A/N: Hi everybody!
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This chapter will feature some original mutations that I give credit to killercroc. He thought of them and he's willing to help anyone else in their stories. Go check out his stories; some good stuff.
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"Hey"- Human Speech
'Hey'- Human thought
"Hey"- Jutsu/Demon speech/Blacklight Technique
'Hey'- Demon Thought
Let's begin
Naruto just consumed his first person, or rather, first two people, and was gifted with his second mutation, a gory pair of claws encompassing his entire arms. Unfortunately, his entire team witnessed him brandish his 'Kekkei Genkai' and kill the Demon Brothers, and he also mysteriously hugged Mitarashi Anko when she didn't appear to be dead.
"So yeah... that happened." Naruto said, folding his mutated arms behind his back and rocking on his heels in a vain attempt to try to calm the tension.
"Naruto... What the hell was that?!" Sasuke yelled as his face was a bit green from the deaths he saw his friend commit. While he understood that a shinobi would kill, a lot, it didn't mean he was ready for his first kill, and Naruto half-destroyed his innocence. He would have to kill someone himself to do it completely, and he hoped it wouldn't be for a while.
"Um... I killed them?" Naruto offered.
"We know you did, but what's with your arms?!" He yelled back.
Naruto started to sweat as he tried to think of a way out of this. When he couldn't find one, he sighed, slumping his shoulders, and decided to explain everything.
"Fine... here's the truth." He started, and went about explaining his story about the night of the scroll incident, his 'Kekkei Genkai' and even telling them he was the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and that she was really nice, if a little bit of a pervert.
Anko was going nuts about him spilling his secret, but was placated by Naruto explaining he could tell anyone he wanted as long as they didn't tell anyone else.
"Okay... We'll talk about this later, gaki. Until then..." Anko started, turning around to Tazuna. "Tazuna-san, care to explain why those missing nin seemed to be after you?" She asked in a too-sweet voice.
Tazune sweated bullets but quickly caved and explained how he was the hope of Wave Country to build a bridge to the mainland since Gato, the shipping magnate, bled his country dry and assumed absolute control over it, breaking the people's hope and spirit and doing unspeakable things. He begged on his knees for them to continue the mission, if not for him than for his daughter and grandson.
"Well gaki's?" Anko asked her team. "What should we do?" She added.
"I think we should help." Sasuke offered, Sakura following suit.
"We need to help these people." Naruto said.
"It's unanimous. We'll stay, old man. But you need to pay us for at least a B rank when this is over." Anko said to Tazuna.
The bridge builder cried tears of joy and thanked them, assuring them he would pay many times over when the bridge was finished and they brought Gato down.
Team 7 continued down the trail to the shore.
(Elsewhere)
"It would appear Gozu and Meizu have failed to capture the old man." A gruff voice said in the darkness.
"Indeed, Zabuza-sama. They are dead." A soft, neutral voice answered.
"Figures. Saves me the trouble of kill and eating them. They didn't seem that strong or tasty. Probably like day old wet meat." Another voice commented, followed by ravenous chewing and the crunch of bone and flesh.
"I swear, how Gato is still alive after hiring you, I'll never understand." Zabuza commented on the man to his left.
He was a fat man, the swirls on his cheeks and shaggy head of brown hair tipping one off that this man was an Akimichi. He wore a lavender tunic, a purple rope tied around his waist and forming a bow behind him as he held a human arm in his large hand and proceeded to chew on it like a piece of meat. Doing so, one could see the sharp, shark-like teeth he brandished, and the odd seal on his jugular; a ring of dashes that mysteriously looked like fangs. This man was Akimichi Choraijin.
The second voice from before was silent, a young woman in a blue turtleneck, dark green sash around her waist and dark grey pants and geta, a Kiri hunter nin mask over her face. Her hair was long and a bit shaggy, but not unattractively so, done up in a bun on top. She was silent in disgust at their colleague who ate humans like common snacks; he already ate on of Gato's bodyguards, Waraji. Personally, she was happy to see the sick man gone; he always leered at her like the lecher he openly was, and his death brought no negative effects. But did he have to eat him?
"Feh, he didn't look appetizing in the least. Probably taste like rancid pork." Choraijin commented, a sneer on his face at the concept of such a horrible taste. "But that team that killed the Demon Brothers sounds interesting. An Uchiha, you said, Haku?" He asked the masked girl, receiving a nod. "I bet he tastes like some royal wine. The arrogance might throw off the flavor, but nonetheless. The pinked haired one sounds weak; maybe she be good for a toothpick. What about the one that actually killed them?" He inquired to Haku.
