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Historical Bonds
Chapter 33
IN THE PAST
Madara launched an attack on Ayumi, he attempted to kick her side but she easily blocked it with her arm, he continued with a number of attacks that she all blocked with ease. One by one, every punch, every kick had been blocked or countered. Her speed and skill were incredible, she fought like an experienced ninja, yet she didn't look any older then a teenager. He activated his sharingan, thinking that it would give him the edge he needed, but to his surprised, Ayumi smiled "What are you smiling about?" He asked
"Oh nothing… Just that you think the sharingan is going to make a difference, I find it funny" Ayumi told him with a grin
Madara was not amused, how dare this girl mock the sharingan? "Wait a minute, how does she even know about the sharingan? We are far away from the fire country…" Madara thought to himself
Ayumi let out a small laugh "Oh you foolish Uchiha, if only you knew" she told him
"What the? Can she read my mind? Or is she just trying to make me think she can… Yes of course, what a dirty tactic, sage my ass…" Madara thought once more
"Believe what you want… But I am a sage" She told him
Madara was getting frustrated, but it made perfect sense now "She is guessing what I am thinking, making me think that she can read my thoughts, making me doubt myself, well that ends now!" he thought to himself as he launched a new attack
His strikes were much faster than before, however, Ayumi was still able to block every one of them without much effort. Madara was getting frustrated as he backed off once more "Now do you understand that this is pointless? I will give you one final chance, return what belongs to me, and you can leave here alive" She told him
"I will admit, you are much stronger then I first thought, your taijutsu skills are… Much stronger than any I have ever faced before, however I am not finished just yet… Mangekyo Sharingan!" Madara's sharingan had changed to his Mangekyo Sharingan, his eyes connected with those of Ayumi and suddenly they found themselves surrounded by fire as Madara grinned
Ayumi found herself tied to some sort of cross as the fires raged around her. Madara slowly walked towards her, he was going to enjoy torturing her
Ayumi wasn't struggling to get herself free, this intrigued Madara since most people would try to free themselves, even though it was pointless. Ayumi on the other hand was calm, it angered Madara as he wanted to see her cower in fear. He wanted to swipe away that confident look in her eyes "You are in my domain now, this fight is over, you have lost" He said with a grin
"Really? I just thought that you were cold and wanted to heat things up, this heat feels nice" She answered him
Madara was grinding his teeth in anger "Nice? NICE? She think it's NICE?" he thought to himself "We will see how nice you think it is once I am done with you, here I control everything, including time, I could torture you for days, weeks, months, and yet only a few seconds would pass in the real world" Madara explained to her, hoping that she would finally realize her dire situation and how he had won
But to his surprise, she yawned "Although the heat is nice, it does kind of make me feel sleepy, well that and your boring speech" She told him
That was it, Madara snapped as he took out his sword "Let's see how this bitch feels once I am done with her!" He thought as he was going to stab Ayumi with his blade, but to his surprise it curved away from her, when he pulled back it regained its original shape, but if he tried to stab her it would curve away again "What the hell?" he said in frustration
"Problems?" She said with a grin "Perhaps I should give it a try" suddenly Madara and Ayumi had switched places, he was now tied to the cross and she was holding the blade
"What the hell!?" Madara screamed out "How is this possible?" he thought to himself, that's when he noticed her eyes, they had changed, they looked like a modified version of a sharingan, a mangekyo sharingan even, with the exception that her eyes were yellow rather than red. Ayumi was about to stab him with his own blade, he shut his eyes quickly and the field of flames disappeared as they had return to reality
"What's wrong? Couldn't take your own heat?" She said with a grin
"How the hell do you have the sharingan?" He demanded from her
"Do I need to explain again? I told you I am a sage…"
"Is that your answer to EVERYTHING? You are a sage? How does that explain you having the sharingan?"
