Genjutsu Legend Chapter 13
Naruto was travelling at highs speeds through the many rooftops of Konoha, it was a dark night and the moon was the only thing lighting the roads in front of him. The white moon light shown of his hair and casted a soft mellow hint onto his handsome features. The Uzumaki was smiling slightly, his hands and arms were supporting the soft and surprisingly light body of Sabaku no Manami, he felt her eyes glue onto his face as her elegant aroma of lillies filled his nose. Naruto peered his gaze down at the girl and stared into her light blue eyes...and he found the emotions of surprise and curiosity.
Naruto smiled at the girl as he looked into her eyes. "Don't worry Manami-chan...we're almost there." whispered the man as softy as the night wind around them.
The Suna beauty stared back at the man's own blue eyes and was surprised to see no sadness or loneliness in them. Again, her heart was racing as she gazed at the first man that had ever managed to carry her in his arms. The girl had no idea why her sand was not activating and why she let her defenses down so easily around the person holding on to her...
"Where are you taking me?" mumbled the girl as she felt the warmth provided by Naruto's body.
The Uzumaki smiled down at her as he looked at her beautiful red hair gliding through the wind. "I just wanted to be alone with you Manami-chan...I have this place that I would like to show you." replied the man as he looked ahead and continued his way to his destination.
Manami felt her cheeks heat up a little as she heard that the man wanted to be alone with her, no one had really said that to her or wanted that from her. People would always refrained from being alone with her because they were all scared of her, even her own siblings. Whenever a boy wanted to ask her out or get closer to her they would always ask her when there were many people around so they would not be as imtimidated...Manami hated them for that.
Thinking back to the man holding her close to his chest, she was reminded of the times when her uncle was still alive and she would feel welcomed and wanted. Her heart ached a little when she thought back to her most precious person betraying her because of what she was, her chakra flared a little as her eyes sent out killer intent. Ever since the death of her uncle, Manami had sealed up her heart from everybody, she never wanted to feel such anguish again...but no matter how bizzare or unrealistic she may think her situation with Naruto is, whenever she is with him she feels that her defenses were powerless.
Manami had only seen Naruto for three times in her life, and each time she made eye contact with him she felt like time had stopped in her perception. It was the most peculiar feeling she had ever felt, it was as if she was drawn to the man's blue eyes, she just couldn't advert her eyes away from him. In her eyes Naruto looked weak and even flaky at first, but after the strength he showed when he easily defeated Kabuto and Baki, she knew that she had gravey mistaken...
"We're here Manami-chan..." whispered Naruto close to the girl's ear as he placed her gently on her feet.
Manami looked up at the man that was at least six inches taller than her and found herself looking into her eyes again. "Why did you bring me here?" she asked with her emotionless voice, but Naruto could sense a slight curiosity in her tone. She looked around and saw that they were in the middle of some sort of training field, it was a big clearing in the middle as the treeline surrounded the edges.
Naruto smiled and led Manami over to a bench at the edge of the field and sat down with her. "Because this is a nice a quiet place where we can talk freely..." said the man as the slight wind blew his hair lightly.
Manami nodded. "You brought me here to talk...is this about the reason you sudden showed up to the meeting and randomly defeated both Kabuto and Baki?" asked the girl as she stared into Naruto's eyes.
The Uzumaki shook his head and relaxed his body on the bench. "No, I don't want to talk about anything too serious, I just want to get to know you Manami-chan." replied the man with no hesitation, his eyes never left her's for a second.
The Suna girl narrowed her eyes at the man and shifted her body to face him directly. "What do you want from me?" demanded the girl in a hardened tone, indicating that the man was on dangerous grounds.
To the girl's surprised, the man was not at all intimidated by her, in fact he just smiled and shook his head lightly. "Don't worry Manami-chan, I am not going to harm you in any way...I just want to be closer to you." he said as he reached up and brushed a strand of hair behind the girl's ear.
Manami's body froze when she felt Naruto's hand actually touch her and not react her sand, she jumped up in surprised and walked back a few steps from the man. "Who the hell are you Uzumaki Naruto?" asked the girl with a slightly raised voice, her eyes wider than normal.
Naruto leaned back onto both his hands and smiled at the girl. "You don't need to be surprised Manami-chan...I told you that I will not hurt you." he said as he stood up and walked closer to the girl.
