"Speech"
'Thought'
"Demon Speech, Jutsu, Summon"
'Demon Thought'
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WARNING: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, HINATA DOES
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
-Babe Ruth,
Sandlot
(Thank you J. Hellsythe for the P.M)
Panic shook around the hospital as a gurney was urgently rushed to the O.R. Following the gurney was a woman with pure red hair, a teen with red hair and blond tips, a man with red hair and facial scars, and another man with blond hair. All of them covered in blood, the woman and girl were crying profusely and the men were intensely angered and ensorrowed.
'How could I have let this happen? I WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HIM!' the man with the red hair thought.
The blond one had thoughts of his own, 'Why couldn't protect my son?! First I seal a demon within him that makes his life miserable, and now he is dying because I held back!'
The person in the gurney was a blond boy of 16, covered in his and other's blood. The boy's cloak was in tatters, so was his shirt and Shinobi vest. Lacerations, burns, cuts, and scars covered his body. A 2 thin openings from a katana in his chest and 4 punctures from kunai on his bod: 1 in his bicep, 1 in his stomache, another in his chest, and the last near his ribcage. Another cut on his right cheek which crossed diagonally over his 3 whisker marks. Blood from his lip, mouth, chest, leg, arms, and head. The boy in the gurney was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the legacy o the Yellow Flash. Also known as the Crimson Cyclone, the Bloody Storm, the Kyuubi Reincarnation, the Golden Maelstrom. And now, Hero of Konoha. But all at a price, this one possibly too hefty.
"Get him on the table STAT!" Tsunade yelled as she, Shizune, and 5 other surgeons walked into the O.R, "Get me morphine, an IV drip, Type B+ blood, clamps, scalpels, forceps, gauze, Adrenaline Syringe, Venturi mask, an O2 tank, and Sake."
Once all the necessary supplies (and sake) were retrieved, they bean operating. He had major internal bleeding, 3rd Degree Burns, 13 broken bones, both lungs punctured, and lacerations; it brought Shizune to her feet to see Naruto wearing a Venturi mask, being cut into, and about to die infront of her. As they were operating, his pulse weakened and the EKG (electrocardiogram, its EKG not ECG!) flat-lined, "We're loosing him!" Shizune yelled as she grabbed the defibrillator, adjusted the voltage and put the electrode handles on Naruto's chest.
His body jumped up from the shock, but his heart didn't respond, "Turn up the defibrillator!" commanded Tsunade. They continued.
The Uzumaki-Namikaze family heard the semi-panic, which brought even further distraught to them causing them to cry more. At this point Kushina and Masami's words were just mumbles. Kenshin and Minato had tears in their eyes that had them both thinking the same think, 'How did this happen?'
[25 Minutes Earlier]
Naruto was fighting side-by-side with his friends and family. As him and Kenshin were sweeping the Sound with a mix of Kazekenjustu, ANBU started to appear in the battle. Naruto decapitated one and took his mask. The jinchuuriki's eyes narrowed at the symbol, so did his Uncle's when he showed it to him, "Uncle, its ROOT, meaning..."
"Danzo-teme is here," the Scarred Swordsman interrupted, "Be on alert."
"So you took my insult line huh? If you weren't family I would launch you into the sky... THAT'S IT!" Naruto received a grand idea and went to his friends.
"Utake, launch me up. Hinata, use Air Palm to push me into the sky! And tell everyone to clear the area!" They did as Naruto requested; he jumped on top of Utake's zanbato, who propelled it forward. He reached about 5 feet in the air, that was when Hinata came into the plan and pushed a large amount of chakra to her arm, "Air Palm!" she yelled.
Then the Blonde was pushed up another 30 feet in the air, that was when he began his tactic, "VERTO!" Larnarve appeared in the sky in his mighty glory, but his armor was blood-red and his eyes glowed purple. As gravity caused him to fall, his figure and trident glowed with golden flames,"Divine Comet Crash!"
The crimson-cloaked blonde crashed to the ground as a meteor, creating a giant, fiery crater which severely crippled Danzo's ROOT Forces. Naruto's allies kept thanking him mentally to get a warning. That boy could accomplish the impossible at 16! Imagine him in his prime, only a few years away. When Naruto did recover from the crater, he was in human form without his cloak, and burned a bit. Hinata instantly ran to her boyfriend, "Oh my god! You didn't tell me this was gonna happen!"