Haku was hesitant. "He had... strange powers. At first, he had thick, grey arms, and he could crush a tree with a single punch. Then he... did something with Gozu, and he was gone. But when Meizu attacked, he had claws, and his arms were... disturbing and strange. Then he did the same thing to Meizu, and it was over." She explained.
"Hmm... sounds weird. Perhaps another Kekkei Genkai?" Zabuza commented.
"I don't know. I left before he seemed to explain it to his team; apparently they didn't know about it. The pink one puked in the bushes near me when she saw him kill the men." She explained.
Both men laughed at such a weak girl; she wouldn't make it as a kunoichi unless she hunkered down, fast.
(With Team 7)
Team 7 and Tazuna had just reached dock with the boat, marveling the bridge as they passed by it, and were walking the remaining mile to Tazuna's house, when Naruto suddenly stopped, Team 7 stopping with him.
"What is it, gaki?" Anko asked.
"...DUCK!" He yelled as he spun around, brandishing his Muscle Mass and thrust his arms forward, grabbing a large spinning zanbatou, the blade biting into his palms an inch or two. Gritting his teeth at the pain, Naruto tossed the blade at a tree, the blade embedding itself into a tree, a figure appearing on the handle.
"So, you do have weird arms." He confirmed gruffly.
"Momochi Zabuza, ex-Jounin of Kirigakure, wanted for the attempted assassination of the Mizukage." Anko commented as she brandishes her elongated kunai.
"Mitarashi Anko, former student of traitor of Konoha, Orochimaru of the Sannin." Zabuza commented back, taking his weapon from the tree and standing on a branch, smirking under his bandages at the deep scowl on Anko's face. "Did I hit a nerve?" He asked.
"Stay back! He's way beyond your level!" Anko yelled to her genin, having them protect Tazuna as she engaged Zabuza.
Anko engaged Zabuza in taijutsu/kenjutsu while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura defended Tazuna, watching helplessly as their sensei fought alone, but understood they were no match for an ex-jounin.
"You should be aware of your surroundings." A voice whispered in all their ears lowly as Choraijin suddenly appeared with all their guards, brandishing his own zanbatou, not as large as Zabuza's, with a line of intersecting fangs down the blade, mimicking a set of jaws, as he swung to behead Tazuna. He was blocked by a set of thick grey arms, courtesy of Naruto using Kawarimi to switch places with Tazuna, brandishing his Muscle Mass to block the blade, biting back a yell as the blade cut almost halfway through. He should have learned how to use Shield before he got on this mission, using Muscle Mass didn't cut it! Rather, his blocks did!
"So, there is a gaki with some new Kekkei Genkai." Choraijin confirmed for himself as he pushed Naruto off his weapon, smirking at the blood left by the blonde slithering to the jaws on his blade.
"How do you know about this?" Naruto asked angrily, mad that his secret got out to total strangers, and the enemy.
"We have eyes everywhere, gaki." Chorai answered, smirking evilly at Naruto's angered reaction.
"I'll just have to kill your set of eyes!" Naruto yelled as he lunged at Chorai, shifting his arms to Claws.
"Ha! Like you even could! I'm not a lightweight like Gozu or Meizu!" He commented as he swung his weapon, Universal Maw, intent on butchering the gaki and seeing what his flesh tasted like.
Naruto ducked under the blade, appearing within his opponent's guard, and attempted a sharp uppercut, only for Choraijin to lean his head back, thrusting his knee into Naruto's stomach and swinging his left arm, slamming it into Naruto's chest, throwing Naruto towards a tree. Naruto coughed as he flew, but righted himself midair, flipping so he landed on the tree, his claws digging into the bark. He jumped off, freeing his claws, intent on killing this man. "Who are you?!" He yelled as he attempted to cut apart Chorai, who blocked with his weapon, the teeth actually moving, biting off one of his claws now and then. Thankfully, the reserved biomass from consuming Gozu and Meizu regenerated his fingers, as his tenant's youkai would heal biomass wounds.
"My name is Akimichi Choraijin, a.k.a. the 'Deatheater.' Missing nin of Konohagakure no Sato, ex-Jounin." Chorai gave away his information from the Bingo book, knowing it would rattle the gaki.
And it did. "Akimichi?" Naruto whispered quietly. "You're related to Choji?" He asked the man.
