Hey guys! Here comes the twelfth chapter of this book! A few things I would like you all to keep in mind before reading... For the sake of the story I have to combine Magic and Jutsu a little bit, so don't be surprised if there is something like "casting a spell" it is magic in a ninja world.
I hope you have fun reading!
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If Only
"GRRH! IT HURTS!" Naruto shouted and shoved Hinata's hand away in order for her to stop aiding him. She had already done enough.
Hinata managed to carry him on her horse and safely returned to the mansion. She was meet by everyone there and they helped her to bring Naruto into his room. He regained consciousness only a few minutes after lying on his bed. When he opened his eyes the first thing, he saw was a pair of scared lavender eyes looking down at him with concern.
Oh, she's okay… he thought to himself and a wave of relief washed over him. But soon his anger boiled up as his savior tried to aid his stab wounds, not that he needed the first aid. He turned towards Hinata, who had a white towel in her hands covered with Naruto's blood. She was trying to apply medicine on his stab wounds, after cleaning them up. Thankfully the wounds were not that deep.
"If you held still it, wouldn't hurt as much!" Hinata said getting annoyed, which was a very new emotion for her. A few minutes ago, she was concerned for him but now she was questioning her rationality and wondering why did she even save him.
Well he did really save my life, I guess I should be thankful, she thought.
"If you hadn't run away, none of this would have happened" Naruto said in an accusatory tone.
"If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have to run away!" Hinata said her voice getting loud by each second. Surprising even her for a second, she was never loud with anyone no matter how annoying the person gets.
"Well, you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!" Naruto shouted at her clearly getting annoyed. Why the fuck did I even save her?!
"Well, you should learn to control your temper!" Hinata shouted back at him. A "thank you" would be nice!
I should thank her, Naruto thought but his anger and pride took over him, later. "HMPH!" he grunted and turned away in defeat. Deep down he knew it was his fault Hinata almost died and Sasuke had to go back being cursed. Meanwhile, Hinata tried to apply some more medicine but decided it was better not to, if was hurting him so much.
"Try to get some rest" Hinata said to Naruto and got up from the side of his bed and walked towards the audience they had. Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi and Yamato were all gathered around Naruto's bed.
They had offered to help Hinata but she denied, saying that it was her turn to save him now. But right now, both Naruto and Hinata were not very grateful to each other.
"We are eternally grateful to you, Hinata" Tsunade said taking the blood-soaked towel from her hand.
"Thank you for saving his life" Jiraiya said, looking at Hinata and then Naruto, who was on the verge of sleep.
"Why do you care about him so much?" Hinata asked the question. She didn't want it to sound so rude, but this was really a million-dollar question for her but it was bugging her since she knew that there were people living in this place. She couldn't fathom people putting up with him.
"We've looked after him all his life" Tsunade said. She was about to say something more but stopped herself.
"Okay… but he is like cursed or something right? Are you all also cured? Is that why you are always looking out for him? Hinata asked perplexed. Nothing makes sense. Is cursing really possible?
"Oh, you got the cursed part right. Yes, we are all cursed here but it's no one's fault really. Especially not Naruto's" Tsunade said looking guiltily around the room. Everyone shared the same look of guilt as her.
"You see when he lost his parents, we were not there to help that sweet little boy. We kept him at a shoulder's length, thinking it would all turn out to be fine" Jiraiya said, "we should have been with him at every step of the way but we weren't. In a way we deserve the punishment that we got. And he is cursed because of us only. None of this is his fault."
"What is your punishment?" she asked, she wanted to ask so many questions but this is the only one that came out of her mouth. She wanted to know about the curse, what happened to the mansion. Why were those monsters like things attacked her… how did they know she was a Hyuga? But as expected they ignored her question.
"Let him sleep" Kakashi said putting his hand on Jiraiya's shoulder to comfort him, who had tears developing in the corner of his eyes. They all looked at Naruto who was now sleeping and then they dispersed from his room. As they were all near the stairs they stood in absolute silence. Hinata broke the ice.
"Where is Sasuke?" she asked, noticing only now that her only friend was now missing.
"Oh! He went back to the village" Yamato answered her, "he um wasn't feelings very well."
