Repo

The ninja opera

Gods what was wrong with him, why the hell had he said all those things? He didn't really believe it, he wasn't a monster, he cared, god how he cared, he knew what he did was wrong, immoral even evil. But that didn't mean he was a bad person, he didn't enjoy his job, he took no pleasure in killing people. He wasn't a monster, he wasn't. But even as he was thinking this he could hear a voice at the back of his mind telling him he was just lying to himself that he had meant everything he had said back in that clearing. 'No no nononono that wasn't me, it was just the stress talking. I just need to calm down, everything will be fine, all I need is a vacation and everything will go back to normal.' Still the voice taunted him telling him he was just fooling himself, asking him just what he thought normal was, that he would be so much happier if he just let go and accepted what he was.

It had been a week since his brake down in the woods. Thankfully kakashi had given them some time off, supposedly to recuperate from completing such a high ranked mission. But Naruto knew the real reason, kakashi was worried, and rightly so, that any more stress and he would snap like a dry and brittle twig, even orochimaru had sensed that he had needed a break and had given him some time off. And so Naruto found himself on top of the Hokage monument trying to convince himself that he wasn't that person back in the clearing. And so there he found himself leaning against a tree watching the sun set over the village holding his knees to his chest trying desperately to assure himself that everything was going to be ok.

This was the scene that Hinata walked in on. She had always admired the blond, how he was always so happy and confident in himself, his kind heart, how even after his mother's death, and his smiles became more and more rare he had still maintained an air silent confidence. And she had admired him even more for his strength and determination to not give up on his dreams even after losing his only family. And that admiration had only grown in the last year to the point that Hinata could admit, if only to herself, that she had fallen in love with the blond. So when she saw him sitting there holding his knees to his chest with such a hurt look on his face she felt a pain in her heart. She realized that despite all his confidence in public that he was just a person, like herself, that he felt pain and loss the same as everyone else and she found herself even more in love with him because of it. However no she was faced with a dilemma, it was obvious that the boy in front of her was hurting and if she had been any braver she would be by his side trying to comfort him. But her feet refused to listen to her and all she could do was stand there helplessly desperately trying to gather every ounce of courage she had in her small body.

Naruto was lost in his own little world, images of all the people he had killed flashing before his eyes, the sounds of his knife cutting flesh, the feel of tearing some ones still beating heart from their chest. and all the time the voice in the back of his mind telling him that was who he was, what he was meant to do, that those where not the actions of a 'good' person, that he was a monster and that deep down he knew he liked it, the sounds of his knife cutting flesh, the feel of tearing some ones still beating heart from their chest. And all Naruto could do was cry and hold his knees even closer to his chest and cry out desperately.

That did it for here, to hear the pain in that cry; she could no longer just stand there. Plucking every ounce of courage she had she stepped out from her hiding spot and slowly approached the person she looked up to the most.

Suddenly Naruto was dragged back to reality when he noticed that he was no longer alone. Jumping to his feet he turned around and saw that it wasn't kakashi like he had originally assumed. Instead of the tall grey haired (silver if you asked him) man standing in front of him there was the girl he remembered from the academy, Hinata if he remembered correctly.

"Ano ... I'm sorry for disturbing you."(I'm not typing stuttering so just assume she is) Hinata said while pocking her fingers together and looking down at the ground. 'This was a horrible idea; he probable came up here so he could be alone.' She thought to herself. "It's just that you sounded so sad and I ... "she stopped herself there and wondered just what she had planned to do. "I just wanted to help maybe." She finished in almost a whisper.

Naruto just blinked owlishly, she wanted to ... help him? Didn't she know what he was what he did at night, that there was no help for him? Of course she didn't, he could count on one hand the number of people that knew the truth about him. "You shouldn't bother, some people are beyond helping." And with that he turned his back on the girl and started to walk away.

Hinata was shocked, here was one of the kindest people she had ever met and he was saying he was beyond helping. "That's not true, no one's beyond helping!" she all but yelled surprising both of them. "Ano ... but it's true," she had reverted back to her shy self. "I don't know why your upset but I know that your one of the kindest people I know and if any one deserves help it's you."

