Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Henzuru ❯ Demon of the Shadow ( Chapter 4 )

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I don't own Full Metal Alchemist either.

 

A.N: This chapter is a combination of chapters 4 and 5 of the old one, with some major alterations.

 

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Demon of the Shadow

 

It had been one year since Naruto had died; well that's what everyone thought at least. The Chuunin Exams were coming up and the Teams were getting ready. It would be again held in Konoha, why I have no idea. There were also rumors of a new Village that would be participating this year. Some claimed that it was as old as Konoha, but no one believed them. I mean, how long could a ninja village go on without another village finding out about them?

 

Tsunade had been sitting at her desk thinking of both Naruto and the new village. She hoped that her brother was still alive, but everyday her hope lessened. The new village also proposed a problem. That problem was that no one knew anything about them, like what styles they used or how strong they were. The village was called the Village Hidden in the Shadows, or Kagegakure. Their leader was known as the Onikage, or demon shadow. On him there was some information, however little it was. Of course he was the strongest of the village, but what was surprising was that no target of him, no matter however strong, had ever gotten away. Her info also told her that he had taken an heir, but no information was to be had about whoever it was.

 

Her thoughts moved to what happened almost a year ago. She gritted her teeth as she thought of the red head. `If he died because of you or if you know anything that could cause him harm, I swear I will…' her thoughts were scattered as Sakura burst through the door.

 

“Tsunade-sama!” her student yelled. Tsunade had been teaching the pink-haired girl since just after Naruto disappeared. Sakura gulped when she saw the Godaime's annoyed expression. “Sumimasen sensei, but we found a foreign nin who fits the description of the one seen last year when Naruto vanished.”

 

Tsunade jumped up from behind her desk, a wild expression in her eyes. The thought of maybe finding something out about her little brother sparked something in her. “Where!? Bring his to me immediately!” the blond gambling addict roared.

 

“Hai Tsunade-sama.” She disappeared with a puff of smoke.

 

Tsunade stared at the door to her office with an expression, that had they seen it, would have made the ANBU guarding her door beg for a demotion to genin, and a loooooong vacation. “I have a lot of questions for you red-head.” Tsunaded started to laugh in a tone that would frighten Orochimaru himself.

 

Several miles away from Konoha, a certain red-haired demon sneezed. “Hmmm… someone must be talking about me. I hope its something good.” Kit Bikyuu, formerly known as Uzumaki Naruto, was currently swimming in the middle of the Kohaku River. He wasn't paying much attention, but he did notice that someone was coming a few moments before the person arrived. He may not have been paying attention, but his senses were still sharp enough to pick out anything that wasn't trying to hide its scent within fifty meters.

 

Since he had left, his senses had sharpened even more, and he could now accurately tell distances by one sense alone. While his lesser range was fifty meters, if he were trying to find something nothing within twenty km could escape him. He had also re-learned and perfected, no more than perfected every jutsu that both he and Kyuubi had known. He had also learned many new jutsus, some he was still working on.

 

A few months ago, he had been sent on a mission to the Hidden Alchemists Village. There he had learned the art of transmutation. He hadn't quite perfected that one, but he had mastered it, as was just as good as his teachers the Elrics. One of his senseis had been a short; well he was really Kit's height, blond man with a plaited ponytail going half way down his back. What was really strange was that his right arm and left leg had been mechanical. That and his brother was a suit of armor. He had been told that they were like that because they had attempted Human Transmutation, an expressly forbidden art. That was the cost paid for trying to bring some one ((their mother)) back to life. After hearing that and being told that much worse things could happen, as well as being forbid to even think about it, he had pushed the thought of Human Transmutation out of his mind.

 

Transmutation or Alchemy had been a simple trick for him because of his immense chakra, but it had taken a month to do it without wasting an enormous amount of energy. Before, even with his seemingly limitless reserves, he had only been able to do it about four times in one day. Now his limit was somewhere over a thousand, but of course he would never have to test that.

 

Kit sighed. He smelled two people coming towards him. Two people that he really didn't want to have to deal with right now. He knew he would have to eventually, he had just hoped that it would be a few days before then. He was here to take the Chuunin Exams. Where was his team you might ask? Well… he had no team. He had been sent here to take the test by himself; he had a letter asking the Hokage to allow it.

