As the night began to close in and the sky became darker and darker, Furui led Naruto to the other side of the camp where he would be living for the foreseeable future. The old man soon came to a stop just in front of two tents that had what looked like a decent sized gap between them.
The tent of the right looked normal enough and was made from a plain brown material, though there were a number of dark stains on the fabric, the tent looked like it could hold at least five people with ease. There was also a foot wide pole stuck into the ground that reached high into the air, easily higher than any of the tents in the camp.
It was a large contrast to the tent on the left, which looked to have been patched back together even more times than Gekai's tent had been.
Before Naruto could even think to comment on either however, Furui grabbed his shoulder in a tight grip and pulled him three steps to the right.
BANG!!!!
This action was soon followed by a loud banging sound; the sound was soon followed by a fast moving something that came shooting out of the tent on the left at high speeds and right through the space where Naruto had previously been stood.
The blur carried on and cut through three other tents, much to the annoyance of the owners of said tents, before a member of the Okorimashita Clan, a great beast of a man with a bald head and brown tattoos move to stand in its way and used his own body to bring it to a stop.
As the man took a step forward the brown tattoos on his body began to glow, this was soon followed by the earth around him lifting into the air and covering his body like a second skin.
His earth 'armour' in place the man reached forward to stop the swiftly moving blur, catching it in his arms he was pushed back about a foot, but no more than that before the blur fell to the ground with a…groan.
Now that it had stopped moving Naruto could see that the blur had actually been a guy in his mid-teens, who was slowly pulling himself up a sheepish expression on his face as he started apologising to everyone around him.
The teen looked to be of around average height for his age, with a lean build that was normal for a Shinobi. He was dressed in a black jumpsuit that looked to have extra padding on the outside, with a pair of fingerless gloves that seemed to be attached to the jumpsuit.
Naruto also noticed that the boy was wearing boots instead of Shinobi sandals, and that the boots the teen was wearing were huge and looked to be coated in metal.
His strange ensemble was finished off by a metal helmet he wore on his head. There was also a pair of tinted goggles that covered his eyes, and the beginning of a beard on his lower face.
"That's Hodan, and like I said he is better known as Cannonball. He's not actually part of a Rogue Clan, but instead he is from a small village in Earth Country.
From what I understand he was…asked, to leave after knocking down a few houses because of his ability, it got to the point that he had to make a run for the border before the Hidden Rock could take him."
Naruto listened to Furui as the old man talked his eyes on the now named Hodan as he watched the teen starting to help to fix the tents he had knocked over while continually apologizing over and over to anyone who would listen.
"What was that exactly, I've never heard of anything like that happening…?" Naruto asked his forehead scrunched in confusion as he tried to work out just what the boy's ability was, he had already seen the results of the 'cannonballs' ability now he just wanted to know what it actually was.
"And before meeting you, I had never heard of someone that could eat Souls. Things like this happen more often than people think, new Jutsu are created through trial and error or even accident.
New Bloodlines can appear randomly, going unnoticed for years. Eventually most find their way to Outcast camps like this, the same way you yourself did. It's no secret that the Hidden Villages across the Elemental Nations have a habit of trying to collect people like that, many becoming breeding stock or worse."
Naruto wasn't sure what to think to this news, being the son of the Hokage. He knew there were parts of the job his father never talked to them about, but Naruto just couldn't even imagine his father ordering something like that.
But then again, how many times had he heard Minato talking about needing to put the needs of the village above all else. It had become a saying he would use when trying to explain why he had done something.
Suddenly feeling very uncomfortable, Naruto turned back to the empty plot between the two tents and pulled out his sealing scroll.
Furui said a quick goodbye before walking off, telling him that if he needed anything to come and ask before disappearing between the tents.
He had just finished organising everything ready to put the tent up when a voice to his right caught his attention.
"Not enough one, why must that old man keep sending brats in my direction. I mean first it was that rock head Hodan, and now it is some little kid wearing a clown mask." A voice said interrupting Naruto from what he had been about to do.
Turning around Naruto caught sight of the speaker, in front of him was a young blond hair girl that looked around Naruto's own age. The girl was a slim with shoulder length blonde hair and pink eyes, the most unnerving thing about the girl though was the look on her face as she spoke, it was the kind of look a predator would give her prey.
"Hey come on now don't be so harsh to the new kid." Hodan said as he approached a wary look on his face as he looked at the blonde girl.
As the boy came closer more of his feature began to stick out, he had removed his helmet to show he had short brown hair that already looked as if it was beginning to thin.
He also had brown eyes that at this moment were switching back and forth between looking at Naruto in concern and at the girl in slight fear.
"Did it look like I was talking to you boulder brain."
The girl snapped as she turned to face Hogan, the smile on her face if anything getting bigger, which only seemed to unnerve the older boy more.
"Come on Clementine I wa…" The boy began to say as he backtracked slightly, looking around Naruto noticed that a small crowd of Outcasts were beginning to form to watch the entertainment.
Before the boy could finish what he was about to say he was interrupted by the girl, who in a rapid blur of motion appeared right in front of Hogan a look of anger now on her face, with what had once been a pleasant smile turning into a malicious smirk.
