Memories of the Dawn
Chapter 2: Enemies Nowhere, Enemies Everywhere
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We were ready, just not ready for everything. When we reached the end of the tunnel there, hanging from a jungle vine by the neck...
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"Ahh!" Naruto awoke with a scream in a hot sweat. He looked around the room. "Damn it, what's with these people and being unconscious?" Naruto rubbed the back of his head. He was lying in a bed in a small room with black wallpaper. The walls were dirty with dust in the corners. Naruto put on his black shirt, jacket, and slipped into his sandals. He ignored the cloak on the bureau. Naruto pulled his headband out of his pocket and tied it around his head. He opened the door and looked around the building. He walked around to get a view for the area. It was a large white mansion with a big glass dome in the middle of the roof that shone light in. Vines were growing along the walls and cracked pedestals were needed just to keep the roof from falling on them all. "Look's ancient doesn't it?" Naruto twirled around to see a skinny man with a long blonde ponytail and hair hanging over his left eye. With emerald green eyes and a black fishnet shirt, some girls would consider him totally sexy. Naruto thought otherwise, "Y-Yeah I guess."
He smirked, "Don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you. If I did, well, Leader would have my head. I'm Deidara."
"Yeah, I know. You tried killing the Kazekage; my sensei blew your arm off." Naruto retorted.
"Well, Kakuzu's a pretty good medic. I see he fixed you up." Deidara said pointing down at Naruto's leg. He hadn't even noticed the pain was gone. He rolled up his pants leg and found that he was all stitched up. "What are you guys being nice to me? First the blue girl, now you?" Deidara was silent.
"Listen I, personally have nothing against you. Leader's orders are as they stand. I follow my orders or else, I'm going to get killed."
Naruto was hesitant, a few wrong words and he'd be blown up in a flash. "Hey, um, who's that girl?" Deidara had a confused look on his face. "Oh, you mean Konan? She's Leader's girl, I'm not sure why she's being so nice to you. Later." Deidara walked out to the kitchen. Naruto decided to look around. He walked up the steps and around the circle. The first door he came upon was jet black. He jiggled the handle but it was locked tight. Naruto moved on to the next door, this one was open. He opened the blue door and inside was a sleeping Kisame, hugging an Itachi plush. "..." He slowly closed the door and moved on. Next was a green door, which he assumed was Zetsu. Leader and Konan shared a room next to them. The last room he stumbled upon was bright orange with black swirl lines centering towards the door knob. He opened it and found a young man sitting on the edge of his bead. He wore the cloak but had an orange swirl mask like on the door. The man looked up, even though he didn't look any older than Naruto himself.
"Hello." The mysterious man said. "You're the Jinchuuriki?"
"Naruto, my name's Naruto."
"Hi, I'm Tobi. Is Deidara-senpei awake yet?" Naruto nodded. "I'd better go meet up with him." Tobi waved and left the room. Tobi's room was the strangest he saw. It had bright white walls and a black bookshelf filled with dozens of books on dozens of subjects. One stuck out the most and that was a small thick book with a soft cover with a drawing of the Nine-Tailed Fox. It said How to Kill a Jinchuuriki in 12 Days By The Good Boy. Naruto cringed at the thought. He opened to the first page and read the first few parts.
If you're having trouble getting that Bijuu even after following my first book Killing a Jinchuuriki by Beating Him Mercilessly then you may have to try some alternative methods. If you can't kill him with kunai or jutsu, then kill him with kindness. You must turn them against their allies and get them to trust you. Next you must-
"What are you doing in Tobi's room, Naruto?" Naruto quickly stuffed the book in his jacket and turned around to see Itachi starring at the blonde. Itachi crossed his arms. "Out, now." He pointed out the door. Naruto walked past him and down the stairs. "Sorry." Itachi scanned the room for anything out of place. '98 books, where's 99?'
Naruto went downstairs and found everyone at the dining table. Konan passed out the eggs and bacon and the orange juice around the table to all the members. Naruto looked around; it seemed to calm to be a diabolical organization bent of total world conquest. He took a seat. Naruto was engulfed by the illustrious scent of greasy bacon for he hasn't eaten in days. He sighed, "Where are we?"
"Uh, breakfast." Deidara said.
"No, I mean what is this place?"
