Next chapter. Hey everybody, how are you guys and gals doing this fine Thursday afternoon, well I'm doing horrible if any of you are wondering. The reason why is because I have the flu and I'm coughing a lot, so yeah this Thursday is not so fine for me...Anyways I'm bit sadden that not many people review the story, but I'm over so lets get started shall we.

In the great words of ElementalShadow

"Sanity is severely overrated…"

Sick

Chapter Two

Broken Down Below the Level…

He was slowly coming to…he could barely feel his own raspy breathing. As his eyes opened he felt the steam coming from his cuts healing. 'What the Hell?' As he thought to himself, he peered through his eyes and saw the face of Ellie looking over him with her only eye. As he tried to sit up, he fully opened his eyes…and could only see from his left eye. His good eye widening, he clutched his right eye and began to hyperventilate. Ellie saw this and tried to get to him but before she was able to, he was up to his feet with his hand clapped over his eye. "What the Hell is wrong with my eye?"

Ellie tried to help him but she could see the look of fear and the tinged of insanity in his eye…she had felt the same way when Stross had taken her eye. She was scared…she was alone and she was without an eye. She walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. She jumped back when he spun around to face her and the fear was evident in his eye. "What the Hell happened to me?" Ellie calmly walked over to him as she cradled her arm. "You were injured, Isaac. It was probably because of the Necromorph inside the gunship."

Isaac once more began to freak out as he heard noises around them. On instinct he let go of his eye and took his Ripper from his hip module. The whirring of the blade echoed through the forest as he began to activate his helmet. As it closed up, Naruto saw that he would have to repair it as he could feel a draft along the scar on his face. Aiming around, Isaac could feel that something was off. His suspicions were confirmed when a knife came from the shadows of the forest and clanged against his Ripper. He looked down only fast enough to see that it was obviously a throwing knife of some sort. He quickly turned his head back and fired off a shot into the darkness where the blade came from. The saw blade cut through everything in its path as it shot through the forest. Isaac was put on guard further when he heard a slight yelp come from the direction he fired.

As Isaac waited for the next strike from whoever was around, his attention was caught when he saw the shadows begin to move towards him. He fired a stationary saw blade and it spun in the air in front of him. His instincts kicked in when the shadows lifted from the ground and attacked him with pointed ends. He tried to cut through the shadows but the blade passed right through them. The shadows then began to wrap around him and he dropped his gun. Ellie screamed for Isaac's safety but she was quickly silenced by a quick chop to the back of her neck and dragged into the shadows of the forest by two figures.

Isaac was alone as he tried to fight the shadows off of him. He thrashed with all him might but he could not break their grip. He then heard a monotonous voice echo around him in the darkness. "I've got you right where I want you. Who are you?"

The voices echo made it slightly hard to hear it but Isaac was able to barely make out what it said. "You Know Who I Am! You Know Who I Am You Damn Marker! Why Must You Torment Me? Leave Me Alone! Just Leave Me The Fuck Alone!" Isaac thrashed against the shadows further and was able to get his right arm free. He reached down to his waist and took out his Contact Beam. He expediently aimed it at the ground and charged his shot with an excessive amount of cell power. He heard gasps coming from the shadows and he grinned madly under his helmet. He fired and the shockwave blew down everything in a twenty-five foot radius.

As Isaac looked over the carnage of the forest, he deactivated his helmet. He began to chuckle as he saw trees uprooted and he also saw an arm sticking up from under one of the trees. As he staggered over to the arm his chuckle began to escalate to a laugh. He looked down with his left eye wide with insanity and he reared back his fist and threw it forward. The spikes on the plates that were on his hands punched through the tree like it were paper. He grabbed the hand and drug the body from the splintered mess. He then set the body down and rolled it over. He stopped laughing as his eye widened in horror.

The hair was done up in a pineapple-like haircut and it was tied with a now charred band. His face was burnt from the output of the Contact Beams energy cell and his face was slender. Isaac then felt an image began to flash through his head and he clutched the sides of his head…the same boy…younger…Isaac as a boy…also younger…far younger than he was now…they were laughing…they were in a park…finally…the vision stopped. Isaac looked down through his clenched eyes as the pain became too much. He let loose a dark scream. "NO! NO THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! GRAH!" He ripped his Plasma Cutter from his hip and aimed it at the boys head. "STOP TORTURING ME WITH YOUR VISIONS!"

