TFK: 20 is up.
Finally I know. Hopefully my story gets better. I'd hate to have to abandon it.
PS. Kabuto was the main enemy I had planned out before what's his name made Kabuto super evil powerful bad guy. Alright, sorry if I disappointed anyone.
Saddest tears in the Coldest rain
Konoka was passed out in Naruto's arms. The rain bitter cold and unforgiving. "EVA GET DOWN HERE NOW!" Naruto screamed.
Both Eva and Chachamaru came down. Everyone was shocked. Naruto never yelled, ever.
"Chachamaru, I need you to fine a room with these measurements." He handed her a piece of paper. "I don't care where, just go. When you do tell Eva. Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto made 12 clones. "11 of my clones will go with you. NOW GO!" Naruto told her.
"Yes Naruto." She opened her jets and fired them, going faster than ever before.
"Eva, go to the old man. Tell him to get Takamichi and four others, the strongest he can get and tell them to meet up with Chachamaru. My last clone will go with you. GO NOW!" Eva was taken back by the tone of his voice.
"Y-yes." She flew with the clone running below her.
Naruto turned to the rest of the group. "Mana, Kaede, Setsuna. You will stay with me. The rest of you. Go to your rooms. You cannot help her." Naruto told them.
"But she's our friend! We can help!" Asuna protested.
"Yes, I know a bit of healing magic, I can help." Negi told him.
"You cannot help her!" Naruto yelled. "This is beyond what you can do! Just go!" He yelled at them.
"No! Konoka is my friend! I will not abandon her!" Asuna yelled back.
"JUST... GO!" Naruto forced all but Mana, Setsuna and Kaede back with his wind element. "There is nothing you can do to help Konoka but listen to me and leave...!" They still didn't. "LEAVE!" Naruto even missing an eye, had tears in his eye. Negi and the rest of them were taken back by Naruto's behavior. Never once did he raise his voice to them, until now. "Go, the sooner you leave, the sooner I can help Konoka. Now shut up, and go." Naruto said more calmly. Naruto raised his head a bit. "Mana, Setsuna, Kaede, grab on to me. Now." Each one did. Then they were gone in a flash.
The rest were stunned. "Where did they go!" Asuna yelled.
"I don't know? But if what Naruto said is true, then we cannot help him." Negi said with the utmost sadness.
(With Naruto)
Naruto appeared in front of Eva, Chacha, the old man, Takahata, and 4 others. The tan mistrusting guy, the one woman, some guy in a suit with sunglasses, and a teacher with normal glasses.
"Naruto, this is Professor Akashi." The dean started the introductions.
"Nice to meet you."
"You know the others, Kataragi, Gandolfini, and Toko." He finished.
"I'm sorry, but we have no time for pleasantries." Naruto said as one of his clones came out. Naruto handed Konoka to it. "Here, take these." He handed the 5 teachers a crystal of his summons. "Pick one of the 5 outer circles and place this crystal on the podium in front of you. Then when the ritual starts focus your energy, be it magic or chi, into the crystal. Focus on nothing but that. And that is all you 5 need to do. Dean there is a circle for you; it has the symbol of your name in it. Just focus you power into the seal below you. You're a power generator. Your energy will greatly help this matter."
"Excuse me, but are you going to tell us what's going on?" Gandolfini asked.
"I will, just not now. Time is short and very important right now." When Gandolfini was about to talk again Naruto silenced him with his freighting glare of blood and malice. "Mana, Kaede and Eva, you will be in 3 of the 4 inner circles. Eva, you will take the dark gray circle. Mana, the black circle. Kaede you will take the white circle. Go, take your circles. I need to talk to Setsuna alone. Chachamaru, you will stay out here, make sure we are not disturbed. Understood." He looked at Chacha.
"Understood." She said.
He looked at the rest. "Your still here? Get going." He told them. They started going in the room. Which just happens to be class 3-A. But with all the desks taken out and is in the hall. When the group was in. It was just him and Setsuna. He sighed. "Setsuna, I need the most trust and sacrifice from you."
She looked at him. "What do you need Naruto?"
"I need you to, no matter what, listen to whatever I say. Understand? If, for one moment, you don't do what I say, Konoka dies." Setsuna's eyes widened.
"Wha- what?"
"Stay with me Setsuna. The reason I am asking this of you is for the simple fact that you are closest to Konoka's heart. Closer than the dean, and way closer than me. This cannot work without you. Understand. I need you to do whatever I say. And I need you to swear it. Right now." Naruto held Setsuna's shoulders.
Setsuna was shaken a bit. "I-I..."
"Say it. Say, 'I swear that I will listen to You Naruto Uzumaki, no matter what the cost'. SAY IT!" Naruto yelled.
"I... I swear that I will listen to You Naruto Uzumaki, no matter what the cost." She said.
"Good. I'm sorry I yelled at you. But this is important. You are in the circle behind me and Konoka. Let's go. Chachamaru make sure no one goes in. No matter what."
She nodded.
The both of them walked in. The room was covered from top to bottom, from front to back in seals. Some seals were even on Konoka.
"I'm going to be blunt with what I say next." Naruto got in front of Konoka. She was still passed out and on her knees. Still in her pajamas. The Heaven Curse mark on her neck showing. "If one of you faultier in any way Konoka dies." This got a shock look from all of them. "I have done this once before. And I succeed in removing the curse mark. I hope I can do it again. Now. Kaede, Mana, Eva, Setsuna. Your jobs are all harder than the teachers. But only you can do it. Kaede, you must fill yourself up with feelings that are happy, joyful and other things like that. But not love. You must not think of stuff that you love. They also have to be a powerful feeling." He looked at her. She nodded back at him. "Mana, I must ask you to think of the opposite. You must think of stuff that make you feel sad and lonely. But do not fill yourself up with hate. I'm sorry I have to ask that of you. Eva, I must ask you something as well. You must feel utter hate. Think of everything you hate with all your heart. Let it fill you up inside. But not consume you." He took a small breath. "Setsuna, you have the hardest job of all. You must think of the one thing that you love the most in this world. Preferable a person. Lit it fill you up with warmth and power." She nodded. He had a far sadder look on his face now. "Setsuna. Remember what I said outside. When I told you to listen to me no matter what?"
