Is this what it felt like to be empty? To be held by darkness in a cold embrace? To feel nothing and see nothing? One's body just floating in bleak abyss casting deeper and deeper into the ocean of darkness, the body feeling heavy and immobile from the heavy pressure of the water, the only company is Death who welcomed and took hold of one's soul?
A feeling that frighten you beyond anything, to be brought back to your birth place. Normally one when is brought back to their birth place, it is consider their home, with happy memories. But how can it be a home if there was nothing warm or loving here? Everything was dead. Empty. Cruel. Cold. Desolated. Frightful. No light. No life. No sense of movement. No laughter. No smiles. No voices. No visual. Heavy chains wrapped around you like a cocoon, constricting you from any sort of movement or any sort of response. Becoming tighter and tighter with every slight breath. You essence hidden in a box deep down. So far down one could not reach. To be hidden away and forgotten, while you slowly wittered away. Fade out of existence. And the only thing left would nothing but a husk, an empty husk.
The price to pay, it was the price to pay for everything. To ensure things would be protected and unharmed. That being your own comforting thought, that offered you a merciless death, through this the others would not have to suffer. As they had suffered enough by your hands, it was only logical to take such an action. Your mind processed it all, and this was the conclusion you came up with. They had a world and life to live, while you an extra body entered their World unannounced and uninvited. And with you, you brought the evil and darkness of your World into theirs. They already had enough to worry and deal with, something about a War. Something that was of great concern than anything, and now with your darkness only added more. Giving them more to worry and be concern about, though they offered their assistance, they had no idea what or whom they were dealing with. To spare them from this, you had to step it, keep things from them lead them astray. Blind them with lies and deception. Damn yourself to this, let them see a mask that hide what you felt. It was the logical choice, without your friends here to help you.
Leaving you to handle this problem yourself. You had no choice but to become each and everyone of them: Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Casey, April, just everyone, even Master Splinter. There was no one here from your World to guide you on what to do, luckily you had your memory and programming. Programming that made you respond to this threat and would end it. Everything would go according to plan, it was hundred percent foolproof. Going over the numbers in your head since the day you discovered Shredder and the Kraang's presence. The work was tiring and taxing taking every opportunity with each lead but it was worth it, besides the others wouldn't miss you much anyway, they didn't know about your life or background well minus a few, so it wouldn't matter. Real life vs a Artificial one, it was not hard to determine which one was considered more important, as Miko it was your job to protect others. Protect them from evil spirits or just evil in general, even if that evil was you yourself. A deal was a deal. Accepting it, to be deleted all the horrors from before would no longer bother you nor the others. Content with it, you hum your last words. No emotions, no care. As you slipped into the abyss.
"MAY!"Natsuki's eyes shoot open, her body jerks up in a cold sweat.
Breathing rapidly a droplet of sweat rolls down her borrow, her hand over her heart gripping it tightly. Looking around wildly, unsure where she was, she didn't care at all. Grabbing and ripping the wires attached to her off her body, throwing her covers back she waste no time hopping out of bed. Her bare feet hit the cold floor of Konoha hospital hard sending an unpleasant feeling through her. She paid that pain no mind, looking for a way only seeing one.
The door to her room swings open the second Natsuki takes her leave out the window without a single care or thought.
"Natsuki!?"Shira calls after the girl, rushing to her. Trying to stop her, jumping after her out the window. His friends scream for him racing to the window watching the young man go after the crazy girl. Seeing he managed to grab hold of her, a sight of relief they rush out the room and down there to them.
Natsuki tired to wrestle out of Shira's tight hold on her, but his strength was stronger than hers. It didn't stop her, that she resorted to biting but he managed to avoid her teeth, as she screamed for him to release her causing a scene to those walking by. But she didn't care, it didn't matter she had to get somewhere Shira could see it. Whatever it was meant a great deal to her, she was determine to get there. Hearing the others coming over, bringing with them a nurse who hurries over to Natsuki about to check on her, but the girl tired to take a bite at the nurse frighting her.
"Natsuki! What's gotten into you!?"Shira said looking at the girl surprised by her action.
But Natsuki didn't care, she clearly did't care only caring about getting out of his grasp. Pounding on him hard as her fist could so, but it did nothing to the young man. His hold on her didn't ease up at all, her actions didn't make sense, since she wasn't communicating to anyone with words only with grunts. No one knew what it was that caused her to act this way, assuming it was still from her still recovering just a side effect. The nurse told Shira to take her back inside and they would administrate a sedative to put her back to sleep. Hearing that Natsuki, screamed on the top of her lungs louder than anyone knew that she could. Her outburst startled those walking by.
