Maiden: That intro was so short and bad, Suimasen Minna!
NTI: TYPE!!
Maiden: *feels very forced* are you forcing me to type?
NTI: *holds up bowl of chili* no . . .
Maiden: @_@ SUGOI!!!!
NTI: As you can see, she's a chili fanatic
Maiden: TYPE TYPE TYPE
// . . . // = thinking
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Chapter II: It's Hard to see you Dreaming
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Disclaimer: YAY FOR CHILI!! Wait . . . I meant Naruto isn't mine
A/N: Okay, have y'all seen Forrest Gump? Well, when he tells the story, it's kind of like he's reliving it, so this is how this is gonna be ^_^
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~*Don't run away, I'll keep you here, stay by my side, you have nothing to fear, I'll take
all the pain you have inside and turn it into the love you've been deprived*~
* * *
A much younger Naruto ran through the muddy streets with speed only a true shinobi could ever attain.
His blue shoes were already a deep hue of brown and they splashed loudly into the slippery ground.
People watched him from their warm homes, behind their foggy windows and they shook their heads, not from sympathy or any other human emotion, but from sheer disapproval, after all, no one cared where the vessel of the Kyuubi was going in the raging storm.
//Kuso*, Sasuke . . .// Naruto mentally screamed as he pulled a soggy, blond bang out of his eyes.
~*Flashback*~
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed as she burst into the boy's house, her clothes drenched and her lips blue from running through the bitter rain.
"Sasuke's gone to the Fukkatsu No Shinden* [Temple of Rebirth] alone!" She yelled as her hands clenched into shaking fists.
Naruto looked up from the scroll he held in his hands, his blue eyes wide with surprise.
"No one who goes there ever comes back! Naruto, you've got to do something!" Her jade eyes sparkled with fresh tears ready to replace the old ones that had already been cried.
~*End Flashback*~
"Teme* . . ." Naruto spoke bitterly to himself. Great time for Kakashi- Sensei to have an important mission.
The Fukkatsu No Shinden was a legendary house of demons, where those ninja who wanted more power than their bodies had to offer would sacrifice their own lives in hopes of rebirth as a more potent and dangerous shinobi.
Naruto had seen the temple once before, and he had bitterly wished he would never have to see it again.
* * *
It was about a year ago. the three Genins of team seven were crawling steadily through the underbrush, praying silently that their Sensei would not spot them and attack
Naruto was about to pull out his kunai and poke Sasuke just to annoy him when an eerie prickling ran down his spine, causing the hair on the back of his neck to stand straight up.
The blond boy could feel where the strange aura was coming from and he turned his head to look through a small hole in the bushes.
Amazing such a simple place could ooze such evil.
Slabs of giant stones that had begun to blacken and corrode with time were placed in a semicircle around a clear pool.
The water of the pool was clear and welcoming, so blue and so inviting. In fact, it sparkled with such radiance that it was, even to Naruto, unnatural.
"Naruto!" Sakura hissed, as she looked back to see her teammate staring dumbly out of the bushes.
Sasuke turned around soundlessly, his usual air of superiority preceding him.
He followed Naruto's gaze, and cut a small hole in the brush so he could see for himself. The moment he lay his eyes on the temple, unbeknownst to his two comrades, Sasuke's inner demons awoke.
The two untrained ninjas could not feel the strange chakra pouring out of the boy who knelt only a few feet from them, but from a tree high above the ground, hundreds of meters away, their sensei abruptly pulled his thoughts away from his beloved book and uttered a single word.
"Shinden."
* * *
"Sasuke! What are you doing??" Sakura cried as she attempted to keep Sasuke from standing up.
He pulled himself out of her grasp effortlessly and moved silently away from the other two, making his way slowly towards the temple.
"Sasuke! Baka! You'll get us spotted!" Naruto hissed violently before he turned to look at Sakura, exasperated.
The raven-haired shinobi continued to walk towards the pool, as if the rippling, blue waters were calling to him.
He lay one palm on the cold, slab of stone and paused, his gaze still focused on the water.
Sakura and Naruto both watched him, holding their breaths.
Sasuke's hand went to his kunai holster, almost mechanically, and he brought his retrieved weapon in front of him.
"What are you doing?" Naruto screamed as he stood up, ready to charge at Sasuke.
