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"I remember when Konoha was a peaceful place, I remember when the grass softly blew through the wind, I remember a lot of things, I remember the feel of the wind on my face, the feel of the grass on my feet, and I loved Konoha with all my life. Well you made it to the next part, when it all went bad. You know who I am, you've met me before…and this is the story, of how I died" –Unknown
Naruto Shippuden: Unexpected Hate
Chapter III
"From Dusk to Dawn"
The stadium floor broke beneath the feet of three powerful shinobi. Chakra running wild around them as they struggle for dominance over the punch, two different fists meet the same two fists. Sand drips from the roof of sand protecting the villages from the broken ceiling. "Kibuto, Sakashi, I have to get to them!" exclaimed Kiba trying to break free of Sakura. "No you need to wait, you'll only get hurt!" yelled Sakura. "I have to!" yelled Kiba. "I'll go!" said Sakura. "I'll get them" she said quietly reassuring Kiba. Kiba settled down and nodded letting Sakura jump past him to get Kibuto and Sakashi. Sakura ran down the cracked wall meeting Kibuto's body. "Are you okay?" asked Sakura. "Yeah, what about Sakashi?" asked Kibuto. "I'll go check, you get back to Kiba" said Sakura and Kibuto nodded. Kibuto jumped up into the stadium and Sakura ran across the wall to get to Sakashi. Naruto and Sasuke stood, pushing against the man's fists, trying to gain the upper hand as he pushed against theirs with an expressionless face. Finally Naruto slipped through the man and he jumped kicking Sasuke away. When he landed he kicked Naruto, then suddenly Sasuke appeared behind him swinging his sword downward. The man let the sword pass through him and turned to kick Sasuke but Naruto rebounded his leg with a kick. The man returned the rebound with a punch that just barely missed Naruto. Sasuke activated his Susanoo launching an arrow of flames at the man and Naruto threw a rasenshuriken at him. The rasenshuriken hit and the black arrow ignited burning the man into nothing. Naruto and Sasuke watched the flames disperse when suddenly Naruto was sent flying forward. The man in black landed next to Sasuke his cloak slowly settling. The man put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke saw red flames, screaming villagers and children crying…alone…abandoned. Strands of black hair flow in the wind, Konoha, on fire, blood on his hands and…a hand, he is crawling, Sasuke, is crawling towards a hand, the hand is covered in something…blood…whose hand?
Sasuke took two steps back from the man in black unsure of what he just saw. "You were, too late" said the man disappearing. "Sasuke, the village!" yelled Naruto turning Kurama mode heading for the village. Sasuke stood in place, frozen, thinking. Naruto disappeared then reappeared on the stone head of Minato Namikaze. "Kurama, we must protect the village!" said Naruto. Kurama nodded as Naruto sent out clones towards each major section of the village. The man in black landed on the Hokage mansion making it explode, he then jumped out of the debris and sent a clone to the left, and a clone to the right. The original landed behind Naruto ready to battle. Naruto turned around lunging at the man but he dodged Naruto's first attack. Naruto kicked upward passing through the man when the man went to punch Naruto. Before he could punch Naruto he coughed and fell to his hands and knees and Naruto saw the opportunity to attack. Naruto kicked back downward hitting the man into the ground. The man rebounded by jumping upwards and kicking Naruto back. Explosions sounded in the village as Sasuke finally snapped to and began to head that way. "Dammit…what was I doing?!" Sasuke thought to himself looking around for Naruto. Sasuke finally spotted Naruto teleporting to him catching Naruto.
