The Retelling of Naruto Shippuden

by Starra Uchiha

"When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I would get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!

13. Thomas Sutcliffe

Thomas Sutcliffe

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko, Zero and Rukia. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!

Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!

I'll keep you guys posted on who the viewers think is the spy.

Asura: 1

Yukiko: 2

The Elders: 2

Sakura: 4

Sai: 2

Haku: 2

Haku's fangirl: 1

Konohamaru: 1

Akemi: 1

Michael: 1

Enjoy!

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Waking up, I felt groggy. It felt like the first time I had come into this world, I was disorientated. Slowly, the dizziness stopped and I was able to focus. I could tell I was laying on the ground with the way my back was hurting slightly and I could hear a lot of noise. I wanted to lay there for moment but my eyes wouldn't stay closed any longer. Opening my eyes, I wince at the sudden brightness. Looking around I see rubble and broken buildings. It looked like a demolition sight. I wanted to groan, Pain had activated his Chibaku Tensei technique and demolished the village.

Slowly, I sit up and I didn't feel any pain. Pulling at my top, I look down at where I had been stabbed by Pain and there wasn't a mark there at all. Putting my top back in place I look around, I was in a clearing with rubble all around me and other bodies littered the place.

I could see by the stab wounds and the fact they weren't breathing that they were all dead.

I hear a gasp, making me look in the direction is came from. I see Sakura standing there looking at me with wide eyes.

"Sup Sakura." I say, giving her a salute.

"B-but how?" Sakura stutters looking at me with a frantic look.

I felt myself grin, but I didn't answer her. What could I say? Oh Sakura I've come back to life because the angels sent me here after going through a trial for my soul. That would go down well I bet. The best choice that I had was to not answer her at all.

"Where is Naruto-kun?" I ask standing up and dusting myself off.

Sakura seemed to still be in shock.

I walk over to her and click my fingers in front of her face making her jump. "Where is Naruto-kun?" I ask again.

Sakura blinks slowly. "He and Sasuke-kun went to find Pain's real body."

I sigh in relief. "They're going to reason with him, that's good."

Sakura looks at me with a weird look. "No, they're going to kill him."

My head whips to Sakura's direction so fast I was scared I would get whiplash. "What?!" Naruto was meant to reason with Nagato and he would bring back all the people he had killed. If Naruto didn't convince him would that mean no one would come back? That would mean Kakashi wouldn't be brought back.

I turn around to run and find them. I needed to stop that from happening. What had happened after I died?!

"W-where are you going?!" Sakura exclaims.

I stop and look to her, she was looking at me concerned. "You just died! You can't go back out there!" Sakura says.

I grin at her. "I'll be fine." I turn back around and run out the village and into the forest.

Running, I passed a rocky area. I knew that Konoha forests didn't usually gave this amount of rocks and boulders so I knew that Sasuke and Naruto had been here. Passing the now dead Pain confirmed that, on the floor all his metal receivers lay on the ground with blood dripping on them. They were close, seeing that, I pumped more chakra into my legs, running faster.

As I ran I couldn't help but feel worried. The first thing on my mind was why was Sasuke with Naruto? I thought he was under Zero's control, does that mean he's no longer under Zero's control. Was Haku okay? I did die in front of him, I wonder if he's coping. I felt a rush of terror, Haku was going to kill me again when he sees me!

My thoughts were broken when I saw Shikaku, Inoichi and a member of the Hyuuga Clan standing on one of the braches. I remember that Naruto passed them in the anime and requested that they leave him to deal with Pain's real body.

Inoichi was the first to spot me, his eyes widen and his mouth drops slightly. "I thought you were dead."

Shikaku and the Hyuuga member also turn around and see me. They have similar reactions, shock and disbelief.

"Have Naruto-kun and Sasuke passed by?" I ask.

The Hyuuga was the first one to regain his composure. "Why do you need to know?" He asks glancing at me with suspicion.

I sigh in exasperation. "They're about to do something stupid and I'm trying to stop that, now I will ask again, have they passed?" I ask a bit more forcefully.

"They went that way." Shikaku tells me pointing north.

"How long ago?" I ask.

"Just a few moments before." Shikaku answers.

I nod my head, "Thank you." I run off in the direction that Shikaku pointed, hoping I would catch up to them before they made a big mistake.

Inoichi turns to his friend. "Why did you let her go after them?"

The Hyuuga nods his head, agreeing with him. "Uzumaki-san and Uchiha-san specifically said that they didn't want anyone following them." He remembers seeing the two ninjas, they were adamant that no one was to follow them. There was even a murderous glint in both their eyes that took him a back.

Shikaku sighs. "It's what Shikamaru said to me that's why." Shikaku remembers having a chat with his son. Shikamaru had confided in him that he made a mistake of lashing out at Akemi after Asuma's death. Shikaku told him to go and apologise and his son took his advice. When Shikamaru came back, he was happier and more relaxed. There was something about Akemi that brought out a positive reaction out of people and Naruto and Sasuke certainly needed her at this point. Shikaku had never seen Naruto or Sasuke act this way. Naruto was usually so happy an energetic and seeing him so tense and serious unnerved the older Nara. It was Sasuke though that made him nervous. There was an eerie calmness to the boy, in that moment Sasuke reminded Shikaku of Itachi when he was on a mission.

Word had spread that Akemi was dead through Katsuyu. Seeing Naruto and Sasuke only confirmed that. He knew how close Team Seven was through Kakashi, Kakashi was always so proud of his team even if he never said it.

I continued to run while looking for Naruto and Sasuke. I really hoped that I got to them before they got to Nagato otherwise it was game over.

That's when I saw then. I could see the tree made out of paper, curtesy of Konan. They were just a few feet away from it.

"Naruto-kun! Sasuke!" I yell out. My voice echoing throughout the forest.

Naruto and Sasuke seem to freeze.

I stop were I was, I was a quite a few meters away but I knew they heard me through their body language. My heart felt as though it would jump out of my chest, I felt nervous and excited at the same time. I know that it hadn't been long since I died, but it felt like a lifetime.

Naruto and Sasuke both turn around.

Naruto's eyes widen when he sees me. "A-Akemi-chan…"

I smile at him, feeling tears gather in the corner of my eyes.

Naruto ran towards me and was in front of me in second. "H-how are you…?" Naruto whispers looking at me intently.

