The group is anxiously awaiting the next title on the screen. They had just taken a little rest and ate some food. The mood in the room is currently pretty good. The last scene had cheered them all up and they could only wait for new hints to the future.
Then the screen turns on once again and the title 'you are the father' appears on the screen.
'Father? Does that mean it's about one of the dads?' Kiba looks to the back of the class where the parents are located.
Ino shudders. 'I hope it's got nothing to do with a scandal.' She has heard of plenty unknown father stories throughout her short life.
'It better.'
The scene starts with a black orb flying into the sky. There is some chanting in the background. A man with orange hair appears and puts his hands together. 'Planetary devastation!' he shouts.
'What's going on?' Naruto asks. When he heard the title this most certainly wasn't what he was expecting.
'I have no idea.' Sasuke as well is watching the screen with eyes wide open. This man on the screen has hair an even brighter orange than Naruto tends to wear.
'Yahiko?' Jiraiya watches the man on the screen. He looks a lot like one of the children he left behind years ago. What could he be doing? And where did he get the rinnegan from? Did he take Nagato's eyes?
'What is it?' Iruka asks.
Jiraiya shakes his head. 'That man looks a lot like one of my previous students.'
'Is it him?'
'I have no idea.'
The orb flies up higher and emits a bright light. The ground beneath is falling apart. Large chunks of rocks raise up into the sky toward the orb. It's like gravity has changed directions. More and more of the ground rips up and flies into the sky. The orange haired man seems to be controlling all of it.
'That's scary.' Kiba is shocked. To think there are people that can do such things. It's something he never could have imagined in his wildest dreams.
'No shit.' Lee agrees with him.
Tenten's focus is somewhere else however. 'He has some funky piercings.' The rest of the group take another good look at the man. And they had to agree. It's like they are strategically placed along his body.
'Could they have a purpose?' Sakura asks. She knows there's got to be something up with them. If there wasn't he wouldn't have such piercings. They would get in the way too much.
Then a red figure appears. There is a red glow emanating from the creature. Not only that there are bones around it, and several tails are shown. The figure runs toward the orange man.
'Who's that?' Naruto points to the figure on the screen.
The Hokage nods. 'Judging by the state this person is in, it's gotta be a jinchuuriki.'
'In control?' Shisui raises an eyebrow because this person
'I highly doubt it.' Itachi shrugs next to him.
To which the man responds with sending the rocks at the creature. Capturing it inside a bunch of rocks. The creature doesn't seem to like this all the much as its attack is some sort of hyper beam that breaks the surrounding area with ease. The man is able to deflect it with some sort of rod he's holding. It's looks to be made of the same material as his piercings.
'These people are ridiculous.' Neji states. His arms are folded but he's watching the screen with more intensity than he ever has before.
'I don't want to fight any of them.' Lee whimpers next to the guy. Without able to use chakra like them he wouldn't stand a chance. Even if he could open the eight gates.
'And to think that man can just deflect the attacks like that.' Tenten agrees with them. She wouldn't stand a chance. Even in the future she doubts she would be able to defeat them.
The creature repositions itself on a rock, but it doesn't take long before the ground rips beneath it and sends the creature up towards the glowing orb.
The orange haired man screams and puts his hands together once more. To which the mountains around them fall apart and raise up in the sky as well.
'Are these the powers of the rinnegan?' Hiashi asks Jiraiya. The man is arguably the one most familiar with the eyes and the legends surrounding it. Even if asking might hurt his pride he has to know. Then they could prepare for if something were to happen in the future.
'It is said that the Sage created the moon, so it might be.' Jiraiya might be the one most familiar with the eyes but even doesn't know much about them. It's not like he trained Nagato how to use them exactly. They figured out a couple things, but it was never the focus of their training.
'A part of me is glad I don't have to deal with shit like this.' Shisui shudders. He's dead in the future and while that sucks it does mean he doesn't have to deal with all these ridiculously overpowered people.
The creature sends another hyper beam at the mountains. And more miniature attacks at the man. But to no avail. In the end there is a miniature planet flying above the ground. The creature does his best to destroy it, but it doesn't seem to work. In the end it is captured inside. Then the screen goes dark.
Naruto appears to be inside some sort of sewer but it's glowing orange. There is water on the ground and Naruto is staring dead ahead. 'Why?' he mutters.
'Wait! That was Naruto!' Ino screams out. Sure they know now that Naruto is a jinchuuriki but she never expected to see something like this.