"Its okay I'm alright," Naruto comforted her, but his wince of pain betrayed him, "My demon chakra interfered with my Knight Mode. It siphons of my chakra, and now reacts violently to my Chaotic Chakra."
"Here," she gave him a small medical ninjutsu on his leg to help him fight. In return he gave her a his chakra to almost fill her chakra reserves, "Thanks Hinata-chan."
"No, thank you Naruto-kun," the two started deeply at each other. No matter the violence that was occurring, it was a romantic moment. Their faces closed in on eachothers enough so they could feel the other's breath. There was a huge explosion on the side of them, as their lips closed in; it was only 2 centimeters until their lips touched...until Masami yelled at them, "WAR FIRST, SEX LATER!"
"Imouto/Masami-san!" they both seperated blushing. it was a minor silence before they both agreed and continued to fight. Syuu was in a bit of trouble at the moment so Naruto went to help her out, and Hinata aid Shikamaru. The Shinarashi was surrounded, true there was water all around her. But there was one problem, ''Damn, I'm out of chakra.'
That was until Naruto appeared in a crimson flash. He pushed a Rasengan through the first Sound-nin's heart. The next one, he leg-swiped and stabbed. When there was enough distance between his friend and his enemies, he grabbed her hand. She blushed at the grip of his strong grip; suddenly all of her chakra returned to her, "Get out of the water. I'm gonna shock it."
"You will be shocked too. There may be water on them, but so is there on you," she told him, fearing of what was about to happen. Naruto just whispered, "Go."
Syuu did as Naruto told her, she didn't want Naruto in pain, but she trusted him, and he trusted her. So she jumped away, and in the middle, she heard, "Chidori Current!"
The ground shortly lit up in lightning as the ROOT and Sound shinobi yelled in pain, but so did Naruto. All of the enemies surrounding Naruto fell face-first signifying that their hearts had stopped from the voltage. She was in fear of what happened to Naruto; he fell on his knees, smoke coming from his cloths. He was alive but barely; she ran as fast as she could and hugged him. All the blond did was give Syuu his fox smile, one with pain, but happiness too.
"Come on," the Namikaze said as he stood up, "Our jobs aren't done ye... DANZO" he yelled as he found his chakra signature. Only his chakra could match with the darkness in his heart, and it was headed towards Hinata's. He teleported to the her using the Flying Thunder God seal formula on her necklace that he gave her on their first date. He reappeared behind her, and barely dodged a katana slash heading towards him, "Hinata, you are not safe. Danzo is headed for you, because he thinks that killing you will weaken my control over Kurama's chakra. Making me easier to control with his Sharingan."
"How does he have a sharingan?" she asked as she punched several ROOT in the chest, shattering their bones like glass and having the shards impale their organs. Naruto used a Raikiri to stab through several more ROOT and Sound then he spoke, "According to our spies and the intel they gathered, he stole an Uchiha's eye before the Massacre. And then implanted 10 other Sharingan and the Shodaime Hokage's cells in his body so he can control all bijuu, and use them as a weapon."
"Okay, lets g...EXPLOSIVE TAG!" she yelled as a kunai was thrown on the ground 3 feet away from the couple. When it went off, Naruto jumped infront of Hinata, and covered her from the blast with his own body. After the blast, she opened her eyes to reveal Naruto shielding her, "Are... you alright...Hinata...chan," Naruto weakly asked. She nodded her head with tears. Those tears bursted out when 2 ROOT stabbed Naruto in his chest. Each blade piercing his lung, Naruto coughed out blood. Danzo walked out of the smoke with kunai in his hand, he threw them at Naruto. 1 in his stomach, the other on his side, one in is bicep, and the last inches away from his heart.
"NO!" the young Hyuuga screamed as her lover was being used as a pin-cushion right infront of her eyes, trying to shield her, "STOP!"
"A strong one, huh?" Danzo spoke, "Slash him!"
The ROOT grabbed kunais, and began to deeply cut Hinata. More and more blood poured down Naruto's body as he still protected her, "It's okay...Hinata-chan...You are safe...Sorry for being... a baka..."
