Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Stranger ❯ A Privilege ( Chapter 4 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Stranger 4

For those of you who are wondering, Njaal's name is pronounced as "Jawl". The N is silent.

AND HEY! If anyone can, PLEASE send me an email on how to spell "Bone Demon" in Japanese. Thanks!
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After the trio were done eating ramen, they said their thanks to Ayame and left to go see the Hokage. Njaal still had to tell her that the Bone shinobi were sweeping the country, making sure that no armies were gathering and planning an attack. Njaal sighed as they walked down the street, his hands on the back of his head as he gazed up at the deep blue sky. They arrived at Konohagakure faster than they predicted, and it was still mid-day. Sakura seemed to be in deep thought as they walked, and then seemed to remember something and turned to Njaal who was on the left side of the trio as they walked down the road.

"Hey, Njaal-kun, I was just thinking about your story you told us," at this she seemed to grow an ounce sad, and then continued her question. "Well, while you were telling us that you were trained by your father, you didn't mention where you trained without your eyes. How did that happen?"

Njaal scratched the back of his head and pondered a bit, looking down at the ground now. "That's because my father wasn't my real sensei. He didn't show me the trick to it because he died the night that the scroll was implanted into me, which gave my clan ability (ability to control their bones) a mind of its own, as I said in my story." He stated. Naruto looked up at him in surprise.

"Then, who was your real sensei?" He asked, pondering who else could teach him it. Njaal seemed to brighten visually and looked back up at the sky.

"My brother, obviously. The only other survivor of the Jata clan. Like Kakashi said, I was staying with my grandfather after my parents died that night. I stayed with him for three years, until I was ten. That's when the clan was slaughtered. After my brother recovered from the hospital, we stayed at one of the clan members houses, away from the compound. That's when he started training me." Njaal sighed, and chuckled a bit. Naruto looked at him with a quizzical look on his face.

"What's so funny?" He snorted out, obviously irritated that he didn't know what was so funny.

"My brother uses..a different kind of technique than that of using his bones. Well, don't get me wrong, he can still use them, it's just that his most powerful method of fighting...well..." He grinned visibly under his scarf and patted Naruto on the head. "Maybe you'll see it in action sooner or later." At this, Naruto huffed and muttered things under his breath. Sakura held a hand over her mouth to contain her laughter. Suddenly, Njaal felt someone watching him. He stopped, making Naruto and Sakura stop as well. Njaal grew nervous. He felt as if the eyes were piercing his soul. Naruto blinked and asked.

"Oi, Njaal, what're you doing? We're almost to the Hokage tower." Njaal looked around, not paying attention to Naruto. Naruto grew angry at this and was about to yell at him when a voice interrupted him.

"Oh? Njaal is it?" A dark, feminine told rang out. Njaal and the other two looked over at where they heard the voice from to find nothing there. He grew more nervous, and starting focusing his chakra into his bones. Suddenly, a kunai flew out with amazingly fast speed from his left. He heard it coming, but was too late to see it. In a blink of an eye, just like he was hoping for, three spikes shot out of his shoulder and connected themselves together to make a wall against the incoming projectile. The kunai hit the bone wall with a clang and bounced off, landing in the dirt road. If there were villagers out at the time in this sector of Konohagakure, it would've taken them a few seconds to process what happened. Like it did with Naruto and Sakura. The wind picked up slightly, making the two tendrils of Njaal's scarf flap around behind him. Naruto and Sakura looked to where the kunai came from, as did Njaal. Naruto blanched and Sakura visibly trembled, while Njaal arched an eyebrow.

"A-Anko.." Naruto sputtered out. Indeed, where the kunai came from, was Anko Mitarashi, standing on the edge of a rooftop of a house. She had a sadistic look in her eye, and her mouth stretched out to a grin as she gazed at her prey, currently being Njaal. Naruto knew that look. It was the look that Anko gave when she liked something she saw. He certainly didn't want to be around any longer. He made his decision, feeling bad for Njaal, but in situations like this it's every man for themselves. Of course, Sakura wasn't a man. Naruto sputtered and and grinned nervously. "Heh, heh. Uhhh we'llbeatthehokageofficewaitingforyounjaalsobye!" He then grabbed Sakura's arm and raced off, leaving a trail of dust behind them. Njaal looked after them, blinking, and then sighed. He closed his eyes and concentrated to lower the rush of adrenaline from the surprise attack, and opened them to begin walking, but stopped when he saw Anko in front of him, her face a few inches away from his. She still wore that disturbing grin.