'Something must have ticked him of.' Shikaku agrees. He knows that emotions can influence the seal, but Naruto is more resilient than anyone. Something big must have happened for him to get like that.
'He looks so sad.' Hinata puts her hands together.
'The Kyuubi's chakra could be influencing his thoughts as well.' Inoichi agrees. He doesn't like the look on his face. There is something wrong with it.
'Why did it come to this?' There is no emotion in his voice. A large red eye is staring right back at him.
In a flashback the orange haired man appears, with his clothes intact. 'How would you confront this hatred, in order to create peace?' He says to Naruto. 'I want to hear your answer.'
'It does look like Yahiko, but he doesn't act like it.' Jiraiya watches the screen. Yahiko isn't the person to steal Nagato's eyes like that. The Yahiko he knows wouldn't do that. He wouldn't act like that either.
'Maybe a long-lost brother or something?' Sakura suggests.
'Could be.' Jiraiya shrugs but he doubts that is the case. Yahiko always told him he had no family.
Naruto is shown lying on his back, emerged in the water, with his eyes wide open. 'How should I know?' Naruto's voice starts breaking. 'It hurts, I hate this.'
The rock on the outside glows for a second before a small flame erupts from it. But it doesn't do anything else.
'He's still able to fight within all that pressure.' Shisui shudders. 'Yup, he is a monster.' As soon as he said the last words the group turns to look at him.
'That's not very nice.' Sakura tells him. She has hated on Naruto before as well but now she knows that's stupid and one thing she does know is that calling someone a monster isn't a nice thing.
'I mean it in the scary way, I didn't mean to insult you.' The boy makes excuses for himself, but the group still keeps eyeing him.
Slowly Naruto sits right up but it's more like he's being pushed rather than him doing it himself. 'What am I supposed to do?' Naruto sits there defeated. 'I don't know anything anymore!' He clutches his head in his hands. 'Someone, help me… Give me the answer.' Naruto is shaking.
Then a deep voice starts speaking. 'Destroy everything.' It's the Kyuubi. 'Erase everything that hurts. Give me your soul.' The Kyuubi's eye is shown. 'I will save you from m your suffering.' Then his eye starts glowing.
'What's he doing?' Shino asks. There is no emotion on his face but inside he's shaking. He knows this is not a good thing and he can't help but worry about Naruto.
'Nothing good. That's for sure.' Kiba agrees with him. People with red glowing eyes are dangerous, his mom told him that plenty of times.
All of a sudden Naruto's shirt opens and the seal in on display. The spiral in the center swirls until it is one black hole. Out of which a black liquid emerges. This liquid lands in the water and starts surrounding Naruto. Naruto seems to be in some sort of trance.
'The seal is breaking.' Jiraiya watches, amazed. He never thought something like that could be possible. The seal is the tightest he knows. But he supposes that even something like that must have a weakness.
'Take note.' Shikaku tells Shisui who already has his pen on paper.
'Of course.'
'Yes… You're doing fine.' The Kyuubi speaks. The black stuff keeps reaching out more and more.
Then the shot changes to a man running in the woods. He looks at his hand and sees the number 8 appear. 'Eight? This is bad.' And he speeds up his running just a little bit.
'There's that guy again!' Naruto shouts out. He doesn't want to think about what's happening to him. This offers a nice distraction.
'What is he doing?' Sasuke's head tilts to the side.
'He's likely able to see how many tails Naruto has unlocked.' Kakashi explains. Tenzo does have the wood release which can be used to contain tailed beasts to an extent.
'Eight out of nine doesn't sound very good.' Iruka shakes. This is bringing up visions of that night. The night he doesn't want to think about ever again.
'It certainly doesn't.' Itachi agrees.
That's when Sakura realizes something. 'Where are we though?' The eyes of the group narrow. 'We were with him in all the scenes before.'
'Who knows.'
The rock too is changing. The red glow keeps expanding as well. Surrounding the rock in its entirety. A claw bursts out from the rock. Then multiple tails.
'This is actually scaring me.' Sasuke shakes in his seat. He's already clinging onto Naruto, not that he'll ever admit to that.
'Me too.' Naruto nods along. For him it's extra scary because he's the one being taken over.
The orange man stands to the side. 'I never imagined it would be this powerful.' He states but doesn't seem to do anything else.
'He just stands there so nonchalantly.' Fugaku doesn't like such people. They're so powerful they can just shrug of terrors like that. He's dealt with a couple of them before and with even more that thought of themselves as such, most only ended up in jail.
