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Chapter 3: Darkness

Daylight broke as the sun shone up above. Naruto and Hinata's faces wrinkled with sleepiness. The daylight was annoying. Cuddled in each other's embrace, the two didn't want to leave.

Suddenly a weird flash of light hit Naruto's face. Naruto struggled and groaned at it.

"What the..." Naruto slowly opened his eyes and his vision was blurry. All he heard was childish giggling and more flashes. Naruto shifted carefully so he could move his hands to rub his eyes and not wake Hinata.

"Wakey wakey Loverboy."

"Huh? What's going on here?" Naruto shielded his face from the sun as he looked out and saw cameras.

"I always knew you two would end up with each other." Ino took a picture.

Naruto looked up and looked around to find Ino, Kohaki, Tenten, Temari and Sakura taking pictures with their cameras. "What the...Stop that!"

"Come on Naruto! It's for our photo album! And so far this is the cutest!" Ino took another picture.

Naruto got really annoyed.

Hinata yawned and rubbed her sleepy eyes. She looked up at Naruto's face and had a look of confusion. "Uhhh...why am i Naruto-kun's arms?"

Naruto noticed Hinata was awake and smiled. "Good morning beautiful." Naruto kissed her forehead and stroked her hair. Ino and the others went wild taking lots more pictures. A vein appeared in his head.

An already dressed Sasuke dispersed the crowd. "Ok ok ladies...leave them alone."

Naruto sighed a sigh of relief. "Thanks Sasuke. I thought they never leave."

"Don't mention it. Hurry up and get dressed. The guys are all going to train at the top of the waterfall. We all want to see what you learned over the past half-decade." Sasuke smirked.

Naruto smirked. "Ok if you guys want to get your butts kicked that quick." Naruto got up and walked off to a secluded part of the waterfall and took a shower.

Naruto got dressed and strapped on his long black headband. He brushed his teeth and ran to his backpack. Naruto and got a pot and hung it over the bonfire. He got a pack of instant ramen from his backpack and water from the lake put it in the pot and cooked it. After the ramen was cooked, Naruto chowed it down and enjoyed. "Ramen..." Naruto had a noodle sticking out of his mouth.

Hinata walked up beside him fully dressed and ready for the day. "Hey Naruto-kun! How are you?"

Naruto smiled with the noodle still hanging. "I'm perfectly fine thanks to you. I'm about to go training with the guys in a minute, wanna watch?"

Hinata picked the noodle off of his lips and flicked it. "There you go." Naruto was embarrassed. "As much as I would love to, Temari agreed to give me a pedicure today." Hinata smiled.

"Aww but you are beautiful enough already." Naruto kissed Hinata. Hinata giggled.

Kohaki got jealous looking at them. "Look at them Kiba. They are so in love with each other. Tell me. When are we going to take the next step?"

Kiba started to sweat. "Well uhhh...you see Kohaki...I uhh..."

Kohaki had a face of anger. "We are going to right!"

"Right sweetie! But I just want to wait a little while longer. We don't want to rush into things and ruin this good relationship of ours. You know what I mean?"

"Ok Kiba you're right." Kohaki kissed Kiba's cheek.

Kiba sighed a breath of relief. Its not that he didn't want to marry her, he just didnt want to make a mistake in marrying someone so soon. Kiba ran to the lake.

"I gotta go but I'll talk to you later ok?" Naruto kissed her forehead and ran off to the lake.

Hinata giggled and walked to Temari.

Naruto jumped and landed ontop of the water. He poured chakra on a perfect amount at the soles of his feet and walked on the water's even shifting surface straight to Sasuke with his folded arms waiting.

"Bout time. The guys are waiting at the top." Sasuke pointed to the tip of the humongous waterfall that had to be a mile or two tall.

It was then Naruto got an idea. "Hey Sasuke! Let's race to the top! Me and you!"

Sasuke smirked. "Sure why not." Sasuke geared himself as they both positioned themselves toward the waterfall. "Ready...set...go!"

