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Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf	By : Pokemaster12 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 8578 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Chapter 6: First kill

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"W-what?" Naruto asked, shock evident in his voice. "You want me to kill someone?" He knew as a shinobi he would eventually have to kill, if not in an assassination than in self-defense at least. But he had not expected to kill until "after" he became a shinobi.
"Naruto-kun, you're going to be a shinobi," she said as gently as possible,there was no way to truly sugar coat this. "As a shinobi, your village will eventually call upon you to kill. Unfortunately, there is no true way to prepare you to take another person's life, except for doing the deed yourself."
"B-but why do you want me to kill now?" truth be told, the thought of killing someone else terrified him.
"Because I think it would be better if you were to get this out of the way now, rather than wait until you're on an important mission. Most humans freeze up during their first kill, and that can easily get you and your team killed."
"So you want me to kill someone in a controlled environment?" asked Naruto, trying to understand what she wanted.
"As controlled as possible at least,"Akane said with a shrug. "This way, if necessary, I can take control of your body if you freeze up and go somewhere safe."
"I – I see your point," he said at last. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, this was something he knew he would deal with eventually. "Ok, how will we do this?"
"We'll leave tonight…"

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

It was later in the night and Naruto was getting dressed in an outfit that no one in the village would ever suspect he had. Basic ninja gear similar to that of the Anbu, sturdy black cargo pants, a black sleeveless shirt, two black armbands, black shinobi sandals, a black face mask that covered half his face from the nose down and all of his neck, black gloves and matte black shin and wrist guards. He had gotten them two months ago by using Akane's chakra to shape shift, a demonic ability to literally transform into someone else, to turn into a different person and buy them from on the higher quality shinobi stores.
There were two kunai holsters strapped to his thighs, one on the left and another on the right. On the back was another holster, only this one was holding a basic sealing scroll. Strapped across his back was a ninja-to, a short sword with a straight blade and square Tsuba, it was the standard ninja sword that most Anbu used. He had grabbed it from his parents' house since he felt it may prove useful.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu," Naruto muttered as he put his fingers into a ram sign. A single clone phased into existence, without a puff of smoke to show it had been created. It was a testament to how well Naruto could control his vast reserves of chakra.
Ready Naruto-kun?" asked Akane.
Naruto placed his hands on the clones shoulder, "ready?" he felt Akane begin to pour her youki into the clone to reinforce it. The pair had learned early on that if they did this, not only would the clone last longer, but it could actually take a few hits before being dispersed. It had proven incredibly useful for sparring.
"I've given it about one tail's worth, so it should last for a month give or take a few days,"Akane said. "It shouldn't take that long for you to find a bandit camp of some kind, they are usually scattered all throughout Hi No Kuni."
"Right, I guess it's time to get going then." Naruto made his way outside and closed the door, then took to the roofs where he began to jump towards the north gate. When he got there, it was to see two chunin guarding the gates.
He wondered what the best way to get past them would be. He had to be unnoticed, it wouldn't do for the Hokage to be alerted that he was leaving the village. Despite being mass hated, he was still a Jinchūrikki and the Hokage and his ninja knew that he acted like a large deterrent. Something along the lines of fuck with us and we'll let our demon loose on you. Or something like that.
It only took a moment for him to come up with a plan, using his perfect chakra control to create a kage bunshin without any extra chakra being expelled to alert the chunin. Already knowing the plan the clone leapt down to the street and used the standard henge to turn into a crimson furred fox. Normally he would have used Akane's shape shifting abilities, but since they were only chunin had deemed it a waist as they were unlikely to be able to tell when someone was using a henge. That was mostly a jonin skill.
The clone revealed itself to the chunin, who the moment they looked at it got angry looks on their faces and began to chase the fox who yipped and ran away. "Idiots," Naruto shook his head at the display of stupidity and hatred they had shone as he dropped down from the building. He channeled a minuscule amount of chakra to his feet, in order to cushion his fall and ensure that he dropped to the ground silently. It was times like these he was thankful for Akane grinding him on his chakra control, as he made his way into the alley and looked out.
There was no one around him, sending a mild pulse of chakra out in an expanded radius of fifty feet he determined that there were no ninja in the area either. Naruto put on a burst of speed as he ran through the North gate, which stayed open all night in case a squad of ANBU or any of the elite ninja came in late from a mission during the night.
Naruto looked around as he sped along the road, checking his surroundings for only a moment before sending chakra to his legs. He jumped into the trees over to his left and began hopping from tree branch to tree branch.
He had to admit, as he hopped through the trees, that there was something exhilarating about being outside of the village for the first time. It didn't look all that different from being in village, with the exception that there were no buildings around him now, but it was more of the feeling of being outside of the only place he had ever known. The sudden freedom that came with knowing he could do what ever he wanted and go where ever he wanted that got him excited.
"Try not to get caught up in the excitement Naruto-kun," Akane chided.
"Hehe, sorry about that," Naruto said, feeling a little sheepish. "I'm just so excited to finally be out of the village, even if it's only for a little while."