"I was brought back." I softly say back.

Naruto reached out and grabbed my arm and pulled me towards me. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly. "I-I t-thought y-you w-were d-dead!" Naruto whimpers as he begins to shake.

I wrap my arms around him. "I'm alive, that's all that matters." I felt the tears run down my face and stain Naruto's iconic orange and black jacket. Eventually, Naruto lets me ago and smiled at me. There was a happy glint in his eyes and the smile wouldn't leave his face.

"You idiot."

I look in Sasuke's direction, he was standing next to me. His fists were clenched and his head was bowed so I couldn't see his eyes. Sasuke lifts his head and he glared at me.

I blink slowly. "Huh?"

"What were you thinking?!" Sasuke yells at me.

"I-"

"No you weren't thinking where you?!" Sasuke continues to yell at me.

Naruto place a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, but Sasuke pushes it off him. Sasuke grabs me by my shoulders and continues to yell at me. "Do you not realise how much you scared us?! Sacred me?!" Sasuke began to shake, he seemed to find it difficult to breath.

I gently remove his hands from my shoulders and move closer to Sasuke, I grabbed his face gently and made him look at me. I nearly gasped, there were so many emotions swirling in his eyes: sadness, relief and something else that I couldn't identify.

"I am fine and I'm not going anywhere. I promise you." I softly say looking at Sasuke in the eyes. Sasuke seemed to deflate. His arms wrapped around my waist and he brought me closer to him, his chin resting on the top of my head. I brought my arms up and wrapped them around his neck, pulling him closer.

After a few moments of staying like this, I was the one who pulled away first, and then Sasuke though he seemed a bit reluctant.

"You can't kill Nagato." I say.

"But he killed you!" Naruto interjects.

"He needs to pay." Sasuke firmly says.

I shake my head. "If you 'make him pay' then the people who died won't be able to come back!"

Both their eyes widen, "But how are you back?" Naruto asks looking at me up and down.

"Well technically my soul doesn't belong to this world." I tell them briefly while making hand motions. I didn't really want to get into this because that means I would have to explain it again with Haku. I would rather explain it to everyone in one go.

Naruto and Sasuke glanced at one another, both looking slightly confused.

"But just promise me you don't kill him." I ask, looking at them pleadingly.

"He nearly killed Jiraya." Naruto says, a very unhappy look on his face.

"But he isn't." I interject.

Naruto sighs and makes a grumbling sound and Sasuke didn't look to happy either.

"Just hear his story." I ask them.

Sasuke and Naruto look at each other. Sasuke was the first to cave and nods his head, Naruto was a bit more reluctant but eventually he agreed.

I smile, "Let's go then." I say walking forward to the paper tree. Naruto and Sasuke were quick to join me. As we walked to the tree, I noticed that Naruto and Sasuke stood particularly close to me but I didn't say anything and just let them be.

We make it to the paper tree, Sasuke uses his sword to make an opening. I went to walk in first but Sasuke grabs my arm stopping me to let Naruto to go first.

"Why did you do that?" I ask Sasuke.

Sasuke glances at me for moment and turns his attention back to the entrance. "I'm not taking the risk again."

I open my mouth to protest, but I stop myself. Sasuke was… protecting me?

I smile at him before following after Naruto, with Sasuke close on my heels.

Walking into the tree, I saw Nagato. Nagato has pale white skin with straight bright red hair, his hair was parted so only his right eye was visible and we could see the Rinnegan clearly. He wore no clothes of which I could see, due to his lack of clothes I could see that he looked very unhealthy. He was so skinny that I could nearly see every bone in his body and his face looked sunken. His was hooked up to a mechanical worker and his arms seemed to be trapped in it too. On his back were many metal receivers making him look like a porcupine.

Beside him was Konan, who was looking at her friend with worry.

As soon as we entered the room, Nagato and Konan's attention was on us. Konan ran in front of Nagato, ready to fight us and defend him. Seeing her on the offensive, Naruto and Sasuke tensed and moved closer to me, slightly shielding me from her.

"Konan, step back." Nagato orders.

Konan looks back at him for a moment. "Nagato?"

"It's okay." Nagato tells her.

Konan was reluctant, but she moved back. However, she made sure to stay by his side, ready to attack in case we did.

Nagato's eyes find mine. "You're alive." He says, his voice hoarse.

"I am." I say.

"How?" Konan asks, silently demanding an answer.

I smile slightly. "Let's just say I have someone watching over me."

Naruto looks at Nagato. "You're Pain's real form, huh?"

Nagato stares at Naruto and Sasuke with an apathetic look. "So, peace has nonchalantly arrived, eh?"

Naruto clenches his fists and Sasuke glares at Nagato. Naruto was angry, he had nearly lost his teacher and his best friend. Sasuke was angry, he wanted to make Nagato pay by making him feel the same pain as he did.

Seeing their tense forms, I grab the both by the shoulders and whisper to them. "Remember why we are here." I say quietly, never taking my eyes away from Nagato. Naruto and Sasuke relax slightly, but still remained tense.

"Do you hate me?" Nagato asks. "Your enemy is right before your eyes. You want revenge, do you not?"

Konan speaks up. "If you were to kill Nagato right here and now, nothing would change. It would only be for your satisfaction." She glares at us all individually.

I was certain that if we did kill Nagato, Konan would want revenge. "We're not here to kill him." I say.

Nagato glares at me. "Oh? And the rest of the Akatsuki, you killed them."

I frown, he was right. I had orchestrated their death and captures. I had trapped them away into a scroll were they couldn't be touched. Every Akatsuki member in the scroll was dead, all besides Sasori, he was the only one still alive in there.

"You people, who can't answer anything, can't do anything. Your roles are to be sacrifices for the peace I will create!" Nagato exclaims.

The front of the mechanical machine opens and a large metal receiver shoots out like a bullet. However, it would never make it to us, it was aimed for Naruto, but Sasuke slashed it with his sword, cutting the metal receiver into two. The two parts of the metal weapon fall to the ground, useless.

Sasuke glares at Nagato. "We came here because we wanted to talk to you."

"I also wanted to confirm something else." Naruto says, also glaring at the Rinnegan user.

"And what would that be?" Nagato asks, interested in what they had to say.

