DARKVOICE"Now Naruto my boy... choose...You only have two options to die at the hands of these insects and they get their happy ending or... Live and let me see what future you will show me..."
" The last thing as I felt as my vision blurred out of existence was a burning butterfly fluttering in the flames of Black. "
I found my self in a room of white and as I looked around their in front of my view lied multiple doors leading down to a corridor with a man sitting at a desk in the middle of this room of white, he had black hair that reached to his shoulders and was wearing circle framed glasses immersed in his reading he then reached to turn to the next page he was holding onto a thick black book with the title What it means to be Human?.
The man was wearing a black jacket over his collar shirt which matched with a dark pair of jeans this was the first time for me seeing this fashion. I took a deep breath in an I was mesmerized by his eyes as both pupils looked like two bottomless blackholes that will drag your soul in and his eye colour was a blended scarlet gold if you were to look at his iris their seem to be symbols ranging I toXII around the iris what looks like a timepiece as it was ticking each second.( I researched this trying to explain what the eye looks like an Eternal mangekyou Sharingan version of a timepiece.)
He notices my presence as his attention from the book moves as our eyes met the white room had turned into another vision where there was a humongous round blood moon of what seems to have tomoes.I looked around their in the middle stood a very tall what seems to look like thick intertwining vines and there at the very top was blood red flower. fluttering butterflies in black flames dancing around the flower which screams to the moon as if it was calling out to it and as I watch a butterfly land on its petal it started to glitch as the vision immediately came to a stop as my view returns onto the mysterious man.
Mysterious Man " Oh my it seems we have a guest and you must be Naruto I have heard many things about you from a little Fox and let me express my gratitude for opening my eyes as I am what you can say a gourmet.
"He stands up from his seat he walks up to Naruto "How rude of me yes how rude of me I have not yet introduced myself I am the Gourmet King of Gormets Gluttonous D Replay but you my little boy can call me Replay."as he grinned at me as he waves his hands to me to introduce myself.
" M-my name is Naruto ...um I don't know my last name since I don't know who my mother and father are m-my favourite colour is Black...nice to meet you Replay-san," said Naruto I felt confused at why he was grinning at me I gripped my head as the pain overwhelmed me I could remember being beaten by the villager's blood flowing down ...blood... everything went dark then that black butterfly I saw... I felt a chill go down my spine as I remember seeing them in his eyes I step back as I tripped backwards.
Replay" My my naruto how can you be like well... thinking about the things that were happening to you if I was in your position I would have been out of my mind " He grinned at me." but then again your a little pipsqueak who hasn't grown hair down their yet, and by the way Naruto-kun.
He walks step by step to me I felt sweat growing down my face as fear freezes my body in place as he leans his head down to where he whispers into my ears .. "You... Are...Dead". he moves back and immediately laughs while grinning in a maniacal laughter" Yes you have died my boy dead! died! AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAH no more donezo.
I didn't say anything as I let those words register in my head I remembered what had happened and despite the beatings, I was going through all I could say was "Oh" I tilted my head up as he was still laughing Naruo:"Now um... Replay-san if I'm not dead where am I? he immediately looks at me as his laughing stops as he takes a serious face.
Replay:" Well what an excellent question indeed we are in my realm well not so my... realm basically the den where it used to hold a big bad fox that your mommy and daddy sealed into you,ah the main course you so well presented to me...hehehe he sure was a feisty one." he licks he lips" yes nothing better than roasted fox sprinkled with golden mashed potatoes green peas and blood red wine on the side." (Basically, he ate the Ninetails in Naruto mindscape I hate how fanfictions where naruto gets betrayed or brutally tortured turns to Kurama and then gets op like why I don't like it when Naruto gets manipulated by people it drives me mad how he doesn't actually think well the reason he is listening to Replay is because its an important part of the story.)
Before I could ask him about why my parents did that he interrupts me. Replay:" Oh oops I forgot hehe as thanks for that lovely Main course ill give you a little gift" his grin grew incredibly big. Two flaming butterflies flew out of his hands one black the other an indigo purple as it flutters towards me as it buries itself in my head I screamed out.
" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! My screams echoed out as I felt my sockets burn out and as I open my eyelids with much difficulty all you could see are two empty sockets with no pupils."The pain overwhelms me as I see images of what seems to be a festival with people laughing out at the sky while holding hands and they all seem to be incredibly happy. "I couldn't help feeling something foreign as I myself was smiling."
They all looked joyous but then my heart caved in as I felt my throat suffocating to breathe as I stare with bloodshot eyes in the middle of this cheery atmosphere was a humongous pillar of blazing fire.
What I saw in the middle of the flames made that foreign feeling immediately vanish as the harsh reality hit me as there a little boy not even at the age of 5 screamed his voice hoarse while staring bloodshot at the moon as if he wanted to rip out the so-called god that made him go through this.