"Well, tell me, how did the Uchiha's get it?" She asked him in return "Well? Can't answer? Well as a sage, I know many things since I have been alive for a very long time… Let me tell you about the origins of your Sharingan. Generations ago a band of Uchihas made a pact with a very powerful beast, it had just fought a huge battle with another beast and it was badly hurt. Your ancestors took pity on it and decided to help it. However the beast was a very proud creature and did not like to be indebted to anyone, so in return he granted them the sharingan, and it was passed down from generation to generation ever since" She told him
"…And that explains how you have it how? Are you saying that you are an Uchiha? You never did give me your clan name…" Madara asked
"No, I am not an Uchiha, and I didn't give you my clan name because I don't belong to any clan"
"Then how the hell does that explain you how have the sharingan?!" He screamed in frustration
"Oh I never said that I would explain how I got the sharingan…" She said with a grin as Madara's frustration was growing
"I have had enough of these childish games" He said as he began making multiple hand signs, he began running towards her, he launched multiple attacks. He spat out flames from his mouth but Ayumi just copied him causing small explosions as the fire balls collided together. Rocks began flying towards her, she easily dodge them all, Madara was now using a combination of taijutsu and ninjutsu to try and hit her, if only once. But she was just too powerful, every hit was either countered or blocked, every jutsu was either copied or dodged. Madara had had enough; he bit his thumb making a few hand signs and slammed the ground, a huge poof a smoke appeared next to Madara, revealing the Kyuubi in a regular fox size form
"What do you want Madara?" he asked in an annoyed tone
"Kill that damn bitch!" He ordered him
The Kyuubi looked at his target and to Madara's surprise, he bowed at her, Madara couldn't believe it, the Kyuubi was showing her respect when he could barely keep himself from tearing Madara to shreds "I am sorry but I will not lay a single paw on my lady" he said before disappearing in a poof of smoke
"WHAT?! GET BACK HERE YOU TRAITOR!"
"He isn't a traitor, he just won't attack his master, you should know, it's in the contract" She told him with a grin
"What? But I am its master, not you!" He said in anger
"Take a look at the contract…" She told him
Madara took it out and read it, it only had two names written on it, his own and… The very first name at the top was Ayumi "How is this possible?"
"I am the master of all the tailed beasts, as well as every other magical creature. After all, I created them all" She said with a grin
Madara couldn't believe it, could what she was saying be true? If that was the case, she could summon anything at any time, she had to be the most powerful being that he had ever encountered, or would even ever encounter… And he wanted that power!
Madara jumped away panting heavily, while Ayumi didn't seem tired, however Madara had noticed something. During this entire fight, she had never once tried to attack him, the closes she ever came to doing any harm was when she traded places with him during his genjutsu, perhaps he could use that to his advantage "You seem to know a lot of jutsus" Madara commented
"I know just about every jutsu that was ever created in these lands" She answered him
"These lands huh? What about across the ocean? Do you know anything about those people and their powers?" He asked her
"I have never left this continent, so no, if there are other civilizations out there, I don't know about them yet" She told him
Madara grinned "Really? Well finally something I know that you don't" He said with a grin "Aren't you curious how I would know this?" He asked her
"Curious yes, but I am in no rush, if what you say is true, I will learn about it eventually" Ayumi answered
"Well, you see, there is this one jutsu I learned from one of them" He said with a grin
Suddenly Ayumi felt a blade pierce her body, blood began spill from the wound, and she began coughing out blood as it started to drip from her mouth "So… This is pain… Can't say that I like this feeling very much" She said as she dropped down to one knee while turning her head to see who had stabbed her from behind, to her surprise, it was Madara "How is that possible, if this is a clone, then it shouldn't have a mass, and thus shouldn't be able to hurt me, and I know this isn't genjutsu…"
Madara was grinning, for the first time in this battle, he had the upper hand "Just a little trick I learned from a… Friend, he calls it a shadow clone, it is a clone, however it has a mass, there is also a water version of this created by the people on the far away islands, but I didn't know if you knew about them, so I decided to pick the one I knew for sure that you would have never encountered before" Madara said as the clone pushed and jabbed his blade causing intolerable pain to Ayumi"
"And the betrayal only continues…" She said as the warm blood continued to pour out of her body, her eyes suddenly returned to normal as the white aura around her body also vanished
"And what do you mean by that?" Madara asked
"Heh, you don't know much about your own history do you? Do you even know how the Uchiha clan started? I bet you don't, it's something that was probably never passed down. Well let me tell you, centuries ago, there were two brothers chosen by the sage to be his apprentices. The sage wanted to bring peace to the world. The elder of the brothers thought that bringing peace through might was the best way, while the younger brother wanted to bring peace to the world by uniting everyone in harmony. The sage chose the younger brother to succeed him as he thought he would be best suited to bring peace to the world, this angered the elder brother causing him to be vengeful and the two brothers parted ways, one became the Uchiha clan, the other the Senju clan. Guess which one of the brothers was the founder of the Uchiha clan? That's right, the elder"
"So where do you come into this nice little story of yours? Are you saying you are that sage?"
