Second part is here.
I plan on adding something dark, but maybe it's just because I saw some hentai pics of Ino and other guys. I'm selfish so I like the pics only when she's with Naruto, or an anon so I can pretend its Naruto.
Anyway, I'll try to keep this clean.
I tried to write an action scene, but this wasn't my main focus so bear with it if it's bad, please. It is a necessary scene for development, and my action writing development. Besides, it's not like I'll just skip through all the action just for romance. It needs to be balanced… which is what I'm trying to work on.
(Finding Love)
It has been a month since Naruto bought his roses from Ino. During that month, Naruto remained in the shadows for most of the time. Considering he could hide from ANBU before he was even Genin, and wearing orange no less? Yeah, he was an expert in stealth. He showed himself only to Neji, Lee, and Kiba; yet even then he barely talked.
Now, we find Naruto sitting by the river in Training Ground Seven. His eyes closed to show his relaxed face, his hair brushes against the wind even though it was short, and his Jounin attire was missing the flak jacket, which was left to hang on a branch above him. His head protector was hanging from his neck.
An ANBU member appears before him making him open his eyes. "Taichou, Tsunade-sama wishes to speak with you."
Naruto only nods in return before taking his flak jacket and putting it on. He fixes his head protector on his forehead and uses the Shunshin to arrive at the Hokage Office.
Once there, Tsunade tosses a file onto the desk for him to read. He hears her talk to him as he reads the file.
"The Team of Asuma has just been sent out to stop two members of the Akatsuki. Can you head over there for back up?"
Naruto gently places the file down before crossing his arms. "Under one condition."
Tsunade narrows her eyes at him. But she did not have time to waste so she says, "Speak."
"I want MY team from ANBU to accompany me. If you cannot promise that, then at least send me Kakashi. He was the only one who didn't shun and helped me get into ANBU."
"Kakashi is with them. Perhaps you didn't know, since you always spent your time training, but Asuma is dead." She continues, ignoring Naruto's still stoic look. "A man by the name of Hidan killed him. Also, your team is on a mission near Iwa. You need to go alone."
"Very well. Where are they now?" Naruto asks as he walks to the door.
"The forest of dead trees."
"Ryoukai." Naruto says before a sudden burst of speed causes the building to shake a little.
It took Naruto two hours to arrive at the Forest of Dead Trees. Once he arrived, he saw Kakashi, Ino, Choji, Yamato, Sakura, and Sai facing off against Kakuzu. He concluded that Shikamaru was taking care of Hidan so he didn't need to worry. When Naruto saw Kakuzu about to send a punch to Kakashi, he acted.
Naruto appeared in the middle of the battle and appeared in front of Kakashi, he blocked the punch surprising everyone. He smirks as he sees Kakuzu's eyes widen in shock. "This will be fun."
"Oni!" Kakuzu shouts in rage as he felt the chakra spike. "I'll kill you!"
In a blur, Naruto appears before the Earth Grudge Fear user and kicks him into the air sending him flying. "Tajuu! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto calls out as he spams clone after clone to beat up his still airborne enemy. He frowns when Kakuzu released the Earth Grudge making black tendrils kill all his clones.
"That all you have?!" Kakuzu mocks. His eyes widen in horror as he feels the slow buildup of Chakra from Naruto.
Said blonde closes his eyes and does a ram seal before huge amounts of chakra begin to pour out from him. "Kinjutsu: Shiki Fujin; Fuin, Kai." He says lowly, but as the chakra kicked up the wind, everyone could hear it. "First Layer, Release. Second Layer, Release. Third Layer, Release." He opens his eyes which seem to glow a demonic orange. His voice has also changed. "Let me show you true Kinjutsu at its perfection." His skin begins to be surrounded by a crimson chakra cloak. Three tails of chakra begin to sprout. "Fourth Layer, Release!" He then thinks to the Kyuubi. "Kurama, I'm trusting you on this. This is your free time for now. Don't harm the others or I will seal you back.
"Hmph! As if I'd waste this!"
A black ball of chakra surrounds Naruto as an immense amount of power can be felt.
Kakashi and Yamato both have their eyes wide open after feeling no malice. "No way! Did Naruto manage to control the Kyuubi?!"
