Chapter Four: Taming the Beasts
~A/N~ Just a few things before I start this story. 1. This is not and will not be a NaruHina story. I love Naruhina but this will not be one. The poll ended in a dead tie. So thanks to the suggestion from Snake1980 this will now but a NarutoXYugitoXSamui story. 2. Naruto's Armor is a mock of The Shredder from the 2003 animated show. Now on with the Show! Here's Chapter Four!
The Konoha eleven, the Sand Siblings, part of the Kiri Rebel Forces, and his fellow Kumo Shinobi stood before Naruto whom now wore his crimson kosode and black hakama once more. Gaara was the first to step forward. He seemed to be slightly hurt by Naruto.
"Why didn't you come to Suna?" Gaara asked.
"I was originally going to but I felt a pull… that's the best I could call it. A pull or maybe a need to come to Kumo," Naruto explained. Gaara seemed to accept the answer then stepped back.
"Naruto I was given an order if I happened to see you," Kakashi said stepping forward.
"I do not heed the call of the Konoha council anymore," Naruto said with venom. He still loved his first home but simply mentioning the council that banished filled him with rage.
"The council is demanding you return," Kakashi said.
"Are they?" Naruto asked he almost wanted to laugh.
"I don't know who made them change their minds or why but they want you back," Kakashi said.
"Sorry," Naruto shook his head. "I am sworn to Kumo now… even if I wasn't I'm never returning to Konoha," Naruto then turned his eyed to Karin whom stood behind Mei.
"She said you used an Uzumaki sealing technique," Naruto took a step towards the red haired girl.
"Yeah… what of it?" Karin asked.
"Are you one?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. Karin Uzumaki," Karin replied still not understanding.
"Then we are kin," Naruto offered a hand to the girl.
"Excuse me?" Karin asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki at your service my kinsman," Naruto said with a bow. Even Bee and the others were slightly taken back by this act.
"Ok yeah how do I react to that?" Karin asked.
"I'm just messing with you. It's nice to know that there are other Uzumaki out there," Naruto said as he pulled the girl into his arm hugging her.
"Ok this is a little better but I still don't know what to do," Karin said with a light chuckle.
"Dude Naruto what the hell happened?" Kiba asked suddenly.
"I would assume you mean the whole 'Crimson Shinobi' title?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah that," Kiba said. He still couldn't believe that Naruto was some kind of butcher now.
"I was shown the cruelty of this world when I was exiled. So I took upon myself to be rid of my foolish no killing policy," Naruto said. His attention turned to his fellow Kumo nin. They were waiting for orders as he was still in command.
"Yugito-chan you're the fastest of us so head back to Kumo and tell them Mission complete but me and Bee will be staying here for a short time. After all, my cousin needs help learning how to control her Bijuu," Naruto said. With a nod Yugito turned and took off at a freakish speed.
"Bee you cool with helping out Karin?" Naruto asked.
"No sweat bro, we'll make her a pro, AW YEAH!" Bee grinned. Naruto shook his head then looked to the last three.
"Samui, Karui, Omoi you three can head back to Kumo," Naruto said. The three paused for a moment before Omoi turned and walked away. Karui followed after a moment but Samui stayed.
"You really think Raikage-sama will be ok with you staying here?" Samui asked.
"Probably not, but I won't abandon kin," Naruto said as he turned to Karin but after a moment he looked to Gaara.
"Bee you think we could help Gaara out too?" Naruto asked.
"He's got a weak ass seal Bro," Bee said stopping his raps for a moment. He rubbed his jaw before he leaned down and whispered into Naruto's ear.
"Yeah he could help a lot," Naruto said as he bit his thumb and slammed his hand down summoning a frog.
"Hey Naruto what's up?" a large orange frog asked.
"I need the Pervy sage, Gamakichi," Naruto said. Gamakichi looked to see Gaara.
"You want to help the crazy bastard that tried to kill you?" Gamakichi asked.
"He's a brother," Naruto said with a stern look.
"Gotcha I'll get the perv," Gamakichi said as he vanished.
"Are we done here?" Naruto asked.
"Dude I'm pretty sure we all got questions for you," Kiba said. Naruto sighed then smiled.
"Sure let's grab some food and catch up. Been a while since I've see any of you," Naruto said as he lead the group out of the tent.
Most of the Konoha eleven had talked to Naruto and gotten their closure. Whether it was the near wordless stare downs between himself and Shino or Neji, or the overly emotional and heartfelt conversation between himself and Sakura or Hinata. Currently Naruto stood looking at his onetime best friend Sasuke Uchiha. He was surprised how much Sasuke had changed. He had taken on Naruto's old view and tried his best to see the good in everyone. Well almost everyone he still wanted to kill Itachi.
