A/N; so these chapters are coming along quicker and quicker but as i've mentioned earlier that might also be sporadic my attention span tends to vary kinda drastically. Also and review no matter how small is really motivating and i wanna shout out to TigrezzTail who always reviews and makes me wanna carry on righting, anyways enjoy.
Itachi sat alone on the surface of a small pond in the middle of a secluded forest, his sensory skills meant he knew he was the only human being for miles an in this tranquil spot the missing nin finally allowed the walls he had been building up to collapse. it was not just the pain of the Uchiha massacre he let out but the pain of every mission he had undertaken, every dark deed he had performed for root and for the hokage, for the future he had always told himself. and what did the future have in store for him he thought? for so long he had continued on surpassing all the emotions swirling inside of him like a maelstrom.
First he had simply wanted to make his parents proud, he winced at the thought of their memories and saw again their blood reflected on his body; the crimson colour matching his sad eyes. After that he had strived to become a good ninja and to serve the village, then to become a good anbu and a worthy captain, finally to protect the village from his own family. His one salvation then had been Naruto he had thought that the boy could be his last mission this time no one for the village and not one of dark intentions and foul play; one to give a sad child new hope.
That had not happened, upon seeing what the villagers of his beloved village had done to the sweet innocent blonde Itachi remembered made him think bitterly if his sacrifice of protecting them was just. He laughed harshly to himself the ninja world was not just he had known that as a six year old boy when he had made his first kill; that day it had stolen his innocence just as it had taken Naruto's sanity he feared. the two of them were not so different pondered the dark haired man, they had both been sacrificed by their villages for things outside of their control. both to protect the village that had after spot on their sacrifices. Itachi closed his eyes cutting of the blood soaked image of his reflection, he had a lot of thinking to do.
Several minor countries away the a blonde jinchuriki woke up with a sneeze. "Shit that fucking hurt" he howled clutching at his stomach muscles every single part of his body now screaming in protest of the harsh movements, "pain is to be expected when you overuse my chakra twice" chuckled the kyuubi darkly "though your body becomes more and more attuned to my chakra every day overuse can begin to destroy all your cells which is what's happening now." The blonde lay on his back panting heavily "can you heal me?" he asked gritting his teeth as even the simple at of speaking caused great pain, naruto never bothered talking to the fox within his head anymore there was no one to hear him.
Suddenly he remembered the green eyed woman and sat up quickly blocking out the great pain with a snarl, he was used to pain by now. "yes she's around kit she's gone to get water but don't worry if she wanted you dead she has had two opportunities now and yet here you are." Naruto once again lowered himself down "and in response to your question i told you my chakra was damaging you idiot i am healing you slowly so as not to damage you further, can you not cope with the pain? the great biju smirked. Naruto didn't respond he knew the fox was aware of all his sufferings and was just trying to piss him off but he wasn't interested in rising to the bait currently; he was busy thinking about the woman who had saved him and how to deal with her.
It was fair to say that the blonde was not great socially, the past few months he had spent all of his time conversing with only the voice in his head and before that was hardly better as his only source of regular conversation came from the infrequent visits from the hokage. Factoring in his volatile mixture of fear and hatred for other humans meant a conversation with naruto currently for most people would last less than a split second and end with imminent death for the other party. But naruto could not help feeling curios about her, she was different had seen for himself that she had survived several mortal injuries and she had told him herself that she was a freak who couldn't get close to people, that she was lonely. The question he was posed with however was wether or not he was lonely too; he boy drifted into painless slumber with this enigma still swimming through his thoughts.
At the gates to the hidden village of konoha stood two chunin guards whose names were Izumi and Kotetsu, they spent a majority of their time at saw days standing with but neither particularly cared. Their only issue was that they often stood for hours with nothing of any real importance to do and got incredibly bored, though the sight that greeted them at this present time was enough to make them wish they were back to their usual boring routine. Moments earlier three of the villages finest jonin had come through the gates and only two of them were standing,Karachi and Guy were up but both exhausted and looking ragged and worn. after their fight they had been forced to run the entire way back stopping only for short rests and to stabilise their third party members condition, Shisui was bleeding out slowly and had been immediately rushed to hospital and placed in a room with the sole other surviving member of his clan that was still loyal to Konoha, Sasuke.
According to the doctors there was no sign of physical harm to the young boy but itachi had done something to the boy that had left him in an incredibly fragile state of mind and the boy had only woken up from a coma earlier that week and was still in a state of shock, both the doctors and the homage hoped that Shisui could help to begin healing the young Uhciha's fractured mind.
Hiruzen sarutobi sat at his desk and read the initial report given to him by kakashi, he had given the man the rest of the day to rest seeing as both him and Guy had basically collapsed after handing over shish to the doctors though they had probably saved the mans life. The events that had transpired troubled hiruzen slightly, he had expected Itachi to go after Naruto he had encouraged it in fact but he had wished the man had not engaged his own Shinobi; at least he did not actually harm anyone. The news concerning Naruto however was more grave, mainly the fat that both men had felt large amounts of the Kyuubi's chakra and the fact that the blonde was seemingly the cause of his ninja's life threatening condition. This could not be confirmed until Shisui was awake but Hiruzen had little doubt, Naruto was a peaceful child and must have fallen to the fox's control it was the only reason he could think of for how the mission went.