Naruto looks to the ground for a moment. "I wanted to confirm my own feeling when I saw the person that nearly killed my teacher and also killed my friend. I wanted to know that if I saw my enemy in front of me, what I would do."

"And?" Nagato prompted.

Naruto clenches his fists as he trembles. "I really can't forgive you, you fuckin' bastard! Even now, I want to kill you so badly I can't stop trembling!" Naruto shouts, looking at Nagato with his red, demon eyes.

Naruto went to go for Nagato, Konan jumped in front of Nagato, ready to block the attack but there was no need. I jumped in front of Naruto. Naruto's fist was just inches away from my face. Naruto glares at me, "Get out of my way Akemi-chan!"

"We didn't come here to fight, Naruto-kun." I tell him sternly.

Sasuke reaches out and puts his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Calm down dobe."

Naruto grits his teeth, and his fist begins to shake.

"Remember what Jiraya said." I say, hoping that it would work.

Naruto eyes widen at my words and the shaking stops completely. "Ero-sensei told me that he believed a time would come when people would truly understand one another. I didn't really pay close attention to him back then. He told me that he'd entrust finding the answer to me, but I was just glad to be acknowledged as his student. Now I fully understand what he meant." The redness in Naruto's eyes disappeared and they went back to being blue as he calmed down.

"But there's still not changing that you cannot forgive me for killing Jiraya and your friend." Nagato says, sparing a glance at me. "Love and forgiveness cannot be bought with pretty words."

I shake my head. "That's where you're wrong."

Konan looks to me. "What do you mean?"

"Jiraiya is very much alive, in a coma but alive." I tell them.

Nagato seemed shocked by my words and almost a little angry. "What Jiraya-sensei was talking about was nothing more than old-fashioned idealism. Reality is far too different. You said that you'd defeat me and bring peace to this world. Even if that's just an excuse to get your revenge, just to satisfy your sense of justice, that's fine."

"We already said that we are not hear to kill you." Sasuke says, though he really wanted to kill Nagato and be done with this.

Nagato ignores the Uchiha and continues to speak. "You are not gods. Can you really believe in Jiraya-sensei's nonsense after seeing what reality is like?"

Naruto frowns. "Ever since I heard that you were once Jiraiya-sensei's student, there's been something I wanted to ask you."

"What is it?" Nagato asks.

"If you were really Ero-sensei's student, how did you end up like this?" Naruto asks. "I know that even now you're not like the members of the Akatsuki, but I still don't know anything about you."

Sasuke speaks up. "We want to hear your story and then we will answer you."

Nagato was silent for a moment, taking in their words. He takes a deep breath and says. "Alright, I'll tell you my story of our pain."

Nagato began his tale, recounting his first two moments of pain. The first one was when his parents were murdered by Konoha ninja, which unlocked his Rinnegan and then how he killed the two ninja. He tells us how he met Yahiko and Konan and how all three had to resort to thievery to survive. After seeing Hanzo the Salamander battle the Three Sanin: Jiraya, Tsunade and Orochimaru, they set out to find the three ninja so they can be taught Ninjutsu. Nagato goes on to describe his second pain. Nagato, Yahiko and Konan were taught Ninjutsu by Jiraiya, but after he left, they grew up to start an organization, led by Yahiko, to bring peace to the Hidden Rain. Hanzo decides that Yahiko's group is a threat to his ruling and decides to kidnap Konan. Hanzo orders Nagato to kill Yahiko if he wants her to live and Yahiko sacrifices himself for Konan's sake, horrifying Nagato and forcing him into the crippled state he's in today.

"As long as mankind continues to exist, so will hatred." Nagato says, "True peace can't exist in this cursed world. Jiraiya-sensei's words are nothing more than fiction!"

I couldn't help but feel sadden at his story. I already knew his story from heart, but hearing it in person was a completely different experience. Hearing the thickness of emotion in his voice really resonated with me. Naruto seemed to share the emotions I will feeling, but Sasuke looked to be impassive as always.

"I have told you three my story." Nagato says. "Let me hear your answers."

Naruto reaches into his pouch and pulls out a book. The book was titled 'The Tale of the Gutsy Ninja'. It was Jiraiya's first ever book be published, though not as popular as he erotic novels. He had given Naruto this book right before he left to find Pain.

Sasuke was the first to speak. "We understand where you are coming from, but I can't forgive you." Sasuke shakes his head.

Naruto's grip on the book tightens. "But still, I can't forgive you. I really hate you for what you did to Jiraya and Akemi."

My left hand reaches out and I take his hand in mine to support him. Naruto glances at me briefly and smiled at me slightly before turning back to Nagato. I felt pressure on my right hand and look down, Sasuke had grabbed it. I look at Sasuke with confusion written on my face to find that he wasn't looking at me, I snigger to myself but don't let go of his hand.

"So, will you settle this?" Nagato asks.

Naruto squeezes my hand slightly. "But…"

Nagato and Konan look up, interested in what he was going to say.

"Ero-sensei believed in me and entrusted this to me." Naruto tells them. "So I will believe in what Ero-sensei believed in!"

Naruto looks them directly in the eyes. "That's my answer."

Nagato's eyes widen a fraction.

Sasuke sighs and relaxes slightly. "We won't kill you."

"So, you'll believe in what Jiraiya-sensei believed in, huh?" Nagato mumbles to himself.

Nagato looks to I and Sasuke. "Is that your answer too?"

Sasuke nods, not prepared to answer anymore.

"I believe in what Naruto-kun believes in." I say honestly.

"Is that supposed to mean that we should wait for you to somehow make the world a peaceful place?!" Nagato yells in outrage.

Naruto looks down to his book.

"Don't screw with me!" Nagato yells, leaning forward as much as he can. "How can you believe in what Jiraiya-sensei said at this time?! There is no such thing as true peace. As long as we exist in this world, there won't be such a thing!"

"Then I'll end this curse!" Naruto argues back. "If there's a thing such as peace, then I shall grasp it! I'll never give up!"

Those four words seemed to resonate with Nagato. "You… that's…" He stutters.

Konan looks to him with concern. "Nagato, what is it?"

"Those words that Naruto-kun said are within that book." I say glancing at the book in Naruto's hand.

Naruto looks at the book and smiled. "This is the first book that Ero-sensei wrote. He wanted to change the world with this book. On the last page, he wrote of a student who gave him the inspiration to write this book."

Nagato asks. "And who was it."