As Isaac was ready to pull the trigger, two arms wrapped underneath his own and curved around to push his head forward and drop his gun. He tried to fight the iron grip but it was to no avail as soon…his world went dark from the lack of air…

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Kakashi's day could not get any weirder. First he gets back from a mission to see a large unmanned craft of unknown origins crash in front of the gate. Next he gets to the Hokage Tower to report to Tsunade but she then sends him on a search mission to find anyone who may be connected to the craft. Finally as he assembles the team with Shikamaru and Kiba, they head out into the Forest of Fire.

When they finally tracked down the people that they thought were responsible…a saw blade came shooting through the trees and slashed Akamaru across the back. Kiba had wanted to attack sooner but Shikamaru was somehow able to talk him into a more tactical plan. It was when they grabbed the woman and ensnared the man that things went downhill. Somehow the man was able to break Shikamaru's shadows and pulled out some sort of weapon. It wasn't until they could actually feel the heat from the thing that they realized that they were in trouble. Before they could retreat, the man released a blast of energy so massive that the trees were uprooted all around him.

Kakashi was dazed at first when the blast went off but he was able to regain his composure as he saw the man moving towards Shikamaru with an insane look in his eye and a dark grin on his face. As he saw the man was able to punch through the tree and pull Shikamaru up, his eye widened when he saw the man start screaming. He rushed in and wrapped his arms under his and put him in a Full Nelson. As the man struggled, Kakashi pressed pressure points until the struggle ended. He dropped him unceremoniously on the ground and checked Shikamaru's pulse.

When it was known that Shikamaru was alive, Kakashi walked back over to the dangerous man. As he looked over his armor, he knew right away that the man had to be connected to the vessel. The futurism of his armor spoke many words…but Kakashi then found the mans face. It was calm and serene as he slept in a dreamless sleep…but Kakashi was finding his features hard to take in. The shaved blonde hair that only two people he'd known had had…the three whisker marks adorning each cheek…but the scar…the scar trailing across his face and over his eye…it made Kakashi want to give up his lunch.

As the images of the dangerous man processed in his head…his eyes began to widen. 'No…this isn't possible! I thought he was supposed to be dead! Sasuke killed him before he defected!' He did not have long to muse as he heard Shikamaru stirring in his sleep, ready to awaken. Kakashi quickly pulled out a black bag and threw it over the man's head before tying it. As he looked over, he saw Shikamaru pushing himself up off of the ground. He was dazed slightly but other than that he was okay.

Shikamaru looked over to Kakashi with the same lazy look he gave everyone. "So, Kakashi-san…did we complete the mission?" Kakashi nodded as he moved to pick the man up. Shikamaru looked around and saw that Kiba was mending Akamaru's wounds. He looked closer and saw that Ellie was lying about five feet away. Shikamaru nodded his head towards her. "I think I'll go grab her." He walked over and was ready to roll her over until he saw the light on her back. The yellow light that shone from the top to the bottom of her back began to dwindle slightly. Shikamaru was intrigued until he heard her labored breath. As he saw the bar go down further, he was able to put two and two together. 'It's like a life support device, huh? It monitors your health and as it gets lower you get closer to death. That'd be an interesting device to employ on the battlefield…'

Running through some hand signs that he had studied, his hands started to glow green as he ran his mans over her body. He began to see the bar soon go up slightly as it turned green. Shikamaru smiled at the fact that he was right. He picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder. Walking back over to Kakashi, he spoke. "So when are we heading back?"

