Corrupted Realities

Chapter Six: A Decisive Battle

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any affiliated ideas. I do however own my original character Isao Uzumaki, as he is my idea.

AN: Okay so this is the second time I am writing this chapter, the first time, my laptop died and it did not auto save the story because I had not saved the document at any point. It was nearly six thousand words, more than half the length of the story at this point, so it probably would have been made into two chapters, but my fucking laptop… Well anyway, here is Chapter Six of Corrupted Realities: A Decisive Battle.

In seconds, everyone was running out of the tent, sprinting to the fighting that could be heard. In a flash, only Naruto, Isao and Ao were left in the tent.

Isao yelled to Naruto, "Stay in this tent until we get back Naruto, there are protective seals all over the tent, and you will be safe here." With a nod to Ao, the two were soon gone as well, leaving Naruto there alone.

As soon as they were out of the tent, Ao grabbed Isao's shoulder, "We have to let Mei take out Yagura, she has to if she is going to be able to maintain control over all of us here, half of the people here would rather not be under the orders of a sixteen year old girl, but if she kills Yagura it could help them respect her more if she takes out the legendary Yagura, tyrant over Mizu."

Isao nodded, "Of course, I will only interfere if Mei will not be able to defeat him, or something else comes up and we need him taken down quickly, and not killed. Mei will have to kill him to defeat him, but I could take him down in seconds with chakra suppression seals if necessary. Yagura deserves to die for what he has done, and there is little that could change that."

And then Isao was gone, the Red Lightning of Uzushio a flash of red fury as he tore apart the opposing forces. There he was, cutting apart four jounin level Mizu nin in a second, then flash, and four chunin were a burning crisp from a fireball unleashed from a seal.

Ao could barely follow the destruction as Isao destroyed the opposing forces. Power like this was a dangerous thing, and it could only be trusted to those with pure heart, and luckily, Isao was the purest man Ao had ever met, and yet it hurt to see him slaughter so many who never stood a chance, even if doing so saved his friends' lives.

Then Ao took off too, aiming right to where he could feel Yagura and Mei fighting just outside of the camp, and on the way there, all he saw were dozens of dead Loyalists, but only a few scattered Rebels were dead. That was the power of The Red Flash, second only to the late Yellow Flash from Konoha.

And the Ao was watching Mei struggle against Yagura, as everyone else was forbidden to enter the fight, and looking around, Ao saw nearly every Rebel left watching the fight, as if the fighting was already over in the minute it took him to move across the camp.

As if to have his questions answered, Hideo jumped down next to him, his closest friend in the Rebel forces, "God damn Ao why didn't you get Isao to come here ages ago? The man just singlehandedly wiped out the entire Loyalist force in a minute!"

"Hideo, Isao does not take pride in killing so many people that were only following orders, just like you or me. Many of those men did not believe in what Yagura has said these last few years, but they were just loyal to their village, and did not need to die like this. But to save the lives of those who seek to fight against the tyranny of Yagura, he did what he had to do, but I am sorry he had to do that, do you realize how hard it is to sleep knowing you killed a hundred people the day before? Do not take happiness in what he did for us, but feel grateful for the sacrifice he made for us."

With that, Ao turned away from his friend, to watch the fight between the bloodthirsty jinchuruki and the child whose family he killed.

Naruto was partially scared, partially curious as to what had happened in the few minutes that he had been in the tent. And so it was that he pulled the tent flap open, and stepped outside.

The first thing he saw was definitely a gruesome sight, only fifteen yards from the tent was the Loyalist that had made it the furthest through the camp, a kunai sticking out of his neck, with his hands clutching the handle of the kunai as he tried to pull it out of his neck before he died.

And just like that, bile rose up in Naruto's stomach, and he hurled as the venomous bile rose up and out his throat. Even after he had finished puking, Naruto could not stop retching as he dry heaved. It was nearly a minute before he could stop, but then Naruto could not cast even a glance at the man before he continued on after stealing his resolve.

He picked his way through the camp, heading towards the fighting he could hear over everything else. The noise was so great from the fight, he did not hear the man's cries for help until he nearly stepped on his face.

Naruto noticed the man lying on his back, his hands clutching at a long gash across his stomach, and then Naruto noticed the Mizu headband on his forehead that signified him as a Loyalist, an enemy to those Isao believed were in the right.

The man cried feebly, "Please kid, help me." He reached a hand out to Naruto, begging for help, as his life was slowly drained out of stomach.

In a second, Naruto was beside the man, slipping his hand into his pocket as he quickly pulled out a roll of bandages and began to unroll them. Quickly, he was pressing the cloth into the nasty gash across the man's stomach, remembering what Isao had told him about first aid.

"But why do I need to know how to apply first aid Isao? I am going to be so awesome that I won't ever be hurt!" Naruto and Isao had been walking for nearly a week now, and among other things he had been teaching him, Isao thought Naruto should know the basics of first aid.

