The Contract

Chapter 1- decision

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'' You got ta motility faster kid ! '' Jiraiya barked as he sidestepped Naruto 's fist and delivered a vicious slap to the boy 's skull. `` And do n't just throw yourself into your attacks, look for your opposite 's moves and ALWAYS be prepared to oppose accordingly ! Have n't you learned anything over the past times two years ? ``

Nothing I could n't receive learned back home.

Naruto shook his drumhead, physically trying to free the snarky thought as he tried to believe up a way to defeat his mentor. He took too yearn though, and Jiraiya capitalized brutally with a fist almost shearing through his stomach in retaliation.

'' Never drop your guard ! ``

The blond gritted his tooth, biting back the botheration as he grabbed on to the offending fist with one handwriting and slammed twinned retaliatory blows to his wise man 's snarky mug.

It dissolved into mud beneath him.

His eyes widened by a hair and he immediately replaced himself with a corner branch.

A moment later, the limb was skewered by a thousand muddy needles.

'Fuck it !'Naruto swore as he imediately began to grovel through the underbrush .'I need to get my head in the secret plan !'

No crime, man, but is there really a head ? I mean, you 're here getting beat up by one man. A Sannin, granted, but just ONE man. Sasuke 's getting his ass in gear wheel with the imagination of an entire Village. A minor one, admittedly, but they 've got their own Sannin and a mastermind to boot. Not to mention ol'Four-Eyed Kabuto with his insane skill and, if the Sound Four and the gonzo ivory guy are any indication, a unharmed police squad of jonin floor shinobi. The Perv 's breeding you like you 're going up against a single enemy while the guy who will be going up against a single opposition 's getting prepped for an all out war.

'You're…'Naruto snapped out of his almost trance-like State with a violent jerk. Realizing how close he had come to agreeing withthe voice in his head, the blond clamped down on all thoughts and focused on taking his mentor down with a vengeance…

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'' Come on boy ! '' Jiraiya whined, chasing after a briskly walking Naruto on his knee. `` I need the hard cash ! ``

'' To track some Richard Hooker, no doubt. '' Naruto scoffed as he marched away.

Jiraiya 's expression, though, had gone from pleading to disturbingly perverse. `` Oh~ kid you had to have seen her ! That was n't just some hooker, she was an absolute baby ! bosom as big as my head and an ass you could bounce a coin off ! And her legs ! ``

THIS is what I 'm training with ? The perverted idiot of the Sannin ? So, Sasuke 's getting trained by the superstar of the Sannin, a aim competition for the Big Hat alongside the yellowness newsflash and the guy that ended the Old Man 's stellar animation and we 're getting trained by the Perverted Sannin. Wonderful. No, fuck sarcasm ! Even Sakura had a effective mass. At least her Sannin wo n't bug her for cash so she could go check out strippers and shit. I mean for the love of- Orochimaru 's a bally genius ! He 's on a standardised floor to the fucking Fourth Hokage ! He 's a verified brand professional. He knows Thomas More ninjitsu techniques than most shinobi ever get to even witness ! Sasuke, the angst ridden gay emo gets THAT guy and you 're stuck with the guy who 's biggest claim to fame is that he trained the Fourth ? Is there anyway you could have come up with an even worse deal ? !

'' Shut the fuck up and leave me alone ! '' Naruto roared angrily.

Jiraiya, who had been caught mid-rant when his prentice snapped, simply thought he might take pushed the limit and decided to head into the bordello on his own. The ma'am of the house knew him well and, unlike his busty teammate, he had a reputation for maintaining minimal, if any, debts.

Had he bothered to dig deeper, he might stimulate figured that something was off with his apprentice…

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'' So, Naruto, what 's the number one thing you wan na do when we get back to Konoha ? '' Jiraiya asked. Himself and his apprentice were relaxing in a hayfield a few miles away from the Din Land of Bears, taking the day off to slow down and unwind. `` Me, I 'm gon na hit up Tsunade first ; see if she 's finally come around to my manly charms. ``

'' The simply thing manly about you is your hair, Pervy sage. '' Naruto shot back with a grin. `` And even that 's longer than to the highest degree women wear their pilus. ``

'' Oi ! Do n't diss these locks you niggling holy terror ! ``

'' I 'll diss 'em when I want to old man ! '' The blonde dead reckoning back playfully.

For the side by side few moment, zippo came up until Jiraiya spoke again. `` I 'm still waiting for your response kiddo. ``

To be honest, Naruto was n't rather sure of what he wanted ; over the past few weeks, doubt and awe had set into his nitty-gritty and, no issue how hard he tried to ignore them, they had burrowed in bass. He did, however, know what to say to his mentor. `` First things first, I wan na see Sakura-chan again ! She must give birth grown quite lots with Baa-chan training her ! I bet she 'll be really awed by how I 've grown too ! Might even get her to go out with me. ``

Where he lay, a few paces away, Jiraiya winced. `` Might not wan na get your hope on that kiddo. ``

See ? Even your mentor does n't believe you stand a chance with the pink haired board.