"Heh, no, I am his daughter, well adopted daughter. My real parents were killed in a war, I was left alone, he was passing by and took pity on me, he then decided to take me on as his new apprentice and adopted me as his daughter… My father couldn't bear seeing his original apprentices fight among themselves so he decided to leave this world behind, and so I became the new sage once he finished training me"
"Well then, with you dead, and all these books at my disposal, I will become the new sage" He said with an evil grin
But to his surprise, Ayumi also grinned "Foolish Uchiha, a mere mortal cannot just become a sage by reading scrolls and old scriptures, the way of the sage is passed down from sage to sage, I cannot die until I pass on the teaching. Although this body will stop functioning will not die, thus is the power and the curse of the sage… As for these books, you won't have the time to enjoy them" She said as she faded away, the temple suddenly began to rumble
"No…..NOOO! She is going to destroy the temple" everything began to fall down, Madara didn't have any time to spare. He quickly made it out of the temple just in time as it crumbled, boulders began slamming into it, destroying any hope of trying to salvage anything from the ruins. Madara sat down as he was tired from his fight with Ayumi; he opened his vest pocket and took out two scrolls "This is all that I was able to get from that temple…" He read the titles on each scroll. On the first scroll, Life Extension, on the second scroll, The Ten tailed beast. "Bringing peace to the world through might huh?... I like the sound of that" he said with a grin
Meanwhile back at the Konoha hospital Nami was waiting for her check up while Tsunade played with the toys provided by the hospital. Nami looked at her and smiled "She is so cute… I wish I had a little girl like her, or a little boy" she thought with a warm smile
"Miss Yamashiro, the doctor will see you now" a nurse informed her
Nami got up "Come Tsunade" She told her
"Aww, but I was having fun" She said in a small pouting voice as she got up
Nami's smile grew "How about we go out for ice cream as soon as we are done with the doctor?" Nami said trying to bribe her
"Yay ice cream!" Tsunade answered in a cheerful tone as her smile returned
The nurse led them to a room and instructed Nami to sit on the bed and to wait for the doctor. It didn't take long for him to enter the room, he picked up Nami's file and sat down next to her "Ah, and who do we have here? Little Tsunade, you sure are growing fast aren't you" The doctor said with a warm smile "How old are you now?" he asked
"I am five!" She answered with a playful grin
"Such a big girl you are now" He told her "Are you too big for a lollypop?" he asked her as he took out a large lollypop from his coat, Tsunade simply shook her head indicating that she was in no way too old for a lollypop, the doctor let out a small laugh and gave it to her as she began to happily suck on it "Now then, what can I do for you miss Yamashiro?" The doctor asked her
"Please, call me Nami… I don't really hold any ties to the Yamashiro clan anymore…" Nami said in a slightly sad tone of voice
"Ah yes, I had heard something about that, well then Nami, how may I help you?" He asked again
"Well doctor, I am not really sure; there are a few things I guess…" She told him
"Well, let's start with them one at a time. Don't worry, anything you tell me will stay between you and me. Nothing will leave this office" He told her to try to assure her that it was safe to talk to him
"Well, I am not really sure that there is anything wrong with me, but it's just Masaki was worried so I told him I would go to the hospital, it's silly really… It's just lately I have been gaining weight, no matter what I do to try and lose it, I just keep gaining. I train hard every day, I go on missions, I exercise and nothing is working, and it's frustrating me. I guess it's causing me to take it out on him because I get mad at him easily when I know he has done nothing wrong…" she told him
"I see" he said nodding "Well, getting a check up can't hurt now can it? Just take off your clothes and lay down on the bed" He said as he got a few instruments ready. Nami was unsure about taking all her clothes off in front of someone she really didn't know, the doctor looked at her "Is this your first check up?" he asked
"Well before the village… We didn't really have a hospital in my old clan so, this would be my first check up by a doctor in a hospital yes…" she admitted to him
