Hey everybody this is my first ever fanfic so I would appreciate it if you tell what you think about it.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Naruto and all rights are reserved to Masashi kishimoto.
Warning this is a Naruto x mei x hinata fic, not sure if i should make it a harem fanfic tho but if i feel i can smoothly add other girls i might give it a try. Several changes to canon throughout.
The figure letting out an annoyed sigh walked a bit closer, now giving Naruto a better view of his face.
"Mui" Naruto said clenching his teeth while pulling on the restrain
Ignoring Naruto's failed attempt to assault him he said "one would think after you've been here for three years you would be more cooperative, but instead here you are causing unnecessary trouble"
"Why is that?" Mui questioned staring at him coldly.
"Causing trouble ? ,i was defending myself " Naruto stated still glaring at the man in front of him.
"Defending yourself, yes by killing innocent men" Mui replied with amusement.
"Innocent men don't attack people in the shower" Naruto said
"Regardless, you would still be punished for breaking the rules" he sad turning to leave the room.
Gritting his teeth in frustration Naruto already knew that arguing with Mui was pointless as he had already come to that conclusion that he was to be punished a long time.
Naruto seeing this as a chance to get information quickly said "oh and would this punishment include something like, i dunno...the box of bliss." He knew it was a stupid thing to do, but with the baby steps Ryūzetsu was taking to get information he was sure it would take a while.
"Hmmmn and what would you know about that" asked a curious Mui playing along with Naruto.
"Oh not much just that its something of legend, ya know its said to be capable of granting any wish, even raising up the dead... between me and you it sounds pretty sketchy" Naruto said ignoring the look of surprise that mui briefly had from the amount of information Naruto had.
"Hahaha i assure you it is as stories say it is." Mui said plainly.
"Oh i'm not done yet, the best part is that the only way to open the box is with a large amount of chakra...which is where I come in, right?" Naruto said smirking slightly really hoping Mui would respond the way he wanted.
"You need me to open it" Naruto stated confidently.
Laughing lightly mui said " I guess i was wrong, you are a lot smarter than you look" which earned him an angry glare from Naruto.
"You still are wrong though, you see i need what's inside you , I admit that you have a large capacity of chakra but only that wouldn't be necessary for what we have planned" Mui said
Three eyes opened in surprise from what they just heard, one pair belonging to a figure hiding outside watching their conversation and the other single eye belonging to the person strapped on the chair.
"We ?" Naruto questioned picking up on Mui's slipup.
A knock on the door broke whatever the two figures wanted to say next.
"Well i have already said too much, I will be seeing some other time" Mui said waving Naruto off knowing it would anger him.
"Wait you haven't answered me yet" Naruto yelled trying to get him to stop.
"Some other time... Oh and please try to enjoy your week of correction, who knows it just might be your last" Mui said stepping aside for someone else to walk into the room as he went out.
The door shut behind him loudly ending their conversation. "Bastard" muttered Naruto a bit angry, he wanted to get more information from Mui for Ryūzetsu but the little he had would have to be okay.
Sighing lightly Naruto focused his attention to the floor missing the figure that retreated from the other building roof.
An hour Earlier
A figure sat in her room deep in thought , ignoring everything including the breeze that glided on her fair skin, moving her waist-length white hair that is covered by a green bandana that has a long curved white stripe, blinking her grey eyes with multiple circular patterns much like the Rinnegan slowly. The figure wears a sleeveless kimono over a green top that only has a long green sleeve covering her left arm along with the green bandana. Both her arms are bandaged up to her elbows. She also wears black trousers with shinobi sandals
She was getting worried about naruto, usually after getting treated the prisoner would undergo 'correction' then be released back to their cell. She decided that she was going to check on him later that night to see if he was in trouble or if he was okay, since he got injured pretty bad.
She had patiently waited for the others to sleep before getting up from her bed as quietly as possible before lifting up her foam slowly searching for a hair pin, which she kept for some reason.
It was really hard finding it with the limited light that entered her room but when she did she tucked her pillow under the bed sheet to make it look like she was still around, should a guard come by. But the probability of that happening was very low as the guards hardly check on the prisoners even after Naruto's numerous escapes, they didn't learn at all. She quickly but quietly opened the door before creeping out making sure to close it behind her, trying her best to not wake up the other prisoners she started her search for naruto.
