Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ All for One ❯ Sealing ( Chapter 5 )

All for One

 

“WHAT?!” Itachi shouted. “YOU WANT TO SEAL HIS BLOODLINES?!” The Hokage made pacifying gestures with his hands, but Itachi continued to yell. “But that's what makes him who he is! You take away his bloodlines, you take away Naruto! What the hell are you thinking?! Have you even asked Naruto if this is what he wants?!”

 

“I would,” the Hokage said. “But every time he wakes up, he begins screaming in agony.” That settled Itachi down, and the Hokage continued to explain. “Simply, the bloodlines are too much for his six-year old body. If he continues to contain them all, he will die.”

 

Itachi deflated. “You mean you're taking them away from him?”

“Heavens no!” the Hokage said. “The seals won't be permanent by any means. They will be able to be released by a seal master, or they will expire on their own. Besides, Naruto can handle, I'd say three of his bloodlines right now.”

 

Itachi breathed a sigh of relief. “You scared me there for a moment. We can seal all but the most powerful for right now. It would be best if he got to maintain the knowledge of the more powerful ones, so that he won't have to relearn them later.” The Hokage nodded. “The Sharingan, the Byakugan, and the Mitarashi Dragon contract.”

The Hokage raised his hand. “Unfortunately Itachi, there are two problems with that. First, Naruto would have to make the decision of which bloodlines to choose. Since he is currently incapacitated, the people who know him best will have to pick.” He put his hand up again to forestall Itachi's argument. “Yes, you will be included in that, but so will a couple of other people. I'd say Ibiki, Hiashi, Myself, and… Ryusha.”

 

Gaping, Itachi said “Me, I know. I can understand Ibiki, he's been living with the boy for years. You treat him like a grandson, and anyone with half a brain can see how much Hiashi loves the boy, but Ryusha? Won't she just try to make him take the Dragon Contract?”

 

“You don't know Ryusha that well, Itachi.” The Hokage said, shaking his head. “Frankly, she's the closest thing to a mother Naruto has. He deals with the other clan matriarchs as well, but he is closest to her as a son. She feels that he is as good as her own flesh and blood for multiple reasons. First, she loves him. Secondly, she feels indebted to him.”

 

“What for?”

 

“For Anko.” While sagely shaking his head, the Hokage said “Before Naruto got to know her, Anko was a scary little hell-raiser. She was an extremely terrifying girl. Once, she was caught dissecting a squirrel, trying to see how it worked. But after Naruto got to know her, She changed. Now she's one of the sweetest, best-natured girls you could ever know, though she still has a scary side when she thinks no one's looking.”

 

With the Hokage saying that, it raised another question for Itachi, one that had nothing to do with Naruto at all. “Has there been any progress in locating her?”

 

“The team I sent out to search for her hasn't checked in yet. I should be receiving a message telling me of their progress later today.”

 

Back on topic, Itachi said, “You said there were two reasons why my suggestions wouldn't work. What is the other one?”

 

“Because Itachi, right now, Naruto's eyes can only handle one dojutsu-based bloodline. His eyes simply aren't strong enough for more then one. So he could take either the Sharingan or the Byakugan right now, but not both.”

 

`That makes sense. I didn't think of that.' The Uchiha genius thought. “Who will be doing the sealing?”

“My student Jiraya-kun stopped in town for… business.” The Hokage said, turning bright red at the word business. “So he has consented to be the sealer.”

 

“I'll go get the others.” Itachi said.

 

“No need. I thought you might be coming soon, so I sent messengers out to the others. They should be here at any moment.”

 

As if his words had been a signal, the door opened and the Hokage's assistant walked in. “Hokage-sama, the people you requested are here.”

 

“Send them in.”

 

She nodded, and bowed out of the room. Then three people that would make anyone shake in fear walked in. There was Morino Ibiki, scarred head of Interrogation. The fearful reputation he had had only increased by becoming Naruto's guardian. Then came the seemingly ice-cold Hiashi Hyuuga. It was said by the villagers that his glare could freeze water from twenty feet. Finally, there was the matriarch of the Mitarashi clan, Ryusha. There were rumors circulating that she could kill thirty people with one technique, rumors that had probably been started by Ryusha herself.

