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Author's Note: Thanks for all thew reviews, but I'm really starting to get disheartened in writing this...so many hits but only a couple reviewed. I need your reviews people. Your feedback is the only reason I'm continuing this...
Well, this one's inspired by Nakashima Mika's 'Glamorous Sky' the theme for NANA.
Chapter 13 : Blood Red Moon
He was dying...he could feel his blood flow out from every part of his body...kunai was sticking out in everyplace that he could see...he was weak and cannot stand...he was lying there his hands spread out in the green grass...he stared at the sky as rain started to fall...he closed his eyes but soon opened them when he felt his right hand connecting to something colder than the rain...he shifted his head to the right slowly...his hand was connecting to another person's hand..what he saw broke him even more than the wounds he had suffered...it was her...she was still alive but barely breathing...he could see her chest rise and fall...she was lying sideways facing him...blood was everywhere...his tears started to fall...he tried hard to move..to touch her face...she was smiling at him...then he heard a voice...
"...still you seek life..."
He didn't pay heed...he stretched his right hand...longing to just touch her face..to feel her...to love her again
"Madara-sama..."
Naruto awoke...his shirt drenched with sweat...
"That dream again?" a voice from the corner of the room spoke.
The room was quite small compared to his previous apartment but at least it was in a secluded part of konoha. It was quite clean; ever since his otooji has lectured him on cleanliness Naruto learned to discipline himself well...The room was dark...his blinds were half open but the sun's light only seemed to grace his bed since it was placed near the only window.
"How long have you been here, Otooji?" he asked the figure standing at the foot of his bed which the sun's light could not reach...
"Long enough to hear you scream..." the figure's voice was cold but there was still a hint of amusement in them.
"It's the same dream as before..." he clutched his head as he was having another headache, "What the hell does this mean?"
"..." the figure remained quiet...
"Oh, by the way...when are you planning to tell me everything, Otooji?" Naruto addressed the shadow.
"In due time, Naruto..." he stopped for a while..."..as long as he has Akatsuki and the biju, he has everything he needs to acquire GOD..." he said with a tone that seems to dread those words..
"He doesn't seem to be that bad of a person Otooji...even Itachi-san respects him..." he said with a grin.
"Huh...I thought you'd say that...beginning to have second thoughts?" he asked his 'nephew' causing his grin to fade.
"No...of course not...it's just..." he didn't get to finish as his vision got blurry...he clutched his head '...save me...come back home...' a voice whispered to him..
"Naruto?" the shadow's voice sounded worried.
A second later, he regained his vision.."Ugh...my head hurts..." he said still clutching his head.
"Are you alright?" he said as he motioned to go to him.
"No! Don't...I'm fine...just leave me be please..." his voice a little shaky...
"...Ok...don't overwork yourself...your team's probably gonna be assigned to go to Iwagakure tomorrow...just as planned..." the shadow then disappeared.
"Are you alright...Okaachan?"Naruto started to converse with himself still clutching his head '...come back home...to me...'
"Just wait a little bit longer...I'll going back home...I'll bring father with me this time...promise..." '...Naruto-kun, my son, save me...come back...'
"Promise, Okaachan...just a little more pain...a little more..." he grinned, his lips and eyeballs shaking... '...no more pain...please..come back home...'
"SHUT UP!" he shouted then started laughing...
After a few seconds later...he stopped, he got up of his bed and went to take a shower...
Hokage's Office:
"Just what do you mean the Yondaime's!?" the Godaime bellowed; for she was a medic-nin, she knew that a body can't remain that 'fresh' when it was buried fifteen years ago, hell, if there was still left of it.
"Well, according to the database, it is...unless you want to see for yourself...you do have lots of time in your hands..." Tsunade was about to say something when..."...I mean...you do sleep all day.." the same ANBU who insulted her before said.
Tsunade had reached her limit...she was about to punch him when she remembered something.
"What's your name again?" she asked him.
"...Why?" he asked her back.
"Just answer me dammit!" she stood and shouted.
"Sazutori Koji" he said flatly but by which Tsunade's jaw dropped to the ground and stood there...
"Can I go now? I haven't eaten you know..." having his question unanswered he left anyway.
Ten minutes later..Tsunade started moving again and fell on her chair in a heap.
"He's my..."
Team Seven Training Area.
"What ever are we doing here Kakashi-sensei, if we don't have any missions today...?" 'Kujo' asked Kakashi, who sighed hearing him say that.
"Well...judging by the last battle, the sound-nin seems to be getting stronger...so I think we need to spar.." Kakashi said with a grin.
"A sparring match? Well then, who will be my enemy?" Kujo grinned.
Sasuke looked at Kakashi, expecting to be the one to fight this guy..'Let's see how long he'll last...'
"Kakashi, let me ki- I mean fight him" Sakura raised her hand 'SHANDARO, kill that bastard!!!' inner Sakura waved a flag with the word 'KILL'.