Both ran across the water and reached the waterfall jumping up simultaneously. Both landed on the vertical falling water and ran up it at blazing speed neck and neck. They both ran around jagged rocks sticking from the rock wall. They were neck and neck the whole race, then they use their chakra to propel themselves to jump up and land on the top at the same exact time.

Shikamaru and the others looked at them panting trying to catch their breaths. "What a drag!" Shikamaru went and found a nice branch to sleep on.

Kiba sat horseback on Akamaru. "Yahoo! Let's see what the kid learned already! I want to show him my moves as well! You ready for this Akamaru?"

Akamaru panted. "Arf!"

Naruto smirked at everyone. "Ok ok to make things fair I'll face each and every one of you."

Everyone looked at Naruto like he was crazy making a statement like that.

"You heard me! One on one. Each takes a 10 minute round, so you can witness the future Hokage in action."

Sasuke smirked. "So which one of us goes first?"

Neji walked forward and got into position. "I'll go first. This will be quick."

Naruto grinned. "Ok whatever you say Neji."

Sasuke stood back. "I'll be referee till its my turn." Sasuke raised his hand and threw it down to signal the start of the match. "Begin."

Naruto charged Neji head-on across the water with his battle cry. Naruto threw a punch. Neji ducked it and sweep kicked Naruto. Naruto jumped and dodged it and made a plus sign with his hands. "Shadow-Clone Jutsu!" But none could be found anywhere. Neji looked everywhere with his Byakugan but couldn't find any clones. Suddenly two hands popped up and grabbed Neji from under him and pulled him under into the water. Naruto's clones attacked from left and right and connected multiple times. Neji spun around in the water making a giant shield of chakra. "Rotation". It created a giant whirlpool sucking up and spitting out all of the clones into the air. Neji jumped up outta the water in the middle fo the the flying clones and attacked each and every one of the them as they poofed away. But little did Neji realize the real Naruto was waiting with Rasengan in hand. As soon as Neji landed, Naruto ran and attacked. "Rasengan!". Neji noticed it at the last minute and spun again. "Rotation!" The Rasengan connected with the spinning shield and created a stalemate thus canceling them both out and blew them back. Neji blew back and hit a tree. Naruto blew back across the water but backflipped regaining his composure into a battle position.

Lee's eyes widen. Sasuke smirked. "The match is over. The winner is Naruto."

Neji got up and wiped the blood from his mouth. "I see that you found a blind spot in the Byakugan and you took complete advantage of it."

Naruto grinned and helped Neji up. "Well the only place the Byakugan wouldn't look is under. Just like last time."

Neji patted himself off. "Yes I very well remember." A memory of 6 years ago at the Chunin Exams. Naruto popped from under the ground and deliever a powerful blow to Neji's face. Neji laid there wondering how he did it. He won that day.

Naruto turned around. "Ok who's next." Sasuke started to speak but Lee stepped forward.

"I'll be your opponent." Lee put his hand up and stood in a defensive position.

"Ok Bushy Brows! Strictly Taijutsu!" Naruto jumped and landed a few feet away from Lee on the water. Naruto got into position.

Sasuke raised his and commenced the start of the match. "Begin!"

Lee charged Naruto at a blazing speed as water went flying everywhere. Lee ran in a large circle around Naruto as waves of water surrounded him. Naruto looked around him waiting for Lee to make the first move. Lee came straight at Naruto and threw a punch, Naruto blocked it and spun around Lee and kicked at Lee's left side. Lee quickly turned around and grabbed Naruto's lee and spun him around chucking in the air. Lee quickly appeared in Naruto. Naruto spun and kicked, Lee blocked it again. Naruto threw a two punch combo but Lee dodged them and punched Naruto in the gut sending him crashing into the water. Lee landed safely on it and stood in position. Naruto crawled up to his feet trying to regain his balance and stand ontop of the water. Naruto tried to catch his breath.

"So Lee is twice as better than last time. I need to focus and plan my next strategy. What is Lee's weakness? Think! Think!" Naruto stared at Lee and then inspiration came to him. "Thats it!" Naruto smirked and charged Lee head on.

