*A few hours earlier in an unknown area*
"Have you heard Madara? The boy is dead, Uzamaki Naruto. He committed suicide a few weeks ago. The tailed beast must also be dead too, what are you going to do now?" The black and white man said.
"Why are you telling me this? That is all in the past. Also, no the boy is not dead. The Hokage brought in Princess Tsunade who in the past was apart of the Legendary Sennin team, in to revive the boy. He currently is in a coma. What they might not know is, that the boy may never wake up. But that's where I come in." The masked man walked away then stopped half way out of the cave. "I'm already putting a plan into action..."
"Good luck hehe." The black and white man said smiling.
The masked man warped himself out of the sight and appeared next to Naruto's bed in hospital. He puts his hand on the boy's head... Naruto is seen in a white dimension alone, legs against his chest burrowed in his arms. 'Boy...' A voice suddenly came from nowhere echoed in the white dimension.
"Wh-Who's there?" Naruto bolted up and looked around him.
'I am communicating to you through your mind. I am here to berid you of your loneliness. All you have to do are these few things...' The voice and Naruto discussed the 'few things' for a few minutes before coming to a conclusion. '...Wake up, then leave the village. I will be waiting for you. I promise.' As of that, the voice disappeared.
The dimension also disappeared. Naruto was warped out of the white room of nothingness and put somewhere dark. He could hear voices... A man's voice and also two women's. They were faint and unstable. 'Am I, in my own mind?' Naruto said.
He floated around, still hearing the chatter from the people in wherever they were. The voices got stronger and more steady. He could finally see some light. He went towards it and brought his hand out, reaching in through the whiteness. Then suddenly he could see. He could see a ceiling and blue curtains.. also three people staring at him.
*back to reality*
He looked down at his open hands, and protracted them open and close. Iruka and the two women standing in front of the doorway, continued to stare at him in shock. All of them went teared eyed.
"It's a miracle." Shizune whispered.
"Naruto.. you're awake!" Iruka wiped a tear from his eye and approached Naruto's bed slowly.
The two women also walked forward. "How are you feeling? Any headache or fever we should be aware of?" Tsunade implied.
A moment of silence went by. Naruto looked down and closed his eyes. He clutched his hands firmly. "Why... did you save me?" Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked up at them all, one at a time. Glaring with anguish.
"Excuse me! You should be-" Shizune shouted but was quickly interrupted by Tsunade.
She raised her hand up in front of Shizune. "Be quiet for a minute, Shizune."
"I was brought into this world with no family and everyone disgusted the sight of me... I had no choice whether or not I wanted to be born... so why can't I have a choice when I want to die? We all die anyway, why couldn't I die back then?" Everyone was silent. The boy raised his voice from the silence, getting more angry. "Why did you save me? Why am I forced to live in this hell? I just want to be loved, acknowledged and... in peace. Can't I have any of that?" Naruto moved his legs over the side of the bed and slowly got up.
"Naruto! It's too early to get up! You must-" Iruka quickly went to Naruto's side and started helping him back in bed.
Naruto flicked his hand away. "Shutup! Leave me alone!"
Iruke stepped backwards wide-eyed.
"You were the only person who ever acknowledged me in this village. Are you also the reason why I am alive? Did you send these two people over here? To save me?!" Naruto shouted. "All you think about is yourself. You haven't noticed what kind of a life I have been living? Maybe, the only reason you ever acknowledged me to begin with, was because of the nine tailed fox sealed within me." He stared at Iruka intently.
Iruka slapped Naruto. Naruto went wide-eyed and felt his cheek. "I may be the only person in your eyes to have ever acknowledged you, but I care for you more than you think.. also," He lowered his tone. "when did you find out... about the tailed beasts?" He looked down at the floor as he slipped those words out of his mouth.
"Does it really matter?! I'm leaving." Naruto jumped off the bed and ran out of the hospital.
"NARUTO!" Iruka ran after him to the door then stopped and looked behind him at the two women. "Aren't you going to help me get Naruto?" He said angrily.
Tsunade yawned and both the women walked past Iruka. "I was only paid to revive him, not retrieve him. Goodnight, I can finally go gambling without any distractions."
Iruka froze baffled.
"..I'm very sorry" Shizune whispered to Iruka, then bowed her head and raced to Tsunade's side.
Iruka then quickly bolted and continued his chase after Naruto. "Naruto! Please stop!" At the corner of his eye he could see the Hokage walking down a street on his left, he made a detour and ran to the Hokage. "Sir! Naruto... he's awake!"
"Is he now? I'll go see-"
"It's not like that. When he finally gained his consciousness, he hated the fact that we saved his life... and now he wants to flee from the village."
The Hokage went wide-eyed then the two of them chase after Naruto. Other ninjas gathered too. After both spotting Naruto they leaped behind him. "Naruto my boy, what are you doing?"
Naruto froze where he was standing, in front of the gate. Staring in the distance."Leaving."
"Naruto, we can still change how-"
"If I am to be alive, I'd rather live it in peace, I'd rather know what true happiness is."
