Chapter 22 is up :)
I will be gone from home this weekend, so no updates till i have time again .
Sorry for that :)
Till then enjoy this chapter ^^
And i am thinking of writing a sequel T.T Bad right, veryyyy bad.
Previous chapter:
Naruto had left the akatsuki base and was running towards Konoha, not knowing he was already caught in Madara's genjutsu. Madara tried to break the blond by showing him things of his past inside the genjutsu. While Pain, Konan, Deidara and Kisame ended up fighting with Madara. Nagato lost the fight when Madara released a jutsu. Konan moved herself Deidara and Kisame too Konoha.
Chapter 22:
Erased
Naruto:
Naruto had forgotten about time. He didn't know how long he had been stuck in Madara's genjutsu and he rather not know. It was tiring. Sometimes he tried to break the genjutsu, bit by bit. So Madara wouldn't notice.
He wonder if he could fool the Uchiha though. Besides if he woke up, he didn't know where he was. He had no idea where Madara might have taken him. Another Akatsuki base?
No that would be a dumb move.
Naruto still was feeling worried about Nagato… Nagato had let him go, despite knowing that Madara would most likely kill him for it.
The situation was quite awful. Naruto could only hope that Madara wouldn't notice the cracks he was creating in the genjutsu. Then he had a chance to break it.
Naruto looked up, he was in Konoha, his own bedroom. Somehow Madara always brought his illusions back to Konoha. He had seen the different sides of his past in the time he was stuck here.
Naruto never knew how hopeless he had looked then.
He looked at his bed, noticing his younger version sitting there. A bloodied kunai in his hands. Cuts on his arms that were already healing.
Naruto closed his eyes a bit. The image didn't hurt him anymore, he was used to the images of his past. It sucks when you are so hurt and you can still say that you are used to it…
Naruto wanted to be free again. He wanted to leave this place.
He wanted to see Itachi… to his friends, even if they might not accept him. Right now he didn't care he just wanted to see them. Naruto wanted to turn back time, to be together with Itachi again. And right now he felt like he regretted the choice of staying with the Akatsuki.
Madara felt the blond slowly giving up. He grinned. He had moved them after some time. He needed to make sure that no one would find them. He was now sitting inside a small cabin, deeper inside the forest. They would not search this way that quickly.
He had been signing a seal on the ground around Naruto, who was lying on his back in the middle of it. He felt that sometimes Naruto used a bit of his chakra, to leak out of the genjutsu, trying to break. It was quite clever, but Madara had noticed it already.
Madara released his genjutsu over the younger one. Naruto blinked a few times with his eyes, trying to understand what had happened and where he was.
Madara crunched down on the floor, before the seal and bit his thumb, to get some blood free. He let it fall on the circle inside the seal.
Naruto's eyes shot open, feeling as he was torn apart from the inside. He let out a small scream, what was happening… so much pain went through his body.
The seal was turning red as it was activated. It was difficult doing this alone, but Madara had no choice. He needed to be quick, before they found out where he was.
He walked over to another circle and also let some blood fall into that one, he repeated that 2 times more, each in every wind direction.
Naruto was softly whimpering, seeming to be in pain.
Naruto's eyes opened slowly and he looked sideways, noticing Madara standing there.
"Welcome back to the world of the living Naruto." Madara said.
Madara noticed that his blue eyes looked dull, they looked like they were far away, just to erase the truth in front of his eyes.
"It won't be long, before you will be free from this suffering", Madara stated as he moved away. He needed to wait for his blood to ready the seal completely.
It was a good thing he always remembered everything he had read.
Naruto whimpered again, feeling the seal on his stomach burning.
Naruto knew what was happening, this was the way to extract the kyuubi. He felt the anger from the kyuubi, but it seemed like he couldn't reach the kyuubi's chakra anymore.
Madara had closed that off most likely. Naruto tried to catch for breath, it felt like he was drowning. But there was no water around him…
'Is this feeling… am I going to die here..?' Naruto thought, as he closed his eyes shut, trying to ease the pain in his body.
The kyuubi was trying to destroy the seal. He needed to get out. He wouldn't let that Uchiha to use him again, he would rather die than get used again.
This extraction seal needed time, but the kyuubi felt that Naruto was slowly falling away. The time in the genjutsu had broken him.
With Naruto lost like that, in his despair and the kyuubi's chakra caged in. How could they stop the Uchiha…
Naruto felt the seal change a bit, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the Uchiha, who was looking outside through a window.
