New chapter! I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 2: Life
As I contemplated about my decision regarding slaughtering an entire family, I decided to take my half hour break outside, which was unusual for me. I took a stroll down near the bridge, where I spotted Tazuna continuing with his bridge. Supposedly, this was supposed to be the bridge that was going to be able to open trade with other nations, allowing the Land of Waves to finally flourish with life. Currently, the little nation known as the Land of Waves was being manipulated by a billionaire that goes by the name of Gato. I have never run into Gato or any of his many goons that he keeps around to maintain order, but if his presence was gathering shinobi into this area, it was going to have to be looked into. I knew I could easily topple Gato and his sick little reign he had over this town, but things were going my way without me interfering. So I decided to keep my nose out of things that don't refer to me. So as I spotted Tazuna, I also spotted one of the Konoha shinobi that was accompanying him. It was a young woman around my age, with light pink hair. She had green eyes that sparkled like diamonds within the sun, her eyes meeting mine as I marveled at this magnificent specimen of woman. I decided since she would have no idea who I was to nonchalantly go over and speak with her and Tazuna. But as I prepared to do this, I spotted Giichi, one of Tazuna's bridge workers. They got into an argument, Giichi arguing about how Gato will kill them if they didn't stop construction on the bridge. I snickered as I continued listening, Tazuna finally just letting the argument go and telling Giichi that he didn't have to return. I quickly returned into the store as Tazuna walked towards my direction, the young shinobi following him to his destination. Tazuna walked right into the store, I was standing at the register, pretending to be busy.
"Hey there blondie," Tazuna greeted as I waved at him like usual. "Got to get some lunch for Tsunami and the young shinobi." I nodded as I watched Tazuna reach over and examine the lunch meat, asking the girl if she liked turkey. The girl nodded as another man entered the store, my eyes meeting his as he looked down at the girl's bag that resided near her rear end. (I wasn't looking at the bag) I watched as he reached out towards the bag, me body flickering away from the counter and in front of the man. I snatched his hand away in mid air as he looked at me in surprise. I kneed him in the chest before the girl and Tazuna turned around.
"Apologize for trying to steal," I muttered as I twisted one of the man's fingers in an circular motion. "Do it now or I will increase the pain..."
The man nodded as he apologized quickly, pulling his fingers away as he ran from the store.
"Hey, thanks a lot for that," the girl said as she blushed softly. "Nobody has ever done something like that for me... I'm Sakura Haruno. And you are...?"
"I'm... Naruto," I replied uncertainly as I shook Sakura's hand. Sakura seemed to really be interested in me, her eyes not leaving my face as I dusted myself off.
"So, do you live around here Naruto?" Sakura asked as I shook my head yes.
"Yeah, but I'm more of a secluded kind of guy," I replied as Sakura nodded in response.
"OK, love connection is over, we need to get back with lunch," Tazuna grumbled as he pointed to the counter, where he had placed his food. I nodded as I returned to the counter and rang up the food. After Tazuna paid for his food, I watched him and Sakura leave, Sakura looking back at me with a smile before she walked out the door. I smiled back as I heard laughter coming from within my mind.
"Naruto, sometimes you are so gullible," a voice muttered as I sighed. Master had awakened, and obviously been ease dropping on the entire conversation that I just had with Sakura.
"Why I am gullible for?" I asked as I closed my eyes, finding myself standing in front of Master's cage. "All I did was tell her my name. What the fuck do you think she will do with that?"
"Becoming interested in women have completely clouded your judgment," Master responded as I sighed.
"Not this stupid ass conversation again," I muttered as I looked down upon the ground. "Didn't we have this conversation when I was like 10?"
"You obviously didn't heed my warning then, so I have to repeat myself," Master replied as he sighed as well. "You cannot allow the temptation of woman allow you to make foolish decisions, all you will do is secure your future in a jail cell or death. So don't heed my warning if you wish." I nodded as I reopened my eyes, knowing in my heart of hearts that Master was right. I had been so infatuated with that Sakura girl, I had actually told her my real name. I'm sure that someone like Kakashi Hatake would know that name and most likely act upon hearing it come from Sakura's mouth. I knew that I had to investigate this situation more, placing me into an awkward position. I sighed as I placed a close sign on the door of the shop, knowing this would be the last day I worked within it's walls.
As the day continued on, I decided to take a stroll around the forest to clear my mind. As I did, I spotted another of the other shinobi that were traveling with Kakashi Hatake. He looked like Itachi besides the hair, his hair strange in the back and wavy in the front. He wore a blue shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back of it, along with white khakis and black sandals. I was guessing this was Sasuke Uchiha, the second survivor of the Uchiha massacre. He was training intensly, trying to achieve what looked as if it was a training drill. I watched him for a minute as he concentrated his chakra to his feet and continued to try to climb the tree without using his hands.
"Not bad," I muttered as I decided to allow myself to be heard, Sasuke turning around quickly as he heard my voice.
"Who are you?" he asked as I chuckled softly, deciding to have a little fun with the genin.
"I'm someone you wouldn't want to meet in the woods around when the sun goes down," I replied as I looked up at the sky, the sun beginning to go down. Sasuke looked up as well, smiling as he realized what I meant.
"So am I supposed to be scared?" Sasuke asked as I chuckled once more, shrugging to answer his question.
