Chapter 8: Saeko's past

Itachi arrived at the outskirts of Konoha where is teammate stood waiting for him.
"hm, Where is the jinchuuriki?" he asked questionably.
"I had some interference, by one Saeko."
"oh, really. The one who interfered during our capture of the Yonbi. I though he died?"
"Apparently not… it seems he has become a mist ninja. It's probably a disguise of some sort… that boy is far too strong to strong to start as a genin. The Raikage wouldn't go through the hassle of putting him through the chuunin exams. It's seems as he will stand in our way again." Itachi stated
"gah, what a nuiacense. He is probably pissed after our previous encounter too" Kisame chuckled.
"ah, but I left Naruto-kun something to brood over. He will come to us. If not he will see his friends squirm before him. Either way we have him twined around our fingers."

- Meanwhile in the forest of death -
"Are you ready to head back yet, Uzumaki?"

FLASHBACK
Naruto and Saeko traveled towards where Saeko had left their respective teammates.
'dammit, my eyesight is getting cloudy. Kyuubi sure is taking his time whit the wounds.'
"ahhhhhh!" Naruto lost his handhold of the branch he was swinging himself from and fell fast towards the ground. Saeko dashed fast from tree to tree to reach to forest floor faster than him and was just in time to catch him before hitting hard to the ground. Saeko eyed him warily. Naruto was sweating and had a high fever and his side wound was causing him to lose a fearsome amount of blood.
"you really should rest…" He said. Naruto was ready to protest but before he could he was being bandaged by the boy. 'I guess he is right… I can barely see my path as I run.' Naruto nodded and groaned at the pain that shoot through his body as Saeko pulled the last pull binding his bandage.
Naruto couldn't help but to wonder why the boy whom only yesterday was attacking him was sitting here bent down tending to his wounds. "why are you doing this?" he asked
"what, do you want to bleed to death?"
"of course not, but I mean yesterday you were…"
"you really are as stupid as you look…"
"what!?" Naruto yelled shouting up his fist to punch him but it was quickly forced back since his body couldn't hold it up.
"You mean you really didn't notice those akatsuki creeps spying on you?"
Naruto looked in disbelief at him. "well I attacked you to draw their attention… I wanted to show that I was there to bring them down once and for al."
Naruto blinked a few times but decided that it actually made sense. "Yeah… what's that all about?... how do you know them?" Naruto asked and almost wish he hadn't as he saw the boy's face turn grim and he clenched his fists in anger.
"They killed my uncle" he growled
Naruto's eyes widened. "…why?"
"that's obvious isn't it? He was the same as you, a jinchuuriki. Apparently he was Kisame's target. My mother and father died during a mission… the only family I had left was my uncle. My father was a highly respected man in Iwa so he protected his brother whit al he had but when he was gone there was no one there to save him anymore. He couldn't stand the way the village treated him so he ran… and I ran after."
He took a deep breath. Naruto saw clearly how hard it was for him to talk about.
"I pleaded to stay whit him when he told me to go back to the village. I refused, I didn't want to lose my last family member… in the end he agreed to it. I trained under him for several years… we had heard rumors about a organization called Akatsuki that hunted down jinchuuriki. About half a year ago they came before us… after a fierce battle whit my uncle and me they won…"
Naruto closed his eyes not baring to look into this crushed boys eyes… he knew what was next to come.
"They took us both to a cave…"
"uncle whom was unconscious the hole journey made some really good attempts at escape when he woke up in the cavern… he didn't succeed and for that he had to pay a high prize. They tortured him. My uncle was a strong man, he didn't scream once… the two men got frustrated over this. They gave each other a glance and tied up my uncle leaving him on the cold stone floor as they stepped over too me. And repeated what they had just done... This time he screamed more than he ever had. When they were done my uncle was totally broken. He stared at me whit empty eyes. It must have been hard on him to see the only one still alive that accepted him for what he was beaten to death. When they were done and believed I was dead they dragged him by the hair to the center of the cave and" Saeko hesitated and
Naruto pressed his eyes tighter as he knew exactly what was to come. "and killed him…" Saeko continued barley able to speak between his sobs.
"But first-"
"but first they extracted his demon." Naruto finished in Saeko's place. Saeko Nodded.
Naruto and Saeko's emotions had taken the shape of the other. Saeko looked down at the grass, eyes filled whit sorrow. Naruto had forced himself up in sitting position, clenching his fits whit eyes burning of anger. "Those bastards" he growled.
A long moments of silence past by until naruto spoke once more; "How did you escape?"
Saeko raised his head to watch into Narutos eyes. "I was conscious during the entire process though too beaten to even be able to make a sound let alone save him."
"you saw hi-" But Naruto stopped there 'you watched you last family member get killed a slow painful death right in front of your eyes', didn't seem like the best thing to say but Saeko seemed to get where Naruto was going whit the question either way.
"yes… " He answered as if he had read Narutos mind. "but since they didn't know I was alive they left shortly after the extraction leaving me barely alive and my dead uncle lying only meters away, his dead body tormenting me for days until I was finally able to gather the strength to stand. I buried him properly on his favorite hill near Iwa." Saeko sobbing grew louder. Naruto ignoring his stinging pain leaned over and hugged him. Saeko eyes widened at the gentle touch. He had pushed everybody away after his uncle's passing so he hadn't felt this feeling for a while. The feeling that someone actually cared. He warily raised his arms and retuned the warm embrace. They stayed so for long until Naruto finally let go. Smiling towards the recently sheer unemotional boy who was now sitting in front of someone he only recently met… crying his ass of, he said; "it must have been hard…"
Saeko didn't reply to that. It was obvious how he felt.
END FLASHBACK