Sasuke scoffed. "Isn't it obvious? It was you."

Nagato looks to the ground, reminiscing about the past.

"The name of the main character of this book, was called Naruto." Naruto says. "I have no intention of making a scar Jiraiya's work by giving up!"

Nagato and Naruto clash eyes for a moment.

"I will become Hokage!" Naruto vows. "And when I do, I'll bring peace to Amegakure as well! Please believe in me!"

Nagato was silent for a moment before he said. "Why? How can you stand there and declare that you will never change? That you will never change, no matter the pain you face? Can you keep on believing in yourself? Can you guarantee that?!" His voice rose with every question.

"I have experienced pain too." Naruto says looking to the ground. His thoughts went back to his childhood, how everyone shunned him and made him in feel inadequate, how he was always looked down on, even in the Academy. How he nearly lost his friends to Orochimaru and then saw his best friend die.

"We all have." Sasuke says. His thoughts went back to his clan, how they were all murdered by his brother. How he was alone through his childhood because he couldn't let anyone in. How he had wanted revenge on his brother, not realising that his brother was innocent and condemning him until the truth actually came out. How he nearly fell into Orochimaru's clutches, how he was controlled by Zero and finding out that Akemi had died.

I stayed silent. I had felt pain myself, but not nearly as much as Naruto and Sasuke, and certainly not Nagato. The only pain that I experienced was dying, albeit twice. The fact I would never see my real family again still haunted me to this day, but at least I had a family. I have Haku, Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi as my family. I was lucky and I appreciate it.

Naruto grips his stomach where the seal was. "And I'm keeping a huge pain inside me as well. From now on, who knows how much pain will keep on attacking me. If the main character were to change, then it would be a completely different story. It would turn into a different book than the one my sensei gave me. That's not Naruto."

Naruto smiles, "Unlike my master, I cannot write a book. Thus, the sequel will be decided on how I live my life! No matter the pain that may come, I'll go on. That's who Naruto is!"

Nagato's eyes widen for a brief second before he closes them. "If the main character changes it'll become a different story…" He repeats softly.

Nagato looks to the ground. "I am your senior student. As students of the same sensei, we should be able to understand each other. It's what I said earlier, but it was meant as a joke."

Konan looks to him.

"You're a mysterious bunch." Nagato says. "You three remind me of my old self and my team."

"Nagato." Konan mumbles.

Nagato continues to talk. "I wasn't able to believe in Jiraya. No, I wasn't able to believe in myself. However, I have a feeling that you can walk a different path that I did and face a different future."

Nagato removes his hands from the machines. "I think I shall try to believe in you, Uzumaki Naruto." He says.

Nagato makes a hand seal. "Gedou: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!"

"Nagato, you…!" Konan shouts.

"Konan, it's alright." Nagato says looking to his friend. "I've made a new choice, a choice I had given up on."

Naruto leans over to me. "What's he doing?"

"He's bringing back everyone that he and his Paths of Pain killed." I whisper softly to Naruto, and Sasuke who I could see was listening.

Konan looks over to us. "The bearer of the Rinnegan can use all the techniques of the Six Bodies of Pain and is said to exist outside the realm of life and death. Nagato's ocular power is a technique that governs life and death, the Seventh Path."

Nagato brought his hands together and concentrated. His hands shook and sweat gathered in his forehead, making his red hair stick to it. Nagato's hair began to look dull, it went from the vibrant red to a grey-ish red until eventually it was white.

For a brief moment, I activated my Shīringu. Nagato's chakra levels were nearly all gone, if he used this jutsu then he would kill himself. I deactivate my Kekkei Genkai, not having a use for it at the moment.

Katsuyu makes her appearance by slithering out of Naruto's jacket and rests on his shoulders. "The villagers have been revived." She tells us in her soft voice.

I look at the slug, I hadn't even realised she was there.

Wait, hang on.

Does that mean everyone thinks I'm dead? Did Katsuyu pass that on to everyone?

Tsunade's gonna kill me!

Nagato looks up, "There's still time to save those I killed in Konoha. It's the least I can do to atone." After a few more moments, he stops and lets his arms drop to either side of him. Nagato was wheezing, finding it hard to breath.

I step forward. "If you want, I can help you?" I offer him.

Konan looks to her friend.

Nagato shakes his head. "I do not deserve it."

"Nagato." Konan mumbled.

Nagato shakes his head. "I do not want it!"

I take a step back, my assistance was not wanted or needed at this point.

"War brings death, wounds and pain on both sides." Nagato says, his head bowed and his white hair covering his eyes like a curtain. "There is nothing harder than accepting the death of a loved one. And so we convince ourselves that they cannot die."

Blood began to fall from Nagato's mouth, but he still continues to speak. "Especially your generation, who do not know the horrors of war."

'But we will soon.' I thought to myself sombrely. The war with Madara was approaching and this time we may not win. For all I know, Zero could have been telling him the information about what will happen, meaning that this time will be harder than ever.

"You look for the meaning in death. But there is only pain and hatred, which you do not understand, that consumes you." Nagato says. "People die like trash, an everlasting hatred accompanied by a pain that cannot be healed. That is war. Naruto that is what you must go against."

Nagato looks to the book, his eyes closing as he becomes weaker. "It's as if someone planned it all, or could it be the work of God himself? I've played my part. Naruto, I truly believe that you can…" He never got to finish his sentence, he fell forward, limp and lifeless.

The paper that made the structure of the tree began to blow away with the wind as Konan released her control of it. It only took a few seconds before the paper tree was gone and there was nothing left of it.

Konan used the paper from the tree to encase Nagato and Yahiko's bodies. There was so much paper around them it reminded me of a mummy.

"Are you taking him back with you too?" Sasuke asks her.

Konan nods her head. "Yes. This Pain was created from Yahiko's corpse. He's very important to us." With her control over the paper, she lifted her hand and the paper covered corpses were lifted into the air.

"What will you do?" Naruto asks her. "I hope you don't return to the Akatsuki."

Konan replies. "I'm done with the Akatsuki. Yahiko and Nagato were the world to me. Yahiko's dream and Nagato's dream that was my dream."

Konan looks to Naruto. "Both their dreams have been entrusted to you. You are now part of those dreams. If Nagato believed in you, so will I. Amegakure will pursue their dreams along with you."