"You will pay…" Naruto whimpered. That took the Uchiha's attention back to the blond.
Madara grinned. The blond was still capable of cursing him before he was going to die.
"You can't make me pay Naruto. It won't be long before you are gone from this world." Madara stated. He looked at the seal, it seemed to work just fine.
Naruto groaned. This pain was awful and he felt that the connection with the kyuubi was gone too. It was cut off. Madara had thought of everything, of course he had. He was a damn Uchiha.
Naruto closed his eyes, trying to get inside of him, trying to find the kyuubi, but it felt like he only reached walls. He couldn't get further. He softly heard the kyuubi's distant voice. The kyuubi was angry, he was cursing the Uchiha. Not wanted to get used by him.
Naruto tried to break the wall in front of him, he needed to fight. He needed to stay alive. He had told Nagato that he would life.
Nagato…
Madara sighed, feeling that Naruto started fighting again.
"It's useless. You can't fight me. Even if you break the seal, do you think you would get far." Madara voice stated.
Madara watched the young blond struggle. His efforts in vain.
Madara stood up and walked out of the cabin. Naruto wouldn't get free anyway, he was going to get Nagato's body in the meantime. Madara jumped towards he site he left the young male.
When he got there, he noticed a black crow was sitting next to the young male. He had lived. Of course Madara had known, but Nagato had been so close to dead, he would have died anyway.
But it seemed that Itachi had given him some chakra. Since the male was still alive. The black crow went back into the sky and was flying around a bit, looking for other information. Madara smiled. He was going to have some fun right now.
He raised his hand at the crow, creating another genjutsu.
Itachi felt himself being pulled into a genjutsu and tried to break it.
In the Hokage's office Itachi fell on his knees, feeling the impact of Madara's chakra and his genjutsu.
He heard some people scream, but he knew Madara had caught him. He saw images. Naruto lying on a floor, whimpering, a seal around him.
Naruto was in pain. He was hurt, when he saw those blue eyes looking up, he saw nothing. They were empty, dull. Then he was pulled back by Sasuke who had noticed that Itachi had been caught in a genjutsu.
Itachi tried to catch his breath, he had seen Naruto. It looked like a small cabin. Outside the window he could see trees, a cabin hidden inside the woods?
"Itachi?" Kisame asked.
Itachi looked up. The hurt was visible in his eyes. They needed to be quick, they needed to safe Naruto.
"I have seen Naruto…" He whispered softly, looking at the shark man in front of him.
"You have seen Naruto?" Jiraiya asked walking towards the raven, who was slowly standing up.
"A small cabin, in the woods, I saw trees outside the window." Itachi said softly.
"Why did Madara show you that?" Tsunade asked, feeling like it might be a trap.
Itachi closed his eyes and groaned. "He didn't show me that. It was what I noticed…"
Sasuke saw that Itachi had seen something very awful. "He had showed you Naruto, didn't he?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi only gave a nod, while he closed his eyes. Everyone stayed silent.
Itachi looked up at Konan.
"I know a small cabin near the Akatsuki base…" Konan said softly. "It's where Pain-sama and Madara often discussed things."
"Then that must be it." Sasuke said, looking at Itachi.
"It was a mistake to let Itachi see that cabin." Kakashi said.
Itachi jumped towards the open window. "Where are you going?" Kisame asked, as he saw Itachi move past him. Itachi looked back. Everyone looked at him. "I'm going to look for Naruto. The extraction has started. I won't let him die in Madara's hands." Itachi said, his eyes burning with rage, towards the other Uchiha. His sharingan blazing he was ready to kill Madara. He wouldn't let him hurt Naruto anymore.
"Itachi, don't be rash…" Tsunade said. "It could still be a trap."
"I don't care about that right now. Naruto-kun is in pain and he needs us."
Itachi looked at all of them. "Are you just going to abandon him."
"We will never reach it in time…" Konan whispered.
"What about your jutsu then, Konan, un?" Deidara asked looking at the girl.
Konan shook her head. "It's not possible to move more than 4 people…"
Itachi jumped down. "I will be going anyway."
Konan looked up at the raven. Her eyes full of disbelief.
"You intend to fight Madara..?" She whispered softly.
"Yes, if I must I will fight him." Itachi answered. Konan looked at him and then she softly shook her head.
"You will die, Itachi-san. Madara already killed one of us..." Kisame said, knowing why Konan didn't want to go back there.
