Ok, I know it has been a while, but life was very busy. To make a long story short, PS4, Uni and watching Fairy Tail and Death Note and reading through a massive back log of fanfiction chapters (I'm talking about hundreds of updates here) pretty much took the past 6 months or so of my life. That being said, I have been writing and have amassed about 30K words spread out over a bunch of my stories and a few new ones I will put up soon.
I was holding off on updating until I had a few more chapters done for each of my stories, but my house got broken into yesterday and the first thing I thought of after "Oh crap my Uni work on my computer" was "Oh crap my 30K+ words of fanfiction on my computer".
Believe me, having that taken would have absolutely killed my motivation, as I've spent much of the miniscule spare time I have during Uni to write a little each week. For this reason, I've decided that it is better to update what I have for now lest I lose it and crawl into a hole of annoyance and self-loathing for not posting this stuff earlier.
Enjoy :)
SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan.
Disclaimer – I don't own anything from the Naruto anime/manga all I own are my original characters and plot twists.
'Talking'
"Thinking"
'Heavily demonic voice'
'Fox or Death talking'
"Fox or Death thinking"
*expression*
Jutsu
Flashback
Chapter 4 – Fox in sheep's clothing
"Man I really hate this; I just know the next few years are going to be a pain, but it has to be done." Thought Naruto tiredly.
The now seven year old Naruto softly walked in the direction of his least favourite place in the world: The Village Hidden in the Leaves.
Naruto could just briefly see the large structures making up the gate to the village and was already starting to develop a small scowl, before he quickly wiped it off his face.
'This has to be done, just bear it for now, you've already dealt with it for a few years, a few more won't hurt.' Muttered Naruto to himself, but even he didn't believe his own words.
Having grown a little bit, Naruto was now able to carry the scroll filled with all his possessions comfortably, without having it drag on the ground. He was still slightly short for his age, but his sporadic eating was to blame for that more than anything else. His scythe was still strapped to his back, but there was now cloth covering the blade, making for a less imposing sight. His hair was just as unruly as it had been before he left, however his sideburns were short and well-trimmed.
Naruto ventured to where he knew the entrance to the sewer that would lead him back to the lab was, before pausing to glance at the village in the distance.
'Prepare yourself Leaf Village, you judgement is coming.' Naruto said with steely eyes, before disappearing from view.
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Naruto softly pushed the manhole open and surreptitiously glanced around, making sure no one was around, before emerging from the hole. Quickly covering the manhole once again, Naruto then stood to his full height, before heading off to his apartment, all the while, sticking to the shadows and back alleys. Luckily for Naruto it was late at night and no one was awake, aside from the few guards and patrol units prowling the village. Reaching his apartment, Naruto looked at the graffiti scrawled on his door and laughed hollowly. Before sneaking around the back and entering through one of his windows. No civilian had ever gone inside Naruto's apartment because it was, as they liked to say, the "Demon's den", but of the few that had tried, all found that the whole door was one big booby trap and that trying to open it led to something pushing the person away or blasting them with a knockout gas and if the invader was really persistent, getting stones launched at them. It was a childish trap that no ninja would fall for, not even a Genin, but it did its job of keeping the particularly drunk and brave, or rather stupid civilians at bay.
Naruto upon entering his house cringed slightly, at the smell of rotten food.
'Next time I leave the village and plan on returning after a while, I need to throw away anything that can rot.' Commented Naruto, as his fruit basket looked like a gigantic mass of fungus.
Naruto walked closer to the fruit basket in disdain, before his eyes gleamed in curiosity.
'Although, I may just be able to use this situation to my advantage. Mould is something that can be very useful on a biological level and if for nothing related to ninja matters, it can cripple a country's crops… hmm, this might have been a lucky break for me.' Muttered Naruto, before pulling the massive scroll off his back, before unrolling it about halfway, after which he placed the fruit basket on an empty circle and channelled some chakra, causing it to disappear.
Rolling the scroll up, before putting it on his back again, Naruto stood up.
"Now, time to remove the fog." Thought Naruto, before moulding a large amount of chakra, which seemed to seep into his apartment before vanishing.