Oh, if only she knew what he was, what he had done, what he was going to do, she wouldn't be saying those things. "You don't know what you're talking about." Again he started to walk away.

"Maybe but I still want to help." She all but whispered to herself.

Why was he doing this, she had no idea what she was talking about, you don't help a monster feel better. But he wasn't, at least not to her. And there it was his answer. He wasn't a monster, the repo man was, but that was only a part of him. To everyone else he was just Naruto. That was his answer he just had to think of the two as two separate identities, when he was Naruto he was Naruto, and when he was the repo man he was the repo man it was as simple as that. They where two completely different people. Naruto looked over to the shy girl standing behind him. "Hinata, thanks for caring." And with that he walked over to her and hugged her. "Have no idea just how much you helped me out there. ... Hinata?" when he looked down he noticed that the girl had fainted in his arms. Simply frowning in confusion he put the girl down and sat her up against a tree. And backed up gave her one last confused look shook his head in slight confusion and started to walk away but not before giving her another silent thank you.

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He was back and better than ever. He felt better than he had all week, here surrounded by the utter blackness of the night, perched on the rooftops like giant bird of prey, he was in his element. No longer held back by his useless sense of morality, he was free, free to do what he wanted, free to enjoy the thrill of the hunt, free to revel in the terror of his victims, free to finally be what he had always known he was. Free to be the monster that had always been a part of him. Good it felt good to finally let loose and be himself. He felt like laughing at himself for being so stupid as not to come to this conclusion earlier. It was perfect, no longer did he have to worry if what he was doing was right or wrong, the repo man didn't even know what those words meant. And that was the key, he was the repo man, not Naruto, they where two completely different people. Where Naruto was kind hearted, he was heartless. Naruto had a strong sense of right and wrong, he had none. Naruto's dream was to be a great doctor, all he dreamt of was the next person he was his next victim. They may have shared the same body but they where two completely separate people. Well not completely, but close enough. And to think this was all thanks to that shy girl back on the monument. Who knows how long it would have taken him to come to the same conclusion without her. He would have to do something nice for her, maybe some flours, girls like flours right? He shook his head, now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. He had a job to do and it looked like his next target was about to walk in to his web. He honestly had to question the logic behind wandering around the darkened streets of Konaha when you knew there would be a repo man looking for you. But shrugged it off, it made his job easier after all and so prepared waited for the oblivions man to walk into his trap.

Sato was drunk. He knew that this was no time to be drinking; he knew that if he had any chance of surviving he would need a clear head. He knew all of these things but that didn't change the fact that the only thing that keeping him from braking down was the alcohol. And so he found himself stumbling down the streets of Konaha back to his house. However in his drunken stupor he never noticed the slight gleam of the ninja wire lying on the ground. And so was taken completely by surprise when, with a loud twang, the wire wrapped around his left foot and pulled him up into the air so he was hanging upside down from one of the broke light posts.

Too easy Naruto thought to himself as he jumped down from his perch an landed in front of the upside down man. By this time the man was screaming his head off, but unfortunately Naruto and was content to simply let him as he pulled out one of his scalpels and began to cut away at the man's mid section, peeling back skill and fat. Still the man screamed, even more so when the blood from the now gaping hole in his torso began to run down his face. However soon enough the screaming stopped fallowed shortly afterword the sound of knives cutting away at flesh. And now Naruto stood in the middle of the street, scalpel in one hand and still warm liver in the other and for once there was no guilt, no self loathing. No, no room for anything like that, not with this wonderful felling of joy and contentment filling him up. He felt great, he felt alive. All he wanted to do was laugh; in fact that's exactly what he was going to do. And with that he started to laugh, not the evil dark filled laugh from back in the clearing, but one filled with joy, and contentment. 'That felt good.' He thought to himself as he quickly gathered up his things and started to head back to the Gene co. building to drop of the nights work.

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They were waiting in their usual place for there chronically tardy sensei. It had already been three hours so they where expecting him any time now. As usual Sasuke was leaning up against one of the posts with sakura not far away pining over the last Uchiha. Then there was Naruto, he was once again fast asleep leaning up against a tree.