"Oh, is little Choji all grown up? I wondered how my nephew was doing." Chorai commented.
"Nephew?" Naruto parroted, his head hung, his hair shadowing his eyes. Snapping his head up, he glared hatefully at Chorai, his eyes crimson and slitted. "You betrayed the home of your nephew?! For what?!" He yelled.
"Ah, so you are the Kyuubi brat. I'll enjoy killing you. Orochimaru-sama gave me an offer, and I couldn't refuse. My clan always hampered themselves, eating only food for our techniques, when eating other living beings gave much more chakra for our techniques, and my special technique also healed our wounds. Though I learned the hard way to not eat the Inuzuka's mutts; too much fur and such a scuffle to grab one. Nearly took out my eye. So I settled for their masters." Chorai explained, wearing an insane grin as the curse mark spread over his body, changing him slightly.
"You... you monster. You ate PEOPLE?!" Naruto yelled as he watched the man- no, for his sins, he was less than a man- change into the monster he truly was.
Across his cheeks, down his neck, and across his shoulders spread a set of fangs, creating a wide jaw that spread over his shoulders. Down his forearms, across his stomach, and down his legs the act was repeated, until he became the human embodiment of gluttony, jaws ready to consume anything. "And I did it with gusto! Consuming humans gave me so much power, and Orochimaru-sama gave me a method to use it! This is the fruits of his labor! Isn't it glorious?!" He questioned insanely, rushing at Naruto, the jaws on his sword snapped open, roaring to the sky as he attacked Naruto.
Naruto returned the attacks with renewed fervor, intent on slaughtering the man who would eat humans for the sake of power. His claw swipes were blocked with parries of a blade, his body receiving a new cut for his efforts, though his flesh and even his clothes mended with a combination of youkai and biomass. Roaring in frustration, Naruto pounced at the man from a distance, finally landing a hit as both his claws sunk into his chest, but the man showed no pain as he kicked Naruto off. Landing on his feet, Naruto watched as the cuts he created sprouted sets of fangs, creating more jaws on his body. Naruto growled at this, as the man seemed to be invincible as any wound created more jaws for him to use against his opponent.
"Jaws of Hell!" Chorai yelled, as he rushed at Naruto, the jaws on his chest from Naruto's cuts growing out on tendrils of flesh as they attacked Naruto, who continuously dodged backwards in an attempt to not get bit; who knows what those things could do?
Swiping his claws, successfully slicing off the tendrils of flesh capped with jaws, Naruto rushed Chorai, faster than he was before. Thrusting his bladed fingers for Chorai's face, he was stopped with the Akimichi grabbing his hand. He growled in frustration. "How are you fast enough to stop me?!" Naruto yelled.
Pulling his claw down, Chorai smirked as he showed Naruto why.
Naruto gasped in shock. Chorai's eyes, which were a bronze color when they started, were now crimson, with three black comma's around the pupil. "How? How do you have the Sharingan?!" Naruto yelled incredulously.
"I gain the powers of those I've consumed. Neat trick, huh? Here's another one: Amaterasu!" He yelled, his left eye crying tears of blood as Naruto burst into black flames, only to be replaced with a log.
Naruto was a few yards away, mouth agape in shock. "What was that?!" He yelled.
"A technique the Uchiha I ate could do; apparently he achieved some higher level of Sharingan. Met him on my travels, he was another nuke nin. Apparently wanted for how he got these eyes. Sure are useful." He answered, smirking again.
Naruto growled as his arms reverted to normal, unknowingly calling on Kasai's youkai, hearing her encouragement to gut the man who would eat his own comrades for power. The foul chakra manifested a crimson aura around him, but stopped there, his features turning feral, as he watched the visage of his enemy contort in fear, then rage.
"So, the Kyuubi shows himself! Now I can kill you for sure, you demon!" Chorai slammed the final nail in his coffin, as Naruto disappeared in a blur of speed, reappearing behind him, shoving his fist into the side of his head, sending the traitor Akimichi flying, only to be stopped by Naruto reappearing, doing a reverse hammer smash to his chin, tossing him up lightly. Naruto seized his foul weapon from his hand and turned it on him, stabbing the blade in his sternum, but still he would not die. Even with the weapon skewering him clean through, he still lived, as he attempted to right himself midair, only for Naruto to grab his ankle and slam him down onto the ground. Not giving him a moment to rest, he stood over him, twisted the weapon then pulled it out, tossing it aside, arms returning to their Claws forms, as he cut off both his arms, watching as the stumps developed another side of jaws. He growled as the man seemed to fight to the end, even if he physically wasn't. Ignoring the teeth trying to devour his legs, Naruto finally beheaded to man, tendrils shooting from his body, his body consuming all the parts.