"Mmmm... If it isn't Njaal. I've heard about your exploits. It's such...a pleasure...to meet you." She said the last part as she gazed over the seven-teen year old in front of her. Njaal twitched slightly under the look but regained his composure and cleared his throat.

"And you are?" He asked, backing away slightly. He gulped nervously though when she took a step forward towards him, their noses nearly touching.

"Anko." She breathed out lustily. She was obviously imagining stuff about her and Njaal, which made him nervous. "Ah, but of course..it's such a tease. To want you...Yet I can't touch you." She frowned with disappointment. She raised her hand and hovered her fingers over his cheek, grimacing when small bone shards started to protrude out of his cheek bone. Njaal, for once in his life, silently thanked whatever was in his bones that had a mind of its own. He reached up and pulled down his scarf, revealing the rest of his handsome face. She let out a small gasp, and then narrowed her eyes when he stuck his tongue out at her.

"I'm late. Leave me be." He huffed, putting his scarf back up, and walked around her. He only got a few feet when she said something that was surely going to make him paranoid.
"Watch your back, stud. You're going to need to with me around. I'll find a way around that curse of yours."


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Nar uto and Sakura were sitting in Tsunade's office, talking to her about their mission, when suddenly they felt what felt like a stampede. Tsunade panicked, thinking that a herd of cows had escaped a farm nearby, and was about to send word for an evacuation when suddenly her door flew open. There stood Njaal with his head down, leaning in with his hand on the doorframe, while he panted like he had run a five mile race. He suddenly whipped his head up and pointed at Nartuo and Sakura.

"YOU TWO! HOW DARE YOU LEAVE ME THERE WITH THAT SUCCUBUS!" He yelled out, making Naruto wince. Sakura's eye twitched and suddenly she whirled on Naruto.

"It was his idea! He just grabbed me and dragged me off!" Naruto's eyes widened and he scratched the back of his head, grinning sheepishly.

"Was not!""Was too!" A vein throbbed in Tsunade's forehead.
"Was not!"
"Was too!" Tsunade twitched a bit.

"Was-"
"NARUTO!" The female Hokage yelled, making the two stop and smile nervously. She didn't care what they were yelling about. She just wanted to know what was going on with the Bone Country. Njaal suddenly seemed to notice "her" for the first time and stared. Tsunade noticed this too, and another vein throbbed. "Hey kid...My face is up here.." She gritted out. Njaal snapped out of it and laughed quietly to himself. He suddenly remembered what he was here for and cleared his throat as he walked up to the front of the desk and bowed deeply, closing his eyes and slipping his scarf under his chin.

"Hokage-sama, i'm here to inform you that our shinobi are patrolling the Land of Fire and other countries as we speak, making sure no armies are forming. We will have their report in a week or so. The report is coming here when it's done." He stated, still bowing. Tsunade closed her eyes in deep thought, obviously use to people staring at her breasts. She put her hands together in front of her as she thought.

"Hmm, the Chuunin Exams are also in a week." She mentioned, and then spoke again. "Please, don't call me Hokage. Or add sama for that matter. Just call me Tsunade." She said. "And you can stop bowing." Njaal opened his eyes and stood up, his scarf still under his chin. "What is your name, Bone shinobi?" She asked, opening one eye at him.

"Njaal, good lady Tsunade." At this, Tsunade's eyes widened immensily. She put her hands on her desk and stood up, lookng Njaal right in the eye. Njaal gulped and backed away, thinking he did something wrong.

"Njaal...Ever since Fire allied with Bone, i've waited to see you. You see, I requested files on random Bone shinobi, and you happened to be one of the files. I know what happened to you when you were younger. I know your clan was slaughtered, and your parents were killed the night that you...you slaughtered those people....Njaal. Do you know what happened that night?" She asked, worry in her voice. Naruto and Sakura looked up at Njaal, wondering if he knew something that he didn't tell them in his flashback. Njaal put his hand on his chin and closed his eyes, thinking. After a moment, he sighed and slumped his shoulders, his hands at his side. He shook his head no.
"No, Tsunade. I'm sorry. After my chakra refused the incantation to make me mindless, I can't remember anything." He suddenly realized somthing, his eyes widening. "But wait! If I can't remember anything, and I woke up with all the men dead, doesn't that mean that I DID lose my mind?!" He gasped. Naruto and Sakura realized this too, eyes widening as they paled. Naruto shook his head. He knew what had happened, but he didn't want to believe it.

Tsunade looked at him with, what looked like, remorse. "Njaal...That scroll that the man put in you..it.." She closed her eyes and looked away. Njaal grew irritated and slammed his hand on the desk.
"WHAT?! WHAT HAPPENED?!" He demanded. Tsunade nodded and looked back up at him, looking at him in the eyes.