'I can't imagine what amount of power he must have.' Mikoto agrees with him.
The finally at last a giant head appears from the rock. It's still captured inside.
Naruto's eye starts glowing red as well.
'Like I said. Not good news.' Kiba tells the group who end up staying silent.
The monster outside lets out a giant beam of bright red fire. What looks to be meteors start falling from the sky.
'Come over here.' The Kyuubi says. Naruto stands up and slowly makes his way over to the fox. 'Rip this seal off me.' Naruto stumbles closer and closer.
'He's being controlled!' Sakura gasps. This is really bad. If the fox can just take over, then…
'Why didn't the fox do that sooner?' Lee asks the adults in the room.
'It's likely because of the loosening of the seal that he's able to.' Jiraiya explains. Sure, there is a small amount of fox chakra coursing through Naruto at all times it's nothing compared to what would go through him should the seal loosen up.
'So bad news then.'
The man in the forest looks at his hand once more and now the number 9 is on his hand. 'How could this happen?'
Naruto walks closer and closer.
Then a figure that looks to be watching the sun appears, his face is not visible, but he does open his eyes if you were watching close enough.
'Who's that?' Chouji munches on his chips. He's not seen that man before, right?
'He looks familiar.' Shikamaru says in response. He can't quite make out who it is but he does seem familiar.
Then finally Naruto stands right in front of the cage holding the beast back. The water from the ground surrounds Naruto and raises him up to the paper seal holding the beast. Naruto raises his and grabs the paper and pulls it loose just a little.
Then out of nowhere and hand grabs him. To which Naruto gets pushed off the water plateau. And lands right back on the ground. His eyes return to their normal blue. The man that pushed Naruto away lands right next to him.
It's the fourth Hokage.
'What?' Most of the kids scream out. This most certainly wasn't what they were expecting.
'How? He dead right?' Naruto looks to the crowd. It's not like the fourth secretly went into hiding right?
'Very much so.' Jiraiya nods. It's not one of the moments he likes to think about.
'Then does that mean he has been brought back to life.' Sakura blinks. They've seen it happen before. So why not here as well.
'I don't think so.'
He holds out his hand for Naruto to grab. Naruto grabs it and pulls himself right up.
The Kyuubi isn't exactly happy with the recent developments and shouts. 'You're…'
'Say it.' Sasuke growls at the screen. Naruto has to take a second to take that in. Sasuke growling?
'Sheesh.' He shrugs.
The Hokage moves in front of the beast to block Naruto's view of it.
'The fourth Hokage…' Naruto mutters eyes wide.
'They really look alike.' Sakura stares. If she didn't know better, she would say they're related.
'The shade of blond is slightly different.' Ino observes. She is a self-proclaimed expert on blondes.
'Really.' Sakura blinks. She doesn't see it.
'It's a small difference.'
The man in question just smiles at the boy. 'I worked it into the seal, so that I would appear within your psyche, should the seal be broken to the point you sprouted the eighth tail.' He speaks. The Kyuubi behind him is still raging. 'I really wanted to avoid that… Since I had no desire to see you again Kyuubi.' He turns around to look at the beast.
'That's a relief.' Shikaku sighs. It means they could go a bit harder on Naruto's training without risking the release of the Kyuubi.
'It does take a lot of the weight of the chest.' Chouza agrees.
Fugaku puts his head in his hand. 'Of course, he would have done something like this.'
The Kyuubi growls at the man.
'Then again…' he turns to look at Naruto again, 'I did look forward to seeing my son as a young man. So, I'll call it even.'
'Oh gosh.' Ino gasps. It all makes sense now.
'Wait what?' Naruto blinks. He's not quite sure he heard that correctly.
'He's your dad, Naruto.' Sasuke shakes him. Naruto stares dead ahead. It's like the words don't quite land in him.
'No that can't be.' He shakes his head. Tears are forming in the corners of his eyes. He doesn't believe it. It can't be.
'It's true.' Sakura tells him. The adults are silent, only watching the conversation from afar.
Naruto wipes his eyes. 'I don't have parents.'
'Yet your father is right there.' Sakura gives him a large hug. Sasuke hesitates but joins the hug as well. Call him weak all you like.
'Fourth Hokage! Come here! I'll rip you to shreds!' The best growls. His eyes are staring at the two intently.
'Well, if that's the case, I'll stay away.' He turns back to Naruto again. 'Isn't that right, Naruto.'
'Smart choice.' Kakashi nods his head in approval.
