The King and his Son Ch: 12

I'm going back and nothing is going to stop me. I'm not going to let the past get to me anymore; it's as simple as that. Just the thought of this, of going home and seeing my mother again made me over joyed. But, I know that it'll still be hard for me to get over what had happened but it doesn't hurt to try.

Naruto ran as fast as he could back to the house. He knew what he had to do, and nothing was going to stop him. Though, he knew that it was wrong that he didn't go back to the bridge to check on Hinata but… right now, it was for the best that she stayed here where it was safe. There was no telling what would happen now…

Shaking his head, Naruto ran all the more toward the house, needing to get his car keys for his car right now!

As soon as he got into his home, Naruto rushed up the stairs taking at least three steps at a time hoping to get up there. He was driven by his desire to go back, to face his past. To save his mother from a horrible fate. Growling, Naruto got to his floor and slapped his palm on the door before charging inside. He ran past Sasuke and Sakura who were sitting in the living room.

"Naruto did you dye your hair?" asked Sakura with confusion.

"No."

"Then why are you blonde?"

"It's my natural hair colour, long story." Said Naruto as he ran to his room looking for his keys. He had to hurry up and get out of here before they ask him where he's going. Right now, he didn't want them to get involved, figuring that they're already mad at him as it was for him lying all these years. Not that he didn't blame them for being angry about him hiding who he was. Anyone would get angry if they had found out that someone that had called them a friend had really been lying to their face for too long.

Finally, Naruto found his keys and ran out of his room… only for him to be blocked by four people. Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata and the old man were all standing in front of the door that would take him to the garage, where his car was. "What are you doing and… how the hell did you beat me here old man?" demanded Naruto with confusion.

"Jiraiya came here last night and told us that you were going back." Said Sakura with a frown.

"And, he told us that it would be suicide to go by yourself Naruto." Said Sasuke as he crossed his arms across his chest.

Naruto just frowned, least he was starting to get what they were saying… they wanted to- "Oh hell no! You are not coming with me! This is something I have to do alone!" shouted Naruto, his eyes flashing red for a moment, only to return to their ocean blue colour. He wouldn't let them get involved in his problems; he knew that if he did… there was no telling what would happen to them.

"Naruto, we're going with you no matter what you say." Hinata said with a soft smile on her face. He just stared at her with wide eyes; his face tinted a soft pink though he wasn't sure if he could turn her down on her request.  "Naruto… we're your friends and we want to help you. You can't do this alone…" Naruto looked down, not sure if he could handle it if they got hurt because of him.

Looking up at the old man, asking once more how he got here. "I drove while you ran back here." Calmly said Jiraiya with a smile. Naruto wanted to hit this guy, he was way too cocky for his own good and that was saying something.

Frowning, Naruto said "but I have to do this myself. This is my problem, not yours." He had to get them to forget about this in the first place. There was no way that he was going to risk the lives of the innocents for even he, didn't know what could happen. For all he knew, he may end up getting sent to jail to have a death sentence… And that was something that he didn't want at the moment. "You're not going and that's that!" declared Naruto.

***

"I can't believe you did that Hinata." Said Naruto as he drove everyone to the company. Hinata had given him a kiss that Naruto knew that he would never forget in a hundred years. Damn it all, why did she have that much power over him? Shaking his head, Naruto just focused on the road, least Jiraiya didn't come with them.

Sasuke and Sakura sat in the back seat so they could chat about their future plans. Naruto though, wondered if there would even be a future for any of them for when they return to the company. Looking over at Hinata from the corner of his eye, he saw that she was nervous about going to the company. Though, he knew that she was mostly nervous because Orochimaru claimed that Naruto had 'died' with Minato, and because of that, if he thought that than everyone else did.

Placing his focus back on the road, Naruto knew that it would be a while until he was able to get back to the Namikaze Corporation though, he knew that when he sees it… he would be heart broken. If it's in the condition that Hinata had told him about… it was on its way to looking like the old building that was for sure. And if he saw that, the young man knew that it would break his heart. His father had worked on making the company and if it was in ruins… Naruto knew that he would kill Orochimaru. Even if he didn't want another death on his hands.

"Naruto, are you okay?" asked Hinata, her eyes shining her concerned along with her voice being laced with it.

"I'm fine Hinata… I'm just… I don't know what I'm thinking at the moment. I just feel like I'll hurt someone if the building is like the old one. Ya know… the one we went into when we were kids."

"What are you talking about Naruto?" asked Sasuke.