He fell on his knees as he writhed in pain, holding his head as Chorai's memories flew through his mind, and he felt his body change again. Feeling a horrible sensation snake up his throat, Naruto heaved until he puked up a clump of biomass, which writhed on the ground and grew, taking shape until it reformed into Chorai, but he was different. His eyes were bloodshot and bleeding, as his fingers became claws, and he screeched an unearthly howl as he lunged at Zabuza.
Naruto hissed as his eyes burned. Looking at a puddle of blood before him when the pain died down, his breath hitched for a second. In his right eye was the Sharingan, but in his left, his entire eye, from sclera to pupil, was pure white. "That bastard... he ate a Hyuuga, too?!" Naruto whispered to himself as he felt his mismatched eyes drain of chakra. Looking again, he found his cerulean eyes had returned. Looking up, he saw the 'revived' Chorai attacking his former partner, trying to eat Zabuza, who tried to fight off a zombie Chorai and a Tokubetsu Jounin intent on killing him.
Zabuza called for a retreat, and disappeared in his Kirigakure no Jutsu, eliciting a curse from Anko, until she noticed Chorai, and yelled, jumping back to continue the fight. However, she watched as her 'enemy' lumbered over to her student.
Naruto watched as the monster-Chorai bowed slightly and broke down into biomass, draining into his body. Naruto shuddered at the feeling but shrugged it off; he should start getting used to it.
"Naruto... was that a fucking zombie you just puked up?" Anko asked incredulously.
"I... having no idea." Naruto answered, kind of disgusted he just puked up a zombie, then re-ate it, especially since the guy ate other people.
"Well, until we get that sorted out-" Anko suddenly fell face first, passed out. Naruto gasped and caught her before she hit the ground. Seeing no other way to carry her, Naruto had her hitched on his back, carrying her piggyback style. He blushed as he felt her large, soft breasts squeeze on his back and felt her nuzzle the back of his neck like it was a pillow. "Tazuna-san, lead the way to your house." Naruto said.
Tazuna was standing by the side, watching the fight's ensuing, and was a tad green at Naruto's fight and his display of his new power. Nodding, he shakily lead the way.
Naruto noticed his teammates were avoiding his, possibly afraid after what happened.
'Great, my teammates are afraid of me, so is the client, I just ate a cannibal, puked a zombie, and now I have Sharingan and Byakugan. Just fucking great.' Naruto mentally complained.
'I don't know what you're complaining about, you just got an army-maker, and the two doujutsu of Konoha!' Kasai replied.
'Do you know how much shit the Council is going to spew when I return home with 'the sacred Sharingan'? Not to mention what Hiashi will say when he see's I have the Byakugan! And I puke zombies! That's fucking nasty!' Naruto snapped back.
'Oh please, you fucking eat people and take their powers. I'm sure you can handle puking zombies. And it's not like they can do anything about it, they don't even have to find out! Just don't tell them you idiot!' Kasai yelled back.
'I can't hide stuff from jii-san, plus sooner or later, you'll want me to train in them since if I have a weapon, I may as well learn how to use it, so he'd find out anyway!' Naruto replied.
'...Shit, you're fucked. Not in the good way.' Kasai deadpanned.
'Thanks.' Naruto deadpanned back, cutting off the mental link as he carried Anko.
"Oh, Naruto-kun~ You're so warm and hard..." Anko cooed in her sleep as her arms draped over Naruto's shoulders wandered around, groping his toned chest as she seemed to grind against him.
Naruto blushed horribly and his nose bled a little bit and he tried to block out the images threatening to sprout in his mind.
"So Naruto..." Sasuke said, walking alongside Naruto.
Naruto thanked all deities above for the distraction from his train of thought.
"What was that you did when you... did whatever you did to that missing nin?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't really know. It's a new ability, Alex and James don't have it. Do you hate me for having this ability?" Naruto asked solemnly, expecting a yes since this was a disturbing gift/curse.
Sasuke was silent as that single word echoed in his head. Hate. His mind traveled back to that fateful night when Itachi betrayed Konoha and killed his parents in front of him and told him to find him when he has enough hate. He didn't want to listen to his brother, to fuel his strength with hate. He would find someone to help him, to fight Itachi alongside him. And seeing this new ability in Naruto, he believed Naruto could be that someone. "No. In fact, I might need your help in the future, Naruto." Sasuke answered.
