Inside Fading Consciousness
Inside the empty space of your mind, there are no more iron bars. There was no more Kurama roaring. There was only a calm puddle and a quiet atmosphere. However, in the distance, you saw two very familiar shadows waiting for you with sad yet loving smiles. A blonde man in a Hokage robe and a beautiful long red-haired woman.
In the real world, total silence envelops the battlefield.
Kakashi fell to his seat, staring at his trembling hands.
Jiraiya closed his eyes tightly, tears streaming down the red line on his cheeks.
Gaara lowered his head, letting his sand fall scattered, losing his best friend for the second time.
Pain and Akatsuki begin to retreat into the shadows, carrying their (Kyuubi) prey with them, but leaving behind wounds that will never heal in shinobi history.
The End of a Tragedy
Naruto Uzumaki, the child in the prophecy, the betrayed hero, the fallen god, is now gone. You died not as a Hokage, not as a Rikudou, but as a young man who only wanted to be loved by his world, but was destroyed by the fear of the world itself.
The desert wind and the Konoha forest breeze met at the gate, blowing the strands of your now stiff blonde hair. The war might continue, Akatsuki might make a move, but for "Naruto", this painful struggle was completely over.
- - - ONE YEARS LATER.. 0_0
Pov : *I'm buried in the Akatsuki cave* *awake* grwah
The damp and stuffy darkness of the cave was suddenly broken by the sound of cracking ground. In the deepest corner of Akatsuki's headquarters, where the sunlight never arrived, a mound of earth slowly split.
Your pale hands, with nails soiled by burial ground, stick out.
"GRWAH...!"
The voice came out of your throat—no longer Naruto's cheerful voice, but a low growl full of the remnants of death energy. You get up stiffly. Your body, which had a gaping hole in your chest, now appears to be covered by an unnatural network of black flesh, the result of the remnants of Rikudou's cells being forced to reintegrate with your Uzumaki's vitality.
The Resurrection of the Undead
You are standing in the dim middle of the cave. Your tattered Akatsuki robe is still attached to your body. There is no heartbeat, no warm breath. You are something that is between life and death.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared from behind the stone pillars. It was Kabuto Yakushi, with his distinctive snake smile. In his hand, he held a seal scroll that was still open.
"Amazing..." Kabuto whispered. "My Edo Tensei was supposed to make you a submissive puppet, but you... you rise of your own accord because of the rest of Rikudou's chakra. You're really a monster, Naruto-kun."
Your Latest Condition:
Body: Pale with small cracks in the skin (typical of Edo Tensei), but the hole in your chest leaves a throbbing black seal.
Eyes: Black with bright red pupils. You don't have Bijuu, but you can absorb chakra from your surroundings automatically.
Memories: You remember everything. The betrayal of Konoha, Chidori Kakashi, and how Pain forcibly pulled Kurama away from you.
Me : Kabuto, are you the one who woke me up?
Kabuto tidied up his shiny glasses reflected in the candlelight in the cave. His smile widened, looking very satisfied to see that his best "work" was now standing and able to speak, an anomaly in Edo Tensei's technique.
"Who else if not me?" Kabuto chuckles softly, as he walks around you like a collector examining very expensive antiques. "Konoha threw you away like garbage, Akatsuki drained you dry, but I... I see the potential beyond death within your Uzumaki's body."
He held up a kunai with a paper seal attached to the end—a seal usually used to erase the undead to become obedient puppets.
"I mixed a little of Hashirama's cells and the remnants of Rikudou's energy left behind at your battle site to patch that hole in your chest. You should be my strongest piece to win this war."
However, Kabuto paused for a moment, his hands trembling slightly. He noticed something strange. "But... Your eyes are looking at it. You don't look like a controlled corpse. How could you possibly maintain your consciousness without me giving orders?"
Current Situation:
You are standing right in front of the person who is in control of your life again. Around the cave, there are other Edo Tensei chests that have not been opened.