The black ball bursts to reveal Naruto in his Four-Tailed State. No, it would be wrong to call him Naruto. He was the Kyuubi.
Kyuubi Naruto growled as its white glowing eyes locked with Kakuzu.'
"Shimata!" Kakuzu curses before falling back to have his three remaining hearts shoot jutsu from his back.
The tails just block them before Kyuubi Naruto goes into a form that shows he was about to dash at the zombie shinobi. However, that was not the case as it vanished to appear behind the group of Konoha shinobi. It made two copies of itself, each copy taking the Konoha shinobi to safety.
In his mindscape, Naruto smirks as he and Kurama fist bump. "Now, to finish this."
"Yosh!"
Kyuubi Naruto starts to form a Bijudama, but Kakuzu saw it coming and blasted a tree to fall onto Naruto's Kyuubi state causing the Bijudama to explode prematurely.
"Fifth Layer, Release! Sixth Layer, Release!"
Bones formed over the Kyuubi state Naruto to resemble that of a fox's.
Kakuzu sweats nervously. He could take on the Four-Tailed state, but above that? He doubted he would survive.
"Naruto!"
The action stopped as Kyuubi Naruto turned to the source of the shout. It was Ino, and the tears in her eyes showed fear, betrayal, and loneliness.
"Come back… please… come back… You're Naruto, aren't you?!"
In Naruto's mindscape, Naruto and Kurama sigh. "Don't worry, Kurama. I'll find a way for you to enjoy your being free soon."
"Aye. Just kill that bastard. He has some history with Hashirama, and I played a small part in it."
The Kyuubi Naruto recedes into Naruto to show the blonde with crimson skin heal almost instantly. "Ryoukai." He says in reply to Kurama before facing Kakuzu again. "Enough playing. Limiter seal, Kai!" He shouts before a huge surge of blue chakra swirls around Naruto.
The eyes of all Konoha shinobi present widen as they see an oddly shaped blue disk that had a blue sphere in the center, and it sounded as if it was cutting the wind itself. They were more surprised to see Naruto create it and have it float above his right hand.
"That's not a Rasengan, that's for sure." Kakashi mutters in ear shot for everyone else to hear. "What is that Jutsu?"
"Futon!" Naruto shouts catching everyone's attention. "Rasenshuriken!" He throws it at Kakuzu as it cuts down the trees. He smirks when Kakuzu dodges and it explodes a few meters behind the man. "I might not be able to expand it yet…" He mutters to himself as more of the shuriken form. "But I've made a compromise." He throws one more before another forms on his hand. "Rasenshuriken barrage!" He says as he throws his jutsu after each other making Kakuzu fear him as the said Earth Grudge user tries his best to dodge all.
The same could not be said for his three other hearts.
Naruto's brow twitches in annoyance before summoning two more of his original jutsu, one in each hand. "Rasenshuriken: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He shouts as the two become a hundred.
No one, not even Zetsu who was spying on him, dodged it.
As Naruto sighed, finally relieved that it was over, the Konoha shinobi looked at him with fear, awe and admiration, and Ino, Kakashi, and Yamato looked at him with relief. Kakashi and Yamato did so because they were glad to not be on the receiving end if that jutsu and that Naruto was on their side.
Ino looked at him, relieved because he was back to who he once was.
It was at this point four ANBU jumped down from the trees in front of Naruto and kneeled. "Taichou, we came as fast as we could."
Naruto nods. "I told you, no need to bow. My days as your supreme commander are over."
"Hai." The four say before turning to see Naruto's work. "Still as destructive as ever, I see." One jokes before the others laugh.
"Can I leave the cleaning to you guys?" Naruto asks.
"Of course. The bounty will—"
"Be split among all of you." Naruto says before he turns to leave, not even bothering to look at the regular Konoha Shinobi. "My money can compensate the regular forces if they really want their pay, but seeing as this was a mission they got for themselves, we'll see what Tsunade says." He says before leaving in a blur.
Ino's attention goes to Kakashi as she asked. "Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hm?"
"Just who is Naruto?"
(TBC)
Yeah, I know, probably a piece of shit because of the lack of Naruto x Ino here, but I'm working on the third chap now so be patient. Plot bunnies are evil, unless they're good.
Yeah, no shit Sherlock.
*Cough*
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Bye for now!