Sorry for ending with a cliff hanger last time XD.
Well maybe this end is a bit worse :P.
Previous chapter:
Naruto returned back home, to Konoha. His arrival stirred fear inside town.
While Tsunade waited for him.
Chapter 11:
A change has occurred.
Konoha:
Naruto simply walked after the guard ignoring all the words and fears of the people surrounding him.
He then looked up and saw someone sitting there. He smiled. Iruka-sensei. Kakashi was sitting next to him, as they were enjoying their food.
He had stopped and the guard became alert. "Please follow me." He said while he followed the gaze of the blond jinchuuriki and noticed his two sensei's sitting there.
Naruto pulled his gaze away from them and followed the man.
Kakashi turned his head, feeling like he was being watched. But he saw no one, but what he did saw was strange, all people were looking in the same direction, fear in their eyes.
Iruka noticed that Kakashi was looking at something turned around.
"What happened?" He questioned as he too saw all the people staring.
"No idea. One way to find out." Kakashi stood up and looked at the way they were looking.
His eye went wide as he looked at the back of someone in an Akatsuki robe. But that blond hair, that was unmistaken, but impossible…
When Iruka saw that Kakashi wasn't going to move he stood up too, wondering what had caused so much disturbance in the city.
Then he wished he hadn't looked up. Then he wondered if this could be true. Not thinking clear anymore he ran towards the guard and the person in the Akatsuki robe as he called out the name that came to mind.
" NARUTO!" Kakashi finally woke up when he heard Iruka call the blonde's name.
As he walked forwards standing next to the sensei.
The guard had stopped and turned to look at the person who had called. Naruto immediately stopped too. He smiled as he turned around to face his two sensei's.
"Iruka-sensei and Kakashi-sensei. It's been some time." He replied. Kakashi eyed the blond and then the crow on his shoulder. The Akatsuki robe was saying enough. He was an enemy now. But he should have died.
"Please. Don't make the Hokage waiting." The guard said, seeming afraid.
"Ah, of course not. Let us continue." He then turned around to follow the guard once again. But he stopped and looked over his empty left shoulder.
"Let's catch up when I am finished talking to the Hokage". He smiled while he continued. All the people were taken aback, scared and confused…
"This is imposible.." Iruka said softly. Kakashi felt the same, but it was Naruto. No mistake there. He had the whole town in turmoil. And still it didn't seem like the Naruto they had known. He was different.
Naruto grinned, the guard noticed it and quickly turned his head.
"Well, well. When are you gonna stop enjoying this?" Itachi's voice asked.
Naruto replied with his own thoughts. "Never" he heard Itachi chuckle, as they finally reached the hokage tower and went in.
They walked past a corner as someone almost bumped into the guard.
The guard moved swiftly as he noticed the person was handling a lot of papers and he didn't want to let them fall.
"Ah, I am sorry. I am in a hurry. I am not even allowed here anymore." A voice girl said, as she looked at the guard which she almost bumped into. Naruto recognized her. Sakura.
"Sakura-chan." He said.
Sakura eyes went wide, as she couldn't understand. That voice, so familiar, but it shouldn't be. The person wearing that voice died, 3 years ago…
She let the papers fall out of her hands, as she looked sidewards to the source of the voice.
A blond male. He looked a few years older, but the same went for her.
"You look nice, Sakura-chan" Naruto remarked, with a smile.
Then Sakura knew she had been staring at him as tears started to flow over her cheeks.
"We need to go." The guard said softly, knowing that the jinchuuriki had brought a lot of trouble into town. Naruto simply nodded, knowing what the guard was thinking.
they walked further, as Sakura couldn't hold herself up anymore and felled with her knees on the ground, crying.
Naruto heard her cry while they walked away. The guard turned his head to look at the medic nin, but knew he couldn't waste time.
The damage was already done. Naruto had walked into town, while rumours spread.
Not only that, but dressed in an Akatsuki cloak, which it made it even worse.
They reached the office of the hokage, as the guard knocked on the door he heard the reply that they could come in. The guard pushed the door open and turned to the blond, letting him know he could walk in.
Naruto understood the silent message and walked through the open door and heard it close behind him.
Tsunade looked at him, eyeing him. She stood up and walked towards him. It was really him. It was really Naruto. But how?
"Hello Tsunade-obaa-chan" He said with a small smile. Like nothing had changed.
"Naruto…" she said softly, not knowing where to begin. She wanted answers. Why was he dressed like that, but also. She looked at the crow.
"I would like to talk to you in private. I don't think the Uchiha mind to wait outside." It was not a question, but rather a statement. It would be rude to kick him out of the office. The crow made a noise as it flew up and disappeared. Naruto smiled.
"Of course he doesn't mind. I would rather have this talk with you private too and he knows that."
