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Chapter Two
Four days later
Pain's Tower
An orange haired man looked down upon the blue haired woman and yellow haired boy.
"I see so you must be Naruto Uzumkai, the Jinchūriki of the Kyubi."
He was just stating a fact not asking a question, this both boy and woman were able to pick up on.
"I can tell you came by choice, let me ask you, why?"
Now this the boy understood as a question "I did so because I was told what you truly desire is peace."
The orange haired man did not smile instead he said "You are correct, that is what we desire, but peace, that words is to loose."
Naruto did not question this he got the feeling that the orange haired man intended to reveal to him everything.
"What I desire, what we the Akatsuki work towards is absolute peace, a world where no one person can be treated worse than another."
His words were chosen for his target, he knew that as a Jinchūriki, Naruto must have been the subject of much hatred.
In Konoha's time of peace he had suffered abuse and violence, was this truly peace?
"Do you understand what I am saying, Naruto Uzumaki?"
In reply Naruto gave a nod and the man asked "Explain it to me then."
"What you desire is a world where none can act out against another, a world where peace is there for all, a world that peace means all can live in peace."
Now Konan was a little surprised the boy was able to come up with an answer like that.
He showed a clear understanding of Nagato's vision, if he could why couldn't anyone else?
The orange haired man looked at Konan and said "He and I are able to understand one another due to the pain we've been through."
Konan did not know what he meant by this, she and him had been together before they took down Hanzo.
"He means that I and he have experienced enough pain to be able to understand why we would take such actions."
It was the first time since she had met him that Naruto spoke of his own accord.
To this the orange haired man gave him a nod "He speaks true."
Getting up off his throne he now step forward and said "Naruto Uzumaki, walk with me."
Naruto did as he was told and followed him to the top of the tower.
Looking out in the rain the orange haired man said "The people of this village call me 'Lord Pain', the look to me like a God."
Naruto was silent, any part of his rash and stupid personality was dead and gone with his dream.
"Do you think that is wrong of them to say so."
To this Naruto just replied "If it works for you then it is good, if it works against you it is not."
Pain knew that he was referring to himself being called the Kyubi.
"That is true, being called a God makes them look in both awe and fear, for you though it was only fear and hate."
Naruto knew what he said was true and gave him a nod to confirm it.
"Can you understand why I am telling you this Naruto Uzumaki?"
To this Naruto shook his head "No I can't say that I do, but my guess would be you desire me to take on a role."
To this Pain gave him a nod and said "That is it exactly, if I am Lord Pain and Konan is Lady Angel what do you think you are?"
To this Naruto looked down at his seal upon his stomach and said "Other than a demon I would not know."
Pain now waved his hand and the rain stopped as he looked up at the clouded sky "I desire you to be my herald."
To this Naruto raised his eyebrow and said "What do you mean by your herald?"
Pain now waved his arm again and the rain resumed its falling.
"You have gone through pain that few other have, as I have said I am called Lord Pain, if you are my herald what does that make you?"
Naruto knew the answer that this man wanted was not 'The Herald of Pain'.
"The Harbinger."
To this Pain looked at him and said "That is a title that you will earn for yourself in time, what you are the Harbinger of will be defined by how you act."
Naruto felt the sudden urge to get on one knee before him Pain.
"I no longer use my true name because of what I have endured."
Pain's eyes now looked at Naruto and said "Do you accept that you are no longer Naruto Uzumaki of Konohagakure."
Naruto raised his head from where he was kneeling and said "I accept that I am him no more."
Pain gave him a nod and said "Then rise, born anew for your suffering you are Kunō, the Harbinger."
Naruto rose and in tradition cut his had open in front of pain as a sign of allegiance.
"I am Kunō, the Harbinger, I serve you and you alone Lord Pain."
Konan looked up at the top of the tower to see the two of them descend it to meet her.
"Konan, you and I will train him until he his read to be recognised by the world as one of us."
Konan gave a polite bow, she did not know what had happened but she noticed that Naruto's hand was bleeding.
"Hold no concern, it is sign of his loyalty to me."
Konan had to wonder how he knew she was looking at the Jinchūriki's hand.
She also had to wonder why she was as well.
"He is one of us in all but strength, come Konan, we can train Kunō as of now."
Konan prepared herself now to train with who was formerly known as Naruto Uzumaki of the leaf.
She had to think "Kunō huh, the name his has, it means anguish, what a sad fate it is for a child to endure such pain."
She now looked at Pain then to Kunō, she was prepared and so was he.
At this moment Pain returned to his seat upon his throne and raised his hand.