"Yes. I remember." She looked at him. She had an uneasy feeling of dread.
"Setsuna..." Naruto started. "Should I fail in saving Konoka from this curse mark. You must kill us both."
The room fell deathly silent.
"But... but..."
"SETSUNA!" She flinched. "You swore to me that you would listen to me no matter what remember!" He raised his voice. "You I fail in this, Konoka will turn into a monster. And destroy everything she once held dear to her heart. Her friends, her grandfather, and then you. Do you want her to live as a monster? She will lose her soul to it. That is why I'm trying to destroy it. It consumed my best friend in my past life. I will NOT let that happen again." He looked at her one more time. "Well... will you do it? You swore to me Setsuna."
Setsuna looked down. The hard and life changing decision that she might have to make. "I... will." Setsuna said dishearten. She really didn't want to. She had hope that Naruto will not fail.
"Good... begin..." Naruto started to make hand sighs.
The formation of the group was simple. Takamichi and the other teachers that got a crystal from Naruto were in a polygon. Takamichi was at the top, when his orb came to light. It was purple with the old symbol for Lighting on it. Akashi had upper right, his was the symbol of Earth. Toko was upper left, she had the symbol of Water. Kataragi was lower right. His orb was the symbol of Wind. Gandolfini was lower left. He had the last and it was Fire. They were at the edges of the room. The farthest from the center of the room. The Dean was all the way back close to the door and far from the center. As for the girls they were in a triangle. Sort of. Eva was to his back left. Mana to his back right and Kaede was in front of him. As for Setsuna, she was behind him. Close enough to deal a death blow if needed of her. Kaede had the symbol for light, Mana the symbol for Darkness. And Eva, she had the symbol for hate. And as for Setsuna. She had the age old symbol for love.
All of the participants prayed that Naruto was successful. "Let's begin. Ninja Art: Curse Breaking Jutsu!" Naruto had one hand touching Konoka's fore head with two fingers. And the other hand in an half ram seal. His eyes, showed a dull blue.
"What is he doing?" The tan guy asked.
"Shut up on pay attention to what you're doing!" Eva yelled at him.
(Dream World)
Naruto opened his eyes. He was in Konoka's mind. Or more precise, the representation of her mind. He needed to find the course mark in her mind in order to save her. He was somewhat expecting this type of mind from Konoka. Endless fields of flowers and trees. Lakes and rivers for them to live, clear blue sky with some clouds. And hell, even crystal like roses here and there. Based on this, he knew what he was looking for. A dead looking tree or a wasteland. He searched for his target. He had hope that this will succeed. But regardless, Kabuto will pay for this. He searched for what seemed like hours, knowing that it could have been only a few seconds or minutes on the outside. Then he found it. A massive black tree. It had no leaves, no flowers. Just a big black dead tree. But that's not all it had. It had Konoka, or at least Konoka's mind, entangled in its branches. He ran as fast as he could. He had no power other than his physical prowess until Konoka awoke. He ran through the forest of Konoka's mind. Somehow he thought there would be pink bunny rabbits in this place. He looked around just in case. No pink rabbits. He ran on past a lake. Ran in the grass fields. The in a thick forest to finally reach it. Konoka's black tree prison. Naruto looked around, like something wasn't right. He walked up to Konoka. She was laid out on the tree like she was on a cross. She was wearing her simple school uniform. Naruto tugged on the branches, breaking some of them to free Konoka.
"Wake up Konoka. We have to get you out of here."
A pale white hand grabbed Naruto's hand, and he froze for a second.
"We can't have that... now can we...? Naruto."
Naruto was afraid for this. He had hoped that this, thing, wouldn't be in here. But it was just wishful thinking. He was then thrown a good was away from the black tree.
"I can't have you free Konoka from the seal." Naruto looked up to see it. The Curse Seal of Heaven's avatar in Konoka's mind. And worse, it was a pale version of Konoka. With the serpent eyes of the snake Kabuto. The avatar was pure pale with yelled silted eyes. As the rest of the eyes were black as the dark sky. There were cracks in it skin. "If you did, then I would die."
"You say it like that's a bad thing." Naruto got up.
"It is to me. But you know this, don't you. You know what is happening to Konoka." It said.
"You're corrupting her. Trying to bend her to you will." He said.
"Corrupting is such a nasty word. I prefer converting." It said.
"Well, it ends here. I will destroy you!" Naruto tried to punch it. But the fake grabbed his hand.
"Try, if you can. I control this mind now." The fake Konoka said. Punching Naruto.
Naruto recovered and punched it back.
"Aww Naruto I'm hurt. You hit me." It started to cry fake tears. When it looked up it didn't see Naruto. He was back to trying to free Konoka. "No today!" It used a branch on the tree to smack Naruto away from Konoka.
Naruto had a red mark on his face. They got in simple fighting stances. Then charged each other. Naruto tried to punch, kick and just about anything he could do without his abilities. But the fake Konoka felt like stone and moved like the wind. Naruto hit it in the face, it crack the fake's face, but it hurt him as well.
The fake punched him twice in the face and forced him back then hit him across the chest. He was tossed back, bleeding from the mouth.
On the outside, Naruto was also bleeding from the mouth.
The fake Konoka closed the gap between them, picked him up then did a head butt. Then did a bone crushing punch to his chest. Naruto felt a few ribs crack.
On the outside more blood came from Naruto's mouth.
"What is going on? Why is he bleeding?" The tan guy asked.
"Never mind that now moron. Focus!" Eva yelled at him.
The fake Konoka was staking Naruto, when she came close, Naruto used both legs and kicked her clear across the way. Naruto took a second to catch his breath before he went to the real Konoka. He could fell the evil on the tree that held her. He was tearing off the branches and vines to get to Konoka. He wasn't surprised that she hadn't come to yet.
When Konoka was freed he grabbed her and ran far away. He needed time to wake her up.
When the fake was in the clearing. It saw the black tree, with no Konoka. "Well... that sucks." It said to itself.
