Hi I know that I should be writing my other story but I read this fanfic and now I have this one stuck in my head as well so I'm going to write it and see how it turns out.
This story is set in the Shippuden series, I only read the manga so it's before Naruto creates the Rasen Shurikan and after he meets Sasuke again. Except this time Jaraiya decides to take Naruto along with him while trying to create an alliance to the Snow Country or as it is now known as the Spring Country. The attack takes place in a small village that is close to Konoha.
Summary: Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Jaraiya leave on a mission to make an alliance with Spring country and while they are staying in a small town the Akatsuki destroy it to get at Naruto. Filled with greif and longing to help the villagers Naruto sings awakening a new power where he grows wings. Even as his songs heal the village Jaraiya can't shake the feeling that something is going to go worng and it does when Naruto wings shatter causeing him to fall into a coma. Now the everyone in Konoha must seek out these golden feathers if they wish to ever see Naruto smile agian.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Bijuu speaking"
'Bijuu thinking'
Past
'Voice Naruto hears.'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. I also don't own Land of Confusion by Disturbed.
I was awoken by the sounds of screams. Outside my window the small village that I had been staying at while traveling to Spring Country was set ablaze, there standing in the flames was a man wearing that wretched cloak of red clouds. I heard their screaming, their cries, and wails and sat frozen in shock my mind unable to process what it was seeing. Just then the door to my hotel room slammed open.
"Naruto what are you doing! We have to get you out of here!" Sakura yelled at me while pulling me to my feet. After we saw Sasuke again Sakura had grown closer to me than ever and a small part of me was still in love with her.
"Sakura-chan that man out there… is he?" I asked her dreading the answer.
"Yeah, it's the Akatsuki. Which is why we need you to get out of here, I'm not going to lose you too!" Sakura yelled at me and ushered me toward the door. I was walking out the door when a thought struck me.
"Sakura-chan where's Ero-senin?" I asked her feeling panic raise through my body.
"He's off fighting the Akatsuki."
"What about Sai?" I felt my panic raise to terror at the thought of my friend fighting against the Akatsuki for me.
"He's out trying to evacuate the village." She told me as we ran out of the Inn only to step into hell. There were flames all around, the buildings and homes that looked so peaceful earlier that day was bath in the red light of the flames that burned around them slowly devouring them. Crumble buildings laid on the roads blocking the exist; women, men, children, and elderly all ran around screaming in terror and freight as they tried to escape the scorching kiss of the flames. Other sat stunned before burning building, crying and wailing the lost of their loved ones. High in the sky I saw Sai painting giant birds to transport people to safety, but he was going to slow, much to slow. So many people were dying and it was all because of me.
"Why… why… why Sakura-chan! Why are they doing this?!" I yelled at her while my heart was torn to shreds by what I saw.
"Because they're after you and they'll stop at nothing to get at you." She told me in a quiet voice. For the first time that night I could see her pain and her anguish as well. Her beautiful green eyes were dulled and her pink hair sticky with sweat, she looked at me and gave a small smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"Everything going to be fine. The villagers will make it out of here just fine; Sai will make sure of that." Just as she said that the building next to us exploded and she was knocked away from me.
"Sakura-chan!" I cried out and rushed to her side. She didn't look good her entire back was burned raw and she had a nasty gash on her head. Her skin had turned a sickly pale that looked demented with the shadows of the flames dancing upon her skin. She also wasn't breathing.
There I kneeled with the voices of the anguish screaming and beating around me, where the heat of the flames scorched my bare skin, where my sensei who was like uncle to fought to the death for my sake, where one of my best friend and dearest sister lied still in my hands. I felt all of my emotions beat at me, raising inside me, my anguish, my pain, my sorrow, my guilt it felt different from the times Kyuubi used my anger to control me; this time it was all me and Kyuubi was doing nothing to help me.
'They all… all of them… dying because of me… Jaraiya… and Sakura… hurt because of me. The villager too… They didn't do anything… So why?'
"Are you just going to let them die?" a voice whispered into my ear. It was neither male nor female, it had no emotions and gave nothing away of itself yet for some reason I felt like I could trust it yet at the same time its question disturbed me.
'I can't do anything… I'm not strong enough."
'I didn't ask if you were strong enough, I asked if you would let them die.'
'No… No I want to save them! I just don't know how.'
'Would you save them even if it cost you your life?'
'Yes! I would do anything to save them.'
'Then sing, sing and let them hear your pain young one.' And then everything went blank and I knew no longer of the world around me.
'Damn why did this have to happen now? Why did Nagato, no Pain come after Naruto himself; wasn't the Uchiha suppose to retrieve the fox? I don't have time to think about this.'
"Pain why are you destroying the village? They had nothing to do with this!" I yelled to my former student above the roaring flame and had to strain my ears to hear his answer.
