Chapter 10- Real Pain
Naruto woke up in the Namikaze estate with a beautiful sunrise greeting him. He looked out from his bedroom at the clear sky. Almost instantly, he got a strange feeling of danger. He couldn't understand why, the day looked like it was going to be positive. He decided to keep his wits about him, never hurt to be cautious. Just then, he felt warm gentle hands wrap around him.
"Good morning love," said Fu, smiling at Naruto.
"Good morning to you too," said Naruto, returning the smile and kissing her.
"You seem like you have something on your mind," said Fu, as she came in while he was looking out at the land.
"Just a feeling, but I think its nothing," said Naruto giving her a reassuring smile.
"If you say so. I'm going in town with Sakura and Ino," said Fu, turning around to get dressed and leave.
'I really hope this feeling is just that,' said Naruto, getting in the shower.
(Outside of Konoha)
Pein was looking at Konoha with hate in his heart. Not only just for Konoha, but at Naruto. Naruto had brought the Jinchuuriki together against the Akatsuki and killed almost all of their members. Pein was furious at the fact that his planned had gone so far south. Now, standing a few miles away from Konoha, and with Six Paths of Pain and Konan at his side, he was going to show off his fury to the entire village.
"Now my pain shall be felt that by this entire village and the Jinchuuriki. Launch the Animal path," said Pein, while the Asura path grabbed the Animal path and threw him towards Konoha.
The Animal path flew and landed right on top of a building in Konoha, and immediately summoned the other paths. And at that moment, chaos ensued on the whole village. Explosions from Peins attacks shook everyone from the Konoha. Fu, Sakura, and Ino dropped their items and went to meet the threat head on. No sooner had they found the source did they find that the other Konoha 11 and their sensei's were fighting. Surprisingly, neither of the Peins attacked yet and remained together.
"Where is Naruto Uzumaki?" asked Pein, seeing some of the Konoha shinobi tense up.
"If you want him, then you'll have to fight all of us," said Sakura, getting ready for an attack.
"Very well," said Pein, rushing to attack the ninja.
As the Paths of Pain met the Konoha shinobi for a battle, Fu could only help but wonder one thing. Where was Naruto?
(With Naruto)
Naruto was hurrying to get dressed and to get to where the explosions were coming from. He was about to go out the door when he felt someone approaching. Naruto took a hiding spot near by and waited for the intruder. A figure wearing an Akatsuki outfit entered through the door. Naruto was a little surprised to see it was a woman with blue hair tied in a bun. The woman stopped and looked around for Naruto. As she turned to the left, Naruto came out of hiding and rushed her. Konan saw it coming and moved out of the way of his attack. Konan then retaliated with a kick to the gut, sending Naruto back a little ways. Naruto recovered, was hit with a series of paper shuriken sent at him. Konan went over to her downed opponent and was about to signal for Pein, only for Naruto to turn into a puff of smoke. Konan sensed him, but wasn't expecting the Rasengen in his hand. Naruto connected and as he did, seven words left his mouth.
"Get the hell out of my house!" yelled Naruto as he sent Konan to the outside and unconscious.
Naruto made two clones to tie up Konan for questioning later. He then looked out at Konoha and frowned at the fires that had started. Biting his thumb, Naruto wiped the blood on the bottom of his ring and slammed his hand on the ground. Out of the puff of smoke came Utakata, gripping on to Yagura.
"Fu pushed her ring so we were on our way. Though I felt someone about to summon, so I grabbed onto Yagura so we could both be summoned," said Utakata, seeing Naruto nod.
"Good. Now both of you summon Yugito and Killer Bee. Gaara, Han, and Roshi aren't that far away and should be here soon.
Utakata and Yagura summoned them both and explained the situation. They got the picture and everyone went to the battlefield.
(Pein vs Konoha)
Fu was one of the few still standing against Pein. No one had been able to defeat even one of the Peins and it was beginning to seem like a lost cause.
"I may not find the Kyuubi, but at least I've got the Nanabi in my grasp," said Pein, smiling at his handy work.
"I'm not sure how much longer we can hold out," said Kiba, taking in a deep breath.
"Naruto, get your butt in gear," said Fu under her breath.
"Time to end this little game," said Pein, sending his Asura path towards Fu.
The path got a few inches near Fu, but was stopped dead by Naruto planting a rasengan in the middle of his back. Fu was excited, Pein was pissed, and everyone else was relieved.
"Looking for me?" asked Naruto, joined by the other Jinchuuriki.
"You are the reason I am here in the first place. Now, I can get six Jinchuuriki for one," said Pein with a smirk.