Kakashi sighed as his thoughts were running wild in his head. "I think we should get back as soon as possible. Things have come up that I think may answer many of the Hokage's past questions concerning certain events." Shikamaru nodded, knowing that something was up. He turned and disappeared into the forest towards the village while Kakashi walked off as Kiba had taken off as well. He soon came to the dirt road leading to the village and he simply walked like he was taking a Sunday stroll. 'I hope that this isn't who I think it is…if it is…Tsunade-sama will most definitely be mad…more so at him than me but still…'

As he neared the gates, he felt as the man began to stir on his shoulder. His eyes widened and he began to run. 'If from what I saw in that forest is anything to go by then this man is obviously powerful! I have to get him to Tsunade before he wakes up!' Finishing his thought, Kakashi began to move faster through the gate and down the road to the Hokage Tower. As his stirring continued, Kakashi finally used the Shunshin and appeared in the Hokage's office, much to her surprise. "Kakashi, what the Hell is going on?"

Kakashi quickly laid the man down and placed a Genjutsu over him to keep him asleep. When he heard him snoring, he sighed. Once more, the Senju spoke up. "Kakashi, answer me." The scarecrow of a man looked up and sighed once more. He took a seat and propped his head up on his right palm from the seat handle. "The mission that you sent us on was far more taxing than I thought it would be. That man nearly killed Shikamaru and he hurt Akamaru." Tsunade nodded and sat down in her chair, laying her chin on top of her hands. "You think that he is linked to that thing that fell from the sky?" Kakashi nodded.

Kakashi sat up and leaned forward. "He used weapons that were far more advanced than anything I've ever seen. They far transcend Snow Countries Kunai Train cars and his armor was something that I'm sure even Jiraiya-sama had never seen before. One weapon he used fired a blade that cut Kiba's dog across the back while the other he used fired a shockwave that uprooted nearly everything around us. He was about to use another weapon on Shikamaru but I was able to knock him out before then. There was another girl with him but she wasn't nearly as dangerous…or unstable…"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Unstable, you say?" Kakashi nodded and continued. "He was on edge when he first woke up and we surrounded them. When he was able to uproot the trees and he saw Shikamaru's face, he started to scream about something called a Marker and that it was torturing him with visions. I think that he is severely unstable, mentally speaking." She nodded solemnly and spoke calmly. "I think that if he has a connection to the ship then that may be expected from him." Kakashi narrowed his eye. "Why is that?"

Tsunade leaned back in her chair with a light sigh. "When we brought the craft in, we were able to determine that something obviously happened aboard that ship. There was a body in what looked like the control room of the thing. By how it looked, if there were more then it would be a damn miracle if he weren't slightly insane." Kakashi nodded and spoke again after a minute. "I think that you'd like to know about something else, Hokage-sama…"

Tsunade perked an eyebrow at this and Kakashi stood before walking over to the man that lay on the floor. He removed the black bag from his head and Tsunade saw the shaved blonde hair. The color looked familiar but she knew she was getting her hopes up. She looked at Kakashi and he turned the man over. When he was over, her eyes widened and her gasp caught both her own and Kakashi's breath.

Looking at the face before her, she saw what could only be described as an older Naruto. His whisker marks were just the same and his face only seemed more chiseled. She saw the scar across his face and was horrified. She kneeled down immediately and ran a diagnostic jutsu over him before Kakashi could even register what she had done. He moved to get her away but before he could, she burst into tears. Kakashi stopped and looked on with a curious eye. "What is wrong, Hokage-sama?"

She looked up with teary eyes and a quivering lip. She looked back down and closed her eyes before pointing to his slashed eye. Kakashi quickly got the picture and bowed his head with a closed eye as well. In a low whisper…he spoke. "Sensei…I have failed your final wish…I could not protect your son." He kneeled down and placed a hand on Isaac's chest and was about to say something until he felt his chest begin to rise and fall faster, signaling that he was waking up. Kakashi started to act but he was stopped quickly by Tsunade and her steely eyes.

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His head was throbbing and his vision was blurry. Having absolutely no idea where he was, Isaac began to try and open his eyes, but he could only see out of his left. 'So it really was not a dream, huh? My eye…it's really gone…' He began to sit himself up as he felt his head throbbing in a relentless headache. He spoke in his gruff and weathered voice. "Damn…this is really going to suck." He completely opened his eyes and before him he saw two blurry figures standing and kneeling over his. The taller one looked to have silver hair and the other had blonde. It was a far lighter shade than his own…more platinum-like. As his vision cleared, he saw their faces and his eyes widened to the way they had in the forest when he saw the others face.