The doctor smiled warmly at her "Don't worry, I am a doctor, not a pervert. I am not going to hurt you or take advantage of you in any way" He told her, trying to reassure her of his intentions, Nami finally began to unzip her top and took it off and then took off her shirt before taking off her pants, leaving her only in her underwear. She then laid down on the bed, the doctor put his hand just above her left breast on her chest "Take a deep breath" He told her" she did as she was asked "Now let it out" once again obeying his commands, he then used a stethoscope and placed it where his hand was "Again please, breath in… And out, in and… And out, good, you're doing fine" he told her to comfort her. He then told her to sit up and he did the same thing but this time with the stethoscope on her back, he then continued doing the regular things a check up required before he was done "Well your lungs are very strong and healthy, however, your heart is beating at erratic speeds, it has me concerned"
"What? So there is something wrong with me?!" She asked him
"I don't know yet, there is one thing that could account for what I am hearing, but I want to be sure before I say anything. Please, lay back down" he asked her, he could tell that she was very nervous and worried "Look, if it's what I think it is it's easily treatable and you have nothing to worry about alright?" He told her with his warm smile to once again reassure her. He used his stethoscope on her stomach and seemed to be listening very carefully, he was also using his other hand to feel her stomach as he pressed on different areas. Once he was done he sat back up and looked at her "Nami, there is nothing wrong with you physically, you are a very strong and healthy young women" He told her
"Then… What about my heart?" She asked him
"Your heart is also healthy and strong, there are no problems with it; however I can now explain why you are gaining weight and even your mood swings" He informed her
"Really?! What is it?" she asked wanting to know the answer
"Nami my dear, you are pregnant, I estimate just over two months"
"What does pregnant mean?" Tsunade asked.
The doctor smiled at her "It means that Nami is going to become a mommy" he explained to the little girl
"Really? Wow, just like when my mommy was with my little brother?" Tsunade asked again.
The doctor let out a small laugh "Yes, just like that"
"Can I be pregnant too? I want to be a mommy! How do I become pregnant?" she asked.
Both the doctor and Nami looked at each other, not really sure how to answer that one "Uh, you're too young for that my dear, you will learn in time" The doctor finally answered
"I am always too young for everything! I want to be pregnant now!" Tsunade said pouting
"How about ice cream?" Nami said reminding her of the promised she had made to her
"YAY ice cream! I want chocolate!" both the doctor and Nami let out a sigh of relief
"I suggest you begin taking it easy and eating healthy, I know it's hard for you kunoichi to just take it easy, but it's in the best interest of both you and your child" He explained to her
Just like the doctor had said, Nami didn't like the idea of just sitting around the village doing nothing "Yeah, you're right, I don't like the idea just taking it easy and doing nothing… But I guess the ANBU does need a lot of paperwork done, and it would help out Masaki if I help him with most of it…"
"Yes, that would be fine, now I am going to schedule you for regular checkups to make sure that everything is going alright, both with you and the baby alright?" he said as he handed her a sheet of paper with dates he wanted her in for her appointments, Nami got dressed and took the paper
"Thank you doctor" She said feeling much better about having nothing wrong with her "But I have a question" she told him "If I am pregnant, why don't I have any of the morning sickness?" He asked him
"Well my dear, every baby is different, I have some girls come in here like you who are perfectly fine, then I have other girls come in here who can't keep their breakfast down, however that differs with each pregnancy. Your next one may cause you to have the worst morning sickness ever or it could just be like this one" he explained to her
"I see, well thanks doctor, for everything" she said as the doctor led her outside of the office
"Think nothing of it, I am just doing my job. Now remember, I want to see you back here in two weeks alright?"