Naruto raised a brow. "To what, kill some guy and eat his brain?" He joked.
"No. I need your help to subdue my brother so I can get some answers. No matter what I do, I won't be strong enough to fight him alone. I need help. I need your help." Sasuke answered with determination.
Naruto turned to Sasuke in surprise and saw the fire of determination in Sasuke's eyes and smirked. Moving his right hand to hold Anko up, unknowingly holding her up by her ass, Naruto held his fist out to Sasuke.
Sasuke smirked and met his fist with his own.
"We'll kick Itachi's ass, Sasuke." Naruto confirmed with his foxy grin. His smirk fell when he realized where his other hand was; squeezing his grip a bit, his answer came as a low moan courtesy of Anko.
"Oh yeah Naruto-kun, harder..." She cooed, subconsciously nipping at Naruto's ear, causing him to bite back a groan and quickly move his hands so he held Anko by the back of her knees so so he won't be molested again, or unknowingly grab... something else. 'Goddamn my sexy sensei.' Naruto mentally complained, waterfall tears cascading down his face in his depression.
'I don't know what you're complaining about, If I was in your situation, I'd take advantage of this.' Kasai said.
'...You're bi?' Naruto mentally asked.
'Maaaaaaybeeeee...' Kasai purred in answer. She received no reply. 'Kit?' She asked.
Naruto was silent as his brain was rebooting itself, blood dripping from his nose as he tried to stop thinking about this new information. He didn't even notice Sasuke waving his hand in his face.
"Naruto? Naruto? Dumbass, answer me!" He yelled, to no avail. Taking a note from Sakura's (and unknowingly James') handbooks, he bitch slapped Naruto about thirty times.
After a full ten second delay afterwards, Naruto shook his head, snapping out of his stupor. "Huh? What happened? Why does my face hurt?" Naruto asked, looking everywhere for an answer.
"You didn't answer me so I had to slap you. A lot. Now my hand is tired." Sasuke complained.
Naruto deadpanned at him, mentally complaining he gets slapped a lot. "Well, whaddya want?" He asked.
"We're here." Sasuke asked, eliciting Naruto to look up then form a perfect 'o' with his mouth, finding they were in front of a white two story house, Tazuna knocking on the door as an attractive woman with black hair tied in a ponytail, a pink shirt with red collar and sleeve cuffs, and a dark blue skirt stopping just below her knees. She immediately hugged the old man, welcoming him, and the sinobi, to their home.
She introduced herself as Tsunami and led Naruto to a pair of spare bedrooms where he laid Anko down, though she got a bit frisky when he tried to pull her off. He lost his jacket and shirt, coming back downstairs showing his toned chest, eliciting a blushing Tsunami to stare at him. He excused himself from the house, going to train, and Sasuke joined him, wanting to see what else he could do. It wouldn't do to have a future ally and not know what he could do, now would it? Besides, he might be able to help him with a current chakra exercise he was having trouble with, tree walking.
"Oy, Naruto. You know how to tree walk?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, it was the first exercise I learned. Why, you need help with it?" Naruto asked as he trained with his new ability he decided to call Army Absorption, seeing if he could 'summon' Chorai without actually puking him up. He found he could just shoot out a small clump of biomass and it would grow and form the missing nin. Sure broke down time and it wasn't nearly as disturbing, though the first memory would still haunt him.
"Yeah, every time I try to do it, I end up shooting off and breaking the tree." Sasuke explained as he demonstrated, showing the footprint-shaped crater in the bark.
"I'll help you, if you help me with something I got from that Chorai guy when I... consumed him." Naruto asked.
"Help you with what? I'm sure you know more shinobi arts than me, since you said Kasai is teaching you. So what could I teach you?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto sighed and turned around, watching Sasuke's face contort into shock. His eyes were crimson, with three tomoe in each eye. "You have the Sharingan?!" Sasuke yelled incredulously. "How?!" He questioned.
"That Chorai guy probably ate an Uchiha missing nin, so he got his Sharingan. That's not the worse part." Naruto started, willing his right eye to change into the white abyss of the Byakugan. "He ate a Hyuuga, too." Naruto explained.