"Do you have any idea when will he be back?" she asked and again they all shared a pained expression again. What is up with that expression!
"We'll talk about that later, honey" Tsunade said to her, "we should all have some take some rest now, it has been a long day. Especially for you, Hinata dear." And just like that they all went to their bedrooms and Hinata was once again their stuck there in the mansion but this time she was not feeling sad. She was curious, she wanted to know about this mansion, this curse and most of all she wanted to know about Naruto.
Is he really kind? Did I misjudge him because of his harsh personality? If he saved me at the cost of his own life… he must be a kind person deep deep deep down? Hinata thought.
No one except Naruto got sleep that night. Their lives were about to change, most of all Naruto's life was about to change but he was sleeping dreaming about the good memories about his parents for the first time in seventeen years. Naruto did not have any nightmares that night but everyone else did.
If only I was not researching for my goddamm novel and attended the party! Jiraiya thought.
If only I wasn't a drunkard! Tsunade thought.
If only I was stronger! I could have saved them! Kakashi thought, and Obito!
If only… we didn't treat Naruto the way we did! Yamato thought.
-Flashback-
(Nineteen years ago)
"Jiraiya sensei! I've decided what to name my son!" said an overly enthusiastic blonde man said.
"Ooo Minato! Tell me" Jiraiya said.
"Actually, I need to ask for your permission for it!" Minato said, "I want to name my son after your book's protagonist."
"Ehh! Minato are you sure?" Jiraiya asked confused, "I thought of that name while eating ramen! Are you okay with naming your son Naruto?!"
"We would be more than happy to!" said a nine-month pregnant redhead.
"Yes, it was Kushina's idea!" Minato said, "plus I want my son to be like this man – brave and the spirit of never giving up."
"Well then, how could I say no?" Jiraiya said with a smile.
"Also, Master Jiraiya we would like you to be Naruto's godfather" Kushina said, "you know Minato has a lot of enemies and him being the fourth Hokage just increases them? And I am an Uzumaki with the strongest tailed beast sealed inside me… if we you know die…"
"Khusina! Don't talk like that! I promise you, you will always be there for your son! I will protect you with my life if I have too!" Jiraiya said getting up and hugging his beloved student and his wife.
(Two years later)
"Minato, we cannot do it. We shouldn't do it" Kushina said for the hundredth time with two-year-old Naruto in her hands playing with her long red hair.
"Kushina, he is growing up. We cannot just keep him locked away from the world, he will need to get out there sometime" Minato tried to comfort his wife. He took Naruto in his arms which made Naruto extremely happy.
"Dada… dada!" Naruto kept on saying and rested his head on his beloved father.
"But he's still so young! We should wait until he is at least five or older" Kushina said clearly panicking.
"Kushina, honey you need to relax. Trust me nothing will happen, I have made arrangements and the security is even tighter than it was on your delivery say!" Minato tried to joke but Khusina did not appreciate it.
"Namazki Minato, don't you dare make jokes about this…" she was interrupted when two young ninjas came running towards Minato.
"Minato sensei!" said one of them, "are you ready?"
"Obito! I told you they were having a private conversation! There is a thing called knocking!" said the another one with a mildly annoyed tone.
"Oye Kakashi, don't think you are all mighty than me okay! Remember I gave you one of my eyes!" Obito said. Both of them had a blue cloth covering one of their eyes. And after Obito's comment both of them got into a fight. Naruto was clapping as he saw two of them fighting. Minato looked at Kuhsina who looked back at him with a tired expression.
"Kakashi, Obito can you please stop fighting? See Kushina is getting angry!" Minato said really scaring both the boys. They stopped immediately after seeing Kuhsina.
"Obito, if you make one more joke about how you almost died, you might actually die" Kushina threaten him, "and Kakashi you be the mature one and don't fight."
Both of them gulped and nodded their heads in union. They both were like sons to her and she cared about them deeply. Even Naruto loved their company and was always extremely happy to be around them. Almost no one in Konoha knew that their Hokage had a son and that he is already two years old, Minato and Kushina were very careful not to let anything slip out. But today they were telling the world about their son, he will be a hope for the villagers but another target for the enemies.