Itachi laughs. 'I would've done the same.'
'Who wouldn't?'
'Naruto… My name…' Naruto is shocked. 'How come the fourth Hokage knows my name?'
'Well… I'm the one who named you.' He looks Naruto in the eye. 'You are my son after all.'
'He really doesn't get it.' Neji grumbles. How can one just ignore the fact that are right in front of them?
'It's not out of stupidity if that's what you're thinking.' Ino tells him.
'He's just shocked.' Hinata agrees with her. She can see where Naruto is coming from.
'Son? Then… I'm…' Naruto doesn't seem to be able to make full sentences.
'You heard me. You're my son.'
'Aw. That's so sweet.' Tenten's eyes turn into hearts. There is just something adorable about that whole situation.
'He's my dad…' Naruto quivers. 'I don't know what to think about that.'
Sasuke blinks. 'Uh… you could smile.'
Naruto's eyes widen before he starts shaking. A half smile appears on his face and his eyes begin to water. Before he starts to actually laugh out loud. The Kyuubi in the background just glares at the two of them. Growling and shouting about things he wants to do to them.
'It feels a bit wrong watching this.' Lee says. There are several others that agree with him. This seems a little too personal. But then again, they watched Kakashi breakdown.
'No kidding.'
'Loud fellow, isn't he?' Minato points at the fox behind him. 'Let's go somewhere quiet.' And with just a snap of his fingers they are transported to an area glowing bright yellow.
'He can use magic!' Kiba watches in awe. He's never heard of someone using magic before.
'I don't think that's magic.' Iruka tells the boy.
Inoichi laughs. 'It's just mystical mind powers.' This receives a glare from Iruka.
Naruto continues laughing.
'The third Hokage didn't tell you much of anything, did he?' Minato says with his face all serious. 'I guess he wanted to suppress as much information about the Nine-Tails as possible. If people found out you were my son, you'd have been in danger.'
'That's one of the reasons.' The Hokage states. There is an implication of there being more to it.
However, Kiba is stupid enough to continue asking. 'What are the others?'
'The status of our Jinchuuriki is well known within the village. If a foreigner would come in it wouldn't take them long to find out who it is.' The Hokage starts his explanation.
'And they could take him away.' Shisui continues. But there is an objection.
'Actually not.' Shikaku starts explaining. 'The tailed beasts were shared to the various nations to keep a balance. If one were to take a beast from another village the balance scale would flop, and this could have disastrous consequences.' The group takes that information in. There is a silent agreement between the villages that stealing a bijuu is a taboo. 'They could stunt his growth however.'
'That's why you didn't tell Naruto?' Sasuke tilts his head.
The Hokage continues to explain. 'There are only two currently well-known jinchuuriki in the world. The first being the Mizukage, who obviously has the means to protect himself. And Killer B who only became known due to his efforts in the last war. And he too is close with the Raikage offering him protection as well.'
'One would think that if Naruto isn't getting the same amount of protection he must not be the jinchuuriki.' Shikaku takes over once again. 'Not telling Naruto would mean he doesn't start spouting about it to someone.'
Sakura blinks. 'That makes a certain amount of sense.'
'Reverse psychology.' Ino points out. She's heard plenty about that before. It's a great technique for getting free candy.
'That's correct.'
'Dad…' Naruto begins. Minato waits expectantly. Before Naruto punches him right in the gut.
'Go Naruto!' Lee cheers him on. He's always ready to watch another fight.
'Why did he do that?' Hiashi doesn't understand kids sometimes.
'I guess we find out.'
Naruto is crying. 'Why did you seal the Kyuubi inside your own son?' Naruto's voice breaks. 'Do you know what I went through because of that?' His crying continues. 'All the grown-ups looked at me with contempt and I couldn't make any friends. I wanted people to accept me, so I trained really hard to become strong. Then I met Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, and pervy sage… And I was happy because they helped make me stronger! But because of that, a group called the Akatsuki came after me, so I had to train even more. I got to be even stronger, but the Akatsuki still killed my friends. But… huh?' Naruto stops for a second. 'What am I saying?' Naruto grabs his head, trying to reorganize his thoughts. 'Damn it, am I supposed to be happy or mad? I don't know anymore.' His crying gets louder and he's not able to suppress it anymore.
'Wow. That's a sad rant.' Shikamaru says. He doesn't quite know how to think about this situation. Sure, he has suspected this for quite sometimes now. How could he not. They look like each other enough for anyone to make the connection. But this seems a little… strange.