"Most people are, but you don't need to be if you think I can't kill you," I responded with a grin. "So, mind telling me why Leaf shinobi are in my neck of the woods?"
"Actually, that is classified," Sasuke answered with a smile creeping upon his face. "You want the answer, fight me for it boogeyman."
"You aren't nothing like your brother Itachi," I replied as Sasuke's eyes widened. "Oops, I shouldn't have let that slip out..."
"What do you know about Itachi?" Sasuke asked darkly as his eyes stared into my own menacingly. I shrugged as he rushed at me, preparing to strike. I simply body flickered away, not even humoring this fool. Sasuke looked around in surprise as I appeared behind him, tapping him on the shoulder. Sasuke turned around as I elbowed him in the chin, Sasuke's teeth clicking together loudly as I did this. I then slammed my fist into his stomach, Sasuke coughing in my face as I did this. I then backed away as I let Sasuke take in all of this pain.
"Now, allow me to ask you again, why are you and Kakashi Hatake here?" I asked as Sasuke chuckled, looking up at me as he took in gulps of air.
"So that is why you are concealing your chakra," Sasuke replied as I closed my eyes, a smile crossing my face. "You don't want to be discovered by Kakashi, so you must be some wanted criminal. Ah, so I guess our presence must have gotten you a little nervous huh? But you seem pretty young to be a criminal..." I didn't let him finish, body flickering behind him and slamming my fist into his back. Sasuke coughed out blood from this attack, breathing heavily as he kneeled upon the ground. I walked up to him, bending down and putting my index finger in front of his face.
"This is my index finger, something that I can use to kill you, let me explain," I muttered as I concentrated all of my chakra into that index finger. I also used some of Master's chakra, giving my finger the vile red aura as I gathered all of the chakra in that one finger. I then stood up and picked up a piece of wood that was just laying around the forest.
"Now, watch what I can do to this piece of wood by just touching it," I said as I ran my finger down the middle of the wood, the wood splitting down the middle. "You see, my chakra is very different. I can use it like a claw, concentrating my chakra to my finger and it can cut steel. Now, cutting the neck of a little genin is also possible with this little trick as well. I can also use this in each of my fingers, making it so I have basically animal claws. Now..." I walked back to Sasuke and grabbed his neck roughly as I pulled him into a choke hold with my free hand. I put my finger that was infused with chakra at his neck, beads of sweat going down Sasuke's neck as I did. I gently ran my finger across his neck, his throat opening slowly as blood dripped from his neck.
"One more chance, tell me what is going on," I whispered in Sasuke's ear as I reached his voice box. "Either that or you won't ever talk again. Well, that's if someone gets you help in time of course. Otherwise, you will just die from blood lost. It's all on you Sasuke..." As I prepared to slit the genin's throat, I sensed another person within the area. I quickly dropped Sasuke as I was suddenly bombarded by kunai. I dodged most of them, some of them hitting me in the back as I was trying to escape.
"So, you are Naruto Uzumaki," a voice muttered behind me as I turned and spotted an injured man wearing a hitai-ate around one of his eyes. He wore the normal jonin outfit, making me assume that this much be the famous Kakashi Hatake.
"Kakashi Hatake I'm to presume?" I asked as the man nodded, a smile crossing my face as I removed the kunai from my back.
"The Kyuubi of the Leaf," Kakashi said as he examined my face. "Only 13 and one of the most feared individuals in the shinobi world. Your vicious nature doesn't do your bio justice..." I chuckled as I clapped my hands softly, knowing that this would be too easy with Kakashi being injured. Without an injury, it would be difficult to kill a shinobi with the Sharingan, me wanting to get a hold of this ever since I seen the abilities of the eye by watching Itachi at work.
"Kakashi, how about I make you an offer you can't refuse?" I offered as a grin appeared on my face. "Since you won't be able to be me like this, how about you give me your Sharingan eye and I shall allow you to leave here without any injuries. But if you don't, I promise to kill you, your team of nobodies and Tazuna's entire family. I'll also take your eye as well. So, let's make this quick then Kakashi."
"Yeah, no deal!" Kakashi shouted as a bead of sweat went down his forehead. "Even though you most likely know all of the 4th's jutsu due to you stealing the scroll with his jutsu sealed inside, I will not just give you the Sharingan!"
"Suit yourself old man," I muttered as I allowed my chakra to flow throughout my body, the trees beginning to blow. Kakashi looked around as I borrowed some more of Master's chakra, my eyes turning red with slits in the middle of them. The red chakra flowed through my body, increasing my hunger for destruction.
"And yes, I do know the 4th's jutsu," I muttered as I gathered a familiar jutsu within my left palm. "Now, prepare to die Kakashi Hatake!
Yes, the fight for the Sharingan begins next chapter! I'm leaving it up to the readers to decide if Naruto gets the Sharingan. Unfortunately, I will be placing up a poll for the pairings of this story, so the votes will have to be via review. The pairing options for harem will be this:
Konan (has significant part of this tale)
Fem Haku (good for this arc)
Sakura (Has a thing for bad boys)
Hinata (I put that there but I am really sick of Naruhina to be honest but still vote if you want to see that)
Tayuya (Sounds interesting to me)
Anko (Thinking of making her a double agent for Orochimaru in this story wouldn't be bad if that was a pairing)