"Sith? Jedi? Are these the only choices? Dark or light, good or evil? Is there no more to the Force than this? What is the screen on which light and dark cast their shapes and shadows? Where is the ground on which stands good and evil?
He was sleeping when it happened, all of a sudden alarms started blaring, rousing Naruto from his catatonic state. Eventually he came too, and he realized where he was…..the Embrace of Pain. Not like I would be anywhere else, he bitterly thought. He was moderately surprised, no one had attempted to rescue him. Then again who needed Naruto, when you had the "Sword of the Jedi", Narumi Namikaze?
There had been a time when they were two halves to a great warrior, but favoritism and the Council changed all of that. The council had written him off as being too dangerous, apparently his view of the Unifying Force was too dangerous, him being captured was a godsend for them. He was about to turn over to go to sleep again, when the door busted open, surprising Naruto.
It would have been exciting had it not been Vergere who had kicked the door down. However what Vergere said next, was more than enough to get him excited.
"Hurry up, Naruto. We are going to escape."
o0o
Light and dark are no more than nomenclature: words that describe how little we understand. What you call thedark side is the raw, unrestrained Force itself: you call the dark side what you find when you give yourself over wholly to the Force. To be a Jedi is to control your passion…but Jedi control limits your power. Greatness—true greatness of any kind—requires the surrender of control. Passion that is guided, not walled away. Leave your limits behind.": "But—but the dark side—"
"If your surrender leads to slaughter, that is not because the Force has darkness in it. It is because you do."
"Me? No—no, you don't understand—the dark side is, it's, it's, don't you see it? It's the dark side. The dark side…"
"The only dark side you need fear, Naruto Namikaze, is the one in your own heart."
o0o
He had killed them, he had no reason to kill them, he could have knocked them out! He shakily looked down at his hands that were now covered in the blood of the men he killed.
They posed a threat to your goals.
They didn't need to be killed, he could….could...he…..was this what Vergere meant?
Was this the sacrifice one had to make when seeking to improve the world, to improve oneself?
The endless sacrifices towards the greater good? But what was the greater good? Was it something that was so right it was hated on? Was the greater good, living until you are old, and die after having being loved all of your life? He vaguely remembered what Vergere had told him sooo many years ago.
In our search for the greater good, we lose sight of something more important than anything else, something more influential than the word of a Hokage. The desires of our heart.
o0o
He remembered the nights when his father would tuck him and Narumi into bed, and talk to them with that bright smile on his face.
"Someday, this world will be united at the table, not through war, but through diplomacy, Maybe you will accomplish this dream of mine."
Naruto would like it for the world to be like that one day, a alliance between all shinobi villages.
That would be pretty nice.
o0o
Naruto roamed throughout fire country, in search of a location, he did not know what it was, but he knew he would recognize it once he saw it.
He saw smoke rising, from a village, and he rushed towards it, forgetting everything for the sole reason of his empathy.
Wherever there was smoke, he associated with loss of life, his younger brother perished in a fiery explosion, he had almost lost his life in one too. Things like that tend to scar your mind.
o0o
It was a massacre, there were dead bodies everywhere, about 50 shinobi seemed to have been struck down by something, there were no presences left for miles.
And nothing he sensed could deal this damage, whoever had done this was both, powerful, and insane. Maybe both, you could never know.
o0o
Blood Prison was under attack, it seemed that the Akatsuki was intent on regaining some of its lost army, if this attack was of any concern. It seemed that forces of his village would be there, now was the time to aid them, and prove his innocence.
Even though he had been wrongly imprisoned by them, he still held love in his heart for his home village.
o0o
He held his lightsaber, a brilliant green before him, examining its edge, all the way down to its blood filled handle. Was this what he was cursed to? A endless life in search of some ludicrous goal to find peace; not just for the world, but for himself?
His mind flashed back to the Gedo Mazo, who he was able to turn to his side with his words,
"I had to know what manner of warrior I was dealing with before responding to your request."
"I'm uncomfortable with the term warrior. A Jedi stands for peace, not war."
"You do not believe in fighting for peace, for freedom?"
"I believe that there should be a way of achieving peace other than fighting."
"Have you found it, Naruto Namikaze?"
"No. No, I haven't."
As he looked down at the body of the slain redhead Nagato, he remembered his words before he died.
We're both of the same breed, after all… motives for war are of no concern. Religion, ideology, resources, land, grudges, love, or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it's enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… Reasons can be thought up after the fact. Human nature pursues strife…and desires peace...a peace I fear will only be accomplished after great sacrifice. I see a great darkness approaching, and you Naruto Namikaze...will be at the center of it.
o0o
He was not the only one that fought a opponent who spoke in riddles.
His sister Narumi Namikaze, was able to vanquish a Uchiha Obito, and a Edo Tensei Madara, but not before redeeming Uchiha Obito, and sealing away Madara.
"You'll probably have to suffer again from now on… but don't change, keep going your way. You told me that you never change your words… that's your ninja way. Right? Narumi, become Hokage… change the world. Dont let other souls, like me or Madara exist ever again. Don't forget those close to your heart...….
Narumi had no idea about forgetting those close to her heart? What was Obito trying to say here?
She had alot of people close to her, but only 4 people really had a massive place in her heart.
"Her Fiancee; Uchiha Sasuke, her parents, Uzumaki Kushiha, and Namikaze Minato, her brother Namikaze Naruto.
Speaking of her brother, her smile fell off of her face, ever since the trial they had started splitting apart. There had been a wedge in their relationship ever since the death of their younger brother.
They hadn't really spoken in awhile, and she hadn't made any attempts to rebuild the bond they once had, they were just too busy to reconnect.
But her, and her family noticed how strained their relationship with Naruto was getting even before being imprisoned. She just hoped nothing major would change, now that he was back.
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