So this will be the last chapter of What the Future Holds.
I want to thank everyone for reviewing/following and liking this story ^^! Because of you I still finished this story :) Altho it took some time, I finished my first story xD

Anyway enjoy this last part :)!

Previous chapter:
Naruto wanders around in a place full of darkness, while he tried to find his way back.
While the kyuubi manage to kill Madara. Then everyone finds out about what Madara had truly done to Naruto and the kyuubi.

"Hm?" the kyuubi looked back up and walked over to him. Itachi didn't move.
"I want a body too…" The kyuubi said softly. Then the kyuubi walked past him and jumped after the others, leaving Itachi behind to register what just happened.

The kyuubi wanted a body… Itachi's eyes widened. Naruto's body!?

Chapter 25:
Feelings never change

Inside Naruto's mind:
The blond male was lying on his back. His eyes had been closed, his throat had hurt. He remembered screaming. It had felt like his lungs were burning. He remembered seeing those eyes.

Those eyes that promised hurt, promised pain. And yet he didn't feel all that, he felt scared. Outside… those eyes were outside of this place. He stretched out his hand as he watched towards where the sky should be. If those eyes were outside, then maybe it wasn't safe outside.

"Naruto-kun…?"
The blue eyes widened, his thoughts stopping. Another voice, he didn't recognize it. It was different than the other voice he had heard though. He sat up a bit and looked around. Of course he didn't see anything. Everything was dark. How many people were out there.

"Who are you?" The young male recognized that voice, that empty voice that seemed to say anything that was on his mind.
"Who I am?" the other voice asked. He could hear the shock in his voice. A person he should have recognized…

The blond stood up and tried to look around again. He wanted to see those people. He didn't want to be all alone anymore.
"Yeah, I asked you who you are." Naruto turned to try and find any source, but he couldn't find anything. If only the people would stay and keep talking, he might be able to find a way out.

"I warned you…" The young boy recognized that voice. That person was here before.

"You knew..?" Walking around the dark place, he followed the conversation outside. He was curious, something seemed to be happening.

"Well, given that I somehow knew Madara changed my memories. And by talking to him I noticed he didn't know anything at all. I assumed Madara had erased all of his memories."

Erased… memories could be erased.
"Your name, Uchiha?"
Uchiha…? The blue eyes closed. Uchiha. He slowly opened them again.
"Uchiha Itachi."
Uchiha Itachi… blue eyes widened for one sec, before returning to their dull state. Itachi. It felt like somewhere somehow he knew that name.

"You think you can reach him?"
Him? Who were they talking about. The blond looked around. That other voice, the voice that said anything in his mind had been quiet. Did that person leave.

"What do you want from me?"
Turning around he looked at the place where he heard the voice. But it seemed to echo throughout this whole place. That person hadn't left though. 3 persons were out there. He wanted to reach them. To see that he was not alone.
"I want you back, Uzumaki Naruto.."
The blond's eyes looked around. He saw some light, slowly walking towards he wondered how there was light in this darkness.

"Uzumaki… Naruto…?" The blond looked up and stopped. When he looked back at the light he noticed it was gone.

"Yeah, that's who you are." Who I am? Uzumaki Naruto. Then he noticed the light was returning although it seemed smaller than first. He began to ran towards it, but it felt like it kept moving away from him. It stayed out of reach.
"I don't remember…"
"It's ok. Don't force it."

Those voices were getting clearer, that light was a way out. He kept running and running, trying to reach it. But when he stopped he noticed that he didn't get closer at all. He fell on his knees. Impossible. This place had no way out.

"You are nice…You have the same eyes… but I don't fear you."
eyes. Same eyes. Red eyes, with black. No fear. The blond looked up. The light was still there. He stretched out his hand. "I want out…" He whispered.

"I would never hurt you in any way, Naruto. I always wanted you to be happy."
Naruto. The blond slowly stood up and walked towards the light, with his hand outstretched he tried to reach it. But he once again noticed it seemed to move away from him.

"You are coming back to visit me…?" the voice outside asked.
The blond slowly started to fall to his knees again, his hands grabbing his head. "Please. Don't leave me alone…"

"Yes of course. I would always come back for you."
The boy looked up. That light grew bigger. That person, he could see him from this darkness. Tears run from his eyes as he watched the light fade. He would come back. Surely he would. He said so himself.
The blond closed his eyes and let his body fell as he lied on his side. He would never be alone again.

