Naruto after talking to Kurama, found himself back at his makeshift campsite. He replays the whole conversation between him and the fox. "For being a all powerful and intimidating being, he didn't seem as hateful as the stories have stated?" He says whilst yawning deeply, "Oh whatever, too exhausted to think about the comparison of the fox's attitude in reality and stories..tebayo." He looks beyond the sandy plains and forested area and thinks. One day I will return, and I will become Hokage after kicking Danzo bastards ass. Then afterwards, I will speak to Hinata and get to know her more, That's my promise, and I never go back on my promises.
Naruto stretches and yawns again, unpacking a sleeping bag, that is a dark autumn orange with little bowls of ramen stitched on it. He takes off his jump suit top, and places it into his traveling pack, while pulling out his frog night cap then curls up in his sleeping bag and falls asleep. Naruto suddenly finds himself in a place surrounded by fog. The blonde teen looks around taking in his surroundings, because of the thick haze in front of him he couldn't see any visible thing. "There is no sound?" He says making note that there is only a eerie sound of silence. He walks cautiously kunai in hand, the land getting darker and darker, every step he takes. I can't hear or see, I'm vulnerable out in the open, but I don't see any places to fall back to... Naruto says panicking as he keeps walking in what seems like a never ending stroll.
Minutes, hours, no days pass by for the blonde shinobi, endlessly walking in this visually frustrating fog. He feels no fatigue, no hunger, no dehydration he just walks. carefully and always taking in this colorless, smoky surrounding. A feeling of dread and eyes boring on the back of his head. No one is here, he's tried everything days prior, screaming, running, throwing multiple weapons into various directions to see if they can hit anything. Nothing not even Kurama will answer him, all he has is himself. This is maddening...days right?..no it's only been a couple hours, and since when have I ever used maddening in a sentence? I'm going insane...that's has to be the reasoning. I have been walking and walking and there is NOTHING!!...
He stresses in his mind, the only place where he can hear anything, even if it's just his inner thoughts "HELLO?!...please..someone answer me." He says sombrely getting to his wits end. Naruto, keeps walking now accepting he will probably be stuck in this endless, dark, Misty, soundless place, Then suddenly the next step he takes ends with a crack. His head turning to the noise, Naruto sees he has stepped onto something, picking it up, he finds what looks like a very worn down mask with pointed ears, markings that look like a snout and whiskers, cracks were spreading through the mask, like ice that was disturbed on a lake in the winter, but the one thing that stuck out the most was that the mask, has red streaks, that look alot like fingerprints going down it.
Naruto shudders and takes in a shaky breath while analyzing the worn mask in his hands. "Looks...like a dog...or maybe a wolf, something along the line of canine." "Naruto" something whispers in Narutos ear making him jump, he holds the kunai in his hands tight, looking around trying to pinpoint the voice, "hello?...who said that?." He says in a fearful tone, only to be answered by another voice, this time he hears it's a male "Narutooo" it says in a whisper. "What do you want with me...?" Naruto asks desperately. The one voice becomes two, then more voices join saying the same thing over and over again, "Narutooo" familiar male and female voices conjoined.
Naruto's eyes widen and he drops his kunai with a clang. He drops to his knees. The voices surround him, as the fog finally lifts revealing the remnants of the gates of The village hidden in the leaves. Kunais stuck in shattered tree remains, torn leaf headbands strewn against the ground, the smell of tinted iron fills the air the familiarity of it is uncanny blood... but that's not what made him go to his knees. A couple feet away many silhouettes are seen coming closer to the place where he is. Cracks and pops are heard along with foot steps. Naruto only stares as the figures get closer and closer to him, tears run down his face as he sees skeletal figures of his precious people, the ones he promised to protect.
Clothed in stained red, tattered attire. The deceased walk sluggishly toward the downed blonde, repeating his name over and over again. Naruto tries to move but he can't, the skeletal figure of Kakashi approaches him, only recognizable by his tufts of gravity defying silver hair, and torn leaf head band covering his what used to be a sharingon. Kakashi reaches his bony hand and places it on Naruto's shoulder, body creaking and itself saying Narutos name.
Soon the whole group of skeletal remains of Konoha's 12 and Naruto's other precious people latched on the blonde, trapping him as one skeleton in particular, with tufts of midnight blue hair, and wearing a tattered tan jacket with a hyuga symbol, looks at Naruto with its empty sockets, a raspy voice unlike her actual fills the air around him "you were...supposed to save us Naruto-kun..." skeletal Hinata says to the already crying and speechless Naruto causing the other skeletons, to chant "save us" save us SAVE US, SAVE US, SAVE US SAVE us. Naruto finally snaps and yells "I will I will, I won't allow this to happen I won't I won't, I promised and I never go back on my promises..." He says while trying to breathe normally and hold back his tears.
The skeletons stop, chanting and look at Naruto, only for them all to be attacked by root anbu members. They fall apart rattling as laughter fills the whole area, a lone figure walks up to Naruto with a the sound of a cane tapping. Naruto looks up to see a bandaged man wearing a black cloak, holding a cane and surrounded by Root anbu. "Danzo..." Naruto says with seething rage, Danzo doesn't acknowledge Narutos remark but leans on one knee and says to Naruto "All you have will be destroyed, you will have nothing, I will take it all away from you." Danzo finishes leaving the disoriented blonde, who is still bawling his eyes out, shaking, sweating in rage and fear. He starts to hyperventilate, heart pumping out of his chest, his head getting hazy. His vision starts to fade to black, only his named being screamed by the outside world is heard, as the foggy hell finally disappears.