"Don't worry doctor, I will be here!" She said as she exited the hospital with Tsunade
"When I grow up, I am going to be a doctor to, and I will find out how to get pregnant and then I will be a mommy too!" Tsunade said with a large grin
"Yes well… Let's go get you that ice cream!" Nami quickly said to change the subject
PRESENT TIME
Suzu was still standing in front of the cages, she was fighting with herself. Part of her wanted to open the cage and let them out, another part of her wanted to just leave now. She was a demon ninja, if she opened the cages she would be committing treason. Naruto could tell that she was fighting herself, he felt horrible. This was more than likely the only chance they would ever have of escaping, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He couldn't bring himself to manipulate her in order to get her to open the cages "Suzu… Go home" He simply told her
"What?" She asked even more confused
"I don't want you to release us, doing so would make you an outcast, a traitor, and you would no longer be welcomed among your own people… And I would be responsible for that. You had nothing to do with this mess until we dragged you in. We have already caused you enough pain as it is, return to your family, just forget about us" Naruto told her
"But Hokage Sama, how can you say that? She could be our only and last chance out of here!" Hiyori asked him confused
"No Hiyori, even if she opened the cage, I would refuse to leave. Not if it meant getting her into more trouble, look at this girl. She is so young, we would ruin the rest of her life just to save ours. Could you honestly live with yourself knowing this Hiyori? Or is the fact that she is a demon ninja make it that you don't care"
Hiyori stared downwards; she was partly ashamed of herself and conflicted "… I am sorry Hokage Sama…" She said sadly
"It's alright Hiyori, I know that you have a good heart, and that you just want to get Hamako out of here and to safety. But this isn't the right way, your conscious would eat at you at night knowing that you ruined an innocent girls life just so that you could live. I already have nightmares that I am trying to get rid of, I don't want to replace them with these ones" Naruto told her with a warm smile
Suzu admired greatly the man that is supposed to be a sworn enemy of the demon country, he did not live up to her expectations of a Night country ninja. His smile was warm, his eyes were filled with kindness. She didn't want him to die but he said it himself, even if she opened the cage door he wouldn't come out. That's when she heard some noise coming from just outside the chamber "Hey, who are you? I have never seen those masks before" a voice came from outside
"We were sent by Daiki himself to get the prisoners ready to move out for the sacrifice, the shadows demands are getting on our nerves, we would rather just get it over with so that they have nothing to complain about anymore" one of the voices stated
"Those damn shadow bastards, haven't they gotten over it yet? Can't they go find something else to go and rape? But still this is unusual, where are the transfer papers?" another voice asked
"Uh transfer papers just one moment" a third voice asked
She then heard something that sounded like two bodies falling down "Intruders?!" she immediately opened her pouch and took out her mask, putting it on as fast as she could. She then extended her arms outwards as two hidden sais slid into her hands, just as she got into a defensive position, two unknown demon ninjas walked in
"Ah crap, there was one in here too, well I guess she heard what just happened, so much for our disguises" The one with black hair stated while removing his mask, revealing Toshiro's face
"Well they got us this far, not my fault that the last guards weren't as stupid as the others…" The other one said while removing his mask revealing Itachi
"What am I going to do? Should I fight them? Or should I… Allow them to win and rescue their friends, but what would they do with me afterwards?!" she thought to herself, again conflicted as to what to do
"Toshiro, Itachi, stand down now! You shall not harm her, I will not allow it!" Naruto ordered them
"But… Hokage Sama" Itachi began to say, however he could see from Naruto's stare that he wasn't kidding "As you wish my lord" He said as he put away his weapons, Toshiro did the same "…What now?" Itachi asked confused as to what was going on and what to do next
"Suzu, I know that you're conflicted, I know that everything that you were ever thought is telling you to attack them. However I know that deep down inside you don't want to... I am going to tell you everything, the entire truth as to who we really are and why we are here, if you would just hear me out…" Naruto told her
"Hokage Sama… That could take time, the longer we stay here the greater the chance of them finding us become…" Toshiro pointed out