"That's ok, it's good that your excited," truth be told she was glad that despite all that happened to him in the past and Naruto's growing maturity, that he could still act like an excited child. "Just remember that your actually here for a reason. Now, I think we're far enough away from Konoha. Head ground-side and stop for now."
Naruto didn't question her as he dropped to the ground and waited for more instructions. "sit down," Akane said.
Doing as told Naruto felt the familiar red energy that was Akane's Youki coming from the seal in his stomach. "What are you doing?" he couldn't help but ask, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"I'm sensing," she said. Before he could ask what she meant, Akane asked a question of her own, "Have you never wondered why I am the strongest of the nine Bijuu?"
"Well, not really no," Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he saw the red youki engulf his entire frame. It was fascinating to watch as he saw the Youki form into the outline of a fox, complete with ears on the top of his head and a swishing fox tail behind it. The energy looked almost alive.
"That's probably for the best,"Akane mused, "I doubt you would have figured it out. The reason I am the most powerful of the nine is actually very simple in its complexity. Unlike the other Bijuu, who rely on their own reserves, my Youki comes from nature itself."
"Nature itself? What do you mean, like you draw energy from nature or something?" the demoness' statement was slightly confusing to Naruto, who had never heard of something like this.
"Precisely. All life exudes energy, from the lowest plant to the highest life form on this earth, even humans are constantly expelling this energy. This energy is called natural energy and I have the ability to gather it into myself and use that energy to fill my own reserves of Youki, which on their own are far larger than any other Bijuu in existence anyways. This gives me unlimited power."
Akane paused for a moment before continuing, "because of this I also have several innate abilities that no other Bijuu has. I am so in tune with the natural energy of the world that I can sense everything around me and differentiate just what it is I'm sensing. Humans, exude a much different energy from plants and even other animals. Or I suppose a more accurate thing to say, would be that they exude more energy than other animals."
"So you're trying to sense something using this ability?" asked Naruto. He was rather in awe of Akane's talent, being able to sense everything in your presence would be very useful and was far more impressive than what he had dubbed the chakra sonar. Which was very limited in it's capacity to detect people and objects around him.
"I'm trying to find the nearest town. Hi No Kuni is filled with human settlements, and bandits often like to set up their camp near the smaller civilian population centers, less chances of the authorities catching them that way."
"I see…" Naruto said before remaining silent and letting Akane do her work. He simply sat there and watched as the red Youki moved and writhed with a life of its own.
It was an hour later that Akane spoke up, "I found one."
"Which way?"
"North by north-east."
Naruto stood up and was about to being traveling in that direction when Akane stopped him. "We've done enough travel for today Naruto-kun, I want you to set up camp and get some rest. You can begin moving out tomorrow morning."
"Right," Naruto said, feeling slightly embarrassed at being corrected on something as basic as this. He reached into the holster behind him and pulled out a scroll, unraveling it on the ground before he channeled some chakra into it. The scroll had several basic amenities, a sleeping bag and several detection seal tags that were used by the elite jonin of the village during solo missions. He created several kage bunshin and gave each of them a tag, making them move fifty feet away from the camp in an eight point circle, where they placed the tags and activated them. Naruto felt the seal they were connected to activate on his arm, a sign that they were working and would alert him if anyone breached them.
Now that he was feeling safe Naruto crawled into his sleeping back and drifted into a light sleep.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

It was around twelve o' clock the next day when Naruto arrived at the small town Akane had sensed. Small being something of an understatement when you compared this settlement with a village such as Konoha. The entire village held only a few dozen houses, an inn and three stores that looked like a grocery store, a clothing store and a small eatery. All together the place was very quaint.
Before entering the town Naruto had used a standard henge jutsu to turn himself into an eighteen year old civilian male with short brown and steel-grey eyes. The last thing he needed was for someone to wonder what an eight year old child was doing running around in shinobi clothing with a sword on his back.
"Head into the inn," Akane instructed as Naruto was looking around the town, "that's usually a prime source of information in small towns like this. You'll want to rent a room, we don't know how long we'll be here and it would look suspicious if you spent all day around the inn for several days without renting a room out."
"Got'cha," Naruto replied and did as told. Entering the inn the current brown haired Naruto looked around to see that it was about as quaint on the inside as the town was on the outside. Right in front of the door was a front desk where a homely looking woman with the kind of friendly smile that would put just about anyone at ease was standing. Off to the left was a staircase that likely led to the rooms, and on the other side was a bar with several tables where a cute girl, who judging from her looks, was the daughter of the woman at the front desk was serving the few people who were sitting around at the tables.
"Hello, can I help you?" asked the woman as Naruto walked up to the desk.
"Yes, I would like to rent a room for a few nights," Naruto said, "I'm not sure how long I'll be staying but it will be at least two or three days at most."
"Very well, two nights will cost one hundred ryu, all meals except breakfast cost extra," she told him. Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, he was thankful that his parents had left quite a bit of money in their bedroom, nearly ten thousand ryu, since he knew that he would be unable to even pay this much thanks to the civilians of Konoha if they hadn't. He handed the money over and the woman smiled as she gave him a set of keys, "thank you, sir. Your room will be the first door on the right. Please enjoy your stay."