When the two saw his eyes widen they immediately began to try and calm him down, but he stood up and reached for his belt. Kakashi, knowing what had come from that belt before, tried to stop him but he was to slow in his reaction as Isaac pulled forth another one of his weapons. Kakashi could not get a good look at it as he had to stay on guard from him. He held his hands up in a steady manner and spoke. "Please…whoever you are…please calm down! We don't need anything bad to happen here!"

Isaac heard this and screamed his reply. "Everything bad that has happened to me has been because of you, you damn Marker! Stay out of my head!" Kakashi looked at him calmly. "Please…stay calm. What are you talking about a Marker?" Isaac dropped his weapon slightly before he brought it back up to look through its sights. "No! That's exactly what you'd want! I'm not dropping my guard! Stay back!" Isaac kept switching between his two targets until he was struck with a grand headache. Kakashi saw his pain and capitalized on it by rushing over and quickly disarming him. Before he could knock him out, though, Isaac had him in the air with his kinesis modules. Kakashi could barely scream as he flew through the air and smashed into the door.

Tsunade looked back at Kakashi and back to the man she thought was her godson. "Please…don't do this…please…Naruto-kun…" The last part spoken was more a whisper than anything else but it was perfectly heard in the now quiet room. Isaac's eyes widened and he was struck with another headache. He fell to the ground clutching his head as he had done for the past twenty-four hours, screaming at the top of his lungs, trying to get the pain to go away. Tsunade could feel his distress and tried to move forward but as she took her first step, Isaac shot his head up and glared at her with such distain that it hurt her deeply. "Don't come near me you damn Marker!"

As he finished speaking, visions began to flash through his head. Visions of when he was younger…visions of him hanging out with his friends on earth…but there were also other visions…visions of a time before he had ever came to earth…visions of battle…blood…loss…traitors…his head began to throb at the visions as they overloaded his mind. He forced himself to stand and he sent ferocious glare at Tsunade. She flinched as he looked at her.

He started to scream louder as the pain began to take a greater toll on him. Tsunade finally could not bear the thought of his painful screams and rushed forward with her hands glowing with their healing green chakra. She placed her hands over his cheeks and his screams began to dwindle until they were nothing but whimpers. He fell silently to his knees and Tsunade came down with him. As he started to cry, she tried to quell his pain by rubbing his shaved head and quietly trying to shush and coo him to sleep.

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Not long after the incident within the Hokage's office, the council was convened. In the center of the room, Isaac lied on a medical table strapped down and his utility belt removed. They could not remove his armor but that did not stop them from placing seals all over his body. Paralysis seals, explosive seals and even a Dead-Man seal were placed all over his body. Tsunade sat at her chair close to tears while the other councilmen and women were confused at the sight of the man in the center and their Hokage near to tears. Among the councilwomen was the currently acting Hyuuga Clan Head, Hanabi Hyuuga. Hinata and their father Hiashi had left on important business to Suna and Hiashi had entrusted the welfare of the clan to Hanabi whilst he was gone. And that included any council meetings that may occur while he was gone.

Everyone waited until Tsunade was ready to speak. If she were honest with herself, she would have to say that she wasn't quite sure if she could trust her own words at that point, but she knew that she'd have to eventually speak to them. After all, she was the one that called the meeting. She straightened her back and tried to steel her face. "Okay…this meeting is of a grave importance. The reason that I have called you here today is to discuss the fate of this man before us. I'm sure that you are all aware of the incident with the falling craft that came from seemingly nowhere?" Almost all of the heads in the room nodded and Tsunade continued.

"For those of you that do not know; about three hours ago, an unknown and unmanned craft of unknown origins crashed down just outside of the village. ANBU quickly recovered the craft and took it to a secured facility underneath this tower. I then sent Kakashi out on a search and rescue mission that quickly turned hostile once they found whom they thought to be the ones connected to the craft; a man and a woman. The woman was easily taken out but the man, that man on the table, proved to be a grand foe in both weapons and power. Though from observations from both Kakashi and I, the man suffers from apparent insane delusions as well. He speaks of something called a Marker. With this being said, I am sure that Inoichi knows what it is that I would require of him, don't you Inoichi-san?"

