Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Final Straw ❯ Aoikaze ( Chapter 4 )

Kuroi-Yasha: Well, here we finally are. Chapter 4 up and ready for your enjoyment. So…enjoy?

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I DON'T IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM OWN NARUTO. Only some merchandise, and the OC's you see in the story.

Final Straw
By: Kuroi-Yasha
Chapter 4: Aoikaze

Lie! Lie to my face.
Tell me it ain't no thing, that's what I wanna hear.
Take, your lie to the grave.
That's what an old friend told me look what it did for him.

- 3's and 7's by Queens of the Stone Age

Silence reigned over the dank corridors. Even the usual dripping sound of water was mysteriously missing and gave the depressing area an even more foreboding atmosphere. It was here that twin globes of fiery crimson stared down at the shaking form of a blond haired boy. Neither spoke, one from the fear and shock that was currently rampaging his system and the other from mere disinterest; as a powerful demon the Kyuubi no Youko was not impressed. The blond that had imprisoned him must have been stupider than the Kyuubi had imagined. Despite his utter hatred for the man that had imprisoned him, he held a grudging respect for the man that had defeated him.

This child however…

The Fox let a snarl escape him as a tail shot through the bars of the seal and captured the quivering boy. Again the boy began to scream, a horrible frightened shriek more fitting of a banshee or perhaps a bat-youkai than a mere human child. Ignoring the screams of the frightened child he slowly enveloped him more with the furry appendage. Reacting out of instinct the young Naruto did what almost anyone in his position would do, he bit the tail. The action was about as effect as a flea biting an elephant, in his defense young Naruto did posses some sharp teeth. Squeezing slightly harder than necessary the fox gave the child the message that he did not particularly enjoy being bitten.

“Silence your pitiful cries whelp!”

More out of fear and shock that such a creature could speak than actual obedience, Naruto clamped his mouth shut. Again the Kyuubi squeezed his young container, except this time a rush of warmth flooded through the boy.

Outside the medics could only marvel in horrified awe as the poison that they'd slipped into the comatose Naruto's IV began to seep out of his skin. They didn't marvel long as the ANBU guard quickly restrained them.

Inside, the Kyuubi growled at the medics underhanded attempts to kill his host. As a demon lord he did not fear death, but he'd be damned if he was going to be killed while his host's body was defenseless. Having taken care of the problem the kitsune-lord released his container before turning his back and slinking back into the confines of his cage.

“Begone from here whelp, you have no business with me and I have none with weaklings.”

“WHO ARE YOU CALLING WEAK KEGAWABORU?! (Meant to be Fur ball, my dictionary sucks though so this might be wrong.).” The blond yelled more out of instinct at being insulted than actually caring about dealing with the fox-lord. His brazen insult of the demon did not go unnoticed though and the fox instantly rounded on the boy.

“YOU DARE INSULT ME NINGEN?!” The fox-lord bellowed as he unleashed a blast of killing intent at the rebellious blond.

Despite the power and hatred that washed over Naruto, he managed to hold his ground and stare unblinkingly at the furious youko. “Yeah I do, and I'll insult you all I want you bastard kitsune! You killed a lot of people and my parents too! Now I find you stuck in me so I'll yell at you all I please!”

To say that the Kyuubi was shocked would be an understatement, yet he showed none of it as he turned a critical eye towards the furious blond child. Leaning down to be at eye level with the tiny blond, crimson met azure. “Very well kit. What do you want?”

Naruto looked at the fox in surprise before focusing on the demon lord. “I want to know everything. I want to know why you attacked, and why you're inside me.”

The fox stared at the boy before rising and turning, then slowly walking into the reassess of his cage. “Your idiot of a father locked me inside of you during the attack. As for attacking your village I did it because it was in my way.”

The young boy could only gape with shock at the information the demon had given him. His father did this? Then that meant, “I-I'm the Yondaime's s-son?”

