Bleach Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Hollow King ❯ Chapter 2

How long since it been since he had felt such an ache in his head before?

Naruto honestly could not answer this question since the last time he had a head ache was… When he was human and that was millennia ago.

Slowly rising to a seated position, holding onto his head and wishing for the damn pain in his head to go away, the Hollow King groaned. Oh how he remembered this place. And oh how he hated it!

"Damn worthless human… Great now I'm even insulting myself." Naruto hissed as he got out of his old bed and made a mental note to clean this room or get a better place to live.

He would not live in filth like this.

Kicking the ramen cups and various scrolls littered on the floor out of his way, for he did not need either, the Hollow made his way to the bathroom since that was the only mirror he knew to be within the small apartment. After all, he hadn't been able to check out his new look now that he had turned once more.

Naruto was somewhat disappointed as he looked into the mirror. He looked far too humanoid now and it upset him. He had preferred his Vastro Lorde form far more. However since he would have to live with these despicable humans… This form was necessary and in terms of how it looked, it wasn't that bad.

His face looked very much like it had done when he was twelve, which didn't hurt since he was that age again. The only difference was that his old whisker marks were covered by what seemed to be two jagged shards of his old mask which connected to his ears, giving them a slightly pointed edge to them.

"Well… That one will be hard to explain." Naruto twitched at the remnants of is mask before continuing to examine his new form.

Overall his body was much like it was when he was this age if not a little leaner and obviously a few inches taller. And for the sake of dignity it seemed his new form created clothes for himself. Kami could have done it, he wouldn't put it past him, but he was quite sure the heavenly deity would have spited him and made all his clothing pink.

Instead he had a white trench coat that was only buttoned just enough to show his bare chest, but not enough where it would reveal his Hollow hole. He also, for the sake of dignity, had a pair of crimson pants that were form fitting while loose enough at just the right spot not to show off his junk.

Wouldn't want to give Sasuke any more reasons to be envious of him.

"Oh well… It isn't like the old man or the hag can do anything to me the way I am now." Naruto shrugged his shoulders before leaving his apartment with a Sonido to gather information.

After all, while his body was twelve… That did not give him a firm grasp on the exactly what time Kami had sent him back to. All he knew was that he did not have his Konoha head band so that meant it was before he was a ninja…

And that gave him temporary immunity to cause a little havoc on those that made his life miserable! The Hokage didn't have full reign over his actions!

"Maybe this will be worth it after all." Naruto had a devilish grin as he appeared at one of his favorite hotspots within Konoha, Ichiraku's ramen. "Hey old man! Four bowls of Miso and two pork!"

"Naruto… Aren't you suppose to be heading to the academy? Tomorrow is graduation you know." A stern yet caring voice of Teuchi spoke as he turned around to look at Naruto. "I know that classes don't start for another ten minutes… GAH! What happened boy?!"

"What this?" Naruto pointed to his cheeks and ears that were covered by the remains of his Hollow mask. "Not much but it is too long of a story to explain. Let us just say these are part of my new look and leave it at that."

While Teuchi was bothered by why Naruto would go with such a look, especially the white fox ears, he somewhat understood the reasoning on covering up his whisker marks and the new look. After all if people didn't recognize him at first… They might just actually respect him instead of their usual hate filled glares, harsh words or the occasional spitting upon his being.

"Wow! Naruto you look… Awesome!" Teuchi's daughter, Ayame, almost shrieked as her eyes became heart shaped. "I'm sure you'll catch some attention with the way you look!"

'MY GOD HE'S SO HOT! I JUST WANT TO PET HIM!' Ayame screamed in her head yet was able to withstand her own urges to jump over and stroke the feral looking boy.

"Can I get that ramen? I would like to get something to eat before going to school." Naruto shrugged off Ayame's weird gaze at him and felt like he was Sasuke dealing with a fan girl so reacted like the Shinigami would.

Ignore her squeals for now.

"Sure thing. I'll have them to you in a minute." Teuchi quickly began preparing the meal and just like he said the ramen was done a minute later.

Despite having been a hollow for so long and having only fed on humans, hollows and Shinigami Naruto was quite sure he could now eat whatever he wanted. It didn't matter to him any longer since he didn't gain power by feeding and he might as well at least eat like a human while he had to live amongst them.

Thankfully the taste was like how his human memories remembered and he quickly plowed through the six bowls with no problem, leaving a minute left before class started. And since he already learned what day it was his current mission objective was finished.