The head of the Yamanaka clan nodded his head and stood up. "I will probe this mans mind…but I would require the help of my daughter to do so. If I were to come across any traps then I would more than likely need her help dismantling them. Some mind traps can be very complex and require more than one person to take them apart." Tsunade nodded and Inoichi left to go get his daughter. The only person that looked to be stressing over the situation was Tsunade. Her eyes were shining with the presence of tears. 'I can't believe this…Naruto…please be okay…'

Time passed and soon Inoichi returned to the Council Chambers with his daughter, Yamanaka Ino, Heiress of the Yamanaka clan. They both stood beside the unconscious form of Isaac and looked to the Hokage for the go-ahead. When she gave it, they turned to each other and nodded. After flashing through many seals and focusing their chakra with expert precision, neither spoke their jutsu as they froze in place with their eyes closed and arms in their trademarked positions of transfer.

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Isaac stood in the same hallway that he had in his dream. Everything was fixed but he could see at the end of the hallway, the shadows were creeping in, accompanied by dark growls and screeches. Isaac tried to move but for some reason he could not. He tried to turn his head but…he could not. He could only watch as the darkness came closer and closer. He then heard the walls begin to shake and crack with a terrible force. Darting his eyes to the walls, he saw tiny baby Necromorphs begin to crawl out of holes in the ceiling. As they came closer, he began to scream.

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Inoichi and Ino both walked the metal halls of Isaac's mind with extreme caution. Every now and then, they would hear the enraged howls of the Necromorph's and Ino had nearly released her jutsu when she heard the first one. Inoichi wasn't faring much better but he was still able to keep his lunch up, albeit barely, the reason why is cause every now then he would see body parts that look half eaten. The two Yamanaka's walked even deeper into his mind, only getting more and more disturbed by the minute.

When they came to a T-intersection of the halls, Inoichi looked over to his daughter. "Ino-chan, you go right and I'll go left, okay?" Ino nodded and started down the right hallway while Inoichi took his path. Neither of them knew what they would find on their excavations into Isaac's mind...

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Isaac had managed to break from his seemingly frozen state and was now running as fast as he could to make sure that he was far away from the things that were after him. He cocked his head back as he ran and he could see that he was still being followed by full grown Necromorph's. Their roars were echoing through the hall as he gasped for air in exhaustion. But he had to keep running...he couldn't stop...or they would get him.

Isaac activated his helmet and tried to track the best route to get away from the ravenous creatures. Holding his right hand out in front of him, he activated his pathfinder module. The blue light shot from his hand but nothing appeared for him to follow. Grunting in disapproval, Isaac deactivated it and tried to run faster. He looked back once more...and it was his undoing...

Something caught Isaac's leg as he tried to look back and he fell to the ground with a yell of surprise and fear. He hit the ground and rolled for about five feet as he staggered to get up...but it was already too late. The Necromorph's had pounced into the air and Isaac could only watch as they came down upon him. One pierced his leg and he roared in pain. As the others came down...a thought popped into his head. 'I can't die...I won't die here...'

Still feeling the pain shooting through his limbs, Isaac reached to his belt and pulled up his Plasma Cutter and started to fire randomly. The blue beams of pure energy ran through the creatures of horror and hit the ceiling. Isaac then brought it down to aim at the ones arm and he shot. The thing roared in pain and lurched back to get away from him. He then ripped out the blade-like arm and threw it to the side. Isaac then used the wall to lift himself up and he began to limp away...

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It was horrific...the images she had seen...the things that she had opened doors to...it horrified her. Ino was shaking in fear as she continued to walk through the halls of Isaac's mind. She had opened countless doors and none of them she was prepared for. She tried her best to keep her cool as she neared another door. Shaking like a wet dog, she waited for it to do whatever it did to open. With a hiss, the door began to open. Ino looked inside and...she barely held back her tears...

Inside...the room was doused in a dim light...but for some reason the walls and the floor were given a red hue. Ino staggered back and her back hit the wall as her eyes widened. She held her hand over her mouth as she tried to keep herself steady against the cold metal wall with her other hand. Tears began to well up in her eyes...she began to whimper at the sight before her...