Sasuke's face contorted to horror and rage. "He ate humans like they were a bag of chips?!" He yelled, flaring his own Sharingan. Contrary to popular belief, Sasuke already awakened his Sharingan, on the day of the Uchiha Massacre, when Itachi almost killed him along with his parents. If it weren't for the impending ANBU, Sasuke would have died that day. Both his eyes had two tomoe. He grit his teeth when Naruto nodded morbidly. Calming down with deep breaths, Sasuke looked to Naruto. "So, you need me to help you with the Sharingan?" He asked.
Naruto nodded. "Yeah. Whenever I try to use it, my eyes fuck up and everything gets blurry." Naruto explained.
"Okay, let's get started." Sasuke initiated.
(Three hours later)
Naruto and Sasuke panted as they stood on opposite sides of the clearing, both teens baring the Sharingan, both with three tomoe in each eye.
After one too many close calls against Naruto, Sasuke's Sharingan gained it's third comma, and the spar turned to his favor, as he was the veteran in using the doujutsu. However, once Naruto got used to the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha's, he soundly defeated Sasuke.
Claw marks and small craters, including some splintered trees, littered the field around them.
"H-Hey... Naruto..." Sasuke panted out as he laid on the ground, staring up at the sky.
"Yeah?" Naruto asked, only slightly winded. Sometimes, Sasuke damned his indomitable stamina.
"Have you ever tried consuming a bird? You know, for wings?" Sasuke asked out of the blue.
Naruto raised his head off the ground to look at Sasuke with a deadpan expression at such a retardedly random question, but it got him thinking. Could he grow wings if he consumed a bird?
Flipping onto his feet, he decided to try it out. First things first, where the fuck is the nearest bird?
Looking around, Naruto noticed a single crow in a tree. Eying it with morbid determination, he tried to sneak up on the bird, only for it to snap its head to stare at him, freezing him in place. Discreetly mutating his hand into a Claw, Naruto prepared to use a new technique he thought up on the fly during their spar. Willing the claw on his index... claw to extend with biomass, Naruto prepared to spear the symbol of death should it try to escape.
Fuck, it saw him!
Naruto sprung into action when the crow attempted to fly away, whipping his claw forward. "Claw Spear!" Yelling his attack, Naruto shot his claw forward, extending it greatly, skewering the bird right in it's little birdy heart.
Consuming the small organism, Naruto twitched as he felt the change happening. He suddenly lurched forward as biomass burst from his shoulder blades, slowly taking form.
After the gory process of his body rewriting his DNA to including wings, Naruto stood tall with his new appendages.
Large and leathery, his wings were covered with veins except for the very top edge of them, blades like his claws forming 'feathers.' Flapping them experimentally, Naruto smirked triumphantly. Before he would cheer, he decided to see if he could actually fly with these things or if they were just for aesthetics. He was gonna cut a fool if it was the latter.
Crouching down and stretching his wings up, Naruto shot into the sky, whooping like a teenager discovering his arachnid-related powers and swinging through the city.
(Elsewhere)
Peter Parker sneezed, then shrugged.
(Back with Naruto, after his powertrip)
Naruto landed next to Sasuke, who was fully recovered and standing in awe that his half-assed idea actually worked. "Can't believe that fucking worked." He commented.
Naruto deadpanned at him. "You didn't know if it would work?" He asked blandly.
"Nope. But it does. Cool." Sasuke commented smugly, enjoying Naruto's annoyance at his lack of concern for the possible injury of his friend.
Naruto threw a shoe at Sasuke; it wasn't his, and it wasn't Sasuke's, he just threw a random shoe.
(Tazuna's house)
"Where's my other shoe?!" Sakura shrieked as she tried to look for her missing sandal.
(Naruto and Sasuke)
Sasuke let it hit him, knowing it had no real force behind it, and chuckled at Naruto's attitude.
Both boys headed back to the house, Naruto retracting his new wings into his body, smirking at the idea of surprising his teammates and enemies with wings and his ability to fly, a feat man had aspired for for hundreds of years.
They walked inside, announcing their presence with 'Hello!'s and Naruto went to check on Anko, only to find her bed empty and hearing her boisterous laughter downstairs.
Going downstairs and around the corner to the kitchen, Naruto found the laughing pair of Anko and Tazuna, both with sake bottle in hand as they appeared to be sharing stories.
"And the fucker pissed himself and ran away screaming like a little girl!" Anko finished a story, both adults bursting into laughter, Naruto chuckling at her behavior on a mission that just hit the fan in terms of shit they have to deal with.