That was the scene that kakashi had gotten use to from his squad. However only now did he understand just why the enigmatic blond was always sleeping. And to be truthful he still wasn't entirely comfortable around him, he had seen something back in wave and it most certainly was not his student. And that made what he was about to do all the more difficult. If this where any other team he would of never considered entering them in the chunin exams, they each might of been strong in their own sense but as a team they were lacking. And this was saying nothing about the fact that both the boys on his team where to one extent or another mentally unstable to say the least. But this wasn't just any team. He had the entire council breathing down his neck about Sasuke and showing him off to all the other villages. Then he had orochimaru and all of gene co. on his case about sakura, her contract stated that she would become their full time spokes person after she became chunin. Then there was Naruto. Not only had the head of the shinobi hospital personally petitioned him to allow Naruto to enter, something about needing to be at least chunin to join the hospital staff. He had also received a letter from orochimaru himself requesting Naruto participate, he wasn't entirely sure what difference it made if he made chunin or not, but knowing the man there had to be a reason. So all in all he had the entire shinobi council, hospital staff and one of the most powerful men breathing down his neck. As much as he hated to do it, he wasn't suicidal enough to cross all of them he only had to look to the sleeping blond to see just how brutal these people could be. All he could do was hope that they didn't kill each other. And with that final thought he jumped down to present his team with their nominations.

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The bastered was dead, it was that simple. His fate was sealed, he would make him bleed and that was the all there was to it. He may have only talked to the girl once since graduating but she had helped him, even if she didn't know it, and as such he promised himself that he would make him pay. It had taken all his control not to jump down there and cut his eyes out. He was currently pacing back and forth down in his basement/operating room, dressed in full repo gear looking down at his most recent job. Just another merchant, well not just another. This particular one was made up almost completely of gene co. organs, hence why he was down here and not up in the streets. He walked over to the closest work table and grabbed the man's file. "Well seems like where going to be busy tonight huh?" he asked the gagged man. The only response was muffle screams and the sound of the man thrashing against his restraints. "Now now, there's no need to be rude." Naruto said snickering at his own little joke. "Well then what say we get this party started?" he asked before making his first incision. Soon he was working on autopilot allowing his mind to go back to the exams he had just finished, well the first two parts the third wasn't for another month. The first part had hard for him, he may of realised that he was suppose to cheat but he would admit that he had never been the covert type and had no skills to help him. Luckily he was able to bluff his way through. The second part had been interesting but overall not difficult; they had been ambushed by some rain Nin on the third day. Well suffice it to say there where now three less rain Nin out there. Even sakura had been able to take one down, though it was him the dealt the kill blow. Thankfully they had an earth scroll so they had gotten into the prelims without much problem. However it was there that all action happened. The first match was kiba vs. some girl with two buns in her hair. Like any sane person she tried to throw the match, after all no one wants to get on that families bad side, but kiba was having none of that and demanded that she fought him. It was a lose lose situation and everyone knew it. It was actually a pretty good match, but in the end kiba was able to get close enough and was able to show everyone just how good he was with a knife. Though nowhere near as good as him it was still impressive. Afterword it had been rather uneventful. Sakura was put in the same position as tenten was being paired up with orochimarus adopted daughter ino. Thankfully ino was more than happy to take the easy win. He had been matched up against some random sand Nin. She had put up a good fight but it just wasn't enough to stop him, not that it was a fair fight to begin with, he wasn't a repo man for nothing. Sasuke got some pushover that he had flattened in less than a minute. But it was the last fight that had gotten his ire up. Huuga neji Vs. Huuga Hinata. It was not that he had beaten her, they where shinobi he couldn't hold something like that against him. It hadn't even been all the talk about fate and destiny. He understood how effective psychological warfare could be. No but the bastered had tried to kill her, the girl that had helped him out of that dark hole he had been stuck in. And for that reason Huuga neji was going to die. Though now that he thought about it he was related to Hinata and she might not appreciate him killing off members of her family. He would have to ask her, well either way he was still going to kick his ass and if Hinata wanted it he would show him just why he was one of the most feared men in the village.