Lee prepared himself but Naruto jumped up and over Lee. Lee looked at him in mid-air as Naruto threw shurikens at Lee. Lee took out a kunai and blocked them all. Naruto came and ran at Lee again and throw a kunai but it went past Lee. Lee smirked at Naruto's bad aim but he felt something wrap around his legs. Lee looked down at the same kunai Naruto had thrown with a string wrapped around it. Naruto had tied a string to his finger and threw a kunai past Lee on purpose so he wouldn't pay it any attention but Naruto had use the string like a puppet to boomerang it back and wrapped itself around Lee's ankles. Lee tried to gain his balance but couldn't Naruto came running and punched Lee in the face across the water. Lee bounced a few times across the water a few times before stopping and floating ontop of the water. Naruto smirked. He won again.

"The winner is Naruto." Sasuke said.

Naruto jumped up for joy. "Yeah!"

Lee cut the string from his legs and stood up. "That was great Naruto. You used your brain. You tied up my legs so that I couldn't attack or defend myself. You certainly have gotten alot better."

Naruto grinned. "So have you Lee." Naruto chuckled. "So who's next?"

Kiba and Akamaru quickly ran in. "It's us this time kid. I always wanted to fight you again."

"Woof!"

Naruto got into position. "Bring it on Kiba!"

Kiba tossed up a food pill to Akamaru. Akamaru ate it and his fur turned red and wild. Akamaru jumped up into the air and transformed into Kiba and landed on Kiba's back. Kiba made a hand sign. "Ninja Art: Beast Mimicry!" Kiba growled as his nails and fangs grew longer. "Get ready Akamaru!"

Sasuke commenced the third match. "Begin!"

Kiba and Akamaru charged Naruto head on splitting off into two separate directions. Naruto prepared himself as he put up his signature hand sign. "Shadow-Clone Jutsu!" Five clones popped up and pulled out shurikens. They jumped up and threw them at Kiba and Akamaru then he made the same hand sign again. "Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!". The thrown shurikens then multipled into thousands. They went straight for Kiba and Akamaru. Kiba and Akamaru then spun in a horizontal circle creating two large cyclones. "Fang over Fang!". The attack blocked the barraging shurikens then went straight into the air towards the clones. They stopped spinning and threw punches at two clones. The clones manuever themselves and grabbed Kiba and Akamaru's legs and they flipped around and chucked them towards the ground. Two other clones were waiting and held them around the waists and german suplexed them into the ground. The two clones poofed away. Kiba stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth away. Kiba bit his hand to calm down and focus as he stared at the four Narutos. They all smirked. They got Kiba on edge. Then they charged Kiba and Akamaru and threw more shurikens. Kiba ducked them and kicked a clone thus poofing him away. Akamaru jumped and dodged them and punched a clone poofing it away. Kiba and Akamaru looked around and searched for Naruto and his last remaining clone, but they were gone. Kiba sniffed the air for his scent but couldn't smell him. Kiba thought it was weird, his scent was gone. Naruto then appeared in front of Kiba a few feet taunting him. Kiba got mad and he and Akamaru charged him. A whistle was heard behind them and they turned too late. Naruto was behind them with Rasengan in hand as he pushed it into Kiba's stomach pinwheeling him into Akamaru breaking the transformation as they crashed into a tree.

Naruto high fived his clone. "Oh yeah!" The clone poofed away.

Kiba clutched his stomach in pain. "Damn! Naruto beat me again!"

Sasuke smirked. "And the winner for a third time in a row, Naruto"

Naruto jumped up for joy. "Oh yeah! I'm so awesome!"

Sasuke stood in front of Naruto. "Finally it's my turn. Time to fight Naruto!"

Naruto smiled. "I've been waiting to fight you again for a long time now. Are you ready?"

Sasuke put up offensive position. "Give it your all Naruto!" Sasuke threw a punch at Naruto.