 

Oh well, whatever. He had better get out before they showed up. With one leap he had crossed to the far side of the river where his camp had been. Walking up to the fire he began to do some hand seals. When he finished purple chakra covered his body, solidifying into clothes. He was now wearing a deep red cloak, the hood resting on his back. It served two purposes. One was to store extra chakra, and the second was to keep people from accidentally touching one of his tails. ((Even if they couldn't see them, they could still be felt)) He had on black cargo pants and black tennis shoes. Beneath the cloak he wore a crimson T-shirt. On the back of the cloak was the same symbol from the back of one of his sensei's cloaks; only behind this one was a nine-point compass. Below the design were the words: Lord of the South, written in the language of the demons. On his hands he wore black fingerless gloves, so that he could use his claws if need be. He then pulled out his Hitai-ate ((Forehead protector)) and tied where it was supposed to go, on his forehead.

 

As you might have guessed he was from Kagegakure. Their forehead protectors were as black as a new moon's night and reflected no light. They also had no symbol carved into them. It was simply black, and that was how they were recognized. ((Later I'll tell how he got into Kagegakure, you'll just have to wait for now))

 

The moment he finished tying his Hitai-ate, both Kakashi and Sakura landed beside him. Kakashi looked him over and lazily said “The Hokage requests your presence.” He looked at the headband the boy was wearing. “Are you here to take the Chuunin Exam?” The boy turned to look at him, revealing two azure slitted eyes that contained so much power it rivaled the sennin's.

 

“Yes. I am here to represent the Shadow in the Exams.” He spoke with a voice that sounded mostly human, but there was also something in it that seemed to say that he also spoke in another, rougher, language. ((The demon language only sounds rough to humans. It's the same to them; human languages sound just as rough in their ears))

 

Sakura spoke up then. “Then where's your team?”

 

The boy turned to her, “I don't have one. I will be taking it by myself.”

 

Both Kakashi and Sakura stared dumbfounded at the boy before them. No one had ever taken the exam by himself or herself. Sure the last part was solo, but you needed a team for the second part.

 

Kakashi was the first to recover; “You will have to get Tsunade-sama's permission for that. You can do it while you are meeting with her. I believe she wanted to talk with you about something.”

 

“Ok than. Let's go. Oh wait one second.” As he clapped his hands together, both Leaf Nins got into a defensive position, clearly expecting an attack. Kit slammed his hands into the ground, purple chakra spreading out in the form of a circle. He slowly pulled his hands up, a katana rising up out of the ground beneath his hands. The sword had two colors, blue and brown; the blue on one side and brown on the other. When the chakra stopped sparking on the ground, the boy grinned in a way that was very familiar to them, only this grin revealed very sharp fangs. “By the way, my name is Kit Bikyuu, and this is my sword Niyousoken.” With that he strapped the sword across his back and began walking towards Konoha's gates, leaving Kakashi and Sakura to catch up.

 

A few minutes later Team 7 and their guest were walking through the streets of Konoha. Kit sniffed the air. He was looking for something and from the look on his face he had just found it. “Food!” he yelled, making a mad dash towards where his nose ((and memories)) told him the food was located. Seconds later he was ordering Miso Ramen at what had once been Naruto's favorite restaurant, Ichiraku.

 

Several minutes later, and twenty-eight bowls later Team 7 found Kit happily slurping away at yet another bowl of ramen. Sakura looked sadly upon the bar. Naruto had always come here. He had always eaten an unimaginable amount of the noodles here. She glanced over at the pile of bowls beside him. She did a double take. `There's no way that anyone besides Naruto could eat that much.'

 

Kakashi was thinking along the same lines when Kit shoved his seat back and yelled; “Gochisamadeshita!” ((Thanks for the meal)). He then pulled out his wallet and paid with something Kakashi had never seen anyone pay with before. Kit paid, not with cash, silver, or gold. No, he paid in diamonds. His whole wallet was filled with the clear gems. He passed one over to the awestruck owner. It was enough to buy out the store for several years, yet the boy acted as if it were nothing.

 

To tell the truth it wasn't. The Shadow had entire rooms in certain buildings that were made from it. So they weren't worth all that much in the Shadow, but they knew that they were quite valuable elsewhere.