The blonde's body slumped down beside Hinata. Naruto's blood dripped down her cheek. Sadness replaced by anger, "YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!"
Hinata charged with a katana she picked up, Danzo who just stood there smugly did nothing. He just had a smile, a smile that went away as his both of his arm's were cut off. Not by Hinata, but by 2 people behind him. Everyone looked back to see Minato Namikaze and Kenshin Uzumaki with their chakra violently burning with fury and rage.
"You attack our family..." Kenshin began.
"You kill my son..." Minato continued.
"You defile the dead..." Kenshin spoke again.
"AND YOU THINK WE WON'T HURT YOU!" they both yelled at the same time, both sliced their blades through Danzo's legs. He screamed in pain as all of his appendages were removed. His torso and head were on the ground, finally they delivered the killing blow. Kenshin stabbed his zanbato in Danzo's right eye, and Minato stabbed Soul Judgement through Danzo's left; instantly killing him. Both of the men ran to Naruto. The ROOT began to retreat as their leader was killed, the Sound followed knowing failure was inevitable if they continued.
"We won/ the battle is over/ the bastards are retreating/ victory is ours!" was what the shinobi said. Masami and Kushina hugged and celebrated until they saw a crowd, so they went inside. What they found scarred them, "THAT'S MY SON! THAT'S MY BOY! WHAT HAPPENED!" she asked and screamed with tears. Masami and Hinata performed a vast degree of medical ninjutsu to stop/lessen the bleeding to get Naruto inside a hospital. As the crowd cleared, Minato carried his son to the Konoha General Hospital as Kenshin, Masami, and Kushina cleared the pathway. Ino took crying Hinata to her home so she could calm down.
[Now]
Naruto's pulse weakened and the EKG (electrocardiogram, its EKG not ECG!) flat-lined, "We're loosing him!" Shizune yelled as she grabbed the defibrillator, adjusted the voltage and put the electrode handles on Naruto's chest.
His body jumped up from the shock, but his heart didn't respond, "Turn up the defibrillator!" commanded Tsunade. They continued. When Naruto opened his eyes, he was in a pit of darkness, "Am I dead?"
"No kit," Kurama said as he appeared behind Naruto, "This is what humans call 'Limbo', the Path before death."
"So is this in my head?" Naruto asked Kurama.
"No.." "Then you aren't Kurama. He is always in my head. He would only be here if his soul was still sealed inside me, but it is inside Soul Judgement. WHO ARE YOU?!"
"Clever boy," Kurama spoke as the figures's shape shifted, into a humanoid shadow, forming a woman wearing a black kimono with white trees, she had white hair with blacks highlights, a slender body with curves, pure black eyes, and flawless skin. Her energy was dark, but peaceful, benevolent, and...beautiful," My name is..."
"Shinigami," Naruto interrupted, "Yes, I know because of your beauty, choice of clothing, chakra nature, and overall presence."
She blushed at Naruto's acknowledgement of his comment at 'beauty', 'Smart kid and handsome too. I wonder if...'
"You may be a god, Shinigami-san, but your emotions and looks of lust and interest are human. And to answer your question: no, I am taken," Naruto said calmly. He just stood up the God of Death. Most people would shake in fear, but Naruto was not most people, "Why am I here?"
"If you think I did this to you, I did not. Whoever is in Limbo, which is rare, is there because their bodies die, but their minds and spirit choose not too. But I must ask you why do you continue to fight, what drives you? Never has a human been more stubborn, nor resilient about death."
Naruto's eyes widened, it reminded him of when Kenshin trained him 3 years ago.
Flashback
"In order to become strong you need to understand, of what motivates you," Kenshin explained, "What inspires to to never quit. What drives you to keep on fighting. Once you understand what does, then you recognize yourself for what you can truly become, what you can truly achieve."
"Understand what drives me?" Naruto told himself.
