he stared down the blonde fox demon. "I would love to see you try." he said as the tension became thick with their Reiatsu (Spiritual Pressure) clashing together.
They stayed like that for a few more seconds before they quit. Naruto took a deep breath and his features returned to normal. He was still frustrated, but he felt controlled now. Sasuke deactivated his bloodline as a bead of sweat escaped the trenches of his brow. "You alright now?" Sasuke asked running a hand through his hair.
Naruto nodded his head for the third time in just a few minutes. "I'm good. How about Orihime? How is she?" he asked with worry dripping from his voice, only to receive a shrug in response.
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Tatsuki stared at her friend, who was too shocked by the previous event to speak. They were sitting on her bed with their legs crossed, Indian style.
At first Tatsuki had been shocked at seeing Naruto, their friend for only a few days, touching his lips against the friend she had for years. Second came anger. She was prevented from unleashing said anger on the blonde, thanks to Sasuke, who held her back.
After that she led her friend into her room, where she tried to comfort her, but it was all for naught, because Orihime was too busy staring off into space with her face completely red. Her heartbeat had yet to slow it's beats and her lips had yet to stop it's quivering.
Tatsuki had tried everything in the past five minutes to awaken Orihime from her daydream. From: light taps to the face, poking of the forehead, and even pinching her cheeks. But none of them worked.
The dark haired martial artist was becoming frustrated with the love struck behavior. So with her last resort being the most obvious direction, she grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at Orihime's face.
The force of the throw was enough to tip the girl over onto her back and awaken her from her daydream. "Itai." she said under the feathery weight of the pillow. She sat up and said pillow dropped into her lap. "Why did you do t-, uh where am I?" she said not noticing she was in her own room.
A tick mark grew on the corner of Tatsuki's forehead as she stared at Orihime in disbelief and evident frustration. She sighed slapping her face and slowly dragging it down. "Orihime don't you remember anything?"
Orihime rose a finger and comically touched her chin with it. "Hmm?" she grunted in thought. "Oh yeah, Naruto-kun kissed me. My first kiss." she said slowing her speech as she renewed her daydreaming.
Tatsuki shook Orihime, until she stopped daydreaming. "How did it happen?" she asked wanting to know the details.
With that question asked Orihime told Tatsuki about what had happened from the beginning of the day… which was unnecessary, in Tatuski's opinion. But hearing about how close she was to being hit by a car, and how Naruto had instead got hit by the car. This made Tatsuki a little grateful and confused about how the blonde wasn't in the hospital. But the story didn't stop there.
When it got to the more recent events Tatsuki rose an eyebrow, "You touched his whisker marks? Wait they felt real?" She asked in incredulity, her voice rising slightly.
The big breasted girl nodded her head in agreement. "They were so soft, but he's lips felt softer." she said softly touching her lips.
"But I thought you liked Ichigo?" Tatsuki said as she had always had a slight feeling that Ichigo was the center of her affections.
"Who?" Orihime muttered with a soft voice as she was still thinking about the chaste and yet magical kiss.
"Whatever." Tatsuki grunted, giving up. "Lets just go eat. Hopefully nothing else happens tonight." she said leaving the room.
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By the time the girls exited the room, the boys were busy playing a game a tic-tac-toe in their boredom. They looked up in unison. When Naruto and Orihime locked eye contact, they immediately looked away with a blush.
Sasuke sighed as he marked the last 'x' of the game, etching a straight line through the paper. "Game. Can we eat now?" Sasuke said looking at Orihime as his stomach growled.
She smiled with a nodded as she passed out some food that was spicy hot. Throughout the meal, talks erupted between the four of them. Talks between, Tatsuki and Sasuke, Naruto and Sasuke, Tatsuki and Orihime, Orihime and Sasuke, and even Tatsuki and Naruto, but never Orihime and Naruto. They were too embarrassed about what transpired.
Like seriously what were they doing, Naruto knew this was going to happen. If only he had somebody to talk to in his mind, like he used to in his youth. Kyuubi was like his father and best friend as he was always there to guide him. But now he wasn't here. He would've probably told him that he had hit the jackpot with this one though, that damn pervert.
=Kurosaki Clinic=
Ichigo was sitting on his bed with his legs crossed reading a book. A knock on his door interrupted his concentration of the storyline. "Ichigo do you know where my pajamas are?" Yuzu said opening his door.
The orange haired teen looked confused by the question and immediately went on the defensive. "How should I know? Why do you always come to me with questions like that?" he said causing her to pout.
"Wow Ichigo, ever since you got into high school, you've become such a meanie." she said through her pout.
"No I haven't." Ichigo said denying the fact.
"Now that I think of it, one of my dresses disappeared too." she said with a finger to her chin.
"Geez go bother Karin." He said staring hauntingly at his beige haired sister.
"Fine meanie." she said sticking out her tongue and closing his door.
Ichigo sighed as he laid back on his bed. "Why is she always bothering me with menial things?" Ichigo asked himself as he heard beeping. He rose and looked around in puzzlement. "Um, what is that?" he said looked around his room.
Suddenly his closet door slid open showing Rukia putting on her strange red glove with the white skull surrounded by light blue fire. "What the hell are you doing in there? Are those Yuzu's pajamas?" he asked as she dashed at him.
"We've got orders." she said quickly removing his Shinigami soul from the, now, useless body.
It was just in time too, because a monstrous arm emerged from the wall that was previously behind him. The swipe it made missed by a hair's length. The Hollow balanced its weight on Ichigo's bed as it's upper body came into view, creepy mask and all.
Ichigo could do nothing except look in surprise as all the weight the Hollow put on the bed, shattered it inward. "AH MY BED!" he yelled seeing his destroyed bed.
"You have to destroy its mask." Rukia instructed from the sidelines.
Ichigo jumped in the air of his room as he unsheathed his body length Zanpakto. "I know." he said as he sliced a long grove in his roof. When the blade impacted the hard mask of the beast, it did nothing but slightly crack it. 'Damn to shallow.' he heard from behind him.
At that moment a crack appeared on the mask and Ichigo took that opportunity to go for another strike. So pulling back his Zanpakto he sliced sideways. The strike removed a chunk of the mask, revealing a face he remembered from his youth. This shocked him as he froze, allowing the rampaging monster to thrash around his room, before retreating through a darkened void.
"Its getting away." Rukia said as she turned to run, but was stopped when she realized that Ichigo wasn't moving.