The Kyuubi only chuckled at the blond, “Yes, that fool sacrificed himself to stop me as his final gambit. Much good it did him:everyone loves him but hates you.” Naruto could only lower his head as the Kyuubi's eyes reemerged in the cage. “Some father huh?”

The jab had its desired effect as Naruto glared at the fox, “SHUT UP! YOU'RE JUST MAD 'CAUSE OTOU-SAN KICKED YOUR ASS!”

The kitsune merely snorted as it turned from the young blond for the third time. “Regardless, I've grown tired of your presence.” The fox's footsteps could be heard as he retreated, “Oh, and I'd keep your heritage to yourself if I were you. Never know who will want to kill you.Your father had many enemies… much more in this village than in others. Have fun…” Naruto could only stare into the darkness as the Kyuubi's laughter filled his mind as consciousness began to return.

~-~-~-~

'Get your head out of your ass kit and watch where you're going!'

Startled, Naruto was shaken from his reminiscing by the harsh bark of a tree as his body forcefully introduced itself to the ancient oak. 'Memo to self… kill the fox.' The azure eyed boy grumbled as he slowly rose to his feet. In all truth he was just taking out his anger on his resident, and it was unfair to blame him for his own unawareness, but it made him feel better to blame someone other than himself. A sudden explosion and spike of chakra informed him that he'd gotten closer to the battle than he would have liked. Gazing over the seas of Wave he caught sight of what he believed were the Konoha-nin that were currently protecting one `Tazuna the bridge builder'. The mist was thick, but was clearly caused by a jutsu.

Smirking, the golden-haired youth's features sharpened a bit and became slightly more feral, but the changes were very inconspicuous to someone who didn't know him well. Slowly, the fog began to disappear from his view as his eyes took on a crimson hue to allow the figures on the bridge to come into view as if he was no more than 10 yards away rather than the kilometer he was. There were more present than he'd expected; there were five visible males, one being the Demon of the Blood Mist, Momochi Zabuza. The other four he did not know, but their headbands indicated that they were Konoha-nin. He could also make out the outline of who he assumed was Zabuza's target being protected by one of the younger males and one of the three visible females.

'Pink eh? I wonder…' All perversion aside however the blond could see movement in two different directions. To his left was Zabuza who was currently engaged in combat with who he assumed were the team leaders of the Konoha-nin. To his right he could see a… well… Naruto sweat dropped as he saw what was suppose to be a battle? 'Looks more like the black haired one is getting his ass handed to him by the Hunter. I wonder why the other two aren't helping him.' The answer became obvious when the Hunter-nin gave a particularly fierce blow that knocked the raven-haired youth a great deals away and was followed by a loud screech of “SASUKE-KUN!!”,as the other two simultaneously attacked the green wearing Hunter. These two, it seemed, were fairing better and were indeed somewhat of a challenge for the masked-nin as it was forced to draw a series of thin senbon needles. This put a sort of hamper on the brown haired ninken. The blue haired female was unaffected however as she skillfully dodged the masked-nin's deadly projectiles and proceeded to engage her opponent in a fierce display of masterful taijutsu.

'Beautiful…'

That was all that came to his mind as he watched the battle. The blue haired woman moved with the finesse of a dancer; she would dip, curve, and bend out of the way of her opponent. Likewise, the hunter was a refined fighter whose movements could only be described as sharp but certainly not choppy with too much rigidness; it was almost like the quick snaps of thin ice being broken which made prediction of movement difficult. This truly was a match of skill and power; he felt he could have watched this battle for days, even months and not regret the time that passed. Unfortunately all good things must end, and as such the match was quickly decided as the masked-nin unleashed a very complex kekkei genkai that involved elemental manipulation and surrounded the blue and brown haired Konoha-nin in crystalline mirrors of chakra infused ice.

