An: Well, I'm back, still at my relative's home. It's been a good while since I've typed up a chapter for any of my stories. To be truthful, I've had writer's block and have no fucking clue what to do next. I WILL NOT abandon my stories, especially Rise from the Dark, Step from the Shadow. I know that my last few chapters have been lacking, and I have little excuses. If my story writing continues to flounder, I might take a long break from typing.
But enough moping. To recap, Hinata is dead, Naruto has the Mangekyo Sharingan. People who were close to her are flipping out. So, let the reading commence.
…...Hokage's office...
"What the hell went through your mind that made you think it was ok to kill an heiress to the most powerful remaining clan in Konohagakure!" Minato screamed.
I stared bleakly at him, feeling for once in my life emotionless. I just truly didn't care anymore. What was my endgame anymore. I wanted the man in front of me dead, but to what end would I pursue this. To alienate, to kill even, anyone who was remotely able to be called my precious people. I had killed the person closest to my heart, had blocked the memories of the second, and ran away from the third because her mind was fractured.
"Well? What's your answer, Naruto?! I'm not even sure what to do anymore! Kurenai and Hiashi want your head! I can only protect you so much. I have tried to apologize for my mistakes, for my village's mistakes. Yet you still do this! You resist and cause chaos! So what will you say to all of that!? What will you do to fix all of this?!"
"I," I barely voiced the single word before Yami Naruto's became apparent in my head. "What are you waiting for ole chap, end him. A simple Amaterasu. Burn away all into ashes. Then, like vultures, the other villages will swarm and end this petty village."
"I... I will kill you. Maybe not today, maybe not in this life, but one day I shall slit your throat. But until that day comes, I will leave this village. You have two choices in this matter. Option one, let me leave without anyone being hurt, or option two, I will burn my way until I have escaped," I voiced emotionless.
"You know what?" Minato cackled, "Fucking leave. I'm done, this is too much trouble. Just leave, and come back when you're ready to be a good son or want to attempt to kill me. But before you leave, I want to know all the shit that is going on in that little head of yours. What the Kyuubi is whispering into your ears. Tell me this, and then leave."
"It is...complicated. But I guess I can elaborate a little. It all started when I killed Itachi Uchiha and he gave me this," I let the genjutsu on my eye fall. To Minato's credit, he barely blinked. "After receiving it was when things started going down hill. The mission to wave, you and Kushina trying to reel me in like a lost puppy, Kyuubi and multiple personalities cropping up and taking control, and to top it off was myself killing Hinata to gain the Mangekyo to kill you. Makes you feel special, eh Minato?"
"So, you're fucked up, I tried to brain wash you, you're mother is now addicted to smoking, and I'm pretty sure your sister wants to do the naughty with you if her diary is anything to go by. We're a horrible family, torn apart by the simple fact something made myself and Kushina ignore for years. So, now that we got a little information sharing done, you are dismissed," Minato then sank into his chair.
I slipped a Kunai from my pocket, slashed my hitae-ate, and then tossed it in Minato's general direction. Where I was going to go, who knew. I was just leaving.
…...Hiashi...
"Are you telling me that you just let that little shit off my daughter and walk away! This...this...THIS..."
"Hiashi, you were planning to put the seal on her anyway. Now I will give only one chance to sit down and shut the hell up. You have three seconds," Minato threatened.
I dropped down into the chair behind me.
"So, what are you going to do to stop me from having the entire Hyuuga clan not attack Konoha," I groused.
"That's simple, you either forget about this entire fiasco, or I send in all of Danzo's little Root, which is comprised of more members than your entire clan including elderly and children, and let them slit every single one of their throats except for a dozen of female children and a dozen of male children. I will then allow Danzo to recreate your clan into whatever he wishes and have an entirely loyal Hyuuga clan within two generations. More if I allow procreation between the males of your clan with non-clan females. Am I understood?" Minato finished.
I simply processed all he said and knew far better than to fight. This was the only village that wouldn't exploit my clan, and I would debase them by fighting over my daughter, no matter how much I wished to. I growled before standing up.
"Good day, Hokage-Sama."
On my way out I passed the Yuuhi woman who was attached to my daughter. I silently wished her luck, I still wanted to kill something though. Maybe I could get an assassination mission.
…...Narumi's perspective...
Hinata was dead. Naruto had killed her.
Hinata was dead, dead, dead, dead. Killed brutally and efficiently. A quick stab through the lungs and heart.
I sobbed into Sasuke's shirt, thinking of what had just occurred during this day. It was hard to believe. Sasuke just held me, and finally I calmed myself to sit back up.
