Thank your for reading and I apologize for my late update... I'm having to study for some tests and exams. So it may take longer to update in between time than I had planned but anyways.. enjoy.

Chapter 9

(Flashback)

A young man ran through the dark cave his eyes narrowed in rage as his thoughts had been speeding with different things. He looked back behind him where only blood of his friend had been left behind making his rage spike further. He couldn't help but remember the pale skin of a mans body, but the man he had been thinking it could have been was impossible. His friend had killed the man months ago there was no way he was still alive and now with the disappearance of his friend. The two had just battled the last member of the Akatsuki fighting for the last two days had put a huge strain on his body.

The sweat had been pouring from his head as his breathing had deepened from the overuse of chakra not even having enough from the Kyuubi. He quickly found the exit of the cave smelling for the first time in what seemed years fresh air flush through his lungs. His dark blue eyes looked to the retreating body of a man he had thought couldn't possibly be alive after what he had heard from Tsunade. The sudden sound of a person escaping from the crumbling cave made the pale body of the man turn to see.

"Orochimaru!" Naruto shouted out as he watched the man slowly turn around his eyes closed from the blue eyes of Naruto.

"Tsukuyomi," he calmly spoke as he opened only his left eye revealing the crimson eye of the Mangekyou sharigan that had belonged to the raven haired teen.

Naruto quickly found himself warped into a red universe watching as Sasuke slowly walked away leaving him behind. He quickly reached out only to be stopped by a snake biting down firmly through his wrist making him scream out in pain. He tried to pry the snake from his wrist but was quickly bitten through his free wrist; the snake pulling his arm back. Naruto watched as a head slowly raised from the ground making the black water ripple as his red eyes stared at the defenseless blond. Orochimaru walked slowly towards the teen pulling from his throat a long sword pointing the tip to the teens neck.

"What have you done with Sasuke!" Naruto shouted already coming with his own idea of what was going on, but had to hear it from himself to believe it.

"Sasuke is apart of me now somewhere deep in my subconscious I can still feel him fighting," the man answered as he stabbed the sword through Naruto's neck.

Naruto heard a loud scream from the distance as he screamed in his own mind incapable of screaming as the sword tore through his vocal cords. Orochimaru quickly severed the blonds head making him blackout before awaking again screaming out in pain. His dark blue eyes looked down to see a sword stabbing through his shoulder twisting painfully making his shoulder dislocate. As he screamed in pain he noticed another scream off in the distance he slowly slipped out of consciousness from the steady flow of blood. Just as he had done before he awoke with a blade piercing through his abdomen making him scream as he felt his intestines pour out.

"Three days of this Naruto-kun, how much more can you take before your mind is strained to the point it fails," the mocking voice spoke up to the teen as he listened to another scream from the distance.

Naruto looked from his bleeding abdomen to search his surrounding area noticing as another him had been cutting into. He watched his other self before slowly fading back to the darkness his eyes shot open as he found himself in the same predicament as the other. He quickly grasped on what had been going on as he felt the sword cut through a ligament in his right arm severing it completely. The three days that Orochimaru promised finally came to an end with only mere seconds passing from outside the cave. The pale man quickly grabbed his eye grimacing out in pain as blood poured from out of his eye blurring his vision.

"So I'm still not strong enough to finish him off," he stated flatly as he watched the strained expression of the teen before his blue eyes shut signaling for his body to fall to the ground motionless.

"Six years and your friend will be fully absorbed into my mind, see if you can save him by then, Uzumaki Naruto." the pale man smirked as he walked away his hand still covering his left eye.

Naruto listened as the man walked away from the area before his own mind seemed to freeze in thought before everything fell to darkness.

(End Flashback)

A loud sigh broke through a silent room as a young blond haired woman stood to her feet after sitting with her two friends. She looked out a window looking to the bustling village as everyone had been selling foods from their stalls. The three girls had been patiently waiting for the blond haired teen to wake from his now three day slumber. She knew that the mist village had been taking his case as a top priority, but even with all their knowledge he still hadn't woke up. She lightly tapped the window sill as they waited in the Inn that her and Hinata had been given to stay in until they were prepared to leave.

"Maybe we should go out and do something while we wait," she lightly sighed as she looked back to the two girls that had been worrying over the young man.

"Come on, we can't just sit around worried about Naruto even he couldn't sit around worrying like this for three days." she continued as she ran to the two girls side giving them a light push to look at her.

"Now come on, lets go out and get something to eat!" she clapped her hands as she finished making the two jump slightly at the loud smack.