Naruto could have been miles away but the seemed to grow and it seemed that he wasn't any farther than he was. He knew that the fake would be on him in a minute at best.
"Konoka, wake up. You need to wake up." Naruto tried to wake her. "I need you to wake up Konoka. Everyone is worried." She started to stir. She moaned in pain as she started to open her eyes.
"Uh... Naruto...?" She said weakly.
"Yes. It's me Konoka." He said in relief. Her mind was still intact. "I'm happy that you're alright."
"Oh really Naruto?"
Naruto's blood froze. He turned just in time to see the fake Konoka kick him in the face. Konoka was shocked. She saw... herself kick Naruto?
"I can't have you wake her yet. Her mind is not mine yet." The fake said. A snake came from her sleeve, then from the snake's mouth a sword. "And now, it's time to die." The snake charged at Naruto, who was still recovering from the kick. It snaked it's way to him at high speeds.
"NO!"
*CRACK*
Konoka hit the fake with a thick branch that came out of no way. It threw off the snake and it hit the tree next to his head. Naruto shock the cob webs out of his head. The fake was looking at Konoka. An angry look on her face. Naruto didn't take a chance he rushed to her aid. Again kicking the fake Konoka away from the real one. Picked her up bridle style and ran with her. Hopefully to give himself time to talk to Konoka.
It took a while, but he was sure that he had the time now.
"Konoka, I'll glad your alright."
"Naruto, what happen to your eye!" She looked at Naruto's missing right eye.
"Konoka, we have little time, what do you remember? The last thing you remember." Naruto asked. Looking around seeing if the coast was clear.
"Um...?" She was thinking. "I..." Then her eyes widen. "I remember you fight this guy Kabuto, you were losing then Setsuna and everyone else intervened and then nothing." She said.
Naruto nodded looking around again. "Alright, listen, Konoka, this is your mind, you are god here, or goddess in your case. You can control everything in this mind of yours."
"But me..." Naruto managed to block the attack from the fake Konoka. But the second punch landed. And he was sent to a clearing. The fake looked at Konoka and Konoka looked like she has seen a ghost. "You can't control me... or that tree. We... control you."
Naruto punched the fake. "Not in this life time! Let's go Konoka!" Naruto grabbed her hand and ran off. He explained everything while carrying her. "Konoka, this is your mind, and I came here to free you of that curse mark. That black dead tree that is corroding your mind. If we don't stop it now, you might die from it. Or worse." She nodded.
"But what could be so bad about getting everything you ever wanted?" The fake Konoka found them again. Then sent Naruto flying. The fake grabbed Konoka, vanished and reappeared next to the tree. She shoved her into the tree enough so that the bark and the branched would imprison her once again. "Konoka." It's voice was enchanting. "I can give you anything you want. Money." Money appeared. "Power." Konoka suddenly felt more powerful, but she also felt sick. "And even... love." A picture of Setsuna and Naruto appeared in front of her. "All you have to do... is give in." The fake touched her face, and Konoka's skin was starting to turn black.
On the outside, the course mark broke free from the blood seal Naruto placed on it, and started spreading all over Konoka, and even Naruto.
"What's happening!"
"Naruto... Naruto is losing." Eva looked shocked. Something was so powerful that even Naruto couldn't beat?
"Get away from her!' Naruto delivered a massive kick to the fake Konoka. The fake was kicked a good distance away. Naruto didn't have the strength left to free her and fight the fake Konoka. But he did need Konoka's help. "Konoka listen to me. Remember when I said that you rule this would, you do. You command everything in this would. The only thing you don't is the tree and the fake. If you wish that I can beat that thing and I will." Naruto could see the look in Konoka's eyes. She was conflicted. No doubt from the course seal's tainted power.
Naruto charged the already charging fake Konoka. Naruto blocked the first punch but then was kicked on the side of the head. Then punched in the stomach. Naruto stumbled back a few steps. A pair of snakes with blades in their mouths came from the fake's sleeves. She started to spin right next to Naruto so he would feel the full fury of the blades she attacked with. The spin was devastating to him. His torso was cut up. Leaving nothing but blood in its wake.
On the outside the cut marks bleed through his cloths. Leaking far more than anything he has had so far.
The fake Konoka pierced both of his lungs and pinned him to a tree. The fake Konoka walk slowly up to him. Smiling as it did. "My my have the mighty have fallen. To think you were once the greatest ever no one, not even your father, had matched you. Now look at yourself. Your a has been." It grabbed his right arm so he couldn't use it. "And soon to be, a never was..." It started to choke Naruto. Naruto feebly and weakly tried to remove the hand. But he was powerless. And tired. He had no strength left.
(At the start of the ritual, at another place)
"What are you doing Chao?" A geeky or mad scientist, girl asked her friend.
Said girl Chao was typing on the keyboard like 1000 words a minute. "Yesterday I was doing scans on the World Tree. Just routine scans to see if the world tree was damaged in any way."
"Why would the world tree be damaged?" She asked again.
"That's what I wanted to know. I had noticed that the world trees output in magic energy had decreased since we came back from Kyoto. At 0130 hours this mourning one drone found this seal on the tree." A digital scan of a very complex seal came on the screen. "This has all but sealed the power of the world tree. I've been working on it since the drone found it. Seeing if I can destroy it."
"Maybe it's been there since the tree was grown. Why would you need to destroy anyway Chao?" The other girl asked.
"The scan shows that it is about 2 or so weeks old. It hasn't been on the tree for a while. Destroying it might be the boost I need..." She left the statement hanging.
"Need for what?"
Chao smiled as the seal started to dissolved. "To achieve... everything..." She smiled again. Thinking about a certain blond hair teacher. Then the seal broke completely.
Still being choked to death, Naruto all of the sudden felt more powerful. His attempts to free himself from the fakes hold were no longer farfetched. Using his hand he started to take the fakes hand away from his neck. It tried to use the other hand but Naruto stopped that as well. Then Naruto kicked the fake away from himself. Any normal person would be dead. But his healing factor saved his life more times than even he could count.
