Note: I gave this story a mature rating for a reason. Each time Naruto visits this "Place" it will become more graphic and intense. You have been warned!
Chapter 3: The White Lady
Nearly a week had passed since the incident with Madara, by now the news had spread across the globe. Reports indicate that many of the Zetsu clones were behaving erratically and that a woman dressed in all white was terrorizing the forces of both sides. Oddly enough she was not inflicting casualties on the Alliance side, but was destroying the clones without mercy. Instead survivors bring tales of a terrible Genjutsu that can not be broken out of.
Naruto was sitting on a tree limb overlooking a giant lake, the island he sought was in view. He decided to wait a little while to replenish his chakra, it would be a long waterwalk to the other side. Everything was peaceful, it was early in the morning and the sun was just coming up. A number of exotic birds were skimming the lake surface for an easy meal. After sorting himself out and eating a snack from his bag, he leaped down to the ground to begin the last part of his trek. Upon reaching the shore he eyed a number of fish, there was what looked like a bass of some sort chasing after a number of minnows. Upon gathering chakra at his feet, he stood atop the surface of the water as the fish fled in fear of his presence.
It was a long tedious process, but to his relief he could already feel the benevolent chakra of his friends nearby. When he reached the halfway point he felt another presence, a combination of fear and anger. He looked back to the distant shore and there she was. Just how he remembered her, silky white hair in white Samurai armor she stood at the waters edge and disappeared as quickly as she came. She was all around him, or at least this is what he felt. He looked down and saw her reflection instead of his own. She knelt down and grabbed his legs, pulling him under the surface.
What Naruto saw was beyond comprehension. He was in a tight hallway with torches lining the walls. There was thick green fog that obscured visibility to only a few feet. With his back to a wall, he following the corridor to see where it led. The other side was a mirror image of where he began, a dead end. Thinking for a moment, he turned around to check if he missed a passage amongst the fog. This time however, there was no fog. At the opposite end she stood, staring back at him making no movement.
As Naruto tried to call out to her, "Tell me who you are. Why are you doing this?" the floor he was standing on began to descend. It acted as an elevator of sorts, dropping down into a chamber below. A few feet above the ground level it stopped and began to behave erratically, it tilted down at an angle causing him to slide. He managed to hold on just fine as he pulled himself back up. He saw a ghostly image of himself fall down to the floor below as strange black creatures emerged from the darkness to prey on his illusion. When they attacked the doppelganger, they all exploded into a torrent of blood that filled the room just below the platform. "Genjutsu, no doubt about it. I just need to disrupt my chakra flow." He attempted to bite his tongue as the White Lady jumped out of the water and began to strangle him, her body was completely nude and was heavily scarred. He punched her hard on the cheek and she dispersed into a black cloud of smoke. The blood vanished and the platform continued its descent at high speeds. With a crash onto the floor, he rolled off breathing heavily.
Regaining his courage, he stood up and ran to the far side of the chamber. There was a door at the other end, it depicted a trident insignia upon it and had no visible way to be opened. Not wasting any time playing with puzzles, Naruto created a giant Rasengan to break through the wall. Stepping through the hole, he found himself on the streets of the Leaf Village. The sky was pink and the ground orange. The buildings were barely standing, the frames were all that remained. Certain areas of the ground were split open to reveal rivers of lava underneath. He swore he heard cries for help coming from underneath. Walking through the streets he heard what sounded like sobbing. And there she was, around a corner sitting in the middle of the street. He stood at a distance behind her as she continued her wailing. "Tell me of your pain, make me understand." She turned around and ran right at him repeating her assault. This time her attack was more intensive, as she choked him her other hand was punching him in the face repeatedly. She disengaged as the buildings began to float into the sky.
Naruto found himself in a black void of space. He heard her voice call out to him, "See the world through my eyes." Thousands of images rushed through his mind, they were of normal people suffering from various causes. He saw people being wounded, sexually abused, grieving over bodies of loved ones, anything that one could possibly imagine was there. Once more she jumped on him and intended to finish what she started. Before she could kill him, a hand came down and pulled him out of the nightmare.
Konan was flying on a giant paper bird, in the distance she saw abnormal weather effects. Over the great lake were water spouts and a thunderstorm. The water displayed an luminescent purple glow that reeked of foul chakra. Flying over the waters surface to investigate, she saw Naruto just under the surface being strangled by the White Lady. Wasting no time she reached down and grabbed him out of the water. At that moment the woman disappeared and the weather returned to normal.
Note: So what do you guys think, longer but infrequent updates or bite sized chunks that are uploaded all the time? In other news, Doom 3 and F.E.A.R heavily inspired this chapter.