'Kit… that isn't natural… I sense…'

The blond nodded to his inner-demon as he watched as the Hunter-nin proceeded to impale both Konoha-nin with several senbon, downing the brown haired boy with a well aimed needle and disabling his canine companion by forcing the boy to use his own body as a shield to protect the small dog. The blue haired girl however refused to give up and was currently dogging needles to the best of her ability and attacking the mirrors of ice, doing slight damage from the blasts of concentrated chakra that she released in bursts from her palms. 'Jyuuken.' Naruto frowned as the word came into his head, how did he know the name of an attack that he'd never seen before? Casting that thought aside however it was clear that the blue haired kunoichi had no chance of defeating the masked hunter anymore, and it was only a matter of time before it was over. 'I've got to save her. I can't let her…' He froze as the thought passed through his head and was processed. Why should he care what happened to this girl? He didn't know her, and there was really no point in revealing himself ahead of schedule to save some kunoichi that he did not know. So… why do I feel…' His thoughts however came to an abrupt stop as a spike of chakra came from his left followed by the sound of thousands of chirping birds and a radiant blue flash of lightning.

'Chidori: Created by morphing one's chakra into positive and negative currents, resulting in an electrical discharge. Taking said discharge one increased the amplitude of the charge by forcing an even more powerful negative burst into it, keeping it reinforced and stable with occasional and controlled pulses of a positive charge. Current chakra required to execute attack: 10 percent normal, 2 percent youki.'

That was even more mystifying. Now, not only did he know the name of the attack and how to perform it, but also the amount and type of chakra he needed to perform it. Now all that was missing was the hand-signs and he'd have virtually copied the move. 'Kyuubi?' He questioned, but received nothing but a dark chuckle in response. Deciding that it was probably for the best if he questioned the fox later, he focused on the current problem. The silver-haired Konoha-nin would kill Zabuza within the minute which would in actuality help his plans, but he knew the hunter would interfere and get himself/herself killed, and he just couldn't have that. 'Such talent would be wasted… not to mention…' No, he'd have no choice but to intercept the attack and deflect it. The problem however was that he couldn't be revealed as he was right now because if he did, all of his plans would be completely in-salvageable and there would be no point in returning to Konoha.

'Heh, you're in quite a bind kit aren't you?'

The blond scoffed at the kitsune-lord, 'Hai, but I don't suppose you'll be able to help me would you?' There was silence following his plea/request. He was just about to give up and cancel his plans when the demon spoke.

'Why don't you use him?'

Naruto's eyes widened at the fox's question. 'Baka! There is no way I can… I don't even… How am I…'

The fox's dark chuckle was all the reply that he received as a sharp pain erupted in his head and flashes of memories and other vision's ran thru his mind. 'A gift… use it well kit. And remember, the ones that hold the eyes of the thief are what I want. Kill them all; for remember, despite being unattainable, the cloud's will always be at the mercy of the wind.'

Slowly the blond rose as he felt two other large chakra entities make themselves known. 'Arigatou…'

~-~-~-~

It was almost over. It had been a hard fought battle, but it seemed that they finally had the upper hand. Zabuza and his Hunter-nin accomplice had given them a tough time, tougher than it should have actually been considering that they outnumbered them three and a half to one. Despite that odds, it seemed that quality was clearly in their opponents' corner. Regardless, they were only human, and as such had made a fatal mistake: they had become overconfident.

“IT'S OVER ZABUZA! CHIDORI!”

What happened next was both unprecedented and unimaginable in their respective rights. As the deathblow came within inches of the Demon of the Bloody Mist's heart, it was abruptly stopped as thick threads wrapped themselves around the Hatake's wrist and sharply pulled him away from his target and into a razor-like tail that severed the unfortunate nin in half. Or it would have at least, had the gray-nin not used a hastily executed Kawamari jutsu and had an unfortunate barrel take his place. Even so, the Jounin could not prevent the grunt of pain that escaped him as a large amount of his lifeblood began to leave him from the large gash that ran across his abdomen joining the identical, but shallower, wound that had lead to Zabuza's would be death.

“Yare yare! It would seem that the Copy-nin Hatake Kakashi is as resourceful as they claim.”

“Yes, it is no wonder he is worth eight million ryo. I was weary of whether or not this expedition of yours would prove fruitful, now I can see that my time was not mismanaged.”