I don't have a good feeling about this! Kushina's whole body was screaming but she trusted her husband and knew he would never let any harm on their family. And so, all of them with a very excited Naruto went to celebrate Naruto's second birthday party.
Guests from all over the places were invited. All of the five kages were invited but only the Kazekage and the Raikage showed up. The clan members of Konoha were also present with their family. It was literally the gathering of world's strongest shinobi's yet an intruder managed to enter the mansion. They were all carelessly enjoying themselves, forgetting for once that they are shinobi's and their strongest enemy ever was going to attack them. Even Kushina loosened up a little and was happily talking to a group of mothers and sharing their funny baby moments.
"Kushina! This is my daughter Hinata" said one them, "she is Naruto's age I think they might be good friends."
She said and made both the kids sit together which turned into a disaster. Naruto started pulling Hinata's hair which made her cry.
"NARUTO! What are you doing! Stop pulling her hair!" Kushina scolded her son and tried to take him away from her but Naruto did not move. He did though stop pulling her hairs.
"P…peetty..." he said pointing Hinata's hairs.
"Honey do you mean pretty? You think Hinata's hair is pretty? Is that why you are pulling them?" Kushina asked laughing a little as Naruto nodded his head to say yes. When he noticed that she was crying he offered her his hands to wipe them away. Hinata accepted it and Naruto's small hands tried to wipe the tears away from her face.
"Wow she is usually really shy! I think your Naruto is something different Kushina!" Hinata's mother said.
"Go on Sasuke, play with them" said the third mother there not really paying attention to the other two ladies.
"So is your Hinata, M-" Kushina along with everyone was interrupted as a loud voice cut through the hall.
"HALLOOO!" said the voice and all of the shinobis were on alert, "A masked man has entered this place! Hope you are all ready for him!"
Minato who was talking to the head of Uchiha clan, Fugaku both looked at each other and nodded. Fugaku activated his sharingan looked around to see who this person was. The strongest bakyugan holder, Hyuga Hiashi was instantly searching for the intruder. He saw a creature with Venus flytrap spikes covering his face. But that creature was making way towards the three ladies, who were holding their kids.
"Our wives" Hiashi said, running towards them.
Minato already teleported to Kushina and the others and Fugaku was following Hiashi. Everyone was on high alert when a somebody screamed followed by a loud bang of glasses or plates hitting the floor at the corner of hall, which was nearest to the ladies. Everybody rushed there and saw a waiter looking as pale as a ghost.
"What happened?" Fugaku asked but he did not reply.
"Oi oi, it will be okay… just tell us what you saw?" Minato asked gently.
"Hokage-sama…" the waiter had teary eyes, "it was Uchiha… Ma… Madara." He managed to speak before fainting.
The three kids who were very quiet up till now grabbed their mother's clothes and stared sobbing.
"This is not possible…" Hiashi said his bakyugan still activated, "I cannot see him." He said to the group.
We cannot fight here, not with the kids… no one really came prepared for THIS! Minato thought, Plus, if this is Madara then no doubt he is after the Kyuubi!
"Kakashi! Obito!" Minato shouted and the young shinobis came running from the crowd towards their sensei, "take the ladies and the kids away from here, they need to be saved. And then help other civilians escape. DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THE MASKED MAN!"
"Minato! You cannot find Uchiha Madara alone!" Kushina exclaimed rubbing her hand through Naruto's hair trying to comfort her little blonde son who was sobbing hard.
"It's not him, Kushina and you know it" Minato simply stated, while forming hand seals and marking Hiashi and Fugaku, "plus, I am not alone."
"Even if it's not him, that man defeated several ANBU's all by himse-" Kushina was interrupted by Hiashi.
"MINATO, BEHIND YOU!" Hiashi screamed and Minato instantly used his right hand to form a massive ball of chakra.
"Rasegan!" he shouted and slammed the ball of chakra into the Venus flytrap intruder. It knocked him off.
"Kushina, please we need to protect our children" Minato said, "you need to hide with Naruto. I think I know what they are after and it would be best if you hide."