"Because Naruto, even if you never get hurt, if your best friend gets hurt really bad on a mission, and you do not know anything on how you could help him, he could die when you could have saved him. I learned that lesson, because I was very similar to you when I was a genin, and I skipped first aid courses in our academy because I did not think I could ever get hurt. But then my best friend died because I could not save him, and that is something that never leaves you Naruto."

Naruto looked down, ashamed of his zealousness, a twinge of sadness reaching out to Isao in his heart as he thought of how hard being a ninja would be, and how he could see his friends die.

Naruto looked back up, "Okay, I will listen to you now."

So Naruto was pushing down on the wound with bandages, applying pressure to try to slow the rate of bleeding. Naruto was freaked out beyond anything he had ever experienced, he could hardly think as he went on autopilot, quickly tying bandages around the man's stomach.

"Wait here," Naruto stood up, "I am going to run for help."

The man gave a week nod, before letting his head rest as he continued to groan in agony.

So it was that Naruto continued on through the camp, heading towards the remaining sounds of battle.

With a sick twist, Isao pulled his kunai out of his last opponent, who had barely seen him before the light had left his eyes. Isao threw the kunai as it dripped the blood of the nearly one hundred people he had killed in a slaughter.

It was with a heavy sigh and sad eyes that Isao headed back towards the command tent, the red flash signifying his path.

Quickly he arrived before the tent, pushing the flap open to peer inside, to see no Naruto. Isao's eyes opened wide in horror, "Naruto!?"

Quickly he jumped up high into the air, sensing for Naruto's presence somewhere in the camp. There, he was running towards the battle, maybe someone chasing him? And then Isao was gone in another red flash.

It took barely two seconds to catch up to Naruto, as Isao practically tackled him in a hug after noticing no one else around him. "Naruto why didn't you stay in the tent? You could have died out here!"

Naruto did not look guilty for a second, "There is a man dying, please follow me you have to help him!" So Naruto pointed Isao towards where he had left the man dying, and Isao took off with Naruto still in his arms towards the man.

Then they were there, and Isao set Naruto down as he crouched down next to the man as he pulled the bandage off of his stomach. It really was a gruesome sight, through all of the blood you could see intestines inside his body, and Naruto promptly threw up again.

The man had gone unconscious at this point, the blood has seeped through the rough bandage that Naruto had wrapped around his stomach, and at that point the blood loss might have killed the man already, before Naruto could get help for him.

A green light began to glow around Isao's hands as he lowered them near the wound, and before Naruto's eyes, the wound closed up in a matter of seconds, a potentially fatal wound healed in an instant!

With a gasp, the man's chest heaved as he returned to consciousness, his hands quickly reaching for his stomach, to find it completely healed already. So he quickly glanced around, he saw Naruto and smiled, "Thank you kid."

His voice was raspy and weak, having the wound healed wouldn't help him replenish the lost blood. Then he saw Isao and nearly jumped to his feet, which he would have if his legs could have supported him, so he fell back to the ground, but Isao caught him and lowered him to the ground.

"You!" The man had venom in his weak voice, "You MURDERER! You slaughtered us like a hand would swat pesky flies!" He reached for his pocket, and had a kunai in his hand before Isao's fist nocked it out of his hand before he could raise it up.

Isao's eyes had rage in them, "I did what I had to do, to protect the people fighting against Yagura's tyranny, and to protect him, my family. I regret having to do what I did, but I would do it a hundred times over to protect those fighting for justice, and for my family."

Naruto was stunned, he knew Isao was strong, but was he really so strong that he gave no one any chance against him, and he had simply slaughtered people?

Isao continued, "It was your side that attacked innocent people who were just born into families with powers, it was your side that has slave lines set up all across the country, and other countries! It is your side that attacked us here, so I fight for those people that your side SLAUGHTERED! Like the Terumi, the Kaguya, and the dozens of other clans your side slaughtered! You call me a murderer, yet you have contributed to the death of hundreds of innocent lives!"

Isao raised a fist, and slammed it down onto the man's face, rendering him unconscious once again. "Naruto, this man deserves to die for his crimes, and at the least, he will be imprisoned for the rest of his life for what he has done. It would have been a mercy for me not to have saved this man's life."

So Isao tied the man up, hog tying his hands and feet together so he could be taken later, and the two of them ran were gone in a red flash towards the sounds of battle.

AN: Okay so next chapter you guys will see what happens with Mei's fight against Yagura, a few more things after that, and then Isao and Naruto will continue on their travelling, and so you guys know, there will be several small arcs like this one before Naruto returns to the village, and Naruto will learn many lessons and skills in his adventures that will affect his life as a shinobi. By the way, a new chapter four Konoha's Swordsman will be the next thing I post, then The Ice in the Fire, then Drop Your Mask, and repeat. I am not sure how A Good Life will fit in yet, as I am still rewriting and editing it, and it will take MUCH longer than I thought so I will only half focus on that for now.