"NOOOOO!"she screams."NO, you can't! May, she can't leave! She can't leave! She can't die! I have to save her!"
Everyone was shocked by what she said, more so about the dying part."What are you talking about?"Mikoshi questions.
Before Natsuki could answer someone who just so happen to overhear what Natsuki screamed out, jumps down in front of them. All eyes land upon the person who flips his scarf back looking directly at the girl, their eyes glare at her hard and seriously. Their hand reaches out and grabs Natsuki by the collar tightly.
"What do you mean, May's going to die?"Konohamaru demands.
Before he could get a response something flashed over the village, then quickly vanished to only appear again. Unsure what it was, it flashed again this faint golden transparent energy like dome
The sound of metal pulling out flesh slowly was a gruesome sound the blade pulls out the torso of the corpse, the victim's blood coated the blade droplets of blood fell from the tip. The shadow figure stood over the lifeless body, its soulless pupiless eyes look down at the body with no regards. Their eyes trace over the body slowly, stopping at its forehead protector, their eyes stare back at them from the reflection. Nothing but a cold stare, their eyes fall onto the symbol of the forehead protector lingering there for a few seconds.
Their blade slowly reaches out towards it, transforming back into a dark metallic hand, about to grab it when someone forms a one hand sign. Sending a huge electric all through their body, immobilizing them, their body jolted from the pain. Falling over as the energy kept surging through until the one who did the sign stopped it and all ceased. Leaving the body smoking but still alive. It was their punishment to endure, for not following their programming. Meaning they where dysfunction. A shadow figure stands over them looking down with sadistic pleasure.
"You need to be reprogrammed, don't you?"Their hand reaches down towards them.
He felt her, though just barely it was so faint like a weak flame in a storm. Barely able to stay lite from the harshness of the weather, making it unsure when the flame would go out. And once it did it could never be lite again. With help from Splinter they both managed to in a sense locate or hope to locate May. Leading the way to where she might be, he knew he couldn't be wrong because if he was then that would be the end of May and she would be lost. He just didn't understand why and how she managed to keep this small bit of life lite? Was her way of calling to him? To give him a sense of ease she was alive and well or maybe she was trying to rid herself of the last bit of light she had, because it sure felt that way. Like she was trying to hide it. She didn't want to be found. He wanted to so badly reach out grab hold of her, break whatever hold that was dragging her down away from him, from everyone else.
Bring her back, make her open her eyes. Everyone was here for her, to help her she just had to reach back and take his hand. Take their hands and they would pull her back. She had to see that her Master was here for her, came all this way to get her back. She would see that she wasn't by herself in this World as she thought. She would have someone from her home here with her. They could live together, and she would be happy. She would be so happy. May would smile, actually smile instead of smile just to please everyone else, to make them worry less, to make them feel good. From what Splinter told him and everyone else, though May enjoys smiling she cannot seem to separate when to smile for herself or smile to please others. She had programmed in her mind that this must be the right thing to do. Her mind always so logic, the smile had become apart of her, that it never left.
From that Naruto wondered what May's actual smile looked like. Was the it the same? He wondered what her other facial expressions were? What they looked like? Knowing she could not express herself through tears, something that separated her from people. Having no tear ducts to release any sorrow she had, so she just smiled through it. Smiled through the pain she inside, because no one never bothered to ask why or see it. Until now. When Death came to take her. If only one of them would have spoke up sooner, than none of this would have happen. But he like the others were fooled by May, that she was alright. Her tough front made it easy to mask it. Her gentle and sweet nature made sure others never thought twice, her innocent look made them look the other way. She used that against them, telling him she was aware of it, playing everyone. Just thinking about it upset him beyond anything. Almost on equal levels as...him. Despite May's choice in doing this was for a good reason, it had all the wrong reasons. Her logical way of thinking made her process out the emotions pushing them to side, something...something computer would do.
Shaking his head, he would not think of May like that. No she wasn't computer she wasn't any of those things. She was a person just like the rest of them, even if she couldn't see it. He was sure he did, and the others. Even about her life, how she came to be no one saw that about her when they found out. It was a shock, but no one thought of her like that. Now more determine than every to find her, after May managed to save them with her protective charm. To keep them safe no matter what, to keep everyone safe. Selfless really, but also stupid. No doubt from the pressure and guilt she felt about all this. Shikamaru was right, May had to have felt from what she learned from each of them. Their dark and hard roads, they had suffered enough, and those from her World only brought more. She would not allow them have that, she would take it on herself. She had too, without the others from what she told him who would help her. Her friends back home, she had and felt needed to play and live up to all their roles.