Manami glared at him and jumped back as she shot several sand shuriken at Naruto's direction. The Uzumaki sighed as he effortlessly dodge the girl's attacks and continued to walk closer to her. The Suna girl jumped back some more and unleashed her sand from her gorde, protecting a three feet radius from her with sand. Two Kunais appeared his her hands as she glared down at Naruto, she breathing was uneven and her body was showing signs of unconscious twitching around her arms and legs, signalling nervousness and anxiety.
Naruto sighed and stopped in his tracks. "Okay...I won't come any closer, I'll just stay here and we can talk." said the man as he crossed his arms together and smiled at the girl.
Manami did not relent any of her defenses and kept her eyes on the man. "Okay...tell me what is your purpose of talking to me?" demanded the girl with a strict voice.
The Uzumaki looked at the girl with a more serious gaze as he stepped forward a little. "Let me tell you now that I am not after the Bijuu inside of you." warned Naruto as he felt chakra surge in front of him.
Manami growled at the man again as her sand swirled around her like a vortex, her eyes leered at Naruto as her oppressing chakra surged through the area. Naruto had placed chakra barriers in the area before he landed in the area, so as strong as Manami's chakra was, it wouldn't be detectable to the outside world.
"How do you know about my Kaa-sama!" cried the girl as her sand spun more violently.
Naruto scoffed as he crossed his arms. "Let me tell you Manami-chan, that thing is not your mother, that thing is just a mass of chakra with an excuse of a conscious...an abomination that should just be vanquished from the world..." sneered the Uzumaki as he ignored the torrent of sand in front of him.
Manami sent one blast of sand at the man in front of her, the sheer force of the blast was enough to rip part of the earth from the ground as it barreled towards Naruto. The girl had her hands extended as she cried out in anger and fustration, her clothes and hair blew violently around her as her power surged. Her eyes followed her attack intently as it shot towards Naruto at incredibily high speeds, she grunted as she sent two more waves of sand at the man.
The Uzumaki maintained his relaxed stature as the mass waves of sand and chakra completely buried his existence, the sand crashed against the ground and it tore open the earth with it's immense power. Trees toppled with the large tsunami of sand, the sand dug into the ground as Manami commanded it to swirl upon impact, the legion of sand acted like a giant drill and grinder on the ground. Manami moved her hands as she moved her sand upon her will, she clapped her hands together and the vortex of sand became as thin and compacted as a steel pole, crushing whatever was caught in her attack.
A hand suddenly landed on her shoulder as a voice spoke clearly behind her. "Stop this Manami-chan, I am not going to hurt you."
Mamani cried out in fright as she jumped away and quickly turned back, she saw Naruto standing there calmly without a spec of dust or sand on him. "Just die already!" cried the girl as she launched another wave of sand at the man. "Suna Tsunami!"
Naruto sighed as he let the gargantuan wave of sand tower over him, the tons of sand crashed down into the ground and literally destroy and crushed the training grounds. The earth and trees all shook as the very foundation of the landmass around them was attacked, a mini earthquake shook through the area as a deafening sound blared through the fields.
The Suna beauty panted as her adrenaline subsided, she had not been so scared in a long time, the Uzumaki ability to get through her defenses was like a nightmare for her. She had depended on her defenses ever sonce she developed them, it acted as a barrier between her and the dark world that surrounded her. It protected a space that was only her's, a space that nobody could breach, somewhere that she would be safe and somewhere that she would not feel any paranoia.
Manami's breathing suddenly hitched when she felt something wrap around her waist and pull her back, looking down she saw two arms around her midsection and she felt warmth against her back. the girl's eyes suddenly widened when she felt a warm breath against her ear...
"Relax Manami-chan..." whispered a perfectly fine Naruto as he held the girl in his arms.
Manami shivered and trembled in fear as she tried to stay as still as she could, her attack did nothing to the man and he could somehow phase through her defenses. The girl felt shivers down her back as she felt Naruto's fingers caress her stomach, his chest was rubbing against her back, and she could feel parts of his lips brush against her ear.
"Please Manami-chan...you don't need to be afraid of me...I know what you feel like." Naruto said as he pulled the girl closer against him, he really like her hair and scent. "I am the Junchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko..." whispered the man as he closed his eyes, and even so he could feel Manami stiffen in his arms.