"Something's not right here." He said softly as his voice trembled along with his body. "I got a look at that things face and it was Orihime's dead brother." he said turning to face Rukia who didn't seem skeptical about the accusation.
"Are you sure?" she asked with a straight face. Before she started revealing the tactics Soul Reapers use when confronting Hollows. Not only so that they keep their injuries to a minimum, but to also keep them from learning of the Hollow's previous identity.
~CD~CD~CD~CD~CD~
It was thirty minutes after the meal ended. Naruto leaned back patting his stomach. "Dang Tatsuki-chan I didn't know your mother's beef stew was that delicious." he praised smiling at the dark haired female.
Tatsuki smiled and nodded. "I know its delicious. If it wasn't for us, Orihime here would always be eating strange things." she said laughing at her friend's embarrassed face.
"Thank you for the meal Tatsuki-chan, Orhime-chan." Sasuke said thanking the two females. "That was the best beef and potatoes I've had in a long time." he admitted thinking about when his mother made it for him and Itachi in their youth. When everything was so simple.
Naruto glanced at Orihime to see her averting her gaze from him. 'I have to apologize now.' he said taking a deep sigh. "Um Orih-" he started to say before the room shook, as if a giant was taking a thunderous step outside. He and Sasuke tensed as a cobra like monster entered the room through a black void.
Naruto looked at Sasuke, the look they shared was all they needed to have to communicate. "Handle the girls." was comprehended towards Sasuke.
The monster was quick as it appeared in front of Tatsuki and soon knocked her against the wall. "What is that?" she asked with dark eyes as she noticed a shimmer in front of her. She then noticed her arm was bleeding. Again she was hit, this time, she slid along the wall.
Orihime was the same as she could only see a shimmer. She was cowering in the corner as she stared at the cobra like monster in fear. 'What is that thing and why did it attack Tatsuki?' she asked as she noticed a chain stuck to her chest and it connected to another person… her. Her real body was currently on the floor passed out and now her spirit body was now conscious.
That's when Naruto and Sasuke noticed a second Orihime appear with a chain linking her together with another passed out Orihime. 'A clone?' Sasuke asked vanishing until he appeared in front of Orihime and vanished again, dodging the monster's attack. He laid her down next to the wide eyed Tatsuki. He stared at her, throwing her in a sleeping Genjutsu, knowing that the more she seen the more questions she was going to ask.
Naruto noticed the monster was still on Tatsuki and quickly used his power to kick it against the wall. It used that momentum to retreat into its black void.
Sasuke looked at Orihime and was about to put her to sleep as well he and the blonde noticed a newcomer. It was Ichigo. "What the hell are you wearing carrot top?" Naruto said pointing a finger at Ichigo.
"What the hell, you can see me? I knew there was something freaky about you." Ichigo said grabbing the hilt of his Zanpakto.
Naruto grew a tick mark as his seal flashed through his right uniform sleeve as his black sword appeared. "What did you say to me? Do you want a fight?" Naruto said pointing the sheathed blade at Ichigo. "I doubt that giant butter knife could do anything." he added.
The shock of seeing his classmate summon a sword out of nowhere was too much for Ichigo as he turned his head as he observed the room. He seen Sasuke in the corner next to the girls, he also noticed there was two Orihimes with a chain connecting them together. "Rukia what the hell is that?" he asked as Rukia finally arrived.
"It's the chain of fate." she said noticing the boys.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Sasuke said looking at Rukia as he tried to put everything together.
"I know right, everything is to weird right now." Naruto said crossing his arms with his sword parallel with his appendages. He didn't like being ignored and that was irritating him.
"I know we have a lot to talk about later, but can you three focus on the problem right now." Rukia said as all eyes turned on her.
Orihime stared at them in confusion, "What's going on? Why is Ichigo wearing those weird clothes? Why is he carrying such a big sword? What's going on with you two?" she said directing her last question at Naruto and Sasuke.
"The Hollow's back." Rukia said sternly as the dark void reappeared with the monster slowly coming out.
"Hollow? That's what you call that thing?" Naruto said pointing at the emerging Hollow.
"You don't remember me Orihime? You don't remember the sound of my voice?" it spoke as it large red cobra like body fully emerged from the void.
"How do you know my name?" she asked in fright as she cowered next to her unconscious body.
'How does it know her name?' Naruto thought to himself as the monster started rampaging, yelling that it was sad, over and over again.
Finally it stopped and thrust its arm at Orihime. It was effectively stopped by Ichigo and his large Zanpakto. "I thought you were after me?" he yelled as he pushed the large beast off of him, where Sasuke seized the opportunity to dash forward and thrust a lightning covered hand into the Hollow's arm, cutting it off.
It roared in pain as it once again retreated through the black void. "I swear if it retreats one more time I'm going to go crazy." Naruto said with a tick mark. "Sasuke you know damn well to aim high." the blonde berated the Uchiha. It wasn't long before they started bickering at each other over how to fight.
Ichigo chose that moment to study Orihime, more like the chain protruding from her chest. "You said that was a chain of fate, just what exactly does that mean?" he said directing his question at Rukia.
"Isn't it obvious. Orihime is a spirit. Orihime is DEAD!" the Hollow returned with his arm intact as he slithered at Ichigo.
The orange haired teen was too shocked to react in time, luckily Sasuke was quick enough to appear in front of the beast and kick it through the window, it also took a huge chunk of the wall with it. He looked at Rukia after landing, "I still don't understand how that thing knows Orihime's name." he said pointing at the broken wall.
"He's my brother." a quiet voice said as Sasuke and Naruto looked at Orihime in surprise.
"Are you telling me that, that thing is Sora-san?" Naruto said in disbelief as he just learned about her brother today.
"So when humans die and become souls, they turn into that?" Sasuke asked in disgust and anger.
Sasuke wasn't the only one that was angry as Naruto clenched his fist in rage. "That things her brother and he attacked her. I'm going to kill him." he said running through the wall.
"Wait don't kill him." Naruto heard before he could leap towards the Hollow. Unfortunately that gave it the chance to slap him towards the wall, fortunately Naruto perceived this and substituted himself with a nearby pillow.
"So you do recognize me, Orihime." the Hollow said, now with a much softer voice. The two shinobi also noticed that the eyes in the mask weren't it's previous black with big red dots. Now they actually showed the eyes of Sora the human that was behind the mask.
