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Warning:Character death
Naruto Shippuuden: New Enemies, Old Friends
Chapter Three: The Wrong Choice
Lee sped round and round the village, and true enough, he could see the green-skinned Akatsuki member popping up out of walls slowly after a while. Frowning, he ran towards Zetsu and within a blink of an eye, knocked him out and managed to put him in a deserted alley. Too easy. Lee felt suspicious, so he immediately made his way quickly to the rendezvous point. He ran as fast as he could, and soon he had arrived at his destination. "Jiraiya-sama, I took out the scout!" exclaimed Lee, with a serious look on his face. Jiraiya nodded and muttered to the ten shinobi, "Move out!" They all changed and transformed into ten different villagers and dispersed into the village. Jiraiya knew that the hideout would be somewhere near Pein's residence, which was the tallest tower in the Rain village, so he continued walking down the street casually, with Lee still speeding around the village, he assumed.
Pein stared down at the Sannin from the window in the tower and frowned.He would not be able to defeat us this time, with my nephew as an ally.He was confident that Naruto would be able to drive them all back, with the help of Itachi and Kisame of course. He made the right choice … Naruto shall reign beside me. He glanced at Naruto, who was in the room with him, waiting for the chance to strike against Jiraiya and the others. "Be patient Naruto, but develop your anger into hate, so that they really get what they deserve," snarled Pein coldly, luring his little nephew into turning against Konohagakure once and for all. "I have information that Jiraiya brought eleven shinobi along to retrieve you," finished Pein dismissively. Naruto looked up at his uncle and growled, "I don't want to be retrieved, or even go back to that damned village."
"Very wise of you to say that, Naruto," commented Pein, astonished at his nephew's sudden change in attitude towards his former comrades. "You will make a powerful ally and shinobi." The Jinchuuriki was blinded by his rage; not even sure of what he himself was saying anymore. Those fools will finally get their punishment for shunning me, hating me … and hurting me so deeply. Sakura will regret hurting my feelings.Naruto growled angrily, "I want to hurt them now!" Pein felt satisfied; he had finally achieved the ultimate weapon. "Patience, Naruto, patience," droned Pein emotionlessly. "You will have your chance." He turned back to the window and gazed down at the village. Finally, peace is inevitable. I have finally managed to change the world … managed to make it a better place for everyone else. It'll be set right … just with the destruction of a few shinobi … a few countries … a few innocent lives. He strolled over to Naruto and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "It's time, Naruto," he told his nephew with a fatherly tone. "It's time to give them real pain."
Jiraiya frowned and stared up at the tall tower. It did not seem that anyone was inside, even Nagato. Frowning, he noticed that the ten 'villagers' were nowhere to be seen. Something isn't right. He started brisk walking, looking out for Lee or any other of the ten shinobi in disguise, but to no avail. Jiraiya stopped and started thinking. From his thoughts, he had drawn a terrible conclusion.
"The plan's foiled, Jiraiya-sensei," said Pein from behind him, with Naruto beside him, looking demented as hell. Jiraiya turned around only to gasp; Naruto was still alive, but under the command of Nagato?! "Naruto, what are you --' started Jiraiya, but Naruto looked up at him with those two red familiar eyes. The Kyuubi's. "I don't belong in Konoha anymore, Sannin!" snarled Naruto, his eyes glaring straight into Jiraiya's. "Konoha despises me; Konoha never regarded me as the son of Minato!" The old Sannin flinched. Naruto stepped forwards and continued with a harsh tone, "You never told me ANYTHING! You fucking deceived me! And Tsunade never bothered to tell me too! What do you take me for, god damnit!!" At the corner of Pein's lip, it curled slightly into a devious smirk. He had finally turned Konoha's greatest hero into Konoha's greatest enemy and threat. Jiraiya stepped forward too, unafraid of Yondaime's young and strong son, despite the Kyuubi's presence in his attitude. "You don't know what you're doing, Naruto," he drawled, trying his best to persuade Naruto to snap out of it. He's already become quite feral, from the looks of his teeth. I just hope his rationality is still there. "You don't know what Nagato really wants," Jiraiya pressed on, "You don't know what he'll do to you!" Naruto frowned and sneered, "You're just telling me all this because the great Jinchuuriki is on the other side of the river, Sannin! Well guess what? I won't listen to you!!" Jiraiya knew something was not right.
"Why are you doing this, Naruto?" he asked, wanting to know Naruto's real reason.
"I'm no longer Namikaze Naruto," retorted the blonde angrily, his whisker marks turning thick. Jiraiya's eyes opened wide in shock. The Kyuubi had already taken over Naruto's body! "The boy is dead," stated the Kyuubi. "He no longer exists in this world. He is trapped in my own seal … my own cell." Pein remained emotionless, although he knew that he had already won the battle. Jiraiya turned to Pein, his former student, and asked, "Where are the rest?" Pein waved his hand passively and replied almost lazily, "They're asleep." 'Naruto' smirked and growled, "I believe it's time I destroyed Konohagakure." Pein glanced sideways and nodded slowly. "First, we will discard these useless fools," whispered the Akatsuki leader, feeling excited for the second time. "Do what you want with the Sannin. The rest are waiting in the cells."