"I don't care about that right now, Suzu, will you hear me out?" Naruto asked her once again
Suzu put away her weapons and lifted her mask, and just like everyone before them, both Itachi and Toshiro were stunned by how young and beautiful the girl was, this was Toshiro's first time seeing the face of a true demon ninja from Wolf village "I will…" She simply said as she turned her attention away from Toshiro and Itachi and back to Naruto, trusting his words that they would not attack her while her back was turned
"First of all, we are not Night Ninjas… Well Toshiro and Hiyori here USE to be, but they aren't anymore"
"Then who are you?" Suzu asked confused
Naruto explained everything, from how his ancestor came to his side of the world, to how the night attacked forcing him to use the dormant power of his Zanpakuto and thus angering it, forcing them to come here to fix it and how they were dragged into a battle with the demon country that caused Hiyori and Hamako to go missing. He explained to her how he refused to let them go and how he decided to take his team into demon country controlled territory and how in an act of desperation they took control of her in order to gain intelligence on the whereabouts of their missing team members
Suzu was shocked, about the entire story but mostly about the part where they took control of her "So your saying you took over my mind and body?!" Suzu asked still in shock
"Yes, BUT something went wrong. We were just going to use you to get the info and then release you while blocking the memories of the event ever had happened… We don't know what happened once Ino left us in your body, however she could still be in there. Evidence of this is how you know things about us that you shouldn't, my name for example… Or how you feel that you should be protecting me, those are Ino's thoughts and feelings, as a Konoha Ninja it's her duty to protect the Hokage. Believe me when I say that we meant you no harm… We just wanted to rescue Hamako and Hiyori, that's all"
Suzu seemed to be deep in thought, she knew that he wasn't lying, for many reasons. First one being that she could feel that some of these memories she had were not her own and that she could feel no deceit. All she could feel was honesty and kindness, this man before her was ready to sacrifice himself to save her from being an outcast… "I believe you" She told him
"Look, there is still a chance that Ino is in there, there is still a chance that we can get her out of your mind. But we are going to need you to cooperate with us, I swear to you that we will not harm you. If anything were to happen to you while in my care, I would personally return with you and give myself up to your father to do with as he wished for breaking my promise to you"
Suzu looked into his eyes, she knew that he was being serious, so she nodded "Alright, I trust you…" she said as she opened his cell. Toshiro and Itachi opened the two others. Hiyori jumped into Toshiro's arms crying "I thought I would never see you again" she said as she held him tightly
"Don't worry, you are safe now, I won't allow anything else to happen to you" He said as he held her tightly
"Itachi, can you use your sharingan to enter her mind? Perhaps find out if Ino is still in there somewhere?"
"Yes I could my lord" Itachi simply responded
"Can you do it without causing any harm to her, both physically and psychologically?" Naruto asked him again
"Yes, although it will be harder that way, but I can do it"
"Then do it!" Naruto told him
"Right now my lord?" Itachi asked him
"Yes, I will not needlessly drag the poor girl across the country if there is no point to it, now please do it" Naruto once again asked him
"Yes my lord…." Itachi's eyes suddenly changed to his sharingan, and then to his mangekyou sharingan, his eyes began to spin as he stared into Suzu's yellow eyes
Suddenly he found himself in a field of flowers, a younger version of Suzu was standing in front of him with a large smile "Hey mister!" she said greeting him "Have you come to play with me?" she asked him
Itachi smiled for the young girl and ruffled her hair "Yes I have" he answered her "But do you think you could show me around first?" He asked her
"Sure thing! I am just finding out about this place myself, so we can look around together, hey I know! We can play explorers! Yeah that would be fun wouldn't it? Oh we are going to have such a great time" She said as she laughed playfully
"This must be her inner child… odd that it would be the first thing I encounter…" he thought to himself "Tell me, what do you mean by just finding out about this place?" Itachi asked her
"Well you see, this place is new, it wasn't here a while ago, no one knows where it came from or why it's slowly changing" She answered him
"Slowly changing?!" Itachi asked quickly
"Yeah, see over there, the flowers and trees are changing. It's still pretty, but I don't know why it's happening" She answered him
