Chapter 24: Hell Unleashed: True Despair

Danzo stared at the creature in front of him, it seemed Naruto had gone into some primary Jinchruiki form, but it was not perfect.

"I'm Gonna Kill you!" yelled the creature

Sai's eyes widened in horror, as he saw what his friend had become. Using Kyubi's chakra in such a raw manner, would destroy Naruto's body.

He had to stop it.

Sai immediately took out a seal, for once he was thankful to Danzo for teaching him this Fuinjutsu. This was a technique to abruptly stop the flow of a tailed beast chakra into the Jinchuriki's chakra network for a few minutes.

This would help in subduing the jinchuriki, and prevent the escape of the tailed beast.

But he had to do it now, or else this seal would not work if Naruto's tail increased to more than six.

Sai then suddenly remembered something that made his eyes widen in fear, Danzo had the upper hand here

"If he somehow puts Naruto in a genjutsu with his Mangekyo Sharingan, then he can easily destroy the Hokage's forces. He won't need the Root Anbu, with this much power Naruto can easily destroy half of Konoha," thought Sai worriedly

He looked at his body, he was wounded, and in such a big fight he couldn't do anything. His friend had clearly lost his soul in despair, and Sai couldn't blame Naruto for this.

Even Sai himself was feeling horrible after killing the Root Anbu, their screams, the blood he could never forget this nightmare.

And Naruto had endured far more than him, and it seemed he was broken now. They were shinobi, they were Anbu, the best black ops soldiers of Konoha.

But...even they were human,

Nobody understood that he and Naruto were just young kids...fight after fight, death after death. Watching everyone around you know die in front of you, killing people who they once called comrades.

Why did this have to happen? This pain...this guilt was unbearable.

And looking at his friend...brought tears in Sai's eyes,

He had to stop him, he would save Naruto...after all he was the only friend Sai had left in this world.

Sai immediately took out a small sealing scroll and unsealed it on the ground; he took out a small brush from his pouch and ink from his pants.

"I cannot charge head on...I would never be able to reach him without someone holding him steady, I have to perform this Jutsu so I can stop him.." thought Sai tactically

He started drawing something on the seal, in order to implement his strategy.

Meanwhile Danzo stared at his opponent, he had to be very careful from now on. One mistake could prove to be very costly.

"I need some time in order to fully cast Kotoamatsukami on him, until then I need to maintain distance and avoid his attacks,'' thought Danzo calmly

Danzo's Mangekyo sharingan started rotating and immediately he flashed several meters away.

It was as if he had just used a teleportation technique, it was no ordinary Shunhsin….because its speed was very great.

He immediately performed a set of hand seals quickly.

"Fuuton Kazekiri No Jutsu (Wind Release: Wind Cutter Jutsu)"

Several blades of winds cut clean through Naruto's body; but to Danzo's surprise all the external wounds that would have killed any other normal human, were healed in an instant.

Danzo quickly jumped in the air as a few tendrils of Kyubi's chakra emerged from the ground in order to slice him in half.

But he was shocked when he looked up and saw Naruto's fox form standing on the ceiling and looking at him murderously

"So fast," thought Danzo

Naruto jumped straight towards Danzo in order to crush him, but again Danzo's Mangekyo flared and he disappeared in the air and landed a few meters away.

Naruto crashed straight into the ground as he could not hit Danzo.

"Your power is great, but if you cannot control it you are useless," said Danzo harshly

This seemed to anger his opponent as he launched a powerful shock wave from his mouth that sent Danzo crashing in the wall.

"My balls," thought Danzo with a groan, the impact really was nasty

"Fuuton Suraisu no Tatsumaki (Wind Release: Slicing Tornado Jutsu)"

Danzo released a powerful blast of wind from his mouth, that slowly shaped into a tornado and was heading towards Naruto at high speed.

The feary wind tornado engulfed Naruto in it, and continuously swirled wildly around him for a few minutes.

But Danzo's eyes widened in shock when several large fireballs laced with Kyubi chakra were fired at great speed towards him.