His actions were not necessary however, as a puff of smoke enclosed the area, followed by three coughing voices.
Sasuke was on his knees, rubbing his eyes and he looked up at the man who had brought him back to his senses.
"Kakashi? What . . happened?"
"You three are never to return to this place." Kakashi stated coldly, his uncovered eye glaring dangerously at his three subordinates.
"What is this? Sensei?" Sakura asked timidly, her small frame shaking with fear as she stepped farther away.
"The Fukkatsu no Shinden, a place forbidden to all Shinobi." Kakashi answered tersely.
The three of them nodded, as Sasuke cast one last glance at the waters that had beckoned him to sweetly.
* * *
[back to present]
Naruto pulled his orange jacket closer to his body as he parted the bush that kept so many secrets behind it.
His eyes scanned the ground for Sasuke, and he caught sight of more than he had hoped for.
Sasuke stood firm at the edge of the pond, but it seemed that another figure had risen from the water.
They appeared to be talking, as Naruto quickly concentrated his chakra, allowing him to amplify his hearing.
"Offer me your body, child, all I need are your eyes, and I can see, we can become one, the most powerful shinobi ever created." The figure whispered coldly, yet so sadistically calm.
"So this is the secret of the Shinden?" Sasuke asked quietly, examining the figure from top to bottom.
"One vessel? Combined by the sacrifices of five shinobi?" the dark-haired boy asked, a tinge of unease lingered in his voice.
The figure nodded wordlessly.
"It's been hundreds of years, few shinobi are powerful enough for me to take, but I will be the ultimate vessel, once you join me." The figure outstretched a dripping hand, and prodded Sasuke to take it.
"There are five immortal senses, each of them has their own chakra, once you give up your body, your five chakras will become free, that is when I take your eyes, and the sharingan." The thing whispered as it reached the shore, and slowly began to take steps on the land.
Sasuke did not move, but the ominous creature only slithered closer.
"Now, Sasuke." He hissed, his voice dripping with desire for power.
"If you ask me, you're only a bastard who harvests body parts, no shinobi should be stupid enough to give themselves up to you." Sasuke turned coldly, and began to walk in Naruto's direction.
Naruto watched silently, the lump in his throat growing bigger with each passing second.
//Something bad is going to happen, I can feel it . . .// Naruto thought uneasily, as he glanced from side to side.
The figure appeared to have stopped moving, and it even looked defeated for a moment, but then it laughed, and that kind of laughter is never a good thing.
"You think you can walk away from me, child? Nobody turns their back on me, so if you won't give up your life, then I'll make you give up your eyes."
The creature raised its hands and the pool began to swirl violently, as the water rose high into the darkened sky.
"You bastard! RUN!" Naruto screamed as he showed himself to his sworn rival. "GET OUT OF THERE!"
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" Sasuke questioned demandingly, "This is dangerous!"
"I KNOW THAT!! SO YOU HAVE TO GO NOW!!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm and attempted to pull his teammate to safety.
"This is none of your business, Naruto." Sasuke spoke coldly as he did not budge.
"Your eyes, now!" The figure screeched as it launched itself towards Sasuke.
That was all that Naruto could remember before he threw himself in front of his rival.
* * *
"Naruto, you moron, why? Are you mocking me? You can't be Hokage without your vision, Naruto, your dreams are shattered, do you realize that?" Sasuke said bitterly, as he held back tears he never knew he could cry.
"Sasuke, what are you talking about? Where are you? Sasuke?" Naruto whispered quietly into a room he could not see.
Sasuke took Naruto's wandering hand and held it in his own.
"It's all my fault Naruto, I should be the one who's blind right now."
"Blind? I'm . . . blind?"
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~*I can't see the world in front of me, but I can see your love.
Promise you'll keep me by your side until they turn the tides of time*~
* * *
*Kosu - Damn*
*Teme - Bastard*
o_O they cuss so much V_V
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Maiden: WHEE~!! Hideously long chapter!! Hope y'all aren't blind now ^^;;;
NTI: -__-()
Maiden: *goes to eat chili*
NTI: R/R! Beware! The next chapter is chapter THREE!
Maiden: *dies*
NTI: Okay, go into Dee Dee mode and be like "BUTTONS!!" (click the first button you see on the bottom) ^_^
NTI: TYPE!!