"Hey, Anko-sensei, you seem to be having fun." Naruto commented as he walked towards the table, subtly realizing he was still without a shirt and jacket, and that Anko had the latter draped over her shoulders.
Naruto pouted and took his jacket back, eliciting an equal, yet somehow more adorable, pout from the Tokubetsu. "Why'd you take my jacket?" He asked.
"I was cold." She answered.
"Then use your own coat as a blanket."
"Then my back would be cold against the mattress."
"Then close your jacket."
"Can't."
"Why not?"
His answer was Anko hefting her large breasts in her hands, smirking as Naruto's face reddened and blood leaked from his nose; thankfully, Tazuna was too drunk to care and somehow fell asleep in his seat at the table.
Naruto sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "You know, this is sexual harassment." He reminded her.
"Not when you enjoy it. Besides, old enough to kill, old enough to fuck." Anko reminded him, smirking as his face reddened even more.
"I'm your student and we've been on a team for what, a month?" Naruto questioned.
Anko shrugged. "We're kindred spirits. The village hates us both for something out of our control and we're both tough enough to tell them to fuck off. Besides, you're handsome, I'm sexy, what more is there to think about?" She added, smirking.
"...That seems a bit shallow." Naruto commented.
Anko sighed; she didn't want to get into this touchy-feely shit but she felt something between her and Naruto and she didn't want to lose an opportunity like this, especially since she'd have no other chances back in Konoha. "Look, you remember those time the villagers attacked you and you passed out?" Anko approached the subject slowly, not wanting to open old wounds.
Naruto's eyes hardened suspiciously. "Yeah? What about them?" He asked.
"And you were saved a few times by an ANBU?" She added.
Naruto nodded; he remembered Hebi-chan and Neko-chan. They were two of the few ANBU that were nice to him when he was a child. Ever since he enrolled in the Academy, he never saw them again.
Anko answered by retrieving a scroll at his waist and unsealed a mask. Showing it to Naruto, he saw it was a snake mask. Not realizing the significance of it, he looked to Anko, only to find she untied her pineapple hairstyle, letting it drape over her shoulders. Putting the hairstyle with the mask, Naruto realized Anko was Hebi-chan. "H-Hebi-chan?" Naruto whispered as tears fell from his eyes.
Anko nodded as tears fell from hers eyes as Naruto almost tackled her out of her seat, wrapping his arms around her and crying into her shoulder a bit. Anko cried herself and held him as they stayed like that for a while. When Naruto was finished crying, he lifted his head to look at Anko. She looked back at him and they leaned forward, sharing a passionate kiss.
(The next day)
Naruto stood in his and Sasuke's training field, panting, Claws brandished as he was training in all sorts of techniques with it and his only other mutation, Muscle Mass. He decided to try something different and tried to fuse them together. So far, he felt he achieved such.
The Claws-Muscle Mass hybrid was interesting, to say the least. It kept the base look of the latter, but blades formed on the knuckles and spikes could pop out all over the arms for some kind of 'offensive-defense.' It wasn't all that spectacular, but it was something.
Naruto envisioned the possibilities when he acquired the other forms, like Jame's Whipfist or Hammerfists. Combining them with others could give some awesome results.
Hearing Tsunami scream for help, Naruto shook his head of that train of thought and ran towards the house, finding his teammates were already at the bridge with Tazuna. He found Tsunami tied up and being dragged away by a pair of faux-samurai thugs; probably working for Gato.
Without even announcing his presence, he brandished his Claws, pouncing on the swordsman opposite the hostage-taker, killing him as his claws pierced his heart and lungs several times over. Snapping back with his right arm, Naruto beheaded the other samurai with ease, grunting as the tendrils returned, consuming both samurai. Clutching his head, vaguely noticing the claws did nothing to him, his mind was flooded with their memories. His eyes widened as he realized Gato was planning to betray Zabuza, and that they were attacking the bridge, right now!
Cutting Tsunami free and giving Inari a confidence boost when he stood up against the samurai, Naruto ran as fast as he could to the bridge, only to find Sakura weakly defending Tazuna, Sasuke becoming a human-pincushion inside a dome of ice mirrors, and Kakashi fighting Zabuza. Opting to help Sasuke, he dove into the dome, only for him to become a matching set with Sasuke, senbon littering his bone. Growling and unleashing a wave of biomass over his body, he dislodged the needles from himself, stabding back to back with Sasuke, using his Claws-Muscle Mass hybrid to deflect senbon without him actively trying; he didn't have fast enough reflexes to try and deflect every single one, so this worked perfectly. "Sasuke, what's going on?" Naruto asked.
