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'Normal thought'
"Naruto angry talk"
'Naruto angry thought'
Rage
Chapter 3
Sasuke stood before Naruto, ready to strike if need be. But his Chidori paled in comparison to even one of the Rasengans held by the blond shinobi. 'I'm gonna die here, aren't I.' Sasuke thought 'If one of those even grazes me its game over.' Naruto just silently stared at the Uchiha, his eyes waiting for the slightest movement. The feral look upon his face promised death.
Konan stared emotionlessly at the corpus of her one-time sensei. The man had taught her, Yahiko, and Nagato the basics of being ninja. He had cared for them when they had lost everything and everyone they loved and cared about. And now, he was dead. Simple as that. 'He should have known better then to fight Pein-sama' she thought. Thinking back, she realized that, at the end of his life, Jiraiya was quite calm. 'Its as if he knew something. Something important.' Her thoughts were cut short as Pein, the "leader" of Akatsuki, approached her. "Konan, why are you here? You should be resting." His voice held no detectable emotion. Konan turned around to see which "Pein" she was talking to.
'Of course it had to be Yahiko's body.' The first body that Nagato had taken to be a part of "Pein", was their childhood friend. He hadn't agreed with what Nagato had suggested they should do to bring peace to the world. So Nagato attacked and killed one of the only people he had ever cared about without remorse.
Flashback
Yahiko walked into the living room of the home that the three of them shared. "You said you wanted to talk to me Nagato?" he asked, slightly confused. Nagato looked over at him "Please sit down Yahiko. This might take some time." Yahiko sat down on the chair closest to him and looked back to Nagato "Okay. So, what do you need" he asked innocently. From the other room, Konan stood as still as possible. She wanted to hear what Nagato wanted to tell Yahiko. 'Its not fair that they talk without me' she thought 'I am just a part of this group as Yahiko.' She turned her attention back the conversation at hand.
"Yahiko, do you remember when we promised to grow up and stop all the pointless wars? To keep what happened to us, from happening again?" he paused to let Yahiko answer. "Yes" said Yahiko "I do remember that promise. But what do that have to do with our conversation?" Nagato stared at his friend and activated his Rinnegan "I have figured out a solution to our problem." Yahiko gasped, as did Konan. 'He figured out a way to stop wars from happening?' they both thought. "H-how do we do it then, Nagato?" sputtered the young man.
"We stop wars by making sure that there are no people to start them" said Nagato, who sounded like he had stated the obvious. "What?!" screamed Yahiko. "You can't just kill all of those people. They might not want to fight, but they have no choice because of orders. Besides how would you do that?! Even you don't have the power to stop the world, Nagato!" Nagato's face remained completely void of emotion. But after a moments silence, Nagato turned to the window and stared out of it. "Isn't it obvious Yahiko" he started "we use the power of the Biju. We capture them, seal them into something powerful enough to hold and control them, and when were ready, attack the shinobi villages."
Yahiko's breath caught in his throat. 'H-he's gone crazy,' he thought 'completely mad!' " Nagato" Yahiko started "that is the most absolutely insane plan I have ever heard! I mean even if you had this "thing" to hold the Biju in, how would you capture them?!"
Nagato looked over and sighed. "We started an organization made up of S-Rank missing-nin. Only the most powerful can join. Then with their help, we capture the beasts one by one. It is fairly simple." Yahiko was stunned. His friend had gone insane. And not the funny kind of insane where they are entertaining. This kind of insane was the scary kind. The kind were people started killing for fun or some type of gain. "You've completely lost it Nagato. There's no way I'll help you in your insane goal!"
In the next instant, Yahiko was run through by Nagato's blade. "That was a very poor choice Yahiko. I thought you of all people would help me to put an end to all the unnecessary deaths war causes." As the life faded from Yahiko's eyes, Nagato turned to look at the farthest door way. Konan seized up. 'What if he does that to me?!' Konan thought. She had heard the entire conversation. The shock of Nagato's idea, as well as the murder of Yahiko at Nagato's hands had rooted her to the spot.
Nagato made his way to the door. He knew Konan would try to spy on the meeting between him and Yahiko. 'I wonder if she will make the right choice?' he thought to himself. Entering the doorway, Nagato turned and made eye contact with the blue-haired woman. "What do you choose, Konan? Will you join me or will you end up like Yahiko over there?" His question was clear. Live or die. Konan finally regained control of her body and immediately dropped to her knees "I will help you Nagato."
He nodded and turned to walk back towards Yahiko's body but stopped. "My name is no longer Nagato, Konan" he spoke "my name now is Pein." Konan didn't bother to look up at him. She just kept staring at the floor. "What do you want done with the b-body, Pein-sama?" she finally asked. "I have plans for Yahiko's body, Konan. Big plans."
Flashback end
After they had created Akatsuki, Konan had no choice but to continue severing her one time friend. She became used to the killing and, over time, became numb to all emotion. Just like Pein. "What do you want done with his body?" she asked, already knowing what he was going to do. "Destroy it." A very simple command. Konan had not expected that. 'I thought he was going to use it for himself.' "Very well Pein-sama. It shall be done." Deep inside Konan, an emotion stirred. 'He may have been our enemy at the end' she thought 'but he deserves a proper burial. Without his Naga – I mean Pein-sama would have never gotten to where he is.'
This would be their undoing.
Sasuke and Naruto had been staring at each other for minuets now. One was waiting for the other to make a move. 'If I want to even survive this, I need to end it quickly' Sasuke told himself. Inside, however, he knew he couldn't win. Even without the power of the Kyuubi no Yoko coursing through his body, Naruto's sheer determination would over power Sasuke. 'But I have to try.'
For his part, Naruto stood there, completely silent. The fact the Uchiha stood in his way was just angering Naruto even more. A voice in the back of his mind told him to kill the teme and continue on. But another voice was telling him to stop. Obviously, that voice was being ignored. Yet ever thought it was ignored, it did have some control over Naruto's overall actions.
In the real world, Naruto's body twitched. He then charged Sasuke, running at full speed. The Uchiha never knew what hit him. One Rasengan met the Chidori head on. It destroyed it. The other made its way to Sasuke's stomach. The Uchiha saw this and closed his eyes as hard as he could, waiting for death to over take him. They were suddenly wide open in pain as he felt Naruto's fist embed itself in his gut. He didn't know why the dobe hadn't killed him, but he was glad that Naruto didn't. 'Ha…knew you… didn't… have it… in you…' was Sasuke last conscious thought.
Naruto let Sasuke's body hit the ground. He was alive but probably in a great deal of pain, if not unconscious. Later, Naruto wouldn't be able to tell why he hadn't killed Sasuke when he had a perfectly good reason. He'd just shrug and say "He deserved a second chance."
Back in the here and now, Naruto turned his away from Sauske and continued towards Amegakure. His goal: either the death of all the Akatsuki or…the complete destruction of the village.
So, what do you think of that? Yet another cliffhanger. You all probably want to kill right now, don't you?
Anyways, please review and expect Chapter 4 out soon.
And for those of you confused, the little voice that is being ignored is the reason Sasuke is still alive. Its Naruto's rational thought. Should be obvious, given his current condition.
Till next time.