Kushina understood what he meant by it and did not protest it any further. Almost everyone was going out of the mansion, some were just trying to escape and some were trying to see attack the enemy from the outside. The two kage left, thinking it was not their problem. There was chaos everywhere.
Kakashi was leading Kushina and Naruto the most secure place in all of Konoha were no one can sense their presence not even Minato could teleport in it and hence no one will know a Jinchurki was hiding there. Everyone else was leaded out of the mansion and into a panic room made behind it.
In the hall, Minato with everyone else was trying to locate the enemy but they were not successful. Minato was not regretting not listening to his wife. But it was too late for regrets now as an army of those vulgar creatures came at the three shinobis standing there as their fight commenced.
Beneath the fights, Kakashi was locking the door to the panic room when suddenly he felt the presence of someone behind him.
"You are not an Uchiha, how do you possess the sharingan?" said the man. Kakashi was frozen. But he gulped and tried to reach for his kunai but a hand grabbed him.
"Don't even try. See I don't want to kill you" said the man. This time Kakashi turned and was met by a masked man. Only two of his eyes were showing and Kakashi knew they were Mangekyou Sharingan. The same thing him and Obito got when Rin died. The man was wearing a black cloak with red clouds made on it.
My body! It won't move! I need to save them! Move Kakashi! You are brave! Kakashi thought, but he was still just a teenager. He was just not ready for this man.
Kakashi never remembered what happened after that but when he woke up the panic room's gate was blasted open and both Kushina and Naruto were not present in it and both his sensei and his wife were found dead soon after. All he remembers is the regret for not being able to do anything.
The masked man after knocking Kakashi out with only his eyes, blasted open the gate and entered into the small panic room. Kushina was standing there ready with a kunai in her hand. She knew it didn't make any difference but she had to try something. The man suddenly transported to besides Kushina and before she could react, he took Naruto in his hands and again teleported towards the gate.
"If you want to save your son, then follow me" he said but Kushina did not reply, "do you want to see your two-year-old end you like that kid out there?" he mocked her.
Kushina only then noticed that Kakashi was lying on the floor, unconscious. She was utterly sacred. No, she did not want to see her two-year-old like that, she couldn't even bear to look at Kakashi.
Is he… did he kill… KAKASHI! Her mind went blank, she might be strong but her motherly side was crushing and she never even wanted to see her Naruto like that. No, she did not want to see Kakashi like that.
So, she obeyed the masked man.
"Don't even try to use jutsu or I will kill you son" he threated, "in front you. Now follow me." As the man teleported near Kushina and took away Naruto from her.
And with that he took her and Naruto out of the mansion into the forest behind it.
In the hall, all three of the fighting shinobis thought they were winning their battle. But what bugged them was why wouldn't the masked man show up.
I think I made a mistake staying here, Minato thought.
"I am going to check on Kuhsina. You two should go your wives also. We need all the forces now. Tell everyone to gear up and ready for fight, hide the children" Minato shouted and teleported to Kakashi. His worst fear was confirmed when he saw the state of the place. He tried to wake up Kakashi but he did not respond. He made sure that he was alive and then Minato teleported to Kushina.
Minato never thought that being a shinobi would bring him this much hurt. Seeing his wife tied up, screaming and his son crying his eyes out, Minato felt the blood-lust he never thought he was capable of feeling. He wanted to kill the masked man who had broken the seal and was now extracting the nine-tailed beast sealed inside Kushina. The tailed beast she almost tamed. Minato had to carefully move as one wrong move meant his son and wife would die. So, he decided to teleport to Naruto first and save him, then he would save Kushina and beat the shit of the masked man. Minato successfully teleported to Naruto but the masked man noticed him. He stopped extracting the beast from Kushina, instead he teleported with Naruto a bit far from both Minato and Kushina. But Kushina's seal was now so weak that she wasn't able to hold the beast inside of her any long and the nine-tailed beast was released.
Damm it! I don't want to waste my energy on taming this beast. Plus, I used up a lot of my chakra while extracting the half of the beast… well I guess I have enough to summon the divine tree and cast the spell… the masked man thought.