Tsunade looked at him. He had changed. He was older, but also wiser it seemed. They felt she was in the presence of a rather dangerous ninja.
In the past she wouldn't have thought about that, but now…
She walked backwards as she leaned on her desk, still looking at the jinchuuriki in front of her.
"It's been 3 years. We thought we had lost you, Naruto."
Tsunade waited for a reaction. Naruto walked back a bit, as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.
"So you start first, fine with me." Was the reply she got.
"What has happened with you? You have changed Naruto…"
"Oh? Have I really." He smiled. "I haven't changed at all", he continued as she waited.
"So you are saying, we never knew you?" Tsunade asked as she looked confused.
"Yes. That is what I am saying indeed."
Naruto smiled at her. "You would be amazed how much emotions you can hide. And people will never know."
Tsunade looked at him, pain visible in her eyes.
"I know how the villagers have treated you, Naruto. And I am sorry about that."
"Don't be." Naruto said as he shook his head. Tsunade sighed. She never had trouble understanding the young blond, but this person. She didn't understand him at all.
"I want to understand. What happened? How come you are alive?"
Naruto looked at the ground in front of him. "They don't have the power to extract the kyuubi yet. So instead of killing me and let the kyuubi free. They gave me a choice."
"You joined them, willingly?" Tsunade asked, afraid of the reply she would get.
"Yes. I joined them willingly." Tsunade closed her eyes. How did it come to this.
"Anything else?" Naruto asked, and she looked back up.
Of course he also had a reason to come here. He too had wanted to talk to her.
"Are you an enemy now?" she asked softly without thinking.
Naruto chuckled. "Maybe."
It was an vague answer and they both knew it.
"what is your reason for coming here now then?"
Naruto smiled while he looked at her. "I am gonna offer you a way out. And it would be wise to follow my advice."
Tsunade felt fear, growing inside her. A way out? A way out of what?
"What do you mean a way out?"
"Surrender Konoha and all its people to the Akatsuki."
Her eyes widened and then she glared at him. Naruto just stood there, waiting for a reply.
"No. never." She still glared. "The Akatsuki will never get Konoha, Naruto. I will not allow it."
"I said it was a way out. You better think before making this decision. It's either that or we will take Konoha with force."
Tsunade didn't back down and still glared at the younger boy in her office. He had no right. The Akatsuki had no right.
"You say, you will start a war with us otherwise?" She asked.
"Yes. That is indeed what I am saying." Naruto said with a small smile.
"Don't you care at all what happens to these people? If we are gonna start a war. It will be devastating."
"It will be indeed. For Konoha it will be devastating." Naruto remarked.
This couldn't be happening. Naruto showed that he wasn't lying as Tsunade looked at the boy.
He was serious and that made it so awful.
"Why? Why would you attack Konoha?"
"It's time the people in Konoha know. They made a terrible mistake, Tsunade. And now I will give them every reason to fear me."
Tsunade then understood what was driving him, hatred towards the people of Konoha.
"They don't know any better than that." Tsunade almost screamed. "We did our best to make sure you could be happy here, the people who cared for you, you have hurt them too with leaving like that and now after 3 years, so just walk in like nothing happened."
"Who do you think you are!?" Tsunade screamed at him.
Naruto grinned. "Uzumaki Naruto, jinchuuriki of the kyuubi."
Tsunade was taken aback. The boy who had been so cheerful, so happy, so full of pranks and tricks. Nothing was left of that boy. This was what was left. A young male, who looked cold, ruthless. And ready to kill for what he wanted to get.
"The Akatsuki has changed you, Naruto." She said, pain could be heard in her voice.
"Make your choice, Tsunade. I will stay her for one night. And then return, I will need my answer then."
Naruto walked towards the door and left. Tsunade let her emotions free, as she felt tears forming in her eyes.
Naruto walked through the hallway. No one was inside, apparently because of the important meeting he had with the Hokage.
When he walked out the door, he didn't know what he saw. All kinds of people were standing there, waiting.
"Naruto-kun", Lee jumped up and ran towards him, but stopped when he saw what Naruto was wearing. Everyone looked at him, the question in their eyes.
"Well. I certainly feel welcomed back here." Naruto said while he smiled at his friends. Then he heard wings of a bird and looked up, noticing the crow of Itachi. The crow noticed him too and was soaring lower, as it finally landed back on his shoulder, also looking at the people in front of them.
Naruto gave a small pet on the head of the crow, while everyone looked at the blond.
Wondering where it had gone wrong.
"uhm, Naruto-kun. Welcome back home" Lee said, with his smile.
Naruto looked at him. "I ain't going to stay. I will leave tomorrow, after my business here is finished."
"What the hell happened!?" A voice said coldly, as that person walked forwards.