It had taken her sometime to find him as she anticipated he would be in the health center, but sadly he wasn't so the only other place she thought he would be was the correction center. Making her way stealthily she climbed walls and jumped from roofs moving swiftly, she had to make it there quick and then back to her room before anyone suspected anything.
Correction center
After a lot of searching and fails Ryūzetsu had finally arrived at a room she felt was where they kept Naruto. Looking for a good spot she found one quickly on a building facing directly opposite the room.
Getting into a crouching position she stared into the room looking through the bars scanning everything in the room. it was kinda hard as the whole room was dark only with the two sources of light being the one window and the light bulb hanging from the ceiling that seemed to sway with the breeze.
Scanning the figure that sat on the chair directly below the light she quickly recognized the person as Naruto, who was talking to another figure which she couldn't get a clear view of.
Listening to their conversation she summarized that the other figure was Mui and that they were now talking bout the box of bliss.
Hearing Mui say to Naruto "You still are wrong you see i need what's inside you , I admit that you have a large capacity of chakra but only that wouldn't be necessary for what we have planned". It was clear now Mui was not working alone.
Her prayer that Naruto would be able to get information on who else had planned this whole scheme with Mui was squashed when Mui realized his mistake and ended their conversation.
Hearing the door shut close. Ryūzetsu let out a tired sigh, she had basically missed the whole conversation but was a bit happy that Naruto was able to get something from Mui, taking one last worried look at Naruto she quickly but discretely returned back to her cell.
Some minutes after leaving Naruto
With Mui
Standing in the hallway Mui's path was blocked by a huge door, which for some reason didn't bother him. Preparing himself for what was going to happen next he took a deep breath then let it out slowly before pushing the doors open dramatically.
Closing the doors behind him Mui made a hand seal then touched the wall, immediately inked writing's moved along all the corners of the room. Four masked figures sat impatiently staring at Mui as he took his time to make sure the room was secured.
Turning around he calmly walked Away from the door. Bowing slightly in front of the four masked figures. Mui lifted his head saying "Elders I apologize for calling this meeting under short notice, but i have very important news".
Shifting slightly the figures focused their gaze on him before the one wearing a horse mask said "And what is this 'important news' about".
"Naruto uzumaki the nine tails container" mui said firmly with a bit of confidence in his tone knowing that once they heard the name they would immediately become interested.
"What about him?" The cheetah masked man inquired eagerly to hear the news, with hope that it was one that played in their favour.
"He has been captured and is currently in one of our correction facilities undergoing special 'punishment' " he said emphasizing the last word.
"What!" the sheep masked man exclaimed with a bit of worry. He did not remember them giving an order of such.
"Hahaha that's good... Then we should begin preparation immediately" the horse masked man said with excitement.
"Wouldn't that draw unnecessary attention towards us" the cheetah masked man said which confused some of the others.
"He's right rumors have spread of a spy amongst our ranks leaking private information, with the konoha shinobi's going on a temporary alliance with the cloud it's almost certain they know what we're up to, and are seeking an opportunity to swoop in" the monkey masked man said.
"He's right not only do we have to deal with the other villages intervening but the mole who may or may not have noticed that the Uzumaki is indeed missing" the sheep masked man stated with a bit of anger.
"Calm down all of you i know it may seem like this could jeopardize the plan but you should also understand that Mui is not stupid, he probably has a reason why he did it" the monkey masked man said having observed how Mui had been calm during the their argument.
Getting into a thinking pose the monkey masked man decided to speak up " Now can you tell us why you chose to make a move on him when we didn't agree on it"
"Apparently the Uzumaki had a fight with some gang members ,he was severely injured so he was taken to the doctor for minor treatment. I simply observed this as the perfect opportunity to abduct him and if anyone is suspicious they would believe he is undergoing punishment for breaking the rule at the correction center" Mui said stating clearly
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"Hmm I don't think anyone would suspect anything after all the punishment for breaking the rules are clear" the horse masked man said a bit happy that things were going in their favour.
