Memories

"This...can't be" Naruto thought frozen in place while staring at the black stone that is in him.

Sasuke couldn't believe he fell for the distraction. He slowly looks down at the black stone.

"NARUTO"

Naruto hears a familiar voice that came from the forest. He slowly turns his head to the direction of the voice and his eyes widen seeing Jiraiya sensei on top of the hill staring at him. However, he isn't the one who called his name. It is Ino who came out of the tree's with Shikamaru behind her.

Naruto soon feels a pulse inside him along with Sasuke. Both of their heads start to hurt.

"Garrghh!" Naruto said holding his head tight.

"Grrrgh" Sasuke said doing the same with his head down.

The two falls on one knee. Slowly the black stone rods turn into energy that consumes the both.

"No" Yusei said from afar.

Five chakra tails grow from his back and pierces each Zane. Yusei looks at his hands, noticing the synchronization marks has vanished. His physical features return. He looks up to Naruto and Sasuke. He starts running to them.

"Where do you think you're going!" Zane said, blocking his path.

Yusei clenches his teeth and his right arm gets consumed by lighting. He throws a punch to Zane who uses his skeleton hand to block it.

"I'm not going to let you interfere with them…" Zane said with an evil grin.

The skeleton grabs Yusei's arm and throws him toward everyone. Zane slowly turns to them.

"Yusei." Shadow said staring at him who is on the ground.

"What did you do to Naruto and Sasuke!?" Yuzu ask Zane in an angry tone.

"That look like what happened to Naruto's friends" Minato states remembering how Ino and Shikamaru turned evil.

"They're about to relive their pain and sorrow...which will let out the darkness that is hidden away in them that will control their minds….turning them...into slaves of their own darkness...and will attack you all..and each other..which...makes my mission easier" Zane exclaimed crossing his arms.

"You psycho….what happened to you that made you like this...uh!?" Kushina asked.

"...The ones who were chosen by the sage of six paths….don't live normal lives...no, each one has story...each one has their own pain and suffering" Zane answers her.

"All of the chosen children" Stella said softly with a frown.

The sound of Yusei's slamming his feet on the ground. He slowly stands up straight. This is the first time Stella see's Yusei up close. She can see half his face from where she is and notices something. "He has Yuzu's face" she thought and couldn't believe what she thought.

"I'm going to get through" Yusei tells Zane.

"You can try, but..you will fail…" Zane said with his skeleton opening his arms. "You haven't fully awakened your powers...has one of the chosen children...Yusei Uzumaki"

"Wait, Yusei...was chosen!" Stella asked shocked with a fearful look. "So...that means...what the sage of six paths said"

Stella stops, with watery eyes. Everyone still in chains, stares at her.

"Whats wrong?... Stella?" Kushina asked.

"..." Stella couldn't answer her.

Yusei starts walking slowly to Zane, ignoring the tears of Stella.

"...Sis, what the sage of six paths told us...on that day...was that our unborn child...would be chosen and gain great power and a destiny for either destruction or peace" Yuzu tells Kushina.

"...so you're telling me" Kushina said turning to Yusei. "He's…"

In a flash, a red chakra tail passes Kushina and hits Minato.

"Grugh" Minato said feeling a little pain on his stomach.

"Minato!" Kushina said in a worried tone and looks at who attack Minato.

She finds out, the tail came from behind Yusei. The tail pulls away from Minato and goes back to Yusei. The tail has something in its grasp. It is Minato's Kunai. Yusei takes it and covers it in his chakra.

"...Being chosen isn't what I would…" Yusei said, throwing the Kunai which passes the skeletons shoulder, and pierces the ground in front of Naruto. "...call myself"

Yusei teleports right after which surprised everyone. Both Naruto and Sasuke looks up at Yusei weakly who holds both of their shoulder.

"No...he wouldn't" Shadow said with a shocked expression. "Yusei, You can't handle…"

Before Shadow can finish, the dark energy consuming Naruto and Sasuke, slowly consumes both of Yusei's arms.

"What's he doing?" Itachi asked.

"Something no one can mentally handle" Shadow answers.

"Grrugh" Yusei said starting to feel the affects.

" " Naruto spokes slowly.