'I do get why he's angry though.' Chouji takes another bite of his chips. It's very entertaining.
'Naruto… how old are you now?' Minato asks, there is a small smile on his face.
'Sixteen.'
'A clue for the timeline.'
'You're already sixteen years old, huh?' Minato takes it in for a second. 'It must have been hard for you… I'm sorry Naruto.' Naruto is still crying in front of him. 'I suppose after putting my own son through so much… I have no right to act like a father and apologize.'
'He's right. That's not great parenting.' Shisui states.
Sakura looks at the teen. 'That's not very nice to say.'
'Dead parents are not good parents. Even if they really wanted the best or couldn't for some reason. They haven't been around Naruto, that's not good parenting.' He knows. His parent is shit and his other parent is dead. AKA shitty parents.
'But they would have been great parents if they were alive.' Sakura continues to push.
'But they're not.'
In the end Naruto is the one to put a stop to this argument. 'I don't care. They cared about me, that's what really matters.' The rest is silent. They could understand were he's coming from.
Naruto wipes his eyes. 'It's alright… already. I'm the son of the fourth Hokage so I can handle it.' Naruto pouts.
Minato smiles. 'I sealed half of the Kyuubi's chakra inside of you, because I believed you could control its power. Because you are my son.' He smiles at Naruto.
'He might be able to.' Shino agrees with the man on the screen. Even if that guy is dead.
'The Kyuubi did seem to like him.' Kiba agrees with his friend.
'Maybe that happened after this though.' Tenten interrupts. It would be strange for that to have happened before all of this. Since the monster looked all scary and stuff.
'I have a feeling that it did.' Sasuke agrees.
Naruto's eyes widen. He must have realized something.
'And there is a reason why I did this. When the Kyuubi attacked the village sixteen years ago, I learned something.' He turns back into being all serious.
Everyone's eyes are on the screen. What they could learn could be the explanation they've been wanting for years. 'Do we get to learn the truth?'
'That would help us out a lot.' Itachi stares at the screen. He was very young when it happened but a part of him blames himself for not doing something. For not being there for most of it. It's stupid, he knows, but he can't help himself.
'What?'
'There was a mastermind who manipulated the Kyuubi to attack the village.' There is an eerie sound playing the background. It really intensifies what they are watching.
'That confirms it.' Shikaku puts his hands on the desk. They've been theorizing for years and here it is. The explanation they've been wanting.
Hiashi's eyes are narrowed. 'You Uchiha's weren't up to something?'
'We were busy evacuating people. We had nothing to do with.' Fugaku states. No emotion in his voice to indicate that he is offended by the statement. Even if they are the only people known to have the ability to control the beast.
'As a collective at least.' Hiashi agrees. He knows the clan wouldn't have done such a thing. They would've planned it differently. 'They're could be rogue.'
'Do not say such things about my family.' Fugaku glares at his rival. They never were on such good terms. Only getting along because they need to. And to protect their bloodlines from those nasty elders.
'Mastermind?' Naruto never even once considered that option.
'A powerful ninja at that. It would require a special kind of power to go up against such an opponent. I believe he will attack our village again.' Naruto doesn't respond immediately. He has to take in this new information.
Naruto doesn't seem all that happy. 'The Leaf village has already been destroyed.'
'What?' The kids gasp. They would've never imagined that such a thing was possible. The older ones are a bit silent. They did not expect that either. It's possible but for one to have such powers. That's just terrifying.
'When? How?' Naruto shouts.
'Yes… I watched from inside you.'
'You watched?' Naruto is a little shocked.
'I know about Jiraiya-sensei too.' Naruto doesn't quite know how to react. Only that he has to ask a question.
'Does that mean he's dead?' Lee asks. It's not the news he wanted to hear. The man was really funny, and they could make fun of him for literally everything.
'I fear it is.' The hokage sighs.
'Then was it Pain who used the Kyuubi to attack the village before?' Naruto has to know. It would explain so much if it was. Sadly, that's not the case.
'That orange dude is named Pain?' Kiba laughs. It's the stupidest name he's ever heard.
'Just imagine. New parents with a newborn and what do they name their kid: Pain. Very creative.' Shisui laughs with him. He's heard some strange names over the years, his own included. But Pain, poor kid.
'I have a feeling it's a name he gave himself.' Itachi says to his friend. Shisui stops laughing and starts snickering instead.
'No, it wasn't him.' Minato shakes his head.
