Chapter 3: Descent into Darkness
"They are approaching our location, are you ready?" a voice called out from the shadows.
"Yes." Another voice responded.
"It's been 5 years. Your training is complete. You should be ready to take them on."
"I am"
"Good, then lets get going."
"Yes, Madara-sama"
Under his mask Madara was grinning, this was by far the best of his pawns. He was powerful, had the Mokuton and the Sharingan, and all he had to do get him on his side was fabricate documents and twist words, but most importantly he also had the perfect way of always making sure he was under his thumb. He looked up to see the clouds and thought to himself
Soon this cursed reality will be replaced by a perfect genjutsu world, and all of my sin's will be worth it in the end.
Banishing his thoughs to the back of his mind, he teleported him and his companion to where the Kazekage's body currently was.
Memna Namikaze and Narumi Namikaze were both on their way currently to where the Akatsuki were holding Gaara, the 5th Kazekage.
They had ran into Uchiha Itachi, or a clone of him, who told them to turn back, continuing forward, would result in extreme emotional pain.
Granted they assumed they would find Gaara dead, but they still held the hope they would get their in time to save him, after all if their mom could survive a Bijuu Extraction, whose to say Gaara can't either? If they only knew that finding Gaara dead, would not be the cause of their pain.
The Gaara Retrieval Team comprised of; Memna, Narumi, Sakura, Kakashi, Lee, Gai, Tenten, Neji and Temari ran into a boulder, where inside they could detect Gaara's faint chakra Signature, there was a locking seal on the boulder to prevent anyone from coming inside, however to a seals master like Memna or Narumi, it was easy to pick apart the seal and get in.
When they burst in, there was only one man using Gaara's body as a bench. He has a hood covering his face, and just below that it looked like he had a mask on his face.
Narumi and Memna were angered at the fact that this douchebag was using the body of one of their friends as a bench and was not even paying attention to them.
Throwing caution to the wind, they charged the man with a rasengan in their hands The Man bends over backwards to dodge Memna and Narumi, making his Hitai come up past the collar of his cloak. As Memna lands, he catches a glimpse of the Hitai. The man leans back up and notices that he dropped his Katanas.
A leaf headband with a mark through it? That can't be right…. No…. that's impossible. Memna thinks. Narumi comes up behind with another Rasengan prepared, using her impressive speed she slams the Rasengan into the Man's mask, completely obliterating his hood to reveal spiky blond hair
"Shit…" the man says as he tries to dodge the attack, or at least prevent it from hitting his mask and revealing his identity, he dodged in midair, and smirked behind his mask thinking he had dodged a bullet, only to turn into another rasengan that hit him right inthe mask shattering it before their very eyes, he fell down and landed with his face on the ground. The man realized that the mask he was wearing had been ripped off. When he leaned up, he saw some very shocked faces and he smirked.
"Impossible…" Kakashi says.
"It can't be…"Neji says.
"How…" Lee says
"That's…"Gai says.
"You can't be…."Sakura says.
"No…" Tenten says.
"IT… IT CANT BE, WE SAW YOU DIE IN FRONT OF US,WE KILLED YOU." Narumi and Memna yelled, and then Itachi's warning rung in their ears, seeing Gaara dead was nothing compared to seeing the brother alive again, and wearing the Akatsuki robe.
Wordlessly Naruto grabbed Gaara's body and threw it at the group in front of him, before signaling two more Akatsuki members who were hiding in the shadows.
"It has been really nice to see you again, but I have to get going. The jinchuuriki's aren't going to capture themselves."
Naruto said with a malicious smirk before he brought up his hand, and almost like a Magic Trick he began to "erase" his body before vanishing in a swirl.
The other's quickly began to heal Gaara back to life, as he was on the verge of death, but he had somehow survived having his Bijuu extracted, what they did not know was that they had only succeeded in drawing out half of his Bijuu, so he was not killed by the half extraction.
Memna and Narumi had not moved from their current location, just wondering how it was that their brother was still alive, they had checked his pulse, they had buried him, hell they had stabbed him right through his heart, WITH TWO SWORDS! And now he had joined the Akatsuki, but for some reason he had thrown Gaara back to them, knowing that he was still alive.
What was Naruto playing at? Was their some hope that a little of the old Naruto was still there?
Memna paled though and looked over to his twin "You know Narumi, we still have to report this to Hokage-sama, and tou-chan, and kaa-chan, and Ero-sennin." Minato had repaired his relationship with Jiraiya on the condition they dont speak of Naruto or the prophecy anymore, both words had become Taboo in the Namikaze household, and both twins could feel that once they told them that Naruto was still alive; shit was going to hit the fan.
Gathering everyone, along with Gaara they began the long trek back home, while the sand team took Gaara back to Suna, after thanking each other profusely and promising to renew the alliance.
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"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" screamed out a unbelieving Tsunade and Minato, while Jiraiya stood off to the side with a somber expression on his face. He would never admit it, but Naruto's death really weighed on his conscience, there were nights where he would get dreams about the kid asking why he made his parents keep him weak. Disturbing stuff really, he would see the memories of his and the twin's fight and it was rough.
"Hokage-sama, during our mission we found an Akatsuki hideout, and inside was a masked man sitting on Gaara's body, after attacking him his mask fell off to reveal it was Namikaze Naruto, our brother."
Minato stood off to the side, he knew they would not lie about something like this, but what he really was concerned about was the fact that Naruto; if he was ressurected had not returned home meant that he had either; been captured or he his own goals had lined up with those of the Akatsuki. Really at this point Naruto was just a huge mystery to his entire family, he changes almost overnight, from barely a genin to a S ranked criminal? Was there any of the little blonde ball of sunshine left in his son's dark heart? Or would he continue to fall even more? As much as it pained him to say it; there was only way to save his son; to kill him would free him from his pain, or so Minato thought,
How far have you fallen, Naruto?
After the way he had emotionally harmed his son, he doubted he could even lift a finger against him. He was scared for his son. He hoped that he would never have to face him in combat.
[Amegakure]
"Well cat is out of the bag now that they know I'm still alive. But don't you worry, I will always protect you."
Naruto said gently to the little baby who was drinking her milk from the bottle eagerly.
"Daddy will always protect you."
A/N: Sorry, this chapter was short, but i really wanted to update it, I will continue with this story, Naruto right now has two personalities you will see later it will b explained but now you get a feel of why Naruto is doing the thing's he is doing. And also the guy that was like how did Naruto lose to Narumi and Memna? It was because his body was still not used to the power he could wield, so granted he could use powerful jutsu, but on a lesser scale eventually he tired out and made a mistake.