"Don't worry….this is nothing…" Yusei said with a small smirk. "I can't handle"

The next thing Yusei did surprised everyone. His eyes changed into Sasuke's eternal sharingan.

"B-but how?" Sasuke said struggling to talk from the pain his head is going through.

"You lend me your power" Yusei answers. "Now"

His eyes glows and starts spinning. That's when everything soon turned dark.

OOO

Darkness fills the area.

"Uh?...where am I?" Kushina asked appearing in the darkness. "Hey!..I'm free...wait, why can't I move?"

"Kushina" Minato spoke, slowly appearing.

"Minato!..you here!"

"Stella!" Yuzu spoke.

"I'm right here, Yuzu" Stella answers

"Whats going on?" Itachi spoke.

Slowly everyone starts appearing in the darkness.

"..Shikamaru, what is this?" Ino said, not able to move.

"I'm not sure" he answers her.

"Is this a genjutsu?" Jiraiya said softly.

"Jiraiya sensei!" Minato said surprised to see him.

"Hey Minato" Jiraiya replies.

"Why are you doing here?" He ask.

"I was the one that threw the scroll Yusei was in" Jiraiya said.

"Wait, you knew about Yusei?" Yuzu asked.

"No...he didn't give me his name, I watched the fight...and heard it...and believe me..Im surprised he is…" Jiraya pauses after seeing Zane appear.

"Surprised that Yusei is...his son" Zane spoke.

"Youu.." Yuzu said with a glare, forgetting what he said. " YOU BASTARD!"

Yuzu tries to move but couldn't.

"What!?...but why...Im free?" Yuzu said noticing no chains on him.

"It's an illusion...a genjutsu created by..Yusei" Shadow said looking confused a bit. "But why?"

Suddenly noises are heard. Slowly Naruto and Sasuke appears on their arms and knees with their head down horizontal from each other. Dark energy still covers them. Then, Yusei slowly appears, on one knee and his hands together with his two index fingers pointing straight up.

"Yusei, whats going on?" Shadow asked him.

Yusei didn't answer right away but everyone can hear his heavy breathing.

"Because….this...grr...is the only way.." Yusei said slowly.

"Only way for what?" Ino asked in a scared tone.

"To..save them" Yusei answers, with his head down.

Slowly a glow of white light appears in the darkness.

"...Two people from different clans...Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha….two rivals who live similar life's…..the life of loneliness" Yusei spoke.

Suddenly within the glowing light, a picture is shown. A thirteen-year-old Naruto is seen on a swing set in front of an academy alone. The screen soon splits into two with a fourteen-year-old Sasuke sitting on the edge of a dock, looking down at the water, on the right.

"...that's Naruto and Sasuke" Kushina said with a frown.

"...These two enter a path of loneliness and hardships"

XXX (means in the screen/ Naruto's half)

The young Naruto is seen walking with head down and hands in his pockets. He soon stops after hearing laughter. He turns his head to the playground beside him. He notices children his age having fun around the play structure. He gets the urge to join them.

"Hey, can I play?" Naruto said running to them.

However, that is when the children's parents came and grabs their children. Naruto catches a glimpse of their eyes and notices the disgust and hate in them. In seconds, he finds himself alone in a place with no laughter.

OOO (in screen/ Sasuke)

The young Sasuke find himself sitting on the edge of a small dock, looking at his reflection in the water. His blank expression that shows no joy or sadness.

XXX

"Argh!" The thirteen-year-old Naruto said slamming against the tree holding a big scroll.

"Stop Mizuki!" Iruka yells at him.

"What are you defending that brat now...that monster!" Mizuki said on a tree branch.

"Monster?" Naruto said frighten.

"He's no monster" Iruka said in my anger.

"Hahaha, don't make me laugh...you should stop lying to yourself from the truth"

"What truth?" Naruto said confused.

"A truth that everyone in the hidden leaf kept from you…." Mizuki said.

"Mizuki No, don't…" Iruka said.

"The truth that the nine tails beast that attacked the leaf and killed many lives...IS INSIDE YOU!" Mizuki yells.

Naruto eyes widen with disbelief.

"No" he said about to cry.

OOO

The young Sasuke is seen running in his home.

"Mom!, Dad!" Sasuke calls but no answer.