"The name Naruto, the guts to never give up, and pain." Naruto says, "I've inherited them all from my sensei and senior student."

Konan lifted her hand and made a bouquet of flowers out of paper and gave them to Naruto. "This time, my flowers are those of hope, rather than those that wilt." Konan tells with a neutral face.

Konan looks to Sasuke and gives him a bouquet too. Sasuke looked like he didn't want to accept them, but he sighed and took the bouquet.

Konan looked to me and this time, made one single paper rose, similar to the one she was wearing in her hair. "I'm sorry." She says, referring to when she trapped Haku and Pain tried to kill him, only for me to intervene.

I laugh in good nature and smile. "Its fine, I'm alive and kicking." I decide to put the flower in my hair like Konan, carefully weaving it into my hair.

Konan returns the smile and looks at the paper admiringly. "It suits you."

"An invitation to Konoha is always there for you." I say, the smile still in place.

Konan shakes her head. "Thank you, but I must decline."

"Then a word of warning." I say, "Watch out for Toby, he isn't wasn't he says he is."

Konan looks at me with a critical look. "You're like Zero, aren't you?"

Naruto and Sasuke's expression darken slightly at the mention of his name. Ignoring them, I nod my head. "I am yes."

"I will trust your word then." Konan says, turning around and walking away with the two paper covered corpses following behind her.

Watching her leave, Sasuke says. "We better head back then."

"Yeah." Naruto says.

I, Naruto and Sasuke began our journey back to Konoha. As we walked back, I noticed that Naruto and Sasuke seemed to be struggling slightly. I opened my mouth to say something, but they both sent me looks as if to say 'don't you dare'. I closed my mouth, but there was a look of amusement in my eyes.

Boys and their pride.

On the way back, Naruto got the idea to make a grave for Nagato and Yahiko. I thought it was a nice idea and agree to it instantly, Sasuke sighed at us but agreed nonetheless. So, deep the forest, there were separate grave each for Nagato and Yahiko that looked in the similar fashion Naruto did Jiraya's grave in the anime. Naruto put his bouquet on Nagato's grave while Sasuke put his bouquet on Yahiko.

Watching them do this, I gently touched the flower in my hair.

After Naruto was satisfied with his work, we all headed back to Konoha. As we passed a section of the forest that was filled with rocks and boulders, I look to Naruto. "Did you nearly unleash the Nine Tails?"

Naruto frowned. "I nearly did yes."

Sasuke rolls his eyes. "More like twice."

My eyes widen, he nearly lost control twice!

"The first time, this teme over here was able to stop me. It was just after you died." Naruto says lowly, looking at me with a saddened look.

I look at him sadly. "I am really sorry about that."

Naruto shakes his head. "You're alive, that's all that matters."

"Just don't do it again." Sasuke sighs shaking his head.

I grin, "I promise."

Looking to Naruto, I ask him. "What stopped you the second time?"

Naruto smiled, a lethargic smile graced his face. "My dad did."

My eyes widen a fraction before returning to normal. At least Naruto had got the opportunity to speak to his dad. The next time he gets to speak to his mother, which I know he will just love. Admittedly I was kind of jealous, his dad was hot!

Just then, Naruto slips and falls to the ground. But his body never hits the ground, Kakashi appears on the scene and lets Naruto fall onto his back.

Naruto looks up. "Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi grins from under his mask. "Rest up, you deserve it." Kakashi hoists Naruto on his back properly so he can give him a piggyback.

Sasuke looked like he was struggling a little, I was about to offer my help, but a voice stops me.

"Need help Otouto?" Said another voice.

Sasuke looks up and sees Itachi standing there with a slight smirk on his face. Itachi was in a tree on a branch looking down at us. He was still in his ANBU gear, his gear was the only indication that he had been in a fight because it was slightly scruffy.

Sasuke shakes his head. "I'm fine."

Itachi sends him a hard look.

Sighing, Sasuke nods his head. "Fine." He grumbles.

Itachi smirks slightly and jumps down from the tree he was perched on. He grabs his brother's arm and throws it around his shoulder, supporting his brother.

Itachi spares me a glance. "Haku's going to kill you."

I groan. "Don't remind me."

I felt a sudden and sharp pain on my forehead. My hand immediately goes to the offended area and I glare at Itachi, he had pocked my forehead. Itachi returned my glare with an amused smirk of his own.

I saw Itachi's eyes travel to the flower on top of my head. "She likes you." Itachi says.

I send him a confused look.

"Konan was always possessive of her flowers, she didn't like it if people copied her. It shows that she likes you." Itachi tells me.

I take the flower from my head and smile at it gently before putting it back in place.

I felt someone pat my head, I look up at the offending hand messing up my hair and saw it was Kakashi. "Glad to have you back." Kakashi says, taking back his hand to support a tired Naruto on his back.

I fix my hair and smile. "Glad to be back." I made sure the flower was safe before continuing on our journey.

The walk back to Konoha was a pleasant one. Naruto seemed to regain most of his energy and started talking at a fast pace. We were so busy talking that we almost didn't realise we had made it back to Konoha. Once we got close, Kakashi let Naruto off his back and Itachi let Sasuke stand by himself.

"AKEMI!"

The next thing I know, I have a pair of arms around my waist and I'm being spun around like a ragdoll. I take in the scent, mint and metal, a weird combination of scents but it was Haku.

It was home.

I wrap my arms around Haku, feeling every emotion possible. Tears gathered in my eyes and fell freely, I nearly never got to come back. I would have had to leave without saying good bye to everyone. This could have been all ripped away from me.

Haku put me back on the ground so my feet was touching the floor, but he never let go of me. He stroked my hair and whispered. "I thought I'd lost you."

I shake my head. "Never."

I felt something wet hit my forehead, was it raining?

I look up and see Haku crying, but he was crying out of happiness with the big grin on his face. "Never scare me like that again." Haku says.

I nod my head. "I promise."

Haku smiled happily and reluctantly releases me from his bear grip, but he wasn't far. He made sure to stay by my side and never moved from there.

I took the chance to look around, I see the villagers all surrounding Naruto and Sasuke, cheering for them. Some villagers were throwing Naruto up in the air, some villagers tried to do the same to Sasuke, but the glare he gave them all made them back off and focus on Naruto.

"Akemi-chan…" I hear a soft voice.

