Chapter 13

Invasion

WOOT! I got it here on time! But the next one might be late...sorry if it is. Anyways, please enjoy!

"H-Haruno-san?" Sakura repeated. "Naruto, what's wrong?" Naruto didn't answer her, he just stared. Sakura glanced at him overall. His eyes were gray, unlike their normal sapphire, and it looked as if the color had been drained from his body. Slowly, she stood up, trembling just a little. She began walking over to Naruto, moving slowly. "Naruto, what happened?"

Naruto stared at her, no emotion in his eyes. "Haruno-san, did they hurt you?" he asked in a dull tone. Sakura stared at the Hokage, hurt deeply. What happened to him to make him act this way?

"Why are you calling me Haruno-san, Naruto?" Sakura asked, her voice spiked with sadness. "Why aren't you calling me Sakura-chan anymore?"

Naruto tilted his head. "Sakura…chan?" he echoed. "That name shows signs of emotion." Sakura nodded her head slowly. "I have none of those…at least, I don't now."

No…emotions? "W-what do you mean, no emotions?" she asked him, her hands trembling. "Y-you sound like Sai."

"No emotions. No feelings. No pain. No weakness." Naruto answered, each short sentence coming out in a sharp tone. "Nothing."

A tear fell from Sakura's eye, and she placed her right hand on his chest. "Why?" she cried softly. "Why do you not feel anything?"

For a second, she thought she saw his eyes flash their regular blue, but when she blinked they were gray again. "It's a barrier." He said. "To keep Kuroki quiet."

"But why did you have to do that?!" Sakura screamed, more tears coming down. "Why did you have to lose your emotions?"

Naruto backed away just a little, and stared down at the crying kunoichi. "Haruno-san, I wanted to make sure the village was safe. That you were safe." He said softly. "After all, that's what a Hokage has to do, right?"

Sakura stared at the blonde, knowing the truth in his words. "But did you have to lose yourself in the process? Did you really have to give up your spirit?" she cried. "Did you have to have a part of your soul go away?"

"Hai." Was the answer.

Suddenly, a voice spoke up, breaking the tension between Naruto and Sakura. "I take it you are Hokage-sama?" Tamaku stated, her hands on her hips. Naruto looked over at the leader of the organization, and nodded. "Good. Then you should know all about us."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" he said, and walked over to her, completely ignoring Sakura. "Who are you guys? You suddenly kidnap Haruno-san and me?"

"We are the Akai Akki, and Sakura-san knows." Tamaku said coolly. "We need to drive out the remaining shinobi of the Blood Country. They are being led by Sasori of the Red Sands." At the mention of Sasori's name, Naruto's mind clutched as much information as it could get. "In order to drive him out though," the blonde continued. "We need the aid of Konoha."

"But why did you have to kidnap us?" Naruto demanded, lucky for Tamaku that he had no emotions to make him angry. "You could have just asked us."

Tamaku stared at the blonde, sadness in her eyes. "We could not do that, Hokage-sama." She said, her voice scratchy, her diamond gaze blurred. "But…Sasori…" Right when Naruto was about to speak again, the leader blurted out. "Sasori has spies stationed in Konoha!"

Naruto froze. Spies…in…Konoha? Suddenly, a bad scenario popped into his head. If…there are spies…then that means…

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BANG!

A huge explosion came from the Hokage's monument, tearing down the Sandaime's right eye. Shrieks of terror came from the villagers who were running around the streets. "What the hell is going on?" Someone shouted from inside a bar. A familiar white-haired author rushed out and saw his former sensei's face being destroyed. "What the-"

"Hahaha." A cold laughed echoed through the village. "Jiraiya…who would've thought that you'd still be in this village?"

Who was thatJiraiya immediately flipped around, looking for his enemy. The voice…it's different…but strangely familiar. At instinct, the remaining Sannin flipped out a kunai, and held it up defensively. "Whoever you are, come out now!" he ordered, shaking inside.

"Me? Come out? I thought you knew me, Jiraiya." The hidden invader chuckled evilly. "I guess some of us don't have our memories with us anymore." There was a slight pause, before the voice started speaking again. "Or is the fact, that you've forgotten me because I've been gone for so long?"

While the mysterious invader was talking, Jiraiya had been locating him from the sound of his voice. After he located him, he flung the kunai into a nearby tree, hearing a thunk as it collided with something. The Sannin stood up and stared at the tree he had hit with pure suspicion. I know I hit him… he told himself. I heard the thunk. Being cautious, he walked over to the large tree where his kunai had hit. He looked up, and his eyes bugged out. "What the hell?!" he screamed before a kunai hit his shoulder.

The Sannin's hand hovered over his bloody shoulder as he backed away, pain etched on his face. "Jiraiya, what has become of you?" the cold voice laughed again. "Have you forgotten my chakra signature?"

Jiraiya glared as the hidden invader slowly slithered down the trunk of the tree. "Why are you here?" he hissed. "Why are you still alive?"

"It's obvious." The invader said as he stood up on the ground. "I've come to get revenge on this village, and that pathetic Hokage you have now."

"Are you after Naruto?" the Sannin spat, grabbing another kunai and held it up. "What do you have against him?"

The invader stared at Jiraiya with his yellow slits. "Yes, and the Uchiha. They are on the top of my list. First though, the Hokage has to go." He said emotionless. "Where is that little demon brat?"

"You will never get Naruto!" exclaimed Jiraiya, and flung it at the invader while following up with a stream of jutsu.

"You underestimated me, Jiraiya." The invader laughed, and whipped out one of his katana. "Now you die!"

SPLAT!

Jiraiya coughed up blood as the katana sliced through his throat. "Why? Wh-y did you come back?" he coughed.

"That is none of your business." The invader growled. "What you can know is that you will be joining Tsunade and Sandaime in heaven."

There was a slight pause, then more blood was coughed up from Jiraiya. "Da-mn you…" he stuttered, barely clinging onto his life. Suddenly, he felt as if he had been plunged into a swirling mass of water, the waves pounding at his head like claws. Then the crashing vanished, and all that remained was total darkness. So, this is what it's like to die… Jiraiya thought in his head. …Well…here I come…Tsunade…Sensei…

The invader chuckled as he saw Jiraiya's body go limp, and he threw the body to the wall. "Enjoy heaven, Jiraiya." He laughed in the cold voice. "Now then, on to Naruto-kun…and then…" He began walking out of the village, a smirk on his face. He looked up at the smoke-clouded sky, and stared in the distance with envy. "Sasuke-kun."

I had to kill off Jiraiya because 1-He needs to die in my story and 2-He's dead.(Manga-Not spoiling it entirely) Please review!

Yamahato Yokimoko-san