Naruto ducked and struck at Sasuke's gut. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm and slung him into the water. Naruto bounced a good few times but regained composure pretty quick. Sasuke made a flurry of hand signs. "Fire Style: Pheonix Flower Jutsu!". Sasuke blew mini fireballs towards Naruto. Naruto dodged them as they hit the water. Naruto ran straight towards Sasuke and threw punch to his face. Sasuke blocked it and punched Naruto in the chin. Naruto spun around and kicked Sasuke in the midsection. Sasuke backed up clutching his wound. Sasuke growled and ran towards Naruto. Naruto ran towards Sasuke and struck. Sasuke quickly dodged the attack and threw a punch at Naruto's face. Naruto lend back and dodged it, then backflip kicked Sasuke in the face. Sasuke flew backwards but regained his composure and charged Naruto, Sharingan activated. Sasuke punched Naruto in the stomach then the face sending him flying back. Naruto made his hand sign and made ten clones that charged Sasuke. A clone threw a punch at Sasuke. Sasuke jumped and was greeted by two clones in the air. Sasuke made a few hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke blew giant fireballs at the clones poofing them away. Sasuke landed and a clone attacked. Sasuke punched it in the face but another grabbed his waist tightly. Sasuke spun around in a circle as the clone's legs went flailing around but still held on as surrounding clones got hit in the crossfire. Another clone came and attacked Sasuke. His punch connected Sasuke in the face but it poofed into a log. The clones looked around searching for Sasuke. Sasuke came from above and kicked them in the face. The last remaining clone came from behind Sasuke and attacked with all his might. Sasuke blocked the barrage of attacks one by one, then sweep kicked it and flipped and landed a kick to the midsection. Sasuke stood in a standoff with the real Naruto. Naruto smirked and pointed down. Sasuke had a shocked look on his face as clones popped up out of the water and kicked Sasuke in the chin sending him flying into the air. Sasuke regained his senses but turned around in the air to find Naruto attacking him. "Uzumaki Barrage!" Naruto threw a kick but Sasuke blocked it and grabbed Naruto's leg pulled him closer and punched his face sending him flying towards the ground. Sasuke repeatedly punched and kicked Naruto in mid-air and made a final kick to his stomach. "Lions Barrage!" Naruto crashed into the water below.

Sasuke walked to Naruto who was coughing up blood. "Guess I win this time, Naruto."

Naruto smirked and laughed. "Don't be so full of yourself Sasuke!" Naruto poofed away. It was a clone.

Sasuke was startled. "A clone! Where is he!" Sasuke looked around for him.

"Looking for me, Sasuke?" Naruto's voice came from up above. Sasuke looked up to find Naruto falling towards with a Rasengan in hand.

Sasuke quickly used his instincts and made a few hand signs and held out his left hand. "Chidori! One Thousand Birds!" The Chidori cackled in his hand as he ran and jumped towards Naruto in the knick of time.

"Rasengan!"

"Chidori!"

The two attacks connected as chakra and electricity flew everywhere. The pressure from the two attacks made a large shield of water around them. It was reminiscent of their Valley of the End battle six years ago. Everyone watched the two powerhouses struggle to topple the other in their stalemate.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled.

Neji and the others watched in complete awe of their power.

"They are amazing! I never seen anything like this before!" Lee said.

"Yeah no kidding! Just look at them!" Kiba said.

"Such power! It's off the charts! These two really spent all their time getting stronger." Neji said looking at them with the Byakugan. "They must be at Jonin or maybe even Hokage level by now!"

Kiba's eyes widen. "Did you say Hokage level?! But that's not possible! How could they be that strong!"

Neji shook his head. "I don't know exactly but Naruto and Sasuke are on a different level than we are."

"I'm surprised Neji. Even with the Byakugan, you still can't see the intense eternal rivalry those two have each other." A girl's voice came from the forest.