Then with a swift swing of his arm he said "Begin!"
The preparation and training Kunō of the Akastuski had now begun!
Konan would get to see what the boy was made of and he in turn would she her skills.
Unknown Location
Itachi and Kisame were just doing the usual walking around between missions when Itachi looked up at the sky.
If Kisame was not there he may have cried.
"Hey Itachi why the heck did you stop and look up at the sky?" Itachi turned to Kisame and said "Just a feeling."
Kisame looked at him with the you crazy face, though due to his shark features it's more of, I'm the crazy one face.
None could know how but Itachi had just sensed the brightest flame of Konoha vanish completely.
Within his mind he would weep for the lost flame of Konoha.
Though none how he had learned that Naruto Uzumaki was no longer a shinobi.
"Did he succumb to the darkness and hatred, did the hatered others pushed on him create his own?"
All he knew at this point was that he had to get to Konoha somehow to find out Naruto's fate.
The curse of hatred that was upon his clan, that hatred paled in comparison to that Naruto had felt.
"If he has fallen then how far has he fallen, can he be brought back, do I have enough time to reignite his flame?"
Now looking back to the sun and then to his partner he said in his calm voice "If we have time we should return to Konoha."
His partner looked at him and said "Oh why is that?"
To this Itachi replied "There is a man in Konoha who should not get his hands upon the Jinchūriki."
It was now that Kisame understood what Itachi wanted him to understand.
"Okay then before we get another mission off to Konoha, I want to see if anyone there can put up a good fight!"
Konohagakure outskirts
Neji had just finished his training with Lee and Guy, Tenten had sat this one out because she did not really desire to have run laps around Konoha.
"Hey Gai sensei, is it me or is Neji rather, um what is that word, it's not, not focused."
To this Gai said "Lee it's distracted, Neji is distracted."
Be it known at this point that none other than, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Danzo, Kakshi, Neji, Hinata and Tsume knew Naruto had was no longer in the village.
That and some Anbu but they weren't anyone of note. "Neji what is it that has your attention?"
Neji could not say he understood that what he had told the Hokage was an S rank secret. "I'm sorry, I can't tell you, its mine burden and my burden alone to hold for now."
Gai was no fool, though he did dress and act like one.
"Neji, you mean to say that there is something you know, that you're not allowed to tell us."
Neji did not confirm nor deny that Gai looked at his student.
"A S rank Secret huh, if he can't say then it must be the Hokage who ordered him?"
Lee at this moment said "Hey Neji, why don't I join you in your visit to Naruto today!"
Neji looked at his friend and said "We visit him before we train, that way our odour does not offend him or anyone else when you are in the company of others."
Gai looked at his two students and said "What was that Neji, you must regain your YOUTH!"
Gai grabbed both Neji and guy with each arm and began to run another lap around Konoha.
Neji at this moment had to think "Naruto where are you what happened to you people don't just disappear did you betray Konoha like Sasuke?"
He sighed "Well I just hope your alive and well where you are, now I have to make sure I am to!"
Hyuga Compound
Hinata was sitting in front of her father Hiashi, her father had noticed that she was rather distracted of late.
"Hinata, you have been rather troubled or should I say distracted in the last four days."
He knew that Neji had taken her to see Naruto for the duration of his expulsion from the Shinobi Corps.
"It's, it's, it's nothing big father, just some things that went on during the d-day."
Hiashi knew that his daughter was lying, though he could sense that she had good reason to do so.
"Has it come to this Hinata, where you can't be truthful with you own father?"
He was being a bit harsh but then again for his own flesh and blood to keep secrets from him was absurd.
He had enough things done behind his back by the rest of the clan, he did not need her to join their ranks.
Hinata did not know what to say, she was to weak minded, but then for a moment she saw Naruto in her own mind.
"Hey stand up for yourself already would ya, I mean your not a failure, no one is, all people can change!"
She did not know if that was Naruto or her own concious telling her that but she did believe it.
"Father, I, I mean no disrespect, but I, I'm not allowed to speak of it."
Now it was the words I'm not allowed that allowed Hiashi to understand his daughter.
"I see Hinata, in that case I won't question you on it, but if you ever desire to talk about it I am open."
He could not help but feel a little proud that his daughter was able to speak back to him, though she did stutter a little.
"Perhaps it is that Uzumaki's boys influence upon her, I don't care what it is that villagers say, if he has been able to make Hinata of all people stand up to her father he is capable of miracles."
This was a compliment, though he had known the reason for the boys dismissal "I wonder what happened to that boy, is that there something that happened to of late that caused Hinata to be distracted?"