Now time to initiated phase two. Konoha's Three Legged Race to the Hospital begin!

"Thanks for the grub old man… Ayame-nee, see you tomorrow. …Iruka-sensei will pay for the meal." Naruto grinned as he felt the said chunin instructor enter the stand.

Iruka had a feeling Naruto was going to try and skip today and getting an anonymous note telling him that there was going to be pranking spree today that would leave many Konoha shinobi utterly embarrassed… He planned on stopping it. "Hey wait, I didn't agree to that!"

"Well how else am I going to pay for this? It isn't like I'm a ninja and get paid regularly." Naruto crossed his arms and spun around in his chair, glancing over at Iruka.

The said dolphin was shocked at Naruto's attire change but was able to put that aside since he could get the boy to tell him later anyways. That was a benefit of taking Naruto out to eat a few times every week; the kid spilled his guts out to him.

Taking out the amount for six bowls, as that was rather moderate amount for Naruto, Iruka handed the money to Teuchi before sighing. "Alright, I'll spot you this time. Now let's get to class and… What the?! Where did you…?!"

"So sorry Iruka-kun but I have too many things to do today then to sit in a boring class room all day!" Naruto waved from the top of the building on the opposite side of the street. "I'll be back before lunch, okay! Adios por ahora, senior!"

Iruka would have attempted to stop Naruto but immediately stopped as the blonde simply disappeared from sight. The speed to do that was simply insane and he knew Naruto did not possess such skill and that made him worry more. And knowing that the note he got this morning was probably speaking the truth…

He had to inform the Hokage. But first…

"Teuchi, I need you to give me a report about anything you've noted strange about Naruto this last week." Iruka spoke with a little worry in his voice as he gazed over at the ramen stand owner. "I'm going to tell the Hokage about this and I need as much information as I can get first."

"He's been the same as ever up until today." Teuchi responded as he too was worried for this obviously was a dramatic change. "And when I questioned him about his new look today… His answer disturbed me."

Seeing Iruka's eyes narrow slightly, the ramen stand owner sighed. "He said it was a long story and these new looks are here to stay. And if I have an idea of what that means…"

'Kyuubi.' Both thought simultaneously and grimaced as this could be bad.

And they were probably right…

About the latter part of course.

<The Hollow King>

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not happy today. Not at all.

Of course his day started out like any other. Battling his arch nemesis and the one enemy even he felt would take his life in the end; paper work.

And after a few hours of a life and death struggle with this nearly unbeatable foe, he got a reprieve for a moment thank to a meeting with the elders; AKA his old teammates and an old rival for his position, Danzo.

And needless to say that meeting didn't go over too well. While there was nothing horrible in what they wanted, he was just getting tired of their favoritism of Uchiha Sasuke. He damn well knew Danzo wanted Sasuke dead the moment he sired an offspring and Koharu and Homura simply wanted a new Uchiha clan soon so they could direct it in the direction they wanted…

Which would probably in the end lead them down the same road and have a very similar result. However for now he had to abide to their wills on that matter since it would be best for the Uchiha clan to be rebuilt as soon as possible. Now it was just a matter of how to make Sasuke do such an act on his own free will…

Next on his list was their discussion about how it was coming along with Naruto… A discussion he always despised even if it was necessary.

His development was right on track, however. Naruto was almost perfect and would never stray from his belief. He was almost the perfect shield for Konoha. Now all that was left was to finally allow his training to truly commence and Konoha's weapon would be complete.

…And all of that was right before Iruka burst and told him of what was going on with Naruto.

Joy.

Now he had renegade Uzumaki with a sudden and immense increase of strength and speed, a new attire and overall a new attitude. He couldn't really say Naruto's attitude was the same… Yet it really was from all the reports he was getting except that Naruto was far more sadistic and his confidence had soared out of control and became down right cocky.

And at the rate all of these reports were coming in… He was going to have to go out and stop Naruto and his pranking spree. And oh how his pranking spree was going to cost them both…

Every store that had either denied him entrance or double to tripled the cost of its services was ransacked with quite a few goods taken while the owner and their workers were either in the hospital from a broken jaw or so shocked they had soiled themselves in fear.

Many of the people that had spit upon him during his life span were suddenly strewn up in front of their houses, dangling by their feet combined with their houses were painted in bright orange and blue design… Reminiscent of the old jump suit Naruto had worn up until today.