"This is now your problem" he said and with a poof he vanished. Minato shouted in frustration, he couldn't save his son, who was not lying at the far end of the forest and he couldn't even protect his wife. The tailed-beast even if it was half in size and power was enough to wreak havoc. And the kyuubi was ready to kill anyone who came in his way. All those years of training and taming of the beast Kuhisna did were useless now. The Kyuubi was on a rampage just when she was so close to taming him, so close to change him. She failed and Kyuubi was now mixing up chakra to form a tailed beast bomb.
"I can restraint him with my chains, we…you to seal him in again, Minato" Kushina said, "I… I don't have much time."
Minato looked at Kushina as she activated her kekkei genkai and restrained the newly freed beast. Nine-tails was not happy and the ball of chakra he was making he threw it without any sense of direction. It hit the west side of the Hokage mansion. Destroying it.
Minato did not care about that right now as he knew what he had to do now. Something he wanted to avoid doing in his entire life, sealing the tailed beast inside of his own son. But what could he do now? There was no order way. So, he teleported towards his son and brought him to Kushina.
"Are you trying to seal me again?!" Kyuubi shouted.
"Let's put our faith in our son!" he said and started making seals. He summoned a platform and placed Naruto in it. After that he started forming seals again, but the tailed beast was not going to wait for it to be sealed again.
They are trying to seal me in that fucking kid?! He thought and broke one of his arms from Kushina's chains and attacked Naruto with his sharp long nails. Both Minato and Kushina blocked it by shielding Naruto with their bodies. Both of them ended up getting impaled, blood drops falling on Naruto's stomach. Naruto who was crying all this while was now looking wide eyes at his parents. He did not move a muscle, it was as if even that small child understood what has just happened right now. He was scared of the monster behind them but he was more sacred for his parents. He knew something was not right. He tried to touch his mother's red hair with his small hands.
"Mama… Dada…" he said big tears forming at the end of his eyes. Hiashi and Fugaku arrived at the situation at that precise moment. They knew they were too late. Nothing could have saved their beloved Fourth Hokage and his wife now.
"Kushina, say goodbye to Naruto. We both don't have much time" Minato said coughing blood, "I'll add some of your charka in him as well."
"Naruto" she said trying to hold her son's hand, "don't be picky… eat lots and grow strong… make sure you bathe every day and stay warm… also don't stay up late… you need lots of sleep… and make friends.. you don't need a lot of friend.. just a few… ones you can really, really trust… I wasn't very good at it, but keep up with your studies and practice your ninjutsu hard… Remember that everyone has strengths and weaknesses… so don't get too depressed if you can't do something well… respect your teachers and upperclassmen at the academy.. Oh, and this is important.. it's but the Three Prohibitions for a shinobi.. Be extra careful about lending and borrowing money.. put your mission wages into your saving account.. no alcohol until your are twenty.. too much can ruin your health, so drink in moderation… Another Prohibition is women.. I'm a women, so I don't know much about this but.. all you need to remember is that this world is made up of men and women… so, it's only natural to take interest in girls… but just don't get hooked on bad women.. find someone just like me… speaking of Three Prohibitions, be wary of Jiraiya sensei, you know… Naruto, from now on, you're going to face lots of pain and hardship… be true to yourself… have a dream and have the confidence to make that dream come true… there's so much… Oh, so much more that I want to pass on to you… I wish I could stay with you longer… I love you."
"My message for you is same as your nagging mother Naruto" Minato said smiling but tears made way down his face, "also I am so sorry my son."
Naruto was walling but both of his parents were smiling at him. Minato made seals again with his hand and he used the Reaper Death seal to seal the half of the nine-tails in Naruto. In an instant it over but in that instant, everything was over for Naruto. His parents died and he became the hated Jinchurki of the village. He was already cursed for life.
"Minato…. Kushina!" Hisashi shouted and ran towards them, he could not believe what he just saw. This best friend was not lying on the floor, clearly dead with his wife.
"Take… care… of…. Naruto… Hisa-" Kushina said as light from her eyes also escaped. In an instant Naruto became an orphan.
(Two days later)
"We still have to find the other half of nine-tails and seal him inside this kid" said Fugaku.