Sighing softly, Naruto knew that he would have to at least tell them this… "The scar on my face was something I received when I was a kid. I got it protecting Hinata from a kunai. I could have easily gotten this scar removed but… it serves me as a reminder… a reminder to protect what is dear to me. I almost forgot but right now, I have to face my past."

Least that was something they could know about.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto leaned back in his seat and just kept on driving on ahead. He was amazed that he knew the way back, since he had left in a train and fell asleep the first time. Frowning in confusion, the young man tried to think of something that would get his mind off of the worry that he knew that would be coming his way soon.

"So Naruto, if you were so rich… why didn't you use your money?" asked Sakura with confusion in her voice.

"I didn't want to be found. Though, when I went to check on my old account, I found out that it was closed. I'm guessing that with them thinking I'm dead they didn't see a point in keeping it open." Naruto explained which did make sense. With them thinking that he was dead, the account wouldn't be void and they would have to close it down. Since Hinata was the only other person to know about the account in the first place they would have to ask her about the pin number.

"Hey Naruto do something about your damn hair! It's whipping me back here!" shouted Sasuke, Naruto sighed softly.  This was not what he had in mind when he bought an orange sports car. Reaching behind him, he grabbed his ponytail and asked Hinata to hold onto it so it wouldn't hit the poor teme anymore.

"Need I remind you all that I wanted to go alone in the first place." Came Naruto's dry reply before he shook his head and kept on driving on. Though, he knew that they would just give him some kind or retort about how they wanted to come because they're his friends. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all for them to come along. He could use the emotional support for, seeing it would be enough to cause him to fall over in despair.

"Dope, why don't you just cut your hair?" suggested Sasuke with a bored tone in his voice.

"Hey, I'll my hair later. Right now, we don't have the time for that. There is something going on in the building, I don't know how but… I can sense it." Naruto had whispered the last part mostly to himself, as if he didn't know why he could sense that in the least. Maybe it had something to do with Kurama's powers. He couldn't be a hundred percent sure.

Meanwhile, Hinata had been reading the scroll that Jiraiya had given to Naruto. Naruto had told her to read it since he hadn't had the time since he would be driving. Well, that and the fact that no one drove this car, but him. Naruto had caught a glimpse of the scroll and had read that his parents sealed Kurama within him not just to save him, but to use this power to protect those who could not protect themselves.

Sadly, he had no idea on how to control that power.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto kept trying to focus on the road, though it was a lot harder than it seemed for him today. Maybe it was because he was worried about his mother. That could be something that would distract him enough. Taking a deep breath, Naruto tried to clear his head… he had to focus on getting to the company. Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura were gonna help him, and he knew that they would never let him down.

Looking on ahead, Naruto felt his resolve starting to burn in his heart. He was going to go the company, save his mother… and kick Orochimaru's scrawny white ass outta there and nothing was going to stop him and that was a promise that he was going to take with him until he got that company back and bringing it back to its former glory.

And that was a promise that he intends to keep. That's for sure…

***

Looking up at the building, Naruto couldn't believe just how bad it looked. The building used to be well taken care of to the point where the walls were the purest of whites. Now, it was black as the night sky, some broken windows… some of the windows were cracked. From what he could also make out, the building had some graffiti on it; he couldn't make out what the words were sadly.

His hands tightened into tight fists, his nails had grown into claws for a moment digging into his palm. Blood started to drip from his palms as he said "Orochimaru… you'll pay." His eyes glowed red for a moment… his rage bubbling within his blood… at least, it was until Naruto felt someone grab his hand. Blinking, he turned and stared at Hinata's concerned and beautiful lavender coloured eyes.

"It'll be okay Naru-kun…" she whispered gently.

Nodding, Naruto looked back up the building and narrowed his eyes once more. "Hinata, you take Sasuke and Sakura inside. I'm going to make a grand entrance." And he was going to make it amazing for him to come back into the picture. So to speak, he would end up coming back to 'life' in a sense. When really he was just returning after ten years of running. Taking a deep breath, he placed his hands together, placing his other fingers on top the back of his hands but held up the index and middle fingers of his hands up as he focused chakra to his feet.

Smirking, Naruto opened his eyes and grinned before he headed off to the building. Hinata tried to call out to him before Sasuke covered her mouth. Naruto knew that so far, that there couldn't be any risks. If anyone screamed out his name than people would know that he was alive. Or that someone was crazy.

As he ran toward the building, Naruto pumped more chakra into his feet, hoping it would be enough to get him to run up the building. He had to hurry up and make sure that nothing ruined this moment for him. When he turned his head, he saw Sakura, Sasuke and Hinata running on inside so that was a plus at the least.