"He put a demon inside of you. You were a vessel for a demon since you were seven." She whispered. Njaal took a step back, tears gathering in his eyes as he clenched his fists. Tsunade continued. "Due to your odd chakra capacity, the scroll was rejected when it was time for you to lose your mind. But, you said that you can't remember anything and you woke up with everyone dead. Tell me, what did you feel before you blacked out?" She asked. Njaal still couldn't believe what was happening.

"I saw my parents die. All I felt was anger at not being able to help them. Anger towards those men for capturing me. Yet, there was also sadness for them dying." He said lowly, without emotion. Tsunade nodded, as if it confirmed her thought.

"Just as I thought." She nodded. "There's only one explanation. Njaal, the demon inside of you cares about you. When he was inside of you, he felt those emotions from you and wanted to help. With you being so young, he easily took over your body and killed those men." She said. "But, of course that's just a guess! Eh heheh. Hey! NJAAL!" She yelled as Njaal fell down.

He had fainted.

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Njaal groaned at his headache, wondering why it was so warm and the sun beamed down brighter than normal. He leaned up and put his hand down on the ground next to him to realize that it was sand. His eyes snapped open and his mouth opened in shock.

There he was, sitting on sand, in the middle of some god forsaken desert in the middle of no where. He regained his senses and, with the help of his hand on the ground, stood himself up to stand upright. Njaal leaned his hand down and brushed the sand on it off on his pant leg, then reached up with both hands to put them against his forehead, blocking the sun out of his eyes. As he looked around, his eyes widened. A desert was an understatement. This was more like a bone yard, because as far as his eyes could see, there was just sand, sky, and bones. Lots of them. Jutting out everywhere from the sand.
"This can't be real.." He whispered. "What the hell IS this place?!" A sudden quake made him lose his balance, and he fell forward on his hands and knees. The quake turned violent, shaking Njaal down to his core. But, as sudden as it started, it suddenly stopped. Njaal stood in his position for awhile to make sure it really stopped before standing back up on his feet. "What the hell was that?" He questioned to himself. A sudden deep, throaty, demonic voice rumbled out of no where.

"So. It would seem that the truth about us has been revealed."

Njaal blanched visibly, and, for the first time in his life, he wanted to hide. He wanted to run somewhere and lock himself in and not come out. He wished he could hide himself behind his scarf, which was now covering the usual portions of his face as it regularly did. The voice spoke again.

"Oh? What is this? Fear? My carrier reeks of fear?"

At that, Njaal's eyes widened. 'Carrier? Does this mean...Does this mean that.."

"Yes, young one. I am the demon inside of you."

Njaal gritted his teeth. "SHOW YOURSELF YOU BASTARD! SHOW YOURSELF SO I CAN KILL YOU FOR HAVING ME SUFFER ALL THESE YEARS!" He yelled out to the desert. A moment of silence went by, making Njaal nervous. This was the eye before the storm. A deep chuckle filled the air, filling Njaal's ears. Njaal grew angry at this, and grew even angrier as the chuckle increased to a full blown laugh. The ground started shaking again, more violently this time, but Njaal was determined. He held his stance, waiting for something to happen. The laughter died down eventually, and the voice spoke again.

"Very well. I will show myself to you." The sudden shaking turned into a full blown thrash, making Njaal even more nervous. He suddenly spotted something a good hundred feet in front of him. It looked like a pit in the sand at first, but then it started turning. It grew faster and faster until the whole area dropped out. Njaal's eyes widened immensely, and he stood there flabbergasted. Then, with a violent shake, the area exploded in a wave of sand. As the sand started to fly at him, he noticed something rising out of the huge crater that was there. He didn't have time to see it though as the wave of sand hit him head on, and he was pushed back against his own will. He flew in the air, doing a few backflips, before he landed harshly on his stomach in the sand. The breath was knocked out of him, and he clenched his fist in anger. What was this that so easily pushed him back with just sand? Remembering that he started to see something before the sand hit him, he looked up from his position on the ground.

And his eyes nearly fell out of his head.

There, a few hundred feet away, coming up from the sand was the biggest monster he ever laid his eyes on. It was a worm obviously, but it towered well over five hundred feet, and it was still sunk into the sand, which meant it was taller. It's head, or if you will, front part, was a mere twenty feet away from him as it floated in the air. To Njaal, it looked round enough to cover the whole proximity of Konohagakure. Njaal could only gape in horror. The body of the worm was made up of parts of bone and skin in some places. The parts of the skin visible were a dark, dark brown color, and obviously the bone parts were white. He turned his attention to the frontal part in front of him, noticing three lines that went from opposite sides of the being's frontal part, to meet in the dead center which was looking at him.