Flashback End
[Cue Naruto: Sadness and Sorrow theme]
"In the beginning it was to be remembered and recognized. Not for being the Kyuubi-brat or demon, but just as Naruto, the next Hokage," the blond began as his old loud(er), more brash self's memories came across his mind, "People like Danzo, Orochimaru,Sasuke, and even my true inner-demons all tried to discourage me, and crush my hope. It is by sheer luck, I survied. It was until I met my Uncle Kenshin, Masami, Okaa-san, Otou-san, Hinata, Syuu, Utake, Akaru, and all of my friends when I realized that my motivation, my inspiration, my drive wasn't being remembered. But rather become a legacy, a legend!"
[End Sadness and Sorrow theme]
The faces and smiles of his friends and family flashed through his head, "My answer to why I fight, is just not to defeat my opponents, but rather than defeat my inner-demons. To prove to those who can't fight for themselves, that there is hope!"
Shinigami smiled, this human was the purest of heart to ever exist.
"Promise me this, you will never stop fighting," Naruto nodded. She grabbed his shirt and pulled him, then whispered, "A little good-bye gift," then smashed her lips upon Naruto's. The blond's eyes were wide every single second of the 4 second kiss until she faded into a shadow, 'I just got the kiss of death! DAMN!'
Back in the operating room, Naruto's heartbeat could once again be heard. It strengthened more and more, true it wasn't normal, but it was better than none, "Good, he's stablizing. Continue the surgery, his heart may be saved, but his body may betray him," Tsunade sighed with relieved then began to continue the operation.
She walked out of the O.R after a long 2 hours. Minato and a very eye-puffed Kushina ran up to her, "Naruto has stabilized and will a full recovery, but even with his healing factor, it may take days for him to recover. A week at least; he is one stubborn kid."
"Thank you, Tsunade-sama," Minato thanked as he took Kushina home, crying with tears of joy.
[2 days after Surgery]
Hinata walked in the room with fresh flowers,"Hi Naruto-kun, Ino and I got you flowers, while you recover. I hope you do soon, I miss you, we miss you. All of the Nations want to thank the person who saved Konoha and stopped the Fourth Great Ninja War from occurring. Masami has been worried sick, but is an ambassador traveling to a Kage Summit to discuss about the Sound's Invasion."
She stopped and looked at Naruto. His pace was pale, there was a large amount of gauze over his chest, some on his bicep, and also his forehead. There was a Venturi mask around his mouth and nose, so his lungs could function artificially before being stressed instantly after surgery, and he was also unconcious. A cast was also placed on his right ankle. Tsunade said that he was currently in coma, recovering and regenerating all of the wounds he had received, becaus Kurama's chakra and his Chaotic Chakra was used up to shield Hinata, his regeneration was even slower. But the EKG's data and graph showed he was very much alive.
"Get well soon," The Hyuuga teenager said as she left her flowers next to the large mass of more flowers, cards, and balloons. She pulled up a chair, sat on it, put her head on Naruto's hospital bed and fell asleep.
[8 days after Surgery]
It was a sunny afternoon, full of excitement, and the usual Konoha cheer. But for some, it wasn't. The person who allowed Konoha to still exist, was in the hospital with a coma, recovering from lacerations, stabs, broken bones, 3rd degree burns, severe chakra exhaustion, and blood loss. Nonetheless, he and the others who had fallen were honored. Naruto used to the called: failure, demon, brat, filth. But in that battle 8 days ago, the blonde's true color were shown, one that gave him the name of Savior, Hero, and Legacy of the Yellow Flash.
Back in his hospital room, Hinata was asleep on his side again. Suddenlry, Naruto's eyes snapped open, he breathed heavily and took off the venturi mask. The jinchuriki put his hand on Hinata's shoulder, "You know...that could alter...your posture and...spine..."
Once the lavender-haired Hyuuga heard the voice she shot up, and hugged Naruto on his bed, "Shit. that hurts!"
"Sorry," Hinata apologized, "I just got so excited!"
"It;s okay, Hinata-chan. Do you know were my clothes are?" Naruto asked as he slowly got up, and noticed the light blue pants and shirt he wore. Hinata shook her head, "Most of clothes got ripped when you go here. The rest were somehow taken by fangirls."
Naruto's sweatdropped and fearfully asked,"How many?"
"More than you think?" Hinata replied. Naruto just asked, "How do you know."