"When the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki reacts to rage and anger he uses the Kyuubi chakra and thus makes his fighting more frenzied and wild making it easier to fight him. Two things can trigger his anger, one is the mentioning of Uchiha Sasuke and his failure to bring him back to Konoha and the other is the destruction and injuring of he's precious people and innocent people around him. Doing this will make it much easier to fight him." Pain replied with no emotion to his voice and I felt anger boil in my veins.
"Is that why you attacked this village! To make Naruto angry! Was that your only reason for killing so many people?!" I yelled at him wondering how my student had fallen so low. I was about to lunge myself toward Pain when I felt a wave of chakra sweep over me, it was Naruto yet at the same time it wasn't. It didn't have that demonic taint that had been showing more often lately and it didn't have that same wild feel it normally did. I turned to look for it source and what I say stunned me.
There was my student bath in a golden glow, his white shirt and white slacks looked like holy robes that flowed and fluttered around him, his golden hair reflected the light casting a golden halo around his head, and Tsunade necklace shined like a burning star a small dot of blue amongst the gold and white brilliance that Naruto was giving off. I watched as he raised his head and started to sing.
"I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street."
When Naruto sang it was like listening to angels sing, his soprano voice ringing over the chaos like a bell. Even still I had a bad feeling, something wasn't right with the boy and I was proven right when he opened his eyes. His eye that were always full of his emotions, always showing his anger, pride, joy, and sorrow; were now empty. Not like a person who has given up on life, nor like the Uchiha and their stoic eyes, his eyes had no emotions at all, like glass orbs that reflected yet never saw. I felt terror and worry creep into my veins as he continued to sing.
"Now, did you read the new today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can still see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night
There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see that this is the land of confusion?"
As Naruto sang I saw the flames slowly start to die and I just couldn't believe my eyes. Was Naruto putting out the flames with his songs alone? Just when I thought that Naruto didn't have any more surprises, he bent forward and a pair of golden wings burst from his back and he arched his back flapping his wings in a slow and majestic move.
"This is the world we live in
And these are the hand we're given
Use them and let start trying
To make it a place worth living in
Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, I hate these men of power
I'm losing control by the hour."
Naruto was crying now, his tears shining like small stars as the fell from him. His wings spread outward and then swept forward releasing a wind that swept over the town smothering the flames and repairing broken buildings. The people below stopped in awe and stared at Naruto as if he was some kind of god, but Naruto, Naruto still had no emotion in his eyes and my feeling of something going wrong only increased.
"This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is the land of confusion
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake up this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago."
Naruto hands reached forward as if grasping something before falling back to his sides before rising both of his hand cupping them like he was trying to catch something, his hands started to burn brightly like a sun and the light over spilled from his hands to flow down and into the village. Those who were dying, those who were hurt, and even those who were only a breath away from death were being revived. I saw a little girl whose leg had been cut off regrow her leg not even leaving a scar.
"I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep
There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?"
I felt the bottom of my stomach drop when I heard him say that. What did he mean 'I won't be coming home tonight' he better make it out of this alive, I would never forgive him if he didn't. I then noticed that his wings were starting to act a little odd, they were glowing brighter and every feather stood on end.
"Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for
This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to."
As Naruto sang the last bit of his song I watched with confused eyes when his wings suddenly burst, golden feathers flying out in all directions and falling into the village only to disappear before the touched the ground. I saw that for one reason or another Pain had left.
'Not that I'm complaining I don't think I can handle him right now.' Even as I thought this I saw Naruto lose his golden brilliance and fall toward the ground unconscious, and head first.
"Shimatta!" I yelled while running toward him, I hoped to some god out there that I, Sai, or Sakura caught him before he hit the ground. I felt relief swamp my senses when I saw a large black and white bird swoop through the air and caught Naruto. I watched as it landed and deposited my unconscious student with his teammate Sakura. As I ran closer I saw that Sakura had already started a diagnostic jutsu and felt my muscle tense when I saw Sakura worried face.
"Is he aright?" I asked her trying not to show how nervous I was. I felt like I got punched in the gut when she shook her head.
"I don't know what's wrong, there's no injury let his organ system is shutting down one by one; not only that but he's rapidly losing heat. No matter how much I pour healing chakra in nothing happening. If this continues he'll die." She said while trying hard not to cry, I felt my own mind go blank when I heard that and fear swept over me.
'No! I can't lose him! Not again, never again am I going to fail my student.' Even as I thought this I couldn't help but wonder what I really could do. I couldn't do medical jutsu that was Tsunade things, the only thing I was really good at was fighting and sealing things.
"Maybe this will help." Sai spoke up while revealing a single golden feather. "I caught his as it flew past me, it holds a lot of power and it just might help dickless." Sai said with no emotions in his face. If it had been anyone else but Sai insulting Naruto right now I'm pretty sure that I would have killed him, even so I was only just barely able to keep my temper in check and instead asked him.
"Why did you say power and not chakra?" I watched as his face faltered for a bit before answering.
"It does not feel like chakra so I could not call it chakra." So I wasn't the only one who felt like that then.