Any shinobi that had ever caused him grief, even those in the academy, were bathed in tar and covered in pink chicken feathers or just had the tar beaten out of them. Of course this annoyed Iruka to no end since Naruto managed to do both to Mizuki, in the middle of class, and escape without even being noticed!

No one realized that Sasuke slumped into his desk and grumbled about the damn Hollow's revenge while this was going on.

To make matters worse he had Anbu in pursuit of the damn brat and he was just making them look silly. He kept them on their toes and kept out of their reach and then somehow managed to confuse them and have them chase after him in the complete opposite direction of where he was heading.

Not to mention he had many more Anbu and available ninja trying to free those from his pranks and complacent those with property damage.

And now worst of all… Naruto had completely disappeared and it wasn't even noon yet! As of right now he was half tempted to consider laying an ambush for the kid at the academy since he did say he would be back at lunch time and it was just about…

"What in the…?" Hiruzen stood up from his desk and look out at the plateau that Konoha was built under.

And right next to the Hokage monument there was a giant inscription that stated 'Uzumaki Naruto the Hollow King is Number One, Bitches!' in large print with a slightly smaller print saying 'And Shinigami Suck! Especially You! Yes you! You know who I'm talking about!' underneath. And finally he noted a red beam of living carving the final exclamation point into the rocks and at the point where the beam started from…

There was one Uzumaki Naruto, grinning like a devil before starting to make a word bubble around the smaller print.

Sarutobi swore his ninja were becoming incompetent under his watch. Seriously…

HOW IN THE HELL DID THEY MISS THAT?!

<The Hollow King>

Sitting in class, at least trying to act somewhat normal, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but groan at what had transpired so far.

Of course Naruto wasn't just going to sit back, let things happen normally and take care of the problem as soon as they arrived. He was a Hollow now and had his own way of doing things… And now in this semi-human stage it seemed that he regained that old prankster spirit he once possessed. And combining that with his way of doing things as a hollow…

You get what was currently happening in Konoha at this exact moment. Utter freaking chaos with a side of anarchy. And the shinobi couldn't do a thing to stop him and that was just fueling the fire.

Sasuke would have left to go exterminate this pest, or at the very least brutalize him, but the fact of the matter was he needed him to do their job. And that meant Naruto would have to be in good condition to help him do this…

Not that he needed his help to do it, obviously. He would have been far better off with the old Naruto so he wouldn't have to deal with any of the future and current problems the Hollow decided to add onto their job. It would have been so much easier to just send him alone.

But noooo. Kami decided to send both of them and he had to deal with this prankster of a Hollow.

The Shinigami King decided to look on the bright side of things for the moment. At least Naruto wasn't killing anyone and just making their lives inconvenient for his previous treatment and sending the few of those that deserved it to the hospital.

At least his human side was swaying his Hollow spirit even if it was just a little…

He hoped.

"Sensei!" Sakura's voice echoed and made the Uchiha want to groan for the girl was the cause of quite a few of his problems during his life in Konoha. It wasn't that she meant it… She just wanted to be with him.

Or at least get into his pants. He simply didn't have the heart to say he wasn't interested and to come back when she was more developed. He liked mature women… Or at least big breasts.

"Yes, Sakura-san." Iruka replied nearly in a groan as there was no one else that was quite as annoying as she was.

Not because she was an idiot or anything like that. In fact the girl was practically a genius if not a book worm. She just had to question everything to verify she was correct… And that was highly annoying.

And her fan girlism didn't help her cause at all.

"What going outside? And what's that written next to the Hokage's monument?" Sakura asked as for once she was zoned out and wasn't fully focused on the lesson before her since she, like everyone else in the class, knew there was some serious stuff going on outside since they were under lockdown.

Blinking at this revelation, Iruka along with everyone else went to the window to see what was going on, some having to climb on others shoulders to see just because the windows were placed rather high.

And then everyone's jaw dropped in disbelief while Sasuke had a twitch in his eyes.

"Dammit Naruto… You are just trying to piss me off, aren't you?"

<The Hollow King>

"Oh you have no idea, Shinigami King." Naruto responded hearing Sasuke despite the absurd distance between them and acted like he was right next to him.

Then he began to laugh at a small curse and few grumbles come from the Uchiha. He more then anyone else stood for order and stability, ironic really taking a look through the memories of their past life, and held a great disdain for what Naruto was doing.

And the best part was he couldn't do anything right now without blowing his cover! Life was excellent and it was getting even better!