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The sun shone through the blinds casting lines of light across the bed against the far wall. She didn't want to wake up, her entire body hurt and all she wanted to do was go back to the blissful peace that was sleep. However she knew it was pointless, she could never go back to sleep once she was awake. So slowly she opened her eyes to find herself in one of the overly white rooms of the Konaha shinobi hospital. Looking around she noticed the clock on the wall and saw it was almost noon. She idly wondered how long she had been out. That was when the door opened and a head topped with wild blond hair appeared. To say Hinata was shocked to see him would have been an understatement.

"Oh you're up!" he said with surprise evident in his voice. "That's great." He said as he walked into the room and closed the door behind him. "I was told that you wouldn't be up for at least a few more hours so I just dropped by to leave you a get-well-soon card, but seeing as how you're awake any I'll just give it to you directly." He said with giving her one of his few genuine smiles."

Hinata didn't know what to do. It was taking all her concentration to simply not faint. So she did the only think she could think of. "Ano ... you didn't have to do that." She hated that she couldn't stop her stuttering and simply thanks him.

"Of coarse I did, you a friend and this was the least I could do." He said while putting the card on her bedside table.

He thought of her as a friend, a friend. He called her a friend. No matter how many times she said it, it still sounded like a fantasy. She was going to faint, not in her wildest dreams did she ever think that that he would simply come out and say those words.

"Actually there was one other reason I wanted to talk to you. You're related to neji right?" he asked a bit of aggression seeping in to his voice.

Hinata didn't know why he was asking about her cousin but at this point she no longer cared, she was talking to her Naruto it didn't matter about what to her. "Yes ... he's my cousin."

Naruto just nodded his head. "I'm fighting him in the finales." Naruto said with some heat in his voice.

Hinata gasped at that. He may hate her but he was still her cousin and even after their match she still loved him like a big brother. And to think that the two of them would be fighting each other made Hinata feel very uneasy.

"The reason I bring this up is I want to know how you feel about him. I mean after you last match ... well if you want I could ... what I mean to say, I could teach him a lesson, if you wanted me to that is." He didn't want to come right out and ask her if she wanted him to kill her cousin for her.

Hinata didn't know what to say to that. He was her crush offering to avenger her; this was something she had only dreamt could have happened. But she didn't want him to hurt her cousin. She was at a loss for words. Deciding that perhaps if he didn't hurt him to much it would be ok. She slowly nodded her head but quickly added, "Just don't hurt him too much."

Naruto just nodded. "Whatever you say Hinata-chan." He said giving her a thumbs up. "Anyway I have to be going, but I hope you get better in time for the finals." He finished with a smile before turning and walking out of the room.

Hinata couldn't believe what had just happened. Not only did Naruto think of them as friends but he also offered to avenger her, that thought alone was almost enough to make her faint. And then he calls her 'Hinata-Chan', her mind couldn't take it anymore and she promptly passed out with what could only be described as a perverted smile on her face.

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It was raining, not that he minded. It had been a week since the end of the exams and he was still waiting to hear back from them. But he had no time to wonder about the results. He was hunting and he had just sighted his prey. She was beautiful, he could admit that. Long legs, heart shaped face, brown eyes, just the right body type to make men look twice. But that wasn't what he had his sights set on. No, for under those perfectly shaped breasts beat a heart, a heart that no longer belonged to her, a heart that he was going to cut out. Silently he stalked her closing the distance until he was right behind her. Reaching out he grabbed her head in both hands and quickly snapped hen neck before she could even realize what was happening. By now this had become routine, he could dissect a person blindfolded if he had to and so let his mind wander back to the finals. He and neji had been up first. Bastered didn't realize just how lucky he was that he talked to Hinata before their fight or he could honestly say that he would of killed him, and it wouldn't of been a nice death either, he knew the human body inside on out and as such new some pretty fucked up ways of dyeing. After him had been kiba against shino, again shino did the sane thing and tried to forfeit, and again kiba was having none of that. Thankfully for the bug boy the reff had called the match before there had been too much damage done. After that it had been ino against shikimaru. He hadn't even bothered go down to the arena, and again ino seemed happy with the easy win. Finally it was Sauske's turn he ended up fighting one of the genin from grass. It had been close, grass Nin where known for using poisons but Sasuke was able eak out a win any way. The second round was interesting. First was him Vs. Kiba and he knew that although kiba would probable complain orochimaru wasn't going to kill off his best repo man just because he ruffed up his son a bit. Kiba was strong, he would give him that, but he was a brawler. It had been simple to avoid him and though he had gotten cut up a bit he had still been the clear winner. Ino had simply forfeited her match against Sasuke, she, along with half the female population, was gunning for his heart and had no desire to jeopardize that on something like this. And so it came down to the two of them. It had been by far the best fight in the entire exam, Sasuke was fast and with his sharingan bloody hard to hit. But he was fast to and he knew the human body better than anyone, he knew how to read peoples movement, almost like having his own sharingan. In the end he had come out on top, but only just. And there, of all the organs this one was by far his favourite. Quickly putting it in a plastic bag and then in the cooler section of his medical bag he stood up and started to walk toward his home, it was late and he would deliver the heart to gene co. tomorrow.