"We'll see. Same as last time guys, who wants who?" asked Naruto, seeing his fellow Jinchuuriki observing their opponents.
"I want the guy with the slicked back hair and round face," said Yugito, looking at the Preta path.
"I want the big looking dude," said Killer Bee, pointing to the Naraka path.
"I'm fighting the pony tailed guy," said Yagura, pulling out his hook staff at the Animal path.
"I've got the long haired guy then," said Utakata, arming himself with his flute against the Human path.
"Which leaves me and the guy with six piercing in his nose," said Naruto popping his neck.
"Wait, I can still fight," said Fu, but saw Naruto's head shake at her plea.
"No, you've done enough. Take a breather and help get the one who need medical attention to the infirmary," said Naruto, keeping his focus on Pein.
Fu was hesitant, but understood what he meant and helped the Konoha shinobi get to the infirmary. Meanwhile, Naruto and the other Jinchuuriki rushed to their opponents and went to different areas of the village.
(Fight 1: Yugito vs. Preta path)
Yugito and the Preta path settled along somewhere and took their fighting stances. Yugito went after the path and engaged it in taijutsu. They fought back and forth, shot for shot, blow for blow, but neither would give. Yugtiyo got some distance and launched a humungous fireball at the path. Much to her surprise, the path created a barrier that absorbed the attack.
"I see, so you have some kind of chakra absorbing. Guess I have no choice but to use taijustsu on you for this fight," said Fu, while the path said nothing and charged again.
The two locked up again and started trading blows again, but nothing changed. Yugito then got an idea. She tried to attack him head on again and got caught. Just as she figured, she could feel the chakra seeping out of her. That's when she called Nibi's chakra. At that moment, the fire burned the path from the inside out.
"Looks like you cant handle a very hot chakra can you?" said Yugito smirking at her handy work.
(Fight 2: Killer Bee vs. Naraka path)
Killer Bee pulled out three of his blades, griped two of them, but stuck the last one in his mouth. He charged at the path and swung his blades at the path, only to be met with chakra blades from his hands. Bee swung the blade in his mouth, but the path ducked and landed a kick to his gut. Bee recovered from the kick, and proceeded to unleash all seven of his blades. He proceeded to unleash his kenjustsu style of fighting. The Naraka path dodged the blades and took a chance. He cocked back his fist and socked Bee in the face and sent Bee into a building. The path made his way toward Bee and found him on the other side of the building.
"I'll critically injure you so you wont try to escape so easily," said the Naraka path, taking out another chakra blade and impaling Killer Bee.
Instead, Killer Bee turned into a giant tentacle. Naraka path was shocked even more so when he saw the Hachibi with a fully charged Tailed beast bomb. The path didn't even have time to move before being blown away. Killer Bee transformed back and suddenly got an inspiration for another rhyme and wrote it down.
(Fight 3: Yagura vs. Animal path)
"You are quite small for a Jinchuuriki. Let alone a kage," said the path, standing some feet across from Yagura.
"Size doesn't matter, it's all about the power an individual wields," said Yagura wielding his hook staff.
"Please, you cheated your way by being a Jinchuuriki," said the Animal path, about to summon some beast.
"The man with six bodies says I'm a cheater," said Yagura, getting ready for whatever was coming at him.
The Animal path summoned a giant rhinoceros and a huge bull. Yagura jumped up and used his hook on the rhinoceros's horn and tossed him into the bull. The two collided and both disappeared from site.
"Is that it?" asked Yagura, with a bored expression.
The path summoned a giant dog and a crow. The crow rocketed toward him and swooped down. Yagura jumped on top of the bird and hooked the beak. He drove it straight into the dog and the bird disappeared. The dog, however, got split in half by the beak of the bird. Suddenly, there were two dogs instead of one. Yagura understood that cutting the dog only created more. Yagura got an idea of how to deal with them. He concentrated and transformed into the Sanibi.
'It doesn't make sense. He can't maneuver around without water,' thought the Animal path.
Yagura used his tails to great a huge crater at fifty feet wide and height. When he was done, he took in one big breath and yelled out "Water style: Great flood!"
The Sanibi unleashed a huge amout of water from its mouth, flooding the crater from bottom to top. The Animal path summoned a crab and hid in it. The two dogs drowned and disappeared. The Sanibi went full speed into the crab and knocked it into the wall. The crab disappeared, leaving the Animal path to drown. Or at least it would have if the Sanibi didn't eat the body and destroyed it. Yagura transformed back to normal and proceeded back toward the village.