"Hey old and worthless! What took you?!" Naruto gloated as he floated a few meters from the carved faces of the Hokages with the Third standing on his very own head. "I thought with all the anarchy I was introducing and the fact that your Anbu hadn't even laid a hand on me would have drawn you out sooner!"

Being the ever wise man and knowing that this was simply an attempt to get under his skin and unnerve him, the Sandaime Hokage of Konoha kept his composure before multiple Anbu units. However even he was a little worried seeing that his opponent was literally flying in front of him!

"Just who are you… And what have you done with Uzumaki Naruto? I know without a doubt you are not him." Hiruzen growled at this person before him with contempt for what he had done to his beloved village. "I would suggest you speak quickly otherwise I might just decide to put you down."

"Please, like you could." Naruto scoffed before pointing a single finger towards them and a red glow began to focus on his finger tip. "I know you aren't senile you old monkey and I know you can sense the power radiate just from this attack! So I suggest you stand down for even the Shiki Fuin is utterly worthless against me!"

Fighting back the instinct to back down as the hairs on his neck stood on end Sarutobi wanted to snarl but could not. If this being somehow knew of that seal and had somehow found a way to render even it useless… Then there wasn't a way to combat this entity.

He had seen how powerful Kyuubi's Bijuu Bomb before and had knew just how powerful that demon was… The power from this attack far surpassed it.

"Answer my questions for I care not how powerful you are! We will bring you down if we must!" He finally retorted after the pause for he had to calmly calculate the risks of even engaging this being before him.

"Ah… You don't recognize me old man?" Naruto slumped over and faked a pouting face, disengaging his Cero in the process, making it seem he was going to cry. "How could you be so mean since you took me to Ichiraku's just last night for two bowls of miso, three chicken, two pork and one oriental?! Your mean just like the rest of those big bad meanies!"

"Do not try and play innocent with me!" The Hokage growled out at the self proclaimed King before him. "You cannot be Uzumaki Naruto for while he may be a prankster this is something you could not do…"

"Unless he knew the truth, old and worthless." Naruto straightened up and wagged his finger at the Sandaime.

To give the Hokage credit he only looked mildly shocked as his eyes widened to the size to dinner plates.

However on the inside he was truly panicking. If Naruto knew for a second of his plans to make him faithful to Konoha so he would defend it with all his might… And then somehow managed to get a hold of untold power he could very well do something like this…

But why just this? Why not something more extreme? …Unless he had something to gain from him.

He was using him!

While he did not want to show any weakness before his fellow shinobi, this situation had become dire before him if this was indeed Uzumaki Naruto. And if he knew of why he was hated and not respected… Well things could very well get rather interesting.

"Unless you have some sort of proof of who you are, I suggest you don't speak about what you don't know about." Hiruzen calmly responded despite there being an edge in his voice. "Now if you don't mind, I will give you just this one reprieve and let you flee from these lands…"

"Oh but I have proof alright!" Naruto squealed as he began to spin in the middle of the air gleefully. "I might not have any photo identification or stuff like that but I know things that only the two of us would know! Do you remember that time when I was four and you decided to read me a bed time story…? I really liked that story. Can I have the orange book please?"

Sarutobi blinked. Did he just really say that? That indeed was something only he and Naruto would know about but to have it said out loud…

Meant he was on the watch pervert watch alert by all women present and that was not a list he wanted to be on! He saw what they did to Jiraiya and Kakashi regularly for their perverted ways! Only Gai was smart enough to hide his perverseness with his Flames of Youth!

Smart bastard.

But back to the problem at hand… This guy was still going on about events only one other person would know about. "…then there was another time on my birthday where you stopped by with Neko-chan to check up on me and gave me ninja supplies! And then there was the time where doggy-chan scared the piss out of that one guy for spitting on me. Then there was…"

"Alright, enough Naruto!" Hiruzen was forced to believe that the being before him was indeed Naruto. "You have proven your point… But that makes you liable for your actions and as your village leader I will punish you accordingly…"

"Hey! No fair! Each and every one of them deserved what they got for what they did to me!" The Hollow King pointed his finger at the Hokage without a Cero being charged, for now at least. "You know as well as I do they had no right to do that to me! And yet they got nothing more then a slap on the wrist or an empty threat!"

