Himitsu (secrets) revealed
authors note: Himitsu means secret.
(Sasuke)
Dried up blood was gathered around my left eye. I developed a strange but powerful form of Sharingan. The weird thing was that this sharingan only activated for the first time… when I met Madara Uchiha. I need to get to Naruto's Kyuubi and ask him about Madara. Meeting him in person for a split second isn't really enough. My head throbbed from the fall and Kakashi's punch! I stood up and resumed my chase after Naruto.
(Naruto)
"Hinata… thanks." I walked up to her and thanked her for all she had done just to save me.
"You don't have to thank me Naruto-kun" sure she was blushing but I saw her as a whole different person now.
"Only you out of the entire Konoha had the guts to run after a horrifying Kyuubi. You were the only one who saved me from Granny and Ero-senin. Hinata, you were the one who fought Pain yourself… and Kakashi-sensei told me you beat Itachi in battle." Hinata glanced at Kakashi-sensei and then looked back up at me.
"Naruto… you're not only special to me but to everyone… I didn't just save you… I saved the person who always makes people laugh, who moves others forward and encourages people to follow their dreams… and who makes people believe that they can actually go beyond their dreams. That's exactly what I did. I saw that you always believed in how you will become the Hokage one day. I watched you struggle and work so hard. By just watching you believe in yourself made me believe in myself. That's the only reason I became as strong as I am now and defeated Itachi. I used to think of my self as nothing… until you changed my mind. It was all you Naruto. You really saved me… and the entire Konoha… from losing hope."
"Wow… I never really thought of it that way…" I scratched the back of my head while smiling. "I know you're a shy, kind and… cute girl but today you showed me a completely different side. A stronger and braver side." Did I just call her cute? Well she is… I mean… hehe… and if I said she wasn't then she would be heart broken but then she'd get the wrong… what the…. Shut up!
(Hinata)
H-he called me… cute? He really thinks I'm… you know… cute! Hehe…! I was giggling in my thoughts. Soon enough I started giggling out loud!
"Anyway you proved the world that you really are the strongest of the Hyuuga clan" Naruto proudly said.
"You really think I'm that strong?" I admired his praise.
"Yeah… the strongest" because Hinata was sitting on the floor I held out my hand to help her get up. She blushed some more but took my hand. I pulled her up and we jumped on to a tree, our only speed increaser. Before we could even lift one finger in the air Kakashi-sensei announced "We still have to move quickly. Tsunade-sama and Jiraya might wake up and catch up to us. Another thing, Sasuke Uchiha is still around here somewhere and will probably run after us."
(Naruto)
Hmm… Sasuke huh? Last time we met I was a complete failure. Now, I'm not afraid of being weak because I'm not anymore. Back when I was training to get the Rasen Fuuton-shuriken right and finally combined my chakra with another element, Kakashi-sensei even told me that I surpassed the fourth Hokage. I don't know if I can use anymore power… The Kyuubi might just take over me again.
We were soon on our way to Konoha yet again!
"Naruto… don't let the Kyuubi take over you and especially not now." I looked up to see Captain Yamato talking to me.
"I won't" I can't!
I lagged behind everyone else with Hinata and Kakashi-sensei a little ahead of me. I was too tired to do anything. I slowed down even more and ended up a few meters away from the group of ninja...
"Naruto…" I held my breath. It was Sasuke… his face was stern, his eye was surrounded with dried up blood. He grabbed my arm and dragged me far away from the others. Sasuke pulled me into the darker part of the forest. Soon enough I was pinned against a tree with the help of Sasuke's hands. It was actually sad to see him again. It brought back so many memories. It brought back the many mistakes I made in life…
"What do you want? You have all the power in the world… if you want a friend then don't look at me. A friend would kill himself to bring his friend back to Konoha" part of me didn't really mean that and wanted to make sure that Sasuke felt guilty but the part did really mean it.
Sasuke tried to ignore what I said and answered "I only need your Kyuubi…" He activated his sharingan but nothing happened to me. His sharingan eyes were not quite working. They kept changing from brown to red. I wasn't in a genjutsu. I pushed him back with my hands. He let go of my throat and slid back a little but he was still on his feet. I took the opportunity to fight him and slashed a kunai through his stomach.
"Kage-bunshin no jutsu!" I formed three clones to distract him and used the same ones to complete my attack. I held out my hand for the other me to force wind chakra into the round orb of plain chakra. The other clone formed the orb and moved its hand in such a way that he seemed like he was scratching it. The last clone helped in forming the orb too. The clones then immediately took off to fight Sasuke. He struggled to fight the them. The clones were all one by one taken down. Sasuke had just finished fighting the last one. I was right in front of him with a beaming white shuriken.