"Konan, please. Trust me with this." Itachi said. Itachi then looked back towards the Hokage.
"And if I am allowed I would like to choose who will come with me."
Tsunade rose her eyebrow and Jiraiya moved so he was standing in front of her.
"Tsunade will not go there, Itachi. I can't risk that."
"I want her to come with us, but it is her decision and her decision alone." Itachi said, looking at Tsunade.
Tsunade placed her hand on Jiraiya's shoulder and gave a nod towards the other sannin.
"It's fine Jiraiya. I will not die that easily."
And she walked towards Itachi, standing in front of him.
"You can count on me, Uchiha. Since I want to keep Naruto safe too."
Itachi gave a nod and muttered a small thank you.
"You can choose one more person, Itachi. Choose wisely…" Konan said.
Itachi looked around the room. He did know he needed Tsunade there. And Konan would travel them there. But who else.
Itachi's eyes stopped on Sasuke. Sasuke noticed it.
"You want me to come with you?" Sasuke asked.
"A full fight of sharingans… that's a new one." Kakashi said.
"But it's a good bet nonetheless." Tsunade said.
"Sasuke…" Itachi said softly.
Sasuke grinned a bit. "I'm older now, Itachi. Don't worry about me. We just got to make sure to get Naruto out of there."
Itachi smiled a bit. He was still worried, but Kakashi was right. They had the upper hand with the sharingans. They could easily counter each other's genjutsu.
"Let's go then." Konan said as she moved her hands. Sasuke walked towards Itachi so he was a bit closer to Konan's jutsu. Itachi grabbed his shoulder Sasuke looked up at his brother and smiled a bit.
They would get Naruto back. No matter what. They couldn't fail.
Konan's jutsu was cast and they went flying through the sky. They landed near the big explosion site. Konan walked forward, looking at the big crater.
"This is…" Tsunade said, horror was visible in her eyes.
Konan looked up and saw a figure lying on the ground. Her eyes widened. "Nagato." She screamed and run down towards the body.
"Follow her Tsunade." Itachi said, as he grabbed Sasuke by his hand and pulled him the other way.
"What the-.. Itachi?" Sasuke asked as he pulled himself free, but followed his brother.
Itachi glanced over his shoulder one second before running ahead again.
"He is still Sasuke. But we don't have time to waste. We need to find that cabin."
Sasuke was shocked to hear this. Itachi had kept quiet about it, but now he was putting them in grave danger. Two Uchiha's against one, expect that that one was Uchiha Madara…
Konan/Tsunade:
Konan reached the body of Nagato. He was lying still, she felt and tried to check if he was alive, but she couldn't feel anything… Tsunade then sat down beside her and raised her hands, feeling if there was any life inside the young male left.
Her eyes widened. He was alive. Then she remembered Itachi. He had known…
She turned around and saw no trace of Sasuke or Itachi.
"I-is he alive?" Konan whispered, her voice almost breaking.
"Yes. He is. It's faint but he is alive." Tsunade answered.
Konan looked up. His body was all torn apart. This body was dead of course. So it was faint cause Nagato was still alive.
She pulled the medic nin/Hokage up and started running.
If she could get to Nagato in time they could still save them.
"Hey!? Where the hell are we going?" Tsunade asked, pulling her hand free with her strength.
"You want him to live right."
"Yes." Konan almost screamed. "Just follow me, please. Just come with me…" the last part was barely a whisper and Tsunade looked worried back at the body. But she decided to trust the other.
"Lead the way." She said.
Konan started jumping off and Tsunade followed her, although Tsunade felt bad about leaving someone to die. But it was strange she never felt someone dead, but still alive.
Tsunade looked at the back of the Akatsuki nin, but most likely she knew about it. That is why…
They arrived at a giant tree. Tsunade looked up. It was huge. Konan hurried towards it and used some hand signs, and a door opened. The Akatsuki and their secrets…
"Come please. Hurry." Konan said, as she ran inside.
Tsunade quickly followed the other nin inside. Her eyes widened when she saw a young male, losing a lot of blood. But she felt that he was alive.
"Heal him. Save Nagato please." Konan said, pulling Tsunade out of her trance.
Tsunade shook her head and walked towards the male, who looked like he had used way to much chakra, he was way too skinny too. She raised her hands, and she felt the pulse she had felt by the body inside the crater.
"Konan… what is this?" She asked, as she healed the male inside the weird machine.