"NOW WHY IS THAT?!" Naruto's personality had turned a full three-sixty from the playful manner he had displayed earlier and morphed in a murderous and enraged being before him. "OR IS IT YOU ARE TOO SCARED TO ADMIT YOU TRIED TURNING ME INTO A WEAPON FOR KONOHA?! A GREAT GUARDIAN THAT WOULD SHIELD THE VILLAGE FROM ALL THREATS!"

An unknown power began to force itself onto everyone present and many of those watching from below onto their knees as Naruto continued his rant. "You knew very well from the beginning that by admitting that I was the demon vessel of Kyuubi after what happened would make the villagers and even the shinobi resent me! You knew and that is why you admitted it!"

"But no, you didn't stop there! While you made it law that no one could speak of it after that did not stop them from treating me like the demon! The only thing you didn't allow was for anyone to harm me for that would ruin your so called INGENIOUS PLAN!" Naruto finished in a low growl before he released the spiritual pressure he had been releasing allowing all there to breath.

And when they did, all the eyes of every shinobi present now fell onto the speechless Hokage. Was what Naruto said the truth? Was it true that he tried to turn Naruto into a weapon? Wasn't that against what this village was suppose to represent?

It was quickly apparent to all that it was for the Sandaime simply lower his head, as if he felt sorrow for what he had done, before finally responding in a hiss. "You win. Is that what you want to hear? Is that what it is going to take to stop this rampage of yours or do I need to kneel before you and beg for forgiveness?"

While many of the shinobi were shocked at the acceptance of these accusations which question the morals they were raised with, Naruto simply grinned as he got what he wanted from the Hokage. "Not quite. It is quite obvious I am above everyone else here so let's make a deal. You let me become a gennin for I am now permanently incapable of using the Clones or any other basic chakra based technique and I will allow you the privilege of wielding this power I possess."

Of all demands to be given… This one left the Hokage utterly flabbergasted. Of everything he could force him to give to him all he wanted was his ninja license? "What… But why?!"

"Oh it is quite simple old and worthless… So pay close attention or you just might miss it." Naruto regained his playful edge yet still held a sinister tone to his voice. "Do not be mistaken that I'm doing this for what's best for Konoha. However this village will be a major player in events soon to come and I have to be in the spotlight and make everyone fear my name…"

"For I am the Hollow King and everyone shall know my name before they fall to their knees before me!" Naruto announced with enough volume that he was sure his voice reverberated throughout Konoha making sure everyone heard him. "That is all."

Keeping his body from shaking, Sarutobi simply nodded for there was nothing else he could do. "Fine… I will agree to those terms if that means you will work for this village and refrain from doing thing like this again."

"We'll see about that last one. Anyone that deserves it will feel my vengeance. Of that I am sure of." The Hollow King grinned from ear to ear at making the Hokage cower to his will so easily.

"Fine… I will summon for you when I'm done with the arrangements…" The Hokage hated to bend to this beings will but for now he had no choice if it meant his power would be even remotely under his control. "Everyone dismissed! Get back to work and get everything under control again!"

While each shinobi left to do as they were told many had lost respect for the Old Hokage that he had garnered over the years. This blow would severely cripple his control over his forces and make him seem work to the outside world.

And that was exactly what Naruto wanted. He wanted them to think Konoha was weak. He wanted others to come and try to take Konoha by force. It would entertain him while he was here fixing his past and making sure it would not follow the same route.

But it was a shame Sasuke didn't see things in the same light as he did otherwise he would know how easier it was to control people through fear. After all… He was the alpha predator here.

They were all snacks to him and now everyone here knew that.

Now it was time for the rest of the world to know it to.

The Hollow King had made his first mark of many on this world.

<The Hollow King>

A/N: A quick update just to get everything going and have a flow started. So far I've been getting the thumbs up for this so I probably concentrate on this on Z Fox, probably getting a chapter or three out more of this before spreading my time between these two.

This chapter was mostly payback for his earlier years and to draw out the Third's true purpose. Obviously the Third is one of the few people I mention in my last chapter that will suffer but he will mostly be through mental strain.

Doing what I did with the Third was a little drastic but far more realistic then the 'have Naruto beat half to death and then he comes in to save him and have his complete trust' scenarios. This is more subtle, something far more suitable for someone known as the Professor to bring about a certain result. In this case it very effective since no one actually suspect him to have any part of the hatred or at least was the control behind it.

As many of you gauged from this chapter, Naruto stands for chaos and anarchy and Sasuke is for law and order. They'll be clashing a lot of idealism soon enough.

Now I hope you enjoyed this chapter! See you around next time! Peace Out.