Itachi looked around, the flowers and trees all looked like they were from Konoha, he then looked at where the girl had pointed where things were changing, it was as if slowly everything was changing into flowers and trees found in the demon country "Oh no… Ino's mind must slowly be merging with Suzu's mind… But what would happen to Ino? More than likely her consciousness would fade away since this is Suzu's body
Suddenly someone kicked him from behind sending him crashing to the ground, Itachi rolled right back onto his feet to face his attacker "Stay away from her!" The new arrival told him, it was Suzu, but she was fully grown and dressed in her ninja attire "Suzu, get out of here, I told you not to talk to strangers!" She told the young one
"But he is nice… We were going to play explorer together!" She said with a smile
"I told you to get out of here, NOW!" She commanded
The young Suzu looked sad, but she obeyed "Yes Nee-Chan…" she said as she simply faded away
"This must be her sense of security and courage… how can I fight her, if I defeat her I could cause damage to her psyche. If I allow her to defeat me… Who knows what that will do to me, I have to find a way of convincing her that I am not the enemy" Itachi thought to himself "I am not here to fight or cause any harm, please believe me…" Itachi tried to explain
"I don't care, all I know is that you shouldn't be here, just like that other one. You must be dealt with" She said as she launched an attack, Itachi tried to block it, but his sword suddenly disappeared. He used his arm to deflect her hand, he then jumped back to get some distance between them
"Other one? Could it be Ino?" Itachi wondered "I am not here to cause harm, I am actually here to help, the other one of who you speak of, I know who she is. I can help remove her, but you have to trust me! I am not here to harm you, please show me where she is!" Itachi pleaded
"See, he is a nice man Nee-Chan, can't you just try to trust him?" The young one said as she faded in
"I told you to get out of here Suzu…"
"Look, our minds are connected, you can read my thoughts and you should know that I mean you no harm!" Itachi told her "I am not trying to invade your mind; I am here to help you liberate it!"
"See Nee-Chan, he is here to help, not harm us" She said with a playful smile
"You are too trusting Suzu…" she said while not taking her eyes off of Itachi
Itachi knew that she wasn't going to trust him easily; after all it seemed that she was also her sense of danger, doubt and fear in addition to security, and that the small one was also her sense of trust and compassion. Itachi threw away all of his weapons, he even removed his vest and threw it all to the ground. He put his arms up to his side "I am not here to fight, I have removed all of my weapons and armor, if you wish to kill me, then so be it, but I cannot leave here until my mission is completed
"Fine by me, makes it easier to kill you!" She said as she began running towards him, but Itachi refused to move. He promised Naruto that he wouldn't harm Suzu's psyche, and he would keep his promise even if it meant losing his own mind in the process, although he wasn't really sure what would happen if he died here
Suzu was just about to kill him with her sais when the young one screamed "NO STOP!" she began to cry causing Suzu to stop only inches from Itachi's chest
"You're lucky that she likes you, but if you dare harm her in anyway, I will personally ensure that you die the slowest and most painful death that I can think of, and as a demon ninja trust me, I know plenty of ways" she threaten him before she faded away leaving him alone with the child version of Suzu
"…Thank you" Itachi told her with a smile, realizing that she had perhaps just saved his life
"It's alright, I know you're not a bad man, but Nee-Chan is kind of overprotective but she is a good person, really she is" the small Suzu said trying to defend her older self
Itachi smiled "I know she is" he said as he walked over to her "But this is very important, she mentioned someone else being here, someone who doesn't belong?" He asked her
"Yeah, Nee-Chan chased her away, she is hiding somewhere, Nee-Chan said not to worry about her, that she would be gone soon anyway. But that I had to stay away from her, I don't know where she is thought" Suzu told him
"We have to find her quickly" Itachi told her
"Alright, I will help you look!" She said cheerfully as she grabbed his hand and began the search for Ino
Staring at them from afar was the older Suzu "One false step out of you… And I swear…" she said as she faded away once more
Itachi and the young Suzu searched together when Itachi tried to search outside of the Konoha field of flowers Suzu stopped him "No, she's not there" she told him
"Why?" Itachi asked
"Because, she isn't allowed, you're not either, only I and Nee-Chan are allowed there"
"So is it possible that Ino's consciousness accidentally went over to that side?"
