The Revenge of the Rasengan

Chapter 9

Desperate measures

Desperately screaming his name Hinata tried to somehow revive her big love but everything she did doesn't seem to work. She began to panic and used several juken strikes aimed at his heart but that also didn't have any effect. Hinata tried to remember everything she had ever learned about first aid but her mind was completely blank and she felt some tears rolling down her cheeks. Looking down at him she deactivated her Byakugan after she saw that his chakra network had finally collapsed. At that moment Hinata didn't care about anything else anymore. She only felt this sharp pain in her heart while she simply couldn't stop her tears from streaming out of her eyes. Even if she would confess her feelings towards him now it wouldn't matter because she wouldn't get an answer from him. No 'I feel the same' nor 'sorry but I don't feel the same' . . . nothing. That knowledge alone had been worse than the constant abuses from her father every time she mad a mistake during her training. Nothing did ever hurt her like the knowledge that Naruto would never know how she loved him. She began to cry heavily and wrapped her arms around his lifeless body whimpering his name over and over again. Suddenly she felt something hard pocking against her leg and she instantly knew what it was. A few tears were streaming down her cheeks while her hand reached slowly at his right leg towards his weapon pocket.

"If I can't be with you . . . I have no reason to life." Hinata whispered quietly.

She grabbed the knife from his pocked and positioned it on her neck took one last glance at him and stabbed her with the kunai.

However before the knife made contact with her flesh Hinata felt a strong hand on her arm preventing her from killing herself. She looked up and saw a beautiful young woman next to her with an ANBU mask over her face. She wore a tight black pair of ninja pants and a black tank top over a fishnet shirt. The only thing hiding her womanly curves was a long grey coat similar to Anko's and she had her hair knot together in a long pony tail.

"What do you think you're doing . . . Hyuuga?" The masked girl asks.

Hearing her voice and the strange way that woman said her family name finally snapped Hinata out of her daze.

"Leave me alone . . . I . . . I don't care about my life anymore . . . I would rather die with him than life without him." Hinata sobbed and tried to shake her arm free.

"Hey-hey calm down will you! Why would you kill yourself instead of bringing him back to life?"

Hinata got angry because of those words and began to scream.

"I tried everything I could think of but nothing worked! He is dead and there is no way . . . "

"Will you shut up! Of course there is a way." She cut her off.

"W-what do you mean? Who are you? Can you bring him back to me?" Hinata blurted.

"In the correct order . . . There is a way to revive him . . . my name is Nami . . . and yes I can bring him back but only on one condition."

"Name it!" Hinata shouted instantly.

"You won't tell anyone not even him or your Hokage how I did it."

"I promise Nami-san. Please help him!"

"Alright stand back" Nami said and kneeled down next to Naruto. She rushed through many hand seals and Hinata saw that Nami gathered a massive amount of chakra into her palms. After she was done with the seals Nami placed her fingertips over Naruto's body right above his seal.

"SEAL BREAK STRIKES"

"What" was the only thing Hinata could say before Nami began to strike the Kyuubi seal with her fingertips. It almost looks like a Hyuuga technique similar to the 8 trigrams 64 palms but unlike the Hyuuga's signature attack Nami only stroke Naruto's seal over and over again. After a few seconds Nami stopped her movement and Hinata saw what she had done.

"Y-you forced your chakra . . . "

". . . Into his seal thus awaking the Kyuubi and his regenerative powers and bringing him back to life." Nami finished Hinata's sentence.

"Now we have to hurry because he won't survive without medical treatment and you should also inform the Hokage and your friends that the fusion ritual has begun."

Hinata couldn't believe what just happened. Since the last 3 minutes she was the happiest, the saddest and the luckiest girl in the whole world. First she had thought that Naruto would try to confess his feelings towards her. Then he practically died for some unknown reason and she was ready to die with him. Suddenly a mysterious girl appeared and not only prevented her from committing suicide but also brought Naruto back to life. However before she could thank her Nami suddenly spoke again.

"I would suggest you go home and get some different clothes while I'm gonna take him to the hospital."

Hinata suddenly realised that she still wore the outfit Kurenai-sensei lent her before she left for her mission with Kiba and Shino and she suddenly blushed because the thought that if her friends or family would see her with such clothes Hinata would certainly die through embarrassment. But could she really trust this Nami person. Sure enough she had saved Naruto without hesitation. But there was something about her. Something Hinata couldn't really describe but form somehow deep inside her Hinata knew that she could fully trust this Nami person.

Hinata slowly stood up but suddenly she felt a little unsure about leafing Naruto behind with somebody who knew about the Kyuubi-Naruto connection.

"Don't worry . . . I'll make sure that nothing will happen to him. Now hurry because time is running out."

Hinata slowly nodded and dashed away without another word but the look on her face before she ran away said enough.

'If you hurt him . . . I will kill you.'