Orihime took a few steps forward, not listening to the protests behind her. "Is it really you brother?" she asked still with doubt in her mind.
"Hai it is me Orihime." the hollow surprisingly replied.
"It cant be, my brother wouldn't do this." she said covering her mouth in fear.
"I was lonely." he said as it went on to tell her how sad he was that after a year had passed after his death, she had met Tatsuki. With the newfound friendship the number of prayers she contributed to her dead brother's spirit started decreasing. In time, after she started high school, they stopped completely. "So after you stopped praying all together, I was so lonely… so, so lonely." he said as his voice went back to it's evil undertone and it's eyes returned to their evil look. He reached to grab Orihime, but Naruto had had enough.
"Don't you dare lay a finger on Orihime-chan." Naruto said with a swift slice of his sword he removed it's left hand. It roared and moved to retreat again. But in Naruto's rage he dropped a ton of pressure on the beast, as it crashed to the floor. "Your not going anywhere. Now just lay there and except your death." the blonde said raising his right arm as he prepared to slice through the mask.
"Wait Naruto-kun, don't kill him yet." she gasped through the Reiatsu he was putting out. They were all lucky that Sasuke was putting his out to cancel the blonde's.
"Naruto, calm yourself and only aim your energy at the Hollow." Sasuke said as he felt the pressure around them disappear. Fortunately the Hollow remained on the floor where it writhed in pain from the pressure on him.
Naruto took a deep breath as he shook his head and slowly lowered his arm. He narrowed his eyes at the Hollow, previously Orihime's brother, and watched as it stared intently at Orihime. He followed the line of sight and noticed he was looking at Orihime's unique hairpins, in the shape of a six pronged flower petal.
Unfortunately the Hollow started thrashing around again. "Orihime belongs to me. I'm going to kill her first!" it yelled as it used Naruto's momentary lapse concentration to break out of the pressure and swiftly slither around the blonde.
Quicker than anyone could follow it snatched Orihime up by her chain and escaped out the giant hole in the wall. The others quickly followed and cut him off. This time, Sasuke unsealed his Kusanagi and cut it's entire right arm off, causing it to roar in pain and drop Orihime right into Naruto's arms. "Hey look Naruto he's been disarmed." he said chuckling at his own joke.
Everyone sweat dropped at the joke in the middle of the fight. After setting Orihime on her feet, Naruto smacked his forehead in shame. "Oh Kami." he muttered. He didn't even panic when Sora used that opportunity to whip its tail at Sasuke and smack him down the street. "Can I kill him now, this has been a long day." Naruto stated mostly to himself.
It wasn't long after he said that that he heard a thud of a body hitting the floor. "Orihime are you alright." he yelled quickly checking her vitals. He shook his head when he remembered she was a spirit, but he could still feel her heart beating.
"Move aside I'll heal her with my Kido." Rukia said as her hands glowed over Orihime's body. "She's alright her soul is just now feeling strained from being outside of her body for such a long time." she added much to Naruto's relief.
"So its time to kill him now. Don't worry I'll help you pass on Sora-san." Naruto said as he vanished only to appear above the Hollow, his sword poised to finish the fight.
Time slowed down as the Sora's mask shattered upon seeing his sister on the floor. He knew what was going to happen soon and just accepted it. "I love you Orihime." he whispered before time returned to normal and Naruto sliced him from head to toe. Unlike the last time when he killed a Hollow, this one disintegrated in a shower of blue light.
His final words seemed to have reached Orihime as she whispered her reply. "I love you too Nii-chan."
Naruto sighed deeply as he watched Sasuke walked towards them. "This night went down the drain faster than it was supposed to huh?" Sasuke asked slapping Naruto on his back and sharing a sigh. He had already sealed his sword as they looked at Orihime's wall above them.
"Yeah its been one of those days huh?" the blonde said as he sealed his sword as well, trusting Rukia mostly to handle the girls. Since she seemed to be the most educated one among them about these types of things. "Hey did you know our cat disappeared this morning after it had lunch?" Naruto asked as small talk as they walked away from the scene.
=One Month Later (June 10)=
It was a month before that incident concerning Orihime's brother. It was strange seeing that she and Tatsuki had no memory of it, but it wasn't surprising. The surprising part was that she had thought a sumo wrestler had flew into her wall. Naruto shook his head as he reached the front Orihime's building, so he could get her ready for the day. It was early in the morning so he wanted to hang out before they went.
Ever since that day a month ago some weird things have been happening. First there was this weird bird that Sado brought to school during lunch time. It was weird and creepy that it could talk, but with the amount of weird things this world had to offer, it was like a 3 on a scale from 1 to 10. Don't get him wrong things got really eerie after that. It turns out that the bird was bait a Hollow used to ensnare irregular levels of spiritual energy.
He was around Orihime at the time so he didn't have time to make mince meat with it, Ichigo handled that problem. That night he had asked Sasuke why he didn't take care of it, but with the blonde's superior detective skills he had found a faint discoloration on Sasuke's neck. He backed off the subject and walked away with a large grin. To this day he doesn't know if Sasuke knows that he knows that he and Tatsuki are going out.
The blonde shook his head of the confusing thought and started recalling other events. A week after that Ichigo had got something weird a substitute soul, so that his body would remain inhabited with a soul. But things turned sour as that soul happened to be 'rotten' in a sense. It had even tried to kiss Orihime and Tatsuki, key word tried. Twin punches from him and Sasuke stopped him in his tracks. After that they didn't talk to Ichigo for a week, even when he explained that it was another soul.
Speaking of Ichigo in that sense. He had tried to befriend the two of them, since they were like him with the ability to see ghost and fight hollows. Sasuke declined stating that it was tough enough being friends with Naruto to begin with, another one was too much for him. The blonde had bristled at the comment and sulked for a minute, but he too declined the friendship, stating that it wasn't going to be easy becoming friends with them because of their upbringings. Ichigo was going to ask more of the subject but Rukia had stopped him, knowing that a person's past was to be left there.
Nothing had happened since that night a week ago, but Ichigo was determined to earn their friendship and have them help him with the Hollow infestation that seemed to be growing in number.
Which brings us to the present where Naruto was currently walking up the stairs to Orihime's apartment. It had become routine for him to act as her alarm. Though it was bad for Orihime as she had become accustomed to relying on Naruto to wake her up. Sometime between when she first got accustomed to him and not relying on the clock, the blonde had slept late and in turn, she slept late. They didn't get to school until it was lunch time.