All the combatants on the field paused in their respective fights to gaze upon the two intruders who had effortlessly downed the one warrior that was the hope and bane of their current missions. They were an odd pair indeed. The one that had tangled the silver-haired Jounin was tall, with a mask that covered his face similar to that off Kakashi's, but had more of a vampire-ish appearance. His eyes were a dark crimson, and his head was covered by a large straw hat that barely revealed what could only be another mask beneath the first one. The other was shorter, with a hunchback. Like his companion he also wore a mask, except this one had more of the appearance of a muzzle built for a human. His fiery red hair was the second most detail that drew notice to him while the first was the large tail that had emerged and disappeared quickly after being used. The only thing they both had in common were the twin set of dark cloaks with red clouds, and the same identical straw hats.

“Despite this, new occurrence… bare in mind that we are here to capture the child with the kori kekkie genkai (Ice Blood Limit). After we have achieved this, feel free to indulge yourself in gathering your… trophies. Is that clear Kakuzu?” The hunchbacked red head questioned.

Scoffing, the taller one, Kakuzu, nodded as he advanced on the Hunter-nin. “Hai. I'll get the brat, you just deal with the rest of them Sasori.”

Before even so much as a breath could be taken, the mirrors that surrounded the Hyuuga heiress and the incapacitated ninken were shattered revealing a sprawled and dazed Hunter-nin. 'Baka… na… (Impossible)' The same thought ran through the heads of the Hunter, the Prodigy and the Avenger. Leaping back to its feet, the Hunter quickly unleashed a furry of senbon at the tall supposed abductor. Like they were nothing more than annoying flies rather than razor sharp implements of death the crimson-eyed Kakuzu batted them from his path as he unleashed a string of dark threads.

'Zabuza-sama… gomen. It seems that this is the end…'

“KAITEN!!” A protective barrier of pure chakra was all that saved the young Haku from certain capture. “N-nani…?” Slowly, as the barrier receded, the dark haired Hunter-nin was able to turn and face her savior, the blue haired Hyuuga heiress. “Why? Why did you save me?”

Haku couldn't keep the surprise and shock hidden when in response the panting Hyuuga female gave a small smile. “Well, doesn't the saying go: 'My enemy's enemies are my friends'?”

“Hai, but I don't think that has any meaning in this situation.”

“Heh… I guess you're right, but hey, if anyone is going to beat you, it's going to be me. Got that?” Haku was speechless, never before had she been shown such kindness, with the exception of Zabuza-sama that is. Slowly a small smile graced Haku's hidden features.

“Hai. Let's do our best…”

“…Or die trying!”

~-~-~

'Kuso! Why now?!' The young tokubetsu-jounin cursed as she was forced to evade another whip from her cloaked adversary, Sasori. 'This guy… he isn't normal.' Cursing herself again as she barely avoided certain death by the skin of her teeth she leapt back a safe distance before she began to blur thru a series of hand signs, “Suiton: Taifuu no Ryuu!( Water Style: Dragon Typhoon)” Gathering the water around her, she hastily unleashed a torrent of dragons at the mysterious, but dangerous nuke-nin that impacted with a tremendous crash, completely destroying a section of the bridge. As the dust settled from the attack, there was nothing left of the cloud wearing nin other than shred's of his hat. Letting out a sigh of relief the young jounin made a hasty beeline for her injured senpai and the currently incapacitated Zabuza.

“KATSURAGI!!”

That was all the warning she got before she felt something pierce her body. “N-nani…?” She questioned as she looked down at the intrusive piece of metal that was poking out of her abdomen, “Oh…” Were the last words that escaped her lips before she collapsed onto her knees shortly before impacting with the ground. 'G-gomen… Na-ru…to…'

“Well, that's one down. Hm, a virtually crippled man, and an unconscious one, I seem to have received the shorter end of the stick. Regardless, now I shall merely eliminate you and Zabuza-san and collect the reward from Gato. That should shut Kakuzu up for a while.” Sasori mumbled as he approached the downed ex-ANBU. “It is a shame to kill one such as yourself in such a dishonorable manner completely unbefitting of a man of your former caliber. You have my condolences.” Slowly the red-head raised his tail as he prepared to deliver his death blow. “Sayonara, Sharingan Kakashi.”