"No, it would cause her a great deal of pain; she would have to return to this side, you can try if you don't believe me…"
"No, that's alright, I do believe you. I don't think that you are capable of lying or deception" Itachi said with a smile. Suddenly they heard someone crying "What's that?"
"I don't know, it's not any of my Nee-Chans"
"…How many more of you are there?" He asked
"A few" she said with a child like smile
"Well if it's none of them, it could be Ino…" he said as he began running towards where the crying was coming from. They found a little blonde girl, Itachi didn't recognize her, at least not right away. But then he saw her face, her bright blue eyes "Ino?!"
"ITACHI!" She said as she ran over to hug him, but at her height, all she could reach was his legs "Itachi, I am so scared…" she said as she cried
"There there Ino, we are going to get you out of here, but first you have to tell me what happened and how to get you safely out of here"
"I don't know, one moment I was in control, then everything went dark, when I woke up this entire place was in chaos, complete anarchy… Things slowly began to calm down, but I was never able to regain control, I thought I was going to die here alone…"
"Why do you look like your child version of yourself?" Itachi asked
"I don't know… I just woke up this way" She answered him
"It's because Nee-Chan figured it would be the form of her that would cause the least amount of trouble, so she and the others forced her into that form" the young Suzu explained
"I see… Ino, how can we get you out of here?" Itachi asked
"If you brought this body near mine, I may be able to get back, however I can't just leave by detaching myself like I normally do. She would need to be in direct physical contact with my body since my consciousness is not free to just leave like I normally would be able to do" Ino explained
"Then we have to get you back, because I don't believe that there is much time before your consciousness is completely overrun by hers"
"Yeah… Hey Itachi, if you're unable to get me back... Tell Shikamaru that… Even thought he is a lazy good for nothing bastard… That I love him anyway" Ino told him
"Don't worry Ino, we will make it back and you can tell him yourself" Itachi told her. He then slowly began to fade away, he had returned to reality "We have to get her back to her body as soon as possible" Itachi told them
"Wait a minute, what are you going to do with me!?" Suzu asked
"I found Ino, she is still alive, but not for long. Your mind is slowly taking over her mind and soon she will be completely merged with you and she will be gone, she said that if we can get you to her body and that you physically touch her, her consciousness could get back into her own body" Itachi explained to her
"Look Suzu, you trusted us this much so far, please just continue to trust us a little bit more. I promise you that once we have Ino back, we will let you come back home, unharmed, just like I promised"
"…Alright" Suzu answered
"Itachi, Tie her hands up" Naruto ordered, an order that confused both Suzu and Itachi
"Uh Hokage Sama?"
"Look, what would it look like if we are caught and she is willingly fallowing us? It will look like she helped us get away and that she is trying to escape with us, I will have none of that. If they catch us and she looks like she is our captive, they will think that we captured her and forced her to come with us and she will be able to return home without being branded a traitor" Naruto explain
"Understood" Itachi answered "May I?" Itachi asked while holding a rope in front of Suzu, she was still debating whether or not it was the right thing to do but she trusted Naruto, so she held her hands together in front of her and Itachi tied them up. They then began making their escape from the sleeping village...
End chapter 33
Wow, i mean that was such a long chapter, i hope you all enjoyed it
Now then to answer the question as to the why i cannot keep both Ino and Suzu, if i allow Ino to survive, Suzu will no longer have a reason to want to join them, she has her family back home, not to mention her own love, without the influence from Ino's mind, she won't want to leave that all behind, she loves her people and her family and friends, so if Ino stays in Suzu's mind, well Ino's body will eventually die, not to mention Ino's own consciousness will be gone
i want to note that i have not made a definite decision as to who i will be keeping, Ino, or Suzu? Vote now to help me decide, next chapter will reveal my decision, go to my profile and vote now!
Now a summery of this chapter, what is Madara going to do with those scrolls? Have we seen the last of the Sage? What will Nami name her child? Will Masaki be happy? Will Tsunade ever find out where babies really come from? Will Naruto and his team escape back to safety? Will Ino make it back to her body? "Vote to help decide the outcome" Will Santa eat the milk and cookies i will leave for him even thought we have no chimney?
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