"Still if a challenge like this occurs again it would be best to speak to us before making a decision" the cheetah masked man said firmly with the monkey masked man agreeing with him.
"Anything else?" The sheep masked man asked.
"The boy seems to have somehow acquired knowledge about the box ,he even has a vague understanding of our plan" Mui said with a friend on his face.
"What, that is impossible!" shouted the horse masked man standing up from his seat.
"Calm down, we already know there's a mole in our rank it's possible the person gave him information" the monkey masked man said with uncertainty.
"Yes that makes sense" the cheetah masked man said.
"Does he know when the box will materialize" the sheep masked man said staring firmly at Mui.
"Not sure, but he didn't mention anything of such" Mui replied.
"Well then we can proceed as planned" the sheep masked man said smoothly as if nothing was wrong.
The rest of the men got confused and were about to complain but he continued speaking "Think about it, even if he knows about our plan it wouldn't be enough to help him, because the box would materialize before the week comes to an end and he on the other hand would expect sometime next week"
Quickly thinking of what he had said all the other men concluded that it was true. They had prepared a backup plan should information find its way into the wrong people's ears, and that was to spread false information on when the box would materialize.
"Finally Mui there's one last thing I want you to do for us" the monkey masked man said very seriously.
"I want you to make sure the uzumaki does not hinder our plan" the monkey masked man said
The others looking at him nodded their heads in agreement. Naruto was proving to be quite troublesome despite the fact he had been here for years, their fellow elder was just making a cautious move.
"It will be done" mui replied without any emotion in his voice.
"Anything else?" Asked the horse masked man. His question was quickly answered when the others shook their head.
"Well then the meeting is concluded" the horse masked man said with a bit of eagerness.
"Soon kusagakure will regain it's greatness"
The elders couldn't help but voice their thoughts.
4 days later
A battered and bruised Naruto was dragged on the floor by two guards who were taking him to somewhere, he didn't know and to be honest he didn't care right now. The past few days had been really frustrating with Mui visiting him regularly and torturing him with the seal. It made no sense why he was fixated on making him feel pain suddenly, but one thing's for sure, when he gets out he's going to beat the shit outta Mui.
Sweat dropping from his forehead to his nose Naruto couldn't move at all his muscles and joints aching he felt completely vulnerable, which upset him. The guards opening a door that stood ahead continued passing several passages before opening the final door which led them outside.
Feeling the heat from the sun on his skin Naruto twitched a bit, this went unnoticed by the guards who made their way to the center of the court yard where they roughly dropped him to the ground and began chaining his limbs.
Staring at his right Naruto could see five figures making their way towards him, unable to identify the other four because of the mask they wore Naruto focused his gaze on the only figure without a mask who was holding an object covered with clothe 'Mui' Naruto thought and the masked figures are the other's he spoke of.
Turning his sight to the clothe covered item Naruto couldn't help but glare. 'that thing has some kinda nasty aura, kinda similar to that I felt yesterday' he thought wary of the box
"So this is the famous Naruto Uzumaki we've been hearing of " the monkey masked man said with amusement as he studied the glaring boy.
"Doesn't look like much" the cheetah masked man said staring at him.
"Hahaha if you went through half of what he did you probably would have looked a lot worse" the sheep masked man stated.
"Hmm why don't we move on" the horse masked man said impatiently.
"I agree Mui we don't have all day" the sheep masked man said . They had some minutes before the prisoners were released from their respective cell's to begin their daily tasks. Luckily it makes things easier to notice if someone tried to intervene on their plan.
Naruto shakily got up to his knees when he noticed Mui walking towards him, he then sat on his knees, this action actually took him alot of energy as he was breathing a bit harder.
"Bastard" Naruto muttered.
Ignoring him Mui walked a few feet ahead of him then began pulling the clothe off the object he held in his hand which was as big as an adults head.
Looking at Naruto and then the restrains on his limbs Mui concluded that they were doing their job properly, meaning all that was left was removing the seal.
"The box of Ultimate bliss ?" Naruto muttered staring at the object that mui slowly dropped on the floor in disbelief. ' this aura feels familiar' Naruto thought confused.