'Well shit.' Kakashi says. Just after he ends the sentence Iruka hits him on the head.
'Someone else. More powerful than that we've seen…' A shudder courses through their veins. This fragment is filled to the brim with bad news.
'Then who was it?' Naruto narrows his eyes.
Minato seems a little hesitant to answer. 'One of the Akatsuki, the one with the mask.'
'Mask?' Sasuke thinks about all the Akatsuki people they've seen before. No one with a mask comes to mind, except for maybe that Kakuzu guy, but that was a different kind of mask.
'We haven't seen that guy before.' Naruto agrees with his friend. How many more of these scary people are there.
Naruto's eyes widen as he remembers the figure from one of the previous encounters he had with the group. The man looks to be wearing an orange spiral mask with one eye hole, only showing his right eye.
'That man.' Itachi watches the screen in shock. The group turns to look at him.
'You know him Itachi?' Shisui asks his friend.
'He killed one of my genin teammates back in team 2.' He states softy. It's what's awakened his sharingan, of course he won't forget.
'Why?'
Itachi shakes his head. 'No clue.'
'And yet you joined him in the future.' Shikaku mutters. There is something going on there and he doesn't like it.
'Maybe he was brainwashed?' Inoichi suggests to his friend. He's seen the effects before.
'I hope that's it.' It doesn't sound quite right but anything else he can come up with is worse, so it better be that. Not that it's a good thing.
'Back then he read through every action I took. He's no ordinary ninja.' Minato turns back to Naruto. 'This man is probably just using Pain.'
'No! Pain had a grudge against the hidden Leaf! He said, long ago his own village was wiped out like ours!' Naruto shouts at his father.
'Does that ring any bells?' Shisui looks to the adults in the room. It would be useful to write such a thing down.
'I am saddened to say we destroyed plenty of lands during the years. It would be impossible to pinpoint a place.' The Hokage explains. Shisui puts his pen down. So that's a dead end.
'That's right. Because of that hatred he's being used.'
'Used? Someone strong like him?' Naruto doesn't know what to do with that information. 'And what about this mastermind masked ninja? Why is everyone attacking the Leaf?'
'Perhaps as long as there is a ninja system in this world, there can be now peace.' Naruto looks down. 'Pain questioned you about peace, but finding the answer is difficult.'
'Deep.' Kiba looks at the screen. He's never thought about something that hard before.
Jiraiya puts his hand on his chin. 'Peace. I wrote a book about that once.'
'Not one of those ones, right?' Mikoto glares the man down. Jiraiya laughs.
'No! It was my first book. Inspired by one of my students.' He takes an old book from his pocket. 'I've mentioned him before. The one with the rinnegan.'
'Which this Pain dude also has.' Shikaku says. Jiraiya flinches visibly.
'Yahiko and Nagato were close. I can't think of anything that might have happened to them. They used to be so sweet.' Jiraiya remembers their smiles as he thought them all kinds of stuff.
'You think it's that Yahiko?' Naruto points to the screen.
Jiraiya puts the book back in his pocket. 'All the hints point in that direction. It pains me to say.'
Naruto remembers during the previous fight that the man asked him questions like: 'How would you confront this hatred, in order to create peace?' And also, that he didn't quite know the answer yet.
'In order to save something dear wars are waged.' Hinata is shown attacking Pain. 'As long as there is love, there will be hate.' Hinata is shown being defeated and killed. 'And some will take advantage of that hatred. This monster known as hate will not die while there is a system of ninja. It will give birth to more Pains.'
'Hinata.' Hiashi takes a breath. This is not what he wanted to see, ever. His daughter apparently died. Damn it!
'Shit.' Iruka curses. He doesn't hold himself back. 'I hoped we wouldn't see one of them dying.'
Sakura turns to look at the girl in question. She's shaking and crying really softly, to not cause a scene. She walks over and spreads her arms. 'Hinata give me a hug.' The girl stands up and buries herself in Sakura's arms.
Naruto has to take this all in, and he doesn't say a word.
'It was Pain who killed Jiraiya-sensei, but upon that thought, it can be said that the chaotic world of the ninja, which gave rise to Pain is equally guilty. To be a ninja is to confront that hatred. Each and every one of us battles hatred. Jiraiya-sensei trusted you to find a way to end this hatred.'
'Like I said deep.' Kiba points out once again.
Chouji agrees. 'It's like being dead gave him infinite wisdom or something.'
Sasuke snickers. 'I suppose that after being inside Naruto for so long there is got to be some revolutionary ideas.'
