Chapter 26 Song of Pain and Rage
Naruto continued to stare at where Kiba had been only seconds before, when a voice brought him back to the situation.
"Naruto-san! Are you okay?"
Looking behind him, he saw a squad of Junin moving to where Jiriya was. The old man was still. He looked to the one who had talked. A man a few years older than him with short blonde hair and a scar down the left side of his face from temple to chin. He looked concerned.
"I'm fine. How's Jiriya and Tsunade?"
"We're fine." A voice whispered out.
Naruto spun around to see both sanin kneeling next to Jiriya's duplicate. Naruto felt his world vanish as the copy transformed back...into Tokiko!
"Tokiko! Why?" Naruto asked as he dropped to her side. She gave him a grin that he recognized.
"'Cause I couldn't let Grandma and Grandpa die. And you shouldn't have all the fun."
"What do you mean?"
Tokiko coughed up blood and smiled, looking at her brother.
"I'll let them tell you. I'm too sleepy. But, I need to know. Why did the villagers hate you?" She asked as Naruto started to tear up. He knew she was dying.
"Because our father sealed the nine tails in me.I am it's jailer. But people could only see me as a monster. I hope I have changed people's minds by now."
"Naruto-san. You have changed everyone's mind by your actions tonight. Please, allow me to get your sister to the hospital." The young man said. Naruto gave him a small smile.
"If the Hokage can't do anything, I doubt the hospital can." He said as Tokiko's hand gripped his forarm.
"There is one more thing. In the Uzumaki house in Whirlpool, there is a hidden library that holds all the secret knowladge of our clan. Including our blood contract with the Kyuubis. It will tell you how to summon them. Also...take care...of Kira...for me." Naruto started to cry as he watched her eyes close, her smile still in place. She looked so peaceful, you'd think she was a sleep. Naruto wipped the tears from his eyes, and turned to face Jiriya and Tsunade. Jiriya's face was contorted in rage and grief as Tsunade sobbed into his shoulder.
"Jiriya-sensai. Tsunade-sama. Tell me what she what she ment. I want to know." he pointed his finger at the Hokage tower, indicating them that was where they would explain. They nodded and all three went to the room. Tsunade and Jiriya dropped into seats in front of the desk, not really paying attention. Jiriya was still comforting a distraught Tsunade, watching as Naruto took the only seat left: The Hokage's chair. He sat down and looked at the others, with folded hands.
"Please. Tell me." He said sofly. Jiriya nodded. He was the only one who could tell Naruto.
"Alright. I'll tell you simple. Tsunade and I have been married over 22 years. It was kept secret, because my clan did not approve of the marrige. All Namikaze can be a little hot blooded." He smiled as he saw the shook on Naruto's face. "Well, we had a son the first year of our marriage. We named him Minato. Well, we rasied him and the first thing we had him promise when he was old enough, was that he never revel who his parents were except to the woman he married. We couldn't be with him as much as we wanted, but we had our sensai take care of him when we were away on missions and the like. No one knew he was my son when they assigned him to my team. Still no one found out. Eventually, he grew up, became Hokage and married. And he had two children, twins. Naruto Uzumaki and Tokiko Uzumaki."
"Your my grandparents?"
Jiriya nodded as the young man stood up, looking out the window. He could see the damage to the North gate. That had been a distraction to pull a good portion of their forces away from the Hokage Tower.
"All this time, I though I had no family. And yet, I was always near them. Man, this kinda sucks."
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked looking at her grinning grandson.
"I got a pervert for a grandfather and a Hokage as a grandmother. Not to mention, their both sanin. I got a lot to live up to from both sides of the family now."
"Naruto. You do realize that your in my spot right?" Tsunade said smiling. Naruto freaked and stepped back from behind the desk.
"Sorry, Tsunade-sama. I mean, grandma." Tsunade smacked him as Jiriya chuckled.
"Don't call me that. It makes me feel old."
"Hey! Didn't you ever hear of child abuse?" Naruto retorted.
"You not a child any more. I believe your a married man with a son on the way. Now, if you don't go, I'll show you child abuse. And take your sister's body to the hospital. I'll take care of the funeral arrangements." She said sofly.
Naruto's smile dissappeared and was replaced with pain.
"Hai, Hokage-sama." And he left.
"That's two people who have been taken from him by the same man. I'm gonna follow him and see where he heads to. You get information on where 'Alpha' dissappeared to."
With that both left to their assigned tasks.
Naruto sat in the warehouse, guitae in hand as his clones all took the four instruments , all of them even the original all had looks of pain on their faces. Naruto couldn't take the pain so he began to play.
Tsunade followed Naruto from the hospital, staying out of sight as he left fro the warehouse. She followed him and hide inside to see what he'd do. She didn't know why, but she still had the wirless mic for the PA system. She watched as Naruto summoned four clones and instructed them to chose and instrument. She tightened her grip on the mic, turning it on. Naruto began to play as pain and anger were turned to song.
Everyone in the village stopped as the song began to come out of the speakers. They listened as a voice with pain and grief began to sing.
"This world will never be what I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would've guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late"
Sakura, Kakashi, and Sasuke froze as they listened to the song, realizing that it was Naruto's voice. The pain and anger was unmistakable. They wondered what had happened.
"Even if I say 'It'll be alright'
Still I hear you say you want to end your life
Now and again we try to
Just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late"
Hiashi and Neji stpped sparing as they to began to realize who's voice it was. Listening with Hanabi, the three wondered what had caused him so much pain. They just hoped it wasn't Hinata that had caused this.
"No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would've guessed it?
And I am left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late"
Hinata felt tears fall as she and Kira sat in the hospital, listening to Naruto's rage and grief turned to song. Rain began to fall outside.
"Even if I say 'It'll be alright'
Still I hear you say you want to end your life
Now and again we try to
Just stay Alive
maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It is never too late"
Tsunade watched as red chakra began to form around Naruto as the young man's tears ran down his face. The chakra sharpened into the outline of a fox, complete with a tail. He was in so much pain.
"The world we knew
Won't come back
The time we've lost
Can't get it back
The life we had
Won't be ours again"
Tsunade felt tears as she watched him. The music slowewd down as the clones stopped playing, leaving the original to continue, eyes closed as tears poured out.
"This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong..."
For a moment, the song stopped. Naruto stood, eyes shut, and just stayed that way. The villagers prayed that the young man's pain would go away. Several of them were crying as they listened. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, blazing with pain and rage as the music kicked back to it's original intensity.
"Even if I say 'It'll be alright'
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
It's never too late
It's not too late
It's never too late "
Naruto calmed down and ended the song. His red chakra fadded away as he returned to normal. Tsunade turned the mic off wipping away her tears as Naruto left the ware house, heading home. She would speak to him tomarrow. Tonight, his family needed him.