"No, our first priority is to find a fifth hokage!" said Hiashi, "and don't you demean the legacy of the fourth hokage by not even saying the kid's name!"
"We also need to know why in god's name that masked man only stole half of the nine-tails, what was his motive?" said Shikaku Nara, a highly intelligent member of the council, "and please don't fight amongst yourself, we have a bigger enemy between us right now."
"Why don't you take the title of hokage Shikaku?" said Hiashi, "Minato always trusted you the most-"
"And yet when he needed me the most, I wasn't present there" Shikaku said with a small face, "no, we need to find someone stable, we cannot have another hokage die. First Third Hokage and now Minato, we need stability. And I cannot give that. That's why I called for them."
Just as these words came out of Shikaku's mouth the door of the Hokage's mansion opened revealing a couple standing tall. A man with spiky hairs and a woman much shorter than the man but standing tall nevertheless.
"Ah! The legendary sannin! Master Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade!" said Shikaku, "welcome-"
"Where is the Naruto?" said Jiraiya without paying much attention to what Shikaku was saying, "is he okay? Do you have precautions if the nine-tails went on a rampage?"
"Naruto is upstairs and yes we have a Mokuton user with him, he can control if the something happens to the seal, Master Jiraiya" said Hiashi, "and Lady Tsunade thank you for giving us that necklace."
"N…" Tsunade tried to say but her speech was slurry, "noou probleeem."
She is drunk, Shikaku thought, not surprised.
"So, the reason we called you both back to Konoha is-" Fugaku said but was interrupted.
"Yes yes we know already! It is for appointing the Fifth Hokage" Jiraiya said, "I have already talked to the elders and the Fifth Hokage will be Senju Tsunade, the granddaughter of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama."
"Yes, yess… aaand this is my last drink assz I am going to be a very…*hic*… responsible hokage!" Tsunade said sounding very cheerful unlike the whole room's environment.
"Now that's done, I would like to meet Naru-" Jiraiya was saying when the whole place vibrated as if they were hit by an earthquake following a loud thud. There was a commotion outside. Everyone inside the mansion went to check the cause of the commotion.
Tsuande fell on the floor due to the vibrations and passed out.
They saw a huge statue standing in front of the Hokage mountain, covering the faces of Second and Third hokage. Besides it was a man dressed the same way the masked man did. His eyes had ripples in them and had were purple in color. He possessed the Rinnegan. But what was even scarier than that was he really was Uchiha Madara in the flesh.
It was him two days ago! He is alive! What the…! Hiashi thought.
He is dead! NO WAY! Jiraiya thought, how is this even possible? I only remember Nagato with these yes… Madara should not have them! He should not even be alive!
I can complete the ritual and live forever but that half tailed beast will be a problem… I need to do something about it, Madara thought, I won't kill a child. Well first thing first… let's make everyone forget about the shinobi world.
The statue was huge and it was like nothing anyone had ever seen before. Also, it was rapidly changing. All of its ten eyes were opening and it was opening up its joined-up hands. The chains which bonded him were also coming loose. From behind, it was sprouting something like tails. The non-living statue was taking a shape of something living and something evil. Its evil aura could be felt even by the non-sensory type ninja.
Is it sprouting… TAILS?! Hiashi thought and looked at everyone who seemed to have concluded the same thing. And they were right, the statue was indeed sprouting tails. Ten tails to be precise. And it was also being absorbed by Madara. And Madara's body was changing rapidly also.
"What the fuck is happening?!" Fugaku said, "we have to do something to stop it! Where is everyone?! They must've seen this attack!"
"Seems like everyone in the village is immobilised by these tree branches. It's quite hard to break" Hiashi said, he himself was getting wrapped up in one. With his bakyugan he saw everyone in the village struggling with these branches. No one is coming to help us! Hiashi thought but didn't say anything. At that very instant Fugaku was also being wrapped up in one of the branches, the branches were sucking up there chakra as well. But they didn't know that.
"Don't worry… I am not here to kill anyone…" Madara shouted, "I simply need few more seconds before attaining the power of the gods."