 

The three sat down in the free chairs in the office, and the Hokage quickly explained the situation. The reactions varied. Ibiki muttered curses under his breath, Hiashi's grip tightened on his chair arm, and Ryusha, already distraught over losing Anko, began to cry. Hiashi said, “The other heads must be notified of this.”

 

“I already have.” The Hokage said. “They stated that you four would be the best to decide what Naruto would want.”

 

The four exchanged glances, Ryusha wiped her eyes, and they began to debate which bloodlines Naruto would want. After a five minute debate between the four males hinging on their various powers, usefulness, and Naruto's overall talent with them, Ryusha spoke up for the first time. “The Haruno inner persona. Naruto needs that.”

 

Ibiki scoffed. “That's perhaps the most useless one!”

 

“Maybe to us, but to a six-year old boy, it's crucial.” She said. “He's grown to depend on his Inner Naruto, and taking him away would be like taking away his beset friend. Besides, it helps him learn things. If he keeps it around, it should retain the knowledge of the sealed bloodlines.”

 

The rest of them thought about that, and decided that it made sense.

 

Itachi spoke up next. “He needs the Mitarashi Dragon Powers.” Everyone looked at him questioningly. “From what I understand, the dragons are a summon that is very easily offended. If their power gets sealed, they might take it personally and withdraw their blessing. Am I correct, Ryusha?”

 

The matriarch nodded. “If we seal that one now, he'll never get it back.”

 

“So that is two.” The Hokage said. “We have one spot remaining for him, and eight choices.”

 

“We can eliminate the Inuzuka abilities.” Itachi said. “He already has a bond with is dog, and can communicate with it, he just won't be able to access the man-beast jutsus for a while.” That was met with simultaneous nods from the others. “The same with the Aburame insects. They'll still be there, he just won't be able to do any of the bug-basted techniques.”

 

“He can do without the Shinkotama limit for a little while.” Hiashi said. “He has enough weapons for right now.”

 

“The Nara and Akamichi abilities won't be necessary for right now.” The Hokage piped in. “He will just have to watch what he eats and his shadow will revert to a normal persons. I will also remove the Sarutobi powers from the running. He simply has no need for them right now.”

 

“That leaves the Sharingan.” Itachi stated.

 

“And the Byakugan.” Hiashi finished.

 

The two stared at each other for a moment, their expressions unreadable. “What would be the drawbacks to sealing the Byakugan?” The Hokage asked.

 

“Simply, it is one of the hardest bloodline limits to use, and everyone starts learning it from a young age. If it is sealed now, he won't be able to use it after it is unsealed for at least a year.” Hiashi responded.

 

“And the Sharingan?” Ibiki asked.

 

“He won't get a chance to advance it.” Itachi answered. “It will remain at one comma until he gets it unsealed and gets practice using it.”

 

The five all exchanged looks. Itachi sat back with a sigh. “He will seal the Sharingan. It's much less hassle to advance the Sharingan then to relearn the Byakugan.” The others sighed in relief. They had thought Itachi was going to be stubborn.

 

The Hokage clapped his hands. “I'm glad that's settled. I'll call Jiraya, and we'll go down to where Naruto is.” Without another word, he launched into a jutsu that summoned a small bird. Then he scribbled down a quick note, and tied it to the bird's leg. Immediately, the bird took off, looking for Jiraya. The Hokage got up, and walked out of the room with the others following him.

 

Soon, they arrived at the infirmary in the tower, where they Naruto sleeping seemingly peacefully. “He doesn't look so bad to me.” Ibiki ventured.

 

“If you saw him without the genjutsu on, it would scare even you, Ibiki.” The Hokage said. Then he looked at his watch. “Well, you're about to. It's time to renew the genjutsu.” As he spoke, Naruto opened his eyes.