The Suna girl was in shock, she had never met anyone that shared her fate as a Junchuriki, she knew then knew why Naruto had the same eyes as her. The instant she hear what he said, Manami felt closer and less repelent of Naruto, she felt a connection to the man because he knew what it was like to have a Bijuu condemned into their bodies. She peered over at Naruto with the corner of her eyes and saw that Naruto had closed his eyes, but even so she could feel the emotion in his voice.
Naruto rested his chin on Manami's shoulder. "I would never hurt you Manami-chan...people like us have been hurt enough in our lives." The Uzumaki loosened his grip around the girl as he parted his white hakama to reveal his torso to the girl and channeled his chakra to that area...as he expected his seal appeared on his skin.
Manami was shocked at the truth and touched by his words as she turned around in his arms and looked into his now opened eyes. "How did you do it...?" asked the girl as she maintain eye contact, her fear and paranoia mostly gone. "How did you get rid of the pain...I no longer see anything loneliness or emptiness in your eyes..."
Naruto smiled a litte and pulled the girl closer. "I merely filled the void with my own goals...I no longer care about anyone that had ever wronged me as I am a much more than what they are." said the man he focused on Manami's blue eyes. "I don't live for them, the only things that should matter to me are the things I cherish...anyone other than that are worthless to me." Naruto ran his fingers through Manami's hair and let the silky strands run pass his hand. "I can prove my own existence..."
Manami stared at Naruto as she listened to his philosophy. "That is the worst feeling...the feeling that your existence is not noticed by anyone around you, that your life and death wouldn't not effect anyone, no one in your family would care if you existed..." muttered the girl as her head fell a little.
Naruto nodded and hugged the girl to his chest. "You are the first person I have met that had shared the same baneful childhood that I had...and I just want to know you more and be closer, I would never hurt you in any way Manami-chan." whispered the man to her ear.
Manami's eyes were wide as her face was snuggled against Naruto's chest, she had never felt so warm and secure before. Just a few minutes ago she thought that the man holding her would end her existence, she never expected him to share the exact same pain as she did. Because of that simple fact, Manami felt that she could confide in Naruto, the man had done what she couldn't do, he managed to rid himself of the pain that others bestowed on him, and used his power to separate himself with the insignificant people that had wronged him before.
Naruto sighed as he used the Shunshin no Jutso to transport himself and the girl to the otherside of the training field, and sat down under the shadow of a large tree. The blond man lifted the girl into his arms and set her down onto his lap, he looked into her eyes and saw the embarassement on her face. The normally powerful red haired beauty was blushing lightly as she sat on his lap with his arms wrapped around her waist, and it looked incredibily cute to Naruto.
The Uzumaki smiled at the girl. "Can you please tell me more about youself Manami-chan?" asked the man as he lightly traced his fingers along her stomach.
Manami suddenly found it hard to maintain her eye contact with the man, for some reason she found that her position on Naruto's lap was embarassing and that her heart was racing. "Sure...Naruto-san." said the girl as the man smiled tightened his grasp around her.
Sasuke and Neji were walking through one of the many hallways inside their main base of operations located under ground, they had just finished speaking to the firces of Suna and Oto, and it had gone much better than they had originally thought. Their leader had placed everybody at the meeting under his illusion and had made all of the see, feel, smell, hear, and taste that a battle was going on. In the perception of the foreign forces, Naruto had attacked them, and anyone that couldn't survive more than three moves in the illusion were killed by Sasuke or Neji.
At the end of the tests, only about a fourth of the forces were alive, the rest were all killed and were incinerated by the combined Soren Sokatsui of Neji and Sasuke. The two young men gotten used to fighting and killing other Shinobi upon command, so they really didn't feel any remorse about killing so many people.
The Uchiha sighed as he stretched her arms to relax his nerves. "Man that mission was too tiring..." muttered Sasuke with a sigh.
The Hyuga grunted as he rubbed his temple. "I know what you mean Sasuke, those people screaming were too loud and they gave me a headache." said the genius as he tried to sooth himself.
Sasuke stretched his neck and rubbed his eyes. "So how many people did we recruit at the end?" asked the young man.
The Hyuga smirked and looked at his friend. "It was better than we anticipated, almost five hundred men passed the test...Uzumaki-taicho will be pleased."
Sasuke shook his head. "I don't know about the Suna Ninja...they are helping us now because we used their life against them, but after the invasion will they go back to Sunagakure, or follow us to Uzushiogakure?" asked the Uchiha as he looked serious.