Inside of the room...on the floor...A Necromorph with his entire lower half missing sat in the middle on a pile of something that reached the height of Ino's midsection. She looked closer and noticed the skull that sat near the door away from the pile...far too small to be a full grown skull. Her tears came harder as she also noticed that the creature was gorging itself on something...something small...

She looked closer and saw the thing toss its food away. She followed the mutilated treat with her watering eyes as it hit the wall hard and fell to the floor with a thud. She tried to look closer and noticed the small, limp limb that hung to the side as the fingers curled in slightly...no thicker than a babies arm. Finally...it was too much for her to take as she let loose a bloodcurdling scream.

The Necromorph looked up as it was reaching for another screaming body in the pile. It caught sight of Ino and let forth a bloodthirsty roar. Ino fell to the ground and put her hands into a seal. "Kai! Kai kai kai kai kai kai KAI!" Before the creature had a chance to move, Ino had disappeared from Isaac's mind.

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Outside of Isaac's mind in the Council Room, everyone could see his body thrashing on the metal slab that they had strapped him to. It was when Ino's chakra spiked that they knew something was up. Only a few seconds afterwards, the chakra of Isaac spiked and a massive force was felt between his body and Ino's. Her body was sent flying and it hit the table behind her.

Her eyes snapped open and immediately she was in tears. She curled up and howled in fear as she held her knees to her chest tightly. She then looked up and pointed to his body with a quaking finger. "H-H-H-He's insane! T-The things...in h-h-his head...h-h-how in the HELL can he create those things! Oh my...the...the kids...the babies...that thing...those creatures..."

Tsunade was by her side in seconds trying to comfort her. "Shh...it's o..." She was cut off. "OKAY? This is NOT OKAY! He is not OKAY! He's DANGEROUS!" Tsunade kept trying to calm her down. "Why, though? Why is he dangerous? What did you see?" Ino tried to cover her head as she buried her face in her knees. "Those things...th-that monster...it...it ate...it ate the babies...they never stood a chance...they...they couldn't defend themselves...they never stood a chance..."

Tsunade was confused. 'What things is she talking about? It ate babies? Oh...Naruto...what has happened to you? What have you been through that was worse than here? What has made you snap like this?' She looked over to Isaac's body and saw that Inoichi had come out and that the broken man had stopped thrashing on the table. Inoichi looked over to Tsunade and he looked down...Tsunade got the message but Inoichi still spoke.

"Hokage-sama...this man...is about as dangerous to himself as he would be to anyone around him. His mind snapped long ago. There are signs of attempted reconstruction...but it's like anything else that fails...his mind is in shambles..." Tsunade had tears coming from her eyes. She walked over to the Isaac's body and placed a hand over his forehead. What she said next made the council, both Shinobi and Civilian, gasp in shock.

"I am so sorry...Naruto-kun..." It was all that was needed to start the uproar from the council. Everyone raged except for four people; Inoichi, Tsunade, Ino and Hinata. Inoichi was trying to comfort Ino in the chaos while Tsunade stared at Isaac's unconscious form. Hanabi...she had so many thoughts going through her head that she was beginning to get a headache. T\It also did not help that the entire Council Room was echoing with so much noise that she could barely even hear her own thoughts.

Getting up slowly in the chaos of the room, Hinata made her way around the table in a daze. Slowly but surely, the sound began to fade into nothing in her head as she came closer and closer to the table. On the side opposite of Tsunade, Hanabi looked down to the rugged face that looked serious even in slumber. She placed her hand on his head and ran across the scar over his eye with tears forming in her own...

'Naruto-kun...'

End

Maa that sure was a long chapter wasn't. Anyways I have a few things I need to tell everyone first before I update the next chapter.

1. I am going to start the harem poll for naruto. So tell who you guys want in poll and ill add them. Also, Ellie is already apart of the harem.

2.I'm real need of a bête reader so please let me know if your willing to beta read my stories.

3.I will not update the next chapter, unless I get at least 5-10 more reviews.

any of you who are waiting for my update on "The Dark Mage" it will be soon, as we speak I'm in the process of writing it now so be patient.

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