19 Chapter 19: Blood VS Blood: Part 1

Naruto's eyes went wide, as he recognized the identity of the person in front of him.

It seemed that Danzo had finally unleashed his secret weapon, the only one who was capable of stopping Naruto.

Rei Uchiha, the clone daughter of Naruto was looking at him, with hatred. Her fully matured sharingan was looking at him murderously.

Naruto's head dropped in shame, he couldn't look Rei in the eyes, he was the reason she ended up like this.

Only if he had searched harder, only if he had been a lot more cautious, then this wouldn't have happened.

But now...everything had changed.

It was all in the past now, Naruto knew no matter how guilty he felt, he could never erase the past. If it was possible, then he would have altered a lot of things.

The only thing he could do now..was change the future.

Naruto closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. He would not let his personal feelings; get in the way of his mission, he had to stop and subdue Rei quickly, and take out the remaining Root Anbu too.

Sai's life was depending on how fast he could finish it up.

"I just hope that genjutsu holds," thought Naruto worriedly

Naruto quickly got up, and removed some dust from his now torn out, Anbu uniform. He was still taking deep breaths, in order to calm himself down.

He looked around and saw Rei was standing in front of him, behind her was a force of 150 remaining Root Anbu, it seemed the enemy had an advantage, as they had a hostage and were using her as a shield, and had great numbers too.

"Kurama, I cannot focus on my battle with Rei, if they keep interfering. I have lots of chakra left, and if she is truly my daughter then she would give me a tough fight. Let's even the odds," said Naruto calmly

Kurama was quite surprised, that Naruto had gotten a hold on his emotions so quickly, but then again he was an Anbu captain.

"Are you sure? You did say, that you wouldn't hurt Rei," said Kurama doubtfully

"Yes, I will not kill her, but I may have to subdue her a little roughly, but before that I need to test her strength," said Naruto seriously

"So, you want to test the enemy's strength, before implementing your strategy. You do have a good sense of battle," said Kurama with a smirk

Naruto used his sensor ability, it seemed as if the Root Anbu were low on chakra, and probably wouldn't last long. And it seemed the Root Anbu knew they could not win against him, and were not attacking him.

"But still fighting them, along with Rei is going to be a bitch, looks like I'll have to use my signature move," thought Naruto seriously

But before that, there was something he wanted to know.

He looked at his daughter, her KI was good but not enough to make him sweat, but the glare she was giving him was murderous. It was as if Naruto had done something bad to her.

"Who are you?" asked Naruto patiently, he wanted to know everything about her.

It seemed to anger Rei more, as her KI increased.

"You bastard, you dare ask me, after what you did!" said Rei furiously

Naruto was quite surprised by this, what had he done to her?

"You butchered so many of our comrades, you are a traitor, a monster!" said Rei accusingly

Naruto's heart broke, when he heard his daughter calling him a monster. For years, he was considered a monster by the villagers, and now even his own blood considered him the same.

It seemed that this was his fate, what a sad life.

"I did, so what?" asked Naruto coldly, his sharingan eyes gave a murderous look to Rei.

"How could you Captain?..I looked up to you, Danzo-sama told me so many things about you...but now you did all this," said Rei sadly with tears in her eyes.

"What did that bastard tell her?" thought Naruto curiously

"You want to know why I did it, there is no point in telling you. It won't change anything, tell me how much can you see with those sharingan of yours?" asked Naruto mysteriously

He wanted to know what were her amibtions, what would she do now?

"I see you dead, Captain.." said Rei confidently

Naruto chuckled a bit on hearing that, his daughter sure had a lot of confidence and guts. To stand before an Anbu captain, who had just butchered so many Anbu alone, and still having the guts to kill your enemy.

"She is your daughter, all right," said Kurama firmly

"You see me dead, huh? Well then make it a reality.." said Naruto coldly

Rei's eyes hardened on hearing that, and she unsheathed her weapon.

It was a very small tanto, but it had a very sharp blade, one that was more than enough to efficiently slice a man's throat.

"Uchiha no Hanran: Shinku Enka( Uchiha Rebellion: Crimson Flame Flower),"

Naruto was quite shocked when Rei jumped in the air, and swinged her Tanto swiftly; and several blades of fire rushed at Naruto at frightening speed.

He quickly channeled chakra into his feet, and with great speed started dodging each and every blade of fire.

"A New Kenjutsu Style...combined with fire chakra, it seems Danzo did manage to copy our clan's techniques, before they were sealed," thought Naruto in amazement

Rei continued to send several attacks towards Naruto, but he was dodging every attack. Her opponent sure had a lot of speed, but that was to be expected from an Anbu captain.