Ino grabbed both of their wrists pulling them to their feet before pulling them through the door to get out of the room. The three girls had been silent as they walked through the light mist walking towards the only restaurant that Ino could remember while being in the village. Hinata and Kira had been looking to the ground weakly smiling from time to time at Ino's light pushes to think of other things. They slowly walked through the doors to the barbecue house that had been sending small delicous waves of air to their noses.

"Party of three?" a small girl asked before receiving a small nod from the blond as she pulled her two friends to the table.

"Come on you two cheer up, Naruto is alright he just has to get back all the energy that he used during the fight! He'll wake up any time now." she chirped as she had been growing slightly annoyed with their down attitude.

"Its not that, Ino!" Kira half shouted making the surrounding people to look over to the table with the three girls.

"We weren't strong enough to even help him," she finished as she looked down to her legs remembering as she held him in her arms as he screamed in pain.

Ino thought back to the dungeon as her body had been screaming in pain, but the two doctors had been looking over the other girl.

(Flashback)

"We need to sedate her or she could severely destroy her throat from all this screaming!" one of the doctors shoutted towards his colleague.

He looked back down to the girl as she had been screaming out for her father until blood had been slowly spilling from her mouth. He looked back to the other man that had beeen quickly injecting a small sedative into the girls leg making her settle down. He silently held the girl in place as the other man quickly began to check her vital for any sign of possible complication with the medicine. Ino watched from her corner as a small cloud of mist began to spin around the three bodies.

"Wh-what is that?" she asked making one of the doctors to look back to her slightly exhausted from handling the other girl.

He looked from her pointing finger to the roof above him when he too grew slightly suspicous of the lingering cloud of mist. It hadn't been normal for mist to be so far down in the ground, but this small cloud of mist not only was there but it had been spinning above him. He looked away from the small cloud at the sound of the other doctor; he looked down to see the girls hair lighten. The color of her hair had been changing from the dark brown to the purest of white as was her lightly tanned skin. He quickly stood back as the sign of her changing body had been the same as the Mizukage's frightening other side.

"G-Get back!" he shouted over to the other man making him scramble away from the girls changing body.

From the loud shout Kira's eyes quickly opened revealing her dark eyes had been changed into a beautiful white. Her body slowly lifted from the ground as her eyes looked to the roof, the back of her shirt tearing away as two large wings sprouted from her shoulder blades. Hinata slowly raised to a sitting position as she slowly crawled to the sitting Ino who had been looking on in awe.

"Ino-chan, w-what is happening to Kira-san?" she asked as she sat next to the other girl equally in awe at what had been happening right before their eyes.

Ino continued to watch the floating girl until she quickly vanished from the room leaving the four people completely frightened. Her immediate coughs broke the silence as a small spit of blood came up from her throat after being neglected for a long while. The two doctors quickly snapped from their racing thoughts realizing that the other girl had been still injured.

"Ino-chan!" Hinata shouted just before her blue eyes shut leaving her surrounding to become a pitch black.

(End Flashback)

Ino sat quietly as she recalled what had happened before she had fallen unconscious; the three listening as the meat sizzled on the rack. Hinata slowly raised her eyes to look over the small wrapped bandage that had been around Ino's arm recalling her own weakness against the Mizukage. She sat quiet as she thought over all the injuries that had happened on the supposed C rank mission. Her eyes slightly reddened as small tears began to fall from her eyes at her own weakness of not being able to help anyone.

"Hinata," Ino quietly spoke as she looked over to the girls sobbing understanding completely of how weak they seem to be.

The three girls had fallen silent as the quiet sobs of the crying girl had drawn unnoticed attention. The meat sat sizzling over the embers going untouched and unturned as they began to burn from being over cooked. After an unsucceful lunch the three girls strolled slowly towards the hospital to check on the recovering blond haired man. Kira looked up from the ground looking to see a bandaged man walking towards the small group stopping them.

"Kira-sama, Lord Drake has been looking for you." he stated calmly as he pushed his glasses up wincing slightly in pain in the pit of his stomach.

"Akio-san you shouldn't be standing right now!" the girl half shouted toward the man who only waved off her concern.

"I am not the type to just sit around and the Mizukaga-sama stopped his other side from hitting any vital organ." he answered as he motioned for the girl to follow him to go see her father.

She looked back to the other two girls who only gave her a small smile as they waved for her not to worry about leaving them. With a small nod towards the two girls she set off with the man leaving Ino and Hinata to stand alone in their thoughts. The two continued their small walk towards the hospital in complete silence as one another couldn't think of what to say. They quickly reached their destination stopping just before entering the large room that had been occupied with their teammate.