"I'm...the...President,"Hinata blushed and answered. She gave him new clothes. Ones made for casual wear instead of shinobi wear, A black sweatpants with an orange stripe going down each leg, and black shirt that had the Uzushio symbol on the back.
"Thanks," Naruto thankfully said as he took his shirt off and went inside the room's bathroom. Hinata blushed as she saw his front and back abdominal muscles. After changing, he washed his face and ran his hand through his hair to make it spikey, "Hinata, I think this shirt clothes is a size to small."
Mini-Hinata had a nosebleed when she saw how the shirt hugged Naruto's well developed chest, 'Thank you Anko-sensei!' "Really, they seem fine?"
"I guess I grew in thsoe 8 days, shall we. We shall," Hinata took the Jinchuuriki's arm and left the hospital. To get to the hotel that Naruto's family were staying they would have to cross the markets. The markets with fangirls. All of them started to flood around Naruto, until Hinata grabbed his face, and kissed him passionately. The villagers around them 'aww-ed' in cuteness while the fangirls groaned in defeat. After shaking of more fangirls, and a series of (painful) hugs, handshakes, thank-you's, and light cheek kisses they arrived at the hotel.
*knock Knock* Kenshin opened the door to see a smiling Hinata, "Oh, good afternoon Hinata," "Good after noon Kenshin-taicho. I brought news about Naruto..."
Masami, Minato, and Kushina instantly ran to the door to ask, "What happened? Is he alright?" all at the same time. Hinata smiled kindly, and moved to the side to show them Naruto, "Ask him yourself."
"Hi okaa-san, otou-san, oji, imouto," Naruto greeted with his fox smile. Masami touched her brother's face to make sure he wasn't a genjutsu; then she hugged him hard, "Imouto, I am real, but so are my wounds. They still haven't healed," he said painfully as Masami loosened the hug a bit, and Naruto hugged her too.
"Naruto..." Kushina whisprered as she hugged him too, soon Minato, Kenshin, and Hinato joined. They stopped when Naruto's shirt damped, so he lifted it up to reveal that his left lung stitched had opened, "Naruto, grab Soul Judgement!" Kenshin yelled.
Naruto quickly ran towards the table and grabbed the claymore's handle, Naruto's eyes became crimson with black slits, and then returned to their normal blue. His wounds started to regenerate rapidly, mending his bones, unscarring tissue, closing the stab wound. Hell, he had Hinata pull out the stitches so they wouldn't crawl into his body. Normal people body healed, where Naruto's regenerated. His body quickly made new cells, instead of replacing the cells; in a matter of seconds, not a single injury nor drop of blood was on his chest or body.
A swirling shadow appeared from the sword, and formed into an image of his father, except: he had black hair with red highlights and streaks, crimson-slit eyes, 3 whisker marks on each cheek, sharp teeth, 9 tails liashing out behind him, and demonic chakra, "I've been saving some chakra for you, so your regeneration could speed up. Is this human form fitting, its from your father genetics, so I am basically your new uncle."
Naruto laughed and hugged Kurama, "You sly-fox. Welcome to the family Kurama Namikaze."
[Sunset]
Naruto, Masami, Hinata, Syuu, Utake, Akaru, Ino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Shino, Ino, Tenten, and Neji sat at the Hokage Mountain watching the sunset.
"You know, that our battle has just begun, right," Syuu told her friends, "Orochimaru is still alive, and so is Akatsuki."
"So what?" Kiba said, "That just gives us more asses to kick!"
Everyone but Shino, and Neji laughed, "YOSH! That means I will find more rivals and enemies to challenge!" Lee yelled.
"Bushy-brows, you ever calm down?" Naruto asked, Ten-Ten shook her head, "He's got ADHD. So we can't do anything."
'Everything is going to change isn't it?" Ino said, "We haven't seen what Akatsuki is capable of, how will we win?"
Naruto smiled, "We will win! As long as we stay together, we will win. And I made a promise to never stop fighting. And I intend to keep it."
"Then you will need a medics, a stealthy bug-user, a shadow-user, a food pil provider, 2 Byakugans, a weapons mistress, a taijutsu master, 2 water users, a swordsman, a kenjustu master, a genjutsu master, human-dog partners, and a demon," Hinata said. Naruto kissed her, "Just wait, we haven't even started."