Chương 89: Chapter 089

Naruto gently set Haku down on the ground, caressing her face before he closed her eyes. Standing up he stepped over her prone form as the energy coalesced around him. His head was down, shadows covering his eyes as his ragged breathing filled the air. Finally he looked up at the man who was responsible for Haku's death.

Gato and the mercenaries that he had brought with him took a step back in fear.

Naruto took a step forward.

And then disappeared.

He reappeared right in front of one of the bandits, plunging his hand into the man's throat without preamble, impaling two of his fingers all the way through and out the back while seemingly not caring about the blood that was beginning to stain his hand. Rotating on his heel he swung the corpse around, smashing it into three others, knocking them off balance before throwing it off and disappearing again.

Naruto appeared behind another bandit and plunged both hands straight into his back and out his chest, palms facing away from each other. The man's screams filled the air before Naruto roared and ripped the man in half, letting the blood splash across his face only to be burnt off by the malevolent energy that only one person there could identy as the Kyuubi's Yoki. A moment later the whiskered blond set his sights on the others that Gato had brought.

The sounds of screams soon filled the air as Naruto tore through Gato's men, not just killing them, but brutally slaughtering them. Many had limbs torn off, arms, legs, heads; some of the men were even ripped to nothing more than chunks of flesh that could not be recognized as having ever been human. Naruto spared no one in his gruesome quest to massacre every single individual who had come with Gato. As far as he was concerned they were all guilty of what happened to Haku, and none of them deserved any form of mercy or compassion.

When Naruto had killed all of the bandits, he turned his eyes to Gato. Said man was currently curled up into a ball, somehow still conscious despite the overwhelming bloodlust and killing intent coming from the blond, and began to stalk over to the sniveling little midget.

"P-P-please…s-s-spare me!" Gato begged as Naruto stopped in front of him, "I-I-I'll g-g-ive y-u-u-ou anything you want! Just let me go…"

The whiskered blond stopped short at Gatos words and looked at him with a sort of absent curiosity, like a lion might look at an antelope that was pinned under its paws. For a moment Gato was not even sure the blond would speak as all Naruto was doing was staring at him. Finally…

"Anything?" Asked Naruto, his voice deep and guttural, no longer sounding human but taking on the pitch and timber of something demonic in origin.

"Yes! Anything!" Gato said enthusiastically, feeling certain he could buy off this demon, "Just name it! Money, wealth, power, women! Anything at all!"

"Very well," Naruto tilted his head at the man, seemingly in thought of what he wanted, "I want you to bring Haku-chan back."

Gato's eyes widened and his face paled, "I-I can't do that!"

"No? A pity," Naruto said with a shrug before lifting the man by his throat. Gato gasped and latched onto the hand now holding his neck in a vice grip in an attempt to pull it off. He continued to beg and plead, telling Naruto of all the things he could give the blond.

"You know what I want Gato?" the demonized Naruto asked, not expecting a response, and ended up squeezing Gato's throat even tighter so he could not get a response. "I want you…DEAD!"

Naruto reared back a clawed fist, before launching it forward grabbing onto Gato's face The man screamed as the red chakra began to burn his face off, melting it like wax. With a roar of finality Naruto channeled the red chakra into his hand as he squeezed Gato's head, making the corrupt businessman's head explode in a shower of gore.

Naruto dropped the now headless body unceremoniously as the red energy began to leave him. His transformation reversed, his eyes changed back to normal, his claws reverted and his canines shortened while his whiskers went back to their original state.

With his mind now clear of the bloodlust that had taken over it he looked at the devastation he had caused, then down to his hands, his eyes wide. Despite all the blood having been burnt off by the chakra, he could still see it on his hands. He could still remember what he had done, he could see how he had slaughtered all of the thugs Gato had brought and the man himself, and could recall everything he had done in picture perfect clarity.

"What have I done…?" Naruto dropped down onto his knees and vomiting the entire contents of his stomach, as his stomach began to rebel. Even after he had finished the whiskered blond was still dry heaving, his mind and body both still feeling the overwhelming sense of nausea from what he had done.