"How is it in Kumo?" Sasuke asked.
"Good. The villagers were a little hesitant of me at first but that was actually because I was a foreigner not a Jinchuriki," Naruto replied. "How've you been?"
"I'm surviving…the curse seal burns once in a while but other than that I've held off the need to use it," Sasuke replied.
"Pervy Sage said he's almost done with a removal jutsu… so maybe you won't have to much longer," Naruto said.
"Well I have to get going… it was good to see you again Naruto," Sasuke said as he offered his hand to Naruto. With a grin Naruto grabbed his hand and forced him into a hug.
"I do miss you guys remember that," Naruto said before the two separated and Sasuke left to meet up with the rest of the Konoha forces.
A few days had passed and Naruto stood before both Karin and Gaara as that sat with their eyes closed and meditated. He thought it was a little early for Karin to be trying this but Bee assured him there wasn't really a bad time. Bee was currently sitting in front of Gaara helping him subdue his beast. It was thanks to Jiraiya coming at Naruto's request that they were able to do this. The aged sage was standing behind them waiting for Gaara to win over so he could strengthen his seal without worry of the beast lashing out.
~Within Gaara's Mindscape~
All that could be seen was a massive desert of black sand. Gaara could tell what it was. It was the Shukaku's true sand. Sand as black as the Bijuu's heart. He could hear a low grumble behind him. He slowly turned to see a hardly chained Shukaku growling at him. Gaara was slightly worried his sand wouldn't be much help here. Gaara took one more breathe before he tore the seal away and jumped back.
"FREEDOM!" Shukaku shouted before he was smashed in the face by Gaara's sand.
"Sand Chains," Gaara spoke as chains rose out of the sand and shackled the great raccoon. Shukaku roared and shattered the chains.
"You think I'll just let you use MY sand on me?" Shukaku roared. This was what Gaara was worried about. He didn't really have any jutsus other than his sand.
"I will take control of you," Gaara spoke as he rose his hands forcing the sand to obey him. Shukaku's roared as he tried to lash out but was subdued by his own black sand.
"No! this can't be!" Shukaku screamed as he felt his strength being sapped away. "I won't go quietly!" he screamed again as the black sand forced him down and Gaara grabbed onto his tail to being the chakra removal process.
Shukaku's eyes widened as he saw several octopod appendages move in aiding Gaara in the removal of his chakra. The great raccoon roared again forcing some of the black sand off him. Gaara's eyes widened when he felt his chakra being stolen instead.
"He's too strong," Gaara dropped to his knees unable to take the strain.
"Gaara!" a voice screamed out. Gaara looked around unable to find the owner of the voice. But he could tell it was familiar. The Shukaku had just about stolen all his chakra when a colossal hand appeared knocked the Raccoon away. Gaara looked to see a woman made of golden sand standing behind him with a smile on her face.
"I swore that I would always protect you my son," the woman said as the black sand around Gaara slowly turned gold.
"Mother?" Gaara looked at the woman with wide eyes. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was just like Naruto said his happened. He was on the brink of losing and his mother appeared. Gaara had hoped that the same would happen and Kami granted it.
"My son… my precious son… We don't have much time," Karura said as she stood beside her son. Gaara smiled and stood ready to take control.
"I won't lose!" the Shukaku roared only to be smashed by the golden sand again.
"Now Gaara take his chakra," Karura said. Gaara heeded the words and started to pull away the raccoon's chakra. This time despite shouting and yelling the Shukaku could do nothing to prevent his chakra from being taken away. Gaara stole away his chakra with one foul swoop.
"I did it," Gaara said. Karura smiled then looked to Shukaku as it rose weakly before he could act though a massive cage fell onto the Bijuu.
"NO! I won't be caged again!" Shukaku roared as the cage sealed around him and trapped him.
"Your seal has been greatly strengthened. Now you have his chakra and your peace of mind," Karura said with a smile. "I have to go now… but remember that I will always love you," Karura gave one last smile before she faded away turning the entire black sand desert to gold.
~Outside~
Gaara's eyes opened slowly to see Kankuro, Temari, Killer Bee, and Naruto all staring at him. He moved to stand when he noticed something odd. His gourd had changed. It was now black with gold markings. He smiled seeing the gold instantly reminded him of his mother.
He decided to check out his sand and commanded it to move. That was when he saw his new sand. It was both gold and black. The two colors danced together as it moved around him.
"Now that's bad ass," Naruto said with a smile.
"Yo I think the little red's finally down," Bee said seeing Karin was completely motionless.
"Yeah looks like she ready," Naruto approached only to be blown back as Karin's form was overtaken by a blueish green aura. Her eyes opened to showing her eyes were still hers. Killer Bee was the first to react. And his action was to drop his jaw in shock.