"Rasen Fuuton-shuriken!" I jammed it in his stomach with an unbearable amount of force in my hand. The attack pushed him through the air. Sasuke, glowing white, floated in the air with the Rasen Fuuton-shuriken deeply cutting through his skin… then slowly through his chakra veins. Small needles of wind chakra pierced his body and I watched him suffer. Sasuke's body fell from the sky to the wet verdant ground like a withered plant. I charged at him and took a kunai from my pouch. I jumped on him and raised an arm. I was about to stab the kunai through his heart. I was angrier than ever but I just didn't know who I was angry at! I looked at his deeply cut body. He couldn't move an inch. He couldn't really breathe. I looked into his eyes. He was terrified at how cruel I was just now. I felt like a monster myself. So it's not just the inside of me… I was angry at my self. What am I doing? I'm hurting the person I was once really close to. Tears tumbled down my face and so did the rain. It had been raining ever since.
"I deserve this!" Sasuke closed his eyes hard… he hoped his friend wouldn't kill him… Blood spilled from my leg and onto Sasuke. He slowly opened his eyes and was amazed at what he was seeing. I was amazed. I actually stabbed myself with the kunai.
"I can't kill you… even though you would want to"
"Naruto..." there was no expression in his words. He plainly said my name. "I underestimated your power…" he was weaker than before. "I'm still stronger. I know you'd never kill me"
"You want me to kill you?" Hey wait a minute this is good time to take him back to Konoha!
"Even if I join the Akatsuki you won't kill me" he was spitting blood out.
"Now you're taking advantage of my being nice to you!"
"Sasuke!" I was shocked to see Orochimaru behind Sasuke. Sasuke was too weak to turn his head.
"Yeah. You know me too well. I'd never kill you." I got off Sasuke and gave him a stern look.
"Orochimaru…" I harshly said. The man I hated was right here. I would have fought him if it wasn't for the Kyuubi going out of control. I can only use a certain amount of chakra and if I fight Orochimaru I'll get angrier! Who knows what the Kyuubi will do to me then! I could have taken Sasuke back to Konoha!
"You did this to him?"
"I'll do the same to you if you don't leave now!" I spoke strongly.
"Hmph, that's only one thousandth of what you can do to me!" he mimicked.
"I'll question you when we get back to the hideout" he looked down at the blood covered Sasuke.
Orochimaru pulled him up and dragged him back to their hideout. I began to walk my way out of the forest but I heard words which I could never dream of, especially coming from Sasuke.... "Thanks" he blurted out. The word echoed in my mind. I stopped in my tracks and looked back at him. I smiled. On the bright side I was happy. I didn't really fail in mission 'take Sasuke back home'. Orochimaru ruined it for me. I merely missed the greatest opportunity in the world! Can't believe it… Orochimaru just had to screw things up!
I walked back into the forest. Wandered for hours looking for… at least someone I knew! Well there was always Granny and Jiraiya following me…
What! I spun around and saw the tired and angry faces of Granny and Ero-senin! They were following me the whole time! I think I should fight the two… I should just summon Gamabunta and maybe cause some destruction so that the entire Konoha knows where I am. They don't even know where I am! Did they even check to see if I was still behind them? I mean they would come looking for me but they didn't know where to look. Gamabunta was great for deforestation and great for a signal. Now if I could only summon him…
"Kuchiyose!" a huge frog covered the distance between me and the two Sannin. The big toad looked around for his summoner.
"Hey, Gamabunta It's me Naruto… up here!" I was standing on top of his head.
"Naruto!" he croaked. "What's wrong?"
"This sounds kind'a weird but… could you kick Jiraya's ass?"
"Eh I thought you liked him?" the toad was confused.
"No no, it's not that. Jiraiya and Granny over there are being controlled by Akatsuki members but I don't know where they are" I calmly told him.
"Sure thing Naruto… but don't blame me if he's back to normal and says 'who kicked my ass!' "
"Ha-ha, I won't. Now let's get over with this!"
"Right…"
(Hinata)
"Hey. Where's Naruto?!" I exclaimed. Kakashi stopped the ninja and took a good look around. "W-where is he?!" he shouted.
We decided to turn around and look for Naruto. I used my Byakugan and spotted three people and… one toad? Naruto must have summoned it!
(Naruto)
I jumped down to the ground and swung a kunai and the lifeless people. Why were they so weak and tired? They did nothing to protect or defend themselves. I stopped fighting for a minute and noticed that Granny and Jiraiya-sama were holding their heads in agony. They couldn't fight any longer and fell backwards… unconscious. I wonder what happened to them. What a relief… I thought I had to fight them.
"Gamabunta, could you carry me and these two back to the village? Oh and knock down a tree for a signal too."
It only took him a single kick and the long thick tree was already on the floor.
(Hinata)
I gasped as a tree- out of the blue- collapsed. The sound was loud enough for everyone to hear. That must be where Naruto is!
"Everyone head for where the tree fell!"
(Naruto)
"Get on" I hopped on the frog with Granny and Jiraiya-sama. I tied the two together back to back to make sure that they wouldn't try to kill me! It was a bumpy ride but I didn't mind. I was waiting for something to happen… something good but I could only question and wonder.
What held me back from thinking about other things… was the Kyuubi… Will I be able to control the Kyuubi through out my entire life? Will people ever stop struggling for me…? Will I ever? Why am I trapped in this maze of struggle…? Why me?