Ino slowly opened the door giving a small wave towards the unconscious blond,"Hey Naruto we came to see you again today!" she forced herself to shout happily to only be replied with the sound of a machine helping him breath.

She looked to the floor feeling defeated as she and Hinata walked to a chair that had been their spot looking over the blond. She listened as Hinata stood to her feet leaving the room leaving her to watch over Naruto alone as she waited for her friends return. Her soft blue eyes looked down to the young mans almost peacful face slightly cursing to herself feeling to weak to help. She listened as the door to the room opened her blue eyes looking over to Hinata as she carried a small bowl of water and cloth.

"Ino could you raise him up," she calmly asked her eyes looked a little pained as she squeezed the rag getting rid of excess water.

She gave a soft nod as she placed the Naruto's arms carefully into his lap before lifting him to a sitting position. Hinata softly dabbed the rag on his back as she washed any sweat or grime that had built up from the last time she and Ino had bathed him. Her soft white eyes looked to a few scars that had been across his back as she scrubbed at them almost wishing they would disappear. She brought another dry rag from the side of the bowl drying his back before letting Ino to let him lay back on the bed.

"Hinata, I'll do his arms." Ino spoke up as she couldn't help but feel torn up inside from the sad eyes Hinata had been looking from behind.

Hinata gave a weak smile as she handed her a small rag before turning to take a seat in the chair she had pulled up. Her white eyes reddened as she felt her tears begin to stream down her cheeks once again feeling unable to do anything. Ino listened to her silent sobs as she lifted his arms lightly dabbing his skin allowing small drips of water to soak into his sheets. Her own eyes slightly reddening as she held back her tears lightly cleaning between his fingers filling out his calloused hands. She carefully turned his arm around washing his wrist noticing small scars that had been etched in his forearm.

Ino silently finished washing his arms grabbing another cloth from the table before dabbing the lightly soaked rag along his cheeks. She lightly smiled down to his three whiskers that if she had been asked two weeks ago about them she'd a screamed for him to get rid of them. Though now she looked down to them almost wanting them to raise with his cheeks as he smiled brightly to his friends. She lightly pushed his hair from his forehead dabbing his head lightly she looked down to him feeling if she had been stronger he wouldn't be like this.

"Ino-chan," a soft voice spoke from the other side of the bed making the girl to look up from the blonds peaceful face.

Hinata had been smiling towards her making her feel a soft tickle along her cheeks not realizing her tears had began to flow. She quickly began to wipe at her eyes trying to hide her weakness before feeling soft arms embracing her. The two girls silently wept as the young man lay motionless and oblivious of his surroundings and what had been going on. From inside another building to light blue eyes looked from behind a large desk as the door to his office opened. He lightly leaned back in his chair as he watched two small brown eyes look from behind the door hesitantly.

"Kira, please get in here and shut the door," his deep voice spoke to the girl startling her to quickly run in the room.

"Uh Akio-san told me that you were looking for me?" she asked slightly frightened as she watched the man stand from his chair slightly shaking from his own injuries.

He gave a simple nod as he walked to the large doors that lead out to a balcony, he stopped shortly before waving her to follow. She had done so as the two walked to the roof of the tower that had been used to look over the entire village. Kira stood silent as her father walked to the railing of the building looking out to his village almost showing what looked to be love. She hadn't seen that expression from her father since the day she had seen a picture of him carrying her mother after their wedding. Her thoughts ran swiftly over her mother just before she was a victim of the war that plaggued the mist village.

"Kira," his deep voice spoke up breaking her from her thoughts to look at the mans back watching as his scarf swayed gently in the wind.

"Dad I want you to train me!" she shouted just before he could say anything further.

She watched as his head dropped from the village to nothing his light blue eyes looking over to the girl showing a hidden emotion. He looked to her determined eyes and down to her small fist that had been balled tightly showing her raw emotion. She started forward to plead her case but was quickly stopped with his hand raised in front of him his eyes softening as he looked at her.

"Kira I can't train you," he answered calmly as he looked to the girls pleading eyes for him to reconsider.

"Why not! Your my father and you are the only person that knows what this thing inside of me is!" she shouted throwing her hands to her side hoping that he would rethink about not training her.

"No, I do not know a thing about that thing inside of you." he answered making the girl confused at his response.

"But, you have something inside of you too!" she shouted watching as he shook his head making her slightly scared of what was inside of her.

"Kira I have a demon inside of me even as I talk to you now he is screaming for me to force your angel out to fight him," he answered making the girl completely oblivious of what the man had been talking about.