After that he apologized to her and insisted that she return to using her alarm. He'll still go to her house at the same time. But whenever he'll get there, he'll find that she had forgone the clock altogether and she was already up by the time he got there. So he wasn't surprised when he reached her door she opened it in quickly.
At first seeing the walnut haired teen in her sleepwear had made him blush profusely. But now, he still blushed, but it wasn't on Hinata's scale. Her sleepwear consisted of a single large shirt that acted as a nightgown. She surprising only had a pair of panties on under that, Naruto had learned that the after the first week. "Finally you got here, your breakfast is getting cold." Orihime said quickly grabbing Naruto's sleeve and dragging him in the apartment.
The blonde was completely caught off guard by the news and since his footing wasn't right he was sent toppling over Orihime. She was more surprised that he was falling on her. It wasn't long before the two bodies hit the floor.
Naruto didn't know what he landed on but the softness was enough that he didn't want to raise his head. A beating heart came to his senses and he immediately knew what his head was on. With that knowledge he didn't want to raise his head and face Orihime's wrath so he buried his head further, because these opportunities don't happen often.
"Ah Naruto-kun, your breakfast." Orihime muttered through a deep blush and the awkward moment. Even though her feelings for the blonde had only continued to raise throughout the month, this was a little too much for her.
Naruto reluctantly rose his head and looked at Orihime. "Sorry Hime-chan, but why did you make me breakfast? You've never done that before." Naruto asked as he laid his chin on her left breast, causing her to slightly moan.
With that small sound they both blushed and the blonde quickly got off of her. Hoping that didn't hurt their friendship he apologized and bowed continuously. It seems they both were oblivious to other's feelings. "So this breakfast?" Naruto asked with a hand rubbing his head as he nervously chuckled. His blush was easily matching hers.
After that question Orihime had put the weirdness in the back of her mind and smile in content. She grabbed his hand and led him to where she had prepared his breakfast. It wasn't anything fancy, just a bowl of cereal. "I thought you said my…" he started but smacked his head as she giggled. His breakfast was cold, it just wasn't what he was expecting.
Inoue looked at him with a smile as she bowed, "Sorry if you wanted something else, but I just woke up. I just wanted to do something special for you, because I lo-" she stopped herself only to chuckle nervously as she increased the bows. "because I just love doing nice things hehehe." she tittered.
They shared a laugh and Naruto ate his cereal as Orihime starting dressing in her school uniform. He remembered the first time she had dressed in front of him, did you know that she didn't wear a bra under that shirt?… neither did he. It was too bad she had his back to him.
He soon finished his cereal and waited for Orihime to finish dressing. In the meantime he looked at his hand and channeled some of his spirit energy in a Rasengan. At first whenever he had did this, the swirling ball of energy would be white/silver, but now it was crimson. Sasuke had faced a similar change as now his energy was a deep purple.
Speaking of Sasuke he wasn't at school the previous day, maybe it had something to do with Itachi's birthday being yesterday. His thoughts turned to the dead brother and how his life played out, using most of his knowledge based on personal experiences and his secret file.
He shrugged when he noticed Orihime exiting her room. "Arigato for the meal Hime-chan." Naruto said bowing making her blush lightly.
"Come on lets meet with Tatsuki-chan and Sasuke-kun." she said pushing out of her residence so she could lock the door. After that she clung to her arm, pressing his arm between her breast.
Naruto didn't object to the hold as this started about a week ago. On the way to the school they passed his apartment complex, since Orihime's house was the furthest away from their high school. They seen the pair waiting for them. Well waiting was a strong word as their faces were nearly touching as they seemed to be whispering to each other.
Orihime was about to shout to them and wave but Naruto shushed her and wanted to surprise them.
It was too bad that they quickly separated with blushes on their face. Naruto snapped his fingers in disappointment. He then looked at Orihime and noticed it was because she had above average spiritual energy, that over shadowed everyone else's, save for the obvious candidates being him, Sasuke, Ichigo, Rukia, and even Chad and another person in the class who's name escaped him at the moment.
The blonde watched as she briskly walked to Tatsuki and they started chatting, leaving the boys behind. Soon the two males matched each other's pace as they followed the girls. "You feeling okay now?" the blonde asked out of the blue.
The dark eyed teen didn't mind the blonde with a glance. Only instead, opted to stay his gaze at the side of Tatsuki's face as she talked with Orihime. "I don't know what you mean." he muttered.
Naruto put his hands in his pocket and chuckled. "Sure you do. I'm not stupid Sasuke, I know yesterday was Itachi's birthday. You probably wanted to do something for him, even though we're in another universe, like a ceremonial grave somewhere on the outskirts of the city. Am I right?" Naruto said with a smirk as he noticed the flash of surprise in Sasuke's eyes before they were darkened with apathy.
Sasuke walked a bit slower as he thought about his once ambition and the fight he had with his brother. His victory at the cost of his brother's life and the story he was told about Itachi's true intentions. Everything had sent him tumbling into a seamlessly never ending spiral into darkness. Until the blonde here opened his eyes to the light… or more like showed him the right target to focus his anger on.
Sasuke clenched his fist as he thought about all of that. He steadily clenched and released until he thought about the old Uchiha's end. 'The wounds we both gave him were evidently fatal, so survivor would have been futile. He was possibly minutes away from death before he sent us here.' Sasuke thought as he looked up at the early morning sky, as the sun had just rubbed the sleep from it's eye.
"Hey Naruto what happened with the rent payment yesterday? I'm surprised we didn't get a notice this morning about a possible eviction." Sasuke asked the blonde as the school grounds came into view.
With that question asked the blonde started sweating bullets. This was the wrong reaction as Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "What did you do?" he asked menacingly.
Naruto held up his hands defensively. "It was the toughest decision I've ever had to make Sasuke you've got to believe me. It was a moment of weakness but after I did it, I couldn't believe that it worked without repercussions." Naruto started to explain quickly and quietly so passing students didn't hear.
"What did you do?" Sasuke said glaring at the blonde. "I'm not going to ask again."
Naruto sighed as it was time to reveal his biggest secret. "Well one day I got bored and I remembered I had skills others in this universe don't. skills of a shinobi, so I used it to gain money. Its not like I used the skills to steal a bank or anything, its much worse… in your opinion." Naruto added with a thoughtful expression.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes further as he thought about everything he hated… it was a long list. He dug around in his mind trying to find the answer.