"Thank you," Naruto smiled at the woman, reveling in the feeling of someone actually smiling at him. It was the first time anyone other than Akane or the old Hokage had done such a thing.
Walking up stairs Naruto placed the key in the door she had specified, opened it, and walked in. the room wasn't that big, even though it was a tad bigger than his own bedroom in his apartment. But it had a nice cozy feel to it, with a soft looking bed, a nightstand next to it, a dresser on the other side and a small armoire on the other side of the room. There wasn't much else other than a window that overlooked the town and a small door to his left that no doubt led to a restroom, but Naruto didn't need much.
Dropping his henge Naruto unstrapped his sword, took it off and placed it on his bed before stripping off the rest of his clothes and heading over to the door to his left. His suspicions about the room behind the door being a bathroom were confirmed when he opened it and walked in, it contained a toilet, small sink and a small shower. Turning on the water Naruto stepped into the shower, just standing in the water as it began to slowly heat up. After luxuriating in the hot water, something he never got in Konoha thanks to the old crone who owned the apartment he lived in cutting off his heating, and cleaning himself off he went back into his room and put his clothes back on.
"So how should I begin?" asked Naruto as he sat down on his bed.
"Start by going down to the bar and getting something to eat," Akane suggested. "Keep your ears open, people normally tend to talk without realizing that others might be listening in. We'll do this, along with exploring a few miles outside of town each day, and if we have no luck we'll go to another town."
Naruto nodded in understanding as he stood up and walked out of the room and down into the bar.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Back in Konoha clone Naruto watched with a grin as several people ran out of an expensive looking restaurant. This particular establishment was owned by a man called Onikawa Nowato, a wealthy man and one of the few people who rivaled the chain of Akamichi owned restaurants and barbeque's.
He also happened to be one of the people who Naruto had found out was particularly spiteful towards him, thanks to some snooping around after being kicked out of this particular restaurant.
The night before Naruto had mapped the place out and determined which sewer it was connected to, then he had used a special seal that when activated would create the most horrific stench imaginable. On top of that, he had found a way to create another smell that would attract a large amount of cockroaches and placed both seals on a time delay. All he had to do after that was find a nice place to sit back and watched the fireworks.
"That'll serve that fat slob not to mess with Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said with a snicker.
"Is that so?" asked an amused voice from behind.
Naruto turned around to see his watcher, Itachi Uchiha, dressed in his Anbu garb standing next to him on the tree branch with his arms crossed. "Hey Itachi-nii-san," the blond grinned as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "to Ojisan then?"
Itachi shook his head and Naruto could tell from knowing the Uchiha better than most that he was amused, "what are we going to do with you?"

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

It was several days later that Naruto ended up leaving the small town, having not found any evidence of bandits being in the area. Apparently, the place was simply so insignificant and had nothing of real value that bandits simply never bothered with it.
Naruto, who was now dressed as a middle aged man with graying hair and a beard, spent several more days traveling to the next village, this one being quite a bit bigger than the one he had been in previously. It still wasn't quite as large as Konoha, but from what Naruto knew of the maps he had studied the only places that were of a similar size was the capital of Hi No Kuni and a gambling town with a large castle called Tanzaku Gai.
When he got to the town Naruto found one of the many inns that littered it and decided to explore the area, that way he could get a feel for the town as well as have some fun exploring a place he had never been to before.
The town was actually fairly nice, with an actual cobblestone streets rather than dirt roads and littered with people talking and shopping, the place was definitely more lively than the previous town he had been in.
Naruto walked around as he looked at all of the shops, stands and people that milled about. He tried some of the local cuisine, fried calamari on a stick with some kind of spicy dipping sauce. It was pretty good and he enjoyed munching on it before deciding to head back to his inn.
He sat down in one of the booths, waiting for the slightly harried looking waitress to come over to him so he could order some food.
"Hey, did you hear? There's been another attack?"
Naruto ears perked up as he heard the whispered conversation behind him, channeling some chakra to his ears he listened in.
"There's been another one? Was it one of the merchant Caravans that came in?"
"Yeah, I heard they got attacked, barely made it out alive. Not only that, but it appears one of the men's eldest daughter was kidnapped."
"That's why you never take your family when you travel or you higher ninja…"
"Akane-chan?" Naruto said as he ignored the rest of the conversation.
Akane, who had been listening in as well, already knew what he was going to ask and said, "There are two ways to proceed. The first is to find this Caravan and get information out of them, the second is to just ask around town and see what you can find."
"What's the best option?"
"I would ask around town," Akane said after several moment to think about it. "Finding the caravan could prove difficult given the number of inns and shops in this city, and you're likely to find information on them anyways. If you find out where their staying first you can go to them, but if not I would just gather what information you can about the bandits themselves."
Going on that sound advice Naruto began to search for information. He used several transformations, turning into different people so that no one would know who he was or suspect that there was one person looking for a group of bandits. He didn't find out as much as he would like, but he did get a general direction of where all of the raids had taken place. He also found out the little fact that these raids were happening because the town, while large, wasn't large enough to bother stationing a samurai post and because the raids only happened to passing caravans and travelers, no one had sent a mission request to Konoha.