Neji nodded. "I understand your point, if they go back to Sunagakure they will become a threat to us, so we would have to eliminate them if that scenario does come true." said the man as he sighed in exhaustion.
The Uchiha sighed. "Well that certainly sucks...I wanted to get to know that Temari girl better, she was so hot during our battle." said the young man as he thought back to the girl's burnt shirt when he was fighting her a few hours ago. The female wind user was quite powerful and gave Sasuke a slight challenge, but the Uchiha enjoyed the scenery more so than the fight. The girl was quite beautiful in the Uchiha's eyes, as she was a powerful Kunoichi that was mature for her age, and wasn't annoying like most girls his age.
Neji smirked. "Wow, the great Uchiha Sasuke had finally shown interest in a woman, I was afraid that the Uchiha clan would never be restored." teased the Hyuga to his friend.
Sasuke scoffed. "Sure, go ahead and mock, but I am willing to bet you that once we get to Uzushiogakure, the Uchiha clan would be restored before the Hyuga clan." said the young man with a smirk.
The Hyuga genius just chuckled and stuck his hands in his pocket. "So...what did you do with Baki and Kabuto in the end?" asked Neji as he placed the two sub-leaders in Sasuke's hands a few hour ago.
The Uchiha shrugged his shoulder. "Nothing special, I tossed them both into the level five prison and had some Ne members interogate them, but they are seasoned Shinobi so it would be quite sometime before they crack." answered Sasuke as he too stuck his hands inside his pockets.
Neji sighed and nodded. "Okay..." he said before he looked to the side at his friend. "Did they need any sort of medical treatment before they were thrown into prison, they were both pretty injured by our attacks?" asked the Hyuga with curiosity.
Sasuke smirked and looked over at his friend. "Baki needed a lot of treatment and almost went into comotose, but that Kabuto guy was different..." said the man with suspense. "The wounds that came from my Shakkaho and your Kaiten were all healed by the time I captured them, only Uzumaki-taicho's attack still had damaged his body..."
Neji's eyes widened a little. "Did he heal himself with medical Ninjutsu?"
Sasuke shook his head with a smirk. "No, our medics told me that Kabuto's body appears to have been altered by some permanent medical Ninjutsu, and it has the ability to regenerate dead cells at an incredible rate...wounds like the one we gave him could be healed automatically within an hour."
The Hyuga jaw dropped a little at the amazing ability. "That is amazing, we have to notify Uzumaki-taicho about this right away!" exclaimed Neji with a slightly raised voice.
Sasuke nodded with a smile. "I know, I already told one of the medic to send Taicho a detailed report, he should read it my the time he's finished with the Suna Junchuriki." said the Uchiha as he looked back in front of him at the hallway.
Neji nodded with his eyes closed. "What exactly does Uzumaki-taicho want from that Suna girl anyway, why didn't he just feed her and the Bijuu to the Hogyoku?"
The Uchiha sighed at his friend and shook his head. "Come on Neji, you've followed Uzumaki-taicho even longer than I have and I already know him better than you do..." complained Sasuke with a mocking smirk on his face, making his friend cross his arms and glare a little at him. "Uzumaki-taicho obviously wants to keep the girl as one of his lovers, so he wants to find a way to keep the girl alive after he extracts the Bijuu from her..."
The Hyuga nodded and sighed. "I see...that would be quite difficult to do."
Sasuke nodded. "Maybe for normal people, but we both know that nothing is impossible for Uzumaki-taicho." said the Uchiha as his friend couldn't help but a agree with a nod.
Naruto smiled to himself softy as he sat quietly next to Manami, he just spent the last three hours talking to Manami, and he felt more refreshed and intimate than he had for a long time. Sasuke and Anko each shared a painful past, but neither of them had endured as much pain as he did, so it was the first time Naruto had ever encountered someone that shared his pain and understood his motivation. From what he learned from Manami in their long conversation, was that the girl had a very similar childhood like his, and in some aspects she had it even worst than Naruto.
The Uzumaki had always been ignored and scorned by the people of Konoha, but rarely was he physically abused and never, had there been an officially assasination attempt from the Hokage, but Manami had been assasinated three time by her own father, and if it wasn't for her Bijuu, she would have dead a long time ago. Because of this, Naruto could understand why Manami would see the monster as her mother, as it was the only source of protection she had ever had in her life.