Konoha:
They had reach Konoha after some time travelling. They were all back in the Hokage's office. Nagato had received treatment and was also standing next to Itachi and Konan. Tsunade was sitting at her desk, while the kyuubi was standing near the wall. Sasuke was standing near the kyuubi, not really trusting it.

Everyone was silent. They all had trouble believing that Naruto's memories were completely erased. But Itachi had said it himself. The kyuubi had noticed some differences in the boy's behaviour, but he didn't say anything about it. He knew somehow the raven had indeed reached him. But for now nothing was certain.

"It will be difficult, breaking this. We don't know what exact jutsu Madara used to change their memories." Tsunade said, while she was looking through some papers on her desk. When they had returned she immediately pulled out all kinds of scrolls relating to mangekyo sharingans and several jutsus/genjutsus.

They were trying to find a way to break the jutsu. They had been back for one day now. When Jiraiya had learned of the situation he left immediately, of course he was going to try and find any information too.

Tsunade sighed, as she closed her eyes and shoved some scrolls away. Itachi knew they weren't allowed to look in these scrolls, some or most of them were dangerous jutsus and forbidden too. Itachi walked towards the desk though and grabbed some scrolls.
Tsunade looked up, but she knew he only wanted to help. So she gave a small smile and a nod, giving her approval.
Itachi gave a nod as he walked towards the couch and began to read some scrolls.

The kyuubi looked at the raven, going through the scrolls. He knew the raven had heard his words, but no of them had said anything else about it. Sasuke noticed the kyuubi glaring at his brother. He knew something had happened when they had left them behind for one second. Itachi didn't want to say anything about it and he didn't even think about asking the kyuubi.

Nagato had moved towards Itachi and Konan had followed his example, also helping looking through the scrolls. The kyuubi moved forward, walking towards the door and sighed.
"Where do you think you are going?" Sasuke said. Everyone looked up the kyuubi looked back at the younger Uchiha. He grinned. "Outside, wanna come with me then?"

Sasuke glared. "Sasuke, go with him, but don't kill each other." Itachi said, before looking back at the scrolls. The kyuubi gave a small shrug as he moved out of the room. Sasuke took one last glance at his brother, he had a feeling they couldn't leave the kyuubi alone right now, so he simply followed.

"Didn't think you would come." The kyuubi said as he felt the other closing in on him.
"I think it is a bad move leaving you alone." The kyuubi grinned, but it went unnoticed.

"And you think it is wise that you alone follow me?" Sasuke didn't answer as they left the building and walked towards the training grounds. The kyuubi didn't want to face any people. He had seen those stares when he had entered. Of course they had known the blond was a jinchuuriki and now he clearly had changed. They knew who had entered the town. The tailed beast, kyuubi.

"I killed off Madara, remember." The kyuubi said as he stopped at the training grounds and turned around to face the other.

Sasuke didn't react, he simply watched the blond. He didn't like those red eyes. This person in front of him was so different than Naruto. It was so wrong.

The kyuubi was annoyed that the Uchiha didn't react at all. "Cat got your tongue?" he snarled at the raven. Sasuke was taken aback a bit. The kyuubi grinned, when he noticed the reaction of the Uchiha.

"Tell me. Uchiha." The kyuubi said then.
"What?" Sasuke said, clearly annoyed right now.
"Why does that sweet brother of yours want to save that boy so badly?" The kyuubi asked, not breaking eye contact, his head a bit sideways. He looked seriously curious and intrigued.

"Simply, cause he loves him." Sasuke said. "And what about you? Do you love him?"
Sasuke's eyes widened a bit. He had never thought that way about Naruto before, best friends ok and they kind of stole each other's first kiss. But other than that he felt no such emotions towards the blonde. "He is my best friend." Was the reply he finally gave.

"Your reaction said otherwise." The kyuubi said as he turned around and jumped on a tree branch and sat down. Sasuke looked at the back of Naruto's body. In truth he didn't know what to say anymore. "And your silence right now proves I am right. You love him too."