Konan looked worried at the male, before explaining. "This is Pain's real body… that body inside the crater, he just uses that body. With the rinnegan he can see everything that happens. Even when he is not really there."
"This is Pain-sama, no… this is Nagato. The body inside the crater used to be Yahiko. He was a friend of ours.."
Tsunade didn't quite follow, but she understood enough that she needed to make sure that the young male would survive.
She heard him groan a bit, as he was no longer unconscious.
"Nagato!?" Konan said.
"ugh, Konan…?" He asked back. He felt his body was warm, it was getting healed.
He opened his eyes.
"Take it easy. Don't force it. You have lost a lot of blood." Tsunade said towards him.
Nagato didn't reply, he knew what had happened. Madara's attack. He had tried to counter it, but he had failed it seemed. Then he whimpered, when he thought about the reason.
"Naruto…? Where is he?" He asked.
Tsunade was shocked, that he was thinking about Naruto in his situation.
"Itachi is going to get him." Tsunade replied.
"Then we failed…" Nagato said softly.
Konan looked sad. Yeah they had failed, since Madara had gotten Naruto. They didn't know how or what. But the fact was Madara had Naruto.
"It will be alright. Itachi will get him back, together with Sasuke. They are already on their way."
Madara:
Madara was looking at Naruto, while he struggled with the extraction seal. He was trying to get free. But even in the time that he had wanted to get Nagato's body Naruto hadn't been able to break free.
"Don't you see. It's useless. Why do you even try." Madara stated.
"Sometimes you just got to admit you were powerless. Your only power came from the kyuubi."
Naruto opened his eyes and glared. Madara could clearly see the hate in his blue eyes.
Madara grinned. "whatever you want." He looked back outside. Things were changing. He knew they would change. But he wanted to see how far Itachi would go for the blond.
"You bastard!" Naruto cursed, as he felt another shot of pain run through his body. He had felt that the kyuubi had given up. The kyuubi had stopped cursing him and trying to break free.
Naruto was still trying to break the walls to get to the kyuubi. He needed to get out of here. It didn't matter how.
Naruto pulled out all his chakra and tried to break it all. His scream was so loud Madara almost wanted to cover his ears.
Madara chuckled, when Naruto felt back, trying to catch his breath, while the seal only seemed to get stronger.
"You know. I shall make it easier for you, Naruto-kun." Madara said.
Naruto didn't react.
Madara moved so he was standing next to the seal. He looked at the blond on the ground.
"I will erase everything…" It was a whisper, but Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the Uchiha. Which was a bad move in this situation.
He noticed the mangekyou sharingan, before everything went black.
Madara saw the blonde's eyes looking at him. He was erasing everything. Erasing his whole past, his future, his present.
Then Madara turned his normal sharingan back on.
Naruto laid still. He was empty. Deep inside the kyuubi had felt what had happened. But he too had been affected as he felt pieces of his memory were gone. That sharingan was dangerous…
Madara crunched down a bit, so he was on Naruto's eye level. The blue eyes looked at him empty.
Madara wondered what would happen if he changed it all. He went inside the blonde's mind which was now completely open and empty.
he saw the cage where the kyuubi was in. the kyuubi looked up at his visitor.
"What do you want, Uchiha." The kyuubi growled, moving closer to the gate.
Madara grinned. "Nothing much, kyuubi. I just thought. We start over again."
Madara closed his eyes and opened them the mangekyou sharingan once again activated. This was taking a lot of chakra.
He changed the kyuubi's past and the meeting they had, making it so that he never used him against Konoha.
Then he raised his hands and released the gate, letting the kyuubi go free.
Madara pulled himself back. He noticed the seal on the ground, it was going faster just as he thought, he grinned.
Nothing could bound the blond here anymore, no memories nothing and with the kyuubi not sealed away in that body, the extraction was definitely going quicker.
Madara stood up, he felt Itachi and Sasuke coming close to the cabin. Time to lure them away.
He ran outside towards the two other Uchiha's .
"They wouldn't be in time to save their precious jinchuuriki." Madara said, while he grinned.
End of this chapter :)
And sorry for the major cliffhanger T.T
I will make it up! Well with that sequel maybe :P
If you guys want that, cause i can still write a good ending XD
Have 2 endings in mind right now, kind of bad ending with sequel or a good ending and no sequel xD
Please let me know :)
Thanks for the nice reviews ^^ And cya in the next chapter :) Will try to update it on monday ;)