Meanwhile the blonde wiped his brow in relief. 'It's a good thing Sasuke hates a lot of things. I'm free for now.' Naruto thought as he jogged ahead as the day begun.
=A Week Later=
Naruto yawned as he stood on the roof of his apartment. He stood clothed in his Kage's cloak along with his custom cloak over it. Under was the only spare outfit he had from his original universe, sans the armor, Hollows weren't that strong to him and they never touched him. He just felt like this should be his Hollow exterminating gear from now on. Ichigo had his black Shinigami attire and even Sasuke had his Akatsuki gear. The only thing he didn't have was the Hokage hat. 'I miss that thing.' the blonde that solemnly as a lone tear dropped down his cheek.
Hollow activity had started to slightly raise and that was grating on his nerves. He stupidly gave Ichigo the night off, since he had been acting strange at school today. He was actually smiling the entire day, it threw everything out of whack.
Tatsuki had told them that Ichigo wasn't going to come to school the next day, so he felt that he wasn't going to either. He was going to shadow the substitute soul reaper around the entire day. He'll have a clone in his place so things wouldn't get suspicious.
He had to admit it, he was bored and he felt that Sasuke was getting close to solving his secret. He shrugged as he thought about the outcome, 'It wouldn't be so bad. I'll just tell him that it was his fault that I had to do it.' Naruto thought scratching his cheek.
It was at that moment that he felt a slight presence of spiritual energy appearing to his left a couple of miles away. "Yosh." he mumbled when he surprisingly heard a meow a few feet behind him. It was because of that that instead of pushing off of his foot and hopping in the air, he turned like a ballerina to face the black cat before toppling onto his side.
Now as he laid flat on his face he groaned to the heavens to forgive him for whatever he did. He rose his head and found himself face to face with the cat. "If memory serves me, you disappeared about a month ago. Where'd you go? Wait, just because your smart doesn't mean you can talk." Naruto said rising to his feet and wiping off the dirt that had accumulated on his attire.
"Hey I'll have you know that I take offense to that." a male voice echoed from the cat.
Naruto stared at the cat before he shrugged his shoulders. "Well I guess I was wrong." Naruto said as he plopped himself into a seat in front of the cat, totally forgetting about the nearby Hollow.
The talking cat rose a furry eyebrow, "Are you going to freak out or something. Its not everyday a talking cat appears." it said as it's tail swayed behind it.
The blonde shrugged as he rested his chin on his hand. "True, but I have seen a talking cat. A bunch of talking cats actually." Naruto said as he thought back to when Sasuke was actually a part of team seven and the team had did a mission concerning a bunch of cats and paw prints. That's all he could really remember from that mission.
The cat's response was cut off by a loud hollow roar a few yards to the blonde's right. The blonde sighed and with a pointed finger muttered, "Gian (False Darkness)." with that a large burst of lightning erupted from his finger tip and blasted through the Hollow. "Now we can continue talking, your intriguing." the blonde said returning his chin to his hand.
"Just what are you? Your not a Shinigami, that's for sure." the cat said sitting on it's haunches.
"I can say the same for you." Naruto said smiling at the feline. "Now that I'm thinking about it, your not an ordinary cat."
Said cat looked at him with a straight face. "Oh really what gave that away?" it asked with sarcasm, sarcasm, and more sarcasm.
"Not that I'm say that you cant just be a cat, you know too much. I don't know if this is correct, but could you possibly be a Shinigami like Rukia Kuchiki? It would be the only explanation." Naruto said as something told him that they had the same abilities, with the cat having the vast majority. Rukia looked a little young for a hundred year old chick.
Silence followed as the too looked at each other. Minutes passed by with nary a word spoken. Neither of them moved, not even the cat's tail. The two just stared into each other's eyes.
Naruto just sat there examining the cat, mostly wondering if it was thinking of an answer that would possibly fool him. But he knew from the silence already that he was correct to assume that it was a soul reaper. Now it was his turn to think of what she'll, as he had said a month ago, will come up with.
Minutes passed by faster and faster before a full twenty minutes passed. Still the cat didn't respond. It was thanks to another Hollow appearance, this time to Naruto's left, that anybody moved. Again with another Gian did Naruto destroy it, as that was all that was needed. He didn't feel like using his sword or checking what it looked like as this seemed more important to him.
"I guess I can tell you. After all you did take me into your home, when we first met. You even fed me and even played with me one time. So yes I am a soul reaper. Also you are correct to say that I was female, its surprising that you knew that. Even when I hadn't even talked yet or revealed my true form." the cat said as it's tailed started swaying again.
"So you do have a true form. May I see it?" the blonde asked wondering how the transforming will occur. Will a burst of cloud just appear and their she'll be standing or will it be different? Those kind of questions were flowing through Naruto's mind.
"No. Now's not the right time." the cat said as it rose on all fours. "Now you should handle this latest Hollow before it reaches it's target." the male speaking and yet female cat said as she could sense the last Hollow of the night chasing another spirit.
"After I destroy it, will you reveal your true form to me?" Naruto said as excitement began to fill him.
The cat thought about it with a long 'hmmm' "Possibly." it finally said.
"YATTA! I'll be back in a couple of seconds." he said as he shimmered from her sight.
The feline had a look of feline surprise on it's face. 'Was that Shunpo (Flash Step)?' it silently thought. It was surprising when two seconds later the spiritual signature of the Hollow faded from her senses. Then a second later Naruto reappeared in the same shimmering fashion.
"What I miss?" Naruto asked with a large foxy grin as he returned.
"How is it that you found it so fast? Only those of lieutenant and up can possibly detect such a faint signature?" the blonde heard the manly voice ask him.
"Lieutenant? Is that a Shinigami rank? What's the strongest?" Naruto asked as he created a quick shadow clone. "My clone will handle the one's that appear from now on." he added as he, with the cat's permission, scooped her up and vanished to the inside of his room.
It was at that point that Naruto suddenly smacked himself on the forehead. "Oh Kami how rude of me, all this time we've been in each other's company and I haven't even asked for your name. What is it?"
"Its Yoruichi." the feline plainly said as it hopped onto the nearest pillow and curled up. Her golden eyes were still visible, making it seem like a pair of floating eyes in the dark room.
"That's it." Naruto said as he shed his attire. He was curiously about that. The only person he knew that only had one name was Chad or Sado as he called himself. "So you only have one name like Chad?"