Sasuke looked down to the ground. This place hold so much memories. He remembered feeding Naruto, although that hadn't been allowed by Kakashi-sensei. He felt bad that Naruto was so hungry and wasn't allowed to eat. Because of that they had passed.

When Sasuke looked back up, he noticed those red eyes looking back at him. The kyuubi had turned his head around to watch back at the Uchiha.
"You know what we all fear in the end, Uchiha?" the kyuubi asked. Sasuke only shook his head.

"Being forgotten and being left alone." Turning around again he watched the trees in front of him. He felt the Uchiha moved closer until he was standing next to the tree branch.
"I bet you can relate to that, can't you?" the kyuubi whispered.

"What do you know about me?" Sasuke asked, not understand why the kyuubi seemed to know so much.
The kyuubi grinned. "I know everything. I have seen everything from within in that cage. I have seen every part of Uzumaki Naruto's life, since he was born."

Sasuke kept quiet, but then he said softly "Then I don't have to say anything, since you know everything already." The kyuubi looked down at the male next to him.
"You all want him back. I can understand that." The kyuubi said then. Sasuke looked back up, he noticed that those red eyes looked kind of distant.

"In the end I will be put back in that cage." Sasuke looked at the kyuubi when he said those words. Caged. The kyuubi was afraid of being caged again. "If you behave we might find a way so you can be free too. After all you saved us all out there." Sasuke said.

The kyuubi chuckled. "You don't want to save a tailed-beats, Uchiha."
"Sasuke. Call me Sasuke." Sasuke replied. The kyuubi looked down at the other and smiled a bit.
"Kurama." He replied. Sasuke looked back, confusion in his eyes. "My name is Kurama." He said again.

"Kurama…" Sasuke whispered. The kyuubi grinned. "That's what I said. I do have a name though, although no one ever cared to ask." Kurama then moved his gaze back towards the sky and the trees.
"I didn't ask either." Sasuke replied, still looking at the kyuubi next to him.

"I felt like given at least one person my name, before I disappear again."
Sasuke followed the kyuubi's gaze. He knew about the past in Konoha, but technically it had been Madara's doing. The kyuubi never had any intention of attacking Konoha. At least that is how Sasuke felt right now.

Sasuke turned around and started walking away. Kurama looked at him while he left. "Is it ok that you leave me here alone?"

Sasuke stopped and looked back. "No idea." Sasuke grinned a bit. "Depends on you." Then he walked away completely. Kurama shook his head and returned watching in front of him. He had been thinking about that moment he had killed Madara. He had felt that something was off. He looked up and noticed the Hokage's heads. It felt like he was being pulled there. But he didn't want to go there with Sasuke walking after him.

He jumped from the tree branch, he felt that Sasuke had indeed left the area and he started moving towards the Hokage's heads.

Hokage's office:
"Ugh, impossible." Tsunade said, annoyed. They couldn't find anything at all. All those scrolls had been checked.
Shizune had walked in and was standing next to the Hokage. "Maybe Jiraiya-sensei has better luck…" Konan said. Itachi looked at the last scroll in his hands. He had been looking at that scroll for some time. It wasn't the right jutsu at all. But he felt like it was indeed impossible to find out what jutsu Madara had used. It was impossible to erase memories. But with Madara you never knew though.
Nagato grabbed the scroll in Itachi's hands. Nagato had seen how the raven was looking at it. They all felt tired and with no clues at all, hopelessness begin to settle in. it was awful. The door opened and revealed Sasuke.

Tsunade looked up. "Where is the kyuubi?" she immediately asked. That took Itachi out of his trance as he watched up too, seeing his brother all alone. "At the training grounds." Sasuke replied. "Don't worry he won't go anywhere."

"What have you done, Sasuke?" Itachi asked as he stood up and moved towards Sasuke. Sasuke looked at his brother. He saw all those feelings in his black eyes for a few seconds. Sasuke could feel the tension in the room, and looking at the scrolls on the grounds they had found out nothing about Madara's jutsu.

"I talked with him. He isn't so bad. He just wants to be alive too, instead of being caged."
Tsunade stood up and slammed her hand on the desk, breaking it. Shizune jumped back, while everyone looked taken aback by what she just did.