 

Immediately, he began screaming loud enough to make Ibiki hold his ears. Then he began to push against the restraints that were holding in onto the bed, his veins bulging and his eyes growing larger. Suddenly, his eyes turned bright red and grew a comma. Then veins started bulging more around his eyes. His scream turned high-pitched as his shadow began to literally start boiling. Kouken, who was sleeping nearby, began to howl and a small swarm of centipedes came out of the wall toward the boy.

 

“DOWN!” Itachi yelled, and pulled Ryusha to the ground. No sooner had he done that then a sword that had manifested out of nowhere flew through where her head had been. Suddenly the bed Naruto was on creaked, as he put on weight visibly. Then a winged lizard crawled out of Naruto's sleeve and began roaring. At the same time, hair began to sprout on Naruto's arms, making him appear more ape-like. Then Naruto stopped screaming. Instead, he began cursing.

 

“You ************* *******, Let me out of her before I **** you up! **** **** ****!” he yelled.

 

The Hokage walked toward Naruto, and went through a couple of seals. “Ninpo: Suimun Souken! (Ninja Arts: Sleep Creation)” he yelled, and tapped Naruto's brow with his index finger. Immediately, Naruto fell asleep again.

 

Ibiki stared at the now peaceful-seeming boy. “Ok, I was wrong.” He said.

 

Another man walked into the Infirmary at that moment. He was as tall as Hiashi, and had long white hair that went down to almost his waist. He also had a face that seemed to be built for laughter, but was set in a hard scowl. “You've got some nerve calling me now, Sarutobi-sensei. I just had the best view, and she was perfect…” he said, almost drooling when he got to the last part. He stopped when he felt four sets of eyes glaring at him.

 

“My son is dieing because of bloodline related illness…” Hiashi began.

 

“And you're pissed because you got called out of peeping?!” Ryusha finished.

 

The man waved his hands in front of him, trying to fend off an imaginary beating. “I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I'll get right on it!”

 

The Hokage gestured to the man. “For those of you who don't know him, this is my student, Jiraya. He is a master of seals, the toad hermit, and… theauthoroftheichaichaparadicebooks.” He said, rushing that last part. He knew he hadn't done a very good job when he felt the killing intent Ryusha was emanating. “Ryusha-san, we need him to help Naruto.” He breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the killing intent go down a bit.

 

`I'd better get started before she kills me!' Jiraya thought. “Okay, Saru-sensei, which ones am I sealing?”

 

The Hokage quickly told him, and Jiraya nodded. “Makes sense. I'd better get started. But first, tell me where you these things to go.”

 

“One of his arms, around the shoulder.” The Hokage answered. Jiraya nodded, and rolled up Naruto's right shirt sleeve. There, he saw the coiling dragon tattoo of the Mitarashi.

 

“I'd better use the other arm.” He said out loud, and rolled up Naruto's other sleeve. “Back up.” He said to the others, and once they complied, he tapped Naruto and said “KAI!” Immediately, the genjutsu on Naruto was lifted, and the symptoms began again.

 

`Better take care of the bugs first.' Jiraya thought. `They'd make it a little hard to stand.' He went through a couple of seals, and pressed his palm onto Naruto's should. “Chisen Kinko!” he yelled, and there was a sound like a white-hot piece of metal being dunked in a water barrel. Naruto stopped cursing and screamed. When Jiraya removed his hand, there was a tattoo like a centipede's head. As they watched, it extended into a whole centipede, coiling in a ring around his arm.

 

`The shadow is creeping me out.' He thought, and repeated the process right under the centipede. This time, it left a small ball of darkness, which extended into a black ring tattoo.

 

`The dog is starting to kill my hearing.' Another jutsu, and a tattoo shaped like a dog biting his tail appeared under the darkness.

 

Every time Jiraya repeated the jutsu, another tattoo joined the others in coiling around Naruto's arm. A ring of swords followed the dog, and after that came a chain of monkeys formed into a loop. Then came a string of commas, and then a plain bumpy line finished it off. All in all, it looked like Naruto's left bicep had just received some serious tattoos.

 

Jiraya backed up, breathing heavily. “There. He should be fine now.” As if to confirm his words, Naruto opened his eyes.