Making a hand seal Mui muttered "fire release : heavenly prison release key" ( tried to search for the release jutsu but I couldn't find any so...i made one)
The seal on Naruto glowed red for a while then fade from his body.
Biting the insides of his mouth to numb the quick pain, Naruto turned his head to Mui sending him a glare.
" An ancient relic of unknown origin which is said to hold so much power that it could compare to that of the sage of six paths... Isn't it so-so magnificent" the horse masked man said spreading his arms wide open which the others nod their head in agreement.
"And with it, the new era of kusagakure shall begin" the monkey masked said with a lot of confidence in his voice.
"But how, it's not time for it to appear" Naruto said completely confused.
"Is it?..." The man with a cheetah mask questioned making Naruto stare at him in confusion, not still understanding what he meant.
"You see we knew someone was giving information out about the situation here so with majority of the population of people knowing the month but not exact time the box was to materialize, we simply started a little rumor that the box was to spread sometime next week" the monkey masked man said with confidence in his voice.
"I'm a bit surprised they didn't think it would be best to keep a closer eye on us" the sheep masked man said.
"What did you mean by materialize" Naruto ask a bit confused.
" Oh that, you see the box of bliss is a powerful relic that cannot just appear out of no where. It accumulates chakra from everything human, animal even plants whatever has chakra it absorbs and after a certain period of time it begins to materialize, the chakra absorbed is now manipulated into making a physical body" the horse masked man explained.
"And well, the wait period ended yesterday" the horse masked man concluded swiftly
"Enough of the history lesson, Mui begin" the sheep masked man said.
Nodding his head Mui walked till he stood behind Naruto, moving one hand he held Naruto's throat firmly with his left hand. Quickly pulling out a kunai with his other hand he stabbed it into Naruto's stomach then dragged it upwards towards the center of his chest creating a huge line on his stomach were his blood was more than eager to move towards.
Naruto gasping in shock from what Mui had just done watched as his blood gushed onto the floor, creating a pool spreading slowly towards the object that stood patiently waiting ahead of him.
The elders behind their various masks couldn't help but smile as they watched the blood finally touch the box. Patterns coloured red that were not present earlier seemed to appear all round the body of the box. Then tendrils of chakra seeped out of Naruto moving quickly towards the box.
Feeling a lot more exhausted Naruto stared at the cursed box as it had started eating into what little of the kyuubi's chakra was stored in his body, seeing as the seal was keeping it all locked.
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Calmly letting go of Naruto's neck Mui took some steps ahead of Naruto, now standing on the pool of blood he looked a bit surprised as the box glowed a bit signaling that it had enough chakra ,'it barely took the demons chakra' Mui thought.
The box began glowing while sucking in so much wind that the elders had to shield their eyes from getting dust into them, then suddenly the wind that had turned into a huge tornado exploded with a loud bang with white light shooting into the sky.
Outside the island
Multiple figures were in the woods resting when suddenly they noticed the build up of chakra and the large ray of light hovering at the location of the prison.
'What the hell is that' was the thought going through most of their minds
"Get everyone here quickly, were moving out now" a figure gave her order firmly giving no rise for complains or argument. This meant one thing, the enemy had began their plans quicker than we anticipated . How it was possible was the bigger question, considering the box was to materialize sometime next week.
'Please Kami lets not be late' the figure couldn't help but think with worry
The same time in the cell
Ryūzetsu was deep in thought, still trying to understand what Mui meant when he told Naruto to try and stay alive. Immediately her thought was interrupted by a loud bang.
Jolting up she heard some of the other prisoners who had woken up making noise while some others where trying to peep through the bars of the window.
'what's going on' she thought confused as she saw a guard run pass her cell looking scared for some reason.
Back at Naruto's location
When the light had died down they were all surprised to see a huge box with faces of animals carved on in at the location where Mui kept the box.
Mui stretched his hands out then quickly made a hand seal which he ended by facing his palm towards the box, he said "Open here and now..."
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'It was finally time to get what he had waited for' Mui thought with a bit of joy in him. "Let me see my son Muku" he said sadly thinking of how his son would feel, seeing as he was the one that sealed him into the box.
" What ?" the four figures all said at the same time not expecting to hear such a thing from Mui.