"No, I'll be your opponent...we need to know your weakness to be able to work together as a team..." Kakashi smiled.
After a while Sakura and Sasuke were now sitting on the side with Sasuke leaning on a tree.
"Maa, let's see how well you do, Nar- I mean Kujo-kun" he intendedto say the last part.
'Hell? Did Kakashi find out? That can't be...I was very careful..Ino?...that bitch!' his face contorted on the outside.
'Hmm...Stage one, complete..if Stage two and three are successful..then my theory is my true...' Kakashi was pleased.
"Let's start! " Kujo said.
Kakashi charged first, in a split second he was in front of Kujo. He delivered a fast ad devastating kick but-
"Huh!?" Kakashi saw that the one he kicked was dirt.
"Looking for me?" Kujo appeared at his back and aimed his right foot to his chin which he blocked by catching it with his left hand. Kujo using his foot on Kakashi's hand used it as a step and raised himself and diving his knee into Kakashi's. Kakashi blocked his knee with his right hand. Kujo started making seals.
"Doton Kuchiyose: Iyashii Rikujou Hitonomi (Earth Element Summoning: Greedy Land Swallow)" without even touching the ground, the earth around Kakashi's feet began to tremble and something was starting to pull Kakashi to the ground. Now both his feet and hands were occupied, Naruto again made another set of seals...
"Katon: Enkou no Uzu (Flame Spiral)" as soon as muttered fire started to engulf Kakashi, swirling flames.
Naruto the jumped away, looking at a burning Kakashi that is- POOF "A Kage Bunshin!?" he shouted.
"You know...it's not that easy..." a voice to his left said. 'Stage two, complete...'
"eHehEhehEHheHehEh" an eerie voice was heard.
Everyone's attention was now drawn to the hole that was where the burning Kakashi was.
'What was that?'
'Hell, was that creepy voice?'
'I think Stage three can wait a while...'
"You forgot..I used a summoning jutsu! Come out! Kodomo!" at once a gigantic face peeked out the hole...it was smiling insanely, it had gigantic eyes and nose. Kakashi was bewildered by the grotesque monstrosity...It was like an insanely evil looking baby face. But what surprised them was it's body...the face was only the back portion of it's body, althought it was moving with it's tongue lashing about.It was a beetle, with a baby's face on it's back. Though it looked like a beetle one could see that it's body was made out of human carcasses strewn together..
Sasuke was stunned but still tried to hide it.
"GROSS!" Sakura shouted.
"Whoa..what kind of monster is that...?"
"Time to eat!" Kujo ordered it to attack Kakashi, but before it could reach him, it was sliced in half, instead of a poof, blood and guts were sprayed everywhere...
"What!?" Kujo shouted.
"That's enough!" Jiraiya shouted back.
Jiraiya was just going out to investigate for his new mission when he heard the sounds...he didn't recognize Kakashi's opponent but there was something oddly off about him. To top it off, Jiraiya felt like he didn't like what he was seeing so he decided to intervene.
"Jiraiya-sama, we were only sparring you know..." Kakashi explained as Jiraiya walked towards them.
"You shouldn't have interfered, Ero-sen-!" Kujo grabbed his mouth before he could finish but...
All of them stared at him.
Sasuke the started walking towards him...
MAJOR FLASHBACK
Sixteen years ago...
"SOUJI! Stop it!" a five year-old boy shouted as he chased his friend who took his toy ninja doll.
"Make me, Keiji-kun!" the other boy who, at three years old was stronger than the five-year old.
Souji was always the better one...I was older than him in age, but he was older than me by seven years in brain age. The adults always praised him...They said he would be the Hokage someday...He was far better than the twelve year olds at the academy... But I think he was just lucky...he was trained by Uchiha Madara-sama himself since he was born... But I also think he was a genius...at three his chakra capacity was larger than most genin...Some even go so far as to call him a reincarnation of a god... But I knew better... he was far from a god...
"Let's take him with us, Madara-sensei!" Souji called out to Madara-sama once he saw me peeking out of the corner..
"Where are you going?" I asked him.
"We are going on an adventure! Madara-sensei is taking me with him", he was so excited.
"But...you're not old enough to go out the village...you're not even genin yet..." I warned him.
"Don't be a wimp, Keiji-kun!" he said punching my arm...it hurts...
"Keiji...? Are you Kazama Keiji?" Madara-sama's eyes were frightening as he looked at me...
"Ha-hai, Madara-sama..." I was scared...
Uchiha Madara-sama was the scariest shinobi in the village, even the grown-ups were scared of him...except my Aniki and old man Hokage...I was so jealous of aniki then, when he was chosen to be the next Hokage...so I went with Souji and Madara-sama outside the village...I thought that we were gonna be on a mission...but...
A few months later...
"When are we going back, Madara-sama?" I asked the figure in front of me...he didn't answer...
"Idiot! We're not ever gonna go back!" Souji yelled at me, making me stop in my tracks..