 

“Well then. You said the Hokage wanted to see me? Then lead the way.” Kakashi just nodded, he couldn't seem to get his mouth to work.

 

So instead of saying something to him he told Sakura to go home and rest up. They would be doing some heavy training the next day.

 

As they approached the Hokage's Tower, Kit began to feel sick. It wasn't because of the food, his stomach could take anything. It was because of something in the foundations of the building itself that was making him feel sick.

 

Kit was a demon, so there were only a few things that could make him sick, and he knew what was causing it. Holy Water; He could smell it in the foundations. It was used to keep evil spirits away, yet in his case it had the unfortunate effect of making him sick to his stomach.

 

The other things that could make demons and spirits that way were priests and mikos, or anyone descended of ones of strong holy blood. They were among the people he hated the most; they seemed to enjoy making spirits sick. They flaunted it like…

 

Well, thankfully there weren't many of them left. But that didn't mean that Holy Water wasn't still around. All really old buildings and temples and large amounts of the stuff in their bases. The tower was no exception.

 

He began to shiver the closer they got to the tower. When he got to the door he looked like he was having a seizure. His guides looked worried. That was until he dashed past the doors and collapsed on the other side, shaking and muttering something about UnHoly Water. ((What demons called Holy Water))

 

Kakashi sighed and picked him up. The only reason that he was helping the boy was that the Hokage really wanted to see him. Well, that and it would look bad on Konoha if something bad happened to someone from another village outside of the Chuunin Exam. Konoha did not need another war. And nobody knew what the Shadow was capable of.

 

Kakashi knocked on the door to the office, desperately hoping that Tsunade was awake.

 

“Enter.”

 

Thank Kami she was. He walked in and placed the still shaking Kit on one of the couches in the room. When the Godaime raised an eyebrow at him after looking at the boy Kakashi explained everything that had happened from the time they met him to the present.

 

Suddenly Kit sat up and bit his lip, tasting the blood as it seeped into his mouth. It tasted sweet and was very calming, not as calming as the blood of something else, but still enough to counteract the effects of the water.

 

Tsunade shivered a bit when she saw a small amount of blood escape from his lips. She still hadn't gotten over her fear of blood. It was then that she took the time to look him over. He would be about Naruto's age and height. He had fiery-red hair and looked like he could be very strong. His eyes were… just like Naruto's. No one could have those same cerulean eyes. But they were slitted; Naruto's eyes were only like that when he was using the Kyuubi's chakra, but then they were that demonic red color.

 

“Sorry about that Baa-chan.”

 

Tsunade, who had lowered her head in thought, looked up sharply at what he had called her. “What did you just call me?”

 

Kit realized his slip up. “Well you are an old lady. Your genjustu isn't even half as good as it could be.”

 

`Did this boy just insult me!? How dare he!' Tsunade prided herself with her young age genjustu. Very few people had ever seen through it and no one had said anything about it being ineffective. She moved to punch him through the wall.

 

Her jaw dropped. He had caught her punch as if it were nothing. He had caught the same punch that would have sent Jiraiya flying.

 

Kit was getting uncomfortable with the Hokage staring at him like that. “What? I'm the Onikage's Heir. Oh, that's right. No one knew anything about me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kit Bikyuu. My hobbies are training, learning new jutsus, and having fun. My dream is to become stronger than my father, who by the way is not the Onikage, and to find a certain traitorous snake.”

 

“Nice to meet you…Kit. Now, mind telling me what that was about?”

 

“Sure! It was because of part of the building. You see some of us from Kagegakure have a small weakness to Holy Water. As you know it is used to ward off evil spirits and demons, but for some of us it makes us sick. I have a somewhat more severe reaction to the Water for some reason. It is usually cured with time and some rest.” Kit smiled.

 

Tsunade studied him for a few more moments. He was being honest, but she could also tell that he wasn't telling the whole truth. She would look into it later, but for now; “You were seen here exactly one year ago. That day was the same day that one Uzumaki Naruto disappeared. What's more, you were seen in the last place that he was known to be at. Do you have any explanation for this?” her voice held an edge of steel. Nothing would come between her and any possible news of her brother.