Naruto turns to look at him within a second. 'What's that supposed to mean?'
'Still I can't forgive Pain!' Naruto wavers, there is a certain amount of uncertainty inside of him. 'There's no way I can forgive him.'
'I know.'
'From what little we've seen I have to agree with Naruto.' Kakashi agrees. This time there is a different book in his hands. One not as dirty. Only to safe himself from the wrath of mothers.
'Me too.'
'Tell me! What should I do?' Naruto pleads. There is desperation in his eyes.
'You must find the answer yourself. I do not have the answer.'
'Ah yes, very helpful.' Shino, the king of sass, mutters.
'He was asking for a reason you know. He could just say 'I don't know either' and be done with it.' Shisui shouts at the screen.
'But that doesn't sound cool.' Naruto argues back.
Shikamaru leans back in his seat. 'Sometimes we got to forget our pride and admit we don't know things.'
'You don't get to say that.'
'If pervy sage and you don't know the answer, how am I to know?' Naruto shouts. 'Everyone expects too much! I'm not smart! And I'm not a great ninja! And.' Then a hand lands on top of his head. It's reassuring.
'From what we've seen I have to disagree with that last statement.' Hiashi states. It seems the guy really did care about Hinata. And while it might not have become a thing he does give the guy a chance. Of course, they are going to safe his daughter in this timeline.
'I know you'll find the answer.' Minato smiles at his son. 'I have faith in you.' They stare at each other intently and Naruto realizes something.
'Do you really believe I can do it?' His voice is soft.
'A part of me does and another doesn't. I mean it's Naruto we're talking about.' Sasuke smirks at the boy in question. Naruto gives him a shove.
'On which side are you?'
Sasuke shrugs. 'I have no idea.'
'To be a parent is to have undying faith in one's child.' He removes his hand from Naruto's head. 'Now then… It's time for me to go. My chakra is fading.' He shows his hand that's slowly disappearing.
'It's already over!' Naruto screams. He wants to see his father a bit longer. He wants to learn more about him and makes jokes with him. And do other things other kids to with their parents.
'No fair!' Sasuke shouts as well.
'Huh? No wait…' Naruto stutters out.
'I will rebuild the seal.' He puts his hand on Naruto's still ink leaking stomach. 'However, this will be for the last time.' Naruto's seal tightens up again and Naruto nearly falls to the ground. 'The Leaf can be rebuilt. I'm counting on you, Naruto!' then he slowly fades to white.
'Heck yeah. Go kick some ass!' Sakura shouts in the room. The group turns to look at her at which she starts blushing like crazy.
Itachi blinks. 'That girl has a voice.'
Naruto looks at the screen determined. Thanks Dad!
Then the scene ends.
'That was certainly helpful.' Shikaku mutters. He's glad that they've finally got some lead as to what exactly happens in the future.
'We got to know the mastermind!' Naruto cheers.
Hiashi nods. 'The masked man. No one except Itachi has ever seen him before.'
'And Naruto.' Shisui points out. They all look at him. 'But he was a baby so that doesn't really count.'
Chouza swallows another bite before talking. 'Not to mention that Pain guy. We only saw him use one attack and it caused that much devastation. What else could someone like that do?'
'How is there someone stronger than him controlling him?' Kakashi fills in. There is something about that man he doesn't quite like. Maybe it's because he indirectly killed his second family.
'That's what's truly terrifying.' Iruka nods along. To be honest he never really thought about a mastermind behind the incident because to him it's always been the fox. But there might be more to it.
'I think we can at least assume that these are the higher ups within the Akatsuki.' Shikaku points out. None of the others seem that much involved with the leadership. Deidara and Sasori are obviously not in charge, Itachi and Kisame don't quite look the part either, Hidan and Kakuzu are slightly different. Kakuzu might have a hand in things but Hidan definitively doesn't.
'I agree. They seem like the people in charge of such an organization.' Hiruzen adds to the group.
'There's also still the question what they've got to do with Itachi. It's not like that masked guy has a good reputation with him.' Shisui points out. Itachi nods along like always. He doesn't like that masked man.
Tsume agrees. 'That's worrying as well.'
'At least we got a hint to who caused that attack six years ago.' Jiraiya tries to lighten the mood once again but to no avail.
'Because a masked individual doesn't tell us much.' Kakashi glares at the man.
'We got to keep our eyes open for someone like that.'