I tried to figure out the answer to me last thought… It was me because… I didn't know how much I meant to the world. Maybe I have to realize that I am important… Hinata even told me I was not only important to her but to everyone. So why am I still questioning my self? Was it because Sasuke now doesn't think I'm important to him? I had some evidence… When we fought that day Sasuke wanted to leave Konoha- we were only thirteen at the time-… That day Sasuke didn't kill me… because he thought… I was important to him! Right now because I didn't kill him, (and I could never) he said 'thanks'… Maybe that was enough proof for me… I was important. I made myself important. Like Hinata said 'By just watching you believe in your self made me want to believe in myself.'
Was this that realization? I could answer this question now… Yes it was. Finally content with my thoughts my mind was no longer struggling. I had walked my way out of the dark maize.
What a long rainy day…
(Hinata)
"Naruto!" I screamed.
He knelt down on the frog and waved to me. Jiraiya and Tsunade-sama were knocked out! Naruto managed to capture them!
"Wow… I'm impressed!" Sakura smiled.
"It was nothing really. They passed out on their own" said Naruto pushing back Sakura's appreciation.
"Thanks Gamabunta!"
"Anytime Naruto!" his voice was loud and drummed through my ears. The Toad disappeared in to thin air. Naruto joined the large group of ninja. Captain Yamato and Gai-sensei were the only ones who were not tired and took the responsibility to carry Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama.
"Naruto, what happened?" Kakashi-sensei asked as we scissored through the cold air.
"I lagged behind everyone due to some weakness which decreased my speed. Out of the blue, Sasuke grabbed my arm and dragged me away from you guys. He strangled me by the throat and said he wanted the Kyuubi for something… He tried to activate his sharingan but it wouldn't work. Then I umm… kind'a… used my Rasen Fuuton-shuriken against him… I was actually about to kill him but I realized that this wasn't me… I'd never kill Sasuke. So I stabbed my self instead. I was being unfair. That was the perfect opportunity to take him back to Konoha because of the damage I had done to him. Orochimaru appeared and snatched Sasuke from me. I couldn't fight back because I was afraid I'd lose control over the Kyuubi again and I was too weak from fighting him."
"I don't blame you for not going after Sasuke but why did you have to use that jutsu!" Kakashi was furious but he calmed down.
"I don't know! I was just so angry at… at myself because I couldn't bring Sasuke back Okay! So there I said it!"
Kakashi-sensei sighed and said "Well then… j-just don't use it again"
"Okay" I sadly replied.
(Tobi/Madara Uchiha)
"We have failed to capture the Kyuubi this time… but next time… I'll make sure someone dies." Pain leaned against the wall of the hideout… don't know who he was talking to… probably Konan.
Pain acts as the leader of the entire Akatsuki organization. I was the real leader. I wanted the Kyuubi to destroy Konoha, including the entire world. Pain and Konan secretly report to me.
Everyone has secrets; I'm three people on one: Tobi, Obito and Madara. Of course I had to come back to life and then fake my death as Obito to finish Konoha by controlling the Kyuubi, since people thought I was dead. My brother, Izuna's eternal Mangekyou granted me control over the monster. I summoned the demon fox out of sheer angst...
All ninja were once freelance mercenaries, divided into clans. Among them, were two that stood out above all others and had a long, bitter blood quarrels: The Uchihas and the Senju clan. Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage and I founded Konoha. How we ruled was not always equal. The Senju clan always separated us into our own compound and often looked down upon the Uchihas. I couldn't stand this unreasonable oppression and took action. I, Madara Uchiha attacked Hashirama with the advantage of control over the Kyuubi. Hashirama was able to suppress it because of his Mokuton (wood element) ability and was victorious. I was exiled from Konoha.
Years later the Kyuubi attacked again When Minato Namikaze was the fourth Hokage. That boy Naruto was its Jinchuriki. The Uchihas were blamed for it. It was then decided by the Uchihas themselves that they would overthrow the Hokage. Itachi was ordered by the third Hokage to kill all the Uchihas. Itachi was loyal to his village more than to his own clan let alone parents.
I had to join the Akatsuki and leave behind Obito and Madara. I still am Madara.
Nagato too had a secret. Nagato's frail body was not something to see. He moved around in a wooden machine that helped him walk. There are chakra transmitters attached to it which control the six bodies known as Pain. His bodies are all still alive but under his control through the Rinnegan. He has his own tower or building where he kept these bodies. One of his bodies is a man named Yahiko; Pain's old friend from the Rain village. Jiraiya trained Yahiko, Nagato and Konan man years ago. All of Pain's six bodies are people who Jiraiya fought years before. I'm not sure but I think Pain probably wanted to defeat his former sensei, Jiraiya.
Nagato didn't kill Yahiko. Pain's orphan friend died but I don't know how. Nagato probably took the body to remember Yahiko.
"That Jinchuriki Naruto never seems to give up. He's what drives the people of Konoha to do the same…" Pain solemnly said.
(Pain)
The Jinchuriki may bring the world a better future…
authors note again: The part about Pain in a machine is true and the part about how Madara had to come back as Obito is just my point of view:P the rest is all true.... and you have now read an entire chapter full of spoilers!