I turn my head and see Hinata, she was staring at me with tears falling from her face and her hand over her mouth.

"Hiya Hinata-cha-"

*SLAP*

My head snapped to the side, my hand covered the now throbbing check. "Okay, ow!" I say turning back to face Hinata.

"What were you thinking?!" Hinata shouts at me, tears falling from her face at a fast pace.

"I have been asked that so many times today," I mumble to myself.

"This isn't a joke!" Hinata screams at me with anger in her eyes. "Do you realise-?!"

I cut Hinata off by hugging her, which shut her up effectively. "I'm sorry." I mumble to her. Hinata shakily returns my hug and sobs freely into my shoulder. She was whispering things like 'thank god' and 'don't ever scare me like that again'. I let her cry into my shoulder, not caring if she got snot on me, I kind of deserved it for scaring her like that. Let me tell you now, a pissed off Hinata was scary as hell.

I look to Haku and saw he was looking at us amused. 'Why didn't you help me?' I mouth to him.

'You deserved it.' Haku mouths back.

I maturely pulled my tongue at him making him laugh.

Eventually Hinata lets go of me. I see her looking in Naruto's direction, but then she blushed and looked away.

"Go to him." I say to her.

Hinata blushes even more. "I can't."

I roll my eyes in good nature and push her in Naruto's direction. She squealed at me not to, but I ignored her.

"Well look who it is." Said another voice.

I tense slightly and turn my head to see Tsunade standing there with a miffed look on her face. I laugh nervously. "Hey, Tsunade…"

Tsunade sighed and shook her head.

Suddenly, I felt pain on my head. I yelp and hold the hurting area, I turn around and see Yukiko glaring at me, tear stains on her face and her eyes were red. She had been crying, but what for?

"Don't you ever scare me like that again, do you hear me?" Yukiko hisses, anger in her tone. I should have been slightly scared of her anger, but I couldn't help but feel a rush of affection towards her. She had been worried about me.

Tsunade grins mischievously. "Yukiko here cried as soon as she heard the news from Katsuyu."

Yukiko glares at Tsunade, "I did not!"

Tsunade leans over to me and whispers. "She totally did."

I laugh and wipe away my own tears. It was good to be back with my new family. We may not be related by blood, but the bond was still there.

"Why aren't you throttling me by the way?" I ask Tsunade cautiously.

Tsunade grins. "I think everyone has given you enough abuse for one day."

I sigh in relief.

I sneakily look over just in time to see Hinata launch herself into Naruto's arms, hugging him. Hinata's face was the reddest I had ever seen it and I thought she was going to pass out, but she managed to stay conscious. Naruto was taken a back, but there was a slight blush on his face when he hugged Hinata back.

I had to hold back a squeal, I really did.

The villagers seemed to disperse and so did the other ninjas, all heading in the direction of the destroyed Konoha. It looked like they were all helping out to clear up the mess that was left behind. I couldn't help but feel sad, all our homes had been destroyed, but I knew that it would be rebuilt and everything would be okay. There was however one building that seemed to be still standing and that was a hospital. Tsunade had said she put more protective Jutsus on the hospital, it had a few holes it the walls and looked terrible, but it was still standing. Tsunade made sure it was more protected because Jiraya had been moved to a private ward in the hospital so she wanted to keep it safe.

In the end, it was only our group left behind: Tsunade, me, Sasuke, Naruto, Itachi, Haku, and Kakashi.

"How long will it take for it to be rebuilt?" Sasuke asks also looking at the destroyed village.

Tsunade grins. "Not too long, with everyone helping and Yamato's help it will be done in no time." Yamato could make structures out of wood, but I'm sure refashioning an ENTIRE village would tire him out.

Itachi digs into his pouch and takes out a scroll and hands it to me. "It has the Nakara Path's body in here."

"You took down the Nakara Path?" I ask, my eyes widening a fraction. Then again, Itachi was really strong so I shouldn't we too surprised.

Haku's eyes lit up in remembrance. "Oh yeah I have one!" Haku digs into his pouch and takes out one, I knew that his had the Human Path in it.

Naruto digs into his pouch and takes out three scrolls. "Here are the others by the way." I wasn't surprised that Naruto had the other three. Yahiko's body had been taken away by Konan was I wasn't disappointed when I had five scrolls. I quickly seal them away with the other Akatsuki members.

That's when everyone heard a groan from under the rubble not too far away from us. Kakashi and Itachi go to investigate, they were thinking that it would be a civilian trapped underneath the rubble and couldn't get out. When the two lifted half the building away, Itachi's murderous expression gave away who it was.

It was Zero, laying on the ground.

Itachi had half the mind to throw the rubble back on him. But instead, he chose he pick Zero up from the ground and throw him over to us.

"What the hell is he doing here?" I exclaim.

"He must have been left behind after all the Pains were dealt with." Tsunade says in a level headed tone.

Haku steps forward with a kunai in hand, ready to attack Zero. It was Kakashi that had to hold him back though. At least Itachi was trying to restrain himself, which he seemed to find hard to do. Sasuke and Naruto looked just as angry to see Zero.

Zero groans again and rubs his head, he was full of cuts and bruises. He opens his eyes and sees all of us, his eyes widen and he tries to crawl away, but he ends up bumping into Itachi, who didn't look very happy to see him.

"Get up." I say.

Zero look at me. "What?"

"I said get up!" I shout.

Zero slowly gets up, "What do you want to fight?" He asks with a cocky look.

"Yes." I answer dryly.

Zero's cocky demeanour slips, he didn't look so superior anymore, and in fact he looked a little scared. "C-come on, there isn't any need. I-I'm sure you're tired after…"

"After I died." I finish for him.

Zero gulps at all the glares he was receiving. Haku goes to take a step forward, but Tsunade stops him, "I believe that Akemi should have the honour don't you?" She says looking at me with a smirk.

I return the smirk. "Gladly."

"J-just wait a mom-!" Zero shouts.

I never gave him an opportunity to finish his sentence. I appeared before him and punched him in the face sending him flying into the rubble of what was left of a house. I smiled in satisfaction when I heard the bone in his nose snap when my fist connected with his face.

Zero didn't get up from the rubble, I walk over to him and pick him up and throw him into more rubble. Like before, Zero groans and doesn't fight back. I felt myself becoming frustrated, he wasn't fighting back.

"Why aren't you fighting back?!" I yell at him in agitation.