Morning light filtered through the trees the next day lighting up the mane of blonde and red hair of a child lying on the forest floor, he was curled up in a foetal position his eyes closed and one hand scratching at the whisker marks on his cheeks. Some could have seen the child as cute and indeed sometimes over the past few days hidden had found herself caught up in the cuteness of her care but she had seen a different side to him as well. This was evident on the boys body too which was harder and more muscled than the body of a normal man never mind a teenage boy as she assumed he was, he was also littered wth scars all across his body and she marvelled at the hardship the blonde must'v been through. Her eyes caught a particular scar which curved from the right hand corner of his lip up over his eye, the scar she had given him, and felt a pang of guilt but like she'd told him she did find scars very attractive; she blushed looking him up and down not that he needed much help he was already hot. Kinda young though she thought sadly and shook her head, these were not good thoughts to have she didn't know were she stood with the blonde and besides he was dangerous.
The chakra he possessed within him was powerful even in the small quantities he had used when battling her and she was in no delusions as to how their fight would have ended had she not been kept alive by jashin- sama; he had batted her about easily. Furthermore he had been using only a fraction of his power as she had seen when he had fought the strong Uchiha and the malice she had felt then still made her shiver now. She glanced at the boy yes he was dangerous but she was determined despite this she would not leave him she had been alone for a long time sacrificing no good bandits to her lord and was begging to feel herself slipping from into insanity, or at least worse insanity she was under no delusions that her mental state was not healthy. She was beginning to lose her compassion for life and at times found herself wondering why she didn't just sacrifice everyone she met to Jashin-sama. She was determined not to fall an further she was supposed to be an upholder of religious justice not a demon hough she knew her lord did not distinguish the souls of her sacrifices. It would be so easy to fall she thought, so much easier.
Fortunately she was snapped out of her dark thoughts as the eyes of the blonde she was still saying at napped open crimson red meeting emerald green and Hidan blushed despite herself realising she had been caught staring at him. She froze as she felt the tingle of malicious chakra as the blond rose to one knee and then shakily to his feet. Sh rose too unsure of what was about to happen nervous despite herself. "Are you going to try and hurt me?" came the soft almost sad voice of the man before surprising the woman with his tone, she had expected a harsh growl or a dark deep voice but instead he simply sounded... human. "n..no" she replied quietly cursing herself she was a follower of Jashin, his chosen instrument to enforce his will, why the fuck was this boy making her nervous; "no i am not" she called out louder this time her voice steady now. he held her gaze for several seconds and found herself transfixed by the beautiful orbs. "Okay then" he said suddenly and turned before he sat on a log , Hidan let out the breath she hadn't realised she was holding; "you believe me just like that?" she asked cautiously, she wasn't exactly complaining but she found it hard to believe he was that trusting of her.
Once again the boy looked at her for several long moments his head tilted sideways "you could have killed me already" he said neutrally, then more softly "you didn't so you have my temporary trust for now" besides Naruto thought in his head Kyuubi had not detected any lies when she had said she would not hurt him and the blonde trusted the fox completely. Besides he looked at the grey haired women out of the corner of his eye as she sat down and began sharpening a large triple bladed scythe, perhaps she understands what it's like to be hated as well. "Naruto" he called out and closed his eyes expectantly waiting for an answer, he was not disappointed when after several seconds the womans voice called back across the small camp "Hidan."
Hidan sat in a tree her scythe lay across her lap, it had a long red handle extending about five feet the handle of which was wrapped in bandages, three red bladed extended out of the shaft and a black cord was attached to the end of it which was currently attached to her belt. she was watching her new companion who was in a clearing in front of her going through complex katas. Not long after he had woken up he had gotten up quietly and began walking saying only he had to train and she had followed him cautiously only to see him come to this clearing and begin working on taijutsu forms. She had no idea where he was getting them from but in front of his eyes he had corrected his own mistakes and began progressing in whatever it was he was learning, she had counted at least three different styles and he had not stopped till sundown when he had returned to camp.
They ha spoken little that night as both were not used to conversation speaking only when necessary as hidden had cooked a few rabbits and then they both went to sleep in trees at respective opposite ends of the camp neither feeling the need to keep watch; Hidan as she couldn't be killed and Naruto as he knew the fox would wake him up if any danger approached. The next day continued in the same way awkward conversation and then he trained again. she had to admit his determination was impressive he had currently been working all of the morning and he had yet to stop for a single break.
She was unaware of course that the Kyuubi was teaching Naruto and correcting his forms as he moved through the stances and katas, the fox had told naruto he was to learn a variety of styles so that he could from his own unique way of fighting that suited him and with his enhanced and now mostly physically healed body his host had not disappointed. He still could not mould chair yet upon risk of further damage to his coils but the great bijou knew things had to be done one at a time and the was an important part of naruto's training as brawling seemed to be in the blonde's nature. he was of course aware of his new host's companion watching but she had not yet given the fox any reason to distrust her so her did not but unlike naruto he was still wary, the blonde had accepted her presence already though his social awkwardness prevented him from showing it; he had not realised how much he had missed another presence till he had someone there.
The blonde's enhanced instincts allowed him to spin instantly and catch the projectile that had been on an arc towards his head and he saw that it was a canteen seemingly full of water, he looked up and saw the retreating form of Hidan and smirked slightly. He looked up at the sky perhaps he would finally have someone who he could trust. He was not naive despite the need for companionship he had not noticed till now, he was still wary for the green eyed woman who had cared for him but so far she had proven herself to be a better person than any other he had met not judging the blonde despite the power he had shown. inside his cage the kyuubi listened to the boys thoughts pondering deeply he would have to monitor his hosts feeling towards this woman closely he could not have anyone harming his Naruto. anyone who did would have him to deal with.
A/N; just filler really this chapter is showing naruto and Hidan in a bit of a different light and Itachi has some things to think about
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