-One year ago-
Toru lay on the ground, completely injured from the training.
Okamitsuki was looking at him seriously. Her paws were full of Toru's blood and somehow she looked disappointed.
Even when she forbade him to use the Shigan in this training, he disobeyed her orders and fought as he wanted. This was wrong, very wrong for the training. Everything was ruined by this and Toru was exhausted.
"Get up."
Okamitsuki kicked Toru making him crash into a tree.
"Now do you understand what it means to disobey me?" Toru didn't answer. However, Okamitsuki didn't care and continued talking. "The next time you activate the Shigan, I'll hit you like that again. Remember that your active eyes nullify the genjutsu. In this training I need to use genjutsu on you, otherwise you won't be able to obtain the Sennin Mōdo."
Toru slowly stood up and looked at the ground not knowing what to answer. This training brought back bad memories for Toru.
"Do you understand now or are you just hiding something that you don't want anyone to know?" Okamitsuki sighed. "Look at me when I talk to you. You should feel honored that I, the leader of the Ōkami clan, taught you such a prestigious technique. To use Senjutsu, you must feel the energy of nature in your body. We wolves of the Ōkami clan use pain and suffering to connect to nature effectively. I know about your past, so I must use that so you can feel greater connection to nature."
Hearing Okamitsuki's words, Toru sighed and wiped the blood from his forehead. He stood up staggering a couple of times until he could steady himself.
"Now listen carefully. Look me in the eyes and don't activate the Shigan. Otherwise, I'll have to hit you one more time."
"It's okay. Just because I have my nerve endings damaged doesn't mean I don't feel real pain. However, I will learn to use the Sennin Mōdo, I wish for more power by the time my revenge is carried out."
"Ha~ if you continue with that, you'll end up dying a pathetic death. Although... Who am I to criticize those who seek revenge? Now look at me, look me in the eyes...don't stop looking at me."
Toru was certainly a bit intimidated by Okamitsuki's murderous look, but he followed the orders to the letter without complaining, after all he didn't want to get hit again.
***
When a few minutes passed, Toru was on his knees on the ground. There were tears on his cheeks and Okamitsuki was looking at him with a slight smile. For wolves, suffering is something they cannot tolerate, but ironically, pain is what makes them stronger. And now that Toru was accepted into the pack, he too must become strong through suffering.
But unlike wolves, humans feel pain more emotionally than physically. That's why she used genjutsu on him, to make him see... his saddest and most painful thoughts.
As for the result, now Toru lay passed out, kneeling on the ground with tears on his cheeks. Okamitsuki was very frightened when Toru started to scream and cry, but this was part of the training. If all goes well, Toru will be able to advance to the next stage of training.
"I don't know what's in your head... I don't know why you're so mentally broken. But... whatever you saw, it makes you suffer too much. That's without a doubt, a suffering that you're not aware of, but it's slowly killing you. Still, I am surprised. Nature's energy rejected you again and again, as if you were under some curse, but it seems my method fixed that..." With that finished, Okamitsuki took Toru by the cloak and carried him back to the village. He needed a good rest after suffering a bit. "I won't tell anyone that you cried like that. Though I bet even you won't remember it. This also leaves me with some things to think about... How can someone be so strong to withstand so much suffering? I guess this strength to not break down makes you worthy of learning the Senjutsu of wolves."
-Back to the present-
The fight continued as Toru tried to destroy Fuu's brain. But she grabbed him with her tails and smashed him to the ground, leaving a gigantic crater. This was repeated about 49 times, but...
"Hahaha! No matter what you do, Nanabi-san!" With blood pouring out of his mouth, Toru smiled as the Kodō Shigan tried to activate in his eyes.
The X's in his eyes spun around stopping abruptly only to try spinning again. The combination between the Kodō Shigan and the Sennin Mōdo was not compatible. This caused Toru harm, but he hurt and pain didn't matter when revenge is at stake.