More weight and burden she put on herself, she was strong. But even the strongest could become crushed by too much weight. Keeping his mind solely focused on flickering flame of May. He wasn't going to stop, he would keep pushing forward and when this was all over he would...he would...
Splinter's ears perk up alerting him, though they were fast he was faster. Dodging their attack he spins around fast using his tail as whip. Hitting them back hard and heavy to the ground.
"What the heck?"Naruto stops looking over his shoulder, stun by how quickly Splinter managed to deflect and attack."What was that?"He hurries over to the mutant.
Who stood over whatever or whomever it was that had tired to attack them. Naruto gasp at the sight in disgust and horror. While Splinter looks at them with sorrow and pity, to mask his own anger and disgust. What was once a human, no longer looked like it. Splinter places two fingers by its throat to feel a pulse but felt nothing.
"..."his eyes trail the body, taking in every detail. He noticed something about it."We must be getting close."he tells Naruto.
Naruto's eyes just remained upon the body, he wasn't sure if it was dead or not. It hadn't moved yet, he just couldn't believe what he saw. This was completely different from what he saw in the Land of Waves which no doubt had to be a test. This right here was the real deal, he wasn't sure if it was some sort of jutsu experiment or not. He felt bad for them, no doubt they were put through a great deal of agony. Feeling something rest upon his shoulder, snapping him out of it. Looking to Splinter who remained calm the whole time.
"We do not have to mourn them. Come. You and must keep going. May is close..."he looks around at the thick trees that barely let in sunlight. All was quiet, an eerie quiet. Meaning they both had to keep their guards up, while at the same time keep their cover if they wanted to find May. Understanding Naruto nods and they both take off.
Keeping themselves as hidden as possible, their footsteps had to be delicate and swift. Their movements careful and alert. Splinter eyes Naruto who nods his head and jumps into the trees while Splinter took the ground, thanks to Tenten who supplied him a katana he kept attached to his back, and some hidden surprises. He draws the sword quickly deflecting the incoming objects at him, dodging them with ease. Holding the hilt of the sword, adding more speed to his run drawing the blade up cutting his assailant without remorse. His focus straight and true, a deadly look in his eyes. His emotion pushed down, leaving nothing but deadly aura around him. His senses to their peak, as head of the Hamato clan his skills were not to be toyed with. Even with his injury. Naruto from up above couldn't help but be in awe and amazement. He was the one who trained May! He truly was a Master, the way he carried himself. His attacks swift, strong and killer. And through it all he remained calm, when he swiped his blade, Naruto wasn't able to follow his fast movements. Let alone keep up with him, his silent anger no silent fury scared him. With each strike or gesture from Splinter told Naruto he was pissed. Beyond anything. He was determine to May back at any coast, a one man army really. While Naruto himself had clones that he spread out.
Splinter maneuvers in another direction to off throw his attacker. Who follow him still, which was good for Naruto. Splinter's speed was fast, very fast he left after images behind him. Which was to his advantage, tricking the others. Whom he took out, thrusting the blade through them. Mixing up his attacks with slashes and physical strikes. He was the right one for this job, because Naruto knew he couldn't do this, not what he was doing. Splinter's eyes watched meticulous as the shadow figures sprung out. With each one his eye would follow the direction they came from, trying to pinpoint the exact location. Where they came from, meant that was where May was.
Naruto lands on a branch looking down at the mutant sending clones in the direction that Splinter's blade pointed, signaling him which direction to send his clones. Sending another clone out, with his back turned he didn't notice he had become a target, the sharp point approaching him at high speeds. Drawing back the blade thrust itself straight into his back, exiting through his abdomen. Naruto's body went into stock from the pain, that only lasted for a few seconds before he poof into white smoke.
He was a clone. This didn't really shock his attacker, who became alerted and quickly puts up their bladed hand deflecting the thrown kunai. They slide to the left evading Naurto's surprised attack, his fist ready to land its hit. To only miss, but that didn't stop him. He goes to strike again and again, the figure was quicker than him and dodges every single blow. While trying to counter and strike Naruto back who narrowly manages to dodge. But it wasn't good enough, he was struck again. Which turned out to be a clone again. Drawing their bladed hand back, the figure looks around to find themselves surrounded by a few more clones of Naruto, each with a kunai. Seeing this, the figure turns their other arm into a blade ready to go.
Jumping off the branch they lunge at the clones, who lunge back. Further away Naruto hears an explosion he stops and turns around smirking to himself at his plan, his clones did it. And to make it better, because of Splinter who directed him and his clones he was able to find it. The place, touching his head set.
"Hey, I found it. I'm going in."