'Obito… Sensei… Outo-san… gomen.'

CLANK

“Keh, you talk a lot of smack for a weakling.” The Zanbatou wielding missing-nin taunted as his blade was all that stood between Kakashi and an early grave.

“Oh? Still able to move? I admit I might have underestimated your tenacity. However…” The charcoal haired kiri-nin received no warning. Again another fighter on the bridge was caught off guard and looked down to see a second smaller tail impaled thru his chest cavity, “Your stupidity is second to none. And to think Kisame held you in such high regard… oh?” The ex-Suna nin raised an eyebrow as a large gash appeared on his chest. Stepping back Sasori examined the damage done, in the end it was no more than a shallow wound, but still…

“It'll take more than that to…” Zabuza never got to finish as the words died in his throat. 'What, happened…?' Was the last thought that ran thru Zabuza's mind as his head slid from his shoulders. The dark eyed Sasori merely glared at the decapitated body that slowly fell to the ground, “Confident banter is reserved for the victor.” He growled as he kicked the severed head of his former opponent to the side. Turning he eyed the now downcast Hatake.

“Well, let us resume where we left off, ne?”

“You… you're a monster. A blood thirsty murderer. Do you feel nothing for the life you ended?”

“Hm? Are your gray hairs not just for show? If I recall, I killed two people.” Turning his head to the side, he caught slight movement. Taking his chance, the young Jounin quickly put distance between himself and the homicidal blood-head, “Hm, it would seem that you are correct. Regardless I'll deal with her after I take your head, after all our organization does require funds.”

“Organization? Who do you work for? Aren't you Gato's?”

“Hm? Oh! You mean the fat one. I found him unpleasant and underfunded, so we dealt with him. No I don't think it matters who we work for or with, as long as I achieve my goals, then I will eliminate all that interfere.”

“Goals? You're not after the complete domination of the elemental countries?”

“Such a cliqué goal. No, my goal is much simpler: 'The Perfect Puppet'. And what better to use than a human? I wonder how well your body will endure.”

“M-Monster! You're worse than trash; creatures like you don't even deserve to be called human anymore!”

“You may call me as you see fit, regardless, I did what I had to in order to ensure that my goals were accomplished. Was he not the same? Are you not the same? In the end we are nothing but tools, but like tools there will always be superior ones.”

“You're despicable. I… I won't let you get away. YOU'LL PAY! CHIDORI!” The silver haired nin roared as he leapt at his opponent with a newfound determination.

“Baka, so be it, join Zabuza in hell!” The red head growled as he fired several clawed and spiked appendages and projectiles at the charging gray haired Hatake.

“DIE!!” Both combatants yelled as their attacks collided. And a blur of blue and yellow stood between them.

“B-Baka na… Y-You're dead!”

“Sensei…”

There between both combatants holding both attacks millimeters from impact stood a tall blond man, his sun colored hair tossed about in unruly spikes and cold aqua eyes that radiated power. Gone was his signature cloak and headband, replaced instead with a protector with a whirl in its center, his cloak a darker black that matched that of Sasori, but with blue swirls and curves another whirl again in the center of the back of the cloak, giving the impression of a rampaging storm. Slowly the frosty eyes of the blond turned to face Sasori.

“Akatsuki, surrender at once and leave or I shall be forced to eliminate you prematurely.”

The words that the blond spoke were soft, yet laced with undeniable threat and power. Deciding against tempting fate at the current distance, the ex-Suna nin leapt back from his opponent, “Oh really? Pardon me if I don't believe…” Again the underhanded red-head lashed out at his unprepared opponent; this time however, instead of impacting with the target, the red-haired Akatsuki member was met with a bright flash of yellow and was forced to use a mizu-bunshin to avoid his premature death as a violent perfect sphere of pure chakra decimated his clone. 'K-kuso… this… this is…' Jumping clear over the blond and landing in front of his stitched together ally, he quickly kicked aside the pathetic stalling technique of the Uchiha, the Aburame and the trembling Haruno.