"Sasuke, we need to find out what the hell is happening! Naruto randomly killing Hinata, all the mystery over your brother's death, your mother's history with Naruto! This all can't just be random coincidences. There must be more to this!"
"I believe you, Narumi," Sasuke murmured, "But what do we do first?"
"Get your mother, I'll get my parents and the book we found in your brother's secret room and we will solve all of this, today!"
"Alright, twenty minutes then. We will meet up with each other at..."
"My brother's room! There must be secrets in there!"
"Right, your house then. Don't forget, twenty minutes," Sasuke said before running off.
I quickly ran to my Tou-San's office only to see Kurenai walking out looking depressed. I quickly burst in, grabbed him by the arm, before pulling towards home. On my way there, I spied my mother in a store buying more cigarettes and grabbed her too. After nearly ten minutes of torturous waiting, Sasuke and his confused mother showed up.
Together, Sasuke and I cajoled the three adults into Naruto's old room.
"Now," I said loudly, "Spill everything you know on my Nii-San."
"What do you mean, Narumi," my Kaa-San asked.
"I mean, Sasuke and I want to know what the hell is happening and why it all centers on my brother. I know you know at least something about what's happening and Sasuke said his mother knows something. So, spill."
"But, I don't know anything about Naru...TO!" Mikoto yelled before collapsing onto the floor, her head in her hands. Not even two seconds had passed before she had returned to her feet, fire in her eyes.
"You bastard, you just had to make me do it, huh Minato! You tried to get me to seal Naruto and I end up sealed! I love Naruto like a son and this is what happens!"
"What's this about sealing?" Sasuke piped up.
Mikoto looked vindictively at Minato before turning to Sasuke, "Our Hokage had me attempt to turn Naruto into a perfect son to cover up the years of abuse he and Kushina laid on him along with the village."
"Wait a second, Naruto was abused?" I asked.
Minato spoke up, "Well...yes actually. For years your mother and I ignored him, not intentionally, but due to a Genjutsu which your mother figured out. All during that time, Naruto was abused by the civilians of this village. I'm sure that you remember some seeing what happened due to how the Genjutsu didn't affect you."
"Hold up," Kushina budded in, "How do you know my son, Mikoto?!"
"While you and your husband ignored him for Narumi, my son Itachi became attached to him and I did as well. Then one night he shows up on my doorstep and explains to me how Itachi died and how he got his Sharingan."
"What?! You knew he had a Sharingan!? How did he get it?!" Minato yelled.
"I want to know how Itachi died, how did he die mother?!" Sasuke interjected.
"FINE! NARUTO KILLED ITACHI WHO HAD ATTACKED HIM AND FORCED NARUTO TO KILL HIM, AND ALSO FORCED HIM TO TAKE HIS EYES! HAPPY!" Mikoto cried.
The room was dead silent afterward. Everyone staring at each other uncomfortably. The knowledge about Naruto that had been laid out being very unsettling and difficult to swallow. Killing, abuse, and so many secrets. Hidden away by lies, with-holding of words, and seals.
If someone were to drop a sewing needle, it would be heard.
"He...he killed my Nii-San. He will..."
"Shut up Sasuke, apparently your brother wanted my son to off him. What's more important is that we lay out the facts. So Naruto was abused due to myself and Kushina ignoring him due to a Genjutsu. This lead to Naruto becoming friendly with Itachi and Mikoto and eventually killing Itachi I because wanted it to happen. He also gave Naruto his Sharingan. So then Naruto dealt with Kyuubi and multiple personalities fucking with his head and losing control of his body. Then, just to get the Mangekyo, he killed Hinata. That cover it all?" Minato stated.
"Well, Sasuke and I have this book that Itachi had hidden in his room," I added.
"Let me see that," Minato demanded.
A few minutes after everyone had looked through the short book, my mother spoke up.
"I knew that my clan wasn't a fan of the Uchiha and Senju, but that...that is new. So, Naruto is an avenger?" Kushina stated.
I spoke then, "No. He's just lost, and I'm going to be the one to bring him back!"
An: Ok, so it's short. I hope you all like it though. Even after all my blather on Naruto not leaving, he's leaving. So deal with it. Yes, Hinata is forever dead. Now Narumi, Sasuke, Mikoto, Kushina, and Minato know all the fucked up shit happening with Naruto. The next few chapters will be probably short, a thousand or two thousand words, of everyone training and myself tying up loose ends. It's basically going to be a time-skip.
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