He could not have known how close to the truth he was.
Hokages Office
Tsunade had almost began to lose her hair over this matter, Naruto the Jinchūriki of the village had been missing for five days now.
She knew that if they wanted to find him they needed to get there act together and fast.
Jiraiya had not luck with his spy network and could not locate the boy or the woman who Naruto was last seen with.
The Toad sage had just left a few hours ago to look into any form of information they had on the woman Naruto was with.
This left Tsunade alone with Danzo a man who openly showed his contempt the Third and his students.
"I take it that your search has been fruitless Lady Hokage."
When Lord Danzo said this it was confirmation that she too had discovered nothing.
"No Lord Danzo, we have not been able to even pin point to direction they were headed into."
Danzo looked over the report of Naruto's last sighting "Blue haired woman, why does that sound all too familiar?"
In his head Danzo could not put his finger on who or what he had done in the past to such an individual.
Tsunade looked at him and said "What do you have information on such a woman?"
To this Danzo shook his head "No just a memory of a time long past, that woman is dead I'm sure of it."
Truth be told he was not sure of it, but his reports said that all involved with the incident had died.
To this Tsunade asked "What makes you so sure of that?"
In reply Danzo said "All involved with that died, my own included."
His old alliance with Hanzo had failed to mention that any of that Akatsuki had survived.
At this moment Tsunade said "What is it, I request any information you have you share with us and we will do the same."
In his mind Danzo decided that this information held no real secret value so he told her.
"In the village of Amegakure, there was a group of young idealistic Shinobi who were called the Akatsuki."
The mere mention of that place reminded Tsunade of her battle with Hanzo, she did not wish to recall those days.
"Could they be the same Akatsuki that we face now?"
Danzo at this point shook his head "No my sources say they were killed to a man by Hanzo."
Tsunade then gave a sigh "What are the odds that another organisation with the same name may spring up?"
Danzo at this point said "I do not believe in chance or luck, what they did was deliberate."
Tsunade now looked at him and asked "You just said they were killed to a man?"
To this Danzo replied "I said that my sources say, it is possible that others who knew of them or a lone survivor, but that is not probability is not worth following."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow and asked "Oh and why is that Lord Danzo?"
To this Danzo replied "It is possible, but if we do follow it what are we going to do sort of asking for Amegakure cooperation we can't do anything."
This was true the village would have to agree to cooperate with them.
"I see, so that is why it is pointless, not that it is not a trail, but due to the fact we would have to openly share our reason with another village."
Danzo gave her a nod "He could lie to them, but if they do find out they can take they can demand something of us, a war with them right now would damage us."
Danzo at this point was referring that they had just started to recover form the Konha crush run by Oto and Sun.
"Jiraiya is currently gathering information as I understand, what have you told the elder council?"
To this Tsunade bit back with saying "What would you have told them?"
To this Danzo calmly replied "I would have told them nothing, they do not need to know until we can't contain the secret."
Danzo took it for granted that this was exactly what Tsunade had done. "I have to say, if they did discover this we all will be in strife."
Tsunade knew this, she also knew that with all these visits Danzo was also too caught up in it to use it against her.
"They will have to be told at some point, unless we can get him back, you know this don't you Lord Danzo."
Danzo knew she was trying to get him to say something out of line, but he also knew that he was far more patience that her.
"I do, I am the Third's Shadow after all, but know this, what I do is for the village and only for that, I would not damage Konohagakure."
This at least was true, he would do what it takes to protect Konoha from outside invasion and within.
It was at this moment that he saw a crow fly past the Hokage's window, he knew that could only mean on thing.
"That man is coming again."
Tsunade noticed this too but assumed it must have been one of Danzo's "He must sure want Naruto back, but he does have his own agenda, I can't forget that."
She now looked at some of the other files they had on Naruto.
"I have to say, if anyone can go from the hard as stone knuckle head to a silent and reserved child, there has to be some underlying problem."
Oh she knew full well what that was.
Though she did not know if Naruto cared about it "Naruto, why did you leave us, I know what we did was harsh, but it was not forever?"
Danzo saw that she was lost in thought and decided to snap her out of her fantasy.
"I take it you did not tell him, if he wished to he could return to the Shinobi Corps in two years time." He was not asking her if she did, he knew that she had not.
"Pitiful, you must have wanted his return to look like some kind of special reward for his good behaviour."
Tsunade looked at him and said "He is not all heartless and loveless like you Lord Danzo or those who follow you."
To this Danzo said "Look where your heart has got you and see if you can tell me I was wrong to remove such things from me."