He slides open the door to the living room and their, in the dark room with only the moonlight being the only light source. He see's his parents on the floor with Itachi standing behind them.

"B-brother...w-what h-happened.." Sasuke stuttered.

"...I killed them" Itachi said plainly with a cold expression.

"W-why!" Sasuke said in fear.

However, soon a ninja star passes him and pierces the wall behind him. Sasuke couldn't move after that. His body is frozen in place from what he is witnessing.

XXX

"..grrugh...You would think someone would not have such a life but...everyone has their own type of pain they hide from others...and themselves...it's only when see relive it, that you can fully comprehend...that it happened" Yusei spoke.

"Arghh" Naruto said with half his body slowly being consumed by the nine tails chakra.

"Grrr" Sasuke said being consumed by the dark energy.

Everyone in the sidelines, except Zane, reacts at what was shown. They could not believe it. Its painful for them enough to see Naruto and Sasuke suffering now but seeing their memories, it caused some of them to tear up.

"T-the ninetails...why is it inside Naruto...I'm the one who has it in me" Kushina said confused, trying to hold back her tears.

"Something must have happened, that lead the ninetails being in Naruto...something terrible" Yuzu said clenching his teeth.

"Sasuke's parents...they look like mine...does that mean.." Itachi said looking down a bit.

"The nine tails attacked the village" Minato said, turning to Kushina. "For that to happen, the nine tails would have been taken out from her….but how"

Everyone's attention turns to the painful noises Naruto and Sasuke is making.

"Whats happening to them" Stella asked in a scared tone.

"The darkness is consuming them faster….YUSEI, stop this….you're making the process quicker causing the pain to hit harder on them...even on yourself" Shadow said.

"What do you mean on himself?" Yuzu asked him.

"Yusei is connected with them through their chakra...he's sharing their pain, which a normal person can't handle in this situation, his heart and mind can't handle the pain of both Naruto and Sasuke...their pain combined he can't handle…" Shadow said until he got interrupted.

"Shut up...Shadow" Yusei said gritting his teeth. "You're still annoying in this time too...Don't go underestimating me….you hear!"

Suddenly a wave of energy passes everyone. Shadow eyes widen, spotting something inside Yusei through his eyes.

"It's true, no one can't handle this much pain all at once….BUT, I can" Yusei said with a soft chuckle. "Isn't that a prime thing that is needed in synchronization….you must be able to understand one another not only them but their feelings too"

Everyone eyes widen and the screen starts glowing.

"Memories haunt us...because they may contain pain, sadness, hate, but not all memories yet even those memories may make us remember painful ones….it's important to note, you can't forget...that's why.." Yusei pauses and inhales. "..You must not forget but remember those painful memories and keep creating new memories until you make the painful ones into just memories"

XXX

"NARUUUTOOOO!" Sakura screams his name.

A loud bang is heard in the middle of the demolished hidden leaf.

Naruto is seen standing on the frog in sage mode. His eyes move towards the Peins who are looking back at him.

OOO

17-year-old Sasuke is walking in a dark room. He stops right in front of a chair that has someone sitting on it. Sasuke glares at Itachi staring at him.

XXX

Naruto defeated most of the peins and there is only one left. However, his chakra is low. He's breathing heavily staring at Pein.

XXX

"Grraaagh" Naruto said after getting nailed into the ground by Peins rods.

"You can't stop this world from hatred..no one can...where there's love, there is always hate that follows behind it" Pein tells Naruto. "..I have the only power to make this world a peaceful place"

"Grr...Shut up!, what your power is doing is killing countless lifes...Is that what you called a PEACEFUL WORLD!" Naruto yells in anger, staring at him.

"To create it, there must be sacrifices" Pein said.

"God!, are you hearing yourself!...thats not peaceful at all!" Naruto states.

"Well, whats your answer then….to fix this corrupted world?"

OOO

Sasuke is seen standing on the roof of the building he was in. His hand is up in the air, sparking lightning. The roof is surrounded by black flames and the clouds are swirling around. The sound of lightning is heard.

"This is my power...my revenge that I build up only for You!, ITACHI!" Sasuke yells and the lighting in the clouds starts taking form.

Itachi watching Sasuke with his mangekyou sharingan.