"Well you seem to be doing better." Came a voice from one of the dark side streets.

"How kind of you to notice sensei. And yes I do feel much better." Shot back Naruto with a grin on his face.

"I glad to hear it, you had me a little worried back there." He said in a boarded tone.

"Yes, I really should apologize for that, you caught me on a rather bad night I'm afraid." Said Naruto with a hint of mocking condescendence in his voice.

"I could tell. However as fun as this is I was sent to tell you the Hokage wants to see you in the morning." if Naruto didn't know better he could of sworn he actually heard the stupid 'eye-smile' of his.

"I see, and by me do you the genin or the repo man?" Naruto asked hoping that it was the latter.

"The genin of course, why would he want to talk to a repo man?" kakashi asked amusement very evident in his voice.

"You know you're not nearly as funny as you think you are." Naruto said giving him the stink-eye.

"Oh I don't know about that, lots of people have commented that I have an excellent sense of humour, have you ever thought that maybe it's you lacking in that department?" He asked in a rather smug tone.

"I really don't like you sometimes." Stated Naruto before he started walking away.

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It was early the next morning when Naruto arrived at the kage tower. However it seemed that he wasn't the only one to get an invite. Standing in the lobby where both Sasuke and kiba. Sasuke was standing on a corner trying to ignore every. Kiba sitting in one of the benches with his feet up, though when Naruto walked in, he sent him a death glare. This was obviously about the chunin exams and seeing as they were the only ones there it was likely that they had passed.

As it turned out he was right and all three of them had become chunin. Deciding that some kind of calibration was called for he looked at the two other new chunin and decided that it would probably be best to not even ask them if they wanted to join him.

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Hinata had been up earl training trying to make up for the lost time she had been in the hospital. She was still stiff and out of shape but it had been getting better. So it was no surprise that she didn't notice the person sneaking up on her. Suddenly a blob of orange and yellow was all she could see.

"Hay Hinata-Chan, guess what?" asked the blob that she quickly realized was Naruto.

In her surprise all she could get out was. "What?"

"I just made chunin and I've decided that this calls for a celebration." The blond said nodding to himself. "So come on lets go get something to eat." And with that the blond grabbed he hand and started dragging the girl in to the village.

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A/N

A little shorter than the last one, but this one was mostly fluff (I know I'm not good a fluff) and that kind of thing just doesn't get my blood pumping like a blood, gore and psychotic breakdowns but what are you going to do. also I'll admit that this was more of a filler chapter, but i need it to set things up for the next part of the story.

Anyway just in case it wasn't clear enough, Naruto has a kind of split-personality disorder. Though there not really two different people there more like two different sides of the same person. Or something I'm probably not making any sense I'm sure.

Also if any of you are good at drawing I would really love some fan art.

Before I forget be prepared for a time skip for the next chapter.

Anyway that's it for now see you guys next time. And as always reviews are always appreciated.

character list (should be obvios to anyone whos seen the movie)

Nathan - Naruto

blind mag - Sakura

Luigi - kiba

amber - Ino

Pavi - you'll just have to wait and see

rotti - orochimaru