"Attack him!" yelled Rei loudly

On hearing her voice, immediately the Root Anbu charged towards Naruto but were quite surprised; when four shadow clones surrounded Naruto and Rei from all sides.

"What is he doing?" thought Fu worriedly

Torune's eyes widened when he saw all the clones perform a quick set of hand seals. The speed at which they were performing the hand seals, made it impossible for the human eye to see what they were doing.

But he didn't want to take any chances, they might be preparing an attack.

Torune quickly performed his own hand seals.

"Doton Doryuuheki (Earth Release: Mud Wall Jutsu)"

A huge earth wall appeared in front of the Root Anbu.

"What are you doing?" asked Fu strictly

"He might be performing another fire attack, we cannot afford any more casualties," said Torune seriously

"Got it," said Fu in an understanding tone

Both both of them were quite shocked when they heard a shout across the wall.

"Shishienjin (Four Violet Flames Formation)"

Torune immediately dropped the earth wall, and everyone was shocked when they saw a purple barrier, had surrounded Naruto and Rei from all sides.

"Attack now, before he harms the girl," said Fu alarmingly

On hearing Fu's orders, 20 Anbu immediately jumped towards the violet wall, and what happened next shocked everyone; well except Naruto who had a calm look on his face.

All the 20 Anbu that came in contact with the strange purple wall, were burned to ashes. The effect was instantenous, they didn't even get to scream before they were burned to nothing.

Rei stared in horror, as 20 more of her comrades got killed in an instant.

"YOU!" screamed Rei angrily; she immediately performed her attack.

Naruto's veteran eyes realized which attack she was going to perform, so he copied her attack with the same speed.

"Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique)"

"Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique)"

Both Naruto and Rei blasted a large amount of fire chakra, that took the form of a dragon.

Both the fire dragons quickly collided with each other, the explosion that followed was quite huge, and smoke covered the entire area, as both the attacks cancelled each other out.

Rei emerged from the smoke, and with unbelievable speed rushed towards Naruto, her sharingan eyes bore into his sharingan.

With tremendous speed, she sliced her tanto clean across Naruto's chest.

"Its over...Captain," said Rei coldly

But when she looked back she was quite shocked when Naruto disappeared in a flock of crows,

"Shit" thought Rei urgently

She brought her tanto forward quickly, and she was just barely able to block Naruto's sword with her tanto. If she had been a second late, she would have been dead.

"You held back, didn't you?" asked Kurama with a smirk

Naruto didn't answer his partner, because he was busy looking at the shocked face of his daughter. Words couldn't describe how proud he felt of Rei, she was far stronger than he had imagined.

She was so young, yet she was much stronger than what he was at her age.

"For a rookie, you are quite strong. You're a fire style specialist, master of my clan's Kenjutsu, and have a fully matured sharingan. Pretty impressive for someone of your age," said Naruto proudly

"You don't know anything about me!" said Rei frustratingly, and tried to push Naruto back.

But it seemed he was physically more stronger than her, because he wasn't even moving an inch.

"But you have a quick temper," said Naruto playfully

He then brought his left hand forward; Rei wanted to stop his hand, but both of her hands were busy holding her tanto, in order to block the sword that Naruto was holding in his right hand.

But what happened next shocked Rei.

Naruto poked her forehead with his finger gently.

"I'm proud of you," said Naruto with a true smile

Rei's eyes widened when she heard that, she looked closely but Naruto was not giving her a fake smile, the expression on his face, and the look in his eyes was genuine.

She immediately back flipped away, and landed a few meters away from him.

But still it shocked her, when Naruto stood in front of her with the same gentle look on his face.

"Why is he saying this? What am I to him?" thought Rei curiously

She was not a fool, she knew if Naruto could kill so many Anbu on his own, then defeating her would not be so hard; even though she was a prodigy, she knew he was far more stronger than her.

Meanwhile Kurama was curious, what was up with his container?

"Naruto, did anything happen?" asked Kurama curiously

"I know all about her now, her eyes told me everything I needed to know. Maybe my worthless life wasn't so bad, when I look at her...I just know that living this long was worth it. I don't know how to say this...when I looked at her with my sharingan, I read her mind. All her memories, even though some things were rough, she grew up to be a far better person than me. I saw how she looked when she was a baby, her first steps..her first word was father," said Naruto emotionally, a few tears had already emerged in his eyes.

Kurama felt happy for his friend, it had been a long time, since he had seen Naruto truly happy.