Yoruichi rose a furry eyebrow. "What are you talking about, his last name is Yasutora."
Now it was Naruto's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Really? I guess I don't be paying attention." Naruto yawned as he finally exited his fighting attire. Now, after putting on a pair of rusted orange sweat pants he hopped on the bed, making Yoruichi bounce, but otherwise keep her curled form.
"I don't know what to make of you… or Sasuke. You two are true enigmas in my eyes." Yoruichi said as Naruto's head rested on the pillow next to her.
Naruto shook his head, mindful to move slowly. "You're the true enigma…" Naruto said as he took a long yawn. "I mean you have the ability to turn into a cat. Can the other soul reapers do that?" 'Can I turn into a fox?' Naruto thought as he never tried. 'That'll have to wait until later.'
Yoruichi quietly licked a paw before she curled back up. "I'll tell you this. Only my clan, the Shihoin Clan, had the ability to turn into animals. No other soul reaper has that ability. Though one of them is a giant wolf." she mumbled it, but since Naruto is right next to her, he heard it.
Naruto nodded as he felt the dreamscape calling his name. "As much as I would love to continue this conversation, I'm getting sleepy. So see you tomorrow Yoruichi." Naruto said as he didn't even wait for a response and he was clearly sleep in seconds.
=June 17th
Naruto yawned as he, decked out in a simple white t-shirt with blue shorts, followed Ichigo and his family via the roofs of the surrounding buildings. He did this until they arrived at the cemetery.
Not surprisingly Rukia showed up mysteriously. Ichigo denied not knowing her, but then said that she was a middle school classmate and dragged her away. He silently followed shaking his head. Luckily the tree population in the cemetery was just good enough for him to hide and follow them silently. The day was pretty much boring and Naurto sometimes left a clone to watch as he dozed off in the treetops.
So surprised was he that when the clone dispelled, it showed that there was a Shinigami confronting Rukia. Cursing the clone for not watching itself and waking up he shunshined to where Rukia was at. He looked around, wondering why Ichigo would be gone from Rukia for so long. Then the memories of the clone filled him in, 'Did you really kill your mother Ichigo?' Naruto thought as he watched Rukia talk to the straw hat wearing Shinigami.
"Are you Onmitsukido (Stealth Force)?" Rukia asked as the man pulled a string in which a flap on top of his straw hit lift that said correct on it, and he sounded out a 'ding ding' sound repeatedly.
Naruto rolled his eyes in the treetops, 'So is this guy like a shinobi or something. If he is, I wonder how strong he is?' he asked himself as listened to the rest of the conversation.
Soon Ichigo returned with Kon in tow. "Rukia, are you alright?" he asked stopping near the girl. "Who is this Rukia?" he asked not waiting for a reply.
Naruto didn't bother listening to the introduction, on the account that he started digging deep in his ear. He pulled out a bit of earwax and flicked it off of his finger as he watched Ichigo eat Kon's mod pill. He knew by that time he had fully announced himself.
'I'm so bored. Ichigo always gets to fight. You know what no more, I'm getting this action.' Naruto thought to himself as he dropped down from the tree in front of the two. "Yo." he waved in a manner like his old sensei Kakashi.
To say the other three, four counting Kon, were surprised was an understatement. "Where'd the hell you come from?" Ichigo said pointing his large sword at Naruto.
Naruto seemed hurt as he stumbled backwards, holding his chest in the process. "Aw Ichigo I thought we were friends? How could you say that to me?"
"Cut the bullshit. First Rukia, now you, can I ever have a normal day by myself." Ichigo yelled grabbing his hair and pulling it in frustration.
The blonde waved him off. "Calm down Ichigo, I was bored so I came down here. Plus I want to fight this guy." Naruto dropping into a stance.
"And just who are you?" Saido asked looking at the blonde.
Naruto smiled and got out of his stance to bow. "Naruto Uzumaki, the residential Kage, at your service." he said not surprised the man disappeared to take advantage of the opening. "Pretty good, taking advantage of my opening. Its too bad it was a feint." Naruto added as he did a roundhouse kick behind him. He was surprised he didn't hit anything. 'Ooh this is going to be interesting.' Naruto thought as the man appeared back in the same spot.
"You have good reflexes, if you hadn't said anything I would have surely been hit." Saido said with a straight face.
"I can say the same for you." Naruto said as a wide grin spread his face. "Lets have some fun." he said charging at the man.
With that comment the man looked surprised and a little wide eyed. "Crap." he muttered as Naruto punched the ground, causing the ground to cave outward and make a small crater.
This continued for a few more seconds before Naruto smirked and vanished before all of their eyes. "Behind you." he said as it was too late before Naruto kicked the man in the side of the head, launching him into the tree line.
The man came back with a vengeance with his sword drawn. "Ooh drawing your sword on an unarmed man. Tsk tsk." Naruto mocked as he side stepped the downward slash and bent backwards for the side slash. He did a handstand back flip and kick the man's sword out of his hand in the process.
Saido grunted and thrust out his arm. "Bakudo #4: Hainawa (Crawling Rope)!" he said as two spectral yellow lights erupted from his hands.
Fortunately Naruto was already hopping backwards as the yellow lights pursued him. "Its futile to escape human." Saido cackled as he urged the ropes to pursue faster.
Naruto smirked at the comment. "Okay." he said as a clone materialized in front of him causing it to get caught, thus stopping the technique. He dispelled it and dashed at Saido.
Halfway there they heard a beeping from Rukia's soul pager. They stopped fighting and went to check it. "Is a Hollow near?" Naruto asked as he broadened his senses. He didn't have to wait long as screams were heard not far away.
"KARIN! YUZU!" Ichigo yelled as he recognized the screams as he began running as fast as he could to his twin sisters. Everybody quickly followed, even Saido, at a more reserved pace.
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Naruto took a detour and took to the trees. From there he hopped onto the cliff above Ichigo's sisters. He immediately noticed a very large Hollow was on Karin while it had Yuzu in its hand. It's back was to him, so he didn't know exactly where his mask was. 'Damn it turn around.' he wanted to completely finish off the damn Hollow and not allow it to retreat and recover. That and he didn't want to destroy it while it was holding a screaming Yuzu and stepping on a howling Karin.
He didn't have to wait for a distraction as Ichigo made himself known and after a few minutes of yelling, the Hollow dropped Yuzu. After that Naruto was about to attack it when it retreated and Ichigo followed. So he followed.