Nami watched until Hinata was out of sight before she grabbed Naruto's body and carried him away.

'You are exactly as they described you' Nami thought to herself after Hinata had left her 'I only hope that I can really change things'.

Unknown to them, a dark figure watched the whole scene and after Hinata had left the figure vanished as silent as it appeared into the night.

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Hiashi Hyuuga was sitting inside the Hyuuga compound and took another sip from his tea. After he saw his daughter with Uzumaki Naruto earlier today he had a long talk with his nephew. Neji told him everything he knows about Naruto and Hiashi was impressed on how highly his nephew spoke of Uzumaki. He knew Neji very well and he never heard him speak of someone with such admiration. Granted he saw Naruto at the chuunin exams were he defeated Neji and after that he heard that he defeated Gaara who's now the new Kazekage but Hiashi for his part didn't believe the whole story. He always thought that the 'demon brat' should never had become a ninja in the first place because of the danger that lives inside him but slowly over the years he saw the boy in a different light. He again thought about what had happened this afternoon and still he couldn't believe what he saw but after his talk with Neji and after he told him about Hinata's crush for the boy Hiashi made a decision.

Suddenly the door to his room slammed open and Hinata stormed inside.

"Father" she called him breathless "sorry to disturb you at a time like this but have you seen Neji-niisan?"

"Welcome back Hinata. I guess your date with Uzuma- . . . "

"Father please I need to find Neji . . . Naruto will die in a few hours if I don't find him!" Hinata cut him of.

"What?! Explain yourself . . . and where did you get those clothes?"

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30 Minutes later Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Lee, Choji, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, Gai, Asuma and to everyone's surprise Sasuke were standing inside a specially prepared hospital room around Naruto.

As soon as Nami brought him to the Hokage office, Tsunade immediately guided her to the hospital and alarmed Jiraiya and Kakashi and after a few minutes almost the whole 'ritual group' had appeared but a few were still missing. Only Hinata, Neji and Tenten haven't arrived and Kurenai, Shino and Kiba with Akamaru were still away on their mission.

"Were the hell are they?" Tsuande asked angrily.

"Don't worry" Jiraiya said "I'm sure they will be here any minute. In the meantime could you tell me were that Nami girl went because I have a few questions for her."

"She left as soon as we arrived here and I haven't seen her since. Why do you wanna know?"

Before he could answer the door opened and Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Hanabi and Hiashi entered the room and Hinata instantly dashed towards Naruto's bed.

"Hiashi" Tsunade asked puzzled "why are you here?"

"My daughter told me about what happened during her 'meeting' with Uzumaki Naruto and I decided to come along and before you ask . . . Hanabi overheard our conversation and begged me to bring her along. Now I would like to know what happened with Uzumaki Naruto."

Tsunade thought about for a moment after she took a good look at Hanabi and then she told them the whole story about Naruto's condition and what they are planning to do now.

Hanabi for her part was stunned and a little disappointed on how the village treated Naruto because of what's inside him.

After Hiashi heard the whole story about the fourth's sacrifice and Naruto's current condition he was once again surprised on how that boy managed to act like he did today.

"So now you will try to perform a unity mind-walk jutsu and help him regain his memories so he can defeat the Kyuubi and gain his powers?" Hiashi asked the Hokage and she simply nodded.

"I'm sorry to say that now but . . . I must forbid every member from the Hyuuga clan to participate."

A very loud "WHAT" could be heard inside the whole village a few seconds later.

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Somewhere at an unknown hideout

"Master I have returned."

"Welcome back Kuno. Sit down and tell me what you have discovered."

"Yes Master . . . I have new information's about Uzumaki."

"Has it begun?"

"Yes Master."

"Perfect . . . now . . . bring them to me."

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Back to Konoha

The group looked stunned because of Hiashi's announcement and if Tsunade didn't know her better she would have bet that Hinata would kill her father right after he had finished speaking.

"What do you mean Hiashi . . . are you telling me that the life of a fellow shinobi isn't worth a little risk?" Tsuande asked the Hyuuga head.

"That's not what I meant. I will allow my family to participate . . . but I demand that you let me join in."

'Now that's the bull's-eye' Tsunade thought and nodded again.

"Alright boy's and girl's" Jiraiya began "now that that is taken care of let me tell you a few things. First of all what ever happens during the mind-walk . . . don't damage of relocate anything unless I say so because everything you will do would affect his brain directly. Secondly don't try to attack the Kyuubi because if you die inside his mind your body will die also and thirdly . . . you are going to see his entire life within is memories and . . . well let's just saw that some of them are far more worse than every nightmare you ever had. So please keep in mind that everything you will see had already happened and you can do nothing against it."

"Hn . . . I don't think that his life can be any worse than mine" Sasuke said coldly.