Naruto waited until it was late at night before going out, he was out of his henge and had climbed out of the window, using chakra to stick to wall as he ran onto the roof. Heading South the young blond shinobi in training jumped across the rooftops and made his way into the forest. Once he got there he knew that the hard part had come, he only had a general direction of where all the attacks had taken place, the South Road that led to one of the more populated cities. But he had no clue exactly where the base was located.
When he found the road Naruto created a dozen Kage Bunshin and sent them in several directions with orders to dispel as soon as they found the bandit camp. It took half an hour before one of his clones dispelled, and another fifteen minutes before Naruto was able to look through the memory to memorize where the clone had gone. Once his destination was known and mapped out he set off.
It didn't take that long to find the camp, he could easily spot it in the dark thanks to the fire they had going. Obviously they had been doing this for so long without repercussion that they felt safe having a fire going at night. That or they were just stupid and had gotten lucky so far.
There were currently four people in front of the fire, ugly, dirty and if his enhanced sense of smell was anything to go by, unwashed thugs that were currently laughing and drinking. Naruto couldn't see how many other there were and quickly made another kage bunshin and henged it into a mouse that he sent into the camp. He was going to wait until he had received enough information to launch an attack and take out the base when something happened that made his blood turn cold.
A loud voice, gruff and obviously male screamed, before that same voice shouted, "YOU STUPID BITCH!" Then another scream, this time female sounded out, before there was the sound of something hitting the floor or some solid object, and then all went silent.
"Aw jeez" one of the men said as he heard the scream. "I hope the boss didn't kill her."
"Yeah, I would like to have a go at the pretty little thing."
Hearing these words and the other bandits stating their agreements Naruto's blood began to boil. How dare these people act so callously towards human life! Wanting to teach these men a lesson and make sure the woman he heard was alright, the blond swooped down from the tree branch to begin his attack.
He appeared behind one of the bandits by the fire. His sword was out before conscious thought, there was a flash of light, and Naruto watched as the head of the bandit he had gotten behind rolled along the floor while the body squirted blood out of its neck and dropped.
Naruto froze, shock permeated his face that as only seen by the widening of his eyes.
"What the hell!" one of the bandits shouted.
"He killed Kain!"
Naruto, still wide eyed, looked up to see the rest of the bandits by the fire descending on him. it was only thanks to his sparring with Akane that Naruto reacted, dodging a slice from one of the swords, deflecting another one on pure instinct alone. As the last weapon, a hammer, came at him Naruto jumped over the person there and pulled a shuriken out of his pouch. Flicking his wrist like he did when practicing and sending the weapon sailing into the back of the man's head.
The other men seemed to freeze at this and Naruto capitulated on that, coming in hard and piercing one of the men through the stomach. Before that man had the chance to topple over, the young blond had pulled his sword out and blocked the slice from the only man left. Naruto could see the look of fear in the mans eyes at seeing how easy the blond had killed his comrades.
In less time than it took the bandit to blink, Naruto had locked their swords together, pulled out a kunai and threw it into the man's throat. Naruto watched as the man clawed at his throat, blood leaking down as a gurgle escaped his lips. He fell to the ground, twitching several times before he laid still.
I… I killed them, Naruto thought to himself, his eyes just as wide now as they had been the entire battle. He dropped his sword due to the shock he felt, I killed them all… it was so easy…
Akane realized that Naruto was going into shock and quickly tried to bring him out of it, "Naruto-kun! You don't have time for this right now, there is one more left!"
"Akane, I killed them… it was like stepping on ants… it was so easy…"
"Damn it!" Akane said as she tried to pull Naruto's mind back in. "Naruto-kun, none of this is your fault, these people were evil! They –"
"Now this is odd," a voice spoke up behind Naruto, causing the blond to turn his head as he spied a large man with a thick building and a bald head. "I had wondered what that noise was, and look at what I found. A little ninja." The man looked at Naruto and snorted, "well it's a little soon but I have to thank you for killing them for me. Those men were beginning to get on my nerves, always asking for more, more, more. As a reward, I'll kill you quickly."
This guy… he didn't care that his comrades were killed, Naruto thought in shock as the large man raised a very big axes. They didn't even matter to him… what kind of man doesn't care for the people who work with him? This man… he's a monster!
Naruto watched as the axe descended against him in slow motion, his entire body tensed and he felt a deep welling of some primal power in the pit of his stomach. As if watching from the eyes of another person, Naruto saw his body crouch low to the ground. His hands entered a position that looked like they were gripping something, even though there was nothing there, and he swung his arms.
Only his hands were not as empty as they seemed.
Blue chakra began to coalesce in his hand, so thick it looked solid, it crackled and sizzled, and as the blonds swing came closer to the man it formed a blade that sliced through the large bandits abdomen. The large man lurched, blood pouring out of his mouth, and Naruto had to jumped away as the top half of the man's body fell away from the bottom, showing he had been split cleanly in two.
It only took a minute of staring before Naruto fell down onto his hands and knees, throwing up what was left of his dinner. For several minutes Naruto continued vomiting his food, until there was nothing left, then there was another five minutes of dry heaving as his body tried to purge itself of something that wasn't there.