Notes:
Crossdressing boy - mystery man
Madara (with rinnegan) & dead Hokage are alive
Hokage revived by Sasuke and Orochimaru and the gang.
Madara and Hashirama met as children (the idiots)
Madara can't pee with someone behind him - weakness
Red cloud organization Akatsuki
Members: - Deidara
- Sasori
- Itachi ?
- Kisame
- Hidan
- Kakuzu
- Pain
- Masked man
Captured a random dude with red hair Gaara (Naruto cares about that guy)
Killed Yugito
Goal: possibly collecting bijuu - might have to do with Juubi
Hidan can kill once he gets your blood. He licks it, makes a circle and connects his body with yours, then he's able to stab himself and kill you.
- Can be killed by blowing him into pieces and burying him under ground
Kakuzu has five hearts, of all chakra natures, when one dies another can take its place
- All hearts have to be destroyed for him to die
Use deadly combination attacks
Pain destroys the leaf village
The masked man is responsible for the nine tails attack and is likely the mastermind of the Akatsuki
Mizuki is evil
Kakashi's real face is still a mystery :(
Kakashi is teacher of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura
Weird socially inept boy is part of Naruto's team as well as Tenzo (he's rude)
Sasuke might have a thing for Naruto and vice versa
Kakashi and Sasuke are missing at some point in the future (but still alive)
Sasuke runs away to Orochimaru
People to watch out for:
- Madara
- Sakura (don't piss her off, don't forget)
- Red cloud people
- Flying lady
- Gaara
Itachi killed of the entire Uchiha clan, except himself and Sasuke. (Where am I?)
Two brothers were fishing before chakra was a widespread thing.
Strong people are weak against naked people of the preferred gender. (Naruto takes advantage of that)
Sasuke has the mangekyo and rinnegan?
Naruto is glowing
Sakura has a thing on her forehead
Kakashi has two normal eyes
Strange half white dude?
Goddess flying with black creature thing in her arms (has byakugan, and a third eye on her forehead) (according to Kakashi a god)
Possible ancestor to the Hyuuga and Kaguya
The Kyuubi kind of likes Naruto
Ibiki is troll
Hinata and Naruto are so going to get married and have children. Don't let Hiashi convince you otherwise. RIP Hinata
Bijuu and Jinchuuriki
One Gaara
Two Yugito
Three Mizukage 4
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight b
Nine Naruto
Tsunade is the fifth hokage (the first doesn't like that, because of gambling addictions)
The third died during something in which he sealed away Orochimaru's arms and the first hokage. They all end up in the Shinigami belly
Kimimaro is a Kaguya and dangerous
Jiraiya teaches Naruto water walking
Ebisu is a pervert
Naruto's chakra can easily be disrupted
Naruto encountered Orochimaru sometime.
Naruto is the son of the fourth
Itachi's attempt at a timeline
Ashura and his brother
Hashirama and Madara meet river
Kurama's first sealing
Kurama's second sealing
Obito's death
Kurama's third sealing
Uchiha massacre
Naruto learns about the Kyuubi
Naruto and Sasuke kiss
Around the same time (no discerning timeframe available)
- Crossdressing boy
- Kakashi's mask
- Kisame and I come to get Naruto
- Lee Gaara fight and the rest of the chunin exams
- Fight Kimimaro (after chunin exams)
Another set of around the same time
- Deidara and Sasori capture Gaara
- Orochimaru unlocks the reaper death seal
- Naruto promises Kurama to save him from his hate
- Emotionless boy insulting Naruto and Sakura
- Sakura and Naruto face off against Kakashi
- Hidan Kakuzu kill Yugito
- Hidan 'dies'
- Pain attacks the leaf village
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and mystery man fight a flying lady
No time frames
'What's next?' Naruto is bouncing in his seat. Maybe the next one will tell him who his mother is.
'I hope something epic like before.' Lee cheers. He likes to see a good fight and would love to watch another.
Chouji isn't feeling it however. 'I have a feeling it's not going to be as helpful as we want it to be.'
The screen lights up. 'Tobi or not Tobi, that's the question.' reads the screen.
Naruto tilts his head. 'What does that mean?'
'A part of me thinks it's a reference but I wouldn't know to what.' Itachi goes over his mental library of book but it come out blank.
Yes this is the scene that ended up winning the poll. Itachi's death was a close second, so that one will likely come soon as well, maybe around chapter 15. I'll try to keep updating once a week but school is going now and I don't know how much I'll be able to do. If you have any question feel free to ask.
Special thanks to all the people that suggested this scene.