Now in a clearing Ichigo and the large Hollow began fighting, with the Hollow, known as Grand Fisher, a Hollow that uses a humanized bait mechanism to kill whoever that can see it, but targeted most women.
This enraged Ichigo and he started blindly swinging his sword in rage. It became clearly apparent that one of it's targets had been Ichigo's mother.
This even enraged Naruto, but he was stopped from attacking by Saido, who also stopped Rukia. He told them that this was a fight of honor and Ichigo should be the one to finish.
Rukia understood as this had happened with her old lieutenant. Naruto didn't know about Rukia's previous experience, but this was similar to Sasuke's own ordeal with Itachi.
=With Sasuke=
By that time school was released and Sasuke was in the dojo with Tatsuki. In the process of sparring with Tatsuki, he had been thinking about the blonde's absence from school. Even though he was technically there, the clone didn't really count. 'What could the loser could be doing?' Sasuke thought as he continuously blocked each of Tatsuki's strikes.
"Come on come on come on." Tatsuki chanted as she grew frustrated with each of her blocked attacks. She threw a jab and watched as it was batted away. She swung her other hand, keeping her body in motion as she went for a backhand. Her hand was grabbed and so she kicked backwards with her right leg.
Her attack was dodged and her right hand was released. She fully spun around bringing her left leg in a large horizontal arc, hoping to connect with Sasuke's head.
Fortunately or unfortunately, however you see it, Sasuke soon sneezed and Tatsuki's leg flew right over his head, it did hit some of his hair. Sasuke rose his head and rubbed his nose. "That's it for now. Take a break Tatsuki-chan." Sasuke said running a hand through his hair.
"What are you talking about, I can still fight. Lets go, get off your ass." Tatsuki said glaring at the Uchiha, who had taken a seat.
"Tatsuki, if you really want to learn my fighting style, I expect you to listen to me. Now sit your cute ass here and eat some lunch." Sasuke said not really paying attention to the words coming out of his mouth.
His words caused Tatsuki to blush as she sat next to the Uchiha, grateful for the sandwich that was handed to her. She bit into it ravenously and drunk from a bottle of water near her.
They ate for the next two minutes. After that they rested for five minutes Sasuke rose to his feet. "Okay that's enough rest. Now lets complete the training that will guarantee you complete victory in the tournament next week." he extended his hand to the still sitting girl.
Tatsuki smiled grateful for the break. She took Sasuke's hand and rose to her feet.
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Naruto and the others watched as Ichigo renewed his attacks on Grand Fisher after encountering the little remains of his mother's spirit.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders when Ichigo gained the upper hand with his renewed resolve. A couple minutes passed and Ichigo had wounded the giant Hollow enough that it had to retreat. Soon Ichigo passed out from his injuries he sustained in the battle.
'Seriously though, if it wasn't for carrot top's honor I would have already kill the monster.' Naruto thought as he shook his head and walked away. 'This day was so boring. I should have went to school.' he thought again as he arrived where Ichigo's sister were.
He could see that they were alive and safe. He was about to turn when he heard something. "Hey, aren't you Karin's friend? Naruto Uzumaki right?" the voice of Ichigo's hazel haired sister, Yuzu, said from behind him.
Naruto focused and he remembered the young eleven year old twins from when he had run into them from when he was walking around the city, bored out of his mind. He had felt a Hollow, but didn't get to kill it, because it had retreated the moment he had sensed it. Luckily Chad and Ichigo's sister, who he learned was named Karin, was alright.
Chad had picked up the weird speaking bird and entrusted that he return Karin back home. Naruto shrugged as it gave him something to do. He didn't know where Ichigo's house was, but Karin led him there with instructions.
There he met Yuzu and Isshin, who both thanked him for returning Karin. Though Karin was still a little out of it, concerning the spirit inside of the bird. It didn't surprise the blonde because he too could feel the turmoil inside the spirit and wished for its safe journey to the Soul Society.
The Kurosaki family seemed like a nice bunch, save for Isshin who seemed a little messed up in the head. But he reminded him of himself, with his childish antics. The dad had invited him to dinner with the family, but he politely declined, in hopes of saving room for dinner at Inoue's house.
Back to the present Naruto smiled at waved at the two. "Hey Yuzu, Karin, what are you two doing here?" he said acting ignorant to the reason of their presence.
"We're here to visit the grave of our late mother." Karin said showing a half smile half frown. She was sad about the fate of her mother, but happy to see Naruto, who she felt was kind of her friend, considering how he had taken her home a couple weeks ago.
"Oh." Naruto said dejectedly. "So hey do any of you need help with your homework or anything? You can always count on me if you need any help." Naruto said smiling brightly, hoping the change in subject was enough to brighten this darkened day.
The two twins sweat dropped at the request. "No Naruto-san, we don't need help with homework." Yuzu said.
The blonde shrugged, "Okay then I guess I'll see you some other time then. Tell your dad I said 'hey' alright." Naruto said walking away as the sun was setting.
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Naruto walked into his apartment to see Yoruichi sitting on the counter staring at him. "You finally back from watching Ichigo huh?" the feline said as she sat on her haunches.
"Yeah. This day was pretty uneventful for me. On the bright side, carrot top seems to have finally taken his position seriously." Naruto said as he explained the day to the Shinigami in disguise.
"That's all fine and dandy, but I've been thinking about something." Yoruichi said following Naruto into his room, where he deposited his shirt and prepared for a much needed shower.
Naruto let her words hang in the air has he ran the water, turning the hot on full blast. He cleaned himself for the next ten minutes, he even washed his hair with shampoo. After that he brushed his teeth and exited the steaming bathroom, now aware of Sasuke's presence inside the apartment.
"Dobe, come in here when you put some clothes on." Naruto heard from the living room.
Naruto smiled as he briskly walked into the room. "Its seems that Sasuke found out how I collected my money." Naruto told Yoruichi who bounded onto his pillow and watched him put on some sweats. He rubbed his hair vigorously and wrapped the towel around his neck.
Yoruichi knew she was getting addicted to seeing Naruto without his shirt on. The blonde had a body that was nigh impossible for a regular school student to get. Starting with his shoulders, they were broad and defined with rippling muscles. Down the chest the muscle proceeded to gain definition and leanness. Then onto his abs, they were about the most pristine set of abs she had ever seen on one so young. The six pack was just a vision of beauty to her. Down to his waistline she knew that said abs continued with another row of muscle. The biceps, triceps and the forearms were scrumptious to just look at.