Pain's Tower
The boy formerly known as Naruto Uzumaki was now face down on the fall, he had been beaten by Konan.
It had taken her longer than she had anticipated, the boy had amazing amounts of stamina and was able to adapt his attack pattern to make him completely unpredictable.
Though his level and hers were far between on another.
"Did that take you longer than you expect?" Pain asked this from where he sat upon his throne.
To this Konan had to answer honestly "Yes, yes it did, he is like most genin, he also knows a jutsu that most would not."
Pain gave her a nod and said "He can also make a large amount of clones as we've seen, that would be the courtesy of the Kyubi."
Konan looked at Pain as he said this he had no expression on, then again that body was not Nagato so it was no surprise to her.
"How long do you believe it will take him to wake up?"
Pain's ringed eyes shifted to look at the unconscious boy and said "Not for a few hours, go and take him to a bed and let him rest."
Konan did not question Pain, she just did as she was asked but in her mind she had to ask. "Why is he being so considerate of this child, does he see himself in him?"
When he was alone Pain looked at the blood on the floor, all of it was Naruto's or rather now Kunō's. "He, he will be my greatest ally in my quest for peace."
He now looked at the departing Konan, he could not help but feel that she was a little too gentle with the boy.
"I must train him well and hard, he will encounter his old friends at some point, though they may not recognise who he is."
What he said was true, the boy before him was very different from the boy who had fought at the Valley of the End.
Kunō awoke to find himself no longer in Pain's tower or at least where he fell down. He sat up to see Konan sitting at the side of his bed. "You heal rather quickly, you were not meant to be for at least another hour."
Kunō then tried to get up, it hurt a little at first but he was able to do so.
Konan at first felt the need to tell him to stop.
But in truth she had to hand it to him no one other than no one she had faced could take the beating she just gave him and wake up an hour later.
"You have a strong healing factor you know that." Kunō looked at her and said "When do we continue?"
To this She raised an eyebrow and said "What's this, you want to continue, in your state you won't last long."
To this he replied "I'd much rather last a little and learn some more than waste away in here."
She had to give him some credit, he rather do something that do nothing.
"If you wish to then it is your own fault for what happens next."
She stood up and lead him out of the room and down the tower to the ground floor where they had sparred before. "He must have picked up any of the flaws in my Jutsu's."
They were about to begin when Pain's voice rang out "Stop."
Both looked at him and he addressed Kunō saying "Your body is not yet conditioned to face Konan more than once a day, from your fight, Genjutsu is your biggest setback."
He did not need to tell Konan to go and train the boy in Chakra control.
The boy also knew that the mere mention of the word Genjutsu meant that he would be going focus on this.
He gave a nod and looked at Konan who gestured for him to follow. Kunō followed outside Pain's tower.
"Chakra control may be harder for you due to your unique circumstances."
Kunō knew this he gave her a nod and she said "I want you to focus your Chakra to distribute it equally over your body."
Kunō tried this by making a hand sign and focusing.
To this Konan could not help but give a short laugh.
He looked up at her, it was obvious that he was doing something wrong.
"You won't be able to do it like that."
She then step closer to him and took out a spread of paper moulded it into a rock and cast a Genjutsu on Naruto to make him see it as a steam bun.
"This bun is a lie, it is not real, though it looks smells and may even taste real, it is just a piece of paper."
She then handed it to, the contact with him snapped him out of the Genjutsu so he could see what it was.
"If you come in contact with other the illusion will be dispelled and you will be able to see what it truly is."
She then looked to him and then cast if upon him again and said "Regulate your Chakra so that you can release the lie and see the truth."
She now looked at him she knew that with his Chakra control that he would not be able to dispel her Jutsu so easily.
She was just about to turn her back on him when he said "It is done."
It was no lie through his own will power Kunō had managed to focus his Chakra into a flowing current allowing him to see what the steam bun truly was.
"I see you learn fast, we shall repeat the exercise again but this time I will increase the difficulty."
Kunō gave her a nod and she performed the same Jutsu on him.
He knew that he would have to do this as many times as it took till he was immune to it.
Some part of his old self the hard work ethic part still was alive for now at least.
"No power just comes out of nowhere it all has a price to be paid for it."
He knew these words, the price of the Kyubi's Chakra, the abuse he had his entire childhood.
Be it known, this is not an evil Naruto Fanfic, it is a Darker more harmed Naruto
where did I get his name Google Translate, it means Anguish by Google's Japanese
Building up to the Time skip next chapter WHAT yes time skip
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