Chapter 31: Pain

Uchiha Manor, 8:50 pm

"What the hell happened, Naruto?! What the fuck happened?!" TenTen grabbed Naruto's shirt, throwing him into the chair in the kitchen. Sakura placed a hand on her shoulder.

"TenTen-san! Calm down! You'll wake him up! You'll wake him up!" TenTen brushed off Sakura's hand and stalked to the couch. Naruto bent his head as he heard her silent sobs. Sakura glared at him and then went to sit beside TenTen.

"I'm sorry TenTen…" Sakura motioned for him shush. Sasuke stood in the hallway, leaning on the wall, his arms crossed and eyes closed. He was tense. He was really tense.

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"How is he, Sakura-chan?" Sakura wiped her brow and sighed. Sasuke walked behind her and placed his arm around her waist.

"He-he's…he's in, in really…-b-b-bad condition, Naruto…he's…just really bad." She covered her face and shook her head. Small tears fell between her small hands.

"Naruto…he's really bad."

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"You beat him up pretty badly…Hinata." The girl turned around glaring at the man leaning against the tree.

"What the hell are you fucking talking about bastard? I'm fucking Pain! You should know that, Hiroshi. Fuck you."

"Such language, Pain-chan."

"I learned from the best."

"You're flattering me."

"The hell I am!" Pain lifted her foot. She stepped up on nothing. As if the air was her stairs. She stopped when she was right above Hiroshi. He looked up and smiled at her.

"How were you able to break the seal Hiashi and Chihiro placed on you, Pain? I never thought I would see the day Hinata would actually come to call on you. What set her off?"

"Set her off? You mean what set me off! She was so fucking pathetic I had to break out. She practically was begging for me to help her weak ass."

"Was it Neji?"

"Maybe…all I know is that when she fucking finally understood what had happened I could feel her mind going a million a second. She was so damn unstable that I let myself out."

"Where is she?" Hiroshi's brow rose. He gazed silently at in interest. Pain shrugged and pointed to her chest and head.

"She won't shut the hell up. It's hard sharing a body ya' know?"

"So what does she think of my little play?"

"She wants to blow your fucking brains out."

"I would think so." Pain gaffed. Twirling her indigo hair around one finger she bit her lip. She walked to a tree and touching it, frowned.

"I hate this."

"The tree?"

"Yes…it's alive. I can feel it…I hate it. Life."

"But you can't have Pain without Life."

"Where the hell is Life anyway? I haven't seen that bastard for over 100 years…or more."

"Where do you think he is?" Pain's brows furrowed. Her eyes became undoubtly wide and threw her hands over her mouth.

"You're shitting me! Life is in that bastard I beat the crap out of?! Life is in him! That's fucking insane! What the hell was Chihiro thinking?!"

"Hinata's inner power is you. While Neji has Life. As Hanabi has Chaos."

"That's fucking weird."

"Maybe…Neji doesn't know he has Life though. It's strange that Hinata would know to call you…or that you would let yourself out…I don't even know."

"Chihiro took precautions in sealing me in. I was in Hinata's great grandfather during the Great Five Nations War…unlike Hinata…he went mad."

"Hinata might do many things…but she won't go mad."

"Maybe. They really don't know much about the past of their family…it's twisted. Fucking worse than the Uchiha."

"Does Hiashi know that the seal was weakening?"

"Hell yea he knew. Cuz when I fully awaken…Hiashi is gonna die. I heard that bull shit you were talking about to Neji. A fucking heart attack? Are you fucking serious? What a lazy way to kill someone!"

"It sounded good to me…"

"That's cuz you're too damn laid back."

"Maybe…"

"You know I could reach the sky if I wanted to?"

"Why are you revealing this to me, Pain?"

"Because I need you. To get me out of this body and out into the world."

"Release you…a demon into the world?"

"Why not? It'll be one hell of a ride."

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"Five of his ribs are broken. He has a severe concussion. Both his legs are broken and his left arm is fractured. Multiple severe flesh wounds. A third degree burn on his back…it will scar. His nerve system is in tatters…Naruto…" Sakura breathed deep.

"Who the hell did this?" Naruto stood looking at the ground. The night was cool with many stars decorating the sky. Sasuke and Sakura stood outside the door with Naruto.

He shook his head.

"Even…if I told you…you wouldn't be able to believe me…I don't want to believe it myself. I can't believe it…I-I just can't."

"Neji is in there hanging on for dear life! Naruto he's on the brink of death! Who?! Who the hell did it?!" Sakura yelled. Sasuke placed his arms around her shoulders.

"Calm down Sakura. Yelling won't make him tell us anymore than talking would."

"B-but Sasuke! We have to find out who did this! Or do you just not care?!"

"And we will! Of course the hell I care! Just not now! Shouldn't you be focusing on Neji instead of interrogating Naruto?!" Sakura stood aback. Tears filled her eyes. Sasuke sighed heavily.

"Sakura…I'm…I didn't mean…"

"No it's fine…you're right. You're always right."

"Sakura…don't-"

"I said it was ok."

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"I don't know about that, Pain-chan. That would take an awful lot of people…"

"That's where Life comes in."

"I'm not sure I understand…"

"I only come out when Hinata's mind is at its limit. Life comes out when Neji is on the brink of death."

"By using just Life you can separate from Hinata's body completely? What's happens to the host?"

"Oh…the one doing the ritual is the one to die. Haha isn't that convenient? Unlike the jinchuuriki the host dies. We demons keep our bodies. That is if we want to."

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"What?"

"You need Life. And Life needs you."

"The hell we don't."

"If you get released so does Life."

"Damn…"

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