Maiden: *feels very forced* are you forcing me to type?
NTI: *holds up bowl of chili* no . . .
Maiden: @_@ SUGOI!!!!
NTI: As you can see, she's a chili fanatic
Maiden: TYPE TYPE TYPE
// . . . // = thinking
* * * * * *
Chapter II: It's Hard to see you Dreaming
* * * * * *
Disclaimer: YAY FOR CHILI!! Wait . . . I meant Naruto isn't mine
A/N: Okay, have y'all seen Forrest Gump? Well, when he tells the story, it's kind of like he's reliving it, so this is how this is gonna be ^_^
* * * * * *
~*Don't run away, I'll keep you here, stay by my side, you have nothing to fear, I'll take
all the pain you have inside and turn it into the love you've been deprived*~
* * *
A much younger Naruto ran through the muddy streets with speed only a true shinobi could ever attain.
His blue shoes were already a deep hue of brown and they splashed loudly into the slippery ground.
People watched him from their warm homes, behind their foggy windows and they shook their heads, not from sympathy or any other human emotion, but from sheer disapproval, after all, no one cared where the vessel of the Kyuubi was going in the raging storm.
//Kuso*, Sasuke . . .// Naruto mentally screamed as he pulled a soggy, blond bang out of his eyes.
~*Flashback*~
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed as she burst into the boy's house, her clothes drenched and her lips blue from running through the bitter rain.
"Sasuke's gone to the Fukkatsu No Shinden* [Temple of Rebirth] alone!" She yelled as her hands clenched into shaking fists.
Naruto looked up from the scroll he held in his hands, his blue eyes wide with surprise.
"No one who goes there ever comes back! Naruto, you've got to do something!" Her jade eyes sparkled with fresh tears ready to replace the old ones that had already been cried.
~*End Flashback*~
"Teme* . . ." Naruto spoke bitterly to himself. Great time for Kakashi- Sensei to have an important mission.
The Fukkatsu No Shinden was a legendary house of demons, where those ninja who wanted more power than their bodies had to offer would sacrifice their own lives in hopes of rebirth as a more potent and dangerous shinobi.
Naruto had seen the temple once before, and he had bitterly wished he would never have to see it again.
* * *
It was about a year ago. the three Genins of team seven were crawling steadily through the underbrush, praying silently that their Sensei would not spot them and attack
Naruto was about to pull out his kunai and poke Sasuke just to annoy him when an eerie prickling ran down his spine, causing the hair on the back of his neck to stand straight up.
The blond boy could feel where the strange aura was coming from and he turned his head to look through a small hole in the bushes.
Amazing such a simple place could ooze such evil.
Slabs of giant stones that had begun to blacken and corrode with time were placed in a semicircle around a clear pool.
The water of the pool was clear and welcoming, so blue and so inviting. In fact, it sparkled with such radiance that it was, even to Naruto, unnatural.
"Naruto!" Sakura hissed, as she looked back to see her teammate staring dumbly out of the bushes.
Sasuke turned around soundlessly, his usual air of superiority preceding him.
He followed Naruto's gaze, and cut a small hole in the brush so he could see for himself. The moment he lay his eyes on the temple, unbeknownst to his two comrades, Sasuke's inner demons awoke.
The two untrained ninjas could not feel the strange chakra pouring out of the boy who knelt only a few feet from them, but from a tree high above the ground, hundreds of meters away, their sensei abruptly pulled his thoughts away from his beloved book and uttered a single word.
"Shinden."
* * *
"Sasuke! What are you doing??" Sakura cried as she attempted to keep Sasuke from standing up.
He pulled himself out of her grasp effortlessly and moved silently away from the other two, making his way slowly towards the temple.
"Sasuke! Baka! You'll get us spotted!" Naruto hissed violently before he turned to look at Sakura, exasperated.
The raven-haired shinobi continued to walk towards the pool, as if the rippling, blue waters were calling to him.
He lay one palm on the cold, slab of stone and paused, his gaze still focused on the water.
Sakura and Naruto both watched him, holding their breaths.
Sasuke's hand went to his kunai holster, almost mechanically, and he brought his retrieved weapon in front of him.
"What are you doing?" Naruto screamed as he stood up, ready to charge at Sasuke.