Naruto knew it still wasn't over but he needed Konoka's help if he was going to win this and save her. He ran at Konoka, only to stop when the fake was in front of him. Naruto sneered. "What does it take to kill you!" He yelled.
He charged her with a Rasengan. When he was about to hit her, she jumped out of the way and it hit the ground behind her.
"Miss me Naruto..."
Then another Naruto was right behind her and slammed a Rasengan in her back. It was thrown a good ways away. A mushroom dirt cloud was in the distance. She flew in the air far above Naruto.
"It'll take more than that to beat me!" She was now in front of Konoka. "Come..." Many black roots came from the ground.
Naruto ran at her, the fake Konoka used the roots to attack him. Naruto dodge right, then left. Naruto then jumped as the roots came from below. Naruto made 2 shadow clone and then had them make 2 Rasengans. One in each hand.
"Rasengan!"
The fake had a large group of black roots take the hit for her. The first Rasengan chewed right threw the large roots. When he got passed them the second Rasengan in the other hand was posed to strike. Naruto slammed into an invisible barrier. He felt his Rasengan losing to the barrier. Naruto put as much chakra into his Rasengan as he could. And finally the barrier broke and he hit the fake Konoka. Or so he thought.
"Too slow Naruto!"It did a round house kick to the side of his head. He hit a tree and destroyed it. "You'll never be able to win." Naruto went poof. "Wha...?" It was his good old shadow clone.
"Rasengan!" Naruto attacked from above.
The fake had to leave Konoka's side. Leaving Naruto right next to her still stuck in the tree.
"It's over Naruto! You can never defeat me here!"
"Your right..." Naruto was behind the fake. "... It is over." Naruto had a fully powered Rasengan. "Rasengan!" Naruto was blow away by the explosion. He landed right next to a frightened and concerned Konoka.
"Naruto! Are you alright!" She yelled/asked
"Yeah, I'm alright. It's just in my head."'Or not.' "Anyway, we need to destroy that tree. Then I can free you."
"What do I need to do?"
He smiled at her. "All you need to do is, Hump!" Naruto was hit by a root from the black tree.
"AHHHHHHHHH! I'll never die Naruto!" The fake yelled from the tree. It seemed to have merged with it. The tree became a giant tentacle monster. Still enrooted into the ground, but alive none the less. The face of the fake came to life in the bark of the black tree. "I will rule here! And destroy everything in my path!"With a massive roar she sent Naruto sailing back even more.
"NARUTO!" Konoka yelled.
Naruto got up. More blood coming from his mouth. There was a clear path from him to the black tree tentacle thing. "Konoka. You have to believe in me. If you believe in me, there is nothing I cannot do!"
Naruto roared as he charged a single Rasengan and ran at the fake. He jumped high in the air and tried to attack the heat. Only for a barrier, far stronger than the one he faced before to stop him. "Konoka...! Help me!" Naruto yelled/asked.
Konoka looked on. She didn't know how to help him. What did she need to do? 'He'll never love you...' The same voice in her head said to her. 'You see how he flirts with all the rest...' She knew that. 'How can he love someone as plain as you?' She heard again. She was plain. Compared to all the rest in her class. She had a tear in her eye.
"Believe in me! If, that is what you wish." Naruto said again. The barrier still standing strong.
"I'll never let anything happen to you."
"I'll protect all of you. No matter what."
"You can always count on me."
Konoka heard Naruto's voice in her head. Memories? But how? Where they being suppressed? She looked up at Naruto, struggling to win against the monster in front of him. She made her decision. "You can do it Naruto!"
Naruto felt a new found power within him. Konoka's words have power in this realm. The monster before him put all its power in the barrier. But even still, it started to crack. A few hair line cracks, then spider web cracks. Then is spared further, and further. Then it shattered. The fake looked surprised as the Rasengan hit its head dead center of the skull. Then in an explosion of white. It was vaporized.
(Real World)
Naruto's only eye came to life. He started to do hand seals. "Sealing Jutsu: 9 Divine Dragons!"
Each of the 9 orbs of power was turning into long thin dragons of the color of the orb they came from. They danced around in the room a bit, until the entire orb was the dragon.
"SEAL!"
All of the dragons started to twist around each other, then dive head first into the heaven curse mark on Konoka. A bright light filled the classroom, and could be seen if you were looking at the school.
The light faded, and what shocked everyone but Naruto, what was coming out of the curse mark. A white snake was being forced out of Konoka. It screamed as it was forced from its host. When it was done, the snake was in a glass orb prison.
"Hello Naruto... long time it hasssss been." The snake was a plain white snake say for the head. It has Kabuto's head. "I knew that you would be able to do thisssss."
"Kabuto... or more precisely, a fragment of your soul." Naruto growled out.
"Yesssss. Like my former masssster before me, I too place a little bit of my ssssoul in this girl. Our little fight wassss fun Naruto. We sssshould do it again ssssometime."
"Oh we will, trust me. But you, little soul fragment, will not see it. Once I'm done with the sealing, it's over for you." Naruto grabbed the bottom part of the glass orb and started to do one handed seals.
"Do you want to know what happen to your family?" It quickly said. This made Naruto stop.
"What do you mean?"
"I planned for thisssss Naruto. All of it. From the day you awoke beneath the world tree, and even before that. I have planned each ssstep for the lassssst 10,000 yearssss. And even... the deathssss of your wivessss and children." The snake hissed. "Do you want to know?"
"Tell me!"
"Very well Naruto... this is what happened!"
The whole class room was covered in clouds. Then they were suddenly above a village. Everyone, Naruto the teachers and the girls.
"This, is Konoha, 10,000 ago. Not 2 years after the sealing of the new guardians by your wives Naruto." The voice was without it's snake hiss. It just sounded like Kabuto. "The newly formed UN or United Ninja have decided to make Konoha, its prime base. All Ninja's are right here. And leading them is the 7th Fire Shadow... your first wife Hinata Hyuga Namikaze."
Naruto and the group saw beautiful women. Naruto knew her instantly. It was Hinata, just an older version of her. She was in her Hokage Robes. Next to her were his other two wives, Shion and Mei. As well as Tsunade and all of his old Leaf 12 friends, even Gaara. What was left of them.