The mouth of the lion on the box opened wide letting dust flow out slowly. Hearing the sound of faint footsteps the elders prepared to defend themselves glaring into the box as a figure slowly walked out of the box.
The box granted his wish, allowing a grown up Muku to walk out. 'No way' Naruto thought staring at the boy who strangely resembled Sasuke
Then reality hit the elders, Mui had chosen his son over the village. Throwing away all their plans for his selfish goal "have you gone mad Mui" said the sheep masked man with rage in his voice.
"Mui you traitor!" the horse masked man shouted in rage, before he along with the other elders dashed then jumped to attack him.
They had to dodge as another Mui that attacked them landed on the ground, they looked at the Mui copy who poofed out of existence to reveal Kazan.
Kazan was a short and bald-headed man with dark eyes and a brown goatee. He wears a long-sleeved green kimono shirt with white trimming underneath a yellow, sleeveless jacket held closed by a broad sash. He also wears a pair of black pants and soft, Chinese shoes, and what appeared to be a scarf around his neck.
Standing guard for Mui he focused alot of his attention towards the elders. Nodding his head in understanding Mui began walking to his son who mirrored his action.
Just when the distance between both of them was about to close Muku's face hardened a bit as he threw his right hand forward while straightening his finger.
Muku pierced his father through the chest, watching his father's facial expression change from joy to pain he pulled his hand out letting the body drop to the fool.
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Hearing the elders gasp and the sound of something drop, Kazan briefly turned to look and to his surprise Mui was on the floor while his son's hand was bleeding.
"Mui" Kazan shouted as he rushed forward to attack the young man with his kusarigama , but before he could attack Muku, Kazan was bisected bu Muku with his bare hand quickly.
Walking over their body he focused his gaze on the chained boy. The elders seeing what had happened to Mui and Kazan were becoming scared.
"Impossible, the contract does not allow you to attack your summoner" the sheep masked man said in fear as he continued moving back.
Ignoring them Muku stood directly in front of Naruto looking at him. Lifting up the kneeling boys face to look at his, Muku took a long sniff off Naruto's scent before finally speaking" Not only are you an Uzumaki, but also a Jinchuriki... interesting"
Then Muku's head shifted back a bit as his whole eyeball seemed to get black untill it was impossible to tell if he even had any eyes. "A body worthy of my control" he said opening his mouth as black mist seeped out moving into Naruto's.
"If he takes the Uzumaki's body it would be impossible to stop him" the monkey masked man said with anger.
"With Mui dead he can do anything he wants, we can't go up against him" the sheep masked man said when he noticed some black markings appear on Muku's body (think tattoos or maybe even something like the curse seal)
"But if we take the Uzumaki out he would have a weak frail body in his control" the cheetah masked man concluded making the elders nod in agreement.
"So we split into two pairs one go after the Uzumaki while the others distract satori"
The monkey masked man said making the silent elders hearing this suddenly decide that it was the best and only option. Rushing towards Muku they jumped up preparing to attack when black tendrils shot out of Muku's body wrapping around them. The tendrils then tossed the bound me into the mouth of the lion on the box.
Naruto not noticing any of this was in a trance like state, where all he could do was stare into the eyes of Muku for some reason. Feeling his body relaxing Naruto was trying to comprehend what was going on and why his body was feeling weird.
Luckily for him Ryūzetsu arrived, seeing what was going on she said with a low voice "Muku". Which worked in breaking his attention from Naruto as he stared at her blankly for a while before he suddenly jumped back landing on top of the box of Ultimate bliss leaving Naruto to fall on his face.
Turning her attention to Naruto she noticed he was bleeding, a lot, he even had some sort of black tattoo moving across his body.
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"Naruto kun" she shouted not paying attention to the fact she added 'kun'.
"Stay back!!" Naruto shouted in pain while coughing violently not noticing the black liquid like substance that sprinkled on the floor.
"he's not the same person you kn-" naruto didn't get to finish the sentence as he suddenly coughed a large amount of blood with some of the same black liquid. Moving his hands to cover his mouth he found out he couldn't, obviously because he was still chained. Pulling on the chains in hope that they would somehow get loose, Naruto found out that with every pull he was getting weaker for some reason.