"Let me make one thing perfectly clear Uchiha" Jiraiya said with such angry voice that even got Tsunade frightened "Naruto once told me a little bit of what happened to him during his childhood and let me tell you . . . I have seen many things in my life. I witnessed the death of many friends and enemy's during that time but after he gave me a short description of his early life even I couldn't hold my tears back. But if you are so confident let's just see if you can handle his memories . . . as for the others . . . and specially you Hiashi . . . I hope that after you saw his past you will think differently about him and his behaviour."

After a few minutes of silence Ino stepped forward and told them to focus their chakra at their palms and hold on to one another.

"Are you ready for our little trip?" Ino asks and the whole group nodded.

"Alright then . . . UNITY MIND-WALK JUTSU"

And world went dark.

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Naruto slowly awoke with a terrible headache. He looked around and found himself at a very strange place and desperately tried to remember what happened to him. The last thing he know was . . . pain . . . mind-crushing pain and then . . . nothing. Naruto gathered all his strength and finally after a few minutes he was able to lift his body from the ground and a few minutes after that he was able to stand straight. Carefully scanning his surroundings he again wondered 'Where the hell am I'. He began to walk down the wet and cold hallway until he stood in front of a gigantic gate made of steel. He looked inside but saw nothing. He had a questioned look in his face but after a few moments it snapped.

"That is the Kyuubi cage" he said to himself with a low voice.

'But shouldn't the Kyuubi be in there' he wondered but suddenly the big gate slammed open and Naruto could hear a dark and demonic laughter.

"WELCOME MY DEAR NARUTO. ARE YOU READY TO DIE?"

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Back to the unknown hideout

"Master Tadashi I brought you the prisoners."

Tadashi looked up and saw Kuno dragging three tied up ninja's and a ninja dog inside his room.

"Ah yes very good . . . welcome my dear friends. I hope that my minion's didn't hurt you too much because sometimes I find it hard to control them."

"Who are you and what do you want from us?" Kurenai asked.

"I'm sorry about that my lovely lady. My name is Tadashi."

Kurenai paused for a moment because his name somehow sound familiar to her but she pushed that thought away for the moment.

"Well than Tadashi-san. After you told us your name . . . what do you want from us?" she asked and looked at her team.

Tadashi grinned evilly before he answered.

"Actually I don't want anything . . . I want to give you something if you would do me a little favour."

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In Naruto's mindscape

"What the hell is this Ino" Tsunade asked angrily.

The group of shinobi were standing in a long and soaked corridor with many doors on each side. They saw some small pathways during their exploration and for a regular person it almost looked like a big mace. After a few minutes however Ino couldn't help herself.

"Alright that's it . . . you" she shouted and pointed at the Hokage and the older jonin's "tell me why you let that happened to him."

The younger group looked puzzled at her female friend.

"What do you mean Ino? What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked. Because they were on the same team for a long time he knew that Ino was extremely angry right now.

Ino didn't look at her friends as she spoke again.

"What wrong you ask? Just look around you . . . his mind is a complete mess!"

"Hn . . . what did you expect from him. Of course his mind is a mess . . . that loser never . . . ."

"SHUT UP UCHIHA! Seriously I don't know what I ever saw in you."

Ino's outburst shocked her friends because they knew that she had a big crush on the boy since their time at the academy.

"To answer your question . . . I saw many mindscapes in my life but this" she waved her arms around "this is neither the work of the Kyuubi or Naruto himself. Look at this" she pointed at some seals on the walls behind them. "Those seals can only be preformed during the early childhood and they must be replaced after a few years with stronger ones. If my memory is correct then it was done right before he entered the academy or shortly after."

"What does that mean Ino?" Sakura questioned her blond friend.

"I will explain it simple . . . those seals drained him of his chakra since the day he was born . . . and they are part of the reason why he never could control his chakra and from the looks of it those seals did also so damage to his brain after they had been replaced. We often scold him about how he behaved around others but after I saw those seals it became clear to me."

"And what is that?" Neji asked.

"Well . . . you of all people should know."

The younger generation of the group looked questionably at her but suddenly they heard a quiet voice behind them.

"Cage-Bird-Seal." Hinata said with wide eyes.

"Correct" Jiraiya answered "but these seals work a little different. The cage-bird-seal only inflicts strong pain but these" he pointed at the seals on the walls "would kill the person branded with instantly."

For a few moments the younger ninja's seemed to have forgotten how to breathe until Sasuke spoke again.

"Wait a fucking minute there . . . you mean to say that everyone who knew about the seals could have killed him anytime he or she felt like it?!"

A deep silence followed afterwards because of his obvious question.

"Why?" came finally out of Hinata's mouth.

"Because they didn't give a shit about my son and my last order!" a new voice stated.

Everyone turned around to face the one who had spoken.

"It can't be" came from the older generation.

"Greetings my old friend's . . . it's good to see you again because now I'm able pay you back for what you did to Naruto."

Right in front of the group of shinobi stood the forth Hokage.

Next time: the life of a hero