Zero spat out blood along with one of his teeth. "Because I can't." He says glaring at me.

I stare at him with an odd look. I activated my Shīringu and look at his chakra reverse. With the Shīringu I could not just only see how much chakra they had at the moment, but how much they could have. With the Shīringu I could see what they would have if they had all their chakra, and I was shocked to find out what Zero's potential was.

"Y-you have hardly any chakra." I say deactivating my Kekkei Genkai.

Zero freezes.

"What do you mean Akemi-chan?" Naruto asks me.

I look to Naruto and everyone else, they were all looking at me confused. "If he was to have full chakra, he would have the same amount as a Genin." I tell them with a confused look. Zero had acted like he was powerful the whole entire time, had he been bluffing the entire time?

Everyone looked to Zero, who was glaring at me with hatred.

"What?" Zero spat at us, "You think that with a power like mine the Akatsuki would really train me up?"

"Watch your tone." Haku hisses at Zero with venom laced in his tone.

Zero flinches at his tone.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"The Akatsuki isn't all great like Fanfiction makes it out to be." Zero sneers with an unhappy look.

Naruto looks confused. "What's Fanfiction?"

I look away from Naruto quickly and pretend I never heard that question.

Itachi speaks up. "The Akatsuki would have seen him with a threat with his powers, they would have made sure he was weak so they could control him." Itachi glares at Zero, remembering who he put his brother under mind control.

Zero scoffs. "They wouldn't train me, and if I tried to train myself then I would be in trouble."

"Why take control of Sasuke?" Kakashi asks him

Zero looked like he was going to refuse to answer him, but after seeing all our glares, he sighs and answers him. "I took him because I wanted him to fight Naruto, that way when the invasion did happen, Naruto would more than likely be weakened and possibly weaker to defeat. But I didn't count on my control being broken." Zero glares at me, like this was all my fault.

Ignoring his glares, I ask him. "Who is your spy?"

Zero glares at me and refused to answer.

I kneel down so I was now to his level. Zero hadn't moved from his position from sitting on the ground with his legs crossed. Zero still wore his Akatsuki cloak, even though it was ripped and ruined, it looked like the hood had been completely torn off.

"Listen here, Zero." I say to him in a steel-like tone.

I had Zero's full attention.

"No one here likes you." I say dryly causing him to flinch, "They would much rather kill or torture you and I am the only one here who is likely to here you out. I doubt that even I can hold them back for long, so you better get talking."

Zero casts nervous glances to everyone else before turning back to me. "Fine." He mumbled lowly with a bit of reluctance.

I nod my head standing up to my normal height. "Now, who is this spy?" I ask again. Surely Zero know the identity of the spy, they've been passing information onto each other for god knows how long.

"I don't know." Zero answers with a shrug.

I felt my eye twitch in irritation.

Itachi comes forward, a kunai in hand.

"Wait!" Zero shouts holding his arms out.

I look to Itachi and send him a pleading look, Itachi didn't look happy but he backed off making Zero sigh in relief.

I look back to Zero. "What do you mean you don't know? You've been corresponding with each other haven't you?"

Zero nods, "Yeah sure we have, but they always where a hood so I can never make them out. If they're not speaking to me then they speak to him." He hisses that word with some venom in his tone.

My eyes widen, he was referring to Madara. He was alive now and for who knows how long. Was he at full power now? Was he stronger? How much has Zero told him?

"What about a voice, is it male or female?" Tsunade asks.

Zero sneers at me.

Haku steps forward, kunai in hand.

"Okay! Okay!" Zero yells out.

I look to Haku like I did Itachi and send him a pleading look to stop. Haku stops, not looking happy that he didn't get to hurt Zero.

Zero sighs. "The voice is female."

"Are you sure?" Kakashi asks, he wasn't too sure he could trust Zero's word.

Zero nods his head. "I'm sure."

"How often is the spy there?" Sasuke asks.

Zero shrugs. "Once a week or so. It mainly depends when she can get out of the village."

"Why do you hate me so much?" I ask him. This had been on my mind for ages, what did I do? I treated everyone kindly back in my world, I wasn't unkind to many people, and that was usually girls that used to bully me in junior school. I don't remember being unkind to a boy though. Zero acted as though he knew me, but I don't know him.

Zero sneers at me. "How ignorant are you?"

"Watch it." Sasuke growls.

I look at Zero. "Did I know you back in my old life?" I ask him.

Zero scoffs. "As if you don't remember me."

I look at him confused, I didn't know who he was at all.

Zero looks up and sees my confused expression. His eyes widen and his mouth drops slightly. "Y-you don't remember me, do you?"

"That's what she's been saying idiot." Sasuke sneers at him.

Zero flinches at Sasuke's tone.

"What was your name?" I ask him.

Zero looks at me and sighs. "Thomas Sutcliffe." The way Zero was looking at me was like he expected me to remember him from his name.

But no bells rang.

I still didn't know him.

"Doesn't ring a bell." I tell him honestly.

"You've got to be kidding me?!" Zero shouts at me.

"Watch your tone boy." Itachi glares at him.

Tsunade calls me name, making me look in her direction. "Are you sure you don't remember him?" Tsunade asks me.

I shake my head. "I have no idea who he is."

"I sat beside you for four years! How could you not remember me?!" Zero shouts in anger.

Everyone looks at Zero, including me in confusion.

Zero runs a hand through his hair. "We went to high school together. In academic review we would sit next to each other, just like in English, Maths and Science!"

I looked at him intently, trying to remember someone with Zero's description, but I came up with zilch. To be honest, my memory of my old life was starting to fade much to my disappointment. I could remember what happened in the Naruto anime very clearly, but not my other memories, some of my other memories were fuzzy at best.

"That doesn't explain why you hate me." I say.

Zero looks at me with an angry expression. "It's because you were always better than me in EVERYTHING! Everyone praised you, and said you had potential! I thought that after you died I would get the recognition I deserved, but I didn't!"

I stayed silent, letting him rant.

"All everyone ever talked about was you!" Zero gives me a scathing look. Then it turned sombre, "Then I died and was given the option to choose a world of my liking. I was going to choose this world anyway, it had been my favourite anime, but then I saw YOU were here!" He yells and points at me accusingly.