 

“Actually I do. I'm sure you've heard that Uchiha Sasuke had attacked Naruto's Team on that day. Sasuke had stabbed Naruto through the heart with a chidori and Naruto, rather that set Kyuubi free, completely destroyed himself with the last of his chakra. I had felt the shock wave and went to investigate. I was actually on a mission to find him and gather information on his demon so that we could finish his seal.” It was a huge lie and he knew it. “We knew that it wasn't finished because we were the ones that came up with the jutsu. How the fourth learned it we will never know. I'm sorry, but it seems that your little brother is no more.”

 

Tsunade slumped back in her seat. It couldn't be. Her brother couldn't be dead. But it seemed that one more precious person had died. `Naruto…' then with a sad voice she said; “Very well. You're free to go. The Chuunin Exam is in two days. Take your team and go to this hotel. Reservations have been made for you.”

 

“I'm sorry Tsunade-sama, but I have no team. I will be taking the Exam alone. Here is a letter explaining everything, signed by the Onikage.” He pulled out a scroll with the symbol of the Shadow marked on it and handed it over to the Godaime. He bowed and left, leaving a very sad Hokage to read over the scroll.

 

She read the scroll. She blinked and re-reads it. She then dropped the scroll, shocked. At the very bottom of the scroll was what she had waited twelve long months to her. Her little brother was alive.

 

One year ago, It read, we found one Uzumaki Naruto, lying on the ground close to death. We brought him to the Shadow and nursed him back to health. After words we trained him after hearing of his past. We already knew of the Kyuubi, and you should be happy to know that She is no more. That's right Kyuubi was a girl, and had very good reason to attack your village. I will not say what that reason is. That is up to her successor. Tsunade blanched at hearing that Kyuubi had a successor. The new Kyuubi no Kitsune is none other than her vessel, Uzumaki Naruto, who is now known as Kit Bikyuu. As far as we know he holds no grudge against the Leaf and will aid if a war comes to pass, though he will not hesitate to defend himself if attacked. I must warn you not to reveal any of this though. Naruto (Kit) asked me to tell only you.

 

As for taking on the Chuunin Exams by himself, he can do it easily. Our best ANBU and I have trained him. But if you must, you have my permission to put him on one of your teams.

Onikage of Kagegakure

Niko Sensui

 

`My little brother is alive!' tears of happiness streamed from her eyes. `So that was why he knew those things. But why didn't you tell me yourself? And why do you look like that? Is it a henge, or is it because of Kyuubi?' She would find out soon enough.

 

The next day Tsunade sent Kakashi to go find their guest from the Shadow. She would be placing him on one of the teams. She believed the Onikage about Kit's strength, but one of her teams was one short.

 

Most of the Rookie Nine were still Genin and would be taking the exam again this year. Shikamaru had passed the year before and Sasuke had gone to Orochimaru and was no longer a part of the Leaf. Sakura had been promoted to Chunin several months ago due to the fact that she was Tsunade's student.

 

That left one team with two members. It was Team10, which was Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, under Sarutobi Asuma. Even though Shikamaru was a Chuunin he was allowed to stay with his team, but he could not take part in the Exam again. Kit's coming was a very good thing for their team because the Exam required teams of three and Kit would be filling the third spot.

 

Currently Asuma was on a solo mission so she would have to get a replacement, and she knew exactly whom she wanted; Kakashi. He no longer had a team and had been looking to take on a new one, so for now he would substitute for Asuma. He had already been told this and was very glad to take them on as his new temporary team. He was surprised when she told him that Kit would be joining them, but had not argued with her. Who knew, he might be able to copy some new jutsu.

 

She was pulled from her thoughts as the door opened and a red headed Shadow-Nin's head popped into view. “You wanted to see me Baa-chan?”

 

She grimaced at being called an old woman but kept her temper, barely. “Yes I did, Naruto.” She added his name as an after thought and was pleased to see him jump at the name.

 

“Heh heh heh. So when did you figure out who I was? I knew you'd figure it out eventually, but I didn't think I was that obvious.”

 

Tsunade smiled wide. So he really was her little brother. She stood up and hugged him, tears coming from her eyes. “Oh Naruto. I've missed you so much!”

 

Kit stiffened for a moment before hugging her back; “I've missed you to, baa-chan.”