Soon, Naruto felt the bottom of his shoes hitting the wall and he felt himself walking up the wall. That was amazing; he kept on running up the building. He knew that this was a lot easier than he thought since this is the first time he's done this. Smirking, Naruto kept on running, feeling the wind in his long hair as it blew behind him. It was amazing that was for sure… he could feel the adrenaline flowing through his veins.

He was feeling quite a rush.

Taking a deep breath, the young man ran to the fifth floor and that was when he saw it. Yelping, he ducked below the tall windows and looked up into the room. Standing there was Orochimaru and another woman. Frowning, Naruto tilted his head as he tried to figure out who she was. Squinting his eyes, Naruto could faintly make out long red hair, a black business suit, though instead of pants there was a skirt… when he looked up, he saw a slightly rounded out face and stared with wide eyes.

'No way… mom…' Naruto thought to himself in shock. His mother hadn't changed all that much, all he could make out were a few wrinkles around her eyes. Her eyes were filled with sadness and pain. Did he do this to her? From him being claimed to have died with his father? 'Mom… I'm so sorry…' thought Naruto with a deep sadness that had caused his own adrenaline to fade.

"What's wrong Orochimaru?" whispered Kushina in a dull and emotionless tone. Naruto knew that she was still heartbroken over the death of his father. It had to be horrible over the death of her husband.

Naruto could hear Orochimaru laughing softly as he said "ah Kushina, beautiful Kushina… have you thought over my proposal?" So what Hinata said was true… Orochimaru had been trying to marry his mother. Ugh, that would make him his step father if his mother accepted it! Ugh! Just thinking about it made him sick to his stomach and that was enough to make him puke his guts out. Shaking his head at the thought, Naruto peeked through the window again.

"Orochimaru, my heart still belongs to Minato. He is the only man I'll ever love. I'm sorry but I'm turning it down."

'Go mom!' thought Naruto with a smile, and a happy dance in his head. Why was it that Orochimaru was trying to marry his mother in the first place? Taking a deep breath, Naruto had to keep listening to what was going on or risk getting caught.

Orochimaru stood up from his chair and walked over to Kushina. "Now Kushina… you know that everyone has needs. As do you… come on, Minato cannot please you anymore. He's dead, and you don't have a child to carry on your bloodline. I, on the other hand am available… So why don't you…" He started to trace his hand up her arm and rubbed her shoulder. "Come and marry me… I wouldn't mind if you thought I was Minato."

"Shut up!" shouted Kushina as she slapped Orochimaru away from her and narrowed her brown eyes at him. "I won't marry again! Minato is my soul mate and I would rather die than marry you!" She shouted at him.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes as he said "that can be arranged Kushina!" he growled before wrapping his hands around her neck, trying to choke her to death.

Naruto's eyes went wide before he jumped up and crashed through the window. "Get away from her!" shouted Naruto as he charged at Orochimaru and tackled him before giving the snake man a swift punch to the face and went to check on his mother.

Orochimaru lifted his head and stared at Naruto in shock. "Minato?! But how?!"

Kushina weakly looked up and stared at Naruto for a moment. Her mind was a little hazy from being strangled but she smiled. "Minato… you're alive… I'm so, so happy…" she whispered softly.

"No, mom it's me… Naruto…" whispered Naruto before pulling his mother into a hug. Kushina stared at Naruto with wide eyes as tears started to fall. The young man held onto his mother a little more as he whispered "I'm so sorry mom. I wanted to come back sooner but I was afraid." Kushina held onto Naruto, and he knew that she was just happy to have him back. Not that he couldn't blame her; after all… he did just come back to her after so long.

"Ah Naruto… I'm happy to see that you're… alive." Orochimaru said the last part with a bit of a growl. Naruto knew, that he was pissed that he was around but why that was he couldn't be sure. Or maybe he was just shocked or surprised that he was here.

Pulling away from his mother, Naruto narrowed his eyes at Orochimaru and rose to his feet and stood before his mother. "Alright Orochimaru… give me one good reason not to kick your scrawny white ass out of this building." Naruto was beyond angry at this man, trying to kill his mother just because she was in love with his father still rather than him. Growling, Naruto said "you better stand down snake man, or else I'll have to beat you to a pulp."

Suddenly, Naruto heard the sounds of footsteps coming, a sure sign that the others were coming to join him.  Orochimaru smirked as he said "now Naruto, I think I've been doing a wonderful job at owning this company."