Sasuke was looking at him, demanding answers. He knew that crow too of course and thast only added to the hatred he had felt.
"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said softly. But Sasuke ignored her.
"What the hell are you doing! Give us answers after all these 3 years. You owe us, loser." Sasuke said coldly, as he watched for a reaction. The reaction he would always get from the blond.
But he did react, but not the way Sasuke had thought.
He started laughing. "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke. You really are a fool you know."
Sasuke glared as his sharingan sprang to live.
"Spar with me, Naruto." He spit the last word, as he locked eyes with the crow.
Naruto grinned. "With pleasure."
They all moved towards the training grounds. Sasuke was walking in front. He clearly was angry.
when they were there he turned around and looked at the blond. Everyone was standing behind him.
"This is going to be awful."Ino remarked softly. This wasn't a battle between rivals anymore. It was something different.
Saskura knew that too, as she looked at her former teammate's. The crow left Naruto's shoulder so he could fight better.
It landed on a tree branch within sight. Kakashi had seen what happened and followed the rookie nine towards the training grounds.
The crow looked back, feeling another presence in the woods behind him and was not surprised when he saw Kakashi there. Kakashi gave a small nod towards the crow/Itachi. Itachi simply ignored him and turned his head back to Naruto and Sasuke.
Kakashi followed that example. Naruto was different, he briefly wondered if Sasuke had noticed it. The vibes he was given off, screamed danger. Naruto had mostly likely been trained, been trained by the Akatsuki members. Kakashi wondered if there was a chance he even might be capable of controlling the kyuubi.
"You will give answers, even if I have to pull them out of you." Sasuke said, threatening him.
Naruto chuckled. "You can try. I will give you credit for trying."
Sasuke glared. The blond would regret those words. He would make sure of it. The blond will pay for those 3 years.
Sasuke swiftly moved forwards a kunai in his hand. He was rather quick. He had become one of the best ninja's in Konoha. Of course part of that was because he was an Uchiha.
Naruto followed his movements. Sasuke was slow. Naruto didn't remember the younger raven being so slow. When they were close enough Naruto moved sideways and grabbed the other's wrist in his hand, forcing him to drop the kunai. Sasuke immediately turned around, trying to kick Naruto.
Naruto let him go and jumped backwards, getting out of the range for that kick.
Sasuke stood still, eyeing his opponent. Naruto was never this fast. He had become stronger.
"Mine turn" Naruto said, while he grinned. Sasuke immediately took a defensive stance.
But before he knew it, before the fight had even started. It had ended already.
Sasuke couldn't follow naruto's movements and so he didn't see that Naruto went straight past him and got behind him. Even his sharingan hadn't followed that movement.
Naruto had often sparred against Itachi, and had known the weak spots of the sharingan, if you moved too quickly. It wouldn't register any movement at all. With the kyuubi speed inside him, he could counter the sharingan with ease. Naruto pushed up his hand and gave Sasuke a powerful hit in his neck. Sasuke didn't saw it coming and screamed a bit, before he felt down on his knees, grabbing his neck painfully.
"That was easier than I had expected." Naruto remarked.
Sasuke opened his eyes, while he tried to compose himself. None of the others had seen Naruto move, only Itachi had been able to follow that quick movement as he had become used to sparring with it.
"This is impossible. It was always the other way around…" Neji stated softly.
Everyone knew that of course.
"I wonder who the fool is now." Naruto said softly, while he walked away.
Leaving his former friends behind. Kakashi jumped down as he saw the crow move back towards Naruto's shoulder.
Naruto looked at his former sensei. Kakashi looked back. He was dangerous. Kakashi was sure now. He had become stronger, but that speed, that speed was inhuman.
Naruto grinned at him, knowing what he was think. He saw a bit of fear in the eyes of his sensei.
"Everything depends on the choice Tsunade takes" Naruto walked forward stopping next to his sensei. "But I bet, no one wants to fight me. I bet she doesn't want war, right Kakashi-sensei." Kakashi looked sideways to his student.
Naruto smiled. "Make sure she makes the right choice, ok." With that he left the scene. Kakashi looked back at the younger Uchiha. He had caught him off guard, and with one hit immobilized Sasuke.
Kakashi understood what Naruto meant. No one would want to fight him. Kakashi looked over his shoulder as he saw the traces of the Akatsuki cloak disappear through the trees.
End of chapter 11. (writing chapter 14 now, will upload the next chapter when i finished it)
I put a small twist in the next chapters T.T. I wasn't planning too.
Once again my stories write on their own, since i don't follow my story line anymore.
Well hope it works out without gettin another writer's block XD Pray that i will keep my inspiration and i will keep this story updated :)
Well hope you enjoyed and till the next chapter! Thanks for all the nice reviews ^^! You guys are the reason why I still write :P