"A-Akane…"
"I'm here Naruto-kun," Akane's voice chimed softly in his head. She could hear the distress in his voice, and knew that now was not the time for him to wallow in guilt. "You need to keep it together right now Naruto, check the tents and make sure there isn't anything of value and see if that girl who we heard is alive or dead. Then you need to destroyed the bodies, cremation is the best way and I'll help you with that. I know it's hard Naruto, but you can't let it get to you right now."
"R… right," Naruto stood up, though it took several seconds before he could move because his legs were shaking. When he could finally move the young blond went up to the tent where the large man had come out of, and almost began dry-heaving again at the sight that greeted him.
There, lying on the table was likely the merchants daughter. She was dead, that much was obvious from the fact that she was not breathing or moving. She was also completely naked, spread eagle on the table with bruises and slash marks covering her body as well as a growing pool of blood under her head that was beginning to slowly drip of the side of the table. Having learned the birds and bees from Akane he knew enough to know that the girl had just been raped, the cum leaking out of her was a testament to that. Seeing and knowing this was almost enough to make him sick again but he did his best to keep himself from throwing up.
Naruto took a tentative step forward; he wanted to look away from this sight, but for some reason he found himself unable to do so. The girl, who couldn't be older then sixteen, had light brown hair that looked fairly long and soft green eyes. She was obviously very pretty, and likely the reason the bandits had taken her.
Naruto felt tears begin to well in his eyes, no one deserves this, especially not someone so innocent…
"I agree," in all truth Akane was pissed. There were few things in this world that she detested above all else, people who use others for their own gain, people who refuse to do anything for themselves, arrogance, whiners, and rapists, not particularly in that order. "Naruto, make some clones and have them search the tents for anything of value, we also need to take care of the bodies and give this girl a proper burial."
"Ok," somehow, someway Naruto found the will to do as told. He made five kage bunshins, one that began to check this tent for anything of value, two that went over to the other two tents, one that began to pile the bodies of the dead bandits together, and the last one that Naruto made to find a place to dig a grave.
Naruto himself walked over to the table and gently placed hand over the girls face, closing her eyes; he looked around for a moment before laying eyes on the bed sheets. He ripped the sheets and spread them out on the ground, after which he gently lifted up the girl and laid her down on it, he was about to straighten her limbs when he frowned. He didn't want her to be buried like this, with blood leaking from her wounds and the cum of that monster running down her legs. Looking around the blond found a rag, grabbed it and used a small Suiton (Water Release) jutsu to make it wet. It didn't take that long to dress her wounds and clean her up, then he straightened her limbs, making her look as dignified as possible before wrapping the sheets around her form. Lifting the girl back up he walked outside and found a spot to set her while he went to work on the other tasks that needed to be done.
All of the loot that the bandits had stolen was put in a pile that Naruto sorted through, there was some money, which Naruto put in his wallet since he had no way of knowing who it belonged to, several goods like paintings and metal work that he sealed into scrolls until he could decide what to do with them. The object that stood out the most was a small necklace, it was locket and when opened the inside it showed a picture of the girl who had just been killed with what could only be her family, a man with dark brown hair, a women who looked like an older version of the girl, and a little boy was holding the girls hand. He quickly sucked up his tears and closed the locket, turning it over where he saw the name Carla written on it. He had a feeling that was the name of the girl.
Naruto pocketed the necklace and once all of the loot was sealed he had Akane use her Kistune Bi, a powerful fox fire that the demoness had created to cremate the remains of the bandits. After that the clones began to dismantle the camp, it was standard ninja procedure to leave no trace of what happened.
Meanwhile the other clone that had been digging the grave had dispelled, letting the blond know it was done. He picked the girl up again and moved over to the grave.
It was small, about five feet six inches long, one foot wide and two feet deep. Naruto knelt down and gently placed her in the grave, where he then began to cover it up by hand. It took several hours, by the time he was done the sun was beginning to rise and his feelings had been numbed.
"Naruto-kun," Akane said in a soft voice, grabbing the young boys attention. "When you go back to your room come into the seal."
"Kay."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

As soon as Naruto reentered his room he sat on the bed and entered the seal. When he opened his eyes Akane was already standing before him, she didn't say anything, just opened her arms.
Arms which Naruto ran into as he began to sob, nothing was said between the two as the immortal demoness held onto her container. She sat down, taking Naruto with her as she held his head to her chest. She didn't care about how much time they spent like that, or that he was beginning to soak her kimono with his tears, all that mattered was Naruto needed her.
"Is it wrong that I'm pleased those men are gone?" asked Naruto, his voice a haggard whisper as his tears finally dried up.
"No, it's not," Akane said in a comforting voice. "Those men were horrible, some of the vilest kind of people alive. They killed other people, innocent people for their own gained, raped and killed an innocent young girl, and I can assure you that this is not the first time they had done so. It's only right to be glad men like that are no longer in this world."
"I feel like a monster," Naruto whispered, "like I committed some horrible sin, I was looking at my hands when I came in the room and it was like I could see the blood on them."