Seeing this Ryūzetsu gulped then took one last look at Muku who was staring at Naruto in amusement while ignoring her and everything else, she quickly dashed towards him.
'whats going on' Naruto thought in frustration as he felt his body suddenly increase drastically in temperature. He was beginning to feel like Mui and his family really disliked him
Hearing footsteps grow louder Naruto turned to see Ryūzetsu who horridly got on her knees, she quickly placed her hand on the open wound on his belly.
"I told you to not to come near" Naruto said unhappy about her recklessness. 'what if Muku attacked her' he thought with a frown.
"yes and I ignored you" she said with a bit of humour as she ripped the bottom of her shirt off, she quickly wrapped it around his stomach to cover the wound.
"it'll hold up for a bit, let me search for the keys to the locks" Ryūzetsu said turning to looking amongst the dead bodies for who she thought held the keys.
"some guards took it, I think they were heading to the cell" Naruto said with uncertainty.
"okay I'll go search for-" she stopped when she heard Naruto gasp loudly. she turned around to ask why but kept quiet as he was staring at the floor with a pained expression.
"what's wrong" Ryūzetsu said with a bit of worry noticing Naruto breathing a lot heavier as sweat rolled down his face rapidly. Gritting his teeth from both pain and anger he looked up noticing Muku smirking at him.
"h-hot" Naruto gasped knowing now that something was very very wrong. His muscles were feeling a lot lighter and his vision was becoming blurry.
Naruto knew he couldn't hold it in for long, his body was already weak and at it's limit from both the torture and loss of blood but that didn't mean he would give up easily.
slowly it became very clear to Ryūzetsu what Naruto was going through when his body started steaming with the tattoos that moved round his skin glowing red.
"fuck! fuck! fuck!" Naruto shouted curses continuously while biting the insides of his mouth to numb the pain which was increasing very fast.
opting to breath through his mouth nauto quickly found out that it made no difference. His chest fest heavy and his chakra was getting drained fast. 'he's weaking me by eating my chakra and with the fox chakra locked I won't last' Naruto thought trying to come to a conclusion.
"Get t-he K-kkeyy fast" he said as quickly as he could.
Not saying anything she nodded her head and quickly stood up running to the cells to find the guards he was talking about. but it was going to be hard as she didn't know which guard or where they went.
"Ahhhhhh" Naruto screamed pulling on his restrains alot more aggressively than before. his skin was getting alot hotter as it started melting pouring and dripping down his face like wax with blood leaking slowly from his ears,nose and eye sockets the smoke became thick black making it very visible even from a far distance.
Turning back Ryūzetsu stopped her running as she stared in horror as she watched his whole body get consumed by fire that seemed to materialize from nowhere, hair was set ablaze with some breeze blowing strands away.
"No no no no no Muku stop "Ryūzetsu shouted with anger at what her once innocent childhood friend was doing.
"Go!! get the keys" Naruto managed to squeeze while shouting from pain as the unnatural heat melted him before his and everybody who watched eyes.
"B-but " Ryūzetsu said in protest.
"I'm fine just get them" Naruto shouted a bit, still trying to reassure her with a confident smile,but the smile didn't fool her.
"I'm sorry" Ryūzetsu said sadly turning and taking off without looking back.
The konoha team had arrived just in time to see Naruto weakly drop face down onto the floor as he began convulsing ,his body jerking violently with the black mist feasting upon his body.
"N-naruto kun" Hinata shouted loudly about to jump down from the building towards him, but was held from the wrist by kurenai.
'No, it's already too late, he's gone' tsunade thought staring at the melting corpse of Naruto sadly.
The box of bliss's works differently in this story than it did in the original. Here the box requires not just blood but chakra from a worthy sacrifice to open and then satori claims the body as its new one moving from it's previous.
Also when the box is open the person who opens it forms a contract with satori where it has no other option but to protect it's summoner but just because he can't attack the person who summoned it doesn't mean he can't let his control of the body loosen letting the original owner of the body to do things which is temporary.
if the sacrifice given to satori does not satisfy him he takes the body and then returns back into the box and if it's summoner dies then he becomes an unsigned demons meaning he has free will to do whatever he wants.