CHAPTER 10- WEARY HEART: CHAOS' SCHEME

3 DAYS LATER- KONOHA MARKET DISTRICT

If one was to look inside the mind of a certain dark haired boy, you'd think he'd be paranoid to the point that he makes the Kages look like they were on vacation. Well that would be an understatement. Naruto's mind was a literal storm of ranting and cursing. There were 3 causes to this.

The first is the obvious ominous clouds just beyond Konoha. Oh he knew what caused it and it's making his blood boil and his mind raging. Said clouds made everybody who could see it uncomfortable. Sadly the ninjas couldn't sense anything wrong other than it looked like storm clouds. They're instincts told them something was coming, but their sensors couldn't find anything wrong. It was like it was just going to rain. For now, until their Hokage gives them an order life would just have to move on. Not that said Hokage wasn't weary. You don't become a leader by being naïve and ignorant. She just didn't want to make it look like her village would back out because of some bad weather.

The second problem came in the form of his technomancer gauntlet going haywire from time to time. Wherever he went, he leaves behind some CET (Chaos Energy Trackers) behind to monitor the area where he was. Basically the entire land was now being monitored by our hero here. And judging by the readings, things were not exactly pleasant nor did it calm his nerves.

The last thing was the fact that now ALL major villages were now in Konoha, including KIRI and KUMO. You know, the place where the two groups of ninjas tried to capture him a few days ago came from. Yeah they were now in his door steps. He shivered as he remembered yesterday.

FLASHBACK

Naruto was walking towards his room scratching his head in irritation as the stress of his 'work' was getting to him. I mean he had to deal with fans, Cysero and Zhoom, his CET readings, Cysero and Zhoom, waiting for his house to be repaired, Cysero and Zhoom, his secret training montage, did he mention Cysero and Zhoom? Well he's saying it again.

He sighed as his mind was taking its toll on him. He never felt so much pressure and stress in his entire life. Was this what those heroes felt back in those days? If it was then they must have had wills of iron.

He was so deep in his inner turmoil that he did not notice the pair of eyes scoping him until he bumped into something or rather someone. As he got his bearings straight he finally realized that he just bumped into Yugito.

"Well well… the mouse came over to the cat" she smiled seductively as she placed a hand on her waist. Naruto, for reasons he didn't even know, wasn't even scared. He looked at Yugito with a smirk and raised brow. "A mouse eh? Never been called that" he retorted.

Yugito smiled even more and sauntered to him with a sway on her hips. "Mah my, aren't you a little feisty today" she trailed a finger to his chest drawing circles. "Are you here to catch me or seduce me? Either way I'm fine with it. Not like you could do either, but I like it when you try" he dared he with a confident smile.

"Oh is that a challenge?" she continued playing their little game. "You know all too well of my little secret Naruto-kun. Do you really want to play with fire?" she asked as a small piece of Nibi's chakra to her hand and created a small blue flame. She expected him to be a bit scared, but all she got was a snort and chuckling from Naruto. "Trust me, you told me your secret, and you discovered mine. But I'll ask you right now Yugito?" his eyes now glowed cyan,

"Do you think you can actually take me?"

Yugito was a bit scared at his eyes, but a large part of her was actually thrilled at the challenge. "Oh do tell" she responded suppressing a shiver with a blush. "You couldn't even get pass Milt or rather Zorbak, and he was holding back like me. However I'm holding back way more. Let's put it this way, if I wanted to, not saying that I do, I can easily take over the entire Elemental Nation. I can enslave the entire population and crush any resistance like a bug" he said with a smile at her shocked expression.

"Oh is that right" Yugito recovered from her shock. Naruto just smiled and walked towards his room. "Believe what you want"

END OF FLASHBACK

Yeah not exactly a smart move. He basically turned the target on his back to supersize. Honestly he thought it was the stress talking to Yugito. He was currently walking aimlessly letting his legs take him to wherever it wants. Right now he was just thinking of what to do with his situation. Earlier today, he had Warlic placed one CET just outside of the village's walls. And the readings were not welcoming. If what the enemies he faced earlier wasn't already troubling, apparently they were just the appetizer.

He has to do something to contain this.

REALM OF CHAOS

Drakath was seating in his throne as he was thinking what to do next. His nemesis was back in his birthplace and he doesn't even know it. "Fool" he chuckled. "Guess it's time to spread a little more chaos. Xin! Xang!" he called.

"Yes Master" Xin said as she and her sister appeared behind him.

"Why don't you two go on a vacation? I heard that the Land of Fire is warm today. A lot of fun that place is. And an old friend is in there, why not greet him" He smiled sadistically.

"Really master!?" Xang asked excitedly. Drakath just nodded his head.

"Thank you Master!" Both sisters yelled out before vanishing and plotting a lot of painful things for our hero.

END

Okay, okay, I have a lot of explaining. Some of you are mad, some are pissed, and at least some of you are a bit happy (I hope). This chapter wasn't that good, even I can admit that. I have a new computer and this was all I had salvaged from my old one. I had a lot of things to do since I will be working on a cruise ship in a few months and I have to undergo a lot of training since early February. I also needed to get a lot of documents and a lot of medical check-ups and shots. The latter wasn't enjoyable. It cut off most of my free time considering I have to learn multiple languages including Italian, German, and even Russian. So when I do get to the boat it will be a very busy day, but I am still not quitting fanfiction. I have too much love for this site and the stories I read and write. I will do what it takes to do all of this and still write I hope you all understand. So just for a treat I am going to show a teaser for the next chapters:

"XIN! XANG!" Naruto shouted as the two were in front of him after he killed the third chaos monster

"You have no idea what pain is" Naruto said as he looked to sky as the Jonin looked at him with sorrow.

"The time has come" Drakath then pointed to the portal as his army marched.

"Missed me" Drakath asked as he enjoyed the horrified looks of Minako as the other Kages only looked on in confusion as the barrier erected trapping them.

"Give this to Naruto, he'll know….what to do…. With it" Cysero weakly held out two items in his shaking hands as the life was slowly draining out of him.

"It's just you and me now!" Naruto shouted as Drakath tried to overpower him in their deadlock.

"You think you know them. They've been lying to you since they met you!" Drakath yelled out as he struggled to get up.

"As Darkness falls, Light shall rise" his voice rang out in his mind as power surged throughout his body.