"Kirin!" Sasuke said and a blast of lighting heads for Itachi whos eyes widen.

OOO

Sasuke is seen against a boulder with no chakra left too fight his older brother. Dry blood is on the edge of his mouth.

"Seems like your hatred wasn't...strong enough...little brother" Itachi said weakly walking to Sasuke with his red susanoo.

Itachi looked beaten up and weak. His clothing is ripped and blood stains are on it.

"Time to end this" Itachi said slowly raising his hand.

XXX

Naruto lost control and is slowly becoming the ninetails. He's trapped in Peins planetary devastation and is unable to escape.

Naruto finds himself near the gates where the ninetails is. He slowly starts walking toward the seal that would release the ninetails. However, someone stopped him and brought him to a different part of his mind.

OOO

Sasuke looks terrified staring at Itachi. He didn't know what to do except just wait for Itachi to end his life.

XXX

"Seems like you been through alot….Naruto" Minato said with a smile.

"Fourth hokage" Naruto said, surprised. "Why are you here?"

"What better reason is there for me to see my...son"

"Y-your son…" Naruto said in shock.

"Yes...seems like this is news to you Naruto" Minato said with a small smile.

Naruto couldn't believe what he is hearing. Tears start to slip out of the corner of his eyes.

OOO

Sasuke eyes widen after getting hit softly on the forehead by his brother.

"Sorry...Sasuke...I didn't last longer" Itachi said falling forward.

Blood slides down Sasuke's forehead. Sasuke slides down a bit against the broken piece he is on. Rain starts falling and Sasuke passes out.

XXX

Minato eyes widen after getting hit in the gut by Naruto.

"Why!?...why did you seal the nine tails in me...your own son!...do you know how much I suffered….I didn't have any friends or anyone..I had to work so hard to get people to Acknowledge me!..ya know!" Naruto said wiping the tears away.

Minato hesitated to reply.

"I'm sorry Naruto, that I put you through that" Minato said.

"..it's fine..its not everyday you see your father who died a long time ago" Naruto said sniffing. "But wait, how are you here?"

"I put some of my chakra in the nine tail seal...and when you lose control of it, I would appear to reseal it but I don't have a lot of time" Minato answers. "I've seen your battle with Pein and the hidden leaf being destroyed"

"Ya...I don't know what to do...so many people are counting on me...but I'm just one person" Naruto said with his head down.

Naruto raises his head when Minato places his hands on his head.

"I know you are under alot of pressure but believe me...I dont even know the answer to that…" Minato said. "But I heard Jiraiya telling me about a prophecy of a boy who will bring a great change...and I believe you're that boy...I believe in you completely"

OOO

"Itachi was a man who would do anything for his clan" Tobie said near Sasuke who is sitting up on his bed. "However….your brother could not kill his beloved little brother...Because..he loved you"

OOO

"These memories….is where the beginning of a new chapter begins" Yusei said with his hair covering his eyes.

"Grrugh" Sasuke said slowly getting up.

Sasuke's hands are clenched. His clenched his teeth. The dark energy that is slowly consuming him, start to be consumed by his chakra.

Everyone is surprised seeing Sasuke stand up and feeling his intense chakra.

"..Sasuke Uchiha...who follows the path of…" Yusei said.

OOO

Sasuke stands in front of Itachi's grave on an edge of the landscape.

"...Brother...I now understand" Sasuke said with his hair covering his eyes. "That I must get revenge on the people who led you to this path...I plan to destroy the hidden leaf"

Sasuke said revealing his mangekyou sharingan with tears sliding off it.

OOO

"..of hatred and revenge" Yusei said with a tear sliding down his right cheek. "Which is one of the strongest but toughest paths to take...which is a path I'm on...as well as.."

XXX

"I'm going to become hokage and I don't plan to give up...I don't even plan to die until I reach my goal... I will destroy the cycle of hatred and pain….I promise you...so please...have faith in me" Naruto said placing his fist over his heart at Nagato.

"What makes you so sure?" Nagato asked.

"Because….that's my ninja way"

OOO

Naruto gets on his knees, with his head down.

"...the path of never giving up" Yusei said slowly. "It's time for both of you….two rise to the challenge….fight against your darkness!"