"Then please Naruto, let us help-"
Naruto again interrupted the Hokage. "No! Nothing can change! I will make a change in my own steed!" Naruto ran out of the village wiping his eyes from the fallen tears and then bumped into a masked man. He fell backwards and rubbed his sore head. He then looked up at the man offering a hand to help him up. He grabbed his hand and got back on his two feet. Then slowly took a few steps back.
'Black cloak, read clouds... and a mask.' The Hokage and Iruka stared at each other then at the masked man and Naruto. "NARUTO! GET AWAY FROM THAT MAN!" Iruka shouted.
A ninja in the pack threw a kunai at the man, going straight through him.
"Idiot! You could have hit Naruto!" Iruka shouted at the man.
"A promise is a promise.. Naruto" The masked man pulled the boy closer to him and looked down at him.
Naruto looked up at him and a thought came to his mind. 'I will be waiting for you. I promise' Had said the voice in his head. "You're the voice.. that was in my head." Naruto said finally realizing who he was.
The masked man looked up at the shinobi in front of him."I will be the father this boy never had, I will be the teacher this boy needs. I will raise him as my own, as my child. I will take care of him, I will help him find true happiness. I will acknowledge him." The masked man said.
Naruto was credulous. 'Ackowledged.. happiness..' He looked up at the man and a faint smile rose on the boy's face. A smile Iruka could sense.
'Naruto is smiling for the first time in a long time! But.. for the wrong reason.' Iruka thought to himself sadly.
"Naruto.." The masked man stepped back, leaving Naruto in the middle of the ninja's and the masked man. "Choose your side."
Everyone stared at Naruto. Naruto stared at the masked man and then at the shinobi, and again at the masked man and then at the shinobi. 'Those eyes.. are still the same. They still stare at me as if I was a monster. How should I believe that things would change if I stay in the village?' Naruto thought, staring at all the shinobi behind the Hokage and Iruka. Then he looked at the masked man again. 'And the masked man, someone I do not know anything about..'
'I will be waiting for you. I promise.'
'Naruto!..'
'Naruto, here's your monthly allowance...'
Don't go near that boy!..'
'I will be the father this boy never had...'
Voices echoed in the boy's mind. The world spun around him. He turned and started walking. Walking slowly every step. Everyone watched him walk as he finally chose his side.
"Naruto.." Iruka said.
Everyone else just stared. The masked man said nothing, just stared at the shinobi. "Looks like the boy has made up his mind." Naruto was standing next to the masked man. "We will be going now." Naruto and the masked man turned around. A leaf ninja headband fell out of Naruto's pocket and clanged on the pavement. They all look at it then at Naruto.
"...Take it with you, you can wear it in the future... if you would like" The masked man said.
The two continued to walk away. The Hokage quickly but calmly spoke. "Naruto. Your parents names were Minato Nnamikaze, the 4th Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki."
Naruto was confounded, he continued walking away. Trying his hardest to hold in the tears. He finally knew the name's of his parents. Naruto and the Masked man turned back around, stared at them then disappeared from the dimension.
"NARUTO!" Iruka ran forward, hand out trying to reach Naruto. But once he got to where Naruto and the masked man was, they were already gone. Iruka collapsed on his knees.
The Hokage went up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder. "We'll get him back."
*At the unknown area*
Naruto and the masked man reappeared in the cave.
"Ah.. you're back, hahaha." the white and black man said materializing in front of the two. "I see you managed to get the boy too."
"Naruto. This is Zetsu.. Zetsu this is Naruto."
"Ah hello Naruto it's very nice to meet you." Zetsu said. "You're getting good at the whole introduction thing haha." He added staring at the Masked man.
"Zetsu inform all the other members to come here."
"Got it."
"Sir.. where is he going?" Naruto asked.
"Just call me Tobi or Madara. He is rounding up all the other members from Akatsuki."
After a moment illusionary figures started appearing on the fingers of the gedo mazo statue. Naruto and the masked man hopped on a finger too. "It looks like everyone is now here." Tobi said.
"What do you want Tobi?" Pain, the leader said. He stared at Tobi and then the boy. "Who is that Tobi?"
"This is Naruto Uzamaki, the boy I've been talking about. He has finally joined us."
"I see that, want to do you plan to do with this boy?"
"This boy hasn't had any proper training so, maybe every member can spend some time with the boy and teach him a skill or two."
"Who volunteers first?" Pain said.
"I will. I will teach the boy the true meaning of art." Deidara protested.
"Ha. How will your art teach anything to the brat?" Kisame exclaimed.
"ART IS AN EXPLOSION! I will teach him all about the importance of art." Deidara protested.
"Work it out between each other. Set up a resume that doesn't interfere with our work." Pain said, then his illusionary figure disappeared. After the conversation broke out members eventually disappeared, leaving Naruto and Tobi behind. They leaped down from the finger and started walking out of the cave.
"Your training will begin tomorrow with me. I will teach you the basics first." Tobi said.
"Understood".
That is it for this chapter. How do you like it? Any suggestions for upcoming chapters? Please review suggestions and ideas I have writers block right now, i don't know what to write. fav and review please it gives me so much confidence!