Everyone turned around and looked at a pink haired girl standing by the tree smirking. "Ever since we became Team 7 under Kakashi-sensai, those two have been at it for as long as I can remember. Each pushing the other, making them stronger. The bond that grew over time, making a powerful friendship. They almost became like brothers. Their bond to each other is so strong. Over the past six years, Naruto would send me and Sasuke letters on his progress. When Sasuke heard that Naruto learned a new jutsu in under 2 months, needless to say it pushed him. Sasuke day in and day out would train till his body gave out. He trained and trained every day not taking breaks and ate without food for days. Sasuke wanted to be stronger. He had to be stronger. He was completely anxious for the day that Naruto would come back. So he could prove to Naruto and himself. Sasuke returned numerous letters stating he had gotten stronger and Naruto better prepare for the fight of his life when he comes back. And I guess it pushed him as well." Sakura chuckled. "I haven't been slacking off myself you know."

Naruto struggled against Sasuke. "I'm gonna win this fight Sasuke!"

"Not on your life Naruto!"

They pushed further until the two jutsus cancelled each other out and imploded blowing the two back. Naruto blew back to the edge of the waterfall. Sasuke blew back into the water. Naruto stood up trying to catch his breath soaking wet. Sasuke crawled back up and tried to catch his breath as well completely soaking wet.

Naruto put his hands together without saying a word, made a Rasengan. Sasuke made the same hand signs as before and extended his left and made another Chidori. They both stared down each other.

Suddenly a scream was heard from by the waterfall. Naruto quickly cancelled the Rasengan and ran to the edge of the waterfall. He looked over in the direction of the camp and saw an explosion. Naruto's eyes widen with fear. Sakura ran to his side.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know but we better hurry! Quick!" Naruto jumped down the waterfall.

Sasuke ran towards the edge. "Come on guys!" Sasuke jumped off the edge.

Everyone else followed them. Naruto landed ontop of the lake and ran as fast as he could to the campsite where he heard familiar voices.

"Sand Coffin!"

Naruto noticed that was Gaara's technique. Who was he fighting? This was bad. Naruto ran faster. Naruto stopped at the campsite to find destruction everywhere. Bodies littered everywhere. Naruto went and checked to see if they were still alive. "Barely...who could have done this?" Naruto ran around looking for Hinata. "Hinata! Where are you!" Naruto heard an evil chuckle behind him. Naruto sweated as his face ran deep with fear.

"Looking for someone boy?"

Naruto quickly turned around to Kisame holding a bruised and dirtied Hinata by the collar. Naruto got real angry. "Put her down!"

Kisame smirked. "Or what kid?"

"If you lay another hand on her, I'm gonna kill you." Naruto's eyes changed into the Nine-tailed fox.

Kisame took his sword and put it to Hinata's neck. "Not so fast hotshot! Take another step and she gets it!"

Naruto's eyes reverted back to his regular sky blue ones. "Ok ok what do you want!"

Itachi then appeared and grabbed Naruto by the neck. "We want the Nine-tailed sealed inside you. Are you willing to cooperate with us?"

Kisame chuckled. "Cause if not, I know a certain someone will have a wonderful trip to the afterlife." Kisame held Hinata up higher and geared his sword to attack.

Naruto put his hand up. "Wait! I'll do it! Just don't hurt her!" Naruto bowed his head. "I'll go with you."

Hinata's eyes slowly opened and groaned in pain. "Naruto." Her eyes were halfway open as she saw Itachi holding Naruto by the neck.

"Well lookie here! She's awake!" Kisame put up his sword.

Hinata struggled. "What do you creeps want with Naruto?"

Kisame chuckled. "Why don't you tell her Naruto? Tell her and everyone else the secret to your vast power. Tell them you are the Nine-tailed Fox, Kyuubi!"

Sasuke and the others arrived just in time to hear everything. Sakura gasped and covered her mouth. "That can't be true. That's not possible!"

"Itachi..." Sasuke unsheathed his katana at the sight of his older brother. Sakura grabbed Sasuke's arm and shook her head. That was a bad idea, they had the upper hand.

Kisame laughed. "Hey look Itachi! Its your kid brother, Sasuke!"

Itachi didnt take his eyes off of Naruto. "I could care less about him. We have what we want. The Nine-tailed fox host."

"What about the Shukaku boy?" Kisame looked at Gaara's seemingly lifeless body on the ground.