 

After a moment she shoved him away. “I expect you to tell me what happened sometime.”

 

“Fine, I'll tell you after the exam. Now, are you going to let me take it solo or are you going to put me on a team?”

 

“You will be taking it on a team. You remember that Shikamaru passed last year? Well that left his team this year one short, so you will be joining Team 10 as their third member. Their sensei Asuma is on a mission right now, so Kakashi will be your temporary sensei.”

 

Kit groaned; he really didn't want to have to deal with the silver-haired jounin. “You won't tell him who I am will you?” he asked suddenly.

 

“No I won't. I will leave that up to you, but the truth will come out sooner or later so…” she left the sentence hanging. “You should hurry up. Your team is waiting for you at their training grounds.”

 

Kit bowed; “Latter Baa-chan!” and disappeared in a swirl of purple chakra.

 

Tsunade sighed after he was gone. `He's finally back.'

 

At Team 10's training grounds, Ino was having a tantrum. “Where are they?! Sakura warned me about Kakashi, but I never thought that he'd be this late.” She fumed. “And where's our new member? Hokage-sama said he'd be here as well!”

 

There was a puff of smoke and there stood Kakashi who greeted them with his signature; “Yo.” He looked around and noted one person was missing. “You seem to be missing someone.” He knew that Shikamaru was on a mission with Asuma, so he wasn't talking about him. “Lets see… Ino, Choji and…”

 

He never had the chance to finish the sentence as a swirl of purple chakra appeared right in front of him. The chakra began to condense into the shape of a person. When the chakra settled Kit was standing in front of Kakashi; “I'm not late am I?” he looked over at Kakashi. `I guess that answers that question' Kakashi was infamous for his lateness, and if he were later than him, he was most definitely late.

 

Ino just stared at him. He was… Hot. Almost like Sasuke had been, except that this guy had a warm aura around him. One that said that anyone could be his friend.

 

Kakashi looked at him lazily. Tsunade had already told him that the Shadow Nin would be on his team. “Well, let's get this started shall we? I'm sure you two know each other but you know next to nothing about me, and none of us know anything about you.” He said pointing toward Kit. “So, introduction time. My name is Hatake Kakashi, my likes, hates and dreams are none of your business, but I have lots of hobbies. Now you.” He indicated Ino.

 

She stood and bowed; “My name is Yamanaka Ino. My likes are cute boys. My dream is to…” she blushed. “I HATE Forehead-Girl.” She spat the name as if it were diseased.

 

Kakashi sighed and pointed at Choji.”

 

Choji stayed sitting, eating his chips as always; “My name is ((Eating noise every two words)) Akimichi Choji. I like eating and food. My likes are my friends Shikamaru and Ino. My dream is to one day open an all you can eat steak house. I dislike people who call others fat and pick on people because of their size.”

 

Kakashi nodded. He had been expecting something like that. “Last is you.” He waved at Kit.

 

Kit kept his eyes closed as if he were sleeping and stayed reclined against a tree. “My name is Kit Bikyuu. I like training and learning new jutsu. My dream is to become the Onikage of Kagegakure.” Everyone frowned at that. Not because they didn't like the idea, but because it reminded them of their lost friend. Kit paid them no mind; “I hate people who hate others without reason and without really knowing who they hate.” He said with finality. “Another thing is that I have triple rank.” Everyone raised an eyebrow at that. Kit explained. “Your villages haven't known about my village before this year. There is also another village that has been hidden as well that the Shadow has an alliance with. Everyone in the Shadow has two ranks, one for our village and one for the other village. Out here, we are considered genin.” Kakashi nodded in understanding. “In the other village, The Hidden Village of Alchemists, I am a Jounin. I won't tell you about any of my jutsu right now so don't bother asking, most are top secret. Any way, in my village I am one of the three Sanin.” All of their jaws dropped at that. They had someone that was considered a Sanin, even if it was in his own village, on their team!

 

Kakashi was the first to recover; “Well, these two have already passed the real genin test, but you still have to prove it to me. And if you are a Sanin like you say, you should have no problem taking this bell from me.” He said holding up a small silver bell. “And as a show of my respect I will even use this.” He said revealing his Sharingan.