'' I mean, she 's always had her promise strung up on the Uchiha right ? '' Jiraiya continued, not noticing the run afoul look on his protege 's face. `` I know a turn of hoi polloi might believe that that 's all a Thomas Kyd'dream but… look man, postulate it from someone in similar shoes… You really should get your heart off that wagon train. Even the whole 'save the Uchiha'train… I think you should be prepared for the kid not wanting to come back ; Orochimaru 's a skilled manipulator and if I know that bastard anywhere close to what I think I know, then he 'll have done his absolute serious to turn the Uchiha against you. ``

Naruto had n't heard a word of Jiraiya 's, his mind clouded by darkness intellection, until Jiraiya had talked about Orochimaru corrupting Sasuke beyond redemption.

It was the final push button ; the emotions he had bottled up, from his lone honorary society years right up to that moment, broke forth like a dam…

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When Naruto opened his optic, he expected to find himself on a cot in one of Jiraiya 's many bunker, wrapped up in bandages and feeling the burning of his chakra ringlet as they healed. His sense of timing was all messed up but the utmost few moments before slipping into unconsciousness were still freshly in his mind…

The rage… the pain…

He remembered everything…

Right up to the moment his control had slipped and the red haze of his biju 's chakra blurred everything out of sight…

Guilt was n't a strong enough term for what he felt as he returned to consciousness.

All that rage turned into a bubbling pit of furor when he fully noticed his surroundings.

Red walls, huge piping, a never ending menses of water…

He was within his own mind, at the span between himself and the seal.

'' Kyubi. '' His part was like sword as he pushed to his animal foot and began storming down the cathedral-like hall. thing were beginning to crap sense now ; he had never been one to be bothered by dark thoughts, his childhood having taught him that the only way to continue even slightly sane was to push aside all dark thought, so the barrage of discouraging and disquieting questions he had been plagued by over the past couple of hebdomad just had to have been caused by the Nine-Tailed Fox. It would also excuse why he had so readily been consumed by its mightiness ; his action mechanism had never truly been his own.

'' Blaming me for everything again ? ``

The thundering boom of the Kyubi snapped him out of his rage-filled fugue as he realized that he had arrived at the gates.

The shock barely lasted two seconds before being drowned out by rage.

'' Blaming you ? ! What, I should be thanking you ? ! You have been pouring your hate-filled tripe into my head, filling my every waking thought with your crap and then taking advantage of me to try to get disengage ! ``

'' funny story how you came to that end. ``

Naruto stood back and crossed his weapon over his chest. `` There 's a different conclusion ? ``

The Fox resting on its haunches, cracked open a ruby lid. `` Are you worry ? Or was that just plain sarcasm ? ``

'' Oh no, let 's hear your slope of the story. '' Naruto shot back. `` I mean, I would n't want to judge you wrongly or anything. ``

'' wellspring then… First off, you said I 'd been filling your head with my 'hate-filled rubbish', extolment on rightly using the tripe by the way, you 're getting just a bit less pudden-head. ``

'' Is there a point to all this ? ``

'' Do n't cut off, that 's rude. Anyway, I 'd like to ask : which of those 'mental Assault'of mine was actually filled with hate ? ``

The blond immediately opened his mouth to fire off a snarky response…

And found himself gaping instead as he simply could n't think of a 1 instance.

The Kyubi flashed its teeth at him in a macabre smile. `` Nothing ? Well, let 's relocation on shall we ? aim two : why exactly do you believe I 've been the one doing the head-filling ? ``

This time, Naruto was fix and he immediately spouted a issue of reasonableness related to him not having such care ordinarily.

'' You done ? '' The Kyubi asked after his ardent response. Upon receiving the blonde 's nod, the biju proceeded to express mirth its ass off, even thrashing about in hilarity-induced muscle spasm for good measure. `` Oh damn kid ! You are hilarious ! You really think I could simply walk through your mind and suss out your deepest, darkest veneration to manipulate you ? Abruptly, the biju 's features became fierce. `` newsflash you nitwit : this seal prohibits even a single hair on my fanny from slipping out ! I sure as hell ca n't go zipping through your cranium. And do n't even get me started on that stupid thought that I 'd spend my clock time watching you do man things ; I could n't care less about your puny existence either way ! ``

'' Says the creature that 's recorded as a plenty of hate ! ``

'' By whose records ? Humans ? The same masses that see you as my spawn ? The same species that hate you indiscriminately even though they created the mean to produce more jinchuriki in the first place ? '' The biju 's scathing response was like a hammer strike to his already weakened belief, a fact that the biju saw and mercilessly pounced upon. `` I did n't send those mentation to you, boy, they were born of your own thoughts. '' This fourth dimension, the biju 's voice was low and almost soothing. `` And I think you know why such thoughts cloud your mind. ``

Naruto turned away from the cage and took a step forward… before going still.

He did be intimate ; for the farsighted sentence he had suspected as a great deal but he had consciously shoved it down and piled on gobs of off-key optimism to bury it.