"We don't need him, when all the power in the world is held within Naruto." Itachi activated the Sharingan. "Mangekyo Sharingan!" Naruto was forced to look into Itachi's eyes. Naruto's pupils disappeared as he laid lifeless on his back. "Let's go Kisame!" Itachi tossed Naruto to Kisame.

"Alright!" Kisame tossed away Hinata to the ground and caught Naruto and he and Itachi ran off.

Sasuke started to run after them. Itachi wasn't going to give up Naruto that easily. Itachi made a flurry of hand signs. "Earth Style: Mud wall Jutsu!" Itachi placed his hands on the ground as a giant wall of mud surrounded the campsite.

Sasuke stopped and hit the mud wall in anger. "Damn you Itachi!"

Sakura ran to Hinata's side and did a healing jutsu on her. "What are we going to do now Sasuke?"

Sasuke clenched his fist in anger. "I don't know Sakura. I don't know." Sakura frowned as Hinata had a coughing fit. "What I do know is that we need to get our teammate back."

Shikamaru walked up. "We need a plan and fast. Who knows what they could do with Naruto?"

Kiba clenched his fist. "I say we go and rescue him and kick some butt in the process!"

Shikamaru sighed. "Yeah that's the idea Kiba but we have no idea where they are going."

Kiba pointed to his nose. "Did you forget my sense of smell? I can sniff Naruto out anywhere!"

Neji activated the Byakugan. "And I can searched out his chakra signature as well."

Shikamaru smirked. "Ok then we got ourselves a new mission. Sakura, you take the wounded and healed them and take them back to the Hidden Leaf Village for recovery. While me, Sasuke, Choji, Neji, Kiba, Shino and Lee go to find Naruto and bring him back." Shikamaru had a face of shock as he looked at Hinata barely standing to her feet.

"Take...me with...you...Shikamaru..." Hinata was trying to catch her breath.

Neji frowned. "Lady Hinata...you are wounded, you are in no condition to go on such a dangerous journey."

Hinata grew upset. "I'm sick of running away! I'm never running away again. And i won't give up. That's my nindo, my ninja way...just like Naruto-kun."

Neji was shocked at Hinata's bravery. Naruto had changed her alot. Neji bowed his head and smirked. "Ok if you wish."

Shikamaru spoke up. "Wait Neji you can't be serious! She could get hurt!"

"I know, but this something Lady Hinata must do. I saw it in her soul when she's around him. She had confidence in herself. This is something she must prove to herself."

Everyone looked at Hinata. Shikamaru sighed. "What a drag! Ok Hinata you can come."

Hinata smiled. "Thanks Shikamaru!"

Kiba got on all fours. "Ok everyone stand back!" Kiba ran and spun in a circle creating a speeding cyclone. "Tunneling Fang!" Kiba broke through the mud wall. "Come on guys!"

Sasuke, Shikamaru, Neji, Hinata, Choji, Shino and Lee ran through the hole and dashed into the forest. Sakura stayed behind and healed everyone else up.

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Itachi and Kisame jumped from tree to tree all day and finally arrived at a mountainous region. They walked around and found a cave opening that was pitch black. They walked down the hallway and heard buttons being pressed and weird lights flashing at the end. They walked around the murky and damp cave to a room filled with machines. Kisame put Naruto on the floor.

"Yo! Doc! Dr. Rikashi! We have him just like you asked."

A large black haired man stepped from the darkness. He wore a lab coat and had a cigar in his mouth with a scruffy goatee to match the eerieness. "Perfect! Hook him up to the machine and we can get started." Kisame dragged Naruto and hooked him up to a machine and tightly strapped him in. Dr. Rikashi took a puff of his cigar and laughed. "Finally creating the perfect shinobi is all hand!" Rikashi ran to the computer console and pressed a sequence of buttons. An image of Naruto's chakra system popped up onto the computer screen. "Now to extract the Fox chakra from the boy!" Rikashi hit a button and suddenly the machine started up as Naruto yelped in pain. Red chakra poured from his body and sucked into the machine into another similar machine with a young man that couldn't be much older than Naruto hooked up to the machine. He screamed as the red chakra poured into his system. It started to change him, his hair grew wild and unkept. His teeth grew sharp and his fangs grew longer. His nails grew longer and sharper. He was turning into a monster.