In a single second, he disappeared in front of Fuu and appeared in front of her aiming a kick to the face.
Boom! Fuu was sent to the ground again. Her wings snapped and the tails tried to get her back on her feet, but her body began to fail, falling backwards and sinking into the ground under the weight of her chakra.
Although the Bijū provided him with a large amount of chakra, it was quickly consumed just by the act of moving, as moving a large weight requires a large amount of chakra. So, when using the wings to be able to move around the battlefield, her chakra was quickly consumed. This combined with continuous regeneration and Toru smashing her skull to move her brain, Fuu was forced to expend almost all of her chakra.
This was taken advantage of by Toru, who showed no mercy after she fell to the ground. Continuing his consecutive punches, Toru imbued his fists with Shakuton each time he hit. With this he avoided getting hurt by his own Kekkei Genkai.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA"
Toru was hitting Fuu with a pleasant smile. She could no longer defend herself, she couldn't move because of the weight of her chakra and she couldn't regenerate her wings as fast. Her regeneration was stopping because of excessive chakra consumption.
Still, being a Jinchūriki, her chakra shouldn't take long to regenerate. So, she had to resist being hit until the chakra filled her body again.
"Aghhhhh!"
With a devastating roar, Fuu's stomach began to swell again. A large portion of her chakra regenerated fast, so her throat glowed with the light of the Bijūdama and Toru smiled at this.
"You won't use the same trick again. It won't work."
With the same bloodthirsty expression as always, his grin widened, his eyes glowed crimson and his body was covered in igneous yellow.
Again the explosion devoured everything in its path. Konan could not believe it again. Even her serene expression had changed to a slightly nervous one. Having been watching this without doing anything was starting to stress her out. And it only got worse when the same explosion that should have killed Toru a few minutes ago detonated again.
But after the dust settled, Toru was still on top of her, his hands gripping her neck. His Shakuton-covered body shielded him from the blast, cutting and burning all the Bijūdama's kill lines with the help of the Kodō Shigan.
Smiling, he dug his fingers into the Jinchūriki's neck and saw the blood at last begin to flow out. He accomplished the impossible, making a Jinchūriki run out of chakra. Although this achievement was not valid, as Fuu had not used the seven tails of his Bijū, so much of his potential remained sunk like his fingers into Fuu's neck.
With this done, she began to return to her original form.
Toru sighed wearily and the Sennin Mōdo deactivated, causing the mark on the right side of his face to slowly disappear and his crimson canine eyes to return to a silver color, more human now.
"Konan-san... Let's go back. We already have the Jinchūriki, it's time to start the extraction of the Bijū" Toru stood up from the ground and looked at the unconscious Fuu, who now, although alive, is in critical condition, just hanging on by a thin thread that helps her cling to life.
"..."
Seeing and hearing this, Konan descended from the sky and looked at all the mess that the fight between these two monsters left behind. Everything literally was a giant crater on the ground, where there were even more small craters from the times Toru was thrown to the ground like a meteorite.
She was speechless. Now she understood why Toru was overconfident, for he knew he was going to win, after all. But that wasn't enough to convince her. Konan wanted to know where Toru's power came from and how he had learned to use such a powerful jutsu. Certain things were not clear in her mind, yet she wrapped Fuu's body in paper and spread her wings.
"In that case, the statue has appeared about two kilometers from here. We'll go there and start the extraction."
"I see. So what are we waiting for? We mustn't waste time. I want to get this over with quickly, I have something important I want to do."
"You mustn't be impatient. We'll go right away."
"I'm not impatient. In a world full of probabilities, patience is a virtue not everyone possesses. I can wait, but Nanabi-san will die before long. I cracked open her head and messed up her whole brain. She's still alive, yes, but that doesn't mean she'll stay that way forever. Along the way I'll take care of keeping her alive."
"Hm..."