"I wish I had been there for her, when she talked, I wanted to take her to the park, watch her play, eat, dance, and live a beautiful life. But I failed her, just like every other person in my life...I am not worthy to be her father, but no matter what happens, I'll get her out of this hell. Even if its the last thing I do," said Naruto with determination

"Then let's do this," said the Biju passionately

While Naruto was talking with his Biju, Rei was going through a lot of emotional turmoil.

She didn't know what this feeling was, when she looked at Naruto, she felt warmth, she felt safe. All her life, she had heard about Naruto's achievements and service to Root.

He was a legend in the Root forces.

Even Danzo-sama had told him that he was a powerful shinobi, he was respected by everyone.

Danzo had taught her how to become a true shinobi, but whenever she heard something about Naruto, she felt eager and excited.

She had lived a secluded life, from the moment she was born, she was raised in a base. There were very few people that lived with her, many of them used to train her.

Danzo-sama had made sure, that she would become a powerful shinobi.

She still remembered the day, when Danzo had told her about Naruto.

(Flashback : 2 years ago)

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu(Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)"

A little girl with blonde hair was standing in a small room, she was wearing a small black tshirt, and white shorts. Her hair was tied up in a small ponytail.

There were a few burn marks on her cheeks, but she ignored the pain and performed a set of hand seals slowly

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu(Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)"

The blonde girl blew a small fireball from her mouth, she maintained the fireball for a few seconds; but ultimately it vanished.

She collapsed on her knees, and was panting heavily.

"You are still far from perfect, Rei-chan" said an old man stoically

Rei looked at her teacher, and caretaker. He had one of his eyes covered with bandages, while he wore grey robes. He was none other than Danzo Shimura.

"I'll do it, Danzo-sama..I need more time," said Rei tiredly

Ever since she was little, Danzo had taken care of her. The people that lived with her, had told her that they were all orphans like her; and Danzo had taken them in and took care of them.

But what she didn't know that all of them were Root Anbu; who were watching her and deceiving her on Danzo's orders.

"Rei-chan...you should work more harder. You want to protect me, right?" asked Danzo deviously

Children were so easy to deceive, they could be molded in just the way he wanted. He would make sure that his investment, won't be in waste. He had invested a fortune in making Rei, and had to give some classified information to Orochimaru in return for his services.

He knew; he had to make sure, Rei became a true shinobi, because as soon as he became Hokage, he would use her and his army to wipe out Orochimaru. He would not afford to keep any loose ends.

Naruto had been acting a little strangely, and Danzo never trusted the boy. He was too unpredictable, and Danzo did not want anyone to interrupt his plans, that was the sole reason he made the deal with Orochimaru, and created Rei.

Naruto never knew that during his training in Root, he had secretly taken samples of his blood and DNA, and had preserved it.

"Hey, Danzo-sama, who is the strongest person, you know?" asked Rei curiously

Danzo looked at the child, for a brief moment. Her curiosity was genuine, he decided there was no harm in telling her something.

"There is a soldier who is protecting me. He is one of the strongest person I have ever trained, his skills are very great," said Danzo stoically

"What is his name? Can you tell me please?" asked Rei in excited tone.

Danzo frowned a little, the girl still had a long way to go. But he would make sure, his secret weapon would be even more loyal to him, than Naruto.

"His name is Naruto Uchiha, he is a captain in Root, of which you know I'm the leader. We are sworn to protect Konoha at all costs, Naruto is a shinobi who has excelled in every ninja arts," said Danzo neutrally, there was no doubt that Naruto was an exceptional shinobi, but he was not emotionally stable.

Maybe it was because of the trauma he had suffered when he was a child, the day before Kakashi adopted him, he had been attacked.

Before that day, Naruto was a cheerful kid, but after that incident, he lost his innocence. He became more serious, though he still acted a little childishly, a part of his soul had died.

But before things could go down, Hiruzen had made the boy loyal to his ideals and the village.

This was one of the traits Danzo had seen in many of the Uchiha. They were very depressed people, the prime examples being Naruto and Itachi.

If one could say they were twins, however Danzo was sure, Naruto was not a true shinobi like Itachi. He lacked the resolve to kill the ones closest to him, and Rei would be his biggest weakness, should he revolt.

"Really?" asked Rei surprisingly

"Yes, he is strong...but he is evil," said Danzo deviously

Rei was shocked to hear this, how could such a brave man be evil?

"What are you saying?" asked a shocked Rei

"Naruto has a very dark past, he was not treated properly by the villagers. As a result, he changed, he is still loyal but there is something very dark inside him. I am scared he will try to hurt you, and all our comrades. I will protect you, even if he kills me," said Danzo, very innocently

The little girl had tears in her eyes, her Danzo-sama loved her so much.