"You're not a monster," Akane assured him, running her hand through his hair in an attempt to sooth his soul. "You're a young man who just killed several corrupt, evil men who needed to be brought to justice. Had you not killed them, those men would have continued to strike at passing travelers, they would have found, raped and killed more young women. Because of you, they can no longer do that, and those women, who may have been killed and raped because of them are safe."
The young boy, who, through experience and trial by fire could no longer truly be considered a child, paused, and looked up at the woman who was currently holding him. "It hurts, knowing I've taken a life, even ones like those bandits. And yet at the same time, I'm glad their dead. Does that make sense?"
"Of course it does, the fact that it hurts shows that you have a good heart, that you can feel pain by killing, even when the people you kill are evil says that you're a good person." She brought Naruto's head back and rested her own head on top of his, "it's only when you no longer feel that pain that you become a monster. When you feel nothing for those you kill that you will be better off putting up your sword."
"So I'm not a monster?" asked Naruto in a hopeful voice.
"No, you're not," Akane lifted his head up very slightly and planted a linger kiss on his forehead.
Naruto looked at her for several seconds before resting his head against her again, "Can I stay with you tonight?"
Akane smiled as she said, "you can always stay with me, if that's what you want."
For the first time since Naruto had killed those bandits in the clearing a small smile came to his face as he felt asleep, still being held in the arms of the woman who he knew would always be there for him.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

The next morning Naruto woke up, feeling better, he was a little numb and the pain of killing and the girls death still hurt. But thanks to Akane he didn't feel as bad as before.
As he looked around the room his eyes caught a glint of light near his side. Looking down he saw the blade that had formed in his hand last night lying next to him. He frowned as he picked up the sword and examined it.
The sword was a daito, a Japanese long sword that had a twenty seven inch blade. The middle ridge of the blade, or the shinogi, was near the center of the blade and had a narrow profile, otherwise known as Shinobi-hikushi; the point was done in the Kissaki style, with a curved profile, and smooth three-dimensional curvature across the surface towards the edge; the blade was a dark black that seemed to suck in all light, while the edge was pure silver. At the bottom of the blade, near the tsuba was a depiction of a golden wolf howling.
The cross-guard had four prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji (Kanji for full). The grip was covered in black crisscrossing lace with gold flecks. Finishing the sword off was a short length of chain with a broken link at the end that dangled from the base of the hilt.
The entire blade was unlike anything he had ever seen, and he couldn't help but wonder where he got it.
"We'll figure that out when we get home," Akane said, interrupting his musings. "Maybe there will be some knowledge of this in the kenjutsu section of your library. For now though, we should see if that caravan is still here so you can return that locket you found and let the girls family know that her death has been avenged."
"Right." Naruto got up and managed to take a quick shower before going downstairs for breakfast, or lunch, since it was mid-day by now.
He spent the next hour or so doing what he had done the last time that he had looked for information, when he had been trying to find the bandit camp. It didn't take that long for Naruto to find out that the caravan that had been attacked two days before he had gotten there, was currently staying at a hotel called Taia Truite (Tired Trout) and were selling the wears they had managed to escape with at a shop called Juurai Kire (Traditional Pawn).
Figuring he would have the best chance of finding them would be at the store Naruto, in his middle aged man henge, entered the small shop. He didn't pay much attention to the interior, beyond noticing the nick naks that were on the shelves in no real form of order or fashion, letting him know the place was a pawn shop.
There was only one person there, and it wasn't any of the people he was looking for. It was an old man with shock white hair done in a top knot haircut, he had squinted eyes and a long beard and mustache. Seeing as he was the only one around Naruto walked up to him, "Excuse me?"
"Hmm… yes? Can I help you find something young man?" asked the aging man.
"Not exactly, but you can help me find someone," Naruto said as he gave the old man a description of the people he had seen in the locket. "I had heard that they were selling there wears here," the blond finished as the old man stroked his beard in thought.
"Hmm… I think I remember seeing them yesterday," the old man said slowly, "yes, that's right. They came yesterday and sold me some of the items they have, I don't know where they are now though."
Damn, Naruto thought, hopefully there still at their hotel.
"Thank you for your help," Naruto said with a bow. If the old man replied the blond didn't hear it since Naruto was out of the door less then a second later. He made his way down the street and walked inside the Taia Truite, stepping up to the front desk where a pretty woman in her early twenties was standing. "Excuse me, I'm looking for a man in his mid-forties with dark brown hair and gray eyes, he would be with a woman with brown hair and brown eyes and a little boy."
The woman manning the desk looked at him for a second before tapping her chin in thought, "you know, I think I remember those people you're talking about. I'm pretty sure they left some time this morning," she opened a small book on the desk and flipped through it, "yep, they checked out this morning.
Naruto resisted the urge to swear, even while he bowed and thanked the woman for her time. "What are you going to do now?" asked Akane as the blond left the hotel.
"There's nothing I can do," Naruto said with a frown. "If they left this morning than that means they have a four to six hour head start on me, even if I use kage bunshin I don't know if I'll find them." He reached into his pocket and pulled out the locket, looking at it for a minute before sighing. "I'll hold on to this and give it to them if I ever manage to find them during my travels or after I become a shinobi."