He was n't strong enough.

Whether he liked it or not, he just was n't potent enough on his own to attain his goals. He had been cheated in the academy, yes, but he had been out for more than four years, a great portion of which had been spent with Jiraiya, and he could see no significant changes.

He wanted to be the Hokage, he wanted to earn the deference of the people… he wanted to action his promise to Sakura and bring Sasuke back.

And he just. Was n't. Strong. Enough.

Behind him, the biju watched as he struggled to make a decision with a fill smirk. True to its word, it had not sent the mentation to the Young shinobi. That did n't mean it was totally innocent either ; a gradual diversion of its chakra into the boy 's yin chakra had been all that was required for his smother thought to resurface and weaken that resolve he was so lofty of. Now, as the biju watched, reading into every nuance of his body language, it knew it had succeeded.

The time to reap the benefit was near ; the last dance step was…

'' So why are you telling me now ? ``

The biju 's smirk turned savage. The boy wanted to know ; the pursuit was there.

'' In my time here, I have come to understand what world power means to you homo, '' it lied, `` and as such I am bequeath to sign a contract with you. ``

The human scowled. `` A few minute ago, I 'd give birth ranted about you wanting my somebody or seeking an escape but now… inside information. I want details. ``

The biju chuckled, the auditory sensation booming out in waves that rattled his teeth. Nevertheless, Naruto stood, glaring at the biju ; awaiting answers.

'' Perhaps your time with the old man was n't a consummate waste ; you certainly seem more healthy. '' Abruptly, the humor disappeared from the biju 's kisser and the brute rose up, resting on its hind leg. `` You humans see us as walking masses of chakra, an impression that never ceases to baffle me. After all, if we walked around wreaking havoc everywhere then your account should have been significantly altered by our actions.

'' In my time walking among your kind, I learned a peachy deal ; fighting dash, speculation proficiency and forms of chakra use that have long since been lost to the ravage of prison term. It is these I offer you ; the power to command the identical factor, to become an unstoppable force on the battlefield… Everything I know, I freely give.

'' However, I understand how raring your kind are, no doubt as a result of your short lifespan, and so I offer you something Sir Thomas More : balance. ``

'' I do n't realize. ``

'' I did not expect you to. You see, at its root, chakra is of two forms : Yin chakra and Yang chakra. You possess an overabundance of the latter yet very little, comparatively speaking, of the former. It is this instability that has limited your progression in the illusory liberal arts. I can fix this. ``

If nothing else had caught his attention, the biju knew that this certainly would.

Once again, it was n't wrong.

'' How ? ``

'' I will, with your license, channelise a bit fraction of my chakra through you. Without going into particular, it will forcibly start embark on the instauration of Yin chakra within your scroll and, over a period of about five days, your chakra circulatory system will gradually fall upon an equipoise state of matter, generating an equal amount of Yin chakra as it does Yang chakra. ``

Naruto 's face went slack as he considered the sheer import of that remarkable welfare. `` My chakra reserves… they'll… ''

'' Double ? '' The biju prompted. `` At the very to the lowest degree. ``

The offering seemed too good to be true ; learning antediluvian styles of combat, gaining the ability to use genjutsu, an increased chakra capability ? Naruto wanted to aim it. Practically every brain jail cell he had screamed at him to ump on the offer.

Then, his eyes narrowed. `` At what cost ? ``

An pass that was so mouth-watering had to bear a cost.

The biju glared at him, seemingly sizing him up yet again, before speaking. `` An offer as this should bear a great number of demand, boy, but I will only ask of two things from you ; the first-class honours degree and the smashing is trust. '' The biju leaned forward until its snout was a mere inches away, separated by the bars that held it locked away. `` I will not tellyou what the endorsement cost is until you have signed my contract bridge. ``

Naruto was torn.

On one bridge player, he would very likely be selling his somebody over to a demon because, regardless of what the biju would have him believe, indoctrinated notion did n't die out over a mere chat.

On the early, practically heavier, hand, he would be granted the kind of power that he had always desired ; the kind of tycoon that would help him achieve his goals.

'I 'm going to be the Hokage someday, Iruka-sensei ! Believe it !'

'I 'll get Sasuke back for you, Sakura-chan ! That 's a hope of a lifespan !'

'I never go back on my row ! That 's my ninja way ! Believe it !'

A wise man once said :'A man is undone by the words of his own mouth .'

'' What do I do ? ``

That man was right.

'' Step into the cage, boy, and hold out your arm to your side. ``

This was it.

It was one matter to agree to a affair but, when confronted with the enormity of their decision, many wavered and most endorse down.

They were not Uzumaki Naruto.

With a confident stride that betrayed none of his catch, the shinobi stepped out of his realm and into the daemon 's lair.

The biju reared upward, sucking in a deep breath, its heart never leaving his.

Do n't move, it seemed to say, just before it lurched forward, the dull orange glow in the back of its throat the only warning Naruto had before being engulfed in flame .