"This," Leader began. "Is our sanctuary for now, we're in the same boat as you are. We're stuck on this island surrounded by shinobi who want all of us dead."
Naruto crossed his arms, "Since when is there an island in the middle of nowhere?"
Konan shrugged. "Well, technically, we don't know what country we're in. We might not even be in the same world anymore. All we know is that this is God's Island."
"Why is it called that?" Naruto asked.
"This is my island," The Leader said casually. "And I... am God."
"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, Pain." Hidan remarked. Pain scowled.
"Anyway, what happened do my friends?" Naruto asked seriously.
Itachi just joined the table and sat down. "You're old friends, and my brother, have turned on you. They want the Kyuubi for themselves." Naruto pounded his fist against the table and caused the plates to shake. "Bullshit! My friends would never do that!" He shouted.
"You friends are for the village, the village wants the Fox."
"So do you people." He sneered. "Why don't you just summon your weird statue thing and rip the demon out of me, I'd be glad to get rid of him!"
Pain sighed, "You don't get it, summoning that statue would alert everyone about where we are and they'd kill everyone of us, including you. We're trying to save you, for now."
"Well, why can't I remember any of this?"
Pain shrugged, "Well, that's your problem."
"Fine, but I don't believe one word your saying."
"Believe what you want, but you're staying here until we move out. Hidan, Kakuzu, go see what that area you found is."
"What area?" Naruto asked, intrigued.
Hidan smirked, "We found a storage bin and Leader things the enemy might be around there."
"Right, Itachi and Kisame will put up the defenses for around here. Deidara will resume yesterday's duties. Zetsu, go scout the area. Dismissed!" Everyone got up and put on their cloaks. Konan went out to the kitchen to clean dishes, Naruto followed. "Hey, Konan was it?" She smiled and nodded. "Yeah?" Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "How can you do dishes?"
"Kisame made a purification machine and we get all of our water from the sea."
"Um, why are you being nice to me?" He asked.
"...I'm to follow Leader's orders." She said monotone.
"Oh, so you're just following orders?" Naruto asked disappointed.
"I'm to follow orders, but this one was my idea." She smiled. "I told Pain it would be better for everyone if we held you captive for a while until we find a way off the island. Pain doesn't want you leaving here."
"So I'm stuck here?" Naruto whined.
"Well," Konan smiled. "I won't stop you."
Naruto ran out the door and began following two of the more notorious members, The Immortal Duo. Naruto wondered what was really going on. Was Konan being nice, or just following orders. How long will they keep him alive. What if they're right? If he tried to escape, would his friends be waiting with feelings of happiness, or of anger? What happened to Sakura on the communicator. Suddenly there was a loud beep from the device in his ear. He pressed the center button and a familiar voice came on. "Naruto?"
"Shikimaru, what's going on?" Naruto asked frantically.
"You tell me you traitor. Why did you kill her, why? She was only trying to help! Meet me at this location, we need to talk." Shikimaru said coldly. 'K-Kill? I killed someone?' His thoughts were racing. Suddenly he stopped in his tracks and stood there.
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We were ready, just not ready for everything. When we reached the end of the tunnel there, hanging from a tree vine by the neck was Tenten. We all gasped. "What happened?" I asked.
"You know very well, Naruto." A voice said stepping out from the shadow. His grey hair blew in the wind and his Sharingan glowing like fire. "You killed her, and the others." Sasuke and Sakura stepped back.
"I could never kill them!" I shouted. I turned around and stared at my friends. "You set me up didn't you?"
"It's not what you think Naruto." Sasuke said readying his sword. "We had to!" Sakura pleaded.
"Didn't you?" I shouted, my eye were glowing blood red, my nails sharpening. I was on all fours glaring back at them. I tackled one of them and started slashing away at them with my claws. They were screaming for me to get off, stabbing me continuously, but I just kept clawing at them. I made one final slash, one slash at their throat. I stood up breathing so heavily. I stared down at my hands, covered in flesh and blood. I must have been blinded by rage. I put one finger in my mouth, licking off the blood and feeling my razor sharp teeth. It had a very sweet taste. I had a sudden realization of my actions. My eyes were wide and I was shivering, the blood dripping from my fingertips. I screamed a blood curdling scream. How could I have lost control like that, what kind of monster am I?
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