Chapter Seven
The pain was unbelievable. It surged through every inch, every cell, every vein in his body. And it was like fire. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't move...all he could do...was scream.
When Madara had told him it would hurt, he never imagined this. This. This pain...it was unimaginable. Even as Naruto was living it, he still couldn't wrap his mind around what could possibly cause this level of suffering. Somewhere deep down, he knew the kyuubi was being pulled out of him. He knew that the fire he felt coursing through his body was actually just the same chakra he'd experienced a hundred times before...only magnified by a thousand.
Naruto vaugely felt other things too. He knew he was thrashing around, his body desperately trying to escape its burning torture. But he also felt the chains around his wrists, keeping him restrained. He felt odd dizziness that often accompanied anything to do with the Sharingan, which was what Madara was using to extract the bijuu. And...he heard something too. A voice.
Naruto...you have to fight this! It told him. If you don't escape, you'll die!
What do you care? The blonde asks his inner demon. And, hey, how can you talk to me right now? You're being pulled out!
I'm not out yet, am I? If I were, you'd already be a goner.
Pff, what a rip off. I was hoping to get a little alone time in my head before I died...I guess that isn't gonna happen though. Not with you around, at least.
What's that? It sounds like you're giving up!
...why shouldn't I...?
WHAT?!
Madara was right...I'm nothing but a burden to the village. If it weren't for me, the Pain never would have attacked...Sakura wouldn't have gotten hurt at Tenchi Bridge...Pervy Sage wouldn't be dead...
Shut up, you brat! That's not-
It is. You know it is. Naruto was suddenly standing ankle-deep in murky black water. Before him, are the huge iron gates that hold the fox inside of him. At that moment, the seal was burning. It was already half gone... Sorry you ended up with Madara again. I know you hate him.
Naruto-
But I'm...really tired all of sudden...
Huh?
I think...I'm gonna...sleep now...
Naruto's body begins to fade from where it stands if front of the kyuubi. Along with him, the lights begin to dim. Plunging the fox into darkness.
You pathetic excuse for a host...
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"AGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Naruto's screams were like music to Madara's ears. Like a triumphant anthom of victory to his greatest achievement. With that obnxious blonde brat out of the way, completing the Moon's Eye Plan would be a cinch. At one point, the teen's feverish thrashing had stopped, his body suddenly going limp and eerily silent. He was no longer fighting his death. Somehow, that pleased the Uchiha even more.
He glances down at the ground around him, wearing a smirk. Unconscious at his feet were two Leaf Village ANBU. Silly boys thought they could rescue the Jinchuuriki. But Madara had taken them out effortlessly. One of them thought he was being sneaky though, and managed to send a signal back to the Hokage before passing out. Madara was not entirely against having more ninja here to witness the death of their greatest weapon. He chuckles at the thought of that pink-haired kunoichi arriving just in time to see Naruto's last breaths. Of him dying in her useless arms.
This day was just getting better and better for Madara Uchiha.