Zero clenches his fists. "I saw you did all the thing I wanted to do. You had even taken over my favourite anime and that was unforgivable. You had already ruined my other life I certainly wasn't going to let you ruin this one!"

"And your Guardian Angel was Michael, let me guess?" I ask already knowing the answer to this.

Zero nods his head. "He had a plan and I liked it. I would get to ruin your life and get everything you had, sounded perfect to me." Zero grins evilly, "And I nearly succeeded."

Zero smiled. "When I saw you die, that was the happiest I've ever been."

Haku stepped forward, anger shining in his eyes. Tsunade sent him a look that made him stop. We had all listened to his story and to say none of us were impressed was an understatement. Sasuke and Naruto seemed to be trying to hold themselves back while Kakashi and Itachi seemed eerily calm.

"You were meant to die though and never come back." Zero hissed at me as though it was all my fault.

"I would have yes," I say, "My soul was nearly put to rest forever."

I felt eyes on my back and I knew that I would have to explain to everyone what went on.

"What you've done has been unforgivable." I say calmly, "and I cannot forgive what you've done."

Zero scoffed. "Like I need your forgiveness."

I punched him, hearing another crack of his nose again. Zero cried out and held his nose as it bled heavily. I kick him in the shoulder were I saw he had a slash wound, Zero yelped in pain and fell onto his back in pain.

"You don't deserve this second life." I hiss at him.

Zero looks at me with a pleading look. "No, no please don't kill me!"

I smile at him mockingly. "I have a special place for you right here." I say getting out a scroll. His eyes widen when he realised what was going to happen. He cried to crawl away, but I activated my Shīringu and sealed him within a scroll making sure to put him away with the other Akatsuki members.

"He got a better fate that I would have given him." Tsunade snorted causing us to all laugh and agree with her.

Naruto grins. "Now let's go help rebuild Konoha!"

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

To say explaining to everyone what had happened when I died was easy would be a lie. Either someone had questions (Naruto) or there were sounds of anger (Sasuke and Haku). But eventually I explained to everyone in our group the situation, of course Shikamaru and Hinata also wanted answers and I gave them it. The conversation got very awkward though when Naruto asked me what Fanfiction was. I point blank refused to answer that question.

Other villages had heard of our misfortune and had come to help us, Suna was the first to come and help us which was very much appreciated. I even got to see Temari again, she told me she didn't hold a grudge against me for turning her baby brother down, which I still felt very guilty about by the way.

I was helping around the hospital a lot too, they needed as much help as they could get. A lot of people got injured in the invasion, civilian and ninja alike and needed to be treated. I was helping around with giving out the medication when Haku came into the hospital and found me.

"Onii-chan, what are you doing here?" I ask looking at him confused.

Him, Naruto and particularly Sasuke had been extra protective and wouldn't let me out of their sight at first. It had only been two days since I had been revived and they've nearly been glued to my side ever since. However, there was a rule that they wouldn't bug me when I was working in the hospital, which I currently at now.

Haku grins at me. "Don't worry, I'm just here to show you the house plans."

I and Haku had been asked to do our house plan just like everyone else in the village. This was so it was done to how it was beforehand, and it could be done right. Haku handed me the paper and I had a look at it. Our apartment had a smallish kitchen, two bedrooms, one bathroom and a medium sized living room which I loved dearly. I nearly handed the paper back to Haku when an idea struck me.

With a grin on place on my face, I grab a pen nearby and made some alterations to the house plan. When I was done, I showed them to Haku.

Haku's eyes widen and a grin appears on his face. "It's a perfect idea." He says to me patting my head. I swipe his hand away and fix my now messed up hair and the paper rose.

Five days later and the whole village had been rebuilt. It was all thanks to other village's ninja, our own and Yamato. He was exhausted after everything was done.

I, Haku, Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi all stood outside mine and Haku's new place. On the plan I had changed it from an apartment to a house. I and Haku now had a bigger place which I was very happy with. I loved the cosy apartment, but it was a bit small with the amount of people we have over.

The house was a two story building, the outside was painted a natural beige and white colour. But it was what inside I wanted to see the most. Inside there was a big living room with about three couches, they were all formed into a square though and the fourth edge was where the television was and there was a coffee table in the middle. Past the couches was a sliding patio door that led to a large garden so we could train. The kitchen was bigger and there was a larger table to each dinner at. There was also a downstairs bathroom next to the kitchen. Upstairs there was four bedrooms another bathroom.

Naruto looks confused. "Why are there four bedrooms, you don't need that many?"

I and Haku share a glance. Both I and Haku were excited to tell him the news and we were silently debating who got to ask him.

Haku speaks first. "Naruto, we may need the extra room depending on what you say to the next question." Haku says with a grin.

Naruto looks confused, while Sasuke and Itachi seemed to have clicked on and both wore identical smirks on this faces while sharing a look.

"Naruto-kun, how would you like to live here?" I ask, looking a little nervous. I would love for Naruto to come live with us officially, he spent enough time here anyway and hardly went back to his much so I thought that this may be a good idea.

Naruto was silent for a moment, his eyes widened and was looking at us in shock.

Seeing his reaction, the nervousness spiked. "I mean I never liked the thought of you living on your own, so I thought-"

Naruto cuts me off by pulling me to into a hug. "I'd love to!" Naruto exclaims, a large grin on his face.

Haku grabs Naruto's arm. "You get to pick your room first then." With that, Haku and Naruto ran up the stairs to pick his bedroom. This left with me alone with both Uchiha's.

"What's the other room for?" Itachi asks me.

I shrug my shoulders. "In case you and Sasuke ever stay the night, there's two single beds in one room." In all the three room there was a double bed, but there was one with two single beds just in case.

A devious grin makes its way onto my face. "Unless you want to share with Naruto-kun." I say directing this question to Sasuke.

Sasuke looks at me confused. "Why would I share with that dobe?"

I put my arms behind my back, trying to look innocent. "Well you've already made it to first base with them."

"Oh?" Itachi's eyebrow arches as he looks at his brother.

Sasuke turns a violent shade of red. "AKEMI!"

I ran out the house with Sasuke hot on my heels. The sounds of my laughter and Sasuke yelling at me echoed throughout the newly rebuilt village.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

I know that it's been long awaited for Zero to get his but handed to him and here it is!

And there's been a clue to who the spy is, any more guesses?

Hope you liked it and thank you to everyone that has reviewed!