 

To say the least he was shocked when Kit started laughing. “That's nice and all, but it wont work. I will be using my own blood lines so you can't copy them.” As if to prove his point his cloak shifted as one of his tails shot out, knocking Kakashi back several feet. To everyone else it looked like he had used the wind to attack.

 

Kakashi grinned and pulled out several shuriken and hurled them at Kit, who didn't even bother getting out of the way. The shuriken struck his dead on, but didn't pierce his skin. Kit cursed; “Damn, I don't have that seal on high enough.” He was a demon after all. A simple shuriken would never pierce his skin unless he upped the strength of his power limiter. His opponent looked at him confused. “Never mind.” And began making seals. “Fox Skill: Sixth Binding!” he yelled as six of his tails shot out and wrapped around both of Kakashi's arms and legs. The other two wrapped around his waist and neck.

 

Struggle as he might, Kakashi could not move. As he struggled he noticed something. Whatever was holding him was physical, it wasn't a jutsu. Second was that whatever was holding him was furry. And third was that not even his Sharingan could break the genjutsu that hid what bound him. `It must be his Bloodline Limit. Too bad I can't copy it.' suddenly he was free to move again, and he no longer had the bells on him. He started searching his belt for them when a ringing brought his gaze to Kit who was jingling them in front of his face with a stupid grin on his face. “Very good. You pass. Meet us here tomorrow at 0700 hours. Don't be late.”

 

Kit mumbled under his breath; “You should follow your own advice, pervert.”

 

Both he and his sensei poofed out of sight a few seconds later, as their unseen guest joined the other two genin. It was Hyuuga Neji. He was rubbing his eyes as he joined the other two. “I must be seeing things.”

 

Ino looked at him; “What do you mean? Sure he beat Kakashi, but that's not surprising as he is a Sennin in his own country.”

 

Neji glared at her; “That's not what I meant. That boy… He had one hundred and twenty-eight tenketsus, twice as many as anyone else.” He paused and then continued; “Another weird thing was his Inner Coils. It looked like he had two sets, one that spiraled right and one that went left. But all of this is impossible. That's why I say that I'm seeing things.”

 

The others remained silent. All of them had the same thing on their mind; who or what was their new teammate.

 

In the Sound Nation, a frantic Chuunin raced through the halls of the Otokage Base. He rushed toward where Orochimaru and Sasuke were planning the takeover of Konoha. He ran through the door and was immediately pinned to the wall.

 

“I thought I made it very clear that we were not to be disturbed.” Orochimaru hissed.

 

“I have very important news for Sasuke-sama!” the Chuunin managed to get out.

 

Sasuke got up and slowly walked over to the petrified Nin. He secretly felt sorry for him; he would die no matter how important his news was. “What is so important that you would disobey a direct order form the Otokage to tell me?”

 

The pinned Nin gulped; “Remember that shockwave last year?”

 

Sasuke nodded and motioned for him to continue.

 

“Well, a ninja from an unknown village just entered Konoha with a chakra signature the perfectly matches that of the wave.”

 

As soon as the words left his lips he was again slammed against the wall; “You'd better think about what you just told me.” Sasuke threatened. “Are you sure that his chakra matches the wave?”

 

“H-hai S-Sasuke-sama. W-we're sure it's him.”

 

Sasuke dropped him on the floor and turned his back to the unfortunate Nin. “You had better be right or you will be begging to die by the time I'm done with you.” The Nin just nodded before scrambling out of the room.

 

“So, you were right. He survived. Do you know what that other power was that he came in contact with?” asked Orochimaru.

 

“No, I don't. And I don't care. I will kill him either way. He got away last time because I was too quick in my judgment, but this time I won't make the same mistake.”

 

Orochimaru nodded; “You know that the Chuunin exams are coming up in Konoha? That would be the perfect time to carry out our plan. You can finally kill him, and I can take over the Leaf. We will change how we look and take part in the exams ourselves.”

 

“We? You mean that you are entering as well?”

 

“Yes. It has gotten too boring around here and I want to see some blood.”

 

“I understand.”

 

Sasuke and Orochimaru went back to their plans, altering them because of what they had just heard.

 

Several hours later Kit was standing in the middle of one of the training grounds, staring at the full moon. He jumped to the top of the tallest tree he could see and got a far away look in his eyes as he remembered what happened over the past year.