"Under her leadership, the old Ninja world was rebuilding what Madara nearly destroyed. The ruins of the other 4 villages were sealed up in scrolls. They even had, 2 for each, wonderful kids. All of them had your energy and personality Naruto. Protective and friendly. They took nothing for granted. And your oldest Daughter, yours and Hinata's daughter, wish to become Hokage. You would have been proud of her." Kabuto continued to tell the story.
"Flash forward 10 years later... your failure to kill me... changed all that." In ten years. The tress all around the leaf were gone. Replaced with a wasteland of nothing. The world itself look like it was on fire. But that's not what Naruto saw first. He saw, monster, or demons he didn't know what. But they had surrounded the leaf village. "That is my army Naruto. 12 years after you almost killed me. And I had made them. They had one mission in life. Destroy anything I saw and wipe out all life on this planet.
"Attack." The group saw Kabuto order his dark army. All of them charged forward.
"Tried and weak. The UN could not stand up to me any longer. But even still, your wives got their licks in."
The battle turned against the Ninja quickly. Outnumbered, over powered, out matched. The Ninjas were being slaughtered.
"Hold them long enough for the portal to open!" They saw Hinata yell. On top of the Hokage Mountain, a group of Ninjas in a large seal array were doing hand signs Shion was leading them. Many people were in the mountain. Babies and women and children crying. Fearing the end was near. The leaf village's great walls were no more. The village itself was being burned down. And the enemy was closing in on the last survivors of the old Ninja World.
"Lady Hokage, the portal is open. It will take us to a new world. I hope." A Jonin told her.
"Good, get all of the people into it. We can still save them!" She continued fighting.
"The last of the free people of the old Ninja world were running into the portal. To unknown fates and world. It was a desperate attempt to save them and what future the ninja's had. The Ninja's today are decedents of the civilians that she saved Naruto. If that means anything to you. As the people were running into the unknown. The Ninja's were dying off. My army's numbers were greater than theirs. 100 to 1 I believe it was." The snake Kabuto gave its snake grin.
All of them saw, as the monsters were closing in on the Hokage Mountain. The Ninja's dying off.
"Soon the last defenders of the Ninja world, were all at the mountain Naruto. All of the faces cracked in sadness. As one by one... your friends fell."
Naruto looked on. As his friends were being killed.
Lee was on his 8th gate as was Gai. But the energy was too much and the numbers of Kabuto's creations too many. As the fielded many of these creatures they were at last, killed from behind when the energy left them.
Tenten and Neji fought back to back. Killing many all around them. Next to them was a genin that looked like them. Had Hyuga eyes but with weapons from head to toe. She looked like Tenten. Naruto concluded that she was their daughter. But in this endurance battle. Numbers won out. And the family was slain holding each other. The monster roared in victory and moved on. Naruto was saddened to see this.
The generations of Ino-Shika-Cho trio. His generation Ino Shikamaru and Choji their kids and their parents were fighting together. They fought like that for a while. But the enemy was as countless as the leaves of the forest. And numbers won out. The older generation was the first to go. The children were slain without mercy. Then Ino died avenging her daughter. Then Choji died when he was swarmed even as big as he was. Then Shikamaru died being overwhelmed. The monsters just moved up the mountain.
Naruto saw Kiba and Shino fighting with Kurenai and Kurenai's son. At least it looked like her. But despite the skill they had, they too fell before the might of Kabuto's created army. Kurenai, dying to protect her son. Her son, dying to kill as many as he could. Killing the monster that killed his mother. Shino dying shortly after. Then Kiba getting impaled from behind when he was too tired to move any longer.
More tears came from Naruto's eyes. Then he saw Hinata run from the front lines to the portal group. Surrounded by a group of 6 Genins.
"Now listen to me aright kids?" She asked them. Naruto's heart stopped. He knew them. They were his children. "I need you to take this scroll." She handed his only dark haired daughter a scroll. "And go into the portal.
"NO mama. We will fight! We will win this. We'll never give up. That was yours and fathers ninja way. And it is ours as well" She yelled. She seemed to have her looks but his attitude.
Hinata, Shion and Mei gave each of them a kiss on the forehead. "It is my dear. But you must live. Live for Naruto, your father. If you stay and get killed, Naruto would think that you gave up. You must live on. So that one day, you will bring world peace. Go on to a better place." They all were crying. As was Naruto.
"I take this scroll with a promise. That I will fight a way to bring peace to this world. I will return. I swear it." She took the scroll and forced her younger brothers and sisters into the portal.
Mei, Shion and Hinata had tears in their eyes. That would be the last time they saw them. "Go child..." She looked behind her to see many of these demons near them. Everyone who was not a ninja was gone in the portal. Meaning they had only one thing to do. "Destroy the portal!" Hinata yelled.
Tsunade and Shizune both stopped the jutsu by throwing the portal scroll into the portal itself. Trapping everyone who was left alive in the heart of the enemy.
"This is my favorite part. When I kill the last of your family Naruto, say for the kitties that managed to escape me that day." Kabuto said aloud.
Very few ninja were left. Hinata, Mei, Shizune, Tsunade and a few others. Even without ninja abilities Shion was fighting. But it was not to last.
Shizune was the first to fall after all of the other Jonin and Chunin were killed. When she was knocked down, she was stabbed many times by many monsters.
Tsunade was over taken by rage; even with her regeneration jutsu gone she was still fighting. But her youth had long since left her. Overcome with fatigue, her head was chopped off when she was too tried to even move.
Naruto's tears in his only eye were flowing like a river.
Shion... was the first to die. With little combat training and no stamina like the rest, she soon died. Cut down by the monsters Kabuto made.
Naruto felt unimaginable pain in his heart.
Mei was stabbed in the back. Then many more blades pierced her body. Blood leaking from her mouth. As she died. But she smiled. "I'll... see you soon... Naruto..." She closed her eyes.
Naruto fell to his knees. Wanting nothing more than to end this genjutsu.
Hinata the last Ninja left in the ninja world. Was fighting alone against the tide of darkness. Then Kabuto, slowly walked towards her. She was still fighting and didn't see him. When her back was turned he threw his sword and it pierced her heart.