"She has Ice Release!" He yelled, deflecting some more senbon with his kunai, only for two or three to lodge into his arm. "And she's really fast! I can't even keep up with her with my Sharingan!" he added.
"I see!" Naruto said, brandishing the few senbon that managed to get passed his automatic defense.
Haku suddenly appeared on the ground before them.
Sasuke's crimson eyes widened. "Get her before she-!" He yelled.
"Frozen Needle hell!" She yelled, thrusting her hands forward as her head of shaggy hair bristled and many ends pointing forward, showing the tips of each hair was coated in ice as the impromptu needles shot forward like bullets. Naruto raised his arms in a futile defense, gritting his teeth as the needles of hair and ice lodged into his skin. He felt the familiar stirring in his body as he consumed foreign DNA. He vaguely felt small quills bristle into existence all over his body. 'Is this a new power? What to call it... Maybe Barb Skin. That seems right.' Naruto mentally mused. He also felt his hands grow so cold. Waving his hands in an attempt to allay the cold, his movement formed ice crystals that shot out towards Haku, who narrowly dodged, sinking into her mirrors. Even behind the mask, he could sense she was gob-smacked at what just happened. "I have Ice Release?" Naruto questioned. He then clenched his fists. "Cool!" He yelled, only to sweat drop at his inadvertant pun. "Uh, awesome?" Naruto questioned.
Overhead the entire bridge flew a crow, whose caw suspiciously sounded like 'Moron! Moron!'
"Oh fuck you nature." Naruto deadpanned, returning to the task at hand: surviving this fight. "Sasuke, when I say, I want you to duck as low as you can." Naruto whispered to Sasuke.
"Why? What's that gonna d-?" he started asking, only for Naruto to silence him with a bristle of his new mutation. "I'll duck." he nodded dumbly.
Naruto waited, Sharingan blazing, until he could tell Haku was just about to get out of her mirror to attack. There! "Now!" He yelled, and Sasuke threw himself to the floor, Haku leaving her mirror at the same time. Activating his new power, his quills exploded away from his body, going everywhere, including giving Haku a taste of her own medicine, making her a match to the set of Uzumaki and Uchiha human pincushions, now for women!
Haku hid within another mirror, picking the quills from her body. With renewed fervor, Haku attacked, her senbon flying as she struck the opposing boys. While Naruto was now immune to the needles, the same could not be said for Sasuke.
As the Uchiha's condition in terms of quantity of needles worsened, his reactions slowed, his movements dulled, and he felt weak. "Naruto..." He ground out, his voice weak from the fatigue. "Promise me... You'll find Itachi for me." He added, falling to his knees.
"Don't say that. We'll both find him and get some answers. Sasuke? Sasuke!" Whipping around, Naruto found Sasuke already down. He wasn't breathing.
Everything was silent. Then suddenly, he erupted in a feral scream of rage as he exploded with youkai. Fueled by the corrupt chakra of a demon and his rage, the biomass kicked into high gear, remolding his body from head to toe.
Where Naruto stood, now stood a goliath that would bring pain. His skin now hued like that of rock, forming a sort of dramatized representation of the human muscular system our of the organic stone, red and black forming cracks here and there and framing the 'muscles', his head featureless save for three glowing slashes on each cheek. His head, riddled with small spikes that gave it a sleek appearance, held two prominent spikes that swept back, reminiscent of fox ears, as the Uzumaki swirl on his back was more prominent, forming the center of the mass of tendrils as the formed a sort of skeletal frame on the back of his entire form, but from his tailbone grew a bladed tail, capped with a long, wicked, hooked blade that shined with the organic steel. His arms erupted in biomass, forming into limbs completely made of tendrils from shoulder to wrist, his hands now changed to three bulbous digits, colored like his skin, standing out amongst the dark 'skin.' Finally, his wings burst from his back, completely his look as some figure of death in the night.
Tendrils. Armor. Bladetail. Naruto just got a serious upgrade.
End Ch. 4!
So, whaddya think? I wanna say again; the idea of Army Absorption goes to my friend killercroc, without him, I wouldn't have gotten this far or at least would have this awesome idea. The wings were also his idea. I thought up bladetail. Hope you like what I did on how Naruto got Ice Release and the Bard Skin. Tell me what you think.
Ja ne!