“Kakuzu! We leave now! Forget the child we must report to Leader-sama about this new development!”

Cursing, the thread-nin cast a look around for at least the head of the decapitated Kiri-nin, but finding it out of reach settled for his blade.

“Akatsuki.” Both members froze as a flash of yellow appeared in front of them, “Take this message to your leader: 'Even the largest of clouds is no more than a slave to the mighty wind.' Your days are numbered, Aoikaze (Blue Wind) has come.”

~-~-~-~

The battle had reached an unexpected (and anti-climatic) conclusion, but not an unwelcome one. After giving his warning the Yondaime disappeared without so much as a word, leaving a confused and somewhat depressed Kakashi. So far, the young faux-Hunter was taking the death of her master and father figure quite hard, and it had taken the combined effort of teams seven and eight to stop her from killing herself. That had also been a slight surprise in and on itself; no one had really expected for the skilled hunter to be a huntress. Hinata and the mostly incapacitated Katsuragi had taken a huge offense to the news. None the less, things went back to there tense normalcy between the Uchiha survivor and the Hyuuga princess, leaving a confused Haku who was told that she was better off not knowing.

Finally, a week later, the time had come to leave with a slightly saddened group of Konoha-nin and a gloomy ice-princess as she had been dubbed by Kiba after he had not so subtly tried to hit on her and received a very well placed kick in return. Looking back at the village, one Katsuragi Yume sighed sadly as she followed the her temporary team and allies to the gates of the bridge after being given a celebration for freeing Wave from the iron fist of Gato. 'So you weren't here after all, huh Naruto-kun?' Sighing again, she forced a smile as the Hyuuga heiress showed her the flowers that the people of Wave had given them when she ran into the firm form of her senpai (and former secret crush) Hatake Kakashi.

“Kakashi-senpai? Is something the…?” A sudden crashing of glass to her left startled her as she turned to see a pale Hinata.

“Hinata-chan?”

“I-it's a dream…”

“What is it…? Hinata-chan, Hatake-senpai?”

Peering around the stiff Hatake, Yume caught sight of a dark black and silver outfit.

“OHAYO!”

The voice caused all who knew it to freeze because there before them, smiling, was a young man. His untidy blond hair was set in spikes that flared all around his head, his crystal clear azure eyes were shining with happiness with thin scars on his cheeks that resembled whiskers running on the edges of his face. Truly, nothing had changed about the boy except for a few feet in growth and his dark outfit, and the strange forehead protector he wore.

“Hey guys, it's nice to meet cha'! My name is Naruto Uzumaki, also formerly known as the Nine-tailed demon Maverick of Konohagakure. It's a pleasure to be traveling back to that hell hole with all of you! Please treat me better than they did or I'll have to gut you like fish!” The kind smile never left his lips, but his eyes took on a darker hue. Naruto had returned.

Kuroi-Yasha: Well, that's it for chapter 4. I know, not that great of an ending. Well, actually this is the sixth time I've re-written this chapter, and I'm still not happy. But I'm out of time, and I can only hope you guys enjoyed at least part of the chapter.

I'd like to take this time and thank all the people who gave me such wonderful reviews as well as respond to some of them. So firstly lets get thru with the responces,

 

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Now, next chapter will be up in about (you guessed it!) a month. Unfortunately I am a ungodly slow writer and am very prone to writers block. However if I get lots of reviews I shall force my sorry lazy ass to write faster and longer. Next chapter will be at least 5k words, so you won't be disappointed and I'll also include a nice little intro as always. Well next chapter will be all Naruto and Hinata, and Naruto's long awaited return. Also I'll give an explanation on Naruto's power and other fun stuff. See you all soon!

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