"You had no right to leave him alone, Uchiha!" She screamed.
"Find him! Find him now and bring him back here!" Itachi felt the same as Tsunade, if they lost the kyuubi, they lost Naruto. Naruto's body at least.

Sasuke took one step back, looking through the room before running out, returning to the training grounds. Itachi watched his brother leave, while he heard Tsunade sigh. She was angry, tired and felt like she was still losing Naruto like this.

"Let's call it a day for now." Nagato said. Everyone was nearing their limit. Konan noticed it too.
"No…" Tsunade said softly. "We must find a way." Itachi looked back at the hokage, who was sitting in her chair again. "Tsunade-sama." Shizune said, while he she put her hand on the Hokage's shoulder.

Itachi turned around and walked away. Nagato was right. If they were tired and upset like this, they would never find a way. But Itachi wondered why Sasuke had left the kyuubi alone, so he followed him towards the training grounds. When he arrived there, he noticed that only Sasuke was there.
"Sasuke!?" The younger Uchiha turned around, hearing his brother's voice. "He is gone.." Sasuke replied softly.

Itachi's eyes widened a bit before he closed them. This couldn't be happening. "Go back and this to the Hokage". Itachi said.
"Itachi… I-.. I am sorry." Sasuke said, while he ran past his brother and went back to the Hokage's tower.

Itachi opened his eyes, feeling little traces of chakra. The kyuubi's. he opened his eyes completely when he felt where it lead. He looked up at the Hokage's Heads. Why would the kyuubi go all the way there. Itachi jumped off, towards that direction.

When he arrived there he noticed the two guards lying on the ground, unconscious. But when he touched one he felt that they had been pulled into a genjutsu. Itachi looked up, following the trail of the kyuubi's chakra. Then he noticed Naruto's body lying there. He ran towards it and sat down next to it. The traces of chakra were faint, like he was dying.

Itachi touched the blond. But he felt like everything felt even more distant, although more familiar.
"Naruto-kun." He whispered. The closed eyes opened, revealing blue eyes. Itachi remembered the boy sitting there. His eyes looked the same as the boy that was inside the cage. But the kyuubi seemed gone. Itachi reached out his hand and touched the blonds cheeks. The whiskers were still there.

Those blue eyes only looked at him. "Outside…" He slowly whispered. Itachi smiled. "Yes, Naruto-kun. You are outside." There came a smile on the blonde's face, as he closed his eyes and leaned back into the raven's hand on his cheek. "You are warm." He whispered.

Itachi pulled the blonde's body against his chest, as he hugged the blond close. His arms encircling around the younger's waist. Naruto let his head fall back on the raven's shoulder.
"Your body feels familiar. And your voice is familiar." Itachi closed his eyes at that statement, he knew that Naruto hadn't regained his memories. His eyes were too dull. But he felt like somehow the blond was still in there.

"Your name?" The blond asked. Itachi encircled his arms closer around the boy, never wanted to let him go again, wanted him to return. "Uchiha Itachi." He replied. The blond smiled, as he watched the sky above him, the clouds moving through the wind.

Inside Naruto's mind(since Naruto has regained his body back he can hear what is said in the outside world again):
Something had changed. The boy had felt it. The darkness around him didn't seem to so strong anymore. Looking around he still saw only black all around him.

"Naruto-kun." The voice again. That voice which can get me out of here. He tried to see if there was some light again, anywhere. That light. He needed it, it was so different than this darkness.

"Outside…" the blue eyes widened. Outside. Was that person outside now too. He wanted to see the outside too. "Yes, Naruto-kun. You are outside."
Warm, it was getting warmer, but nothing seemed different, but it felt like his body was getting warmer. "You are warm."

The boy looked up, hearing that voice from above him. "Your body feels familiar. And your voice is familiar."
Looking down at the source of the voice again, he noticed that light. It started to grow again. He walked towards it. It would move away he couldn't reach it.

"Your name?" Despite knowing he couldn't reach those voices, despite knowing he couldn't reach that light. He was desperate so he still started running towards it. But it moved away, the distance didn't change…

"Uchiha Itachi."
Itachi. The blond almost felt, as he tripped over his own feet. Looking back up, he noticed that the light was still there.