"What happened?" Naruto asked standing up.
"She got control," Bee said his raps forgotten.
"How?" Naruto asked. Karin smiled widely as she stood and the aura faded away.
"Isobu was happy that I just wanted to talk… When I explained that I only wanted his power to protect my new home he decided to give me a shot and relinquished his chakra to me," Karin explained.
"That seems unfair," Gaara said seeing Karin smile brightly.
"Yeah that does," Naruto said before he cracked a grin himself. "Way to go Karin," Naruto pulled the red haired girl into his arms for a hug. Karin returned the hug then pulled back.
"So what now?" Karin asked.
"Well now Gaara returns to Suna and Bee and I go back to Kumo," Naruto said.
"What about the gut feeling?" Bee asked still not rapping.
"Gone… I'm going to guess it was Karin or the Three-tails," Naruto said.
"You must come to visit some time," Gaara said with a smile.
"I will take care of yourself," Naruto shook Gaara's hand before the two Kumo Shinobi left for home.
Naruto stood before A waiting his punishment for returning later than promised. He figured he'd blown his chance at jonin and was now S.O.L.
"Uzumaki Naruto," A spoke sternly. Naruto took a step forward awaiting his Kage's command.
"I am proud of you. You took your mission one step further and helped Kiri's Jinchuriki control her beast. We were asked to help Kiri regain stability. Helping your kinsman gain control of her Bijuu will be of great help to them. So it is with little argument from the advisory council that I hereby grant you the rank of Jonin of Kumo," A said making Naruto's face light up. Naruto wanted to jump for joy but figured it was a bad time.
"It's fine Naruto… you should have seen what Yugito did when she became a Jonin," A said.
"Aww yeah she partied nonstop, right until she dropped," Bee rapped. Naruto shook lightly then lost it.
"YEAH! I'M A JONIN!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs. A and Bee both laughed seeing his display.
"I'll also let you know you may now take a Genin team if you wish," A said.
"Uhhh… I think about that one," Naruto laughed.
~Deep within Konoha~
"What do you mean he won't come back?" an aged man asked.
"It seems Uzumaki-san is happy in Kumo," a masked man said with a bow. The aged man gripped his cane tightly then looked to the man.
"Kill him… send Sai. His stealth should be sufficient enough to kill him," Danzo commanded.
"Permission to speak freely sir?" the man asked. Usually Danzo wouldn't allow this but just this once he would let this slid.
"Granted," Danzo said.
"Sai will die if you send him. He has the Nine-tails chakra, armor that seems impenetrable, and a Naginata that cut through the Three-tails shell like butter," the man explained.
"Who would you suggest then? We can't let him walk around," Danzo said.
"Send the four," he said.
"You think they can win?" Danzo asked.
"Promise them their freedom if they kill him. If they fail we lose nothing if they succeed you can wipe their minds," the man said.
"Well thought Tao… send them and promise them their freedom," Danzo said.
"As you command," the man vanished.
~Back to Kumo~
Naruto sat in a bedroom looking at a folder. It was a Genin team. He wasn't sure if he wanted to take a team. After all he was only seventeen… almost eighteen. Was he ready to do something like this? He still wasn't sure but he figured he could at least look at some of the teams.
"Kensei Hikage, Masami Nisshoku, and Xayne," Naruto read aloud.
"Kensei Hikage: Silver hair and eyes, constantly pulls pranks on his fellow classmen. Said to be dead last in the school. Masami Nisshoku: blue hair brown eyes, kunoichi of the year, and has obsessive love for ramen and training. Xayne: black hair orange eyes, most commonly found reading or sleeping. Jeez these kids are practically made to be led by me," Naruto laughed.
Naruto looked up when he heard a knock at the door. That was when he remembered he was supposed to go out to dinner with Yugito, bee and the others. He closed the folder and grabbed his kosode and reached the door.
"Hey you ready?" Samui asked.
"You're the one that came to get me? I figured Yugito would have been here to kick my ass for spacing out," Naruto laughed as he tucked his kosode in. Samui just rolled her eyes and started to walk away.
"Let's go the others are waiting," Samui said. Her face was flushed from seeing Naruto without a shirt and she did not want him to know she was blushing because of him.
"I'm coming wait up," Naruto said as he grabbed his keys and locked his door before he followed after her.
~End Notes~ this chapter is a little shorter because of what I have planned for the next chapter. But what I wanted to know is if you'd like Naruto to become a Jonin Sensei or not. Let me know Via PM. I will not be taking review responses only PM for this poll. Let me know and it will become locked in on Chapter Six.
Next Chapter Naruto meets up with the four. Who are they? Will they win? Who are they? Can they kill Naruto and gain their freedom? And who are they? Find out next time on The Banishment of Uzumaki Naruto!