'Ah that was really unpleasant.' Muttered Naruto, as he stretched his neck from side to side.
"Time to put my plan into action." Thought Naruto with a smile.
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Life at the village for Naruto was virtually unchanged from how it had been before he left; being ignored along with the occasional disdainful glare, from someone particularly aggressive being sent his way. This however, worked extremely well for Naruto, as no one seemed to realise that he had vanished for two years, as even if he had been there, no one would have cared and thus, no one even seemed to notice he was gone.
Naruto made sure to keep a relatively low profile for the most part as him suddenly showing up and causing a ruckus was sure to draw attention and so he limited his time outside to only an hour a day at the most, or at least, during which time he didn't hide. Truthfully, Naruto spent most of his day prowling around the village, studying anyone and everyone, trying to find something he could use to his advantage.
He found a particularly promising avenue in the form of Yakumo Kurama. She displayed talent and a strong connection to her emotions, something which Naruto could work with. What made carrying out his plan difficult was that she had a great deal of scrutiny on her. Not only did she have a, rather weak-willed sensei, in the form of Kurenai Yuhi, but the Hokage himself was also keeping an occasional eye on her. Naruto acknowledged that getting noticed was not the best idea, so he bided his time until the right opportunity presented itself: which luckily came a month later.
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'But why Kurenai-sensei, why are you giving up on me?' Pleaded Yakumo Kurama, a girl with light brown hair and eyes, coupled with pale skin, desperately clutching her bed sheets in sadness.
'I'm sorry Yakumo, I really am, but I don't believe I am capable of helping you become an active ninja. I'm so sorry.' Replied Kurenai Yuuhi, a woman with wine red eyes and black hair, clad in a strange thornlike dress.
'So just like that you are giving up on me! WHY?' Questioned Yakumo tearfully, as her body shuddered in grief.
Kurenai knelt down so she was now eye level with Yakumo.
'I'm sorry Yakumo, this breaks my heart, but I don't want to get your hopes up.' Said Kurenai, trying to reason with the girl.
Yakumo didn't respond and kept crying which caused Kurenai to grimace, as she took this moment to place Yakumo under a sleep inducing Genjutsu, before sealing away her powers.
Kurenai laid the girl down and tucked her into bed, before leaving with one last sad sidelong glance.
'I'm sorry.' Kurenai muttered one last time, before closing the door.
'Don't be, you did me a great favour.' Said Naruto, as a portion of the wall opposite Yakumo's bed suddenly morphed, before revealing his smirking visage.
'Now I could break the seal right now, however, this sealing may just help further my plans just a little more. I should give it a few more days, but soon Yakumo, you will be mine.' Muttered Naruto, before fading away again, leaving the heartbroken girl alone.
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True to Naruto's words, as he continued to observe Yakumo, he noticed she initially closed herself off to everyone, before slowing coming out of her self-imposed silence and begun to reflect on what had happened to her.
'I was betrayed. I was tossed aside because I was weak and frail.' Muttered Yakumo despondently.
'Frail you may be, but weak, you most certainly are not.' Echoed a voice from within Yakumo's room.
Yakumo looked up in surprise before narrowing her eyes as she tried to pick out where the voice came from, before finally settling on the portion of the wall directly in front of her.
'See, you were able to spot me within my Genjutsu, something which not even most ANBU can do, is someone who can do that truly weak?' Questioned the voice, before the section of wall shimmered, revealing a blonde haired boy not much older or younger than Yakumo.
'Who are you?' Questioned Yakumo suspiciously.
'Really? You didn't know of the pariah of the Leaf Village? I figured a fellow user of Genjutsu would be able to see what is happening in this village, perhaps I gave you too much credit.' Said Naruto in surprise, trailing off at the end.
'What do you want?' Yakumo asked with some disdain.
'What I want? What I want is not important. No, I am here to help you get what you want.' Said Naruto with a grin.
'How exactly can you do that, the best medic ninja in this village have been unable to help me; how can a six-year-old boy do what hundreds of experienced adults could not?' Questioned Yakumo sceptically.