"Finally" said Naruto standing up. The man stood with an expressionless face, facing Naruto and Sasuke. "Naruto, have you noticed his eyes are completely covered, not a hint that he can see" said Sasuke. "Yeah…earlier he fell down and coughed up some blood, I'm assuming it has to do with his eyes and some sort of power he must possess" replied Naruto. "Have you tried contacting Yukimaru?" asked Sasuke. "That's the thing Sasuke, I'm sensing Yukimaru's chakra, but it's coming from him" said Naruto gesturing at the man. Sasuke drew his sword. "What have you done with Yukimaru?" asked Sasuke. The man unhooked his cloak and threw it off, revealing an Akatsuki robe underneath. "What?!" exclaimed Sasuke and Naruto. "Why are you wearing those robes?!" yelled Naruto. "I was once a part of the Akatsuki, a long time ago" explained the man. Instead of the neck guard, his Akatsuki robe has a hood. Naruto and Sasuke stood looking at the man as the wind blew his robes up slightly. Naruto summoned two black rods grabbing ahold of them, with ten black orbs floating in a circle behind him. Naruto and Sasuke lunged at the man with incredible speed Naruto slipping through him and Sasuke appearing below him. Sasuke kicked upward passing through the man, the man kicked Sasuke and Naruto threw a black rod at him. The man glanced back at Naruto as the rod passed through him he took a step to lung at Naruto but fell over. "My Power…" he said. Sasuke and Naruto teleported to the man, Sasuke swinging his sword, Naruto his black rod. Naruto and Sasuke hit something without realizing what it was.
Sasuke and Naruto had stabbed, the ground next to the man. "Wha…What?" said Naruto surprised. The man looked different, he now had, two small things erecting from his head. "Naruto…that's" began Sasuke. "Yeah, like Kaguya" said Naruto observing the small horns on the man's head. The man stood up and jumped backwards. "It's too soon" he said. Naruto and Sasuke pulled their weapons from the ground and turned to face the man. "Yukimaru's Chakra, Kaguya's horns…just who is he?" asked Naruto. "I don't know, but not hearing from Yukimaru is a little disquieting" said Sasuke. "Now that I think about it, he has more than that" said Naruto. Sasuke turned to Naruto with a raised brow. "When we attack him we slip through him, like Obito and Kakashi's space time jutsu, that with Yukimaru's chakra and Kaguya's horns, not to mention it seems like jutsu don't work on him" explained Naruto. "Yeah, and he seems to have this ability to alter our perception, when we were trying to stab him earlier I saw no shadow's like Madara, and he hadn't moved, which means he must have a perception altering jutsu" said Sasuke. "That's right, I did sense something odd when that happened" said Naruto. Naruto suddenly shivered a bit. "Naruto?" asked Sasuke. "My clones returned to me, this man's clones disappeared…" said Naruto. "Too soon" repeated the man before stepping into what appeared to be a black crack behind him. "That was!" said Sasuke. Naruto gulped, then felt a shiver throughout his body. Naruto left Kurama mode and stared at the ground with a darkened and saddened expression. Sasuke looked up at the sky with a saddened expression. "What is this feeling…what did he do to me…" Sasuke thought to himself. Naruto jumped to the Kage head. "Naruto?" said Sasuke following. "Naru-"began Sasuke. "Tell all the Jounin we need to begin repairs immediately, I don't want to be disturbed" said Naruto disappearing. "Naruto…" said Sasuke before leaving. Naruto appeared in his office, slowly walking to his window. Gaara walked up to Sasuke. "Sasuke, is the threat over?" asked Gaara. "Yes" replied Sasuke. "Where is Naruto?" asked Gaara. "In his office, he doesn't want to be disturbed" said Sasuke looking up at the Kage tower. "At a time like this?" said Gaara. Naruto stared at the sky with a blank expression. Naruto turned around and looked at a picture of team 7. "I'm going to surpass all the Hokage!" yelled Naruto at Kakashi. "I'm not gonna run away, I never go back on my word, that's my Ninja way!" "When people are protecting something truly special to them, they can truly become…as strong as they can be" "Sasuke…save up your hatred and take it all out on me, I will SHOULDER your hatred and DIE with you, because you are my FRIEND"