 

“Uh… Oji-san? Why am I strapped down?” he asked.

 

“Jiraya, thank you for your help.” The Hokage said. “You can go now.”

 

Jiraya nodded. “It was a pleasure, Saru-sensei.” Then he left, giggling about research.

 

The Hokage turned his attention back to Naruto. “It's good to see you awake, Naruto-kun.” Naruto grinned in answer, though there seemed to be something different about it. Then it hit him: Naruto's eyes were closed. They had always been open when he smiled before, showing the depth of the happiness and joy inside the boy. But now they were closed.

 

“Could you all leave the room for a minute?” The Hokage asked, and the four acquiesced, though all with some amount of grumbling. Once they were all gone, the Hokage turned back to Naruto. “What's the matter, Naruto-kun?”

 

Naruto looked at him for a moment, then burst out into tears. Quickly, the Hokage released the restraints and grabbed Naruto in a hug. Naruto clung onto the Hokage as if he were a lifeline. In between sobs, Naruto gasped out, “Why did Fuguku-tou-san try to kill me? Why?!”

 

As the Hokage tried to think of a way to explain the reasoning of a power hungry bastard to a small boy, one thought crossed his mind. `Fuguku is having a slow, painful, public execution.' He struggled through explaining to Naruto what had happened, and how his bloodlines had gone crazy.

 

Naruto thought about everything the Hokage had just said, and translated it to “So Fuguku-tou-san is a big doo-doo head, and I can't use most of my powers because they're sealed into my arm.”

 

“Basically.”

 

“So how do I get them out?”

 

“You'll learn how eventually, Naruto-kun.” Naruto looked at him, and the Hokage said that that wouldn't fly today. “Okay, Naruto-kun. Has anyone ever told you about the Uzumaki clan?”

 

Waiting outside the infirmary, Ryusha was slowly finding her equilibrium once again. Naruto had recovered. If only Anko were ok. As if in answer to her silent prayers, a chunin rushed in. “Ryusha-sama! Anko-sama has been found!” In a flash, the Mitarashi matriarch was on her feet.

 

“Where is she?!”

 

Five minutes later, Ryusha was talking to a nurse outside of Anko's room in Konoha hospital. “Is my girl alright?” she asked, borderline hysterical.

 

“Anko will be fine.”

 

“Will be?! That means she wasn't! What exactly happened?!”

 

The nurse sighed, knowing that Ryusha wouldn't like what she was about to hear. “It appears Anko was kidnapped. She has scars on her arms, legs, and torso that I'm sure she didn't have before she was kidnapped. But most importantly, she had something like this on her neck.” She shoved a piece of paper into Ryusha's hands.

 

Ryusha stared at it, then it slid out of her limp fingers. The paper landed face up on the ground, showing a copy of Orochimaru's cursed heaven seal.

 

An hour later, the Hokage was presiding over the very public execution of Uchiha Fuguku. “Uchiha Fuguku, you have been charged with high treason. You have attempted to kill loyal leaf ninja, solely to expand your own power. You have been sentenced unanimously by the council to death by Katon jutsu. Do you have any last words?”

 

Fuguku opened his mouth, and the Hokage sensed a speech coming that would make him a martyr to the villagers, playing on their hatred of Naruto. He moved to forestall it. “No need. Your actions have spoken for you. When you tried to kill a leaf shinobi, your actions spoke for you. When you attempted to kill a small child, your actions spoke for you. When you were preparing to frame our most prominent clan for this crime, your actions spoke for you. Now you die a traitor's death.” The Hokage turned his back on Fuguku, and motioned for the executioner to come forward.

 

The executioner was an average looking man. He had brown hair, dark eyes, and a cruel set to his mouth that was to be expected of an executioner. He walked over to Fuguku, and bent over to tighten the ropes holding him to the stake so he couldn't escape. Or at least, that's what he appeared to be doing. In reality, the executioner was whispering in Fuguku's ear.

 

“Ku Ku Ku Ku. Do you want to survive this, Fuguku-kun?”