Naruto felt her pain.
"I love this part. The moment of the day the Ninja world... fell."
Even with her fatal wound. She fought on. Killing more of Kabuto's monsters. Kabuto grabbed another sword. He threw it and it pierced her again. This time in her lower stomach. Then two of Kabuto's dark monster ran up from behind her and stabbed her. In each of her lungs. She fell to her knees and Kabuto walked up right in front of her.
"The age of the Shinobi... has come to an end." He smiled.
But all she did... was smile back. "Naruto is going to kill you..." Everyone was shocked. "He will bring this world back to life..." She looked up at him. Her bloody smile shocked Kabuto, but no one saw this. "...Am I telling the truth?" She asked.
Kabuto didn't answer as he just put his sword that he took out of her to her neck. "Good bye Hinata... oh and don't think just because your kids ran away from this world that means their safe. I will hunt them down. And One by one... I'll kill them all." He whispered into her ear. He slit her neck open and let the blood rush out. "This world... shall burn. And out of its ashes a new world will rise."
Then a massive explosion erupted from far off. Kabuto walked threw a black portal he made as the leaf village was no more.
"ENOUGH!" Naruto ended the vision that the snake Kabuto gave them. "I do not believe it! I will not!"
"Believe what you will Naruto... jussst know what you ssssaw wasss what I did to them. I even had more fun with your children. As I killed them... one by one. Hahahaha." The snake laughed it's evil laughter as Naruto was on the verge of a breakdown. "Oh? Would you look at that. The greatessst ninja in hissstory isss crying hisss eye out..." It gave another evil chuckle. "But why ssstop there? Why not let you ssssee. What I did to your children and grandchildren!" The snake gave another illusion. "I'll show my least favorite kills to favorite kills of your children!"
A mist covered them once again. Everyone saw Kabuto facing a man. Who looked 23 or so.
"This is where I killed your son from Mei Naruto. Enjoy."
The fight didn't last long. As Kabuto ended it by chopping off his head and it rolled on the ground.
"Next is your daughter from Mei."
Kabuto walk up to a house killed Naruto's daughter. Her husband, and their infant child. Without remorse. Then burning the house they were in.
"Your son from Shion."
Kabuto snapped the man's neck. Crush the head of his son's wife. And destroyed the body of the young child.
"Up next. Is your son from Hinata. He was a sly one."
Kabuto had Naruto's son pinned down on the ground with many spears. Then impaled the last in his head. Ending his life.
"And one of my favorite ones. Quite resent to be honest. Although your daughter from Shion was last kill Naruto. She wasn't my all time favorite. But she was up there. Because you had just left. It was the old women that gave you and those girls' artifacts of old!" Kabuto yelled the last part to him. Happiness was on the little snake's face as Naruto's face showed nothing but pain.
"You'll never understand. And like my father's best friend before you. You never will..." She sealed a picture of her family, the only time the whole family was together. "I am ready..."
"It will be quick."
Kabuto killed her. And had already killed the two young girls.
"You were so close Naruto... so close to having your family back to you. Hehe, only for me to take that all away. Your daughter... so happy to see you... but knew that I would kill you if she stayed with you... sacrificed herself and her daughters, your granddaughters, so you could live. How does it feel? Naruto... the little girls knew they were going to die, the second you walked in that store... but they did not care. All they cared about... was..."
Kabuto made a mist that showed the two twin little girls last moments.
"He likes us he likes us... all we care about is that he likes us he likes us... we're done with life... "They sang in a sing song voice. Right before Kabuto killed them
Naruto's only eye was shedding tears.
"Was you." Kabuto finished. "Hehe, hahahaha! And I haven't shown you my favorite one yet. Your last daughter from Hinata. She was a strong one. No matter what she would always slip away. So close to death each time and she would managed to escape. But not the last time. You want to know why?" Kabuto asked. No one wanted to know. They wanted this to end. Naruto and the girls more so. No one could watch as this monster made fun of and light about how he killed a man's family. "Because she was stripped down with restraints... and pregnant with a baby... here's what happened!"
Kabuto covered the mouth of Naruto's daughter from Hinata. She looked like she was 9 mouths pregnant.
"Now my dear. Tell me where the scroll is that you hid. And I will let you, and your child live." Kabuto had his snake sword pointed at her unborn child. "Tell me, or I kill your baby, and then you. Tell me where the scroll is!" He yelled. "TELL ME!"
She looked at him. Then at her stomach. Then smiled. "No."
He stabbed her in her stomach. Where her unborn child is.
"TELL ME!"
"NO!"
He stabbed her again in the stomach.
"TELL ME!"
"NEVER!"
He stabbed her again in the stomach.
"TELL ME!"
"YOU'LL HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST!"
He stabbed her in the heart. She looked up at him. "You'll never find it..." With a smile, she flat lined. Then walked away as people came rushing in.
The mist went away and they were back in the class room. Everyone was brought to tears as what they had seen. Even Eva had a few tears in her eyes. Even the heavens weep for Naruto as the storm has not ended.
Naruto looked at the soul fragment anger was all his eye said. "This is where you come to an end soul fragment. And know that I will send the rest of Kabuto's soul with you soon enough!" Naruto did some more hand signs. The glass orb and the snake soul fragment within it dissolved into small partials. Then was absorbed into Naruto himself. All of the seals in the room faded to nothing. Setsuna ran to Konoka's side as Naruto made his way to the door. He fell to one knee as all the pain had caught up to him. Blood rushed from his mouth from his insides. "Konoka needs rest. She'll be up in 8 or so hours. She is not to be disturbed until she wakes up. Setsuna make sure of this. I thank the rest of you for your help. This could not have been possible without you." Naruto struggled to make his way to the door.
"Naruto, are you alright?" Kaede asked. Not knowing what to say. If she had been through what Naruto just went through, she didn't know what to do.
Naruto put his hand on the door handle. "I will be..." He opened it and was gone in a flash.
"Ehhh... Setsuna...?" Konoka opened her eyes.