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"yeah, I'm ready!" Naruto yelled happily, the anger filled emotions from earlier had triggered the Kyuubi chakra and healed him faster. So now after a few hours they were finally on their way back to their comrades. They traveled in silence. Both were still a little shaken from their conversation.
"hey Saeko… how come you are not in iwa anymore, why did you join the mist?"
"well actually… I only joined the mist so I could come to Konoha for the chuunin exams. I hid my true power and identity from the Raikage so I would be able to go here. Only so I could…"
"so you could do what?" Naruto asked quizzical when he stopped in mid sentence.
"so I could get my revenge on those bastards for what they did!" he growled.
Naruto stopped and Saeko fairly confused stopped as well staring at his newly gained friend.
"revenge, huh?" Naruto said in a low voice. Saeko tilted his head slightly; "what of it?"
"that won't solve anything!" Naruto screamed at him. "wha- what the hell do you know?!" He screamed back, anger now began take over his confusion. "Do you wish to fall into a endless darkness and become as bad as them?" Saeko snapped, anger now completely taken over him. "Of course not! I will never fall to their level an-"
"oh, really? In that case Revenge is the wrong path for you. I have seen what it does to people. It has completely taken over and changed my best friend." He said still keeping his voice low but now sadness drenched his tone as well.
"where the hell do you suggest I direct my anger then, huh!?"
"you're supposed to get past it! To be the better man and go above their levels and see the future, not cling to the past. Cuz I got news for you, the past lies in the past!" Naruto lowered his voice realizing how insensitive he was. "…but… I know it's hard but for the sake of yourself and for the world actually. It's better if you're the better man and forget your revenge. It will only lead to more revenge and thus more death. Do you really wish to be a part of that cause? "

"…I cannot do that. My past will always be a part of my future." He said and leapt swiftly away.
Naruto stared at the spot where Saeko disappeared. 'dammit, I won't let anyone get swallowed up by the darkness the path of revenge holds, I will lead you to the light Saeko' He clenched is fists and continued towards Konohamaru and Moegi.

AUTHORS NOTES: Short chapter and only about Saeko. A bit disappointing I suppose but in the next one there will only be 'team Naruto'! : D. And the second exams reaches it's conclusion!
And yes, I know of the crappy writing in this one as well but it was so boring to write… XD
so I skipped the final touch editing. (: Promise the next one will be better (probably!) : D

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