"Bu-but aniki is-" I stammered.
"He's dead!" Souji suddenly said making my eyes go wide.
"What do you mean, Souji?" Madara-sama asked him.
"Kokonotsu Amatsuseki (Nine Celestial Gates) are broken..." I didn't understand, but Madara-sama looked stunned.
"How do you know that?" he asked him.
"I...I don't know..." Souji looked confused himself.
"She's calling you..." Madara-sama seemed like he was thinking hard.
"Come...we have a long way to go..." he gestured for us to follow.
"BUT, MY ANIKI, HE'S-" I was stopped when Madara-sama turned to look at me with those eyes...the sharingan...
Three years later...
We traveled non-stop not even knowing where we were going...Madara-sama taught us all kinds of techniques...it was fun...but I missed home...at eight, I already was at genin level...but at six, Souji was close to mid-chuunin, as Madara-sama said...we were now walking inside a cave on the side of a cliff for a while now...until..
"This is it..."
We were in front of a gigantic spherical door with strange writings...It was made of metal...
Madara-sama used his sharingan and there was a loud rumbling...I looked at Souji, he was smiling...The gigatic door started to kove and in a few seconds it was open...
We walked inside...I was stunned..there was a city down here with strange looking buildings...There were strange vessels and stuff...We walked for a while into the city and saw several strange looking carraiges with four wheels, they were different in sizes...there were stores too and gigantic TVs that looked like from the theater...
After a minute, we arrived at the center...you know it's the center coz there was a huge sign 'CENTERE'...didn't take a genius to know that...oddly enough...the floor there resembled the door that Madara-sama opened...But it had strange little canals that looked like a puzzle...
"Hmm..." Madara-sama crouched down and inspected it...
"Tadaima, okaasan..." we both looked at Souji who was staring at the ground...his voice was shaky...
He looked up to us and suddenly Madara-sama was bleeding all over with several kunai stuck into his body...I screamed and slumped to the ground and couldn't move...Madara-sama looked stunned...those kunai appeared out of nowhere..
"Souji! Snap out of it!" he yelled at him...
"Souji is not home right now...Madara-kun..." Souji's voice was different...it was a girl's...
"Who are you?" Madara-sama struggled to stay standing...
"As you may have noticed...you can't use your sharingan nor do you have any chakra here..." 'Souji' said as he walked in circles around Madara-sama who's blood filling the canals on the floor...
"I see...so you're the one who broke the Kokonotsu Amatsuseki..." Madara-sama mentioned that word again, I didn't understand...
"So you caught up to me...Madara-sama" his voice returning to normal..."...but how long can you stand? Hyomori!(Ice Lance)" as he pointed his fingers at him the air above Madara-sama started to condense and formed an icy lance and pierced through him...
Madara-sama was just lying there...not moving..Souji moved next to him...he was breathing...he was reaching for something...
"Nao seimei o nagasu...(Still you seek life...) Madara-sama..." Souji said as he created another icy spear and brought it down on Madara-sama.
As his blood filled the canals, the circle started to open like the door...after a while...I still couldn't move... a gigantic statue started to rise...I hung on to one of it's fingers...Souji was on it's head...as the statue stopped moving Souji was looking down on me...
"Don't think I forgot about you, Keiji-kun...Nikukiri!(Meat Shredder)" he waved his hand and in an instant I felt like I was torn to shreds...I struggled to hold on...but darkness took over me...and I fell...
That memory is what keeps me going...I need to stop Souji...with my nephew Naruto...
END FLASHBACK
Ancient City of Yahirodono
END FLASHBACK
The nineteen year-old leader of the Akatsuki, Izanami Souji. Hair a shade of brownish orange, strikingly red eyes, six peircings on the nose, black make-up around the eyes (somewhat like Gaara but with make-up), black lipstick, purple colored nails, two black lines on the chin...he wore the ring with 'rei' on it...
"It's almost finish..." Souji looked up from his position on top of the statue...above the city was a gigantic circle like those doors, but had three rings on it's side...(((()))) ( Just imagine it's a circle with three rings...) Each ring is etched with an impression of a biju on it's surface which was about 50 meters and they were about a hundred meters apart from the next ring...The outermost ring had the Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, and Yonbi, the middle ring had the Gobi, Rokubi, Shichibi, and the last ring next to the center cirle had the Hachibi and Kyuubi. The center circle was filled up with a painting of a naked woman impaled with a cross while hiding her face with her hands and naked man holding up a cup to the woman's gushing blood and licking it, it's background is filled with blood red clouds hiding half of the blood red moon that filled the entire circle.
"GOD will be mine...and the world will bow down to me..." he grinned to himself...
TBC
So what do you think? PLS review...
As you may have guessed the main enemy will be MY Akatsuki Leader...or is he?
There's something wrong with the last part! No matter how hard I try to delete it the words 'END FLASHBACK' keeps coming back! And it doulbles everytime I save my document!