"Shit…I have to use it," thought Danzo hurriedly

The fireballs blasted Danzo to oblivion, as Naruto emerged from the wind tornade unharmed. But something had started to form on his back.

And it appeared to be another tail!

Danzo appeared in another position, which seemed to shock Sai as he just saw Naruto kill Danzo.

But then he saw something that made him understand what had happened.

The 11 sharingan that were on Danzo's arm had now reduced to 10; as one of the eye's had shut down.

"So he is using some kinjutsu of the Uchiha…but is it a Genjutsu or something else? Whatever it may be, it allows him to somehow escape death itself. If my assumption is right, and if Naruto can destroy all the 10 sharingan then Danzo will be killed," thought Sai smartly

But before he could think of any other strategy his eyes widened in shock, as he watched the sixth tail had started to form,

"SHIT!" thought Sai alarmingly

His hands worked like a blur and soon he poured all of his chakra in his last jutsu.

"Choju Giga (Super Beast Imitating Drawing)"

Sai released a very large ink tiger from his seal, which charged straight towards Naruto and quickly caught him with his mouth.

"Now!" thought Sai quickly

He then quickly jumped in the air, and took out the small seal which had the kanji "suppress" written on it. He had to be precise, and hit it exactly on Naruto's chest in order to stop the Kyubi's chakra.

The seal would stop the flow of Kyubi chakra, by directly affecting the chakra network.

"Almost there," thought Sai nervously, as he was just about an inch away from Naruto.

But suddenly Naruto's fox form roared and sent Sai crashing into the wall; the shock wave was so powerful that many of Sai's bones broke instantly on impact.

Blood leaked from all over his body, even his head was badly injured.

He watched with blurry eyes, as Naruto destroyed that ink tiger that was holding him with his tails.

Sai felt tired, he knew his body could not take it anymore; his injuries were severe.

He sadly watched as Danzo again impaled several wind shuriken straight in Naruto's heart, and his friends roar broke his heart.

He truly felt despair, the fact that the sixth tailed was about to be formed signified that they had lost.

"Why am I…..just watching him getting hurt?" thought Sai tiredly

He tried to stand up, but more blood leaked from his body; and with a sickening crunch he felt down again.

"Why can't….I move?" thought Sai sadly

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" yelled Naruto in anger,

"Naruto…" thought Sai, as he remembered something.

(Flashback : 5 years ago)

Sai was sitting on top of a mountain, he had just finished his training and was now watching the sun setting peacefully in the sky.

"SAI! SAI"

Sai heard his name being called, he looked to his right and saw his friend heading towards him.

Naruto had a cheerful smile on his face, that made Sai chuckle. Shin and Naruto were the only family he had in this world.

These two really looked after him in Root, and encouraged him to fulfil his dreams.

"Moron," thought Sai amusedly, as Naruto tripped over a stone and fell flat on the ground.

Naruto just gave him a sheepish smile, and dusted off the dirt from his uniform. He then hurriedly ran towards him, and sat beside him at the edge of the mountain.

"What's wrong, Naruto?" asked Sai calmly

Naruto got a small excited smile on his face, and he took out a small book from his pocket.

"Shin-niichan was hiding this,…" said Naruto in a mischievous tone

Sai looked at the book closely and saw it had the title "The Tale of a Gutsy Ninja", he frowned a little as he didn't like to take someone's personal thing without their permission

"Naruto….you should not take things from Shin-niichan without his permission," said Sai strictly

Naruto just pouted on hearing that, and gave Sai a defying look.

"Yes, mother….now can I say something before Shin-niichan finds me and kills me for taking his book," said Naruto sarcastically

Sai just gave a tired sigh, his friend really was stubborn.

"What is this book?" asked Sai patiently

"It is a book about a peaceful shinobi world," said Naruto excitedly

"A peaceful shinobi world?" asked Sai in surprise, never in his entire life had he heard of such a thing.

There were books on ninja wars, villages, porn but not one like this.