Konan looked at Fuu's face before covering it with the paper. She felt a small sense of empathy for a few seconds. She seemed to be quite an energetic girl, as she even asked Toru to be her friend. Life is sad, but the Jinchūriki's life is even worse.
***
Konan was flying gently in the sky, while Fuu's corpse floated with the paper next to Toru, who had his hand covered by the green chakra of the medical ninjutsu.
Both of them had been heading to the place where Konan said the wooden statue was for more than four hours.
'The tiredness is starting... but it's not as much as it was a year ago. I can control it better now. If I continue to train Senjutsu, sooner or later I will eliminate this disadvantage of time and fatigue.'
Certainly the wolf Senjutsu has helped Toru a lot. Okamitsuki is an expert in the art of getting in touch with Nature. Senjutsu is one of her specialties, as she avoids tiring quickly in battle. She also taught Senjutsu to Toru since, for her, this brat was too weak. He had a large amount of chakra, but it was not enough to overcome the strongest in the Ninja world.
Okamitsuki mentioned that "The Man in the Mask" is capable of overcoming the Senjutsu of wolves, but Toru didn't understand as she didn't say much on the subject. Still, if there is someone who overcomes someone as strong as Okamitsuki, it's fucking dangerous. Since Toru could barely beat Okamitsuki a year after training so hard. This was also reflected in the taijutsu change. Ōkami no hon'nō [Wolf Instinct] This is the taijutsu that Toru and Okamitsuki created to bring out the true potential of the wolf Senjutsu.
"It's here. We should go in, Pain is already preparing to initiate."
Pulling Toru out of the thought world, Konan looked at a small cave and entered. Toru followed her and a few seconds later realized that the cave wasn't as small as it looked.
When everything was ready, Toru left Fuu in the center of the cave, where the wooden statue seemed to watch her with piercing, creepy eyes.
Konan positioned himself on the heart of the right hand, while Toru on the little finger of the left hand.
...
Observing everything in silence, his eyes narrowed as he saw the figures of his fellow members of the organization appear.
The first to introduce themselves were Pain, Zetsu, Sasori and Deidara, who nodded in approval as they saw what Toru has accomplished in just a few months. Even Sasori felt proud to see the crazy kid accomplish something so incredible. It showed that Toru possessed great power and determination even though his goals are a mystery.
The next to show up were Itachi and Kisame, who had different reactions to seeing the half-dead Jinchūriki on the ground.
Kisame scoffed a bit at this praising Toru's power, while Itachi just stared at him and then looked down ignoring everything.
After this, Kakuzu and Hidan appeared. And as usual, the two fought over such simple things with ridiculous solutions.
"Let's begin" Moving straight to what everyone expected, Pain started by raising his chakra. The others followed suit and did the same.
Three days and three nights, the ritual has begun.
-Three days later-
Standing on one of the statue's fingers, all the Akatsuki finished with the extraction of the Bijū. Now, who was known as Fuu of Takigakure, lay lifeless on the ground. All of her chakra was drained along with that of the Nanabi, resulting in her inevitable death.
She died thinking she was going home, but met a demon on the way.
Toru was looking at the corpse after the shadowy figures of the Akatsuki members disappeared. She appeared to be asleep, but it was something sadder than that. Even after she tried to do things peacefully, Toru attacked mercilessly. In the end, the only thing he was left with after that fight was his mother's broken dagger.
Konan looked at Toru silently, as he had that look on his face again. Always that lifeless expression, but with a look that completely described how he felt.
Bored... and empty.
He watched in silence... even after Fuu died, Toru remembered the one brief conversation he had with her.
***
His eyes widened as he saw everything filled with blood and darkness. In the center of it, Fuu's soul appeared next to her corpse. She looked down at herself and smiled sadly. Then, she turned her gaze to Toru and walked slowly.
***
Konan watched as the Kodō Shigan activated in Toru's eyes. He walked towards the corpse and stopped a few meters away, looking at everything with a blank expression.