(Fight 4: Utakata vs. Human path)
Utakata had his flute out while the path was getting ready to fight. Utakata blew bubbles and they all made clones of himself. The Human path charged and started to fight the clones. Every time he landed an attack, the clones dispersed. He fought them all until only Utakata remained. The Human path grabbed Utakata by the throat.
"Now I'll take your soul and take what you know," said the path, but was confused when Utakata smiled.
Instantly, Utakata started to swell and encased the path in a bubble. The path looked around and saw Utakata. He then started to lift off the ground away from Utakata. Utakata then made a hand sign, and the bubble exploded with the path inside. Utakata smirked and left the sight.
(Final fight: Naruto vs. Deva path)
Naruto stood a few feet away from the path. Naruto rushed the path and took a swing at the Deva path. The path dodged and retaliated with a kick, but Naruto blocked it. Naruto got some distance, but suddenly felt himself being pulled towards the path. The path had his hand up and pulled out a chakra blade out of his other hand. Naruto drew closer until Pein stabbed him with the blade. Pein smirked until Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke.
'A shadow clone,' thought Pein as he looked around for Naruto.
He then heard someone approaching, and looked behind in time to see Naruto charging with a Rasenegan in hand. Pein lifted his hand again as Naruto came close and yelled "Shira Tensei!" Naruto's Rasengan met the attack and he was knocked away. Naruto got back up and readied himself again.
"So that's what you can do. You repel or attract at will," said Naruto, the Kyuubi cloak coming over him again.
"That's correct, but it makes no difference if you know or not," said Pein, readying himself for another attack.
Naruto got full cloak on and rushed Pein again. Pein blocked, but the claws from Kyuubi's chakra still knocked him back. Pein recovered, but was still very hurt.
"Its over," said Naruto, just as the other Jinchuuriki joined him and the Konoha 11.
'This is bad. I need something to guarantee I can leave here in one piece,' thought Pein, as he looked around at the people who were around him.
He looked at Sakura and smirked. He stuck out his hand and pulled. Sakura felt herself being pulled forcefully towards Pein.
"Sakura!" yelled Naruto, as she was being pulled.
But before she could get any further, a wall of sand appeared, caught Sakura, and stopped her from moving. Naruto looked around and saw Gaara along with Han and Roshi. Naruto gave him thumbs up and returned his focus back to a terrified Pein.
"Got any other trick to try?" asked Naruto, while Pein grew very angry.
"I guess I'm just going to have to repel you all with my ultimate Shira Tensei," said Pein extending his hands at his opponents.
He was about to unleash his attack, but his hands were cut of from an attack from nowhere. The culprits revealed themselves to be Sasuke and Suigetsu. Pein was about to retaliate when Jugo crushed him into the ground. Pein was down, but Naruto wanted to make sure he was out, so he charged up a Rasengan and slammed it into the Pein. Naruto looked back at everyone who was there.
"Naruto, this guy and his paths were being controlled by someone, like a puppeteer. We have to find the master," said Sasuke, sheathing his sword again.
"I know, and according to my shadow clone that just dispersed, he's taken care of," said Naruto, letting everyone's jaw hit the floor.
"When did you get so well coordinated?" asked Sasuke, not getting how Naruto was so well versatile.
"You don't think I wasted all that time goofing off," said Naruto, making his way back to his house, but looked back at Fu and Hinata.
"Naruto-kun?" they both asked since he looked at them.
"I'm just glad you two are okay," said Naruto, smiling then going back to his house.
Naruto wanted to ask the woman that was in his house about what she knew. When Naruto got back, he found that she was gone. She must have used her paper technique to escape. Naruto cursed himself, but stopped when he found a note on the floor. It was from the woman and it read:
If you are reading this, then that means that Pein is gone and so is Nagato. Even though he is gone, the Akatsuki is not done. There is one more member that you need to defeat. His name is Madara Uchiha, and he is very powerful. You will need all of the Jinchuuriki to beat him. Don't worry about me; I'm no longer with Akatsuki. Nagato was the only thing that kept me in the group. Take care.
Sincerely, Konan.
Naruto clenched the note in his hand. He then turned around to see Gaara.
"Is it over?" asked Gaara, seeing Naruto shake his head.
"Not quite. There's still a threat that needs to be dealt with. We need to have another meeting," said Naruto, seeing Gaara nod and take off.
(A/N: Sup! Sorry for the wait guys, school really sucks. Anyway, I am hoping to complete another chapter this week. And the way I'm thinking, it might be the final chapter. We'll see, and also the poll on my profile is still open. Till next time!)