His actions were not necessary however, as a puff of smoke enclosed the area, followed by three coughing voices.
Sasuke was on his knees, rubbing his eyes and he looked up at the man who had brought him back to his senses.
"Kakashi? What . . happened?"
"You three are never to return to this place." Kakashi stated coldly, his uncovered eye glaring dangerously at his three subordinates.
"What is this? Sensei?" Sakura asked timidly, her small frame shaking with fear as she stepped farther away.
"The Fukkatsu no Shinden, a place forbidden to all Shinobi." Kakashi answered tersely.
The three of them nodded, as Sasuke cast one last glance at the waters that had beckoned him to sweetly.
* * *
[back to present]
Naruto pulled his orange jacket closer to his body as he parted the bush that kept so many secrets behind it.
His eyes scanned the ground for Sasuke, and he caught sight of more than he had hoped for.
Sasuke stood firm at the edge of the pond, but it seemed that another figure had risen from the water.
They appeared to be talking, as Naruto quickly concentrated his chakra, allowing him to amplify his hearing.
"Offer me your body, child, all I need are your eyes, and I can see, we can become one, the most powerful shinobi ever created." The figure whispered coldly, yet so sadistically calm.
"So this is the secret of the Shinden?" Sasuke asked quietly, examining the figure from top to bottom.
"One vessel? Combined by the sacrifices of five shinobi?" the dark-haired boy asked, a tinge of unease lingered in his voice.
The figure nodded wordlessly.
"It's been hundreds of years, few shinobi are powerful enough for me to take, but I will be the ultimate vessel, once you join me." The figure outstretched a dripping hand, and prodded Sasuke to take it.
"There are five immortal senses, each of them has their own chakra, once you give up your body, your five chakras will become free, that is when I take your eyes, and the sharingan." The thing whispered as it reached the shore, and slowly began to take steps on the land.
Sasuke did not move, but the ominous creature only slithered closer.
"Now, Sasuke." He hissed, his voice dripping with desire for power.
"If you ask me, you're only a bastard who harvests body parts, no shinobi should be stupid enough to give themselves up to you." Sasuke turned coldly, and began to walk in Naruto's direction.
Naruto watched silently, the lump in his throat growing bigger with each passing second.
//Something bad is going to happen, I can feel it . . .// Naruto thought uneasily, as he glanced from side to side.
The figure appeared to have stopped moving, and it even looked defeated for a moment, but then it laughed, and that kind of laughter is never a good thing.
"You think you can walk away from me, child? Nobody turns their back on me, so if you won't give up your life, then I'll make you give up your eyes."
The creature raised its hands and the pool began to swirl violently, as the water rose high into the darkened sky.
"You bastard! RUN!" Naruto screamed as he showed himself to his sworn rival. "GET OUT OF THERE!"
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" Sasuke questioned demandingly, "This is dangerous!"
"I KNOW THAT!! SO YOU HAVE TO GO NOW!!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm and attempted to pull his teammate to safety.
"This is none of your business, Naruto." Sasuke spoke coldly as he did not budge.
"Your eyes, now!" The figure screeched as it launched itself towards Sasuke.
That was all that Naruto could remember before he threw himself in front of his rival.
* * *
"Naruto, you moron, why? Are you mocking me? You can't be Hokage without your vision, Naruto, your dreams are shattered, do you realize that?" Sasuke said bitterly, as he held back tears he never knew he could cry.
"Sasuke, what are you talking about? Where are you? Sasuke?" Naruto whispered quietly into a room he could not see.
Sasuke took Naruto's wandering hand and held it in his own.
"It's all my fault Naruto, I should be the one who's blind right now."
"Blind? I'm . . . blind?"
* * *
~*I can't see the world in front of me, but I can see your love.
Promise you'll keep me by your side until they turn the tides of time*~
* * *
*Kosu - Damn*
*Teme - Bastard*
o_O they cuss so much V_V
* * *
Maiden: WHEE~!! Hideously long chapter!! Hope y'all aren't blind now ^^;;;
NTI: -__-()
Maiden: *goes to eat chili*
NTI: R/R! Beware! The next chapter is chapter THREE!
Maiden: *dies*
NTI: Okay, go into Dee Dee mode and be like "BUTTONS!!" (click the first button you see on the bottom) ^_^