"That's probably a good idea, you need to get back to Konoha anyways."
"Which is why we're heading back now, which way is Konoha?"
"South East."
"Right, off we go then."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Another month had passed and summer was only days from ending. During that time Naruto's determination grew and with the help of Akane, he doubled the amount of Kage Bunshin he could summon for his training.
His training was going well, Naruto had around fifty clones all working on fuiinjutsu. He had one of them read for half an hour and then dispel, giving the other clones the knowledge on the next step or whatever seal the clone was reading about so they could work. Another clone would take the place of the previous clone and the process would soon repeat himself. He was still only in the basic stages of learning Fuiinjutsu, but Akane told him that he was very much a prodigy and would likely be better than the most prominent seal master in a few years' time.
His elemental training, while not progressing like his fuiinjutsu skills, was still going strong. Because Naruto was keeping his training a secret, he was unable to do the next step in wind manipulation, cutting a waterfall in half with his chakra. However, he had decided to learn the first step for his fire manipulation training, blowing out a stream of fire through his mouth. So far he could only blow out puffs of fire but he was sure that he would complete it within the next week. He had around one hundred clones working on this.
Taijutsu was going the same as usual, because he had to learn taijutsu on his own for the most part, he wasn't learning it as fast as his other practices. Akane helped when she could, but there was only so much they could do in his mindscape. They had found a small way around that, partially at least. By having Naruto spar against a Youki enhanced Kage Bunshin, and having more clones surrounding them when they fought. Afterwords, all the clones would dispel and Naruto and Akane could review the spar through the memories of his clones, allowing them to pick out his flaws and correct them.
Another form of training Naruto had added to his sparing regime was kenjutsu. The blond had had his clones search his mom and dads library for any information they could find on a good kenjutsu style and the Uzumaki clan in general.
Their search had turned up two things, a scroll of a kenjutsu style known as Issei No Ryuuken (Dragons Cry Sword Style). It was a style that had been made specifically by the Uzumaki clan, which at one point had been one of the most feared clans within the elemental nations. It was the reason the clan had been destroyed, the Uzumaki clan had been so feared for their prowess with a blade that Kirigakure (Village Hidden in the Mist), Kumogakure (Village hidden in the Clouds), and Iwakgakure (Village Hidden in the Rocks) had made a combined effort to wipe them out during the Third Great War.
The three Great Nations had attacked the Uzumaki Village, Uzushiogakure No Sato (The Village Hidden in the Whirlpools) and wiped them out. Even then, it had taken two months for the Uzumaki clan to be defeated, and the combined forces of the three Great Nations, which had outnumbered the small clan ten to one, had been reduced by half.
The Issei No Ryuuken sword style was one that was created specifically with the Uzumaki clan in mind. It was a style that was said to bring out the essence of the dragon, a legendary creature that was said to be one of the most powerful mythical beasts in existence, during combat. The style was a combination of speed and ferocious power and the scrolls stated that one who had mastered this style was able to cut through boulders and the strongest steel with relative ease. The style had been created by the Uzumaki clan in order to work with their bloodline.
The bloodline was called Hitokage No Yaiba (Soul Blade) and was technically considered a chakra based bloodline. This was because the sword that every Uzumaki used was one specifically made from their chakra. Each sword of an Uzumaki Clan member was unique, and vastly different from any other. Naruto had found some of his mother's notes, and knew that her blade had been a traditional Ninja-to but could be absorbed into her body, where she would then shoot chakra chains from her back. No two Uzumaki blades were alike, and each blade held their own special abilities, their own powers, making the Uzumaki clan's bloodline one of the most coveted bloodlines in the world.
That was why the Style the Uzumaki clan had created had no sword dances; it relied on basic movement and stances, the true power came from the physical prowess required to use the style. Uzumaki clan members trained their bodies extensively to move at speeds no normal human, even a jonin-level ninja, was capable of accomplishing, something their bodies were uniquely suited for to complement their bloodline.
Through many hours of meditation Naruto had discovered that his blade was called Hikage Ookami (Wolf of Light and Shadows) and was a blade of contradictions. The black that his blade was made of represented the hardships, the darkness, that was in his life. Yet the edge of the blade was a bright silver, and seemed to glow with light, representing his will to not give into the darkness.
The secret techniques that the blade held, all of which were known as Uzumaki Hijutsu Kenjutsu (Uzumaki Secret Sword Techniques) were Hiton (Light Release) and Yamiton (Dark Release) and allowed him to wield light and darkness based chakra techniques, something that Akane had told him was unheard of as those two techniques were supposed to belong to the gods Kami and Yami respectively.
Right now Naruto could not use any of the techniques for his sword, even with the knowledge of how to use them his body was unable to handle the strain of doing so. It would likely take several years of training before he could use any of Hikage Ookami's techniques.
"Keep going Naruto-kun, you only have one more hour of this and then you can take a break,"Akane said as Naruto continued his kenjutsu training, while standing upside down on the ceiling.