"We won't let you!" Jiraiya exclaimed. And make hand sings but he didn't notice the branches which were creeping up and binding his leg. Just as he tried to jump, he fell face flat on the ground. Suddenly his body felt weak. He was fifty-years-old but his body never showed the sings. Why now?! Of all the times?!
Inside the mansion, Kakashi, Obito and Naruto were safe inside a wooden prison like structure.
"Tenzo! Thank you!" Kakashi said.
"Senpai! Call me Yamato, please" Tenzo said.
"Guys what do you think is happening? Shouldn't we go out and see?" Obito suggested.
"NO! Obito we need to protect Naruto, whatever is happening outside… the adults will take care of. We need to take care of Naruto right now" Kakashi said who was holding the sleeping Naruto in his arms. I won't let anyone get him! NOT AGAIN!
"What will you do, Jiraiya?" Madara said as he was laughing. His body was completely different than before, color to green, his already white hairs were turning even more white, if that's even possible. On his forehead he was sprouting his third eye and he had two small horns coming out form his head. And he was glowing, just like a deity.
He is a fun one, Madara was thinking, he attacked both Hiashi and Fugaku but not Jiraiya.
Both Hiashi and Fugaku were unconscious. Due to Madara's attack and chakra exhaustion.
He did not hit me with any attacks for some reason! Jiraiya thought, but I am still feeling weak! Why is that?!
"I will not let you take Naruto away!" Jiraiya shouted. And how did he absorb the statue?!
This is THE POWER OF THE GODS! Madara thought feeling the power and chakra running inside him.
"Oh! I am not a monster, I won't kill a child… his parents died an insignificant death though. I didn't want to kill them but some sacrifices are required in order to achieve peace…" Madara was saying but was interrupted by Jiraiya.
"PEACE?! Who THE FUCK ARE YOU TO TALK ABOUT PEACE?! All you did here is wreak havoc!" Jiraiya shouted. If only I can break these branches!
"This is not peace Uchiha Madara!" Jiraiya screamed at the top of his voice.
"You simple minded idiot. You will never understand this. I am going to be a symbol, a god and save the shinobi world from its inevitable destruction. The shinobi world is cursed, I am simply lifting that curse." Madara said getting annoyed. He is so loud.
"Pfftt! Don't make me barf! You will be a symbol of nothing! You cannot bring peace with violence! You will not be a god!" Jiraiya said still trying to break free of the trees branches which started to choke him.
"But I am already a god. Or you think you can be a symbol? Oh no… you think that brat will be a symbol? The kid whose parents died two days ago? Madara said laughing, "you are a fool to think that the shinobis will ever change!"
He can read my mind?! Jiraiya thought, did that statue give him powers?!
"Yes, I can read your mind. Now I see you have immense fate in this kid. It is because you were his father's sensei? What a pathetic reason!" Madara shouted, he was annoyed.
It's people like him I hate the most! His thoughts are like Hashirama's! He thinks he can change it or the brat can! he thinks the world is a better place with shinobis in it?! What a fool! Madara thought, I need to break him down. I need to teach him a lesson.
"You seem to believe a shitload in this two-year-old kid, well let be this is your lesson" Madara said as he made few hand seals.
"Bansho Ten'in" he shouted and from the west wing a small body came flying into his hands. Naruto was wide awake at this point. He saw an unfamiliar face holding him, he couldn't understand a thing. Kakashi, Obito and Yamato were stunned as to what happened suddenly, they were now witnessing everything from the window. Naruto was crying. He was scared out of his wits. But Madara didn't care.
Madara saw Hasirama's necklace around his neck.
Yes, it is because of Hasirama's teaching the world has ended up the way it is. He is the root of this pathetic way of thinking, Madara thought.
He wanted to curse Hasirama and his way of thinking. He wanted to curse his own clan for not listening to him. He wanted to curse the whole world instead he cursed an infant who had nothing to with any of it.
"The day this necklace breaks completely, this kid will lose control and the kyuubi will on a rampage. I will come back that day and take over the world. Till then LET THE SHINOBI WORLD BE FORGETTEN!" he casted a spell on the whole world.
And people forget all about their shinobi lives, everyone except for Jiraiya and people inside the mansion (Tsunade, Kakashi, Obito, Yamato and Naruto).