Njaal, slowly, as if not to alarm the being, rose up from his spot in the ground and found it hard to stand as the worm gazed at him. Suddenly without warning, the three lines meeting in the middle split apart, and the sections went their seperate ways, still attached to the being. They opened to reveal, to Njaal's horror, a giant looking maw. Njaal paled to an extreme, and took a step back. On the sections that seperated, there were rows upon rows of teeth, each one bigger than Njaal himself (A/N: Think of it as the worms from the Dune movie). And, in the middle of the maw, Njaal saw the hole that lead to his eternal damnation. The monsters esophagus. Suddenly he realized it. He let out a desperate laugh as he realized that today, he was going to die. The worm closed it's mouth, and seemed to cock it's head to the side in confusion.

"What's so funny, young one?" The being asked, somehow able to speak without opening it's mouth. Njaal looked up at the monstrosity with amused eyes.
"Today comes the day that I die. I ask you to kill me quickly though, for slow deaths make me impatient." He lied. He didn't want to die a slow death from this thing. He wanted to get it over with as fast as possible and move on to the afterlife. He was greatly surprised though, when a sound erupted in the air. The sound of gutteral laughter, which was coming from the worm.

"You amuse me boy. It may be your wish, but you are not going to die. Not from me at least."

Njaal blinked. Did this mean that the worm towering before him wasn't going to kill him? He seemed to relax a little, and looked at the worm in curiosity. The worm noticed the look and answered him.

"If you were to die, then I would die. Like I said previously, I am the demon inside of you." The being rumbled. Njaal remembered that then. He also remembered what he said after he learned that. Njaal had said that he was going to kill him. He suddenly grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah...What I said earlier..I uh, take that back." He wondered if he was going to get away with this. The demon couldn't really kill him, so what did he have to lose? He suddenly realized something, and pointed at his demon's head. "You're the one that controls my bones along with me, right?"

"Yes. I was put into you by that man in order to strengthen your clan's ability, and to make you a killing machine. But, when I was actually inside your body, I noticed your outrageous chakra capacity and decided that I wanted to see what you were capable of. I must say, so far i'm very impressed." At this, Njaal blinked.

"But, couldn't you have just taken over control of my body like the scroll was made to do?" He questioned.

"I was planning on it. But, like I said, you have an extraordinary chakra capacity. I don't know if you did it on purpose, or if it automatically happened, but I was rejected control of your soul. I am, however, in control of your clan's abilities. That much is forced upon me." Njaal nodded and seemed to ponder. He was hesitant in asking, but he might as well since he was here.

"Oi, demon, is there any possible way that you could like, I don't know, stop making me a piece of shrapnel when someone touches me?" He called out. The being's laugh erupted into the air, startling Njaal out of his mind (not literally).

"I thought you would never ask. I do it on instinct, mortal. I do not wish to die. So I will make you a deal. If you use my demonic chakra to aid you in your fights from time to time, I will relinquish control of your bones." As soon as he said this, Njaal nearly jumped for joy. But he continued. "But, you must realize that you will have to be cautious. Ever since that night I was implanted into you, I have protected you from injury. You will have to be wary not to get yourself killed." He paused. "If you're still sure, then I will give you the scroll to remove me from your bones. Of course, you'll still have the ability to command your bones thanks to your clan. But at that point on, our relationship will be like that of the Kyuubi and his vessel. I will be inside of you, watching over you, while you live your life." Njaal nodded in understanding.

"But why? Why are you doing this instead of trying to break out? It seems like you LIKE helping me." At this the worm being chuckled deeply.

"Your life is an interesting one, boy. I would rather stay inside a worthy body rather than being hunted day and night with no where to run. Eventually, they would find someone with enough skill to either seal me up like they did with Kyuubi, or kill me somehow." Njaal nodded and pondered for a moment. Once he made his decision, he nodded to himself and looked up at the being.

"As much as I like your protection, worm being, I would rather feel the touch of my friends without hurting them. They mean too much to me. I agree to your deal, and I will use your chakra in my fights." He stated positively. The worm bellowed out his laughter, and leaned in his head closer to Njaal. This, of course, made Njaal nervous, and even more nervous when the being opened it's gaping jaws. For the second time in a day, Njaal was looking at death itself. Suddenly a tendril shout out from the long tube of the esophagus, and stopped abruptly. In the grasp of the tendril was a scroll. Njaal took the hint, and relieved the tendril of the scroll and looked as it shot back into the monsters mouth. The jaws closed, and the creature's head rose.