Naruto flexed his hands hoping that he would keep himself from trying to kill this man. "This company doesn't belong to you. The company was to be passed down to me! And I'm back to take over this company. Now stand down."

Orochimaru laughed as he said "come on Naruto. We all know that you don't deserve to take over after what you did."

"That won't work Orochimaru. I'm a grown man, and I can easily kick your ass!"

"What's he talking about Naruto?" asked Hinata, confusion written all over his face. Naruto growled, trying to keep himself from telling the truth. Yeah, he knew… a certain part of him kept on telling him over and over again that he didn't deserve to own this company. But he couldn't be worse than what Orochimaru did to it!

Orochimaru laughed as he walked over toward Naruto, giving him a knowing stare as if he was about to share a great secret with Naruto. Which, he knew couldn't be any good. No, he already knew what it was that Orochimaru was hinting at. Narrowing his eyes, he said "tell them Naruto; tell them your dirty little secret won't you? The secret… of Minato's death."

Everyone in the room stared at Naruto with wide eyes. He knew that they have been curious as to how Minato died. But, he didn't trust himself not to break down if he told them. Fearing that if he said how his father died all those years ago.

It was something that he had been trying to run away from for the past ten years but even he knew… was that there was nothing that he could do to stop this fate from happening. This was his fate; he was to tell them wasn't he? He had to give them closure where they could finally find peace with Minato's death. Taking a deep breath, Naruto whispered "I killed him. I killed my own father."

There were sounds of gasps around the room; Naruto knew that they were all in shock hearing this. Kushina walked over to Naruto and took a hold of his hand. "It isn't true is it Naruto? Please, tell me that this is a cruel joke…"

Naruto couldn't look his mother in the eye. Knowing fully well that he would cry at the very sight of her own sadness in her expression. Taking a deep breath he nodded as he said "it's true mom. Dad died because of me."

"He admits to killing Minato! He is to pay the price!" shouted Orochimaru as two minions came into the room and grabbed Naruto. A few made clones of themselves and blocked everyone else. Naruto was in shock, not sure what was going on. Naruto felt the two masked people holding his arms down, forcing him to go on his hands and knees.  Orochimaru reached into his suit jacket and pulled out a black revolver and pointed it into his skull.

Naruto stared at the gun with wide eyes. He wasn't able to hear what everyone was screaming out at him as Orochimaru leaned in close. "Ya know, I think I'm getting a bit of déjà vu right now. This whole scenario… You, on your knees… me, with a gun to your head. Who knew that I would find joy in this moment twice." He just looked up at Orochimaru with fear in his eyes, the dun dug a little deeper into his forehead. Smirking, he leaned forward as he whispered "this makes me think of your father Naruto, about how I killed him… I shot his brains out and right now… you look just like him."

Naruto's eyes widened more. All fear disappeared from his eyes as he stared at the snake man. Everything started to slow down for him. Everything started to take place within his mind. How Orochimaru had this evil air around him… how his father always told him to stay away from the snake. How Orochimaru told Naruto to wait outside of the building just moments before he was attacked… and how he knew that his father was dead before anyone else.

It was him… Orochimaru killed his father!

Eyes flashing red, Naruto screamed out in rage. Orochimaru flew back, and the men had fallen over from the burst of energy flowing through Naruto in a bright red light. Everyone was in complete and utter shock at what had just taken place before them. When the light faded, standing there was Naruto with a weird light surrounding him. No, they knew what it was… it was chakra. Bright red chakra framing his body in the shape of a fox. Chakra shaped ears atop of his head and nine tails whipping out behind him.

Screaming once more, Naruto jumped and grabbed Orochimaru and pinned him to the wall. "You bastard! You've been lying to them all these years! You made me believe that I killed him! Tell them! Tell them the fucking truth before I rip your fucking throat out!" shouted an enraged Naruto, his hair long glowing bright red once again, all of his blonde strands had been dyed a deep crimson, showing that he was using the power of Kurama.

Orochimaru gaged for a moment with Naruto's hand wrapped around his wind pipe. Though, when Naruto loosened his grip for a moment, Orochimaru said "fine, fine Naruto… I killed Minato Namikaze, and I'll kill you next!" Orochimaru kicked him off, one of the men that was behind Naruto swung a kunai in his hand at Naruto hoping to slice his head off. Though, all it did was cut off most of his ponytail. Now, his hair reached his shoulders.

Kicking the man in the stomach, Naruto turned to face Orochimaru as he said "it's on Orochimaru! Today, I'm taking back my father's company!"