The Real Demon

War on Konoha Pt4

The three siblings walked at a calm pace looking around the wreckage of the old village.

Naruto put on a mask. After all even if kushina, and his sisters knew. He did not want the villagers getting a glimpse of him. And crying for the return of the fourth's child.

Little did he know when his face plate cracked battling Naruko, whispers quickly began to spread.

Naruko and Mito looked at the destruction that their brother had caused in a mix of envy, admiration and anger...

  They belonged to Konoha. And nobody from Konoha was gonna be safe from the rebuilding efforts.

Just a few hours ago Naruko felt pretty close to Naruto in power... but now she could see the true scope of what he was capable of.

The blond boy's display of power had sparked a flame in the hearts of the two sisters.

"Say Nii-chan, i want to ask..."
The cute blonde girl said with a blush on her face.

"Go ahead"

"Mito-chan and I, we know better Ninjutsu or atleast on par with you, we are extremely strong physically, we have the kyuubi's chakra... it just doesn't make sense to me how you can be so strong that you can outdo us even without kyuubi's chakra... no offense"

Naruto chuckled.

"None taken... it's pretty simple really. Think of when a young boy starts an apprenticeship in carpentry. It might take him up to a year to be strong enough to swing his hammer properly, and carry his work equipment comfortably..."

"Just because he is able to though. Doesn't make him a good carpenter, a good carpenter is not the one who can swing a hammer the hardest. But rather one who can hit right on the head of each nail everytime he swings his hammer, and cut exactly the needed length every time he cuts. That is experience, you have to acquire it through repeated action"

"Hand eye coordination plays a role, that is talent, you're born with it. But even a motherfucker with booze shakes, and a lazy eye can hammer in nails better than a professional bowman if he's swung the hammer 100,000 more times"

"You girl's both have a lot of talent, more than me... but i've been in so many fights by now. My body is just subconciously repeating actions that were once concious effort. That is the experience, that creates the gap you observe"

Naruko and Mito, along with Haku attentively listened to every word that came out of his mouth.

"How old were you when you first killed nii-chan?"

Mito asked with morbid curiosity.

Flashback:

A 5 year old Naruto was finishing up training.

He had been attacked on his birthday some months back. But apart from that he hadn't recieved any other aggression from the vilagers.

He was stretching as a post workout. When in came stumbling into the training grounds. A drunk villager in his late 40s, holding a machete in his right hand.

Naruto's adrenaline immediately kicked in. He stood up getting in a defensive position. His legs shaking. Though he had been training for almost 2 years. The sensation that someone wants to kill you tends yo make you freeze.

"You don't have to do this... i-i'll leave i promise" He said with a shaky voice and teary eyes.

"You... stupid brat.... killed he-" a hiccup interruped the man.

"You took her from me" he drunkenly slurred as he went up to Naruto with intent to kill.

Frozen in position Naruto's instincts and Kurama shouting "Fight you dumb boy" finally made him act.

With no confidence if it would work he pulled out a kunai and threw it right at the villagers throat. Lodging it deep in and forcing him to stop dead in his tracks.

A wave of euphoria, and anxiety washed over the young boy as he watched his attacker fall down on his knees. Blood dripping out his chest and mouth.

"You gotta finish him now" the Kyuubi spoke to Naruto.

With no hesitation Naruto yanked out the Kunai he had stuck in the man's throat and proceeded to stab him a good 15 more times in the chest and stomach. The life slowly leaving his body as Naruto did so.

No screaming as the blood in the man's throat did not permit him to.

This man had gone from standing 6 foot tall towering over Naruto with his machete. To dropping dead on the floor like a sack of potatoes in under a minute.

Naruto stood over the corpse of the man with a mix of fear, disgust, and awe. His fear being mostly, what he was gonna do with the body.

"Go get a shovel kit"

'Should i not tell Kakashi nii? Or Itachi or Anko?'

"You have killed a villager. It's best you keep this as secret as possible. Even if they'll help you"

After an hour of tactically aqcuiring a shovel, a lot of digging, and a lot of chopping.

Naruto had disposed of the evidence.

He stood over the grave he had just covered. A blank stare on his face as the adrenaline finally started wearing off.

'I think i like this feeling'