Naruto sat at his desk and glanced at the pictures of him and his family with Kiba. Naruto looked back up at the photo of his dad, and the previous Hokage. "Sandaime, Dad…." Said Naruto. Naruto grabbed a picture of him as the Hokage and threw it at the wall angrily. Sakashi and Kibuto walked up to Kiba hugging him. "Dad, you're okay" said Kibuto. "Yeah, have you seen Naruto?" asked Kiba. "No" replied Sakashi. Kiba looked up at the Hokage mansion. "Naruto…" he thought. Sakura entered Naruto's office to be surprised by his desk slamming into the wall, breaking into pieces. "Naruto!" yelled Sakura. Naruto's office was now a mess, ripped papers, glass and wood littered the floor. "Naruto…" said Sakura. "I'm the Hokage! I should be able to defend my own village!" yelled Naruto picking up a scroll and throwing it. Sakura caught the scroll and dropped it. "I have stopped so many people from destroying Konoha, Pain, Obito, Madara, Kaguya, Toneri, Yukimaru, Takamaru, Kishimaru all of them! I married the love of my life and had three kids! I should be able to defend my village!" yelled Naruto tears filling in his eyes. Sasuke sat on his bed, holding his old gray shirt, tattered and ripped from the last Great War. Sasuke began to glare at his shirt and threw it to the side. Hinata walked into Sasuke's room. "Sasuke?" said Hinata. "Hina…" said Sasuke looking to her. "Are you okay?" asked Hinata. Sasuke stood up. "I'm going out" he said leaving the room. "Naruto…" said Sasuke trying to walk towards him. "Never mind…I'm going out" said Naruto wiping his eyes and leaving. "Kakashi Sensei…what do I do?" Sakura thought to herself. Naruto walked slowly through the Konoha woods, looking down at the grass before he noticed a small shining light emitting from his pocket. Naruto pulled his hand out of his pocket and the small sun symbol that had been previously placed from his battle with Kaguya, has begun to glow. Sasuke stopped near a marked tree from where he and his brother used to train, he looked had his hand as the black moon symbol began to glow a bright colour. Both Naruto and Sasuke leapt into the forest leaving Konoha. Naruto hopped through the trees feeling the wind brush on his face. "Hey, Naruto…" said Kurama. "Kurama, long time no talk" responded Naruto.
"Yeah, listen…we need to talk" said Kurama in what seemed to be a saddened voice. "What is it?" asked Naruto. "Listen, I don't say this very often, but…what I want to say is….well…" Kurama began to think back onto his and Naruto's lives together. "I'm going to be the Hokage! Believe it!" shouted kid Naruto to the world. "How can someone who can't even bring his friend back home, ever be Hokage?" Naruto asked Sasuke as he stood across the water. "I'll never let my friends die!" shouted Naruto to Tobi. Naruto and Kurama fist bumped finally sharing their feelings. "Yes, I know for sure what I want to say" Kurama thought to himself. "Naruto…I love you" said Kurama. Naruto smiled and continued jumping through the trees. Sasuke jumped through the trees thinking about his past life, and the events of what had happened leading up to Yukimaru and the present, thinking about Itachi, Karin, Jugo, Suigetsu, Kakashi, Obito and Kaguya. "Something is wrong…" Sasuke thought to himself.
A black crack appeared and expanded into a black portal from which the man walked out of. He walked into a dark and dusty old castle that sat upon the side of a snow covered mountain. The man put his hands on his eyes punching a nearby wall. "Useless" said the man. The man walked through the castle until he reached the throne room. Once inside he sat on the throne made of old beaten stone, a black rod with a crescent circle on the bottom and a full circle on the top appeared in his left hand, and with his right, we grabbed the tattered cloth and began to pull it off.
Naruto landed on the ground, looking around finding nothing in sight but trees. Naruto suddenly felt a strange power coming from a nearby wall of rock. Naruto put his hands on the massive rock wall and felt around a bit until suddenly the rocks began to shift creating an opening to a cave. Naruto cautiously entered the cave, watching everything around him. Naruto noticed some writing and drawings on the wall, the drawings seemed to be of the ten tails and two people, but he couldn't quite make out who they were. He followed the cave to the end, reaching something unexpected. Naruto heard a tap behind him and quickly threw a kunai, the kunai was deflected as the shadow approached Naruto slowly. Once close enough the flames from the candles revealed the figure to be Sasuke. "Sasuke?" said Naruto. "Why're you here?" asked Sasuke. "The Sun on my hand, it began to glow and I guess I just knew where to go" explained Naruto. Sasuke glanced behind Naruto. "What's this?" asked Sasuke. "It looks like…" said Naruto. "Yeah" said Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke both walked towards the unexpectancy. "I suppose we put them on then" said Naruto grabbing something white. "What could it mean?" asked Sasuke doing the same. "Only one way to find out" said Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke both turned around, having put on white sage robes with the six black sharingan like circles on the back.