Suddenly the young man awoke with the fox's eyes. "Father! This power is incredible! I feel so much stronger!"

Rikashi petted his son. "Don't you worry my son. Soon you will healed of your disease and you can achieve your dream of being perfect. Then it's my turn and these friends of ours will join in on our vast superiority and take control of the Five Great Shinobi Nations with an iron fist."

Naruto awoke and had no clue where he was. He realized he was hooked up to some weird machine and struggled deeply. "Let me outta here!" Naruto growled but he was strapped in tight.

Itachi walked up to Naruto. Rikashi got annoyed. "Shut him up!" Itachi's eyes turned into a weird design. "You will witness your heart of hearts, the pain buried deep within you. This is the power of the Tsukuyomi!" Itachi's weird pupils started to spin around in a fast revolving circle. "Tsukuyomi!"

"Noo!!!" Naruto screamed his lungs out before passing out yet again. Itachi walked away and sat down in a chair.

Kisame was impressed. "Such raw power would be held inside a puny brat like him. What I wouldn't do to have that power in my grasp."

Rikashi looked at Kisame. "Soon my friend, soon. If only the rest of your band was here to witness this. I heard that this brat was quite the troublemaker."

Itachi bowed his head. "You don't know the half of it. The Akatsuki, beaten by a weakling. Me, Kisame and Zetsu are all that are left."

Kisame folded his arms. "Six years we tried to get this kid but that mountain sage, Jirayia always protected him. Now Jirayia isn't here. The perfect time to strike. It better be worth it!" Kisame snarled.

Rikashi smiled. "Oh believe me when I say that, that your fellow shinobi did not die in vain. With this great power you can avenge them upon the world, starting with the Leaf Village." Rikashi chuckled.

Naruto laid lifeless as the machine siphoned more and more red chakra from him. Naruto's face grew with pain. "...Hin...Hinata..." Naruto softly whispered as memories of her disappeared into nothing but darkness and a small blonde boy in a white shirt with a red swirl and black shorts was crying his eyes running through a large crowd appeared. "Just you wait and see! I'm going to be Hokage!" The little boy tripped and fell but no one seemed to care. The boy got on his knees and hit the ground. "Why do they all hate me! Why! Why! Why!" The boy cried out. The boy grabbed himself as if he were freezing and cried. He rocked back and forth. Naruto watched in fear of the boy. It was himself as a child. The boy stopped rocking as the townspeople disappeared leaving the boy alone. It was only Naruto and his younger self left. The boy stood up and faced Naruto with his head bowed. "I know why they hate me...its because of what I am...who they are afraid of...who they cower from..." Suddenly the Nine-tailed Fox came crashing through the Village swinging each and every one of its nine tails destroying everything around it. The boy picked his head revealing his red demonic eyes, and chuckled. The boy pointed at Naruto. "They hate you! Always have and always will. Your the Nine-tailed fox! This is your destiny!" The boy pointed to the Fox destroying building as bodies flew everywhere. Naruto grabbed his head in pain. "No no I'm not a monster!" Naruto began to cry. The boy laughed demonically. "They live in fear of you everyday and even if you do become Hokage, The Leaf Village still won't respect you! You have been lying to yourself from the very beginning! It is futile to resist your agony and pain. Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-tailed fox. The burden on everyone's shoulders. The thorn in everyone's side! You have no meaning! You have no purpose! You killed everyone's loved ones 18 years ago and they will never forgive you for that! Let us take a trip back and see your true self."

Naruto grabbed his head in pain. His tears hit the floor. "I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster." The same villagers walked past him not paying him any attention. Calling him a freak and that he should die. They spit at him and treated him horribly. Naruto couldn't do anything but sit there and cry, as the darkness shrouded over him.