Not to mention the many tattoos on him, only seemed to heighten his sex appeal. She counted at least four different tats.
The feline shook it's head as it remembered what happened yesterday. She knew their was more to his story. 'I'll find out, eventually.' she told herself as she followed the blonde to the living room.
"What's up Sasuke." Naruto said walking into the dimmed room. Sasuke was no longer wearing his karate outfit, but now was wearing a pair of dark blue pants and a black shirt.
"How long have I known you for Naruto?" Sasuke said confusing Naruto with the question.
Naruto sat on the opposite couch as Yoruichi sat between them on the floor. The blonde was forced to think of their history. He wasn't going through any details of their shared history. "I would say about seven years, give or take a few months. Why would you ask me such a question now?" Naruto said as his eyes scanned his comrade.
Sasuke glared at the blonde, knowing he was playing the ignorant fool. He glanced down to see the black cat had returned from it's month absence. He paid it little attention and returned his gaze back to Naruto. "Yes I'll say that's about right. So in all our time together, when have you seen me approve of smut?"
Naruto chuckled and folded his legs. "Now Sasuke, how did you turn this entire situation to you?"
Sasuke opened his mouth to answer, but was cut off. "Now I understand how you would hate my idea of getting money, but can you really hate it so much. I know its smut to you, but to me its just a means of getting money."
Sasuke grew angry and pulled out the familiar orange book. "But really Icha Icha Paradise? You couldn't think of a different way. I would have rather you steal from a bank, that way is at least honorable in its own way." he said slamming his book on the table, where Yoruichi went up to it.
"Is this really smut?" the male voice pierced the room, shocking Sasuke a little at it's suddenness.
"Did that cat just talk?" he said now looking at the cat. At first glance it looked like a normal cat and the only thing that jumped out at him was the eyes. They pierced through his entire being. Accepting the challenge his own eyes altered themselves into the three tomoe form.
The eyes startled the Shinigami in disguise and Naruto watched this event in silence. 'I wonder what Sasuke and his Sharingan are going to see?' he thought in wonderment.
Minutes passed by without a word from either party. More minutes passed by before it was a total of thirty that Sasuke's Sharingan canceled, returning his eyes to their obsidian. "There is in aura around the cat reminiscent to the aura around Ichigo. Could she be a Shinigami?" he asked looking at Naruto, not seeing any traces of surprise in his cerulean eyes. "You knew what this animal was, without telling me." he said with hidden traces of anger in his voice.
"Don't get angry at him, he had only just found out yesterday." Yoruichi said as her tail swayed from side to side.
Naruto grinned wide, showing his canines had elongated, but they were always like that. "Now Sasuke, I would have thought you already knew this. Not all of us can have the famed Sharingan at our disposal." he said kind of mockingly as he rose to his feet. "Now lets drop this topic and resume to the smut, as you call it." he said putting his hands behind his back.
The Sharingan returned full force, its appearance now showing the Mangekyou. "Watch what you say Naruto." he said as Reiatsu started affecting the surrounding area, the evil and maliciousness in the Reiatsu had little to no effect on the blonde.
"Or what Sasuke, what are you going to do? I mean really what could you possibly be so angry about?" Naruto backfired with his own crushing Reiatsu.
Though they weren't paying attention, their battling Reiatsu had no effect on Yoruichi, though she was surprised at the pressure being put out by these two. Even though it wasn't a lot, their combined Reiatsu easily surpassed all lieutenants capabilities.
Sasuke fell silent at Naruto's questions. His spiky hair fell around his head, it no longer resembling a duck's ass at that moment. "I feel constrained." he said simply. Naruto watched him through cold eyes, forcing the Uchiha to shamefully avert his gaze as he wasn't used to it from the blonde.
Naruto stayed silent as he stood waiting for the Uchiha to explain. "I feel like I no longer have a purpose. I mean I have this strength, this incredible strength, but I cant do anything with it. These weak Hollows don't put up any kind of fight and that's pissing me off." he said now with fire in his black eyes. "I know you feel it as well. Don't you feel like your just suffocating in your own pent up frustrations?" he said as he was now yelling. "The need, no, the urge to match myself up with the strongest of this universe and prove myself the strongest is driving me insane." Sasuke said as his curse seal pulsed as more Reiatsu filled the room, not to mention there was a purple aura outlining Sasuke.
This had the effect to make Naruto sweat as Sasuke seemed to be pouring out all he had. His worthlessness, his urges, and his frustration. They were but a fraction of the feelings emitting from the Uchiha.
This entire event only worried the blonde as he had never seen the Uchiha so angry before. But his words only struck true within the blonde's heart. Now that it had been brought to light, he had missed his old life. Maybe it was the stifling Reiatsu that was pouring from the Uchiha, but he was beginning to hate his current situation. His entire world had been flipped upside down, he went from the leader of an entire village to common high school student.
But no more. With the resolve to back him up, the immediate area around Naruto exploded with the help of crimson Reiatasu. Immediately the image of a majestic nine tailed demon fox surrounded him. "If there's one thing I learned about from following Ichigo, its that there's a place called the Soul Society." Naruto said as his voice was being affected by the demonic Reiryoku. "I've heard that there's more than enough people there to test our prowess on." Naruto said as he calmed his spiritual pressure, before he canceled it out altogether with Sasuke doing the same.
"I say we give that place the Shinobi Special." Sasuke said after he had calmed himself. This might be the kind of action he was dreaming of.
Yoruichi hopped on Naruto's head, distracting him for a moment. "Not that I mean to rain on your little parade or anything, but in order to get into the Soul Society, you need to be a spirit… you need to be dead."
A/N: Ooh things just got heated up. With what just happened now, the beginning of the chapter seems irrelevant. Sasuke revealed his expertly concealed frustrations. Though it wasn't in the story, its obvious that the one fight he had with Naruto was his only piece of real action since he arrived in the new dimension.
With Sasuke jumping over the edge, this only urges Naruto to follow as he is now showing the same urges to fight strong people. Do you think its only Sasuke's doing or do you think it's his demon side bubbling to the surface?
But what's this, Yoruichi tells them, only one, of the conditions to have access into the Soul Society. How will this affect the duo's new found urge, and what the hell happened outside of that room? Surely some shit got real out there.
Well leave your thoughts in a review and I'll think about how I'm going to move the next chapter along.