"Konoka! Are you alright!" Setsuna had the utmost worried look on her face.
"Setsuna..." Konoka passed out again.
"Setsuna. Get Konoka to her dorm, or better yet yours." The dean said to Setsuna. She nodded "The rest of you are to never speck of this. Ever!" Everyone nodded. "Eva, wait a moment."
Eva had a tick mark on her head. "Wait is it?"
"I need you to keep an eye on Naruto. I fear that..."
"I know. I already intended to keep an eye on him. He needs some healing and someone to talk too." She and Chacha left with the rest. Kaede, Mana, Eva and Setsuna all had the same thought. What hasn't Naruto lost? He was in pain, both physical and emotional. Seeing a person you thought you killed only for him to turn around and kill everyone you loved. Kaede and Mana decided to follow Eva. Setsuna needed to get Konoka to a bed to rest after her ordeal.
(Inside Naruto's seal)
"So this is where the Juubi sleeps."
"No longer asleep, little fragment."
The soul fragment of Kabuto heard a booming voice. The little snake looked at the lone eye of the Juubi. "No longer asleep indeed. So, how long have you've been awake, Oh greet Juubi?" Kabuto asked.
"Don't insult me. I know your plan. And it won't work. This is a dangerous 3 way chess game we are all playing. You vs. Me vs. Naruto. Winner takes all. As for you, little fragment, your end is now." Black energy tendrils snaked their way to the little snake Kabuto. Hooked him, then dragged him into the cage where a crunching sound was heard. "Emmmm. Such a dark soul he was. I can only imagine what the whole thing taste like." When the Juubi looked at the crystal that had dark liquid in it, it filled up to the top. The Juubi's lone eye followed it to... to a large field of the exact same thing. Millions upon millions of crystals. All filled with the same darkness. "The darkness is deepening. Soon I will have the power to rule this world... and the next."
(With Naruto)
Naruto, with dried blood all over his cloths, was staggering to Eva's cabin. Falling to one knee when his strength left him.
'I've... I've let them all down... They all died because of me.' Naruto was crying in his only eye. 'And now I've gotten Negi and everyone else that is near me involved. I hope Konoka forgives me. I was... just too weak.'
Naruto opened the door to Eva's cabin. Not knowing that Kyuubi was right behind him in her fox form. Naruto made his way to Eva's resort. Kyu following close behind.
Naruto and Kyu made it in Eva's resort at the same time, so Naruto had no alone time like he wanted.
Kyu looked for Naruto. He used his dad's Flaying thunder god jutsu to get away from her. She found him right back at the main training center of the resort leaning up against a column. Crying. She turned into her human form and walked up to him.
"There all... dead... because of me. BECAUSE OF ME!" He looked up at her.
"It was not your fault."
"Yes it was." He sobbed again. "The leaf village and everyone in it. Died because I was too weak. My family, my friends. Hinata Shion Mei... all gone. Even our kids. I... I... I was so close to them... why...? Why didn't I see it?" Naruto asked himself. "I should have been there. I could have protected them. I could have saved them. SO WHY!"
"They knew that you would have brought them along with you. And you would have died. And the world would have fallen. You know as well as I that no one, Negi his friends and everyone in this time, can beat Kabuto. He is far beyond anything that this world's heroes have to offer." Kyu told him.
"Yeah, heroes. Heroes don't exist." Naruto said depressed.
"Yes they do. You are a hero."
"No I'm not. Heroes don't let their loved ones down when they need them most. Especially not a father or a husband." Naruto looked up at her. "I'm not anyone. I've let down my family, and now there are all dead."
"But not you. You're noy all powerful Naruto. You can't save everyone in this world. "She said back to him.
"Yeah, but I should be. Kabuto is my problem. My burden to bare alone. His wrongs are my fault."
"And what do you plan on doing?" She sat next to him. "You are not alone in this fight Naruto. You have Negi, Konoka, Setsuna, Mana, Eva, Kaede, and the rest of them. You don't have to fight this battle on your own." Naruto started to break down and cry. Kyu held him in her arms. "You are never alone. Not when I'm here."
A scroll started to glow. Naruto had forgotten about it. It was the scroll he sealed the big scroll in when... when Hinata and the others gave it to him. He and Kyuubi walked over to it. He unsealed the big scroll and opened it. He never really looked in it. A jar and a picture frame unsealed itself. Naruto looked at both of them. A paper with instruction was on the jar. He read them did a few hand seals and touched the jar. Kyu watched in amazement. A bright light blinded her, she couldn't see what was going on. When she could see again she was shocked once again.
Naruto had tears in his eyes as he looked at the picture. "He looks... so much different now..." He right eye was restored.
(With Setsuna Next morning)
Setsuna looked at her clock. It read 7 am. "It still hasn't stopped raining." She said allowed as she looked out the window of her dorm room. Konoka was sleeping soundly in her bed. She stayed up all night watching and protecting her. Konoka had not moved since the sealing. Even the mark was gone. She heard a knock on her door and grabbed her sword. Still on edge from last night. She moved to the door quietly.
"Setsuna, it's me Mana. I'm with Kaede and Evangeline." Mana said.
Setsuna felt more at ease. She opened the door a little. "Yes? What is it?"
"We need to talk, inside." Eva said.
Setsuna nodded. And opened the door for them. They all sat at Setsuna's table very low to the ground. Setsuna had brought out some tea.
"So... what do we need to talk about?" She asked. Shipping her tea.
"Naruto and Konoka. How's Konoka doing?" Mana asked.
Setsuna looked back, she was still asleep. She's fine for now. Whatever Naruto-sensei did for her has left her in her current state. She mumbles here that there but I can't make out the words." Setsuna told them.
They all nodded. "But, we need to talk to Naruto." Kaede said, sipping her tea. "No one, no matter how cold blooded, or hardened warrior. Can go through what he just went through and be ok. We need to help him." She finished.
"I agree." Eva said looking outside at the storm.
"As do I." Mana's voice had a hint of concern.
"So do I. But I'd rather not leave Konoka as she is alone. I will stay here with her until she wakes up. No matter what." Setsuna declared. "I was told not to leave her side by Naruto. Until she woke up, no matter what. So I won't." She said.