"I will get stronger, and I will protect you from all enemies, and if this captain tries to harm you. I shall kill him," said Rei passionately

"I'm proud of you," said Danzo and patted the little girl on the head.

He would never fail, he would make sure Konoha ruled the shinobi world. He was the savior of this world.

(Flashback end)

Rei looked at the man in front of her, she knew he had a bad life, but she could not allow this massacre to continue any further,

But still her entire life, she dreamt of surpassing him, a man she never met. But now, when she had finally met him, she realized what Danzo had said was the truth.

But...why were her hands shaking?

Why was she not able to bring herself to kill him?

His gentle eyes, his smile, his face. She felt safe, she felt wanted, but when she looked at his blood soaked sword, her illusion broke.

"Captain Naruto...I know whatever happened with you was not right, but you have to stop," said Rei pleadingly

Naruto's heart melted, when he heard his daughter's innocent words. He just wanted all of this to stop, but for the greater good, for her sake, he would have to do this.

"I am afraid it is too late for that, Rei-chan," said Naruto sadly

"I wanted to surpass you all my life, I wanted to become more stronger than you, so I could protect my comrades and Danzo-sama. You were a hero to me, please don't let yourself be consumed by darkness." said Rei with tears in her eyes, she didn't know why but her heart felt something for this man.

"There is only one way to stop me, Rei-chan," said Naruto firmly

"What is it that will make you stop this madness?'' asked Rei quickly

Naruto's eyes hardened and his sharingan flashed dangerously

"Kill me"

Rei took a step back in fear, as she heard the demonic voice of Naruto. Her hands were shaking, her body was trembling from his presence.

"I can't do it, I cannot kill you..." said Rei hesitantly

"Then I will kill you..." said Naruto firmly

He then immediately took out a large number of shuriken and threw them at Rei quickly.

Suddenly a couple of seals appeared on both of Rei's hands, and much to Naruto's surprise, she quickly took out many shuriken of her own.

The sounds of metal clashing with each other, could be heard in the entire corridor. Naruto and Rei seemed to be at par, both were attacking as well as deflecting at the same time.

Naruto had the advantage of experience, while Rei's matured sharingan was helping her a lot.

The clash continued for a few moments, until Naruto shunshined in the air, and performed hand seals with unimaginable speed.

"Katon: Hosenka( Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique),"

Naruto blew a couple of medium fire balls from his mouth, and in an instant threw a couple of shurikens in the fireballs.

Rei's eyes widened in shock, when she saw the attack coming towards her, and she made her defensive attack.

"Doton Doryuuheki (Earth Release: Mud Wall Jutsu)"

A small earth wall immediately formed in front of Rei, and protected her as the fireballs combined with the shuriken, destroyed the entire frontal portion of the wall.

"So she has an earth affinity too...interesting," thought Naruto curiously

In order to take things up a notch, he decided to break Rei's defense, and earth style ninjutsu were weaker against water.

He performed a set of hand seals quickly, and released a large amount of water from his mouth.

"Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Style: Violent Water Wave)"

A large wave of water rushed from Naruto's mouth, it clashed with the last remnant of Rei's earth wall and destroyed it entirely.

But Kurama was quite shocked when Naruto's entire body was wrapped in chakra chains, that had rose from the ground.

"What is this?" asked Naruto urgently

Despite all his efforts, the chains were holding him very tightly, they were draining his chakra, and he suddenly started feeling tired.

"Naruto...it looks like she has chakra chains, that your mother used to keep me at bay. You must hurry-" warned Kurama but was cut off.

Both Naruto and Kurama's conversation was cut short, when the ground started shaking, the walls started cracking.

The entire base was rocked with violent tremors, and sounds of something erupting could be heard from the front.

"Her chakra is so powerful...she is amazing," thought Naruto in awe

But that astonishment soon turned into shock, when he saw Rei standing at a distance giving him a sad look.

"So you are not going to back down. I cannot let you harm Danzo-sama...Forgive me, Naruto-taichou," said Rei sadly

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" screamed Naruto in pain, as the chains started crushing his body.

"This is the end of your suffering...Naruto-taichou!" yelled Rei firmly

She then clasped her hands together and gave a loud battle cry.

Kurama's eyes bulged out of his sockets, while Naruto couldn't believe what he was seeing, the thing in front of him.

"Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kōtan (Wood Release Secret Technique:Nativity of a World of Trees)"

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