Manami looked at Naruto with her blue eyes that had much more emotion than they ever had. "What about you Naruto-san...have you ever killed some of the people that scorned you?" asked the girl with her soft voice.
The Uzumaki smiled at the girl and leaned back against the tree they were under. "I never had to, ever since my early childhood years, I had used my knowledge in human psychology to manipulate the people that tried to harm me...so whenever they even tried to hit or attack me, I would trick them and confuse them by talking in a specific way or act differnt than I normally did...in the end I alway managed to escape the people unscalthed."
Manami stared at the man in front of her and nodded. "I never did that...I remember that I was extremely scared of other people when I was younger, and would hide from everyone except for my family..." said the girl as her expression darkened. "But since one of my closest people betrayed me...I fought back to whoever wronged me, and killed them...and ever since then everybody, including my family had been afraid of me..." finished the girl quietly.
Naruto scoffed and crossed his arms. "Then it is their problem...they aren't your family if they didn't protect you from the others, they are completely worthless." said the Uzumaki with a tone free of hesitation. "Your father is only your father when he has done his responsibility as a parent, but from what you told me he doesn't deserve to even be consider a person."
Manami nodded and stayed silent for a few minutes, she had never considered her family close to her, she had never felt that she belonged, or even safe with her family, and she had always been afraid of her father. Lonliness was the only feeling she had felt for the last decade, she never expected her family to suddenly welcome her back into their live, or would she want them to, the entire time, the only thing Manami wanted was to prve her existence. If the people would even deny her of that, she would kill their families and friend so they would see her.
The Suna beauty looked up at Naruto. "What are you planning to do know, you have more than enough control now to leave Konoha."
Naruto nodded and smiled. "Yes, during the finals of the Chunin exams I will continue with the plan of Orochimaru, and after I acquire what I want during the invasion, I will pull out of Konoha along with my forces." said the mad as he reached for Manami's hand, the girl's whole body froze when she felt the man's hand grab her's and quickly looked up at the man's eyes. "Would you like to come with me Manami-chan?" asked the Uzumaki seriously.
Manami's eyes widened as her body flinched. "What...?"
Naruto nodded with a smile. "I don't know if any of the Suna Shinobi will come with me after the invasion, but I want you to stay with me Manami-chan..." said the man as he tightened his grip around her hands. "I take it you don't want to go back to Suna...you can have a fresh beginning we me at the village that I will build..."
The girl's eyes widened again. "Y-You are building your own village!?" asked Manami in shock.
The Uzumaki nodded with a small smile. "Yes, the construction has already started, I have all the land, resources and money needed...and in about three more years it would be finished." said the man proudly.
Manami was confused. "But what about the other villages, they would attack you because they wouldn't want a new disturbance in power..."
Naruto shook his head. "They may attack if they want, but if they do I can completely hide my village with my Genjutsu and Fuinjutsu, and even if the manage to find us, our raw power is equivalent of a major village, as I control an ANBU force that has already surpassed the one Konoha possesses." said the man as he smiled at the shocked expression on the beautiful girl's face. "It is going to me my home...and hopefully your's too..."
Manami looked up at the man that confuses her beyond belief. "Why...Why would you want me there?" asked the girl, she thought she was just a killer that instills fear into everybody around her.
Naruto smiled and held her hand tighter. "I want you to be able to have a home, a family...people like us need to stay together." said the man he chuckled a little. "I don't think of you as a monster or a killer, all I see is a strong willed girl that I would really like to get to know more about...come with me to my village Manami-chan, stay with me..."
Manami stared at Naruto, she had never heard any words of the sort from anybody she had ever knew in her entire life, and it made her feel...happy? She didn't know, but she felt that her loneliness and emptiness had decreased because of the man's words...she felt something wet on her cheeks, and when she reached up to feel her face with her hands...she found that she was crying...
Naruto sighed and pulled the girl into a hug. "Don't cry Manami-chan...I know how you feel, and I would make sure you will never feel lonely or empty ever again...you can depend on me."
Manami felt her heart ache, she didn't know why but she wanted to believe in the man holding her, she wanted his words to come true, and she wanted to go stay with him...She slowly nodded her head against his chest as her tears moistened his shirt. "Okay...I'll stay with you Naruto-san..."
Naruto smiled and ran his fingers through Manami's hair. "Thank you Manami-chan...We'll start a new life at Uzushiogakure." said the Uzumaki as he kissed the top of Manami's head.