Naruto of the Shinju

Chapter 2: Damned

AT KONOHA

"Where is Naruto?", the Third shouted.

"Master Hokage, we haven't seen him anywhere", the Anbu stated.

"Naruto, where are you?", the Third thought.

Soaring high on the night skies, Naruto stopped and contemplated anything that has happened to him. He looked at his hands and he saw his nails grew longer and they turned black. He descended to the ground and walked by near a river. To his astonishment, his appearance is still human but on a completely different one. He felt his overwhelming chakra leaking out from his body. And aside from that, whenever he walked, his extremely long hair would trail down the ground.

A group of bandits saw him and they attempted to attack him. Before they could attack him, out of instinct, Naruto's hair raised and began to stab them into pieces. Seeing this, the other bandits fled but Naruto, grew accustomed to the deed he has done, decided to murder the remaining ones.

"I didn't expect that I would be this powerful. I still don't know what my real power is so I'll just stay out of Konoha for a meantime. I don't want that old man to know that I'm more powerful than him now", he thought.

Inspecting the bodies of the dead bandits, some of them were still alive yet incredibly wounded. He touched the gravely-injured ones and a black mass enveloped them. Naruto felt all of the life force of the bandits transferred into him, thus energizing him. Then, the bodies turned to ash and they were no more. Naruto laughed and laughed at the prospect of him being powerful. He then proclaimed, "Chakra is mine alone!".

A few days passed, the Anbu continued their search, yet there was no sign of Naruto anywhere. The Third Hokage was incredibly worried that maybe someone has kidnapped Naruto and has extracted the Kyuubi out of his body. He sat on his office, scratching his head over the difficult situation. Then, he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in".

It was Iruka who entered. "I'm the reason why Naruto is lost".

Hiruzen, upon hearing this, questioned him. "What do you mean you're the reason the kid is lost?"

"I scolded upon being late and having a random student tripping him. I didn't even listen to Naruto and I drove him out. I was so foolish".

"How did you know that the student intentionally tripped him? Did you know?"

"No. Shiro confessed it to me upon hearing that Naruto was lost."

"I see.", the Third answered solemnly. "I'm giving you a mission. Find Naruto and bring him back here safe and sound."

"Yes Sir", he replied.

"Minato, Kushina, please forgive me. I pray that nothing has happened to your son. I will continuously blame myself if something happens to him".

Naruto was flying again and he decided to explore around a little bit. He learned that he could mask his chakra so that no one, even sensor or not, could detect its presence. He returned to his original form yet the third eye on his forehead still remained that's why he has decided to wrap it up with a turban. It also diminished his ability to use powerful techniques yet he could still fly and use some awesome ones. As he was flying, he saw a child being glared at by some monks.

"So, I'm not alone, huh? Those glares, they give it to that kid, too.", he thought.

Masking his presence, he flew near the temple and listened to the shouts of monks to the poor kid.

"Get away from here, you demonic brat. You're just like your father!", a random monk shouted.

Sora ran outside of the temple and he sobbed continuously, until he felt someone walking towards him. He turned his head and saw Naruto was staring at him.

"Who are you? So, you're here to beat me, too?", Sora asked.

Naruto didn't answer. He could see hatred in the eyes of this kid, hatred of the people who scorned and threatened to kill him.

"What?"

Naruto smiled and he's finally getting interested at this kid who is as the same age as him. Sora, threatened that maybe this kid would kill him, decided to throw some attacks at him. As he was about to attack, Naruto cut him up. "Don't! Unless of course, you want me to kill you", he said calmly with an air of dominance.

"What do you want?", Sora shouted. He then attempted to attack Naruto, only it to be thwarted by Naruto's answer.

"I've already told you, and I don't like repeating myself".

"I didn't do anything, just leave me alone!", he finally stated.

"I know what true suffering is. Suffering is where you experience unpleasant things, being scorned at, and feeling that your very existence is an eyesore to anyone. Those glares that you have received is the same as the ones that I've received. But you, in that situation, wanted revenge, isn't it?", Naruto asked.

"Who are you?", Sora asked suspiciously.

Sora followed him and they went out of the place.

"You will question everything you know", Naruto stated. He then proceeded to transport Sora into an unknown dimension with him and he revealed his true form. Sora felt an overwhelming amount of chakra radiating from this very person.

"This is impossible, how did it…?"

He trailed off as Naruto returned to his original form and transported themselves outside the dimension.

He walked with Sora silently, and Naruto wondered who this kid was. Night came, Naruto left Sora alone sleeping and he decided to investigate what was going on this kid. He transformed into Sora and went inside the temple where Sora grew.