Lonely Guardian of Konoha [Completed]

Chapter 51

Chapter 51 – The Banishing

A new day dawned on the village, a new age has begun, an age of fear, fear of a demon so vile, so heartless, and so demonic that it had killed the very hand that fed it, literally.

A man lay in a coffin, his daughter, now an orphan, sat by his side, weeping. One image haunted her mind, two eyes wrought her fears, three milliseconds that changed her life forever. She had not simply lost her only parent, but also the man she thought she loved, the man, who had in front of her very eyes, ripped the life out of her grandfather.

Tears flowed down her eyes as she gazed at the now lifeless body of her grandfather, and the image of the love of her life ripping out the throat of her grandfather kept replaying in her mind.....

(-------------)

Naruto's eyes fluttered open lazily as he groaned. His eyes took a few second to get used to the dim lighting.

"Kekeke, that was fast Naruto-kun, did you miss me that bad?" Came a voice behind him.

Naruto grimaced as the familiar voice reached his ears. Not even making a sound he stretched his neck, trying his best to hide the fear, the immeasurable dread that he felt as he heard the voice.

"Naruto-kun, that's not a very nice way to say hello" Said the voice again, seemingly enjoying the situation.

Then the man walked into his vision, sweat beaded his forehead as he gazed upon the features that haunted him in his dreams, in his nightmares, in every dark corner of his life, the one thing he was truly afraid of, the god of Death, and his designated torturer......Shinigami.

Naruto's eyes reflected the white hair and cloak of the 'god', in his human form he may seem like any other ordinary human to the ordinary man, but Naruto knew better, this man, had made him go through horrors not of this world, all in the name of punishment, in the name of atonement for his sins.

Naruto raised his head and met the man's gaze, after all these years, if there was one thing that Naruto knew about the 'god' it was that he hated being ignored, and due to some obscure reason absolutely despised the fact that Naruto feared him.

"Shinigami, A few issues happened is all" he said with a forced smile.

Suddenly the god's face lighted up, as a smile graced his features.

"Yes, yes, I did receive the presents you so graciously sent me, so many sins they had to atone for, I just had some assistants take care of that" He said as he eyes glazed as if revisiting fond memories.

"By the way, did....did an old man come with them?" asked Naruto as a tear slipped through his eyes.

"Old man Teuchi, wasn't it? Yes, yes he did. But he's gone now, off to another life, he didn't have much to atone for" answered Shinigami.

A pained smile was painted on Naruto's face. A man with so few mistakes, a man he had seen as his own family, the man that loved him when everyone rejected him, and he had died by his own hand. Never had he hated himself more than this, at least, not for a while.

He gritted his teeth as he looked at Shinigami,

"Alright, I'm ready" He said closing his eyes and mentally preparing himself for the horrors he was about to face, not that being prepared ever helped.

"Kekekeke, Well, it won't be as bad as last time at least" mumbled Shinigami as he got into his work.

Screams echoed through the room, as Naruto paid in full for whatever sins he had knowingly or unknowingly committed between this death and the last.