"Who care whatever it is so long as it helps Naruto I don't care." Sakura snapped before snatching the feather from Sai and placing in on Naruto chest. We watched for a few minutes and it seemed as if nothing was happening but then suddenly a bright light flashed from the feather and everything changed.
"Nee… Ji-ji why is everybody so kind to you?" a five year old Naruto asked the still alive Sandaime.
"Because they respect me Naruto." Sarutobi answered with a small chuckle.
"Why do they respect you?" Naruto asked with his eyes brimming with curiosity.
"Because I'm the Hokage, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi answered while not looking up from his paper work.
"How did you become Hokage Ji-ji?"
"I was the strongest ninja in the village." Naruto looked thoughtful by that answered.
"So does that mean if I become the strongest ninja in the village then I can become Hokage and then everyone will be nice to me?" Naruto asked in a curious voice. Sarutobi put his paperwork down and stared at the same child before him for a long time before answering him.
"Naruto being Hokage means so much more than just being the strongest ninja in the village. A Hokage has to love everything and everyone in this village and wish to protect with their very lives."
"Does that mean you love everyone in this village?"
"Hai Naruto-kun."
"So you'll give up your life for one of those villagers down there?" Naruto asked while pointing out the window to the bustling crowd below them.
"Hai Naruto-kun." Naruto was silent for a long time looking nervous before asking his next question.
"Would you give up your life for me?"
"Hai Naruto-kun, without a second thought." Sarutobi watched as Naruto eyes grew wide and started to brim with tears that he stubbornly tried to hide.
"Arigato Ji-ji."
"No problem Naruto-kun." Naruto sat there for a long time just watching Sarutobi do all of his paperwork when he suddenly stood up.
"Ji-ji can you get me enrolled at the academy?"
"You want to go to the academy?" He asked looking a bit surprised. Naruto quickly nodded.
"Yeah I want to become a great ninja so one day I can take the title of Hokage away from you Ji-ji."
"Are you sure you want to do this Naruto? Being a ninja is not a pleasant thing and you're going to have to face some really though decision in which in some cases you'll might not be happy no matter what you do." Sarutobi asked Naruto with a serious face.
"Of course! I already don't like the life I'm leading so if I'm going to lead an unhappy life it might as well be a life that I picked. Besides you're a ninja yet you seem happy." Naruto told Sarutobi in the best serious voice he could muster.
"I already told you that a Hokage has to love everyone in this village can you say that you love everyone in this village right now?"
"No I can't but I can learn to love them, after all I already love you." Naruto said with a large grin on his face and Sarutobi smiled.
"You're a bit young to enter the academy right now but I guess I can pull a few strings to get you in a little early. Do your best Naruto, and become a great Hokage."
"What the hell was that." I wondered out loud when I found myself back to normal.
"I don't know but Naruto has stabilized, even so he's still really weak we need to get him to a hospital." Sakura informed Jaraiya with a relieved grin on her face.
"Right, the closest hospital would be in Konoha which is at least a day away by foot. Sai how fast can you cover that using your ink birds?"
"I could probably make it six hours if I don't rest and take multiple solider pills." Sai informed me with his fake smile but I didn't really care at that point. I nodded my head before crouching to do my summon.
"Sai I want you to go on ahead and take Naruto with you, I'm going to send a summon ahead so Tsunade should be expecting you." I watched as Sai nodded his head before slamming my palm into the ground and pushing out the right amount of chakra.
"What did you call me out here Jaraiya were is boss?" Gamakichi asked as he emerged from the smoke.
"Naruto been hurt and we need to let Tsunade know so that she can prepare a room for him in the hospital."
"Nani? Naruto right there isn't he, he doesn't looked all that hurt." Gamakichi said in disbelief.
"I know he doesn't look hurt but he is." I told Gamakichi grimly, I gave him a brief recount of what had just transpired to him and watch the frog face grow solemn.
"Alright I'll go and deliver you message but you own me some snacks for summoning me." With that said Gamakichi poofed out of site.
"Well Sai what are you waiting for, get going me and Sakura will follow you once we gather all of our supplies." Sai nodded before drawing a large bird and bringing it into existence, he grabbed Naruto and jumped onto the bird and flying away.
Once I couldn't see Sai anymore I turned and walked back into the Inn we had been staying at, the first thing I saw was a very grateful Inn keeper, followed by most of the villagers.
'Oh boy, this is going to take a while, I only hope that we get back before something worse happens.'
Translations:
Ero-senin= perverted hermit
Chan= honorific meant for girls but can be used for 'cute' things
Shimatta= shit (generally any swear word would work here)
Ji-ji= old man
Kun= boy honorific can be used for boyish things
Hai= yes
Arigato= thank you
Nani= what?
Well here's the first chapter to my new story and I know that I made a major difference from this story and my other story by telling most of this in first person view, but truthfully I really like this one and I might continue it even if I don't get may good reviews for this one. Anyway please review!