"Yes….it seems Shin-niichan really likes this book, as he was hiding it from the officers," said Naruto with a smirk

"Naruto we are not supposed to have any personal belongings…..the officers will give all of us detention if they find out about this," warned Sai

"Forget all that…..this book says that all the shinobi nations fought wars for decades but one day….they all united," said Naruto happily

"United?" asked Sai in shock

"Hai….a hero named Naruto brought peace to the world…by joining all the villages and made one big nation," said Naruto proudly

Sai started laughing loudly on hearing that, which made Naruto frown,

"No way…..a dumbass named Naruto can bring peace," said Sai playfully

Naruto gave Sai a large bonk on the head, and looked at him with determination

"We can do it too…..You, Shin-niichan and me, all of us together would bring peace to this world," said Naruto with determination

Sai's eyes softened on hearing that, unlike Shin and Naruto he didn't think peace was possible, but both of his friends believed in that dream so he believed in their dream too, as they were his closest friends.

"Is that so?" asked Sai with a small smile

"And there's more too in this book…..flaming water, frozen earth…so many different people living together, it even has a snow country in it like in our world, I'm sure such a world is more beautiful than the one we live in," said Naruto excitedly

"A peaceful world, huh…" said Sai in wonder,

Naruto looked at him with an innocent smile on his face.

"This is a secret between us okay? We will surprise Shin-niichan by achieving this dream," said Naruto proudly

Sai gave a nod, showing he accepted the promise. Maybe they really could make such a world,

"Hey, Sai…wouldn't it be great if we could live in a happy peaceful world someday?"

(Flashback end)

Sai's eyes hardened as he remembered the promise he had made Naruto, when they were kids.

He knew what he had to.

"With my current level of chakra….and these injuries, there is no way my body could survive another attack, if I try to move…my life will," thought Sai calmly

He gripped the seal tightly in his hands, and measured the distance between him and Naruto. It seemed Danzo was preparing his attack, as he was just trying to dodge Naruto's wild attacks.

"In order to save Konoha….and Naruto, this is my best shot!" thought Sai firmly

With great effort, he slowly got up from the ground. More blood leaked from his body, and his broken bones were causing him more pain.

He sent all of his remaining chakra to his feet and rushed towards Naruto,with all his strength.

Naruto sent another shockwave which sent Danzo crashing into the wall again, but then he sensed an attack from behind.

He acted on his instincts and quickly turned around, but it was too late.

He felt something hit his heart, and suddenly his power started decreasing.

Naruto's face emerged from the red skin, as the Kyubi chakra started receding, he saw a small seal on his chest that was stopping the chakra.

But he suddenly felt blood dropping on his face.

He looked up, and his eyes widened in horror as he saw one of his tails had cut clean through Sai's left chest.

"Not again….not again!" thought Naruto in panic

The tail vanished too, as Sai fell towards him. Naruto immediately caught his friend as the rest of the Kyubi chakra disapperead too.

Naruto's dark red eyes slowly started changing, and were now turning blue again.

"No….we should have our revenge!" yelled Dark Naruto angrily

"SHUT UP!" roared Naruto ferociously, his mind scape again changed to Kurama's sewer.

"This isn't over….we will meet again," said Dark Naruto bitterly

Kurama suddenly found Dark Naruto disappearing from the mind scape….it seemed Sai had brought the real Naruto back again.

But the cost….

"Sai….Sai," said Naruto worriedly, as he tried to stop the flow of blood from his chest.

"Don't lose yourself in hatred…." said Sai weakly, his vision was blurry and he knew this was it.

"Hang in there….I'll get you out of here," said Naruto with tears in his eyes,

All of this, Naruto suddenly felt history repeating itself again. One of his best friends was again dying because of him…..he would not let that happen.

Sai grabbed Naruto's shoulders gently and looked at him,

"You told me about a peaceful world…so,

….don't let your dream die," said Sai tiredly

His hands fell limp to the side, and his eyes slowly closed. The last thing he saw was a wide eyed Naruto, who had tears falling from his eyes.

"SAI!" yelled Naruto in agony