"If you all tried to step into this peaceful world, the non-shinobi world you will be turned into ash. So, don't even dare to cross your borders. Show me if this child can control the beast, as you think" Madara said pointing at Jiraiya, "destroy this tree right here and you will win." He asked pointing towards a huge tree behind the Hokage's mansion.
"It will be guarded by these White Zetsu, which I will create using the people from the world. If you want to save them, make the kid control the beast. I will take ten people each year. They will turn into White Zetsu and will guard this tree. I left some people for you, so that you won't feel lonely."
With this Madara Uchiha disappeared. Leaving everyone dumbfounded. What he didn't tell them was he also took away all the good memories from Naruto and his ability to understand love. All of them were isolated from the world and the forbidden forest was created for people to not in the mansion area.
I always win, Madara thought as he settled on his throne. Sucking the chakra from the divine tree to keep himself from dying.
"Konan, keep an eye on the outside world, will you?" Madara said and went into a deep sleep, as he knew the kid would never be able to tame the beast and after the locket breaks, he would rule over the world.
Is this what Yahiko and Nagato died for?! Konan thought but obeyed Madara anyway.
-Flashback over-
Hiashi with his family relocated to a different place while people started to live a normal life. Non-shinobi lives. Still there were some people who due to some reasons got their memories back of the shinobi world, to be precise every year there were ten people like these. And they were disposed of. Hinata's mother was one of them. Except from Naruto everyone in the mansion knew whoever is being been disposed of. It had been seventeen years since then and the curse was far from being lifted, it was only getting worse.
Sasuke was an exception though. He saw his family being killed in front of him which triggered his visual power, sharingan, to awaken. Gladly, Obito found him before anyone else and he became Naruto's friend on Naruto's tenth birthday. They thought that he might be able to bring change in him but it was not possible. So, Sasuke made one of the prettiest girls, Haruno Sakura remember the shinobi world, thinking she might become Naruto's sweetheart and change him. It backfired as Sakura liked Sasuke instead and Naruto did not even care about her. Though his powers were only awakened for a short time period and as after a certain usage he started to forget about the shinobi world. And last night he pushed himself too far, there was no way he would remember his origin or even Naruto, his best friend.
We pushed him too hard, we wanted him to control the beast as fast as he can! He needed time to heal and what did we do? We were just selfish! We didn't think about what he needed! All we cared about was to make him a weapon even if the shinobi world is gone! We never considered what through him, only Obito understood him! We really are a bunch of pathetic shinobis! Maybe… maybe he was right… maybe the world is really a better place without us! Jiraiya thought as he saw the sun rays were making way into his small room. Jiraiya remembered the day he got a deathly scar on his chest. The day Naruto lost himself to anger and sprouted four-tails and attacked him. It was his eleventh birthday, the day Obito died saving Sasuke from being captured from a White Zetsu. Since then they have not tried to tame the beast and since then they have treated him with nothing but love. But they showed their love too late. Naruto is not angry with them, he doesn't blame them for their behaviour. But deep down he hates everyone and is scared that some day he might end up hurting them, like he did once with Jiraiya.
Plus, their ability to use chakra was decreasing day by day, Tsunade's medical jutsu was fading day by day it reached to a point that she couldn't even heal the stab wounds Naruto got yesterday. Sure, the Kyuubi's chakra took care of it, but the more he uses it the more he loses himself.
But that girl… she made a little impact on him I guess, Kakashi thought lying in his bed sunrays lighten up his face.
I think she made him think. Even in that state, Yamato thought as he was making breakfast.
He did not attack her. He protected her instead… is it possible? Did he subconsciously control the beast? Tsunade thought, getting up from her bed.
Could there be something there that wasn't there before? they all thought.
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It took me a lot of time to write and I really racked my brain for it to be a good one! This is the longest chapter I've ever written. I hope you are enjoying this story! If you are not or if you are not satisfied with this chapter or the story just let me know! A shitload of Naruhina is going to come in the upcoming chapters, so stay tuned! And please do tell me how you are finding this story so far, it helps me improve! Also I am sorry if this chapter felt rushed!
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