'Firstly, I am seven, same as you. As for the how, well those medics who looked after you had other things going on in their lives and have an ingrained doctrine that they follow. For instance, if someone has a problem with a vessel in their heart the medics try to heal said vessel, instead of grafting another one, which, while also delicate work, would work out better in the long run. What many don't know about the mystical palm technique, is the drawback it has to the person it is being used upon. Excessive chakra antibodies and a smaller chakra capacity just to name a few but they are not the worst side effect. You see, the technique is not a true healing technique, rather it is a temporary fix and a crude one at that. If anyone cared to notice, as the same area is repeatedly healed, it becomes more prone to injury and weaker because it does nothing for the individual as a whole and only looks at them as a collection of tissue, although I believe I am rambling now. Let me spare you the technical details of it, but what I have is a solution to your walking problem. I can make your legs strong and allow you to walk like a normal person. I wish I could say I could help you run as well, but I need help for that, however, if you trust me, I can ensure you will be able to run in no less than seven years.' Said Naruto.
Yakumo stared at Naruto with an unreadable expression for a few minutes, before answering.
'If you can make it so I can walk normally, I will trust you.' Said Yakumo simply.
'Before that though let me ask you one question, what do you think of Kurenai, what do you think of the Hokage who ordered your powers to be sealed, what do you think of this village as a whole? I don't want an answer right now but think about it. The ones who are supposed to help you, cursed you and the one who many believe is a demon, will now help you walk normally, a feat they all thought to be impossible. When you are ready, tell me what it is you think?' Said Naruto before he walked up to Yakumo and withdrew a syringe from inside a pocket of his tattered brown shorts.
'In three days you will feel a slight tingling in your legs, by the fifth I suggest you try to move your legs lightly, wiggle your toes, bend your knees and massage your legs, if you do that for an hour a day, after the fifth day by this time next week, you will be able to walk without any pain and if you keep doing so by the time fourteen days from now have passed, you will have enough strength in your legs to walk unaided for as long you want and even slowly jog. Give it time though and don't push it.' Said Naruto, before he injected half a syringe-full of an odd looking green liquid into Yakumo's left leg before injecting the rest into her right leg on the lateral aspect of her thighs.
'I'll be back in two weeks, oh, and do think of what I said.' Said Naruto, before fading from view once again.
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After leaving Yakumo, Naruto set out to find what his mother had left for him. It was laughably easy sneaking around the Hokage monument. For such a vast and important structure in terms of history, it was woefully unprotected. It baffled Naruto how lax the Leaf had grown since the Third had taken over again, but Naruto wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Stumbling across a busted-up building, no larger than a shed, almost appearing to be a single bedroom apartment, Naruto observed the area around it. It was clear a battle had been fought here sometime in the past and that no one had saw fit to fix the building, or even clean the area up.
The blond circled around the building once, before heading to what appeared to be the back of it, which was hard, given that the building had been thoroughly brought to the ground. Naruto's keen eyes spotted the tree which had a small spiral, no larger than his fist, carved into the aged wood of the moderately sized oak tree. Placing his hand against the wood, Naruto traced the curve fondly, knowing that his mother had been the one to carve it. Bringing his thumb to his mouth he bit in swiftly and drew blood, before slathering it on the tree, along with sending a burst of chakra from his hands into the plant, causing a cloud of smoke to appear and reveal a scroll, now resting gently in his hand. Naruto opened it and noticed it had more things sealed into it. Deciding not to stick around any longer Naruto placed the scroll into his cloak and took it to his lab to investigate the contents of it. What he found caused him to laugh heartily and smile in unrestrained excitement.
"Thank you mother, I will be sure to get justice for you." Thought Naruto.
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After Naruto had left Yakumo, the Kurama clan heiress did exactly as Naruto had instructed, at first she was sceptical, but after three days, she did begin to feel a tingling and by the fifth she started moving her legs lightly and felt no pain, by day seven she was even walking around her room, without any pain at all by the time two weeks had passed. When Naruto showed up, she slowly walked up to him and hugged him with tears in her eyes.
'Thank you.' Yakumo whispered.
'This is only the beginning.' Replied the blond as he smiled over Yakumo's shoulder.
Sadly, I only have 1 other chapter ready for this story so far, which I'll put up in a few days before I'm back to no chapters ready to go for this story.