'What... what is he doing?'
She didn't know what Toru was planning. For a few moments she thought that this boy wanted to take the corpse away to use it in some experiment, but that thought disappeared when she saw that Toru had simply stood there, doing nothing as a tear of blood slowly trickled down his cheek.
***
Fuu walked up to Toru and touched his cheek. She smiled at him before speaking to him.
"Now can we be friends?"
Toru was shocked to hear this. He looked down and with a heavy sigh replied, "I...I'm not here to make friends...I don't need them."
Hearing Toru's reply, Fuu smiled softly and, with her hands on this boy's cheeks, made him look up. "If you need them" She smiled radiantly. Even after Toru murdered two of her friends, even after because of him she's dead....
Toru looked away and closed his eyes. He couldn't move except for his head. He tried not to look at Fuu, but she forced him to look at him.
"Toru-chan... those two girls are looking for you."
"Uh?"
***
Everything went back to normal. Fuu disappeared after he said that last thing and he just stared into the void not knowing what to say. Konan narrowed her eyes and came closer.
"We have to go back to Amegakure. We'll be busy for a few days, you'll be no exception.
Toru looked at Konan and touched his head in pain. He realized there was blood on his face and wiped it with the sleeve of his cloak.
"Yeah, okay..."
Toru put on his hat. His clothes were torn from his battle against Fuu. He had some scrapes on his body that had already managed to heal in these three days. Still, there was something that made the hole in Toru's heart grow bigger.
'She said... "Those two girls are looking for you", right?' Walking out of the cave, Toru looked up at the bright sky. He looked at his hands and remembered Fuu's cries of suffering, then he remembered that girl's smile and a severe headache attacked him. His vision dimmed for a few seconds and he felt strangely tired.
"We must not waste time. There are still things I must do."
Know the pain, feel the pain. Those who do not know the pain will not be able to move forward... Fuu knew the pain and she overcame all her suffering. Toru destroyed that and the worst part is that he did it with a smile of pleasure.
He took out the broken dagger and looked at it silently. He closed his eyes, sighed and opened them again. 'I'm sorry, Okaa-sama. I damaged your dagger'
-Somewhere far away-
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Moving at extreme speed, Naruto quickly analyzed Jiraiya as the clones surrounded him. He reached out and two clones gathered chakra to form a Rasengan.
Jiraiya was in the middle of it. He watched Naruto carefully and defeated all the clones with ease.
Naruto on the other hand, summoned even more clones and used them to soar into the sky. Jiraiya smiled at this and jumped up to hit his student in the head, but this was a trap. The original Naruto was behind him carrying a powerful Rasengan.
The chakra sphere hit Jiraiya's back and sent him flying into the ground. When he crashed, he vanished in a small cloud of smoke.
On the opposite side, Jiraiya was eating an ice cream while looking at everything relaxed.
"Ero-sennin, how the hell did you get there!"
"I can't believe you didn't notice. It was so easy to replace me with a clone and eat a little snack, would you?"
"Uh... I'm not going to refuse, but I'm offended."
"Hahaha. Don't worry, soon the training will be over. We have to buy you new clothes too, but until then, we have a few months before we return to Konoha."
"Yeah... I'll be able to go back... two and a half years went by fast."
"That's how time works. When you're young, time passes very slowly, but when you get old, time starts to pass very fast"
"Ho~ I think time went by too fast for you, Ero-sennin."
"I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or as an insult, but it doesn't matter. Let's continue, we still have a lot of time left"
"Yes! I'm really going to kick you this time, dattebayo!"
Naruto smiled defiantly and Jiraiya did the same.
This story at last begins.
Vol. 2- Naruto: Time skip - The End
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I was planning not to post chapters this week, but since I realized that there was only 1 chapter left to finish vol 2.
Now, after this chapter, once aye there are more than 20 chapters advanced in p atreon I will post again here in WebNovel.