"Angel?" she asked making the man to give a soft nod to her question before turning to face the village again trying to collect his thoughts.

"But how am I suppose to become stronger? I can't protect anyone the way I am now!" she screamed as she wrapped herself in a small embrace trying to keep herself from crying.

Drake looked to the village as he listened to his daughter scream in frustration of her inability to become stronger. His light blue eyes looked towards the hospital as he had been expecting the blond to awake from his deep slumber anytime now. He looked down to the tile of the roof before leaving the roof slowly the reason he wanted to speak to her still hanging in the air. He listened as her screams had turned into sobs his eyes closing as he walked back into his office to do some paper work. Back inside the hospital Ino and Hinata sat quietly as the sun slowly lowered making them realize that visiting hours was over.

Just as they were about to get up to leave the door to the room slowly opened with the man that had left with Kira now standing looking at the two. His glasses lightly falling from their comfortable position as he stood silent watching the small monitor show the blonds vitals. Hinata had turned from his gaze grabbing the many rags that they had used to wash the recovering Naruto.

"Lord Mizukage-sama, wishes to see you two." he said flatly waiting for their reply when he received hesitant nods he quietly shut the door leaving the girls to look amongst one another.

"Alright Naruto, we'll come see you same time tomorrow." Ino slightly smiled as she waved to the young man before leading the two out of the room.

Hinata lightly closed the door before slowly following after Ino as she had been slightly wondering what the Mizukage wanted from them. The two traveled quickly as they quietly knocked on the door listening as the man on the other side called them in. Ino walked into the room slowly followed with Hinata quickly behind her, the two girls looked to the cold eyes of their past attacker. The man stood slowly giving a small bow to the girls his way of apologizing for any wrong doings that had happened the past week.

"Why did you call us here?" Ino asked showing that she still held a grudge with how the man attacked the two and even attacked Naruto.

"I called you two so you could do something for me," he said flatly returning to his full hieght noticing his respect was going to be ill in its return.

"And what makes you think we would do anything for you?" she continued as she grew slightly annoyed before getting a firm hand placed on her shoulder by the quiet Hyuuga.

"Seeing as your still in my village I would expect you to do as I request while we have your teammate in the hospital and appears not to be waking up anytime soon." he stated flatly noting that he had even gotten under the respectful Hinata's skin.

"But I digress, my request is that you take my daughter with you to Konoha." he spoke making the two girls completely shocked at what he was asking for them to do.

"When Uzumaki Naruto wakes up and is able to travel you will leave immediately taking my daughter with you to live in Konoha, your answer?" he asked as he looked to the girls as they seemed to try and figure out his motives.

"But, why? She is your daughter you couldn't possibly want to send her to another village, right?" Ino asked slightly confused at how a father could ask them to take his only daughter out of the village.

"She isn't safe around me now more than ever since the awakening of her other side. If you take her to Konoha she will be protected by your Hokage and will be able to train the way of the ninja. I'm requesting this of you as her father to take her from this village," he answered making the two girls look down to the floor before giving him a hesitant acceptance to his request.

He gave a quick nod as he waved for them to leave him alone to finish his paper work; they walked out slowly completely shocked at his request. From within the village, Kira had been walking silently cursing her father for not helping her leaving her to think of another way to get stronger. She slowly walked into the inn that had been used by the other two girls slightly hoping they would be in by now. She had stopped by the hospital but was quickly told that visiting hours had been over and to come back tomorrow. She lightly knocked on the door waiting for an answer but as the seconds passed she knocked again coming to the idea that they weren't in.

"Where are you two?" she quietly spoke aloud before turning to leave the building to go to her own house before her father shown up.

Back in the lonesome room the sound of a machine pushing oxygen into the motionless body of the young man. His eye lids slowly began to move as his dark blue eyes looked to his surrounding area finding everything to be blurry. He laid unmoved as he began to feel a slight irritation from his nose down to his throat making him tear the tube out. As he slowly struggled to a sitting position a man in glasses quickly appeared inside of the room lightly touching his shoulder. Naruto looked to the man noticing his glasses before blacking out, leaving the standing man to cover her body again.

"You'll be able to move tomorrow, just rest easy." he spoke soothingly down to the teen as he watched the tense eyes relax a bit.

"You have my thanks, Uzumaki Naruto." he spoke calmly as he remembered exactly what had happened the day he was attacked by Drake-sama and he getting the other ninja to take him to safety.

End of Chapter 9: thank you for reading.. I'll try and work on ten on my free times.