"Open the scroll mortal, and be proud to be the first to sign it. You must use your own blood though. I suggest taking a bite of your thumb and writing your signature with it." Suddenly the creature twitched as if it had remembered something. "Another thing that I forgot about. Once you sign this scroll, it means two things. One, like I stated, I will not be in control of your bones anymore. And two, made with the right hand seals, you will be able to summon me into battle with a specific amount of chakra." At this, Njaal grinned under his scarf. He liked the sound of the worm devouring all enemy shinobi in it's path. He opened the scroll, and laid it out on the sand. Njaal did as he was told, biting his thumb to draw blood, and then signed his real name on it. Jata Njaal. Once he was done, he wrapped it back up and looked around.

"Erm, where should I put it?" He questioned. The worm leaned down and opened its jaws again, making Njaal uncomfortable.

"Toss it into my esophagus." Njaal nodded, and did so, relieved when the giant closed it's mouth and rised. "Well done, boy. Everything is complete. Now go, and return to your world. Let me sleep for a few days. It took a lot out of me to summon you here for this talk." Njaal nodded, and nearly buckled when a sense of vertigo overtook his senses, tearing him from his mind.


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Nj aal opened his eyes and immediately noticed that he was not in a familiar environment. Everything looked white. He groaned in realization when he figured out that he was in a hospital room. He leaned up, and noticed that he was alone in his room. He also noticed that he was in his regular clothes, but with his scarf down under his chin. The window was open to the right of his head, and he saw that it was night. The cool breeze that blew in felt good to him, relieving him of this summer heat. The door then suddenly opened and in walked Naruto and Sakura. Upon seeing that Njaal was awake, they rushed to his bedside.

"Oi! Njaal! Are you alright?" Naruto asked, looking worried. Njaal suddenly thought back to his encounter with the worm being, and couldn't tell whether to be happy or sad.

"Yeah, i'm fine. I think. I met the demon inside of me." He stated, looking down at his lap. Sakura and Naruto's eyes widened at this, and Sakura couldn't help but asking.

"What is it? The only ones i've heard of are the Fox, which is in Naruto. And the raccoon, which is in Gaara." She asked, pondering.

"My demon is a great worm, easily the biggest creature i've seen yet. It looked like it was over five hundred feet!" He exclaimed. Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened. Sure, the Kyuubi and the Shukaku were big, but five hundred feet? That was massive. "Oi, Naruto. I want you to do me a favor. Tap my arm and see if my bones still react to it." At this Naruto blanched, remembering what happened after he grabbed him last time.

"W-Why? No offense, but I don't really think my hand being impaled is a good idea." He said. Njaal continued.

"Well, I signed a scroll that he gave me. We made a deal that if I agreed to use some of his demonic chakra every once in awhile, he'll stop possessing my bone structure. I want to see if he's telling the truth." At this, Naruto hesitantly nodded, and reached over to Njaal's forearm. Gulping nervously, he quickly tapped it and retracted it with inhuman speed. The trio sat there, watching, waiting for something to happen. After awhile, it became apparent. Nothing was going to happen. Njaal felt like a mountain had been taken off his shoulders, and he cheered for all his life. "I can't believe it! It actually worked! He doesn't control my bones anymore!" Sakura and Naruto also cheered in, and they did a group hug, the two happy for their new friend.

"That's amazing!" Sakura squealed. She knew how much this meant to Njaal. Not being able to be touched by someone for ten years must have been devastating. Njaal suddenly had a question and retracted himself from the group hug.

"Oi, guys, how long was I out for?" He questioned.

"Two days." Njaal's eyes widened.

"Five days till the Chuunin Exam! Naruto, did you ask Tsunade about me being on your team?" Njaal asked. At this Naruto nodded furiously, obviously excited.
"Yep yep yep! Our team is going to be me, you, and Hinata." He said. Njaal raised and eyebrow.

"Hinata? Who's that?"

"One of my friends. She's a Hyuuga. You can meet her tomorrow. For now we should all get some sleep. Tsunade said you can stay in the hospital for as long as you saw fit until you got better, Njaal. You should stay here and get some rest. I'll come get you tomorrow." Naruto said as he and Sakura walked to the door. Njaal nodded and laid back down, suddenly aware at how tired he was.

"Night Njaal." Sakura said, waving goodbye to him before her and Naruto went out, leaving Njaal to sleep the night away.

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Next chapter, Njaal meets the gang!