Moving almost too fast for Naruto to see the blonde girl drove a fist into the older boy's gut, now in normal circumstances the idea of a little girl doing that to a boy twice her size would be laughable. Unfortunately for Hogan these were not normal circumstances as with slight choking sound the boy had the breath knocked out of him and collapsed onto the floor.
The reaction this received from the crowd was one of amusement as they cheered the younger girl on, some part of Naruto thought that they might still be pissed off about their damaged tents.
"I've told you before, and I will tell you again boulder face. The name is Lady Clementine, the Inhuman Lady Clementine!" The girl said grandly as she bowed slightly to the crowd, gaining a few chuckles and cheers from the crowd as she did so.
"Sorry Lady Clementine." Hogan gasped out from where he lying on the floor in a fetal position.
"You are forgiven I suppose." The girl Clementine said before she turned back around to face Naruto, her pinks eyes gleaming slightly as they caught the light from one of the nearby fires.
"So short, skinny and ugly who are you?"
Hearing that Naruto blinked slightly in confusion, getting to his feet so he faced the girl, Naruto pulled down his hood revealing his pale blond hair and the mask that concealed his face.
"Oh I see so you're not just ugly…" The girl said gesturing to his mask. Naruto gave a nod of his head whilst opening his mouth to confirm what she was about to say, only for him to be taken aback by what the girl said next.
"You're so ugly you have to actually wear a mask to hide your hideousness from the world."
Blinking slightly as he heard that Naruto replied before fully thinking through what he was going to say. "You're kind of a bitch aren't you?"
BANG!!!!
Naruto hit the floor gasping for breath as all the air was taken out of his lungs, the little blond haired girl having just landed a punch to his gut that knocked him to the ground.
But his condition didn't last long as he felt the charka from the souls he had consumed burning in his veins, he could feel his adrenaline pumping as his system was flooded by chakra.
His first thought when he felt this is that he had somehow done this unconsciously, but that thought was soon put to rest when he heard the soft voice of You in his head.
"Come on Naruto kick this bitches arse!"
Pushing himself to his feet Naruto was able to see the surprise on Clementine's face before he charged her, aiming to tackle her to the ground. Only to receive a boot in the face as the girl leapt back a step before kicking forward taking advantage of Naruto's uncoordinated attack.
Once again Naruto hit the floor, but unlike last time though he didn't stay down long as he hit the ground in a roll and made his way back to his feet. Thrusting is arm out in the direction of Clementine as he did so.
What happened next truly surprised Naruto. A chain like construct made of pure chakra erupted from Naruto's hand, it was reminiscent of the Chakra Chains he had seen his sister and mother make; only his was made up of his unique grayish chakra.
Naruto it appeared wasn't the only one taken aback by the chains appearance as Clementine to was shocked. So much so that she didn't even try to dodge as the chain came swinging at her, catching her in the mid section as it catapulted her a few metres back.
"Arghh! Dammit that hurts like a bitch!" Clementine shouted as she got back onto her feet, her pink eyes lock on Naruto as he too was on his feet now facing her.
"You can make a weird chain thing, that's not fair."
As she said that she broke eye contact with the blonde opposite her and looked down at where the chain had struck her. The parts of her shirt that had been touched by the grey chakra was gone, the edges of the fabric showing that it had rotted away.
The flesh beneath though looked like it had also started rotting, as it had become dry and grey, the skin already falling off to show the decaying muscle beneath.
Instead of looking horrified or angry about it though Clementine let out a loud cackle of laughter.
Looking down once more she could see one of the aspects of her bloodline were already at work, the flesh had begun to regenerate, the new flesh driving back the rot that had been caused by that chain like chakra construct. Looking up she could see the boy's eyes behind the mask, the sclera had turned black and the irises had turned crimson.
What was more noticeable about them though was that they were widened in surprise, as though the boy had no idea how he had just done what he had done.
Jumping up and down slightly in excitement now that her previously festering wound had been healed, the blonde girl sent the masked boy a feral grin.
"Finally a kid my own age that can fight back! So what's you name then kid? Or should I just keep calling you Ugly?"
As Naruto heard what Clementine had just said he had to blink in surprise, after what had just happened to her he thought that she would either be crying or raging, but instead she seemed happy.
His surprise however only lasted until he heard what she called him, it seemed she recovered from that really painful looking and borderline life threatening wound very quickly. Looking up he looked her dead in the eye seeing the hidden glee contained within, he decided to say the first thing that came to mind.
"My name is Pain bitch!"
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AN :
So yeah that is the name Naruto has chosen to go by, it was a bit of an off the cuff decision of his. But I thought it would be quite amusing if Pein of the Akatsuki met Pain of the Outcasts. They could have a Peainoff... haha, but anyway yeah I quite like it, I hope others do to.
So on to other things, there will be a time skip between this chapter and the next as I don't wan the story to drag its heels.
One thing I find annoying about some stories is how they can have hundreds of thousands of words written and yet the story will have barely progressed. I know character development and setting out the world etc.
is important, but so too is pacing. There is one story I have read recently which has over three hundred thousand words written and they have only just gotten passed the wave arc.
Also I hope you all like the last important OC in the story, I passed their character off of a character from a different anime, as I really liked that character and I thought with a bit of development it could fit seamlessly into the Naruto world.
All of these OC's will be developed much more than most of the Konoha 12 ever were during canon.
Another thing to note is we saw a bit more of Naruto's abilities developing which is always interesting.
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