Currently, Naruto was practicing with a bokken, a wooden sword that was roughly the same length as his sword. Along the length of the wooden blade was a long string of seals that increased the blades weight so that he could train the speed at which he swung his sword. His shirt was off, having long since been discarded, showing off not only the muscles he had gained from three years of intense physical training, muscles that no child his age should have, but also the many seals that adorned his body.
Along his arms, back, chest, stomach and legs, were what looked like black chains. This was a seal that he had found in his father's personal notes on sealing called Teikou Fuiin (Resistance Seals). The seals were designed to increase the resistance of body movement by constantly constricting all of the muscles found in the human body and forcing them to contract against each other. This forced the person using the seals to constantly strain against their own muscles in order to move, increasing both the strength and speed of the user's movement. The amount of resistance from the seal was relative to the amount of chakra used, though the seal only had one hundred levels.
It was an extremely dangerous seal to use, Minato's notes had said that it should only be used one hour a day. Thankfully, Naruto had Akane and thus, the debilitating effects of using the seal were negated, allowing him to use it as long as he wanted.
Currently Naruto was at level ten, when he had first started using the seal it had been relatively easy, the first few levels felt a little like he was under water. At first the blond had wanted to just increase the seal to a level that was actually difficult to move in, but Akane had told him not to, saying that it was better to have completely mastered each level, that way his tai and kenjutsu form wouldn't become sloppy. After all, there was no use training to be faster and stronger, if you lost all sense of coordination while in combat.
The way Akane had him use the seal was that he would work on perfecting each kata for his tai and kenjutsu forms while the seal was active, performing them at the same speed he could without the seals while maintaining perfect form. Then he would rework his form without the seals to make sure he could fight without the seals restricting his movements perfectly. Only after that would he move to the next level. It was highly effective and thanks to Akane it was made doubly so, allowing him to train twice as much in half the time.
Despite feeling the strain of every single one of his muscles contracting against each other, and the sweat that was soaking his body, Naruto kept his breathing perfectly even and controlled as he moved through his katas. He didn't even acknowledge Akane's words as he focused completely on his movements, ingraining them into his very being.
"Ok, that's enough for today Naruto-kun," Akane said, "go back to your apartment and get cleaned up. Then come into the seal, I have something I want to teach you."
Naruto moved out of his stance and into an upright position. He held a hand over a small circle in the center of his solar plexus where all of the chains of his seal met. Channeling his chakra into the seal, the ring glowed a bright blue for a moment before fading, likewise the chains faded and disappeared, making it impossible to know they were even there. "Alright," he said as he stopped channeling chakra to his feet and dropped to the floor below, flipping half-way and cushioning his fall with chakra.
Right next to him a kage bunshin phased into existence and dispelled itself the next second, letting the clones that were in the dojo practicing elemental manipulation and jutsu, and the other clones that were in the library reading know that it was time to dispel. Meanwhile, Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated, light blue chakra surrounded him before his form rippled and in his place stood a shorter, orange clad version of himself. "Time to head home,"he said as he moved towards the door.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

After getting washed Naruto found himself in the seal. Akane was already waiting for him, a small, fanged smirk adorning her face.
"What's up, Akane-chan," he said, sitting down next to her.
Akane's smirk grew bigger, "I've been thinking about our situation, and how going to school will hamper the amount of time you have to train. Therefore, I am going to teach you a powerful clone technique that is only known to myself."
Naruto raised both eyebrows, then an excited grin made its way onto his face. "Have I ever told you I love you?" he asked.
Despite herself Akane blushed, she knew the words were said jokingly but she couldn't help but think that maybe he really did feel something for her. After all, they had gotten very close in the past few years, especially recently with everything that happened to the blond.
Damn it! Stop thinking about this! She scolded herself, even if something happens he's too young right now! I need to be patient.
Taking a deep breath to calm her raging mind and admittedly perverted thoughts of her and an older Naruto, Akane gave him her own teasing grin. "I would hope you love me after all we've been through together and all of the situations we've been in," she said, emphasizing the word situation.
Now it was Naruto's turn to blush as he thought of how the vixen before him would tease him with her body. It was tough because even though his mind was far older than his physical body, he still hadn't hit puberty yet and didn't get the typical teenage response, despite his mind giving him erotic images. "S-so, what was it you wanted to teach me?" he coughed, trying to get back on track.
Akane grinned at her victory, "it is a very powerful clone technique, as I said. With this… jutsu, for lack of a better word, you will be able to make a clone that will not only contain one third of your chakra, but will not dispel in a single, or even multiple hits. It will have all of your abilities and act just like you, in fact, the only difference between this clone and you is that it cannot regain lost chakra and will dispel when its chakra is gone."
"So your saying you can give me a clone jutsu that not only acts like me but can also take a massive beating?" asked Naruto, getting a nod. "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?"
"Because the requirement to use this, aside from a massive amount of chakra, is two gallons worth of blood," Akane said with a shrug.
"O-oh," Naruto said, looking a little pale. He shook his head and gained a determined look, "so what is this clone jutsu?"
Akane gave him a fanged grin, "I call it, Chishio Bunshin (Blood Clone)."
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