" Yes, I was watching myself burn I was watching myself burn as I realized that was me I had smiled at the people who burnt me alive what have I done I detested myself as all the memories of that time flooded into my head.
Naruto:"I watched my self-burn rage overwhelming me like a blocked dam unable to flood tears flooded down my face as I realized I was dead there was nothing a dead person can do I watched on as a few hours later the screaming stopped as the I looked like a sizzlingly scorched corpse. the scene came to an end as my entire soul leaked a fair amount of hatred I was staring bloodshot at the darkness imagining as if the darkness will cave in I felt wet liquid dripping where I drove my nails deep into my flesh as I clenched my fists."
Naruto:" Light illuminated the darkness as I felt my vision coming back to view and their standing right in front of was Replay who was staring deep into my eyes as he was analyzing me not with the playful attitude but with a genuine smile on his face."
Replay:"Now it seems like you received my blessing in due time you will learn what type of gift t it is." Listen and remember Naruto-chan I am going to return you back to exactly 10 minutes before you were captured and I'm sure you have a plan or two in mind." his demeanour changed as the temperature dropped around me as it grew cold a few minutes passed as Replay then broke the silence he said.
" I am very sorry to say that you aren't capable of dieing this is the sin of two existences that are forbidden to meet you may think that not being able to die is a blessing but in time you will understand, sometimes it is better just for it all to end," he said with a very scary expression and also sad as it seems he himself doesn't wish to live then he looked at me as if his stare was trying to burn my soul he stood up and walk in to front of me while keeping the gaze he then said.
Replay:"Have I ever told you the definition of insanity .?" He grinned wickedly
"Insanity is... doing the exact same thing over and over, over like an infinite loop while expecting something to change that... is I-N-S-A-N-I-T-Y Do you understand? he pauses and looks down to me. "Naruto?" I nodded but unsure of what he meant by it I didn't realize those words at moment were being engraved into my very being and will one day return as a whisper he nodded and giggled again with his smiling attitude."Ok due to you satisfying my appetite think of it as a bonus gift."
Replay:"Well Well I guess our little times up little Naruto as much as I hate farewells... well farewell my dear friend." A genuine smile on his face as he turned around he remembered something as he said "Oh and don't you need to worry about that little terrible fox since I ate him and all of his parallel selfs are wiped out of existence you won't be needing him anymore its one of my little powers." he winks at me he claps twice as a bright light illuminates the whole room.
I had an empty feeling growing deep in my chest as Replay looked away from me as if I could feel his pain if I were to describe it something like a bottomless pit like an overwhelming ocean made out of painful irony, rage, sadness and loneliness I felt myself suffocating in these emotions.
Naruto:" I wanted to run and hug him because someone like me who feels the exact pain he is just like me and so I ran with all my strength my little feet can take me as I shouted but no voice came out of my throat. I knew that I had to do this or else I will regret it." The light was catching up to me as the room began to vanish where ever the light illuminated."
Naruto:" My breathing escalating as I felt myself with stitches which makes my breathing run ragged.I'm almost there just a few steps more just a bit more I heard him mumble something as he while he was walking as if my presence wasn't there.
Naruto:"Inches what seems to be seconds dragged out to minutes I was a few steps behind him and asI was finally about to hug him he disappeared into a flock of black flaming butterflies as the light illuminates I also disappeared leaving a single tear behind.
While Naruto was running to hug Replay." I kept walking I smiled I knew what exactly was going through his head. Replay: " Thank you Naruto... hmmm although you may not be able to hear me let me just clear your doubts about yourself." Replay kept walking as naruto chased behind him"Humans are beautiful creatures Naruto they are born innocent and humans learn as they begin to grow and experience the world. Humans will go through many trials and will learn from these trials sometimes you will pass these challenges others you will fail and that means failing to save a life."
Replay:" Humans absorb the darkness and the light of this world and twist it into something that forms into their views what you will call an then begin to gain ambition as they use their ideas to wrap themselves in what you call dreams then these ideas evolve from dream to a wish a wish a beautiful florescent future ." Just like the life cycle of a butterfly hatching from their larva. He smiles as Naruto prescence is just two steps away from him.
Replay ignores him and doesn't stop walking as he says"Naruto you will one day drown in the darkness just like I have. I hope this doesn't come to pass but no matter what happens. you will find your moon to illuminate your world of blackness. Naruto you will become the moon to those who been through the same suffering as you have and they to will be your stars to guide you back from that naruto no matter how many times it repeats..."
"Live to protect that moon those stars so the darkness does not devour them or you will become just like me...I'm sure one day we will meet again..." as his voice fades in the distance he vanishes and there in his place is a flock of black flaming butterflies.