Pein disappeared, leaving 'Naruto' and Jiraiya alone in the deserted street. The blonde shot Jiraiya a dangerous look, and then he suddenly said, "Any last words, Sannin?" Jiraiya nodded with an understanding look. "I just hope others will help you … to wake up from this foolish slumber," drawled the Sannin, as if he was preparing to die already. "But I am not leaving without a fight."
"Who said you were leaving?" taunted 'Naruto'. "You'll never have a better grave than under your own blood!"
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Neji awoke with a start. He looked around the dark and musty cell, and realized that his other ten teammates were in here too, including Lee. He shook his head and knew that they had failed and had walked straight into a trap. Where is Jiraiya-sama? Where's Naruto? Soon, the others also regained consciousness. Sai frowned and suggested, "Let us break out of here soon and find both Naruto and Jiraiya." Yamato scratched his chin lightly with one finger while saying, "We're all dealing with the Akatsuki. None of us can take them on easily." Gai stood up and offered enthusiastically, "I can break us all out with my mighty fist!!" Yamato sweatdropped and argued, "Don't do that, or else the Akatsuki will be all over us!" The brunette Jounin sighed and rubbed his temples, trying to think of the best possible way out. Did the leader capture Jiraiya already? Was Naruto already dead? He was bursting to find out, but the important thing was to break out and rescue them, dead or alive. Kakashi remained silent in the darkest corner, doing practically nothing except thinking. "Kakashi, you have to help us!" growled Gai. "You can't just sit there and do nothing!" The silver-haired Jounin did not respond to his overreacting partner, but instead simply closed his eyes and thought. What will it come to, if my dream was spot on? Is this going to be another decade of war and death? Kakashi was worried; he started to become worried right after his terrifying nightmare about Naruto and the rest. He remembered it vividly, all the details stuck in his head.
Dream Sequence
"Naruto, come over!" called Jiraiya to the blonde, who stood firm beside the auburn-haired Akatsuki leader. Naruto did not respond, he merely continued glaring at the Sannin, as if wanting to dare Jiraiya to attack him. "Naruto, what has happened to you?!" hollered Jiraiya frantically, his expression turning confused and his rage rising. Naruto finally spoke, but in the most dreadful voice ever. The Kyuubi's. "I've taken over the boy, Sannin! There is no way out!" As soon as the Kyuubi had finished, all of the Akatsuki members appeared, even those that had died, namely Sasori, Deidara and Hidan. Kakashi tried reaching for Jiraiya, even though it was useless to try, when suddenly Naruto's skin was being expanded and ripped apart revealing a dark red demon fox, snarling at the frozen Sannin.
"Jiraiya-sama," Kakashi had tried to call, but nothing came out. The fox lunged at Jiraiya, but that was all Kakashi could see. The Akatsuki members, including Pein, surrounded the fox. All he could hear was Jiraiya's painful screams and the fox's loud growls and snarls. Soon, Jiraiya's voice faded. "Well done, young Naruto," commented Pein with a satisfied smirk on his face. "You have done extremely well," finished the Uzumaki as he patted the fox.
Dream Sequence End
Kakashi was already sweating profusely even by just thinking about the damned dream. It was horrible, bloody and extremely saddening. What if Naruto did turn against his own allies, his own friends? What if Jiraiya was already dead; killed by the hands of his former student, the son of the great Namikaze Minato? Kakashi began to worry even more, the anxiousness turning into fear.
Jiraiya jumped away at the now Kyuubi-possessed Naruto who had thrown him a dangerous Rasengan, fueled by the demon chakra. He stumbled slightly, but regained his composure and dodged one of Naruto's lunges, and formed the few seals needed to delay for time. "Katon, Gokakyuu no Jutsu!" shouted Jiraiya as a large, grand fireball flew towards Naruto and Pein. He jumped away, relieved that he had stalled for time to think. He was wrong. Naruto appeared in front of Jiraiya, his expression and appearance worsened greatly. Red fur could be seen protruding out from Naruto's arms, legs and his whisker marks were sticking out too. "It's over, Sannin!!" roared Naruto madly as he charged towards Jiraiya with incredible speed, fazing the Sannin. Within a split second, it was all over. Jiraiya landed on the ground hard, the impact sending him into a daze, and what's worse, Naruto had landed on him, his claws extended, ready for the kill.
Jiraiya screamed in agony and pain as Naruto clawed viciously and painfully at Jiraiya's chest, blood smeared on his claws and hands, and soon, his torn and almost burnt jacket was full of blood as well as his face. "Enough, Naruto," commanded Pein, decidedly disgusted at the sight of the mutilated Jiraiya. "You have done all that is needed here. Let us return to the cells to find your little friends." They left Jiraiya's body in the middle of the street, ugly and revolting to anyone's sight. The first Sannin had finally fallen, but by the hands of his former student, and coincidentally, the son of his deceased former student.
Kakashi's dream was as correct as ever.
As they were walking (well, Naruto was practically ambling), Pein glanced at Sasori, Deidara and Hidan. "Welcome back, by the way. Kit made the jutsu to revive you two and reassemble Hidan. You should thank her," stated Pein lazily, staring up at the tall tower, where she was waiting for him. Ah, yes. Jiraiya-sensei is dead …
The devastating future that lay ahead of them had finally made its appearance. Pein was a merciless god.
TBC
W00t!! Finished chapter 3 after much thinking made by me! Thanks for the reviews!