"Itachi…" he whispered. Slowly walking towards the light, he then noticed he was getting closer, as he started running again he screamed the name. the name of the person that saved him from this darkness. "Itachi!"

Falling into the light everything seemed to change for one second. Then he heard countless voices, opening his eyes he looked around. He saw pieces, screens everywhere around him. Playing parts of a life. Not someone's life, it was his life. He noticed the people he knew. The pain he had buried deep inside him. He screamed. Those memories, they hurt.

"Naru-chan". Naruto looked up at that name and when he looked at the screen he noticed Uchiha Itachi standing next to him, he was in a disguise. Both of them were, he was a girl. He noticed that the Uchiha was holding a dress. "I told you to stop calling me that. And beside I'm not going to wear something like that." The Naruto inside the screen replied.
Tears streamed down his face. He remembered. Itachi catching him. He remembered that day. They had laughed together for the first time. He remembered making his choice to stay with the Akatsuki. Getting trained by the raven and the leader Pain-sama. And Madara… he remembered Madara erasing this all.
"I think it will look beautiful on you, Naru-chan. Besides it's your name, so how come I stop calling you." Naruto looked at Itachi in the screen. The person who had saved him from this darkness, was none other than Itachi. "Just don't call my name." Naruto said coldly while he turned around to look though other clothes.

Naruto moved closer to that screen and closed his eyes.

Outside Naruto's mind, the Hokage's Heads:
Naruto looked at the sky, slowly he started to feel his body again. He felt everything returning. Everything that Madara had took from him. He head Madara's voice. "I will erase everything…"

He had said those words. Naruto closed his eyes as he felt that he started crying. He had no idea what had happened after that. He had been stuck inside that black void. But he felt that body behind him. That person that had protected him, had fought for him till this moment.
He felt a hand wiping his tears. He grabbed that hand, he couldn't stop crying.

Itachi noticed that Naruto was crying, but when he went to wipe his tears, he felt the blond grab his hand. it didn't 'seem to help since he only started to cry harder and louder. Itachi didn't know what was wrong at all. Then in one swift second the blond moved and cried against his chest. Itachi only pulled him closer, wanting to help the blond in any way. "Naruto-kun…"He whispered against the blond hairs on his chest. He felt the blond move a bit.
"Itachi…" he whispered back. Itachi grabbed the blond's head. That voice was different. Naruto felt that the raven wanted to look at him, so he pulled back a bit when he felt the raven's hand on his head.

When Itachi saw life in those blue eyes he couldn't believe it at first. "Naruto-kun, are you really..?" He couldn't finish that sentence. Naruto smiled a bit and moved forward, pulling the raven closer, as he whispered near Itachi's ear. "I'm back.."

Itachi pulled the blond closer when he heard these words he knew he never wanted to let Naruto go again. His head rested on the blonde's shoulder. And right now he didn't care where the kyuubi was. He didn't care what had happened that Naruto was returned. He simply enjoyed having the blond back in his arms.

"Welcome back, Naru-chan." Itachi softly said. Naruto smiled and closed his eyes.
"It's good to be back, 'Tachi." Naruto answered.
After some time Naruto pulled back a bit and looked at those black eyes scanning him.
"I'm glad you are ok, Naruto-kun." Itachi whispered as he touched the blonde's cheek. Smilling Naruto leaned his head against the warm hand on his cheek, as he grabbed the hand with his own and entangled their fingers. "It's because of you. You saved me." Naruto whispered back.

Itachi smiled. He was glad he was able to save the blond. "Promise me, you never leave me alone again, Itachi..." Naruto said softly.
"AS long as I life i never want to lose you again." Itachi brought his head closer to the blond, their foreheads touching.
Naruto moved a bit closer as he briefly kissed the raven's lips. When Itachi felt this he slowly kissed the blond back.
While naruto thought: 'As long as we life, we will stay together. If that is my future. I don't fear it at all. Itachi.'

The End! Well happy end :P
Not everything is clear in this end tho. If you want it to be clear I need to get busy writing my sequel xD. I might write it anyway, cause I have some awesome ideas still o.o. But if you have seen those small details you might have known what happened to the Kyuubi :P

But I am afraid I might not have the time XD we will see :)

Update: 10-14-2013
Sequel is up! It's called 'The Darkness Rises'. :)