"I see. We can't wait long. I'm sure Negi-sensei and the rest of them will want to know the fate of our classmate Konoka." Mana said to her.
"On top of that Naruto. I... I can feel that he is suffering." Kaede held her heart.
Setsuna blushed as she said her next sentence. "I can feel it too. I feel... pain. A pain that is not my own." She confessed.
"I feel it too. I believe since we all have a pactio with Naruto, we somehow also feel his pain. We should go see him as soon as possible." Mana told the other girls.
"Not only that. He will need healing and rest after that fight with that Kabuto guy. Not to take into account the other stuff that happened as well." Eva said to them.
"I would like to go. But please wait until Konoka is up. She will be a great help for us and Naruto." Setsuna told them.
"Set...suna..." Everyone heard Konoka's voice. Weak, and dry, but her voice none the less.
Setsuna jump from her position to attend to Konoka. "Konoka, I'm here." She held her hand. No knowing it.
"Pain... he's... in great... terrible pain..." Konoka managed to say to her.
"Konoka!" Setsuna was worried.
"We... have... to help him..." Konoka started to cry. "Please… we need… to… help him." Konoka said desperately to Setsuna.
"We will Konoka we well when you're ready. Lie still for now. Naruto said you need your rest we'll go to him when we can." Setsuna laid Konoka back down on the bed. Brushing a few strands of hair away from her face.
Setsuna looked at the rest of the girls with worry on her face.
"We need to speak with Naruto now." Eva said.
"I agree we should. But I will wait until Konoka is awake." Setsuna said. She looked at Konoka's face. "She needs to hear this as much as we do. Besides she might help him through this." She said to her fellow classmates. She looked out to the stormy skies outside her window. Wondering if the heavens will ever stop crying.
"Setsuna... He's suffering... We need to... Help him." Konoka once again awoke.
"Konoka you should be resting. Go back to sleep." Setsuna said to Konoka once again."
"No!" She yelled. "He needs our help now!" She forced herself up weakened from last night ritual. "We need to see him now! He's suffering I can feel it."
Everyone looked at Konoka. She was determined matter what to see Naruto.
Setsuna smiled. "All right we will go and see Naruto." Setsuna said.
The rest of the nodded getting ready themselves. It didn't take long for them to get ready to go to Eva's cabin. Where Naruto was most likely. But they were not alone, but along the way they met up with the concerned Negi, Asuna and friends.
"Oh Konoka! Are you all right. We were so worried are you feeling any better?" Negi yelled.
"Negi quiet you're too loud." Asuna is whacked him over the head.
"Ow! Asuna that hurt!" Negi said holding he said.
This got a chuckle out of Konoka. "Aw you two are like brother and sister. You two are so cute." She said in a very cute manner.
"Are you here for the same reason as we are?" Setsuna asked the group in front of her.
"Yes, I am curious about Naruto's past well." Negi said gripping his staff.
Mana nodded. "As am I. Aside from what he tells us he has no past." Mana said.
"Then I guess it is time to find out about it." Asuna said with determination in her eyes.
Eva nodded. "Then I guess it is time. He always said that he would tell us one day."
Kaede looked apprehensive. "But what if he's not ready to tell us about his past. You all saw it. You saw his painful past. What if we reopen old wounds?"
Everyone was thinking. Asuna asked first. "What about his past?" She looked curious.
The four girls look hesitant to say anything on the matter. Eva "That… Is something for him to give them a something for him to get out not us."
All of the girls and Negi with raincoats and umbrellas ran to the cabin. all of them were hoping that Naruto was all right. With his injuries from the night before, as life-threatening as they were, he should have been in the hospital or at least have someone to heal him. The rainstorm was unrelenting as the raindrops fell darkening sky. It didn't take long for them to reach the cabin. The group met up with Chachamaru as they had heading into the cabin.
"Naruto!" Konoka yelled.
The group looked all around for Naruto. But found no sign of him.
"He's probably in the resort." Ayaka said to the others.
Everyone nodded. They all went down to the basement they had hope that he was there, as he was nowhere else. They all surrounded the resort thingy. And in a flash of light, they were inside and it still happened to be night in the resort as well.
"He's here." Konoka said to the others. Eva, Setsuna, Mana and Kaede agreeing with her.
The group walked into the main training center and on one of the pillars standing figure in the dark. She was wearing a red kimono, she had red long hair red lips and red eyes, they were like a fox's eyes.
"Who are you!" Setsuna said drawing her sword. Not letting her guard down even know that this woman felt familiar.
" Now now Setsuna… No need to snippy. I assume all of your here same reason otherwise all of you wouldn't be here at all. you wish to know of Naruto's past." The red head just grinned. Everyone looked shocked. Never seen this one before so how did she know Setsuna's name. But then the redhead's face turned serious. "However… If you truly wish to know his past and his pain you must see it through from beginning to end. There is no turning back once he began." Everyone looked at her. "Can you help him handle his pain?"
Everyone looked at each other, what was in North his past it was so dark? That he wouldn't want anyone to know. Konoka stepped forward. "Yes."
the redhead looked in her eyes and saw the determination she would do it. "Very well but if you truly wish to, follow me."
Everyone followed the redhead all curious as to who she is. the group followed her down the spiral staircase only Evangeline has ever been down here.
"Where are we going?" Mana asked.
"Naruto was waiting for us he has prepared for this day. The day where he was ready to reveal everything to you all of you. He is a bit apprehensive of doing this afraid of what you might think of him I asked you only judge him after he reveals all of his past. if you judge him at all." The red head said.
When the redhead opened the door everyone looked at Naruto. He was meditating. he slowly opened his eyes raised his head and looked at them.
"I know what you're here and if you truly wish to know I'm ready to review my past to you if you are ready to handle it." Naruto looked hopeful that they would not hate him after they seen his past. Naruto began to do many hand signs. "Ninja art: A link to the past."
To be continued
(End)
TFK: Yeah well kill me later if you must I think I did pretty good also the new Dragon speak program so doing updates should be much easier.
R and R later.